Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-23


terday to see him. The Tige of Philip
Dwyer also is a laughable bit of work,
well executed. After the performance
yesterday afternoon Buster held the
first of his daily receptions, present
ing each one of the several hundred
women and children who called upon
him with a souvenir pOrtait of him
self
The bill throughout is perhaps the
best the Los Angeles has offered to
date. 1t includes Creo, an illusion, in
which a woman is apparently created
on the stage without any one in the
audience being able to explain how
the trick is performed. Certainly it is
not by mirrors.
Stephen Grattan and company pre-
sent a sketch, Locked Out at a. m,''
with a gale of laughter. Brown ana
Hodges, Indian cartoOnists, sing While
they draw, and their drawings, by the
way, are very effective. Gus Bruno
tells stories in dialects-it doesn't make
much difference which-any old dialect
will do so far as Bruno is concerned.
Fun, fast, furious and hilarious, to-
gether with music of the really enjoy
able and meritorious sort, combine to
make "Othello for a Day" at Fischer'5
this week an offering well worth see
ing. Revolving around the attempts of
an Obdurate father to prevent his
daughters marriage to an impecunious
young actor, the plot develops a Wori1
of interest and comedy. Ben T. Dill
Ion is the doctor in the case, Dot Ray
mond his daughter and Tracy McDer-
mott the undesirable suitor. The doctor
causes the detention Of his daughters
sweetheart in the asylum under pre-
tense that he is crazy. Learning of the
Subterfuge the lovers, in cleverly exc
cuted burlesQue of a scene from "Othei-
lO,' even matters up and win consent
for their marriage. Incident to the
scenes in the asylum Frank Vack
makes the hit of his engagement as 4
love-crazed Italian and does some eX-
cellent acting, as well as rendering
my Brudda Sylvest' cIeverly Max
Bloom is also well to the fore as a Jew
ish guard and sings "Such a Business
cOmically. Pearl Jardinere as an insane
inmate of the asylum and Nellie Mont
gomery as a nurse of the institution,
complete the cast. Incidentally Miss
Montgomery sings "The Girl That
Threw Me Down" effectively. The mu-
sical hits of the piece, however, are
Loves Anguish" sung by Miss Dot
Raymond, and "Sunbonnet Sue pre-
sented\as a duet by Miss Raymond and
Mr.. McDermott.
This weeks show at theNWall5er play
house is a satisfying one from every
standpoint, covering nearly all branches
of the vaudeville line. Pretty, vivacious
little Elrna Elwood came into her own
on the jump. Kikuda, the Japanese
juggler is the best by far ever seen
in Los Angeles. He goes about his
work in a matter of fact way, accom-
plishing difficult feats with apparent
ease and Indifference. His work was
well received. The LeStrange sisters
re-enter vaudeville after an absence of
several years. They have a snappy
little sketch full of action and good
singing and clever dancing. Joseph
Manley's method of singing illustrated
songs is original. His selection was
timely and his robust baritone voice,
as we'll as perfect enunciation, makes
his act an added feature. Will Tom
kins, the live wire monologist, has a
high voltage act. Anna Clarke, char
acter comedienne, repeated her sue
cess of a few weeks ago. The musical
La Moines have a novelty act, COM
bining music, limitations and mimicry.
"The Substitute" satire on the
present day divorce question, was pre-
sented by the Unique Musical Comedy
company at that theater last evening,
and will continue during the present
week. Inc Dill is full or comedy and
one of the best that has been pre-
sented during Director Rehn's connec-
tion with the house. The plot is woven
around the adventures of an Irishman,
Mike Hooligan, cast by Will Arm
strong, who is mistaken for a profess
sional reuniter of divorced couples.
Under the laws of the Oriental coun-
try in which the plot is laid this action
is necessary before a remarriage can
take place. He takes a chance at the
job and before his real personality
is discovered causes all kinds of
trouble for others and himself. George
REIN as the kadi, of German eXtrac-
ton, is we'll qualified for his role, and
made hit with his song. numbers,
Welcome to Our Kadf' and "Ret1ec-
tions' Will H. Cross as Jimjeff, who
becomes smitten with the divorcee, has
pleasing song, Twas the First"
which brought him several encores.
Lillian Sutherland as Hippoora has 81
clever song and dance entitled "Jogra-
fee; Rosa REIN appears in a charac-
ter part of an old maid and Jack Cur"
tbs as Prince Pico.