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Show I With The First Nighters & H " j HE bill at Pan- P II d C 111 tases this week ( I m. J I is somewhat out Hl I . Jf Hill I H ' HI g& 111 o the ordinary Hj II HI and altogether m )'' fttl u-LMML!, Ji'Ulikll refreshing. The m splendid venti-Hj venti-Hj lating facilities the house help H things along this 1 ot weather but the H entertainment offered is sufficiently H attractive of itself to make one for-H for-H get the temperature for a while. H Queenie Dunedin, who calls herself H the v "Variety Girl," has not com-H com-H mitted a misnomer. She sings, dances, H monologues, walks the tightrope and H rides a bicycle, and pulls each stunt H she essays like a professional. Bevan H and Flint are a trifle rough in their H song and dance number and seem to H have a hard job keeping within the H bounds of propriety. H Harlan Knight and company pre-H pre-H sent a playlet entitled "The Chalk H Line," which is chuck full of old-H old-H fashioned human interest stuff and, is H really worth seeing. The reproduces reproduc-es tion of a New England blizard scene H was not only realistic but tended to H make an extraordinary impression H upon people who have been swelter-Hl swelter-Hl ing for weeks under the heat of a H summer sun. Foley and O'Noil are H " clever singers and dancers who dare B i the temperature by giving their per-H per-H formance in evening clothes. H The Al Golden company is reputed H to comprise the court artists of the H Shah of Persia, on a furlough while H their lord and master is concerning H himself with the more serious activi-H activi-H ' ties imposed upon him by the war. H k But whatever their origin, these art-H art-H ' ists are star performers and their H feats are remarkable. The oriental H ' setting of this act is all that one H could wish to see. H I LIBERTY GARLOS CAESARO, who bills himself as the "Human Gyro- B1 scope," is a daredevil of -unusual ft, nerve and ability and is furnishing a H real sensation at the Liberty .this H week. With an electric device H perched on his head he manages to ' spin a member of his troupe at the B rate of 300 revolutions per minute. H It is a thrilling number. U Gilmore Corbin has a brand new fl line of songs and chatter that he HH, hands out in, his own inimitable way. B This comedian will be remembered B ( as being formerly connected with B) I Dock'stader's Minstrels and he was (recently a feature with Eva Tanguay's big show. The Moran Sisters sing and dance H'. in pleasing manner. The same can- HL not be said of La Vere and Palmer Hr who might be subject to arrest for i' claiming to be "The Silver-Tongued Duo." Fenner and Tolman are fairly good eccentric dancers and fit in all right in the bill. The Lonesome Luke comedy pictures are as funny as ever. WHY IS LOUISE DRESSER? Why is Louise Dresser? She that sings So sweet In ree-fined vo-dee-veal. She makes Her audience go Quite wild with Joy. But why? 13 it because She is the Loveliest woman in The world. Because there is Mary Pickford Who receives nine million Dollars Every year, Or perhaps it's every Week, From moving pictures just because She is the most Beautiful woman In the world. So that 's not. why. Is it because Miss Dresser 13 what they call In theatre language A swell Dresser "On and off." Louise Dresser Merely dresses well, not Swell: Both on and off. But her dress is always Simple. She does not race Madly from the stage After each and every song and Change a gorgeous gown To one more gorgeous. Nor does she do vocal Calisthenics and try To chin herself three times On all the high notes, Especially the high C. It isn't that. Then why is Louise Dresser? But yesterday I heard her once Again sing My Big Little Soldier Boy. She did not Make faces When she sang; She did not come down Center stage And have three spot lights Glare full upon her. She just stood still, half leaning Against the piano, And sang, AL GOLEM AND CO. PRESENTING THE "SLAVE DEALERS," A PERSIAN NOVELTY WITH SPECIAL SCENERY AND MUSIC AT THE PANTAGES THIS WEEK. And sang. The girl who sat next to me Was crying. Perhaps she had a big little soldier Eoy Somewheres. And the nice old lady with White hair behind me was Crying too. Why, even men, Strong men Who usually rush madly out And lean upon the bar J, Until a lady vocalist Has beat it to her dressing room, Even these Remained When Louise sang And I saw their faces Soften And one, A cold, Hard, ' Rhinocerous hided Drama critic, Just clapped his hands Like everything When Louise sang, Which made two ushers and The Man Who manages the theatre iFaint dead away, For never did they see before A critic of the drama Do else but sit With frozen sneer When an actor was busy Acting .1 On the stage. And when Louise sang A funny song Then everybody roared The louder perhaps Because They had been so near To Tears . Before. And I could only ask again Now why is Louise Dresser? j It isn't clothes, It isn't Tricks. I Great Scott! perhaps The woman's got A Soul! A soul so big It touches ours, Which the bear on skates And the Performing Seals And the comedians who knock Each other down Can never do. That's it, that's why Louise Dresser Is. The secret's out. To beauty, genius, charm, Louise throws in Her soul. Richard Henry Little. |