Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-02


for the full play of his facile pen, will
be reproduced. as during the long run
of this production in New York city,
Chicago and Boston. The book of the
piece is a logical affair, telling a
natural story and portraying the hu-
NOR of the countryside and the pathos
of faithfulness, with a satisfactory
and logical conclusion. The book mas
probability and possibility and finally
satisfied curiosity" TO relieve any
temporary depression the three acts
are interspersed with tuneful songs
some of the best of which are Forty
FIVE Minutes from Broadway so
Long. Mary" and Mary Is Grand
old Name" There is a chorus, taught
to dance under the personal direction
of the author, George NJ Cohan Inc
cast includes Elizabeth Drew. Charley
Brown. Ninon Ristori. Louise Gardner,
Josenb Kaufman, Susan Chisnell, Eu-
rene MacGregor. James A. Davett
Harry Gwynette James II. Manning
and twenty others. There are three
acts. all laid in New Rochelle, Inc
fret and second act show the Castle-
ton mansion, and the third, the famous
railroad station in New Rochelle' Ne"
York.
oRpHETTM-Miss Eva Taylor who
last season distinguished herself III
vaudeville in the Frohman farce
"Cbums." will be seen beginning Moli-
dav matinee in an elaborate scenic
production of her latest comedy sue
cess. ''Dreamona," This comedy Is
from the pen of Lawrence Grafton,
who portrayed Justice Prentlce III oIle
of "The Witching Hour" companies. III
'.Dreamona" Miss Taylor presents
stage.
The scene is laid in Dreamona tIop-
ica1 garden near New Orleans. Inc
story begins with a humorous hafu-
luck situation in which man Oh lhe
world and his valet find themselves
after an all-night tramp through the
marshes. Worn out, they lie down on
the earden benches for a rest ana are
soon fast asleep. Dreamona, Nlctiii
of the sleep walking habit, enters ciau
in her robe du chambre ana rylhs
a lighted candle. The two trapeieIs
are awakened by the apparltioli' GO
the1, call it. and complications follow.
a vrence Gratton's name is prominent
i'm the supporting cast. IAN Afternoon
at Home'' is a monologue given by
Florence Bindley She takes her au-
diencA into her confidence ana tellS
them that she expects several theat-
rira1 neople to visit her and that they
win all display their varied accom-
nlishments. When they fail TO arrive
She takes the parts of the missing s; olles;
Miss Bindley then introduces seVeIaI
songs, dances, gives XylopHohe o, soloa
and an imitation of q French singer
recommending herself on the piano.
stella H. Morrisini is a prominent an
inna1 trainer of Europe. She is now eH-
hibitine her beautiful Siberian wolf
hounds and shetland ponies in Amer
loo Tho wolf hounds have been claSsed
bv authorities as among the largest
snecimens of their particular oreed:
The shetland ponies are intelllgent anu
prettv little animals that go through
their performance in mllltary lasHioIi, I-
Harry Fox and the Mlllershlp s-IsteIs -
nresent an assortment of song, dance
and chatter which they call artistic
Nonsense" Mr.. Fox is a light COM
edian who earlier this season reached
broadway in a musical show called
'.The Follies of the Day" where MS
personal success was pronounced AS
his associates the Misses Lillian and
Flora MilIership are said to prove an
attractive foil for the comedians VII
ticisms. The dancing is heralded as
a distinct feature of this offering. Ihe
Four Floods are announced as tne
acrobatic merrymakers'' and are said
to present something new in the way
of gymnastics. They carry special set
ting and costumes. William II.
Thompson and his company in Pride
of Regiment" Quinlan and Mack and
the Two Bobs, with new motion pic
lures, complete the. bill.
GRAND-Ferris Hartman and his
singing and dancing company, begin
ming with the usual Sunday matinee,
will open the new year with a pro-
duction of James 7. Powers success
full musical comedy, San Toy" The
piece will serve to introduce Ferris
Hartman in a distinctly new character,
that of Ii, which was played success
fully for many years by James I.
Powers. The play is distinctly Eng
lish, with a colorful Chinese setting,
the scenes being laid on the coast OF
China. The story concerns the love
and adventures of Bobby Preston, son
of the British consul, and San Toy, a
Chinese girl. The music is of the light,
catchy, whistleable variety that char
acterizes musical comedies Of this sort.
As the Chlnaman, Ii, Ferris Hartman
will have good funmaking opportuni-
ties. while Walter Catlett will have
chances to display his good talents as
Sir Bingo Preston, the British consul
Myrtle Dingwall will be seen in the
name role of San Toy, Carmen Phil
Inns as Poppy Preston and "Muggins"
Davies as an eccentric maid, Miss Dud-
lev. Walter De Leon will have the
important role of Bobby Preston, while
Joseph Fogarty, Josie Hart, Anna Lit
tie and all the favorites of the COM
pany will be cast variOusly in the
twenty-nine singing and speaking roles
of the piece. The big Hartman chorus
will have full sway and the location
of the action of the play gives every
opportunity for elaborate and beauti-
full costuming and settings. The COM
pany have been hard at work rehears-
ing the piece during the two weeks of
"The Toymaker" and a perfect first
performance is promised. Following
"San Toy" Ferris Hartman win revive
'"The Idols Eye"
LOS ANGELES-With the appear
ance of Carlotta in her death defying
loop-the-loop on a bicycle, Sullivan
and Considine, with the opening of the
New Year, will present the first of a
long list of high-salared feature acts.
Carlotta will make her first appear
ance at the usual Monday matinee. She
is announced as the only woman in
the world who has ever attempted this
daring feat on a bicycle and upon
a stage She starts far up into the
wings and going down an incline at
As degrees, loops-the- loop and flies off
onto the other side of the stage into
huge net. From the time she leaves
the wings on one side until she has
completed the loop and stopped on the
other, she takes just two and one-half
seconds. Her appearance at the Los
Angeles theater is one of the inter
esting vaudeville events of the new
CsI. a1fs
tors theaters in the east for more than
rinntnnr, con sac11fiWe Wenks Annfher