The herald., 1898-09-18
Coming Attractions

LOS ANGELES Observation-Disclosures
| Announce ment0 The opeEdng bill OF the
Frawley company of the second week will
introduce for THE first time this season. the
favoGtte and vsca cous' actress Miss Blanche
Bates, who will be seen as Baroness Vera
Boraneff In Augustir Days latest success,
1.-THE Last Word" The character rs tina I
| of Russian baroness, who, with her broth
| er, who is An attache CT the Russia en-
bassy, are ON visit TO Washington, D. C..
The brother falls in love with the daugh-
ter OF the secretary of state whom her
father has promised in marriage to- Ger
man baron. The daughter refuses to COM
ply with her fathers wishes, as she loves
Boris, the brother of the Russian baroness
and Is determined upon marrying him.
The secretary after a wordy scene with his
daughter banishes her. and the baroness
takes her to her home. The brot1lsr of the
young girl calls AIT the home eff the bar
orsss ito persuade hts sister to return home
with him, but she refuses to- do SO. The
baroness, who is an extremely bright
! woman. takes hold of ME yoMng man a MD
in a very clever comedy scene shows him
how little he knows OF the world telling
him that what experience he has had has
come to him through spending his .ife in
reading books and adding that he would
see what a ''real live woman can do"
After looking at the affair in the light in
which the baroness places it, the boy re-
turns home to plead his sisters cause with
their father, who. however, will not listen
to him.
1t seems .hat the Germa n baron whom the
father is so anxious to have his daughter
ha1 rfoir Aed dol ,,,o6,, .1x-
I'm plicating his fiancee, arid the brother.
after the scene with his father, leaves to
fight duel with the German baron. The
boy leaves, carrying with him the reme m
brance of the bitter last word" of his
father, who does me-. know CT the duel to
be fought by his son and the man of his
choice. After this the baroness critters upon
the scene and plays upon the fathers feel
ngs and emotions by a recital Of her own
sad married life. She SO plays upon the
fathers feelings that he sends for the son
and daughter, and every tttrg ends happily.
Miss Bates' portugal of the BARONESS is
one of her cleverest characterizations and
will doubtless be ore Of the most enjoya-
BILE bits of the present seesonL
The play to- follow the Last Word" will
be 1.-THE Rajah." which heads the boards
on Wednesday night and fer the matiree
on Saturday. The character of THE Ra-
jah" is that Of young English army Off
cor Who had been stationed in Nepaul, in
India. The death of an uncce who had left
very large estate necessitated his return
to his home. as from amongst all of his
nephews the uncle had selected him as, the
executor OF the estate and guardians OF his
young daughter. 1T seems that the uncle
had never know MT the young officer who had
BEEN dubbed THE Rajah" and he therefore
comes to manage the estate total stranger
to- his young cousin The girl imagnes
she is NOT going to like him. but latter LEARNS
to love him for his manly character and
more particularly from a little incident
whereby he was enabled to almost save her
life. In the managing of the estate there
is quite friction between 1.-THE Rajah"
and the striking workmen. who are led
by am ex-conwtct who Is the villain of THE
play. There lis a very amusing comedy
see ne in the play whepe Buttons
young attic ndhnt of the household. falls
off bridge into pool oil wafer. The play
is a strong one and Is replete not alonta
with amusing comedy lines but also with
strong dramatic ones.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday even-
ngs will be devoted to E. H. Southern's ro-
manric comedy. IAN Enemy to the King"
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Announcement
A trio Of gifted singers lead In the list of
new people announced for next week at
this theater. Sig. and Signora de Pasquan
assisted by Sig. Abramoff. will contribute
a feature to the program that can hardly
fail Of cordial reception. The Pasqualis
are young. handsome and highly gifted