The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-15
(. Orpheyun-Modern Vaudeville.

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Orpheum this week. Salerno holds over
for a second week, and while the ven
ture would be risky with a iuggler Of
less ability than Salerno, he is getting
away with the lions share Of the ap-
plause. He has not changed his act in
the least, but a second watching Of his
wonderful dexterity leaves the audience
just as puzzled as after seeing him for
the first time. $751;. .a.'.s --.-
Lucy and Lucier open the show with
t.The FOOLS Errand,', and while it is
lively, the most clever bit of work in
the turn, is the grotesque dancing of
Lucier, the messenger boy. Claudius
and Scarlet, billed under the promise
to Hmake the banjo talk,' fall short
of the prediction and are only mildly
entertaining. They use the mandolin
is! married by the mannerisms of the
performers.
thy Bremen and Ethel Rose, has a
hodgepodge Of dahcing, singing and ad-
,vertisements for automobiles and hams.
The handing out Of advertising over
the footlights is getting altogether too
| common and house managers should
learn that patrons do not care for
footlights. ,Dooley has pleasant voice
and merits the applause he receives.
The women are incidental to the act,
| but the millinery assists in adding to
| the beauty Of the scenery. : -
| Luigi Rossi shows his trained stall
lion Emir. The horse does a musical
turn at the bells and is well trained
for the conventional "intelligent
! > Arthur Deming has turn which gets
! the house into an uproar, but some of
his songs need sprinkling with dis
| infectant. His monologue is good and
as he is an old favorite in Minneapolis
his act goes thru with chit written
all over it,. -.
The Pekin Zouaves execute all of
their double shuffes,. right about face
waving of the flag and yells .of patriot.
ism that sets the gallery in a frame of
| mind to invade Canada as soon as the
snow goes off the ground. The company
shows it's old precision of drill and
combined with the boisterous uniforms
presents a lively picture.
The kinodrome closes the show with
the usual pursuit of something by some
body, up hill and down dale. The show
every taste that could ask for enter
tainment at the box office. j. Fl. R.
! Foyer Chat.
| George AIDES American comedy, 'The
County Chairmann,'' will be the attrac
ton at the Metropolitan for three nights
and matinee opening Thursday evening
with Theodore Babcock in the leading
role, surrounded by the same cast OF
players that was seen here in the play
last season. AIDES comedy pictures life
in small interior town of the middle
! west, and the quaint characters intro.
duced in the action Of the play are re-
productions of originals that the author
met during his youthful struggles in {
small Indiana village.
No stars, but just a clever company O.
forty people, who furnish two and hal
hours of rollicking music and fun, i:
what is promised for the metropolitan
the first half of next week. when Harr!
B. Smiths musical comedy 1.-THE Liberty
Bellies" will be presented: Seats for thi.
engagement can be obtained Thursday.
No grander spectacle, no more sublime
subject, no greater moral lesson or NOR,
intense dramatic action, and no NOR
beautiful or interesting story was eve
embodied in a drama than will be wit
messed in the dramatic rendition at tn,
Metropolitan the latter part Of mex
week of Wagner's world-known mystic
music drama, "Parsifal." A scenic pro
duction in full accord with the grandeu
Of the subject has been furnished and
capable company of artists has been Sc
lected for the Interpretation of the va
rious characters.
& Eva Tanguay and her 'Sambo Girl
are to be the attraction at the Bijou 70
one week. commencing next Sunday
While Miss Tanguay brings the same We
, hicle that served her last season, thi
energetic woman has during the pas
few months busted herself by recon
structing the piece on thoroly Tanguay
ish lines, so that 1t is now better adapte
, | than ever to her inimitable stage meth
DDS Situations and bits Of business