Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
OBSERVATIONS BY
A FIRST NICHTER
VIZ ITH the Mason, Grand and Peo-
w pies theaters dark, the current

wv pies theaterS dark, the cuIreH'
w week offers a somewhat restrict
ed choice to Los angeles theatergoers
At the Belasco David Warfield will con-
tinue in 1.-THE Music Master" until Fri
day when "A Grand Army Man" viii
be presented for the remainder OF the
engagement. This play Will snow MI
Warfield in an American character. In
1.-THE Auctioneer' he portrayed Jew
in 1.-THE Music Master" German. IN
"A Grand Army Man" he will be Yves
Bigelow.
Much interest naturally attends the
debut of Miss Florence Stone as STOCK
star at the Burbank. Miss Stone VIII
return to the local stage this after
noon as the winsome heroine OF charles
Majors romantic comedy drama.
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Han.
Though she never has acted In the play
here. Miss Stone has played it in Min
neanoIis where, by the way, Byron
Beasley, who will appear with her this
week, portrayed the leading masculine
character.
At the Auditorium Lewis S. Stone and
his company will present Lean
Kleschna," the Mcclellan play which
Mrs Fiske. used several seasons ago
in the east and in which she was seen
here at the old Hazards pavilion.
Lean Kleschna" will provide Miss
Florence Oakley with an excellent OPP
portunity for emotional work. Her
many admirers in Los Angeles expect
big things from her in this role, which
is the most important she has yet as
sumed here.
The Orpheum offers five new vaude-
Vile acts this week with Jesse Lasky's
"pianophiends' at their head. Fred
Hallen and Mollie Fuller are featured
at the Los Angeles, where they Will
present a new sketch, Election Bets"
Mile. Aimee will continue her Salome
dance at the Unique for another week
and the stock company will present
"Finnegans Alley" At Fischer's
Smiths Troubles" will have an air.
ing The Empire offers its customary
vaudeville bill.
"A Grand Army Man which Mr..
Warfield will reveal to a Los Angeles
audience at the Belasco theater Friday
night. was first presented at the
Stuyvesant theater, New York city,
October 16, 1907 just one year and one
week before its forthcoming opening
here. The play was enthusiastically
praised by the critics and continued at
the StuyVesant for several months,
though it did not succeed in supplant-
ing the popularity Of 1.-THE Music Mas
ter" which subsequently was revived,
alternating in Mr.. Warfield's roper
The play is in four acts. The action
takes place in a small Indiana town
about 1880 Wes' Bigelow. post com
mander of the local c. A. r. and stage
driver since the war has taken charge
of the orphaned son of one of his old
comrades the husband of the woman
he loved In his great affection for the
boy he consistently spoils the lad,
fault shared by his housekeeper, Lett !
tp L I'LL DoI,a 70 H. fIn
bodiment Of all youthful virtues and to
possess unusual talents as an inventor |
Robert is president of the local Sons of |
Veterans and the idol of most of the |
members of the local post.
Now the post has just built a new
hall, and after much effort, in which |
the Women's Relief corps lent assist
ance, has raised almost enough money
to pay for it. This sum, $1OO0.47 has
been entrusted to Robert to deposit in
the bank in the next town. Wes'
amends the minutes of the post meet
ing to show that Robert carried the
money on his bicycle, the first in the
village. Robert is disconnected with
his life In the first place he is in love
with Halle Andrews, daughter of
Judge Andrews, who has failed of re-
election through Yves BigelOw's efforts
Robert is not welcomed at
the judges home. Besides, he is en-
vious of the other village boys who
have gone away to Indianapolis or
Terre Haute and made some sort of
success. Especially is he enVious of
Rogers Wellman, a lawyer and repre-
senting the district attorney at the
,ourt, now in session. Wellman is also
IN approved sutton for Hallies hand.
Wes' discovers the boys discomfort ;
md ingeniously learns of Halles re-
"a I'd for him He contriVeS to bring
he young people together, and they