New-York tribune., 1905-06-25
THE BILL FOR THIS WEEK.
Coco at Wistaria-" The Pied Piper
of Hamefn" and Other Skits.

The evolution of the modern New-h orh sum
rner man has been a slow and anxious procesS'
AZ first a deliver after musical nuggets III 'Ao
mine of the golden treasures OF 1heouoi0
Thomas and his orchestra, later seeker ai'ei
strange goddesses in the shape OF "elIu 'i@'
atlantic arnusements, and later sun the pam
-,o,a7 Gourmet with dishes of highly spiced en-
tertainment on all sides of him-he mas re-
turned or is in the process of returning TO MS
first love Eschewing the free and the hlppant'
ra &c contenting himself and more with
music pure and ungarnished with the eccei-
tricities of the roof garden. ,
few wears ago kaltenborn tried the eApeIi-.
,oent and wooed back thousands Of lovers or
music for music's sake. Duss followed Win Win
elaborate Venetian uapplngs ana Ialleu ~ ~ Ia, i,,s
music not in its setting Walter Danlrosch hdS
inst finished a short engagement OF summer
night concerts with his Symphony OrcnestTa,
that crowded the big New-fork ROOT JdaueL IIa.ls
TO its capacity. And now comes flcharo Healy
Warren a mere novice at the BUSINESS, anu
contrary TO expectation. is ALREADY forming q
clientele Of his own that will carry MN saIeIy
through the summer and possibly through Se'-
eral summers.
Among the attractions of the roof gardens the
most bizarre is the one TO create the Wloest en-
thusiasm. A recent importation from no one
knows where of a dancer no one knows who'
whose features are perpetually masked-aay ana
uigbt-and whose voice is never heard-this new
recruit from the music halls of Europe is CAP
tfvatins the town by the mystery in which she
is shrouded. as W ell as by her grace and art OF
dancing Rumor has il that she came from Rus
sia and that as a child she exhibited rare charm
of movement; that she was seen dancing on the
streets and carried off to an apartment Where,
TriIbylike, she was taught step by step the ROAD
70 fame and emolument. II is said also that
her managers saw to it that she was taken 10
The best paying theares in the best paying towns
and that from the start she has been heaVy
winner Warsaw. Moscow and st. Petersburg
capituIated first; then followed Berlin and
Vienna. and finally Paris, where she was seen
by a friend of her present manager and hur-
rfed to this Mecca Of Meccas for the Snowman.
1t is hard to realize that the big Hippodrome
IS to close its doors on July, even for a summer
vacation It has been looked as refuge for
all time. harbor where one could Etde in any
emergency and be made young again by visit
10 couhina ton circus and Wild west snow,
INTERRUPTED by a most attractive ballet MISS
Florence Mandell is of large family OF en-
tertainers--the entire Hippodrome stageful, IN
general scheme of rnerriment and entertainment
Frank c. Rostock is celebrating his thirty
seventh birthday to-day. He is probably the
only Snowman in the business who is entitled
10 the title International He is the owner
OF an arena at Coney Island. Of at Black
pool, London, and of the famous LHippo-
drone. Paris and is running wild animal shows
simultaneously in all. The features of his Paris
show a party of Abyssinians and a group
OF trained hyenas; at London he has group
Of trained camels. and at Coney Island interest