Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28

| inpetuous youth, tull ol lauitS 81
boyish egotism, as the hoVeiist oNi,
IDENTIFY conceived him. Mr.. Hall snoIio
,-oeisc IN paler in the last act. His
| fatber's remark as to his color had
/ iittie meaning last night. Miss Tom
| ii,,so, as the daughter was also much
/ 20 bloornina for a child face TO race
| with the loss of her parent MISS
/ T0rnlinson smiles easily, ana preltlIy'
| she is good TO look upon IN her mlrlh.
! Pn+ fbe last act is no place for bright
| ness she should show US the dlfter-
ance In her expression and in her
Iobn webster was manly Allan
Rorlan. leader of hopeless nght
against the packing trust. Mr.. Hen
| derson had a rather IugupIlouS aIIu
,ar-sentimentalized role, which ne
nIaved with surprising impressiveness
in fbe third act, although hardly per-
suadine us of the characters S proc
ability. Mr.. Gay was a typical stage
clergyman, seldom seen in real llie'
hut apparently Indispensable to the
hard pressed playwright. The others
filled their roles with oreult' Me- i1l,,5
TamnbeIl evincing ability for sustained
Urorl[ in her appeal of the third act.
one flaw in the play is the time
snent in the second act in hndlng
v3eople who don't do anything worth
while when discovered. Another ~thlng
is the foolish questions frequently
asked. "What, Jack, you here?' some-
one inquiries, and one feels JacR "oulu
he justified in responding, ION, no;
am in Casa Verdugo," so like TO a
recent popular song is the query
But the geographical atmosphere OF
tbe plav is we'll instilled. All the
characters are Chicagoans to the bone,
for good and ill. The people of the
drama even show a typical chicago
scorn of New York, which is as
realistic as the use of the telephone to
talk to the City Press association
And the books in the cases apparently
were real books, which makes ones
heart strangely glad. 1t is minor
note in the harmony Of realism whlch
makes 1.-THE Great John Canton" worth
seeing, with all its defects of con-
struction.
Demure, petulant, dashing and debon-
air by turns, Miss Leila Mcintyre
wrought merry havoc with our hearts
at the Orpheum yesterday afternoon.
In the sweet silver gray of the Quaker
maiden, she stole in through stage en-
trance, and with John Hyams enacted
the familiar story of the aspirant learn
ing the strange ways and tongue OF
the land of the footlights. The sketch is
well written, every whit as good as
Claude Gillingwater's strenuous Re-
hearsal,' and acted almost as well.
Even the stage hand who has a briet
histrionic moment acquits himself ad-
rlirably. Miss Mcintyre has a rare
touch Of temperament, and witchery
of manner which is irresistible. we
should ike to see her in a clean, strong
farce, If we could spare her from
vaudeville. |
Nobody vet has called Catherine
Hayes and Sabel Johnson the human
mastodons, but I'm sure they would not
mind little thing like that. 1t cheers
ones heart to see such girth allied to
such Unsuitable mirth. Their 200-pound |
act is partly frank and wholesome |
burlesque, and partly a fantasy which |
revives memories Of childhood. You
will be surprised to see how gracefully |
the Dream of Baby Days" is enacted
It is an axiom that the fat folk are
the merriest-a kind of falstaffian ira
dition-and these players perpetuate 1t
very substantially. John Slavin has
offered Miss Hayes the opportunity to
be a co-star with him in 1.-THE Air
King" but we hope she will not accept. |
'Twere a pity to break up the present |
alliance of avoirdupois. And where
would Miss johnson find another?
George w. Cunningham and Herman
Marion remind us how good a thing is
good, broad comedy by mixing it plen- |
tifully with agile acrobatics. They are
funny enough to get away with the |
laughs with a much less able assort-
ment Of expert feats than those they |
perform. Miss Rose Royal and her pos |
ing horse, Chesterfield, constitute the |
other new act the animal taking sew
enteen successive positions without |
an interruption. He is a handsome |
fellow, with a skin as sleek as satin |
and as white as milk. He seems to ap- |
preciate our applause. If he could only |
be induced to whinny we would know |
he did.
The laughter of little children still
acclaims Jacks victory over Giant |
Anger, and Joseph Hart and his Bath
ing Girls find a ready welcome in their |
second local week. Carson and Willard |
have expunged the Objectionable lines
which were noted in this column last !
week, and lose nothing in interest by |
the sacrifice. The Thalia quartet are |
less pleasing in modern than in operat- |
ic selections. Excelsior" was their
best effort yesterday, and that was
capitally done.
One reel Of picture films concludes the
bill happily.
1.-THE Honeymoon Trail" one of the !
most successful of numerous musical |
comedies sent out by the La Sale the
ater, Chicago, will come to the Mason
OIlG week llOAil LOl44Sllls II Is t44O WI n |
of the Chicago NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. |
Hough and Howard.
For the last week of the engagement |
of the Allen Curtis company at Fisch- |
er's theater IAN American Princess is |
the bill, with Annie Bauman in the title |
part. An American girl marries a |
French nobleman and tries to rid her |
self of his obnoxious presence. The plot |
hangs by a very light thread and the |
time is consumed mostly with good |
comedy. Charles Figg appears as VIII |
liam wise, an American citizen who |
has a weather eye for the coin. Henry |
Auerbach is good as Ferdinand Feath- |
erweight, a society pet. Albert Leon |
ard takes the part Of the pauper prince. |
The chorus numbers are we'll rendered |
and the costuming is above the aver
age. Among the chorus numbers are !
Move on, Mr.. Moon" led by Annie |
Bauman; Down Among the Sugar
Cane" when Women Get Their |
Rights" and Medley Of Old Songs" |
by Arthur Clamage.
Next week the Curtis company will |
leave Fischer's for the Walker theater. |
They will be succeeded by Charles ALI |
phin and his company, playing musical
productions from Mr.. Alphin's pen. The
new company is now rehearsing for the |
opening bill, "The King of Patagonia"
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