The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-22
WIEHE AT The VAUDEVILLE.
THE DANISH NINE PROVES A
WELCOME VISITOR HERE.
She Has Pathos aad Grace and HumOr
Dances Into tho Affections Of Her
Audience-Nlay BE the Dainty Dessert
OF Season Of Heavy Dramatic Fare.

A Danish born pantomimist, actress and
wholly charming woman, one whose per-
eonality is more Partisan than the Parisians,
and charged with an admixture of the
almringly diabolic and the picturesquely
spiritual- Charlotte Wiehe, ii was, who
opened the newly christened Osborn play
house, now to be known as the Vaudeville.
Mr.. Charles Frohman presented" her Last
night in the presence Of fashionable and
an appreciative audience. Before she had
been on the stage ten minutes Nine. Wiehe
held her listeners in the palm Of her slim,
shapely hand. She is an artistic Of some
emotional power, a dainty comedian, q
skilled mime, only second to Felicia Mallet,
~ithal the possessor OF compelling in
dividuality-
New York has never been q lover Of ar
tlstic pantomime. The clown we have al
ways with us; but the art Of stirring the
emotions, Of telling tale by significant
motions, is a sealed book to English-speak-
Ing nations. Perhaps it is because Of
that mysterious quantity known as the
Anglo-Saxon temperament. When En-
FAINT Prologue" was given at DAILY e Theatre,
nearly decade ago. the critical press split
perfect Gautier vocabulary in extolling
it's charm, its exotic music.
Yet did the dear public resolutely stay
away despite the clever mining of Pillar
Morin-the understudy Of the famous
Mallet- despite the finished piano play
ing of Anne Lachaume, despite the ad-
mrable ensemble work Of the company
We love only the markedly explicit and hate
the half hints Of great art.
Nine. Wiehe may not be aware Of
all this. but she has nevertheless varied
her programme by giving two spoken
pieces, interspersed by two pieces in GEES
ture the latter accompanied by music.
.LHomme aux PoupSes' ct once recalls
Audrans operetta. The imitation OF a
mere cleverness. In the mimodrana
La MAN," with which the evening con-
cluded, we saw the real power of Charlotte
Wehe, the power to express by fleeting
shade Of expression evanescent emotions
--irivolity, coyness, gayety, vanity, terror,
despair, joy, love. gratitude.
The story takes about twenty minutes
dancer retiring for the night shocked by
the sight Of a burglars hand slipping
through the folds of a curtain. Her res
cue by lover and decentralization were
all delightfully."-, il audaciously, expressed.
The music OF M Bereny, who also made the
scenario. was, il modelled after Andre
Wormsers brilliant setting Of -L'Enfant
The dsrobing act, after frenzied dance
solo-Wiehe is attired in Bayadere cos
tume-was enacted with as much non
chalance as if she were really in the soil
tude of her dressing room. That saved
it from any suggestion OF impurity.
mere lifting OF the eyebrows, a mere
recognition Of her audience, would have
transposed the illusion to the earthly. A
pretty blond woman she is, shapely, light
footed, with a plenitude Of gracious curves
that lend dignity and allurement to her
assumption Yet, not even the pudescent
Parkhurst would have been shocked at this
dance.
"souper d'Adieu," catching, cynical
triae by the Viennese playwright Arthur
Iuoien Prad and M. Gillio it relates the
anecdote Of a rich young man who, wish
ing to get rid Of his mistress, invites her
TO a. little farewell supper. She comes.
She Is a ballet dancer with plans for the
future. She does not faint on hearing
a lover. The chagrin of the present in
cumbent Is great. When the girl waxcs
confidential he becomes disguised. 80
They quarrel and she goes off in a huff,
though not without eating all the cream
and drinking all the wine she can. She
puts a finishing touch to the romance by
taking handful OF cigars-for the other
mani The affair must be played in an
imprudently airy key and with all possible
speed. The Wiehe has native humor;
she is droll when she eats, and her French.
streaked with Scandinavian accent, is droll
also. Yet we find this same accent better
in pantomine! Her face is more potent
than her speech
She enjoyed distinct triumph. She
deserved it. Her associates were we'll
chosen, especially NJ. Max Charlier, the
brutal burglar, who at the last. like Edithd's
young man, betrayed touch Of sentiment
The curtain raiser was "Gros Chagrin,"
one act play by NJ. Courteline, we'll known
in Paris. 1t was well done by Alice Nory
and Mile Davricourt the former proving
herself an agreeable diseuse.
But the waits were interninable and the
Vaudeville is not a particularly commodious
house. You may alter its name, yet IL
remains just as small. Much amusement
was caused by telegram sent to Mr.. Froh-
man from Mrs. Osborn. in which she ex-
pressed the hope that he would not lose
as much in French as she lost in English
which was witty enough to have been
written by Mr. Frederick Gebhard
Nine Wiehe scratched herself badly