Show World (October 1909)

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AMUSEMENT WEEKLY Published at 87 South Clark Street Chicago, by The 5H0WL2ORLP Publishing Co. EntCTed^Second-CtossMatter A.PATR/CK. GENERALP/RECTOR. Volume V—No. 19 CHICAGO October 30, 1909 SULLIVAN & CONSIDINE ARE N OW UN DER FIRE Harry Mountford, of the White Rats, Attempting to Force this Concern to use the New Form of Contract. i Backing up his assertion that he Suld remain in Chicago until the Sul- ran & Considine office here was using j new form of contract, Harry Mpunt- rd, secretary to the board of directors the White Hats of America, has been itrumental in getting certain officers the company at this point summoned appear at a public hearing in the tract matter before the state labor imissioners on Friday, Oct. 29, at - jk Bobertson Is Silent. H. C. Robertson, one of the chief men ' i Chicago office, informed a Show [ representative that he hadn’t a thing to say concerning the mat- Messrs. DuVries and Paul Guerdon, li Who are also in the office, were also mum as oysters regarding the court summons. It is known however that I the office chiefs were visited in pri¬ vacy by official representatives. At the I) meeting Friday it is understood that | Agent Henderson will apply for a new le Cage to the Other. MT. VERNON, ILL., Oot. 27.—A trade of unusual interest and some | danger, was pulled off here when La l Mont Bros., showmen who live in Salem, l traded lions with the Norris & Rowe people, who showed here recently. The trade was effected much easier than the change of lions from one cage to the other, but after considerable Coaxing and patience the lions were HI changed and the trade closed. | La Mont Bros, have winter quarters in Bb »>„><. ov,™ g a ie m , and when the —s week, they found surplus of female lions, and l that the Norris & Rowe plethora of male beasts. Faversham Loses Voice. ALBANY, Oct. 26.—William Faver¬ sham, who opened here in “Herod” on Thursday night, Oct. 21, lost his voice and was unable to appear at the Sat¬ urday night performance, Oot. 23. An immense audience was disappointed. The requirements of the role of “Herod” are most exacting and the rehearsing of it proved a severe strain for the player.—CARDOZA. BOOKING AGENTS FORM STRONG ORGA NIZATION Theatrical and Vaudeville Representatives Get Together for Mutual Benefit—Nineteen Charter Members. Blandon Stock Reorganized. ■JANESVILLE, WIS., Oct 25.—During “® past week the Blandon Stock Com- tiny, which played at the Myers thea¬ ter three nights last week, have been undergoing a pruning and reduction in numbers. Originally the company had - the payroll, but ■tty-two persons ..„ ___ ""® r the reorganization it now carries seventeen, the cast is as follows: A DANGEROUS SWAP. Sterling Is Delighted. STERLING, Ill., Oct. 27.—The many friends of Harold Ward, who recently accepted the position of press agent at the Garrick Theater, Chicago, are greatly pleased and interested in the advancement he is making in the pro¬ fession. Mr. Ward is a “Sterling" hoy in every sense of the word, with lots of gray matter and the necessary en¬ ergy to use it. It is rumored that the Gem Picture Show, which has been closed for some time, will soon be re¬ opened under new management.— SCHMOEGER. With nineteen members on its char¬ ter list, the Theatrical and Vaudeville Agents’ Association Inc., sprang into existence this week and the articles of incorporation were received in Chicago Wednesday by the officers of the or¬ ganization. The officers elected for the ensuing year are: President, Edward R. Lang; vice president, Harry Sheldon; secretary, Henry Brown; treasurer, Frank Q. Doyle, and Sergeant-at-arms, J. Irving. The association elected the following board of directors to serve for one year: Edward R. Dang; Harry Sheldon, Henry Brown, Frank Q. Doyle, Joseph E. Fischer, William K. Buch¬ anan and Charles O. Harding. Purpose of Association. According to the articles of incor¬ poration, the association was formed to bring the booking agents of the the¬ atrical field together in closer personal relations, to further good fellowship among them and permit the interchange of views among the members for the general advancement of their business and to abolish unfair and illegitimate methods of procuring business. The wwiwiL mu nasi is as xoiiows: MW Blanden, Earl Ritchie, Cecil B. ""“vs, A. Burz Israel, J. H. Comans, Wolford, W. J. Schulte, Clara 'son, Elizabeth Gillespie, Pearl ... Clara Maslin, Katherine Kirk rr* ®? rl)ara Glierst, Grace Marcel, I A Warren, manager, E. D. Fiske, •wesentative. e of the company, Cecil Summers, with a very painful accident which ■K hav « resulted fatally during the rehearsal week. Mr. Summers was try- n ? w “stunt,” with gasoline. The Jh»es, however, flared back in his face y was badly scorched, so that he , n under a physician’s care all Sf week - During Mr. Blanden’s stay in city he has made many friends. !*«X?J> a j>y left this city this morning m Fftnd du Lac, Wls.—SMITH. Never before in the history of Chi¬ cago vaudeville has there been so much activity as there is at present and,the situations in various directions are not only attracting great attention in the city and suburbs, but throughout the country the eyes of the White Rats and vaudeville artists are focused on Chicago. And furthermore, the bill posters’ unions in the other cities have their attention riveted on this city since the recent lock-out of posters was de¬ clared. Chicago is certainly the busy bee-hive for the unions which have a direct bearing on the theatrical and vaudeville world. Various PIghts Waged. In the first place, the Actors’ Union, No. 4, of Chicago, with its several thou¬ sand members is fighting for recognition of its union scale and incidentally has its heart set on unionizing the smaller vaudeville houses of the city. While the union is having its fight, the White Rats of America, through Harry Mount- ford, secretary to the board of directors of the White Rats, is in the city and is hot on the trail of the agents, who are not using the new form of contract as sanctioned by the State Labor Commis¬ sion. And inasmuch as he is now turn¬ ing all his guns on the Sullivan & Con¬ sidine office, the White Rats and artists, union and non-union, ~ ■*“ “ waiting for the outcome feverishly ,ATR^vl mo T a Does riease. ALBANY, Oct. 26.—Madame Nazi- S* <®SS®a at Harmanus Bleecker Hurt 2 Tbe Passion Flower,” last night Si„," aa .veil received, though her S tk! i , no * Ine ® t with the approval 1?®'oca' Critics. The play is one of , "“ !a 90 r ary life. Supporting the star jyandon Tynan, Ernest Glenden- r? arry Kolker, Wallace Erskine, I 5fl2 o ace ,?®als, Miss Zeffle Tilbury, ! fills ® ra ®® Gibbons, Miss Carmen Nee- SrwS}. oth ® rs - The requirements of the wi? 8 character are exacting and -cahdozb 01 the play falls upon her ’ Agents In Limelight. cancellations have brought their houses into the limelight. Manager Hopson, of the Vaudette theater, who cancelled Beecher & May, plead guilty before Judge Fry in his Englewood court last Monday for not having an employment agency license and paid $25 fine and costs. Manager Fowler, of the Bijou Dream, who cancelled L». O. Jack & Ed. Stout, who form the team of Stout & Stout, had to pay them for one night s work and also settle the cost of the court proceedings. The trial was held before Judge Houston in the municipal court at 128 Michigan avenue. charter list of nineteen agents repre¬ sents 600 houses. To Meet Next Tuesday. The Theatrical and Vaudeville Ag¬ ents’ Association will hold its next meeting Tuesday night, Nov. 2, and various matters for the welfare of the organization will be discussed. The new association will hold its meetings at 59 Dearborn street. CHICAGO VAUDEVILLE WORLD IS VER Y ACTIVE Unusual Stir Noted in the Field of the Continuous—Numerous Causes for the Activity in this Sphere eorge Lavender Resents When W. V. Newkirk Cancels Him, and Shows Fight—Spends Night in JaU. market theater on the west side this week, only spoke his piece once. That was Monday afternoon. When he went to the stage door Monday night he was notified by the stage doorman that he was cancelled. Mr. Lavender then began a search for Manager W. V. Newkirk, and finally found him back on the stage, and made a lunge for him. He landed a few swift punches before the stage hands could get to the irate actor and lay him low on the ground cloth. Lavender was arrested later and lodged in the Des- plaines street police station, where he spent the night. The case came up Tuesday morning in Judge Newcomer’s court, where the actor was fined a nominal sum. Man¬ ager Newkirk says that he did not push the case and that the judge let the man oft easily on that account. Lavender, on the other hand, says that he was first booked for disorderly conduct; that the charge was later changed to assault, and then to assault and battery, and finally to felonious assault. Judge Newcomer is reported to have said that he felt like giving the actor the full limit of the law. He suggested, according to Mr. Newkirk, that it was perhaps a little strange that he had not been arrested before for delivering such ancient jokes over the footlights, and Sullivan and Considine Determine to Close Western House as It Has Not Been a Paying Proposition. BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 23.—Local the¬ atrical circles were given a hard bump when a telegram to Manager C. N. Sut¬ ton of the S. & C. interests here an¬ nounced that their Orpheum vaudeville house in Butte would close next Satur¬ day night, Oot. 29. This will throw out of employment all the attaches, at least until something definite is decided upon. Whether Mr. Sutton will here¬ after handle only the Majestic or what his future plans will be cannot be known until more detailed information is received. The supposition is that as S. & C. are said to be tied up in an ironclad ten-year lease on the building, they will have to put in some sort of show in their second Butte playhouse, and rumor already has it that it will be sublet to the Shuberts, thus giving the city two houses playing traveling companies. The house is known to have been losing money ever since it was opened. . The Orpheum Pacific Northwest circuit will hereafter com¬ prise only Orpheum theaters at Spo¬ kane, Portland and Seattle. A. S. Bailey, a brother of Frank T. Bailey of the Montana Film Exchange, is now in control of the Alcazar M. P. theater in Butte, the manager being William Cutts. Louis Blackburn is do¬ ing the singing.—BILLINGS. Exposition for Denver. The Colorado National Apple Expo¬ sition, under the direction of the Colo¬ rado Apple Growers and Denver Cham¬ ber of Commerce will be held at the Auditorium, Denver, Jaii. 3-8. This will be one of the big events of the coming year. Special arrangements have been made wmh all railroads, leading into Denver which will mean that thousands of people from all over the west will be in attendance. Clinton Lawrence Oliver of Denver has been appointed secretary and there is no doubt hut what his proficient work and unlimited experience will aid greatly in making the exposition a huge success. Miller Has Recovered. Harry Miller, of the Western Vaude¬ ville Association, who recently met with — accident while riding in a touring ; has re— J ■*-*-■*— 1 — Mr. Newkirk says he cancelled the act because it was old. “Everybody in the gallery seemed to know It,” said Mr. Newkirk, “and the actor was un¬ mercifully guyed by the people in the top part of the house. He sang the old song ‘More Work for the Undertaker,’ which is as old as the hills. He was pretty well mauled up himself, and the night spent in jail with the roughs and scuffs was pretty near punishment enough.” Mrs. Roberts Dead. Joseph Roberts, of the vaudeville act Roberts, Hayes & Roberts, received the sad news while playing in Grand Rapids that his mother died at her home, Ja¬ maica, Dong Island. Mr. Roberts de¬ parted from that city Sunday to attend the funeral. Interment will be made at Rochester, N. Y. Theaters Must Pay. Judge Baldwin, in the Circuit court, Wednesday, in a brief verbal opinion, sustained the right of the city to com¬ pel the theaters to pay for firemen sta¬ tioned in the playhouses of Chicago. The court refused to enter Judgement in favor of David and Max Weber, own¬ ers of the Columbus theater, who averred they paid $200 under duress.