Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-11
NEW ORPHEUM BILL HAS
SEVERAL WORTHY TURNS

Twenty-Five minutes of satirica1 run,
twenty minutes of mysterious magic,
which Is not magic at all but tricky
application OF science, twenty-five or
more minutes of protean efforts and
twenty-odd minutes of acrobatlc
comedy diversion are the new ofrerings
at the Orpheum this week. OF course
there are new motion pictures, three
sets of them, which is just one too
many And the acts run in worth as
they have been named.
The satirical fun is furnished by a
travesty on malefactors of great wealth
while incarcerated in a bastile and Is
entitled High Life in Jail" In view
of the fact that recently certain pluto
Gratis of the San Francisco ring of
alleged grafters and bribe-gtvers Wined
and dined to their hearts content while
serving a short term for insulting an
eminent jurist, the act is made all the
more effective for Los Angeles citizens.
In San Francisco High Life in JaiP'
must have been riot because II
struck home with such telling force,
Rameses, who styles himself the
Tgyptian wonder" but who probably
was born in Hester street, is master
at deception. He apparently makes girls
appear in cabinets which were empty
but a moment before, causes woman
to disappear in flames and then sud-
denly appear again in the auditorium
of the theater, makes real flowers grow
under a handkerchief and boils two
eggs into two pigeons. OF course every
trick is an illusion of some sort, but
that 4oes not matter. The wonder or
II all is, how does he do 1t? He mystl-
fies and thereby entertains, which Is
the sole purpose of his act.
Seven characters are assumed by
Zellah Covington and Rose Wilbur in
presenting their comedy entitled "The
Parsonage" q sketch with some pre-
tentions as to plot and scenery. Mr..
Covington appears several times in
each of the characters he assumes, as
does Miss Wilbur The changes are
made in record time and with careful
attention to detail. The act is one of
the best of it's kind.
The four Rainos have been seen here
before in their novel acrobatic act
entitled an Africa" Comedy, skill
and muscle go to make up the diver
sion.
Holding over are the Jack Artois
duo, comedy bar gymuasts, who re-
peat their success of last week, the
Bison City four, close harmony singers,
who score heavily, George Anger and
his company in "Jack the Giant Killer
and Bert Kalmar and Jessie Brown,
who get by D. "
"Our New Minister" opened a week. s
engagement at the Majestic last night.
The play will be reviewed in Wednes-
days issue.
An attractive new bill of vaudeville
opened at Pantages' new theater on
South Broadway yesterday afternoon
and served to please large matinee
audience and two packed houses last
night. 1. ,,,
Fither might be the headliner, but the
MANAGEMENT prefers to name the Four
RegaIs as the featured attraction,
while the Six Musical Spillers, a SEX
tet of versatile comedy instrumental
lists, runs a close second.
The former act has a setting In q
village blacksmith shop, and feats or
strength both with the arm and jaw
muscles are shown.
The Spillers open with a saxophone
sextet, followed by a rattling march
on the xylophone. A ragtime specially
on the wooden instruments also scored.
while their final effort, Love Me and
the World Is Nine" played in rag
time on cornets and trombones, Won
them several encores.
Betty Blake burlesqued the English
music hall singer to good effect ana
sang several other English ballads In
q catchy manner.
paris Green, in suit hat, tie, shoes
and gloves of that verdant color, dis
penses song and jest in a hilarious
manner that is catching. His jokes
are new and his songs make hit.
Cameron and Gaylord have sketch
in two scenes which contains the CHIEF
comedy element Of the bill. They are