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Show pgjCY HflMMONDLETTER: '"'iCi -Those N V V 'v- V'fo "The insect fft'ht expecting to Ktrr;K 'vc been irleJ H t- v.mujM nf For the VJ Beetle Is greed "- he Ichneumon l- I !? ,7 An. K ltd ' "1 lind : r.- .'fvontblng Is dl V, 1 ' ,c.' cnails who fr- I':'" e,nd tall; uj-1 I' . riiv are observed fcftSK Kiwrt Ede-fefJSn'f"8 Ede-fefJSn'f"8 about ,"N' Jtf .drunken slumber yLt' them elve-; and ! !j others pursue dif-15 dif-15 T illustrating L'Sipty thing that ln-w ln-w or the Butterflies Kenna) represents rt another a senile old ,d still others arc syni-14 syni-14 .1 female in her ff The Poet recites Sftwm works as "Tho JJ but uncouth.1' and So 't" Thi travesty Lijuid to have be. n Mr. Louis I'ntcrmeycr, f Beetles In the next I . sn enormou golden iicfc they refer to as jdlhrv Mart out to got: rbnee the l'jr.isite, , jjcbo and presumabl j ' ud'Vmerges swollen rth the fruits of their l ta the gigantic hill l lb tbat the allegory is M spectacle and as eltlsa marvel of stage-ad stage-ad denunciation of war. Irirer, no remedy, th'' ts despondent about If aro about our othc r ;ed Ants are to be seen t, as ceaselessly they c:- 1th burdens on ll s-4, Honli cJ:tirti.i speeches attrlb-K attrlb-K fersaQ efficiency in other Bttof fat, Mini rU sits in Kul bests tin n Ith a stick. I Hk nr. Tl. m i ' Hh two, la', ' two. four" I ir F?r Is declared by lhe A; I fctv . .' :afv Tl: Ked ! Bv; ttdr ii and put on Bui khaki of th.' h i til- -Bl Lttr squad of them file Bnssuder In chief, who Sl2;fte! helmet and who H with cheap patrlotl- tJv - Bwn-! by brhmd you!" As a ur.:( J :, alsslon God a colonel ! FB-1 KM AnLi revolt, .BcwE&andt and roaquers all ere I he cur-! B Ut j, proved to be b B"!. unhappj Lind . ph.-i.i- B1'. fil uii i-UiHfr.r out B9 phyiiouse pondering B?' The American adap-rHJ-irject Cometh.' 5' tictlleat, and it : ' " The World i WS" drama of I H :h, most ffoctlv! v , BZ. 15 entput of Vllll:im A.I Wr1' ll"i0Td V'""1 1 ;:i- Bk l''"1' '"'""r lenr. i 'c the Has, and BR'". " kV-"u,t-, MZ--l lmvinK B-lt' la,Twh"'" t'ort...n of, WLt' Hop-I Hop-I BKyn-in-ro,,,., BSSS' and of th, I B ' r,thr'"v M.-r.ui.-,. che'.l Smith -ind ather serious men to Irender tho improvement drama palatable pala-table as well as wholesome and aesthetic. aes-thetic. To Inform you of the quicksilver'. quick-silver'. a hievemente an.i whereabouts oi Arnold lil Wilton I-iekaye, the 'ijolly Sisters or Walter Hampden. 1 But the bifzgest if not the bi st news In this dispatch must be about "The I 4 Sera." "The Berij" ! a burlesque 'revue composed by the most adroit of '.the local twluklcra, brought together in aiiHj)lcious collaboration by G-..r; r Tyler, who maj be recalled a. the Impresario who produced Miss Viola Allen in ' The Christian." The list of I Its authors Includes Hinp Gardner, Montague Glass. Franklin V. Adams. Kaufman and Connelly. Robert genchlcy, Mlai Dorothj I'nrker. Morri Ryskind and nunuTous other celebrated cele-brated wits and humorists. Vhat a 'catalogue! These urban and sophisticated satlr-lsM satlr-lsM spoof every little thins that po9-slldv po9-slldv can be spoofed from a bootlegger's boot-legger's funeral (by Mr. (diss) to conventional con-ventional Viennese operettas (by Mr. Adaii.-.), Including, the advert laements In "The Ked Book" and similar magazines, maga-zines, and lh lugubrious Russian dramas. "There is always gloom for one more," says the Idiot to the con-sumptlve con-sumptlve in the burlesque of Maxim f!..L-v I r.-i i.ftv. Tn :i tr;iOKt of the I allegorical openings habitual to the Ziegfcld and other National Institutions, Institu-tions, a Good Fairy" says to a comic figure who appears against a background back-ground of Joseph Urhan'a Broadway jblu, VIn God's name, who are you." and the llgure answers "1 am Capital land Labor!" I Tho first performance of "The :'49ers " WM before an invltod audience !of the numerous X. Y- friends of the numerous N. V. librettists. So the ! attendant was hostile, sullen and contemptuous. con-temptuous. In my thirty years of 'drama, lovlns I hao never felt so sorry for a player an I did the other ! night for Miss Mny Irwin as she endeavored en-deavored to be the Balieff of this I Broadway "Chauve-Souris " She did, I the best she could to spring the subtle.! Wheases assigned to her as the an-j nounccr; but !-he died, as the tluatro saying is. in a chill welter of ennui, j What a sunset for a really cornie comedienne: com-edienne: Th thought of Miss Irwin's debacle makes me forget a lot of the Jokes and whimsicalities in "The "49ers" which If was my Intention to report It's a great show, if you are In the right mood and if your expectations expec-tations are not too extravagant. |