Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-02
LEADERS WILL
AID BIG BENEFIT
LOS ANGELES THEATERs GIVE
BEST TALENT
Entire Force Of Best PIsyhouses Join
In Effort to Relieve San Fran.
cisco Earthquake suf-
ferers

The largest orchestra that ever
played at benefit In Los Angeles will
assist at the big performance at the
Mason tomorrow afternoon.
The entire force of all of the the
aters of the city will play, and the
director of each will lead the orchestra
which will be composed of more than
fifty pieces, when the act from his
particular theater is on. For instance
when Artle Hall from the Orpheum
gives her songs and line of talk, A.
II. Frankenstein, director of the Or
pheum, will lead the orchestra, and
when the second act of the Message
from Mars which is at the Mason
this week, Is on, Harley Hamilton
will be the director. This is distinctly
O. new feature and has never been at
tempted before in Los Angeles.
Mrs. George Goldsmith Gillian Burk-
hart) was to have given monologue,
but It was decided to have her take
charge of the work of selling flowers.
Working under her direction will be
MesdameS c. Il. McCutcheon Fred
Maier, jr., o. II. Burbridge, John Kahn
and the Misses Lottie Seigman, Adele
Louis, Mary Chapman, Tessie Brown
stein, Leila Jacoby and Rose German.
Eleanor Haber, recently of the Alca-
zar theater company, San Francisco,
will replace Lillian Burkhart on the
UIOkTdlll VI l0e DGllcllL
to be given under the direction of the
combined managers of the theaters of
Los Angeles tomorrow afternoon at the
Mason opera house Miss Haber, who
is we'll known in this city by reason
of her numerous relatives who are
prominent In the city's social circles,
will give one of Beatrice Herefords
amusing monologues. Miss Haber has
selected one of the best of Miss Here
fords writings. "At the Theater Box
Office Window" which describes the
experiences of a young woman who
endeavorS to purchase tickets for a
matinee performance.
At a meeting of the managers of
the different theaters of the city yes
terday 1T was decided that owing to the
fact that no provision had been made
for taking care of the worthy distressed
actors who lost their possessions in
the San Francisco fire, the proceeds of
tomorrow afternoons benefit will be
devoted to looking after these profess
Sional people. The majority of the re-
ceipts of the performance will be sent
to either Manager Meyerfeld of the
Orpheum or to Messrs. Gottlob &
Marx, managers of the Columbia the
aters, officers of the San Francisco
Theatrical Managers association, un-
der whose direction the moneys will
be expended.
The program tomorrow will begin at
IL o'clock, noon, and the performers
will occupy the stage of the Mason
y opera house until we'll after o'clock
The bill is unquestionably the best that
has ever been arranged for any sim
liar entertainment in the west, and is
the first time the combined managers
of the local theaters have ever given
a benefit for any cause.
Miss Artie Hall of the Orpheum will
appear at the benefit. She said 81
never have had a chance to appear at
q benefit where I was as anxious as
I am at this one. 1 can realize how the
San Francisco actors are placed with
their wardrobes and all their trunks
destroyed.
II have given my act at benefits for
homes for the feeble minded and to
provide orphan children with suitable
underwear, but never has it seemed
to me that the object of the benefit
was so very deserving of help as is
this one.'