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Show 1 W -w 1 AMI ar.MF.MTS. The Katie Km melt Company at the Orand Tomorrow Kirenliif. The San Francisco F.xiuiilner ay: Witnessing the ''Waifs of New York," which opened at the Alon.ar lat night, Is like living over again, for a cotipln of hours, days that were gone Ivvmity "yours Mgo.'when pieces of this sort were "at tho height of their popularity and perfection. Thu "Waifs of New York" is an old fashioned melodrama of the very best character, popular 80 years nifo. There Is nothing lilood curdling about It, but the complicated tale of the waifs is unraveled so rapidly ami skillfully skill-fully that the Interest In the piece never Hug's. The company, taken as a whole, Is above the average. The people aro all now to this eoivet, except Hoi It t 'rune and (ieorge Thompson. Miss Katie Emmett as Willie Unfits, a bootblack, has the loading role, which she plavs extremely well. La Petite Llllle ns Little Lit-tle Gertie, a waif, is as cute as she Is diminutive. Not the least intonating feature of the pbiy Is the scenery, w hich Is entirely new and very realistic. |