Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-27

Miss Reeds and that personally she
would be glad to come back. The
choice of her successor is said to de-
pend on whether Miss Helen Holmes
can be prevailed on to become a per-
manent member of the company
A proof of the universally Of true
humor in dramatic imprsonation was
| the ovation accorded Laddie Cliff yes
terday afternoon at the Orpheum. This
slender young splinter of II sings
| dances, grimaces and generally bubbles
| over with surplus vivacity in a way
! that Is distinctively English, but which
has an American crowd whooping fol
the precise reason that the jokes II
Punch leave us in a mood of deep de-
lection. Cliff is really, humanity funny
and with the volatility of youth and
spirits his representations are as hui
man as they are undeniably British.
His was the one act in yesterday
pleasing but not particularly unique
bill which gave the impression of gen.
uine originality and a fresh appeal.
OF the four Singing Colleens, green
clad damsels of fairly well accordant
voices, one-the slender blOnde-pos-
sesses a touch of dramatic tempera-
nent which, with the deep contralto of
her neighbor, tends to lift the act out
of the rut of the ordinary. The pro-
nounced blonde of the quartet was
suffering yesterday from serious case
of aggravated makeup, which aided
neither her appearance nor her sing
ing. The medley of Irish airs was we'll
sung, nevertheless, and the number
left a generally pleasant memory.
The Eight Madcaps are a dancing
symphony in pink and white which is
fair to gaze upon Their work rs
sprightly and muscularly surprising
and it is also refined.
Ollie Young and three brothers, the
other new performers, roll hoops, play
diabolo and barely trife. with rev
boomerangs in a way that interests
or the holdover acts 1.-THE Futurity
Winner" showed signs of careless tech
nioue and occasional incoherency In the
first scene, but held the attention by It's
smashing climaXes. The Camille trio
got away with their harmless, divertlng
buffoonery and Clark and bergman
made a tolerable opening number
James Thornton sings two good new
songs and spruces up last weeks mono
logue with number of new jokes,
some of these are rather broad, and
the quality of humor in the chewing
tobacco episode Is open to some caVll'
hut In the main the act holds its own
verv well with the newcomers. AT
some Of the new pleasantries, which
Mr. Thornton delivers with the same
stoIid imperturbablity of last week
(the facial counterpart Of some wizened
old English verger), even the orchestra
leader laughed.
The moving picture should be entitled
"a New Way to Pay Ola Depts, us
onlv fault was that 1t is in the singular
number
Rv a mistake certain theaters re-
ceiyed double notices in this column
Yesterday. I assure the press agents
whose playhouses thus gained second
measure Of publicity that they cannot
regret the slip any more than l 40, and
beg them to believe that it viii not
occur again.
Business exigencies wipe our hopes
of a Majestic opera season off the slate.
The promise Of the rather tawdry "G1rl
from Rector's'' later is poor substi-
tute, pleasant as are many of the other
bookings for the next season at the
South Broadway house. Possibly Mr..
Morosco may have a chance to realize
his ambition for a musical season about
the time of the Christmas holidays.
More power to the possibility!
Mile. La Loie Helene. held over from
last week, is again the feature Of the
ITnioue bill. In her death Dance of
Cleopatra" La Loie reaches the acme
of realism this week when she uses
live snake in the death scene. In the
climax her expression and gestures de-
pict great mental and physical anguish:
Bowen Brothers, in the characters OF
two college lads, look the parts and
prove that they have right to the
title Of "Those Eccentric Chaps" These
two Youngsters won immediate favor
with the audience Their dancing was
especially popular.
James Kelly's mirth-proVoking COM
edy, MIXED and Muddled' is the We
hicle used by the Unique players this
week The situations, while not exag-
egrated. are funny and the members OF
the company get many laughs out Of