Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-03

but poor imitators- Altho q show IN
himself Uitanss has no fear Of sur
rounding himself with vaudeville
hsadlinors. and every act presented In
tho review 10 high class.
EltinGe, q mans man. with broad
shoulders and Of athletic build, drap-
ed himself In feminine finery so ef-
fectively NJ to deceive completely an
audience not prepared to see man In
woman's clothes AZ the vampire. tho
sports girl. the bride or the bathing
girl he Is charming daughter OF Eve,
and no trips and dances gracefully
thru his aot, with occasional SONG,
wherein alone there might be tho faint
suspicion that the artist waa not what
he appears to be-
In couoniai costume, EltinKe comes
before tho curtain at the opening of
the entertainment hts only appear
ance In mans costume, to explain thS
nature OF the evenings program and to
sing ballad. Following five vaude-
Vile numbers he appears In his ia
nous impersonations, singing "'rhe ST.
rem Vampire" "Hs Was So Good to
Me-" "The Bride and "The Bathing
GIRL" The costumes used by Mr.. FL
unge are works OF art and tho changes
are rapid. .......
Mr.. Eltinge again appears, In the
closing number OF the program, in an
original sketch, His Night at the
Club" In which he is assisted by a
very. capable cast including Miss WI
mona Winter. one Of the featured
vaudeville artists; Miss Phyllis Cor
don, a former musical comedy star;
James Blaine. William Ferguson and
Miss Marjorie Carville. The sketch
opens with moving picture prologue.
the playlet taking up the story where
the picture ends During the sketch
Eltinge offers his latest song success.
Don't Trust Those Big Gray Eyes"
+ Tho Littlejohns, a duo Of extraor-
binary Jugg!ers. open tho evenings
program. juggling clubs, balls. knives
and axes. The setting for the act was
one of the brightest OF the evening.
Miss Kathleen Dewey appeared in
song number. "Just q Little School
Girl" assisted by two clever Scotch
dancers. Miss Dewey cleverly por-
trayed the child character.
The diminutive prima donna, Cleo
Gascoigne. who might be billed as
-four feet of grand opera" scored i'm
mensely with classic and popular
numbers. Miss Gascoigne is small OF
stature but big OF voice and her grand
opera selections went over a. we'll ~
did her pleasing Scotch numbers.
Bert Ford and Pauline Price, dane
ing on = silver thread. have one OF the
best wire acts In vaudeville. the for
mcr doing some remarkable work.
Miss Winano Winter. long q head
liner In vaudeville Jumped into i,nme-
date favor with her songs and ven-
triloqutsm. scoring as pronouncedly as
did Mr.. Eltinge.
Mr.. Eltinge followed Miss Winter
and he In turn was followed by the
Julian Eltinge Dance revue. featur-
ing Marjorie Carville and Marionne,
two graceful dancers. The stage set,
tlngs for the dance number were ex-
ceptionally elaborate and tho featured
numbers were ."Sprlngtims Enchant-
ment." by }Marionne; Dance Allure"
by Miss Carville; High School CAL
lop," by Misses Dewey. Price and
Herbert: la Espanola," by Marionne;
The Serenade." by Miss Carville, and
"Jeaioise." by the entire ballet.
Another popular hit was scored by
Leo Beers. distinctive entertainer,
who gaveta group Of talking songs to
hiS own ancop1 paniu1ent -.t