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Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
OBSERVATIONS BY
A FIRST NIGHTER

ISIS LILLIAN HAYWARD of the
EE Ulrich stock company has been
AtA reading the brilliantly epigram-
matte and remarkably yself-contradictory
philosophy of that most profound luna
tic, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, and
as a result Miss Hayward is almost
afraid of herself in the dark. Herr
Nietzsche, you may recall, declares that
man is what he thinks himself to be-
Now, for several hours each day, and
for several more hours each matinee
day. Miss Hayward imagines herself to
be a Villainess of the deepest melodra-
matte dye, and when she ran across
this Nietzschean pronouncement she
began to wonder if OVermuch playing
at Villainy had indeed affected her NOR
ais. However, she didn't take the idea
very seriously until one night last week.
Then something happened to make her
think.
For something over a decade Miss
Hayward has been an adept in stage
Villainy. She has an intimate acquaint-
ance with the poisons of the BOrgias
She Yields a dagger with the grace and
she is a crack shot. / suppose that
Miss Hayward, in the course of her his
trionic criminality, has burnt enough
good powder to wreck the city hall sew
eral times over, or to blow every strong
box in every bank in Los Angeles.
Nevertheless, until last week, Miss
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
FLEET WEEK IN
LOCAL THEATERS

A TENDANCE at the Los Angeles
n theaters last week plainly indi-
- Gated the popularity of the navy
as a counter attraction. At the Belasco
1.-THE Girl of the Golden West" con-
tinued it's remarkable run before audi
ences as large as the theater could ac-
commodate: and at the Burbank, Man
ager Moroscos revival of Hoyt's "A
Trip to Chinatown" with its big song
numbers md lively chorus, likewise met
with such favor that another week was
decided upon. "Florodora" attracted
large audiences to the Auditorium, but
the other houses suffered
Wilton Lackaye had the worst week
of his season at the Mason. Unfortu-
nately he brought us trashy play
which ever his excellent acting and that
of his supporting company could not re-
deem from mediocrity. At the Los An
geles, Miss Mary Shaw in her new
play, THE Whirlpool" which was
gwen it's American premiere at that
theater Monday night, failed to attract
the attendance she should have had
The Grand had only fair week, and
even the smaller musical comedy, bur-
lesque and vaudeville houses showed a
falling off from the customary box office
retur&s.
Curiously the managers had figured
it just the other way. They thought
fleet week would be the biggest week of
the season, which merely goes to prove
how little you can tell about the the
atrical business.
"The Girl of the Golden West has
proved the biggest success ever pre-
sented at the Belasco theater. Holy
week had no effect upon attendance at
this play. Fleet week likewise saw
every seat in the theater sold for every
performance, not excepting an extra
matinee given last Tuesday. AS re-
suit this fine California melodrama en-
ters upon it's fourth week tomorrow.
Perhaps that will end the run and per-
haps not. 1t is quite possible that THE
Girl' may go after the local record,
now held by oliver Moroscos play,
1.-THE Halfbreed," which ran, l believe,
five weeks at the Burbank. incidentally
the women members of the Belasco
company, excepting Miss Alice Treat
Hunt and Miss Adele harrington, are
enjoying an unexpected vacation.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

| San Diego which attempted to recruit
| a chorus of eight girls for popular
priced musical comedy succeeded In
getting only two through Los Angeles
agents and the project was abandoned
! temporarily.
The agents themselves were at their
wits ends. They tried ads in the help
wanted columns, but even so were un-
able to secure enough chorus girls to
go round.
The existing entente cordiale be-
tween Manager Oliver Morosco of the
Burbank theater and Manager John
Blackwood of the Belasco, following
several years of open hostility. en-
phasizes the fact that this is the era
of good feeling among local theatrical
entrepreneurs.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Morosco ac-
cepted for presentation at the coming
Actors Fund benefit a one-act play
"Mame" written by William Hamilton
Cline for Miss Maude Gilbert. The
piece has three characters and when
he decided to put if on Mr.. Morosco
expected to turn the parts over to Miss
Gilbert, Mr.. CHM and Mr.. Mestayer.
Then Mr.. Mestayer became i'll and was
compelled to take rest and apparent
ly there was no one else in the Bur-
bank company fitted to that role. AT
the Belasco however, Charles Ruggles
seemed ideally suited to the part. Now
whether Morosco asked or Blackwood
offered Ruggles' services unsolicited I
do not know, but the fact remains
that Mr.. Ruggles will play the part
So far as l know too, this Will be the
first time that members of the Bur-
bank and Belasco companies have
played together.
Incidentally Manager Blackwood in
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

r.tXt few weeks, with a view to its
subsequent production by the Edgar
Temple opera company at the Audi
tCrium. The American rights for this
piece are controlled by Miss Eleanor
Kent and Miss Kent is very anxious
to have the work tried out here. She
has heard it sung abroad and she be-
lieves that The Three Wishes is an
other Merry Widow"
This OPERA" she remarked to me
the other day, lis now being sung by
operatic stock organizations all over
Germany and Austria. You know
each city over there has a stock opera
company, operated on the travelling
star system. Only they don't call them
sented by the company with Herr So
and-so as guest
The Three Wishes has been a big
success abroad and | believe it will
succeed here. The book and lyrics are
by Kreen and Lindau, While Ziehrer,
you know, occupies about the same
position in Austria that Victor Her
bert holds with US. The translation
was made especially for me. Some of
the work ! did myself and when the
opera is presented here ii will be given
just as it is abroad, with one eXcep-
tion. l induced Ziehrer to compose
waltz song for me in the last act. The
piece was written for a comedian star
and l felt that my role should be
strengthened somewhat So he wrote
in another aria which never has been
sung in public anywhere and which,
l think, is the gem of all his COM
positions"
1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Temple
will produce THE Three Wishes" We
have had several interesting premiereS
this season, but nnoe of an opera.
Frank Healy promised to give us a
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

the Cort stars to play in Los Angeles
this season. Like Francis Wilson, MI
Figman graduated from comic opera
and musical comedy into the legitl-
mate" and like Mr.. Wilson also ne
has made a bigger success in straight
comedy than he ever made In the
broader roles of comic opera.
1.-The Man on the Box" though II
never has been presented locally, had
a long run in New York city when 1t
was first produced there. and since
then has been received with marked
favor on tour. Mr. Ffgman brings the
play here after a tour through the
northwest, where the comedy itself and
his acting of it's leading role We're alike
praised by the newspaper reviewers:
The play is a dramatlzauon py
Grace Livingston Furniss of Harold
MacGrath's story of the same name,
fanciful bit of fiction that is still pop
ular, though written half decade ago.
Los Angeles seemingly is experience
ing a chorus girl famine. Last week
the supply of chorus girls was by no
means equal to the demand. Girls who
could sing passably well, dance little
and who were fairly good looking
found themselves so situated that they
could practically name their own sal
aries.
The difficulty arose through the ef-
forts of managers, both in the city
and in beach towns, to prepare pro-
grams which might be expected to
appeal to sailors from the fleet. Even
San Diego sent here for young women
of the chorus, but the order couldn't
be filled.
In a week or so there will be chorus
girls in plenty out of work. Just at
present, however, the supply has run
short. For instance, one theater in
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
BILL READY FOR
FRIDAYS BENEFIT

HHE program for the Theatrical
Managers association benefit, to be
- given at the Mason opera house Fri
day afternoon, promises to be the big
gest dollars worth ever offered in a
Los Angeles theater. The receipts will
go to the associations charitable fund,
devopted to the care of i'll and needy
members of the theatrical profession,
and practically every theater in the city
will contribute acts to the bill. The en-
tertainment will begin promptly at
o'clock and is expected to run until
about $3.50 p. m. There will be no
waits, however While the curtain is
down to permit the setting OF the stage,
a vaudeville act will be in progress.
Sedley Brown will officiate as stage
manager, and he is under heavy bonds
to keep things moving all the time.
In addition to musical numbers,
vaudeville offerings and two playlets,
single acts will be given from three diff
ferent plays now running in Los Ange-
les. Max Figman and his company
from the Los Angeles theater will pre-
sent an act from "rhe Man on the
Box" The Burbank stock company
will play the second act of "A Trip to
Chinatown" introducing numerous spe-
cialties that won marked favor at the
Burbank last week, and the Ulrich
stock company from the Grand will
offer tie first act of the current melo-
drama, Forgiven"
From the Orpheum will come Daisy
Harcourt, singing comedienne; Ida
O'Day, the musical maid" and Hoey
and Lea, song parodists. The Edgar
Temple opera company from the Audi
torium viii contribute the "Florodora
Sextet" and perhaps another number.
The Belasco company will present
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's fine old
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

vited Manager Morosco to come doWl,
to the Belasco one night last week ana q
see 1.-THE Girl of the Golden west
Morosco accepted. He had been in tne
Belasco just once before. on the oc-
casion of the Tom Oberle benefit.
1t is curious coincidence that TWO
former members OF the Belasco stock
company are now playing in PAD III
Full Eugene Walters latest and ire
mendously successful play. Miss LII
liam Albertson is playing the leading
role in the New York company ana
Miss Marion Berg, who worked with
Miss Albertson at the Belasco, is
member of the company recently or
Sanizea &c present the play in Chicago.
and which is now on the road, prepar-
ing for the first Chicago presentation
of the drama, May 10. Presumably
Miss Albertson secured for Miss Berg
her opportunity. The two were great
friends while they were in Los An
geles.
For several seasons past JOSEPH Gal
braith has had matinee girl asset In
the shape of a most unusual white lock
of hair that has made him unique
among local actors. Now comes Har-
~ Won Meter of the Grand opera
house with rank imitation of the
Galbraithian capillary lure. Harry,
however, didn't go for to do it. The
whole thing was the result of acci-
dent.
The heroic Mr.. Won Meter was anus
ing himself the other evening playing
with the utensils on womans dress
ing table. The identity of this woman
is beside the question, but she wasn't
in her dressing room at the time. and
the jovial Mr.. Won Meter decided it
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

Hayward never had fired a properly
loaded rifle in her life. Her experience
had been confined wholly to the prac-
tice with blank cartridges. With them
she was a dead shot. In fact, for all
practical dramatic purposes she could
hit the ace of spades at twenty-five
yards with unerring accuracy. Beyond
that, however, her prowess remained
an unknown quantity. To all of which
she stands ready to make affidavit
upon request.
Consequently, when 1 suggested to
Miss Hayward that we go on little
tour of the town shooting galleries, she
at once expressed a delightfully."- ingenu-
Gus temerity; assured me that she
would be frightened to death; and de-
clared that she probably wouldn't be
able to hit a flock of hay stacks If they
were flying low. Ultimately, however,
her coyness was conquered and we
Jared forth to startle the Main street
sharpshooters.
1t was fleet week. The shooting gall
leries We're crowded by sailors and ma
rines from the warships. The popping
was incessant and the scores were good.
A woman sharpshooter, however, was
a distinct novelty for the boys in blue,
and the minute Miss Hayward appeared
upon the scene she attracted a large
and admiring audience.
She held the rifle-butt about three
inches from her shoulder; asked what
the sight was for, looked longingly at
the paper target and blazed away. The
little lead pellet pumped square into
the bullseye. The attendants smile,
translated into English, meant "Acci-
dent" 1 thought so, too, but the next
shot just missed the black and the
third landed inside again. Then Miss
Hayward, delighted as a child at her
success, went after the little tin ducks
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

that are so hinged they disappear from
sight upon being hit. She bagged eight
ducks in ten shots!
do you know who I am?" she asked
the boy.
You bet I do, Miss Hayward" he
answered, and we went on to the next
place
Here, at a distance of twenty-five
yards she put two shots into the black
of the target the third missing alto
gether. Next she tried to shoot the
light out of the IDOLS eye, but in this
was unsuccessful. When the bill was
paid the attendant remarked: "TH
bring that back and more too next
Sunday, Miss Hayward. You're all
right. You shoot better than the aver
age man."
Il never shot a loaded gun in my life
before tonight" she replied. The boy
didn't believe her, but he was too polite
to say so.
In all we visited four galleries, and in
each of them Miss HayWards shooting
created a sensation. l could see, how
ever, that something was worrying her,
and / inquired about it. Then she told
me of Nietzsche.
1--WE been thinking l could shoot"
she said, land you see l can Now
have also been thinking l could COM
NIT all manner of crimes. Do you sup
pose 1 am really becoming a criminal?
If | should do something terrible some
day, will you promise me that the alien
lists will get me off free? It's an awful
thought, that Nietzsche idea. I'm al
most afraid of myself in the dark"
Ziehrer's opera of THE Three
Wishes never presented in this coun-
try, is to have a private hearing before
Edgar Temple some time within the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

would be a fine joke to turn things
topsy-turvy. So he did 1T.
In the course of his labors he rar
across a green glass bottle, the con-
tents of which he mistook for toilet
water. This he shook vigorously over
his head and, having completed his
reign of disorder, retired from the
scene.
Next day, when he awoke, Won Me-
ter discovered a considerable patch OF
bright yellow hair in the midst OF
his ordinarily we'll behaved raven ring
let's. Then it dawned upon him that
he was up against case of peroxide,
That "toilet water" had been loaded;
only Harry didn't know it.
Miss Eleanor Kent, prima donna OF
the Edgar Temple opera company at
the Auditorium, was guest of honor
last week at two functions given for
her by officers of the Rhode Island,
one Of the big warships stationed at
Long Beach. Tuesday night her naval
friends attended box party to see
"Florodora," after which they enter
tanned Miss Kent at little supper in
the Alexandria hotel grill room. Fri
day afternoon they gave her tea, on
board ship. and the singer enjoyed her
self so hugely that she was almost
late for the night performance.
Dorothy Bernard of the Belasco stock
company confesses to having the cafe
terra habit, not because she particular
ly enjoys cafeteria cookery but because
she feels the need of rebearsals. You
see, at the Belasco Miss Bernard fire.
quently is cast as serving maid.
Often she has to carry tray laden
with things to eat or things to drink.
Not long ago she met with a mishap
somewhat disastrous to the Belasco
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
cHRoNOPHONE THEATER
!, WILL OPEN NEXT WEEK

Manager E. A. Fischer's singing and
talking picture machine has arrived,
and this week Los Angeles will be CIV
en- an opportunity to see and hear this
latest scientific marvel of the amuse-
ment field.
The machine produces whole operas,
dramas and realistic scenes, showing
the pictures of the action and stimuli
taneously reproducing the sounds which
accompany the action-singing, danc-
ing, talking or whatever may be de-
manded. The entire mechanism is said
to be so delicately arranged and so
cleverly controlled that there is not the
slightest variation in the production OF
sound and motion.
Herr Fischer's Chronophone theater
at 423 South Spring street, which has
been in the course of construction this
past month or more. will be completed
in time for the opening Monday, APP
ril q.
The program for the opening week is
as follows: Silvia ballet; Were You
Not to Koko Plighted?'; xylophone
duet; This Little Girl and That: OPP
cratic selections from Ernani and Pag-
liacci; Irwin Duet" and song and
chorus, "The Captain of the Pinafore."
Jefferson de Angels, although he is
the father of grown-up children, turns
handsprings and back somersaults in
"The Gay White Way in a manner
that suggests a Young acrobat
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

comedy of "The Critic, or Tragedy
Rehearsed." Hobart Bosworth has par
TALLY reconstructed the piece, so as to
bring it down to date; and for this oc-
casion only the Belasco forces will be
augmented by the addition of two OF
the local c. tics, who will attempt to
prove that they really know more
about acting than actors whom tiiey
may have abused in the past have
credited them with knowing. The crit
les, by the way, will positively appear
without the aid of net. Their only
advantage over real actors will be the
fact that they themselves will know
Just how bad they are.
Individual members of the Burbank
and Belasco companies will present two
playlets, Name" a one-act play by
william Hamilton Cline, in which Miss
Maude Gilbert and Mr.. CHM of the
Burbank company and Mr.. Ruggles of
the Belasco organization, will have
parts; and "The Cook Lady by Sedley
Brown, played by Henry Stockbridge
and Elsie Esmond of the Burbank and
Annie Clark Ward who is private life
is Mrs. Brown.
Other numbers will include Fuhrer's S
ladies' string quarter with Lucy Fuh-
rer, cello soloist. and the Strollers' con-
cert quartet, both under the manage
ment of Len e. Behymer. Adele Far
rington of the Belasco company, who
will sing; and Jack Symonds from the
Empire.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

new Lehar opera at the Los Angeles
several months ago. but he failed to
make good. More power to Temple
and to the baton of his musical direc-
tor.
Max Figman, who comes to the Los
Angeles theater this week in "The
Man on the Box" will be the last of
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
SIS HOPKINS SAYINGS
BY Rose Melville.

. SIS HOPKINS SAYINGS
!. BY Rose Melville
. Many an everyday man is weak
> one.
Many society bud becomes a wall
> flower.
. There is much that is evil in me-
3 diaeval poetry.
3 good many songs have plenty of
> gas, but no meter.
Some actors are like rice-they get
> puffed up so easily.
. man doesn't have to go to Mon
3 tana to be in a terrible state.
= Ma says some women are busy In the
. present making a past for the future
. Some women viii spend so cents on
. a cab to save cents on a spool of
> thread
y Pa says the most beautiful thing
y you can say OF a womanNis is that her
. mind is as lovely as her face
, Ma says failures belong to one or
, two classes-either a man is too clever
, for the public or not clever enough.
AAAAnAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAnHA
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-02-19

The members of the Denison School
debating team turned the tables on
their instructors and made them do
some debating on last Saturday even
ing. The Kuehnle home was the
scene of the entertainment by Miss
Lydia Belle of her fellow members of
the debating teams and the instructors
of the High school and Prof. Fellows.
For amusement the pupils insisted
that it was the turn of the teachers
to debate. and so chairman. time
keeper, judges were chosen and the
debate took place. AS the only one
who was married was Prof. Fellows
the rest had to speak without expert
ence. 1t would almost appear that
the thought of the teachers ran to
the marriage question. for not long
ago they had mock wedding among
the faculty. All enjoyed good time
and the negative team felt compen-
stated for its treatment at Onawa af-
ter having so much fun.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-02-19
A GAY PARTY.

On Saturday evening Miss Efie
Norris and her two brothers, Harry
and Paul royalty entertained crowd
OF Denison gay young people. Paul
with his "coach and four came In
after the crowd. The drive was
heartily enjoyed by all-touching only
the high Places
During the evening games were
played Som R Set" being the
principle game. although "tiddle de
winks" created considerable interest
at the boat table. on account of the
fair playing of the defeated players
and the SO called cheating INDUCED in
by the successful players. Our pop
ular young druggist. Walter Lamborn
carried off first prize at "SoIn R
Set. while Miss Ethel Gulick won
the BOBBY prize at ''tiddle de winks. -
After the games were over Mrs.
Norris treated the guests to delicious
refreshments. after which the party
adjourned. returning home via Paul S
royal hay rack" and four.
Those in the party were: Misses
Ethel Gulick. Willette Strahan, Clara
Strahan. Clara Fee. Lillian Brackney.
Lille Raine and Mae Thuresson.
Messers Walter Lamborn, j. C.
Baker. Will Miller. Joe Smith and P.
j. Klinker.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-02-19
FALSE FIRE ALARM
Sabbath Quiet Disturbed by Raucous
Tones of Fire Bell

The quiet of Sunday afternoon in
Denison was rudely broken by the
sound of the fire bell. In a few
moments the streets were crowded
with people and the apparatus was
soon down in the south part of town
where the fire was supposed to be.
But when it was there. the cupboard
was bear so far as blaze was con-
cerned. Can you blame the boys for
swearing when down the street
they're tearing and cannot find a
blooming smell of smoke? Could you
blame him if they killed him or in
the creek they spilled him if they
could but find the beastly bloody
bloke9
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-02-19

On last Wednesday evening the
Rebekahs held their installation of
officers. Owing to illness the dis
trict deputy. Miss Gleisser of Manila
was unable to be present but her
place was acceptably filled by Miss
Frieda Brinkman. The new officers
installed " ere as follows:
Past Noble Grand-Natalie Jacob
sen.
N. G.--Mrs. Erne Faul.
V. G.--Sophia Drummer.
Secretary-Jas. Mitchell.
Financial Sec. Mrs. Wilhelmia
Kuhl.
Treasurer Miss Mary Luney.
Warden-Miss Ollie Hildebrandt.
Conductor Miss Freda Brinckman.
o. G.-Mr. Comstock.
l. G.--John Baker.
R S. to N. G.-Mrs. Flora Baker.
L. S. to N. G.-Mrs. Carlson.
R. S. to V. G.-Miss Ella Buesing
L. S. to V. G.-Miss Anna Buesing.
Chaplain-Mrs. Mary Ariens.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-02-19
Arion Anchor
Local Briefs.

E. P. W,gg and wife accompanied
their niece. Mrs. Myrtle Chapman as
far as Omaha. Mrs. Chapman. who
has been visiting here will make her
future home in Colorado.
Mrs. Wise has been quite sick with
tonsilitis, but is recovering.
Link Riddle has been shipping ice
to Charter Oak from the ice pond on
his farm.
E A. Maurer of Welton Junction
has been visiting his brother. j. l..
Maurer and looking after business
interests.
Chas. Vassar is loading an emf
grant car to be shipped to his future
home near Pierre. S. D.
Mrs. Hemphill and son Glenn Of
Buck Grove visited the l.. c. Butler
home Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Sidow and children of Bris-
tow, Nebr.. and Mrs. Frank Crum-
Idle have been visiting friends in
Arion and vicinity.
The Friday Club was very pleas
antly entertained at the home of Mrs.
E. P. Wigg. A dainty lunch was
served.
Our teachers. Misses Howorth and
Blosser periodically decorated the
school house with flags Feb. - in
honor of Lincoln's birthday,
Stella Butler will not return te
Grinnell this year. as her school work
has been interrupted by the sickness
and death of her father. She will go
to Omaha and enter Brownwell Hall
and take course in music.
The Aid Society met last Thursday
with Mrs. Chas. Horn.
Arthur Rule and E. o. Hoke at.
tended an o. R. F. meeting in Car
roll.