The Washington herald., 1914-11-17
NATIONAL.
"ZIeEfeId FOIIies."

Just before the curtain rose on the
''Ziegfeld FoIlies' at the National Thea.
ter last night q young man remarked
with a pleased smile that It was going
to be "a very naughty show" Maybe II
was-honI soft qui NAL pense-it all de-
pends on the point OF view. One thing
is certain-the 1914 vintage Of follies is
exactly the big musical spectacle the
public has grown to expect Of Ziegfeld.
and It does not fall below the standard
Of his other similar productions.
Nothing but girls, girls. and more girls
| evidently the result OF considerable la
Dor Of a fine eye in seIection-tuneful
music. funny comedians. lively dances,
| stage pictures. A blind man would ex-
| tract small amusement from the specta-
Gle.
The dear. delightful women and Come
dians Of contagious merriment are the
most important source of pleasure, but
the wealth and gorEeousness of the pro-
duCtion exceed that OF any musical en-
tertainment so far this season. Scene
after scene Of wonderful color schemes
and act after act of headline vaudeville
pass quickly before the eyes Some one
SeA- - mas a bAeAs bAN II "Oulu ldhe Su-
perhuman imagination. as well as con-
centration, to find 1t during the perform
ance.
In these dancing days II is essential
that everyone on the stage do some
sort Of dance, and do il well. Here IL
is we'll done by everyone. from the agile
members of the staggering chorus Of
gauzy damozels up Cor DOWN to the nu-
merous principals. OF course some of the
chorus steps and costumes would not be
approved of in a boarding house school
for fashionable young ladies'
Leon Enrol and Bert Williams were
in fine comicaI fettIe last night and
kept the house in a continual uproar. Err
rOI made his first appearance in his ac-
custOmed condition OF inebriety, this time
in a tango parlor. When he staggered
about the room, the fair young lady pu-
pills. mistakinG him for a professor en-
deavOred with complete success to follow
the bewildering steps. Williams entered
from a snowbank. and his song. THE
Man Who Wrote the Vampire Surely
Knew Ny Wife," was characteristic.
Later in the evening. the two come
dams had eXcruciatingly funny scenes
on the golf links and. swinging in mid
air on the loose beams Of the 1313th floor
Of a skyscraper in course of construc-
ton.
Ed Wynn and Arthur DEACON we're
another inimitabIe pair of vaudevillians
Of whom the audience could not get
enough. Both were much in evidence
during the evening, singing. dancing
and chattering most engagingly. Vera
Michelena moved through the perform
ance the stunning creature she is, and
dainty Louise Meyers captivated in her
songs and dances. Nothing to Wear"
was a pretty bit OF sentiment for Miss
Meyers
Anna Pennington and Stella Chatel-
aines darces were big assets of the pro-
duction. Kay LAUREL is a beautiful
September Morn May Leslie, Gladys
Feldman, May Carmen and Dorothy
Newell are other notably lovely wo-
men. J. Bernard DyIlyn, Johnny Dove
and c. Morton Horne were others prom
inent in the very large company.
The Futurist mansion in black and
white. a peach orchard, the border coun-
try between United States and Mexico
with historical tableau. the skyline OF
New York. Palm Beach. the Tango Pal
ace and several others were memora-
BILE scenes, SURPRISING Ziegfeld's best
previous efforts, but one must see the
to realize the great out |
lay OF money. energy and brains which
has been necessary to perfect It for
your and my enjoyment.