Variety (March 1912)

VARIETY FOR US TO HANDLE FOR QUICK RESULTS, COMMUNICATE WITH US AT ONCE We can benefit both Manager and Artist. Goocl acta can play good time through us. WANTED: AGENTS, PRODUCERS AND MANAGERS MEN WITH BIG IDEAS Foreign Exchange Park Managers S—Write at once for our Park and Fair List WIRE [Suite 620] Chicago Opera House Block CHICAGO, ILL. Phones: Franklin 3381 Automatic 32-851 tf-'V u Last week, while playing the Ma- jestic, Chicago, the BROWN MO- THERS were accosted and attacked by thugs in front of the Saratoga Hotel. JAKE STERNAD, in the vicinity, and who, incidentally, was the first agent to recognize the Brown Brothers as a vaudeville pos- sibility, rushed to the rescue and with a few timely and well placed "wallops," dispersed the ruffians and made his debut as a "white hope." ATTENTION!!! The Brown* Prevail Upon Majestic Bill THE BROWNS are In town—six of 'am— occupying that strategic position on the Majestic bill which is neither too close to nor too far from Eva Taaguay. Tester- day afternoon's audience promptly elected them headllnera despite little Eva and her $S,00s a week. Vaudeville audiences move in mysterious ways their wonders to per- form and that of yesterday waa no ex- ception. The Browns were, so to apeak. the dark-brown horse of the bill. They were sandwiched in between Caesar Rlvoll, "the greatest character representative of the age," and Edgar Atchlson-Hyphen- Ely. acting "the most amusing comedy." "Billy's Tombstones." They were dis- guised under ths Innocuous announcement "versatile comedy musicians." Borne of ths audience bad settled down for a comfortable five minutes browse through the program for vicarious rides to California in trains ds luxs or to sample mentally various bourbons and lagers urged for domestic consumption. In came the Six Brown Brothers In all the glory of sll\er cornets and trombones. The audi- ence was prepared for the worst. It didn't come. The Browns' discarded con- ventional Instruments for the mlramba- phone, a sort of super-saw horse with a resonant sounding board. Upon this ths Brown family concentrated, wooing mel- ody as deep and mellow as that of Be- lascoan chimes. The sixth Brown brother clowned In black face at the end of ths strange instrument. He was funny. The house fired solid applause across the foot- lights. But ths Browns had not yet begun. Their number took on Its rsal color whan ths Brown family became the Sax- ophone family. To begin with, ths saxo- fihone la. unaldsd, a humorist. It looks Iks a sea horse and sounds like a canned fiddle. One. alone, gnaws at a funny bone, but six, ranging from a little one, with the voice of a deflating rubber bladder, to a paternal one that croaks like a musi- cal bullfrog, ars too much for any audi- ence. The Browns raked the house with saxophone ragtime, with popular ballads, with tunes from ths musical comedies of the hour. They had unnumbered encorea They bowed and bowed and then played again. It was a great afternoon for Anglo- Baxophonophobea. They made Edgar Atchison-Ely work very hard to get "Billy's Tombstones" go- ing, that farce comedy classic which we have seen Sidney Drew give so many times. MR. PERCY G. WILLIAMS PRESENTS Julius Steger and Company In A True Incident from Life Dramatized by Edgar James ORPHEUM, Brooklyn. - ALHAMBRA, New York, - COLONIAL, New York, - March 11th March 18th March 25th When anawering advertiaementt kindly mention YAMIBTY.