New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-29
THE NEU ROSTER q BI1L'S.

, RIG ,-rIENCE ATTENLs TUE OPENING or THE
CONCERT HALL IL IuIhTY-toURTH ST.
No accident and no startling incident a''ehueu
the opening of the Roster II BARS, IN lhirE-
fourth-st last night. 1t looked forward 10
az an occurrence Of no small Importance III wv
history of vaudeville in New-Nork. anc among
tho frequenters OF the old concert hall In lweh'!
third-st the interest in Il was general The house
is q big one but il was crowded throughout, In
fact all the boxes and almost all the seats were
sold before yesterday morning. Inc aHi'eh'e
seemed 10 be- too OF a better class on 'hc "no'o'
than that of the old hall was wont to be- Inc
entertainment was, perhaps. a trne better 100
If hogan with a march and overture, and
then Miss Maude St John. English soubiette
who had not been Ia America before. Vcntur"l
TO sing some songs She Is decidedly pretty anu
rather pleasing in other ways, with Voic' py
no means big the hall She SANG among othe!
things the forbidden Marguerite Of Monte Carlo
The chief charm of this song seems to be that II
is forbidden A real lawsuit would probably I'M
proye the song "A good deal The Barra Troupe
is not new here. but it Is amusins, ana the lhi'"
Judges are fine acrObats, even though they are
also familiar.
senorita Tortajada and her troupe were next.
Senorita Tortajada is young woman, with an
ideal SPANISH face. and the Others OF her troupe.
two men and a woman, are quite AZ Spanish thousA
not quite so ideal. one OF them kcp' WHO
BOOTH with one large bottle and TWO small ones "i
Chianti and they all sang song ana daIc"i
dances They aroused the first really loud cnthuS'-
asm OF the evening. The strangest thing on the
whole programme was the Dclna Sisters Trio. The
strange thing about them was their being there.
They did some singing together, and something
which they perhaps regarded as acting ana the1
one of tn m Ventured alone to give some lmitf
tons She said they were limitations. but II was
no, apparent that she was really doing anything
different from what she had done before TIL she
promised something Irish. ana hled 'he cohuac'
with Yankee Doodle"
Mario and Dunbarn cheered things up again by
doing a really remarkable horizontal bar act, ana
then Mile Paquerette performed her absurnlN
pro,esaue songs and dance which became popular
here q lOng time ago. but were received again last
night with as much delight as If they were new
No other Young woman quite Ike Mile Paqucrette
has ever been seen here. and 1t does not seem
ukeIv that another ever will be. Carmencta ended
tho first part OF the bill. She was more radiant
| than eyer and quite as fascinating in other re-
ennc,s Her dances were applaudcl and chccrei
IN unite the old way. and surely nobody could de-
sire more than that.
The second half of the entertainment was the
| hauet "Versailles" which was done In this house
'hnn Il had a different name. II Is pretty ballet
n% - well Costumed and well put on the stage
Wies Clara Oualitz the principal dancer. and
/ nfher prominent parts were assumed by Martha
/ Koehler Anita Austin. Marie Stenberg Henrietta
Konratb A Feeks. George Craven Edna Arteln
passianani and NJ. Schartz 1t is worthy OF
no,n I'm view OF recent discussions OF possibilities
! and chances that "A curtain ana movable scenery
ar uee1 ON The stage last night, and that drinks
were sold in all parts OF the mousse