Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-13

title of 1.-The Chesterfield of minstrelsy'
by his original and clever work il
burnt cork. His collection of songs ant
stories are all original and entertain
ing.
WEIGH, Mealy and Montrose are tn
big scream" in their baseball parody
illustrating the humorous side of tn,
recent game between the Cubs and tn,
| Giants, with lot of extra nonsens
thrown in for good measure, making /
a melange of fun ending, like so man,
ball games do, In a miniature riot.
LOS ANGELES-Ches damon, 6
psychic phenomenon whose work has
been compared favorably with that oil
Anna Eva Fay, and who is announced
as 1.-THE Great White Mystery" comes
| to the Los Angeles theater for an en-
gagement of one week beginning with
a matinee performance tomorrow
Damon announces a special perform
ance for ladies between the hours OF
1890 and 2:3O on Friday. Men will not
be admitted. This special performance
will conclude in time for the regular
matinee at 2:45.
| Another big feature on the bill will
be the appearance of the Mignani fam
| lily, four musical BARRIERS. The Mig
nanis have been heard here before, but
are always welcome. The setting for
their act shows the interior of barber
shop, the BARRIERS making melody with
the ordinary implements of their trade.
Walter Hawley and Miss Natalie Oh
colt will present a comedy in one act
entitled Just Married a Week" Mr..
Hawley formerly was leading man with
Flo Irwin.
Tops, Topsy and Tops, man and a
woman and a dog, are comedy aero
bats, the dog being an important MEM
Der Of the team.
Tom Dempsey, monologuist, who was
highly praised by the San Francisco
critics last week, completes the list Of
newcomers. Sam Holdsworth will sing
q picture ballad, and motion pictures
will complete what promises to be the
best bill in several weeks at this house.
PEOPLE'S-The Peoples theater will
follow old-fashioned minstrelsy with
new-fashioned melodrama this week,
when Lincoln j. Carter's thriller, 'Too
Proud to Beg" will be presented at
that house beginning with matinee
performance today. The play is a de-
tectiye story in dramatic form. BY
way OF novelty its central figures are
two children, little Willie and Vera
Carr, son and daughter of the hero,
who Is prosecuted strenuously through
seven scenes only to emerge triumph
ant in the eighth and last. The chill
dren, however, make their fathers vic
tory over his INSCRIPTIONS enemies
possible. Theirs really are the leading
roles in the melodrama.
The parts of Willie and Vera Carr
will be played by Master Frank Reich
ardt and his little sister, Irene, said to
be the cleverest child actors who have
visited Los Angeles In many months.
p. j. Comans will enact the role of the
father. others in the cast including Ben
w. Cunning, John Madden, Mart |
Franklyn, Miss Leo Fargo, Miss Leota
clyde Rogers, Miss Nan Williams and
Miss Anna Richards.
The scenes of the Inelodrama are laid |
In Chicago, the first act showing the |
Howell street police station. A feature |
Is the burning of an old oil house and |
the rescue Of his father by Willie Carr. |
FISCHER S--"The Promoters" an |
nounced for production at Fischer's |
this week, is a musical farce by Frank |
3. Blair, the director at Herr Fischer's |