The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-03-10
SHE DANCED AT sHERRYs

Its strange what attraction any
thing foreign has for the American peO-
pie, even in the vaudeville line. For
eigners are usurping the places Of
American artists in all branches. Am
orleans do not and cannot command
the salary that the imported talent IS
paid. And 1t is not because they are
less clever. As far as aerial or aero
battle feats are concerned, l grant you
that foreigners excel. But when 1t
comes to vaudeville singing. dancing.
comedy or general work-the strangers
cannot compare with our home talent.
And yet many of our best artists 90
begging for positions while engage
ments are showered upon their foreign
brothers and sisters. The managers
are not so much to blame for this
they give the public what ii demands
by the way continued the agent
have you noticed how everything.
seems to be tending to vaudeN HE
work? And how many of our best ar
fists are leaving the so-called legil..
mate business and joining the ranks of
specially artists? There are Manoia
Jack Mason, Pauline Hall, Louise
Beaudet, and host of others. Rose
Eytlnge and Mrs. John I. Raymond
are booked to appear at Keith's in the
near future. And why mott Stars of
that magnitude are pretty certain of II
good salary, and the work demanded
of them Is much lighter than if they
continued in the legitimate 1t is diff
fercnt with the smaller fry, who are
obliged to appear three, and even four
times n day. That's a natural eonse-
quence Of the continuous performance
idea, which originated in Boston
Continuous performances are now
given all over the country. The peo-
pie are invited to come when they
please, remaining as long as they
please. Sometimes, there are those who
are inclined to take the invitation lit
tie too literally. Hour after hour they
sit there, keeping others out. Then the
management puts on what is known in
agents parlance as the 'chasers.' This
Is generally n one-act play, which Is
not at all interesting, and which is
played through a number of times CON
secutively until the loiterers leave in
disgust"
Out of Captain Chapman's raid mt
Sherry's resort of the Four Hundred,
has grown public knowledge of kind
of private entertainment hitherto kept
strictly secret.
1t has developed that the singers
and dancers who appeared thee in the
strange vaudeville show L,ts cen the
courses-strange enough to c.il for pc.
lice interference-are kept continually
busy at similar entertainments.
Whether these are immoral or not
must be settled by the readers own
judgment At any rate, it is evident
that they are very common.
These are the facts, already well
known through the daily papers: Mr..
Herbert Barnum Seeley, one of the
best known of the younger New York
society men, and a grandson of L. 4.
Barum, the great Snowman. gave
dinner at Sherry's in honor of his
brothers approaching marriage. The
affair was attended by men whose
standing in the social and business
world is of the highest As a diver
sion to the monotony of the successive
courses, Mr.. Seeley arranged with
vaudeville booking agency to furnish
sufficient performances to make out an
evenings entertainment So much for
the facts. They reveal an interesting
state of affairs that were before
known only to the inner circles OF the
bachelor society of the town.
ROSE FANCHoN