Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-02

Grand has offered since the new year.
| 1.-THE Girl of the Streets" is a story of
woman's self sacrifice. A young girl
loses home and friends through devo-
ton to a brother suspected of crime.
She is stranger. to the ways of the
world and ignorantly places herself in
the power of an INSCRIPTIONS villain,
who does not hesitate to press his adj
vantage to the utmost limit. In her
extremity she meets with one whose
misfortunes are even greater than
her own, a woman whose downfall has
taught her to fight men with their own
weapons. She sees the young girls
peril and sacrifices her own life to re-
store happiness to another.
LOS ELES-Commencing with
4 4 matinee this afternoon at 2:15 the
San Francisco opera company will en-
/ ter upon its last week at the Los
Angeles theater. The .Shubert Broth
ers' musical comedy, "Fantana,"
which was given its original produc-
tion in Chicago, running at the Car
| rick theater for over six months and
| then being transferred to the Lyric
theater New York, where it ran for
over a year, will be given for the first
time in this city. In the cast will be
Teddy Webb, one of the best known
fun makers in comic opera, who will
IaldX IIe part OI nav hiiios tiiC NONhiiSy
valet, originally played by Jeff De
Angels. Webb has several funny
songs, among them That's Art in
which he gives a number of limitations,
concluding with a burlesque on the
singer of illustrated songs.
Other numbers for webb are drop
in On Me at Luncheon" DARBY and
JOAN" and a sailor song with horn
pipe dance in the last act. .Jem DAN
gelis assisted Robert B. Smith ana
the late Sam S. Shubert with the book
of "Fantana," and he saw that " hao
full measure of comedy In addition
to the part intrusted to Mr.. webb
| there are splendid opportunities for
George Kunkel Daphne Pollard, Maude
Beatty, Eugene Wiener, Frank Ber-
trand William Harris, Brownie
Browning and the newcomers, Pearl
Girard, Helen Loasby and Aimee Lei
cester.
MASON-"The Virginian," a dra-
matte version of owen Wister's novel
of that name, prepared by the novelist
and the late Kirke La Shelle, VIII
come to the Mason opera house for
three nights, starting next Thursday,
with matinee Saturday. The play Is
one of the best of its kind which has
been presented on the stage for
quarter of century. 1t is already
tolerably familiar TO local audiences.
w. S. Hart plays the Virgintan this
season He viii be remembered for
his excellent conception of MESSIAH in
Ben Hur" and his more recent sue
cess In "The Squaw Man" Frank
Campeau in his original role of Tram
pas will add interest to the produce
ton. Many of the original cast have
been retained.
ORPHEUM-The Orpheum advance
notices indicate a week of comedy at
that theater commencing tomorrow
| evening Almost every act on the bill
! is of a mirthful flavor. The first OF
the newcomers Is Sidney Deane, who
brings a company of four, presenting
christmas at Blackwell's Island"
This is programmed as a vocal novel
ty. The participants in the festivities
are No. 2. No. 4, No. 6 and a trusty
stripe" Geiger and Walters are also
musical comedians. Mr.. Geiger is
violinist of no mean ability, and Miss
Walters is a vocalist. Their turn is
| called I'm the Streets of Italy"-Italy
being in this instance the Little Italy
of any of our larger cities. Come also
Bailey and Austin, THE American
Beauties" who arc "all for the
| laughs" Foster and Foster, exploit
| ing "The Volunteer Pianist" are to re-
main another week. George Wilson,
the Arlington -Four, dancing and sing
/ ing messenger boys. Imman's perform
| ing dogs and the Manello-Marnitz
troupe are also on the holdoVer list.
FTSCHER'S-"The Hoodoo Man."
Herr Fischer's offering for the coming
week, is said by those who have seen
rehearsals to be by far the funniest
comedy presented recently on the
Fischer stage. For plot it relies on the
peculiar situations following upon an
exchange of indemnity between father
and son, the former stock broker and
the latter a school lad. 1.-THE Hoodoo
Man." through the medium of magic
/ image, accomplishes the changes, and
accommodatingly changes his two vic
tins back to their proper status before
1.-THE termination of the play. Miss Bes-
sic Tannehill will introduce Come to
the Land of Bohemia and new ball
lad, the work of local composer. Miss
Nellie Montgomery, cast in juvenile
role, will sing Il Don't Like You Any
More" Richard Kipling has a new
song in johnnie in the Army" and Eu-
gene Topping, who succeeds Lew Dun
bar as German comedian of the Fischer
organization, will present original par
odies. New motion pictures and a
vaudeville turn precede the comedy.
UNIQUE-The bill for the coming
week at the Unique includes Rafferty,
and Rafferty,, comedy sketch artists
With something new. Barron and EN-
cry, instrumentalists and singers are
down for a novelty musical stunt;
Walter Reed, the well-known Irish
comedian, is billed for one of his &C.
centric Irish sketches, guaranteed tt
help that depressed feeling. The
Unique comedy company promises 6
half hour of fun in Richard Cummings
new one-act burlesque entitled 'Mik-a
do Lillian Gardner will sing the il
Illustrated songs. The show will close
VITA new films by the Unique-o scope