The billboard (Sept 1905)

6 Xlic Billboard SEPTEMBEIV23» 1906b MUSIC NEW YORK PUBblSHF.RS' NOTE.S ters of that thriTing concern. In this cltj-. Here he will Jevote himself chiefly to the pro- fessional iDterests of his house, wblle also Uiokln; after the ottier matters connected with Its rapidly Increasing size and Importance. Mr. Wltinark has not torned bis back oa Cblcaso peroianently, lioweTer. bnt «xpecti to make fre- quent irtpa ttaltber for the purpose ot look- in;; attm latwests of bis eoocefm at that end of tkc Itat. The followlu;: Wltmart numbers are featuted In the proj;ramme!» of the cone rts fflTea daily -at ttie BelTlilerr iHotvU CharleTOlx. Mich., br Fischer's World'!' fair Orcheftia. ot KaU- maaoo: March, In a Bitch Caaoe. Aeeooe: JoUp Dance, (kud Tbe Fnibniter. LmlM: Oooe^^rt Waltaes from Balbette, Scibect: Sc- Icetioa. ■ D0II7 Taiden. fidwaids; Osnmfad mnnbcr. Has OoUr'a " "— ttai. tttr BnsoM a. ooir atar. -.PifiiL.JjacitoL - - ' ettii. The TMOnCoot. Heittsi _ . , Tbe Batftth Dalar.' Mailer; Jk. Scaotr'a ^lawcn- Beodix; Seleetloa. t Jk TVIaad. Hcitet: Selection {ram the T-Soltt. Bowa. Bendlz; BelecUon. Haa- tBDa. BntfteB: Slaieta, Dear Old Soottt. Sd- waids; Oaprlee, Oascr ot lite Boss, DIzod; .'MecttOB. Tbe -Vayor o< ToUo, Peters; March, Mockln' Btid SBbe. Tyets; March, By Bight -of Sword, Scndlx; Srl.ctlan. Prince of Pllaen. Xaders: Concerted Xamber, Captain Copld, Bntton: Operatic Selection. The lAmeer, Hei^ '.tert; Characteristic TSmtitT. "nie Mooae and The Clock, WhltDey; Japanese Norelette, In a Ztotna Field. Biattoo; March, It Bisppened In Itadland, Herbert; and Seleetloa The Chap- «roas. •Wltmark. The dance prosrammes of nsber's Orchestra at the same hotel Indnde 'Lore's Lottery, two-atep; Fantana, waltz; The Mlaatrel Parade, two-atep; Itae Sbo-Onn, waltz; Bappr JappT Soldier 'Man, waltz; and In Tbe ,.Shadow of The Pyramids. Coon sonss tiy EtasHah writers hare been on the market for some years, and some of them are about as fanny as anything extant. It la DO wonder, therefore, that the gennlne ar- ticle, pat before them artistically by Cole A ■Joiuum. sncb as Ijaxy Moon, Undy, The Congo LoTe Song, Samtw and TMnah, etc., has taken them stoim, and when they lUfe yon over there, tbey sfao'w it. Ixindon has cextalnlj- gone 'y^le 4k Johnaoa mad." The Eatul«'leb men carry eoormoaa placards on tie street, anaoonjclng them as LAnerlca's greatest enter- tainers. A photograph of the Inge blUhoards la front of the falace Male Ball ahev 0> * J. as the topUnen on the WU, aad.em. the "bosses" are plastend -with flazlns auiMNiaea- ments aboot Cole & Johoaoo. iriidle toll page pbotos of these artists greet the eye la erety Ixndoa paper. The teal lefloed daAy ebar- ■etcr la a leTdatlan to the-ZMOsB. isAUe. and tt the bon 'dant aet ^^'^ewdbd^' hetee their ntam tv^iAaedee. it iwMt te ifet tuU A new song tias been introdoced In "nie Catch of The Season, tbe new maslcal play la which Edna May la 'being starred at Daly's Theatre by Charles Frohman. Tbe aoog alladed. to Is called Cnpld Is The Captain ot The Army, and la <rom the pen of that Tersatlle author and eooipaacr. Dare Beed. Jr. In The Catch of The Season it is song t>y Taylenr' Andrews «Uh cneUhle. who rteUy eamcd the bis atota^, an eM iBaic^.'-nC-.;to.,'«ae "el Und %fefiai^.liW yean, •.yafc-ytlieailr■- dk' -aaeeess- iat-'BhBBbaqt ''Ba- ™- entlr.'' nie ' iieee .ls''eantd Ihe Sdle of Tbe West. In wlddi pletareaqoe loealltj the leebei are laid. The Uhtetto la hy Sazrr B. Smith and the mosle by Kail Hoschna. Tbe book la eztrein^ daver. and the melodies ehann- Ing. FIOKnee Bindley, for whom this operatic ■ ciwiadf ' ma written, combines -botli of these itetttttie vaUtlee, for the display ot which ■he has ample oiiportinilty In ber new play. Ue aiKeeas of The Belle of The West Is as Biiiffl. and. lodging by the nnmeroos en c ores which are dananded for many of the songs. It woDld seem as if a soodly duster of hits might :Cac^r IB the near gatuw. Cmm this " tc fipr .eMtt. tpr aar Vmtk M. Wttmark, who, for a namber of ttaXK has been associated with Mat. D. Mann ' et «C the Chteage ttaach aoees ef ; «t the ~ BlUr Gaatoa If henlding the adrent «f his new comic (oag. I Lore to Best, of which he Is the aothor and composer, by a liberal dia- tribntloa among his oamerons ac^oalntancco of colored pictorial postal earda a> wUefa- arc seen a tramp asleep under a tree, sweetly dreaming that he la a king and" receiving tbe hamagi of 1£U courtiers. A policeman Is. stealthily approaching the tramp from the middle distance with the erldent intention ot patting an end to hla nap and liberty. ■ Tbe words of the chorus of I Lore to Best—which sons will shortly be issued by M. Wltmark & Sons—appear at the bottom of the postals. The latter, by the way. are noreltles In new soag and masic advertising. lAln Glaser's new comedy, Mlaa Dolly Dol- lars, contains a goodly array of exceptionally bright Tocal nombcrs, among which are Tbe Self-Made F^amlly, An Edncated Fool, DoUy Dollars, My Fair Unknown, It's AH in The Book, Yaa Ksok! (dtiet); Life's Masaaerade (qoartette); A iWomau In Only a Woman (bnt a good cigar is a smoke). American Mnslc, Qoeen of The ' Sing (clrcns song), Jnst Get Oat and Walk. The Moth and Tbe Mooo. Walks, and Aa Amedeea' Brinae. Tht a i, with the Co.. the inAlIahers of this song, prooonnce It the most original Indian conceit on the mar- ket. One of the most pleasing waltz ballads pnb- Ilahed of late is Little Girl Yon'Il Do, wblcb was latMdnced lo Tbe Catch ot Tbe Season, at Daly's Theatre, last Monday CTenlng. It la tbe joint work of Benjamin Hapgood Bart and Alfred Solmon. These two writers are also responsible for The Harbor of Home, Sireet Home, the song hit of the Jolly Baron, fls ivell as a neor comic creation, entitled MUo. which Is to be featured In Fisher & Schul>ert's forthcomlof Babes In Tbe Woods production. Tbe aforesaid nsndiers are all published by Jos. W. Stem & Co. CheTaller Enrico Oarglido. Coext Flajcr to the Queen of Italy, who la at latw a t la this eoaatir. la an aidiat admlnr of the eddeattd Richard Onthmann. tbe well-known Chicago theatrical transfer man. was bom In Germany In ISST, and became a resident of the Windy City in 1884. For nine year* be was superln- Cmdent for the Mercbanta' Parcel Dellrety Oo. of Chicago, and in 1889 started in basiaess for himself. Dnrlng the past three years Mr. Onth- mann haa made theatrical transfer hla main boslness. Last season be transfened all the largest productions which played CMeago. in- eluding the MetropoUtaB Opera Ool. BeaiT W. Savage's FanUal. BIchatd llanatrtd, Bca Hot and otheia. ^ttsRthcc he tnasMM «ne $30,000 wstOi aC hailatsi OMaUad aaa- agera. et^^ ^SaMM^tat eiavdHe*^Te sceneiT stacdHMsaC twa aasaMT eaiiiiunt Aops, one stadia aod « liiillw iu. an aa the same jpsoaC aad fltM ap «llh every theiuty. Mr. eSSmm wm^ uSu, baOds aaa .faauu ''larSksB'anUl^la^MSrSkKS^&^p selection, mazdi. eotr* aete. and score of Miss Dolly OoIIaa. lished by M. Wltmark & Sons. landers, all pab- Thongh but fourtees and eleven years of age. 'respectively. Bfarloa and Leah White during their brief ptofesalonal career bare scored quite a hit in vaadevflle aa novelty singers and dancers- Their success is not alMie attribated to their yoothfni beauty and attracUvenesa, for they possess an nnnsoal amount of natural abUUr which aloae to the artlstle to ~ ~ It Is seldom that the sneeess of a comic song la so pronounced as to serve the purpose of evolrlng Itself into almost an entire scene; hut such is the case at the Herald B<inare Theatre, where Mr. iBenJamln Hapgood Burt's Indians Along ■Broadway has accomplished this feat. Miss JIattle WilllaTns, Almee Angeles, and Messrs. Bernard & Coyne, who sing this number, occupy no less than twenty minutes time la readerlnx the suae; and ay te date EISMETT LITTLETON HUSTON AND DALLAS These comedy Jngglen have recently re- turned from a three years* engagement In the western honses. and are now playing Texaa. Oo Oct. 2 tbey open at Pastor's, New Tork City, tbelr initial appearance in Ootbam. Fol- lowlng this engspement they are booked solid with Mr. Martjock, opening at the Olympic Theatre In Chicago. Not only does Mr. Hoaton Introdoce Into this torn a brisk line ot fetdilns comedy, but his exceptionally clever work aa a jagKler la far ont of the ordinary. Miss Dallaaf work is likewise cfiTectlve and worthy of pralae. The above represents Bmmett Littleton, who for the past ten seasoos has been in advance of Frank S. Davidson's companies. Mr. Little- ton halls from Bockvllle, Ind., where he was bora In 18TG. He has been very sncceBsfuI. ^e pas^rosuaa^^ has been msnstlin the Sweet 'Day. It appaaia to have oiade a gnat hit, and is already In demand. Hr. Smith has an opera in the tiands of a prominent manager for early prodnctlon. Mallory Bros., Brooks and BaUlday, Instru- mentalists, are winning new triomphs in van- devllle wth their rcadiUoos of If I Shonld, Tammany, The MCsasae of The Tlolet. TCasle, Yon Are The O^, €Bk ~ " ~ vllle CaUod Bmi, sO «C numbers. M. Wltte, the Bnsslan diplomat, has picked his favorite American air. It Is a waltz called Peggy Brady, from the others ot the Isle of Spice, which bas a few t>ars of Garrp- owen In It. The old cavalry ttme mnst have caught his ear. Dance of The Dervishes, Bendix, and Yester- Thooghts, Ocean Breezes and Punchinello, Her- bert, appear prominently In the programmes of Elleiy's Band^'aow glvlac u o auea u at tbe CoU- Is making a dediaS bit over the Pcicy. iWiniams Clreoit. .«Kh Kyan and EdwBtda* timely waits song la Vr Mmj Olds- ~ a recent Wltmark publleatiM. FLAY^UBES The Metropolitan Opera. House or- dMatn aad the Iowa Falls Mnitair Bead fur- - aasle te the cfttO^ «( the sew at WaimHd ia n. la.. The ICaJestlc Ttieatr«, the pride of Butler, Fa.. e p »sd Its aeeo B d seasoa with every assaianee of aaeesaa. U sood bookings and aa escsilsnt aaaaaasant eeaat fbr aay- thlns. MsasssT BaxckhaUsr Is pattlag forth strenoons efforts to excel last season's record. The Grand Opera House, Fairmont, W. Ta., has changed hands, the new manager t>elng E, F. Hartley, a man of experience and well versed in things theatrical as well as commercial. Mr. Hartley baa already booked more than fbrty ahows and the eotiook to very In book bat The staff of the Grand Opera Ho Wansan, Wis., la aa follows; C. S. . ' manager; Mias Lanra Hoene and Mrs. C 81 Cone, ticket seller; Frank BIsmark, chief usher; Lute H. Barrett, stage manager; Miss Lonelier. pianist; Lt^ nHa£ £Sm2. A new Camdr vmndevUIe theatre was opened lo SIooz City, la.. Sept. 10, by J. E. Jackson, the well-known manager. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Ellsworth, of Iowa Falls, la., returned last week from Nanhelm, Germany, where Mr. EUaworth went laat July to seek treatment for heart tronble. Mr. Ellsworth ia manager ot tbe Metropolitan. Iowa Falls. The staft of the Academy of Music. DanvHIe, Ya., Is as ftdlows: Ernest L. Melton, manager; Kennlth Wlmblsh, treasorer; George Poland, assistant treasurer; Jaa. H. Green, doorkeeper; Howard L. Davidson, pianist;" B. L. Wilson, chief usher; Grover Franklin, stage manager; PtaU. White: property man and Bobt. Motley, Walter.^de Lnaswell aad Au- brey Mlaell. attank Fooowlnv a -nrT rlgu tnaiwctkni at The ceremonies at the recent opening: of Greetie's Opera House, Cedar Baplda, la., were Impoalng. Tbe opening bill waa ~ Tbe County Cbairman. The boose haa been in tbe handa of artisans all summer, and is described aa a dream of beauty. It Is now provided with a apadona waiting room, excellent >Ca(dlitlea and aH tbe requirements of hlgh.d attractions and arlstocratle audiences. Manager T. A. Pedley. of the Grand Theatre, Oweasboro, Ky.. baa Just returned from a trip to Kew York In the Interest of his bookings. Patrons of his bouse wQl thla season see. among others, the following attrsctlODB: Otis Skinner, Grace Tsn Studdlford, DeWolt Hopper, Jeff. DeAngella, Tbe Girl and The Bandit. Tbe Girl From Butte, The FUlhaiter. Peggy From Paris, Saltao of Sola, The County Chalrmaa^ The P " and Booked for this month at the (Cres- cent Opera House, Jackson, Ohio, ate Tbe Oar Baker, Doca ..Thome, aad Btetaoa'a .Ua^a Independent attraetJona. With the^Stphenm at Dea Moines admlsstoo to gained In the atats capital. Greene's Opera House, at Cedar Baplds Is open to tbe Independent attraetlona, aa wlll also be a new theatre at Slonz City. Many of tbe theatres In tbe amaBer cities have main- tained their Independence, and are.. therefore. In a position to handle Independent attractions. Managers Ralnfmrth * Havlin, of the GnaS 9pmm Bsbssl <hMHll. Ohio, have scored a hit triaaqhaat ha asiailm for the delecutloa of tbelr patraoa aa excdleot line ot bookings for tbe seaaon. which opened so auspiciously with Blaadie Walsh to ne Womaa In The Case. Last mtA ne Sbo-Oua held forth at tbe Grand and Little Johnny Jooes la t>elng presented thto veek.. FODowlns cooics rxgby BeU In The Edacallon ot Mr. Plpp— not la ebronologloal order—Richard Uaaafleld, sir Henry Irvine, Viola AUen. Kyrle Bellew. Sothfm and Marlowe, Uande Adams. Lola Glaser, Tbe College Widow, The Duchess of Dantilg, Way Down East, William H. Crane, Hompty Dompty, Tbe Pearl and Tbe Pumpkin. Lew Dockatader, Frltri Scheff. The Prodigal Son, Babes In Toylatid, The Wliard of Oa, Wood- land, Sogers Brothers. E, 8. Wlllard. Francis "Wilson. Etfcel Barrymore, Frank Daniels, Hen- rietta Grossman. Mclntyre and Heath, Nat Goodwin. Mis. WIsss ot The Csbbaia .Psteh,