Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-31

The way to vaudeville is often
devious and long. But it pays when
you arrive. Edwin Latell, who will
return to the Orpheum this week, was
a street faker, selling patent medicine
twenty years ago. Then he was one
of troupe of bell ringers, 'mooching"
his way when he couldn't pay fare.
He kept at it, grew up into an actor.
graduated into vaudeville-and now
gets big salary. But it took twenty
years.
Richard earle, the playwright, COM
poser and comedian, will make his first
appearance in fifteen years in Los An
geles when he comes to the Mason
opera house March Is, 26 and % with
his musical comedy, "Mary's Lamb
When Mr. earle was last here he was
playing minor roles with James T.
Powers in "A Mad Bargain" and with
the later Peter F. Daley in "a Coun-
try Sport Since then his rise has
been rapid, and many in the east ac-
count him one of the foremost come
dams on the American musical comedy
stage. While he has not been on the
coast, he is known here through THE
Tenderfoot' - THE Mayor of Toxic and
others of his musical plays. In "Mary's
Lamb" he appears as both playwright
and composer, in addition to having
the principal comedy role.
Every lover of American stage dane
ing of the older sort-clog, buck and
wing and the like, as distinguished
from ELECTROMAGNETIC with gen
erous APPLAUSE Pat Rooney, now dead,
who was in his day the foremost ex-
ponent of this art. His two daughters,
Julia and Josie, have inherited his
skill and liking for the old art and
will demonstrate it at the Orpheum
this week. Both girls are clever with
their feet, sing bit, and one of them
is a song writer of ability. In fact.
the whole Rooney family is of the
stage, endowed with skill and es-
pecially is expert at dancing. Pat not
only danced, but he was an Irish
comedian of much worth. He was also
a stage manager, and he is responsible
for the Rogers brothers musical skits.
The mother was a ballet premier toe
dancer for nine years, and besides these
two girls, there are Pat, jr., and Mat
tie, both in the business. The death of
Gus Rogers deeply affected them, for
the two families had long been asso-
ciated. The Rooneys have fine home
in Baltimore, where the girls were
reared, beginning their dancing when
years old-and they are just four
times that age now-that is, the older
girl is; the younger is 10.
BABES in Toyland' will be at the
Majestic theater next week. The piece
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seasons, thus proving its quality, and
has been perhaps the most popular OF
recent attractions of it's class in
America. A new scenic production has
been built this season and the extrav-
| aganza will be presented here in spick
and span condition, with fresh and pic
turesque costumes as well. The pro-
ducing cast numbers seventy persons
and is headed by Eddie Roadway, Gus
Pixley, Gene Ormond, Helen Mcleod,
Beth Tate, Norma Cameron, John F.
Ward and Ida Ward, with a chorus Of
forty Girls. Victor Herbert has con-
tributed some melodies to BABES in
Toyland' and Glen MacDonough's book
is a fairy story realized. The produc-
ton has been staged by Julian Mitchell,
In the February American Magazine
Marion Hill tells a theatrical story
which contains a mass of information
about the lives of actresses. Here Is
Mrs. Hills description of how young
actress is examined when she applies
for a job
THE manager, David Hess believed
in silhouettes. He also believed that
the only way to find out how a person
would look behind the footlights was
to put that person there; consequently
he had an experiment room.
"'They fluff up their rates. he re-
marked sardonically to Jessica.
"She smiled family, but took the sug-
gestion and patted her hair into better
order She followed him into another
room which was merely a dark cup
board. Hess turned on an electric
light.
commanded. 'Positioni Pose! Stand
up-or lie down. Anything. Make
pictures
Striving to ease her miserable con-
seriousness by rejecting that the whole
thing was merely business, she stood
before the screen, obeying his brief d.
rections, while he turned on stronger
light, then settled himself In a chair
Lis chin in his hand, and studied her
with the unfinching deliberateness of
a MISUNDERSTANDING almost as
much pain, too.
FINISHED, he simply turned out the
lights and went back to his office, leav-
ing her to follow as she chose,
GAS she was dazedly replacing her
! hat upon her dropping head, he re-
marked dismissively:
"TH bear. you in mind, my dear,
| bear you in mind.
"'You can't say anything more def
nite? begged Jessica.
To hurry at the start is the way
to lose the race offered David Hess
genially, with a drowsy smile at his
alert victim.
"'But I may leave my address?'
| write IL, WF1Le IT, ne permitted,
apparently tired Of everything. sit
down. He pushed a book toward her
and threw a pen OH top of it. sit
down. On my knee, If you like
"I don't she murmured, dropping
her head still lower to hide a smile,
for his impudence was too pronounced
| to be really insulting. Moreover she
felt that he was rather testing her own
fiber than being invitational."
DeBiere, the illusionist who will be
at the Orpheum this week, carries his
own stage crew of four, and allows no
one on the stage while his act is on
Not even attaches of the Orpheum will
penetrate behind the curtain line at
that time. DeBiere has tricks all his
own, and he does not care to have
them faxed by others.
Wilfred Clarke, who will be at the
Orpheum this week, is nephew of the
| late Edwin Booth and a cousin Of
Creston Clarke. Although he is now
in comedy, he has not always been so,
for he has played with most Of the