The herald., 1896-09-07

at the Los Angeles theater tonight, ran
for 200 nights at Hoyts theater, New
York, and was pronounced by the crit
les the funniest farce yet done from the
French. All the hveliness Of dialogue
and action from the original have, it
is said. been retained. and there is no
play OF Gallo origin on the American
stage that in its scenes and dialogue
shows SO plainly the source from which
1t came. 1t will be presented by one of
Charles Frohman's comedy companies,
headed by w. J. Ferguson, who is one of
the leading charcter actors Of this
country. In The Gay Parisians Mr..
Ferguson has been given the best
chance Of his life. and that he has made
the most Of 1t is manifest in the great
success which he has achieved in the
role of the droll and dry y-humored arch
itect, Pinglet. who, though married him
self, takes another mans wife out to
have a good time for an evening. The
young wife who Is Mr.. Pinglet's COM
panion in rashness will be played by
Miss Sadie Martinot
The other members of the company
are James 0. Barrows, C. B. Wells, w.
B. Shirley, Tully Marshall. Frank Du-
rant, Louis Hendricks, Vaughn Chaser.
Frank A. Connor, Mrs. E. j. Phillips,
Margaret Gordon, Claire Rodrigue,
Vergie Graves, Judith Bordeaux and
Frank Morris.
The story Of The Gay Parisians is here
briefly outlined, but this synopsis does
not begin to suggest the multiplicity Of
complications or the sprightly move
ment that pervades the piece:
A young wife, who Is suspicious of the
business which keeps her husband from
home so many nights, consults u frienl,
who advises a course of tit for tat and
proffers his help. 1t happens that on
this same night her husband is again
detained downtown on business. so she
determines to accept her friends invita-
tion to go to the theater After the play
she goes with her escort to supper.
There she discovers that her husband Is
really attending to business, but compli-
cations are precipitated because she
had thoughtlessly represented herself
as her escorts wife. The escort, too, has
a wife. and the efforts to keep the esca-
pade from the first husband and the
second wife are largely responsible for
the fun which follows
ORPHEUM-Everyt is favorable
FOR popular run of vaudeville this
week, for the Orpheum has in it's new
program some of the best artists in this
line. There are five new features in the
bill which will be presented tonight,
besides two of last weeks favorites.
Among the new comers none will prove
,
troupe of feline soubrettes. Herr Tech
ow has the only company of trained cats
in the world. They walk the tight rope,
leap through flaming hoops, turn somer-
saults and perform other marvellous
feats with the utmost intelligence.
Mildred Howard de Gray and Sidney
H. de Gray present a spirited up p-to-date
sketch. Mildred Is the original Trilby
dancer and Sidney de Gray is the ia
nous baritone singer, late of The Trip
to Chinatown company. Another en-
gaging team are Favor and Sinclair,
who combine the best efforts Of the dia-
lect comedian with the charm Of the
singing soubrette in very breezy turn.
The Mullin sisters and Mons Maginel
will give some of the best instrumental
music that has beQ rendered in this
city in a long time. The Misses Mullin
are we'll known as the Juvenile musical
wonders, and Maginel gained consider
able renown as a soloist in the Gilmore
and Liberati bands.
The four Nelson sisters are among the
acrobatic wonders of the world. Their
act Is lively and fully as daring and as
tonishing as any ever given by the lead
ing masculine athletes. .-
No feature of the show will be more en-
joyable than Biondrs opera, In which he
alone plays every role, displaying the
most versatile genius and introducing
some of the cleverest and most rapid
changes of costume and character ever
accomplished by any actor. 1t is bill
par excellence all the way through.
BURBANK THEATER.-Cpmm
ing tonight Monday, the much-her-
aided comedy, Daughter for Daughter,
will be given for the first time. This
presents the comedians in an entirely
new field of character. Unstinted praise
was given it by the San Francisco press.
The Chronicle said: Much the best
performance Of all the theaters this
week is at Growers Alcazar. Many
think Grover. jr.'s, work in this play is
the best" There are two opinions, in
that it Is Mr.. Powers best showing.
There are some eighteen distinct char
acters in Daughter for Daughter. This
comedy can only be given for three per-
formances, Monday Tuesday ana
Wednesday admission day. matinee.
the only matinee of Daughter for
Daughter. No increase In prices. 10 and
25 cents. Who misses seeing Daughter
for Daughter will miss the treat of the
season. Full of new characters.
Wednesday night Cad, the Tomboy,
one night earlier than announced on the
posters.