The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-21
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CAFE cHANTANT IN NEW YORK.
Russian Jews Succeed in Making II
Popular There


The cafe chantant of Paris is a load
stone to Americans visiting the French
capital; but all attempts to introduce il
i'm New York in either French or Ameri-
can form have proven failures. The
Germans in the metropolis have long had
it in Teutonic form, but it has been as
sort of Annex TO the beer and cold
luncheon business. 1t is therefore a mat
ter OF some surprise 10 find that the Rus
sian Jews OF the East Side have devel-
oped it into a prosperous institution.
: ~ least thirty are in operation in the
district east of the Bowery and Third
Avenue and between Canal and Four
teenth Streets. The establishments are
nearly an on the ground floor In some
the place is hail from the front door
to the back of the house with a small
platform AT the rear or on the rise. in
others the floor is divided into front
ana back room. the musical features being
given III the latter. Most of the affairs
are saloons OF the German type. with
tables and chairs. a cold luncheon. and
Kitchen whore hot dishes can be pre-
pared. Coffee, tea and Russian tea may
be obtained in ALL Stimulants are used
inmoOeration ana inebriety is very rare.
The disdnates are not so much in demand
as among Americans Beerand Califor-
nian and Hungarian wines are in vogue.
and in many can be found Vodky or Rus
sian brandy. slivovitch or Roumanian
plum brandy. red kummel. Jewish raisin
wine. Jewish honey wine and jewish cur
Iart wine
The food supplies include white. black
brown and unleavened breads sardines.
sardelion spioed. picked FISH. cheese,
meats. potatoes and salads. The material.
though often coarse. is always good. and
The cooking is praise worthy. The stage
performances are given i'm Yiddish and
j frequently i'm English. Vocal solos 10y
black-eyed girls are the main feature.
duos are not uncommon: instrumental So
les, notably on The violin. are FREQUENT:
monolosues. fancy dances vaudeville
teams, and specialties-aFs -sosneuha.t~ in
vogue.
The patronage IS drawn mostly from
lhe neighborhood SO that tseye IS a friend
! ~ feeling in the audience. The performers
minsle with The latter veaeu not fniug
their places on tho programme. \ few
give matnees. bat in general The enter
tainment runs from seven TO eleven in
: the evening.
While local and timely ATS funny gags
ana numerous aluusious TO people i'm the
audience are the rule. no coarseaess nor
+ irdelicacy IS permitted-tbat is 20 say. in
delicacv from a Russian or Austrian point
OF view. Tn these countries a kind of
humor is employed on The stage which
l. not tolerated by Americans ia places
OF public amusement With this excep-
tion the performances ere attractive IN
ey cry way. The music IS fafr ana some
times very good. jews have a natural
taste for music and Jewish audiences
are always critical Many 0f Tie singers
and observation-disclosures are students yvho
take this means OF earning The money to
support themselves and finish their uusi-
cal education Few Of the singers have
the lung power or physique necessary 10
become successful in their calling By the
time they have gained q good technique
hey either break down and lose the toice.
os what is more frequent. they marry
ard give mp their musical ambitions al
together
i IS apparently the belief OF Or RaHey
that when Charley Cartts and himself
buried the hatchet lIr Curtis got the
representative ~ a medical college 20
visit the graveyard the same night.
Reverend r p. West. of Concordia. a
pioneer who helped shape the consttu-
ton Of Kansas, died last week