The New York Clipper (March 1919)

28 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER March 19, 1919 "Sing Me Songs of Araby and Tales of Old Cashmere" Th;ii">. .i Jim- from a beautiful old ballad. The song of to-day that teem-*;; with: the/ -m^^trrv and" m»-U>d>* of the. Far East is 'SomeDaylnAraby' 3 It's tin- \ot-.iI Version of ."ORIENTAL."-'Hie. wonderful inslru- iii<-nl.il iniinli.T jli.it is now being played; by every orchestra from ('.Mast to Coast.- Just os great a number fur singers as "ORIENTAL" is for instrumentalists. If you're a vocalist send for "Some Day m \r:it>y": if yt»ii'-\yarit <l:tnce or incidental nnisie (for a "dumb :nf'i send for ■.■•ORIENTAL." And -If -Yoa Want a. Novel Come) Hindu Rose A Travesty; on;"'the Present Craze for OrientaT Music, with a l'aj>livating Melody, by NeilMorel, and ia;■ Clever;;!'.y.ric by Louis -WVslyn. Not <mly an l^uisually Good:Sunjj. but a Splendid Fox Tori. Write/Or I'all for- '("opies/or Orchestration's. DANIELS & WILSON, Inc. SAN" '.FRANCISCO'. .'IITml Strvft Kiirl Kuhrmann, l"rolV*9»loiiaf - Mgr NEW YORK 115 West 4">th c Louis AVeslvnl Prof*..— MUSICAL TAB SHOWS AND PEOPLE AND STANDARD VAUDEVILLE ACTS WANTED FOR OUR THEATRES IN ILLINOIS, MISSOURI, KEN- TUCKY, ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA, TEXAS AND KANSAS. Abo big Novelty Feature Acta, Aerial Acta, Bar Acta, Jap and Arab Troupes, R-~J« etc. for our Parka, Fair*. Celebrations, etc. »*w... LITTLE BARBOUR. Caaaral Manager, COLUMBIA EXPOSITION BOOKING ASSOCIATION 501 Columbia Theatre Building, St. Louis, Mo. Wanted Stock Co., Dramatic, for Victoria Theatre Steubenville, Ohio To play nothing but first released royalty bills. Company must be A-l, others do not answer. To open middle of May or first of June. Address to JOS. YEAGER, Mgr., Victoria Theatre, Steobeimlle, 0. Read The Clipper Letter List doc STONE & WALL leg SHUBERTS SKIN TRAMP COMIC' ~~ Jim Barton, who, heretofore, has been working in burlesque, baa been placed under contract'for a number of years by the Shuberta, largely through the efforts of Ed. Ds-vidow. Davidow tried Barton out at a recent Sunday night concert at the Winter Garden and recommended Mar' to the Shuberts. Barton improved hi* tramp act and is looked upon, generally, as the successor to the late Nat Willi. BONNIE LLOYD CLOSES Bonnie Lloyd, soubrette of the "Lid Lifters," closed with that show at the Gayety, Brooklyn, last Saturday night. MANAGER AND CRITIC TIGHT GrkomwAK, March 14.—A lively fist fight between. Herman Thnman, dramatic critic for the Inquirer, and Harry Hunter, business manager for "The Violation." the play in which King BagRot Is appearing here, took place at the Cniver Press Club last night. Thnman had written some ad- verse criticism of the play, -and when he and the manager.met, a lively verbal battle was started. The argument finally became so hot that blows followed. MELBA ENCAGES HIPPODROME Madame Melba last week engaged the Hippodrome for two. concerts next FalL BURLESQUE NEWS ( C m Ul iam l frou p^w ** ■"* S) Comedy UnicyeU and Bicycle Dbwctiorr-Kl Bwb KAHN STOCK COMPANY PUTS A GOOD COMEDY TO A FULL HOUSE A good comedy show was offered by the stock company at Ben Kahn's Union Square Theatre last week. The first part was called "The New Teacher," "A Week of Pleasure" followed, both by Billy Spencer. The school room scene had a cheerful appearance due mostly to the bright colors and artistic painting of the set. The comedy in this part was well taken care of by the four men. Spencer was the school teacher, Mackey the "Patsy" and general all around bad boy. Francis was a boy of culture, and carried the role out nicely. Sutton did a "wop" and managed to get the character over well. Miss* Lorraine, Francis' mother, was rather annoyed at the rough treatment ac- corded her son by both the teacher and the other scholars. Louise Pearson, Babe Wellington, and Eva Lewis had Important The "necktie" bit was well done by Spen- cer, Mackey and Miss Lorraine. The numbers -were staged with care. "Mickey" with Miss Lorraine and assisted by the girls using hoops, also Babe Well- ington's "Cleopatra" number, were really worth while. Several other numbers were of a novelty order and were carefully worked out by the chorus, which seemed to be trained to a point almost of perfec- tion. The "stocking" bit was worked out nice- ly by Mackey, Spencer and Miss Pearson. The "sign" bit went over weu. It was the first time this bit has been seen here. Spencer, Mackey, Sutton, Fran- cis and Miss Lorraine were in it. The "gambling" bit, waa offered with* out a table and got over nicely, the way Mackey. Spencer and Francis did rt The "locket" bit was done by Spencer, Mackey and Miss Lorraine. Another novelty In the dancing; line was staged by Sally Fields. It closed the show and. in the opinion of mostly all, It was one of the best he has staged at this house. It was called "Ballet Toyland." Four of the girls were Jack In the box. Then there were wooden soldiers and "kewple" dolls. The girls danced and did all sorts of graceful stunts. Athena appeared near the close of the scene In a classic dance that. was most prettily executed. There 'were many props in this scene and the electrical effects were good. The scenery In each scene was bright and pleasing to the eye. Kahn Is still drawing crowded houses and the show he offers In conjunction with the pictures seems to please. He is giv- ing them what they want. Sn>. V////////S/////////SSS/S//////'SSS//S/S/SS////SS///S/SSSSSS//j MARRY ON STAGE A wedding took place on the stage of the Gayety Theatre, Brooklyn, during the performance of the "Lid Lifters" but Pri- day evening. The bridegroom was Jimmy Gallagher, juve nile , straight man of the company, and Winifred Claire Alexander, one of the girls of the chorus, was the bride. Harry Lang acted as beet man, Violet Penny as flower girl and Helen Walters as brides- maid. The Rev. J. A. W. Kitxmyer, of Coney Island, officiated. The wedding took place after the in- termission and before one of the largest houses that ever crowded into the old Gayety. The stage waa set with a Palace set. The principals marched to center and faced the clergyman, the balance of the company dressing the stage on either side. Gallagher waa called upon by the audi- ence to make a speech when he appeared later in a specialty with Lang, to which he responded. The bride's father, D. B. Alexander, a cattle dealer of Champaign, ILL, sent a check for $1,000 to the couple as a wed- ding gift. Managers Talbot, of the com- pany, and Keigg, of the Gayety, also pre- sented them with cash to help furnish an apartment. The stage hands at the Gayety, as a token of their esteem, had a urge basket of flowers for the couple. Many other presents were also received. Mr. and Mrs. Gallagher wul remain with the company, but will make their home in Brooklyn in the future. The bride's stage name is Winifred Claire. FRED HALL CLOSES Chicago, 111., March 15.—Fred Hall, straight man of the "Pacemakers," closed his engagement with that company at the Englewood Theatre today. Arthur Laning joins the show tomorrow at the Crown. THERE'S A NEW HILTON Lew Hilton received word from Boston last week that he was the father of a nine- pound boy. Mrs. Hilton (Betty Harris) and the baby were doing well from the last reports. Mrs. Hilton is at the home of ber parents.- STARS OF BURLESQUE /////f////////S////////ss/SSS/-///ssss/ssssssssss/ss/ssssssssssssss '/S/S/S//S////SS/S//SS//SS///////////// SSE ROSA. SOUBKblUc. FOLLY, BALTIMORE, MP. SMILING NELLIE WATSON SOUBRETTE PAVE MARION'S "AMERICA'S BEST* A. ELLSWORTH STRAIGHT and CHARACTERS WITH MILITARY MAIDS CY ARDINGER Wdb 'Trail Hitter." For At liberty ** **... Culll«lli»l», Stnugbt, Cbumetan . - J. HARRY JENKINS This Show FLO WELLS PRIMA DONNA FRENCH FROLICS