Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28

southern singer who will be on the new
| bill. Miss Dallas songs are of the
classic as we'll as rollicking style.
! James Toney and Antoinette Norman
are exceedingly clever and jolly. Their
offering consists of eccentric dances
and bright dialogue.
/ An ideal feature for the younger
ones as we'll as the older people will
! be seen in Nine. Cabaret'SH trained
dogs. These canine actors have been
trained to a remarkable degree and
offer a number of tricks that display
much animal intelligence. Completing
the new bill will be Don and Thomp-
son with their fun and new songs, and
new comedy motion pictures.
Masonic you have ever laughed
with Henrietta Crosman, prepare to
laugh with her during the week be-
| ginning Monday, when she comes to
| the Mason opera house in Percy Mac
| Hayes whimsical comedy, "Anti-Mat-
rimony." Miss Crosman has appeared
j in many laugh-making plays and has
made many light hearts, but never
before has she had such vehicle as
anti Matrimony." The play is really
near-burlesque. 1t tells the story of a
young couple who have been in Europe
and there become inoculated with the
idea that the masters" teach the doc
| trine of anti-matrimony' or free love.
| Though they have been married abroad
they keep it secret. They return to
their old New England home, accom-
panied by their infant daughter, and
| announce to their astounded relatives
| that they have never been married
The relatives whom they first enlight-
en- with their "emancipated" ideas are
a young minister and his wife. Fur
ther than that this extreme reform
err proposes to mount his brothers
pulpit and there preach his European
doctrines to the people of the home
parish.
The minister's wife, played by Miss
Crosman, gathers her wits in an effort
to save the family from needless
scandal. TO this end she pretends to
be converted to her misguided rela-
tive's ideas and proceeds to show him
the utter folly of putting these doc
trines into practical execution. In this
way she teaches the young lovers q
lesson that is lasting and makes them
admit that there was wedding three
years ago. OF course all ends happily,
and the young wife discovers that the
happiest way to live is taking care of
her babies.
In Anti -Matrimony'' Percy Mac
Kaye has written remarkable play
one would scarcely expect such vivid
satire from his pen He has been
) rather inclined toward "high-brow
stuff" but then he remarked recently,
"There is a certain pleasure in poking
fun at ones self" "Anti-Matrimony'
Is not above anyone's head, It is a.
: comedy, and while there are some sit
uations that make the hair stand on
! end one can be sure that Miss Cros-
man would not give herself to a play
that would offend.
AS for Miss Crosmans acting, it is
exquisite. All her wonderful freshness
and magnetism find expression in the
role of Mildred Grey, and she is sup
ported by a splendid company.
OLYMPIC-"The Bullfghters,"
! breezy burletta with decidedly Span
ish atmosphere, will be the offering of
Alphin and Fargo of the Olympic the
ater for the coming week. AS the name
implies, there is bullfght in it, and
this burlesque on the national game of
Spain and Mexico is one Of the humor-
our features.
Jules Mendel and Monte Carter will
be seen as a Hebrew and German So
journing in the land of the don. These
two fall desperately in love with
Spanish senorita, who fails to return
|, their affection. In order to test their
love, and also to pique another lover of
hers, who fights bulls for living, she
induces these two to enter the arena
clad as toreadors and matadors. The
antics the pair of lovers go through In
avoiding the bull are funny, and the
laugh that follow will be continuous.
Olympic patrons Frances Preston, for
merly with Kolb and Dill, who comes
to the Olympic to take the soCbrette
} roles. Her initial musical offering will
be "The Toreador Man"
: ORPHEUM-"Just like road show"
is the way many have expressed them
selves around the Orpheum for the last
week-and it will be similar In point OF
!. the crowds and the enthusiasm for
I -. ole fOv. hoe if,er
day matinee, August 20, Annette KEEL
lermann will enter upon the last half
of her fortnight here. Miss Keller
mann has been little less than sem
sation; the beauty of her appearance
has corresponded with the skill and
scientific expertness of her diving, and
the enhancing picture she makes as
she hurtles through the air into the
waiting water is a sight one does not
soon forget. The women who have be-
held her are her most outspoken adj
mirers, and one and all are delighted
with her act. Miss Kellermann has
recognized this feminine admiration by
announcing a free talk exclusively to
women at the Orpheum Tuesday next
at IL o'clock, to the point of advising
women how to be perfect in figure and
health through exercise. To this she
invites ali women. There will be no
reservation made and no tickets will be
issued, but the doors will open at 10:S0
for all who may seek entrance.
But there will be others on the new
bill besides Miss Kellermann, among
them one act that is as widely ac-
claimed in it's field as she is-the Four
Fords, the worlds champion dancing
team. No one need elaborate upon the
merits of the Four Fords-real brothers
and sisters, by the way. They have
carried American dancing around the
world and have won the first place in
every city they have visited. This is
their first visit here in two years, and
the welcome that awaits them will be
vociferous and sincere.
7. j. Ryan and Miss Richheld, seen
here some months back, will return
with another Cressy sketch In the
famed Mag Haggerty" series, with
which the two are firmly affiliated.
Cressy has prepared quite a sequence
of the Mag Haggerty'' vehicles for
this pair to exploit, and no one does
real Irish types better.
Granville and Rogers, "two odd fell
| (Coatinued ON PaRO Two irT,