The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-04

Last NIGHTS play.

Last Nights Play.
Bell Boy proved the last and
best Offering Of the Bell Boy Musical
Comedy Company yesterday afternoon
and last night at the Pensacola opera
house. Johnny and Ella Calvin, and
their clever support, presenting the
interesting little comedy sketch TO "a !
tfalr sized audience each time.
The musical numbers are especially
good in The Bell Boy" being well
sung and gracefully danced by the
The following are especially vel
liked: Bois de Boulogne." Send
Town." 7 Could Learn to Love a Sol
der" THE Spirit Of 49," bombay. .
Yokohama Charmer," ~StarIigf1t Sue
lmoon song1, Far. Far Away" and
Motor King"
aEustsr Brown
The production Of Buster Brown,
which comes to the opera house on
Friday, Feb. 9th. VIII be to the ma
5or1ty Of the audience like the reading
OF well read poet for the first time,
In teh poetica1 work you find odd
phrases which you have often used
and heard used, but whose origin you
never knew before. You also hear
music that you have heard whistled
on the street, and played at parties,
moving picture shows and at Coney
Island but whose parentage was a
mystery.
Buster Brown" contains all the eic-
ments that are implied ia the words
musical comedy. Pretty melodies.
beautiful costumes, lovely and pic
turesque scenery, brilliant and dez-
cling electric effects. In fact, one
might say, I'VE are going back to the
days Of La Paupee." The similarity
is manifested by the angelic innocence
Of little Buster and his playmate,
Mary Jane.
There is never dun minute from
curtain rise to curtain fall, but one
continuing spasm Of fun, laughter and
jollyfulness.
A Doctors prescription: A FREQUENT
laugh is far better than ali medicines.
So see Buster Brown" Mary Jane
and "Tige.s They furnish a laugh
every minute and then some.
Imperial Russian Ballet Dancers.
This seasons special feature OF the
Metropolitan opera house." IL what
New York city calls the all-star I'M
symphony orchestra conducted by Dir.
Vittorio Pedesti, OF the Metropolitan
opera company, will appear at the
opera house Feb. g.
This great organization Of choreo-
graphic artistry includes in its mem
bership all Russia's greatest dancers.
and that means the greatest dancers
in the world. Among the stars OF the
first rank in the company are Julia
SedoWa, Katrina Geitzer. Lydia Lo-
poukOWa, Cariotta Zambel1i (French
visiting star at the Imperial opera
house. St Petersburgl. the statuesque
Mikaii Mordkin, who is also director
obi nk4fr
Alexander Volinine and others. The
imperial opera houses of st. Peters,
burg and Moscow have united to con-
tribute solo dancers, character dancers
and members Of complete CORDS de
ballet. Without the great stars, the
supporting dancers alone could give
performances Of magnitude marked by
wonderful dancing.
All the dancers Of the first rank, the
stars with the worldwide regulations,
VIII not be seen together at any one
performances. But here, and every
where else the aII-skar Imperial Rus
sian Ballet appears. more stars will
dance together than have ever been
seen before except on the stages OF
Russia's two great imperial opera
houses. The supporting dancers too.
make up company larger than the
ones ordinarily appearing at St Pc
tersburg and Moscow.
The all-star Imperial Russian Ballet
presents ocular operas or dance
dramas with music ana divertise-
ments
AS for the advertisements, they win
include national Slavic dances, waltzds.
mazurkas and all sorts Of other ''pAs
de deux" and pas de trtos," and en-
semble dances. Mordlxin himself has
half dozen new solo dances this
year. the War Dance OF the Red In
dians a Gypsy Dance, q Hungarian
Dances and new Greek variations"
Della Clarke IN "Intrcduee Me-
Miss Della M. Clarke, who is star.
ring Ia her own comedy. Introduce
Me-" TO appear here on Feb. s, encoun-
tered opposition when she decided TO
go on the stage, but, not to be turned
aside, took a course at q dramatic
school. On graduation day Miss
Clarke scarcely expected many flowers.
but she did expect her only sister to
remember her. Just before she re-
ceived her hard won diploma q maid
handed box to her. It's front label
read: Miss Della Clarke" It's re-
verse bore the chilling inscription:
Sympathy of Friends" The Offering
was gates ajar.n
Her lively sense OF humor saved
Miss Clarke from Mysteries. She con-
cluded her relatives had sent the floral
design 70 discourage her. After the
exercises. her sister approached and