The herald., 1897-03-24
! At THE THEATERS
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ORPHEUM-The change of the bill
last night caused the house to be packed
to the ceiling, the chief attraction ap-
pearing to be the novel tank
performance of Prof" ]. Fineey and
his sister. Mr.. Frinney appeared withhis
manly breast literally covered with
medals. After ddvesting himself Of his
coat, he appeared in swimming cos
tune and accomplished some remarka-
BILE feats. The large glass tank was so
placed that a full view of the perform
ance was easily obtained. The ap-
parently impossible tasks of eating and
drinking under water were accom-
plished, besides a variety of other in
teresting tricks. Miss Finney per-
formed a number of graceful evolutions,
while her brother went to sleep at the
bottom of the tank for SO long a time
that his resurrection appeared to be
matter of doubt. The champion also
picked up with his mouth nearly sixty
coins from the bottom of the tank while
his hands we're tied, behind him.
The grand concert number" of the
program was good but appears to be out
of keeping with the remainedr of the
performancS The audience at the Or
pheum likes plenty of ginger, and they
sometimes get a little too much al
though they never seem to think SO. At
any rate, artists in, evening dress who
meander on the stage and warble Italian
trills in concert fashion are not appre-
ciated at their true worth. The Cheval-
uer Guile was not on the BILL and so
the nightly apology for his lack of an
evening dress suit, that was spoken all
last week, did not have to be made.
Whether he iS still pursuing Wells
Fargo's express to recover his missing
| habiliments or whether he Is resting
until his tailor can equip him afresh is
| not known. ALI that was evident was
| that his fascinat ting smile and mellifiu-
| Gus tones were absent, leaving vacuum
which the ponderous Abramoff. the del
| icate Cote and the spirituelle Fichter
| could not fill, sang they never so sweetly.
The remaining new features were the
appearance of Dudley Prescott, very
| clever ventriloquist, who gave imita-
tions of brass instruments, planning
mills, pile drivers and strange voices.
His limitations were good, but his at
| tempts at wit in his remarks to the au-
| dience were awkward and unfunny. He
| should do more and talk less
| Barney Pagan and Henrietta Byron
| caught the audience by storm and Sc
cured that rare thing at this house,
curtain call after their act was over.
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and a clever talker, inclined, however, to
press the limit in the license he takes in
the dialogue with his frisky companion.
Miss Byron appeared at first in
bloomer bicycle suit of stunning design,
and in the course of the act made De-
witching succession of costume changes,
some of which with long skirts, in the
manner Of Cissy Fitzgerald, were very
fetching. Miss Byron was extremely
rapid and convinced the audience very
| easily that amplitude of costume by no
means implied concealment of form.
The other acts were hold-overs from
last week and being placed at the be-
| ginning of the program gave pleasant
| zest for what was to follow. The clario-
net virtuoso, for example, with his shrill,
unearthly and discordant music, more
rasping than a hornpipe. made one feel
that no greater test of endurance could
possibly come after. and SO everybody
was pleased with the entertainment that
succeeded.