Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-28
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of tin cans bearing tomato labels,
from which the funny brother extorts
unmusical harmonies. while the lngu-
brious brother is otherwise employed.
Bertha Pertina, who made her first
appearance, L believe, late last week,
does a toe dance in graceful fashion.
The holdovers include Master Gabriel
and his company, presenting "Auntie's
Visit; Daisy Harcourt, who still mars
her work by coarseness; Ida O'Day and
Hoey and Lea.
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
afternoons Master Gabriel will hold a
reception on the stage following the
performance and will present souvenirs
to his visitors
VIII Carleton has turned out a funny
farce for the Fischer company this
week in Fighting Bob'' Everybody
is happily cast, the singing principals
all have songs that fit and the come
dians, Herb Bell, George Morrell and
Fred Gambould, are provided with lines
as fat as any ever devised for a
"Weberfield" comedy.
Miss Bessie Tannehilf's song, "Honey,
Won't You Please Come Down." is
well sung and the chorus work under
the direction of Miss Pearl Jardinere
is the cleverest that has been seen at
this house for months. George Morrell
and Miss Nellie Montgomery have a
duet, Goodnight, Goodnight" that
was an instantaneous hit with last
nights houses. Evan Baldwin's "Give
MY Regards to Dixie" was also well
liked.
The opening vaudeville number by
j. s. Ellis Five Musical Hawaiians"
is beautiful musical sketch, pictur-
esquely staged and well sung. Paka's
hoola dance, the national Hawaiian
dance, is pretty thing, robbed entire
ly of the suggestiveness to have been
expected from the name under which
it is billed.
The Empire bill for the week carries
two acts of unusual strength-Whita-
ker, Pitt and company in a tabloid
comedy sketch which bears some re-
semblance to the parting scene be-
tween zaza and her lover and Elona
Leonard, billed as "the Squaw Girl"
in three we'll rendered character songs.
The comedy SKETCH" which as a mat
ter of fact carries more of pathos than
1t does comedy, gives the woman of
the little company a chance to display
acting ability of the emotional order
She avails herself of the opening, and
does work which would do credit to a
| much more pretentious house than the
Empire. The men of the company fill
SAAS PANbaiC oNSCPldDiJ dllQ act dS WtiI
as is required. Miss Elona Leonard
sings three songs and sings them well
"a cowboy girl song, a Highland
Scotch song and an Indian song that
is new and catchy. All are done in
costume and her act is a hit. The Hill
sisters, with illustrated songs; JACK
Symonds, with a bunch of jokes and
parodies, new and old, and the house
tock company in AL Franks version of
/ HFThn SunnU SoI1ths bn
There were many disappointed peo-
pie in the neighborhood of Fourth and
Spring streets last night who in no un-
certain terms expressed their opinions
of the contractor whose delay IN COM
pleting the new Chronophone theater
compelled Manager q. A. Fischer to
postpone his opening until Wednesday
night. The machine which produced
the canned plays songs, dances and
pictures all in one has arrived and is
in place, but the theater wasn't DONE
so there was nothing for it but wait"
The New Theater Royal didn't give
any show last night When the men,
| bers of the company arrived for the
| evenings performance they were met
| by the house treasurer who delivered
to them their salary. Then the man
fact that his manuscripts for the bur-
lesques advertised had not arrived he
had decided to give the actors a little
vacation. He promised that extensive
alterations in the house and the re-
organization of the company would be
followed by a reopening Sunday,
May 10.
The bill for the current week at the
Unique Is headed by the Unique Musi-
cal Comedy company in "The Two De-
tectives." During the act Maude
Beatty interpolates Mothers the Boss
at Our House." Tommy Is sung by
Kate Carlson and chorus; "Tipperary
Norah" by George REIN and nom
sense duet by the Irish and Dutch
comedians, Billy Onslow and Lew
Dunbar
AS usual the Unique Comedy COM
pany has one of Richard Cummings
laughable farce comedies entitled "A
Night on Cudahy Ranch," during
which country jake from the city
gets mixed up with city man from
the country.
Illustrated songs by Lola Radcliffe
and animated pictures by the Unique
o-Scope fill in the time between the
two acts.