The herald., 1893-12-10
Announcements.

The Laughing Gill, new comedy. by
Mrs. d. f. Verdenal, in which Miss
Clara Lipman and Mr.. Louis Mann will
play the leading roles, will open at the
Los Angeles thester for three nights,
commencing Monday, December 11th.
Ic tells in q comedy vein pretty love
story.
Professor Rudolph Hausemann, an
eccentric German music composer, has
more genius for harmony than he has
for love-making, loves Gertrude Sanders.
who, by constant association with an
indulgent father, has become self
reliant, and adept at athletic sports,
which forms striking contrast to her
womanly, loving nature Hsusemann
loves Gertrude with such intense devo.
ton, that, when he is in her presence
he becomes almost Hpeechless with
nervous diffidence, consequently his
attempts to declare his love are fruitless.
Dick Westhrop, who has more genius
for love-making than he has for har-
mony, being recognized lady's man,
knowing Hauseman's dilemma, offers to
propose to Gertrude for Hausemann.
The faint-hearted little musician accepts
the offer. Gertrude loves Hausemann
for his poetic temperament and musical
genius, case where ''extremee meet, 4"
and she has a thorough contempt for
Westhrop. In the course of the proxy
proposal, Gertrude thinks that Westhrop
is carrying the flirtatation to extremes,
and determines to show him thst two
can play at this little game OF Cupid's
archery accordingly she leads him in,
until Westhrop becomes infatuated and
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which she does in state of bravado.
Hausemann appears timidlY upon the
scene in obedience to Westhrop's sug-
gestion to receive the signal of his
(Hauseman's) acceptance by Gertrude
from her own hands, mistakes one of
her gestures for the coveted signal, and
retires, unobserved by the other charac-
ters, in an ecstatic state of belief that
he is to be the happy bridegroom. From
this Misunderstanding arise many COM
edh situations, the play being strength
ened by sub-plots and strong character
studies.
Director Cooper of the Burbank thea
ter announces grand spectacular pro-
duction OF the elder Dumas Monte Cristo
for the week commencing Monday even
Ing AAO ihNOiit0 yOuuk hCtOT, OEfIell
Vinton, will appear in the title role,
with George Woodthorpe, Alice Mott,
Charles j. Edmonds, Hal De Forrest,
Arther G. Sutherland, Gerald Ryly and
the entire company in support. The
play will be magnihcently staged. Won
derful electrical and mechanical effects
will be introduced. The admission at
the Burbank is trifing, but there is
nothing cheap about the way the plays
are put upon the stage. 1t is the aim
and ambition of the director to make it
the popular family resort of the city.
The dramas are always well played, the
scenery and stage effects are always OF
the best, and the people of Los Angeles
have frequently paid five times the
prices charged at the Burbank to see no
better and sometimes far worse per-
formance. Monte Cristo will run the
entire week, with matinee OH Saturday.
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A grand concert will be given at the
Y. M. O. A. auditorium on the evening
of Tuesday, December 18th, under the
able supervision of Miss Helen Mar
Bennett, the celebrated eocutionist.
and Prof. n. s. Arevelo, assisted by the
following well-known artists: Minses
Helen and Bertha Roth, sopranos; Miss
Maude Priest. contralto; Mrs. M. De
Los Reyes Prescott, mezzo; J. ID. Brer-