Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-03 | Page 55 | Vaudeville Gossip

jj Vaudeville Gossip I 4 . The Orpheum theater manasement is 1 giving its co-operation to the government for the purpose of selling United States war savings and thrift stamps. Recently Martin Beck, managing director of the circuit, sent a letter to all managers in-' in-' structing thern to give their aid in every way to further the sale of these stamps, and as a preliminary move nil Orpheum programmes will contain some of the government literature on the subject. Something like a half a million programmes pro-grammes are distributed weeklv. Haruko Onuki. the attractive young Japanese prima donna, who toured the Orphe i m circu it last season, has tie en engaged en-gaged for a return trip through the western west-ern Orpheum houses. Miss Onuki. who was educated in America and speaks English perfectly, will be remembered as the original singer of "Poor Butterfly " Mary Marble's new act is called "The Sky Bird." Miss Marble is seen in it as a Chinese princess, and siie is just as attractive ln such a role as sho was as a little Dutch girl with the late Sam Chip. "The Sky Bird" is something like a fairy story and very beautifully staged. It is full of splendid comely, "much of which ts contributed by a pet tiger, not the real thing, of course. , "Exemption," u comedy playlet of today, to-day, written by Clara lipman u nd Sam-iH-1 Shipman. authors of several legitimate legiti-mate successes, including "EI.'ating a Husband," has been routed over the Orpheum Or-pheum circuit. There are live people in the east, and the authors haw created an ingenious, plausible and humorous story, with the mile set within the confines of the office of a United States exemption board, The theatrical population has been increased in-creased by one. Belle Story, the Orpheum prima donna, in private life Mrs. Frederick Fred-erick E. Andrews, wife of a NYw York stnok broker, has presented her husband with a baby girl. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews say their daughter shows promise of following fol-lowing in her mother's footsteps. Marion Harris, who plaved several of the Orpheum houses last se.ison, h;is been 1 booked, tur a second tour of the circuit. M iss Harris's name is known in almost every home thnt possesses a phonograph, as she has made scores of records of ratr , si'iis, which are her specialty. Although1 o;T-stae she is as quiet as any convent-hre.I convent-hre.I c 1 rl can be. M iss Harris m.ik.-s an astonishing display of "pep" wh.cn she is before the footlights. Wheeler ami Moran. a team of male fun slot s who iV'-enily ra iscd ' hem skives upon t :ie New York horizon, haw b-?c:i engaged lor an (Jrp'ueum tour. h..'i: ;!ey 1 cu'in in a few weeks. They all their j ottering "Mickey's Cold Tooth." 1 I Gertrude Hoffmann's snake. Demosthenes, Demos-thenes, went on a hunger strike last I week. The serpent has on gui nea pigs in the past. Because guinea pig's were not ohtainalle, white rale were I substituted. Demosthenes killed ihe rats. but wouldn't eai them. Therefore he is I ! 'u.ing fed just as if he was a militant j : surYi-age'te. Miss H offmann says sho is getting tired of these temperamental outbursts, out-bursts, of Demosthenes. v I'd win Ardon's new sketch.. "The Trap," ma.io its lirsi a .r--ara nee in New York last week and scored heavily. It has a secret service t he me a ad deals wit h the I'n-rniaii spy system and it s tentacles in American civil and otiicial life. Dave Harris of Golet, Harris and Mo-rev, Mo-rev, the harmony trio playing tl Or- 1 tii-t-uiL ha in reat luck. I Te " is a 1 song writer, and Nan Halperin and Sophie So-phie Tucker, both playing tie Orphean, houres. have Rccerte: his e!Tort. an-: ilia; il-ia; ter is sin.gii'.g one of his ; omposltic.-;.--r.ow. His kuittnig scr. is hhs iaies: ;.::! one of his best.