Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-19
'STR0NGHEART" RAISES
VITAL RACE QUESTION
Burbank's Offering Is Excellent.
'HaIfbreed Wife at Grand Is
Above Average of Its Kind

OF II WHICH IlIluS 6ApTeSSlOI III HIS
cegenation, raises the question in eV-
erybodys mind, "Should the Indian
marry the girl" Though the play
answers in the negative, 1t is doubt
full If any considerable number of those
who saw the Burbank players enact
the comedy yesterday would have
agreed. The great majority of per
sons believe that the Indian, educated,
ennobled, and to a greater or lesser de-
gree raised to the level of refinement
of the Caucasian, is not only entitled
to but is worthy of marrying any white
girl, no matter what her position in
life. Such conclusions result from the
worth of the play, it's strong emotional
appeal and excellence of construction,
for every thinking person knows full
well that miscegenation is not con-
ducive to a wholesome, healthy, virile
type of humanity.
"Strongheart" has been called the
great football play. 1t is that and
something more. 1t is worth seeing
as presented by the Burbank stock
company There's a fresh, wholesome
makes it delightful as an amusement.
especially so now because the football
season is near.
A. Byron Beasley has the role of
Soangataha, known among his foot
ball team mates and the collegians
generally as "Strongheart." Mr.. Beas-
ley has played the role before and
created most favorable impression.
He repeated his performance yesterday,
for he got a superabundance of SYM
pathy from all. His description of the
football game was quite thrilling, and
he made love in manner which fitted
the character he portrayed exactly.
Grace Travers portrayed Dorothy
Nelson, the girl whom Strongheart
IFaz No. eli. .r,6
her versatility yesterday by stepping
from her character in Salvation Nell'
into one totally different in the pres
ent piece She drew the character eX-
cellently and her performance was ex-
ceedingly likable. Frederick Gilbert
did well as the student who sold out
his mates by sending the opposing team
the set of signals. Percy Bronson,
Ethel Won Waldron, Roscoe Arbuckle,
the elephantine center rush, Willis
Marks, the grind" Harmon MacGreg-
or, David Landau and others In the
cast gave a good account of them
selves.
'The Halfbreed Wife," the current
attraction at the Grand Opera house,
is q mixture of cowboys and lovers
and smacks of "The Squaw Man" and
"The Heir to the Hoorah." Best of
all it pleased yesterdays audiences at
the Grand immensely. The play Is not
of the lurid melodramatic kind. Here
and there a few shots are fired and
one man is killed. But beyond this
slight blood letting there is nothing in
1t to make ones hair stand on end.
1.-THE Halfbreed Wife" is of a much
higher order than the Girton company
has presented in many days. The
emotional appeal and the comedy sit
uations are such as to recommend the
play to most any p1aygoer.
Richard Darlington, known on the
Bar ranch as Dick Scott, is gentle
man in disguise who has left his home
and easy life in the east to take up
life as a cowboy in Texas because he
was denied the love Of the one girl.
Life on the ranch is lonely for him. His
love, once aroused, must find express
sion in devotion to something. He
marries a halfbreed girl who Is false
to him. Dicks sweetheart of other
days, Margaret Lee, puts in an appear
ance at the ranch, not knowing he Is
there. Dicks wife meets her lover in
a lonely place on the ranch, quarrels
with him and kills him. By set OF
strange circumstances Margaret Lee
is supposed to be guilty of the crime
Dick shoulders the blame for the muir
der. In the end he is cleared of the
charge, his halfbreed wife confesses
her crime and then commits suicide,
leaving Dick free to marry the girl
who Tilted him in years gone by.
Roy Sutherland, a new member of
the company, played Dick in most
satisfactory manner. He Is a huge
fellow and has manners and voice
admirably suited to the role. Lillian
Hayward was the halfbreed wife. and
made a distinct impression in the
role. Iva Shepard, as Margaret Lee,
received abundant applause for her
efforts. Others in the cast were up to
the standard.
With Minnie Dupree heading its
bill opening today, the Orpheum looks
to have a winner. Miss Dupree last
season made herself famous in "The
Road to Yesterday" and has long been
a favorite of the legitimate stage. In
venturing into vaudeville she follows
the steps Of many other illustrious
Thesplans. Her offering is sketch
1.-THE Minister'S Wife" AL Jolson, the
minstrel, brings a fine line of patter
and songs. The six original Kauf-
manns are the stars Of all cyclists, and
Frank is their particular planet. The
act is of we'll recognized merit Mile.
Renee is a pretty foreign girl with a
talent for instrumental music, which
has found expression in numerous in
struments. The Operate Festival with
a varied bill, J. C. Nugent and company
in 1.-THE Squarer," Flanagan and Ed
wards and the Harvey DeVora trio,
with John Dough, remain. New mo-
ton pictures conclude the bill.
The visiting delegates to the coming
conference of gas men have taken the
lower floor at the Orpheum for their
theater party the night of September
p. The show will be de-"light"-ful that
night.
The second week OF "Such q Little
Queen" will start tonight at the Be
lasco, with Eve Kelly in the role of
the young queen, Lewis S. Stone as
stephen " Of Bosnia and the rest OF
the Belasco company in the contribut-
ing roles. This Claiming Pollock
comedy is evidently very much to the
liking of the Belasco clientele, as the
theater has been filled to the point or
overflowing at every performance. The
piece will be continued for this week
only, and will be followed next Monday
night by the first stock company per-
formance Of Clyde Fitch's comedy sue
cess, "Girls."
William Yerance will start on a
fortnight's vacation just as soon as he
is through playing the old minister of
state in "Such a Little Queen" This
will be the first respite from stage
work Mr.. Yerance has enjoyed for over
five seasons. He purposes to pass the
two weeks with Mrs. Yerance-knoWn
to the local stage as Louise Royce-in
san Francisco, where he formerly
played as a member of the Alcazar
theater company.
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