The sun., 1893-07-23


-ho consider all plsyhouses sinful and have
son.eientious scruples about visiting them.
ayo.pt whom they happen to be away from
some. so was thore some years ago q class
ia, cherished a prejudice against variety
,hows. and refused to visit thom on the ground
.h,t they we're low" The distrust OF leeiti-
r,oto dramatic entertainments was UNDER
n,ipod long ago In New England by the man
,rer who called his theatre q museum" be-
cause there we're dozon stuffed birds In the
lobby. and It was Yankee also who success
fully com batcd intolerance In this city by the
simpe expcdlent Of calling his playhouse q
lecture room" 1t is dollars to doughnuts,
therefore. that the modern farce -come edy " as
devised by some crafty New Englander-a
Connecticut man p-obably-ns an alluring bait
fer the pcoplo who would not visit va
rioty shows when they sailed under
;hcIr own coiors. The scheme proved an
excellent ono and for time COM
pancs like tho Trou badonrs" and Tourists" I"
made great deal OF money with entertain
pents which wero nothing moro nor less than
variety shows held together by the limsiest
suggestion OF n plot. Appealing almost ex-
elusively to people who did not know what q
really good variety show was it was not neces-
gary for the promoters Of these enterprises to
invent any new Jokes or specialties, and SO it
conundrum or gag" had been driven by
popular clamor from tho regular variety
theatres it's declining years were made COM
Portable in the "Troubadours." or 1t found its
last resting place in the Tourists" combina-
tion. II the farce-comedy had Its mission. 1t
was to popularize the variety stage with
people OF the sort that once affected to despise
It. and that it has fulfilled it's mission is
evidenced by the large number OF variety
shows which. in the guise Of farce-comedy.
vaudeville. and roof garden entertainments, fill
a large place in the esteemof the present gem
Grafton OF playEoers. Just now New York
is given over almost wholly to this form OF en-
tertainment. and there will be perfect deluge
OF 1t during the season which Is at hand.
Taxing all this into consideration, theatrical
speculators should remember that they are
now appealing to a generation that has been
brought up. so far as amusements are con-
cerned. at Tony Pastors and Harry Miners.
and that the public taste Is far more critical
than it was fifteen years ago. when Mr..
Mestayer. as a fat man OF the variety encount-
cred at the Hoboken Turtle Club. convulsed
large audiences with his moss grown sayings.
There are certain things which the farce-com-
edymanager who hopes to be successful this
season must avoid as he would the plague.
In fact the time has come for some person
high In authority to lay down the law to farce
comedy and vaudeville managers. We have
been afflicted with great many variety
nuisances during the last decade, and Just
now We are suffering from an influx Of what
are called English music hall favorites."
us.,and so many, more impending. that it will
not be long before determined citizens will
band and take me for their
fnvortes is tho dreary British funny man with
the pronounced cockney accent and a personal
who tells. q long windeI story whose point
usually hinges upon ipebriety domestic in
n s tha ho
iayorite one with British audiences. Lecause
snsG is tho on III It. Of Ssyn tns nsS sSnS
connie always has a song descriptive OF the un-
happiness ofa man who either loses his m oney
law or comes home intoxicated. ami some.
times he sings OF his own prowess as winner
Of Amt / the Cheessf Amt 1 the cheese3
Down by the Serpentine under the trees"
The Tho d. whs. is knoMn owl. dou;
are always billed as sisters the Pudding Sis
dress precisely alike in short, armless gowns
Of q kind, worn by no. other living creature.
erockerS @ Smiles C On sher hard s faces TseS
burst tupon tho enrnptured vision OF an audi
9 to be AND
both sing in the same key: and their ballads
somewhere. although they are. never seen to
strike any quieter pace than hop. skip. and
back eentty toward the side Of the @ stage % from from
which they emerged and disappear from view
waving their hands and smiling graciously.
But they always come back and sing another
ballad. Sometimes these sisters are arrayel
in wigs with long red curls: in imitation Of
the girl who does six or eight lightning
changes. each one oceupying about five min-
One Of these O.
converts her into an impossible newsboy in
which role she exchanges .repartee, with the
Buy piper; Mr. Rosin and take i ONE neft, to
your wife. What? you've got no wife2 Then
is much native talent also which needs to be
suppressed. and it will receive due attention
at some future time.
Leonard Boyne and Julia Arthur. who were
compelled by illness to retire from the cast Of
THE Prodigal Daughter" last week. have re-
sumed their respective roles. and the play now
goes on as smoothly as before. The entertain.
mont on the roof garden OF the American en-
lists the services OF Maggie Cline. John Ker-
nell the Frantz family. the Belfry sisters. |
plumber or new people ut Proctor's Theatre
this week. but the boy soprano. Wilfred Young.
bal and Grevlle have arranged to appear on
the Casino roof this week. where they will
give the second sight performance with which
tmhey my formerly astonished people at the. Eden
Musee. Ennice Vance. who appears in the
same programme. has one or two new songs for
tnIS week The Eden Muses has very little new
Love Duel which will be placed on exhibition
to-uay. An elliGy OF Chang. tho Chinese giant.
Is one OF the recent additions to the collection
Garseta Gl celebrities s. AT Roster Bals. the boxing
brothers. brother and Lottie Collard will appear. Tony
tria.tors programme for this week includes
sMinGer; Mnse;, Phyllis Allen. the contralto: Lille
Fon an n Snn plays on two banlos at once and
SoHntpymsn's sssm n @ vi,it." Katie Hooney will be
n Hooin imita,92n Of her father. the late Pat
mooney; Elsie Adair viii continue to render her
serpentine dance The Fro.ic of tho PanDies." |
sony snn Annie E. suits win be heard in character
a and "A Trip t? Chinatown" are apparently
s!@ahie @ nxtgres ior the rest Of the summer. but
helhr Withdrew trem the field last night, and |
DAILY Day Theatre Thea win 10 dark ior some weeks to
Ne Ms.i cowboys and broncos at the Academy Of |
Mufie ana company of performing monkeys |