New-York tribune., 1912-01-09
CAST OF "rHp TALKER." AT HARRIs's.
EDDIE FOY IN A NEW PLAY
"Over the River" Produced at
the Globe Theatre.

When the curtain went up last night on
the first act OF over the River" and eN-
hihited a cabaret scene In full swing, the
audience broke into the sort of joyful, im-
pulsive applause that betrays recognition
something the ,ame kind OF applause that
holiday audiences In town for a week used
to give TO the farm scene I'm shore Acres.
Therefore the cabaret scene was a success
from the standpoint OF the audience. But
the audience was not discriminating, be-
cause this cabaret was wholly disreputable,
and yet, as the programme explicitly as
serts IL was located in New York. Now,
any one familiar at all with New York
knows that II Is impossible for any high
life" restaurant of this description TO stay
wholly disreputable in this city. DO what
YOU will. respectable people will creep in'
more and more Of them all the time. until
finally the cafe either has 10 fail or turn
frankly respectable.
Outside of this fact the scene had stage
value II was full of colors lights and
tunes The cabaret dance cf Mduric" ana
Madeleine d'Harville was sensational 10 the
last ditch. Not that IT had in II any
feature that is unfamiliar. 1t was just a
curious exhibition of what modern ingenL-
itv has been able 10 do with tho waltz.
Eddie Foy was given the warmest Of
welcomes. And. appropriately enough. he
responded with an apprccativo little ditty,
entitled New York Isn't Such Bad Old
Town'-although the words let YOU into
the secret that II was quite the worst town
there is perhapg even worse thar Chicago.
Tho ulot of Mr. Foy's new piece catches
hin, I'm n raided cabaret, quite UNIT for a
home coming, and transports him to Black
U,lTs Island where he spends thirty de-
UpbtfuI DAYS; at least. they seemed d.
hebtful Never before have there been 80
many pretty girls. with flowers and songs
and unexpected costumes, seen on Black
wells pleasure grounds.
when the thirty days are over the poor,
hungry convict returns from Mexico 10
his vife's home at Inwood, where ne is
greeted by a large assemblage Of old
friends all in Mexican dress. The scene Is
br,eht-and Inwood has changed good
deal i'm the last year.
"Over the River" has the advantage over
"a. majority of musical comedies OF TINS
,.a.r ~ that il requires no smallest mo
ment OF thought or effort of concentration
throughout IT is care free. ana happy
sririted More than that, IT is unusually
hTa
in most musical comedies-the girls. There
are several song numbers in which inc
cborus actually not minding how it looks
comes out in working dress WIN Sc"H
tipbt wigs does tumbling, -bagsihs' anu
en- fact. acts regardless of all appearance
This 10 wholly novel and decidedly refresh-
ing ,,...,, &. -, .
The comedy in over the River rs oil
dancv type. The music is all quite iafhli-
,ar-some of it seemed TO be driitlng oo"h
bodily from the big garden htue iur'he'
up Broadway. ,i.i.
Reside Mr. Foy's qui,t COMEDY ""'e''
,e better than It used TO be- there Ne''
Maud Iambert's buoyant singing Lillian
,orraipes curious acting (or Is II nat s,'
docs no acting at all0, and several Vauue-
/ vile specialtles, such az the high MISE
Notbven. whc whistles i'm the back o. ho'
throat. and the Berlin madcaps.
The new piece comes the nearest 10
r,elted together vaudeville performance Oh
onytbing New York has had yet.