The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-23
HIPPODROME SHOW
SETS NEW RECORD
Everything" Proves Most
Brilliant Attraction Of
fered at Playhouse.
HOPPER SHINES AS STAR
Patriotic and Dazzling Spec
tacle Is Divided Into
II "Things."

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The opening Of the thirteenth season
OF the Hlppodrome with the presentation
by Capt. Charles Bancroft Dillingham;
last night OF Everything Illuminated
an uncommonly hne explosion OF en-
thusiasm. Not even the calorifc tenden-
cies OF a Enthusiastically earnest late
August night could debllitate FIRST night
attendance or frst night enthusiasm. for
master OF q national institution Gas
much the pride of Rabbit Hash. KY. as
Of Broadway, New York;. Capt. Dilling-
ham has accomplished something that
must satisfy even the ideals OF the HIP
podrome's dreamer founder.
Since April 10. thirteen years ago,
the big show house at Sixth avenue and
Forty-third street has produced many
amazements. seeming year by year to
achieve the ultimate In extravagantly
conceived and executed paseantry. yet
year by year. responsive to the geeius
OF its directors, 1t offers new spleneors
Of sound and color. new magniicences
Of nonsense. Surely. one said In 1915
and 1917. there 10 nothing more TO be
thought of: yet Capt. Dillingham;. Rich
ard H. Burnside, the general stage diree-
tor; Raymond Hubbell. the music maker.
and John L. Golden. lyric engineer.
smiled confidently and crowded their
great stage with fresh bedaxslements.
In an age when the shy and fugitive
dollar Is buying ever less It must be a
satisfaction to these gentlemen to give
rather more than an honest 200 cents
worth for every 81 ticket Of admission.
Everything in "EverythinG."
"Everythin9' has this in common with
the Hippodrome spectaclee Of yesteryear.
II In a stupendous conglomeration OF
dioerting foolery, patriotic thrills, rural
comedy and urban experience. tunefui
music, gorgeous scenery and every sort
Of illumination from moonshine to
savage searchlights. With scientihc
brevity It touches pretty much every
thing from Genesis TO Herbert Hoover
and in it's hippodromish way sends Al
fred the Great out to stroll with Pow
hatan's daughter. Through its tumultu.
GUS gayety De Wolf Hopper rolls and
trumpets with Bill Powers educated ele-
phants. each contributing their inimita-
BILE comedy.
The elusive Houdini. who escapes at
will. II appears. from iron bands. con-
versatile with bores and the most
hopeful devices Of safe manufacturing
concerns, has an entire episode to HIM
self. Belle Story. who pipes from the
very mountain tops Of sopranodom. Hits
steadily throughout and the whole list
OF principals. in numbers and expensive
ness. would take all the Joy Of life out
OF most producers OF amusement As
for the chorus. perennially youthful
tsome Of the girls have been on the Job
since the earliest days of the tank
dramas of the Thompson and Dundy
day). II appears In numbers beyond be-
lief. Who has ever taken census OF
the Hippodrome chorus? Does 1t num-
Der 500 or near a thousand? For in
dustry. zeal and an almost appalling am
bition to earn its pay IT has never per-
haps been approached. There are. as In
other years. suticiency Of pretty
faces with understanding quite satisfac-
tory as these matters 90.
Everything" Is offered to destiny in
three parts and seventeen things" or
scenes There is no especial Conference
of course, for who would be foolish
enough to expect a plot at the Hippo
drome? Things" happen with riotous,
tempestuous Joy. and before the stage is
cleared OF the people and props of one
thing another is already roaring. At
the beginning We have The Beginning
of the World" with Desiree Lubovska
as Night, and Gerda Gulda and Stella
Norelle as The RdfnboiC and The san
respectively. Ingenious and attractive
electrical effects contribute to the ef-
fectiveness of this rather poetic concep-
ton OF the birth of the world. and the
rainbow ballet, spiritedly executed. is a
pretty touch.
"The Country Circus"
The second thing is THE Country
Circus" with Hopper in his element as
John JingIing. a circus proprietor. with
VIII ]. Evans and William A. Weston
assisting him in the foolery The OPP
portunity for a touch Of the real circus.
which seems somehow to belong to the
Hippodrome. is not neslected. for there
are elephants and Arabs and clowns
and jugglers. The Gaudsmiths hold the
attention OF the audience. while the
stage is set for the next thing. which is
The House OF Magic" with Hopper
as the Wizard Of the Hippodrome. Hou-
DIM as the Man OF Mystery and
Charles T. Aldrich as the Man OF
Many Faces,
Part III. OF Everything" swings back
into sheer nonsense, the eighth thing
comprising a rapid bit OF burlesque. "On
the Beach at Atlantic CITY" with the
tremendously industrious Mr. Hopper
ana the equally nara tolllnR Miss story
IN the thick OF the merrymaking. Houdini
offers his amazing tricks for few min
utes before the tenth thing" Fifth
Avenue" with Hopper and Stella No
relic paving the way for the vaudevil-
lians
In Along the Hudson" Mr.. Hopper
gets brief rest while Miss Story and
Arthur Geary manipulate the fun. but
the tall one Is quickly back upon the
stage as hairy Bolshevist in the twelfth
thing" entitled Arrival OF the Bad
Ship Bolsheviki," In which as Tran Out
torthestursky he leads the chorus II
Like New York" There is an East Side
episode with many spccialtles. Tom
Browns clown band, and a pretentious
little thing" called "In Lampland," for
which Lieut.. John Philip Sousa compiled
and arranged the music, assisted by
William NJ. DAILY and by John l..
Golden's lyrics. This h followed by
Somewhere in the Gay City" which be-
gins Part ILL.,. and the show is closed by
pageant.
OUIMET TO MARRY SEPT. II.
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