Variety (May 1909)

VARIETY 15 "THE JOINING OF THE JOEYS" By JACK E. MAGEE. Tbere'i Joy now tn "Clown Alley," the "Pt.l-rooini" ring with glee. The "white lead" In put on neater; cl>wn suit* from dirt are free. The "Puff Club" it la happy, all 111 feeling from It flown, The "Jceyi" arc going to organise a Union of their own. They'll wear Union-Suite for "sweat clothes"; bang 'em on a Union line; Meet lugs held at Union Depots, absence subject to a line. All tbe "KInker*" will be Jealoui. and other "spangles" too The "wind-Jammers" for clown entries will play music that is new. The "Fire-crackers" must be Union-made; also tbe "Paper-hoop." "Peck In the ccok house" must be Union; both "full-bouses and tbe soup." When Ring-masters soap their whips they must have a Union lasb, And in a "Sunday town," only Union "Bro-ds," tbe Clowns will masb. Tbe "Hip Track" must have sawdust that came from a Union mill, The "Baby-carriage" also Union, or "Grlmaldl" will not "spill." The Clown Song will be of Unions; song bookB from a Union shop. "Butch's Juice." it won't be used unless it's Union "Pop." "Reserves" mnet be Union too, or they'll "blow 'em for the blues." Union handlers for the "Honey-grove top" or It they'll never use. For "bladders" from Union butcher shops, clowns will surely rave, And tbe "Slapsticks" must be raado from Union barrel staves. The "Filly Kid." "Pete Jenkins," too; "The Camera Guy" and "Cop." The "Old Giraffe," the "Soldier Mug," and the Clown with "Clrcash Mop," "Sllveis," "Marcellne" and "Borella" rnd others In the motley throug, From tbe Hippodrome to Tent Show, tbe Merry Andrews will belong. Methlnks It's a good Idea that they should organise. For social sake, if nothing else, branching out, if they're wise, "Large Oaks from Little Acorns Grow" Is a saying old but true, So Merry Sons of Momus, I toast, "Good Luck to You." OBITUARY. Fred Willson, one of the most popular managers in burlesque, and until his death manager of Miner's New Empire Theatre, Newark, N. J., dropped dead last Saturday in his home in that city. A stroke of apoplexy was the cause of death. Willson was 39 years old, and had acted as manager for several bur- lesque houses. Before his assignment to the Newark house he was in charge of the Troeadero', Philadelphia, and before that in Washington. A wife and young son survive. He left no estate. Willson had been in ill health for several months. HARRY C. STANLEY TESTIMONIAL. The following subscriptions were re- ceived up to April 28 by the committee having the Harry C. Stanley Testimonial in charge: Grace Emmett, $50; Hines and Reming- ton, $10; Joe Callahan, $10; Grace Hazard, $6; Lovi* Pincus, ^$5; W. S. Wright, $6; Raymond Finley, $2; E. D. Coe, $1; Alf. Grant, $1. Harry Mount ford and 11. S. Wright are the committee for the fund. Chicago, April 29. Mrs. Paul Valadon, wife of Valadon, the illusionist, died at the Mercy Hospital, April 27, after a long and painful illness. Foreign papers please copy. Mrs. William Sadler, wife of Billy Sad- ler, the Irish comedian, died in Buffalo. April 27, in her 35th year. Louis Pincus left on Tuesday for Chi- cago, where he will remain about ten aays overlooking the western office of the Pantages Circuit. Mr. Pincus may go on to Seattle to meet Alexander Pantages. WHEN IS OPPOSITION? Suppose an act played for William Mor- ris, and was accordingly placed upon the "opposition list." Then suppose the act secured a new vehicle and made applica- tion for United time. Now, what bearing would the opposition ruling of the big agency have in such a case? r I hrse are the questions Mme. Froelich is asking herself. She played the inde- pendent houses last fall, offering a "Sa- lome" dance. Upon the completion of her contracts no further engagements were forthcoming from the Morris office. With- in the last few weeks Mme. Froelich has put together a new series of national dances and has offered her services to the United. No decision has vet been re- tinned. THE KAUFMANN LADY CYCLE TROUPE PIGTURB NEWS "NO CELLULOID" BILL PASSES. Albany, April 29. The bill forbidding the use of celluloid in moving picture film passed the Senate yesterday. INDEPENDENTS COPYRIGHT FILMS. Chicago, April 29. The first copyright prints of the subjects controlled in this country by the Inter- national Projecting & Producing Co. will be "Cavalry Charge,'' an Italian film. An official of the company stated that "Pom- peii," one of the best of the series, is dou- bling in orders and the independent ex- changes handling the International output consider the reel one of *the best ever shown. The International Co. contemplates ex- tending its operations to New York, and will have independent exchanges represent- ed in three large cities in the east, as well a.s other good-sized towns in the west and southwest. J. C. Allen is among the first to invade the south in the interest of the independent importers, opening an exchange at Bir- mingham. ASKS PATHE A QUESTION. Paris, April 15. The Cine Journal, in a neat little para- graph, asks why Pathe Freres have re- leased a reel this week with a subject which was treated by the Eclair Com- pany some months ago under the title of "Simemol Has Not An Evening Dress," and suggests that the big concern should sure- ly be rich enough in ideas without getting inspiration from other firms. PICTURE MAN DIES. Paris, April 15. M. de .Jont|iiieres, age 57, director of the Kinema (Paris), and well known in the moving picture industry, is dead here. ACADEMY STARTS COMBINATION. Buffalo, N. Y., April 29. From melodrama to continuous vaude- ville and moving pictures was the propo- sition at the Academy, a Stair & Havlin house, taken over by the United Amuse- ment Co. It opened Monday. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE EXHI- BITION. London, April 10. An international exhibition of moving picture films and apparatus will be held at the Crystal Palace early in July. This is the first exposition of the sort in Lon- don. A department of the show will be de- voted to the newest inventions and dis- coveries in the cinematographic field. Premiums will be awarded. BERST RETURNS. J. A. Berst. American representative for Path6 Freres, the French film manufac- turers, returned to New York this week after a month's stay in Paris, where he was in consultation with the members of the firm. Nothing has been made public as to the outcome of his mission across the waters. MOVING PICTURE REVIEWS* "His First Girl." j Manhattan. "His First Girl" contains a first rate comic idea, but the lack of good incident in the working out of the series has cost it merit. A few lively scenes, even if they had to be made a little rough, would have given the reel big laughing values. As it stands the subject is tame. The film shows the meeting of schoolboy and schoolgirl. The lad falls in love, is invited to call. Dressing for the occasion is a laborious process, but is at length accomplished. Much business is made of the youth's efforts to borrow carfare from his family. Arriving at the home of the girl, he is "shaken down" by her younger brother for his total assets. A rival ap- pears on the scene and the small boy of the household plays tricks with the enamored callers. Finally the hero is forced to walk home through the rain, is locked out and climbs into the house through a second-story window. Pretty much the whole audience is bound to recognize in the comedy something of personal experience, and therein lies its strength. Ruth. "The Belated Meal.'* Manhattan. "A Belated Meal" is "Mr. Pipp's Awak- ening" worked into a rough farce and with all its main interest left out. It shows the experiences of hubby, sent out to do the marketing and meeting with certain bibulous companions, while wifey waits at home for his return. Hubby's accumulation of a 42 candle-power "souse" is shown in detail, and a good deal of rough amusement is extracted from his determined efforts to retain possession of a scrawney chicken, immense head of cabbage and other edibles. He is finally brought home in the custody of two po- licemen. Wifey takes him in hand and administers a sound drubbing. The finish is weak, but some of the incidents preceding are fairly amusing. Rush. WHO COULD MISS THIS? On Sunday, May 30, a monster picnic will be given by the T. A. McGill Asso- ciation at Hudson County Park and it is expected to shatter all records for at- tendance. Mr. McCill is leaving no stone unturned to make the affair the largest of its kind ever given, and for the trivial sum of fifty cents for a lady and a gentleman, it will leave •othing but Urn fondest recollections for some time to come. The directors of the association are as follows: Lawrence A. Nolan, preni- dent; Walter A. Barry, vice-president; William J. Kiley, treasurer; Richard Fleming, secretary; Thomas Flood, assist- ant secretarv: Thomas Purccll, financial secretary; Lawrence E. Schaefer, floor manager; Dominick H. Rush, assistant floor manager.- (Contributed.) One doeen of NICK KALLMANN'S feninlc Mc.veN' rltleis. np< -curing ulimnil. Mr. Knufmium Is flip T*1tH»r of hlcyok* rl<k'r* In irrniipM. Ills four "KAIT.MANN llH'Yri.i: AC'I'S" im fiimmis the worl.l ovtr. All of Mr. Kaufmflnn's nts *iv now on thf- hIjijh- nlipmd. One or m<>rc will iip|>mr on this side o«xt fttaooa. Sam H. Harris, his wife, and JLck Welch sailed for England last Saturday. Tempest, Sunshine and Co. open at Keith's. Philadelphia, May 17. by direc- tion of lack l-rf'vy, and permission of Harrv Jordan.