The herald., 1896-07-07
AT THE THEATERS
oRPHEUM.-with a new week ii

ORPHEU M.-With new week there
was presented at the Orpheum last
night a new combination of attractions.
Some of the last weeks favorites are
retained while for those who finished
their engagement on Sunday night new
faces appear. The whole is a big bill
and well rounded and eminently sat
isfactory one. Every seat in the theater
was sold ere the box office window was
opened for the evenings business.
Standing room only was sold, and the
purchasers of it formed a fresco around
the entire circuit of THE walls from box
to box, in addition to which some hun
dreds who applied for seats left to come
again later in the week. So much for
what was expected of the management,
and 1t can besaid but in a few words.
the immense audience was not disap-
pointed.
Lawrence and Harrington gave a new
view of tough Bowery life. and in many
respects it was better than their former
presentations. The Meers brothers are
masters of the tight wire. On 1t they
do almost everything possible to be
done, and very much more than is usu-
of strength, in ease and brilliancy of
execution are surprising. Many of their
tricks are new this week.
Bimbo and Tehi as phunambulists and
necromancers are good, but they are
triie tiresome in pantomime. The
Washburn sisters have dropped their
personalities. They have done this. too,
without losing a particle of abandon
or life. In speaking of personalities.
let it be here said that last week when
they indulged in this that not once did
they address a patron of the house.
The fun was with an attache of the
house, or with a professional seated for
a time in front of the footlights in every
instance. and, of course, with the lat
ter's full consent. 1t was business, strict
buslness-nothing more.
The fair Papinta again charmed the
house with her myriad dance. The ka-
leidoscopic color effects called forth
many expressions of delight, and deser-
vedly so. Particularly was this true of
the leaping, clinging yellow flame eff
fects. 1t is weird thing. Hugh j.
Emmett presented a ventriloqual absurd
ity which was very amusing. Replete
with new and original ideas and brilliant
repartee. it proved very entertaining.
Edison's marvel, the vitascope. was de-
cidedly novel and most interesting.
There are but three machines in exist
ence-one in New York, one in Boston
and the other at the Orpheum. The in
tricate and delicate machinery is hidden
from view under the gallery. 1t Is. in
deed, sanctum sacred from the vulgar
eye. Only it's productions are seen, and
these. were 1t not for the rapid age In
which we live, would be rightly termed
marvellous. Thrown on screen. in life
size figures, one sees Anna Belle in the
sun. serpentine and butterfly dances:
the Venezuela imbroglio, in which Uncle
Sam comes out the winner: Herald
square, New York, with its mighty traf-
fic, its elevated trains rushing by, its
cable cars, its horse-drawn drays, and
the surging throng of men and women
every movement natural as in actual
ity Cissy Fitzsimmons' dance, in which
she shows a bewldering amount of fine
muslin and hosiery and flying, dainty
and shapely feet; and, lastly, the IA
nous May Irwin and John Rice kiss.
Well, the latter could be described, but
space forbids. 1t is immense. Let this
generic term suffice. One sees it, and
one is almost inclined to blush for the
participants. One sees the jolly
Mays lips move as her face is
one almost hears her speak.
Suddenly John Rice prepares for the
kiss proper-and such a kiss as it
proves to be, Well, the glorified and per-
fected kinetoscope named the vitaScope,
is 81 big thing.
on Thursday and perhaps sooner
depending on fast eXpresS-there Will be
seen Niagara falls, ocean waves and the
Corbett- Courtney boxing bout.
LOS ANGELES THEATER-Miss
Jerry delighted refined audience at this
house, largely attracted by the an
nouncem that they would see some
thing new to the stage under the cap
ton of a picture play. In this respect
they We're not mistaken for certainly the
entertainment is decidedly unique one,
and gave large measure of satisfaction.
The story of the play is illustrated by
life-size prestntments of the dramatls
personae thrown on large screen with
the aid of stereopticon. 1t is story of
New York life, and the scenes presented
have a stirring interest to all who have
any familiarity with Gotham. The tale
is told by Carrie Louise Ray, who is un-
questionably one of the best readers who
has been before Los Angeles audience
in a long time. Her listeners bcame so
completely absorbed in the recital of the
adventures of Miss Jerry that they for
get the reader and take all the interest
in the unique production that usually
attaches to the lines and action of a per-
formance with stage full of living peo-
pie. Miss Jerry will be repeated tonight
and she is worthy of acquaintance as a
charming personality.