The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20
THINGS AT TIE THEATRE.
ooyCERT H4LL run WITH 4 DRAMA
rROM m C0MEDIE FRANCHISE
misunderstanding Episode in Cath
crime Burlesdued-A Zouavs Company
shows its Drill on the Vaudeville Stnge.

....uour.of.Ycur-Lifs Episode in "Cnth-
".r,pe,, Burlesdued-A Zouava Company
shows its Drill on the Vaudeville Stnge.
n,rirp an hour and n half before II o'clock
49,, nioht. at weberS Fields's music hail. there
~ %.s more Of good. genuine burlcsque than
va nrrn ever given there In tho same
~,oo NJ time. The subject of the foolery
~ ~ catherine the Com6die Franchise
,.ama in which Annie Russell acted earlier
Me season at the Carries. The method was
.nuch more legitimate than usual in the NAL
,,.a,ment of serious plays on this stage OF he'll
,,r.skelter and hurly-bur.y entertainment.
Ths characters were very carefully initiated In
Cooperation, and for the most part skilfully.l by
-oIi.Lnovn members OF the company. Mr..
poss ridiculed the hero mannerisms OF Mr..
worthing in strained attitudes and laborious
o,relessness. Mr.. Warfcld gave a re-
Xiv artistic traccsty OF tho father. Mr..
n,ley dropped his own ways md took
on a pondcrous semllance Of Mrs. lie Moyne's
roturaIncss. Even Mr.. Kelly. usually nothing
hnt himself. gave n recognizable cnricature
n Mr. Holland. Mr.. Weber md Mr..
Fields wcrc more fantastic than imi-
,,,iyo as the two boys. Miss Fcnton
made A mountain OF the molehill, Miss Wolfe.
and was physically and humorously great in
,hs scene whore she demanded an hour and a
ouarter from the hcro's life. But why the
s,tra uuarterr' he asked. Just for
, little small change she replied. Miss
Tenrlelon as Miss Russell was not an
enlarged copy so much as an original creature
n .ludicrous seriousness. She sang a new
negro song Of her own composition about an
offer Of marriage and its rejection that was the
hest thing in the show. IL applause and repeti-
tons were to he taken as conclusive.
But the excellence of the performance had
been incitcd. 10 doubt. by the cleverness of the
matter. Anyway. tho writing had been lone
rittily. humorously. and with many original
ideas pertaining properly to >the topic in
hand. It seemed hardly possible thatsthe au-
thors Of the bright. terse stun. with its rapiditv
and rolntcdness of colloGuial fun and its ex-
ESe same. pair of Smiths who, had been
dull and heavy in dealing with 'Cyrano de
Btrgerac.' This fresh half of the entertain
ment at Weber Il Fiel's's was received with
constant laughter, and there was an enthusias-
Tie demonstration at the end.
Asuuad Of red trousered zouavns go through
Interesting evolutions twice daily ut Proc
tors. There are as many OF them as can han
Oily practice the intricate movements on the
full stage. A grizzlej officer shouts the com
mards and a serious-faced Sergeant is o file
leader. The ~commandant gazes ~intentIy at
his men. opens his lips as il to speak. seems
to.change:his mind, and shut his w wind on
A fraction of a second later. At the emphatic
|"Hn." that results. his red-legged soldiers go
hard at it. Their manual is varied with
tricks Of gun jugg'ers. and their marching
goes awav beyond the evolutions of stage ma
IONS in the intricacy OF the patterns they form
and dissipate. Tho gait is 4 very fast walk.
and once when the officer foregoes choking
himself to shout Dull XIX" the others hurry
about at 2 rapid tr2,i Resting speIIs md the
ing to the shoulders of the heavyweights until
there are four tiers Of red boomers and blue
jackets. Serious soldering, has had much
consideration of late. and SO in twelve
minutes of these exercises what impresses
observers is, moro the evidence of patient
gestion that any OF. these are real fight
ers' tricks. But at the end OF their specially
+ q feature that is a sure roHser: At the
sheer front. This is sraleJ with rather more
than the regulation %tacrics, The zonaves are
massed before this in what seems like irreg-
ular formation compared with their previous
ones, For the last time tre, commander Jog
giles his safety valve. Hin" and the fellows
who hold up a musket horizontally and at
arms length, Standing. on this musket is a
.STI We who 10 '1 am,e Tor the E. TOP pa and pulls HIM hnj
hands Of some fellow below and vanks him up
ward. When but two men are left below two
lending a musker. The chaps below. run,
lump. and catch these; and are. pulled up
among The others. 1t all takes but a few sec
onds and is a very lively business. Probably
Proctor audien ,es would not applaud it much
harder were the wall a MORO held by enc
mics Of these United States.
Edythe Skerrett. IL, pretty girl who PLAYS
the silent sweetheart in Because She Loved
Him So" is a d9butantc. and comes from fash
|ionable Washington aud Baltimore society.
Margaret Fealv-Cavello and her daughter.
Maud Fealy... well known in Denver drawing
rooms and amateur theatricals. have Joined
The DAILY com pany. Constance Tippitts. a
nodish Boston belle, has written a comic
|Opora called strawberry Leaves and had it
performed in that city Tor charity.
Minnie Palmer. who haS been in England
most Of the time since she was familiar here
In Ny Sweetheart" Will 20 into vaudeville at
p%roctor's. Neil Burgess. of u~nforgotten fame