The sun., 1914-08-18
SCHAFFER BEGINS IN
HIS ACROBATIC SOLO
He Is Nearly All of the Show
at Forty-fourth Street
Theatre. AZ
NEW PLAYS EVERY NIGHT
Announcement Of Many Open
jngs--Playhouse Season
Starts Tonight.
-hs infant theatre season scrambled TO

rhe infant theatre season scrambled 10
,u ,i'ue feet last night and promises this
v.ek 70 toddle a little further along in
,ts appointed course unless unforeseen sc-
cid. MIS- again upset its plans Sylvester
srrirsr was seen az the Forty fourth
street Theatre. w. A. Brady opens the
P.ayhous- tonight and there are to he
row plays every night this week--at least
they lre announced One OF them on
saturday night happens to be a picture
1lay, but ,t will he seen IN Oscar Ham.
r1s-steins new opera house.
The appearance OF Sylvester OF the
tribe OF S.htifer was delayed sad little
stories about the death of his highly In
'.f'E,l' and wei trained animals have
bon lHrearng for the past week 10 ex-
par ta, postponemeut in the Anal divul-
rar.e u! this accomplished performer.
sylvester Scha1er is really an aristocrat
NJ 'Ae variety halls, His previous ap-
reis4ncts here we're with the Schaffer
family ~ which his f3ther was then the
head n his development sylvester so
'sr surpassed his agile progenitor and
the rest ot his family that he came to
b. : s'4r on his own. Advancing years,
a. wei. AS ne preponderarce OF Sylvester.
drove the father, along with the rest OF
tn family. into the background and there
remains row only the gifted performer
VII appeared last night
There were TO be more animals than
were visible last night and Judging from
'Ut carnage reported at rehearsals Herr
Srta",r must have crossed to this coun-
try .n Noan's Ark.
Possibly 20 divert attention from the
lack u them. the appearance OF the star
o. The evening was preceded by some
move and some familiar variety acts.
Albert p1rneliv. known as the silent
hvwor.s' because his Fun comes from the
shadows h- makes Edith and Bertha Alt
hoT youthful, piansts who made the leap
from Llsz, ~ Henry Bishop without diff
fou,ty the Courtenay sisters. we'll re-
menhered black face condolences: Con-
ROY and L-maire. who used TO he in Win
Ter Garden reviews. and a group of Rus
sian dancers were seen. These were the
entertainers who filled the frst part OF
thr evening.
The Schsner family of which this dis
''r-u.shei member remains was heard OF
Nrs' .u Prague in 1924. when Carl Johann
S.htter at the age OF fifteen became an
acrobat His father. who was an officer.
and his mother had died just before that
time He was taught his profession by
'ar Rapp and learned II well, but left
tNe variety stage 10 take the field against
'iarha,li and also fought in other cam
pa gns He returned to the stage. but his
fame was gradually obsrured by his son,
ieorF sylvester SchaVer, who In turn
taught his children. two Of whom were
seen last night-Stel!a and Stefanle.
Then this Sylvester appeared for a few
years longer before he saw the greater
talents Of his son--born on January 20
'S'i n Berlin, SO the young man at
ne Forty Fourth Street last night was
No third OF the great Schafters. The
'vo that preceded him handed down the
torch and there are three generations
Of fame 20 the credit OF the family.