The billboard (Oct 1905)

OCTOBKR 1, 1805. Xtie BIlll>oara 7 w.ll boslDMs man«ger; B<dlui(l WaUae*. atac* iH/inigfr; B. A. KelI«T. m —tef of prapcttlM James H. Thomfc o« the Thome Lmuuitlc Co.. writ*! that In ■pit* of many i.i..\vdowiia am otber annojancea bla f o m paay k3k bcca doliig good iHUlneaa imder canraa. alU alnrSy open in tb* open hoow, and kul m Moibcr ot good one* booked. Tbe iSi^ to aa (oUowa: Jamei H. Tborne, man- iim- Boonlc McTCf, Xarra Brooks. Louise SraU losram Kyle, Ed. Y. L.«lrd, Hot Ore;, «en- Carle WallfC Ward and Tbm Garrett. J. W. !?aeSrS\kwaM« aaaactr. Notes from Steelsmitha' attractions: BoOi our repertoire caapanlea are getting their ibare o( the buiilness. Our OBe-nlglit pndaetion «( To Be Bniled AUre opena at Uobcrlj, Mo„ Oct. 2. TW^ company la equipped with a tnll line o( Bcenery and paper. Wa also have In ■■tie «■< itotiTnn wnungs oc -n.-a. Ctaae. TUs win pteee a large nunbcr «( plays aoder Ur. StecIimlth'B direct oootitd. Notes from the Lillian Mason Co.: We opeoed oar seaBou at lola. Kan., to ca- ttacltj boslnens. Both pabUc and press ac- kDowledged It tlie best sbow In lola tbis sea son. We are booked solid tluoagb ' Our rosier Includes N. M, Veddcr, w. K. Llndemnth. ba8ln< HoSmiD. moilcal dlrectnr prater; Cbaa. T i an d er , i Melford. Jime* Boseo, Paul C. Clifford. Chaa. Conning, aao. Katberlne Bltcble Bonnie Lomlnrd, Ifarle Seonett. GenerleTe Camilxic and TilHtan Uaaon Robert Meyers, manager of Davis & Eugene's A Poor Belatlon Co., writes as fol- lows: "Tbe preas of Ft. Wayne and Marlon, lod., JaaesTllle, Newark and Springfield, OMo, as well as all otlier cities Tlalted this season, are unanlmooa In proclaiming this aeason's cast far superior to any eT«r seen In the play. Tiie prodnctloB la pnt ao In the same lavlah manner aa chazaetennd the original Sol. Smith neaa managcc: Vaxtj rectnr; Jamei Huttn.. c«r- PRKACHER-PLAYWRIGHT WORK'S GENI8E8 GIVES «Ma Mm T« Iser Is Xaw stag* Type plax. jto B. Oiliaii. alwa it NT it~wlB ■^■ct.^- Tbey are pntttv It on dManMr. '■PbrwHiMs tasi atawi atieglaNl the cloth." itfdllr. anyte. ^Voactlmea. It moat be eoo f ei s ed. these earleataea hsTe been tnnay. I bdlere the real dergyman can be ttanalated from bla pnlplt to tbe stage and made an In- spiration.** Mr. Snyder Is pastor ot a little Unitarian church In Wellesley Bills, Man. He la ^ty- turee years o( age and a Itnng letatatloo of tbe Osier extennlnatioD theory, ftom head to foot be looks the eaanny detgyiasa. He t e nM step expected tor each warm weather." Following Is tbe roster of the eastern Train Bobbery Co.: A. B. DaTldaon, proprietor and manager; BenJ. LeBoab, bnalneaa manager; Hany Gardener, musical director; John Oooncm, stage carpenter: Wm. Stuart, property man: Tbos. H. Kmeger, H. George Dagelen, Pete XcNamee, James Taylor, Edw. J. Plel. Sain 'Waldroo. VT. H Toong, Joseph Whltlsg. Mabel HendecsBO. Jeailcs Croaa, Marie Lossy and nocenoe Baker. James B. Warde, with two asslstanta, la In adrance. The company cattlea a complete line of scenic effects and a Ml line of excellent paper. They have playcfl «• SMd ■ II. te 'tte lOTtar oC SUtaon'a mi% CMl Ox: Wks. Kibble, M. r. Lues, gcastsl agent; Morris neld. pfsgiamer: J. D. Bsncs, Joseph Bamom, Thylor DaTldaon, 9. r. Henry. Cbaa. Vinton. John Henry. Del Toche. John Sterling Phillips, Frank Bojer. Fred Schnleh. H. S. Wlllard. Wm. Smith. Mrs. Mamie Kibble, Mrs. Alice Zlllman, Fay Z.HIman, Baby Base, Oos Oolllna, Geo. Maasey, Jamea BoUnd. Tom Bryant. C Ctnsby, Edward Betters. Sam Zncaa. Amanda Owens' jSiu mSSr"iiSiSfli^nSim^w? Ander«on» Jtanis 10Bv MA ttSA. Bailow. . Frank W. Nason writes: "The sea- aoa has opened np wonderfolly bright. I had ■both my shows en toor all snmmer thrangh Maritime pioTlnces and they played to ess. Uy ngolar sesaoa Cgc Oie Neighborly Nelghbocsu epsned at . H.. Sept. 4. te a ttcce asy** ^ Jge lyoke ttswcsrtl^sgjgi fceise. The Ns. 1 Isg aa manager and Ua WtcheU. playing the titte west." wife, lole. is booked Reports from the Olick Stock Co. state tbat they opened tbe Webb Theatre, Pern. lod., Sept. 25, to tbe largest house In Its history, and were forced to tnm people away. Manager Webb Is quoted as saying. "You haie one of the best repertoire com- panies oo tbe road, and I will be perfectly willing to marantee you first money at any time yoQ should return.** Tbla Is certainly apesMag hisbly ot the company. Tbe aggie> MlM aMabtrs flttccD. aooag whan at* Bury MHk wgrnrntf, Bsny T. Saaith. ad«aaee rep.; CtM. BfeiiM. preaa aMt: Owen Bartlette, stage director; Geo. SaUabory. Mlas Many. J. Sheridan, Edwin Barrett. Mr. Henls. Lew Kraner, Btta Arthar. Lalla OUck. Lndla SsI' Manager R. J. Ravencroft of The Oenrcr Express Co. writes as follows: Onr sessoB opened Aug. 21 at aarrettSTtna^ OUot la SBCeUent business. We spent tin* teaatem Ohio. glHsc aaUabHlM Managers who had tte show 111 In ssylnr tt Is •■• W« ignc M exeeptkMlb floe eampsay «( _ fcnoAers — We are , out until the _ ~», roster embracea K. J. Haw neto ll. mssagir; Reeman FUke, ad- rance representattT*: Bany O. Banister. Geo. W. Wright. Thos. I>. BoUe. C. C. Raren- erott. W. Earl Oothrle. Crjrstsl Wlxsard Ban ntster, Zella Dawn. Blanehe Wright, Generleve Pnnlsnn. and Rose Flint. We baee some good sprclaltiea. and. considering all things, bare the beat " the beat pradaetloa oC The DanTcr aan mscaaucal sKiftlSa Ctariattvher a writes that he Berger Brothers, comedy acrobats, closed with tbe Lord Baltimore Oo. and Joined the GaskUl CamlTal Co.. at Ft. Dodge, la. Lferoy and Grant, comedy bar ex- perts, are layina oC la Ksssis Ctty..lis>« Biapa- ratory to opAg ttg 'ynMue circuits. The Four American Trumpeters with The Adelaide Herrmann Co. write tbat they are booked solid ontU May, and are meet- tog with soectM. Butler and SUInr bave actcad to work alngle In the that he will sittgle ttapexe act. Prof. H. S. Jamison, having closed I park work at Atoq Park, YooDgstown, ' to ^WB with the Bryant & SwaIn After a season of forty-five weeks on tbe Pacllle coast, playing for John Oonal- dine and Wm. Weaton, Danny Mains and liOlo Haines are coming east. Bert Lemon writes that his new Im- personation ot James A. Heariie Is the talk of lioalsTlllew where he recently opened his season an Ihc Bopklns Qreiilt. The boat used by the Rice Hoatlng Tbeatre Oo. strack a sssg at Mooat VHst^TO^ and sank In six feet of water. The Mmnp will be laid np for shoot two weeks. Schepp's Dog and Pony act Is now a featnre attraction on tbe Orpbeom Circuit. It Is booked orer tbe Kobl tc, Caatle, Anderson, Hopkins and the Interstate Circuits. The Great Liyncb, sensational wire arOM; MC who has scored l>lg thla anmmer on Ike park and fair drcnlta opened his win- ter season this week In the east. The Ross Sisters, who have been ap- pearing all summer In tbe parka with big suc- cess, vrlll open upon the western TandeelUe cir- cuits next month in a refined alnglng act. J. B. Mack, of the team of Mack and Tosca. arrlTed in Chicago last week from the Texaa drcnlta. They will rehearse a straight staging act fhr this wintcfs work. he has coo- a gar> oo the stsge and play the hero celred In As Ye Sow wtthaal ckl ment. . After tbe play was pat sa returned to bis dock. "Sol. Smith Bnssell gare me my first sugges- tion Smt writing the play,*' said Mr. Snjder. •We were at dinner together at my bouse, which was then in St. Louis, We were talk- ing ..bout the eUge and I asked him why It was clergytnen were always earlcattired on the stage. " 'It may be because of the ancient feud between the church and the sUge.' replied Mr. RttsseL ^nt I bellere the chief mmmi hi that no playwright has erer created a type «C min- ister tbat wasn't a caricature.* "I said: 'Mr. Basaell, yon wool make a splendid clergyman of the type I mean. Why don't yoo hare someone write the part for yon?* " '1 wish 1 had the play,* said Mr. Boasdl, eagerly. Then he added, with a kragh: 'Why don't yon write It tor me? Too know what I want.* I began work on Aa Ye Sow within a week. Just after I had finished the first act BnsaeU waa taken with hla last illness. He neeer returned to the stage. Robert MelTlUe Baker, anthor of Foxy Grandpa and aeeeral other pleya was a member ot oiy eoogiegatioe at that time. I abowed hlo what had been he Uked it. It waa aeraxal years after bctlae I^finlrte^^e •JJJJJ'jjJ^*JJJJJJJ i* (Jj prodaetlon." ' • ^ .... ■The title As To Sow Is takam fteai this rerte of tbe BWe: "God Is aot msckcd. tor whataoeTcr a saa aoweth, that shall he also reap." The scene to laid at Ossa Ood. and many o( the aatacters axe MMMB. ICr. Snyder to the aothsr a( tmal children's stories. Be baa atoa wrUtca a aoeulogleal skit, entitled The Wind •btmX, Before he entered the alalatiy he waa newspaper man. writing VAUSEVnXX WlU R. Rogers, lariat expert opens la Tanderllle at Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 8. The Dayton Sisters write that their act to a hit orer the L a hetokt Cttcntt. OlUe BfarteU and report meecss on the Mev The Musical Russells are delivering Ike goods with the Both-Mooca Stodt Oo. Jim and Cella Welch write that they ealt. Franzmathea and XowlSb ■hots, are reeMBg af City, Ua Archie L«vy la the SoUlnui * and aoDth. Frank Walsh, monologue comedian. ~ 24 for ** iSm 'wmII^'m^SSS* ^>g*ll3Sai Ethel Whltesldes and her picks; Washer Brothers, boxing midgets: Bawls and Von Kaufman, sketch artists; Georgia O. Lewis. Jack O'Toole, and Conn ton tinea a aad l^wrence played the BUou Theatre. Dee Molaes. la., week of Sept. 22. Boilness was fiae. The Original Bootblack Quartet, writes Manager Arttaor Carltoo. has heaa en- gaged by Klaw a Manger Cor tkeir Baae Folks Co.. In whtak thay ate aMktns a hit. Thcae asnskiaaa. hata asMt lha aamaHT la piaykv^tta.'Utt Md.JSSato* iliaMB. asd a few Mta.. ■OWARD vSHAVNK dates back sereral years, his entice Into the managerial field coTera a period of lesa than flee years. Starting as a call boy In the opera boose ot hto nattre town—<)nlncy. ni.— nearly twaaty^ee yean ags. Mr. Sbayae srad- ually worked hto way ap Into the profeaalon, until now. after appearlna behind tbe foot- lights for twenty years, he has fonnd a branch of the amusement bualnesa which baa not only giren blm opportunity to retire from acUre stage work, bat baa placed him la the frant rank ot theatrical ptomoterSL Mr. Shayne will be remembered as ooe ot oor beat light comedians, when, aome fifteen years ago. he starred In many of the then leadlag farce comedies, such as Skipped hy ^Che Light of The Moon, The TSJamjjfnm,. aga -" lalrr i-aa. appeared in Taadevilla and SSr-gM'^paaka 'SSassd tbe leading bonses. Mr. Shayne's first Tialt to tbe west waa an uphill fight. There was no Coney laland. Brish. ton Beach or Atlantic City to which tbe pub- lic could go for ontlngs, etc Tbla appeared to him strongly. Be saw the future of the summer parks In the west, and be began to promote thla kind ot amusement. He fotmd a number of parks In operation, but. with the exception of the larger parka of Chicago and St. Louis, he' found that the arnnaementa of these resorts were limited to a band concert or occasionally a sensational oatdoor attrac- tion, while a tern were oStrtna afdlooe rao- denne pwnrama. By peissnni in i nnl esf a witb tto : . ^ jj (irtMp the ' that a-'BeaiT«saiifcg:'-Swi:'M|gh tlssw acta. hy the long daas of j ■ow esBtiaetlac to play, lha est dsaa eaadeiille acta a i twelee to slztsea The snecesa of Mr. his watcbfnlncaa and to hto keen iaalght theatrical matters. Hto eontlnaed on the stage, and more enpcdally TOle, has rerealed to him the destaca ot the manager and tbe wants of tbe perftasMr. Mr. Shayne's new oOces at 70 Clark street are a credit to Chleacsb Bto tbeatxtea »«i*'«-wt Is Rehearsals of the Toast of The Town, to which Viola Allen opens at Bridgeport, Conn., thl3 n-eek, are being eotidncted under tbe personal superTlslon ot Clyde Titcb. anthor of the play. Miss .\Uen*a metropolitan engage- ment n-lU follow that of Lidn OlaseT In Mlas Dolly Donsis at the Kiksi hai ksa naatre. She Is Night. Jas A. and Ceodia Welch write that Shayne. and ksn aot lest a week fa a ytar. Idle. Zlngarella in her sensational 6Iobe.Splnl act has fioished the clrcolt of northern fairs with marrelona sncceaa. and opens on the southern circuit at Athens, Qs,, Oct. 3. The Sharplles—Gus and Mattle— write tbat they opened at the Cryatal Theatre, Xtetrolt, Mich.. Sept. 18 and scored a hit. They are playing Wsasfa Theatre, Peoria, HI., t^ jtumoaL Herr Conried has declared against Boston. Tbe Hnb City won't see hto inmd opera company thla aeaaon. J. l/ocke Warwick, a col<M«d slng;er who waa a member of the original Georgia MInstreto In the serantles, will take oat a company ot colored vocalists and mnaldana Oct. 1, and will play the amaU towna of tbe Dakotas, Mebraaka and Iowa. Richard Carle and the members of Tbe Mayor ot Toklo 0>.. wtiUe playlac la PhUadelphla ran OTer to Baltimore to see tbe special matinee performance of The Maid and Tbe Mununy. Sept. SI. Many ether pial>a elocalB In Balttmora a tten de d . Ernest Rose, who has recently com- pleted a course at the Boyal BIgh School of Music. Berlin. Gcr., and more recently cosk- metod^^th^ae^Oamnadk CMcea a( Haw Toifc Mrs. Florence Pendleton Scarbo- toogh, engaged for Henry W. Sarage'a Grand Opera Co., returned from Europe last week. Mlaa Scarbocoash wlU be heard la tte title role ot Alda. as Mi Mba tt te Tsanhsii i aafl as Marguerite la Faust. She makes her debut next week In Brooklyn In Tannbanser. Miss Dess McClaren of New York City dosed a very asccesafnl four weeks' en- gagement Sept. 18. aa soloist at Flndley Lake Park, N. Y. Mlas McClaren la said to poesesa extrmordlnary aweet soprano Tolce, wblcb. together with her fine stsge hearing woa far ber many dose friends at Ftndlcy Lake. Joe A. Sanderaoa wfaa has been IdcntUed wttb tba pita eC fllDHt Qty. la., for the past six ycsra; a t i mt d'bto eoinectlon Oct. 1, to beonne baalacas nanacer ot a band tbat will toor the northwest. Be wm be a^ soda ted with Bert Murphy, the well-known Toeallst. who wfU he featured wttk the new organisation. iV'. Mme. Morioara Serena, a Feta Oosmsnr hss Just completed an ~ ierea weeks orer the Ciyatal which time he was the langh- bUI. Connelly wm play the eastern hooscs thto winter. Harry Bums, the phenomenal bag pnncher, to highly elated oTer bla ancceaa at the BUoQ Tbeatre. Des Moines. la. Manager Baclaanan praised Tery highly his act, and the newapapera gare hlffl aome nice wrlteops. Frank Murphy and Jack E. Magee wish to Inform their friends that they are meeting with ancceaa with the Dlnktes* Yankee H. Harlow, manager of tbe Walker a Co. when tbat attraction phiyed tbe I western Canada, baa tbe Moalank. Brooklyn. N. Y. nto nfll be Mne. Bercna'a seorad^ pro- fessional last year. J. Opera Co. when tbat northwestern states and western been engaged by J. E. O<ja6»o»e agent for the Coegmee Giaad Onacett cheatra. Sir. Harlow to^ now on •«ije_weat over the Union Padle. baoUW Mf atBacMWl to the coast. Hatiy ^.Wsa d■ to.fma a ngtog Cooprore Orchestra. rllBf» O w gwa »j<a«ru number ot rttu9tealv-.asaeltliK'.'!apS as - to . swtolid tr Gertinde'. i TkaUa KMtta, ~ Or.