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Show "Passing Show" Now at Orpheum ; to Show Four Days Of particular Interest to local theatre thea-tre goers Is the announcement h Manager Ooss of the Orpheum th ' of a hpeciallv Looked season of Orpheum Or-pheum vaudeville starting today and I continuing for four days 1 "The Passing Show" as presented ! by Charles L. GUI Is an aggregation ol ! big time vaudeville acts making a tour of the west on a combined bun-mess bun-mess and pleasure trip. This tOMT I ID the language of the press agent is a sure fire eve opener for the plny- era and a restful vacation at the aome t,IMr Gill has gathered together flvej 'acts of the very highest type of variety va-riety offerings. Headlining the bill I fa the clever little sketch of Mr Gill and a capable company entitled "The Stage Carpenter " The story Is a paihetlc little arn of actor folk uway from home on Christmas Day, and tells In a mighty human manner the ' trial and tribulations tho funmakers Of the stage go through In order to ' please their audiences The sketch ! was awarded a silver loving cup by the Lamb's club on their recent ' New Year's gamhol as being the best sketch of th year And this by members mem-bers of the profession, too Mr. QUI portrays the rolo of Bave. a stage carpenter and Is supported by a company com-pany of fivo well known players. In addition to the sketch tho bill Includes such well known sUi' personages per-sonages aa Plorabella Hogue and Opal HicKson, two clever young ladles who were recently starred In The Melody ! Maids. Mies Hickman is a protege of Theodore Kosloff, famed Russian Dancer and motion picture Htar, while Miss Hoguo Is conceded to be one of vaudeville's meat versatile coined-1 leni" can ? Jn n mysterious little, stranger stran-ger who keeps the audience gue-flngj from start to finish and closes the offering with a comedy finale that is , scream. Jean ? la assisted at the I piano by Miss Addrlanne Jolllffe, a' dainty little miss who never falls to score a lilt. The Swedish National Dancers aro a quartette of old country favorites who recently closed .a successful en-j gagement at Stockholm, Sweden, whoj Offer their national songs and dances, in native costume. Dare Devil Raymond opens the' show with a spectacular aerial act. The Passing Show will he presented for four days, starting today in con-' Junction with Anita Stewart In "A I Question of Honor," a news reel and I short comedy. |