Evening star., 1924-07-15
oIs-De Wolf Hopper as
= WANG.

= s,iiver-haired Washington WED with
bobbed-hair Warrington in paying
tribute at Polls Theater last eve. eve.
s,asns nas to De S.ss s HSgnsr and ns d: m::s
ayes shone. under the silver hair.
while laughing eyes, and Laughing
voices went with the bobbed. TO one
who recalls the famous old comic
opera in it's early days the revival
Iast evening brought memories both
of the original company and the COM
panies which succeeded It along with
Incidental memories Of the past con.
nected with 1t, for Wang" delighted
sinuated itself into their homes and
IN the Noon and ''rhe Pretty
Girl, song Of the crown prince
that stages q romance and restages
it always with another fellow" So
scence the pleasures Of memory along
with the pleasures found in the re-
vived opera. which also made quite
hit with the young folks who saw
it only for the frst time.
1a Change seppfl %i,h shs He is
as funny today as when he first real
ly tried to be--so funny, in fact, that
last nights audience furnished one
instance, at least where he was flat
that Is peculiarly his own. To any
one but him 1t might have been an
offense; but Hopper's happy disposi-
tfon converted II into an asset and
in his curtain speech It helped him
tell his audience how to keep young
by forgetting the years and all things
Unpleasant.
Wang" always suggests pretty lit.
tie Della Fox who was the crown
prince In days gone by and one OF
While Ethel Clark is not her counter
part in type, save in size. her fresh.
smiling face gave q charm to her
performance that was most enjoya-
BILE. She hasn't just quite caught the
will before the week Is over. It was
simply new to her at the hrst per-
Helen Guyes gave to the Widow
Frinousse just the touch required. and,
Robert Fracasse, supplied the coun-
terplot to the regents romance. Sol
solomon seemed to have come out Of
the long ago like the original eie-
pAant tender. with all his youth and
phant that caused the Cambodian
ambassadors with their swayng
waltz to haunt Wang with their silent
demand Of payment for his hide might
have ambled out Of the original pro-
keep a-movin'" in the great entrance
scene, where he was supposed to leave
the regent hanging to the nagpole.
1t was a good performance, even
though perhaps lacking little of the
snap that will come into 1t with repe-
tition and familiarity with the stage
business. which Is an important fea-
ture Of Wang" along with De Wolf
Hopper himself and the little crown
prince.
Ethel Walker sang delightfully."- the
songs that fell to her lot, together
with My Garden OF Roses" which
she interpolated with fine effect, while
Herbert Waterous and Henry Kelly,
as the Cambodians, gave as a strik.
Ing modern feature. Eyes, We Have
NO Bananas" to the air of the Lucia
sextet and bit of Tosti's Good
Bye" as farewell effort.
Other features that were delightful
were the four kiddies. Helen Donald.
son, Mary NJ. (Sweetie) Aires, Peggy
Smaltz and Eleanor Quirk, in the
baby song" so familiar to the Kids
or years ago; the Pembertou con.
tIngent in their special ballet num-
bers. and j. Humbird Duffey's "As in
waves Without Number" a beautiful
and very. difficult song, finely sung.
There Is big Company behind
wang" and 1t is staged exceIIently.
Ihe big audience fast night liked and
applauded 1t enthusiastically. Others
are sure to do the same.