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Show I THEATERS AT THE ORPHEUM. There are three foreign and two American acts on the Fantages au deville bill that opened at the Orphe um theatre yesterday afternoon and everyone is representative of the best types of vaudeville entertainment. It was evident last night that the superlative su-perlative qualities of the program had been spoken of by those who attended attend-ed the matinee, for at both performances perform-ances the house was filled from the boxes to the gallery with enthusl astlc auditors. In the opening act, where dialogue would be lost and unappreciated Frances Le Maire, an exceptionally skillful roller skater, gave an exhlbl tion of skating that started the bill oft right, and closed the act with a performance on unlcycles that proved her one of the most finish unicjcllsts that has ever been seen on a local stage. Belzac and Baker, "The Ragtime 'Frisco Boys," followed the skater with classy musical art Though boys in age, as musicians they are old for they played classical and popular music, on the violin and piano, in a manner that told of much natural ability and long practice. They re ceived numerous encores and Baker's "take-off" on a picture show pianist, was a combination of humor, understanding under-standing and piani&tic ability that won special appreciation. A protean playlet entitled "The Kidnaping of Bianca," kept the audience au-dience so Interested that the right to applaud was forgotten until the climax and then the actress, Marion Munson, received several curtain calls. In the act. Miss Munson plays the six female parts and is supported by Hal Forrest, as a newspaper rj porter The six parts played by Miss Munson include a chorus girl, servant, an Italian girl, a mother, a French maid and a half-witted girl, and, in addition to the lightning chan ges of costume which she makes, the characterizations are almoBt perfectly perfect-ly drawn. One of the newest and most entertaining enter-taining "single" acts presented here for a long time, was that of Laurie Ordway, the merry English comedi enne. It is safe to say that local audiences au-diences were never more completely won by an entertainer than those who saw Miss Ordwav vesterdav. Everv line in her act is new and she presents pre-sents three different types, a London slavey, an American soubrette and a militant suffragette, and the best oi the three would be hard to choose. Preceding the Illustrated Weekly, is presented "The Apple of Paris," an opera, in which gesture and graceful movements tell the story in lieu ot words. The opera is in three scenes and 1b plaed by nine people with Mile. Minni Amato as the prima donna. don-na. So that the audience may judge how well pantomime can take the place of words, the plot of the opera is printed in the program. The "Apple "Ap-ple of Paris" alone is well worth a visit to the Orpheum. oo |