Variety (Feb 1906)

VARIETY - Hr/ETY A Variety Paper fsr Variety Feople. Published erery Saturday by THB VAIIBTY PUBLISHING CO.. Knickerbocker Theatre Building, 1402 Broadway, New York City. the afternoon Harry Mock warned in- tending purchasers from the sidewalk brigade that tickets purchased on the outside would be refused at the door. In the evening not a speculator appeared. It has not been unusual to see ten of them around Hammerstein's on a Satur- day night. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Annual $2 ** orGijpu #•••••••«••••••«••••••••••••••••••••••• •» Six aud three months In proportion. Single copies five cents. Variety will be mailed to a permanent address or as per route, as desired. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. First Year. No. 8. In Syracuse at the Bastable Theatre which Hurtig and Seamon manage, the "Smart Set" played recently. During the l>crformance one evening, an announce- ment was made from the stage that a re- vival meeting would be held after the show, and the audience was invited to stay over to see the doings. Directly the final curtain fell, another man appeared and tried to keep the people in. But there was I rush for the exits. A large crowd outside having heard of the unusual proceeding rushed to get in. To quiet the crowd someone on the stage started a hymn, with- out the desired effect, when a member of the show was asked to sing, and he did, giving a "coon" melody with a dance accompani- ment. After quiet was restored, a sermon WH given by a local minister. The oc- currence is not likely to be repeated. s It is not an unusual sight nowadays to behold F. F. Proctor himself during the rehearsal at Twenty-third street on a Monday morning, seated in the box while an important new act is on, and the manager's suggestions are carried back to the dressing room immediately. Alexander Steiner. the foreign agent, who is suing B. .F—Keith for an account- ing for commissions, met D. F. Hennessy. of the Keith forces, one day this week. "What are you going to gain by it, Steiner?" said llennessv. "You won't get anything; what's the use?" "Oh -." replied Steiner, "I can get .$f>,000 to light Keith with, but 1 couldn't borrow live cents to do him any good." Miss Bertram! of the Weber Company was Hie "Oandy Girl" at the Actors' Fund Benefit. Raymond Hitchcock was "held up" by the young woman with the result that a five cent piece was recovered after a thorough search, while James J. Gbrbett received no change from a two-dollar bill. Miss Bertram] turned over $100 to the Fund as the result of her persuasive powers. S'lma Bruatz, the 17-year-old juggler, who was to have opened here at Proc- tor's Twenty-third Street, has decided to KO to South America instead, and will disappoint Mr. Proctor, although she may appear later. At. Huninicrstein's Victoria last Satur- day, a successful attempt was made to drive away the speculators from in front «>f the theatre, for that day at least. Ill There is a boy and his name is Oharlie, which line may be taken by any music publisher for a song title. But Oharlie doesn't think so lightly of the matter. He Ls employed in Morris' office and may have a last name though no one ever heard it. Well, Charlie had a girl, and the girl did not want to be forgotten by Oharlie, so she sent him hosiery, gloves, ties and the other necessities generally worn by a genteel vaudevillian, even in the booking department, and now Charlie will never forget his girl (another title) for the goods all came "0. O. D.", were paid for and charged to Charlie. Laura Rogers, 20 years old, a member of "The (Jay Morning Glories" company, died in Kansas City Tuesday, January 30, of typhoid fever. She had been a member of the company two years. The company is playing St. Louis this week. From the latter place the body was sent to Washing- ton, D. ('., to the parents of the deceased. ('has. W. Littlefield was held up on Broadway the other day, losing some jewelry. One of three men were caught, but as Mr. Littlefield's property was re- stored, be declined to prosecute. Miss Barry, of Barry and Johnson, who played Winnipeg this week, was on board the Soo Express which was wrecked, at (Jlenwood. Hearing that there were many wounded in the cars ahead, Miss Barry forced an entrance into the cars by break- ing in the windows, attending to the wounded, and aiding greatly to alleviate the sufferings. Sim William's "Ideals" will have the honor of first playing the Bijou Theatre in Baltimore when it is thrown open as a burlesque theatre. Al>bie Mitchell has scored on the other side. She will shortly play the Winter- gartcu in Berlin, after having played long engagements in T^ondon and Paris. Yvonne Lamor, an English comedienne, who gained some reputation in the Halls over there, and has been appearing in "Mexican*" here, will appear in vaudeville shortly under the guidance of M. S. Bcn- tham. The newspaper hoys of Hast New York will have their headquarters hereafter in the Gotham Theatre Building in that sec- tion. Manager LM. F. (iirard having al- lowed them the use of two rooms gratis, which has received the hearty Appreciation of "The Scribblers" as the assemblage will now he known by. Fred licuuox in Geo. Ade's only vaude- ville effort "On His Uppers" caused diverse opinions among the San Francisco critics, while playing at the Orpheum in the Golden Gate village. Ashion Stevens in the Ex- aminer thought very well of the playlet, while Pauline Jacobson in the Mullet in "handed it to them." Will it Come to this on Sundays? .Joseph Yarrick, the original "Magic Ket- tle" man, will open at Pottsville, Pa., Mon- day with a new illusion called "The Phan- tom Couch and Animated Candle." Four people are employed. Fred Walton of "The Babes and the Baron" received an offer of .$4<l0 more weekly from the Wintergarten in Berlin than the best offer held out to him here. Said to be $1,200. Nella Bergen has left the varieties to go with the Klaw and Erlanger's production of the new House opera, in which Joe Caw- thorne will l>c starred. Richard Pit rot. who lately returned from Europe, was sitting in the Keith office! in the St. .lames Building the other day when E. F. Albee walked in. "What are you doing here?" said Albee. "And what did you roast our circuit for in Eu- rope 1* Pitrot replied: "I didn't roast your circuit, Mr. Albee; I only Uriel the truth." podrome, commencing In November. As previously announced in Variety, Min- nie Kaufman has rejoined her husband Chinko, who will again be seen here next Fall. Maurice Boom has made a successful be- ginning at the Nassau Theatre In Brook- lyn, where, stock burlesque has been in stalled, a change of bill being made weekly. Mr. Boom escorted three railroad presi- dents interested with him in some of his ventures, to the theatre last Saturday night, but was unable to give them seats. so they viewed the performance from behind Me-scenes. Not at all displeasing to them, 'tis said. The Kaufman family now on the Keith circuit, will next season Jje augmented l»\ the other bicycle rider* Nick Kaufman has under control in Germany, and the entire company is booked to play tin* (lip Duller, a French bicycle rider, has been engaged as one of the features of the Barnum- Bailey circus. His sensational trick is a somersault on a wheel. He will have to ^«> some t<> heal our own I'alph Johnstone at it. Kostn, a f«»rcigii contortionist, will ap pear at the New York Theatre Sunday night for flic lirst time. Revolving hi.s head is Hie ImnVd for sensation. The Ifollowaj Trio will open at the llippodrojnc sonti with a new act. They perform on » lie wire.