The San Francisco call., 1901-10-07
0 'MEERS PROVE
To BE WONDERS
Their w Work at Orpheum
the Sensation Of the
Week.
Good Bills Are Produced
at All Of the Local
Theaters.

The O'Meers papa, the sisters O'Meers
and the O'Meers small boy in their start
ling performances on the tight rope are
the sensation of the week at. the Or
pheum.
The O'Meers' work is the best Of its
kind. The sisters make bicycles Of them
selves, jump over chairs and tables
placed across the rope, pose on ladder
with only a wiry nothing for it's support
and generally astonish. But the O'Meers
sister who threw a hat that got there"
to her father got the applause of the
show, though O'Meers' original fashion of
showing he didn't like the Orpheum
chairs-he went through the bottom of
one last night-touched the audiences ris-
Utilities neatly enough.
Belle Thorne, who has some pleasant
mezzo notes, didn't use them much last
night, but sings up aloft, where she
doesn't belong, with a persistence worthy
of a better cause. Mitchell and Bernard
are musical attractions that attract; two
young fellows with pleasant voices, well
used, and some good enough vocal STUN.
Wilfred Clarke 6. Co. put on new
sketch that failed yesterday afternoon
and decided wisely to repeat their smart
good for several yet, last night.
Madge Fox coon shouts again this
week, and the Svengalis are
constant and solid attraction with
do some good buck and wing dancing and
some mild Joking, and Joe, Myra and
Buster keaton do The Man with the Ia
ble.' The biograph contains moving pic
lures of the late Presidents funeral and
is otherwise interesting.
A large audience turned out to greet
Hermann the Great at the California
last night, Hermann, like good wine,
in magic this season, and last night COM
pletely proved his worth as a wonder
worker.
His illusion entitled "An Escape From
Sing Sing is 4 fascinating piece of work.
and Hermann makes it more mysterious
by his simplicity. His piece de resistance
is called ''Noah's Ark, or After the
Flood" The ark is placed upon trestles
in plain view CT the audience, and after
it has been taken apart and shown to
! be perfectly empty Hermann starts the
flood. The magician draws from the ark
dozens of fowls. guinea pigs, dogs and
finally shows a beautiful girl in restful
pose. The Turkish Elopement'' is an
other illusion that calls forth much ap-
By way of diversion Mcwatter, Tyson
and their clever helpers afford much mer-
ing-rOom' offers many opportunities for
hilarity and clever vaudeville work.
Next Sunday night comes Broadhurst' s
! latest success. Rudolph and AdOlph, in
/ which The non,lar comedians Mason and
Mason are starring this season, with Lot
! tie Williams Salter. The company num-
bers forty people.
An excellent array of talent has been
! secured at Fischer's Concert-house for
this week 1t. includes Sylvia P1erarl,
the Italian prima donna; Kirke, Clarke
and Kirke in their humorous conceit ON
/ the Q. IT,; Val Vousden, character artist;
! Volkyra, Americas greatest hand bal
ancer; Robel Simns, tramp cartoonist;
! Sam Holdsworth, the eminent tenor, and
! Sydney Smith, charming child dancer.
/ August Hinrichs' orchestra will present
new programme.
..Florodora" has certainly caught the
! town. Tonight the piquant musical com
| edy enters upon its second week, fully as
| sured of the same overfiowing measure
| of success that marked the hrst week
| presentment. The sextet is probably the
most popular number of it's kind that has
/ ever been heard here, and the six pretty
maidens and six stalwart youths that
make its music are as dashing half-dozen
| mines and minstrels as may be seen any
| where. There are others, too, hosts OF
| them and the brilliant freshness and
beauty of the gowns and picturesque set
| tings add not little to the effect The
orchestral work is bright and smart, and
though the sextet rather overshadows
things there are plenty more good mu-
sical numbers in the piece.
The fattering and encouraging success
| of Shakespearean drama down at the
| Grand Opera-house last week, under Mr.
Haworths capable direction, makes the
choice of Hamlet for the last week OF
the eminent actors engagement indeed
a wise one. OF al 1.-The good things thai
Mr.. Haworth can do, he is credited with
finer worth in this most difficult task OF
essaying Hamlets part than in anything
else in his repertoire. He is the legitt
mate successor of Booth in the. part and
his Interpretation is distinguished by
sweetness, dignity and breadth that place
it in the category OF the best LEGITIMATE
whose conception of Portia last week gave
much pleasure, Vii IL, ass assume me, ,Ophel1a
fective Laertes. The rest Of the cast Il
as follows:
Ghost. Fred J. Butler; Claudius Charlie Charlie
Caruth; Marcellus, William Bernard Ber
nardo a. L. Mccormick; Osric, Gilbert Gard
First Grave ggei t6n On y Prsef 5seFs Tsite
Chester; First Actor. Raymond Rogers; Secon'
Lawrence; Gertrude, Agnes Maynard; Playe
Queen. Gladys Dexter.
Tonight the Tivoli will revive 9TH
Masked Ball. that is to be one of tn
Grau numbers in the intended Verdi cy
Gle that is to be given this year. Ferrar
will sing the part Of Renato, Agostlm WI
/ gather new glory as Ricaroo and Monta
mari sings the part of Amelia, one of tn
best soprano roles in all the Verdi lftera
The alternate bill is "Nabucco," tha
! ! will be revived in response to an over
whelming demand. The management ex
| ] D6Ct6Q
I q week or two ago, only success d
curiosite, but its musical swing and spiri
placed it at once with the operate favor
. ties Barbareschi appears magnificent
Salassa, who is famed throughout Ital
therein as Abegaille, and as Nabucc
for his assumption of the role, surpasse
himself. Dado is also excellent as tn
| High Priest Of Baal
The AIcazar's delightful bill this wee
is the rnirth-provoking ''Too Much John
SON. always a first favorite with Alcaza
audiences. Mr.. NJ. L. Alsop, from his in
innate association with William Gillett
in the play, is particularly well fitted t
play Billings part, having understudie
Gillette in the part and frequently playe
, it when that clever actor was i'll.
: The AlcaZar has lately been equippe
with all the modern mechanical and cleo
trical contrivances, and these are now a
in use at the popular little theater.
: Alberta Converse will be Billings con
fding wife, and Miss Marie Howe will b
! mother-in-law in all her glory.
!