Show ns r 0 A M IUS US KM rs I Tonal TODAY 0 y Colonial Theatre The Ros- Ros I ary nry S Sla 1 ii p. p m m. Orpheum Vaudeville Vaudeville s 2 r p p. p in m. and 8 p. p m m. m Garrick Theatre Garrick stock company in Thu Bache- Bache lor tor 15 p. p m. m Empress Vaudeville Th atre Vaudeville s 30 p. p m. m 30 1 p. p m. m and antI p p. p m. m liberty Theatre Moving lu plc- plc tunes ture art afternoon and evening Mission 1 Theatre Vaudeville Theatre Vaudeville and moving pictures at afternoon arid and evening rici L I. If you want an effective panacea for COL dull care care- or if it the blues hover 1 0 a about and afflict you ou go o to the Orph- Orph cum etam this week A bill brim full and overflowing with and the pleasant thin things s o of life liCe as shown on thu stage is that which opened yesterday yesterday yes yes- cs afternoon If H you oU have not cracked a s milc for a week weer or 01 have gotten around to spring pring a good hearty laugh en even n with the he approach of the thc will have of them holidays holiday you Oll man many teased out of or you if you see ce the Or- Or show how howa a Way buck back buelin in Ohio not far from Cleveland is the little town of Wel Vel Vellin cl lin lington jn ton The Tho picture of this rural community is said to be faithfully portrayed portrayed por por- 01 tra ed on cana canvass s. s Back to Wellington Wel 01 el lington the act presented by 1 Edward Edwar Howard and Frank FranJ North orth is a scream for 01 twenty minutes and while wIllIo many of or the au audience had seen It before they were none the tho le less s entertained The crossroads town the real practical practical lIcul country chap the cit city fellow and anti the country countr girl contribute to round out a a. sketch which Is simply compelling every moment it holds the stage With ith not loo too much pathos but with the clever cl touch of the pla playwright play play- wright it received ie the welcome Seldom seldom Sel sel- cl- cl dom extended b by an Orph Orpheum um audience audience audience au au- fOI for this character of of- an act Knute Knut Erickson Erick on was well med lilted in hi his character sketches sl His song SOilS My Johnson Dearest Girl and Yon sketch were SOOt good Early Eyrly Morning 1 Re Reflections a a might have ha been called the Two It reveals a colonel a jag jog and red nose his English valet and a a. pretty prett girl irl The colonel and the valet alter after the latter breaks a big looking gla glass glas s stand on either side ld o of the em empty t frame developing some pome splitting side-splitting situations The three people in ht the piece are all g good ol Lilly Schreiber sings sing well welt a clever cr s song ong Merely Sweet Seventeen She is exceedingly graceful and for or a small person holds the stage as if she he was a a. great bl big girl Her part of oC the entertainment was on a a. par pal with the rest of the they pro program ram Apple Bloss Blossoms ms' ms by Patton and antI Com Company pan was a little rough h on the edges Possibly the name namo made one expect too much but there is a lack of oC that delicate touch which mal makes cs the rural comedy fascinating to to a a city audience The Tho actors would possibly possibly pos pos- sibly ibl do better with something better written K an and l one an i artist and antI th the other a singer n present an Artists Artist's Dream Aside ide from rom getting get get- e ting an ocean liner mixed up uP with a Mississippi l Si if-Si river l packet et boat boat which Is drawn In fr front nt of the the audience to tho the music of Steamboat t Bills Bill lh il attempt to pl please a o the a audience is is successfuL suc- suc and the Lilliputians gives dyc give a first-class first acrobatic act as the concluding con con- eluding nur number on tho the bill t f. f iIII TUB JAI COIO I. The Tho Rosary Rosar Ro ar- ar which Was as pre presented presented at the Colonial Colonia tlc theatre tre last vast night of of- 0 ft fens fers man many opportunities for Cor stron strong dramatic c situations and antI they were 1 n in the m most st effective manner b by an sun extremely capable well bal bal bal- 1 anted Company those t taken taking the leading lead lead- lug IllS parts bein bolus e especially good The climax at tike tHe con conclusion lusion of of ofa each a J act was brought out cut in a n strong stirring l and at nt the sane same time natural 1 manner manner man man- ner nel an and the tho when lh the Divine 1 power ns os e through the I medium medium me me- of the church finally triumphs over doubt an l disbelief was hive in awe in In its splendor splendor- and nd mR magnificence j in c cence Two charae characters bold rr ro- ro lief ner bj b the c r elle-r i th their J JorK work cork They fare 19 the tones tones' ones around the stor story of The Rosary jg is woven i and th the tho success of th the production depends entirely upon their artistic artistic- pi presenta tion The They are aloe H Harrison J. J Terry who takes tho thin parti of Fattier Father Brian I Kelly and mid Robert Blister as Bru Bruce e Wilton whose doubts and jealousies jealousies' je sn s au niI ci f final n 1 conversion form the time pl plot t of oC th the story p Jean JeRn P Ward who takes the f dual parts of 1 Vera era Wilton Bruce's wl wife e and ane tier her twin sister Alice lIco Marsh also alo displayed dis dis- displayed played ex excellent t dramatic tI ability thou though h her voice is a trifle w weak ak an and she s seems to lack some of or the tile pe personality per per- per per- that her part calls for In its presentation b by the company now at the Colonial the tho beautiful story of ot The Rosary loses nothing in effectiveness ef effectiveness ef ef- and dramatic force An unusually large Sunday Sunda audience greeted greet greet- ed etI it it The company compan will conclude its engagement ent Wednesday night ht with a matinee Wednesday 4 THE TilE The Bachelor was the tho the offering which opel opened e for a a. week at the tho Garrick Garrick Garrick Gar Gar- rick last night before a large audi audi- ence This is one of Clyde Fitch's productions an and is yer very well han handled b by the tho stock company It is a comedy comedy com com- ed edy in three acts but is interspersed with just the proper amount of or pathos to accentuate the humorous features with which it is replete The Ba Bachelor is the story of or a arich arich arich rich bachelor a a. New ew York stock broker broker brol bro bro- l ker cr who has once been jilted In a alove alove love oe affair and antI th thinks he is Immune from Crom further attack b bj by the little blind god lie TIC has a pretty prett stenographer who Is in love ov with him and antI he thinks a great deal cleal of her hel in a friendly friend friend- ly h wa way but does not ima imagine ln or at least does not admit to himself that he really cares for her A younger brother lother of or the girl who is an impetuous s. s whole hearted tI college bo boy learns earn earnor of or th the situation and thinking that hi his sisters sister's s po position is Js being com compro compromised pro pro- nosed demands of George th the broker 11 starry marry her Goodale proposes proposes proposes' to trip girl In Iq the fancied belief belier that that t I he p. p is protecting her honor and she accepts t Upon learning the true situation H I Millicent the time name of QC the stenographer cancels the engagement by bj that time timer r realize Hu he lac really catty doe doc docs love tov the girl and n b begins s courting her in earnest earnest earn earn- est with the final happy happ r result Tho The part parts t taken b by f Ethel Clifton as the stenographer and Margaret Dills as asher her mother mother- are arc excellent The other other oth oth- er er m. m members ot the company also filled theIr respective th p parts rt very r. r well 1111 4 4 40 a 1 I II I It It was impossible for for- for all all the tho people who IH wanted anted l. l to to sac the early Performance performance perform perform- ance ance e at the last ni night ht to get Jt into th hl th theatre The hl I W V l is packed rl long b before f rc the curtain went mt up Ip A Jargo au audience saw th the t pelf The rhe Brothers Brother Byrne jn in a condensed Y version of on one I q their Ol old ola knock about bou tl trick i k acts tl cause cause cam lots lots' l u cn Elsio Walsh and Mabel tabel r Meredith er ditl J si g j m girls girls have the time most n on n th the thc theu bill u Irene Hoh Hobson Hohson on and antI Charles Delai Den De De- lai n ill appear in an 11 amusing un i lg sl sketch Th 71 e other ther acts are entertaining r t II f S' S t 1 f I A ft Till 11 Asa Asna drama dl ma u of life ire Via nIa In the Grip o of i is of Intense interest and ant hold held tho the lar large Q audience at the Mission Mis Mis- Mission sion slim i spellbound sp while it forced home hon tho of its powerful lessons un As Asa Asa s a a. fact factor in m moral ral life It it is welcomed and sUJ supported by br all who are inter interested ested iri tho the redemption of or drink- drink ur c. cursed ca people while from a religious standpoint it seems to be regarded as asa asa Ii a sermon at once Illustrative eloquent and This picture with four others will shill ll be shown until Wednesday Wed Wed- Wednesday ed nestIa night 4 d s I DOHS Y In The Earl of oC Pawtucket which I comes to the Colonial Christmas Christinas night for Cor an engagement of two nights with Lawrance D DOrsay Orsay as the star infamous in hi his famous role of Lord Lor Cardington ton we awe have havo a plan so Ingeniously Inge cont contrived that the comedy possesses es more fun and interest than one usually finds fines in a picco of this kind |