Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-28
ADJUSTMENTS.

There was quite good house at the
Los Angeles theater last night at the
initial performance of The President, a
three-act comedy by Maraquita B.
Hewitt. The performance was made
more than usually interesting by the
temperance of Miss Charlotte Title,
after long interval. Miss little is very
we'll known to Los Angeles theater 60
ere, with whom she is quite q ia
vorite. The President is a bright,
though improbable little comedy, and
the audience was we'll pleased with it.
The plot is based upon the attempted
arrest OF Mr.. Christopher Crockett, pros
pective president of the Deep Down
Mining company, role acceptably ia
ken by Frank David. He is charged
with embezzlement. With the assist
ance of his wife, Mrs. Helen Crockett,
played by Miss Title, he is disguised as
a servant, while an unsuspecting drum
mer is made to take his place and is kept
under surveillance in Crockett's house
by detective. A great deal of amuse-
must is crealed by the efforts of Mrs.
Crockett to keep the identity of the
drummer unrevealed, and the objections
of Mr.. Crockett to the attempts of the
drummer to take advantage of the situa-
tion by making love to his wife. Mr..
Frank Lane was capital Jack 1nnett,
the drummer. The remainder of the
company is fair, and the play will no
doubt have very good run during its
four nights engagement.
NV
Sol Smith Russell begins his annual
engagement at the Grand opera house
on Thursday evening, when he will ap-
pear in his very successful new play,
Peaceful Valley. Thus far this coined
ian's season has been the most prosper
GUS of all in his career as star. Mr..
Russell is wholesome, clean, as we'll as
very droll and amusing actor. That
one may be funny without becoming
vulgar, that comedy may stop short of
suggestion without loosing zest, and
that it is as easy to evoke laughter with
ont at the same time calling blush
to the cheek are facts in the sphere OF
humor that Mr.. Russell early recog-
nized and has ever respected. A pc
culiar quality of sentiment and pathos
balance in him an oddity of humor. and
endears this gracious comedian to the
patrons so he loses no friends he has
made and steadily gains new ones.
The sale of reserve seats commences
this morning at 10 O'Clock.
&*x
In der Turn-halle des Vereins Ger
mania wurde gestern Abend, ais Benefz-
Vorstellung fuer den Regisseur der Dra-
matischen Section, Herrn j. w. Matusz-
kiewiz, das Volksstueck Die Lieder des
Musikanten gegeben. Dieses St0eck.
Won Rudolf Kneisel, ist zines der
schwierigsten welche noch auf der
Deutschen Buehne dieser Stadt producirt
worden sind. Els war daher fuer die der
Buehne obliegenden Kraefte elm sehr
gewagtes Unternehmen, und i'm Allge-
Imeinen muss man sagen, dass, unter
solchen Umstaenden, der Erfolg elm sehr
lobenswerther war. Was am meisten
bel solchen Gelegenheiten auszusetzen
lst, ist NIGHT vielleicht cine Talentlosig-
keit der Mitwirkenden, sondern der
Leichtsinn NIT welchem die Spieler,
ohne ihre Rollen tuechtig gelernt zu
haben, auftreten. Dieser Fehler, jedoch,
ist gewoehnlich bel Liebhaberbpehnen
zu linden. Gestern Abend war er
besonders bemerkenswerth, ,da sogar der
Herr BenefzianS selber mehrmals sich
auf den Souttleur verlassen musste.
Die Haupt-Anerkennung gebuehrt jeden-
falls dem Herrn Wald, welcher ais
Martin Winter seine frueheren Erfolge
welt uebertraf, und Frau Halmer,
welche sich INNER in Liebhaber- und
Maven Rollen auszeichnet. Herr Ma
tuszkiewiz in seinen Liedern zeigte sich
uebrigens besser ais sogar Won seinen
Freunden erwartet wurde. Die Rollen-
vertheilung war vie folgt:
Martin Winter, elm reicher Bauer. Herr Wald
Erhard, sein 6ohn. 80. Herr Overweg
Jungfer Barbara Wirthschafterin. Frau Wald
Nelke, Amtmann ............H Herr Rohn
Raethe, seine Tochter. Fri Birnbaum
B1rns ell, Elm Paechter. ............ Herr Jahn
Jobst Knechte bel Martin g.. Herr Henry
Conrad winter; Herr Halmer
Lebrecht Winter, elm fahrender Musikant,
Martins Bruder .. .Merr Matus2kiewiz
Christ ne. seine Tochter ......... Frau Halmer
Frau Werner, cine alte Baeuerin. Frau Reuter-
run, elm lnVallde. Herr Reinhart
Ruehaud5a IF{eta1rA