The billboard (Aug 1905)

2 xne Billt>oai-€l r Broadway /. Topics ClrMilt or Tta CaNoarniag th* -LM of Cempuiii* 1* Ihs Ivllffciil' Chariw PiroiMMM Returns ' Kuropa, and th« ShHlMrts Add Hotia«* to Thair Chai n N«w« GMsip «nd Parwnal Mention OI<> XAIIBS BUTLER arrived ■ W i fuB i f . JoIy 26, and Col. Juaei ^ —■ Bl VomcMr win nacb Mew Xock ^^^^ Ansnt 1. Kattera of mncb - to tbe Empire Circuit mjuu^^raieilt ODt dmiiiK tte max i v'vlll \m m. eonentlaa at eB bcU Is tbli 'tUj dadnx tha eartr Omjm of Aagoat. Bmhj Walah. senetal attorner for the Bivire Cbcott, wUl alao be In attcndaaee te patlrwar oC Ike thdr dellbantloiis. Tbne la apt to be 'teoie- thlBC dalos" cTciT daj- nntO the "wheel" la act In motlan the later part of Anenat. Hece is a corrected list of theatres «kM«lftrwM ke jpieyc* tke mtlj^mt attne- nt, Vha Ibt la nmrtnl. and la nnr prlatra for the flrat time. The chain extenda from , aad tb« IM Inclodca tbree wtcki iena tar weat, —to pbif In Oder to make pniltable eooneetlona wUh ♦'■^ Fadae eoaat booUnga. Here la the complete : and oOela^ llat. complied to date: Pa.; BtJoo. Fhlla- . Baltimore lid.; I^. enm. WaaUnston. D. OL; tfiitiiu ct Male. Flttaburr. Pa.; People^ "■^THHtt. Oblo; BaA- tagtiaia. Ijottlarme, K7.; Standard. St. tioola. Ma.; F Mly. Cblcago. m.: Star. MUwankee. Wla.; Dew(7, UlimeapoUs, Minn.; Star. St. Etal. Opera Hooae^ BMpMfc-' inBLt^'fliKa BUllnss. Moat.; Mniue^ Acatn. Aat- j Uaati Grand Tbeatte. Batte. BTont.; New Zteenm. Spokane. Waib.; Seattle Tbeatre, Se- ■ge^jraa^lMMr Xbcatre, Foctlaad. Ore.; "■ ■ n i rt meatier oiiOnC'CkS.r Opieta Howe, Stoektnn. CaL; Clmne Tbeatre, SaeramcBto. CmL; Opera Honae. Carson Cltr. Ner.; Opera Hoime. Boot Ner.; Szaad Tbeatie, Qften. Ctab; I^rle r. OA.t tka i wm . m« mi , tsitMH,, Meet.. Orasd Tbeatie. Great Tails, Hoot.; Helena Tbeatre. Helena. Uont.; Opera Hooae, I«wlston, Hoot.; He l f a rlln e, tliliigal Mont.; Open ■h>^ tatfV. M^v^MBH Sbtatie, Detroit; W*.: tar' Tb aa l io^ CfceeiBlmt; Oblo; Lttaj- ette Tbeatre, BnlEiIo, N. Y.; Star Tbeatie, '■"nto. Can.; Francala Tbeatre, UODtreal, Can.; Tboatie. Boatae, Maaa.; Mlner'a Bow- Mnr' Xtt atn Ulner-a Eightb *t», new Toik Cltr; London Tbe- •tie.. New Toek Cltr; CoInmbU Theatre, Brook* Ifb, N. T.; Wataon's Tbeatre. BnxAIrn. W. T.; ^Iqae ntestre, Brooklyn. N. T.; Bon Ton ^ atr, N. J.; BIJOQ Tbeatie, Pat- Opera Baoae, Cbeycime, Neb.; a. SHaao; Farce, Campbell & Bamea; Tbe FoUr GIrIa, T. B. McCieadr; The Boweiy Olrla, J. CorUn; Catr'a Thorooshbceda, b I. Obarwaith; Tbe OrlesMlk W> B. mtHa; Xka Mir Graaa Tnmer; The Parisian Belles, Xotas Q iW lW; Tbe New Ijoodoo Gaiety Girls, CUlf Transoceanlca. J. D. Cbarles Frobman arrived from his Eoropean trip on Tuesday evenloi;, Jo]/ 25. He Imme dlatrijr lamed tn the preaa what he terma ednan win he ftaBS'''tke eH^liie'. MMonca- fortbconilas mum. eat'It win ta^ttiDA tb fea weU worth readlnc. _ Mr s. Bay EUton. widow of Robert Kiir Toik laat e aak and giaeionalr tavoced tbe New Tork office of Tbe Billboard with a Tlalt. Urs. Fnltoo spent most of her time at Fair Haven, on tbe Sluewatniry, tmt made tte- qnent trips to Bcoadwax, accompanied by Gns Hogan, to tranaaet boslneas In connection with tbe Jolly Graaa Widows, ooe at the attracUons booked in tbe Empire "wheel." Uis. Fnlton and Mr. Hoean. by tha wm of Bobert iSiltoo, are eqoal owners In thla attraetioa, Hr. Hogan haTlns been manager of the eoopaar tar Bobert FnltoB ftaa «ke time It was ttrt eosakid. Butler, Jacobs DtoUoa, WhaUn Jaxa^ E. Fennessy, ^ ~ Bite ft a ■ajufUj oCtbe traTeUng eombinatlona which wta proTlde barleaqne entertainment In tbe •■Ptft GlrCBlt theatsaa. Tha oOdal llat of aaMsara. which r who wm aetnaUy teavd with the abowa named, la bete giren: The Bnptre Borieaqoera. J. Fenneaar; Tbe Star Show Gilla. W. Femuaay: BeHIy & Wood'a BIk Ob, Sat BdUy; May Howard Extra-nisanza, Utr Hoarard; Fajr. Itoater Co., J. Oppeabeiraer; Tbe Brt y a di era , Ckades Qranwdl; Ibe KciH toeky BcDea, Bobert ScadoD: The Heny Makev EL B. Pat ton; Sam l>eme*a Own CO.. F. B. Trtunan; The Cherry Bloaaoms, M. Jaeoba; The MeeiT Maidens, J. I«wxy; Tbe New Oe atm y Doodle Ghim, JjanSm Harris; Tbe Innocent M****, B. W. CUpman; Baltimore Beantlcs, I>ooia Gxa- aat; Hlgb BOtaU OUm. AUred Mayo; Alcasar B<flemlana,' BancT tilnud: Mlner'a Amerlrana, Barry Clark; Miner's ^erry Bnrlea- aaaia, Wa.\BaIlant: Dreamland Wrantta^ Ftaak mat. GtiOktC: Tif^ijoC IMaw-* Cc re- ■IBS, Inly 25. baring spent eereral weeks In an aotomobOe tonr of Europe, mingling Intstaieas with recrea* tlon. Daring an Interrlew rdatlre to the the- atileal plana for tbe coming season, Mr. '^ler aald: **I brongbt tbe eompletad maaaaeclpt of the new- Han Cake piar. Tte Fiailsd Urn. aat aban begin wok mi fllalilj t»' lUg^ for tbe prodnctlan, wbldi Is to be made at tbe New National Tbeatre, Waahlngton. the week of Angnst 28, and the week fldloirlac win i.Sfeaatta:'' labiij fbr tte'tiile part, while W. H. Thompson and J. E. DoOsod will alao bare Important roles. I hsTe signed a eontaet arlth BteeooEa Dose for anotbce Amcrt- can lMr,. a( wn CMM enr about the hoH- dajs ttr a afar wiachaf engagement, arhlch wfll be conilned entlRly to New York and Boston. She win appear In repertoire. Ellis JetTreya wUI atar at the ^vmarket Tbeatre, aboat Jaanaiy 1, when abe win appear la Kiev ToA In a new play being written for her by Alfted Sotro. Eleanor Bobaoo la to bsTe two new playa, one by George Bernard Sbaw. the other hr Clyde Flteh. . Mr. Shaw Is very a nrtnna that Mia Bobsaa AsB flrat open In bla piece tn I<oadoa. Iflaa Bobaoo baa time booked for her at Daly'a Theatre, beginning about Jannary 1. Sbe baa p i sse d tier aommer Tacatioo largely in Brittany, and with her mother. Mm. Madge Carr Cooke, is retnming on the T a l a rr WHLelm der Qroeae, doe bete Following- apon the annoancement that tiie Messrs. Sbobert bag accnred a leue of tha Eaiplic Theatre.. Newark, and the Colo- tlie Information was that they bare se- cnied Icaaea on tbe Doqaeaaa Theatre, Pitta- borg and Albangb's I^eenm. Baltlaioie. Tbe addition of these fSor hooKS brings the llat of tbeatrea nnder the Shttbcrt management np to twenty-two, and It la-asKrted that their dialn win be farther added to wltbln tbe next fort- night. Albangb's Lycenm win retain ita old name, bot the Dnqneane, Pittabnrg, wlU In tbe fntnre be known as tbc Belsseo. Tbe Sbnberts wm expend fBO,000 In remodeling tbe DaoDCsne. enlarglns Us tft^'" ^ eapadtF aad nentwitr ft wrenie s ta- Che! Florence Gerald arrived In New York last week after tbrae moatha of dramatic atock iDHMd to the boaw sOse of the HBttoaal Prim log Co., in Chicago, last Monday, after baring «pent s fortolgbt at the New York ofllce of tbe Orm. James Byan. who waa admitted to tb- tbers aa Mr & Dpak halas s dmtH sd he gare his occupation as an actor, and Tony Paator as bis best friend. Tony Paator la Indeed tbe beat friend of many nnfortnnatca In the draautlc Iiouls James makes the announce- ment that, daring the forthcoming season be win appear under tbe management of J. 3. Coleman in somptnons reTivals of Tirglaliis. Ingomsr and Btcbellen, complete In every detail, scenery, costamee and accessories, snd supported^ by a company, tbe equal of which, we are asaoicd, baa not been seen aince tbe days of tlie *80s. Ha wlU comnicnce tlieoe rerSTSls at Ford'a Theatre. Labor Day. Septemlier 4. snd will make an c:£ten8lTe tour of tbe principal cities, retnming to tbe Browlwar Tbeatre after tbe boMwa. :.9Ma. «ai he the Sist time Tir- ginloa has iMa jlsf U ea Bnsdaeay la almost a dasadii aad to the preacat BanaisHoM obonld ke a etaiile'awidty and treat. Henry W. Savage has signed a con- tract with Bcslaald DcKoeca and Fkederic Ban- Ud whWtfVaMaAi the focmatloa by Manager Snace wt a Bgkt opera organisation as formid- able and complete aa bis English Grand Opera Co. Measrs. DeKoren and Rankin are to write four operaa Cor Manager Sarage, ttie first to be ted CHABIXB ZHOHXAV'B PI,ABS Tbe tetnm of Cbarles Fiahmao from a six mentbs* stay in Knrope is not witlioot Its im- portance in tbe theatrical world. Mr. Frahman retnmed 00 the Kroo Prlna Wllbelm. July 25, and Immediately repaired to his coon try bo me for a few days of test and solltade. The return of tbe Impreaarlo la aomewhat In the nature of a triompb. for, daring his abataee be baa completed plans for tbe starring of over twcnv leading pratesaioaala, both FngWih aad Ameii^, aad has anda anaagemtata f«r erniy detail of tte SMMani work. IB sad Ifsilsss wm open tha saesnd «( their dnal-■laitlaK casagroMt in last Wednes- weeks of correipondeoce « Bpbe-t Graiti day that after 1 theatres. Mrs. aa;.aariy aa September tie sssilifd tron ber ttaw.'sraald fa 'ttae'to opsB sa that date if dealred. Mrs. Potter's spedslty wfll consist of a recitation of 'Ostler Joe and other dramatic poeats In which sbe baa been hoard. She win September wtth The Bcaaty aad XM Batse. Ethel BanyBoce wlU be aeca la a Ssnle fdsy. opening her tour In CtUnmla.-which wUl te followed by an engagement at the Badsoa la Alice. Slt-Br-The-Flre. Ltoa. Baiiymoto wltt appear atmnltancooaly at the Bodaoa In a ooe act pkee. entitled Pantaloon, tn which he win afterward atar. Virginia Hamed la to fOUow Bobert Xonalne at the Badun In a new play by Beniy Arthur Jones, Mr. Wnilam Crane win be seen in An American Lord at a New Tork tbeatre in Jannary. Maxine ElUott wiU open tbe Criterion Theatre September 4. afary Mancering and Jamea K. Beckett wlU appear under Hr. Frofaman's management in Tbe Walla of Jerlebo. Beginning in the antnmn. Mr. Probman win bare flee theatres in London, and wlU coatral titfM En^Ush stars. Wmiam Cinette wlU produce In England the new play, entitled dance, asalsted by Mlas Marie Dora. The engagement opens st the Shakeapeaie Theatre. Ijf ain o ul , aad tha ss eood week goes Into Laodoa te a laa. WUIlam Conier to ta Maala la imoa. 9i will pro- dnce In tarn ^ Ite Q u ai l Sr Tksatre. The Dic- tator. On Tha Qaist aad Tte War Cocrcspoodcnt. Edna May op en s with aa Eagllsta ~-^riinr at Daly**, SeptHBbcr 4, in Tte Cita of Tte Seaaoo. Str Oharlea Wyndbam and Mlas Mary Moore will return to America In Jannary for a fifteen weeks* eneacement. Sir Beoiy Irving does not make his sppearanoe In this c om i ti f nntU October, 1906. Jobn Bare wlU be seen In this conntry at the same dme. Wright Bantley, a sew acqaisitloo, will open bla season in Lon- don In September. He wlU also be seen in America, Francis Wilson will be seen In a sew comedy ss well as In a new one-act piece, entitled Tbe uttte Father of The WUdemeas, which wUl also be produced in London in September, Mr. Joseph Wbeelock wiU appear tn tbe atar part of Tbe Taisity Man, a new piece by George Ade. Enen Terry wni contlnne under Hr. Frob- maa'a management, as will Marie Tempest BncUae ZMas aad ScyaMor Blcks, tbe two lat^ hsiag sngaatd to appear in New "York la ne Beaaty of Bath, a new mnsteal piece. BtIL .Pwli tetona shortly tMm Loodon to — In a new coawdy, entitled All- Hattte Winiama. who wfll farcical ptay, enUUed The _ SC I M I l s Bergere, opens ber aeaaon In Dcemher. WHHam Beeres, inpportad by a com- pany of sixteen players, wlU apassr la Tte Hommlng Blrda, a moalal play. VHteMM wUl also be intereated In WlUtaa y hwiteia ^ Tte.Sqnaw Man. and In Cbaa. Boaa. who wHI appcsr In A Fslr Exchange. Mr, Frohman secnred a nnmber of new plsys, among tbem are Wolfrine. by Clyde FItcb snd wniia Steell; a new mnsleal unnamed play by Julian Lemaltre and Jerome K. Jerome: ne Way of Tbe Fool and Mollenttare on Women, by Alfted Sutro. tbe latter of which waa pro- duced at tbe St. James Tbeatre, London: PanI Potter and Oeo. B. Lorrlmer'a dramatisation of tbe letter's book. Tbe Letters of a Self-made Merchant to His Son: Psrls snd New York, by tbe aotiior of Tbe Msrrlsge of Kitty; Msjoey Strode, by A. E. W. Msson, wblcta wlU be prodDced in London snd America; Doctor Wake's Patient, wfalcb will te prodoced at tha Adclpbl. The sboTc is an excellent likeness of Mr. John ZouboulaklA. who was bom st Sykes, Greece. Tbe gods and Ibe muses dealt kindly with Mr. Zouboulakis and endosred him with s rare talent for music. Be Is islning la faror aa a composer, and a namber of hia ria aa lcal aa srcU as papular airs will appear shortly. Mr. Zoa- booUkls la tbla aeaioa srtth tte Ploto Shews, Inirodaclng a norel musical act ot his own creatloD. In Loadsa. la ScvtsMbmaaS Oa VteMM Ifelb. Cbss. HcUUaa, aolhw of LNk JOMChssi Tlic Beast ot a Spastow, to be psodnced ta both countries; snd Tte Dad snd la Bella Maiael- lalse, tte latter s Parlalan saeerao. both oC which wHI be produced at tte CMtciloa. Mr. Frobman wlU a]» prodocc ta New York the BUa Wheder WUcox pUy. Mlapah, aa weU as a new comedy by B. V. Eamood. Among tte are ta Petite Babema. a Parislaa anoocaa: Oar GIrIa, which win be prodoced at the Berald Square next seaaon: and a new nindcal prodoe- tloo by Owen HaU, authoc of Tte Geisha. Manrlee Ordrnneao. aotbor of La Ponpe*. is writing for Edna May tte book of a new play, the mnalc ot which wlU be tunlabed br Henri Blncbmann. Mr. Probman also made arrangements with Mr. Robert MstsbsU. sutbor ot The Dnke of Kllllkrankle, to secnre tbe American rigbta tn all plays which te may srilte far tte next three yean. Tte new theatre. Tte AldwyA, now hsinc erected la Voaton, win te completed by Oe> ecmbar 1. On October 1 grooad will te h ss tea OB Sbattcsbsry asenue for a new tteene '~ te erected ateog tte Itoss eC tte New Tstk GUr« . Mr. fMaaa Is wsB pUsaU witb accompllited wbDe ahiaad sad sppcsrs In tte bsst of haolth, ta aplta ot arduoas endearors nressaaiT for tte matloo of BDcb extenslTe arraagcmeata, aad tte union of sadi ramprrbeoalTe Interests. TKOCXOK EVOAOZS BICBMJUT Mr. F. F. Proctor baa engaged aa leading man and woman for bia atock c o mpany at the Fifth Arenne Tbeatre. New York City, Mr. Chas. Rlebman and Mba Amelia Bingbsm. Tte engagement tegloa Bepteober 4, and wlU eae> tlnoe tbroogboat tte acaaoB, It la - - • that both artists baee gteea op si gagementa to rcmala oa Broadway tte The pUaa of Mr. Ploctor Car tbla are rcry eiabaiate. A ■sahtr-.oC new plays wm te prsdaesd. aad a aaabsr of wsO-kaswa _ " _wai te Tte IMste :ia. age (te EvoAo: ilarry M. Hopkins^ nqm vesting at OoraeU Co. for tte eelag ssawa. ae fsB CssU*, formerly witit the I Oi^-tes taaa eaiwsS ss eae I ta^Mchard ChrlsBi t kn di iMa Harry bis r Al. ( them In Angnat. Charlotte Walker has been engaged as leading woman for Bobert Lorialaa, wte wfll atar this aeaaon la Man aad Saperman, andsr the management of Mr. Chas. OnUaghaai. Miss Dolly Bogcffa Brstbsfs of tte toai.<ats Co., wbteb opens for a mn at tte Ofsat Mertten Tlieatre, Chicago, Aogust 0. Ivy Troutman, who has played such parte ss Miss Gadeaby In Tte CUmbera, and Mrs. Uorley In Tbe Frisky Hti. Johaaoa. has been engaged by Mr. Benry W. Saeags for tte salt al Bsnle Tanner la Tte OMtgt The fiollowing petiple Iiavs gaged for tte caat ot tte Jack VaeDsaaM Sleeh Co.: Maris Wanoa. Basel Olbha, ~ Pbinips. Jack Osrr. B. aaasals, T. V. At. moad. Alice Bsney, & ' W. SteiOsg, BMra ITeC ^ Footer Ban. tte May Sislsn i The following people have been en- gaged by Ctese d: Lister for their northern com- pany tbla seaaon: Clint and Beaale Robbtna (flrtb aesson), Olytoa Macklem. Leonard Ooode, T. C. McDonouRb, Jack Krall, B. B. Brobat, Fred MayHeld, Vesta Mootioac, XiUy' BcU Oa> rewe, MaybeUe Bennett, lliall ~ Clen F. Ctese. Tte at Sbeneadoab, la. asBSBla, T. Unte. Mams •Ca MUr DTU V»-