Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

of the classics with much that is popu-
lar and timely.
Emma Newkirk's skillful diving
performances have attracted much at
tention, and she will continue her en-
gagement through the week.
The park grounds are being steadily
improved for the reception and COM
| fort of visitors. During the past
week a numbIr of the stately old palms
were trimmed up in the most thorough
fashion, and the trees have all been
! put in good shape.
Lovers of forestry will be pleased
to learn that the great Thompson seen
| ic railway, while covering more than
an acre of ground. is not to damage
any of the beautiful trees. More than
dozen of these, some of them al
most fifty feet high, are being boxed
| in in a way that will preserve them,
carefully trimmed as they are, for an
indefinite period, and should a change
in the location of the railway be made
at any time they will be found grow
ing as fresh as ever.
MAJESTIC-John p. Slocum brings
the latest comic opera success to the
Majestic theater for the week begin
ming this evening. in THE kissing
Girl" which has been adapted by Stan
islaus STANCE from the German of Leo
Stein, librettlst of 1.-THE Merry Wild
ow" The piece introduces Miss Texas
Guinan as a star, this clever and
charming young woman having leaped
from minor roles to the top rung OF the
| ladder in a very brief period. "The
kissing Girl'' is founded on scenes in
cidental to the annual schuetZenfest in
a little village on the border line be-
tween Austria and Germany, and takes
its name from the custom of rewarding
the winner of the contest with a kiss
| by the village belle.
| Harry Won Tilzer has co-operated
with STANCE in giving Miss Guinan
scope for her talents as singer as
well as comedienne, her Little Band
of Gold" and kiss the One You Love"
| being among the most whistled song
numbers in the opera. Harry Herm-
sen is the principal fun maker, play
| ing the role of German brewer with
cultural drollery. A novel feature of
| the performances Is the dancing by
Mile. Vanity, a Partisan danseuse.
Venita Fitzhugh, soprano, has the most
| important songs from musical view
| point, and Thomas Whiffen, Louis Lon
don, Miss Ida Fitzhugh, Roy Torrey,
w. H. Rupert, Charles Gurney, Mar
shall Hay, Harry L. Coombs, Ruth
Hayward and Effie Leslie complete the
roster of the principals. Among the
| been most popular are Good Old Ger
man Beer" ''Major General Pumper-
nickel" Soldier Boy 1.-THE Hair of
the Dog That Bit You" ION the Boule-
ward" and Love Is Like Rose"
OLYMPIC-"The Halfback." play
cf college life. with music, will be seen
at the Olympic theater this week.
| Bubbling over with college spirit this
| I1rnInpfinn iSpc IN ha nt,o Of \,
| interest. The setting of the play is
| laid on the campus of the University
! of California the day prior to the big
| football game with Stanford. The
| prospects at II. G. for victory seem
SLIM so two star ringers" are sent
for in hopes that they can materially
aid the team. The whole campus is
ablaze with excitement. expecting the
| two gridiron heroes when Heintz and
| Cohen arrive OF course they are mis-
taken for the players and are carried
to the football field in triumph by the
enthused students.
Jules Mendel and Monte Carter, as
the two near football stars will have
ample opportunities for fun making.
The Olympic chorus will be seen as rah
rah boys. football players, college goods
and various other characters of college
life, while the songs will be appropriate
for playlet of this sort Wednesday
night has been designated by the man
agement as college night All the
Olympic company will be seen in the
production, including Jules Mendel,
Monte Carter, Dave Morris, Leonard
Brisbane, Walter Spencer, Dorothy
Raymond, Margaret Favar and Gale
Henry.
ORPHEUM--For it's headline attrac-
ton this week, beginning with a mat
inee tomorrow, the Orpheum will pre-
sent the Six Musical Cuttys, brothers
from a tour abroad. The act always
has held high rank, the skillful solo
and ensemble work of all the sextet
being remarkable. Depicting real
Irishman and not funny-paper char