The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
THE oRPHEUM.

opening Of the new Orpheum theater
on Baltimore avenue Saturday night.
! One of the best shows of the season
is promised and every act is a strong
one.
THE Bride Shop" produced by b.
A. Rolfe, possesses all of the good
points that any musical comedy
has. This is Andrew Tombes, a come
dian of original and unfailing meth
ods; Lola Wentworth, the prima don
ma of "The Bride Shop is the pos
SCISSOR Of a bird like voice, which
shows the good results of careful
training The book of this minstrel
) musical comedy was written by Fred
De Gressac, author of THE Enchan-
tress,' THE Purple Road" and
"Sweethearts." Securing this well
known authors work for vaudeville
is only another proof that the best of
the artistic marts are to be found in
!. the two-a-day.
When Wellington Cross and Lois
Josephine were persuaded to accept
musical comedy engagements, vaude-
vile nearly lost one of its most en-
joyable acts. Their irresistible man.
ner of singing and delivering bright
and pertinent lines had quickly at
tracted the attention of the various
producers of musical comedy, and they
we're soon a feature of The Wall
Street Girl" during the time that
piece was seen on Broadway. Then
: they returned to vaudeville. They
were they taken away to become fea-
lures of the musical comedy, ooh, l
Say" Recently they went to Lon
don, where at the Leicester Square
theater they scored a decided success.
They would still be there were it not
the war necessitated their return.
Morris Cronin and his merry men
in Many Mirthful Moments" do some
phenomenal juggling. This does not
sound much like a novelty, but the
way Mr.. CTonin has put his merry
men to work is, and a decided one.
Cronin is an American but went to
{ Europe early in life and was SO sue
cessful there that he remained until
the present. His present act was con-
ceived and originally presented abroad
consequently this is his initial
american IOuI.
Riding on the very crest of the wave
of dancing popularity, is a team of
society dancers called Bankoff and
Grille. They are responsible for any
number of original ideas of the tan
go, hesitation waltz and the maxixe.
The execution of their dancing is
grace bewitching. NJ Bankoff, a Rus
sian dancer, was understudy for Mich
Il ael Mordkin, Pavlowa's dancing part
s. ner, a couple of seasons ago, and
danced with Pavlowa for several
- weeks while Mordkin was ill, Bank
offs dancing partner, Winifred Gill
j rain, is a Boston girl. who was taught
: to dance by Bankoff himself
y Ever since Paris decided beauty
j was the most valuable of all posses
< sions and bestowed his golden apple
:. upon Venus, the question of types has
y remained unsolved. That beauty may
!. be blonde, brunette or auburn, is un-
y deniable, but the question which of
h the three types is the more beautiful
:. is one that has made history and even
j caused thrones to totter. The pro-
:. ducer of THE Three Beautiful Types"
y does not attempt to solve the discus
\ sion, but has merely gone out and
:. searched the highways and byways
y for representatives of each type. The
y result is that he has secured a blonde
y whose beauty is ravishing, brunette
y even Cleopatra might look upon with
envy, and an auburn type of the most
y fascinating kind. In living represen-
n tatives of famous paintings, the three
:. young women not only represent a
d posing act that is really beautiful but
:. form a practical exhibit which may
y settle among many the question which
n has been discussed since the world
:. began.
u When Walter S. "Rube" Dickinson
~ created him now Justly famous Eek
= justice of the Peace" it must have
y been after a thorough study of that
N most important of all small town Off
:. cials. Dickinson's monologue is
D brighter and clever by far than could
\ possibly be the speech of any save
y numorist, and his delivery is in
n that quiet yet forcible style of a man
y sure of his power on account of his
81 position.
Little Cleo Gascoigne made an en-.
q viable reputation for herself in child
~ parts with the Metropolitan Grand
= Opera Company of New York. She
o. weighs but 691a pounds and is only
x 8 feet 11% inches tall, being one OF
" the smallest prima donnas in history
a. Her vaudeville offering will be arias
from "Traviata," Tales Of Hoffman.
q Faust" and other well known operas
al The Orpheum Travel Weekly will
y also put on its best dress for the open
q ing week, and offers an especially
= beautiful tinted reproduction of the
p famous Carnival in Venice, a triT
~ through the valleys of France and
scenes among the Pyrenees in Spain
o. Two performances will be giver
x New Years eve, the first one com
" mencing at Z and running until 9;15i
a the second beginning at $3.50 and will
be out in ample time to give every
l0) one an opportunity to take up theil
y hotel reservations. Those who desire
" to stay and see the New Year in ma!
a do so, as the management is prepar
- ing surprise for that occasion.