New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-07
AT THE VARIETIES
Colonial Audience Welcomes
Eva Tanguay Back.
NEW UNDERWORLD SKETCH
Frank Tinney, Nine. Hermann,
Stella Mayhem and Bertha
Kalich Other Headliners.

Eva Tanguay made a curtain speech at
the Colonial Theatre yesterday afternoon
II followed her singing Of several songs
in her usual irrepresslble fashion. and
was response 10 applause that lived up
to the stock phrase OF rocking the thea
ire" The text Of It was short: Il was
afraid ! had lost YOU"
Now, Eva Tansuay is unique. which is
polite way Of saying freak" Theatrical
gossip has 1t that she cannot explain
even to her own satisfaction why she
pleases the public But she does il. and
though the decline OF her popularity has
been predicted for every year since she
first appeared she maintains her hold on
her vaudeville audiences in the same old
fashion.
At her Teappcarance Of yesterday she
returned TO the New York varieties after
long consignment 10 the more cor less
tender mercies OF the outlying districts.
Rumor had II that her star was on the
wane and that II she yentured 10 return
TO the glories OF Manhattan she would
find her welcome no longer 90 noisy az OF
yore. Evidently even the eccentric song
stress herself had "A touch OF the same
fear.
But starting from more or less doubt
full reception on hcr first appearance
Miss Tanguay increased in favor with an
audience that threatened TO overflow
the theatre. until finally she could make
her escape only by singing that unfor-
gettable lyric 81 Don't Care
What IL is about Eva Tanguay that
makes her the success she is is some
thing for our weghty brethren the psy-
biologists 10 determine She is not as
young as she once was she sings as badly
as before. dances no more gracefully and
is as grotesque in posture as ever. She
still makes fun OF herself in every way
possible and recites her experiences in
song that Is tinged with more than a
little bitterness But she gets them
meaning the audience-and will probably
60 on doing so just as long as she con
tinues 10 be Eva Tanguay.
Yesterday afternoons audience was
Tanguay audience n waited for her APP
pearance. and after II most of the crowd
got up and went out That was scarcely
fair either, for the remainder Of the bill
was good The Mario Trio, gymnasts;
John Romano and Joe Brglio. musicians.
Bert Levy, with his sketches; James f.
Kelly and Emma Pollock. in Ginger
Snaps": Nina Morris and her players. In
"The Yellow Peril, Ed Corelli and
Charles Gillette. in tumblng: May fully
and her company. In The Battle Cry OF
Freedom" and the Lozano Troupe tight
wire performers were the other numbers
on the programme.
THE man has a way wild him" is "A
fayorite Celtic fashion for describing
human who wins through personality,
plus something more. Frank Tinney may
he any nationality under the sun. but he
has that same winning way where vaude-
Vile audiences are concerned. Yesterday
he was the largest typed star on the new
bill at Hammerstein's victoria ana once
more he is his original self
"Did you ever see such an IDIOT hard
" sounds Ike n compliment. but IL is
where Tinney is concerned. Al least IL
was meant for such by one OF Ilnney S
auditors who yesterday laughed IKE the
nroverbial nyena at his foolishness Prob
ahlv what he laughed at VIII be some
thing he can't recall to-day, Dut u is
enough II he got his moneys worth OF
cbortIes at the time. which he ana sood
many others had no difficulty In doing.
Thrills as a substitute for laughter
come nm the Victorias bill. where The
system" holds the boards. Taylor Gran
vile and Laura Pierpont are the leading
nlavers I'm this absorbing sketch OF the
underworld. which seems TO be favorite
field. for dramatics these Gays n''
Ching Ling Foo and his ASSOCIATES '"c
act is one OF the chief attracuohs'
The remainder Of the N II is made UP OF