Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-04-04 | Page 11 | Theatres

Theatres I i i AT THE ORPHEUM Filled with laughs and thrills, the Pantages vaudeville show at the Or-1 phetfm theatre this week opened yesterday yes-terday afternoon with matinee per-formance per-formance that pleased the audience immensely. Odiva, famed as a swimmer and diver of exceptional ability, took the headline position on the bill, but as a headltner she is not alone on the 'program, lor there are more headline acts. IIoweer, Odiva, who swimfl and dives In a glass tank, so that all her movements can be plainly seen, gives the audience a fine entertainment. She Is accompanied by some very Intelligent Intelli-gent seals who obe many command! given by the human voice, which they apparently understand. This act is one that the children should be allowed al-lowed to see while it is here, tor it has an educational as well as esthetic, value. Odiva certainly is wonderful and modest. The bill opens with Paul Rondas, "The Nut Messenger," which character he sustains without difficulty and makes the audience laugh at and with him. He is followed by Hugo Lutgens who Btyles himself ihe "Swede Billy Sunday " He lives up to the part. Leading with Odiva, and outclassing outclass-ing her in the opinion of some, is Paul Perelra and his stringed orchestra. The rendition of his own composition, 1 "Portugese Dance." was one of 'he tiniest tin-iest numbers, and stamped Pereira as an entertainer of tho first order With 1 hia string quintette, he was applauded ; many times after each musical num-' num-' ber.