New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-05
IN VAUDEVILLE
A Week of Big Headiners in the
Variety Houses.
DEBUTS AND FAREWElLS
Dancing and Cabarets at Two
Roof Gardens and at Parks
and Beaches.

AT HAMMERsTEIN'S roof garden the
headliner is undoubtedly Evelyn Nesbit,
whose performance is noticed in another
column. The remainder OF the BILL how
ever. has many entertaining features.
Among these May West makes herself
popular by singing a repertory OF the
II don't care" type OF songs and appear
ing in a dazzling series Of low-and-behold
gowns. The three Amber brothers have
thrilling balancing act. and proye them
selves clever performers. Marshall Mont
gomery IS one OF the few ventrloquists
who remain unmoved while the wooden
assistant gables. sings and plays the
comedian. Wilbur SWeatman has a name
that Is rather suggestive OF the results
OF his performance on the clarionets,
which he plays in an earnest Pan-like
fashion using two or three instruments
al a time. Lawton the comedy juggler,
gives a clever act, and Winsor McCay
does mis- entertaining cartoons for the sec
ond and last week of hts engagement.
Others on the bill are the Three Gertz.
acrobats. Dainty Marie. the clever
aerialist. who is here for her fourth
week. the Coopcrs, with their songs, and
Charles Ahcarn. with his company Of
comedians. in a huge farcicai act with
lots OF noise and laughs
CORsE PAXTON, in an engagement ex-
traordnary." as the programme puts II. is
the headlner at the Fifth Avenue Thea |
tire this week. He appears in a sort OF
farcical one-act version OF The Tanning
OF the Shrew." called 1.-The Wife Tanner"
The playlet certainly is a scream. and
gives 70 the wife Nina Phillips) as good
a chance OF quick-hre acting as II gives 10
Mr.. Payton himself Another headliner
az this theatre this week is Bud Fisher. /
with an invention OF his own. called the
"Mutt-o-scope" what has JEFF done to
be thus utterly ignored) The Mutt-o-
scope looks like a gigantic microscope. II !
is put up IN the orchestra, whence IL re-
fleets NJ Fishers drawings upon a screen |
on the stage while he Is drawing them. A
second reflector enables the cartoonist 10
pick out persons IN the audience for polite
caricature. Cole and Deaahy. San Fran |
cisco's Favorite Society Dancers render |
the Boston Waltz the Frisco Bear and !
tho Texas Tommy Dance. which ends In /
whirlwind fashion. OF course. They I
d, monstrate. however. that they can /
dance gracefully "a well as Alphabetically /
Belle Adalr looking charming. sings just
rs she looks. Amateurs OF acrobatics will /
find the double and twisted somersaults !
Of the Great Tornados. FIVE men and a /
woman. decidedly 20 their liking They /
are excellent performers Among the 4
other numbers on the bill IS Prince Floro I
the ape that smokes. PLAYS pool rides the /
bicycle and otherwise proves its remote /
relationship 70 man.
THE BACHELOR DINNER" a new /
musical comedy by a Seymour Brown. /
the song writer. with himself AT the head I
OF his company. Is the feature on the good .
bin OF vaudeville at the Union Square .
Theatre this week Mr. Brown and his .
capable company have some attractive .
numbers and present this oft OF musical I
comedy IN a quite pleasing manner. An
other feature IS The Choice" a dra-
matte playlet by Walter G. Percival. and .
played very ably by himself and a COM
pauy OF three Hermann and Shirley /
have a new surprise. The Mysterious /
Masquerade" which proves an enter
tanning act Fred and Adele Astaire. two .
Young dancers and singers give a good !
performance. and Jack Mooney made his
vaudeville debut as a barytone soloist.
with a pleasing repertory Of songs. 9th
ers are Middleton and Spellmeyer. pre-
ING ~
Ter and I'd Stanley. In a good bit OF play
az an American cOmedenne and an Eng
lishman from Chicago: Llnnett and VIII
son. in a clever bar exhlbtion-parallel
hars-and the Florenz Family. European
acrobats.
MINTYRE AND HEATH IN their play
let. The Georgia Mnstrels," are the head
lire features on the bill AZ the New
Brighton Theatre this week. This Will
be the last week IN vaudeville for these
two amusing black face comedians this
secson. as they are soon 10 star again I'm
The Ham Tree" under the direction or
John Cort. Mabel Berra. the attractive
singer. has a new repertory OF songs this
week, and displays a new and striking
set Of costumes John l.. Henshaw and
Grace Avery present a series OF farccal
incidents IN the playlet Stranger In
Strange Flat" with amusing compiled
lions and surprises Others on the bill
are Colonel Pattee's Old Soldier Fiddlers.
Eddie Howard, formerly OF Howard and
North, I'm the playlet Those We're the
Happy Days: Karl Emmy's Pets. a num-
her Of clever dogs: West and Van Siclen
in their musical act. "A Case OF Emer-
gency": Mosher. Hayes and Mosher,
cyclists. and the Plcciani Troupe OF seven
acrobats.