New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-28
THE LAMBS GAMBOl
nm Masks of Comedy and Trag.
edy for New Clubhouse.
a NOTABLE AUDIENCE
Long Programme Buoyed on
Deep Sea of Herbert
Music.

I, tn Lambs considered the first audi
.,oe Of their 1912 gambol a generous one
~+th both the laugh and the "hand"-and
chew said they did-they we're generosity IT,
ss,f IN the length and variety Of the pro
,-anr1e which they offered in return. AT.
t.r sittirc through all those dancing. sing
ing. traeical faroical. oonlical hours one
staggered out and greeted the morning
nix wagon with the assurance that he had
hesn 70 the Gam-tho Lam-the Gambs
tsmhcl
# was fine night for gsmboling. and
every Lamb # the fold who vas not on
+he read I'm New York or elsewhere was in
+he Manhattan opera House, either behind
,he footliEhts, behind the scenes or behind
victor Herbert, who waved the baton az
tis fifty braves and buoyed both the SHOW"
and the audience on an undulating sea Of
his personal music.
The first part Of the programme was
composed Of an old-fashioned minstrel
show, with a celebrated personnel Lamb
David Bispham. for instance. was inter-
Iocutor Think OF It! He OF the deep
organ tones and q past filled with flowers,
yIol,ns and ecstatic braves" sitting there
IN black face parrying wit with crowd OF
mere bones" and "tambourines" But
then look who played the BIS and its a"
There we're Lambs Charles Evans, Joseph
W Herbert Ray Hitchcock. Jeff De An
CELLS as bones" and the "tambs' were
Lambs Andy Mack. Frank Doane, Eddie
Fov and Nat Wills. As these celebrities
were introduced each was asked by the IN
terlocutor as to how he felt. Lamb Eddie
Tov responded to this that he felt like a
boiled dinner.
Like boiled dinner? How does that
feel sir?" Queried Lamb Bispham.
Not good TO look at" explained Lamb
Fov. hut warm and comfortable"
Almost every one in the magic crescent
Of shiny black faces did something to
make the night glad or sentimental. OF
course. old Black Joe" had his innings.
and some one even started Silver Threads
Among the Gold" but did not pursue the
thread very far. to the delight Of those
over whom this song has a gluey, morbid
influence
Lamb John McCloskey sang a ballad Il
Hear You Calling Ne; Lamb Eddie Foy
ditty Put on Your Old High Hat; Lamb
David the Grand sang splendidly his ia
vorite-thc favorite of many a concert
Danny Deever': Lamb Nat Wills rendered
n light spirited little dtty Of his own com
position. Il Want to See a Minstrel Show.
Then came the triple seXtet, for which
Nevir's 20 That We TWO Were Maying'
was chosen. The sweetness Of voice ana
precision Of tone in this group of singers
could easily make the Musical Art Society
sit UP and take notice.
A ballad written by Victor Herbert.
oil
sung ny George Hamlin. deserves 10 sur
Vive the gambol many day. and no
doubt will do So Charles Evans drew
tremendous chorus Of approval from all
parts Of the crowded auditorium with his
oitty. This Am What I DID" which he
followed by springing into three steps OF
that dear. graceful. old jiStime dance that
they used to call the essence OF ole Nir-
ginny.'
Andrew Mack. with his "Mistah Moon
lby requesD, which ne sang at peram-
bulating spotlight, and John Hendricks
with = ballad. Loves Sorrow" by Harry
Rove Shelley. and then a grand finale, IT
Want To Be a Good Lamb, by George
Hobart and Victor Herbert, finished the
minstrel
Intermissions were threatened on the
programme. but there were none that were
not flied with entertainment. For the
NOS Part this entertainment was fur
nished ~ Victor Herbert and his capital
band With music both composed for tho
occa sion snd drawn from memories.
Tha serious piece Of the evening vas
FROM hat. would any one fail to guess
q whom players have the choosing
Shakespeare It was Passage from
Cesar which thew called The BODY Of
Cesar" For this the following distn-
Euished cast W. chosen:
Lamb James O'Noill............... Casar
Lamb Rohsrt Nauteli ----..--.- -...-.. - AntonL