The San Francisco call., 1905-08-28
BUSH STREET
SHOW IS DULL
"A Married Bachelor" Fails
to Win the Admiration of
Audience at California
YVETTE VERY WEIGHTY
Though Tipping the Beam at
Two Hundred She Wears
Tights and Tries to Dance

Tights and Tries to Dance
Matter in the wrong place are the
dainty Paree burlesQuers, that reopened
the California last night with "A Mar
! r1ed Bachelor They opened to an audi
ence that sat everywhere there was to sit
| and soled and heeled the rest Of the
| house.
The dainty Paree burlesquers might go
In Goldfeld; they don't belong on Bush
street. An audience good-tempered as
they make them kept its gun in its pock-
ct, but left in squads after the first act
This might be in grief for the disappear
\ ance of Mile. Yvette Yvette weighs 200
pounds-must-and is proud Of it. May
irwin does, too. But May Irwin does not
wear tights. Yvette does. May Irwin
does not dance. Neither does Yvette. But
Yvette tries to. and the large. slothful
grace Of the hippo is not in 1t. She later
comforts on a blancmange-like structure
with electric effects, and you want no
more.
The buriesque itself is cheap and vul-
gar, cheaply and vulgarly played 1t is
Fischers at its worst.
| The zouave drill Is the one bright spot
The drill is good. and the girls afterward
climb huge wall in a fashion worth
seeing. But the California will have to
get another class of show to interest it's
patrons. The dainty Paree burlesquers
are not the Californias kind
The present bill at the Orpheum is one
of the best that has been offered for
many moons. 1t is chuck full of good
stuff. The holdovers are the best of those
of last week, while the programme is
augmented by three flrst-class new num-
bers Susie Fisher was the particular hit
|
the programme as a phenomenal barry
tone. There is nothing especially phe-
nomenal about her voice. but her costume
is a rattler. 1t Is g. sort of cross between
spangled mother Hubbard and Me
phistophelean garb When she got
through her first song the audience ex
pected she woVld remove the garb and
come out in something "up to date" She
sang a new song, but she held on to the
garb. Her last song, "Good-by, Baby
Mime caught the house. and she had to
sing the chorus over again. She has
powerful voice, sweet In quality. and she
knows how to sing.
The four emperors of music also came
in for good mead Of applause. They
play all kinds Of instruments, from
harmonica to a trombone. Their act is
largely helped out by the funny man of
the quartet, who Introduces lot Of good.
new, original stuff
Burtons dogs are a smart lot of ca
mines, but there is nothing especially new
In the acts they go through. The high
jumping of the black greyhound is
marvel in its way. His final great leap is
a wonder.
great jugglers. Their act is one of the
snappiest and brightest that has been
seen here. Redford puts a fork in his
mouth, then pitches apples into the audi
ence right and left and invites the audi
ence to fire them back at him. The audi
ence did 1T, and Redford caught every one
on the end of the fork except one that
was fired by Jimmy Britt This particu-
lar apple came back with such force that
1t smashed straight through the fork and
landed square on Redford's forehead,
which for moment surprised the juggler.
Redford,s head evidently is not vital
spot, for the blow did not seem to feaze
him in the least, and he wound up his
performance by receiving a shower Of
cabbages from Mrs. Wigs patch"
The Millman trio do their great act on
the tight wire again, and O'Brien and
Havel repeat '"Tick and Click which
kept the audience convulsed with laugh
ter.
The smart programme winds up with
"An Adventurous Automobile Ride IN
the motion pictures. According to the
pictures tQo dulO SOco III ONOiy PAeiNO
where any auto has ever been before, and
winds up by scaling impossible heights
and places, landing up on the top of the
Eiffel tower in Paris.
Denis OSullivan, supported by his ex-
ceIlent troupe Of Irish players, opened his
second weeks engagement to a crowded
house In the Grand Opera-house last
evening in the famous Irish drama, The
Colleen Bawn' Mr.. OSullivan is GER
tainly splendid Irish impersonator and
drew the applause of the large audience.
He was also encored for all his Irish
songs which he sang, keeping the brogue
throughout.
Mr.. O'Sullivan took the part OF Myles
Ma Coppaleen, a good-hearted rogue, who
always happened in at the right time and
through his witty sayings brought laugh
ter throughout the audience.
John Ravald appears as Danny Mann. |
a cripple and faithful servant. who, be-
ing misinformed, tries to kill his masters /
sweetheart, but is caught in the act and |
killed by Myles On his dying bed he con- |
fesses to a priest, who after hearing his |
confession leaves him to find his murder |
er. His dying agonies, with blood stream |
ing from his mouth, will long be remem-
bered by the audience.
Lillian Alberton as Ely O'Connor, the |
Colleen Bawn, won the hearts Of the
audience from the start through her nice |
little way Of making love. and all the |