The herald., 1897-10-09

retired FARMER from New Jersey, who
would go into Wall street, and who got
shorn accordingly was the country
bred rustic and good hearted, simple,
friend to the life. Even Mr.. We're found
place where, as the Wall street harpy
and type of INSCRIPTIONS speculator, he
could turn his looks to advantage.
The feminine side of the company in
this piece, lacking Miss Irish for W hoan
there was no part, made a rather pale
showing. They were the wife and two
daughters of the speculator. The girls
have their love affairs and there are
some pretty scenes in which they are
worked out. Miss Percy Haswell as
Marjorie and Miss Frances Stevens as
Jennie may be said to come as near the
requirements of their respective char
acters as may be desired. Miss Stevens
is especially roguish and coquettish
while Miss Haswell, more demure, Is Just
as satisfactory.
The ending of the play is in the right
key, but is still subject to Improvement
| in the matter of stage arrangement, one
of the most glaring Inconsistencies being
the apparent unconcern of Elisha's o,e-
voted wife when he is in the desperate
onGition that just precedes his Death
All told it was a delightful perform
ance of an Interesting and fairly we'll
written play.
"A Fool Of Fortune will be repeat
ed at the matinee today and again to-
night.
BURBANK-The new bill drew out
another large house last night at the
Burbank, and the Broadway Theater
company scored another success. THE
Picture" is very pretty and romantic
little curtain raiser and "The' Ara biun
Nights" is ONE of those cheerfully incon-
sequertial farce comedies that make no
pretensiors to either time or place, anG
have no raison d'etre other than to rec
oncile people to themselves and to the
world by making them roar with laugh
ter from one curtain to the next at the
crisp repartee of the lines, an imbeclity
that is irresistibly humorous as to ac-
ton, unexpected complications ard
screamingly funny situations.
In the opening play, Sarah Truax
plays a graceful whimsical and roman Tic
widow whose heart is torn between af-
| fectionate regret for dead soldier hus-
band and love for very much alive
yourg major. Her family physician
solves the difficulty and in a series of
| charming scenes Miss Truax, Charles
Iaiock and Harry F. Adams present
the dilemma and it's solution.
In the ARA bian Nights" Miss Truax
presents a gay and sporty young person
who is known as Rosa Colombier, the
Gutta Percha girl. She sits or, table,
smokes cigarette an6' tosses off innum-
| l1 oil oe.1 hro,- "a tee
is done with spirit of mischief rather
! than abandon, and she is naive. not
| wanton. She introduces little song
which she sings charmirgly, and al
though she is a pivot about which
sporty married man ard his confiding
wife, his inevitable mother Law, and
various. pther characters revolve and ir'-
extricably mix themselves up, she is
equal to the occasion in an arch lady
| like way. Nan Miftlin does some partic-
ularly good work With the mother-in-
law, and the rest of the young women
fill their roles acceptably.
Arthur Blakemore as Arthur Hum
| mington, the husband who is more
sinned against than SHINING. is capital
and has some very funny lines which
he makes the most of, and the rest of
d. the parts The orchestra is doirg es-
pecially good work, and played some
very pretty Plumbers last night
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ITALIAN OPERA COMPANY.-Man-
ager Wyatt of the Los Angeles theater
received a telegram late last evening
notifying HIM that the Italian Grand
Opera company were delayed irI Arizona
by a washout ON the track and could not
possibly reach this city before Monday
afternoon. AS the singers will not un-
dertake a performance without rest and
a chance to have all scenery, costumes
and accessories reaGy for a first-c.ass
performance, they will rot oper, until
Tues6ny evening. All seats already
purchased will be used for the operas
for which they were purchased. That
is, Mondays tickets will be used Tuesday
night, Tuesdays tickets for Wednesday
night, ETC., the company playing on. Fri
day evening, which night they had ar
ranged to leave vacant.