Billboard advertising (Sept 1910)

SEPTEMBER 17, im 'T tie Billboard 9 CHICAGO VARIETY New Acts Reviewed by Billboard Representative-Dis- cussions of Other Acts Appearing at the Leading VaudeviUeH^ ALL-BTAB OHIOAOO TA0DEVIIXB BllXk ' TVBBK OF ADOUSI 20. \ A—Jewell'i Manlkloi. MajMtlc, No. 7. Fnll Stage. B—Uly I<en«, Entertainer. Malcstic, No. 6. In One. 0—Adelaide Kelm ft Co., Comedy Sketch. JoUan, No. 6. roll Stage. D—Hendenon ft Thomaa. 8. ft D. American, No. S. In One. E—Marimba Band, 'Hnalcal Act. Centnrr, No. S.- FnU Stage and In One. F—Edward Ardes ft Co., Dramatle Sketch. Majestic, No. 9. Foil Stage. O^Hatry Fox ft HllleraUp Slaters, Non- Maleatle, NochlO:; In; One.' :-V' H—AHBUA BINOOAU ft OO.. FUyleta; American, Mo. 8. HUI Stage. I—Cliff Gordon, Comedian. American, No.-9. In One. J—Madame Bedlnl'a Hoisea. American. No, 0; Foil Stage. Jnst aa the veekS'go on ao the all-etar bill grow4 stronger and-stronger. This week's ag- gregation, on paper, looks to be the' beat erer, and snrely should snch a bill be staged the drawing powers would be almost InconcelTable In strength. Imagine It you can a bill opened with Jewell's Manlfclna and lily Lena, and yon «u readily realise the lottery of choosing the headUner ot soeh a bill.: Every act la strong enough to be eligible, ao popniarlty of repu- tation la the only point which distinguishes one act from another. On thla point the cTCr popu- lar. Amelia looks, the strongest; partleolarly so when conpling with the idea the popularity of the "strong bits from strong plays," which she and her company are presenting. Adelaide Kelm ft Co., with the same popular sketch aeen at the American Unslc Hall last season, was at the Julian the Orst half, and In her own neighborhood drew' more crowds and went bigger than * any act ever .on the-North Side. .6he would fit wondertnlly well In the third spot with CynthU Bright, the Decorator. Hendetson ft - Thomas, the singing and dancing hit of the American Music Hsll, would easily take care of that branch of dlrerslon preceding the Marimba Band, another act. which won con- sldersble repute at the American last season, with their unique musical act. . Edward Arden ft Co., who headlined the Ma- jestic, although not a strong rival for that honor on tbe plcked!.Iot. .woiaa smooth any wrinkle which might raaeA ltselt non^ Ue sixth position. Harry -Fox and the MlUershlp Sisters, with their artistic nassense. ate j toss up for the spot next to closing -with _Cllfl Oor- doo. but the bin woOId need some S. and D. Inst aboot at this point.- so CUB could precede the dosing act, Madame Bedlnl's Horses. All' the principal bouses have by this time thrown open their doors and, are providing so moch gooa material lor the AU-Gtaleago bUl tbat loatlce to the merit of small time actt for posi- tions Is becoming more dlOlcnlt. The strongest eonaolstlon for such acts Is that the hest one can do is to make a; good try for the h""!?' out of Justice In the selections and that is the Intutlon in selecting this list. NEW AC TS R EVIEWED. THE NINBTIEEN TTBOLEANS, PBESBNTINO A W'EIXDINO IN THE AlfS. ■Wilson Theatre. No. 6. Full stage; special scener;: 15 minutes. Seen evening, Sept. 7. Ontslde of the melodious yodeling indulged In by the fnll nineteen and «he same Idea spe- dsllsed by one of the compsny, the act as me- seated hss little entertaining value other than Its decided -novelty characteristics. , Prohsbly every detail ot the act Is characteristic ot AIp- lah mannerisms, hut a great many of these, to the "stay-at-home" tourist, seem overdone. Hsd tbe scenery effects, which can only be bad by a semi-darkened stsge. . been allowed <to continue throughout' the act.? probably . our imagination .vosM have been more vividly plastic snd the effect -would have been f much more toward the rtiiflt desired. The singing to at all Umes, har- nwDlouB. but even this pat* of the act eqald be (lettered considerably by the intradoetlon of Dote sympathetic melodies. ARCHIE OniERIN, IK MONOLOOOE. . aiajrstlc Thestre. No. 4. In one; 14 minutes. Been evening, Sept. «. Youthful In yesrs, he seems Just aa youthful la stage experience, tor, surely, with the ex- eepUon of. the newness and novelty of some ot Jus songs;, the impression left was not ex- ttsordtnary. I've Tsken tbe Msrrtage Vow and Now That 4've Got Her I Don't Want Her were pu redeeming features, although his . Imper- •(WHtlons were as well received as . his prescn- tstiop of them without sctlon would permit, ^chle needs several ounces ot animation, and Wii-n once be has hsd It In connection with JMi pleasing ^volce and appearance, hla salary nock will take a comfortable boom. At preaent n U a Oxture feature on the small <tlme.' BUSH TBUFUI TBT-OOTS FOB THE W. V. U. A. SEEN ETBMINO. 8EPTSUBBB 8. CLIFTON,: BILLY ALLEN. JR., ft Wc»tefn Sketch. Unes well written z—MAROTJBBITB I,A PONTB, WDgUlK Act. oor aclectioB or MDis and Ucklni itage ITOsonce. ■ . S-f!UEENSLADB8 SINGING TABIiEAC. Mov- It Singing Act. A nest offering which _ will prove to be a deetded mvalty J ,"''^r the necessary coaching. *-30B ROSS. Street Musician. Re can play >» seeordlan and Is there with the comedy, ''ut Us singing is poor. 5— CBOTTON BROS., Muscle Posing and Hand to -Hand Balancing. Exeeptionally clever exponents of strength and dezterltj. Spe- cial Soman set. 6— ^OB. P. PRICE ft CO., Protean Comedy Sketch. The Trick on the Janitor yields nothing but the situation and therefore failed to take the count. 7—HALE FRANCES O'BILEY, Straight Sing- ing Act. Maater Hale made a decided hit : with Go Get a Sweetheart From the Emer- ald Isle, All That X Want la Love, and I've Lost Hy Gal. - 8—HANM SI8TEBS, Comedy Sketch. Splendid Idea and well carried out. but ahould find a better flnlsh, as their voices are net strong enough to carry -them throngh. PERSO NAL P ATTER Pertaining to Vaudeville Performers In and Around Chicago—Notes of Their Plans, Prospects and Professional Doings Jack Slotkln, son of .Sen Slotkln, animal dealer In Chicago, has started on the Wisconsin Clrenlt for the United Fain Boittliic Assn. with his Monwey Land Show. wtUeh consists «t a One aggipcatlon of monkeya and other anlinals. Be has a happy family cage, in which monkeys, coyotes, wild boars, rabbits, racoons, and sev- eral other species mingle wlthoDt . even qnar- rellng. and It Jack wants to take-ont any oa* animal from the cage, the others soon stick, snd It Is dlffleult for him to move. Monkey Land played Blvervlew Park last evening and white CI^ thla sesson with great auccess. and will loin the Fair Booking Asaoclation'a South- ern Circuit for the winter. Stone, of Ward and Stone, took sick a week ago, and will not be able to appear on any DUSTIN FARNUM, Now before the public playing Cameo KIri>y. 8—RBNNIE COBMACK, Plasalogae and Singing Act. Scored heavy with Grlzaly Bear, Beau- tiful Rag, and Italian Love. 10— LYONSTLANOON and DB tare. Musical Act. Special set. Lack of conddence on the part ot the man ruined what may have turned out to be a good offering. ^ 11—VENETIAN TBIO, Singing Act. Good voices,\but fared badly owing to tho late hour and theirjMsitlou on the bill.. 12— AERIAL SILVERS, Aerial Act. An excel- lent eloslag number* which can be improyed hy wotkUv faster. SORCHO CONTEMPLATES VAUDE- VILLE. New York, Sept. 9.—Capt. Louis Sorcho has closed the most suecesstnl sesson In his career on Surf Avenue, Coney Island, and is now en- tertaining several propositions to enter vaude- ville on thd United time. His act wni be re- arranged, several novelties sdded to it. ' Captain Sorcho wlU Introduce to vaudeville something new In the way of advertising. Be Intends , to make dally parades with bis stesm cslllope which Is said to be the finest In the world. One day last week°he tried this novelty out by parading Broadway snd created a tre- mendous sensation op and down the lUn. CABLE ENQAQBMENT. . ' Now York, Sept. 13 (Special to The BlU- bosrd).—A cabled contract from New York to London secured for Wm. Morris, Inc., an Amer- ican tour of Wish Wynne, a noted Bngllah eomedleune. Miss Wynne Is aa English favorite through her lyrical character parsonatlaiis. Her debnt In this country will take place at the American Music Hsll. stage for three weeks. Stone has had as at- tack of hiccoughs for seventeen days. Tbe Two McCanns'played Manlton flrat half of laat week, where the lady of the team took sick, and It was necessary to place her In a hoQital. BooUttga for tour vreaka ha-va been canceled. Chrlatensen and SpIUard. billing themselves as "The Csar ot Bagtime and the Boy vrith the Silver Voice," wiu appear tat the llrat time on any stage at the Arcade Theatre, Pullman, tlu first half of next week. They are entertalnera de lux, and should make good wlthoot doubt. CXirlatensen Is well known throughout the Middle West aa having, been one of the beat rag time l uatr ue to ra. before the pabUe, while BUIy Spll- lard baa won coDslderabte repote wortEug tor Frank : Clark and BlUr Ifeompson. dsmooatrat- Ing Ted Snydef a and jenna H. Bamlck's pop- ular'numbers.*''v La Pearl and Bogart will open on the Intarw state September 12. with an entire^ new act. It win be a singing, talking and dancing skit, and they will continue to bill themselves The Rlckemup Kids. Owing to sickness on the part of Blanehard, ot the team ot Warcea and BlanChard. thla act was compelled to cancel both their engage- ments at St. Lonta last week, end the Maiea- tic Theatre. Chicago, this week. The DeOan Bros, and Friday took the place ot Warren anB Blanehard on the Majestic bill, and -went very big with their nnlqne bottle Jumping act. Oeorm Preston; late of the World'a Comedy Four. Is now producing a new laughable aketeh by Frank Kennedy, enUtled A Snaplcloos Wife. Re will have with blm Jim Baimnad. lata ot Balmnnd and Goode. who made a great Ut in the Utle part ot His BIghaess, tha: Bay. and Miss Frances Belk. aaoth^ popalar ssastea] comedy star. They wlU break In their asw act In Chicago. Benny Bomstjin, western representative of the Bsrry Von Tilxer Music Publishing Com- pany, Is reaping a harvest with such sungs ss I Love It, Under the Yum Yum Tn^ and Gal- lagher. Geo, Van. of George Van'a Minstrels, opena < the seaaoa Monday, September B. fea- •tming jAI tliaejnumbers, and also the summer Ut. entitled'I Lend Yon Everything I'n Got ]^cept My. Wlta. and I'U Make Yob a Pivaent w »r. Charley Roche, on the other and tmn ueotga Van, la singing the Yum YUm nonher. The opening of tbe Arcade Theatre, Pull- man, of which Stevena and Wood are the pro. pnetora and managers, took place Monday. Seo- tember 6, with an aU-star bUl, whlAhas aet a hot pace for tbe bookings'to follow. Cat DeVoIl, ot the Amalgamated Amusement Asso- elation, is attending to the bookings, and Judg- ing from the eaUbre of the opening ahow. tUa aaasoa will be a mighty successful one. Blch- arOir and Bomaine. who opened the ahow wttk their great cyclonic aerial act. Ulustrsted that there are stlU some innovatlona to be totroj- duced In the acrobatic branch of vaudeville. Durthea Wolbert and O).. In their onci^ct play- let, A Stag Party, took care of the tafklnc comedy end of the bill, and mad^ anod. Bap Ward, the Jew comedian, was the caly slngM att^on the bill, and canaed fifteen minutes of contlnnal laugbter. The big act on tbe bill, or rather the two big acts on the hUl. was the Great Charcot, who preaented twen^nlne -min- utes of mental tdepathy. and forty minutes of comedy ^hypnosis. This last aet. which con- sisted of ludlerona antics gone through by about ten subjects, set the audience laughing sick. CbsRot put on a window sleep In one ot tha fomltare stores of the Arcade, which had unA to^do toward tlw drawing ot tha laxga emwda which patronised the three opening pettORB- ancea. . ,. ' Adelaide Kelm and Company waa a featnr* Julian laat «ekrwltt fSL, Billboard represeiSitlm tried to review the show, he was compelled to arrange tOT seats la advance, the enUre^onsa havlns: bera sold out for nearly ra^ ^k! act. Hiss Bright. Decorator, are a pret& good Sf?jS5? iVL •J?*?!?*' *"'_Trhen ft emJTt^ playing the nort^ side of Chicago, wbm?^ SSkSS' i5^? ■ ?o«t popalar JavMlte. ItTi &fi*^S? It."^ la another act whidk cooUl rival for thla honw. • _;?ae DuHadway Sisters wm pot en a new »b^ag and dancing aet In Chtcsgo wlthhi tiS next two weekifc All the material for their SSJiJ»,^Sf« "Ji'^™ ^B»y Stover and a Ed^rr Bcfclea, their songs consisting ot mA nimhnrs aa ^ngglbi' iude. Yon can't oS Amsted for Thinklag. aad Drifting. Elabor- ate wardrobe wilt embellish the first two num- """•..■"A"* a special scenery set. showing a moonlight water scene. wlU be used for ratt- ing. Logan and Burt, wbo wem next to etosbiK Son~tSe Wilson Avenue bin lastwek; SsKj lite a riot with home ot the beat selected old- me "good" stuff, almost equaling the recent sneeeas of lAgan's. entitled Tim Man OntsMe. The ^s solos used by I.agsn entitled If I Had tta World to Give, and When the Sell Blnga ping, Dong, are the singing features ot the act. Bess Andra haa Installed, some new musical nnmbars. and seems to be doing better every week. Ber style of act: and pleaahig appear^ SK? SS^*Ji" a popiflsHamirtur at tha WWta City Theatre, where Sha was featnred on^Iaat Mata ate 0 d" *"«* '"•'^aS S: NOTES FRO M DUN CAN CLARK. Dnaran aark^^musement Company believes that the prospeeta tbe coming amum -wUI be more than favoraUe for their attractlona. The Femda Hlnatocte win go out aa usual carrying *l peo pla meatly glrla pUytng in tbe aame ter- i- traveled over tor the past SB years, no Vannie Hill Company, which had a very Mr season wm hsve an entire new out- fit on their next trip and wm go aa tar Wcat aa the Pacific Coast and may take In tba -Phll- ipplnea if aegotiatlona now under way are aat- lafacto^ adjusted. - The laughing Etoneymoon- era, irith Jimmy Barry aa the servant, are play- Inga anmmer toor over tha Aitdome clrenlt. _ Two MJdr. Glaxk'a one-act comedlea are now being acted In vaudevms by well-known ner- «OrBMrfc_ Mr. dark ivenda his vreek ends up to Wadkesha bat comea to the dty often to sr- H"«?,i'»'l^SS^ " «■ probable that Mr. aark wffl eooaoit to atar the conUng sea- aan, in a three-act farce on the order of Jack Steaw, now being written by hla IHend, a weH- known Chicago newspaper man.' Hr. Clark Is enjoying the very beat of health. APPOINTED PUBLICITY PROMO- TER. Z,. O. Grossman. Boston representative of Tbe Bmhoard, haa been appointed publicity promoter of . tha International Vandevaie Association. He haa lasned a neat little pamplet called The Vandevmtan, which givea a aynopsis of sll vsu- devme acta booked by the Assoclstlon. The mtematlraial Vandevme Association I« booking la conjunction with the O'Valgnle Theatrical Exchange. Bert Levy Circuit and the Gus Snn Booking Exchange. CHICAGO BURLESQUE. Chicago. Sept. 12 (Special to The smboaid). —At the Star and Garter, Tha G<dden Crook U thla week holding the boarda. wblla at the ass- ^re .The Merry Whirt is the curmit attractha. The fOny Theatre la offering ita pattcaa The Big Bevlew. and tbe Alhambra Theatre la aa- tcrtaining with The (Xrilcge Girla.