Billboard advertising (Oct 1910)

OCTOBER 22, 1910. Xtie Bllll>oaFd 17 ent|== ^news| 1^ SAN FR ANCIS CO, CAL. Promoter of Burlesque Arrives in Town to Begin Erection of a New House. The American Theatre (S. and C. honae). Is toeing ontir^'ly decorated and reiialnted ontMiie, And a beautiful marquee will adorn the front. A Tsry large new electric sign Is also being placed. David Siuion, vha cUIma to be largely en- laged In the theatrical business throughout thi- Jast la a late arrival here. He says a new theatre will be erected here to become a part ot a chain of burlesque theatres coverlns the United states. He claims the people he repre- sents already control twenty-six bouseB. Los Angeles and Oakland will also be Included In the chain. Marc Klaw arrived h-re last week, coming from a trip throiiKh the Mortkweat. where he has made arrangements to book his attractions tn several of the larger cities. It Is seventeen years since Mr. Klaw^ visited onr city. He Is accompanied by Maurice Greet, his secretary. Bealdemt Manager Will Tomfclns Is beautify- ing the Interior and exterior of the popular National Theatre. Kcw electric flxtnrea are twing placed Inalde and decgraton ■■» already at work on both exterior and Interior. The BulTalo iiilt Shows are paying the city at the rate of $5.00 i>er day for license, and the chairman of the license committee endeav- ored to raise the license to $100 per day but without result. The wild west managers In- sisted that they were simply a show and the tax collector accepted ti.OO per day, however, the tax collector's men made a descent on the establishment ami levied a (nrtber charge of $3.00 a day for eleven side show attractions, which hronght the total up to 100.00 per day. 'Maud Berrl Moulan obtained a divorce from Frank Moulan, reccntl.v. In granting the divorce the Judge ruled that Muulan should pay Mand Berrl's attorneys $250. and the court costs of 415.00, but Maud Berrl won*t let her ex-husband pay the costs, and Induced the Judge to strike ont that part of the decree which ordered Mou- lan to pay counsel fees and costs. She says she aid not wish to require her former basband to pay the price of her freedom. Her decree was granted, the Judge, saytnc there was wt aenti- tnent aa far as the court was concerhed about •who paid the lawyers. A damage salt for $2.;>00 was Instituted against Butfalo Bill by a Mrs. Augusta Dore, «f Bedding. Cal., who claims that sum because one of his bnlTaloes •being driven from the show srounds while in Redding on September 36, tossed her on Its horns. She claims she was confined to her bed a* the result of the wounds, and a surgical openMon was necessary. Bert Albnm. of the Portola Theatre, left In his new automobile, accompanied by several friends for a tour of Sonthem California. Billboard visitors last week included Mr. and Mrs. Bert Davis, with the Two Bills' Shows and Earl Grlsse on the Pantages Circuit. The Victory, on Sutter street, is again open, now rnn as a Tandeville and picture house at Ave cents.admission. The law salt Instituted bj Ales Pantages against the Oraumans, for an Interest In the new theatre..has been decided In favor of the 43ranmaas. Princeaa Theatre opens October 8. with A Stnbbom Cinderella, the first combination to open the season. BUBB COHEN. KANSA S CIT Y, MO. Onind Opera / House Celebrates' Nine- teenth Birthday. Fair Sueeessful. The Grand Opera House celebrated Its nine- teenth birthday Monday. October 3. There was so special celebration- Since the inception of the Orand Opera Honse. Hudson and Jadah have tieen manacera of the theatre, with Mr. Jndah always in active aervlre. The firm name la still maintained, although Mr. Judah'Is the. only manager. Hr. Jason Ratefcln has been treaanrer •Bd (till Is of the Orsnd. 'Miss Annette Kellermann gave a lecture to wtmien at the Orpheum. the afternoon of Tnes- ^f'.P'fo^J^- Thi» was strictly for ladles, ai all the ushers wer« girls for this occasion. Mr. Uaclin Lehman, resident manager of the Orpheum, reinmed last week from a trip to New York. ■■■■ The second fair of the Mlmonrl TaUey Fair Association at Electric Park came to a very anccessf nl close Sunday. October O. Tliete was an psperially large crowd In attendance the eloalng day. and .the cash receipts for the two weeks ammmted to over $31,000. Mr. M. O. «eim. treasurer of the Fair Association, and owner and pmprletor of Klertrle Park, said every one was much pleased and that all the. oxnibttors wonld return next year. WILLIA M W. SIIKLUCY. SPOK ANE, WASH. Legitlmata and Vaufleviil* Nouses do Busines* Oiirinig- FBir Week. Por Pair Week. October the theatres broke all rrcorda in the history of the city. The .. **• In evidence In every theatre, all houses having an exrvllent line of attrac- tions. At the Ornbeum Theatre. Manager Moller stateil that he wishes his house was much ■fgcr, as lie turni-d enough real mon»jr sway on the week to build a new theatre. Miss Rmerin Campbell <Mrs. Tatea)'o( the team of Campbell and Cates, who was operated Complete Lint of Attractions ap- pearing in the Citie«i mentioned on this pajce will be found elsewhere in this ismie. on at the hospital here, has fully recovered and baa gone to her husband in Vanconver, B. C. Marc Klaw, who was here looking for a site for a theatre, has left for Portland. The selec- tion for a Bite, he has left in the bands of Mose Oppenhelmer. George B. Baker, of Port- land, was a visitor here October 2 in the In- terest of the business of the stock company playing, at the Spokane. All the picture houses report an immense business during Fair Week. B. AZBLSON. RICHMOND, VA. Burglars Enter Office of Academy but Get Nothing. General Manager Wells bos decided to put a stock dramatic organization Into the Academy of Music In order to meet the demand for more attractions. He la now negotiating with Survivors' Association of the old First Virginia Regiment of Cavalry at the reunion and ban- quet of the Fighting Fifth Jield here a tew days ago. Although he is a "Down East Yank" the entertainer waH liooized by the old Con- federate cavalrymen, who voted him an hon- orary member of the association. ROBERT GOLDEN. CINCINNATI, O. Keith's Columbia Does Phenomenal Business with Gertrude Hoffman. Keith's Columbia took top money among the local theatres last week. The caoee of this ex- traordinary patronage at the down-town vaude- ville bouse was Gertmile nofTman. who is an Immense drawing card here. C. Hubert ^Heuck, secretary of the Heuck Opera House Company, and who, last season MAX BLOOM, B. A. Schiller, who has conducted a stock or- ganlaation for two aeasoiis on a pcofitable basis in Sayannah, Oa. Tbe stocK wUI sappiT all open dates, giving way to the Kla^ and Br- langer bookings as they come along. The Colonial Theatre, the Wilmer, Vincent and Wells vaudeville bonne, managed by Bd. P. Lyons, Is snatalntng its phenomenal record for big business. For more than a year this house baa been giving Hve sbows a day to an STerage dally attendance ot between 3.000 and 4.000. It la nrobaUr one of tk«: best paying tbeattieal {■ropositlona between Washington and Kew Or- Al. A. Franklin, mnatcal director of. the Colonial, Is enjoying a well-earned vacation, lie wUt spend several weeks at his old home, Rochester. N. Y., before retumtng to the lead- er's chair. Burglara found llielr way for the second time In tha last six montbs into the AesdeliiF of Music soma time before the dawn of Tuesday, October 11. Tbe.'glass pane was cut from tne window of the box-olBce and the cash drawer and ticket racks were nimmaced, TUe tblerea got nothing more substantial than a disap- pointment, aa cash la never kept in tbe ticket olBce over night. Six months ago burglars got Into the safe In Manager Leo Wise's oIBgo and carried off $420. Orlando jr. Haekett, humorist and singer, will Inaugnrate a tour of the aoutbem country been In November. Haekett la a ftwmer pro- fessional associate of Bill Nye and James Whitcomb Riley, with whom be toured the country- two aeaaona. He is now going, it alone. The Forgotten-Songa-is the title be gives hla new entertainment, a haiipjr Uend oT song and story. The humorist waa the gtiest or the directed the O^tintes of the Lyceum Theatre, will personally manage Reuck's Opera House this season. Hax Rosenberg wUI assume Mr. Henek'a duties at the Lyceum. Unable to resist the call of the stage. Gil- bert Ely bas returned to tbe Forepangh Stock Company at the Olympic Theatre as atage man- ager. Ely was with the Forepangh Company last season but retired from the stage at the close of the term to engage In business. Harry Chapman Ford, who has been aeting as stage director since the current aeaaon <wened, has returned to Hevr York. During Wm. A. Bndjr'g brief aojoara In Clnciimatl last week he was the guest of Col. Jas. B. Feimessy. H. Clay and Sd. Miner, the two burlesque magnates, were also guests of Col. Pennessy during tbeir stay here last veek. WIlUs Jackson Is the new manager of the Walnut Street Theatre. Be succeeds E. W. Dostln, who has been transferred to LoaisvlUe,^ . J Ool;'jaK B. Fenaessy. of the Beoclr and Fen- nessy Interests, and Col. I. U. Martin, of the Orpheum Theatre, lutxe pnicbased the Ctncln- natl BUIpostlng Company, which controls all tbe local > theatrical blllpostlng. The report' of directors of the Ohio Valley Bxpoattloo ahowa that $30,000 la the total amonnt -of tlio Expoaltlon deOelt, The gnar^ antots have been called upon to make-up the Bum.- . . Members of the Cliieliinatt iand Cleveland baseball elnbs attended the performanre of Evans* Honey Boy Mlnattela at the'Grand last Monday night aa tha guests of Ocorge. ETana. f John Lowlow, once a tsmoiw clbvm. ia lying serloosly ill at his home tn Cincinnati. NEW ORLEANS, LA- Homer George Again Press Agent for the Tiilane and Crescent Theatres. Homer George, of antomoblle fame. Is back again and wUl resume bis dntles as press repre- sentatire of the Tulane and Crescent Theatres. Mr. George speaks very encouragingly of the coming theatrical and antomoblle season. It has been announced here through Manager Jules Blstes of the Orpheum. that Mobile. Ala., will have a new Orpheum Theatre. Work will be commenced npon tbe new playhouse at once. This will add anotber bouse to the Southern chain of tbe Orpheum Circuit. The Shobert, with Its latest moving pictures and Blnstrated songs, continues to .play to packed bouses daily. Mme. Schumann-Belnk, tbe great contralto, will give one recital here tmder the auspices of the New Orleans Philharmonic Society, Novem- ber T, at the Athenaeum. Josef Bolfman, the great pianist, in concert, January 83, and The Volpe Symphony Orchestra, April 22, will be other attractions offered by ttie Kew OrlMna rhilbarmonlc Society for the season 1910-U. The New Orleans Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Prof. Scverln O. Flrank, 'ami give their first mnslcal concert, November 10. Others wfll fiaiow. , Monsieur Montano, baritone of opera comlque and operette, of Bmsaels, baa been engaged by Manager Jnlcs Layolle for his French opera company for the coming season 1010-11- Man- ager Layolle announced that the French Opem.' Huuiie will open some time In November. ■ _ . WlLLIAil A. KOEPKB. ATLANTA, GA. Owing to Poor Health Local Manager is Transferred. Klaw & Erlanger's Orpheum was dark last Mr! B. D. Eldredge, manager of the Shubett^ Orand, since the opening. Is to be transferred , to some Eastern house hy the ahnhens. as no has been In poor health over !ta« t™"!"*^ Atlanta. Mr. Eugene Perry, of Atlantic City, succeeds Mr. Eldrldge. Mr. Homer P. Curran, manager of K- * a Orpheom. owner of a Une CadiUac touring car, ran Into and seriously injured Miss Ethel Dto- han, a young trained nurse visiting here Itom Baltimore. Md., Oct. 10. He lmmed^l»tely rushed the young lady to the Grady Hospital, after which be surrendered to the police, m. was driving slowly and although he blew his horn Mverfl times, the young lady did not or vrould not hear and as he e«>ected her to move fnm fhe middle of the street, the ac- '•55Uta'hS^h«.n heselged with dr^ Ute- ly, as Hagenbeck and WaBace.„theJ^^B*- iMon and BIngU ng Bros, bavo aU sh owed here. VAWC OUVER , B. C. Four Nsw Houses to be Built in the Nea r Fut ure. Vancouver la becoming a veritable Mecca tor theatrical enterprises. ^During the P"t arrangements were practically completed for the erection of live more theatres In «bl» city. Tbe present owners of the Vancouver Opera House will erect a new theatre, hot have not decided on the site as yet. The Canadian Amusement Co.. a Vancouver organisation, will erect a theatre on Home street. The seating capacity wUI be 2.800. The plana of tbe building show that It win be one of the finest theatres on tbe Pacific Coast. The building will be six stories In height and wlU also have a large nnmber of modem otBees. This company will control theatres In all the Important dtlea between Winnipeg and the East. The attractions presented will be booked en route with the new Empire Circuit theatrCT. all of which houses wlU have the title of _tlie circuit. This circuit wni Mine Into eHect J«B» uary 1. 1811. ^ ^ New York, Chicago and San Frandaco. repre- sentation will be maintained. No afllllatlons' will be made with either the S.radlcate or In- dependent forces, although attracttonSi if offerea, will be accepted from both. The Marion Theatre wlU be eteeted by the Denver ijnnaement Co., on Westminster avo.. at Harris street: fhete will be a seating capac- ity of about -1,300. ' Mr. A^ D. Bntler has been appointed manager of the I^Tle Theatre. X. M. McLEAX. TOLEDO, O, New Stock Compnny Will Play Toledo and Centigueua Towns, The Andltorlum Theatre has addrd two large display signs that are very attractive, and aid the publicity of the ponulsr playb-nse. Mr. Oortney. the new member of the Pavcen Stock company^ Is very strong with the Amer- ican andlencM. J Joe Santry, of the Brvan & Co. publicity de- partment. Is there with the loe^l advertlaera. Ho keeps 'be boards filM with n—tty dlsnlays. Jake Kelley. the manager of Johti IIIHter. the local wrestler. Is the h.isv on". There ate man.T who want to meet »»>e l-vnl bo.v for tne Friday night «mt--»«. St the_Emn|ro. _ Mra. Harry HnrtIg hsa arrl»»d In the city an>t now the local manager of the Arcade is a TOWIan. . ^ All tbe local theatrical members that were playlnr the city last we<>fr attended the nnening thS Oystef Bar Oriental Dln'ng Rojm''- Tbere were some great doings In the entertain- ing department. . Mr. Smith, the tressnier at the Amiltoxnm Theatre- met many friends during the abort star In the cKt. (Continued on pag;> i'l.t