The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-22
MOLLY 0" PLEASES
As A SPRING SHOW
ruucful Music Provided for
Plot Taken From a
BoccacciO Tale.
CLEVER ONES IN THE CAST
.vo,l, O"-At the Covt Theatre.

whether the musical play at the Cort
~,e,,-e on saturday night should be
,,ere,,a NJ tho more usual type Of farce
,,,h songs seemed undecided In the
-,,ds ~ IT'S creators. The Smith broth
-. nuryevors OF texts to the American
.,bi, seemed 10 incline toward musical
nal. although they did trace their
..., btrk ~ Boccaccio. But Carl Woes.
,ho wrote the score. chung more closely
a one-,tta. His inspiration was un-
s,nb,edly tho bubbling fountain on the
AXIS OF tho Wien. lie was for express
OF, himself in the id!om that may be
,.,esl through the Strausses down to
iehar.
,,d Nj Noese knew his medium. His
~,.c was spontaneous. graceful and gay.
all made ard usually melodious. IL
sva,tz motives did not iDtoxicate with
|. .bei- languorous rhythms. they were At
N events insrlritlng. The Smith brotherS
"A no, come out OF tho EFFORT so sue
,|e,sfu.y. The plot from Boccaccio con-
.sr-od the adventures of an heiress who
~,.r.cd a foreign nobleman because che
oysd him. But she had previously called
m a fortune hunter and made n wager
hat 10 would propose to her. When he
earned Of this early contempt OF his
,ifo ne I'm her. not at the steps OF the
Altar bu, Of her fathers Newport villa.
and returned TO his depleted Austrian
possessions.
OF course the coast of Bohemia was
me scene Il the plays second half. We
have grown familiar with { $ coast dur
M A long season of comic opera. IL Is
q stern and rock bound coast. inhabited
b. painters In loose trousers and velvet
,ps The nobleman and his estranged
tndc-who had attired herself in this
POPULAR drcss-were united in time for
.te audience TO get "A little supper before
losing time. Before that minute she
lad posed as . portrait with go little
mped. meufa IA the way OF draperies that
the nohleman probably regretted with
bitterness all the time he had lost.
The INST act was short and dull, the
secord longer ana richer In content. II
had been stuffed like a pudding with
.pne,iz.rc ingredients. Grace Field
danced very cha.mingly in two or three
,enes. and with her former partner
from the CIaridge did a most graceful
,s-.con. Audrey Maple was "A frlil
appariiion Of blond beauty who danced
ana sang iu this act. m Josie Intro
rdts comic acting as an ambitious par
.,rI jealous of her husband afforded
l. srie Of the genuine Fun of the evening
Tf6r Tom Lewis was fat and funny ever
no do hiring out the loudest laughter
- the evening by his speech hetwecnt ht
Is
Bur 4 W,s an attractive stranger
pat non the hearts Of the audience
ava, from t1i her colleagues. This was
Katherine Galloway. who as the heroine
-t,si'si q SIMPLE and engaging person
t'y As we'll as a fresh and Lowell,
ore She IS said to be a recruit
rom the choir loft and to rave sun
NJ Tie sage for the first time in this
Nsre. Il va evident That her ex'
o-.ieure ds au JU'rcss al slight. Blu
-A- warm soprano vas delightful t
''ir AVID f'N singers in operetta arr
80 Wei prepared as she. Experience
o. we stage NIl bring all her advan
age. 200 r. more complete effectiveness
~ TIE meantime New York grateful,
\ take o' pos hat 20 a new divette.
l'sr Young, who was in The Pinl
Lady Donald Macdonald, who dance!
abort Boo a cork hobbing on the water
an A'rr' ptrr. AS important as 8
roI''- econ. Wee others who laboret
TO- Molly o. ard themselves with re
@l. '.7i We're sometimes az success
p. OFF, ir'v were intended TO he and a
.'ro's fo'' below the standard. Tn
fr''c s'fsnl Is a. its height nog an
'-"rH may D." sufficient prcpondcranc'
" 's morris 20 make molly q" al
ire'1cr satisfying for a while.