The herald., 1896-09-28
herself quite capable of good dramatic

herself quite capable of good dramatic
work.
Aibini, the magician now at the Or
pheum. does some very clever tricks la
Hermann. If this gentleman could only
rid himself of the affection he seems to
have for the sound of his own voice, his
performance would be quite entertain
ing, instead of being rendered tiresome,
as it now Is, by his loquacity.
Terry and Elmer, the eccentric dance
team, who made their first appearance
at the Orpheum last Monday night, have
proved a strong drawing card. Mr.. Ter
ry's dancing is remarkably good, and
Miss Elmer's essay in the same line, with
sword as an accessory, was provoca-
tive of much applause. Miss Elmer has
the ali, of a woman well versed in ex-
travaganza productions. 1t seems pity
to be obliged to add that the, dialogue
INDUCED in by this team, is, at times, of
a character which would have caused
Mr.. Podsnap much uneasiness, having
in mind his views on the protection of
the morals of 1.-The young person" ~ my
A pair Of more skillful comedians than
Mr.. Leonard Grover and his son Leon
ard, Jr., would be hard to find. and If one
wishese immunity from the blues, he
should spend an evening with them and
their entertaining company at the Bur-
bank. The Growers were particularly
amusing in the Private Secretary, in
which Mr.. Grover, Sr., appeared as Cat
ternole, the fiery East Indian, with a
liver, who might safely be labeled "dye
namite,'' and Mr.. Grover, Jr., appeared
as the unfortunate milksop of a private
secretary, with his goloshes and his ca
pacity for getting into the wrong place
ot lA fv1an ThaGn
characters in the hands of the Growers
were SO we'll handled that they kept the
audience in a roar of laughter from start
to finish. In the one-act farce, Joe's S
Girls, Mr.. Grover, Jr., proved himself
a most clever female impersonator, His
makeup. was particularly good and the
manner in which he sustained the part
especially in his instructions to the
seamstresses and his manner of approy-
ing of the work of young ladies, was
highly amusing.
The orchestra at the Los Angeles thea
ter, which was for time most indlf-
ferent organization, has improved Won
derfully of late and under the skillful
direction of Mr.. Pupke, himself hard
worker and talented musician, is rap
idly approaching the period when 1t will
prove one Of the attractions of the house
The following story told by Albert
Chevalier, seems too good to be lost,
proving as it does, that if the audience
down stairs may sometimes be little
slow, the gallery habitue, no matter
what his cline, is always equal to the oc-
casion. A cockney gallery god furnishes
the material for this reminiscence. II
was during Chevalier's early days on the
stage and he was playing a part in a
| holiday pantomine called The Seven
i1e iy,f ty,f hn ratn he
| devils one by one sink through trap, on
| their way, presumably to the neither re-
gions. On this night however, one of the
! demons failed to materialize at the thea
| ter, and at the last moment one of the
| ''supers" was pressed into service. Ir
| the hurry and excitement his bulk had
| not been considered, and when the other
six had safely descended into Pluto's
| domains it was found that the fat "su.
| per" was many sizes too large for the
| opening in the trap. There he stuck il
! spite Of the combined efforts of all the
devils to pull him through by the legs
| This of itself was funny" says Cheva-
lier, "but when one of the gallery boys
in tone of intense relief sang out at the
| top of his voice THANK the Lord, 'ell's
| full" there was a universal shout OF
| laughter, in which everybody in the
building Joined, with the single eXcep-
tion of the fat 'super."
One of the pleasant events in connec-
tion with the engagement of the Hin
| rich opera company last week was the
| dinner given by the principals of the
company in honor of Mrs. Enestine Kre-
| ling, the able manageress of the Tivol
| in San Francisco 1t took place after the
performance of Traviata on Saturday
night. The menu was an epicurear
dream. A number of toasts were offered
raGnnndnn
| speeches of the evening was by Manager
| Wyatt, who spoke most elouently of the
| merits of the artists of the Hinrich
company and said among other things
| that if the company had played to 81 fol
| the best seats the Los Angeles thea
| ter would have been crowded during the
| the contract it was beyond his power tc
| dictate terms.