Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-02

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| residential section In this vicinity ~ is
not sufficient to support the Orpheun,
and the Orpheum people in Los Angeles
have not been advised as vet as to how
Manager John Morrisey Of San Fran
cisco is handling the situation. When
the new acts for the coming weeks
bill arrive 1t will be interesting to know
how this difficulty is met. All who
known John Morrisey-which means
everyone who has been in the vaude-
Vile business since Proctor was a
pup-know that q little thing like a.
street railway strike is not going to
let that great little man lie down.
That the decline of musical comedy
Is due to the continual increase in
popularity Of vaudeville is instanced by
the appearance at the Orpheum this
week of Miss May Boley and the polly
Girls" The Polly Girls" and the "Vil-
lage Cut-ups" were the two features
which saved THE Maid and the
Mummy" from falling fiat. and these
two features have been taken out and
made into a vaudeville act. In other
words those who see Miss Boley's act
at the Orpheum are seeing all that
was considered worth while In the
whole musical comedy.
No rehearsals for the rest Of this
week" This sign on the call board
in the green room of the Grand opera
house lest Tuesday, when 1t was de-
cided to run How Baxter Butted In
was the cause of great Joy among the
members of the Ulrich stock company.
1t is difficult for one not engaged in the
theatrical profession to realize how
hard the members of any stock COM
pany work, and to have four whole con-
secutive days free is reason for much
hilarity.
So pleased is Frederick Warde with
the results Of his lecture tour last
season that he will return to the plat
form next October. Philip Ray is re-
tained as manager.
Mr.. Warde started this phase of his
career here in Los Angeles, and his
talks on Shakespeare were an unend-
ing delight. I'm glad that the expert
ment was a financial success and that
he will continue in this role OF course,
he will be heard here.
Says an evening paper: Eugene
That's Lawson, a Louisville girl, who
has been hailed as discovery is
leading woman of the Boston Castle
SlOCh linen VINO
discovered" her? We did, right here
at the Belasco. We knew what she
could do before the east knew. even
that she was on earth. How slow the
east Is to see real merit!
John Blackwood of the Belasco is
down east just now. He was called
away by the Illness of his mother. but
everyone will be glad to know that that
isn't what is keeping him there. He is
snooping around the Rialto and some
surprises in the way of plays for the
Belasco stock company may be looked
for before long. Also, mayhap some
new people
I'm anxious to see Mary Van Buren,
as the weepy, wailful Camille Just
how one so plump and jovial as Miss
Van Buren can simulate the consump-
tive Dumas heroine don't know. But
there's lots in makeup, and maybe she
| can stow away that plumpness some
where. "straight-front'' will do
wonders, they tell me- OF course, 1
speak by hearsay!
Goodbye, Billy Van. Time was when
you could set the welkin in roar, but,
never no more. Those moth-eaten old
jokes of yours amused Noah in the
ark, and your vulgarities are mex
cusable in polite" vaudeville house
Get up a new line of patter or-on
your way-23