Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-02

Four Strollers contribute an excellent
musical sketch and Johnny McNelgn
and his college girls diss1pate grouches
and make the GROWERS grin by their
pert little singing and dancing skit.
Paul La Croix continues to thrust ms
overworked pate in the orbit OF the
yhirling hats, and, best OF all, the ever
blooming Frank Byron appears aga l
in his Iadylike piece, 1.-THE Dude De-
tectiye." Byron's stunt Is one OF the
famous in vaudeville and you are not
a full fiedged American citizen unless
YOU have been wrinkled up like q pref
eel. laughing at his funny business
which you certainly have II you nave
seen it.
The Ferris Hartman company gets
by with its usual flourish In Eel Cap
itan," which opened last night at tne
received. 1t will be given more ex-
tended notice in tomorrow's Herald.
The usual ingredient of girls, slap
stick comedy, music and fantasy ap-
pears in BABES in the WOOD Whlch
began a two weeks run at the Audi
torium last evening. 1t VIII DE us
cussed later at greater length
The Florenz Troupe of Society Aero
bats from the New York H1ppodrome
head the bill at the Los Angeles thea
ter this week. The FlorenZ acroDats
include four men and a woman. Iney
work in evening clothes, and they per
form their feats easily and gracefully
There is a somersault, three high, from
shoulder to shoulder, and numerous
other stunts quit out of the ordinary
Fetching Brothers offer good musl-
cal act in which they play upon DIVERS
instruments disguised as the ordinary
implements of Horticulture. Phil stats
has a monologue which is as Iunny as
ANYTHING of the kind heard here re-
Gently. Stats is fat, but by no means
fat witted. His jokes are new, and
each one carries laugh with It..
Jarvis and Martin, comedy acrobats
Emelie Benner, woman baritone
Tannehill and Radcliffe in a comedy
skit, "A Tenderfoot on the Trail, and
motion pictures complete the bill.
"The Captain of the Pinafore," The
Ruler of the Queens Navee,' and most
of the other musical hits which made
for the initial musical success of III.
M. S. Pinafore," Gilbert and Sullivan
satirical comic opera of the sea, are
pleasingly rendered in the current re-
vival of the old English piece at Fisch-
er's theater this week. Director Charles
AIphin has arranged a capital one-act
version of the opera. retaining the bet
ter remembered selections of the orig
inal score, and carrying the story to a
degree intact. Tracy McDermott sings
Ralph Rackstraw, the unfortunate sail
or in love with his captains daughter,
and sings it admirably. Dot Raymond
is a pretty sweetheart, and handles her
vocal allotments well, while Frank
Vack, as the captain, eventually found
to be only common sailor, makes
much of a comparatively insignificant
role The Dick Deadeye of Ben I. Dill
lon is the one pronounced comedy part
of the opera, and Dillon does well with
it. Max Blooms Sir Joseph Porter is
a refined caricature, while Nellie Mont
gomery's Little Buttercup Is both acted
and sung acceptably. The Fischer
chorus contributes good support in the
chorus selections.
There are twelve numbers on this
weeks bill at the Walker theater.
Heading the list are Henry L. Auer-
bach G. Co.. who present true to life
sketch. These clever people have
gained praise all over the circuit and
are being played back over the same
route again. Miss Rosa Roma plays