Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-23

GOSSIP OF THE
LOCAL BOARDS

Harry Girard, who produced THE
Circus Girl at the Burbank and who
is directing the orchestra there during
the run of the play, has decided to
open a studio in the Majestic Theater
! building, where he will prepare singers
for the stage. Mr.. Girard is now finish
ing his latest musical comedy, The
| Maid Of Mandalay," which will receive
it's first presentation at the Majestic
this summer when Oliver Morosco in
augurates his new musical comedy COM
pany.
Arcadia, the clever little singer and
violiniste at the Orpheum, left the
ranks of the Metropolitan soloists in
| New York to enter vaudeville. A few
weeks in opera or touring with band
are a season." but in the continuous
she works right through the year if she
wishes.
Kolb and Dill recently purchased the
entire New York production of Lone
some Town." and it will be shown DIT
the Majestic theater for the first time
| in the near future When Lonesome
/ Town" was presented in this city last
year a production was hurriedly made
for 1t, but this time the Los Angeles
public, will witness the read produce
i ton.
Three octaves and a half is the as
tonshing range of voice of Fraulein
Gisela Amati who, with her three sis
ters, is to be feature on the Orpheum
bill this coming week. Miss Amatt
| goes" exactly three notes higher than
the highest reach of the celebrated
Edithe Helena and attains what is
claimed to be the highest note ever
reached by the highest voice, exceed
ing Patti and our own Ellen Beach
Yaw, and striking "B" over high &C"
or, to be more technical, "B in altis-
simo."
This remarkable range of voice was
achieved by Miss Amati when she was
only IA years old, and she has taken
this phenOmenally high note as many
as eight times in one program. Her
range is a remarkable one and she
! possesses, as it We're, two separate and
distinct voices. She sings her low
"G' just as sweetly as the "B" that is
away up in the clouds.
The Amati girls belong to a musical
! family Their father is an instructor
and composer in Berlin and from their
infancy they have had conscientious
training The youngest, Valerie, is now
only IA, having received her diploma
from a Hamburg conservatory at the
age of II.
William Desmond will leave the Bur-
bank forces September / and Mr.. Beas-
ley will become leading man of THAI
organization. Mr.. Beasley's successor
for heavies has not yet been named.
Mr. Desmond has arranged to play
starring engagement at Portland with
George Bakers company instead of
going to San Francisco.
In his sketch cat the Gymnasium"
now playing at a Chicago theater, Jim
Jeffries speaks in resonant tones two
lines that are violently applauded for
| their eloquence, if not for his stento-
rian delivery. one of the expressions
| is merely this Il don't know, | never
heard it," but volleys of applause al
ways follow it. The reason is that his
associate, Sam Berger, has just fin
ished telling how sad it is for cham
pion to hear the referee count the IA
tai ten over his PROSTATE and dizzy
head. Then comes the line 81 don't
know, l never heard it," When Ber-
ger asks the champion for advice on
how to grow up and become a great
fighter, Jeffries tenderly lays a box
ing gloved hand upon the questioners
meager locks and says: 81 couldn't
make a champion out of you, Buddy.
but / can give you prescription for
an awful good hair tonic"
Robert Morris and Elsie EDMOND are
resting at a suburb of New York. Miss
Esmond, who is in real life Mrs. Morris,
has been very i'll in New York. and the
talented couple have decided to rest al
this summer
James Neill has installed new Neill
company in st. Paul for this summer
Herr Paul Sander, whose canine show
is the feature this week at the Or
pheum, knows how to prize good dog.
He hires a man who sleeps just out
side the room in which the valuable
animals live in the Orpheum base
ment. Sander even goes to the extent
of carrying heavy Insurance on his
dogs-perhaps the only instance of the
sort in the world. He imports a special
kind of dog biscuit for their eating
The dogs are boar hounds, perfectly
trained and thus represent a small for
tune to Sander.
"The Circus Girl" has been announced
for a second week ut the Burbank
theater, after which the Frohman YER
sion of Under Two Flags" will be
given, Blanche Hall will be the
Cigarette.
From the time the leading butterfly
fits out of the wings until Grigolatis
eolored lights all Will be action back Of
The services of twenty -four men are
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