"Flying Dutchmen" Rehearsal.

Judging from the dress rehearsal last night, the Pudding play this year should be a great success. It is more of a burlesque than last year and contains more local hits. All the parts are well taken, Schurz, Woodruff, Stone and Rust being especially egective. Perhaps the best thing is the specialty by Schurz and Woodruff, a take-off on "Secret Service." Fenno and Scaife are rather graceful in their dance, and Rust sings a soldier song with very telling gestures.

The dialogne throughout is ciever and amusing and seldom too long drawn out. The chorus sang with spirit but were a trifle woodeny in action. The scenery and costumes, designed by Pitts, were first-rate, especially the houses in Harvard Square. In the second act, many local celebrities are introduced including Poco, Foster, a policeman and four of the Faculty, who are cleverly taken off by Schurz, Stone, Nichols and Parker. Ordinary and extraordinary occurrences, such as a band procession, taking out of an Institute ten, waiting for an electric car, and a spirited struggle between John and his donkey are brought into this act.

The music throughout is excellent and many of the choruses are entirely catching. There are two Harvard songs with remarkably stirring choruses, one beginning "Fair Harvard," but with different words, which go with a great deal of dash. Although this rehearsal went very raggedly, the play as a whole shows distinct possibilities.