The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
Kolb's Belated Kick Routs
Misgiving of Spectators.
IS Delivery Fairly
Starts In Paris
at the Central.
By James Crawford.


For while after the first curtain
rise last might at the Central Theater
II looked as IL the famous kicking of
MI Dill by Mr.. Kolb was to be omitted
from the new Offering, entitled. "In
Paris, but misgiving on that point was
relieved at sos sharp by the tall and
thin comedian violently planting his
right shoe thrice in quick succession, as
II TO make up for neglected opportun-
ity in the abdominal pad" of his short
and stout stagemate. Then. and not
until then, were the risibles of the
folks in front given clear right of way.
The first kick supplanted gnawinE
suspense with keenest delight, which
found vent in applausive shrieks The
second and third kicks were rewarded
with an encore that would not be de-
MED. With the ice thus broken. so to
speak. plain sailing ensued for all
concerned.
In Paris" was originally produced
by the Rogers brothers, who toured
the Eastern circuits with it ere
their scenery and costumery were
placed upon the market and purchased
by the Kolb-Dill management After
all the wear and tear il has been sub
jected TO the pictorial stuff looks sur
prisingly fresh.
OF the piece itself little can be
L
10 shine as a dramatic or musical gem.
but simply as a vehicle for presenting
a large bevy of pretty girls in as many
changes of dress as could be effected
Nor is its comedy splitting for
the Rogers brothers were rather. sad
comedians. Kolb and Dill, however
have evidently revised the text to suit
themselves, for they do succeed in side
stepping dullness. When dragging is
81 h. IL.
it.
Ben T. Dillon has the part of an
Irish American papa Of a daughter
studying art in Paris-his counterpart
is in several of the Weber Fields pieces
and he plays it nicely. Miss Williams
displays handsome gowns and freely
ventilates her non-singing voice. Mr.
Pitkin makes the most of a role that
does not permit him to make much.
sic Tolon and Addie Carlson have lines
and read them with varied degrees of
phrasing and enunciation.
Most of the musical numbers are big
spectacularly and in noise, with the
usual quota of appeals to patriotism.
Young Mrs. Winthrop" was present.
ed last night by the stock company of
the Colonial Theater, with Izetta Jewell
and Wilfred Roger in the leading parts,
and scored decided success.
This old-time favorite which is said
to have been the means of bringing to-
gether more estranged husbands and
wives than any other play, is a pleasing
admiXture of pathos and comedy, and
affords enough proyocation for laugh
ter, as well as fearful moments. to send
any audience away in an approving
frame of mind. Izetta Jewell was dis
t1nctIy good as the young Mrs Win
throp. The role gave her the best op-
portunity she has had since her arrival
here for the display of her ability as
an emotional actress, and she was
charmingly attractive throughout the
play. Wilfred Roger had the rather
difficult part of the young husband.
which he played. on the whole. remark
ably well. In the first act he was a tri-
he too reserved, but developed more
ease as the play went on and in the last
act his work was excellent.
Frank Bacon was delightful as the
lawyer, Buxton Scott, giving a quaint,
loyable Characterization of the old man.
The other parts were well taken. nota-
bly, that Of Mrs. Winthrop, the mother,
which Marie Baker acted in a natural
way that wa convincing.
The introduction of the EIleford
stock company to San Francisco last
night attracted an audience of compli-
mentary proportions to the Davis The
ater and the initial performance par
took somewhat of the nature of re-
ception to the members of the cast,
most of whom are known to San Fran
cisco theater-g goers of the period before
the fire, and several of whom are San
Franciscans. Among those best known
in San Francisco are James Corrigan. a
longtime favorite character actor at
the Alhambra. and Georgia Wood
thorpe. to whom are entrusted the
heavies of the Elleford offerings; little
Ollie Cooper. Pauline Maitland and Ag-
nes William Johns.
The first play of the engagement is a
dramatiZation of DIR. Conan Doyle's
Sign of the Four" and the emphatic
phrases and pistol flashes of it's
ultra -melodramatic cIimaxes met with
instant and rather clamorous approval.
Ollie Cooper, Virgins, the preco-
cious gamin assistant to Sherlock
Holmes. entirely met the requirements
of the Davis patrons. and Pauline Matt
land. as Mrs. Hudson, was conspicu-
ously acceptable. Norval MacGregor
has the stellar role, Sherlock Holmes.
the staging is excellent.
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