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Show MISEMEWTSl1 TONIGHT'S AMUSEMENTS. ?JUPHEUM Vaudeville. lANTJ "Tracy, the Bandit." . TBIC "Power of Justice." y HAMBEB OP COMMERCE Free. r'-.T'lt 1 difficult to tell which of several features on this week's Qrpheum bill is most deserving of position as headliner. ' : "TaJten as a whole, the program is the best seen here In a lor. time. The very j flrst- number pleases the audience, and appreciative interest Is maintained until the curtain is rung down on the kino- drsmc. -Three entertaining sketches contribute to the success of the hill. Edmund Day's "Pale," which was written for James .1. . Corbett when the former champion en-m en-m tertained stage aspirations, is well j handled by George Fishee. Blanche Alex- . andre. Walter K RUhar.lon. and Will- I Jam E. Powell. Powell, as Higgins. the table boy, furnishes no end of fun. when. r tn the flnaJe. Jack Wayne attacks his I rt. George Redmond, to avenge the lat- j : ter'a lnault to Mrs. Wayne, a ttght ensues, en-sues, which Is as realistic a bit of act- , ing as is often seen on the vaudeville : atage. There is no .paring of hande-' hande-' liera, banisters, dirhea or bric-a-brac when the cbmbatanta mix It up " Mass and Masett In "The Rrakeman and- the, Tramp" are entertaining, both ?s - acrohax and comedians. Contributing to - this sketch are a very athW-tl- woman and : an eeedingly funny tramp In .tn u;i- - us-jaHv clever and unique make-up. John Hyams and Lolla Mclntyi-e at. ' atng. dance and recite well in their eketch. '.'Two Hundred Wives. Hyams is " considerably above the averag.- an a ' vaudeville comedian, and Miss M lnt re : sustains', her part most satlsfnctonh . ' The three Keltons contribute a taking rnuel-al novelty in which "l,lttl "Gladys" does a very clever darli'g turn. r NeoU. 1 a akiHful juggler whoir art is " no less appreciated because he appears " -" Jn conventional black instead of gilt ''tlrhta or green breeches. "Happy Jack'' Gardner. ' who "does" a musical mono-r mono-r logue In black face, is by no means the leaat satisfactory of the funmakera. ". Below are a few of the Jokes which "rrala laughs In the course of the pro-. pro-. gTa.ro : Mclntyre My head is going 'round and ' 'round. Hyams Maybe you swallowed a yams Have you any place to' dine I i- next Wednesday? No? Then how hun-. hun-. gjy you'll be next Thursday. - Hyama I don't know who you are - evther. Mclnt-re Eyther? Hyams wu. either Is correct. ;Vjrr,ardnr When I was a boy. my father Y Vned a graaa widow. He waa a grass t ifwer. ao I guess I'm a gTaaahoppcr. Oirdntr Old Mother Hobbard mlraed "the train. &h sprinkled tomatoes on the track se aba could catchup. 'Pow-er' of 'Justice" la proving a great drawing -card at the Lyric. It ia a melo-drama-hi our acta., replete with infer- eating eaturea.- Thera will- be matinees .,- WaLaeaday and. Thurtday. 1 |