Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-04
OBSERVATIONS BY
A FIRST-NIGHTER


will be in full swing Maude Adams in
Peter Pan" closed the last season. Ethel
Barrymore In the revived Captain Jinks'
and Carrots" treated us to a delightful
interlude Now the fall season is at hand
and it is brilliant in promise of good
things to come.
From September to Christmas time and
beyond the Mason is booked almost solid
ly. This month there will be two vacant
weeks-one between the Kendall engage
ment and the engagement of THE Prince
, Chap" and the other between the prince
Chaps" close and the opening of "The
Man of the Hour" After that the early
season bookings include FRITZ Scheff In
; Mile Modiste," Frank Daniels in "The
Tattooed Man." Olga Nethersole and
Louis James.
At the Mason one season has followed
so close upon the others heels that there
has been no time for redecorating or other
Improvements. However, new fire
sprinkler system has been installed on the
stage.
Tim Frawley, whose engagement at the
Burbank continues for five weeks more.
is to have a theater of his own in Oakland.
Papers in the deal were signed last week
and when Frawley leaves here he will go
to Oakland to superintend the building of
the house. Oakland capitalists will fin
ance the enterprise
Ezra Kendall who is at the Mason this
week in "Swell Elegant jones'" has a
reputation as a humorist. builded upon
the fact that he has published several
books all of which have been successful.
Here are few of Mr. Kendalps thought
kinks, from Forthcoming volume.
blue blood is the heritage of lazy lin
cage. It's the birthmark of ancestral in
activity.
did you ever have food fight in the
aol,C fif1cr
scraps"
ION some of those Indiana trolley sys-
tens, the stations are so close together
! the car has to begin to stop before it
| commences to start"
"In a southern village ran into a
| lunch room to get bite while the en-
gines were being changed on the train.
| finally tagged shaving mug full of
coffee Then | sidetracked biscuit that
threatened to go by me. On the shaw
ing mug were the words Remember me-
and some one had written on the biscuit.
| Forget IT.
"In crowd in New York one day I
said to the man next to me, Pardon me,
but If am not mistaken you have your
| hand in my pocket He excused himself
and said he was looking for his pocket
book. why don't you look in your own
pocket 1 said. He replied, did and it
wasn't there"
Lewis Stone and his wife returned to
Los Angeles from their mountain climb
! ing expedition early last week and left
the day after for Catalina. The trip
over was something to be remembered
1 shall not tell you that the Belasco's
leading man was seasick, because L
/ have been warned under dire penalty to
/ say nothing about 1t. Perhaps he proved
! himself as good sailor as he is an
actor and perhaps not. OF course am
! not responsible for any inference you
might draw in the matter.
On their arrival in the Banning en-
pire, however, Stone invested in souve-
mir postal card and scribbled a few
lines to friend The note read as fol-
lows:
Water seeks its level, the scientists do tell:
Seeks 1t like the devil, makes me feel unwell.
| wouldn't so much mind it, except this awful
I lurch;
find 1T, water. find it. or else give up the
| Leslie King, character man at the
Grand, has a brand new baby in his
| family which he hasn't yet seen. Mrs
King is in Berkeley and last week her
husband received the usual stereotyped
message: Mother and child doing we'll"
He was rather ratified at first and an
nounced to Charles Gum that he didn't
know whether he was a father or a
mother later explaining that he meant
was a boy or a girl. The next mail,
however solved the problem The baby
is q girl And now the fond papa is
| trying to hit upon a name good enough
for the youngster.
Miss Lillian Albertson and Miss Mar
ian Berg terminate their connection
with the Belasco company upon the fall
of the curtain next Saturday night on
the final act of 1.-THE Charity Ball.
Hlnc lilac lachryma Both young wo-
men have made numerous friends and
admirers since their arrival in Los An
geles who will be 10th to see them CO.
However. we must bear it, even If we
can't muster a grin. They will go east
together, taking with them the best
wishes of the Belasco clientele.
Passing out of the Burbank theater
one night last week overheard a pretty
compliment to Miss Maude Gilbert. The
remark was made by a young woman
who was commenting upon the marked
improvement shown in Miss Gilberts
acting since she Joined the Burbank
forces.
"It will not be long" she said. ''be-
fore we shall be able to accept Miss Gill
bert at her face value"
1 venture to say the player never re-
ceived a finer compliment in her life,
and from member of her own sex,
too.
Speaking of Miss Gilbert perhaps you
noticed how we'll she and Byron Beasley
worked together last week. That is be-
caused they are used to it. Three years
ago both of them were members of
Dick Ferris stock company at the Ly-
ceum theater. Minneapolis, and last
weeks love making-on the stage, of
course-must have seemed quite like old
times. After leaving Minneapolis Maude
Gilbert became leading woman of Chi
cago stock company, and Beasley took
to the road. He was seen here earlier
in the season. at the Mason in support
of Robert Edeson, in "Strongheart."
Dickie Vivian returns to his own at the
Belasco this week after a vacation passed
with his mother-in-law and father-in-law
in Cincinnati, where the chief diversion
just at present is trying to keep cool.
Vivian had an exceedingly hot time of it
and he lost flesh. He has brought back
with him an inpraa sad regard for Los