Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-04-25 | Page 14 | Delectable Skit is Bill's Headliner at Pantages

Delectable Skit Is Bill's Headliner at Pantages fcjOTPHE Girt at the Cigar Stand" Is a c2 electable Vlaylet, the scene of which is laid "out where the west be-1 be-1 grins," full of tense moments, witty lines I and clever situations. Although its ap-; ap-; pearance on the new bill which opened I at Pantages theater yesterday afternoon is not its first In Salt Lake, it merits seeing a second time and accordingly went big with yesterday's audiences.. The part of the "girl" is played by Miss Leslie Clare, with good understanding and effectiveness. ef-fectiveness. Verbosity predominates in the skit presented pre-sented by Canfield and Cohen, who dispense dis-pense humor in a rapid-lire conversational conversa-tional method which is effective in compelling com-pelling attention, if nothing else. Cohen's Yiddlshness is by no mea,ns spurious, but of the genuine variety, and laugh-provoking. Songs peppered with rlsqueness closed the act. A unique brand of minstrelsy is that purveyed by Roscoe's Royal Nine, who offered of-fered a pleasing melange ot" music, vocal and instrumental, dancing and witticisms. The act is well staged with brilliant set- , tings and costumes. Though the cast of players includes few of the "chicken" variety, the numbers are presented with all the charm and grace of youth. A breezy musical and patter skit is that of Dorothy Homer and Walt DuBard, who sing their songs and do their cut-ups cut-ups in a make-believe sheet music store. Both have pleasing voices and know how to extract harmony from them. A duet with miniature pianos is novel and entertaining. en-tertaining. The new show opens with a vociferous song by one Eileen Fleury. She features a "drunk" song which, be it said, would be far more entertaining in the hands of a man. However, it was acceptable. Before the curtain was rung jip,the flutist and pianist in the orchestra gave an exhilarating selection.