Variety (December 1909)

VARIETY RIETY A Variety Paper (or Variety People. Published e?ery Saturday by THE VARIETY PUBLISHING CO. 16M Broadway, Timet Square, New York Cltj. Telephone { JgJ [Bryant Proprietor. Entered a» «ooond-oU*# matter December 22. 1905, at the Poet Office at tfeic York. N. Y., under the act of Oongreee of March 3, 1879. X. B. 0KZ0AOO OJTXOS, 1IT Dearborn St. (Theme, Oeatrel 4401). KDXTH, JOSH 7. O'OOniOE, LOMDOY 071T0Z, tit Itnad (Cable, "Jesefree, London") JESSE J. FREEMAN, in obarge. SAX rBJJTOXSOO OFFICE. •064 Batter It. LEBTER J. rOXTMTAIH, RepreeenUtire. FARI8 OFFICE, 64 Bis. Rao BoJnt Dialer. EDWARD O. EEEDREW, Representative. BERLDT OFFICE. Voter den Linden 61, BJEBEL'B XJBRART 0. M. SEIBT, RepreeentatlTe. ADVERTISEMENTS. Rate card may be found In advertising eectlon of this leeue. BTTB8CRIFTI0N RATES. AoDael 9* Foreign 6 Six and three monthe In proportion. Single coplea 10 centa. VARIETY will be mailed to a permanent ad dreaa or ae per route, aa dealred. Advertisements forwarded by mall must be ac- companied by remittance, made payable to Variety Publishing Co. Copyright. 1900, by Variety Publishing Co. Vol. XVI. DECEMBER 4. No. 13. Carl McCullough closes with "In Hayti" on Dec. 11. The Astrella Sisters are playing in Co- penhagen, Denmark, this month. Birdie Fowler opens on the Morris time Monday at the Dominion, Winnipeg. Mr. and Mrs. (Anna Doherty) Billy In- man were divorced in Detroit some time ago. Harry Tighe will join the "No. 2" com- pany of "7 Days," being organized for Chicago. Weber & Allen have moved from the fourth to the fifth floor in the Theatrical Exchange Building. •John Cordray has succeeded the late James II. Erickson as manager of the Or phcum, 'Portland, Ore. May Yohe will open at Young's Pier, Atlantic City, next week in a single turn railed "In Silken Attire." — s- McMiiIioii and Chappelle returned from England on Tuesday. They open at the American, Chicago, Sunday. Bert Pitman, of the Denver Sullivan- Considine office, will go to the San Fran- cisco headquarters of the circuit. Joe Le Brandt is writing a new piece for B. A. Rolfe. It is to be called "Widow Brown" and first produced Dec. 13. Ethel Levey will return to the London Alhambra in March for a run of six or eight weeks, booked by the Marinelli offices. Matt Keefe appeared alone at Hammer- stein's last Sunday. Tony Pearl, his for- mer partner, will ''break in" a new act next week. II. Everett llayden and Florence Colby of "The Passing Review," rehearsing in Chicago, were married last week in the re- hearsal hall. Lucy Weston leaves "The Candy Shop" tonight (Saturday), and will return to the Morris Circuit at the American, New York, Monday. Toots Papka and The Hawaiian Trio opened for the Morris Circuit at the Plaza, Monday. The act has been playing United houses all season. Joly Violetta sails Feb. 26 for South Africa, playing at the Hyman houses there for eight weeks. Joly was booked through Paul Schultze, of Berlin. Monday e\ening Treasurer Girard at the Colonial had the following note handed to him: "Please give 3 seats at 50 cents for Mike and 2 chambermaids." Torcat, with twenty-five trained roost- ers, arrived this week. That number is said to be the largest collection of learned fowl which have publicly appeared. John Considine, the active head of the Sullivan-Considine Circuit, is expected in New Y'ork today (Saturday), having made a leisurely trip across the continent. Billie Burke's new comedy act, "Foolish Factory." opens at Allentown, Pa., Mon- day. It was written by Al. S. Hickman, whose son, George Hickman, is featured. hilly Could has a break of several weeks in his dates before returning to the Or- pheum Circuit. Mr. Could may spend the time in Havana or come back to New York. Annabclle Whitford will sing "I'm in Love With a Broadway Star" next week in "The Follies of 190J)." The song is the musical hit of "The Man Who Owns Broad wa v." The Farrel-Taylor Trio will appear at the Colonial, New York, next week, having declined the position offered on the Fifth Avenue program, where they were first 'booked. Odell and Kinley were obliged to cancel all their Southern time this week, leaving at once from Houston, Tex., for New York, where Mr. Udell's mother is in a critical condition. hills in "Yiddish" are distributed over the lower East Side this week, telling of the appearance of Henry Fink, the He- brew comedian, with Miner's "American" at the Bowery. The Temple, Rochester, is scheduled to open next Monday under the management of ^^ T iggins & Moore. A large crowd of Long Acre managers and agents will at- tend the opening. The Gorman, at So. Framingham, Mass., was opened laat week by the Aborn Bros, aa a "pop" vaudeville house. It is booked through the United. The Prin- cess, an I. B. A. house, opposes Aborns', which may be the first of a chain of 10-20 theatres for them. Valdare and Yarno, the bicyclists, now playing in the northwest, have contracted to appear for a year with Ilarmston's Cir- cus in China, and will shortly leave for the far-off land. G. Molasso, who was the first to in- troduce the Paris version of the "Apache" dance over here is returning to vaudeville with the dance, having accepted offers made following the closing of "The Queen of the Moulin Rouge," Mr. Molasso having been with that show for two seasons. A route laid out for Stuart Barnes by the United Booking Offices is said to have bcerl held up pending Mr. Barnes' consent to pay over five per cent, commission on his engagement. Joe, a "leopard boy," a circus side show and museum attraction, died in Pittsburg Wednesday as a result of a fall through a trap door in the stage of a small thea- tre where he was playing. James Cook and John Lorenz open at Hammerstein's Monday, playing together in vaudeville for the first time. They re- cently left "The Motor Girl." After a couple of variety weeks the act will com- mence rehearsals with the Shuberts' pro- duction of "Dick Whittington." At the Hudson, Union Hill, this week v Anna Fay appeared for the first time in the east in an act similar to the one which her late husband, John T. Fay, and herself appeared in when last seen in this section. Max Berol-Konorah, President of the German Artists' Association ("I. A. L.") has just completed a thirty-thousand- word essay for the German government, setting forth the wants of the artists for the Imperial Theatrical Law, now being prepared by the Parliament at Berlin. Edward E. Mozart, of the I. B. A., has been warned by his doctors that he roust retire temporarily from active business. He will give up work for a time, six months at least, spending the winter in the south. Arthur Prince's engagement at the Co- lonial, Indianapolis, next week, will be his last under the ten weeks' contract which brought the English ventriloquist to this country for William Morris. There is a possibility if Mr. Prince can arrange his foreign bookings of a renewal of the Mor- ris agreement. Jimmy Rice (Rice and Prevost) strained a tendon in his right leg while appearing at the American, New Orleans, Monday night, retiring from the bill. The act hopes to open Monday at the Colonist, Indianapolis. Marion Bent fractured her ankle while dancing at the Greenpoint last Saturday night. Rooney and Bent were obliged to cancel this week at Providence through the enjury. Miss Bent may be able to continue Monday. Montgomery Hunt Troop, a New York vaudeville agent, has announced his candi- dacy for the post of the city's commis- sioner of licenses. Several other people, more or less prominent in vaudeville, have been seeking support for the same ap- pointment which will be made by the in- coming Mayor. Sam Spira, the English singer, left the American bill after the Monday matinee. He was engaged for this side by the Mor- ris Circuit for about six weeks at $100 weekly. Kpira will play the Morris To- ronto house next week. The first three correct answers received by William Berol of the "Menetekel" act for the solution of his puzzle advertisement in Variety were from Fred Terry (Terry Twins), Ben S. Meers (Sarah Brandon Co.) and Edward Miller (stage manager, Bijou Dream, New Haven, Conn.). Bach winner receives a year's subscription to Variety, furnished by Mr. Berol. Phil Isaac will be manager of "The Charles Robinson Crusoe Girls," as Mr. hobinsou has decided to name his new show on the Eastern Burlesque Wheel. Devine and Williams have been engaged, also Vulcan, the strong man. hlanche Sloan was divorced from James I). Polk a few months ago. Miss Sloane is playing on the Morris time, at the American, New York, this week. She says the divorce was needed as there's a chap who is pretty strong for her. Terry and Lambert have booked ten weeks on the Morris Circuit, opening Dee. ]3 at the American. New York. This will bring them up to the date when they will be ready to sail for England to ful- fil engagements booked there. Charles W. Bennett, former manager of the Canadian Bennett Circuit, accord- ing to the statement of his family, is far from being as completely recovered from his recent illness as the newspaper re- ports have indicated. In fact he has not yet been able to leave his home in New York and it will be some time lx'forc he is able to do so. lie is, however, strong enough to sit up at home. La->t Sunday night The Ccrinan Ameri- can Athletic Club gave an entertainment at the Amsterdam Opera House on 44th Street. A long bill was presented, all "dumb" acts, and all foreigners, several artists lM'longing to the club. lx)uis Spiel- nninn of the Sullivan Considine office "did a turn." breaking the "dumb" rule by sing- ing, though Paul Durand from the orches- tra shouting "Oh! You Louie." as Spiel- mann appeared, placed a crimp in his vocal efforts.