New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-14
AT THE VARIETIES
Mabel Hite'S Cabaret at the
Fifth Avenue.
"PINAFORE" AT COLONIAL
Anniversary Week at Hammer
stein's-Eva Tanguay at
the Alhambra.

The programme at the Fifth Avenue
| Theatre this week IS nothing IL not varied.
| the arrangement OF the numbers-as to their
| order OF succession-being unusually well
| done. The leading feature Ia Mabel Hite
| and her cafe cabaret, one OF the most pre-
! tentious productions yet seen in vaudeville.
| 1t Is, in fact, vaudeville programme in
| itself The singing. dancing and impromptu
novelties OF the cafe chantant and Bar
barry Coast resort combined are brought
into Miss Hite's cabaret. There arc new
dance wrlggles, the art Of high kicking Is
| invaded by a man who can revolve his dex-
| ferrous legs as swiftly as an electric fan,
and there are varieties OF costume and nom
sense enough to keep even a vaudeville au-
dience busy. Some Of the clowns are George
| Farman, the ragtime maniac; Albert Dun
stan. the confidential bass; Ubert Carlton,
the voiceless tenor: n. Percy Woodley. the
nolseless tenor, Al Decker. the whisper
| Ing barytore: George Sullivan, the dormant
doorinan; Helen Vcola, the dancing demon;
Edna Esmeralda, the fantastic whirlwlnd
Ann Drew. tho showless show girl. Marion
Mosby. the phoney phone girl. and Flor
| ence Broad. the cashless cashier.
| Ben Teal staged this cabaret production
and Vincent Bryan wrote the song words
| Belle Story, n singer. with carefully and
! deliberately trained voice, was sprung on
| the audience without previous announce
ment, and won their strongly expressed sp-
prevail She Initiated bird and fute sounds
among other things.
| Another number which was not OH the
programme was "A sketch called Between
| Trains" This was given try-out on sun
| day night and took so decidedly that II
| was retained for n week. u is serious
| sketch, In which quarrel which taxes
| place between a young husband ana wife
is patched up through the opportune en-
| trance OF stranger, "a passing anger,
who leads the two together again through
reciting parallel story of her own The
sketch Is we'll acted
Agnes SCOTS play, Drifting" in which
she and Harry Keane had the parts, was Il
| gracefully dono little affair and was pleas
| autly staged.
| RONALD and De Lano. tho College Ath-
letes. skated on their heads down an In
clined plane. and did other things more or
less suggestive OF college days. Cook and
Iorenz did their Two Millionaires" sketch
with as great success as ever with the au-
dience Bert Fitzgibbon. the Incompetent
sible. won his house Diamond and Nels,
in up and Down Broadway" were enter
tanning The Top o tho World Dancers
wound up the bill with flourish.
Gilbert and Sullivan would have been
proud at the Colonial Theatre last night 10
see the finished condensation Of "Pinarore"
| 80 obi A.
dreu. who conducted themselves With won
derful self-possession and chem.
| Frances Ward sang and acted the love-
stricken Josephine in sucn a winning
fashion that sometimes. when she reached
the very sweetest toprnost notes. an
audible sigh arose from the audience. She
had the best wishes OF all all the time.
She IL dainty. just bashful enough and can
sing so that she convinces you she really
does love Ralph, oh, over go much and al
ways will.
Percy Helton was distinct surprise In
the character OF Sir Joseph Porter. His
sense OF comedy Is fine. and he might have
had several encores except that the man
agement apparently had prepared FOR moth
ing OF that sort.
Cornelia Pope captivated by her winsomc,
plump personality when she sashayed
through the part OF Buttercup. and Garry
owen, as Dick Dead Eye, pu. some new
business In the characterization Of that
rart that even De Wolf Hooper might
gratefully accept as worth while.
Benjamin J. II. Benton, jr., played the
captain. Max Rudn.ck was the boatswan
and Gerard Gardiner as Ralph and Resale
Fagen as Hebe also were splendid.
| In short. the thirty minutes OF Riddles
In "Pinafore' Is worth walking five knots to
see and hear. In every detail the perform
ance Is satisfying. The chorus IL trained
to the last sharp and tiat and the only sug-
gestion that the audience might be inclined
| 10 offer for improvement I'm the produc-
ton would be that the man who takes
charge OF the orchestra for the "Pinafore'
number on the programme refrain from so
aggressiycly chewing gum. II he must
| chew let him keep time to the music.
| The Colonial show IL d good one this
week Valeska Suratt Is another head
liner but unless you are warm partisan
az her style OF entertainment you VIII prob
ably applaud with more spontane!ty Harry
Fox and the Millcrshp Sisters in Artistic
| Nonsense. There is something unexpected
| about Mr. Fox, no matter how often you
! have seen his foolishness. lie In "a regu-
lar fellow" and no mistake. Oracle En-
nett and company. Rice. Sully and Scott
| and James j. cullen. the man from the
West. were all well received
Uammerstcln's Jubilee week at the Vic
toria, headed by Sam Mann and company
I'm his original one act comedy. THE New
Leader" was "A great occasion FLETCHER
| Norton, In The Antique Girl was second
on the bill The little sketch IN very pleas
ing and has novelty. Doris Wilson, Charles
Pussy and Maud Earl assisted Mr. Norton
and ut the conclusion OF their act were re-
| called many times Eddie Leonard and
Mabel Russell sang "Roly Poly Eyes and
other songs OF his composition. Gertrude
Barnes, who appeared for the first time at
this house, was well received. and both her
singing and her gowns were greatly ad-
mired Others on the bill are Mr.. and Mrs
Jimmie Barry, In THE Rube': Loney Has
ke,, announcer: Senior Arrude, Ruby Ray
rond and company, Falls and Falls Rem
Rrandt cartoonist. and Harry Leander and
|corpany. AS usual new Nictoriascope
views were shown.
| Singing new songs and wearing some gor-
| r.ous new costumes, Eva Tanguay Is tho
| headline feature at the Alhambra Theatre
| this week. With the cyclonc coincidence
setting the pace. the whole performance Is
lively and diverting. Miss Tanguay proved
herself the same sure-fire hit with her au-
dience Honor Is Satisfied" an English
sketch Of dramatic moments. displays W.
l.. Abngdon's well-known histronlc abili-
ties. and his supporting company Is ade-