Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-26
THE SPRING MAID"
- ode Sprudelfee)

A fairy sprite, who sings so charming
ly and dances about in SO captivating
a manner that ones ills are forgotten
and the waters of the "kurhaus" be-
come a s%uperfluous commodity, is be-
ing entertained, though not unawares.
In the Newark playhouse this week
She is Miss Christie Macdonald, In
the guise of 1.-THE Spring Maid that
halls from the gayest of gay cities.
the home OF the lifting waltz-Vienna
and who stopped on her way at Carls-
bad to acquire the plumage n trap
pings which invariably encompass 1t
about. And our concern is only that
1t proceeded thence to these waiting
to-be-entertained shores, where, let us
hope 1t and she will remain for some
time to ONE. For the waltz is of the
most lifting, alluring measures and the
plumage and trappings quite as brill
liant and of as entertaining a scheme
as falls to the lot of musical comedy
or operetta. The action is spirited and
progresses with an eclat assured only
by the %capability and team work" of
the players. The scheme is light as
air and frothy, remindful of absinthe
frappe, with the chorus resplendent In
green, and II it fits from dainty comedy
to broad burlesque 1t is always enter
tanning and mirth-provoking. From the
standpoint Of the carping critic the
episode of "Auntie' should have been
omitted, as quite too farcial and i'm
probable, but much fun which one and
all enjoy would thus be lost.
The story 10 Of n hpantifuI Hyo,,no
princess. who has come with her faith
er to Carlsbad. They are richer in an
oestors and name than in worldly
goods, and the prince is anxious that
his daughter should marry a rich man.
Hence the intense interest when a rich
Russian prince arrives, a gay young
blade, who likes to make love to any
girl except the aristocratic bores which
he believes the girls of his class to be.
Overhearing him boast thai he would
win the unseen maid at the spring
within twenty-four hours. Princess
Bozena determines to teach him a les
son. She takes h place of the maid
and makes good her threat, huinbline
the prince, who was finally only toe
glad to lose his wager. The end is
obvious. but fraught with a multitude
of attending episodes of a highly hui
morous character.
Miss Macdonald Is an altogether cap.
tiyating princess and maid, with whom
ne prince could be blamed for falling
In love. She was handicapped last
night with a cold, which nevertheless
did not deter the audience from de-
handing DAY Dreams and "Twc
Little Love Bees again and again
Her acting is pervaded with a natur-
alness and charm hat have brought
her to the top of the ladder of popu-
laI esteem as a singing coincidence.
A fine figure of a man was Thomas
Conkey as the ardent prince, and his
entire desirability was emphasized by
a more than ordinarily good voice thai
found excellent opportunity for ex-
preston in How l Love a Pretty
Face and the duets, The lions share
of the humor of the piece vas contrib.
uted by Tom McNaughton as Roland
His b%urlesque is capital n the i'm
promptu rehearsal of "Othello' and tn,
interlude speech are so comtcallJ
clever as to make one van to &c
again to hear them. The other prin.
cipals were satisfactory, and the per
Torrance was given the distinction o.
a live chorus excellently dressed ant
possessed of voices and action wei
trained and drilled.
It is a good show. and don't miss 1t
LOUISE K. HARDY.