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| ORPHEUM-The change of bill last
! night drew the usual crowded house. and
some clever new features kept up the
general average. Robert e. Lee is neat
workman, and his feats of juggling and
balancing are clean and deft. A very
pretty bit of business is the tossing of
four lighted firebrands. over and under.
right and left with never a miss nor
faltering, and his work while balanced
on his head is extremely difficult and as
well done.
OF Baby Lola also only praise can be
said. She ie pretty child. a graceful
little dancer; but she would better have
been in bed than singing the song she
sang last night at the Orpheum. A song
the sentiment of which would have been
questionable coming from much older
lips, but which from hers was scarcely
less than PROCLAMATION. Ogling. singing
of love, and dancing-for pay-and
frankly advertised as Baby, Lola"
where is the local Gerry?
The Rays appeared in very funny
new sllit There were SYMPTOMS of
hilarious joy from the audience before
they appeared that deepened into un-
controllable mirth when they arrived,
and that ceased not until they had de-
parted, returned and departed again.
Werner and Rieder, the Tyrolean sing
ers, gave another enjoyable musical
turn. They have strong. true, clear
voices, and their imitation of the night
ingale is particularly clean.
Evans and Vidocq, eccentric conver-
sa ton artists" were new and the least
clever on the bill. Their turn is talk
rather than conversation; some of their
jokes are hoary with age, and what they
say is distinctly what they advertise,
mostly nonsense" and the rest dis
tinctly stuff"
Lille Laurel, billed as the ideal COM
edienne." made friends with the audi
ence, particularly that part of it located
in the upper regions. She has a good
voice, and was quite successful with her
closing song. Her familiarity in ad-
dressing the people across the footlights
is a trick much practiced by a certain
class of vaudeville performers, and was
pressed to the limit by this artist.
Kronemann Brothers, who do gro
tesque acrobatic turn, were very funny
and particularly clever in their line.
Their act was cut short by a misunder-
standing on the part of the audience.
which rose to go when one of the brothers
said good night" He tried to correct his
error, but it was too late and their turn
was partly spoiled; but 1--WE hope it won't
happen again."
Guile, the French chevalier with the
tenor voice, was billed to sing and was
so advertised in the advance announce
ment sent to this office for publication on
Sunday last. The chevalier did not ap-
pear, however, neither was any explana-
tion or apology offered for his absence
from the scene. Perhaps he is still en-
gagged in the search for that missing
dress suit, which went astray through
Wells-Fargo & Co s. express on the oc-
casion of his former appearance here.
The chevalier was so mortified at having
to appear before his distinguished aud
ience in street costume that he caused
/ an apology to be made nightly from the
| stage. Meantime, if the dress suit has
not been recovered, or a new one re-
, ceived from his Partisan modiste, there
| is little chance for Los Angeles public
or any other public to listen to those
melihuent notes that have charmed SO
many people ere now.