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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31

of the middle west and will extend to
the coast.
deal has been arranged between
Mrs. Leslie Carter and David Belasco
by which the manager transfers to the
star the play "Du Barry" which she
will now add to 'Zaza" for her coming
tour. Charles Stevenson will continue
with her as leading man, and her tour
VIII extend south and west until July.
Keith, Proctor Williams and Ham
merstein closed contract last week
with David BelascO, by the terms Of
which Mr.. BelaSco agrees to write,
stage and personally produce for the
use of the theaters booked through the
united booking offices ten one-act
plays.
Seven companies will be sent out in
''Brewster's Millions" this coming sea-
son. They will visit five countries, and
the play will be done in four languages.
There will be two companies doing 1t
in this country, two In England, one
in Germany and the others in France
and Italy.
Mrs. Annie Yeamans, one of the
grand old women of the stage, is going
to desert temporarily at least, the
Legitimate drama that has been her
life for fifty years. VIII II. Gregory
has provided a sketch and she will
make her t1rst appearance III vaudeville
in few days.
The cast of "The Magic Melody" in
which Walker Whiteside is to begin
his tour, will include Howard Gould,
Henry Bergman. May Buckley, Olive
Wyndham, Leslie Kenyon and Martha
George. The first performance win be
given at Deadwood.
Lillian Russell win present for the
first time next week a new play by
George Broadhurst in which the lead
ing character Is a widow who owns a
racing stable. She viii alternate 1t
with THE Butterfly"
Florence Roberts will present DAN
nunzio's "Giaconda" at special matinee
performances +His spring i'm connection
with Guerrera's Maria Rosa" Miss
Roberts first played it four years ago.
Maxine Elliott has arranged to open
IN London in September in new play
by II, v. Esmond, the English play
wright.
Victory Bateman is playing the
leading role in Laura Jean Libbey's
play Parted on Her Bridal Tour"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31

American Citizen" and on Saturday
night he will give an act from "a
Gilded Fool" THE Genius" "An
American Citizen" What Would a
Gentleman Do?, when We were
Twenty-one," and "The Merchant of
Venice"
AUDITORIUM-The Dick Ferris
company will continue it's great pro-
duction of "Parsifap this coming week,
in every detail as given last week when
it made q decided impression.
ORPHEUM-The Uessems execute
gymnastic and equilibristic feats that
entitle them to the long type at the
Orpheum this week. There are two of
them. Howard and Bland, who were
here a couple of seasons ago, return
with "a Strange Boy" Finlay and
Burke have sketch entitled Stage ;
land Satire" Sharp brothers, in the
gulse of "native sons" of the south,
do a singing and dancing turn. The
holdovers are May Tully and company,
Bert Levy, the Olivottis and Johnny
Johns.
GRAND-New York is the scene of
the events portrayed in "The Plunger,"
offered this week at the Grand by the
Elleford company, The "plunger' is a
brokers' clerk and his connection with
the market Is no small part OF his
Importance in the play. The melodra-
matte element is furnished by forg-
cry and a sweetheart who defines her
fathers command for the sake of her
unjustly accused lover,
BURBANK-Dr Bachman's play,
"Under the Bear Flag" will run an
other week at the Burbank. No
changes will be made in the cast.
PEOPLE Sat the Peoples Theater
for the coming week, starting with a
Tuesday matinee, the bill will include
Jerome, Fremont and Jerome, spec
tacular contortionists. in Dolly in
Frogland"; Edsell and Forbes, comedy
sketch team; Bessie Nelson. violin
soloist: messenger Boys Trio" Ro-
land Travers, illusionist; Harry Lor-
raine, the popular baritone, and new
motion pictures.
FISCHER 'S-Monday evening Man
ager Fischer will present Fred l.. Grlf-
fiths' musical comedy, 1.-THE Other Mr..
Smith," In the cast will be some
more new faces, a soubrettte, Miss
Aline Wallace, will make her first ap-
pearance here. The other new people
are Al Watson, comedian, and Miss
Adelaide Keith, character actress, and
Raymond Stevens, leading man. Com
edian Billy Onslow will have the lead
ing comedy roles as before.
ENIPIRE-The Fernando May Duo
will be the headliners at the Empire
theater this week. Wayne c, Christy
in monologue; the Juggling Thorns;
Mccall Sisters. singing and dancing
soubrettes; Al Franks in illustrated
songs; new moving pictures and the
Empire stock company complete the
bill.
UNIQUE-The Unique's chief fea-
ture this week will be John E. Drew,
"the man behind the laugh" The Sey-
Roman ring act, as are Bings g. Bings,
comedy sketch artists; pictured songs,
two by Homer Long, the mutiscope;
and "Larry's Blunders," a one act COM
edy by James e. Lee, will be given by
the Unique Comedy company.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
Dramatic Notes

Men and women of the stage will
immense fair to be given for the ac-
tors fund at the Metropolitan opera
house, -Jew York, May to IL. The
public likes to be brought into personal
relation with the players. There is
sentimental value attaching to an ar
ticle purchased from a Lillian Russell.
a Blanche Bates or an Anna Held.
Reports indicate that Klaw and Err
langer will not extend their vaudeville
circuit into the coast region, on account
of the fact that Sullivan and Considine
are so heavily interested in vaudeville
there. AS Erlanger and Sullivan are in
very close touch in New York, it would
never do for Erlanger to tread on Sui
livan's toes in a territory in which he
is so firmly established.
Abraham Stern has been appointed
by the supreme court as referee to hear
and determine the issue raised by Lii
liam Russell against Lee Shubert. Miss
Russell claims that she was to receive,
besides her salary, so per cent of the
net profits of Lady Teazle. Mr.. Shu-
bert claims that there We're no net
profits, as the production was a failure.
Charles Dillingham; has engaged
Nance O'Neil to appear in Edwin Mil
ton Royle's play, "Cleo," adapted from
article A." This is the play Mr.. Royle
prepared for Mrs. Leslie Garter and
about which arose litigation that re-
suited, directly or indirectly. in the
severance of relations between Mrs,
Carter and Mr.. Dillingham;.
The long run of THE Lion and the
Mouse" at the Lyceum theater viii end
on April g. The six hundredth per-
formanee Of the play will occur on
April O. Contracts calling for the pre-
sentation of the play in Washington
and other cities, with the original COM
pany, is given as the cause of its being
withdrawn.
Contracts have been signed with Rose
Coghlan whereby she will open in the
title role In Mrs Warrens Profess
sion" at Kansas City Monday night.
A company Of well known players has
been engaged for her support. Miss
Coghlan's tour win include all the cities
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31

son with Joseph Wheelock, a we'll
known player who will have that fine
organizations support in a series of
special presentations, which will serve
to break the round of straight stock
plays. The Ulrich company's return to
the Grand is only matter of a few
weeks, it's roster having already been
made up, and list of thrillers is in
Manager browns hands for production
which shows plays as warm as the days
they will Ill. And the Opera Comique
company for the Auditorium is also
well in process of organization. Those
with the Orpheums usual high class
of vaudeville, and the smaller houses
give promise for lively summer the
atrically.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31

whic ...r U. honor of adding
a &C Ir .0I f.B fourth black
beau a.. t the sex Of the
latte nine name, but
that oU Ut .. .a .l to the old la
dies U..
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
GreenrOOm Gossip

Stella Patrick Campbell the daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Patrick Campbell, has made
her debut on the London stage.
1t Is said that Margaret Anglin will
go under the management of James X,
Hackett next season
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would get away with him every min
ute. Wouldn't it have been shocking?
The death OF Juliet Crosby (Mrs. Fred
Belasco) brought a tear to many an
eye in Los Angeles last week. She was
most charming little woman, and
whether on or off the stage she had a
host of dear friends. She was a clever
player and her followers We're legion.
There was hope of an early season with
her as feature in Los Angeles, when
death stepped in and she passed to her
final exit. The curtain has fallen on
her, the light is dimmed and the music
has ceased, but her winsome personali-
ty will hold it's place in the memory
of many who loved her for long and
she will not be forgotten, if she has
gone.
Jolly NIyrtl' Selwin, stately Lule
Warrentor and tigerish Lillian Hay
ward are a trio whom the Grand Glen
tele will be glad to welcome when the
Ulrich season reopens. Especially Myr-
tie. Pm mighty glad Clarence Drown
re-engaged them; like them immense
ly and shall be delighted to grasp their
hands one more.
I was surprised last week to note the
advance that Edna Goodrich has made
in her art-surprised, but pleased. She
was pretty raw" when she came here
year ago; she seemed to have stepped
right out of the chorus and not to have
any real conception of stage technique
beyond ability to smile and a pretty
face and figure-the chorus requisites.
But she has added so much to them
that one now almost forgets that she
is beautiful-and that's good deal to
say. She has a subtilty that is un-
usually developed; a finesse that en-
ables her to do by indirection what
many have to thunder forth in words,
and method which 1 think shows the
gloVed but iron hand of Nat Goodwin
himself, Certainly she has more of his
stage tricks-which are the acme of
naturalness-than any woman know.
And she is an earnest girl, trying hard
to reach the top, so for one say God
speed to her.
Len Behymer is a bold man. L don't
think any other in town would call to-
gether a gathering of musicians such
as he and his charming wife enter
tained last Wednesday night; they'd
be afraid of what would certainly hap
pen. But "B" defed the ordinary and
achieved the extraordinary. 1 was
HAoAS Ni@h 5ieNN ~ pS oiiiOi5 tHOSS
present and L marVeled not a little at
the calm and peace that perVaded the
pretty Behymer home. Is "B' a wizard
or has he the edge" on 'em?
George M. Cohan has contracted TO
deliver six short musical comedies to
last about an hour each and employing
from fifteen to twenty people each. The
first one will De Little Johnny Jones
in condensed form, and the other five
viii be new. Three of the acts will be
ready by September 1 and the others
will follow at intervals of six weeks.
1t is probable that THE Governors
Son" will also be revived by Mr.. Cohan
in its original form as a forty-minute
sketch, with Bobby Barry in the lead
ing role
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31

~ the dull season in theatricals is
approaching, let none despair. Los
Angeles has no dull season, in that
sense; the theaters here run the year
through, and their attractions in sum-
mer are as strong as they are in the
winter. That is, all are open but the
syndicate house, and generally it man
ages to muster up some sort of attrac-
ton.
What Manager Wyatt has up his
sleeve for the coming do. lays he
doesn't say, but there are rumors that
the Mason will not Je ark all through
the warmer period. 1t should not be;
il Is a cool and comfortable place in hot
weather and makes a delightful resort
But meanwhile there are many good
things booked for that theater; in fact,
the powers that dictate its offerings
have seemingly reserved their best for
the latter end Of the season. The en-
gagment of Nat Goodwin for two weeks
was rather a surprisingly fine thing for
these gentlemen to give Los Angeles
perhaps Mats habitat now being at
ocean Park had something to do with it..
BE that as it may, 1t puts Los Angeles
largely on the syndicate map, and his
success will doubtless lead some others
10 emulate him and share the coin.
The other houses are we'll along in
their summer plans. Blanche Hairs
return to the Burbank Is scheduled FOR
about May 1, and there will probably be
some other changes which will put
few new faces behind the footliShts-
although none OF the present faYorltes
can be we'll spared. The Belasco has
already announced semi-starrlns sea-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31

George AIDES play founded on his fa-
nous character, "Artie," is nearing
completion. AS soon as the "Artie" play
IS off his hands he is to write one for
w. IL. Crane
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
NOTES BY THE
MATINEE MAN
y: ! !. ! J.

7 M sorry to see Maude Gilbert taking
on so many of the Mary Van Burer
airs. Maude is a sweetly natura
player of undoubted skill and one o.
her greatest charms has been her in
sousiance. But of late-and especially
last week-I have noted a tendency tC
pick up certain little affectations, sucf
as cooking her head to one side
wobbling it unduly for emphasis, anC
some other minor points which 1 dom
like. 1 hope the dear lady will no
take on these as a permanent feature
it would be too bad.
1t is to be hoped that little Avis Lob
dell of the Ferris company won't ge
the CAFETERIA habit too strong. 1 have
seen her in one several times of late
and it's bad for her. Avis is doing 81
well now and the Ferris management
thinks so much of her and is so kindly
disposed toward her that it would bC
too bad for her to imperil her future
And anyone knows that an actress
who waits upon herself, even in a cafe
can never become really great; she
should have others standing about do.
ing the serving while she exhibits
moods" l knew Avis back east wher
she first stepped upon the stage and
am nightly pleased at her advance ir
skill and ability l only hope the quick
lunch habit won't ruin her digestion
and association with a real poetesS
won't give her brain storm.
Do you belong to the Lemon club
Nat Goodwin does. Nat was initiated
when he first reached town. Jack
Blackwood put him through. Jack
stepped up to the jovial comedian and
asked:
NAT, can you lend me $1O?"
OF course he could, said Nat, and he
pulled the sawbuek forthwith. from
a stuffed wallet Then Jack reached
into his other pocket and handed Nat
a large, juicy and acid lemon.
you're initiated" said Jack. TRY
1t on the next one"
But as yet Nat hasn't found anyone
to bite.
Now that the Burbank mascot, Ma
quita, has presented the house with
four kittens, three named for the men
critics of the morning papers, 1t is in
order for the afternoon papers to hold
contest aWNN" themselves as TO
whic .#.r .. honor of adding
a &C In ..r t.b fourth black
beau ... t the sex Of the
latte nine name, but
that '.ut .. .e r to the old la
dies ..H
Nv I W rough the first
perfo " by the Fer
ris &C .N.". big fat Harry
Cashl -.H IT at the head
of tht V.r1.a u. ns rail scene and
l coul MO ne-n .HiH how funny he
looked 1Hl NuW a Joke. One
word nIs a.i 'o file of knights
would Hatt rrHD .f a laughing dis
grace. N .u a joke asylum,
and nE..ltlu lis risibilities
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
The Weeks Bills

MASON-Nat Goodwin in repertoire.
AUDITORIUM-"Pa
BELASCO-"Becaus She Loved Him
So"
BURBANK-"Under the Bear Flag"
ORPHEUM-Vaud
GRAND-"The Plunger."
FISCHER R'S-Burlesque
EMPIRE-Vaudeville
PLES-VaudeVille
UNIQUE-VaudeVille
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31

would get away with him every min
ute. Wouldn't it have been shocking
The Washington times., 1907-12-19
GERMAN HORSE RACING.

French horsemen are viewing CON-
placently the present status Of horse
racing in Germany The season in Ger
many has just closed. but at home and
abroad. German bred horses have male
a poor showing. One Of the reasons
ascribed IS that Austrians have been al
lowed to buy German thOrOughbreds as
soon as the latter show form. Laws re-
stricting the sale of German horses are
now proposed. French horses, on the
other hand. have had a decidedly sue
cessful season. winning handsomely
even in England.
The French policy now, as opposed to
the German. is to buy and not sell
thoroughbreds. Several high class stall
lions have just been purchased by the
government from English breeders.
Another matter of German sporting
which is occasioning comment here is
the proposed change OF the kalshhOrt
race course I'm Berlin. In SteepleChases
over this course horses after covering
400 meters are asked to pass through
q lake 10 meters long and about two
feet deep. The lake run Is not objected
to in warm weather. but now, il is ar
gued horses lose their courage after
passing the cold lake once and are no
longer GOOD for steeplechasing. The
humane mas taken the matter
in Berlin
The Washington times., 1907-12-19
.STERRETT RETURNS
FOR c. v. U. TRACK
Fear Dispelled That He
Would Net Be Back for
Indoor Season.

Hearts Of follGv ers Of the George
Washington University field and track
team were giadGcned yesterday by the
return OF Jack S,arrett, holder Of the
collegiate championship OF the South
and for three years a mainstay for the
Hatchetites and a consistent point win
ner in the pole v2u {, 20 town and school.
Sterrett left for new Mexico about the
beginning Of the present school year on
account % al ~ lth, and has been
roughing it TO the present time IN that
State IL has been feared that he would
not return in time for the coming indoor
season. He reports h!.nself In better
trim than ever before, and will begin
training for the indoor season today.
Sterrett's record last season, while
probably not as brilliant as that Of the
preceding year, showed his sterling
ability IN tho event in which he has
specialized.
He captured first place in the inter
collegiate meets at Richmond and Nor
folk, at che former place reca pturing
the championship Of the section. an
honor which he has held for three sue
cessive years
AT the meet held under the University
OF Virginia ar Charlottesville last April
he carried on first hOnOrs without trou-
bic. In addition ne took several second
and third places IN meets held IN Balti-
more and locally.
Manager Fleming has returned 10 the
city from trips 70 Charlottesville and
Baltimore. where he went in the inter-
ests OF the George Washington. indoor
meet
The Washington times., 1907-12-19
WESTON REFUSES
TO MEET O'LEARY

UTICA, n. Y. Dec. 19-Edward Pay
son Weston, the pedestrian, arrived I'm
this city today In an interview he
said
The 1,250-mile walk from Portland.
Me, 70 Chicago pulled NE down ex-
actly seventeen pounds The hardest
distance covered during the entire
trip was the twenty-five miles this side
Of Fonda. IL took me six hours TO
cover that twenty-two-miIe stretch
Weston denied emphaticalIy that he
Will again race Dan O'Leary. the Gin
cinnau pede' ,risn. He said.
'O'Leary f. sixty-two years old. II
he were in good condition that would
De quite handicap Cor me TO give
him, but he is not. I never considered
him rival They talk about his walk
ing 100 miles I'm I 900 hours The only
trick In that is I'm keeping awake;
We man could DO that. I viii not take
on O'Leary, but Is there IS q man in
England OF my own age. sIxty-nine
years, vAO wants a race with me. he
car have one"
The Washington times., 1907-12-19
TOURNEY ARRANGED
FOR SMALL RIFLES

Next month the 1913 tournament Of
the -22-Csuber Indoor Rife League viii
be held at Rochester. y. Y. under the
auspices Of the Columbia Rife Club. Of
that city
While the tournament OF 1907, which
was also held in Rochester. was a great
success, the coming meeting promises 70
eclipse all predecessors in point OF at
tendance. prizes and interest displayed
II viii last six Gays. during which a
large number Of prizes viii be contested
for. and In a large variety Of matches
The league regulations are very H.
eral. inasmuCh as any maTksman may
compete I'm any or all OF the matches.
even II not 2 member OF the league Or
OF its subsidiary clubs The quarters OF
the Columbian Rife Club are ample.
comprising five 25-yard ranges. card
rooms, dining rooms. parlOr, reception
rooms. assembly hall, and a billiard
room with ten tables
The Washington times., 1907-12-19
WHO'S E WHISTLE?

4 was couns for q railway company
IN the West avs New York lawyer,
in whose employ a section hand had
been killed By an express train His
widow sued for damages The principal
witness sWOre positively that the loco
motive whistle had not sounded until
after the entire train had passed over
his departed friend.
You admit that the whistle blew2
I sternly demanded Of the witness.
d" Oh yes. il blew
" Now 1 added impressively. II that
whistle sounded in time TO give Morgan
warning the fact would be in favor OK
the company, wouldn't it?'
u suppose So said the witrsss-
- Very well. Now, for what earthly
purpose would the engineer blow his
whistle after the man had been struck p
I presume replied the witness, with
great elaboration, that the whistle was
for the next man on the track "-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Washington times., 1907-12-19
TOO MUCH GOLF.

Robert J. Burdette. the humOTist, dur
3nS a visit to New York talked about
EOlf.
Its a great game" he said TO a re
porter. DO you have il herc2 In our
beautiful Los Angeles we play il all
the year round. We have it on the
brain there. Golf caused a Los Angeles
minister 10 make terrible slip in the
pulpit the other Sunday.
The afternoon before this Sunday
the minister, who is an enthusiastic
golfer, had been nearly heartbroken by
The loss OF a match game that had
seemed entirely his. But after playing
superbly. he fell Off at the end, and
his opponent beat him out.
This must have weighed on the min
ieter8 mind. for when he rose IN me
pulpit the next morning TO announce
his text, he began solemnly:
What she'll IL profit a man II he gain
The whole world and lose the last
hOle7''
The Washington times., 1907-12-19
SCOUT LOOKS OVER
TWO BALL GROUNDS
FOR union LEAGUE
Paige GumshoeS, Then
Leaves Town-Sport-
ing Talk.
By THOMAS s. RICE.

Fred Paige. me trusty scout OF the
new Union Baseball League. was nos
ing around town again this morning.
locking for grounds which the league
might use in this city.
The scout reported he had his eve on
two locations, and thought he wouIo
have no trouble getting a place to 2lav
II the league should decide TO enter this
city. He talked real money. said every
city mentioned as a member in the
proposed circuit had a suffciency Of
capital, and predicted the league would
be playing ball by May !. Paige was
confident there woulG be no trouble
in getting plenty Of good ball players
at reasonable salaries, and said Presl-
dent Lawson had enough applications
from men Of known ability to insure o.
high-class article Of the national game
The scout left this afternoon for New
York
The Washington times., 1907-12-19
DICKINSON PLAYERS
GET VARSITY LETTER

CARLISLE. Pa, Zee. ES-The follow
ing players earned their ID" this sea
son: En0s. Peters. MacWhinney, Yard +;
tackles. Harry. Captain Parvis, Jack
SON guards. Long. Fry; center. Bailey:
quarterback. Curan; halfbacks, Hess.
Langstan and OTTO; fulibacks. Boyd
and Garrett
Peters was a hard worker. Mac
Whitney. who played at quarterback
before being switched 10 right end be
cause or the lack Of end material. made
played well in the Lehigh game and
substituted creditably for the remainder
OF the season
The Washington times., 1907-12-19
ORMONO PROMOTERS
REPORT CONDITIONS

NEW YORK, Dec. 1s.-An important
meeting Of the contest committee Of the
Automobile Club Of America was held
last night at the club rooms West
Fifrv-fourth street. near Broadway.
Secretary Samuel NJ. Butler, who re-
turned from three weeks visit 10
I@Iorfis the preceding day. presented a
detailed report Of the beach cOndlpOns
at Ormond for the big winter race meet
in the first week OF March, which viii
be conducted for the first time by the
Automobile Club Of America the Florida
Fast Coast automobile Association as
sisting in an advisory capacity
Chairman T-OberL Lee MOrreu presided
al the meeting. which was attended By
President Colgate Hoyt, \ / Hlker, A.
u Whiting. and Samuel 3. Stevens.