The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-04

Nelson. ........,..A Sporting Chance
Dixie. ......4...T The Hidden Truth
Princess. ......... The oakdale Affair
n your memory runs back to the
time when the Colonial was cater
ing to the public taste for amuse-
ment you viii no doubt recall that one
Of the exceptionally good shows THAI
played the up-street house was Je~el
Gilden's company. Since that time
s Golden has been going the country
over always aiming to be little bet
ter than he need be in the show bust
ness, to get by, and after four years
absence he comes to Ghe Hipp at the
head Of a company Of sixteen Of just
about as nice show folks as you Will
meet up with anywhere. Golden him
self Is a Bostonian. and prides him
self insthe place Of his birth and all
the traditions associated with it. one
has onlyEEo hear him make the an
nottncement before the curtain TO
know that he is different sort of fell
low with an edge and polish that is
seen and felt throughout the bill, In
the opener he is seen as Hebrew
character, and without over-making
up he proceeds to be the typical char
acter so thoroughly that one easily be-
comes interested IN him! He is as
sisted in carrying the comedy, by Con
rad Hipp, likable worker who gets
funnier the longer he is before you.
The lines are we'll written, and the
humor is continuous. The scene in the
cabaret in which the lady with taking
ways gets tipsy on Vivian Dare is well
done, Mildred Jewell taking the part
in an admirable manner, her slow pre-
meditated style of delivery putting a
strong punch to the dry sort of COM
edy. Exceptionally good is the work
of Lillian Bassent who appeared to
such advantage in when Rosa Nc
Coola, ETC." She was even better in
her blues number, and is the best
blues singer ever heard at the Hipp
not excepting the clever vi Shaeffer
Lillian is as pretty as a peach with a
smile that will win you from the first
and roguish/ twinkle in those eyes
that is a hypnotizer.
Barney Greenwald is another clev-
er member of the company, specialize
ing on the violin. From the classic
mastsrs to ragtime wasn't too much
of span for the versatile young fell
low, and he was just as much liked in
his difficult selection comprising
poet and Peasant" William Tell"
and III Trovatore" as he was in the
Dixie rag. He also worked in the trio
which was on of the best heard foc
some time. Conrad Hipp and olar-
ence Maurer were EAe other members.
Their last number was a pleasing
Hawaiian tune that nicely led up to
the dance of pretty Hazel Welsh.
Dances of this character are frequent
ly off-color for mixed audiences, but
the little dancer kept close to the or
igiral native dances and was, easily
entertaining without being vulgar. In
the difficult role of female impersona-
tor, Leslie Golden was decided sue
cess, and when he unmasked there
was genuine surprise expressed all
over the house. Clarence Maurer who
was here recently was pretty well re-
,ceiyed with his vocal offerings. 1t is
unusual to see a line up of eight girl
les in the chorus, but Golden has them
right along, and they are all good
looking, we'll costumed, and handle
musical numbers and steps with ease
and grace. All the way through the
offering is an excellent one, and both
houses were crowded yesterday and
last night.