The herald., 1896-09-28

full comedies ever written by the great
playwright and manager, Mr.. Anguish
Daily, The Great Unknown, which Gre
ated such a sensation at the Columbia
theater. The piece will be produced
with the identical cast, properties and
paraphernalia as seen at the Columbia
theater. Beiasco and De Mills charm
ing play, The Charity Ball, will follow
The Great Unknown, which will run Cor
the balance Of the week. Friday Satur-
day and Sunday nights with Saturday
matinee. During the brief season here,
among the plays that will be produced
are the following: The Two Escutch-
cons, The Wife, Men and Women.
Brother John Lord Chumley, The High
est Bidder, His Wife's Father Moths,
London Assurance, The Social Trust,
and Matrimonial Maze.
The company consists of the following
well-known artists: IT. Danial Fraw
ley, Miss Blanche L. Bates, Frank
Worthing, Mr. Maclyn Arbuckle, Mr..
Frank C.. Thompson, Harry Corson
Clarke, H. S. Duffield, George Bosworth,
Thomas Phillips, Hope Ross, Phosa Nc.
Allister, Madge Carr Cooke, Lansing
Rowan and Alice Pixley.
The sudden transition from commun-
ion with the master minds of melody to
acquaintance with society to be found
in a Bowery saloon, would seem, at the
first glance, to be rather far descent,
were 1t not that the ordinary human
mind, soon wearied with the strain of
soaring fin the rarified atmosphere O
high art, readily habituates itself to the
sudden change from high standards,
which it finds necessary in order to vary
the monotony of existence. Therefore it
was that those who the week before had
listened antranpa6 tn oil
dies of Verdi, Gounod and Donizetti;
who wept with Marguerite and deplored
the tragic fate of Lucia, were quite capa-
ble of rushing to see Steve Brodie dis
pense drinks from behind real bar,
and give a counterfeit presentment of
his notorious leap from the Brooklyn
bridge. Aye, and they enjoyed him too,
as was proved by the size of tho audi
ence at each performance given by the
Brodie company.
And now the plaintive voice of the
carping critic may be heard in the land,
with his eternal Il told you so! People
have no appreciation of high art any
more. 1t is attractions like On the Bow
cry that receive the best patronage"
And so on, ad infinitum
While it Is true that the lighter attrac-
tions do draw the largest houses, the
fact is not so much that people are los
ing their artistic instincts, but is rather
due to the troubled and unsettled state
of the country at the present time. When
the rate of the nations future hangs in
the balance; when the great political
questions are agitating mems souls and
their minds are oppressed with the
weight of their obligations to country.
home and humanity; then, would they
rather seek in the ridiculous, the laugh
ter which relieves the mind from its
strain for the time being, at least, than
by an aspect of the tragic be drawn into
a further contemplation of the serious
side of life.
"a wonderful thing Is laugh, ha! ha.
Why it's better than all the tears
That body could shed for years,
Ana there is nothing 50 good as
laugh"
There was time when attractions
playing Los Angeles on Saturday nights,
used occasionally, to- cut their perform
ance short in order to catch the train
north, which then left Los Angeles at II
o'clock. After this trick, despite the ef-
forts of the local management. had been
playing Los Angeles on Saturday nights.
gan to avoid Saturday night perform
ances. fearing a repetition of the cir
cumstance, until finally, the Saturday
night audience became the smallest of
the week. There is no reason now, how
ever, why people should avoid the thea
ter on Saturday nights. as there is no
possible train by which even the most
energetic actor could take his departure
until Sunday. So, by the grace of those
who compile time tables, we are once
more. enabled. as a happy close to the
weeks work, to seek a few hours re-
Taxation at the theater. secure in the
thought that we are to have the benefit
or the performance in it's entirety.
Favor and Sinclair have proved them
selves great favorites with Orpheum
audiences during the three weeks of
their stay here. Mr.. Favor is a talented
comedian who, in his methods, reminds
one very strongiy at times. of that ex-
tremely popular maker, John Hen
Shave Mr.. Favor has three clever
comedy sketches in which he is ably
assisted by Miss Sinclair, who,a while
she Is not possessed of much voice shows