Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-13

breaker by jerking off his coat ond de-
claring physical supremacy. Among
others in quarantine are an attractive
widow and her spoiled son; an Italian
organ grinder, who falls in love with
the widow, after posing as a gentle
man." and is given a heartbreaking re-
fusal and a coal HEAVIER, who tries to
escape so that he may be married next
morning There are ten musical num-
bers. The cast is headed by John r.
Young, Elizabeth Goodall, Mabel Mel
vine and Lillian Goldsmith. The
chorus numbers. fifty pretty girls.
PEoPLE's-Miss May Nannary,
an actress whose popularity in Los
Angeles dates back. to the first few
weeks of the Burbank theater under
Oliver Morosco's management, comes
to the Peoples this week, where she
will offer Arthur c. Aistons success
full melodrama of the southland, "At
the Old Crossroads" This play has
been presented continuously for the
past decade, but seemingly is as potent
a drawing card today as upon the day
when it was written. 1t was last seen
in this city at the Grand opera house
last season.
Miss Nannary will repeat her power
full impersonation of Parepa, the oc-
toroon, in which she has met with
port are three young women whose
homes are in Los Angeles county ana
who have many friends here, Miss
Helena Griffin, whose brother Jasper
Griffin, was formerly sporting editor
of The Herald and whose home is at
La Canada; Miss Winnie Baldwin,
whose mother and sister live at 15S
North Ohio street and who ran away
to ego on the STAGE" and Miss Marion
Tiffany, who has frequently been seen
at local theaters.
The engagement opens with mat
inee performance this afternoon. Mat
inees also will be played Wednesday
and Saturday.
ORPHEUM-For the week beginning
with a matinee tomorrow the mead
liner at the Orpheum will be the Big
City quartet, which will make its first
appearance here. Lovers of good music
are promised a treat, as the singers
select only the best solos and concerted
numbers. The four are Fred G. Rover,
first tenor; Godfrey O'Hara. second
tenor; Jack Hamilton, barytone, and
Gus Reed. basso.
Charles I'll. Bradshaw and company
will present Fix in a Fix" a skit
which combines not only the fun low
ing husband, the suspicious wife and
the shrewish mother-in-laW, but the
jealous husband of the feminine tempt
tess who beguiles husband No. 1. LIE
Clair and Sampson, who pay their first
visit here, are English comedy aero
bats who do sensational comedy
gymnast act called 1.-THE Bogus Strong
Man." Raffin's simian performers are
an aggregation of balloons and mon
keys, including Charming" which does
an undressing act on a trapeze. From
last weeks bill remain Franklin I'm
derwood & Co. in a new play, "Mr.
Stung's Mistake; Dolesch and, Zill-
bauer, Viennese street musicians; Ber-
nard and Seeley, in rag-time playing
and singing, and the Tennis trio. New
pictures will complete the bill.
LOS ANGELES - Crimmins and
Gore, presenting Paul Armstrong;
comedy playlet, "A Warm Match"
come to the Los Angeles theater to
head the bill which opens for the week
at that house tomorrow afternoon. Mr..
Armstrong is the author of 1.-THE Heir
to the Hoorah" and other successful
plays. Crimmins and Gore were last
seen here at the Orpheum theater.
| Their@playlet, however, never has been
done in Los Angeles. The scene is laid
in restaurant and Crimmins appears