The billboard (May 1910)

MAY Him Xtie Billboard 6 A GOT HAM PF p^lEJ^ The Spilfire Produced at the Lyceum Theatre, New York—Metropo- - Utan Critics are not Favoiably Lnpressed with the Pro<juctioa. Hcmever. the Play Will Please the Massefr . 9— ISmcUI to Tbe Bill- a melodrainaUe comeily In tiirM"'acta. br' Hward Peple. bid Iti loJtUl performance at tlte Lyceom. •Sbm )■ a sense of some kind o( humor In tte pisr at times, ami material for a melo- dnma. bat t1>e whole iblnic is ratber badly baa- ■led." TbuB nina tbe Times rerlew. "Aad uact fnio tbst of Mr. Cbcnj, tba acUoc dots Ml belp. He. l aj s s i l . —^ - —* 1 iU pivim.fwmmrMgt top ur ai a- that aw WM alM*;'wUIInx to wslve Mb'U* tefmrteUe aMcanoce with ' aad bair awniilMT plaatetcd down hi* < tbla « a ia^ka briny depttx. iraoce with dry clothes eren after "Bat tbe atbefs were weU-oltb impoaalble. Tbe betolae, as site Is written. Is a Terr slUy petvon. bat tlie role offers capital opportonltlea. Of wblcb Mls« UtTcIIBe Is unable to arall ber- ■elf. A Terr pretty yonnc woman, wltb plenty of aatural Tivadty. abe bas as yet not learned to iipesk properly, and Is wltitoat sense of pro- portion or TUlety In actias. And yet alie Is in- trusted wltb imnortaot roles. A Iwtter lllas- trstloo of the InlqaltoDs practice ot paslilax peo- ple forward before tbey basa.canad tbeir prom- - - • -tyba ■ ■ ' — Inence coold hardly WUdrop. wbo playa Im a jla a * .. maa Osa gr-biaau .abuMaac auaaar. aM phn tbea UST lB jSbaalad wMb aaeCbar iSm Calai. le&J. Halcimi acta the cblc< Tlllain wUk «at leavlaff a abade ot ezcoao for any one to bellrye In his lioneet preteneleaa." In a marked contrast is tba opinion of an- other city paper: "Aetln- doesn't connt for ranch Id a play of tbia kind, which leaoa so beirlly upon Kcoery and exciting stsse effects ter Its interest. Bat the general pcffacmanee TO OtVB ROOSKVILT; nR8T -■T ICKKT .:.^-- Denrer, Msy 0.—^Tbe first ticket for tba flxht between Jim Jeifrtes and Jack Johnson at San rranclsco on Joly 4. will be presented to Theodore Booeerelt on bis arrlTSl In New York. nis. statement wu^ made by|^^^ Oleasoo Vaudeville House For il^t City Sa'.t Lake City, Ctab. Is to IwTO B BOW Or- ptaeom Tlieatn. .This was decided nceatly bo- twcea M. UcyerllcU. Jr.. president of tbe Or- •hsw fltocait. and Uartln Beck. Work will be- &at aace. It wUI be located on a plot ad- B>: the Salt I«be Tbcalic. is irtlck on- tl_tta beat lacatko la tbat cllr*''Aitbi- •MMnllr. Ifea ttaam wOl ba «m «C the lacat between aicaao and San Ftaaeiaeo. devoted to TsodeTlUe. Tbe cost ot tbo bnlldiac wfU be SSBO.OOO. and Ita seaUag capaeltr «fll exceed two tbonsand. An nnnsnal aianiBI nf aaaca wtU t» dt^ted to Ita lonniinc roaaa aH'MMaaaadaa, aad comfort bas been ' tlM'tat "tttlMht-la drsochtlat Its desltns. It Is hoped to bare this theatre flnlibed tbe epeslttc of next seaaon and Ur. Beck ia trylas to hare as an loancnral bill, tbe 1810 Otpbeam Bead a»tm.^mi^Milk_jau.:;tmmm^tmmMr. engaged ^ taharfiwalnb^talia.':;*!! ba . naMMIw or tbIa tbiealre to In lino with tta-OqaaM. pallcy, of owiUac ita own tbea- S" 9 tooaa whara the drenlt oamlea. Haw tts a tre a aro also balac erected iB iKaMaa CIV aad Laa Angalea. tba latter balac aa exact ripUn of the handaoaM aew Ocpheaa la Baa ftaadsco, snd tbe foracr erlQ be aw d eled etter ne Orpbenm Theatre in Ifbinespolls. When uese thive new theatna are completed, aad with the openlnt In tbe fall ot the new hooaea beloc erected In Dolntb and Wlonlprs. the Or- pbenm Clrenlt and Realty Company wia have 'etcd a ebala or tvaatr-aaraa beaallfnl at tbe Iiycenm la good. Charles Cherry makea UarsoQ a manly fellow and endows lum wltb enonsb heroic trslta to captlrata any matinee glrL E. J. Batclllfe. Daniel Coliycr snd Hay- ward Qlan are tbe ratber plaadble Tillalns. Mlxa Bntb MajrclUre Is tbe iralllble heroine, and Miss Osa Waidrep to her much more sensible and Mirt UtUa mend. Lincoln Hunter U a yery Mia and baaity salUnc master. Tbece an a •core Bsio. o( e sa e e e ."^ ^^It^troa'^dato iR^^jjj^jljff**^*^**}^'^- played one-aoarter tbe amaoat tt common sense seoerally possessed by mortsls there wooidn't be any play. MereniMleaa, andlances wUllne to MAY YOHE FREE AGAIN Famous Loodan Itliaae iUI Si^ Wfao^ Some Yens Ago* Was ^ven Ifiteriiatioaal Notorie^, Has Secured a Divorce from Captain Piitnapa BIad^rStIon9--Divolw Mrs. Patnam Bradlee Strong, formerly Lady Francis Hope, and before tbat May Yoiie, Lon- doa music hall singer. Is sgsln May Yohe. Jndge Campbell, at Oregon City, gave her a dlTOTce recently from Captain Putnam Bradlee Strong. Mrs. Mary Augnsta Strong, who says she wlU again go on the stage as May Yobe, brought actioa several weeks .igo. through Hans- come A Bmns. sttomeys, for divorce, npoa tbe gmoDd at desertion. Captain SHoos bad erldently dlaappeared, bat be apiieared by attaraey tbroogb IMph. MaBwr, Simon ft Gearia, who died a dsnmrrar to " compuint. Tba daammr waa oeenaled br tba court, and later tbe diene was giaatad. May Xoba waa ' *- waa Imnid by 'aa._.Ma„ba3r.- New York. May » (Special to Ihe BUlboard). —A legal cootroTersy has been going on for some time between B. Zelgteld, Jr., snd the two proalnmt Broadway sUrs by reason of which Zelgfeld stiempted to eomnal tbem to nee an to tbe tmns of their original contract 2^ McMd. nto tioobto datca back to tbo »aa a( tbo teCnaal by Nora Bay** to eoatlnae aa a aiMbar ot The BUUca at 909 Ooapaay last aamiBcr. Elegftfd orlgla^ly aacnrsd a lampatary lalnne- tloo and when Tba milea o( 19« played tbe Oraod Open Booae. both Ulaa Bayra snd Norworth reqaeated permtoslM to join the show but the coodltloos they named la rejoining tbe company, ss Zlecteld ststed. msde It Impossible. They later JoTned Tbe Jolly Bachelors Com- puy daring which engagement Elegfeld's st- tomeys were nnrtng tbe court to lasne a per- Bsscat lojnoctlon. 'aattes COerman's opioloa In tba matter waa aa follows: "TCbls controrsrsy which bas t>eeo ? aear ce of aiuoyance and pecuniary loss to all l«"««eoocanied. bat been caused by tbe de- W alSMt a^ fallnre to sppreeiata tbe binding obll- patle an ImpnasA by a contract. Their conduct ■aa beta aaraaaonabla arltbotit legal JustlSca- SSL.^ J' dlmgaid ot all ktleta aad tbe <<r tta a gt eemaat.'* ' ^ _> g»* >!!<*M, will paalUT«r ba able "to tW«o sSLJS* b^lta to retaiB tt bto alaS. waltpa Klela, wbo repraatata tba partatai. *n. atolaa that be will take the eaaa to tbo I*?*'* by ^rtUcb apvaal tba lataaetlaa MISS FLORENCE REID Cbk-ago, IlL Performers Engage Special Car A vocr aaaal aad aataaa CMlato baa baaa dam or tbaaMMbaaaatOabm at ttaBijoa Tbsatte, all tba nanban ai« to appear on the same btUs at tba earloos i alaag tbalr loota It waa decided to ebartar a apaelal ear all the way tbroogb tot tbair own naa. W. H. Walsh, manager ct Vm McUaboa'a Watermelon Olrls, was appoint- ed to take cbsrge ot all the necessary arrange- msata along tbe route, each as hotel sccommo- datloaa, etc Tbelr route lies fraoi Dolntb. MInasapoUa, Bntte. Bpokaaa. Seattla. tfareaish California and tbca- ba^ tO CUMCa by Aagtut 33. Tbelr train Will ba kaam aa tta melon Special. •Water- STOCK IN HARRISBURa Pa.. May T.^-«a Uaaday. Hay ot tba siiiaiaai atsck aaaaaa at . . l i aisa t le'^tbeatte. onder tba local auaage- aaeat of H. H. Uelrtek wUI take place. The Itadlac Bua win ba Kogeoa Weber. Soeb playa — the Orsat IHTlds. Heir to the Heorab, On- OM a< tba Oaldaa V< - ~ ' — William Morris Invades Texas Thx.. Ifay 1. Kallcy and Oopeland. WlUtom Koctto win have tbe dlrectloa ot the entsrtalanont tbat wm be famished to tba palxona at tba Teadaaae. It waa Mr, Horrla* Initial bow ta tba aanw neat'loTlng pobUe la tba tfaclaaa Btata of Tosaa aad the S. B. O. alga waa la tttj oatly la tba Troy, M. Y,. May T.—^The Shrlnera hare ae- coied a alte npoa which they wtU erect a Tsm- &hi which wm alao ho located a tkaaHa. a l l aet a ta wtU eoat |S18,<IMk. New Torfc. May 7.—no KNa Maaae. eae oC tbo beat banara awiaenma ot wax Bgetea la the world, paaatd from the ownership ot tba Daetd Dowa catata. la wboae bands It baa baea (or mora ttaaa a geaaratloa, to aa owner w h oas aaaa to wtthbalL Tba aifea to aadatatoad ta bam lBt>aBiltf»|i¥iil a» she and Strong became Involyed while she was sUU Ijsdy Prsncto Hope, the wife of an £ng- llsh lord. A tew months ago ahe retained to Portland, where she had left the recently took apartments, where abo Urlng qnletly as **Mra. Franklin.** PRESENTATION TO AL. H. WIL. aMaria^ftalar afiMt la Mota la Irdand. ta tba laigaat hoaaa ot tbe aeaaoa, tbe 8. B. O. alga helag hang out early la tbe ovenUv. Quite a anrprlae waa spmng on Mr. Wilson by tbo preaeatatloD ot a handsome gold fob by bis ad- mlrers after tbe second act. Alderman Sanders presented the fob wltb a neat speech la which lio told the comedlstt how high be wss held la the esteem of the tbeatregolng public of St. Tbomas, and bov*r be bad won tbe voting coo* test held by Msnager Oerlao for tbe moat popular actor coming to tha althongb taken by iMrpilaa> i a splendid speech. LONDONERS COLD-HEARTED. The OUmaz which was so well teeelred la thto conatxy. prored an absolnte frost In Loo d oo. Mario Doco had tlie xole of tbe alnser, and waa dellgbtlU, hot tbe Loudon playgoers were la- seotfble to her sppeal and to tbat of tbe play. Tbe acting waa all that could have been de- sired, and tbe little play to certainly teaching, bot tbe British plsy goeta etowed It wltb strong Indlffetcnce. NEW THEATRE ASSURED. Tscnmseb. Ulch.. Msy 0.—It to now prac- tically a certainty tbat W. F. Scott and Walter Lowery. ot Detroit. wlQ open a TsadeTllle and la tbto dty abartly atlet tba picture int a< Chicago Hold Overs Are Chlcaga. May 9 (Special to Tbe Billboa rd.) — Among tbe most popular of bold-oear attrac- tions now-playing the Windy City to Madaaai, Sherry, which at tbe Colonial, to tha I lagtig Kltoabetb Murray Into ber la tbe cut wbo by tteir coahlnattao at talaat aiake poaalbia a dellghtfnl entertain- ment. Tba anttle la Madame Sherry to cxeal. lent tbreoghont bat the best of these selecttona to a walto melody which to proving to be one Of the fnToiltra of tbe aeaaon. At tbo Oly kpic T baatea. Tba Jnrtana Hoatar is neartngJIajMHh.l ' share* wre piece. At the Zlegfeld. Tbe tTpetart to In the month ot Ito career at tbat booae. Thto |>lay to one of tbo aeaaoa'a graatcat faideal ai and to decidedly la taiar «IUr^l«a^l Sa^lt baa atiaek tba faadaa at tba baea basa lorlA la tbelr pialae. Blebard Oaito la no Kebo^ to ~ wba patraatoa tba Btadctabar. '"ppactef^ Ml playan. , Nsnirsrrock COMPANY LtlLU. Boaaiata aaw baa a liat-claaa atoek « boidlas tirlfe at tbo Hawaiian Opera BoMa^ aaady tba Bcaiy McBae Stock Company. Two playa ara gleaa a week. The following are soma ot tbe early praseoUUaaa: Tbe Heir to tha Hoorah. Ia Iho Bleep's Carriage. Tbe Lion aad the Moose. Blown of Harrard. Tbe Three ot Ua, Hoyt'a A Milk White nag, narld Hannn. Shore Acres, Paid in mu and Old Beklelbnrg. Tbe ezeentiTe staff for Mr. McBae to: JfOCT McKse. proprietor and njanager: A. J. Hajgp klas. bnslnesa manager: Bobert O'lfeui, psiaaaH representatlTe and treasnrer. Miss Usrgaret Oswald to other members are: Brary Alea— DUIon. Mr. Balnbrldgo. Elmo Klato. —— laaa. Beaxr McBae, Lanra Radaco. Looto Mar- Itooa. Oaau Boyal. anath Wray. Iraa Miner. Wtillaa Bairla. Edith Elltott. Ooo. Thompaoa. JoUa Homed. John R. Howard. Joba Oxford. Oay Bates, Prank Howe. Chas. Lander, Howard Hearst. Jsck Mason. WUllan Mack. Mammto Bhodee. rrankle Hnteb. Oeorgla WlUUms. Car- rie Miller, Alice Taylor. Janet Boberts. Lotta Branson. Mr. Webb, late of tbe Orsnd Opera HoQse. Los Aageleo. to leadtas,maB. Mr. Mc- Bae will play MaaUa -atta ^JUa ^: aad ttn .latk' t» Wm-;. went Mt. TenoB. lad.. May T.—Edward Bay- BMOd. manager of tbe saw Majestic Theatre. KraaaTllIe. lad., baa laaatd tbe Haaoole Thea- tre, bete, ftorn Xinest Albright tor snmm e r aaadatllla. Mr. AJbtlght wUl BMaaga tba baaaa