Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-05

OTELLA MAYHEM, from the stage
IN of the Orpheum yesterday after
| ~ noon, slandered her dressmaker to
make a vaudeville holiday. For some
reason or other Miss Mayhem insisted
upon the audiences appraisement of
her own avoirdupois. Serious as this
subject is to player folk, Miss May
hew continually makes light of it.
| Moreover, her dressmaker does the
same thing. The gown she wore yes
| terday must have taken at least twen-
ty pounds off her weight; and yet she
persisted in telling us that she is fat.
1 don't know the name of the Mayhem
modiste. If I did 1 would gladly print
! it, for such genius deserves recogni-
| tion.
The Mayhem fun is by no means fat
witted. 1t is good, wholesome, home-
cooking fun; fun that leaves you
unashamed for having laughed at it;
fun that sends you out of the theater
| firm in the conviction that this is
! jocund, merry old world; fun, fun, fun.
OF course, Stella Mayhem can't sing,
but she sang yesterday afternoon and
everybody who heard her was the mer-
rier for 1t. Her most mirthful number
was a combination song and mono
logue entitled I'm Lady of Impor-
tance." You ought to hear it. If you
have a care In the world it will do you
good, and if you haven't it will do you
good anyway. incidentally Miss May
hew is assisted by Billie Taylor"
Taylor is a tenor. He's all right, but
that Mayhem act really doesn't need
any assisting. It's the moneys worth
in itself, without any change due the
purchaser of a seat.
Look Whose Home Again
Leo Garlic returns home this week
| I'LL -
ries. The stories are good. So is the
dialect, and so are the limitations with
which this Los Angeles vaudevillian
concludes his stunt. He gave an imi-
tation of an automobile yesterday aft
ernoon, varied by an imitation of a
pig, a horse and other domestic ami
mails, including the common or garden
mosquito.
Helen Bertram, operate prima dom
ma, recently from the Princess theater,
San Francisco, sang several songs, in
Guiding Coming Thro' the Rye" and
Love Me and the World Is Mine"
Miss Bertrams voice is something of
disappointment. 1t shows the effects
of overmuch work and is uncertain in
it's placement
Cole and Rags present a comedy Jug
Cling act in which the juggling is
trivial though the comedy makes good
in uproarious fashion. Rags, l pre-
sumo, is the comedian of the team.
Most of his stuff is old, but it goes
big and there are a few stunts that
possess the merit of novelty sand
wiched in between the reliable old-time
laugh provokers.
Henry Keane and Olive Briscoe in
sketch, "a Trial Marriage" complete
the list of newcomers. This sketch
opens up finely and continues in anus
ing vein until near the finish, when it
10 Vii ri q
fective Chinese cracker. Reconstructed
and supplied with better terminal fa-
cilities "A Trial Marriage" has the
makings of a highly amusing affair.
At present, however, it needs tinkering
and needs it badly. 1t is we'll acted
and the possibilities are so marked
that the final fizzle seems almost in
excusable.
Acts holding over from last week are
contributed by Frederick Brothers and
Burns; Bertha Pertina, toe dancer, and
the very excellent Dunedin troupe of
acrobatic bicyclists.
The current bill at the Unique pre-
sents the comedy company in "Retrl-
button" by Richard Cummings, one
and farce in which Alphonse, Willis
West, and Alphonse, a dog, get badly
mixed up Katherine Merley as Mrs.
Smith, who loves dogs, has husband
who does not, but who thinks she Is
fond of Alphonse, the man. The mix
up occurs when she hides the dog In
her room and the jealous Mr.. Smith
thinks it is the man she has concealed;
Charles Perley as the tough boy, Ethel
Thornton, the giddy milliner; Jack
Howard, a typical messenger boy ana
Make Mitchell, the maid, are well
cast.
The musical comedy company is TAX
ing a flyer this week in the shape of
tabloid edition of the famous pirates