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Show I Theatres H Three Twins. IH As nil antidote, for tlio awful tnsto Y left by tlio Qucn of tlio Moulin Kongo, H ili.i Three Twins wns nil that vVaa M M'iessnry, Purtlicnnoro, a packed fcH limifo laughed itself to doat.l over Y f-e funny situations, nnd hold lis' liwnth until It choked at many of tho bouUlful elect) leal fcaturos. To say th.it tho play wua heartily accepted as tho bost offering of tho soason ns a nlmiicnl opora, Is putting tho pratso nilloly. It was genuinely appreciated. Tho singing wad much bctitr than Uio ordinary, the girls wore far pu'l-tier pu'l-tier than could bo expected, tho costumes cos-tumes wero fresh nnd vory proity ns ii whole, and tho music wni of tho 'w'ustllng kind that mnl'o i distinct till. Victor Mo. ley was nlvtvy clover In his comedy work and Net nbly at '.'.iled by mine." nctors, tlosaij Ctlf-'ford's Ctlf-'ford's dancing v as tho foa ves of tho i.i',1 irmanco outsldo of Vlclyr Mor-U'i'i Mor-U'i'i splendid work. Tho Yblia amn tig itself wan n hit that called for niuiy oucorea. Tho liypnotio kiss by Vurloy and JHps Clifford give nulla-fti'lon nulla-fti'lon to the audloncc, bo tho nil-plauso nil-plauso indicntod. As for tLo "Cuddlo up n Llttlo Closar" hit, It went almost lid well as tho othor songs in nil, ine opera was a decided sutcefw anl iduased Immonsoly, in Its music. Its jqomedy and Its stago equipments. The Queen and the Critic. Our contemporary bownlts tho fact that ho doesn't see som'i' plays tho way our dramatic critic dooa, of whom ho had this horrible cutting romark to tnako . . ill ' Considerable concern has been ox-luosBcd ox-luosBcd because thq Quoin of, tho Moulin Roues shocked Hi's ttnd.ir son-(ill'illtlcs son-(ill'illtlcs and .unsophisticated tfatuxe c"f tho Republican Bcrlbo who wro'tq the criticism of tlio performance. When thoro la a suspicion that a performance per-formance may bo of such a naturo as to bring tho blush to theeheok of Innocence In-nocence our neighbor should send (is occasional draumtlc critic, who Is thoroughly soasonod In tho aria, wiles and idlosyncraclos of tlio cato chan-lant chan-lant whoro thoy aro soon In all their perfection, amlds 'ttho haunts of the lloulovardler." Wo thank tho Journal hoartlly and would only add that wo ccmtomplatcd Just such advlco coming from It. As wo know tho public would want tho expression of opinion of ono who la thorouhgly charmed by tho disgusting disgust-ing blzarro performance of tho caro chantant, us tho Quoon of tho Moulin Itougo prosontod It, wo wero thoroughly thorough-ly content to havo such criticism tip-pear tip-pear in the Journal, which it did. Wo note, by tho way, that tho Dos-crct Dos-crct Nows, tho Herald-Republican and tlio Telegram aro aa mild as possible with tho production, but ovon at that thoy havo more to say about tho rot-tenncbS rot-tenncbS of tho thing than wo said altogether. al-together. Undoubtedly, tho enraptured praise of tho Journal but reflected tho sophisticated mind of its ISoulovardlor critic. I'ifflo! "Chase mo glrhi. I got chocolatoa." The Great Comedy Hit Seven Days. Of courso all tho world and his wife, or sweetheart, will go to tho Thatcher Opeia IIouso on March 11th to seo "Sovou Days," tho comody by Mary Itoborts Itlnohart and Avory Hopwood that Messrs. Wagonhals & Kompor aro sending hero with n brll Hunt Now York cost and a duplicate BBBBBBBBbBBBBhBBBBBBBBBBBBBHBBBI of tho famous Astor Tbcatro produc tlon. This Is tho ono play of tho season sea-son that nobody will ovorlook, for It has mado its reputatln as tho best comedy in many years, a rapld-firo nnd novor-miss laugh producer, a threo hours' bonbnrdmcnt of lrrcslst-ll'Io lrrcslst-ll'Io fun. That much Is known to cv-ory cv-ory man, woman and Juvenllo who keeps track of things theatrical. Also it Is known that this play; mado such a hit In Now York that it has been runnlg thoro for moro than a year, Hint It Is tho only comedy that has over stuck out a summer on llroad wny, and that for sis months it kept Chicago In happier humor than that city had been slnco tho Woild'd Fair, Knowing this much, would anybody wish to know moro nbut "Soven Days" before seeing Iff It spoils halt tie fun to know tho story of a play In advance, ad-vance, and anyway it would bo noxt to Impossible- to deflcrlbo "Seven Days." It's too funny, lo bo told. Enough that It Is an up-to-tho-mlnute comedy of smart Now Yorkers who meet fr dlnnor nnd nro; quarantined for a wock. As for tho quality of tho fun, take tho word of tho Now York Tribuno for It. "Sovon Daya" said tho Tribune, "is screamingly funny Tho audlonco laughed aild laughed until thoy wished tho actors would st6y for a whllo so tho houso might catch Ita breath.' Tho world loves "laughter. At Soverf-Oaj,s"-lt canrftugnfUirit fa weary." r ' " ' " |