The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-13
ZULU CHASER SCORES BIG HIT
|Stars at Orpheum in First Love Operetta|
Clever Vaudeville Actress
Has Pleasing
Curgle

Lulu Giaser is a famous coincidence
and she's made Broadway hold its
sides these many seasons with her
ready wit, her sprightly manner and
her winsome personality. When you
are told that Miss CHASER is to appear
IN anything you can bank on il that
you'll see something worth while Her
name stands for comedy. SO her little
operetta, First Love- went with a
dash at the Orpehum yesterday after
noon, and she lived UP TO, or little
beyond her reputation. First Love
hasn't much of a plot A vehicle
needn't have mu,h plot. however,
when Miss Chaser appears as the lead
Ing genius. Neither has First Love"
much music But ii gives the come
dienne splendid opportunity to dis
play her art and her fetching ways
In other words, she is the whole
show, unless one may except the
handsome captain. her partner in the
playlet. His clear tenor voice and
soldierly bearing, combined with a
stunning uniform. won him many
friends. especially among the dansels.
Miss CHASER, as Elaine Hampton,
breezes upon the stage and the audi
ence capitulates imm ediately- She has
such an infectious ehuckle and such
free nd easy style of saying things.
it's no wonder she brings laughs. She
plays the part of q waitress just TO
see il the man she is engaged to, who
is the handsome captain. really loves
her. OF course he is ignorant of her
identity. Also, ii seems natural that
he should fall in love with her and
propose an elopement. The wait
ress" gets insulted but not until she
ha~ orf cd
And Then You Kiss, Kiss, Kiss,
which brought down the house. Then
she leaves the despairing captain and
goes home to change her clothes
Next time she arrives on the stage
she is really Miss Hampton. Our cap
tain gets the mitten. He is too free
in his love TO suit our heroine. But
with his sword, never yet stained by
anything worse than blood. he swears
eternal fidelity. So he is forgiven.
Tom Richarls plays the role Of Cap
tain Burnham, with William Chaser
as his uncle, General Burnham.
"a Night on the Boulevard" is the
title of a pleasing comedy presented
by the Langdons, Rose, Harry and
Tully Some good scenery and some
clever acting on the part of Harry
Langdon kept the act in the good
graces of the audience. An almost
real automobile is the setting Tor the
piaylet and origina. witticisims keeps
things moving
Those black faced comedians, .Swor
and Mack. do some realistic impress
sions of southern negroes.
Emily Darrell and Charley Conway
present novel comedy called Be
hind the Scenes" Both are clever and
their act is typicaily vaudeville.
Emily Darrell brings forth a dog. a
fine brindle pup. and the dog made
hit So did Miss Darrell
Trained cats. dogs, pigeons and
pink eyed rabbit, composing Klut-
ing's entertainers. furnish bit OF
genuine amusement. The dog hops
over hurdles. So does the rabbit.
while the eats make some fancy
jumps at basket suspended in mid
air. The audience thought the cats
couldn't do the trick, and that's where
it was agreeably surprised.
Charlotte Parry. the protean ac
tress playing Into the Light; Maude
Lambert and Ernest Ball IN some
classy songs. and Ed Wynn and COM
pany in The Kings Jester comprise
the follower numbers. Some good
moving pictures of current events and
a reel showing the celebration in
Union square of the blowing up of the
Gamboa dixie conclude the program.