Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-29
OBSERVATIONS BY
A FIRST NIGHTER

| -
ISnILLY" Blaisdel, who arrived from
X the east last week to join the
- San Francisco opera company,
started out on a still, hunt the night after
his arrival to find "a man named
| Wyatt" Blaisdel had been In a remin-
| iscent moou earlier in the evening and
| as he is a native son, had been lamenting
| the good old days when Billy Emerson
| had theater on Bush street In San
Francisco. Biaisdell was "madrigal
| boy in Emersons company, together
| with Gus Pixley and several others who
| have since made successes on the stage
That was bully old organization"
he said In reply to a question. There
were Charles Reed, who ran the stage
| Billy Courtright, Carol Johnson, basso
| named Frillman, man named Wyatt"
| The crowd laughed.
Henry Wyatt?" somebody asked
II believe his name was Henry Blais-
dell replied. He used to sing tenor In
| the quartet.
"Backface act?"
Sure. We were all In blackface."
| There was another laugh. Then some
one grabbed Blaisdell by the arm and
hurried him down the street toward the
Mason opera house. When the gang ar
rived there, however they fourd that
the man named Wyatt had left for
home. But later in the week the two
| graduates from the Emerson school of
| burnt cork got together and reminisced
about the before-the-boom period. when
| the city was pueblo and Catalina was
a kitten-this last with due, apologies to
| Kolb and Dill.
| Wednesday night there was an i'm
promptu gathering of pugilists to see
| THE Man of the Hour at the Mason.
Perhaps the title attracted them. At
| any rate they were there. Jeffries had a
| seat well down in front and not far away
was Tommy Burns; so, however you look
at it, the heavyweight champion was in
| the house.
They met in the lobby, between acts,
and walked toward the door together.
| Burns was very much interested in what
| Jeff had to say and paid no attention to
where he was going. Consequently he
4 ran into Lord Roberts and almost
knocked the lordling off his feet. Now
Roberts is something of fighter him
self. Perhaps he didn't recognize Burns,
1 or If he oid was so mad that he didn't
care. At any rate he eyed tt, big fellow
| in obvious disgust and then proceeded
| to tell him just what he thought of him.
Burns took 1t, too. and only laughed
| when his lordship offered to fight him for
the paperweight championship If the big
one would train down to his weight
| iIoHu utouertS tips the SCaleS-l De-
| lieve that's the sporting parlance-at
| eighteen pounds, press-agent- -dupois. He
| is said to be the smallest man In the
world and was here last week with Ring
| lings' circus.
Within the past fortnight five Los An
| geles girls have been added to the chorus
of the San Francisco opera company,
and though they are all amateurs Man
ager Frank Healey regards them as dis
tinct acquisitions To begin with they
are decidedly pretty-of course most Los
Angeles girls are-and they can sing.
1t was a shock to one or two of them
last week when they found they would
be required to wear the regulation comic
opera costume in '"The Strollers" this
| week, but they finally consented to try
| them" on, and after each had assured
| the other that she looked "just per-
fectly splendid" the troubles of the ward
robe woman were at an end. The girls
include Ruth and Ruby Seville, both of
whom were born In Los Angeles and who
have lived here all their lives-not that
] this is SO very long. They live with their
parents on North Hill street Already
| they are known as "big and little casino"
which goes to show that they have been
| received into the company's ranks in
kindly spirit. The others are Miss Flora
Goff of Brooklyn heights. Miss Blanche
Minderhout of South Flower street and
Miss Mary Brooks
| The Grand this week offers the one
novelty among the stock houses. At the
Belasco the company harks back to "The
Only Way" Doubtless this title should
suggest the French revolution, but 1t
doesn't. To most of us it brings to mind
a railroad, for great is the power of adj
vertising, and 1.-THE Only Way" is we'll
known to students of the advertising
pages. At the Burbank we are to see
| "All the Comforts of Home.' This is
a comedy which should appeal to
community which has been said to be
divided into two classes-those who room
and those who take roomers.
The Grand is to give us thriller
which may also prove somewhat of a
shock. The melodrama is "a Million
aires Revenge" and the plot is based y
upon the Thaw-White tragedy. The first
scene shows the ''pie girl dinner" and
the management carefully refrains from
announcing the identity of the young
woman who is to play the ''pie, girl" If
you followed the Thaw trial proceed
ings at all closely you will remember that
this girl was baked in pie and ap-
peared sin the altogether" as Trilby
used to say, when the pastry was cut
| Just how the Grand will handle the in
cident remains to be seen.
| Carl Haydn, who arrived in Los An
geles Thursday from New York, via Ei
Paso, where he was delayed many hours
just why no one seems to know-will
make his first appearance locally in 'The
Strolers." Haydn is tenor OF tine
reputation and should strengthen the
singing forces of the San francisco
company in marked degree. He also
has a reputation as matinee idol, but
the town is already so well supplied In
that regard that Haydn Will nnd mis-
work cut out for him is he expects to
enter the ranks of the almost universally
admired.
.'The Strollers" likewise will Introduce
Genie Ormonde In her first role OF promi-
nence since the company came here. She
will have the soubrette part in Mimi
Admirers of Harry Glazier and his work
will be glad to know that the popular
| Belascoite will probably be well enough
| ~ rasu,,,a rehearsals next week. Mr.