The Detroit times., 1914-12-08

diner Trio, cancers, open the snow
The pictures are of the usual hiBh
order.
MILES.
This weeks bill In the Miles over
flows with humor, almost every act
being crowded with comedy. Gracle
Emmett and her company, In Mrs
Murphy's Second Husband are
among the chief contributors. Miss
Emmett appears as Honora Murphy
a plump. practical. and wealthy irish
widow. Honora is burdened with
married daughter, who is not plump
not practical. and not wealthy. one
day Mrs Murphy returns 10 her home
where her daughter and son-nla"
also live. dragging after her a pane
tela-shaped husband whom she de-
scribes as the cream or the nos
pital." The new husband Is younger
than the son-in-laW. Mrs. Murphy
explains that she took him after the
doctors gave him up-and she addS
that she had him insured before she
signed up Complications arising
from this queer family tangle are an
afternoon or evenings pleasure IN
themselves.
Even troupe of monkeys is round
-ly applauded. The monkeys appear
in Vaudeville in Monkeyland.' The
orchestra. and performers. consisting
mostly OF acrobats. are all recruited
from the palm trees. Even the stage
hands" are monkeys.
Quite transcontinental." observes
one OF the blackface team of Lemalre
and Dawson, when asked how he
feels. That's the key To success OF
their act They assume the role OF
darkies who know nothing OF the
meaning OF big words but delight in
saying them on the slightest provoca-
ton.
Walter Brewer has an act all his
own. IL has been in use for quite
while now, but his clever way or tell
ing OF the unusual occurrences arts
ing from his plunge into matrimony
10 bound 10 make thester audiences
laugh for a good many years TO come.
Blanche Sloan, sister OF Tod Sloan,
the former jockey. and now chauf-
feur In the French army, does some
thrilling feats In the air. Brieere and
King have a musical comedy oner-
ing, entitled "A Campus Filtration.
ORPHEUM.
There are enough bright spots on
the Orpheum bill this week 10 please
the most critical patron of vaudeville.
In fact. all the numbers are good.
and two are exceptionally so.
Gertrude Van Dyke and her brother
have the headline act. Miss Van
n.,lr L. a ,NI.. kssf
theless. dances very gracefully and
kicks-oh, so high. Primarily, her
act is singing one with brother do
ing the piano accompaniment She
has pleasing voice of unique range
that allows her to sing the top and
bottom parts OF a grand opera duet.
Her brother is an accomplished pi-
anist. II is only when Miss Van
Dyke begins TO dance and kick that
one forgets. momentarily, that she
also sings nicely. The number Is a
very pleasing one.
Next In popularity are Savoy and
Brennan in their sketch, The Show
Girl and the Johnnie. Just imagine
raw-boned show girl, with auburn
hair, mouthful Of gold teeth. a foot
like gunboat. hand like ham
and voice like Sandy Hook fog
horn, telling her little friend, Johnnie,
about the big time she had the night
before with her0girl friend Margaret,
and you can enjoy a laugh without
seeing the sketch. This number guar
antees so laughs per minute.
Happy Jack Gardner and company,
in "A Close Call" present q novelty
act. Ii has to do with happenings at
the stage door and the interior of a
dressing room In theater. The sud
den appearance OF the stars wife
when he has lobster supper en-
gagement with stage-struck young
lady causes complications. During
the act Gardner does a comedy turn
that Is good.
Wright and Davis have a new skit
entitled, The Love Insurance
Agency" They get away with some
nonsensical patter on the subject and
wind up with a laughable interpreta-
ton of the new style dances The
Guy Baldwin trio do some difficult
stunts on the wire, including a back
Zip that is both difficult and danger
GUS. The Standard Brothers have
new feats In strength.
War pictures and a three-reel story
OF love In the northland, close the
bill