The morning times., 1896-06-07

A ANY good vaudeville act is spoiled
WI by lack of tact. Sometimes 1t is
the managers fault, sometimes the
performer's More often the latter.
The manager is likely to err in
placing his acts. The performer has Two
points he must watch, his entrance and
his exit On these two points have been
built astonishing successes with nothing
i'll the interval worth mentioning. Novelty
and surprise in the entrance catch house.
An audience whose sympathies are enlisted
before any other impression is created
usually stand by the performer. Eddie
Fox made his first entrance through Il
trap-dooi i'll an unsuspicious corner oil The
stage The surprise tickled his audience
and in the verDacular he had them.
When he left, they wanted him back. In
stead OF walking ON from the door where
be had gone out he came flying down
! wire from the back OF the stage, hanging
/ to all apen umbrella, after the manner OF
| a parachute He never took third caH
| He let the audience believe lie could keep
| Oh doing new and amusing eHtra noes all
| evening, but he didn't. Cummns and Gore
| have different entrance. They do
| a rushing old-time comedy sketch but
| their first appearance as sitting In rye
| field is a novelty, and they start 10 with
| the sympathy of the audience, nd tha.S
| half the battle. A speciality team, Weli-
| known here. who had really neat sketch,
worked season after season like beavers
| for little applause. They made their
| entrances walking in each from the uppp-
site side. 1t locked conventional and the
| audiencedidn't warm up al the start, but
/ became critical Immediately. One day
| they tried a flying leap from the wings
| from the top or stcpladders. They landed
| in the middle OF the stage and the effect
| in front was that they had come in from
! the ceiling The novelty and surprise
l,o
| In vaudeville acts ''thc first step counts.
When a performer can't get" the iiu-
tllence in the start he works mp to 1t, which
is very hard Many accomplish II but
from lack OF tact actually throw away
their point Harry Kernel used 10 say,
Leave them hungry" Sometimes he
would work fifteen minutes TO. win the
| house, sometimes he could win them in
five or six, for audiences are tpmpermental.
The minute he had them he left the stage.
Invariably they called him back again.
Another trick of Kerneli's was his pause
before exiting 10 dance couple OF dIfft
cult steps He only gave Il sample an(
! ii always suggested more 10 the a!-
dience. A Washington boy was taught
this trick by KerneI and he perfected -four
neat difficult steps. When out with a
dramatic company lie was stranded in San
Francisco. He offered his speciality at i
vaudeville house and went on. No one
LOOK particular UOtlct OF HIS Il.IidilDHS AIT
songs but tie applause was furious attei
his fouI steps, and the papers said he Wa:
the most wonderful dancer seen in 'FriSct
in years. In the same bill with him wer
a pair OF dancers who, rs he expressed II
began to dance where he left OFF, bu
they received no notice because they CAV.
the audience all it wanted, and more. TaCi
is as potent a factor in vaudeville success
as originality. A surprise Is more effect
| i've than joke and the man who leaves hi:
audience hungry leaves welcome behind.
ENRY F. ABBEY'S recent failur
- has brought forth the aston
ishing fact that he was born an
raised in Akron Ohio. But wha
is stranger still is the food of tina
reminds mes" This has recalled all touch
} | ing on the Buckeye States managerial pre-
{ ductiveneSs. Abbey used 10 play the Corne
IN the opera house orchestra of his nativ
. town before he took To managing Patt
Bernhardt, Irving, Meiba, and the De
Resze kes,
The Frohmans- Charles, Daniel and Gu
S tave-are from Saudusky, on Lake Erit
g Their first venture was out Of this city wit
: Callender'S MINISTRIES. They were wit
/ Iiaverley for time. and Grifted into Ne'
/ York city to help the Mallory Brothers {
: the Madison Square TEcater. now Hoyt
: Daniel took hold Of the Lyoeum when
: made / what il is. Charles made sever
unsuccessful road ventures, but only game
his feet securely when Gillette wrote 'Hei
IS by the Enemy" Since then his career is
lt matter OF public record.
ii Cleveland is not only the native heath
IL Mark Hanna, who is a present ClaimiI
a the biggest show on earth but also of vii
Is Abe Erianger, OF the firm OF Klaw an
I, Erlauger and :. Yours Merrily," John
Rogers, who advertised Minnie Palmer
r. stockings. and drew hig houses. AEctlr.
e Buckeye product was Uncle John Robinso
IS the richest of all circus men His tent shO
w is a fraEra n memory tothe oldest inha bit al
e, out West. wilkinson. who pilots SAW;
IN is a Toledo product, and E. f Price, vi
IN managed "l492,' and now nanaT
III PIoctor's Pleasure Palace in New York
ne q Cincinnati boy. AL. q Field, who uw
d his own minstrel company halls fro
Ut Columbus and the late Billy Manning, "
" was Bill Emerson's partner at ono tim
ri grew out of the same State. Another Ci
m cinnat product is ] ohm Russell, who
~ ! comedians made merry with The Ci
lg | Directory" He is now in BlOOmingda
he Asylum.
'd Actors galore were born in McKiniey
2 State. Clara Morris WIS the first gre
e product. Cleveland is her native city a
kl she made her debut there. Joseph Hawort
ne the actor. and his brother, william II
ut worth. who writes dramas, melo al
re otherwise, are from Clara Morris tow
leU but are scarcely contemporary with her
IS the incipiency of their careers as W
at James Murdoch. He was of Cincinn;
~ and one of the greatest actors of his da
lt Mary Anderson speaks affectionately
ID him in her memoirs. Julia Marlowe W
~ born III England. but she made her dct
e- in the Queen City after a term of resder
eS there. Pauline Hall was first a bal
lr- girl in Cincinnati and then rode in char
ga races in n Chicago circus. She aft
N. wards became famous. From the sa
he city came Ada Glasca. who arrow
IS. escaped fame as a prima donna: A
mt Isaacs Mcnken. OF "Mazeppu" fame, kno
mt to your father; Isabel Bateman and '
ch ! ginia Buchanan. Otis Har arlan. the T
IS Stuff of 'Black Sheep.'' is a Zanesv
nd product. Annie Belmont. of John Dire
in company, is a Toledo girl, and those fin
en of equestrians Robert Stickney and jar
me Robertson. were Cincinnati boys. This
'od crcGtable list for the old Buckeye CO
IN, monwcalth.
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zen lillian NORDICA. the diamo
cal crowned American prfna DONNA y
foT married IL few days ago in Indi
ng apolis. She is now Mrs. Zoltan Doe
y" and her husband is concert barito
} His home is in Budapest, Hungary, VIII
a his father is a wealthy merchant.
lg' couple met at an entertainment given
mt the Duchess of Manchester in 1894,
her the engagement was announced a few q
th after tc their friends. This is not NJ
ich Nordica S first matrimonial venture
ned first husband. Mr.. Tower made a hall
I'm ascension and never came down. T
md is be hadn't the consideration to cc
phs back and report to his wife and frieI
ire Whether deep sea, rough rocks, or
My livion absolute claimed tie venturest
Of gentleman remains a mystery to this {
lint though there is no testimony save the
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