The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-29


for tonight and the balance of the
week is Little Women" How strange
it will seem to see Meg and 10 and
Beth and Amy, and all the other dear.
delightful characters of Louisa NJ. AL
colts undying story actually brought
to life before tht footlights. To those
who are familiars with the book little
need be said, as they well know the
many beautiful contrasts of humor
and pathos of the story. 1t is a tran
script from more fragrant age
X X X
May Irwin, with her keen express
sion of comedy and her breezy, mirth-
full personality, has another week to
play in her engagement in Widow
by Proxy" at the Columbia theater.
The final week begins with tonight's
performance
Miss Irwin has demonstrated again
in this most numerous performance
that she Is still the foremost come
dienne of the stage.
Matinees during the current week
will be given on Wednesday and Sat
urday. The final performance will be
given Saturday night
'Kismet,'' in which Otis Skinner has
triumphed SO notably, will be the at
traction at the Columbia theater, COM
mencing Monday, January IL.
X X
The Empress bill this week is an
other one of those whirIwind snappy
shows, replete with comedy, good
music and surprises. The big feature
is "A Night at the Bath a scream
ingly funny comedy, with nine men.
The scene is the cooling room of a
Turkish bathhouse. The different
patrons are grouped about the room
waiting for their various treatments.
portly and bibulous drummer on his
rambles the night before annexed two
brakemen and brought them to the
bathhouse with him. A heap of comedy
and some good eccentric dancing is
furnished by the two brakemen, Baker
and Wright. Katie Sandwina, the Her
culean Venus. and her company pre-
scented a sensational and novel offer
ing, opening with a few poses of Lib
erty, Justice. Columbia and Germany
Sandwina introduces many feats OF
strength, one of which is swinging
Lew Wells, monologist; Mond and
Sale, in singing and dancing act;
Darcy and Williams. character sing
ers, and Willisch, a testing juggler.
complete the bill.
Powers big elephant act from the
New York hippodrome is the big noise
on the new bill which opened at the
Pantages yesterday. There are four
elephants. with Baby Nine" cute
the little folks. as the star of the
troupe. The beasts are remarkably
well trained. Seven accordion play
ers from North Beach created a
small sized riot of applause with their
rollicking selections of popular rag
time numbers. Billy Link and Bios
som Robinson have nifty little sing
ing and talking skit. The Demi-
strescu trio of horizontal bar athletes
have a routine of daring stunts. Dor
othy Lyons and company show the
troubles of a pair of newlyweds in
"A Modern Ananias." Otto brothers,
eccentric dialect comedians. and Ben
son and Bell, character singers and
dancers, rounded out the vaudeville
program. The current movies are
Interesting and show Mayor Roiph
and the Hetch Hetchy delegation re-
turning from Washington.
X
The greatest musical laughing show
in the city is what the management
claims for THE Girl at the Gate" with
Irene Franklin. at the Gaiety. To
Judge by the crowds that filed the
theater during the Christmas season
and tho enthusiasm with which they
greeted the new and revised version
of this frolicsome entertainment the
claim seems fair, at any rate. 1t must
cheerfully be conceded that the O'Far-
rell street house never let's the grass
grow under its feet.