Variety (Jan 1906)

VARIETY. IS train was chartfrt**! to biing UohhI'h muHli'til horse, the Sfventt-fn I'eklii Zouuvt-s and i'.lnr acts here fur tht> upeniug aflernoun of 14. Uutii- ness splendid In spite of uncertain and uncom- frouble weather. JHAi^lN. Cincinnati. COLUMBIA (M. C. AnderHon, mgr.).—Week 14. Bryant and Savllle, musical cumt-dianii, Kuud; Tony Wilson and Helolse, gymnaMts, hit; Pete Baker. German comedian, good; Dean Edsall and Arthur Forbes, one act comedy, '"The Two Hubies," fair; Cameron and Flanagan, singing, dancing and acrobatic comedians, dancing good, ucrobailc work, songs and comedy very poor. I'hrls Bruno and Mabel Russell, musical comedy stars, act antique and efforts unappreciated; Herr- mann the Great, assletted by Mladame Herrmann, clunjsy and only fair. Sisters Amoros, Jugglers and trapeze act, great hit. Business fair only. Week of 21: Franz Ebert and company, Thoa. J. Keogh and company, Dewltt, Burns and Tor- rcnce, Georgia Charter Lewis, The Hazardous Loop, Elizabeth Murray, Milanl Trio and Linden Bitkwlth. STANDARD (Chas. B. Arnold. Migr.).— Week 1&, Al Reeves' Big Beauty Show, •The Chadwlck Trial." with J. Theodore Mur- phy. Tom Fullam, Ed Convey. Bert La Rose, Max Gordon, Ninon Du Bar. Joseph Farnuni. Margie Hilton. Emma Ztph. Almeda Fowler, burlesque, great hit. In the olio: The Great Mureal, songs, great hit; the Deslflle Sisters, ti»e dancers, great hit; Savoy Quartet, Tom Ful- inm Hrst tenor, Bert I^ Roce barytone. Ed <'onvey second tenor. Max Gordon basso, hit; the Nelson-Farnum Troupe, conu-dy acrobats, great hit; Al Reeves, banjo and songs, good, and KInetoscope, picture machine, fair. The per- formance c(»ncluded with a burletta, "Whirl-I- Fun." whl<h was a great hit. Mr. Reeves has this seascm one of the very best burlesque shows «)n the road. S. R. O. every performance. PEOPLE'S-Week Jan. 14-20: "The Tiger Lilies," with the following cast: Rlchy W. Craig, Will <'unnlngham, W. J. Cook, George Cassldy, Wm. liorlan, Josle Webb. Carrie Ezier. Mabel Lord, Jeannette Sherwood. Katheryn Vernon, Lillian Allen, Dori»thy Mnrks, Rose Allen. Ada Hall, Myrtle Foster. Sadie Schuler, Sadie Depew. Dor- othy Blodgett. May Ward. Mat tie Collins. Lottie l.,eslle and Dot Curtis. Burlesque fair. The performance concluded with the burlesque. "The King of the Coffee Fiends." by Chas. Horwltz. hit. In the olio were Cunningham and Lonl. «lancers. hit; Ezler and Webb. In sketch. Josle Webb made great hit; Richard W. Craig, niuslcal comedian, fair; Lavern and Ci-oss. physical cul- ture, hit; Tlgerscope, motion pictures, fair: Pn»f. R. Halrmanns Original D'Es-sen School of Traln- e.l .Vnlmuls. great hit. Next week—The I'tr plans. HARRY HESS. ? Lroulavllle, Ky. HOPKINS* (Wm. Relchmann. res. mgr.).—Bill this week headed by Spook Minstrels, a pleasing novelty. Includes Four Bolses. a v«'ry good sen- sational casting act. Sullivan and Pasquellna. strong hit. Klein and Clifton fanil well. La- vlnia Dewltt. good and met with well des»'rve«l success In cornet solos. The Francellas. strong act. rronte<I good Impression. Tourist Trio and ni»»ving pictures rounded out the bill. Good nt- tendance continues at this house. BCCKING- HAM (Whallen Bros., props, and mgrs.).—T. W. DInklns' Utopians are here this week, presenting two burlettas. entitled. "Mixed. Muddled and Fixed" and "Hotel I'ps and Downs." The olio includes Stanley and Scanlon in a very poor musical act; Madden and Joss, a laughable Irish act; Smith ancl Chanipion. successful: Two Ash- tons In a fair Juggling act. and as a special fea- ture. Fltzslmmons-O'Brlen flght pictures, which were bad fake films. Week Jan. 21—Parisian Belles. ARTHUR STUART. Cleveland, O. KEITH'S (H. A. Daniels, nigr.).-Woek of 15. Howard and North sketch. "Those Were Happy Dnvs." Good. Went well. Josephine Cohan, sketch, "Friday the 13th." disappointing. Fred Xlblo. monologist. new stuff and a hit. Murphy and Francis, colored song and dance artists, poor. Orpheus Comedy Four, quartet, fair. La Valle Trio, harp, vliilln and vocalist, did not take well. Piccolo Midgets, four diminutive ac- rnbnts, fair. Splssell Brothers and Mack, acro- bats, good. Klnetograph. LYRIC (E. R. Lang, mgr.).—Claude Frederick and trained horse Don, good. Zella. equilibrist, act with trained dog. fair. Mary Madden, comedienne, entertaining. Geo. Westford. ventriloquist, clev- er. Evans and Evans, song and dance artists, good dancers, poor s'ngers. Two Macks, comedy ^kotch. fair. Pictures. ?3MPIRE (Chas. W. Denzlnger. mgr.).—<-lark'8 Runaway Girls Com- pany, featuring Joseph E. Howard, composer and .dinger, also Jack O'Brien, world's champion pugi- list. Good show and drew crowded houses. C. L. BARNftlS. Milwaukee, 'WU. CRYSTAL offers a bill this week that should be a winner. Opening with Professor Mlett and his dogs, an act that Is wonderful. Following this Dutch Walton has a very clever musical act. but the best thing on the bill Is a pastoral act by Danny Mann and I-*)la Haines. This Is veil done and receives hearty applause. An- other act that deserves special mention Is com- edy singing and whistling by Joe Palmer, black- face, and Al Jal.son as a Hebrew comedian. The Sllverton-Ollver trio have a very good wire act. Mr. and Mrs. Winter certainly deserve a liberal patronage for their house from the quality of the stuff they are offering there. -—STAR.-- Williams and Burns, Imperial Burlesquers. are at the Star this week with a very good aggre- gation of talent, and also a new departure fn>ni the average burlesque show In that they have a three-act musical comedy in the place of two. The piece Is full of miap and Jingle and should please the Star patrons. The olio Includes I^ew Palmer In mimicry; Pauline Moran with Bnnga- loo Babes; Crawford and Manning, comedians; W. J. Evans and his "Birds of a Feather," clos- ing with the Clipper Comedy Four, Next week, .\venue Girls, with Battling Nelson as a special attraction. H. W. WA'rERMA.V. 'Wlnnipea:, Man. DOMINION—Week of 8. Clark's dog and pony show was the hit of the bill. One dog was •Iressed as a ballet girl and took the step.^ good. Torlev the trick bicycle rider was good. Grade and Reynolds In their comedy turn. "Beauty and the Beast," made quite a hit. Arthur Flahn. the vocalist, who was held over from last week on account of his great success. Is making good again. He would do better with new songs. Moving pictures ♦ nd the hill. Good l.u«ln«»s UNIQUE—Kit Whirlwind In his •lub aad hoop JufgUng is making good. Tom Tarryettiiter Is very poor. Th«5 Brobat Trio in tlielr dancing and binylng act are the hit of the bill. Thb Tubraut wucoud women would do bel- ter if they would not do so much talking of where they have been and what they can do. Moving pictures wind up the bill. Business good. Winnipeg's new vaudeville theatre, the BlJou. on Abbert street, with its entrance on Main street, a few doors south of the Union Bank, is now nearing completion, and only re- quires a few days longer tor the ttnal adjustment of interior decorations to see the undertaking . successfully and satisfactorily accomplished. Men of all trades are busy rushing the work with all possible speed In order that the house will be ready for Monday night. There are eight com- fortable and roomy boxes and two logea. The parquet tloor is so arranged that a clear view of the stage can be obtained from any part of the house. The balcony Is also arranged the same way. Particular attention has been given to the safety of the public. There are 5 leet ex- its on Abbert street and 1 ten-foot one on Main street. The house has also a large stand pipe and hose and the latest patented fire extiUKuish- era. The stage is equipped with improved scenic and electric appliances with an asbestos front curtain which will be used at every performance. There will be two thousand lights used in the lobby. They are a part of the Sulllvan-Consldlne tJlrcult and will be sure to have the best. Their large sign Is Just got up. the letters are two feet large-BlJou. P. S. DOWN A RE. Fall River, Mass. SHEEDY'S (M. R. Sheedy, mgr.. C. E. Cook. reH, mgr.).—This week's show Is composed of a program full of headline artists, as every one that appeared was well worthy of that distinc- tion. The Four Seasons kept the curtain raiser busy, as their act scored heavily. Dixon. Bowers and Dixon, the three Rubes, were very funny, etepeclally with their miniature baseball game. Neff and Miller, cometllans, were very clever. The Herald Square Comedy Quartet were good singers but their tenor, as is the custom with quartets, failed to be amusing. Matthews and Harris in their sketch, "Adam the Second," pleased, as did Ferrerus with his musical dog. The show wound up with the Optlscope showing some good films. Immense business all week. Next week Dolan and Lenharr and Hermany's educated cats. SAVOY (Geo. Albert Haley. mgr.). —Heading the bill this week Is Sydney Dean and Company. In "Christmas on the Is- land," a skit which is ambitious and artistic. The four casting Dunbars scored an emphatic hit. as di<l Herr Saona. Reta Wlnfteld. violinist. Stinson and Weston In their bunch of nonsense Were full of merriment. Clifton Crawford, author of "Nancy Brown." won applause for his neat m«>nV)logue act. Joe and Chas. (J'Hearn gave a verv pleasing act. Good show to fair business. -—-NEW BOSTON ((^has. Schleslnger. mgr,).— For the past two weeks the crowds at this thea- tre have lit-'cn simply enormous. The hook made this house famous and same Is used to perfec- tl<.n. S. M. S. Hartford, Conn. HARTFORD OPERA HOUSE (Jennings and Graves, mgrs.).—Week of 15. Trolley Car Trio were very funny. I>>uise Montrose and her four auto girls had an original dancing and singing (Specialty. Sam Collins, the monologist. gave some good stories that pleased. A sketch by Fltzglbbons-McCoy Trio, entitled the "Mischiev- ous Brother," was very pleasing. The comedy musical act of Seeley. Doty and Coe was a very neat offering. Ross and Fenton were the head- liners, and their sketch. "Just Like a Woman." was very cleverly done. Carlln and Otto. (Jerman comedians, received their share of laughs. Rio Brothers on the novelty rings closed the show. I'OLI'S (Louis E. Kilby, mgr.).—15. Miss Nella Bergen, a former Hartford singer, was the headllner, and from the generous applause show- ed she was a favorite. The Simpsons gave a number of selectltins on different musical In- strtiments In a creditable manner. Murry and Lane pleased In a parody on grand opera. A lively bit of knockabout comedy by the I,rfi Vule- Calmaron Trio brought down the house. Eddie T.,e«(nard. assisted V»y the Sharp Brothers, had some very neat dance steps. Howard Truesdale and Company had the sketch of the week, en- titled "Aunt lyoulsa's Advice." a very neat bit of comedy. Delmore and I/ce on the revolving lad- ders were about the limit for reckless daring. Motion pictures closed WILLIAM H. RHODES. Schenectady, X. Y, MOH.\WK—(Jos. Weber, res. mgr).-Excellent business. Week of l,">th. Henrietta De Serrls, with living art reproductions, very fine; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thorn*' and Co., in "An ITptown Flat." made a fair Impression; Miles and Ray- mond in "The Baby In the Cradle." might ap- pear to better advantage with a better act; Rieff Brothers, song and dance team, were very well received; Cavana, wire contortionist, was good; Tascott. coon shouter, made a hit: The Eight Cornallas. male and female acrobats, were ex cellent. Closed with motion pictures, which were good. Coming week of 22d: Red Raven Cadets. Walter C. Kelly. Rlalta. Dorsch and Russel. Delmore and Oneida, Irene Franklin and Casino Comedy Four. MARTKL. Albany, IV. Y. l'HOCTOR'.=i (How ird Graham, res. mgr.).—S. n. O. business. Week of i:ith: Genaro and Uailey In their act ".V Cigarette Ca.se," were well received: Holcombe. Curtis and Webb In ".\ Winter Session," were entertaining despite the fact of their act being so old; I>)rothy Ken- ton, ban joist, was enteitalnli-.g; D'Alma's Mon- key and Dog Show, the same as other acts of this nature; • "'hiTry and IJates, eccentric a^ro- batic bicyclists, nmnagfd to please; i5ro»l-<Ts I>urant. acrobatic specialty, very go>d; Aif Gib ftun, blackface monologist, very poor, liis act being almo*»t a romiilete steal of Charley <'ase: Robinson and (Jrant, lllllputlan comedt«:!s, \<iy nice for women and children, c'losed with motion pictures, which wire giwid. Coming, week of 22d: Lee Harrison. Probst. Ktjrtis and Bussp. Ward and Curran, T>aly and Devere, Larkins and Puterson, Mazuz and Mazette, Watson, Hiitch- Ings, EdwardH Co. GAIETY (H, H. Nichols. mgr.).—Crowded houses continue. Tlw New York Stars are i>resenting a very pleasing show at this theatre, and deserve th'' laige audiences that greet them. Coming, week of 22, 'The Golden Crook." ,VI.\RTi:L "Waterbary, Conn. THE J.XCQTTS tJ W. FltzpjUrick. mpr.) - The bill this week h>adr,| by P.tnl S.«n lor'«» troiii^e of trained Danes proved amusing. The M<t was well liked, but too short for a feature act. Mary Dupont anil lompany, in "Left at the Post" (see new Acts>. Leo Nliu». gave an Interesting exhl- bitluu uj: uick. viuim playing. Brown. Uairls and Brown presented their old act, "The Spirit of '70," which pleased. Quigley Broi'wra were one of the hits of the bill in conversational pat- ter, most of their stuff being new and clever. Irene Lee, In collection of character lAlngs, was one of the pleasing features of the bill, and loudly applauded. Cogan and Bancroft, In roller skating teats, opened the bill, which was closed with the Ubual pictures of the electrograph. NOTES.—Tut«day afternoon the Penn Univer- sity tJlee ilub occupied boxes at Jacquo3, iiie theatre being decorated in their honor wl'h col- lege cwlors. MIjs Ijtn proved a hit with the coir li ge Ixjys when she appeared lit the last selec- tion Wearing a college sweater ARTHUR H. M(KECHN1E. Troy, X. Y. I*ROClK)RS (W. H. Graham, ns. mgr.).—As tvj be expected, Paul Cinquevalli, maj^ter of the Juggling art. i» a very decided hit. Hlnes and Remington, in their particular line the bright- est of vaudeville stars. The Tiillers, who with perfect ease and great rapidity make all sorts uf graphic pictures out of a bundle of variegated rags. Hayes and Wynne in their up-to-date song and dance specialty; May Leon and her pels, a dog and a rooster, is really wonderful. Emerson and Omega In their side-splitting and funny German comedy sketch; George B. Alex- ander, the high-toned hobo, a perfect well«pring of fun and merriment; Delmore and Oneida in their startling balancing act; concludes with the ever popular moving pictures, ROYAL (E. M. Buck. res. mgr.).—The Majesties played to large audiences. The program opens with a satire entitled "Down the Line." The principal role is taken by Larry McCllble. who made a big hit. The olio Is a good one. Harvey and Walker, singers of catchy songs; Jack Lawrence, parody singer; three Ronays, European musical nov- tlty; Farron and Fay in a bit of German non- sense. The Majestic Duo, singers and dancers, are good. The closing number is a musical ab- surdity entitled "For Girls Only." Coming, 22- 27. New Vork Stars. NOTE.—The Lyceum Theatre will be opened January 29 as a vaude- ville house. rhe Central Theatres have leaned the house. Victor d'Levitte will be the general manager, and William Calhoun the local man- ager. JOHN J. MALLEN. Atlanta, Ga. STAR (J, B. Thompson, mgr.).—If the attend- ance at the opening performance was any indi- cation, then the week of 15 promises to be a banner one, and patrons are enjoying the follow- ing weii liatanced bill. Anna Britton in ilPis trated songH, average only; John Lynch and <;race L.'onurd in the comedy. "Si and Sal al School." fair; W. H. Rogers and Violet Lavlne in the clever sketch. "Uncle Ned's Return," made quite a hit; a clever singing chorus In "The Field of Daisies" went well; the Floro Sisters Trio In songs and dances give a pleasing turn; Daisy I>uwman. songstress, a 'av )rlte with the patrons of this house, concluding with new moving pictures and the one-act comedy. "The Three Jolly Hunters." in which a number of the new musical hits were well rendered. <'oming next week. Minnie Dupree, Harris and Nilson. Nina Irwln. Trueheart, Dillon and Burke, Elsie Booth and others. NOTES.— Yorke and Adams, two ex-vaudevillians, vere here 12 i:i, at the Grand In "Bankers and Brok- t-rs" and received flattering notices from all the papers for their clever show.—Van Amber's Cir- cus, whi<h Im wintering here, had a vciy ni.r- niw esi-ape from fire night of 8th, as several buildings ailjoinlng their quarters at PleJin »i.t Park were totally destroyed. For a time Man Hger Frank Foy and his attaches had their hands full quieting the frightened animals. Luckily the fire was gotten under control befor*? any damage wa«* done to the circus. BRIX. Frankfort, ind. CRYSTAL (Chas. Welsh, mgr.).-Week of !.'» opened to big business. Strand and Strand maue go<Kl. The Tracys made a hit. The Valpos are v«Ty clever and caught the crowd. Chas. and Jennie Welsh In "CJet the Habit" can't be beat. Coming, week 22, Holmes and Dean. .M«i« K. Hadlev-Babv Irma Wlkoff <'ompany, Chas. and Jennie Welsh. MARTIN W. FOX. Kagrlnaiv, Mich. JEFFERS' (.Marks & Ely, mgrs.).—The polby of this theatre will be changed and henceforth continuous vaudeville will hold the boards. The public and management may well be pleased at this week's bill, which Is an excellent one and presents Jack Brown and Lillian Wright, who are all right. In a womlerful dancing act; the <Jeromes In their pleasing reproduction of artis- tic ancient statuary; Walt M. Hyde an<I Thomas Heath, singers; Professor I. SingtT and his ex- ceedingly well trained dogs and mokeys; Rich- ard Riley and wife Is a comedy sketch, fol- lowed by the last and best number. The Three Banta Brothtrs and Von Dell In their new c<mi- «'dy and musical sketch, "A Day at Camp." Professor Wnj. Boos' concert orchestra deserves '■peclal nuntlon as It Is considered the finest In this State. The klnetograph closed the bill. NRNO. Kenonha, IVis. lUJOT' (John O'Brien, res. mgr.). —Bill for we»-k of January 8: First part—Keating and Goodwin, black face comedians; W. P. Crenwell. Bicycif lilll. In his novel lariat throwing and trick bicycle act: Emille Walte, vocalist; Knox Brothers, comedy musical a«t, who take lui en- core on marly evrry number, and Walhue an>l Uiach, acrolwjts ami coiitortlonlsts. The show closeii wltli moving pictures on klnetoscop*-. I/j»st half of we<lf--W. P Oeswell, Zanipa, lady niiislcian: Le Vine Brothers, who create a great dt-al of merriment with their comedy acrobatic act : ,lohn Morrison, who pleases the andienn- with his Irish songs and ballads, and Mmk and Dougal. in thiir laughable sketch, "A Sip-nii- ous Sprain " Klnetos<'ope closes the show. arm. .N'ext week, Sidney Grant, Tyce and Jer- mon. ott Brothers and others. SAM FREEMAN. Onaalia, Neb. ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen, mgr.).-Stand> ing room only at every performance is the order of the week. Caroline N. Nichols' Fadette l.rfidles' Orchestra is scoring one of the heaviest hits of the season. Her twenty-two girl instru- n:entallsts are good to look at and good to hear. Klekko and Fravoli could make better in their selections from "11 Trovatore" by selecting num- bers that are better known to the general pub lie. Their act is good, however. Al Lawrence, monologist; Nellie Florede, vocal artist, and Mlgnionette Kokln. in strenuous terijsichorean stunts, are all making exceedingly good. Harry and Kate Jackson have their same old skit. "A Married Man," which was good years ago, but too (lid now. In their efforts to make it last over another season they have Injected a lot of domestic stage business that is also old. and the act Is lengthened out unmercifully. .Still. It made exceedingly good with the very few who never happened to see It t>efore. Gal- etti's monkeys are the best of the season. The bill for next week is as fidlows: Ionian Burk- hardt and company. Esmeralda Sisters. Flower (;irls, Wilson Trio. Freydo Brothers. Lucy and Lui-ler, Grace Jacksim. The Arcarls and the kln.xlrome. HR:NRY WOOD. , SyriK'iiMe, ^. Y. r.RANI) OI'KH.N MOUSE (»', H Plummer. mgr.). Tin bill offiT'fl this week is not up to the stamlari!. Lirsj-n Sisters, athletics, did some good tumbling and were w«'ll n'celved. Frank Ktrn and his dos are wdl enough for • hildren. <JtTtrude Mansflelfl and Carvi Wilbur, In "(II Prisp.ct Street," good; Joe Flynn, the -ame old talk Pat Rooney and Marlon Btnt did sonie vt-rv 'dever dancing. Juliet Wood and Krerl Ra.v , in fravtsty. wrre fair. \ah Rrtuos Troune. I'tcnch patitondnilsts. lid not f.ike .M)TE -During the act of tlie l/es Renios at Mon day matinee one of the men fell and broke his Xe^v Orleans, Lia. ORPHEUM (Martin Beck. gen. mgr.).—Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kelcy top the bill week 15. Their skit. "A Tale of a Turkey," went to big hands. Welch and Malt land, styled Elastic Comedians, are clever. Miss Maltland is something of a dancr, while Welch Is up In the contortion business. Mills and Morris have an act similar to the Nlcholls Sisters. T. Nelson Downs Is back with his Kolns. His glib tongue helps his act wonderfully. Dixon and .\uger are living l«'htlmonlals for some nerve tonic; Charley Case got them going at the start and won pulled up. Baron's Jiurlesque Menagerie In even better than Prelles. Novelty bill for 22d Includes Mar- shall P. Wilder, Hengler clsl. rs, Finlay and Burke, World Comedy Four. Galbraith and Farrell and the second week of the Kelcys. GREE.NWALL (Henry Greenwall, mgr.).—8. R. O. greeted Hurtlg and Seamon's "Itowery Bur- lesquers " at both performances 14th. The com- pany is headed by IJEzle Frellgh, who carries the sword in the march and walks between the soldiers. The olio comprises Estelle Wills, who has a scpieaky voice and shows her teeth. Jug- gling Bannons have an act that is "good" for the best. Carmellla D'Alcedere, billed as the Parisian Sensation, pos^H for the "Slide Man" In white tights. Roberts and Roberts have some swell changea. and are clever dancers. They should drop their cowboy assistant and work in one, Hickman Brothers are "naughtlsts." Ben Jansen sang Hebrew )>arodlPR. European 8en- satiotis 21st. o, M. SAMUELib I^mbertvllle, If. J, FAMILY (Gamble & Mack, lessees and mgrs.).— Mr. James Gamble and Eddie Mack, two Tren- ton men, open the Family Theatre January 22 as a vaudeville house The custom of the house will be shown nightly, with two matinees week- ly, Wednesday and Saturday. The opening bill Include Cunningham and Smith, Blanche Bailey, ('•dllns and Fields, Tony Baker, the Shelly Trio, Gossoti and Jones and the vltagraph. F. Q. F. Toronto, Can. STAR (F. W. Stair, mgr).-The Cherry Blos- soms held the boards during the week and busi- ness WHS g<(od. The bill tipened with th*« bur- btta "The Wrong Count Tobasco" and closed With the screaming burlesque "Quarrelsome .Nelghlxirs." B<ith were well received. H. V. Fitzgerald. In his pn)tean novelty, scored. Others In the olio were Frank Rose, the singing Jew; I..oro an«l Payne. In military ixisltlons; Manhas- sett Comedy Four, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Evans and the Kodak Girls. I^^dia Carlvie and Lil- lian Perry. C.mlng. the Merry Maidens. Shea's next week will have Valerie Bergere as headllner for the opening bill. HARTLEY. \ew Bedford, Maas. HATHA WAYS (T. B. Baylies, manager.).— Miller's elephants, the (irlnclpal act this week, are well tr.ilned and the ai-t \t* fwipular. Foy and Clark present a bright submarine fantasy, "\ Modern J<inah." wcdl acted and staged, scor- mg the hit of (he ahow. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hlatt are Instrumental comedians. Mr Hlatt Is amusing; Mrs. Hlatt Is not. Josef Blank's Jiiggllng act Is good, though the opening audi- ence received It quietly. Charlotte Coate and Little .Miss Sunflower, singing and comedy; the child Im not so bad. Carter and Bluford. colored singers and dancers, well staged act. Mile. T>atlna. physical <'ulture exhibition, opens show well. Vltagraph pictures. Bu>-lneK8 go^jd. KNOT. Kvnnavllle, Ind. HIJOU (George Selllnger. mgr.)—Bill week 14 was as follows: Franz Kln-rt, comedy sketch entitled "Dan Cupid & ('<,.," well received; Ben Harvey and Jessie Haynea, song and d.\ncc. fair; Tegge and Daniels, Dutch cfimedy. good; KIppv. comedy Juggler, very good, though ral'iel but little applause; Avery and Pearl, black-face com- edy. p<^>r: Gllmore and La Tour, comedy rtetch, good; moving pictures. ROBERT L. ('lELL. I l^ancaater. Pa. NEW FAMILY (Edward Mr»zart, mgr.).—Bill week l.">. one of the best vaudeville shows seen In this city, heade.l by Naiada. "The Nymph of the Sea and Queen of the Air," supported by a company of clever d.Mncers. The act Is lavishly staged anil beautifully costumed. t')gether with the electrical effects, make It very spectacular. Rice Brothers, as the Chinaman and 'he Rube, present a horizontal bar act that Is without ti doubt the b«-sf act of Its ktn<l ever seen here. The Holdsworths as novelty banJ'>lHts, sing«TH antl dancers aio without a peer. They repeated their previous big hit and they leave the stagn with the audieric*- clamoring for more. Hugh Jeans, baseball equilibrist, made a big hit. Nlbb*« and Bor.louex. presenting "The Man with the Mr'Mvm." satisfactory. Tommy Burnett. In lllus- frated sr>ngs scored a succ«'ss The show con- cludes with Interesfltjg iiio\ing pictures r,A FAYETTE. Fori Worth, Tex. MV.lESTfc (Chnv U Fisher, re.^. mgr.). - Week of .f.Tji H- Aft«'Tidnnco coptlntiPH to In- I ica^-e eaih \v»ek Bud Farntm Trio, musical Sit, pleaNol; "Thw Meitnald," illusion, mystl-