The Four Ortons

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The Four Ortons, one of the best comedy wire acts in the business, held them in. The three straight members of the turn are excellent wire workers. The comedian makes a couple of comedy impressions, aided and abetted by a live duck, which struts across the stage in a march following the comic, who is playing a fife. Later the comedian mounts the wire to do some impossible slides and stunts with a wire attached to his shoulder and handled from the files a la Collins and Hart. His facial make-up also runs to the “tramp.” It’s a dandy turn, nevertheless, and will hold the attention of any gathering that gets a peek at the opening.

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