Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29


Pearl Dillon in ballads. Miss Dillon,
who comes Of a well known theatrical
family, has a fine mezzo- soprano voice,
which she will display to the best ad-
vantage.
Remaining from the old bill are Hope
Booth and company in the Conan skit.
1.-THE Little Blonde Lady" Valadon.
the magician. and Lewis and Green In
their absurdities displayed In "Engag-
ing a Cook" The pictures will also be
new, as usual.
LOS ANGELES-"En igmarelie," an
automaton OF intricate mechanism, will
be exhibited at the Los Angeles theater
this week, beginning with matinee
performance Monday. The machine
for It is nothing more, though made
in the semblance of a man, walks
seemingly of it's own volition, turns
corners, mounts a flight of stairs,
smokes and does other things seeming
| ly impossible to other than sentient
being. When this mechanical man was
| exhibited in New York audiences sus-
pected trickery and argued loudly that
man must be concealed inside the
| outer body. To disprove this assertion
the operator first disjointed the figure
and then opened up doors in the trunk
and head. exposing the mechanism TO
view. This feature of the act has been
no ground for suspicion.
| "Enigmarelle." however, is only one
| feature of a well diversified bill Of all
new acts. Loughlin's aerial dogs,
which always please the little folks,
| perform marvellous feats upon preca-
rious footholds in midair. Fhe Music
al Gardeners" all the way from Aus
tralia. make melody of various sorts
and upon various instruments. The
Vivians. man and woman, are novelty
| sharpshooters, experts in their line.
/ Noble and Brooks are singing ard
dancing comedians of much popularity.
A picture ballad by Sam Holdsworth
and motion pictures complete the bill.
! PEOPLES - Lincoln J. Carriers
| thrilling and interesting play of the
west, 1.-THE Flaming Arrow" comes to
the Peoples theater for an engagement
of one week, opening with a matinee
performance Sunday. Matinees will be
given also Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons. Lincoln j. Carter is per-
| haps the foremost producer of melo-
drama in America, and 1.-The Flaming
| Arrow" is said to be one of his best
| achievements. 1t is not sensational,
but presents what is said to be faith
/ full picture of life in a frontier army
post and it's environs few years back.
! One scene shows an Indian camp out
/
! fire, concluding with a war dance. Sub
sequently the fort is attacked the lit
| tie garrison defending manfully from
! inside the stockade.
The plays story. the love tale OF
! Chief White Eagle for Mary Fremont.
daughter of a colonel in the United
| States army, is founded upon fact and
all the characters are said to have been
drawn from living prototypes. There is
! the treacherous Mexican villain and his
accomplish, lieutenant deserter; u
| fun loving Irishman and his sweet
heart. who is more than sixteen: the
colonel's charming daughter, 6 prairie
| wild flower; the colonel himself a
doughty Indian fighter; a darby hostler,
continually in some ridiculous predica-
ment; soldiers, cowboys, Indians and
men of the plains.
Sixteen Indians are members of the
company, all Of them being graduates
from Carlisle or some one of the east
! ern Indian schools. An Indian band
which plays for a dance at the fort,
is feature of the big production.
| FISCHER San Unwelcome Guest
| is the tale of a morning after the
night before" when a sportively in
clined young society man finds him
self in all sorts of a fix because of his
| prediction for attending fistic en-
arena follow him into the privacy of
| his home, which is even invaded by the
| police, attracted by the vociferous vo-
CALLING of his mtddle-aged uncle, who
| is celebrating. Eventually "Ananias
protects his Votary" and the troubles
are satisfactorily settled. Incident to
the piece Miss Blondelle and Mr.. Carr
will sing "Our Little Farm" Miss
Blondelle And That Wasn't ALL" Mr..
Carr, "A Girl Like YOU" Nellie Mont
gomery, cast as Swedish servant
girl, "Fader Land" and Messrs. Carr.
Dillon and Carr, a trio, oh What a
Night" Laurel Atkins, with the sing
ers named, completes the cast. and Di-
rector Frank Blair promises one of the
best entertainments he has ever staged
at Herr Fischer's playhouse
EMPIRE-Victorine and the zolo
Sisters, underlined favorites of the
| Empire bill next week. are heralded
as premier dancers, also bring with
them a number of new song successes
and at least one of the seasons now
elites. Unusual Japanese jugglery will
be presented by Kawano, said to be an
ex-favorite OF the mikado's court.
whose cleverness in his art has earned
for him three medals, of which he Is
Justly proud. An old-time favorite of
the sawdust ring returns to us in the
person of Mickey Feeley, who for sew
eral seasons was a Dig type star WIN
the Earnum- Bailey aggregation. His
acrobatic accomplishments are many.
varied and hazardous The musical
feature of the announced olio Is Holmes
and Holmes, duetists, whose perform
ance leads them through an amazing
list of instruments, including the vio-
lin, xylophone, banjo, musical bottles.
bell wheels and other novel musical
instruments. Brand new motion Pic
lures and some hitherto unsung Illus
trated songs by Vier and Nellie Hil
complete the bill.
UNIQUE-The Armstrong Musical
company will make it's debut tomorrow
evening at the Unique with "A Scotch
Highball." In writing this musical
comedy. the playwright found that he
had interpolated so many laughs that
there was very little room left for a
plot However, the act has to do with
a wealthy widow and her daughter, tho
former wanting to marry her offspring
| to a Scotch nobleman. She Is in lovo
with a ne'er-do-well and between them
and two second-story porch climbers.
| they disgust the old lady with Scotch
nobility. Win and Edward Armstrong
will look after the porch climbing busl-
ness and incidentally the comedy well
| supported by Jack Curtis, Barney Will
| liams and Arthur Don. Among the
musical numbers that will be interpo-
lated through the act are Because
! I'm Married" by Ethel Davis; a duet.