New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-18
1oWS TALK.


.THx 'vAuDryrILE" TnEArRr.-James Barton tells
az no longer secret that he to bu,id theatre o.
Twenty seventh-st between Fifth and Sixth aves and
opposite the Victoria Hotel 1t IL capital Site ut pres
eut occupied by small dwellings, The name has already
been seested and IL h indicative OF the style Of the
performance to be given 1t will be called "The vaude-
yIen and 1t intended gve lignt plays with
burlesouss and farces. The Vaudeville intend
ed to seat only about TOO persons and win cost
frat Estimated 100000 There ten shares Of seock
onlv the majority being held by the Cheeyer father and
sons. of the New.York Betting Company, and the
Jablochkcr Electric Light Company. Mr. Barton and
Charles A. Cheever have long been personal friends.
The latter ts great mopey-spinner. the other capital
money-spender Barton Is perfect picture OF physical
health and manly beauty. Cheever owing to . fall ID
early childhood has stu to carried about In the
of servant bat he has an unusually wen developed
brain constantly as work Both men are fond Of out
door sports of every kind and particularly OF yachting
A MIDSUMMER SUCCESS" Sam F" Grace Of the Cas.Hs
nobody ever thinks Of calling him ssmuelin speaking
of James Bartons idea Of giving two and even thrse
abort musical pieces In an evenings entertainment a
the theatre to be built for him, said that Manager No
Caul had sunk 81 600 In eight weeks at the Buou Il
mch experiments. But tina proves nothing. Hicksy,
at the Cosmopolitan, played Prince Methusalem' 10
empty benches for nearly ono Week. closing abruptly
what WIS admitted to be On absolute failure But
Manager McCauI has been playing it to full
houses at the Casino ever since. IL 10 fact that
the audiences there. even In this insolcrabls-
be weather stand in rows four and ave deep through
tbis performance of two and half hours and then
par to the roof TO hear orchestra for hour
longer No doubt one OF the attractions of the Casino
lies in the fact that the price of admission adms to the
ton floor and roof where there no reserved sea
wise regulation OF the management prohibits the serv
ing OF meals or drinks at matinee performances But
for this place would become the resort OF classes
OF both sexes which the management prefer to exclude
The idea is to make the Casino family resort In every
respect.
PEOPLE Who CAN sPARED.-The gamblers and
prize lighters expelled from New York, have followed
the sellers Brooklyn aid Coney Island and carry
ON their business there unmolestsd by anybodyonca
or otherwise One explanation given by Brooklyn
resident is that new DistrcAttorney TO be elected
this fall and as present incumbent and all his assist
ants want another reluctant 70 disturb TINS In
6uentia Glass; Another nuisance to which Brooklyn has
succeeded since q reform brought about
here in the matter OF references, receiver
sbips and street-openings, lie the combined
lawyer and politician who employs MS ponneA
influence in the fall in way TO secure Judicial
favor during all the rest of the year. fresh iustrs
ton OF this sort Of egazed abuse is the charge OF $500
made by three lawyers for few minutes joint labor
ms commission 10 close the total damage
to the AUDITING properfyowners was assessed at su
CENTS IL happened that the street "no-thorougn
fare" the applicants for closing were the only 0wnen
OF the property on sides Of w. and the closing OTIS
nj this serious cost to county gives the owners pro
cscly the amount of real which the street
MED The only excuse such charge was that the
law Hpis the compensation TO $500. The legal charn
would have been just SOL for the three commissioners