New-York tribune., 1917-10-21
Tinney and Stone on Comedy
SubtIety in the Winter Garden and Several Other Dcov-
cries of the Local Stage
By Ralph Block

which the Globe Theatre AS between ergons
explanation laughter and the explanation which M
Frank Trnv makes in his appearance celebrated Mr. James
Winter Garden should unquaihedy testify to the a
even 90 far as TO saw that Mr. Tnne Mr. Stone both know
about psychologists than Mr. William Hurbut author
several ntng shafts at modern life presented unoer he Gu
Romance the Harris Theatre last week; although
should hesitate knights of the buskn with as much
of the possessed by MISS Laura hope orew WIN
is the Arabela of the Hurbut frpperes
Tnney of the intellect has gaped the
p truth laughter most of all necessary MAKE
some pon other inferior and demeaned
the eyes stimulated Nv Tney and the obgng
illustrate this underlying principle with an
tev Mr. Tnney fashioned method of bouncing the
Corett the head with blown up sack OF gut
explode its contact with the cranial Corb rugoe MOI
does Mr. Tnney up Corbett quiet moment and unce
him on the middle with explosive pair OF bare
No Mr. Tnney beays his extensive VIII"
procedure by engaging Co conversation in the course OF whn
he bys avid audience heretofore hidden details OF Mr.
private life that instantly place Mr. Cornett IN an n1erior en
pared with Mr. Tnney Tnney loses with casual air that
only apparently COb him. nney seventy cents
and Ce in the dmeanng position OF DEBTOR hod
him by reminder for the rest Of the winter ardn per
He the audience the fact that mr. oorDe
with himself taunts Mr. Corbet with e
fact and finally challenges Mr. Coe to test in which MI
Tnney But these not all OF Mr. lnneys SUP
costume acnist which mind of the collective
audience pdpoon against Mr. Tnney compared the spruce
~ therefore for audiences Corbet regardless of his
superior cued and brought down from his high estate by ~
poorly clad Tinney
u tain oppositns produce laughter has never been
clearly established that they do and the same method
app 10 all kinds from the lowest on up What the
h; i, Of criticism has come be high is at its
simplest exposure sapicA refined to merely cerebral ,asf
often the manners that express their eon
tudes toward living and their fellow beings . - -. ,o
Thus comedy English literature appears to have
Of married husband highly ridiculous person pOuo
less there was and morals Of the time to
that stage comedy became heh
But comedy at expense human beings what with the
multiplication exasgeOn of action known as farce mas De
come attention somewhat dued to unless De
eand therefore unfamiliar and striking ~ rbicb tbe
particular kind of comedy with relish all ITS own IN n M
YT1s mart of the critical attitude cfcatiOns and
M Fred Stone is an astOnishngy Se aer00a m % him the
which require because Mr. Stone carries w hm 'e
favor of has been enough to call him clown or
all not clown facility with which he clowns the clown Tor
where the clown is OI0n r Tho ordinary clown method
of doing Mr. Stone became momy bareback der
in ride with the skill of bareback nder Ous ay
to the clown thus causing laughter at the ntery
Of the clown Mr. Stone fooled his audience by appearing
he clown and then with the a OF hioaen M. nan
~ more astonishing human rider could ever have presented
ecal rider inferior by artificial means But
& % % ono o, the many Stone Of
M - on fss stare as Paderewski played astonishing
exaggerated in manner 1nd 0nT ' e piano 10
disclose Of apparent tOrx1unes that the n
m mechanically and could Sn play perecy without
n Of the pefoer Ho of the
an anglo Of sizfve degrees because is feat Of
that ~ he has his feet the clown
who the ether hand nfound the police
amazing aObatc episodes And thinly disguised as Charlotte
he s himself but slightly Of the opportunity for Laughter by
rduy chniuan Disguise and then performing as bril-
lRnIy as tho lady herself
SiI enough 10 enjoy
comedy far scusity It
speaking Of his enjoyment Of Con
nothing with OF the Illusion
tho couldn't Of witty
Lamb imitation
real life Thev are world themselves fairyand
But wtnt comedy
Of moment fails
this disaster which befas Mr.
aid of Miss Laura Hope Crews
Of Charles still
have been sufficiently property for stage
cpuation wherever
the much Of
than of to-day If Mr. Hurbut had
Monday he would found his
Saturday Monday Mr. Hurbu de-
romantic like Arabea and actually
still the
softnesses
susceptibiits
Abela and her sus had been thus
he could have brought down
unbeevaby
but with resemblance to reality
vEo
the ouchto o bring forth mantlng crimson blush
Daughter which Miss
the Playhouse have undergone that