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Show THE CITIZEN original in the hands of a skilled bit of merrymaking entitled April. It is presented in two frolicsome bowman. ers and is about the best thing Paul the selection of a cast the same pre was used to avoid disappointing , public already sold on the merits of stage play. No better successor juld have been found for William i&ollier, who created the role of Sam jparrington in the original play than Douglas MacLean. MacLeans comedy I, finished: his romantic; 'ijTjjid when he finally rises to the overcomes his fear and rides in Ihe frantic steeplechase he carries the Ifmpathy of everyone with him. Madge Bellamy, fired by the work Jjf Frances Carson, who played oppos-jt- e Collier as Peggy Fairfax, pre- In Gerard' Smith has ever done. Glenn and Jenkins provide fun galore in their skit, Working for the Railroads. It teems with good dancing and singing and the comedians have few equals when it comes to extracting laughs from audiences. They have a lot of new stuff this season. Mr. Leo Beers, the international entertainer, will be remembered for his clever songs, his debonair manner and nifty piano playing. He is one of the foremost of vaudeville entertainers and few are liked better. The Royal Gascoignes, with their love-makin- g occa-iljo- n, I Isent- s- oneI - of the -- best- characterizat- ions of her career in The Hottentot. Le plays the part with an abandon Ind vivacity that would inspire anyone to deeds more daring than riding lie fiery brute which Sam conquers. As Swift, the eccentric butler of the Ltory, originally played by Donald Hatton puts over keeks, Raymond Lome of the cleverest comedy of his versatile career and is good for a iugh every time he appears on the Igreen. There is a humorous forecast of Lhat will happen in many an AmeriChristmas morning, if can home Isanta Claus brings the boy Lf the family a tool chest, and his brother has a chance to try Booth Tarkington has jrat the saw. Lrritten a screamingly funny comedy ld especially for Christmas based on such a situation. It is called Edgars a be will part of the little Saw, and Ameribig Christmas week bill at the can theatre. WILKES THEATRE Patrons of popular vaudeville and Irholesome photo-dramwill be pleased to learn that the popular Wilkes theatre is to open for an indefinite run. Snappy vaudeville and popular screen productions are to be featured at popular prices. a, ISTELLAR STUNTS FOR -- wonderful-balancing dog-Teddy- ,- are THE ORPHEUM NEW YEAR BILL With two shows New Years Eve and a corking bill of b vaudeville features, including two headline and fro featured attractions, the Orpheum Till celebrate the advent of the new year next week, beginning Wednesday night. The new bill breathes the spirit of Eood cheer in every act and comedy predominating. Herbert Williams and Hilda Wolfus and Paul Morton and Naomi Glass top the big bill.. Williams and Wolfus are prime favorites in this city, as everywhere else, and their merry skit of this season revels in fun and nonsense. Few will ever Spot-lighforget Williams famous ith the accent on the last syllable, or his riotously funny piano playing. Morton & Glass are another famous Pair. They have not been seen here in some time, and come with a new t, re- - turning with some brand new tricks in juggling and some comedy that always goes big with local audiences. The Andrieff Trio provide a terpsichorean treat in their fantastic and spectacular dance creations. They have never before been seen here, but are a hit everywhere. Rose, Ellis & Rose are known as the jumping jacks. They combine comedy and skill with daring and astounding agility in the performance of incredible feats. Aesops Fables, Topics of the Day and Pathe News complete the splendid feeling Is manifested in loud noises, bellowings and screamings, and in lumbering, uncouth motions throwing lip of heels, pretended panics, and ponderous mock battles. Birds are more subject to this universal joyous instinct than mammals and there are times when some species are constantly overflowing with it. But every species, or groups of species, has its own inherited form or style of performance. He does not believe that all this has anything to do with sexual selection, as was thought formerly by he I am convinced, naturalists. says, that any student of the subject who will cast aside his books and go directly to nature to note the actions of animalafor himse fwilLconclude that conscious sexual selection on the part of the female is not the cause of music and dancing performances in birds nor of the brighter colors and or- naments that distinguish the male. In the vast majority of species the male takes the female he finds or is able to win from other competitors. CANINE MIXTURE. One day Billie chanced to stray in our yard, and upon seeing our dog he began to admire it. Oh, we have a Finally he said. little dog at our place. Upon asking him what kind of a dog he had, he said: Oh, ours is a mix-collie and ture, four-fourt- three-quarte- rs bull. u hs Exchange. KAJIYAMA The Mental Marvel, Who Thinks Nothing of Doing Seven or Eight Different Things at the Same Time. DON CASLAR AND THE Both New Years eve performances will be complete in every detail, one at 8 p. m., and the other at 11 p. m. bill. BEASLEY TWINS MOMENTS OF MUSICAL CHARM SIDNEY S. STYNE WHEN BIRDS TAKE TO JAZZ. ARTHUR POTEET AT THE Writing about the music and danc ing indulged in by birds and beasts and creatures of almost all kinds, W. H. Hudson in the Naturalist in La Plata (Dutton) describes many of these exhibitions, among them that of the bird known as cock-o- f which seems to be a very human sort of exhibition of skill. There are human dances, says Mr. Hudson, in which only one person performs at a time, the rest of the company looking on; and some birds, in widely separated genera, have dances of this kind. A striking example is the Rupicola, or of tropical South America. A mossy, level spot of earth surrounded by bushes is selected for a dancing place and kept well cleared of sticks and stones. Round this area the birds assemble, when a cock bird, with vivid orange scarlet crest and plumage steps into it and, with spreading wings and tail, begins a series of movements as if dancing a minuet; finally, carried away with excitement, he leaps and gyrates in the most astonishing manner, until, becoming exhausted, he retires and another bird takes his place. After giving examples of various kinds of these musical and dancing performances, Mr. Hudson discusses the cause of such outbursts. He does not think they have their origin in love and courtship but believes them to be merely expressions of happiness, of joyful feeling. They are, he believes, fits of gladness, similar in cause and expression to those times of intense elation which civilized man, especially when young, often experiences, when the joy of life moves him to laugh and sing, run and leap and shout Among the heavier mammathe lians, Mr. Hudson continues, the-roc- OPENS SUNDAY show- 9 cock-of-the-roc- PIANO BRIERRE & KING THE LITTLE GIRL FROM BOSTON AND THE BOY FROM NEW ORLEANS MAYBELLE PHILLIPS k, The BABY FIVE-DOLLA- R KLUTINGS ENTERTAINERS Featuring Famous Leaping Cats k, PANTAGES .IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIinillllllllllllilllllUIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiri STATE THEATRE Broadway I NEXT WEEK The Monte Garter Musical Review Presents i The Gastronomic Musical Comedy IL and the thrilling tester photo-dram- a, An entire new revue next week. PRICES I' IPaOac Beautiful Liar, McDonald. starring Katherine ! New songs, new costumes, new settings. ! 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