Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 268, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 March 1928 — Page 9
MARCH 6, 1928.
DAISY AND VIOLET ARE TWO FLOWERS Two Unusual Personalities of Birth Go Beyond the Freak Stage and Become Much More Than a Side Show Act as Now Proven at the |_yric. BY WALTER HICKMAN Much of the time just a freak act remains a sideshow attraction under a circus top. Good and clever showmanship sometimes takes these freaks off of the circus lot and places them on the legitimate or vaudeville stage. Just as notorious publicity iias elevated a man or a woman to box office prominence for a short time, just so has clever
publicity taken the freak from the sideshow. It was with several different viewpoints that I went to the Lyric to see Daisy and Violet Hilton, known on the stage as the Siamese Twins, two
girls aged eighteen, who were joined together at birth. Nature has been unkind to these two girls because of a condition or conditions of birth, but they have become personalities to the extent of being able to do numerous things well. These two girls are much better prepared to entertain an audience than was “Peaches” Browning when I
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saw her on the same stage. “Peaches” was at that time just a box office “freak,” unable to do anything well on the stage. I said so in considering her act. But these two girls, who are up against a physical handicap, have been trained in music, dancing and stage manners up to the point that they lift themselves from the freak stage up to the level of being legitimate entertainers. I can pay these two girls no greater compliment. They play several musical instruments well and they dance with that un-
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as happy and talented entertainers. The girls lived up to that idea. The Four Rubini Sisters go In for better music done in the better way. Sometimes this is dangerous in vaudeville. I think they make a mistake in putting one of the girls in the orchestra pit to direct for a short time. A little better arrangement of their talents would put this act over to more applause. Good music, even grand music, can be sold on the vaudeville stage. The Rubini Sisters know that, but they should study it some more. Mayo and Bobbe have some sad comedy, often pointless. Kafa, Stanley and Mae have an aerial act that has real merit. Stanley does some trapeze stunts that are real. He has a sense of comedy. Tire others in the act specialize in certain stunts. From an audience standpoint, Lum and White have that thing which we call contact. They know how to get their audience by both personality and by some material, not so good, that they dress up with their sure fire personality. The act wins a lot of real favor. The movie feature is “What Every Iceman Knows.” At the Lyric all week. nun THURSTON AGAIN IS THE GREAT SHOWMAN Another page has been added to the book j of magic by Thurston, the master magician. Last night at English's I saw the impossible seemingly become possible, and concluded that the old adage, “the hand is quicker than the eye,” was indeed correct. Thurston’s newest trick is the standby of the magicians of India. A rope is suspended in midair and a boy climbs it, to vanish a moment later, and the rope rails into the
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basket from whence it was taken. Thurston explains that this season is the first time the trick has been performed outside of India. The most spectacular of all the illusions done by Thurston is that of sawing a woman in half. I have asked myself a score of times already how it was that a body could be parted and placed back together without harm to the subject, but I am as far from the answer now as I was when I saw it performed. Rabbits, ducks and alarm clocks are among the different articles taken from persons seated in the audience. Cards, watches and other things were taken from the possession of small boys. All these and many more of the tricks that have made Thurston a source of delight to the boy and girl. Five girls are made to disappear end return to the stage from the back of the theater. Seven girls and an automobile vanish from sight before your eyes. While you look a canary birds is shot into an electriclight bulb and freed when the bulb is broken. Things happen so dulcify that ll is hard to keep Luck of them. Surprise follows surprise. Spirits rap in a cabinet and, -throw bells and tamborenes out onto the stage. A man’s coat is turned wrong side out in a jiffy. A girl is shot from a bar■el through a solid board and iron bars into another barrel. This is indeed master magic. Possibly the greatest of all the Thurston tricks is that of the levitation of “Princess Kamac.” It is thrilling to watch a body float through the air, seemingly without support, and see hoops passed over the body with the greatest of ease. After the body has floated out over the audience to see the cover whipped off and find nothing there is startling. This is the show of one of the greatest showmen. He docs tilings that are contrary to every day life, and yet, as far as I have been able to find out, he does not fail to amuse and mystify. There is no doubt that Thurston is the master magician. At English’s all week. <By Charier, Garrison > u u n
GOOD DANCE ACT AT KEITH'S A dance offering of unusual brilliance heads the bill at Keith's this week. Gaston and Andree dance three numbers that are most unusual in the manner of performance. The “Dance Macabre” is their best, in that it seems most difficult to perform. This dance is a short skit showing a woman attacked by a man, who climbed into her room. It is dramatic to quite a degree and gives the performers an opportunity to introduce some new "twists” to this form of dancing. Edna Mackay dances the prologue and assists Lorna Jermaine in a number. This last dancer does a toe dance solo that is the only number that seems balletish. “Hap” Farnell, assisted by Florence, introduces a comedy skit that is a wow. This man impersonates a “drunk” all the way through the act and starts to do many things, but never completes any of them. The funniest moments are when he attempts to make a speach. I know that he convulsed me at times. “What became of Sally” is explained by the Loos Brothers in a medley of “Sally” songs. They say that “Sally wants to go back home.” Among other songs presented by these two men is another Indiana song that is qiiite tuneful. These two men have a good selection of songs and know how to put them over. Here Is hokem and comedy mixed so that they are integral parts of each other. Joe Keno and Rosie Green work fast in their act of purely “nut stuff.” A little of this, and less of that, with burlesque here and an attempt at drama there, is the hodge-podge they have concocted. And it is not a bad dish they set before you. Asa general rule, I don’t care much for animal acts, but Maxine and Bobby have an act that is smart. Bobby, the dog, Is a clever little dog and his master, Maxine, tries to make him nearly human. They do their turn as partners, not as animal and master. A good bill at Keith’s, with performances today and Wednesday.— (By the Observer.) mum LOOKING OVER THE MUTUAL SHOW “Bright Eyes,” playing at the Mutual this week, is somewhat an improvement over the company of last year. Several of the same features have been retained; principel
among them is an immigration scene that demonstrates what several years of success might do for a person brought over in steerage. Edna Somers is the main soloist with Kitty Star singing the jazz numbers. Miss Star, along with Ruth Levine, are the dancing members of the company. Harry Levine is the chief comedian. His foil impresses one with being rather new to the business and is unconvincing. Besides the standard songs there are several very pretty numbers that are new to me. Comparing this show with that of last week there is a decided improvement in burlesque qualities. This is fair burlesque. At the Mutual. (By the Observer.) Other theaters today offer: “My Best Girl” at the Palace; “Sporting Goods” at the Indiana; "Feel My Pulse” at the Apollo; “Chicago” at the Circle; “John Ferguson,” a Little Theatre Production, at the Playhouse; “Ben-Hur” at the Ohio, and movies at the Bandbox.
SCHOOL BOARD PLANS BUDGET Will Adopt Calendar Year Schedule. Preparations for making appropriations for the next six months for Indianapolis school city have been started by Albert F. Walsman. school business director, it was announced today. The school board plans to change school finances from the fiscal year to the calendar year plan July 1 by appropriating funds at that time to operate schools until Jan. 1. 1931. Fiscal year operations have resulted in great confusion. Lender the plan, the budget, and appropriations for the calendar year 1929 will be made in August. Walsman has sent letters to department heads of the school city urging that requests be pared to the absolute minimum, because of reductions made by the State Tax Board ’in the special school fund levy, from which everything in the way of school maintenance except teachers’ salaries is paid. The special fund levy cut from 52 cents last year to 31 cents this . year, which, after approximately $1,000,000 is deducted for debt service. leaves only approximately sl,043.000 to conduct schools the entire year. Reduction in the special fund was occasioned by increase from 41.65 j cents last year in the tuition fund to 65 cents this year, due to the new teachers’ salary schedule. Seeks Bison for Estate />.’/ Times Special MUNCIE, Ind. March 6. -Richard A. Addison, former Muncie resident. now- collector of animals for the 300,000-acre San Simeon iCal.) estate of William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, is in quest of bison this year, he announced while here visiting his wife's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clayton, here. Gentry to Run for Senator H j/ Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. March 6. Frank H. Gentry of Bloomington has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for State Senator. Gentry has been active in behalf of measures affecting Indiana University in legislative sessions of recent years.
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