Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-20
CURTAIN
CALLS

Lee Ottolengui, manager of the Shu-
bert Theatre, where 1.-THE Legend Of
the Muses." is being given for the
benefit of the Newark Anti-Tubercu-
losis Association, was Wreathed in
smiles He expressed great admira-
ton for the work of the amateur per-
formers and said that in many re-
spects it was fully up to the best pro-
fess.onal standards. Mr.. Hoffman,,
to whose genius the conception and
production of the performance are
due, also came in for words of praise.
81 hope" said Mr.. Ottolengui, that
the public will grow more and more
responsive to the truly wonderful
work of this remarkable man and that
we shall have more and more crowd
ed houses as the week goes on
The large attendance at Miners
Empire Theatre, where a summer sea-
son of vaudeville and pictures has
been inaugurated, has assured the
management of the success of the
theatre as a vaudeville house for the
summer. In booking the acts, the
management are doing their utmost
to secure acts that are sure to please
the local theatres goers. For the last
three days of the week the feature
known as 1.-The bear that wrestles and
dances the turkey trot." Mond and
Sale, the two beautiful girls; Florence
T:mponi, singing coincidence; the
Broadway Trio, Baselerio, the great
ventriloquist; Emile Edouards, the
shadogrophist, and the De La Tour
Twins, those two Newark girls. There
will be the usual special nights, that
Is there will be amateurs on Thursday
night and song contest on Friday
night. Smoking is permitted at every
performance.
Country store wares will be ped
6led free of charge to the pa
irons at the Odeon Theatre tonight.
Everything useful in the household
will be on hand. Tomorrow night is
tango night and the audience will be
invited to dance with the members
of the Fay Foster pretty chorus.
Friday night will bring back the
familiar hook and amateurs. Man
ager Sam Ross is trying hard to book
few try-out acts for Friday night
also.
Nothing but professional talent will
be on the bill at the Orpheum Theatre
rext Monday night, when benefit
will be rendered to Manager l.. j.
Fosse and all the employees of the
house by NJ. s. Schlesinger and Cliff
ford Story, the lessees of the. house
The big attraction will be the Or
pheum Musical Comedy Stock Com
pany, in "rhe Telephone Girl" with
Miss Mabel Brownell playing the part
of "Estelle, the telephone girl, role
originated by Miss Clara Lippman.
Added attractions in the way of
good vaudeville acts will be furnished
for the entertainment of the patrons
of the theatre on the benefit night.
OF the many interesting acts at
Keeney's the most interesting, prob
ably, Is that of Woods animals. This
act represents street in real dog
city. The only other animals besides
dogs on the stage during all except
the very end of the act are a couple
of exceedingly funny monkeys. Pc
destrians, a nurse" wheeling a
baby topers reeiing into and out
of saloons, policemen and even the
horse drawing patrol wagon-all
are dogs. In conclusion Mr.. Wood
appears with a troupe of musical
monkeys and they play way Down
Upon the Suwanee River" on a re-
markable gong-like instrument
Warren and Adroznu's operate
selections at the Lyric are the great
feature of an all-around excellent
program. There is also an old-fash
iored minstrel first part" by Marion
and Lamar, which is interesting as a
great laughter provoker.