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Show THE 0RPHEUM. If there are any Orpheura patron.3 who thin k Manager Goss exhausted his repertoire or even strained it in the least by last week's big offering thoy will be quickly undeceived by attending the show which oponed there la&t night, for It Is probably tho .best balanced performance seen this season. Every week tho genial manager man-ager surprises Ogdenites by the good things he has In stock, and it Ib not stretching tho truth oven a little to say that novor in tho history of vaudeville vaude-ville in this city hae theatergoers witnessed Buch steiling attractions as those that have been shown there this season. This week there is variety and quality enough to tickle the fancy fan-cy of tho most critical blase person troubled with "vaudevlllitis." There is entrancing music, comedy In abundance, abun-dance, a mirth-provoking aciobatlc turn and a sketch which is extremely diverting, and which one wishes occupied oc-cupied the stage for a longor period. It would require a most discriminating discriminat-ing taste to say Just which act Is beat. It Is much easier to declare them all uniformly good. Mabelle Adams and S. H. O'Donnoll occupy tho headline position with a playiot entitled "Zila," a miniature reproduction of the French play by that name. It Is a fantastical little tale wafted to us from Gypsyland, and In tho name part MIbs Adama is bewitching in her charm and abandon peculiar to the nomadic race. She ib admirably suited to the part, and he exquisite playing of the violin adds materially to the atmosphere of the character she portrays. Mr. O'Don-nell O'Don-nell (Paul Westworth) Is a finished artist and brings all his talent to bear on the role ho invests. Nothing mare beautiful hab been seen hero in many a day than tho stage picture in the last scene. Kramer and Spillano are a pair of superbly developed athletes, who gather their share of the applause r............ IMIIII in i umimar with eomo seemingly Impossible feats of strength A leap by one of them from a platform through mdalr to a hand-to-hand stand sent a thrill through the audience. Ward Baker Is a brilliant iolinist. who handles his instrument like a master His technique Is well nigh perfect and expression everything that could be desired. His rendition of De Berrlott's First concerto was dashing and full of pathos and fire exactod by so difficult a number. He showed by his medley of popular airs that he is not unacquainted with ragtime, either. McDeUtt, Kelly & Lucoy, the "Piano "Pi-ano Moers," hae a skit that tickles the risibilities In no uncertain way, especially the grotesque antics of the two men. They extract both music and laughter out of a piano with equal facility Not often can two girls be found who aro willing to hide their good looks behind burnt cork, but the Nichols Nich-ols sisters do and seem to derive as much fun out of It as does the audience. audi-ence. They are a pair of real comediennes, come-diennes, and their Jokes (fresh from the mint) and songs are most Infectious Infec-tious One can always expect something funny from Charles and Fanny "Van, and there is no disappoinment In their present offering. Mr Van has a fa. cial expression which ought to be worth a fortune in Itself, and his wife Is as dainty and pretty as eer. Boisterous acrobatics help to make the act of the four Floods go and every minute of their time of the stage there Is something doing. Their work is clever, and It's laughtor-pro-duclng, and that's "miff said." Motion pictures and some good musical mu-sical selections by tho orchestra round out a bill which packed the house last night. |