Show World (December 1910)

December 17, 1910. THE S H OW WORLD 17 JOHN T. PRINCE, JE. FRED MACE’S SPLATTER Mozzle and Broka to the Gonsa Mishpoka tin- i Author of “The Floodgate,” Successfully Produced at the People’s Theater, Chicago, Which He Manages. Unclothed and Mutilated Body of Wil¬ liam H. Bowles, Formerly of New Orleans, Pound in Lake Michigan. The unclothed and mutilated body of William H. Rowles, known to most the¬ atrical men in this country by reason of his connection with the Tulane and Crescent theaters in New Orleans, was found in Lake Michigan, off the south side of Chicago, on Tuesday. The po¬ lice are investigating what seems to be i deep murder mystery. Rowles at on __ and Crescen. - ... -■ Orleans', but for the past several years had been living a retired life in Chi¬ cago, at No. 4132 Lake avenue, not far from where the body was found. Mr. Rowles’ two nephews, James and A. R. Duncan, with whom he Ifaved, say that Mr. Rowles left home Friday afternoon of last week and that their offorts to locate him had been unavailing.* Vincennes, Ind., Dec. 14.—Menlo E. Moore, the local theatrical manager, who shot and killed Charles Edward Gibson in this city some months ago, was ac¬ quitted by a jury. Mrs. Moore, testi¬ fying In her husband’s behalf, swore that Gibson had attacked her and had compelled her to meet him many times. When Mrs. Moore confessed to her hus¬ band her enforced relations with Gib¬ son, Moore procured a revolver, went out and shot the man whom he blamed for having ruined his home. The de¬ fense was practically identical with the one made in the famous Harry Thaw case when the homicide was held to have been committed while the defend¬ ant was under mental strain which un¬ balanced his mind. T World.) (Special to ___ New York, Dec. 12.—“The Girl of ” ‘ ’ * t Puccini grand Golden West,” ____ ..... opera founded upon David Belasc powerful drama of the same name, was produced at the Metropolitan opera house here on Saturday and scored one of the greatest successes which has ever been known in this city. The in- iHgl performance has been generally epdken of as overshadowing anything else In the field of music. ^Following the opening performance, Puccini and the director of the Metro¬ politan were the lions at an informal reception in the foyer of the opera house, which was largely attended by the ar¬ tistic and Bohemian elements. “Angel” Quits Orchestra. (Special to The Show World.) .Pittsburg, Dec. 14.—Millionaire Jen¬ kins, the "Angel” of the Pittsburg Sym¬ phony Orchestra, has disbanded the or¬ chestra because of lack of support. Galena House Sold. Galena, Ill., Dec. 14.—(Special to Show World.)—The motion picture firm of Kramer & Calvert of the Star theater Sprchased the Dreamland theater of A. E. Long. thinking started i.. _ .. he cried sufficient. Phim.-. ___ urday with difficulty, and swears that if he boxes again it will be with a paper¬ weight, and not with anyone of Man- Jean Schwartz and Harry Williams were in town Saturday last on their way to Milwaukee, where they play this Julian Eltinge has a real hit in “The Fascinating Widow.” Although it is announced that they are in their last two weeks at the Illinois this only caused by the previous bookings, “The Arcadians” having had the time since last summer. An effort will be made to put The Widow in the Colonial fol¬ lowing Raymond Hitchcock, that failing the company will jump directly to New York. Too bad that this company was not booked in the Colonial instead of the ill-fated Mayoress. Joe Clayton beat me to it; he got it last Monday. Nobody knows what I mean by this, and I’m not going to ex¬ plain. Joe is with the company play- - “The Rosary,” and will —* back around these diggings until next May. Save a bank-roll Joe, The Colonel needs it. Grace La Hue returned to New York last week, without having played her engagement at the American Music Hall. Miss La Rue h~ J a National hotel in San Francisco is get¬ ting quite a play from the theatrical people. It is run by Jack Hayes, al¬ though Mrs. “Jack” plays one of the most important parts. The hotel veniently situated — Eighth. Put this n Market street n are not treated right, Harry Kelly, whom everybody knows both here and in New , “« Saturday last " ~' Breezy Bits of Gossip Concerning Folks Met on the Chicago Rialto Shoestring M a n- agers—Do you re¬ member what I said abut the shoestring managers at the be¬ ginning of the sea¬ son? Have you kept count of how many “came back.” The worst deal of all, J ' handed i of “The Mayor company at the co¬ lonial last Saturday night. They had played a week of one-night stands, and then came here to the Colonial. For salary they — handed checks signed by J “Forgotson,” th “ he must have them, for pay- — - alleged backer, “forgotsoon” that he ment at the bank in “New York lc - fused and all the checks were returned, after the members of the company had paid board bills, etc., with them. The company was given no notice of closing until Saturday after the matinee, when they were called on the stage and told that the show closed there that night. Since then they have been called each 3ay and promised that they would be taken care of, but the only thing that turned up in the way of money was that which was collected by Jean Schwartz and Harry Williams from the different actors playing Chicago. This was divided equally among the chorus. A benefit performance was given Thursday, but as this goes to press I will have to wait till next week before I can tell you anything about it. Here goes for some scandal. Guy Woodward, who at one time con¬ trolled the Woodward Stock Company in Kansas City, arrived in town last Satur¬ day and is stopping at the Union. Mr. Woodward came from San Antonio, Texas, where he has had a stock com¬ pany playing for two years, and where, too, he has a wife and a beautiful home. While here he will play about ten weeks in vaudeville doing his monologue. Some ^hustler, this “Guy.” James Manning, of the Wallingford company, is instructing “Phinney” of the same company in the manly art of self- defense. While they were practicing the other day, Phinney accidentally said something about A. P. A., and Manning, shot that He makes good there. My best wishes to you, “you understand.” Eddie Garvie, the rotund comic, who is now with the Julian Eltinge shows at the Illinois theater, told me a funny one the other night. He said that while he was dressing in the Lyceum theater in Rochester, N. Y., he happened to walk through the cellar and saw a big crate. He turned and asked one of the stage hands if that was one of Hanlon Brothers’ trick houses. The local man replied, “No,” that is Fred Mace’s ele¬ phant, which starved to death here when ’The Circus Man played here.” Eddie said that each time he walked by it after that he had a good laugh. Frederick Donaghey who is the West¬ ern representative for the Lieblers, has certainly put over a great lot of work for "The Deep Purple,” now playing at the Princess. However, the one that made the greatest hit with me was printed in last week’s Journal in Doc Hall’s column, about what the different members of "The Deep Purple” company thought of their associates in the cast. Ralph Stuart is playing Wallingford at the Olympic, and has made a big hit in the part. Ralph, as usual, is making a big hit with the ladies, and even tried to steal a “kluck” away from me in the Union the other night, but I had a ham¬ mer-lock on her, and Ralph lost out. If she had seen you play Wallingford, Ralph, you might have had a chance, nine months out of every twelve. Jimmy is perfectly happy in the Eltinge show, and, of course, is making good, as he can always be depended upon to do. “Pat” Van will surely appear all dressed up Christmas Day. His toupee has been delivered, and Mr. Funk, the wig-maker, told me it was one of the most natural looking bone-coverings that he had ever made. I'm going to be up early Christmas so as to get a flash, be¬ fore he undresses. CHICAGO NEWSPAPER MAN BREAKS INTO THE STAGE GAME "Just Billy,” a delightful tabloid com¬ edy with music, written by Dwight D. Loughborough, a writer on the editorial staff of the Chicago Inter Ocean, with Billie Burriil, a youthful thesplan prodi¬ gy, in the titular role, is now in re¬ hearsal in this city and will be pro¬ duced by Robert Clarke, known all over the country as one of the cleverest press agents in the business. Billie Burriil is just old enough to appear on the stage and not run foul of the child labor laws. By several theat¬ rical men in Chicago she is said to be one of the most phenomenal actresses of child parts in the country. She has played with repertoire companies in the West and in stock in the east. Lately she has been studying under a teacher of dramatic art in Chicago. In addition to being talented, she is THE HEARTY RESPONSE WHICH HAS BEEN MADE TO MY PER¬ SONAL APPEAL FOR ARTISTS’ REPRESENTATION IN THE CHRISTMAS ISSUE OP THE SHOW WORLD INDICATES THAT FRED MACE IS STILL STACKING UP PRETTY WELL WHEN IT COMES TO FRIENDS IN THE SHOW BUSINESS. THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DELAYING STILL HAVE TIME TO GET UNDER THE WIRE. THE LAST FORMS OF THE BIG ISSUE CLOSE WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21. -- insult directed at .. and walloped Phinney until “ ' ‘ ™ ’ played Sat- , *_ city, left u , u „ .... the Overland Limited Frisco and Los Angeles. Harry will embark in the managerial end of the theatrical business out there. He had many friends here and it is a ten-to-one but inasmuch as she saw me play Col. Popoff in "The Chocolate Soldier” that night, why naturally I brought home the bacon. Better luck later, Ralph. La Marrienne Choteau, the little lady of whom I spoke some weeks ago in this column, has just finished the score to a musical comedy, which has been writ¬ ten by a well known Chicago playright. It is one of the best scores I have ever heard. The music runs the gamut from the jingly, catchy variety to the more pretentious, almost grand operatic kind, so it should suit all classes of music lovers. The piece will be produced late in the spring, and I predict a big suc¬ cess for Miss Choteau. Eddie Connor, who has the thirst quenching parlor on Randolph street, will not take the lease again after May 1, 1911. It seems that George Silver wanted the place more than Connor did, and Silver, finding that the building had recently been sold, approached the new owners and offered them $200 a month more rent than Connor was now paying. The owners notified Connor to this ef¬ fect, informing him that if he wished to continue after his lease expired in May he would have to pay the same rent that Silver had offered. Connor refused, and is negotiating for a property nearby, and if he gets it, will have one of the best locations in the Loop. Fred Du Bois is the stage manager with "The Chocolate Soldier” company at the Garrick. He is well liked by the entire company. He and a fellow nfimed Peterson have a flat on the North Side, and they have fitted up two of the rooms as a gymnasium. Peterson is an enthusiastic Y. M. C. A. man and he and Du Bois take plenty of exercise. Charlie Kindt, the handsome manager from Davenport, Iowa, was with us last week, and proved to be Jim Wingfields’ excuse for being out late. He and Jim are great pals, and the three of us had a session in the Union at which we dis¬ cussed the theatrical situation pro and con for three hours or more, winding up by telling Scotch stories. Don’t forget about the Frisco proposition, Charlie. fMacGregor disdains assistance.) Jimmy Sullivan, who is with the El¬ tinge show, is the father of little Alice Sullivan, who is now playing one of the parts in “The Sweetest Girl in Paris” company. Jimmy has had a varied ex- -■- « *ew years ago he wa» ♦*>« n, but he could not H |__ got home-sick, and back here to take a chance, whereas If he could have stayed in London, the chances are he would have been working pretty, has a voice like a flute, winsome mannerisms which never fail to get over, and the most catching gurgle of a The sketch which Mr. Loughborough has written for Miss Burriil is a strange, fascinating story drawn from real life. It is full of quaint humor and pathos. But the laughs and tears so Intermingle that one has not ceased laughing before the tears start. The sketch, which calls for a cast of three, is brightened by two of the prettiest songs Mr. Loughborough has ever written, and a dance which in itself is sure to make the sketch popular. The very latest thing in the music line is a clearing house for music deal¬ ers. Edward J. Ader, the Chicago attor¬ ney, has gone to New York, where he will assist in organizing the Music Sales Company. It is the intention to get all of the big music dealers in this country into this organization, which will vir¬ tually be a trust. No one member will be allowed to have more than $5,000 worth of stock, however, so that no one man will have any more influence than another. The plan is to sell music at 9 cents and production numbers at 18 cents. It is thought that this clearing house will save the dealers much money, as the publishers will ship direct to the Music Sales Company Instead of scattering the music abroad over the country. It has been noted that nearly every commodity in the country has been growing in price, but music has been decreasing. It is the aim of the organization to get at the ten-cent stores, and prevent them from cutting prices. Thomas Quigley and Jules Von Tilzer have been the prime movers in the new organization in Chicago. Pauline Hall Gets Settlement. (Special to The Show World.) Yonkers, N. Y., Dec. 13.—Miss Pauline Hall, it was learned today from an au¬ thoritative source, recently settled all differences existing between her and her* former husband, George B. McLellen, and as a result MY. McLellen, who has been living abroad the past eight years, has returned to New York. The settle¬ ment, it was further learned, was not effected until Mr. McLellen had agreed NEW YORK CITY SEND FOR LI8T OF SELLING AGENTS