Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-27
HALLOWE' EN- WEEK
BILL SCORES HIT
Mrs. Gene Hughes in 'Lady Cos
sip" and Lou Anger Share
Headline Honors
SOPHIE BARNARD PLEASES
Decorations and Part of the Bill
Lend Touch of the Cob
lin Days
SOPHIE BARNARD PLEASES

Much like those old Halloween
parties you used to attend in days
gone by is the Orpheums Hallowe' en-
week bill-so many clever things hap
pening every minute that you couldn't
remember them all next day if you
tried.
Mrs. Gene Hughes and company in
Lady Gossip" and Lou Anger in a
monologue on the European war share
the headline honors. Lou is a COM
plete nut" and keeps you laughing
with his word mixing from the go-off.
Not that his piece is void of common
sense, however. He slyly takes a
crack at the whole war game in a way
that is most convincing. He points out
in his clever way that when the war
is over and the crowds are huzZaing
for the Kaiser the Car and the King
that the common soldier will be out
in the woods chopping down a tree
to make himself wooden leg. Lou
wears a uniform that is a combinat ation
of those of all the allied forces with a
leaning toward that of Russia.
A Skit With a Moral
Mrs. Gene Hughes in her new act is
just as clever as in her skit of the
three Coras" in which she appeared
here before, and while not quite so
hilariously funny, has considerably
more fineness and is a much better
vehicle for her abilities. The skit
teaches lesson on the sin of gossip
ing, the scene being laid in a fashion
able society woman's house at Wash
ington. Mrs. Hughes takes the role of
a society leader, divorcee. who makes
her living by writing a gossip column
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itol. And If the Washington society
women really talk one-half as much
about each other as the "dear" ladies
of the skit, preserve me from the
Washington women! Both the con-
Versation, the hats and the gowns of
the principals are extremely educa-
tional. Betty Swartz, as the maid,
helps in a noteworthy way to make
the act entertaining.
Sophie Bernard PIeases
Sophie Bernard sings Way Down
Upon de Swanee Riber' in a way
that you've never heard it sung before
Sophie has a voice such as is found
but seldom in vaudeville. and it's a
pleasure to hear her give those old
favorites like That Last Rose of Sum-
mer." She sings a grand opera med
ley around "AleXander's Rag Time
Band that shows what she can do in
an operate way If she has half a
mind to do it. And besides singing
so beautifully, Sophie is garbed beau
tifully, and to my dull eye didn't look
far from beautiful herself.
A touch of the Halloween spirit is
lent the bill by Raymond and Heider,
a rather able duo who sing a song
about gettin' lost in the woods and
the goblins gettin' YOU and so on
The masculine end of the pair is about
as thin as a man could well be and
not fall through crack ard the way
he ambled about the stage kept the
crowd in an uproar.
John Henshaw and Grace Avery in
troduce "a Vaudeville Table d'Hote"
with a Irritation stunt, a society satire
and bit of cheap cabaret humor.
Their idea is quite ancient but they
have few new jokes and that relieves
the situation slightly. The Six Mill
tary Dancers, three girls and as many
men. close the bill with some new
DANCE steps. The week opens with a
tumbling act.
-Mhv ROBERTSON. |