Variety (Apr 1941)

46 HOV8E BETIEW8 Wednesday, April 23, 1941 STATE, N Y. C\ydi. McCoy Orch (13) .loitb Boutett Sistets 13), Dick . Lee; Kiitidrauja trotipc (4). Std7ie and Lee, Sims and. Baticy, Deizn Murpht/; •Rtiby Zu>erling*s Hortsc -Orph; 'Lad]/ £ue! (Par).-, V;;- ' ftOXY, N. Y. Enlirely too. long a session for the entertairiiineht value it packs, State layout aUbli 75 .minutes or. so to a ! lineup that drags often and cdmesj alive spbradicaily;.: Most: appreciated | turns on the bill are Dean Murphy's; imitations and the work ot Lee Sims • iind Ilomay Bailey, vaude standbys. . Kanazawa Troupe of risley work-, ers opens with' ' ; nicely. attuned , routine of barteV and' body, tossing. Quartet accounts tor a comfortable ■yield : of giggles arid, appreciative TiOds for their footwork juggling. Finale has, one lightweight spinning like ' a pin wheel oh the heel^ of an- other, abruptly snapplnjg into ai foot- •to-toot stand. Good; stunt, good act. \ Stone aihd Lee drop the pace .con- siderably. Stone" tees it off. with a session of so-called gags, none of- which registers, then progresses to a; bit wherein hii partner becomes a; peist, Act^doesn't begin to^ warm the seat holders until a <iumb-dora rou- tine begins tb shine. . Turn; .then be- fins igoing: downhill again . with tone's tromboriihg. Finish is a very weak combination of terps by the gal and horn tooting, with pit accom- paniment. . . .- Sinis and Miss Bailey get over solidly. Pair clicks easily . Svith such tiines; all earably arranged, as I Heir a Rhapsody/ T.ea for Two* (ex- plained by Miss Bailey: as a. senti- triental gesture to the. initial meeting of the twov how celebrating their iOth wedding anniversary)., Open-- Jng, 'Boom,' is a rather weak bit of triusic.: BowOff but gives, a npd towards Greece, a folk type tune which Miss Bailey does in the natiye tongue.- ''■ .' ; . ".- :. A seemingly endless string of vocal imitations streams from Murphy. . Audiiehce liked his neat style of . presentatibh. Jle hops from one outstanding personality to another in, rapid fashion and manages to get in almost 20 diflereht vocal caricatures. All, of .course; aren't as good asthe ones of Eleanor Roosevelt or F.D.K- himself, but each is recognizable and «ntertainirtg. :\ ■ . •Te^f It Down.' one . of;. his ©w" compositions and used here before; ■ends Clyde McCoy's band down the final fairway. Band amounts^to a commercial combination ol three trumpets; one trombone, four sax and four rhythm, bellwethered by McCoy's sugary horn work. Its. stuff Is based on punchless afrangeihents, apparently' set up to provide back- ground for the leader's trumpeting. It sells, however. 'Sugar Blues,' M 'course highlights the work of -the band. Before. goiifg into it McCoy ■tates that the recording of the fune has sold over 500,000 copies. Bennett Sister? (3), with the band, provide weak harmonizing effects on mumboogie' and a particuluarly poor 'You're a Lucky ;Fellow,; Mr. Smith.' They do a ubisdii soft-shoe taps after the last named. Dick^Lee exercises his chords on 'you Walked By' and 'It All Comes Back To Me Now' with ordinary r^ults. . ^ ; Somewhere along. the line McCoy pops up with, another original de- signed to whet audience appetite for his trumpeting. It's called 'Man with a Horn;' during which the Ben- netts vocal. Finale is a conga in- terpretation, ot 'Six Lessons from Madame. LaZonga,' which starts a train of musicians and singers ijer- pentlning their way around the apron. . . Biz fair at supper show opening Bight (Thursday). Wood. MICHIGAN, DETROIT waitre.^ cast off by her man. Oddly enough, it registered y/eli despite sudden change of pace froni the gen* erally light.proceedings. • / Johnny Howard, Three Pitchvien, ; Kitty Garlisle . moves iri^VHth a ^jj^ffg and LcRoy, Moysv ;flnd waltz song medley, the audience ; Brach, Margery Ddye, miited ensem- keeping her working through . Last; j,jg (24). House Ordi; 'The Lady Time r Sa\y Paris' and a revival of!/rem C/ievenne!. • (U), .rcuiewed in George Gei^hwin's Yankee .Doodle.|. y^„,„y ;^p^,.^ 2. . > Blues ' .. fi*ie . clicks . as ■ usgai.; . . ■ ■ ■. ■ ■■ ■ ■■ Bracken's spot consists of a. bit hC' ... : r»*-*:«-♦.^» f^„^ v^.^t^-r did in an 'Aldrich' pictui-fe, how to be' ^ The Jack Partington-Gae Foster- a character ac or; the pkntbihiine.:0f Jc^j-se . Kaye; combmattpn comes up a baseball pitcher whammed . out of, ^Mth a^p^pp^^^^^^ the box anfTa prize fighter/catching, -.and- »fr,V»^tw^mUci^^ AH goes over. Bahd kepi audience sft 0" .a Broadway variety hoyse feverish with 'Fliglit of the Bee', and stage., m years. This affords a neat Two O'clock . Jump,' highly satis- factory..- ■ ■ Standing in lobby at Sunday (.2Q), 8. p.ni, .sh6w/. ; Pool. APOtLO,vNi Y EotI Ta'ther' Hi7les- "Otcl'i ■ ^^^^^ Madeline 0reen, fiitiie Ecksfeitt, background for what ' purely a ^vaudeville, presentation, with the latter nicely pated and.a.;full,enter- tainment. : ".' Johnny Howard, versatile ni.c oUt of the. Hotel St. Mpritz,; excellently handles the ringniiaster chore on the mammoth stage. Oji his own he U an up and corning persohialily, a good character singer .and delivierlng brie flhe: whistling bit There's nothing brash abbut Howard and that's tb. TS^^."?hr^T';2^«"«fc«i««^^^ he brings .'.em,bn with an irn^n.^ it^^i' Ru^}^^^^ "lannpr and then leaves pri^; SiL-rw,,?^' merit rather than a phoneyTjuildUp- ; T«r,.« Art. i.^ Fle,i.r Addisfin Cnreu s ; .All the turns are good,. Jflays^ and Brabh, with their juggling .and Tops, .Art Le Flcnr,. Addisort Gorcy's Boys.arid Girls 'Ellery Queen, Detective' iCoD;. ' balancing 6h .a high unicyQle, are a click mixed team; Estelle. and LeRoy, it looks iiite a goM week. for. the;, ballroom; tearii; dp nicely . in two Detroit, April 20. Harry Jdmes Orch -(18) with Vtc Haines, Kittv Corlisle, Eddie Bracfccn, Isabel /etuell, Moke aiid Poke, Phil hfestalf Hotisc Orch (14); ♦Reochino Jpr the .Sun' (Par), House Is putting, the emphasis on Eddie Bracken, whose j|>ersQhal ap- pearance ties up neatly with 'Reach- ing for tht! Sun' (in which he'^ fea^ . tured), playing locally urider, the original title ot 'F.Qi, Dietroit,' Michigan has come up with a hotter show than expebtfed, with Harry James' band; picking up most Of the. honors. ■ ■ Instead oi \ outpouring of auto mechanics to see. if the film had done fight by them,: audiences have been tiken; pvef by; the jitterbug- trade and' J[ames*. band had - them be.ating time.-, '.- ^ - ■ • ■- ■ House orch: gets out of the way quickly after a lively version of 'In^^ tiertTvezio;' which gives hoiise maestro Phil Brestott a nice violin-spbtting for a conventional version before James' outfit takes over the pit sts^e. Jame.<j. pours but plenty of hot brass with 'You Walked By' for an opener, bringing in Vie-'Haynes for effortless vocals bn 'Dolores' and 'All or Noth- ing at AH,' Moke and Poke, colored* ..take their spot early witti lively and climber stepping. . . Bfackeh, ■:■ (inaissuming' land In- gratiating, paves way tor the names on the bill, bringing on Isabel Jewrell* whose turn consists ot i^solo skit on .the tear-jerker'sid^ about a Apollo with Earl 'Father' Hines' name but front, and it's a show with plenty of ; sock phce Hines' band emerges from behind the scrim, Where, it hides.; but ;stt'ictty;tor ac- . cbmpariiment during the first hali* of th^ stage show.-; Long, drawn-out biirleisque . floilnderings before the band comes to the'fore sends the house into the doldrums for long spells; It's an all-colpt-edvprodubtioh. Hines aggregation is a knockout all the. way, with Madeline Green and Billie Eckstetn, . vocalists; going over, big. Solo and .with Vigilajite Four, boys from the^ band. Miss Green whams, over: one smash number, af- ter.another. BiMie . Eckstein- tied up the.' house jWith 'Walking by- the River,' cashing in.on recording and ether fame. Follows it up with sev- efaJ other swing tunes lor strong, re- turns. ;.. '-V Hines at the keylioard .aiid Budy Traites on thie dryms cue the rhythnii with the' Harlemites being given a jam isession treat as sax.arid-clarinet soloist alternately, cpine .to the mike, Leroy Harris is another vo.calist but of the hand contributing a couplie of brief, okay numbers.." Couple of tap routines by Taps are adequate. Art La Fleur, acrobat, clicks with a swirling routine. For the; rest it's ai series .of indifferent burlesque skits, interwoven with vocal and hoofing routines, Avon Long and Madeline Belt,: song and dance combo, are featured in 'Cbt- ta;ge For Sale' number: Johnny Vigal, Jimmie Baskette and Vivian Harris, comics, try tor laughs in a station-waiting-room.scehe. Famiiliai: Slapstick antics in a bedroom black- oUt garnered fairly encouraging, re-- spohse. :. Mori. EARLE, PHILLY i-butines, though the male's dancing is more studied than, igraceful, whil6 Margery Daye's. contortion acrobatic dancing is spcky frorii start, to finish! ThisV is the blonde /lobker . who was introduced tP Hitler thieve years ago in Munich and, -result, inrip-. ceritly Suffered spme unjjleiasant no- toHety; :She: is now fprced tp -work under a nbm; de plume. \ The. Three Pitchijien, one at the piano , and . the . others simulating musical insfruments on toy wbistles With a Arte cQihedy. tbiich; Work tar out on .the apron and get over well; The trjio has;now wprk^d .virtually feviery stage 'ShpW hpyse On Broad- way, plus some ot. the top niteries, and improving constantly. To carry .out the nitery motif. Gae Foster this vireek has .a mixed en- semble doing two- lihe'routines plus dancing in teams In simulation of customers. It's all very effective. Business .gdod; . opehing night (Thurisday)» Scho; COLONIAL, DAYTON . , Hiytori; 6i,;i4prU 19. the Hotiey iramily, .Wiil ond Gladys Ahearn, Johnny. Woods Lynn, Royce and Vanya^ John fiolet; 'Modei mw (U)i ' Phtladclphui, April IJ. Abe: Lyman Orch (17) tuith Gleasorfs Royal Guardt, Rose Blane, Alan Mowbrayi, King Ond Arlino, Arren ond Brodericfc; 'Girl, Guy ond Gob' (RKO>. Plenty of entertainment in this show, well balanced and well-pre- sented, aiid deserved better house than the one present at show caught (Saturday night). Blamed foi: paltry aitteiidance viras unseasonable heat wave ..->.-- Abe Lyman's ..band opens the lid with a bang presenting Gleasbn's six Royal Guards; as soon as the over- ture is finished. The sextet, garbed In colorful Grenadier uniforms, art surefire.. They got repes^ted encores as they gave out with their almost endless repertoire of. operetta : airs; ^named "Sweethearts Fbreyer,' •Ranger Sbng' ahd 'Song of the Vaga- bond.' Also • s<jckb . with the aud which, was well-sprinkled with serv- ice men,, were Army and Navy tuniS plus a medley of college airs. The . Lymari boys then gavie. their w.k. .clickp version of 'Melahchply Baby.' with the entire orchestra plus the Guardsman. taking part . in glee -club effect.. Also rating raves is the terpihig of Kingr and Arleha. A very clever young team which works hard land pleases.. Both dp:solos in addi- tion to the "team work. Guy also plays a clarinet. ... ; Rose.Blane is brie of the best:.of the jive-style vocalists caught here In a long: time. Plenty ot rhy thm as she gives out with this jump faves, .'Juke Box Jive;': 'Darling Daughter,' and .'Scrub Me Mama;' Ericbres with 'Bbogie-Woogie Bugle Boy.?: ; Alan Mowbray (New Acts). Is mak- ing his initial ..personal appiearance, and thbueh the crowd seemed to like him, his .act needs a little zing before it can; be classed- as Class A entertainment. ; : ..Arren.: and Brbderick, . standard comic opera turn; is in the' next-tb- closIniB slot. Making their umpteenth appearance here; they're irtill laugh- provoking. ■Finale has entire toyman crew on- stage in a medley of Irving Berlin hits,- winding . up ' With ''(Jod Bless America' by the erisemble as the cur- tain' falls. ' ^hai; ; ; Absence ; Irpm . the screen ap- parently has not. dimmed aiudience remembrance bt , John; Boles. His. initial stage ajiipearance at the Colonial, after a two-year absence has beeii occasion for .some of the mo.it insistent applause ot the sea- son. ■ ■' '■'; - - . Boles is In gojttd voice, wasting .hp time on Hollywood persiflaee and abpearing exceptibnally willine to .Dlease. /Opening with ,'I See Your Face Before Me,' he" goes into 'Fol- lowing: the Sun Arpund'^ and.The Desert Sbri.?.' Foi; ehcores-he offers. 'Sylvia,' 'Waiting at the Gate/tor Katie: and 'One Albne.' 'Katie.' with a bit bt costuming to help. 1^^ the only repeat from his-previous ap- pearance. Bill is uniformly good throughout; Embeed. by Johnny Woods, it riioves fast, Woods himself offering one ot the brightest. 5pb.ts. He's an. ex ceptional impersonator with a long list of subjects. Will and Gfladys Ahearri do rope twirling as their main specialty but Will has a keen seiise of humor that finds expression: in his owi version of 'El Rancho C!rande' and in a line of bright neW;.gags. Some bt them are closely allied with the war; arid when huriior can be squeezed out of that, without appearing out of olace, it's a - job well done. And Ahearn dops just that... The Honiey Jamily, of three boys and three girls opens the bill with some of the best .acrobatic work seen here in months. All do a . great variiety of flip-flops : but when it cbriies to casting two and three high it 'i.s, < to jeverse the. usual routine, the wonieri who are uriderneath .and the men above. A stunt in :'Which two men exchange .places frorrt the shoulders' ot two women is the high spbt;. ;.;; ■ •■ . Lynn, Bpybe and Vanya, one ■fenime. and two nieri. biegiji a-grace- ful ballroom waltz that sbbh: reverts into hurle.<;que, all done w«*h exv ceptional finesse; ..'. KonyJ^ TOWER, K. C. • . KoTiso* Gtty,: A-pfxX, 19. Ro^ta Royfie^.hester 'ti.ardxnnf Fen-r .uiicfc ond Cook, Dude KtmboU. War- ren and Phyllis, RoscTrtftry Gbolcy, Herb Six House Orch; 'Bock in' the Saddle' (Rep), • Regular house policy is reaTranged slightly this week to accommodate a bit more ot 9: name headliner. than the usual run; Instead of the cus- tomary stage unit production usually offered, this week's show, is a straight vaude hill, the only variation froni the oldtiine vaude house being the position of the .band on tha ,ltagt. Lester Hiarding as m.c. also makes the presentation present-da;)r. Glam- our Girls line, which has heeri ■. at- mpsphering the TowWs shows lot a couple of years, are absent this week as part of a month's vacation as re- sult of unit and band bopkingSi. ; Headliner fs ' Rositalr Royce, the dove arid strip'-danceK Her eight miriutei turn ;clbses < the show. She begins arid ends it. on a sniall plat- form- midstage; opening, .in an atw tractive flowing white gown and calt. irig the doves from the _wiogs 'til they line her arms : and shoulders. Mid-act she doffs the gown; but add$ little to the act thereby. . ,: Show, opening; is assigned to the. Herb Six house band, which obliges With a medley of several ihtema- tibnai song hits, ot this /and -recent years. .- Fbllowihg are Warren , arid Phillips, who tap standard-variation of . dance'routines; . iricludirig;' dun work,; solos and challenge isteps. .in. the. deiice is/DUde Kimball, % rube character, gettirig: tunes put ot such gadgets: a)s. spray .guri; dtain pipe, garden hose,. Wooden mixing spoon; and .ai blow • torch/ .. Local ariiiateur .contest entry Is. a: ballet toe tap contributed by young Rosemary (iboley; Remainirig standard act; Feriwick and Cook, ^then. reels., ojl a round;: of .-'slapstick acrobatics^ morioCycle clowning arid' their Tyro- lean slapsy.: comedy irorii 'White Horse Inn.' Harding precedes, the Royce ap- pearance-with his own 'flrie vocal of •My. Sisiet: ahd.;T. and encores with "Stardust.'" ;The Rb'jrce. strip: then winds the 40 minUtes.. Show strikes the: a'verage seen here, but doesn't seem . to have the. piaclng present ,when the: line is in. . ■ ■ Qutn.; FLATBUSH, B'KLYN ^qiiy Vasior. drcjn. ^iAiU. Dtorsey. Andefsoi^, . Eugenie Bdird^, Johnny McAfee arid Johnny Morrison; Bob Hdvoard,-. Molly : Picon; Paul. WinT chcll, Don and Ruth ; Lanc;T Netus- reeis ond shorts; What wbuld.be a fairly gpbd show if' held .to 6()-65 minutes, becomes tiresbrt:ie.wheri stretched tp the Flat- bush's usual, ftp minutes. And when the rtijc; gives in to the raucous, audif erice to allpW'second and third, eri'i cores, the piiesentatibn beconies a downright bore, Tony Payor's Orch, 'With a number^ of .specialties bt Its own, backs the other tour: acts. It's : principally Pastor's show. Molly Picon, in the top spot on the bill; lacks material tb the point where she embarrasses the audience; . Ventriloquist Paul Winchell snared major applause wheri caught, while! sorig-pianolbgist Bob Howard did moderately well and Don and Ruth Lane, tapsters, served. little-more, than fillers in: the. early portion of ,the;proceedings. Pastor's wiell-mbdulated crew .prb- vides a tbothsome variety, of jive that makes good listening; PastPr himself, with a ready and Infectious smile, is personable as batpneer and m.c. ' He's, less than tops. technically in the latter assignment, suffering from lack. bt fresh spiel in . the introes, but is okay enough to get by. And his solo vocal pn. Xet's Dp If .is'a nifty.;;■..:•■ ;■/' • .'•• .■ - ; Otheir throat-workers , with the band are Dprsey;Anderson< Eugenie Baird, who's, new, and. Johnny McAfee; to whpm the warbling is a sideline to the. sax. . Anderson's a. pleasant-looking, lad, but lacks sell- irig power. He has a satisfying voice pn the first number,.but if^s ni.s;h. after that because he makes every- thing sound.alike. He'd also do well to learn what to do. with his hands. Miss iBaIrd Is both a looker and a singer. McAfee's an effective doubler and is especially strong duoing: with the 'femme. Trapster Johnriy Morri- son,' who gets a short sblQ session on his drums, is the usUal road-company -:of.'C;ene Kfupai' Miss Picon, former Yiddish legit star, was; faced by a;sympathetic audience that wanted to applaud, laugh ,and:,give her every benefit of the doubt. But she skids in a corny StiEinza: . The East Side. DUse:-opens with a parody called 'NoivoUs,* about a Ghetto igal who suffers fi-orii the: neighborhood', noises. Yiddish «tar db^s one .numher in between arid .agairi' she's back with the noises, this time iri. sbinething called 'East Side Symphony.'. No. 2 in her ■ repertbire won the only :real laugh—^arid that was, an .audience cbritrihutipn. In it she.mimics reactiohs to her perform- ance of various imaginary fblk -in the audience. She pbrtrays.one East Side gent; as remarkihg tb his frau, 'I'll ;bet she's 60 if ■:she's.'.'a day.' Freshie from the hbuse got the howl on-that brie, when he shouted: "You ain't kiddin'.' . Winchell has. a -.tiarticularly aip- pealirig dummy and v a fairly gpod patter line; which; cbmbined with his technical prbficlency, causes him to /nlesh; neatly.. Howard, clownirig a bit. mpre than usuiil, parodies a. niitiiber of old-time tunes tor good effect. Don and Ruth Lane, nice looking yoiirig. couple, open with a cane dance and toss in some acro- batics later, but the quality pf their tapistry. is somewhat less than riiediocre. Herb. STATE-LAKE, CHI »u w ,:. Jp^'^ao, Aprii 20.- : Shep Fleldt Qrch (16) with Dor- ottLU Allen, Bpb JEvon^, Busier West with Lucille Po»*,^ Betty AtJfinsorti Lory jyTctll; 'Doomed Gorovon' (Par)' ^'iiP'J^ll^ t>and presentation; this week's bill offers plenty of talent and J,?vea\» » ^^ew musical treat, Shep Fields' amazing new band. (Band Reviews.) -.- • Show gets undeiir way with hand rendition pt„.'Amapola;' fbllowing which Fields Introduces his vocalist Dorothy Allen. Tall and attractive she scores well. ; ' Bob Evans, young Ventriloquist who IS something of a local favorite cbmes out tor a socko turn whicli could be made even better by the ehminatibh of a tew moth-eaten gags.^ Evans delivers a good song gnd hokes it up enough, with the dummy .to sell it, to even the rtiost rabid^Edgar Bergen fans.- Had to begoff.--;^ ;; Medley .:ii>f lryihfe l^erlin hits by the '■■ band and: some vocal renditions by the persbnable Larry Neill are well ffce*Yed.^ Also, ;a swing version of 'Anvil Chorus' has the jitterbugs Stomping: their feet and yellirtg for. -n)bre. ..■ • ;. ■j'y: ;-.:....■.- . Buster West takes over/the'sta^e for.. a period of tomfoolery, arid though the material is weak- the daricing . of West and Lucille Page scores solidly.: The third meriiber; ot ■ the; act, a young fellow. Unbilled, is not:, ia good actor. West -wbyld do ■jvelKto cbhflne himself more to hobf- „ing:and leave the vocalizing albrie. Betty .- Atkinson, ybuthfiil ' tap' .dancer,;gets In a lot of taps but that's; . about all. An awkward style and a npticeahle lack of stage; presence prevent her from doing, as well a.^ her ability indicates.: v V The band finishes with an arrange- ment of tunes; wherein all of the ■soloists' haye a part; Fields: niakesf' an sipprppriate curtain speech, thank- ing the.^ audience for accepting his. new band, and everybbdy goes; away ..happy.' .; . - Business. grieat at ■ third show iSaturday (19); ■ ; Gold. LYRIC; INDPLS. Indianapolis; April 18. WLW Boone Gpunty Jdtriboret with Lulubelle Ond Scotty, Lazy Jim Day,, Girls of the Golden. West, 'Happy' Hal O'Hallordn, .Buccaneers,- Hugh Cross and Radio . Pals, Curly. Fox arid Texas . Ruby, Grandpappy Dootittlej Bill ond Ewolina, Natchez, Bus:Bdrton. Hoo$ter Coeds;.'Ride On; Voquero' (20th). .Along.ahout this: time of the year, when the -back . forty'; has been plowed: and planted; and the spring rains drench the farmlands, WLW sends its Boone County troupe up irpm Cincinnati to. fill a week's enr gagemerit at the Lyric; With, the an-, nouncement ot the play date, posted in display ads Within a M-mlle area of the city In small town papers, Hoosiers load the family Into their rattlers and prepare .to come to town to; see their radio favorites, whom they listen'to on Saturday nights in a haIf-hourostanza arid «very .morn- ing at 5:30, It's strictly a radio show tor.'Iritl- mate. friends of the Bobhe; County fartilly. only. On the stage, guitars come out like nighterawlers after a shower. Hie farm and the ranch mix, with : abbut halt of the per- formers in western outfits and the other half in overalK The show is. paced by 'Happy* Hal O-'Hallbran, who works in shirt sleeves. . His job is to introduce the acts arid to help with the corn-planting by come- dians in the cast, . Each introduction won a hand tor the performer before he went into . his turn, showing audience familiari- ty with the radio personality. Gags- have, been brought down from the • attic and dusted off. but they were still good" foi" "chuckles from those present who evidently prefer time- proveri hUiribr .tb the more sbphisti- ca.ted cracks which crop: from m.bd^. erh;tyDewriters,- . Headlihers .Lulubelle. and iSebttyi who sini 'How's A .fiody Gonna Khewt;' Turn the Radib On,' arid 'Yee Hoo;' Bill and Evalina feing 'I Told Him' arid 'Freight Tralp.' Grandpappy Dpplittle plays:' harid Ijells. . then tbPts two .saxb^ihones simultianeously.. Bus ; Barton. ', in cowboy regalia, warbles 'End: of the Trail,' and ^Ridin' Rovih'. ., Curly Ebx, fiddles and crboris "'Old Gray Mule.' Texas Ruby vodels .'.Cowboy's- Sweet- heart.' with Fox returning to give a. mbuthorgan iriipression pf. fox ellipse V. the: Girls of the (3oideh West vocal.. •Silvet' Spurs' arid 'Ragtiihe Cowboy Joe.' Lazv Jim Day has. ;a rustic mpnolog. .then goes into an old fashioned jig dance. Natchez, .the . Indian, bows ah old-time fiddle ren-. ditiori of 'Little Indian' and 'Mock- ing, Bird.*' Hugh Cross and his Radio. Pals^ finish with 'Llvin', On the. Highway' iind some trick fiddling by one of the gang. ■VJfth five :shpws opehing, day; fourth shbW had a goodly attendance.: with a neat profit tor the week Jn sight. Last year; same troupe turned in theatre's: best jgross of thfi year. , Kiley.'