Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-25
FRIVOLOUS 'FLO-FLO"
FROLICS AT FORREST
''Fashion.Plate Show Ranges
From Lingerie TO Cloaks-It's
Funny and Tuneful, Too

The only solemn thing about "F'lo-Flo' is
the long face of the featured comedian,
Andrew Tombes and the only slow thing
about it is the andante measures of one of
the musical numbers. otherwise it is frslly
and frocsome, speedy and snappy. The
Forrest stage is turned for the time being
into the display salons of a modsh modistes
during the course of this fashon-plate show,
which demonstrates especially cloaks and
lingerie. One display makes the women sit
up and take notice on account of the rich
Fabrics and the up-to-date shapes The other
makes the men sit up and take notice, partly
for the same reason. The contents are the
justly celebrated perfect thirty six chorus
Potash and Perlmutter could sell ar their
stock, including last seasons models, with
such demonstrators.
Flo-Flo" seems to bo a consolidation OF
The Bride Shop" in which Mr.. Tombes
appeared in vaudeville and The Red
Heads, in which another of the principals,
James B. Carson, appeared in the two-a-day
but Plus lot of new stuff and people, both
clever. The credit line states that the author
is Fred De GresaC, the lyrCists +. PautOn
and F. De Gresac, the composer Slvio Helm,
the stage director Walter Brooks and the
originator Of the dances David Bennett They
have attained admirable team work in
their cooperation, and the result is a pleas
urable musical comedy which had the
audience with il from the beginning TO the
finale. All the elaborate big numbers, and
they are frequent, were enCored again and
again, and each encore response brought
some novel stunt which in itself led to de-
mands for still another encore. "On the
River Nile I'm Spain and IF it Wasn't
for My Wife and Family" were kept up till
the players in brass of the orchestra had to
lay off accompa niments for 4 breathing spell.
The same Is true of the eccentric dancing
Of Thomas Handlers and Arthur Mills. two
light-toed. lissome. athletic grotesque and
(when they wanted to be) graceful dancers,
of whom 1t may be said that they are by
way of restoring the agility and originality
of Montgomery and Stone to the stage. The
dancing in fact, is good throughout the
show. Marjorie McClutocli, a soprano Of
strong and well-trained voice with the CAPT
tai cooperation of Armand Rob had Il
spirited Spanish dance. Rena Parker. the
charming young person who played the title
part, also danced well, sang we'll and wore
tights-well, one needn't dwell on that nor on
her song ringing in the names of the theatri-
cal reporters of the various newspapers.
The little girl apparently doesn't know that
Philadelphia, unlike New York, hasn't a
glimmer of interest in the journalistic band
of those whom she fattcringly called
Critics." sung on Il fiat, so the song fell
so fiat that it couldn't be fatter. The pres
ent writer would be willing to say that Miss
Parker is little bit OF all right, without
the fattery of being warbled over the foot
lights in her light but pleasing soprano
also that Mr. Tombes and Mr. Carson were
mirth- provoking comic foils to each other
and that Louise Beaudet. Edna Morn and
Bert Gardner the other principals, lived up
to the standard of their associates in the cast.