Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-24
vauderille st the orpheum.

Vaudeville at the Orpheum.
Lord Plantangenet Chalmondly Pipe Hope
and Jay Armour Swift. titled English
man and an America porkpacker. retired,
or otherwise your old friends Carney
Brooks and Edward r. Burton are among
the top-liners at the Orpheum this week.
and you may be sure they are just as clever
and interesting as they ever were, II not
more so. These two popular comedians
have been together Ave years and their
work is produced with such grace. ease and
wholesome completeness that you wonder
they were not always together. Burton
one OF the real veterans Of the present day,
is still writing as well as presenting, and
yesterday morning he picked up his little
pencil and whipped of few stanzas on
Omaha's Ice trust that will pay you to
hear. He and Brooks reeled them of as II
they had been singing them all season.
Their big hit on this bill is new act writ
ten by Burton In which the lord is his
the packers-son-in-law. And what the
lord doesn't do to his own and his stage
nationality is not very big much. It's
simply rich. Too good to miss. Burton
about puts the finishing touch on things
with his reply to this question from the
phiegmatic lord:
THE h-eagle is Americas national bird,
isn't itT'
"It was for many years" says Burton.
but President Roosevelt has supplanted II
with the stork.''
Arthur McWaters and Grace Tyson. an
other pair beloved because they are good.
present a spectacular musical comedy
which is featured with a scenic display
than which none more gorgeous was ever
seen at the Orpheum. Mcwaters and Miss
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fine laugh. Those acrobatic feats which
Miss Tyson's face performs are enough to
make heather cry or laugh. This pair has
been with Herman the Great and, with
| Mcwaters leading. they give clever bur
lesques on some of the famous magician's
illusions.
In a bill as thoroughly strong as the
one that drew two large houses yesterday
II is difhcult to justly bring out the nu-
merous excellent features, but even In the
most cursory comment the Barque quar-
tet could not be overlooked. They are
high class operate artists and their bill
Yesterday amply demonstrated an appreci-
alton on the part OF their audience OF this
class OF music. The quartet Is composed
OF one woman, Anna Ivaldi, and three
men, Achille D'Arras, George Cacum and
Joseph Garcia.
Collins and Hart. fresh from the Euro
pean shores laden with laurels OF foreign
friends-not Sam Collins. but his little
brother. Sim or simmie. as Sam called him
they are here and they { re something
| new. They appear as the Strong Men"
And they send half their audience home
under the delusion that they must be
about the mishtiest monsters ever. But
they are simply great.
Linden Beckwith as singing portrait
! wins much deserved applause. Her elf
max with Annie Laurie" Is very pretty.
She appears to advantage in every picture
Just before Miss Beckwith comes on Ziska
and King, Kings of Comedy Masicians."
| prepare the house for the reception OF the
singers art az a respite, too from a strain
OF unbroken hilarity For Ziska and King
really display a fine line OF goods.
The bill is opened by the FORESTS father
and son, with superb instrumental music
They are long In being allowed to leave
the stage.
The entire entertainment is splendid
| one.