The San Francisco call., 1904-11-21

songs. "A Kiss for Each Day in the
Week" in which the little comedian
stands on his silk hat to embrace six
Brobdigna gian chorus girls, and
Teasing are the best of these.
The Runaways offers Mr.. Dunn
plenty Of opportunity. He is cast as
the scampish assistant of a doctor, and
gets much fun out of the situation.
He has more~to do than any one else,
.ence Harvey as General Hardtack are
both good W. F. Meehan and Thomas
Z. Whitbread are also useful.
Miss E,rminie Earle leads the femi-
nine cast. Miss Earle has every right
of beauty TO lead, and is spirited and
amusing so far as the part goes Lii
Ian Maure and Helen Carr do the rest
usefully. Further. there is large and
handsome chorus, glitteringly gowned.
The house was large and handsome,
too, and the fresh and original fun
Of the piece kept it in constant laugh
ter. BLANCHE PARTINGTON.
The Orpheum programme bristled
with good things last night The new
corners were a welcome addition and
kept the house in a state of hilarity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew brought
with them When Two Hearts Are
w Oh, WHICH, dlOIuS0 lllllllACSo bRROA
t1nitv for their respective talents They
made good use of the witty dialogue
and Iudierous situations with which
the comedietta abounds. The turn of
De Witt, Burns and Torrance, entitled
THE Awakening of Toys" is one Of
the cleverest of acts. The new folks
do some remarkably agile things,
which. from an acFobatic view are pic
turesque and original Lillian Tyce.
the real Irish girl" and Irene Jer-
mon, the dainty singing comedienne,
such they are billed do an amusing
turn. and Webbs seals are remarkably
trained. Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Murphy
have a new act this week entitled THE
Coal Strike" The three Ramoniers
still please with their acrobatic act.
Carlisle's dogs and ponies continue in
their clever performances. Augusta
Close introduces some artistic comedy
touches In her monologue and the Or
pheum motion pictures are better than
ever.
The SHOW Girl" made good at the
Grand Opera House last night. almost
before IL was put on. 1t was just what
IT purported to be, musical tomfooiery.
There are no PATHS in the company,
but there was voice enough to carry
the catchy airs.
Girls and attractive arias of stock
ing are the main attractions of the
skit These twin magnets drew house
that would make anv manager look
like Sunny Jim. A new joke sprinkled
here and there through the book bal
anced the thing nicely.
One niece of stage business brought
down the roof. While the chorus was
prayfne the man in the moon TO come
down they cast their eyes unanimously
toward an upper bJx. The man be-
hind the calcium suddenly switched the
glare on that spot revealing an emhar-
rassed specimen of humanity who re-
sembled in every feature Mike Fisher.
the manager of the Tacoma Tigers.
But It is said that Mike can prove an
alibi.
Charles r. Parker as Kitty, the re-
narkable cat, made feline that would
make a dog laugh at an English joke.
The chimpanzee chorus was enthusiasts
ticaIIy encOred.
Bert Wainwright's tenor was perha Ps
the best voice in the company. His
PSYCHE" caught Immediately. Jose
phine Flovds chic prettiness was good
to look upon and Hilda Thomas caused
spasmodic hysteTia at times with her
rough-house joIlity. Sam Mylie was
funny al all times