Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-23

It a roar of pain and indignation and
rage Crack again and again; and at
the last obedience. reluctant, but COM
plete.
Luken's' lions are we'll trained; as
| well, perhaps as any animals of their
| kind ever exhibited in Los Angeles.
Like all cat animals, however, they
are swayed by fear, not by kindness.
They jump, when told, because they
selves to all sorts of indignities for
fear of worse upon refusal. 1t is a
| remarkable exhibition; and whatever
his salary, the man inNthe cage earns it..
| The lions are the feature of a pro-
gram which includes also Howard
Truesdell and company in an amusing
| farcical playlet, Two Men and a Bot
tle'; the Harry Deaves mannikins in
burlesque on Uncle Toms Cabin;
| Joe Edmonds, monologuist; and the
! three Van DiemanS, women aerial
gymnasts. Motion pictures complete
! the bill.
"The Astronomer" produced under
| the direction of Frank B. Blair, proved
very pleasing musical burlesque at
| the Unique last evening. The climaxes
| come fast and the audience is kept
guessing.
The plot of the sketch hinges on one
| B. L. Planet of Mars, Pa, who wan
! ders into the laboratory of Jupiter Nc
Mars, a celebrated astronomer. who
/ has invented a magnetoscope which he
claims will bring the citizens of Mars
down to the earth. On Planets state
! ment that he lisa from Mars 1T is
taken for granted that it is from the
planet instead of Pennsylvania, ana
about this statement is wound the
many screamingly funny situations
l. ON
and sings MY Irish Canary; May
Parker, the new soprano, as his daugh-
ter, Venus McMarrs, was heard to ad-
vantage in "Carmena." Miss Parker
has beautiful voice and received sew
eral encores on her number. Jack Cur
( tbs as Mr.. Mercury, dumb but not
deaf, did a walking part, his appear
ance creating a laugh on each en-
] trance. Miss Sutherland, as usual. had
4 a catchy number entitled Uncle Re-
mus" and was cast as Miss Starr
Mooney. daughter of RS. Mooney,
which latter character was assumed
by Laurel Atkins. John j. Martin as
B. L. Planet made his first appear
ance last night and proved himself a
comedian of much ability and sung a
comedy number entitled I'm Glad I'm
Married"
Ben T. Dillon and Max Bloom, Herr
Fischer's two crack comedians, are
back in their original roles this week
in 1.-The Pawnbroker," the current Of
fering being staged by Producer AL
phin. The former has made speciality
of Irish comedy and gets the laughs
in the part of the loan merchants Hi
bernian wife. while Bloom, by nature
Hebrew dialect artist, is effectively
cast in the title role,
The conjugal infelicity of the pair
furnishes the fun in the play, the
crisis coming when the spouse sells
coat in which hubby has hidden $500
for safe keeping. It's restoration by the
rent collector, impersonated by Tracy
McDermott, saves the owner from sud-
den demise from heart failure.
Among the speciality musical num-
bers interpolated in the piece are
burlesque on 1.-The Merry Widow" in
which Tracy McDermott is featured
peasingly with the chorus; "Choo
Choo Cars" by Ben T. Dillon, and 81
Wish l Had a Pal" by Nellie Mont
gomery, and Fischer's beauties CARRIED
as street waits. Miss Raymond sings
Sweetheart" with feeling, and the
general musical effect is goo1.
"a Lemon in the Garden of Love-"
that celebrated song from THE Spring
Chicken" will be sung by Richard
earle, the comedian and author, when
he appears in "Mary's Lamb" at the
Mason opera house Thursday Friday
and Saturday, March 20, 26 and 27.
This has proved the most popular of
all the many songs Mr.. earle has writ
ten, having had sale of more than
125, 900 copies in three years. When the
tall comedian sings the song in the last
act of "Mary's Lamb" he Will introduce
some new and picturesque stage eff
feets.
The bill at the Walker theater con-
tains a number of high class acts
The performance of the mysterious
Roberta was one of especial interest,
it being so different than any hereto
fore presented. In this act Roberta,
clad in a bathing suit, is entirely sub
merged in a milk can filled with water
The lid is then secured by six pad
locks. A curtain is then drawn round
the can, and in ten seconds the mys-
FERROUS Roberta has freed himself. VIII
Tomkins, the topical talker, is another
special feature on the bill this week.
He knows how to tell a story and is
stocked up with a splendid line of goods
Loftin and Stuart present a one act
play entitled "SpooneyvlN." Miss Lof-
tin wears some dazzling creations in
costumes which are greatly admired.
La Mole brothers do a somewhat diff
ferent aerial act on bars and rings
WI; 81, &c xrarvy exillf,1I and attra ctiVe.