The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-21
"FOLLTES OF 1910" ARRIVES
BERT WILLIAMS FUNNIEST ~
THE NMWER PATCHWORK.
Fannie arice Also Prominent IN an Array
% EieEfelsi ralent-A Takeom on
Mayer Gaynor- Julian Mitchell Has
Done = Pretty JOb % ataMlng.

NAAAsAN NaEtNH NAAe ENNNAAACNA W ~ NNHAg
of EleEfeih Talent-A TakeOH on
Mayer GayRor- Julian Mitchell Has
Done . Pretty JOb % aiaHlng.
The syndicate Of authors. composers
and producers that used 10 SIND English
musical farce % New York seemed amus-
ing enough until We began 70 manufac-
ture the local substitute on such an
elaborate scale that the old adage about
the COOKE and the broth lost all IL sig.
nihcance a second time
The Follies Of $780, which was seen
last night on the New York Theatre roof.
was not the result Of any two men q
hb0rs There was a book supplied by
Harry p Smith with contributions 10 the
dialogue that plainly came from other
sources; there were sOnRs by Gus Ed
wards and other we'll known Broadway
composers and there Was the peculiar
genius Of Julian Mitchell to preside in the
last instah>e over this mixture Of his
colleagues and give Il the requisite form
and favor for one Of these swiftly NOV
ing summer reviews.
Bobby North. Biokel and Watson.
Lillian Lorraine. Grace Tyson, Fanny
Brice, Louise Alexander. jacques Kruger.
Hazel Robinson. Rosie Green. Arthu r
McWatters. Quigg and NlcksrsOn. airline
Boley and Elise Hamilton were some Of
those Who we're visible long enough In
the progress Of the performance 20 give
attentive spectators q chance 90 iden-
tify them. Then there was the long and
detected looking Bert Williams. who lie
FOR various reasons much easier 70 recog-
nine than some other comedians.
In addition 20 these figures in The
Folliea Of 1910 thsrO were unnamed CO.
horts which formed a background for the
two acts and sixteen scenes Of the 1lm Of
summer gayety that passed before the
audience
Mr.. Williams won the hOnOra for humoF
Although he came On late IN the long first
act only two Of his predecessors had sue
ceeded In creating anything Like thu same
degree % merriment One Of these was
Harry Watson, whose comicality a. a
haraased piano mover had the elements
II real humOr. and tho other was Fanny
brice. said To have heen discovered by
Mr. Ziegfeld in one or another NJ the bur
lesqus companies that play the varibus
wheels known 70 the expert In theatrical
affairs
She conquered q Broadway audience
last night She IA rather comely. bat
eccentric IN her unintelligihle delivery
Of pattsT text and Possesses above all
the element % distinotness IN action and
facial expression 80 the spectators
delighted IN her originality and her
grotcsqueness and even forgaye her
brief imitation Of Eddie FOy because Il
vas such a little one
Lillian Lorraine is certainly the most
pulchritudinous incOmpetent that eveY
left an audience cold. amt Bobby North
disguised a. Mayor iaynor. sang a long
topical song that was cNc~llent enough
In - way "a seem short Then Oirac"
1vson's unhagEing spirits we're proof
against the temperature
There were scenes m q song publishers
shop. IN a grove IT anrl" hlossoms with a
pool into which the chorus girls diyed Ike
amateur Annette kellcrua ms a scene m
a cafe. and ,hern had Ia ba N. inveitahie
auHeUstion ~ -thantecler' IN ono ot The
tahleauN
Tho audience Wa made a part ~ tho
Entertainment. Tor actors walked ont 81
boxes. through trapd0nrs and entered
from such unexpected PLACES that no
81. ctatoF felt sure one II the principals
niEht not b. undaF hif chair III thess
features helped tn" F0llies ~ 1910 -
~ almost 30 amusing AZ 10 predecessor
although the evenings fun was to he
found almost wholly IN tho separate
sT@Cialtlss
Iha Intervening ,trstche- made one
think that p"rhaps th.S year had hfen
after ell NOR" scrIHu, than those that
have recently prcc' ded q Or il may
not have leen ~ useful for tho purpos"
- r0uf garden reviews