The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-26
ADJUSTMENTS
Unlque-Poiite Vaudeville.

presented at Inc UnaQu6 theater: Tor the
holiday be week, and A ost sof;,the acts are
well above the average. ffa ~
Burgess, Daniel and Burgess have the
leading attraction with their combination
musical and acrobatic act. The act af-
fords an opportunity for some good sing
ing, clever acrobatic work and a. number
|! Of clever dancing speeiaat4es.G The Els
worths present a laughable short skit
called "The Silk Stocking in which they
introduce some polished character work
and clever dancing specialties. The Raj
fertys, Irish comedians, have a conver-
sational turn that is witty and not over
done. Their parodisgs are also well re-
ceived. 81 n
Irene Little, the 2Msachildl .soloist who
gained SO much popularity during her
stay last fall, is playing return engage
ment, and sings the illustrated songs in
her usual attractive way She is assisted
by Herman La Fleur and Harold Beckro.
Morey and Morey give several clever imi-
!tat1ons of musical Instruments, and pre-
sent an altogether refined musical act.
| Jim Dalton makes a hit in his monolog,
which Is all new, and Stan Arden, who
| does lightning sketches in oils, does some
| wonderful work ~
| The motion pictures show the hazard
Gus work Of a train Wrecking band.
| MetrOpCllLan-'''M MRS. Black IS Back"
| An old friend Is here to. spend Christ
mas week: May Iryi1i-she Of the dim
ples infectious laugh and rotund figure
| It seems good to see her, too. Sara
Bernhardt isn't the only actress who
seems to be able to give Father Time
cards and spades and win. Miss Irwin
4 never looked younger in her life, at least
since she has been. coming to Minneapo-
Ills, which dates back to- her appearance
in a Howard Atheneun1. company at the
| old Grand operahouse on Sixth street.
She was never :jollier. never zfriskier, and
has her audience laughing with her when
ever she is on the stage, which is fortu-
nately nearly all the time, for without her
the interest flags perceptibly. Not that
she has not a suitable vehicle in which to
display her fun-making aproclivities, for
she has. 4 ID II. IL + -. X ~
The farce, ~ Mrs. ok Is Back" by
George V. Hobart, is admirably ada pied
to the purpose. It. deals with a, widow
who has had a gay past and has settled
down by marrying a guileless professor,
whose respect she wants to retain. She
has Fed him to suppose that she is young
# er than She is, and that her son, who is
IN Europe, Is a Buster Brown, instead of
4 "a big college chap, It is the sudden ap-
pearance on the scene of the SON that
starts hers on career Of continuous flb-
Ding and leads to many 1udicrous situa.
TONS The thread Of the story IS just
4 strong enough to hold it together with
something like coherency. 1t is the
sort: of play that enables Miss Irwin tc
indulge IN her coon songs without explain
atiors Withoute which her public would be
disappointed. AS usual, she has bevy
OF weH-dressed, statuesque young women
4 ABOUT her. With the exception of Miss
fgane sBurby, who in the role of ar
7 austerely proper sister, is an excellent
Ioll .they might as well be included in the
scenic effects of the play. Some char
I acter &bits of comedy inserted just at the
i proper places, prevent Miss Irwiri's adj
m1rers from getting too much of her FOL
their ;, own good. May Donahue, as a
f'ceok LADY, goes on a strike at oppor-
tune times, and Louis Foley as a profess
sor OF physical culture, Victor Casmore
as a Mexican card sharp, and John r
1 Hazard as an English valet do SIMILAR
service. in giving the star intervals OIL
frest It is all clever fun; artistic, il
broadly humorous.
Miss. Irwin is heralded as the "genfus
i or langnter,I and.thisS describes her to a
n1cety' for she issa genius. She has, hel
her ana au sha Mith her etheE thar
It aaits e. g. n sss +
fact: The The liaes7of the fplays are very
bright, and as the Wit is Of the rand.
fire order there Is really something of q
mental alx sexhiilaratton In keeping, UP. swit1
+ the pace sthat>the dialog sets. AS for thfe
SONGS, they are, just. May TWINS songs
no one else can ever sing them as she
does, and there is no need Of copyright
q ing. them or mentioning their titles; the,
please to the limit Of the singers willing
ness to respond to encores
l. Miss Irwin will be- fhere all the week
with a matinee on Saturday, and afte1
q her -four years absence she can: he as
sureds that: the opportunity Of seeings he
will be embraced by a great many PEG
pie. S. B. II,