Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-03
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nlnS MOuudY night. Inc pldy 10 q
dramatization of Arthur Eddy's novel;
of Chicago business life, Canton &
Company" 1t was prepared for the
stage by j. Hartley Manners. The
struggle between John Canton and his
son, who wishes to marry the daught-
er of the elders former commercial
rival, constitutes the plot. The dis
inheritance of the son, his bankruptcy
as a result of speculation, the young
woman's interview with the father, in
which she denounces and then pities
him; the reconciliation between the
three, and the Great John Ganton's
final entrance into the operating room
to undergo the knife for a deadly
malady, all furnish a series of real
istic scenes. The scenic contrast be-
tween the bare office of the packer and
his luxurious home is accurately de-
picted, and the atmosphere Is recogniz-
able to any ex-Chicagoan. The sha-
dow of a strike in the yards falls across
the piece and the economic aspects of
the situations are tellingly emphasized.
MASON-"Honeym Trail" which
rewarded Adams, Hough and Howard,
its authors, with run of 200
nights at the La Sale theater, Chi
cago, comes Monday night, another
of Mort H. Singers musical waits
WHICH nave lOullu many q Ait'PBJ
home. The locale, Lower Cali
fornia, offers excellent scenic oppor-
tunities. The Inmates of sanitarium
known as the Sleepy Hollow rest cure
live adjoining a hotel named Liberty
hall, peopled mainly with actual or
prospective Divorces. To this hetero-
geneous colony comes the hustllnS
salesman for brand of baked beans,
who bravely tries to cure the invalids
leo
severed couples. The first act ends
with his attempted elopement with the
daughter of a rival baked bean manu-
facturer In the second act the phil
anthropic salesman continues his en-
deavors at a garden fete on the hotel
lawn. Finally, the irate father relents
and he weds his inamorata. There are
fifteen musical numbers. In the COM
pany are Bert Baker. as star, and
chorus of 60, including the Ned Way
burn broilers from the La Sale.
BURBANK-Reviving Henry " Es-
mond's "When We Were Twenty
One" the stock company will present
A. Byron Beasley as Dick Carewe and
Miss Lillian Burkhart as Phyllis, the
roles created in this country by Nat
Goodwin and Miss Maxine Elliott. The
first performance will be given TINS
afternoon and there will be the usual
Saturday matinees Special scenery
has been built, and the big third act, a
feature of the London presentation,
but omitted from the Goodwin version,
will be reproduced with extra players
engaged for it's portrayal. The Imp,
an orphan of 21 (played by Harry
Mestayer), has been intrusted by his
parents to the care of Dick Carewe,
who with his friends. Waddles, the
doctor and the "soldier man." try to
instill into him the principles of honor
which nodded his fathers life. De
spite boyish affection for PHYLLIS
daughter of his guardians house
keeper, the boy falls into bad habits
and elopes with an adventures, who
promptly deserts him when she finds
he is penniless. The boy resolves to
enter the army and reform: Mean
while Carewe finds himself in love with
Phyllis and they are married John
w Burton, David Hartford and H. S.
Duffield play the three friends, and
Margo Duffet, the "Firefiy'' adventur-
ess. Others in the cast are Lowell
Alice Taylor, Louise Royce. Maud
Hannaford, a young pupil in the MO
rosco Institute of Dramatic Arts !;
William Yerance, Willis Marks, Fred
erick Gilbert and Wayland Trask.
BELASCO-So great has been the de-
mand for seats that "Du Barry" will
be continued for a second week, be"
ginning tomorrow night. This is the
first time this mammoth drama of the
French revolutionary period has been
attempted by a stock company, and
its presentation apparently has broken
all local records for magnificence and
scenic accuracy. That's Magrane has
received marked evidences of public
appreciation for essaying the task of
Du Barry, and the critics have paid
her the honor of elaborate reviews,
differing as to her success, but recog-
nizing her portrayal as the command
ing one of the production. AS Cosse-
Rrissac. Du Barry's soidier-loVer,
Lewis S. Stone gives dignified and
impressive impersonation. Frank e.
Camp is the ironic and pleasure low
ing monarch, Charles Giblyn the vii
lainous Jean du Barry and Richard
Vivian, the faithful servant, Denys.
The ensemble work of the 100 extra
engaged players is a tribute to the
abilities of Stage Director Andrews.
The costuming is fitting and beautt-
full This is announced as positively
the last week of "Du Barry" and at
tention is urgently called to the neces-
sity of an early curtain rise at each
performance, owing to, the length of
the play. The evening presentations
will begin promptly at and the matt
nees at on Thursday, Saturday, and
Sunday.
MAJESTIC-New York and Boston
followed Chicago's lead in applaud
ing "The Time. the Place and the
Girl" the La Sale music-comedy by
Adams, Hough and Howard which
opens tonight for one weeks stay.
The comedy is said to be real and
dominant in this hybrid product; the
music, subordinate, if tuneful, from all
accounts. Robert Pitkin. a local ia
vorite, will be seen as Happy Johnnie
Hicks" a cheerful gambler His lead
ing support is Jessie Huston, the
girl The rest of the cast numbers
about sixty and includes the "Pennant
Winning Beauties" and the "Peewee
Kiddies," who do so love to dance.
New styles in gowns. designed by
Mime. Cullnane of New York and Paris,
are promised. An entirely new pro-
duction has been built since the pre-
vious appearance Of the play here.
ORPHEUM-"At the Country Club
another of the big "girl'' acts which
seem to find welcoming havens on the
Orpheum circuit, heads the bill opening
tomorrow matinee. In song and dance
and Jest the doings of society in the
country are depicted 1t is a miniature
musical comedy, with a cast of thir-
teen and varied costuming. 1t is by
George Sphinx, who wrote "Bill Sim
MONS" and the scene is laid near New
York city. The Arlington four COM
posed of Messrs Lever, Lee, Nanny
and Roberts, claim laurels for original
ity in makeup, vocal ability and dane
ing Sienor Luciano Lucca, dubbed