New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-28
At THE VARIETIES
Water Carnival Makes Splash
at Union Square.
TRULY SHATTUCK RETURNS
The Movies at Hammerstein S
Show HumOr of the
Film Theatres.

nOunCcr, IN lull IeRdld o! llO'h coat anu
gray trousers. was splashed. and even the
men in the orchestra shared in the deluge.
Rice and Dore's Water Carnival was the
cause" and huge tank of water OF the
stage the contributing effect.
We have had our individual swimmers
and divers behind the footlichts before
this Multiply the Individual by some
dozen however. and the total Is Rice and
Dore's Water Carnival There are aquatic
experts Of both sexes. hut chiefly OF the
less athletic. supposedly. Yet in this in
stance they prove 10 Ne most expert. with
the result that seemingly every known
! and a few heretofore unknown swimming
strokes or dives are demonstrated. There
is even. according 10 the programme the
! champion lady heavyweight diver OF the
world. actual weight 81 pounds, who
was not al all hesitant about precipitatine
herself into the depths Of the monster
tank OF the stage. After her. the del
use.' 10 paraphrase.
Although al Yesterdays performances
the complete reealia Of the act mad not
been installed. nccessitatng the omission
Of several cxtta-eXtTa fcats announced.
/ the carnival proved 10 be as much Of a
splash as the most splurscy could desire.
Eddie Leonard. singing Ida. assisted
! by Mabel Russell. ana other numbers on
the bill were other rivals Tor popularity.
/ The acts presented included Earl Flynn
and Nattie Mclaughlin. in dances, Ben
Linn. with humor ana songs. Helen rriN,
musician; Smith and Campbell. converse
: tlonahsts: Ian Robertson. in q piaylet "y
o. a lglf f
and Rene Dietrich. N songs, anu May
Tully ana her company ia the amusing
sketch Of Reno and divorce. The Bat,l"
! Try Of Freedom"
/ After an illness and absence from the
! stage of two years ~ more. Truly shat
/ tuck Tcappcared before q Broadway audi
cnce yesterday afternoon. The occasion
/ was tho matinee at Is. r. kcth's Co
/ iouial Theatre. and Miss Shattuck's APP
/ pearanco was the signal Tor q pleasing
/ reception.
! IN spite Of tho months OF Miss Shat
! tucks Illness perhaps because Of it-thc
/ singers voice never seemed better. NJ
/ trac,iycly gowncl and rloakcd. against
! . background Of red velvet curtain, she
I sang first an operate aria. then popular
F ballad. and finally. ~ quaint. old
/ fashioned costume. song which called
/ for medley OF strains from song sue
/ ccsses OF other days. The entire fleet
of Miss Shattucks Number was ono ~
pleasure all the more agreeable because
L Of the absence of any strenuous rag
} music or other gymnastics.
I Kathryn Kidder and Nat II. Wills
| shared the stellar honOrs of the pro-
! sramrne with Miss Shattuck Miss kiddcr
acted effectively her Impersonation Of
Nine. Sans Gene in the playlet based on
Sardou's play. The Nashcrwoman Ouch
[ ess." As for Nh. wills, his first appear
B ance for the season at tho Colonial III his
] familiar makeup OF the tramp served AZ
| occasion for the repetition Il his char
, acteristic comicali'ics.
( Elphyc Snowdcn and Earl Benham
B made their Joint vaudeville debut IN songs
( and dances The remainder Of IN" bill
/ was made ~ OF VIII II. Murphy AMI
! Blanche Nichols in their sketch. The
/ school Of Acting" Harry De toe. tho
/ Sully Family. in The information Bu-
reau": Joe Whitehead, IN songs and
dances: the Dare Brothers, athletes; the
/ Musical Johnstons, and Yankee ara
! Dixie. educated CANNES.
The present craze for moving pictures
/ has a. last been found subject matter
for stage satire. The Movies rs the
( title of a humorous new sketch when
i Hanish McLaurin presented for the iirst
time IN New York yesterday al Ham
merstcin's Victoria Theatre.
( The playlet presents the typical-more
/ or less so-crowd which coDcrsgat"s
! about tho doors Of a moving picture the
/ atrc and then takes them inside I" the
/ SHOW" There - the much-blondiucd.
! long cau.ngcG seller Of tickets, Vno
! also doubles as singer Of the iiiustrat-
/ ed sentimental ballad. There ~ the ever
present individual who persists in read
! ing aloud all the lettering on the films,
/ not TO mention The other individual VINO
makes Would-be humorous remarks es-
pecially during the sentimental passages.
/ There is in short an effort TO reproduce
! for laughter purposes the funny aspect.
} ~ the situation. The act is new and az
We, not thoroughly whipped into shape.
| but IL is good FUN and clever idea.
Another
! first time. II presented Ada Overt"n
/ Walker and a company in a series o.
musical number. n Night on House
/ boat" Jesse Lasky's musical production,
3 was seen again. and other numbers on
tho bill were Sanayoa, Grindell and Hen
! ~. singers and dancers; Bert Melrose.
acrobatic comedian; Sol Lee, tn. Victoria
Theatre ticket taher, repeating his sue
cess OF last week with his songs; the Four
Athietas. Raymond ard cavcrly. Gcrmsn
comedians: Alexander and SOFT the Ia
Rose troupe Of acrobats, ana "Lc Rouge
e. Noii." the French pantommic noveijr.
Olga Petrova. in her bits Of comedy
! and tragedy. is one Of the leading Feat
ures at Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre
( for the current week. Her descriptive
songs and bits Of drama prove effective
| moments in the theatres two hours Il1
more Of entertainment. Dr. carl Hey
| mann in what is called psycho-tcie-
rathic incident. THE Window of the
! Haunted House: VIII Archie with his
! company IN a playlet Tommy. ihc Hall
Pov." and DICK Tubb. an English come
dian of most distinctive methods, form
a., additional trio Of entertaining num-
bers
For the remainder Of the bill there is
posalind coghlan, In new p!ayet. The
ohs,irate Miss Gangcr'; tho Avon Com
,dv Four. the Weise Troupe. European
eorilibr,sts: the Mario Trio. experts ON
the bar: Kramer and Morton. comedians