The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-15
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Vaudeville at the Phillips.

Vaudeville at the Phillips.
If the New Phillips does not enjoy
a big run this week, the close student
Of the psychology of the crowd will
have missed his guess. Right from the
the first life of the curtain. to it's last
fall, every act SO completely fills the
house with satisfaction. that one won
ders how the people breathe.
The first crack out of the box is
Miss Lizzie Raymond, the jolly sing
er. She sings and talks a bit and
initiates. Her act is hard to describe.
She is just Lizzie Raymond, who has
won a laugh all over the world.
Then the Aherns, head balancers,
are next The strength of the man is
APPALLING and the way he handles his
companion, is delightful. He does it
so gracefully with all, that it takes
some time for the audience to appre-
ciate that he is doing anything out
of the ordinary. She submits to be-
ing balanced around on his head, and
back, and on a chair on his head. in
d. IlOSl llOICldlpuL l1duueE.
After the illustrated songs, come
the Sherrocks. These people are cas-
lily the hit of the program, from the
laugh point of view. They ought to
have called the act canned vaude-
VILE" They first give a clever little
bit of singing, then they branch out
into comedy and into a burlescue of
plays, and they end up with mind
reading act that is SO confusing. and
so fast, that it's real merit is not ap-
preciated until it is all over. Every
part of the act is high class, and
would stand alone on its merits.
The feature of all features. is the
big spectacle mirror dance of Mar
lynne. In whirls and waves of beauty
and color, dazzling and yet pleasing.
this dancer holds the wrapt attention.
The famous butterfly and fire dances
are included. This dancer must be
seen to be appreciated. The artistic
and gorgeous effects that are produc-
ed beggar description.
ALA Baba and the Forty Thieves
is the film on the cameragraph.
Honeymoon TraiI at Gennett.
Gorgeous stage settings, clever COM
edians, pretty girls, tuneful music and
catchy songs are the ingre dients that
made Honeymoon Trail the one big
success of the past theatrical season
in Chicago. The critics were unani-
nous in voting it one of the prettiest
and wit If oil
and it played at the La Sale theater
to crowded houses for two hundred
nights. The play is. by those wonder
fully successful young authors
Adams, Hough and Howard, who have
also three other big hits to their credit
in THE Time. The Place and The
Girl" "The Girl Question" and "A
Stubborn Cinderella"
While the piece itself is just one OF
those delightful mediums for the in
PRODUCTION of song and laughter. the
authors have supplied very consis
| tent and interesting story. 1t deals
with the adventures of breezy, hustl
| ing salesman of brand of bakes
beans while he is supposedly on a
vacation in search of rest for his over
worked brain. The scenes are laid al
resort in lower California known as
| SLEEPY Hollow Rest Cure" Adjoin
| ing this sanitarium is a hotel, the
guests of which are entirely compos
| ed of divorced couples. The fun com
mences as soon as the salesman ar
rives and sizes up the situation. He
| is not content to remain quiet and get
the rest he came after, but seizes ev
cry opportunity to advertise his goods
At this same sanitarium there is also
| stopping the head of a rival concern
with his daughter and when our sales
| man and his rival get together there
| is fun plenty in their fights for SUI
| premacy in exploiting their different
brands. A line of the young sales
man in boosting his baked beans is
Watch the little bees" and he uses
| it to good advantage throughout the
| action Of the piece. and it is sure te
cause everybody who ever hears il
to laugh long after they have seen the
play. The finale ends happily with
the marriage of the salesman and the
daughter of his rival.
| The people depicting the> variou.
roles were selected by Manager Nor
H. Singer from the best of musica
comedy artists. Every part is played
perfectly by an artist of ability. anc
with the big beauty chorus of fort,
and the wonderful dancing "broilers.
Honeymoon Trair' ought to prov,
the big musical success of the season
here.
1t is hardly necessary to mention
that the Princess Amusement com
pany has fitted this company out will
the best in the way of scenery ant
costumes as well as some very move
electrical effects. In fact, the news
paper criticisms We're all to the effec
| that it was one of the most perfectI,
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