Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-11

side of his own personal comfort and
convenience, q man of means and
brains To this man he introduces a
mysterious messenger from earth Is
nearest planetary neighbor, Mars, who
gives a few examples of his power, and
then forces the selfish man to go out
with him into the cold winter night,
give his money to the poor, and even
donate his costly fur coat to shelter
beggar. The selfish man naturally re-
bells at first, but soon begins to realize
that he is getting a great deal of real
enjoyment out of the unusual eXperi%
ence of making others happy.
A. Byron Beasley will play the part
of the selfish man, who turns out to be
pretty fine fellow after all, and
Howard Scott will have one of the
most striking roles he has ever played,
as the mysterious messenger. All the
other members of the Burbank COM
pany will be seen, as we'll as Miss
Hazel Buckham, clever young actress
who has recently been engaged by
Manager Morosco.
GRAND-'The Earl and the Girl" is
the attraction which Ferris Hartman
and his company will offer for the first
time by stock organization this af-
ternoon. The piece is the second OF
the long list of musical comedy sue
cesseS secured from Sam s. and Lee
Shubert for first production in stock.
1t is of English origin, coming from
such we'll known English authors as
Seymour Hicks and Percy Greenbank
while the music, which is of the
whistleable variety, represents Ivan
Caryll at his very best. "The Earl
and the Girl" was first produced at
George Edwardes London Gaiety thea
ter, after which 1t was brought to
| New York, where with Alexander
Clark and Eddie Foy in the principal
roles it remained for solid year.
The story has to do with the adven-
lures that befall Jim Cheese, n dog
trainer, and the sole owner and man
ager of Cheese's capine congress.
. Stranded, he wanders into the Fal-
loWfield inn, outside of London, where
a party on the way to masquerade
bail at Stole Hall is forced to stop,
owing to a broken coach wheel. Ihe
young earl of Stole has eloped with a
little American girl, Elphin Hay, and
finding that the girls uncle, A. Bunker
Bliss, an American with a reputation
as n gun man, is close on his trail, he
hires the unsuspecting Jim Cheese to
play the role of the earl of Stole at
the ball From the time the scheme
is hatched i'm the early part of the
first act until the fall of the final cur
tain one comedy SITUATION IolloWS close
upon the other. creating an almost
constant laugh.
The role of Jim Cheese will afford
Ferris Hartman unusually fine fun
making opportunities, while the large
number of excellent character parts
will give all the principals in the COM
pany ample chance to distinguish them
selves. To clever little "Muggins"
Davies will fall a part very much to
her liking, that of Eliza Shodham, a
cockney woman. Myrtle Dngwall will
play Elphin Hay; oJsie Hart Will be
seen as Virginia Bliss and jovial Joe
Fogarty will make his temperance as
Mr.. Durham, a New York solicitor
The other members of the company
will be well cast,
Nothing that the Hartman company
has ever offered has afforded better
opportunities to the Hartman chorus
than "The Earl and the GIRL which
contains twenty-five song numbers.
Following 1.-The Earl and the Girl'
will be given magnificent revival
of the ever popular "Toymaker'"
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