The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-21
NOTES ON THEATRICALS.
n FIRsTRATB KIND OF TAUDE-
VILE ACTOR TO EITERMINATE.


aua,o,ce. nrorse,t,, ana vruuyrarrea me-
cause They no Net nAuEh at Thinru That
Are Net Laurhabio-The Pyrotechnic show
at Manhattan OF Warfare In Greece.
There is a kind Of actor on our vaudeville stage
that deserves determination. The managers
should do It quietly, or else the audiences should
uoon,o Sn not ;.,, 10 !. , ,n,rea th.. .ro nv, ,o,,sh.
people 90 not laugh AZ things that are not laugh
s,,encs Ho a u.p.lIv ope ~ those u,ono,oopo
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operators who do o great deal or talking before
and after their songs and dances. His josts may
have served his comic purpose In a CROSSROADS
variety show OF q Bowery free concert nall. out
their merit 10 not diScoverablo by q Broadway
assemblagc; or 1t may DO that his Wit was once
pointed, but has become 30 dulled oy years ana
years OF use thatit no longer MAKES any impress
sion. In either case. NO docs not goghoiy along
to something else that may possibly DO better,
but stops resentfuliy, seores across the foot'
lights impudently. ana makos some comment
upon what seems TO MIN TO DO the mental Oh.
cuseness OF bis hearers. Inc numerous imlta-
tore OF Gus Williams IN German dialect, and OF
Harry kerneu In Irish dialect, lacking Alto
gether the infectious humor OF those entertain
ers, are opt to be booriahly insolent In the man
ner here complained OF. hut there are cases
further up In the bcale OF vaudeville. AT O the
atre In Broadway lately q performer made his
temperance In New YORK after an absence OF o
year or two IN London. he had won marked
success In the Ensish music halls as q carica-
turist OF the typical. long'haired, wild-mannered
pianist But his grotesquery ives laoorious,
mono Of that spontaniety which our audiences
demand OF the funny men OF the stage. so MS
t~allated with a running fro Of raillery directed
at what he assumed 70 be the dulness OF tho
turned what might have been q mild failure into
Q marked nssGo' IL ne mao n, in ,Nnned b q Lop hsen
Kissed and hooted.
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IL must discourage the members OF the feace
Congresses to observe the regularity with which
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vided every season. 1t was the Cuban rebellion
that was illustrated last simmer by the pyro.
.ns..se" anS .nn no,nu,a,n.s.s .n5 ,,s ~
vious subject for tho present summer was the
war between Greece and Turkey. This has been
selected ana the vast stage whicn last year
showed a square in Havana with MORO Castle
Greek town: on one s,ae lies T a SfoSk n ms n
ho,t III. cro.Es In their xbite slirts and
ooat; Inc Hteeks In 'hear mnis u,. ss,r' san, anu
49, - a." g., ,r,.st q, coIoroJ v..,monts
following it. and the wedding ceremony is about
To ommenc when the bride Is seized and
dragged away from inc arms CT tne Dagger oriae-
groom. That Is the hrst signal for the noise to
commence, and anybody who knows how impor-
-. $50. -, t,..a nort,rmon,os IN. Wis,
hlways I n ws, I'M ers, sbbois Sreed bring out M
the Greek soldiers from one side and the Turk
ish from the other. Gums are shot; mines ex.
Zeal oII Of aiare and roar Fireworks more Esthetio
Into the SKY, and from inc TOP o, a tait lower q
TIA nrenGs and IN TURKS rush about the inclo.
sure Just as the Spaniards and Cubans did be-
fore them, ana there Is lhaesd n remarkaole
shmanaiy = 80 sotisSac,nry that nohody xonId
want war abolished II II were always SO spectac.
ulnr as II seems az hianha.tan beaen; .
n, Monha,1an Reach ante "a intellieibfc IA the
arrest OF the war correspondent In the perform.
snce OF last season, ana the r a. par OF h bhe
AMI AMI Inc acrobata that entertain The soldiers in
the square. as well as the display OF fireworks
that follows the speetacie, are auile as me ds
Meal eShibits more beautiful and astonishing
than those which follow the representation OF
TIE war episGaes' a IhheIIe are nore ~ msi In
drama. and the spectator who views it with
out excitement must DO either very ~phlegmatic
or very biase. judging by ne 4 xpressions or
many persons Of either kind in the great gather.
ing. which was so fascinated by the performance
mat ~ TemAlncu eeatcu wi many mihuivS
after the spectacle came to an end; This could
not be attrisStsfd 70 ib the S,i faSt te fSt t aes snt ,hs I'm.
plosions and uproaT that had lasted since the
Greek bride was stolen a1 thG 20 oniy CLIMAX Rossi9hie pc
trains and start them home.
uadaover "Lorenzaoe;o, was regarded in
1"~soUS ,non,m"ns d,sannrovai uer net
LONDON with UNANIMOUS oisAppf"'"i- he "e'-
ing of tho Italian youth, as well as her departure
from her Accustomed skirts. were not enioyod
by the critics. But abe has lately enjoyed
enough triumphs In Paris TO compensate her for
orv snch .ethack- Her %position as the leader of
any such ee'o4e A moi poo.. - an,nha"i.a
the French stage was never more Suhphasi<ed
y, The snthusiasn Of the Duso wave there. and
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her adroit management Oh lhis ENTERPRISE ae'
tracted as much favorable attention to her ~ 1t
aia " INC ta.a SD1 .na"S
the recent matinee 70 apa Two Al'A an
~. -. 800 80. a, .C.u,u. -