Variety (July 1919)

.-' :■■■■ ■■ ■,?»:£?;'«;-•.< VAUDEV.LLE ^W .MS, ;t£s STILL OWE ACTOR'S PUND. . Chicago, July 1. During the influenza epidemic Sani Thall, on behalf of the Actor's Fund, made several advances to professionals who sought the assistance of that or- ganization in their time of stress. Most of (the borrowers have paid the advances, but there are several de- linquents. Mr. Thall requests they be reminded of the obligation, if it should have slipped their memory. Not having "heard from them and without their present addresses, Mr. Thall asks that the following com- municate with him: Doman, the Great; Pearl Dayton; Marie Genaro; Langster Brothers; £. i. Moore; Washington and Nichols; ite and Weigh; Two Lilletas; The' Belmonts; Dressier and'.Wilson. "On and Off" in Film Form. "On and Off" utilized as a vaude- ville sketch by Flanagan and Edwards for the last ten years has been pro- duced by the team, as a two-reel film comedy. Jack Colin and Morris Cashin are handling the picture. NAZZARO'S WRANGLE KEEPS UP. Nat Nazzaro started legal proceed- ings this week to secure custody of his four-year old daughter, Dorothy. It is alleged she was sent to Kansas City without his knowledge. The action is against Queeriie Naz- zaro, his wife. The couple became estranged some time ago when it was brought out that they had squabbled over the privilege of guardianship of Nat Nazzaro, Jr., an adopted son who is % now doing a single turn in vaudeville. ) Jean Have* on tfco Coast. Jean Havez, who until sometime ago was writing vaudeville material, has gone to the Pacific Coast, wh«re he is said to be doing picture work. Havez is understood to have left New York suddenly and later instructed his father-in-law to close his office in the New York theatre building. HOUSES CLOSING. Federal, Salem, Mass., closes July 13. Cb/Iman Square, Dorchester, Mass., closes July 10. CHOOS'NO'. 2. v "Eastern Glow," the famous second rater of Geo. Choos, again threw down the vaudeville talent Saturday when the horse ran second. Mr. Choos had tipped the bunch "Eastern Glow" was right and would amble in so far ahead. George was afraid the judges would be suspicious. Everybody put their week's salary on the skate. George pulled the race oh a Saturday through the bookmakers influencing him. "Eastern Glow", has kept several books in the line so far this season. ( It was the third time the horse has run second. George said there must be a reason for that. Someone around suggested it was because -another horse was first each time. Choos' agreed that must have, been it. Chops immediately went into con- ference with Nat Sob el to hit upon some scheme to get rid of that always first horse. The fellows made the bets on Choos' nag say that when George runs the horse again, he should head him for the river. / m «m ^m COME ON] FELLERS, KICK IW V BIILQUAID -1: WA5im>»^ wsy boss OF THEV *g OCCASION Y/AU-y HOUSED PASSED THE W/AHAT FOR TME Wf/\ WAITER'S n TIP- THE BUS 1 AFTER BUCK QOT ON 1 JACK HEHRYAffliEfe JACK HENRY MADE A JFEW ■ SPEECHES & WAS UNANIMOUSLY JT RATZEP THE KEG ffl % BLEEZE. I V05 t DE PEER VAITERJ ^i, fe % CHRIS EGAN& HARRY BURTON QOT'SORE WHEN THE WAITER PASSED THE CiAcft THE SEVENTH <0- m mm fi^yc? ro | SOME OF THE^i^O J!?a //v . TRIED TO SCARE UP A GAME IN THE MUD.. No matter the weather the managers of New York's vaudeville houses just had to have their second annual outing before the town went dry. They motor-bussed to College Point on Tuesday, the wettest day in June. They got wet on the outside, but much wetter on the inside—on 2.75 beer. . ■■ ■ . ! ; : : v PEEKING THROUGH THE BUSHES. ■ '} Binghamton, N. Y., June 30. Dear Johnny: We pulled a play in today's game that ought to go down in history. We're playing Toronto and the game ' drags along fcr 8 innings 2—2. In the. eighth we luck in a run, giving us " one the best of it. In their half they get a man on with one down and he goes to Second on an infield out. That's the lay out, the tieing run on second and their best sticker up. Chick has been out a couple of days with a bad ankle and Gillespie is playing short stop. You know how small Gill is, he can walk in under a bed with a high hat on, so I begin to think of a play I had heard of some where. ^.. This, guy on second base is taking a good healthy lead off with the pitch, but getting back fast, and I know there ain't no chance to pull anything legitimate, so I call Gill over to the bag and stall that it's loose, in the meantime giving him.an earfull. He gets me and go's bfcck to his position. Now in this league they have one urn-' pire to a game and the umps wuz in back of the plate where he belonged. I give the catcher:the office and he . signs pur pitcher for a pitch but;' Gill sneaks up in back of the guy on second; base and grabs him by the belt, while I hustle bv^r to the bag and, take the throw from our catcher. Gill just held him a second and then turns him loose in time for him to scramble back and- "be tagged out by me. Their coacher on'third base seen the play, but the umps didn't and no one racing the. diamond seen it. The umps called him OUt and you should have heard the argument. They played the game un- der protest, but that don't mean any- thing. We got it in our W column and 'that's what counts. ,. ■'■ It wuz oneof them plhysyuh can pull once in a season fer or course I they'll be lookih' fer it from noiW-Wf" but it wuz certainly funhv. After the guy coachin' at 3rd explained it to the umpire I Could see a great light dawn- in' on the latter's pan, but what could he do. It's like the old stock puzzle of the guy gettin' a single while the umpire is announcin' who he is battin' -•fer. '. ;£ a ..;' •;';./.; :; ; • J. >; : ;"•■;.':■■.;|-i When are yotl cummin up to lookus over. > Make it soon fer I've got some Yours'trll to-morrbwi; 'iv i&l: W/fA is^y .••. ! .' ■■. '■■ : :" . FORUM. • r New York, June/28. Editor Varhptt,:-*- •'■■•« In last wee|k's issue on* of. your critics reviewed our ac,t at the River-, . side. He said we are not using 'Tm So Glad My Mama Don't Know Where I'm At" any more because j it belongs, to a certain sister act. Wish to state! that this song has always been a pub- lished number. But we dp want the credit of the first two girls to harm- onize the song and sing it without music. ■'.':' The girls who took the song first heard it when they played on the bill \ with us four years ago at the Palace, Milwaukee. We were on the bill sing- ing the number, they were in a girl act owned by Dwight Pepple. Later they left the girl act and came East to do a sister act and used the song just ' like us. We do not care how many acts use it, but we know the sister act mentioned took the song from us, and hope they are truthful enough to admit it to others as they have admitted it to us. The song was taught to us five years ago by Leonard and Haley in St. Louis. ' Wilton Sisters. (THIS IS NOT A FACE POWDER) Mi -Hi- m-\ M