The herald., 1898-12-25


pay new specialties will be introduced by
the OFT brothers, Phil and Matt; Barry
Maxwell, Jonn Donahue, George Elmer,
Thomas Cook, Percy Dokes, Nellie Sennet,
Lillian Burnham, Leonie Deuth, Marie Bit
lon, Jessie Armstrong, Mabel Davis and
others.
"Al Aboard" runs all week, with mat
inees Monday, Wednesday and Saturday,
in addition to the special matinee this al
ternoon.
"The South Before the War" viii be the
attraction at the Burbank theater the week
OF January lst. The piece is series oil
sketches depicting old slavery days on
cotton plantation and abounds in negro
songs, buck and wing dancing, banjo play
ing, cake walks and other funnyisms.
THE LOS ANGELES-(A advance An
ing his energies this season to making us
sympathize, with abundant mirth, with
"The Man From Mexico" in his marital and
other troubles, and who comes to the Los
Angeles theater this evening for four nights
stay, is on the list of the public ior promo
ton. He has the same fight before him
that Nat Goodwin had, and he understands
it fully. Had Nat Goodwin listened to thou.
sands of his warmest admirers he would be
making funny falls in The Skating
Rink" today. Against just such well-meant
discouragement Collier will have to con-
tend. There is line, of course, which the
comedian should not overstep The true
comedian is too rarely gifted to make it
right for him to nullify his endowment by
devoting himself to tragic or wholly serious
drama. But if within him work the ability
and the purpose he may rise from the lowest
level-farce ecomedy-into pure farce and
thence by degrees into the true comedy that
demands sustained Characterization, The
first step Collier has taken, with gratifying
success. The second he intends to take. But
Willie Collier is a modest young man, and
back of his magnetic personality there is
abundant store of sound, hard sense So
he plans to remain in farce for some time
yet, making each new offering little
"straighter,' little higher in tone, than
the previous one. Then, when the play he
believes to be the right one for the venture
is secured for him, he will be playing com.
edy with the change scarcely realized by his
admirers.
(Advance Announcement.) Daniel Sully
has new play and he firmly believes it will
prove the success of his career. "Uncle
Rob- is a domestic drama, in which the
characters talk, act and behave as people
do in real life. There is villain but he ap-
pears only in the last act and then it is when
he comes home to be forgiven. The Grand
Army interest is strong and well brought
out and the story of the play lies in the sac
ritice made by Robert Burke (better known
as Uncle Rob-, who gives up his home in
order to save the reputation of the firm,
composed of his son and the son of Alger
Sage, an old comrade, rather than let Sage,
who saved his life in the war, know of the
villainy of young Sage. Two love stories
run through the play, one a simple one, that
Of Burke's daughter and Sages younger
son, the other that of Burke's son Tom, a
widower, and an orphan girl, who has been
brought up by the old soldier as his daugh-
ter. This second is made interesting by the
love for the girl of her music teacher, and a
very pretty scene is that in the last act,
when the old man, tired of the foolishness
of the boy and the reticence of the girl,
brings them together. The company is q
strong one and as the piece calls for several
musical selections, both vocal and instru.
mental, Mr.. Sully has engaged an excep.
tionally musical cast, among which is mum
bered the Rocky Gorge Quartet" and an
excellent pianist. Altogether we are prom
ised a performance of more than ordinary
interest and excellence in "Uncle Rob- .
which opens at the Los Angeles theater for
an engagement of four nights, commencing
Sunday night, January lst, New Years
with special matinee Monday.
ORPHEUM.-Advanc Announcement
A lot of fresh features are to be added to
tine Orpheum's bill for the coming week
The leading attraction will be troupe Of
Russian bears, under the direction of Pau
Batty, who has made speciality of this
sort of thing with really remarkable sue
cess. He has handled all sorts of wild
animals, and finally settled upon bears as
being the most difficult of education, and
therefore least likely to be initiated wher
brought to approximate perfection. The
animals are said to be very clever and have
repertoire of tricks that can be proper1,
described as phenomenal. They walk or
| barrels, prance on the baols of chairs and
form pyramids, turn somersaults and gen
orally disport themselves as trained bear
of the highest class might be supposed to.
Geo. c. Evans, perhaps better known a.
"The Honey Boy" minstrel of 1enowr
and an unusual favorite in this city, wher,
he composed and sung for the first time tn,
ditty, Standing on the Corner-Didn't
Mean No Harm is next on the bill. Evanl
will spring new batch of songs and stories
A team of Mexican acrobats, Sig. Voulett
and Mile. Carlos, direct from Mexico City
will play their first engagement on Ameri
can soil at the Orpheum tomorrow night
Not very much is known of their act ex
cept that it comes commended by thos,
competent to Judge.
Frank La Mondue, an acrobatic clown
who performs alleged humorous evolution
on the wire, is the last of the new comers
Nine. Urso will continue thu star featur,
of the program in the estimation of the wise
at least. Her playing has proved reve
the nightly ovations which have been ac
corded her during the week is anticipated
next week.
Arnesen, the equilibrist from Sweden
Lille Western, instrumentalist, and Baker
Sellery and Bartlett, sketch artists, com
plete the bill.
Despite the traditions which set apar
the week before Christmas as a bad one fol
theaters, phenomenal patronage has beer
vouchsafed the Orpheum during the last 81,
days. Business is never bad at the vaude
vile house, but even good records have beer
broken this week, according to the box Office