Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-22

Countess de Swirsky win be given on
Friday afternoon, after which she VIII
sail for Australia.
Augusta Close is the headliner, but
FLINDERS Furnished Flat" is the
knockout" at the Orpheum this week.
Miss Close, with her pretty face, her
dainty mannerisms and her childish
voice, Is highly appreciated for her
spoken songs and inimitable imlta-
tions. She deserves every bit of the
generous applause bestowed, but her
ugh-making ability Is not up to that
OF Willard Simms, who tries to paper
his furnished fiat. Miss Close, who
has charmed Los Angeles audiences
in previous years, is what most play
bills call a refined comedienne; Mr..
Slmms is the typical trough house
comedian. There's a difference, and
a vast one, too.
A burlesque of amateur paper
hanging Is Mr. Simms' method of
making laughter. He tears roll after
roll of perfectly good wallpaper in
his endeavors to get start, and then
he daubs paste all over himself, the
paper, the furniture and the room. His
antics 3 are screamingly funny. He
gets caught while taking a bath and
more comical actions follow. To close,
Mr.. Simms and Miss Margaret Lucier
do a burlesque of grand opera and
"Choreens." The longer the pair are
on the stage the harder the audience
laughs. Flinders Furnished Flat"
is undoubtedly the best trough house"
comedy seen here In many weeks.
Leona Thurber and Harry Madison
while ION a Shopping Tour" tell some
jokes which haven't been heard lately.
Miss Thurber does several limitations,
one of which--a spinster at q bargain
couhter-is exceptionally clever, and
Mr.. Madison does an eccentric dance
which is very good.
1.-THE Continental Waiter" presented
by Spissell brothers and company, be-
gins as a pantomimio farce and ends
in a comedy acrobatic manner. The
act is a real novelty and a welcome
departure from acrobatic turns.
John P. Wade and his company pre-
senting "Marse Shelby's Chicken Din
ner" and La Tortajada the Spanish
dancer, score heavily, although hold
overs. The Flying Martins, trapeze
performers; Paul Quinn and Joe
Mitchell in "The Land Agent" and
new motion pictures complete the bill
BY special arrangement Manager
Clarence Drown will present Mrs
Samuel Travers Clover's one-act play,
What Every Woman Wants." at the
matinee today. Lillian Burkhart and
her company will present the playleti
which will open on regular Orpheum
time at Denver next month. This
afternoon will be the only time when
the work of the brilliant local writer
| will be seen in Los Angeles, as the
sketch is booked entirely In the east.
One of the prettiest sketches de-
signed for the vaudeville stage is "A
| Bit of Blarney" It will bear repeti-
! tion and never loses its charm. 1t Is
presented at Pantages this week by
Edwin Keough, Helen Nelson and
| George Hill, who contribute to a great
extent to the success of the sketch, as
their acting is smooth, their interpre-
| tation of the characters admirable ano
| the novelties introduced of the high
est order Miss Nelson's rendition Qi
''The Last Rose of Summer" is ex'
| tremely sweet, and HIPS Robespierre
is a credltable piece of acting.
| Delmar and Delmar show some feat'
| of strength. Billy and Maud Kellal
present a dialogue which has to dc
some fun and good singing and is alto
gcther worthy.
AS Hebrew comedians Charles Aller
and Jack Lee offer something out o.
| the usual run. Their parodies are
extremely funny.
Alfred the Great, a trained chin
panzee, occupies the center of tn,
stage as the topnotcher OF the pro
gram. Alfred is well trained for on
so young, being only Is months old
He eats with knife and fork, smokes
and keeps his equilibrium on a pair o
skates His best performance is ol
a bicycle, which he manages with tn
| skill of a human being, winding II
and around distractions without evel
barking his shins.