Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-20
TOXIC MA YOR
IS ELECTED
CANDIDATE HAS GOOD MAJORITY
ON SMALL VOTE
JOHN |. KEARNEY PROVES TO BE
ALAUeHINe TRUST
Audience Starts TltterIng at His FOOL
cry and Can't stop-chorus Is
Attractive and Produce
tion a Success

The MAYOR of Toxic" was elected al
the Mason last night by good majority
on an apathetic vote. He was ham
pered in his campaign by management
that was Sin bad with habitual theater-
Roers who have not yet forgotten tne
Vanderbilt Cup scandal, in which 10.
seph M. Gates figured prominently, and
a few of whom also had somewhat un-
pleasant recollections of Little Johnny
Jones' If Mr.. Gates Is wise he will
print his name in smaller type when he
next sends a company to Los Angeles
for It will be many day before the ooor
of his gasoline atrooity is completely
dispelled.
The mayor, however. is jovial chap,
a good fellow and capable mixer. FOL
itics makes strange bedfellows and 1t is
too bad that hizZoner is sharing sheets
with Gates. However, even that we may
forgive him. though 1t accounts for the
large stay-at-home vote that neglected
TO register at the box office last night.
The book of 1.-THE Mayor of Toxic" "
so far as 1t has any, was written py
Richard earle and the music was COM
posed by William Frederic Peters. whose
name suggests that he may be the orig
inal chocolate kid. Carle wrote the piece
for himself Therefore 1t is fair 10 as
sumo that he put into 1t just what he
wanted 1t differs in no important par
ticular from many other similar produc-
tions that have gone before, but 1t serves
to introduce several amusing characters
in more or less ludicrous situations; 1t
gives the chorus abundant opportunity to
disport itself In the usual abbreviated
costumes; and, above all, it gives free
play to the foolery of John L. Kearney.
Kearney Makes a Hit
Mr. Kearney scored a hit last night
of more than ordinary proportions. He
is a farceu- of good ability and five
minutes after his first appearance he
had the audience so thoroughly convinced
that he was a continuous laugh that
they didn't stop long enough to figure
out Just what they we're laughing at.
II bought an cow" said Mr.. Kearney.
Outlaws of laughter from in front. He
repeated it, More laughter. He said 1t
again. Still more laughter. Then he
explained that the diction was quite
proper because Anne was the cows s
name, and the outlaws became roars.
At that stage of the proceedings he
might have recited the multiplication
table and brought down the house with it.
A good second to Kearney in the laugh
making line is Jane Griffith as Madame
Stitch. Jane is like her namesake in
the song-she never is the same. Her
straight-front is marvel-the short
distance between two points-and her
makeup and costuming constitute ver-
liable nightmare of feminine unloveli-
ness.
Then there is Johnstone Flynn as a
court messenger Mr.. Flynn is the best
comedy old man from here to Watts
He looks and acts as though breath
of wind would blow him away, and you
can't help feeling glad that the breezy
young women of tthe chorus don't at
tempt it.
Look Who's Here
The tenor, the prima donna, the con-
sprators, the sailors, the American heir
ess and the rest of the crew we know so
we'll are about up to the usual mark
The chorus is beyond 1t. And there is
young woman. Susie Wilkie on the pro-
gram. who is cutter than bug in a rug
and several times as sassy
The foolery is of the we'll known Carl
ian brand. For instance: Marcus Orlan-
do Kidder, impresario of an American
opera company, has taken the aggrega-
tion to Australia, where business was
bad, and from there has continued into
Japan, where the company strands. He
refers feelingly to the joys of that Aus
tralian trip. YES" says Nine Stitch,
''but it was long way to go for eggs"
well, we got en- didn't we?" he re-
torts. '"rhe one I got was bird
Musically the best things in the piece
are ''Tolkio' and 'I Like You" The
"Black and White Dance" of the second
act is a lively number, excellently cos
TUNED. The scenery is effective and
apparently new.