Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-06-19
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Opera h0asa. The Performance
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baseball hague ana ID In @speesea th@
receipts all shoe = tidy saa0tSai On
the rashs side of tbs teAgsF- The MAJ
aisnee xas ~ - large as IA might
have been. but fer all that, n HA@an
mart nj the theatre xas comfortably ]
allied, and the audience showed ~
probation In freqaent applause TIE
entertainment was surprisingly Ea@sa
The only criticism 10 find h thai y
Ans too lone. saili n wonid haN"
hasn no easy task Ia dectde shas
Ia rnt ost. ~ tho vaFsnaS stunts
throughout the performance w.te all
prais@oTthy.
The hon Ton minstFeis certainly
scored u biz With the theatre ssseF@
tn. show Was staged With pleasing
scenic effects and the costumes we're
81 n kind generally seen IN min
str.lsy. II vas presented under IN"
perssnal direction Of Jimmie Orr. 4
comedian who arrived I'm the city n
few weeks ago from San Francisco.
Mr.. Orr deiyed down into his wara'
robe In supplying some Of the barns
cork artists with make~ups and CAV"
them same valuable pointers an
stagecrsft The result Was that sh"
amateurs IN black face which partial
Nv concealed their idsnsity. went
through their parts with sotnethinr
Of professional seifpossession. and
kent the audience consnised with
laughter or making eailonsed places
ON their hands from cispping. Miss
peart Ore acted a. i~nterlocntor IN
the frst part and was vas . yer,
dainty in~tertacntor In the traditional
powdered Wig. fnfbeloss and knicker
bockers of the colonial time. Ths
end men were Al Roberts, I'd Lowe
ana 4. ], SAMSON, bones. and w. v
Resmann, d. D. Rich and Earl Hart
man, tambos, The frst part was en-
~iivened BY a number 81 funny gags
which were sanhwiched In betweef
the yoea, numbers. Some Of the jokes
cracked were of strictly local signln
canoe. The haliadists ~ all
good voice and their singing u "a'
of the features ~ tho performance
Each OF them was forced to respond
10 an encore. The curtain dropped 81
the first part with the singing Of tn
Map IN the Overalls." II was accom-
panied by the ringing of ansils an
la fash Of electricity with each hlo'
Of the hammer. The pseudo e'aes
smiths were logged out in overall
and this little stunt injected realist
into the song. The stage setting o
the first part had for liz backgroun
the exterior Of a white stone mat
sion, while the minstrel performer
). were ranged In the customary sem
. circle.
Songs and singers during the hrs
mart were NJ follows: wait 'ffil th
Sun Shines Nellie b. b. Rich:
: Don't Know Where I'm Going, hi
r. On My Way" I'D Lowe: TELL NJ
: with Your Eyes" Jack Howard: !"
Dream" George Gray; "Heine," w.
Reymann; ''The Girl Who Cares II
Me-" A. r.. Roberts: ''rhe Man vii
- the c~yeraris," d. D. Rich. Mr.. Robert
was the only performer VII oreceivt
, a bouquet over the footlights. Som
body sent him a head Of cabbage VII
) Ia shipping tag attached.
After an intermission Of five mi
utes the fun In tine olio began.
. the curtain assembled a Stage airsh
', came sailing across the stage. al
% swung back and forth like the pend
., ium Of u clock. s~traddling the eigs
shaped continuance were AL Rober
So and Jimmy Orr, who espied Las v
gas new postofice from their die
. t?p height about four feet from 4
y stage floor. They sang an origin
song set to the music Of Ride In \
Airship." The Arion trio follow
next with a musical speciality viii
was warmly applauded.
Miss Pearl Orr, who In private !
,. Is Mrs. James Orr, claims the d
r tinction OF being the champion la
= lightning buck and wing dancer a
she gave several exhibitions OF
. ability In this line during the p
formance last night. She appeared
. two little comedy sketches with
husband. In one OF which they int
duced their wonderful dancing d
SNOWFALL" Professionally. Mr..
Is a black face comedian, who
- quite funny. 1t mi largely due
the efforts of himself and wife u
the show proved sdch a decided
" cess. -
Among the ~speciaities In the I
was a buriesqne skit In legerdem
with Joe Joqnei as the magician !
Jimmy Orr as his assistant. t
performed a number Of tricks I
Hermann never did and Never
IA nerve enough to do. as the mod
sIight.of.hand performer himself
mitted. Ii was midnight before
show ended. The performance
-- cIuded with an u~proarious one
farce having to do with q thsatr
manager In quest OF tElent for q q
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