The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-04
tBy f. X. W.

(By T.. X. W.
The first week OF Morris vaude-
VILE at the Grand has come and is
gone on its way onto the shelves OF
pleasant memory. No more does the
amusement seeker opine with
WHITTIER shall ! CO." or Wherewith
sll shall l be entertained" For
those whose tastes run TO short order
diversions either from necessity or
choice, "the plays the thing" and II
not the play, then fragments of 1t
with interpretations of song and
dance. Marion has set her seal OF ap-
proval on Morris vaudeville. Selah!
"The Smasll in school," one of the
Morris feature acts exploiting Thu
thanna Peaths." she of happy school
day memory, will beon e of the at
fractions on the bill at the Grand
for the cvoming week. a
chorusof eight assists in making the
daughter compelling skit very merry.
The act has caught the fancy of the
folks who play everywhere, ana
being a very decided novelty in vau-
deville where novelty is fast becom-
ing past quantity, 1t is being
eagerly sought by managers. The re-
mainder of the acts are just as good
in their line and were chosen with
~ view to give the show balance.
Monday will see the initial presenta-
tion of the Smack" in this city.
w. |. Gephart, of Blanchester, O.,
who for the past month has been en-
gagged in overhauling the heating
system in the Grand Opera house has
completed his work and most graft
tying results have beer obtained.
only one pound of steam was used
Thursday morning in raising the tenn
perature of the entire house to the
point required by the test. Defective
heating has long been one of the
flagrant dlscomforts of the house,
the heat near the radiators being in
vicinity, while folks at short dis
tance were compelled to keep on
wraps or give a practical imitation
ot snow man.
The new system distributes the
heat proportionately through all
parts OF the house. Incidently, the
boom of the heater pipes will no
longer break in on the psychological
moment marring the luridness of
the Williams threats, or spelling the
atr ~ hA In
ing man extant, be he gifted with the
looks of Apollo and the voice of a
Mccullough. could imfuse his love
lines with the divine fire with those
pipes playing a battle of Gettys-
burg bombardment.
The Gephart system was thorough
Iy tested and proved satisfactory.
The long lingering sensation OF
being hit by disspated and rheu-
matte "tomatus" is 50 Siyidly describ-
ed by James Nc Intyre in NC In
tyre and Heath In Hayti," the cur
rnt attraction at the Circle Theatre,
New York City, under the manage
ment OF Klaw & Erlanger, that the
audience in its mirth at times is
nearly plunged into Mysteries. Laugh
Ter prevails every minute of the time
that these two black face comedians
are on the stage.
Nc Intyre and Heath in Hayti,"'
comes first from the pen OF John j.
McNalley with lyrics and music by
William Jerome and Jean Schwartz
This trio has performed its labor well
and with q keen appreciation of the
exigencies OF the occasion.
In the first act the scene is laid in
the Casino at French Lick, Ind. There
the two negroes love the same girl
and here occurs the awful assault OF
Heath upon Nc Intyre with tha,
"sickly tomatus." There ensues the
feud in which Nc Intyrr insists that
a great deal OF "Unwritten Law" is
10 be used.
From French Lick the pair move tC
Hayti, whittier Geronimo Jobbs
(Mc Intyre) has been inveigled fol
revolutionary purposes by the promis,
OF the presidency. Jobbs and Jasper
johnson Heath do not find the Hay
tian revolution as pleasant an enter
prise as had been painted.
When the bullets begin to fly thicl
Jubbs DISCUSSES himself as a laun
dress and is put through a mocl
drill by Johnson, masquerading as
soldier, which is excrutiating funny
In the end Jobbs is named presiden
but his rule is brief, and once NOR
after a mere taste OF power he be
comes the hard luck Georgia negro.
Punctuating this story at freauen
intervals are musical numbers rend
cred by individual members of tn
company, reinforced by as capable
Chorus as ever pointed a toe. Tha
chorus gains distinction with tn
rise OF the first curtain, for al tb
very onset comes "The America,
Monte Carlo, sung and danced a
O sixty-horsepower rate.
Other excellent numbers are I"
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