The San Francisco call., 1910-10-10
Volcanic Temperament Is
Hit Of Excellent
Vaudeville Bill

Joseph Adelmann is of temperament
volcanic. You would not expect it
from the name, but he is a regular
of expression is the xXlophone, which
he tears at or caresses, strokes like De
Pachmann does the keys of his grand
piona, or pounds with the resounding
thumps of Paderewski. Beside him.
on either hand, is his family, two de-
mure sweet hammered girls, too young
to be out so late and as they tap their
own xylophones with dainty but un-
erring strokes they keep one eye on
father, who leads like Mascagni, and
the other eye on the audience, recent
ing expressions of nirth at daddy S
antics. They finish a grand American
fantasia, which mingles The Rosary,
'Di-ie,"t and Yankee Doodle" with
shots fired by mother waiting in the
wings, and as father wipes his tenn
peramental brow they courtsy sweetly
while father "shoos'' them off proudly
Amongst the four new acts l found this
trio of xylophone tormentors the most
snga ging, exhilerating and surprising.
1t is not that they play so wonderfully,
but because they are SO steadfastly
serious and father is SO temperamenta1.
Kreislef could not caress his Cremona
more s6othingly than Adelmann taps
out with his sticks Tytls sweet Ser
enade' nor could Wagner come to
life carry his great orchestra along
with more rapture than Adelmann
assumes as he urges his pretty blonde
daughters to the grand American fan
tasia.
This was at the Orpheum last night,
where also the six Abdallahs appeared
the Abdallahs have carried twirling
and hald leaping and dizzy cartwheel-
ing to the limit of speed. If they went
any faster their revolutions would be
too quick for the eye to catch. They
close the bill with bang.
Miss Louise Meyers is the maid In a
sketch called "A Little OF Everything"
which applies more particularly or ex-
actly to the maid than to the others
in the playlet The mistress sings in
differently and with painful effort and
is not pleasing to hear, and Jack, the
sweetheart does not prove his right
to travel in the maids swift company.
She is the funniest little mite that we
have seen for a long time, and carries
skit and companions with her to sue
cessful finish. When she leaves it, "A
Little of Everything" with be nothing.
Hal stephens has a well staged act
and appears surrounded Dy costly SCeH-
cry. He gives four representations.
Shylock, Uncle Tom, Rip Van Wrinkle,
before and after his nap, and the devil
in Faust" While the scenery is being
shifted Mr.. Stephens makes up and ex-
plains the art of stage characterization.
He becomes Shylock before your eyes.
The transition is interesting. 1t would
be funny. but obviously true. to say
he's not great Shylock. But he's a
good Uncle Tom. better Rip and his
devil is red and black against a lurid
sky of fire and birthstone. The act is
good.
Maurice Freemans act. "Tony and
the Stork," went we'll last night, but
is too artificial to bear rehearsing with
pleasure Work and Over stand their
second week easily. Their tumbling
is grotesque and exciting. The Neaapol-
itans open the bill and are no better
than they were last week, which is
why they begin te program. They do
not meet Orpheum requirements The
statement made last week that Rock
and Fulton are the cleverest duo of
character dancers we have seen, stands.
In their comedy dancing and in their
tragic pantimimic dancing they have
set pace that will make imitation
impossible.