Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23


1 never deemed it possible to find an
orderly dressing room in any theater
till accident brought me in touch with
Lucille Saunders at the Auditorium.
Her tiny hole in the wall is swept and
garnished and neat as new pin. How
she ever does It, 1 don't know, but ii
looks like prim New England parlor.
This proves that dressing room neat
A., ness is possible; I wonder that more
is not observable.
Miss Aubert. by the way, is to sing
the part in 1.-The Serenade" this week
that gave Alice Nielsen her chance for
fame. Alice, whom 1 knew as child,
had come out west anG was singing in
the Tivoli chorus in San Francisco
The Bostonians went there with The
Serenade." They needed a soubrette,
and wanted one at once. She was
brought to their notice. given chance,
made good, and-was famous. She was
the ideal ! vonne, and bonny one she
was. l know Blanche Aubert will sing
the role admirably, but 1 don't think
she can look the part as witchingly as
Alice did-though after her transforma-
ton into Josephine you can never prog
nosticate.
Mrs. McGuckin, the mother of Albert
McGuckin, orchestra director of the
Californians has just celebrated her
ninetieth birthdAy and he has been
cabling congratulations to her She is
perhaps the oldest musician now alive
in Ireland She was born in Dublin
and has won high repute as pianiste,
so her own son comes honestly by his
talents, as she was his earlie-t instruc-
tor She was well known as an or
ganist and occupied that position at
one time at the duke of Manchesters
home in Tandrogee.
Manager Blackwood announced posi-
lively last week that some time this
summer the Belasco company would
produce Constant SINNERS play, "The
Birthright." Miss Skinner has had
hard time getting a hearing for this
child of her pen, and l congratulate
her on it's forthcoming appearance In
advance. / understand Mr.. BlackWood
was strongly enough impressed by 1t
to take a financial interest in it.
wonder if Humane Officer Reyn-
olds took the hint?
Len Behymer and his coterie of en-
tertainers known as the Philharmonic
quintet headed by Carolyn Won Ben
Zon. were in a wreck down east last
week. No one was hurt, but all were
we'll shaken.
Why doesn't Ollie Morosco put on
literary matinee of "As You Like 1t"
with Maude Gilbert as Rosalind and
Harry Mestayer as Jaques? with
Charley Eyton as the wrestler and Bill
Desmond as Orlando, it would be fine.
1 make no charge for the suggestion
The Finney act at the Orpheum-
it's a swimming stunt, you remember
gives me an idea Some enterprising
vaudeville purveyor should get to-
gether a little coterie of girls say eight,
let them come out in bathing suits, sing
and dance, and then do swimming
stunts in a big tank. Wouldnt it be
drawing card? No one has made
more unique hit at the Orpheum in a
long time than that dainty little Fin
ney girl. Think of eight of 'em!
Three of the Californians boys step
out of the chorus into small parts this
week; they get their chances 1t is
now up to them to make good. One of
them is Charles Dudley, who has fine
gift of drawing and several of whose
sketches of Harry eastman have APP
peared in The Herald. If Dudley can
sing half as we'll as he can draw, his
fortune is made; he can go into vaude-
vile and sing illustrated songs; illus
trating them as he sings them.
Sparks Berry is at last eligible to the
Managers association. He is contem-
plating buying an automobile.
Not satisfied with cuffs on his trous-
ers, Dick Vivian now wears 'em also