Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-29
ADJUSTMENTS,
Good Audiences Frequenting Both Play
Houses this Week.

Houses this week.
At the Los Angeles theater last night
a very good audience assembled to wit
ness the production of Renee de Moray
by Miss Morris. 1t is the second pro-
duction OF this French play here. 1t
calls out all the strongest elements OF
Miss Morris's genius, and was greatly
enjoyed by the audience. There will be
a Camille matinee at the house this
afternoon, and the season will close
tonight with Renee de Moray again.
At the Grand the clever Trans-Atlan-
tiques are holding their own. The or
phans of the Catholic and Protestant
asylums will be present by special in
vitation at this house at the matinee
this afternoon. The season closes to-
night.
Next Week
Talking to George w. Lederer, one OF
the proprietors of the Williams U and l
company, last week, he incidentally re-
lated how farce companies received their
titles by chance, as in the case Of U and
|, an odd name for the play, by the way.
1t seems that one day last spring, before
the play was written, New York man.
ager came into the office of w. w. Ran
DALI the booking agent of that city, to
discuss some bookings for his theater in
Harlem. This manager, by the way.
had a tremendous antipathy to playing
pieces with idiotic titles, as he termed
it. The Brass Monkey was suggested to
him as good attraction among others.
What" says he, ''no piece with title
like that can play in my theater." Then
Williams and Kelly were suggested
among others. "What is the title of
their play ?" asked the manager of Ran
dali, who by this time was busily engaged
in writing at his desk. Mr.. Randall did
not know, and of course not answering
was again importuned by the manager,
and the former, without giving it
thought, simply answered: 80, l don't
know; U and l, guess, or some such
title" The manager appeared pleased
with the name, and was willing to book
it at once. He was then directed into
Mr.. Lederel's Office, which was adjoin-
ing, and said "Well, how about U and
I?' Mr.. Lederer, who had previously
had some words with the manager,
owing to his peculiar methods, in bluff
way answered: 80, we are all right, l
guess; some day when you are willing
w Vain DuolllCSS OIl DuSlllSES DtElS VIC
will do business together" Eyes, but
1 want to book it, q and - answered
the manager. Lederer was nonplussed,
and asked him what he was talking
about. He continued to say U and l,
and after considerable wrangling,
said: "Why, Williams and Kelly's new
piece, of course" Randall here inter-
rupted, and amid convulsive laughter
explained the suggestion and then and
there the play was christened U and l.
Very catchy title, indeed. The play
will appear at the Grand next week.
AT the Los Angeles next week Profess
sor Gentry's trained dogs and horses
will appear. The San Francisco Chron-
icle speaks very kindly of the play. 1t
says:
The performances Of the little ponies
and dogs defy adverse criticism; their
every acti on was simply wonderful, and
not to be expected even after the strict
treatment they must necessarily have
been subjected to in order to produce
such marvellous results. The manner
in which the ponies performed their
drill spoke volumes for theirintelligence,
at the same time proving that Professor
Gentry is master IN the art of training
animals. Every dog and every pony
performed its part to perfection, but
few of them are worthy of particular
mention. The Two Shetlands, Romeo
and Juliet, marched, counter-marched
wheeled, marched backwards, waltzed
and walked on their hind legs by word
of command, in a manner so wonderful
and surprising that the audience was
lost in admiration of their performances.
Had the performers been human they
could not have obeyed the commands
more promptly or executed the many
difficult movements with greater pre-
cision. Romeo and Juliet are certainly
the great and shining lights in the pro-
fessiOn of canine actors.