Show N New ew Y York ork Not Worrying I j- j 1 I i- i 1 4 1 1 1 1 Forgets July 1st Coming YORK TORE Tiers How you ou gain to NEW keep leep seep om em down dOn on tho the farm after I they've they seen Parse Paree demands s one ono atthe oi of i the la lads s employed ed to sing songs of oC cheer for Cor tho thu guests of or tho the midnight I I show on the tho Century theatre roof root Tho Tito reference was as to tho boys returning from overseas I Which query QUor Is amusing and pertinent pertinent pertinent perti perti- nent but not to Now New ew York The Tho question question ques ques- tion hero here Is they holn goin to toI I keep em up on tho roo roof after tho the thoI I towns town's gone gono dry bats What's coin to happen happen hap hap- pen to the frolicking crowd after alter the I first of or July Jub At Al the tho moment however er no ono one IT is worrying The midnight frolics have havo I never nover before been so popular popular nor nor o 0 oi oio so o excellent a n. quality as entertainment Mr 11 seeking to meet tho unusual unusual unusual un un- un- un usual demand deman has Instituted n. n 9 I o'clock frolic to the precede Midnight Midnight Mid night Frolic on the New Amsterdam I roo roof Tho They told him I it t could not bo boI I done dono ono with either cither satisfaction or profit pronto that the time cabaret spirit was nS neither rampant nor tho the pro prevalent craze for around at Its best until late at night Co Cot Coster n Real nl Money But being a D. manager who thinks for tor himself this genius of ot tho the girl and I music combination combination went ahead with his hla i plans with the result that the tho neighbors neigh neigh- I bars bora and their out of at town friends I I I begin to gather at 9 and many of or them stay tay through till 2 3 Some Soma como coma from rom late lato dinners and some somo as a prelude to later lator parties If Ir thc they stay through tho they thoy are entitled to boast that the they kayo havo seen and paid for the most ox ex expensive pensive musical entertainment offered tho the public outside an opera house house- for their scats seats at table have o cost them each cach In the tho front row ana and 4 40 ba back of r that t I JJ Each section oi 01 of the me is is complete Tho The curtains on tho the first section are drawn shortly after 11 and those who prefer to keep hours gather up their wraps and de depart depart depart de- de part meeting a n crowd In tho the lobbies coming cominS' from other theatres to finish their evening on the roof root B By 1 12 13 o'clock when tho the chimes and tho or orchestral orchestral orchestral or- or fanfare tanare clear the floor of at dancers dancers anc- anc ers era for tor the first numbers of ot the tho Midnight Midnight Mid night Frolic the tho tables are arc lined again and the Joys JOS Is continuously unconfined un- un confined Follies Expensive Some day wo we havo o no doubt the tho studious among our gran great dren will be reading g some native Gibbons Gibbon's Gibbons Gibbon's Gibbons Gibbon's Gib Gib- bons bon's account of at this period of oC our de decline decline de- de e- e cline and mayhap fall tall Even Eon now I suspect tho the bright young men of or tho the magazines are nr mal making notes on In this last lust alcoholic flare flaro of oC a carnival nl city recently released from the tho gloom of or war When the tho history of or this winter Is b written If It It bo be tho the work worle of or a 8 truthful truthful truthful truth truth- ful man It will be bc recorded that wicked d dand and wasteful as aa some fomo of or It may havo o been the lIko of or It In tho opulent ties tics of at beauty and color has liar no never been heen equaled I haven't the least Idea I how much It cost to stage tho the frolics and probably would not believe Q my eyes were I to ace the tho accounts I But Dul It Is tho richest display of or f simple silks an and elaborate toilets of oC flashing Jets and brilliants I at nt least have ever over seen When the show was staged there thoro was a a. number called Mr Valentino's Valentines Christmas Part Party a revamped version ver ver- version sion sian of at a n one-act one drama I think Sol Smith Russell used to pla play It Is tho story of ot an aged cd beau dreaming of or Ills sweethearts and anel tendering thorn thom a farewell faro faro- well supper Aupper In the original version tho thu sweethearts were but visions in tn tho time old gentleman's brain but In the tho arrangement thc they appeared In tho the flesh with tho the spotlight on them nn and then faded slowly out of at tho time pic pic- Ic- Ic ture There Thero were cre seven en of them for tor forthe tho the seven on tho thin first of or tho the chorus beauties beau beau- ties tics were selected Then Ihen a gown was designed b by Lucille for each one olle These I daresay represented 1000 each and each and the tho act lasted two nigh nights It was too talky and the tho l Idea ea too fine I for Cor a a. frolic It never got past tho the clatter of or tho thu silver or the tho chatter of at tho the crowd I hasten to 3 add tJ however I that tho tiro gowns were salvaged and still I. I I do their expensive bit im in III ono of ui the LUU Urban ensembles Competition I Is b Keen In form torm tho present frolics are aro little changed from those that havo o set act tho the stan standard ard for tor the tho midnight show BulIn But Bul Butin Butin in Urn thu quality of at the entertainment I there Is 18 a II noticeable Improvement ement Tho The fact that there Is now nos a cr very I healthy health competition between tho the feld show and Tho rho Ml Midnight Whirl 1 hy by Morris 1 Gest at al the Century doubtless had something to do dolth with Tho rho principal principals of or tho New ew Amsterdam Amster Amster- dam frolics frolicH f Include Bessie Bessio McCoy McCo Davis I Fannie Brice Bert Williams Lillian Lorraine Evan Burrows Fontaine Fontaine Fon Fon- taine Bird Millman 1 Lillian 11 each of or them a headliner in 1 hl his or her own right With them m tho the late Mr Jim II Keith could havo ha given g an un star all-star I au vaudeville ehle performance that would have I amazed his patrons Yet In this nocturnal riot they thoy aro are no moro more than incidental diversions S that separate one ensemble number from another to give ghe tho ho chorus ladies time to take talc off ort tho little the they were wearing and re replace replace replace re- re place It with something l less ss I Daring and In the matter of or sheer daring Rn and the time vulgarities that frequently are tolerated tolerated tol tol- In frolics tho the newer entertaInments entertainments enter enter- aro reasonably free The costuming to bo be true Is scant Ono One typical number Is harmles harmlessly l labeled Youre So Pretty In Illus- Illus which the tho e girls of or the tho chorus appear with nothing to keep them within the law lass but tho the barr H each each ono Is careful to hold empty up under her arms In time the way these midnight entertainments entertainments entertain entertain- ments compliment each other with that I I form torm of or flattery lattery which Is Imitative Mr Costs Cost's list Hat of or principals is also sive sl Headed by Ed Kd EtI Wynn who threads tho the plot with Ith excellent comedy comedy com com- edy it Includes Charles and King being tho now new toast of ot tho town in tho matter of or blon blonde e beau ties tics the tho Dooley boys boyo tho the Rath brothers broth broth- ors ers Arline Chase and Rosie QuInn Thero is Js little to choose between the individual beauties of or the choruses nor would auld I 1 risk the tho choosing It If It wore easy Broadway hath no fury tury like liko ono one chorus beauty who haa has been compared with another for tor then both are wll wildly ly bent on on revenge Study Stull In Vamp Curiously the supreme supreme number on Mr lr Goats Goat's program is ono one of or masculine euline eu- eu line rather than feminine attractiveness attractive attractive- ness The Rath brothers two muscled youths whose whoso exhibition epitomizes all that flint ever has been shown In tho the lino Uno of at stage athletics havo have the honor nl nightly of at standing the crowd on It Its feet and antI arousing It literally to cheers cheer They rILe combine a truly poetic grace with an amazing display of or strength and endurance Tho Time Important chorus number at atthe atthe atthe the Century decoratively considered ered Is 13 a n. stud study of or tho the vampires o of history beginning with Cleopatra and ending with Salome with no no attempt at nt chronological classification Running out of or vamps tho the stage directors have havo added their favorite Jewels Miss Jade who modestly wears a pendant and Miss 1159 Pearl who wears none coming at nt tho the end of at tho time lino with Old Mother Moth Moth- er cr Eve E presenting tho the final tableaux and appearing quito scandalously overdressed over 01 dressed In fig fir leaves and black net Burns Mantle Chicago Tribune |