The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-04-14


German" that encores are barbarous.
Clapping and all sorts of applause are
survival of barbaric practices and should
be abolished. There is no applause al
lowed at Bayreuth and the effect is in
calculaply fine and refreshing. Encores
are nuisance. and it was an imposition
to force Ysaye. to play after long and
trying concerto. Hand clapping at con-
certs is a subject for Max Nordau to in
vestigate if he has not already done so.
He will probably discover in it trait of
degeneration and 1eversion to the traits
of our esteemed arboreal ancestors.
The above clipping from, the Musical
Courier is as pertinent in Los Angeles as
in New York and is. re- pripted on the
principle that word to the wise is
sufficient.
Announcements
Los Angeles .Theater-No play of the
past decade, whether American or foreign
has found greater favor with the public
than The Girl Left Behind Me which.
after its second conquest of New York
and other eastern cities, is now making Is
second tour to the Pacific coast 1t VIII
be given five nights. beginning Tuesday,
April 18th. There viii alse be matinees
Wednesday and Saturday. The third act
is the great feature of the play, and the
audience held in. lbreathless suspense
and then aroused to great enthusiasm by
one of the -cleveIeSt- situations ever IN
PRODUCED in a modern drama. The stock
ade at Post kennion is surrounded by
sayages, who will not listen to condi-
tions of surrender, and propose for the
women fate more terrible than massa-
Gre The daughter of the commanding
f,4l .1,... how
bevond the reach of barbarous revenge,
and he stands beside her, revolver in
hand ready to shoot her rather than per-
nit her to fall into the hands of the In
dams. The sacrifice is abont to be carried
out when the heroine. like the Scotch
heroine in BouCcicault's. old meiodrama,
hears the music of the bugles which her
aid the advancing de1iverers. The dark
ness of despair yields to the most intense
rejoicing, and through the increasing
swell of the military strains the troops
enter the fort headed by the hero who
had ridden against fearful odds to bring
the reinforcements. The authors have
made an effective scene in which the
actor. who might be called a non partici-
pant in the act, receives as much APP
pause as those who have been doing the
work in sight of the audience. 1t is
an excellent one and includes Lavinia
shannon. Gertrude Berkely. Lottie Alter
James E. Wilson. Maclyn Arbuckle.
Thomas Oberly, Myron Calico, Byron
Douglas. etc.
The big rescue scene has been attrib-
uted to various sources by people who are
always trying to explain such thins and
old plays like Jessie Brown have been
mentioned in this connection. but the
guessers have all been wrong. The sugges-
ton. it is now given out by the authors of
the play, came from Mrs. Clusters Life on
the Plsini and from stories told b by
Ralph Meeker about the massacre OF his
family by the Utes. In Mrs. Clusters
book she relates that all the while she
accompanied her husband in his Indian
campaigns both she and he were fully
alive to the awful fate that awaited a
woman who fell into the hands OF the red
savages. They often discussed the sub
ject she said, and there was compact
between them that should it appear at
any time that the Custer band was at the
mercy of the Indians. and escape hope.
less, the general would shoot her rather
than permit her to fall into their hands.
For this purpose she always carried
small pistol in her bosom, and there is
no doubt, had Mrs. Custer been with
the general at the time of the Little Big
Horn fight he would have sent bullet
through her heart in accordance with
their agreement. When the Indians killed
Mr.. and Mrs. Meeker at the agency, it will
be remembered. they carried off Miss Meek
er and held her a prisoner for year. When
she got away from them she had a most
pitiful and revolving story of her captiv-
ity to tell. The Meeker and Custer eA-
periences were the influences that lead to
the creation of the climax scene in The
Girl Left Behind Me. General kenn-
ion, when the click of his revolver is
heard. is making ready to shoot his
daughter Kate just at the moment when
the rescqing troops appear and save the
fort. He is doing, Just what General
Custer would have done to save his wife,
or any member of the Meeker family
would hive done to save Miss Meeker
from falling into the hands OF the Utes.
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Burbank Theater.-Amercan patriot
ism has been the theme upon which a
number OF very cleverly constructed
j. e. Shenandoah, Held by the Enemy
and several OF later date and when i'm
bued withsthe proper spirit and action in
conjunction with clearly defined and
we'll written story. it never fails to secure
hearty support from very liberal public
The war opened wide field for the dram
atst. and war dramas have been OK
ceedingy plentiful, but none has sur
passed the conception of Elliot Barnes
entitled The Field of Honor or The Blue
and the Gray This piece contains all
the salient features of its many oppo
menus ana Is tuuIblOUdlly dlbTdCIlN6 as
it does not resort to mechanism for its
effects. but calls principals into brisk de-
cisive action in full view of its auditors.
From the first call from Abraham Lin
coin, for volunteers, to which hundreds of
young men responded with alacrity. we
find them continually. The gunboat
Smelling and subsequent victorious battle
and entry of New Orleans is all enacted
in full view of the audience and the
memories called back of dead heroes is
but pleasantly viewed in the effective Dec
orat on day ceremonies which brings
the action to close. Throughout this
concisely told story. founded on the sub
view OF ''love and duty" there is neat
ly interviewer counter plot of untiagging
interest. as the participants become the
central figures in the main action. To
any who participated in the late war;
this drama is of the keenest interest. An
auxiliary force of seventy-five, including
company G., National guard of California;
has been secured to participate in the ac-
ton and a very animated presentation
may be expected. Several special nights
have been selected by civic and military
organizations on which they will enter
tain their visiting friends. On Thursday
evening the Frank Bartlett post, G. A.
r.. will have the house and on Friday
night. which will be known as militia
night, Company {, will have the theater