The billboard (May 1910)

MAY 21, 1«1ft rtte Billboard 11 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ShMbwto Will Build • ThMtr*. Optm^ Begin Im to b* an •pldemlc km. ud tetc's tbe Utcst: Tba SbolMrta han n optloa oa a Unt« lot. 137M feet iqaan. oo Ocarr ttntt, directly oppoalta the new AUam- tra Tliretn, and It baa beca aaooanctd tlicy will immnUatcIr proceed to erect a $300,000 the- atre to hoaw tbeir attrmctloQs. In tbe mean- lime, by afflllatloo wltb Jobn Cart, tbrr will book all bla bouaea wblcb at« located la Call- forali. Nonb DakoU, Mootaoa, Idabo, Waah- iDCtoo, Arlxooe. Dtab, Btltlab Oolombla and I be Saror Tbeatn. In Ban nraodacot. Tbla meiins war to tbe knife witb tba K. * K. peo- ple. It la nndentood that the aeaaoa will be- «ta bef* at tb* Sbtcv tbe latttr put of Aagmt. ! tfea ttl at M-MulMr* umt ■ a tb a i a. Xax- .aimt. Janca Pnwan. rotbca Bobertaoo •Ibtr DoUblca. Mtln tB.000.000 nibacriptloa for the a-PacHe Kapoaltlaa has been aabaafbad; all tbe atoek waa abaorbcd wltbla a weak, which •howa tbe otmoat cenOdeaee 'Rise* people biTc in new Sao VMiKlaeo. Tbe Prlnceaa Tbeatte la dark, and reporta an currcDt tbat maajr perfarmen are lookinc (or ttaeir nnpald aalailes. Acta t>oofced for tbe fol- lowing week wer« not notlSed, ttaeretore learlnc them Idle for tbe week. Tbe new tbeatre oo Market atreet. nader leaae to tbe Graonaaa, will Mt k»,kBM*» ,as the Cranaan Tbaatie, as Ont MpMiiL.^ It;«Mi'!• called The yiiiiii mm, la ▲ at tbe lasSSSac . a wim atl nc llea. .9ha Vhlef. with Beibert Kbleer aad BOe fltama. at tbe Vaa Neaa Theatre^ cootlnaed a OmwIaK card tor a aeeood week. At a apcelal moralBC pcrformaaee gtTSa br Stand AUen at tbe Orpbeom laat week, the ctirtala roae at 11 A. K. The reedpta !»■ ported aa belac mete tha» 929,0001 Tbe Oipbeom haa aa •zceUest bni oo thla week. Swat Molllgaa. tba baae ban comedy, wttb Jobnsle Gorman. Viena Bolton, Cbaa. Ken- srdr and Jack Xfe, Is a UashlitK feat. Tbe otber good newcomer* are Joho McCloaky. tbe leoor linger; Tbe Atoo Comedy Fear, In a nosb-hoaae cooicdy, called The Kew Scbod- ■aeter. la fall of good jokes aad laoshtcr. Tite Three Slaters Klae, a icccatly Imparted act, are any daav bm Is at the National this «cefc. all aew faces, heic. The FOor In- a dcTer qoartatts of shapely lady gym- ' a meat aoeel ""f'"! , waa a real Ur any bill. ' OhiM. • -wj claNr r. Tiglstiisi htaaUy at every TMPa-IMai^. • nnlqm l>er- Xaz aB Ik a dess hr '^Martvcs, perform J tm cetltriy d lM b ft aet IhkK.tte osaal dog act. Cbaotess LeoitiBe, •.rtkpH^-wltk a wide rince: LcRoy and Cta ' celt, called A Bone aa Ntblo. moslcal act. At the Cbotes Tbratre, Jack OoMen's Unalcal Comfslj Company of aome twenty-ftre claret people, eootlnnea aa tbe atcllar attraction. This la their foarth cooaecntlTe week. Fnm the leeks of tblags. their cagagement Is IndeOnlte. The other anmben, Balpb Oimmlnga aad Co. mt^nt , lahrimr QaMtstt»> wata wiU re- ■sttaa 'aad AbHCT TCtaraed' fNaa Kaslaad. aad thla wttk are appearing at the Wigwam Theatre. Ihe ether .nnmbers oa the biU are Meier and Mora, Tba Beriaa, Ed. Wlncheater, Lagard Troope. La Street Excellent boalneas coatlooe* at tbU popalar heoae. Lools Goertln, the klag of Jompeia. made a ten-atrike bit at tbe Loa Angeles Theatre, from tbe rrporta reeelred from tbe Orange City. W. B. Wblttle. "Tbe Teddy Booaerelt Tes- inioqalat." kept tbe BeU Theatre. OakUnd. aadieaeea la tbe beat of bomor. The bin at the Loa Aogelea Tbeatre, Vay 8. was compoecd of AlezandcroS TMape. Lniiae Stichaey, Lagaid TNope, Helen Camea. Call' tea SltteniL U A. Street, aad Helea aad ~ ' KellT and Wentwerth, SehivelB ~ Whitehead. MOIer aad Baascn. < SLoahi Ooertia left far Salt Mlsaloa Theada week May^L ««k Colotade Sprlnga to (bOow. - .Beports tloai Dearer aay tbat Mlaa Editb •Me. tbe OUlfonila coolraltow nude a moat ta- rerable i m praaalea at tbe Majeatlc Tbeatn thla week. All the local papan gare her soma eples- dld noticea. Toay Lahelskt. who haa haea amaaemcnt min- *aw m the Pmt a l a Cafe alace Jaaaary, haa ig lii i * Ms iPidaBaliaa. aad clalma he will en- huk la a aaa aC similar character where he wni be doeer .4lSed. Tbe IMrtola healia this week played algkb • ct> a. follows: Caritoa Chase. Janltag Par> rotu, Jennie DeWeeee. Derhi aad Oemar, De- Marrat Brathera and Tberasead and 0*BrlM. Msnaser Barney Matbaa. of tbe Albambra Cafe, kept bla eetira opening bill orer for a aeeood week. Helen Byton prorlng a Idg draa- lag canl. Marie de aneirrro. tbe Spaalab danis *n Is a trrorlte. aad Madeleine Cbrbooctt and ▼Man Comallo. tbe dainty doetceta. acored hearlly. Neat week Carlo Anoldl. a tenor ro- amns. aad C Oarrla OOmaia. character Imper- •■•««. will be added te the hSB. Mlaa nelea Byiaa. «to haa beca aaklBit a h^ aneeeei stagte Whaap 'ar with • Whaap- le. haa beea enfciacd by the pobllaheta IMa •tegtu this seag. they elalmtag It Is prteata peaperfy, A big maalcal comedy and dnnutle cMBpaar la now being orgaalsed by I. N. Oohea (or a •easoo's engagement at tbe Bawallaa Islands. The company la sobadnled to leare here about f«n» If. Among fljo principal membeim sl- tcedy •Ined op are Helen Byron. Hand Rock. ■**ln T. Emery. Oarolton Cbaae, Barry *tewart. Mm AInatce aad aereni othoia. Tbe eaapeay wm taelnde thirty people, and. be nn- iFlKMlala!"***'''*"* ^ laaPNbiTle Jea Harrta and Vernon wrlla fnm Ho they ate cajoylng BMia thaa making good. play playiBs tha Taa baa 'fbnwlated plaaa for « baae a Blreraide, OallfHala. " ' It Is kifad will attract •tUmt prelected for Boal prodoctloo, wblcb mncb tbe aamc aort of Inlciest lhat attache* to tbe Paaalon Play at Oberammergao. Tbe story will portray tbe plctoresqae career of ratbar Janlpeio Serra, tbe gnateat of all spanlah mla- iloaarle*. Tbe prodocUoo. It la anticipated, will be oo an Immense aeale. calling for 600 anpemomerarlea from tbe lodtao mlaalon acbool, and ntUlzlns the natnral smnoaodlnga as a scenic eonroament. Tbe premiere la to be glren next December, to be repeated aiuDally. Probman bopee tbat a aort of California Mecca will de- relop, to which toorists will Sock finm all parts of tbe Oaltad Sutea. aad to fhrthtr that aad. tojMgjpert at th. nmaad «..pa.l<. baa hem. iha Sdta-Iloto Qrcna. the epea la Saa Francisco tbla aea- aa the stieeta la parade, aad sate • aMt cndtlable showing. Ererytblag Mokad daaa aad bdght. and tbe beantlfni weathtf we are now baring broogbt oat onr whole popalatloa oa the line of parade. Xhe eat price of admlaalon to 2S cents la a his ad, and tbe lot Is crowded with people. Qsrdoer. Banklo sod GrltHn, after a moat eoc- eeaafol (oor weeka' eogagement in BoDolnln left then direct for Aoitralla. where they are booked for a long aeaaoa oa Harry Blckard's Olrcolt. Sdword B. Doyle, manager of tbe Giaea playlas a - - Ttaatiek > las aadw tha dbeetioa at ntnankk aad Not- weed, lacelvcd aa Immense Vt aCjSHIrltr throagb the efforts of bla maaasHK '. Ifc'Wtdl- ner fare fonr caneetts at the dorlag the week to big beoaea. Tile largest crowd of pases men carried tvy aay steamer of tbe Panama fleet for yean waa takes by tbe Pero this week. The greater som- ber of tboee In tbe cabin conaiated of memben of tbe Lambaidl Grand Opera Company.' on tbetr way to fill eagagementa Is Panama ssd other aootbem dtlea. Prancia Splller. wbo baa played the doable bass TiollB la the Orpbeom Orchestra flora the flrst day g( tha theatia's ezlsteaee, sad wbo has been a asmbmC B. Bosaer's Hmwazlaa Or- chcstxs alace Its.etsaalsatioa la petntma reetgned fr<Mw the orchaetra ta engage la baal< oeaa. He waa prcaeiUed with a gold watch aa a token of esteem by tbe " and In recognition of bla long aerrice. the pres- entation l>elng made bj Ifanager Joba Morrlaey. Director Bosner, on bebalf of tbe orchestra, alao preaeoted him wltb a gold locket aet with a large diamood. Bosner. la ■..■fciwg s brief speech of prvs^ntatloa, cslled attention to the tact that of tbe original Hongarlaa ~ ' bat two at T« ZOcrty Ck^ and 7ayne, Gna Edwards' Night BMi. Loekwood and MacCartby. Laocton Lader aad Co.. AL Wblte'a Dancing Boca, Walsb. I^nA and Ca, Tbe Fl<inaya and Nellie Niehota ate at the Orpbeom tbla sreek. W. X. WbitUc, Alexanderoit Troope, B. W. Saow and Mt. and Mrs. James McCann are at the BeO tbU week. Dr. Lndwlg Wnlloer, director of Fltspatriefc aad Norwood, played to over SJMM peepla at tbe Greek Tbeatre. Toeaday ^iflMaiM. Iter S. Campbell Brotben' Cireaa gb.'IMSSMS Hay 13; Alameda, tbe Utb. BCBE COHEN. LOS A NOEUE ^ CiM, Stock W si iBtiMu iw C wAwi is^^^fa Popu- lar Favor. The engagemeot of Mlsa Mande w^dama at tbe Maaoo Opera Hoose next week promisee to be one of tbe beat drawing attncttona of tbe aea- aon. wblds was eridenced by a line inlf a lilock long, waiting to secnn aeata. wbea tickets wen Otat pot on Bale. The BeJorenatloa of Aant Mary drew well this week aad waa preooonced the.moat dellghtfal comedy of tlie sreaoo. The Price - c eat laues popalar at tbe Belasco. FoUowIng The Prieek Oeetse M. Othaa's FOrty- Fire Mlantea PM« Biasdaay will fee the offer- lag Of - tha capiAla B^Mca aiamaay. Ar the Barhaak. ai ew st e t'a Mintaas. la tbe eecoad week. Is dotag capacity boaiaeaa. Harry «(Stayer. la the same role, la tddlns sew nrela to hia Icos Hat of snccesstal parts. Tbe Barrier la to foUow, in wblcb A. Byron Beasley will retam a(ter a short racatloii. At tbe Grand Open Ronse. Robin Hood Is proTing one of tbe moat popolsr prodoctloos of Ferris Rtrtmtn and bla Oompany. Next week they will be s«eo In Tbe Serenade, wblcb wUl cloee tbelr season hen. This erer popQlar comedian will play a sixteen ^eks' enjtagement at San Pranclaco, after which It Is hoped be will retora to make Laa Angeles tbe permanent M of himself sad camwiay. A SDMladramh rsrssi'sasUeSiir^ ,t Ihs MIdaea neatre, Horteaae Mletsea aad Oempaay this week offer Darld Garrlck to good ' nalaesa. Pbaelope la annooaced to feOow. If tbe approral of tba pobllc be proof, tbe Mn at the Orpbeom last week wba tbe beat seen there for some time. Tbe program waa arell balanced and. full of dellgbtfol sorprlaea. Aboat tbe moat talked of flgon In tbe local amasameat world thla week la Noodles Tagao, appearing at the Loa Aagclee. tbe 8. A O. booae. Among other onnaaal thinga he gare a lectore te the atndeats of Polytechnic High School early In tha week, aad lalaa leeclecd. s call ttam Mayer Atazaader. iathar»«C.t>» «. * Oi. asw ta he talked 0( a gnat deal U Mams and Mn- ■etlSb a Tery derer team of acrobats. M saday miy's popolar plcton show opened In Ua aew hoaie oa Boath Broadway, alihmigb tbe ha W d las , except aa tha Sist. Sear, la la a state at taeempletlen. She baPdlas Is to be ten stsilea high, the whela Siat Star being oeeapled by tbe theatre, with a aeatlas capacity oC I.OOO. It la to be one of tbe tanndaosseat pletme theatres in tbe coantiy. Kolb and Dill, at the Vajettlc. are draarlas srdl with their triple bill. The Mustard King. Tbe ObUege Widower and The IMosIc Master. Next week they will present Tbe Merry Widow and the J>eTll, which Is said to be the best tbiag In a (ua-maklng way whicb these clever comedlana will be seen. It bss been aooounced that Jamea K. Hackett and Company will oc- cnpy tlie MaJeaUc for a atoek engagement this eommer, playing screral of bla recei>t snceeaaea. BOOBNa d'INOOMAB. LOUIS VILLE KY. Vtwd^lte DIvMas With tha Loeal Parltai. Snmmer TanderlDe la making quite a bit here arith patrons of the local TsnderlUe booaes. nie Oayety opened np laat Simday with a good bin. Honasd-Webb Co. In a playlet. Tbe Su- rer Sword, was tbe featnn act, and the rest of the bin waa no to tbe atandard. Tbe other acta were Chas. Heklow, Dare Bafael. LoAen's Setea Poalea aad Chas. Belnhart. IdotorlUe's taeaiite alaaer. Althsngh tba aky waa heary. R Im i l ea threw «i«a Itt sk<** last Satviday, and a sMd crowd attcadcd. SIgaar Carte VUrcrL who teak tha placa aC Qeato r t, la maklag a big hit at each e eate rt la the new band ahril. ne theetre, which la being iMxiked by Wm. Morria, was tbe Aftf attnctlon all week, a splendid show being glsea. Bossl's Models beaded tbe bill. The othera were Bsyley and Taylor. Bobby Vsn Hoes. lollen Slsten and WUUe Hale. Thla U the lint teason that this park baa had a tree gate. Tbe dhnax held tbe boarda at Xtcaiilcy'i all week, playing to (air crowds. Tbe Bober-Blanden Company ban proven rery popalar here. Tbey an appearing at tbe Ma- aoBle In The Two Orphans. They wlU prrteat St. Elmo aazt week. n» H sp ki ns was tte main pdat .aC attrae- tka last Tteaday. It was amstrar alght and the bouse was crowded to Its capadtr. Unaeasoeable weather contlones and rlattexa to the parks ahlrer: bat tbat did not aeem to bother tbem much aa tliey came to the park clothed In winter wrapa. lite bill at tbe Fontaine Vtrcr Theatre at- ttmcted large audiences last week. TiKMe oo tbe bill wen Gen. Ed Larlne, Sally and Hosaey. Zrna Ke1(e, Harrard Jndite and tbe Efefognpb. Tbe Mary Aodersoo cl<mpd last week after one of tbe moat soccessfal seasons It baa erer knows. BIngllag Brotben pitched tents hen on Usy 14. for «M *i_ ... Amsas tha Stsrs. a moslcal .CSMO^ wllteu hy Aalsa Kaattaa. wU he shea at Hheaklcy's M Mar SSSL Y. Tha idara of presldeBt HeDlg. of the North-: we s t ern Hieatrical CIrcatt. to this el^, haa had no tendency so set sright the KIsw * Krianger edict, that no attraction win be bwAed hy them orer tbe drenlt named. Mr. HeiUg says thst he wOl play all tbe Klaw ft ErUnger attrae- tloas. aa well aa tiM attracttoas of The Shn- berts: In. other words, bla aew theatre will make no diserlmlaation between aysdicale and independent attnctlona. Messrs. Bnsaell aad Drew claim all tbe Sboberts' attnctlona will play their Portland and Seattle booses. Tbe sitnatioD is jnst aa baxy and confnsin- in tlie tbeatrlral borlion as when mmor bad it. Work was rommenced tbla week demollahlog tha aid baUMaa aa tha:rita.o( tba The ated frame work for the new Helllg The- atre Is BOW la pisee. and work is being nnsbed along aa rapidly as men and material wUl per- mit. To bare two theatres under constmctloo In tbla city at ooe time, would iodlcate that "we are golnic some" The National Open Company's performaare of Boccaerle. at the Portland Tlwatn. opened np blir. but baatneos alackeard no the latter part of tbe week. Tlt» Bohimlan Oirl waa gireo laat week. It It a ^eadld atgaalsatloo. At tbe Baker Theatre Wlae. Womea and Song played last week. Tbla Is the lest rosd show to play tble hooae thla seaaon. The new Baker Stock Company opened in In Heidelberg. Darid Rtcglna in Hia Laat Dollar ocenpled tbe Bungalow Tbeatn playing tbe week oat. Jeanne Bnsaell In Coosln Rate cornea next. Tbe Athoa Stock Company played tbelr fare- well last week at tbe Lyric. Tbla tbeatn op- ened oo tbe Ttb, with raodertlle and conreralng pictnres. 7%e rsuderlUe theatres, tbe Orpbeom. Pan- tans sad Graad played good hllla aad capacity tip the hht at Tha Oaka. have a earpenten* strike te contend wtlh aad at this wrttlnir has not been settled. As the Mg openlnir Is sctied- ided to occnr May.SIK tHt affair i« disastrous. A new U A. Tbomptta tttale railway, called a Bide Up tbe ColamMa .S l lt t -WaP tviait to tbe public at CooncD CHat Park. ~tt nctned onosoal patrooaxe. At tbe KxpoaltJon .Blob, a six-days' nee will be la progreaa S-I4. Mlsa Alice Clark, wbo same tt>e part of Flam- etta Id Boccaccio, aad Alexander Spencer, mos- lcal dlnctor of the cemiwny. were fflvrled ar The Bohea .WhL-X, KANSAS CITY, MO. Thrss of ths Laadina T h at r ss Haw for tho BiBHSib ctallaat oatO July. of the Woodward Stock Onmpaay waa kMSght to a dtoo tha alght of May 18. whta Xtm Baa laas aad tho capable company waa otca ftr tko fonr day a and Wednesday Matinee, commene- iDjr SuDday. May 15. In Sham. Tbe company waa entirely equal to erery tax pot npon them. Erecy ervnlng performance since tbe opening of tlie ensaseoieDt, April 24, saw capacity at tbe Willis Wood, and erery matinee almoat the aame, wltb some weeks extra matioeea glren to take care of the crowds desiroos of seeing Mlaa Uatg aad tha Woodward Stock OMapany. Tha p eilbe ma a oa of Sham was axeelleat. aad marks a hUb anda or atodt work. WUUa« OtBlMr Is at lio innia Wood niatro the hut Imit as r ~ Hty 1* ta SI. —- Joly. Itie 8i>a>nD at the Staabeit Tbeatn eloeed with tbe ecsaKcment of Sotbem and Marlowa la Shakspesrean repertoln tbe week of May S. There la yet to come tbe New Tlkeatn Comaaav in npertolre tbe week of Jane 6. and tSirN tbe actnal close of tbe Shobert Tbeatn. Tbe Orpbenm eloeed May 7, with 8. B. O. prominently lUspIayed, and ererr one regretting tint It was tha dooo of thla popalar nUyht Xha hoaae arts ha thnwigMy ii i D tdt l i d iad i MBr aa eoa wU sreet an frleadly patrnaa theatia aaat September, lir. itortia . if t M t at manager of tbe Oiplieum. wOl lear* aa soon as possible after tbe improremeats oa the Orpbeiui an nnder way, probably aboat Joly 1. He will go to San Fnnclaco and tbe Pacifle- Coast. Mr. Lawnnce Lehman, son of Mr. Mar. tin Lebmsn. and manager, learea caily la Jhoe for two months Id Loodoa tod Paris, re taming to Kansas City aboat tbe laat of Aosoat or tbe flnt of Septemtier. ready for tbe new eeaaoo. Tbe Bight of Way la at the Grand <^n Hoaae tbla week, tha lint time st "■" a wholly adsqaate com- Tho OOUa ThoaHa latt wwk haA At Oirl at Bigle Baach. a pfaQT ut €mmlt mt- fatfeoi^ This was tha flrst tSaa tta siv was SMi hnNu Aa American Bohoto Itat iTIiaUlM SS watk at the Oinia. Tbe aeaaoa at the CeBtnry deaed Stay IC witb Edmand Hayes In The Dmpife. This was one ot tbe best tbiogs of tbe season, and tbe company packed the CeDtoty (or tbe week. Tha attendance at tbe Century thla entlra aeaaoa baa been phenomenally large, better than erer befote, and tbe management of tbe tbeatn la closing tbe sesson with many thanks to Ksnsaa City, and the promise of Jnst as good, if not better next aeaaoa, wblcb commences tbe laat of Aognst. Tanderille baa been pat In at tbe Gayety Theatre (or tbe summer seasoo. "Perfect Vaa- derUle," Is tbe way the bQlboarda caU It, and tho openlag arecfc of M» 8. with Panllne. tho 4*9% and eren whea tho weather li ! . It.dtts fair boslnesa. Then axo ftoa tllltlllima. fkie .vaaderille, dancing, rides, ccatesalnna, etc, ta.' aHpia. tha people. Tbe newly enlarged ptH win be a (eattm. and a popular i aaoe-as the weather gets warmer. WILLIAM W. SHELI2T. ter tho p et f otamaco ot > OU issi NASHVILLE, TENN. All.Thaalras RapeK First-claaa Attand- •H|tll«< One of tbe bicscat featnrea of tbe week'a Mil at tbe Fifth Arenoe Theatre was Phelps and CWIenblae, who pieaeated tbelr mnalcal aerelty ■ ■ ■ U UrdM, Sho otenle i " ■ at .which ik ate h, ^ erljSSia]?'are~weir wotth lltlrnlng to. One of tbe largest aad mo^ eothosiastie logs ot tiw Booetets' CInh was held here oa 8. Mr. Leland Home was elected dlrector-gea- crsi of tbe next toor, sod W. M. SIdebottom, commistary-gcoeraL Doaglas Gnres. who wsa a leading member of tbe Onnd Opera Boose Stock Co., in Winni- peg, la apendlng bla racalion at home in Naah- rille, Ttan. We an an glad to aee Dooglaa hack ameag as. I see Dan Marble ia at tbe bead of Girls wm Be Girls. Dsa slwaya waa a clever chap, aad KaAvlIlo It alwsys gisd to welcome hUi< ▼aadevmo at tho Fifth Areaae aad Sttad . la ttm pitying, to good boslaees. Tho Oraad baa foar acta Ibis week, erery one of them worthy of headline positions. Special menttoo ia gtren to tbe t*rioces8 Qnsrtelte. Tbe Elite, Dixie and Crystal tbestres are all enjoying excel <:irl5< Will Be Girls, at tbe as a n-hole. Is a rood show. Tbe Robinson Famous Shows, which gare two performanres here May O-T. is highly merito- rious aa well as Interesting from the start to^ the laat act. The ahow is new la ovenr detail^ aad hss ouay featnrea. Naabvlllo Atrle oM Eaglea had the ahow In rhanee. aad the from reeda rreat to tbe next wlnter*a coal foitd fora tbe ooor. ^ Manager William Wasaman. of tbe Ciyatal moving plcttne tbeatre. baa parehaaed a 1010 Bambler aotomoblle. Billy can now enjoy tbe eoii), balmy sommer bieeae white clipping along at a merry, nte. W. B. ABNOZJ>. Parisian Amusement Corniksny. tmder Bsanaaement of Wnthcr aa leased and com^etdy avM Btata at Parla. Una., tar <