New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-30

with many warblc alel trill. out into "
| theatre of empty seats. 10 manager
.iouchcd down front, plug matted ana ''S''
adorned while I'D IN the gallery carpenters
are ropairing with rcmorselcss hammer ana
scroeching saw This may be an advantage
far the manager. for an act that VIII on
,hrall his attention despite this competition
surely must be a crackcrJack.
y}rt the poo- little nightingale she mas
travelled half her life and come nose
voorv miles from "Indianny FOR TINS ore
,oon,ent and .he empty seats NaWn az he'
and etretch their arms and her sweet Volce
battles. afTrighted. with the saw. Down I'D
front sits that speck-rnotionless. sphinx
IKE deciding her case without appeal. II
sbo i7 good. very good. that potent speck
hears her through in Silence; but H. Tor
ana ~ teu thousand sufficient reasons Fhe
will not get over" the strong sci-sau8-
fed voice breaks I'm. Nuh. IL SAYS
There arc fifteen acts 10 be seen ana Inc
morning IS growing old.
Hardly before the Indiana Nightingale
has caught her breath the staeehardS are
Glowing her out Of the way as they lay
clattor mat The orchestra breaks into
foo;-enticing rag. and "Jawn' and his
brovboaten partner lance on. il the spot
light. immaculate in evening dress th'y
are fine specimens of physical perfccto"'
with their bronze skins ana brilliant naS"-
ing smiles. Their feet talk, Grating the
ords OF their opening song. and the echoes
OF the empty theatre seem 10 shout AT mem
| "Get ont, Ge-e-t-t out" But niue thlhe
| like that does not feaZc them.
lawn dances of leaving Cargo to the
centre OF the stage alone, while ne changes
and auckland wings back IN tho sloVehy
dress Of . "plantation coon Says targe;
| "you lawn. what am dis res prociiy An
hears folks tallOn' bout 2
"IIub, Doan yuh know? Dat am "nen
vtih does somethin' FOR me an does some
him for yuh back agin, an den yum docs
somethin fer me egin.
"pack M, Back up Yuh doan ketch me
dom muffin lax dat
SAY. yuh doan understan. III tell nj
so vuh will: Hit am dark an stormy
night. an yuh. Cargo. air out IN patli'
YARD a-layin' fer a chicken, an dat chicken
am a-layin' fer dc farmer, an de farmer
am a-lavin' fer yuh. Dat, Cargo. am res
procjty. Yuh airs layin' fer each other
mfr shouts the figure down front
"see tho manager at 8. Give you try
cut SUNDAY.
For second the front curtain drops
down. then the inner curtain and the front
rise together on a parlor scene During
the first few quiet words OF the opening
the screeching saw I'm the gallery fills the
house. Then, as the slap-sticE comedy
rough houses on. the carpenter grows III
terested. discontinues his attentions to the
hammer and saw, and leans over the gal
lery rail absorbed In the complications OF
the newly married couple. on the nrst
night hubby comes home and mistakes the
batrack for the stairs. When the rack
trmbles on hubby. and wife comes scream
ING an. Mr. Carpenter gives vent TO MS
feelings in a loud guffaw, and the uneS-
pected appreciation almost scares the actors
TO death.
The manager removes the cigar from his
face. turns around with a look OF great
main on his injured countenance and adj
dresses the now feverlshly laboring car
nenter in a mighty voice: Say, YOU what
d'yuh think I'm hiring you for? The guy
what's going 10 do all the encouraging
here is-Me! Get that| From the back