Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
OBSERVATIONS BY
A FIRST NIGHTER

Members of the Ulrich stock company
parture, and already many of them have
perfected their plans for the winter sea-
son. Dainty little Florence Barker, how
ever, still is in doubt Being compara-
lively new in the business and in her
teens, little Miss Barker has enough
irons In the theatrical fire to turn
Chinese laundryman yellow-green with
envy, but none of them are thoroughly
fheated asyet.
charles Gum goes to San Jose, where
he VIII play leading roles with the Red
mond stock company, opening October %
in When We Were Twenty-one" This
Will be considerable change from the
melodramatic heroes Gum has been
playing of late. but he is equal to It.
| Leslie King and his wife are going
into vaudeville. Lillian Hayward re-
turns to Honolulu and hubby" Frank
F'rayne Mrs. Frank and Frank Junior
| will again show THE Troubles of a
Chinaman" over one of the vaudeville
circuits. The Grand's press agent saws
| this piece has seen the Frayne family
through many hard winter and seems
good fer many more. Myrtle Selwyn also
has the vaudeville bug" Arthur Hill
left some time ago and is In Sacramento
with stock company. Earle Gardner
| goes to Honolulu with the Elleford COM
pany, which is booked to play the island
| city sixteen weeks
| Joseph de Grasse may present a Shakes
pearean company on the coast or he may
decide to remain quietly in Los Angeles.
De Grasse entertained the stork at his
home not long ago and he says he hates
| to leave the little chap. Charles Caulk-
| ins, already among the missing is with
the Georgia Harper company playing
| 'heavies."
| Marguerite Ferguson, who was at the
Peoples last week. is the same Marguer-
| ite Ferguson 1 used to know ten years
| ago in the east. She has acquired en-
bonpont notwithstanding the strenuous
nature of her dancing. but she can still
do a contortion and acrobatic stunt that
makes you wonder why joints ever were
invented. "Mdggins'' we used to call
her in the old days and "Muggins' she
is still to her friends. She is the daugh-
ter of Barney Ferguson, one Of the best
known Irish low comedians on the Amer
lean stage, and sister of Dick Fergu-
son, who has won considerable reputation
as stage dancer. Miss Ferguson was in
Los Angeles last winter with the Prince
of Pisen,' playing the French maid with
out the aid of an Irish brogue. After
having seen the prince this season Won
dered why the management ever let her
go.
Things have changed a bit since I
first came to Los Angeles as an adj
vance man." said Sam Thall, who was
here last week paving the way for THE
Man of the Hour" ''In those days Harry
Wyatt and used to tuck all the paper
required to advertise the show under our
arms, and arming ourselves with tacks
and hammers, walk down the streets andAl
bill the town alo-.s in an hour or so.
It's bit change now though.
1.-THE locations of the Mason opera
house and the Herald building were sand
hills way on the outskirts then. How
many years ago was 1t? Well, you see
I'VE become a little bit tender on the
question of years, and I don't just care
to say
mix for the show business any more in
nine," says Harry Earl of the Belasco
forces in telling of his plans for becom-
ing boniface of a new hostelry to be built
near the Arcadia race track when that
pony ring is completed. A sympathetic
relative, with a leaning toward the genial
Harry has recently presented him with
couple of acres lying in the immediate
vicinity of the track, and so Earl will
forsake the sock and buskin to disport
diamonds and the benign countenance as
host.
1--WE wanted to have the place dry -
says Earl, but I guess the popular de-
mahd will compel the establishment of a
little buffet" Compel! oh, Harry. shame
on youl
"Dick" Ferris has wired that he will
arrive In Los Angeles ION or about" Oc-
tober l. His wire was characteristic:
leave the Great White Way September
skidoo. Rive the First of Ale days. Have
good supply of Scotch" Anybody who
knows Dicks brand knows it's good and
will be watching for the advent with in
terest. q