The sun., 1916-11-12
BY FRANK WARD O'MALLEY.
7 ICTOR HERBERT. known uni
I vcrsally as the greatest Amerl-

hIi'"h uhA-
" vcrsally as the greatest Amerl-
can composer ever born in
Dublin and raised in Germany. Joseph
Urban. tar and away the foremost
American scenic artist recently i'm
ported from Vienna: Mrs. Luigi Mac
caspaShett. the most gifted American
forclady OF theatre scrubwomen ever
born and brought to perfection in the
province of Chianti, and Byumpenyack
Sensen. the clearest thinking Ameri-
can stage carpenter that ever emerged
from Scandinavian gloom-these four
and only these were disCerniblc in the
hal: light OF the Century Theatre audi
torium on the Saturday afternoon pre-
ceding the mighty event which Joe
Urban called the uppnlng night of
1.-THE Century Girl"
Final rehearsals OF various kinds
were about to impinge pom us. yet
all was peace-so farm the softly
glowing amphitheatre. WeCouid hear,
10 be sure. as II from afar of an un-
interrupted drone Of sound that
seemed to he a commihgling Of such
eNClamations as "Woof." "2Owie!"
Ping" and especially "Grrrrrrr!"
But as a fire curtain OF heavy metal
separated the peaceful auditorium
from the backstagc regions where, We
were tod, the crates OF stars who
make up the all star cast OF THE Gen.
tury Girl were having il out about
the final choice OF dressing rooms.
there seemed next to no reason for
alarm.
Besides, 1t was just possible that the
sharp cries and gnashinss of teeth
were being borne by the breezes all
the way from the Central Park Zoo
cages just to the east Of the Century
Theatre. Perhaps the uproar wasn't
caused by such things as, say. threats
by JohHny Shawn to beat up little
Marie pressler at all.
We, n select little audience OF two.
hal horned our way into the theatre
unOb3erved because news had ripped
u: way as far south as Newspaper
Row that during the afternoon Joe
Urban. with the final dress rehearsal
or the show only twenty-four hours
on, was to rehearse his scenery, Vic
tor Herbert was to rehcarse his music
and Byumpenyack Sensen had II all
framed up to rehearse the contents OF
his tool chest while Mrs. Luigi was
putting her sister a~rtistes through q
hnal %scrubb!ng rehearsal.
Not only that. out n rumor persisted
also that along about the dinner hour
Head Trainers Charley Dillingham;
aud Flo Ziegfeld would arrive with
hunks OF raw meat and would pass
along the runway in front Of the I
dressing rooms throwing meaty soup
bones through the bars before bedding
DOWN Sam Bernard, Harry Kelly. Leon
Enrol ct al for the night.
Victor Neutrality-suspicious. OF the
Friendly Sons OF st. Patrick, president
OF the Friends of Irish Freedom.
grandson OF Samuel Lover. the Irish
novelist and painter-Nic, who has a
love for the Sassanach's allies akin to
Tammany's affection for a f~usionist
r"f"rmer. took next to no notice Of the
first five members Of his orchestra to
arrive, the given names of said ive
being respectively Dimetrier. Etienne,
Ethclbcrt, Giacomo and Cecil.
lie nodded politely. Vic did. OF course
toward the Ententers. but his heart
wasn't In his greetings. Then Frank
Tlnney began to practise up on hii
Scotch bagpipes backstage at the same
moment that somebody named Fran
co.'s wandered in carrying a French
horn. Vic tried to pull himself to-
Gether by resting his gaze on the
golden harp rising out of the orchestra
pit, but real contentment did not come
back 10 the Herbert features until
inal batch Of his musicians came In
among whom wers Herr Profoseorl
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