The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

cuse for some unavoidable duplication In
the following extracts from letters and for
some variance in the memory of details.
The Olympic Theatre was the home OF
the greatest pantomime ever produced
"Humpty Dumpty' with George l.. Fox
| as the star. ! remember seeing II during
the second or third week Of the produc-
ton. which lasted for some three or four
years. MY recollection Is that II was
somewhere about 1867 or 1868. After the |
days OF "Ilumpty Dumpty' and George L. ;
Fox my impression ia that II became !
vaudeville theatre.
The name olympic, perhaps some Of tho |
old New Workers. will remember, was also |
the name OF the brooklyn professional |
ball nine of those days. The name Of the
New York nine I'm those days was the MI
tuals. and they wore green stockings. II !
is my impression that the color scheme
! A. the distinguishing feature Of the uni !
forms OF professional mines originated
with them. or all the mines so distn-
guished the "Red Stocking Of the Boston
nine became the most famous, being fol-
lowed by the white Stockings" OF Chi
cago \. ". EARLE.
Regarding the Inquiry referring to The
Olympic Theatre, the writer can 90 back
! to about 1858 and states that 1t was
called Laura keone's Theatre II was
stock company house playing the legiii-
over In the early '7Os by George J.. Fox
(Humpty Dumpty), who gave pantomime.
After that. about ISIS. ono Count
Johannes gave what was called by him
performances OF Shakespeare These per
foruances were given with net covering
the stage 10 protect the performers from
cominE IN contact with unhealthy fruit
and vegetables. After that, Tor q short
time g. was run rs 4 variety tvaudeviue)
house. 4. j. H.
Regarding the olympic Theatre I well
| remember seeing Kate Putnam In The
Old Curiosity shop iu which she played
Latte AeH and the uorcttoness; ana
Robert Frazer Ia 'ilumpty Dumpty,'
which had quite a long run. There also I
saw Charles Foster In Saved at Seven
a urld melodraml II was also used for
varieties. | think saw Sam Dcvere there
at the end OF the varieties, they presented
a condensed drama having a small stock
company, OF which the leading man 8
name was Grismer. I've wondered whether
this Is tho same as Joseph r.. Grismer OF
Way Down East" fame and connected
with william a. Brady II. d.
The olympic Theatre az 622 and s2i
broadway was the home OF c. l.. Fox IN
"Humpty Dumpty" until 1872, when II
became n variety theatre and was such
until 1873. Nat Goodwin did not appear
~ there, bu. In 1875 he made his first ap.
pearance IN New York at Tony Pastors
10 Theatre. SIS Broadway which was OF
the block below the olympic on the ives
q, side Of the stree. Goodwin. at that time
gave limitations Of Frank MAYO ir paw
O. Crockett" stuart Robson IN BLACK Eye,
T.. Susan" and Gus Williams singing
~ Michael Snyder's Party and others
a. l.. POOLE
~ The Olympic Theatre during the 70i
was both a home OF the drama and q va
riety house. In 1870 G. L. Fox was play
~ ing "HuTpty Dumpty' there which ha'
the wonderful run of 1.OUl performance
YES originally produced az this house on Tues
day, March 10. 1865. and later In the 20
81, reproduced at thc same house by Bol
~ Frazc- Tho young Am, ricau Grlmaldi,
ug VIII played FON's part IN the panto
mime. Fox also produced his irave'
49,. ties " Booths Hamlet and "RiChs
lieu" In the early '70s at this house Will
Did Booth was appearing AT his own theatr,
southeast corner OF Sixth avenue an
or Twenty-third street. IN those characters
OF Booth was often 10 be seen al matine
In box at the Olympic laughing unit
md the tears ran down his face at Fox
. scene with Mrs Edward Wright, a yer
hin tall woman who weigh close to 3,
pounds and who was the ghost In III
'et. tragedy, ard Julie In the play, aroun
whose awful form Fox drew the s
cred cucle' December "a, 1872. II
famous Mile Aimee In the opera bout
OF the "Hu" lred virgins appeared. IA
lowed by the same company In Offei
bach's celebrated opera La Princesse
Trebizonde' and The Br.gands.' In Jun
1873. was produced the emotional dram
Driven From Home" and June 49, 1S7
"FldClio the Fire WIir' on August
1873, Lydia Thompson and Willie Edou
in the eNtrayaganza "Mepnistu and n
-Four sensations followed later
Augustn Days drama Of local ii
'RDund the Clock" with a scene Of Nj
I'm the first act and q moonlight scene
Lion Park ana an inter or view Of Har
H!lls spOrGns house M East Houst'
street with % Wrrs'liu" match ans a bO
ing bout in the second act Georf
Drew John DreW's clever sister, who su
sequenty married Maurice Barrymor
owen Fawcett. Charles Leclercq al
Maurice Barrymore We're In he cast.
latter playing Mr.. Mutton OF Essex NJ
ket. ] do not part cularly remember y
NJ Goodwin appearing there, but he probat
did. as II afterward became o vari'
ands house, and on its stage appeared su
T., performers as Sam Devere, John Hog;
III the FIcldinss, Lester and Allen and Sea
Il OF lon and Cronln, Goodwin's speciality
that time was limitations of the or,
!, -, actors of the day. Booth. Barrett, McC
VI louRh and others. The old house v
We I finally swallowed up by the advance
49,, trade and closed its doors forever
ana 1850 JACK DoNoHUE
made
The sailors song OF old horse Is fol
ken in detail as a footnote in chapter Ky
not OF II. II Dana's Two Years Before
-. Mast" as follows:
1.-THE customs az 20 the allowance
, not grub are very nearly the same In
,s American merchantmen. Whenever n
w. IL killed the sailors have one mess n
il. The rest goes. 10 the cabin.
smaller live stock, poultry. &C, the sail
never taste. And indeed they do
complain OF this, for It would taxi
great deal TO supply them with a x
meal and wthou, ,he ACCOMPANYING
(which could hardly bee furnished 20 Tho
II would not be much better than
beef But even as TO the salt beef I
TT. are scarcely dealt fairly with for WI
ever a barrel Is opened, before any
the beef les put into eho harness casS,
steward comes up and picks u all
c. and takes out tho best pieces Chose
'' have any fat IN them) for tho ca
This was done in both the vessels |
in, and the men said that % was u
IN other vessels Indeed. it rs made
,5 secret. and some Of the crew are usu
called to help In asserting and put