The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-11
SUCCESS OF TWO DANCERS.
Doyle and Dixon Developed a Ger
tain style of Dances

Just year ago somebody Git doesn't
matter who) did not turn up" for
| one or the Winter Garden Sunday con
certs. famous mostly because they
/ are vaudeville acts Of dancing. In des-
| peratlon the vaudeville managers Of
| New York were called upon to supply
an act. any act that would "fll in tho
| gap on the bill. by chance two m
, known boys who were sitting in their
rooms were reached by the vaudeville
manager and were sent post haste with
the promise Of s25 for their evenings
work
The two boys thus engaged were
Doyle and Dixon. singers. dancers.
dlaloGists. who arc to be seen at the
Winter Garden. They had appeared nj
the smaller theatres in the West and
/ had gone through all the theatrical pro
fession can offer to struggling unznowrs
who stick. no matter what the odds. The
story or their meeting when both were
down and out stranded in some man
iorsaken burg In the West is "A
/ romance. They formed a partnership
then and there. and since that time five
years ago. have starved or eaten three
squares" together.
When the telephone message came
. N'''' wv ''ulh EARN some money thai
very night II they could hurry and eet
TO the Winter Garden and xiii" twenty
minutes IL seemed that some guardian
angel was looking for them. The last
dollar had been broken and prospects
were black. OF course they accented
the offer So large did the money loom
/ in their minds eye that they soon forgot
to remember that this was their first
broadway appearance, the chance OF
their lives"
Straight acts had always been tho
specially" Of these boys They had
never mixed talking with their singing
or da nc!nP or vice versa. Packing their
suits into bag they decided that the
dancing act they had not used for some
time would he the best thing To give"
and they would take chance on being
arrested for breaking the Sunday dance
law
Arrived at the Winter Garden they
went Immediately TO their drcssing
room and were so Indifferent 10 making
hit that they were not even nervous
"All We cared about was getting by"
said Doyle when telling or It later. 1T
was the money we wanted and needed
badly"
Al last the moment for their appear
ancc came, Nobody knew who the two
slender youths were. Tho music started
and Doyle and Dixon did their turn.
When the dance was finished tumul-
tuous applause followed. Doyle looked
AT Dixon, Dixon looked at Doyle They
were nonplussed. The stage manager
sent them out again. Another and yet
another dance was given. tho house APP
plauding harder each time. Broadway
welcomed with open arms the two un-
known boys who had been 50 Indifferent
about their success NJ tho time they
stepped upon tho stage.
Way far back in the shades OF tho
Winter Garden were Lee and Jake Shu-
bert. Tho applause brought them to
discreet distance from the audience vet
near enough 10 sec what had caused tho
outburst, They saw, Characterstically
they acted When Doyle and Dixon
dancing for s2a got to tho door or their
dressing room the Mcssrs Shubert
were standing there awaiting them. A
contract with n soud big salary attached
WAS signed then and there and Doyle
and Dixon were booked for tho GertIa
Hoffman Revue.
Broadway has not tired of the dance
or rather nf tho dancers. The dance
itself is quite like other eccentric uauc-
ing. hut the execution is unique. One
realizes that the feet Of these dancers
touch the floor, for the taps are heard ~
the proper intervals, but otherwise
Doyle and Dixon seem to ho sprtos Of
the air. Both boys Ohcv arc still IN
their early twentlesD are slight and Of
medium height: both arc intelligent. vi
vaclous youths; both are indcfatigah'e
workers and both are ambitious.