New-York tribune., 1912-02-11
VARIETY THEATRES
Programmes of the Coming
Week at the Houses OF Song,
Dance and Novelty.

The increasing numbers Of yaudevlhe
audiences and the consequent increase IN
the diversity of taste are bringing torWaru
p greater effort all the time among Vaude-
willie MANAGERS TO meet the demand Tor
good programmes. Actors OF the reguiaT
stage are being persuaded one by one 10
take UP the short sketch and to go 10 'he
music halls to satisfy the amusement
hungry crowds which are always swarminS
70 the music halls.
In New York variety houses SGCrt
sketches by we'll known plsywrights are
becoming a feature of the programmes
This coming week Cecil DE Miles The
Antique Girl" which attracted a good deal
of attention recently at the Colonial The
atre. will be seen at the Alhamora' Whlle
the Keith & Proctor Fifth Avenue The
atre is presenting william e De Mi'Ie
''In 1899" for second week.
Besides "The Antique Girl" the Alhamora
IS Offering Cesare Nesl. the East Side
Caruso' discovered by Mr.. Williams IN an
kSast Side moving picture theatre. lie Is
a tenor robusto. possessing voice OF sweet
quality I.olo, the winsome Indian maiden
who gives mystifying exhibition Of mental
telepathy. and Joseph Hart's "Dinkelspiels S
good supporting company, are two at
fractions that are sure TO be among the
hest liked on the programme. Kalmar and
Brown, the musical comedy lights VIII De
,ecn in a singing and dancing offering Of
exceptional character Among others OF
merit will be Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Barry
in a new comedy. The Rube"; Irene Dill
len. the talented and charming singing
oomedienne. and Adair and Dahn, in run
on the wire
The Colonial has bill every number OF
which is performed by woman, and as
the announcement has it. "a veritabie SUI
fragettes' soree will be in progress Ihere
will be minstrel maids in McMahon
watermelon Girls a ventriloquist IN HlIda
Hawthorne, expert wire walkers III the
O'Meer sisters, condolences in Emma
Carus and Hayes and Johnson, ''protean
actress in Charlotte Parry, skilled blcy-
clists in the Kaufman troupe, agile athletes
in the Leltzel sisters and singing and dane
ing entertainers in Tempest and Sunshine.
The Robinson Crusoe Girls will furnish the
entertainment for patrons of the Columbia
Theatre this week 1t is one of the largesl
and most popular burlesque organizations
and the show is typical of its kind. There
are two one-act travesties. both Of which
are said TO be extremely humorous. One IS
called Lost, A Million Dollars and the
other 'The Gay Sky Iarkers." Between
these two pieces there is vaudeville bill.
II Is headed by Charles Robinson, charac-
ter comedian, and others are Barrett and
Dunn. Emerson and Hills and the WOODS
Trio I'm comedy pantomime called An
JGlopement by Wire" Besides these per
formers who contribute to the specially Dill
the cast OF the burlesques includes Jack
Dean. May Bernhardt. Caroline Fiske' Freda
Iebr Harry Kane and Joe Tate. Concerts
will be given at the Columbia this after
noon and tonight.
AT the Eden Musee Bincolns Birthday
will be celebrated by special attractions
which include the hourly cinematograph
pictlre. the orchestral concerts, the World
in wax. European Magician Elmo and
other features.
The Fifth Avenue offers the weil-known
'vaudevilians' Nora Bayes and Jack Nor
worth. who have blazed a path Of fame
everywhere with their up.to-date entertain
mont. ~ Musical Surprise Party" which
combines musical comedy, vaudeville, dane
ing and legerdemain Among the many
features presented by Bayes and Norworth
I'm their entertainment is Cyril Chadwick,
vell-known in London theatricals, who APP
pears as their principal support. Others OF
the company arc Rita Walker and Robert
Carlton, clever dancers; David Stamper'
pianist: Albert Anderson, the magician,
and ten other entertainers. William c. DE