The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN
 THE THEATRICAL WORLD
BY EMORY B. CALVERT

New York, June 25.-(special,)--Th To- cal weather man has finally changed his frown to smile and the managers and owners of summer resorts and roof gar dens in and near the metropolis off, fering silent prayers of thanksgiving. And well they might, for if the weather con ditions that have existed since early in May had continued, a great many would have been ruined.
 A cold, driving rain has been the reg ular dish on the weather bill of fare since the season began. and the few enthusi- astic pleasure lovers who yentured to Coney Island and other shore amusement resorts were bundled in their overcoats and wraps.
 The managers and bankers have been as gIum as a Quaker meeting. and had begun to fear that the "hoodoo" which accompanied the recent theatrical season
 was to continue its work during the sum
 mer.
 The past week, however, has witnessed change. Roof gardens are going in full blast and the shore resorts are work | ing overtime in order to make up for
 
 new play is added to the list of summer productions, and those so far produced are proving very popular; their quality being of higher grade than that of the average musical show presented last
 winter.
 Tho latest addition to the string of summer musical shows is "Girlies,' now being produced at the New Amsterdam
 Roof, and described as the comic sup
 plement of the theatr1cai season." Whatever else can be said of it, 1t must be admitted that the producer, Freder- | ick Thompson, has at least constructed play with a most appropriate name,
 for seldom have we had the pleasure of
 seeing such & pretty collection of the I fair sex The fact Is. he has departed from all precedent and starred his cho- | rus.
 The well known types of show girls has | been tabooed, and, instead of a long row of partially dressed blondes, and another of gorgeously attired brunettes, (who. in most cases, look ridiculously out of place | in trailing gowns), we find a miscellan- eous collection representing every type of the summer girl Some are tall some short some stout and some slim; some have dark hair, some light and others red The stage is literally full of them. And the chorus men, those generally im- possible individuals really act as though they possess an ordinary amount of hu- man intelligence, although at times they get in the way of the Girlies, much to the chagrin of the bald tops in the front row. Like all musical shows of this type, the plot was of minor importance and is de-
 signed only to afford an opportunity for
 the introduction of numerous vaudeville specialties, although in the first part of the play it occupies too much time and threatens to detract from the lively pace.
 In the second part, however, it Is lost
 almost entirely. bobbing up occasionally in a Hull in the other proceedings. It deals with the amusing adventures of a professor of botany who, to gain the
 reputation of hero and win the heart
 of the official college chaperon, under takes to wear suit of newspapers for
 three days and secure enough garments
 to clothe himself without the aid of or
 with the aid of his dog Blftzer he finally accomplishes his purpose, despite the 1n- terference of a female detective, who chargse him with certain petty thefts