Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-15
IT WILL Be GREAT IF
It EQUALS REHEARSAL
SUCCESS OF "ToooLEs IN HoL.
LAND" ASSURED.
Everything Passes Off in Great Shape
When Director Best Gives Final
instructions.

Look for When Skies are Clear.
Officer Harrigan." That Chinatown
Rag" Hide From the Silvery Moon
and We Are the Elder Sisters" Look
for every single musical number in
'Toodles in Holland" Above all. look
at the ponies. Also glance at the
iona Bellies. Miss Dixie Washington
and Miss May Foran Watch them.
Yes. it's all going To be worth see
ing. Take il from The Republican :
private. exclusive and tame theatrica.
critic. imported direct from Winkel-
man To watch the full dress rehearsal
and pass judgment.
The rehearsal was held last night
and tonight Tommy Getz's best musi-
cal comedy will be presented to the
theatergoers of Phoenix. Every seat
in the house has been sold for the
first performance and there is "A lively
demand for reservations for the sec
ond and third nights.
Though the costumes were given
out last Saturday, il was not until
last night that the troupe had a dress
rehearsal. There had been a fun cast
rehearsal or Two. but the Thespians
had not sported upon the stage, at
tired in the costumes TO be used in
the big show.
The rehearsal was just the same n
the show will be. exceDt that now
and then George Best stopped them
and made them do a certain Pert
over again. The ponies were still a
little broncho but they wer,
coed and since the final "bS...u S..
by Best they are as well trained as
circus horses. As well trained and a
lot better looking.
There was nobody to see the re-
hearsal except one photographer and
two newspaper men, who broke past
the guard maintained by Pop" Hoe
fer despite the confident predictions
of bunch of young fellows outside
the entrance that the scribes would
be treated the same as ordinary NOR
tals. Though the reporters were per-
mitted To see the rehearsal. il would
be cruel for them to tell everything
that they observed AT any rate
-Toodles in Holland" is going To he
strictly O. X, all to the mustard. the
goods. all the candy and one great
big show. The way Best has drilled
the chorus girls is truly wonderful
He hasn't been working with them
very long but they Drance and drill
around the stage like professionals
Whisper it, boys. they're lot better
looking than any professionals ever
seen i'm Phoenix. There may be more
beautiful girls in some choruses. but
they haven't been out i'm Arizona
lately Home grown beauties have
the imported brand beaten forty ways
from Center street. any way YOU take
them. And as for voice. well. there
isn't a girl in the "Toodles in Hol-
land troune who isn't able to give
Ellen Beach Yaw. Tetrazzini. Cavai-
lieri or Schumann- Heink cards and
spades
There are also few men in the
show. There are Archibald Reginald
Cater. Frank Connelley, Frank De-
Souza. Mark Heinz and a few others
The chorus men are real cute.
All the seats for the first perform
ance were exchanged for tickets just
as fast az they could be handed out
yesterday morning. A line began 10
form the day before. by BEGINNERS
drug store and there was something
like a hundred in waiting at daylight
yesterday marning. BY nine O'Clock.
at which time the seat sale was ad-
vertised To begin. the street was
packed and damned with people