South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-11
Stage
ORPHEUM

After the Orpheum orchestra has
served up It's musical cocktail as
starter for hearty meal OF vaude-
Vile you can chew your gum with
out being noticed while they show
you a Pathe News Weekly 10 start
off the pill for the last three days
OF the week. The curtain goes up
for the first time 10 show you the
Three Melvins. who certainly are
three little bears when IT comes TO
"strutting their stuff" Generous
gobs OF muscle bulge from their
tights as they twist themselves into
innumerable shapes that would
make Darwin giggle with glee. They
are very much like other acrobatic
acts in that they toy with handker-
chiefs and have as much TO say as
married men.
Mabel BlondeH then swoops down
upon you as an emphatic question
mark You don't know whether
you're going TO ike her or not: but
before she does her Frisco dance
she's got YOU eating out OF her rret-
t. little pink paw Gas the saying
goes. because Mabel certainly is
clever young woman. You forget
tnat her voice Is about as gentle
as a three days beard in her fin
ished limitations, and she leaves the
audience with "a good taste in their
mouths.
My Daugh er's First Husband
IS a dramatic skit dependent for its
success upon the very capable char
actcr work OF Jim Fulton. His
company consists OF a couple of un-
skilled laborers who, by their per-
Torrance stamped themselves as
the newest alumni OF some CORE
spondence school for eIocution. But
their shortcomings are lost sight Of
in the work Of Mr.. Fulton. who re-
sembles "Cupie" Collins down to his
fifth chin.
Dennis Chabot and Nonette Tor
TIM. labelled THE Boy From Bel
gium and the Girl From Frace."
make YOU feel very friendly towards
the allies by their clever work. We
really must compliment Nonette on
her ears and a few other things:
for her hairdress we can see where
the poet got his inspiration TO cook
up the phrase "Shsl-like" ears.
When she sings you haven't the
sigh est idea what she's saying and
. furthermore you don't care because
it gives you a sense Of complete sat
isfaCtion just 10 look ut her in her
"chic" gowns from Paree. And as
for Dennis. we might say that his
eccentric work at the LianO more
than deserved the hearty salute &C
accorded him by the audience. He's
a whirlwind. on the violin this lit
tie refugee estab ishcs his artistry
when he plays Glow Worm" with
moref rills than a wedding gown.
Perhaps Nonette summered at Hud-
son Lake-we don't know-but the
outline OF a bathing suit established
a striking silhouette on her back
which seems destined to set a new
fed IN evening gowns
In THE News Dealer" Joe Shrin-
er and Billy Fitzsimmons make the
audience like them so much that
YOU almost want TO call them By
their fret names before they leave
the stage. Joe plays theh part or a
chap who looks 10 minutes older
han Uoah's old man and Billy has
a voice that's as smooth as "OId
Taylor" The last act turns the
stage over So F'ink's Mules. who do
everything Papa Fink tells them 10
do. One Of the mules-the one
with bObbed hair-showed all the
earmarks OF a stout Ku Klux Khan
ner by the way he resented the e.
forts or couple OF sons or Ham
10 embark on him. Just what his
retaliation was TO their overtures
IL would De indelicate 10 say: but
what with dogs. horses, mules and
monkeys there was a riot as the
curtain rang down. and everyone
trooped out into the rain satisfied
T. y. T.