The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-27
ON VAUDEVILLE'S STAGE.
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN OPENS HIS
VENETIAN TERRACE GARDEN.
First Entertainment In tho Odd Resort on

VENETIAN TERRACE GARDEN.
First Entertain ent in tho Odd Resort
the Roof of the Victoria Theatre
Charles Dickson in "TO-Morrow ut
Twelve"-A New Sketch at Proctor's
Tho theatrical public knows that whatever
Oscar Hammerstein does lie done oddly. and 80
there is always u crowd to see him do 1t for the
first time. He opened his Venetian Ter
race Garden last night on the roof
OF his Victoria Theatre. The sngularties
OF this new auditorium. with principal stage In
the centre. and separate two-story stage at
one side. were described in THE Sun Of
yesterday. The garden was really not
ready to open last night Much OF the
tin and wood was implanted. and hardly any Of
the plants were In place. 1t was finished
enough. however. to show 1t to DO one OF
the ARREST and coolest resorts in the city.
The effect OF the stage In the middle
was new. 1t looked much like n prize ring.
, Tables were all around this and between 1t and
the main stage. The performers had to pass
through the pnrt where the audience was
seated to get to the platform.
The performance began with a band con,
cert on the main stage Then the p platform
Johnson brothers. trick bicycle riders. and
Gautier with his trained horse gave their
! n, one-ring circus. The people at the Ia
bles nearest seemed to become nerVonSSi
n the p StsF Sne wheel be a 'GSi' among
them. Belle. Davis. the singing negroes ssaos,
S pRnied S0 BY i've D negro S boy.' who assist
her , aimnsnsy su sas the
S Dm.Iee men a i'm the aTdence conceived the
ficndish idea OF throwing pennies to tho boys;
The boys stopped cake walking. singing and
rs tns s Ha TO 2er sa smp as
| In the excitement Gus Rogers Of the Rogers
Brothers, who was in an UPPER bog. dropped a
little event like that went unnoticed. The
audience, and the negro boys seemed much
Miss Davis smiled. but looked as though
weight had fallen upon her tpn tt b sou io,
h sTss a The he Of & S@pY
Esqumalos. wire walkers. and Getti's mon;
syf some G oSrea tr' %r
the stage to the roof garden level Part Of tie
Miller. the Baki -Kataba troupe and ,llerterts
and seemed anxious to enjoy themselves Aud
they did Although in midsummer, It was
nevertheless a characteristic ilrst-night as
somblage
There was novel twist to the fun OF yester-
days one-act play at Kelth's. Its scene was
a studio rented by the hour to painters who
! could not afford to have such place all to
| themselves. The plan OF the owner Of the
| studio was that but one artist should be hts
! tenant at a time. bu. hy the story OF the rlay
two artists had 1t at the same hour Kathryn
! Osterman was the first to arrive. She made
ready her easel paints and statuette as her
model before retiring to dress for her work
and partitioned her corner from the rest OF tho
| room by a screen. Charles Dickson entered.
! settled his materials at the other side and
moved the statuette to his corner before going
into the next room to lay aside his coat. When II
| IN hn nnithpr had u
clusivey. a contest began for the, statuettc.
The woman seized 1t and carried it behind her
screen. but as she would not move the model
so that he could get a fair view OF it. he chose
her for MS model. As his, picture was to he
sion. He was able to keep that on her face for
afew minutes BY his pretence at erdeavorinG to
cred that his picture was her own likeness he
! had for another moment the expression he de-
sired to copy: Once she had disG,overed his
ously to defeat him. His remar ka then were
aimed 10 anger her. and when for an instant
| he turned her from her smiling purpose to a
! frown. he pointed az rapidly al he could while
that EXPRESSION lasted resuming his imperti-
changes from her mechanical grimace to an
! unintentona but earnest frown were frequent
a petu aW Was InnsSed hut It's model and lie
artist were so reconniled that Its com petion was
assured Neon OF the I9bSwinG Gay Was the T 6s
Was taken as the brief nlays ttlo Gramt
ance OF it was Miss Ostermau 5 first appear
ance In vaudeville
A new sketch used yesterday at Proctor's at
the introduction Of Comedians Forman and
Frazer on our vaudeville stage. was described
! in the bill as a new society coined ietta, "
though Just what social set 1t was meant to
! picture was hard to Judge. Certain It is that
such manners do not prevail in fashionable
New York. The team" was slightly amateur
ish in an uncertainty OF movement. hut not
without talent. The man Frazer showed a
good deal OF undevelorcd ability. and had. also.
that rare thing in vaudeville. a refined manner.
The bit OF q play introduces him as n wealthy
man who thinks that a guyinG, article IN SC
ciety weekly refers TO him. He visits the Of
flee with the intention OF horsewhpplng the
editor The journalist is out, but his sister
meets the caller. What could be more natural
In continuous show sketch than that she
should mistake him for some one else than what
he Is. capitalist has promised to back her
brother in some scheme. She therefore tax es
.'r1.sus Love at first sight which is also much
In vogue in vaudeville. follows. song Is
sung. a teacup Is broken. and various other
hilarious things happen. Finally. the scion OF
high society nnds out thatlthe Objectionable ar
tlcIe was intended to satiri2e Perry Belmont
and not himself The woman in the case dis
covers that the weather 10 cold. ere must
The horsewhippor breaks up his whip and
makes a blazing nre out OF 1t. They sit 10y II
and coo while the curtain goes down.
Roy PRISONER HITS OUT IN COURT.