The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-12-12
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at the Lansing on Friday and Saturday
to audiences which rewarded their ef.
forts by frequent laughter. The songs
and the jokes were q little worn but
tho audience was good natured enough
10 be amused by them, and AZ the
papers say, ~ pleasant time was had"
Tho Psyton Comedy company has
played to good houses the past week at
the Funke. The Octoroon part Of Zoe
which Carrie Louis, the leading lady,
played on Wednesday evening, was
evidently not suited to her character.
She disappointed the uncritical, easily
satisfied audience to. which she played.
The second lady. Miss Lillian Sutton. is
graceful and has very pleasing and CO.
Quettieh moments when il il pleasure
20 be q part OF the audience.
Norbert King does some artistic
work, % does tho young man who;took
the part OF Weene Paul. though ! could
not find his name on the program.
Their work is refreshing as little dash
Of original effort in q gallery Of chro-
mos. The company az q whole do not
work we'll together. Each member ap.
pears to have Q speciality which he
works whenever he gets the stage and
each one gets it in turn. In conse.
quence the picture is without blending
or composition. For instance. the
slave. Pete, drowned the Voice OF the
auctioneer, and sassed the white men
who were present in an impossible way.
He would have been knocked down and
stayed down il he had attempted such
course in elave times. An ability to do
Q darkey part well spoils the whole in
this case, but there ~ere others. The
Octoroon" is poorly written play, full
Of impossible mock heroic dialogue. We
do these things better now. The Payton
company can find modern plays with 4
little OF the extract OF realism in them.
and still do their turns.
Eddie Foy played at the Lansing
on Tuesday evening. His company was
. fairly coed one. They have
got all the talent there is away from
Eddie. whose efforts TO amuse are
hopeless. His ac,ing-I beg the
PROFESSIONS pardon for, calling
Eddies faces, speeches and skipping.
acting-is perfunctory. 1t makes me
think OF the tired gents who do their
turns every other hour all day long in
the vaudeville. He has all the fresh
ness of wax fruit. However there was
. sprightly interested Young woman.
Miss Mary Marble, whose snap. bubble
and enjoyment Of her act accomplished
much for the show. Shc can dance and
she can sing with a pretty little appeal
ing note and withal liquid that went TO
the heart 90 long as it was new and un-
expected. But let the next soubrette
try it and she will strike flint. The
dancing was good. The play is a farce
comedy which 10 the same as no play at
all. OF course the nasty OLD reduosed
tramp was on hand. He 10 in every
farce comedy company on the road aud
he ID 40 unmitigated. nauseating nuis-
ance. He is an exaggerated picture OF
the shuddering figure that vice. dirt and
laziness will reduce q man to. There il
nohumor in the make up to an audience
not brutal enough to be amused by
bull fight. He is thoroughly bad and
disgusting. He 10 more demoralizing
than living pictures too, because he
tr;ee 20 make the most heart. breaking.