New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-10
At THE VARIETIES
Suffragettes Talk Politics at
HammerStein'S.
THE COLONIAL OPENS
Irene Franklin Leads the Bill
at Keith's Union
Square.

| ny udfc.
| The season began for the Colonial The
atre last night with the first programme
offered by b. r. Keith. under whose man.
| agement the agreeable little playhouse
! mas passed. Edna Goodrich and Bessie
| wynn are the programmes leaders. il
one may judge that point from the legend
spelled in electric lights over the theatres
door. Miss Goodrich-well known to tho
regular stage-appears for the first time
here In vaudeville A playlet has been
written for her by claude Gilingwater
which serves TO move Miss Goodrich about
| the stage. Her modiste. her milliner and
kind fortune have done more for her than
her playwright, however. In her role of
a Greek statue come to life the young
actress is supremely good TO look upon.
AS the same statue arrayed In the even
| ing dress OF to-day she is worthy of Boil
DIM. In spite of her little sketch. which
is merely "Pygmalion and Galatea"
"vaudevlllized." Edna Goodrich will be
favorlte in the varieties.
| Did you ever hear the story about the
hyena? That woman f-the-s soil, Kate
Gilmore. tells II in her most forceful COM
edy style at the Colonial this week. Her
Opposite" asks her what is her favorite
| animal
"The hyena" she shouts
! Why" demands the Jockey man play
ing with her.
Because he eats only once week,
sleeps only once month and drinks only
| once a year."
| U-nlI hat 10 aoNc hnr
Can you tell me what he's got to
laugh att" she shrieks. A fat man in the
audience laughs. and Katc wheels about
and shoots her popgun al him with a wink.
Then the house comes down. Miss Eli
nore's fun is not an applied science. II
wells up from the bottom.
! Bessie Wynn leased her audience with
| a coaXing song that was half whispered,
half sung. But she did not tease thcm az
| much a. Bert Melrose did with his clown
| work over those four tables that piles one
on top OF the other. A small child Mt
| play-that is Melrose. The muddles he
| gets himself into. one after the other. and
! the frightful chances he takes OF tipping
| his Elffel Tower over-which he finally
does when he is sitting on a chair on top
| of it-nearly bring even the ushers TO ner-
vous prostration. La Somnambule,'
| pantomime, In which Nina Payne,
/ danseuse with beautiful hair. is the cen
| trail figure. is better in idea than in
working out All in ALL the first Colonial
| bill is a good one.
| A rousing programme was offered az p.
+. Keiths Union Square Theatre last
|
skating novelty and fell on Simian come
dams. There was great diversity In be-
tween. One OF the main features vas
Miss Irene Franklin, the American char
acter coincidence. Miss Franklin offered
repertory of original character types.
with songs OF her own composition. Her
gowns were a noticeable and interesting
feature. The artistic was we'll accom-
panied by Burt Green. A one-act dra-
matte play. called THE Yellow Peril"
presented Miss Nina Morris as q TRACE
dienne.
The story Is interesting and held the
| attention OF tho audience throughout.
Miss Morris was ably supported by six
| other players. Miss Leo White and
! George Perry, whose speciality consists
OF warbling ragtime songs, sang and sang
and sang A single" offering that won
and deserved great favor was that OF
| Dave Ferguson, an original humorist.
| His whole performance was refreshlngly
! different from the ordinary. The same IS
| true OF signor Trovato, known as "The
| Creatore OF the Violin" Del Francois
Miniature Circus was another good num-
Der. Others OF merit were Marcuss and
| Gartelle, roller skaters. and Mayme Rem
ington and her pickaninnies and Will
lams. Thompson and company. present
Ing Tho Burglars Union"
The chief event OF last nights bill at
Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre was
Blanche Walsh in a Toscaesque sketch,
Countess Nadine" by Joseph Golden.
| In THE Countess Nadine" Miss Walsh Is
given ample opportunity for the display OF
her emotional talents. supplementing Miss
Walsh are Louis Simon and Kathryn Os-
termann in the ambitious operetta, In
Persian Garden" in which company OF
twenty is engaged In the support OF the
two stars. More novelty is added 10 tho
Proctor bill by the appearance OF Charles
and Fannie Van, immense vaudeville
fayorites, In their new effort From Stage
Carpenter 10 Ackter": Alexander and
Scott coon impersonators; William Is.
Patton and company In a quaint comedy,
| "Apple Blossoms; Laura Buckley, pro-
| team artist; the Three Keatons. In riotous
funmaklng: Theodore Bamberg, Illusion
list and palmist, and Charles Weber, &C.
| centric juggler
| After an absence OF three years, Nir-
ginia Harmed made her vaudeville reap
pearance in Harlem yesterday at b. +.
Keiths Alhambra Theatre, where she
leads a bill OF attractive feature acts.
Miss Harmed has turned author for this
occasion and written her own sketch,
comedy drama entitled, THE Call OF
Paris" The well known star has the as
slstance Of an efficient company In Inter
preting the new playlet great IA
vorite with uptown patrons OF vaudeville
ia VILLA Holt Wakefield, who is also on
the programme here. presenting her well
known pianologue. and Rice and Cohen,
! exponents Of tabloid farces, delineate the
troubles of a mediocre team of song and
dance artists In their skit called THE
pat OF the Primroses." Other important
| acts on the bill include Felix Adler. THE
| Plain Clothes Man; Robbie Gordone. in
| classical poses representing famous
i anI OF