The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-03
At The THEATERS
Vand.viII. At the Phillips.

/ vaud@viiie at the Phillips.
/ 1t is remarkable what an amount
| of interest an act in mental telepathy
will create. but such is the case.
splendid example of this is seen this
week at the New Phillips where Leo
la Cotton is giving a wonderful eNhi-
hition of her power to accurately de-
| scribe articles she has never seen
and which are selected promiscu-
ously from among the members OF
the audience. Miss Cotton is accom-
panied ny her father and he appar-
emily pays no attention to her while
he is out in the audience but merely
| asks for some trinket. looks at il
casually himself in order TO see it
| Miss Cottons description of ii is cor
rect and then passes on. There is no
| signaling for evidently ii would be
entirely impossible for the father to
convey TO the daughter such informa-
ton as she is able to give. by any
any other method than some trans
ference of thought Miss Cotton
gives a performance that is of inter-
est to a great many who are not reg
ular attendants on the vaudeville hut
who go to see her act. Other man,
bers on the bill are Delmo. eccentric
juggling comedian: Berrian and
Mackin. singing talking and dancing
comedians; Illustrated songs. by Miss
Ruby Cohen; Gardner. West and Sun
shine. novelty sketch artists. present.
ing the only Cuban piccaninny be-
fore the American public and the
Philoscope. showing the latest mo-
ton pictures.
Johnny Wise"-Gennett.
This is the season for large prodnc-
tons. Never in the theatrical his
tory of this country has there been
so much money spent on staging and
equipping plays as has been done
this season. In this rivalry the one
who will reap the benefit is the thea
ire goers. The production which is
said to be the peer of them all is
Harry b. Unions latest musical COM
edy, Johnny Wise, with funny Ar
thur Don in the star part. The seen
ic equipment is as fine as the best
artists in New York could design.
and there are a number of electrical
novelties introduced that are entirely
original with this organization.
As Mr.. Linton is a great believer
in the drawing power of pretty girls.
he has surrounded his star with a
bevy of stage beauties that it would
be hard to beat. In fact he features
them as Unions Sunbonnet Girls.
They sing. dance and change cos
tunes every few minutes At the
Gennett Friday. night.
"Behind the Mask--Gennett
While not character play in the
accepted sense Behind the Mask,
which will be the attraction AT the
Gennett next Tuesday night, presents
several clear cut and interesting
types of unusual men and women
none of them overdrawn-but perfect
approximations of the exceptions 10
the rule of humanity. Charles
O'Neil has succeeded in making of Col
lis p. Burlington a character of more
than passing interest, one in whom
the thinking playgoer finds much for
discussion. burlington is man of
intelligence and refinement who has
chosen to make his way by his wits,
diyerting serious consideration or
suspicion by a mask of pretended dis
sipation and a desire to talk of HIM
self and his travels. Mr.. O'Neil has
used rare judgement in his imperson-
alton of this character. keeping the
audience in the dark as to his real
purpose almost to the final curtain.
Richard Webster. as Squire, and Mel
lie Fillmore. as Parthenia, present a
pair of ante-bellum servants vastly
different from the accepted stage
negro of today-omitting all the rio
tous buffoonery and stage license
commonly part of such types. An
ma L. Bates, as Mrs. Gresham. an old
fashioned mother, is very entertain
ing as are other similar characters
in the play.