New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-09
IN THE VARIETIES
Many Attractive Headline Feat
ures on Bills for the Week.

lIreS on Bits Tor inc week.
JACK WILSON. with Ada Lane and
/ Jack Boyle, heads an excellent bill at the
Union Square this week with An Inn
promptu Revue" a mixture OF good sing
ing. coon" shouting and a display OF
grotesque costumes that are Ike a mo-
diste's nightmare. Jack Wilson makes
lots Of good fun by abiding 10 the pre-
ccdiur numbers on the bill. and wears the
sartorial horrors Jack Boyle and Ada
Lane supply the different grades Of sing
ing. respectively. The trio are good
combination. Eva Fay keeps the audience
both amused and mystihed with her GU
rious power ~ disclosing their secret
warnings. and the Florentine Singers.
another feature. appear in gala costume
and rattle or one operate selection after
another. Others are Edmund Hayes and
company. with a laughable skit. The
Piano Movers; Lee Harrison. with a
monologue. Hugh Mccormack and Grace
Wallace I'm ventriloqual novelty. Stort.
Goelets and Latett. n good trio OF enter
tainers and Grace he Garmo a novel
aerialiste
FRITZ sCHEFF again heads the bill
at the Palace this reek. with her roper
tory OF songs from her rccen. successes.
and Horace Golden has also been held
over for n second week with his elsb-
crate programme OF conJurlng. together
with his production OF The Tiger God.
Moorish mystery play. Among the new
features are Victor Moore and Emma
Littlefeld with their entertaining sketch.
Change Your Act or Back 10 the
Woods" which tells the troubles OF a
pair OF backwoods vaudeville actors try
INK 10 break into the metropolitan circuit.
Others are Joe Jackson. the funny vafa-
bond. with his dilapldated bicycle: Bow
ers. Walters and Croker. Three Rubes,'
in their amusing acrobatics, Lorna and
Toots Pounds. two Australian comedy
dancers: six American dancers. called the
"Sextet OF Stylish stcppers"; Tudor Cam
eron and Johnny OConnor with a COM
edy skit called Hired and Fired" and
Matilda and Elvira, in Spanish dances.
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP" is
the headline attraction at the Fifth Ave-
nue. this week II liz a new thirty-minute
comedy, with lots OF fun. presented BY
William a. Brady. and features nine at
tractive girls. The piece is really a CON
densation OF The Lady from oklahoma
made into vaudeville form. Another feat
ure Is Edwin Arden and company. who
present THE Man from the North" Ed
win Arden plays with his usual ability
and IS well supported. Others are Au-
gusta Close with n pleasing pianologue.
the Ward brothers. offering their BERTHE
and Archie humor Doc" O'Neil. mono
logist. Morrow and Harris. In "On a
Country Road. Martlnettl and Sylvester,
acrobatic comedians: Merritt and Doug
las. comedy conversatlonalists; De Lisle's
Manikins, and Polzln Brothers. athletic
grotesques.
HAMMERSTEIN'S ROOF GARDEN
offers good bill OF vaudeville this week
headed by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Jack
Clifford. who present their series OF mod
ern dances for the last week OF their en-
gagement. Bert Levy. the entertaining
cartoonist has another novelty 10 offer
for his engagement at this theatre. and
Herman Timberg delivers an amusing
monologue. with some new songs Others
are the Arnaut brothers. European
novelty pair: Elida Morris. just returned
from Europe with several new songs
Charles Ahearn and his cycling come
dians. who presented several new feat
ures; Mcmahon. Diamond and Clemons.
In "A singing and dancing act Julia Cur
tis. a pleasing comedlenne; Brown and
Williams. with new songs aud Dances
the Phelans. comedians, and Peppino
with his accordion.
NORA BAYES, the musical comedy
star, heads the bill this week at the CO.
lonial Theatre. She appears in her new
successful Offering. which she calls
Songs and Foolishness." Others are Ed
ward Abeles and company. In "He Tried
To Be Nice; Billy Gould and Belle Ash
lyn. in a singing and comedy speciality;
Tony Hunting and Corinne Francis. pre-
senting "A Love I.ozenger"; Three Kea-
tons, "Fun's Funniest Family: Rae Ell
eanor Ball, violin virtuoso: the Stanleys,
shadowgraphists. and Lynch and Zeller.
GUS EDWARDS's SONG REVIEW, u
juvenile musical extravaganza. with
twenty-five players. tops the programme
at the Alhambra Theatre this week. The
remainder OF the bill includes Francis
McGinn and company. In q good comedy
skit, THE Cop, Josephine Dunfee. late