The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-15
Both Actors and Audi
tors at Theatre Enter
Into Spirit of the
Occasion
SHOW PROVES TO
BE A GOOD ONE
Bessie Wynn at Last Nights Per-
formance Leads Rotary Club Mem
bers Six Times Through Song of
Their Organization

If King Albert of Belgium could see
the effort Harrisburg is putting forth
to help his people after his appeal to
this country for food and clothing. he
would be too full for words He GER
tainly would have some difficulty try
ing to express his gratitude for the way
IN which Harrisburgers are rallying to
the cause under the guidance of the
Rotary Club and the management of
the Orpheum Theatre.
Seeing vaudeville show such as
the Orpheum presents this week, does
not seem to have much connection with
the providing of meal for needy
war refugee. since the way to this
charity has been made SO easy by the
persons who conceived the idea. If
the two audiences that saw the produc-
tion yesterday are any indication of
the entire week 5 patronage, the affair
Will be a gratifying success.
Community Picnic Suggested
Tne show at the Orpheum this week
seems altogether different to the vaude-
vile fan. 1t is vaudeville show
and good one too,-but it savors of
the community picnic. Everybody is
out for good time AM with one pur.
pose, TO aid a worthy cause. The Ju-
nior Rotarians in the guise of candy
boys provide novelty. The box par
ties, too. give the performance an
added interest
The actors lend themselves readily
to the cause. All the performers, who
can do so without destroying the lines
of their act, make allus!OnS to the Ro.
tarv Club or to the cause for which the
club is working.
As TO the show it would do credit to
any vaudeville house in the country.
the Palace or Hammerstine 5 Victoria
Theatre not excepted. In Bessie Wvnu.
Joe Jackson and the Farber girls. there
IS trio of headhners, who each ordi.
narily head the bills in the theatres
where they are performing
Miss Wynn was last night furnished
with copy of the anthem" of rhe
Rotary Club and led the evening.clotb-
cd members OF the club through ii six
times. It follows:
Rotary Song on Program
They say that Rotarians. they ain r
got no style.
They ain t got no style. thev ain t cot
no style,
Trey sa'I that Rotarians, they ain t got
no style
Ihey got style all the wnIle, all the
while. -
Miss Wynn has added a scene from
Madam Butterfly" to her act and she
does the song in ve=-, capable man
ner. The Farber girls are entertainin,
their Tha.- n
as can be ina agined. one blond the 9th
ef brunette. one tomboy and tine
other 4 most dainty feminine. The
combination is a good one.
Joe jackson, who hits in the Keith
circuit like his namesake in the Amer
lean League, is back with his funny
monologue, in which his bicycle fea.
lures. 1t is a marvel how he keeps
his tramp suit together year after wear.
but he seems to have done it will.
Joe S triangular mouth has lost none of
ITS corners and his smile is as funny
as ever.
The war pictures are interesting, al.
though showing TO how great a dis
tance correspondents were kept from
the front. The audience can scarcely
keep from whstling as Tommy Atkins
goes marching off TO the tune of 1T :
a Long Way to Tipperary. Four 9th
er good acts complete the bill.
William $. Essick, president of the
Rotary Club, made his vaudeville debut
last evening when he stepped on the
Stage and told the audience of the pro
iect. promising that every penn over
the expenses for the week will 90 to
the Belgian sufferers.