The herald., 1896-07-19
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new and those performers who appear
for their second week will present ar
entirely new act.
The Rossow midgets will play re-
turn engagement of single week Tht
two famous German dwarfs made tre-
mendouS hit on their appearance in Los
Angeles some two months ago and 1t Is
| in response to numerous requests from
people who were unable to secure seats
when they visited Los Angeles before
that they have been prevailed upon I,
return. 1t will be for only week, fol
the midgets have accepted an engage
ment of forty-two weeks in Berlin
There are not vaudeville artists in
America today who command such sal
| aries as these dwarfs.
Everywhere they have appeared the
public has gone wild over their imita-
tions of the great Sandow's weight
manipulations. They are wonderfully
strong, in consideration of their size, and
agile and 1.-THE besides. Perhaps the
most taking part of their act is the box
ing and wrestling contests in which
! they engage They struggle together on
the most approved scientific lines and
their skill is admirable. These dwarfs
! are born commedians and understand
| how to make their act irresistibly droll.
| They appeal not only to men, but to
ladies and children.
| The Fredericks troupe of six demon
|
midgets, for these men are superbly de-
veloped specimens of humanity, of nor
NAL size. They will appear in thrilling
| succession of feats of ground and lofty
tumbling and pyramid building. They
are wonderfully strong and agile and are
! sure to make a hit here. Their feats are
| essentially picturesque.
/ There will he a third team of athletes.
| the Jackley Roston throupe. This band
| of clever mimicS and comedians is
! headed by Jackley Roston. the original
man monkey" He and his troupe will
appear in a medley of monkey shines
and grotesque gymnastics which are
sure to be very taking.
Still another new feature will be Lilly
Western, the musical phenomenon. She
is a gifted musician and is said to draw
delightful strains from a great variety
of instruments. The feat of playing on
two banjos at one and the same time is
an example of her possibilities. She
has just finished a very successful en-
gagement'i in San Francisco. She plays
both popular airs and difficult high class
music.
The Black Patti will begin her second
week in Los Angeles Monday evening.
She is beyond question one of the great
est singers who has ever entranced the
music-loving people of this city Sis
sieretta Jones has a voice of wonderful
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control and endowed with soul-mov-
ing expressiveness and feeling The
songs she chooses are,allvof high class,
strong contrast to the usual light mu-
sic of vaudeville house. She has won
most enthusiastic reception here. Her
genius has won just recognition and she
has received applause such as few stars
can ever hope to win. The grace and
charm of her manners on the stage add
to the effect of her singing She will
render new songs. eminently fitted to
show the beauty of her voice during this
week.
The Stewart sisters will appear in a
new song and dance act, with lots of wit
ty sayings an6 sprightly music to de-
light the theater going public They are
young and of good stage presence, and
their voices are clear and strong
Billy Van, the king bee of the min
strels, will appear il q new speciality
a melange of funny darkey sayings and
jolly parodies. He is AM old favorite
and his performance Is very amusing.
Papinta's engagement ends tonight
The bewitching queen of the myriad
dance has won warm liking by her
gorgeous creations. She has made a hit
such aS ia not often scored. Her grace
and beauty VIII be long remembered.
Edison's marvellous invention. the Wit
a scope, will also be shown, for the last
lar feature Of the bill for the last two
weeks
Hugh,J. Emmett and Bimbo and Tehi
also conclude their engagement this
evening, and no doubt a big audience
will gather this afternoon and tonight
to see for the last time these stars who
have become so popular in Los Angeles,
Few people realize how much it costs
to run a vaudeville theater. Papinta
cost the Orpheum people over S110O a
week. The Rossow midgets are an even
more expensive attraction. But the en-
terprise displayed has its reward, for the
Orpheum draws nightly such audiences
as were never before known in Los An
geles. Unless people secure their seats
beforehand they stand a very good
chance of being confronted by the stand
ing room only sign.
Tonight Manager Cooper will reopen
the Burbank theater with that new and
unique entertainment Alexander Black S
famous picture play, Miss Jerry.
The picture play, rapidly becoming
great success in the line of popular
amusements, is the sole and original in
Vention of Alexander Black He had long
thought over plans for increasing the in
terest of the popular lyceum courses.
Being an enthusiastic and artistic pho
| esting tales, he hit upon the plan of COM
| bining the two elements in one enter
| talnment, in which the novelty should
| be surpassed only by the interest. The
| suit is the picture play, Miss Jerry This
| is the first effort in this line of entertain
| ment, and that it has proved a brilliant
| success from the start clearly appears
! in the enthusiastic words of commenda-
| tion which it has received from eminent
| critics in the literary and art world, from
| managers of the most successful lecture
| courses, from the press in general and
! from thousands of those who have seer
it. William Dean Howells, who needs nc
/ Introduction, wrote to Mr.. Black in the
| first burst of his enthusiastic apprecia-
| ton: THE invention is novel and agree
| able and delightfully."- surprising. You
| have struck boldly at life in your story
| and you have got fresh note from it, ;
| Edmund Clarence Stedman, who is a
banker in Wall street and poet in all
| the rest of the world writes: II dom
| know of anything more up to date than
your most happy and original combina-
| ton of science and dramatic thought ir
the creation of what you call a picture
| play How effective and how defiant oi
competition. | congratulate you in ad-
vance on your inevitable success"
| Manager Frank +. Muller Wh0fs IL
charge of this interesting educationa
| entertainment. is presenting it for tn,
| first time at popular prices this season
! and it should fill the Burbank nightly
| Following is the list of characters ant
| of those who represented them befor,
| the camera:
Geraldine Holbrook, the Princess o
!