The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-26
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nsPeu- Burdette Company Opens Bfjou.
 Give the average American theatre eoer a comic Hibernian, a ridicuious Hebrew. a handsome young man who utters high moraled sentiments, heavy with black mustache ana patent leather shoes. blonde soubrette, woman with a fortune that the heavy has designs on. and a woman with a past that the heavy wants to get rld of; give them fairly intelligent ines to sneak and that average American can spend pleasant evening despite the fact that at nome he signs for Ibsen.
 Such was the production of "A Strug- gle for Gold" which opened the Bitou Family Theatre last night, the DePew- Burdette Stock Company presenting the piece The pretty little playhouse was filled to capacity and there was Manager o. A. Neal as he reviewed the big audience.
 The opening was suspicious. It may not be said that "A Struggle for Gold left lasting impression on many members of the audience. But it may be said that practically every member had enough laughs enough thrills and enough vaudeville to make the even ing enjoyable. What else does one want for popular prices?
 The DePew- Burdette Company has ever been one of the strongest roper toire organizations touring the South Tom DePew who has been with the company since its organization many seasons ago Is guarantee for that For there are few repertoire character comedians who are his equal. This year the company has DePew and 1t has Burdette. There are individual members of the company that rank with the average or a trife above the average. There are a number of good vaudeville turns, which enliven the waits between acts. All in all the company Is eminentfy satisfying.
 To go into an account of the indi- vidual work of each member is super nuous. Let It suffice to say that De Pew was funny as Solomon Moses. He had plenty of money and a big gun at the proper time. Harry Hooper was a satisfactory Dennis Higgins and ut tered his sentiments of Hibernian big heartedness in a convincing manner W. T. Burdette was a good looking Dave Walton and got what could be secured from the rather unsatisfactory part. The specialties of DePew and the Bridges team were both good for a number of encores and the moving pic lures were the best seen In Montgom- cry in some time.
 Manager Neal has upheld the stand ard of cleanliness and order which made his pretty house attractive last year. The Bijou always looks as If 1t had just been in the hands of careful cleaners. He has installed comforta- ble and convenient toilettes for both ladies and gentlemen. Sam Roswald IS in the box office. William Stickney is on the paruuette door and John Gio- vanni and William Manning are on the gallery doors Eugene Gartman. who did good work at the Casino Theatre at Pickett Springs this summer Is head usher.
 The Bijou orchestra. that perhaps has drawn more people 10 the Bijou than any one feature. is held intact with the exception of George F. Lindner, the cultured violinlst. who is on a two weeks visit to his home at Lafayette, Ind. He will return to Montgomery within that time. For the present Frederick Tombstone is playing vio- lin, G. l.. Johnson, piano; Charles Mitchell. cornet; W. l.. Smith, trom- bone; Walter Hegner, clarionette and George Hoffman, drums.
 At matinee today the company will present An Uproar" and at night "A Secret Service Man"
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