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Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06

AUDITORIUM-"S Salvation Nell,' a
powerful play of human sin and love
and regeneration, in which Mrs. Fiske
seems to have found her true METER
First time here Monday evening.
MASON-"Jack Straw" another Of
w. Somerset Maugham's airy comedies.
Americas most finished actor John
Drew, helps to relate fantastic plot
to the verities of the world of evening
dress and marriageable young women.
Local premiere Monday night.
BURBANK-When at a loss for a
new weeks bill play Secret Service" p"
Such seems to be Manager Morosco' s
wise rule, and the friends of the Bur-
bank stock company are eagerly
awaiting the apportionment of roles at
todays matinee, Judging from past
records a faithful version of the Gill
lette classic may be predicted.
BELASCO-"M Merely Mary Ann"
which deserves another week, gives
way of reluctant necessity to James
A Herne's "Shore Acres another
virile play which will give visiting
stars an honest run for their money.
Opening Monday night.
ORPHEUM-Yo can't stop the Rus
sell brothers, and we hope their bur-
lesque will keep the bounds so suffi-
ciently that we won't desire to. The
Avadano quartet in Italian songs and
Frederick Allen in a 'one-act idyl"
are announced. Bill changes Monday
matinee.
MAJESTIC-Kolb and Dill in Lone
some Town." which we venture to hope
will make us forget some of the ba-
nalities of "Weiner and Schntze" and
still please our friends who like them.
First frolic Sunday night.
WALKER-R. lie Roy Carroll.
lightning cartoonist," will be happy
if he succeeds in reminding you OF
Barnett. Beatrice Whitney will
whistle and Dixie Christy will try to
be a whole orchestra at once.
GRAND-TWo new actresses, Sara
Edwards and Blossom Seeley, will ap-
pear in the second week of I'm HarV-
ard" New songs are also promised at
the performance this afternoon.
LOS 'ANGELES-The Monetta fam
lily of five will twitter and warble on
Il variety of interesting instruments.
Hasse and Mariette promise to intro
duce the famous Paris Apache dance, "
synonym of mystery and terror.
UNIQUE-"The Princess and the
Rose" is the comedy company's offer
ing and there will be three extra vau-
deville acts.
EMPIRE-Twenty colored comedians
add a touch of dusky realism to "A
Trip to Africa" and sing several musi-
cal numbers.
FISCHER'S-A new musical pot
pourl1 of fun and fancy, with the fa-
miliar figures in the principal parts.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06
WHEN STAGE REALISM
PROVED A BOOMERANG

Il hope the experiment of playing
former telegrapher in the role of Capt.
Thorne at the Burbank this week will
not result as uproariously as did sim
liar attempt in Cleveland" said the
reminiscent key expert. "What made
the Ohio fiasco the more laughable
was the fact that it occurred in Will
liam Gillette's own company the first
season he appeared in Secret Service.
1t might be well to put William Des-
mond next to what little dallying
with the Morse code led to, so here
goes.
Gillette had been a constant source
of annoyance to the Cleveland teleg
raphers because he persisted in keep
ing in the Thorne role an actor who
knew as much about dot and dash
science as last years strlnebreaker
The messages he sent in that third
act from the Confederate signal sta
ton were worse than a pied linotype.
OF course, the big crowd didn't know
any different, and~many's the laugh we
wise ones had when the fellows who
We're innocent of our education pre-
tended to look cunning It the hunks of
gibberish that chap tapped out.
But one day this phony operator got
sick. That was our chance. 1t didn't
take much persuasion to induce Mr..
Gillette to try our speediest union
member as Capt. Thorne in that par
ticular scene. He kept back stage
pretty consistently the first night and
sort of felt his way over the footlights
by the cipher route. The next matinee
was Sunday ana the telegraphers
union decided to attend in body
Something less than a hundred keen
key jabbers filled up the orchestra cir
Gle and struggled back into the parquet.
When the third act came round there
was our PRIDE ticking away for dear
life, with the soberest face maginable.
And then we made our mistake by
giving him the glad hand 1t went to
his head, ana right away he began
turning the play into a riotous farce by
sending out sarcastic comments over
the wire to his friends in the pit. Just
at the climax of the scene we got this
hot from the ticker, Come on, you
chumps and get drink
And that orchestra and parquet
arose as one thirst aha walked out of
the theater, just as the smashing eli
max OF that great third act started. BY
the time they reached me sidewalk,
they We're silly mad at themselves
and the joker who got them there. He
showed up after the act and managed
to molify the crowd But that was
the last time Gillette ever tried real
live operator in the part of Capt.
Thorne And it wasn't the bartender
that kicked, either
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06
SALVATION NELL"
AS MRS. FISKE SEES IT

In a recent interview, one of the few
which Mrs. Fiske has permitted
= herself in many years, she spoke
as follows regarding Salvation Nell"
her present play:
IAN hour after 1 read the play I
accepted it. 1t was its poetry that
appealed to me most of all. It's real
ism has been called sordid, but it seems
to me The Divine Comedy of the
Sums If we have our tragedies they
are usually of our, own making, due
to our vanities. our selfshness or our
fantasies. But the tragedies of the
poor are real. People who are always
cold in winter and hungry most of the
time know life in all it's hard reality.
There is no pose about them.
LAS for considering the taste of the
public in choosing a play, why, that
is out of the question. To guess at the
public taste would bring about deteri-
Grafton and possibly destruction.
must do what I feel would be best for
me, not what l imagine the public
would like. one must have standard
"a goal of ones own
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06
A PROMPT BOOK FOR
PLAY HOUSE BORES
THE MAN BEHIND

He sits behind YOU. but that isn't all.
He's behind the whole play, from start
to climax. Perhaps he never got off
right at his premiere performance. Per-
haps as a child he was that particular
member of his Sunday school infant
class who was wobbling along with the
sixth commandment while the perfect
ly orthodox chorus were chanting
Thou shalt not covet--" Perhaps life
has always found him just too late to
seize her lavish opportunities. Perhaps
he lives in San Diego, poor man!
Perhaps-but what's the use? We
can't pity him-we who have gnashed
our teeth in rage so often at his mail
adroit echoes of the choicest dialogue
The heroine has let down her back hair
just as the property man let's down the
back drop. There is a desperate clinch,
and the heroine energies radiant to
handy insults with the villain.
"Unhand me, wretch" she's bound 10
say.
"Gur-r-L you are in my power is
his quite natural retort.
Il defy you, Reginald Fitzmaurice ~
she says Just like that.
And that's all we hear, for just as
Reggie is getting ready to hand back
that defiance with interest the bllther-
ing idiot begins to "unhand me,
wretch, and we're put out of the game
in the ninth with. the bases full. We
hear the splash as She is hurled into the
roaring torrent of deadly green burlap'
and we see Ready Roland leap to save
her, but we miss his proud yet modest
words as he clasps her to his manly
breast, just because the man behind Is
fooling around on the last century lap
The worst of it is that his imbecility
is so fascinating. He's the real play
stage, actors and all-for the poor
wretch who is his "man in front" We
get absorbed in calculating just how
near he will come to catching up. We
even lay bets on it with our neighbor,
whom we wickedly entice into lending
an ear to the noise behind The lulling
lit of his constant mutter almost puts
us to sleep, and we rouse ourselves with
a regretful yawn as the strains of the
"Lohengrin" wedding march float up
toward the flies, and Dolly, in front,
wipes away her tears, one by one, on
her peek-a-boo sleeve, and gathers up
her fower-pot hat from where she has
been emotionally kicking it, with a
sniff for the workaday world which we
represent with our uncouth yawns.
But the man behind is still repeating
blandly the last words of the heroine
to Ready Roland as they clinch under
the spotlight as the last curtain de-
scends. AS we seat ourselves in the car
for home we hear him animatedly dis
cussing the last orchestral selection
with a silent partner who, alas, with
him must ever be the woman ahead.
And SO adeu-till the next matinee.
one wonders if the man behind will
ever catch up. Perhaps when death
calls his cue he will hear without de-
Law. and then again, who knows If he
viii not require a repetition of the sum
mons before his mind adjusts itselI 10
tbe Great denouement? w. H. b.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06
HUMANITY HER HOBBY

In no one of her many private activ-
tiles is Mrs. Fiske nearer to the SYM
pathies of good men and women than
as a champion of suffering animals AS
a life member of countless humane So
cieties she has used her influence dur
ing her extensive travels for the anne
Iteration of the conditions of transport
ing cattle. An earnest foe of viVisec-
ton, her more recent efforts nave peen
directed TO work for humane education
courses in the public schools. Her
warmest sympathies in every city
which she visits are with the local
agencies which toll to protect the help
less dumb beasts from cruelty and
11aOlaof
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06
evRoN 70 TREAD BOARDS

Lord Byron is on his way to the
stage-it is said for the first time-ln
play that Lewis Waller intends to
try in England and in America next
year. The canvas is large, says the
London Telegraph, and across 1t move
many of the familiar men and women
of Byrons day The action of the piece
is mainly concerned with mis- courtship
of Miss Mllbank. and the miserable
consequences of their marriage.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06
nlsollEl pLAYs FINp HOME

Clarence Mackay and some of his
exclusive friends are the reputed back
ers of a new Gotham theateI which
will produce only such plays as have
given or can give society bona -fde
shock. "The Little Theater," as it
is to be named, is to be located on
upper Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06
sHuRERr. ON FIskE

Harrison Grey Fiske.' says j. J.
Shubert, speaking of recent manag-
erial fulminations, has been popularly
misunderstood. He has not in any
manner ever given up his allegiance
to the Independents and will play with
us whenever we have houses.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06

Matinee girls are inclined to envy
Mss Marie Doro when they see her IN
the role of Carlotta in THE Morals OF
Marcus" i'm which she comes to the
Mason opera house soon. In one
scene she is compelled, by an exacting
(Contlnued ON Page Ninel
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06
THE SERMON OF
SALVATION NELL

MY FRIENDS. I've got nothin'
Y new to say to you-it's the
old, old story I've told you so
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06

Lewis S. Stone will make his las
appearance for three months on tn
Belasco stage tonight and will leay
Tuesday for the hunting grounds
Montana, where he will, no doubt pu
a large sized crimp in the records
T. Roosevelt and Ike Walton. M
Stone has gathered together one of tn
finest equipments for a hunt of thi
kind that money could buy and If ther
is any big game in Montana he wi
surely get his share.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-06
FIRST AID TO THE
PUZZLED PLAYGOER

(Being a few lines of gentle counsel anent
current bills in Los Angeles theaters.)
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
Her SeIf-Restraint.

Ellen stopped scrubbing the ver-
anda steps long enough to- cast an
admiring eye on her employers gar
den. Sure they are fine posies ye
have, doctor,'' she said, 'tI've a neat
little house bought with the money
I'd put by, and an elegant garden it
had last year, too, but now there's
neither stick nor stalk in it. -
What was it, hens or dogs?" asked
the doctor, sympathetically mention.
ing his own aversions.
Sure me neignbor-bad luck tc
her.-had a ditch dug in her land
and the water ran down into me gar
den, and washed all me seeds away" !"
"And what did you do about it?'
"What could poor lone body like
me do?"
Well, didn't you at least say some
thing to the woman, complain or tell
her that you wouldn't stand it?"
'Now, doctor, dear, hard words
just leads to bad feelings among
neighbors, and that ye know as we'll
as l do; and it's not me that would
be using them. So l only said to her,
L hope I'll live to see the floods fow-
ing over your grave as your ditch
waters have flowed over. ME garden.
and l let it go at that. Youth S
Companion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
What Smythe Did.

"Once upon a time there lived a
good old man who was soliciting con-
tributions for the erection of an or
phan asylum said the story teller.
He had been to many rich people
and received liberal contributions,
which we're entered in book he had
for that purpose. Among these many
names appeared Mrs. Rupert
Smythe' The good man went to Mr..
Smythe's Office and, showing him the
contribution entered by Mrs. Smythe,
asked if he would not give like sum.
And what do you suppose he did?
"We1l, I suppose he doubled 1t, -
remarked a listener.
DOUBLED it? Not Rupert" eX-
claimed the teller o. the story. "Why,
he simply took his pen and wrote,
Mr.. and before his wffe's name and
handed the book back. London
Answers.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
Plenty of Names.

The school census taker. stopped at
little hut in the mountains of Ken
lucky, and addressing the mother of
an unusually large flock of children,
said:
Madam, l am taking. the school
census How many children have you
between the ages of six and"
"Lemme see," she broke in;
there's Katy an Mary an Annie an
Lucy an Carrie an Rob an Jake an
Will an Ferry an Jim an" She
paused for a breath and her caller
made haste to say: -. -, @-'' -~
Now, madam, if you could just
give me the number"
"Number?" she snapped; mum,
Der: We amt commenced number
in yit, thank you. We amt run out
o names. New York Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
CONUNDRJMS.

Which is the happiest State in the
Union? Ans.-Merryland MARY
lanG).
Wha3 is the last thing you take off
before getting into bed?- Ans.-YouI
feet from off the floor.
When is blow from a stranger
pleasant? Ans.-When he strikes
you agreeably.
What is the difference between a
lady and a postage stamp? Ans
One is a female and the other is a
mail fee.
What is there about a house that
falls regularly, but hurts no one?
Ans.-The rent OF the house. falls due.
Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
To be Continued.
Not What You Thouoht.

recently created excitement on the
Boulevard St. Michel, Paris. He was
lighting a cigarette when his nose be-
came suddenly ignited, and it and
his beard were soon On fire. The
man jumped about in great pain, and
was carried through Mortified
crowd to a druggists shop, where
the blaze was extinguished. 1t was
then found that he had a celluloid
nose.-Detroit News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
A GAME OF FATE.

Have three glasses nearly filed
with water. Into one pour enough
vinegar to color it. Into another
pour milk, but leave the third with
pure water in it. Blindfold the play
ers in turn and then change the posi-
tion of the glasses, but leave them in
a row. Turn the blindfolded player
around twice and then lead him up
to the table, where he places finger
in one of the glasses to learn his fate.
If the glass with the vinegar is chosen
the player will remain unmarried.
The glass with the milky water means
a marriage, while the clear water de-
notes marriage and wealth.-Wash-
ington Star. ..
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
FOUND ON A PENNY.


1. A messenger. One sent Zone
cent?.
2. What q prisoner most desires.
Liberty.
3. Part of a river. Mouth.
4. What a man should be to a
woman Shield.
5. 4 school child in distress. Pu-
pills under the lash.
6. Worn in the penitentiary
Stripes.
T. On every mans hat. Rim.
s. The land of the free. U. S. OF
America.
O. A writing implement Of long
ago. Quill.
10. A flower. Tulips.
Il. A small animal. Hare.
-. Part Of a trunk. Lid.
49, Guardian of peace. Chief.
Ia Union of youth and old age.
1896.
10. What conceited person
thinks of most. Face.
16. Leading man in a theatrical
company. Star.
II. Orchestra. Band.
IS. Part Of hill Brow
19 What a married couple should
be. United.
90. What young man likes to
have with pretty girl Date.
81. Weapon. An arrow
%. Name of fruit. Date.-In-
dianapOlis News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
AT THE ALTAR.

"Pa," said the beautiful heiress,
"you mustn't fail to get back in time
for the wedding. There will be no
one else to give me away"
ITO give you away? Good gosh,
that amt no name for it. Didn't l
pay the Baron 100000 in cold cash
to take you? 1 guess you amt no
premium, are you?"-Chicag Rec
ord-Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
THE QUEER SEX.

''Sir, my wife says that you have
been staring at her for the last ten
minutes. 1 want an apology"
Certainly. I may have been look
ing at your wife, but I was in deep
study and did not see her at all. !"
"Gee! When she hears that she'll
be madden than ever. Boston
Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
THEIR PURPOSE.

Mirrors" says the thoughtful
man, "were given to woman SO that
she may see herself as others see
her."
Hardly" comments the man with
the faded whiskers. ''They were
given to her so she may make her
self see herself as she wants others
to see her. Chicago Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
His Little Fad.

"That fellow always carries raw
egg about with him.
"Why?".
"He has heard that it is a sure REM
edy for fish bone in the throat .
4 should think it would be less
trouble to stop eating fish. Pitts
burg Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
HE'D BEEN THERE.

Mother-"Joh you said you'd
been to Sunday-school.
Johnny with a faraway look)-
"Yes, mamma
Mother - "How does it happen
that your hands smell of fish,"
JOHNNY carried home the Sun
day-school paper, an the outside page
is all about Jonah and the whale."-
Western Christian Advocate.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
Death From Sting of Flies.

Three persons died at Marseilies,
France, after having @been sstu1fg by
poisonous flies. Several streets are
infested by the insects (which are said
to have been brought to Marseilles in
cargo of South American wool
Echo de Paris.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
CARRYING THEM OUT.

Would-Be Contributor sent in
a few contributions to you day or
two ago, sir, which | am sure would
improve your paper. Have you car
ried out any of my ideas?"
Editor-'Did you happen to notice
a red-headed Office boy with waste
paper basket going down stairs?'
Contributor did, sir"
Editor-"Well, he was busy carry
ing out your ideas. Sketch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
IN PLUNKVILLE.

"How kin I improve my empo-
rium?" inquired the proprietor of the
general store.
"You might start by having them
crates out in front cushioned" sug
gested one of the prominent loafers
of the town. = Louisville Courier
Journal
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
Hard to Please.

The Candidate-''If elected I shall
carry out the policies of the present
administration"
A Voice From the Rear-"Don't
take the trouble to carry 'em out.
Throw 'em out!'--Philadelphi Bull
letin.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
For fhe
Younger
ChiLdren..

THE SLEEPY HEADS CONFESSION
At night, when they prepare for rest,
These folk more staid and wise,
Life with book seems at its best
And sleep forsakes mine eyes.
And when the clock proclaims the time
At morn in accents deep,
Alack. How | resent the chime,
And long to so to sleep!
The day seems wrongly built, I vow.
My wrath I oft have nursed.
The program that it follows now
[ fain would have reversed.
Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
WHISTLING TREE.

Among the curiosities of tree life
is the sofar, or whistlirg tree of Nu-
bia. When the winds blow over this
tree it gives out fute-lille sounds,
playing away to the wilderness for
hours at a time strange, wierd melo-
dies. 1t is the spirit of the dead sing
ing among the branches, the natives
say, but the scientific white man says
that the sounds are due to a myriad
of small holes which an insect bores
in the spines of the branches.
The weeping tree of the Canary
Islands is another arboreal freak.
This tree in the driest weather will
rain down showers from its leaves,
and the natives gather up the water
from the pool formed at the foot of
the trunk and find it pure and fresh.
The tree exudes water from innum-
erable pores at the base Of the leaves.
Philadelphia Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
AN ADVANCE OF sAvAGERY."

Mr.. Grump Ca savage bachelor)-
ST don't see why man should get
married when good parrot can be
bought for twenty-five dollars %
Miss Readywitt-"Asus usual we wo-
men are at a disadvantage. A grizzly
bear can't be bought for many times
that. Boston Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
Poultry in Missouri.

Last year the egg crop consisted OF
nearly lat, 100000 dozens, and sold
for nearly S23,O0O,O00. Over 200,-
100000 pounds of poultry was pro-
duced, selling for S22, 100000. From
this poultry over 100000 pounds os
feathers were saved, adding consider
ably to amount realized from poul!
try.-Colman's Rural World
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
THE MACHINE WITHOUT THREAD

''I like to sew where there is no
thread in the machine, it runs SO easi-
ly," said little girl.
A good many people, I think, are
pretty fond of running their machines
without thread.
When 1 hear a boy talking very
largely Of the grand things he would
Go if he only could and if things and
circumstances were only different,
and then neglecting every daily duty
and avoiding work and lessons,
think he is running his machine with
out any thread.
When I see a girl very sweet and
pleasant abroad, ready to do anything
for q. stranger, and cross and disa-
greeable in her home, she, too, is run
ming her machine without any thread.
All, this sewing without thread is
very easy indeed, and the life machine
will make a great buzzing! But la
Dor, time and force will in the end
be far worse than lost.-The Friend
For Boys and Girls.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
POLITICAL REPARTEE.

s'The motto of our party is Turn
the rascals out!'
''Well, I guess your party has
turned out more rascals than any
other. .''-Cleveland Leader