| Show LYDIA THOMPSON the coming great attraction at the theatre every day witnesses renewed interest in the corning one night engagement by abe lydia thompson opera burlesque company at the theatre the ticket will undoubtedly go with a rush and will be held too at a premium no other engagement ever attracted so much enthusiasm the railroads have decided to give single fares for the round trip and the D R G will run a special to springville Spring ville after the performance is over undoubtedly alie piece to be par formed by this company will be the burlesque opera of penelope of which the new york world in its issue of october says the old friends of lydia thompson in whose minds still linger the recollections of her famous british blondes were forcibly reminded last night of one of the lines in the egui the blondes used to slug were haughty but were nice alydia thompson was at the star theatre last evening with a new coca any and the audience that filled th house to overflowing was one that had come to see whether the same brevity of costume and liberal display of shapely limbs would prevail as in days ef old they ware not mistaken penelope is a burlesque founded on the old myth oloa ical story of ulysses and abounds in excellent dramatic material ned solo moo one of whose wives is lillian russell has written many catchy musical hits that are of excellent quality and are scattered through the piece the costumes of the company were without doubt the most attractive that have ever been seen in new york chev were in every degree artistic and were together with the young women they adorned the point and feature of the performance the display of plump arms and with the glitter of the tinsel the variegated lights and the flashes of the many colored tights will always insure a full houam whenever the compaan is billed miss thompson herself was in very good boice the audience greeted her like an old friend boisterously encouraging all that was commendable she laughed laugh sd sang and skipped about as nimbly as any of the chorus eiria and never failed of a recall miss may bell raymond was singled out early by tho audience a one of the prettiest young women in the cast and ia of excellent form and fine quality of voice mr kenesy the king of sparta was very funny and mr radcliffe as camou was more remarkable for his specialties than anything else pene i lope mies aida jenoure was modest and pretty and the latter term applies 1 to half the chorus as well |
