Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-30
.ACROBATS MAKE HIT At
Los ANGELES THEATER
Lewis Stone and Eleanor Gordon
Have Strong Parts in
The Test
ertainnrs IN The In,

or the various entertainers on the Los
Angeles theater program this week,
Rice and Provost, with their acrobatic
comicalities and the Gleesons with their
dancing, not forgetting Fred Hout-
han, "at the piano." are the best. The
Painter trio OF contortionistS run q
close second but others on the card
make poor showing as a field.
"Bumpty Bumps" an act in which
one of the team of Rice and Provost
executs some clever acrObatic feats
and the other member does clown
twists and turns which show a half
latent talent, is one of those excellent
acts which must be on each vaude-
vile bill but over which nobody raves.
1t is an act of clever nonsense which
makes lots of laughter and ends just
there, having fulfilled its mission
John Gleeson of the dancing team Is
about the most graceful exponent of
terpsichorean art that the Los An
geles stage has held. He does not
wave his arms like a mill in a high
wind. He does not twist and turn his
body with every step, He dances sim
ply, naturally and artistically which
is going some when the dances are
performed with hard-soled shoes. Ber-
tina Gleeson, said to be the world $
champion dancer, may be what is said
of her. She gives only slight evidence
Of the fact, although she dances with
grace and ease. Fred Houlihan, who
performs on the piano while other
members of the team are changing
their costumes is a master IF the
piano, judged from the syncopated
melody standpoint.
The Carl Painter trio give q varied
exhibition of bodily twists and turns
and Go other stunts which please. The
act has been seen in Los Angeles at
another theater
Harry Bloom is adept at dialect
singing. He has melodious voice
and pleasing manner and gets much
applause.
La Belle Meeker, the physical Gull
ture maid. shows to what extent a
woman may develop her muscles and
still be graceful and captivating. Her
act Is good for any number of cur
tains.
"a Night at Lodge should be
termed "A Rarebit Fiend Dream" It
is in 'steen scenes-lights on and Off
but none of the scenes evoke q mar
velous amount of mirth. The play
let is supposed to be funny.
When Signorina Bea Verera, "The
italian Nightingale sang one of her
songs the audience looked like Charles
Dana Gibson's famous picture "Two
Out and the Bases Full" She took a
high note which must have been sharp
for she acted as though it had cut
her throat. Otherwise her imitation of
Cavaleria is recognizable. S. o.
As Emma Eitynge in "The Test"
playing this week at the Belasco,
Eleanor Gordon is doing the best of
her work since starting her local en-
gagement. As a woman whom the per-
fdy of man has robbed of gentle sem
sibilities, who is a slumbering tigress
awaiting the arrival of the man who
marred her life, she is superb from
every angle. Her scene of the second
act with Richard Tretman Dewis
Stone), an idol of frmer years, in
which the twain bare their souls, is
excellently done.
The production served to introduce
Miss Viola Barry, the new ingenue Of
the Blackwood organization. She is a
pretty girl and displays no little abil-
ity as an actress.
Lewis Stone in the role Of man who
has recently been released from peni
tentiary after term of ten years and
who bears malice and hatred for the
person to whom he attributes his in