Show World (May 1909)

May 22, 1909- HE SHOW WORLD 7 FACTS, FANCIES AND FRIVOLITIES I p ran ij O Ireson was offered $100 a When W. J. Hanly was special cor- | seek for thirty weeks to preach the facetious Familiarities Featuring Famous Folks and Fre- "espondentof ‘he New York Times? .1 rpf„«pr1 He savs hp will - —~ & - - When Ed. E. Dalev refused to use quently Filled With Fulsome Flattery for the Favored Few. By WALLACE PEPPER. »ospel but refused. He says he will dick to the show business, even if .Billy Sunday does get bigger money lan he does. Could it be that David Belasco broke with the Shuberts because he ifelt offended because he had k^en Qn grounds G f immorality additional When Rosenthal , iivi , ted M t0 tll °^pr? fn an interview thunder. The statement below ap- paugh-Sells show? I 0 f tke Ncw theater. In an interview d . Thg Tribune j t Sunday. It When Phil Schw t S ha /we ?ave had from the New <s presumed that the press agent of at Lord & Taylor’s? theater^only 6 press stuff sent forth to White City wrote it for no one else When Charles Cherry was eh le the American theater and be- would have said the weather was er’s clerk in London? log the public mind. If we are to be- “ideal”-a statement made in the first When Ed. E. Daley refused t_ _ the Alton Railroad from Kansas City to St. Louis? When Louise Rial was a member of the Dearborn stock company at the Garrick theater? with the Fore- AGENTS AND MANAGERS. read the American stage Paragraph of the story: rC such a bad way that a band of Youths strolled among the booths nillionaires has been formed to up- wl *“ hard v .,.•*« and easily -—v _ . C. P. Greneker is here in advance When Phil Schwartz was office boy Q f The Blue Mouse, which comes to the Garrick next week, bank- J. K. Vetter does not wait until the last moment to get his show ready for the road, but has already ordered * supply of cuts and has the scenery When Janet Beecher appeared here a t the studio. t The Regeneration? Charles D. McCaull left Tuesday for en Rosenthal, superintendent of object Studebaker theater, was in Kansas both a week or two ago and met one of the Lemon Brothers. Ben was an agent of the Lemon show at one time at the munificent salary of $15 per week and this particular Lemon, hav¬ ing the best of feeling for Ben, ten¬ dered him a position as general agent of the Pan-American circus, which I was about to take the road. Ben did not like to come flatly and refuse so |k hemmed and hawed that he feared be salary would not be “right.” “Why, we will pag you thirty dollars week,” said Mr. Lemon. “I fear your liberal offer will not .mptme,” replied Ben, adding as he [turned away, “you see, I am paying my chaffeur $35 a week.” After a tninstrel show has been on •the road year after year, it costs ! $2,500 to open the season, according to John J. Holland, owner and man¬ ager of the Richards & Pringles show. The figures are interesting. The overcoats cost $14,25 each, and 30 of them come to $427.50. The hats cost J4 each, which makes $120. Six end coats cost $90. Tuxedos for the singers cost $300. Coats and caps for the musicians cost $100. The scenery costs $150, chair covers at $1.75 each amount to $52.50, painting the car comes to $200, and repairs on the car are estimated at $100. The money which will be advanced to performers I will eat up the remainder of $2,500. The- Record-Herald published a , “special" from Reno, Nevada, under date of May 17 in regard to Virginia Harned arriving there late Saturday night ^incognito” and stating that her purpose was to establish a residence there with the intention of securing divorce. The Record-Herald run two section head “Virginia Harned Reno,” which was surprising inas- * Miss Harned arrived ' ™ ' The lover of pure English might have “money to burn”? When the Lyman ^Twins used to New York and Frederick Donaghey finds himself manager of both Tim the pun on the grounds that When Charles White had the cook- Murphy and A Gentleman from Mis- ’- -i-u i-ii-j .i-~~ house with Pawnee Bill? —: Every “Minstrel” Has His Day. When plays were produced a few years ago which required but ten or twelve characters the profession wondered at their success. Later when the authors evolved interesting dramas sissippi. Ed M. Jackson, who managed A Prince of Sweden the past season, is in Chicago for the summer. He will be with Ole Peterson next year, which is also to be under the manage¬ ment of C. S. Primrose. Sed J. Deschane arrived in Chicago last week, having had a 41 weeks’ season in advance of Ma’s New Hus¬ band (Eastern). Next season Mr. Deschane will pilot a big musical comedy which is being booked by Harry Scott and company. Arthur R. Wilbur, formerly mana¬ ger of Hoyt’s A Texas Steer, Hoyt’s A Midnight Bell, and numerous other attractions, has filed a petition in bankruptcy with liabilities amounting to $42,445.18, and no assets. The at¬ torney for the petitioner is Robert S. Congdon, Gowanda, N. Y. C. O. Gaines, for the last ten years on the road with various attractions and for five years preceding that manager of the old opera house at Clarksville, Texas, has leased the new opera house in that city and will settle down. Mr. Gaines was business manager of Le Comte & Flesher’s A Savage King the past season. J. Russ Smith left this week for Lima, Ohio, where he will place mov¬ ing pictures in the Faurot opera house beginning June 1. He will also complete the organization of the Hyde Theater Party, with which he will be connected next season. Smith has an airdome at Charleston, S. C., which opened Monday night last with John B. Wills’ company. J. Harry Gordon, best known for his advance work, is in Chicago, hav¬ ing brought The Cowpuncher to Chi¬ cago after it closed at Kansas City When Charles Berner tacked ban- May 8 He had a 39 weeks , season ne ™ S ri or Old A r kan saw . and was supposed to be manager of „.}Yhen Walter Nissen was ahead of the CO mpanv, although he was fre- Billy Kerrand s Minstrels? quently in advance in territory which __ When Toddy Van Brocklm was d ; d no t i ook invitint? Gordon is a M HI M q SS ,i Harn w ar T" hldVinc with “but'“eight' speaking parts the with A Knight for a Day? wonderful worker—af full of ideas a 'go last Sunday. Was the headline astonishment of those who thought When “Curly” Brown introduced he is of energy. o.—J -—* ... cotton candy at White City? - When Ollie Mack worked ii ton factory at Indianapolis? °f the Record-Herald ignorant, tb knew the show business increas- as the news-editor careless or was it ed / When Eugene Walter entered the conspiracy to deceive the reading field and wrote six people plays which both shocked and interested the pub- - lie the amazement of producers and Chicago’s amusement parks are gig- players neared the climax. But re- - antic traps, baited with objectionable cently, when Joe Weber got past with of “The Convict s Daughter? When W. F. Mann v for Buhler, the scenic artist? f energy. Walter M. Roles, who will go i advance of The Flower of the Ranch next season, is engaged in digging up solicitor the notices given the play on its origi¬ nal presentation in New York and When Jake Newman was manager Chicago. He could not help but be “The Convict’s Daughter? surnrisefl nt tbe crpnp ral pYPpllprirp nf amusements which catch the young a drama calling for the services of and begin the working of their ruin, but four players, everyone was will- »as the charge made in church last ing to admit that the climax had been Sunday by the Rev. Melbourne P. reached in The Climax. iuoyntpi. He said: “The last week - lias been one of trap setting. They DO YOU REMEMBER— nil offer the suggestive picture and polluting dance hall. The music, When Walter Hawley was : light, color and all other allurements Rat? draw the multitudes of young. Parents When James Wingfield should realize anew that most of these jockey? amusement parks are gigantic traps set to catch the unthinking and reck- kss youth.” When Fred Beckman was interested the notices, in Sipe’s dog and pony show? When Charles Dineen was a seller with Ringling Brothers? When Harry Jackson was manager at Hopkins’ theater? When Harry Alford was musical surprised at the general excellence of the notices. The Flower of the Ranch is said to have received fewer ticket- unfavorable notices in large or small cities than any other play of modern stage times. White director with A Breezy Time? in The Girl I Left Behind Me When Frank Flesher led the dogs with Frank Piper’s Tom show? , When Melville B. Raymond was When Kid St. Clair was with Gentry with the' John Robinson show? When Edna Wallace Hopper played closed the season last Saturday. Miss The Girl I Left Behind Me? Hehard’s success is sairl f-n have been Brothers? When John Fogarty invented the cakewalk? When Earl Burgess was known as The wisdom of the press agent of white City in springing the play on words printed below is probably re¬ sponsible for this outburst. If there Earl Delaro? ® flirting at summer resorts it would When Joe Willard was mari s^mto be bad judgment in the pub- the first time? taty man’s making light of it and it When Clint Finney was gives those who are attacking parks Humpty Dumpty? Hebard’s success is said to have been even more emphatic than when she was with The Land of Nod and Bus¬ ter Brown. Her press notices are said to have been very flattering the entire When Jack Mahara ran a basement season, and she is said to have a host opera house in Charles City, Iowa? of admirers throughout the country. When James Stewart, of Norris and She has several excellent offers for Rowe, had a good word for other next season, but before considering showmen? any of them will rest up for a few When James Forbes was discharged weeks at her summer home in Oak from a Chicago paper’s reportoiial Park, staff because he refused to review a performance of Duse in slang?