Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-27
NEW PLAY PROVES TO BE
FIRST ABE TO ENGLISH
Playwright Springs Dazzling Line Of
Street Idioms, Some Bright
Dialogue and Good
Repartee

OuL ny play WIlSil6s AIEOl &c fAAlCs lAC
Of the gables in Slang" fame, GER
tainly has been the genesis for great
portion of our slang dictionary. Here
are a few of the bright things heard
in Just Out of College," which will
be given at the Majestic next week.
young man, have you ever done
any work?''
Eyes, at home, before I went to col
lege, I used to pick Cherries
young man, you are now passing
through the darn fool period of your
life. / think you are on the level--you
don't know enough to be anything
else"
what do you think of Prof. Bliss?'
81 think he's the most ladylike man
l ever met"
ITS strange you never told me about
your aunt"
NO never talk about her I never
did talk about auntie; that's why she
left me all her money"
''Why did you marry him."
"Oh 1 don't know. l had a cat and
it died. 1 was lonesome"
The above seems to indicate that AIDE
has duplicated the success of 1.-THE
work Just Out of College"
Just Out of College" recalls some
of the best things that the late Charles
Hoyt wrote.
In the third act the young man steps
up to the fresh ticket man in the rail-
road station.
Have you seen my aunt?" he asks.
"This is not detective agency"
says the fresh agent.
what is it, them" he asks.
"It's a bureau of information"
"All right" the young man goes on,
''is my hat on straight"
The gag atmosphere of the piece is
great. There is something doing all
the time and in the matter of charac-
tiers there is a string of types that
reminds one of Bird Center" at its
best. There is a story to the piece, of
course an ingenious yarn of a young
fellow just out of college, his girls, his
business affairs, his friends and his
scrapes. The chief interest is in the
AIDE method of working out the odd
situations and the development of the
sort of characters we see about US
every day-the only difference being
that it takes the eye Of humorist to
see Just what is funny in all of these
everyday people. AIDE makes amusing
the simple things that most of us pass
without second glance.
Wallace Munro, publicity man for the
Louis James company, is in Los An
eeles, after a weeks stay in San Fran
coined by his Los Angeles friends, as
there are few men on the sage-brush
circuit or any other circuit who get
so many glad hands as Mr. Munro.
Manager oliver Morosco of the Bur-
bank and Majestic theaters received a
| telegram yesterday from Miss Mary
Hall, who is to be the new leading
woman of the Burbank stock company.
advising him that she will leave New
York for Los Angeles within few
days. Miss Hall is to make her debut
at the Burbank two weeks from Sun
day, and must be here at least week
before that time for rehearsals'
Knox Wilson, leading comedian Of
'The Land of Nod" at the Majestic
theater, was entertained at luncheon
at the Jonathan club Wednesday, his
host being Nathan Cole. Mayor Harper
also entertained the actor at a little
after the -theater supper at LeYy's res
taurant. Both are old friends of Viii
son, and both have been the guests of
the comedian at his Chicago home.
Inmates of the Boyle Heights orphan
asylum to the number of 100 will be the
guests of the management at the new
Majestic theater tomorrow afternoon,
seats having been reserved for their
use. In addition to seeing the big
LAND of Nod" fairy extravaganza,
each of the little tots will be presented
! by Manager Morosco of the theater and
Manager Glickauf of the company with
a box of candy.
The Grand played to two overflow
houses yesterday, the turnaways in
each case being enough to fill an or
binary theater. At night it was
planned to put the orchestra on the
stage, but the sixteen men could not
be accommodated back of the scenes.
This makes four occasions where Ferris
Hartman in his first week has had to
put out the "Sold Out" sign, and shows
that his coming here was wise move
"slivers,' the Orpheum favorite. went
to the fight Wednesday night. He spent
yesterday paying up He took the
greenroom tips on Attell. Hereafter
"Slivers" says he will stick to base
ball, which is his own game. He may
try the races, but is not sure.
Ferris Hartman entertained several
members of his company at a turkey
dinner between shows yesterday
Among his guests were "Muggins"
Davies, Josie Hart and his own kid
dies, two in number Mrs. Hartman
cooked the bird"
Branch O'Brien, with the "Peer
Gynt' company, is in Los Angeles after
"A weeks absence. He has been spread
ing enthusiasm about the James pro-
duction throughout Southern CalifQr-
mia, and says that all indications are
| for big business.