The San Francisco call., 1910-11-09
DANCERS SHOW
GREAT SKILL,
grace ANDEASE
Slight ROughness of Opening
Night Is Completely
SmOOthed Away
Large Audience AppIaudS the
Clever Amateurs and
Votes for FavOrites

With more vigor and vim than on the
preceding night. with less Of pose and
more Of freedom of movement and smil-
ing ease and grace. the second perform
ance of the kirmess whirled merrily
down the grooves Of time last night at
the Central theater. In spite of the
counter attractions large audience
was in attendance to applaud the
dancers on their way, and between. the
different vaudeville settings the cleo
tion returns were read from the stage.
The opening night was all a blaze OF
color and light and unexpected moves
There were various little mlshaps ano
one or two mistakes. These were ali
smoothed and cleared away last night
The entire performance ran with the
ease the skill and the Smoothness or
profession show, and one dance htted
into another and swept the preceding
off the stage with an evenness and cleN-
erness that was surprising in amateurs
And YOU would scarcely guess they
Were mere trif7ers at the game, for from
the cosmopolitan throng in the Panama
Pacific dance 10 the Hungarians in
bright garb with their intricate ma
tional dance they are d well trained,
well costumed and well staged little
band
TOT WINS AUDIENCE
As to who is the favorite dancer, it
would be hard to say. but very special
praise and applause was given TO little
Eeulah Jean Pollak for her fairy dane
ing in the toy shop scene. OF all the
airy, fairy. dainty little sprites in the
world she has been voted the palm, and
she carried of all the applause and the
praise and thes miles and clapping with
IS cool unconceru as if the stage were
her regular nursery and the audience
was Just q big, happy crowd who had
come tGplay with her.
The top shop scene with its French
dollies. its gypsy maids, its wooden sol
diers and sailors and toy lambs and
Teddy bears and rocking horses and
its dolls Of every cline who wind UP
and squeak ana dance and do their Va
rious stunts. is a unique and pleasing
feature OF the show and one that viii
delight every child. but as to which is
the best dance, apart from the mer
cenary cOnsidera tion Of the voting to
swell the hospital fund, it would be
hard to decide. For they are all so
good. and more than good. They are
odd and fanciful and the electric fea-
lures are an added attraction.
LIGHTING CLEVER
This lighting is particularly notice
2 ole in the glowworm scene in the
Pierrot and pierrette dance. where the
soft silver glow OF the light is thrown
on the pink and black costumes and
heads Of the various couples. and again
in the London dance when Miss Edith
Netcalf comes in on a brilliant aero
plane. She danced well and gracefully
and did two solos with cOmmenda Bile
talent. and shared the honors of the
evening with Miss Marian Matthieu,
Miss Margaret Marx Mrs. Lathrop Ell
hngwOOd and others who did solos. In
the hornpipe dance Of the jaunty sailor
crew. two Of the sailor lads, Arthur
Code and Clyde Payne, did a college
hornpipe ana did it splendidly. and Mrs.
George JOerns and Miss Madelaine
Cummings with their partners did some
particularly graceful and clever dane
ing and made hiti in their song,
what Am I Going TO Do?'
The dance Of the seasons also won
special applause, for the costuming and
lighting effects are beautiful and the
sunny little zand Of dancers do their
part with 2 wonderful ease. The polo
dance with its sextette stunt was car
ried off even better than on the pre-
Vious night And in connection with
this dance the kirmess has its heorine
Those who saw Miss aKthleen de Young
trip and fall the first night and with
10 come back smiling and serene and do
her part. little suspected that a sprained
ankle was the result, as vel as a
missing diamond brooch that shot off
into the darkness OF the wings Be
tween her two dances she sent for a
doctor. had the ankle bandaged and
fixed and was ready for the really hard
work and almost violent dancing of the
final Hungarian dance. with its Russian
dance and its grand final swing with
Miss de Young and Charles de Young
As the two central figures.
This dance is one of the f1nest-but
then it is so hard to say, for they are
ell SO really good. 1t all depends after
all on what your faVOrite pursuit is or
your favorite nationality or just your
natural love for light and color. Do
you love Nenice2 Then doubtless the
Eondolier dance with it's dreamy. aIIur-
ing music OF the southland and its
bevy Of pretty girls in blue and silver
and its men in appropriate Venice cos
tune would appeal Are you found
Of TyrOl2 Then the Cossack dance and
the Alpine dance and the other clever
features of the Tyrolean group show
would be your favorite.
ALL APPEAL
II you are fond OF dolls and toys and
delight in fairyland, then the toyshop
would be the first in your estimation,
or perhaps the London girls and Eng
lish chappies would touch your love for
English ways And maybe just the
changing seasons, with their green and
pink and yellow and silver white tones
would be the best Of all in your esti-
nation. 1t is hard to tell. for each has
its special side that will appear to
some one. And the whole makes a
brilliant picture Of rapidly changing
scenes and color effect that is like some
beautiful pageant, in our midst for a
few nights and soon to pass into a
glorious memory. And ii will be glori-
ous for il is a production worth seeing,
and worth seeing more than once, if
only TO witness the talent Of which
this city can boast
Sweet charity has called ii forth and
the hospitals that viii benefit by the
FIVE performances have reused in the
singers and dancers their worthiest
and best. They are putting on a show
and a good strong show. the finest. it
is safe TO say, ever given by amateurs
IN this city. And as they lack the
touch Of the amateur the only usual
stumbling block is missing. If you
want to spend a dollar and spend it
well and get something in return for
your money then go to the Central
theater tonight, tomorrow or Friday
night. You will be well repaid and will
feel into the bargain you are adding
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