AMUSEMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 16335, 30 January 1917, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

FULLER VAUDEVILLE. In tho parlance of the stage, Hiss Maudl 1 aiming and. her three Klaughtems tho lilliott : s—“ htkl up the show” at tho Princ“?s Theatre last night. Eor neadv Ato minutes after she liad finished and left tho large audience rocking with laughter an<l applause, there was such an uproar that the management had to send her oin neiore the footlights to inform her noisy admirers that “ she couldn’t do any mom-not till another time.” Then tha show was allowed to proceed. What exactly M-aud_ Fanning and her children did to cause ili’.o furore it would bo hard, to say. llhore iras, in tho first place, ai pseudo-sentimental coon song by her worked, in her wclJ-known frenzied style! to tno point of burlesque; a few quaint ’ steps and a little spurt of aside jocu--1 :uities to her- auditor's; an interlude by the youngest daughter, a fresh and rather fetching little performer, followed 'by .singing and modem dance steps hy tiro thi>'o gills; and then finally Miss Fanning herself ‘‘blow in •’ like a hurricane, and them v/itu lior into 2* wild. l orgy* of *■ oancmg, puctuatcd with weird ululatioai ’ liora her. It is tho something primitive ’= ;>Eont her that catches au- audience — the uncontrolled, naked energy' of the woman. Mica Dora Obenn.-ui, the operatic soprano, had a warm welcome) when sho took the stage. _ liar voice appeared a little tired and stifled (so to speak) in her first number-, 1 A Song of Thanksgiving,’ but in tha following song, 'll Bacio’ (sung in Italian) she won a big (success and a tumultuous recall. Bho sang a third, a pretty v.-nh tho pyrnpathy that is one of; tha secrets of her immense popularity, ' oilier newcomer was Win. Sumncir, V s "" “ blackface ” comedian with a lackadaisical ir.iiiinor, who without revealing any groat . ability won considerable favor. The read of t-isp programme consisted of new acts by artiste already established favorites—namely, BiU'oen and Rosctti (Belgian musicians), the Two Devoirs (dancers), Dorothy Harris (comedienne), Leeds and Lo Max* (comedy due), Billy Mann (tho American minstrel), and Dura and Judge (cross-talk comedians and acrobats). Altogether tha entertainment provided is good, and tha company appear tins and every evening. SELT XSK Y-AHA DIO CONCERT. . ; Tho Selmsky-Amadio season hero wafi 1 brought to a close Last night with a third > concert in His Majesty’s. The two 'instm- ' ' mentalists substituted lighter - -numbers for some of tho heavier items announced on the programme, Hr Solin.sky, for instance playing the 'Faust Fantasia’ instead of the Tschaikovveky ‘ Concerto,’ and Sarasate’s ‘ Gipsy Airs ’ instead of Krci&ler'a ‘Caprice Viennoifi ’; while Mr Amadio ' gave a ‘ Polonaise ’ hy Tersc'liak and 'Andolouso ’ (Possard) in place of tho ‘ Oapricibso Italienne.' A welcome novelty was provided by violinist and flautist combining, forces in an encore nirmbor which cloeodi the concert. Miss ELsy Trevreek again pleased in a selection, of songs; innliiding the well-known aria from ‘Traviata,’ ‘Ah Fore o’ Lari’; and Hiss Jessie Masson : supplemented her work as accompanist by playing a Chopin waltz and a nocturne, also MacDowell’s ‘ Witches? Danoe.’ Tha company went south to-day.

Two oJd-age pensioners, aged 74 and 73 i respectively,, have been married at. IMm <L j ; jield JVprkbojisq., . ' ' •■} {' •