The Washington times., 1919-11-25
b. r. KEITH's.

This review might with all just
ness start out very sadly, very drear-
| ily very pessimistically-just like the
f, first three acts at Kelth's this week.
But 1t won't. First come the nice
words-lots Of praise for three good
| acts; the other five are second, third,
| fourth, NTH, and sixth-rate vaude-
VILE.
william Rock, with seven beautiful
girls. presents one Of the most gorge
| Gus. most artistic, most effective
| dance fantasies seen here in many a
| day. In striking gowns of unusual
| design and lovely color. the girls por-
| tray all types of feminity-the
| Polonaise Girl, the Eccentric Girl, the
| Spanish Girl, the Syncopation Girl,
| the One-Step Girl, the Hoop-skirt
| Girl. the Military Girl. the Woman Of
| Extravaganza, the Woman of Scar
| let, the Woman of Vanity. and the
| Flapper. They danced, along with
all do a wicked shimmy. William is
good. but his pretty girls-say, they're
| worth seeing.
Jack Altman and Marietta Nally are
another very bright spot against a
| drab background. Marietta, pretty
| and cute, shows how girls can make
| love to fellows when they want to
| She wins the heart not only OF Jack.
| but also of the audience. In her cry
| baby song. 81 Want Some Loving
and / Want Some Hugging, and 1
Want Some Spooning, But NOBODY
\ Knows, Nobody Cares" she reminds
one of Francis White. She's a wild
| baby. and she sets the audience wild
There's another good act. Artie
| Mehlinger, with good voice that
you have no difficulty in hearing
| sings all the popular songs written
~ George w. Meyer, the composer,
| v no wears tortoise-shelled glases and
| plays the piano. When Artie gets
through singing thatNlong repertoire
# songs-every one of which you
\ know by heart--you say to your
| Well, George must be much
| smarter boy than he looks. He ought
to be proud, and he ought to be rich. ''
Now take your choice on the rest of
the acts.
Arthur Stone. as a Rube visiting a
carnival and trying to make hit
with the lady shouting. Ring the
cane; three rings for nickel" is
funny. The way he snaps his fingers
10 register superiority and the way
he shufYles his feet to register en-
)arrassment are comical.
The Koban Japanese Troupe are
interesting. A boy bounces up a
! iight Of stairs on his head. Another
chap does a handstand on a bicycle
balanced on the end of a pole juggled
by a man lying on the stage. The
| legs of the fellow on the wheel
knock the dust off the fringe of the
top Of the stage curtain. and IL he
ever fell--good night!
Jack Lavier tries hard to be funny,
but his act drags until he starts rock
ing in a chair balanced on a trapeze
Then he falls and almost breaks his
neck, or his ankle, as the case may be
and 1t gets a little interesting.
George ROLAND & Co. present q
farce entitled Fixing the Furnace.
A funny little Englishman who looks
alternately like a turtle, chicken,
and an old hag exchanges dull chat
ter with a big brute in sweate r
until happily the furnace blows up
and the act comes to an end.
Johannes Josefsson shows the Ice
landic methods of self-defense. He
knocks down a negro boxer. an as
sailant armed with half a dozen
knives. and an assassin firing q pistol
as though they were straws. Then
all three attack him. the bin: h'~'