Vaudeville of an endurable nature makes its first appearance in Boston this week under the aegis of the new B. F. Keith Memorial theatre. Six acts and a motion picture, "Outcast," featuring the orchidarious Corinne Griffith and Edmund Lowe form the offering. It has variety, merit, and enough novelty to surprise a Boston audience.

Two Scandinavian dialogue men, Olsen and Johnson, comprise the best patter team this reviewer has heard since Joe Brown and partner forsook the Follies for the films. They weep while reciting successive nifties and Mr. Johnson flings himself at the floor with frequent heart-broken abandon. One that panicked the cash customers started: "What would you be if your great-grandfather was a thief, grandfather was a thief, and father was a thief?"

And was answered in a piercing wall "a Republican!"

These men are assisted by a company of six in presenting various skits, absurdities and acrobatics.

Other acts manage to remain on a par with the Olsen outfit and in fact convey the impression that the Keith management has gone to New York and not Oskaloosa for its talent. As a departure from accepted Hub tradition, this deserves notice.

"Outcast", the movie, is nothing extra except that the close-ups reveal an incipient double chin on Miss Griffith's. The plot brings a young lady of easy virtue into the marital complexities of San Francisco's haute monde. She emerges with honor and Edmund Lowe.