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Show THEATERS 1 AT THE ORPHEUM. A good, clean entertainment present-1 fed by finished vaudevillians is the i judgment passed on the Empress' show sent by Marcus Loew to the Or-pheum Or-pheum theater this week. Not one of the six acts is permitted to drag. Oscar Lorraine, the eccentric violinist vio-linist of whom the press notices prom ised much, made good with a veng eance, being required to go well over his allotted time at each performance In answer to encore calls that otherwise other-wise would not be stilled. He combines com-bines comedy with remarkable mu-I mu-I sicianship. in fact a violinist of his I abilitj is so rarely heard that al though his comedy gives unalloyed enjoyment. en-joyment. Ogden theater-goers, who are lovers of good music, would appreciate appre-ciate even to a greater degree more straight violin playing KTmI , I . . : I .... I i ; and Grace King were most favored with applause These two are grad uate musical comedy stars, the lady member being unusually pretty as well as clever Both are good dancers, danc-ers, possess fine singing voices and much of their sketch is entirely new. Their work proved a rare treat Another of Roland West's tabloid comedy-drama successes in seen in " When we -row up,' hich is presented pre-sented with amateur charm and pro fc-ssional finish -a rare combination- by Peggv Coudray, Aileen Pop Charles I Bgelston, Bob Holden and W illiam F I Reeber The sketch has a pleasing iural theme and is given in two scenes. Egelston is a clever charac ter actor and the two young ladies arc i harming portrayers of juvenile types and later "grown-ups." Blanche Sloan, only sister of Tod Sloan, opens the bill with an aerial act which i.-, well received. The aerial-ist aerial-ist Is an adept at her profession and does several stunts that tell of the possession of nerve as well as skill Allen and Francis present a stock act which Includes a song dance and ' patter in about equal proportions and I which, added up, makes their work ;jll j comedy. Their grotesque step dap-ing dap-ing was most appreciated, as they proved past masters of the art. Last, but not least, Is a complete vaudeville show presented by a troupe of monkeys The little and big Si-; Si-; mlaus are well trained for their work I and one of the latter, on a sw ingin-; trapeze, presents a good claim to belni "The Missing Link,'' according to the popular idea. Yesterday's audiences I were thoroughly amused and entertained enter-tained by these performers. |