The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-03
ADJUSTMENTS


10 coast, not always seeking enter-
| 'aihment, but to learn why ii had
taken such a strong hold upon the
/ pupitc. tie has often been highly
amused and rs often been severely
Dored--has had a dose in operating
| a vaudeville house to his great finau-
clal detriment, but has stuck to it I'M
til week ago, perhaps, not learning
as fast, and not knowing as much
about the game, as many who claim
to know it all and yet have had nc
experience whatsoever.
This revue of The Bulletin critic
on The Kimmel Offering may there
fore be takenfe what tits worth. -
1t is conceded that Marshal P.
Wilder IS the greatest monologist in
the world, but he must look to his
laurels if he wishes to retain his
leadership, else this AL Lawrence will
wrest IL from him. Lawrence bills
himself as the Wizard of JOY" He
right clererly sustains his claim to
being a wizard, His monologuo is
gingeFy, snappy and refreshing, full
OF satire, repartee and rich comedy
His colloquail singing is good while
his characterizations are all that
could be desired His act may be
hard to put over here on account Of
the time limit allowed him, He tells
his jokes and 1t is up to the patrons
to get wise, as he has no opportunity
to explain them
Second on the bill, Fred Hamil and
Charlie Abbate, one a tenor singer in
evening full dress and chimney nit
tile, while the running mate. equip
ped with violin. but dressed in drah
rags, make their auditors sit up and
take notice.
The fiddler plays the violin with
such ease and nonchalance that his
ragtime offerings are accepted as
great treat, the audience demanding
encore after encore to which he 70.
sponded. The team has the goods
with EN- and experience no trouble
in getting by" good and strong.
It's the final act that is the head
liner and plays smash with the aud
fence. Tommy Kelly, the "Belhop,"
and Mamie Lafferty, Maid" are not
an alleged, but a roal 0gphcum act
If you doubt this lool, at their bag
gage and ask 'em to show their con-
tracts for thirty consecutive weeks
on that circuit, all bearing the sigma
ture of Martin Beck. Well Tommy
ana Mamie are real peaches and their
of Watch the Shadows"
gives them a chance to show inst
what they can do in singing, eccen.
trique dancing and talking. with a
Tefpsichorean feat that slightly re-
assemblies the "Apache Dance" Miss
Lalferty is some toe dancer, her
equal being hard to find. In this
line the little lady shows to great adj
vantage with her demure looks, pref
ty costumes and nimble limbs. The
shadow dancing as finale to the act
brings down the house.
There is one thing about this act |
10 which The Bulletin directs the at
-ention Of Manager KimmeI. The |
first scene for Kelly and Lafferty is |
supposed to represent the interior. |
mark the words, interior of a parlor
n the Majestic Hotel, yet that parlor
ooks as if it might be the interior of |
ome cheap groggery, Judging from
he four common bent wood chairs.
ack of decorations on the walls and
very insignificant table. Not o rug
an pc seen. Surely with such an
xcelient act and playing big time
Kelly and Lafferty have scene ane
roperty PLOT which had been sent or |
n advance to The Kimmel manage.
nent. It would add much strength
0 the Offering If the ',parlor" were |
ressed up.
"A little more care on the part or