The herald., 1894-12-07
A N u SEM &c n RS.

| Los ANGELES THEATER. Everybody laughed
| at The New Boy last night The play is one o
| those farces which at places are aimed to ris,
| to certain dramatic dignity; while they ar,
| simply farces they are jolly and fill the object
OF their existence, but when the more amb
tious scenes occur they are found to be want
ing. The New Boy also labors under the dis
advantage of being full OF "reminiscences o.
Little Puck, even to the little man who plays
the boy,-Mr. Bert Coote-for the farce is in
some of the business a duplication of Mr..
Daniels famous piece, in which Mr.. Goote
when here before, played. 1t is, however, ex
celiently constructed, and ii pruned OF its ex.
cessive wordness would be even moro enjoy.
able thsn ii is now.
Mr. Coote is one of the best comedians of the
day in this class of farces. and fully compre-
hends and utilizes the resources of his ia t
and is well supported.
The two most striking bits of work, how.
ever, are not the most prominent. One is the
Nancy Roach OF Grace George, who plays most
charmingly, and the Bullock Major of Charles
Stoddard, which is a truly excellent bit oil
character work.
The fun is sometimes rather furious, but ii
is real fun. and the lines are, as rule, spark
ling and often epigrammatic, the acting is ex-
cellent and the whole clean, happy means
of entertainment.
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UNITY CHURcH.-A lal ge audience assembled
at Uni church last evening, and were highly
entertained for an hour and a half by an Illus
trated lecture on art given by Mrs. William E.
Rothe"y. The platform had been SO lighted
and arranged with drapery as to afford an
Artistic setting for the paintings about which
she was to discourse. The lecturer herself
presented finer picture than any she de-
scribed. She spoke of the art of criticism,
evincing a thorough familiarity with the vari-
Gus schools. and paid fine com piment to the
art school in this city.
large number of paintings were then
placed upon the easel in rapid succession,
while the lectuter commented with taste and
discrimination upon the peculiar chrracteris-
tics II each. All the paintings were the pro-
duction of Col. Albert jerks, an artist to whom
such distinguished men as Abraham Lincoln,
General Grant, General Sherman, General
Miles, and many state governors and other
officials sat The portraits OF nrominent citi-
zens OF California and Los Angeies were also
shown. The likenesses frequently evoked ap-
plause before the lecturer mentioned their
names. At the end of the lecture Colonel
Jenks was vociferously called for, but he was
too modest or diflident to appear.
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Los ANGELES THEATER.-The advance sale of
seats for the American Extravaganza company
engagement as the Los Angeles theater opened
yesterday morning, and when the box Office
closed last night the receipts were about
$1,000. The Aladdin company is on its way to
this city. 1t left Denver at o'clock Thursday
morning on special train of nine cars. and
will make no stops until it reaches Los An
geles. James Pennyfather, the electrician OF
the company. arrived here yeste day morning,
and is at work arranging for the 25 electric
calcium lights which are used to light the
stage. To secure the required current, the
wires of the electric street railway will have
to be tapped.
The Denver Republican, in reviewing tho
engagement of Aladdin Jr. IN that city, says
in its last Sunday edition:
Aladdin Jr. deserves its great success. Be.
yond doubt it is the most lavish production
OF its class that has ever been taken across he
continent. and during these times of financial
unce rtainty any management that carries a
company using some nine railroad cars for its
transportation de ervts the patronage of peo-
pie who go to theaters.