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Show HEATERS "MUTT AND JEFF." Whatever one may say or think about the merits of 'Mutt and Jeff" us a theatrical affair th, li,i r t rs created by Bud Uisher In bis cnrloona are known to everyone NatunUly tho play has a large field to draw from and attracts throngs mobt anywhere. It was almost. If not quite, a capacity house which greeted (;un Hill's production pro-duction In three a ts at the Orpbeum last night, and everyone there seemed to enjoy themselves Immensely The "tall and the short' boys look ed as though they had Just 3tepped out of their pictures and proceed- d to mix up in everything that was going on throughout the performance, thlB everything including horse race, n near-mutiny on board ship and doing a little ' revolutlng" In a mythical South American country, whore there were more generals and presidents than there were privates in the ranks : There is a plot which answers the purpose of supplying the reason for It all, and It emerges from Its obscurity obscur-ity every once In a while to keep things moving There is plenty of mu sic. too, and even more comedy Of course Mutt he with the extenuated proboscis, and Sawed-Off Jeff are Ibe j center of attraction and they are in evidence on tho stage most of the time throughout the evening The company is an altogether new oce from that seen hero last year and the show in every respect showed improvement im-provement Ed West Is Mutt and Jer ry Sullivan is Jeff, and the latter especially es-pecially Is all one could ask In the role In physical characteristics he Is about the size and shape of a good sized apple dumpling and does some surprising stunts the grotesque postures pos-tures Into which he throws his body being almost uncanny and his antics would extract a grin from a stone image im-age There Is a dainty little person, by name Hazel Tupper, who. as J sale May, is the most captivating girl in the cast. She is prett, vivacious and charming to the lflBt degree and In Jects a lot of lif Into the show which would bo lacking In most Impersonations Impersona-tions of tho small part she portrays " oho Isn't heard from In a bigger role, in the near future we miss our gueBs. Her "Tale of the Mermaid" was one of the cholc? "bits" of the evening. Another most pleasing m us leal number was "Give Me Just a Llub gmllo," sung by Jack W'ovler (Goorge Beits.) The rest of the company wus n tlrely satisfactory to the audience In attendance last night, and while there are no remarkable singing ralcsa amongst tho members of the company most of them are pleasing enough to those who wore there |