Show I AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENT I AT THE PLAYHOUSES r 1 I ORPHEUM ORPHEUM Advanced vaudeville GRAND GRAND The The Cowboy Ranger Banger NEW V LYRIC LYRIC The TABERNACLE The eisteddfod At tho the nc non new Lyric this week cek big crowds crowde have c been entertained by Patrick Henrys Henry's s patriotic speech Give GI me liberty or give gl me mc death and this revival va val valor of revolutionary rc Incident haK haM proved more than an tn attractive Innovation Inno The Australian dances too have pleased and amid with the other numbers a n mighty might good bill Is IR offered It ma may be seen tonight ht tomorrow afternoon and evening c The TIme pro program will be changed Saturday S 0 S. S A LI bi big spectacular pin play I 1 The Th Cowboy Ranger at nt the Grand this week where It Is playing to capacity capaci audiences It Is Isone Isone isone one of the most remarkable lighting plays playa the tage has to otTer offer and itis ItIs It Jt Is receiving a n big pr presentation Uon at nt the th popular playhouse Next week eek the Pelzer camp company an will vIll bo be seen en a at t the Grand m lit t i L production of or In a a. Womans Woman's om ns n's Power ABSURDITIES O OE OI THE STAGE c- c C. C Of or the tock ab absurdities of or stage e business familiar to ever every theatergoer u. u i u U come olIe functions which not PV MI the spirit of or progress In realism would dare dar to challenge challen e The maid for Instance whose business oro It Is to dust the furniture enters with a a. duster duMer which has never no lost last a rea feather ther and makes straight ht for lor or some article which will get set Into tim tho first succeeding picture or situation The Tho general rule Is that both she and the stage stag din I tor terr have ha thought more about getting setting her into that situation than about the Imm Immediate business of or her part M so she attacks one leg of or a chair and dusts dut It Into splinters while the tho mantelpiece man man- piano table and woodwork groan und unil grunt in vain for their share of ot caressi ca ca- ca- ca ressi resl ng Using tho the telephone on the tho stage Is nearly always alwa's a piece of or absurdity The player puts the receiver to his ear In Instantly instantly In- In gives time the number and as Instantly gets Jets his connection Excepting In comedy com corn edy there never was tho the least trouble getting central then never was the slightest delay In making connection the tho call was always answered promptly and no third party ever u crossed In on the tho wire Delightful to contemplate but absurd as to so fact As a a. general rulo rub the use of mechanical devices on the tho stage and In the hands of nn tiny any character leads to absurd absurdity It For In it-i. it stance In CI Clyde e Fitch's Girls Huth plays the part of or a stenographer and the speed she makes makeR across the man maII man ma- ma n n I Is not 1 leis Is than three hundred and ten words a minute while she never uses lilt ine Sp space bai t Jar Vere ert sho ho Ii really a good operator she sho would be chewing gum lIm and rending reading a novel noyel devoutly hoping that the head hend of ot the firm would break a n leg on the tIme wa way to tho the office In Three Twins there Is a n canoe that Is supposed to be paddled across a stereopticon lake by beautiful maiden maidens Tho The maidens In tho the case being far removed from canoe life lite In dally daily practice paddle this particular canoe after their own conception of ot how a canoe should be propelled One weaves her paddle paddie paddle pad pad- dle die as she would a a. fan gracefully and with lan languor languor for for or-for for Is not the tile audience watching Another energetically thrusts her paddle Into the haft while a a. third backs water so violently and erratically that If Ir It were a a. real canoe on a real I lake lako the 10 logical sequence nce of ot events o would lead quickly to a s swimming match or a adro dro drowning event Henry event Henry E E. Warner Varner In the Bohemian Magazine for October PLAYHOUSE PAR PARAGRAPHS GRAPHS Abe Le l Ht Rentz Santley show Is Isone Isono isone one ono of tho the be best burlesques on either cither ono ona of or the wheels this season according to all nil reports It Is filled with pretty girls funny runny comedians comedian and tU tuneful tuneful- numbers Tho The hit of or the latter seems to bo and Somebody Loves You Dear which Miss Delio Bello Travers Is singing S S SAt At tho the recent sick baby fund benefit given cn under the direction of the tho New Nw NewYork NewYork I York Evening E World at the Herald Square theater an unusually good array I of or talent appeared and many notable hits i were scored One of ot the pleasing surprises surprises sur sum of at tho the evening was young Eddie weston Veston comparatively unknown to Broadway who received numerous en encores encores en- en cores singing ln Will III R. R Andersons Anderson's great ballad success I Just JUIt Someone I S S SAt At the Sunday Sunda nl night ht concert at tho the Grand Orand opera era house Now York City last week eek patrons of or vaudeville wet were introduced intro Intro- Introduced to the new dress wh when n th the Sheath Gown Girls some Borne very talented tal talented tal- tal singers made mado their appearance singing most splendidly Mrs Irs Andro Andros An- An dro dros Ha 11 beautiful coloratura num num- I ber bet Ga Gaj Ga Butterfly Will Andersons Anderson's I ballad hit Just J Someone and Caro Remas Rema's Roma's Romas Ro RoO 1 mas ma's high cla class IS s gem geni Faded Roses S S S Langlois who now has the part of or Bill Dill tho the bluff blurt westerner In Marys Iary Lamb has had wide enco In opera and musical comedy In both America and Europe lIe He has sung sting principal roles In all nil the th well known operas op op- eras He lie has appeared In several of or Richard Carlos Carle's musical comedies In Including In- In eludIng The Mayor faor of or Tokio and Tho The Hurd Hurdy Gurd Curdy Gurdy Girl In Marys Ians I Lamb he sings one of or tho the most popular lumbers I 1 Idolize Ida |