Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
CATCHY MUSIC IN
THE PRINCESS PAT
Splendid Company. Good
Voices, Finished Acting,
Feature Production

No first company could possibly
have pleased those who were for
tunate enough to get seats for "The
Princess Pat" at the Orpheum last
evening, more than did the splendid
aggregation which entertained the
theater-goers for the three hours that
the show lasted. 1t was comic
opera in three acts and although
many were of the opinion that the
company was not given the recogni-
ton by the audience that they de-
served, the evening was not lacking
in enthusiasm. The music, by Victor
Herbert, was of a high order-that
goes without saying, and the singing
and dancing did not permit of single
idle moment during the evening.
The plot, subordinated to the musi-
cal numbers, deals with the Princess
di Montaldo (Ferne Rogers), who
needs love and attention, which her
husband, Prince Antonio di Montaldo
(Georgio Gregario) is apparently ne
glecting; the old general, John Hol-
brook edward MetcalD has a charm
ing daughter, Grace, (Effie Toye), on
whom Anthony SchmalZ (Ben Hen
driclls), a self-made man, has an
option to marry" Bob Darrow paul
Nicholson) and Tony SchmaIz, Jr..
are old pals and have come from New
Haven unexpectedly in a big TOURING;
car. Constable ST Perkins (Phillip IL.
Ryley), gets into the game and q gen.
eral miX-up of husbands and wife,
old roue and worthless young son,
gentleman with the sporting instinct
and a Wall Street tongue, pretty
daughter and down-cellar voice of
sturdy old General, all become tangled
up and not until old man Schmalz
through his son comes across" with
q large check, does Bob Darrow con-
sent to make everything all right
"Si' Perkins carried off the honors
of the evening with his inimitable i'm
personation of country constable
with the blind staggers," said somebody
after the show. mo" said another,
Marie and Bertie in their special
dance were the best" You're all
wrong" put in a third. Pat and
Grace in their duets ought to be given
first mention" and so on. The truth
of the matter is that the entire cast
of characters was so finished and so
completely satisfactory in every way
that one cannot do justice to them
with a mere passing mention. Ask
those who have seen the show what
they thought of it.
Loretta Marks, OF foreign tempera-
ment, and Francis Bryan, he of the
terpsichorean faculties. furnished the
sensation of the evening when they
interpolated into the course of the
play a dance number which for grace
was nothing out of the ordinary, but
grace was not needed in order to keep
the attention of the audience riveted
upon the dancers. Miss Marks cos
tune was q la Midnight Follies, to
say the least, and to her credit be it
said that she danced with a force and
ability which necessitated strenuous
efforts on the part of her partner to
keep up with her.
The music was pleasing and catchy,
the voices were all good, the acting
was excellent the ensembles we'll
worked out, and save for a touch OF
unnecessary suggestiveness here and
there and a little too profuse use of
the worn-out damn" and other obso-
lete laugh getters. the production left
nothing to be desired.
MAX ROBERTSON.
(Other Amusements Page 14.)