Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-12

on the coast, and will thus play one of
the longest, and undoubtedly the most
prosperous season on record.
Joseph Brooks goes to Nantasket
Beach for bis vacation.
Sallie Williams, daughter of Fred
Williams. has plighted her troth to
Charles Riegle.
Frank Mordaunt has been compelled
6y severe illness to leave The Lost Para
disc company.
Charles Alfred Byrne, Louis Harrison
and Gus Kerker are jointly at work on
new comic opera to be known as Venus.
May Brooklyn. the charming actress,
formerly OF Palmer's theater, is again in
New York, looking handsomer than
ever.
Ben Stern, just returned from Cali
fornia, has sold his pretty yacht and
has invested the money in cradle and
baby carriage.
Minna Gale has promised to become
the wife of Archibald @. Haines of the
Equitable Insurance company in New
York.
The firm OF Proctor & Mansfield has
been dissolved, Mr.. Proctor having
leased the Boston Grand Opera house ali
by his lonesome self.
William Voegtlin, the we'll known and
much liked scenic artist, died in Boston
on Monday. He painted the scenery
Tor the original production of the Black
Crook at Niblo's garden. Mr.. Voegtlin
was q Swiss and had been scene paint
er for forty years. s,a,s
Nothing succeeds like success is .
saying that loses it's platitudinal flavor
and becomes trite when applied to Chae.
Hoyt. One play has followed another
in rapid succession, and each in its train
brought that result of success, dollars,
and each comedy gained in standard as
it was produced, until now he has
reached high plane in the bringing out
Of A Temperance Town which has been
unanimously received with genuine
favor out of town. This play will be
brought out in the metropolis October
31st. at the Madison Square, where it
will enjoy, in all probability, as long
run as A Trip to Chinatown.
Ali Baba, Mr.. David Henderson's
latest summer season spectacle, was
produced at the Chicago opera house in
Chicago ON Thursday night. OF all tho
beautiful spectacular productions which
Mr.. Henderson has delighted the Chi
cagO public with, Ali Baba is the best.
The simple story that has delighted the
hearts Of generations Of children and
the minds OF mankind mas been almost
lost sight of in the gloriously beautiful
surroundings. Swarms of beautiful
girls, bewitching femininity, whoee
graceful loveliness seems rightly placed
in their dazzling scenic surroundings,
ere before you ever. A company in
itself Of comedians supply the ever
needed fun, and the burleequery 10
nightly enjoyed. 1t is . ravishingly en-
ticing summer attraction, and will be
until the usual season opens and drives
it out to seek for pastures new, for more
willing hearts to conquer.
Young Salvini still continues his re-
markably successful engagement at the
Boston tbeater, in his grand scenic re-
vival of the standard romances. Dur
ing the past week he has packed the
immense theater with q production Of
Monte Cristo which he will also present
during his tour next season, Among
the interested auditors one night, was
James O'Neill. who came up from his
country place at New London to witness
Mr.. Salvini's performance. The pro-
duction of the acting version of
Cavalleria Rusticana has been deferred
until Wednesday week owing to the
time required to rehearse the large
orchestra of forty musicians, and the
double quartette and chorus of thirty
voices. Salvini and Manager wilkinson
will sail for Europe Immediately after
the close OF the Boston engagement, as
Nine. Patti is anxious to begin the re-
hearaals for the production of the play
at Craig-y- Nos, when she will be seen "a
Santuzza with Salvini as Teirrudu.
Another young Methodist preacher
has broken loose in red hot denuncia-
| tion of the stage. His name il w. r.
Jordan, and he halls from Dixon, III.
Brother Jordan says that "the theater
| is the devils own," and that 100 per
| cent of the actresses are bold, bad
women"-and Oh! Oh!-''those who
4 60 TO see them are no better, says
Brother Jordan: "Our theaters are
nurseries Of sin and dene OF vice. Lii
centioueness and lewdnees stalk boldly
in front of the audiences. Indecent
dances form an important part OF to-
day performances on the stage. The
history of the drama is one of decav, in
decency and decline." q And again
''The devil and hell have been let loose
in the American plays and operas. In
TACT, the theater may truthfully be
called monument of luxury and effem-
macy. II is weak play, indeed, ac-
cording to the standard OF today, which
does not include divorce, robbery and
suicide.''
| Robert Mantell closed most pros
porous season at the Grand opera house
in Boston with his familiar and power
full production of Monbsrs. Manteli ie
big in the Hub aswell as elsewhere, and
it is proverbial to couple his name with
j artistic and financial success. His latest
production, The Louisianians, has been
successful from the etart, and has be-
come Z valuable addition to the excel
lent repertoire OF plays in which Mr.
Mantell has become 80 universally es'
teemed. OF the school Of romantic and
heroic action, this gentleman is Ger
tainly one of the best exponents, and il
is only matter of time when his posi-
! ton will be equal to the highest, hi
genius fully recognized. His supportip,
company has been eminently good thi
past season, and as this matter OF
good company has become, in this day
of stock companies, so thoroughly
, necessity, it 1t Is assured that this mos
popular gentleman will not be behint
a mute Becovers speech
. Alphonce Hemphling Of Summit township