Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-08

standard of morality. which should
not be.
Miss Florence Roberts, who will open
an engagement at the Auditorium the
ater in two weeks, has engaged a suite
at the Alexandria hotel She will prob
ably arrive in Los Angeles today or
tomorrow.
William Desmond, for five years
leading man of the Burbank theater and
who left Los Angeles last fall, opened
| an engagement in San Francisco last
night as leading man of the Alcazar
stock company. The play was Robert
Blossoms success, Classmates" Mr..
Desmond playing the role of the ex-
PEELED West Pointer who goes into a
South American jungle to rescue the
man responsible for his expulsion SO
that he may even up scores with him
later along Our own "Bill' is cred
tied with having made hit. His en-
gagement at the Alcazar brings him
back under Belasco- Morosco manage
ment and probably will set at rest ru-
mors that he is to return shortly to
Los Angeles.
'The Man of the Hour" opened the
sixth and last week of its run to a ca
pacity audience at the Belasco last
night. Tonight the entire seating ca
pacity has been secured as a benefit
performance under the auspices of the
general relief committee of the Inde
pendent order of odd Fellows. Be-
tween the acts of the Broadhurst play,
Hon. Grove l.. Johnson, grand master
of the Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows of the state of California, will
make a short address from the stage
on the tenets of the order.
The Belasco management announces
-
tation of Mr.. Broadhursts famous
laughing success, what Happened to
Jones'" which has been announced
from time to time, but which has been
postponed from week to week on ac-
count of the surprisingly long run of
1.-The Man of the Hour" This well
known farce bears the distinction of
being the only American farce ever
translated into French and produced
in Paris, where it enjoyed a run.
Following the current production
"The Geisha" at the Grand opera
house, which has proved the most ar
tistic offering yet presented, Ferris
Hartman and his merry associates will
be seen In the rollicking musical sue
cess. THE Girl from Paris"
Seere Nord, the English diving beau
ty who made her first appearance at
the Los Angeles tneAler yesterday, lnlS
morning will take an automobile trip
to Ocean Park, where she will work
out for an hour in the bath house, af-
ter which she will do some high div
ing from the end of the pier. Fol-
lowing the matinee at the Los Angeles
tomorrow afternoon Miss Nord will
give her first talk to the ladies of the
audience on physical culture, complex
ion, etc. The new bill which onened
Yesterday afternoon will be reviewed
in tomorrow's issue.
The opening performance at Fischer's
theater last night of "Grogan's Alley"
served to introduce to local audiences
Miss Juanita Holmes, a clever and
graceful little soubrette, who at once
struck the popular chord and estab-
lished herself as a favorite.
The new and enlarged chorus is a
big Improvement over the old. The
girls are pretty, well drilled and have
strong voices. The Salvation Army
number proved a big hit.
Troublesome times exist in Grogan's
Howard taking the part of
Grogan and Max Steinle that of Kraus-
meyer. These two bitter enemies keep