The New York Clipper (February 1919)

February 26, 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 21 fHcTX.-GOLDEN fas* arrived-at Palm Bemeh. Harry Bereaford ia trying out a new vaudeville act. Madeleine Marshall has been engaged for "Sleeping Partners." The Welton Sisters have been engaged for a show in England. Charles A. Bayha, the Hoboken song- writer, has entered vaudeville. ,. ' danc- Stetaen and Hober are doi ing act with "So Long, Betty. 1 Cyril Chadwick has succeeded Harold Crane in "Good Morning Judge." Jean Dev er eaux joined the cast of "The Melting of Molly" Monday night. Percy Harmont has returned to the cast of "The Invisible Foe," after being ill. Ed. Bennet has been mustered out of the army and is back in Abe Feinberg's office. Oliver Hall opened this week in Newark at the Orpheum Theatre in "Daddy Long- legs." Hooper and Burkhard have commissioned Jamea Madison to write a new act for them. Bird 1Mb— has been re-engaged by F. Ziegfeld, Jr.; for "The, Midnight Frolic* - ---■ — • ' ■■■■ Jean Buck has gone to Palm Beach to discuss the "Follies" for'191& with Flo Ziegfeld. ...-..-. _. _ Margaret and Charlotte Coate have just had an act written for them -by- James Madison. • ... : - .. . Fred Buckner's new revue opened at the Parisienne Monday with a cast of twenty- two people. Cyril Chadwick has been engaged for" "Good Morning, Judge," and has succeeded Harold Crane. Jeannette Kahn, secretary to Henry Chesterfield of the -N. V. A.; has been- ill for the last week. •""- .-.. Babe Norman,- of the Ben "Welsh Show, and James M. Beeler were married in New York last Tuesday.; J j % --.. .- Harry Delf has been mustered out of the navy and returned to the cast of "The Rainbow GirL" S. Silver, J. L Simons and S. H. Imbrey incorporated the Belva. Theatrical Corp. last week for $50,000. Betty Ainslee, a cabaret dancer, had her husband arrested last week on a charge of disorderly conduct. • ..;..'-- ..--..-. John Sheehy has signed .with James Cort to act si manager of "Listen, Lester,* at the Knickerbocker! - ■■:'..','-.'■ ..-.'. . .'-.- La Forrest ia preparing a single act for vaudeville, which he will present on his release from the navy.' Robert'Stevens is "temporarily replacing H. Cooper Cliff, m' the cast of "The In- -visible Foe," due to Cliffie illness. _•■._'■ Lee Stafford, a concert singer, has en- tered vaudeville. He opened Thursday in an act written by Edward Madden. Barry Donnelly has been engaged by Sam B. Lewis to flay the principal comedy part in "Behind the Scenes,", a revue. - - Adelaide, the dancer, ia to have a new star dressing room at the Winter Garden. It will be named "Adelaide" in her honor. Frank Huyler is included in the east surrounding Chauucey. Olcott.at the Stand- ' ard this week in "The Voice"©* MoOonneU." Fay Marbe will be seen 'shortly on the screen. She has, at present,. one of the leading characters in 'The Velvet Lady." Special Officer Sheppard, of the Orpheum Theatre in Jersey City, arrested two boys last week for raising a disturbance in the' house. Richard Havemann's Animate have been booked for a season of thirty-four weeks with the Mighty Doris Show, by Richard Pitrot. • ■ v Helen Ware 'and Frederick Burt, the latter now in ■'Miss Nelly of N'Orleans," were married last week in Greenwich, Con- necticut. -."'-. ' ."".•.., Myrtle Hebard, formerly of "Over the Garden Wall" company, is now in the cast of the Revue at the Winter Garden, Chicago. >•'-' Captaii George Frederic Hinton, for- merly well .known in. the theatrical world, has. returned from France with the 369th Infantry.' .' • • Reginald de Koven, composer of "Robin Hood" conducted the opera at a gala per- formance arranged for Feb. 24 at the Park Theatre. Paul Harvey has been engaged for the new comedy which the Hattons have writ- ten for Grace Valentine called "Mme. Sapyho." - Bee Palmer has fully recovered from her illness and has resumed her part in the "Nine o'Clock Revue" and the "Mid- night Frolic" Lucy Hamilton Crandon, well known in Chicago society, has joined the North Shore Players, at the Wilson Avenue The- atre, that city. ■ ' ' Phillip Goodwin, associated with the Washington Square Players, has returned from France, where he served as a member of the Medical Corps. George M. Cohan-is 'arranging-a per- formance for tho benefit or the Catholic Actors' Guild, to be held March 2 at the Cohan* Harris Theatre. ' ; Ada.May, of Qe team, of Reinhart and May, a sister act,'is visiting Flossie Gray, of Gray and La Belle, at the hitter's home in Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio.' - Patricia Brown and Birt Hart are show- ing a new sketch called "That's Enough," by Allen Spencer Tenney. . They are now breaking it in on the Plimmer time. Goldie and Aytrs have been booked to open on the Loew time next Monday in a new act by Allen Spencer Tenney. Arthur S. Lyons secured the bookings. Mrs. Fiske will make the opening ad- dress at the benefit' for the Catholic Actor's Guild of America,' to be held at the Cohan A Harris Theatre on March 2. Orrin Sherman expects to be mustered but of the army in a few days, and will join the Trenneil Duo, which will then resume its-od billing of-the Trenail Trio. ■ Frank McConnack, Millie ' Butterfield, Dodson Mitchell and Lynn Overman.have, been engaged for "Come - on ' Charlie,"' which George V. Hobart hag in rehearsal. Cyrus Wood, stage manager .of "A. Sleepless Night," at the Bijou, is now at work on the lyrics for a new' musical play soon to be put into rehearsal by the Shu- berts. ':.'.:.'.:. .*.•; Mr. and Mrs. Ancyn T. McNulty, the latter formerly Lucille Holder, members of the Wilkes Players in Salt Lake City, became the parents of a baby boy last week George Hamid playing over the Pantages Circuit in an Arab act, has signed to play ' the"Pantages theatres again at the con- clusion of nis present tour'.' Frank Hale, through his attorney, A. Goodman, has filed an appeal, from the de- cision'of the Municipal.Court in his suit against Halg and Lockett. Bessie Wynn, Roy AtweU, Patricia Col- linge, -Helen Stevens and Constance Piper helped give a show at Base Hospital No. ], Gunhill Road, on Sunday. "Boater" and Percy Prince, known in vaudeville and burlesque, lost their mother last week when Mrs. William XL Devlin, as she is known, died. . At Striker, after a year of service, is out of the navy and back with Charles Bornhaupt, whom he to representing at the Keith Vaudeville' 'exchange. Maxwell DrlscoB, Jose Rabeun,' Frank Hatch, W. J. Ferguson, Mrs. Ruse Whytal and CathVcn Nestrit have been engaged to support Mary Nash in-her new play. George and June Fluhrer, formerly known-in vaudeville in the skit "The Tramp,' the Rube and' the' Girl,* have re- tired from, the stage and are now in the floor and seed business in Jordon, Ont., Canada. Claude Cooper, Charles Cheltenham, Ray- mond Sovey, Robert Whltehouse and Barry Macollum have joined the east of "The Burgomaster of. Begium," the new Maeterlinck play. Sam Tiahman, booking manager of the Thielen Circuit, has been mustered out of the army and to back at his desk in the offices of the Western Managers' Asso- ciation in Chicago. --• George Probert, Nils Mac, Florence Mar- tin and Ed. Fielding have signed to appear in H. S. Evedon'a comedy called "It Hap-, pens to Everybody."* William Munstcr. is to produce the play. ' .... — —^— s- ■ Rosamonde Whiteside, Cecil Conning-, nam, Irene Romaine, Norman Halle tt and Alan Behr appeared at a performance given at Debarkation Hospital No. 1, Ellis Island, on Sunday. ,''*.. \\1 '. Charles Purcell, of the "Monte Crtoto, Jr.," show, has built a garage on a piece of property owned by him in Chattanooga. Tenn., and intends to go into the automo- bile business as a side line. .-...- ^«.w«.y Kitty Doner, of the "Sinbad" company, and Edith Taliaferro did a sister act in George Hobart's farce, "Rough Perfect," at the "Carry Ou" benefit last Sunday, night at the Belaseo Theatre. - "■» •■' Harry Tighe, Eileen -Van Blere, Julia ' Kelety, Paul Frawley, Harry Fern, Allen Keams, MaiceHe Carol, Dan Dawson, Pat- si e De Forrest and Ethel De Fre Hooaton are in the cast of "Come Along." WlDto Welle, well known in Canton for b\B activity in several carnivals held there, to visiting "friends in East Liver- pool,'Ohio, his home city, from which he has been absent for fifteen years. Tim Murphy, Laura Nelson HaQ, Syd- ney Booth, Captain Jamea Rente, Ltosie Hudson Collier, Lawrence Eddinger, Flora Sheffield and Charles Trowbridge are in the cast of "The Merry Month of May." Chic Sale, William and Gordon Dooley, the Watson Sisters Kitty Doner, Cecil Cunningham, Grace and Berkes, Ted Lewi* and his Jan Band, De Haven and Rice, Phil Baker, Lew Cooper, Mae Melville, Alma Dan, Arcs Brothers and Kagiyama are the performers who appeared at the concert at the Winter Garden hist Sunday night. _'.'?•■. ' *:'" ■ ■■ -~ ~ T. H. Waltenbsntn treasurer of the Grand Opera House, Canton, Ohio, U act- ing as manager of that theatre during the absence of J. D. Kennedy, who has gone on a vacation because of ill-health. J. D. Kennedy, manager of the Grand Opera House at Canton , Ohio, left that post last week because of poor health. He is now with his wife at Battle Creek Mich., and will rest until he completely recovers. Gussie Flamme, a vaudeville performer, to the sister of- France* Shannon, who is suffering from burn* in the' Colombo* Hospital, Chicago. The latter;would like to hear: from her and to con tin u log for her. . Alice Brady, Sophie Tucker, Harry Fox, Fritixi Schefi, the Dotty Sisters, Job* Dooley, Bessie Wynn, Louise Dresser and Jack Gardner appeared at a performance for the Camp Upton Athletic fund at the- ' Century on Saturday night. - E. LyaU Swete, Eda Farmer, Leonard Wills, Henry Herbert, Walter Kingsford, Alan Willey, Frank Reyde and Raymond Sovey are included in the cast of "A Bur-' gomaater of Belgium," the new Maeter- linck play now in rehearsal. Harold Blake,, who, several year* ago,, sang Robin Hood, and Helen MorriO, who sang Maid Marian with the De Koven Opera Company, have signed to sing in "Robin Hood" with the American of Singers at the Park Theatre.. -May Hunt'will soon appear-, single act written for her by Sam ! Although it will be a new act, she will re- tain her title of "Ton Know 'What I Meant" or "You Get the Ideal" which she naa been using for several year*. Grace Fisher had a . judgment against her last week amounting to I . The plaintiff was M. Grail, (the agent, who, sued for commissions' which, lie apuilsV were due him through the engagement he -procured for-her last January in "The. Love Mill." - - Jade Larric and Gcatav Blum, who col- laborated in writing "A Sleepless Night,*: now being presented at the Bijou, are to be the guests at a dinner given by the Players" Club, of which Blnm'tofrrafeaice- president and Larric a member, jfr the Little Club on Friday evening. ,t*& • '. —~^*-^™ ■ »—.. .-"■ ' • Mort Barman, who has recently come hack from' the-West, where he appeared over various circuits in his own sketch, 'Taking Orders," to now rehearsing in a new playlet written by himself in. elab- oration with Charlie Leak, entifled.^fn» Strike." He will be supported by Lottie Benham and Kitty Kauter when he open* in the playlet-early next month. David Belaseo, EUtabeth Rtodon, Bruce McRae, Hamilton ReveUe, Kathleen Nee- bit, Gladys Morris, Edward Marfhirlate, Tom.Wise, Johnny Dooley, Edith Wynn* Matthtoon, Charles Cobnrn, Charie* Mc- Naaghton, Colin CampbeU, Bessie McCoy Davis, George V. Hobart, Marie Dressier, Henry E. Dixie, Florence Reed, Ernest Beecher, Cecil Cunningham, Blanche- Yurka, Virginia Fox Brooks, Violet Hem-' ing and IsebeOe Lowe' appeared at the benefit of the Stage Women's War Re- lief Fund for the Debarkation Hospital No. 5, on Sunday evening. HoodinL Fritxi Schefi, Marie Carrel, Julia Kelety, Sophie Tucker and; Jan Band, Jim Barton, John Sawyer and Arthur Ashley, Fay Marbe, William Kent, Walter Scanlon, Lucille Manion, Ted .and Katharine Andrews, Bessie Wynn, Corfnae Griffith and Webster Campbell, Santley and Ivy Sawyer, Carl McT Ma Belle and Bloom, Harry Fox, ! Sister*, Zee Barnett, Al Raymond, Melville, Bud Walker, Richard Beyle, Alfred Gerrard, Gertrude Vanderbflt, -Johnny- Dooley, Eddie Dowling, Helen Terr and La Sylph were among the. .tha^ appeared, at the Century TT concert last Sunday for the benefit Camp Upton Athletic Field Fund.