The record-union., 1898-03-28
take" for the four remaining nights of
its engagement goes without saying.

The new bill at the Orpheum last
night drew out a good house. Three of
the numbers are by people who We're
in last weeks bill. Tom Mcintosh and
wife introduce new act, and far
better one than that of last week
There is more of humor and music in
it. They were thrice recalled, thus re-
ceiving very hearty Endorsement. Fill
son and Enrol present their bright COM
cry, "A Tip on the Derby" and give 1t
with even more spirit than last week.
1t is surcharged with a moral for mar
ried people Smith and Cook reappear
with their acrobatic and comedy act
considerably changed, introducing 1t
with arrival in hack, Cook driving
the horse upon the stage with a hand
some hack, While Smith is inside; but
the hack is foorless, and the occupant
has TO run to retain his seat, so TO
speak. This team has become favor
ite. as it deserves
Four numbers of the bill are wholly
new. Salvini is a tenor and an arts
tic one His voice is clear, strong
very sweet and admirably managed. He
was twice recalled. His songs last
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Into the Garden, Maud" My Sweet
heart When Boy" John w West was
in one respect a disappointment. He
sings indifferently, and his selections
are anything but happy. While intend
ed to be funny, at least one IS coarse
and one verse of it is vulgar. 1T mas
not even humor to excuse 1t. we reIer
to the parody on the song, "On the
Banks of the Wabash. West is gro
tesque and comical in makeup anu Is
an exceedingly good buck and wing
dancer-few are as good. Ii ne VIII
give more discreet selections in song,
he viii have a clever act, for he has
comedy and burlesque qualities large
ly. John J. Burke and Grace Forresl
gave one of the best acts the Orpneum
has ever put on. Burke is a nne 10"
comedian, clean, neat, original, not
over-coloring, and doing his turn with
an odd dignity that is thoroughly en-
joyable His support, Miss Forrest, IS
a handsome woman, of splendid fgure
graceful and dressing captiVatingly
She is more than a clever soubrette
The two give one of the best acts OF
the season, wholly new and replete
with quaint humor and sparkling wit;
and Burke, by the way. is a fine eX-
ample of the old-time comic singer, of
which so few are seen nowadays. Mas
ter Wade Cochrane, bit of boy
whose feet do not touch the floor when
he is seated in a common chair gives
a remarkable exhibition of retentive
memory. He rattles off hundreds OF
answers to questions in geography
history. Biblical statistics and geo
graphical and census statistics ana
statements with wonderful readiness
and never a break 1t is remarkable
Illustration of memorizing, and IS
strange and very interesting exhibition.
1t is suggested, however, to his guar
dian and manager that there is neither
wit nor sense in putting into the
child's mouth silly hits at the Presl-
dent of the United States, not war
ranted by fact or justified by humor.
The fine programme closed with Ru-
dinoff, the Russian artist, fantastlc
delineator, shadowgraphist and bird
imitator. Rudinoff is a show in him.
self: his entertainment is alone worth
the evening at the Orpheum. He Is a
splendid, manly figure, a giant of
man. graceful and speaking English
with an accent that is very amusing
and taking. In the presence of the au-
dience he coats a large steel sheet
with smoke 1t is then mounted on an
easel, and with a fiat brush for half
tone effects and his fingers for strong.
! light work, he rapidly produces pref
ty marine some three feet long by
eighteen inches in width. He is re-
! markably skillful and is artistic in a
/ true sense Next he gives one of the
most amusingg and pretty limitations OF
| bird courtship imaginable, between Mr..
| and Miss Nightingale. The notes or
the bird songs are musical, rich and
full of expression, emphasized by clever
acting. Next he produces colored cray
ons, and makes several caricatures
with a few bold. rapid strokes that win
/ him no end of applause. These carica-
! lures are drawn top-side down, and
are disclosed suddenly by reversal OF
/ the easel Finally he gives the best
/ shadowgraph work seen here, and
wholly different from any other artist,
| since he is not behind, but in front OF
the screen, and the spectator sees con-
stantly just how every figure is pro-
duced 1t is very laughable in effect
! and ridiculously mirthful. Rudinoff
will prove a prime favorite. The same
bin tonight and through the week
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