The billboard (May 1910)

10 Xtie Billboard ■ MAY H 19ia sEn PHILADELPHIA, PA. I * Mley MakM Bimw Hit EVM rtfhmigh the There were only two treat" in the ■mngement Use this week in this city, those belns the BATaom and Bailey Clrcos aod a German comedy. Alma, Wo Wohnst Du? (AJma. Where Do Yon LiTeT). The Utter would not be a treat onlew one woold nnderstand German, piece played to a crorrded house. last week of the season with aoHi the old shows were held orer. Bthel Barrymore io MJd-Chaimel, heffan her secood and last week at the Broad, while Lew IWi proAactiaa. Hie Mldalitt Saw,, is stlU I at tkB S^idfe- Xb* MB* eaa be 7 §mm «elikM«r. at .a* wai- I Ta^iar. i> nTaa la Valdns. at the GarilA for a third and Isst estendlnc the socceaafnl eng s gemeiit ot tUa diamiais comedy- Annette Keileman ia atni the hcadUner at Keith's. whUe the Grand apened on Uooday with Taaderllle. All of the vanderlOe tbealzcB are doing fairly good tras- laia i Next week Miller Brothers' 101 Rancn mid Vest Shosr wlU hold the same groands as tte Banmm and Bailey Show is now. Seroal thonssnd small hoys played "hookey" from school on Monday to view the cinna pa- rade, and )iat as msny gray-halRd yoongsters foond some excuse to attend the BArnom and BoUey "Greatest Show On Ehrtti." and sit nnder the big canvas top at Nineteenth and HmiUng Park aeenne, wfacie Otej mnntiied pea- imj ind by dawn had etcctcft an Immenae dt; of spreading csness. nam the time of the pt ttui ea q oe tenmamental Intradnctlon, ontn Desperado made his dsring dlTe from the very dome o( the arena, erery one eat spelllMcmd only to let oat an extra gasp oC delight when Joplter, the balloon horse, made bis beaatlfal aerial trip, snrrouiided by a Niag- ara of Oreworfca. The imperial Vleoese l^npe tumlabed thrills far tha noat Uaae, and tha Ug heed of clev«r.alHbaal^cWi|kiA.>lvu'.HM9r-:l. ( piaoae otalL Between thrilla a bot hast of ctowiia kept m a cootlnoal coaod of aaatclaieDt. Tliece was arlnle Chaatecicr COBflr. Taddy rctmnlng ~ - - . hmt, and a r^V^ VmA with his for , J a nal Has ot langh- Ind. with a owOar enw ot aohjects. Of coarse there were trick males. A new act was the trained aeals, who ride bax^Mck upon gaUopIng steeda and Joggle balls snd firebrands at the same time, with ap{>arent ease. As s good-night set, bat not one coadoeiTe to ainmber, the grand hippo drome laea a w ata hrid.^ _OM_ ieck- honnds. vied Ihr apaat hwfs tta 4n- bark track. What erery one Uked. next best to Jnplter, the balloon horse, was Little Baby Bnmbeeno, the inirslng giraffe, who was bom In Brooklyn last week. An AU-Stxr Vandertlle Show was the bllUng Keith's diq>Iayed the town with this week, and It certainly lived np to 'the title, tor there were and Grorlni. acrobats, Jugglers and cyclists; Wanen, L^oa snd Biyexs, in a aketch. ' .entitled A Uttle Bit at ErentUas: La Pettta :>Bafaa. AadUatte aad Ua lOaO^Siadlac Das, — — " ~ ' 1 hT Uttto Miss TIaa _lato alar at DackMadai'a maalida: tha . . wfie act: Howard aad Mttb in their famoas Skit of show life, Tboa Happy Days, and Annette Kellerman. tkt woman, second and last week. Nest wt*^ K, Mnrphr and Waarho Kldola. Ia a tares aC Tir a t nilo u a l Ufat A'SAmI Ac -AtOag, wm ba The Oarrlck opens aext wcA with Howe's l^vel Pictures, while the Walnot win open on Monday with the Eogene Blair Stock Company In Sairtio. The Ben Greet Players st the Adel- phi are playing Tbe Tempest, while the Or phemn Stock Company, at the CbestoDt Street Theatre, offered Cameo Klrby. Thia week and next week win be The Little Brother of the Bieh. Bniy Watson Stock at the BUoa is mt- ting Mr. Wataon'a famoas sketch. Kraosemeyer's ABey, on and Is playing to large andlences. The Oayety imi soon open with a boriesqae stodc bat tha opening date la not Us New Hlppodnma at : oC FUIaMBUa. apew May 1», ■booked hy ILndy Hdkr. Tba 1 opcslng week Is the srnsstlonal HeBkrhrts. do- ing a high lire dire; the Flying Baasells, one ot tbe qnlckest trspesa acta la esndarllle, aad Coar othCT i^awr aCja^ga ap ^JJ^'^'^^i^J^i^^PJJf ?ooS? """^ •*»■* aaalfcB aapartir at The Orphenm Pier, st Ocean City, N. J., tot- merly known as Foin^s Pier, will be operated to' Mesan. A. L. Boomfort and Co., Inc., of Harrlsbaric. Pa., and wBl be booked by M. Body Heller. There Is a Isrge tstce at carpenters and .dcetilelsaa aew at wack jmta^ ji» jtar Vedncoday aad Sa^nday aC aach waak. fa tlMi. wm ran ehlldrcn'a eamlTiis. nnder the able direction of PnC Walter G. Wroe. at an advanced price of admlaalon. - Tha Philadelphia Hippodrome, at 29th and Colambla avenue, formerly Tlie Athletic Ball Paxk. win open ita galea on May 16tb. with Baity Holden doing the loop-the-loop. Mr. H. W. ^ylor. the manager, said he will make Ms patroos sit op and take notice by giving them bigger sensatloaal acts Uian he did last year. Woodslde Psrfc will haea for the opening on May le Kendeirs Bond. , saslsted by Kstherlne Hardl. Phlladelpbla'a atost pofnlar The nylDg BaaaeUs hare Just l a tar aed from * '.aa OHiataaA'a a toar.i agenot ut XT. L' S.-Maaaa. opaaa Satarday, Jnly 2, wiOi biKb.claaa TaoderlUe, booked by Body Heller. Cbarlea Davis and orchestra, now playing the Mosart boose at Wllllamsport, Pa., will play. The large dancing pavilion will be in charge of Prof. Harry Roselle, where an- other orchestra will be la attendance. Another attraetlea wUl ba a l arge mllltaty b WiM WiM% 4^^ to Brvok- ' lym. ThMitra Nowik Miller Brothers' 101 Bench Wild West Show Is billed ben for Hay S3. 24 and 25. and wUI cxhihtt aa tba chteaa xnaada located at Flfth- tmmm mt BM.alMat. Tba paper has been np far aoMa tfaaa^ aad' tSie press haa already stsrted. saaoaneing the coming of a real Wild West Show. This attraction is not new to Brooklynltes. aa it appeared one seasoB at Brighton Beach Park, wbere it attracted an- ttsaally large crowds, and was snnoanccd by the press as the best real Wild Wrat show on the road. From all Indications the 101 Bancfa will do capacity boatncss daring the Brooklyn engagement. The Foltoo Theatre has had an nnnsoally prodtable aeasoa. and Moiria vandevlUe has made a decided hit In Brooklyn. WUliani Trlm- bacB, Oie manager of the Fnltoa. wIS have cbaica of tbe American Uusle HsIl st Bocka- way Beach this snmrncr. Tht San Carlo Grand Opera Co. Is attract- ing good sized crowds to the Majestic Theatre. n is very gratifying to the many friends of wniiam Fridley, tbe popular manager of the Majestic Theatre, that his first production. Her Son. has mft with Bneh success. It closed tbe dramatic season at the Majestic last week, and will now be taken on toar through the New g»lfi«iMi states by M aaag ar Mdley. Manager Percy O. WUlaaM haa left for Eu- lope. Among other ficat tUnn be will at- tempt to aceompllah la tha hagiBK,-to this coontry of the prlndpala ia tbe XWWK. Play. It he sncceeds, the Oberammercaa'ftayaei wIU do much toward making Sunday programs pop- ular. Work on the several new theatres belog erected in different parts of the coontry Is being pQBbed rapidly forward and wiU be ready at the opening of next sessco. The Crescent Stock Oarapoay la presenting Tbe Wolf tbia vcak'.at the Okeaecat Theatre. Tbla tteatie has bea Mdar the mansgemeat o< i>rw Paikcr this aaaasa, and throagb his careful manigtaaat it haajaofed to be a gold mine far Farcy S. WSUama, Ita ownor. The Abora Oraad Opera Co. haa doaed a aeason of Ave weeks st the Grand Opera Hooaa. Tbe Servant In the House Is tbe attraetlan at Teller's Broadway this week. The Van Boren Theatre, Broadway and Van Buren street, opened Monday with a stmog blU of vaudeville. Interspersed with tbe latest up-to-date moUaa ptetatao. Tba new theatre Is nnder the a^Ma0iMaBk''aC''BaEC^ ^ataan, ot the Broadway all summer. There' wUI be dsttciag at tba Grand Open May a, with tha Oeell Spooaer Ooopaay. ably flie inost preteoUons offering of her ea- reer wm be In tiila new play of the Fortunes ot Betty, which r ece i v es Its first performance en any stsga. here presented by a cast todod- lag Augustus Phillips. Tba stdlar nde ot Betty has been especlsHy crested to cover tbe. assay ~~'—r"-*"""*^ *^ Miss Snoonet's Theatregoers had the pleasure of paying hom- age to a lirllliant and talented Baltimore girl at the Academy of Music last week. Miss Ksth- erlne Kavanaogh has developed her gifts In tb» srt of playwriting and her work has at- tracted mocb ' attentioD. No season is com- plete withoat her appearance, as she appears In her own playa. and she always has a new gar te- pi iai at tar tba ap p ia ba llaa at the Waytaen^ and It b csaMatiHa. rte Is SB la l a i aa tla a JgMMi floar aclB.-,llln Sas^ anaotch adeetnd,'a " XJayd and Co., tbe King of Dtsmeods. la alaylar aa engagement at the Park Theatre thIa weSL' This Is Mr. Lloyd's tsarlfe aecfc In town, snd by tbe looks of thlngL^ ke wm mbshly stay aa long in this dty aa he. 4H la OUeasa Jnst a tetr maataa aco. aad sented. Miss Julia Prary, the well-known comic opera queen. Is doing randcvllle thIa season. She was on the hoards at the Msrylsnd Isst week. She is a popular Baltimore girl, and the boya were dribchted that she was home again. They were BocUnc to her domicile oo McCoUob iticct. to show ber some sttentlon when she wss not bnsy doing two turns a day at the theatra, -- Taral tte a tre g eeia had tbe plLaauia at aadns tta.fcw^naana, CaayMori fkfM :Jtar Tatt. la . Tbe WlBief** lUe. -waa gl i ea far tba beneflt of tbe Rrrn Xawr Sdioel, a local laatl- tutlon for yoong ladles. The presence of Mrs. LsSalle Cotbelle Pickett at the Marylal^ last week caused packed hoaaes an the week. Manager Keman aent Invitations to Governor CrotherK, Mayor Mshool, and otbeis of prominence. The offlcers of the Fourth Marrlaod Infantry were present In fnU dma uniform. Tbe men from the Conrnlerate Sol- diers' Rome were invited to attend one of the matinees. Miss Nsnee Owyao. ot tbe Pace Waak Ooa- psny. reported to tbe pollee Ibat aha bad been robbed of a diamond aerUaee Tataed at •5.000. She waa a guest at the Hotel Stafford, and after having returned from her performaaee Ttoeaday niabt. she derided to have lunch, and abe placed her Mitcbel in rbartre of an attartke. A atisubl e t came in and registered, and later requesting bla satehd, pointed oat Mlaa Owyan's, wblch waa given bba. Meat ■aralag tba aatcbal waa fooad In his room, empty, trail. Besides her minus her bsnk book family heirlooms. The Toronto.base boil club wss la town last week, and tbe Interests ot tbe team Is vested In the hsnds of two well-known RaUiiuoreana. Tunis F. Desn, who has been erploltiuK Bljiitoe Bates during the season, is tbo bu'iiDesji mnn- ager again this aeasoa, and Joe Kelley ia tbe captain. The proceeds of the perfonntnoes of Tbe Belle of New York, which were presentoil by the Paint and Powder Club, amounted lo $tJ.OIX>. The expense of the production was fS.iXn. I be money wss dlstrlbnted smoug acTerai durllabic tastltntioos. Tba cloK ableb la eaa|KW!<l at yoong men of eiilaalie dRlaa, waa orlgiQ.il:y ar gan lied by A. Bdiwla Maaaa aad Barry Lchr. Mr. Sloane wrote tbe Icet mu sic al plays that tbe club presented, which were his first sterping stones to success. Bemsrd tHrlcb, mauarer of tbe Lyric, who la also manager of tbe Chicago Opera i^^mrnnv. asya that the outlook for irrand opera It brlicltt- «r than ever. Be promises some rmt tbliigs Mr rBridaera next season. The Mempolitan IS cootiDl of the Lvrlc. SYLVAN SCHENTHAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. Park Opena Undar A M optc l oua Condi attended Ike agnla^af^ Fontaine Perry Park, SoadaF. Ia the largest opeaing the paA _ Tbe erawda (oond tbeparfc bettw dlaappolatm nere was one dlaappelntment, fallnra of the newly-installed racer dlpa to be in operation at tbe opening. This wss sttrlbut- ed by tbe Ferry otBcfala to hare been dtie to an unavoidable delay in tbe transportation of the cars for this gigantic new pleastire contrivance. There was a line vandevQle bill at tha summer theatre, the theatre being Oiled to capacity at both shows. Tbe bill is hesded by Bex's Com- edy CIreas, which vrss a great hit. The rent ot tbe bm was cempnatd of flrst-dass acts. 1q- doding the McCoanel IBaters. wmiama and Gordon, Wartea aad tautia P lain l ia aad Ike Btefograph. : Pint. Oiccg aaC Ma feaai tcMaaal a splendid mnatcal pa a na« la- the peak Ma. Gregg Is also leader at tba a icb a sua In the theatre. The Bober-BlandOB Stock Oaaifany. whldi Is appearing at the Ifaaaalt. aat na .tbeir third show of the samasK aaaan &* vaak. It was Zaxa. and they are peeeaattaa-'<be'^ 9m m Or- phans this week. Hie Avenne began ita stmimer sesson Isst week with a good bill and well-filled houses. This theatre will ran all smnmrr with Tanda - - - la tbe aad pidafaa^ aMaff two BMB oS^ciiia S iSm. ) off wnWaaia aad O w i aa aa talaa MBry I that plv&ff taking a Taeatlaa la The Amateidaa^'' wDl appear at ~~ May 8. Tbe Gayety dosed with FM Irvln'a Gib- son Girls, which ends np the burlesq oe sea- son. Tbe boose will open with Taadevllle and pictnree end 81 Belnhardt. the leading tenor ot tbe AL 6. Field's Minstrels aa aohilats. Tbe haose wm be aoen an aommer. Iba BafWiahaw. aUch aioaed :lMk .vrck. wffl be aboat tba aaly Ibialaia thaf wU^iiBaln dark dnrlng tbe aaauacr.^ - Bis Ml l ew Park apiatd Ua aaBawr aMsga May 7, with a free gate. Sbe park baa beca greatly Improved dnrlag the wi nte r eeaaea aad tbe latest attractloo Is a swimming pool. EJngling Brothers will pitch tents here May 14. for a ooe-day stay. The Great Lester attracted large andlences to the Mary Anderson Last week. He Is about the best ventrllogolst that erpr appeared at tUa booae. Tbe test of tbe bm Is ss f ~ ICartlnettle end Sylvester. Harry TBte'a lac Kanfmaa Brothen, Neff and Starr, ' and Aiaaid and Sleael aad Hathewa. - Tbe Un tar wSStat iUr *, at tbt Aaderaaa. la; Palace flklit. Oaafla aaf Ibher. Slataa and Iiaaraati..- Baiaaa Qiaad Opera Qnartette. Beff Biatbafa aad Mas Hur- ray, Cnsa and Joaepblne, CaaeU and Miss Hnrrsy. There wm be fOor first-elaas hooaea running tbe anmmer months. They are the L i iann , Masonic aad the aa.vety. ABTHDB V. SHBCKLEB. BUFFALO, N. Y, Houaa Opona Undar Now MaiMgamant, Ifr. Henry Koerber, the genial owner ot the Happy Hoar lleatre, formerly the Temple, and tbe Weader Theatre, has added another boose ta Ha abealt. no <mnaan apened Monday, Kay ^^- ta'paat bariataa^ aad vben arrange* nenta aM aaaileM'aefoial . vaoderffle acta wm be ran, la toalaatHaa wUb flrst-ran ple> tnrea. Mr. K a e r ber baa anetbar boose nnder constrnctlon. arbIA «m open Aortly, and a lit- tle later In the sesson s large family vandavflle theatre will be erected and It la expected to Tie with the biggest of the popalar-priee booses. As a manager, Mr. Koerber naa ahowa some old- timers a few tricks, bla achievement In turn- ing tbe Temple into a first-clan financial prapo- sitloa after several concerns had given It ui> as a had Job, pladag hhn la a claae by himself, drmty, geniellty and np-t»^te business melbods are not tbe leoat e( Mr. Keefbcr'e as- sets. Tbe MUboia CfccaH. aia baatUaa Ike bookings of all Mr,-«aaikn'a baaaan.' ' Tbe Lafayette Tkaotw, aiilao to a aaldaa chaaae la alaofc. opaaed a season of snmmer eaaamHe ^t WmkM May 9, presenting dsss UBHHIUOBII. BbrroN. MAM. Nmny Notes and Qosoip Around Boo> Manncer E. D. Smitb, of tbe Msjeitle tre. contL-mplales a trip to Europe to take a much needed rest, lie will visit France, Qer* many and Itidy. John Lace, tba genial press reprraentatire ot the Shabert T baatre, has arcrplcd a goritlaa Car tba aammrraiaaaa with I The OaMy aad GMe Ibaatica wm raa 'iwMP^: lag pictures snd vaadeville dortac tha aoa- mer. the rrgular srason hsving closed Apatt SO. Tbe Arens. Boslpn'a new Ice skatlne rink, closed April 30, for tbe summer and will opei> again in October with a list of added attrac- tioQ!i. Manager Blcbardson reporta big biiainese up to tlH- time of closing. The I'op Concerts with Gustave Strube as conductor, beglna Ita sesson May 2, and Maa- ■ agrr Ellis hss completed srrangemeots for special nlgbta tar tbe dUfermt collegea to cele- brate. Miy S la Taffa cAase night; May IX, Aabctat^^bt. la.ba.Mk«rel kv ~ ~ ~ ^aCMB Irene BaciT^w maaterp l sc e , Ika i_ in the Boataa:jU|. Three Twine C ton Theatre. Sarah Bernhardt will be the comlag attrae> tlon at the American Mnalc Ball, bavl^' algaad with Wm. Morris, lac, to apear la van- ; deeiUe on the Morris Circuit. Mlsa Olive Bea Temple, a member of the Cbariotte Qaot Stock Compsjiy, Is a Brookllne. Mass.. girl, who forsook the glare of aoctety tor the lights of the atage. Ja aa ea rrancla has been engaged aa stag* mMfm_Mt. :■ tka aeaile opera season at the CaMlaAHpaa.Xkeatna, bcgunlag early In June. of the Sack r' " " " " rIcalB. Mi a i iit at Chick- la pabllc Oscar «ttk the ofiginal by Letta CTabttee, tbe reea. ta andonblc^ one a< tbe kaeet oTIta klad la the coontry. Am andlterlam b aerenty f*et deep by 55 feet wide aad the design la of tl» Louia XIV. period with a Color schema of gray and cream. Manager Campbell, of tbe Star, will manage the new house. Beheaisals are now going oo for the comiae engagement of the Charlotte Hiut Stock Com- pany at tbe Majestic Theatre. The compear eopporting Miss Hunt will Include KIcta. Bahler. piHe Bea Tem^e, J. A. Bliss. Florence Hale. John Dunton. Eleanor Brownell, Norman Mac- donald, Eva Wheeler. Fred Bailey, Eeeva May Barry Brooke, WlncheU Whltcomb and A. fc Swaaey. Ob May 0, at tbe Colonial Theatre, a beaeflt ■aOl be giTea Tkcasnrer J. B. Kecoe and Ticket Agnt Ftaafc Onln. Brt^ lyea Company win return espeaUny w«k tbe adgteal cost The moat elabarate taUIag akctch la Tai^s - week. The SIga et tbe Koee, -|U 5iT_ Se> ban as the star. There are tea cbatactank' The stockhoUera ot the Baatea Open Beaae having secured their aeau foe the ccaiag aea- sou. and the management la now offatae the remaining aeats for subscrlpUoa to tka MMal pobllc. Last year the stockboldcrs m JtsS acribe for tbe entire season to gaataMaa^b' enterprise sgalnst financial loea. t-*^ "f**-^ appear with her company laoaa act of Teas, at the beoeflt under the sp^^sajSTKy'^.'"'-•« at the atara win aew be arallehia mttMm to those siraady eeeorcd bp Ike BaataaOaSa Oaopany. . : She Shakespeare dub ot tbe Draboa Baaaa. •wnw settlement wIU give a pabllc pcttaa- aaee of The Taming of the Bhre^; MayTY. .tiH.'^^ Company win produce Faust at the BostOQ Opera Bouse with Bob«alao Olrl In preparation. The eicellence of tha perform, anees and the admlaslon chirsed is the causs ottteMaadiag room sign being displayed at SgaMTbMtia, Hay ». la Plnato-a latit iSls; The -Bleck Pattl Osmpeey. with Tllaelanlle yonea and Tate Lerkln. In A%l>toAbtaTi^ be at the Grand Opera Bouae Kay P. iSm aa absence ot ahoot three rears. "~ On Monday, May 2, Hntcbluia. tba laelaier, at Anstlnnk Stone's, wui cdSrato MaTjoi year In the ahow bualaeaa. f'nSU^aa&anr&aSTbali^l _,Aatjt m,,m m martttt pletnre theatre opened ¥^.A'-^>9 O. B. l^ater aa manager aad L. t_^»anyf. It Is Taa Wart _ located on Dortxaaotb atnet 700 people. Tbe booklaa oC through tbe Irving F. Hoaaa _ _ _ The Oeuservatory Orehaetra win alee a aa>' dtal at Jordan Ball, May-4. aadar tka Shea tlon of O. W. OhadwickT ~^' Mra. Bdlth Cochrane, the contralto la atraaa- - Ing details for aext sesson with the Boatoa' Opers Company. Mis. Cochrane hss a very ' strong contralto voice, s plesslng personality, and has lieen soaght for by all charitable organl- ' satlons to slog st their aStln, aha being weQ ' liked.by-tbe geitersl mbllc, since ber appeal^ at.Tlaaiuiit Itanpie. . _,' - attroettoaa at KeltVa: Tba Ummrn,-- Wnktte WbWta ter, t S Fletebaf, TaachH^ Qua Edwards.