The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-12-13
AT THE OPERA HOUSE


Manager Murray. of the Vendome
Opera House, to have a couple of
rocky companies run in on him
lately, to wit: "On the Wabash.
and "The Other Fellow" One
simple word in the English Ian
guage will describe them properly,
anu that is: Execrable On the
Wabash was bad enough, but it
had two redeeming features, the
brass band and orchestra. They
were very good, and, we might
add, SO were the acting and violin
playing Of Covell af Seth Haw.
klns. Apart from these the per
Torrance was the FUNNIEST kind
OF a bum exhibition. And the
rotten, nauseating "Other Fellow
It's a wonder to us how the miser.
able old thing ever got so far and
hved so long. Why it has not
been besmeared with decayed hen
fruit long ago is mystery per.
haps that will remain unsolved
until it actually occurs. While
there is nothing to the vile thing,
yet the members of the company
worked faithfully and appeared to
believe they were giving the PEG
pie their moneys worth. AT
times there was considerable ap-
plause and, on this account, the
transformers may have been jus
titled in believing they had
'caught on But they hadn't
just the same.
Unfortunately for the Lyman
Twins they came right in the
wake OF the Other Fellow and,
as is usual, the Other Fellow got
the best Of it and the Lyman
Twins got left. That is to say SO
far as an audience was concerned.
The Other Fellow had a fine
crowd while the Lyman Twins had
only a fair attendance, and yet
parties who are fully capable OF
judging say the Lyman Twins
company ranks among the best
that has been seen here this sea.
son and gave performance that
was simply excellent from start to
finish, and the only fellows who
did any kicking were those who
had seen The Other Fellow and
stayed away from the opera house
Tuesday night for fear they would
be humbugged again. Naturally
the manager Of the Twins was a
little put out over the small attend
ance and registered a kick, but
Manager Murray told him it was
chargeable to .sThe Other Fellow
SO it is doubtful that he will ever
be able to collect it.
In behalf of Mr.. Murray we
wish to say that so far as he is
concerned he is in no way to blame
for the comparatively bad com.
panies that have slipped in on
him of late. These companies
were booked through agencies far
ahead and in good faith. Mr..
Murray believed them to be good,
hence, permitted them to appear
Had he been apprised Of their
true nature he would not have
allowed them to exhibit and blk
the people. While he cannot rut
out the past, lie will try and make
up for it in the future and will see
that some of the best companies
on the road play here later on
Here are the topnotchers he has
booked for the remainder Of this
month and up to the 18th of Jan
uary: Georgia Minstrels, Decem
Der 10; Black Patti Troubadours
December 81; The White Slave
BARLEY Campbells great play
December %; A Wise Woman
January 1; When We We're TWEEN
|ty- one, January 4; A Poor Rela
ton, January {; Louis Morrison
January 9;Gorton's Minstrels, Jan
uary II; Thelma, January Is
These are all frst-class and, con
sequently, will not fail to please
The Georgia Minstrels will play
here on the 10Th inst. and Mana
ger Murray has requested us tt
state that the entire gallery spac,
will be reserved for colored people