The herald., 1898-04-26

ingly. 1t was a great night for character
sketches.
In the boxes were Mrs. Senator Jones,
children and friends; A. G. Bartlett, wife
and e. Quinlan; Mrs. Van Nuys and par
ty, Mrs. Posey and party. Mr.. and Mrs.
John E. Platter and party.
Society was out in full force, and such
an audience of lovely women and brave
men as was there last night Is seldom re-
cruited for any attraction. Among those
noticed at the theater were Capt. c. E.
Thorn, Mr.. and Mrs. Modini Wood, Fl.
Jevne, Percy r. Wilson, M. W. Stewart.
j. A. Henderson, Kasper Cohn, E. p.
Clark, F. w. Flint, M. M. Potter, DR..
Buell., Judge ]. S. Chapman and wife, Geo.
w. Parsons, Mrs. Caswell, Maj. Donnell
Dwight Whiting, Guy Barham, w. H.
Perry, Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Beecher. A. s.
Hoyt. j. Darwin Gish, J. c. Quinlan, Mrs.
Andrews. Mrs. Poppleton, J. B. Lippin-
colt. Prof. II. d. Morrison, Prof. Foshay,
J. II. Clark, II. s. Eberle, A. G. Hubbard,
E. J. Spot, Mrs. Edmund T. Earl. Miss
Alcott, Chas. H. Macfarlane. L. M. Sup
plee, H. S. Williams, r. ]. C. Wood and
Mrs. Partridge Wood, Miss Hahn, Mr.
and Mrs. w. E. Dunn, Mrs. B. Salazar,
Mr.. Fixen, Miss Horton, e. Campbell,
Miss Coff R. 1. Rogers. H. P. Earl. ]. A.
Keeny, ]. H. Shankland, Miss Theo.
Scott Mrs. Frank RAIDER, Mrs. s. He'll
man, A. Jacoby, Mrs. Ida Hancock, E. c..
Holcomb, Mrs. Childs, Miss Roger, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. s. Salkey, Mrs. Edelman, NJ. j.
Newmark, Mr.. and Mrs F. X. Rule, Mrs.
Sheldon Borden, c. C. Thompson, Miss NJ.
w. Brown, Miss ]. Moffatt, c. Seligman.
M. H. Newmark, Miss Winston, VIM.
Gottschalk. VIM. Erkenbrecher, Mr.. and
Mrs. Abbot Kinney, F. B. Woodward, d.
L. WILDER. Myer Siegel. B. o. Kendall.
Miss Lick Mr.. and Mrs. Fred W..Blanch-
ard, w. E. Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
w. Hellman, Col. and Mrs. II. G. Otis.
Mrs. Aud Thomas. DR.. Cochran and
party, Frank Flint, jr.. w. B. Cline. Mr..
and Mrs j. +. Sartori, Mr.. and Mrs. Thilo
Becker.
BURBANK.-The Belasco-Thall stock
company presented last night an old
friend under a new name. I'm Idaho was
given here some years ago under the title
of 1.-THE Golden Giant" but never was 1t
so we'll done. 1t is dramatization OF
Bret Harte's beautiful story of Gabriel
Conroy," and is a quiet comedy drama
free from the over-reaching efforts for the
sensational that so frequently mar pro-
ductions of this stamp. The company was
strongly cast and all did their respective
parts satisfactorily. Wright Huntington
as Jack Mason gave a capital rendition OF
the part and revealed a type Of gambler
whom all recognized as of Bret Harte's
peculiar type. George Osbourne, who has
always been good as Alex Fairfax, was, OF
course, at home in the part and brought
tears to the eyes of the audience in his
scene with Miss Tittal, who played the
wronged woman, Ethel Wayne. This was
the first emotional work of this clever ac.
tress during the present engagement and
revealed her In a new light Miss Kings
ley as Bessie, the sister of Alex Fairfax
was particularly pleasing in the part Mr.
Nicholson played LIE Moyne, the heavy ol
the piece and disclosed strong dramatic
ability The performance as a whole was
Highly satisfactory.
1.-The First Born still retains it's hole
upon the sympathies of the audience ow'
ing partly to the wonderful completeness
of detail in the mounting, but largely tc
the excellent acting of Miss Gertrude It'd.
ball and Messrs. Osbourne, Nicholson and
Tanning, not forgetting the youngste,
who plays the title role.
ORPHEUM.-Ow1ng to the heat ant
counter attractions this house was no
crowded last night to the extent usual,
observed on the change of bill The new
numbers on the program were well re
ceived. Salvini, described as an Austria
liam star and motto singer par excel.
lence," warbled such ballads as "Adieu
Marie" and LET Me Like Soldier Fall, >
In a pleasing drawing room style. The
Glissandos, grotesque musical clowns, did
some funny jumping and tumbling. They
whistle tunes through the fingers of very
dirty gloves and kick some slnmusical
jingle out of sleighbells while lying on
their backs and go through other antics
of the kind made familiar by their many
predecessors and followers in the same
line.
1.-THE Dramatic Agent" sketch pre-
sented by Harry Watson, Alice Hutch
ings and Ed Edwards, was perhaps the
best thing of the evening. 1t contains
quite good deal Of horseplay which
pleased the gods, but in other respects
was cleverly done Miss Hutchings has a
clear, high voice, which is so good that 1t
inspires the wish to hear more OF 1t.
OF the hold-overs, Mademoiselle Bartho
made the greatest sensation with her new
costumes. 1t is announced that she re-
quires only one minute to make her
change. but judging from the scantiness
Of the material used it would hardly seem
necessary to take SO long. Her new
dances, the Stars and Stripes and a jap
anese fancy of the Mikado type were re-
ceived with evident appreciation by the
connoisseurs of the human form divine
John w. West still labors under the mis-
taken idea that his parodies are deserving
of being heard. If he would stick to his
dancing, in which he is clever, he would be
better appreciated. The Five Whirlwinds
wind up the performance in splendid form.
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