Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-12
SCHOOL ACT MAKES
HIT AT ORPHEUM

four new acts this week, in addi-
"A ton to Lolita Gladstone. who was
at the house a fortnight or SO ago and
now returns to finish out the second
week of her engagement. The new
Corners are Gus Edwards school
Boys and Girls" John c. Rice and Sal
ly Cohen in "A Bachelors Wife" the
four Parros and Carletta, 1.-The human
dragon
The big act is the school number.
The stage is set to represent a room
in graded school ON New York;
east side. Pupils are seated at their
desks, boys on one side and girls on
another. The teacher fails to arrive
and one of th3 girls. monitor of the
loom, takes her place. There follows
IAN entertainment which. if 1t were
done in black face would constitute
an excellent minstrel show in little.
The monitor, Miss Maud Earle, ac-
cord1ng to the program, acts as inter-
locutor propounding number of
questions, to which she receives de-
cidedly surprising answers. What is
steam?' she asks, and Patrick Levey
replies: "Steam is water going crazy
with the heat" Then there are a num-
Der of songs. Miss Earle sings school
Days" the others Joining in the chorus
And there are several dances. Her.
man Timberg contributes an eccentric
dance that we'll merits the enthusiasts
tic applause it received yesterday aft
ernoon; and Murrey Harris and Teddy
Jonap do a hard-shoe clog that is skill
fully executed. The act is cleverly
worked up and is deservedly popular
with the house.
PlayIet Is Really Funny
John c.. Rice and Sally Cohen have
decidedly amusing skit in "a Bach
elor's Wife" Rice is a hypochondriac
and Miss Cohen is the girl who finally
succeeds in waking him up and per-
suading- him that mud baths. st. ia
cob's oil, mustang bitters and other
similar concoctions are not necessary
to his well being.
Three of the four Parros are women
and the fourth really hasn't much to
do with the turn. The women juggle
heavy weights and each other and dis
play strength which is somewhat
amazing, considering the fact that
their arms are nicely contoured, show 9.
ing nothing of the muscle required to
perform such feats. The three are big
women, but even in their tights they
do not look like athletes.
Carletta presents a contortionist
stunt, remarkable chiefly for the eff
fective manner in which it has been
staged. The act. in itself, is no better
than the ordinary.
Lolita Gladstone has changed her
monologue slightly, but in essential 1t
is the same line of patter she gave us
a few weeks ago. The other hold-overs
are Sydney Deane and company in a
vocal novelty" billed as christmas
on Blackwells Island;" Geiger and
Walters, I'm the Streets of Italy," and
the American Beauties, grotesque &C.
centres.
Through an arrangement with Dick
Ferris, manager of the Ferris company,
and Sparks Berry, manager of the
Auditorium theater, the performance
of Under the Polar STAR at the Aud
itorium Friday night will be given as
benefit for the free employment
bureau recently established in Los An
geles by the allied charitable organiza-
tons
The bureau win provide ticket sellers
and men of their selection viii be given
all the tickets they can sell, half of the
gross proceeds going to help maintain
this ci,Srity. which is charity of the
right kind, as it's aim is to help men
and womento help themselves.
"Under the Polar Star" is one of the
biggest melodramatic productions ever
made in Los Angeles and Is we'll worth
seeing. There is little doubt that the
theater will be packed Friday night
and that the employment bureau will
add a considerable sum to its bank ac-
count through the generous spirit of
helpfulness displayed by both Mr.
Ferris and Mr. Berry.
This is the last week of Dick Ferris
indoor circus at Fourth and Hill
streets. The circus is obliged to vacate
its quarters Saturday night to make
way for the dog show, and will not be
reopened. Originally Mr.. Ferris had
hoped for a supplementary season. after
the dog show is over, but he found him
self unable to make arrangements with
the Sells-Floto company for the mem
agerie, and that put an end to the plan.
Ferris realized that a circus without
animals was not to be thought of, and
consequently announced yesterday that
this week will close the entertainment.
Two performances will be given daily
all this week, however.
The venture has been profitable, as
the performances given so far have
been uniformly we'll attended. and the
circus would continue indefinitely We're
it not for the fact that the Sels-Floto
managers must begin preparations for
their early spring tour through South
ern California, prior to the regular
summer road season farther north.