The sun., 1919-07-15
NEW DANCING STEPS
LIKELITTLE EGYPT'S
Spanish Review at the Palace
Shows Trend Toward Old
Time Features.
DE BILBOA SHINES AGAIN
Good Bills Also at Riverside,
New Brighton and Column
bia Theatres.

The Spanish Review held only one
familiar face for the audience. which
watched its progress through a large
part OF the second half of the bill at
the Palace yesterday afternoon. Our
little friend, Antonio de Bilboa, was
there with his high wasted alpaca
trousers and his green velvet Jacket
His rhythmical heels. the swapping ends
OF his resonant fingers and his slSilfully
handled castanets--they were left over
TO US from THE Land Of JOY" at the
Park Theatre last year. But in nAl
other respects this interlude was novel
Nothing about IL was 80 novel perhaps
as the slimness and typical beauty of
the girls. They were diminutive in COM
parison with the singers of former
years. Repeated invss sion IL enlighten-
ing the Iberian entrepreneurs as to the
taste OF this country in the matter OF
its choristers.
Rosa de Granada is girlish in aspect
and voice. A gypsy dance brought out
the inevitable embroidered shawls and
was a most characteristic incident, all
though the Andalusian steps were per-
haps equally pronounced as a specimen
or the Spanish at the dance. Four girls
in Moorish dance of a kind said to
be most common in their country showed
how direct was its descent from the
swinging hips of Little Egypt of yes
teryear. According to the signs she
seems due for a reincarnation. The
shimmy Is carrying US nearer and nearer
TO her every day.
The varied steps of the Malaga
peasantry in active, competition Brought
this novel ''review" to an exciting
close. The dances and SONGS are un-
usual and interesting. as is the sophisti-
Gated 'Mirame," which is so closely
related TO our own stage songs OF the
Sammy" type There was an unnamed
ballet dancer who had all the compli-
Gated technique OF the classic school
with an abandonment OF her own coun-
try.
Senior de Bllboa's persuasive steps de-
scriptive of the bull fight may not be
exciting, but they are characteristic. His
dancing of the Sevillana with two girls
was admirable in its pantomimic elo-
uuence- There were fewer fine feathers
than in the days OF THE Land Of JOY"
The music, with Its traces of folksong
in the numbers contrasted with the imi-
tatlons OF Bizet, was always interesting
Eddie Foy was in charge of his tall
ented brood. which still restraints with
commendable fiiation from adding
Everybody Works But Father" to its
repertoire. The Arnaut Brothers, after
the familiarity OF several seasons, still
find themselves able to amuse the public
highly. High artistry Of its kind is dis
played by these two careful clowns as
well as a sense Of humor. else the sug-
gestion of beer in their bird duet should
never have been there to delight the
audience.
Bert Fitzgibbons. who used to be the
funniest of the nut" comedians, seems
less striking. His talk now compares
favorably with the dialogue of most
musical comedies.
Lucille Cavanaugh and her troupe of
dancers are at the Riverside and they
divided honors yesterday with Bonita and
the diminutive Lew Hearn.
Nine. Petrova headed the fine bill at
the New Brighton. with Norton and Lee,
Seabury and Shaw and Al Herman
among the other popular acts.
"Peek-a-Boo" is now in its second
month at the Columbia Theatre, with
large audiences at every performance TO
witness the amusing burlesque Of the
comedians.