The New York Clipper (May 1917)

12 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER May 16, 1917 LONDON PARIS FOMEI€M M BERLIN LONDON AT A GLANCE London, Eng., Hay 5. Zaleski has joined the colon. Joe Elvin is on the L. T. V. Tour. Hetty King ia still on the Mow Tour. The Two Tom Boys are on the Moss Tonr. Fred Maple ia playing the provincial halls. Syd Sydney is booked for the Gulliver Tonr. Musical Lento returns to town on Whit Monday. George Edwards will be in Yarmouth next week. Roy Royston, of the Palace forces, has joined the colors. The Brothers May were this week at the Empire, York. The Two Kortinis play the Palace, High Shields, next week. Sam Barton plays the Empire, New Gross, week after next Fits and Gerald play the Hippodrome, Gloucester, next week. Harper and Harper were at the Palace, Northampton, this week. The Q's will be at the Hippodrome, Southampton, next week. T. FJder-Hearn has been gazetted Flight Commander in the R. F. G. The five Hollanders open at the Vic- toria. Folkestone, next Monday. Mary Ijiw has signed a long contract to sing records for the Gramophone. Edith Cairn's Five Gold Flakes were at the Coliseum, Belfast, this week. The Three Saxbys will be at the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, next week. Once-nightly shows are run at the Em- pire, Motherwell, except on Saturdays. Fred Brandon, of the Brandons, is re- covering from a recent serious illness. James Reid this week played a return date at the Pier Pavilion, Southampton. Betancourt played the Grand, Clapham, this week. He is on the Gulliver Circuit. Beatie and Babs are doing well in their new comedy scene, "Kitchen Frolics." Billy Fry has been forced to retire from the cast of the revue, "L* Petit Cabaret." The Caron Troupe are in Scotland. Tbey played the Empire, Glasgow, this week. Mary Glynn and Dennis Neilaon-Terry, of "The Aristocrat" cast, were recently married. A. E. Griffiths, formerly manager for Louis Hart, is fighting "somewhere in France." John E. Jordan, of the Copelands, at- tached to the R. G. A., has been made a bombardier. sketch written by herself entitled "Hatty's New Hat" Colin Vance has been discharged from the army and has resumed his music hall engagements. ____ Little Elsie Prince is doing well on the Mobs Tour. She has refused several offers for pantomime. Harry Ray in his success, "Find the Lady," plays the Hippodrome, Barrow, week after next. Les Bastiens, the Belgian comedy acro- batic fiends, are touring the provinces with their novelty act W. A. J. Croke, manager of the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, has been through the Bankruptcy Court. The De Breans present their comedy juggling silhouettes at the Empire, Wood Green, next week. Frank Lennox, stage manager at the Palace, Bath, has been granted one month's exemption. The Hackett Quintette, at the Louvre, Parkhead, this week, play the Seamore, Glasgow, next week. Albert Gilmer has suffered a severe nervous breakdown and has been ordered to take a long rest. Tubley Edlin recently married Lois Williams at Bedford Park. Frederick Mel- ville was best man. Coleman and Alexandra are back at the Folies Bergere, Paris, where they are filling a five weeks' booking. Jack Eden has dissolved partnership with the Eden Sisters and Howard, and is doing his single act. The Great Adler, who is filling return dates in Sweden, will not return to Eng- land before September. May Mayo retires from the "Hold Tight" revue, of which she has been man- ager and leading woman. Florrie Gallimore will sing her own song, "Rose, Rose, Rose," at the Hippodrome, Birmingham, next week. Herman Darewski is giving away 10,000 song copies at the Prince's Theatre Sun- day Night Soldier Shows. Syd Walker has been ordered by his physician to take a rest and undergo a system of medical treatment. The Three Dancing Madcaps have been joined by their younger sister," Zella, who is an expert buck and toe dancer. The third round of the War Loan Snooker Handicap was finished last Wednesday on schedule time. Phyllis Barclay, principal vocalist with the Eight Harmony Girls, has returned to the act after a short absence. Ellis Drake will soon appear in a Lee White did not miss a single per- formance during the entire nine months run of "Some" at the Vaudeville. Miss Olga and the Diving Norins have gone to their homes in Sweden for a rest. They will return in July. Arthur R. Lewis, late of the Minerva Tronpe, is now in Sherbrooke Hospital, Stapley House, Nantwich, Cheshire. The Hackett Quintette close tonight at the Electric Theatre, Falkirk, and open next week at the Louvre, Parkhead. Herman Darewski is at work on several songs for a new vaudeville revue which will be given by a company of twelve. Michele Gerbola, late of the Gerbola Troupe of Italian arcrobats, is now fight- ing in the first lines of the Carnia front "The Side of Mr. Bacon," which George Graves is to present at the London Coliseum on May 28, is a food problem play. Shirley Kellogg and Daphne Pollard are back in the "Zig-Zag" cast at the Hip- podrome, after a short absence due to illness. Jim Pearson, for twelve years musical director at the Empire, Bradford, now holds a similar position at the Palace, Halifax. Lennox Barry, the well known music hall manager, has been selected for a com- mission, after serving thirteen months in the ranks. At the conclusion of her engagement at the Coliseum Adeline Genee auctioned her dancing shoes for the benefit of War charities. Roelgin's Parrots have another week in their South African tour, unless their continued success causes an extension of their time. Eugene Stratton's visits to London are very infrequent these days. He seems to have settled down for good at Ills home in Cbristchurch. "The Only Peace" is the title of a play which Clifton Alderson is presenting in the provinces. He expects to bring it to London shortly. Recent bookings by the I. V. T. A. Ltd. for South Africa are: Marie Bray man, Espinosa, Clarice and Edythe Howard, Eva Kelland and the Lannons. We are to have another adaptation of that once popular French farce "La Cag- notte." It will be given an early pro- duction in a West End theatre. Fred Fulton, author and producer of Florrie Forde's "Midnight Revels," has joined the Army. Jimmie Armstrong is now touring manager with the show. Herman Taylor, for several years con- nected with the business forces of the Hip- prodome, Rochdale, has been appointed manager of the Hippodrome, Alrrincham. Frank Pawcett and Austin Fryers will present "A Sister to Assist *Er" at the Victoria Palace, May 21. This is one of the late Fred Emney's popular sketches. London, managers are up in arms over the fact that restaurants making concerts a regular feature of their week's bill are exempted from the war amusement tax. Because he billed himself on a music hall tour as "Driver Frank Gleson, the Anzac tenor," Gleson was recently fined £5 for unlawfully using the word "Anzac." Jack Keating, acting manager of the Argyle Theatre, Birkenhead, recently proved his versatility when he filled for one of Harry Tate's company in "Motor- ing," which was presented for the wound- ed soldiers. SYDNEY MAID STEALS OTERO'S DRESSES Pabis, Ft., May 10.—La Belle Otero, the Spanish dancer, has had a maid ar- rested on the charge of stealing clothing. After the dancer began missing some of her more expensive costumes the police searched the maid's home and found the stolen garments. The maid admitted the thefts and asserted that the dresses were so filmy that she put them in her pocket like handkerchiefs. TO PRODUCE TATE REVUE London, Eng., May 11.—Albert de Cour- ville has decided to produce his new revue, "Goodby-ee," by Harry Tate, at the Olym- pia, Liverpool, before he gives it in Lon- don. It is founded on Tate's "Motoring." In the cast will be Mr. Tate, Dorothy Ward, Phyllis Bedells and Tom Stuart NDCISCH CANCELS TOUR Copenhagen, Denmark, May 12. Arthur Nikisch, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, has cancelled his intended concert tour of Norway because of the hostile feeling aroused in that country. BUYS AMERICAN RIGHTS London, Eng., May 10.—The American rights to "Hush," which Atho Stuart is due to present at the Court Theatre next Sat- urday nigbt, are likely to be disposed of before the play is produced, as negdtia- tions to that end are in progress. JOHNSON TO BOX IN RIO Rio de Janeiko, Brazil, May 11.—Harry Clark has arranged for twenty-one ex- hibitions to be given by Jack Johnson, who will sail from Barcelona, Spain, on the steamship Balmea, arriving in time to open here June 1. KLEIN AND GILBERT VOLUNTEER London, Eng., May 12.—PhiUp Klein and Gilbert II. Miller have presented them- selves at the American Consulate here, ready to join the first American expedi- tionary force reaching this side. MISS ROCKWELL SAILS FOR HOME Sydney/, Aub., May 14.—Florence Rock- well has ended her engagement under the direction of the J. O. Williamson, Ltd., and sails tomorrow from Wellington, New Zealand, for San Francisco. AMERICA TO SEE "THE MAID" London, Eng., May 10.—Negotiations are on to take "The Maid of the Moun- tains" to America. It is the biggest musical hit Daly's Theatre has had since "The Merry Widow." JACK NELSON RETURNS London, Eng., May 11.—Jack Wilson and Nellie Waring have returned from South Africa, being on the water for thirty- four days, double the length of time usually taken for the trip. CELEBRATE "AMERICA DAY" London, Eng., May 12.—The musical comedy shows now running celebrated "America Dsy" by introducing one or more musical numbers purely American in spirit and composition. EMPIRE SKIPS DIVIDEND • London, Eng., May 10.—The holding company of the Empire has acquired the freehold of the house and increased its capital to £225,000. No dividend will be paid for 1916. "CHU CHIN CHOW" MAKES RECORD London, Eng., May 11.—By passing its 300th performance, "Chu Chin Chow" has established a record in the history of His Majesty's Theatre, where it is running. DICKENS' SISTER-IN-LAW DEAD London, Eng., May 10.—Miss Georglna Hogarth, sister-in-law of Charles Dickens and for twenty-seven years his housekeeper, is desd at the age of ninety years.