The San Francisco call., 1909-10-04
ORPHEUM The0er Presents Good Vaudeville Bill X X
X X Coh0nS Fifty Niles From Boston, at the GARRICK
MARY NORMAN wins
MERITEO APPLAUSE
Chapter From a Salvation Las
sizes Life Recited With Fine
Art and Sincerity
By WALTER ANTHONY

mary is surely Norman. She con-
quered vaudeville yesterday afternoon
at the Orpheum. We were told at school
and | haven't forgotten the lesson
that the Normans brought refinement to
Britain. and religion, too. Mary Norman
did that yesterday, and surprised the
seasoned vaudeville lover by making
him like the treatment. She introduced
at the close of her varied act, which.
by the way, started lamely, a recitation
that might have been taken from Sc
lect Recitations," but which she did
with fine art and sincerity-the story
of Salvation Army miss and her past.
But Mary Norman wasn't the only
surprise. The Brahms quartet supplied
another. They We're placed on the pro-
gram in the absence of Ed T. Reynard.
whose sad loss is elsewhere told of in
this issue. Norris Meyerfeld. president
of the circuit, had made an Alternative
arrangement in advance, and the
Brahms quartet, which had been play
ing in the Los Angeles Orpheum, was
on hand to nil the gap that death made.
THE CLEVER BRAHMS
Now, the Brahms quartet is composed
of pretty and young women. One sings,
one plays the piano. another the violin
and another the violoncello. Theirs is
q quiet act. The curtain slowly rising
niStAOStS AtitLl III d llGitNlSOHttAS dp
pointed drawing room, as If they might
be giving an afternoon of classic music
before a subscription audience.
They sing and play in solo, duet, trio
and quartet form. and the closing num-
Der is Ofenbachs beautiful 'Barca
role" from THE Love Tales of Hoff-
man." They play we'll The cellist has
much sympathy in her tone, the vio-
linist is better than fair. the singer has
L,
nervousness considerably dimmed, and
the pianist plays agreeable and discreet
accompaniments.
They can not have been long in
vaudeville, but they won by the simple
merit of their offerings and their real
musicianship. They had no tricks to
deceive with, either, and their advent
at the Orpheum is q credit to the sa-
gacity of the management and a pretty
compliment to the apdience which yes
terday merited the civility.
WONDERFUL PILU
OF all the forlorn. detected. unhappy
looking creatures that the sun rose on
this morning before you had your cof-
fee Pilu is the most wretched. Pilu is
a dog. whose ancestry can but distantly
be surmised. In his mixed blood there
flows. no doubt, the strain of every
variety known to the pound, and to
make the matter worse he has one bum
eye and is is years old.
Pilu travels sadly around a rack on
which are hung numbers on hinged
boards, and he tells you by paving at
the numbers what you are thinking
about. He viii tell you the number in
your hat, the size of your shoe-if you
wish il published-or he'll tell you how
old you are. He will add or subtract or
multiply, looking slyly at you out of his
good eye, and all this time his master
is in the audience getting PLUS pa
irons to provide tests.
However IL is done. it is the greatest
animal act l have ever seen. I do not
suppose that the dog really reads your
mind but If you are strong on explana-
tions that don't involve the mira culous
go and see Pilu and tell us how he
does it.
IRRITATING TABLOID DRAMA
James Young and company present
condensed version of Brown of Har-
ward" which isn't a success in tabloid
form. Much of the smart dialogue of
the original is used in the single act,
which retains only enough similarity
10 its bigger brother TO make the new
acquaintance irritating.
In the present sample of the Brown
family the familiar complication made
funnier in "Charley's Aunt" is en-
ployed. One of the boys disguises him
self as girl to help his friend out of a
difficulty with his sweetheart The sit
nations are not notable for their deft-
ness and the cramming of the dis
guised lad into box couch is clumsily
contrived.
Les Myosotis, in their beautiful ballet
dancing: Edna Aug. in Types; auda-
cious Henry Give, in his burlesque
magic. and the Big City quartet are the
holdover acts. The motion pictures this
week are of more than unusual inter-
est. They show us aviation races at
Rheims.
But if you go to the Orpheum this
week take particular notice OF Mary
Norman and hear her in speech that
makes Salvation NelIs sermon tame
bit of righteous enthusiasm.
FiIipinos Furnish Musical Treat
When you go to hear the Constabu-