New-York tribune., 1922-06-23
Tony Pastor on Broadway By Jane, L. Ford

yeloped on bis Bowery stag, Ore q
these. Johnny wild. whose rs-, y.
rear' on the FRS, b.ll q The Esr s'i
house. was already delIgh,isg Brad
way audiences as tfe blaek.tu ;'-i
dian o. HarF.gan and Hlr.'A
The theater leased b. this pfcr'r
siye manager foF The season o. iiT'.N
had already sheltered many fo'ri Q.
entertainment from blaek.fase Mn
strelsy 20 French drama N rs native
tongue, bur !, lives IN the memory e
oldtimers beeau.e Of ,he talsnl TIA,
graeod is stage under he Pastor
agis. and Of which Lilllaa Russell Ni'
the brigh, and ailsrIng star. She ssi
already served a brief apprenticeship u
I'd Rice's chorus when her BroieFaI
opportunity came. and i Glanced iii
I saw her during the first week o. b"
engagement. She was then ivs'sy-'''
years old and extremely pretty a.. a.
trac;ive. but in the brief psngs7a %
which recorded her debut failed .
credit her with the talent sFpa's-; 70
every one in the audience srs'F; ~
self. When recall this ssrsai l.'s
ment am more than ever sen''i'H
that the gift Of theatre di'esr-'n
does not lie within the province o. ''.'
low youth.
The newcomer warbled Il love ~
lets, | love rosesl" while es'ii'g
frugal number OF those flowers az'8
her auditors. aud her beauty and '''"
soon caught the fancy o. the s0Ti I"
such an extent that she was g'''a :
conspicuous place in the ai's'P''"
tha, brought every performanss I" >
fitting close. Tha, she shone al w
more brightly because OF the u'',,
with which she was surrounded 's''s
be a lesson 90 those maenine'n'',
stars who frown on any display
ability on the part Of their a'''e''s
and serve a two weeks' neslee on "
come dian FOR daring to make TIE '''. ~.
ence laugh. In the condensed veT'ls'
Of such operas as "oliyette' ana ~ u
Mascot" Miss Russell appeared W.
Nat Goodwin. May and Flo i''I
Jacques Kruger, Lester and Aii'a
Billy sweatnam. besides other s'''u y.
ones whom | do not recall. and ~
by night her vogue grew.
Nothing blinds the eyes more enc. y.
ally TO budding talent than the :
Of dramatic criticism when a''S"'T,
one Of tender years, and that F" u ,
failed to recognize the ren." .,
talents OF those players or 70 ".
the future OF the best OF then' NJ,
while I found infinite delight "a
work. Ma, Goodwin laid the f'''- =.
tion OF his great and enduring ~ .;,,
tom that winter BY means Of his '.' ~,
tions Of such con,empOrsneOu' &C.. "a
as Edwin Booth. John T. Ray"0.' ,.,t
Joseph Jefferson, and It Was A.. - ~.
after leaving Tony Pastor thar -. ,.
yul.ed the town by hi. real Ai''I,,.s Is.,.
work in a farcical play called =,
bies," in which he proved ss'. ,. ,:.,.,
an actor and not merely an '' .,..,,
end there is an enormous gun wv
the two. Ia.
About this time a slender .'a 10, ~, ..
ciOus young girl began 60 I, a''', .'rs .sdI.
favorable notice of the small-,0sa ,.r.
epees before whom the rerhple''. Ira,
ily gave renderipgs Of the e0"~ 49,. " n,
them M s'ip in vogue. ! mention iS.'' s.,,.,. .
Uarently unrelated Happenings 20. ',s 81
Du.sy, many year. later Fay Ts"Dl''''a 's',.s.,
Lillian Russell became .sa',. s'a,,. .sp,
member. u,.,ra Of the Weber and Fi',s' s.,s..s -.
Osny' The intimacy eenentsd '., .sssi.
the two in those days o' l,.turbsd
alton continued to the last Tr..a"'slstsp' T.a'
s,'pd by rivalry or even by Ms. ,s,1. I.,.' .s's
singing Of the others i.v."
.coms Down, Evening star