New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-08
ANOTHER LONDON NEGRO.
CHIRGWIN MAKES HIS FIRST AMERICAN
APPEARANCE AT ROSTER & Balls
OTHER VARIETY PER

No entertainer who ever came to these shores
tried harder TO please his audience than ChirSwin
( did last night al Roster Balls Music Hail
Chirgwin is a favorite in London. where he is
called 1.-The Cockney Niger" and sometimes the
"white-eyed Kafiir." He came upon the stage last
night playing a bagpipe, and playing 1t well. and
then he cast it aside and sang an introduction OF
himself to the tune Of Yankee Doodle He sang
a few songs and played the cello and the violin
and then the bagDipe again. he mas pleasing
can sing whole song that appears to be intended
for Soprano But the audience r dd not o seem of b S
sonls appeared to ne be 70 mean se doubt as
T hey Ought they TO be regarded as funny
9 as he audence was about him There de-
cided want Of sympathy. II is rllous uno n,a
70 his country ard put burnt cork on his face.
The American does not know whether he wants s 10
he does % IS to gye any es 10 ms d # he
means to be Cockney why me nlacK Iaos.
Cheyaer came with white face ana WA, was uha or
we're real negroes did well here. but they went TO
London and were not understood The great Anglo
atoms OF dialect especially when compica ted with
the African race. The rest OF the bill at Roster q
and generally good. There were one or two excel
lent novelties.
The audiences that watched the pictures from
the biograph at the Pleasure Palace yesterday e1-
pressed the whole range Of patriotic feeling Ihey
were pleased when they saw the firing OF aiss bo
pearing gun; they appiauded when they sd" the
evolutions Of regiment Of United States infSHtry
little more %nem Ieey pgne the sailors passed In
review before the Presidents stand at the Grant
carried about on an imaginary steamer through
the Brooklyn Navy Yard and looked upon ne big
out 10 sea before their eyes without one sound Of
applause but With many Kisses The flashing Of
that he was a popular hero, and the cheers were
peared There were cheers for President Mckin-
lev 90. but it was evident that there were some
present who did not wholly approve his policy
applause and cheering that greeted the flag. as II
attTsctions at the Pleasure Palace this week and
they were greatly enjoyed by me audiences but
Louise Tnorndyke Boucicault and Max Figman
presented Mrs. Hllarys Regrets" at Proctors
Theatre Twenty -third-st yesterday. new form
Of the animated music sheet disclosed for the
irst time and proved 10 be amusing. Georgia Gard
kEs sy '1R ad sSs 2 !hS
Mitchell sang her latest songs Lydia s"T carry A amy
George Felix had sketch, and Lonely Haskell rev
SeTs and aeee On ssd ho ReVa%
.c1,niyy, s Eour R,am Denny comic and de-
nett wis and loretto Chris" Green and Wilson
A long bill. Of the usual variety and of anita IN,
usual interest was presented to two or three well
pleased audiences at Keths yesterday Lillian
Burkhart presented new sketch entitled "A
Passing Fancy The illustrated songs in,rodroann
by Maxwell and Simpson were attractive Te
programme introduced Dixon Bowers ana D,xnm'
George Evans, in original songs and stories NIL;
Murphy. the Blondells. Wormwood's dog an
monkey circus Bennctto. Signor Quinto the Foil.
Trio, Conwcll and Swan the Pat;erson Rrotbo,rS
Waltz and Ardell and Signor Operti '''
The other continuous performance house over
the way namely. Tony Pastors was not behind
In Its attractions. There Frederick HaIIen