Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-21

square, the Jardin de Paris, an artists
studio, the poster girls and two beach
scenes, concluding with a brief glimpse
| of six merry maidens disporting them
! selves in a rather obviously patched
surf. The act is a mammoth one ana
of considerable diversity.
! George Auger dresses more gaudily
! than any giant ever saw, but his voice
/ has the true sepulchral note. Anger is
! 8 feet 2 inches in height, he solemnly
| tells us, and we solemnly believe him.
Jack kills him, all right-for about two
! seconds-after which the giant bobs up
/ and thanks the audience in a speech Of
! hollow, heart-searching eloquence. Jack
| is about feet hlgh--a natural dwarf
| but his princess is permitted to reach
| the giants shoulder She never puts
| her head there, however, for Jack pre-
vents such dishonor as the giant S
sturdy rival. The wine is drugged, the
giant drinks, Jack assails him and
eventually conquers. Much of the spirit
of fairyland is reproduced. despite the
marked modernity of Jacks asides.
More OF that spirit would be retained
If the princess did not break 1t all up
by singing "Automobiling with Mollie"
IN an evil moment. Ernest Rommel
IS the giant killer and Caroline Hass Is
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Sylvia Hearne is the princess and Daisy
Robinson an attendant. Most of the
women in the cast speak much too low
to be heard by the audience. They
ought to get over their fright of the
giant by this afternoon.
The expurgating pencil which ap-
parently found work to do in World
and Kingston's act between last week
Monday and yesterday should not slight
Carson and Willard. These gentlemen
present a capital Dutch comedy sketch
in front of a back drop picturing two
seamy pyramids and a peevish looking
sphinx They are clever. They are also
unspeakably offensive toward the close
of their act There are doubtless many
places on the map which relish the
double entendre, but Los Angeles has
never appeared to be among them. The
tourist pair can well afford to shave
off certain excrescent patter and still
shine as does the Egyptian sun.
Five songs in short order is the
! cafeteria menu OF the Thalia quartet,
who sing them with a definite dramatic
quality which is very pleasing. A back
drop setting emphasizing the atmos-
phere of their airs would improve the
act, which is one OF the best, musically,
offered of late at the Orpheum.
| Mack and Walker do not pail on
second hearing, and World and King
ston have notably benefited by
weeks study of Los Angeles audiences.
The Curzon sisters fly serenely
and toothsomely. and Herr Rubens
paints transparently in both senses.
The motion pictures show us the
crowned heads of Europe in various
states of collapse. They would be
more readily recognizable If they
stayed with US longer.
An old man trusts an ancient prophet
of cynical and woman hating tendencies.
His son wants to marry. The father,
following the lore of the prophet, for
bids 1t. To cirCumvent prophet and
father conformity, the son alters the
text of the prophets book so that his
parent believes the world will speedily
come to an end. In sudden contrition
the father consents to the marriage.
The truth comes out, and the prophet,
Toplinski, loses a disciple. even as the
disciple finds a daughter-in-law.
Allen Curtis is the paternal misogyn-
ist at Fischer's this week. Needless to
say he is a veracious Hebrew. The
sketch is called THE Frolics of 1909"
and the idea is similar to that of an
act in which Nat Carr formerly ap-
neared. It wears well, and Curtis
handling of the principal role is excel
lent. The chorus numbers are well
done, and the costuming Is pretty
MISS Annie 6duSHlHdH 10 oooii &c tS,SA
ing woman during the illness of Miss
Jean Hathaway.
Grace Marvin, a well known light
opera contralto of this city, has Joined
La Petite Revue" the unique spec
tacle which closed at the Orpheum last
sunday. Miss Marvin will make her
first appearance with the act in Salt
Lake City next week. She last ap-
neared here in Oliver Morosco's musi-
cal company. Formerly she was with
the Temple company. Ferris Hartman
and the Gaiety company at the Grand
Ceorge Auger, Ernest Rommel and
sylvia. Hearne will hold a reception to
ali children attending the Orpheum
this week and next, and distribute
nostal cards to them on the stage.
The three appear in Jack the Giant
Killer"
Wilbur Mack whose dainty act with
Nella Walker remains this week at the
Orpheum, is putting on new song OF
his own making:
Rigo, the gypsy violinist now at
LEWIS cafe, has fully recovered from
his illness and will positively appear at
afternoon tea as well as at dinner time
and after the theater
Manager oliver Morosco has engaged
Miss Maude Beatty to play the role of
the fashionable English dressmaker
in Lady Frederick" at the Burbank
next week.
When the curtain falls upon the final
act of 1.-THE Politicians" at the Majes-
tic Saturday night, Kolb and Dill and
their company will go on the road for
two weeks. They go into the Princess
theater, san Francisco, for an ex-
tended run, opening October in
"Dream City" Later they will pro-
duce there a musical comedy by the
late Judson C. Brusie called "In Cuba"
and which never has been staged.
"The Rich Mr.. Hoggenheimer" also
will be given an early presentation.
In "The Three of Us" at the Burbank
this week Miss Lillian Burkhart is
wearing a gown that was made for
the trousseau OF a Richmond, Va,
belle more than sixty years ego. The
dress is a tan silk brocade with purple
stripes and Is made with the full skirt
so fashionable at that period It is
now the property of a well known Los
Angeles society woman, daughter of
the original owner, who lent it to Miss
Burkhart.