The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-09
'F|TCH's COMEDY
WILDLY WESTERN
"The Cowboy and the
Lady" Most Admira-
bly, Realistic.
Good Bills Are Presented at
All the Local Play
houses.

The usual blood thunder west"
punctuated with pistols, perfumed with
cocktails and hustling it's way through
ranch, dance-hall and courthouse, is the
West that has got into Clyde Fitchs
comedy 1.-THE Cowboy and
the Lady," that is the weeks bill at the
California. The atmosphere is admirably
| realistic and the very competent COM
pany that S. Miller Kent brings with him
There is not a failure throughout the
cast The staging is picturesque in the
extreme, and the drama compels enjoy
ment from its first word to the final cur
| tain.
s. Miller Kent is the cowboy hero. but
Of What at there her IS in the BART e lie is heavy
handed in the comedy but handles the
tragedy with conviction and has a neat
touch in sentiment. Miss Ethelyn Pal
lacks lightness in the comedy. Through
the lack her first scene, where she has to
| make somewhat gratuitous fun of the
cowboy-also an amateur cocktail-be-
comes almost what the purists call vulgar
and their enemies tough, and her right
act rather puzzles in consequence. But
| she is powerful and convincing on the
emotional side. Clever sketches, excel
lent sketches, are done by Rapley Holmes,
boys; Weston, the villain, is well acted
by Ralph Yoerg;. Benjamin Bradbury
|
| eft to the picture; Charles J. Burbridge
and Frederick Malcolm are Judge and
| attorney with point and conviction.
The women without exception are good.
Blanche Rice is a young girl who plays
! Nudge with naive and attractive youth
funny funny Miss PrissimS and Molly Tarkins,
the dance hall proprietress, is cleverly
done by Mathilde Wefing.
At the Columbia Theater tonight JEFF
| forSOn d9 Angels
attic novelty. "A Royal Rogue From all
accounts it is a good production and De
strong company, including Henry Nor
man. Miss Helen Byron, Miss Adella Bar
ker, Charles DUNCAN, Edmund Lawrence,
| Frank Kelly, Miss Adine Bowler, Miss
! Emily Francis and Miss Maud Poole. "A
Royal Rogue" was written by Charles
sic is by William 7. Francis. The produc-
ton to be seen here is the same that won
favor at the New York Broaway Theater.
Some rich and effective costuming is
promised.
Tonight at the Grand opera-house,
h %s OF @ se % g pav way of tho 5e
Minnie Seligman engagement. Miss Selig-
man has the role in Sardou's drama that
was made famous by Lily Langtry and
should find it congenial one.
Next Friday afternoon, at the Grand
phony series that is to be given under the
! auspices of the San Francisco Symphony
! Society will take place at 1:15 sharp. The
orchestra Of fifty-five members is under
| the direction of Paul Steindorff, with
| Giulio Minetti as concertmeister. A va
ried and interesting programme has been
| ries being an artistic and financial sue
cess. The sale of single seats begins in
| the morning, with prices at 81 so, 81, IS
cents and so cents.
|
christopher Jr.," a successful comedy,
will be the AIcazar bill this week It is
said to call for almost the full strength
of the Alcazar Stock Company at present
! one of the strongest stock organizations
in any popular house. THE Gay Mr..
Lightfoot' is announced for next week
Another sensational mechanical melo-
drama will be put on at the Central Thea
| ter tonight. Charles E. BlarneyS THE
! Electrician" One of the features of the
melodrama is a power-house in full work
ing operation, and the balance of the
piece will have the good staging that is
! generally to be seen at the Central The
competent company will be appropriately
cast and the exciting incidents of the play
should suffice to keep the patrons of the
house interested for an evening.
The new bill which opens at The Chutes
| to-day includes Rawson's famous animal
actors, consisting of dogs, ponies and
goats; Brady and Hamilton, Irish comedy
duo; Ellis and Bowman, vocalists; The
ers, comedy acrobats. A series of new
moving pictures will. also be shown.
| One Of the best bills ever presented at
| the Orpheum was given last night. The
appearance of ]. Sherrie Matthews, for
merry Of Matthews and Bulger. assisted
by Norma Whalley, Sam Marion and w.
H. Mozart, was decidedly the feature of
the evening and is one of the best vaude-
vile turns ever seen on the coast. Their
| musical skit, "A Lawless Lawyer" cap
tivated the audience. Mr.. Matthews and
Mr.. Mozart made pronounced hit with
a clever parody on when Shakespeare
fornia boy, got a splendid reception. He
is a graceful dancer. La Belle Tortajada
in Spanish songs and dances is the best
ever crossed the ocean. The Dumond Pa
risian Ministries, trio of whimsical COM
edians, are comedians and musicians of
great merit. Flo Irwin and Walter Haw-
ley in their humorous conceit, Caught
With the Goods give a thoroughly en-
Sheperd, illustrated song vocalists, scored
an immense success. The stereopticon
pictures used to illustrate a series of well
selected and well sung songs surpasses
anything in this line seen at the Orpheum
Other worthy features of the bill are
Fred Niblo, the monologist, and the Fra
ger troupe, international dancers.
Charity Martin, the favorite soprano,
will be heard in new solos at Fischer's
sing duets with the favorite tenor, John
Desmond. The Mullaly sisters, novelty
singers and dancers, will make their first
appearance here, as will also Deming and
Carol, clever sketch artists. Charles
Darlington promises a unique act, and
Satuella, wonderful contortionist will
reappear Blanche Reynolds changes her
trombone solos. Kalacratus. equilibrist
and hoop roller, will appear, and Hin
richs excellent orchestra will present a
varied programme.
Tonight the Pollard Australian Juve-
nile Opera Company will begin the last
week of its engagement at the Tivon |
The clever children will be heard this |
week in a new musical comedy, I'm |
Town." to be given for the first time here |
1t is said to be bright and snappy and
with all the tuneful music necessary to |
the success of it's kind. The Pollard kid |
dies" must be seen to be believed and viii
doubtless find in "In Town another op- |
portunity to show what can be done by |
children who cannot only sing, but dance, |
and not only dance and sing, but act in !
fashion to shame all but the best of |
their elders in the same game.