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THE HERALD.
AROUND TOWN
Will Dedicate Club House
The Get Acquainted society will dedi
cate its now club house at 1026 Wall
street this evening. A program in har
mony with the event will be carried
out.
Fined in Police Court
E. Mora pleaded guilty in Police
Judge Frederickson's court yesterday
to a charge of carrying concealed
weapons and was lined $15 or the alter
native of fifteen days in the city jail.
County Board Denies Petition
The board of supervisors yesterday
denied the petition for the formation
of the East San Gabriel storm water
district when it was shown the num
ber of protestants outnumbered the
petitioners.
Plans for Bridge Submitted
Plans and specifications for the con
struction of a pile bridge on Paseadero
lontery were submitted to the board
.if supervisors yesterday by the county
surveyor. Bids for the work will be
received at the meeting three weeks
hence.
Accused of Robbery
R. Sepata, Jose Martinez and Frank
Talavera, accused of having held up
and robbed a Chinese merchant of a
small metal pocket piece, were ar
raigned in Police Judge Fredcrickson's
Court yesterday on charges of robbery,
and their preliminary examination was
set for Thursday.
Prof. Warman Returns
Prof. Edward is. Warman, accompa
nied by his wife, having just returned
from a year's lecture tour through the
middle west, will resume charge of the
Hundred Year club Tuesday, October
19, at 10 o'clock, in Woman's club house
on Figueroa street. This will be an
cpen meeting, the public being Invited.
Rebating Cases Set
The cases against W. B. CHne, Wil
liam Van Dyke, William Bauerhyte,
William A. Cheney, S. W. Garrettson,
H. M. Adams, A. B. Day and A. B,
Foreman, directors and employes of the
Los Angeles Gas and Electric compa
ny, charged with rebating and with
raising and lowering the price of gas
without permission from the city coun
cil, which have been pending in police
court since July 29, were set for trial for
December 1 by Police Judge Rose yes
terday morning.
| Political Announcements |
T. L. O'Brien
has always been a "booster" for
civic improvements. He stands
for good government. That's a
good thing for you to know, and
he is the man for councilman at
large.
LOOK UP HIS RECORD
It will stand rigid investigation.
FLAG OF DINGLE
IS HAULED DOWN
HORTICULTURAL COMMISSION
HEAD QUITS RACE
STRENUOUS PLEA TO SUPER.
VISORS IS UNAVAILING
A. R. Meserve Hoisted Into Limelight
Through Efforts of Son, Well
Known in Machine
Politics
After a strenuous, almost lachry
mose, but unsuccessful effort to line
up the majority of the board of super
visors in his favor Ervm Dingle, pres
ent head of the horticultural commis
sion, abandoned his labors in that di
rection yesterday and withdrew from
the race, overwhelmed by the demands
of the organization as represented by
E. R. Meserve, who wants the plum
for his father, A. R. Meserve. The
latter is now a member of the com
mission, which within a few days will
be cut down from three men to a one
man body, with two deputies.
It is said Dingle has his eye on the
chief deputyship as second choice, but
it is still problematical whether or not
he can overcome the sentiment exist
ing in the minds of gome of the board
members who will dictate the ap
pointment or bring to his support the
Fruit Growers' association, which is
determined to be heard when selec
tions are made.
The "solid three" of the board Is
said to be lined up for Meserve, while
I'ridham still remembers some inci
dents of the last county convention
and will endeavor to further the In
terests of some other candidate. Man
ning, while noncommittal as to his
choice, is certainly not for Dingle. He,
like Prldham, will act with a free hand
and will, it is understood, endeavor to
force the selection of the man most
wanted by the fruit growers, whoso
interests ho believes should be consid
ered beyond any other consideration.
Developments, It is expected, will
show this man to be C. B. Bemis,
third member of the present commis
sion. Prldham Is said to favor S.
Strong, the fourth man who passed
the examination recently held by the
state board of horticultural examiners,
but would be willing to give up his
choice if the other members' could
agree on Bemis.
Dingle was at the board room before
the meeting was called yesterday,
holding conferences with Eldridge,
McCabi? and Nellis, none of whom ap
peared responsive to his advances. He
left the room a half hour later to re
turn In fifteen minutes accompanied
by Assemblyman Otto Rech. Then
further conferences were held, with
the view, it is said, of gaining assur
ances of support for Dingle as chief
deputy. Whether or nut these assur
ances were given is not known, Dingle,
Ueeh and the supervisors alike being
noncommunicative, but Dingle an»
nounced finally his withdrawal from
the race for commissioner.
He gave up the contest, he said,
from purely philanthropic motives,
"Papa" Meserve being threatened with
a nervous breakdown if he didn't land
the job, .which carries with it £ certain
amount of patronage.
AGED MAN FROM SAN DIEGO
FALLS DEAD IN RESTAURANT
Thomas L. Hofto Orders Meal in Main
Street Place, Then Passes
Away
After ordering: a luncheon in the
restaurant at 114 North Main street,
Thomas L. Hofto, an aged man, whose
home iB fn San Diego, staggered to
the roar of the place and fell dead. It
Is believed death was caused by heart
failure.
But little Is known of Hofto In Los
Angeles, but from letters in his pock
et is was liiiind he has a wife, Mrs.
Mary lOllon Hofto, living 'at 3414 F
street, San Diego.
i \.roner Hartwell ordered the body
sent to Bresee Brothers, and an in
iiuest will be held this morning.
LOS ANGELES HERALT>: TUESDAY MOHNrNCi. CKTOHKR 10, 10CW.
Family Trio of Characters in
'Gentleman from Mississippi'
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JAMEB LACKAYE AS SENATOR LANGDON, AND CAROLINA AND
HOPE GEORGE AS THE SENATOR'B DAUGHTERS, IN "A GENTLEMAN
FROM MISSISSIPPI," MASON
POLITICAL PLAY
SEEN AT MASON
"GENTLEMAN FROM MISSIS
SIPPI" KEEPS ONE GUESSING
MOTIF IS STRONG AND BANE, BUT
SUSPENSE IS OVERDONE
"Circumstantial Evidence" Still Best
Thing on Orpheum Bill—Brief
News of Doings In
Stagedom
"A Gentleman from Mississippi," a com
edy in (our acts, by Harrison Rhodes and
Thomas A. Wise, presented at the Mason
opera house Monday evening, Oct. 18, 1909.
THE CABT
VYlllinm 11. Langdon, Junior senator from
i Mississippi James Lackaye
"Bud" llaines, of the New York Star..
Osborne Searle
Horatio Peabody, senator from Penn
sylvania Fletcher Harvey
James. Stevens, senior from Mississippi
....Hal De Forrest
Charles Norton, representative from
Mississippi Fred J. Adams
Randolph Langdon, son of -Senator Lang
don i:duin A. Sparks
Dick Cullen of the Chicago Globe
11. Brattoa Kennedy
Col. Beverly Stoneman of Illinois
J. P. Winter
Clerk of the International Hotel
Charles Bannon
Col. J. D. Teller of Gulf City
Frank Jlartwell
Slgnor Caracioli Henry Sharp
Cigar clerk James Forbes
Thomas, a servant Daniel Charles
A Porter Harry Hart
A Dell Boy Robert Lawrence
Mrs. Spungler Olive Harper
Carolina I.angdon, Senator Langdon's
daughter Virginia Pearson
Hope Georgia Langdon, Senator Lang
don's daughter Mlnnette Barrett
Amelia Butterworth, Senator Steven's
secretary Adelaide Wise
Mme. IJib Aretina Lulu Konarl
W. HERBERT BLAKE
A fat, lazy man from Mississippi came
to the senate in Washington. He had
an easy smile and a careless way. He
believed he was honest, which his fel
low senators thought a more comical
thing than any of his jokes. It turned
out to be, but not in the way they ex
pected.
The Mississippi joke proved a boom
erang when his fellow senators tried to
cajole the southerner into supporting
an Improvement bill top heavy with
their individual and collective graft.
They found it hard to interest him in
the hill—at first. He was too busy en
joying cocktails over the hotel bar and
■teadying his 200 pounds of pompous
jollity in the fragile dignity of a sen
ator's social position. He hired a
bright young newspaper man to look
after the practical side of a senator's
life. Then things began to happen.
The bill, which was to establish a
naval base, and incidentally boom the
value of property in which the ruling
senate clique had a financial interest,
came up in committee. The new sena
tor from MlulHippi had not yet de
clared himself between the chosen site
and a rival city. To force his hand the
band of senate czars struck straight at
the thing he hold dearest —his family.
Hi 3 son and daughter were induced to
invest their money in property adjoin
ing the site favored by the legislative
leaders. By a trick the MUliMipplan
was made to think his secretary, the
newspaper man, had put money in land
to be benefited by a choice of the rival
site. At the same time the secretary
was persuaded that his employer bad
consented t*> his family's use of his
name In their secret Investment. Th ■
two — senator and secretary — were
adroitly played against each other, but
the ruse failed. And at the revelation
of his family's duplicity the gentleman
from Mississippi began to realize the
need for action.
Even then, he went slow, although
he ceased to smile, for a few momenta,
He kept his enemies guessing up to
the last moment. Finally, at a confer
ence of the two leaders of the com
bine with himself, he announced his
policy. He would assent to their
scheme, and he would expose It. He
would make a speech In the senai
his maiden effort. He would indorse
the favored site and the bill which
chose it. And then he would simply
tell the senate, and through it the peo
ple, the whole truth about the whole
matter. He would bare the invest
ments of his own family, in his own
name. Then he would coolly Inform the
senate that all these purchases had
been made to prevent the land in ques
tion falling into the hands of dishonest
men who would profit by such an op
portunity to line their own pockets.
And he would supplement this revela
tion with the pledge, on behalf of him
self and his colleagues, that they all
would turn over every inch of this
property to the government, at exactly
what they paid for it, the moment the
bill for the naval site became a law.
The audacity and the practical
shrewdness of the ruse took the con
niving clique by surprise. The leader
capitulated, making th« somewhat
lame excuse that he always loved a
fighter anyhow. It was a necessary
affection, but the gentleman from Mis
sissippi received it as a courtly com
pliment The day was saved and the
senate brought face to face with a
new type of statesmanship and an old
sort of honor.
So rapidly did the climax of the last
act arrive at the Mason last night
that one had difficulty in following the
intricacies of the action. This is the
principal structural fault of the play—
the fact that the merits of the strug
gle at times are drowned in the din
of controversy. It adds to our inter-
est to know that Senator Langdon him
self does not precisely know which
side he Is on or how !>e is going to
win, but It also augments our anxiety.
We are worried because we can't see
the real issue at stake, and we cannot
avoid the secret thought that the sen
ator is taking a long chance and that
next time he will take the trouble to
study "the question before he tries to
solve It.
Yet the play rings true throughout.
It hits the mark by a curious Instinct,
even as Bud Haines went straight to
the point when he brushed away the
cobwebs of misunderstanding and
squared himself with the senator. And
the amazing ease of the denouement
is a real triumph in constructive
stagecraft, although we might havu
been prepared for It to advantage by
a hint of the victor's intention. A
playwright has no right to build a
puzzle, even if the answer Is the cor
rect one. We need not see the end
from the beginning, but we should be
able to see the beginning from tho
end. There should be logical prepara
tion, even If covertly done, which shall
unconsciously sway our minds In the
direction of the intended outcome.
Some of the acting was very good,
and some very commonplace. James
Lackaye embodied the bluff and court
ly Misslssippian to the life. His
southern drawl was delightful, but
sometimes it blurred his utterance to
a degree. Mr. Lackaye could have
emphasized the blow of the family
treason in the third act with a better
vigor of tone and gesture, but he con
veyed the delicate scorn with which
Langdon countered his foes' brusque
attack very ably. Mr. Searle had a
frequently over-theatric newspaper
man to portray, and at moments ho
let the character get away from him.
A reporter may lose his head, but he
seldom raises his voice when inter
viewing a senator. The character is a
fine one. Every newspaper man will
admire it, and every newspaper man
will know at heart that It is not quite
true to life. Haines is an idealist.
Very good. So are nine out of every
ten newipaper men—at heart. But
they harbor their ideals with a glori
ous and a guilty secrecy. They do not
bawl them about hotel lobbies to the
best fellow in the world, on a short
acquaintance. Bud Haines is too
ebullient and oratorical for a reporter.
He had never made the acquaintance
of the copy desk, that is sure. He was
not a space writer.
The principal fault of several of the
supporting characters was their tend
ency to talk too fast and too Indistinct
ly. Mr. Sparks marred one of his big
speeches by this heedless shouting of
his lines. He should learn the stage
knack of getting mad articulately. It
is seldom possible in life; it must al
ways be done in a play.
With the exception of Miss Barrett
and Miss Wise, none of the woman
players had characters of particular
distinction. It is a man's play; the
women, in the main, are either prizes
or decorations. Miss Harper fitted her
part physically, but she should master
her lines. One is at a loss I'or an ex
cuse for her stumbling and stammering
last night.
Mr. Harvey played the chief conspir
ator fairly well. The character is over
drawn. No tool of the "system" Is
quite so rash and Impulsive. Their
craft is less human, more of the order
of Mr. De Forrest's suave and faithless
BtevMll. Mr. Norton and Mr. Kennedy
were acceptable In two Incidental roles
mad* very material to the import of
the action by the art of the play
wrights.
The principal defect of the play is In-
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judicious trimming. It is obvious from
Internal evidence that much of the orig
inal dialogue has been eliminated. In
some cases this would have furnished
preparation for the climaxes. As it is,
we feel that things are moving faster
than we can keep up with them. A
drama should hold our Interest, but not
lead it a foot race.
• * •
"Old Heidelberg" opened for its sec
ond week at the Belasco theater last
night to an enthusiastif audience. The
cast for the second week remains the
same, Lewis S. Stone appearing us the
young prince, Karl llelnrich, while
Thais Magrane is still winning much
praise as Kathie. The management
announced last night that this will be
tho last week of the piece and next
Monday night it will give way to
George Ade's American comedy, "The
County Chairman," which was post
poned one week.
• * •
John W. Considine, active head of
the Sullivan and Considine circuit, will
arrive in Los Angeles today t.> inspect
the Improvements which Manager Bov
yer has made in the Los Angelea the
ater, the local representative of the
circuit.
PANTOMIMIC TRAGEDY IS
NOVELTY AT ORPHEUM
A storm, a bandit and a fair woman
fighting for her life between them; a
battle of wits and lures in the lonely
shelter where both have found refuge;
the desperadOi conquered by beauty,
bartering his knife for a rose from tliu
woman's hand; a dash for liberty by
the woman, and the ruffian blocks the
door; a knife thrust and a falling body,
and the slayer, in tears and terror,
stands aghast at her work.
Such, in summary, is the pantomimic
story enacted this week at the Oipheum
by Senora Rosavio Guerrero and Signor
L. Paglieri. Not a word la spoken. Ail
is vivid Spanish gesture and tense
action. It is pretty and it holds the
interest, improbable as the story seems
on sober Becond thought. Senora Guer
rero is at home in the character of the
coquette who kills to escape, and her
dancing is an arresting variation on
the familiar type of Spanish trip and
writhe. Her assistant is less eloquent
of motion, and the episode o£ the rose
and the dagger would hardly be Intel
ligible, without -the aid of a convenient
program note. But the act is interest
ing and a tentative advance into a
dramatic province yet barely surveyed.
Tom Waters otters the best satisfying
of the new acts. His song and patter
are trifles light as air, but the sun of
gayety shines through them, and his
impersonation is as genuinely Irish as
that of J. J. Williams in "Clreumstan-
tial Evidence," which holds over.
The latter sketch well repays a second
inspection, the German juryman of
John K. Newman and the suave south
erner of Fred Spencer, among others,
impressing one as true and careful por
traits. There is no little pantomime in
Harrison Armstrong's sketch, and it
all means something. Every move
furthers the i llmatU: convergence upon
the confession and the final tragedy.
The only mystery unexplained out of
an initial chaos of wonder is the where
abouts of the missing Juryman. His
place was filled yesterday apparently
by a supernumerary, but why Is he
omitted from the program?
Murray and Mack returned home in
a sketch which would be more pleasing
if it were more coherent. It is ap
parently a tabloid of several scenes
familiar to their admirers from former
appearances here in musical comedy.
There is a bit of occasional new wit,
and the old goes well too, at times, but
the general effect is that of too many
hands having put the thing together.
A good vaudeville act ought to hit us
hard somewhere. "A Harlem Argu
ment" makes many dents in our risi
bilities, but it lacks dramatic excuse.
It needs a beginning, an end and a
climax. As It is, two capable come
dians are struggling with a very or
dlnary vehicle. They need a new one.
Ed Wynn and Al Lee come up smil
ing the second week and tear a few tat
ters In the gravity of orchestra and
audience. Their first week's jests wero
the better of the two attempts, but the
body of the act Is still full of life.
Spalding and Riego do some tolerable
gymnastics, but their comedy appears
to be. limited to the grotesque makeup
of the member of the team who closely
resembles an Inflated mosquito. It is
a pity he does nothing half so funny
as his face.
Crouch and Welch hold over, as does
Charles Montrell, Juggler. There are
new motion pictures.
NEW CORT MUSICAL PLAY
IS COMING TO MAJESTIC
Oliver Morocco yesterday received a
telegram from John Cort advising him
of the successful opening of "The Kiss
ing Girl," the big musical comedy nov
p]ty which will go Into the new Cort
theater, Chicago, for a run beginning
next Monday night. The piece is under
the joint management of Mr. Cort and
H. H. Frazoe. It will open the new
house situated on Dearborn street be
tween Washington and Randolph. Fol
lowing its run there, "The Kissing
Girl" will be seen at the Majestic the
ater, in this city, as will all of the
Cort theater attractions. H. H. Frazee,
anoolated with John Cort In the ven
ture, is manager of "The Girl Ques
tion," which comes to the Majestic
next week with John L. Kearney and
Dorothy Maynard In its leading roles.
• • *
Corinne in her breezy comic operetta.
"Mile. Mischief," opened her second
week at the Auditorium last night to
a pleased audience. The engagement
will close Saturday evening.
Good lively comedy, sprightly danc
ing and a blinding of catchy suiifis
so to make up "A Merry Whirl" at
the Walker theater. Its features are
brisk comedy, musical numbers, spe
cial scenery and pleasing lighting- ef
fects. The play concerns two Ger
mans and a Jew, who are looking for
amusement in Paris. They are enticed
into a game of poker by a dashing
young American girl, who leaves them
financially poorer. Arthur damage
and Henry Auerbaoh take tho part of
the Germans, while Allen Curtis has
the Jew part. Annie Buuman is seen
in the role of the American heiress
and Charles Flgg essay* the role of a
westerner. Among the pleasing sons
numbers is "Senora"' by Annie Bau
man, a Spanish song with accompany
ing Spanish dances. Estelle Praeger
sings "Rainbow," an Indian song. The
special lighting effects and chorus of
Indian maidens make this one of tha
choice bits of the program.
Next week's bill at the Walker will
be "My Wife's Family," in which will
be seen the irat« mother-in-law and
the stage Irishman of the old type, but
modified to such an extent as to bring?
forth no racial remonstrance.
• • •
Dave Morris made a decided hit In
Hebrew impersonation in Charles Al
phin's merry musical comedy, "Off to
Mexico," at Fischer's this week. The
play consists of ludicrous situations
which ensue through the intricacies of
an interesting plot. The musical of
ferings are a delightful treat and tho
chorus shows thorough and careful
training. Maud Rockwell, the "Cali
fornia nightingale," has an exception
al musical opportunity in the rendi
tion of "La Paloma." Blossom Seeley
is, as usual, a hit. Jules Mendel in
fuses much life and comedy into his
character as Heinle Schmitt. Mendel
has become a strong favorite already
with the patrons of Fischer's. Rich
ard Kipling, Flo Sherlock and Harry
Oaks were at their best in their re
ive roles. In general the show
wai one of the best offerings at
Fischer's this season.
This week's program at the Unique
theater includes two vaudeville acts
of more than ordinary merit and a
one act melodrama. Bach attraction
came in for hearty appreciation at the
hands of last night's audience. Miss
Alva York is a comedienne who knows
how to sing, and best of all, she knows
how to win the sympathy of her aud
it me. She is not only clever but Is
poaiMMd of abundant looks and her
work Monday night warranted the
warm reception given her.
Reyel and Derry do feats upon the
trapeze and Roman rings in an easy
and graceful manner. Somewhat of a
departure Is made from the usual run
of acts heretofore presented by tha
Unique players. A one act melodrama.
In which good wholesome comedy Is
well blended, Is the vehicle in which
these players are. seen thlß week.
"Logon 1! Luck" is the name of the
piece and In the hands of the Unlqua
company it Is given an excellent pres
entation. A cordial reception waa
given the piece. Al. Franks, Herbert
Cramer, Jnmes Spencer. Lillian Rose,
Minnie Janlckl, Miss Cornstock and
Mr. Peck, new members of tha com
p;iny proved their worth in this week's
production. Moving pictures and an
Illustrated song completed the pro-
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