The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-25
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Dream "-Tho Bohsterseope-poGs ana Cats.
In the trife Of a sketch that Patrico has pre-
pared for her beginning in vaudeville at Keith's
she has not proved herself a highly original
playwright, but she has q sketch that hits 'em
hard in the continuous shows. "a New Years
Dream 7" is her title, and the setting shows q
young bachelors apartments. Outside In the
street there is q racket Of horn blowing and
jovid bowling. and soon the apartments tenant
IL heard In argument with the ~janitor, who has
let him In, and who pleads for less noise. All
Hampton ia the r%olsterer, who carries q big tin
horn and Is in tho last stages of
how-cameyou-so. He hints Of a love for
a maid who won't have him, and gazes at
her photograph with tlpsy regret. Another pic
ture, one that Is q comfort to him, Is OF his
grandmother. taken when she was a young
woman. 1t Is full size and In a screened frame.
Pulling the screen aside, Patrice is disclosed.
posing in o dainty gown OF old.time fashion.
When the young man dozes in his chair the pic
turo of his ancestor comes to life, steps down
and awakens him. With some difficulty she
makes him understand that every New Years
for many years she has had an hour Of life. He
Is too befogged to understand this clearly, and
the best fun OF the sketch comes from his bewil-
derment. He calls her my dear ancestor" until
she kisses him fondly. and then addresses her as
grandma" which Is comically untitled to the
sooeohuA tcouNJ bOAo1O hLh tho 4 RAO
ture speaks disparaginsly Of tho present days
and people and sings an old-fashioned
ballad. After this she returns to the frame. and
the young chap awakes from q nap, to look about
wildly for her and to ind her again as tho
picture of his ancestor. Thinking It q case Of
but deeminS his case too serious for such treat.
mment' throws the liquor away, and the eurtain
Pats Paffice ei and ISe ef eoSp S,s mead set o SiiS before Ice wat thc
curtain after this sketch. which means much in
the variety shows, where the end Of an inning
entirely resigned to the beginning Of tho next
one.
Marie Dressler. Frederick Backus, Frederick
Clifton. and A. R Phillips unite at the Pleasure
Palace In . comical assault on q current drama.
which they style a musical and faroioal spasm.
and to which they give the title tess Of tho
vaudevilles." Messrs. Backus and Clifton are
responsible respectively for the words and music
OF the songs, and with Miss Dressler act In the
sketch. while tho fourth a~ssailant wrote the
sketch. For several minutes after 1t has begun
there Is no suggestion Of the Hardy novel or Of
the play that has been made from II, and Miss
Dressler IL seen rs o housemaid caring for o
room shared by an auth u and Q composer. She
Il seen to hold and put down Q duster. but
after this convincing exposition Of the fact
that she is q servant, abe gets at her moro
important duty in the establishment, which 10 to
hctlu inc auLnoF play auu 70 SINK tno composer =
music She makes q comical affair Of singing .
new composition with which abe pretends to DO
unfamiliar, bending over her ~aecompanist and
counting. time loudly. When she comes to In
e sefppsi tns 4 are Hao eFf Food and Slt ae Sto SaS arc
GSatf. .b Leading n 9p to TIE murder sI sfena' Z. 1nSet
Alec sends out from the wings. a hooking laugh
Of many horse powsr Isss shsrpePs a bread
appears In the direction of the laughter.
4 6IE racket indicates that she IL using
Ing the Weapon. She has not had time to go
half across the stage when Alec steps in to IN.
BEEN killed, he walks back. and Tess reaches a
bureau and drops the knife behind it. At sight
%o slSSa on l asi t sSea. she cps saRss' . In ar ssSny f for a
tieally. hides the ~telltale stain with a boxing
lapses on tho floor In surrender. vhereat the
i~esquers wind up with . %seiection from the com;
E She he scene Sgs,o Of aes so1n and 1Dr ia~ies: S as t5ssf God hre
podge Is, it makes Miss Dressler's tun.making
Rotations that she has been having.
Following Sam Demands song about q love
lorn lobster In Under the Red Globe" at
Weber & Fields's, the lobsterscope, which was
planned as Q burlesque Of tho machines that
show instantaneous photographs of moving OBJ
3ects, q exhibited. A black curtain Is lowered,
and on It tho lime light sets o glaring circle.
Into this step the BEAUMONT sisters to do q conven-
tonal skirt dance, but as soon AZ they are seen
the light Is alternately turned on and shut of,
each spell Of illumination and OF darkness being
but Q small fraction Of Q second, the lantern
keeping up its rapid blinking till two Of the
twtnkling feet are lifted high and brought down
emphaticaly to end the dance. The result 10
altogether too beautiful. curious. and too close
Q copy Of the blograph, cinematograph, and
others to be styled q burlesQuc. II the
novelty of the nrst Of these Instruments dis
plays had not led TO q lot Of copies. and this trick
had been tried as an experiment.. it would have
appeal as does the more elaborate and wonder.
e o1hs %'f machine. z z i shown SSS su e &c S an fiS 0s t@s
Dancers in the succession Of photographs seemed
other with careful deliberation. This indicated
that hattie the machine ,hss was was not capable Of taking the
dancers as 8 nimbie and Lively IpSJ1- as q they y'r make 1as en-,
SSs st such Is The eject OF ,L the Lantern.
their hands; 1t 10 a chance for an analyti-
cal osuIist, but when the stage 70 once moro
dark II L. apparent that there 10 mono In the au-
comes Sam Bernara's feeling remark % the q.
ment In the lighted circle; After the invisible
next VIEW lev which has a a I man n in ~ ssengaH make
up before An easel, on which he makes q portrait
| Dy inc very simple prOCchs OF fuoDlnB q tnlck
coat of white chalk Oh a picture Of May Irwin
that e on his easel. This Ia, perhaps %lninten:
tionally a takeoff o. the rapid sketchers of
vaudeville. but, so far as the nature OF the sight
10 concerned, IL 10 q remarkably close copy OF the
yiews presented BY the combination Of magic
lantern and kinetOscope.
A current speciality at Roster & Balls by dogs
and cats surpasses that done two winters ago by
the Tschernhof dogs. who were the original In
terpreters Of realistic melodrama- The trainer
Of the new lot Is named Leonidas. and one OF his
pupils Is a huge hound. which acts as stage hand.
and which brings in and takes away furniture and
paraphernalia, each piece Of which has q strap
by which the dog lifts it But the most singular
errand for the dogs comes when q cat In wanted.
The hound then appears with a tiny basket held
In his mouth and pussy crouohing in tho basket
contentedly. The dog puts his burden In the
right place. and another dog comes in with
tho four corners of q handkerchief hold
in his teeth. a cat sitting In the bag thus