The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
"MOTHER GOOSE" IS BEST
SHOW OF ITS KIND EXIANT
Great Spectacle for Children of AH Ages
Are Y0udMd5on
Makes Laughter
at AfCdzdr.

1t takes no prophet to foresee the fate
OF Mother Goose" that made it's debut
here last evening at the Grand Opera
mouse. One can see the theater
swamped during the engagement. by
fconscenceful adults who have discov-
cred it their duty to take the chill
dren even if they have to borrow
'em. The circus was forgotten last
night, though one would rejoice in the
circus dictionary to describe the show
Heroically that is what Mother
Goose" is, glittering. glorious, splen-
diferous show, the best by miles of
anything OF its kind ever seen here 1t
is Drury Lane pantOmime transplanted
to Third and Mission, and no home is
complete without it,
IL there is place where another
nickel could have been spent upon the
production it does not show. Heading
the company-that cannot get on the
stage all at once-is an excellent choir
of comedians. More of it's 300 and odd
folk combine into large and feather
footed ballet. Another contingent
brings the big novelty of thei produc-
ton in the aerial ballet, that sails
through the air as cheerfully as one
takes the car. These and the rest,
pretty, prettier and prettiest girls by
the score, are garbed in costumes of
an extravagant magnificence and
, beauty that must be seen to be ap-
preciated. The settings, too, are of
! the utmost gorgeousness, stupendously,
colossally. Observation-Disclosures is
that circus programme ?-beautiful.
There is also an augmented orchestra
and leader that has evidently led
before
Nor is the management content with
this. They thrust upon you, further.
much good music, real voices and
mints of fun, with people most hand
somely chosen to distribute it. Take
Joe Cawthorne. for example. Mr.. Cav
thorne is worth the price twice him
self. He has to interpret the strenuous
role of Mother Goose, who is contented
! though Irish. and therefore obtains the
! goose that lays the golden egg. Mr..
Cawthorne is of the sumptuously funny
folk If he looks one way you laugh
if he looks the other way you laugh,
too You can't help it: neither can he.
But he is to be thanked for an enun-
citation that cuts to the gallery without
flaw, for hard working heel that does
some of the featheriest funny things
| heels do and for noble conscience.
His Mother Goose is one of the most
irresistibly comical figures that have
walked this way, whether he is spout
ing some of its gloriously silly puns,
the hurlesque aerial ballet.
Harry Kelly again, who is what Fer
ris Hartman's baby is going to be like
some day-if he stays at all like Ferris
comes not at all far from Mr.. Cav
thorne. He is the son of Mother Goose
In the piece and humorous no end. w.
II. Macart as a Scotch laird makes an
excellent third. With Clifton Crawford
these four worthless furnish a burleque
on the military drama that is hyster-
ically funny. They conclude 1t with a
travesty on the barnyard quartets,
with the "Old Oaken Bucket" as ma
terial that is simply sinful
Then there is Corinne as leading boy
, filter and younger than ever and still
with the l-gs of the company. She
looms UP in a most agreeably animated
fashion and-for pantomime-as
graceful enough singer. Miss Neva Ay-
mar as Miss Goose is a Dresden china
sort of person and that way eminently
attractive and pretty. Miss Aymar will
do we'll to limit her vocal ambitions to
| the contralto scope-they are leading
her down, down. down among the
barytones. The other lady of the cast
is Edith ST. Clair. also a taking and ef-
fective person. AS to the fairy queen,
Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger, with a Chi
nese faithfulness of imitation, have OBJ
tanned the same kind of nice and not
TOO DeautlIul ola lduy IndI always does
the fairy queens at Drury Lane. One
could have stood an innovation here
Walter Stanton does the Goose in most
accomplished way. and Dave and Sey-
mour furnish hilarious horse.
The story moves through all kinds of
amusing specialties and brilliant
ableaux, the best of which closes the
second act. Here the stage is crowded
from end to end with lovely color and
form and CrOWniDg III Sovep girls thai
take flight into the air and there poise