The evening world., 1912-04-02
land. OUT
| OF THE
/ THEATRES
cHARLEsDARNrON.

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cations. While money may not
b picked up In the street there. ex-
~ ~ On occasio nal hold-up man. the
~ tteests, Il appears, are TO b found
- he sidewalk at every step. And
A1Deee any ons wni tell you that .
49, goes further than money with
0oeSsvase person.
2hao oreat truth has besn dramatixed
~ oeorge v. Hobart. II IL revealed
- ~ Colonial Theatre In three scenes
- eeuntisss ''passss.' A more gen.
eeo1D vaudeville Offering could not be
eenooivod. IAN Opening Might" sug-
eOes Broadway. But remember the
Break. Here u 10 that the deservedly
Dopulaf manager raises his top hat. un.
Bottoms his fur-llned overcoat and
haads out free tickets. A Broadway
manager has been known to paper his
1ouse." Of course. but he has neve
soae about It in this thoroughly human,
epsn-handed fashion.
No wonder yesterday afternoons au.
disAcs At the Colonial nat spelibound!
Evsry time that fascinating bunch Of
tSsksts came out OF the fur-ined over
coat the house was GREATNESS with In
49, 1NCty p6BSSI W Wa8 BINCu tNO
for tonight" Meanwhile the poor
young husband and his accomplishing
wife sat there on the cold steps Of the
church listening to the strong-lunged
choir.
And they had planned to 60 to the
Alhambra-possibiy because II. like the
Colonial. 10 y Percy williams theatre
with the only two dollars that stood be-
tween them and the cruel gas meter.
But the woman who brought the laun-
cry happened to remark that her boy
waS struggling with Group. u she got
thirty cents FOR the laundry and twenty
for the Group. Then the shoemaker
walked In and got his bit. and he was
no sooner gone than the scrubwoman's
sad-faced daughter knocked at the door
and old . tale OF woe so touching that
the poor young man and his sympa-
thsdc wife were reduced to car fare.
All this put the Alhambra quite be-
youd their reach. But the church choir
Asxt door was giving an unusually good
performance. SO they went down to
IL Il out on the steps. The thought Of
the collection plate stopped them from
going farther.
Apparently they heard nothing but
the choir. though the manager o: the
Unoae Sam Theatre who was giving
away tickets In front Of the church
haA . good. strong voice himself. The
fear thai they would miss their chance
% seeding . vaudeville show caused
ooaaIdsrsbae dramatic suspense. They
dnally realised their opportunity. how
sVee. aDd made the most of II. They
Dsobahay saw "a nns show" before the
evening was over.
0Ht We saw only home talent. Lead.
Ing citizens Of the Bronx made cresch-
- that were short but funny. Then
~ were asked to Join In a game OF
xamSam, which looked suspiclously like
keno. BY this device the poor youns
mar was enabled to win the 500 he
needed to buy the corner drug store.
We. Of course. didn't expect TO win.
And anyway. we couldn't buy q drug
store with stage money,
p n another vaudeville s~ketch-and his
las nothing to DO with the Colon
= ial-a designing bachelor passes the
fruit to his best friends wife at a MD
night supper In his room. but even an
apple doesn't tempt her. He RALLIED
her on This point. whereupon she makes
the subtle r%ejo!nder:
/. What woman was ever afraid OF an
applet"
\ by jove.' ne exclaims. sprinsing tc
! mis- feet and glowing with admiration
you're brilliant tonight - bril-
. LIANT!"
YT'S all very we'll TO snatch q person
eald-headed when the play calls to
aigh comedy OF this sort. But II
ma ;ching Off the hat Of n bald-headed
character In Naughty Marietta" al ths
West End Theatre last night Emma
Tentini brought the wig with 1t and
disclosed an actor with a head OF hall
i that was nothing short Of embarrassing
. under the ridiculous circumstances. TIT
actor felt the Joke, the audience saw It
ana only the small prima donna Will
the large voice succeeded In keeping her
Il face straight.
. a NONG the passenger. on the Mau
\ ~ retania when she sails at J O'CLOCK
tomorrow morning VIII b.
Charles Frohman and several other Of
4 New York's leading theatre managers
\ ME-. Frohman has been laid up at the
y Hotel Knickerbocker with rheumatism