New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-13
AT THE VARIETIES
Two Clever Dancers from Paris
at the Union Square.
HUM0R IN PlAYLETS
Light Entertainment the Lead
ing Note of Bills for
the Week.

With the field left increasingly TO them
selves by the approaching close OF the
theatrical season, the manage Of the
vaudeville theatres arc doing their utmost
and successful best to make their places
OF entertainment even more attractive TO
the public.
Two very graceful dancers, new TO this
country. Ada Vanity and NJ Mykon, ap-
peared yesterday al Keith's Union Square
Theatre. and presented some very pleas
ing numbers. Among the best was an
ingenious arrangement OF the turkey trot,
a. nearly as one could Judge, which be
gins with dainty Miss Vanity spinning
on ono of NJ. Mykon's toes. and winds W
with a series Of cartwheels. pevotecs Of
ultra modern dancing may admire, they
will despair Of successful imitation.
The Three Lcightons' are just as on
tertaning as ever I'm skit called A
One Night Stand in NTDstrelsy." Their
song, FRANKIE and Jonne,' Is good one.
and one can't help laughing at the BELL
Hops Dance" especially when he throws
those stngy kisses al the audience.
Among others who appeared were Adler
and Airline in burlosquc Of hypnotism,
Wilfred Clark and his company. in the
farce What VIII Happen Next; Smith
cook and Brandeu. IN n Little of Every
thing; tho Five Martels. i'm a cycling
act: Bat Finley and the Chesleigh Sis
ters. I'm n really clever little act called.
"A Vaudeville Idea OF Musical Comedy"
and Hugoston and Bremmer. who bumped
cannon balls around In q devil-may-care
way that proved them army jugglers.
The bill at the Union Square this week
is capital one, but then the shows at
this house are invariably well worth
seeing.
The programme at Hammerstein's Vic
toria Theatre this week is varied and
full Of interest. The most striking feat
ure is the dancing of Martin Brown and
Roszcika Dolly. which is exceedingly
graceful. Their dances are original and
not too long. Valerie Bergere and her
company appear in a tabloid melodrama,
which has the merit of making its point
wildly and giving tho leading actress
role Of uninterrupted strenuousness.
Perhaps the greatest novelty on the pro-
Cramme is tho first appearance on any
stage OF tho Maclaine of Lochbuie. who
is going to raise a mortgage OF $4,000
on his ancestral castle in Scotland. The
Maclaine was naturally nervous and ner-
vously natural His performance last
night would not have made Harry Lau-
der jealous. but the audience generously
applauded his sincere desire TO please.
and incidentally to lift a few OF the in
cumbrances with which the roofs and
turrets OF the old homestead are plas-
tered. He will do better when he gets
more used TO the footlights. Jack Nor
worth and company gave an entertain
ing musical sketch, and others deserving
honorable mention were Walter S. Dick
inson. the "Rube" ex-justice OF the
peace; the Farber girls and Sam and
Kitty Morton. There was a very large
evening audience.
II you are curious 10 know the guy"
who put the fool in the Foolish Cues
lions" you'll have 10 go TO the Fifth
Avenue Theatre and watch "Rube' Gold
berg. the cartoonist. draw him on the
stage. He will also show you Minnie.
the Hash Singer" and a moving picture
Of her marriage with the grocer's clerk.
who claims her for his own because she
has a dirty face-but a clean record"
In the playlet 1899" Joseph Jefferson
let's US see what II will be like in the
near future. when men stay home TO
mind the baby and mother goes out 10
the club. According 20 the play. matri-
mony will present Just as many compli
ca tons as ever. AN Object Lesson"
with William II. Thompson and his COM
pany. was well done. and drives home
some undesirable truths. Sivers, the
famous Barnum & Bailey clown. keeps
wonderfully fresh the humor of his one
man ball game The Four Bards do some
perilous balancing feats in their aero
batic act Among others on the bill are
Miss Leitzel and Jeannett. with their
stunts on flying rings, Ray Fenton and
his Yankee Lads. Irving Goslar. in piano
logue Deyine and Williams. in rapid
fire talk called The Travelling Sales
man and the Female Drummer; the
Two Sans. in an amusing dialogue act,
and the Edison moving talkies.
Among the attractions at the Palace
surrounding Sarah Bernhardt and her
company first place should be given this
week to Georgia Caine. who has COM