Show World (May 1909)

10 THE SHOW WORLD May 1, 1909. BRIEF NEWS NOTES GATHERED IN CHICAGO Thomas W. Ryley Here. Thomas W. Ryley, manager of The Queen of the Moulin Rouge, was in Chicago last week. Playing Kansas City. After ending the regular season, The Time, the Place and the Girl company was held together and is filling this week at the Grand at Kansas City, where the musical comedy scored a big success earlier in the season. Ingram Succeeds Hanks. “Doc” John Ingram, who has been connected with the show business for years, and in recent years agent for the Hagenbeck-Wallace show, has succeed¬ ed R. A. Hanks as advertising manager of the National. Matinee Every Day. Buster Brown will give daily mati¬ nees at the National next week and Harry Hopping has been kept busy this week springing all sorts of adver¬ tising to call attention to the change of policy. Mr. Hopping is one of the best known agents in the country and until he came in there was no advance man who could put up the talk necessary to secure this departure. Woodward’s Wants. O. D. Woodward, who was here last week for the meeting of the Stock The¬ ater Managers’ Association, said: “We want the plays released by the authors for all the managers that want them. As it is, an author will offer a play to managers, and if this and that manager cannot pay his price, he can’t have it. Under the new plan the association will offer an author, say $5,000 or $8,000 for a play, and all the members can have The Honeymooners. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Rice were here several days last week on their honey¬ moon, having been united in marriage at Hancock, Mich., April 14. They left Chicago April S3 for the east and ex¬ pect to arrive at Calumet, Mich., this ■week. Mr. Rice is manager of The Grand at Calumet, and the bride was before her marriage Miss Bertha Rut- tenberg, of that city. Joins the Missouri Girl. Harry Jackson left the city last week to join The Missouri Girl. Joins a Circus. Walter Clifford left Chicago last week to join the advance of the Hagenbeck- Wallace circus at Logansport, Ind. Jolly Tramp Doing Well. John Connor and John Harpstrite have out a company called A Jolly Tramp, which is doing well. They will play Canada this summer. There are only five acting people but the perform¬ ance is said to be very good. Minstrel to Go Out. Milt J. Reynold’s New York Min¬ strels will open the season under can¬ vas at a point near Chicago on May 15. The company is now being engaged. H. J. Wallace will be business manager of the enterprise. Lyman Twins in Town. The Lyman Twins company passed through Chicago Monday morning en route to Elgin. The company will close the season at Merrill, Wis., on May 6. Trixie Friganza in Vaudeville. Trixie Friganza will appear at the Majestic and other Chicago vaudeville theaters'in May. She will be here when her case comes up against an automo¬ bile company, which she has sued for damages. Last fall she was injured in an automobile accident and still bears the scars on her head. Miss Friganza sued for $50,000 damages and the com¬ pany has recently offered to compro¬ mise for $5,000, but she refused. May Go With Shuberts. The New York Herald says that the “Misses Cecil McLean and Florence Holbrook have been engaged by the Messrs. Shubert.” The Herald is pre¬ sumed to refer to Cecil Lean and Flor¬ ence Holbrook, a team well known in Chicago but by no means enjoying a national reputation. Lean and Hol¬ brook have been laying off the most of the time recently but are playing the Colonial in New York this week. Opens at Marlowe. The National opera company opens at the Marlowe Monday, May 3. End Drawing Near. Next week will be the last but one of the season at the Bush Temple. The bill will be Romeo and Juliet. Clarence Sterling a Caller. Clarence Sterling, who plays the char¬ acter part with the Lyman Twins this season, was a caller Monday. Mrs. Hopping Ill. Harry S. Hopping left Chicago this week for Lawton, Okla., where Mrs. Hopping is ill, having trouble with her eyes. With Lyman Twins. Harry Wolff, who was with John R. Andrews’ A Breezy Time earlier in the season, is now playing the Dutch part with The Lyman Twins. Country Maid’s Finish. A Country Maid, Melville B. Ray¬ mond’s production, closed the season at Carroll, Iowa, April 19, and the ma¬ jority of the members of the company got to Chicago one way or another. Business got very bad at the last and the agent was only a few days ahead, making it impossible to remain out to advantage. Italian Actor Coming. Antonio Maiori, an Italian actor, will appear at the Academy next week, re¬ maining at that house until Sunday, May 9. He will present a repertoire of plays. Hamlet and Othello are among Maiori’s greatest achievements, and al¬ though he works in his native language his interpretations, it is said, are so forceful and convincing, that they are as readily intelligible to English-speaking people. The supporting company com¬ prises talent who are as. well known in the Italian capital as in New York; and the repertoire will consist of the following: Hamlet, Monte Cristo, Da- rand, Strength of Conscience, Kean, Louis XI., The Outlaw, Merchant of Venice, Wife of Claudio, Othello, La Tosca, Rupe Torpea, Vespri Siciliana, La Cieca-di-Sorrento. Change in Cast. When The Catspaw opens at the Stude- baker next Sunday night, five new play¬ ers will be seen with the organization The newcomers are now rehearsing with the company. They are: Theo¬ dore Babcock, James Wilson, Philip Smalley, Maude Turner Gordoifl and Mary Lawson. In Wyoming Next. :] In Wyoming, which has made'^H; hit over the Stair & Havlin circuit this season, returns to Chicago next week and will appear at the Alhambra, j Lee Parvin, advance representative, is in the city this week and is doing much to create an interest in the engagement. In Wyoming is a consistent melodrama and is very well spoken of everywhere. Season a Success. 1 The grand opera season was a great success. The total receipts for the two weeks were $200,000. As a result of this year’s unusual success it has been an¬ nounced that next year Chicago wil get the Metropolitan company tor three and perhaps four weeks. Contracts have been signed for the season to open April 4, 1910. After the closinglper- formance Sunday evening, the grand opera singers went to Pittsburg, where they appeared Monday and Tuesday. From Pittsburg they went to New York where they gave one performance and then disbanded for the season. 9 Receives Fine Offer. 1 While Augusta Glose was playing in Chicago a few weeks since, the person¬ al representative of Annie Russell hap¬ pened to see her, and was so much pleased with her work that he has of¬ fered her an engagement as support to Miss Russell in her new play, Husband, which she is to produce early next fall. Miss Glose is now in vaudeville,jwith bookings far ahead, and her intention is to produce quite an ambitious sketch next season. While the acceptances'©! Miss Russell’s offer would necessitate a radical change in her plans, she is said to be giving it serious considera¬ tion. Miss Glose had her training-tHt- der Charles Frohman in straight com¬ edy, and in Klaw & Erlanger’s produc¬ tions in musical comedy. ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW IN CHICAGO William A. Brady spent several days this week at French Lick. Fern & Orth are laying off in Chi¬ cago this week and go to Fountain Ferry park in Louisville next week. Pearl Golding will leave the last of this week for Monticello, Ill., where she will spend the summer months. Joe Callis was down to Peru, Ind., one day last week and will join the Elks in that city on May 6- Andrew Bergland, who was with the Two Merry Tramps, is in Chicago for a brief stay Jake Vedder, who has been piloting the Two Merry Tramps, is in Chicago for a brief stay. Harry Dull is in Chicago for a brief stay. He expects to leave Saturday of this week for his home in Detroit. A1 Denier, who was with The Flower of the Ranch, is laying off for a time in Chicago. Mabel McCain is laying off here this week, having appeared at St. Louis last week. James Lackaye will play the title role in A Gentleman from Mississippi next season. William A. Brady en¬ gaged him this week. A. H. Van Buren, who was with The Great John Ganton, will be a member of the new stock company at Sans Souci park this summer. Otto Koerner, who had a pleasant season with The Flower of the Ranch, is in the city taking in some new shows. M. A. Mosely is in the city being connected with the Dixie Land Spec¬ tacle which will be seen at the Seattle Exposition. William Lemle, who managed Fred G. Conrad’s Monte Cristo during the season of 1907-08, has bought a mov¬ ing picture theater at 670 West Van Buren street. Lawrence A. Coever has succeeded Forrest Huff in The Alaskan at the Great Northern. Mr. Huff left for Washington to join the Aborn opera company. Margaret Pitt will open in vaude¬ ville next week in her sketch, The Burlesque Girl, and will be assisted by Raymond Whitaker, late of the Calumet stock in South Chicago. Charles E. Huntington, who was with the National opera company for its road tour, is spending a few weeks at his home in Chicago. He will not be with the organization when it opens at the Marlowe next Monday. Louise Willis is in Chicago again, being with The Candy Kid, which is at the National. As the company closes Saturday she will remain here some time before leaving to accept a position with a summer stock. Ruth Shepley, who is appearing at the Grand in A Gentleman from Mis¬ sissippi, had little stage experience until this season. Last fall she was in the cast of All for a Girl in which Douglas Fairbanks was put forward as a star. Harry Askin has decided to give the new musical comedy being writ¬ ten for John E. Young, the novel title Lo. It will be the shortest title yet sprung on the public. Other names considered were: The Aborigine, The American and Hunky McGee. Harry Stone is now playing the principal comedy role in The Golden Girl at the La Salle, succeeding Harry Tighe. Mr. Stone is well known in Chicago, having played John Barry¬ more’s role in A Stubborn Cinderella for a short time. Charles Bernard will move his of¬ fice from 609 Rector building, to 909 in the same building, on May 1. He will have a suite of three rooms to himself and the new location will be the office of the Associated Billpost¬ ers as well as the Billposter’s Supply department. Arthur Searles and Bob George, who are appearing in vaudeville in a sketch The Cheeky Messenger, are laying off here this week and will play Champaign next week. They were to have played Moline and Clinton this week but William Morris took the houses which forced the cancellation of the acts already booked. Frankie Drew, who closed with The Flower of the Ranch last Sunday, re¬ ceived hundreds of fine notices on the season. The Wheeling Intelligencer said recently: “Prominent in the cast as ‘the flower’ is Frankie Drew, a fas¬ cinating little actress and a clever comedienne. It is a new class of character for her, but she appears to advantage in it. Her work is con¬ spicuous and stands out prominently.” Herman Lieb, who played Cayley Drumle in The Second Mrs. Tan- queray at the Bush Temple last week is said to have been with Mrs. Pat¬ rick Campbell when she touredJthis country in that play and his sterling performance last week was gen^^H praised. Mr. Lieb was not with Mrs. Campbell during her entire stay in this country. The program which is on file for reference at this office shows that Edgar Kent was playing that part. Adelaide Keim gave a remarkably fine interpretation of Paul in The Sec ond Mrs. Tanqueray at the Bush Temple last week. The play isjone which tests the ability of an aefress and Miss Keim’s work was com¬ mended by all who witnessed her per¬ formance. On Friday night of last week the attendance was only fair but Miss Keim held her audience through the four acts and her work in the scene where Allean guesses her past was especially good. Jay Quigley will open a stackjom- pany at the Lyceum theater in Duluth on June 7, and has engaged a very strong company. Marie Nelson, now leading woman at the Peoples!and Rodney Ranous, leading man at; the same theater, wil! lead Mr. Quigley s company. Fifteen competent p^^H will compose the organization.! Mr- Quigley was a member of the stock at Duluth last season and knows the city well. He will onen with When Knighthood was in Flower and will present a number of plays which have been seen but a few times in stock®