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| ORPHEUM.-The usual crowded
house was in evidence last night and
the new bill was received with every sign
of favor. The kindergarten numbers,
of which there were two, consisted of
the boy, Carter De Haven, and the girl
called the Little Lund. These infant
prodiges are heartily applauded; the
girl is evidently considered the cleverer
of the two, as she is the smallest mite
of humanity that has been seen to toddle
alone on the stage. She is graceful and
self-possessed, and what she does is sim
| ply wonderful because it is done by
such an atomy. The same remark ap-
plies to the work done by the boy. If
the same songs were sung by grown
people one could then ask that they be
given so that the words could be under
stood The only verse in the boys song
| that can be made out is indecent and,
worse still, is out of date. The domestic
affairs of ex-President Harrison have
ceased to interest, and the verse should
be cut.
Jessie Millar, in a white satin costume,
warbled some popular airs on the cor
net in style that showed her thorough
mastery of a difficult instrument and
secured her a number of recalls. Joe
and Nellie Donor appeared in meaning
less sketch called IAN Escaped Luna
TIC" which was more acrobatic than
anything else, and they wound up in
tough" or Bowery sketch of the favor
ite type, but so overdrawn that it ceased
to be funny and was decidedly across
the line The fervid exuberance of their
actions may well be toned down. Tough
characters, according to the Donor por-
trayal, do not exist anywhere, and the
lburlesque of their actions might be made
closer to nature and consequently more
amusing.
Dolline Cole is a descriptive vocalist
with an ample form and a long switch
back, who dresses in elegant velvet bro
cades and sings coon songs under a
strong lime light which is thrown on
the stage for her exclusive use. Incl
dentally she has a powerful. strong,
resonant voice Of the kind known on
the vaudeville stage as the female
barytone," which in her case is produced
in such way that the nasal tones are
unpleasantly prominent. This was de-
feet that weighed but little, if any at
ALL with the audience which applauded
vigorously. Dolline is an excellent de-
lineator of the rough southern coon,
whom she personates in a realistic way,
in strange contrast to the work recently
done by Kitty Mitchell in portraying a
similar type. Kitty's work being more
delicate and suggestive of the charac-
} ter without going to the lengths Of imi-
tation.
Rice and Elmer do a grotesque act
on the parallel bars which, as gym
nastic tour de force, surpasses anything
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: The entertainment was concluded
l with a rather clever turn of character
s dancing by the De Filppis. which was
only marred by clap-trap Introduction
/ of political sentiment, the thing of al
E others that should be avoided on va
/ riety stage.
$ BURBANK THEATER.--Last even
t ing the Elleford company presented
j 1.-The Lost Paradise" before mod
4 erately well filled house. The rendition
was undoubtedly the best that they hav
: given during their engagement. TIL
4 play is good one and the cast, which i
: long, afforded ample opportunity for tn
different members of the troupe to dis
play their respective abilities. 9TH,
} Lost Paradise" which. was given her,
d lew years dSu, VIII De remembered az
the piece in which Maude Adams made
her first great hit in the part of Nell
the factory girl. This part was ex-
cellently portrayed last evening by
/ Nina Maitland. The piece was wei
staged and the climaxes were brought
out with proper force, especially those
in the second act, which is the best OF
the three. The music, which included 6
song by Jessie Norton and a xlyophon,
solo in addition to the regular orchestra
was we'll received.
The stars of the company, Jessie Nor
, ton and w. ]. Elleford were very funny
and gained much applause for thei
, rendition of the factory waits. 9TH,
, Lost Paradise" will be repeated the bal
ance of the week until Thursday, whel
Mrs. Partington and Her Son Ike" will
be given.
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