Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-27
GIVE PETER PAM FOR
BENEFIT OF ORPHANS
BARRIE'S PLAY REWRITTEN BY
YOUNG ANGELEN0S
Admirable Performance Given at the
Auditorium Reveals Unexpected
Local TaIent-Repetition Is
Billed for This Evening

Back from Never Never Land, down
the road that leads "the second turn
ing to the left and then straight on
till morning" came Peter Pan and his
hand OF Lost Boys yesterday afternoon
to make their fourth visit to Los An
geles and gather in dimes and dofiars
toward a fund for g. library at the Los
Angeles Orphans home. The play was
given in the Auditorium and will be
repeated there this evening.
With the boys came Mana ana tne
Darling family, the Indians and pirates'
wolves and a crocodile, and all the
pretty story was rehearsed from the
evening when Peter came to f1nd MS
shadow to the beautiful finale when,
still refusing to grow old. ne sad
good by from his home in the tree
tops and disappeared up, up into the
blue.
Barrie's play, presented first at the
Mason by Maud Adams and her COM
pany last June and rewritten by TWO
Young girls, Ellen Galpin and Jean
BRIGHAM, for their own entertainment,
was given by them the following August
in Cumnock just for the pure Iun OF
giving it, and was repeated at Christ
mas for the benefit of the Bethelehem
Institute children.
Yesterdays performance, far more
ambitious attempt, took place In the
Auditorium, with the advantage of an
orchestra and full stage equipment
under the direction of Hobart Bos-
worth, and was more than a credltaoie
presentation. 1t was an unqualined
success.
The part of Peter, as on each pre-
vious occasion, was rendered admirably
by Ellen Galpin, one of the young
adapters of the play, and her interpre-
tation of the part, based on that Of
Miss Adams, was in many respects az
good as the original. While each OF the
cast deserves only words of praise, spe-
cial mention is due little Mabel Ray
nard, the 6-year-old dancer who ap-
peared toward the last and completely
captivated her audience. When she
comes on tonight, however, miracle
will have taken place and she will be a
year older-will in fact be years
Young, for her birthday falls on August
2e. and congratulations will be in order
THE golden curls and the charming per-
sonality will be the same, however
and the dancing-well, her dancing need
not be more graceful and we'll done, fol
it is just all right.
Following is the cast:
| Peter Pan. Observation-Disclosures. Ellen Galpif
Wendy Maria Angela Darling. .....-.,
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Ramona BoWel
John Napoleon Darling. Camden Knigh
Michael Nicholas Darling. .......,,....
- loiViiSc NNNSfSeA ~
Eliza. :. Vlolet La ei
Mr.. Darling. .........'.'.''. C. q MaxWel
Mrs. Darling, ...... MISS Gertruoe woT rI,ll
Mana .........,..s+''.'' 'ttayiiohu rlsho
| First Twin. ..........-.'. margaret rofc'
| Second Twin. ......'''''' 'hatnerih Asnles
| Tottles NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Helen ware
| Nibs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. dewey schraB'
Slightly Grace ha ,I,,o,
| Curly Observation-Disclosures Laura Wllsoi
| Captain Hook. ...,.'.'.. .,'.' Moris Fulle-
starkey .............. Franklin Newman
/ SSaaad .............. Carl Morrii
| Noodles ................. Raymond Fishe
Ransom NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Harry BradeI
Mullins OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1890 W. IS. Weici
/ 6,acco ............N Norman Bradshaw
Redruth ..............'''. EAR blakesle
Comolo ..............''.' - HuWaru Siai
/ parvus Observation-Disclosures Mabel Raynar'
! Tiger Lilly. .Paulne State
Great Big Little Panther 'Eastner Lower
| Tin,Ser T2el ............ Helen Hawll,
| barcsr ......... Mable Raynar'
wolves and Crocodile.
Many of the accessories Of the play
/ were loaned by Hamburger & Sons ant
bv Parker Bros.