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Show i THEATERS AT THE ORPHEUM. There are no 'world-famous names on the Orpheum bill which openc1 last night, but that doesn t detrac from the merits of the show You can" always Judge a vaudevlllo show bj the program. Of course. Jimmy Barry's uame ic not unfamiliar to some of ue, and as a headltner he won popularity, but there are one or two others on the program who may not be ao well i known. butt who make the evening a decidedly enjoyable one, Jlmmie Barry'6 rube turn 1b bur-lesone bur-lesone all right, bat not bo much go a b to be Billy. With Mrs. Barry the sketch has the right sort of "go" to St. Barry getB a lot of laughs with bis clever characterization of the country yokel who isn't 6 much of reuben aB he first appearB and does iome real acting. In theme it is not new, bat juet the same It ie good vaudeville. One of the prettiest acts of an egui-Ilbrlstlc egui-Ilbrlstlc nature aeon here this season Is given by the Schmettane ClaBslc posing and difficult balancing feats win them applause and the feminine member of the team has beauty of face and form and rare muscular dp veiopment. As a conclusion to their act the girl hoists ber companion to n hand-to-hand balance and walks off stage with him. a feat which doesn t look very easj considering the fact that he probably weighs H55 pounds Hopkins & Axtell have a travosty or street car and Pullman life which is funny. The latter Betting resembles "Excuse Me" greatly, although the lines are quite different Miss Axtell helps cot a lot, too, with ber charm of personality. Reese, the man of mystery, has what he terms an adventure Into Hindu Hin-du spiritualism which In a way defies de-fies description By the use of a cab Inet and despite the fact that he is tied hand and foot to a chair by assistants as-sistants recruited from the audience he doffs and donB his coat more quickly quick-ly than one of the recruits who is an-fettered an-fettered csn do so. It is worth Bee Ing. FlavIHa is an accomplished accordionist accor-dionist who doesn t depend on rag time entirely to win favor. She playe the sextette from "Lucia" and several other numbers with good expression and her other efforts took well. While defying the laws of gravil to some extent in hiB topsy-turvy dancing act, Louis Stone had to pay his respects to the altitude last night at the conclusion of his turn. His methods are novel and well carried out The Gordon boys have a conven tlonal song and d;mce act Some most intereeting pictures of current events, notably racing between aero-1 plane motorcycle and automobile are Bhown in the animated wc-ekh Edgar Short's orchestra did itsell proud by the careful rendition of a portion of Mascagni'B opera, "('aval j leria Rustlrana " during the intermission |