Variety (October 1913)

VARIETY R/ETY Published Weekly by VARIETY PUBLISHING CO. Time* Square. New York. 81 ME SILVERMAN Proprietor CHICAGO Majestic Theatre Bids. JOHN J. O'CONNOR SAN FRANCISCO Pantaffes Theatre Bldg. HARRY BONNBLL LONDON 18 Charing Crou Road JBSSB FREEMAN PARIS 66 bis, Rue Saint Dldler EDWARD G. KENDREW BERLIN 69 Stromstraue B. A. LEVY ADVERTISEMENTS Advertising copy for current Issue must reach New York office by Wednesday evening. Advertisements by mail should be accom- panied by remittance. STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF VARIETY * Published weekly at New York City, re- quired by the act of August 24, 1912. Name of Post-oRlce Address Editor and publisher, Slme Silverman, 1S36 Broadway Managing Editor, Alfred M. Oreason. 1636 Broadway Buaineas Manager. Charles J. Freeman, 1536 Broadway (Signed) Charles J. Freeman, bUMlucMM manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of Sept, 1911, Jenle Jacobs, No. I. Notary Public, New York County. Vol. XXXII. October 3, 1913. No. 5. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Anthony in Chicago, Sept. 22. Thurston, the magician, may go to South America next spring. Lora Rogers, character woman of the Albee stock company, Providence, has sailed for an extended trip abroad. Herbert Sleeth is playing the Earl of Brancaster in the "No. 2" "Whip" company over here. The Gayety, Brooklyn, is playing Sunday vaudeville, booked for that day each week by Feiber & Shea. "On School Playgrounds*' is a new act from Philadelphia, appearing around New York. Henry Clive may return to New York from London within a week or so. Patima gave a rehearsal Monday morning at Hammerstein's. They are still talking about it. Edward Sheldon will make a stau^e version in English of Sudermaiin's novel "The Song of Sonj?s" for Charles Frohman. Tyrone Powers' proposed vaudcille debut has been set back, owi'iur \o the injuries he received in the ho.'.t acci- dent on the Hudson. He was ><> have been at the Fifth Avenue thij week. Edith Warwick, of the "Mischief Makers" (Progressive Burlesque Wheel) is in the hospital, Toronto, af- tir an operation for appendicitis. Wilmothe Merkle, the English bari- tone, has moved from "Lieber Augus- tin" at the Casino, New York, to "Her Little Highness" in Boston. Charles J. Freeman and Amelia Caire (formerly of Felix and Caire) were married in New York City last Sunday. Maude Odell, who appeared in "Little Boy Blue," has an act for vau- deville she is now "breaking in" around New York. The George Winnett production of "Maud MuUer" got started on its road travels Monday night at Haverstraw, N. Y. Announcement is made that Reno & Symonds', repertoire show under can- vas will open Oct. 6 at Dublin, Ga., presenting dramatic and comedy pieces. "Today," the George Broadhurst re- written "Yiddish" piece ("Style"), was to have opened last night at Pough- keepsie, coming to the 48th Street, New York Oct. 6. MoUie King continues with "The Passing Show of 1913" at the Winter Garden, New York. Mabel Hill re- placed her for one performance last week. Frank Gersten now has Sunday con- certs at both the Prospect and the Royal. Bruce DuflFus. of the James Clancy agency, is providing the talent for the Royal show of eight acts. The Dancing Kennedys have been booked until November, 1914, includ- ing a return engagement over the Sullivan-Considine Circuit after playing eastern time. Matt Grau, dramatic and musical agent, sailed Wednesday morning on the Mauretania for a vacation in Eu- rope in search of health. He is suffer- ing from neuritis and prosperity. Louis M. Boas has tendered his resignation as manager here' of his Savoy theatre. Fall River, Mass. Boas will remain in charge until Julius Cahn appoints a successor. The Winifred St. Clare stock, after a lonj^- western engagement, has in- vaded the east, opening at Greensburg. Pa., where all house records for stock wcr? broken, the company getting more t'lati $2,300 on the week there. "A Trip to the Seashore," one of Solly Fields' vandeville acts, closed Saturday n\\ih\. with several of the members at Ioultci heads with the man- agement. The last date was the Gran<l, Philadelphia, last week. Frank Clifford, an English "single," did a trial show at the New York last Thursday and was .engaged lor this week. When over here some years ago he was kiK^wn as Nat Clif- ford. Mrs. Fannie Marston, a saleswoman of Cincinnati, was or<k'red last week by Insolvency Court judge Warner to pay $3 a week alimony to her husband, James M. Marston, aged 75, a former scenery painter. Marston is paralyzed. Margurite Von Keese and Betty Martin are a new "sister" combination for vaudeville Abe Thalheimer has lo- cated. Miss Martin is a sister to Skeets Martin, the jockey. The girls were in the Fritzi Scheflf show last season. The Wilner-Edelstein Amusement Co. and the People's Theatre Co., were brought into the bankruptcy court Tuesday through petitions registered against them by Kamber & Dubcn- stein, . attorneys for three creditors. Two Yiddish east side playhouses are involved in the proceedings. Two more suits resulting from the motorcycle accident, at the Lagoon, recently, in which Odin Johnson, a rider, and nine spectators were killed, were filed in the Kenton County Court at Covington this week. Charlton B. Thompson, administrator for J. R. Carter, demands $25,000 and Anna Freeze wants $1,054 for injuries. TOMMY'S TATTLES By THOMAS J. GRAY. If you haven't booked the week after next, dt)n't expect to get .'it. Your agent has a world series to attend to next week— that's very important. As we arc aTixious to know the out- come of said World's Series, wc asked some opinions as to the result. Here they are: Johnny Stanley: The new act looks so good I'm afraid I'll have to keep right on working. George McKay: Yes, I'm working with my wife. Ted Snyder: They all look like hits. Franklyn Ardell: Have you caught me in "The Family Cupboard"? Felix Adler: Give me the title; I'll make up the song as I go along. Joe Wood: I'm playing a return date in the Putnam Building. Now there is. no doubt as to the result. Jan Kubelik, the violinist, had his hands insured for $200,000. Can you imagine what "Hello George" Scott's feet should be insured for? Don't lose sight of the fact that old Doc Cook is still collecting money for trying to convince the public he did something he didn't do. (And regular acts are laying off.) The nominating committee of , the Lambs' Club placed this ticket iii the field Tuesday for the coming election which takes three weeks hence: Will- iam Courtleigh for shej^herd, Bruce McRae, Holbrook Blinn, Hazen Hoyt, Nathaniel Baruch, Robert Mackey George V. Hobart, S. B. V. Hambcr- ger, Joseph R. Grismcr. Clarence Norton, theatrical and ex- cursion agent of the Big Four Kail- road, known by thousands of perform- ers, is reported dying of cancer of the throat at his home in Cincinnati. He has been confined to his home for sev- eral months. He is best remembered around Cincinnati for having sung Ko Ko in "The Mikado." Derby Lodge, B. P. O. E., called on Bronx Lodge Sunday evening to talk over the baseball game of last summer, when the Bronxites beat the boys from Connecticut 9-8. The ui)town Elks had Alice Lloyd, Amelia Bingham, Evelyn Ncshit Thaw, Frank Fogarty and others to tell their brother B. P. O. IC.'s all about it, which, of course, tefleottMl some credit on one Harry Mock, who lives in the Bronx—when he's hoinc. It was erroneously stated that the new Moiitclair theatre, Montclair, N. J. is controlled by Michclfelder Bros.. Charles If. Rerryman, manager. The house opened Sept. 13 with pop vaude- ville and has a seating capacity of 1,- 350. It is owned by Carl F. Michcl- felder individually and is part of the Michelfelder (-ircnit, which operates five other houses in New England. The resident manager is John R. Starck. If they keep on building theatres in the Bronx every family will have one of its own. What you hear in the lobby after the show: "I never wait for the acrobats as a rule."- "I thought the funny fellow with the little hat look off his part good." "Do you think those fellows are really brothers?" "The show was much better last week." "I think our Lizzie can sing as good as that one did." "There's the pictures of that fellow who recited. He don't look as good as that." "I hate those sketches where some- body dies." "The moving pictures were the best part of the show." "I saw that guy put those cards up his sleeve." .\ fellow has a plan to have one hun- drefl people get together and write one play. Nothing new about that. We know vaudeville acts that have the material of one hundred authori^ and the authors knew nothing about it. A juggler who holds a fork in his mouth aiul catches afiples thrown by the atirliciice was just finishing his act in a small time house when the man- ager ratiic in and saw all the api)Ies hittint,' the stage. He rushed to the telephone, called up his bf)oking agent and said, "For Heaven's sake, send me another act,* this juggler is so rotten they're throwing things at hitn." ir<';ir tin- rrcir of hIioI nn»1 «h'11. S< f> r)v<'r thorr- '^Ix nifii Jus-t fell, Mc'ir thnt hravr '.ipf;ilri kIvc fi)nim:uiilH. A rwl €»«•(• how fnirlc- 'li.iri iiiiii ^f.widH. W.ir's f1iTc»> Jioriiif'^ i'l :i riilxluro r»';ir not 'tis a .Movitr: l'l>tiirc