Show Fr l l L n 1 l The Decline Ii e of Modern Musical Comedy u u u 1 L U There Is one OM man mall In II wiM Ml s Mario Tempest to the Callboy of at the tho Philadelphia I Inquirer lio Is II responsible for lor the Iho de Ie decline cline of ot op rn he ho Is 18 I He le and I 1 alo the best bo t of and we wo have hlo often ld the tho matter consequently I never lose lo o an all of II whig what I think about It I He 10 found thil a n certain Itlo of musical IU entertainment nt Ild hes hos been ben pegging away n l 1101 tho same 1110 linen over ever since What hl Is II thu tho result Heal Hell comic comil opera In Eng Ing England land I mean tho and Ild w rrt rt Is II burned burnel out Ral from Its Il them has como an Rt mil phoenix It Is not worth upending ones ono careful efforts up upon on 1 stood it 1118 us long as IS 1 I could Then Th 1 m 1 decision to 11 Into comedy come comeI I o added Miss Tempest I Imay Imay may add that It wits not long IonI I hut I 1 hud luul six lb 01 Haven loven Immediately preceding I I First a Nell Nel comedy Cmel then thel my I husbands version ver lon of 01 Hecky leck Sharp then a n ns us Polly J In II Casle elle This lust last was WIS BO 10 well cil that 1 played the part for or wv le leral eral ral months month And now Its 18 Tha ho Mar of I l As s to the future Well Wel who can 11 w N y It II bring Hut But I am look looking ing I hl three or four 0 plays under now one of them Is I very VOl serious rlou almost tragic No I J have no 10 Intention of appearing In 11 nn Oi piece It I Is II the tho first ut thing you OU Americans ask ak You Yon seem to have hlo gom lantic mud on 01 this side Ile of or the At Atlantic 1 of 01 her audiences Miss MI Tem fem femIn ped In t Americans are told tind ud especially eRI the mon men some Ite of whom me lre positively vell tho tones of ot their voices 1 pitched In II n I minor key ke like n grey dawn tit lit the In 11 If Ir the likes IkeR n 1 thing It I applauds If I not thlu Is lilting Over hero the deathlike s of the out front Is II well wel nigh maddening Incidentally Miss IM paid her herr respects r to 10 the lire Inspectors In tho various cities stirred up by b the Chi lire lre 1 I cannot II please I t any nn of ot them Kho said lah In New York I had hadIn my In lighting arranged ll to suit lit the commissioners When I arrived at atthe lt the next It unit R unsatisfactory In Dome Hol the tho New Yorkers Yok rH hud had and an so 10 nn on In II London such luch a n disaster ns aR nl nt Chicago have l Impossible Imp Over there thor manager pc feels a I personal o onal that Is l reflected re t down dowl to tho boy IJ the place |