The herald., 1896-10-13

he climbed the slender steel from the
stage to the gallery and took the daring
slide for life, completely established his
right to the appellation. Abdullah =
| the onl aerialist in the world who at
tempts this difficult trick and his act II
well worth witnessing.
| Next the jolly Vassar quartette put IN
an appearance and there was niirth and
melody well mixed with spicy dialogue
as long as they were on the stage. This
| accomplished musical combination II
now playing its fourth week and from
| the reception given them last night they
| have gained firm hold among the mu-
| sic loving habitues of the Orpheum. Their
pleasant sketch was given an added
| charm by the introduction of several
new songs One especially, the Little
Yellow Coon caught on" with vim
| and the chorus was echoed from the
auditorium and gallery. Several encores
| were piled up to their credit before the
merry Vassars were permitted to re-
tire to make way for the dashing little
danseuse, Maguerite Ferguson.
| Marguerite came on with a whirl OF
loveliness in black and yellow and kept
| up such bewildering succession Of
| graceful steps and contortions that one
could not help but wonder on what sort
| of frame was placed such a lithesome
,. supple body. The shapely little contor-
zionist not only dances with exceptional
! grace and beauty, but executes some ar
we have ever seen, and she does 1t all
with such bewitching childish abandon
that she fairly wins the hearts Of all who
| see her.
-. The next to appear was Mile. Alma.
| the fairy of the electric globe. who gave
novel and thoroughly divertinr turn.
performing numerous difficult and pref
| ty tricks in a brilliantly lighted electric
globe. In the equilibrist line the Or
pneum mas mas never presented better
| novelty than that of Mile Alma.
The first of the newcomers to make
| her appearance was the favorite come
| dlenne and character vocalist Annie
suits, who made a dashing entree IN The
| novel makeup of widows weeds with
| abbreviated skirts and decollete gown.
annie is perfect vision of loveliness.
chic as any Partisan and as engaging n
her manner as she is pretty. Her songs
gave happy variety to the bill that
could not be replaced by anything else
she sings exceptionally we'll, dances ike
| a nymph and is altogether perfectly
| loVely. Her songs are all new and are
given In an inimitable manner. Miss
SUITS reception could not have been
| more cordial had she been Lillian Rua-
| sell. The galleries approved her turn
with continuous plaudits and the occu-
| pants of boxes and loges as well. She
| had to give several encores before she
| was finally allowed to withdraw. None
| OF the condolences who have recently
| appeared at the Orpheum have received
was deserving of 1t in every sense.
"A season of rollicking fun followed.
! introduced by the breezy duo of Irish
comedians and knockabout artists. Fer
guson and Mack. Their act was similar
TO the one by which they delighted ev-
eryone last week, being happily varied
by new songs and gags Ferguson and
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hummers, and they roll out more fun IN
snort time than would seem possible.
Fhe triumph of the evening must be
accorded to Mr.. Lew Hawkins, the black
race artist, who produced more merri-
inent than all the rest of the show COM
bined. Hawkins does the burnt cork
act, but he does not over do it, He IA
funny without being broad, subtle with
out being dull and so thoroughly anus
ing that wooden man would laugh at
his jokes. He excited the risibilities Of
the audience to pitch that could only
hnd vent in tumultuous applause Ev-
cry one seemed to like him and with rood
reason, too, for he Is without exception
the strongest feature of the kind that
the Orpheum has afforded in a long
time. His gags are literally new and not
at al! wanting in the proper flavor. OF
comic songs he has store and he sings
very we'll Hawkins alone ought to crowd
| TINS popular place for the remainder of
| the week.
Eldora and Norine closed the excellent
bill with their wonderful exhibition OF
Juggling. They were no less popular
than when they first appeared a week
! ago. Eldora's performance Is such that
one might witness it a dozen times with
! equal pleasure at every repetition.
Altogether the new bill is one of the
best that has ever graced the boards OF
this house. 1t is boomer" from first
to last and will doubtless pack the house
every night this week. .