The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-22
TONGUE-TIED SAN BERNARD
VERSATILITY SHOWN ~ me
CANE FROM MILWAUkEE."


Popular CsmeSiiAn Amuses IIas Aunaeaee
IN the casinos New show-IIas Tap
able stage Assistants ana . well
Trained ChOrus 20 AID Hls HumOr.
Sam Bernard Uttered the stage OF the
Casino with broken English last night
, when he came before an audience Of
frtends a. the hero of He Came From
Milwaukee, which IL the work OF Mark
Swan IN liz dramAturgical phases.
although the programme mentions I'd
ward Madden n the poet who supplied
the lyric gems and lays on the combined
shoulders OF n. n. Jerome. Melville Ellis
and l.. A. Hirsch the responsibility for
the music. IL was evidently MIR swan
who divided the production into two acts.
laying the scene Of one az Outend and the
ct her in the mythical dukedom Of Zurach
and showed the audience Mr. Bernard as
the companion Of young duke on his
travels
That this youthful heir TO a throne from
which his uncle has been banished for
extravaganza 10 IN love with an American
girl determined not 10 marry a title and
that there 10 plot to keep the young man
from the throne-these are also integral
parts of the book. and the honors for them
must 20 TO Mr.. Swan.
IL cannot be said thai the spectators
last night eVinced any particular interest
IN theee proceedings compared to their
delight in Mr. Bernards tongue tied fun
and the musical features OF the perform.
ance
There were some other popular enter
tanners associated with the protagonist
Amelia Summerville. with the beou ,esi.
Of her blonde beauty; winona Winter.
Nslla Bergen. who still does most of the
singing the insinuating Louis Harrison.
George Anderson and Martin brown
were figures in He Came From Milwau-
kee' that contributed more or less i'm
portantly to the event Of the evening
Mr.. Bernard proved TO he the leading
ngure in successor TO Up and Down
Broadway The Summer Wdowers-
and the rest Of the elaborate musical
pieces that belong 10 the same series
Perhaps none Of them has possessed a
single performer that could De quite a.
amusing a. he n IN the duel scene. when he
selected pistols and gave his opponent
the rapier. or IN the final episode OF the
first act. In which he was disguised as the
Wild man TO escape from hls pursuers
His personal comicality predominated
every scene in which he appeared and the
audience did not lack IN appreciation
OF his efforts. But there were many
other delightful features Of lie Came
From Milwaukee
Adele Rowland danced delightfully."-.
for instance. IN the duet When We re
Married, and Martin Brown but for his
oh jectionable sAlf-consciousnesS would
have shared ito honors with her George
Anderson and Winona Winter could have
sung Love IL Like a Red. Red Rose
much more frequently than they did.
and the quartet composed ~ these four
singer had an e1unl success in Wedding
Bells Mr.. Barnard was not. therefore.
la spite Of his contribution 10 tho fun Of
the evening. all Of He Came From Mil
waukee.-
There was large and attractive chorus
clothed IN uncommCnlv tasteful blends
~ color and trained to high efficiency
in lite manGuVres. - the principal come
dian Of the new musical comedy a. The
programme called II. was only the par
ticular star % q very amusing and de-
lightful performance