The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-25
HAPPY CROWDS
SEE 0RPHEUM
Bessie Clayton Leads Bill at
Moore Theatre


with Bessie Clayton and com.
pany billed In an offering OF the
light fantastic. orpheum vaudeville
opened at the Moore theatre sun.
day
Miss Clayton stages a beautiful
dancing act In which she. with
some new toe dancing. and the
cansino spanish dancers are the
bright lights. The canainos went
over big with Sundays audiences.
Blanche and Jimmie Creighton
pu, on the laugh number Of the
program with their bit OF Mud.
town" vaudeville Jimmie did the
Hons share Of the comedy. his
speaking voice being his creates,
asset In bringing laughs aitho his
lines were far from sad
Suffer Dell staged an act Of
bicycle riding. and Tommy Hayden
and Carmen Ercelle offered arts.
tic odditics.H In which Hayden sang
some eccentric English songs and
Miss Ercelle featured with her VIC |
lin.
The vivlans offered something
new in shooting and Madam Bur.
nell and company staged an electric
novelty iH which the madam lighted
a gas Jet BY electricity passing thru
her body and produced enough cur.
rent from her tongue TO light an
arc lamp. The electricity passed
thru her from transmission coll.
Iambertl opens the program with
selections on the xylophone.
Literary digest topics and Klno
grams are the film features with
Tiny Burnett and his staff OF art
lists playing their usual pleasing
program.
PALACE HIP
! A posing and gymnastlc act far
out OF the ordinary is presented by
the Five Nightons in the new show
which opened Sunday az the Palace
Hip. Posing many beautiful groups
representative OF famous statuary.
they add to their artistic accomplish
ments the feature Of great strength
and every one OF the poses requires
muscular effort beyond the ability
I OF must pNHiNk kfpgFhs
sid Lewis comes under the bill.
ling THE Original Nut" and there
Is no doubt as 20 his ability to pro.
wide this sort Of entertainment. He
works quite differently from his
contemporaries In the world OF Graz
mess.
The Mabclle Fonda Trio are clev.
or Indian club Jugglers. their spc-
icial stunts being TO jugRle clubs
while dancing and also In complete
darkness. the Illuminated clubs max.
ing a pretty sight.
/ Murray & Popkova have a com.
edy skit called What's the Idea7"
DE Borse and Ellis provide an en-.
tertaining musical act with piano
and violin numbers.
The Eskies are jolly entertainers
in a comedy magic and mind.read-
ing stunts and memory tests.
LEWIS ORPHEUM
Three comedy college chaps. all
In love with the same girl, furnish
tho fun at Levy's Orphoum this
week In the musical comedy "The
! Innocent College Girl"
\ Romance for the trio begins when
a train "a stalled In the mountains
Among the passengers is n young
English girl in search for an ideal
husband" Fat, Max and Skeeter,
Rah Rah boys. all endeavor TO quail.
lily. After routine OF mrthful
pranks Skeeter wins out.
The musical offerings are phrtic.
ularly good this week. The Ames
Quartette receives n big share OF
the applause. Bobby Sandberg has
an unusually pretty speciality. 1--WE
Cot the Swanee River Flowing
Thru My Veins" In which the cho.
rus girls form charming back.
ground in bright colored costumes
Pauline Arthur. Lawrence Orth
and Mead Sigler are also heard In
pleasing solos.
Preceding each show an episode
Of the Houdini serial THE Mystery
Man." Is shown on the screen.