The herald., 1896-10-18

not understand why "a strange man., as
he calls the young husband, should come
into his home and take up so much OF his
daughters time and attention. He be-
gins interfering in the most good
natured but eXasperating manner in
all the domestic arrangements of the
young couple, and he makes life bore
and torment for his son-in-law, who
seldom has an opportunity of enjoying
the society of his wife alone. That butt
for the comic old man, the mother-in-
law, never made half the trouble that
does this fussy, testy, meddlesome, can
tankerous old man, and before he realiz-
es what he has done, the happiness he
was so anxious to secure for his little
girl is all but wrecked.
The sentiment in the play is sinSularly
sweet. without being mawkish, and the
thought is pure and honest. The new
woman and ephemeral fads are con-
spicuous by their absence. The lesson
taught is that daughter must leave
father and mother and follow her hus-
band.' and is taken from the Bible.
The Orpheum-The local vaudeville
world will be set whrling this week
with the biggest combination of top
liners that were ever booked at a sin
gle engagement in any house on the
coast. The Orpheum has presented
some great bills in it's time; it has shown
some of the greatest stars in the pro-
fession. European novelties, renowned
specialists and many of the highest
salaried artists on the stage, but it has
never since its opening offered show to
equal the one that comes on tomorrow
night. The program will be graced with
hVe new names, any one of which might
serve to head the bill of any first class
show. 1t has been found necessary to
do something to offset the increasing in
terest that is diverted from the theaters
to politics land to do this Manager
Schimpf has made a heavy outlay Of
money with the result that he has
booked the finest aggregation of the
season. The fact Is, it would be i'm
possible to engage better show any,
where
Among the new attractions Gertie
Cochran will probably be ranked as the
greatest hit. She is know as the mem :
ory wonder-the human encyclopedia
and the marvel of the age. She is GER
tainly the most remarkable child in the
world. In the matter of memory she
Is the greatest person in the world. Her
faculty is astonishing beyond belief.
She cannot read or write one word, and
has no knowledge of figures whatever,
yet she answers like flash of lightning
purely from memory thousands of diff
ferent questions on all subjects-Bib-
lical history, national history, popull.
tion OF all the large cities of the earth,
dates or discoveries, political history,
dates OF great battles, generals COM
manding, numbers killed and wounded.
national debts of all nations, including
our own national debt. giving it's ex-
act size every year since the administra- :
tion Of Washington, capitals Of all the
states and nations of the earth, current
events OF the day and thousands of
other valuable bits of information that
not one grown person in a million could
memorize in lifetime. All this the
phenomenal child accomplishes with
4 out any effort on her own part, but sim
ply by the aid of her supernatural men,
ory. She creates furore wherever she
appears, and will doubtless prove the
biggest drawing card the Orpheum has
ever introduced