New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-21
AT THE VARIETIES
Ethel Barrymore in Barrie
PIayIet at Colonial.
TICKET TAKER A HIT
Sol Lee Adds Singing Turn
on the Victoria Stage to
Duties on Door.

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i'm this generation.
There was p time when the TACT 'n''
tLis norformance Is giver in NauoeNi"'
thootre-in this case r. f. hclth ~
,o,,iaI would have been cause for inc
critical ui-sopsaticn. This is undcrstoh
60 no Mics Rarrymore's first appearance
T., ,.,udo,.ilta I'm Now york, but nclth'r
she nor the playlct suffer in the ShEh''N'
! In consequence. Perhaps all the n'i'"'!
Of tbe inimitablc Barrie's run p"hc" ~
fine mon who get on" may not pe az
r.ooi,tod nv all those who have just nee"
I,ucbinr uproariously at the low co'''uS
a,,;cs Of a vaudeville trio. But there -
ro occasion for upheld hands OF horror ~
the prcsence of either actress vi p";
IN their present environment lha' '''''0
has PASSED long since
As for Miss Barrymores perioi man
those who have seen it before kno" '',''
f. is one of the most artisuc p'''
docs The actress has not mace 'l,e '''
take of playing down to vauoeN'''e' no
rs tho nIaylet been cheapened III '"c
a,;oh,est degree. Both stand as one u
Tho most artistic combinations TO be see"
In the theatres of New York to-day
For the remainder of the bill there are
General Pisano and his company
sharpshooters: the Melody Lane VII
U,iI,ord Simrs and his company III
.r,,,,ders's Furnished Flat; Her'I'o
Do,s Reine Davies in songs. II. !. Mac
Conneu Maggie Cline, ana 'o'''''o"'
Howard and Listette. ,..p,.r
IN "Iyithin the Law Bayaid Ne"'ei
has written what is probably the o'75
nonular success of the present 'h''
season. Yesterday he invaded 'he "''' "
vaudeville playrightins, wheh H''
oc, cor,aJv '.The Diamond Dinner wa
oi,.o, &c first presentation AT d
Iieith's Union square Theatre. ne Pc"
let will not repeat the success VI ''''
! hedged play. - -, tho
Tha rttle comedy is another OF we
seemingly endless succession o' 80
nIays which are with Us TINS Neai' -.
to a,eo IN II dictagraph. wnich ~"
ia fair In make even the telephone 'oo"
n.ou 20 tic latrels as the dramatlSl va
! f.,,,,,,, -.oo,rcs Tor a sceEe. Til" timex III
mic instance likewise lives mp 10 '"e az
/ -. tn. for the year. and Is thor-
ou,blv inpratiating person; III la''' 80
a feminine thief. VINO ou'"''' -
Tins and police I'm the prese"' az.
fashion She goes 10 dinner
the men She has robbed. "heIt ''' ~
Man to catch her. instead oi "'''' u
,,ai,os her escape. carrying eve" '''
barl,ron of the private dete'uNe' -,
NJ yeiIler has taken every success,
INGREDIENT for a successful thhei p'aS ~,
bao dovetailed them all together. pu'
Tho DOING of II he has added ho''''7 ~,
-, si,,atior. each bit of COMEDY e'''
~. ,,i,,ov of his sketch. has pee" W.
80 ,ri,b the result that Inc ia"
$500 Dipr.r" is as free from sparkle ~
,,'',.,i,,,. M the heroine after she mas
robbed them ,,tsb music
pick Tubb. from the Ehs"sn M
halls made faces OF hldeo"s -,
which caused laughter. ana o''''
tare an the bill were Bidhc.'
charles Leonard Fletcher. IN H's mr.
.ara,ions. the Valerie Bergere ray e's'
:. .,v,ora There's q Woman; FREQ way
,1 Adele oswald. Dick. the ha'''-
,,,,i,inc dog. Harry Williams IN sons''
and ,ha Woods and Woods TITO.
Col loo is the ticket taker At Hammer
s..i,.s Victoria Theatre. He j. also oi'o
. H. hiqeost successes Of the current
I'm ~ that theatre, for in the interi'l'S.
a'a, ~ his duties taking in the bis OF
pasteboard he appears upon ''e
| and sings. " "a
tj;s fist appearance in an actorial ca
pacity was made at the theatre Se9','
dav afternoon. For seven years OF 80 Nv
has been stationed at the door, put MS
talent as a singer is OF recent discovery
IN bis employers. Mores the pity too
for Mr. Lee Yesterday proved that he had
an unusually pleasing voice ior fauoe-
Willie He sang a number OF popular SONGS
and even cssayed a number OF dance
stems. the whole done with the SANG
froid Of an oldtime "trouper. The re-
suit was more applause than any othcr
number on the hill. and probably, as an
aftermath, new ticket taker
Even John Bunny, whose face Is IA
miiar to thousands of patrons OF the
movies" had to yield first place to
home grown talent. The former come
dian, who has abandoned the stage Tor
the last few years to play before NOV
ing picture machine, made his adventures
i'm that time the subject Of a monologue.
Those who remember Mr.. Bunny on the
stage. or who have seen him through the
medium of film. scarcely need to be
told that he is amusing.
Grace Van StIddiford. Of Bostonians
and other light opera fame, is another
pleasant feature of the bill which also
includes Root and White. Carl Demarest
with his violin, Little Lord Robert. mid
get comedian; Rene Parker, from the
cabarets; Clark and Mccullough, Well
ington Cross and Lois Josephine IN songs
and dances, the dance pantomme. lie
Rouge ct Noir," Arte Mehlinger w II.
Murphy, Blanche Nichols and company
In The School Of Acting" Arthur Dea-
gon and La Savatte. or boxing with the
feet.
At Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre
Kathryn Kidder. whose impersonation Of
Nine. Sans-Gene In Sardou's play of that
name was a figure of the American stage
some ten years ago, is appearing again
as the lady who doesn't care" The
Washerwoman Duchess Is the title Of
the playlct which Miss Kidder is using.
II offers the star an opportunity to show
her talent at both comedy and the por-
trayal of deeper emotion.
On the bill with Miss Kidder are Hughie
Jennings and Ben Smith, In baseball
yarns; Violet Dale, In travesty, Bella
| Doupa's plaster" Rird NfiIIpnap In an