The billboard (Dec 1905)

OaOBMBER 2», IMS. ChlMgo Oftle*. iei. Op«ra W «. eteric St. - By WAftRBN V PATRICK.' THB progressive iheatiical flrm. Bowlmnd & CUfford, of Chlemsat haT« mored their oOeea ftom Uk Mbane tnlldlnf to. the Oimnd Opera House, occnprlns til* entire toortfa floor. They an now expIoIUnc ten toad computes, ud m also Interested In Bve "tbeatrea, incladlns «• Proples* Theatre. Chicago, where the Peo- lSei' itock li .neetlog with ptonoaaeed aac- **BuiT tBul, well-kDown manager and newi- HDCr ootreipondent, and last year nnanljptcaa reneHDtatlTe ot the Qreat WsIIaM Ctfreiia, bu been engaged by Bowlind 4fc OUffoid as Oitir general repreaeDtaUre. wHli offletf In tba Grtsd Opeia Baoie, The People*' Block 0». la flicatlBC with ex- Kilcnt sneccas at the Paoplea' Xhfati*, Otal- euT Frank Baal U tlie cffldeot stage dl- mSw. and among tlie playets are Uarto Nel- IHL Canrina D'Aref. Louis .I<aater, BStcn Ben- S Loaette BabeoA, Xdward B. Baas, Wal- W Ited Jones. Bdgar Uorray, Ococg* Lem- l^K, Hanr LiUotte. t. F. Uayer, Msrle Fcn- fm and Edward Fe«d. Tbe l>rttcr class ot attadsrd plays Is b«lair soperblx staged, and ■asigers Wlngflcld. Uowland & CUfford In- tnd auking sereral Important prodDCtiona dnr- Jsff the season. Forttr J. Wblta baa scored a big hit In Tom XVlor't Tht Pool's BCTeoge. Bowland A CUC- 0Nd ■ baTa gtrcn the reTlral of ttils play an (Bttnlr n^w and beaotlfnl aeeolc monnting, and the performance Is receiving the approral of both press and pabllc en toar. Two new thesttca are to <>• ballt (or Bow- land li CUSord In til* sear fatnn, one In lit. aemens. MIeh.. sad 4bS •tbsr la IflAI- fsn aiT. Ind. Bom Wtn bt *aA AM- ' mtur op-to4ttt , aw pla—at thtan Ths' WbNllag lfjini»Min<^ j WaaiUng, W* bad to sa^ ■eesn^ aboot Sha OU Ololhe* Man, iras the MIswlBg! "Sant «t Hm moat otpa1>l« diar- aeter acting tbat bas been seen on tbe stage It tbe Grand Opera Honae ttila ssaann la eoa- IrHiutMl by James Kyle MaoCnt4r ia tba titk part of bla play, Tbe Old OMfeti/Ha. .- nk u another attractloo managed tifVMMaA A CUfford that Is prospering." Marie Nelson Is tbe new leading lady at Uia Fsoples' Theatre. Chicago. Beporta from tlie flTe compantea playing Dora Ibonia nndet tbs Banagsment of Rowland ft CUfford are deddedly encouraging. This li pos- sibly the laigeat namber of companies playing tbe same piece vnder one management In the United SUtca. Among tbe new pradoctloas ttet Bewlaad * difford are preparing tor ant |MiM;..«nlk* nuotom OctecttTt and ttmm ■Itmijvmatt Blosaoma. ' ' Robert K. O'Ooonor joined BowUnd 4k 0U^ lotd'a Dora Tbomc Co. at New Orleana last mak. Fred. Smythe Is ttie trarellng manager sC^ttlt attraction, and FYank Cmlkshank la MPiV Sftcr tbe advance. ; THEATHIOAL flOBSIP : iBi emt for a very few pleasant dla- tBfeaaees, Chicago la now dosing tbroogh tbe ^aeatrical calm that always preoedss tb« boU- tu storm. Before Cbrlstmas WMk ttas Cbanns WIU be esapleie. n>tn is liil iwa aaw ulsilaln i onlsg this week wVUtfim fes :!wS^m When Bants Clans arrlreaT^ 'That one Is Happyland. the latent* comic opera, starring DeWolt Hopper. This play has ffilTen Babes In the Wood oat of tbe Osrrlck. Ibe plaaslng spectacle, diangcd partly In name and . In caat, kas left for Broadway aa Tbe ^uas sad the Bsron. There will be no cbsnge fils WMk ia 41is offering, at Fotrera*, where PMMr Bokson In Merely Mary Ann la per- MOy WNeooe to remain; at tbe Oblcago Opera BMMt vrbcre Bis Sooor, tba Jfayur Is Inst ba- to get Its iseond ^d; or at th» Stnda- Mtor. whtn UUIaa Blsneslt and Vba^ltos* «t .Ihs: AUtambra scsy; orsr. WOa OklMlo Is mty to sea Frltal SeksC dnuigif IfFW fMB tttnunols. It„ls.glsd to atrfBdl DraltU la Sergeant Bmal)eilCa^lnnaad''4ak*-oan of tba oowds tbe„«iln«f Jkcfng bird < ksan left. The tohsa play rffiiUBS-sT'iai*" &l6i4l2:' The Oieat borthem jr.elifamea. baeb-jBdUy B. Tsa la Tbe ftrand Boy; kkllar«<<riU>%Si7 anotbsr wssk t» mystify the " f ViWW'"* '■' «,?"f* 9*^'i*. Hen tn,^,«ltr sooM tlae la Jaunan^ UMUa^ret ifivtfV <iamatlsa> Uon of Un. ffqfanbrr ward's mML The Uar^ rlage of Wllllaai>-%she. Tbe puy^as been a •JCM». at thtL-ffltolck Theatre ia New To*. MIn George laSSTf^ ^ l^mdon In April. "e other ***** tor K!^?»dlanr win .retohl to^ tba rjUodtiiakcr for m, '>,'>"<!^- Xte- OhHstaa* attraction at tbe ullDolB wui be Jtaimh OMrlkotBa and SteUa aisrbew In Frlta In iBmiMhi ITsll Rojuveiuited br aswi sOtes^ and embelUsbcd n^,'; speetaealar ai'wiaiTii. ThS yisatd Of viu hold tbe tSSSpM^ Oiaad Open Hoose tor the holidays,, begtamlag- Sandsy 84. *n>ojiS the new featores la tMs year's pro- Jactlpn of tbia nopnlar mnsteal play wlU be wand ,a .timely football satire br Montgomtry .S! ff"°*i • plantation ditty. The Btm Frog SM tbe Good, by Allele Crater, and a new nrtattoa song. Can't Too See I'm I«nelyt by Karlon Stanley, which takes the place ot the Sammy Song. . , . ■ The regular. rehearsals for tbe coming stu- Peadoui prodaetlon of Tbe Prince of Indls, Ev .•7 *^l»''««r at tbe Colonial Theatre. r»b. s began In New York Monday morning 18 m contlnne wlthant Interraptlon nntll tbe 'com- jeay Is hrooght to«Oblca«o, some time before r5.t,°5i* stegteg tbU dnunatlaatloB of Oen. »*w Wallace's norel. A dramatic performance of minsDal Interest aiZ, ^'"•o Toesday afternoon 19 at the stodfbakjr Theatre, wlien Beaamoot and Flet- "♦r» The Knight of tbe Bnmlng Pestle, a W wrtttea ia leiO. will be prescntsd. The S!!?'?^,;*'! »•««•• the Shakespearean period wUl be reprodnced as nesriy ss possible and a apeclal scene has been painted aftrr a drawing of Swan Theatre, on the bankslde op- posite tbe old city of London. The orchestra will play In one ot the boxes on tbe stage, as was tile eostom ot that time. Monte Crlsto, with Willis BaU In James O'Neill'a famous old role, is tbe current offer- ing at tbe New Marlowe Theatre. A new melodrama, written by Hal. Beld for Joaeph Santlry, Tbe Ronsway B07. Ib belne pot 00 at the Albambra tUiii week. It tells the story of a boy wbo runs away from bis ~d{'S iwaae after be has orerbeard a plot to JMWUm'and wbo then Joins a circus. With this ftaadatlon, some sensetinnal soenes are hollt an, AH S» Ogaifcctf.«rltilK 4' truulatlon of Uie Oerman play. Bin Talrr natu, and adspted by William GUIette U ataged at the Bnsh Temple this week. George AUson and C. Mtl- tmder tbe nisnsgf laiat at ja.:' nonmor, who annonnecs that It-wHI be^^ BoUcr of the house to oOer aone tat lb* Mt atbae- tlooa. The general appeaianee axeapt for Its nni^ngeable shape—of the Oeatre wUI be entirely altered. It will be painted white and wUl have a red roof. An entirely new «Btzasee IS to be boUt. Itie s tru c tu re wUI be gener- ously clothed In electric lights. Tb» Interna- tional Theatre Co. now owns a stiiiig of about tblrty bouses. It Is controlled by Senator O'Brien ot Chicago, John Byan of Cincinnati, Jobn W. Conatdlne of Seattle. Timothy D. Sol- Uran ot Mew York and Morton L. Oobcn of Cbkafls. :Ibe flrst perf ot ai a nee win be gitcs SB tbt' adtnoon ot Jan. 1. The White City Sagle airship made a successful Olgbt In Chicago one day last week and another fllgiit Is to be made OTsr tbe busi- ness districts Thursday afternoon 31, atart- Ine from the lake front. J. Pranda Miller, late excursion manager of White City, left for New Orleans Saturday night, 16, to contract sootbem time for tbe £aele airship. Aerial fllsbt seems to have passed the experimental stage, and while It may be som^ time before tlie me- chanical girds ot flight can be Dtlllaed for practical porposes It '4s fair to p res nm e that ere long crcnr county fair maj haea abablp asccasLss .tor a A. J. ' AMhlp Msrch. Tbe United Ststes Aerial .Amusement Co., n*ltb offices In tbe Roanoke buUdlofr. CThlcago, MSB. CABLE X0TE8 Mrs. Richard Carle has closed her CMeago house and has taken an apartment oa Blreitlde dilre, New York, In order tbat she may be with her bnsbsad daring Us ang a ge- ment tbeia. ,1b , .nm -Ms wg .-at, pj ^^^^^:^^ wm SOT zvTBOT z. ^"x^soooisns " We are reliably informed that the Elaw ft Erlanger bookings at the Aodltorlnm. for next season, will not be effected by tbe earning ot the Hippodrome show to that trc In February. I Special ftataK. ialinWag Mmm- ttr Hw BodUa ■i.ca».'««HMV'ib'«iM-«iir VAUDEVILLE After many - years as the leader of stock coBpaar SlblS in the west, and enjoying paaltlon In ttie hearts of western llaygoefm. ss a comedian. Harry Corson darfce las thin season taken the Jump from the legi- timate stage to tbe realms ot raodeTllle. He baa Just arrired back from a rerltably trl> nmphal marcii tbroogh the weatem ternto^* and ebanengea tbe Terdlct of OtUcago audiences Monday, Dec 16, wtwn he brh^ his skatA ^feiEN OF oncAiMi THEATiociiL'AnyillfiB^ NO. IK ford GrUBn bare tbe two principal roles. Ade- laide Kelm _playa the part of an acticuu Kla (Mteaskl. ■ The oawg^MSsi ftirs ^ the .Plspgg Stock Go..' ladodlar CmSTVimm^ m aslisHr ^l^vm Bags to'Btahes -brings tears and langh- tarfSm tfc patMiM WJon thU Week. Tbe drama U ftoa the pea «t Obarlea A. Taylor sa4 Is said to contsla eoqHdy.as.weU as heart laKercft. Mefadden'a Bow ot'Flats »•tafBs^to. the Am- demT tus week with Ita^apeelU b tod .af. nm; mklng. Some novelUia:hfiWj^bMbJb«M0nMd alSce Its last Tisit hei«.~Gls«e • Nflsoa and otbera help along tbe entertainment. .BnHesoue and TaodeTllIe Is presented at Sid. ^. 'EaSbn's Theatre during the present week. Two musical skits—A Laugbl^gFwUTal andTbe .Dlamand Palace-serrs as -eptlata -.tsUer and flnale. Tbe former BBBber. slTCS.3amas Thomp- SS: OsirU 8«ot«. and 4!»i« t,P ^H».:o t while «• Utter ptodMaiB 1* mm *' Bnrke Brothers. ■ ■ ■ . • • . For tbe week current HaaagarBiMss j»« TeoSdSo offers Jacobs "±J^^LSffiSi Crook Co. In burlesque, spedsltles, .dHlle and dances. Maryland T^soo la .one ot tbe aMBK bers of tbe company. - >t- '„ The Yankee Doodle Olrla are appearing iln burlesque at the Folly Theatrejbto week. The Mlstltsble Insurance Oo. U the title of the 5j!S?lng part and A Trip .to tte. HUTOaroine bffnga the petfoanaaee: to K.^mt^^S* derlUe bill Inclndes S I«nf 3|*''S!i*"ti;*""* Goodwin belongs to tbe Tanbso Doodto.A. NEW VAITSBFILLZ THEATRE After New Year's Chicago Is to have a new TaodeTllIe theatre In an old locaUoo. CleTeland's theatre bas been secured by nie StM^tlonal Theatre Co.. which wlU rebuild, teebrlsten and reopen the boose as tha borne ot hlgb-clasB contlnuona Aows. The work of remSSltag the hoose J** -slr^ SSP&ISS aboot «16.000 wm be 9^ *^^Jff^S/3BL U thrown •Pf»'a^'^,5SJBf 'SW has leceaUr besa iBe«(po(ated, -and win tt, art^ - ■ "— SUas 3. Oojne. tte aerlsl. wbo has ballt up a big bosbwss: wl^.l praadsM to be able'to make aerial ' witb bto ;|maaBd a— six. mooths. Altiwether,- the on' an - Intcrestlag' this phaie of tbe Onds Ita' InccptlaB In the . . . strengthens oar oft-repeated essettloa'tbal It conies to ptodndng ann se men t ■featarss Chi- cago Is always to 1b« ft«t. !''. :' ' Frank Daniela. returned to t&e scene of bla triumphs last Sevtfrmber,. and, aided by the .same dercr- esopaay. ai pretty: jgiiis >.)MgaB'' -a T-waekfs ei . Tbe»s".-ba»a.{bs<a;t>Wi; ^.ltsr iJsys <m .ga —^ '^^iMMiM tBSca stNO^ to tbe local «]S5iM^ : BsM.' It bas aU Hie giaesfal girls, dsbotato sesn- eiT and Hdh eostomes that go -to'loake the con Tcntlanal ^ show piece, and It has the rarer at «ttneUoil% eoDtagloos nnstc, a geaalne story «■* ■tsnb. n sakM s . :The .. plajr.balds Jbejtogd Tha at ^ . Tbe, asUblllMi is aOMI . br tbe tbe aagagSBSBt.'wtU' sadoabtcdly peete cml- nenUy-T-saeeeBrtal' In erery * way. W. B Mih;' balldw ot inostoa dMws, has - two -..jug, .«Mb' bis Strategy to the Olyaiple. comedian wUl go mth aad soUd till May. ■ , ^>: Joe Davey. OC'tlM team of Davay and PhUUppe, bas i e « «»s t a d after en mneaa last- ing iirteen weeks, and la back on the boards witb bis partner. They played tbe Star Tbaa- tra at Hamilton, Can., last week and are work- ing west. They wOl maaage to spend New Zcar>;,weelE.;a»„'(b|rir;.'l|M*?te Tsladskv Oblow -. wi' *' 'Ti^^ ^ Wiiaa piircliaaad i.Mufr Awksia, of' Bsnr aad'Bato JMk* ^JMrliMiSt sketcb. caUtlcd A Biaaae Fma iiitt. Mesara. PidloA * Ttdpp wUl far- nMi '''ibe scaneiT and eOeeta ft* tha new akalik which win be pMdaeed sbortlr. The Oajrelnetta Family report good - tineas in Mrxleo. While pinrtoc Ma Sasad Oreo, SblBca, icenUy ibay nad a: wbldi IS a one aad a halt twlater, down to shoulders and from fonr high to three high. Mr. and Mrs. Wlllard Matthews, re- eaotly ot the Lord BaHlmore Go., are In Wasb- Ittgtoo. Ind.. preparing to go into TaadCTllla. ran wOl present a iketeb entitled An Angel - to Aijtfflas. CDole and lAVan. 'Wltta the Camp- ' ten BNlban nsw lsat a. sea rasttag at ''id»S^HSr5rrW Budworth i and Wells, Nellie and Wm. J., SMBSd^ ea the Nash Clrenlt at La- Orease, WU^ JtH. U. la their new playlst. entitled Baotrle Lore. Wisard Victor l.ee closed his ttU saairai Thanksgleing Dsy st Glaremore, I.' T. Be opens his spring usson about the first ot Match in ODiotado. - Ansel and Dorian, Roman ring ar- tlata, took the place ot tba Bcnner Family at tbe Lyric Theatre. OeTaland, Ohio. Uat week.; Harry O'BuriM U rcatinr at ToongB- tqwa, Olfe. ibKMwat. aiBWfc . »■»•■ «• to : die wcat. r-" r-.* ,■ "'."^■"•' . ■'•%'■';-'■ '■• • ' "' ' ' ' ' '' ^ MIMITRBL The roster ot tbe Arkanaaa Mln- strela, now tonrtnc Arkansas. Is ss toDows: Otto P. Bclnseb. proprietor; Bl Tom Ixng. manager; (Harry Oonnlngbam, treasurer: Dallas Bngbley, stage msasgcr; Cheater Price, Barlla Long. Joe Josea. Fleming Poe. O. Owens, Wm. : Green. Blchard WaahlngtoD, Walter Loaa.,.Psail Johnson, Jeaala Carrie. Bra Fay, NeUe Gaap- man, and a band ot eight pieces. Will J. Dbandly who haa become fa-. la tbe aoatbwast tbrnatB > The ° neWspapara of tlM' aouth' -^ffff^lfhi jjf M^;Sjit^wiiaed to iF «B»l«pa:«r«!«; >-«<.^-.H>%t' ik rl^M^ift .reaUmed from tha id's-UiMtids Mt BastfltDa. OUi^^ . ^g.tbe *?_P!;^i;**;-*^ rail AL Oj nOd' acceptiM stfir <tfi4 land ItaVe taodfr^ .bls ■Walt- - - • OtsinK to an nnexpeeted'' delaj*. the opening of Bljoa Theatre at ETsnsrllle. Ind.. did not take j^ce ThanksglTlng Day. as bad bsea aaaaaneedby Manager a Benbiger. Musicians Wanted Quick I Owing to an omission by Tbe CMpner^W^^w delayed ten days. We want Canst. ulSilBitr. Slide. Trap Drommer. ■with hrtia. Ctb double B. * O. No tickets. - T. X. Box 915. Kansas dty. He. ■■ '. • WALKER a BBTAXT*8 BIALTO' VAUDEVILLE CO. Wants a good Irish Team who can . ilance: a nrat-clsM Sketch Team :a _ Serto-Oomlc wbo can slog and dance; alao gsoa sIns'.uK and dancing Soobrette. Ko brts Tanced to parties nnkaown to as. MdreH W. H. MBU), Mgr., Bcottsboio, Ala. People Wanted Qu ck! Two AjI Comedians. AS Womsn with silent act. Must double In sketches. We psy In leei money and one performance • closes a ham. No tickets. F. E. HASLTY. Box 9U, Xaasas City, Mo. l/wKnn "7*- fiWftmerf". m i s iasriao i4a