Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07

by them of the suspected criminal, is
described as being almost painful in its
intensity.
The season will begin on Wednesday
evening and includes a Saturday mat
inee.
On Friday evening the company will
give Diplomacy.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN.
On Friday evening Honest Hands and
Willing Hearts will be given at the Los
Angeles theater with John L. Sullivan
as the leading man. The play is one
which gives the champion plenty of op-
portunity to display his physical points.
In the second act he appears in ring
costume and gives short boxing exhi-
bition.
The critics elsewhere differ as to the
pugilist's qualities as an actor, but it is
certain that the desire to see the most
perfect known specimen of man physi-
cally, will insure large attendance.
The play will be given Friday, Saturday
and Sunday evenings.
NOTES.
Ed J. Buckley is very ill in New York.
Lily Post has joined the Carleton
company in Washington.
Arthur Wallack, son of Lester, has
written farce comedy for Fanny Rice.
1t is called A jolly Surprise.
Mrs. Padelford that was, who now calls
herself Bettina Gerard, is now with a
cheap opera company in Texas.
Stuart Robson recently played ben
eft performance of the Henrietta in
New York for the Confederate Veterans
camp.
M. A. Kennedy, the principal COM
edian in Men and Women, starred
through this section of the country sea-
son before last in A Possible Case.
The veteran comedians, Joseph Jeffer-
son and w. ]. Florence, will tour the
coast next season. They will appear for
a week at the Grand next February.
Louis Harrison, who was the original
Tyfoo in Pearl of Pekin, has been en-
gagged for the Crystal Slipper, and will
be seen here the last week in October.
George W. Thompson, who was here
last week with Katie Emmett, was one
of the founders of the order of Elks.
The first lodge was composed of three
members.
E. A. McArdle, a Los Angeles man, and
lately business manager for Dixey, has
gone to Nicaragua to erect theater
there. He will organize his company in
New York.
1t is reported in San Francisco that
Augustine Daily is negotiating for lease
of the Powell-street theater. If he sue
ceeds he will probably put stock com
pany there.
Bernhardt was unable to give her
matinee performance in Honolulu owing
to the steamer being six hours late.
There had been nearly $4,000 worth of
tickets sold.
Lily Langtry has blown in all her
theatrical gains in trying to manage a
London thester and is announced to
have retired" to the seclusion of St.
Johns wood.
There will be at last accounts about
one hundred so-called farce comedy com
panies sent out on the road the coming
season. Yet they say the day OF farce
comedy is over.
Can such things be? According to
the Dramatic News, Whiting Allen,
well known here as the advance for
Carleton, is doing the same act for
Forepaugh's circus.
Carrie Perkins, who was here first
with Dixey's Adonis as the "Merry Lit
tie Mountain Maid" and later as the
chorus in Seven Ages, is to marry, and
will marry singer.
Wilson Barrett has again failed as a
manager. This time it was the Olympic
theater Of London which took fall out
of him. Mr.. Barrett Is too good an actor
to be happy manager.
1t will be rather good fun to see Marie
Wainwright do catch-as-catch-ca
wrestling match with varney in her
play of Amy Robsart. She is studying
with professional athlete, who is doubt
less envied by many amateurs.
B. E. Graham, otherwise known as
Bob, the General Knickerbocker OF the
first Little Tycoon company, which