The herald., 1897-05-02

Manager Henderson upon Z western tour
as far as San Francisco and in the east
After the Curtis season Is over. the
Crystal Slipper" will be revived upon
ar elaborate scale.
Mines Levick, one OF the Oldest act
crs known to the American stage, died
at his home in New York on the 18th
of April. Mr.. Levick was English born,
but came to the United States in 1868.
He had played with many Of the great
actors who have appeared before the
American public. Among his treasures
he cherisheda a photograph Of Mary An
derson on which she had written, "To
the best Master Walter 1 ever played
WITH" Master Walter. in '"The Hunch-
back" being one Of the veteran actors
best impersonations.
LOS ANGELES THEATER-(Ad-
vance Announcement.) Tonight and
tomorrow evening the eminent Theoso-
phist and orator, Annie Besant, will
present two Of her greatest lectures,
Tonight the subject is "Reincarna-
ton, or the Evolution Of the Soul; p
SoAAoAAOW cVcAiASs NAoH > AANASAoAS
Bodies, q Glimps Into the Unseen y
Mrs. Besant's name Is widely known as
that Of speaker on these subjects. and
she is considered one of the most val
liant fighters in favor of Theosophy.
LOS ANGELES THEATER-(Ad-
vance Announcement Messrs. Prim-
rose & West have this season sur
passed even themselves in their efforts
to please; not only in gathering together
a company Of great magnitude, but in
the presentation of a bewildering array
Of features Some years ago minstrel
manager created quite a sensation by
putting on the road a company Of forty
members, using in his advertisements
the catch line 40, count 'em, 49," but
this exploit sinks into insignificance
alongside Of Primrose & Vests pres
ent venture. They state that the organi-
cation which they bring to the Los An
geles theater on Thursday. Friday and
Saturday and Saturday matinee con-
sists of quite seventy people. and Messrs
Primrose and West say that they are not
afraid to have any one count 'em''
either. What possible use can be made
OF such large number Of minstrel per-
formers 1t is difficult to see, UNTIL the
fact becomes known that two distinct
are given as one. The
states that the company
is composed OF forty white artists, who
will be seen to advantage in all the best
features Of "up-to-date' minstrelsy,
and thirty of the blacklist of the black
singers. dancers and comedians, in an
exposition OF the true and original type
Of southern negro. The management de-
sire it to be understood, however, that
it is really and practically two separ-
ate bills that are to be given. the two
not working in unison, but a
part of the evening being given up en-
tirely to each. This allows that only the
very best and most entertaining fea-
lures of each class can be retained.
George Wilson, waltz me again,
George" with new songs and funny
is still one of the reigning SEN
sations of this organization.
THE BURBANK. - advance An
Next week the program at
the Burbank will change to the spectac-
ular. A gorgeous presentation of
Around the World in Eighty Days"
with the Kiralfy ballet, will be given.
This will be one of the most gorgeous
spectacles ever seen in Los Angeles.
New and elaborate scenery has been pre-
pared, gorgeous costumes and fine scenic
effects will be made. Mr.. Arnold Kiralfy
will appear in his new eccentric dances
and will personally superintend the
ballets, tableaux, etc. The play
is full of movement and rapid changes
from the club room in London, where the
eccentric wager Of e5O,000 is made, to
suez and Magnolia, Calcutta, San
Francisco, Kearney station on the
Union Pacific railroad, the attack Of the
Sioux, the Rocky mountains, and the re-
turn trip to Liverpool. These kaleido-
scopic changes admit of magnificent cos
tuning and beautiful scenery, all Of
which have been taken advantage of by
the management and elaborate produc-
tions will be given. The ballet has been
doubled and many new features added.
There will be special drills by the guards,
assisted by the ballet. Great attention is
being given the various tableaux. Mr..
Tjader will enact the role Of Passe Par
tout, Mr.. Fessler that Of John Fix, the
detective; Mr.. McGregor as John Archi-
bald, the American, and Mr.. Montserrett
as Phileas Fogg, the Englishman. Katie
Pearson has the character of Aouda, the
East India princess; Gertrude Berkeley
as Ayeesha, her sister, and Adah Sher.
man as Nancy, Passe Partout's sweet
heart.
One of the future attractions at the
Burbank theater will be Katie Putnam
and her clever company.
ORPHEUM - Advance Announce
ment.) The change of bill at this house
Tuesday evening will witness the intro
duction Of a number of new vaudeville
stars whose brilliancy is attested by
numerous complimentary press notices
from the east and abroad. Among the
galaxy Of artists, two who claim partic-
ular attention are the now famous Mer-
rilees sisters, who, be it known, are the
original Merrilees from France. They
are the identical girls who set all Paris
agog with their terpsichorean pranks
and who have since given New York q
visitation with like results. Preceding
their visit to this country came the most
vivid accounts of their great hit in the
French capital and on the night of their
debut in New York a great audience
watched them expectantly. "There is
nothing sensational about them" wrote
a New York critic; land on that account
perhaps, there was shade of disap-
pointment evidenced when their turr
was DONE The verdict of the audience