The billboard (May 1905)

Bilibocircl u RALPH 8TU ART8 LA TE SUCCESS The itraider peiftii iiuuire of A Cour- ier of Fortune was given at the Russell Theatre, Ottawa, Quebec, Can., April 29, v/itti Balpb Stuart In tbe tlt]e role. FoUowbw to tb* MMtt Gerard a»'0*e1> ■>»»»»»■»»»'<■'»—•• B»lph Stuart P rl i ic c de Socfedte •••••••••^v^* Owcge IfCHcy Minrnli * —— .Alt. BUton .A. H. Fortt Junn WaU de Hallneonrt KatR Boneteaq Ti«»n» de BoladeKarde Mabel WrUrbt j^aephloe de Coortelle Uary Mallon Mice Prebonae Oertrnde Stanley Tbe play is a romantic drama by Btoait and Artbur H. Marcb- It te ftall of love and Intrigue of centuries ago. The Duke of Bour- bon sends his younger son, Gerard, to ■Jtoval to Investigate the misrule of tt» CMnnMi; Mag» ds BselieUe. known far Ur linitBlttleB as Tba Tiger of Morval. The Governor's troops arrest a profligate, Gerard de Cobalt, to whom GabrieUe has been betrothed in chndbood. : Tbe Governor liaa sent for him to sh«w her the ImposslbUlUea of marriage to such a scoundrel In or- der to further his own scheme to di' vorce his wife, a princess, and marry Qabrielle. Papers are found upon Cobalt re- EMPLOYE 8 6IVE .BENEFIT trndar' the dlnetfaul' of ifr. Arthur Cullen tbe employes of the Dowllng Theatre, l-iogansport, Ind., gave their annual minstrel show April 26. The prodaeOon . was veiy credable and proved a flaanelal snccesa for the par tlcipants. Manager John B. Dowllng, as interlocutor, Charles SoUmano, Jo- seph Liatz and the Began Brothers as end men scored a decided hit. The song, entitled Just Across The Bridge of Oold. sang by Manager Dowllng. brought rounds of applause and was the winning feature oC the ■how. The audience wam OB* of ttaiilaiBaat OC the season. 1MB goes to HorvaT as 'Gerard de Co- balt keeping the real Cobalt a prisoner. He plays up to the part of the profli- gate except that he will not meet Ga- brieUe. So the Governor baa to hold a reception to bring the two together. The feasting Mirages the starving peo- ple; who surround the castle until Qa- brielle sees their leader slain by the Governor's order. She rushes to the ballroom eager to leave lest the people ika . eonnte- Of great confusion J tte upper hand. The Qeveiuur forbids anyone to leave the OMlla. Gerard, fascinated at the first aigtat of Gabrl^e. offers to escort her. To prevent this the Governor prnxdaims Gerard the scotmdrel, but GalnMIe ac- cepts his escort in splte'of ttiis action OB the Governor's piut. Ti iBS begins their love The second '■cane to the Cotmal reception of Gerard as her betrothed. He- seeks to tell her who he really is, but she will not listen. The Governor sees them together. Is enraged at their mutual love and sends ArUs soldiers to arrest Gerard for a marder committed by the real Cobalt. The Governor reveals his purpose by offering Gerard liberty In return for a promise of Gabrielle's band. This Gerard refuses. GabrieUe carries a nnsage from his Mends to Gerard in ;::VOWs HARS H TREAT MENT Tbe following letter would make it appear that traveUlng theatrical com- panies visiting ChlU are treated with gross unfairness. For the benefit of those managers who contemplate _ visit to the southern republic the let- ter of Mr. W. B. Wood^'-pnvsletor and manager of the.aOna * Wood Co.. te published: "I aiTlTed at Plsatnia, ClUll, on Sept. 8, 1803, OD my toartb taut tluougb that BepobUc. and, oo disembarking, was required by tbe Cnatoma autliorltlea of tbat port to sign a bood In tbelr faTor for tbe mm of «eoo CbUlan gold, as a snarantee thmt my peraooal bawage and that pertainlnc to my work would be taken oat of tbe eoontiy at tlM expiration of six montbs fMin 'date. tbe band bearing tbe date ol the Sw follaelng ny utItU. Tbis wu tbe tint aatf. oolr baoS oC tlila daacriptlon that baa been reqnlKd boa me l«y toe CliUIan ao- tbocitlea. aa prertoMly stated; I was then on my (onrtb tour tbnosb the eonntry. "I alsned tlie bood as reqoeated, deposltlnc tlie money at tbe Plsacna Inancb of tbe Bank ot: Tarapaea. I duly explained tliat I only wlabed to play in a few towni In- tbe Pampas if tbe ittterlar. and tbat, upon my retom. we woold emitark for sootbem porta, wben I sbonld re- qaire my bood to be canceled. Promises baring beeo made that my request would be granted, .that Che bood coald. If desired, ever be ex- tended to a term of nine montbs. and tbat on tlie toUowlog day, tbe necessary papers duly drawn np woold be forwarded to me, we left by train for oor first town, Dolores. From tbat point, we eventually proceeded further and re- tomed iu slueteen days later, in order to re-em- bark at Caleta Bnena. tbe first port sovtb of Pisagna. From Caleta Baena, 1 wrote to tbe Pisagna antliorities, ceqnesting tbem to cancel my liond. as I traoonA snaavus with tlie antlMxltles ot each pott at I—Mag. It bad Invulabiy been my praetlee oa pKTioos oe eail a a a, Tbe Plaagna anthoritlca paatttrcly nfna ad ts caaed wtj bond nntu tlie ex^iatloa of dx aMatht tnm tbe date of aignataiVk luaag a tU te o< oar;- iBWlitlBa to leaTe the the MABKk HalONUnr TaiV«rAit XcKInley. the weU- __, „ —— who has been In vaude- vuie tbe past season. Is reported to be ttuder a five-years' contract with W. H. Mank evUle to star under his man- ■•■niMt In a new comedy drama by WMTon Fleming, author of Sis Hopkins MM other successes. The new piece *>« caUed The Minister's "Wife. {Ad ?»«eit is not a musical producUon. it vnm oo^ the singer ample opportunity «w the display of her voice, which has d^«f„°^ J" vaudevlUe. The pro- .2^ «lven Its first perform- MCe n«t fall and wUl go into New iwk about Nov. 1. Miss McKlnleya ■»«-act entrance wUl be in a pony ^Ir ">*_y*«a«to of wlllcb the villain SSSt? to the asrtent that Miss McKinley suffMs Injoiy.. The setting of tte awsdna act will »WPe?ent one of the New York roof grdens during a performance. In this gy^'^'Mnent the star wlU again be- J^"*%jaada«rtlte singer and Introduce •^i^ber « kar ntoat popular songs. *uree new vooal. ^ '' " " ■ow writing, • successes, ^ha Jtoister's Wife Is in three acts, Se n^iiJ^!^* announced that •Uged.^"*^- be etoboeitely Edward K. Belts, who bag been a P^'T.ber Of the Frohman toKSMThas ^ en^ged as the toadlnrmA fta wlileh.^els tb* papers t» Ikat Bart. 'aaMli that sonetbiag adglK be doaa : Talparalso. "A few weeks later I applied to tbe anthorl ties at Talparalso, to have my Pisagna bond canceled, offering in lieu thereof, a similar bood signed at Valparaiso, but my application was refused. It was roy Intention to bare, left ChUl wuhlji Che six months coTered br ^my bond, but matters lieyond my control preTeoted me from doing so. ••We were at Coptapo on March 1, 190*. ten days before tbe date on which the Pisagna bond expired. Reallxing tbat it would not be possible to leare Chilian teiritoiy within tbe time decreed by tbe bond, I applied liy wire Iwtb to the authorities at Valparaiso and at pisagna, for an extension of the time. Ftom Valparaiso I was Intonued tliat tbe matter must be arranged at Pisagna. and from Plaagna I waa adTtsed that I mn*t apply for the ex- tensioQ at Valpaialfo. I totwaidea the Pisagna reply to Valparaiaaw aad Mat'the Talparalso answer to Ftngaa. Ike rcaalt beiag that I was flnallr laCatacd ttnai Piaagcu that my bond eoaU aot be eateaded. under clrenmstaneea be- y«ad tia tem eC ilz months, and tbU final In- Haaallw reached me on the day that tbe time tt Mr bMMl expired. "ITpoa my arriral at Pisagna. a few dayi days later, on- AprU 4, wUcfa place I was pass-, ing on tbe way to Arlca. tbe last town ot my tour, I went ashore in order to enquire Into tbe position in reference to my tmnd and the deposit made, and learned to my surprise tbat the mnoey had been paid orer, on demand, to the Pisagna antborlties tbat tbe bondetaolnetnloa Plaagua authorities on tbe date on which tbe bond had expired. I was InTormed by said au- thorities that the l>ond could not be. and could not bare been extended under any circumstances. On April 13 I embarked on the S.S. ••Loa" for Pern, taking all these goods out of Chill. "Upon placing the foregoing statement of facts t>efore tbe American Consul at Arica, he asslated me by applying, thtoogb^a« proper channels, for the rerundlag ot the tHW deposit, and I rmlTcd in due coocM, a icpir at Xa Fas, boUtU. Eneioaed with a letta* ftoai tbe Amer- ican UlDlster at SaatlagOk waa a tranHatloa of a reply reccired by tha Mlaialcr. ttom Senor Ceaar de la Lastia, Oblllmi Uialatcr of Foreign ASalm. is which be quoted Art. 17. r*w of Deecnber 9S. lasT, part of wbleh reads as fol- lows:—"The dcpoilt ot meicbandlse.' coasigned to prtrate warehooaes, is also allowed for tbe peclod of sU montbs- without prorogation.' Then he adds, presumably Itis own interpretation ot the law, that 'among such merchandise is in- cluded tbat. of theatrical companies' thus dassl- fylDg theatrical baggage aa merchandise. This Is not the war ta treat thaatileal companies, the baggage a< w>l*;j.l »> g l a H l !j li;lat o_ the country for a pailaB'aC'Mai>Malaar4MtMr leas, nor more. As there ate no raHwaya br-wbleh one can leave the coaatrr. It 1* ImpocMUe to leare upon the day, upon tbe hour, or upon tbe exact min- ute prescribed by such an unsatisfactory law. This rule appears to me to be Identical with that whet* Portia, the Indse. In the declstaa as ac a cartiik aritt tdia Obrl i tk aC'tak tat it tha stilts ta te the torn but In the estimstion of a hair he M to die, I therefore must bow down to tbe ruling of those Custom House autborities, who declare that this apparent robbery waa leglttauita." QUi£KJBJ CnTT Monday, May 1, marked tbe first appearance ot the Blngling Brotliera' World's Oreateat Shows in Cincinnati. Heretofore the name Blng- ling. wlilch means so much in tbe circus world, to the general public ot tbe Queen City of The West, meant but yery little, and many were tbe exclamations of surprise and wonder to t>e heard at the magnificence and length of the great street pageant with which tlie Menrs. Blngling Brothers whetted oor enrloalty. The luring prcunise held ont by that grand spectacle was fulfilled to tbe letter. The weather was almost ideal drcna weather, bright and clear, tboogb light wrapa were not nnromf octable. However, dndnnatt tomed ont en masse and, at tbe matinee, erery seat waa taken long before time for the performance to begin. The evening performance waa given to S. B. 0.. and Judging ttom the nnmbeia wlw the much might be aald did tt, yet la passing we must speak ot aad otter disregard ot expense with •iMtMfc iee bear aad* a pate aC coHectloa ot eat anlmala la naniaanr lanw and IwauUfnl, the most norel teatnre being two lit- ters ot lion cubs. Taken all In all, tbe atteraoon spent by the writer aa the guest of the Rjngllng Brothers a moat InstmetlTe aad enjoyable one. the picaaaia oC which It la aat ena dbnacd by tbe tnrea. W. 49tb ave.. N. I, N. Y. Di am o n d Novelty Co., Syracuse, N. X.; eapU tai ¥20,000. Operate parks, amnaementa and hotels. Inccrrpomtors—A. D. Mills, Jr.. Al- bany; Jotin J. Hamuton, Jaa. F. HamUton, Ohas. H. Beald and B. H. Deabom. Schenectady. Vanlty> Fair Amnsement Co., Botfalo,- N. X.J capital $4,000. Aiunsement parks. Inccc- poratora—Daniel B. DrlacaU, Geo. H. Hedley. Anarggras Anarggras and John H. Brogan* Buffalo. Britlah Automatic Tandevllle CO., Portland, Ore.; capital 1900,000. Operate alot macblnca. Incorpomtors—^M. W. Baldwin and H. E. MaM>n.. Pensacola Amusement Co., Pensacola. Fla.; capital glT.OOO. Build and operate opcta T ' M. Coe, Nick amlth at The foUowtnctettern' have been received by TKe'^BIIltkMura with the request that they be published In this column. The Billboard will not publish letters tmaigned by their , an- thor nor signed by A;>,BaiAar..^JL Bsi^.: fOrmei;.etc.' . ' ^-l:-:^:. .::-:,' western cbrcnlt'we liave had epwrtnr flTe new honaea. and tbe «ae at J haa. Waak, nest we^ wm be the dzth. aad an ot tbem- have eertalUIr been am 11 aaflil ' We base aot lest any than alace we opanad'-: for yoa at the Stir neatre ia SeatOe. Waik, :^ week of Ih btqtiy.aOt Mid_ar», lioa>ad n» aaUlT; :asVtt,has.hiMa'lBfttSiS^v; TooiB raspeetmny. WASHES BB0THEB8. Klaw Sc Erianger wm present a most import- ant array of attractiona next seasoo, for which they are making extensive preparatlona and engaging an extraordinarily large ntunber of people. Ben-Hor wUl be continued, and wOI begin Its seventh yesr in September. The Drury Lane spectacle, Hnmpty I>nmpty4 will be pre- sented in several of the principal dtlea for long mna. and. in addition to this, tlie. new spectacle. Tbe White Cat, to he " this summer, will be tbe hoUOay ettaaeiiaf at the New Amsterdam Theatre. FoUowlni^ their i>ollCT of the part seasons, Klaw & Erianger will make a new production for the Bogers Brothers, to be called the Rogers Brothers in Ireland. This wHl be tbe most pcetentloos production these comedians hare ever liad. and will present a larger nnml>er of people ~ than has ever santranded them. Joseph Cawthome will be made a fnU-ficdgcd star in a new comedy by John 3. McNally. called In Tammany HaU. >MeIntyre and HCatb. tbe famons black face comedians, will apen tbe season at tbe New York Theatre In a new spectacular fatee coocdr by George T. Hobart, to be called Tbe Bkm Tree. Other Important mnaieal prodnetlOBS to bo preaented by this firm are Seetag New Yock. a anslear by Barry B. Smith: The Bnttcifly «C new DBslcal ccowdy by O. ' K. B. ' and .Gnatave Kofecr, aad by Cewge lI.:,Ch>an. «■ Ltttla Jpbaaar' T eac a , _ ^. ^ ... By airangcnwntwtth Cfccna. Whrafetai^.ts I ioa d o n, Klaw a' Haagsr .wlll j moat fanpertant toee Dantalc which Jatt dcacd tor a lacnthS' at Daly'a Tbcatw to Maw Tcik^.aad Tar- oolqne, whlA, like <lw taSMT. la.a.ll^ opeia with aa hMadcai . thcBW. Tbe caae of The' Docfaesa aC Dantale will be peaetieBlly tte came that teca'at Daly^ heeded by Bda Ctecene 'tm't.aC aC wm-be aecB to tta Irtril— t«ae a< lUa piseCk whleb apcaa to Raw Xeek to the aaily toU. In addition to tbe two Oiaiy lrai The White Oat. which, wm pcnia Drory I,ane h ' Dumpty, KIaw.-*.<Mavpg'.ll^:lBie.a''aM^ a dlsUnetlvely Aactl(aa'^Ktodatiin,V.lr- Vial Weet, W. W. . BaadMr . aaa.-- jRaa -W»v I to be caned Tba SMtf-aaa 9ha Baawkto. It la the iDicatloa of Klaw;ft'aMaaitr-;t»'«ke thic tb»oCTcatcst aattie aptt to at eca^^ staa ,to thic V? MB apaa «a scMca' at tha actor, to'-a add to thic of be mads by tH(': sent, tbe gnateat made tr a aingia t . _ number of. people ever cm^lcirc^ Ity aee .maiv agement. N. SEW DIC0BP0RATI0H8. Conesns Tdko Entertainment Co., Rocbeater. T.; capital ¥50.000. Hotel, livery and amusements. Incorporators—Walter S. Straw- ger. AlTln W. Andenitm. William X Malbb^- Ralph A. Woods and Charles S. Gilbert. ■■ Roltair Amusement Co., Portlaad, .Ote.t'OBiil* tal $10,000. Condnet theatres sad mmmmSi houses. Ineorpontors— J. A. OMaMk' A^. H Snook and R. K.. Saceent.- - - - Butte. Hunt. April 22. 1905. Editor The Billboard. Dear Sir—I liave read the articles in yodr : paper in regard to tbe western vaudeville dr- cnlta with Interest. It woold have been better for aU concerned bad this matter I>een "aired" .' long ago ttirough tbe colomns .of yonr Talnafale, paper. Persobally I have no cause to complain. ' aa. 1 have "liammered away** on the coast tba paat nineteen montha. 1 do know acta have been aliamefnlly treated. Good acts have been thrown dosm by Ignorant mansgers and nn* scmpolooa agents. Tbe letter In a recent date written by Archie Levy tells tiie tmtb to a nicety. Inctinc that yon wm pnhllafa this latto^ I aat:-v-i ''.-.-^-.v:' -Tonra Tery.-traly,-^-,: -^' . Chicago, AprU 13. ISOS. ' Editor Tbe BiUboaxd, Dear Sir—I note several letten in your vain- able paper written by performera. waznlns all eastem acts not to go west owing to bad treat- ment they are supposed to have received .tnd the bad treatment that la supposed to awai^ those who don't heed tlie warning sounded In said let- ters. I. for one. wish to refute tlieae aaacrtioaa^ and la truth wUl cay, that if yon base tbe goods and reUere yoniadf of the impieasloa that aoth*. tag bat cowlHwa aad Indians attend the,thajtra and .that aayttilag goes, yon wtU ncdsa good - ttealmeat, gaod salary, ahoct Jai ^iwiMtgk *inooey to aast to tvi a few weeks, of good tiBM:^''' • . ^naia Mlp> aeti " was good enough for a .. . . .j^ Another laatanea Is vrhen aeasa dan - - arrtvea tome set Is thnvm back a week or the - salary cut; or irorae still, ia canceled. . Ita wdl \ enough to say tbat if yoa can dcUra the'gooda; : yon can get the cola at the resdin. etc. ^bat There Is a wealth oti acta; good coca. < tao; that aM bookad-to the eoaat and act . told . theie.ls'pleaty of work what they arrlTe then. And' anay .at these acta bave gotten back this far and are brake, wm aoae one of the dan tell'me or any other cane-man Iww a performer am, pay,-a 'zoead-tilp fare from Denver to VltlMa aa^im aad atUl pay. their local expenses " ~ (oa ap to three'times that amount, pay- tag on an average ot $10 per week for board and baggage, stand tram one to four weeks' lay-off. and play atx or eight weeks' engagement at calarles offered that are seldom above g3S a week or Seo for a team? And then sometimes tliey get.cat. Let us say he gets bark to Den- ver. Where can he jnmp to after be has played the circuit? For the benefit of all 1 wOI state right here: Don^t forget your fare to Missouri river points from fSZ to S31. to say nothing ot sleepers. We have some sbie managers that do pay fair salsrieK snd do Just aa they agree, and are to be commended. Yet. with-all this. Iww are you to save a dollar, much less make a Uring. I mil be pleased to give anyooe. any data in my power at anytime as to any. oC: this western business, and especially W .tha!dear^,«M'^< BlUboard. I send this in at tbe tailiyt f II UM S I.! ^ «t a aaaibcr of pectocmets. : V- '^r".^.--^jc; ;* - I SB aa-aiar. W'lijji^z'^i' tipltms^ Bpi«K*-.'*!r