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Show HAZEL TOUT OF OGDEN PRAISED By TOE BIG CRITICS i Hazel Tout, the former Ogden girl knowr to the theatrical world as Hazel Dawn, has achieved another distinct triumph on Broadway, accord Ing to clippings from New York newspapers news-papers just received in Ogden. Her New York opening this season was In another V U ir Herbert opera "The Debutante,' which was given its premiere at Atlantii City, N .1 . sev- ral weeks apo. The Cotham critics d oted considerable space to the jroduotion and their comment on the ippearance and work of the Qtah i n as .ill favorable This m view of the tact that the critics have been unusually causth and severe on plays I Hid players for some length of time, inaj be considered an even greater j triumph for Miss Hazel and her Ideii relatives and friends may be pleased to peruse the following from the New York Sun. l there already a successor to Lillian Lil-lian Russell in the public admiration me so long enjoyed" Is there alreadj another to earn, on the traditions ol , pink and white beauty, of ms lovfeli-' lovfeli-' . ss lbnry James called j"t rosy brawn when talking about peter Paul Rubens -so long associated with the name of Lillian Russell" This rim s lion came to tho mind of the spectators specta-tors at the Knickerbocker theatre lasl npht, watching the youthful lovell-n lovell-n ss of Hazel Hawi. The beauty has i i the old familiar Russell characteristics, charac-teristics, pink, blue and yellow. Of - iirse, before It seemed to becom-altogether becom-altogether the possession of this popular pop-ular stage personage it was the distinguishing dis-tinguishing mark of the hidy on ihe handkerchief box. But it was beau i 'Hi even without the Russell cachet Misi Dawn has acted here In "The Pink Lady.' in "Thi Little Cafe" and Ias1 night in The Debutante.'1 which the industrious Smith brothers devised de-vised for her so far as its intellec-t intellec-t ial side is concerned was Victor Herbert who wrote the music. There are two acts In "The Debutante." one i passing In a villa in England and Ihe other in a studio In Paris. Miss Dawn not only has the opportunity to show her blond beauty and to sint; and smile in her wonderful way but also to play tiie violin So she is not allowed to lie, as Grosvenor in "Patience," merely a trustee of beauty. Beauty in Usual Estate Miss Dawn's beauty was in its usual estate. She seemed to hac a Col I "id" her head It was observable observ-able not only in her speech, but also had the effect of impairing at times the Impeccability of her "idtoriation." She danced gracefully and smiled de tally and ravlshingly. So her firs: appearance as a star may be considered consid-ered as a cloudless success but for th Blighi barrier of that unavoidable cold She accomplished, moreover. ii,e task of looking epiite as lovel in pale pink as in baby bine, which is all that could be demanded of any divette. ielor Herbert conducted the or Chestra and had th- sa'isfactton of hearing his music quite as much as even a composer could have desire, I I In j song, for instance, in the first act with which this chronicle is chiefly concerned was called All for thi Sake of a Girl." and it wns re-peated re-peated so often that the audience wondered why, since u evinced no de sire to hear it again after the first fe.v repetitions. But it kept on Mr Herbert need 1 not have been in the least disinclined i to hear his music over and over again. His score is melodious and graceful and his orchestration abounds in the' skilful and mnslca details which only so fine a musician as he takes the trouble to impart to comic oi ra lie made a speech after the first nrt aui thanked the manager and Bald some very just and flattering things about the delightful Miss Dawn lb-sahJ lb-sahJ she was tin- rr-al girl from Utah although another with the same title had juat l-ft the stage ol the Knickerbocker Knicker-bocker theatre. This m (St put it up to either Charles tirohmuu or Miss Sanderson Miss Dawn is indeed all of distinction distinc-tion that "The Debutante'" possesses. Maude Odil now developed into a character actress, was comic as fir as she could be. and the other funny persons In the play to judge by past pi rformam es were Robert Pitkin, Will West and Will Danforth. Mr I Pitkin was neat in his work in the first act and Mr Wes' seemed depressed de-pressed by lack of opportunity. Mr. D.mtorth had plenty of opportunity There was a beautiful rose hung Elizabethan house as a background for the first act. The chorus was Vivacious. Miss Dawn is certain to gel over her cold. Then she will be quite perfect. If there la a public : demand for a fresh incarnation of that rosy pulchritude which Mis. Itussell has embodied throughout the ages Miss Dawn and "The Debutante" , should tarry long and prosperously i at the Knickerbocker theatre |
