The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-07
EIH THE DIVE MUSEUM
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handcuhs ~ ~or-tir,~a there uas a
glass worker vho sold hrs products a.
souvenirs Later = soFn. of'hs museums
they introduced me p~nnv N the shot
nachinez
At the h~,sht - N" museum craze the
amusement hall on ~. first foor 81. the
most important and profitable depart.
nsnt ~ thu "at"rprtss IN. visitors.
having been gtIi Tod over 'hs two upper
Hoor-. and raging from 10 20 ~ cents for
admission. W~r" carefully conducted -
Tho door Of the th~atoriuu. where an add.
''onAl nickel ~ diTs was demanded
IN. shows given IN the MUSEUMS w~rs
generally condensed melodramss. made
from dime novels or standard PLAYS. CUT
down To twenty minutes and in no ca~s
over thirty minutes Gwen IN small
hall on a small stage hut with real scenery
made % paper. and a change % scene for
zach act. these dramas we're really more
succe~sful than might 10 inaginsi Th"v
were playe nv regular museum favorit.-
who became Just a. popular In their own
field as the higher priced stars A. the r-gu-
lar theatres
Carrie Stani-y. famous along the
Boxery fifteen ye1rS ago was the Leading
soubretts OF tho Giola Museum and with
her husband. Charles u BURNS produced
n new play each week giving sometimes
rs many as ten or fifteen presentations /
n day, according ~ the crowds The F.,
plays were usually condensed versions 81
such classics a. The CorSican Brothers
The Count - Monte Cristp.- -Tncl" I
Toms Cabin The Two Orphans and /
Lady Audleys Secret
The most popular favor,e Of tho Powerv
museums was Fanny Herring. Who was /
soubr~tts N the Gaisty Like many ~
the other museum leading ladIes she B
always PLAYED male roles She had tho .
leading roles in such dramas a. The .
Enginee- Detective. or Tracked To His .
Lair in which she wore n dress 'suit and .
q mustache. and appeared a. an athletic |
young man about town Fanny Herring
retired from the museums about ten years
ago. and died at Sunsbury. Conn three
years ago at the age of a. she pla yed
the male roles until she was over ~
The Professor az the museums was
always a big card There wore two who
lecame famous IN New York resorts
,uit. WAS smart and dapper and usually
r~cited Uoetry in trying 10 move the
. rowd on from ore freak 20 another
FOR instance. in calling attention 70 the
armless wonder he would spring some
thing like this;
Pray step this way and YOU will see .
\ marvel Of deIteri,y
No arms with which 10 do his work
NJ task so great that he will shirk u
Next = a wonder oft denied.
= he lady who j. o--ihed
Her entire body turned 20 bone
The greatest wonder ever known
And 80 on indefinitely. IN doRR.rel
verse which was changed NJ any moment
90 -iiit the eNig.nCas Of the occasion
~ the vaopl. passed through the hnlI Of .
the freaks " vts often customary for one ,
freak 10 exchange a time worn Joke with
another freak This was suppressed to !
.nteTtaIn the crowd in an Ifnpromptu
cas- this. ,
tai Lady pd Won hear the awful news 4
about the India Rubber Bow
The DOG Fa'ei Boy 30 tell me about
bm
Ia' Lady lie zo' bounced
Another favorits Joke was for m.
professor to stop before the ossifsd girl
and ask
Professor We'll how do YOU feel today
a. 1T
one
II was AZ the GaIety Museum on the =
Bowery ono night IN Iec.mbsr fSoI
that amateur night was originated +. q
ROughn"-s and h"rs"play and cries ~ Z
Get the hook were not associated with / 4
amateur nights ia those days Tn. anna
'"urp who went On were N" genuine
article S'Ig"-trIck girls from IN. q
factories singing and Whls'hng news q
oys and young plumbers or clerks IN ~
b. very ~ or'.s Who fully showed they we're ri
destined ~ h' H"rrmanns or K.lIars
u cent on M the Old amateur nIQIfs ~ "a.