Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-06

Ot course, IL is not possible yet TO nave
one-act playlets or actual dances by skilled
steppers on the Victor, Columbia or Edi-
son. There are no risley artists to do their
head and hand balancing and contortionists
and fumambulists are not staged in peril
Gus rope walking. Even these may come
in time, at that!
But aside from these specialtles il is
possible to construct an interesting vaude-
vile program with any one of the com
panies' recordings.
The general catalogues and monthly
bulletins contain wide variety of num-
bers suitable for this purpose They are
particularly rich in comic songs and
acter or in dialogue and duet.
And all that is up-to-datc, for the new
est records Of the vaudeville headlners
themselves are on the list. well as the
new hits from the latest musical comedy
successes.
AS for dancing the accompanments
are supplied in generous selections I'm
number of ways, so that one can have ones
own cabaret at home interspersing fox
trots and one-steps with the numbers se-
lected for the evenings program OF enter
tainment
An Al Jolson record is always popular.
This famous comedian seems able to put
IT over in one way as well another,
and to sing fun" as no one else can. Down
Where the Swanee River Flows" is a record
of his biggest hits in Robinson Crusoe,
Ir.," which has been such a sensational
success at the Winter Garden this season.
The song never fails to bring down the
house and starts regular series of re-
peats. It IS splendidly recorded
AT the Ball That's ALL" j. Leubrie Hill
(tenor and bass) Harry Mayo and Harry
Tally, and AT the Yiddish Wedding
Jubilee" Mccarthy, Glogau and Piantadosi
tcomic song), Maurice Burkhart. are on
single Edison record. The song Mr.. Burk-
hart gives is a Yiddsh character song. 1t
is extremely amusing. Mayo and Tally
sing a syncopated melody that has been
big hit recently. Mayo and Tally you
know, are in vaudeville. They are the
tenor and bass of the famous Empire city
Quartet
Here Is good hot weather news: Nora
Bayes has returned with n number of new
songs Few singing condolences can boast
the following secured by Miss Bayes. She
has renewed her Victor agreement FOR
term of years. She contributes to the July
records Are You Prepared for the sum
mer" and 1.-THE Greatest Battle Song OF
All" sung with the abandon, combined with
clear enunciation which marks Miss Bayes
work. Each has laugh in every line
Dan Quinn, called the Laugh King, has
decreed that we shall be merry. And you
lust can't help laughing when he sings Il
Can Dance with Everybody But My WIFE
song hit written by Golden between acts
No one seems to know just why the un-
fortunate husband does a, "tangle' instead
of a tango with his wife, unless his efforts
to prove to wife that he is the champion
tangoist of the world are n trine overdone-
or underdone. But Dan Quinn. with his
humor, makes the best of ticlSlsh situa-
ton The Columbia record is cure for
melanCholia.
Good news for lovers OF Lauder lyrics.
The king of Vaudeville" is back with two
rollicking numbers which are fully equal to
any of his earlier successes In bonnie
Maggie Tamson" he tells of no wthree times
saxpence went bang during fervid court
ship but how this amount and over was
taken out in kisses. "In the R-o-t-a-r-y'
Harry expresses the appreciation of the
courtesies of Rotary Clubs in various cities
which have entertained him
Laugh and grow plump or laugh and
shake 1t off (they say it works both ways),
| but laugh you must when Irene Young and
Al Weston come singing their laughing duet,
Those Country Days Surely Were It."
on vaudeville tours, these two fun makers
have set half the people of the country
rocking in their seats-and now they may
be secured for home entertainment via the
Columbia Companys new record.