New-York tribune., 1912-04-30
At THE VARIETIES
Minnie Dupree Appears in Sketch
at Fifth Avenue.
IRVING BERLIN SINGS
Eva Tanguay Still Going It
Zelda Sears Returns-"Pro-
ducer" at Alhambra.

! LaudeNllc- butltE 'nf SplIlH ''"'''l' ''''
after another Of the on"-act vaudeNl'lc
sketches have, either Incidentally or ny
chance. been strongly reminiscent of cur
rent successful plays
The latest Of tho miniature plays thus TO
reflect the spirit Of It's time Is Is! Ashton
Roots sketch. Live Wires IN Whch
Minnie Dupree entered ihc metropolitan
vaudeville arena yesterday afternoon at
Keith & Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre.
| Live Wires reveals a telephone girl seat
! ed at her switchboard IN a hotel lobby. In
| her hands she holds the fate Of several
people the police sergeant, a crminal ana
a square" but rather too buoyant young
! fellow, somehow related to the Police De-
| pdrtment, who falls in love with her at
! sight The sergeant means to catch his
! criminal with the aid Of the Switchboard
| girl whom hn tries to bully into giving
| him r. certain call number which she
| knows True to the honor ~ the switch
| board. whose secrets are as sacred TO her
| as those Of tho confessional 10 it, priest,
she refuses all completely with the SER
| geant.
PlayGoers OF IN" present season neod nor
! be reminded which Of It's chief plays has
deal tho same sort Of incident a. Live
Wires" Miss Dupree. assisted by Arthur
: HUH William Frederic, Albert BANTER
and Walter Young, CAV" smooth ana vel
balanced performance ~ tho telephone girl
although she did not characterize IN" part
. Eva Tanguay stu scatt"rs glinting pen
MES and cares not AZ all. in her second
week at the same house. u IS said that
the cleaning women OF the Fifth Avenue
Theatre are looking for good mining stock
in which to invest heavily At tho end of
the week.
Another reminiscent sketch on the same |
bill was youth" by Edgar Alien Woolf. |
in which Mrs. Gene Hughes and her com
pany underwent sartorial changes. In |
Youth" blooming peach of grand |
mother bursts into prematurely aged |
family and IN tn" course Of few min |
utcs. which are highly charged with her
personality sho reiuyenates tho crowd.
This theme. when presented late last fall
at IN" Bijou Theatre, met with dangerous
growl4 from all quarters. Its fate In
vaudeville aq presented capahly enough hy
Mrs Hughes and her associates. vii b" IN
terestiug 30 watch
Wilbur Mack and Nella Walker dii a
very neat littc Irritation ep'sod" on ad-
Joining park benches. Ingonucs and dcbu-
tsntos can learn stacks in vaudeville these
days without tho dangerous risk Of per-
sonai experience.
4, for tho Berrous. who challenge violin
and piano IN a musical act" II ther" is
any one IN any audience who * clever
enough 10 anticipate the surprise offered
hy tie violin Rcrreus a. the end of tho duct
he II more than ~ sherlock Holmes Tn"
Rorr"ns secret shall not be diyulg"d here"
Why deprive any OF" Of tho thrill of
genuine surprise"
Henry Give and his "Agurativcly'' at
tractlyc partner. Mai Walker. III, the clouds
from mind ;cadlug In very entertaining
NAY
An oNcollsut progranm" was presented
~ Hammcrstcin's Victoria Theatr" y"st"r-
day afternoon and evening. chief hon"rs
-w.re awarded 20 irving Berlin. Who sang
many popular songs. written hy himself \
r.,tlIr, II Tn, bill was HcrZog's Horse
Show. consisting OF nine trained imported
s,allou, 4ho performed odd and amazing
frats
Wish Wynnr. a clever character singing
conedIeune. appeared for the frst time at
thi. house. and Instantly won the approval
Of the audience. VIII Murphy and BIan"h"
| Nichols presented comedy SHl 'h''''"
Prom Zaza to Uncle Tom
Iaddie Cllf. the clever boy comedian ani
dancer. won approval with his particular
styIo Of singing. AT PIncy Ridge play
tod
gins and company Of seven.
Others on the bill are Frank STAFFORD 'nd
comnany. IN a pIaylrt called "A Hunter
| Game" Norton and l%". Mauh Il'i"".
Lave ard Edwards and Smith and broth
ers New Victoriascopc views were SHOWN.
v,ss Zelda Sears and her company IN
| "rbo Wardrobe Woman" showed for the
first fine at the Colonial Theatre yesterday
that Edgar Allan Woolf. the author OF the
,ro-oc, nIay should not repine n the plec"
soon leaves Broadway permanently. WIN
ont wit. story or actors, even thr'"-a't
plav would have poor opening. e'pecldlS
on rainy night.
Aa moor as "The Wardrobe Woman ~.
however. Il is welcome because It Follows
Immediately Bert Fitzgibbon. billed as thn
iu,,tators OF FUNNY men. but fails by
Ihcart-rending margin TO max" his iIni'u-
lions lifelike And he is not funny when
! he IS himself.
Fraed Mad. a French vcutrloquist. mad"
his first New York appearance. His WORK
uos Interesting. without possessing any
particularly novel features except that
Young woman. who may hav" been MIS-.
Mad. assisted him in gown not'ceapy
d.collete. When she sang you also khe"
She was French
st,ckncv's Circus pleased. with its iovablo
collie and Intelligent pony. ana the hethPS'
negro entertainers, developed that the "ohI'
an had as good 4 voice as the man was
! black.
Marion Iittleheld presented the flor'h-
fine Singers" nine IN number In hair uo"'
On songs ranging from Dixie I" Nis,-
! rore pleaslng the large audience IN '"'n
one.
Edward Abelcs and his company made
distinctly favorable Impression IN thelr
I ..o.t comedv called Waiting at the
! church " produccd BY William Collier,
| p,,bahIv only Mr.. Collier himself could
b.ttor enact Mr. Abeles's par ot Percival
| Sinclair. but as even that Is matter Oh
speculation, you may be assured OF oeihs
entertained at the Colonial this week
Fanny Brice late OF "ziegfelds follieS'
would help the programme II she could APP
near before, instead of after. the intermiS-
/ eior because she is good, and that is what
! tho carly part Of the evening lacks
| ''i uasSan Ben Alrs Arabs made hit, as
| IS their custom
Az the Alhambra this week acrobaucS'
1 lny N,nntrIlO-