The herald., 1896-01-21

from any standpoint, the strongest ever
presented here. Taken a whole, it would
rank with the best efforts at Roster &
Balls New York, or any other vaudeville
house in the country. so long as Manager
Petrich can give so excellent a show as
that of last night, he certainly deserves
the hearty support and liberal patronage
of The theatergoers of Los Angeles.
The program begins with Newell and
Shevette. the triple-horzontal bar artists,
in some new acrobatic specialties that are
simply wonderful in the skill displayed
and the ease and grace with which the acts
are performed. Then follow Gilbert and
Goldie in a new string of jokes. gags, songs
and dances. To say that they brought
down the house wonld be putting it mildly.
The makeup of Mr.. Gilbert as the tony
tramp was very clever. The Phoite Pin
aud troupe followed in new pantomime
act. which, while not up to their work of
last week, is quite clever and will probably
go more smoothly tonight.
Monsieur De Bissell entertained the au-
dience with some OF his clever modelling in
clay. He works at lightning speed and on
ly those schooled in the art of clay model
ing can appreciate Bissell's clever work in
turning out a model and an excellent one
at that in less than three minutes. The
only fault with his work was that there was
not quite enough of it,
The last four acts are by new people.
Bernard Dyllyn was given reception as
he stepped upon the stage, such might
be termed an ovation. He has a remarkable
voice that not only attracts but captivates.
AS descriptive singer Mr.. Dyllyn may
take front rank. Emmonds. Emmerson
and Emmonds scored hit in their comedy
sketch. During the act Mr.. Emmerson in
troduced a little by-play in the way of hat
juggling that is very clever, while the COM
edy work of Mr.. Emmonds is excellent.
The event of the evening was the appear
ance of the Manhattan Comedy Four. 1t
had been announced that they are the
greatest quartette on the vaudeville stage
and their work last night justified the
claim. They are possessed of trained, cul-
tured voices that blend like the tones of a
great organ. 1t is hard to say which is the
better their comedy work or their
appeared here that could so
cleverly combine comedy and song. If the
comedy was good, the voices were weak or
out of harmony or vice versa. With the
Manhattans it was different. They were
recalled again and again. and everybody
encored them from the most sedate in the
orchestra chairs to the yelling gods who
fairly stood on end and cheered. The
Manhattan comedy tour are whole show
by themselves. The De Bolien Bros. closed
the show with the greatest acrobatic act
ever seen here. Their work is acceptable,
not SO much because it is new, but in that
they go little further than any team.
Where another team would be content
with standing one on the shoulders of an
ther, the De Bolien Bros. do that and then
have the top man turn somersault with
out dismountipg. If the present bill does
not pack the house, then none will.
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Los ANGELES THEATER.-The sale for the
engagement of Louis James at the Los An
geles theater opened with boom yester-
day morning and already large business is
insured for the whole engagement. The
sale was particularly large for the opening
night, when Mr.. James will present his
characterization of Hamlet, which created
such sensation in San Francisco, and for
| Saturday night, when Mr.. James will be
seen in Othello. Mr.. James closed his two
weeks engagement in San Francisco Sum
day night and left yesterday morning for
the south. He will go through Los Angeles
this morning on his way to San Diego,
where he will appear this evening and to-
morrow.
Mr.. James will present during his en-
gagement at the Los Angeles theater Ham,
let on Thursday night Macbeth on Friday
night, Romeo and Juliet at the Saturday
matinee, and Othello Saturday night.