The sun., 1900-08-05
THEMES FROM STAGELAND.
MORE ANAZEMENT THAN AMUsEMENT
~ FEMALE MINSTRELSY.
Indecency or Much Else That IL Diverting
Mrs, GiIbert's Ideas About tho Tenlpta-

tons Of the stage = The white Rats.
r. in the summer scarcity OF theatrical per-
,ormanccs. or through desire to find some-
thing unusual on the Broadway stage. you
20 TO see the Casino Beauty Minstrels. you
will be more amazed than amused. II you
have never before known OF such thing. you
will marvel that 1t could be regarded IA diversion
anywhere II YOU are familiar with It at the
cheap concert halls OF the Bovery and Eighth
avenue. you will wonder at the transfer Of 1t
to upper Broadway. In the latter case you
wll be astounded by the fact that the audacities
and indccsncies of 1t as observed In those re-
,orts are eliminated hero, The Casino Is no
,snpls Of modesty Why then. do the summer
women on the roof wear more clothes than the
winter women downstairsi Why Is the con-
clndh9 extravaganza disappontinaly respect
able In word and dsed' The Casino Boy"
which was produced last week. had none Of the
do,rlnx Of ralment or the nude tableaux which
are the usual exploits OF female minstrelsy.
Nor did It contain any OF the salacious elements
which characterize most OF the Casino enter
,anments In imitation Of which 1t seemed to
have been written by Robert B. Smith and
Harry T. Mcdonnell. The resemblance lay
chiefly In it, subject which was that of personal
Hayty hIlOu8 NiOi uS XII uD uHd Io yoheiS Whp
follow them. Last winters fake incident OF a
box of poisoned candy being sent 10 Virginia
Earle was taken up for burlesaue. and there
was soms travestizing Of Sherlock Holmes"
and "Sapho" But mono OF the women threw
her skirts on or up, and those who didn't wear
any had their legs In trousers. Nor did any
body say any thing wicked In prose or song
The play had some good humor and music. and
i,i. baA AZ la - fvn IN ua
-,h ANNA Mol .auqhlin and tbe Countess Won
''s, -. .I,a,.,h.. ,,u.r.,J. ,,,-
Haufeldt' thaer al'oseuer ihVofap'e con-
tions IL would have been an acceptable bur-
,..oue But as the afterpiece In a wretched
-. ,,,.,roI .bow n nas r.i,ber e,e enough
feu,aDe hi'hsuei shoN II was noune, '''le enous"
tn. oon,.nts of the casino Beauty Minstrel.
-. .nsd hv ,hs fr.t ,Ift ~ Tho curtain are
when openeo oy INC i's' IN. VI 'o' cur 'ai'' Ao
o,psvsns nv % ctsar, and getting Pittsburg s,osies
In the whole row 'here rs not pfeuy iac".
nss so." though thew fel, that by migrating
60, ,h. powarv 10 Broadway thev have ven-
rom me now'.y 70 D.oawy "ovn, N1y yh nov. 80" %
,S.,r ,~ .noss n " and bits Of dialor,. across the
.nen ,onsn u ~. ', saIaos'. sna =, 81.
fooushts win ah al Vi oo'anees' anu AZ "a.
same time seem ready 10 dodse 'hihss ,ha'
may be huns % BACK MnsI .nS ,.n,u ON uedeI dre,d -
ciniVs ~ a'inIs T.s ,s,..,,n,,a. % !. a s~.,pa
pith and point. The interlocutor is an aHape
woman and her Termination Of the old-time
pou'p - u..,ra.d ,,,,h o,h.r ,hon nm
~ ,.hi. ,.,.. snd do1osr.i d,t,i.s Tbosa
. nI...sn.d ,on,a~,ons az. .mhod,m.nt, NJ
a;sn Io Ths .udIsnca hrasthA. a .iuh ~
~, -. ,ha A., nor, ia ov., Rut q .,iI,
'o"o' ..,,,, ., r.r,s,v- ,o,,o,s an
-. ,o,,n,s r,s,nIv a b,ok n and his roll from
ibs s1devaIks Of the Bowery by the way Of
Coney Island, give limitations OF street " chlns
that are o,,,as ~ th., Tbras wornsn roIi
and tumble about the stage as "acrobato sing
ing comediennes Too clumsy 70 pc ADMIRED
and no, S S,o.s'Iuo rot ohvusr Hs rd,w;noT Twn saad
usrro n,instreis give In sad "reminiscences that
almost forgotten sketch. IN which one plays a
banyo, NE osnsI % y, ,;.,oi so Tns,r vmriS's
comed ians- impersonate an Irishman, a Ger
man. a Yankee and tramp so crudely that the
chaTacteis are oaleK d'..tiae h ,.ni amSS W. po,S pS
Tsrnns eNort 10 Be volatile This section OF the
chow ends In a grand ensemble song and
dance. ~ wnlSn .hs ,ea,s'S .ilhsus a AnS nlS
though thev march vigorously in the familiar
Amazonlsn moyements But their leader is
no new faure MAJ s r. ~ r,aiu stdy Uenu ln nn sno
rsntionai syeninr suit. However, he is an in
teresting exhibit for ethical study. What
maa oe ne HasnSy Sa n.t.as sn MIL, A.. .eSa 10
tbinI of bimself while doing II?
rb,, ~. n.rsonal character q, actrs,..s
Ihat tne PERSONA ciiaa ao'ct vi seaosSes
ranges from bad to good would hardly need
reiteration were It not that the brazen vices
:, a.. ,. h,,d a.. ,,ora In, tho ruh,io ora
"'e oi'o kinu "'o nio'' ~ 1'0 puoH' S'
thsn the modest virtues OF the other. Mrs
@. II. Gilbert saws In the Metropolitan Nooanns
Oh, a., ,.rn,,.,,,.,s a, On. .,a.. ara uraatIv
thAt 'he peihptAt'ous vi '"o 9'ase "o si0a''
exaggerated "A young actress truly inter-
es,ed In her work." the old lady adds, is SUBJ
too, .. ~ r,o,. ..r,n,otion. than snv other
, yoans - conan u % in sny other career. Her uIti-
mate future depends upon her principles as
Iii a. u-on h.r s,ror,,h ., cba,actar her
wen as upon her suehs'h VI oh0 ne'
womanhood. and. may add her intentions
III had younR daughter and was convinced
sn.. .ho,Ia .,r. 40 ,,ora
hesitation In placing her upon the stage than l
should hesitate in placing her In q newspaper
~. -. a, .r.,,as. ho,,s. a. hoolla.r.r or
oN" UT ia pusihesS houeo o' ooo""oop'' vi
stenographer. But should see that my young
dauphtar until her character and prnciI les
- G., -, -, .ho oro,oo,io, ., bor
were Hked' shouo nave 'ne pro.oo''oi' VI ne'
mother, and as far as possible the restr aiming
influences OF a home. however humble" The
.-,..n.,a. -, .,.o.r,o., no. ar. .,si,s, tho
eAHehcies vi uheaui|ei "o az "s"'' 'o
feasibility Of domest!city. and Annie Russell.
writing aIso In the Mef,opohtnn saws IL il pa-
80" " .o.rass ,.rroirins orlv
few weeks In strange city; VIII struggle o
set up the altar ~ her houSehold gods IN we
room NJ her hotel and Will surround herself
with the little comforts that suggest a home.