Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-21
NOTES BY THE
MATINEE MAN

THE return to the Burbank of
Blanche Hall calls for more than
passing notice, 1 believe, and
hope every one will rejoice as much
as do in welcoming her next Sunday.
The little leading woman has been
away a long time, but she has not
| been forgotten, by any means, and her
! hosts of frit nds will undoubtedly be
delighted to give her a great hand
| when they see her once more. Miss
Hall looks we'll and is as pretty and
fetching as ever. 1 hope she is back
| for long stay and that her bungalow
| life will be resumed with the same
delightful hospitality as of yore.
OF course, Miss Halls coming means
Mary Van Buren's going-though L
have predicted the latter event so
often that 1 am afraid to say a word
about it. But this does bring a tinge
of regret. Miss Van Buren, has been
very popular here and has given us
some fine characterizations. She will,
1 understand, return to New York,
though possibly she will rest here some
| time before doing this. And that may
mean an occasional appearance Jointly
with Miss Hall. Wouldn't that be fine?
The end of the Ferris season puts
out of commission that most delightful,
though to the uninitiated, little known
auxiliary of the genial Dick, the paint
| ROOM" This appurtenance of the
Ferris season proved a perennial foun-
tain of inspiration for newspaper men
and good fellows like Charlie Pike, and
many tale has been heard there when
the paint livened up things a bit.
Dick is so hospitable that he never
| turned anyone out of the room, even
when he had to dress, and it has ri
vailed the Blackwood club for popu-
larity And that's going some, for an
institution only founded since Christ
| mas.
By the way, if a few of us have
headaches this morning, blame Ferris.
He shouldn't have such fine doins in
the way of a farewell. My, but it was
fun after the final curtain last night!
Dick Vivian contemplates deserting
the stage and becoming a real news
gatherer. But the next time Dick
starts to write a story he will move
the carriage of his typewriter semi
occasionally. That's all.
Sparks Berry has a gold mine on his
hands, No, not the Auditorium,
though that might be if properly
handled but real hole in the ground,
which he estimates is worth $4,000
for his share-not stage money, either.
If it really is and he can cash in I'd
advise Sparks to take the 100000 and
salt it down in bank and blow in the
odd 100000 in taking the missus to
Europe, chucking the Auditorium and
all things STACEY.
Did you recognize any of the news
paper fittings in the first act of "The
Undertow" at the Belasco? You should
If you've hung about local newspaper
offices much; they were all borrowed.
That's why they were so close to ma
ture. Jack Blackwood used to be q
newspaper worker and claims now to
be an editor by virtue of his dinky
little Belasco News, which issues when
he isn't overcome with mananas So
no wonder the "shop" was perfect.
Otie Chew going to wed and Lark
Ellen already married-whew! What's
the matter with all our song birds?
oh, of course; spring is the mating
season with all the warblers; Of course.
Harry Won Meter goes to MINNEAPOLIS
with Dick Ferris. Possibly Bradlee
Martin will, too; I understand things
are looking somewhat that way. Mar
tin hasn't had much chance since he
Joined the Belasco company, and he
feels It, Harry proves a valuable ad-
dition to the Ferris forces, but he's
so good a fellow 1 hate to see him
leave.