The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-11
Each Act on the Bill was
Truly a Headliner.
EDWARD F. SHARPLESS
Is Given an Ovation In His
Home City.
Vaudeville Program Worthy Of New
York City's Best Vaudeville
House Arranged by Tally Wage

1t must have touched the heart
lstiings OF kdward f.. Sharpiess, the
| eiNywneJ keynard, when hundreds
lot his fellow townsmen, who knew
| him AS 4 boy In the milk wagon days,
arose en- nsasse and applIuded his
hrst appearance before crowd In
hrs home city at the Tally Wag
vaudeville show at the Grand last
might Sharplsss has played TO hun
,dreds OF thousands and has received
the plaudits OF that many but 1t Is a
safe venture that the applause last
might touched him more deeply than
has anything In his career.
And the same may be said OF all
1.-The other Marion performers In the
V great bill which the critical admit
was the finest that has ever been
Iproduced on a local stage. Every
available seat was occupied before
the curtain arose nthe first act and
a finer or more representative gather
ing was never at the playhouse.
The opening number was the Tally
Wag Qulrtette composed OF Messrs.
Frederick II. Bergman. r. r.
Wright, Ernst Carl and Howard j..
lWttmore. The work of the young
men was excellent. Their voices
blended nicely and their number was
enthusiastically received. Several en-
cores were given by the quartette.
Miss Mary Dennison Galley, who
needs no introduction TO Marion aud
licences, was the next number. AS on
former appearances Miss Galley was
lreceived with much enthusiasm and
her every effort was generously ap-
plauded. II has been some time
Isince Miss Galley appeared BEFORE q
marion audience and those who were
privileged TO hear her at her former
nppearance appreciate THE marked
improvement in her playing, which
had seemed even then TO have
reached perfection. A brilliant fea-
ture for Miss Galley and her violin
was again predicted. Her accompan-
iment was played by Mrs. d. T,
Hamilton, OF Chicago
Next there appeared two more
Marion boys, the Jacques brothers in
their mysterious trunk act. The
l,boys performed a few sIlgbS OF
hand tricks as an Introduction and
then came the trunk act, which was
the same puzzle to Afarionites that
it has been all over the country,
where the boys have appeared, One
OF the pair is placed in a small chest
!, In which there Is just enough room
for him TO squeeze In. The chest Is
then locked, covered with canvas
and securely roped up, Placed in
side OF a curtain cabinet the hesto-
presto stunt comes OFF and the other
young man steps inside OF the cab
met just as the one who was
locked In comes running through the
audience and upon the stage. The
chest Is then pulled out into view
again. Is unfastened and unlocked
and therein appears the one of the
brothers who locked the other In the
trunk. They are guessing yet as to
how II Is done, The act received a
round of applause.
Everybody was keen for little Miss
Eva Prout and her character songs
carried the house by storm. This
pretty lassie was favorite from
the first minute that she appeared
Her Lonesome Town and "Tet II
Alone" as well as the other songs she
sang were encored time and again
Pretty and with excellent movements
nthe stage as well as wonderful
natural ability In voice and action;