Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-13
FINE VAUDEVILLE
 GETS INTRODUCTION
Musical Pays Make Pronounced Hit at New Douglas
 Theater,

DOUGLAS, March 12.-(Special)- i Douglas made her first dip into an | interesting feature of metropolitan i life last night when a bill of straight vaudeville was presented at the Or
 pheum by enterprising Manager Nc Clure. And the public was not with out appreciation of Mir. McClure's eff forts, for very good house greeted the opening performance and applaud 1 ed Justify the efforts of the clever en l tertainers.. The success which at l tended the opening night is an assur'
 ance of large audiences during the re.
 mainder of the week.
 While there is not a number on the l program that would not do credit to
 any metropolitan circuit in the coun. try the act of the musical Pays is per
 haps the most attractive on the pro- gram and they took the house by
 storm. They are advertised as not 1 being particular as to the character
 of instruments they play, and they certainly are not. Every instrument the xylophone is positive novelty. Their feature stunt Is 8 boxing match 1 in which they wear about their arms
 
 about their ankles, also. They then
 reproduce the Gans-Nelson fight, the
 while playing a familiar air. The
 scrap is the real thing, too. The lady, imperscnating Joe Cans, biffs the gen
 tleman, representing the "Battler," in the shoot and beautiful minor chord
 is made. The gentleman retaliates with an uppercut to the lady's jaw. V,gn an4 f1 | fol1 Aat hA last round of the fight comes on as l an encore. The fight starts even.
 Nelson leads of and chases Cans to
 the ropes. Cans recoyers and wallops
 Nelson hard, putting out one of his lamps. Cans forces the fight and with right hook sends a sleeper to the i jaw. Nelson falls, kicking the while, which completes the last notes of the strain of music they have been play | ing. The act of the Pays is we'll
 worth the money. To add little ex- ] tra spice to the act they ring in some funny stories with local application.
 Walter Mccullough must not have very good opinion of himself as an actor-not near so good an opinion as his audience had last night. He is advertised to appear with his com pany in a burlesque on the melo- drama, when, To and beholdi he ap- pears in a scene from one of the l heaviest tragedies. Now does MT. Mccullough think so little of his act ing that when doing something of an
 ambitious character he must tell the
 public it is burlesque? MT. McCul-
 tough should not be so self-derogatory, for though he may have thought his i efforts were a burlesque, the audi
 ence did not. The stage setting for MT. Mccullough was ideal for the ] promised burlesQue on the melo- drama. When the curtain went up a l yawning abyss was opened up to the view of the audience that would make
 the Grand canyon look like the work of an amteur in oil. It was undoubt. | edly the best spot in the world for
 pretty young heroine, having mort. gage on the old home stuck away in her waist to be seized by the dark
 mustached villain and hurled over the
 cliffs, her fall to be stopped fortunate | ly by tramp who had overheard the villains plot and who secreted him. self just over the bank of the cliff with a grab hook in his hands. And 1 when we were expecting this young
 unfortunate to appear to fall into the trap set for her, comes upon the
 stage one dressed in the toga of Ro-
 man senator, inquiring of his Vir- ginia. When the audience recovers i from the surprise into which they have been thrown they settle down to
 real enjoyment of Mir. Mccullough in
 what was anything but burlesque. He
 was very good, indeed, speaking his
 lines with force and exemplifying true art in every detail
 The balance of the program was
 clever in every particular. Vine Mar
 tin sung a couple of coon songs and did a clever dancing turn. Earle
 Girdeller presented a novel dog act.
 He appeared on the scene in a home
 made automobile that was very much 1 homemade. After getting few laughs he brings his three or four dogs into play, and in keeping with
 the rest of the act, everything they
 do is novel All of the dogs, includ- | ing Girdeller. are clever acrobsts. Cir
 deller Is perhaps the cleverest of any
 in the kennel. At any rate the act
 made good.
 Miss Maze Burton, lady of large | proportions, naS yOice tudL IS S4udi- l ly as large And as advertised, 1t is ! a pure baritone. A blind man would put up his Please help the blind'
 sign and the contents of his can on
 bet that the voice belongs to a
 man. Should person close his eyes
 while the wonderful voice is being
 heard and then open them again to
 see the, source of the voice arrayed
 in woman's apparel. he would try to
 think what he had been drinking.
 Miss Burton's voice is really wonder
 ful.
 The remaining number of the pro l gram is ST. Umbreto Bucchieri. a
 grand opera singer. He possesses a tenor voice of striking range and
 beauty and he was forced to respond
 to an encore.
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