Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-12-16
NOTES BY THE
MATINEE MAN

MY friend DIX Ferris was in to
wv see me this last week. Dick is
looking fat and prosperous and
says the prospects for the coming
stock season at the Auditorium are
fine.
I'VE are going to do realistic drama
in dead earnest" said he. For
starter we propose to have the airship
make it's debut on the stage, appearing
for the first time in our opening pro.
duction, The Great Ruby on Christ
mas night. We have some fine people,
including Andrew Robson, Florence
Stone, Richard Pitman and others of
their like. Wait; just wait"
/ Now, l knew Dick back east, and
he has a surprising habit-for an actor
of making good. Since he became a
manager he has made more good.
Hence 1 wouldn't be surprised if we
really got something startling when
his season opens. Anyhow, Florence
is good to look upon-much better even
than when she used to do the heavy
stunt with Melbourne McDowell-and
that's soothing.
Jack Blackwood, after two weeks of
"Old Heidelberg" reminds me of the
famous tiger who met the lady from
Niger. You remember; after that his
toric rencountre 1.-The smile was on
the face of the tiger See?
Clarence Drown is back; he has had
his first vacation in many years. He
looks clipper and elegant again, just
as debonaire as of yore and just as
handsome. If ever | am a theatrical
manager-which God forfend-may [
be as suave, courteous, delightful and
all-around fine as is Clarence Drown
And him with two theaters on his
young shoulders at that! How does
he do it?
This town got a real surprise last
Sunday when Katherine Willard burst
| upon its view. She is so tiny. Every
one supposed, of course, that Bur
bank leading woman would be bulky;
we have come to. expect that from per-
sons in that position! But Miss Will
| lard isn't bigger than half a minute
and then some. And l understand that
the theatrical staff of the Burbank
was as much surprised at her lack of
size as were the rest of us. Anyhow,
| they changed her title at once to in
genue lead"-which is vastly different.
I'd have you know, and which requires
a small lady. But how Miss Willard
did make good!
And there's more good news for the
Burbanker-Henry Stockbrldge is back.
Perhaps he will appear today. Get
ready, girls; here's the conquerng
matinee idol hero returned. Welcome,
Henry; the girls have been fairly hun
gering for you.
That story from New York about
fiery lady from Texas, where they eat
bowie knives for breakfast and prac-
tice gun play instead of ping pong,
horsewhipping one Sanger in New
York and looking in vain for Robert
Pitman, against whom she also
imagines grievance, interests me,
There is Robert Pitman in the new
Auditorium stock company and won
der-l Wonder-Well, a good horse
whipping story hasn't been pulled off
In this town for a long time now Any
now, she says she will horsewhip one
Pitman If she has to cross the con-
tinent to do so. Can 1t be?
Scott Berry wears his worried look
! again and has his critic-beating ham
mer out. Cause why? The Lambardis
come back this week. Woe, oh, woe!
Me for Edeson and the redskin hero.
My. but the girls tell me that he is
the real article. He certainly Is me
| chap. and back east where he did
Richard Harding Davis heroes he was
the only man who could play them
without giving one a painful impress
sion of being stuck on his shape. HIS
art has developed wonderfully since
then; he's the only Indian | ever saw
on the stage that did not look like the
High Heptosaph of a lodge of Red
Men, ashamed of himself
1t just depends upon who tells t. Len
| "a
got the turkey that night II rained so
hard last week. Also how many thea-
ters each win build, and the circuits
they viii form.
AS near as the facts are diyulged, 1t
! was this way: IL rained. Jack Black