Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-05

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and an airship, steered by Olga Stech,
/ circles all over the house. There will
be new aeroplane songs, new music
and new dances, all under the direc
ton of the new stage director Frank
StammerS.
! Dream City" will run but one week
with the usual matinees on Wednesday
and Saturday. There will be a special
holiday matinee Monday, Labor day.
and on Thursday, Admission day.
| ORPHEUM-The week beginning
| Monday matinee will be notable in
that it brings back to Los Angeles one
of her prime favorites, Eleanor Cor
/ don, the first "heavy" with the Ulrich
stock company at the Grand FIVE years
ago. The personal following she then
| acquired has watched her progress
with pleasure. After leaving here,
Miss Gordon went to San Francisco
and then east, finally becoming leading
| woman of the stock company at the
| Chicago opera house, an organization
| of national note. This is her first tour
| in vaudeville and also her first reap
! pearance here since she left the Grand.
| Her present vehicle is Tips on Tap"
! a racing comedy by Edgar Allen WolH,
! 1t tells the story of a woman VINO
| taps her husbands pockets for racing
| tips, on which she plays. One sent to
! him as a joke because supposedly I'M
possible, falls into her hands-and the
! denouement tells a story of woman
! luck which wins out when pltted
against the most skilled work of mere
man. Supporting Miss Gordon comes
! Joseph sullivan and a company.
| La Petite Revue" is novel
handling of an old idea, brought down
| to date, a review of old and new the
! atrical successes presented in an orig
inal fashion. A youth in reverie be-
holds many of the stage celebrities or
| the past: the scene changes and ne
GETS A glimpse of favorite vaudevil-
! lians of today; another change and ne
! sees a miniature "PinafOre" and the
finale is a "Slumberless Serenade.' A
! company of seven is required to pre-
| sent it. ,,.4
will do some dances "all over the
| place" Though clever on her feet on
| the floor, Miss Painter is equally al
! home on a wire a shovel or broom
| stick. She certainly should be De-
witching. ,.,o+.
whose selections range from graniu ~
| opera down, and as their repertoire -
very large they hope to please ali
The coming week will be the last
one of the stay of Sam Chip and Mary
Marble in "In Old Edam;' of the very
| clever six American Dancers, Mat
! thews and Ashley and Conroy, Le-
Naive e CO. There are new motion
pictures.
GRAND-Beginning this afternoon
! the stock company will give the nTSt
nroduction in this city of Harry RI.
EarTs new society melodrama,
Wife's Peril" Besides the regular mat
inees, the play will also be given at
special matinee on Monday, LABOR "'S'
| and Admission day, Thursday.
George Fame, a civil engineer IN tine
| service of the English government, mas
been detailed in East India, and during
! thsi time, being practically OUTSIDE OF
| civilization, has been unable to write
to his wife. She, not knowing the cir
| cumstances, thinks he has forgotten
| her, and has received the attentions oI
an Italian artist, Raphael RaVolo ana
| is about to eope with the artist when
her 6-year-old child is nearly killed
through an accident The husband re-
ceives word of the accident and returns
TO find his wife has run away with the
artist He follows her, finds her and
because of his great love for his chlld,
and believing she has done no great
wrong, takes her back to his home.
The third act shows the engineer and
his wife at a hotel in Naples where
thew have gone for the childs health.
! Mrs. Fame is pursued by RaVolo, the
artist and through threats to expose
many things Of which her husband
knows nothing, he forces her to intro
duce him to her husband under an as
sumed name Mrs. Fanes sister, Fan
ME Merryweather. a widow, knows of
the influence which the Italian holds
over her sister, and attempts to infu-
ence her to lead a better life, in which
she is aided by Lord Augustus Chum-
ley, an English fop. BY card game
| Miss Merryweather succeeds in win
ming from Ravolo the letters which he
has held over the weak Mrs Fame, and
during this game Ravolo Is caught
Cheating He is challenged to duel
by Lord Chumley, and in the last act
Ravolo is killed and the engineer and
his wife reunited.
As Fannie Merryweather, Grace Rau-
worth will have an important part.
George Webb will be seen in the role of
Ravolo and Harry Earl will be Lord
augustus Chumley. Jack Mcdonald
will play George Fame, while Lillian
| Hayward will be seen as Mrs Fame.
| The management has promised an eX-
cellent scenic equipment for the pro-
duction.
LOS ANGELES-With Monda Glen
dover and Raymond Manion, two well
! KNOWN local IdNOIlltS' l-Cct1illo biiS IN W
! bill which opens Monday afternoon,
| Sullivan & Considine will make
strong bid for local attention. Glen
dover and Manion will present a one
act playlet entitled "a Christmas on
| the Comstock," by the well known
dramatic author, Harry Cottrell. The
scene of the playlet represents the
cabin of "Old Bill" miner and gam
| bier, situated on the Comstock in Ne
vada in the early sixties. The sketch
gives both Miss Glendower and Mr..
Manion excellent opportunities to dis
play their abilities. Miss GlendoWer
was one of the most popular ingenues
| that ever played at the Burbank, while
! Mr.. Manion, who was also a member of
| the Burbank stock company, attained
much fame on the gridiron playing
| fullback with the st. Vincent college
| team when they won the championship
of Southern California.
Ross and Shaw heralded as musical
nondescripts will present their original
musical comedy absurdity, called
Down in Jungle Town" Gaynell
Everett, a pretty young woman late of
1.-The Gingerbread Man company, will
| present fifteen minutes of character
songs, lightning changes and buck and
wing dancing, for which she has won
a reputation. Much of the comedy of
the program will be furnished by Jack
| Symonds. the quiet droll type of
monologst, and Scott and Dav, singing
and dancing comedians. Harry Tyler,