Theater: City

The Beatrice Morrell Sextet of female singers, with an artistic blue color scheme of costuming and setting and white wings, is a clean vocal offering, but altogether too concerty for general vaudeville assimilation. Four singers, a ‘cellist and a harpist. While some work the others move about “artistically.” draping themselves about the piano, adjust the flower vases and finish with arms about each other for a popular medley. Those are the kind of acts that argue—and truthfully—that they sing well, dress neatly and otherwise disport themselves. But it isn’t a vaudeville act in the strict sense of the word.

An Interesting act was contributed by a young man billed as “Eschelle Robert, the clever songstress.” It is Bobby Eschelle, and, as he makes no pretense to female impersonation, the billing was probably an error. He has a pleasing tenor voice and is backed up by a ponderous wood set placed in “two.” Eschelle is attired in riding breeches with a cowboy thong about his wrist and most of his vocalizing is in recitative form. Whenever he wishes to emphasize a point he “strangles” the thong and strains his “pipes.” Bobby sort of- fancies himself.

Two Italians (men), who look as if they had originally come from one of the numerous Italian quartets and had learned some English.