Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-23

a Christmas package arrived In
the city Monday addressed to the
theatre-goers Of the city and coming
direct from the Land OF Joy-Jimmy
Evans and his company are in our
midst again. much TO the delight of
their constant admirers. aided and
abetted by their new found friends.
Out Of the box jumps Jimmy. He
II slaukhable little fellow with his
quizzical smile and his hodge-podge
English. He has style Of humor
that il fun to lock at. Boosted
along by his Jimmy-Evans makeup.
he puts over the footlights a higher
quality Of humor than the slap-stiek
stuff OF yesterday.
Then there IN Tom Carroll as the
Jew. who plays opposite Jimmy as
the Irishman. His face IL his for
tune aud 1t plays him in good luck
constantly. Even the way he wears
his nose IL enough to make a chron-
ic invalid forget his pills and bottles.
But added to that. q pair OF ears and
a pair of eyes and spinach" run
ming around his jaw bone, the COM
bination is hard to beat.
There are some new ones. Mile
Ross can play the piano and she
can sing and she can play close
riva! to the violin. Freddie Ross
can do all those things on his violin.
making It sing and making II talk.
She. dressed in pure white, seated
at the piano makes a pretty picture.
He divides the honors, when 1t
comes to artistry.
Kitty Fraser, a delightful bit of
femininity, is. every bit music and
~ he NJ
her sleek bobbbed head. Somebody
Loves Me-" she sings. and the boys in
the front row voted to change that to
Everybody" In her old-fashioned
dress of silver cloth and her high
couture she Is distinctly different than
In the pert parts. But she handles her
hoop skirts In the new fashioned way
and they prove no incumbrance to her
vim sand verve.
Betty Shaw, another new member of
the company. has beautiful voice ard
she sings with ease and charm to per-
lection. Doodle Doo' is her solo
number and with the chorus. which, by
the way, is composed of good lockers.
good dancers and good singers. 90 per
cent. CHATS the way Jimmie picks
'em). she puts over her number In tip
top fashion.
Tommy Carroll and Sam Ford do
most clever duet dance. They are lin
Der on their own feet and on each 9TH
cr's. 1t isn't plain clog, as YOU choose
to call 1t. but they sort of play tricks
on each other, which keeps the audi
ence laughing and wondering what's
next.
Bad, bold pirates, with Captain Kidd
boots and ragged blouses and every
thing, are Muriel Williams and Evelyn
Breen In their olra>e dance. Besides
very, very ritzy dancers, they are &C
rebate as we'll. The dance Is a most
attractive number and, to add good
measure. these two versatile little
dancers throw in sumo cartwheels and
some splits and somersaults that
would reduce the most stubborn waist
line.
When it comes to putting over
song in easy, straight from the noise
box manner, leave it to Jimmie Mack.
He is there on looks and he's there
in singing. He sang ELIZA" Monday
night. adding another reason why the
show is so good
"Shadowland" was q delight to the
eve and n joy to the ear. Evelyn
Parr, lovely and golden of hair. sang,
seated in a wicker chair. The Choir
us was motionless, poised as she
sang. Suddenly, upon repetition,
they became alivei and they danced,
not in manner burlesque but in style
aesthetic.
And Virginia Bannon, dainty ana
delightful in her dark beauty, wear
ing a black ballet costume, toe dane
ed her way into the heart OF the aud
fence. She is a graceful. well poised
exponent of the terpsichorean art.
Again she appears in waltz num-