Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

is the excellence of the chorus work and
the cleverness of the several principals
who have been engaged with MIR. Co
hans approval for the production.
There are more than twenty musical
numbers In the piece and fully dozen
topical songs which are Of the greatest
interest. Mr.. Dunlay sings four songs
the titles and story of which generally
catch the audiences and applause ana
enthusiasm run rampant throughout.
His Nothing New Beneath the Sun,
Honest. Little Grille. I'm Strong for
You" and "San Francisco Is My Home
are three of the noted songs on the
stage this season. They have been pro-
duced in New York with great success
and Mr. Dunlay is the only comedian
now singing them on the road Mr..
Dunlay is ably supported by Miss
Anna Wheaton, Miss Rose Gildea and
Miss Gertrude LeBrandt and full and
complete cast. The chorus Is ample
and adequate.
PEOPLES When Lincoln ]. Carter
devised THE Fast Mail" decade or
SO ago, it was thought that the limit
had been reached in stage realism.
Since then, however, advancement has
been both steady and rapid, until to-
day the sensational scene of the Carter
play would excite little more than mild
interest on the part of an audience.
In THE Rocky Mountain Express,
which viii be at the Peoples theater
for week beginning with matinee
this afternoon, there is shown not one
train, but two-and in collision. This
is only one of the several sensational
scenes which mark this most success
full of western railroad plays. The au-
thor has written a story of much in
terest, enlivened with frequent comedy
passaged and with strong and CO.
herent plot. The play will come here
under the management of the Klimt &
Gazzolo Amusement company, which
promises both an elaborate scenic pro-
duction and a competent cast of play
ers.
FISCHER'S-"A Day at Arcadia, :"
this weeks bill at Fischer's, is partic-
uIarly appropriate in view of the 1acr
that the coming racing season at Bald-
wins ranch soon is to open. The Ora
mats personae all are followers of ana
devotees to the sport of kings, while
the plot has to do with happenings at
the track, very largely. Ben t. Dillon
Is cast as General D'Liyery, an all
around sportsman; Libby Blondell Is
his wife a woman whose previous mat
rimonial entanglements cause many OF
the plot complications; Max Bloom is
Teutonic horseman; Aubrey Carr, a
young blood whose affections are about
equally divided between pretty girls
and fast horses; Nellie Montgomery,
as a society bud, is the particular girl
in his fancy, and Miss Laurel Atkins,
who is seen as her mother, assists in
the comedy of the piece. BLEW. Blew,
Blew" q popular song of the topical
variety, will be rendered as quartet
by Messrs. Dillon and Bloom and
Misses Montgomery and Atkins. ''Sloe
Eyes" will provide Miss Blondel1 and
Mr.. Carr with specially requested
duet, and other song numbers are
''What You Coin to Tell st. Peter at
the Gate" Miss Montgomery; Fish
ing" Miss Blondell, and II Want Some
one to Call Me Dearie." Mr.. Carr.
EMPIRE--Floyd Sylvester. former
premier aerial gymnast with Ringing
Bros. circus. heads the olio at the
Empire this week. Mr.. Sylvesters per-
Torrance includes work on the trapeze,
Roman rings and horizontal bars. 1t
is said that some of his feats are ex-
tremely hazardous, and that he has not