The San Francisco call., 1906-04-09
Rich Fun in Piece
From Begin ming
to End.
Cast Is Admirably
Well Suited to
the Parts.
Successful Season Of
Organization Is
Now Closed.

Die Orientreise, the third and final
German performance to be given this
season by the Arthur Becker Lustspiel
Ensemble, was produced before large
audience at the Columbia Theater last
evening. The play is one of the bright
est and funniest of Blumenthal &
Kadelburg's comedies and the cast pre-
sented last evening was particularly
strong and well suited to the parts.
Richard Warning, a well-known San
Franciscan, made his first appearance
in the role of Demeter Mitroyics and
carried the part of the comedian to a
successful end Warning has had some
successful experience on the amateur
stage and has at last branched out to
win favor in cast composed OF many
of the cleverst German players in this
country
Max Carl Weiss appeared in the role
of Robert Fielder, while Josephine
Neckhause appeared as Fiedler's wife.
Both parts were good and proved inn
portant in this comedy of complications.
Arthur Becker had an artistic part in
the role of Konsul Book. Other mem
bers in the cast were Fritz Rembach,
Johanna Strauss, Eta Eiben, Richard
Lenz, Franz Mueller, Meta Werner and
Josephine Warning.
Die Orientreise," under the title of
The Oriental Express" was quite a
success in this country when offered by
the late Augustin Daily. 1t is one of
the cleverest of modern comedies and
the many amusing complications OF the
piece kept the audience in one con-
tinual round of laughter.
Artie Hall, justly styled "the Genu
inc Georgia Girl made her appearance
in a black-face song and dance at the
Orpheum last night. and made up so
well that every one thought she was
one of the old-time plantation negroes.
She finally barred her arm. saying as
she did so, We'll, guess all of you are
from Missouri" Miss Hall has a great
line of darky stuff, and she knows how
to hand it out. Her act was surely one
of the Orpheum features last night.
The famous August family of Jug
glers is also on the boards. Their work
is so we'll known to all the theater-
goers of this city that it needs no COM
ment Jimmy Wall, 'the person in
black" is one of those oldtime min
strels with some real jokes that are
funny. He made good as soon as he
appeared on the stage, and is destined
to become a favorite.
Coleman's wonderful educated dogs
and cats are also with us again. They
are always one of the main attractions
on the Orpheum circuit Last night
these animals were put through some
new stunts. all of which held the at
tention of the audience. Among the
hold-over numbers are the Howard
brothers. transmitters of thought;
Ferry Convey. the musical clown;
Mitchell and Cain and Chris Bruno and
Mabel Russell.
Caught in the Web" which was
presented for the first time at the
Grand Opera house last night. is a red
hot meladrama of criminal life in
Gotham. The flare of dark lanterns and
the din of arms lend life and color to
every act.
The hero is a detective of various
disguises who vanquishes squads and
battalions of cutthroats and finally is
joined to the fair lady of his heart.
The chief villain must surely have in
side information of the fateI of the
Iong-lost Charley Ross
1t was a great night for the galleries.
The yells of encouragement to the
sleuths and the audible disfavor with
which the deep-dyed criminals were
met added much to the entertainment
of the floor.
The numerous crimes committed in
cludcd highway robbery, betrayal, for
gerry, counterfeiting. safe-blowing, may
hem. murderous assault, battery, kid
naping and perjury