The herald., 1897-01-31

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SCENE FROM MIR. BARNES OF NEW
YORK.
safe to say that each youngster who wit
messed the performance will not soon
forget it, but will look back in the far
aftertme with longing to the days when
no more acute sorrow affected the heart
than the woes of Uncle Tom.
Dolly Foster Of the Burbank theater
made an ideal Topsy and caused no lit
tie laughter by her clever conception of
the part, as we'll as by the singing and
dancing Of which she is so able an ex-
ponent.
w. j. Jossey made a fine st. Clair and
quite won the hearts of the small folks
by his championship of Topsy and his
tender devotion to little Eva.
One missed James McAIpine's fine voice
among the Burbank's attractions the
past week. In the matter of his sing
ing Mr.. McAlpin will find his audiences
Unsuitable oliver Twists in their desire
for more.
It is leplorable fact that occasion
ally an actor, presuming upon the kind
ly reception accorded him by an audi
ence, will become so confident in his
powers of attraction that he will so far
| forget himself as to indulge in personal
tiles with members of that audience or
direct public attention to them in an un-
pleasant way. Besides the shocking bad
| taste of an exhibition of this kind such
| conduct is sure in the end to rebound
| to the discontinue of such an actor and
| render him highly unpopular with the
| better class among his auditors, the class
which an actor cannot afford to offend.
| OF course, in the matter of public char
acters q greater license in this respect
| is permissible. They are Injured to pub
! licity of all kinds, but even here great
| tact is required to avoid the offensive,
| and wise is the actor who indulges his
! propensity for personalities very spar
| ingly.
LOS ANGELES THEATER-During
| this next week the Los Angeles theater
will be dark, but will be opened the fol-
| lowing week by a star whose brillancy
| has shone in the old world as we'll as in
| our own land of the free. Madame
| Modjeska, our own charming neighbor
who for years has spent her leisure
| moments in Southern California. On
! February 10th, assisted by that sterling
actor Mr.. Joseph Haworth and a thor
| oughly complete and efficient organiza-
| ton, Madame Modjeska will present a
repertoire of the legitimate dramas;
| Suderman's great play of Magda; Schl-
| ler's inimital drama, Mary Stuart, and
| ShakeSpeare's Macbeth. In Magda,
which is an adaptation of Sudermann's S
| great drama, Heimath, we find one of
| the few dramas which require but one
stage-setting which is done in four acts.
| So strong are the dialogues and situa-
| tions that the play loses nothing in in
| terest from these circumstances. In this
play it is said that Joseph Haworths
Major Schubert is one of the most bril-
| liant bits of work yet credited to this
| talented actor. This is saying a good
| deal when it is remembered that this
] popular actor has contributed to the
stage some striking portrayals. In Mac
| beth, Mr.. Haworth appears as Macbeth
| and Madame Modjeska as Lady Mac
beth.
ORPHEUM-A great show at the Or
| pheum has come to be the regular rou-
| tine of the week. Anything else would
be big disappointment to the hun
dreds of thater-goers who look to this
| house for their amusement.
| An all star program will be offered
this week, including in the roll severa.
| of the best known names in the dramatic
profession. There will be mirth and mu-
| sic fun ad infinitum, a comedietta,
list of novelties and specialties that can
| not fail to meet with the approval of ALL
The great special attraction will be
| Lieutenant Nobel and his interesting
group of talking automata. Nobel the
renowned Swedish ventriloquist, is we'll
known all DER Europe, and ever since
coming to this country short time ago
has created such a stir in vaudeville
circles that he is in the front row of
popularity The troupe with him en-
braces a whole set of actors-enough to
equip a modern theatrical company.
There is the heavy villain. the soubrette,
high and low comedians, a hero, ETC..
forming in all about the merriest lot of
| dumb actors that ever met together on
| the public boards.
| With such colossal feature one might
| be led to inquire, what need is there of
anything more? But the Orpheum al
| ways gives full measure and to COM
plete the array has long list of artists
besides. OF these none will bid strong
er for first place than Hayes, Lytton and
Hayes, the three eminent stars from the
legitimate stage, whose comedietta, A
| French Marriage, has been the talk of
! the town. All that is best in the old line
( or so-called legitimate drama and all
| that is bright and captivating In vaud-
| eville is embodied in the new piece, with
which they will regale the Orpheum au-
| diences this week.
I The merry comedian, Chas. Wayne
| Is to the front again with whole stock
| of new jokes and roaringly funny songs
| Wayne Is a host in himself, and If his end
if the show is not kept up to-date he will
break his old-time record. Jolly Char
lie Wayne! He has irresponsible for
many tired side at the Orpheum and
il his new turn is reported correctly will
be FOR many more. He Is always new
! for his Jokes are new and his style of the
sort that never tires
Hallen and Fuller will present an en-
! tirely new sketch sprinkled with ray