Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-08
ORPHEUM MANAGERS
PICK ALL WINNERS
George Primrose, Dean of Minstrelsy,
for the First Time in Vaude-
Vile in Los An
geles

George Primrose, appearing for the
first time in vaudeville, in Los An
geles, yesterday. epltomized the growth
of the city by declaring that he rec
ognized many faces in the orchestra
which he had seen looking at him
from the gallery on his first visit in
1879. Mr.. Primrose and his MINISTRIES
were well received. They have good
singing and dancing 'act and their YER
satile leader shows that his years on
the boards have not lessened his use
fulness as a first-class blackface artist.
The bill on the whole is one of the
best ever put on the Orpheum circuit
Both the followers and the new num-
bers are good, and there Is just the
right combination of sketches and more
strictly vaudeville features. Uncle
LENS Dilemma" a pastoral comedy,
while perhaps deficient in little touches
of local color, such as a milk stool
with legs three feet long, is whole
some and happy little playlet, and with
the exception of Uncle Lem declama-
tory speeches. is well written and we'll
played.
William Morrow and Miss Verda
Schellburg, in "Happy's Millions" Of
fer an amusing and attractive little
comedy sketch, with a pleasing and
altogether appropriate finish, when
Cupid somewhat a stranger to the
footlights, ties them together with his
leash of pink ribbon.
The Misses Hengler. billed as the
"classiest and daintiest of musical
comedy stars" are also among the
showiest in this glittering galaxy, and
give a delightful singing and dancing
act.
The Millman trio, beginning the sec
ond week, could run indefinitely in Los
Angeles, judging from. their enthusi-
astic reception yesterday. Miss Bird
Millman, the one who did the hair rails
ing dancing and running specialties, Is
said to have made sensation in Eu-
rope" in the euphemistic language OF
the press agent and anyone who sees
her act will declare that for once the
press agents have fallen short of the
mark. She is more than a sensation.
She is wonder.
1.-THE Merry Widow" by the Arm
strong musical comedy company
opened at the Unique last night to
large audience. The comedy was
hit from start to finish, full of laugh
able situations and good, clean, funny
stuff. Win H. Armstrong, as the drug
gists assistant, and Ed Armstrong, as
Uncle 81, held down the comedy roles
supported by Magdalene Holly, as the
Merry Widow, Ethel Davis, Lillian
Sutherland, Jack Curtis, Barney Will
liams and Arthur Don. In the hrst
act the Merry Widow arrives upon the
scene as the bride of DR.. Schmidt.
DIR. Schmidt has wealthy rube uncle;
In order to work the uncle they tell
him they have a son. The uncle ar
rives; no son. They borrow the VII
lage cutup for the purpose, with many
laughable results. During the two
and chorus
numbers are interpolated: 1.-THE Merry
Widow" by Magdalene Holly; Sweet
heart Days'' and "I'm Looking for the
Man." by Ethel Davis; Sally" by
Lillian Sutherland; my Gal Irene"
by Ed Armstrong, and II Love Them
ALL" by Barney Williams.
There are two clever youngsters at
the Empire this week who do acrobatic
and contortion work that is genteel, ar
duous and extremely we'll executed
work that does them decided credit.
They are the laval sisters, Zelema
and Therese. Roman rings, trapeze
and turning pole provide apparatus, to
say nothing Of an inch rope up which
they go hand over hand as easily as
the average person climbs pair OF
stairs All in all, their work is the
most entertaining of its kind that has
been offered locally in some time, and
the young women are to be congratu-
lated both on the excellence of their
work and the apparent ease with which
they do it.
Harry Cornell's versified old men
stories are well worth the hearing, and
dainty little Genevieve Delacour offers
a distinctly likable trio of songs, "The
Way She Holds Her Teddy Bear"
"Yon Can't Guess What He Wrote on
My Slate and Simple Mary Smith,"
New illustrated songs by Vier and Nell
lie Hill, motion pictures and SKETCH
Smiling Simple Simon and the Lady
by the Barringtons, complete the bill
Hobart Bosworth has engaged Miss
Lillian Wade as mistress of the dance
and plastic movements for his lnstt-
tute of Dramatic Art. Besides teach