The San Francisco call., 1904-11-29

The waters under the earth, the hea-
vens above and between, have all been
secured for the Orpheum bill this week.
There is pretty much everything on
tap, in fact, but a bad number. One
such they might have furnished for
variety and the critics sake, but there
isn't target in sight. Distinctly mon
otonous call the billl
Sam Elton heads 1t this week. To
Mr.. Elton belongs the proud distinction
of having made the Shah laugh. But
the gentIeman's testimonials are in
adequate. Just how many years the
Shah had been taking-say John T.
lly-unsuccessfully before he was
cured by Mr.. Elton, is not stated. Not
that Elton is not funny enough TO make
anything with a mouth laugh. Still
one would like to know what other en-
tertainment the Persian monarch had
tried besides broiling the Babus and
such. Has Miss Tyce yodeled for him :?
but this is not Mr.. Elton, and Mr..
Elton is a very good thing. You might
call him an arm without the check
comedian.
He is the prince of walters and the
dc6QdlI VI lllG CiOLhElg Ind4l-unllk his
finale. He carries two armfuls OF
plates safely through hair-raising
tumble all over the stage, and with an
unbroken breakfast of eggs in his
pockets. He walks into the chiffon
ier afterward by one door and 'out by
another with another yard Of crock
cry that they could take UP with a
carpet sweeper when he gets through
with ii.
Clement de LION is also new. Mr.. de
Lion. who preludes that IL you look
as close as possible now you will see
and now you will don't see nothing"
juggles with billiard balls 1t is lust
as the juggler says, only that you
will don't see nothing" all the time
of the vanishing and reappearing balls.
except what he wants you to see. IT is
peculiarly deft-handed and pretty
work.
Then, besides Miss Tyce, who yodels
when shall / forget that Hibernian
dithyramb There is music of the
much better sort on the programme.
1t is furnished by Marguerite lie Roy
and Signor G. Ricci. All the evidence
is in favor of Miss lie Roys having
hailed from the New Orleans French
Opera Company, whence she has been
heralded. She has chic, taste, piquancy
and eminently good training, with a
voice, however, hardly heavy enough
for the Orpheum. But like her method
it is Of the prettiest, and IT would be
wise for her not to attempt to force 1t
beyond its limits. Her songs were
Heart and Hand" by Lecocq, and
Star OF Ny Life" Corliss, sung in
charming French, and a soprano obli-
cato to the "Cavalleria" intermezzo
played by Signor G. Ricoi Ricci is a
capable and vivacious violinist, who
would have done more justice to him
self and his audience In better selec-
tions. The new acrobatics are also of
unusual excellence. They are contrib
uted by the Josselin trio of aerialists.
who give some highly graceful and SEN
sational stunts on triple trapeze and
a rope.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew are as
good as new this week in a comical
condensed version Of The Tanning of
the Shrew." They call it when Two
Hearts Are Won" and though delight
fully improbable the sketch is also de-
lightfully funny. 1t is mostly about a
dog. The Shanleys, six hours married,
arrive at their hotel. Mrs. Stanley
has a temper and q dog. She inconstst.