Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-29
WHILE BILLIKEN SMIRKS,
NONETTE HAS TROUBLE?
She Therefore Throws Him Into
River So Things Will Re-
main as They AreY

If Bnliken Is 'the god OF things as they
ought to be-" then Nonette. now at the Or
pheum, prefers things as they While
playing in Harrisburg recently. her sisters
fance presented her with Bnliken and for n
day or two she treasured 1T as a mascot. Then
things began 20 happen. and continued to hap
pen until she threw Biiken in the river.
Tho first adventure was at rehearsal It was
dark in the orchestra pit where she was stand
ing, and she stumbled over a chair, breaking
her expensive violin. Blliken was not sus-
pected yet, so he was carefully packed in her
theater trunk.
On her arrival at the next town Nonette was
obliged to appear on the stage in street clothes
for two or three performances the trunk
containing Bllllken had gone astray. Her
mother being Ill. Nonette's sister was chaper-
onlng the little violinist. and they had a back
room in the hotel with window opening on
the rear stairway. one night Nonette was
awakened by n noise at the window and saw
a mans form dimly outlined there. Her sharp
inquiry as 10 what he wanted did not frighten
him away apparently, the girls telephoned
down 10 the office but by the time the night
clerk had arrived on the scene the intruder
had disappeared.
The clerk watched around for a while,
but finally concluding that the young women
had been needlessly alarmed vent back to his
office. A few moments later Nonette was
again aware Of the man at her door. instead
OF talking through the phone she simply placed
her finger on the button and held II there
The clerk hastened upstairs and caught the
fellow before he had a chance TO escape. The
very next day Nonette was taken Ill with ton
silitis and was unable to sing. 1t was then
that Birken found a watery grave.
The capacity business which has greeted
"Brewster's Millions" at every performance
at the Burbank this week has resulted in
the decision on the part of Manager oliver
Morosco to continue the big spectacular
comedy one more week.
After extensive telegraphic negotiations with
Cohan & Harris, in New York, oliver Mo-
rosoo has completed the negotiations for the
rights to the production at the Burbank and
at the theaters in which he and Frederick
Belasco are interested of THE Yankee
Prince" the latest and most successful of
the Cohan shows.
To condense three complete plays down to
one act each and get them into one evenings
performance is the problem with which Frank
stammers, stage director for Kolb and DILL
"The College Widower' and "The Music
Master were given two at time in San
Francisco, and Stammers thought he had them
down to the limit, but now he is going over
them again and cutting out everything but
the screams.
The second week OF George Broadhursts
powerful new play, THE Price" will COM
menoe at the Belasco theater Monday night
At the conclusion of the run of THE Price"
the Belasco company will present George NJ
Cohans musical play, "Forty-hve Minutes
from Broadway"
Dress rehearsals will be begun this morn
ing on the Grand Opera stage for robin
Hood" which Ferris Hartman and his COM
pany will present one week at the Grand
opera house Sunday afternoon. The last three
performances of George NJ. Cohan's national
song show, George Washington, Jr.," will
be given at the Grand tonight, tomorrow aft
ernoon and night