Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-25

Orpheum yesterday afternoon. 1t was
a truly moral exhibit, too, for min
ute later the fair heroine had chloro-
formed her deadly rival in full view of
the audience, and an accusing con-
science, or something, kept her stiff
and stark right in full view of the en-
tire clinic (beg pardon, audiencel till
Steve Stirling Ga name which fairy
radiates virtue. by the way) had made
Jimmy" his own blushing bride.
One is prone to think that altruistic
brand of love which made Steve at
White Trash jimmy" the minute she
fell heiress to a chilly 100000, is COM
mon only to the heroes of melodrama,
but tits a delightful quality to look
back at in oneself after the girl is
safely won-and the 100000. And,
barring a few 1T can never be's' ana
would to God we had never NETS"
which he couldn't help, Mr.. William
]. Wilson was likable lover. Tommy
Traddles, the village cut-up, whom
Mr.. Norman R. Field was fully res
ponsible for, had the hearts of the gal
lery won from the start, all the same.
And, all carping aside, 1t was a clever
little skit, which the sanity and poise
of Miss Mortimer's company redeemed
from the banality of an occasional line.
/ It was curious to see how the human
/ interest routed the absurd theatrical
/ ism of some of the situations, as When
| Miss Eloise Clement, in the part of the
Jealous rival, so far forgot herself
as to be visibly sympathetic with
Jinny's sufferings under the chloro-
form. Miss Clement will never make
a capable villainess; her acting is TOO
human.
atmosphere of the little play was very
pleasantly suggested by scenery ana
the soft ''you-alls" and 81 reckons'' of
the land of cotton. jimmy is too
good to be spoiled by little banter,
and that is one reason we take the
chance.
Hawthorne heartlessly prevented
Burt from laughing for about fifteen
minutes and the audience did enough
for both of them. as last week, and
then the Grigolatis 1oated diagonally
up toward the flies, in fllmy Whlrls OF
silken color, fit to make the wright
brothers fade green with envy. At the
climax of this harmony of motion ana
light and color. a score of doves were
loosed from the gallery and fairly fell
like p snowy storm about the heads
and arms of the aerial dancers who
grouped themselves artisttcally around
Mile. Floretta, premiere aeriallst, as
the curtain descended.
With the four sisters Amatis in
new act. and Arcadia, best of the hold
overs. on the bill, the Orpheum is we'll
represented unsteady this week. Miss
| Gisela reached the highest note ever
attained, and then went one beyond
| that while the audience waited the
outcome in mingled admiration and
fear Her tones on the aerial circuit
we've verv pure and fine, and every
| bodv heaved a relieved sigh when she
! appeared before the curtain after the
| last generous recall and made her five
word speech of thanks in a voice Whlch
would have done credit to DEVON
Hopper in Casey at the Bat" our
best thanks are due the sisters Amaus
| for twenty minutes of fairyland.
Arcadias charm is equally musical
| and personal When her bow evoked
! once more the mystic melodies OF
/ Carmen" it seemed that she was en-
! acting its romantic scenes in face and
| gesture as she played. she concluded
| with 1.-The Palms" accompanying her
voice with a violin obligato.
Knight Brothers and Marion Saw
! teIle did some nimble dancing and in
| dulged in a littl by-plav. which, While
not quite so agile, won its need OF APP
! plause. Fred Ray was believing out
| his tale of woes when the curtain went
! IN and the crowd was doing the roar
| ing when it fell After two weeks OF
| This Roman burlesque Los Angeles folk
will he seeing Mr.. Gladiator Benton in
! their dreams. Paul Sanders dog cir
| Gus and the moving pictures competed
the bill.
Manager Pieper of the Walker
theater is showing the patrons of his
/ COW little playhouse a well balanced
vaudeville bill this week. The two
| Graces, real sisters, real singers, real
dancers ana keen lockers, set the ball
rolling Monday with an act that is
| far from the cut and dried sort of
| team work. Both of the girls are
| clever and their act scored heavily
with the audience.
| Elmer Ballard and Mabel Albert
presented a funny farcelet called
''Dicks Return" The act is full of
laughs. Otto c. Rabe, the musical
Sambo, extracts sweet music from
every conceivable kind Of an instru-
ment and his selections were well
chosen. The Heyman sisters are
| clever impersonators and work along
lines that are favorably received. Their
songs were particularly good. Dick
Parks, a minstrel man, has fund of
new stories and an unusually good
| singing voice.
Joseph Manley sang a stirring, pa
/ triotic song, entitled "U. S. A. for
Nine" the slides being particularly
good Virginia Reeves, operate mezzo
soprano, sang some selected ballads in