Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12

ceeded to conceal the red under an In
/ dian head dress. The rest of the cos
tune followed, and Dick took his place
with the Sioux braves for a ride down
| Nicollet avenue.
Just 20 make sure that his presence
among that bunch of Los should not
pass unnoticed, despite his disguise,
Ferris offered a prize of $25 in gold to
| the writer of the best letter disclosing
his identity, and prize of box at
the theater to the writer Of the second
| best letter. So far so good. Perhaps
this was scarcely worthy of Dick s
genius. At any rate, it pales into in
significance before the scheme upon
which ne now is working.
Ferris has bought a big balloon. l..
N. Scott, ms mayer of the theater, has
bought another The two balloons have
been named respectiy ely Minneapolis
and st. Paul, and are to be raced be-
! tween the two cities this week.
AS an advertising scheme that GER
| tainly is in a class by itself but
know the temper of Minneapolis audi
! ences. and l wonder what they will do
to Dick if st. Paul wins that race.
/ If the race is on the square he is TAX
ing a big chance. Perhaps it is Just as
easy to pull balloon as it is to
Lillian Hayward's money cat' re-
! turned to the Grand opera house last
| Wednesday night. Where the cat has
| been since the Ulrich season closed at
! the Grand is a mystery. Evidently she
/ has been well fed however, for she
| returned home sleek and in good con-
dition
| No one at the Grand noticed the cat
| until near the close of the first act.
| Here there is a scene in which con-
siderable shooting is done, off stage.
Perhaps the firing reminded the cat
of her earlier melodrama experience at
the Grand. At any rate she strolled
blandly out upon the stage to see what
all the row was about, walked to the
footlights and blinked curiously at the
audience. 1t was her first appearance
in several weeks.
They have a superstition at the
Grand that when this particular cat
walks out upon the stage during a
performance it means increased box
office receipts. One of the Gayety
chorus girls, however, didn't know this
She caught sight of the money cat"
just as the animal was making her
way to the stars proper position, in
the center of the spot lights path, and
she tried to drive her back. The cat
however, lodged cleverly and continued
toward the footlights undisturbed.
But if that particular girl had sue
ceeded in her efforts to "shoo" that
particular care l much fear she would
have been compelled to look for an
| other job. They are jealous of their
| little superstitions on the stage.
Here is another John Cort story
which, If it didn't happen day before
yesterday is at least new to Los Ange-
les. Mr.. Cort as you probably know,
Is an Industrious joker. He would
rather raise a laugh against friend
| than sign an advantageous contract
with a reigning star. But when things
begin to happen John Cort always LOOKS
the picture of innocence.
| Recently, just before Daniel F'raw-
| ley's engagement in Cort's Portland
| theater, Frawley wrote the general
| manager of the Northwestern Theatre
cal association a letter in which he
suggested that the ushers in the house
be uniformed before his coming ana
that they have the word Usher print
| ed upon their caps. Further, he Sug-
gested that the same scheme be carried
out among other house employees.
| When Frawle arrived in Portland,
some time later, he went to the theater
and finally penetrated into Corts prl-
vate office. He found that gentleman
seated at his desk, hard at work and
wearing a cap upon which appeared
| the legend, Manager Opry House. "
| Cort was serious. Frawley didn't dare
| to smile. Neither of them mentioned
the cap at any time during their talk
nor did Mr.. Frawley renew ms sug
gestion that the ushers be put into uni
| forms.
Some years ago when Mr.. Cort was
| in New York city, preparing to SEND
! travelling company upon the ROAD, ne
received a call from man who wanted
to go ahead of the organization as ad-
vance agent. 1850.
"AT right" said cort. Whats your
salary?"
"Ill take $40 week until we get ac-
ouainted," answered the applicant.
Good" said Cort; but feel L
ought to tell YOU how we stand. In the
first place, we haven't much money. IN IN
fact, we haven't any money at al; 20
you'd better go to schenectady where
we are booked to play first. and borrow
enough cash to get the company up
there. Then go to ithaca ana ralse
enough to get us there. - o.
Cort never blinked, and the agent
left Two days later he wired into the
New York office the comforting assur-
ance that he had raised $3.50 IN Sche-
nectady and $50 In Ithaca. w ma ?
more. he sent the money on by wire,
and Cort at once told him to return
and and sign ND a contract for FIVE years.
The Auditorium will reopen July ~
| with the Manhattan opera company III
| new musical comedy by Willis Go0 1000
hue and Fred ]. Eustis, entitled me
| Camnaigners." Goodhue, VINO is the
author of "Helo Bill" wrote the pook
and Eustis. formerly musical director
of the Edgar Temple company com
nosed the music. The comedy satirlzes
| American politics. ~,
Rehearsals of the piece, Whlch VIII
he presented for the first time on any
stage next week, began at the Audi
! torium Friday morning. In the COM
many are Fritz Fields, Willard Claw
son. Arthur K Wyatt, Edward H.
Philbrook. Nigel de Brulliere, Tneo
Kimball, Edna Maison, Vera Ramsdell
and others There will be chorus OF
sixteen girls and an orchestra OF SIN
| teen pieces, under the direction OF MT
Eustis himself.
'oThe Campaigners" will be followed
by 1.-THE Little Khan" written ano
composed by the same authors, The
Sun God" and other pieces. Inc en-
gagement is indefinite, depending upon
the patronage accorded the venture
Later. however, Mr.. Gusts plans &c
revive a few of the semi classic
operas, the first of which probably vii
be la Mascotte." Percival 5. Bell Is
associated with him in the business
management of the company.
Miss Jane Grey, whose acting in
1.-The Rose of the Rancho at the Be