Show I Drama ic Has Forte I Special The Tho dramatic in vaudeville to- to I dav da jq Is b regarded g seriously and ana- ana anal analyzed l zed minutely by literary critics as welt well as discriminating theatregoers On the I Orpheum stage almost every week e there mh cf fb il tl will be found a a contribution I in the for form I of a dramatic which while some may only regard it as massing entertainment entertainment entertain entertain- r ment tO is very often n In ib fact most generally gen gen- generally capital capita material for debate among contemporary writers and literary critics The vaudeville pla let today speaking is not booked for the sole reason reason reason rea rea- son to furnish an act to complete a vaudeville vaudeville vaude vaude- vaudeville ville hill bill Its purpose is to furnish food for thought g as well I as to amuse The O a tr nad serif sUlt t that entertains a an and d at the same e ti time me I serif sUlt t that entertains a an and d at the same e ti time me I ances vances leaves e e's s 's an discussion rsc Impression s is n considered o or id one d i that the t idaet ideal advances ad ad- I vaudeville sketch For instance In one of the big drama ama I hits of the local Orpheum Orpheum's s season which is playing at the Orpheum theatre th this s weE week k there are all sorts of angles that furnish avenues for discussion as to how howa a different writer would have treated the same subject or how It is received by bythe bythe bythe the highbrow or the tho lowbrow and Its effect upon Its audiences In the short time this Iet which is the w work wont rl of ot S Jay Kaufman has been on the Orpheum circuit it has seldom missed a week b being discussed i e bv by literary and dramatic dra dra- matic Wc critics from a technical c viewpoint p t tand and it has lias been given flattering space on editorial pages pales of our best newspapers From the editorial page of a Washington paper recently the following Is taken The art condes satory of the art of condensation Is shown at the Orpheum I this week little stories by De sant santo Dun any and O O. Henry each of which would take about fifteen minutes Inthe in inthe inthe the reading of the text and each a model of literary brevity are depicted in an aggregate running time of al about out three minutes full pointed and with no sacrifice sacrifice fice of dramatic values It Its It's s a sharp Illustration of ot the superfluity superfluity super super- II I of words The mad Frenchman the fanciful Celt and the quick witted American didn't use many to tell their tales but the folks in the Orpheum skit I get et along with even less Well Vell worth seeing see see- ing mg |