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Xtie Billboard NEW YORK VAUDEVILLE Cffimitfiit aa the Various Varie^ Acts,. Onnposing the Piogranis Last Wedc at the Vaudeville Theatres in the Metropolis AMERICAN MUSIC HALL. Qvorge STans. the "Hooer Boy.** late of the COban Jk Harris Mloitrela, tops tha bni and daacTTCa the position, ss George was' tha hit of tba tnmd show tbat holds tbe stsge this week. HIa fataooalltr goes a great wajr In wlonliis kla aodlCBCe, with a oew line of np-to-date talk and n«w aonss. The act was a hit. Oclmore and Lee are two at tha bMt tJBt- aaata erer seen at tbls hoose, aaA MM •Mfdad with a grand roond of applam* at mt MM at •ach faat thcr pcrfonned. ttatUfm Otgt aad Mookaja, tatyodnelag •ttim.- a* fiwani latoslcated canlaa. In A DoCTlUe, was Tetjr «mn«ing aad fliliililiiifl pICBlr of laogha. HMwit Uojd aad hla wortby assistants were Tim aiamond coatmae Herbert Dined lot or a riot. Oertnide Van Dj-ck, In a dalntr offertox ot elewr mimlar. Is certainly one artist, and daaarrcd tbe reception she recelred. which was • thnadaroaa ranod of applaoae. Bvt faark and Jane Hamilton, held over trom latt week, wen tbe aaae big hit aa arer. ta^nm, mmid BimiMi teec*. latto- Beantr. fonnded od Ann Sewel dramatic playlet la three :ll's Camons book. with Ken Twomey as Howard Wilding, asstst- ed witli a cast of seTcD people, was well re- Iked Fischer and Maortoe Burkhaidt, In dulr apeclalUes and dlOsfaat ImlUtlMl, «Bc ~V anplanded. Tb* tagii ■» a aolr of performers, and kanr hair t» aatartaln. and snrtany. In their daring feats on a _jel. riding down sa mesne with. the. lady OB hla f4>oalden.:-baititbe aoOanee'anell b—»rwlth -tMa. w oS s tfnl Ouiv i—t, aad re eclred a big band tSr ear " Vtoley and Clares Inl dancing, went TCtjr. gaod. Miss Era Tkpgnsy, the "conet of TanderUIe." scored a tremeDdons bit Tuesday evening. ■ Kf- tcr singing four songs slie was covnpelled to take aerersl mrtain calls, and flnslly bad to cone oot and make a spc«cli, saying; "Ladles aad Gentlemen—I am sorry I cannot Oblige yon srtth any more, but in a abort time I will hare an new costnmes and sereral sew sooga, tten I win be my own'self caee again." Miss Thngnsy's soag. PersonsUty, brooght down the feooae, and I Don't Care still was the same . Ms bit. tor it called for seTeral encores. Men CBilen and Co., In FIgbtlag the Flames, ««Bil i te a of a lot of blaek-Cae*. Mnatr. aad tke scenes la a Oaiktmn In taMk '.-Ika act wss a aereasa. Howard * HOTrard. tlie Hebrew and the Tbes- ■iu^ were the same hit as Ian week at Ham- ■wnteltt's. which anaaka for itself aad deserres tte rood nvbaae thaj taeabad aa tfeor r Mace Girls Introdnced some elerer ^iac. assisted by James demons, aerersl zramlters In between tbe i act was a grand ioeceai. Iiesrlly. jer J. White aad Ua In a playlet, called — to a morder. and II going to coDTlct aa was wen reeelTed. Sydney Desn and Co., in Chrlstmss'on Black- wcU's Island. g>Te ont a bonch of gsga. AI- **-—^ often heard before, they went good. Tbe " ^— were exceUeat. aad tte eoni' In between, nude tbm act on _ l iig S p dreased abittildaib trmtn , ng In tlietr beadqnrtea la -Ifet «»re a sapreme dan «f — — atnnts, wttl^ lence fflled tricks these tbem a bit. HeniT cure, assisted by Mai Stnrgis Wslker, presented some comedy magic snd went good. Claada Roode did some yery good atOBti on aad reeelred a good - - - - HAMMEBSTEIN*S. AlthoDgb tfiere were serersl headline acts, *U honors go to AL Jolsoo. aie dercr mlnstreL I doB't tbtak aar afngle act e taiBcidOB «a «a aodieaee . BuUnec. It an mi a that ^ an liis friends, aad they were last waitlns to dre him a grand icecpUoo. After holdlmt the otage for fbUr twoty minutes, be was ceni' Belled to sing one of his old-time hits, entl- uedHip, snd after singing sereral rerses the crowd Btni insisted on htm giring some more, as from different parts of the boose the re- vests were shonted oot. Finally, to snbdne the kind spplaase. Al. made an apology to tbe andle nce. thanking tliem one aad all, and was • HU ba «SBld aot alia tben aay nore. sa be S* j&.f^.f^' S da It an ofar ocala at I la alM appaoSf tiiia . Ad^ BItcble. aaalsled tr Omt lagtat, 7ess Bums, appe a red In a arblte sUk gown, boldlag a bimeh of rasas In bar hand, oien laying them on tbe piano, die started into work, being .kind of nerrons. as *e said these Monday matinees are killing, and Jost coming from Clkleago; panse. What are the ilrst lines? Ob. yes. At last Adele got ber besHnga. and after singing four songs, was r»calT»d with a trcsMBdnus roaDd of applanse. AMkOBKk MDed OB a headline act, she had to some to ttOtm JMasa. mat -ob Bert Levy wrote: ""G^ tk^ Mm Ha katd tOUm to foUow." MlsB Blliftle's •BtteB rapcrtaliB aC «C Biirtib aad ~ t M «( credit, and so does tbe writers wtio vrote tbe soDga. Bert Levy, the "popnlar artist," , , bUIed rlftatly. Bert eertafiilj did bare the crowd langhug whea he opsaad Us part ot the enter- tainment, by writing on Us cartoon plate: "Jol- son's right name is Isaacs. He u manted. girls, snd has four kids." The pletore ot Mark Twain wss one grsnd work of art. The crowd was delighted with the different cartoons be made, and certainly gare liim tbelr applaoae warmly. Billy B. Van and tbe Beaumont Slaters, also Matty Whitestone, Id tfaelr comedy playlet, ^ops, were the same big hit as erer, and were. created with a grand ootbocst ot ap- plaa aa, Olad to aee BiUy has bis rolce again; the caaa^y air MBt bare dooe blm some good. Mnau Hnala Aaato. In A Klgbt in tlie SInms of Psris, held •MrtnB last week, was the Bsme big bit, and^mBa ITaiiimeiaielii has made Bo mlstske In MHtaK It aier, aa the act la the best pantomime act erer aeca Is New Xark. Harry Breen, held over from last week, also waa a riot. This boj rm-tmMj aa make up bis songs as be goes along, tat tbe crowd is trying to dope oot what he Is singing about, aa It Is Impossible to cstch np with blm while ha Is singing bis extemporsneons Marathon song aboat the different persons In the audience. Hany la a wonder and a elerer performer and writer as well, and no doubt will be a big bit when be starts in mnaleal coocdr aezt ai aatin The nrae Dolce Sisters, tiiree '"f yoaag isdlea, were wan reeelred. Their rolces Uend tb% harmaaF they prodnce Is NEW YORK CHATTER Shoit, Crispy News Items Gathered Along Broadway PeitainiDg to farHie; Hla rrof. Neumsn. tbe msrreloas madlcian, has just returned after playing a toor oC tbe Wll- mer * Vincent time, being booked throngh Nor- nan U. Jeffrlea, aa an added attxaeilon at aU of the booses he appeared. Kcoman waa tba talk ot tbe town and was tendncd sareral grand tar the most popnlar asea la each dty. eloaa exblblUim of drlrlag. blind, threogh tbe strcete, with a team of jnd locatli^ where any certain object waa hid, peered to be one of tlie best drawing carda, aa tlie tbeattcs were peeked to the doors at erery performance. Mr. Neuman has been booked to appear at the entertainment to Iw given by the Sbrlners at Madison Square Garden next December, and to make tbe date blU good. Neuman lus made the agent, T. Afttar-Baber. deposit $500. to be forfeited to Uak-'Ja'aM* of a dissppolntment, rice rersa. Miss Stella Arlington, wlio tisa been aadi a tremendous hit around New Xork this seaaon. hss been engaged to sppear at Keeney's Third Arenue Tbeatre, as an added attraction, owing to her popalarity sbe baa won in the art of slBglng lllnstrated songs with or wltboat slides. Miss Arlington waa alio ooe of tbe special anm- beis tliBt appeared at Staoeh's, Ooav Uand. last wc^, and certainly made Oe bit «t her lite. Owing to bar plealng peiBoaaltIca, Stella baa a atyle of wuaing ber aodlsaees right ftom the atart aad no donbt la a abort tinie wUl ba, la nuieal coaadr* .«kM ijba ••^■•i* . aftw'^SvlS^Utaca waibB on Oa UMted Time, and are glad to gat bMM once more. They en- joyed a very pjaaaant trip aod have discovered •ovTH smc NEW YORK. . ii%!.^ A solid block of theatre facades. Fnzalar. not billed' tdsca of Koteca,-^4ba ley rendered aerezal snd ajte ent tape rery good. Stewart and w»a ynm MOBRIS MUSIC HALL. CONET ISLAND. Tlie following acts appeared at this house last week: Ssm Stem, with s new line of talk and a few new songs, waa the bit of tbe bin. Lester aad Qninn went well. They are cer- tainly a claser pair of dancer*, ^e Aerial Ls Porta, to ttals WMdetfOI fteta. aeoted one big success. IbB Bna BIsten pisaasd. EUxabetta Mayne, la bir dalaty oKctlBg, went reiy big. There wese aeretal other acta oo tbe bm which were not progrsmmed, sU of which wtU be mentioned Inter. A festnre of this bsnae ara tba lady nshers, snd each person lece l w a BMNBlt to Ibe way of a glass mirror, wi— a j bs l a «C tba bouse on the rererse side. HENDERSON'S MUSIC HALL. The foUowIng bill sppesred last week: Le TUIe and La Onlsta. Wlddon snd Conrad. Tbe Dnrand Fmir. FVed Glnnett. to Tbe Hone Deal- er; 8baw Twina, Ibe abianbone. Irene Lee and. Bar Oan^ jqdg,.jMjttr^lJniyiitIana, ~wb« tbe original Adam Soar Guy is. He belongs up In Msine. -Be bss a bsblt of closing acte every week, bnt last week Iw bad no chance to dose any act so he closed one of the films. He didn't tbink much of Jim Thomtoo when lie saw blm st Austin A Stone's twcsuse be did not like their pbotogrspbs, so while tbey were going to tbe depot tbey met another act going home. When asked whst wss doing be aaldthc manager ssid ss long as be closed one set be might ss welt close me. I wish to say this boose only played two acts and pletnrcs. FhU. pic- BRONX THEATRE.—Odlra. dtntr aai ssrlm- mer; Howard and Sortfa. In Tboae Were Happy Days; Tbe Willy Pantaer Company of Aerobate: Co^ and Lorenz, ercentrte eomedlsns; Chss. snd FSnnle Vsn. In A Case of Bmetweacy. DShcrty SIsten, singers sod danem: Robert Banry Hodge and Company. In BQI BItoana; Mbtnl and Grorlnl. acrobats. ALHAMBSA THEATRE—Mctntrre snd Bestb, In On Onsrd; Jos. Hsrt's Dlnkelspiel's Christ- mas; Worid snd KIngstOB, singers snd danc- ais: Haddcn and Fltspatrltk. to a eomady ana- leu rtdt; Wbltabcr aad BUI. la a onSleat act: TBoaeviue, oui sne nas oeciined, ss sue tbst ber success wlU ao donbt be of great I to ber, bete eagaged to play tbe second 1 UarM bas otia baca calledUM aecood H Muriel Window, who made such s bit oo tbs Wm. Morris time, is going to appear in mnslcsl comedy shortly. Miss Window left town to go to Atlantic City for ten dsys at tbe Sbubert Theatre there, after which she wHl return to New York to rebesrse with the new show tbst opens St one of the Sbubert bouses, June 20. Miss Window bas hsd serersl offers to return to rsoderllle. bat she has declined, ss she ssys ■ ... — ^ ^ _ . . lesd. , Hsude Adaasa, aa sbs baa a reiy wlnalng way about ber and always wins ber andlence from the nw ment she appesrs before the fttotllgbts. Joe Mack, "a life ssrer;" isst Sunday Joe Inrited a few of bis friends to come ont to bis summer borne. So Joe fleclded to tske them oot for a sail In bis Isonch. Tbe psrty consisted of Joe Hack aad wife, Leo Hayes ot Tbe New- lywBda^aad Mr. and Mrs. Brans, known In raadBrina aa Kennedy and Brana, Mr. Srans* wite was oat to a row boat and was lasltsd to come Into tbe laoncb, aad wblls ilaaalMt .ftom the boat to tbe Isnnch she (ell tetotta water. Joe Mack qnlekly sprang tato tbe water, and getting a good grsap oo ber, swam to tbs shore with ber. Mrs. Brana was exhanated bnt Onslly came to and Is.feellDg mnch better. Joe is known in TsaderUle as Keegsn and Mack. Rslpb AnstlB. of Austin and Batley, wishes to annonnce hla mairlaga to Ulas Balea OcBond, "new protessioaaL" Tbey wiU spend tbelr boncymoon at Freenort. Long Island, at tbelr summer home. Ralpb said be was out shop- ping, and boasbt are hundred dollara* worth ot rumltnre. and bellere me, it's ao dncb to pick oat whst yoo need. I was so tired I bad to go boaa and rest op fsr a day. tSr s teriy at tbe Zarrow Trto, aad Bnsv« tba dawa* ftottositar vMi tba BnnMto and Bailey Circus, and rorepangb-Sdl* Obcw, doing a great act In randerlUe aad_ bar* been a ptooooneed bit. barlag ^at gal to create In getting any time. Ssm Collins li In town and looks ss if Iw lias bees busy on tbe farm of Hap Ward np to Loranfleld. Masa.. wbcrc he baa baaa palatlac and gettlag tbbwa raadj tor tbs snm m tr . laai said be bad to tie three laddsra tagetbar to get to the roof to paint It, and when be was aear the top. Hap took the bottom of tbe ladder swsy, snd Sam started la doiag tbs baaspa. while Charin _ atnrglB " ~ " the paint sad I " snd Lucy ara f of health. Gussle KUae. tbe UtUo glH with tbe pbe- nomenslly big Tolce. waa oaa of tba Umat bits tbst erer sppesred at tbe Rlelmiood TIba- stre. Supleton, 8. I., this season. Hits KUae Is without the least eisggerstloB, one ot tbe most popnlar aong lllustrstors to !^ew Torfc, aa ber voice Is poiverfol snd her words sre so dis- tinct, SDd ber deltrery of s song appeala to every one. Gosale la now eootempiatlnjg Jolalng a stock company. Btanklln and Kline, who are rennlng stock at the Richmond Theatre, at Stoplctoa, 8. L. at* going to balld an open-air t b s a t ta-aaat la tMr present boose, and wUl bars aa a fhatasa a s^- pndactioa ot WUUam MorriB* BaoC < — -lees -mm all — i^Steaal-jB- waa fMSteffy wItb the flra, to' M*{Ntgt •» nected with same. Bracat. Fred aad Leo De Boady; tbaaa lliiaa boya act tacstber for tbe first time to twatrs yeats. at tbs basse ot tbelr motlier, who Is vary UI at ber borne to Xyan, Msss. Tbe De Boadr boya are aU la tbe profMskm. Fled being wltb tha Halted Booking Ofllcea. Ernest is the mmlral leader at tbe Majestic Theatre In New York, and Leo is one of tbe set called tbe Oe Boady'a,'* wblcb Is DOW appearing to Tmoderlll«..tt A crowd ot notables were arated anaad Un tables last Saaday cicalag. at tbe "Kal eajsyte t h iste tfri B ta. tbelr bearTa Tbe fttoswiag were amsw Muriel Wladow. wbe be "Kslscrhoff KM." Ers Tangnay, Gus Edwsrds. Ted Snyder, Irring Blcbmood. George Byrnes snd Zsnt. A crowd of flsbermen left, last week, to go to tbe Thousand Islands. Among tbe oaad weiB Osarw aadJ i^|^»^,dJLjraaJlsi^jgg ^^MmJoms jJB b|^ Ndn^wlS ttS Tom Wilson, now wltb The Music Master, snd Jim Doyle, of Tbe Merry Whirl Company, at tbe close of the seaaea are going Into rsv dertlle. nadir Iba tltla «( WUsoa and Doyla. " "'Me aiaglttg, talking aad. dWtrcnt changes to ess- act. t. Byaa baa JBSt cbised with tbe Geone tea absw , aad baa beea re-esgaged for casoB, and will open wltb tba. Inw 0»- open w at the new Cbbaa street and Broadway. Sam Is stlU Jersey, snd ssys be la going to spend tbe mer like s fsrmer. Mike "Twin SalUraa." left toiru list week, wltb bis brotbcr. to go to tbelr training qnar- teia. to get to pespsratloa for the coming it^bs twa ta Jla TMSaUlraa and atsaley The Sesbury's, In their skaterial sorelty Juggling act, bare Just flnlabed a tour of tweaty- thrae weeks on the Culled Time. Tba act Is making a bit everywhere, and ~ mentea upon, owing to ttie t>ei tbs fine costnmes In tbe set. Oeorre Dnpree srrlved In Msnbstlsu after a snceesaful tour on the Cleveland Circuit, bar- lag dosed ia Wlaatcad, Gear Maeart aad BradM bare Jnat returned after a very aascsBrfU tsar assr tbe United time, snd sre booked far L sa d sa. to open at the Psisce. They sslled on tbe 8. S. Cedrlc, of tbe White Star Line on May 28. LUUaa Le Boy and Company hare Jnst dosed. _^—1 acaasa oa lbs Orpbana Or- nilllBBa. wba was wltb tba act, n a Aw waeka, as be la golag ta Jote the Phil. Sberldsn Compsny. Sorry tbst Nellie Revello wss so UBlnekT last Monday morning. In front o( tba ItalMdOPeSt as she wss matching quartan wHh. and lost. I tbink tbat aato of «l most have boon a "Jonah.** Mlsi Irene Howlev, "Tbe Harrison Fisher Olrl," alDxtnff coQiedleone. made a tremendous lilt St tbe Fifth Avcnne. last Snnday nigbt, and no doubt will be In great demand, ss ber work Is excellent. Rat Fred Lampe Is laid np sick al bla In Absecon. N. J. Brother Rata will ^ a taror by dropping blm a line onea ' to abow tbat be la aot torgottea.