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Show I With the First Nighters H ORPHEUM. HH With only one act below standard, the Or- M pheum has presented a most attractive bill dur- H ing the week, an unusual feature being two H sketches, both of which were good. The average H vaudeville sketch makes an audience dread its H coming, but when the little playlets are good, H they make up for a great deal. Albertus the H First and Jessie Millar start the proceedings with M numerous eccentricities inter-mixed with clever H juggling. The new habit of the Orpheum of be- fl ginning the bill with a good act 1b meeting with M much approval. Gordon and Marx follow. They H are billed as two real Germans, but no matter H what they are they will never be missed. They 1 pull a lot of old stuff and the wonder is that they M can get away with it, though they have few new H ones which almost pass muster. Gilbert Miller m (a son of Henry Miller, who is following in the B parental ways) presented "Corralled," the Bob M Davis sketch, with Robert Gill, Leslie Stowe and M Jane Salisbury in the cast. "Corralled" is melo- M dramatic, but interesting, and contains much of H the Davis humor that strongly appeals to west- M em audiences. It is well played and thoroughly H delightful. M Lydell and Butterworth in an old-time act M which is nevertheless very amusing, captured the M house at every performance, Butterworth's eccen- m trie foot work being responsible for continuous M merriment. M Rousby's scenic review was interesting and M very pretty, and the three vagrants have a musl- M cal turn that is fairly clever. The big hit of the H bill is the headliner, "In and Out," presented by Hj Homer B. Mason, Miss Marguerite Keeler and H their company. "In and Out" is a sketch written H by the late Porter Emerson Browne, author of M the great eastern success "Everywoman." "In and H Out" is replete with delightfully humorous situa- m tions and some conversation that is simply de- H licious. The wit is keen and the cleverness of m those producing the playlet greatly enhances the H pleasure of the audience. "In and- Out" is one of H the real gems in sketches in vaudeville and alone H is worth all it costs to see the entire performance. |
