The billboard (Oct 1905)

OCTOBER 7, 1905i Ttxe Billboard 11 Pat-Chats Suit* 61. Grand Opera BY WARRKN A. PATRICK «C - th* nw Uae- EO. AI>a wmm nc Mbcr «ar wMa Mr. HacDon- ooeb tiMnJ Ui«t Mr. Ait'm new pl«y bmd been b>nl8b«il from New York to the "road." be fitted ttao: "De^r George: Wben doe* Tbe ■id S»martU« pl«7 Bird Center?" 6£0K0E jr-nrVTM T.IHV-H CHICAGO George W. Lederer, the new man- aaer of tbc Crioatel Tbeabc has anDoaneed "I am bere to ttay, u* me oQt," declare* Mr. mr oU ■tumas-snMBd. n* I wt* to kaa ulliai Ifcv Tatk vfar teart «C' M. I nerer liked Kew York or Its people, and It «u dae t* an Incident that occurred In Cbl- to take op M*w Twfc •Htw V«k li'a ana tomi t> Utp away from, and I am oat of It (Or good, except to send my wbow% tbere, tbe Kame aa 2 woald to aaj proTlaelal ton. Cblcaco aad l aoJo n In •mmr THk la a Iv ee« of a pleea' prodnced tbere depnidlDC lar^lj npoa tbe dlgeaUre condltlooa of tlia MlM ttatlia of tbcm flU op «b X ka«a often ■tlsmatlaeA a fliat nltht Kew York andlence u a death wateb. «acfa p«non being a self- afpolBtcd attic aad ftarlac to appland or to : Mt W "In I<oodaa, Gblcago. Boston. Fhlladelpbia, and. in fact, almost ererrwhere witb tbe ex. eeptlon of New York, tbe ttacatngoinc public k loyal «• Ma teiwMca, ttaa^ adtML In Kaw Tafk tker ara kjpeiaHKd aat dMoral. Uj tnmble In New York was tbe lame as the rest of tbem. Tber all lire beyond their the caaJltlBaa an each aa to wm be •oBdoeted aa a and comblnatloa theatre, lion dollars back of mt, lil^.<3aas prodoctJoo 1 have got one mil- It baa been dem- Is a amslcal sa< within the U«t I Vew Tork baa came from Cblcago. tbat New York I tbe OiBbio where I Bade aereral Us prodnetlont. all of which aiade money after leaTlng Philadel- phia, thcn^ pcoTtas eoBdnslTely that tbe iM ttMcr Bal ■ Wmr XMk M*aMlMi k nec- mm^ to sale MMT «lik adv « the wott IB a Mlaer." Ut. KMerer bis established a repncatlon for fhltk wltk tbe ptUle in the matter to aaaaaadw Hat It k nect to bapoMlble to recilfC fitr tmtmnit In New York and de- his iBtentloa to make the Ooloolal in Us haae ot operationa la Cblcaco, Mr. It to an' pMbaMHty be win soc- <eed In his latest enterprise. Many cbmges bare been made In tbe Colonial (known last Hyde * Bchmaa'a). aad that Fay H.: Oikaa-s Vtafj-Afv Mtavtci n<OM Broad' he refintrded as an assorance tbat at attractions booked will be wortb.r atteatloa of the pobUc. Ut. Iicdertr Mas' Wariee* COasar, who appears Willi Rose HeWnie In Sis Hopkins. Is a Cblogo girl who left Chicago Musical College syear ago with high hooon, and at once ^'ttk' Mil' IMvOle. aad aMde i^Mk 'a loe- ««» tbat Manager Sterling re-engaged her for this season. kiln Cossar Is called opou to King In the pertanaaoe of bet part, and ber ' to .iNaM to adran- . aC baa aaMhslde vhtoW ' tHr dnr- BMttT A duiiige lias tweh made lii Oie cast •f Fantana. eorrent at the Oarrlck. MISS Toby Olando has atsnmed the part of Jessie. wUlch •P to a few weeka ago waa played by ton. Miss Clande is the yonag woman who ftdlowed Miss Barry In tbe part of Fl-Fl in The Chinese Honeymoon, and scored a saccciw Id the part. List season Ulas Claade was In TaodevUIe. bat tbe Missis. ■bStaCt per- anaded her to caned her TaadesUh tsar to Fred. C. "Whitney has discovered a new prima donna. She Is Miss aara MaenU. a ChUasB yoena wonun who waa engaged liat Iisvc^ Imttety. 'Mlaa Haents folaed tbe cem- ry this fail. "Whfn ^^'-hi'.mnnn-Helnk became a few days . , able to appear the Chicago pabllc in relation to lalnstrelsy, and he refnsed a tempting oBsr to defer hia engagement. The eating to watcfa. ai Texas, the new play which is being rerealed tor tbe first time at tbe Great Nortb- en thia week Is a drama of ranch life In tba aonthwest. The hetulne is s girl known aa "Texas"' West. She Is the daogbter of a rand owner of Val Verde Coanty and lovea Jack Dallen. a eowboy and ranger. An Eng- lish nobleman trlea to win her flom Tick, and so tbere are tsoohloaa oonpUeatlaiis. Tbe play Is by J. U. Feigl. editor of the New York Tammany TImea. Tbe east Indadsa Mlaa Mabel Olxey. a danghter of Beuy B. DIxcy. to the tUIe nle. and SUaer Ayna aa lack 'iCtoa GEOROE COKAX—KEAW AND ERUJ16EK jt'oUowlns tb* annonneammt tbat JoteOy tateicnted with ' Klaw B laBgei In Mr. Cohan's new play, FOrty-flTe SUnutea From Broadway, cornea tbe farther annooncement BiEN OF CHICAGO THEATRICAL AFFAIRS "■qoaba." hot Jnst a redned. gmip of glrla: good sinsers and TEE ASVESTIBIHa SHOW A new departure In the field of com- aerdal expositiona la the annoal advcrtlalav show whicfa la to be lannehad to «**«t- toto month, the Oollsenni to be tbe aceae at toto^ Instrated methods of boiilneas pxvmotloa a^ cordinc to tbe most adranctMl Ideas^sad praa- tlce. JlesBrs. Parker and Bieder, who hSTW tbe promotion of tbe sbow la band. haTe ae* enred tbe ready c»oiieratloB af the leading rrpresentntlreB of the adrertislng haalneaa ttarongliaat the coaMry. and many of tbe MSt nnlqiie. novel aad striking projeeta yet esolTed In thIa Oeld are belag p r e |»r rd for tbe com- ing show, which la to be held Oct. U-18. The I t c ta r sa hy the moat Intereating aad niaable ft a la i ee "i novelty concema, and Tartnas rnbllcatlons de- voted to tbese things are emplo/lag crrry in- Bcaaa to pcovtda sosaethlag catliely week. mnavi: theatre chanseb hajujh Tbe Vaudette Tbeatre Company of SOBlll' Cornfield, tbe playbonse lieing tbe second of llTe which the MllI»^R7«n-TracT Sjndlcate pro- poses to secure in tbe oatlying dlstxleta of Chicago. The name of tbe theatre has beea changed to tbe Soath Ctalcaso Taodettr, and It will be booked In conjunction «ltb tbe Yandette Thea- tre at Sixty-third and Balatcd atieets. Two chancia to laka 'i^tow nights. Herbert S, Mllla of tbe Vandette Theatre Onmpaay. V. ia secretary and Joseph B. O. By an and geneial manager. Hsiit M. 'WIlaoB wID be the boose, seated, THE BOSTON FABETTE OROHBnSA' A re-engagement aC the Bos t on M Miss socceasfuny tbat Ur. Whttaqr dMa«r haa announced bis Intention of bringing ber oot next season In a new opera by Julian Edwards. Miss Macnti waa gradnated last rm from creditable work •iat'-'SlMasar ~.W6itBey's at- tention waa dl rertarto^ lito^- ^^^J^^'*,^^' A> MtBSMBW ! SHBlUUnnAI) Of tlie teally remarkable engage- ment of As Ye Sow at McVicker's, George C. Warren says: "Tbe play was nnknown—a flttt rlTort of an nnkaowa dramatist, and a p rtactor at tbat the caat, which proved exedlSBt to tbe act- ing, was not brilliant In name, aad the op- position of nnosoal ont-of-doors weather and attractlwia. and yet the recelpta for the four weeks wm bMvcea |39.(NI0 and flO.OOO, Tbe nuaafers' af 'tbe company and tbe theatre made an effort to shift Mr. Dockstader'a time to give the melodrama another week—the Boa- toD engagement does not begin antll Oct. ~ tbat contracts have been signed between Mr. Cohaa and Sam B. Hairla, bis manager, and the firm of Klaw & Erlanger, throngb which the latter becomes Interested In the largest of all tlie musical prodactloaa that have yet It' ta*^ "ah n o un eefl ftet' Oocwrtader^ Minstrels will go to Entope aext spring wben their .American toor ends, negotiations to that end having been started daring the past week. This Will: .be the aeeoad Mg AsMrieaa mln- s<i<l''Csm*nr to toar Earope. J. B. HavedT tba iHt... . 'When Tbe Xjand of Nod takaB:;tB'tte road Misa Anna I.aagblln wUI not b^'to'/tbe east, but 'Wmiam Norrls wUI contlnne to five the leading comedian's role. Mr. Norrls has been referred to aa the William Dean Howells cal comedy. MABIE OABUX'B CEOaVB In Moonshine^; htU is prcacathv :«t; NIcbola, plays at tbe Haymarket thla week while en route, to the coast. Tba aggregm- tloB nnmbera twenty-two artMa^ big factor on the programme. It does not. bow- ever, monopolise the entire interest, aa there at* otbcc alan. Xaaas aad Maaettc aOW (bck eoojaror. Sbepp's trained cantaea and eqnines prove interesting performers, and Dick I.yneh aOets bia amnolsgae and paradlca. Oote^aiviar-I Ity. aad' l«ie''-1lBcw«a to'<'a' Kates Brothers are dever i Sharp slDgs popolar prcaldtd at the George S. 'Wood, one of the known theatrical newspaper mea In the XTatle* Statea. Is director of pnbUdty for the new riiliiirt TbUll ni ^ be toalBtcd by a capiMs staC' IiMli irsm sdmllaiag agent for the Colonial, baa one of the atroageat haa- ner showings any Chicago tbeatre haa had to jtais. Tbe adrertialBg forces are alive to - ' ' ^ rrbeatie BeantUwr* apM with eeeiy todle aW sa of heavy p atwm- age. Tbe advance sale foe FOrty-flve Miastcs From Broadway la big. Manager George deTcr.ia attiring, op tUnga ta^JeacatoMtMA . la'tbe hiMliiiwi' " ' GEORGE COaAS RETOBm George M. Cohan and bis play, UttI* - - — —-• tbla time at tbe Aadlttctaai. Tbe eaga^cat ta for two weeka. and tbe performancea wUI he glve» for tbe beneflt of the PoIIcenien'a BeaeralCBt Association, which mrana tbat tXIfV^ blg- gtat playboose wm be packed duriog the stay of thla mnslcal comedy. The Ultle Johnny Jonea Co. remains the same as aeea at ibe lUlnola last spring and sommer. all Iba oM favocltea. Tom Lewis. Sam Byaa. James C. Marlowe, who scored' Of aa one of tte thieves In Tbe Geeier of Geek, retired from Manager Block'a organisa- tion at the end at the Cbla«o eagagemeat. and is soeceeded hr seen last with Nat.; . 1. Mr. Ed- ward Oaeb aad tm adteoato east gave a pro- feasloaal performance of a ooe-act piece to the Chicago Opera nonse- All tne TsoderUle In town were there to w1Ib««^^^