The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-01-09
ADJUSTMENTS.
.srhs Sweetest Girl in Paris"

Tine sweetest Girl IN PaFfS.
Rarely does a musical play contain
anywhere near as many conspicuous
ensemble and deliberately staged song
hits as does THE Sweetest Girl in
Paris which will be seen at the
opera house Thursday, Jan. 26th, one
night only, with Trixie Friganza, and
the original cast and chorus that cap
tivated Chicago during the seven
months run at the La Sale opera
house last season. It costs a great
deal of money-to say nothing of pains
and inventive ingenuity-to make a
musical comedy replete with bewitch-
fngly- produced numbers, and that is
why one or two novel effects are gem
orally compelled to counterbaIance
numerous solos and duets, wherein the
chorus is. kept in the background.
Not so however with THE Sweetest
Girl in Paris which contains at least
= dozen deliberately staged songs. to
say nothing OF a sufficient quota OF
clever Individual hits in the way of
vocal effort. First and foremost per-
haps is Miss Friganza's Don't Forget
The Number" which is being whis-
tiled from coast to coast. During her
inimitable rendition of this song, the
lights suddenly go out for a second,
and when they are switched on again
the audience sees q full sized repre-
sentation of a street-car occupying
the center of the stage. from the win
dows Of which pretty members of the
chorus wave to the spectators.
.sMary's Lamb" is another delightful
number, in which lambs frisk glad
somely ION the green" tended by nirn-
BILE footed shepherds. During this
number appear the ponies that al
ways create 30 much favorable COM
ment. The entire staging of this num-
Der seems like a page lifted bodily
from the childhood beloved Mother
Goose and sends the spectators mind
sitting irresistibly backward through
the years to his or her own happy
childhood when gambols such as seen
on the stage were the gayest delight
of existence.
Gorgeous electrical effects have
much to do with the popularity of the
opening fthe second act, a haunting
internezzo entitled THE Sweetest
Girl in Paris" in which the stage is
transformed into a fairy bower OF
beautiful girls, waving flowers and
glowing lights. A special electrical
staff Of three men is carried to pro-
duce the memorable lighting scheme
which is presented to the spectator
during this number, and which Is con-
sidered a triunps of harmony and gor-
gecusness. Many novel properties
Including the laughable human lob
ster,' are used in 'sNothing's Too Good
For You,' while quick and surpris-
Ing costume change is feature Of the
tuneful. II Love All the Girls From
A to T.
All kinds of weather, from bright
sunshines to. beating rain and swfrlins
snow are illustrated in Weather
Man. with the chorus working over
time to keep themselves clothed in
keeping with the prevailing weather. .
Here again the electricians are given
a golden opportunity to display the
resources of their craft. Nor should
mention be overlooked of the Thu
man wings in Boys, Boys, Boys, .
that are the especial delight Of spec
tators in the first seven or eight rows.
Other popular numbers in The
Sweetest Girl in Paris include Gee
Amt 1t Shame to Be Fat" and
That's the Way That limitations
Look to Me-" both of which are re-
nowned as 'Friganza- Hts Il Want
q Man a very comical number, and
"The Oscillation Bombashey. in which
Russian and classic styles of dancing
are displayed.