The San Francisco call., 1901-11-18
LARGE AUDIENCE
SEES MINISTRIES
California Packed With
Admirers Of Black
Face.
The Orpheum Presents a Bill
Full of Interoaining
Features.


last night and the show presented by the
black faced artists was deserving of
every bit of the hearty applause which
greeted each number. Being a minstrel
performance, the audience looked for
nothing new, and consequently were not
disappointed when it saw the same old
nrst part with Its galaxy of tambos and
bones. 1t is a combination of clever
people. They all sing well and the old
George Wilson tells his stories in his US
ual inimitable manner and sings as well
as ever. George Morgan. the male So
prano, possesses a wonderful voice, and
Mozier and Conley, the singing and talk
ing comedians, do a turn that is laugha-
bic in the extreme. Marion and Pearl do
q very funny turn in a clever manner,
tneir tumblIng being especially good, and
Gdrden ana SonerS are great musical
artists.
Never before in this city has there been
such troupe Of cycle r!oers as the Kauf-
manns, who made their first appearance
at the Orpheum yestel day. There are SIX
in the family-a girl three boys, man
stage, which seems decidedly small, by
the way, IN pairs and Irios, and finally
the halt-dozen are wheeling about in solid
formation. CroSS-legsed, size saddle and
through the frame, they all work the
same tricks at once. and do them well.
linen the stage is given over to one of the
boys. Inc yOunRSI6f mas absolute COM
mand of his wheel and a triple piroutte
is performed without loss of balance. He
strips the front of his frame while riding
the rear wheel. and resumes the same be-
fore striking the stage, and he rides three
nigh on one wheel and keeps on riding
until he gets ready to come down. There
is no perceptible lack of steadiness when
he is carrying the two on his back and
both in single riding and team work the
troupe are wonders. somersault over
g table is an extraordinary feat, and the
finish is when the six ride on one ma
chine at the same time
Bicknell, a modeler of comic and his
torical heads in clay, kept the house in
laughter for twenty minutes He has
mud-slinger on EARTH and he lives up to
his title. Buffalo Bill, an American In
dian, German. an Irishman and his
mother-in-law were fashioned in short
order, and while the last named was be-
ing slapped together tee orchestra played
Because 1 Love You" and when Bick-
That's what I'm going to give her
Christmas" the musical accompaniment
was you'll Get All That Is Coming to
You"
Ward and Curran present humorous
hodge-podge entitled Familiar Charac-
ters,' during which Mr.. Curran sings sew
eral ballads and impersonates an Italian
suffering cab driver. Mr.. Ward enacts
the role of a San Francisco Police Judge
and an eccentric old maid Lillian Burk-
for the fourth week of her successful en-
gagement Edmund Days clever playlet
"a Deal on Change" IN which she scored
duction is better than the former one, and
Miss Burkhart is ably supported by Os-
car Norfeet Fred NIblo the American
Of stories in which he was happier, If
possible, than last week.
1.-The Girl With the Auburn Hair"
changed her songs, introducing 1.-THE
n 1n1x W "
Fraser family of dancers. Joseph Adel-
man. the xylophone virtuoso and chime
graph completed an Unusually strong pro-
gramme.
"a Gaiety Girl' will be the bill at the
tians have "caught on. and there has
been bsff hothng eleyerer iG their r line
Its comedy interests will be amply cared
for by the Pollard juveniles, and their
well-known vocal attainments promise
is concerned During this engagement
there is a Sunday matinee in addition to
the usual Saturday afternoon perform
ance to supply the extra demand for
seats.
The Alcazar Theater presents this week
the London and New York comedy sue
sess Self and Lady for the first time in
this city. The Alcazar stock company is
at its best just now with the recent addi-
tions to its forces that have been made
Wycherley and M. 1. Alsop are among
those who have founud strong favor with
Alcazar patrons. Next week, Thanksgiv-
ing week. 1--WE 'Uns of Tennessee will
be put on.
The "King of the Opium Ring is at the
Central this week, beginning tonight. The
big melodrama created a furor of melo-
dramatic sort when II was first seen here
last winter. and has had enormous sue
cesses wherever it has been seen. 1t is a
wants a good time and to get rid of the
blues would do well 10 go UP to the Cen
trail this week. The piece will be elab-
orately staged.
At Fischer's Concert house a bill of un-
usual excellence has been prepared for
the the Lenton trio Of coz comedians. % ers aerobafe ate
and hat throwers; Marion George violin
soloist; Gertrude Waie. balladist; Karl
and Bailey. triple horizontal bar EXPERTS
Edna Hamlin, lyric soprano; the Blaine
brothers. herculean acrobats. and Flea
nora Jenkins. the popular operatic vocal
ist. IIinrichs'' orchestra will offer an en-
tire change of programme.
The new bill which opens at the Chutes
to-day includes Francis lie Page the
famous jumper and poe vaulter: the Les
lies comedy musical artists: Hattie saw
age in popular songs: the Paloma Ladies'
Quartet; the Kramers in new sketch.
and Arnold GraZer and Blanche Trelease.
in their mystic mirror dances. A series
INof new moving pictures will also be
shown.
William Collier in a new comedy bv
| Agustus Thomas. entitled "On the Quiet -
| opened last night at the Columbia The
scene of the comedy is laid around the
college life of a young American. and the
author skillfulv utilized his material for
the creation of innocent mirth.