The herald., 1896-04-12

rest, but continue in the laudable pur-
pose Of establishing an American
drama, full of the virle energy of
new people. depicting their character
istics and conditions, with the stirring
events of our historic epochs as a back
ground.
Roland Reed has been given a royal
welcome throughout the country. He
Will play an engagement in this city
at the Los Angeles theater beginning
Thursday April 16. Mr.. Reed returns
this year in mask admirably fitted to
his own unique style-the effervescent
and frothy role of General Josiah Linn
Der. the hero of Lloyd Il Rosenfeld's
new satire. The Politician, or the Wo-
mans Plank. From his early advent
as the caucus boomer in search of
congressional candidate with barrel,
TO his final appeal to his con-
the walls of the Los Angeles
theater resound with shouts of
laughter and the general is unanimous
ly elected by his audience as a prince
of entertainers His performance is
most delightful portrayal of the type
of the rough and ready politician. The
general proves to be as strategic as his
name would imply, adroit in love and
war. an expert double dealer whose
fine Italian is equally at home running
a caucus. "jollying the boys. making
solid the Chunkalunlk delegation or
managing the campaign fund. His
humor reaches it's climax in the men,
orable scene outside the convention
DOORS wherein he formulates the plat
form, cuts few SplinterS OF the
woman's suffrage plank and instructs
the workers. A snap shot of his atti-
tude and expression as he explains the
first campaign item to the unwilling
candidate: you see. the boys wanted
some refreshments, would be photo
graph of his cleverest and most realistic
stage art. A broad caricature laid on
with the bOldest stroke. his impersona-
ton is inimitably funny throughout.
The critic cannot quarrel even with the
pronounced Reedisms of the interlocu
tory campaign ditty and the Spanish
fandango The Politician is rOllick-
ing play of essentially American humor.
There are many clever characters in
troduced. one of which. the twentieth
century girl is charmingly played by
Miss Isadore Rush.
Mr. Reeds company. which is an ad
mirable one. includes Misses IsadOre
Rush. Maud White. Mary Myers; Sheri-
dan Tupper. William Bernard, John H.
Bunny, Julian Reed, James Douglas
and Charles Wyngate. Mr.. Reed and his
company will also present on Friday
evening and Saturday matinee The Wo-
man Halter, and on Saturday evening
Lend Me Your Wife.
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There will be woman before the
fOOtlightS at the Los Angeles theater
next week, who, in her figure and man
ner of dressing. will be as complete and
interesting type as was ever offered to
the lover of racial pecularities. Isadore
Rush Of the Roland Reed company is
essentially the American actress, chic,
graceful and possessed of the rare quail
ity called style, which, it seems, belongs
essentially to the American woman
Her garments, says = prominent fash
ion writer, fit her perfect figure like
French gloves made to order. Every
detail of her dress. her jewels, her lorg-
nette, her fan and her flowers, if she
wears any, are up to date. She repre-
sents before the footlights the same
type of American woman as the New
York society girl represents the Amerl-
can woman of social swelidom Miss
Rush's beautiful costumes have often
been described, and it is now more their
meaning as an expression of American
woinanhood that wish to bring out. TO
my idea the American woman IS more
like the Partisan than an Eng
lish speaking feminine ana tnis notion notion
Miss Rush exemplifies with all those
distinct and hattering differences that
belong to herself and the other up-to-
date daughters OF Uncle Sam.
She knows like the French women,
the colors and combinations that best
become her. and like them, also, she
knows all the little arts of putting on
her dresses and wearing them we'll.
added to the Partisan knowledge, she
las beautiful figure, which the French
woman has not; her hands and feet
are shaped far more prettily, and her
complexion, her features, all put the ir-
regularity of countenance and the mud
<1f a. 0iSAdVAntARe.
seems strange indeed that the American
woman in whose veins flow more
British blood than that of any other ma
don. should be so very different in form.