The billboard (May 1910)

The Billboard M AY 14, 19ia. BROADWAY GOSSIP Reappointed Himr-^Other Gathered in Nw YwJ^i.^;,^:r# .-lUr 9 (BBMliI to Tbe BIII- bouA);" Mr.- flhinw fcataan. belos mtlrelj wtltfM with «he auaair ln,'iAIA hU STalUUa pUjM hm been haadM dnrtw th* vart.'Amt jmm—tbMt b, in tb« mattar ' of IcaaloK oat Mid slan tor tours and stock ensasenieBts—and 1WI Isffj wtUi tbe lesolts attained br bis i>ies- •K acot In neb oonnectloa, baa joat reap- pointed Walter C. Jofdao, of Saoffer and Jordan, as blB aole and ezcIosiTe agent In tbU aame ca- pacity for a term of jreara. As Charles Frobman coatzols about two bnodied of tbe best-known ud most aoecasfnl tilajs ct recent yeaxa, and ia. noiwmr. an cztenslre Intematlooal prodneer at Snt-daaa playn br Ifadlag aattura, tbia ~ flusar Yocdan, tb* Hair X«ck t hnTa as ampla-aooica-af-aAMdy* BOBlt. ' a niar made >. hr^Vm^h^ Borfth ttom Oeoice KaiiiWnti Cbeatec'a atocr. WUI be vesentcd br Henry B. Harris on Angaat 32, at the Bdasco TbeaiR, tbereafter to be known br Its old name at tbe Bepnbllc Tbe- atre. -Wallace Bddlnser will be toe principal player. Later. I>aTld Belaaco will make two ptodDctlans of Ma «iwn -at tMa Mia atiaw One win be a new JkaatliaB. iiaJi'lK WBiam O.'' Sa-J Mllle. tbe othK tr'-WSaM'fliMWjHairtlM''^^^^^ Hie Climax. V-:S>5''^S?^.iV'-;W*'r-; i^'V Wben Fatbex and the '■wiiit^'^.1M'i'Wtlikti~iM^'' Crane atarred. (are Its laat'VBdKBaBeattt-tBB Qazrlck. tbe boys and Mbec celebrated tba ee- eaalon.- (oc.'tt was not-Ally tbe.close of a verr ancccasfnl sbort season, bat tbe aUty-Oftb blrtb- day of air. Crane, as well. In a abort speeeb. Mi. Crane remarked that be had made hla "flrst agpeeranee" In Leicester, 'Mass., In 1846. Ha landed Mr. Frohman*s Undly enconragement. - Martin Beck annomices that the winner of bis ODe-act play ccmpetltlon for the Actcrs* IFnnd Fair is C. T. Oas«y, wtao sabmltted a aketeb ~ ~ '>iXkn Old r.WlBtm:..Vtnft,'- >:J»tmr--.Ut.-t»m :l»!«itta:-««it-«e'«ha ■.-•■■Mfc?!*: :Maai:aaa;<OBa;:«Cjtt»;'liuar-S^*'VBr'Mn"^ :>W<Md .i«t.;ibt:'fitea:'wltfcr13>M:iilBianBanii in «r. Maxe;XI«ir, :a< , laft ftr B n o p s oi'baaid tk» Anuitka. LW .cava.-moaa lutw ii w>I «q as to bla plana ' amtt tbat ba'^maaailka PaHta Flat New Totk, Mar »--(SpecIal to The Bni- taard).—Peibaps It Isn't a matter of ego- UsnU and It may be that Brady and Sbnhert didnt Intend to hare It appear that tbe pre- Biara of Jim. tbe Penman, at tbe Lyric Is a fliaet slap at tbe theatrical combination. It looftB aasplcloos. bowerer, when yon conaider " t asat at tte boosea are xeadr to exhibit ;.f;nnn for ftaa Bammtt'T^Sac '.ar-tka zoMB anBt'aTtta time of daflectte tarn the BL^-'and B.>rankB waa that Brady -woold book and open cne of. bis attraetloas at a Sbnbert boose this season. Doing this, ss be said. In order that there might be no mlsanderstandlng as to where the Brady prodoctlona woold go next season. Tbis la apparently tbe only plansible reaaoi for tbe xtrrlral of this play lost at tills time. Natnrally this move on Brady's part, and bis Independent attitode in tbe matter, called forth letnUatlon from the K. and E. toccea. ..me_ra- ;aalt la the Hour imier aad.;Coinpaar.»lB ^BMbaadfa-Vllk: baa-beaft ptasaed Int^ML at the Oaxii^ SUa was evfdentir tatsiiled aa •a Indication aC Ika paUer «(' the syndicate In legard to tlw taftveMMta. Bfeix more aiade by the adTOcatca aC tha . open door poUey wm midonbtsdlr ba tl ia tly . ■a lih al l , and -it dliconntcd It tt OS ^iit M^MtMWB vip adherents at the paMaa-aBiaaBa:bp'..^1b9 dicate. ■ - : ■■'.:v-v ■ JOHN CORT MAKES 8TATBMKNT. 8a mnch dlsmialon baa been 'gnbw an aa to .«heia the Oort honaea wMdd go that an inter- view waa aaem aa. at which time BIr. Gort ■tatad. amptaatleally; that be wo out of the combine. That be bad started an Independent morement and woold hook any good ebow which bad a fair mai:gln of proBt beUnd It. He also stated that he had become afflUated with tbe 1 Bbnberts. Re also conHrmed the mmor that Copper and Inm and Walker dtenita bad Jobwd t&e Shn- taita. a A. KanhalL. at: OalBth. eoatnla the eeaaln. Mr. C ' R aeren theatres tai' and other eltlaa 'fa Korthwest. FARRAR SINGS TO CONVICTS. that Mf^ will be made on atloos are awaited, aa It Ji eral sorprlalng annoaneemei bis retnm. Ijawrence Irrlng and Mabel Hackney, who cloeed their engagement in Xbe Three Daoglitefa of Moaa., P^ent^ at * the. ■ Cosaedy ■ Thea tro re- cently, are' to'baitaiata'ta Jhi|na:Biiaaz, tba author. In SgaJanCTrit'ta atiDtad ;tbat'bo(h Hi. Irrlng and bIa.<irUii;^'irill xaaBiM-.tMi -aMpaaded engagement:at'the:'O0Mdrvnaatte.va8^aata aa they return ttaB dmad^ arbkkcwlll ba aany in the tan. . • flenijr B. EEanla wHI p r esen t In Kew Tork on Angost IS. BoMar Bamit,' wHh Wallace Edinger " title role. Oaiasa BsBdelph Cheater tas tm hla abate' ln<^ NavAZack CU7>- Mr. Cheater la at wocks'tfnmatlaiBS'Jria'lataat aom. BamTaniar.". artP.ta ■ mt'- 'uitmn f l . w adl aa ' at the anleiaea^' tfia^'aaiiaiGal faiTft whlA wtiOute ,TK^ti£ "nm. . ia w«iit ^.\f ' tba ' Weir >.Ci»^-te.a ifnMi ls i i';t>aj !M MK ^-<ba,.Iglft;;Twa:! MILLER IN NEW yORK Hauy Miller Appean at the Gankk Theatre in a Comedy, Her Maw Tork, Ua: Iward) ^Hcory a QanIck olfeied E BlU- . tbe Hna- Uay ft—(Special to The 1 staler and his company, at B A. Thooai^ coaiadr. Her 1 baod'a Wife. The atocy ta that ot a roong married woman, who. In her hypoeheodriacal de- Insloa, beUeTlng benelt aboat to die, dioeaes bar aDceeasor. - The hnaband; qolte Igaorant ot Us wife's sdieme. shows snch an Inteiest in hla l»ide-to-be, that tbe wife deddea not to die after all. Henry Miller i^aya the role ot John Belden, a Callfomlan. He rlsits a nephew and a mar- ried niece at Saratoga, and at times la made to regret it. Tbe niece baa a lOTtng hnaband anil a case of the bluea. She belleres ahe la soon to die, altboogh abe la the healthiest looking person in tbe theatre, on either aide of the footlights. She Utcs oo cnre-alla and gTieres tbe boors away. Tbe Western onde, ta qalck to nndetstssd her, and be nther bolateia on her nottoa that ahe will fled an eariy graTO. neatb woald hat* few tamia tor her if It were not Av tba awM tboniAt that her yoong bosbatid pNbaMy waold many again. She ia willing be AaaU do so, hot Ae daima tlie right of flMwalni bis aecood wife. Her faror lights npoa: a-former belle wbo has become a tnunp. na; eboaan one is the..plalntat woman ot aU tboae that the wlJa >■!■■. awt aaaa.■at aaem to bo' the .type' ot ''bMBtrvthat':-'MH':tMke/«te A ^emimwjMm^A^ the rich Qeocgla Balby. Hilda Spoag, Ida Oonqncat, yiaeent. <tta Utda bntbmr). yonnc bnihand eaally tenet ^ The aahatitDta^ knowa ahe la bla iiat wife.; dMaes. hecai„. •ba known, the ' Atlanta. May 7 (Bpedal to the Bmboaid).— Oetaldliii Bams, haa aaac to mere faabion- -Ma pod to'IataBr-aadliaesa'at times, bat never t* a mora appredatfre and attentlTe one than the gathering she faced at the FUanl^aciaoa when 800 men In stripes Uataoad.'aa^ir.-tlKia dream to snch old farorltes aa-AoBle Xaaala and Coming Thro* the Bye. By the time she ended her pro-am of fonr aoogs. playing her own accompaDtment, there were many eyes wet with tears at tbe tender . memorlea broogfat back to mind by the words aC these T"'*g* IB tlie throng of 800 were aodi men as Charlaa New Tork. May 'S—(Special to The Bill- board).—The plans prepared by Messrs. Car- rare anl Hastings to eliminate the gallery of the big idayboase aa well as the lowering of the celling and Improrement of acooatlca hare lieen apptofe^ . ^le boose baring been closed for more than a week, active preparatlona are now being made to remodel the andlttMrlnm, with an Idea of ae- cnring the maxlomm benefit of tbe dramatic per- formances glTen. Tbe chief change will tie made in lowering tbe ceiling, which wm be dropsied aboat fifteen feet, thns doing away with tbe topmost of tlie present galleries. The aaditorinm will tbns be msde smsner, and It Is belleTcd that the aeooa- ttea ot tha 'hoaae wIU ba.lmpraTed.. .In-the aaat- tng laaRaaaanaat the; ptcaoit tiv :a(: tnaatr- thrca tmzes. whidi are but aUghUy^talaail aboea the oretiestra woor, will be replaoed by slKteea Iwxes, raised soOlciently to aDow seats beneath them. There are forty-alz snbscrlben entitled to boxes, so that each or tbe boxes win bare to he used In tnm by three aobacriliers. I<ots. will lie drawn for the boxes when tbe changes are completed. Matinees will be glren next ■eaaon on Wednesdays and Satnrdays. Daring the somnier tbe roof garden theatre will be fin- ished aecoidtag to tlw oriclnal plana. ' Tba neat: aaaaaa'^ wm .apaa .la Oet<b« with Voaa. Bird. she is plain. way of wamni. 8ba la onragad at being thoaght nnloTety, atthoogh Ae know* ahe is, and be- caose she is casagad abe talis In with tba yonng wife's nlen. 8tw do«a it to ba revenged. "Plain, am It" ahe aheota-at the old Weat- emer when the young wife baa gone. "I am plain. When a woman decides to be sn old maid ahe deterloratea. But wait." Aod when the yooog wife next aeea tbe woman ahe bopea - to train to be tier Buccesaor. ahe la amased. Hie nlBin woman haa become tbe most daxaUng algbt in Saratoga. Her gay gown signals like a hello- graph to every eye within a mile. Mot a man coald paaa her. The yoong wife aeea her mlatake and triee to break the agreement. Tbe snbstltnte re- toses to lie released from her promise Tlie wife trica e ve ry eehcme and *>«q attempta to mafeeiaat.ttat.bpr iHHbaod.tB •r dnabaBlbnta.: Thla.'Miga dam baB*\tbe<.w?««bf a . the^MS^sito'SM':tafeM<M».'kMe'-L ta mylftf^ .Ml-j«B:'«''T|pais.'-.::t<-taalF'4Hr.taV-; my breast and-'Oe Ilea tnraad and' She came to me looking'Uka .a pot Iwarted sparrow and I took plt7 on her. Kow alie toms oat to be a blid ot paradise." Of Goorse tlie bird of paradise haa no deslio to many the yonag wife's hoabead. Siie haa a love aOair ot hit OWB, aMbaoik > dance to mariy by Blxlag Bat aha . daaa set aat^ .la v-iK-iMlHa«'-> ••'.';tkt%ti Xh* wlfa teddea .tar.dte^'iBha' ' r~'ri ii n and dlamlasea bar that is the end of the troohle. • ''C>:1<L '.^' Tba following is the caat:: : Tohn Bddcn .. ' Bidmrd Belden Stnart Bsnddph Mrs. Stnart Emily I«te» alaaat; IsTttbi^ Oaldan ^. Boliert Warwick i Xania Hope Ctcws Hon Kyde Bellew giri tell. ' .her own Seven Days, at the'Aator,'baa more than car- ried oat tbe promise'of tta title, for It baa now been nmoig for aeven moatha. Seven com- panlen are now Iicing formed by Mcssra. Wagen- bala aad Banper for its jtate e tlOB aagt aaason, aad ft'ls eapected ta prav* • aa*i#«ar wander aa tW.saai. it It baa fit HMr SHfe ••• OUeago. New York. May 9—(Special to The Bill- board).—Cbaties A. I^rgtiaon, manager ot the Uncoln Square Theatre, one ot the iioaiiea on the Marcna Ijoew Clrcolt. waa held for trial for tbe death of a fonrtecn-yearHild glrL.. Tbe yoong Udy fell fifty fCet tceoi'.tlia aieoilit'bal- cony to the orchestra. ' - "J tennd ttie seats in tbe gallery, were con- Btmcted on an angle of torty-llva degnaa,!* aald Conner HeUensteln after maldng a thonotb as- amlnatioo. "Tlie ateps in the aiale were aboat a foot wide..- An- examination of tbe braaa railing thnngh which Miss Loefller plunged showed ttiat the force of the girl's enshiog Bgalost-lt bsd torn It from lia eooaaetlOB with the nprlgbt. The brass tubing did.net break, altboogh it wss .very thin." Fetnson declared that the booaa waa weU llgbtcd toe a Tanderine act wtien tna aad^iat the ayldent.waa; eaoasd .by _liij^.j^Oiiab ii 'a .' CAOTiES LABO E TOTOfc^^ . Tbe' Waw -Tbaattasi^OaaiiMiajri^aairlea with.:'11 a veritalda .afay^^aC^-aNCMalfb: to take can of tba iean«qr;'aal:'«Baeii..::nare ara :M ear 'penters, 14 property men and 10 dectrldana with the company, all of them broogbt frocn the New Theatre in New York, in order that no detail may be lacking to mate the road pro- doctlona perfect and complete in every aense, and joat aa presented in Mew Tork. There are also two scene patera la tba. worklag the James roebea' lateri comedy sneccsa. The Commuters, will open In New York on Aognst 8, instead of Angnat 15. aa preTiooily annoaaead. New York. May T (Special to Tb* BlOboaid). —Kyrle Bcllew. tbe actor, aalled May S. on tbe Kranprlns Wllhelm for a trip aroond the world. Aa Kr. Bdlaw waa bocB la CUcatta, India. he Is partieniaito'teatasaa.aC . » t^ilafi tbet rHy«:: ba says, ba faab'aa^aMMk°'-'at'>hMW..a>'$ka-«teaar' on Broadway. .? V'--■!-.■'•:■:■■■-■^■.• WIwB aakcd to temgaata tba flag to he ackBOWIedge anesiaaea, OB Brittah tenHu tf tat haa spent aoat ot bla ma la tbe United Statea, Mr. Bdlew icpllfd. *.1 ani an Irishman.** 'Hr.' Bellew plana to apend two weeks lana- :tfas aboat bla native baiuts In India and then atatt for New York by way of China. Japan ' and.'Tanconver. He will open in Kew York September 14. in a new play under tlie man- agement of Cbarlca Fmhman. Bla new vablde baa not yet been named. - Tbe Bellew party waa 'eompoaed of Trank A. Conner and W. F. Conner, arho ia golag to Paria to complete arrangements foc ttaroh Bern- hardt'a engagement in this co unt ry. Mr. Coaaar. aanonneed Oat HIsa'. 8atabaidt-:woald play .' ao weeks la the Halted .'Btalaaf to "IcgltlmaM.. drama. He podtlvdy .'daaM'.that tile faaMoa ' French actreu woold appear In TaudavUle. Following her engagenenta here Miaa Beta- hsrdt will stsrt oo a toar of India. Japan and poitloas ot China -wUdi wtU occopr abaat'. HENRy;^&^^RRI8 Td. MIOOUCK f j;.-^TI4B''-COO NTRY BOY. : '-V ;r New York. May »—(Bpecld to The BUI- ■?- board). Among the early producllooa to lie ' mede ■ this coming seaaon by Henry B. Harris, wtll.be Mgar Selwyn'a new xA»j, The Oooatzr Boy.. It wUI bare lU premier in New York . . early In September. ''--■'V.'^i-' Tbe atory 0t;TlM'0oaatl7>3l«r (OrdTca atMM a yoong fellow wbo tbinka bla little b«0a leira.~:; is not trig . e.nough for hla aetivitlea aa a bllt-"''^ ilant buarneas man. and he proceeda to |m>-toV'> Mew York to abow tbe natlvea tbeia' that be fcoowa a thing or two ahoot tbe short road to M wealtb. In the end ha ts coDteat to tielleve J"f that opportnnltlea are Inat aa gooil for flaanclal Ai" advancement at home aa they are abroad, and that behind the stories of flaanclal securlljr.'aia lurking shadows of mental unrest, and tbat.i bappioeas can not be boogbt with money. vTba-'s-:' play la'written In a comedy vein, had.inwr&V .<_. • ..i-.i—. ■ .'•■:;-.;;rf:'>r*':..'#. dMiaeier ia a dlatlnct type. ^•,;.:..;MARK-?;Ty(y^ JNew- York. May ■i.—'^m ■xiii^'i^^i^ii^f^ will'probably sea before lonr'a' ^ay^'hr bath Twain and Sydney Bosenteld. The famons American hnmorlat, who baa ]aat died, aod tbe New York dramatlat c^UI>orate<l about ten years sgo In writing the play, whlrb was called, provlaloaally. The End ot the World. For one reason or another ihe play, although ' practically finlibed, waiasever prodoceil. but Mr. Boaenfeld aaya the pmpeato aM thit'.'it.;'. wUr be liraugbt out next aobiM.' Shi Hiy li V a bnaunoaa extravagsnaa.«l' . . .