Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-10
THE JUNGLE" PRESENTS
DIRE POVERTY PICTURE
Play Staged in Labor Temple Is
Dank, RepeIIing MeIodrama,
Yet EnIightening
BY SHIRLEY OLYMPUS

abject poverty and the most terrible
social and economic conditions, l COM
mend the public to '.The Jungle" now
being presented at the Labor Temple
in Maple avenue. The play Is a
dramatization by Margaret Mayo and
Upton Sinclair of the latter's novel of
the same name, which by the way is
one of the most daring indictments the
meat trust has ever faced. In the book
every scene was one of horror. In the
play there are but two bright spots
the wedding in the initial act and the
scene in the Socialist farmers home,
in the final act.
'"The Jungle" is a melodrama, . dark
and repelling, yet enlightening. 1t is a
sermon which all might hear and none
misunderstood. Yet, / doubt very
much IL 1t will ever meet with popular
favor. Though the play shows us how
some of the other half of the world
lives and struggles and dies in the
fight, the theme is too pathetic to be
popular. Another fault which will bar
the plays popularity is its tendency
to paint the capitalistic class In
blackest hues, and the producing class
in red and white-mostly the latter
shade. Economically the capitalistic
class may be wrong, but all capitalists
are not immoral. That seems to be the
pith of the drama.
Considering the limited stage facili-
ties at hand, the production of 1.-THE
Jungle" is a worthy one. Ethelyndal
McMullin sustains well the character
of Maria, and Viola Barry as Ona, the
leading character of the play, is en-
tirely satisfactory. Gordon Johnson,
youthful violinist, plays well. II.
Roy Conway has the role of Jurgis,
Fern Marshall that of Katrina, Orrin
Knox, Valentine; E. J. Winters, Con-
Mrs. Samuel Travers Clover's clever
one-act drama, What Every Woman
Wants." is to be presented on the
Orpheum circuit. Contracts have just
been made by Lillian Burkhart Gold
smith, Los Angeles favorite actress
and society woman, with Martin Beck
for the presentation of the sketch.
opening in Denver December 4. The
sketch was given its initial presenta-
tion before the Friday Morning club
last June.
The appreciation of the Los Angeles
theatergoing public for genuine mu-
steal comedy has been shown at the
Mason opera house during the engage
ment of "Three Twins" The Mason
has been filed at every performance,
and this shows that when you offer a
good clean, wholesome musical att
traction you can depend upon the pats
ronage of the Los Angeles theater-
goers. "Three Twins" is the smartest
musical comedy that Los Angeles has
seen in many moons. The show Wilt
continue for the remainder of the week
at the Mason, with a matinee Sat
urday.
One of the few big dramatic tri-
umphs of last season In New York was |
TtsA ~ 1ark YNIn
which will be presented at the Ma |
jestic theater in this city beginning |
Sunday evening, November IS, the en- |
gagement extending through Sunday |
night, the goth, with the customary |
matinees. A strong company, headed |
by Norman Hackett and Godfrey |
Stein, will interpret the piece here.
Lyric theater in New York and was
the most widely discussed play of re-
cent years in the metropolis. The
and compelling force Of the
story, the reality and strength of the
and the brilliance of the
acting have not had their equal in a
it is said. The seat sale
will open this morning.
"The Yankee Prince" which is being
played at the Burbank with such great
success to packed houses every night,
is probably the last musical comedy
that George NJ. Cohan will write. He
turned it out in answer to his critics,
who declared that he had never COM
posed ten original, consecutive bars of
music, and in scarcely any of the num-
bers are there any "reminiscences of
his former. compilations. This inde-
producer has now turned his
attention to comedy and drama with
out music. His dramatization of Get
Wallingford' is one of the
current New York successes, and at
last reports he has decided that his
new piece. written for himself and the
remainder of the Conan family "The
Little Chauffeur" shall be pure COM
edy, without the usual musical at
-achment. In "The Yankee Prince" he
reached the top point of his musical
career, and is satisfied to rest his lau-
'els hereafter on regular comedy.
When 1.-THE Fortune Hunter" begins
is engagement in this city for two
weeks Los Angeles will be asked for
is judgment on the comedy that has
made theatrical records in New York
Ind Chicago. Fred Nlblo and a per-
'ect supporting company will present
his comedy at the Mason opera house
Monday evening, November IA, with
Wednesday and Saturday, |
md special matinee on Thanksgiving
lay.
Winchell Smith, the author, tells the
'tory of Nat Duncan, a young city ,
nan, down on his luck, broke, fired"
rom the last of many positions his
hum has obtained for him, appears
desperate and respondent in the apart
nent of his friend, Henry Kellogg.
lie is ready to do anything to get !
way from incessant poverty and !
'rasps eagerly the chance to win
ortune through working out a plan :
f Kellogg's. His friend stakes him !
nd Nat begins life in a small Penn I
ylvania town, where he is to win :
rom the country boys the local heiress ;
To do this he forswearS his former
ad habits and settles down to a quiet
fe in the village. He runs across the /
Id druggist inventor. who has made d
mess of his life, and in finding some c
ne worse off than he was, Duncan d
iscovers a new interest in life and 9
egins the upbuilding Of the business a
nd Of himself. A true love comes | G
0 him and he refuses to go through t
18th his scheme to win the heiress. G
he seat sale will open today at the c
lason box office. n
"No one need ever tell me that vau- !,
eville audiences are not fully as crit a
,al as those in so-called legitimate
heaters" said Hal Stephens, this
Ieek's Orpheum headliner, as he sat I
| his dressing room after his act Y
esterday. "If you don't believe me, a
t me tell you what happened the first Q
me 1 put on rip in my present act. 9
LAS you know, rip is a German. I
ow, 1 was very nervous when 1 first :,
ent out in this character, knowing .