Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18


months of elaboration Justice Fitz-
gerald has dismissed the writ
sworn in behalf of Charles Burn
ham, manager Of wallack's theater, af-
ter he and other theatrical managers
had been arrested on the complaint Of
James s. Metcalfe, the theatrical critic
for Life, who charged them with crim-
inaI conspiracy. Metcalfe contended
that on account of certain criticisms
he had written the Theatrical Mama
gers association had refused him ad-
mittance to the theaters they con-
trolled. A test was made in the Burn
ham case in behalf of his brother man
ayers. Unless an appeal is taken to
the appellate division trials will now
be in order.
4 Visiting Ducks Entertained
Central park ducks and geese today
entertained visitors sojourning here, de-
Gliding whether the winter is over or
whether it will be safer to fly back
southwark. The visitors are a flock Of
wild ducks which, flying in shape,
darted over the city yesterday, circled
above Central park almost cloud high
and swooped down on the duck pond
landing with a splash and quacking
that was answered with a chorus OF
quacking from the well-mannered
ducks on the pond.
For the Knckerbocker Ball
Fashionable dressmakers here are al
ready porting over old prints in the IL
braries, making ready for the many or
ders they are bound to get for colonial
costumes. There will probably be over
800 women at the Forthcoming Knicker-
booker ball and all of them will wear
the dress of the period before the revo-
luton. The ball is to be held In the
old Astor house and will probably be
the most exclusive affair of It's kind
ever given in New York. Only about 40
members of the Four Hundred are ell
gible to receive invitations, as not
more than that number trace their an
cestry back to an old Knickerbocker
family. Even Mrs. Astor, the leader
of the Four Hundred, is not within the
circle.
Social Season Near End
The whirl of social gayety which
marked last week will be followed by
a lull in the next. Numerous dinners,
musicales few small Dances one CO.
tillon and a couple of weddings are
scheduled, but this program is a mere
bagatelle to the crowded ones which
have preceded it. But a few days over
three weeks remain before Lent and
as the opening of the opera on Novem-
Der 20 marked the beginning of the sea-
son, so the announcement of the clos
ing date, March II, will ring down the
curtain, officially. for the season of
1906, although a number of scattering
events after Easter will keep society in
terested until the summer exodus be-
gins.
Mrs. BOOKSELLERS Scarlet Cloak
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Sr., who
has always been distinguished by an
attire of somber black unrelieved ex-
cept by plain white collar. caused a
sensation at Lakewood, N. j., when
she arrived there clad in a costly
brown velvet gown of the latest style,
girdled at the waist and wearing over
it a brilliant scarlet cloak, heavily
trimmed with fur Acquaintance who
knew Mrs. Rockefeller's hitherto quiet
tastes gazed at her in wonder
1t was the cloak that attracted the
greatest notice. 1t was of the most
vivid scarlet, long and close-fittng. A
heavy fur collar encircled the throat
and the edges of the cloak were also
trimmed with fur.
In the crowd of vehicles at the sta
ton was the automobile, with its closed
tonneau, which Mr.. Rockefeller, depart
ing from the rule he once established
against all autos purchased for his
wife short time ago.
While she was waiting for the ma
chine to reach the platform her little
grandson, Fowler Mccormick, who had
come to the station in the hotel omni
bus with his nurse, ran up to her.
why, grandma, how nice you look!'
he exclaimed, as he kissed her. Mrs.
Rockefeller beamed with pleasure at
the child's approval. Then the auto
came UP and the little boy ran back to
his nurse as the big car whirled away
3or the Rockefeller country seat on the
Ocean avenue boulevard.
Monkey Culture Skin Deep
A scientist connected with the Bronx
zoo has been at much pains to teach
two bright chimpanzee the arts and
graces of civilized life. Recently he
thought he had made them letter-per-
feet, and in the pride of his achieve
ment he arranged to have a public
test. The monkeys were invited to a
banquet and put through the courses
from soup to nuts, and the gratified
professor" noted that their manners
were vastly above the standard of the
quick lunch room. The experiment was
all but successfully brought off when
noise in a neighboring monkey cage
called away the spectators and left
the educated simianS alone and unob-
served Then they threw off all the
restraints of human civilization and in
few minutes rough house reigned in
that temple of prophecies. When the
professor and his friends came back
civilization lay in tatters on the floor
of the cage and the lust of battle shone
in the eyes so lately demure
Ethel in Training
Ethel Barrymore, who is to be a
bride in the spring, is now in training
for her new estate as matron by play
ing the part of a 40-year-old matron in
"Alice-Sit -by-the-Fire" 1t Is under
stood that Miss Barrymore has stipu-
lated with her young English husband
to-be that her work on the stage is not
to be discontinued after her marriage
This seems to be the rule. Mary An
derson is the only actress Of note who
gave up the stage permanently after
her marriage
New snow for Coney
While winters sharp winds are still
shrieking across Coney Islands sands,
the enterprsing show people are al
ready at work on a show which will
certainly furnish entertainment for
thousands next summer. It's going TO
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