Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-27
Sam Bernard, in "He Came from
Milwaukee," at Shubert's,
Well, You Know!

"HERE is no end of fun at the
Shubert Theatre this week in
He Came From Milwaukee,"
with Sam Bernard and his capable
company. Even after the. final curtain
drops one involuntarily keeps on
laughing. The humor is lasting, and
Sam Bernard makes sure that you will
dialect.
1t was the same Sam Bernard last
night that everybody knows, only the
writer's of "He Came From Milwaukee,
have given him a little better vehicle
thar usual in which to ride in his
characteristic style.
From the moment he enters the
arena and agrees to- duke for the
Duke Of zurach through all the vicis-
STUDIES Of his "dukedom'' until he is
crowned, only to be dethroned by the
real duke, he gets into a complication
of difficulties that. nc matter how i'm
possible, are exceedingly funny, and
often the situations are clever. To see
Sam Bernard is to laugh. To hear him
is to laugh again, and If anyone has
any gloom to dispei, or any crouch to
get rid of. or any grievance of any kind
against the world, let him see Sam
Bernard. HE Came From Milwaukee,
is a good tonic. But Mr.. Bernard is
not the whole show, by any means.
There is a supporting cast and a
chorus of metropolitan excellence. The
musical numbers are lively and we'll
staged.
If there is a plot to the play it is
successfully lost in the shuttle. Every
card is a joker. II is a deal of fun,
and in the effort to provide the fun
nothing else has mattered.
Mr.. Bernard, as Herman Won
Schnelienyein. a rich brewer, came
from Milwaukee and went to Zurach.
II he had stayed in Milwaukee there
would have been no comedy last night.
But the authors have obligingly put
the rich brewer in a strange land,
where he gets acquainted with the
Duke of Zurach, and to oblige the duke,
who is in love with an American heir
ess, they exchange Identities. Although
the mother of the American girl wants
her daughter to buy a title and marry
tho duke, she falls In love with the real
duke, who, she thinks. is h man from
Milwaukee. The advances of the sub
stitute duke are not received with kind
4 ness by the heiress.
AS there is a state of political unrest
in the country of Zurach, n the PEG
4 pie seek to establish a republic ant
overthrow the crown tho duke" get:
in many difficulties. which finally re.
suit in his being sentenced to death
"You will be shot at 6 O'Clock tomor
row morning." said tho general, where
upon the false duke begins to laugh
"What are you laughing att" snortet
the gruff general.
"vot a Joke 1t Niss." chuclded thu
..duke.', ''shot at 6 in the morning ar
l don't get up till half-past 4"
One of the best musical number
was the song, 1.-THE Man / Love-" b!
Anna Wheaton as Betty, and a mall
chorus. This number was we'll put OF
and the music was pretty
Billy CASTOR, the vaudeville avo
lite. also had an interesting number
There's an Aeroplane Air About You,
!, IN which he introduced some Of his &c
/ centric dancing. Billy never Belongs
to the Metropolitan grand opera, bu
he has had many contracts from Osca
: Hammerstein because of his dancing
| The number was encored time an
again.
! The musical onors Sc far as voic
: is concerned will go without questto
Y to Miss Nella Bergen. h carried thi
. responsibility last night to the utmos
9 satisfaction of all. Her song. Com
Back to Bohemia" is worth especie
mention, both for It's musical merl
] and the way 1T is Jung by Miss Bel
! gen.
. Miss Louise Mink. as Constance Har
e yey. who fails to fall in love with
g title. although she unwittingly marie
I the real duke, is sweet and dainty. an
John ]. Cain, as Napoleon Ravacha
Is especially clever.
The chorus is a charming bsvy
e feminine beauty. The girls. every on
9 OF them. are pretty and they can SIM
K too. The play, which has enjoyed
: metropolitan run, comes from the ola
$ factory of Mark Swan, who wrote n
: hook; Edward Madden. whit Is respor
n sible for the lyrics. and e M. Jerom
d Louis A. Hirsch and Melville Ellis, WI
furnished the tunefui music.
& The play will continue at the Shube,
Theatre this week..