| Show p IN Iv LONDON L THEATERS THEA S I un correspondence ONDON ON July uly 20 American who wh I to 10 I 0 laugh URh and lit u git honl will wil wIllgot L got get ono otie nf or the of their for lining doing 10 so o next autumn und and l eric of the this opportunities of Lit f hi hiI his existence for being very ory 11 very funny will wIl Caine COle to 10 Imo Aroll 1 itlay lay rather promises but I the tho hoy are maim 1111 wili confidence as the Io j ul of ot a It vIsIt vUlt to rIte Tho of b berg rg lie tho Ihl musical cy by I Jr r U l I I l Hermann i la hind 1 and aid a ft fon fot others lt nt uti peon II rOi out olt In I s packing that tho tHI London lithely an ts al oven avon that popular lots Into h 1 nut bain packed I fur tor or Oln u I day tie dB Z kj t Authorities on QI au such 1 subjects declare Just an as ni they tile the nf of pro by titu th sumo lell The his Merry Widow rry that TItu ho Girls of f on 11 wi eill tnt HIM lUl t hen bera er for w it I couple of ot yes is on end on ci and tuiti It Ihl lit u un IP right U It I matter lustier TIm point of cut C to American Is that have Just Jus beets been for the tile piece II loco In tho thu States in lit tho season Benson 1 hence It not be bo amiss Ills to ho furnish h seine 1011 ln its 11 capital a 1 bit bitof bl bitor of ot fooling iu us ha has ia ben beon contrived lately I her on 11 this side 1110 of the Iho Atlantic or Die th It other At u time the lel by b th the way WiY two ot of thu tho I mot moil lilts hll lii I s of Tho Cli 0 GIrls of nf buth ule I by It II Amor Amer both buth In lii the tito of oC o May U he ilU u who ho play lu the ho hl putt pait of vf A 1 I i 1 S generals general daughter tuiti Violet halls ino cutlets hit t io 10 of oZ a II his lurs IU 1 UI ll j 1 It Pu luJ no flU the tile lust renowned ond II nib the runniest ot Ut H 1111 c I coli odious J hut hU ut these theao in fact alt all 01 the time rent rt r t of or tho tIm expensive c In he lety icly CiSt me ti C diverted entirely by b lf who In the port part pr of or Max hl Just the ett chatter nn he ho eser hUH him him b el given and who h It I In lit a tI fashion la that it win wl take n ii lot itt of Qt f beatIng trout irom whichever of if f A i our i li Is en el Ih the lh lit pait PI nt at home You recall of com to the tho famous cob coho cobbler bler Voigt who hoaxed tho Iho master of or f by Iy h posing nu as Ia a e special envoy of ot the tho tim kaiser Well Wel the hero of ot The Girls of ut 19 Is I lother ot 11 lowly birth n a valet VOlet this time masquerading an as B the thc per por 1101 renal of n II Ind Iland and tho the authors of tho the piece have hl shown much deftness In combining the o wih with another that made sOme sOmo commotion In tho the Fatherland l not so no o long Jon ngo The he latter hIter In tact fact r I supplies the th piece o with Its main theme thoo and UH Its Ia nam The Girls ot of GOtten Cotton ten burg hurs representing certain who recently recent complained cOl to the thie kaiser that they tile tho lacked partners portner for COI dancing and 1 who forthwith were we supplied with a 1 smart regiment of if Hussars lun so no that the tha art might not languish In their village vl How this timis musical piece with wih Its Is dat dar daring datIng ing lag references to tl the emperor cm rol of Oar Ger Germany many ln his chancellor and German state affairs got ot parit palt the stage censor I leave heave you to 10 II Ol guess fleckIng as ns It thorn does Ioe with lass Icle Its I approval by b the tho official who hannah The Tho Mikado furnishes a bewilder bewildering ing paradox Hut Hot that is hi n a detail What matters Is lit lint Hint the tho picco piece provides some of tho lie most mot excruciatingly funny situations that one remembers hay hav hl ing In soon scon anul that the tho accompanying music stage settings fire arc quite up u to the Gaiety standard The story can heN heru tin the th combined anti and Got Gal motifs motHs together with the tha com complications that intro have been thrown In 1 would call colt for tor column n a or 01 so 50 of ot do de tails You wilt will wi grasp gras the lie situation however when It I Is II i explained that In tho the play two tO German cavalry regiments re are lre rivals for Cor the bliss of oC being trans traits ferrell to Gottenburg Gottenberg find thieve serving ns aim 01 the tho missing Adams or of a Teutonic Eden These helo regiments respectively Ie are arc the lied Hed and Blue Hussars and soon Boon af after lf ter tar the lie opening of oC the piece wo we learn leal that the thc fletis Re B are the tho fortunate ones alien Mores ores tho the pity pit too since It I seems scents that the Blues in iii whose barracks we wo find ourselves havo luo been languish languishIng tug Ing Ilg for COI many months past pst In a village appropriately named there In itt only ono one 01 girl she sho no beau heau beauty Ie au auty ty The emperor however has mis dodd decided decided ed definitely against the Blues und and we wo have hao a I smart lieutenant of Hussars In red 11 dropping In to 10 boast bOst of oC his hi regi regiments ments monts victory Victor amid to exhibit to the envious Blue men the tho Kaisers I writ written written ten ton order orue r But he reckons without Max Meddle kopf kopi tho the little lItte valet and of Berlin who vho has his Just arrived at Rotten Hotten harg In him attendance ten on oil his mast master Otto of ot recently gim Il Oto suited te AM M lieutenant l In lit II the Blo him Hus 1 lS mars Bars ills His serene hl is particular particularly ly Iy l anxious to tn BO go to Gottenborg his pi city cousin COURI 10 MIt do tie Bousa I is H at nt reboot und tind uld his hil like likewise wise Is itt II eager to t escape remit from froll a It town which Is 1 barren of femininity Max tin picks the lift Hed Hussars lusars pocket secures the urd r which Imp pity hillY Is II addressed only to 10 the lie colonel of the tho substitutes a 1 bogus Qu from rr ll tile the emperor to lock loci up U thu bearer on omi 01 sight and hands over the Impel document to I ti the tho commander of at the fillies lles This done dono the thu Irrepressible kopf official uniform and ald hlll huh him hlll by motorcar to O ther to for tOI the Iho reception ot of 0 his ma maler ma nias ler or slid and comrades All realize rello of that thu Iho hoax Is II certain to b hi i discovered filth RII that they time the will wil have Ilvo to 10 Hive way wa ta to the thu more for tor fortunate Hed but n a I tow Cow tolon days art aro aI worth having lu 11 1 timid old the thu sees see opportunities fur for turning the thu situation to account I you yell Ol to Imagine hits his reception by b burgomaster and the Uto other big wigs wi of or mind and the tho mitten antics of tIle Uio tle little serving man thus transformed Into Inlo a special envoy emoy of the thc emperor Edmund dmund Payne 1110 Is II killing In lii the tho purL purt He lie around In his glittering uni uniform form Corm and auth martial helmet imbibes thu th champagne love lovu to the th burgomasters blushing doughtIer daughter and onu every oel other othur pretty girl in within half an 11 hour has hI about half bait ot of tho he population of oC 5 under ar II resti Complications come como thick and fast however for Is II recognized Nc by an un Innkeepers daughter who know knew him ns as I u it I wielder of the razor In lid Dor DorIn ha In and having been Jilted by him him In those Iho o days is in a n vengeful mood But Dut the stage counterpart of Wilhelm to It off oct notwithstanding notwithstanding Voigt manages monnes carry CUTY standing and tho the Blue Hussars are te only quartered at ot Gottenberg They Tey stay there too owing to tho the good oin om ces of tho the winsome Else who Is in not tho the daughter of oC a 0 general generl for nothing And Anti makes It up with his Ills former ladylove and anti escapes escapee without so much as a a single thwack from the tho mailed list whose prerogatives ves ha lie hI has hia usurped Perhaps the tho foregoing will wi convoy an on Idea of or tho the of at The Thie Tb Girls of Gottenberg perhaps not not In tho the latter case tho the fault will wi He lie 10 partially with Ith tho the authors of ot tho the piece ploce who In itt Instead stead of giving u UI us too little plot as ns asla Is la usual In musical comedy have sup supplied supplied plied too much Sumptuously staged and pled dressed its Ito iA songs are really the tho only purt ot Tho Tue Girls of Gotten Gottenberg berg belS of which one ono cannot write moro more or less les enthusiastically excepting one ono excellent ditty called cled Otto of Roses noses which George Goorge Jr who plays tho the Prince ot of has written for tor himself they thoy fall fail fal to lo provo prove despite tho the tact fact that the composers are aro Ivan Coryll and Lionel Monckton But Dut a I a march for Cor tho the Blue Hussars which Sousa Sou II would not 11 compensates In large part for this and tho the hearty laughs do the th rest CURTIS DROWN |
