Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01


upon the stages of Drury Lane and
Covent Garden years before any adven-
turous member of either clan essayed
a voyage to this country.
4 Charles Frohman is rapidly accumuat-
ing what might be styled an animal king
dom in consequence of the exactions OF
his various enterprises. Nearly every
play he has accepted this season has an
animal of some kind In it. THE Dairy
maids" called for real duck the "When
knights Were Bold' in which Francis
Wilson is starring, had to have a Great
Dane; my Wife," John Drew's play
couldn't get along without poodle dog;
1.-THE Morals of Marcus" was not com
plete without a black cat; Father and
the Boys w. c, Cranes play, has
horse race; 1.-THE Rich Mr.. Hoggen-
4 heimer" necessitated a dilapidated cab
horse. and Dustin Farnum had to have
a mustang for 1.-THE Rangers
Almost without exception the most
prominent actors on the English stage are
middle aged or old men, John Hare,
whose son, Gilbert Hare, is verging into
middle age, is still acting. Charles War
ner, who for more than twenty-five years
has been playing Drink" which is a
dramatzation of one OF the earlier novels
| OF Zoa, has q full grown son. II. 3.
! Warner. who is Eleanor Robson's leading
white, but his step is still elastic and his
shoulders have the poise of the shoulders
of an officer in the army. The amount of
work which he has done in his career
would have staggered many man far
younger than he.
| In the comic opera tom Jones'" un-
der Mr.. Henry w. savage's management
there are four featured principals, con-
dtion unprecedented in theatrical or
ganization. There have been companies
ith two stars or two featured players,
and on Broadway there is now an organ
ization having three stars, but never be-
fore were four persons featured, and as
two of them are women and two are men,
II makes a notable quartet They are
Louise Cunning, William Norris, Van
Rensselaer, Wheeler and Gertrude Quin-
Ian. Will the man who handles this or
ganization and assigns the dressing rooms
in the theaters and decides about the
drawing rooms in Pullman cars and other
details need diplomacy and tact? Ask
him.
Madame Paderewski is collecting funds
for the erection of a monument to the
grea test of musical Poles, Chopin, and
has already accumulated $1,000 from the
sale of her husbands autographs. When
the project was started the Russian gov
ernment, while allowing the erection OF
the monument, pTOHlDlteu SuDSCrlptloHS
in Poland. Now the ban on subscriptions
has been removed, but the country is too
poor to hope for much on native soil.
SO Madame Paderewski is continuing her
work in this country, her husband charg-
ing dollar for his autograph alone and
two when a bar of music Is added. All
this money is turned over to Madame
Paderewski for her beloved fund
Grace George while most successful in
"Divorcons,' is experimenting for the
future. Several single trial performances
of new plays are planned to determine
their exact value for next years New
York and London engagements One of
those was given the other night in At
lanta, Ga. 1t was Sylvia of the Let
ters.' Its author. Jerome K. Jerome, the
English humorist came over and spent
three weeks with the company on tour,
lending personal suggestion at rehear
sails. Everybody was satisfied Miss
George liked the part, William A. Brady
was convinced of the money value of the
play and Mr.. Jerome was delighted with
Miss Georges performance. 1T was
fascinating" the author confided to a
New York interviewer Her alterations
from temper to tears and from cynical
humor to tenderness were charmingly
phrased. There is not an actress in, Eng
land who could have played this delicate
part SO COHlDielely 10 my llKlnS., BEFORE
the season closes Miss George will give
single performances of play by Clyde
Fitch and another by new English dra-
matist, Cyril Hallward. She is likely to
be seen in Much Ado About Nothing
with Frank Worthing as Benedick Af-
ter the London season Brady will launch
Worthing as star Half a dozen new
plays are being considered for him.
r..
Grafton the name of no playwright, or
firm of playwrights, means more than
that of David Belasco and Henry de
Mile. Applauding enthusiastically the
present successful prominence of the for
mer, both as dramatst and producer,
they continue to speak with warm appre-
citation of the triumphs of the two when
working in conjunction, and every per-
formance that is given of 1.-THE Wife,
THE Charity Ball" Men and Women
and Others draws an audience that shows
a liberal sprinkling of theater-goers of
discernment who believe that the appeal
of these plays can never grow stale.
Considering this there is to be found a
of genuine pleasure in antici-
pating THE Warrens of Virginia." soon
to be produced, the work of David Be-
lasco and De Mile, since the De Mile
In this instance is the eldest son of the
formers late coworker.
Mr.. de Mile, though still of compare
tive tender years. has several dramatic
successes to his credit, and that his ca
reer as a playwright has been in great
measure free from those bitter disap-
pontments which so many o. his con-
Preres freely admit having experienced is
believed to be in a great measure due
10 the soundness Of the knowledge which
came to him partly by inheritance.
Miss Blanche Ring. who is one of the
trio of stars in '"rhe Gay White Way
1T the New York Casino. is not sensitive
about her avoirdupois, of which she has
quite a considerable little During the
past summer she spent a great deal of
time playing lawn tennis and golf and
taking massage, and going the way of
he guaranteed machines for the reduc-
lion of flesh, with fine results The other
lay she wa starting away from the
tLeater after matinee in her autono-
bile when wagon got in the way and