Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-21

Lutte Vrohman as the Good Fairy and
! Ross Snow as Wondrous Wise cause
| lots of laughter. Mr.. Snow is partic-
! ularly funny in makeup and actions.
| Inez Girard is beautiful as Maize Bon
| Bon and Rose Murray is just about the
clear stuff as Margery DaW. She is
one of the most active little bodies on
the stage today She has an ingenu-
ously piquant little air about her and
naive method of flirting which wins
all hearts. Her dancing is delightful.
! In her imitation of a mechanical doll
! she made a hit. 1t was one of the
| best bits of combined acting and aero
battles seen in a long time. Miss l..
Won Berghy, sitting perched in her
! half-moon, causes one to envy the
| man i'm the moon, and Miss Alberta
! Britton as the Asparagus Blossom is
| good enough to eat without any may
onnaise or any other kind of dressing.
Carrick Major as Machavalius Fudge
! pleased. By singing Queen of My
Dreams" he surprised all by displaying
a remarkably well trained and sweetly
| resonant baritone voice Of power and
range.
1.-THE Office Boy" which opened at
the Grand opera house yesterday, gives
Ferris Hartman plenty of scope to be
funny and he certainly makes every
moment of his opportunity count, for
yesterday afternoon he kept his audi
ence in a constant uproar. 1t is doubt
ful whether Frank Daniels, who first
scored success in the comedy, could
have created greater merriment for his
hearers than Hartmans clever inter
pretation of the part.
Noah Little. the office boy. Hart
mans role, singing "Has Anybody
low [a1I IO IS1e,A 10,
of the numerous good song selections,
although his I'm on the Water Wagon
Now" was good and as sung by the
office boy the song will never grow old
But what brought the roar from the
gallery was when Hartman Warbled,
Because Langford knocked Jim Flynn
out on st. Patricks day is no sign that
Jim Jeffries won't knock out Johnson
on next Fourth of July"
"Muggins" Davies seems sweeter
than ever this week, and her selection.
THE Waltz Song" is as clever a bit
of song as has been heard at the Grand
in many day. With the exception of
few bitches in the chorus-one of the
prettiest having a case of weak knees
the fair ones looked very well in their
jockey attire.
Mr.. Hartman now is forgiven for
that .atrocity of week ago.
CdIlutH VIII ne tIle next Dill.
"The Easterner." George Broad
hurst's fine American play. will open
at the Belasco tonight After a vaca-
tion of one week Lewis S. Stone will be
seen again on the Belasco stage to-
night.
With two distinct features, "The
Battle of Too Soon" and Lawrence
Crane and company, on the program o.
the new Sullivan & Considine bill
opening at the Los Angeles theater this
afternoon should be we'll up to the
standard of excellence that has marked
the last three weeks offerings at this
popular priced vaudeville house. Be
sides Mathews and Bannon and the
mysterious Crane, "Halfback Hank"
a comedy playlet; DeVelde and Zelda.
gymnasts; Elsie Harvey and her
dancing boys. and Adams and Andrews
in burnt cork fun, are on the bill.
Under the personal direction of
George Broadhurst. Lewis s. stone and
the Belasco company will renew re-
hearsals of the newest Broadhurst
play, "The Garden of Lies" tomorrow.
The premier of the play will be given
Monday, March 2S.
The chorus girls big field day. which
will take place at Chutes park Wednes-
day afternoon, promises to be the live
liest matinee performance of the year
1t will be given in the nature of a
benefit to swell the funds of the Actors
Fund of America. There will be a fast
baseball game between the teams of
the Hartman organization and the
members of the Mcintyre and Heath
company. The principal contestants
In the girls running matches, etc, be-
tween the ponies" show girls and
"broilers" will be principally from
these two companies. The affair will
be attended by every professional in the
city, while there has already been a
very large number of tickets sold to
theatergoers interested in this charity
event. Both companies will take the
field in the costumes worn in the cur
rent productions, and there promises
to be an exceptional display of color.
life and beauty, mingled with an after
noon Of good lively sport.
The Players club is hard at work
getting ready for its big frolic and
minstrel show, which will take place
April II and 1S. The latest feature to
be added to this burnt cork affair is a
Julian Eltinge impersonation by
Charles Rugles.
The new Orpheum bill, starting to-
days matinee. has two headliners ON
it. and the rest of the acts are un-
usually strong, so it should prove one
of the best offerings of recent weeks.
Heading the list of newcomers are
Walter C. Kelly, "the Virginia Judge"
with his unique monologue, and Fred
Lindsay, the expert Australian whip
manipulation. Mr.. Lindsay has an act
not comparable with any other known.
Charles w. Bowser, Edith Hinkle and
company will present sketch new
here entitled "Superstition, dealing
with practical politics, and the Reed
brothers will offer something different
in athletics Bert Leslie and company
in Hogan in Society,"" Thorne and
Carleton in new skit, LaVeen Cross
and company and dainty Emma
Francis and her bounding Arabs, with
two new sets of motion pictures, COM
plete the bill
The new artists to appear at Levy's
Cafe Chantant, opening with afternoon
tea today, are the Rappo sisters, Cos
sack and national dancers and Rogers,
Stewart and Elwood. a trio of men
singing popular songs. Mile. Hon Ber-