The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-02-09
"Madame Sherry"


MADAME Sherry"
The New Amsterdam, New York's
largest playhouse, and remarkable for
Its great success, is proving entirely
too small to hold the tremendous
crowds which nightly clamorj for ad-
mittance to view Madame Sherry,
the delightful French vaudeville which
has set a new standard for musical
comedy in America. This phenome-
nal success of Chicago and New York
will be presented at the opera house
Friday night, with cast of metro
politan favorites, with all its engaging
comedy, all its haunting melodies, all
its beauty of chorus and ensemble.
and its magnificent stage settings AMI
it's special orchestra. Otto Hauerbach
and Karl Hoschna are the author and
composer of this phenomenal success,
adapted from French original that
has charmed Paris, Berlin, Vienna and
London. In theme and construction It
is decidedly novel, and 1t has been
unanimously pronounced the musical
sensation Of the decade.
"ihe Firing Line"
An unusual amount of interest is
being shown in the coming presenta-
ton by A. G. Delamater at the opera
house on Saturday. Feb. IS. of the
stage version of Robert w. Cham
| bers's celebrated novel, "The Firing
Line"
The Decentralization closely follows
the text of the book. The action Cf
the piece begins in that exclusive
winter resort of the south, Palm
Beach, Florida: the principal charac-
tiers being representative of the most
fashionable circles of New York So
ciety. It deals with beautiful young
girl known as Shiela Cardross, who is
supposedly the daughter of Neville
Cardross, one of Americas captains of
industry and man of very great
wealth. In reality. she is a nameless
waif. whom Cardross has adopted in
her infancy, but to whom he and his
entire family have become greatly at
tached. Until her eighteenth year,
Shiela Is absolutely unaware of the
fact that she is not the daughter Of
Cardross, and when, at that time, she
| unexpectedly learns the truth, it
proves a great shock to her. One cf
her companions in her early days Is
Louis Malcourt, fascinating young
| fellow who is a ward of Mr.. Cardross.
She makes q confidant of Malcourt,
and, urged by him, marries him Sc
cretly, so that she might at least have
the right to a name and his protec-
ton. They agree, however. to keep
the marriage secret until he gradu-
ates from college, when he will come
into the property which he has in
herited. They soon learn that they
have both made a grevious mistake,
and long before the time comes for
the announcement of their marriage
they realize that they do not really
care for each other, but have acted
upon a youthful impulse. and they de-
eide to let matters stand as they are
without any announcement. OF course
| marital relations do not, and never
have existed between them. Shiela is
still known as an unmarried daughte r
of CardrOss, and Louis Malcourt con-
tinues the life of a gay young bach
elor. This unusual arrangement re
suits later in serious complications
brought about by love affairs which
IdevelOp between Shiela and Garrett
Hamil, promising young landscape
larchitect, and between Malcourt and
Virginia Suydam, who moves in the
same circles as Shiela. A series OF
absorbing interesting scenes and in
tense situations replete with bright
lines and society patter, for which Mr.
Chambers's books are noted, lead III
to IL thoroughly satisfactory though
emotional finale.
The company selected for the inter
probation of the piece will be made w
of some of New Yorks most nota bl.
players, and the entire scenic equip
ment will be gorgeous in the extreme
Lillian Russell.
Lillian Russell will be the star at
! traction at the opera house on Tues
! day, Feb. 14th. The famous American
beauty will offer here this time he
| latest vehicle, TN Search of a Sinner.
1t Is comedy in three acts by Char
lotte Thompson, and has been demon
strated as the best thing Miss Russell
!. has appeared in since she left comb
opera to go in for legitimate work II
: straight Characterization.
The story of the new play concerns
} the efforts OF a pretty widow to find
second husband who will not bore he
: by his monotonous goodness. Whel
she thinks that she has succeeded ii
, this respect the widow changes he