The herald., 1896-06-28

fixed as hers, and they are often vastly
more amusing.
Miss Raymond presents the Bowery
type for the delectation of her audience
and wins their most decided approba-
tton. She succeeds also in winning the
hearts of the ladies by her love of a Co.'S
tune" 1t is a subtle admixture of those
two colors so difficult of combination, ex-
cept in the hands of an artist-green and
blue. There are touches of fur here and
there, which serve to lift the costume
entirely out Of the realm of the common
place. and a most charming tout ensem-
BILE is the result If actors and actresses
could only be brought to realize the hap
py effect produced on an audience by
handsome costume perhaps more of
them would take a leaf out of Miss Ray
mond's book and present themselves to
their audiences in somewhat better get
up" than most of them at present seem
to think necessary.
Among the things that most Of us will
have to leave unsettled in our minds un-
til a kind and munificent providence
causes our translation into wider
sphere of action, is what possible enjoy
ment a woman can derive from going to
a theater with a baby in arms. Yet does
anyone ever remember going to thea
ter, or in fact any other place of amuse-
the presence of baby? After all, the
pleasure of the fond parents is not the
point to be considered. The youngSter
is their youngster, of course, and they
must in reason put up with its vagaries.
But there is the comfort of other people
to be looked to. 1t is not pleasant thing,
say what you will, to have all the clever
speeches or prettiest vocal passages in
an entertainment drowned by the de-
spairing howl of infant humanity crying
for home and bed and protesting with
all its lung power against the unwis-
dom of it's progenitorS. Neither is it
amusing to have greasy, sticky little
fingers busy with your lace collar or
rumpling your hair that you have taken
such pains to dress nicely for dear
Charleys eye, or yet dragging the feath-
ers and flowers from your bonnet or
Wiping its little soiled shoes on your
dainty frock. You stand it, of course,
because you don't want to make your
self conspicuous by protesting, and be-
ing woman you are afraid of what the
fond mamma would say in reply; but
you go home disguised with life and the
determination firmly fixed in your mind
that should you ever be possessed of chill
dren consideration for others will define
exactly the limits of their going and COM
ing and the places of amusement they
shall frequent. And then if the moment
ever comes W1en you are III POSSESSION
Of these little blessings, why, you forget
your good resolutions and yet another
baby makes life burden to those sur
rounding it.
John Drew will be seen at the Los An
geles theater Tuesday night next, and
for the balance of the week, in his two
latest successes, Christopher Jr., by
Madeleine Lucette Ryley, and The
Squire of Danes by r. c. Carton. The
first named will be presented Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday nights and
the latter Friday night. Mr. Drews
present western trip is a very brief one.
though it has been again and again
demonstrated that he could not "Wear
out his welcome on the4Pacific coast.
It's brevity, however, is made neces-
sary by the prolonged season he closed
In New York at the end of April last.
He and his art were tied down to that
city for over seven months, his engage
ment beginning there in September last.
However strong his desire to present
himself earlier to his western friends
with whom he can easily be described
as tremendous favorite, it was out of
the question to run away from a success
sion OF capacity" houses, especially