The Washington times., 1910-02-01
BERNARD IN A MUSICAL COMEDY
AND "SPRINGTIME" ARE WELCOMED
The Girl and the Wizard a
Merry Medley of
Fun.

sam Bernard, I'm company with 4 lot
Of pretty girls. a mellow German accent
and large collection Of fake diamonds
opened before 4 crowded house al the
BeIesco Thcstor Ia=t night IN lie Girl
and the Wizard Samuel. this season.
IS a lapidary, and IT is necessary tu tire
fun of the play If the caiIec-i1n Of
TUbies. pearls and diamonds Jh= Eiz1Id
displayed last night had been real, the
s r o sign would be necessary for
years even 10 stage the piece
But the play itself It's good Fer
nard veHicIe-part drama part bur
IesCue. and part musical comedy Tor
the first time perhaps M Bernard Is
given an opportunity or so 10 show that
he can do bit Of legitimate acting
There are times when the audience for
gets that Mr. Bernard Is a comedian.
and audiences are not always SO kind
WHEN stage favorites who are created
10 make one laugh invade even for a
few moments the field of pathOs-
just twice Howeve4- e. found Itself
last night symparhiziug with Herman
Schultz, the droU iaplCary- The plot
IS one OF many ramI1caTloIS- II hinges
on the love of Herman schultz for 80
IfCiIaS, The beautiful daughter OF pau
DeTed, EaEeJE-i loving Count HochStetterr
who Is willing 10 sell ms daughter IN
marriage for tighter hold Oh the viz
ards purse strings The daughter Is
willing 10 sacrifice everything TO bring
parental happiness. although she really
loves Paul the la1.dary.s nephew The
nephew by the way has gone 10 war be-
cause in the DAYS when Herman
Schultz did not believe IN marriage ne
had refused to listen 70 a suggestion
Of PaUI's marrying not knowing at the
time the woman in the case
Furnish Complications.
There's a stranded opera troupe,
0Iav that Herman has written and IS
willing 20 indict upon his own towns
people and general mixture Of mis-
understandings that gives Mr. Bernard
countless opportunities 20 be drOU and
funny he is on the stage most Of
the time. thereby. contributing 20 the
prevalence of sides sore from laughter
this morning
The house grew particularly hilarious
during the second act when the iapldaTy
and Miss Kitty Gordon, as Murietta- Of
the stranded troupe, went through
grand opera rehearsal scene
Nj. Bernard * fortunate in having
selected Miss Gordon as leading lady
Her songs scored a HIT she IS hand
some and she has a magnetic stage
presence. Dr5pe Mss Gordon IN me
good clothes she wore last night ana
5agIy staruesque and withal good TO look
mon as urfma doDuas. stranded OF
Otherwise should be- and as Sam Ber-
yards leading ladies must he
About Miss CoIlinge-
Inst a word. too about Miss Patricia
Coufnge. who plays the part Of the
demure. SeIf-saCridciuE Felicitas- Every
body is real glad In the end that
F-eric5tas isn't made TO marry poor old
Schultz. but at the last moment falls
into the arms of her ovu Paul isn't
she lust the dearest little bride asked
the woman who sat well down front as
she. dainty ~ a picture IN WHITE bridal
robes occupied the center Of the stage
Miss CoIlfnre is ideal in the girlizh
part she has 10 assume Her song,
Wonder If You're LoEely- was one OF
the bright spots Of The Girl and the
Everybody who sang received an en-
core ar Bernard finally ran out 81
verses for How Can you root ana
on. How That German Could Love
Miss .Go-E0u's best songs were Military
Mary Ann and The Black Butterfly.
The chorus IS well almost iaVlShiy,
-owDed. samuel seems TO know how to
pick the winners among the girls as
well as diamonds. as everything was
refreshing last evening Some Of the
stage settings arc worthy OF note
Harriet StandOu. as F,-anzi- Harry
Corsou Clarke. as the old Count, and
William Resell playing the part of the
wizards nephew Paul, were entirely
eanabIe in their respective roles The
supporting cast Is ADEQUATE
The play Is by J. Hartley Manners
she lyrics ny Robert E Smith and Ed
ward Madden. music by Julian Edwards .
Ned Wayburn has staged The produc-
ion
But one Samuel Bernard now a lapi-
dairy. is the real mIrth-prOVokiu lad.
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