New-York tribune., 1899-06-14
VARIETY ENTERTAINUENT

large and quiet audience assembled on Mon
day In the roof garden OF the NewYork Theatre to
witness the seasons opening thereof The place is
called this year THE Aerial Magnolia Grove"
probably because It is not aerial because there are
no magnolias and because It is not grove. II was
evident that some attention had been given to the
decorations since the old days when the place
called by the simple title OF Olympia Roof
Garden" and everything looked bright and fresh.
The entertainment offered was long. elaborate and
almost ali new but II awoke next to no enthusiasm
in the audience. There were ballets. there
solo dances and there duet dances. There
was singing and there was the music OF instru-
rnents There was the foolery OF negroes and there
were performing dogs. Yet the audience received
Il all with mere poteness. 1t is hard TO remember
time when a manager has done 80 much for an
audience and met with little appreciation. 1t Is
not TO be understood that the performance was a
ad one. Many roof garden has gone through a
triumphant season with worse entertainments than
this The audience simply did not seem to care;
1t acted as II II had come to see Hamlet and
did not understand what was going on In the place
Of 1t. No doubt the taste for vaudeVilie has mas de-,
cned, and there never was any taste Tor ballet IN
New York 1t is pretty place. and doubtless II
will prove a pleasant place
A thoroughly entertaining progremme is given
at Keiths Union Square Theatre this week The
programme includes Arthur Dunn and Clara Belle
Jerome, in farce Kelly and Ashoy; r;,,Nca Ws s r..
cialties. and the Passparts dancers.
At the Pleasure Palace this week there appear
Press Eldrdge. Fisher and Carroll. the Water
bury brothers and Tenny, Hugh stanton and his
company. and others.
There are good attractions at Proctors Twen-
ty-third Street Theatre. including Mr.. and Mrs.
Sidney Drew in "A Model Young Man" Con-
roy and Mcdonald. In their Irish dialect stories:
Shnso9 and Dean bTs snd Mser1 As be- GST0sas
Conway and Leland and the Musical Ravens.
The bill Is no shorter than usual at Tony Pas
tors this week, and in IT the Nawns. In
"A Touch OF Nature: tho vItagraph. Carr and Jor-
and dances; Linton and Mcintyre, the two Graces
MadGTx abs PeGs and We lawson and Nae
mon. Behman and spaulding. Burto the clown
juggler and Tony Pastor
The spacious roof garden OF Roster Bars
Music Hall IL filled every warm evening.
There are assembled there this week the Metweef
troupe, "Professor'' Leonidas. Johnson and Dean.
Louise Cunning. the Golden Gate Quartet. the
Clarence Quintet. Derenda and Breen. the Arnots,
Alma Doerge and Svern and Emerie
The Casino Roof Garden opened Saturday
evening. and the entertainment which was then
given will be continued this week 1t includes Cole
tainers Miss Dorothy Morton, Mile Irene and her
| trained dogs. Cyr and I'M duettists; the Fran
| siOli sisters dancers. snyder ana buckley, the
| Phasey Troupe OF eight dancers Annabelle Moore.
| II Santo. mimic Fanchionette and Kane. cake
| walkers the Glrnroy brothers, Nora Lambert
Laura Bennett singer and la Petite Adelaide
! The Eden Musee offers It's usual attractions OF
| music. waxworks and cinema tograph pictures.
The summer season was begun at Hubers Four
| teenth Street Museum Monday. The bill was on,
fitted to the wants OF a summer audience the chief
attraction being Vests Alabama Jubilee Singers
| and Cake WakerA