Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-02
What the 7heaterS Are Offering This Week

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rough life on the ranch falls in love
with Vermont girl Of revolutionary
lineage with education and refinement
superior to his own. This awakens IN
him a strain Of native fineness in his
nature that has before had no chance
of development. She is attracted by
his virile manhood and gentle manner.
but, unwilling to marry as she thinks
beneath her station, she does not take
kindly to his suit. Quite against her
Intentions she is at last conquered by
him, but not until he has shown him
self to be her superior in some SUR
prising way that irresistibly draws her
to him. The gradual coming together
of these two, through n series of all
ventures. some amusing, some tragic,
makes the undercurrent of a story thst
should appeal even more forcibly OH tie
stage than 1t has as a book. Dustin
Farnum has achieved triumph I'm the
title role. This handsome young player
is said to have the very personality
with which to realize the stage en-
bodyment of the lovable hero. Helen
Holmes should be well suited to the
role of Molly, and she has received
much praise for her work.
! BURBANK Observation-Disclosures
AnouncemenD. Russia and Japan are
very prominent factors in the produce
ton of "A Prisoner of War" the Offer
ing of the Burbank stock company for
the week beginning this afternoon. The
story of the play deaIs with the ter
rible conflict now going on between
these two nations and the scenes are
laid on the firing line in Port Arthur
and in the interior of city of Japan
respectively One of the important
scenes in the piece shows the attack
or the forts by the Japanese. A Jap
anese naval officer, who has been cap
tured and held on the forts bound hand
and foot. is made to watch the prepa-
rations that are being made to blow
up the Japanese battleship "Asama."
He is shown the electrical device that
will do the trick and even at that
moment the ship comes into view. His
captor takes the throttle and stands
ready to hurl the ship to atoms when
she will have crossed the fatal mine.
The Japanese officer breaks his bonds
under the fierce excitement and strikes
his tormentor to the ground, and the
| good ship passes the danger line. The
Russian ship "Retvizan" goes in chase,
following the same course pursued by
the Jap ship, and is blown up instead.
All the Burbank favorites will be in
the cast and the usual matinees. will
be given Sunday and Saturday.
! ORPHEUM = advance Announces
menO. Clayton White and Marie Stu
art. always favorites in Los Angeles,
will return to the Orpheum next week
as headliners with a new sketch,
Paris" This little comedy is con-
tinuation of their former success,
"Dickey' and has proven to be as
popular everywhere it has been pro-
duced as the earlier piece. McMahon's
Minstrel Maids and Watermelon Girls
will be another big attraction at the
vaudeville house. J. Royer West and
Ida Van Siclen bring an act called
1.-The College Gymnasium Mae Sailor
and Burrell Barbaretto are old friends
with the Orpheum patrons, and they
will bring some catchy songs in an act
called "The Man and the Maid With
the Changeable Eyes" Willy Zimmer-
mann, the clever impersonator, will
! give more of his life portraits of COM
posers, presenting among others. Crea-
tore, Brahms, Strauss and others. The
| Four Boises in their casting act, Borani
and Nevaro, and Murphy and Francis
will be seen again, and new motion
pictures will complete the bill.
| GRAND OPERA HOUSE-(Advance
Announcement Today's matinee will
be the first appearance of the new Ul-
rich stock company at the Grand opera
house, when "The Sign of the -Four"
will be presented. The company will
remain for the entire spring and sum-
mer season, producing popular dramas.
1.-THE Sign of the Four" is a dramatiza-
| ton of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes
story He tells the story of the stolen
treasure of Agra and how it was re-
covered lnTOuBll tic ihCtiiouS
Of Sherlock Holmes. Richard Buhler,
the leading man of the new company.
will make his first appearance in Los
Angeles in the part of the detective.
Miss Ethel Clifton will take the part
of Mary Marston, the heiress to the
fortune. One of the strongest pieces
of work in the play will be John Har-
rington's Jonathan Small, the ex-con-
Wet who, with his savage Andaman
island native, caused all the trouble.
Miss Lule Warrenton will be welcomed
back in the role of Mrs. Hudson, the
lodging house keeper, while Miss Hope
Mayne, the soubrette from the antipo-
des, will make her first appearance as
Mrs. Hudson's niece. The entire force
of the new company will be seen in the
opening bill.
THE CHUTES-(Advance Announce