The Washington herald., 1911-05-28
NEW YORK THEATERS.
By EMERY B. CALVERT.

| New York, May N.-On every side along
the Rialto is heard the creak Of clos
ing shutters. and the groans Of jobless
actors and actresses, who are forced to
a premature summer vacation by the un-
wonted zeal of Old Sol whose playing
days have caused an e& )y closing of no
less than eight Of New York's playhouses
during the past week. Among these
| last nights" are numbered some Of the
l most popular pieces Of the past winter S
! theatrical season. and the closing an
| nouncement has caused q wall Of anguish
from the many Thespians. who because
Of the popularity Of their shows had
hoped for summer runs and failed to
make adequate preparations for the sum-
mer season.
Francis Wilson has ended his run in
THE Bachelors Baby."~at the Criterion; !;
Blanche Bates. in "Nobody's Widow" at
the Hudson: Nora Bayes and Jack Nor
worth, in Little Miss Fix 1t" at the
Globe; Deep Purple at Golfers Com
edy Theater; Overnight" at the Play
house; THE Clouds at the Bijou, and
the Smart Set at the Majestic. This
has left the field clear for the summer
shows and stock companies, and already
those in charge of this class Of enter
tainment are busily preparing for the
summer season.
Among those who have achieved bril-
liant success In stock is the inimitable
Corse Payton. father of the ''Ten-Twen-
ty-Thirt' melodrama, which has proved
such a drawing card in chewing gum
circles. Payton. however. has varied the
ancient theatrical wheezes whose vii
lyuns.'' base plots" and thrilling res
cues" hold such charm for the proletar-
lat, with an Interpolation of the classical
with a success that has brought his
company from an obscure Brooklyn thea
ter to New York.
The roof gardens, those havens OF
refuge for heat-ridden New Workers..
process. that foretells season of Joy
to those who nightly eschew the brass
blade breezes of the mahogany parlors
for the salubrious zephyrs that steal
about the upper stories Of the sky
scrapers. Actors and actresses Of the
first water have been engaged for the
summer season; the metropolitan chorus
circles have been ransacked for pretty
girls, and Europe searched for thrill
ers." Add to this the employment Of
an experienced band Of mixers" to-
gether with hordes of deft walters to
bear clinking glasses and cool ices for
men and maidens, the price to purchase
the foregoing pleasures and the New
Workers. summer, hot though IT may be,
should contain hours that are not "arf
bad"
Luna Park is advertising forty-two new
shows. most of which are now open to
the public. Much Of the park has been
rebuilt The, towers have been removed,
and the central space above the lagoon
looks larger. In the motordome Fred
Thompson, the manager, has found
new thriller The saucer-shaped track
has been adapted to the automobile.
and daredevil Curran, who has be-
come so used to risl1ing his life that he
counts the day wasted that he does not
pull hairbreadth escape, and his |
partner mount two high-power sutomo-
biles and race at breakneck speed over
track sides which pitch at an angle q
sixty-fve degrees. Curran is the intrepid |
son of adventure who used to loop the |
loop on bicycle for Barnum.
Another big thing in Luna's new at |
fractions is ''the grand canyon--a null |
titude of sensations.' You mount to the |
top of q peak and shoot down IN q to-
toboggans abreast-the pur.
pose being to make one feel that one |
is. coasting down real, mountain In . |
real toboggan. Once at the bottom. you
mount again by way of 'the ups and |
downs." cross q waltxing noor, and 70 |
down q rattan slide. Beneath
the mountains. through tunnels. goes an !
electric railway. In all. there are nix |
rides in, the grand canyon"
"Checlers" Is one Of those perplexing |
whereby you slide down hill |
without knowing where you are going |
or whose feet you are spilled on. Il has |
boets on wheels thar steer at /
either end. and whichever end you try = |
the wrong one. The boets Descend over
. big checksr boerd. eud cne of the tricks |
= 70 - n you 90 hssp yeur boat on the
proper eqpaneo.
Besides these stVactions. thefp ar>
twenty-one rideee1or yro6 Tho1upeon
bsiievsg the pneeio would sUsher rpiay
themselves thnn koeo e1AerB % & foc /
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