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Show Theatres AT. THE ORPHEUM. Nearly everybody in tho company of vaudeville entertainers that opened the weekly program at the Orpheunt theater yesterday, sings and enough of the singing is above the ordinary to make It very enjoyable. The acts get better as the show proceds and the only disappointment in the head-liner head-liner is that it does not last long enough. This is presented by a cast of five men and two girls and is called "A Night in the Park." The stage setting wins applause on its own account, being a realistic park scone, fountain and all. The fountain Is topped by a huge ball and at the close of the act, this Is, seemingly, upheld by the water sprays while one of the girls stands upon It and, after the manner of an equilibrist, makos it re. volve. Four of the men form the best vocal quartet heard this season and probably not excelled in any season. The first tenor and second bass singers sing-ers seem to have no limit to their high and low range, respectively, and their tones are of the fine unbroken quality quali-ty that make male quartet music the most popular that can be presented. The baritone and second tenor have voices of equally good blending quality qual-ity and the latter, the heavyweight and comedian of the group, Is a good show all by himself. Their work is of the college glee club style and was greatly enjoyed by yesterday's audiences. audi-ences. One of the girls aided in making mak-ing the act one of headline proportions, propor-tions, by acting as a foil for the quar-tct quar-tct and helping them along in several numbers. While her voice lacks quality, qual-ity, she puts enough life into the act to make up for the deficiency. On the whole "A Night in the Park" is a high class bit of vaudeville. Second in its element of pleasing onteralnment is a stock act presented by Leon Kim berry and' Rena Arnold. Individually and in due they make an unqualified hit. KImberly has a big baritone voice of good range and fine quality and uses it in a ballad that gives the audience a desire for several more. His partner fairly radiates charm of person and manner In making him the butt of quips of delicious humor. She also knows the art of dressing, wears two unusually pretty gowns and assists Kimberly with some songs, accompanied by neat dance steps, that are now and enter taining. The Douglass family of six members, mem-bers, including two clever juveniles, open the bill with a Scotch and Irish singing and dancing act. The act is excellently outlined, staged and costumed, cos-tumed, but most of the song numbers fell flat yesterday due o the lack of quality in the voices of the family. The elder sister is an expert dancer and was well received in two solo numbers. The younger brother also made an individual hit, with a character charac-ter song. Harry Coleman, a master ventriloquist, ventrilo-quist, adds quality to the bill with his one-man dialogue. He has Gome thing new in the way of a dummy and the material in his dialogue is both clean and funny. |