Show World (October 1910)

October 29, 1910. THE SHOW WORLD 9 Merle E, Smith has left the Princess If box office ami gone out to manage “The i Sen Girl.” Carl Randolph has been 'made treasurer, and Charles Thanhauser, M one time at the Whitney, has been put In as assistant. \ Asher Levy, general treasurer for the Garrick, the Lyric and the Princess thea- irs, had been laid up for a few days with throat trouble. He is able to be out again. I •les Kenally Is now the stenogra- n the office of Herbert C. Duce, 1 manager of the Garrick, the and the Princess theaters, and 1 western representative of the !. Shubert. Mr. Duce Is now doing n press woric for the Garrick. Blanche Tice, of Sioux City, Iowa, has been In the city attending to the nablication of some new music. She is *—BH several popular songs, and iiade arrangements for the C "Rose and You,” “Three _with Pigtail Braids,” and !t ?he~Enticing Two-step.” Edward A. Wynn, a well known young 1 ' has been engaged as leading i Mabel theater, playing stock Park boulevard and Elston ■Knes Bilal is the leading Business is good in this thea- Frank A. Stuart will pilot “Barriers Burned Away” on its trip through the test. It is an odd thing, but the Min¬ nesota fires have just burned Mr. Stu¬ nt's home, and he now goes out ahead of a play that has to do with the great Chicago conflagration. He ought t ^MacVitty r the attrac- C. J. Spinks is in t( San Francisco, a^^j He hails from _ __of those bluff, ..- make friends right left on the very jump. Mr. Spinks nas a new vaudeville act, which he 1" about to put on the stage, ; other portion of th' ’ ment for players w id in a __advertise- .. ... ..„..found. The act tails for four people and runs twenty minutes. It Is ‘d.-s.-rih. .1 as a pungent little playlet full of crisp dialogue and good fun. Grenvile James, who is playing the servant in “The Devil, the Servant and the Man,” by William Anthony McGuire, is first cousin to the late William James, psychologist, and to Henry James, the novelist. He was consul for four con¬ secutive presidential terms at Yar¬ mouth, Nova Scotia, Woodstock, New Brunswick, Prescott, Ont., and Grenoble, France. Mr. James’ maternal grand¬ father, General Worth, lies under the famous Worth monument, Broadway and Fifth avenue, New York city. Mr. James has achieved a notable success as the saintly figure in Mr. McGuire’s playlet. Reading the Npw York Review, one Is led to believe that all the shows flying the Shubert banner are successes and all others are rank failures. Perus¬ ing the New York Morning Telegraph, it would appear that all Klaw & Er- langer shows were successful, while all Shubert shows are failures. It’s a merry world, my masters. A. W. Cross will be in advance of “The Lion and the Mouse,” which is soon to take the road under the management of Gatts, Sackett and Carpenter. Emory Iliffe, formerly in the box office at the Princess, is now the assistant treasurer at the Whitney. Harry Van- Harry Wood has returned from a short engagement with “The College Boy,” which is playing in the middle west. There were two companies playing the piece, but they have consolidated. Claude leader, a Chicago actor, is playing in ie consolidated company. Miss Harriet Jansen, a young Chicago pianiste, has been meeting with eminent "“""'is in concerts, private musicales rants in Clark street. Those v_ took of the strange conglomeration of food that is served in such places were: Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske, Mrs. Amy Leslie Buck, and Harry Askin. Jewish Charities association the program given was of unusual interest. Miss Leona Watson, formerly in “The Cli- *“~g “The Song of the Soul,” the great feature in the play; - - 'The Deep Pur- whlch w__ .... „„ met Corrigan, \. . at the Princess, gave a lecture o.. is Stage,” and Mrs. Mort H. Singer, -•e of the well-known manager of the Princess presided. There was a large M enthusiastic gathering present. "Doc" Message, who, by the way, is Intimate friend of Stoll, the great English vaudeville promoter, has deter¬ mined to introduce variety in his con- i 61 Washington street, and 5!.J™ Probably be back into the show business again before long. THANKS FOB SYMPATHY DURING BEREAVEMENT. Mr. and Mrs. James G. Morton and Nancy Lee Rice have written The Show World requesting it to express their thanks to the many friends who were so kind upon the occasion of the death of Mrs. Belle Rice, the mother of Mrs. Morton and Miss Rice. They wish to express particular appreciation of the kindnesses shown them by the White Rats of America and Manager John E. Stahl, of the Grand theater. Homestead, Pa., who closed both of his houses out of respect for the deceased. The amusement park with Its cheap pleasures, came In for a scoring at the hands of Professor Allan Hoben of the University of Chicago in his lecture on “The Social Significance of Adolescence,” at the Fullerton Avenue Presbyterian church in Chicago Tuesday night. “The amusement parks where pleas¬ ure is bought by the nickel or dime’s worth is the place where little girls accept entertainment from men met there for the first time and a failure to observe the social amenities Is due to a sense of obligation for pleasure re¬ ceived. Detectives on excursion boats have brought in reports that would send you home sad eyed,” said the speaker. “GIVE HIM CREDIT;” AL. HAS GOOD “ BURLY Q” Reeves’ Big Beauty Organization Pleases at the Columbia— Other Burlesque in Chicago “Give him credit, boys.” A1 Reeves, always a great Chicago favorite, has a thoroughly pleasing ve¬ hicle for the entertainment of lovers of burlesque in his Big Beauty Show, which is current at the Alhambra theater. Mr. Reeves himself appears In the closing burlesque entitled “Conology,” and his reception at the South Side playhouse Monday evening was a sure indication of the high regard in which he is held in the Windy City. Although Mr. Reeves’ broad statement to the audi¬ ence that he “knew what they wanted and was going to give it to them” might have caused the numerous female mem¬ bers of the capacity audience to squirm a little in their seats, subsequent devel¬ opments proved that there was really no great cause for alarm. Mr. Reeves has named his entertain¬ ment the Big Beauty Show and follows this lead by paying a great deal of at¬ tention to the comeliness of the women folk who take part In It. The bur¬ lesque manager’s eye for the beautiful. It must be confessed. Is a rather good one, for with but two or three excep¬ tions his girlies are of the kind that aptly deserve the adjective beautiful. With so much attention paid to looks, both as to performers and scenery, it Is not strange that the entertainment Is a trifle weak in comedy. Andy Lewis, master of slang, Is practically alone In the fun-making, but does his work as well as any one man in a burlesque show The Busch-Devere “Four,” of whom there seemed to he but three on Mon¬ day evening, proved the only vaudeville used in the olio style, ville numbers being introduced during the action of the first part of the bur¬ lesque. The Busch-Devere people, with illustrated instrumental numbers, illus¬ trated songs, and one illustrated read¬ ing, provide an act which Is most pleas¬ ing In burlesque because of its origi¬ nality and'because it is so far away from what one might reasonably expect to find in burlesque. ‘ This season Reeve’s coup de ^race is the appearance of Edna Hill, advertised as one of the most perfectly formed wo¬ men in the world; Miss Hill poses with sixteen other members of the company who are considered more than passing fair of form. “Dainty Duchess” at the Star & Garter. New Dainty Duchess company has been offering "Bradley From Wall Street,” a bright farce in one act, featuring Joe Morris. The vaudeville numbers included Oscar Lewis and Sam Green in an orig¬ inal conception called “Engaging a Cook”; Fanny and Kitty Watson as danc¬ ing fashion plates, and the Farrell-Tay- lor Trio, consisting of Frank Taylor, Blanche Davenport and Tom Carter in "The Minstrel Man.” The performances concluded with the funny farce, “A Sul¬ tan for a Day." Next week the attrac¬ tion will be Roble’s Knickerbockers in "The Love Kiss,” with such features as the electric bath and "Reno, or Racing for a Divorce,” with the following play¬ ers: Beattie Evans, Snitz Moore, John e other vaude- Rio.” Moulin Rouge Burlesquers at the Empire. Fun that was up to the minute and ably put over by Joe Emerson, tramp comedian, and Harry Somers, a not too offensive stage Jew; musical numbers that were selected and capably rendered, and bright and attractive stage settings combined to please Empire theater pa¬ trons this week when performances by “The Moulin Rouge Burlesquers were on tap. Violette Duset ~ “ *:racte<-- -■ witn a new Apache dance in t**~ “Le Estrange” (The Stranger) was the title of the offering and its story con¬ cerned the revenge which a wife took scar niuuiu... »..d Victoria Sawtelle. in character singing and instrumental music, were other performers in the olio. Oscar Kaufman s “Cosy Corner Girls” at the Tolly. 5 Cosy Corner Girls” have been *he Folly this week, s been drawing big s a good o-* noiaing ion.u <x and of course 1 houses. The show is a goon cue kin, and has many lively numbers i.. ... There is a rumor current at the pres- lmor current at tne pres- ime that Hurtlg & Seamon, who have the Clark street house formerly operated by Sid J. Euson, are undecided whether they will offer burlesque or vaudeville in the newly fitted playhouse. foJL^one^ef 1 f rorn^the* stage n and e w?n n not’ befse^be- SK'iS 0 'l^cKVa y nd m i5oks M we^ H 2S DAVID SIMON’S BURLESQUE BLOOMING IN SEATTLE. Seattle Wash., Oct. 26.—David Simon of Chicago, whSse activities as a promo¬ ter of another burlesque circuit have been attracting considerable attention In the effect that the syndicate which Mr. t S h“°c n ity! ai Mr. SimoTs'ays his firm. wig build a theater at a cost of $100,000, to JUDGE LINDSEY’S COURT STAGED BY HARRIET FOBD. (Special to the Show World ) gsSgjgm " " r I,, ”Vo , ;7"Si u i“"L the® way the suggestion came to me. mMims , llt ica?% r eeirt»ee a ^s hallot t box ?ve er tried n V eVress the philosophy of aSo Ltadwyf?onrt without. however vinsr to put the judge himself on the age S So few people understand how onderful his court work is. I ■Raikv Automobile Greatly gerturt B Dudley Seller and His Happy feride- t Saturday afternoon, in Mellor, auditor of the Pjiimess •r and Miss Carrie Irene Bishop, a Cher in the Chicago Public schools, r t 6 $1% ^Fopement, and an auto- ^ Pl T a L e %o a u^g° ce^°flar S inrpV- iy 1 could not get a license without go¬ blin th they° U ch t arte e fed am automobUe. I 3 b 0 T n But e th^cou^e^oY teVCe ner did run smoothly, and the auto- iblle cut up so many didoes that it .k a half day to make a trip that air ordinary 7 circumstances would Wr a Mellor a is f an Englishman, who has sn In this country only three years, s people reside in Liverpool. Mrs. Mel- i P the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fran- Bishop. Mr. Mellor Is a most modest 1 retiring voung man, and he has been ,ch perturbed over the publicity given : wedding. ... Hr. and Mrs. Bishop forgave the elop- r couple, and joy reigns In the Mellor