Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
WHAT TO SEE AT
LOCAL PLAY HOUSES
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+ new role is that of q writer VINO macs
/ her Identity under the name Of Frank
/ Ware The play is told in four acts ana
| the scenes are laid in Bohemian circles
| All the characters are representatives,
| Of some branch Of art. The story re
| ates the career Of this Frank Ware,
1 who, having adopted an llIeSitimate
j child is so impressed with the injus-
+ tice visited upon it, that she devote"
/ her literary talents to demanding the
same law for the man as the woman,
and preaching that woman should eX-
peCt in man the same honor that man
demands Of woman. Having no clue to
! the father of the child she does not
| spare him in her arguments.
In a startling manner she suddenly
/ finds that the man she loves and has
/ localized. and who is the inspiration
Of her bitter fight against men, is the
father of the child,
MASON-'Iu Search Of a Sinner
! which Lillian Russell Will present to
morrow evening and through the week
/ at the Mason opera house; Is the newest
/ vehicle in which this famous star has
been seen. The play was written for
| Miss Russell by Charlotte Thompson
! and recently produced for her engage
ment at Powers theater, Chicago,
| where the Russell tour for this season
| began. eGorgiana Chddbourne, AFTER L"
| years of married lite with good hua~
q.
| ing that if she ever Wcds again it viii
be to man who is u sinner. she
! pleads her reason for this in yearn-
| ing for variety ana for the fun Of
| knowing she must fight to retain her
husbands love,
Early one morning in the park the
widow encounters the inevitable man.
Her spirits are high and she fiirts. He
behaves beautifully" and things drift
along we'll until she discovers that
he is looked upon by their mutual
| friends as a model Of propricty In the
end the widow is frightened by her own
efforts and is brought to change her
mind.
Joseph Brooks, it is said. has made
a notable production of the comedy.
/ The company in support OF Miss Rus
sell includes Harry Z. Browne, Joseph
| Tuohy. Lynn Pratt. Hayward CHM,
John : Brammall. Victor Benoit, Ed
ward Warren, Dan Fitzgerald, Hattie
Russell, Jessie Ralph, Olive Harper
and Viola Leach.
| ORPHEUM-With a merry Christ
mas" to all its many friends the Or
pheum announces its holiday bill. be
ginning with the usual matinee to-
morrow and headed by William Far
num- Mr.. Farnum, who created the
title role i'm Ben Hur'' and who IS
well and favorably known as ro-
That character in - new vaudeville
playlet, ",The Mallet's Masterpiece
by Edwin Peple. The story relates how
the Venus de Milo lost her arms
fgment of imagination, of course. but
still one as probable as many other
theories of how the worlds great ar
tistic mystery came to be. Among
the best acrobats of their kind
are the Duffin-Dedcay troupe. OF
course those who do not look into the
,lN;1 tyy,1a
all acrobats look alike, but those VINO
are informed know and place this
troupe near the top. Among its teatS
are some splendid casting, triple and
double tWister somersaults Mld othef
stunts of similar character.
NIuical numbers are always welcome
at a holiday season, and the other two
newcomers on the present bill join with
several of those who remain to give
melody fittingly. Radiant Radie Fur
man offers one of these acts; the SIS
teds Meredith the other.
The Six Musical Cuttys and the Tenn
ple quartet are two more, making four
musical stunts on this coming bill.
while Andrees studies in porcelain and
Callahan and st. George will continue.
Or,YMPIc-For the holiday week.
beginning with a special Christmas
matinee tomorrow, the Olympic players
will present Mr.. Santa Claus Jr.," Il
seasonal fantasy of fun and music by
Charles Alphin. The setting, at the
north pole in Santa's workshop, is ono
that will more than delight the chill
dren. To please the little ones the
Olympic management has arranged
special matinee on Saturday at which
Jules Mendel, who plays the title role
will present a toy to every child in the
audience.
THE basis of the whole affair hangs
upon an old Morse legend to the effect
that if a native of the warmer cllmes
discovers the north pole the toys III
Santa's workshop will become infused
with life. There are three especially at
tractive toys in Santa's house-a Jack
in-the- Box impersonated by Dave Nor
ris; the Candy Kid, to be portrayed by
Monte Garter, and the mechanical doll,
by dainty little Margaret Fayar.
Dorothy Raymond, Margaret Favar,
Gale Henry and Vera Ransdale have
| the innortant female roles. Leonard
Brisbane will represent the joVlal OLD
saint Kris Kringle, while Jules Mendel,
in the role of his son. causes his rather
no end of trouble The two big musical
specialties of the piece will be a snow
bah feht, in which the entire company
takes mart on the stage, and "When
santa claus Marries Merry Christmas
an original Christmas medley by Chas.
Alphin.
ny
pleasing, unpretentious farce comedy
with lots Of comedy and music VIII be
presented by Fred Ardath and his as
sociate players at the Princess theater
beginning with tomorrOW's matinee,
and continuing through the week be
tween Christmas and New Years. "At
thte Beach" last weeks show, which
has proved decided success, will fin
ish it's run with three performances,
tonight, the first to begin at 6:S5 p. m.
"On the Quiet" deals with the ad~
ventures of a young scapeeoat physi-
| clan who takes advantage of his aunt $
absence to rent out several rooms IN
her house y telegram from tn"
aunt arrives announcing her re-
turn home, and then the house is
thrown in an uproar. the efforts OF
the young Boniface to get rid of his
guests promising much fun. Several.
live musical numbers will be inter.
polated.
PARTNERSHIPS holiday bin ~
the Pantages theater is made up or
novelties that should appeal to both
Young and old. For the habttual thea
tergoer, Edwin r. I,mery's production
of the classic pantOmine, "Le Tragedy
De Fgypte." has been provided and
for the little ones there will be Schepp's
circus of educated dogs, ponies and
monkeys, In lie Tragedy De Egypte'
Amasia. seeing his enemy approaching.
summons his daughter and bids her
tr,t,0 pf npNOfiOn