The New York Clipper (October 1916)

October 7, 1916- THE NEW YORK CLIPPER Founded in MB by Frank Quern Published by the CUPPER CORPORATION oiland W. Vaughan. .President and Secretary .robn F. Edwards Vice President Frederic* C. Muller .........Treasurer 1604 Broadway, New York. ORLAND W. VATJGHAN, EDITOR. John F. Edwards. Frederick C. Mailer, Associate Editors. JOHN DALY MURPHY has left "The Amber Empress" and joined Mrs. Fiske's company for "Erstwhile Susan." -THE GIRL FROM BRAZIL" is in its sixth week at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre, in "Heart'a Desire," axe: Arthur Vinton, J. F. Sullivan, J. E. Miller, Helen Valley, Bess Sankey, Lisle Leigh and Lou Ripley. HARRY HUTCHINS, scenic artist, is in the Union Hospital, Fall River, Mass., suf- fering from fractures as the result of a bad fall. CHARLES CHERRY has signed for the role of Hotchkiss in "Getting Married." MLLE. CARRIE is playing the Cleve- land time again, having recovered fully from her recent illness. NEW YORK, OCTOBER 7, 1916 Entered June 24, 1879. at the Post Office a.t New York. N. Y., as second clasB matter, under the act of March 3, "'9.- THE CUPPER is issued every WEDNESDAY. Forms Close Promptly on Tuesday at 10 A. M. SUBSCRIPTION One year. In advance, *4; six months, S2, three months, SI. Canada and foreign post- age extra. Single copies will be sent, post- paid, on receipt of 10 cents. ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. Chicago Office—Room 210, 35 S. Dearborn St. Caspar Nathan, Mamageb. Southwestern Office—1125 Grand Ave.. Kansas City. Mo. Al. Makinson., Manages. Address All Communications to THE NEW YORK CUPPER, ISM Broadway, Now York Registered Cable Address, "Atjthobiit.' HENRY E. DIXEY in '"Mr. Lazarus" is in his fifth week at the Shubert Theatre. MABEL BROWNELL forsakes stock for a Broadway production this season. WALTER DAMROSCH has returned from his summer home at Bar Harbor. TWENTY-EIGHT pupils of the New York Institute for the Deaf and Dumb were guests at the Booth Theatre last week and saw ''Pierrot the Prodigal." H. H. FRAZEE will bring "The Silent Witness" back to New York after its en- gagement in Boston. MAUD ODELL announces that she has quit the serious drama for good and will stick to musical comedy. BEN J. KRAMPE'S mother is danger- ously ill at a St. Joseph, Mo., hospital. "YOU'RE IN LOVE" is the title of Ar- thur Hammerstein's new musical comedy by Otto Hauerbnch, Edward Clark anil Rudolph Friml. SID WINTERS, Irish comedian with T. W. Dinkins' Thoroughbreds Co., has been signed up for same show for 1917. PERCY HEATH goes in advance of •Hip. Hip. Hooray 1" NED NELSON has joined Stetson's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company, playing Simon Legree and directing stnge. NORMAN has returned from a four- months' tour of the Maritime Provinces. Thb Cmppeb car bb obtained wholbsalb and bbtaii., at onr agents, Daw's 8teamauip Agency, 17 Green Street, Charing Cross Boad, London, W. C, England; Brentano's News Depot, 37 Avenue de rOpera, Paris, France; Manila Book and Stationery Co.. 128 Escolta. Manila. P. I.; Gordon & Gotch. 123 Pitt Street, Sydney, N. S. W., Australia. JERRY HART bluckface part in is re-engaged for the 'The House of Glass." THE PARK, Indianapolis, on the In- ternational circuit, is -under the manage- ment of Sbafer Ziegler. Phil Brown is the business manager and press representa- tive. With this issue of THE NEW YOKE CLIPPER we present the oldest theatrical journal in America in new and modern dress. How do you like the new "Old Reliable"? T. J. OROURKE, manager of the Royal Opera House, Yarmouth, Can., and Kath- leen Ashe, were married Sept 6, at Yar- mouth. EMMETT CORRIGAN will be at the Palace next week in Oliver White's sketch entitled "The Van Lowe Diamond." HELEN JEWELL is recovering slowly from a serious operation performed at the Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B. C, and would like to hear from friends. VERA FULLER MELLISH has signed with Silvio Hein to play Anne Page in "The Merry Wives of Windsor." MR. and MRS. BARNEY SHEA ("Wanda"), of the Ka Dell-Kritchfleld Show, announce the birth of a baby boy on Sept. 7, at Lebanon, Ky. RICHARD ORDYNSKY left last Sun- day for Los Angeles, where he is to re- main for ten weeks at the Little Theatre as producer. MILE. MARGOT, principal danaeuse at the Opera Comique, Paris, has arrived in New York. She will appear under the direction of Elisabeth Marbury. MR. and MRS. EDW. C. HORNE have returned from Arnold's Park, la., where they had a bungalow on Lake Okeboji. LARRY LARRTVEE and Ellen Nugent, members of the stock company at the Crystal, Quebec, Can., were married Sept. 21. "THE GIRL FROM BRAZIL" moves on Oct 9 from the Forty-fourth Street to the Shubert, and "The Flame" moves from the Lyric to the Forty-fourth Street. THE LEXINGTON Sunday, Oct. 1, with tures. THEATRE opened vaudeville and pic- THE Nine O'clock Theatre opens Oct. 16, with a bill of one act foreign plays. GENEVIEVE ROLLO, formerly a well- known actress, is dead in Chicago. She was the wife of Walter Clarke Bellowes. F. C. CLUMP is resident manager of the new Gaiety, Kankakee, IB., under direc- tion of E. P. Churchill, Inc. ESTIMATES are to be invited this fall for the $2,000,000 convention hall to be built in Philadelphia. THE premier of "Rich Man, Poor Man," at the Forty-eighth Street Theatre,- has been postponed till Oct. 6. THE HIPPODROME attendance for Sept. 27 and 28 totaled 22,526 persons. A record for a two-day business. RONALD BRYAM will play a leading role in "Shirley Kaye." LOU-TELLEGEN returns to the spoken drama this season. MAXIMILIAN FOSTER, author of "Rich Man, Poor Man," is in town to see the production of the play taken from his story. ED WYNN has contracted to produce a three reel comedy picture called "The Purple Devilfish." NEW (UPPER orriCES The new uptown office* of THE NEW YORK CLIPPER both business and editorial, are in the heart of the theatrical district. The Business Office address is No. 1604 Broadway. The Editorial Rooms ate at No. 732 Seventh Ave. ELSIE FERGUSON, in "Shirley Kaye," opens Oct. 9 at the Apollo, Atlantic City. "THE AMBER EMPRESS" closed Sept. 80 its two weeks* stay at the Globe Theatre. DE WOLF HOPPER reached the end of his Coast-to-Coast auto trip last week when he landed on Broadway. IDA STANHOPE has signed H. Frazee for a leading role in of Queens." with H. "A Pair SYDNEY SHIELDS has returned to Broadway. from New Orleans, entirely re- covered from her recent attack of appen- dicitis. GEORGE M. DE VERE is grandpa to a new baby girl, born last month. He has just returned from a western tour. LEWIS STONE Queen, Jack" Co- leading man. has left the "King, with which he was THE Corning Opera House, at Corning, N. Y., has been leased for a term of five years to Messrs. Lee & Harris, of Albion, N. Y., who will re-open it about Oct. 1. HARRY of Arthur Boy" Co. P. DEWEY is Alston's "Girl THE new theatre being erected in Augusta, Ga., by the owners of the Mod- jeska, will be ready to open about Oct. 15. RICHARD M. HENRY has been ap- pointed by Surrogate Cohalan as executor of the estate of the late Augustin Daly. "VERY GOOD EDDIE" moved back to the Princess Monday night. "THE WITCHING HOUR" is to have an international premiere shortly. In London it is to be played as a spoken drama, and: in New York, it is to be filmed with Mnrie Shotwell in the lend. "COPY," will have a revival at the Little Theatre, Los Angeles, next week. Kirah Markham plays the lady of the street as she did on each previous occa- sion. "JUSTICE" will play a long engage- ment at the Powers Theatre, Chicago, Iw- ginning in a fortnight. HARRY GRIBBLE. who has been ap- pearing in musical comologues, has joined a new vaudeville sketrh which is beiu^ rehearsed by Ben Teal. AMY RICARD is seeking a play for her 'return to the footlights after a long ab- sence. GARETH HUGHES closed Man" this week. He goes geles next month. 'The Guilty to Los An- leading man He Couldn't CHARLES FOSTER has signed to play the role of Pistol in "The Merry Wives of Windsor." THE tour of the Portmanteau Theatre will begin Oct. 23, at the Court Square Theatre, Springfield, Mass. CHARLES COMPTON lias returned from the Western stock company to New York to appear in a new Pathe picture. ANNIE HUGHES, who has been a guest of Mr. and Mrs. James K. TIackttt at their home at Clayton, N. Y.. lias re- turned to New York. RICHARD BENNETT returns to New York this week to begin rehearsals under the direction of B. Iden Payne. The play is "Zack," by Harold Brighouse. PAUL GORDON has joined the Rolfe Film Co. for a special engagement, fol- lowing the close of the season of "Mar- gery Daw." IN THE CAST supporting Fiske CHara, BRANDON TYNAN has signed with John D. Williams for the role of Arthur In "Msjor Pendennis." MARGARET FARELEIGH, late of "The Happy Ending," has gone into vau- deville wi»h .»rlin<< TVcVricTce.