Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30
insirnIfioant but theatrical power

ally insignificant but theatrical power
full Mr. Shubert. .,.,.
Miss Beveridge waite. Inc cloch
didn't. Finally she Grew impatient.
Then she took another card from her
case handed it to the boy ana salo;
@Take that to Mr.. Shubert and tell
him | can't wait any longer.
With the cold, calm air he mas salneo
by months of experience IN CT. crusnane Sials
actors, the office boy dropped his olase
eves 1Ipon the card. Then he spurted
for the inner office.
An instant later Lee Shubert jumped
through the door, welcomed MISS DeH-
eridge effusively, escorted her INTO ms
office and gave an imitation OF d man
anxious to please. o
hend. and at first Miss Beveridge was
off guard and guessing. Ihen she
caught a flash of her card lying on
Schubert's desk and her popularity
was no longer a mystery. It read;
"The Baroness Won Wrede.
IT is the card Miss Beveridge uses
onlv socially. 1t had been handed 70
fhe boy by mistake, but it had acted
like a dose of hasheesh on Mr.. Shupert'
Mark Ellsworth, general manager for
Sanger & Jordan. New YORK pias
agents, is a man who thinks ana spears
in superlatiyes. The positive ana coii-
60 far as he is concerned. Mr.. ELS
worth was here last week and Los An An
geles the city, climate, environment =
| the Burbank theater, the Burbank stoch
company, all alike excited his unpoullu
| ed admiration. Moreover, he declareo
no club in New York 70 nave qua t1,; ~ !
the equal of the Jonathan clubs In TINS
| citv. There were some few things tna'
| Mr. Ellsworth didn't like, and regarding
| these he was equally emphatic, out loi
! the most part he liked us ana oui
surroundings with an enthusiast
worthy of a Cooks tourist determined
TO get the worth of his money.
While he was here the new 1orhei
was entertained by oliver Morosco, VINO
bas . contract with Sanger & Jordan
emitting him to first choice or all TN
nIavs controlled by that firm. Through
this ARRANGEMENT Mr.. Morosco has peer
ahIe 70 secure for early presentatloI
nerhaps the most notable list OF plays
vet announced by local STOCK man,
ager. The list includes Jonn Drew 1I,
success of last season, my wire,
Maude Adams poetical play, THE Jest.
ers." william Golfers comedy, "Caugnl
in the Rain" Ethel Barrymore play
sstIer Sister:'' 1.-THE Devil" 1.-THE Roac
+o Yesterday" "Mizpah," Twenty
Davs in the Shade" "'Way DoWi
East and, conditionally, Peter Fan;
"Peter Pan" has not yet been formal ma.
ly released for stock use. MT Els
worth, however, IS aun authorinzeu , ru se.
lease it as soon as he shall nave Sc
cured a certain number of contrac.'
for its presentation prior to the noli
davs When he left here last night ~
was lust one contract shy of the requi
site number, and he expected TO plaGGS'
the play in San Francisco, elther "tii
Frederick Belasco for use at the Al
| fIEa WalanCi9 STOCK COIl
pany. ., pa
Iasco of San Francisco and Los Angele'
NAV have a voice In determinlh'
whether Mr.. Morosco of Los Angeles
and San Diego shall be allowed to pre-
sent a play which, If 1t Is produced
the Burbank, may reasonably be ex
nected to challenge the local record
now held by 1.-The Girl of the Colder
When "Peter Pan" was played b!
Maude Adams at the Mason 1t ran 10
two weeks to the biggest business mis-
Adams had enjoyed anywhere. AM
that was at 81 prices not 90 cents'
Earlv bookings at the Mason includ
two big musical comedies, "The Time
the Place and the Girl" and "The Gil
Question" which will be sent here D.
the Singer company of chicago
The first named will open the Masol
season September IA. Cyril Scott, her
last year in Edward Peoples delightful
comedy. THE Prince Chap" ayn will re re
turn this year, playing the leading rol
in 1.-THE Man of the Hour" Dustil
Farnum, the original Virginian in tn
play of that name, will bring us ''Th
Squaw Man." which William Faver
sham played here last season. Loui
James, last seen here at the head Of hi
own company in 1.-THE Merry Wives
! windsor" will visit us again, this tim
with the Mansfield production of pee
Gynt."
! Wayland Trask, a grandson of tn
late Francis Murphy will be very n1uc
in evidence at the opening performanc
of 1.-THE College Widow with the Lew
S. Stone company at the Auditorium to
morrow night.
one of the parts in the George Ad
comedy of college life is that of "Siler
| Murphy" The character is suppose
) to be a huge hulk of humanity, VIII
has been lured from prosaic pursuits !