The Washington herald., 1912-03-05
AT THE BELAsco.
"The wan street GIL"

Blanche Ring came TO the Belasco last
night In and as THE Wall Street Girl"
Before the end OF the evening Miss Ring
appeared as several other kinds OF girl.
but being Blanche Ring frst last, and
all the time throughout the three acts
everybody had a fine time. Mise Ring
has plenty OF opportunity for the. exerr
else OF her rare talent for laugh-makine
sings her several songs as only she can
sing them, and at that II not the whole
show by long shot
The programme places the responsible
ity for The Wall Street Girl" upon a
distinguished quartet. Margaret Mayo
and Edgar Selwyn have contributed the
book, and Hapgood Burt and Kari
Hoschna the lyrics and music. This
galaxy OF talent has not only succeeded
in furnishing an excellent vehicle for Miss
Ring. but also one of the most enter
tanning musical comedies a Monday night
audience has enjoyed this season. And
why pirate of the hopelessness Of the
equality OF sex when any night this week
you can see the breezy and buoyant Miss
Ring in a wonderful skirt with pockets
that just misses being a pair OF every
day trousers, and a brilliant red vest.
running fathers brokerage Office in the
most approved fashion? ~
You see IL all happens in this fashion.
Having no son, old James Green decides
10 bring up his daughter to be as near
a man as possible. and hence the skirt
and vest abov mentioned and the brok-
erage once. But, like most pretty girls.
whether dressed in mannish fashion or
in the more alluring and distinctly fem
inine garb, Jemina, or Jimmy, as she
fain would be called, meets and falls
captive to the manly charms of one Dex-
ter Barton. not wholly wild and woody.
but still a Western product. And after
meeting him she takes the audience into
her confidence in Il Want a Regular
Man. q swinging number with the
chorus assisting her by showing some of
the types of the genus homo whichare
not regular"
Then everybody decides TO go to Reno
but not for the usual purpose. Jimmy
is going to look over Barton's gold mine,
and Papa Green, IN the person Of the
inimitable Harry Gilfoil. has other rea-
sons for going. principally TO witness a
little fistic encounter pulled OF in that
vicinity some time back. The entire par
" arrives Just outside the ring. and
Cross and Josephine, well-known re-
cruits from vaudeville. do some extreme
ly graceful dancing in III You Only
WILL later scoring in laughable bur
lesque on melodrama as shown on the
motion picture screens. Jimmy" or
Miss Ring-it doesn't make any differ
ence, they are both the same-this time
in flannel shirt, chaps and a felt hat
which looks as though II might cover the
States Of Connecticut, sings The Indian
Rag" and then. swiftly changing TO
more protaic attire, received many en-
cores In a duet with Barton. Everyday"
The fight is over and 1t takes about
seven minutes to get back to Papa
Green's home in Fifth avenue, and even
in this age Of rapid transit this is what
might be termed going some" Cross
and Josephine come along with a party
to spend some Of the money made from
their motion picture films. and have an
excellent number in You're Some Girl"
Clarence Oliver, as BERTHE Longman. sings
about his love for Chicken Pie" and
Papa Green, having accumulated what
is known in the vernacular as an edge"
announces through the medium of a song
that Il Can Drink" and any one watch
ing Mr.. Gilfoil pour and swallow will
readily agree with him.
All complications are Strengthened out