Show 4 JERCY P A Pj S LE I SEW J YORK TORK June 28 Mr 28 Dy elds eld's ambition to put a plot i a 61 ho this summers summer's Follies has ha r 1 tame me to nothing He and his II 11 11 ware T f Mr J William Anthon Anthony Mc- Mc Me li Guire planned to make mako the pres pres- triv I at set re revue ue more creditable than thai thant thans i C ft s t usual asual by causing the thc soprano to tall fall 1 pe J In 10 love lore e with one of o the auThere There Thero were to follow tolloW the tho custom custom- au ar ary difficulties and misunderstand standI lit Dr illIngs Ings and then at the end all was wast wa 1 ill ga 1 to bo be rainbow But though Roe Ro- Ro Rot t f manco mance Is rife rito among the rol Tol t e Vlies lies off ott the stage It seems that tha y V It does not belong In the public j D performances So after atter a night I I or two t 0 in Atlantic City Mr l Mc- Mc McI I I sentimental idyll Idill Id 11 wa was as dumped Into the sea and was as re- re replaced re placed by b gags and girls Noff No doubt It Is just as well ell w oil Few things are mOle horrible than the plot ol ot ota ofa I a musical show J 1 f The date ot hese dispatches for tor- forbids torr bids tor-bids bids bid A ft report ot of the tardy laidy un ely premier ot of the follies Your correspondent corres corres- correspondent correspondent r h however caught a ff ot of a dress rehearsal at an early hour the tho other morning and ho he suspected it to be big beautiful and If It not tunny funny at least fun tun- funnier fun funnier nier He learned learnell also that the tha ru- ru rumors ru rumors mors of ot violence and bloodshed to in inthe the Atlantic City preliminaries were exaggeration It has been said that Mr Walter Catlett that sun sun- sun sun- suns sunt sunny sunny sunny ny wag was becoming miffed by t s changes In his role struck Mr r an angry blow blo and In re- re return return re return turn was as set upon and beaten by bythe bythe bythe the outraged Impresario It IL was as also announced that Miss Anne Annc Pennington who ho Is to the human kneecap what hat Miss Mary I Pickford Is to the human heart e exchanged changed ugly words wolds 01 ds with pith Ith Mr Lupino Lane a artist Mr Lanes Lane's alien humor It was said found Itself detained upon Miss Pennington s Ellis Bills Island and she he was as loath to let It enter It If That she a exclaimed e according to the telegram it if That Is an en- en entertainer en entertainer then I am not Where Where- Whereupon upon upon she smote the visiting and sent him astonished to his dressing rooms In the theater the small oaks from smaller acorns groIt grow gro It Is trite I Iam Iam Iam am told that Miss Pennington an per cent American danseuse trins- trins trins was as m mi stifled by Mi Mt Lanes Lane's and Being what hat she he candid Is-candid Is candid U S Sand Sand Sand she demand demand- demanded and temperamental temperamental she ed o ot of Mr Lane a solution ot of his humor This ho he gave gase her during se eral patten- patten lessons and now that he has explained e his jokes to she her and he ale aie All AU of this ma mav seem beem trivial but It really is not to not to those who know the and Its A distinguished and Idel widely read red New NewYork NewYork York editor said In his column the theother theother theother other da day that he believed that any delegate to the Democratic na- na national national na national convention would trade his seat in Madison Square Gal Garden Gaiden den for foran foran foran an orchestra chair at the New Amsterdam The Follies Is per per- perhaps perhaps per perhaps haps an Institution more national than Is statesmanship glorifying In- In Inas as does does It the tho American Girl White arms are more than Il McAdoo Adoo and andred andred andred red lips superior to Cat Cal ter Glass Gliss But I am forgetting to tell Mr Walter Catlett ab absconded ab- ab absconded absconded you why hy in dismay from the Fol Follies Fol- Fol Follies Follies lies In Atlantic City It seems that he had a witticism ot of which he was lather ather I fond I wished to say know a man ha who ho was as so stingy that he tired fired fireda fireda a gun ou on Christmas Eve and told his children that Santa Claus was vas dead This Interpolation e evoked no laughter from Mr the librettists or the members ot of the cast Therefore Mr Catlett with with with- withdrew withdrew drew indignantly Indignant flom an atmos atmos- atmosphere phere so BO reactionary and engaged himself to make merry in other more advanced ad and liberal neigh neigh- neighborhoods neighborhoods neigh neighborhoods Sv Snell ell dressers dressel s It If no one else may find pleasure In Ml Mf Sidney Blackmer's ne new amusement The Blue Bandanna This Is a a rout rout- routIne routine routine Os- Os Osborne Osborne borne Os-borne ine mystery play by Hubert borne full tull of stolen pearl neck neck- necklaces necklaces necklaces laces and those who steal them Ludicrous as a drama It is not bad as a clothes show Mr Black mer Black Black- Blackmer mer as YOU ou know Is a comely ar artist ar- ar artist artist The styles st les and modes look well when draped upon his sym sym- symmetrical sym sym- symmetrical symmetrical metrical person He Is not like Mr Lowell Sherman ot of the tho pea pea- peacock peacock pea peacock cock type His brilliance In dress inclines more to tho the stately and the august Even when his dress dress- dressIng dressing dress Ing Ing gowns offer opportunities to tobe tobe tobe be florid he Is content with mere richness He seems to belle believe with Mr Michael Arlen that re- re restraint restraint re restraint Is the highest pleasure It not of la Ja then at least ot of mens men's tailoring It Is as a Il young millionaire ot of suburban Boston that Mr Black Black- Blackmer Blackmer Black mer mer affords these pleasing views Pajamas of ot a a faintly Irritating lav- lav lavender lav lavender ender double gowns gOns gO ns of ot a reddish purple short morning coats tall silken hats and subdued spats vaguely suggesting rather than emphasizing feet teet A yellow over over- overcoat overcoat coat cost for tor motoring with abroad a abroad abroad broad cestus of ot the same material Other overcoats Hats gray Hata gray blue brown and black with girdles and without to suit the oCCAsion Faultless evening attire is not ap- ap appropriate appropriate ap appropriate to the plot of ot the play but a as a substitute Mr Blackmer has something In a tuxedo that Is very satisfying And his trousers Mr mood In trousers to paraphrase finds no dissentients among tho the best turned best turned out turned turned- out men at any place where here smart people congregate You will no- no notice notice no notice tice that his trousers are of ot mid mid- middling dung width with no hint of ot tiara Hare T i or bell nor do they ripple over the Instep In In-a In a manner that sug sug- sug- sug suggests suggests ests tho need of ot a a hoist to ones onos braces as as tho Englishman terms suspenders The entertainment In which Mr Blackmer and his garments appeal appear ap- ap pear peal Is a daffy little melodrama with nith Ith mental and physical ailments aliments In It 11 Mr Blackmer per per- performs performs per performs forms som some somo dual roles that t is he comes In at one door a as l d Haskell tho the Boston bon vivant and exits c through It a moment or two later as Gentleman Jim De- De Delano Jano DC-Jano lano the King Icing of ot J wel Thieves As Mr Haskell he ho Is brio 1 ot of o u ut- ut ut utterances t- t as Gentleman Jim he is rough r ugh and gauche using such 01 ds as swag and guile gillie Yet the tho characters in the play find It difficult to distinguish one from the other The Haskell pears areat are areat areat at stake stahe and so BO are papers Involving ing Int their oner owners s good name You sill 11 be amazed when hen I tell you where here these treasures ate are secluded secluded secluded ed The They are arc hidden in a wall vail all sate safe behind a Martin Vernis-Martin panel In Mr Ir living lit ing room just out out- outside outside out outside side of Boston Doston Miss Mits MI s Vivienne Osborne vies II's with Mr Blackmer In III the decor of ot the tho event impersonating a seraphic crook lady crook who ho needs only the 10 lose e of ot a good man to persuade her herto herto herto to go straight She Is good to look upon and n so A tf Is- Is is Mr Blackmer The rest Is hatch booby I 1 j A l P Nl w i 1 i III I G r v tC t i ix x tr t t 1 r tiT tart I t df t t f ta a i c 3 J t 4 4 r re rT rNa e T Na r rP rS P S J vl r FV yv r ft or s Yf h r rD rA v 4 w wJ wr y ys D a A i Il k r Y M 4 t Ma t ry l li i ha no nor r y t tt t 4 i ie e J 5 4 t Kathryn Shuffle barger who is doing an atmospheric dance prologue at the Alhambra theatre with the feature picture The Eternal CIty all this week week-Advertis week Advertisement ment |