Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-25
Drug Conquering Author Is
Heroine of Carter Drama
BY w. HERBERT BLAKE

naughtiness of wink and word. Then,
quite properly, they fail to live up to
their regulations. Alice Lloyd appar-
emily neither aspires to such eminence
nor is dismayed at failing to achieve
it-in America. Her songs have tang
and a mischievous levity which are de-
Iightful, but without hypocrisy we may
fairly say that they incline to the side
of the angels. Particularly commenda-
BILE is that defiant bit of melody in
which the cockney lass sends numerous
Washers about their business with
threats to disarrange other things be-
side their monocles. Virtue giving the
London Johnnie a "slush' (what is
"slush?'D in the eye never wore love-
lier aspect, We applauded and patted
ourselves on the back for doing so.
Miss Lloyd has not the garish CONT
entail glamor which riveted our eyes on
Lily Lena, but she has a fresh whole
soneness of method which is better.
Here, [ dare say, is what the American
public wants in the matter of topical
song. touch of frankness, a dash OF
daring, and common decency winning
at the tape in an easy lope. 1t is worth
any amount of cheap double entendre.
The McNaughtonS are q pair of SUI
perlatively clever English clowns who
spoil a sure encore by a bleeding nose
at the end of their ridiculously sham
fisticuffs. The grewsome is not allied
with the grotesque, to the American
notion, whatever Edgar Allan Poe may
have averred to the contrary. The pat
ter of this pair is crisp and new ana
Jolly, and one of them has the instinct
of comedy developed to an absurdly
riotous extent The duel dialogue reads
like a burlesque on solemn old Bull
,Wer Iytton novel, which ought so TO
have been written
The brothers Permane are two old
fashioned English clowns who bump
q huge striped ball and an innocent
rubber pig back and forth few times
with protruding foreheads. The pan
gets into the Audience some way and
affords no end of foolish fun. Finally.
the pair get to their main business OF
making love in the garb and footing
manner of nightingales. He wins his
suit and they go off together to buy
an ice cream soda. 1t is ingenious and
ends a long bill agreeably.
The road show holds over MelVilie
and Higgins stand the second weeks
test the best, although "A Bit OF Ola
Chelsea as interpreted by Ida O'Day,
wallace Widdecombe and Burke Clarke
makes it's delicate appeal still very
winsomely. La Titcomb and the patient
steed dawn upon us at intervals IN
hIazinp color and wreathed smiles, and
Director Frankenstein heroically grlnS
at "A Night in Monkey Music Hail.
Hynan Meyer is at the piano with the
chicken.
ture It tells the story of a hard worked
husband who gets a vacation from the
office. only to discover that his wife mas
MANNED inniimerable domestic duties
To occupv quite the entire week. That
is too true to be good
Another change in plans substitutes
Leo Ditrichstein's farce, "All on Ac-
count of Eliza" for 1.-THE Chaperone'
a. next weeks stock vehicle at the Bur-
bank. Cameo Kirby will follow.
p. J. Kelly is in town in advance Of
''The Virginian," next weeks attraction
at the Majestic.
oliver Morosco yesterday signed a
contract for the appearance of Babes
in Toyland'' at the Majestic the week
of February G..
Manager Frederic Thompson and
Author Porter Emerson Brown of THE
Spendthrift" called a special rehearsal
Yesterday and made several changes IN
the manuscript for the current Belasco
production. 1.-THE Spendthrift" entered
its second week last night, with evil
dence of continued popularity.
Ferris Hartman has obtained the
stock rights for "The orchid, the Eng
lish musical show made famous at the
Gayety, London, several seasons ago.
1t will be produced at the Grand in
about three weeks.
The new vaudeville bill at the Los
Angeles theater will be reviewed to-
morrow in this column.
Daniel Frohman yesterday. released
to Manager Blackwood "The Com
manding Officer by Theodore Burt
Sayre for an early stock production By
the Belasco company.
William H. Crane will be the Mason
attraction next week in George AIDES
comedy, "Father and the Boys"
M. Meyerfeld, jr., and Martin Beck.
president and general manager of the
Orpheum circuit arrived yesterday to
put the final touches on the new Or
pheum plans and to have a look at the
road show.
Miss Edith Mote, a soprano of con-
siderable note, arrived on the Owl yes
terday to begin an engagement last
night at Levy's cafe. Miss Mote will
sing every night at dinner time and
again after the theater
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