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Show Theaters AT THE ORPHEUM. "The High Cost of Loving" may be a reality, but those who saw Kolb and Dill in the play by tnat name at the Orpheum last evening are certainly convinced that the high cost of laughing laugh-ing Is a myth. The price asked for admission to this, the best show that has been in the city this season, certainly cer-tainly is a small one for the fun offered. It is just one solid laugh from the minute the curtain first goes up to the finale. It is the funniest, cleverest, wittiest, snappiest offering Manager Goss has had the good fortune for-tune to book this season and it is safe to say that it will not be outdone during dur-ing the winter. Anyone who misses seeing "The High Cost of Loving" misses a rare treat, with this qualifying qualify-ing statement: There are too many suggestive remarks which offend. The plot is built around the escapades escap-ades of four men, twenty-five years ago. In sowing their wild oats they get tangled up with a show-girl. She cleverly devises a scheme to blackmail the four respectable men and the tangle that follows causes the most mirth provoking situation ft is possible possi-ble to imagine. The efforts of the Purity league to untangle the mystery and bring the culprit to account also adds to the situation. A word of advice ad-vice to those afflicted with weak hearts: Do not see tho play, because it will be liable to result disastrously. Words are inadequate to do it justice. It is one' play where it cannot be said that the stars ar the whole play. True to the reputations they have established in the time they have beon on the stage. Kolb and Dill are great! They create some of the funniest Dutch dialect and do some of the funniest stunts that it is one's pleasure pleas-ure to see. But with them. Julia Blanc, as Mr. Klinke's wife (Mr. Klinke being played by Kolb), Mary Newton as his daughter, Dill as Albert Bean, Henry Shurner as Edward Hau-ser, Hau-ser, Klinke's brother-in-law, and in fact, all of the cast arc admirably chosen for the parts they take. Worthy of special mention is the singing in the third act Instead of a chorus, the principals have a company com-pany of artists. Each is a soloiBt of rare ability and the several solos given In the third act were all excellent. excel-lent. Lucille Chalfant, singing "Thou Charming Bird." from "The Pearl of Brazil," made a decided hit She responded re-sponded to an encore and the audience audi-ence called for more, but owing to the lateness of the show getting started, sho was unable to respond. Her voice is of rare quality and wonderfully controlled. con-trolled. Between the acts, the special jazz orchestra entertained with the catchiest catchi-est ragtime music Imaginable. Charles F. Seiger at the drums is a feature of this excellent orchestra, under the leadership of Fred R. Hoff. "Tho High Cost of Loving" plays again tonight and tomorrow night and those who want to forget their troubles, trou-bles, present, past and-future, it is advised ad-vised that they sec It while tho chance Is offered. |