New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25


nifcent Cage in Europe" 1t is something 10
be a Lovely Queen OF the DESERT but what pride
can n really high-souled creature take in being
known ms Champion Performing Monkey of the
World? / say creature because cannot mako
out whether Slinlxer is a real Monkey, or Man
who does his hest TO Initiate ms
Darwinianl ancestor Nor Is IL cbar
to which department OF the Animal Kingdom
we ought to assign Carries. King and Queen OF the
Feathered Tribe. Nor what the Brothers lie
Courcy, Lightning Acrobats, intend by the remark
that thcv az ais, La Perch Performers. The De
Courcys lately an extinct family no longer to
be found in Burke's Peerage, or in the Landed
Gcutfy c tho same author. 1t is pleasant to know
that they have once more found a foothold ON this
planet or, at least, on La Perch
pass with regret from Premier Grotesques and
Flying Trapeze Artistes and Pyramid Ascension
lists and all the rest of this worshpful company OF
clowns and gymnasts. But l shall never have
done with The Era or with this letter If linger
too long among celebrities of single class. There
are others, many others, that deserve all the time
we can give them. The Niger Minstrel and
the Minstrel who is not q Niger, or sometimes
Niger and sometimes not are an American
Product. They, too. are Artistes in Language as
well as in Song You may begin at once with
dams. De voy, lie Clerq 81 Co.. or with England's
Premier Sable Comedians Brown, Newland and
Wallace dull dogs whom l had to see at the
AQUARIUM while waiting for Darby the jumper i;
or with Edwards and Kenyon, the Foremost Black
Faced Comedy Artists. When so many are each fore
most, who shall decide to whom the apple shall be
awarded? The Bowry Boys, Funniest Comedians
in the World though little out in their spelling,
must surely have come from, or at least have
heard of, a thoroughfarc in New-York reserved
mainly for the Masses.
In the case of Moore and Marson neither color
nor locality can matter They are Darkie I'M
personators with Dialect, High Glass Expression
ists meeting with unbounded success and still Re
tanned Sweeney and Ryland are American ar
tistes' /; they avow it, or rather assert it. The
Orignators. Constructed for Laughing Purposes
VIII give Palles Forty nine; play on top or
tram" The Irishman runs the African hard has
pretty well run him off the variety stage alto
gether. The Two Macs, the Two Armstrong;, are
the favorites of the Town; or were. The FORMER
you have with you in America. The Two Arm'
strongs, specially engaged for Seven Months al
the Alhambra" are the Champions of Irish Knock
about Business" and professors Of playful runian
ism in pantomimc" Let the Two Macs come oach
TO England if they hope to keep their prond prl
macy in KnocIabout and in pantomlme ru1nanlSm
I will answer for it that Mr.. Balfour shall not
lock them up; not so long. at any rate, as they
keep TO English soil.
America not only imports but exports Knocka
bouts. and Mr.. Premitr Mills himself has not yet
proposed TO put duty on either, or to take 1t on
The Three Carnos 90 the Two Macs one better; and
they made "a pronounced hit" III New York
Young and Reeves are Anglo American Speciant
| Artistcs and Dancers. International Comfy l.
| further promoted by Ali Stevens and VIII ben
| nard who make not pronounced but spon
taneous" hit by introducing their Grand American
Top-Boot Banjo Song and Dance For the rest theli
name is Legion. and there is not one OF them WHIT
could not sling ink" with Artemus Ward him
self If you doubt it, after all the examples
| have quoted, / offer you last one In dlnereh
| manner 1t was Lord Beaconsfeld who observed
! that invective was an ornament OF DEBATE, ah'
there is in this delightful world of song and danc'
| and somo1saults. where we have been visiting
good deal of debate and some jealousy. You re
member the Vital Spark, and you Will hear VIII
regret that she has Detractors. But she has al
| Agent and Champion. He confounds the DE
tractors with facts and managerial certificates AM
| other missiles, and then triumphantly asks: WI
the Bumbling Purveyor of inane doggre WHO'S
punv efforts to annoy those who refuse to pur
chase his garbage make note OF the aooVe'
earnestly hope he WILL and that we shall near iron
| him in answer to this sonorOus challenge
c. w. S.