Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-12

thing of its kind seen at the Orpheun
in many, many weeks.
The holdovers include Stella Mayhew
Cole and Rags, Leo Garlic, Henry
Keane and Olive Briscoe in their sketch
"a Trial Marriage" and Helen Bert
ram. operate prima donna.
The bill, as 1 have said, lacks diver
sity: but there are plenty OF laughs
in it.
The Unique musical burlesque COM
pany presented a pleasing pocket edi-
ton of the opera Girofle-G irofla last
night, George REIN appearing as
Aurora. Lew Dunbar sang They say
He Went to College," with college girl
chorus, and both he and Billy Onslow
did good work in comedy parts. Maude
Beatty received several deserved en-
cores in the famous drinking song, See
How 1t Sparkles," while Kate Carlson,
who has returned from a short Vaca-
ton, was seen and heard in new
dancing song entitled Dixie Dam
The UNIQUE comedy company has an
old-time rollicking Irish comedy in
TIE Widow McGinty," with Richard
Cummings as Larry Muldoon and
Katherine Merley in the name part, and
in which Willis West, as Adolph Bis
mark. gets the usual reception accofded
the stage Dutchman when the Irish are
around Make Mitchell and Rose
REIN. as Katie and Rosie McGinty;
Charles Perley as Howard Booth, a
near actor, and Jack Howard in a
black-face part, kept the audience i'll
good humor during the act.
Beginning next week James 2. Lee
will succeed Richard Cummings as dl-
rector of the comedy company.
"roo Much Pat" which the Empire
comedy company is presenting this
week, nearly proved "too much for
Snowie Maybel," for, carried away by
the lad lib" comedy of AL Franks and
Eugene Topping and tired with her
long days work, that little ingenue
had mild attack of hysteria at the
end of the first show last night. She
laughed increasingly until almost time
for the second performance and 1t was
feared that the comedy would have to
be omitted. She recovered her poise,
however, and worked as well as ever.
Other features of the bill at Manager
Ballien's house this week are Ed IL.
and Rolla White in 1.-THE New Board
err a ltnockabout act. pleasing of Its
kind; Bert Sellars in coster songs,
well rendered.; the Hill sisters With a
new assortment of illustrated songs,
and Alva York, a good-looking young
woman, whose voice is displayed In
some English and Scotch ballads.
Mephisto as portrayed by George
Morrell at Fischer's this week isn't
such bad chap, for he allows himself
to be euchred out of his pound of
flesh through the medium of ''phoney'
dice and Sculptor Bessie Tannehill is
permitted to live and love Galatea
Nellie Montgomery, despite the dread
full bond" signed when his satanic
majesty bestowed youth on the ar
tisan and life upon his handiwork.
Miss Tannehill, in costume called
Roman. but known in modern par
lance by a different name, sings Car
rissima" delightfully."-. Also Miss Mont
gomery is pleasing in "Only the Beau
tiful Stars" There was a good by
song called "Trueheart," which Evan
Baldwin and the Fischer chorus Of
fercd tollingly. but the real musical
comedy hit of the evening was George
Morrell's "Rain-in the-F Herb
Bell as faithful servant provided the
comedy. Alma and Grim. whose &C.
centric bar act opens the bill do some
genuinely clever stunts. All in all,
Herr Fischer has show of decided