The herald., 1896-01-14
AT THE THEATERS

TIRE BURBANK.-The Phoenix, one of the
earliest and most wildly realistic OF the
modern dramatic school. was given last
night at tho Burbank. The Phoenix was
written by Milton Mobiles over twenty
years ago, and has had many successful
runs under the management OF the author.
The plot is intricate enough to please the
most cordial hater OF the Howells-Garland-
kindergarten realistic class.
A wealthy New Yorker dies, leaving
small part of his property to his two sons
and one-half of it to a daughter by secret
marriage, The sons undertake to destroy
the will and appropriate the properly 10
their own use. At every turn they are
frustrated by Carroll Graves, bohemian
New York newspaper man.
The plots and counter plots are NUMBER
less, but the newspaper bohemian ana Ihe
innocent orphan triumph at last. Inc IRE
scene in the first act was almost too real.
The gambling den and the "keno game
in active play was a most effective and
really excellent piece of work.
Milton Mobiles as Carol Graves, the
bohemian, assumed many DISCUSSES and
took hand in every game, and his hand
was always a winner despite the apparent
odds against him.
The part of Leslie Blackburn, the villain,
gave Mr.. A. G. Robinow an opportunity to
depict the cool-headed rascal very skill
fully.
The ubiquitous Jew, Moses Solomon,
was we'll represented by Mr.. II. ). Holden.
With the exception of slight lapsng from
the dialect now and then, Mr.. Holden's
"Jew" is a masterpiece.
The flower girl and heiress was repre-.
sented by Dolly Mobiles, who is always
equal to any emergency in the way OF de-
pictiDg injured innocence.
Tly<D ,ha nf
den on the Bowery, was represented by
Mr.. K. j. Blumball. His makeup for the
part and his work therein were true TO llfe
the life of the Bowery.
There are few actresses that succeed to
certain degree as pantaloonatics, but
Josie Seabrooke is not one OF them. She
should not wander too far away from fem
inne traditions, She can do artistic work
in feminine roles.
The support last night was nearly all
good ana the piece was we'll aged. The
Phoenix will be given all the remainder of
the week, with a matinee on Saturday, ana
should draw good houses.
4 y 4
ORPHEUM.-The bill at the Orpheum
shows an improvement in that it contains
more comedy than the one OF last week.
1t opens with the Masqueraders, who APP
pear to good advantage in pantomime
act, 80 clever and in which such quick
one watching closely with both eyes open
in order to keep track sof what is being
done. They introduce some very clever
acrobatic feats, which if any fault can be
found with, it is that everything goes so
quickly as to almost puzzle the audience.
Acts which most acrobats would dwell
upon as a feature, the Masqueraders pass
over as ordinary affairs. To know the
great merit that lies in the work OF these
people one has to follow every move and
follow very clasely at that. Hill and Hull
repeat their wonderful work of last week,
but their act loses none OF it's good quail
ties by being repeated. AS the funny little
people, they draw rounds of applause, and
in the second part of the act, where one OF
the team appears as big rag doll, 1t is SO
clever in execution as to quite deceive the
audience until Mr.. Hill arises from the
heap into which he is thrown at one corner
of the stage and pulls Off his wig and sun
bonnet.
Gilbert and GoIde, the old-time favor
ties, were accorded a reception such as
should hatler the vanity of the best known
artists. They have string of new jokes
and gags which are fired OIL with style
peculiar to Gilbert and Golde. The gal
Iery stood on its feet and called again and
again for their favorites. Newite ana She
vett, the triple horizontal bar performers,
are wonders in their line. They do many
feats and all so easily and gracefully as 10
things they do is swing from the first bar
over the second to the third and turn
while in the air. Clotila Antonio, the grace
full little woman who dances on her hands
and twists her shapely figure into all sorts
of odd positions. was well received Mons.
De Bissell is billed as the lightning
modeler in clay but that hardly
conveys an idea of his clever work. He
not only moulds the clay into a good
model of the character selected, but he
does it in such a way as to add to the in
terest of the act.
The Phoite Pinaud troupe appear in their
great act of last week. These people well
deserve the rank they have attained as
leading pantomimists. Their acrobauc
work is SO different from the usual run of
such acts and the most difficult feats are
performed as easily as things they were
the most common every day events. The
bill throughout is an excellent one and if
the support is in proportion to it merits the
Orpheum should be packed nightly.