The sun., 1900-10-18
TOPICS OF THE THEATRE.
SOHE THFNGs ~ VAUDEYILLB WOW
on THE NEW YORK STAGE.
Tony Pastor Introduces Charles Coborn. an
importation Prom London a Team OF
Acroba tic Actors who disregard the Con
ventions-Thi. weeks variety shows.

Tony Pastor Introduces Charles CobOrn, an
importation Prom London a Team OF
Acroba tic Actors who Disregard the Con-
vcntions-rhi. weeks variety shows
Tony PASTORS latest importation in vocal
lists. Charles Coborn ls distinctly different from
tho domestic product. lie Il also sufficiently
! unlike tho more common imported thing TO
make him interesting His spocinties hnvc
several points with which English performers
have made the audiences Of the Pastor theatre
familiar. For one, he takes nearly two min
utes for each oi three changes Of costume. and
the humor that charactcr7cs some Of his side
remarks is Engsh in a well-known. dull
way, Thns when singing about "the man
who broke the bank at Monte Carlo" he asks
between verses Docs anybody want any
| money before / 60 on 20 the next verse; and
seems to expect uproarious laughter Again
| In n refrain In French. he begs his hearers TO
follow him In the language in which he sings
lie does not make much fun by such remarks
out for the rest he is amusing and odd enough
! TO be liked In a theatre whose audiences
have decided preference for rugged balladists
First he wears n suit Of brocaded satin, knee
| breeches tidy stockings. and all. and sings
about his sweetheart TO II lively air with verses
| Of thirty to forty lines each Apparently
| he takes breath only one" 20 "a stannd, and the
| pause before the refrain IL but second Next
! he Il an old Dutch rustic and quaint picture
| he makes of II. telling his love for his infant
! child Then comes hi- best number in the
| costume OF an Irish dock laborer. Its story Is
| about a husbands fear Of "a shrewish witn, and
Is comical enough, ending with a moment OF
Carlo ditty hnds him in evening dress, and is
accompanied by no end Of foppsh drswl. II
lis heurgfri prefer the very different rendering
by the late William +. Iloey. After u few
which the English vocasts are prone he gives
a chorus Of one OF William ScanlAns songs.
! The feature of this that i especially liked IL
| TAR as modern Greek and Welsh. His pro-
nqnciauon Of these tongues i especially ad-
| plimcnt for the songs writer is n sure winner OF
applause.
! Lawson and Namon, a variety pair now at
| Proctor's Palace. gain by their Independence
Of she conventions. Tho man Is ragged. I'm
! kempt and begging for something to eat. His
/ companion Is coney woman In a stylish
! evening gown. According to ample precedent
ahe should provide for him repast in which
extensive wines and delicacies figure. II
! would be fitting, too, for her 10 talk of an en-
gagement for tho opera. Of her coachman,
Jewels and other marks OF wealth OF social
position She doesn't even show an opera
/ cloak, but without change Of attire puts ON
boxing gloves. Then sho exercises with
a s'' 'pnTncRinsg' bag. Her blows are force,
fll and Delivered SO accurately that her
S9nrS, g.. campia,e n as thSt hsTs o he oa men % Who
show similar specaltcs BY the time her hair
il disarranGed and she is breathle-s the spec
tatorS are noisy in approval The man has q
spell Of clowninR With the bag, and then is
told thnt his meal depends on his riding a BIZ
cycle After a few comic b!undcrs he shows
himself to be an expert IN his most novel
trick he stands before the front wheel facing
It. and with hi4 hand on the bars propes the
vehicle by walking UP the front tire. Rapid
progress In this way Is impossible, but when
lie has secured enough headway TO insure
I flsa to h4 A4lz
turns abou; and takes tn" ord dnary rdtng, posi-;
tion 1t seems "a II this should
eSts: ginger champagne and a peIler mach6
fowl but she signifies her approval merely by
nod His best surprise Is his last effort. The
at her full tilt As the bicycle almost touches
hcr be slips OIL, backward and HITS tho vehicle
till the front wheel is directly above the other
This position is held but a small fraction oGa
second before he lets tho front wheel down.
emily with the momentum Of his first dash.
Even thon tho food ,ha, IS his incentive IN tho
sketch Isn't f9rthG9mnS ih2ng9 fi he has done lone
the hummer? It's against all precedent
Vaudeville Is plenty this week and Of good
quality for the most part. Specialists Of the
first grade constitute majority Of those con-
ccrncd in the current music hall bill at Roster
Bilrs. James Thornton. Josephine Sabe
Bonnie Thornton. Hall and staley and Joe
Flynn are some Of them. At Hurtis 4 Sea-
mons the leaders are the Royles and Grape
win and Chance. Two musical burettas and
an oho Of specialtes occupy the Dewey's fe-
The continuous show bills give evidence
Of lively competitlon. Papinta, Dave Lewis
and Isabelle Crguhart are some OF those at
proCtOr's Twenty-third street. Pianka's Hons,
sketches for stanton and Modcna and Emily
Lytton and Harrlggn's Juggling are con
leading specialists at Proctors Palace are
the pamms, Harry Watson and Lew Sully;
Wright Huntington, Cacedo. ,McIntyrc and
Street. The variety folk to the fore at keiths
are Leroy and Clayton, Conway and Leland.
he Mas MMescasn92s . Gnd Ro6srWs and Wiiredo'
Powell IL the chief stage performer at the Eden
Musee.
That almost always clean and generally
clever yerform1nce attracts good looking aud
even fashionable audiences is shown at
Blal houses IL also AIS the galleries with
people who usei TO 20 10 far lower grade
the Bowery. There are free concert halls
whore drunken visitors are plunderei, and
other free. places called museums, where va
rous kt ds OF robbery are pr2ctised. But
those real enough, though feeble limitations
OF the original l'arnlms show, WITH their
horrible human monstrosties for chief at
fractions and their STAG" performances,
hardly less offensive to persons Of sensi-
tt-t Side thoroushi.T", 90 has tne Ieslti-
mate, drama, except at the three theat5es de-
voted to Polish performances. The Bowery
still has cheap variety halls Of the meretrCious
grade and other open resorts of infamy. IL
r. quite A. immoral NJ ever in its public amuse-
ments But the dime museums which used
10 exhibit diseased and deformed creatures
are all gone and 1t Is right good riddance
pie hut those who could afford TO pay little
FOR diversion, and who could get 10 cents
worth Of It In no other places For an extra
or n maltrelted play. These same folks now
so 20 the galleries ~ theatres where the prices
2 what tloy find
on the stage is hardly eyer demoralizng and |
never 40 deplorable rs the human curiosities
that the museums used 20 offer. Illinois has
the showmen In Chicago are fighting against
It's enforcement, Here in New York that |
particular evil has been driven out by the COM
petition OF better dime diversion,