New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-26
New Sketches at the Fifth Avenue.
THE WARDROBE WoMNN,
,,odcr, costume" play. IN ono act
By Edgar Allan Wool


M'" N'f'''"' Miss Margaret Armstrong
q, uor,tr,sr var,c'l. ........... Earl MctoaIi"
Mn' E'a"o' '>'"'' Hiss Rca,-ire Belmont
. ....... Miss Sears
e,oro An improyis"i pardrnh" room b"h'hi
,, srcnrf on the stage "f a ono night s'''hd
theatre. ~
Yesterday afternoon. at tho Fifth Ave
no Theatre. three recruits from the
LEGITIMATE" made their first bow 10 New
york vaudeville audience and several
.,or,,inr Europcan novelties were seen Tor
the first time here.
..Tho Wardrobe Woman" in which Zelda
coors - anpcaring, sheds some amusing
birb lights on lifr ~ II IL lived behind the
scenes I'm a one-night stand 'heatrl'a' CUM
many The heroine is Sally Spruce, whose
mission in life is attending to the ward
robe OF The sinners OF New YORK com
many. an attraction touring the snal
towns with Indifferent SUCCESS. She "
deeplv enamourcd Of tho property man OF
tho organization. and out or the goodness
~ hor heart performs most or ms uuu"S
as well AZ her own. Sh" operates the
thunder for the storm scene. reproduces
the sound of galoping hoofs when the lead
inc man IL required 10 dash MP on horse
hack and fires the pistol on stage, when
tho conventions Of the drama require that
the william" commit suicide. She fur-
risbes the screams and the crashes when
tho heavy man" is supposed to throw
his victim down "A flight OF stairs ana she
cans the climax OF her usefulness by hastl-
~ donning infantile attire and playing
cbild's part when the Anu-Chlld cruelty
Society arrests the child actress who
usually graCcs the cast OF The sinners OF
New York" The wardrobe woman. as
played by Miss Sears, is winner. She has
/, sharp clean cut sense OF comedy, which
makes the most OF every possibility I'm her
lines Miss Sears was admirably supported
bv Margaret Armstrong. Beatrice Belmont.
walter Young and Earl Meccalfe.
". l.. Abingdon gave the first American
proseutatIon of the English play Honor
Is Satisfied" Tho play deals with new
phase Of the triangle, is ono OF the good
things In vaudeville well written and well
performed II gained "A pronounced sue
cess
Fannie Ward gave the comedy What
the Doctor Ordered" a playlct full OF
bright lines and funny situations.
Sophye Barnard is the latest musical
comedy star to enter vaudeville. Miss
Barnard's rendition OF popular and stand
ard music won instant favor.
The Colonial Bill.
Julius Steger and company, I'm his latest
success Justice" heads an enjoyable pro-
gramme at the Colonial Theatre this week
Edgar James, who has become facile I'm the
writing OF dramatic sketches. has produced
another exceedingly strong one In Justice
which ~ all the more interesting because
# is based on actual incidents which took
pIacc only "A few months ago, with Sing
Sing prison az the scene of action 4 par
ticularly bright feature IL the 'swagger
Pianophlends," and The Battle Cry OF
Freedom" az presented by May Tully and
company. is a long, lingering laugh one
OF the best liked features Of the bill Is the
act of Eddie Leonard and Mabel Russell
Nr. Leonard and Miss Russell constitute
one OF the msinstay speciatics of vaudc-
Vile.
At the Victoria.
Yesterdays bill at Hammerstein's Vic
,oria Theatre presented Rock and Fulton
ag tic chief feature. IN singing and dancing,
assisted b. their own Hungarian orchestra.
Billie Reeves and his London company :