The San Francisco call., 1908-11-05
CROWDS DRAWN
BY kOLB AND Dill
"Playing the Ponies" Appears
to Be Destined to Long Run
at Princess Theater
"The CIansman" VIII Give SAT-
urday Matinee; Other At
fractions at Playhouses

Kolb and Dill have broken all rec
ords at the Princess theater in play
ing the Ponies The showhouse is
packed to the doors at every per-
formance and there is no sign that the
| comedians have lost any of the popu-
! lar1ty that they Won several years ago
at Fischer's, when they first appeared
in this city in Fiddle Dee Dee" Maud
Lambert, Billy Clifford and the rest
! of the company are assisting In the
nightly successes and Playing the
Ponies" apparently, is in for an indefi-
mite run.
VAN NESS
There will be matinee at the Van
Ness next Saturday, when The Clans
| man." which is the bill this week and
next, will be presented. The Ku Klux
T<lan of the south, which did much to-
ward subduing the negro power in the
slave states, is the subject of the play
and the melodrama is a dramatizatfon
from the novels on that subject writ
ten by Thomas Dixon Jr.
AMERICAN
THE Land of Nod" with the original
New York cast. including Knox Will
son, Grace Drew, Adelaide Harland
Maurice Darcy, Dorothy Webb, William
Welp and William Morgan, will open
a Wtch - engagement at In6 american
theater, commencing with the matinee
next Sunday. Last year THE Land of
Nod made one of the biggest hits of
the season at the Van Ness Little
Johnny Jones" continues to attract big
audiences and the Cohan musical
comedy, with its song hits, lively
chourses and beautiful scenic effects.
promises to do banner business for
the four remaining performances
There will be matinee Saturday.
ALCAZAR
The Road to Yesterday" at the AL
cazar this week, deserves all the sue
cess that its pretty fantasy achieves.
Evelyn Vaughan's portrayal of the lead
ing character in the graceful play is
real triumph and Bertram Lytell and
the other members of the company are
more than equal to the exactions of
their roles. The scenic settings of the
play are elaborate and beautiful. The
piece is more than worth the money
asked by the man in the box Office
Willie Golfers success, Caught in the
RAIN" is announced for next week.
VALENCIA
"A Navajo's Love- Stage Director
Sedley Browns stirring society drama.
is pleasing large audiences at the Va
lencia theater this week. The play is
replete with action and Robert War
wick as Julian Navajo is q manly and
convincing hero. The last performances
of "a Navajo's Love" will be given
Saturday afternoon and evening. Sun
day afternoon "Glittering Gloria" will
receive an adequate presentation. Miss
Willette Kershaw will bid farewell to
San Francisco in the role of Gloria
Grant, the comic opera queen.
ORPHEUM
The Orpheum this week is maintain
ing its reputation as the home of vaude-
vile. Next weeks bill is a promise of
even better things to come. George
Primrose will introduce new specially;
Miss Bird Millman and her sisters in
wire walking and dancing act: Henry
Horton, character actor; May and Flo
Hengler, musical comedy stars and
dancers; Allison and wife in "The
Swede Girl and the Fellow Who Sings"
and the best acts from the bill now on
will be the program beginning next
Sunday afternoon.
NATIONAL
Friavlo, the mysterious. continues to
bewilder National audiences with his
uncanny milk can" trick. No one
yet has discovered a clew that might
in any way explain his escape from
tightly locked and water filled can of
life size proportions. OF the others
on the bill, the Musical Railroaders in
their novel scenic act and Tom Gillen,
the Irish comedian, have won popu-
larity The three sisters Ylleroms, the
great Leander, and Tops, Topsy and
Tops have run the head liners a close
race for applause.