The evening world., 1895-06-13
DRAMAT1CNEws ANDNOTEs
Advantages Of Being n Variety Ae-
tor--MusicnI Director Gnbriers
EmbarrassiuG Position.

60 pass, and kicking myself because
didn't save enough to tide me over these
dreadful Summer months. I tell you that
II Is the variety actor who ID right IN
H. nowadays. There are plenty OF 'em.
but the demand ID enormous in New
York. Think OF five roof gardens, two
continuous performance houses, and MI
nor resorts. going all Summer. The va
riety man Of to-day gets q good engage
ment In the season; his specially COM
mands fancy prices when he joins
comedy company, and he Is his own
master. Then when the season closes
there are the roof gardens. which pay
remarkably we'll. 1t pays better to sing
Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down
Her Back, than 1t does to play Hamlet
II had to begin all over again. I'd take
lessons In clog dancing or something
Of the sort. Variety 10 the only thing
nowadays, and It 10 getting more sig
nificent all the time. forcing legitimate
attractions into the background. Why,
good variety actor is perfectly inde-
pendent He doesn't care . continental
II the show smashes UP or not; another
engagement can be had for the asking.
Look at John w. Ransone, for instance.
He popularized himself with q ditty
| called The Ruler OF New York When
the Casino closed suddenly he was
thrown out Of an engagement He
laughed. He got another Immediately.
But they all do. Yet the va
riety actor Is ten degrees lower in the
social scale than the ordinary actor
Many variety folks are common and
illiterats to an incredible degree-not
~ H,,N NJ than
I'd be one II I could" And the actor
walked away to buy some butter-nut
oil. He says he shall have to use 1t
look that suggests q happy Summer at
the seaside.
Musical Director Gabriel. Of Koster
g. Blars, put his foot In 1t Monday
night. A blonde and rather ponder0us-
lotta, made her first appearance on the
roof garden. She did q dance to which
Mr.; Gsbriel,s music failed ~ A. to ,a5Ssd DO 5usdaGs;
him rather provokingiy, During tns
intermission a large gentleman IN piaid
trousers and an anxious expression OF
countenance approached Sapr'el.
what did you think Of Carlottar' he
Mr. GABRIEL scratched his head In per
plexity. He didn't know her by name.
II mean the lady who danced IN q
black dress," explained the plaid trous-
"oh!' cried Gabriel. Il think she was
horrible-perfectly horrible. Don't your
furiously. You ask me II think that
have hsys h il Insqitea US. al and i you ' shall explain
Ada Rehan did not appeal very
strongly to the Buffalo people as q star.
The Increased price Of the seats perhaps
had something to do with the discon-
ciared that Buffaionians Wouldn't p.y 9
second magnitude at the best, surround-
Rehsn was defended by a critic in the
same city, and the defense was more
amusing than the prosecution. New
Gs no, sad dc,s the srend Of sac
criticism, but Miss Rehan's reputation
come. from London as much - from
anywhsre In LondSn they 1omet,mIs. Soor nIas.
ers."
A coy yet secluded ash barrel in East
Fourteenth street yesterday set forth
qrau is to have a grand" benefit at ths
that is true.perplexinSly true; Why Mr.: MI:
tresses to make him a present Of their
| services Is something that 10 quite In.
this quaint young man has ever done for
| them, nor has he ever adorned the the
| atrical profession. 1t Is benefits Of this
sort that cast the nobier form Torn 81 d,; money
Worthy people sufer. because the Bob
Graus Of the profession must have their
inning. 1t Is a great pity. Yet the en- en-
teresting to the general public who
clamor only for amusements.
Herr Conred has purchased tho Amer
isan naiIaa rights s of new nus musical comedy
has made a sensation in Berlin. The
leading lady Of the company has to DO a
lightning change act. and appear as her
In feminine 1arb. and enters by an op-
young man man. Herr conrisd write. very
Enthusiastically OF It.
sen Sative, has written to his chief on the
sunject Of the much pirated waits song
suns Ss Hss Ad.s tHs keSs K eS. 0S
"The Merry wOfld," As the song Is Is
PSas Hsr4 In tans.S viii b Ss ,s 9 ss
Charles Dickson says that he got his
song from Germany, 1t 10 a little odd.
| however, that JakaDOWSkl enould nave
sanctioned the introduction OF q brother
eompossr's waltz into his opera '-The
| Devils Deputy"
Miss Harriett Vernon, who sang for
the first time on q roof-garden at Kos
ter 4 Balls. Monday night. II not at
all charmed with the "open-air concert
ha l." She missed the applause that al
tween walls. Very little applause can
be heard on q roof-garden. as II there
hapPs9s to be any WIND 4 Z Invariably
hurt about 1t. By-the-bye, she closes her
second American engagement Saturday
night and returns to Europe next week.
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