Show World (June 1909)

8 THE SHOW WORLD WISE RE-ELECTED HEAD OF ACTORS’ SOCIETY All Officials Succeed Themselves Except George Seybolt, Who Was Not a Candidate—H. Nelson Morey in His Place. ATTRACTIONS SCARCE AT ONE-NIGHT TOWI Managers at More Important Points Finding It More I to Secure Attractions than in the Little Burgs. New York, June 14. The thirteenth annual meeting of the Actors’ Society of America was held last Thursday in the rooms of the society. President Thomas A. Wise presided, and following the reading of the secretary and treasurer’s report, the officers for the following year were elected. Thos. A. Wise was re-elected unani¬ mously; Miss Fanny Cannon was re¬ elected to the vice-presidency; H. Nel¬ son Morey was unanimously elected to the office of secretary, succeeding George Seybolt, who, to the regret of all concerned, was not a candidate for re-election; George T. Meech was re¬ elected treasurer. . The following directors were elected: Ralph Delmore, Fanny Cannon, Wm. Courtleigh, Oscar Eagle, Edward Locke, Lionel Adams, W. D. Stone, Harold Woolf, George Seybolt, Lillian Kingsbury, George T. Meech. pany, which will open at Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 26. He left Chicago on Wednesday and will begin a tour of the new England cities in which stock companies are holding forth and choose his material therefrom. His itinerary will include Hartford, Prov¬ idence, Worcester, New Bedford, Portland and other cities, after which he will go to Westbrook, Conn., for a short fishing trip. Thespians Attach Show. Maysville, Ky., June 13. The Elmore Stock company was at¬ tached here last night by two members of the company for salaries amounting . Very few attractions are requesting time in the small one-night stand towns, according to Chicago manag¬ ers who are sending out shows which can live on a business of $125 gross. Illinois is pretty well booked up for the early part of the season. August and September show almost as many attractions as in the past. Indiana is about the same. Iowa time is pretty, well open. The larger towns are ap¬ parently having more trouble to se¬ cure attractions than the small towns. Some sections of that State show that the time is well booked up until Christmas while other sections show a dearth of attractions which is re¬ markable. Kansas is fairly well booked up un¬ ALAS, WE KNEW HER WELL a nice business up to the hofl least.” It is often said that the of this class of attractions get the, bankroll before Christmas if the seal son is to show a profit. It is only f rare instances that a one-r-'-^^® company, which is behind Christmas time, finishes with worth speaking about. New houses at Heber and Harri¬ son, Ark., are being booked for nex season by one-night stand managers The house in Harrison is now com pleted and the one at Heber will t> ( ready by the latter part of July. The 1900 map will show these towns inland points but there is a of railroad, the Missouri and Arkansas, which gives connecj Searcy coming east Springs going west. Wise Congratulates Society. The president in his address con¬ gratulated the society upon its healthy and flourishing condition and the deep interest that all of its members have taken in this well known society. He drew attention to the fact that one year ago the society was heavily in debt, but owing to the splendid work of the board, was pleased to state that all outstanding debts have been paid and that it now starts the new fiscal year with a healthy bank balance. Al¬ most 200 new members have been elected to the society during the past eleven months. The society numbers almost 1,000 members in good stand¬ ing. Mr. Wise also spoke of the great amount of work that has been done by the Play Readers’ Committee. Out of 300 plays that have been read, ten have been accepted by the committee as worthy of production. Three of these have been placed with responsi¬ ble managers for next season. The Play Reading Bureau will certainly be a big factor in the society’s future. The Actors’ Society was largely in¬ strumental in getting the Voss Em¬ ployment Agency Bill through at Al¬ bany. More than 700 engagements have been made through the society’s dramatic agency since last summer, the commissions on which will net the society $600. The idea of the Actors’ Fund and the Actors’ Society work¬ ing together under one roof was thor¬ oughly discussed and referred to the board of directors for their final ac¬ tion. Valuable donations to the li¬ brary have been made by the Georgia Wells’ M'emorial, consisting of eight volumes of the Furness Variorum edition of Shakespeare. Also a new limited edition of the Drama in twen¬ ty-two volumes, by President Thomas A. Wise. Regularly monthly receptions with prominent people as guests of honor will be held throughout the coming season and on June 30 at 11 p. m. a reception will be given to the officers of the society at their home, 133 West Forty-fifth street. HIMMELEIN’S COMPANY TO BE AT CEDAR POINT. Sandusky, Ohio, June 16. Himmelein’s stock company opens at Cedar Point next Sunday in “Cozy Cor¬ ners.” Edwin Vail will be leading man. Wright Huntingdon’s Scheme. Wright Huntingdon, who was en¬ gaged for leading business with the company at Sans Souci park, and who, together with the rest of the dramatic company were laid off owing to a change of mind in the management, has hit upon a novel plan for obtain¬ ing good people for his stock com¬ to nearly $300. Oscar Middend«rf is the manager. The property of the company is lying at the C. & O. depot in a car on a side track. LOCAL FILMS. Grand Rapids, Mich., June 17. The first view of the moving pic¬ tures of the Grand Rapids civic pag¬ eant was given at A. J. Gilligham’s Monroe street vaudette Saturday. The pictures, which were completed in Chicago and rushed here, give a cred¬ itable presentation of the event and advertise the Grand Rapids Advertis¬ ers’ club, which prompted it. The film remained at the vaudette until Tuesday, when it went to Ramona for the balance of the week. It will go on an extensive tour, Muskegon, Battle Creek, Saginaw and Bay City seeing it the next week. New Patriotic Film. Philadelnhia, Pa., June 14. • S. Lubin announces a new patriotic film subject called “The Old Army Chest,” to be released July 1. It is 930 feet and is intended as a Fourth of July special.—WALTER. til Christmas but January and Feb¬ ruary time is open to a great extent. Missouri has about half the number of attractions it can stand. Texas time is open and it would appear that only a few managers of small tour¬ ing companies seek to spend the early months of the coming season in that State. The managers of the more impor¬ tant one-night stand attractions are uncertain of their routes owing to the fuss between Klaw & Erlanger and the Shuberts. One manager said he had ten towns with the Western Theater Managers’ Association which he expected to be asked to cancel at any time. He spoke like he would do so if requested to do so by Klaw & Erlanger. Other managers are hold¬ ing off to see what changes will be made in the theatrical maps before asking for time. Looks for Good Season. “I look for a good season for the smaller attractions,” said Merle H. Norton, who is thoroughly familiar with the conditions in all sections of the west. “From my reports the out¬ look is excellent and I predict that the one-night stand shows will have SUNDAY OPENING UP IN WEST VIRGINIA. Ministers Succeed in Having Police Close Up Theatorium Which Plays for Benefit of Humane Society. Fairmont, W. Va., June 16. For defying the order of Mayor M, M. Neely and keeping the Dixie thea¬ ter open on Sunday night as a benefit for the local branch of the Humaai Society, Nola McKinney, the heado the society, was ordered into polio court Monday morning by city of¬ ficers. The action was the culmina¬ tion of a movement among the minisj ters who objected on the grounds |ha the benefit interfered with churcl services. Personally the mayor and chief o police have no objection to the opera tion of the theater on Sunday but the pressure brought to bear on then made it impossible to avoid putting the machinery of the law into opera’ Monster crowds have been to the benefits and the enter^^B apoeared to be more inviting than tha services at the churches. BATTLE IN CLOUDS j J FOR DENVER EXPOSll§» Denver, Colo., June 16. j Officers of the Colorado Inter-Statj Fair and Exposition Association piped a contract with the Pain’s FircworksCofflj pany for the exclusive presentatiQfflnthe Rocky Mountain states, of the pyr°] technic spectacle known as “The Bat-j tie in the Clouds.” This six-day war] fare between airships and dirigible balloons and a well city, will be presented during,the fair which will be held this year Septem ber 12 to 18. In closing the'contra the Pain Company was represente( by K. L. Bernard. HOME FOR A VISIT. • Webster City, Iowa, June 16. Kirk Towns, one of a few American singers who have won substantial rec ognition in Germany, is visiting rela¬ tives in Sioux City, Iowa. Beginninj in September, 1910, Mr. To sing in the opera Wiesbaden, 0#e <“ four royal opera houses in Germany] The others are at Dresden, Berlin and Hanover. Mr. Towns says there is W question as to the readiness of Ger¬ man impressarios to recognize men! in American artists, as well as in those of their own country.— TUCK®. ;, Clito and Sylvester Heard From. Pottstown, Pa., June U- Clito and Sylvester are playings Sanital park here this week. D st week they played the Family. Mf*" mauqua.—WORTHING. ;