The herald., 1898-12-04
ison, Charles Fleming, Carrie Clarke Warde
and several others.

ison, Charles Fleming, Carrie Clarke Warde
and several others.
THE LOS ANGELES.-(Advanc An
nouncement) Hoyt's "a Bunch of Keys"
will be the attraction next Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, December 8, 0 and 10.
with a Saturday matinee They are not
door keys or trunk keys, but bevy of hand
some girls by the name of Keys" who have
been willed by their uncle property and real
estate which consists of hotel; in order to
decide which one shall have the hotel the
uncle resorts to a novel but not over pleasing
test. That the first drummer arriving at
| the hotel shall pick out the one he considers
the homeliest, and she shall be the lucky
! one to get the hotel. OF course the nieces
naturally object to any such proceeding
| There Is codicil in the will that the hotel
shall be opened one month after the reading
of the will. This the willy lawyer Lttleton
Snaggs keeps to himself, and makes up his
mind to open the hotel and pocket the pro
ceeds; engages a brakeman by the name of
Grimes, who knows nothing about running
a hotel, for his assistant. Teddy Keys and
Dolly Dobbs, two of the nieces, agree to
help. The other two sisters conspire with
their friends to make hotel life lively for
Snaggs and Grimes, and disguise themselves
as guests. Teddy discovers the game, and
also takes a hard in it, She cuts her hair
short and appears on teh scene as, drum
mer, and then the fun is fast and furious;
they finally get possession of the will and
find the codicil by which the nieces can
divide the property among themselves.
which they agree to do, thereby upsetting
SYa 1
mer from the dilemma of picking out home
ly girl from a trio of pretty ones. Many
new singing and dancing novelties will be in
troduced, among them the famous Acme
quartet.
ORPIlEt NJ Advance Announcement
''The daintiest and in its entirety the most
satisfactory act ever seen at the Orpheum,"
is the verdict rendered in San Francisco
concerning Harry Lacy and his playette,
Bob Racketts Pajamas.' Lacy heads the
bill at the Orpheum tomorrow evening. In
New York he produced the comedy, con-
ceit which is to be his Offering here, and
scored a most signal hit. The plot of the
affair deals with complications resulting
from the use by girl of a pair Of pajamas
belonging to youth into whose room she
has been ushered by mistake. She dons
the pajamas, just for fun, is found in them
by Bob Racket" who, supposing she Is
freshman of his college, has her smoke and
drink, with such result as can easily be
imagined. Miss Ida Van Sicklen will take
the role of the maiden who tackles the
pajamas.
A big troupe of trained dogs, % in num-
Der, will provide diversion of satisfactory
sort. The CANNES are under the direction
of a Mr.. Herbert, said to be the most expert
trainer in the country. His star performer
is dog who rejoices in the name OF "Dink,"
and whose leap from a 50-foot ladder into an
immense tank of water fairly caps the eli
max of canine wit and daring The plunge
is made from brilliantly illuminated lad
der, thus adding considerable to the spec
tacular effect of the performance. A cake
walk, a death bed scene, and small host of
other tricks are included in the troupe's
repertoire.
Miss Flo Irwin will remain one of the
strongest cards on the bill Her UNIQUE
rendition of the modern "coon song" has
captured the patrons of the house.
The -Four Florences will repeat their mar
velous acrobatic performance. A change
of songs and monologue is promised by James
Cullen, the author-singer. Frank and Dor
will add a few bright bits of stuff to their
act, and new views are on tap from the Bio
graph.
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PAVILION.-(Advan Announcement
Lincoln j. Carter's ''The Heart of Chicago
will be the attraction at Hazards Pavilion
one week, commencing tomorrow night
"'The Heart of Chicago" is to be exceptionally
well put on, and presents some extraordi-
nary stage pictures. An absolutely new
railroad scene is feature of the play. The
scene is laid near Whiting, Ind, and a train
is seen approaching in the distance, its head
light being at first merely bright speck in
the darkness, gradually increasing in size
as it draws nearer. just as the heroine of
the play adjusts the signal lights Of the open
bridge the train dashes down to the foot
lights and comes to full stop. This effect
is not accomplished by means of pictures.
1t is the real thing, steam, fire, bell and ALL
The interpreting company is the best that