The herald., 1898-11-22
e ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AT THE THEATER
agsgggaEEEKsaNaERNHKgs .

THE LOS ANGELES.-A house crowded
to the roof sat and apparently enjoyed, and
certainly for the most part applauded, the
eccentrcities of "Hogan's Alley" last night.
"Hogan's Alley has something to do with
the yellow Kid" and vice versa. The
Yellow Kid is very prominent feature of
the entertainment, and he is assisted by
another kid smaller than he. The two to-
gether hold the stage for the best part of an
act, while seven grown people sit around in
parlor fashion and affect to take an interest
in what is being done by the kids. This
atfectation of interest is very palpable,
however and it is plain to be seen that the
rather wearisome funny business of the kid
team has palled upon the regular spectators
through frequent repetition. The young
sters are clever, quite clever, in their way,
and they form the chief attraction of the
show As to what it is all about, there is
no possibility Of determining. The curtain
goes up and a lot OF fooling of the regula-
ton style patterned after the vaudeville
stage goes on there is a rally of all
the characters to the footlights, and every
body shouts or sings as the curtain falls.
The second act is like the first only more
~, anu lHe NHole pIOuuCtlOH IeeHlS WlIH
succession of labored nonsense acts, having
no connection with each other. The want
of connection would be small matter, if
the acts themselves were bright, new and
funny. But in these respects there is evil
IDENTIFY a good deal lacking, although the
twenty people ON the stage work their hard
est to make everything "go"
The fact that the entertainment is given at
cheap prices, together with the other fact
that the audience seemed for the most part
to enjoy it, should be sufficient pallation
of the presence of ''Hogan's Alley" and its
presiding genius the Yellow Kid for the re-
mainder of the week.
O O o
THE ORPHEUM.-The Rossow midgets,
now in their third week, open the perform
ance at the Orpheum, followed by the
Newsboys' Quintet in song and dance, va
ried somewhat from last week, and including
the overworked Honolulu Lady"
Forman and Hewlett, who are announced
as Americas greatest banjoists, justified
their claim to the title by playing those
strident and aggressive instruments with
great vigor and precision.
The chief attraction of this weeks bill is
Miss Pauline Hall, who is an operatic star
set in vaudeville armament. She ap-
peared in a variety of handsome costumes,
of which it is hard to say which is the most
becoming, she being lady of such comely
face and shapely proportions that her trap
pings seem to borrow grace from her. From
pink silk gown to tight-ftting green cos
tune, which encases her figure like glove,
she is most pleasing to the eye. Her songs
run the gamut from the Lullaby" in "Er-
minie," to Pumpkin Colored Coons," and
she sings them with the true opera -comique
flavor, depending more on dainty phrasing
and piquant expression than on the broader
effects usual with professional ballad sing
ers.
John G. Rice and Miss Cohen appear in
new piece called "The Kleptomaniacs," a
most amusing skit full of clever dialogue
and farcical situations, which is even ST.
perior to their act last week, and provoked
unstinted laughter from an appreciative
house.
The dance la Pierrot with which they
close the sketch, is an innovation, and gives
an incongruous effect, but is we'll done, es-
pecially by Mr.. Cohen.
The usual feats of legerdemain are con-
tributed by M. Durno, who deserves COM
mendation for his sleight of hand, but chat
ters necessarily in the set speech of the
prestidigitator, to which he seeks to impart
a French tinge, succeeding only in creating
doubt as to what part of the United States
he halls from.
The author-vocalist, Raymon Moore, con-
tinues to pour forth his woes in songs which
are as much of a pattern as a plaid His
muse runs to pathos, and his style of sing
ing is particularly lachrymose, dealing
chiefly with his deceased ancestors of the
female line.
O O O
THE BURBANK.-Gilbert and Sulli-
vans old, yet ever new and tunefl comic
opera, THE Mikado," opened the third