The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01

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traits OF the degenerate red man are shown
graphically by George Osbourne. He speaks
slowly. and grunts frequently in a dissatisfied
| manner. His walk 10 Blovenly. when not roll
| ing from drunkenness. He looks greasy. and
carries out the truthiulness OF tho remark, III
you washed him you'd kill him"
| Audiences OF Weber and Fields and the Victoria
always expect 10 see the dialect stars Of these two
| houses skinned" at some time in the evening. II
this part Of the show Is omitted the spectators feel
| that the "skinning" II on them. II must be hard
to devise new ways Of being cheated SO frequently.
| In The Rogers Brothers in Wall Street" new
| twist TO the old idea is given. A bunco steerer
| proposes to the Germans that they shall try q little
| game Of dice with him. lie has q large dice
| which numbers only six. fact which the others
do not The arrangement is. that II the number
| comes seven one OF the Germans shall win the
money; II over that figure the other wins, and II
under, the dice thrower himself gets the pot This
seems fair plan to the foreigners. As reason,
they have two chances TO his one. OF course,
the sharper wins. One Of the losers wants to
| take his place and does so. He keeps his hand
| on the dice box, and tells the man who introduced
| the game to guess what the number Is. This fel-
low scratches his head and says, let me see,"
| and the German naively lifts the box. Scenes Of
this sort not new but IL Is what the public wants
| The people who go to the Victoria demand that
Lewis for instance Is still applauded for her tough
| girl cericature, which is at least ten years old
| now II Is not that this coincidence is unable
10 impcrsonate variety Of characters, for she has
shown herself to be fully versatile but she is iden
| tilted with the tough girl and she has to stick
! toit. Anna Held with Won't you come and play
| with me" and Maggie Cline with Throw him down
| McClusky" are bound fast in the same way.
| These successes that make performers and
| r,,inn tn IN
Cissc Lotus may not be accepted actress,
but il Is at least commendable effort on her part
| TO try 81 nethng else than mmicry. She is yet
| young enough to gain reputation in higher
field than she has worked In, II only she has the
requisite ability. Maude Raymond, to return TO
the Rogers brothers company, has Il variety of
| resources She can sing coon songs play Ger
man or Irish character parts or be Just the hail
fellow well met In the Victoria piece she
has some negro songs that will soon be heard
around They describe the avarcious wench
who was so much in evidence last season. starting
with May Twins when you amt got no money
WELL you needn't come round and Fay Temple
tons Keep away from Emeline." One tells of q
colored girl who married man with one foot in
the grave expecting to push the other in. and be
rich though shady widow. Unfortunately, the
man was cured and lived on, much to her regret
The other is tuneful that the words are lost sight
Of Perhaps that is az well, as they are no! above
the passable mark. The refrain, however. is
extremely catchy" when the words come out
You told me you had money in the bank" With
all that has been said, the public docs not seem to
be tired OF coon" songs and this starts the
season of hopefully.
| The burlesque at Weber & Fieldss on The Girl
from Maxim's" is one Of those pieces that skates
along the very thin ice OF indecency and does not
break through. The more sedate auditors hold
| ,beir hrpsth in authorization OF the fatal tumble
The Partisan creatures of the original farce are
replaced by familiar figures from Tenderoin
sorts 4 play can be 50 much wlckeder II Its
surroundings are only French What is only
risky when given with foreign manner Is apt 10
be simply vulgar when il depicts the toughness
| Of New York The first scene OF The Girl from
Martin >" follows the Criterion farce closely. The
dentist who has had night Quit unveiled on the
mantelpiece instead of under sofa. His friend
in rcvelry enters. and they discuss the happen
ings Of the night Just passed. The sportive doctor
could account for himself until he reached Martins
but from there on his memory fails him II gets
/ a Jolt however when the girl" Is heard yawning
in the bedroom They pull aside the curtains,
and discover her She holds the quilts well up
around her and her bare arms and neck give an
at least suggestive aspect 10 her This appear
ance may more readily be understood when 1t Is
said that the woman is Lillian Russell.
| Where am L." she says: Il wake up and find
myself in strange bed with strange man-on
the mantelpece"
Even the FOUNDERS begin to wonder where the
seems will end Il remember" she continues 10
the dentist; Il met you last night am poor
girl from the country. and l went TO Martins
looking for work" Then she says she will get up.
and both the men the stage grab opera glasses
One almost gasps at anticipation Of the fair Lillian
rising under these circumstances But with one
bold stroke the situation Is saved likewise the
reputation Of Weber & Fiedss music hall Miss
| Russell throws the covers off and gets out-com-
pletely dressed in evening gown The men on
the stage aside their opera glasses in disgust
but the audience signs sigh Of relief not
mingled perhaps with disappointment
In this scene as in others. Miss Russell is
revelation. Her exceptional beauty and her
excellent voice are well known. but she has shown
the merest particle OF acting ability heretofore.
| In this skit she really acts. She is charmingly
vivacous and very Frenchy. But it il in the
second part Of the tavosty that tho real
prise comes Where In the original farce the
dentist wishes The girl" who is posing as his
wife, To be sedae. the man in the Weberlelds
keeps at her to be risky and shock the people.
He tells her to sing wicked songs, and to dance
and kick. Kick over chair" he says, and she
puts her foot against one and pushes il over.
Not that way" he continues. u meant to kick
over it."
oh" exclaims the fair Lillian, you want me
10 be tough? All right" And the Queen OF
Comic Opera" gives graphic, though brief imi-
tation OF a Bowery girl Why Ger My. cer'nly.
cer'nly. why cernly" she says, and swaggcrs
of. This bit of characterization is done so well,
and comes as such a surprise that it gets hearty
round OF applause. On tho first night Marie
Dressler lnug he'd loudly from an upper box. Per
haps she knew how much practice that little bit
OF acting had required.
There some good hits at The Girl From
Maxim's' in this travesty. In the first act Ross,
Waried and Miss Russell about 70 sit down.
The men place the three chairs with the backs
} U the audience and sraddle them. Miss Rus
sell turns hers around and sits properly. Il
guess you didn't see this play in Paris" says
Warield They discuss tho proper pronuncia-
} ton Of the word Partisan" but conclude that
| old IVA will do used al the