Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-20

ers were concerned in its production is
responsible for its great success. for the
lyrics are by George GrosSmith, Jr.,
Adrian Ross and Percy Greenhank,
while the music is from the pen of Ivan
Caryll and Lionel Monckton. Howev-
er, part of its substantial success is due
to the Americanizing process of Rich
ard earle. Traced through all of these
hands it was adapted from Jaime and
DuVaPs "Couuin de Printemps."
1.-The Spring Chicken" is a fun show,
brim full of bright lines and comedy
situations, while it has catchy musical
and song numbers, many of which are
still fresh in mind.
The story is principally woven about
four characters, Gustave Babori, law
yer; Mr.. Girdle, Babori's father-in-
law and their respective wives. Both
are staia business men in every season
of the year but spring, and when the
first sparrow is heard they shave their
faces and start out on a little lark,
making engagements from spring to
spring with their lady friends at the
Crimson Butterfly restaurant. They
are discovered and traced by their
wives, which leads to a variety of COM
plications which result in continuous
laugh.
The Hartman chorus will work over
time, for the play is replete with such
sung IulIlDCIS elS LII hoCNAlAS' " - NAAAS
for Certain Girl" I'm the Spring
time" "Well, I Guess" and Eve Come
Along to Paris" and many others.
Ferris Hartman as Mr.. Grindle will
have unlimited funmaking opportuni-
ties, as will Walter DeLeon as GustaVe
Babori, while Marta Golden will be
seen as Mrs Girdle, Myrtle Dingwall
as Dulcie Babori, and the others of the
company will be cast to splendid ad-
vantage.
A special matinee performance OF
"The Spring Chicken" will be given on
Thursday afternoon.
LEVY'S-For the coming week at
Levy's Cafe Chantant the merrlment
wheel will roll gaily round. new
grand opera trio consisting entirely or
male voices, the Porcini trio, will be
introduced. These newcomers have a
repertoire of Italian, Spanish and Slcl-
liam songs that are departures from
the stereotyped programs usually fur
nished by such singers.
Lille Lillian remains one week long
er and will introduce song selections
from THE Merry Widow "The Choc-
olate Soldier" and 1.-The Soul Kiss
operas.
The Mexican Mirimba band. late OF
the Harry Lauder road show, have be-
come genuine faVorites at the Chantant
and will remain a week longer with an
entire change of program.
Doris Wilson, Well-knoWn com
edienne from the eastern music halls,
will be a welcome addition to the Levy
favorites.
Kammermeyer's orchestra will fur
nish their usual series of classical and
modern compositions.
LOS -ANGELFIS-Comm with
the usual matinee on Monday, Sullivan
&, Considne will offer six fine acts that
give every promise of being above the
high standard Of attractions that have
been seen at the Los Angeles theater
during the past few weeks.
First among the new comers is
Franklyn Ardell and his company,
offering his timely and furiously funny
political comedy sketch, THE Suf-
fragette." l ( womens rights work out
ultimately In the manner in which Mr.
Ardell works them out in his clever
little farce, politics will be comedy
instead of the tragedy some of the
opponents of suffrage seek to make it
appear. Mr.. Ardell, assisted by Ann
walters, makes the biggest kind of a
laugh of the whole suffragette move
ment, and yet does it in such man
ner that not even the most enthus-
iastic proponent could find otfense. The
climax OF the pldylel is an anu
suffrage oration by Mr.. ARIEL, de-
livered from the top of his office desk,
with his wife, who is also his rival
for the office of mayor, as his audi
ence.
Another act that will prove popular
is Roland Carter and company in the
humorous musical travesty. Vacation
Time" Mr.. Carter is a splendid singer
and Just as clever a comedian, and
has associated with him two other
splendid singing voices in Ed Wright
and Charles Church. The scene of the
skt is laid in jail with Carter as
Murphy a chick" character; Wright