The billboard (June 1910)

40 T tir^ B;i 111» o a I* «1 JUNE asb i8ia LONDON LETTER.- (Contlnsed from page' 15.) - TaU. WbUe I ina tlicre tbe' ermrds irere at- ■MMt flzlitiiv to.ntJn tot a rUe. , I ■hcoU.tbliik Oat dther ot tfa«w"e4ilUU'iradIdvli« mjstcat' xttnoUait at aa .Anfiean' amnaamter piom.':-' ; noaiii' Beeduo,' tbroagli «Imm —I w i w te Elektra and oUict'qtttaa mn glTcn at C^cnt Qaiden last Mareb, aad-wlM la-aow. clTlBC'a ■aaflon . oC opera 'COmSqae' at'Bto lfajcat7*a la detenalJMd to eatablUli a pcimanent opera hoase la Loodoo. even tiiODgb It Bboald coat liim f2.GOO.000 to do It. "The two aeaaons ot opera, one complete and the other In progress, that I baTe organized UUs jeai. andtbe season of three DiontlB tbat I shall start at CoTent Garden. In October.*' aars Ur. Beecbam. "are part of my scheme to coco lira i;e aDd foeter opera going In London. Opera Is not . It la ■gpportad-because It . ^ nuu LVBiei uyvuu I^VIUK JU XJVUUVU. \J popular In' Loodoo. It Is ■gpportad to mcth tbe presentation. "The short season that I promoted at Covent Oarden laat winter guve me a personal expcxt- «nce of what It costs to present graad opera. 1 found that on an average it cost about $3,000 a perfotmaace. At Hla Ifejesty's we have an orchestra of aixty-live Instrumentalists, a chorus ot sixty and nomeEons fiistdass inlnclpsls. Tbe oolr 'wajr to omdnet a season of opera U to do It weU, Imt -I do not antlclpata belns able "Bent, alone, for mr thirae seasons wUI amount to $90,000. and witli new sccnerr snd costtunea to be provided for about ten operil at His Uajesty's. tbere is no chance of aotplns over nightly oxpeose* being anything like enoogh to pay for -the mountings. So that opera given without snbsldy, can cost • mansger a gt«at deal of moaey. "All the same. I think that our public can be encooraged to support os. Just aa the public on tbe contlneat li.. To tliat .cod, I. want and am prepared to build an opera liaaaa to Xondon. I am ooljr wating until I ' caa - ftid'* alt*'in a.iaod puiltlao. at. a fair T i l u at too. , :taam U B«t a i i i i iiiiiii nljr i lfc lw Vka.au IM aC aooar ia aot the atlact^ Xa do every- ■auf Ja tba .bwt piiasnila aManar. tor tlie^ en- •oatlMiMtt «C-«p«a.- ta attract the great pnb- Uc ta iMac'tta WMka cC the gnatcat maatna win be Its pucp oesa. aad IC tkak aaa, an prapatcd to canr It «^ aiai; !) ■hoolil lie Jarge paomliiy l$H ■ i tbe working of tt.^'... , fibonds fine, doesn't Itt Still, I soppose Bee- •Cham's puis bring In tlM deuce of a lot of •Boney. 'aad It mint be darotad to oucb worse aar poeee tbawgtaaa opera. .Ala Matlcnlar .Var at tbe famltar la one eC Hie WMt ms aad eoadnetua u Onat Britain, aad 'tor pail %m malatalaad and ran wbat ta Aoat tba !bmI . atebaatra In tbe country. SrXba news at repnilb t Isr^irs iiey ; to ai^iiwllBPSa SSP>^^ part. . Althongh tbe negotladoos for tbe production of Chantecler were nearly completed for Ita ap- 'i>earttnce at Dmry L,ane. It la now annonncad that the -whole thing Is off. Lewis WallcT's plans for Iita visit to America, wbete be will play a repertoir, are neatly com- Ibet ot. tbe player JadadlagKoaalani K Ua masterpwea^ and JIW Bllsabetb'a mr, win probabv be itnTid at the Lyric ' tbe toor stsrts. _ Soke of York's Thaatzo ia to be cl ose d .aammer by Charles Rndunaa, tor .altera- ■ and ropaim, hot win again be Cpaatdt afterwanls, bh a repertory theatre,''.nNfeMni -being quite Ratlnncd ao far with the ioeeaee^Of bis experloiPDt'^n that direction. ■ CHICAOO VARIETY BILLS. Iiov*. and Otim Bealttr. or Kew Tear'a Bve oa tiM Ynkoo A system of announcement earda k'woold bare bdped oot woodcrfull^, giTlog- Ur. ■Sberter a chance to auk* a abart aut._aBd -bla fplaiilst t* ^'^^ — DB VKOASiarSlM. SPAMiaB BONO BIBSa. The former Is tbe cair gill TcaeblBg doaUe bUi O. Tbeir act la a flMlfleil iotiUt tibia narattoaid. Mnr XMk tlon. The yoang lady wbo altends to tU mus- ical end of this offering la clever and deserv- ing of special mention. IOUlT. A XB^SBDT. 'American Maale.!BaiU TKo. 0. FliU stsge; seventeen mlantes. Seen matlaee. June 12. The Uma when vandevflle antbocs bdleved that heroes and heroines loving one anotber was suffl- clent data around which either comedy, drama, or tragedy might be enveloped, seems to have had ita sad interment, for these days of Patter- son, Gibson and McGolre have brought with them only tragic tales, as thooeb tbe whole world needed reformation. And the faater they come,. the more tragically delicate they are. In this tale of meat we bad aa eaniest young hnsbtod vainly attempting to protide bla young spooa* wltb ' poctechiMiae, tor-. wblA sbe Just as vainly craves. Jost aa Bve'a prstty. pink ear was tatoted by evU aaggeaUoM, Mfto Meat, tbe same seose ot tbe ypoag wife-becomes con- science hardened by tbe talea of an nnmarried woman, who has aU the beef, bones and-marrow Sbe desires, by simply -being attentively obedi- ent .to a male friend of hers. And Just as with Bve. the terrible degradation takes place, wlOe, la tbls Instance, going forth to diet forever on tbe tenderloin. Tbe renounced husband bas mean- while stolen snfllelent fiuds to stave off tbe por- terhouse btmger. but upon retnnlng and lind- Ing his emp^ home, ntUlaea a revolver with good effect to ending .bto aanawfal vegetorlan career, while tbe ecbn aC-'tba'-MMlv'b«r^'call of "Meat, neat," singa ^aalWllr taa^batalad the wings. Jobn Westley, Cbarlotte Ivea and Edltb Ham- ilton ably handled tbla np-to-dat*. etvital que*- tlon. Inflecting only ccedll Upon Hifiiiselies de- spite the fsct that tta .MMa^y^dgTBut .tbeat- rlcal prodacUoo was maUg..aMiB WMr their versions aad ability. .'. , : . • • ■ Insigalflcant as their position on the bill happened to be. Mr. T. Koy Barnes and Miss Bessie Oawford, In their breexy skit, Tbe Pst- ent Fakir and the Lady, nosed over tbe wire In advance of everything else, when measured by respoOMlvc clamor. What iticy did woultl be dlOIcult to describe, but tbey aptly portrayed tbe extent of their efforts In the last ven^i- of their closing number. Tbe Bound Way We <:;ot At It. .UliB EUfa Proctor Otis, assisted by Bamr Botfcbatdt, to 3l*a. Banner's Baa, a com- adr- iketak^ cefi Mag tba detailed eoantalon ot lira. Bnaaer from a tcmpennec to a Uberly league advocate; Miss Marguerite Haney, as- sisted by Rslph Lynn snd Ed. Colemsn, pre- senting s tsblold musical comedy, cslled Tbe Leading l.ady. and tbe team of Billy Gaston and Isabel D'Armond, In Some Nifty Nonaensv, were all about neck and neck, snd the critical Monday afternoon judges were in no hurry to distinguish Jost who wsa second, third snd fourth. Tbe last two acts were new to Cbl- eago. snd are more diacriminstlngly detailed un- der that beading. Oilss Kathleen CUfford. bllliMl "The Smartest Chap in Town": Mr. John lUin some, late of The Fltrtlog rrlncess Co., in s tslkuogne. and Gus Sohlke's Kama, Bama Girls, all had a dlfflcult time, being assured by tbe audience that their preseno* on the stage their mil lenKth of time waa absolutelv esaen- tlsl. Psrtlcnlarly so of tbe Isst nsmea. wblcb Is a horrible conglomeration of attempted mus- ical comedy novelties, wltb the only rsdsemlog one the tlmc-woin China Doll number frooi Tbe Broken IdoL It baa been eooitdcrablr ebaagtd since last seen at tbe Star, wltb Hanr Walaea and Josephlno Fields as the prladpsls. DOlther of whom have volcea warranting tneir presence In any musical prodnc..00. Tbe Four CUftons. scrobsts; Miss Edith Haney. s deUghtfol come- dienne; Park Ityers and George Herman In a spcctacolar pantomime, and the Hansen Broth- ers, aingcta and double staDlBera of the wooden shoe vanety, eonatltotcd tha opeasra and closers, each a good one of tbla class, wblle Mr. Harry AtktOMn.- an ImlUtor ot miiileal Inatraments. tbe Ij'eenm festnre by tbe enltaoslsstle wbleb greeted hla efforta. AUEBIOAK UCBIC HALL. Tbe better part ot tbe American's bill laat w«ck was seen the week before, WilUsm Conrt- lelgb's sketch. Winning a Pippin b^lng the only ooe of Ulc hold uvi rs. who offered cDtlrely new material. Ulchard Carle, still the hit of the blU; Clasle Curlette. Genaro and Bailey, and Coortlelgh- were sorroimded by clrctu novelties and various other dtvetslons to the extent tbat It might be termed snotber monster bilL The biggest addition waa Arlaooa BUI aad bla Broocbo Beaters, a miniature wild west, wbldi (nrnlabad a snfllelent tbrlll both for the orchestra and the andienc*. Prancing, tearing borsaa. daring riders and a tbrtUlog atory. which gives all con- cerned a ebaaee to abow, tella the story why tbe orcbestrs sppesred In a body after tbe lint pi-rformance and demanded life insurance pol- Icleti. Mlas Adel Von Ohl, who waa pr«vlonsly with Cody's rough riders, helped make the act one of the best tblni^ ever put in vsndevllle, n-cflviug deafeniuK .-pplause at Intervals aur- prlHlngly often. Carle sang a Jangle Song, in- sti-nd of bis wearisome Lazy Life of tbe week before, and CUalc Curlette added Mrs- Brown and Have Xou Anotber Girl Like Maty. Tbe Twin City Qnartatto plaaaed, altbm^ several moments ot baimenjr l ebe ewal weiud net, de- tract trom tbelt eOorto to tbe leant. Nick t«ag and Malta* OeCto*. In The Banker and tbe Thief,^to* HBgaaal Family, musical barbers, n-babaTC icen playing tbe smaller booses to and aroimd Cbicsgo. and Campbell and Brady, Hntorlalnem. coaclud<^d the remainder of the bill, which was a pretentious offering. In spite of the fait that It was overbalanced by the balding over of the best ones of the pre^ous week. GIRLIES A DAINTY CONFECTION. (Psnttonsd tosas ">*■*' kt . pi-ts a hint from the students, and be decides tbat tbe best way for bim to become s hero Is to dress hImseU lo a salt of newspapers and start oat on a two daya^ Jonmey. wltb no money In bii podnt and try to cam eaoogb to rertr. eight bonr*—wltbout beggtog or bcnowtog—to clothe himself from bead to foot. With tb« aid of his dog. Blltxen, and after Innumerable amusing experiences, he finally retnms sn boor before the explrstlon of tbe time limit dressed In a complete anit of clothes. lo spite of tbe Interference of a woman detective, wbo tries to settle petty the dormil love. Tbe book la written by Oeorge Bobsrt, and tbe lyrles sud music by WOUama and Vaa Al- styne. . Tbe- daaess and sssaaMas were br Jmk Maien, Tbe aema an laid at a e»«dn' ?rence ot a woman oeiecKive, woo iries lo upon blm tbe reapooalblllty for certain Mr. Thompson's musical lia ti a t r wfll. HMOd to tbe Aerial Oardena aa Mba aa-naattw con- dltloos will permit. "Girlies, a summer shower of beauty, melody and fun, but mostly besoty, tripped toto tbe New Amsterdam Tbeatre." says tba Berald, "and got a hearty reception from aa audience that taxed tbe large playhouse to itt capacity. One minute after tbe curtain went np and a flood if feminine loveliness swept down to the footlights everybody reallKed why Mr. -FrMerlc Thompson had rcchrlstened bis summer offering. In justice to the good looks ot Ibe yonng women wbo dszed tbe bardmd .SMt bltMan-mb tbeIr .voothfol freshnees^ tbars. ■ was nMblag els* for him to do." "Tbe salt breeses must hare bad a beneHelal effect niMa Olrlles. which Frederic Tbompson. vrlth tbe ssslstance of George V. Hobart as bead Jokeamlto, and Edgar Tan Alatyoe as eblef toae-monger. eoacocted for tbe bot weatb- er seaaoo," quotea tb* world. "Dnrlag lie preliminary week at Atlantle City tbe mdue- tloo oatgrcw the New Amstodam Boot T1>e- atre. for which It was originally totended. so <iulte properly Its first pertormsnee Isst night was held In tbe big downstairs auditorium. To say tbst It entirely filled the buge stsge testi- fies solBclently to Its proportions, snd to note further that it held tbe attention of a crowded house to Its very last song ought to be n i^uf- ficlent Indication tbat It will prove popular." Wbare to ge wlU be nadUy answered. See Olrllae, to* It to tb* aoct of cnlertalameot tbat KewTerkers and tbe city visitors wUI like bMt When the good old Bummer time really ar- rives to Ktay lt'< Rllottrd tl!i!(\ WANTED MUSICIANS ilio Tildlee' In numbars (no ttohta), wbo 'd* epseieltiee or play parta; Novelty Act; atoo Olartaet aad nombone Wbo dor' stato an and toweat to flnt B. A. PBIOB. car* Ikaaeh'a N*tr Floattog Tbegtr*. anyandotto, W. Ta. Trap DruminBr WANTED Must be first-class and play bells; permanent position; sal- ary twenl^' dollars; six day week, ax nour day; write or wire, quick. Boz Theatre Co., Boist', Idaho. "Poreh" Sattaa. "M. P." Opara Chair. NEW STYLES. LOW PRICES. QUICK SHIPMENTSs Cagtinn mads of sped*! gndM of iron, by the "Noble" proce«. Do not bieak like nirillneCTMgilnw M* do aot bead og . ittewe U km e teei wrtUy . aeiectediraodaaad O.K«4uUu Biit IIb> fcf the uuuif bttiiiwttht AWiirttii Ma PiiHWifi Writo us what you roqulro and soa ua maka good. W. A. CHOATE SEATING CO., - Albany, N.Y. ;PLAnSliURG,MO. WANTED—SHOWS AND CONCESSIONS FOR FREE STREET FAIR I AJUmWKMm CHAUTAUQUA BAND afUlM WfOk to • • aluly antf ATTRACTIONS PURNIBHCD BV NIGRO COMBINED SHOWS CAS PliAOE ACTS THA T PO TWO OK MORE FOR STADIUM, also SSBRIS WJUCUL AND MEBBY-GO-BOUKD. TliU companr Plan all aUeetfc »> HW Coming and FMl Feetlvale already ooBwaielett. wiaat to bear from Colored Mualclmn*. Thia to the Xjtttle tStivw that Q«ti th» Blc Monpy. Afldrpiw. ■wppIc of Juno 21, Cskaloosa, TrnnwiB. ■•' '■ ...ROLL TICKETS... '. SeerOmiftadalXlcket. tmj prutiag, traat and beck. "LOOK THESE PRICES OVER" " SsOM —$1.26 20.000 —S4.00 80.000 — Si.00 10.000— 2.60 30.000 — 6.00 100.000 — 0.00 atoek TIefceta. BU CnU a Tboouixl. tnma xunam nm vaui, bms baix, vzux'^o-soinm, na Qtfak aUpnaat. aeesato namlMctag enaMAHi. JiMh mUk artet. M* O. O. •. ROYAL TICKET CO.. IVhamokln, PMik gtata. na beat WepltatlUiarav ethwibeirlMe etar bed leliMpI eft' MeKEESPORT, PA., Old Home W«ek, (oi Hi tfrHb) wMkilily 4th MeKECS ROCKS, Pa., Mideuipmer Jubilee " " 11«h MONOSni, PA., nremen'e CiqMeltliefi' HOMESTEAD. PA.. Moose Gala Week (ttraett) TURTLE CREEK, PA., Buobill aoniirt Kg Caiibratioi •• la Can placa Otat-daa* atttaettoa* tor thsaettoe tiet rmlette wbcd. Hbt* top and toent tot JLH wm_ lor tbe cragrese of aoreltlea, AM w nUTB OBBATnt joDB 20; BsrnCTTill*. P., week Inae tt. '■ ' ■ . ■' •• 26th Mik I.st WANTED IMMEOIATELY I EngagemehtjfbrNihie^ Can funurii three U^-daaa Trained Animal Acta; -srardrobe and propertiee all new andfint-daai. Also tniner of mena^hoiaea, tnolc ponm, d^g^goata^aod monk^. HeMbad* intmnilng nbSAUNK STieKNIV, •BfeThe milbeard, eiNCINNATI