Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-23

Correspondence
NEW YORK, April 21.-Another
play, 1.-THE Plainsman," depicting life
in the far west, has come to thrill the
eastern theatergoers. 1t was produced
last night for the first time and In
Trenton, N j., where it was tried out
and seemed to be an immense success
There were several New York man
ayers present. 1t is comedy drama
by Thomas Broadhurst. The popular
ity of Orrin johnson, the star, drew
a good house. The scenes of "The
Plainsman" are laid in Arizona and
New Mexico and the stage settings are
elaborate. The play will begin a New
York engagement shortly.
Guests Didn't Take the Hint
The failure of a woman's eXpedient
to get rid of some late-staylng guests
a few nights ago is the subject OF
merry comment in her immediate cir
Gle of friends. After an evenings en-
tertainment at her home several OF tne
Younger set, who had become alb
Sorbed in bridge. gave no sign of any
intention to depart. Two O'CLOCK came
and they made no move. The hostess,
who is socially quite prominent, was
sleepy and wanted them to go, but
they kept on playing. Three O'Clock
came and no relief in sight.
Finally, at 4 o'clock, when the
guests still remained, the hostess
called her butler.
Ham and eggs, muffins and coftee
for ten in the breakfast room, she he
said. VERY well, ma am" replied the
butler, who appeared half an hour
later and announced: Breakfast is
served"
with shouts of laughter the young
people made their way to the break
fast ROOM where they did full justice
to the breakfast, and then-went back
and played bridge until Z!
Lillian Russell to Star
A contract was signed between
Joseph Brooks and Lillian Russell
Monday by which Miss Russell will
scar under his direction for season
of thirty-five weeks in series of
comedies on lines similar to those in
which Marie Tempest has been play
ing.
Miss Russell will begin the season
at the Savoy theater about the first
of October in a comedy called The
Happiness of Women" an English
adaptation of Les Bonheur des
Danes" in which Jean Granier, the
French actress, has played for more
than year in Paris.
Fonetic Spelling for Sure
Andrew Carnegie has at least one
admirer on the eastside. He is the
proprietor of a pool room who dis
plays the following sign: "Pule, 21s
cents q O."
To Leaalize New York osteoraths
New York physicians are chagrined
by the passage in the state senate of
the bill regulating and thereby legal
izing osteopathy. The doctors argued
in vain against what they termed, an
assault upon the dignity of the med
ical profession. A hundred alleged
reasons why the bill should not pass
were presented, but the senate pre-
ferred to believe the osteopaths and
to grant them all they asked. The
outlook is that the assembly will do
the same thing.
Tree Doctors at Work
The city's trees are now undergoing
their annual spring treatment at the
hands of the surgeons and physicians
regularly appointed to look after their
health. Trees are subject to disease
and decay just as people are, and as
the surgeon removes diseased tissue
from the human body and the physician
deluges it with medicine, so the doctors
of tie park commission practice upon
their patients of leaf and bough. There
are about twenty-five of these doc
tors'-experts every last man of them.
They are paid $3.50 a day and they
earn the money. Besides the work of
cutting and pruning there are diseases
to which the trees are subject that
must be attended to. The worst of
these are fungus and San Jose scale.
Crusade Against Evil Pictures
Several men prominent in reform
work have begun crusade against
showing Objectionable pictures in penny
slot machines. There are several penny
arcades in this citV with which no