The San Francisco call., 1905-05-01
CARD
SPARKLES WITH
LIFE AND WIT

Comedy rules supreme at the Or
pheum this week. All the new head
liners. with the exception of one. are
constructed on the laughing plan and
they ell make the audience laugh. The
leaders this week are Miss Julia West
and Edward Blondell who present
The Lost Boy This skit is entirely
new and original and the way Blondell
carries out the boy part makes it look
even better than one could imagine.
1t is simply bubbling over with funny
stuff from the opening, and any one
who wants to laugh will surely enjoy
it, William Tomkins is another star
who wrinkles brightly this week. He
has a line of talk that is great. and he
also throws in a few parodies that take
in everything from the Britt-White
fight to frenzied finance. He made good
last night before he had spoken ten
words, and it was difficult indeed for
him to bow himself off the stage.
May Vokes and Neil McCay present
. The Model Maid,R little one-act
that is full of bright things. Miss
/ Vokes is real funny in her own pc
culiar way, and McCay sings a. few
songs that are new. Klein. OFT Broth
ers and Nicholson are versatile mu-
sicians who can abstract melody from
almost any kind of an instrument.
Sidney Deane and Company. Lydia
the holdovers, are just as good as they
were last week and the audience cor
daily welcomed them.
The brilliant comedy, "a Gold Mine. -
which was one of Nat G. Goodwin's
greatest successes, was produced in
excellent style at the Grand Opera
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the Ferris Stock Company. Large au-
diences were present at both per-
formances. The play is always a fa-
vorite Its unctuous humor and the
bright flashes of wit with which it is
punctuated, never fail to bring out
marks of appreciation from the audi
ence.
Florence Stone makes a sweet and
charming Mrs. Meredith. She plays
the part in a graceful manner. and in
her scenes with Woolcott she was par
ticularly effective. Dick Ferris is
strongly reminiscent of Nat Goodwin
His manner and style are very much
the same, and it is evident he has
closely followed Goodwin's remarkable
impersonation of the Miner from Grass
Valley. The support is adequate. The
play Is sumptuously staged and hand
somely costumed. In response to re-
peated recalls Ferris made a short
speech In WHICH ne SalQ IQdC ne and
his company wanted to get well
acquainted with their audiences He
added that Miss Stone would be very
| glad to meet old friends and new ac-
quaintances on the stage after the
matinee performances on Wednesdays
and Saturdays. "A Gold Mine will
run for the week.
So great was the demand made upon
the Chutes management for revival
| of Cleopatra Up To Date" that the
spectacular musical extravaganza has
again been put on the boards and was
| greeted yesterday by two audiences
! that completely filled the spacious
/ auditorium. The two hundred talented
children who participated in the pro-
duction are even better than on their
! first appearance, two weeks ago. and
| the specialties and ballets with which
the piece is crowded go with vim and
zest worthy of the most experienced
| professionals. The aerial dance. in
! troduced by tiny Jasmine Sidlowski in
| the ballet, Loves Triumph is a gem
in its way, while the Ragtime Floro-
| dora Sextet is as unique as it Is
| clever. Cleopatra Up To Date will
be presented every afternoon and
evening during the school vacation
which lasts all this week and the
gorgeous spectacle should be seen by
every child in the city. Special attrac-
tions will be offered at the Chutes to.
day and tonight. as a May day OBJ.
servance, and the amateurs will appear
on Thursday evening. incidental t.
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