Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-20
AT THE THEATERS


hat for the most of his work and keeps
the audience in laughter every minute.
The dancing of the Rieff brothers is
good and the singing, which incluoes
some amusing new medleys, is far
above the average in that sort of work
The Seven Yuilians are acrobats VINO
give their performance with consider
able ESPRIT. They costume their act
with good taste and are agile and clever
In the many acts of tumbling and pal
ancing they perform.
The Pucks are seen again this week
In new songs and continue to be popu@
lar features of the bill. Charmion, IN
her trapeze disrobing act, enterta1ns her
audience with sine professional lingo
in addition to her display of agility and
anatomy, and Frank Gardiner ana
Lottie Vincent repeat their spectacular
fantasy, winning a Queen"
There are two acts at the Los An
geles theater this week which crowd
each other hard for first place In the
estimation of the audience. One Is
comedietta, written by George M
Cohan and entertainly acted by Fred
Hallen and Mollie Fuller; the other Is
a mystery novelty, La Auto Glrl.
The Cohan comedy is funny ana IL Is
we'll played. Incidentally Miss Fuller
wears a directoire gown, fact Whicn
the audience easily discovered for itself
without the aid of the explanatory
paragraph upon the house program.
La Auto Grip is a somewhat re-
markable young woman or automaton.
She is lifted from box at the opening
of her act, faces the audience for sew
eral minutes without so much as the
culver of an eyelid to betray her, ana
then is carried down {; flight OF STAIRS
and through the aisles of the theater
-, - L. a n
spection, the audiences however, being
requested not to touch her. Back again
upon the stage the mystery is solved,
but no explanation Is made OF how the
trick is accomplished.
Margie Weber, billed merely as
singing comedienne, deserves a more
important title. Miss Weber Is much
better entitled to the designation OF
prima dona soprano than many q
vaudevillian who has been SO an
nounced. She has a voice OF much
sweetness and she displayed 1t yester-
day in several familiar ballads, the
audience insisting upon encore after
encore.
George A. Street and company offer
scenic novelty, portraying scenes IN
the careers Of several prominent mill
tary com4nanders. Mr.. Streets acting
is distinctly below grade, but his scenic
effects are good. Barney Williams,
monologuist, and Sam Holdsworth III
a picture ballad together with motion
pictures round out the bill.
Little Ethel Dabney steals stellar
honors from the big type headliners at
the Empire with ease this week. The
clever youngster, seen locally at the
Orpheum with the Three Mitchells a
short while ago, is as animated a nttie
piece of humanity as ever danced
buck and wing or shouted coon mum.
Der. Her singing of "Jungletown ana
MANDY Lee" coupled with her terp-
sichorean ability, Is most enjoyable.
"That Nine Dollars" as presented by
pretty Mable Darragh and company,
proves q diverting bit of nonsense, en-
liVened by a song or two and some
good dancing. Rance Smith, black-face
singing and dancing comedian, has a
few new Jokes and some loose-1ointed
dancing that Is laughable. Gus Burton,
with his old-time laughing songs and
concertina playing, is good as ever, and
introduces by way of novelty a near
violin which he produces from q walk
| ing stick long enough to play "A Ho'
| Time" while he "calls' for a country
dance. New motion pictures and illus
| trated songs by Nell and Vler Hal
complete the olio.
Ben Z. Dillon as a wealthy pork
packer whose family is earnestly en-
deavoring to break into high society
is the hit of Smiths Troubles" at
Fischer's this week. Irish as the nose
on Murphy'c face,' his bewildered at
tempts to aid in the ambition of his
family are comical in the extreme. The
Introduction of chance acquaintance
by his nephew, who is forced to per-
senate an exponent of theosophy, causes
endless complications, and Max Bloom.
as the unfortunate theosophist, bereft
of his clothes, keeps the audience In
constant laughter. Laurel Atkins Is an
old maidish sister of the pork packer;
]. Edward Pierce his nephew; Marie
Roslyn, the nephew's sweetheart, and
Nellie Montgomery a servant or the
"tough" variey.
Miss Roslyn and Mr.. Pierce each
present solos, "Under the Tropical
Moon" and "True Heart" as well as
duet, "Life's Dream" "Oh, Gee. Be
Sweet to Me Kid" by Nellie Mont
gomery and chorus, and "Lu Lu and
Her La-La-La," by Bloom and chorus.
are the principal musical interpretations.
The Salome dance by Mile. Aimee
continues the feature at the Unique
this week.
The Musical Comedy company under
direction of James p. Lee, producer,
presents a two-act musical farce, en-
titled ''Finnigan's Alley" There is
plenty of scope for the members of the
organization to display their ability
with Lee as Finnigan. the ex-brick-
layer and recent oil king. Marie Bar
bier makes a good Mrs. Finnigan, and
Hugh Metcalf, the deep-dyed English
villain, is we'll supported in villainly
by Make Mitchell as the adventures
Harry Wardell, who has recently Joined
the company, coming from the Grand,
made a decided hit with his Little Bit
of OPERA" as did also Make Mitchell
with the tough girl chorus, Honor
Bright" Millar Bacon, as the lisping
Patrick, was heard to advantage In
'Papinta," and olga Stech sang "Rain-
bow" pleasingly.
During the intermission Millar Bacon
sang illustrated songs, and the Unique
o-scope projected animated pictures.
snybody who would be able to find an