The evening world. Newspaper, July 25, 1903, Page 7

(Details.of'Costumes or: Personal’Peculiari- ties Which Individualize Some Variety Artists—“The Girl in the Diamond Dress”—Press Eldridge’s Shirt Waist and.Ankie Cuffs—Hats and Shoes That Are:Known the World Over. as-well as-business affairs the trade-mark occupies an !mportant in. Congress, recognizing ¢he importance of the business trade-mark, has provided for the registration and protection of the same. ‘The theatrical freee is frequently one which may be copied. In any event, it is as im- Portant to @ performer as {s the symbol which guarantees the genuineness of @émebody’s whiskey or of somebody else's hair tonic. The theatrical trade-mark may be elther a detail of costume or some ‘peculiarity of personality. In any event it is valuable as a distinguishing sign unless successfully imitated. Imitation, although frequent, {s not always suc- oesstul, As an example of the pecullarities of the trade-mark the case of the late Stuart Robeon may be cited. His odd method of speech was better known than ‘was either his name or his attainments, and one fairly well informed person who read of his death was unable to recall him until this peculiarity of utterance was g@uggested as the means of identification. ‘The Costume Makes His Fame. Similarly in vaudeville distinguishing signs are of tmportance. Not long ago he writer in conversation with a dancer suggested the advisability of discarding one of his costumes to be informed that frequently managers, unable to recal) his Qame, could more readily remember his style of dressing, - Press Eldridge, for {nstance, has been appearing before the public the past Afteen or twenty years and his shirt walst and cuffed trousers have been made dis distinguishing mark. Originally the costume qas designed with a view to concealing the fact that Mr. Eldridge's legs are considerably out of plumb, His ‘owed legs, as a matter of fact, were a blessing in disguise, since it established @ means of ready identification. To-day should Mr. Eldridge appear on the stage ‘wearing the ordinary garmgnts of the street the probabilities are that he would not be recognized as Eldridge. His costume has become his trade-mark. James Richmond Glenroy Is more familiarly known as ‘The Man with the Green Gloves.” . Glenroy is an Irish comedian,.who Is really Irish, and ‘is gloves have identified him so emphatically that costume change would now be itnad- visable. Tm much the same way William Clifford looks to his exaggerated type of high hat to keep him fresh.tn publlc mind. Clifford mvas the firet comedian to recognize the comedy value of the old-fashioned hat, with its broad brim and enlarged crown. He caused @ dlock to be made, and for several years enjoyed sole possesson of this {dea. Subsequently he permitted several others to have hats made from the same block. He has always made appeal with exaggerated forms of dress, but the hat has remained his trade-mark. Aurie Dagwell, who sings the old songs somewhat efter the fashion.of Maude Courtney, uses a simple white dress as her elgn manual. This was adopted a couple af years ago at the suggestion of Percy G, Williams, manager of the Onpheum Theatre, in Brooklyn, and Miss Dagwell would be unwise to offer Cad otherform of costuming. Some Eccentricities of Dress, The tight-rope walker variously known as Flora Leonari and Mile. Flora, which last was corrupted into Millle Flora and translated into Mildred, has for the past seven or eight years employed a tough-girl specialty to keep herself in mind. She has a hat unlike anything else ever seen on the stake, wears heavy congress gaiters and a white cotton sult of barbaric cut. The moment she eppears on the stage she 1s recognized whether the vaudeville-wise have sten the pro- gramme or not. Agnes Mahr, the eccentric dancer, known as the American Tommy Atkins, who {s ehortly to be seen at Hammerstein's, depends upon 4 certain Frenchiness of her Tommy-Atkinsy costumes, and whatever thelr color or cut this chicness 1s her characteristtc. Florence Bindley avails herself of one of the most expensive trade-marks. She qras in London at the time when the rhinestone craze was at !ts height, and she invested very liberally in these orraments. Now she is making them yield & return by advertising herself as ‘The Girl in the INamond Dress. Toward the completion of the musical specialty in which she appears she leaves the stage, returning in a black silk costume strongly. suggeéting a bathing dress. This is almest completely covered with rhinestone ornaments, and when she dances in the dark, with only a oalclum thrown upon her, the effect is remarkably brilliant and provocative of much comment, which is precisely what Miss Bindley 1s after. Even rhinestones are not inexpensive, and the cost of Mies Bindley’s ornaments easily mounts up into thousands of dollars, Mrs. Allison, of the team of that name, has Mentified herself with a Swedish character, of which the ray dress and the homespun stockings are invariable features. During the regular season sho plays dramatic engagements, devoting herself to vaudeville in the eurly fall and ‘the late spring. Wanny Fields, who uses the prefix ‘Happ: originaly offered a specialty in which she employed a dozen different costumes. Now her familiar Dutch dress, with its white stockings and blue skirt, has ‘virtually become a trade- roark. She went abroad some time ago, and her dialect so pleased the London- ere that she has remained there for a long time. Trousers Better than Skirts, Johnstons Bennett would scarcely be accepted now in any part which called for her appearance in skirts throughout the evening, and Louise Gunning, who was with "Mr. Pickwick" last season, can claim the exclusive right to Gcotch dressing as an accompaniment to her songs of that country. Ezra Kendall prefers to appear before his public in the battered stove- pipe and rusty frock coat of the New England Yankee. Several years ago, while travelling wtth a ministrel company, he was required either to use burnt cork or to cancel his contract. He successfully brought suit for breach of contract, alleging that his peculiar style of dressing constituted a trade-mark, which in itwelf was valuable, This is probably the only instance wherein a theatrical personal trade-mark has been recognized by the courts. George Evans, who pleads guilty to having ‘written the music of “In che Good Old Summertime,” would be entirely unfamiliar to his public were he to dis- onrd the mite duck sult, with fts Ught-fitting “high-water” trousers and the funny Uttle cap. Long before he mado his first success with “The Honey Boy,” which song has given him a title, he was addicted-to this style of dressing, and has vever changed. James Thornton would be a stranger without the long gray frock coat, and Jonn Kernell without an umbrella would never be identified as Kernell. There is tradition in the business that the umbrella is one of the few things in the world older than are some of Kernell's jokes. His Nervousness Avails Him. Charley Case may be {dentified by his habit of Adgetting continuously witte bit of cord. Dt Case ever dropped his cori it would be necessary for some stazo hand to lead him to the friendly shelter of the wings. He {s extremely nervous and bashful as well, The string alone gives him sufficient confidence to appear in iblic. ae Some years ago while appearing in San Francisco, Case was requested by the Orpheum management to present his specialty at one of the entertainments given by the Elks. He was ina state of nervous dread all the evening, and when the Chairman announced that Charles Case would entertain the audience he was not vy MAGAZINE SATURDAY EV! JULY 26, 1903, Auri Dagwel] Be Giri of 63 SIMS Old Time, SOLIS to be found. Subsequently he explained that he was overcome by an uncontrak © able fit of fear and going to the drossing-room secured his hat and went hame = hurriedly. The odd part of his performance iles in the fact that there were fifteen hum- dred hats tn the dressing-room, none af which was (dentified by number or other wise. In some unexplained fashion Case went directly to his hat on a pile, withe & out daving to stop to search, Case announces that he !s the man who talks about 97 his father, and some of tho best vaudeville jokes are told about the fictitious Mi. Case. i igs Public Won’t Believe It “Make-Up,” For awhile Artle Hall enjoyed fame as being the one woman who so cleverly made up as a negress as to deceive her audience. For several years Miss Hall Was accustomed to remove a little cape from her shoulders to show the white flesh beneath, and {t is charaoteristic of the vaudeville audience that they te garded the white flesh as artifice and the painted surface as real. Until Miss Hall changed her style of dressing there were hundreds of persond who were firmly convinced that Miss Hall was a negress who painted her should- ers waite prior to each performance, Before Miss Hall's advent a mixture of burnt cork with red was supposed to yield the proper negro tint. She attained @ more natural appearance by powdering with violet, which gives the pecullar blue- = teh tinge common to some negroes. : Ewin Latell has a whito garment which is a cross between a shirtwaist anda Norfolk jacket, and he also employs a small felt hat which figures importantly ~~ in this comedy. ‘With the single exception of Miles Hall none of the entertainers herein men- tion would be able to dispenso with his costume trade-mark, for it is by these outward visible signa that they are known. In Engand there is less individuality observed. Most of the comedians dress exactly allke, and the changes are minor and unimportant in most cases. Perhaps the most distinctive trade-mark is that of Chirgwin, known as the / “White-Byed Kafr." Chirgwin, through an oversight one evening, failed te apply burnt cork to one eye. ‘The odd effect thus produced was adopted dy him, and now he never appears in public without the burnt cork and a diar ” mond-shaped patch of white encircling his left eye. The chances are that were] — any other comedian to appear in public with the same odd make-up he would, : \ ‘bo hooted from the stage. The Same Situation Abroad. Wugene Stratton, an American performer, who was-a miserable failure the © last time he played in his own country, still uses the plantation make-up fame i far enough to those who remember the minstrels of twenty years ago. Strate ton, who is a tremendous hit in England, employs a number of songs for him by Leslie Stuart, the composer of ‘“(Florodora.” Stratton . Stuart long before the latter's first opera, and his patriotio.cong, “Soldiers ofthe 9{ Queen," gained him broader recognition. RG. Knowles, another American who Is very successful in London, Greed fm an antiquated hat, white duck trousers and a black frock coat, by -~whish sign you may know him, while Little Tich, the dancer, would pass unrecognized without tho shoes with soles six feet long which have made him famous, The player who Is atile to establish some such means of ready io ea 3 fs fortunate Indeed, Not only does he constantly recall himself to the playa |.) going public, but the less informed managers are more apt to remember thé ‘© eccentricities than the players’ names, and as “that girt with the Scotch songa and kilts” Louise Gunning ts far better known than she §s under her own nama ‘The same may be sald of practically all the others. CHICOR. | 2 4. Bese ONbY ONE NEW BIbb—A ROOF HEATRICALLY, New York appears | Majestic, both of which are dding re- T +o be in a state of coma. To be| murkabiy largo business for this scason sure, there are plenty of attrac-| of the year. ‘The same {s true of "The tions, indoor and out, but no effort is] Sarl of Pawtucket” at the Manhattan mate to present anything new. Man-| ieatre. ageis are too busy getting ready for] 91 tHe rool one has a splendid iui | : erste Pr eG: e5 the coming season to bother much | sjuaing such favorites ute, Carden, in bolstering up entertainments which al-|is Gillette ‘and his dogs, Edith Helena, | jeady have been voted successes by the, Aga, the myaterious floating. woman. | j public. gnd the, Hammerstein travesties, The Thus you will find only one new at-| will be an added attraction Pes traction offered for Monday—a skit at \the Crystal Gardens, by George V. At the Madison Square Roof the Jap- anese opera “Otoyo” has scored unmis- } a 3 takably, and the attendance ts always Hobart, entitled “Lifting the Cup." This | jar, Below in the Garden Duss aid \wketch has no connection with what|his band and the Venico Carnival at- jhappens between the acts at the New| tract many, “The sololst for next week |York, but 1s rather a satire, or some-|/% & Miss , rtised ns one of \thing, bullt around the efforts of Sir| {nse purenmal, creatures of the stage, ‘Thomas Lipton to bring home the Amer-| At the Terrace Garden the stock opera fea’s Cup. The press representative | company of that place will revive ‘Trial does not state who will appear in thie, | bY Jury.” {0 be followed by “Cavalleria Jout without much doubt you will hear! “ane attractions offered in “Germany Miss, Carus in émitations of the Erin's|hy Night’ at the Lion ‘Palste are many, |fog "whistle, and probably Junto MoCree | and varied, the Eden Musee many new ple~ just received from Burope, \ will still do his bartender act, which he pig: \has religiously adhered to since the Gays of The Wild Rose." At Manhattan Beach Lew Dockstader end his merry minstrels have gone heir way to Atjantic City, and. will be @ucoeéded by "A Chinese Honeymoon." ‘This ts the same musical play which enjoyed so jong a yun at the Casino, Ibut it ta not the eame cast, for in this {organization John E, Henshaw plays the ‘role created here by Thomas Q. Sea- {hrooke, and Toby Claude that intrusted 10 Katie Barry. This company played & ten weeks’ engagement in Boston, and has twice been seen in Philadelphia. The ast indludes Stella Tracey, Christine Hudson, May Ten Broeck, W. H, Clarke, Edward Clarke, Charles Prince, ®dmund Lawrence, Frances Knight, (Katherine Call, the girl cowboy; Kitty Parks and some eighty others. At the theatre in the afternoon Shan- non’a Band will be heard, and beginning 8 o'clock each evening Pain's mar- vellous isplay of fireworks may be ‘The headliners at the Brighton Beach Gtusio Hall wiil be Shean and Warren in “Quy Vadis Upside Down." There will be many other features, At Keith's some of the“offerings are mith and Ryan, the Lawrence Sisters, Keno, Welch and Melrose, the Meredith Sisters, who sing “Hiawatha” without the ald of a net, and many othors. At the Grand Opera-House, begluning this afternoon, there will be shov ing pictures of the recent Root- Aight. The managoment promi these are the best fight pictures ever exhibited, and fit to take your mother, sister or sweetheart to see; which is very nice, as all must admit, On the’ floating roof garden of the steamer Grand RepuDilc excellent vaude- ville. entertainments are given each pighe except Friday. ‘ony Pastor's old-established house on Fourteenth street invariably furnishes excellent amusement to Its patrons. At Proctor's Twenty-thin! street house Mrs. Odell Willlama will pe seen In a Sketch called “ie Sister's Beau: ‘At the Fifty-elgnth street house ‘My presented “Lord Chumley” by the atoek company Mt. Prootor's Harlem theatre will be enucied “The Old cont: At the Fifty-elghth street house “M. Sweetheart” will enter upon ite second week. Mise jo GoM ts not Minnie ‘The indoor entertainmehts on Broad~ ‘way include “The Runaways" at the N@asino ang "The Wisard of Os" at the steal Uh Said abies GARDEN SRIT. Palmer by a good deal, but she has had the advantage of the coaching of John ‘R. Rogers, which has meant much for her, ‘The ‘success of this plece shows that a good play is a good play for all time. In other words, "The play's the thing" is as we to-day as when it was first uttered. Charles B, Ward, the original Bowery Boy, 1s to play in Baratoga this coming week, The young gentleman who looks after the varied Interests of Sullivan, Harris and Woods is authority for, the state- ment that Sisiereta Jones, “the Black Patti," has recelved an offer from a London manager and will probably jour- hey to England at the close of her American engagements in the belief that she will be commanded to, sing before Edward and his Queen. There is no reason why she should not. She has a far better voice than Bert Williams. | Interesting news Is received. from the | Bostock animal arena at the Sea Beach | f iy ea inna Find the shape of a block of wood that will fit each closely and yet sllp A SLEVER woop TRICK. if ai la HOME FUN FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS. THE VANISHING SQUARE, aun! Place #xteen matches in such a way as to form the accompanying figure. ‘The figure contains five squares, Now by moving just three matches, change a Pes easily through the three openings this piece of wood. il | tn CANDY RECIPES Pepperminte—Boll two cups of white sugar and one-half cup milk five min- utes, stirring all the time. Add one teaspoonful of essence of peppermint, rop on buttered paper with teaspoon Palace to the effect that the latest novelty 4s “a nocturnal simian, a curious creature that sleeps all day and frolics at night.” This nocturnal’ simian pos- Sesses the somewhat pecullar name of dwarrentrainor,”* ere is 80 much to see at Luna Park that even the preas agent does not at- tempt to enumerate his attractions, ‘The Johnstown Flood, at Coney Island, EY 1s one of the solid successes of the| Vinegar taffy—Two cups sugar, one- resort ; adie Char a LaPUR Vere paver ne. [RAM cup butter, one-half cup vinegar, dienne, is to present at Proctor's Fifty-|°8¢ tablespoon of molasses; cook haif elghth’ street house to-morrow after-| an hour Caramele—One cup grated chocolate, one-half cup molasses, one cup milk, one-half oup augar, one tablespoon of butter; cook and try in water, and when Jameson Lee Finney Js to be featured | hard beat untH cool, put in pans and in Broadhurst & Curnie's “A Kool and) cut Into small squares His Money," rehearsals of whiGh t begin | — noon and evening a aketch called "His Wedding Nizht. John C. Fisher announces that “A Princess of Kensington” will open the Broadway Theatre Aug. at, tho figure {nto one which shall ‘be oom- posed of just four squares with no extra matches left over, -———— EGGS BY WEIGHT. WHICH IS THE LONGER? Da maaias ea ‘The provision officials of Prussia have beon petitioned to have eggs sold in t i future by weight instead of by number. I The object ts to pri brow against those of foretgy coun- within a few weeks. “Victims of Money" is the name of a new melodrama to be produced by Law. rence Murston this season, As the was written bya nowspaper man, Tt te not thought that ft 9 in any sense an autoblography, | THAT MAINWARING AFFAIR. Ask your friends which of the two| tries, German eggs welghing, on an} straight nes (not counting the branch-| average, from $3.58 to 51.4 penn Ing iines) 1s the longer. Nine out of| weights, whilo those imported weigh ten will probably say the upper line] from 2.72 to 92.15 pennyweights. 1s the longer. As a matter of fact, the} —— - two ilnes are of precisely the same A length. It 4s a clever optical Illusion musements. = === = MAJESTIC.S":*3 CIRCLE, Wvay 00 w vet, $8 Mata. To-day & Wed th Time tn N 27TH WEEK aay “sotvesins 'WIZARDOF OZ =istectstis | with PRED A. STONE ss the Scarecrow., Miss Marie Cnhill’s second m as } Safi Magi htey GPUs ott weet BIOS OM NeUe | BOC Ea YE: wonnisow’s ROCKAWAY BEACH, ¥!, a ewers tecey. and Miss Efe Bhan-| A DEEP MYSTERY OF CRIME —A D> ER L ehALT YS, Ri MANS: | Thinole “Aug. 1. Mie Keleey ter said to} BEAUTIFUL STORY OF LOVE. FLORENCE DY aN = po Ni bel apieiig noha) &: camer ee erAce=| jBy permission of J. B. Lippincott Publishing Co.4 T OCK S Ree Davina broker Se Richard. Hardtee||: Will Appear in The Evening World Next Week, [SOSTOCKSHag Davis, have completed a turee-act hal Ly TOWN. comedy-drama which may be whortl; produced on Broadway. if 4 it a Sided ata Spal iis Las Beginuing Monday, July 27, ending Saturday. Aug. 1. “KEITH'S Vek, RE uth St.) PRICES, Be. aad Soe Fe | Amusements. PARKER’S HAIR MANHATTAN BEACH’ TO-DA pu, SHANNON'S par. B Promotes the growth of the hair and To-NIGHT | Pain’s Po: ity gives it the lustre and silkiness of youth. eee and GRAND re FGACK THE YOUTHEUL COLOR, “LAs? rhees. snd koeps the sealp clean and healthy. | |] 5 Coe aT MINSTREL COMPANY Hs A Chinese Honeymoon—Monday Amusements. TO-DAY, Bs soc.| MOVING PICTURES corrntonrem TO-NIGH io” oes LL pes /Grand % Recta To-day, tition set It'sCoolatPROCTOR'S { ontinuous ea Au wader. Mysterious AGA and i (Kindred fla, ADELAIDE KEIM, |p Of, tantect tet ta ntttore Ria peers ER ad nr ettiste "Bee g@ bo" A B8th St.) Seknrono,, “eobanst Se ARADISE ROOF GARDEN, f {QBthSt,y HoT REEREES poaE 12 BIG VAUDEVILLE ACTS, \ MADISON SQUARE Japan by Night camie'oy ROSTON'S L. ADIS aon ROOF GARDEN—50e OTOYO. and HRSTRA: ATLANTIC Ear FLOATING ROOF GARDEN, | 3: Ponteite, Ma Bochert's itr, € iran ep! He. " AO Clase Vaudeville, — [Reiss fa jai ae asin ae | Manhattan St ’ 4 THE EARL OF PAWTUCKET, very tiventog lixceot Friday, Fare Svc, | Crystal JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. 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