Show World (June 1909)

June 5, 1909. THE SHOW WORLD 0 ROSE MELVILLE IS AT HOME FOR SUMMER is Hopkins Ends Season at South g yn A. Other Shows Close at Various Points. B South Bend, Ind., June 1. Rose Melville closed her tenth sea¬ son in Sis Hopkins here Saturday night and is now the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ball. She states that the season was a long and ardu¬ ous one, taking her from coast to coast She will spend the summer at her cottage near here. After the performance Saturday night Miss Melville and the cast gath¬ ered in Melville hall and participated in a banquet. The affair was wholly informal, each of the twenty-one per¬ sons present giving a short talk, re¬ viewing the season and expressing re¬ great at the parting. Miss Melville expressed her appreciation to the company for the support they gave her during the long season.—DUN- KLE. [ Boston, Mass., June 1. A Stubborn Cinderella completed its engagement at the Colonial with two performances Monday, Decora¬ tion Day. —LOU. Jamestown, N. D., June 2. Norman Hackett’s first season as a star, under Jules Murry’s manage¬ ment, closed here last Wednesday. Ris tour, which lasted forty weeks, embraced a trip to the Pacific coast. Quincy, Ill., June 3. The Yankee Doodle Boy company closed a season of 41 weeks here Sun¬ day. .ft Middletown. N. Y., June 3. The Red Mill will end the season here on June 5. The production passes into the hands of Martin & Emery when the season comes to a The'Merry Widow closed in Chi¬ cago last Monday night and the play¬ ers went to New York. The six weeks| engagement here was very successful.' SERVANT IN HOUSE IS IN FOR LONG RUN. The Servant in the House, which ran for ten weeks at Powers’ early in the past season, is now at the Bush Temple, and the company is said to be even better than the orig¬ inal one. Tyrone Power heads the cast. Edith Crane, who has been off the stage for four years, is seen as Auntie. Miss Crane is Mrs. Tyrone Power in real life. The Servant in the House will run at the Bush for three or four weeks. The prices do not exceed one dollar. Percy Mack- aye’s comedy Mater will follow. No More Vulgar Plays. Adeline Genee, the dancer, will have a new play next season' by Victor Herbert and Harry B. Smith. It will give her ample opportunity for her dancing and the vulgarity of the Soul Kiss is expected to be absent. BACHELOR TO CLOSE JUNE 12 AT WHITNEY. Charles Cherry will close his sea¬ son in The Bachelor at the Whitney theater on June 12. The engagement has been a fairly successful one, but the house has been unable so far to overcome the musical comedy reputa¬ tion it bore. It is reported that the theater may offer The Climax shortly. Contest Is On. New York, June 3. There is open opposition to the re-election of Henry W. Savage as president and Hollis E. Cooley as sec¬ retary of the National Association of Producting Managers, and when the election is held next month there is almost certain to be another ticket in the field. Burlesque Managers Meet. New York, June 3. The annual meeting of the board of directors of both of the burlesque wheels were held nere this week. At Arrowhead Hot Springs. San Bernardino, Cal., May 31. Alfred Benzon, the card wizard, is spending several weeks at the Arrow¬ head Hot Springs, recovering from overwork while on the Orpheum cir¬ cuit. Ralph Wylie, the violinist, is also at that resort.—E. L. W. NEXT WEEK’S HEADLINERS. Unique, Minneapolis-—Ameta, the fire dancer. Bijjjii, Duluth—Five Juggling Jor¬ dans. Orpheum, Port Arthur, Ont.—The Chamberlains. Unique, Des Moines—A Bunch of Kids. Bijou, LaCrosse, Wis.—Five Ha- Bijou, Superior, Wis.—Four Toss¬ ing Lavallees. Powers Theater, Hibbing, Minn.— Dr. Carl Herrman. Grand Family, Fargo, N,. D.—Otto Feitchells’ Tyrolean Quintette. Empire, Grand Forks, N. D—Alice Davenport & Co. THE OPPENHEIMER BROTHERS. Considerable attention has been attracted to the Oppenheimer Brothers of St. Louis, who, through signing Julie Herne for a starring tour, have thus signified their intention of entering the field of producing managers. Miss Herne will appear next season, under their management, in a new play from her own pen entitled Sylvia. It is a story of the stage and proved a success at its first production last week at St. Louis. Other News of Interest Gathered in Minneapolis—Rose of the Rancho Offered. Minneapolis, Minn., June 1. After announcing when he was here recently that the Orpheum would re¬ main open all summer, Martin Beck has changed the plan and the house closes June 5 for the summer. Manager T. L. Hays of the Bijou has changed his summer plans and cut out the vaudeville that has been running at that house since the close of the regular season pf popular price attractions. Starting Sunday this house will show only moving pictures and a series of travelogues with a lecture explanatory. Dick Ferris and Florence Stone and their stock company opened Sunday in The Great Ruby at the Metropoli¬ tan to big business. True St. James is with the company in addition to those mentioned in last week’s SHOW WORLD. Next week they put on A Stranger in New York. The Lyric stock company is play¬ ing The Rose of the Rancho this week, paying a royalty alone, it is announced, of $1,300 to David Be- lasco.—BARNES. Playing in Open Air. Webster City. Ia., June 1. Manager Fred Martin moved the JJj^Btnoving picture and vaudeville attractions into his fine new- Airdome this. week. It is so arranged that by willing three ropes a canvass top may De palled over it,' or pulled away, as wanted. A large stage and dressing rooms have been erected and a series elevated seats for smokers put in at the rear: It - is one of the best arranged airdomes to he found in Iowa. The sales of the Family thea¬ ter leaves Martin with no competi¬ tion in the moving picture and vau¬ deville line, but he announces that his theater will continue to be conducted just as though he was up against the VCf y Stillest competition.—TUCKER. Wells Keeps Busy. B Jacksonville, Fla., June 1. Jake Wells was here recently, but refused to discuss his plans. He is erecting new houses at this point and at Savannah. WEST AND WILLIS TO MAKE SOUTHERN TRIP. Ethel West and Louise Willis, who have been working some of the smaller theaters around Chicago to get their act Wanted a Partner run¬ ning nicely, leave the city next week to make a Southern tour, playing houses booked by Sam Du Vries. They open at Lexington, Ky-. and go to the Avenue in Louisville two weeks later. Misses West and Willis are said to have proven a big hit in every theater in which the act has been pre¬ sented. BOYLE WOOLFOLK BUYS THE WINNING MISS. Boyle Woolfolk. has bought the lights to A Winning Miss and will send the production on tour late in September or early in October. H. H. Frazee was reported to have se¬ cured the production a few weeks ago, hut he waived his right when Mr. Woolfolk bobbed up as a purchaser. LEWIS IN NEW BUSINESS. Henry W. Lewis, who has gained an enviable reputation in Chicago as a connoisseur of theatrical antiquities, has temporarily forsaken his beaten paths to engage in a manufacturing venture. He has bought out the rights of a body-brace appliance, which is for the purpose of assisting deep breathing. These linen affairs keep the shoulders erect and the abdomen in, and are highly spoken of by every one who has tried them. The drug store sale has far exceeded Lewis’ ex¬ pectations and his many friends in the theatrical colony wish him well in his new line. Mr. Lewis insists that he has no intention of abandon¬ ing his researches in theatrical curiosi¬ ties, but that he has merely taken this up as a side line. Ollie Mack’s Plans. Los Angeles, Cal., June 1. Ollie Mack and John H. Blackwood are arranging for the appearance of three companies that will present the Murray and Mack musical pieces in Western territory in the fall. One company will confine its appearance to California, another will visit Ariz¬ ona, Texas and the surrounding states, while a third organization will be sent to the Northwest over the John Cort circuit. The intention is to have each company present seven of the Murray and Mack pieces and remain in a city an entire week, changing the bill every night. The companies will be rehearsed in Los Angeles under the direction of Charles A. Murray. The tour will commence the middle of September, and each company will be booked for season of thirty-two weeks. MORT H. SINGER NOW HAS NO PARTNERS. Mort H. Singer is now the sole owner and director of the Princess amusement company, having recently purchased the stock of other parties interested in the enterprise. OPEN DOOR IS NOW ISSUED BY COMPANY. The Open Door, the new independ¬ ent press sheet, is now under the management of a company formed in this city on Tuesday. The office is at 401 Garrick theater building and Will R. Dunroy is editor. It will be issued on Saturday of each week. Marie Doro Entertained. Webster City, la., June'3. Lieutenant and Mrs. Beavers of the Second U. S. cavalry, stationed at Fort Des Moines, entertained Marie Doro and Edwin Arden, her leading man, when Miss Doro’s company was in Des Moines. Arden is Mrs. Beav¬ er’s father. He is English by birth and has played in all the large cities of Europe and America.—TUCKER. Tanguay Goes Abroad. New York, May 27. Eva Tanguay has at last consented to go abroad and will open at the Coliseum in London on August 2. Changes in Company. Los Angeles, Cal., June 1. Lillie^ Sutherland resigned from the Murray^ and Mack company and will be seen at the Unique. Bobby Har¬ rington has also quit and will leave for New York. Bessie Tannehill also has another engagement in view. Bids for New Theater. Webster City, la., June 1. Bids have been opened for the erec¬ tion of the magnificent new Brandeis theater in Omaha. They range from $461,000 to $528,000. The three lowest are now under consideration, hut until the contract is announced, the suc¬ cessful bidder will not be known. The three low firms are J. C. Mardis of Omaha; Hilger-Graves of Chicago, and B. J. Jobst of Omaha— TUCK¬ ER.