New-York tribune., 1912-02-27
VAUDEVILLE J0TT|NCS
Impressions Of the Weeks Bills
The Fifth Avenue Theatres
Programme in Detail.


rreve,+ing the gathering OF the vaudeville
CLAWS The devotees Of the variety pro-
o,rarnr,a always see to II that the singers
dancers and whirlers OF the two-a-day
never have TO fac" any empty seats, and
that is no doubt what makes the enthusi-
asrn of the performers so convincing -
It is real.
The Fifth Avenue Theatre led off At 2:l5
with a swinging overture, which served to
introduce three wizards of the air" Heno
Jordan and Zeno, who as they tripped Army
70 the footlights thereby made their metro
nolitan debut. The three wizards then
climbed their trapeze. and without delay
proved themselves genuine whizzers, at all
events Flying trapeze artists have always
bean snirit boosters since the first DAYS or
tba circus. Who could watch a man tic
bag around his head and jump into space,
onIv 70 be caught by the hands of his
mariner. who swings upside down on
distant bar. and not feel thrills inside?
The aerial whiZzers were followed Dy the
only six real sisters in vaudeville, all sing
ers and all genuine O'Connors. The tinlest
one of them all. with the fiossiest bonnet
and the huffiest hair, was the barytone.
This youngster. by all means, can 90
things Her barytone is not a serious mu-
sicaI matter-it is plain comedy. and so IN
tended She came out alone in the semi
darkness. after her big family Oh sisters
had retired to get their breath, ana WIN
her fluffy hair at wild odds with restraint
sang a murky Barbary Coast song and
made Barbary- -Coast-like moves which
wouId he an inspiration to sketch-in-
colors artist.
The play Monday" which came next
showed doinGs in a vaudeville theatre
greenroom Thomas o Brien Havel, Arthur
Hayel and Miss Naleska gave curlous
audience an idea how 'the headline feat-
ure" of the weeks bill in a vaudeville house
is received and treated by the attendants
Of the house. The sketch proved comedy
rich.
Villa Holt Wakefield is known to music
hall audiences everywhere, and though she
has not been In New York for some tline
her reappearance was greeted with great
fervor Yesterday. She laid her eighteenth
century jewelled staf across the music
rack of her piano to brace back refractory
music pages. and talked. to her own piano
accompaniment, about every one ana every
thing from her "Old Pal to the love OF
two Happy Little Sausages." Miss Wake
field looked as though nothing in the worm
could be as easy as entertaining an audi
ence and the result was that the house
uouId not let her go before she had made
a speech.
Three German brothers, known TO the
programme as the Wlllies, went long way
toward proving that Germany is riVal
OF Japan for supremacy in the art OF bal
ancing. Whether hanging by toe on top
Of a aO-foot pole, which rested on a broth
er's shoulder, or standing on the plain floor,
the WIllIes smiled and seemed TO be equally
at home.
''The Willing Worker which came ms
sketch No. G on the programme, might
serve as an object lesson to many actors
on the regular stage. Two people-WilI
Rawls and Ella Won Kaufman-talked for
about twenty minutes I'm "A drawing room
scene, one sitting and the other standing.
and during all that time they hardly moved.
The audience was held fast. and the in
terest did not drop for even moment. IL
was comedy. too.
Then came Mile Dazzle to tiptoe through
cycle of classic dances. Dazzle has not
been seen here since she danced a year ago
at the Winter Garden She has even im-
proved her work since then. for shs could
walk on a harebeli now without doing IL
the slightest harm. Signor Bonhglio and
some coryphees assisted the clever little
American dancer.
After Stepp. Mehlinger and King. who
play. sing, act and cut up generally. even
including a solemn rendering OF Tosts
Farewell on banjo and piano. had won
six curtain calls and finally retired, Bedini
and Arthur, assisted by Eddie Cantor. Jug
gled with plates and wits and finally took
off Mile. Dazie and Bonhglio In a clever
burlesque.
The newsograph moving pictures show
ing recent and remote happenings in quick
succession. was No. l., in this case stand
Ing for last on the programme.