Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-25
OBSERVATIONS BY
A FIRST NIGHTER

lkNTRs. TEMPLES TELEGRAM" :"
vi which will be enacted at the
NA Burbank with Florence Stone
in the leading role, provides the
sole novelty of the week out
side of the vaudeville houses. The play
is a comedy of lively ingenuity and
should provide Miss Stone with ample
opportunities for fun making. William
Desmond, who has been absent on his
vacation during the past fortnight, re-
turns to the Burbank stage this after
noon.
THE Royal Chef a musical comedy
which was seen at the Los Angeles
theater last season, returns this year
TO the Grand, opening with matinee
performance this afternoon. William
II. Conley for many years q comic
opera tenor who now is a comedian,
plays the title role. The company
shows few of the players who appeared
here last year. Whether the changes
are for the better remains to be seen.
AS for comedy, it holds the Los An
geles theater record for the largest re-
ceipts taken at that house in any one
week of last season, a fact which at
least attests its popularity.
The Auditorium viii put forward
Anthony Hopes romantic comedy, THE |
Adventure of Lady Ursula" last seen
in this city at the Belasco something |
more than year ago, when Lillian
Albertson played the adVenturesome
Ursula and Hobart Bosworth enacted !
Sir George Sylvester. In the current
revival Florence Oakley and Lewis S.
Stone will portray the two chief char
acters.
The stock company returns to the
Belasco after fortnight ION the road"
and, contrary to the custom of the
house, will present a new bill tonight. +
tom Moore" a play used five years
ago by Andrew Mack and played by
him all over this country and through
Australia, will be revived with A. Fl.
Van Buren, in the name part. The play
was first made known to local theater-
goers at this same house soon after the
Belasco was opened. Special music will
be provided by Master Vernon Bettin,
boy soprano of Christ church choir.
The Mason continues dark this week,
Teopening a week from tomorrow with
the musical comedy, "A Knight for
Day"
The Peoples reopens with "Chic", Per-
kins in The Little Prospector," amin
ing melodrama, the scenes of which
are laid in Colorado and which was
presented at the Grand last season with
Miss Perkins in its leading role.
The headline act at the Orpheum is
provided by the "Phantastic Phan-
novelty, the performers appearing in
white before a black curtain. The at
traction of first Importance at the Los
Angeles is college Days" a musical
comedietta by Frederick V. Bowers,
which will be introduced by the COM
poser and his company of seven singers.
The Empire gives first place on its pro-
gram to Mark Johnson, banjoist {
Fischer's offers the usual musical ,
farce, "Ryan's Reception" Mile. Aimee :
continues her "Salome" dance at the t
Unique for a third week, the stock s
a two-act farcical comedy by James p.
Lee, with musical interpretations, r
Charles Giblyn Of the Burbank stock 5
company is a thorough believer in the ]
thirteen superstition, though to him n
thirteen is lucky instead of an un I
lucky numeral. Last week Miss Flor n
ence Stone made her debut with the 7
Burbank company in Dorothy Vernon
Of Haddon Hail." and when Mr.. Giblyn
set himself to work to divine the augu-
ries of the event he found them from :
mis- point Of view, most propitious. a
To begin with, he discovered that y
here are thirteen letters in the name of =
Florence Stone and thirteen letters in q
Dorothy Vernon, the character she por- "
rayed. The play opened at a Sunday .
letters again; under "
he management Of Oliver Morosco- Il
thirteen, count EN- thirteen. In the
asst Harry Mestayer. thirteen letters, Il
layed Malcolm Vernon, likewise thir- b
cen letters. Others who figure in the bt
hirteen list are A. Byron Beasley, Car dl
oil Marshal and Charles Giblyn himself. ir
me of the characters in the play is p
larI of Rutland-thirteen segments of al
he alphabet. The date was October is, M
lOs made up of thirteen letters and pl
CURES. Miss Stone was announced to V,