San Francisco dramatic review (1899)

May 5, 1900 THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW TTze Orpheum ""The Orpheum has set such a high * standard that once in a while it finds itself impossible to find talent to live up to its reputation. This week it has found the talent and a way-up bill is the result, and the star of the program is a San Francisco girl, Etta Butler, with hardly a year's actual stage experience. Rae and Broche, opera proceedings, presenting a lively skit, Too Much Woman. It goes well. Then Mildred Stoller does some entertaining comedy work. Bouman and Adelle, succeed the handsome Stoller with some entertaining sketch work. Digby Bell, who used to be known in comic opera and as a baseball crank, but who has for a long time now not seen a game, sang and talked. He sang much better than he talked, for he is not an unctious comedian. Etta Butler's clever mimicry met with great approval and applause and while much of her work could not be judged in detail, because many of her subjects, such as Mrs. Fiske and Olga Nethersole have not been seen out here yet, and artistic quality and innate cleverness was in them all. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sidman, presented a little pastoral sketch, A Bit of Real Life, and they gave it delightfully. Little Fred and his dogs were marvelously entertaining — the best yet — and the brothers Forrest, musical clowns and Mile. Proto, spectacular dancer, were good representatives of their lines of work. The audiences have been big all week. The Olympta '"Phis music hall is showing some * good things in the music line this week. The Hungarian Orchestra, under the direction of Isidore Fenster, the famous violinist, have an excellent repertoire ; among the best perhaps is Auber's Overture, The Mute of Portici. It's Gertie Harrington, the celebrated banjo queen's first appearance and re-appearance of Maurice Montague, dramatic tenor; both are well received. The Black Bartons are a great success anywhere ; their coon-town songs and dancing are always very fetching. Mile. Thelma is still a star attraction. The holdovers, Mills, Getchell, Darrell, Ward, Winfield and Sullivan and Cummings are doing good vaudeville work. The Chutes HThe Chutes presents several new novelties this week. The Fairbanks Brothers score a hit with their juggling and club swinging. Mabel Le Clair, an operatic songstress late of the De Wolf Hopper Company, gives some pleasing selections very artistically. The Leons, with their flying trapeze act, are as good as we have seen for many a day. Evans and Maitland bring down the house with their new Irish sketch Jones, Davis and Heard, the Criterion trio, are great with their coon songs. Alice Raymond's cornet solos still edify the crowd, and the Davenport Sisters are greeted with applause for their buck and wing dancing. New moving pictures complete a good performance. Ella Burt shoots the chutes day and night. Amateur night was a howling success. The Oberon The Oberon has an excellent show ' on this week. The American Ladies' Orchestra under the affable leader, Louis N. Ritzau, have some particularly good music this week, Conrad's Overture, Berlin Wie es Weint and Lacht, deserving especial mention. The beautiful Salvini gives some choice operatic selections. The Keesings add to the ensemble with their charming vocal selections, solos and duos; excellent voices both. Miss Blanche Reynolds bold handling of the trombone is a pleasure to her friends and the audience, but Mile. Atlantis with her wonderful skirt dancing on the revolving globe is just what the program says — a Terpsichorean Artist Supreme, and she is adding laurels nightly to her crown. Fischer s Concert House This attractive Music Hall is deservedly well patronized. It's such a beautiful place, the ladies say. Hinrich's Orchestra is a drawing-card. The high class of music that they are giving each week is attracting considerable attention, and many of our best musical people have been numbered among the visitors recently. August Hinrichs has given some glorious violin solos for which he receives an ovation each evening. Mr. John Kurkamp sings very acceptably, She and I Together; also My Dream of You. Mme. Lillian Walther adds much to this week's program with her sweet voice, singing For the Sake of the Past, and Kerry Dance. Pollettini, a solo from Carman; Badaracco and Barducci, a duo from Ruy Bias; Vargas and Pollettini, the jolly Umbrella duo, and the second act from Traviata is repeated this week. One of the striking scenes in the Great Diamond Robbery at the Alcazar next week will be the interior of the Hoffman Cafe. 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