The San Francisco call., 1910-03-07
REAL "fiEADLINfRS"
ALL OVER The BILL
Orpteum Presents Varied Pro
gram That Pleases People
by General Excellence

1t would take critic of more than
ordinary discernment to pick the head
line act this week in the Orpheum bill
The various sizes of type used by the
ad man for bill posting purposes form
no criterion for the real headline work
is scattered impartially through near
ly every act of the program.
Charlene and Charlene Lily and
Charles, billed for "a drawing room
entertainment" of juggling and other
things, came very close for a few
minutes yesterday afternoon to spoil
ing the charm of general excellence
The latter's juggling was dexterous and
entertaining, but Miss Lily's singing
and dancing which accompanied it was
of nature to cause nervousness and
symptoms of chill. Then, as If to chide
the audience for lack of Appreciation
she brought the number to a close
with xylophone solo that won her
the biggest individual honors of the
day, for the applause she received did
not cease during the whole time of
moving picture number which fol-
lowed Charles finally was forced to
appear and explain that Miss Lily was
unprepared for the encore. Miss Lily
should learn more xylophone solos and
leave the singing and dancing to some
one else
sKIT ABOVE THE AVERAGE
Lottie Williams and company gave
an excellent one act play, "On Stony
Ground which is far above the aver
age of vaudeville acts of it's kind Miss
Williams ability to touch the heart
strings with her portrayal of the part
of the little hash singer" in slum
restaurant of New Yorks East Side
gives the playlet it's success for the
story it tells is a simple one. entirely
lacking in most of the dramatic ~ele-
ments. That Miss Williams is a ia
vorite in San Francisco was evidenced
by the number of flowers she received
in answering her curtain calls
Mank's "alI star trio" introduces a
real live worlds champion, a past
champion and bidder for champion
ship honors in the billiard game The
act consists of an exhibition of fancy
billiard shots by Harry p Cline, Cal
vim w. Demarest and Albert G. Cut
Ter. The table top is displayed by a
clever arrangement of mirrors, and
the billiardists perform some amazing
feats, though the exhibition is not like
ly to appeal strongly to those without
some technical knowledge of the game
FUNNY CYCLING STUNTS
Charles Ahearn's troupe of cycling
comedians has the last place on the
program, and Tor all around nOnSenSi-
cal foolishness, coupled with display
of skill. deserves to rank with George
Felix and Lydia Barry's skit,~"The Boy
Next Door" which is among the best
of the holdover numbers.
The cyclists, in grotesque makeup
except for the one woman of the COM
pany, who is quite pleasing without
it-ride the most amazing collection
of wheels, pieces of wheels and col
lections of movable junk imaginable
The act concludes with burlesque, in
which one, of the riders, paced by a
real motorcycle. breaks the worlds
mile bicycle record in thrilling fashion
in something under 13 seconds
In~addition to the Felix Barry skit,
the holdover numbers include Winona
Winter, .the little cheerup girl" Clara
Belle Jerome and her eight dancing
..Toodles'' and Earle Reynolds and Nell
lie Donegan in their roller dancing
all of whom were among the leaders
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