The herald., 1895-06-23

other places, orEgo without, and when
any particularly good, not to say great
attraction came along an extra assess
ment was levied. The lesson taught bv
the .Orpheum is this. That Los Angeles
can have the best there is just as cheaply
as any other city in the country: The
a proof OF this. There are none IN the the
musical world greater than he-he re-
ceives ,princely sum weekly, and is un-
doubtedly one OF the greatest attractions
in the world today, and yet with the
opportunity at their hand to follow the
leader and demand more money, the Or
pheum people allowed their rate to stand.
In this connection it will not be out of
place to state that a vaudeville company
such as this house maintains week after
week costs more money in salaries than
two-thirds of the big com mbinations that
visit the city. Still, with all the expense
OF bringing, artists from the east and
Europe, and in spite of the enormous
salary lists the Orpheum is a financial as
we'll as popular success and the scale
OF prices is lower than at any of the east
ern vaudeville theaters of the same high
standard.
If there ever was combination that
could truthfully be termed great that
which opens at this house tomorrow
night well deserves the term.
few weeks ago Director General
Walter brought from Europe under an
exclusive contract Ludwig Amann, the
greatest character impersonator in the
world. This great artist is to make his
inst appearance tomorrow night in his
life-like presentations of famous men
of theiworld. Amann is simply a wonder.
He has devoted his life to the study of
the characteristics of his fellow men.
and SO accomplished is he in his art
that he can. after few seconds observa-
tion reproduce the features of almost any
one he chooses. The great generals of the
countries, and prominent local people
will be impersonated by this artist whose
ability is so great that he appears the liv-
ing counterpart of the person he is rep
resenting.
The average man gives an electrical
event wide berth. but they are at least
two people in this world who have either
naturally or by some mysterious method
of cultivation resistant power to the
deadly fluid that permits them to fairly
revel in an atmosphere of volts and cur
rents. that is source of astonishment
to the scientific world. The Salam bos,
as these living electrical machines al
called, are to make their appearance to-
morrow night in their sensational exhib-
ition. BY storing themselves with eleo-
tricity they are enabled to fling from
their finger tips flashes of blush flame
which will ignite any colnbustible sub
stance. These people are among the
wonders OF the age, and their per orm ance
creates Juror OF excitement everywhere.
The coming week will be the last op-
portunity of hearing Jules Levy, the king
OF cornists, whose engagement was ex-
tended at the earnest solicitation OF hum
dreds of people. Next week will positive
ly be his last, and in compliance with
many requests the great cornist has con-
sented to give special programme next
Friday night, which has been termed
request night" The selections for that
evening will be taken from the following
list: The Last Rose OF Summer. Swaunee
River. Home Sweet Home, Annie Laurie,
Blue Bellies of Scotland with variations,