The sun., 1919-05-06
DILLINGHAM; GIVES
NEW MUSICAL PLAY
"She's a Good Fellow" With
Popular Actors in Cast, Is
Seen at the Globe.
SEASONABLE FOR SPRING
Words Are by Anne Caldwell,
Score by Jerome Kern and
Chorus Is Captivating.

Charles Bancroft DILLINGHAM;, hav-
ing laid aside the grisIy cares Of war
and returned to private life. marked the
incident last night by a celebration at
his theatre. He set himself to provid-
ing some spring time entertainment for
those New Workers who just will keep
on going to the theatre whatever the
weather happens to be. He put the
new piece-"She's a Good Fellow" it
is called-into the Globe Theatre, since
that tasteful structure is the home Of
the famous Globe Theatre chorus, which
can be made very useful for Just such
purpose as Mr.. Dillingham; utilized
1t last night. with these important de-
tails settled the tmpresario proceeded
to summon his other associates in the
pleasant task of making the springtime
really useful, once 1t has arrived.
He called in Anne Caldwell who as
librettist has served him successfully
in the past and to the lyrics which she
wrote the gifted Jerome Kern who has
been less whistled this past season pos
sibly than ever before, added the score,
to call 1t that and make Mr. Kern's
part in the event seem quite as large
as possible. Miss Caldwell's play is
u
Virginia homestead and a young ladies'
academy of learning as its scenic vistas
No single feature OF the action before
this background delighted the audience
more than Mr.. Dillingham's Globe Thea
tire chorus. In the first act II was all but
necessarily before the eye. Graceful evo-
lutions were in themselves admirable
enough but there was added allurement
in the fact that they were performed
by young women who were quite as
pretty as they could have been expected
to be by the most exacting spectator in
the first row. In the second act the par
ticipation of Mr.. Dillingham's trained
beauties was less extensive. But in
tensively the young ladies were quite as
important. Is the fact that they ap-
pesred only once not balanced by their
divulgence then In diaphanous pajamas,
carrying lighted candles and still ca
vorting rhythmically7 Then they were
school girls.
For Miss Caldwell's farce married a
ward against the will of her guardian
in the first act and In the second had
her back In boarding school with her
husband disguised as a girl trying TO
escape with her. Ivy Sawyer, graceful
in dance and appealingly girlish in &C
ton, was the bride and Joseph Sanuey,
usual OF his powers as a comedian, the
offending husband. Mr.. Santley danced
with his old acrobatic skill and ease
and was seen to better advantage as
an actor than ever before. Anna Orr
was as irrepressible as ever In fun and
spirits, and Olin Rowland. playing again
one OF his studies of bashful bucolic
youth. captivated the audience In his
dance with Mr.. Santley
But 1t remained for the spectators to
give one other evidence OF the delight
that an audience unfamiliar with the
favorites of the vaudeville stage, takes
in the unexpected divulgence of their
talents. The Duncan Sisters. two Curl
Gus anatomical specimens that look and
act like children. carried the audience
on its feet One Of them Is a born come
dienne. and IL there is anything in the
box of tricks they do not
know it could not be discovered last
night. They aroused the audience to
the greatest enthusiasm of the evening.
There is no uncertainty about their par
ticular variety of fun.
Jerome Kern's music serves its anna
Bile spring time purpose the play will
doubtless be improved tonight by con-
densation and then theatregoers may be
grateful for the diversion that She's a
Good Fellow" offers.