Evening star., 1915-11-23
ArlQSErI rIEleIS
Belasco.

'srhe Girl Who Smiles demonstrated
her winsome ability before a large audi
enee at the Belasco last night.
Heralded by the announcement that
Adoiph Phillip, who has been bla nketinS
his identity under a name-two names
which he has made more famous than his
own. is the sole author of the several
musical comedies credited to Herne and
Briquct. gave to the local premier of hi:
latest Offering the plquaucy OF surprise.
The girls smile is not homemade
croucy father. who looks and acts like
a human edition OF the east wind. allows
no chances fer facial festivities AT the
country house near Paris Of which he is
the. head Also. an undesirable husband
has been selected for her and the girl.
otherwise Marie has every appcara nee
o. 2 qualified understudy cf Niobe. when
q daShing young artist comes along and
teaches her to smile III a duet which called
for.2n encore.
Temperamentally considered. the spir-
II o. the second act is a joyou$lv i'm
proNi lent harlequin in the motley of
>.lO lions that color the life. good. bad,
but never Indifferent. of the Latin quar-
tex of the stage. Marie. who has fol-
lowed the artist to Paris. brings her
country guilclessncss into a maelStr"m
Of .lIilarity in which SrSctteS, students
f1G ne HOtSSalN anu ItLS1it Ot NptlH
nd life frolic around FrauCoiS-who
s ziiic artiSt-quite regardless of the
:. st that cvyrybody is impeCuuious
-fA5 that the host is to he cviCted in
80 : IliGdle of his party because he can
T.. nay his rent. OF course. the girl set
t.,S with the landlord. and equally, of
-,rse. her proud father disoWns her
81 T." presence of her lover and his
Trends.
We third act finds nc Young married
l.
q the forgiveness nf Papa Fahre. and
4 here that musical comedy plays tag
- domestic drama and the hardened
ira ct becomes as wax undet the mag
raiism of grandchild-ueVcr mind ITS
.S NJ rag. There IS the touch az very hu
---'n realism in the Old mans surrender.
'nd that il was Il touch OF the sort that
.-.s.Ge the audience akin vas evidenced by
- responsive and almost emotional ap-
ausa. uuacConIpau:ed ly the usual
,au-ltcr. The waltz movement intro
'-"d N Teach Me to Smile, runs like
2 silver thread throughout the score,
snd in the studio the opening number. "A
r'-,ath from Bohemia. shared Iaurels
Y IN Il candle chorus in which the dark
o~rd studio showed the GeTnoralized
cleaning OF incandescents twirled by
dinners who were themselves suggestive
OF gone mad tops.
Natalie Alt, as the girl. was de-
;'ure'y dainty. sang Sweetly and con-
vcN"d Innocence despite surroundings
s"me-.hat astouudingly bizarre Marie
FanCisonette. who dances with the
buovarcy of an April breeze. also
pleased with her singing. Lucille Saun-
d~is. admiringly remembered as
T.'er7'.ar of the Columbia summer opera
c~i~'- ny. did all that was artistically
pcsS lie as the iuperiouS Nine. Bou-
''~-". There was Il Temptation w3.itz''
i'll which Grace Leigh. as ClariSSe, an
n"-'eSS. did her best. which meant her
worst. to win Francois from Marie: a
failure in which the compensation was
On encore. The Dance of the lncas."
by Il uuicksilverish girl. was anot1 r
cnerveScing feature of the second az t.
George Baldwin's baritone and pic
tures"us personality fitted him for the
portrayal of Francois. the artist lover
and William Danforth was good as the
almost melodramatic father. The stage
settings We're ever! thing to be exDect-
ed of Ben Teal. and the augmented or
chestra was led by Augustus Barratt.