The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-06
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H LOUNGER
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y ltappE New Year to YOU all. even
If il is a little late to mention the
subject. but I have been away for Il
vacation so missed my e end chat
with YOU. and ] hope You missed me
as II u is on" half Of a vacation to
know that some II is Wishing that
YOU would return. got back Just in
time I" see The Talk OF Nav York
II am sorr:' to say that I was a little
nit disappointed in tho production.
there seemed to be a great lack Of
rehearsal on the part If the chorus,
tered broadcast within easy reach Of
them ! was quit" pleased to see MIR.
Harold Nelson again altho ] had quite
a time to reconcile myself to seeing
him in such light frivolous stuff as
Cohan writes. II was quite easy to see
TN" talent of Mr.. Nelson p%rotruding
'hro the mass of froth and noise.
"Th" Travelling Salesman" on Fri
day evening gave good satisfaction. to
many patrons. and enjoyed quite a
good patronage considering the ex-
trrme cold. The coming Of Mont
g"mery and Ston" on Saturday next
should prove one of the rcd letter
days TO the local patrons.
In New York the outlook for the
New Year is good and il IL Expected
that the rest OF the year will he mark
cd with success for most Of the pro-
ducers. James X. Hackctt has returned
=" INC fold nf the ac,or-managers and
began an engagement at the Criterion
on January I in The Grain Of Dust
~ four act play of New York life.
which Louis Evan Shipman. author
OF Tho Crisis has made from the
celebrated novel Of the ann name.
Alth"ngh Mr.. IIacket has been play
ing "Th" Grain Of Dust" on tho road
since August. little was known Of the
riec" in New York. but 1t looks as IL
tho public intended tn take Mr.. Hack
cit and his all American company to
their hearts and give them a long run.
Modest Suzanne" started OIL a run
az the Liberty. this is an American
adaptation of an operctta that has
been n success in Berlin. Vienna and
Paris. and has been sung in all the
CITIES Of Europe. The story of the
play Us that vi a scientist with a theors
on heredity. He believes his son and
daughter to he exceptionally quiet and
domestic while he knows himself at
heart to be devoted to the gayer side
Of life. This seems to disprovc the
theories for which he has been ad.
mitted to the French academy. The
situation is complicated ny suzanne
the wife of a pickle manufacturer. Ia
whom tn" scientist has awarded the
Prize for modeaty. Some illusions are
shattered and theories established
ner Of tho modesty prize and the
scientist come together at the Moulin
Rouge. After considerable mask re.
moving there is likewise much happi.
ness: The scientist ove his theories
an dthe others win their hearts desire.
In spite Of what tho critics said abou.
The Marionettes' Madame Nazimova
| will cnnn l,oN-a - . 4 -
ut the LNceum theatre. From the
patronage Of the public it is both an
artistic and a financial success. THE
Quaker Girl" with Clifton Crawford
at the Park is one Of the biggest sue
cesscs of the year and 1t il expected
that it will stay all season in New
York.
The widely advertised sandstone in
The Garden Of Allah went wrong
III" other day and instead Of just
sweeping the desert it took in part of
the audience sitting in the front rows
Of the Century theatre. Incidentally
1t gathered in Duke Hannah the
stage hand whose duty it is to tame
the storm. II put him out of com.
mission for a few hours. The sand.
storm effect is created by blowing a
quantity ~ corn meal and bran
through large tubes. one of these
>'"N fat'' S7taA' Y W NTOIf, ana De-
gan to play the feed store with the
tw"-dollar-and-a-half patrons who had
paid their money to- mingle with art
and not breakfast food. Hannah
Climbed on TO a scaffold 10 adjust the
pipe, when a blast of cereals struck
him in the face. binding him and
shocking him tn the floor below. Then
while th" m~ischevious pipe strewcd
Quaker Oats n Grape-Nuts on the
audience Hannah fell unconscious. the
stage rushed over to him and
could do for him. Yep" replied
Hannah. bring me some syrup"
The that Joe Weber and Lew
Fields would once mor unite for tbe
amusement Of the theatre soers is
now n certainty. and the first artist to
slen up for the new company ia Lii,
!ian Russell for what she claims Is her
last appearance on the stage as she
claims that after this season she will
embark on the sea ri matrirnony once
again. ~
IT looks as if the New York critics
could take the cake for sarcastic re-
views as one of them in q review ono
time referred to a costume worn I'm
of the Grand Operas. as a rros.
between a Highland Kilt and a Gre
clan bathing suit from the antioue.
Worn on the beach at Phalerum in fhe
year /. WV
Now it looks rs if ] had run ont of
space again without getting ont M
New York. and | thought that / was
going TO travel from coast to coast
tnls time for sure. SO here is the point
where l must once more say good-bye.
Yours truly.
The I-ounger.