The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-29
OLD TIME IRISH
SONGS AT THE LYRIC

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OLD TIME IRISH
SONGS AT THE LYRIC
A touch of the old time is some
thing that can be welcomed in
these days of everything. new. And
even that can be "jazzed" up till its
new.
Robert Reilly and Company have
song and dance act that is built
around Ireland, supposedly some
time ago from the costumes. They
bring into the act several folk songs
that are seldom heard. Mollie Ken
nedy is the leading lady Of the skit
and Little Larry does a dance and
song or two that are quite good.
Reilly has four others in the act
who sing and dance. They have a
dance that is take-off on the Eng
lish navy. The girls are dressed as
sailors and do a dance that calls
such to mind. Reilly sings several
songs. A good song and dance act
cleverly worked out.
A Chinese female imperSonator Is
not a thing new by any means, but
it is on the local stage. Etai Look
Hoy is the person who sings as if
he were a Chinese woman and does
a good job of it. He sings entirely
in English. His sister Ida Hoy is
billed as a Chinese fapper and sings
several very popular songs in blues
manner. Henry Mora is at the
piano and introduces The others.
If you haven't had any "Vigo"
yet you should get it right away
McGill, of McGill and Beatty, sells
it to you on the stage. 1t will cure
anything from fallen arches to
sprained intellect and back again,
according to the salesman. These
two fellows have a comedy act that
is awfully funny. Beatty is the
comedian and until he gets into the
final song he doesn't say a word. It's
Just hokem but it's funny.
Stems is the man who takes coins
from the air and cards from no
where and bushels of paper flowers
out of a cone. 1 have seen many
magicians and can safely say that
this man is good. When 1 was at the
theater some of his tricks were not
performed as clearly as they might
have been, but still they we're good.
He has nothing new but works
quickly.
Jack and Jerry Waller have a lot
Of songs and dances. Jack plays
the banjo and sings and Jerry can
dance. In fact she is PRETTY fair
dancer. This act starts slowy but
picks up some speed near the end.
They also do a number with the
banjo and the clarinet. Some fair
comedy in this too.
Here is a mighty good quartet. The
Exposition Jubilee -Four have series
of Negro songs and some other old
timers and they sing them in rare
harmony They have woman with
them that has some high notes that
are really worth listening to. They
sing an old Negro spiritual like they
used to have in the "old camp
meetin's" Most of their numbers
are done without any musical &C
compartment. This is good.
The best part of the act of the
Bruno Weise Trio is the part in
which one of the men is balanced on
top of ladder and the man on the
bottom plays the violin. This act
is an acrobatic one but they run in
a little comedy and some music on
the saw and violin and other things.
An acrobatic act above the average.
Comedies and news reels complete
the program.
At the Lyric.-(By the Observer
Other theaterS today offer: Dick
Powell at the Circle; Charlie Davis
at the Indiana; THE Fortune
Hunter" at the Apollo; double bill
at the Ohio; Ramona" at the Pal
ace; 1.-THE Port of Musings Girls at
the Colonial; pitfalls of Passion"
at the Bandbox and movies at the
Fountain Square.
With the Indiana, Ohio, Circle
and Lyric today going on daylight
saving time, this makes all the
downtown theaters operating on
daylight saving time. So we must
go to the theater on daylight saw