Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-08

Miss Hazel Buckman, clever and
pretty young actress who mas Deeh
meeting with much success in theatri-
cal engaeernents in the northern part
of California in the last few months,
has been engaged by Oliver Morosco
for the production of "A Message from
Mars" at the Burbank next week. This
will be the first time the play ever
has been given by a stock company,
and it is among the highest royalty
plays In the big Morosco list.
Among the recent roles in which MISS
RucKham has appeared are Jen in
pierre of the Plains" Kate Nesbitt IN
1.-THE Lion and the Mouse, ana BeIh
Harris in paid in Full" In addltloh
to these she has played leading roies
whenever they called for petite
brunette of the ingenue type. In "A
Message from Mars" she will imper-
senate a poor flower girl, upon whom
the mysterious messenger forces the
selfish Horace Parker to bestoW char-
ity.
De Wolf Hopper, who comes to the
Majestic theater Sunday with ms new
song comedy. "A Matinee IDOL" has
laid down his final dictum-never again
in tights and fantastic garb of bonn
bastic rulers of freak Kingdoms. rms
was a bombshell in the camp of Man
ager Daniel V. Arthur, who had Sc
lected for the tall comedian another
opera of the Wang type, but Hopper
was firm and insisted that ne coulu
make as great a success in "A Matlnee
IDOL" which he already had read 1t
introduces a new Hopper to the public,
garbed as he appears in daily life wear
ing modern clothes and speaking pres
ent-day language. The seat sale FOR
the Los Angeles engagement opens at
the Majestic box office this morning.
In offering George Beban and his
associate players in "The Sign of the
Rose the Orpheum next week VIII
present one of the finest things IN
vaudeville. No other act in the twice
a-day has ever received such praise
as this one. praise both of tn edrama-
tic quality of the story and of the
manner in which it is acted and pre-
sented Mr.. Beban has by means OF
this vehicle reached the pinnacle OF
vaudeville. 1t has further led to MS
stellar appearance on the regular
stage, in that it will, in April be
brought out as a three-act play.
Elbert Hubbard, the fra of East
Aurora and the head of the Roycrott-
ers, lis now delighting Orpheum cir
cult audiences. He opened in Omaha
last week is pronounced the most
unique figure in vaudeville He is
due here sometime early in the new
year.
Harden, king of Handouts" and
about the only man to duplicate the
feats of his clever brother. Harry
Houdini, will be the headliner at Pan
tages next week. In addition to es-
Gaping from regulation police hand
cuffs, Harden will escape from a
navy straitjacket and also from a
police straitjacket used to subdue
| insane prisoners. Other acts upon the
same program will be Harry De Vine
and Belle Williams in the farce "The
Travelling Salesman and the Female
Drummer" Hugh J. Emmett, assisted
by Hildreth Emmett in a ventriloquial
scenic novelty; Harry Better & Co. in
"A Matrimonial Blizzard" Maude
Rockwell 1.-THE California Nightin-
gale;" Buford, Bennett and Buford
"Those Three Maids,' and new moving
| pictures.
| Los Angeles physicians to the num-
ber Of 100 will attend a theater party
| at the Orpheum tonight. They arr
| from the University of Southern Cali
| fornia and this is their annual frolic
Tomorrow night the Orpheum will en-
tertain 200 delegates to the Creamery
| Mans convention