The Washington times., 1919-04-29
GOOD BILL THIS
WEEK AT KEITH'S

Picking the headliners at B. F.
Keith's this week Is no easy job. The
bill is good from start to finish, and
to name one act as the outstanding
feature would do grave injustice to
the other attractive numbers.
But the audience, nearly wore their
hands away last night applauding
George Whiting andSadie Burt; so it's
nothing more than right to say that
George and Sadie win the first prize.
Sadie is a cute. coy little baby-dOll
girl. the kind that is just built to
nestle up in somebody's arms. She
and George give their 1919 edition Of
song sayings. They sing Say IL
Again: I Love You.'" THE Chinese
Blues" and a little love song phrased
in military language. Then Sadie
hops into bed. pulls the covers over
her head. and sings SLEEPY Head"
But Irene BordOni. the French artistic,
and Lieutenant Gitz-Rice. the soldier
composer, give George and Sadie a
close race for first hOnors. Irene Is
French from her accent to her ges-
ticulations and, oh, boy, she has
plenty of the good old pep. She sings
an attractive little song entitled "On
the. Bully BoulevardP Lieutenant GitZ-
Rice. at the piano, sings a number OF
little war songs. one OF them being
20 the effect that when. you put
YOUR uniform away, II Is goOd-by
cul song, The Girl from Chateau
Thierry."
Then there's Miss Juliet, who wears
pretty red dress. She gives dancing
and singing representations Of Mitzi,
NJ Jolson. Eddie Foy, Irene Frank
in. George Cohen, and many others.
She can impersonate anyone in the
theatrical world that you name.
Claudia Coleman is another clever
impersOnator on the bill. With the
lid Of few hats she makes you think
he's a dozen different persons. She
initiates the gossipy hotel lobby lady,
he music counter salesgirl, the girl
vho is engaged, the girl who Is mar
led, the meek little housewife, the
ady from the country. the mannish
oman. and the social vampire.
Charles O'DonnelI and Ethel Blair
resent a rough and tumble sketch,
The Piano Tuner" Charles calls to
une the piano: instead, the clumsy
OoI wrecks the house He pulls
:own the portieTes, breaks up the ta-
Ile. and falls at every other step. AS
climax he puts a tall stepladder on
op of a piano. climbs to the top Of
he ladder. rocks to and fro for sew
raj minutes and then topples to the
itaGe with ladder and piano.
It's a shame that Maryon Nadie,
,anseuse. and Ota Gygi, court violinist
o the King OF Spain. are put last on
he bill. for the repertoire of classical
masterpieces is enchanting-so en-
hanting that il luIled the critic to
leep. But his wife woke him before
he act was over. and he gathers that
{ was a very delightful act. At any
ate wifey says so, and OF course, her
word must go.
Julius Tannen, chatterbON, talks
bout everything for fifteen or twenty
minutes. He keeps the audience in an
IpToar.
Mcmahon & Diamond. assisted by
ethel Rosevere. dance and sing. The
oung man in the act walks in with
ln immense rag doll, waltzes II
iround knocks IL down. throws il
lrOund. and tosses it down into the
orchestra Then to the surprise of
nvcryOne a pretty girl steps from
he rag doll" Camouflage.
The usual EinOgrams bring to a
lose bill of exceptional worth, not
I single act being even mediocre.