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Show THE ORPHEUM. "A tear, a smile, a laugh. Come drive away your cares, For joy an evening hath At the Orpbeuro." The above appears on the front cover cov-er of the Orpheum program. Whether Joe Goss, Bob Splan or Martin Bock wrote it. It matters not. There is a world of truth in thosie four lines as every person of that larse flrst-n'ght audience would ' readily testify They certainly enjoyed that most entertaining entertain-ing show last nlghL There Is not a dull moment In the entire bill. The acts are all good. They are tho kind which appeal ,tchlldren of all are8. Lole Fuller's beautiful dancing spectacle. "The Ballot of Light" is a novelty In itself. Tho dances are executed ex-ecuted by eight girls with ease and gTaee which itppenlq to the mos blase. The lighting and color effects are perfect per-fect In every detn.il. In th thre parts there are about twenty different dances dan-ces intreduced. The act Is under the personal dlrectfoh of Miss Lie Fuller who Is assisted by Mis? DIcHe Fuller, Dorothy Harkls, Miss Leonl Bruno, Ml6s Violate Hayes, Miss She'agh Courtney. Miss Llllhn Colomnn, Miss Audrey Kelcy and Miss I'dUhe Carl. Captain MaxImUlon Oruber's eques-train eques-train review is entertaining as well as Instructive. The star of that net is "Minnie," an elephant, welsh ins ft CO pounds and with a deposition like that of a pet dog. "Minnie" is not as clumsy as other members of her tribe and she seems to use human Intelligence in performing her tricks A largo riding horse and a Shetland pony are aho used by Captain Gruber and his assistant At the conclusion of the act "Minnie" takes the center of the stage and bows gracefully to the audience at each curtain call and I eagerly grabs a "boquet" of carrots that are thrown from the orchestra. Aubrey Pringle and George Whiting, two clever entertainers, were one of the hits of the evening They have no act other than one of singing and talking. They can do this ln a manner man-ner that takes well with an audience. Marlon Murray & company presented present-ed a hlblv entcrU'rln? 4-r-tc'i entitled enti-tled "The Prima Donna's Honoymoou," It Is one of those refined comedy playlets without any dull lines in it. It is well acted by capable people. Miss Murray plves a p'esslntr portravl al of the prima donna. She has splendid splen-did support in William Rice'ardi. E. H. Calvert and Miss Agnts Kelly. The actwas one of the big hits of the evening. eve-ning. Paul La Cioix. "The Mad Hatter," presents a new and Interesting act that Is appreciated. Tho two Dennis, novelty a'.hletes, have an original ladder act that is pleasing. The Kinodrone has some new motion mo-tion pictures. The Orpheum orchestra renders a number of highly pleasing seb.-ctlons. The bill runs the remainder of .the week with Wednesday and Saturday matinees. K. T. S. |