The billboard (Sept 1905)

mtie Billboard 5 RANCIS WILSON likes to play tennla. At him borne lo New Bocbelle, be liM* a court which he keep* care- follj rolled aad oo which be prac- tices ■rtluioualy (or atUab mmmat- ■wBt and the abUlty U whom be Invites there the New York Ulolie. Not loos atfu the Man With Tbc Foany Legs hid, by three weeks ut consistent work with a ticqoet, arrived at ancb • desiw of •zevUenc* that be decided to aurt eat after eiiaiuplua- sblD hoDocs. ' A( the -belsbt of Us cl w sti m — be aest a win to a New Ze(k AlUctle CMi •adal, who liapiiCBcd to be • fHrad of Ma, atatior tbal wtaea It caaie *• Maala be. Fiaada Wilson, waa peobably «» whole abow; that he bad tlianiil ■)> emytblac la and aboot New BMbeUri IbM be looklns for other and Minr cane, aad Ibat U the New York Athletic Oab bad any tennle eracka In Ita fold to trot tbem out. seud them to New Rodielle aad be would Uck tbeiu. The Koveruucs of the Athletic Club accord- hifiy net and decided to obtain txaoAportailoa for Barry Avery, their mhfhciest swatter of tennis biUla. send him to New Bocbelle and spring him ou the comedian. Avery st the time was at Travera lalind. Be was lold to catch the first tralo for WUsoo's towo and lor the honor of bU orssnlvailoo to best the actor 10 a atandstUl. Be left carij that aftenoon aad was driTra at once t» " " " crowd of eoart. 'Tm Mr. ATerr." aald be I've come up froui Ttavcta ] tbe wallofiloK of yoor lUeu" "OellCbtrd to DMCC gtm, Mb mbai^ twirling his . AataM*. "My frieaii la MW Yaib wiled aw ttat m were cawiaB. Bat allhoosb l*m not turn UkaaaiT. >«m Mve to abow me." Be a*ed Aseiy IT be woold like to "warii np" a Mi before tbe ntras^ becan. and the expert aald that be tboottbt be woold. ''RMit np tbe ataira and turn to roar rltht." aald Wllaoa. **Yaa'U Ond mnnlnx wairr, a tawel aad all tbe comforts of home. Uelp raoiaelf to Ibr clgan. mj boy; help yoonelf to the elgstm. and If Ihere'a anything el^ yoo lee that yoo waiit. take It. Yaa ougbl to get acHnetlilni; for comlns SM-ay oat here. For I am probably tbe sllrkevt thing la the tCflOia Ua* that this rvunty ever pmdaatd^ aad faa aee tolne to (isle the hlttemaaa ut diini aa aM as you're a real hlRh." Avery tcrubhed the railroad dost off his face aod hands. hroKhed bta balr and donned hla tennis anit. Then be looked aroood for hla iaM. Tbere areated ta be nobody In the bonae. ■cr." aaU be. •■aappaar. tbougb. be'U Lead labe aie daam whra be'a ready for ihe Wit fca I'm aatiw to cHv bta." 0»a laMe la ■Malalat mm* • baa ar rigan. annw lateraal la g pMarra and baoka, aad a (omfDrtable armrfaalr. Ltghtlng • pcrfrcto and idrfcing op a book be stretcbed •at la tbe cbalr. ttaivw bla recqnet acnaa hla far away Craai miala^ inai- I OH^ abadr «r a crab- anile itee. had told tbe Hik 0t vUagera all •Imat Arrrr's rrmrd aad WMdd bappea when he icot after him. Re bad aaar t bio a g b a Utile pfclliiilnary warmtng-ap pcaetlre. doring whieb he nmih* lite ImII rorre and drop la a way barlson ^•1 wonilrr wtiere tny man la," said the actor ■tltnlily. "Tlieiie irnnia experta are qneer blrda," aald the vlllsKer wIhi . had Jnst Onlshed mssMKlns Wilson's Hifht srm for the foorth lime, "lie's pnbaMy ctvlnic himself a Tnrklah bath. Better ■at batry blm." Iher half tmur panard. The assembled ma|. were aeitiiiK nneasy and wet* coouaene* ; of aapiier. ir be MMiM bave labea m tmttm- r aad walked •« with tbe wom " bM Hw eoanedba ■aaltr. *4 ■IT* I rrally dOb yad naw. ly. I Iblab t an going stale. If he s;—. walling nacb longer I aball certabily la oiertnilitnl." ;_W hea anally Ibe apeetitom began lo hid him 0ad alirirt aad wend their way homeward, when fj>.— >K aaab aa law hehiad «br boHr aad ■**■> ""baii aiiimMe Ibat Ibe great amlefe Bam* was attetty oat of Iba aawH"*- Wbma •mnlseil a ararrtiHB lawlr aat wval (a laab for hta ama. They Itaoad Mai MM hark la a chair, hla tenala ramnet atlN arnaa bla barta. hla eyes rlwfiml on luire M af Tbe Itelmet of Havarrr. and ilie KtuniiM of a i wa saad dgaia •a a raw oa Ihe table near by. _**• **ery. where nave yott been all - iSlKf"""'" eaelalmed tba champion of New «kb W I "Ilrea waHlmr for ynn," replied the expert, gmttag aa elgfaih <l»ir. "trhef* ba*e yaa "I've heea waMtnc Ibr yaa dawa «ii tbe i tbaaabt -erbaga bad bw« Ihe Can*t plaj. Sun gone down aad the stars are *.wi.iitiy oat." "Too bad, hat It lavea yon a beating." "It doea anthlaK ot tlw aurU 1 would hare trimmed yoa la tore aan." "I'oa wo^datr' "1 woaUi'* "Let'a eat." .. . : "Lel'i." i .' ' • • • Sam H. Harris and Oeo. M. Cohan went-over to Long Island to Inspect a piece of property that the Utter cuuteiuputes purchas- lug. Xh'^y were uo their way bouje. aud vvaitluj; lur. the "water wajcuu" tu carry tbcoi acriMu* the luut river, when a spvcuueu u( the iteulua hobo aanatend op to the author of Alwaya Leave Them Laagblng When Yon !Say Uood Bye, and aald "I soy young Cellar, woidd yoo aiake a core to a nicklel Vm broke, aad want to get acnias the *weC* ** Uttle Johnny Aaca winked at bla manager, aa ba daec Into his change pocket, aad 'ni"''"'t a. oila to the trauip aald: "Tbani yaa are bat 1 don't aee that It aattaa amch jdda a t tba lisar am «a aa • • • JtUle Opp tells a. story of an Ameri- can bod In Londoo. She was slender, pink and sluMjst rraaspateut. hJiJoyliig her ar»t ride in a riccadlUy coach, she tllil not reallxe tliat she could not own the coach for a tew peuulea. A blunt Lomlouer came lu and pushed her toward the ed^ rather roughl)- In taking bis seat. She looked Indleiunt. Another ouue lu and did the same thing. A third attempted a like Incident, when she exclaimed: "Can't yoo aee tbere'a some one In this seat}" '•So, "i^^l^^l^ tte^wply of the iMt^paa- ad. aa IC « a • Stase mothers are usually nuisances. A atsge mother, aa the word appliea In the theatrical profession. Is not the mother of the girl on the ststfe, hut that particular mother of a girl on the sues who makes it a rule to bang around the theatre where her daughter la re- hearsing or playing and paaa remarks on the beauty aikd taleut of her «wn particular daogh- ter, with speeches of an opposite Balnrv ahont E^ome other mother's danghters coouevtcd with the same orsanlzaclon. BecognUlng the natoral lore of a mother for her child, a tbeatncal manager oaiudly give* the atage mother the ma of the theatre, and permits her to make beracit at ~ Dioat lararUbly. howcvtr. be his klndacaa; far, ccaetally. and makes troohle. While tehcaialag bla moat rrocaf Mayor vt TOklOb BIchard Cade bad _ atage nwlheca to ■deal witb. were all la..hla .CMm.; He kindly them to alt la th'ev front-row of the while the abow waa'^ing rehearsed. wttb a anmher of naollant tnddenta that were more «r leva ham e iu us. They were alwaya oa baad half aa boor before tehesaala began, and spent the Intervening thirty minutes, gathered in pairs, dlbcuisHlag the forthcoming productloo. When the stage manager arrived and called tbe company to work, they sat In the front row ogling their offspring and tlilnklng of the aU-p«salhle rntOTV. wbeo each ojlsht liavo a auccessfnl star for a daughter. One day, one of them did oot arrive at the aaual hour. Probably ahe sisyed at home to look after ber himarbold datles. Soddealy after the rehearsal had l>een In progmi tor twenty mlDutes. ilie daihed Into the theatre and ntarted canning toamrd her a^ c ai ai i ind atat !■ the front tow of ibe aMbagtia, Now Ibe did aat na; abe tntted. dae was a£ Mr. Carle law beT and yelled. "Smpr She stepped aad ao dU tbe wbiaraal •Why Smitbr' ateraeat tones. aaked the in hU I eonldn't get here." al "If that Is tbe best exense yov can offer," be aald. "I One yon one dollar." "For whatt" exclaimed Mrs. Smith. "For coming late to rehearsal." waa the reidy. A frelgrht train wreck on a bridge below Rye ststloo. oo the New Bsven railroad, amiiRhed six cars. Eddie Foy, who Uvea In New Rochelle, waa In a harry to get to Newport, wliere he ex- pected to sppear before a fai^hloiiahte andlence, and Ihe wreck, hlorklng all four tntcka. made It Impoaslblr for him lo ert the reinilar train. He aaked for a aperlal engine, which waa re- fniM^ anil flnally a»ked to have tbe Kalcker- borkrr ezpmi stopi>ed to pirk hint up. Tlie Keneral tnanairvr. who was api^alrd to hy teleerapb. refused tbe miarit, as all tbe -trains were late, hot Koy answered Iwck. utferlng gnoo lo hare tbe train pick him np. Tlits was re- fused, and then Pay, In drapentlon, tvlegrspbed: "My caomaar la arallbw, I mn*i get la Newpart. If tm Mrt MMp tbe Rnlrkefbaeber ezpreoe t wOl drtfa a b«fd of can oa ihe track and make It slop, Eddie R»y." This hraoght hack tbe snmrer: "fio ahead wlib yoor herd of rows." Tbh aeemed Inal, bnt Foy bad another card ap bta aleere. He trlecraplied: "Utop lb* e x twea s . or I will write a fanny a* abant your mad and sing It from erery atace ia the coontry." Tbe iw m i a l manager mplmlatrd. The Rnlrk- tili wbe i e agr raa waa alappcd and IVv icaclied NewfMt dM. a • • p. Auer. Anderson Is the star of the temperance drama. The Cnrae of Prink. He la also an able actor of long and varied ex- perience, bnvlnir at one time anttported both l,i<ll« and Mantle MItrhell. Hta aim all Ibmagh Ms rsrrer has been ta ao sink his owa Mrnllly In whatever rbaneler he plaired that. Ibr tbe time lo-lng. he shnald aenmllir Kee Ike Bar*. WWitii* to atady ibe enpria af dffak at ■rat haada. be arrralM apna a *etar Mrad of his I* Hbe Mm la the jnp iapa j bfc ward of one af the Ma Hly buaidlala, rakalaaalely tar Ibe aelar. tbe dnrtnr was an ahaeal-ai l BdWI efaaii. aad. after tahing him lnti> Ihe idare vrheie Ibe Msk-elasa drnnka are mlMrd op. be left awl pramptly forgrt all ataml him. Alt weal well for a rtme and tbe aetor waa grttlmi all aart* of local ealor. lemperrmental mi Ibat. ele, aad yratly SidS» began, for two hnaky attendanm. wlw had l>eea watching him, thought be bad become violent, whereoiM)D they heeled blm to tbe Buor. In- serted a Kin In bli moalb ind strapped blm lo an Iron bed. There was nothing Cor Anderson to do hat hope that hla doctor friend would re- tiun, and wait. This be did. and waited from ' Mt SRAMATIO. Ben LeRusb will manasB one of A. B. Davldaoa'a AawB tUa HMaa.. ' Miss Hasei HaiTonn, Idit 'keaaon witb Ton Yoaaon, haa aipMd Irith the Rnasell Bro- then. d success last Owing to her season Mfas Carol gaEiU with the Wl coming season. Mr. £. B. Meredith, ahead of Fred Baymood'a attraetloBa for ttie past Sre years. Is apendlss a brief mcatloa at hla home lo the Rosenthal plt- ninaoat, W. Va. Besale Johnson of Stock Oo.. ThMab OUe, gnmmeat to tsoward camnlta^ ' the Cher of tbe Thiedo haaeball teaak Geo. C. Dent will send out the Mag- nus Playera this season. They wlU fcatore Breryman and Wyomins, the latter being a wwteiB play tram tbe pok .aC.X> ■• Hasaoa. Ftmnk O. Klnc aois'lbiL Xlns; who have bna_samMilOB la BidNrollliw la., have for the Manager S. G. Grosjean of the Ly- ceum Stock Co.. wrt t ea that bis at tracttoa haa i^iat Mk Skar play XlttabiSb 'SSikT^SS week. The Tnith Tellers will be (Iven Its initial production^ at Waahln^n. 0._ C,._^g. Harry Nye, assisted by his wife. Zil- lah A. Nye, will be ahead of Her Fatal Sin Co. this season, kits. Nye will Inangnnte a speclsl line of press work and malting schemea, which she Is snre will prove benefldal. Mr. Jack Bessey's work In the Hlck- man-Besaey prodaetliM of Na lore's Nohlemsn ta being especially well recelred hy towa aod leaces. Ur. Itnmj baa beea ' " ' r. fhe wdl-known ywmg aeorlOK beaelly : Is kcattle sad MM Us nana to Cbam- ^ „ W» ■iliiiiM .to lh. Mr. W. S. Freed writes that Nettle. The Newsglrl. played to record-breaking bosl- neaa at Ihe Avenue Theatre, LontavUto. Ky. Miss Issbelle Lowe In the title part pcoead ta be one of the moat popnlar atais that eier ap- peored at that theatre. Mr. R. J. Jones, for the past elgh- tren yeara coonrcted with the Grand Opera Honse, UadlsoQ. Ind., will go In advance of the Marie Foontiln TbeaUe Co. this aeaaoo. Ur. ones Is weU aod popularly known and will udonbttdir ,iDaka ..sood la Us sew Una of atace .db Adwpb Wkaoiws* anioer.w i^us Joe wlaalagrr. Stella Wtmmer. Edith BlchardBoa..^and Margaret Nugent. Followins is the roster bf;the Flshe Stock Cb., whlcb opened Ita aeaaon Angnst SI, at Washington, lnd.,<' piesenting A World In Mutton: E. D. Flake. T. V. Stork, W. Stelnw and M. Cohan, proprietors: T. V. Stock. bmlliMtf'manager: Grace Gllmore Ham- Utoa, I.*Prates. Miss Konarl. Irene Raymond. Chaa WendelCv-Ion Vall, Henry Stanley and Prof. Brooks. The Sites Stock Co. (southern) goes Into rrhesml September T, and opens Its sea- son the foIlAwtnit week st Hsvre de Grace. Md. The sluw Is hooked for forty-six weeks thrvoEh the ocmth and went. The norlheni potnpany plvi Canada. Netr York and the nnrtli- western stales. Urssre. Sites & GHhert bsve eo aajred people for both c ompa nlas aad ore " oQkif ta kic tkeaa aa. tte TIM Vtovkpnogh BtoelE Oa^'apaiis Its MM la fiBilBaalt at tbe HnMaaaa Opeea mar kaaday af te r u o u o, September S. Mr. Ollhrrt ny, atage director laat arasno, wni orenpy the sanir pnslthai thta se a son. Miss I.flv1nla Rhnnnnn. wlio liemme so pofMlIar Invl sexonn. will apiln head tbe company. Frederick Forrester. Alliert Aorkett, Wilson Hnmmel. Hen- rietta Vadrrs. MUs Kemp and othera of laat year's compsny rrtnm for another eneagemenl. The Irndlnc man haa not been sanaoiiccd. The complete nwter of the SatU of Tarnaa Oo.. wMrfc apras Us talMal aisiaa Hep- tembrr in at P l it ad e l d. in. ta aa Mlawii neaiy Thorn Hnm. dfavelor: Itaak B. Field, hoslnesa maimerr: Ranieat rsrklBK. adranre No. 1: I. n Hess. adTsnee Nn. 9: n. W. Bear<l mrpentrr; r. O. Hslpln. rlrrtrlrlan: Terence W. Ileoo. mnalral dlreetor: Kale Pevere a nx. I«wis Uafrr. IMw Allra. Leaaafd Itaae. P. J. Before openlnif their setisoTi at Wnu- pnn. Wto., Anicnst IS. the Cnrts Pramatlp Co. enjoyed a two weeks* varatlnn at Mr. Onrta* •waaier laaae hi POi I,abe. Wla. The enmttanr phned la n en n li i aalb' mod . anmmer hnslnroa. aod ban moar MMid Ikae hmbed for the fainre. I** 9**-^ "* 5; fkrla. SMnaaer: nor n. Rvn^ adeaacet W. E n sa wru Jsek R. mtyoHiad. Klfle It. kMHk. nea. B. tTaltefo. W, n nnwiird. t.anra Carta. H ertr ud e Wellraan. Grace Smith and Grace Howard. Btbel Biirymore, with bar biafbfr M totaad last week from Eutopi-. She coat Ibe leport of ber eomlog marriage to Capt. BtolT Graham, and ssys she to In love with ber new jday, AUce-filt-By-tbe-FIie. hy J. M. Barrle. u ttato play ibc wlU Imnetsoaah middle a p'd wooms. tbe SMilhar af taw I drsa. a r^" .«c ihtk. opened Its regnlar seaaca Angnst 21 at Wliig- fleld. la. The company nnmbera twenty-ooa people, inelndlng bind and orchestra. A eoud Ilat of royalty playa compose the repertoire, which U well idrertlied by ipeclil paper. A foil line of special aceueij la carried for eaek prodnctlon. Managera Torbett A Wallace baea coaipleted every amngeinent for tbe aiaio^ which will surely be a prosperoaa one. At the Payton IJee AiFame Theatrdb New York, which opened Its aeaaon Aag aa t M with The Uara. Etta Reed Faylaa was area Ik tbe role of t«dy Jessica Ttepean. I«nta Lena Hall haa also returned to tbe home. apiwarloB In the role of Col. Sir Christopher Urring:, Othera in tbe east were Joseph W. GIrard. Harry B. Roche, Lee Sterrett. Albert O. War- bars. Clifford C. Storcfa. Cbas. S. Ogle. Biihett Livingston. Cbas. Reney. Chas. McCrenry. Fox. Florence Gear. Eleanor WlMlam. lotte Wade Daniel and Gertrude Daltm. Walte's Comedy Co.. which opened Its inaan Aognst 38 at Jameatown. N. T.. la compoard of the following people: 3. B. Waltr. proprietor; B. D. Flake, manager: Vlndnla Dormer, Loatoe Fnuer, Pearl Lytell, Edyiha Mario«k Bryan. Addle Johnson. Irene Johnsaa. William Wagner, Thomas O'Connell. Uonte Holland. . A. Poncsn. I--zvderlok HaxtJillle. W. A. Browning. Walter tZoblnion, H. T. E. Wooda. J A Murray. Cal nontaingan^' Jobnaoo. Wm. Le*. J. A. Harding. ' B. Wbltcomb aod H. Johnson. ]r Following Is the roster of the eastern Under Soothem Skies Co.: Barry Doel Parker^ pmpnetor and roanaser; Frank M. Chapmaii, tmuneaa manager; Cbas. M. Thall. advance. Henry Walthall, atage mauger: Jnhn WaBare. pmpnUcs: Tbaa, llaiihild canealer: wm ManMk. iliilililik; .Mk<~T.rjKke. Krille Undrotb. Mabel TtraaaeBe. BOwki BL Larli«, Geo. LeGuere. Frederirk Ctaytoo. laa FramotOb Rary W. CoUIns. Msy Raymond. Annie I*M^ Rnib Deshon. Pearl row. Frank Dee. J. Blala niick. Katelle CBa i rtn a . MOtBoret Cbaaa ~ phlne Cta limMt. - w9i -Hu. Oiimk J,^ J. - George WBtai LanslBg. The Maud Henderson Stock Co., now playing northern Mlchlcsn. win ahortly hegta a tour of Minnesota. Wisconsin. Iowa and tbc Dakotas. Bastness the past summer Is re- ported to have been very good. The roster ta as follows: Jos. rarrnt. N. B.' Primrone. IVrry Prlmmse. G. Ed. Naftxcar. Jack Msnofleld, Waller Oarslde. H. L. Carpenter. Bnhhr J.irTla, Mand Beadnaoo. Bllle Hmter. Beta Jarvla^ Georgia Swaa and Tlrtaa Naflignr. Tbe re. pertoirr tnrlnde* The Gamhler's Wife. Maeea of The Orleat. Ia Old Vlnttada. A Celebrated Case. OoaaterfHtms, mjaatly CMdnaaed. A Oreed FOr Gold. The. Two Orpbasa sad A Khw^ Dtw^ a: VHdaa of Baas. Aflor playlntr the state of Montana for one year, endliqc wttb an eight weeka^ emragPineBt at the Grand Opera House, Rntte. the Lnln Sntlon Co. took the mad Ananst ST In their own aperlal ear "Loin." Tliey win play Utah cities. Manager W. 8. Roberts has arranged malten eeiy nirely. having aerarrd a repertoire nf twenty-two playa. speetal scenery for each pmdnrtlnn and good Tanilrvllle inma to go oa between thr acts. The muter of the company ta as follows: Irene Norton. I.nla nnttOD, Frances Keeler. LKtle nljra. Kles Jnne. rred Hsaen. Georre Kohler. Fred TV>t: Karl Hinckley. Charles Mallny. Bans Block and Frank LIndon. atage direeler. The roRter of Under Sonthem Sklee On. (crntraO. which opeard Its flfib aeaaoa at Hammond. Ind.. Animat 90. ta as fldtaaai J. P. Leater. baalness amaaser: J. P. FMieal, advanre: Wm. W. lUalr. atage . maaagri. P. W Ftrgel. p rspe rt les; Alfled OatordL eatpet> ter: Tom Matbewa. eleetrlena: llany DeF^irest, Jeaair nHume Terry, t-ooki tMuom,. .WaMrk runrL Ijanlae treatflmd. Ilaannd Wh^ 'IN* atrtae Jtalkan'. nanr TJaaea. liarMat Woiwb AIhe llayra. Jeaair Rratarlrh. Itaaair ^lUaMt Artbar >. ns r msa. nearae PaoaetC Kai* -n» ,nla flMnwt WtetVPfBL AfllMf Ba - RiMrtBWa