The herald., 1896-07-05
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I VIII save person WneH TelBlOil, tIdiH-
! ing and home influences fail.
This sense of humor,. humor clean,
| brilliant and sparkling, Mr.. Drew pos
! sesses in the highest degree. May he
| visit us often enough to keep green In
our memories what a charming and
! wholly delightful thing a rehned COM
/ edy may become in the hands of a skill
J full actor, who possesses the further at
| tribute of being gentleman.
! And what shall be said of Miss Adams,
| Mr. Drew's leading lady? Surely sucn
dainty, sparkling vivacious, perfectly
natural, truly artistic and wholly oe-
| lightful young woman was never seen
on our stage And what versatility she
| possesses One thinks nothing could ex-
| eel her previous creation of part, untll
| one has seen her latest, and then wonder
| is succeeded by the conviction that her
| possibilities as a comedienne are limit
| less, and that she will go on improving
until she writes her name on that i'm
| perishable list of the great In her ART,
| whose best recommendation to mercy In
| another sphere of existence will surely
| be that they have brought smiles TO
the lips and pleasure to the hearts OF
| earth's sorrowful children.
Miss Adams humor is as delicate and
| refined as the bloom on the peach, or
| the faint sweet perfume of the new
| mown hay, and as bracing and refresh
| ing as the spicy wind-wafted odor OF the
| pine in the deep shade of the summer
| woods And then her laugh. How sill
very sweet How infectious! Listening
| to its tinkling cadences one is reminded
| of some charming verses:
when Polly laughs
You think of merry. tinkling bells,
i OF music low in fairy dells.
OF sweetest notes that e'er were heard
From touch of lutte or throat OF bird.
When Polly laughs"
| Ancelenos with that quick recogni-
ton OF true merit. for which they are
famous will always keep a warm spot
in their hearts for Miss Adams, and her
future receptions in this city are as
sured. In the words of the enthusiastic
Irishman, May her shadow never grow
less!"
A pair of tiny, twinkling feet keeping
time to the strains of a ripping pulSing
melody amid swirl of draperies of
rapidly changing iridescent hues, with
gorgeousness of coloring never equaled
in the most extraVagant visions of that
most prolific of story tellers, Shehera-
zade-Presto, change. A brilliant but
terfly, radiant with magnificent color
ing of a tropic Sunset-Yet, again. fire
draped vision, which must bring sun
worshiper to his knees as being direct
| you have Papinta who is nightly crowd
| ing the Orpheum to its DOORS Nothing
remotely approaching Papinta's per-
formance has ever been seen here and
| to witness her in it is to gain an added
respect for ones species, for the Won
| derful brain power and hand cunning
| that make such a delightful vision pos
sible. One ceases to wonder, too at the
| enthusiastic reception given Loie Full
| Ter, the first exponent of such enter
| tainments, by that most sated and blase
| of all audiences, the Partisan world.
| Papinta's work must be seen to be ap-
| preciated as pen and ink and type,
| which are cold mediums after all, are en-
| tirely inadequate to the expression of it.
| There is no humor in vulgarity, and it
| has no place on the stage. 1t is too often
brought in contact with the repulsive
and the outre in the daily walks of life
to tolerate grossness under the guise of
| recreation, and the vaudeville woman
| who commits the enormity of splitting or
the stage in the presence of refined
audience should be tied up in the duck
ing stool. or what is equally effective
Kissed off the boards This sort of enor
nifty may do in the Slums, but 1T has M
recognized place in a well-regulatet
theater.
Manager Petrich of the Orpheum i:
doing much to please the amusement
loving public of Los Angeles in bringing
here fine line of attractions, and tn,
| high standing of the artists is evidenced
by the fact that not a week passes but
the New York papers chronicle the
appearance at Roster and Balls an6
The Metropolitan Garden of many of the
performers who erstwhile delighted An
geleno audiences.
Alexander Black, the widely knowr
author, had added another wreath tc
his laurels in the production of his
unique and absorbing picture play
Miss Jerry. Mr.. Black. who is literary
editor of the Brooklyn Times is nothing
if not original, and no better proof o
this fact could be desired than the fac
that Miss Jerry, from beginning to end
is absolutely and entirely his own con
| ception. The title gives no adequate idee
of the character of the play, the scenes
of which are laid in New York city
whittier Miss Jerry turns her footstep!
after a more or less adventurous bring
ing up" in a Colorado mining camp
Notwithstanding the rough and uncoutf
characters encountered by the girl in hel
childhood she develops into a loving anC
lovable woman whose trials and vicissi
tudes serve only to strengthen her in
herent sense of right and duty. In th
great wicked and cruel metropolis
Miss Jerry meets her fate; a handsome
| clever fellow, who seems so far aboV,
her, socially, that she bitterly lament
the chance that threw him in her pa tn
Fortune smiles on her, however, and he
own sweet and pure personality accom-
plishes the rest. Among the variou
characters represented in this, the frs
picture play ever presented in this coun
| try are Chauncey DepeW Farmer Dunn
the weather prophet and Superintendent
Martin of the Brooklyn bridge. Amoni
the outdoor scenes are views of Broad
way, City Hall park, Madison Square
Fifth Avenue hotel, Washington Squar
and Central park. Miss Jerry was pre-
sented last season before an eXtraordi
narily wide range of audiences, includin
some of the most famous social ant
literary clubs, prominent churches, il
drawing rooms and in some of the larg
est lecture halls and opera houses in tn
| United States and Canada. Miss Jerr
is the greatest recent success in NeN
| York. Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia
, Washington and San Francisco. 1t is
| love story illustrated with pictures O
real scenes and real people. The en-
! gagement is for only two nights, Monda
and Tuesday, July 9Th and 7th, at the Lo
| Angeles theater. Already many inquir
{ | les have been made for seats shown
| that any novelty will take we'll in Lo
Angeles. Manager Wyatt takes grea
pleasure in announcing this attraction
The following is list of the character
! | and of those who represented them be
| fore the camera:
| Geraldine Holbrook, the princess of
, | Panther Mine Miss Constance Art 1ll