Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-25

who was in the car all night with his
best friend.
Miss Stone will be seen in the role
of Mrs. Temple William Desmond,
absent for the past two weeks, will
make his reappearance as the innocent
husband.
GRAND-"The Royal Chef" familiar
to Los Angeles theatergoers through It's
presentation here last season, comes to
the Grand for the week beginning with
a matinee today. Messrs. Stoddard and
Taylor, the nbrettists, have evolved a
story sufficiently coherent to hold the
attention, and the comedy incidents and
situations which follow one another
quickly during the progress OF the per-
formance compel laughter. Ben Jerome
has contributed a charming muslcal
score. Since its last presentation In this
city many new musical numbers nave
been introduced, and several fresh COM
edy bits interpolated, all of which are
calculated to make the performance ap-
peal to playgoers who are familiar with
the piece as previously given liere. New
members also will appear in the cast.
The most notable is VIM. II. Conley, a
graduate of the famous Boston Castle
Square opera company, and later identi-
ID with the Madison Square roof pro-
ductions. He win be assisted by Miss
Mary Malatesta, a sprightly comedi-
enne, late of Richard Carles Tender
foot company, and cast including
Herbert Carter, Walter b. smith, DOR
aid Mckenzie, Karl Stall, Julia Curtiss
and others The dancing and singing
chorus is still one of the pig ieaLuIes, .ss !
| not the least attractive OF which IS the
we'll known original "broilers. Mat
inees will be given Sunday Tuesday
and Saturday. S<
PEOPLESz"Chic" Perkins, who was
seen In Los Angeles last season at the
head of her own company comes TO
the PEOPLES theater for an engagement
of one week beginning with matinee
performance Sunday in 1.-The Llttle.
Prospector," a distinctly American
play by Edward Locks. There Is al
ways romance and red blood exclte-
ment in the search for gold ana the
two are utilized cleverly in this stage
story of the western gold country.
..The Little Prospector'' is an eastern
girl whose mother is dead and VINO
comes west with her father, a man OF
Ieducation, but who Is adolcted 10 .he
drink habit. The father, a pracucing
physician, becomes the possessor OF
supposedly valueless mining claim
"S,hie y however, prospects the prop
erty Thoroughly and ultimately mas
vein of ore which, upon assay, is found
to run better than $400 to the ton.
Meantime the doctor has been SWIM
died out of the claim by a sharper VINO
learns of its value. In the END, now
ever. the transfer is held to pc Irauou-
LENT and "the little prospector' Weds
ithe Young assayer who had helped her
Il in her fight for her rights. The play
is in four acts and complete scenic
production is promised.
| ORPHEUM-Three new numbers,
with FIVE from last weeks bill, VIII
make up the Orpheum program this
week. The Phantastic PhafltomS come
,at the top of the list. They are nine
in number, seven girls, associated with
Hilarion and. Rosalia Cebellos, from the
New York Hippodrome All work in
white costume before curtains of black,
and as well may be imagined, some OF
their effects are weird and eer1e. Jane
Courthope, and company will offer
.sLucky Jim,' a play of the Sierra Ne
vadas and the mining camps. 1t is an
elaborate affair and the scenery, the
press agent says, would do credit to a
| three-act drama. In the company is
Master Ross, skillful child player.
Then comes charming Vipie Daily,
Youngest of the great family which
gave the stage Bob. Bill, Dan, Tom
and Lizzie, her own mother. she VIII
ern musical comedies, In which she
| has played.
From last week are the oianophiends,
| the Seven Yuilians, acrobats; the
Reiff boys, dancers; Claud and Fanny
Usher, in their touching bit. "Fagan's
Decision" and General Ed LaVine
New motion pictures will complete the
| BILL
LOS ANGELES-"College Days" a
one-act musical comedietta. will be pre-
sented at the Los Angeles theater this
week, beginning with a matinee per-
| formance tomorrow afternoon by Fred
erick ". Bowers and his company of
seven singers. The character of the
act is apparent from it's title. Mr..
Bowers is song writer of recognized
ability and extensive reputation and he
| has composed several songs for this
| piece which never before have been
sung in public. college Days" is one
of the distinctly big acts on the Sulli-
van g. Considine list. 1t should prove
| a potent attraction.
| Murray Hill and company, presum-
ably from New York, II the name means
anything, will offer playlet entitled
'sThe Last Survivor" which may not
be as formidable as it sounds. ARM
strong and Davis will present The
| Amateur Chauffeur" Don and Thonp-
son are on the program for one of those
singing, dancing and talking stunts,
always popular when we'll done with
vaudeville audiences. Ouda on the
trapeze, Sam Holdsworth in illustrated
songs and motion pictures will COM
plete bill of much promise.
EMPIRE-Mark Johnson, banjoist
heads the olio at the Empire for the
coming week. He includes In his rep