The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-12-24

thetically and left the audience In a
whistling mood at the end. Hello, Little
Stranger" was one, prettily sung by
pretty girl. Gold Feet" which Mr.. Wright
vocalized, was another, and Down the
Strand" was a third. Then there was
MARY MCGEE" sung by a quartet COM
posed of Messrs. Wright Ely, Kirby and
O'Rourke, which received enthusiastic en-
cores. 1t certainly had a swing to it.
Barcelona" was another that was APP
plauded, and Mr. Ely seemed to amuse
the people with his "Oh, Mr. Brown"
I'D Like to Meet Your Father COM
pleted the tuneful list. There were several
pretty girls in the chorus who were not
sparing of their charms of person.
For comedy, The Dairymaids' might
do in England. For tunes it does as we'll
here as it could on the other side, and. if
you like melodies of the popular descrip-
tion with a Tilt or catch in them, you
will make no mistake In going to see 'The
Dairymads."
PrOctor's--Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew.
1t would have been difficult for the
management of Proctors Theatre to have
procured better bill for the Christmas
holidays than the one which was last night
produced before an unusually large audi
ence. There are more laughs in the per-
formance than usual, and the "all-star
vaudeville" stamp is well deserved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew are the head
liners. Their act is one round of bristling
fun, intense situations and unusual cli
makes. 1t is called "Billy's Tombstones,"
and concerns Billy's false teeth, which
play him false for while. But all's well
that ends well, and Billy finally RECEIVERS
his teeth, and the girl as well. Billy is
Sidney Drew. Mrs. Drew is Alice Har-
grave, the sister who helps Billy through
his troubles. Miss Sarah Lewis is
Beatrice, the girl in the case. Billy is a
football hero who has lost his molars and
won the game. He meets "the one
woman" and is in the act of telling her
that she is the only one when the "tomb-
stones" fall out From then on there Is a
surplus OF laughter as Billy searches for
his teeth, so that he may propose to the
girl Billy is so heartbroken that he
cant mention her name.' He gets his
teeth, but only after buying them back
at twenty times what they cost.
Mr.. Drew is ably supported by his wife.
and he. himself thoroughly good actor
makes everything possible OF his part In
deed. on one or two occasions he even
carries the fun to excess.
Mitchell and Cain have an act which is
genuinely humorous and, moreover, dis
tinctly original. Mitchell has an excellent
y iSihcli accent anu SoOu NOlcc. lam 10
big laugh all the way. Mile August and
company have unique, funny and clever
act. Brndamour, 'fthe original jail
breaker and handcun king did all that
his press agent claimed for him. He mys-
tiied and amazed He not only broke all
shackles, but freed himself from cells,
handouts, chains and manacles. William
A. Dillon, the author of every Little
Bit" etc. was encored. Mr.. Dillon has a
fair voice He SANG. several new parodies
which were good, but displayed an un-
fortunate inclination to pose.
Captain Winston's sea lions were "almost
human" The things they do are marvel
Gus. Katherine Bartlett made good as a
mimic, although bit languid. The cult
vation of a "Bostonese' twang would help
her. James p. Conlon and Lillian Steele
are clever in singing, dancing and play
ing stunt. James p. is a wizard with the
KEYS.