Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-13
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In the middle Of the bill at KeIth's this
week without any special announcement
there are two names, Josie Heather and
Henry Marshall. If applause and appre-
citation count for anything, this pair
should be announced in big type. Last
night they stopped the show" and in
the vernacular of vaudeville "cleaned
up" Were 1t not for the fact that there
were other acts on the bill, this pair
could have continued indefinitely The
program does say that Miss Heather is
"a winsome English coincidence" About
MIR. Marshall 1t announces that he wrote
a song or two. All this couple did was to
play and sing-but they know how to do
It.
Long Tack Sam and Co are whole
show in themselves. The Chinese maEI-
clan with nearly dozen others sets the
pace for other acts of it's kind Sam pro-
duces bowls of fish from his clothes while
whirling through the air and his assist
ants perform equally mysterious feats
One member dives through a frame Of
knives with as much nonchalance as
though he were taking a dip at the sea-
shore. Others perform acrobatc feats
while dangling by their hair at the end
of rope. Still others do some remark
able juggling, and to cap the climax,
Little Top Sing, a Chinese girl about four
years old, sings ITS Long Way to
Tipperary"
Numerous thrills are given in Paul
Armstrong; sketch ITO Save One Girl"
1t tells the story of political boss who
attempts to force the passage of a vi
cious bill by trapping an innocent stenog-
rapher in the room of a reform legis-
Iator' But there happens to be a clergy
man In an adjoining room and he marries
the pair. thus Wittnu tha
Catherine Calvert is the girl and she
meets the requirement of the part in
every way, while Eugene Strong Is the
very good legislator. His portrayal Is all
that could be expected But why does
the author have his schemins politician
fat, vicious-looking man with his cigar
at an angle of sixty degrees? Men who
arrange bribery deals are not of that tyne
In politics as a rule. Such a character
may be found among the ward heelers or
the sub boss who controls the whisky
vote. In fact two of the politicians in
troduced looked more like yeggmen. The
sketch was well received and is punct1I- |
ated with bright lines
Other acts which won approval in
cluded Kramer and Morton, the Austral- |
Ian Woodchoppers, Trovato, the eccen |
trio violinist, Lucille and her trained
cockatoo, Toney and Norman and the |
Lavars.
Here and There
An atmosphere OF mystery pervades the !
act of Hang Ping Chem and his company /
OF oriental entertainers at the Nixon |
Grand. They introduced a number of
startling tricks and novelties which won
warm approval. Present-day troubles ex-
planned in lighter vein was the basis of
the offering OF Doc O'Neill who aroused
considerable laughter Others who were
appreciated included Archer and Belford,
In "A Janitor's Troubles: MCGOWAN
and Gordon. May Aubrey and Estelle
Richie and Charles Bennington. There is
plenty of comedy in the pictures.
Madame Doree and her Imperial ALI
Star Opera Company delighted music
lovers at the William Penn. Excerpts
from well-known operas were rendered
amid picturesque surroundings. Smith,
Cook and Brandon, with comedy and
won abundant applause This
act has all the elements which make sue
cess in vaudeville, The bill also included
Brooks and Bowen, Kelso and Leighton,
Little Miss Jean and Lane and O'Donnell.
Charles Chaplin, the movie comedian,
won new laurels in the laugh line in a
screen scream called I'm the Park"
There are no end Of surprises in the
novel sketch, "In Search of Past" re-
sented by Felix and Vair, at the Cross
Keys The story is told in scenes and
holds intense interest until the finish.
Mason and Boyle. in The Trading Stamp
Girl" mix songs and wit together IN
entertaining style and struck a popular
chord with the audience. Naymon's
trained birds showed that they could
think almost as well as humans. Dixon
Brothers and Smith. Grohm Brock and
company and the Cevene Troupe also
won deserved applause.