Show World (September 1909)

24 THE SHOW WORLD September 25, 1909. revival of Bret Harte’s famous play, “M’Liss." Frederick Clayton plays the titular role in “Convict 999” at Havlin’s theater this week. The show seems to have lost none of its popularity since last season, and it is playing to crowded houses. Vilmos Westony is the headliner at the Columbia theater this week. This is Westony’s St. Louis debut and he at¬ tracted some attention. Walter C. Kelly puts a new line of talk into his Virginia court room scene, SCENERY THAT SNAPPY KIND. We do It for almost nothing FRANK COX VAN STUDDIFORD SUIT FOR DIVORCE FOUGHT Husband Puts Obstacles in the Way of Plea—St. Louis Shows and Other Items of News. ,, __, __1 Jolson and 1 Mazier. Arthur Maitland is billed as the star in the production of “The Man of the Hour” at the Century. It is presented Room 16, 226 Dearborn Street, Chicago Studio: Van Buren and Throop Sts. ’Phone Monroe 974. De Lande, Agent of the Gayety Thea¬ ter and One of the Owners of “The Casino Girls.” nown as for the >dy know 5 ft ST. LOUIS BREVITIES. Fred Stephenson, better “Bones.” has been in tow.. _ past week trying to let everybody ! that Dockstader Is still on earth, j This Is the eighth year that Bone ' ahead of Lew’s minstrel shov interesting to note the fact __ Is the only man In front of the house that was retained by Dockstadedwhen he went over to the Shuberts. Bones at last has granted the fact that St Louis and not Brooklyn is the garden spot of America. Charles Williams,, the comedfl mu¬ sical artist, is resting here for a couple of weeks after playing forty-two consecutive weeks on the Western Vaudeville circuit. He will open faBi sixteen-week engagement over the In¬ terstate. circuit at Little Rock on Octo- Billy Hart and La Belle Marie got married on the Gayety stage, where they are appearing with Manchester’s “Cracker-Jacks,” last Wednesday. As this seems to be a weekly occurrence with burlesque shows to advertise in this manner, probably the happy pair have been married more than once be¬ fore. If this is a weekly stunt with the show, does it make Billy and Marie’s wedded life a perpetual honeymoon?) Tom Massengale appeared last week in the role of policeman. He says that he has often been mixed up with them before, but this- had ever come. W is persuaded from ai_ _r his friends were afraid _ he turned in the alarm the fire ment would arrive on the scene of the patrol wagon. Red Donovan has just -- from a fishing trip. He claims. 1 he had splendid sport, and he showed a basket which he said was full of fish, to prove his words. All the halo melted from around his head when he opened it up and found that the fish¬ monger had filled the basket with Fin¬ nan Haddie instead of with bass and catfish. Jack Crotty has just blown in on his way to Chicago, where he is going to book his sketch, "The Dress Re¬ hearsal.” He is accompanied by Car¬ rie von Becker, who is his leading lady. He has been playing the soujgrap time, and has come back covered with hay-seed and he is more of a rube than fnstead returned ms that _ r "'\ TAMMEN BUYS ANIMALS FOR SELLS-FLOTO SHOW. Valuable Additions Made to the Menag- DENVER, Colo., September 23 .— H. H. Tammen, associate owner of the seus- Floto show, has returned to this city after an extended trip east. Before re¬ turning to Denver Mr. Tammen ar¬ ranged for the purchase 0 __ a number of valuable animals to be added to the Sells-Floto menagerie next season, in¬ cluding a hippopotamus and a raj? 0 ’ Mr. Tlmmen states that the Sell^Floto show is playing to fine business, ana that plans for the enlargement of tne aggregation for 1910 are well under way. The she— will close the season in November. SHULTS LEAVES TOWN. Frank F. Shults, formerly manager or the opera house at Kewanee, left; cn cago this week ahead of. "Girls," wW*