New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-29
AT THE VARIETIES
Ethel Barrymore in a Play by
Richard Harding Davis.

All previous burglar trapping girls are
dIstanced by Miss Civilization VINO
captures three porch climbers and the
whole audience at the Palace Theatre as
well. In strict justice. Richard Harding
Davis. as the dramatst. can be given
credit only for the actual arrests Ethel
Barrymore accomplishes the remainder
At the rise of the curtain on the drawing
room Of James X. Gardner. president or
the L. I. & w. r. r., the mellow lght OF
a single candle reveals girl in an orange
peignore, with soft, brown tresses-noth-
ing short of understanding over her
shoulders. The lovely picture is hardly
gIimpsed before a rasping sound at the
window shoots a SILVER to every spine in
the house.
The daughter of the railroad president
is giving orders to have wild engine
slip down TO the estate with crew or
railroad men and police. Miss Gardner
withdraws dscreetly before the burglars
enter. The loot is quickly gathered, put
one OF the crooks has fatal appetite
and while he IS rummaging for food MISS
Gardner returns. She plays the hostess
charmingly. and draws one Of the BAD
men into a conversation in which he
vaunts his pride I'm his calling. she teHs
him that thousands of men less clever
than he are gaining better livings hon
estly, and that civilization Is constantly
making his life more precarious. lie
thanks her for the tip and cuts the tele-
phone wires We'll Miss Civilization
says he, 'if you are going to win you'll
have To be quick about It," Three blasts
from the whistle Of a railroad engine are
heard. and the game is up. The house
is surrounded, the police enter, and be-
fore she faints the hostess says, Please
don't wake mother" The girls heroism
was convincing and IT was very genuine
applause that brought Miss Barrymore
back for several curtains.
Bessie Clayton and her company OF
European dancers are another strong al
traction at the Palace.
Nance O'Nell made her New York
vaudeville debut at Proctor's Fifth Ave-
nue. Theatre yesterday in The Worth OF
a Man" a melodramatic sketch by Eliza
beth We're Campbell. The theme is that
OF "A woman. jess WIN ittS tp>Nf Nf ''-N'
her husbands best friend while her nus
band was In prison The play starts
when the sentence has run out ana the
husbands return is imminent. ASIDE
from the difficulties of mere SITUATION
the pair are torn by poignant remorse FOR
their nfdelity toward the absent man.
and 10 make amends Tom determines 10
take laudanum and leave his HE insur-
ance OF 80 with which his friend may go
10 Canada with his wife and make Il
fresh start. He has just gone out when
Dave. the husband, returns. day earlier
than he was expected. Dave is so broken
in spirit by his imprisonment that ne Is
not reused even by finding two children
instead of one. He is afraid OF every
thing. of being followed and OF his wife
Finally word is brought in that Tom mas
been run over and killed by streetcar
The sketch proved an admirable medium
for Miss O'Neils remarkable powers. and
she held the crowded house In strong
grip from first to last. Frank SteriinS'
as Tom. touched the note OF an Enslish
mechanic of good class. clean cut ana
straightforward young fellow. with nota-
BILE success. and Stanley Dash suggested
the broken time server admirably.
A bill replete with novel features, that
included an operate star, so-called
psychlc experiment, an aquatic NUMBER
and eleven other acts. was offered at
Hammerstein's yesterday. Kitty Gordon,
who recently starred In several operate
successes sang several new songs and
wore several fetching gowns. Annie Abb
bott. "the famous Georgia magnet" con-
Quoted the psychic experiments As a
laugh-producer this pretty little Southern
woman has few equals. The Girl of the
Golden West" Miss Hazel Laugenor, who
was the first woman to swim the Golden
Gate at San Francisco. made her first
appearance in New York at Hammer
STEMS yesterday. The plucky mermaid S
exploit OF swimming the Golden Gate Is
depicted by "A moving picture machine
before she appears dancing the Dance
OF a Daughter of Neptune and charming
the devil fish. which she does very grace
fully behind fine gauze curtains designed
TO give the impression of water. She
gracefully works her way 10 huge glass
tank, wherein the water Is being forced
at the rate of fifteen miles an hour,
plunges In and swims against the rushing
tide.
Willard Mack's play. Marty Hogans
VIM" would probably be strong enough by
itself to crowd Keith's Union Square The
atre this week without the assistance of
the rest OF the bill. II is presented by a
company OF fifteen. including Benny Yam
ger. Nick Santro and Adele Carter. The
skt is in two scenes. with real pugi-
lstic encounter. Another playlet OF Will
lard Macks. called MY Friend" was
presented by Austin Webb and company.
FRANKLIN Ardell and company provided
much merriment with The Suffragette."
The Colonial Theatre has an attractive
programme this week. with Jack Nor
worth and the Honeymoon Four In a
singing and dancing act; Vinie DAILY. the
American prima donna soprano: w. G..
Fields, The Silent Humorist": Joe
Wech. the Hebrew comedian; Cross and
Josephine In songs and dances; Scott and
Keane. In Drifting" lie Ballet Clas-