New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-17
VARIETIES, ROOFS. PARKS.
A Tense and Well Acted Sketch
at Hammerstein'S.
THE YELLOW PERIL"
Daniel Frohman Presents The
Diamond Necklace" at
Union Square.

Fun is the feature Of +. T. Keith's
! Union Square Theatre tbs week. The man
asemeut tried to subordinate fun TO seri-
! Gus drama. but II failed. Fun came out
head and shoulders ahead. with Charles
! F. S"amon. the narrow fcller.' at the
front of the field.
Mr.. Scamon has been seen in this city
before. II might be- no exaggeration to
, say that he has been seen here several
times before. but this is dis first appear
| ancc at Mr. Keith's new venture on Union
/ square. There We're, doubtless many in
| the audience last night who had seen him
before. but they applauded none the less
| heartily Tor that. Probably they applaud
ed more heartily.
! For "thC narrow Teller" is funny just
TO look at. and when he cuts loose, as the
saying is, with his ffty-seyen varieties or
! Whereabouts, Of musical instruments he Is
/ a scream. Not the least funny Of them,
| either. Is his duet Of the dacli singing TO
! its mate. which he explains. Just 20 make
/ II worse"
! There was more fun right after Mr.
I SoamoH. and there was some right be-
fore FL. What came after was entitled
! The Little Goddess" and featured Her
minc Shcne as the central figure in a
dream which made a new husband out OF
| Bob Hammond. portrayed by John Ster-
ilinr The previous fun was provided by
/ Arthur McWatters ana Grace Tyson, two
stars well known 70 Broadway, whose
/ particular success Yesterday was a bur
| lesquc on David EelaSco's production OF
| The Lily" ancctionstely dubbed TIL"
FLY
| The management attempt 10 inject
! seriousness into the bill was called The
/ Diamond Necklace" for whose presenta-
/ ton Daniel Frohman Is responsible. 1t IS
founded or a hypnotic theme which rs
dragged in by tho back OF the neck After
the theme gets N II Is very tense for
time, thanks 20 the croditabe acting OF
Mitchell Lewis and Helen Lancford. The
society actress. Tor whom the Vehicl"
seems 90 have been built. But Mr. Froh-
man ought 10 have known better than 20
trust any Of his actors TO SO fimsiiy con-
s;rGct,d q vehicle.
Odiva. the Samoan rathinc nynpl, IS
We'll worth going to see. moro for her
grace than Tor any marvellous fcats
which she performs. Conln. Stell Steele
and Carr. the foolish trio, Just from col
leec." are Delightfully."- silly enough 20 be-
stul in boarding school Gordon and Marx
are not half bad limitations OF Joe Weber
and Lev Fields, and the negro comedians
Cooper and Robinson. are able 20 rails"
considerable mirth when they stick 20 tho
old line Of coon stun The bin opens
with dancing and musical number ~
the Grazcrs.
An excellent Ituc playirt % tho on
which Nina Morris presents .or the ifaL
time iu New York a. Hammers teiu's No
rori4 this week entitled The AeIo"
Peril" II tells tho story OF the secrrl
agent OF the japanese Emperor who has
ius, brought 10 completion plans for u"
destruction Of the flower of America
navy. Tho scene shows his apartment in
New York on the eve of the fatal nIEh"
with Dora Weston. Of the United Sia''S
Secret Service using tho vile % woman
r,o, him iu an cudcavor 10 learn bis
plane.
A. might loo expected she succeeds. hnt
,.ot before her husband, another secret
service agent. has been given bad quar-
fer of AN nour. under tho impression mat
She loves tho japanese and haS BETRAYED
tho country into BIS hands Ills wife IS
forced 10 play this pant hy ~" urnm"lE
arrival of Jakusha. the Mikados spy, WHO
is entirely deceived by the ruse until help
arrive from the room below, when ha'
-, Connected with the apartment by
dlctagraph
An unusual feature Is added uy having
the rear Of tho luxuriOusly Japanese Sell
ting formed from "a canvas screen. on
which are thrown moving pictures snow
irg certain incidents necessarily taking
place outside Of tho apartment Ih-
soreen resembles brilliant japanese
hanging when the pictures are not III ao-
tiop Herman HcrshberE IS convincing
in the part Of Jakusha.
ola favorltes vie with this new produc-
lion Tor the leading place on the hlli !
John T. Wade brings his classic 't the
soutb "NTarsc Shelby Chicken Dinner /
back 10 broadway. aud the Meredith SIS /
,ors who made "iIiawatha' famous. eN-
plain IN song how the girls OF other ma
t;ors struck them on thcir recent tour oil
r.urop, A laughable skit with a drop
Of natbos in IT, was offered by John c. !
Picc and Sally Cohen. IT was called The |
Path OF the Primroses
The following completed the bill: june
ccnzaI.I the Mahorey Brothers an" |
Usisoy. Joe W. whitehead. Harry T.g"e
and Fdi,n clifford Dave Genaro and Ray !
BAILEY. Honors and Leprlnce' LlI!lih (
Shaw. rs clever as ever ana lloValo' IN
smiling king Of the violin
There are mighty few man ana siri !
acts in vaudeville which can be seen
twice without producing decidedly 30
noriac effect upon the auditor at the sec
and hearing. and the "downpour OF mer