Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-26

house that Adolf Ramish and John
Blackwood are almost building on Main
street"
"Surest thing in the world. Now
you're talkins," came the reply, and
ran for car from which 1 couldn't
even transfer to my destination.
No rumor seems too absurd to receive
credence; anC none too lily founded tc
escape repetition.
The Marquis Ellis quartet, which
has its habitat in Los Angeles, though
the young men composing 1t pass much
of their time in "trouping" around the
! country, has just solved a curious diff
| ficulty in decidedly curious way.
The quartet recently returned home
from three weeks engagement in San
Diego and began rehearsals for a
forthcoming extended engagement in
| vaudeville. The boys didn't want to
hire hall. but they faced that alter
native before they went very far.
The quartet is all right of course
for a fifteen or twenty minute turn"
but even the best quartet in the world
becomes nuisance when it keeps
warbling from sunrise to sunset and
| then some. First one landlord and
then another ordered the singers to
move on, explaining that If they didn't
go the other tenants would. Marquis
Ellis was in despair. AS business man
ager of the aggregation he felt it was
/ up to him, but he admitted himself at
a loss.
In this juncture, however help tame
from an unexpected quarter. One of
| the quartet boys suggested that there
was large parlor in the rooming
house where he had quarters and VOL
unteered to secure permission for it's
use. Ellis expressed the opinion that
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day. anyway, but Sutton thought he
could fix It, and he did.
The boys moved in their piano. They
went to work and they weren't dis
turbed. Neither, apparently, did they
disturb anyone else. They couldn't I'M
derstand it-none of them except SUIT
ton, and he wasn't saying anything.
| Other roomers came and went smiled
pleasantly as they passed the open
| door, but said not q word.
Finally Ellis determined to investi-
| gate. He stopped one of the tenants
in the hall and inquired pleasantly If
the music had disturbed him or any
member of his family.
The man grinned, made several ca
balistic signs with his fingers and pro-
duced a pad and pencil.
| The secret was out. The house was
occupied by little community of deaf
mutes The quartet members were
the only persons in the entire building
who could hear a cannon If it was
fired off in the next room.
| Ollie Morosco and DIR. c. W. Bach
man have about concluded work upon
their new comedy drama "A Society
Pilot" and it Is probable that the play
will have its first production on any
stage at the Burbank some time next
month. The comedy will mark a new
departure for both writers. Both have
written melodramas and plays which,
for want of better designation. may
be termed character dramas, but this
will be their first venture into society
comedy. Moreover. it will be the first
play they have witten in collaboration.
Incidentally I heard the other day
that DR.. Bachman is preparing to have
a novel written from his play, The
Bear Flag" The drama should make
a rafting good story. particularly In
teresting to Californians, because 1t
will be a historical romance of Califor-
MIA. its scenes bling laid near Los An
geles and at the time when the state
was wrested from Mexican rule by FIRE.
mont and his bear flag men,"
Did you see the crowds at the Audi
torium last week? Nothing but THE