The San Francisco call., 1910-02-07
ORPHEUM PRESENTS
AN ENJOYABLE BILL
SeIdOm's Venus Is Shown With
New Poses of Human Form
Divine
Julius Steger Revives "The Fifth
Commandment" and Flute
VirtuOsO Is Charming

They altered the order of the pro-
gram at the Orpheum yesterday even
ing with considerable advantage, for a
.hoosier" act was thus passed over
easily while the audience was seating
themselves unmindful OF the advantage
that aCcrues sometimes to tardineSs
Jumping into the bin knee deep, so TO
say. and overlooking the first act, the
rest was pleasant, enjoyable. profit
able or exciting.
Miss Kate Wilson and Gus Cohan
are clever comedians enough. but they
need anothr skit. The HOosier Girl
IFS poor comedy picldngs What it
needs is the hook Miss Watson's gifts
~ humor are broad and abundantly
obvious. but numerous. She has
way OF her own that would make her
unique iu q skit that was built instead
OF one that Just happened 1t stands
as Il useless encumbrance TO her songs
and mon0Iogues and to Cohan's dane
ing.
CHASTELY SENSATIONAL ACT
SeIdom's Venus is a chastely sensa-
lioull act II has been seen at the
Orpheum before. but there are new
poses added and The lighting and
grouping are even better than before
] question the propriety of the NOV
INK statue" where Galatea comes to
life. but otherwise the presentation
was beautiful exhibition of the hu-
man form deVine, and the models-the
men and the woman perfect specimens
of physical development, strength and
grace.
julius StegeT changes his playlet this
week i'm accordance with a general dis
position to give the people what they
want when they want the best. /
mean that Steger is again playing The
Fifth Comma ndment," which is 4 gem
OF vaudeville acts. It. alone, would
make any vaudeville performance
worth seiuE. In this sketch Steger
lives 10 the last gesture and jntonation
the character Of the woe stricken mu-
sican whose life has been wrecked,
but who hnds, after is years. his hap
piness again. Its pretty reliance on
our sentiment and its assurance in Civ
ing us. without self-confidence, the
simple and the pretty, are circum-
stances TO endear The Fifth Com
msndment" at once 10 the blase the
atergoer and TO the casual sitter in the
playhouse. Steger still possesses voice
10 sing Castles in the Air with con
summate effect. The harp playing by
John Romano remains a lovely interval
in the sketch.
FLUTE PLAYER 4 MARVEL
Nine. Panita is flute virtuoso. Usu-
ally T fear the instrumental genius
when he seeks his audience in vaude-
VILE In this case, fears are ground
Jess. Nine. Panita is flute player
10 make Ihe nightingale jealous. Her
mastery Of the instrument is entirely
unusual. Her tone is mellow and sure.
and her execution is a marvel to he
appreciated only by those who know
the difficulties which she surmounts
with exquisite ease.
The five Mowatts are club virtuosi,
only their work is noiseless. If it
were not for the program you would
be i'm doubt how many Mowatts there
are. You viii never determine how
many Indian clubs they fling. They
nv from all angles. around one anoth-
er's ears. gyrating dangerously near
wei balanced heads. and they make
fiery colored streaks through the air.
The Mowatts' act is above the average
of its kind.
Arthur Whitelaw. the Irish-Ameri-
can. does not prove professionally bet
ter on second acquaintance. The best
thing in his monOlogue is his recita
tion. The Top o. the Mornin-" This is
his last week. as well as the KOuntry
kids" and Prato with his Simian cir
Gus.