Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-21

of the mountaineer was apparent. IL
was trihing, but very significant,
proof of Mr.. Beasley's versatility as an
actor.
One more excellently managed mo-
ment was the arrest of Larkin as he
was working his way guiltily to the
door. Mr.. Gilbert gave a thorough,
comprehensive Interpretation of one of
the few sane characters in the play.
In that trial, which was principally
a myth because of the unprecedented
liberties allowed a prisoner against
whom judge and jury were packed,
Mr.. Desmond dominated, his effective
personality and method making the role
of John Graham almost possible-let
us say, probable.
The last act-wlth its anti-eimactlc
effort to palliate the treason of Stella
Butler-was hardly necessary. The
authors might just as well have left off
with the escape of Graham, while Mr..
Giblyn's very mannerly villain writhed
at the bellcord. But Mr.. Mestayer and
Miss buffet sandwiched in little court
ing, and we bore the final converse OF
that fiery southern home with becom-
ing equanimity.
Final? Yes, if any pseudo-dramatic
handling of a difficult and delicate
problem of civilization can be called
final. But If gentleness and courage
and the true chiValry of the south,
which Thomas Dixon and his kind are
several centuries below grasping, are
to guide the hands of science and edu-
cation in dealing with that problem,
then 1 think we shall have to seek some
saner, wiser guides, who may also, pos
sibly, be more entertaining.
"Bunco in Arizona" slipped readily
into the footlights left by the depart
H.
to Guide Her." of Which 1t is Lillian
Mortimer's sequel, and two big aud
fences at the Grand yesterday con-
tinued to follow with bated breath the
humorous fortunes of Alice (Baby)
Lewis in her role of an philosophy
cal waif crossing the plains.
That both play and players pleased
their audience yesterday afternoon was
clearly demonstrated by the hearty ap-
plause that followed every big scene.
At many of the climaxes the entire
audience fairly got up on their feet and
yelled, and it is a characteristic OF
an audience at the Grand that when
they like a play they are not in the
least afraid to let the actors know it.
The play opens with Bunco in Arizona,
where she falls in love with the cow
boy hero, Dick Gold. Shortly after the
opening Bunco, by the death of an
and is called away to Europe. Right
here Mr.. Villain, in the form of an
English cousin, sets out to win the girl
From then until the end of the last act
there are plenty of climaXes and mar
row escapes. In the end Bunco returns
from Europe and marries her cowboy
sweetheart.
The mine explosion in the second act
and the fight between the Indians and
the cowboys on horseback in the third
act caught the crowd. The latter would
have been better had the actors not at
tempted to use so many horses on the
stage.
George Webb was likable hero and
Chester Stevens a very wicked English
cousin. Alice Lewis received much APP
plause for her excellent work as Bunco
while Grace Rauworth and Marjorie
Dalton make the most of their parts.
George Fields does some excellent char
acter work in the role of Frenchy. A
good line of comedy was furnished by
FRANKLIN Hall, a new member of the
company.
A substantial audience of dyed-in-
the-wool Kolb and Dill enthusiasts
saw the long and short of it in thei1
farewell frisk at the Majestic last
night and laughed over THE Politi-
clans" as that cleverest of the cur
rent repertoire merited. From the en-
trance of the festive pair-that jai
entrance which shortly becomes hap
by exit into the absurdities of an operi
bouffe campaign for mayor-to tho
snappy comedy scene of the last act
wherein Dill gets his first music les
son, the play went as smoothly as II
the company were anticipating a long
run here instead of concluding one
Dill, as usual, in this political satire
holds the bag-and not the money bag,
either. The songs went briskly and
Miss Maybelle Baker was pleasing in
Miss Rafters familiar role, despite heI
Lacks of quite the statuesque proper
lions of the injured star and her ten
dency to tumble her lines at times.
BY this time Kolb and Dill are OF
their way, and they have our best
wishes for a successful wind-up OF
their season and a deserved vacation
In two weeks Sergeant Kitty will
be the bill at the Majestic. For this
play Percy Bronson will be retained
from the present Kolb and Dill cast
and will become a permanent member
of the Majestic summer company
Messrs. Stockbridge and Giblyn of the
Burbank company will be brought
over, together with Miss Agnes Game
Brown as prima donna and Harry Gil
rard as leading man. Rehearsals fol-
Sergeant Kitty" will begin Tuesday
when knights Were Bold" will be
next weeks Burbank Offering, instead
of "a Parlor Match" as announced
The old Hoyt farce has been found too
antiquated in costuming and situation
for present day revival
Kolb and Dill will end their season
next Saturday after a few one night
stands on the coast. They expect to
reopen in August at Seattle.
Jack Straw" 1.-THE Honor of the
Family and "The Morals Of Marcus"
are coming attractions at the Bur-
bank.
The lifting strains of the Morosco-
Firard success, prairie Land" are
ripping from several orchestra stalls
this week, winning repeated eneores
from the whistling galleries
The Princess Theater company of San
Francisco arrived last night, and are
all in readiness to start the summer
musical comedy season at the Mason
opera house tonight. The bill for the
first week is "Piff, Paff, Pouf."
Fred and Jen Latona, who open at
the Orpheum today, came all the way
from Australia to play this house eX-
clusiVely. They will appear nowhere
else in the United States, but after d