The Washington herald., 1914-11-15

could be used for "suzl'' and the count
less giri-and-music shows like II with
only the change of the names Of the
characferB ana cast As 70 the pieces
themselves. II might be like the printed
postal cards supplied 10 the soldiers In
the armies Of the present war. That
time and trouble saving contriyance con-
veys the news. II the sender draws his
pencil through some Of the few sentences
IeaYing the others IN. depending upon the
character OF which he Wishes to say.
-susi," Ike practically All Of its kind
It the Casino ana other theafers, has
brilliant costumes and elaborate stage
sets. The music Il tuneful, but not dis
tinguished, this time OF the familiar
VIennese school The plot a Of the
psuai weakness, and the usual lfnas are
perhaps even less anuang than usual.
as iSusual. no one gets the words Of the
lyrics, 50 they do not matter. The char
acters are the usual soprano and tenor
sololsts IA juvenile parts, the dignlhed
parental basso. the contralto female
friend Of the soprano and the essential
comedian whose voice doesn't matter.
The most importana thing. also. regard
less Of voice is the numerous female
chorus whose function Is to wear or not
10 wear red clothes.
To say that these characters have
about the usual things to sing and do and
that they sing and do them In the usual
way. sums up the performance when II
is also stated that the principal members
OF the cast are Jose Collins, Frftzi Won
BussinE. Malcom Stewart. Tom McNaugh-
ton and Connie Ediss This information
might almost as well be streotyped. but
II conveys TO any one at all regular in
attendance at the theater during the past
lA.a1a Of "a V-1arff9 af
''Suzi."
MusicaIisinG . Play.
In the case OF The Only Girl" We have
something Of a more novel type and with
considerably more originality Of idea Its
basis was farcical comedy which. under
the title Of "our Wives" had a short
run here and on the road two or three
seasons ago. The public didn't go wild
about It. but Il had = lot and some clever
situations. Mr.. Henry Blossom took this
material revised Il down to date, put in
some OF his own humor and lyrics. and
made room for the addition OF chorus and
show girls. Mr. Victor Herbert wrote a
lot Of music for II not altogether In his
best style, but Mr.. Herbert's music Is al
ways musiclanly. and he writes his COM
positions without q monotonous adher-
ence to one set OF forms.
The result is that The Only Girl
comes to most Of its audiences as en-
tirely fresh material and out Of the usual
weIl-beateh path Of the usual girl-and-
music show. II Is trivial but funny. and
has the advantage OF a company which
seems to gain inspiration by having some
thing new to do. II includes IN its cast
Mr.. Erpest Terrence, who II perhaps the
tallest and ugIiest Of contemporary musi-
cal comedians. and Adele Rowland, one
Of the most vivacious of contemporary
soubrettes. There are numerous others to
ladle out the fun and music 20 as 2 whole
The Only Girl Is rather better than
the usual entertainment of its frivolous
sort
NaEimOva's Newest.
Getting back to the serious we have
Eazimova in the weakly named drama,
That Sort" II IL by the Englishman.
Basil Macdonald Hastings, who wrote
that curious play. The New Sfn," which
led those who saw il to believe that his
next effort would show something Of the
same originality. Instead. he harks back
TO the theme Of Mrs. Tanquersy," which
play gave US the woman with q past with
less vigor, but considerably more wit and
atmosphere than does That Sort
The Diana Laska who makes the trou-
Bile in this play had her earlier expert
ences as q wife, mother and then In the
red light district in Vienna We meet her
first as unsuccessful in an attempt at sui |