Show World (June 1907)

June 29, 1907. THE SHOW WORLD 11 Powers 209 (count them) telegrams of congratulation. Of this number 42 were from parties she had met but once and 7 from persons she had never seen. Miss Stahl’s appreciation of these favors was so strong that Sykes Photo, Chieagu. PAUL D. HOWSE. The general manager of White City, Chicago, is Paul D. Howse than whom none is more widely known in the amusement world. When it is said he is an amuseemnt magnate, nothing need he added, except that he is as popular as he is powerful in his field. she insisted on answering every one in person. In consequence the chorus lady rises at 8 every morning and spends several hours writing letters. Miss Stahl’s father, by the way, once was dramatic editor of The Chicago Inter Ocean and he is now proprietor of a sheet in Trenton, N. J. Hence Miss Stahl’s often stated longing for a newspaper life is easily explained. <$> <$> <S> They had a fat man’s night over at McVicker’s one evening last week as a sort of tribute to Maclyn Arbuckle, the sheriff in The Round Up, whose mournful plaint, “Hell, nobody loves a fat man,” Is fast becoming a Madi- son street classic. The fat men came, too. Rumor has it that Mayor Busse headed the list with his 200 and more Pounds of avoirdupois, and it is said that it kept the ushers and attaches busy for many, hours after the per¬ formance bolstering up the seats which had been weakened by the load imposed upon them. The gross weight for the performance is rumored to have been -2,000,000 pounds—but why turn press agent? <s> <s> <e> Speaking of figures, the aggregate sum realized by Mort H. Singer of the La Salle Theater during the past season from The Time, The Place and The Girl and his road attractions must have made a bank roll that couldn’t have been wormed into a steamer trunk with a shoe horn. Those who may know and who, at any rate, are good at computing, say that his profits were in the neighbor¬ hood of $150,000. This is not bad at all. A chorus girl sewing school Is the latest Chicago novelty. It’s down at the Whitney, where a score or more of fluffy-haired chorus women from A Knight for a Day have been organ¬ ized, and under the skillful tutelage of Mrs. Arline Falls, warbrobe mis¬ tress of the Whitney, they may be seen any day mending and cleaning the costumes in which they caper on the boards. Manager Gerson has fit¬ ted up a department with sewing ma¬ chines, etc., and he says that it saves bills in many ways and in addition gives the young women good train¬ ing. If logic has its way down at the Whitney, the matrimonial wave should soon flow around in the di¬ rection of the toy playhouse on Van Buren street. Whisper.—George Cohan is to have his own theater in New York. He tipped it off to a friend in the lobby of the Colonial when he was in town a few weeks ago, and the janitor overheard him and told his uncle, who told my brother’s friend, and somehow or other it got to me. It’s going to be the real noise and. rumor has it that the flaxen-haired George will spend all of his time making his own productions at the house. SYKES’ ARTISTIC PHOTOS. Work of Celebrated Poser Finished by Chicago Engraving Co. With few exceptions, the photo¬ graphs reproduced in this number of THE SHOW WORLD are the work of Melvin H. Sykes, the famous theatri¬ cal photographer, Randolph and State streets, Chicago. Mr. Sykes is an artistic poser of subjects and in exe¬ cution and finish his work is unriv¬ aled. Mr. Sykes is the official pho¬ tographer for THE SHOW WORLD and specimens of his skilled handi¬ work will be regular features here¬ after. But good photographs, unless they are well manipulated for publication, are valueless. This journal is fortu¬ nate in having the most skilled assist¬ ance in this regard, and the half¬ tones on every page herein were made by the Chicago Engraving Co., 350 Wabash avenue. The output of this great concern is in the highest style of the art and reflects credit not only upon the firm, but upon Chicago. PROMOTER GEORGE H. HINES Showman Prominent in Amusement Park Enterprises. George H. Hines, whose likeness ap¬ pears on the sub-title page of the premier issue of THE SHOW WORLD, is one of the best known of all out-door amusement managers. His career as an amusement promot¬ er has been eventful and embraces many years of service in an execu¬ tive capacity with the larger circus¬ es. Since the summer amusement park has advanced to the pinnacle of all hot weather entertainment features, Mr. Hines, who realized at once the wonderful opportunities offered in this field, has changed his line of effort to the park. For two seasons he owned and operated two of the leading features at White City and this year he has branched out still Sykes Photo, Chicago. AARON J. JONES. The Napoleon of Chicago amusements is Aaron J. Jones, secretary and treas¬ urer of White City. He is financially interested in numerous amusement en¬ terprises and with Adolph Linick and Peter J. Schaefer he operates several motion picture theaters. He is now building the Orpheum, a new theater opposite the Palmer House.which will be devoted to high class vaudeville. more extensively and now has six shows in operation at Riverview. Gifted with a winning personality, engaging and congenial, yet thor¬ oughly businesslike, he has a re¬ markable capacity for executive ef¬ fort and there is no man who has come in contact with Mr. Hines eith¬ er in a business way or socially, who is not his staunch friend. His liberality is proverbial and there never was a request by the needy to which he was not the first to re¬ spond. In fact, so well is this trait recognized that he has been termed ' " " .~ Sykes Photo, Chicago. COL. WILL A. DUDLEY. Among show people few are as highly esteemed as Col. Will A Dudley, pro¬ prietor and editor of The Owl, a Jour¬ nal devoted to theatricals in the pub¬ lishing of which he has met with success. “Prince Bountiful” by his associates. Mr. Hines is one of the most pro¬ gressive men in the amusement busi¬ ness and his enterprise and fore¬ sight, combined with exceptional business sagacity, are inevitably des¬ tined to create a still greater future for this prince of showmen. Percy Wenrich wrote “Under the Tropical Moon” while searching for the North Pole with Peary. ETHEL ROBINSON. Few women are better or- more favorably known in the theatrical world than Ethel Robinson, the talented and energetic manager of the Fair Department of the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association. Possessed of an engaging personality, and a complete knowledge of her business in all its branches, Ethel Robinson has risen to an eminence in her profession accom¬ plished by few women in the country.