The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-24
1.-THE DUMMY" IS
WELL Received
Wilkes Audience Likes How
ard Russell

comedians who has ever tripped
before tho footlights ia Seattle.
takes tho main role. that OF Bar
ney cook. In "The Dummy" at the
wilkes theatre this week While
the nature OF the role ~ not cx-
actiy suited 20 Rusaelrs line Of
comedy. Sundays audiences ex
pressed unqualified approval OF his
presentation of the dcaf-nnd dumb
messenger Alenth Characterization
barney is messenger boy. am
bilious 10 be a detective. He OBJ
tains a chance With n private de-
tsctive agency and gets his flrs,
real case. the abduction OF a.
Juvenile. played b. ..uth Rcnick. a
gang Of crooks. desperat. father
and mother and u happy ending.
make up the plot, which ~ in
yolved. light and 60 DO taken as
such
Tho work Of Jane Darzveil as
Rose Hart, wife OF n crook. IL
very commendabic. Addison Pitt.
as Slnker simonson. bad man. Ia
very good cornelia Glass. Ivan
miller. Cccll kirkc. Fanchon Ever
hart and John Nickerson have
more or less difficult and thank-
less roles Norman Fcusicr and
I.rman Soavey are well east as
detectives. "'rhc Dummy was well
presented. and the usual capacity
wilkes audience was appreciaiive.
METROPOLITAN
Surrounded by n company os
vaudeville performers and n large
chorus Of singing and dancing girls.
Mutt and jeff Bud Fishers comic
creations have been brought To life
and are playing at the Metropolitan
until Tuesday night
Richard Freeman plays Mutt and
Jerry Sullivan plays Jeff. They per.
form continual round OF funny
stunts and. az In the pictures. jeff
II generally In trouble and Mutt
helps him into and on, OF II. mostly
into Il.
There II lots ~ singing and dane.
inF by different members Of IN.
company. Especially pleasing among
these IL the rendering Of The Rone
o. No Mans Land" sung by Robey,
r. Wilson jeff and Mutt are not
oilers. either. when u comes to sing.
ins and dancing. and have several
good numbers in which tho chorus
girls are used 20 advantage.
Among the supporting players are
number who have appeared here
In vaudeville. Including Robert n.
Wilson. Mona Wynn. Ia Hayes and
George Raiston.
MOORE
Paul Dickey heads an unusually
good BIN OF Orpheum vaudeville.
which opened NJ the Moore theatre
sunday. Dickey appears in dra.
matte playlct OF HIS own writing.
The Lincoln filshwAymnn." ORA.
matte BIT OF stage work. which went
over blg with the Sunday audiences.
Secret service men. police. n girl re-
porter and the bandit are the char.
aeters In a swift moving plot The
action revolves upon the disclosing
OF the identity OF the bandit and the
play ends with an unexpected ell.
max. inex rfumfncr. ns the giri re.
porter. scored In Sundays perform
ances.
sam Adams and J. r. Griffith
present "A Music Lesson n 20.nlr.
ute comedy offering that ranks with
the best that has come here this
season. both men are fine singers.
who do sin. a couple OF songs scr.
iousiy. but their comedy IL what puts
the act over.
Florence Hoh-on and Eileen
Beatty are two pretty misses who
sing and play the piano. Their
duet songs and PIANO selections were
well received.
The Six Nirksmith Sisters stage
musical number. Charlie Wilson rang
M many laughs In his net Of fool
ishness. The Loose Nut. tho Nc.
Intyrcs are markHnen. featuring a
human target. Those Girls OF the
Altitude" are four comedy maids who
swirl thru tho air. suspended by their
teeth. The orpheum iravcioguc de-
pirta scenes in New Zealand and
the City Of Caud.