The herald., 1897-01-24

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| Miss Kate Pearson has proved her
self solid favorite with Burbank au-
diences. She first won their favor In
ingenue roles, and then, taking them
| by surprise, appeared in the character
| of a soubrette and so well did she fill
| the requirements of this role that now
| her admirers are divided as to which set
of characters suits her best-albeit
| they are united in agreeing that she is
pretty sure to meet their appreciation
in whatever part she may assume.
| When a man leaves his seat between
acts at the Burbank theater he can
not attempt to deny that he goes in
search of something stronger than
natures beverage, because that is most
plentifully supplied by the manage
ment between acts. So therefore, when
| In this theater a man ruthlessly tram
pies over his neighbors in his mad rush
to ce gone even the most lenient and un-
suspecting of wives cannot have a
doubt but that her lord and master has
gone in search of the cup that cheers.
but, alas, likewise inebriates, and,
worst of all, she knows that every
wrathful woman over whom her afore-
said lord has walked knows it too. If
the offending one is not made to pay for
his little wifes humiliation with a new
bonnet, why, wife doesn't know her
business, that's all.
LOS ANGELES THEATER-Den-
man Thompson's celebrated play. The
Old Homestead. which has just closed
most successful two weeks run at
the Baldwin theater, in San Francisco,
will open a weeks engagement at the
Los Angeles theater tomorrow night,
giving a matinee on Saturday. This
famous piece is one of the few attrac-
lions that is assured of meeting with
favor year after year in the dramatic
world. 1t tells a story that always
pleases those who go to see 1t and never
pals on public taste The sweet SIM
plicity and solid truth that pervades the
wholesome drama to the unending credit
be 1t said. of its authors, have not only
inspired the eloquent pens of the ablest
newspaper writer's in this country but
the iIlustrious orators Of the pulpit have
In their ministerial capacities praised
the play. From all sources the merits
contained in the charming story of
Yankeeland, are lauded and commented
upon In a manner that no other play
upon the American stage has yet re-
ceived. The piece never seems to tire
one, ana each succeeding visit finds one
Just as anxious to witness it as when 1t
first came from the east with it's aroma
OF new mown hay and pictures of the
Swansey hills way off in New Hamp-
shire. In all stage literature there is
SAID to be no truer, tenderer exposition
of the indwelling goodness of human
nature when it is not sophisticated,
than in The Old Homestead, and our
stage offers no better example of real
ism 1t its best meanings than Is here set
out for the eye of the spectator Occas-
ionally we hear it said and see 1t writ
ten that The Old Homestead is
technically an i'll constructed play. That
is not true; but granting for the present
that the criticism is sound. we must in
evitably reach the conviction that the
humanities. the pastoral beauties and
the idyllic charms of this perennial play.
are superior to mere FORM The real
truth is, it is an exceptionally well made
comic drama, and when your hypercrit-
ical friend, who thinks he has absorbed
all the wisdom the ages have gathered,
snlffs at the mechanisms of The Old
Homestead, just quietly ask him to point
out Its defects. We shall look long for
a stage play that more faithfully holds
the mirror up to nature. Altogether.
The Old Homestead is a theatrical en-
tertainment of so rare worth that no
lover of drama as a factor in human
civilization can afford to be ignorant of
It or miss it's purifying and sweet in
fiuence. The production this wear il
stated to be the best ever presented
on the road, and includes the famous
Old Homestead quartet and church
choir together with the marvellous May
erhofer electrical effects.
BURBANK THEATER.-This week
at the Burbank the enterprising man
agement is Offering two shows for one
price of admission, that great realistic
drama. The Midnight Alarm, and the
wonderful cinographoscope The Mid
night Alarm has been reconstructed and
improved this season and the new YER
sion ranks as one of the best PLAYS on
the stage, and. with the capable com
pany now presenting it, has crowded the
house this week. Tonight is the last
presentation. The excellent stage set
tings have evoked much applause, espe-
cially the scene where the fast express
train flies across the bridge after the at
tempt to wreck it has been foiled and
the one showing the interior of the en-
gine house and the receipt Of the alarm
of fire, changing to the interior of the
house and showing the engine and
horses dashing through the storm to the
fire. The scenic effects are some of the
best ever introduced at the Burbank.
Next week Manager Pearson has re-
solved to make an entire change in the
character of his play for that week and
will cater to the many requests of the
older generation, the fathers and moth
ers, the grandmothers and the grand
fathers, presenting that classic that will
never grow old, Uncle Toms
Cabin. Years may come and
years may go, but Uncle Toms
Cabin goes on forever 1t is
one of the ever green favorites that new
er becomes a chestnut One of the few
plays which, like the proverbial circus,
offers an excuse for the aged and the
middle aged to "go and take the chill
dren." Harriet Beecher Stowe is laid
to rest but the spirit of her description of
''life among the lowly'' still sheds it's
rays across this broad Land, brighter
than the brightest electric lamp in ex-
istence. There Is true pathos in Uncle
Toms Cabin. The emotion of the lowly
folks depicted are deeper than those Of
the present day, they sink deep into
the heart. The play itself is the embodi-
ment of truth, freedom and right, carry
ing a lesson without preaching, and it
may be honestly said that no one can
see Uncle Toms Cabin without being
the better for it. The manner in which
the drama will be presented next week
will be superior ito any similar produc-
ton ever given in this city. The old
Kentucky home, introducing Uncle
pickaninpies, the southern plantation
moonlight dance by the field hands, will
early days in the mldIdle south.
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