New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-26
At THE VARIETIES
The AIhambra BiIl-ZeIda Sears
Makes a Hit at Fifth Avenue.


Although Nine Kalich. who was booked
| TO appear at the Alhambra this week, was
posted before Yesterdays matinee Tn
| a bic TO play on account of illness. the rest
Of the bill went merrily along and seemed
to get more genuine unprompted applause
than IS usually heard in vaudeville.
The programmes description OF De Witt
| Young and sister. who were the first ones
10 appear as novelty jugGlers,' did those
! two magic fingered people grave injus-
| ticc Juggling sounds like the same old
| thing whereas the very NIFTY Dc VIII
younes are nothing Of the kind The cur
| tain went I'D on an deliberately furnis led
| college room. In walked De Witt, and mn
| medately things began 10 fy. Tennis rack
! cts sailed over his head, soft cushlons
| whired softly. and with many coloF1'
| through tho air tho dcCantcr Of vine am
| glasses tumblcd through space with no
| harm done and even the brass bedstead
| did the Gabv glide Al of these pleaSan'
| tries took place under the skilful hands ~
Mr. Young and his able young sister phe
could not watch them without getting
thousand suggestions a s 10 the possibilities
for amusement that lie uuheeded every day
' uiture and picturcs that before seemed 50
| useless and irritating have In them the iat-
ont power Of sliding and gliding about the
room. whrling through tho air, hying cat
the window and back again If properly
| tossed with a boomerang twist, etc \"
| mis- mower Of enjoyment, II seems, lies N
the grasp Of each OF us II the furnishings
" our room displeasc us. TN" fault dear
reader lies not in them, but in ourselves
| We arc unable TO get out OF them inc
| best that is i'm them
| Miller and Lyle follow this duspl'lo"S
| opening with some darby dialect ana WIN
| lively boxing bout that was urfor'nhs''-
| " brought to = sudden and unexpected
| close by the untmely growing OF roost"r
! behind tho scenes. At tho sound both com
| batants At once put aside their quarrel ana
ven, 10 find the little throat whence that
| gay crow had come.
A piano formed the centre Of attraction
Of tho third entry in the afternoon
! amusement race. And 20 energ'u'
| "tIrn" was performed on " ~ 'onn"'
! and Webb that tho end was complet" olS-
J ruption Of tho stage. Tho furniture ole"
| over. the walls rocked and f"ll' OF IN" Two
| PLAYERS. ono lost her gown completely m
| the fury. while the other was later fout'
| b,poath the CARPET No greater tripute vas
ever paid TO the stirring quality that Their"
is in music when IT Is played With true
! fervor
De,ro whose smile r. known from the
| Battery TO Harlem. PLAYED his weird com
bination Of piano and accordion. AMI
cosxod from the curious thing delicious
hat act r,prE ono
shoulders 10 swayIng. That is one "NcitnS
thing about the turkey trot-yon can oa".'
il I'm your scat, just with your 9hou'"''''
Then camo Everybody This II an ''n
moral little play bv Peter Patti that repro
SCENTS Advice. Honesty and WORK as very
unattractiye people. but with Gooh h'ar''
and Fortune rs a quaker lass. whereas
Pleasure. Shlrk and Luck ar" high sp'r''"'
we'll dressed. happy people, who coax ~
eryhodv 10 give ~ his gloomy, unaura'O'.
friends. Advice Honesty and WORK. ahh
come with them. The inm"dla'" r"S"''
noe ubat any moral audience might "N-
pect The next seem" found f''rS """s
ronrIoss drunk and alone. Having been
,.,,,,,," h,. harnircsg no had 10 80 back
- ,,,oor,,. Honesty and Sowing Work,
and no was oven so broken spirited thar ne
was proud 20 listen To IN" wh""z"s ot IA
vice. Alas Why ar" IN" virtues =" VI
clous and tho vices such happy chhdren "
uature-fn these morality PLAYS
Then came an int"rmssion for GoinE ON
and basking I'm rich hood OF afternoon
sun and having cigarette. After "hi'h
came Laura Gucrite and George Moore to
do some ~ their snappy. entertaining WORN.
Macart and Bradford followed In tanlold
drama. N I%gitlmat" lloid-up. Ih"n
EiXIcy and I,crncr. comedy singers; "old-
ems Russian Troubadours ana tn" MOVING
pfrtrIrcs finished tn" programme.