Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-25
The TheaterS

The autograph fiend is one of the
penalties Of prominence or popularity.
Any person who happens to be in the
public eye, whether politically, by rea-
son of athletic prowess or on the
stage, receives many requests for au-
tographs-and actors perhaps more
than any others. Especially is this the
case if the actor happens to be
handsome woman. There is scarcely
a day that does not bring to Henrietta
Crosman, who is to appear at the
Mason opera house one week, begin
ming August 29, in her brilliant COM
edy, "Anti-Matrimony," several ap-
peals for her written name or her
photograph. Miss Crosman at first
grew weary of these requests from
people she never knew or ever expected
to know; but now she is very COM
placent in this matter. This change
of mind came about since the actress
found a way by which her autographs
aid a worthy charity, one in which she
is deeply interested. The institution
referred to is the Home for Crippled
Children in New York, for whose un-
fortunate little inmates Miss Crosman
has done so much and is always will
ing to do. 1t is the knowledge that
she can aid this worthy charity which
gives Miss Crosman such pleasure in
opening letters containing requests for
her autograph. Here is her autograph
system: In her leisure moments she
writes her name on number of cards,
and these she turns over to her sec
retary, who takes one of the cards and
forwards it to the writer with this
note: 81 am instructed by Miss Cros-
man to give her autograph, and she
asks in return that you send rs cents
to the Home for Crippled Children,
New York. Please forward contribu-
tion direct to the home"
Miss Crosman has been informed
that in majority of cases her auto
graph brings a donation, frequently in
a sum larger than the one she men
tions.
The seat sale for Miss Crosman's
engagement will open at the Mason
this morning.
Eve Kelly, the new leading lady of
the Belasco stock company, arrived
day and will start for Los Angeles
tomorrow. Miss Kelly's first appear
ance with the Belasco company will
be made Monday, September 12, in
Claiming Poilock's play, Such a Lit
tie Queen"
Herbert Rawlinson, up to last week
stock company at Columbus, o., has
Joined the Belasco organization and
will hereafter officiate in the capacity
of stage manager, replacing Harry
Speare, who has occupied this respon-
sible position for the past five years
Mr.. Speare will return to the east,
where he will join Henry Miller. Mr.
Rawlinsons first appearance will be
made in "The Man from Mexico"
which will follow "The Servant in the
House" on the Belasco stage.
Richard Barbee, a young actor who
has been playing a wide range of un-
important-from the viewpoint of the
average play attendant-parts at the
Belasco theater for the past rev
months, will find his reward next week
when he will have a chance to play
the important role of Rogers in THE
Servant in the House" Mr.. Barbee is
a Princeton graduate and while at the
New Jersey institution was an active
participant in the university's private
theatricals. He is a cousin of the Bar
bee Hooks of this city and represents
the gradually increasing type of young
collegians who are turning their at
tention to the stage as a profession
whose rewards are more liberal than
almost any other avenue OF endeaVor
open to young men.
The Belasco management is unusu-
ally confident in predicting finished
performance of 1.-The Servant in the
House" next Monday night. At the
first rehearsal Tuesday morning Ho-
bart Bosworth, who will play the role
of Manson, William Yerance, Frank
Camp, who will be seen as the drain
man-usually considered the best "act-
ing" role in the play, although over
shadowed by the impressiveness of the
butler, Manson-and Miss Sullivan
were letter perfect in the entire play,
while the rest of the cast required but
slight promptin" throughout the diff
ferent acts. Much interest is being
manifested in the Belasco production
of "The Servant in the House" by To-
cal club women and persons who do
not generally visit the theater save on
rare occasions when some really great
play like this Charles Ram Kennedy |
product is presented. The box office |
has been in receipt of scores of mail
orders ever since the first announces
ment was made that 1.-THE Servant in
the House, was to be given, and with
tIa snaciaI anpa gan1ant of Hobart ROS-