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THE CRIMSON PLAY-GOER

Keith's Show of High Quality

Joseph Santley and Ivy Sawyer, with some handsome young women, are seen at Keith's Theatre this week in an entirely original type of musical revue entitled "Bits and Pieces." In the face of an all-star vaudeville bill this revue stands out. In it are introduced with fine artistry such strikingly contrasted stage successes as "Greenwich Village Follies," "Breakfast in Bed," "Scandal," "East is West," "Maytime" and "My Lady Friends." Of course the cleverness and versatility of Miss Sawyer and Mr. Santley are the prime factors in the success of the revue, which is beautifully staged and costumed.

Mrs. Gene Hughes does an exceptionally fine bit of acting in Edgar Allan Woolf's little play--"When He Came Back." There is some delicious comedy in this act and subtle pathos. The support accorded Mrs. Hughes by Benton Ressler and his company is notable. Claudia Coleman got an ovation at the end of her impersonations of such feminine types as are to be met with in the average women's club and those which are to be found at times in a hotel lobby or behind a music store counter. With the aid of a few hats and an exceptionally expressive face she makes her characters live. Bert Melrose, "international clown," has the distinction of making people shrlek with laughter--he lived up to his reputation yesterday. The Clinton sisters did some good interpretative costume dancing; Ed Morton sang in a pleasing way; Herschel Henlere proved to be an unusually skillful pianist, and the four Readings did some sensational juggling.

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