The San Francisco call., 1910-12-26
ORPHEUM ROAD
SHOW The BEST
0leyer Performances at Popular
Playhouse Add to HOIi-
day Cheer
FLETCHER in Sherlock Holmes
Stunt Among the Stars
on the Bill
By WALTER ANTHONY

me Orpheum road show is a regular
,'-1-slmas present It adds 10 the hoI-
cay cheer. It is the hest road sbo,y
mar has come over the circuit. There
-sA I a dun nor a poor act on it. and
"a arrangement it supplies contrast and
tehcs variety TO itself.
iy one act is held over from last
week program. and that is furnished
joe jackson, the tramp cycIist who
ias an unusual gift for clowning. He
sine program on its way. bat he
shouldn't be overlooked in the scramble
for seats.
ei-ihgton Cross and Miss Lois Jo-
sephine have a mixture called Diving
~ act which contains a little Of bur
-esque. little Of straight comedy.
'lle excellent dancing and good sing
Charles Leonard Fletcher. in an
MAJ and unethical sketch. does a
1, -olh holmes stunt. only in the
l9e cool, calculating chan is not
eelsclFe, but burglar-and he is
~ burglar. You positively work up
o-i-ilIatlon for this gentIemanly sec
pAu story worker and feel you'd like
20 know him better. The sketch is
lnsenioUsly 20 worked out. even though
.Le ponce are foiled and you feel that
.e ends Of justice are not entirely
co The act has several
enliils Ia II, but should start going a
leW minutes quicker.
GOOD FOR 4 LAUGH
Mae Melville. stumpy and dummy. and
teo9 9ert 1iggins. long and Iankv. are
Daeh again in the same act that they
e7 us year ago. 1t is stiu funny
'tao All the time you are picking on
me- as spoken by the abused mascu-
tlne member Of the duo is good for a
ia0gh any time The act is injured by
some coarse songs, which add nothing
70 tne humor Of the presentation. but
@hldgonlze those who do not like
tenoerloln' 6itties in the theater.
ne lady is funny enough without re-
soFung 10 rank suggestiveness in
verse.
Howard breaks the record for long
ana snort distance ventriloouism If
you don like ventriloouists any more
near Howard. lie and his manikins
are funny.
In the act supplied by Charles and
taenrF Rigoletto the Orpheum furnishes
2 complete vaudeville bill. These two
marVets DO everything equally well
from toying with musical instruments
70 pulling strong arm stunts and aero
natlc operations Of extreme hazard
They are magicians wit hthe best.
athletes with the best. gymnasts with
the best, 5ugglers with the best and
aerial artists with the best They are
the versatile fellows of vaudeville The
audience yesterday afternoon cheered
them al the conclusion Of hair rails
INF feat on a balanced ladder Of steel
poised 20 feet above the stage.
QUIGLEY IN HARD PLACE
felt-sorrv for the ouigIey brothers
who came next They are in q hard
place on the bin. following the Rige-
lettes. But they pulled OUT success
fully ia spite OF their handicap by a
somewhat boistrous but harulessIy
hilarious act OF singing and chattering
They breeze by" nicely.
Last comes La Pia in a dancing spe-
clally- 1t is spectaculsrly beautiful
though there isn't much dancing TO it.
The young woman. who is singularly
beautiful, appears in four spectacles
Of which two. the dance OF fire" and
"the sea nymph" are especially beauti-
ful. In the latter scene she is tossed
about in the waves which seem 10
dash up to the footlights and is swal-
lowed up. finally sinking from sight in
a wilderness Of green waters. It is a
beautiful number and new.
The road show is not only the best
road show that the Orpheum has
ever sent to this city. but it is one of
the best performances the local yaude-
vile house has yet presented.