The sun., 1916-09-26
MISS SPRINGTIME"
IS GIVEN PREMIERE
x.w Diyette Of Comic Opera.
Ssri Petrass. Heard at Last
in New York.
SCORED TRIUMPH ABROAD
Vienna Production Is Present
cd at the New Amstcr-
dam Theatre.
,,is. s~prinstime"-At the
\ .ieniam IheaNee.

Emerich kalman composed h score
a, Miss Springtimc," which was seen
,,.; nigh, a, the New Amsterdam Thea
,-s He Is also the composer of the
,.au,ifu, operc,ta music of "Sari" Ke!-
man va. therefore sure Of a cordial well
onc.
Guy Bolton called himself the author
. the libretto. and may have eliminated
the foreigners to such a degree mat they
vere satisfied he sbould have the fame
m. they the royalties. Mr.. Bolton in
-Nobody Home land Very Good Eddie
has shown that he can write pointed and
humorous dialogue,
So both these gentlemen. along with
Klzw 4 %frlanger. who produced the new
work. and Joseph Urban. who designed
n. scenery. could be more OF less taken
for granted. But how about Sari Petrass.
the new divette from Hungary She was
stranger to the audience which gath
cred a, the New Amsterdam Theatre last
night to greet her.
IN, such a we'll known stranger. Her
.4Ig rtdtlleu NulS Nouhts hi-N ~
London. where she had suns in various
c~perettas imported by George Edwardes
ron The banks Of the Wien. Before that
me she had been equally admired In
Berlin. while both her native Budapest
aad later Vienna had acclaimed her with
eaualS warmth. To those cities Miss
pttrass was known is a member OF a
noted theatrical, family.
Niece ~ Famous Ilka Pslmay.
She il a u.ece OF llka Palmay. in her
a.. olc q. the most charming OF Wen
'ese 81 gers in opcrctta. who created
Al, tho Thester an der Wien numerous
taArlctcs> IN the oes; known oTercttas
OF a sco-, ri yc.irs ago. She was. FOR
!ns.aae,. IN. original By~iefchrystdl in
"Dsr v~osp'nardlcr."
sh, wa almost Incompatible In her
dy.-thaj day. moreover. which had dis
tinat,y p cd whon she came to max"
q Jew unfortunate appearances at the
!ryirs Place Theatre.
Ni.s ietrass came Of such theatre
h,oo.l. So her success at home Wa com
veAenstp ic. New York vas last night
euar to zee how the latest Of the artis-
tic Nir refugees would correspond to the
pron.ses made In her behalf. SO Il was
really to the new prima donna rather
han 10 the coni John Hazard. who is
known 20 be funny always. or to George
ORamey. who IL always pretty TO look
a. or to George MacFarlanc. who sings
well and loud In opcrctta. that the spec
,a,ors tIraed du-ing II three acts,
Whether IN the nrst. that passed in tho
Village of trlota. or the second. which
vas in the shop OF the town apoth"cary,
o. the last. which shaved the stage of
the opera house IN Budapest. II was Miss
Petrass who interested the audience
most.
Mist retrass did not disarpoint the
~sudicncc. Its interest Vas fully justified
She proved 10 le an exquisite artist. act
'hg with a dci,racy and finish rare OIL
our tperctta stage. In every movement,
ard pose she showed the skill OF a thor.
cuEh artist. sircs. like the Duchess d,
PG.Gtorps ~ The Chandeliers" she Il
by no means = beginner"
She Il lovely to the eye. most appeai,
ING In personality and altogether a dc,
lEh, in Miss ~uringtinH' Her voic,
Is sd cauate 10 all the demands Of oIer,
eta and even N the interpretations. whici
tHsgested strongly the genius of Jerome
herns. that must have been altogethc'
Unfamiliar To- he, In style. she acqui,t",
hrslf with complete credit, But it va.
"ld'rt that she IL much more at honl
" or"tetta han in our native musiCa
comedy.
MISS Snrinctine' proved as a whole
Most complete and gratifying success
I'VE triumph was NJ the kind that ever!
'nectator had the feeling Of being a par
~ And Miss I'etrass was is nos
irresistible feature.