The evening world. Newspaper, June 11, 1904, Page 11

ROOF-GARDEN STAR TALKS OF HIS WORK. SUALLY the performer who gives imitations of famous persons is Dilied as the Great Someboay-or-Otner. A blare from the or- chestra brings him on and a storm of ap- plause {a supposed to sweep him off. He puts on a wig, does things to his face, wriggles wildly fatto @ cont which ts supposed to fit the character but @oesn't ft him, hops out from behind @ screen, strikes titude and confidently awaits your kind ap- this sort of thing about Willy Oscar Hammerstein has brought and. introduced at the Paradise 't style himvelf “great.” He is fs an artist, Not -@ mere.“‘imi- but @ character actor who might teach even ‘Mansfield « thing or two. Hungarian of forty-ofd 18 this: Zimmer modest, in fact, that he came here fears, and when Mr. Hammerstein told him after his ormance that he was a success, wept with Fe sagee> i the dressing-room and I cry. For more as I have not ory. But when I hear I make ery like @ baby, And the missus she ts ing-room with me and she ery, too. We ” r ht be supposed, Zimmerman has seen all the masters he imitates, Mentioning Wagner, he i; ri : rh t i ‘Vaughner as I see him in Vienna in 1573 that I ‘Tannhauser’ it was that night, and er he conduct. I do not know then that some tate him, but I look cli like always, and forget. Ah, yes, to make 4t well, the imita- must see all the leetle things and you must all. It is the feetle things which make the tl t pe ag ft Fa i 2 years after he saw Wagner, Mr. Zimmer- that he began giving imitations. At the ‘be. was singing comic songs in a garden in f fits “A band ft play there, and the leader he make many aetions. iOne evening about eaix o'clock when only tho Qetista are there eating dinner, I for fun, stan’ up and preten’ I lead the band. They Iaugh—the leader, too— Hamme 5 w THE » EVENING # WORLD'S # HOME w MAG ein Sees Himself As Zimmerman Makes Him. and they say it be beeg fun if I take the leader's place when he has benefit pretty soon. I do it, and the people laugh so I do nothing but imitations ever gince, “You must catch the people to laugh when you give imitations. It must not be a serious. That is why I give Olivier Motra here alread jo much as Vaugh- ner, Suppe, Lizst, Offenbach and Verd!. ‘Ver’ few in audience maybe know who is Metre. In Paris every- body knew him. G “They called him ‘the Waltz King of France,’ and he was ver’ popular, That why he fall asleep when he condwot, Every one, man and womans, r-runned ‘er him, end he booxe all the time and stay cop so late that he {s sleepy when he comes by the orchestra and his eyes go shut. He sleep till, boom! the drum goes, then he Jjoomp and see what fs !t. I see him many times do this. He booze more as he sleep. Now he te dend.”" ‘There ts @ psychological quality in Zimmerman’s work which strikes one the moment he walks on ‘When this point was touched on he put “T om just feeling I would be that person for that moment. I don't see no one in front of me, As to the difficulty of ‘hitting off” persons, he sald: “T don't want to say too much, because it make 1% seem I am Ike too proud a fellow. But it ts ver’ easy for me. Once I see the eccentricities 1 have it all. What I can't see in twenty minutes I can't aco at all. It ts no use Sousa I saw do.two pieces. Two days tater I do Sousa. The other night T go and see Duss, I think I do him, But he has BO eccentricities which would give interest to the| people. He !s one part like the other one. Mottl, too, 1s much alike, but I will give imitation of him later, because he ( the greatest of Vaughnerian con- Guctors, and because New York knows him. First time I see Creatore I do him. So many people teil me already he is so funny, and with {mitation of thim I catch the people to laugh ver" much,” Oddly enough, this foreigner, born in Buda Pesth, began his stage career in Now York twenty-sight years ago, and has now returned for the first time. “Always was I crazy to go on the stage,” he said, “go my father he send me ito an uncle in New York, hecause he say I could not understand or speak the Bnglish, and so I could not get a chance to go on the stage in America. The seoond day I am hero I walk one morning in the Bowery, Garden, close to Venetian Canals, Gondolas, a Sea Serpent and Over 22,000 Flowers at Steeplechase Park. A_Glimpse of the Falryland Through Which the Canals Run. OU-have heard of the grand canals of Venice, and you have undoubt- edly heard of the grand canals of Bteoplechase Pari. It would cost you a lot of nioney to seo-the gondolas floating along the Ital fan waters, but tt will cost you nothing to see the Steeplechaso Park gondolas, with thelr picturesque gondollers, That is, .4t will cost you nothing if you are a reader of The ‘Hvening ‘World and out out the coupon trom te- @ay's Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Battions “and visit Coney Island with it to-day. ‘This coupon will adinit you to eee in- numeradle attractions at that most wonderful of all places of amusement, Bteeplechase Park, tnd among these | One of the mysterious creature, comes from gleam, But through the in water route, ‘the great and beautiful canals, Wind- ing through George C. Tilyvu’s famous pleasure park by the sea run the a lightful artificial etreams, beautiful in their situations and flowing past. more amazing: bits of Wonder than could even be Imagined to exist in ayo a limliod apace, van . Mealy nity 22 Park {s the biggest by of any id@: park, but when you, stop to Pena all of the aauarmneats attractions crowded into it you don't’ see how one man could have planned so many things. sensation wh readers virit the the Sea Serpent with a Sea Serpent in it! deed, a wonder, but George ©. Tilyou hie the mpat seen In captivit: Don't fail to see it as It glides, gleam- ing and glistening, with its bronze and mottled scales, through the water. Fire will bee that this great creature, gliding miniature 5 The big Sea Serpent’ has pl passengers to ride, for its fins are seats, and ultogether it Js an amasing me- The chanical device: ‘There are hundreds of attractions at Steeplechase Park, but the canals age bite of beautiful wonderland. Graney Ea 22,000 flowers—more novelties that will make a evening ‘World's Only... and A canal, ‘This:is, in- wonderful sea serpent over Coupon its nostrils, and its eyes watsh it closely, aril you is the newest thing ways~only it is a cant CUT A Ct fro Sporting, Fi OUPOD ‘Nieht or es for ith, Sth than 0. found In all Prospect Park—have been planted this season in the Steeplechas? Ero! unds, Remember, to-day ts the day! tte ONE NEEDED TO SEF ONO. C: TILYOU'S GREAT. STEEPLECHASE BY THE SEA. her the Th EVENING WORLD of Friday, June 10; or 6 6th Edition EVENING WORLD of » June 11, ‘That coupon will be acco Grand street. Inside people have a chance to show what they can do. I waa twelve and a half only, but comic alnger. The ing. They laugh ver’ much when I sing a song, then say to me to sing it again. I eing It second time, and they laugh worse as before. ‘Sing it again!’ they yell, and I do, I think Iam beeg hit till a man he take me by the collar and throw me out in the street. Then comes an Englishman named Thompson who sees it, and he saya if I want to go on the stage he take me in his minstrels. I pay yes, and I commence in a@ thea- tre at the corner of Third avenue and Eighth street —it was called Tivoll. Now when I come back to New York on Monday night I think maybe some one ‘take ma by the collar and throw me in the street ance more. And because they don't I ory—and the missus, she cry. We are ver’ glad I do not make a frost.” agree “LIKE l1Y OWN GHOST,” SAYS HAMMERSTEIN. ROTTEN," rolled Oscar when I asked 46 him what ho thought of Zimmerman's imitation of Hammerstein, Quite aghast at @ manager who would ‘roast” his own show I Gaeped, “Whyt’ “Because I am not es old as Zimmerman makes mo look," he declared, én all seriousness, ‘Then the humor of it etruck him, and deaning back in his chair he roared. “Talk about woman's vanity," he moralized, “I guess men are about as bad as women when it comes to that. No woman could have a greater horror of growing old than I have. I ineist that 1 am not old. No matter how old I may look, I think 7 =m young, And I don't stoop when I walk.” A reproachful glance at Mr. Zimmerman brought the response. “Ob, yes, sometimes, Mr. Hammerstein, When you HE New York Theatre Roof will hesnades to the list of summer lusement places on Monday night, when ¢t wilt be opened with a yaudevitie show, of which “Ned Way- urn’s Girls" will be the feature. There will be twenty-five young wom-| | ler in “The Diotator’’ at the Criterion Unique and elaborate than his “Minstrel Miases,': which seored such a success on the same roof last summer. In ad- dition there will be Dingies," twenty-two coon" singers and dancers, and “Wayburn's Rag Sex- tet.” half a dozen darkles who would rather play the plano’ than chicken. Glannint’s of Italy, an men, Dearanco, Royal Marine Band, The bill wilt ino! : Igtte's Musical Dogs, Rosa Naveen Tropical Birds, Max Waldon, Impersonator; Herbert Brooks, fusion- ist; the Moefzettl family of acrobats Tascott, the coon-shouter, and others. The Mysterious Faco will be added to the bill at Hammerstein's Paradise Garden, Klaw & Erlanger's Com Y headed by Way Templeton” canary Dailey, will continue in Overything” at the Aerial atop the New Amsterdam Theatre, be open mext Satuiday afternoon, De Wolf Hopper in “Wang” as the at. raction. The Messrs. Shubert wilt fur. nlsh Rhe theatre with musical attrac. jons during June, July and August The Lyric, where ‘Wang’ : playing, closes to-night. “The Wedding Day," the tu c vy Btantalnus Stange and Julien mee tion of the Fox and Jefferson De Angelia once ap- peared, Wil! be the offering of the comic opera company at Proctor’s Fifty- eighth Street Theatre. Dorothy Morton will head the cast, The closing attraction of the season ‘at the Grand Opera-House will be Mar tin J, Dixon's melodrama of New York f the 04 “Ned Wayburn’s Girls” fed Wayburn's| t brojled| } Tganization of forty-five! will make {ts first Broadway ap-,2 female, “A Little of} Gardens. | comedle The Manhattar Beach (Theatre will) with | is now | wards, in which Lillan Russell, Della’ think much you walk like this," and Zimmerman ; stalked across the room with his eyes on the floor. Well, who doesn't?” deflantly demanded the youth- loving Oscar. “And did you ever stop to think,” he added, his eyes brightening with an idea, "that walk- ing lke that helps you to think? Helps a whole lot, especially if you put your hands behind you. 1 do most of my thinking when I am walking along the street, I always walk alone. I won't walk with any one. If @ person joins mo I make some excuse and get away by myself. You never saw me walking with any one, did you? Next to walking es an aid’ to thought I Ilke to get into the corner of a street-car. I don't quite understand what there 1s about it, but 1 can do a helluvalot of thinking in @ street-car. Great Place, too, to stu@y human nature. You can figure it all out for yourself just what persons are. Several times I happened to be on the same car with a dis- tinguished, wealthy looking man. I made up my mind | he was a bank president or tho head of some great T asked ,' said he: know speak to him. bank president. ‘N student of human nature, Mr, Hammerstein stopped ai office boy on the threshold: The boy came in with a ci third.” stein. “More human natu another hearty Inugh. “It's of @ tloket. even funnier. A roof‘garden laundry. I decided right there to end my course as You can’t tell”— "What ts it says If you'll oblige him with ¢wo seats he'll buy a “Tell him he'll buy all three," retorted Hammer- "ha commented, with do to get Into a theatre withcut paying the full price People who patronize a roof garden are AZINE. # financial institution. A few days ago I saw a man | for $1 and De Reszke for }) cents. And, Incidentally, — if the gentleman was ay it doesn't want any sentiment. I've just had to emt ; ‘he’ collector for a| out tha prettiest song in my burlesque because ft wash entimental, A zoof-garden crowd wants only that; which {s tuneful and lively and funny.” i “Does Mr, Zimmerman's tmitation of you steite you as funny?” ow “Funny!” he repeated in a high volce. ‘I sl say not. There's nothing funny about {t to me, 10s Uke seeing a ghost of yourself. I sit back in a cotner every night and watch it, with chills running up ands down my spine. It's a good deal liKe seeing tombstone before you're dead. I keep asking "Do 1 look like that?” ‘Am Tas old as that?! Yes; about as funny as a funoral."' | CHARLES DARNTON, + ~ nd asked sharply of an ard, saying, “The man funny what people will audience wants Melba gtigra. Inks and company in “Little Barry and Halvers in a singenj dancing sketch, Ford and Wilson, black- faced comedians; Jean Edwards Else- ger, who. will make nd Warsaw Brothers 4 gle ‘William B. West's Georgia Minstrets will be the main attraction at Huber's Museum, Hannah Pu the Eden Mu: Mt ecause She Loved.’ “Sapho" will be played by the stock company at the West End Theatre. Continuing at Broadway theatres wil! be Raymond Hitchcock in “The Yan- kee Consul" at the Broadway, “Pitt, Paff, Pout" at the Casino, William Col- Jac! and and ‘The Southerners” at the New {n wax will be found at York. 7 and the Gotham theatres close to-nig! ‘Mime. Eleanore Marx ‘will be the solo- Ist with Duss and the Metropolitan Opera-House orchestra at Maddison r has been added to t used in. “Fire ani at Luna Park, Coney Tatand, je are leaping from third in- and peo) qin © stead of sexond story windows. on the New Vork Roof. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Doug-| }Jurbar” and ‘War Is Hell’ are draw- ing big crow: mi Bostock’s Animal Areng, vita and his twenty-seven lions, ofters gne of the most thrilling exhibitions at Oney, ‘The Johnstown Flood ts one of Coney’ rroatent spectacles | on | moste han will be | Dumonés, _W Kelly and Daisy Dum AMUSEMENTS. flay! ds. Dreamland, clever performers. 1g a great fun Dreamlan: s 4 FOR 30,000. None, ofter SENDID, ENTERTAUYSONT RESTAURANT OVER OCEA! 54 OTHER ATTRA Ng, EXOURSION BOATS FROM NEW ‘Time Table in Excursion Colume: me Blevared ‘and: Surface Care fi at the Brighton Béach i} Emmet Devov, Les Vilton Brothers, W. C. Square Garden, VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS. newcomer to yaudeville will Rose Stahl, who in “The Chorus Girl, by James forbes, will be the headll it Proctor’s Twenty Btreet Th: ip next wok. Migg, Stahl guccended Mary Mannering in “Jance Meredith. “The Magc Kettle’ will remain at the 'wenty-third street house for a third week. W. H. Thompson will continue to appear ag Proctor's th Avenue and Newark theatres in ‘For Love's Sweet Sake.” The Fitth Avenue pin Company, headed by 8. Miller Ken will produce “Fighting Bob," Jean romantc drama, The stock com: pany at Mr. Proctor’s Harlem thea- tre will be if a by Hugh Ford, al stage tor, who will play tile role in "Cardinal Richelieu.” Jesh v’ catre with ta ier feat he Chimpagn Dance from the * Slipper,” Hol- comb, Curtis and Webb in a new sing- Ing sketeh, thi ‘lying Rathbuns, Hoe: nd Lee,” Yiddish comedians; Stinson nd Merton and Marlon Garson, yocal- AMUSEMENTS. be : LUNA Unequalled by the World Your Ne! CRITERION EX: WILLIAM ie Funniest Play that The Dictator. The M in DREAMLAD FALL OF POMPEII. CANALS OF VENICE. SUBMARINE BOAT. _ ve TOUS. TS. PASTOR'S “Saisie Manhasset Comedy, 4. Rernard byllya, xtra. Attraction, WK MAYNE & CO. Ret it THIS. SATURDAT. GIGLE & Delmore, Ten Brooke, Fin THE Gk th 1th Sti, st MeTntyre and Heath will remain an- other week at Keith's and repeat their funny sketch, "Dr. Breakabone.” With them on the bill will be the Empire City Quartet, Reed Birds in Dodg ing the Doges,” Mr, and Mrs, Harry Thorne and company la “An Uptown Flat,” the Brothers Martine and others Tony Pastor's bill will be hea with Billy Fur! Thu Misses | Wi ambert & Ten Rrooke. i TAMMERSTEIN’S,42 8t.,D'way&T Av, ARADISE ROOF GARDENS ravaganza & Ballet band Hayman. ‘ind ‘Franidin| CASINO tay. 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