Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-06
NOT WHAT SHE SINGS
BUT HOW, YOU KNOW
Irene Franklin at Orpheum Is Still
the Pleasing Coincidence
of Yore

Just once throughout the whole
length and breadth of this weeks Or
pheum program are you likely to feel
a wee bit sorrowful; it's in Miss
Franklin's act. Maybe you'll remem-
Der how YOU felt on the same occasion
last year-just a little song Miss
Franklin sings. But when you hear
her you Just can't help thinking that
after all maybe the doctor man did
play rather low down trick on little
Irene in bringing her to the brokers s
home VIII m she did so want to be "the
janitor's child" It's mighty tough not
to be able to slide down bannisters
and have a woolly yellow dog. And
the way Miss Franklin sings 1t you
wonder why anyone could have the
nerve to be so mean to child. Which
proves that as always, with Miss
Irene Franklin-it isn't so much what
she sings as the way she sings 1t, that
required the present of Miss Franklin
and her wealth of red hair repeatedly
before the curtain. For Miss Franklin
is truly an Orpheum favorite and this
little story, first and last, really ought
to deal with her. So watch out for
some more of II.
Speaking of the length and breadth
of the program, there are lots of
things to make visit to the vaude-
vile house worth while. For the
breadth of 1t. not so much can be said,
perhaps. There is a novelty juggling
act; also acrobats. and country
sketch and half black duo. AS for
length, Mr.. Norman-or maybe it's
Mr.. Toney-of Toney and Norman,
furnishes plenty of that. He is very
thin, too. The program said the cou-
pie are making their first appearance
in this city and naturally the Or
pheumites extended a welcome. They
do contribute a lot of fun. The lady
part of the act is pretty and very we'll
equipped with the most fetching laugh
the Orpheum has heard in ages. OF
course YOU remember the story of how
the eager Hebrew mother insisted
upon the railroad gateman repeating
his train calls because her small son
like to hear him talk? Well, that's
the way Miss Toney-or maybe it's
Norman--of Toney and Norman. gets
away with a little discussion. (The
point about the railroad train caller
story is that the gentleman has a rail-
lip.) The Orpheum folks like your
act a lot, Toney and Norman. As
someone chartably put it, however, II
WAS slipping IL over a trif1e raw, per-
haps on a new guest, to put the pair
on just after Miss Irene Franklin
There--Miss Franklin again.
The juggling duo novelty act OF
Pierlert and Scofeld is really clever
and probably stands alone among Or
pheum curtain raisers. The pretty
lady end of that act helps immensely,
too. Many and Roberts do the half
blackface duo-only one of them is
in absolute blackface makeup. The
pictures are good and Potter and
Hartwell in their acrobatic stunt fin
ish out a we'll balanced program, with
Miss Franklin to give it the touch to
make il nifty. Now we're back to
Irene again, and we want to make a
suggestion.
When you come on for encore ry
don't you sing, "Redhead?" CNt
we think less of "Dimples' and J.
bodys Baby" and so on). But why
not "Redhead" too. Miss Irene?
The States firemen are meeting
here this week, you know.
MAX ROBERTSON.