Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-31
Run Gamut from Sublime to
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Quakes
Twixt Tears and Laughter.
BY LOUISE 4.

Gambling was carried on In this city
yesterday. wide open. too, on a holiday.
Memorial Day, within a stones throw
OF the Four Corners. and the police
lifted never a finger of interference.
Question comes, HAS our fair city
fallen thusly?'' Bue walt. The gam
boilers were the Lambs. Lambs who
slngly and In pairs have before graced
the boards of the old Newark Theatre.
furnishing rare Jest and merry enter
tainment, but never before as a flock,
capering about and leaving their tales
behind them.
The Lambs Club has ever been asso-
ciated with all that is joyous in theatre
dom, a more or less mystic lodge, where
In rites were performed that were too
sacred, or too funny, for the common
eye. Tbe gambols have been an exclu-
sive secret, and the reports emanating
therefrom nave limited at fun far more
fast and furious than was ever poked
at a painting populace- And SO the per-
Torrance at the local theatre yesterday
afternoon was, as 1t were, a peep be-
hind the scenes, a laying bare OF the
mystery, a look at the actor when he Is
''au naturel." They were the choicest
of the flock, though In the first part
they were black, each Que a star OF the
purest ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS serene. an ag-
gregation, that organized would form q
veritable actor trust.
The Travelling Salesman hobnoboed
with Hamlet "~Svengalf" glared at
The Virglnian," THE Man Who owns
Broadway "Mr. Pipp' and "Richelien'
marched in the same rank and file, ana
the Scarecrow of 1.-THE Wizard of Oz
whispered sweet nothings into the ear
of the Count of Monte Cristo." "Julius
Caesar" killed properly and in perfect
order by a Robert Mantell Brutus, as
sisted by sundry various Romans, I'M
p~ersonated by William Farnum, James
O'Neill, Robert Edeson. William ]. KEEL
ly, ct al, was later drawn. If not quar-
tered, by a Frank Mcintyre Julius,
Eddie Foy Antony and a host of Walla
walla braves, melted and urged on by
Edward Gloriana Gaythorne Abeles. As
the body of the checked-suit-clad Caesar
was borne off to the tune of the Chopin
funeral march, played in real and rag
time, the audience found itself In need
of surgical treatment for ailing sides.
Events In ~Bewildering Maze.
The task of recording events is bewil-
dering and a Bit over whelming. Friyo-
lous speech should be laid aside and
choice word and measured phrase called
to picture the death scene from Julius
Caesar nobly interpreted with all the
dignity and earnestness of a complete
Shakespearean performance. 1t Is more
overwhelming to realize the magnitude of
the stars, with their respective rank on
the stage today, r~elegated to subordinate
roles in this production. And, again,
what becomes of ones dignity of diction
in depicting Eddie Foy, a detected mes
senger boy, with a message for John
Drew, making eyes at a lady aspirant for
the beauty prize, said lady being 10
other thar Raymond Hitchcock, with a
perfect profile and a homegrown figure"
but who would say "oh, gosh!' when
surprised.
From Danny Deever," sur as David
Bispham can sing 1t, to the dancing
prizefight by Montgomery and Stone
truly the sublime and the ridiculous
walked hand in hand to the music of
Victor Herbert's Orchestra, led by Mr..
Herbert himself; and delight followed
them.
An old-fashioned minstrel show opened
the afternoons gaiety, arranged by Will
lam Collier. David Blspham was the in