Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
GREEN ROOM TALK
AND TATTLE

Nat Goodwin in Seattle repeated his
| lament that he could not get play
to suit his abilities" In an inter-
view he seemed to remember that
"they" said nice things about THE
Easterner" in Los Angeles, but it is
not likely he was thinking of one
Samuel Il. Glover. Nat is still repin-
| ing over his failure to accept "a Pa
risian Romance" when it was offered
| him long before Mansfield immortal
| lied the Wizened face of Baron Chew
rial Asked why he did not go into
vaudeville, Mr.. Goodwin said quickly,
why not? l might do it, if things
were right. There's a lot of good peo-
pie in vaudeville. Hackett and Hol-
land and some more, and they say it's
good game" Neither Miss Goodrich
the Orpheum circuit nor Considine and
Sullivan have yet been heard from.
A cablegram announcing the death
of her dearest friend, received just be-
fore she took the stage on the first
night, is now officially assigned as the
cause for Billie Burke's London dis
aster
portrayal of the fall of man is
among the features announced by
Dreamland, Coney Islands famous
New York resort. Other novelties on
exhibition are an electric dairy farm,
the human butterfly" a village of
Filipino head hunters" and Sorcho's
deep sea divers.
Grace Elliston, the original Shirley
Rossmore in THE Lion and the
Mouse" is to be featured in Henry b.
Harris 'An American Girl"
Mayor Hibbard apparently is reduc-
ing to a science his personal censor
ship of the plays which shall reach
the Boston theatergoer. Cooperating
with a number of clergymen, he has
decreed that all plays with improper
atmosphere" shall be forbidden the
right to show" Mayor Hibbard says
he is no narrow purist; in fact does
| not in the least object to tights but
! finds earnest fault with certain dances,
dialogue and songs which have accom-
panied some of the latest Broadway
musical shows.
J. j. Shubert says theatrical enter
prises are a side line with him and his
brother. "Our regular business is real
estate" he adds.
The Shuberts have signed contracts
to book their productions and those of
their allies in the 100 theaters of the
Intermountain theatrical circuit, whose
managers have sanctioned the open
door policy. The playhouses in the
chain are in large towns in New Mex
leo, Arizona, Colorado. Idaho, Nevada,
Wyoming Montana, Utah and CalifOr-
MIA The Auditorium theater Denver
will be the Shuberts' western base.
The widow of the late Ben Hurtig
is now in control of his chain of twelve
theaters. She is first, commercially,
among women playhouse managers.
Klaw and Eranger will produce
"Rebacca of Sunnybrook Farm" by
Kate Douglas Wiggin and Charlotte
Thompson.
Klaw and Erlanger and Joseph
Brooks have arranged to produce
Through a window" in which Lillian
Albertson will appear, in Boston Mo-
Vember 8. Gertrude Andrews, the
playwright. writes that it is not a po-
litical play but brings forward the
women who, because of their economic
dependence, are victims of our present
political system. Felipe Costello, Miss
lAlbertson's role. is one of these wom-
en-. Her father, Judge Costello is the
tool of the political ring in San Fran
cisco. She has been educated ins an
eastern school and in Europe and has
been very little associated with her
father, but she loves him with an ar
dent devotion. She has idealized him.
He is a man of great personal charm
The great earthquake acts as a Neme-
sis. 1t brings about a situation that
reveals to Felipe the other side of her
fathers character and the humiliating
Influences which have shaped her own
life. Mrs. Andrews has drawn the