The herald., 1896-08-23

skilled in the art of delineating graph
ically all kinds of character. Pinero's
facility in this direction has been lik-
eft of the Doubt we are presented to an
unhappy wife, to whom the judge in an
action for separation has just given the
benefit of the doubt; that is to say, ne
permits her to win her case but leaves
cloud lowering over her. This charac-
ter will be assumed by Viola Allen, the
charming leading woman of the COM
pany. The name of the parsonage Is
Theophila Fraser. The doubt ana un-
certainty on the part of the huspano,
and the anguish and Jealousy OF the
wife of the man with whom Theophila's
name has been linked, the perplexity
and despair of the man himself, and not
ably a wonderfully original scene To-
wards the middle of the play, in Whlcn
Theophila, quite weak and exhausted
through the influence of slight amount
of wine given her as restorative
moves through a highly dramatic
drunken scene-all these conditions and
circumstances are made clear and et-
factive with the clearing of Theophlla.
A strain of comedy involving some
shrewdly drawn satirical types OF Eng
lish life lends contrast to the piece.
The scenes are laid at the house OF MIS-.
Emptage in the neighborhood OF re
gents park. London, and at The Llch-
case " at EPSON The productions OF
the Empire stock company on its pres
ant tour are completely on par with
those that it makes at it's own theater IN
New York They will be noteworthy l.
Is promised, for tine superb costumes OF
| the women and the perfection OF detah
| in scenery and general accessories
oRPHEUM.-Vaud at the Or
-, q inlDGtuS tflS
! week bv the appearance OF one or ltS
| greatest representatives, Prol. l.; a
! Gennedv. the renowned hypnotist. Pror.
! Kennedy has just returned from austria
| liza. and after a weeks engagement a.
! the Orpheum in San Francisco, WI
come down 10 spenq an 49, f the
time here. King Laughmakef Oh l@he @
World. is the cognomen that has been
annlied TO the professor and those VINO
| haTe witnessed his wonderfully funny
performance say that 1t IS no ms
| nomer As an example of what ms WORK
| is like the following is given from an
eastern paper, descriptive Oh pi4e VI iii'
performances: ...,
Prof Kennedy then asked for sub
iects" ana a dozen persons ascendins
the stage, in a very few minutes tne
whole Of them We're under the lnesmeile
influence and entirely subject to the
professors control. To prove that they
were in a 1nesmeric state, and that al
feeling was suspended, he passed an or
| binary sewing needle through the lobes
of their ears, and also stuck it into thel
heads and different parts of their podles
| the members of the committee in seVera
cases being invited 10 withdraw th'
needle. These tests over he put tn
! subjects into a number of eXtremel,
/ ludicrous positions, and the look OF sur
prise upon their faces when restored u
| ordinary consciousness was very mirth
provoking. At Professor Kennedy's or
| der they all started to laugh, and it wa
not until he commanded them to desis
that they could do so. They next CAV
, an impromptu concert, in which the
| imagined they We're accompanied upo
| the pianoforte, although the instrumen
! was not played at ALL and the song
given were extremely mirth-provokine
, Prof. Kennedys performance has tn
double attractiveness of being trul
wonderful from a scientific standpoi1
| and at the same time highly amusing
| The professors appearance here for on
week ought to crowd the house ever
, night.
, Another new feature of this week
l bill will be the charming vocalist an
5 comedienne, Lillian Mason. Miss Maso
, is already established here as prin
5 favorite and will be welcomed agai
e most heartily. Three a. the star attraC
$ tions from the old program will contrib
a ute new turns this week No MOI
d pleasing number could be given tha
C Bellman and Moores comedy sketch,
$ full of up-to-date refined fun and clev'
# specialties. Staley and Birbeck, IL