The herald., 1895-06-02
ADJUSTMENTS

Al lOoEl lElN - 4
There was the customary dearth OF
matter last week for comment III this
column; the main interesting fact was
the Conant- Padgham nuptials, and so
many pleasant things were said about
the young people at the time. that any
thing more would be Pathological.
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What is the matter with the Los Ange-
les theater? The lovely house remains
closed entirely too much, and the better
style OF travelling companies seem to be
very shy of Los Angeles.
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As have nothing particular to say on
theatrcas. there is little use of saying it,
and l will give way to that champion
kicker of Los Angeles, the iaundicedly
just. amiably acerb and pungently pug
nacious scholar Prof. Edward H. II ut
Gibson, who attended tine Ysaye mat
inee and found so much to offend his
nice sense OF the eternal verities of right
that be again unbosoms the contour and
convolutions of his aggressive mind for
the benefit of a suffering, patient public
in the following communication
Ysaye has come and gone and Los
Angeles has demonstrated to another
artist that it knows real art ana can af
ford to enjoy it.
''In spite of his warm reception. NJ.
Ysaye evidently has no intention of re-
turning to Los Angeles. Otherwise he
would have responded to an encore TO
please the Los Angeles public; which
soulful public is noted for its love OF the
encore.
"At the matinee Saturday both NJ.
Ysaye and NJ. Lachaume were recalled "a
dozen times. and NJ. Lauchume so far
forgot himself or something else. that
he responded once without shaking his
luxurious name-in short, he responded
through the medium of the responsive
piano: but NJ Ysaye shook his head and
allowed the circumain bient sultry theat-
rical or operatic air to play through the
meshes of his tresses brown--and marched
mournfuly behind the scenes.
There is enough of the Bohemian N
the average denizen of Los Angeles to
enable to him to discern what is good and
to know when he wants more of it. He
is not unduly inconsiderate, and does not
usually encore an artist to death. The
beautiful music of the matinee was Sc
verely classical throughout. and there
were enough contributors present to have
warranted NJ. Ysaye to assume that some
were there who would delight to hear a
few Of the lightly. trippingly. bird like.
melodous note OF the softer airs and
lightsome tunes that haunt the memory
and warm the heart long after the pom
derous classical chimes have died away
in the echoless distance OF the deepest
caverns of the bat-tenanted, ghoul-
haunted realm of forgetfulness.
Frederick Warde of pleasant memory
understands these little touches of ma
ture better than anybody else who comes
before the pleasure-loving public OF this
generation.
who shall say that the spell he exeI-
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highest artistic power united with judg
! ment?
''In any case the two latter are not
com monty mated, and the world does not
even demand that a mblance or NOR
ganatic union be kept up.
81 have a peculiar fondness for that
tpart of a theatrical entertainment called
lthe programme. like to use it as a
ething for reference during the entertain
Ement, and always preserve it for future
preferential or reverential use.
Z II have noticed that when great mu-
] scian comes to the city our theatrical
Amanagers usually provide about one pro-
WRramme for each dozen in the audience.
ESaturday afternoon | went TO the box
foffice and explored the balance of the
Sbuilding. hoping to find a programme.
/ all gone. When Remenyi was here last
tshe programmes were so scarce that l
hhave not yet been able to secure one.
~ have also noticed that just previous
to the advent of great musician in a
k city like this the managers have dozens
OF photographs and biographical sketches
: which they freely bestow upon report
\ ers for gratuitous advertising. | have
noticed that when the great artist ap
pears the reportori Al staff is expected to
feel highly gratified when a couple of
tickets are recklessly distributed at the
newspaper office.
The stuffy sweat-boxes we use for thea
ters might be abandoned to our great
profit in the way of health. People with
good lungs who can escape to the doors
to get breath of fresh air are to be en-
rvied. The ancient Greeks and Romans
and the modern Creeks, Choctaws, Chick
asaws, Cherokees and Apaches have
given us valuable hints in the way of
theatrical ventilation that should profit
lis exceedingly. They know enough to
enjoy fresh air. if they had to play in
open air to get it. Are we such suicidal
idiots that we will persist in the use of
odoriferous sweat boxes?
1.-The vapor bath is much more sanitary,
soothing and sensible"