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...spite of the tremendous counter attraction that the Chicago Civic Opera Company is to the Boston Victor Herbert Festival their production of Babes in Toyland" is of sufficient merit to warrant a continuance of the exceptionally good attendance they have received in the last few weeks. The music of Victor Herbert is well enough known to make a discussion of its qualities entirely superfluous, but for those who are refreshed by its light hearted rhythmic unes, these present revivals at the Majestic are proving more than adequate...
There is a naivete about "Babes in Toyland" which is sufficiently conscious O lend an atmosphere of sophistication smacking of the "Black Crook" era no doubt, but tremendously refreshing in a time when smartness lies chiefly in nudity and "frank" jokes. Moreover, the lyrics have much of the W. S. Gilbert playfulness that are original enough to make them thoroughly effective. It is particularly interesting to find the source of many of the clever modern witticisms in a production of the past...
...follow: Mlle. Modiste (with Fritzi Scheff), The Fortune Teller, Naughty Marietta, Babes in Toyland...
...course, there is the customary sumptuous offering of girls, arrayed and arranged with all the extravagant care of a window display. There are tuneful revivals by Irving Fisher of Victor Herbert hits, including the quaint march of the soldiers from Babes in Toyland, and novelties such as the Tiller Girls dancing skilfully in prosphorescent lights as they skip rope?while one makes private bets as to whether the ropes will snarl up. But the general feeling is that Ziegfeld could present a somewhat better show, if Will Rogers would...
...consists this week of a comedy drama entitled "The Fall of Eve." with Mabel Cameron. Alan Devitt and C. Carroll Clucas. Harry and Emma Sharrock do some clever work as "The Fair Ground Fakirs Behind the Grand Stand," while Madame Jewell's Mannikins in a "Circus Day in Toyland" are liberally applauded. The rest of the bill is made up of Ramsdell and Deyo, MeLoud and Norman, and Stephens and Hollister...