 He gave her a bit part in "The Rose of the Rancho" (1906), and the following year, he extended her a contract, at which time she changed her surname to "Yurka", a homophone of her true surname.Beginning with "The Warrens of Virginia" (1907), Blanche spent the next decade alternating between stock and touring productions.In 1909, she had a small part in Leo Ditrichstein's "Is Matrimony a Failure?"