Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-24
engagement will be on Wednesday and
Saturday.
STEGER AND COMPANY
HEAD PROCTOR'S BILL.

Julius Steger and a company OF es-
pecially selected assistants will be the
headline number on the exceptionally
good program which viii be presented
for the holiday week al Proctor's Park
Place Theatre, beginning with the mat
inee on Monday afternoon. Mr.. Ste
ger Is so well known that little need
be said Of his own capabilities as an
actor. For the three years that he has
been In vaudeville he has won the
plaudits of audiences everywhere with
his splendid production of the Fifth
Commandment" which was classed as
the finest example of condensed drama
aver seer in vaudeville. He is shortly
to forsake the vaudeville stage and re-
turn to the legitimate field in a stellar
role, and for his farewell appearance
in the field in which he has won such
signal success he has chosen a new
playlet entitled, 1.-THE Way to the
Heart" 1t is a musical dramatic
sketch adapted by Ruth Comfort
Mitchell, of San Francisco, the musical
numbers being the work of Paul
Lincke, author of Castles in the Air"
Those in the asst besides Mr.. Steger in
clude c.. w. Goodrich. Miss Maud
Earle, Fred c. Hearn, Miss Catherine
Greedy and John Romano.
The second number of unusual inter-
est on the same program will be Little
Billy, a diminutive comedian and sing
er, who is known in every country
where good vaudeville abounds. He
has a good voice, an entertaining stage
presence and is witty and bright and q
prince of funmakers.
Third on the program will be a
rafting sketch entitled THE Butter
fly" which will be produced by Frankie
Carpenter. Jere Grady and company.
The scene revolves around the actions
of Michael Murphy, a rich contractor,
and his son., James Murphy, n a
pretty young woman who is known as
THE Butterfly" and the company gets
all kinds OF uproarious fun and big
laughs out of the situations which are
treated. Bernard Cavanaugh ably as
sists the two principals in the cast.
Arthur Whitelaw, famous as an Irish
story-teller and monologue artist, VIII
hand out a lot of new things and sing
a few new ditties, his whole act being
different from the average Of its kind
and making for thorough enjoyment.
Fitzgerald and his eight juggling Eng
lish girls will introduce an act which is
interesting, more tEan ordinarily clever
and new to vaudeville patrons here
abouts. 1t viii add variety and novel y
to the program. Lancton, Lucier and
company will create q stir with their
offering. which is a h~odge-podge Of fun
entitled "Heaps OF Hilarity." The Mel
not Twins and Smith will present their
always entertaining and enlivenine
singing and dancing act, which will in
clude new songs and steps and a lot OF
other things which they have recently
added to their sketch. Vittor and
Georgette. known theatrically as "tht
upside down boys" because they do al
their work on their hands instead Of
standing on their feet, n also DE-
much of their exceptionally fine per.
Torrance on their heads The whole
show Will close with new and especially
interesting moving pictures.
In the Lyric Theatre and the Bijol
Dream. also Proctor houses, the mov.ns
pictures are changed every day anC
the vaudeville offerings are always nev
and different. On Sunday evening"
hereafter there will be q Proctor vaude
vile show Of the highest standard ant
of ten numbers given in the Colosseum
in Springfield mi