Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

managers are offering prize OF $500
Tor the best name submitted.

managers are offering prize OF $500
Tor the best name submitted.
dropped into Ollie Morosco's office
the other afternoon Just too late to
save him from the wiles OF Sam Beh-
rendt, insurance solicitor. IN some way
the astute Mr.. Behrendt had caught
his victim off guard, and almost before
our play-writing. song-writing man
aBer knew what had happened he had
agreed to take. out a 100000 life In
surance policy IN the Travellers Insur-
ance company. The policy Is an endow-
nent affair, with twenty years to run,
and / should surmise that the pre-
miums Ollie will have to pay would
buy him an automobile a year for a
score OF years at least. Prior to
Behrendt's arrival Mr.. Morosco carried
Insurance to the amount of $4b, 600
Now he is thinking Of adding $4,000
more to the amount just to make It
round numbers.
Plays recently added to the Burbank
list include a dramatization Of Rex
Beach's novel, 1.-THE Spoilers" THE
Morals of Marcus" in which Marie
Doro met with substantial success last
season in the east and in London; LORD
Byron" and 1.-THE Wilderness" IN ad-
dition to others already announced.
"The Spoilers" concerns itself with
graft in Alaskan governmental circles.
None OF the plays named has ever been
presented in Los Angeles
The announced opening of the Ma
jestic theater again has been post
poned. It Is said now that the house
20 with 1.-THE Land of Nod" o big
musical extravaganza, or November 30
with ''The Alaskan" a musical COM
edy written by Joseph Blethen OF Seat
tie and which Is under the manage
ment OF John Cort.
Adele Harrington, for several years
Q member OF the Belasco company, will
have a prominent role in "The Win
ming Miss" the musical piece that will
be used to open the New Garden thea
ter in Chicago under the management
Of Thomas ]. Noonan. Miss Earring
ton is no stranger to Chicago audi
ences, for It was In the Windy city
while leading woman with Eddie Foy.
that she scored her most substantial
successes.
The fashion for small casts threatens
to throw out of employment host Of
actors. Eugene Walter with his Paid
In Full cast of only seven people
btHAtcO lilo NOBuO. III uab uoWcbt plhyt
"The Easiest Way he makes use of
only five actors, while Blanche Bates
new piece. 1.-THE Winning Hope" has
but a quartet OF characters Verify IL
the present fashion among our native
dramatists goes bit farther theat-
rical organization may be expected to
include two or three actors, q half
dozen scene shutters and property men
and force Of electricians.
Richard Barry, war correspondent and
author of the play. THE Searohlight."
which is to have a presentation at the
hands of the Stone company at the
Auditorium this fall. has received a
letter from Edmund Day, the author of
Klaw & Erlansers big success, Tho
Round Up" In which Mr. Day states
that he will spend the winter In Los
Angeles and wonders what sort of a
bungalow" he can buy for $4,000. Real
estate agents who have $4,000 bungalows
on their states will do well to COM
municate with Mr.. Barry, who lives at
Monrovia.
Miss Ora Gardner, whose parents re-
side At Orange and whose excellent
work in small roles in THE College