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Show 0RPHEUM GIVES CATCHY ACTS ! $ S2 BILL OF MERIT AT PANTAGES T Blowing of Soap Bubbles Is Headliner and Intensely Intense-ly Pleasing. VI7HEN we blew eoap bubbles as chil- dren we did not know just how wonderful they were. They were as radiant ra-diant as rainbows, but they were no more extraordinary than the fleecy summer clouds. But we did not know what could be done with bubbles. Ollie Young and April siiows us some of the marvels in "Ten Minutes in Toyland," their contribution contri-bution to the new bill at the Orpheum. They blow all kinds of fancy bubbles and put smoke inside of them. When a bubble bub-ble breaks it looks like a shell exploding and emitting a cloud of smoke. Sometimes Some-times the bubbles drift to the stage, rest there for a few seconds and then burst in a puff of smoke. One of the "niftiest" tricks consisted of attaching several little bubbles to a big one and then filling the lowest bubble with smoke. When let ioose the chain of bubbles soars away looking for all the world like a balloon carrying a basket. The lady in the act can carve a big bubble bub-ble into two little ones, sometimes three, by merely passing a wand- through the big bubble. The act attracted much interest in-terest lost night because of its novelty and the dainty manner in which it waa staged. Bonair, Ward and Farron, in their Boardwalk skit, "Are You Lonesome?" supplied some brand new persiflage in a most entertaining fashion. Stan Stanley is the man who starts his act out in the audience. He creates an uproar while a pretended magician appears ap-pears to do card tricks and pick coins out of the air. The magician is there ; merelv to assist Stanley in making fun. By seeming to interrupt a serious act with his tale of woe about being jilted by 1 his girl. Stanley has the audience scream-! scream-! Ing. Then the girl appears to argue with I Stanley and finally all three meaning I the magician, Stanley and the girl are on the stage together doing foolish and funnv stunts. Much of the mirth depends de-pends upon the individuality of the comedian. Some of the acts are old favorites, but they are among the best in vaudeville. For example, there are Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Barry in "The Rube." telling the delectable story of how a rube put it over on one of those smart "play actresses." Nellie V. Nichols has a new Italian characterization which is a small play in itself. It is cleverly thought out and presented pre-sented with unsurpassed skill. Thesong, "Will Someone Name My Nationality?" is still in her repertory and continues to be a big favorite. Al Shayne is a man of several voices and manv oddities of manner. The ' Flying Henrys perform thrilling aerial tricks. The Patha Weekly presents pictures which are timely, now that the country stands on the verge of war. Every Number on the Programme Pro-gramme Achieves Favor With Big Audiences. A BILX of unusual merit is offered the patrons of the Pantages theater this week. The list of attractions Is headed by a sketch, "In the Danger L.ine," presented by John T. Doyle and his company of three.. This little playlet has to do with a man who, having made a New Year's resolution, torgeta the requirements of that resolution and slips from his place on the vehicle commonly called the water wagon. There is a real plot to the playlet play-let and real acting in tiie presentation. The bill finishes with the performance of Hardeen, "The Handcuff King." After releasing himself from numerous pairs of handcuffs nd a regulation strait-jacket, strait-jacket, the " master of locks linishes his act by escaping from a mammoth milk can, filled with water before he climbs into it and having the lid fastened down with six padlocks after he is in. He goes entirely under water before the lid is clamped on and Is out of the can within a few seconds after the cabinet is pulled around it. In addition to producing from a banjo a flood of music to accompany the appearance ap-pearance of Miss Kitty Ross In grand opera selections, George F. Howard succeeds suc-ceeds in playing "The Old Oaken Bucket" the while he tosses it into the flies of the stage and catches it repeatedly repeat-edly with one hand. Later he juggles uiree oi me instruments as n tney were Indian clubs and gets a tune out of them in the process. The curtain rises for the first act upon an acrobatic performance by a little brown woman and a little brown man from the Island of Nippon. After accomplishing accom-plishing numerous feats of agility that are usual to such acts, the two finish the act with the woman climbing about like a kitten, fifteen feet up from the stage floor, on the top of a pole balanced by the man. Joe Whitehead does a little of most everything ev-erything In his single act and challenges the audience to name something he cannot do. He does most of the things suggested and then throws In his "travelogue" "trav-elogue" stuff for good measure. Another good comedy number Is the act of Wood, Melville and Phillips. The trio consists of a woman, a man and another man but such a wraith of a man. He is thin as a north wind at the present temperatures. A new orchestra is in the pit. under the direction . of the new leader, George C. Gronemann. The approval of Pantages goers was given the musicians last night. Initial Sale of Seats for Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Indicates Big Patronage at Tabernacle. rri HE sale of seats for the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra opened yesterday yester-day at the Willes-Horne Drug company, and it is reported" that many have already ' been sold. In fact, it is expected that the large auditorium of the tabernacle will be -filled to Its capacity for this great event.. This opportunity to hear one of the greatest orchestras in the United States will not pass unheeded by the music-loving population of Salt Lake. This wonderful orchestra of eighty-five men will be heard at the Salt Lake tabernacle tab-ernacle on Next Tuesday evening, February Feb-ruary 13, under the auspices of tiie tabernacle tab-ernacle choir and the direction of the bureau of lectures and entertainments of the extension division of the University of Utah. Patriotic Picture, Booked for Return Engagement, Is to Open at Mehesy Today. (T IBERTY," a daughter of the U. S. J A., patriotic love and war drama of life along the Mexican border. Is booked for a return engagemen t at the Mehesy theater, the first episode beginning begin-ning today. This is probably the first time in the history of the motion picture business where a photo novel of twenty numbers were considered worthy of a rerun re-run at the same house and immediately following the last episode, which played to more than twice the number of the original opening chapter. |