The San Francisco call., 1905-01-30
ORPHEUM SHOW
VERY STRONG
The De. Haven SeXtet and
Mcdonald Draw a Large
and Delighted Audience
STODDART STILL GREAT
His Finished Art Pleases
at the Grand-''Little Out
cast at the California

James Macdonald and the Carter de
Haven sextet held the center of the
stage and the attention Of the audience
last evening at the Orpheum. There
were other clever things, for the Or
pheum seldom fails to be producer
of good stunts, but a good word for
Macdonald, who is not unknown to
old stagers as q comedian Of comic
opera. is we'll put at this juncture.
Macdonald has a voice that Is sweet
and well trained. even though it be not
as strong as might be. His selections
are clever and his stories have point
to them that If delivered in blackface
of end man. His songs are not of the
coarse, unmusical kind that are usually
accompanied by a shuttle of feet on a
sanded floor. He will be better liked
when he is better understood.
The Carter de Haven sextet had a
good reception accorded them, even
though they opened second week ;
turn. The sextet is popular and the
public is charitable enough to overlook
any little. defects in weight and
measure.
The Great Thereses.,s comedy hyp-
motto act, "Binns, Binns and Binns,"
Cressy and Dayne in repetition of. the
clever sketch Town Hall Tonight %
the Gleesons and Fred Houlihan,
bright entertainers with dance and
music. and the Prosper troupe of Eu-
ropean acrobatic marvels completed
the excellent programme. 1t is un-
necessary to say that the always
clever Alcide Capitaine was enthusi-
astically received in the opening num-
Der of the evening as per schedule of
last week.
The years only seem TO make q
stronger and more impressive Lach-
Ian Campbell of j. H. Stoddart. The
veteran thrilled the first night crowd
at the Grand Opera-house last night
with his impersonation of the stern,
narrow-minded Scotch father. He
was built for the part was the whis-
per between the acts.
The company supporting him is just
as fiawless as a star could ask. Irma
Pierre as the wronged daughter, was
sympathetic and convincing through
out. J. Palmer Collins as DR.. Nc
Clure divided applause with the star
at times. In the reconciliation scene
he and the veteran touched the heart
strings of the crowd.
w. S. Gill as ''Posty," the townpost-
man and the town lush" furnished
most of the comedy of the play.
He handled his rather ponder
ously witty lines to the best
advantages. Sometimes he omitted
to put them in dialect, and this
was relief. Two remarkably
precocious children, Wilfred and Oil
vette Norman, caught on from the
start. Edith Talbot as Annie was de-
clared too cute for anything" F.
Elliot Jenkins as the Rev. John Car
michael seemed to catch the notion of
what Ian McLaren meant by a Scotch
Free kirk dominic. The part of
Lord Hay was handled for all it was
worth by Carlyle Moore. Louise
Rutter as Kate Carnegie won the
house with her prettiness.
Rum, crime, conspiracy, love and the
horrid din of arms are promiscuously
mingled in THE Little Outcast,' which
was presented for the first time at the
California Theater last night. The audi
ence seemed to enjoy the performance.
and some of the better work was gener-
ously applauded.
The play. is a melodrama of the su-
perlative degree. A young man is
robbed of position, wealth and happi-
ness by a clever scoundrel. The little
outcast is newsboy friend of the in
jured man, and finally sees TO 1t that
ali are given their just deserts. A little
powder might be spared to the ad-
vantage of the play. Dolly Dupree in
the title role is better than the press
agents account of her. Walter Har-
mon. Defancey Barclay, Harry Rowe.
Harry Morton, Millicent Evans and
Miss L. Whitecliffe also appear well in