Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-04
MUSIC PlENTY ON
VAUDEVILLE BILLS
Ksitks Has Il All the Way
Through and opsra House
Plays Return Of 'vvhirv' Act

ing all the raSe, they might have tagged
It melody week" at Keith's and not
been far from the mark. At least Il Is
melody Of the kind vaudeville audiences
seem 70 went that runs through oil but
one act on the bill, and in that one bit
Elsa Ryan catches the infection sum.
ciently to sing 4 sotto.voice strain ~
her curtain descends. And It also might
be tabled international week" with
Miss Ryan vieing with Daphne Pollard,
Of England, for honors. =
vieing probably is correct because
the trim little English woman, with
her grotesque figure and extravagant
antics, cavorts about the stage with
such abandon that several in the audi
ence seemed on the verge Of hilarious
Mysteries. Miss Pollard is frankly OF
the burlesQue type, and there Is moth
ing subtle about her hIImor. but she
gets 1t across splendidly. s a.
Miss Ryan, 10 q reminder Of her
"Peg o. Ny Heart" days, has a brisk
little playlet called "Peg for Short"
1t might just a. well be called that as
anything else. It's q brief little tale OF
| the subjugation Of woman hater. and
gives Miss Ryan chance to slip In
and out Of her Irish dialect frequently.
The rest of the bill can be labeled
| music"
Friscoe, with his Eylophone, played
everything from jazz to ragtime and,
with the assistance of several clever
plants" in the audience. had more ap.
parent spontaneous fun than many cut. (.
ano a orleo cc ea oh.t,o Janoars ,yho
! fe1rson u.e WY ao aSwu" ioruoI., th,o,.S,
iail 70 ~ Cecoms tIeSS Sson Nm,ort vSn
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per. ter -.siism Ten When they are "youns''
!Sr rcuS s..nt a., ~ e.sct Soun.v ''
they want EN- 10 act youhs
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tionai n"d. seI,,UI VI nr;n,a sn donna :" !" He,
S....n ,.oSe NJ inJ,ostoI thot mo :.
aype yp AZ ~ IL. with tbo Armist;ce
tr.o. NSsos roico 10 s,,.a.t hmt yot
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oattc, " ~ nmn,hors Clam ani Jsntin.
@ Ns;ss poi,a nj and Mise Ryon a ciose
SarS.v .oiE thot saemeJ ~ On W;ler
and Gctovms Rov Cohen six or seven
ton.,es hstter
'" -
Chestnut Street Opera H0use-If the
others don't watch out, the ''Whirl OF
New York" will steal march on other
managers some Of these days and run
OF with the musical comedy record for
Philadelphia-for returns at least. Seer
here first as The Belle OF New York,
form. and came back again last night
spruced up and with several new faces
The old Belle" Is now entirely sec.
ondary and serves only as background
for q couple of chorus numbers and q
chance for the principals TO- do theil
vaudeville speciaiities. Kyra, thu
dancer; Roy Cummings, with his hat
smAshing foolishness; Keno and Green
! with their acrobatic dancing, and J
Clarence Harvey with his spats and his
less during the evening.
The experiment Of using slightly
curtailed musical comedy for an entire
evening IS Working out TO the s1 satisiSc .rae
ton OF the Shuberts, and possibly The
Whir! will not reappear this year
but then one never can tell.
nvyI ,i IL i"e nuS'cal revue
,nat. wm,tn '.ss neauS .Ie AZ oi. Sy cnorus o,
pret.y g.tis. Al know now 10 sing and
Mhnc Tanse no .nso @ .ne heus .h cL an auoiehce'
;rhe rhere T,;.i ale .any o.nel ,nterestihg acts.
.ns L.PUs't,9m %N n IoTI oneIs catchy songs
anu the De Murio rive treat IN music.
Otner strong features are Heger, Grey
and company. seymour and Yates, Her.
oert ana NORTH ana Black and Lynn.
d;ence launching in s.Yes. NJ neor ),
Actors sunnortin1 him hs,nad . Int T.,
this. II is a snspnv musical comsdn ~
There ore also s1The Sto.a Hand :, ,,u.
santaJ hv Kote- Uanrn onl ~ ps
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;Utsrnrot;n" h, ths aJ,n umu .tauae et aiurr's
'"' 'eeu"s '"o'ae'ers'
p,..a, &C.. A., =,
ntUIaw us;ca, NoTodr aye ia man hi,, Love, Love, a
rusa inns"dad c'hy; ths ,eo % sne Diii. o.ner acts
mn,;S neeo ~ nei'orus, acr9oais
n"aso % IIo.n.. IN ~, merry hodse
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sars.r SM.. tao.,,, Wh.Is sI Nrsh. as the
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NixOn's Grand-Frankie Heath. one
OF the most popular OF singing cOmedien-
nes, was much applauded as headliner