The San Francisco call., 1904-12-05

cast is now reinforced by a clever
youngster, Aida Overton Walker. who
does a bit of good acting as a pet
child. and brings warm, oboe-hke
contralto to her songs. Miss Williams
is az competent and pretty as ever
and the rest fill in joyfuIly. If you
want to be happy take in In Da-
honey"
1 did go to see the other girl. other
wise that exceedingly clever person,
Miss Mary Shaw, yesterday afternoon
at the Orpheum. But I found Phyllis.
Don't miss Phyllis. which her other
name is Allen Phyllis sings, mostly
about dear hearts and things Still
she might do that and be even more
like the amiable calliope than she is
1t Is Phyllis dire determination to act
that interests. When she sings 20
Le-heave Me Mott" she isn't going TO
let you think that she is warbling
about Any Rags" No, sir. She wrings
out her handkerchief and clutches her
ribs until every man in the audience
passes it up TO the next. But the way
Phyllis wades in to the coquetryi She
has all the delicate insinuation of a
traction engine. a wink that works like
a stream-thresher, IN fact she's Just
too colossally cute for anything.
Which all does not prevent Phyllis
having begun with a mighty good
voice. It would be worth ducats TO
call the kye hame. Think ont, Phyllis
Miss Marv Shaw, whose Mrs. AIvfng
stands with Mrs. Fiske's Hedda Cab
Ter, is here in vaudeville for the first
time. 1 think she is here also for the
first time. Miss Shaw brings with her
a sketch called The Silent System
why. is hardly apparent 1t is usual
enough curtain lecture of the Mrs.
Caudle kind The gentleman has
been dining and arrives home to a cross
and sleepy spouse She talks. he
doesn't. but the system Of his silence
is not apparent. He neither holds his
tongue because she won't, nor because
he intends to trump her sulks: but
simply because the man that made the
play gave him nothing to say. Miss
Shaw, however, a highly accomplished
actress and charming coincidence, ear
ried the thing through TO a delicate
triumph. She depicted the unreason-
able feminine in most subtle and
Iaughable fashion, and thoroughly won
her audience. Mr.. Harold CahiIl rem
dered only meager assistance as the
muzzled husband.
Marvellous Frank and Little Bob's
turn. not to forget the cleverest dog
acrobat seen at the Orpneum, whose
honorable, name is Tip, is a turn for
the discontented. Go to see what the
one-legged Frank has done before com
planning of chilbIains. Little Bob is
as clever on two legs, and Tip a won
der on four. The billions, song max
ers, also good. are new; and Towards
ponies and dogs are Of the best Of
animal acts. But don't forget Phyllis.
BLANCHE PARTINGTON.
William Vests Minstrels at the
California drew a fair house, consid-
ering the report that Frederick Bow
ers had been delayed on the road and
would not be able to be present to di-
rect his spectacular arrangement Of
three transformation scenes that are
said to have made a hit at ST. Louis
during their SIX months run at the
Worlds Fair. McDevitt and Kelly
bore the brunt OF the show with Kar-
telli, the King of the Wire The
dancing of the pair in blackface was
good and presented a contrast to the
preceding numbers of the programme.
Dockstader's work was revamped for
the occasion and a few old songs bor-
rowed from other sources, but the audi
ence seemed pleased with the enter
tainment-and, Of course, the public
ought TO be the best Judge.
Louis Francois Kins-Ner, who is now
at Fischer's Vaudeville Theater for a
week, is a Frenchman who does al
most impossible things with his chin.
He challenges any living person to
equal his work. Among the numerous
feats he performs is the lifting in full
view of the audience of buggy. a cart.
a piano, a wheel that weighs Ss5
pounds, five kitchen tables and iron
bars that run up to almost 1000 pounds
All these he lifts upon his chin without
any assistance whatsoever Kfns-Ner
is q small but powerful man as his
photograph shows. He is just 25 years
of age
The Alameda LustspieI Society pre-
sented I'm Weisssen Rossi" cat the
White Horse Tayern'O at the Columbia
Theater last night. The Germans of
the city were present in large numbers
and applauded TO the echo the brilliant
acting of the clever amateurs The
principals in the cast were: Josephine
Lafontaine- -Weckhaus, Richard Lenz,
Adolph Schubert, Frida Shanly, Theo-
dore Sailing and Max Carl Weiss.