Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-16
AT THE THEATERS


stage worn than the others.
Miss Dorothy Bernard is happily cast
as Peggy" the artless and insouciant
young ward of Mark Embury Miss
Bernard always is pleasing, but in this
role she is exceptionally SO, and she
adds much to the plays suggestion of
innocent and conventional simplicity.
A. II. Van Buren, is perhaps a trihe
young for the part of the severe scholar
and scientist, but does the part ex-
tremely well. Richard Vivian for once
is not seen in a character part. He
seems to be naturally placed as the
lover Of the charming Peggy, but ap-
pears a trihe heavy at times.
Mr.. Ben Graham's Roger Goodlake is
admirably done. The play is well staged
and the costumlng is good.
Miss Dorothy Bernard announced
yesterday that she will leave Los An
gagement, which will be concluded
this week, and go to New York. Miss
Bernard was offered a position with
the new Belasco-Blackwood company,
which will open soon in the Belasco,
but as it appeared she might be re-
quired to play second to another in
genue which the management was con-
sidering, she decided to so to New
York.
at have two opportunities in New
York, one of which may accept" said
Miss Bernard last evening. 81 do not
care to discuss my reasons for leaV-
ing. 1t is true that had two oppor-
tunities to remain in Los Angeles, but
I do not see my way clear to accept
either of them.'
Miss Bernard has been extremely
popular during her stay in Los Angeles
and it will be with much regret that
the theater-goers of the city will learn
nf fAInDy1V10 nTnnhnp1nc
have been made regarding her future
success and her large following in the
west expects to see much of her.
N. c. Goodwin's play of last season,
"The fastener" will be the first offer
ing of Lewis S. Stone and the Belasco
Theater company at the Belasco under
the new managerial conditions that will
prevail after December 28. The piece
is by George H. Broadhurst, who is re-
sponsible for "The Man of the Hour"
what Happened to Jones" and num-
ber other unusually successful plays.
"The Fastener" is California
play. The central figure-the part that
will be played by Stone-is a young
fellow who has gone through fortune
of considerable dimensions in the east
and has come west to interest himself
in an irrigation-land irrigation, not the
personal sort-project. OF course there
is young woman in the case, and this
young woman must needs have a
younger brother, whom the easterner
is called upon to protect and save when
the youngster Is wrongly accused of
serious crime 1.-THE Fastener" is full
of bright, snappy comedy lines, and
the situations are Of the kind that are
calculated to arouse the average thea
ter patron to manifestations of more
than common enthusiasm. 1t is sin
gularly good play in which to intro
duce Stone and his stage associates to
e. Belasco audience, and the newly or
ganized company may be expected to
give a performance that will pass mus
ter with the most captious.
There probably is not one person in
a thousand who has seen diver in his
suit of mail and air working in deep
water. Tales are told of heroic work
by men in this business and the method
used is certainly extremely interesting.
In this city at present Is man who
holds the world record for deep sea
diving, and arrangements have been
made by the management of the Made
in Southern California exposition" to
have him make a display of his ability
to remain in the water and to demons
strate the apparatus by which work
below the water is made possible.
o. Oliason is a modest appearing man
and doesn't like to talk about himself.
He is tall and sturdy and has what
every diver must have-a strong heart
and magnificent pair of lungs. Yester-
day he said: 'I have been down 165
feet where the pressure is eighty-three
pounds to the square inch, and that is
a record. 1t was on the Australian
coast where large vessel had sunk
with nearly 200 people aboard, and /
went after the bodies. 1 worked with
some freedom, but of course could not
stay down for any great length of
time. I am able to stay under water
at ordinary depths where divers usual
ly work for from four to eight hours,
and when my tank is completed here L
think I will be able to surprise people
with the great length of time 1 can
endure artificial respiration. Every
thing will be arranged just as it is
when am working at sea or in rivers,
and / will be glad to explain the ap-
paratus for the benefit of the public"
"why have seen babies and babies,
but never so interesting a lot as these"
said Nurse Baker of the Clara Barton
hospital last night at the Made in
Southern California exposition" and
Nurse Cloud of the Good Samaritan
hospital approved of the sentiment.
Surely Los Angeles should be proud of
its product in that direction. Yester-
day was devoted to babies of 6 months
and under, and a fine, clean, healthy
looking lot they were. Proud mothers
took great pride in them and were de-
lighted when the hosts Of spectators
admired them. Today will be devoted
to babies of from months TO years.
Lewis Stone is to be judge on this day.
and will endeavor to give the good
mothers his opinion as to whether the
baby will make a good actor or not
Thursday John Blackwood will judge
the children of from to years of age
and will probably pick an ingenue for
his new stock company.