The billboard (June 1910)

6 Tt&e Billboard JUNE 4» WO.' ANOTHER NEW THEATRE fw/die Erection of a Theatre Edifice at Sixth Avenue . Foity^kit Street—Site Puichased by Realty Campany- Organized for the Puipose and New Tork, May 30 {Special to The Billboard). — It correDt rumors twcome aa absolate fact. It U Ukclj. tliat another Hammer wUi see a Mir tbMti* at the wmtliwest comar at Slztb ■ » ■■■ » aad J wli-tot itnet. The Siztb Anaat ■ad >Mj'-tat ■ BtiMt Bcalty Companr. ycater- dar. leased that plot for aixtT-three yean, tnm Ur. Elbrldse T. Omy. and liuitilrjr KTealed the fact that Menn. Iiee aod Jake SbDb«rt aie the men behind the new corporation. Mr. Lee Sbnbert eald be and hia brother b«d not lutcDded that the transaction ahoald become known pobllcly, bat Inasmuch as It had, be had MLLE. MIZZi HOJA8 ARRIVES IN NE W YO RK. I-'ew Totk. May 30 (Special to Hie Billboard). — Among the dlatingnlBhed trarelera that ar- rlTed on the Campania. Saturday, was Bflle. Uiasl Hojas, the Hnncarian actress, who Is to assa m e the role of the Hen Pheasant is the mosieal satire called l^bantecler. which la to Iw tba plec»4e-ieslstanee oo the Amariean Boot Oaidaa when it opena In Inna. imi to laU to he a popniar tarotlte In ■h* appealed with the orlctiial - - title » to that pUyed the iba at the B^raX Theatre la AMERICAN ROOF GARDEN OPENS. New York, May 30 (Special to The Billboard). —The American Boof Garden and Adirondack Camp, atop tbe American Mualc Hall, opened Its aammer aeasOQ. Saturday nlsbt. May 28. with a pleasing bill of eatertalners. and It will remain open nntll the early fall. The opeoliii; of the Hoof Garden Inau^rates s new snnamef KHIcy for the William Alorrla. Inc., boose. T*ie On( Garden program will take place ct-^ry alsbt on the root and each matinee In toe thes- ' <i% nklla an catlnly separata aail dlSerAnt .UQ «t act* win. hold th* la (to theatra BtB Hi . Th* Boot Oaiden baa been mUrvIy tcdseecatad and remodeled. Cement Boorlnr has been aahstitnted for the wooden floorini; hiinerto nacd. while tbe decorative Hihimo 't mllrflr In wHtorlas and woodland o*[rectB, wl*b Ii>^n^Dft flott^TS. Nat M. Wills Now a Benedict New York, Usy 30 (Special to Tbe BUlbosrd). —£cllp8lnK the antics of the "Comet," Miss Belolae McCeney, who Is better known as La BeU Tlteomh. and Mr. Lonla KcOrath WUIs, ■occsedsd In elodlnc thabr - - - - to anter the • ' "~' they were Ji . Don. Mrs. WIQa was formerly Mrs. Walne Mc- Blnbett, who obtained a divorce from bar hos- band In Cblcato on May 10. "niey departed for Psrln for a month of slebtseelnit. At Its conclusion Wills win open at tbe Palace, Lon- don, for a four weeka' eoKaRement, after muo, ana aar. lioois aicunin ivuis. In elodlns thabr friaiida loac aooogh be portala of "Cnpid'a Bowi^ wbaaee jMBCd la wedlock by Alderman Ban- whlch thcr will retnm to America to flU the " It la now being arranKed for Mk to and ' t* appear upon the same bffl> ' Aigroitr FUN P FAii i BIO •udoiss Mew Tock. Hay SO (Special to Tbe Bmboardi. —At the ananal meeting of the Acton' rind ut America held la the Oalcte' Theatre BDUdlog.* OB Taesdaj. May S*._tt»jA|d tldlnics was — by Daniel recently held bad reinltcd . Oat the fair _ tte net proflts of aboot $110,000. Of thla amoant nearly '940.000 was received from benellts snd snb- Tiptlons. The proSIs of the precedlns fair — about tTS.OOO. which slso Included tbe reclered from benefits and snbaerlp- Tbe principal business of tbe meetloK was the election of oDcers for the ensolng year snd the resding of finsnclal reports. Daniel Froh- maa waa retected President, Joseph B. Orls- £m :Pmldent: F. F. Kaekay, Second ■ yam- JnBaMtBl:_HarrT B. Harrla. Treaanrer. and nank JfcKke. Secretary. The tmateea elected for the year were Al Haymaau Heary W. SsTsge. Joseph Biooka. ~ JTane* <l*Kem. Edwin D. Miner. Charles nichaaa, William Coiirtlelgta and Charles Bnmham. Addreaae* were made by Ur. Frobman. Mr. Uaekay and Thomas A. Wise. Mr. FtohmaD. afte^ statins the results of tte recent fair, aald that nearly half of tbe profltR were doe to tbe actors and actresses tbemKelres by snbscrlp- ttons. donatlona, beoeais and participation In the fslr. It was reported that, the fond haa thlrty- fOor old actors and actfeasee at tbe borne on IMes Waad. and Ma aopportlnit 'mora than •WUf tM MUta* fflayera In diOmnt parts fC.tto iMtad Blatcs. Tbe axpraaea wera ahown t» eacecd *tt.000 a year, with aa laeoaa of toll this amaont. TIIIAMfRllIt PCTE ND THANKS. CMcnK-May 30 (Sneclal to Tbe Binboard).— 'Mf • IHM-Ot appreciation to tbose who asslst- «d la, tto aneeeas of tbe nut Tiessorcts' T«a- ttaioalal Performance, recent)^ kdd at tto A«- tttorlnm. earda have been milM'' liUk'fmm' W thanks In tbe foUowior wSrtKI ^7 . rT "We meet sincerely thank yov fbr yaK 'Bint ktodneps In contrlbirtloir Toar aKflfW ta 'oar eery sncceaufnl testtmonlsl on Friday. IfiV' S 1910. With best wiabea. we are, "Sincerely yours. "ALBEBT L. PEBKY. Illinois. "LBON SCHT-EaaiXOEB. Colonial. no hesitancy in glrlng his plans for the prop- erty. **We Intend .to erect a twelre-stoir office bolldlns'tlni% .atartlnc next spcins." ha aald. "At priaiat - it a .aot onr plan to aaea a thea- tre la It, bat wa Bar change onr mlada. XTt feel now we hava angagh theatres In New Tork. The new bnlldlOK win contain all oar odlces and slso onr theatrical ercbange. It will be called tbe Theatrical Exchange BuIIdlai;. The plot fronts 125 feet In Forty-Brst street snd 100 feet In Sixth avenue. On tbe weiit ll adjoins tbe Comady Theatre and oo tbe nortb the new 1M«B Dimn. aaelBai' It Is now coeand bar tm aai < Ings. Tbe lease Is divided Into three periods of twenty-one years each at a rental tlut la ssid win smoont to conaldersbly more tbsa fl.900,- 000 Cm tta. totba tMB. HENRY HARRIS ' PLANS Mr. I-bnis WiU Have Twenty'tvvD First-Class Attractions Under His r Management Next Season—This Will Include Several Stan -. of the First Magnitude and Many Big Shows -' New Tork. May 30 (Special to The BlUboard). —Henry B. Harris will bare twenty-two Orst- clsss attractlona under him maoagement Ibl* coming seaaon. Aaung tbe Important engage- ments made for bla rarlona ptodnctloos ai« John Flnley tor Wlndiell Smith's newest com- edy. Bobby Bomltt. which will be produced at tbe Bennulc Theatre, New York, on August 22. Arthur Shaw, who was tbe original Ted Watts In The TrarellDg Ssleaman. will be seen in a prominent role of Bdgar Selwjn's new plar- The Country Boy. which win have Its premiere early la September. Oeorge WVIgbt has been slgDcd (or the part at Daniel J ohaaaa la Bobby Bnraltt. and Bdlth Barker, who played la Tto Iloa aad tto Mmue Shirley JaSHca la Mr. BaniB play Peiro la Whara the OARLOTTA NILLSON Trail OtTldea. Ur. PcMCMt la the son of tbe famooa Wealcm p l o—ir wto (ouoded Prescott, Otbaia at anadmaca who haTe been 'M)r> • .'fMi'.» COmi .PAYTON TO OPEN ACAD' EMY JUN E 7. Kew Tork. May M (8, —Sweet Kitty Bellain j tloa to be offered feF —- brtnga bla alocfc eampimr' Uuue 00 Jose T. Between the closing of the regular season of the boaae and the beginning of tbs sttKfc ses- soo, Mr. PaytoQ will make sereral the andltorlnm. tbe principal of whl the tranafcrrlng of toe main eattaaw - Ting Place to Fourteenth atreet. The old carriage entraac* will to temodalad. box olBces Inatatled. aod tto theatre Inroad aroimd, so to apeak, to face on tmay Foortaaath street Instesd of the more qnlet Irrlng Place.' Tbe present entrance will be oscd by tto-cil- lery pstroDs. For tbe summer tbe new mala entrance will be reached through s wbtte and green lattice elTect. In addition to himself and wife, Etta Reed Pay ton. will bead tbe stock company, and tbs rt>Nt of tbe members will Include Nina Pbllllps, Joseph GlranJ, Grace For. Felix Warburg. Clara Wade and Claade Pay ton. Tto aecond play, be- glnolag on Jnaa 3. will to Zaaa. Mr. Pay- too anaooaeaa ttot to wUI Acaila^F too aaaooaeaa ttot wui Pg^r^at^^^ttoA«gHaar^Bt^. NEW MKMBER8 FOR THB MLUIt • OF 19ia New Tork, May 30 (Sneelal'M «to Bllltaaid). —Mlas Lillian Lorraine naa been cngagtd to F. Zlegfrld, Jr., for a leading part la Tto'-Folllaa of 1010. Jacqncs Kroger and William C. Scbnxle hare slso signed contraeta to appear In the new moalcal rcrne. Field's New Show Opens June Second New York. May 30 (Special to Tbe Billboard). —Tlie Jolly Bacbrlors closed lis long ran at the nruadway Ttiraire on Satnrdsy, Msy 28. Tto bouse Is to remsin dsrk nntll Thursday, Jnaa S> lo be reoaaoad by titw Fields' new moalral tra- duction, Tto tnaimer Widowera. which wlif to the premleia parnrmanca of thla attraction In New York. Tbe Summer Widowera msr to described aa a xncceaaor to Tbe Midnight Sons and Tto Jolly Bachelors, but which Is said to' to Isn sad Who lakes tlie principal woman'ti part In Fur Iti ttcr. For WO Martin Beck to Turn Impresario Kew Tork, May 30 (Special toXto Billboard). —It la aald that Martin Beck, tbe Teraatlle gen- eral manager of the Orpbeom Cllrealt. will cre- ate s production in Berlin of WUIIsm A. Brsdy's comedy. The Gentlemen from Mississippi. This la Mr. Beck's debut as an adspter snd translator of plays, aa well aa tolng bis first dramsUc prodoetlon. Ha to aow OB bis wsy to Berlin to eompleta an^gemanla tor tbs pro- duction, which will to made aomc time In Jane, with a Berlin cast, luider his personal direction. PERUGINI RETURNS TO AMERICA. New Tork, May 30 (SpeeUl to The Billboard). —John PemgliU, wto for yoara waa identUe<l with grand opera and operetta la tbia city aad Europe, arrived on board the Chlcaga ol tto French line. Ha baa been to Paris ainca. last Octobar. bat will icalda permaneatly la Xcw York. . . ■ V CIIICLK (BK> M ;H I0H CjLASfc iig)4!to itllllrwr.|i. Bwly psintetl _Ban Installefl. Tto amatenr nigbta tore been discontinued snd tto policy of tbe tonee tos been entirely changed. Hereafter there will to six blgb-cls«s acta aad idetnrcs ahown. aad tto hooaa will to Msb«iiai mdOTOto tbaaire, • AV' ■ . Victor Moore Re-enters Vaudeville 'New Tork. May 30 (Special to The Billboard). —Victor M.oore. late atar of Cohan and Harris' production of Tbe Talk of New Tork. returns to TsodeTllIe Monday. Jnne 8, with Mils Emily LItllefleld. aa tto feature, for tbe New Brigh- ton Tbestrc, at Brighton Beach, for that week. Mr. Moore and Mlaa Llttlefield wlU appear In ManCht abont ttoir gndaatlMi noa tto varla- tlea Into tbe ranks of moslcsl codiedy. Both Mr. Moore snd Mlas Llttlefield ste noder coo- tract tor next season wltb Oeorge W. Lederer aad B. H. Fraaea, wbaa ther will to preaeatrd ia a. Mw. MjrtMd'.fMdMMon. - Xtoi OMi.aafl tbe DITRICHETEIN 8IQN8 WITH BEL* Asco. ■'{■:"■■■/ New Tork. May 30 (Special to Tto JM|iiiii>. —Leo Dllrlcbateln Mnda himself to Sim M> asco for flra .yeats. Thla ancemeat atnalalH not only for lit. Dltrlctatora'a aarvleia^i aa .actor, hot aa aa adapter aC Mntga dtaaa*. Ml any orlglaal ptaya to WF wnta. Ur. IHIrlto- Btein Is to create the character of Oabor Ara». (be principal role In Tto Concert, which to has sdspted from tto Oerman et Herman Bahr, and wUcb Mr. Bdasea will piodaaa early la October at tto Balaa«»;*ll|wlr|i.{;vVix"^^ CMITBS TO HAVE SIX COMi»MliilM ON TOUR. l^li rr ZII«mL6 ANNOUNCBi CAST. New York, May 30 (Special to The IsllllKiur<l). —F. Ziegfeld, Jr., hsa certainly engaijcd a fi'r- midabia anar ot taloat, for bIs' mw fiiiamtr caeaa. Tto Polllea af 1010, wbleb to will pro- duce at the Jardla da Paris, atop tto New Cork Theatre, on Mondar. 'oM IS.' Aa llat lOeiaOaa BIckel and Watsooa. B^to MOrtb. BlUia Jtorres, the Four Fords. Alleo HegeaMa. Loolaa Alex- ander. Jsc<]ui s Krnger, Fsnny Brice, W. Wanla, Heater Orange, Boale Oreen, Hasrl Robluvm. Elesniir Pewlletoa. William C. Scliroili-, >iiiiih'e Hegeman. Sal Hogbawn, BMa Hamoloa. Mao M airayi alto Wpt WIIUaMblto Ml.aMrr fi«a iraer more unique than either of tbeao Fields snc- rcfiM'a. la by Glen MarDonongb. with mnsle by A. Baldwin Sloane. Arthur voegUIn has painted ihe scenery snd tbe proilactloo baa been staged by Ned Wsjrburn. The csst lnclo<les Lew Fields. Irene Franklin, wlllla Sweaunan, FHta Wllllrna, Waller Perclral. Cbarlaa Jndela. Paal Mcbolsoa. WlU Arehla. WUllom Borrasa. BMSM O'Bonrte. Vamoa OMtle. Bart Oraca. Jack Bon- detaoo. Ada Lawta. Kate Osodoa. AUca Doray, MIsa Kortnn. Mlnetea Ooarleaay. tbe Jackson Tmnpe, tto eight Berlin Madcaps, tbe Heaa Slaters. Helen Bayea and Malllsnd Darles. New Tork; May 30 (Special to The Billboard). —Msnsgcr Joa. B. Oslles annonneoa to will aead oa toor aaxt oeaaoa Ibrro aoawaaiaa |m> acaUag Ttoaa OMna. two In MM-Wrm aad a aew annsleal cooiedi' called nr OM -orHF Dresms, la which John Brmea. and Lalla'Mela- tyre will hsre the principal rolaa. Vto book snd lyrics are tbe reault ot callaboralioa of Wlltor D. Ncahlt. of tbe Oblcaga CfMlW (aMi with Otio A. naoerharh. TkiLmMte r"'~ Hoaebna. The play la ta toto-a' prodnctloo Id October. TOM LEWIS RENEWS CONTRACT WITH CO HANS HAWIME;. " New Tork. May 30 (Bpedsl to The Billboard). —Cohan A Harrla . bare signed a new contract with Tom Lewis, by which sgrecmeat to to- malai noder tbeir maDaganeBt fbr a tarn - of yearn. Mr. Lawls* srtlatle pertonaaneea oc tto Unknown la Mllle Johnny Jooso, aad to nt**t Daly. Id The Tankea Prince, will to plesssntly remembered. Oeorge M. Ootoa la writing a rbaracterlatle mle for Lewis ia bla aaw Biaale nlay. with wMrh ha •riU oora Ita aMnw^M. Maa Ttoatra. at Fotl|r-ttW" otwol aad MoaSawi