The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17
COLONIAL TO have MORE
and BETTER VAUDEVILLE
Management Announces Change in Pol
icy Under Which There viii Be an
Additional Act on Each Bill All of
Which Will Be More Costly

The clamor of many local theatre
goers for more pretentious vaudeville
bill and the shorter lin service at the
Colonial theatre has resulted in de-
eded departure in the kind of enter
tainment to be provided for patrons
of that playhouse. Wilmer 4 Vincent
who during the last month have been
experimenting to determine the type of
entertainment most popular at the Co
lonial, have decided to put in bigger
and more costly vaudeville attractions.
These vaudeville acts are to be booked
out of the Keith Booking Office and
they are to be four in number.
Although this is only one more act
than was shown heretofore, it is an.
nounced these four acts Will be far
superior to those that have been ex-
hibited in the past The management
declares that these features will all be
worthy of places on high class vaude-
vile bills and that each program will
have its headliner.
There will not only be improved
vaudeville, but improvement in the
plan of presenting these attractions
The four acts will follow each other
without moving picture shown be-
tween. The moving picture features
will be shown before and after the
vaudeville show.
The hours of the Colonal's running
will be continuous as usual. From l l
o clock until $50 the first run of IL
censed films will be exhibited, and the
entertainment will be the picture show
only.
AT 2.30 the first vaudeville bill of
the day will begin, all four acts being
presented one after the other, and then
the pictures Will follow. During the
hours of 6 to clock, pictures only,
will be presented. At O'Clock the
first vaudeville bill of the evening
will be offered and after the pictures
for this performance are shown see
ond complete vaudeville bill will be
put on beginning at 9 clock.
The vaudeville bills will be changed
twice weekly as before, on Monday and
Thursday.
The proposed improvement in the
vaudeville offerings is Indicated bv a
glance over the bookings made for the
hrst week. For instance, the feature of
the urSl nan OF tne week VIII be q
pleasing miniature musical comedy call
ed THE Belle Boys and the Be les -
The act requires clever east of come
dams and pretty girls and also an at
tractive stage setting. Ii is described i
as one of those catchy features with
good fun and new songs. Miller and
Tempest, widely known pair of song,
comedy and patter artists, will also ap-
pear. Al Edwards, black faced come
dlans, and Lear and Fields in comedy,
songs and dances. will complete the
roster for the first half of the week.
The vaudeville bill for the last half
of the week will be headed off by the
Three Musical Ellisons, Offering a
picturesque musical novelty. This at.
traction has scored many successes in
leading vaudeville theatres. The clever
novelties supporting it will be present
ed by James Kennedy and Company,
who were fayorites at the Orpheum
Two seasons ago and who will present
their new comedy called "Jack Swift -
Mahoney and fremont, in a singing
and dancing skit, called "At the De-
partment Store, and the Aerial
BARRIERS, sensation aerial gymnasts.