The New York Clipper (August 1916)

August S THE NEW YORK CLIPPER NEW VAUDEVILLE ACTS Ray COX, In "Her First Lflion In Hone- buck Riding." 22 Min., IK TirEKT, One and Fori. Sxaoc Palace.—Slay Cox la sot unknown to patrons of this house, but her present offering la new, and on Monday, July 31. sine scored a matt emphatic and well earned success. ' • Opening In three she slugs two Bongs, assisted by a young twin at the piano. Her two numbers, "This Will Happen When Everyone Telia the Truth" and "The Moon Looked On and Smiled," were capitally rendered; for 'Miss Cox knows bow to pat a song over bo as to set the most possible oat of It Then follows a scene In one. Hiss Cox appears and explains that motion pictures will now be shown, and With darkened house pictures are thrown on screen showing Mrsa Cox In an auto- mobile. Then some pictures of some Wild West riding by man and Woman, with Miss Cox a spec- tator, and finally Miss Cox's return in auto. During this Miss Cox enlivens things with clever patter. Then the scene changes to a wood, full stage, and the Riding Master, the Groom, the Girt and the Horse enter. Of course Miss Cox Is the girl, and she explains to the Riding Master that Bhe saw some clever riding stunts that looked easy and she wanta to learn to ride. After a, little pre- liminary talk the Riding Master tells the Groom to mount and show the Girl how easy it is. He does and rides gracefully around the stage and dismounts. the Girl then endeavors to mount; and tie stunts the goes through before she gets mounted would test the cleverness of a trained acrobat Of course the Girl Anally mount* but even then tbe comedy stunts continue until the end. when she dismounts. The skit Is really a clever conceit, but It la Miss Cox who makes ft a classic, and the old saying, "It's not so much What you do as how you do It," was never better exemplified. Tlie little work teams with comedy, due princi- pally to the actions of Miss Cox. who must be not only • very expert horsewoman, but must be well up In gymnastics as well, for no comedy acro- bat ever did better or funnier atunts than does alias Cox from the time ah* put* her left foot In the stirrup, to try to mount, till the dismounts at the finish of the skit Her performance la moat artistic and It Is one that cannot properly be described. It must be seen to be thoroughly appreciated. WMt. S Mildred fUcbardsoa, In Sous.. 12 MiNDTsa. IN One. P»i«<-r—Mildred Richardson, formerly a mem- ber or the "Chin Chin" Co., made her vaudeville debut Monday matinee, July 81, as a singer. Her first waa a seml-claaalcal number, with which she did not get the best results. Her second was "Turn Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday," a number better sotted to her style of voice, and the recognition accorded her should convince her of this fact She followed this with "Rackety Coo," from "Ketlnfca," another number In which she starred. She finished with another semi- classic Which had something to do with "In the Monllght." This number brought her no more ap- plause than her first offering. Mies Richardson has e voice of considerable range, but Is only moderately good as to quality. She has a tendency to go to the high notes at the finish of a song. Which In he way Is an advantage U> ner. The tonal quality of her middle register li much, the best, and she attains better results •rom the rendition of a popular song than she doea from a classic. Whtt. Wiu. I.. Gibson and Texa\S Culnan, tat uaonlc-BonlE, M.rtf" Sketch in Two AND On*. 16 Mm. Proctor's Gth Ave.—Wm. L. Gibson and Texas Gulnan presented "Honk-Honk, Maybe," a sketch by Wlllard Mack. A scene In two discloses a young man and wife seated on the running board of a stalled automobile. There is a lot of quick patter Indulged in, during which tbe fact Is divulged that the automobile won't be fixed. The young wife upbraids husband, and finally, when their backs are turned the auto goes off stage, and turning they discover their loss- Scene then goes to one, and Miss Qulnan saag a. number with a hootchle coochle suggestion. Then Gibson sang "There's Something Else the Matter With You," and as a finisher they sons; "Do What Your Mother Did." There's no question as to the cleverness of rhis pair, and combined with a wen written sketch such as Wlllard Mack Is capable of, there la no wonder that they scored a solid hit whit. Tom "Waters and Eddie Morris. 10 Min., in TWO AND IN One. American.—The action starts In dressing room. Dan O'Houllhan, a vaudeville performer. Is sitting making up when he lights a cigarette. As he does, there enters a fireman who wanta to know who is smoking. Performer tells him the truth. Fireman asks for cigarette. "Waters," as tbe fireman, does not overdo the character. The boy tells him he expects his father out in front. He is called for his act. Drop comes down In one, with a piano, and Morris sings a song. He Is Interrupted by his father, an Irishman (Tom Waters), who goes on stage. After same talk he did a number at piano, which was well applauded. Then Morris dances, and he can certainly dance. Then both dance an exit. As an encore they do a song "You're a Wonderful Song," which Is a classic as done by Waters. As tbe act stands, it Is full of heart Interest and can play on any bill. It Is a bit different from others. They were tbe hit of the bill. Bam. CHICAGO VAUDEVILLE. Jt'LV 31. Hn tman. who la a practical theatrical una of long and comprehensive experiensce, purposes shuxtly to Introduce certain Innovations he has worked out in the booking artists, that when they become effective, should prove of inestimable value to both player and manager alike. The Chandler Agency does not claim tbe ex- clusive representation of any players, but never- the less, can point to some very big deals that have been put over in their offices within the past month or so. MAJESTIC. Sylvia Loyal's pigeons opened nicely. Chung Hwa Four sang "Blues," "God-bye, Good Luck," "My Own Ions," and ran into "Lucia" sex- tette, and interpolated Lauder imitations. "Honor Thy Children" has good sketch idea, showing reversal of old "honor thy parents" com- mandment "Prlscoe," xylophone artist, used many hammers nt once, featuring popular songs. Leslie Stuart, the famed composer, conducted the orchestra for two selections. Then Msy De Sousa sang "Whispers of Love" and "You Could Do Wonders" in splendid voice. While she made change, he played "Florodora" selection. Then she sang other -Stuart songs, to sonny encores. Savoy and Brennan filled spot welt with comedy chatter. George Kelly has a good sketch, "Finders Keepers," showing situation developing when woman who found purse endeavored to keep It Kathleen Clifford's versatility In English male make up helped to put over especially written songs and "They Called It Dixieland," assisted by boy, to tremendous applause. Clever dancing won en- cores. Lunette Sisters combined Japanese dancing and acrobatic work, skilfully concluding a strong bill. Casper. McVICKER'S. "The Final Arbiter," an allegorical war drama, presented by Lawrence Grant and company, head- lines; the Three Peronees have a musical and dancing akit; Bernard Rlggs and Myrtle Ryan present their musical breeze, "Disturbing tha Peace;" May Page Taylor sings; Splegal and Dunn do black face comedy; Sandy Shaw reveals Scotch character entertainment, and Little Caruso and company complete the bill with their singing and instrumental spectacle. "A Night in Venice." NEW YORK CITY. "COATTAIES." Core (Bernard Klawana, mgr.)—Coot Tales, a farce comedy In three acts, by Bdward Clark. Produced on Monday night July 81, 1810, by Ar- thur Hammersteln with this cast: Max Mandelbaum William Barrows Mandelbaum Hyman Adlcr Artie Pblpps Richard Tabor Clyde Allen George Anderson Jon e» John Lewis Jim Barnes John Sharkey William Turner Tom Wise Mrs. Allen Margaret Green Hazel Connors Maud Hansford Mrs. Turner Louise Dresser Butler Willis Svans Deputy Sheriff CUB B. Deaaa SYNOPSIS: Tale I.—Mandeloaum's Pawn Shop. • P. M. Tale II.—Offices of the Lawyers. Twenty minutes earlier. Same day. Tale III.—Home of the Turners. Half hour later. The entire action of the play takes plsce two days before Christmas. BYRON CHANDLER AGENCY HAS FINE ARRAY OF STARS. The Byron Chandler Agency, in the Fitsgerai'l Building, New York, has a wonderful array of •tars to offer managers Is the various branches of theatricals for the coming season. The names listed now on their books include first -rade stellar lights of the legitimate, motion picture, stock, musical comedy and vaudeville fields. A. Chas. Hlllman. general manager of the Chand- ler Agency, in a Very short space of time has per- fected a strong organization that promises to be- come a real factor in the amusement line before the forthcoming season baa waned. To the Cort Theatre belongs the distinction or being the first of the high class theatres to open for the season. Tbe opening occurred Monday night, and the play was "Coat Tales," a farce comedy, the work of Bdward Clark, a well known writer of vaudeville sketches. "Coat Teles" Is his first Important piece of dramatic writing, and be bat done It Well. It has a new Idea In farce comedy construction. There are no compromising situa- tions, and the ranghable Incidents arc many. There Is an abundance of witty lines. There are. of course, a few Inconsistencies, but taken It all In all, "Coat Tales" Is very humorous. The plot, which reminded us of a Joke heard several years sgo. revolves around a Russian sable coat which is owned by a Mrs. Allen. It is stolen by her worthless brother and pawned. A Mrs. Turner sees it hanging In the pawnbroker'a win- dow, and knowing that her husband would not purchase It for her she asks Mr. Allen (who Is her husband's law partner) for advice. It being near Christmas time he decides to make Mrs. Turner a present of It She declines to ac- cept, because shs cannot explain the gift to her huiibond. Allen suggests that he pawn the coat for a small sum and give her the pawn ticket. She i» to tell her husband that a girl friend gave her the ticket prior to leaving for a warm climate. The husband proves an easy victim to the decep- tion. From this point forward the fan waxes faat and furious until the end of the play, when every- thing la. of course, straightened out "Coat Tales" la Arthur Usj&merstein'f first fares comedy production, and he hat given It a fine cast and a splendid production. Tom Wise, who Is one of the greatest of Amer- ican comedians, was very humorous as William Turner, and captured the major portion of tbe laugha Louise Dresser, aa Mrs. Turner, made much of a role that offered he few oppotunltles, and the same may be said of Margaret Greene, as Mrs. Allen. Mlaa Greene will some day have a role worthy of her tala&ta, Aa Clyde Allen, George Anderson proved him- self a light comedian of ability. He acted with ease and authority. Maude Hansford, aa Hazel Conners, made her role stand out with more force than the author constructed it Robert Tabor, as the worthless young brother cnlt role. Hyman Adler contributed an excellent piece of character acting as Mandelbaum, the pawnbroker. John Lewis, an actor of eighty years, was excellent as the moneyless old clerk. "Coat Tales" should enjoy a season of pros- perity at the Cort. JCeiceg.