Show World (October 1909)

THE SHOW WORLD October 16, BIG CHAIN OF THEATERS PROPOSED FOR SOUTH String of Moving Picture and Vaudeville Houses May Soon be Organized by Dr. Galeski and Others SHUBERTS NOW SOLE OWNERS OF HIPPODROME^ Max C. Anderson Breaks with New York’Finland Sells His i Share of Big Show House RICHMOND, Va., Oct 14.—Dr. S. ■Galeski, who with several associates, ' 3 taken the S. Lubin company’s lease on the Lubin theater, has announced the Intention of his people to organize a chain of ten-cent vaudeville and mo¬ tion picture houses In the southern country. The Galeski people are build¬ ing a theater in Roanoke and have made a bid for the Academy of Music, Lynch¬ burg, now leased to the Leath Theatri¬ cal company and embraced by the Leath circuit of first-class theaters. W. Grea- nor Neal of the Leath company says a renewal of his lease is desired but If Galeski outbids the Leath company the latter will be compelled to build a new house in Lynchburg, that city being one of the most important on the first-class •circuit. Phenomenal business continues to pour into the ten-cent theaters. The Golonial, which played Keith vaudeville until last season. Is giving five perfor¬ mances a day to capacity business. The Lubin, abandoned by the film-making company for whom it was built. Is en¬ joying the same enormous patronage. A waiting line of seat-buyers streachlng the distance of a block extends every •night In the week from the ticket win- It Is said that Captain McDonald will follow the show from place to place collecting the two-year-old debt. If the circus people don’t come across with the money the ex-hunter of bad men may find himself with a whole menagerie, but there will be no white elephants, for the captain has never yet got stuck. Show Men Play Ball. HOLDENSVILLE, Okla., Oct. 14.—A game of ball was played here between the Wallace-Hagenbeck show and the ...3 Bills, the s_... vor of the two Bills. The two Bills’ show is holding t NEW YORK, Oct. 14.—In spite of many denials made both in this city and in Cincinnati, it may be stated on the best of authority that Lee Shubert and Max C. Anderson, the proprietors of the Hippodrome, have broken off business relations and that in the future Mr. Anderson will have no share In the man¬ agement of New York’s biggest amuse- George B. Cox, by taking over Mr. Anderson’s share of stock in the Shu¬ bert theatrical company, becomes greater factor than - * _ _ _ spite of the opposi¬ tion in Oklahoma. Business is good and the manager — *■ ’ ’ s doing all that i be done for the comfort of dience. There has been since April, and they _ _ the fire cor „ ___ wet the grounds. places the dust is a foot deep. •dow of each of these cheap-price ment houses. And the line is u from dark until 10 o’clock. The — earnings of one of these houses may be Richards Engaged by Ringling. J. J. Richards, solo cornet and official mail man with the Barnum & Bailey show, has been engaged by the Ring- ling Brothers as bandmaster o” ” - paugh and Sells Brothers circi season. _ _ __ — the theat¬ rical Investments that go under the Shuberts’ name. The news of the business split between Mr. Shubert and Mr. Anderson, coming so soon after the production of what will probably be the most profitable en¬ tertainment In the Hippodrome’s history, caused general surprise among theat¬ rical people. But those in touch with the Shubert offices say that the dissolu¬ tion of the partnership has been im¬ pending for many weeks. The crisis was brought about when the Shuberts took over the Nixon the¬ ater in Pittsburg last spring. It be¬ came necessary to organize a separate company to control the property. The purchasers terprise to do business on. All except Mr. Anderson, who, it Is stood resolutely out for cash «« tJJ share and succeeded in getting it “ This advantage which Mr. Anderson won oyer the others in the deal ledT a rupture - between himself and j r Shubert, who is now named as th. former’s succesor as the Hippodrome manager. A continuance of presS methods is to be expected, as J. J. Shu- bert is dominated by Lee Shubert in the affairs of the company, and the HinptJ drome’s present prosperity is due to latter’s careful methods. " Wisconsin Woman Goes to Appear In a Spet' ----i in Called “Babes 1 New Yoilj Wonderland?”* NEENAH, Wls., Oct. 14,-From high social position to the stage is the — Bhj|h M— ” ’ Tinsman is soon step which____ to take. Mrs. Tinsman, ... this city about a year ago tained lavishly and won the friendship! „ _asked t_ „— - r _... it in the form of stock, thus leaving cash capital for the new en- ■conservatively estimated at a thousand dollars a week, a phenomlnal profit on the comparatively small investment. All •of the cheaper class of theaters here are reaping a harvest. The big busi- pleton and Oshkosh. _ _ from New York with her husband, she Is to go upon the stage. Revenue Agent Hot o _ _ e Trail of Big Circus and riles Suit to Obtain Al¬ leged Back Taxes. DALLAS, Oct. 14.—Captain Bill J Donald, tne rormer chiex of the Te Rangers, dropped into Dallas tne ot morning looking serious, captain J of state revenue agent in running down tax dodgers as he formerly was in pur¬ suing outlaws on the border. mis man¬ ner. when he first struck Dallas mdi- t admitted It v While here last summer, Henry De Voin, a New York theatrical manager, heard Mrs. Tinsman sing at a social function at a summer resort He was immediately charmed with her singing, especially with quality so necessary for dramatic work. He offered her a large salary to go to New York and enter the big spectacular production, “Babes in Wonderland.” At first she demurred but finally con¬ sented. She will assume a leading role In the production. Mrs. Tinsman’s hus¬ band who Is a retired hotel man and business man, will accompany Md young wife. Mrs. Tinsman cc— dramatic stock; her mother having been 1 prominent in London theatricals where she played for many years in variouii ’ ’ companies. Mrs. Tinsman w Mabelle Baker Catches Her root in Hem of Dress and Suffers Fracture in San Francisco Hotel. About 2 o’clock that afternoon Cap¬ tain Bill’s business was cleany devel¬ oped wnen he paid a visit to the Dal¬ las county courthouse. There he filed in the district clerk's office a lawsuit styled the state of Texas vs Ringling Brothers, attachment. The petition re¬ cites that two years ago when the cir¬ cus was in Dallas they paid a tax of 6150 when they should have paid 6750, and the suit is filed for tne purpose of collecting the 6600 alleged to yet be According to Assistant Tax Col¬ lector Ellison, two years ago when Ringling Bros. showed in Dallas they only paid the tax for one per¬ formance, oh the grounds that It was a continuous show. The officials here were not familiar with the law, which had only recently been passed and let the' circus people off with the pay¬ ment of 6375, which covers one per¬ formance. As 6250 of the amount goes to the state and the other 6125 goes to the county in which the performance is given, it is easy to see why the state should be so much interested in the •collection of the tax. Another view of the reason for Cap¬ tain McDonald’s visit to Dallas Is that the circus people avoid the payment of the larger tax required of circuses by selling reserved seat tickets for 99 cents. It is claimed that by charging 99 cents instead of 61 for the reserved seats they avoid payment of the U JOHN D. TIPPETTS, General Manager of the Park Circuit and Realty Company of St. Louis, Demonstrating the Pact That He Can “Tie His Bull Outside.” SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14.—Maybelle Baker, who is Kolb and Dill’s leading woman, suffered a painful accident on SUCCESS MARKS CLOSE GREAT PARKER SHOWS returning after the performance at Princess to her apartments in the St James hotel. She caught her toot ir the hem of her dress as she was ascend ing the stairs, and fell, breaking hei Dr. C. W. Card was called and he hat the Young woman taken to the St Francis hospital, where the Injured 11ml was set, and where she will be con After a Record Season the Organization Closes for the Winter —Stronger Than Ever Next Year ___„3veral weeks. Miss Octavia Broskie, who v 3 started f ” ” upon by the Kolb and Dill managemen - --- given the par* --jlay. s unable to play. cfosed their*' record season and their way to winter quarters at Abilene, Kan. Good weather and the good will of the merchants and citizens have made this week a week that Mr. Kennedy can look upon with pride. The executive __respect of every business __ the city, therefor were given more liberties than have been extended since the first fair, twelve years ago. of the largest jumps on record for any organization of Its kind. The fair had been hilled heavy all of this week, being under the direction of the Parker Staff, which was another lift toward making the success. Excur¬ sions have been coming in over all roads bringing thousands of the curious 1 they spent their money. California Body Makes Becommenda tlons Concerning Immoral Film Offered in Theaters. which was empaneled on February i. submitted its report to Judge of th Superior Court Henry C. Go-fJ-d. 1 -1- n i s one of the shortest^ Armed with an attachment. Captain Bill, accompanied by Curry McCutch- «on of the county attorney’s office, and •one of Sheriff Ledbetter’s deputies, went to the circus grounds and served an at¬ tachment in an effort to get Ringling Brothers to pay the 6600 which Cap¬ tain Bill says they slipped out of Texas without doing two years ago. “I got an elephant from a circus •once, and I may again, but I’ll take any¬ thing I can get,” said the nervy captain to McCutcheon. „ “The show people got wind that Cap- The’ Human Roulette and The Belle Show^taking top moneys - 4 ’ , carnival _ season thirty weeks ago in Oklahoma City and — J -' 3 made several Talbott will also look up a few quails In the jungles of Texas. Jake Rosen¬ thal has gone to Dubuque; J. A. Darnaby to St. Louis; Frank Noethen to Chicago, Thomas Warren to Abilene, and W. M. Moseley to Kansas City.—MARTIN. week, it is one ui i™ most commonplace in the history N Xo C n°g Un ot y her things the grand Ju. vent the n future ^exhffiltfon 1 Jf movln cide U ?tc Sh a°s W wefl ^Tothe?££& - „ m .. and they- up and paid the 6150 that they failed pay early *- * m * ^ __ __i the morning thought they would stop the way, ---*" They ___that the captain wants 6600 they • years ago,” said Mc- The suit was filed in the district ■court, affidavit being made that the defendant was about to leave the county and state. REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS are cordially invited to make THE SHOW WORLD their permanent address. Our mail forwarding facilities are unexcelled. Keep us sup¬ plied with your route as far in advance as possible. SEND US YOUR NEWS ITEMS. Make our offices in the Grand Opera House Building vour headquarters while in Chicago. REMEMBER—CO-OPERATION IS THE POLICY OF THE SHOW WORLD—the live, up-to-the-minute NEWS-paper—living every second up to its watchword. THIS WEEK’S NEWS THIS WEEK. If the newsdealer does not handle THE SHOW WORLD ask him, WHY? clde, etc., as wen as oust un¬ questionable or immoral nature. Vaudeville Artist Recovering. After a severe illness of #eral w«k Paulina, the “mechanical dancing dol of the team of Powers andPaullna.w has been in a Chicago hospnal covering and announcement na made that she will be able to De about ten days. . . f gol time"booked^ove? the ^ Sf‘th^^llness 6 ^! Vaffiffia. During « sickness of his wife, David P we Paulina has been 111 for the pasi