Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-25
BY sIDLE LAWRENCE

II Asst night was ovation" night at
the Auditorium. The large audi
IL ence assembled to witness the
first local production of Mrs. Andrews
play Eagle Tavern" greeted their
favorites in the cast with thunders OF
applause whenever there was the
slightest occasion for the demonstra-
ton.
Not only the characters of the piece
were received with enthusiasm but the
incidents, properties and even the stage
settings. In short it was a good
natured audience and everything from
the opening of the piece to the final
curtain met with favor. The arrival of
the stage coach with it's mail bags, It's
passengers and attendant crowd of VII
lage boys was hailed with glad acclaim.
The village band in uniforms-well,
those uniforms are worth going to sec.
And the band realizes its own invinci-
BILE appearance and to the great de-
light of it's appreciative friends gives
ample opportunity for inspection.
Cheer the Float
Cheers of delight greeted the appear
ance of the gorgeously decorated
float" whereupon the young ladies of
the village represented in blue sashes
white dresses and gilt paper crowns
the different states of the Union, while
the fairest one of all, as the Goddess
of Liberty in floating robes and veil
of tulle, held high the banner of red,
white and blue. The welcome which
was accorded this feature might well
cause the conviction that every MEM
Der of that big audience had at one
time been participant in just such an
exhibition.
The Fourth of July" was attended
with much hurrahing on the stage and
off, and during all of the act about the
only thing which was not applauded
was the postoffice flag, for while all the
other buildings in the street were gayly
Haunting patriotic colors the postoff1ce
was neglected and unadorned.
Then the players got their share OF
the general approval as they made
their entrances. Sedley Brown received
an enthusiastic round of applause when
he sat upon the hotel office table and
played with his string an intricate and
exciting game of cats cradle" while
Carrie Clarke Ward, in the swing, was
almost an unbounded joy to all be-
holders.
Blows His Own Horn
Frank Beamish was frankly red
headed, nothing auburn, golden or
equivocal in the least about the color
of his flaming carrot top. He could
have dispensed with the applause of the
house, as he constantly blew his own
horn, and seemed somewhat annoyed
by the applause with which the aud
fence strove to overpower the tones of
his instrument
Mary Graham's gowns were each
worth hand" and they never failed
to get it. She certainly was a real
dressy" lady. Incidentally she actually
infused her part with something like
animation and made it seem a possible
role.
1t does not appear in the program or
the play just what religious denomina-
ton Mr.. Kilgour represents in his min
isterial garb, but it must be some very
odd one to call for such a combination
of clerical vest, collar and necktie. To
be sure the man whom he knocked
down for insulting the heroine insisted
that he was much better with his fists
than with his preaching, and the COM
bination may have had something to
do with that pugilistic attitude. At any
rate the gallery and every other part
of the house applauded vigorously when
he threshed that drunken rich young
, man, for no one wants to see the lead
ing lady insulted, even If 1t is done by
Harry Van Meter, looking handsomer
than even his own good looking self IN
his devil-may- role.
Certainly no country hotel landlord
ever had two prettier daughters to Or
nanent his house than does Mr.. An
drews this week. Florence Barker
tripping about the hotel office, packing