The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
31ABEi HILL AND
V1oLA QUINN ut
~TTA1D IN ArTE 11ICA

r THEL BAIRD. who came to this
r. country as one of the beauti-
- full English chorus of To
nights the Night has been
promoted to the ole formerly pla
by Iris Hoey, who has returned TO
England.
The little girl who ppears with
Maurice Farkoa in the last act of
"To-night's the Night" to sing pink
and White is Dorothy Clarke. an
American child actress. Although
only nine years old at present. she
mas mad five years experience on the
stage. She was in The Prince
Chap" in "Racketty Packetty House"
and has also appeared in Little Lord
Fauntleroy.' Then she has posed in
moving pictures II danced in the
vaudeville theatres.
Vernon Castle has added a now
polka to his labors in Watch Your
Step" and also does a flying lear
through the air in the second act.
In the foyer scene. Castle as Joseph
L~iiyburr. engages in an argument
with The Ma from Bon 81" I'm
pressed by the others size LiiubUrn
decides that discretion is much the
better part of valor, n gracefully
effaces himself from the scene. when
the part Of The Man from RoN 81"
was given to George Bowling. who
stands seven feet SIX inches high. and
Is proportionately broad. Mr.. Castle
thought that Lilvburn's exit should
he made more emphatic. So now. in
stead of strollinc from the stage, he
leaps from il, and as he goes sailing
through the coat room aperture he
leaves the audience startled, and won
dering what may be happening as he
lands.
mo effort. no sacrifice, is too great
TO be made in the cause of ones art"
explained Mr.. Castle to Mr.. Tinney.
"Whatll we do next"
What he has also done is 10 learn
10 play the snare drum with great
v~irtuosity,
To recover from the effects ~ a
had musical play, Clifton Crawford,
who Is so amusing in The Peasant
Girl" started 10 make a TRIP to the
Orient. He thought he might act on
the way to pay expenses. But IN the
foreign atmosphere he thought he
might fail dismally and passed through
Toxic without making the break. In
Yokohama. however, he said to him
self: IF I'm going to try this out
! might as well begin here
So he spoke to the proprietor Of the
hotel. who agreed to r,nt him his large
,....Il, rn,n, fA, an 80 .. y.rk4
az a special favor. Il appreciated
what he meant by his speolal favor
when | learned ,ater that the regular
rate was $40" explains Crawford.
THE foreign colony, consisting Of
English. Americans, French and Ger
mans, did not grow who | was hu,
! mailed out my announcements
said Crawford, and they were So hun
cry for amusement that they Hooked
in. NV show lasted two hours. and
YOU can believe me | never worked
so hard IN my life. Lots of the slang
and quips that | had found to he
irresistible here in the States they
passed by with blank faces. or course.
had mapped ont my programme in
advance, II before | had be n going
five minutes ! knew ] would have t.
change II. ] told German stories Tor
the Germans, and Cockney stories and
sang coster songs for the Rritishcrs.
and even scratched up a few Alnhonsc
and CASTOR anecdotes for tho French.
The Americans were the only ones IN
on everything, almost.
When the performance WAS ha'f
over ! declared an ntermlsslon. The
proprietor Of the hotel was a German
and he led me to his private locker
needed IL. He was e'fuslNe in his
appreciation. lie wanted m" to sign
a contract 10 do the islands under his
guidance. lie even offered to give me
hoard and lodging and spending money
II I'd stay over and give three re-
Citals next week.
Joe Jackson, who has 50 long been
irresistibly comic in the music halls. is
received with hilarious approval every
night at the Winter Garden in Maid
in America" The new pioco has
settled down to a long and successful
run. The comedy is, with one exCep-
lion, most amusing and the dancing
beautiful, There are no tights visible
anywhere in the performance except
the pair worn by Blossom Socloy.
There are very few skirts, go II is
possible to conclude how oVcrlre~scd
ohe chorus Is.
Joe Jackson has long been a favoritc
in vaudeville. Why he WAS never be-
fore gathered into the Winter Gar
den fold II IL not possibl" to say, He
is there now, however and the
audiences delight in him His official