Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12

kept that same houseful applauding
them until nearly 6. The audience
evidently found the entertainment pro-
were insistent and practically every
number on the program was repeated
at least three times, though in several
instances approval obviously was for
the material rather than for the man
ner of its presentation.
Little Johnny Jones" is a George
Cohan musical comedy. 1t Is like
nothing else the stage has known. ex-
cept another George Cohan musical
comedy Its music Is tinkling, its ac-
ton never flags, there is just a spice
of melodrama to give contrast TO tne
comedy and there are several char
acter caricatures that are undeniably
clever, notably the Unknown" who Il
discovered at the Hotel Cecil in Lon
don and who explains his presence
there by saying: II got on boat to
bid a friend good by and fell asleep.
When / awoke 1 was all at sea"
The comedy was seen at the Mason
last season, several members OF the
present company having been In the
earlier cast, among them William
Keough, who plays the Unknown: Ada
Clifford, who is Florabelle Fly, a San
Francisco newspaper woman, and Chad
Heubner. the starter.
keough Is Funny
Keough in the role of the inevitably
inebriated Unknown Is tremendously
funny The character in itself IS
amusing and the dialogue is humor OF
the sort that wins laughs from the
sophisticated.
Miss Amy Mortimer plays Goldie
Gates this season. She sang her songs
yesterday afternoon in way that won
her much applause, but she lacked the
energy necessary to the part, perhaps
because of the hard work of the past
week, the company having come here
from a long succession of one-night
stands.
Charley Brown as Jones, the jockey
sings much better than his predecessor
in the part, and is equally as agile.
The chorus is strong in numbers ana
carries the music of the production ac-
ceptably. It's members, however, never
would carry off a blue ribbon In
beauty show.
The songs which made big hits yes
terday were: "'Op in My 'Ansom," the
always popular yankee Doodle Boy"
"Good By Flo" "Give My Regards to
Broadway" and "Life's Very Funny
Proposition, After ALL" The scenery
of the first two acts is shabby; of the
last, good. The marine panorama
which closes the second act is cleverly
and picturesquely presented: The Co.'S
tunes are new and attractive.
"Ifttle Johnny jones' is an excel
lent show of it's kind; perhaps the best
George M. Cohan ever turned out, and
the current production is well enough
done to make it well worth seeing and
hearing.
David Warfield opens two weeks
engagement at the Belasco tonight In
"The Grand Army Man" The theater
is completely sold out for the first
night and it is certain that Mr.. War
field will be greeted by most bril-
liant audience. Seats for Mr.. War
fields later performance may still be
secured at the box office.
Rice and Cady come to the Mason
tonight pres enting Hip, Hip, Hoo
ray" 81 musical buriesque originally
presented at Webers music ball, New
York, and in which they nave made
good in other cities.
The Lewis S. Stone company will
present Grace Livingstone Furniss'
dramatization of Harold MacGrath's
story, "The Man on the Box" at the
Auditorium this week.
The first of the Salome dancers to
arrive in Los Angeles is Mile. Aimee,
who will make her local debut at the
UNIQUE theater this afternoon. Modest
Martin Beck of the Orpheum circuit
has declared the Salome dance too
salacious an affair for his houses. 1t
is understood too, that Herr Fischer
turned down an offer from an aspiring
young danseuse who wanted to do Sa-
lone on the stage of the little First
street playhouse. The Unique manage
ment, however. is not SO particular and
local audiences will have
an opportunity to see the sensational
dance during L.i of this week. Mile.
Aimee dan q in bare feet, but wears
feshings which have been discarded
by some of the more daring Salomes
in the east