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De expected, won the applause OF the
audience, which was in thorough good
humor and inclined to take it's pleasure
out of everything that came along. Post
and Clinton did neat turn when they
both got on the stage, although the rather
mildewed joke by which the lady was
brought on from among the audience was
not as full of humor as it once might
have been. Posts acrobatic work Is very
clever and the team was honored with
tumultuous applause. Ouda is a gym
mast of Apollo-like proportions and very
considerable skill in his profession. He
is as light as bird in his movements,
and as graceful. The double turn he
makes while hanging by his arms from
the trapeze is rather sickening to see
as it looks fairly impossible for mans S
arms to turn thus in their sockets, but
the apparent ease with which the feat
is accomplished tends to take something
away from the fear of it. Ouda winds up
with a dive into the net and exits with
we'll earned acclamations for his pluck
endurance and skill
The Kaffa brothers in quaint disguises
do lot Of difficult balancing tricks, in
pantomime, and later in the evening
team do an act entitled 1.-The Tramp and
the Brakeman" which is more clever in
acrobatic work than it is in idea. The
tramp has been SO artistically presented
on these boards within the last few weeks
by Wills that the overdone makeup of
the new man is comparatively inspid
The makeup of Wills may be equaled
but not surpassed. Mr.. Mazuz, or what
ever his pseudonym may be, eXaggerates
too much, even to the point of giving an
entirely impossible personation. All
the same the acrobatic work OF the
team is deserving of high praise.
Harry LeClair gave three new bur-
lesques-Richelieu, Ophelia and Me-
phistopheles, of which the last only was
bearable. His Ophelia is simply dis
gusting, even from a burlesque point of
view. The line that separates coarse
ness from humor Is well enough defined,
but seems to be invisible to LeClair.
Imogene Conner, the young woman who
sings descriptive songs, is in her second
week at this house. Her performance
deserves better recognition than it has
yet received at the hands of the press
She is shining example of the power Of
training, and with no refnements of
method that come from the highest cul-
tivation. Her aim is not high one, but
she has the gift of hitting the mark ev-
cry time. She does not indulge in songs
that are unintelligible, or in music that
is over the heads of the larger part of
the audience. She sacrifices everything
to the one purpose of telling dramatic
story in way so that every word of it
is clearly understood all through the
house. This is done in sort of rhyth-
mic measure in which one song sounds
very like another; the difference being
shown by the dramatic realism of the
singer who understands the arts and
the by-play which make her work find
favor. That her method succeeds as it
does. and it succeeds enormously, is
proof that she is giving the audience
something it appreciates.
The singer has a slight figure, an ex-
pressive face and eyes that will translate
the feeling she wishes to convey. Her
movements are quick and supple and
give to every emotion it's desired ex-
preston. 1t is only in the change of
costume adopted this week that the fair
singer has not been altogether fortunate.
Light colors become her best. The work
done by Imogene Conner is entirely new
to the Orpheum stage and it is revival
of the old style of descriptive song OF
which Henry Russell was in days gone
by one of the leading exponents. His
songs were principally of the sea, such
as MAN the Lifeboat," and there was
much music to them. Miss Conner pays
less attention to the music and more to
the story. Whatever else takes place,
she never fails to make the point of her
story reach home, and as the topics she
chooses are all Wholesome even if some
times COMMONPLACE, and are thoroughly
free from taint of any kind, she is really
doing a good work, beside which the
shrill-voicedsi singers of would-be naughty
ballads seem to be very insignificant
people.
Francis J. Bryant talks against time
in various brogues until the manage
ment is satisfied that he has earned his
salary.
And then comes the Cinematograph,
which closes the bill and throws upon a
sheet at the back of the stage with life
like reality the following animated
views: Feeding the Swans, Jardin des
Plantes, Paris" Chicago Police Pa
rade." Loading a Coke Oven at Car
mauX, France, "Unloading a Coke oven
at CarmauX," German Dragons, Hur-
die Jumping" "a Game of Ecarte," car
rival of the Limited Express" Quarrel
ing Babies" "a Hot Game of Cards with
Cold Fnish," Charge of the Spanish
Lancers."
The lamp balked little last night, so
that the pictures were not seen at their
best, but it will doubtless be reduced to
a state of subsection by tonight, and the
pictures and the rest of the bill will run
all the week, with matnees Wednesday
and Saturday.
BURBANK THEATER.-Man
Pearson has every reason to congratu-
late himself on the reopening of his the
ater after the compulsory vacation
caused by. the late fire. The house, which
always had cheerful interior s now
brighter than ever, the decorations are
tasteful, the coloring is warm and the
probation of the bill of fare set before
them last night.
If there is anything the Burbank au-
dences like better than anything else, it
is a mild seasoning of sensation in their
theatrical diet. Therefore the manage
ment was wise in providing such an ex-
cellent dish as "The Fast Mail" 1t is
harbreadth escapes and happy ending