The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-08
Orpheum-Modern Vaudeville.

Salerno, the European juggler, holds
the headline honors on the Orpheum
stage this week. The feature of Saler-
nos work is that 1t all comes, in unex-
pected turns, and there is a complete alb
sence of the elaborate pantonime which
usually introduces the tricks Of the
sleight-of- hand performers.
Salerno works with a dining room set
ting, and juggles everything from a
large oil painting to pen, which he
losses into the air and catches back OF
his ear. Every act is easy for him and
he does not resort to- machinery of any
kind to assist him. He is, without doubt,
the premier of the modern jugglers
The show opens with the antics of the
Elgonas. The act starts off poorly, but
has a whirlwind finish. The performers
are tumblers of ability and introduce a
number of new turns. Klekko and Fra
volt evoke a mild appreciation with selec-
tions from '"Trovatore,' but win the
greatest applause when they drop into
ballad singing. -:
The Horsky-Bergere company gives
'He. She and Me- and the title tells
about all there is to it. The actors are
capable, but the play is something of an
overdone Welsh rarebit. It is hard to
believe that Will N. Cressy had anything
| to do with the authorship, a1tho he is so
accused ON the program. The situations
| produce laughter, more thru the ability
of the actors than thru the lines.
| Mignonette Kokin is a dancer of no
small ability, and gives limitations of the
present-day comedians with exaggerated
effect. Her act is clever from start
! to finish. James H. Cullen, '.the
man from the vest is still telling stories
and singing songs, none of which are in
tended for the nursery, and makes a
great hit with the adaptation of the al,
of Charley Cases famous song His
| reading Of Joe Millers joke book gets the
audience going, as Minneapolis never hes.
itates to extend a hand to old friends.
| Galetti's monkeys are amusing anG
wind up their act in free-for-all fgh
that sets the gallery to bowling for IAN
| other round" The kinodrome closes thu
| show with the ever-popular pursuit films
/ The show is good one, manifest i'm
provement over last weeks booking.
leans to the ugh-making side, and lean:
heavily, but the audience bears the bur
| den well. j. H. r.
Lyceun1-"By Right Of Sword"
| IfN"By Right of Sword in which Ralp1
Stuart and his stock company made thei
Minneapolis debut at the Lyceum yes
terday is a criterion of their futur
work, the Minneapolis theatergoing pub
lie is indeed fortunate The play is a.
interesting, clever, romantic drama, arts
tically presented by competent actors
and was yesterday accorded an enthu
siastic welcome by two capacity audi
ences. The house showed the effects G
a thoro renovation and the opening G
the Ralph Stuart company was in all re
spects suspicious, giving promise Of fu
ture profit and satisfaction to both man
agement and public.
A. w. Marchmont's '.By Right 9
Sword is a melodrarna, mot in the latter
! day sense that implies t'blood and thun
] der incidents, destroying climaxe
and poorly pictured impossibilties, blu
) melodrama in it's better sense wfer
| tragedies are softened by romance an
| furnish unseen motives. where impossi