Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-25
&c The Theaters &c

Montague exhibits scant reason for the
size of type allotted him on the pro-
grams.
Ben Welch, whose Jew and italian
impersonations are too well known 10
call for comment, is back again with
new conversational reel, few new
stories which he tells well, and cou-
pie of new songs which he Necltes Ell
fectively in unison with the orchestra-
Welch presents both pathos ana nu-
NOR in his act and both make good WIN
the audience.
La Toska Is talkative juggler. Or
dinarily these gentry who defy with
impunity and dexterity the law OF
graVitation are rather morose lndl-
viduals, but La Toska apparently couid
talk a dollar out of trust magnate
pocket if he set himself to the task
He juggles in expert fashion. Good
monologists are scarce, however, ana
| someone ought to switch him back on
the main line.
Fentelle and Carr present funny
skit. under the title of "Out Loud
Junction" Yesterday afternoon they
predicted first the election of TAFT ana
then, as the audience didn't seem 70
take kindly to the suggestion, hedgeo
! by giving the White House to william
/ Jennings Bryan, which made sucn
4 hit that they were compelled TO con-
| tinue some minutes beyond the time al
! lotted to them by the Orpheum stage
manager.
Holdover acts are presented by the
| Four Fords, dancers; Mile. Ines ana
M. Taxi, eccentric duetists, ana the
Tom Davies trio of aerial motor
| cyclists.
e. F. Stafford, the new manager of
the Peoples theater, arrived in Los
! Angeles yesterday, direct from New
York. Upon his arrival he announced
| the house would reopen for the season
September, 6, representing the Stair ana
Havlin attractions. The first offering
under the new management will be
1.-THE Montana Limited" a melodrama
never before presented in this city.
Mr.. Stafford is an experienced theat-
rical man, who has passed most OF the
time since 1880 on the Pacific coast. For
| six years he was manager OF the Ia
coma theater, Tacoma, WASH, one OF
the houses under the control of Calvin
Heilig. Last season he was on the
road ahead of the David Corson' COM
pany.
Under his management the Peoples
will take its place among the tneaters
of the town presenting travelling at
fractions. 1t will offer at popular
prices, melodrama and an occasional
| farce-comedy or musical comedy-the
stair and Havlin shows which Tor sew
| era1 seasons past have played the
Grand opera house.
In order to correct misapprehension
Charles w. York, general manager Oh
the John Cort interests m Southern
| California, has issued statement ex-
planning that he Is not connected in any
way with the new Majestic theater.
| The Majestic will be managed by OIL
yer Morosco. 1t has been booked by
John Cort, but there Mr.. Corts inter
est in the house ends. Mr.. Morosco
will have exclusive control Of the the
alter, which is expected to be opened
about the middle of october.
D. F. Haggerty, formerly manager OF
! the People'e theater and who Will thls
season manage the Los Angeles for Sui
livan and Considine, moved into his
office in the Los Angeles Theater build
ing yesterday. The house will open
next Monday with Sullivan and Consi-
dine vaudeville, presented at popular
| prices Three performances will be
given daily, each bill containing seven
numbers The management has adopt
ed fashionable Vaudeville" as a eaten
line, perhaps as an offset to the "Ad-
vanced Vaudeville" slogan of the Or
pheum.
Official announcement to the follow
ing effect is made at the Auditorium
box office:
ernest Crawford. manager of the
Auditorium = Theater Beautiful - will
present next week the John Blackwood
company, Offering the Lewis s. stone
company in 1.-THE College Widow" by
George Ade, through arrangements
with Henry w. Savage and with the
consent of Klaw & Erlanger.
In case this is too involved, the att
traction will be a stock production, the
first on any stage, of the AIDE comedy
Mr.. Stone and his supporting organiza-
ton will open at the Auditorium next
Monday night. The advance sale of
seats yesterday was unusually large,
and seems to indicate an opening which
will do abundant credit to the numer-
Gus managerial interests whose names
are connected in some way or other
with the enterprise.
"The Telephone Girl' has arrived
very much arrived in fact-and 1udg-
ing by the hearty reception accorded
her upon her debut at Fischer's last
night, she is destined to be pro-
nounced favorite.
She's a clever little miss, this "tele-
phone girl" and she's travelling in
clever company-a company the mem
bers of which will make you laugh
until you wish they wouldn't, and then,
just to ease your side ache, sing you
a song or so while you're resting.
"The Girl" really isn't the star or
the show, although, as presented by
pretty Nellie Montgomery, she unde-
niably does scintiIiate. The real bright
and particular luminary is one Hans
Nix, inspector telephones, City Nue
York" and Frank Blair makes his re-
entry as local favorite in the role
His Dutch" is so dense it is convuls-
ing, and he has played the part so
many times he's immensely natural IN
his outrageous slaughtering OF Eng
lish as she is spoke"
Then there are the traditional mes
senger boy, well played by Frank
Vack; the "tough lunch counter GIRL
displaying Marguerite Favar to advan-
tage; the rich young broker who Is
really In love with "the GIRL" and the
over-officious woman inspector of the
telephone office. Fred Lancaster is the
broker and Laurel Atkins the "in-
spectress," and both fit beautifully into
the inches provided them.
Ben Dillon makes much of two small
parts that in other hands might readily
be unfunny and, with Miss Atkins,
sings Lead On, Ebenezer." There are
many clever songs. well sung, of which
the best are "Flirting," by Miss Mont
gomery; "Son of the Desert" by Fred
Lancaster; my Estelle" and Il Know
Them ALL" by Miss Favar and Mr..
vack, and when the Bell Goes
Il Ting-a-ling," by Mr.. Blair.
The piece is well staged, and Is pre-
sented by special arrangement with
Arthur w Tams, under the direction
of Frank B. Blair.