The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02
ADJUSTMENTS
New Lyric.


Julian Eltinge, Leo Beers, Cleo Gas
eoigne, et al, comprising Mr.. Eltinge's
encourage in what he terms his 1918 re-
Nue auspiciously opened the fall sea
son az the New Lyric Monday, matinee
ana night and none In both the near
capacity audiences could find any fault
with the two hours and a half Of splen-
uld amusement afforded. Mr.. Eltinge's
company is not large but apparently
selected with such rare judgment and
with an eye single to providing a pro-
gram Of varied attractions that there
Is not a dull moment throughout the
performance.
The "et al mentioned above en-
braces In It's dramatis personae a num-
per Of young women ranging from 95
% lsS pounds on the hoof tnone fat
enough, however, TO kil), but with
shoulders n side meat leaving Moth
ING, 70 be desired. Fhey sipg, dance
and cavort as only such youhg things
should do in an entertainment of the
lighter sort, such as Mr.. Eltinge's revue
Is framed to provide.
Julian apparently has not been miss
ing any meals lately but he has those
same alluring eyes, the same charming
mannerisms n grace which for a de-
cade has placed and kept him at the
mead OF all the actors who essay the
There is none OF the effeminate about
Julian when out Of skirts. He is a
man, every inch Of him, and he has
good judgment enough not to try to
inflict the usual falsetto near-notes
from the depths OF his thorax when I'M
~personattng h more fatal sex as so
many do. He appears In kniekerbockers
at the opening Of the performance, just
10 snow that he Is a real man. Sweet
young things then are given an oppor-
tuhity to rave over chose darling eyes,
OF his. Later, In a dance revue, Julian
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plays some gowns which made many Of
the women in the audiences Monday
gasp with envy, We haven't read the
Vogue, the Delinteator, or any Of those
home publications lately, but we opine
that only s%uperlatives would be used
BY an expert endeayoring to. describe
Mr.. Eltinge's costumes. Mr.. Eltinge
doesn't dance with the agility he once
did, but he is forgiven for any short
comings along that line by his I'M
proved delineations Of all the little ges-
lures and foibles that make him pre-
eminent In his chosen field.
II is in the final sketch, His Night
at the Club that Mr.. Eltinge makes
his triumph. Depicted on the screen
in his real p~ersonallty-a hairy chinned
man--the skit opens with his flancee
Mabel Rogers and her sister awaiting
\ the belated arrival Of the sisters hus-
band and Billy Barnes (Mr. EItlnge)
after a night electIng officers at the
\ club. | takes all night to elect afore-
said officers and during the action Mr.,
Eltinge has impersonated a fascinating
widow. 1t Is in this part later that
he teaches the wife a lesson in jealousy,
displays some more costly gowns and
, introduces his latest o hit, Don't
Trust Those Big Gray Eyes" 1t was
q fitting climax to a splendid perform
ance.
second only to Mr.. Eltinge was the
act Of Leo Beers, which kept moving
the first part OF the entertainment
and which goes with a bang. The name,
: Beers" suggesting the plural of a
+. juice of JOY long since on the index
/, expurgatorius, y q good one. He eff.
fervesces, he scintillates, and never does
he fall fiat. He stopped the show with
> his pianologue, which ended in a med
ley so well put together that the folks
out front called again and again for
more. Mr., Beers vas none too gem
erous with encores, however, and he,
! wisely perhaps, kept them calling for
more.
Cleo GascoIgne, ~95-pound prima Don
| ma, scored a distinct hit in several
| numbers In costume. She has a lyric
soprano Of fine quality and In. the more
dramatic passages one cannot help from
wondering how. so much melody can
! Icom6 from such a small displacement
OF lunar A~voirdupols.
Kathleen Dewey, with q smile she
, could sell at a high price for q tooth
|. paste ad, gave a catchy little imper-
~sonation OF q bare-legged school, gal
: which made the boys sit up and take
, notice, Bert Ford and Pauline Price
knocked them off the seats with a
| startling wire performance. The Little-
johns opened the bill with an act Ad-
mirably staged and deliberately cos
tuned which brought out some diff
} cult feats of Juggling and display Of
proficiency in the e%quilibristic art.
That's about all OF the features of
the show except one especially well
fed young woman who weighs In APP
than the ordinary dancer who is so
doggone healthy and cheerful that al
most any male in Monday nights au-
dienoe would have been willing to ha2-
ard a months slary to buy her a lunch.
She sustains considerable weight on
those metatarsals Of hers and leads a
flock Of bare-legged nymphs In some
more or less daring dances. oh, yes,
there's another, They call the toe dane
hada, whatever that Is. Gorhada Is a
real dancer. Her daring offering, The
Rajah's Favorite," Is one of those wig
gly kind OF dances but done with such
art that one could not blame any Ra-
jah for choosing this favorIte.
There Is an actress just over from
Paris who insured her legs for 800, 900.
Mr., Eltinge should take out a 1000, 900
policy for his company of c~rystal-eyed
vampires,
Indications are that a capacity house
will greet Mr.. Eltinge and his most ex-
cellent revue at the final performance,
Tuesday night, NED COURTNEY.
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