Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12

to mean temper-that is, bad temper.
Temperament has come to mean lack
of moral principle. 1t has come to
mean a predisposition on the part or
its putative possessor to make ducks
and brakes of the social conventions
which regulate the life and conduct of
ordinary sane human beings. And
over and above everything else, 1t has
come to be a synonym for iaziness-
Just plain, common. old-fashioned gar
den variety of laziness.
William A Brady announces that he
has added seven stars to his collection,
Guy Bates Post. Henry f. Dixey,
James K. Hackett Arnold DAILY, An
drew Mack, Amelia Bingham and Vir-
ginia Harmed Arnold Daily will vary
his Shavian repertoire with Hamlet
1t is told that Hackett will be seen
in a repertoire of romantic revivals, in
Guiding Charles Dickens "No Thor
oughfare" and "The Corsican Broth
ers." Andrew Mack will return to ro-
mantle Irish plays, and Dixey will be
seen in a new comedy. Miss Harmed
is to revive Camille" Leah the For
saken." Diplomacy" Forget Me Not
and Miss Bingham will be seen in
series of revivals of Sardou plays. She
is also to head companies that will be
seen in revivals of THE Merry Wives
of Windsor" 1.-The Climbers" and
"Oliver Twist"
Sousa is writing another of his ia
nous suites, which his band will play
in Europe next season. He will call
it 1.-THE Dwellers of the Western
World" In it he is seeking to por-
tray by music, first, the wild Indians
of the early frontier then the arrival
of the white man and his life here,
and last the negro and his life in the
south. The Indian number has been
completed, and he is now working on
the negro number.
The longest run of the New York
year has been scored by Winchell
Smiths comedy. 1.-THE Fortune Hun
ter" at the Gayety theater, with John
Barrymore in the title role After play
playing through the season THE For
tune Hunter is going along to eX-
cellent business and will remain at the
Gayety until extreme hot weather
necesSitates a vacation for the cast
The run will be resumed late in
August. 1t looks certain that THE
on Broadway.
Miss Margaret Anglin, who prolongs
her season in order to play California
this season with 1.-The Awakening of
Helena Richie" has been invited by
the faculty of the University of Cali
fornia at Berkeley to appear at the
celebrated Greek theater in produc-
ton of Sophokles' "Antigone," in which
she will play the role of the heroine in
the Greek tragedy on June 30.
The lines will be in English blank
verse The Plumptree edition of the
tragedy will be used. The arrange
ment of the stage has been placed in
the hands of an archaeological expert,
and a special orchestra will he en-
ployed to interpret the music that Men
delssohn wrote for this tragedy.
Charles D. Pike, city passenger agent
of the Salt Lake route, is back on the
local Rialto once more He may be
seen any afternoon or evening at one
of the theaters, now that his railroad is
open for business.
The theatrical world of Great Brit
ain did not forget the debt it owed to
the memory of King Edward VII, who
for nearly half a century had been one
of the most regular and potent sup
norters of the stage. The actors and
actresses of London united in sending
a magnificent floral tribute to grace
the funeral ceremonies at Windsor,
and wreaths bearing appropriate in
scriptions were forwarded from many
of the principal theaters in London
and other large cities. Sir Herbert
Tree as representative of the profess
sion, had a place among the mourn
ers. and an address of sympathy and
loyalty bearing the signatures OF hun