New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-07
AT THE WINTER GARDEN
Honeymoon Express Promises
to Have a Successful Run.
CLEVER STAGE EFFECTS
All the Old Favorites. Color
and Light and Creations
from Paris.

After many postionemeuts The Honey
moon Express" hook and lyrics b. Joseph
I w Herbert and Harold Att-ridse and
music by Jean Schwartz. started on time
last night a. the Winter Garden and wa.
/ running sixty niles an hour at The end
Of the irst act. with an automobile in
! pursuit At eighty miles and rore This
race between train and automobile through
/ the mountains AZ u'chtfai; Is q spectacular
+, stag erect worthy of Drury Lane melo-
J drama. ~ o fact. the piece is spectscl.
far more than musical comedy. and good
! spectacle at that There IL interpOlatea
~ th- second act a Russian ballet. The
( Oriental Eacthanale." mLsic by BorOdiuo
, which is a marvel Of atmosphere and sub
I dued colorins II il succeeded almost i'm
n"distely by dazzling blending OF high
! lights and bright colO,s in Ny Rag
eiadore variation OF. rather than n
parody on. the Toreador song. Ned Way
/ burn. who has staged the whole show with
tho exception OF ballet. the credit for which
belongs b. Theodore Ko.lofr. has outfone
himself lie obtains some capital effects
with ;ne Fashionable coloiS OF th" season.
black ana white and has invented a cap
, ti,9tirE Rag Time Express" number
sung hH Ernest Gi"Ed-.nius and chorus.
AId there il Gaby Dcslys. slender and
agile and the wcsrer ot a seemingly end
less collection Of creations from Paris.
Zach hanjsomer than the other. She
changed her dress about every ten min
utes. or. al least. that was the wsv IL
looked but she was entirely TOO little
dressed for a moment In the second act
that was entirely TOO long. As q sensation
the exhibition failed entirely. The crowd
ed house looked on III silence, and let II
go AZ that Mile. Dssiys might as well
wear q peignoir IL. this scene. Indeed. u
would be much better Of Size did TIE
show does not need th.s Offence against
good taste. and q little worse. 10 win
success
The hols. heartily welcomed rhe Oh
isvori-as in their new parts Al Jolson.
Ada Lewis. Ysncsi Dolly, Fanny Brice.
Ernest Glcnt;r:inS. Harry Pilcef. Mel
vile Ellis and Harry FoX. who sin
whistles whenever he goes on. and a.
tenor. Al Jolson he'd just got back from
wedding, le explained. but he did not
know the names Of the principals. because
lie lad bought his ticket from a sr-cu-
lstor Ada Lewis lad an excellent bit of
comedy in a "pisnoiogu.." with Melville
Ellis 81 the instrument, and MADE the best
CT II with her wholesome sense OF hunor
that never misses a roiU, and never over
emphasizes Fanny Bgce sang MY Rag
siadore." "Syncopsthic Land" and Coco
Cola Belle aud got away win al
three. and Yarcsi Dolly and Harry FOX
had 4 graceful nunlbef IN The Same one
They Picked for Ne" Gsby Drsiy- sag
OF course. and danced With Harry P!lcer.
ending the performance With When Gaby
Did the Gaby Glide" In the Russian hal
let Of course. Ar. P.losr had 90 follow az
best he could the art OF the Russian
dancers. aud ne did il rather well.
The ubretto has a plot which 10 not lost
in the course Of the proceedings. Il CON
GEMS tne divorce Of Henri Duhonct
ernest Glendcnning and his wife Gaby
Deslys). the husba no = immediate depart
ufe for Parts 10 celebrate his release.
though he still loves her deep in lis heart.
his timely inheritance OF two million
francs. and hes wifes pursuit 81 him. and
her aunt's (Ada Lewis pursuit OF the
millions. Nine. Duboncts lawyer diary
Pllcer) wishes to marry Ter ofhand. SO
does porter artist Uven Baxter, vho
Is engaged to Marguerite Ysncsi DollN).
whom Dubonet. in his turn. wishes 10
make Ms sccond wife in order 20 share
his wealth with her. The divorce is dis
covered 20 be invalid. and thus tho VIZ.
that still il and the one that is 10 b. meet
in Duborct's apartment Fanny Brice
Is a ladvs maid. and ~ Jcison tie but
Ter. ri course All this Is not strikineiy
novel but IL serves very vel, and Il has
/ tie rneri, % being unobIc, tionahle, a.
I soon az Mile. pcslys win add Partisan
| pcien4ir TO her rnirac Ilous wardrobe
| What has been said Of the lihretto applies
ALSO to the music. II H. good enough, u
| serves 20 brighten the spectacle: and the
| best 81 IL HAS been written 10 accompany
that spirited race OF the automobile 10
| ovsrtake the express. The excited con-
! pany In the motor car is also shown for q
moment or two in rnoy1ng pictures. There
il plenty TO see a. the new Winter Coz
den shov. and it IL all well worth seeing