Palisadian., 1916-02-12
Frolicker's Show
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the part of the wife, and his make
up was killing. He made handsome,
almost pretty, young woman, with a
red-rubied, kissable mouth, and a
complexion like the blush of the rose.
Lamar Vieau was the husband
falsely charged by some friends of
his wife with flirting. He played the
injured husband admirably, albeit he
created no little mirth by his skim
tight trousers that encased his
ethereal CD legs. The pair called
in lawyer, William Behrbohm, who
undertook to get divorce for the
wounded wife, palming off blank
decree, which when the parties to
the action signed it, brought forth
lamenting cries from the wife, and
falling upon the neck of her hubby,
she wept and the lawyer won his case
with "bless you my children"
wink and the divorce in blank was re-
vealed. 1t was a very funny sketch.
The next number on the program
was a comic recitation by Nicholas
Mahoney, in Irish dialect. This was
really clever, and brought down the
house. His makeup was splendid
his stage business excellent, and the
recitation very amusing. 1t was one
of the hits of the evening.
Lamar Vieau was seen next in
Hebrew monologue sketch, and he
proved that he possesses unusual
talent in character delineation. His
work was all that the most critical
could have asked, and his makeup
was ideal for the part he essayed.
He could scarcely have been better.
Two audience interferers appeared in
the act, Irwin Goemann and Fred
Lane. The act was really funny and
convulsed the audience.
The last thing in the bill, which
was good all the way through, was
a farce-comedy in one act, in which
Rudolph j. Pfeiffer proved himself
the bright particular star, with Fred
Rollins close second. The piece
was called His Lucky Day." in which
Mortimer Meekly" (Prof. of Poetry
of Motion) was placed in many en-
barrassing situations in his house
through secreted ballet dancer
brought in by his nephew, Reginald
Rounder," played by Leonard Lane.
The professors wife was taken by
Fred Rollins, and he could not have
been improved upon. He fitted the
part perfectly, and played it to per-
fection. His naturalness added much
to his success.
But it was the work of Rudolph
Pfeiffer that caught everybody's
fancy through his very excellent rem
dering of a part that could easily
have been overdone through STACEY
exaggeration which he avoided
through his remarkable talent as an
actor. His makeup, his voice, his
elocution, his facial mimicry, his en-
tire Interpretation of man of great
meekness trying to extricate him
self from embarrassing situations,
and all the time coming closer to ex-
posure, were positions requiring
delicacy of expression and acting,
and he really reached the heights of
genuine success. That young Pfeiffer
has talent fit for development on the
professional stage must be accepted,
and if he but apply himself in that
direction he will have a full measure
of success beyond doubt. No such
work as his is often seen in amateur
performances.
Leonard Lane did very we'll indeed,
as did Val FRANKIE as "Ima Ninny,
D. d." His dress was all that was de-
manded, and his short part in the
dialogue well done. The part of
"Mlle Elastique" by Edward Madden
was capitally done. His ballet cos
tune exhibited pair of athletic
neither extremities that was fetching
and amusing to the last degree. He
didn't have much to say, but he had
everybody laughing and certainly
looking.
Taking the Frolickers evening as
whole, it was quite commendable
and showed very careful preparation
Their was dancing after the program
until a late hour.