The herald., 1895-08-01
AT THE THEATERs
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amateur presentation, and IS it was put
on at the Los. Angeles theater last night,
was credit to those in charge. The ac-
tion goes Of itself, the speaking parts are all
short, and the scenery and athletic &C.
cessories to and after the fact make much
OF the play. The first and last acts, in
which, respectively, $20,0 wager is
made and won, are the least interesting
for they are the most conventional; but
the second acc, after a short scene in the
Athletic club, is changed to a very clever
representation of the corner of Second
and Hill streets, and realistic start OF
the Santa Monica road race is made.
Again the scene changes, one BY one the
racers chase themseives and one another
across the stage. and finally the fourth
scene shows a faithful representation of
Santa Monica and the finish of the race at
that place.
Act third transfers the scene to New
York. and the Desbrosses street ferry.
The fourth is a charming garden scene In
Heidelberg, effectively illuminated with
electricity, and Mr.. England made most
ideal student duellist. with the proverb.
ial chip on his shoulder that loyal Loy-
ola O'Connor promptly knocked off, and
regulation duel ensued.
The fifth act showed the interior Of the
pasha's palace in Constantinople, with
his royal highness impersonated with
much dignity and sang froid by Mr.. Ed
ward Neale, and harcm that made up in
quality what it lacked in quantity. 1t
was in this act that a grand athletic fete
was given by the mem bers OF the l.. A.
A. c. that was interesting as an enter
tAinment and clever as performance.
Frank Sentous gava an exhibition OF
dumbbell lifting; e. G. Chapman, chair
los ~; H;c1y;,,o. William, II
Maeder and W. T. Forsythe, wrestling
bout; Walter McStay and Gus Herget,
three-round sparring match, and Louis
Nordlinger with some extremely neat and
easy fancy club swinging closed the ath-
letic fete. The acts were all short. the
scenes were adjusted without loss OF
time. the first curtain rose promptly and
the last fell shortly after 1880; there was
very little prompting, the secenery was
all handsome and some OF it quite new.
and the costumes and settings were all
appropriate, summing up that rarely
may be said OF an amateur performance.
but 1T is all true OF this one. and as
whole deserves to draw big houses for
the rest of the week. The famous racing
scene was led by Herb McCrea. and the
following members of the l.. A. W.. with
one or two excpetions, participated in the
race: Fritz Lacy. Arthur Griffin. Phil
W. W. wier, d. L. Burke. Carl L. Nc
Stay, A. d. Tompkips, Charles Cowan.
Louis Breer. Vina Guercia. IL. W. Fox. W.
X. Cowan, W. Delay, W. H. Straube,
Macy Thompson, Joe Long. Fred Hol.
brook. Emil Ulbricht. Will Knippen berg.
g. II: Miller. G. =; i, Patterson, T,,n,, "a James M
Hatton, Horace Slater, Fay Stephenson.
Ben Tyler. Jack Manly. NJ. NJ. Shields,
W. A. Tufts, Hi Darling.
The cast for the play. was: Fred Hop
kins. Mr.. Lorimer Johnstone; Dick CGyle.
Mr.. D. G. McGarvin; Harry Chapman.
Oliver Paul; Percy Fenimore, Ralph
Franklin; members of the L. A. W., Mr..
L. W. Fox. Carl McStay; policeman.
Mr.. Fay Stephenson; Judge Smythe, Mr..
H. c. +. Smith; Clara Foster, Miss
Loyola O'Connor; Graca Andrews. Miss
Hattie Foley. The general outline OF the
play follows:
: The first scene is in Los Angeles, in the
home of Charles Foster, a prominent
banker of that city. reception has been
given at the Foster mansion, to which
Miss Foster has invited Mr.. Hopkins, who
is one of the crack riders Of the Los An
geles Wheelmen. Chapman, who has ap-
piled for mem bership in the Los Angeles
Wheelmen, has been blackballed by the
club, ana has entered as an outside rider
in the Santa Monica road race. he and
Hopkins to ride from scratch. During
LU6 CONVERSATION WuiCu cnSucS ONcE tuC
coming road race. Hopkins declares he
will attempt to lower the record for the
distance, and If he succeeds in doing SO,
he will at once make the trip around the
world on bicycle in six months. Chap
man, who oveIhears this statement. is
willing to wager it cannot be done with
in the limit given, and bet is made be-
tween Coyle. who is Hopkins friend, and
Mr.. Foster. to the amount OF $50, 600 that
it can be successfully accomplished Jy
Hopkins inside CT the allotted time. and
the act closes with Hopkins stating he
will win the race.
In the second act the Santa Monica road
race is shown and Hopkins wins the time
record. He has made all preparations
for his trip around the world, and has
been promised a companion by the Los
Angeles Wheelmen, Clara Foster. know
ing of the intended journey, disguises
herself as boy and makes the trip with
him.
In the next act they have reached New
York, from which city. after an unsuc;
cessful attempt to delay them, they sail
for Europe. and in act fourth find them
selves in Heidelberg, Germany. Chap
man has followed them. and engages the
challenge Hopkins and to wound him so
that by the enforced delay he will lose
the wager. This is done but Hopkins.
knowing how much his friends have stalk
ed on mis- success, refused to fight. Clara
Foster. who is with him, and whom he
supposes to be man. accepts the chal-
lenge on his behalf, and in the duel
which ensues kills the challenger.
In the fifth act they have reached Con-
stantinople. when. through the influence
OF Chapman. who has ingratiated himself
with the pasha commanding the Turkish
troops at the Dardenelles. they are seized
and are to be put to death when sud-
den and totally unexpected attack of the
Persian troops on the palace of the pasha
forces the Turks to defend their lives. and
in the conflict which follows Hopkins
and Clara make their escape.
In the last act HOPKINS has returned to
Los Angeles ahead of time and so wins
the wager. Chapman denies the success
full accomplishment of the task, but is
confronted by his own statement that he
has followed them around the world.
He is arrested for rembezzlement, and all
Is satisfactorily explained in happy
denounment. +.
Orpheum. Warm weather has no effect
on the attendance at the Orpheum. where
the audiences are bigger and the bills
better and more attractive than ever.
Vaudeville is the amusement OF the day
and Los Angeles is as devoted to 1T AS any
city in the country. There are some great
people on the programme this week.
Charles and Minnie Savan do wonder
full equilibrstlc act, the Whitney brothers
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