Variety (Dec 1905)

U VARIETY. VAUDEVILLE AGENTS. tbe Stars' head quarter s for Uaudeville W. L. LYKENS' VAUDEVILLE AGENCY 31 WEST 3i»t STREET Telephone* 4967 Madison. Cable, Myertba. B. A. MYERS and E. S. KELLER General Vaudeville Agents 31 West 31st Street, NEW YORK M. S.BENT NAM, THE Producing Vaudeville Agent Booking Everywhere St. James "Bldg., 9{f<w York PITROT ft CIRARD INTERNATIONAL Vaudeville Agents 1265 Broadway, New York MODEVILLB AGBIT, 6 Weit 18th Street, NEW YORK New * ort .Ke*r«-*rnt»tl» r Howard Alhrntrum, Boat on. Ma**, AL. MAYER VAUDEVILLE AGENT Tel., 3*47 Mariiiion. Ho** HO« Nt. Jim Hallelag H'waj mid »«th Ntr.et. Nih VnfL Tel. 4«6 Madison ALEX. STE1NER Vaudeville Agent Hooking Foreign and Native Acts St. James Building, New York Phone 4488 Mad. Cable Address Preberman BERNSTEIN—LEVITT- -10UBE VAUDEVILLE AGENTS 36 West 28th Street New York FOR SALE FOR ECCENTRIC COMEDIAN AND INGENUE FULL OF ACTION 18 Minutes Address . A. B., 515 Variety A Vaudeville Surprise!!! EVA WILLlAilS and JACK TUCKER (The '-Cinderella" of the Varieties) Will present in the near future an absolutely original one-act play, entitled "Me an' Skinny" assisted by The Shaven Shoven Quartette A whimsical treat for grown-up children Present address, Highland Cottage, Arlington Heights, Mass. To T hose Who C omede If you are WILLING TO PAY A GOOD PRICE FOR GOOD MATERIAL I will . brighten your business, pad your part, and enliven up your lines. If you need a Comic Song I will construct you one for laughing purposes only, give you exclusive stage rights, copyright, and PROTECT same for y«u. Harry Bulger Is a success with my "No Bird ever flew so high he didn't have to light;" Melville and Stetson thank me for "I'm crazy to go on the stage;" Lee Harrison will work another year with my "Mr. Sherlock Holmes is no one else but me." References, the above and Peter F. Dailey, Eddie Foy, Alex. Clark. Edwin Stevens, Jefferson D' Angel is. Marie Cahlll and the best in show business. If you are NOT willing to pay a good price for good ma- terial, please don't take up my time. WILL D. COBB. "WORDWRIGHT" 512 Broadway New York Wm.-ZIHELL & BOUTELLE-Adelaid. America's Best Comedy Sieging Act Late Comedian Franh L. Porley's Opera Co. Per. Add. N. Y. Clipper. good resolution for the new year: DON'T BE l'RK- Jl 11 if*:l>. If you have never seen a copy of] MADISON'S BUDGET all you have "guessed" about I It may be wrong. Send for my latest issue, .11 \ 1)1-' SON'S BIlHiKT No. lO on a guarantee—absolute satisfaction or mon*y re-1 funded, 1U0 pages l) brightest. funnies! otag< comedy material evi writ- ten, including 31 gret. paro- dies, 9 excellent monologues. 8 sketches for two males, 4] sketches for male and female, new Side- walk Conversations, 3 roaring 50-minute burlesques, new sketch for two females, hundreds of new Hebrew, Irish, Dutch and blackface gags, etc. Price, only ONE j DOLLAR PER COPY. L. J. HKIL., 1404. Third Ave., New York. (Agent for James Madison.) HOW'S YOUR STATIONERY ? Well, be Distinctive. I Sketched the Front Page of Variety. Like it? Well, I can give you a Sketch for a Letter Head that will make People Read the Letter. Do You Want Something Unique and not Spilled all over the Page like a Three-Sheet? Come and See Me If You Can't Come, Writ- . Don't be a "Dead One" for the Sake of a Little Money. It's the Little Things That Count—This Means More Money and Respect fo • You if Done Properly. I CAN DO IT. EDGAR M. MILLER, 782 EIGHTH AVE., NEW YORK CITY. Near 49th Street. The t.llI has been funning," the Jail of freeing himself lastly a Steel cage, PonirhkeepNle, v Y. Business at the Family Theatre during the pres. ent week has been of the gilt-edged order, and t|i*» S. R. O. sign has been conspicuously dis- played at all performances, a good one and Is headed by breaker, whose unique aet from handcuffs, leg-Irons and has caught the city and aroused much specula tinn. The police cMin.il> as well as all others arc mystified The Nelson troupe, comedy acro- bats, are very good; the tumbling Is of unusual merit. Black and Jones, singing and dancing coons, have been here before this season, but they are clever and their work pleases, lima More, comedienne, has a good voice and fine ap- pearance, but she sings songs that are older than herself. The Taneans (2) do a musical act that is fair, and the show is closed with new pictures wW m-Walson and Iner oWheegest bill Worcester, Mass. PARK (A. T. Wttton, mg£.).-Sa his Farmyard was the hei of th«* season. The Kimore Sisters, Mayme Remington and Klsworth and Burt all scored heavily and were about even for second place. Harry Brown, cartoonist, scored heavily, while Xulka. the mystery, was well liked by the au- dience l •• l in.11 Bros, gave an excellent exhibi- tion of barrel Jumping. The klnetograph con- cluded. POLTH (('has. W. Fonda.).-Paul Sander as headllner was well liked, but was .losely pushed for first place by Mr. and Mrs. Ua'rdner <rane. The Meers were well liked and reeelved several curtain calls. World and Kings, ion took well. McGloin and Smith, heel and toe dancers, scored heavily. "The Girl Behind the Drum" also took well. Sherman and De Forrest were the weakest on the bill, their sketch at times being silly. The electrograph concluded. O. W. JARDINE. Syracuse, PL Y. GRAND Ol'KRA HOUSE (('. H. Plummer, mgr.). -The bill offered this week was not up to the standard. Sisters Durbyelle. a novelty In shadows, fair: Leo Garillo. mimic, makes a lot or noise, that's all; Dertorelli and Glissando, good musicians, but spoil the act when they try to i»e funny. The Grand Opera Trio was well received. Bond and Benton in a sketch, "My Awful Dad," took well. Thompson and Vidocq are old time conversationalists. Some of their Jokes Wert older than that. Paul Conchas, HAMMERSTEIN'S VICTORIA Theatre of Varieties, 42d St. and Broadway WEIK OF JAN. I, 1906 Mytrtlfylng! Fascinating! Le Domino House (The Girl With The Red Domino.) First Time Here, Emmelt < orrlfcvavn and Co. In a New and Original Sensational One-Act Play. WILL MURPHY AND BLANCHE NICHOLS Presenting Their Screamingly Funny Skit, "FROM ZAZA TO UNCLB TOM." M'MAHON'S 10 WATEiiMELON GIRLS and MINSTREL MISSES—10 First Tims Here MLLE. KITTY TRANEY, The Beautiful Parisian Equestrian and Juggler. Return of FRANK BUSH. Monologlst. CHASINO, Pedestrian Shadowgraphlst FIELDS AND WARD, In an Entirely New Act THE 8 SHETLAND8, Singers and Dancers. NE W VITAQRAPH VIEWS. whose balancing and catching of heavy weights was marvelous, was received with great ap- plause. Next week, Patrice, "The Flying Rath- burns" and others. Eddie Clarke prints this in his "Weekly Hash": "Can you Imagine the time I had In Syracuse, the home of Lee Shu- bert? Talk about mistaken Identity, before I left town I owned 184 theatres. And all be- cause Lee looks like me. Oh! the curse of beauty is awful." SAM FREEMAN. Trenton, If. J. TRENT (Ed. Ren ton, mgr.).—The bill this week was not quite up to the standard. Mat- thews and Ashley and Hines and Remington were about the two best acts, followed by Rhoda Royal and her trained horse, Chesterfield, which does some clever posing, but a little too much of It. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Murphy are fair In "Why Dugan Swore Off," Mrs. Murphy making a hit with the song "Larry." Artie Hall has quite a cold and could not sing her best. A new song would be right In line for her to Improve her act. Reno and Richards In an acrobatic act with the baseball finish did well. Alburtus and Jessie Miller in "A Scene at the Fair Grounds," quite a lot of Junk to hand out In one act. Her cornet playing lets the act out. Blograph concludes. Business, capacity early part of week, with a tendency to fall about mid- week. Next week's bill consists of Victor and his Venetian band, Fanny Rice, James Donovan and Co., Emmett De Voy and Co., Mr. and Mrs. James Barry. Gourley and Sully and Oourley, Murphy and Francis and blograph. F. Q. F. Lnnnlnir, Mich. RIJOU (D. J. Robson, mgr.).—Week of 25: The Mlskell Sisters and the Gold Dust Twins In their new act pleased the crowds at the Bijou this week. Dracula. the frolicsome demon, well deserved the applause that greeted him. "Bren" Hayes, banjo and mandolin artist. Is a great performer on the Instruments, playing a class of music that Is rarely heard on these Instruments. Higgins and Phelps have a laughable act, con- sisting of singing, dancing and dialogue. C. 8. Humphrey sings the Illustrated song, and ■ the pictures are very good. Playing to packed houses. FORD A. CARY. Fort Worth. Texas. MAJESTIC (Chas. R. Fisher, res. mgr.).— Week of 18. Rainy weather and Christmas shopping prevented many from seeing the best week of vaudeville yet presented here. Loud praise from all patrons for thU» week's bill. Every act presented had music In It. Ida O'Day, banjo, song and story: Three LaMolnes. musical artists: May Vokes and Company In "A Model Maid:" Zoa Mathews, singer; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Waterous, high-class vocal selections: the Two Vivian*, rifle shooters: the klnetograph. The pronounced hit of the bill was Miss May Vokes, whose impersonation of a foolish ser- vant girl was perfect. "TARRANT". Jnnesville, Wis. The West Side Theatre (vaudeville) has been closed as a theatre and Is now being used for roller skating. This theatre plays only fl-st- cla«*s acts, and will open again on March 0 with a first-class bill of attractions. GEO. L. HATCH. Jersey City, N. J. BON TON (Thos. W. Dlnkins. mgr.).—"The Maseottes," a combination which looks as though It had been begotten and born overnight, are here this week. Both performances on Christmas had the "standing room only" out. The mnst no- ticeable feature of the performance was the fre- quent exit of the auditors, and the neighboring thirst mills arc thanking the management. How- ever, we are living In hopes of better things. The "Colonial Belles" descend on us next, and some one whispers that "it will be different." "MONTMORENCY." Yonkeri, IV. Y. DORIC—The house was packed to the do >m, Waller and Magill opened the show with "The Pistol Card." Their act Is only fair. Mr. Waller would do much better If he left out his German, because an English-speaking audience does not care for that sort of thing. Dan Har- rington is of the general run of ventriloquists- nothing wonderful, but entertaining. Nellie Syl- vester Is a prepossessing singer, and has a good voice. Good old Gus Williams was on, and I think Gus Is better than he ever was. De Noyer and Ward next. Mr. De Noyer Is a very clever, able comedian, but I cannot see why and for what reason he carries Miss Ward with him: she can neither dance nor sing. Shepnard and W;ird are fair: Juet about please. The show closed with Bailey and Austin In a good act. ELZIK. Dpi Moines. la. RIJfttT (Fred Buchanan, mgr.).—Searles and Armond. Harney and TTalnes, Rose and Severns. Ait Adair and Jack Irwin: week 18. good busl- ness. H. VKRNON REAVER. Alexandra Dagmar has taken to tell- ing stories and they say that she is get- ting away with the idea.