Show World (December 1910)

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10 THE SHOW WORLD December 17, 1910. Entered m second-class matter, June 96, 1907, at the Postoffice at Chicago, Illinois, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. The Show World Publishing Co. GRAND OPERA HOUSE BUILDING EIGHTY-SEVEN SOUTH CLARK STREET CHICAGO LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CENTRAL 1577 Cable Address (Registered) "Showorld” WARREN A. PATRICK Managing Editor. ADVERTISING RATES Fifteen cents per agate line. Fourteen lines to the inch. Fifty inches to the page. Last advertising forms close Wednesday at SUBSCRIPTIONS (Payable in advance.) Two dollars and fifty cents the ye livered anywhere on earth. On sale at all news stands, five c neral distributors. anuscripts, articles, letters - r .„ r —-- “The Show World” are sent at the owner’s risk, and The Show World Publishing Company expressly repudiates any liability or responsibility for their safe custody December 17, 1910 • “The Aviator” failed to open in New York because there was no fat actor handy. lAs B. L. T. would say: An ingenious paradox—a fat actor. Milwaukee took to “Salome” like a ■duck to water—but then suds-town peo¬ ple are fond of knick-knacks—they even have a Socialist mayor. There appears to be a lurking sus¬ picion that the more clothing a singer takes off, the higher the art—at least, the case of Mary Garden would lead •one so to believe. Margaret Illington Frohman Bowes Has left her task of darning hose. With rouge on cheek and white on nose. Where bright the glaring limelight glows, Once more we see her preen and pose, Our Margaret Illington Frohman Bowes. “The Mayoress” did not rule long in Chicago. She had scarcely been elected when her term of office expired. It would seem that the Windy Metropolis is not yet ready for a suffragette head. This is the season of the year when players who are at work should assist all they can those who are not employed. A little charity among the people of the stage would be a very good thing as the Christmas time draws near. Chicago will get several Christmas presents in the shape of new attractions in the big theaters. Let us all hope the presents will be pretty and entertain¬ ing and worth while. We have had plenty of lemons already. A comedian is the only man on earth who is satisfied with the neckties his wife selects for him. He can use them on the stage, you see, in his grotesque make-ups. Wilson Mizner ought to come to Chi¬ cago and dramatize Paul Armstrong’s antics. A very good melodrama might be made from recent episodes in the life of the co-author of “The Deep Pur¬ ple.” That search for a fat actor in New York is all foolishness. If an actor were fat, why should he want to work? H The Vaudevillians Millenium AIL.'glorious day! The vaudevillian’s millenium Is at hand. Down in Worcester, Mass.—and not in greater New York or Chicago—they are building a vaudeville theater which, on paper, looks to be about all that the most sanguine theater-goer or artist could demand. ■mere are to be chaperons to call for and escort home any young lady child who has no one to see them safely to and from the theater. rsery for the babies wi.th all kinds of playthings There is AND A DOCTOR IN ATTENDANCE ALL OF THE TIME. In addition to the blue room with maids and toilet accessories for the where tea, French pastry, and other light ladies, there is to be a _____ lunch is to be served FREE at all matinees. be FREE smokes for the men ii the Intermissions. Patrons are to be invited special bags, straps, handles, the Turkish den during have parcels delivered to the theater where - -,... - —, will be used to make purchases handy to carry home and from which theater parcel room messenger will deliver said parcels to any train or trolley In the city WITHOUT CHARGE. Telephone attachments on each seat are to enable patrons to telephone while engaged Wt watching a performance. Audophones for deaf people are r the ARTISTS—let’s tell It, then f 11 modern to be installed upon i___ So much for the patrons, dead away! Each dressing room is tp h attachments. One Russian, or stalled for use of artists on _ . foot plunge, ten feet deep, is to be provided : save during the hours of a performance. The dressing rooms are to be furnished in cream and gold, with French mirrors, large resting couches, Morris chairs, reading tables with lamps, and special closet with hooks for use the same as a dresser at home. i umbrellas, ^rain coats, and rainy weather ve a private bath with shov _ _ _ 3 Turkish, and one vapor bath is t program, WITHOUT CHARGE. A forty- -■ J ’- e of the artists any time all _ FREE. Carriages will convey such artists . ■- evening performance. to be pool, bliliard and e s request them ti r hotels at the close of t artists. lady members on the “bill!* There are to be writing desks, typewriting machines, and stationery for ^ USA for BllfVi fhirnro J •d tables for the entertainment of the S H-n lng machines and cutting tables for the use of the i the theater and hotels the performerc _ Artists’ baggage : WITHOUT CHARGE. . EMPLOYEE OF THE HOUSE IS TO BE ALLOWED TO ACCEPT ANY TIP OR FEE AND ANY ARTIST KNOWN TO GIVE OR OFFER ONE J> S t_r ?10, which fine IS TO BE FORWARDED TO THE CHARITY DEPARTMENT OF THE ACTORS’ HOME FUND. e and poetry on the interiors of these cream We want to Will any artist write and gold dressing rooms? Will he kick when lie We do know: this theater plays opens the show? What with Mary Garden, Paul Arm¬ strong, and Count De Beaufort, Chi¬ cago has been on the map as big as a punch in the nose. We must have some excitement, at any rate. The player is a generous soul. He gives to the public his very life’s blood— his heart, his emotions and all, and he gets in return a few paltry dollars, a little praise and much blame. Here’s to the player—at any rate! It is indeed a cold world around Christmas time far from home and the folks we love. The actor is a nomad. Let those who have homes open wide the door and let the Christmas cheer shine for the-homeless or for those far from home. Variety, The Billboard and The Play¬ ers have made their Christmas bows. We hand them bouquets. They deserve them. And now, ladies and gentlemen —make way for the Christmas issue of the Show World. Be careful little smut song as you fly about the town, And don’t get gay and chesty as you flutter all about, For Steward’s on the lookout and he wears a gloomy frown. And the censor-squad ’ll get you Paul Armstrong, one of the authors of “The Deep Purple,” drew a fine of 20 in a Chicago court because he was naughty to a newspaper reporter. This is the sort of press agentry that does not aid matters very much. You select your own Christmas pr^- ent and get just what you want when you put an advertisement in the holi¬ day issue of the Show, World. Tempus fugit. Count De Beaufort made good in New York. This is a relief, for he may now be induced to remain in the East for a time and thus deprive his father-in- The Show World’s One Best Bet of the Week MISS ANNETTE KELLER- MAN. Queen of the watery sphere, You rule in the foamy deeps, Mermaid without a peer Where the silvery water sweeps. law of the pleasure of kicking him down the front steps every day or so. Even Pauline, the hypnotist, was un¬ able to put it over the “booze,” ac¬ cording to advices from far away Win¬ nipeg. It takes more than the usual amount of animal magnetism to look John Barleycorn squarely in the eye and bid him behave. “Salome” was done in London with a hobble skirt, a shirt waist and a sil¬ ver salver with a napkin on it But then, they don’t go in much for “art” over there, you know. And, by the way, what is art? Ac¬ cording to one singer it appears to be seven veils, and a bunch of whiskers. A Mr. Forgotson was the angel back of “The Mayoress.” The members of the company wish his name changed to Payson, or something that sounds equally as good. EXECUTIVE OFFICES Young Man, Have You a Nose For Amusement News? If So-Get Busy ENERGETIC CORRESPONDENTS WANTED T HE SHOW WORLD is desirous of secur¬ ing representatives in every section of the United States and Canada, and to that end correspondence is invited from young - - ---al addres munities not yet covered by * want energetic, wide-awake business ability who will, act _ impartial observers of events, provide us wit the latest and most reliable NEWS of hat penings in their locality. EXCELLENT OP¬ PORTUNITY; LIBERAL COMMISSIONS. is journal. We ^respondents of - - THE SHOW WORLD IS AN INDEPENDENT AMUSEMENT NEWSPAPER, NOT CONTROLLED BY A TRUST