Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-08

/ your life, john In Russia she has
ridden in their sleighs all covered with
furs, also on a Siberian double bumped
camel.
Frequently there have been vaude-
I Williams whose physical proWesS de-
manded that they indulge in athletics
as a side line out of season to keep
themselves fit and in training for their
seasons work, but the spectacle of an
athlete who turns vaudevillian between
seasons for a similar reason is some
thing of a novelty. Sid Slapnik, whose
balancing and agile feats of strength
| provide one of the features of the EN-
| pire next week, is a baseball player Of
established reputation, who is present.
ing his vaudeville speciality to keep in
condition for his work as a pitcher
when the regular season in the east
begins again in the spring. Last sea-
son, as star pitcher of the Joplin, Mo,
Western league team, Slapnik won
twenty-five games out of twenty-nine
games he pitched, and attracted so
much attention as a twirler that he has
been drafted into faster company for
next year. and will be on the cannon
ball staff of an American association
team.
In the theater which will be operated
| in connection with the Made in
Southern California" exposition the
people of Los Angeles will be given
something entirely new in the west in
the way of amusements.
Manager Newman of the exposition
yesterday announced that the attrac-
ton which he had secured under con-
tract with Keith & Proctor the New
York amusement promoters, is the
Kukor Humanovo, a novelty in the
theatrical field which recently made
such hit in the eastern metropolis and
which has since the opening night had
a remarkable run in Keith & Proctor's
Twenty third street theater.
Moving pictures are employed to a
considerable extent to carry along the
plot and depict the situations in plays
of a standard character which are pro-
duced, but the lines are spoken by
actors behind the scenes. The produc-
lions require a full acting company,
well versed with the lines of the plays
to be produced. A. Paul Mathot, gem
eral western manager of the company
who arrived in Los Angeles few days
ago. brought with him the films for a
number of standard plays which were
produced especially for his company
and there win be frequent changes of
program.
The perfection of the Los Angeles
theaters in the matter of exit arrange
ments and fire precaution constantly is
subject of comment by visitors from
other cities. While the city ordinances
enforce the utmost care in this matter,
theater owners have spared no ex-
pense in making their playhouses as
safe as the best modern building
methods can make them.
Tuesday evening the management OF
the Auditorium timed the exit of the
crowd and in three minutes from the
dropping of the curtain the house was
emptied of the audience of 2700 persons.
In FIVE minutes the last usher was gone
and the theater was dark.
Back in Oklahoma not so very many
years ago, a couple of cowboys, fore
men of their fathers ranch, O. casional-
ly found time hanging heavily on their
hands. They were tired of shooting,
lassoing and playing draw poker. An
inspiration seized them to practice
some tricks by which they might en-
terrain the other boys. A cabinet was
found necessary as an aid to their con-
juring. Out on the plains they drove
four sticks in the ground and used
their orse-blankets as a means of
covering. From this small beginning
they gradually evolved one of the
greatest illusions in vaudeville today.
Charlie and VIII Jupiter almost
frightened the wits out of the super
stitious cowboys who saw hands of all
DESCRIPTIONS manipulated in openings
of the cabinet and heard musical in
struments manipulated by these UNI
canny hands. They were afraid to
touch the fresh cut flowers that show
cred out without rhyme or reason. Out
in the broad daylight in the fields 1t
was impossible to have any accom-
plice aside from q supernatural power.
Father, mother and sisters were
equally mystihed and the fame of the
lads spread to the nearest town and
from there throughout the United
States. They also made a sensation in
Canada. For eight years they have
been giving public performances, and
no one yet has been able to cast dis
credit upon their methods or discover
their secrets.
1.-The greatest illusion act in vaude-
VILE" is what the critics term 1t. Los
Angeles will see 1t at the Orpheum this
week.
Miss Libby Blondell at Fischer's the
alter is a resourceful young woman.
whose attainments include numberless
accomplishments beyond singing, dane
ing and acting. Her latest manifesta-
ton is the composition of a song, or
at least a near song. DlT6ClDI rEdnh
Blair and his orchestra leader were in
despair over their inability to find an
opening chorus for next weeks attrac-
ton Just suited to their needs. Ardent
search having proved in vain, they were
at their wits end, when Miss Blon-
dell stepped into the breach.
What kind of a number do you
want, Mr.. Stansfield?" she asked the
leader.
Accepting the explanation she turned
to Aubrey Carr with a request for
assistance in the words, and then her
self proceeded to turn out the music,
also suggesting the general trend of
the words. Within half an hour the
air and words were provided, ready
for orchestration and use.
Max and Edwin Ford OF 1.-THE Four
Fords," at the Orpheum lately, are
about to branch out as producers They
have been saving few coins of the
realm and will invest a neat sum in
pretentious vaudeville minstrel act,
carrying seven persons and special
scenery and electrical effects This
piece win have its maiden production
IN Des Moines.
For themselves next season the
-Four Fords" win have a sketch writ
ten by w. II. Thompson.