The herald., 1898-11-29

and orchestra work is all that could be de-
sired. The piece runs tonight and Wednes-
day matinee.
Owing to many requests for additional pre-
sentations of some of the operas sung at the
beginning of the engagement, the repertory
for the latter part of the week has been re-
arranged to include a number of the most
popular operas that have been presented. In
making the selections the management has
been guided by the number of requests
made. "Boccaccio" will be given Wednes-
day night. On Thursday night Martha" is
to be sung for the first time during the sea-
son. ''Mikado,' the greatest success of the
engagement, will be sung in response to
many demands for repetition of the bril-
liant production of this charming opera.
Martha will be repeated at the Saturday
matinee; "Said Pasha'' is announced for
Saturday night, and the engagement will
close Sunday night with Bohemian Girl"
THE ORPHEUM.-A bill which contains
many attractive features and few of an in
different character opens the week at the
Orpheum. Frank and Don begin the per
formance with comic dialogue and boxing,
which also partakes of comedy, especially
the two rounds given in imitation of the
Goliaths Of the prize ring-both having
speaking parts.
Miss Pauline Hall, more charming than
ever, continues to enchant the ear and eye
alike. In her new shepherds dress she is
"a Corydon to whom any Phyllis might sue
cumb. Her singing is above the heads of
the upper tiers of the audience, from whom
she gets scarce hand for her artistic vocal
efforts Perhaps if she quavered pinchbeck
dtties in tremolo rather the worse for
wear they would recall her with more en-
thusiasm.
Chief among the new attractions is Flo
Irwin, who, assisted by Walter Hawley,
appears in "vaudevillette" which could as
we'll be called "coonsongette," being large
ly vehicle for the darkey melody. There
is no plot and no thread in the piece, but
the dialogue is bright and breezy, although
slaEgy to the last degree. Her assumption
Of inebriation is life-like and earns round
Of applause.
James H. Cullen, an author-vocalst, is
neither literary nor musical. His songs are
miracles of bad prosody combined with
weak and wavering melody. The interludes
Of dialogue are the best things he does, al
though they lean to the drummer's style OF
anecdote, especially where he describes his
experience at the Baldwin hotel fire, where
he appeared "sans culottes."
The Four Florences give an interesting
and novel acrobatic performance in quiet
unostentatious manner which is we'll worth
seeing Two hold-overs, Durno, the magi-
clan, and the banjosts Forman and How
lett, with the Biograph, complete the per-
formance, the latter giving some new scenes
with the same old flicker which it seems i'm
possible to overcome.
PAVILION.-Lincoln j. Carter's melo-
drama, 'The Heart of Chicago" and its
famous approaching engine scene, will be
the attraction at Hazards pavilion one
week, commencing next Monday.
The play has been we'll received in the
east during the past season, and comes west
with the reputation of having already
earned small fortune for its fortunate
owner In addition to the approaching en-
gine scene, some half dozen other mount
ings are necessary to the play. These are:
The Masonic temple roof garden, the piano.
ramic view of the South Side at night, the
Columbus fountain, the worlds fair court
|of honor during a night illumination, the
typical Chicago street scene and the fire
scenes showing section of Chicago before,
during and after the great fire.
-~A
U. S. Grant, jr., candidate for the United
States senate from California, was in Los
Angeles for a few hours yesterday and left
on the evening train for San Francisco.