New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-11


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Dick Wayne. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Burrel BarbaIe'to
Mrs. Marion Thorne. ...................N MA "''u'
Fritz Denkmehl. .....-....-....... SniiZ Eh"aiHS
Mr. i, j. jefreys ......,..........'... ON i,tNls
Svtyia Dale ................Ma Mana yucca
Adelaide Fontaine ............ Elizabeth Murray
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Garcon. AuSustus HcnuilH
psge " ....... Elsie Gergley
Mrs Thornt's Companion. .,... Gladys F'drnsn
In the first place there was a perfume
that cured nearly everything. few
whfis OF it made the grave gay. the
stupid clever. the sick well Keeping this
idea firmly in mind and learning that the
hrst scene is in DR.. Thorne's flower gar
dem near Paris. the second at French
bathing resort I'm the forenoon, and the
third at the same place on a moonlit
evening, the perspicacious theatregoer will
doubtless need no more.
Such IL the outline of High links,
produced at the Lyric Theatre last night,
and IT is first rate musical comedy. The
book IL sane, as such things go, ana
often amusing. the music more than
usually interesting. the scenes lively and
agreeable and the whole carried off With
the most genial dash and good nature by
all concerned
The action is not monopoliZed by one or
two people. but shared by 2 well balanced
cast. and II there are no interpolated
Vaudeville specialties they are not need
I'd the piece is quite vigorous and inter
esting enough 20 take care OF itself
The marvellous perfume starts the
story. with such variations as may readily
be imagined. aud the action is kept going
after that by the complications dear to
musical comedy-wives pursuing hus-
bands. the comic Frenchman determined
TO have his duel. and so on Familiar
material. you might say. and so 1t Is. vet
handled with intelligence and so breczily
put and free from the more acrid COM
monglaces OF Broadway az 10 seem fresh
and amusing.
The greater burden OF the evening. per
haps. fell To- the veteran and accom-
plishod hands Of Miss Elizabeth Murray.
who appears as sort Of toned down
Maggie Kline Miss Murray had several
excellent songs. I'm Through with Roam
ing Romeos" being especially fitted TO
her broad good natured. knowing style.
and she sang them all eNcellently An
other song. AN aboard for Dixie" N
which she danced With all the men prin-
cipals in turn. was also greatly liked.
In lighter. more graceful vein were
Miss Mana yucca a. a music hall singer
the sentimental heroine. Miss Elaine
Hammerstcin as the doctors lngcnue as
sistant-and very pretty she looked In 4
Ill. and Nigg
Emilia Lea as an English dancer.
Miss Lea had a pleasant speaking voice
and she could sing a little. but what the
audience liked best was 10 see her turn
back handspring somersaults. OF course.
everybody turns somcrsaults in the cir
Gus. but when slim young person with
pleasant speaking voice and rather
finished musical comedy manner starts
turning them u IS surprise, and there
fore interesting Miss Ada Meade as the
doctors nice. brisk-looking wife was also
admiration her. appearance. principally,
Tor she had little To do.
Robert Pitl,in was an excellent farcical
doctor. and Burrcll Rrbaretto pleasing
musical comedy young man, more viGor-
Gus and masculine than such young men
sometimes are in these dancing days.
The fat mans part, to balance Miss MGr-
RAYS knockabout role. was done by Tom
Lewis with satisfactory JUNCTION and
drollery. MI In all. capabl" company,
playing with excellent spirit
or the various tunes the most attrac-
tive. perhaps. was the one sung in the
first act whcn the marvellous perfume
began to take effect. II might be de-
scribed. in contemporary language. as a
hesitation schottische. and has this ad-
vantage for tea-dance amateurs. that II Is
SO taking. IT almost dances itself. A. X.