New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-16
IN THE VARIETIES
Many HeadIiners and Novel At
fractions en- the Weeks Bills.

Many HeadIinerS and Novel At
fractions en- the Weeks Bills.
NANCE O'NEIL and a company Of
three in The Second Ash Tray: or. In
Seli-Deicnce.' a dramatic playlet Of life
in India. are the headline attractions on
the excellent bill Of vaudeville at the
Palace Theatre this week. The playlet,
written BY Castor Mervale, IS obviously
constructed so that II will afford Miss
O'Neil an opportunity 10 show her emo
uonal powers. She does this quite con-
vinc!ngly as the wife Of q drunken nat
uralist who has rather disgusting habit
OF bringing home live snakes. In the
playlet he heaves a large poisonous cobra
into conservatory where his wife's lover
is secreted. Miss O'Neil makes the most
Of the few minutes succeeding the entry
Of the snake and the sudden death Of the
dubious husband 10 win quite g round
Of applause. Nora Bayes. another head
liner. has a good act with songs By re-
guest the requests being IN the form Of
ballots sent IN by the audience. Others
are W. Uessem's Third Generation. an
entertaining acrobatlc novelty. Artists
Children; Arthur AldridGe. late tenor OF
the Ghbert-Sullivan opera Company,
making his arst vaudeville appearance;
Lola Merrill. the attractive sister-in-law
OF George VI. Cohan and Sam II. Harris.
with Frank Otto, in q comedy exit, HIS
/ Daddy's friend; Billy McDermott IN an
amusing monologue: Howard and Ratlifr,
with Dorothy Hayden. in q song and
dance act; Tho Happy Combination
Hale and Patterson. tango dancers Belle
Hathaway's Jungle Comedians and the
Thsw motion pictures
FLORENCE TEMPEST. the attractive
coincidence. once a member OF the well
known vaudeville team Tempest and Sun
shine, is one OF the several featured at
fractions on the bill at the Union Square
this week. Miss Tempest presents l!t;ie
SLIT In which she impersonates a boy and
sings new songs. varied by clever dances.
LIZ" d comedy playlet by Charles
O'Donnell, is "a slangy but straightfor-
ward slice OF life with Frederlka SlemDns
as Liz and good company. Still an
other feature IS The Finest" bright
| comedy skit with Florence Lorraine and
Edgar Dudley. Others are Wilbur Mack
I and Nella Walker IN songs and dances;
George ". Barry and Maude Wolford
with original SONGS and patter; Paul Por-
ter and Alice Sullivan in a novel comedy
skit: La Toy Brothers gymnasts, md
/ Three English Girls. giving series Of
acrobat!c dances.
/ HAMMERSTEIN'S Victoria Theatre
/ heads an eleyen-act bin this week with
I the dancing number OF Evelyn Nesbit
/ Thaw and her partner Jack Clifford. who
\ are nov In the seventh week Of their en-
gagement az this house. Other featured
acts are the Berrens in q unique and en-
| tertaining musical Offering. and George
! McKav and Florence Ardlne IN sn anus
! ing comedy skit. The bill also includes
I the Arnaut Brothers. IN European nov
/ city duo: Miss Leitzel, assisted by Jean
/ cite, In good aerial novelty; the
| Cabaret Trio. with several new songs;
Ben Linn. "a singer OF popular songs;
/ I.oughlin's Dogs, Work and Play, In an
acrobatic act the Condons. novelty duo
and Miller and Spence, shadowgraphists'
DIGBY BELL Is the headline feature
on the bill at the Fifth Avenue Theatre
! 1T Happened IN Topeka" Mr.. Bell IS
well supported by his little company. and
with his comedy. the act makes first class
entertainment. Another feature IS Frank
/ Fogarty and Julie Ring In a rapid COM
edv sketch The Man She Met" Others
| arc Bowers. Walters and Crooker In &C
! centric "rube" ucrobat!cs; Hunting and
Francis. In odd nonsense; Billy Rogers,
musical mimic: Miller and Vincent, In the
musical sketch THE Sweetest CHI in
| Town; Louis Stone, upside down dancer;
Azard Brothers, IN tests Of physical en-
dupance. and Carlos Cesaro herculean
| Juggler
AMELIA BINGHAM. with d novel act
big Moments from Great Plays makes
an attractive headl!ner on the bill at the
! Colonial, this week. Miss Bingham gives
a series of sketches showing bits OF the
different roles in her repeTtory. Gus I'd
wards's Song Review OF 1919 Is another
feature attraction here. Others on the
| hill are r.. l.. Goldberg, the well known
/ cartoonist IN what Is one of the most
/ entertaining acts of It's kind; Hal REID
,oo,iop pictures Of the Harry Thaw case
al Sherbrooke: Edmond Hayes and com
/ many. I'm the comedy skt The Piano
Moyers"; James r. Duffy and Mercedes
7 lorenzo. presenting "SprinStime"; Bert
/ Nelrose. the daredevil" clown In new
| oct, Mcmahon, Diamond and Clemence'
/ of,.ring The Scarecrow"; the Gasch SIS
,ors pymnasts. and the Flying RusseIs.
rpAvK SHERIDAN and his company
head the bin at the Alhambra this week
,n Richard Harding Daviss one act play
"p,acSman." Others are Hal Reds mo,
,to, n,ctures Of the Harry Thaw case d,
cherbrooke: Belle Baker character come
-. Harry Tighe and his collegians'
g. ..rakjng Things Easy; Charles sno
Tann,e Van. with their amusing playiet
From stage Carpenter to Ae t,t'. =. The ,n
~ Keatons. THE Tumble Bug ram
a.. MADDEN and Fitzpatrick, presenu"9
10y ..3n. wanderer"; Miller and Mack dane
ors. tbe Juggling Mowatts and the STAN
levs. shadowgraphists'