The billboard (Dec 1905)

4 l^tie Billboard J. Bnoa. OdoBd Qta. S. Wood, picw af*" of tte Oolonlil, wbo gets tin boo* a tn pace baeaoia he Ottrft* It and rcprcaro Un Fay ^emplelon aod- Tlelnr Moon Is leenea tnx Fortr-Fln JUmtea Fmrn Broadvaj. Alao pictiiie-«C SM. P. " — - the OaoM oat IkB-a By . C. a ,BARTRAM. ELEBRATiONS are thick In .' thB • ttmtrleal atmoipiiere. To-alstat OUrer Twlat celebrated Ita lOOtli perrormance at His Ua]est;'a. Tbe WUte OTSaDtbemiun celebrated It* lOOtH' pertonnMce on ToeadaT. The Perfect Lorer at 'tbe Imperial, and Pnbllc Opinion at Wnidham's each" celebrated Ita SOtb parform- anea - tbU week. At -Uie JlaHe HalU it l> innlTcnair celebtatlans. Two were .eelebnilcd laat week, and tha-' n ii t i M^ «» i _«i »l i »»«y »»• Btrenules take plM».^—t TM H I i y —* ft>iiowtor''*tUajr:-:.?.f->j^,."?■.>• ■ : .■^•i" .' A. rBrti«l"ae'£^lCtdiamBicr NliAitra Dteam at . j/fgigg^^Qf^ Aihea and Otto .-Tathec -atroaClT' of the cootlns .joa. -Bat atOU' betas a piece ."Matjeeold liave been. orlslnallT Intended to be -if——*- anything, the management of the Adel- ' lU'em haidlT be. blamed for foUowlnc tfaelr I dbmI gcUcT of getHDg aa mnch fan oat of tteir aA}nt as'ls 'posslUe. A UMaanimeT KUht'c Bream belong* to no aeon, no dlstlii(>t and well marked Tarletr of jjramtM*' enter Ulnmeat. • Anyone wtio btileTed IB'B'wen-made play wIU look at It. wMk as- ■ IwiUmiliit ana de^alr. AypaxeaOr. It la.« ' aaaqBri'VUA.haa gnwa. oat o(..lt> ■as. aalusBd and ' ' — watt kaon-'wy Ur ^ . . : Mftl. He»ee. - In parttii^r It .'.He lket» aze-.at^Ieast two altanatlTea for the r':aMBacer. . He mar either aeeentoate Iti pan- llllliri i[iilllln ■iiiTtTuT IT as a taree baaed OB :(ke-IntilgneaUof ..the Athenian woikmcn; or ■■fee-lit'a .woEk..ot .cheer t&nt&sy And master a ' aert dream of the. imagination. In which ttie poet, gtelng leln. to his om wayward Instincts paints things In-a pnrely 'Ideal land sarroonded wtth a poraly' Ideal attooepbere. Messrs. Ashe and Smart, hare In .t81 a~ Inattn r e ch oaea Oe popalar <Bie. . ■ STAGE SOCCETT FBODTTOXIOSo The -Stage Society produced two abort pieces at'-the Seals-on Monday afternoon wbleb did not tend to endanger tbe riilpplng on the UMmes.. The llrat was Jimmy's Mother by Mis. ,.'I«ooard' 'Mcxrlck and . the .second > dramatlmitlan-by Qter B.jJP. BcnaiHi of his own aoTd Dodo. -.]fis:r.afelziek In her .little cany, has. donbtTeaa wttbc tb«r bet "HLjB ttte. world. CBdcaranA to nipiiHe •> icailMtlrPHlE B eertaln aeetlin •C^Hift.-pogc 'Ilra.--~Tbe heR>^ ttm^ B.:poaK-<«sa«B'»aC^-baBUe' origin, is ttw-. .^k'aC-aa artiaaBtjABTanDlr belleTes In ithe IqAV ait af.:kaBdc aad:>-1te power of prayer** ss remedial oieasaRir''IB'-Jnoments of .sickness, meir clilld Ilea at the- point, of death, a victim to pn e uawm la -'gtomptad to-action by the fear of lostnc her little.-one.- Hannah Ford in the Bbaenoe. of - her . hnsband.- calls in the doctor, aod following his .tostznctloDS succeeds In- pre- serving Ifhe life of her boy. John Ford's drst impolae on retnmlng Ja to -<mdo what his wife's good sense has acctunpUsbed. bat the fatherTs - fintlset within Mm voiekly asserts ItsHf and tanas-Ma wile:.ta.Uararaa^ be. ten, ackaowl^ me •tiay-Ja-.aot bad lmt th« dramatle qnaU- - tin oC'.tteMlttle ^eee -were not apparent. 3I>.- A'-y.-'Jfliisiai -deacilliea hia comedy Dodo as a "Aatan at-yeal«iday." He Is well sd- *lactf ° lB:>doiBS',;so> for. the piece can not be apokao; ateaa,-.bdng :np-tD.date. Uke ita com- pulDa.:aB.:>tbe .angzam.' )t is oooapieaoas lor -;'lt> iBCkiTor.idraaBtle.- poaslbllltlea. - Bot^ ''nw^ fk^Ont -inik-mm the .-;gn<aea«a Bcnaia:-'8haw?B Xajar Baibaza ;-.:it/<l»i<adigt:.<m-'W>ailjifliy. • Of eDnnet'lt.U '!''.IL':.iCtBWi^ 'peAai^ hot" ao good a-one aa Kan ^mmt g a p e iMi ah ot. Jahn-.Ban*s Other Island, atli l --<^m4» ^tf only-for -the sentiments of an Imprea- ^-alSB aodaUsm it preschea. • Ik'Major Barbara occur some of Mr. Sliaw's best dlscnsalons, and there be introdoces some of bis moat effectlTe 'characters. These are •4Bamnr" (Boauda) Mltcbens. a fairly respec- table eemale. and "Snobby Price" a aat-dlaant conrertad painter trading on his Imaginary "VThopplng oC Ida- -wMte-balred mother." Teiy elererly acted by Mr. Axtbor lAcAy. The aalTatlan,.>p>9-:aav-lt la. or I ' ttem B ■capltaII«tt a»aBltelBri..-wonia be. title far JIr. .8hB!i>.- •aA.«dSlaiiB -iilimtj( -I-"-, r' Au- f •vnOf a fliKtl iintf %|iitot perform anee at'l/a. 'Bohette. tb^MMBb season ot Co- Trat Garden -was biuughf tB as end on Tfama- day erenlngl' Ittcefit tbat the andience was a fnn anA'csthaiiastlc one,-'there is little to say eooeeniiig •ttdi'.«Ibaing i^nwatatiM? 3itdame MkniB was tf*taer licaf 'at^eie. —' lent tfcefc. •dM^^IBIW^f ajl^j . . ^^ -g-T^ .Mvee&'^S^fMb.. -K'-ls-^a -|btl*>«Hlr to say '.OOUHZBK HgPfiTHBTiTt ^ raifa'c*.. Spectacle. The WlilA waai prodaced-'on Monday at Ike piond ..'an' Immediate ssccess. In the Jlrst scene, Xhe Srtrance tn the Aiana. <3ix1stlah-.tnald^na ^are being dragged to the Uoas amid the. mocking tannts of the yotmg Bomans. To ea-re the life of one of them. Itettier—her Jewish loter. Jadah. challenges Marena^ a wcalthx Bmiian, to a dMitot race. The o.ar U ^M^^ oontcat. xtpoa' ^ree diarlots. each drawn by foor iiorses, tear at breakneck speed roond tiie large am- phitheatre crowded by spectators. At Orat Mar- ens leads, bat Jadah orgea oa his team des- perately, and paasea the winning-post first. In th* fl^ tahlean. remarkable for IklUfBl onptas and baoaenlooa colarlafc..SHMC OP be Mca teemed- to the arms atlfmiimm, '.'- VOTS Tbe professton Is as usuaJ to the late In sopportl^. tbe .QBCan'a VeBd.jtor tlia lloyed. B. of the " at te Ue bidl te matmtt Oe da^Sni iif infMnglBS the IwianiBtCT laws of France. Thirteoi la so hoodoo tor Miss Nora Bayea, who made her KngHi* debat 'at the Palace on Monday, fcr that was her nnmber on tbe pro- gram, and tbe lively lady had hardly finished her first chorus -when tbe "wise ones" in tbe andlenoe knew that sbe had foond her way to old London'a heart. Her songs are very Amer- ican, and tbe air of one of them tells a plain tale of plagiarism. 3tni H was the way abe sang more than what she sang on MoodV-lbat caused her soccess -to be "writ lam^-SB fbb papexs on the foUowiag morning ^.vTO C ANAPA Estelle de - liuailie .odai Foaar BMriex); r charming aad sOlcd jmbk ertli« ot tble ritt is with tbe lOTC'a t«ttev Oa. ae le a eeosli of Ida Bowley, also of this dty. and sow o The Pearl and Tbe Pnmpfcla Co. Cfaaa. Meaklns, who does a leadlag role wit) Frank Daniels at the Princess Theatre tlil week, was formerly a choir singer In Toronto At the Grand Dan Mason and Lillian Hoer leln are making good !n G«y New Tork. Tbe Imperial Bnrlesqaere bit tbem bard \ the Star this week. UUliin Washbam, Psalln Moran. Crawford and Manning, l.ew Palnie and the Clipper Comedy Foot ware aB .cscrl lent. Tbe chorns a big one aad dlBeas.«Hl Baba Bematein Is doing fine in admee «: ~ ' Belles Co. J. A. GOOOir. KANSAS CITY, Ma Minder wm Oot; Is ae .«iae_«t melodrame ailtle u by JCaaascr - - ~ ■ e. »e BaiTcti of tbe Century meatre. I&a pi eas LUu n wll. be pat oat next season tmdcr tbe dtiectloii oi Sim Wnilaais, the barlesqoe manager. Mr. Barrett has Incorporated In -the new play • number of aensational features never before presented, and the prodnctloa shoald be one of the -big ■occesees of the coming season. While Wm. B. Crane -was appearing at the -Willis 'Wood last week, Mra. Stuart Bobson was the feature at the Orphenm. The presener of these two players revived memories of Eob- aon and Crane, and many were tte atortes cir- culated In the local presa eonoczniag tbe day* when those two great artlsis were together. Ted- Spaika. &- booUaf acoit. baa bees eommlaatooed to ptcecBt B tnadefllle.Aaer at the Kansas state peaHaaMBqr at'XaiMlar-aBttt- mas Day. Two p t i f ill Ma te ' wOl-'be- tt i iB , ear 1b the motnlog mr tbe male -pilaoMiah aad. one iB- the afternoon for the- fonale temBtae.- Mr. flparfca pnmlaea to retmn Tmhstmed tte aaa. devHUana .who give the perfmnanees. - That the Lyeemn baslnesa is tar from dead In this dty was demonstrated recently by a large aadlcBce -whMi aaaoMed la Ihe VCpper FillllLY ^e above represents Professor and Mn. . Inators of many new features ot trick lilQde StlA Family Is a faeadllner on any MIL as* tta arig- THEY LIKED IT Oae^ S: la > lieaiilj. p teeperiiy. Tbe BHIboerd is of to every - ona Interested in the amosemMit bwd— aesa."—Poadi Wbeeler. Doekitader'i UtaitKli. "I take great pirasnre in congratulating yon upon your beaatlfa] Christmas Nnmber. It was not ooly a work of art, Irat the interesting sad educational articles pertaining to our pro- fession most be a literary treat to the per- former who desires to progress. I, for one, am prood to know that we have an organ that stands so firmly for the cause of tbe artist, and for tbe -betterment of tbe conditions br wUch w e_are aarremded." —Ionian Ijeltfiton. ~ ,X,ka*e.eiar bacB eC.tta "Tour Obrlstmaa Nomher la egeeHeat one of tlie most interestinir I hare read in many a year."—Wm. I. Wells, of Bndworth and Wdla. "The Christmas Number Is a peach."—J. W. O'Day, mgr. Ida O'Day. '^uch credit U due yoa for yoor excellent Chrlstman edition. Each year yonr enterpris- ing psper tsmlsbes tbe ctrcns and amusement world with a special edition for tbe holidays tiut for snrpasses the {rrerlons year's product." —^Ed. B. Daley, gen. press agt. Qenby Bros.' Shows. 'rrte entire Black Crook (Jr.) Oo. ot twenty- three members pnrchaaed Christmas Numbers of Tbe Bmboard ,and each declares It tbe best C m i stiiia a Mamber of any Mnalili si paper ever pabUAed."—dltt. WodetAt " bHCi^ Blade Crook, Jr. : "Ceuult me -to cooBBtelato grand get-vp ot year Christmas S. iMIller, mgr.. Excelsior Garatfal Ob. It wm be noted that the letten an people In an branches ot tbe a—waot.bad- ne^ which indlcatea t hat ^^fc* -^^^^^iSS^jSi in the lil^best degree. The Billboard. -America's Leading Theatrics! Weekly, Is oot with its Christmas Nnmber, and it eontaina eighty-foar pages of bright crisp Uesis. pietincs aad advertiaemeots. and Kives OUeago peeele a Jolly good sendnjcr. among mj te Mnd: Sdaatd b; Baas. Sidney Aoditorinm to bear J. S ti aw u DeSilva. the Shakespearean reader. Mr. DeSOea leaves shortly for Brazil, where lie has moat of next season booked solid. Other platform criebci- lies to sppear here in the near fntnre are Elbert Hnbbard. Ardiblsbop John Ireland aad Alton Packard. CHAS. H. mM^ri. OMAHA, NEB. The EBlghta of Ak-Sar-iBen wm bold tbeti- annaa] -Bieetlng at Krog's Tbeatie. rrlday night. Dee. V. After tbe dectlOB o( ofllcers. they will wttacas tbe g w ifoliu aaee .or A Son of Best. The eatlre beaec baa beea aald oat to them. Lycle Is tbe aaae of a aew ocatie leceatlr opened In tUs ellr. Willi a aealkf capacity of shout eoo. R Is a very pretty HiBe baaae^'ead will |>* oaed for concerts and le etai e a aad by the Cbamhers School of Acting. W. B. Chamb- ers la the manager. Tbe lisnd ot Nod. after a reeord-breaklag nm of five solid -weeks in Chicago, la -pUytag to crowded booses In tbe jRlncipal eltlea In the middle west, and was well received by lance aodlences durlne tlielr stav In this city. Tbe company, headed by Wm. Norris, Is practloally tbe original cast. The company Is a large ooe and travels exdnslvely by special train. Ttie iRoIlldring Girl, with Stm Bernard and Battle rwilllams. msde tbe hit of tbe sesson In this dty. It Is the t>est attraetlon of Its class seen here for a long time. VInle Daly. In the T>srt of wife of Scbmslti. was very clever. Wm. Slmrns is extremelT fonny as Psnsgl. aod tbe ehoms Is aa goort ns has ever been heard here, the eogtnefies and leeiierr are beaotUnl. Business was Ow.lavcat at tbe iieiwi. Tlie -Miasn iUtae aad-Md Defer, who bare 5*2^; i «^ aoeeeao'te tbe Lead of Kod. are Nebraaka giris and -we ai* ptead of tbe fbet Their professlond career dates beck' Jaet tbar years, starting In the choras aad wockhw tlielr war ia> to the place at the head of tbia excel- lent company. Tber were enthasiastleally re- ceived by tbelr manr triends. Miss Bose Allen, an Omaha girl, taads bcr flrst appearance In her borne city with tbe liaad of Kod Con>pany. Miss Allen baa a ealtaied voice and will no dotdit make her way la the tl)*'atrical profession. The Floradora Company disbanded at Itemont net)., reccntlT, aad wbfiie aa attnapt -was andc i> -rcorgaBlaei It was not sneceiafni. Foor leiubera ot the eboras JolaeA tbe Land of Nod ]B IMS cBy..tb» Mb. -H. 1 » BOOT. DRAMAtie Mote* from the Pauline HammOBd ^k: We aia aesr pUylac Ouada. wbMt iad plMly af baqplSIlty aad good baataea. t la new tartUoay tor oa. thangh - we base ean oat «!• ee a ao n s. Leat week at HalUas escral iiie»b ei a of tbe : cnmpahy -woe eater- aiaed at Hie taimie ot Manager Dennis of tbe lalltaz Bcrald. We arc carrying one of the inesc companleo In repertoire. Tliere are eigh- cen members and a carload of fine fireproof .ceacry and elfecta. We are being asked for -etaxB dates aU along. Oar roster Is as fol- owa: CUftOB WbHman. manager; 0. B. Oel- leh. (tue ■ ■snegir. Harold ' Wclr, stage ear. ■catsr: frad P e i a a a lli, amatar ot ptspecUcs; ^."Uat. aioam •■aar Btted-mDM^ tiaxry lawxcace. H. H. Mlfberds. .imile aad IbhBBle Peny. FanUae Baaagad. laa. Ibp. JSB MorrUle, TcrBttta Aileea. aad' ear ssaa- jott. 8a^. fooc-tanler. aad tbe' pet at the ttow. A-manr' Obriitiaaa to'cvr Mrads. The Slavies of the Mine Cc now .''*r*f Iba Chsmberialn-Harrington arenit. re. .lOtta good beslhiM .tlnaasb Hew Xocfc. Mas- -vAaaetls^ Oaaaaetlcat TerBOBt. Mew Haap- <hii* and Caaada. MlaarlaK la Oair: aoater: L. J. ateste.- ■aa a j M t; Bobt. BUAaaa, atua maaiger; A; B- Op aae m . ataie' l afcb a alt ; Loots Monntloy. Frcdcilck Braadoo. Bobt. Dal- ton. M. J. O. Brigga, C W. Marty. H. B. Bvans, Miaa Lob . iBwreace. Charlotte Jenobia and Getaldlae Taaghea, J. The roster of -tbtt W Uml— er iSraOi. 5iiM^?^BiiilK''*wSalS«. lesder of baaS; ^BMr sMatdaoa. leader of ofclwstia; A. Matt <hMB. • Minu ter; Joe Wianincer, Bar A. Brown, Harry MoA Stella Wlnninger, Edith Blcbardson and BcBBlc Jfail. The title of Gordon and Bennett's A Slave of Tbe MOl will be cbanged with tbe new year to The ToDeis. The piece has t>eeD rewritten. aad. Im p aot e d iB.enaal partieslars. Edgar Jopee.. doa aad P*** _ leading role, aiad «*cb wllb altnationa haa made a proaeaneed hit. - Alberta Gallatin has secured the op- tion on -Miss Marguerite Merlngton's new play. The Turn of the Tide, and wUl give Its Initial performance tn California daring the holiday seaaon. Moch Interest ia centering In this forthcoming prodoetlon, and tiia new play has been the snhjeet of mnch forocahle ptapbC9.' Matthew Hurat of the WaddelL Hooting & -Walters Oo. writes that owing to ilTn»« of several meffibeia of_tfaat they were forced to «" and Wm. C. Smltb.-'te with typhoid fever-at Jobnatowa* Pa. The itiBter oC.tte^'B^Y^Xlfirbod Stodc Co. ia aa IMbiaa m.- M.^Wafim^. Wsma Bar-. rows, rrsd. C Of aaaet. Jiw^"A.^-aMl»a.' Albert ^^^Wtogj; •H^^^^gate^qJM a^nm M^llfc Keyea, Little Bocottay Xcyea - aad Jaae Mora. John G. and Alice McDowell, at fooad •a:iba:ae<r pMideiHia i ot mRSHAa.- Jaa. 1 to aelflaate tbe coaedy part* ad de tte ' speetalty. ManHger Chaa. E. Kennedy, of the Haicoort Oomedy Oo. writes of good i)axh»ss tn New England, wtiere the aadleaces are large and enthasUstle. Tbe company la booked solid until April 21, wlien It doaea at -Nesrport. B. . I., for tlie eoasner. The prt>ceedB of the matbiee of The Man on the Box at the VsiTlson Sqoare Theatre. ' New "York Olty, Dec. 20, wm be tamed over ^ to the New Zork branch of the I>i<tens Fel- lowAlp aa .B-tBslstaaa taad te tbe poor at lira. WUte WldtMlte.4iw-VMie to St. Leois -to I i|iiinin .tbe sseHtoB« the aew-wardnbe to be seed br. lb. WbUetU* la bis aew play, A Capital Ovaedy,-wbleb win be givea Its premiere in St. Panl, Mian., Jan. T. It is reported that Joe Welch has been relMsed from Ui eeatiaet with .^as?*^ and Nlcolal. and that The E at gyracuM.^l'. T.. JaB.°ia^ le tuin to vaaderille. - C, S. Primrose, whose Uncle SI Hbs-ji- tir» Oo. is BOW dOlSB wdl la lewa. has Jad .^i Jaek ULnalet who la maiiaciac.-.the.: toer of Vtcdeiiek Lonaine. reporta _— aaas ia loaMaaa. Tbcy -were gircB tbe aaiv;- ot opening the new theatres at Doaaldsoovllle and MarksTllle. TVllton Iiackaye'8 success in The Pit . baa beea eo great that the 'premiere of ^'-f MIserablea, which was to have been given la New Xock iB Vebcaat7, baa beea poatponed. of mSS^OaeSSSSS?-£v an d^e to tbe. ' ~ eloalBf of eaapaalea ewlog to anfaTorable bul- . The Midnight Bxpreas Co™ which closed a t_lda_ ttimi».1»^.9ii»^X,^^^ ^ '^ 5Ir*et^ ' ir C. M. Mnrpfay bas (^osed as hnsinMs - nanager ot 8mMb-*-BsoaaB's A.ftlr otOna--- ^ try Kids Co. and ta resttog to Alliance, . H. B. Whlttaker'8 A Country W-^-" Co. is repotted to bare doaed at Bldi HIH, Nov. 30. R. W. Shlpman liaa closed with the - Keystone Dramatle Oo. aat'ls aaw at bia bMa.-< la Altoeaa. Pa.- ::■:•=" J^.'i^ -r Grace George goeCllnHB K«w "fWi: to Chicago early la tsnaaiy.-. > -^J '-.'. Henry C MartlnteT'lMB. "'v?*- tte WM Ofc " ■"*: - .