The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-03-10
AT THE THEATERS

youth. Never was the popular little actress
more bonnie or winsome than last night as
Margery Morris in the new play, which c.
L. Darcy has written for her, The Old
Lime Kiln.
The playwright has amply provided fSs
Miss Putnam's versatility in The n'1 Lime
Kiln. There Is comedy III the nrst act,
farce in the second, melodrama in the
third. satisfactory readiustment of crook.
edness in life and love and everything
lovely by the close of the fourth There Is
nothing very novel, or very strong either,
in the plot or construction of this piece, but
! the characters are for tine most part we'll
drawn and the interest is sustained
throughout.
BY far the most important matter is hat
the part of Margery Morris, captivating
! and pluckv little maid, admirably suits the
talents Of Katie Putnam. 1t is a very fresh
and natural portrayal. The notes of pathos
are not m ssed, and the actress rises to
great opportunity, il not a very novel ole,
when Margery rescue her lover from the
lime kiln into which he tlas been cast by
his rival This scene is very realistic by its
admirable staging.
! 1t was very pleasant to find H. b. Emery
in sue / a good part. Hitherto ones remn-
| iscensas or mis- acting have been but brief
appe frances on the stage in n heavy part,
! which was generally disposed of by the
end of the second act, that he might return
to his managerial duties. In the present
piece Mr.. Emery has a leading light COM
edy part, and makes the most of it, as the
dashing light-hearted ranchman, Jack Rid
! ley. He is very much in love, and when
away from his sweetheart feels ''lilSe a bob
tailed steer in fy-time, when there's no
cover" 1t was capital piece of acting.
T. b. Findlay has made no little progress
| in his art. Gifted with fine voice, he
haslearned to use it with good control and
effect. He plays the part of Margery's ILL
starred father very naturally.
| The hero of the piece is not in such salts.
factory hands. Il. l.. Lee, as the gallant
Captain Norton, U. S. A., is stilted and I'm.
real. He has a fine presence, but as yet
no histrionic alb lily. +. NJ. Kimball makes
a fine old man. CROCHET, but affectieh-
| ate. while Anna Watson at Anastasia Re-
mington, an unwelcome chaperone, of aris-
tocratic tendencies and leaning towards
the four hundred, sustains the comedy of
the part quite satisfactorily.
| Dutton Wansor and Eva Thatcher make
an amusing pair of Irish folk, but some of
| their business grows mOnotonous by its
repetition. Mr.. Wansor's songs did not
command large measure of SUCCESS. The
bad Bud Markley of Leonard Mitchell is a
grotesque and repulsive lmpersonation,
which it is meant to be.
| Miss Putnam introduces a couple of
| songs, "SwinRlng in dc Sky and Sweet
Lucinda" aud some nimble dancing, all
| of which was received with marked favor.
| The Old Lime Kiln will be repeated this
evening and tomorrow night.
Sinbad, easily the best of the produc
| tons made by Mr.. David Henderson's
American Extravaganza company, will get
| a royal reception at the Los Angeles thea
ter on Thursday night. The advance sale
for Henderson production. From Chica-
| go and Pittsburg come the warmest COM
I mendations of Mr.. Henderson's present
enterprise. The scenery is described as
1 being better than Mr.. henderson has ever
] given the public before. The costumes are
| all new while the book has been rewritten
| and new music most literally inter jected
| into the score. MIR. Henderson has sue.
ceeded in bringing Louise Kissing from her
retirement to again resume her original
role of Sinbad. frankie Raymond, pretty
as ever and a great deal more clever than
formerly, has her first part of Ninetta.
The new comedian is Oscar Girard, a
man of intelligence, originality and ere.
alive ability. Hugh Chilvers, lately of the
Pauline Hall Opera company, has for the
time being. gone into burlesque, and is
singing the part of Snarleyow. Harry Clay
Blaney, of farce comedy fame. is the new
Old Man of the Sea. Other clever people
in the company are Flora Evans. j. L.
Guilmette. Eloise Willard, and those ex-
ceptionally clever song and lance artists,
Turner and Murphy. The ballet is led by
Mile. Ferrero, who comes by special en-
gagement from Italy for the present Sim
bad tour, together with Signor Biancifirori,
| said. to be the best male dancer in either
Europe or America. Sinbad is Respondent
in new dress. Dangertield, MIR. Hender-
sons famous artist. has supplied new
scenery. while the costumes represent the
latest ideas of the most celebrated design
ers in London. AS usual in all OF the Hem
| derson productions, there is an army of
ballet girls and chorus singers. who are
said to possess good voices, attractive fig
| ures and are graceful dancers.
Los ANGELES THEATER.-The Bicycle
Girl. which will have its first production
on Monday evening, March 10th, is de-
scribed as a cycle comedy. satire on the
| bicycling craze and new woman insanity,
and is said to be full of fun, song and
dance. The farce is in tGree acts. The
| first shows the rooms OF the Briarwood
| bicycle Club, with Grace FOrdyce, the bicy-
Gle girl, as the president She is the or
| phan daughter of a rich bicycle manufac-
| turer who has left her his entire fortune.
She il an upto-date girl, Spectator in
F.! Wall street and founder of the bicycle
club. Grace is wooed by two smtors. One
| is Baron Dyke, an Amercon who masquer-
AIDES as French nobleman. Byke's father
and Grace's were rival bicycle makers.
| Dyke thinks by wedding Grace that the
two firms can be consolidated. The other
6uttOT Is d Stluout WIZ TcSOlNob " VIII ttl6
affections of trace. The second act shows
a genuine clambake of the bicycle club.
In this act the kinetescope is introduced
for the first time on the stage. The third
and last act shows a bicycle meet at the
race track and ends with bicycle race.
4 &
The ORPHEUM.-It was a splendid audi.
ence that turned out to witness the first
performance of the now bill at the Orpheum
last night, and it was certainly a splendid
bill that they Witnessed. The Painter
brothers had been announced az the worlds
greatest head equilibrists and acrobats, and
their performance fully justified the state
ment. They are without question the
greatest artists IN the acrobatic line that
have been seen in this city.
Besides doing all the wonderful feats of
the ordinary tumbler they have an act of
their own which puts oil the rest in the
background. One of the brothers losses
the other into the air, holding him by the
hands, then lowers him until their two
heads touch, the upper one being in an in
verted position, and thus they waltz about,
climb up and down flight of stairs, and
play q lively tune on the mandolin and
guitar, doing it all as easily as though they
thrilling as we'll as marvellous. One trick
which they do particularly we'll is a double
hand-stand, one with his palms resting on
his brother's shoulders and his feet in the
air, while the other stands in the same in
yerted position on the floor. All of their
work is graceful. They do not perform a