New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-20
VARIETIES, ROOFS, PARKS
DiXey Makes First Eastern Vau.
deviIIe Appearance at Keith's.
YATES AT FIFTH AVENUE
Eddie Foy and Ali the Little
Foys Bring Crowds to
New Brighton.

| deserve the honor OF leading the roll Of
! headliners. They are Henry e. Dixey in
/ what he calls his ''mono-drama- vaud
Ologue." and the Paul Seldoms company
| I'm statues OF living marble. The Three
Conesians, presenting a slight exaggera-
ton OF what might happen in any college
| boys room. also add bit OF tunefu
comedy 10 the programme
Mr.. Dixey makes his initial bow in
vaudeville with his own act and In so
doing typifes vaudeville itself His act
Is little bit OF everything and not too
much OF anything to be annoying. He
first runs through the many and varied
| roles required OF a real actor. suiting the
action TO the word and suiting It with
rare skill and impressiveness. Next ne
describes a typical variety bill. not for
getting even the sleight-of-hand artist
| and the inevitable acrobats Through II
all he is the soul of grace and mimicry.
| The exhibition given by the Seldoms
troupe is. TO say the least surprising.
Three men and a woman pose In the diff
! ferent tableaus, and their state Of drapery
! is such as one expects 10 see in the sta L
uary halls of q Louvre or Vatican. Mel
Their are the lines OF their pictures less
true to nature or less slluring but
+ through sheer beauty It Is impossible 10
crticise the act as immodest.
The final tableau. labelled The Foun-
tain is perhaps the most impressive.
Standing on a basin upheld on the shoul-
ders of the three kneeling men, the wom-
an pours from a gourd on her left shout
der a stream OF actual water. The Abb
duction Of the Sabines" copied from the
piece in the Bologna Museum, however, is
hardly less effective
with good voices and catchy tunes the
college boys won the hearts Of the audi
ences at both performances yesterday. A
little more OF their fresh humor would
not hurt any vaudeville production.
Ethel Green. the girl who knows how
10 sing" II We can believe the programme.
was we'll received. and Mullen and Coo
gan. two midnight sons drew forth
series Of outlaws with their hopelessly
silly tomfoolery. Like all such acts.
theirs would gain by abbreviation, but OF
course. they have 20 Ill the time allotted
to them on the bill
The programme is completed bv Ger
trude Holmes and Robert Buchanan. In
The Girl OF 1877; Willard Simms and
company. In Flinders Furnished Flat
Hong Fong. the Chinese BARITONE. and the
Paul Azard trio Of European athletes.
Two novelties brought over from Eu-
rope. presented by Henry Give, made
their FIRST appearance yesterday al Ham
merstein's Roof Garden and Victoria
Theatre From a comedy point OF view
The Wrestling Cheese" wins the FIRST
prize. Volunteers from the audience re
sponded TO Invitations 10 throw the
cheese. but It proved too strong for them
THE Spirit Paintings" followed When
subject was selected spirit hand drew
the picture. By gradual naturalization
the paintings appeared In fun we" OF the
audience IN less than one minute. No
answer Marceline. the little clown OF
Hippodrome fame, got a great reception
With the assistance Of Van Clcve and his
mule Pete, Msrceline was never funnier.
"salome," with Aida Overton Walker IN
the title role. duplicated her past success.
With an augmented orchestra OF thirty
five pieces. under the direction OF S!gnor
Creatore. the revival Of "Sa!ome' was
very welcome. The talking dog Don,
with side remarks by LOney Haskell stu
continues 10 put over mis- vocabulary OF
eight words.
Az Proctors Fifth Avenue Theatre Tim
Murphy. the character comedian, made
his vaudeville debut, offering variety or
impersonatlons. ranging from study OF
Sir Henry Irving I'm the famous dream
sceue OF The Bells" 10 q delineation or
"a noiliar types about town. such as the
song and dance man. the nighthawk cab
nv a laxative gambler. 4 deacon. po-
uceroan and a waiter ia an all night res
taurant. Mr.. Murphys offering was orlgi-
nal. Francis Yates. delineator OF f'fnl-
nine types. has evidently taken Julian
Fltlnge as model. in that he makes his
feminine types suggest Insecurity IN
spite OF the embellishments OF gowns and
snecial scenery. Mr.. Yates made MS
changes I'm full view OF the audience
realistic sketch OF New York life. The
LITTLE Church Around the Corner, was
nresented BY lnez Macauley and company
In which the tale OF the "ay~ard girl
WAS worked out In dramatic manner.
Harry Davenport and Phyllis Rankin
With a selected company, returned 10
proadvav and vaudeville with a rapid
Are sketch Of wit and action. Time Is
Money
The seven little Foys and Eddie roy
tho we'll known comic opera star, MADE
their combined debuts at the New Brlgh-
ron Theatre last night The house was
crowded with New Rochelle and Brook
Ivn rooters, on hand to applaud ana
otherwise egg on Eddie Foy and the
seven Foylets in their hrst appearance
in vaudeville. The children have inner
tied so said the crowd, the Foy sparkle
and each one Of their little specialties
wax applauded TO the echo. with all
the charm and refreshing personality
which she has displayed upon former oc-
oastops villa Holt Wakefield, the soci- |
o,v entertainer, returned TO the New
brighton last night and more than du-
n1icated her former success, giving an
nptirsly new repertory Of song stories |
Another pleasing feature was the panto-
mime THE Apple OF Paris. with Minnie
Auato NJ Coccia is responsible for the !
entire production. having staged and
nroduced all of its features. Martin |
stti and sylvester, the well known com
adv acrobats, gave some original slides
ga "falls' Leo Garlic. the comedian |
Dill ~,