Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30

and foot, wouldn't it disturb your faith
in rest cures?
The story is several weeks old, but
the facts have been carefully sup
pressed and until now have been
known only to about a dozen persons.
The victim in this midnight comedy
drama is Mr.. A. The burly ruffians are
Hensy Stockbridge and Willis Marks
of the Burbank stock company. Inc
time, midnight few days prior 10 MI
Stockbridge's departure for the east
on his vacation trip; the scene, the
Santa Monica cottage of Thomas y.
Hampton, a prominent Los Angeles
real estate dealer.
The Hampton beach home is a COM
j modious cottage and here the owner
| who has many friends in the Burbank
company kept Liberty hall, The
/ house is so arranged that access to
/ two of the bed rooms is had from
/ door opening upon side porch. Ihese
rooms were not used by Mr.. Hampton
| family. but were kept for the occas-
] ional entertainment of his friends. The
outer door always was unlocked ana
] the thespians understood that they
were welcome to use the apartments al
any time they pleased. consequently
| they fell into habit OF going 10 Tue
! beach following the night performance,
! turning in upon their arrival without
disturbing their host, and arising carry
In the morning for a swim. Sometimes
I one crowd would occupy the rooms ana
sometimes another. They were always
welcomed.
Now it happened, month or so ago,
that Mr.. Hampton and his wife de-
cided to make a vacation visit out OF
town. They expected to be away 1or
some time and consequently the beach
house was rented. Unfortunately
Hampton neglected to apprlse MS actor
| friends of this fact.
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later he was aroused by hearing some
one moving around in one OF those
outside rooms. Stealthily he arose,
partially dressed himself and started
upon tour of investigation. BY the
/ time he arrived upon the scene, how
ever. all was dark and quiet and he
/ had lust made up his mind that he
must have been mistaken when he was
suddenly seized from behind and
thrown violently to the floor.
Then his assailant called loudly for
help An accomplice came running IN
from the adjoining room and togetner
the two men bound their struggling ana
| indignant host until he could move
neither hand nor foot. They were
| cheered on by two women.
Later came lights, investigation. dis
covery, regret and apologies. When
the lights were turned 90 StockDrlage
/ and Marks surveyed their captive with
astonishment. He didn't look IKE
burglar. But neither did he resemble
Thomas J. Hampton nor, so TAR as
they knew, any of Hamptons FRIENDS;
lust how the tangle was Strengthened
out is a somewhat involved story.
However, mutual explanations We're
made, Stockbridge introduced himseh
and his wife and then introduced Mr.
and Mrs. Marks Mr. A., still some-
what indignant at the treatment TO
which he had been subjected in MS
own house, did his best to ACCEPT their
apologies gracefully.
In the end the thespians left the
house bent upon returning to town,
They discovered however, that the
last car had left and for two hours
they wandered around Santa Monica
looking for sleeping accommodations:
1t was a tired and rather bedrasgled
quartet that arrived in Los Angeles
The next morning in timesfor the men
TO show up at rehearsal. They said
nothing about their little comedy
drama, but the story leaked out and so
here it is. Mrs. Marks is known to
the stage as Carol Marshall. while
Mrs. Stockbridges professional name
is Fannie Yantis.
oliver Morosco expects to receive
the manuscript of "The Devil'' either
today or tomorrow, and in all proba-
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within a few days. When Byron Beas-
ley left for his vacation la week ne
went away with the understanding that
he might be recalled at ar time to
assume the role of his satanic majesty
in this remarkable drama.
The reason for all this haste may be
apparent when 1 tell you that the
United States has no copyright agree
ment with Hungary, and that The
Devil" was written by Ferenc Molnar.
Hungarian. OF course Mr.. Morosco
would not for a minute suspect either
of his good friends Frederick Belasco
or John Blackwood of trying to steal a
march upon him, but then-well, it is
| Just as wise sometimes to be on the
safe side. 1.-THE Devil" in this country,
is a play without an owner. Anyone
can present it without being troubled
about such little things as royalties.
In New York city a week ago last