Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-15

and Do1esch and Zillbauer complete the
list of holdovers.
There was quite gathering of friends
at the Santa Fe station when the Linn
tied rolled in last night to welcome
Miss Alice Lowell Taylor, the new lead
ing woman of the Belasco theater. Miss
Taylor's mother from San Francisco
and her two sisters from this city were
there among others. Miss Taylor is a
striking blonde, of good figure and was
most becomingly gowned. After greet
ing her friends she was taken in an
automobile to the Alexandria hotel,
where she was guest of honor at a
family dinner party.
Miss Taylor is not a stranger to Cali
fornia. She has visited here several
times during the intervals of her the
atrical engagements and is very fond of
Los Angeles. In short talk last night
she said:
'I am going to try very hard to
measure up to the standard set by the
Belasco theater here in stock work, and
| l should like to have everyone for my
| friend. The part in which I open In
''Strongheart" does not give a very
broad opportunity for me, but it will be
a great pleasure to open with the
new leading man, Mr.. Van Buren, whom
know by reputation to be clever
actor.
81 am glad to be in California, for in
| a way 1t is being at home. All my
people are here. I know great dea
about your theater-goer here and 1 am
not a bit afraid about facing them, for
I know how gracious and cordial they
| are to newcomers.
Miss Taylor begins rehearsal at the
| Belasco this morning. Last night she
saw the Belasco production of "The
Devil
1.-THE Devil UP to Date" a travesty
on Ferenc Molnar's play now running
at both the Burbank and Belasco the
aters, will be presented at Fischer's
theater next week. So far as is known
this will be the first burlesque of the
Molnar comedy to be played anywhere
in the country. The manuscript was
written by two local newspaper men
and was turned over to Mr.. Fischer
yesterday, just seventy-two hours after
the commission to write it had been
given.
The travesty in it's principal scenes
will be confined to a straight bur-
lesque of incidents taken from the
Molnar play. This is the first time
anything of the kind has been attempt
d>at Herr Fischer's First street play
house.
AS an Indication of the character of
the burlesque 1t may be said that one
of the characters is Herr Belorosco, a
theatrical manager, while the devil Is
known as Byron Beasley-Glazier.
Crimmins and Gore a diminutive
comedian and an altitudinous come
dienne, present funny sketch at the
Los Angeles this week in "A Warm
Match" The title has absolutely moth
ing whatever to do with the case, but
that makes no difference. 1t is a pro-
team affair, Crimmins appearing in turn
as waiter, a cook and as proprietor
of a restaurant, while Miss Gore Is first
a Bowery girl and then a society
woman, gowned down to day after to-
morrow After it's all over she returns
to her Bowery dialect and gives us a
Bowery version of Marc Antony's ora
ton over the body of dead Caesar that
is, literally, a slang classic.
Grant Gardner and Marie Stuart sing
few songs, throw out few witt
cisms, play a few instruments and
dance a few steps. The woman con-
tributes several character impersona-
tions and the mans comedy doesn't
make you feel apologetic for laughing
at it. The three Herbert brothers are
aerobats. Most of their work is along
conventional lines, but it is well done,
and there is one stunt, straight up
pull to a position three high, that Is
novelty and a good one. Velusco, ma
gician, performs several mystifying
tricks in sleight of hand. A picture
ballad and motion pictures complete
the program, one of the latter showing
Reggie Vanderbilt's coaching trip be-
tween London and Brighton.
Ben Il. Dillon, Frank Vack and Max
Archer are the fun-making trio in
"Mr. Planet from Mars" at Fischer's
this week The first time they slid
down that trick stairway their surprise
was funny. The other times their re-
signed expressions and endeavors to
beat the game were just as funny, and
throughout the performance the laughs
were thick and fast.
The play deals with complications
following the supposed arrival of a
Martian, brought to earth through the
machinations and inventions of sci
enlist. Vack played the professor, and
when Dillon rolled out of the project
oscope'' and announced himself as Mr..
Planet from Mars the old Dutchman's
supreme qualification was side-split-
tingly funny. Fred Lancaster as a
dashing army officer in love with the
nrofessor's pretty daughter; Laurel At
Irins as q widow with matrimonial In
clinations and pretty daughter. and
NTarQuerite Favar and Nellie Montgom-
~'- ? y.