Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-20

last, the most heart searching and least
banal of the authors many lyrical
enormities-"When You Were Sweet
SiXteen"--a good song, sound in senti-
ment. simple in expression, which has
survived innumerable parodies, and
which you may still hear as you wake
up in the morning and wonder If it is
the mill1man or Edouard de Reszke
coming up the front walk.
1.-THE Futurity Winner" headliner of
the Orpheum bill which opened yes
etrday bids fair to become as much
of vaudeville fixture as Claude Gill
lingwaters Strenuous Rehearsal" 1t
has the same merit of Kaleidoscope
action and also that of swift, sincere
heart-interest. l didn't dream a Los
Angeles audience could ever be so
deafeningly enthusiastic as was yes
terdays when Tom Chambers came
down the (treadmilD stretch a winner,
retrieving the blot on his record and
checkmating that old white-haired
villain who calls himself PerciVal Len
non in tame and virtuous private life
w. e. Gladstone does not greatly re-
semble his late distinguished relative,
but he acts furiously and we'll as the
jockey who reforms after throwing a
race. Francis Joyner yells his lines
with a shade too much superimposed
volume, and indeed all the plotting is
done in such a boiler foundry key that
the good souls waiting for their cue
certainly must have heard it as clearly
as the gallery. But they pretended not
to, and it's unkind to press the realistic
test too far in a tabloid melodrama.
Miss Carruthers could put a better de-
gree of anxiety and breathlessness into
her lines, If she chose, although she
does we'll to subordinate the thread of
love interest to the central motif of the
track. The running of the race went
through without an observable flaw
yesterday, and it had us all on our
respective toes, like so many Adelaides.
Henry Bergman has a mellow tenor,
whose use as a sentimental song me-
dium is the best thing in THE Chauf-
feur and the Maid" a musical act,
punctured by whiffs of gasoline and
sauer kraut dialect. Henry does a red
faced dance with more fury than art,
but the crowd likes the fury. He has
three good new jokes. Miss Gladys
Clark, who sings and acts as a foil
for Henry, is moderately amusing.
The Camille trio inject ginger and
original buffoonery into the old three
bar acrobatic act. Each retains one
pair of pants, but very little super
fluous clothing or dignity. I hope the
inner consciousness of how funny they
are may heal the smart of those
any you ever took from the old apple
tree at home, or at least look so.
Johnny Hughes, who has Joined the
Adelaide forces, is an unusually clever
dancer, but he shouldn't try to sing
solos which his shrinking voice fails
to fit. The rest of this act was as
pleasing as last week, as were the
Gasch sisters in their gymnastic num-
ber, and Elizabeth Murray in her song
,.ofo Apt tOir ha c11tt
spoiled Miss Louise Meyers, who is as
winsome and pert as a week ago in
her musical frolic with Lyon and War
rem. The motion pictures show scenes
at the Seattle exposition.
Hungarian band appears in the
Maxim's scene in "The Merry Widow"
led by Kelen, a cafe leader from the
Ritz hotel, Paris. The players come
from Buda Pesth. 1t was Kelen's GUS
tom when playing for his guests to
wander from table to table where the
pretty women were present, and with
his persuasive violin tell them his
alteration and his eternal worship of
beauty. This is a famous feature of
all the great Partisan restaurants
which does not apepal to jealous Amer
lean husbands with handsome wives,
and Richard Harding Davis has written
powerful story around an adventure
between Kelen and young American
bridegroom who resented the frank
musical expression of admiration by
the Hungarian violinist.
"The Merry Widow" comes to the
Mason opera house Monday night for
a weeks engagement, with special
matinees on Tuesday and Thursday,
and the regular matinee on Saturday.
Seats go on sale Thursday at a. M
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For the last week of vaudeville at the
First Street theater, Messrs. Workman
and Conner, the new managers, have
provided one of the best bills ever seen
in the house. The Bruner- Kramer trio
of gymnasts are supple and resourceful.
Woodward and his trick dog, "Cirlie, y
make an interesting number Wood
ward is a banjo specialist. The dog is
well trained and executes some pleasing