The sun., 1914-08-21
DANCING DUCHESS"
ARRIVES AT LAST
Related Viennese Operctta Is
Finally Disclosed at
the Casino.
.NkpE IN AMERICA" BRAND
Trail Of the Dilcttante Plain
over Most of Piece by
Unknown Author.


The Dancing Duchess" who missed
h.- s,rn un the Jersey coast short time
AGO. made a deferred debut at tho Casino
p,, NIGHT lcr Grace had been in dry
dock flr several days following her mis-
fortunes ont of town and in that period
her retuue mad been increased by Dor
o,hy JarIlr Vera Maxwell and Wallace
Nccuicneon who were not present at the
arst dnulr .ucr "f the lady.
The ueN pirco is called a "Viennese
op,rct'a.' although 1t is said To have
been composed on the banks o. Lake Erie
and not by the Danube c. v Kerr
wrote the text. Robert burnside produced
the piece and Milton Lusk Is named as
the composer Of the music. so long as
wienerschuHEc and wenerwurst are
Manufactured all over the United States
there seems 10 reason why Wiener oper-
eta should not take its place among our
native products
The piece which is in two acts, IL said
10 have been composed for an amateur
organization In Cleveland II deals with
what used To be called the dance craze
whenever an enterprising impresario got
the idea ~ hiring simultaneously a vacant
roof garden and II band of unemployed
Ethiopian makers of syncopated music.
The text Is devoted to the glorincation OF
the tango and the scenes are strong In
the local colors " Budapest and the
outskirts ~ Vienna
The trail uf the dilettante is over much
u me work Its characters are dancing
Duchess VINO has as teacher a menial II
some underlined kind, two servants who
Disguise themselves as their masters and
20 10 tango contest In the manner of
ROSd'Hd"s maid In Die Fledermaus
and ,Wo ilitatous husband, just like
EscHs''m and his friend In tie same op-
tsvtit, Who go on to "a tango contest In
Budapest. which seems from this piece t.
he suburb OF Vienna
The dancing Duchess who has left is.r
'ted husband In order to be "A dancer
The 'th'S Is the life' motive enters here
II recognized by an old friend who defers
% her wishes and keeps her identity a
secret rather than claim the prize which
aer husband has offered for her recovery
Then there are elements. equally operate
IN thr Nlennese way, to .ntltle the au.
thors 30 call their work whatever they
wanted 10. All the characters had names
that We're undoubtedly OF foreign origin
which may or may not be important In
the premises
Really her Grace was. after all, In no
condition. to face the rigors of Broad
WAY Hs' night. After the first halt
hour specialists pronounced the situation
grave. II WAS evident that no remedies
had been overlooked. Conservative re-
sior1,vcs Tx" m" tango were tried with
out effect After the more daring foS
irot had heen administered by Wallace
McCutchcon and Vera Maxwell there werr
signs " rally. But this was only tenn
po-ary
Tho persistent use OF an old story about
a golf ball. recited in turn by nearly every
character in the play. had "A most de-
pressing effect on the patient. The au.
di'nro was surprised at the tenaclty which
Kept The Dancing Duchess" alive unit
u o'clock. Some OF thc spectators had
almost succumhed before that time.
N was not IN" fault OF anybody con-
rerned .u the proceedings last night tina,
no end was after all not to be pre-
vented Ada Lewis did the best she
could with her opportunities. but sh,
was is powcrle7s as Otis Harlan to avert
the inevitable result
Dorothy Jardon soothed the ear with
her singing voice. and Laura Hamilton
danced with viStuos!ty on her left leg
or'asontliy she tried the right 1t was
me left however she favored most Of
ne evening. But the malady last nigh,
laF deeper than the use OF one foot OF
NE other oy any dancer Leila Mcintyre
ahc John Hyams have been absent toe
.'ne t' win public here now in muslca
,'f'" Their" were various sedatives IN
mo Sndne Of highly colored dresses anc
constant use Of the Instruments OF per,
,4'N'"N Iu the orchestra. After all, tn,
.tS' minutes seemed painless-to all but
'he audience.