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suggestive, flaring posters that have
been so numerously in evidence during
the past week sufficiently accounted for
the large attendance last night Of pub
lie that came to witness the performance
of piece that was condemned by the
decent portion of the press, and to watch
the antic dancing of self-styled actress,
whose stock in trade is q wink and a
kick.
1.-THE Founding is a three-a act farce,
the humor of which constantly turns
upon innuendo and double meanings
in dialogue that concerns the marriage
relation, and also the paternity of the
young man who is the leading male char
acter in the piece. In order to bring the
action to as low level as possible a
Music hall dancer of the feminine sex
and of most unmistakable type Is intro
duced. The dancer, who Is in appear
ance the counterpart of a French doll
and whose countenance has the same
CLASSY stare, speaks some lines in thin,
weak voice and with an English ac-
cent of the kind that is found among the
uneducated classes. She performs her
pirouettes, disarranges her clothing and
makes the expected display of laces and
draperies, putting the final touch of vul-
garity to the performance and receiving
the applause of the upper portion of the
house almost exclusively.
The cast contains some people of tall
ent and to their credit be 1t said that
they did not seek to punctuate their
lines in such a way as to give the worst
effect to the very evident intention of the
author. Thomas Burns is always good,
and as the henpecked major he was
highly amusing. Mr.. Jackson has adopt
ed voice of low pitch and half breath
less style for his Interpretation of COM
edy, and if he did not accompany it by
so many winkings and blinkings of the
eyes and so much vibratory motion of
the head he would be more effective.
Frances Stevens and Meta May
nard are respectively talented and
pretty, and the former is par
ticularly well fitted for more i'm
portant work. She has a beau
tiful voice and an intelligence that
shines even In silly part. The majors
wife was also an interesting character
study, and, in fact. the company gen.
orally, with the single exception of the
dancer aforesaid, appeared to be fitted
for taking part in a good, wholesome,
clean play, and were decidedly out of
place in the ultra decadent specimen of
theatrical representation given last
| night.
The curtain raiser chorus is an anus
ing little comedy and was we'll acted.
ORPHEUM.-The change of bill
which took place last night resulted in
| highly satisfactory performance, fully
up to the standard of the house. The
| new features were well received.
| The Jarretts, with their marionettes,
| were very amusing, but the songs could
| not be well heard on account Of the de-
fective stage ornaments. The McAvoys,
| in their sketch of 'Hogan's Alley Kids"
were well received. Fred Gamboldt's
songs were illustrated by colored stere-
| opticon views, and were made highly en-
| tertaining by the extremely fine way in
| which they were sung. The Waterbury
brothers and Tenny gave an excellent
performance on bells, musical glasses,
| ETC., which was one of the very best
things of the evening. Barney Pagan
and the lively and irrepressible Hen
rietta Byron did their rapid act, called
on the program idol Fancy" which Is
no doubt n1isprint The swimming
tank act of the Finneys brings the even
ing to pleasant conclusion. The house
was crowded, as usual.
GEORGIA CAYvAN.-During her
coming engagement at the LOS Angeles
theater Miss Georgia Cayvan will offer
an attractively varied repertoire. which
will include the most interesting plays
in her repertoire. The engagement will
be inaugurated by the presentation of
Robert Buchanan's charming pastoral
drama, Squire Kate" in which Miss
Cayvan scored such hit on a former
visit to this city while a member of the
| New York Lyceum Stock company, on
Thursday night. Friday night and at
the matinee of Saturday, w. r. Wakes
new comedy, Mary Pennington, Spin
ster," in which Miss Cayvan made her
first bow at the head of her own company
last fall in New York, will be the attrac-
ton This comedy is said to be one OF
the most pleasing of the plays in an ex-
tensive repertoire. and to be one of the
daintiest and most artistically con-
structed plays that Miss Cayvan will
present here. Saturday night has beer
reserved for the initial presentation heri
of the interesting double bill, consist.
ing of Mrs. Elizabeth Bisland's lates
play Goblin Castle" which was writ.
ten especially for Miss Cayvan, an6
Thomas Haynes Bayleys dainty com
edietta, "The Little Individual" Thi.
double bill is interesting, in that 1t pre-
sents Miss Cayvan in two widely con
trasting roles. That in Goblin Castle
of a. misunderstanding and misun
derstood young woman, while in "Tht
Little Individaul' Miss Cayvan donI
male apparel and masquerades as boy
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