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Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
STAGE DIRECTOR Is
CHOSEN FOR NEW SUMNER
OPERA COMPANY SEASON

Edward p. Temple, one of the best
known stage directors in the United
States, who handled the stage for the
Savage companies for years and
more lately has put on all the big spec
tacles at the New York hippodrome, has
been engaged as stage director for 1.-THE
Californians" during their summer
opera season at the Auditorium. Mr..
Temple has no superior in that line, and
his coming assures the finest series of
stage mountings that Los Angeles ever
saw. He will be here this week.
The roster of "The Californians" is
about complete. Though not officially
announced yet, Olinto Lombardi, who
was engaged as basso, has left in de-
spair, however, and Is now on his way
back to Italy. He had to master the
English language before he could sing
and he found the task too great. An
other basso, Robert Hosea, has been en-
gagged Harry eastman, who has been
with the Dick Ferris company, will be
buffo in the new company and much
may be expected of him, as he is very
clever in comedy work and has good
voice. Beatrice Hubbell Plummer is
prima donna soprano, with Blanche
Aubert second. Miss Lucille Saunders
is contralto and Joe Barnett mezzo.
Albert McGlucken is musical director.
The majority OF the members have al
ready been announced. Rehearsals are
now on for "Robin Hood" the opening
bill,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
"PEcK's BAD BOY" AT
THE GRAND is LITTLE
SHORT OF BEING AWFUL

"Peck's Bad Boy" is holding forth at
the Grand this week. The adjective is
the only part of the name that fits the
affair, and it should be writ in red
capitals; the show is awful.
Margaret Ryan, small girl with a
strident voice, is the bad boy, Henry;
She lives up to the title in way not
contemplated in the bills. Florence
Noles as Minnie, his girl, is not as bad
as he Is; she may find some consola-
tion in that and so may the audience.
Bessie Burt as Buster is chiefly nota-
BILE for her costumes. Harry Noles as
Schultz, the grocer, is as fearful as is
the bad boy. The rest of the cast is
possibly as inoffensive as the charac-
ters they assume will permit; let 1t be
hoped so, at least. The one redeeming
thing about the company is the dog,
which is the best actor in the bunch.
The show is not for grownups-it is
too inane. 1t is not for children-it Will
teach them vicious ways. Just how 1t
escaped the tall grass and sgot into the
Grand Is one of the mysteries.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
MAY KOW-TOW IN
IMPERIAL TOGCERY
Colonel Frank LaWton VIII Wear
Oriental Rig at Chinese Minstrel
Benefit Performance at
Venice
BY Associated Press.


VENICE, April 7.-Members Of the
local lodge of Elks are considerably in
terested in the report that Colonel
Frank Lawton, mayor of Playa del
Rey, and authority on Japanese liter
ature, has agreed to make his first pub
lie appearance in the United States in
his imperial oriental garments at the
Chinese minstrel benefit performance of
the lodge to be held next Saturday
evening at the Venice auditorium.
Lawton, it is said, had the apparel
made at a cost Of $4,000 yen in order
that he could officially receive the Chi
nese embassy which, headed by Ii
Chung Hang, called on Lawton for ad-
vice concerning the manufacture Of
celestial punk during the local mans
triumphant tour of the orient some
years.. ago. Nobody here knows how
much $4,000 yen is except Lawton and
he gave up trying to figure out what
the sum would amount to in American
money, after spending two days at the
task. The performance promises to be
one Of the largest attended ever held
in this section.
Practically the entire ticket elected
at the recent city election is included in
the cast, as we'll as many of those who
previously held Office. 1t is expected
that a large delegation of Los Angeles
Elks will be in attendance.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
PREFERS CIRCUS
TO HER HUSBAND
Woman Refuses to Give Up Her Act
and Return to Aeronaut
Who Is Out of
Job iisl
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
VENICE, April 7.-Because he re-
fused to go outside Of his profession to
secure employment, and while waiting
for something to show up, William Nor
ton, an aeronaut who came here from
Portland with the Akoun regiment, has
lost his wife.
When the Sells-Floto circus arrived
here four months ago the Mortons, 1t
is said, had been pressed SO long for
ready money that Mrs. Morton, who is
a decidedly attractive young woman,
Immediately began to prepare herself
for a turn" which one of the circus
attaches had suggested to her and
which he said would assure her Of a
position with the big show when 1t
started on its annual pilgrimage.
Accordingly Mrs. Morton learned the
butterfly dance and from reports more
than made good when in her rendition
OF the act for the edification Of the cir
Gus people who signed her as a good
salary for the 1907 season. Morton,
however cut no figure in his wife's ar
rangements, not even to the extent of
her confiding in him her intentions or
intimating to him that she had any de-
sire to leave her SaleSlady position at
the Exhibition building where for sew
eral months she had been earning the
wherewithal to keep the aeronaut and
herself from penury and so as not to
caues him any unnecessary excitement,
such as the unannounced removing of
her trunk might precipitate, she had
that very urgent requisite to her ar
rangements carted aboard the circus
train while her husband was fishing
from the pier.
1t is said that Morton was first made
acquainted with the details relative to
his wife's departure on Thursday even
ing after he had spent the best part of
the day in trying to locate her. She is
now with the circus and Morton is on
her trail vainly beseaching her at every
opportunity to give up her job and re-
turn with him to that dear old Venice
where he thinks he sees great chances
of making money at his profession dur
ing the next six months.
Mrs. Morton has told friends here that
she will not leave the show until 1t
reaches her native town in Iowa where
she will leave the show and henceforth
raSida with her narantS
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
NIC0DEMUS ILLUSTRATES
BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE

At the new Jerusalem church last
night the pastor, Rev. ]. e. Collom,
spoke on Jesus and Nicodemus," TAX
ing his text from John 8: 5, 6: "Jesus
answered, verify, verify, I say unto
thee, except one be born of water and
the spirit he cannot enter into the
kingdom of God. That which is born
of the flesh is flesh, and that which is
born of the spirit is spirit" In part he
said:
I'm Nicodemus we have illustrated a
life that knows the baptism of water
unto repentance, but not the baptism
of the holy spirit and fire. He had the
good of reformation but not that of
regeneration. His goodness sprang
from the law held in the memory and
laboriously applied to visible conduct;
1t was not a goodness that gushed
from the fountain of the law written on
the heart.
Emmanuel came to establish a spirit
ual kingdom. Not ambition but loving
service, not arrogance but humility, not
oppression but self-sacrificing CO.
operation, mark his reign over the lives
OF men.
ITO enter the kingdom OF the
heavens one must be born of water and
the dspirit; that is, OF moral and spirit
ual truth. These truths are life-giving
IOFCeS. moral truth is lne BenerdtlNe
power of all Just deeds. spiritual truth
Of all good motives. Moral truth must
work reformation before spiritual truth
can regenerate. Moral truth prepares
the vessel. spiritual truth fills 1t with
precious ointment. Moral truth molds
us into a lamp, spiritual truth intro
duces oil into the lamp and makes 1t
shine.
ITO be formed into agreement with
truths that respect our manners, our
daily labors and our efforts for social
amelioration is meant by birth Of the
water of life. This birth must precede
that of the holy spirit. otherwise we
cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Birth OF water prepared our actions,
habits and natural capacities for the
vitalizing light and love, which birth
Of the spirit imparts.
Birth of the spirit quiokens our
knowledge, making It humble. reverent
and humane. II YitaHzes our natural
affections, binding them TO the domin-
ion Of love that seeketh not her own" :"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
M. and Mime. PIaneI Tonight

M. and Nine. Planet entertain at
the Gamut club hall this evening
Chevalier M. l.. Planet is member Of
the conservatory of Paris, a chevalier of
the Legion of Honor and an ott1cer or
public instruction. His WIFE,, Nine
Tekley-Planel of the Theatre Francaise,
Is equally distinguished. Both are now
in America by special consent of the
French minister Of public instruction
and fine arts. for the -rpose of popu-
larizing French music and literature,
and with the object in view Of forming
reciprocal societies. artistic, musical,
literary and philenthropic, in America,
to cooperate with L'Jnion Artistique
des Femmes FRANCHISES in Paris. The
program tonight is high art musical
and literary recital and will introduce
Mons. Planet as violinist, composer
and singer; Nine. Planet as singer and
reader
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08

GUS production. This is Sardou's great
play of Russian life, and affords excel
lent scope for all in the cast THE
Holy city" will close the engagement
next week. Thereafter the company
will disband. Harry Won Meter will
accompany Mr.. Ferris and Miss Stone
to Minneapolis, where they open their
summer season, but the rest of the COM
pany will go back to New York, except
that Miss Florence Barker Will JOIN
the Ulrich forces, and Howard Scott
will stay in the city, though not acting.
He may rejoin the Belasco company
later on. Mr. Ferris announces special
matinees of Camille for Thursday of
this week and Friday Of next week.
Miss Stone will have the title role, of
course
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08


this effort in the way of scenic investi-
ture, and not excelling it in many re-
spects in characterization. And that
all-star cast was supposed to be the
final limit in it's giving.
OF course, the DEnnery play Is a
classic nowadays, and few dare be ICON
oclastic enough to rail at it's artificiali-
ties. And If they did, what good would
that do? The drama by it's pathos-
which though it be so crude as often to
became bathos, yet grips the heart-has
a following among a certain older class,
and this generation seldom has oppor-
tunity to see it anyhow, so that the
younger people have the added 1ncen-
tive of curiosity. Hence an audience is
always assured it.
Fortunate indeed are those of Los An
geles who are beholding it now for the
first time; they witness so splendid a
ties and strutting impossibilities Of the
play are buried; the appeal to the eye
dulls the ear, and makes for satisfac-
ton even when the brain distrusts
Robert Morris has many triumphs to
his credit as stage director, but in few
affairs has he equaled this presentation.
OF the characterizations, the best are
given by Harry Mestayer as Pierre,
Arthur Rutledge as Jacques-oh, most
NllldlTOuS Villain is ueep VOlCeu Hut
ledge!-and Elsie Esmond as Louise,
the blind girl. The latter is quite pa
thetic and sympathetic. William Des-
mond is pleasing as Armand, and John
Burton actually loses the comedy touch
as Lniere Henry Stockbridge makes
a good and witty Picard; H. S. Duf1eld
is fine as the doctor; H. j. CHM is
equally so as De Presses; Maud Gilbert
is excellent as Marianne, and Mary Van
Buren, puts into the role of Henriette,
the other sister, much art.
Carol Marshall is the weak spot In
the cast; she has seemingly no concep-
tion of La Fouchard; she lacks unc-
tuousness as this arch villainess, asd
fails utterly to grasp the characters
essentials.
Mrs. Rush Bronson I1ade her debut
yesterday, playing the dual roles Of
Countess de Liniere and the mother SUI
perior; in the main she Is excellent
but her voice is not quite strong enough
at times She ought to make valuable
member Of the company.
The scenic heights are reached in the
second act, the garden of the pavilion
Du Bel Air. This Is superb, the vista
being especially fine. The De Lane
Mandolin club furnishes a large feature
here, it's music adding much, while two
dancers aid considerably in the ensem-
ble The church yard scene is also good,
the snow effect being very natural.
All in all, With the exception noted,
the cast is excellent and the play in
detail is all that could be asked. In
fact, it is quite another Burbank tri-
umph.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
SHAKESPEARE CLUB
HAS ANNUAL ELECTION
Special to The Herald.

PASADENA, April 7.-At the annual
election of the Shakespeare club of this
city, held yesterday, the following Of
fcers were unanimously e.ected for the
next club year: President, Mrs. Mary
M. Conan; first vice president. Mrs.
Helen Elliott Bandini; second vice pres
ident, Mrs. Ira Volby Goodridge; re-
cording secretary, Miss Annie l.. Bart
lett; corresponding secretary, Miss Lau-
retta Barnaby; treasurer, Mrs. George
H. Carder; auditor, Mrs. C. l.. Severy;
program committee, Miss Lucy Cham
berlain, Mrs. j. b. Hibben, Miss Fran
ces A. Barber, Mrs. j. II. Woodcorth,
Mrs. Frank II. Jones and DIR. Marcia
Gilmore; club house committee, Miss
Carrie l.. Goodrich, Mrs. w. l.. Kinney,
Parker, Mrs. Henry G. Ramel, Mrs. M.
Rosenbaum and Mrs. John oliver Nc
Cament
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
FRATERNITIES WILL
COMPETE IN DRILL
Special to The Herald.


LONG BEACH. April 7.-The fourth
annual competitive drill of the uniform
rank companies of the knights of
Pythias, knights of the Maccabees,
Royal Foresters and Fraternal Broth
erhood will be held in the Audit, rum
here Friday evening, April 26.
Six companies, one more than usual,
wilPbe entered, namely, Nos. rs and 32,
u. r. X. of p; company b, Royal For
esters; company %. X. o. t. M; COM
panies and 3, Fraternal Brotherhood.
This drill always arouses considerable
interest through Los Angeles county.
Last year 500 came IN over the Salt
Lake, either to witness or participate
In the contest. Col. G. S. Adolph Of
Los Angeles. who arranges the events,
estimates that there win be 1900 wish
tors this year. He has arranged with
the Salt Lake for twenty-four special
coaches.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
MEET TO DISCUSS
STREET LIGHTING
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
VENICE April 7.-Citizens will meet
tomorrow evening at the auditorium for
the purpose of discussing the question
of regulating the gas and electricity
charges made in this section.
The meeting is to be under the aus
pices of the local board OF trade and
viii probably be the forerunner OF sew
eral to be held in the bay section by
the various trade organization bodies,
which are being importuned to take
up the matter OF charges and better
service with the Edison company.
Notice has been called to the fact
that on nights when the moon Is half
or all full the city's arch lamps are not
lighted and an investigation may be
instituted by the board Of trade into
this apparent irregularity. as the city
pays stated price each month for
each lamps illumination.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
"cANDlpA," FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN STOCK, WILL BE AT
/ THE BELASCo THIS WEEK

George Bernard Shaw's Candida,
for the first time in stock, and the first
time that the Shaw version has ever
been seen here, will be the Belasco
theater's offering beginning tonight.
"Candida" lasted Arnold DAILY two years
and it should prove strong drawing
card here.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08

TT is matter of more inan ordinary
interest to find finished actress,
a one that has large circle of en-
thusiastic admirers, who at some time
has not been the victim of a stealthy
thief who without regard to the tender
feelings Of the lady of genius, has
ruthlessly robbed her Of her diamonds
and few other trifles not worth men
tioning.
But there is such an actress, and she
lives in Los Angeles.
Make Mitchell has not as yet at
tained the age where she is compelled
to use face lotions to hide wrinkles and
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
MERRY MERRI OSBORNE
HEADS THE ORPHEUMS
NEW BILL THIS WEEK

Merry Merri Osborne, laughing, dane
ing and singing, as we'll as acting,
heads this weeks Orpheum bill IN a
new sketch. Other new acts embrace
Dan Burke's six dancing girls, Adeiman
trio, and julius Tannen. The nolo,
overs include the Uessems, Howard and
Bland, Tinly and Burke, and Sharp
brothers.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
EMPIRES CHANGE OF BILL

The Empire will nut on new acts this
week. beginning tonight. when the
turns all change. The new bill con-
tains much of promise, the strong fea-
ture being Ella Wheeler Wilcox s
sketch, Her First Divorce Case" with
Matte Keene.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
RAYMOND HITCHCOCK IN
"a YANKEE TOURIST" Is THE
MASoN'S NEW ATTRACTION

Raymond Hitchcock, with Helen Hale,
Flora Zabelle, Walter Lawrence and
number of other fine singers IN "A
Yankee Tourist" will be the Masons
offering this week, to start tonight. rms
~ a new comic opera, and it has had
favorable attention in the east
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08

the Burbank theater
yesterday to see the
sumptuous manner In
which his stilted old
but still loved play Is
given there this week
he would have rub
bed his eyes in
amaze. Great as
has been the rec
ord of the work of
this playwright, 1t is
doubtful If a superior
production of 1t was
ever made, even the
famous all-star cast
of a couple of years
ago notn edualing
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
A Change Of Position

.wrathful Patron-Is this the photo
graph l sat for2
Unhattering PhotographerN-Yes sir.
w. P,-Then / won't stand for It!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
Unique Changes Bill Tonight

The Unique will change its bill to-
night. the new vaudeville numbers
going ON then. The Unique comedy
company will have a new skit as we'll.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
FIscher's New BurIesque

Herr FISCHER announces for his First
Street theater tonight a new Grifiths
burlesque New vaudeville acts are
also programmed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
FERRIS COMPANY eoEs
BACK TO sARDoU DRAMA,
PRESENTING FEDORA

The Dick Ferris company, with Flo
renee Stone. begins the next to the last
week Of its Los Angeles stay tonight,
when Fedora" will be given a sumptu-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08

Shall l." asked little Bessie, "ever
be as old as grandma?"
yes. dear II you live," replied her
uncle, "but you'll never admit it,
Chicago Record-Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08
TWO ORPHANS A
BURBANK SUCCESS
SUMPTUoUs PRODUCTION OF
STlLTED OLD DRAMA
In the Main Characterization Are Ex-
celIent, While Mountlngs Are
Superb - Grand Has
Shocking Comedy

Could It have been possible for DEN
nery, to whom the world owes "The
Two Orphans" to have dropped in at
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08

fill out hollow places, but she has
demonstrated to the patrons of the
Unique theater that it is not necessary
to spring a sensation to gain place in
the hearts of the theater going public.
Miss Mitchell is a most attractive
ingenue and no role suffers at her
hands. She is not only valuable in
parts, but at a minutes notice can put
on a speciality that always "goes," and
she is nightly the recipient of the
warm hand of appreciation.
This week she will appear to advan-
tage in James P. Lees clever comedy,
1.-THE Cook Ladies' Union
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-08

Hyker-You look as though someone
had taken a fall out of you.
Pyker-Not guilty. An alarm clock
took an early rise out of me, though
Chicago Post.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-16
RAISE MONEY TO
ADVERTISE CITY
Important Special Meeting Q
Chamber Of Commerce to Be
Held This Morning.

At a special meeting to be held at
10 o'clock this morning, the Chamber
OF Commerce hopes to complete the
fund OF $4,000. OF which sl7,5OO has
already been secured. This fund viii
be used for the exploitation Of the
business advantages of the city, OF
all its trades and Its mercantile and
manufacturing industries.
1t is hoped and thought that the
sum necessary Will be raised this
morning. as there is little time in
which to make ready for the advertise
ment of the city in view of the near
ness of the opening day of the James
town Exposition.
All persons who are interested in the
smcyc cment to advertise tho city are in
.vtcd to attend the meeting. Mr. II.
A. Dunlop, secretary of the Chamber
Of Commerce, says that this is Rich
lnond's opportunity to show herself
to the world, as thousands Of visitors
from every section of the country will
bo in attendance on tho exposition,
and will take advantage of their pres
ence in Virginia to look over its field
of opportunities.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-16
.BOSTOCK EMPL0YE
SHOT Al |.DLEW00D.
Robert Milliman, Electrician,
Dangerously Wounded by
Louis Myers.
pRAc7IcIua At TARGETS.
Injured Man in Hospital and
Other Arrested and Later
Bailcd.
PRAcTIcInG AT TARGETS

Robert Alillin1an, chief electrician.
for the Bostock Wild Animal Show.
lies wounded in ST. Luke's Hospital
from a rifle-shot wound inflicted at
s o'clock yesterday evening at the
hands of Louis Myers, manager of the
skating rink at lakewood. The wound
was dangerously near the heart. the
bullet entering just above it and en-.
tering the arm, whercfrom it was eN-
tracted. by DIR. Stuart Mcclure. The
injury is not regarded as being OF
a very serious nature, and Mr.. Alilli-
man is expected to recover, unless
complications set in.
According to Charles Miller, the
only eyewitness Of the shooting, Mr.
Myers and Mr.. Deuel., former stage
manager Of the old Bijou, were back
of the kitchen in the Rathskeller
practicing at targets, as is the Gus
tom of Mr.. Myers. and one OF the
shots from the latters gun passed
very near to Mrs. Milliman, who at
that time was in the kitchen prepar-
ing supper. The same witness states
that this greatly angered MIR. Mill
man. WHO ran into his room, procured
q, revolver and shot at Mr.. Myers. The
latter jumped behind tree and fired
at Milliman, the shot taking effect In
the latter's chest just above the heart.
Nilliman fell, and medical aid was
summoned at once. The wounded man
was then hurried off to St Luke's
Hosn,tal. where the bullet was eX-
tracted by DR.. stuart Mcclure.
Placed Under Arrest.
According to another theory. which
was advanced by those who happened
to be near the scene, both Mr.. Milli-
man and Mr.. Myers were shooting at
targets together, and Mr. Milliman
wound resulted from an accidental dis
charge of Mr.. Myers's rife.
Immediately after the shooting Mr.
Myers was placed under arrest by Ser
Eeant Amos, who was detailed on the
affair, and was taken to the Second
Police Station, where ho was later
bailed in the sum of $500 by Judge
Witt, Mr.. Nathan Simon going Sc
curity for the prisoner.
1t seems that it is tho daily habit
OF Mr. Myers to practice at targets
putting UP bottles Just behind the
Rathskcllcr. The shooting yesterday
evening was toward the kitchen in tho
Rathskcllcr, in which Mrs Mllimnr
happened to be standing just In from,
Of window. Tho shot, according te
statements made to the officer, passct
near her. and endangered her life.
Mr.. Millmnn went into the employ
of the l3ostock animal show last fal
at Coney Island. and Is said to be al
efficient and faithful employc.
Mr.. Myers. who is widely known ant
highly esteemed in the city, lives JUS
over tho nntntorium with his wife ant
two children and his wife's father an,
mother, Mr.. Charles Miller is the ole
phant and polar bear trainer for lios
tocl1's