Variety (November 1910)

22 VARIETY MABELLE ADAMS (THE GIRL WITH THE DREAMY EYES) HEADLINED AT HAMMERSTEIN'S WEEK NOV. 14. HELD OVER THIS, A SECOND WEEK What ACTON DAVIKS said: At Hammerstein's Victoria yesterday afternoon "The Girl with the Dreamy Eyes" made her metropolitan debut in a very mystic and at the same time a very artistic act. She played beautifully on the violin, but for a moment or two the audience had eyes only for her costume. It con- sisted of one piece of black silk so effectively draped that it showed off the young girl's beautiful figure to ex- traordinary advantage without In any way violating the accepted canons of either an opera gown or a bathing suit. Slowly and with a rather snake-like movement The Girl made her way to the footlights, posed there a moment and then, crossing a little bridge into the au- dience, made her way up the aisle, much to the trepida- tion and delight of a number of old gentlemen on the aisle seats. She always kept on her walking and she played all the time. No duenna or New England school marm could have carried herself with more frigid dig- nity. And in the meantime the eyes dreamed and dreamed Whoever this young girl is, she has two things that she may thank Providence for most heartily. She has the gift of playing the vlulin most ravlshingly, and she has a figure which for grace and symmetry has not been ex- celled on the stage for a long time. Opening in a NEW and NOVEL ACT, DEC. 5. Direction ALBERT SUTHERLAND "Positively the Greatest and Best G Sharp Shooting Act In Vaudeville" QEORQALAS BRO Sensational Rifle Shots This Week (Nov. 21) Colonial, Philadelphia lowed and went as well as the best on the bill. The comedian is away from the majority of bis race and the four men can and do sing. The comedy helps considerably. Bimm Bimm Brrr closed the first part with their novelty musical act. Somehow or other the Trevitt Bitrons will not warm up to a musical turn ren the whirling bells at the finish failed to proroke any applause. Coogan and Park* started the second session with singing and dancing and soon had things their way. The eccentric dancer is about as loose-legged as they come and together with the work of his partner and some classy costumes pulled down a big hit. Dick Crolius and Co. presented "shorty"walklng away with the evening's honors. The surprise of the show turned out to be Olive Briscoe, billed as a clever enter- tainer who sings catchy songs. Miss Briscoe is all that and then some. In appearance she resembles Ina Claire, who has been credited with being one of the beauties of the pro- fession. Miss Briscoe opens with a song about the different types of girls, offering a little "business" just before the second chorus. Her second number, "Imagination," Is equally well rendered. A suffragette song Is used to close. It ie hard to pick the best. Three changes are made. The costumes worn will touch the best in vaudeville, more so because they are becoming to the wearer. If Miss Briscoe worked with a piano player and dropped the orchestra altogether she would un- doubtedly give some of the imported singles a hard run for honors, for she has everything necessary in a first-class singing turn. Elliott. piled up the laughB in great billows of mirth. Belalr and Elliott closed with a good laughing knockabout act. WYNN. STAR AND GARTER (Wm. Beebe, mgr.).— The usual capacity audience found the beautiful "sight" features of "The Behman Show" an alluring accompaniment to the really tangible burlesque plot and the splen- did acting which most of the players put for- ward in' unfolding the scheme of entertain- ment. The costuming of chorus and principals spread an attractive showing of color and quality before onlookers already taught to appreciate enterprise along those lines; the comedy element, with Will J. Kennedy carry- ing the burden lightly and with unfailing re- sults, developed laughter which proved the good humor of the assemblage and the pretty faces and stunning figures which predomi- nated among the female element lent a physical charm which completed the category of good amusement. To the players them- selves must go the credit for making so much out of "Palm Beach" the two-act medium of their Introduction. Snap and dash are the predominating elements, well directed en- deavor is the essential medium and a per- formance replete with artistic handling is the result. Kennedy is a good comedian, original in method and painstaking to a degree. He won the confidence of the audience upon tne reading of his first line and ever after that brought a laugh when he entered and left merriment at exit. He ran all through the piece, his frequent Introduction never coming too often and his presence in every scene Lon Hascall proved a capital "straight" and his enterprise In changing clothes makes him worth a special commendation. Hascall is a good light comedian, too, and his work was a potent factor in the general up-llft of pleasure the work of all the principals provoked. Two peachy pretty girls, Eileen Sheridan and Anita Julius, were conspicuously in evidence through cleverness and classy demean, and Lillian Herndon, the leading woman, was ef- fective in her endeavors and a distinct benefit to the performance. In the olio Lon Has- call, Miss Herndon, Geo. R. Selgman and Will J. Kennedy put up a swift moving and capi- tally tensloned portrayal of "Pals," a sketch exceedingly well liked. Eileen Sheridan's voice was affected by sudden contact with Lake Michigan winds and she was taken out of the specialty list for Sunday only. The McGlnnlns Brothers substituted for her and scored heavily with their neatly dressed sing- ing and dancing turn, a fully credited im- personation of Eddie Leonard and a wind-up of eccentric stepping which brought four bows. Nadje, truly a queen of equipoise, was an added attraction and presented one of the classiest and daintily turned "sight" acts the local stage has known In months. She's facially and physically attractive and di- versifies her offering with hand balancing, dancing and a teeth-whirl finish ; she was ap- plauded for five bows. The Courtenay Sisters "cleaned up" the show. They sang three num- bers with changes of pretty frocks and for a finish sent "Silvery Moon" across In a man- ner to elicit three encores and a half dozen bows. They were closing the olio and when the curtain was rung up for the start of the second act of the burlesque the applause continued, swelled and continued without abatement through the entire opening num- ber. Not a word of ensemble song was heard, and when the chorus finally retired the Courtenay girls returned for another ovation and a verse and chorus of the song. Star and darter audiences have not even ap- proached such a demonstration for any other act this season. Later on when Fay Cour- tenay came on to lead a "Bert Williams" num- ber the riot started all over again and she was repeatedly encored. WALT. STAR (Tom Carmody, mgr. ; agent, W. V. M. A.).—The matinee attendance at the Star is gradually creeping closer and closer to the capacity mark where it will eventually locate, provided nothing intereferes with the good judgment of the present booking agent. The current Monday matinee was given to the best- lookng house the Star has been able to boast of for several weeks past. Cal Stewart may take exception to this statement, for. Judging by the wild enthusiasm which was nowhere in sight during Stewart's short stay, he might have been better booked to entertain the Associated Bomb Throwers of Minsk. Stewart was slightly handicapped through the absence of his drop, but nothing short of a Polish in- terpreter would have helped him any. Here is a character man who should never find It necessary to travel more than a hundred miles away from New York. His "Rube" is the natural one ; his material the best. Before an audience with any Intelligence, he is bound to go big, but a rural character doesn't fit well In Your Grip You'll say they're as indispensable as your make-up —that your grip isn't packed complete without them, when once you've smoked TURKISH BLE ND CIGARETTES They are so distinctively different. They have the full Turkish flavor, and withal, a surpassing mild- ness and richness. Ten additional cigarettes in- stead of an expensive package. 20 for 15c ("iff it //iii! />■")//• /,• '/ /. •innnf (fj \ ,v) ,./',,/" fa- r ''i'r , ,..;'< ii i'i ini.'.-fii.' if/'/ <tff>,t>ri<itr i)ii i rnti<'n t . i ih i ■ '/' j,' < i ■)!! i'i ,/rii < /',■: ,-n / >> 2 i of the 11 ://> 11 > . t'Htiiinci/ in <</<///,/, i-ti»r .'/ /• ,ifnn,i «. THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. Chester B. Johnstone RE DEVIL HAMMERSTEIN'S THIS WEEK (Not. 21) TIME OPEN J SchichtPs Manikins No open dates for United States until 1012 Sensational hit this week ( ?n Hammerstein's, New York Next Week (Nov. 28) Manhattan Opera House, New York Rebooked for Europe from May 1st, 1911 . IVI IN I IM Closed the Bill Last Week At the National Apple Show, Spokane The Eccentric Juggling Comedian