The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-03
At THE THEATER


BURBANk.-Ine BeldScO-InaIl STOCK
company distinguished itself again last
night in a departure from the type Of
pieces which have been the attraction Of
this house for some weeks past The re-
vival of that capital farce, entitled "Char.
ley's Aunt" gave every member of this
clever combination fair chance, and the
result was highly pleasing. The following
was the cast of characters:
Col. Sir Francis Chesney. George Osbourne
stephen Spettigue. Frank Bacon
Jack Chesney..... George Nicholson
Charley Wykehan.. Frank Tanning
Lord Fancourt Babberly.....W H. Pascoc
brassett.. IF. Cooley
The New Footman.. Mr.. Westerfeld
Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez. -. Marie Howe
Kitty Verdun ............... .Essie Tittell
Amy Spettigue. ................ Juliet Crosby
Fla Delahy. .................G Gertrude Tidball
Mr.. Pascoe, the new leading man, won
cordial recognition, and has at once estab-
lished himself in the good graces of tho
patrons of this house. He is easy and
graceful, and at the same time has appar-
emily keen sense of the humorous, and
an ability to be funny without DESCENDING
to coarseness. The plot of the piece is so
we'll known that it is not necessary to re-
peat it here. Suffice it to say that the fun
was kept going at rapid pace from the
beginning to the end, and there was not
point or joke that failed. to score with the
audience. Mr.. Bacons character persona.
ton of the elderly lawyer with amatory
rroclivities and a keen eye to the main
chance was an excellent bit of acting. Mr.
Osbourne was the dignified military beau
of the old school, little shaky in his lines
1t being first night, but capital In his con-
ception of the character. The two UNDER
graduates were played with sufficient spirit
and care by Messrs. Nicholson and Fan
ming. Miss Howe had the best chance yet
given her here in the character of the real
Donna Lucia, and she made the most of it
to the great benefit of the performance.
The two girls, who are respectively the
ward and niece of the old lawyer, had
comparatively little to do but to dress we'll
and look pretty, and in this Misses
Tittell and Crosby succeeded to admira-
ton. Gertrude Tidball had to be lone
orphan, but she presented so attractive an
appearance that her loneliness was bound
to prove, as was the case of short duration.
Her part was small one, but she acted 1t
with the same intelligence that directed her
work in the widely different character of
the bond woman in 1.-THE First Born"
"Charley's Aunt" was capitally mounted,
and played as it was last night to large
audience 1t was received with every mark
of appreciation 1t ought to draw big
houses every night in the week, and GER
tainly those who want to enjoy hearty
laugh over lot of clean fun cannot afford
to miss it.
ORPHEUM-Stand room only, and
any quantity of people turned away was
the order of proceedings last night. The
bill was entirely new, the evening being
altogether taken up by Hydes comedians,
n vaudeville organization complete in it.
self, and having some very good features
and some that are not quite so good In
which respect it was just like the other
shows of vaudeville composition. The
evening did not open auspiciously, the first
number, described as 1.-The Great Lafay-
cite, Europe's Great Fantastic and Min
ic," was anything but great except In his
want of success. He made faces and
grimaces with the aid of cloak and
broad-brimmed hat. and he showed how
many times he could miss the mark when
shooting a toy bow and arrow. His crayon
sketches were without merit and the only
thing he did was an imitation
of Sousa. A farcical sketch, so-called fol-
lowed, in which John T. Thorne and Grace
Carlton appeared. 1t is due to them to
say that they secured warm applause and
plenty of it. 1t Is also due to an intelli-
gent minority to say that the reason for
their success was not by any means self
evident. Williams and Walker made
bowling hit with their cakewalk. In which
they were assisted by couple of dusky
damsels of lighter hue than ordinary, and
also by an active terror Of tambor-
major.
Charles r. Sweet, billed as 1.-THE Plano
Tramp" does an act in the conventional
stage tramp attire. His talk and manner
are patterned a good deal on Will H. Fox
and his tricks at the plano are reminiscent
of Gus Williams. The laugh is raised at
the incongruity of the loathsome attire
and the power Of saying and doing smart
things which one would naturally not ex-
pect from tramp.
The star of the evening is undoubtedly
Helene Mora, who sings three songs in
binary evening dress and afterwards as
cavalier and later as gallant tar belong
ing to Uncle Sans navy The lady has an
excellent voice. which, like the other "fe.
male baritones," she is forcing unnatur-
ally in it's lower tones, but she has within
her natural range an organ of considerable
power often very sweet, and pleasing
method, showing an utter absence of I'M
due straining for effect. Miss Mora pre-
sents a strikingly interesting appearance
in her various costumes, and received by
far the largest share Of the applause,
which was at its height when she sang a
song with the refrain:
For We'll know no south or north,
And we'll know no east nor west;
But we'll all know the one land,
OF all lands, the land we love best.
And the Blue and the Gray together
AS in Aud Lang Syne.
Will fight shoulder to shoulder
For Old Glory
The scene opening at the back showed
mimic tableaux in which at one time the