The sun., 1919-08-25
new HIPPODROME
SHOW BEST EVER
"Happy Days." Burnside's
Latest Offering, Reaches
New Heights.
RIOT OF COLOR AND SONG
Old Favorites Please in New
Roles, With Many Notable
Newcomers.

No echoes from the battlenelds OF
art penetrated the vast auditorium OF
the Hppodrome on Saturday night.
Happy Days" the spectacle that is to
delight New York and her visitors dur
ing the next six months. was introduced
under the most favorable conditions.
Charles B. Dillingham; has had no
more successful piece among its prede-
cessers, for r. II. Burnsids's amazing
originality shows no signs Of fatigue
while his understanding Of the, Hippo
drome public seems every season more
sympathetic.
In Happy Days" he has combined
all the qualities that go to make up
one OF these unique entertainments.
Beauty humor and SENSATIONAL are
present in the piece thar the public first
saw on Saturday.
"Fairyland" came after the opening
tableau of the long list, which was
THE Riddles Dormftory," since it was
soon evident that the happy days OF lie
are. in Mr.. Burnside's view, the days OF
childhood. So the second picture showed
the familiar fairies dancing against
shadowy background with glowing
moon for its centre, while Belle Story
as the fairy queen looked all that such
a queen should be and proved in her
graciousness and melodious singing that
she Is quite the most beloved OF all the
prima donnas that ever stepped on the
| large stage.
There was a background of just such
| figures as the Riddles do draw on their
states at school for the chorus to sing
Don't You Remember Those School
Days?" before the circus brought Pow
ers's elephants, remembered from an
| earlier season.
Elephants Rig ms Ever.
These massive beasts are as wonder
! full as ever and made way for be-
! wildering scene In bookshop, where all
! the beloved authors and characters or
| childhood from William Shakespeare
down came to life 1t was only that the
! lights might be lowered for Bert Levy
| to make his drawings-with Col. Roose-
| welt always the best OF them-that they
| disappeared. Nothing was so thrilling
| in this first act as THE Worlds Derby.
| All the nations of Cur allies were rep
| resented in the cohorts that marched
| across the stage. They were also rep
resented among the horses that dashed
over the track, although Uncle Sam on
his horse was an easy first, forging his
| yay to the front as the frantic applause
| of the SPECTATORS indorsed this exhibit
ton of his prowess.
| And vet only one-third of the wonders
and beauties that Happy Days con-
| tained SO far had been shown to the
audience. Two more acts we're to fol.
low. SO the grateful audience settled
down again to let Mr.. Burnside take
the tricks out of his sleeve. sam Elton
Comedians who burlesqued some mys-
FERROUS building operations, at first
moved too slowly for the taste OF our
audiences but they wound up with the
indispensable speed and had in the
meantime revealed comic dancer.
The Flower Shop" showed all. the
colors Of nature and some that were
never known to any but the world oil
art These baskets, wreaths and bou
uuets moreover. were all attached IT
| one way 10 a work Of human lovelines:
that made them more than commonly
trembling and sensitive. So the nyinI
ballet as 1t swept through the air wav
ing it's garlands OF green and red wa
| said by the Hippodrome veterans 4
complete one of the most charn'sns pic
lures that stage had ever shown. JAZZ
: was honored by a Chinese band, whc
! also played during the cabaret seen
l in a Chinese restaurant. which offere
9 some uncommonly clever juggling, wit
the smiling young man in an Etc
jacket by name Hartley carrying Of
the honors even from his Orients
: rivals Be1le-.Stosy sang -charmlngl
again, and to the delight OF the au
dience Edwin Hanneford. with all hi
: family retinue. came back to repeat hi
wonderful Glowing on horseback. whic
= is perhaps most wonderful in that
3 rests on such complete skill as ride
: He was welcomed back with roar c
kindly applause.