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Show ORPHEUM. The Orphenra bill this wek is constructed con-structed largely for laughing nvir-cv.s nvir-cv.s and If the seveial varieties of comedy falls to throw a laugh into tho most stoical, that person must be a somnambulist. But the seven high-class acts are not all devoted to coraed, Reynolds ' and Donegan appearing as the head-.-,Mm in a roller skating dancing act which has won Intema-t.wnai Intema-t.wnai iaiue. All ot tho difficult stops tvtcuted by the rank and file of or-ulnar or-ulnar dancers are 8h.own with equal grace b this cle-vor pair on roller skates The entire stage is paved wltb a special covering of parquette flooring, which makes possible the clever execution of the artistic steps and formations Van Koven, who distinguishes him-se'lf him-se'lf from other magicians by declaring declar-ing that he is a dippy man, lives up to that reputation. He performs a few feats of magic, but they aro meioly incidental to the acL He manufactures manufac-tures more entertainment from hlH one-Biuen convuruiinuu viui uuti' Short, leader of the orchestra, and flnaUj with his two assistants, whom ho calls upon the Btage, than can bo found In hundreds of other acts which make more pretentious claims on corned. Van Hoven works hard, but ho makes tho audience work v. lth him Kor real action along corned lines leave It to Wilfred Clarice and company com-pany In their laughable sketch entitled en-titled ' Tho Dear Departed. ' It requires re-quires a complete stage sotting with 6ome unique mechanical appliances and si- people. Mr Clarke as Jay Arthui Young has a happy faculty of getting himself and others in no end of trouble, with the happy result that tho memory of 'The Dear Departed," his wife's former husband, Is forevei banished from the Young household. Hulford and Chain are the 'cullud7 parson and the minstrel man. offering twenty minutes of songs and humor. Hufford's Impersonation of the "cullud" "cul-lud" paison is tho big scream of tho act. Hawthorne and Burt have a nove. and laughable sketch entitled "The New Recruit." Outsiders also assist In this act, with a robust stage manager man-ager and thin assistant "double" as assistant soldiers. The four Vanis, who are not strangois to Orpheum patrons, are back with a remodelled and sensational sensa-tional tight wire act. Miss Ollie Vanis Va-nis is probably the cleverest woman working on the tight wire in this country and she Is appearing this season with several new thrills for her man friends. . The three Doolejs open the evening's even-ing's cnteitainment with their finished fin-ished bicycle acL Their work ia of a very high standard in this line The Oipveum orchestra has several 'how selections this wcok, while the J motion pictures present an entertaining entertain-ing subject. |