Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-29

gagement. My informant tells me that
Manager Blackwood's booking ante
dated the Masons and that 1t has
been the understanding from the first
that the San Francisco company should
wind up their current local engage
ment, at the Main street playhouse.
1.-THE Lion and the Mouse" entered
upon its third week last night at the
Belasco. Next week the Hoyt musical
play, "A Day and Night in New
York." will be the offering. "A Col
lege Widow" will follow, being the Elks'
week attraction.
The best act on a rafting good bill
at the Orpheum this week Is CLAUDE
Gillingwater's veteran skit, "A Strenu-
Gus Rehearsal" which has weathered
more seasons than 80 per cent of the
come-and-go vaudeville playets around
which the weekly variety feast is
spread. Mr.. Gillingwater's sketch has
been pared down to the last superf1uous
minute, and the story of the stage
struck wife, who is found in the arms
of her dramatic teacher by her re-
turning husband, goes like ball from
gatling gun. Particularly noteworthy
yesterday afternoon was the acting OF
Miss Carlyn Strelitz In the small part
of the maid. G. C. Gwynne and Miss
Teresa D6l6 play TIE plllCI ~
roles as If it were a habit.
Mabel Hite would adorn any kind OF
a show, from Madame Jarley's wax
works to the ARREST of comic operas.
She was welcomed yesterday In brisk
turn remarkable rather for the excel
lent opportunity 1t afforded for the
exhibition of husband Mike than for
dramatic quality About all the friend
of Hank O'Day Is permitted to do III
the act is to make a noise like a con-
tinuous domestic strike out, and to
wind UP with a snappy dance, hand IN
hand with Wife. He's a broth OF a
by, but somehow one can't help reel,
ing he'd look and feel more natural
in a uniform. Mrs. Donlin sings an
Italian dialect song which, with a
wealth of inferential expression ana
gesture, Is a whole play in itself or
course It's heartless to try TO break up
happy home, but can't help the low
lived hope that Mabel Will be PACK
in musical comedy next year. Ana
Mike? Well, foot up the difference
between Pittsburg and New York IN
the percentage column and you'll see
the answer. "a.
They both stole home yesterday aft
ernoon, all right. No such whirlwind
of applause has greeted any other
Orpheum attraction this year, ana
they both earned 1t, every whit.
Frank and Jen Latona, who change
their capital musical act every sun
rise. showed that their European repu-
tation is no mirage by duplicating their
success of last week. Billy Van tells
few new ones IN an eHcruclal ti.5
wav that nearly pulls him over the
footlights. The canary accompanlst TOT
the Vindobonas must have had an OH
dav Yesterday for I caught only -FOUR
meager chirps which didn't seem 70
emanate from the violin strings. Ihelr
makeups are original ana the passooll
number is real treat, but their
comedy Is rather too solemnly premedl-
tated to light any red fire in an Ameri-
can audience. The Bladder Lavelle trio
Of cyclists, Donald and Carson, and
"The Sunny South" ragout of songs
and dances are the followers.
Cunning child actors would do no
more startling feats than do Tony KY
ders troupe of trained monkeys at
! Fischers this week. Next to them,
0uda,s stage ~~-mnastics deserve men
tion. Joe Goodwin talks and dances
with polite originality Miss Annie
Montgomery sings, with You IN
Eternity" with sudden solemnity. ana
frolic with the Roly POLES. LIE Chatter
French tenor balladist, MARBLES moon
song and High Old Time In Dixie"
and the rotund band of charmers
chime in with the refrain. There are
interesting motion pictures, as usual.
Somewhere on the road between san
Francisco and Los Angeles are six
trunks. the property of Miss Marie
Nelson one of the principals OF the
new Morosco musical comedy COM
many. In her room, in down town
hotel. there is another trunk, and In
that trunk here is a fairly complete
line of wearing apparel of the sort
innportant in musical comedy shows.
There are short sklrs and shorter
skirts. military waists that button up
close around the neck and other waists
that don't do anything of the sort; and
there are also several suits of tights.
But there isn't a street costume in the
collection
Miss Nelson discovered the mistake
upon her arrival here from the north
Yesterday morning and at once began
to send hurry-up kilograms. The only
clothes she had suitable for street
wear were those upon her back, but
that wasn't the worst of it. Last
night Miss Nelson was to have been
the honor guest at dinner given by
an old schoolmate whom she had not
seen in five years. She had nothing
to wear and, of course, couldn't go.
The old familiar excuse of might
rehearsal, my dear" was made to
serve. Now Miss Nelson is looking
| for the maid who sent a theater trunk