Show World (July 1910)

July 9, 1910. THE SHOW WORLD 19 “All progress is made by somebody who breaks a rule,” says the erratic young author. “It is my belief,” he goes on, “that the more rules that are broken, and the more vitally they are broken, the better. Precedent is the using of the brains of somebody who has passed. Following prece¬ dent is the unprogressive matter of going along a well-paved road with sign posts to direct you. The wilder¬ ness is doubtless worthy of explora¬ tion, even though you are condemned as an insurgent, a new-thought man or an anarchist. “The world is not to progress through anarchy or bloody revolution, though. There may be some mili¬ tarism. A man can’t keep on turn¬ ing the other cheek. But war is all wrong. You must not take what you cannot give and you can’t give life. The world is to progress, and is pro¬ gressing, through independence of thought and action, through love, through the Lord, Jesus Christ. Ten years ago a man was justified by his wealth. Today he is justifying his wealth. “There are people who will tolerate nothing but Hauptmann, 'Suderman, Maeterlinck, and the like. In this country these men are taken up as a fad and become a mania, for they do not reflect American life or tastes. Little Georgie Cohan at the other end of the scale is better. Monomaniacs in any direction never helped any¬ thing. Bibliomaniacs never helped reading. It is good for a literary man to read an impossible detective story occasionally. A censorship which would make all plays of a pattern of harmlessness would not help the drama.” Our sane Fourth was a good thing for the summer parks. Record break¬ ing crowds surged through the gates, and the promoters were consequently joyous. Prosperity has been apparent about the parks for some time now, and it begins to look as though a few dividends might be declared at the end of the season. The person who has the temerity and the hardihood to wend his way MAY IRWIN VICTIM OF TEMPERANCE WAVE. If May Irwin ever was a temperance fan, she certainly isn’t now. Up among the Thousand Islands where Miss Irwin has been making a lot of money and planning to make a lot more with her popular summer resort called May Irwin’s Inn the reform wave has struck hard enough to have into the theater these piping summer days, finds some little variety left in Chicago for his entertainment. In the matter of musical comedies he may witness “Madame Sherry” at the Colonial, a piece that George S. Wood, the press agent of the house calls “delightful”; at the Whitney Opera House, he may enjoy William Norris in the light and tenuous “My Cinderella Girl,” which attraction Manager F. Oscar Peers, thinks is good; at the Ziegfeld, “The Girl in the Kimona” is entertaining all who come, and as the lake breeze sweeps up on Michigan avenue, and the name of the show is cool, there is no rea¬ son why one should not have a good time down there. In the matter of farces “Baby Mine” is offered at the Princess, and by the amount of laugh¬ ter caused by the players in that house, the entertainment must be of the very best sort. Comedy of the jolliest, cleanest and best type imag¬ inable is on tap at the Olympic where “The Fortune Hunter” is hold¬ ing forth after many months, and is still as big a magnet, is still as joyful and as entertaining as ever. One serious play—and one only— remains on the boards. This is “A Man’s World’” at the Garrick, played by Mary Mannering and a most delight¬ ful company. It is a play in which there is much food for thought, and one that every man and woman in Chicago should see. And, as for vaudeville, well, there is the Majestic, and it is offering bills of its usual kind, and its usual kind is the best kind obtainable. If you like band music, there is much of it on tap. Creatore, the stren¬ uous, is performing out at Sans Souci; a real live American brass band, from Providence, R. I., holds forth at River- view; Lombardo, with his band and a bunch of opera singers, is at White City, and Channing Ellery’s musical aggregation occupies Bismarck Gar- H. Witness the success of “The N ry Whirl” in the New York theater in the eastern suburb of Chicago. Of course, when this really meritorious show went in this high class house there was trouble, but it goes to show that burlesque is coming up a bit when it can be offered in good thea¬ ters and get away with it. Chicago has been treated to some clever shows of this ilk during the past season, and there is promise of some other good entertainments of this sort next sea¬ son Just now workmen are as busy as proverbial bees building the new Gaiety theater on Clark, between Washington and Madison streets, and real, live burlesque will be offered in the downtown district when this new house is completed. Hurtig & Seamon have obtained the Sid J. Eu- son theater over on North Clark street, but there seems to be some doubt as to whether it will open or not. If it does it will cost a pretty penny to put it in proper shape for the building inspectors have been casting critical eyes over it, and a new stage and a few other improvements will have to be made before the old house will ever again ring to the sound of merry song, and witness the flirt of flaunting skirts. Sid J. Euson, who used to be manager of the old Sam T. Jack burlesque house when it flourished on Madison street, has been playing in bad luck the past year or so, and it is probable that he is eliminated from the local field. It is too bad, for he is one of the princes of good fellows in the burlesque game and has a host of friends l i Chicago. The American Music Hall closed st Saturday night. The house was owded from the balcony’s topmost ats down to the very orchestra pit, id much enthusiasm was let loose, he house will be dark for a month. Mena, Ark., will have a new airdome is summer. It is now in the course erection and will be owned by S. On August 6, so it is now an¬ nounced, Wilbur D. Nesbit’s “The Girl of My Dreams” will be disclosed at the Illinois theater. In this play Mc¬ Intyre & Hymans, formerly a vaude- ville team, will be seen as the bright particular entertainers. Mr. Nesbit is one of our best local poets, and he has dabbled a bit in the dramatic game too, and with some little success. Ravinia Park is open and the Phil¬ harmonic orchestra is giving concerts daily at 3 and 8:30 o’clock. This is one of the prettiest spots in and about Chicago, and while it is quite a dis¬ tance away, is to be reached handily by electric and steam cars. Those who like high class music in a high class place, will surely find Ravinia a delight. RECENT ENGAGEMENTS THROUGH BENNETT EXCHANGE The following engagements have been made through the Bennett Dra¬ matic Exchange: George D. Hart, Woodward Stock Company, Omaha; Harry Linkey, “Via Wireless” Vaudeville Company; Carlton S. King, Ziegfeld Theater Stock Company, Chicago; Laura Frankenfield, Cook Stock Company, Flint, Mich.; Lavinia Welch, George Ritter and Willis Marble, Joseph King Stock Company; Little Dollie Day George Arliss Company.; Jack Bell,' Himmelien’s Imperial Stock Company; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bane, Bessie Fox and Tom Dodd, “St. El¬ mo” Company; Joseph Sullivan, J. B. Dickson Vaudeville Company; John M. Carroll, Alhambra Theater Stock Company; Don McMillan and Collin Verry, “David Harum” Company; Marie Pettis, Delmar Theater Stock Company, Oklahoma City; Hal Reid, Selig Polyscope Company; Mason Wellington, Fred. Eckhart, Isabelle Sherman, James Harrington, H. G. Laxndale, and Florence Lund, Alham¬ bra Theater Stock Company; Edwin Scribner, “St. Elmo” Company; Harry G. Keenan, North Bros. Stock Co., Topeka, Kans.; Victor Hubal, High Street Theater Stock Company, Col., Ohio; Eugene Speyer, Dorothy Mor¬ ton Opera Company; Thurston Hall, Herman Lieb’s “Dope” Company; Hattie Foley, Lyric Theater Stock Company, Lincoln, Neb.; Edith May Hamilton and Nick Basil, Frank Buck Vaudeville Company; Robert Grace- land and H. O. Holland, Higby Stock Company; Traverse City, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Willis Van, Russel & Camp¬ bell’s Mackinaw Stock; Thurston Dai¬ ley and Estella Wimmer, Pueblo, Colorado Stock; Zoe Farnsworth, Lorin Howard Stock Company, Kan¬ kakee, Ill.; Boyd Joy, Morton Stock Company, Owosso, Mich.; Josie Wil¬ liams, Ralph Cummings Vaudeville Company; Fred Hawthorne, Morton Stock Company. Owosso, Mich.; Wil¬ liam E.. Bonney, Wallace & Niecker- son’s “Taming of the Shrew” Com¬ pany; Dot Miller, “A Broken Idol company; Julia Kleine, “The Girl from Home” company; Sheridan Davidson, Bessie Fox, Markwell George and Robert Sherwood, Moore Stock Com¬ pany, Jacksonville, Ill.; Harry G. Keenan, May Nannery Vaudeville Company; Fred Langley, Moore Stock Company, Jacksonville, Ill.; Harry Nelson, Portsmouth, Ohio, Stock Company; Elsa Williams, Moore Stock Company, Jacksonville, Ill.; J. L. Thompson, Dubuque Stock Com¬ pany. Dubuque, Iowa; Lloyd Bring- ham, Rowland & Clifford “House of a Thousand Candles,” Eleanore Rella, Cook Stock Company, Flint, Mich. New York, July 6—Immediately on landing from the steamer Teutonic Miss Beatrice Forbes Robertson, niece of Forbes Robertson, the actor, and herself an actress,' was accompanied by Swinburne Hale, a lawyer of this city, to the city hall, where they pro¬ cured a marriage license. Mr. Hale gave his age as 26 and that of his prospective bride as the same.