The San Francisco call., 1910-07-25
William Desmond in ''Mizpdh' at the
Princess theater.

black tights were not donned for the
fell purpose of deception, but in the
cause of art. In the Wilde'S concoc-
tion which Edwards Davis expounds in
his number on the program there is
a line about a perfect woman. All,
a perfect woman, because she can not
speak, says the cynic.
Miss Kellermann can speak, though
her act does not contain any lines; She
painted out a breathless Thank YOU
to the vociferous applause that greeted
her splash on the Orpheum stage. She
can be a perfect woman and still
speak.
There is a value in the Kellermann
act at the Orpheum this week. 1t is
delight to see the grace. the supple
ness, the 1.-THE spring through the air,
the face laughing among the waters,
the untrammeled poise of the girl who
has taken dress reform out Of the re-
formers hands. Her posing on the
springboard, curving through the air,
glistening out of the water, are per-
sonifcations of youth. Miss Keller
mann is a nymph, and is undoubtedly
a daughter of Neptune and Venus. The
Orpheum management must have
caught her with mermaid net. 1t
was good catch.
AS for the skill required in her act
of diving, that is probably very great,
but why bother about the skill of a
water nymph any more than analyze
the lark's note?
To prove thatshe can get out of her
element at times and enjoy the sports
of mortals, Miss Kellermann plays a
game of "diabolo," which is very in
teresting and must be exciting for the
musicians, over whose devoted heads
she spins her diabolo
GOOD NEW NUMBERS
Coming out Of the realm of myth
ology, there are some new mortais on
the Orpheum bill this week who may
be mentioned in the same column with
the nymph. Clifford and Burke, burnt
cork comedians, got away with their
songs and dances and nonsense Jokes
with popularity. Their act is amusing.
The four Cliftons, models of physical
culture are all that. They have about
the most cultured physiques that have
shown swollen biceps at the Orpheum
for some time. The strongest of them
has an entertining way of supporting
his three colleagues on his anatomy.
He could support a large family easily.
Harry Atkinson, another of the new
comers, gives a novel act of initiating
musical instruments. He does it all by
his vocal chords, and wears no mus
tache to deceive you, Particularly good
are his limitations of a harp, a banjo
and scornet.
Edwards Davis and the handsome
Adele Blood still twitter Oscar WILDE S
epigrams in the violet lighted sketch,
The Picture of Dorian Gray" The
Imperial Musicians are working Is
hard as ever to amuse, and succeed
Professor ApdaIe's geological circus
exploits some well trained animals. and
James Thornton, ever popular, has a
fresh line of monologue that is new
and funny. Travel and fiction alter
nate on the motion picture program.
"Mizpah" at Princess
Mordecai was the author of the book
of Esther, according to the foot notes
in the family bible, and so he made
his niece, Esther, a most delightful
young woman, while her predecessor in
the favor of King Ahasuerus, Queen
Vashti, was lady of proud and re-
bellious temperament. Thus have they
been translated into the play .Mizpah
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox and the late
Luscombe Searelle, which was pre-
sented at the Princess theater yester-
day by the L. r. Stockwell company OF
! players
| But Mordecai was a greater literary
man than either Mrs. Wilcox or Scar