The herald., 1895-09-03
AT THE THEATERS
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The Orpheum.-The house was packed
last night as usual, to the doors below
and to the roof above. There we're a
| number OF new people, all good of their
kind. and the bill as a whole was varied
and entertaining. Age does not witner
nor custom stale the infinite variety of
Gilbert and Golde; each makeup is
cleverer than the last; each act funnier.
and both are prime favorites with the
Orpheum audiences. Pizzarello, the &C.
centric comedian, who appeared last week,
gave a sure-enough cafe chantant French
character sketch that was better than the
rest of his act, but did not receive the
acknow ledgement it merited or that
would have been accorded by French
audience. Farnum ana Seymour each
with his magnificent physique and superb
performance of somersault and jumping
outdid the achievements of last week,
and Mr.. Seymour crowned the whole by
making a standing jump over living
horse sixteen hands high. Lillian
Mason, returned after an sbsence of sew
eral weeks. sang one pathetic ballad and
two that were funny and quito new. Her
voice is improved since she was here
last, and she used it with intelligence
and skill. Another musical act was that
of the Metropolitan Three. in which
Adele Reno, George Preston and william
A. Galpen sang solos, duos and trios,
with voices that were quite superior to
those usually heard on the vaudeville
stage. Besides Miss Reno's rich and
musical contralto. she played the acco m
paniments for all with much ease; Mr..
Preston's voice is q pure tenor with Il
sweet quality, and MI. Galpen's baritone
is unusually smooth, deep and nexible.
Grim .nins and Gore likewise sing. but
it isn' that kind OF singing, and their al
legged music fades into insignficance in
comparison with what they sdo. Miss
Gore is probably the thiAnest fairy out of
freak museum; that is, she is made up |
to appear so and she is very tall, while
her running mate in their comedy act. |
Dan CrImmins, is equally short for a |
man and correspoDdingiy broad. Their |
m ake-ups are original, absurdlv imbecile |
anu their business is ditto. In Comm
Thro' the Rye they are immense, and the !
whole act caught the house. They are re-
called and recalled and finally whom the |
curtain dropped and the orchestra started |
in with stirring galIop the gallery arose |
10 the occasion, cops. sergeant and other |
effort at quelllng the uproar to the con-
trary notwith standing. They howled and |
whistled and yeIped for more Gore un til |
tHoN ibdlly WUu Oub anu tDe OICueSbGd
came in distanced.
The great act of the evening, however,
was the psycho-nypnotic display in |
which Guibal, who, BY the way. is an ex-
ceptionally clever and neat prestidigita- |
teur, uses Mile Lilly Ortiz as subject
to perform whatever he wills her to do.
By simply looking into her eyes and a
gentle pressure with thumb and finger
on the temples he puts her to sleep in full |
view of the audience, and witb:neither ges-
ture, sign or word from him She does ex-
actly and without hesitation anything that
has been previously asked by him or
any one in the house at random Mile Or.
tiz is slight. delicate looking girl with
a curious palIor in her face, desp-set,
dark brown eyes ana hair of the same
color and an expression of melancholy
that is pathetic. Mr.. Guibal is extremely
gentle with her, fatherly in his attitude
toward her, but his absolute control is be-
yond question of doubt, and she is a SUBJ
ject pure and simple. Their perform.
ance is most interesting. even though it
be trit1e uncanny, ana Mr.. Gun balls J.
sleig f-hand tricks are particularly
well done. The bill goes all the week
with the usual Saturday and Sunday
matinees. E. NJ c.