The herald., 1896-02-04

compartment, given in the fourth act, wor
hearty applause.
The support was good throughout ant
the rlay was very well staged. The Texan
scene in the third act was most excellently
represented.
A Man of the People is powerful
dramas and is in every way better repre-
sentcd than the vast ma jerity of those that
hold the boards for long runs in New York.
Il will be given all this week, with a mat
inee on Saturday.
This will be this excellent company's last
week at the Burbank, and 1t should be
greeted by crowd at every performance.
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ORPHEuM.--It had been announced that
this week would be comedy week" at the
Urpheum, and the management hic it about
right both as to the character of the pro-
gram and the kind of entertainment to Of
fer to pack the house from the orchestra
TO the gallery. For the past few weeks
acrobatic feats have been a feature at the
Orpheum, but now comedy is king, and
judging from the hearty applause and en-
cores that greeted each act the audience
appreciates comedy more than athletics
The bill, taken as whole, is rep!ete with
humor. yet of a refined charac .er and
pleasing to the most eXactng.
The bill opens with Gilbert and Goldie in
black-face sketch. in which they fully
maintain the reputation they have already
established as versatile comedians. They
start the ball a-ro!ling so far as exciting
laughter is concerned. and it is one success
sion of laughs of varying degrees OF mir,h-
tuiness until the curtain goes down at
1O:i0 pm.
The only act which cannot be classed az
comeGy is that OF the De Van Sisters. who
de some marvellous work in balancing.
There is a marked contrast between the
physique of the two sisters; one is slim yet
shapely, while the other is of magnificent
stature, and even she is shapeiy. The one
Supports ladder with a cross ladder on
top. while the other performs many clever
tricks on said ladder. One is confused
when it comes to judging whether to APP
plaud the clever work of the one on the
Ladder or the physical. endurance of the
other in supporting ladder and performer,
but the applause COMES, ana the De
Van Sisters may divide the credit for it
as they will. Bernard Dyliyn follows
ina selection of songs i'll which his mag
nificent voice Is displayed to great advan-
tage, but the effort is somewhat mar,ed by
his futile attempts to be funny. Mr.. Dyl-
yin is all right as vocalist. but when he
attempts comedy in song where the au.
thor thereof has provided no comedy part,
MIR. Dyliyn is out OF his spere just as much
as Hamlet would be il, trying to be Mr..
Pickwick. However, Mr.. Dyllyn is we'll
worth hearing. Caron and Herbert, the
acrobatic clowns, made as big hit as they
did last week, and were cheered and en-
cored until their repertoire was exhaus ed.
Honors are pretty evenly divided between
Gilmore and Leonard and Mason and
Healy. Each team has it's merits, and to
say which is the most laughable,
the funny character work of Mr..
Gilmore or the appearance of Mr.. Healy
would be hard to decide. Gilmore and
Leonard appear first as two up-to-date
Irishmen and again in an encore which
must be seen to be appreciated, for 10 at
tempt to. put the vocaiism of MIR. Gilmore
on paper is out of the question. Mason
and Healy are aptly termed One an Half,
for Mr.. Mason is a man as much above the
average in stature as Mr.. Healy is below,
and when the two appear side by side the
contrast is of itself most laughable, to say
nothing of the funnyisms they fire at the
audience. The bill is one Of the besv, and
from a comedy standpoint the very best of
the season and should pack the house
every night this week.