The billboard (May 1910)

10 Tne Billboard MAY 28, 1910. AMUs En BmOKLYN. N. Y. DnU WnftU, ia Tbe Uoalc Umiter, Ik* attractka at Mlcr*s BroadwmT last week. The Ifaiestic Tlieetre has started a snmmer eeflson of Tand^^llle and moving pictures. PercT G. Williams' Orphcom, which plajs hlatk<la£i TaadeTlUe, has enjojred one ot . mmmt woOtaMe aaams In ^^mammmt tkcatz*. tta Baatgcacat at Fnak KUMi, aaaiie baat-kBoiTB T«ada*IIte Tbroncli lUs canCU kolds the record of maker In the u u i u i Uj r. MlUer Brothers' 101 Banch opened far three da^B. atartlDg May 23, at FUth arrnce aod Third street. The show will then more to Saratoga avcnoe and Hsls^y street for a three days' en- ca^ement. Howard S. Starrett's, Doc aiid Poaf Show is tUfiag Vte Tacant lou In Bto;>klTa to ' allr large buslaeas. ' ~ lU Fhlliop aad Iila oeicteal ma tta atlnrtW at .tfea I Tke Aborn Opera Cowpaay bcsaa ita run with ietel»ed aad tka SS^nm laaMw 'ta tba aat- lafactlao oC the aaatences. Tbe work baa becon on rmxina the bnOdlBCS I to make.way tor tbe New Theatre at LezlBCtaa aa< Paik aTcaoe. It will be tbe baadaoncat of Ita IM ia tbe city and wlU coat tlB.000. SYLVAN Aua- PiTTSBURG. PA. ace calnTlBc a great era a( araipattr. tiylac to outdo (be otber te booklai t' good attiaetloos. At K» " Keltb's Theatre, for tbe past week, Aa- alataiit Maiuger Lardner reports the sdrance sa'e of seats the largeEt In tbe history of the bouse. Another vaadeTille house was added to the list wheD tbe Casloo opened Its doors on Monday erenlng. May 16. It Is a very beautiful house, done in crimson and aold. and em . -ja all the • " to tliB • - ' aie rapItHr aasomfaiK a Je, and will In readl- May 28. W. E. GBEESTl- ST. LOUIS, MO. The Empire Ttieatre, which has been menaced , _ . , . , . by George McMantis and plays the western bor- John J. Ryan Interested in a Local lesqoe shows, has bad a Tery prosperons season ead Mr. McMauos Is to be coo^ratulated oa -'the wonderful success of this theatre. WUUam B. Fattoa, an actor, of St. Louis, -Theatre. Work ie Start at Once. _. . _ _ . The Garrick aad Staodatd tlteatrea are on (Hid ait tha aisht oC Mar 14, ia tbe dreasins- their doslne week, aad thla wdl IcnTe all tbe- ■MBl'aC tka Gailaa Theatze. Joat alter Oalu- atree dowvtoarn doced. wlih the neeptloa of h^ -act.' Da. K. A. Oaiemaa. who waa HaTlIn's, which la to ran ladeflaltdr with flw la, nU death waa doe to bsait disease. Bnelsh Poynter Stock Companr. whltib la at __aa was oae of a team known as Fatten the preftent time havlnc a most pcodtable en- Carroll, with Wine, Woman and Soog Com- gagement. pany. Tbej were the flrst to appear at the Joho J. Ryan is to become part of tbe motloa performance, and before coing on Patton com- picture exhibitors In St. Ixnla. He will open plained of being weak. Dnring tbe act he waa a pictnre theatre at Sixth aod Pine streets, seized with a fainting spell caosinc the act to about tbe flrst of Aoanst. ^e lease was taken be cnt abcart. He fell to the door of tile stasc for fifteen years, at $5,000 a year, sod tbe ■8 tbe cnrtaln was rons down, and waa cairied cam of $30 000 will be expended in the constrac- to tlw drcasinc rooai. wlietc he died rtoctir at- tioa of the tlteatze. The pictnre aiuw lease ia a^ . aaade eat ta.Kna aad W. J. CacacUaa. Oor- _ k pmltat Of the SiiMcata IkntMt . - . C l M i ai. wM* kr edi iu i itu i la OartaaatL I It. Eaaia baa thU aaaiaer 137 ali d ease a la WUlk ■ •aiiBllua aad noder way. all piajlBK xsotion ■ - — — ta addition to . 390 or more motion plctoie tbeatr 350 or more motion plctoie theatres, wtU re<talre cooslderahle dm. Ttie Sothero-Marlowe encacement, now at the Garrlck Theatre, promisee to be one of tiie Is stioag competition among Southern test in polot of receipts of the season. Tbe cUlea tor the booor of holding an exposition In opening day.s' sale required the skill of two caauBemonUoa of the op enin g oC the Pa n a m a men to baadle tbe demand for aeata from nine GaniL San Franriiee aad ath« cttke ham the ■iralid ta atx at had la their bid fkr aaaa tkaa. la the latest dtr to enter the Md. 9 ^_ ^ at the Creeccnt City baTe appealed ta the Fwest Park Hlghlanda. la aidta of the as. laad representatlTes In Congress aad ot h l t mr anaoaable weather, is drawtac vaad haalacaa. laentlaT men in Baltimore for sMtitaaffa ta Last week waa a record for ao early la tha aca- anuilng the exposition for New Orleans. son, and I>o McMsnos states that oa two Baltimore merchants are keenly Interested In nl^ts last week tbe theatre waa completely the Appalachian Exposition to be held In Knox-i ix>Id ont. It might be here stated that OsTello's Tllle. TeuQ., In September. There la erery ptoe-i Band bas been more of a loeccaa tWa aeason peet that the biuiness interests will be largely I than last, and the sicat papadaaNgr' a> fea All Summer. Three Parka to Open. Tbe New Theatre Company opened a wiek's mg s B fta t at tha Alrin, before one of tbe laigeet aad aaat icpcesmutlTe audieaeca that bas erer sathated aader tbe AlTia root. Tbe pradDCtloe for the opeaer waa Edward Sheldon'B The KIcter, and It piared an eajo^bia alory tbroogboat. The mtlre company waa laatant approval by tbe akill each laeaher arldeaced In laterpreiing tbe tespecitre chaiactrra. Blanche Walsb, at tbe Nlsae. With Xhe Test, easily sustained her rvpatatlon aa aa aaeatieBal actress, as was attested to by tha ' elation glren her o.ealos company waa alia my The Qraad kMLaaaiaalb a of varied —■ bcadlli Ihe Stack (Jdawaagr at the Beneaae with PoddlB Bead WBaoa aa tha attracOoa. diawcd agalB the w ea d e ilto l capahtmiea «( tha company. A deUghlfnl eoterialament will wcU expresa It. Old CocU Tom's Cabin, at the I^ccam. has lost none of ita altiaeiiv by the packed performance, rery capably. Ihe Actdemy, with the closlfit week of the' AcaiMT.' It la - Terr good botcaqne- The. Oa fa B r . .with The Ginger Glrla. pre- aentcd eaa m the bcat borteaqoes ptodoeed here tbix acaaaa. It was tboroiuMily enjoyed and made BMi(e~ao by tbe clercraeas of a well- dressed cboros. Tbe warmer weather soon affeeta the legnlar theatres as this week marks tbe closing of tbe AlviD and tbe Acamedy, for tbe season. The GraDd will soon follow tbe slock company at the Du^oesie. playing at tbe Grand durlnc the summer. Incidentally with the closing of the theatre Is tbe opening of tbe parks, the flrst of which was Keonywood, followed by Southern ad am Sitaaday win aee tbe opealag of West ^■w. Laaa Bark wUL as far as known, wm- aat rcepea and with the three parks ooly to entertain the iiisseti. mat ezceilent seasoos will no doubt reanlt. Mr. James Deacon, the the Lyceum, will be gts ta a- tiDg testimony of bis of ttie L.vceum. The eeemlng. Jeee 3.' MINNEA POLI S, MlflN. Haonrard Stoek i well represented at the show. Her has . - - ^ tare of tbe Pt i fM—J- la'dcaakHptfadk aC the Greet tbrooga are attending tbe abowa at the attendance. miia>_«d Maae.. Xha Uttlot JSIzl. ^onea, The Abom Grand Opera Company opened i three weeks' engaeement at Oelmar Garden Vay 21. playing a repertoire of two operaa eerb week, to be nrodneed in Kngllfh Mr. James Gabriel haa laluiu ed ta tbe dtr. and Is now preparing the act la - which bis dangbter Helen is to use thla fall la ~ erons fair dates Jim has booked^fKI recent success with tbe Wild IflHt I made her act much In demsod. Tbe showmen's headooarters here (Jake's Place) bas been enlarged so as to rlre double tbe door space, and when finished will glre this popular resort ample room to entertain the gnesta that tisit It each week. Lemp'a Fartt wIU open Ua seaaoa oa May 29, and wm aaala .piay raadaiMi.^-. Vha dndac paTflUri aad a lhu' tmeumam mKmt^'*' la oprratloa as h etalu d w e. Morrison's Park arm open Its seaaoa May 29. and. as nsnaL will play TaDderille. booked by the Western Tanderllle Association. Tbe foondatlon for the new Shnt>ert Memorial Theatre here Is aboat finished, and Dsn S. Flsh- ell. who will derote fala summer ro the snf>er. Inteadlug of this and tbe New Princess ststes tbst they expect to open it at the stated mo- ment. Manager Ceo. Cheoet. of the Gayely Theatre. wffl deialc Ua tipe to the leartax of Ua , a teatare ot the areak. Othar tealaRa wace: Itae Taylor. Lady Canaea. Hyde and Talbott. LaTcUe'a Dog Citcna and moving plctnres. The seasOD at Electric Park will open May 28. A zoo and animal exhibition will be one of tbe big feetnrea. Tbere will be many unique amnsement devices and attractions. TaudevfUe and moving pictures will also be coDSplcnoos. Tha Caitcd Slngcra ot Ballliaan win hold a aoBg festtral at RiTerVIew Park oa Una 7, In of the twcaty-flflh aaatrersaiy eC their laeorporatloa. Boa haa beea maA goaaip in real eatate «jWM for Biaay. mootha tegardhig aeggtlationa Ar Ike purchase'of property adjoining tbe Elks' Ckgh oe West Fayette street opposite Ford's Opiia House. Deeds tor the CDnveyance of the Bt0 |» e ity were filed and recorded last week through attorneys representing tbe ptirchasers. It Is stated that several persons connected with tte Empire Cttealt are latensted in the pro- Jaet ad iiii lla B the aa a iw aed theatre. Oaa lqt lot waa haaahl from the SaCe De- ■•rit aad Ttnat Company for $30,000. ; It came. It area aeen. It satisfied. Bamnm 'A Bailey's Greatest Show oa Eartb was the neat topic of tlie past week, not barring Hal- ley's comet. Tboosands went to aee the show and throngs were disappointed beeanse they eoold not aee It. It U said that 60.000 mea. women and cfalldren attended the abow and the receipts were $40,000. The Kew neatre Company waa much appte- ^tmjt at tke Ao d ltaala m last week. Shake- ^laii'a WlBlar'a Tale waa ^nm tar tbe opea- parfooaaaee aad for the hcacflt of Brya Kawr SdiooL The school gtria lecrnlted aa tbe mpta at the regnlar rates of 50 centa each, and tbe Boooey was cootribnted to the fond. Norman S. Bean, a Baltlmoiean, who ap- peucd srith Beat I^nne at Hollidsy Street The- atre laat week, presented for the first time after tbe matliwa. a aketch which be had writ- tea himself. The playlet caatalaa aa lalaiiat lag story of talboad Lalldleg la the 9tmm. Mr. Been appcaTed aa Too. a foaemaa. aad wB- tm Xhrw as a railroad msgnate. . Hofci H. Braan wm erect a new moving alelaBC tbeatie at 908 and 908 Colombia arenoe at a cost ot $3,000. It will be a one-itory Mb. He la anklag It |Ma«ible . to aee tbe fight at one-half raader ordinary coodllloBS. inUi J. FABLET. Paycen Stock Company will bold the boards at Hollidsy Street Theatre for an In- deflalte period. Bacbet May Clark. E. S. L.aw- renee. Eaaene Powers, May B. Hurst, Utallne Hodahlaa. Oaca Lelth. Edward Mealove. Wbl H. ga meaa. oti a jriaifajadC a^JBL g attt aia : TORO NTO, CAN. Alt Theatrea Cloaed en Day of King Edward'a Funeral. None of tbe loral boasea gave a matinee Fri- day ao aceaoat at the taacial of Klag Edward. The iBiseat fecial Ih ta tifca l trala thit trtr esaw haahnosht Sm BaoaMlp Onmrainy and hooM ta tta'.MMgM Imt. intt. unian WiB iiW ta at week. The Boyd 1 _ I week E. H, Mhera aal JUIa' MitfaBa appear la repertoire. Scarboro Bfach opened May 21 with a big ll«t of novelflf. Snmmer vaadrrllle la a sncceas at the Ma- Jntlc. Hdte -Ifaittagau a hical artlat. haa aaade a 1% Mtlrilkilii JB astrated macs. On Sunday afternoon. May 28, tbe Grace Hay ward Stock Company will open for Its summer stock season, iilss Hayward will play lesillDg taka aad Albert Morri&oo, formtrly of tue I Thestre Stock Company, of Chicago, and Woodward Stock Company, In Omaha and ' CUy. will be leading man. Fcaak Denl- smn^of the Woodarard Stock Company, will May- hearles and Manna Sullivan. alMlwaman. takes second leads. Agnea Bliel. foracfly with Tbe Girl and the Money Company, la ~ engenoe. Fete Baymoad. too arell knc to require any comment, will be a member of the or^anlxatlon. Among tbe productions to be ofTered by this company will he Tbe Walla of Jerlitio. Leah Kleschna anj The Marriage of WllUam Aahe. Maanw Charles Emerson Cooke, of tbe Lyric nettia mack Company, haa retnmcd from Walker. Minn., whither be i - - I-llllsQ Raymond, the engenae for her aUy at that polat a after a It ia PI City Mr. Kllat. senior member of Kllmt A Gaa- xMo. is jieiaoaally superlntendU* the pcodnetlOBi of his nModrama stock company operatlag at the BUOB Opera Honae aad which u iHSrlam heavy patroaage. Ur. Cbaa. H. McKlaaay. 5c manager for the Srm, la alao here aad wMin to be remembered to all the profea - - - the columns of Billyboy. Mrs. Edna Wittig filed snit laat'wcck' tot divorce from WUlUm W. WItUg. owner of the Lyric Theatre and otber theatrical property asking for a complete aeparatlon and alimony Mrs. WItUg charges that her hnsbaod deserted her In tbU dty. Oecemher 2. 1D04 and has re- fosed to return. Ia asking for allmoov she quotes bis p ro p erly aa worth $200,000 and bla Income aa at leaat $12,000 a year. Ur. WIttIc has not yet Ued bis anawer. w""^ On Saturday. May 28, tbe J. a. ■ si iimsu European Shows will btve their premiere ooea- iPg at Hopkins. Minn., s suburb of MianeapeUs showing ooe afternoon and evening ooly, ^be abows have been quartered at Hopkina for a few days sod a tiny Shetland pony born there was named Hopkins In honor of the town The cbernble comitenance of Art Homme. door-kMpcr at tte Ualaaa Theatre. Is abaent aabort eaeaMpa at htehaae la Wlscooain. Bay Ti*^ is aetlag as doorkeeper dorlac thla period. J. P. Alexander, (hrmcrly of tha IfiaBMDdli Symphony Orcbestrs. has been engaged aa Indar of tbe orchestra at the lils Theatre. Mr. Ales- aoder Is a vlollnlit of no mean ability. Since tbe competition of the Sootbera Thea- tre tbe Majeatic Theatre operating moving pic- tnrea and aongs In tbe Southside district, baa rednced Its srirea of admlsaloo to five cents. ^^'S."LS!ff .^S'h ▼ardamsn, who pre- aented Ua ardaUe flMBlatea typea at tbe Uhlone ly retnoval ot a closely ci opp ad f>robabIe that maab notes, flowers sod" dinner Dvitatloos would bsve been Id oriler. The stock patrona are still bearing little odds and ends of coaalp from former memhers of the local companies. Bert McCsmi. a Mill Olty boy formerly of tbe Ferris Stock Company, la play^ lag with the Al. Trthera Slack Caaapray anaad laland. Another Ferris aso wU play leads wlu the Snbot: ■fc J Ii M i nj - of St. Loola. Cob- .. ~I the Vtawleys, appeared la Ihe Aelor'a Fnad Fair, in a little aactrik> lalllk* White Boers, aod Corione Caotwell. aCOia&S Stock Oumpany, will play Ihe PoU IM* a» paar thla laamii ta f^^-^" —*^ KANSA S CIT Y, MO. Continue to do Oood BmIm to Cool WoMiMn ^.iC laos-io la City la praetkanr enr aa moat aU the aea now have the Aattcra Bp far Ihe aammer. The WUlU Wood Ihcatre, which opened May 23, U prcacatlBC to aa Marcente Aag- lln In The Awakening ot Helen Blchle, and after thla for tbe week ot May 30, comes Mrs. Plake In repertoire. These attractloea mar^ the closing of tbe regtilar season at The WUIiis Wood. The bouse will be open, however, for four weeks longer, with Howe's Travelogurv. Tbe Sbobert theatre has ooe more attnilloa to aacr KiB SM GUj aad then Manawr Itawaid. a t a aa a t ac Fred steward, and all the attaahMW CMMMOM SiU ttSA/Sn^^l atoaction. ^iaikaa aa the Ibe Glllls hsd for Snnday matinee and even Ing ooly, Tbe World Against Ulm. The sea- son at the Glllls hss been ooe of the most suc- eessfol In this theatre'a long chain of prospe:ou« years. Every attraction bas done . well, aud while not alwaya capacity, still there have beea The OMa Skaatca la a mecca la -tka "*w It of cloaed theatrea. Popular-priced TaadailBe and hlgb-elaaa motion plctnres ooM away at the Globe and one is always sore of a good abuv at the right pricea. Panllne. tbe hypnotist, who opened tbe Gsy- ety Theatre tbe week of May 8, «hea summer randevllle was commenced at this theatre, was tetmlaed aa apedal headline feature tbe week of Ifay IB. Hla work created ao madt favorable comment that tbe aecoad week waa deemed al- vlaable and a« far the hoalaaaa at the Oayetr bas been good. Bart WUkag !■ ■■aai»t «C thla thcatta. ' ^- Vattt Park, the eaat aide reaart. la aUI swinging along aad doesa't seem to mlad iho rainy or ehUly weather. There ta always a good attendance at Forest. Wedneadsy night haa as "dance night," and then it Is haadsome prises are awarded far WILLLAU W. SBEIXEZ. NASHVILLE, TENN. waABjHt. certainly had tbe ma aad IfTthad »ot been far the tiae- * U? Uoada wig aad tha dtoplay af >ppcd head of hair, II la morettaa The BIjoa Succecaful Seaaon. Tbe BIJou dosed a very snccessfol sesson with tbe mnsleal comedy of Glrla Will Be GIrU. Tbe attendance waa excellent all daring tbe closing week. The BUoo daaed a little earlier this aaaaaa ftr the laaaaa that Mr. B' ' the raUMtvPHMBir^ «C tke thtaHe. that lha fnpond lepatta to the how. coosume a great deal of time, aad It waa aeeev- sary to get st them esriy. so that tbe BIJoo coold open Its season of 1BI0-I911 early. Mao- ager Hickman saya that next aeason be will have a line -of tbe most np-to-dste-plays ever aeen In Nasbnile. A maslcal program waa given st tbe Partbe. aaa on Saaday.'May IS, by aoaie of Nasbvflle's wdl-kaawn aosidsns. This concert waa tree to Ike pah lle . llcatlaa ahoald he made of Mr. ^^"^ Fnak. whaaa . See ptoaa plajnas iccclTed week U the JSth. aad It ccrtataly ■nCaaJa the Utle of aa "AU^tar Taaderina Bkaw.^tke Fifth Avenne atlll rootlnnes to please. The Dixie and Elite moving picture theatres Sim eoatlnne to play to good business. It pleaslag to note that since Mr. W. J. Wil- liams took charge of both of these moving pic- tnre bouses, business baa Increased dally. Mr. W. J. Wllllama. manager of tbe Dlile, who porchaaed a aev iMttaa-grapb picture ma. chlae from the Warloto Film Co.. or tbia city, waa ao jdaaaed arlth tha reaolta of this ma. chlae. that he at once placed aa order with the saate companr for another, eed laleads ta bay aeeeral store for bla otber mevlBC ptctnte hoaseo. 'A coicerted etTort Is being made by Ihe wbolesile concerns snd msnnfactvrera ot Naab- vine. to take advantage of tbe mniury toora. ameut which will be held In tbe city, Jnoa I0-28. and bring to this city at that time aa many of their customers smong the co uotry mer- chanlii as po»aible. In this they will be asalnted by the Roard of TtH* and Ihe committee, who will bsve charge of tbe arrangements. Some 2,000 moslc lovera aarged Into tbe bla Aadltoriom oa Tharaday ataht. May M. to hear Mm first concert siaoa>r. tka Hay Maakal Fe»- tlral. nnder the aUe dlnetlaa of Piat. Ftaaa J. Strabm, The great alzty-plece Syaakaaa Or< ebeatrs, snd Naahville's ISO-voice liinoi BMlli" Ipated. Tbe aotolsts were Mews. OiaukT. A« ton and Wsabbnrn, snd Mrs. ZImmermsB. Otii nsrlaod win toln the Harland Stock Company In Atlanta, Oa., to play an elgbt weeka' engagement. His opening bill will be Tbe Man from Mexico. ^Mansger William Wasamsn. of the popnlar Sfiatal mieatre. haa cloaed a contract with the Sdair FllB OaaMMay for aerviee of two Sims a waak. 'to ha Mnaa at hla boose oa tbe day they are. releaaed. vr <he maanfactaiera. Tbe ceb'- brated Imp Olma are atUl bl* hcadliaara |H this hooae. Oscar Altman. tbe popnlar trsaaarar at lh> Orand Theatre,' ststes that tbe dotMa aC hla odke will keep bim In Nsabvllle vefy:aaaa aB niBuner. as the Orsnd baa attractloaa-' heap It epca aatu ahoet Aosaat.