New York Clipper (Oct 1915)

i4 THE NEW VOR^ CLiPPBR October 9 ■wildly nppldodlng sudlence. They descended for tlw e»e»re- mUst the- gFouteot eBtbastoam- t ty gf the lEaeniffceiK sTo^c jsicruTe, . . . ■ffie- latei'mlssIoDSairw^oa for the iireparaHon ot the tank fur the flnai tableau of "FlMlng at St Morltz," set In a" beautlf'fl enenc, showing the snow-corered Alps. The Inke was covered with staters In showy ccrtmn'cs, Jjr- pairs and suigles* and In* groaps, snapping the wlilpv cutting fancy figures, and having h gooU Uin<v generally. Grad- ually (Alt stogled themselves individual exnlbltora who eonmutnSed attentloQ by their skll! oa the st«el xuni>«rd, and In sucucattlon exh lbltl on a w org gl vcp by Pope* ffml Hcmer, Bu&bctt uiul Ueldtue. tM NaessL-a, ChappeUe and Burger, and Steele aad Wlnalow', an ot them experts In their line, and it l9 sate to say that no such collection of skating talent has ercr t>e«n seen on one' snrface at the same' time. Applause was: cMiCln'uctfs, bat It re- mained for Charlotte, the" queen of .the- akatettf. to show what really coald Ke a'ccompITsIiiTd 'Ji a cOm- btoatlon of dancing and sknctu^ LJOcc a' fblry' She skidded ahout, making grac«fnl leaps' frott .forward t^r backwBrd movements, to'3 Eitrlngs, flgorea of fancy designs, with body- foirWards' ajid one' foot blgh In the air, in. the puB'» sh'oWn on the' front' of tie Hippodrome rn etectrrc IfghtG. A splir and rc- coTery near the finlsih' on'«'. or the renMrkaWe featK and a ligtataSngp -wtt'tri In atc^spMo^. pcnfclon anoOer. Tonsg ana beddrlAily tUfK'^glrl wbV a • Tlsron- izf'lier danets-wfar IJeT lottj KoTr WA'Mng. In uirisan; witb her giseetuf n<fT<'-men&<. anXTStit 6x- hthlUote Js' the rTownlB'^ f&tfuv« oX wUt" tifi- dbUbteAy the greatest' :jUol7 on estiW:. DmHbt^ thls^act two 9tl JttraperTt-aiSae sSsldirrttoaal leaps from a slide reaching froiS ISSff topy vivf a sat^. Md landing on the flnTsh acrb'si» fhe stage.- ¥ne Snlsli of tbi iSoW ytaa e&i a^'seJitbly- of all the' company', with' a i»'aTln'^. of I'anteTnj» afiit a gre<i< iJrooray. _ ^ Th# VoQses oft Thursday iSfgkti E'rfd&y nuftteee and nl^r, afd at ertt-yf jJertortnaSifce- sfb'c*;- jifcve heieri pBcfted xo: tstptevn'r ow tltefir rto' d*'nt>t hut" mat the HlppwWom'e" -WWI agtdiS Wioine' fhe Mecca of all locoi residents' dit yMX tltf tX^dt^i'c- tlve point foY. art oat of .fow*i -rtsftois: The niusic, by Ra'yuaond ITu'blieTf, Is'tfWclry', and there' Is' Just enottgh "biiok'' to pro'vlde t^°e links between the various episodes. Tber Hippodrome ba:s been cH'sngied' cionsfderably dnnng the. Snaras^.. The foyer h'a's be<en made more sparclon^, the' boxes ha'Ve been moved for- ward and a Mtr proscenium arch fias been bntlt closets to the foofUglh'ts. The HIpp>>dfoflf» seats 3,fl9T persons'. Btfck stage a' Avmafy'dt Ini'prtfve- metffs hay'c been maiie. An Icem'akUg- plant Is dnstalleil- to kce« the* surface at the tank- frozen for' fhe Ice- ctfm'fral. Totf prices .-ire $l.Cb for orcb'enfra' sieats' in fBe evenings', and $1 at aJl ihatU'ees except' on- Sator- The Hippodrome staff Incl't'deS': r: A Hurufde, generBT stage director; Kayiuiond Huftbell', musical- director; \tm. G. Stewart, stage maBoger; wm. nelton, John' Plemtng and J'ames Plan, asslota-nt »tagv- manager?; Ad. N'eWber'jier. UiaVlet maat'er. the' production' add mecLanlcal effects werecan- strtfited by Qeotga It. WllHanaf: electrical effecta by Joe Ell3n«r; props b.v E. Louis Bauer. Harry Askin Is acting manager for Slada'ger Chas. B. DUlldgham: J. w. Matliews- house mana- ger: U. A. Yack. treasurer-: A. D. Boardman, auditor': Clinton E. Lake, caiahler: Alex Da*^. orchestts man ager. ^. ifOZ. (mnmm Atmcnm. ASTOtt—"EHb-the^Trall HolUday," tanaOt ■Wee*. BBLiASCO—"The Boomerang," n&vtb m«k. CASINO—"The Bine Pkradtw." tenth We*; CAJiDLBB—"The Honse of Glass;" slltH w%ek. CEINTDRY—"Ned Waybum's ToWa Topics," tlMrd . week. CX>RT—"The Princess Pat," swomd wOftk. BiBPlBE—Cyril Maude. In "Groinp^' (rerM«aI), fourth and last weA. PI7I/TON—"Some Baby," eighth .-wtfe*. iXJETl-BIGHTH STKBET—"Husbawa aiM» Wie«" third week. GLOBE—Montgomery and Stone, In: "Chin CMn" (second season), eighth' -week.^ GAISfUY—"Young America," al*th Week; fourtli at this bouse. UtTDSON—"nnder' Fire," ninth Week. HARRIS—"Rolling Stones," elghtta'' Weefe. HIPPODROME—"Hlp-Hln-Hoorfry," second week. LON6ACRE—"The' Girl Who SiMIes," ninth Week ; sixth at tbla bouse. LYCEUM—Marie Tempest. In "Rosalind" "TJlle Coke of Kllllcrankler" fourtli weeb LYRIC—"Two Iff Compa'ny," third week. MAXIJtB ET.LIOTT'S —"Onf Children/' fooitli MANHATT.In OPBRA house— "Stoteh Orders," second week. NBXV AMSTERDAM—"Moloeh," thlrdWeek. PABKa-Mi>y Irwin, In "33 W^oshlngfon 3nimre" sixth week. PIiAYHODSE—Graoe G«or0e. In "The New York Idea" (revival), second week.' BBPUBUC—John Mason and Jane Cowl, In "Com- n>on Clay," se'venth Week. SSDBBRT—Wm-. Hodge, in' "The Bead to Bappl- neos," sixth and l aat week. ' BCKXIS (Monday evening).—^E. H. Sotli'efti, Is •The Two "Flrtues." (See Review.) BANDBOX (Monday evening). — Washington Square Players, In four one act playtf. COiMElDY (Tuesday evening)'.—"The Modem Shy- lock. * (Reviewed next -week.) COHAN'S- (Tuesday evening). — Elsie JanTa; In "Miss Information." (Reviewed ne*t weefc) WTNTEE GARI>BN (Saturday evening). — "A World of Pleasnr e." (Re vfewed next -weet.) Keltb'B AlbBiBb°rm (Henry Bailey, mjrr.) — Bin tat this wefk: Q/ams and Mclotyre, Vglerle Bergere and company. Doyle and DIzod, Canter nnd Lee, "Woman Proposes." Wohlman and Smith, Toys TMnpe, Balxer Sisters, and Meehan's dogs. Tffi lEW YORK €EfY TIffiATRES "TIE HEW rOBSr W^" Playhonae (direction of Grace GeorBe).—The ITM YorK Ideai a comedy by Laagdmt- Mitchell. Revived by Grace George oU- Tuesday dicfht,- Sept. 2»: -with this cast: Phltlp' PhlUtmore Lumsdlan Bare Grace- Pfiflllmorc-. .^JptJk LamteOn ■Mrs. PWlllmorc Engen3^' Woodward Uln Hetieage. Jfoeepttde LoVelt Matthew PhlUlmore AJSeff Beai WllUam Sudley Johni Crom*elI Mrs. 'V'lda; l ullHmore' -. Mary Nash Sir 'Wilfred cates'-Darby Ernest Laivfora John Earslake Conway Tearle Mrff. Cynthia Kifralakc Grace-Qeorgo Efookff .- Selwyn Jofee Tim'Fiddler Tracy B«rrow Nogam G. Guthrie McClintlo Thomas Richard eiifktt Benson Anirs Wood Stsovsiw of Bctansa. AC^ I. ■ Oti a r e i Iif tfio house" of MitoB-' Aeneage^ AA&noe&- tea^ of Wtmes- day. The set-is an Info imat drnrtng -room. AC'X' II.—Scene: The home of Hrs.-Vld& Fhllllitore. 11 a:, jr.. Thartaty. A boudoir. JBCfT IH.-^Sc^: TSe ■hadae^ of Miss Hcaeage. A'fter" dliflfeif' of Thurtdtft- SAm set as Sr&t a«t. MfTI IV.— Scene': The-Jb^me of John Karslakc. HldBj^tt' ot 'niu'r'sdilV- His study and lounging room. Aff anmranced In last week's Ci,ip'p'£^ Wttliaid.' A. isrtliy liSfB- tunTcd ovoi' the dircbtroiir o'f h'l# PTi*y- tbVWe ■<<»-hJ8f-t«l«rted — ' -i-t-i^-Wi titf a! lUiiited season. tbVWe '^o'hfsi-tffleirted wife; Gra.ee' GA'ig^, -frSo*-vMll, " " presetrt' sb*«at oTdt Utti n<hv c3io^ foi^ her^pSBilAjg blH '"fft'eF itew' '^OTk \<ft&," 6T\ifii6my pf otfrttW aT tlie EjMejSBbufi'-iDna years agq^-wlth- Mrs. Klske in tlie roi«? at iStft, Cyn- QHm SM&ak^f a pan wUt?U Sftss Gcbrg& aestune^. A better st^tectlon to Ina'u'j^frate her'siedsen-c'oold not have be*K m«de, for •'Tbc"N<!X»' Vitls: M.e£* lea smart and uncommonly clever' comeay, tairty satu- rated with' witty- lines atfd keen but good BtfCiired satire. Thdeed, we caniliot. ttf fbfs m'omeoit of •writing, tlilnk of any comedy^ tUaC touches it In humor or eleverness. Grace' George gUW a -brmiant performaflee as C'Tnthla Karslake,' giving /the role youth, charm, sentiment,, tenderness^ huAbr and Indlgno^n. Of the many roles' in wbTc'h' MIs's George has aebieved strccess, this oAe'Is best-suited f»ber. It l» our bumble opinion th'at Grtiee George is one of the best come^ecnes dt^ the' ^English speaking stage. Mary Nash, who liaa alimys played serious roles, -Wftsf entinleted with'-!6 ecditedy' part; and surprised all tBe escellence' of her Work. As IIts. Vlia. Phllllmoie',' the soelal butfei'Sy. site' war pb'BltI'Vely faflClnaflng. phrtbJg -Wlthr spirie and flnsr iuflteT: Codfway TeOrle. one' of the best leadln^g' liien In America, acted the rohr of John Eaxalake -Wltli aKill,-pollsft and smoothness. . Ernest Lambortv a? Sir Wlltired Cates-DorSy, tbe BngHs&man- -Who \va^ puzzled by "Amierlcau ■v/afs." -Was n^ost' amusTa^: Albert Reed ga'Ve' a(a escenent pierformance a» i&tVtcirvr Phnnntort;- the mbvlster. The- rest of tl» players did sni requl^lsl of tbem. "The ;»ew York Idea.'' -wWeb- I* "o*'' foj» only four weeks; Is elaborately prodiMed. The* Mage ntaneinment was- flawless. The gtrma wont by MIsa oeovge eMd MIsa Ns's^ amr ezquialfe; ■ ■ ■■ »■ 1 1 1 iir A. ....« ^ (Cuas. Potsdam; mgr'.i—Ite bill AiTiCTil3T1 fo*" first half of this -wcefc Is * stroD'g In comedy, atfd t3ie-usual big Monday cr<>Wd fulty appreclaited each act. JOC DEALY a-ad SIS'TER showed a neat dan- cing act. "Sister" la quite a good loofeef, and Joo Isn't fa'r behind. They offered a cakeWalS. for a flnlA' fhat^t over quite big. CHAS. BARTH0LOMET\': a cBarocter Bliitfer, Vieaeei tvltb his fine vocalizing,- ccmcladln'g itla act with a nice recltatlonv jeVNINGS and D'V£R3, erldeiytly direct deaceod- ants of the late Jo^ Miller, told all the Jokes of that lamented fun.<?ter; esjteut "why docs a cKk-k- en," etc' lOtd sang' some m'saine sdAga that' all pleased, thoroughly. "THE' SECRET" Ls a clever playlet, but not flo cleverly plnyed. The man and woman mlSa several opportunities the act offers for rieal good work. These omissions should, for they can be. leadDy rectified . , . ' RAY WTLfE, after serving several of the 'Well known minstrel organizations'; bae entered' 'vaudc- 'vllle- 'WICh Uls double-voiced' selectionst H^ sang dop'ra'no and barltohe adiniraol'y at tbe> Sforiday aftemootf show, and should bavo' ''gone"' a 'Wliole lot better than' he did. The' EETSTOXE TRIO, two men and a Woman, In' a' ccMtfedy ."Burglor" act, went fall". Tie act detfends m'ostly ofi the man doing Ghapll'n.- HERD and REED were one of the Mg blt» of fbe bill. They played tlie violin every way and a-ny way—but always good. Their comedy dan- cing ITnub ea-rned them laviB& applause. To O.tLLAGHKR and CART.IN went the honors of the flhow. Boforo a imeclal dr«p,. represontlftg a' Warship. Calogbei^. altnough working straight. Is fnnny, WLlIe (jarlln- In his well known Qermaa <3ra1'«cr. -was natunllly more- so. It's a sure-flre act. BARNES and ROBINSO.N', a big moo and 1' big woman. The fonner Is big enougtt- to. be a piano miover'. He pl.iyod the thing good wMs he <watrted to, and hia quiet way drew ih'any lOuglL!). MIM BOblnson Wne a moist emclen;t aasTsfan'C. teSoif. KeAltV Bromtf. — The etoeb company oSera "Mrs. Wlggs of the Cabbage Patch" tlite-weefc- MlAer'a Bronx (B. C. Ifilner, iagr.)-^Dave Slarioter Own company this- week. Bronx openc Honwe.—"A Full Bwur tfils A«a4«K7 •< Hiiaf«^"Sla" Is tlm IntcfeMIng subject as portrayed by Thoda Bara aad a: big eaat. <«TBE nURCESS PAI." 'Cort (Barnard BOwans, mgr.)— Ttie Prlnoet* Pat, 0, comic opera, tn three' acts; book by HeiH-y Blossom, music by 'Victor Herbert, Staged by Fred G. Latham. Produced by John- Cort on Wednes- day al^t; Sept. 29; with this cast: Marie'. Leonora Sovasio Tboma».-^^. - Martin Hodden Bolr Darrow Saw B. UHrdy Ton* ScBnaUa Jr... Robert Ober SI Perkins.' Alexander Clark Grace Holbrook Era Pallon <3«nerat JotJn- Holferoofc.. ... -. Louis Caaavant Anthony Schmalz.... •.- -.. Al. Sheon ITincesB dl Montatdo*' (nCc Patrice O'Connor), Eleanor' Painter Prince Antonio dl SlontaM'a'.^... .Joseph ft. Lertora Sertle AaWoKd.-. Itelphr Btas Gabtielle-Foilvbeitnx'.'........ .-.Katharine WitdMe StTfo'ftlB o*'' flCE'NBBt^'-T'AC^ 1.—Garden of Oei- cral- Hol6*oOJt!5f Iftrinft; jPolrfedOoB, . ACT II.—LIv- hiif itUm ta QeXieiiK mObVoiSk'ar homer Evening <,t^mil& Ay. AaV fit, ^iuinttg rodU af> the Westmoreland Hunt Clob; Toff following night. Save for one or two minor oSeMifaB-tUtS'bBBtt- tlful thcatpfrUaa'IiBTl'bst'two'attrAethMff since Its election al»o(i*i,-t*ree^iertt<». ag»—"Peg o' My Keart" AnS ''Uiiaeir CoXer," a^'d niot until lasc AVedo'tfaatfr ilT§*t dT* Its <rwm>r aid manauer, John Coitv get d: ch:aii:<r to' make a production there. He b'a^jfftta^ ta' (tie- 'Urotfee' or itta," n? tho Ctftf * oKfeer rWiHett. fo, uriother sneeess. tfi»f or a dlffSaaf nrftiire: 'Jtds tlaw the- bouse dieHei's a iDusVoV and- uUr-h^ We are' ^fadtly mis- taken^- the Cort' has In- 'iTho Princess Fat" an- other two season hit The chorus coDsIsta- ot eight men and elgbt -^voffii^. 'Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom ba^ w.rltten together dia'ny successful musical play% and- this, thelv latest Workr will rank -with; their beA. Uevbert'a music Is'ga»r, bright and of telk exquisitely :liefodlone. BlossomV book- Is' wortb-y- t» stand side- by- side f^lrh -it; Matty of bis lines are genuinely witty. . Patrfcitt O'CbBiflior Is- tfie wife" of air Italian Prince, who, nlthougU lie Is madly . In love with hcr.'liBi undtsnonstra'tlve. To make hiiaa^ jealous she flIrfa'vFIth' a rlcff Gcniia'n' -wldowef n'dm^'S'clunalz. Schmalz is so tickled with' Pat's attentions that hp proposes that fhey eloi>e. The Prince gets 'Wina of his mtentlons and a- duel is imminenty.but tUrou^ the'efforts of a mutual friend everything ends'ssetlsfactorUy. '. ^ . Eleanor Painter, -whose- singing is."'T4ie Ulac DomliM-''^ -won for her a sure place' oH the light opera stage, is featured In this produetioDy and Oemeveeay so-, for as Plrlncess Pat able 'Wind'- the «ndl«a'ce' oomplefely. Her voice ia- a dear, true 4tpfaA'», add she' knows liarw to- use It. In acting, sher shows considerable improvement since we* had the- pleasure of seeing ber -last. She-, sings cbarm- ingly. the'followlno- somts: "Love Is Best ot All," "I. NeM Affertloui" "Two Laughlne^ Irlsfti- Byes" (all solos-), tfnd a- dueo wl'fb Eva Fallon/ called "For Better or Worse," and -with- Joseph- Letura she song a sweet song,- entitled "All For Tou." Eva -Pallon took the role of Grace -Holbrook on two da'ys'' tfotlce, and -was eminently satisfactory In- Vty ioth In slngln'e^ aad acting. Joseph R. LertorA Was a, new comer' to our audiences, but he "made good." His acting Is finished and Be sln^ (Uarltonc) uncommonly well- HIs singing of a Neapolitan' lore song was' dne of the v'ocal. trea-ts of the evenings Sam B. Hardy proved hlm!;elf a comedian In the> ftlTest «nse' of fhe word'. Ho dellvew his Itneff Well^ and while' he has little opportunities for' fun -makin/; He kept the audience laughing evetji mlotufe tnat' he was on t^ier stage. Al. Stteehan, as Schmalz, was also funny, and m "I Wlslr I Was an Islanil in an Oeeanr of Girls," hep Aa^ one of the song- liits of the opera: cotmique. AleXb'nder' Clark, aS' a' rube' sherltf. Was alxo responnlble for much of the evening's fun. A comic song, called "'^e'' Sfhoetf-of Husban'd NrMnber One. as wonv by Number Two," is capitally rendered by him. Robert Ober is 'fftill casit as young Schmalz, and also dances and sines well. He has ooe son? called "Fd Like' to Be a Quitter but I Find Ic Hard to Quit" that is a gem. Ober renders It well.- teo'ne'ra' Nova'slo' 'Wtts a iSrMty aii shapely Fi<en«tlr mfald. Slie dances- grs^fally; Rialphf Riggtf and Ra-th\»Wne' Wftclile' appearied In Hm last' aet in a dance -wlilclt wiStf many encores. The- refit ef the compa'ny .playM theli' roles -well. The choms girls sing and dance well, and ate beatftlftrf nz^ upon. .Tolin-Ceirf -li'as given thre' opera a One production and tlie i;omen some gorgeous gowns. "Tne Princess' -Pat'' is a' sure -winner, and we congratulate Mr. Cort upon his yataaole stage pfbflisff?. Mf. Her^rt conduofecl ttie flnrt vafformance. OusTafe Salzer' will lead for tbo- balance of the engagement. Setcev. L(M«r*K Wew Torb (Abe Rotbclilltf, mgr.)— The profli'am this 'we^ is laid out as foUows: M oBidO fc Ellar HafIT, tJre- child actress. In "JewtU,' tfftS chapter' of "Nenl of the Navy;" Tuesday, tieorge Probert. Anntf Martin and Paul Pantzer. IB- "The Spender," twenty-Third cbaptcr of "The DIaWOnd In the Sky," "The Double CroSS;" Wed- rtesaajC Mmle DfWsIer, in "TlUIe's Tbnlato Sur- tSMW:" Th^rreday. Helen Ware, in 'The Price;" Frtd»y. Rot*rt Warwick, In! "The Flash of An BowRld:" S^tuiidaiy, Edmund Breesa, in "The Soni; Of Bfetei" * Semdom** (XjOdIs Bnrttg, mgr.)— jriMdr o/ Amarfett is rUe attraction this -Week. Ootbma (F. Ferguson, mEr.)<-WeUiette Da- pf ee- stoek bnrlesqae.