Honeydew", by Joseph Herbert with music by Efren Zimbalist, which is now playing at the Majestic Theatre, is on the whole a pleasing musical comedy, although the first act is disappointing on account of the conventional character of its matrimonial entanglements. The second act contains however some agreeable surprises in the original treatment given to well-worn situations, and while true to type, certain complications are never unsnarled, the main issue is satisfactorily disposed of. Even in the first act, the "Chinese Fantasy" lends a certain exotic illusion to a banale situation. The singing and dancing of Ethelind Terry, the acting of Hal Forde, and the specialty dancing of Mile. Marguerite and Frank Gill serve to furnish a sufficiency of entertainment. The Chinese girls. Miss Sinn Far Lee, Miss Bow Lin Lee, and Miss Bow Lang Lee were diverting beyond their humble dramatic roles.

Mr. Zimbalist's music while somewhat disappointing was on the whole adequate. It is melodious but without pronounced individuality save in such special numbers as the song "A Cup of Tea", in the Chinese style, the jazz tune "Drop Me a Line", a Spanish song, the Viennese, polka, the dance "a la Minute" where their versatility and rythmic vitality served to redeem the music as a whole.

The staging, scenery and costumes are of a high order of merit, particularly in the "Chinese Fantasy."