Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02

| IN EN- big white bears in a cage as
wide as the stage of the Los An
n geles theater are the picturesque
feature of this week bill at that play
house. They are the docile proteges OF
Prof Alber who smiles nOnchalantly as
he wrestles- with them sr puts them
| through their ponderous PAGES. They
are amiable fellows, as anyone knows
who has watched them baskinS i'll the
wintry sun streaming into an eastern
zoo. The present aggregation do some
difficult feats in balancing. drink milk
out of tin bottles, and slide down a
shiny chute at command The act IS
the most unusual offered in some
months at this theater, and attracts
admirng notice.
| The next best act is that of Hill and
! Sylviany-inan and woman-Who ride
! about the stage on an old-fashioned
| bicycle, a unicycle and finally on a
| stout wagon wheel. Mounted on the
mans shoulders, the woman bumps
some eight steps of an improvised stair
way onto the stage. No bones are
broken and nobody falls. 1t is exciting
and possibly much safer than IL seems
Jimmy wall is clever minstrel man
who would do well to overhaul his pat
ter and eliminate some of it's offensive
features. His songs are catchy, and he
has a way of singing them which gets
under our. risiblities very neatly he
could be lust as funny and still be de-
cent.
The Nat Navarro troupe do some
praiseWorthy tumbling. The little chap
is the hero and comes through Cruel
ing finish in creditable shape. The con-
Guiding act is perilous enough to his
wrists to reflect that bones may snap
if somebody bungles. Nobody does
however, and it is to be hoped thaI no
body will.
Leon Royce gives some entertaining
limitations Of various musical lnstfu-
ments. The instruments-or pieces OF
them-are there, and he pretends to
play on them. Then he pulls them
away. and his voice goes on playing
The combination of melody and trick
erv is ingenious and not without feat
ures of genuine originality.
Robisch and Childress open the bill
They sing fairly well, but exhibit no
particular originality in comedy or dia-
iogue. There are interesting motion
pictures.
A club of woman haters is the motive
power of "A Day in Venice" the mu-
steal playlet in which the Alphin-Fargo
company is froliclling this week at the
Olympic The festive Germans, spuflleu
by their fair ones, are the 1nstlgatofs
MenQeI ana w lllloIllo ClllpCNS N4tN1 80
dividuals with much JUNCTION, ana Lean
ard Brisbane plays an italian who gets
hopelesslv entangled in the web of their
misadventures. Blossom Seeley plays a
summer girl and eXcels in her dance
and song specially. With MISS Blalr
and Albert Leonard she umpires base
hall game between the chorus ana tne
audience. which arouses great mlrth
Miss Nelson sings an Indian song
agreeably.
hollywood comes in for good-natured
satire on this weeks bill at Flschef s.
'0The Substitute" is a witty lrlshnah
Of that suburb who is taken Tor the
ianitor on his arrival at a neighporihs
court house. In Billy OnsloW capdple
hands the son of Erin Wreaks fun re-
venee on his tormentors. Max Steinie
nlavs a German policeman, Esco Ives Is
a dignified district attorney Billy How
ard a garrulous lawyer ana MISSES
Raunan, Halperin and Hyde fill the
feminine roles successfully Ine piece
gave great pleasure to the audience on
the opening night, the musical numbers
especially arousing enthusiasm
"The Runaways," a three-act comedy
about a double elopement of a father
and son with mother and daugh-
ter. is the new bill at the Unique
Eventually Cupid straightens out tile
tangle with due respect for age. The'l
Earl -Rauworth company members ac-
quit themselves we'll in the production,
of which the leading roles are assumed
by Messrs. Dillon and Spencer ana
Misses Noel and Earle. Mrs. F'rayne
plays a landlady and Herbert Cramer
a Young hopeful who occasionally en-
livens the proceedings. Frank Frayne
is a railroad porter and Ivan Miller a
deputy sheriff There are. several pret-
ty musical numbers and the motion pic
lures and illustrated song afford en-
joyment.
Miss Frances Nordstrom, leading
woman of the Burbank stock company,
and who this week is playing Eliza in
Leo Ditrichstein's comedy, "All on
Account OF Eliza" received telegram
from her brother-in-law, Henry II.
Dlxey, yesterday morning, announcing
the arrival of a little daughter. The