Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29

fesquing at another house here, is to
make her debut on the Orpheum stage
tomorrow. Many will watch this event
with more than the ordinary interest.
Miss Dillon has fine voice and will
sing ballads.
Every time Papa" Fischer visits
Clarence Drown or Tom Baker, to Dor
row some scenery. or Clarence Drown
sees Fischer about renting a few cos
tunes, 1.-The Grand is leased again"
George Primrose, the old minstrel
man, who will be in Los Angeles IN
vaudeville at the Orpheum this week, Is
one of the richest men In theatrlcals:
Few know that, but 1t is fact. And
he has been wealthy for years. He
made It all out of minstrelsy, In the
palmy days of that form of amusement
and had the sense to save 1t. MI
Primrose is charming fellow persoh55
ally, anything but tight wad," ana
8. iovial companion, but he has long
business head. He quilt the minstrel
game in time, and only the persuasive
check book of Martin Beck could get
him back on the stage. At that, he Is
only out on a fifteen weeks tour.
George is gettine along In years, but
he still looks like what they used to call
him, 1.-THE fashion plate of minstrelsy."
And you can't find a more accom-
pIished or graceful dancer.
''Muggins" Davies, at the Grand. is
the real watch charm Venus in her
white "fit-me-quicks" and the hig nat.
She looks like toy soldier, and makes
everyone blink.
Thu more intense the strain Of an
emotional dramatic climax, the more
easily It is broken by some unexpected
bit of comedy. When Harry Mestayer
as Gerald Arbuthnot in "A Woman or
No Importance" embraced his mother
Sunday night, and when, a moment
later il was seen that his coat was
covered with powder, it tickled the
nidriffs of the audience so forcibly
that It spoiled the climax. 1t is not
necessary to explain that Miss Stone,
the mother, was cast in the part OF an
elderly person, and had to look pale and
agitated.
One Of the strange anomalies of stage
life appears in THE Little Blonde
Lady" in which Miss Hope -Jooth Is
appearing at the Orpheum. In New
York Miss Booth is Mrs. Rennold
Wolf. wife of the erudite dramatic
critic of the New York Telegraph. In
her sketch at the Orpheum Miss Booth
roasts dramatic critics in way that
always has the effect of raising Bills
ters on any hapless member of that
unfortunate guild who happens to hear
it. There is but one explanation. Mr..
Wolf is a very exceptional critic
Morrow and Schelburg, who will ap-
pear in a sketch at the Orpheum this
week. are credited with introducing
supers into vaudeville. Often, some
one man-usually "Props'-walks on as
a servant in a sketch, but these rolks
require half a dozen, and the super
list is consulted for the services OF
the requisite extras. This is the first
instance on the Orpheum stage where
extra men have been required.
Miss Sybil Page, prima donna Of the
Hartman company of the Grand, mas
one of the saddest looking ours that
ever occurred. In repose it looks like
a property dog, but If you kick 1t in /
the ribs several times you will discover
that IT is a real dog, unless 1t IS asleep, |
and then you will have to wait until IL
wakes UP. The ushers at the Orpheum
recently had an ingenue pup called
Spareribs which gained some distinc-
tion as a model of canine unloveliness, |
but the Page dog has 1t backed clear
down the elevator shaft. Spareribs Is
not there. Not even next door!
Walter de Leon the clevc light
comedian of the Ferris Hartman COM
pany, ran away from Stanford to join
that organization as a chorus man. lie
secured his first part because ne can
stutter or rather because he can't help
suffering. He is musician ana
writer, and the song, Whats the User
which he interpolates in Tine lao!
Eye" Is his own composition. words
music and even the orchestration com
ing from his pen.
The Unique will open tomorrow night /
with an entirely new caSt-the Arm |
strong musical comedy company. The |
Armstrong brothers, better known as
Armstrong and Holly and Armstrong |
and Davis. were familiar head-liners |
on the Orpheum circuit, the former IN
their sketch, 1.-The Expressman." Ed
ward Armstrong, who will manage the |
new productions, is well known in the |
east as a producer and has worked In |
the Weber & Fields theater, and pro-
duced the specialties of the 'Follles OF
1907" in 1908. Magdalene Holly was
one of the principals at Weber q
Fields and also with Henry w. Saw |
ages rYankee Consul company at the |
Broadway theater, New York, later
appearing in the successful vaudeville |
act, 1.-THE Expressman," with VIII H. |
Armstrong. Barney Williams is a well |
known comedian, as is also Arthur |
Don, while Jack Curtis and Lillian
Sutherland are already known to the |
Unique patrons.
THE Land of Nod" win conclude a |
highly profitable week at Hamburger's
Ma, sstic theater with special perform
ance tonight Tomorrow night the Ma
leslie stage will be occupied by the new |
George AIDE comedy, Just Out of Col
lege." THE Land of Nod" which |
opened the theater a week ago, proved |
the best liked extravaganza of many |
seasons. It's fairy story, its many |
quaint characters, it's tuneful music, |
and the wholesome fun of its comedi-
ans delighted the many theatergoers !
who were fortunate enough to see it. |
Knox Wilson as April Fool made |
pronounced hit.
Thanksgiving was the birthday OF |
Miss Libby Blondell, Herr Fischer's |
popular leading woman-just which one |
deponent saith not. 1t was merry |
and q happy one, however, and is in
teresting because of the fact that the |
last several of her anniversaries have
each one been celebrated in q different |
country. Last year she was in Eng
land. the year before in Ireland, before
that in Cuba, four years ago in South |
Africa, and before that she was in
Australia.
"IIeaven only knows where next year
TO- Lea