Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-04

Sarah Padden made much of the serv-
ing maid role in which she was cast
The entire action of the piece takes
place in one room, and the scenery and
appointments here are carefully chosen
to represent the period and circum-
stances of the play.
Paul M. Potter in his adaptation has
made some changes in the plot of the
Balzac story, but he has done his
work we'll and the lines of the piece
abound with wit, brilliant repartee
and graceful cynicism.
The love scenes are fervid, withal
tempered all the time by the intrigue
for money, and the piece will make its
appeal to every person of culture who
has any regard for romance and the
discrimination to appreciate acting
which is artistic in every detail.
A vaudeville audience likes laughter
and nonsense, and for that reason the
matinee audience at the Orpheum
waxed enthusiastic about Lew Sully
yesterday.
Deprived of a black-face makeup
the former minstrel man assumed a
red wig and a frock coat which would
have made any of the bones or tambos
of a minstrel troupe envious His
Words and Music" was more wordy
than musical, but it delighted his
hearers. His song, Twas was hi
lariously funny and still free from
those suggestive jokes which detracted
from the amusement OF his concluding
numbers. His songs and encores in
cluded Adam Was Lucky Man"
1.-The Merry Widow Craze" "Wise Old
Robinson Crusoe" and Girls"
The bill this week offers two play
let's. S. Miller Kent and his company
present a comedy sketch, Marriage
in a Motor Car" and while the motor
car does not appear, the explanation
of the unusual marriage does. The
and her lawyer went out in the motor
and picked up the most impossible I'M
known man they could find, to whom
she was Immediately married. The
fact that the bride has a fortune of
ten millions and later on that bride
and bridegroom have met before under
most romantic conditions leads to a
canceling of the divorce proceedings
and a happy finale. Claudia Colonna
plays the part of the bride to Mr.
Kents bridegroom and Dorothy Keene
makes pretty pink checked maid.
Miss Adeline Dunlap and Frank Nc
Cormack are seen in 1.-THE Night of
the Wedding" This strong human in
terest drama is already known here.
It's story of conflict between father
love for the child and man love for
the woman who would make a good
wife, but poor stepmother demands
close attention. It's climax is strong
enough, however, so that it might well
be played without the clamor and
noise which the actors seemed to find
necessary. Their emotion would have
been more effective with little more
restraint. Viola F'lugrath played the
child's part.
Jolly Violette, an eccentric Partisan
dancer, gave some limitations of for
eign celebrities which were sufficiently
grotesque to make them interesting,
despite the audiences lack of famil-
iarity with the originals. Elaborate
scenic equipment and light effects and
some dancing which is really graceful
when not too violent gives consider
able attraction to this number,
Zelie de Lussan and the Eight Me-
lanis are musical attractions on the
bill, holding over from last week, while
the Four Dunbars and Charles Mat
.thews furnish sufficient along the ath-
letic line.
Manager Fulkerson has a bevy of
able juvenile artists for the current
weeks bill at the Empire.
The Kiltie duo, a Scotch masterpiece,
is one of the best, for the pair give
a number of good songs and dances and
score their biggest hit in Highlnad
fling. Bagpipes are also brought into