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Show Music and Theatres The Orpheum. Those who have been tempted to abandon the outdoor searcli for recreation and spend an evening at the Orpheum during this second week of the vaudeville season have been amply rewarded. The bill is a well-balanced one, there being not a single inferior number. Perhaps the most clever and entertaining acts are the singing and dancing of Miss Vinie Daly, late of Cohan's 'iGeorge Washington, Jr.," and the eccentric character sketch of Mae Melville and Robert Higgins. Miss Daly is pretty, graceful, with a charming voice, and is an artistic and dainty dancer. She has easily been the favorite of the week. Miss Melville's rapid fire of witticisms, singing and dancing is more enjoyable enjoy-able as the result of a clever makeup, which would bring her fame in the vaudeville world even without the assistance of her team-mate Higgins, who is "long" on the funny business himself. The Edger-tons Edger-tons have an aerial act in which a number of new feats are introduced, a clever performance with a real thriller at the close, when the woman is shot out from the trapeze over the audience. A. O. Duncan, the ventriloquist, springs a number of new jokes in the course of a performance per-formance which proves that he is a leader in his profession. In a it tie rustic comedy, "After School," Sager Midgley and Gertie Carlisle Car-lisle furnish a great deal of clever nonsense and some pleasing songs and dancing Miss Carlisle being the biggest member of the team, in worth if not m size. An exemplification of what may be accomplished n the education of dumb animals is the performance of Raffin's monkeys mon-keys and baboons, the trapeze work of the little fellows being espe- SSXn fi'-. .I6 Wrk r the ?rchestra MP to the usual Weihe standard, while three sets of moving pictures prove very entertaining C-A-R- Press Agent Promises Coming Attractions. Orpheum Advanced Vaudeville. The Orpheum. . Next week's bill at the Orpheum, which starts Sunday night, con-ins con-ins some of the best numbers in vaudeville ever presfnted ?n iif ci Y-' 1 1 Tu cmpr,1Se music' slnZin and dancing novelties, playlets, play-lets, sleight-of-hand and a troupe of performing monkeys and baboons. 1 he favorite dramatic actress, Miss Edna Phillips, with a company com-pany of talented people will appear in a little laugh-maker entitled, Z 'f !? Tentr?1 Park'" hy U"a Clayton. This clever little story dea s with the mistaken identity between a beautiful, cultured young lady and her French maid. The farce is presented with due care as to stage requirements and will be found an entertaining sketch. n n J1CrSe aV-n SeX,tCK' Vith Mr- Sidney C- GibsonJeaturcd, is a pretty little singing and dancing ensemble act that has been playing in and around New York for more than a year. The setting is a pretty garden, in which a fete is being held, and the six sprightly dancers and Mr. Gibson's frolics throughout the twenty minutes of the number, with the great variety of singing and dancing creations with many costume changes, make a pleasant and complete turn. To lovers of the mystic, Leipzig, the famous magician, will' specially spe-cially appeal. This is the first appearance in this city of this talented performer, termed "The Royal Conjurer." He is considered the greatest great-est com and card manipulator in the world and his acts are mystifying and interesting. He has appeared in a number of European countries and entertained a number of sovereigns. "Simian Playmates" is the caption given Belle Hathaway's troupe of performing monkeys and baboons. They perform on the tight rope, on electrical revolving bars and in a number of other ways. The little sailor monkeys are specially attractive. The act in its entirety is one . that neither children nor grown-ups who enjoy a good laugh can afford to miss. Miss Maude Kirksmith, violin soloist and possessor of a rich contralto voice; Miss Gertrude Kirksmith, who plays the viola and has a full, flexible soprano voice, and Miss Lillian Kirksmith, flute soloist, appear in a neat and attractive musical number. They arc a trio of trained and attractive young musicians, who will charm their auditors. The act in its entirety is a charming, refreshing and harmonious har-monious novelty. Two natives of Cuba, Carter and Bluford, appear in "The Act Beautiful," a stage picture that has never been excelled in any local theater. Miss Bluford, who is a distinct type of her race, is clever, petite and graceful, and presents a striking picture as the Spanish (Continued on Page 19.) MUSIC AND THEATRES (Continued from Pago 9.) Scnorita, the Creole and the Indian squaw. The costumes are elaborate and effective, and Carter, who dances well and is a clever comedian, adds a comedy touch to the turn. 0 The ever-popular Orphcum orchestra will render a number of overtures and selections in its usual pleasing manner, while the Kino-drome Kino-drome will present a number of new and up-to-date moving pictures. m. M wj mr S - Miss Lillian Kirksmith, at the Orpheum Next Week. " Plays and Players. Paul Armstrong is writing a play for Klaw & Erlangcr's use, entitled, "In Time of Peace." Miss Grace La Rue has been engaged to appear during the coming season with Sam Bernard. Miss Florence Bindley will bud forth as a star this season in a . new play, called "In the Nick of Time." Lillian Russell admits in a recent interview that she is 47 years '.Id. She certainly doesn't look it. Herbert and Susie Cawthorne will have leading parts this season in a musical comedy now in preparation by the Shubcrts. John Mason, who heads the New York company of "The Witching Witch-ing Hour," does not believe that stage people should marry. Tohn must have been stung at some time. Louis James, who is to star this season in "Peer Gynt," is 65 years old, but doesn't look to be more than 40, even without his makeup. Carrie De Mar, accompanied by her husband, Joseph Hart, is in London, making preparations for her debut in the London music challs. Otis Skinner and family arc spending the summer at Fontainc-blcu, Fontainc-blcu, France, and arc so delighted with the country that they expect to go over every vacation time. Adelc Rowland, a Pittsburg girl, who gives promise of becoming one of this country's most successful actresses in time, has been engaged by Charles Frohman for one of hip musical plays. |