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Show MUTT AND JEFF'S WEDDING Even moro auspiciously, than cither cith-er of Its former seasons, did Bud! Fisher's happy thought character conception Mutt & Jeff, open Its fifth season as n musical comody offering of-fering under Gus Hill's direction, With nn entlro new production from scenery to 4nuslc, Mutt & Jeff have set out to conquer now lands. Their Wedding is tho title of the new tc- m (CrH ffl ft WW I 7p V MtMTW TMM tQ " il THt LIMITED MALE i i J hide selected to lead our heroes to fame and fortuno ln tho land of dreams. From Its promler presentation, presenta-tion, they havo played to absolute capacity ca-pacity business during the fivo seasons sea-sons It has been before tho public. Tho success of Mutt &. Jeff fa not nlono unprecedented, but nlmost unbelievable un-believable It Is not a whit of an exaggeration to proclaim Gus Hill's cartoon play tho most romarknblo play in theatrical history. Tho piny has yielded Its owner nnd actual profit of two million dollars ln the four provlous sonsons-of thirty weeks each. Dlvldo this equally among tho flvo soparato and distinct companies which havo toured tho United States and- Canada and you will find that their profits havo ficon nn enormous profit of hundreds of dollars a week. The artistic success of Mutt & Jeff as an offering and tho extent in which it has placed Its patrons must bo gauged according to these figures, fig-ures, as such extraordinary returns could not have been possible without with-out correspondingly extraordinary merit to tho attraction. As no musical musi-cal comedy since the Inception of entertainment en-tertainment of that character has ever before equalled this record, wo dare proclaim Mutt & Joff tho greatest great-est over. It's coming to the Lyric, Tuesday, March. C. If you've seen Mutt & Jeff beforo, see It again by all means, there's a new laugh to every minute from start to finish. |