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Show Ik Ng XOith the First JSfighter. n? Ilfcff ' "THE STORKS." jj ) "' . sA million dollars reward, a great escape, The- L lj spis lias broken the fetters, and is now in hiding. i i "The poor thing stood for a lot, but reached the f ) limit with "The Storks," and broke and ran. HV: jl Thdse storks stood on one leg, and it was weak- H I j'j er than a stick of macaroni. H I J.i "Sorrow is Mine," a beautiful song rendered B ITO exquisitely by Alma Youlin; "Song of the Night," B l Lf rendered perfectly by Francis Lieb; the finale of H 1 jjii j the first act, the dancing of George McKay as Fiz- Hfjfj Elewitz; and the catchy "Tootsie Wootsie" and m j I , "Flirtie Gertie' s,ongs were the only cbmmenda- !kjji blefeatures of the performance. The comedians , i rank very rank, all of them, particularly the Bung-loo Bung-loo effect on the bill aa Gus Weinburg. Ho Kf jj . ' lnoored earnestly to give an imitation of Raymond Hjf , Hitchcock, and those in the audience with any r f sympathy grieved bitterly for him (Hitchcock.) H( p $ If this hombre insists upon staying on the B !j r stage, he should be made to pay his fare after each k change of horses. The most noticeable fault in ftji this frothy performance is the weakness of the L jl f book, but most of the music is just as bad. BH ' I I remember a line in "The Runaways" when B ' j Fay Templeton asks "Did you ever go through H' algebra, and Arthur Dunn replies, "Yes, but it was Bf in the night, and I didn't see much." Did you ever H, , see "The Storks?" Yes, but it was in the night, K and T. |