The billboard (May 1905)

10 Xlie Billboard TKe Billboard TVBLiaim WMMXLT AT . NEWYOBJS. Mitl. MIMIMg., 144* Braa««qr. .r; TeU 3466- 3 8 St. cmcACo. Sliti 61. BnH Ol. 87 S. Clirk St. TeL LONDON ENGLAND Telaphona. Oamrd Telegnunt. Breather C. C. BARTRAHfl, Rap. -..Addrasa all comixrunfciitloDa for tlie editorial '' y or biulnees depajtmenU to The BOIboard Pnblishiatf Co. ft ADTEBTlStNG RATES. .nttcta. cents per line, asate.^eaaiuemeiit. Out ortmlnHwi - drcnlt ot theaa ho pnrpoae la to form a orar which the TariOD^ Some manaeers rrofeas to see In thfa the be- frlnlns: of the decny of the old atoctc ayatem, bnt the projectors express the greatest langnlnltT. not aolr far la t a i.nlim Ike t/U, bnt for anwUor- •Hoe eondltioas ia s Boat asttafkctocr aad siatl- ty\ne decree. ,. . .i. - .vi- The niccrss of tbit'tb)ik''aimiaim l^ ways depended npon the pemmal popalarttr of the playerw. each Indlvldnal bavinsr hla foiiow- ers. the combined fortes eosstitiitlnx s Kinilar cl!eDt«>Iak;.:..Shi ' elbnlnsl* 'fliK. proportlonateir vlth their merit and that of the piKjT" thej- prodnre. But as time prosreases the player* wm attract to theflMielTea tbelr tndlrld* nal eetei l t a et admlTars.' The aatj- dllTerenee from the old ensteni Is hi the aiae ot the Held and cooaeqnently the number of followera and patrons. Tber xriH bare a broader horizon to look mt^ Bsan. .^MSttt wm eoOBt as It Sl«vs h»«. ' ■ atanee. ia»1^*fcSwa^aa»-lfay.O»;,-aa«l /iMmotmmtaUpUiuenott/trnUililee. Th*-WUboard u loU u London at Th» Amentm rifrrnnaar Trafalcar BuSUimo; Kortkumbtrtamf Awt^ W-. a. A JPm <U BmlamoU. 37 Ajt. da COntra. — lia/i li^jifirt 1^ fftr lTT—'— — Co.andtlt ikomXd h9 madetp pott oJKeeor *xprtm ' adiratd or auidepo»- SvMiaftaa. ' mnmn^^^"'*^rtovUrtdletter ^tUmtotlui Batboard f*t. Co. ■ ,. . Tkm alitor comot mdtrtait to rebtm uuteucuea iammaiBt; eorropomdntr-^" OTolt H ai i ii w » "a*.! ' XlM flist fsxm of Tha BOIheaid. -which Innliilas Iks last fsnr s4*wrtialBV pacaa. coaa to piaas aiy a iu mla^. j[o adrettliaments for thass l;aaa ha raea l Ta d _ aftar rrUay. CoBtisnona of copy In the death of Sam Shabert. reported In an- -other coloiim ot this Isaac, Hue e uuulrj has lost and t for MTCfai years stood for what Is best In the •hinr wodd. -AggrwlTC tn his bosbiess methods, lie was atlD fair and hooorable and hla coas' petlton hute nnlTcrallr respected him for Ua opclght dsa&ie. It ia with deepest l e ti e l that ' ^SS- Mats paaain^. • • • Some ot onr readers hare a wroo? Impression xesardlns oor mdranced rates. Tlie new rate. U cents par asat* Hne, raters oaly.to advar- 10 I In a eommnnlestlaii to Tbt Bmboaid. pnbUah- «d on another page. Secretair Vom^ of lAcal Bol 4. Bmpoatcra *IHanre ot Philadelphia, et the Union's aide ot the light Co. In that letter he 'an we sak la fair plar at the handa ot The BUlboarxL** We believe that members ot the ASlance generally realize that The Bill' • JtsasCiikaa-illsiB them fsis.plar in all ^^jjiit' tr'^i^int shoves llwt llie Alliance, ocgantaatian. wtn always play aa fairly by It. The Bniboard exlata almply to print tbe news And Js not to Uamc when ooo aide or the other oC the two hUlpootlng plants In BtW Task -CHy aiar he fairly accepted aa fact; agreement has been signed and forfeit -money posted by both parties, the details only to be worked oat. The Billboard la s^Sk-'^bbs MtSsfhcunj to tta vAsstfatlon meinber. A. ' Tan Benren d: Coy. and npon plan formolated entirely by that firm. An tfala iB.extraacilr gsatltflas to The umbacd wMdv eCs.tt^v^^lns ' to "d&Kupl flie- wfli L-Benrcn & Co.. If possible, accordingly . net ■ est-:to that progmm if publicity woOU Moaii^ tbat taalt. It was sBpce . tlis ■til''iiiiii' ''fi a m a y y'*ir T?mi^ ,rlSi:t|iB jntt'i«C;tke Committee be It aald that r.llifiu'fjiis^tiia^'seaUBed how oncost and harru- fnl that plan was. they set aboat to obtain a -cocaoUflatlon npon e<2ultable lliie?a- They have been, saceesafol. There's aa end to the whole ^l^'-fudtooir .we. are to hare a stock "wheel.' ;jne'es st e iu ' staelc' msnsgers beld a meetliv In Kew- -Xodc last .-Wcek'to ODDsommate plans the thr rr-^*** irmm (Sectcd foe ttat tour the co uulr.* from season to seastm. Ther win be r'^DPrtntre comnnnlea playloff ore*" a clrcnlt. The drcnlt ttsdf Is the Imnortant fae- -win not fee per- mitted to plar at theatres not In the eomblDe. ITor -win fliase thesties be sllowed to offer attractions not belonsfaw ts the s i s an lia Maa. Of coarse It win be fa1lijl"'a',.it.Mfai|s' lij thoae antaamntstlc to It. An oenHtaal complaint )!• heard from ae- gis sprtipas of the Indlrldnal star system. Aetora. like other peonle. are rather prone to think that wbatrm is new Is not tme. Bnt It is .ai»a»a' >stt».:t»:-lw,,«> tM i< fc_ sifcH s. tksss la rl" ft^ arsnvatit' 'tett. Vlie - setae - asssas a qneatlOD from hla Indlvldnal standpoint: the rest of the world can take care of itself. If the Indirfdnal atar system la a hescOt to bim. .«BB>«cst,«t ttafc.. ■Aal.:sriar.;li It:aatT: it and tlie nanaKCfs Interests in this case are identical with those ot the actor. Good recelpta. imod salary—not only to the star, hat to an the members of the lomiiai^^- . t hss been srgned f>at uu i fcr tke p'rrsent s] tern promotion Is wen niKh imattalnable. A d again we say why? Merit nerer goes lone TO Twarded. The man who has ability Is not d< Hned lone to be a aatelUte. He Is la di- re t line for promotkn to stdlsr soles- It rests iri h bta .«•.'«« .thasa^- A-Ma's i^lace-ls where he makaa-tt It ka Is kaadlea p ped. K Is not hli faolt. ot coarse; bnt It la not tbe fanlt of th4 eystem. either. Whate-rer hla line, the aelac ataada Jost aa cood a chance now as eser. ■ ^ . • */-d!v • • -V : ■riw ' Umie U 'wir^- irikin" «c mar'ttit tack c<i1mlT npon a complete drama He season with aU Its -vicls'sltndes and chances, all Its sne- ceaaea and taOotcs. It. la the antnaa ot dra- KM- TMk> and 'ths : slh^ Mf -^(iliw - Uke mleratotr birds to the tropics snd bftlsndns ttielr. aceoants with -rai Ot satlafaetloa and dIssppolatsMat. For the.nrast pszt It ▼err bad ■i«so«.;.' 'T»ie 'pesoosbesd Hew T««k snccesaes caa be aaadieRd on tiie Ongen of one hand; and the sasten metropolis may always be conaldeied as repccaentatlTe of tbe entire eoantrx. flioogfa h uatn es a In the west has t>een somewhat mote satlstBCtoty dnring the months that kase constltatcd the scsson Jost cfloelng. Bbnsr tod divers caoMs are a aa lg n ed tor tbew conditions, bnt which of them are applicable Is a matter tor mature and IndlTldnal specu- latloa. -Whether orer pnidactloo has contrlbated aa»te«<si^Sr^S ^Mteiik' ''iir-'Se 1 tdnt-'.'not of snfBeient or consistent qnalltr. each manager knows hla own conditions and it is to liia In- terest to lemedr. tbe defect betbce the cortaln Is taar;nP'<Dr...1l The proaiwcta for the anmmer season are more encoaraglne. Bnt there la a pecnUar con slderatloa which enters into. tki the weather most be prapltlons atsi e m promotion la wall nl^ anattainaMe. pends on this one lasne. It the oopa are good, money win drcnlate tmij. sad Iks tfUt M amof^ment will conform to D of a perfect season. ■ • . -, It Ir kisilMnr^to note the giowhis Uberalttir In the attltnde of the pnlpit toward the stage. The prejudice and Inimical bias which long ehataeteclsed the idatlTe moral poaltlaoa ot Cast of t>toi^tm,^ jiMtd by tbe praiseworthy efforts of an eh laaitaMBta <^ reform as are represented In Oie - Aetonr Obarck Anianee and other , like Beraend Or. 7«ae|tt X''iaik«SD;'a;'P8atgr of the Congregatloaal. denomination In Cblcago said recently: In Ua. cslfln, snd inany ftSDS of Its return to Its orlfrinal sphere and fanctlsa. I bdlere that In the Immediate future the theatre wfll be not «adr aa aiadiaili and moral power, bat slao a. saHtfsM . fat oC commanding importance. "I can think of no way In which Om raqoe characters of the Old and New Moses and EIUsli, Darld and Isaiah. 7«ka Ike Baptist, and St. Paul coold be ao IlTlngly de- flned and oiforced aa In a 'apectade' hiatone- ally Temeloiu and adentldcally correct. "It ia often said, and never denied, tbat to know, a good woman Is a liberal edacatlon. Sq. too. to know the great dramas Is s Ilbcial edn- catloo. If we know the thooghts of Sophocles, and Euripides, and of Shakespeare— that great, mniutadlnoas. cosmic man—we would know the ot Ute. In France It Is the is snthority toe the French In. poritr and cnimelation. "Tniea. ta the aidldle acea. tbu present aome gnat — al Oct wltk gxcatest la- pact, how was it doMt Bgr the" Hi aiaa I bc- Ure that tke pnlpit Is a gnat aianl power, bat thst the theatre ta greater. The theatre la net grcat^As a Mrittl pewei, tat It* are l lirs ji igh the cs'e. tke caK» theccfltarCa BMte totdble " I ftat-kdtltla te jatan tt .-• It s>t. I stai Ctadt sad Peter, nfl. tke dikcr sitkt what a Uere ths I wm ;< ot tl -wm oooe ta tkab rise to he High. day- rise to " * exponent oC And X he- .«he --raai ot PlttSbQig^ Ri.« ring from membetablp aU persons engaged In the theatrical profession. In so doing the Aasodstlan hsS not acted wlthla the precepta alder Its aelloa idtliwiel ' BlavlF kc' c sn se a person has chosen to seek a llTlIhood with aork and bnakin la no reason wbaterer that be sboald be prohibited traa Identuying any organiattinn whsse akieet ts tke of the haaaa taee. The actort gnitalMl'lB • worthy ana: ft. li part of his stack ki tiade to be sohar. kaaaat a g,entlemaa at an thaea. and to possess a character sbose rcproaeh. What farther qnaUflcatlons sre required by the good Book whose ohjeet la the ledemptiaa at later fOie became a professional In earnest. Join. Ing Will Cnrleton's then famons companj-. and a year after tiiat she went Into grand opera Slace then she has sung arltb great sncceas with the leading opera co mpa n lea In the cooatty Her Toice was a dee». cantraltOh woaderfnllr rich In the losrer mta aaUdle nsleter*.- tier greatest repatatiaa snaa gained in tiw many f«ais:sbe was * attr «Uh oe Bostonlanis her alec* —* - - Alan-SH best rvmemliercd Of an her bers. During the past winter. Mrs. Davis has ap- peared In TauderUle. opening at the -Ohleaao Opera Honfe on Jan. 30. last. Her tear in- eluded tbe Temple. Detroit: Oook'a, Bechcsta. snd KrMk's Ckcalt.. A%.cxeelleat Ukaatst sC Mg. ilwlyijlgiati^^a — ■ • aiaalaB.- a>„Ck; '- T aaia l ia' ate. ki die role of n-s-dale la RMki Bood. belac pcihapa the Bt' St Tacaatak Oka., writes aa Mtows legsNBM tke dsatk et J. a Ooaaat; wkldi oeeoted last week la tbat eUy: A halt-targotten. yet memoraUe character la Ike ■imW oC Toronto has p a sse d away after aa BU ■ess extending orer. aerenl yean. He' was J. C. Coonoc. To the general public his Cbris- tUa BBBtS VOe Mksown. By some be was eaOcd "Jidles CSeasr" and others made mot* Waipkwniw oie of the liyltlals "J. C." Mr. .CSadBor will be remembered by all who frequent ed the Island In the late elf;lit1es and early tune- tlea as the entre preoeur wiio made tbloga enjoyable for the public. Mr. (Connor's apeeebes were the most dellghctui feature ot the open- air TandcTllIe. program then put on. Mr. Coa- nor had also theati-lcal experience In tlie Clty. of Toronto, which few men could equal. Be was at ooe time manager of tbe old Eoyal Opeta Haese od King street west. After the lata Ftenk Kirchmer's departure from the old Academy of Music, now tije Princess Theatre. 3Cr. Connor Eiana.cfKl that Ijistltutlon for one season, since -.vaeti b*^ has no; flared In the amusement wnTrtR of the citr of Toronto. De- ceased had been s resident ot Toronto tot thirty years. He waa bom in New Orleana In 1S13, and eaaie to Oanada early In the serentlea, making his koaii ta Whlttf-- Ooaiiag to S>- ronto be started aa advcttMag agCMT. F (Vata.Oa^ aa am at tke • tke pcoMtds «( ot tbe sadels at Ike a , at which InstltntlaB be died., i tires reside In \ni<thy, aa4. taken there. Tbe body was j . Ur fitt to Oalia Cemetery. religions propraganda will undoubtedly look adversely npon the Pittsburg aitnatloo. No other, aaaodstlsn has p re scr i bed aoA nles nod fo(d'-~eC tke - BaOUo' As seet s l k m^^SSb- M- xked as fdlows: "No sctor w msn In any other profession, or walk of life Is barred from membership If bis character la good.** This Is the more sensible Tiew and la more in accord with the. humanitarian ideals, reasserted re- cea^^aA-lke ^axIs congress. m mbkntana tbat the Pltttbav naadatlan or any other asaodstlon of Its natnre has the sole right to fix tbe condltloiis of admission to enrailmeBt,. hot saen en gag ed la each a worthy to rigffl upon any profession or daas of people. There ought to be enough broadrotnded people In the PUtsborg association to reverse the decWsa actors from memberahlp. JESSIE BABTUTT-DAVIS Away Gbode Opera . Star, aiis. Jeaaie BaiOatt Baeia. wUb of the well- known Cblcago theatrical manager, WIH J. l>aTls, and for many years tke toremoat comic opera contralto singer ot tbe UnHed States, died Tery soddeuly at her hone, 4740 Grand Boulevard. Cttlcago^ HL, 3iay 14. Her lUness was of bnt two days* dontlan. and was known only to ber most Inthnate friends. The cause of h^r death was heart faUare. brought on by cbomle nephritis. Since her death has be- come known throngh her family physician ti-at she had been in the shadow of death for many .vears. bnt she herself -wbs unaware of tie fact. Owing to an orpsnlc weakness of tbe heart, death was likely to follow any of tbe attacks of tbe aliment from which she sntfered. Mrs. DavU had recently been filling an engagement at the ~ _ - - - - - - formanccs a health. Mrs. I>avls' bnsband. Will J. Davis, her son Will J. I>tivls. Jr.. and her sister, Mrs. Birdie QoackeUbos, were at her bedside dnring the last bonrs. Her other sister. Miss Josephine Bart- lett, arrived from Xew York City. Sunilay. May 14. The funeral takea place at the cbapel of Oalcwocvd Cemetery. Tuesday afternoon. . The aincer waa bom oo a farm near Morris, nL. Ia Septeniier. USP. her parents harlnz 9* Xk^ a a atate entcttaianient: Aa Ae grew ktr sake became famous tfaronghoat the Mrflfin.aeit at the state. Then she went to CMMii'WMa I was sixteen to study under nCaiaikk B« In 1879 H. M. S, Pinafore was sew. and a campaoy of Cblcago c^nrcb singers produced It as amateurs. Among the principals were Jessie Bartlett as Buttercup. John K. McWade aa Cap- tain Oitreotsn. and Joseph Myron aa Dick Dead Eye. The performance was audi a great local success tbat It went on tbe road and made money toe a year or more Will J. Davis was tbe manager of the com- pany and be did as many managers bare done, married Ms star In 1880. The production made the fame . of Mrs. Daris. thooieh ahe was then hot twcntr jean old, as OBITVABT. George F. McFadden, well known ttieatrkal manager of >'ew York, died In Denver. CoL. May 10. of consumption. Joseph P. Broderlck. who will be remembered for his excellent work as the Bmperor In A Cblnes" Honeymoon, died at his borne In Aurora, ni.. May 10, of paralyals. Hla wife, Emma Ma- bellA Baker Broderlck. is well known In opera circles, anil his brother Robert Broderlck, Is the Msrfiai^ of Kioto In Fantana. Bdoardo BnblDl SwlnSn Jercla, better knowa as Bdoardo BiMnl. once a distinguished singer and teacher of mnslc, Is dead In ChloagSb Among bis papUs were Volptnl, Scallsi. PaiOlae Lneca. Marmlon, Cotognl, Joseph Mass i panlnL Harry Jerome Koskam. Infant aan et Ife sad Mra. Chsrles H. Koskam. ——1» .df .tta CM- cago stoA Co., died at MSoMaai^'nw MMa vnae^ MhcOkeaiT. sae eC tke best kaowa llgbt opera tenon ot fltteca' or taealy yean ago. Jumped from the tctv ksat, Bewboig. which piles between West F S tlJ atia ad street, Sew York, and Weehawken. snd was drowned. He was entirely withoot friends and left a rambling note tn wbleh he atated be coold not stand the battle of life any looeer. Mr. Mac- Crearx was considered one ot the best alngcra who ever took part In Pinafore. Charles Amcdd. the weU-*i>own actor.maiuger, died at the Savage dob in London, at a diimer. May 0, TvhUe singing a song of bis own compo- sition. Mx. Arnold waa one of tho most versa- tile actors on tbe English-speaking stage, and was of Swiss parentage. He has been seen at different times In the support Of Bdwln Booth, Adelaide Kellsoo. T. C. Klne. Minnie Palmer and Charles Wyndliatn. Sam Shobert died Friday, May 12. Full par- ticulars appear In another column of this Issoe. Mrs. Jessie Bartlett-Davls died lo Oblcago. Dl., May 14. Full account appears elsewhere In this Issue. Wiley Williams, manager of tbe New A lcafSr Theatre, Denrer, Col., d1< d recently. B. MtiePl ' ~ to tbe management aC-flw aMik KOPOBD-EIiDiE3R—Anthon Dahl Kofoed of the Minneapolis Symphony Ordieetra of St. Paul. Minn., to Mra. Anita CarroD Mactavlsh Elder, known professionally as Miss Carroll, May 6. •HAIiE-MOONTTT—J. Ftank Hale, of Beaton. Mass., to Mlw Tessle A. slooney, sister-ln-law Of the Inte Dan Daly snd understudy to Bdna May In Tbe Girl From Up There. Mlsa Uopney'a last appeannce was with the Sally In Oat AlKJ Co. OaSSDW-OftAflTFOIH)—Oscar Oaae SISaiM to lOaa Milk C(nata4| .taahtK aC .Uiiar .]■• ~ :,at W^:U^ Ma!;--^Aga« »L.. ■■ ■> SEW nrOOBPOBATIOIIS. Sabine Lake Amnsemcnt Clab, of Port Artbar, Tex.: no capital stock. Incorpontors—C. S. Iy>aTler,-D. L. Borob and L. S. UcOnlre. Walkorer Basehan and Amnaement Aasoda- tloo. ot Brockton. Maas-: espItsl g4.0m.- Wab J. Ucgnlre, pcvsMent; Chsrles P. Wtaair. tltak> nrer. Jefferson Amnsement Go., Birmingham, AkUJ capital $20,000. Operate park. Incotporatoc»-r C. P. FMer. j. O. HansMaa, O. B..Plabcf aad