New-York tribune., 1912-02-09
WEBERF|ELDS REUNION
a Biu. Buzzing, JubiIant Audi
ence Welcomes Old FavoriteS.
AN EVENING OF LAUGHTER
Lillian Russell, Fay Templeton
and Others Share Ovation
Dave" Warfield's Surprise.

A hie buzzing jubilant. roaring audi
.nce. an audience that wanted fun ana
had come TO the right place for IL fart
~ tbe fun. q good part Of 1t, was the
nrivIlege of welcoming old favorites IN re-
newed association Weber and Fields the
,oys ~ many years, were reunited ana
This meant that New York institution was
restored. Everybody who could get into the
broadway Theatre got in and celebrated
the restoration of gay reign. The audI-
ence had paid a prodigious sum tWhat
was it, S1S.00O0 at an auction oil places
and il knew that its moneys worth
would be had in jollity Of the stage ana
the rare sport Of welcoming the stagers'
In old days (apd how many days there
were. nights rather. and not Arabian, but
far merrier) that ended eight years ago
Won s1wavs cot your moneys worth in
Weber & Fields's little theatre. at the
corner Of 29th street and Broadway, ana
you'll get IT now. in the new days fur
ther uptown. at the Broadway Theatre
which holds two and a half times as many
more folks not counting "standees.' Yes
last night the audience was part Of the
show, as any crowd is at popular ceie-
hration. and quite as well worth watching
in It's transports as were the players whose
reassembing had made the night of merri-
ment
Applause. Cheers. Everybody on the
stage had applause aplenty, and many
had cheers besides. But when little round
Weber and long lean Fields came on the
house shook itself. pounded with feet and
walking sticks and hands. and shouted
with ! .7O0-lungpower and for happiness. 4
Presidential convention could not make
more noise. When the audience was not
spplauding II was laughing, or 1t was
catching catchy airs.
New York is itself again. 1t has its
favorite ber-Fieldian fun and dance,
joke and Jingle. Are not these enough to
restore the city 10 it's ancient pride Of
life? Save for the spaciousness. you'd have
thought yourself in the old place down the
street. The stars Of the night came on,
and came on so fast and in such numbers
that there seemed a glowing procession Of
them. Frankie Bailey. John T. Kelly
Lillian Russell. William Collier, Fay Tenn
pleton. George Beban. Helena Collier Gar
rick. Charles Mitchell, Bessie Clayton. Ada
Lewis and the inimitable Two-round
Weber and Ione Fields. And there were
After the orchestra had played a string
Of old Weber Fields's tunes, and made the
audience rejoice, and fed expectancy.
'Hokey-P Pokey" opened the bill. You can
ina gine what Hockey Pokey" is when you
know that Meyer Bockheister G'ields) and
Michael Dillpickle (Weber are doing Eu-
rope on A circumscribcd bargain counter
letter Of credit" Behold them first In the
Wallingford Grafters O.illian Russelrs)
villa, somewhere near the city of Light,
Their .ludicrous adventures. their rib
cracking conundrums. their very practical
Jokes, their sadness and sladness-but
these are not for ink, they need ears and
eyes and the Weber Fieldian stage. Let
the eager public look, listen and rejoice
in this House of Mirth. where there is fun
by the yard. tunefulncss by the rod. dance
ov the mile. and a chorus-wel such a
chorus as you have a right to expect, al
ways had, and always will have on the
stage Of round Weber and long Fields.
There was laughter in the house till
morning. And not the least of it came
from the burlesque on "Bunty Pulls the
Strings" all in the Weber Fields way,
which tho town knows so we'll and over
which 1t cracks its funnybonc every few
minutes Twas great occasion in the
annals of fun. And the town has new
tunes, and seekers after stage frolic have
something new to talk about-the old
theme which is always jovialy new, Weber
ana Fields. A great surprise 20 Weber
and Fields, 10 their company and to the
audience. was the sudden appearance. in
= bC - 90 Ir fire y,gr ,r
Wsrfleld. dressed as one OF the Yiddish
Characters which he played years ago under
this management Instantly recognized by
the immense audience, he was greeted with
tremendous cheering. David Bcasco. who
had accompanied him 10 the Broadway
Theatre was seen in the wings. dragged
forth and also heartily applaudcd
A. ".