The billboard (Mar 1910)

64 MARCH 26,-igtOL NSW YORK VAUDEVILLE. (Contlnnetl from page 5.) Teacher, vlilcb affords plenty of scope for their vocallzloc BkiU and comic outborsts. A mix- ture of mirth and mnalc is combined In the entertaloment that ma offered by the Exposition Foar. McDonald, Crawford and Mootroie prof- tared s ikllitiij exlilbltknl of expert dn ' fbe Flying Martins performed on flylnf Iked Dnpto; wIU> topical BRONX TWK.ATRH. At the Bronx Theatre thla week UJai Oer- tmde Hoffman was the feature attractloo. Sup- voted liT a cwnpany at twentr-Ara people^ ataf vegtcMnted bar bnods Rear Bavne. HblA tarn- alatad of vary i I at laltattoaa t€ not- well as larlshnesa of detail, aad In tUs oC- SerlsK 1^ tunnlstckeably ecllpaca all fooner eflorta. A series of male Imper s on a tions for whtcti Biiss Claire Bomalne la fsmous. was pre- sented by the ]otIy little English comedienne, who is familiarly k mnt n on the other side as "London's Pet Boy." Homer Und, a farmer member of tlie Bletropiriltaii Opera Onnpany, with a. company of aapportliig players, pro- dooed a tender and pathetic playlet, entitled Xlie Opera Singer, Which saTors of The Mnsie Kaater In theme. Indnded In tbe bill woa PHaglt and WUHnz. ^r»*"f ccnedUna;, flfIS, AMERICAN After the Opera was as beadliner at the AmeileaB Kaide HaU. This sensational and thrilling playlet, adapted by Gladys Dnger from the Freneb of Rlelncli and Oacqaois, la cxtttndr dramatle. Ulaa Tfadet ^ tka Iteir Tatk 400." wtM> Ins chainwd tbon- aaada vStt her- dainty portrayal of song read- tnca at tba plaoo, added seferal new numben to bar repertoire. Henry Lee In Oreat Meo. Past sod Present, presented his peerless bnper- sonatloiiB of prominent historical personages. Tbe Baqdre City Qoartette, Gomier. Mayo, Tally and Ooiver, "New Tork's E%T«rtt» Sugeta," bare bone new soogs. Hsiry Oofver sappUed tbe conedy element. The roar Mortons, Ssm, CIsxm. Kittle. Prnl. La Petite Adelaide and her danc- rTB are new comers on the Morris Clrcolt, and tte act Is a moat pU-snliur one with eUbocate ^^naWaaderlaK Koaleian." vecamaat and skfll, la aa <dd ttaos baas ■ Unly apedalty. entitled HoWs Tbatt Tom Miam, rABcriea's ~ of Scotdi Ballad%" sfaw ^"'taltatlon nblla tba- BMh' Bntbeis. complete aB-nBDsaally good MANHATTAN THEATRE. Brnna, Mitchell and lAwieoee. ICoaleal Mc- iMUt. Hdan Drew, De Face Bros., and Walter in* V«*t —ibe blu. ' • .r .- ^^ CIBCXdB THBATKB. Clethlaa Canine Electric Ballet, Flans Mnzel. aketeh: Oonnocs and Edna, ainging and dancing, aad Rlefal Haaiasto, complete tbe bm. IBUZi, a pbylet by Tves 1 wblrh was recently vtoad at Qie sic Ban. as tnai s> la Iioadoa and Miss Norton presented tbelr sartorial pUylet. entitled Gowns Bordelaise. in which Mr. Nlcii- olson glTcs an excellent imitation of Jim Cor- bet in big mooologue. FiAer and Bnrfchart, com- posers of many Eoog hita; The Boyal Polo Teams, playing polo on bicycles Instead of horses, bare a unique act; Claude Golden ia maater of tbe art of leee^emaln. while Mu- sical Tbcv completed an entertaining bill. ♦ Gay Weadlck, after a Boccessful trip orer the Western Clrcolt, has tetumed to New Xock, wtiere be seared bearlly last week. Mr. Wea- dlck bss ehsaged bis act. taU^ tba Mlaa sot, aad osiiis a luicse with snat aaeeaaa, ♦ Fled FatMa aad On. sro aav andcr tbe maa- -; a( JUnaa iMw^ ^^Ti tbsif Pivwdl aad Cbrtfsa ate rapidly fkaot as one «f tlie biggest dramatle In Kew-Xock. Sbar «t* patUac aat Aa an Ineentta* to aad tba pAOc; Wk »5.oqo I n cdd an ana wtefa adaiT isnataat. aovait^ aC aar kind ar dsi^ . wbelber it ia a txoope of trained rlnpbsnts or an aU-atar *™«r *"i T of legitimate aetois or actfCBses. nie set selected will he used as a headline attractloo at tSie American Mnslc Hall dnring Easter week, sad tbe maaai;ement Is of the opinion tbat by giving pnbUclty to tbe sefaeme something really new and startling will be discorered nnder tbe TsodeTllle sim. Ibe- atregoers lure witnessed the great bat tisnslent popularity of educated Al mp a us e es , hypnotists, and tbe Salome dancers, but what the next aeasatloB win be aau depend on tbe result of tHn nigaa enapatan ta Ind soaw new tbtOl for ttik' iniiiiBiaT n tba aet pto»»s_« eca la Hnr Tatk, Wtn. Monfi. Inc. wta book it for SB extended period orar tbelr elreait. OMAHA'S THEATRICAL GROWTH. MIt flC . Into smA caatloa ai^ faHkHiMk'n kMcbea In- terlar or a IomIf xom. ' *' It WW at leaat tan yesrs after tlie Itbtb of Oamba'a theatrical Ufa, christened by the fa- mous Jbln Temidetoa Company, that we find records of the flist theatre. Tbe Academy of Mnslc CB-, as the sages of the iireas and of tbe city's future insisted then that It be called, "a temple of the knights of tbe bnskin," was erected and opened with noteworthy ceremoalefi by the owners, OoL J. G. Clopper, a name of mneta fame In the Middle West, and who mar- ried a sister «t JnUa Dean Hayes. Tbe Arn^'^T of Mnalc opened nnder the it of Hsnxt Cocri, aa Kngllsh actor, • - - ■ ■ rSSjf" tba jptindpal I DMaa Mmas. •*Qasan «C tba flbaer ■da bar tarewen .Antedeaa pacfocm- nd Co.. In Tbe TrafaUng Sales- maa. ItsTe a Isngtiable sketch dealing with tbe adre ntuies of a "Knlgbt of the Crip," wiUd& e"*"*"« many fanny sltnatioaB and ser- «al mmeal aambais. Mlaa Katbrya Ullor, who ■iTlllini I A. OimillMi>*: la a agement bfmieU la the West. After a saod ttrttt the Academy was liuaed lato a' vasMf knH^ which seemed to salt tlie aomnndiaas aaC the people moch better. The Joke of the early theatrical days was the opening of the old Bedlek Theatre by Mary A. Urermore. This estimable lecturer and thesplan was boors late getting to the city, and tbe andieoce was Tcry impatient as to the delay. Finally she came, bat the Ughts tefnsed to work, sad the boa lt. in neatly abaoliite •Urkncas. paaiid thnanh Ibe stygisa gisom aad caught oecaaleaal j^mipaaa of a flgnra dittlag sbont *ia tbe ataaa mi.wUmlnM tragic toocs. %hey kaew tt mmiWKr, > 9iu knew she was to lie tbera tbat algbt^ Bat .laat was as far as tbelr pas- ItlTe si si iiiii fa want. Brer after tbat nmn- orable nlgbt tlw --.d Bedldt was a ftaat la erety sense of tlie word, and merdy aerred aa a flna- looklng bnlldiag to glTe "tone" to the snnooad- ings for tbe real estate men. From tbe frost- laess of the night Mary Urermore came, to tbe -35?* it seemed to suit the sumxmdlngs and the people better. Jem, at least, bad "atmosphere," and that's what the old-timers wanted in their theatre. Next, in aeqnence, waa erected the Potter Theatre, and It opened grandly with a perform- ance of The l>ai1y of Lyona, with Walter Bray aa leading man. Walter, on the very first night, shocked the audience aad threw a chUl late tbe warmth tbe catbaslasta ware absat ready to bead blai, by 1"—f'f tragleally bo- f«c« tbo fsotltehta aad wltfc.a bgr tfi> cfalU oC " (pntMsAhr tfi> < WaUw. -mt It sisaL-tiTti; mnaie • i at» HH» It waa ntatM t« btaccdy at Ha^et ar tbe ftath at comady, ^ get a real thrUl ia tba ■nfl iaa ahriek of a drunk- en redakln oat on tbe slrcetih who Imagined he waa In the DbipUa Jnnglea of the Happy Hunt- ing Qroands. A performance without disturb- ance from the streets was an epoch maker. On the boarda of the old Potter appeared the best actors of the day, amoos whom were the gifted c. N. Conidock. Itta, Mi^M InrtK and Harry Ealnforth, the later ipiaMBV'M iMitaB man for Mrs. Irwin. Omaha next felt Its oata, Ita tbectrlesi oats, and started the project of bonding a $40,000 theatre. Jamco B. Bayd aobaeHbad tSUOOO with, 8tran^~eoS3aSM %Sl*IB^nd his Company, after SB sbs aae s oC over twenty- flve years. It was good to bare old Ttepletoa open the fltst real theatre became be was the hardy pioneer who penetrated tbe wastes of the pralriea and rlaked the saragery of the red- skin to give Omaha, the trading post, the first taste of theatricals. The quarter of a century of years which had elapsed had been kind to Templetou, as be had boarded up quite a bancb of the coin of the realm and was sobrt- > "lAcfey John." With Tempietan Fay Tsmpicinn la tbe roles of Bet- Coantesa at Panada, and a soldier la Prince Frederick's army. And right here we wish to add that tbat pest of the theatre, the ticket apaenlatar, ao far hack aa this in our hlsto^* SOt ' ground floor and reaped a risk " la 1881. W. J. Buinaa, Woodward aad Bargeaa bariac a atriag ot the West, and aooQ to take mm 1h* aaaaataat of tba ~ ~ ago. A long list of notables appeared at the old Boyd, among them the famous Clara Louiaa Kellogg, Hme. NUxon. Emma Abbott, Lawrence Barrett and the Haverly Minstrels. The Exposition Building was tbe scene of many great people of fame in aU lines of en- daaTor, tram tbenlaaa to latlTaliain and down to posDlala aad Osaka. wbOO tbe peeked hooae, tbe aadatr tt the eastern part of tbe state, was a aU I nt te the cortain. John was no where to be fbaad. eccentric DiUoo was at last located la the tcd- llght district snrroonded by an admiring throng of revelers who were cheering his Tanderllie sttrots to the echo. The searching cocomlttee eagerly and anxloasty told John tbat a 12,000 hooae was waiting to do him honor, a boose that was the cream of the state's society, bat John rsmsln id with Mn na w-fannd A Stacy la told a( bow. appaazad at a theatre here in 18T1. areetad by an aodleaee of ana aoUtaxy man. Bis ve na was eqnal to the oecsaloa. Ha bsa a d to tbe andlence and said, pleasantly, tbeogb regretfblly: "On aceooat of tba Ulneaa oC Oo leading lady, tbe play caa aot be given to-algbt. I take pleaaore m ddag what no other actor hes been able to do in the stsge history of the coant^. The audience is Invited out to take a driak with tbe sua." Tbe andleare laaae Walton Ulnar, loog ossoclstad with tba Krug Park, recalls aome whlmaicalitlaa par- formed by tbe celebrities of the old days. Bd- win Arden. while playing here loog ago, one day went to F^ort Omaha, on the oataklrts of the clly, and got acquainted with the oOlcacs. He Invited tbe wbolo crowd down to see ths Show that night. They came in a body, alxty ■troog, and occupied the <>eat seats, an on a single peas from Edwin. nttcc_ once osmer of the Pattee neatze. ' bonse one ovealag, bat won It ^Marrow a nd Pattee wtra^oaHB iB~ttr'~Ina Sn'aCtha Phdai." Item tbo oU Bedlek of forty years age. to tbe haU-miniaa-dollar New BrandeU, opeasd Mareb 8, ia a far cry. From John Templeton's OWapaay In • repertoire in tbe early BO's ta Atseae Lnpla, tipeaed March S, Is also a far cry. Omaha's theatrical sky has seen dark clooda and many bllasarde, bat ttie rift In the aky abowa the silver lining of a future of biH- llasce. The Brandels Theatre will be ooe ot the flneet bouses In ttie country. The color scheme will be purple and gold. Tbe drop cor- tain will be miulre and will weigh 1,000 poonds, ot expeasive ptople velvet. The walls m to.ba.haiw with rich parpla brocade. The aaato wflt bo nataral tvsal. apbolatered in gray Baattob' lha baa aaata aia to be geld, ^ba tagm aad tbe lahby are to be lavM to teh fkmiaM^ and decorative art. nt maSSm wm be a daadlng featare. ▲ anlBaa alitoS mc Bto^.artBha tha siaM Hj nihi.t aa tha m nMM ■•■iMlig' IB • witot ?«& CHAS.R.COOK.Sr.lK. Aad an Park ery and Bappltea. Sth Stisat, 300 Bisfiess Cards SI PBXPAID. Printed to your order on good white stock. Pin s doUar bUI te your copy and aend to-day. Sat laf a ctl ea guaranteed. P rof eas looal cards mm 1B8L 40 cents. W. B. OBUBBMBB. BT WH Ttk Stnst. St. PBnI. ~ HYPNOTISM Bsslly Itaratd ky aajijai. laara to Mystify ysv IHcada. Give esblbltioaa te aMnay. Ontcaaa aare. Ve ry lew eaat. Sted to-day for oar FBBB UMBXBBSSD BOOKIXT on Hypaotlam. Magaetie BenUac. Clairvoyance. Mental TMepatby aad kladrad aclences. It Is FREE. Adoiaas II. O. BBTXB, Sta. A, Jackson, m-fcig-- 7, IBBiKdlf, Kasagsr. Eddy Bt. Ckra 2>ixsot From 7aRy, Btegaat fnialahed tooeis. Strictly i labir to tto dir. WABTED AT OBOB—TO contract with flrst- dass Carnival Ooapsny; best salted, towa 2.S00. Most taralab ezcdlent orcbestra aad refined Uiw attractloBs and prepared oae own lights. Addicaa BDOBnELD BAIB ASaOCIA. . ^ jj^^ _ _ . ^ HIRHrniKEN Owis, MaMget wmi Bm^s TWENTY Of the BIGGEST and BEST Wild and Domestic Ammals m lias oouNTiiT, iMaiidSa, Iilon Act and the Ing act will be at Hippodrome. Managers and agents looking for the biggest and beat attractions for their Parks and Fairs for the coming season will do well by writing to me early. I am In a position to put any Itlnd or ataM Bbow in yB«r paik jvr at your fair for one or moc* WMha ta * building or under eanvaa; AManm all correspondence^HARigr tXMSK,'ilM Ifoftli JVwiflii