Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-22
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one of the biggest burleSuue shows that
ever came to Washington taxing the
properties to the limit and the talents of
The performers. especially the army of
chorus girls, a little beyond that point.
furnishing here a thrill, there a shock.
now laugh and then burst OF strenu-
Gus enthusiasm infectious that even
q tired audience was obliged to respond,
: The Passing Show of 49," which
capuVated a capacity house al the Be
idsco Theater last evening
tliZinS the prominent plays and pro-
auctions of last season for its bur
lesquing material. including Bought and
Paid For. "A Butterfly the Wheel, =
klsmet The Typhoon.' ''The Quaker
GIRL The Pirates of Penzance sol
liver Twist and The Return OF Peter
Grimm, a regiment of principals assisted
by an army of chorus girls. presented a
kaieidoscopic entertainment so varied in
lts character and so wide in its scope
th;tt column of description would not
suT1ce for discussion in detail Spe-
cialtles seemed as numerous as flies in
summer and some of them might be
compared TO butterflies. Others. espe-
ciaily some in which the chorus figured
were anatomical displays that would have
MADE the real Quaker girl shudder with
horror. even though the Quaker boy
inisht take on broad grin. and while
mentally disappearing, might wear his
succession of melodies of the hustle
on type operated like an inspiriting tune
10 keep up the tagging energy of a tired
regiment
Next days ANALYSIS of it all leaves but
little OF lasting remembrance E,nthusi-
asin WeahenS in the cold gray dawn of
the morning after. Trixie FriganZa,
with buNom comedy that only heightened
with the opportunity and ended with a
plunge into the water pool of the "Kis-
met scene, when she was clad as an
overdressed ballet dancer stood out
above the others. No matter whether she
'monoiogued' or ''massed'' in quartet or
in ensemble. she was laughable and en-
lertaininS. Next in order came Texas
tauinan and Louise BrunnelI with the pc
ute and graceful danseuse. Adelaide and
Ter dancing partner, Hughes.
Charles j. Ross, with excellent imper-
sonations Of the tKismet" beggar after
otis Skinner, and of Bill Sykes i'm the
oliver Twist sketch, stood well to the
front among the men Clarence Harvey
and Ernest Hare We're two more splendid
contributors 10 the masculine portion of
re entertainment in which they were
? iiy seconded by the Howard brothers.
y lille and Eugene, the former doing eX-
lent work. with Moon and Morris, the
Always Together silent dancers whose
WeTk was = marvel in itself But il is
Tot possible 10 single out the performers
-" ho We're entitled To credit in the mighty
spdgepodse
No review would he just that omitted
mention of the chorus.
The labor of a lonely horse in an active
tfeadmill compared To what Il had to go
through might be likened 10 a siesta com
Jared with storm at sea. For its es-
necial employment in one OF its exhibit
ton features big runway had been CON
stfuctcd above the heads of the audience
right through the center of the theate1
from the entrance door to the stage On
this narrow walk the chorus sde-shuf-
Hed up and Substituted down the en-
tire length. now turning this way for a
few seconds and now turning that WAY
N lncessant and deliberate display
me scenery ana stage settings. well
as tie costumes. are beautiful features
pf the performance. One little matter
should not De overlooked however in
the way of protest, and that is that
"hiie the burlesque ran the gamut from
cieverness to crudity, once at least il
displayed a distinct tendency to viola
ton OF professional courtesy.