Show LEW LEVi DOCKSTADER PLEASES AUDIENCE i Despite Severe Cold the Great Minstrel Man Shows Abil Ability Ability Ability ity to Entertain Ent MANY GOOD LOCAL GAGS OTHER PERFORMERS ALSO SHOW GREAT MERIT Lew Dockstader really should have been at his hotel last night with his hI feet In a tub of not hot water mixed with mustard and anti anda antia a coW cold around his throat instead of battling with a terrific cold en ct tl e est st staf stage w of iio tI pelt t Lake theatre Mr 1 Dock ock wk efforts to get his voice over the footlights were at times positively pain painful painful painful ful The famous minstrel man could not J I begin blAin to do himself Justice He Is Justly rated as easily the fun funniest funniest niest and most mot original man In his line Une of business but It is only the frozen truth to say that those who saw him for the I c Lew Dockstader first tin timE time e last night came away from the theatre with a very distinct feeling of dis disappointment disappointment appointment lingering In their systems This mean that Dockstader der was not funny funn He was but there are arc hun hundreds hundreds hundreds of r funny funn men on the stage and only one Dockstader When his physical con condition condition is good he is the only member of his class Last night he co sing a note And he try to sing He was compelled to cut out about a third of Ills his work At that he was lucky luck to get through with what ha he did The production came close to being a Hamlet H The fun funniest funniest funniest niest thing Dockstader did was his The Editor specialty Here his entrance was most effective At the close of an uproarious Hot Air Subway burlesque a sheet waS wag dropped and a series erles of moving pictures started stan d dA A special train was seen to draw up at a 1 station From J rom a car leaped Dockstader Hurriedly Ht he tipped the conductor bake bakeman bakeman man and ai Then he lie ran for forthe forthe forthe the nearest neatest cab The horse balked and Dockstader tried frantically to urge the animal on At last they were off and so after a drive drle of 0 a couple of blocks was wasa a wheel In disgust Dockstader sprang out of the cab and started on a run for forthe forthe forthe the theatre The minstrel band surrounded by b a large crowd Is seen playing In front of the playhouse Through the crowd plunged Dockstader and into his dressing room There he is seen dressing and mak making makIng making ing up In furious haste Then the sheet disappeared and a country editors sanc sane sanctum sanctum tum turn was disclosed on the stage stae Enter out of breath I thought Id never get here he says The highly original feature made a tremendous hit It was In this scene that Dockstader worked work 1 off his local gags The telephone bell rang and he answered It hats that thaC he lie said Bert Fuller ran an au au automobile against the Short Line depot and knocked It down own too bad But shucks it would have hac fallen down in a of days das anyway Again A aln the telephone bell rings Oh Ohno Ohno Ohno no says sas Dockstader that cant be bo true You say the Kenyon Kenon hotel elevator has at lat iatt leached the tho top floor I guess Ill have to make a personal Investigation of that thit He lie goes to the telephone Give me the sheriffs office in the city and county building bUild In he says This the sheriffs office I want to speak to Sheriff Em Emery EmEry Emery ery Well wake him up right away aay Maybe hes dreaming about the tho McWhirter ter case J I Ilie He lie gets frets es Jake on the phone with this line of conversation Say when aro arc you going to finish macadamizing Sixth street Well I yon yu 11 i r i igat gan gat the work about the time of o the th ml jil WIT v r And say a I J fell Into Inti a hole hile In SI rite st e the other day and I would have hare been drowned If I lit on a wagon load of hay Some Sonic of the letters from correspondents and amI the answers thereto were convulsing One of them was from Pansy Pans It who wanted to know how she could stop st p biting her h r nails Dockstader D suggested that she have her teeth pulled A man desired In Information Information information formation on the fhe point as to how when w en he got to heaven he would get his shirt on over his wings Humph pull have more trouble figuring out how ho to get your our derby on over your our horns said Dock Dockstader stader Immediately h after aft r finishing his work Sir Mr Ir Dockstader hurried to his hotel and began the treatment of his hoarseness He contracted the tha cold while coming from Cheyenne It Is stated with all confidence that he will wilt be in condition for forthe forthe forthe the matinee matine m tin e and evening cv performances to today today day duy And strange though the statement may seem the show would be worth while even een without Dockstader Nell Neil OBrien fills a large hole In company He Is a rarely amusing minstrel man map with his quaint and his faithful n negro gro dialect The street car act In which OBrien O is II the main performer brought shrieks of laughter from the audience Also his story In the first part of If the unfortunate citizen en with a cinder In his eye 01 The tilEr Foley boys bo s Johnny Willie danced r well and the singing feature were The stage set st settings settings tings are ar without regard to expense and some Iome very pleasing effects have been beth at attained tamed audience packed the theatre and seemed delighted with the performance Tha Th management m of oC the Orpheum an announces anno anno no n nees es tIo tl following bill for next week w ek for the of the vaudeville season season Julia Kingsley and Nelson Lewis present mi int After Mt r Honeymoon the Hayes and 0 k Dream Pream of or Baby Bab Days Boot loet Bootblack black quartette f singers dancers and Fredericks family European acrobats acrobat Mr and Mrs Gottlob and and rom corn company pany tany as the Pippins lIs In Government G Eods Ro d Emerson eXpert Juggler end the mc of ofT Tennessee was wa grec greca re t v va a n big audience at the Giand last night Next Nert Sunday evening Miss Laura Frank will wilI etha opening appearance of a summer encasement en a at the Grand Granli in inA A Daughter of Colorado Arrangement are in ess for the theL L Leighton benefit at the Orpheum on sun Run Runday day dav evening when Th Tb Prisoner of Zen Zenda Zenda da will be given A high class perform performance ance Is promised of the play This will willi i 4 be the opportunity last to seethe see the Leigh Leighton Leighton ton players as the tho company wilt will conclude its engagement t at the Grand on day evening and will leave eav for the east early next week w k The bill at the Lyric continues to draw good houses bouses |