The sun., 1896-08-13
n0G DAY THEATRICALS.
,u,T THE 7HEATREs OFFER AT
.ur END or THE DULL SEASON.

.uE END or THE DULL SEASON.
vaudeville SIN Predominatins-A Miehty
'u..r.trrs. ut Tony Pastor's-A New
,rormcr or Novel Spec1es-Some
,.ort.tions Found at tho OiYmpia.
r,s is the last week of tho second version OF
.i.nav New York" at the Casino, and a third
.,s,,c carrying the piece to q termination
=, ,ho end OF The month. The German operas at
T.ryace Garden are Boccaecio" to- night and
,Tho hines OF Normandy" for the rest of the
-rool The amuscments down at Manhattan
ps.cb include the circus, in which the Lockhart
.,.rbants are conspicuous; the fireworks, in
.hic, the spectacle OF Cuba" is an important
.lin,cl. the orchestral concerts, in which
Snusa's composition and leadership are factors,
and the burlesuue Evangeline" in the theatre.
Ttere ,s vaudeville entertainment galore.
and the roof show managers ut last arc having
w,atb,r that Is to their liking. The chief cool
trs lows At the Madison Square Garden roof are
press Eldrdge aud Fields and Lewis; at the
Grand central Palace a family of lions and
Never Cohen are in noisy rivalry; tho +" float
,,y roof garden,' as the steamer Grand Re-
rrblj, Is styled, retains Raymon Moore and
Pearl Andrews for Its leading specialists; Liz
ve Remsden is new recruit at the Olympia,
and Frecoli is nearing the end of his employ
mont there; Jean Clermonts trained animals
area novelty In Roster & Balls entertainment.
xhich viii be transferred to the music hall on
rsxt Monday night. John w. Ransone IL at
tho Casino roof, and Hope Booth is stll
conspicuous figure at the American.
Will H. Sloan and Joe Flynn are ap-
preciated at Proctor's Pleasure Palace, where
the performance is continuous, but for
daily shifts from palm garden to music hall
and back again. Rain is advantageous to the
continuous theatres, but they are prospering
without it. Cinematographe views o. icebergs
give cooling suggestions at keith's Union
souare and new picture shows n large flock OF
Sreons pHu being fed from the front OF St Marks.
Revelle are diverting specialists. Thomas i.
tiiynn. hanjoist and the .Silvers. with Illus
trattd songs are in the lead at Pastors. Leola
Mitchell and Clotilde Antonio are of tho best at
Proctors Twentythrd Street. Two continuous
shows of different sort are the freaks and
oddities at HUI hers Museum and the wax works
at the Eden Musce.
The vocalists' budget OF songs in the variety
shows usually includes three numbers. but
Maude Nugenti is made to sing six and sometimes
seven ballads in her speciality at Pastors. This
means that Pastors has a new idol; that those
boards that have often been splintered by
Maggie Cline in t'rowing down McCloskey, and
again and again swept clean by Annie Hart's
yociferousncss, must now bear up against
newly accepted exponent of slam bang vocaliza-
tion. This recipient Of the Gallery's ecstatic
paudts Is tall and slender. To judge her by
the standard Of athletics, she Is certainly not in
the Clines class To compare her with the lat
ters amplitude. however. is to start unfairly,
for to offset the Drawn that has shattered ohan-
deliers. and that in the days when the Cline
drew carriage trade felled footmen from their
outdoor perches. there is n degree of suppleness
that quite fills the demand. The straight
from-the-shoulder punches. tho pivot swings
cir while the immortal McCloskey gouged,
Bit. and selected cuuets and choice bits from
his adversary. are not repeated in Miss Nu-
gents maneuvres. but in place of them there
are strictly scientific assaults that would surely
put the most expert opponent on the defensive.
Annie Hart, even when trained to her most Of
fectiye condition. could not feint as can this
never stirred up the man that desired to leave
the cars at Buffalo as thoroughly as Miss Nu-
In one OF her ballads that she is one of the boys,
her elbow takes on kink that means six
months Of sickness TO any opponent. and by the
acmax her attitude suggests instant death to
any one that meets her swinging fists. But
Father" which is not, as Its title suggests. q
war song or even ballad of fisticufs. her meth
rd changes; Instead of behaving as II some one
aI an opponent TO volunteer. Her gaze passes
Ne' the gallery. but no expert of the mitts re-
ponds. and even in the lower part of the theatre
lhere are no aspirants for knock down honors
she admits that the challenge was joke by
bayer. Altogether Miss Nugent has an easy
nath at Pastors. but she might easily enlarge
The scene of her conquests The present taste in
amusement novelties L. strongly for clash and
clat,cr, as is shown by the collisions of railroad
trains before crowds that pay to view the inn
PacL Given contest of sturdy singing between
Mss Nugent and some fitting opponent-say
Maggie tline-laying the corner stone of an
wh Nhan har
would be for cine photographic and vitascope pic
lures II only adequate photographic reports of
Inc duei could he obtained.
The closing weeks of the roof garden season
have developed an artist who Is about the most
diyertinG performer that the summer struggle
has produced 1t is only to be regretted that he
came so late. UnluckIly his name Is not on the
programme at Roster & Bial's. where his tai
ents are exhibited. The identity of his in
structor, Jean Clermont, is revealed, and
much OF his pupils talent is doubtless due to
NJ Clerm0nt's labors. Besides. he can enjoy
the renown more than his pupil. who appears
indifferent even to the applause that fol-
lows his appearance. He is a pianist. which Is
not tarare species OF entertainer. and he plays
Inc Last Rose OF Summer" which Is not q
novelty. The remarkable thing about him is
That he is only black poodle.
after some OF the conventional tricks of the
usual dog circus NJ. Clermont drives his subor-
innate a. nate animals off the stage and q small piano
20 70 Drought on: 1t has eight keys. and when the
ho9t ioo Is placed in readiness before 1t solemn
WWHHtihg black poodle makes his appearance.
III. hM.thout ino ceremony he jumps on the stool and
d s instructor steps behind the piano, facing the
IIog ne waves his baton and gives the opening
ne o. ~ ne song Solemnly the animal lifts one
paw 70 the keys ana presses one of them Then
deibNt.I de- hiSts up the other but not until with great
y; ~ place on the stool. This process accom- panies
note progress or the song through every
psnPo, mmIo which marches slowly. Wnen the canine
bbHait bn ~ hesltates for second Clermont gives
on th ahe tone coEresponding TO the one required
and III fnJp paho. th. Then the dog RECEIVERS himself
iSst iiaotSR BIZ II were jerky funeral march The
his nas,se n'se ot summer his eyes never leave
fnmhin S Thiast%ers % face. While he may occasionally
momeD, aPout h ior the right key or hesitate for
on isht ne never loses the expression of solicit
SuS interest with which he Razes into his Pro-
Hiyss eyes In nearly every INSTANCE Clermont
toucbsd' si'9 lhe note whether the dog has already
S SHu'heu II or not and sometimes ne is ahead OF
viz na.cner but whether he could get along
oniv iIput u or not 1t Is not possible to tell The
Sn33 3 man man VINO knows Is the one who taught hi m,
bis ms won tell whether or not the animal gets