The billboard (May 1905)

U FAREWELL TO FOREPAUGH The Forepaush StlM^k Co^ nnder the management of Geo. F. and Is, Vw paugh Fish, closed Its season at RcMn- : 'eon's Opera House in Cincinnati Sat- urday, Kay 6, after one of the most successful engagements in the history of that worthy organidation. In Caet. Mr. Fish regards the season just closed - .the most successful, both financially and artlsticsdiy, that he has ever ex- perienced during hlB nineteen years of successful management. This Is aaying considerable l>ecause Mr. Fish . . fei' vaeocnlaed as one of tb* CDraMMt of > salbak managers in the eoontiT. *■ IMMI- . -.ttim which he has held for many years, ■Vv It: must indeed be a proud moment at the close of the season the :MU!lmintt praises wUdt if«ra sbow .;^arM:npon Mr. and Mrs. Fish and the jriMnibers of the Forepaugh Stock Co. r/fat tlie close of the afternoon and even- ■ lllgliMftiiiiWiM— Saturday. Informal r^ree^tfams were held upon the stage after these performances and It ap- peared that every spectator in the vast audience stepped to the stage to personally Impress upon the favorites the high degree of pleasure they had experienced each week of the note- worthy engagement. Miss LAvlnla Shannon and Mr. John Farrell, and every member of the company have , made countless numbers of friends 'ViBaHny-'.-tts 'itost. atagf. in the Queen vClty.'''ite wy'ti^ they have become favorites is expressing It mildly. They have become a fixture in Cincinnati theatricals. Their ret^tpearance is the ^^uilSLBtle anffianees which have filled '.the Robinson every evening of the en- gagement. The company opened at the famous old playhouse last fail with adverse conditions confrantlng them. It had ■ been said—had almost become prover- - bial—tliat success was not to be liad at Robinson's. Naturally the people flocked to that house the opening night because of curiosity. The second even- - Uig a large audience greeted the play- ^rers because the first nighfs perform- ance had been a big success. Then curiosity disappeared and people came '. to Robinson's because they were sure ^'<n^-aaains.:*:.:aood: play. aUgt p ge a nead "nieie ^ Wais ' not a bad iday npon tbe boards throughout the engagemant, the large attendance having warranted . the productionof only, the best plajra. !-^^^^iBmt Bhannon and Mr. FarreU it .^||uuf-^•ceruInIy been a. big personal f>l.fiAiiB>ph. They have proved them- ':^ i < f wa of superior talent and worthy of the hearty applause they have re- ceived. Their able efforts have been crowned with brilliant results and their return at tiie.lwd «< tiie com* pany next Angost'wlll be iMUed wKh' delight. Manager Fish promises to return next August or early in September tse Chestnat'^ ti&eet 'Ti natre In FMla- delphla. The company is well known in the City of Brotherly Love and they will undoubtedly enjoy a prosperous ■-^^ r^RKV CARTeR JNJUREO. ' Mrs. iMlle Carter, stanlnc In Adraa at the Beiaaco Theatre, New Tortc City, met with an accident on May 4 by which three tendons in her right anUe were strained. It Is understood lAthat tha wsn^jtaMw» aeU.ias wfll not :^ aM>ear acain this season: ^Tlie end of «;4>er season had been announced for i'SMay 29. but the unfortunate accident '.^hastened the closing by two weeks. '^^VtM 'aeeUIent happened as the actress was ^leaving her carriage to enter the Belasco Theatre in the afternoon. She was a little late and left her carriage rather hurriedly. As she stepped to ;^the sidewalk the horses gave a sud- •den. plunge forward. The heel of Mrs. Carter's shoe caught In the step and in endeavoring to loosen It the heel was wrenched off. With a cry oC pain the actress fell to the sidemlk and a physician summoned. Mr. Belasco was not at tlte tlMptiti when the accident happened, bat reached it soon afterward, and, seeing the seriousness of Mrs. Carter's in- Jury, Insisted on- dismissing the la^ audience. Mrs. Garten fc a w sw . woaM not hear of this plan,'and wHh te- maikable fortitude went through the long perSormance. Two women were oonatantly at her side during the even- la» .Tttm pain and mrntUUag ' rapidly, and after the fourth act Mrs. Carter fainted. But she recovered quickly and went on for the final scenes attar the entaln waa held many mtantasL TIict* waa no evening performance.. DENIES REPORT Mr. S. Morton Cohn. the well-known western vaudeville manager, wires The Billboard that there is no truth in the report that John Conaidine pmdiased his dMlB flC — - Fred Sargent left New York on Sat- urday afiernoon tot Toledo vbere be wBI Im* mediately take np tbe work of ^Deral promoter and courier ahead for the Ferarl CamlTal Co., wblch besin* it* avuoD at an earlj- date. He ontti MV ».' ** ^ • • • Francis E. Hope announces for next aeaaon, tbe annual tour of Adelaide Thoratoo In a new play. Tbe THomp of Betty, wblch W. A. Xtcaayne and Jirlag V. Hall tamTC wrtt- ten 1 in Nnr. Te* • • • The Shubert Brothers' Liondon Thea- tre. The Waldorf, la nearlns completlan, tbe doors will be thrown open 31ay 22, when CalTe will be beaid in CaTiIlere Butleuia. la «ke. Tbe ; BInHa, actisg manaser. Sam StalMft wlH lie In ^Miiae* iW the opening. Lielia Blow, Hugo Toland and Frank Lalor wnc concerned In the prodactlon of My M«a ne^aaasv. a mv wtttMB. tg the late Mb Iknkr. 'wUtfe inm ariclMiilrtMrt at the Colonial TlieatTr. Peataklll, m Tbnrsday night. We .bare not yet been told that they wui all go ■tnztag is It sext mmm, tnt we dacca 'tae -iaigr.' ' • • • • The New York Roof Garden will be opened June 12 under the name of Wlsterl.1 GroTe. the feature attraction being a flfty- mlnate ictIcw. which will have the Sr. Osier thmay. ss.Ms- esMllBg. jlDt. «• ciaiite'tliii Liionel Barrymore arrived in New York OQ TtanrsOay from Colorado Spring, bayln? obliged b.v a severe attack of nerToiis prorf- ttatlon to retire tram Tbe Other Olrl Co. HIa ti t: where Sir. Ba ity i uur e and tala company were booked for an expected fommer mn. Mr. BarrTmoi* had aa attack at pnemnonla last fall. sBl' tt te^ttMgkt thst^bs. too MB;^cne~iintMto. sc 'Vanir: a,iiBt'.'.s^,a;'lnr: Liouis Lesser will be the manager of the Ugo Falace when, on May 2a, It opens tor George Tyler wflL-^'-jh Iiondon the fltst week in May to aniilttevhla artansementa fur the prodoctloD of BUI Cilne'a latest play, Tbe Prodl^l Soo. stmnltaneonaly in I.oi>don and New York about the flnt week In Septem- ker. It wm be sMB Is London at the Dmry In Kew York at the New Amitterdam. It waa orl{;lnally intended that Kyrle Bellew was to create the part of the Prodij:al Son in Amertca. G«or^ Tyler thinks that a whale lit eC bm* tmMav Is sMU left enter leading actor wtU haTC to be engaged for the Prodigal. WIw ones think that The PrUtliral Son Is the btggeat dramatical offering In yean. Ball Calae wiMt the pUy before he wisle the book. It is said that William T. Keogh ■ aMalB«a s .iShalHlU ^aMWMt la the «SMriras Theatre tm lik'eNrl aai the CUnm- fels Theatre. Brooklyn, through pnrdiaatog the shares in the leaseholds, wblch were held the Brothen Wela. This deal pUces Mr. Bm^ to i h e ig i eC «sw-l>nWM Is «i«arer haTihg preTfoodr MNjRM to The vaudeville benefit for the Ac- tora' HOBie, to be donbtedly carry the greatest TaadertUe pro- gram ever presented In New York. Tbe seats are all sold and ererybody who Is anybody In TaodeviUs ".wU gram and Asir • • ■ • Willis Steel, author of The Firm of Cunningham, now In its foorth week at Madi- son Square Theatre, baa sold the English righta Of Ua comedy to Mlas BDda SpoaC, who Is now playing the principal part In tbe play. lUsB Spoas win xcmam In the eaat during the run at the abur |a. tUa dty. and then, after a the play to London. WALTER K. HILL. Co May 2, the benefit for Madame Helena Modjcska. fathered by Ignace Paderewskl, was giren at the Metropolitan (N. Y.) Opera BooSe' to a rast audience. Madams Modjeaka was pre- sented by Edmund Clarence Stedman, the poet, with an Illuminated testimonial, llie pcesenta- -tlon was made directly sfter a enlocy of tiie actress, folKnrlng the mnrder scene from 31ac- beth In which Mme. Modjeaka had exhibited all the lire. ;^en1iK and maKne>tl9m of the halcyon days of her career. Tlie audience applauded again aiid aealn. and with streaming eye» and shaking voice she uttered a few brief words of thanks. Daniel Frobman, who bad charge of the bcne- Ht. beUeres the total receipts w<ll be Sa,OW. Of this laioant. (600 waa paid for the boow aad l.'MO te gencnl ezpenaee. ao that the total to g» to aim*. XodJeafea wfll he shoot <a,et!OL:r Xhls •nMont wm aid SMleilallr'lB'.iifMtw :sJ;«erl' ' Tlie 'SW flt ffHPii wias' made up of all Uterary folk, plajmlshts, actora and bnMneas men iriio had a dmb e d Modleska'a art yeara ago made her welcome notable for wntoth and sincerity and generoasly patronised tbe aetreSBes who sold roses, confeotlooery, sonreoln and photocraptis. Cecelia Loftns. In Une and gold; BUda Spong, Emma Fririmian and Florence Worden sold roses; Grace FBkloa, Dorothy Tennant and Mrs. BamscT gave do change for tmxes of confec- tionery and a doaen other women did likewise in diqioalng of the programs. I>ortDg the intermissions the promenade was brllllaat with hjindsomely gcnvned women and stalwart men. Stace idol.^ and sooiety were on parade. James Uazen Hyde was omnipres- ent, aits. Grover Clereland came down from her box and Mrs. E>aderew»k. Joined Mme. Mod- jeska's husband in tbe tea-room, where abe ex- pressed regret that tae pianist could not be present. Vladimir DePachmann. the pianist in tbe place of Paderewakl, opened the entertainment with a Chopin recital of four numbers. Ada Reban appeared In a scene from Wycher- ly'a Tbe Ooontiy Girl, and as the Uvelr and co<iaetlah Peggy Thrift waa the leliicaiBatlaB of her yonnger-aett. Mlaa raia BnaacU^aaag an arU fran: XtaaShuact' asd>Mia^. Bstddc CamiAen rccMSd Aaa' Isg(lo«*» BlghtTMe on the Coaat of MscSisihhT. ■' ■- ■ ■ ■—•ij act of Mary Staart. In the liist ahe waa as- «l6ted by James CKeUl, Lonis James, tmcent Sexanno and Morgan Coman and In the latter tr Hut Shaw, Kate Denin, wnno. WilBam Oa tt e na y. John E. Kellanl, John Glendennlng ■ad'.Onrlre S. K^ly. DaTM Bivtam viang w»*-: . _ iiipiiiing?l>t--.h—^rytt--htaa Ha'asae^ IksA a enalnt'ArSNsB* featiral Bomber, which ha* been adapted, trans- lated and derelopcd tv a atarewd Yankee, wbo recently' went Into tbe Arabesque domain and bearing Its dellgUtfOI (tfalna. tboaght be could so clothe the dance in AnwIeaB ralnmeot. and with such brtlllancy of haaacny, that he con- cluded to take It orer to good old New i.ork town. That he has succeeded beyond bis most san- gnlne expectations Is seen by the actlrity with which tbe orchestras In almost erery prominent city of the United States within tbe past three weeks hsTc been pla,Ting It before and after er- enlng performances In tbe large theatres, and even the street orpanists are beginning to fa- mUlSTise thenM>elTea with the fetching tune. .\rabola Is certainly a very deH^btftil oombl- natlon of jingles, and almost any scboolglrl. to say nothing; of the high-toned graduates of the colleges, will weiconie Its tuneful measures because there is t<ometliine odd and pleasing about the harmony and the tempo and the euphony of the trio that not oqI.t* seta the foot In spontaneous action, but also pleases the ear and reaches tbe ordinary student something new about rhythmical expresaloo and harmonic conatractlon. It la sate to say that Cooey Mand and aB the resorts at thia ensuing anm- v*^ i<ha.:aNBar:.sinlBs.«(, A meeting of aboot fifty nanagers of tbe larger one-night stand towna and dtlea In tbe Tldnlty of Pittsburg waa held in tbe Cotonlal beta Wi l * y . . »a ^--aga i-J|>;jMfcsjjgsj■ mi taken - tuward tte^' ftt uatloa of 'a' snlsettre The meeting waa held to complete the bnalneaa of a former meeting held aome few Tbe oOlcera elected are Harry pw a ldt nt; J. F. Cienk- Inger at MewcasHe. Tiee-picaldent; F. P. Mel- linger of Comberland. Md., aecretaxy aad treaa- urer; Geo. Buckhalter of Butler, A. P. Waya b ^ a t ^Uie MetwgolltaB of Sobola, 1. LeBogr Oaaa of WSma, OUa^ 8. X. Bowers of New Philadelphia, exeentlTe com- mittee. The larger portion of a oonaUtntlaa and by- lnMC'-';9MfftctME<i'iraisNtU.' •bd sAvtrt.: the lontiaM bctag told < the next meeting. The conatltntlon la stdered by tbe managers to be far reaching and effective, and the otganlaatlMi will be of the..;]Mil^ week that New Yotk Is to bare a stock company which wiU gire tlie latest FVencb plays is English, An aaaodatlon baa been formed with a capital of «m,000, and with tbe exception Of a few tbonaand doUara the amoont neces- aary has been anbaerlbed. Among thoae tntcr- ester In he plan are Oaklelgb Tbome aad WUlUm a. Cheeebrongb. Victor Mapea. the well-known playwright and author. wUl be the managing dlreetcr. Mr. Uapea declined to dln- cuaa the matMS'^ea rangemcnts laf'tSf\ completed, aai^jiHit:>thi$jii ready as .yet iMKriilafe'iltS .'of .Ms pnUlc. 'vri'^^' • ''^V^^^iw ^SiiV'A ~ The plan ia not la anik^ jg BSBIIBO IV p **tt.^i^|f i.i»ifTa . lie'' off the 'gnt'* to - pvodace playleta In TandeTlIle, la reating for a month In Pblladelpbla- He baa Jvat returned from a alx months' toor at Oteat Britain and ictnms to. that 'Coaaiir<-|B.43iHt;^:srtd|^/«tirtmH^^ win .kecF bl■^:th!R•.-aM^^Avril'. 'l;:''iMa^'';-Kev aays that Banpe is a gnat place to work ln,\i hot whcs he gels. tisw for. a vaeatlao be pra-..' Mr. Walter Pasamoce, Savoyard aafl:! has been engaged by Mr. Arthmr -.ONnBa>'1 Dnur lAoe, and wlU appear there otxt'CWl mas la tbe paatomime of Cinderella. Included in the company at the Cambrid are Madame Roma*a aerial wrestllDg gtr Charles L. Fletcher, tbe cleTer American Imper- sonator; Florrle Moore, and The Carlyles. Tbe Oxford announces a ninuber of weU- known artists, amongst whom will be found Testa Tilley. Geo. Bobey. R. G. Knowles, Hany Bandall, Win Evans and Cos Elen. WUl Evans In Robtnsoo Crusoe; George Bobari' Boss and Grayson: Lllleth Leytao A Cau.'IS'^She Order of The Bath, and Minnie CtennlBghMifaie v-! high lights In CoIHns* scheme. At the TlvoU. Marie Uoyd makea her reap-V. pearance In the Westend with new songs. Cterk and Bamllton, George (Bobey, Barry Bandall,:.- , The Poloskis. and R. G. Knciwles ar« among tba.- others engsged. 'Xi. Barry Lander, Miss Ida Bene. Mr. Percy . Henri. ML<8 Lottie Collins. IMr. George Mcaart. Mr. Ambrose Tbome, The Harmony Four, and many others make np a atnoc bin at tlie Pa- TilllOO. A tenval of btcjde uls.'-tah ea pla ee at ■.the:^'--; Eoviie, wbeie Sir.-^Biaaaav Wmiaaui, r I .Xha iDandng Dolt Bva- abC Fna. Iiaxwnlt'tt ObL vwOI play tbehr atlr> Bom, to aiK^Vi flaisKSTeS' lUBBIZD. IQTniiUA — Etnest Barboar. manageruaC 'the.-Oaaa: Opera Boasa,V:BatMb , Hum la filMiM'Whlatalna. m' 'Ia/m»itHU. who ta M sa aihu JwHh swat a uet t M TS'Taoae- ' Tllle. '3rDL80iN-AI>AaiS-^ the Catlwllc Church of the Ascension. New York City, by Rev. Father Tlgbe, J. C. Melson, to Blanche Adama. known in private life as Miss Blandbe 'V Adams appeared In The 8b»Ooa The Girt From Kay's. aA'TOT-LAZASJl—(Bert Bavo.v, character art- ist, and Miss Annie Lasara, ot Chicago, were married May 1. They will abortly appear In a new- vaudeville sketch. BOW1BRS-HOI/T—Obaries H. Hower?. of The .qmnifif Island CO.. to Dorothy H(At. formerly ot thii'Wiadlanil rn . AprU 20. OBITTAXT. Thdlalst. who formerly : ■IVCd'st'Oe'Siaiail'Spera Boose. Copenhageo. > aad Opera Oomlqne, Paris, died bi Kansas City, llo.. ncently. . Prof. EmU Stengel, husband and teacher oC. Marcella Sembricta. died at Berlin. May 4. WlUiam Shlpman. better kuoan as Hump- back Shlpman. the well knm^-n privUege man. died of quick constunptlon at Wichita. Kan. • Edwin H Boone, hypnotist and mind reader. at the Boone Yakl Co.. died at tbe home of hla ■ mother at Lexington. Ky.. Friday. May 6. George Weaver, -13, well known minstrel man, died at Onqooln. 111.. May 0. of typhoid fever. Bis last engagement was with tbe Soott CSaik Minstre-ls. He Is snrvlTed ■ >K,- a artfs.. aat_jmm . brother. Ibe remains wlB be tSfeM' tS OHMIb Iowa, for Interrmeirt. Georce Piatt, father of Mrs. SttisTt Danbw. died April 26 at Ms home la Oswego. N. Y. Be sraa qnite well kaows In the theatrical pco- fmloa. aad was a eaaiia M .Sm e. iMt. ••'■..'.^,v-'