Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

is the excellence of the chorus work ana
the cleverness of the several principals
who have been engaged with Mr.. 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 and
enthusiasm run rampant throughout.
His Nothing New Beneath the Sun,
Honest. Little Girlie, I'm Strong Tor
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 J. Carter
devised "The Fast Mail" a 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 will be at the Peoples theater
for a 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
ful 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 competent cast of play
ers.
FISCHER'S-"A Day at Arcadia"
this weeks bill at Fischer's, is partic-
ularly appropriate in view of the fact
that the coming racing season at Bald
wins ranch soon is to open. The ORA
mats personae all are followers of and
deVotees to the sport of kings" While
the plot has to do with happenings at
the track, very largely. Ben L. Dillon
Is cast as General DLivery, 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
a 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" a popular song of the topical
variety, will be rendered as a quartet
by Messrs Dillon and Bloom and
Misses Montgomery and Atkins. "Sloe
Eyes" will provide Miss Blondell and
Mr.. Carr with a 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.. Sylvester's 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