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afternoon at the Grand we shall see the
first performance anywhere of w. II.
Lytelps musical comedy, "The Girl
from Over Yonder," originally an
nounced as 1.-THE. Girl from the Great
Divide"
The Mason offers Dustin Farnum in
1.-THE Squaw Man." conjunction of
star and play that should prove most
happy. At the Burbank the stock COM
pany will give the first stock perfor-
nance of 1.-THE County Chairman"
George AIDES comedy of bucolic politics.
At the Belasco Miss Lowell Taylor will
have her first real opportunity to dis
play her acting ability since she Joined
the Belasco organization. Miss Taylor
will play Odette Tyler's old role In Ed
ward Peoples play, THE Love Route"
The Peoples, forsaking melodrama for
the time, will put forward musical
comedy under the title of "The Troup-
ers." while the Orpheum, Los Angeles,
Empire, Fischer's and Unique Will Of
fer their customary change OF BILL
Curiosity regarding 1.-THE Test" is
heightened by the fact that the play is
to be presented in New York within a
few weeks Blanche Walsh will play In
the east the role Florence Oakley VIII
assume here.
Mr. Goodmans play THE New
Generation" is running successfully IN
Chicago, and another new piece from
his pen, "The Right to Live" will be
produced In Washington October 81. he
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Joseph wheelock. jr., formerly at the
head of Charles Frohman's company
playing George AIDES comedy, "Just
Out of College," who was forced by
illness to go to Arizona two years ago,
has been in Los Angeles for the past
week buying furnishings for the Elks'
opera house of Phoenix, of which he Is
now the manager.
Mr.. Wheelock confesses that while
the main thoroughfare OF the Arizona
metropolis may not be quite so aliur-
ing as the big White Way of Gotham,
still with the combined duties of man
ager, press agent and bill poster of the
opera house, he does not find existence
so dull as his friends in New York
might imagine. He AYERS that he is
seriously thinking OF writing his Ari-
IONA experiences under the title From
Frohnan Star to the Local Bill
Poster"
One Of the most tense scenes in
"The Squaw Man." which Dustin Far
mum will play at the Mason this week,
Is that In the second act when Cash
Hawkins, the rustIer invites the cow
punchers in the Long Horn SELDOM to
drink with me-" The invitation is
emphasized with drawn "A Colt. 1t
is not used, because Hawkins has "the
drop" on every man present, and each
Individual knows 1t.
This is one Of the few cases on rec
ord where a bad man pulled a gun
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tooth. That is the only way can
tell you apart. You must be Erminie.
IT am" came the reply, "Erminie
Lewis. My husband is downstairs now
waiting for me-"
That explained it. Miss De la Cour
became Mrs. Guy Lewis in San Diego
last Tuesday. After the ceremony Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis came to Los Angeles
for the first week of their honeymoon,
returning home last night.
Mrs. Lewis was Erninie De la Cour,
one OF the De la Cour twins who APP
peared at the Belasco theater several
months ago in Commencement Days.
Her sister, Genevieve De la Cour, ana
her brother, Fritz Fields. as he Is
known on the stage, were members OF
Fred Eustis' company at the Audito-
rum last month.
AS the twins in Commencement
Days. the De la Cour girls made a
decided hit, and when John Cort decid-
ed to give the comedy an eastern pro-
duction their old roles were offered TO
them They refused. however, which
was fortunate, as the play already has
closed though understand It Is 10
resume shortly under Shubert man
agement and with different cast.
Mr.. Lewis is a San Diego real estate
man.
Within the past three years the Bur
bank company has made rather re-
markable record in the matter OF stock
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Unless the unforeseen happens an
other month will flnd new leading wo-
man upon the stage OF the Burbank
theater Mr.. Morosco has been prose-
cutting a search to this end for several
weeks past, but without result to date
A few days ago. however, Miss Blanche
Hall raised her dainty foot in the air
and brought It down with something
closely resembling stamp upon tho
following proposition. She would agree
she said, to remain at the Burbank
long enough to play the feminine leads
in 1.-THE County Chairman" 1.-THE Road
to Yesterday" my Wife," and Peter
ing the rights to that phantasy. BEYOND
that she declared she would not remain
another day.
Tho willy Morosco suggested pour
parler. Miss Hall declined. She had
delivered her ultimatum, she explained,
and the matter had passed beyond the
scope of diplomacy Then Mr.. Morosco,
making a virtue of necessity, capitu-
lated. He. agreed TO the terms i'm
posed, put the ",rhe County Chairman"
In immediate rehearsal for presentation
this week. announced 1.-THE Road to
Yesterday to follow. and promised to
put on "My Wife, the week after. AS
FOR '.Peter Pan" It will follow the
John Drew Billy Burke play. provided
1t is available at that time.
Between now and then Mr.. Morosco
must discover new leading woman. It
may be, however, that he already has
accomplished this task. Yesterday he
wired his New York agent to commune
cate with Miss Virginia Heating ac-
ceding to the terms she proposed a
short time ago. and which then were
rejected. Miss Heating is young wo-
man of much personal attractiveness,
and Is said to be an accomplished ac-
tress. She was last seen In Los Angeles
as Kundry In "Parsifal" when dra-
matte version of that legend was pre-
scented at the Mason opera house.
Another possibility on the Morosco
list Is Grace Fillxins, but Miss Heating
probably will come here, unless she has
made other arrangements within the
past few weeks that cannot now be
broken.
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Paso Dot Bernard Of the programs be-
came Dorothy Bernard. She played
ingenue roles in the stock company of
which her father was director and
made herself a pronounced favorite.
Soon after that engagement she came
here to the Belasco theater, where she
had played occasionally previously. as
well as at the Burbank, in child's parts.
She is young, clever and pretty
enunciation is delightfully."- clear and
her voice has a peculiarly sympathetic
quality, with, at times, the pathetic
Annie Russell note, which always APP
peals to audiences Young as she is.
however, Miss Bernard possesses g
perception and senses of dramatic val
ues that many an older player might
well envy her and, perhaps more inn
portant than all else, she Is readily
susceptible to instruction.
On the opening night of "The Devil"
at the Belasco a fortnight ago the audi
enee paid Dorothy Bernard compile
inent which, 1t is said, has been be-
slowed upon only one other player in
that theater-the late Tom Oberle AT
the close of her scene the house burst
into applause which would not be
stilled until she had acknowledged 1t.
The action of the play was halted
right there until Miss Bernard, who
had left the stage, returned to bow
her thanks. Then the comedy pro-
ceeded.
It was q really remarkable testimon-
ial, but a tribute won by hard work
and worthy accomplishment. The por-
trait of Miss Bernard which appears
on this page shows her in the costume
she wore as the pathetic little model
in the Molnar comedy.
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Massachusetts, communities where
cross country riding has not yet De-
come extinct. Until he arrived there
Murphy never had ridden to hounds,
but he soon got into the game and fol-
lowed it with all the enthusiasm OF the
novice. That was the first stage OF
the disease.
Later John DAILY took to "larking.
Your successful hunter never "larks,
but that made no difference to the
former Belascoite. With a little party
of youngsters, who weren't old enough
to know better. he began the fascinat-
ing pursuit Of Follow your leader
on horseback, and with the inevitable
result.
One day John D. put his horse at q
particularly nasty hazard and the
animal fell. giving his rider bad spill:
AS souvenir of that accident two or
Mr.. Murphy's ribs were broken and ne
was otherwise badly scratched and
bruised. Today he is fairly along to-
ward recovery.
l suggested TO John Blackwood the
other day that he bring Murphy back
here to play the old man In Forty
Ave Minutes from Broadway" The
character, you will remember, does his
acting from a wheel-chair Murphy
ought to be able to do full justice to
the part, but for some reason or other
the suggestion did not receive a very
enthusiastic o. X. from the man unr
derneath J. Blackwood's hat.
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and did not use it. The failure later
cost Hawkins his life.
Edwin Milton Royle has taken the
incident from real life. 1t actually oc-
Cured in the Rocky Mountain Sheep
saloon, West Cliff. Young" Dick Me-
Coy, one Of the bad men" OF Wy
oming, dropped into the saloon loaded
Z" and Broken T' outfit, most of
whom were Englishmen. had come
from the roundup and were quietly
drinking. Mccoy, with an oath,
whipped out his gun, waved It toward
the bar, and In burst of obscene pro-
with me. I'll kill the first - coyote
ana short horn who don't step lively"
When the glasses were filled the rust
Ter proposed q toast, as he lifted his
glass on high and swept his gun In a
Eemicircle, Here's to the Beers"
young Englishman. Hunter, stepped up
to the desperado. whipped out his re-
volver and placed it against McCoys
side. blowing q hole through HIS body.
Az he fell dead. McCoy's trigger fln-
ger closed convulsively. When the
smoke cleared away 1t was seen that
Hunters left ear had been clipped on
by thu last shot of the "bad man."
1t is probable that few theaters in
America can show sucn o record az tns
Burbank for continuous service on the
part OF employees, both before and be-
hind the curtain. Since Oliver Mo-
rosco became manager OF the theater.
nine years ago, Charles Eyton has been
treasurer; William Erbast. assistant
treasurer; Joseph Montrose. press
agent; Jack White. head billposter, and
William Jarrett, carpenter. All OF
these men, except Montrose. have been
with Mr.. Morosco for even longer
periods. Eyton goes back fourteen
years, Erbast and Jarrett twelve each
and White ten. Robert Morris has d.
rected the Burbank stage since the
Montrose regime began. John Burton
has been here ever since. William Des-
mond Is in his fifth year OF continuous
service and so Is Blanche Hall. both
having been away for brief inter-
Jude, however.
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DOROTHY BERNARD, A
BIOGRAPHICAL VIEW

nOROTHY BERNARD. who has
done much admirable work upon
= the Belasco stage within recent
months and whose study of the model
in Molnar's 1.-THE Devil" was an
achievement in daintiness and SYM
pathy, is a child of the stage. Born
of player parents dot" Bernard made
her world debut in Port Elizabeth,
South Africa, eighteen years ago. When
she was two months old she and her
mother travelled from that place to
Johannesburg. There were no trains
in those days and the trip was made
in q coach to which were harnessed six
teen mules. War was impending be-.
tween the British and the burghers Of
the South African Republic and as
result the little journey was somewhat
hazardous and extremely uncomfort-
able. The Boer farmers. Mrs. Bernard
relates, were so stirred against the
English that they even refused at
times to sell her milk for the baby,
SO that little Miss Dorothy was a raw
enously hungry child long before she
arrived at her destination.
Miss Bernard is a citizen Of no re-
public and OF no empire. She has
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is new writer, but he seems to have
arrived" all over the place.
Charlie Ruggles of the Beiasco COM
pany has turned playwright. MT.
Ruggles is writing a vaudeville sketch
which he mas named THE Ingenue
Kid" and which will be presented
next month at the Auditorium theater
when the I. M. AS. have their benefit.
The characters in the piece are Charles
Ruggles, a famous and popular young
juvenile; Dorothy Bernard, a charm
ing young ingenue, and Beatrice Noyes,
another charming young ingenue.
Each character will be portrayed by
its original and IL Mr. Ruggles. the
playwright, does his. work we'll Mr..
Ruggles, the actor, should be able to
give a remarkable life performance of
his role. while Mise Bernard and Miss
Moves should likewise have little diff
ficIlty In attaining realism. There will
he two songs and probably a dance
Miss Moves. understand, has twink
ling ftet--and altogether the slit
promises to prove a highly enjoyable
novelty.
Gerald Harcourt OF the Burbank
company plans to try out new play
let. 1.-The Caballero's Way" at the
terefit and other attractive numbers
are in preparation.
I was talking to John BIackwood in
his offices In the Auditorium building
the other evening when q caller ar
rived. She hurried up to Mr.. Black
woods desk, held out her hand and
greeted him with commonplace How
do you dor"
Rlackwood hesitated minute. Then
81 give it up" he said. "Let me see
your teeth"
Now have given up being surprised
at anything the Blackwood genius may
do or say, but I confess this was rather
a puzzler. The young woman, how
ever, seemed to understand. She smiled
prettily and Blackwood, with fine
finality, at once declared:
"You are Erminie De la Cour."
at am not" replied the young woman,
smiling again.
"You must be-" persisted Blackwood.
"Genevieve has a gold filing in one
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passed more months OF her life In Los
Angeles than in any other one city,
but has lived for more or less extended
periods in Australia, India, Italy, Eng
land and New Zealand, to say nothing
of the land of her nativity. Moreover.
she has been in every state and terri
tory of the Union, excepting only
Alaska and the insular possessions.
Had Zulu Nurse
From johannesburg Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard with Dorothy moved on to
Pretoria, and here dot" was intrusted
to the care of her f1rst nurse, a Zulu
boy, black as the traditional ace of
spades, but truly devoted to his iii
white baby" Mrs. Bernard, in speak
ing Of those days. said:
"This Zulu boy was with Dot almost
constantly. 1t was funny to see her
perched on his shoulder. one little hand
holding firmly to his very kinky black
head. He was luxurious servant.
When he and the baby were caught in
the rain-an inevitable and frequent
experience in South Africa-he always
took a cab back to the hotel. charged
1t to the office and Informed me when
the bill came in that he didn't propose
to have his baby child get cold"
In Pretoria Dorothy Bernard was
christened. The church in which the
ceremony was performed stood next
door to Dom Paul Kruger's house and
in the congregation at the time were
Barney Barnato. now dead, Cecil
Rhodes, who also has Joined the silent
majority a considerable number of
army officers, sailors, actors and news
paper men. AS q result of that chris
tening Dorothy Bernard received her
first newspaper notice" and 1T holds
the place of honor today in her scrap
book
From South Africa the Bernards
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runs. The first play to run two weeks
at the Burbank theater was Justin
Huntley McCarthy's drama, III Were
King" The same play repeated Its
record a year later when two more
weeks were placed to its Great. Since
then it has been once more revived for
a single week.
The first play to run longer than a
fortnight at the Burbank was 1.-THE
Judge and the Jury" which was played
for three consecutive weeks In Noven-
Der OF 1908 and which upon Its revival
in January of 1907 ran for two weeks
more. A second revival was made only
a few weeks ago.
In July of 1905 Oliver Morosco's play.
1.-THE Halfbreed," set new record for
the theater, continuing for five sue
cessive weeks. The next year It placed
two more weeks to its credit. In June
of the present year "A Society Pilot"
written by oliver Morosco and DR.. G.
William Bachman, attracted large aud
fences during a run of three weeks.
other plays which have had fortnight
runs at this. theater are THE Lily and
dith," Sherlock Holiness" "A Temper
ance Town." Under the Bear Flas,.'
"When Knighthood Was In Flower"
"David Harum," Are You a Mason"
"a Milk White Flag" "a Trip to
Chinatown" "A Contented Woman
and 1.-THE Devil"
John DAILY Murphy, formerly OF the
Belasco forces, is in New York city
convalescing from the results Of an
accident, and, as he says, looking for
a manager who wants an actor to play
the part of an interesting cripple.
Murphy, you may remember, was
one of the leading spirits of the Be-
Iasco Riding club. He had q horse that
was almost as accomplished as the
beast Charlie Ruggles is now trying
to sell and can't. Murphy's horse would
lie down, play dead, jump through and
perform other parlour tricks. Natur-
ally Murphy thought pretty well OF the
animal and naturally, too, he became
somewhat pulled up regarding his own
equestrianism.
During the past summer John DAILY
has been visiting friends In one Of the
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went to Australia and a few days be-
fore Dorothy arrived at her third mile
stone embarked for London on p. &
Of steamer. This, he baby's second
sea voyage, came very near to being
her last. She dropped her doll over
board and Immediately started to climb
after It, but fortunately a deck hand,
who was cleaning the brass work.
caught her by her small skirts and SO
saved her life.
Dot Bernard made her first stage
appearance in her third year with VIII
Hopkins in Nova Scotia. She had, her
mother says, an awful case Of stage
fright. Her next attempt was in Mel
bourne, Australia, some seven years
later, with Nance O'Neill. The play
was "Peg Woffington" and Dot played
the boy, Lysimachus Triplet. Accord
ing to one newspaper reviewer she
acted like an old stager."
Coming to America from the antip-
odes her first engagement on this
side was with Maude Fealy, at the old
Grand opera house, San Francisco.
Her first big success came at Portland,
Oregon in Guy Standings company,
when she played Little Lord Fauntle-
roy" The play and her impersonation
of the fiaxen- haired little lord proved
SO popular that two extra matinees
were crowded into the week.
Becomes an lngenue
At the Texas Grand theater in FL
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/Advices from. near TO the theatrical
throne Of New York are to the effect
that the out and out failures Of the
season include DIANA of Dobsons." in
which Carlotta Nelson starred under
the Frohman guidance; "The Mollusk,"
in which Joseph Coyne. formerly an
actor in the support of the Rogers
frere and other musical comedians, was
pushed to the front under the mana
gerial direction of the Little Napoleon
OF the native drama" as Mr.. Frohman
likes to be known: Algeria" the comic
opera by Glen MacDonough and Victor
Herbert; Fluffy Ruffles." in, which
Hattie Williams, one time daily hins
from Paris - the original "14g2"
company at the Casino was starred.
and "All for Girl" the piece in which
william A. Brady tried to Introduce
Douglass Fairbanks as a star. The
list Of real successes includes "The
Man from Home" Jack Straw" "The
Regeneration" wild Fire" and "rhe
Girls Of Gutenberg"
Jhles Eclsert Goodmans play. sThe
New Generation" in which Louis
Mann has scored one Of the most pro-
nounced hits of his career, is to be
rechristened and all because many
people mistake 1t for "The Regenera'-
tion," the play In which Arnold Daily
Is acting in New York. Mr.. Mann's
scontinued ON Page seven)
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OBSERVATIONS BY
A FIRST NIGHTER

TN HERE is much of interest in local
theaters this week. including two
u premieres. At the Auditorium
Jules Eckert Goodman's new play, 1.-The
Test" will have it's first performance
on any stage tomorrow night. This
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-12-11
BO\MEXZ10EYCE:

Finally Mrs. Williams was called to
the stand. There was buzz of excite
ment and then a hush as the little
woman took the oath. The coroner. in
questioning her. showed an absolute
lack Of sympathy, although in no point
did he exceed his legal rights.
Now, Mrs. Williams" continued
the coroner, after few formal ques-
tions, Il want you to tell the jury
what passed between you and DR..
Smith when you met early yesterday
morning."
"Dr. Smith simply came to ask me
il there was any assistance he could
render in my trouble I expected no
less of one I have known since child
hood"
why did he come to the back
door," asked the coroner
after his close connection with nv
husbands death l suppose he wished
to avoid publicity"
Did DR.. Smith offer you any ex-
PLANTATION as to- the cause of the trag-
edy?'
Mrs. Williams hesitated and looked
appealingly at me.
endeavOred to instill strength into
her wavering courage with all the
power Of my eyes, but the poor har-
assed little woman was unequal to the
strain of the ordeal. And perhaps to
her mind it seemed that she was be-
ing led on to give discriminating evil
dence against the man she loved.
With pathetic out-throwing of her
hands toward her inquisitor she rose
to her feet. mo! No." she cried in
a pitifully shrill voice. "He had no
explanation to offer. I alone know
who killed Dr. Williams. 1t was l
Who"
Stop" commanded a voice at the
back of the hall
The sudden interruption broke the
boring, and all eyes were directed to
discover its source. turned with the
crowd and saw Clarke forcing his way
up the aisle half dragging frowsled,
freckled, tow-headed lad of about 13,
whose violent sobbing became the only
sound in the room as he was led to
the coroner's desk.
Mr. Coroner" said Clarke, on reach.
ing the railing with his prisoner, Il
wish to put this boy in evidence be-
fore Mrs. Williams finishes her testi-
mony Here is the instrument of Dr.
Williams DEATH"
Every body in the hall was on his
feet, and there was a great craning of
necks to see Clarke's captive.