Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-31
works with clock-like precision and mar

works with clock-llke precision and mar
velous rapidity.
During the scene which followed in
the Black Crooks laboratory there is a
good deal Of thunder and lightning.
"You have pretty good climate
here, "but you can't make your weather
to order as we do" He pointed to q
piece of sheet-iron shaped something
like q fish and about four feet long,
which hung down among the flies.
"That is the thunder sheet"
Just then Mr.. Bartholomew, who plays
"Puffer Krantz," and who was standing
near, seized the end of the sheet and
jerked out enough thunder to sour all the
milk within a radius of mile. At the
same time two or three devils blew
on their torches and cast tongues
of flame upon the stage. The stove from
which the flame burns 30 brightly had a
man concealed in the inner depths, who
at the right time reused the fire to ac-
ton. He presently disappeared down a
trap, at the same time with the tables
and other furniture of the room, to make
way for the next scene.
In the meantime the ballet corps had
gone below and now appeared dressed as
witches and ghosts, and with them was
a respectable contingent of devils, skele-
tons, gnomes and other bad characters.
"Say," said witch to a skeleton dis
playing fine German accent in her
speech, ''this is queer place do you
know. l saw straw berries in market
yesterday, like summer"
"What CO." said the skeleton, lick
ing his bony chops.
"This place has the best climate ever
struck" remarked devil, out of whose
Uranium the flames of hell we're burst.
ing "neither too hot nor too cold"
"I wish I could get more chance to go
out and see the city," said a ghost. 81
hardly walked about any,"
"Stop your racket "squealed a gnome.
"We'n all get fined"
Just then there was a tremendous
burst of unearthly music and the whole
ghastly crew rushed upon the stage to
be present in the "Grand Tableau
Internal"
"Now for a quick change" cried the
girls, and they bolted down the stairs to
the dressing-room. In few minutes
they reappeared, dressed as fairies for
the grotto scene. The swiftest and most
complete change Of scenery of the entire
programme then took place, and almost
before Mr.. Kahn had time to call atten-
ton to what WAS being done, the trans
formation was accomplished. 1t all
seems like tie most frightful confusion
it is the most perfect discipline.
"I haven't been with the company very
long," said Mr.. A. G. Smith, who plays
Rudolph" "but everything appears to
me to go with unusual smoothness.
There are never any bitches or anything
that is unpleasant. Yes, Los Angeles
has the reputation of being good show
town, I believe, and the people are lucky
to have such a pretty and commodious
thea1er."
The third and fourth acts are chiefly
specialties, and except for the pretty
Transformation scene with which the
piece closes there are no changes of i'm
portance in the last act. After trip be-
low stairs, whittier the unfortunate
"Black Crook" is lowered on a trap-door
from the scene in Hades, the reporter
took his eparture with much clearer
idea as to how the effects which were to
be witnessed from the other side of the
footlights were produced, and convinced
that actors and managers were an un-
usually agreeable class of people.