Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-09
HARD TO SELECT
KEENEY HEADL|NER

The all star vaudeville bills prom
ised the public by the management
of Keeney's Theatre, when the in
terests we're bought out, are certain
ly Undertaking., and as a conse-
quence every performance is drawing
packed houses. Last night the S. r.
o. sign was again displayed.
Eight high-class acts are on the
bill this week and the writer does
not intend to try and pick the win
ner for headline honors-it was a
dead heat-between the Six Diving
Girls, 1.-THE Stool Pigeon Jane West
and Louis Granat.
When the Payton was built, now
the Keeney, the builders .purported
to have enough room in the playhouse
to take care of any and all crowds
1.-THE bigger they come the easier we
will handle them was the way they
intended to do the act, but since
vaudeville has taken the place Of
stock, Mr. Keeney has already had
visions of tearing down his new and
beautiful structure and replacing 1t
with a house the size of the Metro
politan Opera House, SO great has
been the enthusiasm shown by the
audiences
1.-THE Stool Pigeon" must be called
the playlet with the punch. 1t COM
pares favorably with many of the
new style criminal plays now enjoy
ing such successful runs in New
York and elsewhere. The only diff
ference is that the "Stool Pigeon"
takes thirty minutes, while the other
plays take two hours.
Gripping in the extreme, the playlet
deals with the life of the ':'under
world" the inner workings of the
metropolitan police force and their
way of intimidating thieves and other
undesirables to ''snitch' on their
pals"
1.-The Stool Pigeon a young girl,
in love with a suspected crook, is
engaged by the police to give up Sc
crets that will hang n murder on her
lover. True to her hearts promptings,
she manages to foil the brutal police
captain and clear her sweetheart of
the more serious crime. Forceful pas
sages, humor and pathos, are injected
in rapid succession during the unfold
ing of the plot. The success of each
reflects credit on the east eugag ed.
"fnined
with dangerous and daripg stunts of
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a tanN containing bout 1odi feet OF
water Their graceful form in taking
the most difficult of dives kept the
audience in a continual uproar OF
appreciation, Their every movement
could be followed with ease by the
audience. A series of mirrors were
so arranged that each move OF the
water nymphs could be easily seen In
any part of the house. The anna
teur diving contest was won by H
Mum, while C. d. Willets received
second prize.
AS singer of the higher class
popular and classical songs, Jane
West won over her audience the
first two minutes she was on the
stage. Exceptional in her range ane
different than most singers in that
her enunciation is clear, Miss Wes
has a strong, clear voice, rich in tone
and quality. 1t was a real treat t
! lovers of the vocal in Newark.
! { Louis Granat was also there as {
singer. but of different nature
HE is the human parrot" and thu
polly wants a cracker" stuff that h
pulled would go for the cal thing
even with polly herself After h;
had amused the audience NJ a. parro
| for awhile off came his grotesqus
| headpiece and then he pulled sew
eral difficult limitations of animals
etc. The act was scream ant
away out of the ordinary run o.
vaudeville acts.
The ever-popular Al Lawrence, II
| his always new monologue che nevel
| knows what he will spring on the
people until he is out 'front.'. appealed
| to the risibilities of all. Besides
his clever patter talk. Lawrence IL
the possessor of a peculiar style tina
in itself assures him Of success.
Others who received the plaudits o.
the multitudes present at yesterdays
performance, and they must be called
multitude, were Willie Hale and
brother, in high-class juggling act
Earl Bartlett, in a novelty number
and Harris and Kayne, songs ant
| dances. Some bill it is, surely.