Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-29

during the days of old when if you
sneezed you got shot, but in and about
Chicago. 1.-The Girl and the Gambler
is we'll written and we'll constructed
and with just enough of the exciting to
keep the audience interested.
The story is woven about the ruin of
Walter Lawrence, who in the opening
of the play is fairly prosperous and
happy. He falls into the clutches of
Douglas Bltnchtrd, an unscrApulous
broker, who leads him to drink and
gambling and finally succeeds in get
ting him to turn his own family out of
doors.
Then commences the fight between
the daughter. Geraldine Lawrence, and
Blanchard, for the money Blanchard
has tricked her father out of, and her
father himself, who is fast being ruined
by drink. From the second act on the
interest is intense. When the last cur
tain falls the daughter holds the win
ming hand, the stakes being her hand
in marriage against her fathers for
tune
There is pretty little love story run
ming throughout the play, while there
is considerable comedy furnished by
Francois Dubois, a Frenchman, clever
ly played by Joseph de Grasse and
Lucinda Brown, the colored cook, a
humorous character, in the hands of
Girton's character woman, Gertrude
Claire. Iva Shepard, as the daughter,
Geraldine Lawrence takes advantage
of every opportunity offered for emo
tional work and is convincing in the
role. Chester Stevens and Lillian Hay
ward are the "heavies' in the play and
are indeed a clever team, receiving as
many Kisses for their convincing work
as George Webb does with his heroic
lines. Mr.. Webb has little to do in
'The Girl and the Gambler" but makes
an ideal hero. Charles French is good
in the role OF the father Walter Law
renee. and the smaller parts are in
capable hands.
Beginning tonight, Henrietta Cros-
man will fill weeks engagement at
the Mason opera house in her brilliant
ly novel comedy, "Anti- -Matrimony," a
product of the genius of Percy Mack
aye. Miss Crosmans play has called
out the greatest amount of enthusiasm
wherever it has been witnessed, and
those who have views on the marriage
question have in many instances gone
so far as to write TO Miss Crosman
concerning the marriage game with
which the comedy deals. Miss Cros-
man is delightful in her ingenious
mastery of all the little arts of the
stage which so readily contribute to
the success OF the player. Tnere Will De
no matinee Wednesday, as Miss Cros-
man anticipates going to Catalina to
indulge in fishing, her only hobby.
Although Annette Kellermann, "the
perfect woman" still remains as the
bright particular star of this weeks
Orpheum bill opening matinee today,
there are Others" The -Four Fords,
for instance, who top the list of new
comers, need not doff their bonnets to
Mary Richfeld return to carry out
their series of Mag Haggerty" come
dies from Will Cressys pen; Granville
,and Rogers are 1.-TWO odd fellows and
Josie Heather is a charming chanteuse
from the London music halls Others
who remain another week include Cliff
ford and Burke, the four Cllftons and
Harry Atkinson.
Interest in the talk which Annette
Kellermann is to give at the Orpheum
"to women only" tomorrow morning Is
so strong that it is perfectly we'll un-
derstood that late corners will not be
able to get near the theater. The lee
ture is free, and is for women. No men
or children viii be admitted. The
house will be open at 1880 o'clock, and
no seats will be reserved except the
boxes, which have been all assigned.
Everybody knows Murray K. Hill, or
everybody ought to, for he is now easily
the only successor to the late Ezra
Kendall in the field of droll humor.
Hill has been travelling the vaudeville
stage for long time and these who