Variety (September 1918)

VARIETY ASSISTED BY Hindu Mind Readers and' BALCONY the in America same as the . The^ to work BOXES orchestra floor the entire house. I LEAD CHICAGO “EVENING POST (Sept. 13) LOS ANGELES “TIMES’ (July 2) Mysuc, i» Wopderful, Pleasuig VaudeT^e assisted by Princess . there is anything you want to know go to the 1 j Orpheum this week and find out. For there you will certainly deserve the Ond Joreddah. the Rajah, master mystic, and the and make this one of Princess Olga. , . To say that the Rajah has an interesting act is put- ve have ever seen in ting it mildly. “ eople back to see the Together with Costa . Valata, the Rajah passes „ . .. through the audience taking queries from anyone who ee hundred questions desires knowledge. The Raj^ works doSairs and It be a few less ques- Valeta passes through the upper: ^^r^^ . ... . All this time they are firing questions at the princess itroduced in this act. who sits blindfolded upon the stage. More raSy two encores, closing than the; questions are asked her, does the girl answer and the effect truly is marvelods. No matter how ^ object w^ in • ^ the girl immediately describes' it. She Mswps any sort of a question and in a manner which brings astonishing exclaniations and sqiieaks from many of the women present. On Friday, the RajM and Princess are to give a special performance behind the stage for the benefit of ladies only. Sallie Fisher in “The Choir Rehearsal,” and her capable compapy are one of the hits of the biH. In “het’s Pretend,” Marie Nordstrom, petite and Olga came: sweet-voiced, scores a big success. Her song about She snoke r ', the Variety that pnespoKe is clever because oif its very foolishness. audience: , “The Frontier of Freedom,” produced by Sergt. floine tn Maj,/Jack Anderson of the famous Princess Pat regi- going to jnent and Capt. L. E. Ransom of the United States your boy Army, gives the audience a closeup of a real trench n iKo and life therein during a bombardment, n me war Carter DeHaven and Flora Parker are pleasing in he world’s songs and Edwin Weber at the piano is an Mtist lienee lost “rru answered many encores, lienee lost The Misses Black and White in their acrobatic Ilubs three novelty diversion do some stunts which if practiced pa of POO daily by the fair sex, would surely lead to perfection ce oi cop- or near perfection of form. ' : : i appointed Frances Dougherty appears in a melodic diversion. The show opens with Stewart and Mercer in a comedy aerial attraction. . lat you must always look for the Joveddah, CostayWalata and the Princess out. The Princes,^|ga had her eyes bound, as her Hindu friends went through the “A watch." “A dollar watch.” “You are Memphis.”, “In about <:|ye weeks.” “Yes, will come back from France.” “Who will w —the Allies.” (Applause.) “Who WiU win I series?” “The Cubs.” At this noint the mi -*.*“"*» iui«uuu«» w oiupe, aDouc lost jewels, ads, of course. Is merely bait for too gullible. I \rould decline to atako my future on wllat Olga eara In roan* Wtson with richly car- uUned lips, but I deny her the gift of prophecy.' iJL.™ Uds much valuable print paper to loveddab. Olga, et al. *?hnn I havB OTor wltniBsod. They ^n?^***® Shattucks. who aio one of my standard vaudevlllo AdmiTAticins. Such pwplo are far out <rf tho ordinary, and even with the they have a omack of the uncanny. 2S5 a?*L**\S' typical trance-medium look (I have ^ commit sulcldo at least three times a year. SimnS heard of her she haV .'2 haffl«l Mercedes, who asks you to namo any and then telepathlzea It to a girl at a piano on too stage. barrloado-he and Ms part- NOTE nam^