The herald., 1898-11-01
Observation-Disclosures
AT THE THEATER
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. q

ORPHEUM-MaryN Norman, the society
caricaturist, was greatly applauded last
night in the delineations she has already
made famous. Miss Norman has an engag-
ing, easy manner, good carrying voice,
which she uses for the most part of the time
in the same key in her impersonations, and
she has besides an evidently keen apprecia-
ton of the salient points that distinguish
the types she caricatures. The Boston, the
New York and the San Francisco girl were
successively introduced and the personation
in each case was SO well done as to elicit
shouts of laughter. The Boston
girl was, perhaps, the more open
to criticism as hardly exhibiting
sufficient of the chilliness, the self pose
and the deliberation supposed to be chiefly
characteristic of the feminine bean eater in
her native lair of the modern Athens. But
perhaps Miss Norman did not have that
! type in mind. At any rate her work is very
clever and was the most refined act of the
evening.
Felix and Barry appeared in dialogue
with acrobatic and singing attachments
that fairly captured the house and secured
them half dozen recalls. 1t was capital
turn of its kind and highly entertaining.
| Louis NJ Granat whistles with the assist
ance of his fingers, making notes like those
OF piccolo, just as high, just as shrin and
with just as much, or as little, music. He
also was much applauded. Flood Brothers,
| the comedy acrobats, were entertaining in
their way and closed the performance.
| The hold-overs are the comedy ponies,
johnson and Dean, the colored team, and
Miss Moreand and Mr.. Seay in "a Game of
Golf" The house was crowded as usual in
| spite of counter attractions elsewhere.
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BURBANK-The Jossey-Marvin COM
pany opened last night in ''The Signal of
Liberty" drama of the intensely patriotic
type, founded on the late unpleasantness
with Spain. Spanish villainy and American
virtue were contrasted in way to please
the most rabid patriot, Of which there ap-
peared to be number in the audience, and
while of no particular merit as a literary or
dramatic production, the piece has attract
ions which are likely to make it popular. In
addition to the players there is a Cuban
mob, detachment of the Spanish army
and a file of American marines which re-
Quires large force of supernumeraries and
lends a martial aspect to the stage. 1t is a
little surprising to see the Maine moored to
a wharf at Havana, from whence she is
reached by a short companion ladder and
where she is destroyed by the fell Spaniards
with great gusto. The lines are framed to
catch the ready applause which always
greets an explosion of patriotic fer,or on the
| stage, anu CQe COhlTuy eleIneut Is Supplleu
by newspaper correspondents, the Ameri-
can Phineas Fogg being impersonated by
Miss Bernice Howard in the we'll known
manner usual with female war correspond
ents, and the English newsgatherer by w.
w. Craig, who is good foil. Following is
| the cast:
Lieut. Ralph Dunbar of the y: S. Navy.
j. Jossey
Dieter known as "Fighting Ralph.')
Mario Cardenas. ...........J. K. Newman
"a Cuban Patriot.)
Martinez de Concha. .......H H. M. Hayes
(GovernorGeneral of Cuba.)
Henry Burne Jones. .......... w. w. Craig
(Of the London Graphic.)
Captain Mantenello. .... Harry O'Conner
(Of the Spanish Army.)
| Jose ServilOs. John Dole
"a Spanish Bravo.)
Captain Poleivieja. a............ .Chas. Steele
Lieut.. Carranza. ..............: faul aarrls
Graca Cardenas. ...... Miss Maud Marvin
Agnes Cartwright. :. Miss Bernice Howard
i (Of the New York Earthly
Paquita Cisneros. Miss Isabel Underwood
| IAN Insane Fruit Vender.)
City Water Overseer Thomas S. Casey was
yesterday made the recipient of very hand.
some china tea set from the deputies of the
department in commemoration of the twen-