The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-09

Los Angeles Theatre-If there is any
young actor on the stage today who has
bright and promising future before him
! it is jolly Joe Cawthorn, the popular Ger
man dialect comedian, who will make his
first appearance in this city in his new
and successful play, A Fool for Luck
next Monday and Tuesday night and
Tuesday matinee. November ii and IL,
at the Los Angeles theater. Mr..
| Cawthurn has been before the public too
/ long to need any introduction at this
time, but it may be said in passing that
| he is unquestionably the best imrersona-
tor of German A m ericnn character tn ut
! the stage of this country boasts OF today.
i His work is free from the coarseness and
caricaturs so common with what are
known as "Dulcn" comedians He por-
trays the young German as no really ex-
ists-jolly, lght-hsarted and fond OF
good time. To this, as much as anything.
Mr.. Cawthorn owes much of his success.
, He was born laughing, and it has been
his aim in life to make other people
laugh. and during his theatrical career
he has left ray If happiness from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and from Mantle
ba to the Gulf of Mexico.
In his new play the comedian has bet
| ter opportunities than ever before for
| creating IT eminent, and laughter is inces-
SAINT whenever he appears. Fool for
| Luck is a legitimate comedy, full OF life,
| spirit and brightness. 1t tells the story
OF an industrious and i'm pecunious young
| German, Schmitz Geyssr by name, who
wakes up one morning to find that he has
been left fortune OF So, 600, COO. He Is
knocked out, as it were, and does not
In hnv IN az vic nf ha mn
| associates in the store and cheap board
=, ing house come to his aid, and the
! schemes they originate to separate him
from his dollars are as many and varied
as they are laugbable and successful. The
| character of Geyser is sustained by mir.
Cawtnorn in that incompatible manner
tina has ever characterized his work in
the past. He has the support of such
capable people as Thomas Peasley, Collin
Varray, George I. Welch. TORI Hodge
man. D. NJ. Gregory. Herbert Kerr, An
ME Buckley, Elsie Irving, Sisters Clay
ton, Agnes Ardsck, Carrie Frances, Annie
Woods and Lillian Lorne. All new and
ella boarte scenery is carried to give COM
pleteness to the performance.
The Burbank-Nancy & Co.. the laugh
able comedy, will be given at the matinee
this afternoon, this evening and tomor-
row for the last times. Large audiences
have been in attendance every evening
during the week, and the play has been
well received ny appreciaiive assem- .laees.
On Monday evening Moths is under
! scored. 1t is dramatization OF Ouida's
famous novel. and the performance is said
to be particularly strong. Miss Lansing
Rowan will appear as Vera, and in that
character she is said to be pleasant sur
prise.
The Orpheum-The regular Saturday
afternoon matinee will ne given today at
the Orpheum. The programs at these
matinees are so faithfully carried out,
and so many pleasing features interject-
ed to please the younger portion of the
audience that it is regular thing to see
the house fled with bright and happy
faces. Nor are the children the only at.
tendants. Ladies find that these after
noon performances are a recreation for
them, so they attend il crowds. Only
four more performances for this weeks
bill, which includes the famous Fialkow.
xxi in his limitations of animals and
BIRDS, Memphis Kennedy. the musical
comedian, and Miss Lille Monterey, the
soprano, who all close their very success
full engagements tomorrow night. John
Higgins and the Schroders also appear.
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Los Angeles Theater-The Passing
Show, that aggregation of gorgeous seen.
cry clever dialogue, pleasing songs, tune
lingerie, will be seen at the Los Angeles
theater this afternoon at the matinee and
tonight. The Passing Show is different
| from any thing in the theatrical line and
| It's virtues and attractions are many. 1t
ia a poOd III no puSh il along.