The billboard (Sept 1910)

4 Ttie Bill board SEPTEMBER 10, 1810. NOTED BEAUTY'S EXIT May Yohe Stricken with Paralysis—Was Once the Wife of English Nobleman—Married Son of a New York Mayor—Daughter of Seamstress Har ITobe's stage career Is at an end. Every cent of tier monej is gone, r Bhe j.was once the: noswssor,'of .tbe Hope: fewels,.' wUcb Incloded as tbe gem ot tba; eu-'. leetlan tbe wonderfnl Hope bloe diamond.'' Bnt^ tbey neT« brongbt snTone anything bnt III Inck; and the worst lock oC ail'to llay Tobe. She climbed high. She achieved a marriage Into the Britlsb no- billtr. bat she would not stay among the' so* clety of peers' matrons. Done with Lord Francis Hope, she married the- son of one of New Tork's proudesti rfsmlllfii, Pntnam Bradlee Strongs whose fatbet waa the mayor of the city. Ibat was tlie cUmac Thereafter the circle of her destiny swung downward. Hay Yohe, years ago, was a simple little girl In a little town not far fKHn Philadelphia. Her mother took her-to Fhlladelptala, aDdi' Vfalle'Bhe worked as a dressmaker, she let Hay be tanght the things that nsiially-only > sode&' biids ac- quire. She learned-^'French and'German,.: danc- ing and singing and finished with- four assets to her career. The fonr assets were four remarkable con- tralto notes'in her voice, which-she had been trained to sing with their utmost effect. She took those fonr notes : with her . Into a cbnrch choir and became talked about.' Then she took them upon the:stage. - .. Fhilsdplphla was bnt'the stepping stone for New York. The: fonr tnll-tiiroated contralto notes gained her a repntatlon here over night. Tbe eirrie had s'arted on Its swing npward. JG^ew: York le<l to London. Once more the fonr' eont-'alio notes. Bnt by this time May no longer was the little miss from the Qnafeer City,: v. S. A. Personality bad been Infnsed biTO the fonr famous throaty notes and. that meant a stagf^-door crowd. One of this stage-door, crowd was I^rd Francis Hope son of the Drcl)f*sn rf Newcastle, one of the oldest and richest Earldoms in Great Britain. He spent his mothrr's fortune on' her and her stage ventures and be Kave her another fortnii'? In the famUy Jewels. Then, In 18S3. be married her. and her: wedding gift from him was the great Hope Une : diamond.? By a strange dovetailing of eircnmstan<-eK. the glinting Jewel that, had once glittered from Male Chorus Opens Season The Monntain Ash Male Ctaoms of twenty- seven artists, under the leadership of Prof. T. Glynd'wr Richards, opened a concert tour from coast to co'st, one hundred and eighty bookings, with their Initial concert at Ocean Grove, Sept. 5. : The chorns was In . this country two years ago and bafl a snccessfdl'tonr.v through Eastern anl Central States, by special reqnest giving a concert to President- Booserelt - at tbe White Himse.: . ^'^::: ^-:,:; Their repertoire consists:: of : eighty chomses. eight of which are given at every concert, also uiurtettes. trios, dnets. and solos. They will lElve concerts In music : halls,'. conservatories, theatrrs as well as some of the-Ieading churches througb New-York. Ontario, Including Uassey's Slnslc Hall. Toronto, also have already booked thrODf^h ro-tfoiift nf Pennsylvania. Ohio. Indiana, Illinois. Wlfcxm-la. Minnesota. Iowa. Nebraska.- Kansas, tbenre they go to the Sonthern States and on to :Callfomla as far north as Vancouver. B. Tetnmlng via. Salt -Xake, Colorado aind Chicago. East. D.' J. Evans ius charge of the bookings and Itineraries. LOUISE BEATON, out the forehead' of a placid 'East Indian idol, that had afterward been the central gem In the kingta diadem of France.- nowl sparkled, pendant, at, the: sorsage .ot:^ the: erstwhile : demure - miss from ;'Peniisy]TaiiJB. Lord Francis andvUs'-wife cameito KeW 'Yorki- aod. she .returned to. the: Btage.'^- Seven years had been the span of their:'married life. Xady Hope biazed with diamonds as she appeared at-: the New York Theatre. Bat the Ul-lnck-of the Hope diamond was enough to .offset: the lucky number "seven." - ' ' .' - - f Putnam Bradlee Strong, bade tMm service In tbe PUIippines with arcaptalncr. then promoted (Gontlnned on page 40.) IN SOU THERN CLIMES Performer Writes of His Experiences in the Land Far South of the Equator-fFirst-mnd Descrip- tion of Conditions as He Finds Them SYDNEY, K. S. W., AUSTBAUA. The Billboard Pub. Co, Cincinnati. Ohio. - Sirs:—I know you will be pleased to pobllsb for the benefit of the many tbon»Dds of readers of the Billboard a 'few items of nens concerning thla.~my second tonr'of the world. 'We have up to the present played Honolulu. Our busi- ness here averaged over eight hundred dollars per n'ght for a week, notwithstanding the fact that we: had as a counter attraction against us, the Philippine Band from Manilla; a great or- ganization which also did a phenomenal business. We were In the Opera House which place is tbe property of municipality, and the band - b'*ld forth In the Orpbenm. One night, while the boat BERNICE de PASQUAL1 'Vnfe aof A. H. Woods. Seattle 'to spend' Hveral tlon. Is en route to at' the Bxpoal- ■tops.;ln port can be advantageously played In Suva. In the Fijian lalanda when tlie cannibals are. 7 This Is a One place and . these descendants of . .King Thackenbao. >> with their brick' colored hair,r atanding on an, end •tike a: Circassian's filledswlth chloride of lime, to kni tbe vermin and what not. will flock to the hall and'pay twenty-five cents to one dollar admission. Abont three hundred dollars may be taken oo . the night. ^ After arriving In Brisbane Anrstralta,-'where we oi>ened our second tour of the AntliMides, we played to capacity bnilneis for one week -then proceeded to New Zealand, over three thousands miles by sea, where we reiieated. our ' prerioni snccesa of two years prior. The sooth Island was not as profitable for me as i the North: la- land proved. to be.'Tdne novdoobt to: the:stringent condition of tbe.:nioneir>iBaTket, aa the crap of wool for the years: prevUms did not sell as well or for the hlgb-prlces It formerly. brought, which was attributed to the panic dnring' that: time In America for tbe greatest and' highest buy- ers la these countries, (of wool) are the Amer- icans, who set the price by their bidding..-: We Bru Indeed a very important nation, and If we are not prosperous, heaven help the other parti of the world. Our panic was felt In China, Jaimn. Malay Straits, India, and in every part of Europe. In North New Zealand alone our business was capacity and everywhere. In many places playing return dates after an absence merely of one week. We are now back In Australia, where we have continued tbe aame business. . At present :! am suing a twelve .'weeks' eigagement . here In Sydney, under the: management of Mr. Harry RIcliards. His beautiful theatre Is packed to the celling every night. Finishing here wes shall repilr to Western Australia, thence to Africa, India, Egypt, Italy. France, . Germany. Bnsala. Belgimn. England, and America, when I eball open with my own show If the rates are pra- pltions to my wanderings and permit me to re- turn safely. ■ Mv Illusions and tricks are the talk of the world, everywhere. Tbe European and the na- tive are my patrons. If there ape no theatres available, we bnlld one. During my last tonr in Singapore, the Chinese built .me a theatre (Continued on page :4a.) V : Seven Days Opens Season New York. Sept. 5 (Special to The BlUboardl. —^The second reason of Seven Days began at the Astor Theatre last night, with almost all the original company- back to the pla^. :■ The cast enntalns Florence Reed. Georgia O'Kamey, Hope Latbam. Lucille LaVeme. Carl Eckstrom. Jay -Wilson. William EvlIIe. Allan Pollock, F. C. Bntier and Albert Brown. Of these Mr. Krown is the only ooe who' was not with the rompnny last winter. Much new scenery and nn entirely new equipment of Paris goas made . tiiolr first appearance last night. I'rima Doima of tbe Paoletta Opera playing at tbe Ohio 'Valley Exposition, Cincinnati, who alternates with Edna Showalter. Doctor BaU in Minneapolis Minneapolis, Minn.. Sept. 5.—Dr. W. H. Ball, tbe well-known medicine show man. spent sev- eral days at the Natlomil Hotel, In Mlnne^.p-: oils last week, where he-was engaged In organ- Izlog another large: medicine show.-- Dr. .:Ball possesses the dlaunctlon of being not only a real showman, bnt a licensed physician as welL being a gradnate of the medical depart- ment of the University of Missouri. . He owns and operates a large number of tbe more prom- inent medicine shows, and Is arranging; for a new show wlilch will carry from eighteen to twenty-five people In addition to a band: and or-: cbestra. trick .ponies,.!trained vdoga,'. and :high- grade vaudeville acts.- and 'Will play, opera- houses tbrongh Minnesota.: Wisconsin;'.Michigan, Illinois. Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma : and the .Indian Territory, opening hla:-: season: September 5. From credentials and -press, no- tices of tbe various towns where he bag played, it is evident that the W. H. Ball Shows have more than made good during the past seasons, and that tbey are'far superior to the ordinary medicine show. Dr. Ball la a Virginian of true Sonthern charm of. manner and hospitality, and it Is as much due to his personality as to: the merit of his productions that his enterprmei have-met with so mueh pobllc favor. He wishes to be remembered nlost kindly to all bis friends snd acquaintances In the profession, and to say to them that "Little. J>oeV. and .'^Fawnee'r'are on the trip. The fort Bnmn Theatre. Port Horan, Mich., opened Angnst li with Tbe Three TwJni. New Plays Satirize Women New York. Srpt. 5 (Special to Tbe Bllllioard). —During September Charles Frohman will pre- sent two satires on the new woman, one treated from the English point of.; view, and the other from :the.-French. .v'One: .will :be.:Smlth In which John DTew:^ will open'sthCv Empire Theatre, on September :5, and the other Decorating: Clemen- tine. Bebearsals for this-latter piece-were begun last week;: The comedy which was written by Mme. de CalUavet and de Flers has been run- ning eight months in Paris. In It will aprear a new co-star combination—O.-P. Hon'Iey. and Miss Hattle Williams. Tbey will be sas'stNl by a notable cast Inclndlng. Doris . Keane, Ernest Lawford and Blebie Ling. VERSATILE A UTHO R-MANAGER. .New York. Srpt. S (Special to The Billboard). —Tbe people engaged for the Adolf Phllipp lyrle comedy. Theresa Be Mine are: Boo. Ber- gere, Glenn Ellis, Helen Keen, Georglana Leary, Agnes Atherton, Jnlla Eastman, Oscar Flgman, Oarrick Major, Harry Lane. Maurice Lavlgne. Harry - Benham, Walter Pashal, Lnlgl D'Orta, Alfonso D'Ortai. George Bobbe, Albert HcOarry, J. 8. KInsloWi Herman Noble and Emil Bier-, man. Adolf PhKIpp-is the only snthor-manager on ■ record wbo is rehearsing the same play in two languages with two etmiivnies in both Eng- lish and -Cterman.- J. - J. ' Rosenthal la general manager of all the-PhUtpp enterprise*. J. Stanley Smith; .manager and owner of the Columbia Theatre, : Alliance, ©., ,ha* r pnr- , chased a farm near Salem. O. :0>n*tderatlon, $18,000. HARRY LINIGER, Who stylM hImaelt'Danr Dr*tl .Dart^ a tlon with the John Bebtnaon 10 Big Showa.