Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
NEWS OF THE THEATERS

| her to collect Dill she succeeds in
sending the woman away after having
inveigled- her into tearing up a check
given in payment of the account. Per-
suaded by her need for money, Lady
| Frederick is contemplating marriage
with q young scion of title and wealth
who is infatuated with her, but whose
mother steadfastly opposes the match.
The boy, ten years her junior, persists,
however, until finally Lady Frederick
bids him come to her rooms for his
answer. There she proceeds to dislllu-
| sion him by permitting him to see the
mysteries of her toilet. Ultimately she
marries an older admirer of former
years, and presumably lives happily
ever after in a place where duns
trouble her not.
| MAJESTIC-"The Girl from Rector's''
will begin an engagement Of one week
/ at Hamburger's Majestic theater, be-
ginning tonight, with matinees Wednes-
day and Saturday. The story of the
piece deals with a young wife who
tires of the monotony of a small town
In Michigan during her husbands abb
i sence, and who decides to see some-
4 thing of the white lights of New York
city. There she meets many habitues
of the all-night circles, and the COM
I plications follow when she returns to
J Michigan, to meet several OF the round
| CTS at LIle nOIlG OI d
The origin of the musical comedy Is
French 1t is the work of Pierre Weber,
from which Paul NJ Potter made the
! English translation. The cast is headed
by Carrie Weber in the title role, and
| includes William Sellery, John ]. Clark,
Dwight Allen, Edward Burton, Harry
| Fowler, Laura Lyman, Isabelle O'Mad-
igan, Beth Tate, Marie Tower and the
| Pendleton sisters, all of whom ap-
peared at Webers music hall during
the presentation of the play in New
York.
ORPHEUM-Like Kate Castleton,
one of the cleverest of bygone favor
| ties, Leila Mcintyre, who with John
Hyams comes to the Orpheum tomor-
row afternoon, has chosen the Quaker
maid as subject for dramatic ex-
ploitation. "The Quakeress," as her
sketch is named, concerns a stage
manager and an aspirant-threadbare
| material, but said to be adroitly
patched up by Herbert Hall Winslow.
| The scene is the Orpheum stage door,
and the stage itself, and the chance
for demurely coquettish characterize
| tion in the Quaker girl Is ample.
! Catherine Hayes and Sabel Johnson
claim to be champion heavyweight
actresses of America. Both gladly
suffer the plain word "fat" to be used
about them, and make the most of
| it. They present "A Dream of Baby
Days" in which after being their ZOO
pound selves, they impersonate vari-
GUS dream folk.
| George w. Cunningham and Her
man Marion do AN Acrobatic Talk
fest" One dresses straight" the other
in broad comedy fashion. Rose Royal,
with her posing horse, Chesterfield, pre-
| q nnNpI The animal nngaS
| in a number of picture settings, and
appears to enjoy his celebrity as much
as anybody on the bill.
Holdovers are George Anger and
company in Jack the Giant Killer"
the Bathing Girls" Carson and Will
lard and the Thalia quartet. There are
new motion pictures. The giants re-
ception will be held on the stage Satur-
day afternoon for all children, with
souvenirs.
| GRAND-This afternoon the stock
company will offer one of the biggest
melodramatic productions of the pres
ent season, "Adrift in the World" The
play is by Owen Davis and Ii has
proved popular in the east. The scenes
are laid in the Bowery, New York,
and the story concerns a young girl
who has been left a fortune. and then
stolen from her parents, taken to the
slums and forced to live there. In
this way it was hoped to obtain her
| fortune, but she is finally rescued
through the efforts of her sweetheart.
Dick Adams. The play will also serve
| to introduce four new members of the
company-the new character woman,
Jane Beckley; Miss Margaret Davis,
who will be seen as Martha Pickings;
Roy Watson, who will play the role of
| George Weed, and Arthur Whiting,
who will be seen as Abraham Jacob
| son. George Webb will play the lead
| ing male role of Dick Adams, and
| Grace Rauworth will be seen in the
| leading feminine role OF Mary Elliott.
LOS ANGELES-Beginnin Monday
matinee, Sullivan & Considine will
offer six entirely new acts, exclusive
of the new motion picturesque of the
heaviest bills yet offered. Heading the
program will come the well known
Irish actor, Charles Mack, who, with
a company. will present for the first
| time in tabloid drama form the tender
Irish song, Come Back to Erin That
| long, lean, lanky fellow, Alfred K.
Hall, late of The Land of Nod COM
pany, and a popular eccentric dancer,
| will also be a feature on the new bill.
]. K. Emmett, son of the information
ally famous Fritz Emmett, with his
company, will present a comedy en-
titled "Artie's Dream" During Mr..
Emmett's sketch he renders several of
| his fathers famous songs, such as
"Emmett's Lullaby and Sweet Vio-
| let's" j. Warren Kenae, one of the
younger masters of sleight t-of-hand,
will try to mystlfy the audience with
some novel tricks, and Wood brothers.
both members of the wellknown Irish
American club of athletes, who car
ried away many honors for this coun-
try during the recent contests on the
continent, will appear in double
ring act. Completing the program
will be the comedians, Cogan and Ban
croft, in their original skit called
Fun on. Rollers" and new comedy
motion pictures.
FISCHER'S - An American girl
married to a French prince. German
professor, an English dude. a woman
suffragist and French waitress make
up the cast of IAN American Prin-
cess These personages, who meddle
largely in one another's personal and
family affairs, lend complications to
the plot. Miss Annie Bauman,
who plays the princess. marries
very unhappily into an aristocratic
French family for money. Oissatis-
fed with her union, the princess tries
to rid herself of her partner. Charles
Figg, who has been passing his vaca-
tion in a mountain retreat, will be
seen as Mr.. Wise. a shrewd and pol
ished adventurer who is always look
ing for easy money. Mayme Praeger,