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Show I ORPHEUM H There's a great bill over Orpheum way head- H ed by well, opinions differ as to what it is head- H ed by. There seem to be several top liners, and H they're all so good that far be it from us to dis- H criminate. Besides their acts and methods are all H different, so it is easy for anyone to take his H choice to suit individual taste. Frank Orth and William J. Dooley in "The H Fool Detectives," are the big scream of the bill H and almost as funny as some real detectives who H try to bo serious. Theirs is an act in a thou-H thou-H sand distinguished by natural humor, superin-H superin-H duced by indescribable acrobatics that have a laugh in every motion. "The Clock Shop," the H new act of Sam Chip and Mary Marble, is bet-Hi bet-Hi ' ter, we believe, than anything they have ever H done and assisted by a clever company the IN Ait quaint conception is a little vaudeville classic that makes an insistent appeal to anyone who can appreciate a finished performance, perfect in detail de-tail and containing such novel and unusual elements. ele-ments. Those who think the xylophone has been worked to death are mistaken, for Friscoe is here, charming every audience with his clever manipulation manipu-lation of the hammers. Straun Robertson has a sweet voice more suited to a small church or a parlor. This is particularly noticeable coming in the wake of robust tenors and better balladlsts, but his singing is very good. Raymond Bond and Elizabeth Shirley have In "Remnants" a unique sketch quite out of the ordinary, and Julo Bernard and Florence Scarth with a comedy duologue said to bo "The Tale of An Overcoat," hand out a lot of laughs. Finishing with Charles O'Donnell and Ethel Blair in an act replete with eccentric fun and such tumbling as has not been seen at the shrine of vaudeville for a long time, the entire offering is one of the best of the season and should not be missed. |