Billboard advertising (Sept 1910)

i8 nrtie Billboa r d SEPTEMBER 3, 1910. BIQ TOWN AMUSEn BROO KLYN , N. Y. Each Week Marks the Opening of a Theatre. Patronage is Good. Tbe Montanfc Tbeatie opens here Monday. Septemlier 5. with Girlies, Stederle Thompson's big beantjr show, which has been at the Mew Amsterdam Theatre, New York, the past snm- mer. Percy G. Williams' Orpheom Tlieatre opened Ifondar. Aagnst 3^, with the nsnal lilgh-dais TandevUIe. Manager Frank Kllholz re tamed from Bradford. Conn.. Angnst 22. wliere he has been spending tlie snmmer. Tbe Cort Tbeatre opened under the' manage- ment of M; T. Middletou with a Monday mati- nee. Angnst 28, with Stair & HaTlIn's'big pro- dnctlon of Gas Edwards' School Days, Inclnding Herman Timberg and a singing and dancing oompasy of Corty-flTe jpeonle. Springer's Grand Opera Honse opened on Angnat 20 with Edna May Spooner in The . Ad- mntnies of Polly. Miss Spooner appears In Hy WUe'a Hnaband week of S9. FoOowlas tlUs engagement the management has any of the Iieit%>w ft Erianger attractlana booked. The Casino Theatre, which Is under the man- agement of Charles Daniels, has been drawing •aeeUent bnsiness daring the past two weeks. Sam T. Jack's company, with KaChryn Pearl and Bob Tan Osten, pat op a crackeijack show here week of 22. The California Girls was tbe attraction at the Empire Tlieatre we«ic of 22, where they pleased. The Empire la again under the management of George McManos, wbo Is a well-known manager. A broken film striking against tbe arc }lght In the machine In the operating. room of the Comedy Theatre, 412 East Baltimore street, caosed a Are which resulted in a losa amonntlne to $100. The Ore occurred about S P. M., Angnst 19, and there were about twenty people In the audi- ence at the time. Herbert A. Boberts was operating tbe machine and when the accident happened, he closed the iron room and walked to the balcony and annoaneed to-tbe audience that the maelilne was out of order, snd tbe oco- ple left quietly. The patrons saw the smoke as they departed, which enveloped the entire lower floor In a few minutes. A still alarm was aent to No. 32 engine company, nearby; the firemen responded and eztlngoisbed tbe lire wltliont us- ing chemicals. Mr. Boberts was bomed aboat the right band In the flash that followed the Ignition of the film. (Continaed on page ff4.) ALB ANY, N. Y. No Indications'That Klaw & ^Erianger Will Play Al bany This Season. The opening of the regular theatrical season of 1910-11 In this town finds the Shnberts still in command of the altnatlon as far as high-class attractions are ooneemed. They liave con* trolled Harmanna BIeecker: Hall for the oast year, giving six months of standard attractions and six months of very profitable stock. With the powerful additions of Ilenry W. Savage, WINNIPEG, CAN. Theatrical Season Auspiciously Opened. Metropolitan Attractions Secured. : With the opening of the Walker, Winnipeg and Dominion Theatres, the season baa com- menced In full swing, and many first-class at- tractions have been promised the theatregolng. pablic. The Walker, which opened Its' season; Monday, Angnst 22, had as its opening bill, one of the finest seen here in a l<mg while. Among -the artists taking plrt were: "Panl's Six Joggling OMs,.>headHnera; Fkank Bnah. Frank Moyston- Kdley. On.. .The Hfmrlihoma,' Oonwsy and Le- land,. Eddie Foley,' Brothers Flavlo. Mon and the New Walker/nieatre Orchestra. Tfas Wlanlpeg opened TImrsday. Angnat 25, with ■ presentation of A Stobtiom Cinderella, Manager Walker is' at present in New Tork, rinsing op the few gaps which remain-in the tlieatre's liooklnga for the coming season. On September 28 Mme. Melba and Concert Company will be seen at the Walker Instead of at the Winnipeg, Theatre. The Dominion, which opened Ita seaaon on Monday, August 2U, with a high-class stock company In Bex Beach's play. The Spoilers. Tbe Oomlnlon 'wiU be under the management again of W. B. lAWience, who Is also managing the Walker Theatre; this year. The Bijou Is still keeping np Its reputation and has tbe usual excellent bill. Amonc tlie artists on the bill, week of Angnst 32, wera: An excellent innOTatlon whicli has Jnst l>eeD inatalled by the Bllte Motion Picture Tbeatre, Is a radium curtain, tbe latest thing in the moTing picture liue. Tbia new cortalo does away with all the flickering that la noticeable when a linen or a light curtain la nasd. The new eortsln glTcs s steadier bsekgroond for tlie allowing of the pletnxe. The big organ which has been .installed. Is faatlrpiDTlng itaelf to be' a big drawing cord. Bnwneas eontinnes to.be good.' . . ■■'.■■s' (Continaed- on page S4.) LOUISVILLE, KY. Col. McCauley is Back From His Trip to New Y ork. The theatrical season for tbe coming year Is gradually taking shape and it looks aa it It la going to be the best season that has ever been witnessed. All of • the hoDSes bare been' thor- ongbly overhanled and are ready for tbe open- ing night. Tb» Maaonle will be managed by Mr. O. G. MlUer, of Cols, O. Mr. Miller was ap- 8Dinted by Mr. F. Bay Comatock, lessee of this oose and manager of a 11ns of independent honsea for the Shulwrts. - Col. McCauley returned last' week from New York, where he has been botitlng tor tbe coming season. Mr. Macauler aald that: he thaa always returned to .I^inlBTllIe 'with a. year ot pros- . parity and artiatle. saceeas - In Us nip. since Klsw tt Brlanger have been booking his be and the father of the famous cartoonist, George UeManus. Jr.. originator, of The New]yweda and let-George Do It AH. - Dudley Clements, treaanrer of Brighton Beach Theatre, has returned to bis old poaltlm aa treaanrer of the Colonial Theatre, Manhattan. Tbe Idiais I'hUlips Lyceum Stock Co. opened the I^cenm Theatre here on Angnat 22. (Cbntinned on page 54.) BALTIMORE; Ma Preliminary Season Opens at Academy of Music With Vaudeville. The lull of summer tranquility was given a ahock when the gates of the city were thrown open to welcome the thousands of delegates to the convention, of the Loyal Order of Moose, which assembled here-August 22. Howdy Fap! was the exebimatlon of greeting beard on every street and in the places where enthusiasts were gathpr«d. Howdy Pap Is not an adaptation of tbe Elks' Hello Bill. Its origin came of Itself. "Bowdy^' ia a contraction of the Southern ex- presxlon. '•How do yon'do." and "Howdy" Is In vogue in Kentnclqr, where the order orijiln- ated. P. A. P. Is derived from the symbols of. the order—Pnrlty, Aid ana Progress—hence the salotation, "Howdy Pap." The Maryland Theatre was the beadqnarters for .the order, where the bnsinesa. sessions were ; held. ;;.Tbe entire block waa handaomely ocnsiiientedtby the city antliaritles for tlie oeea- . stop;: - A mammoth court of honor vrlfh brmiant . inmnlnatlon i was a feature of the decoration. There was a week : of great rejoicing-and every- body bad a neraonal experience of Baltimore boapltalltyj.-- Tbls city has its share of cooven- . tions each year, but tbis was tbe liveliest one- since the Elks'; convention In 1903. Large cro-Crds assembled at: the Academy of MDHlc . Aaf;nst. 22,: to witness the Inangnration of tlie ptellmlnaiy season -with tjie finest col- lection, of'vandevllle acts that baa been seen on .-these boards for some time. The shows that are-tfae.talk oC7tbe town got another I>nost and tile moving pictures were-very Interesting. The new improvements and the bandsome decorations "bnmgbt forth many exclamations of admiration. Howe's pictures aionse tbe-greatest Interest among the natives and the erowda are awe- inaplied br the bea&Ufiit flews. -Ford's Opera Honae Is always tlitanged -/wifb. a large atuad- Wm. A. Brady, John Cort and D. V. Artbnr to their dxcalt, the present year should prove even more sueeea sf u l than the last. F. Bay Comatock, lesee of Harmanns Bleecker Hall..baa re-engaged J. Gilbert Gordon as res- ident manager. Tbe season opens on August 30 with Jefferson OeAngelis in The Beauty Spot,'a allow which he iad Morris Gest own. On September 2-3- will come Max .Flgman In Uaiy Jane's Fa. The Chocolate SSdIer is booked for September 5-6; Home Tiea. a rural drama; September 7-S, and De Wolf-popper In A Matinee Idol. September 10. Madame X comes September 12-14, and later in the month Robert Mantell for three days. Tills Is a strong show- ing, for the opening month, and represents about all of the newer Shnbert attractians. Hatmanua Bleecker Ball la represented by Ita manager aa a theatre where the gallery la aa clean as the orchestra, and its stage is large enongh i for any; Broadway production. (Continaed on page 54.) SPRINGFIELD, MO^ James P. Houston and Miss Earle Elveston Married. ^ ^ James P. Houston and Miss Earle Elveston, members of the Playera Stock - Company, were married by Father J. H. Sheridan at bis residence in Springfield, Mo„ Thursday. August 18. . ■ -■ -'-7 The company la playing the Alrdome Circuit. A grand supper followed the wedding, at the Colonial Hotel. Ace Loveless; proprietor of the Majestic Thea- tre, tias made bl^ Improvements at bis theatre, and Is showing to S. B. O. crowds, dally. Horace Thomas, manager of. tbe Aladdin Tbe- atre, or "Hoose Cosy." will open September 10. has made extensive improvements and will have one of tbe best'sbows In MlasonrL Capt. Pealiody. the old veteran theatrical man- ager, Is'TeapIng a: defa liarvest with'bla Won- derland Arcade and mammoth moving pleture Tbeatre at Springfield, Mo. The captain Is s ray busy man rlfht BOir snd wHl aoon aprlng a Mg surprise to the amusement loving people of tbst city. The Lyric Theatre, at Springfield, has been leased by the Wilson Stock f^paiiy for tbe aeason of ISlO-ll, and irtll be opened sbont September 20. Billy Tan, Orletta snd Taylor, Lancaster, - Hay- ward and Lancaiiter; Nelson Downs and De Witt Young and-Sisters. It will be very Interesting news, eipeeially in the moving picture world, to know.tnat-rthe capital of Tbe Starland, Ltd., incorporated;un- der the laws of Manitoba, haa been raised to fSOO.OOO. Thia company has at preaent a chain of moving picture tbeatrea extending from Win- nipeg to the coast while several more are In erection. Tbe energetic directors of the com- pany have been rewarded by their aetlveneas and all of their ventures have proven aucceaafnl. The directors: of the company are: Paul Le Maranand, president; W. Ledonx, general man- ager; A. Le Marquand, secretary-treasurer, with head offices at the Bon Accord BUc., Wlimlpeg. (Contlnned on page 64,) NASHV ILLE, TENN. Orpheum Theatre to Open for First Time on Labor Day^ Peter Baker, the celebrated German comedian, headed the bill at the Grand last week. In an up-.to-date monologue - which Included some very clever yodllng; tbe bill 'also Included Frank and Kate Carletoo In a bit of Irish wit and humor; Lete-ne and St. John presented . a ,very neat little • comedy sketch. The Property Man and tbe Show Olrl; the Great Haines; in imiieraonatlass, and the popular AI-To-Graph snbjecta. Bnsinesa continnea to be good. At-the FIftli Avenue Theatre, the program laat week, contained tbe foIlawing;artlsts: Wills and ColUni, Ballard snd Alberts, Chss. Brad- ley, Bhodes. Btaodes:: and : Winfrey; and Jacobs and Tarbel.'-' Tbe pretty little BIJon Theatre tbrev open Its doors to the public on Angnat 20. Tbe opening bill is Wlldflre. Tbts popular bouse boa beon thoroughly overhauled from top to bottom. Mr. George H. Hickman, who has Iieen In charge of tbls house for tbe past season again welcomed bis many friends'. The Crystal motion picture tbeatre In now un- dergoing extensive Improvementa, being redecor- ated and refinlstied. The whole honae haa almost been made over. Mr. Wassman, wbo ia tbe manager of thiR honse, la a very busy man these days, aeeing that ereiythlng Is arranged for tbe opening. Tbe Lyrie, Nashrille's co^ open-sir theatre, dosed Its season on Angnat 20. The Gaiety on«n<>d np last week with Bowery • Bnriesqneni. With a good Hue of bookings at band, COl. BoulU'r expecta to do a tecotd-lneak- Ing hnslneiw. Some , of the beat shows of the Colombia: Amnaement Co. -wlU be seen here this season. ' The Hopkins opened up last week; with vande- ■ TiUn and pletorea under tbe maiiageineot of' the ' QMrpteom AlBiiBement Co., witli bvin; Simons ss (Gontiniied on; page M.) :.: MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Miles Theatre Inaugurates Season. r:The Hayward Stoek Co. Closaes.' : The Miles Theatre opened Its third seaaon Monday matinee. Angnat 2e, with an especially attiaetlTe bin headed by AUrad Uw-ntsV wbo la called ths Oblmpsssee with the Bomaa'Brain, There are alz snpportlng acts on i the bill,- all of more than nsuu yalne, > Special arrangementa were made betweett the Shnberts snd the New Tbeatre Company at New York, by which Mr. Lee Baker, the popular leading man will remain with the Lyric theatre Stock Company through the week of September 4. ; The atock Is this week presenting A Modern Magdalen. ■:.■■■■.■■ ■ One of our Mill City-girls. Janet Priest, la winning aucccss as the Swedish servant girl in the new mnitcal comedy, The Olrl and tbe Drummer. Owing to popular demand, Sarah Trnax, In private lite Mrs, Charlea S. Albert, of Min- neapolis; Is appearing thIa week with the Neill .Stock ..Company at the Btjon Opera: Honse In .S : magnificent prodnetlon of . ZIra, A : Htmie. apolli thesplan, ' Franic Priest, Is sliia. in tbe east. •. ■.. ■ . ■ or Interest to Twin City ^ theatrical patrons la tbe debut of Jimmy MayalU -the tonT-7eir<iM son of HeraebeU Hayall ot St.; Pan! and Bdna r Bllsmere. who appeared in the faree comedy.. A Wife for a Day In Cincinnati, recently. WItb the opening of tbe Dewey Theatre, Aug. 21, Manager Archie Miller waa kept busy wel- coming old friends and patrona. Arcble'a voice- was scarcely above a whisper, due to tbe fart that for the past seven aftemoona and evenings ot tbe pterions week be was InBtlly^"baUyhoa> Ing" at the BIfca* Big Oamtval at WonderlanA Pttk. ' (Continned on page 54.)