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8 rriie Oillboard SEPTEMBER 24» 1910. QUEEN CITY NOTES Keith's Columbia Offering Stellar Acts—Personal Mention of Vaudevillians Who Appeared in Cincinnati Last Week Tbe second week at the Colombia ander Keith's supervision, presented a blU of acts to the iocal Taadevllle admirers, which will be Tery faTOrably remembered. Tbe arransement of the bill was Tery satisfactory and the feature act exceedingly worthy of Its position. Brown and Cooper, in their sicetch. The Songwriter and the Comedian, opened tbe bm. Tbls ia an act that shows more tlian occasional flashes of real merit, bat will have to undergo strengthening before it will enjoy a better position on the K. * P. Circuit. Burt Shepherd, the Australian Stock WUn Hanlpnlator. was placed seeona on the bill and aceompIlBlied bis feats In my cterer fashion. There Is a certain ale of conHdeiiee bla manner that adds mnch to bis act. Tom Nawn and Co.. appeared ia thdr tabloid Elaylet. When Fat Was King, by Anna Mar- ie. The sketch is very derec and tbe eomedj>i is well bandied by Tbm Nawn, wbo Is'nlak'— . a record for himself In bis Interpretatloit tile King of Minister. . The ever-appredated - Geflcge Austin Moore, flnirth on the blU, drew Us host of admirers to the theatre to greet blm. He was especially good In bis negro character delineation. George was sofferlng from a badly swollen foot. The flfth positlan on tbe bHI was awarded tbe Exposition Fonr, who deserre special notice of their wardrobe and the rendition of tbe number on musical bells. - Tbe term supe^ could be Justly applied to their act. Tbs feature act^ -that of: Wm. Faninm, in the HUIet^B Ifa8terplece,-was next on the pngram. Tbls drama towered above eTerythinff ' else * on the bill in its classical conception and masterly treatment at the' hands of the romantic actor now making his first vandevllle tour. The only fear to be expressed is that tbe majority of randeTllle patrons may not appreciate tbe act because of its depth. The seventh position was occupied by * Tom Welch, SIg. Mealy-and Ed. Montrose, in their farcical sketcb. Play Ball.-. Needless, to say,,the big fat bean-eater met with the approvu' of the audience. The acrobatic work displayed was of a high-grade varied. " ' , . Tbe .closing act of the bill disclosed ..the Slve Juggling Normans, club.inanlpiilatin,i wIid'lmTe worked up an intricate uind original entertain- --ment.'^' The passing of dubs m a'tbree-bigh position, - which ordinarily requires the use of their hands In bracing one another, marked their act as .one of the best of its kind. Eckoff and Gordon., musical laugh-makers, - pre- sented at the Empress last . week. ■ They are featuring a triple tongne'comet solo on the - euphonlnm. /—B«ore- - commoiclng- their - present 8. and Gi; engagement, tbe team had been rus- ticating at their home In East Haddam, Conn. Tbey have given very appropriate names to their property at this place, one faonse belne -known as tbe Trombone, while another is called the Clarinet Wright and Stanley, in their act of mlmlcty and* comedy, have' now spent their tenth week on Snlllvaa and Conaldine time. Mr. Wright last year, toured tbe W. T. A. dnnlt in a alngje act while bla wife. Mlas Stanley,- will be recalled as a stock actress, wbo spent'the entire last year at the Bbrepangb boose, Phil- adelphia. They have a very lively ending to their act, which they accomplish by ildlng- Off tbe stage on a train which tli^. have bad especially prepared. . The Three National Comlques, Formley, Adn- bato and Flesche. were fourth, on. the bill at the Empress last week, at which time they commenced.their S. and'O. engagement.; -Prev- ious to this they have been -worlong lioew tlmei from the East here. , ' Geo. Teoman, Just a German^ Jester, paid'bis respects to Cincinnati at the Empress-last -week, very early In the season. He is ve^ popular with local audiences who applauded the minute 'Ids name .was flashed from the amiooncement easel. Yeoman-Ja offering an entirely new line ■ of talk. --^r^ •■^'i;■ Sam J. Curtis and Co:, "In tbeir original . sdiool act, occupied tbe'feature posltlfm at the EmpiesB. Fanny Fish, one of toe school girls, : spent her last week with this act, and has been replaced by Miss IsabeUe Crawford. Curtis bought the rights of T<'lla Mclntyre's socceas- toi -spng. Chewing Gum, whicb: nts veiy nice in hla act. The big boy says be hail been going some -vltbout stopping, having spent- twenty- live weeks on S. and C. The Ward Bros.. In their Pedal , were to be found second on tbe bin at Empress. * The Gamellas. eccentric comedy act. played second on the bUl at the Andltorlran last^iveek. Lottie Dwyer Trio, novelty singen and danc- working the Mmtla- time during the summer, put forth at tbe Andltotimn laat -week. . lottle announces that her act Is booked up mitfl December. Aul«ey Bl^ singer and character delineator, mened^ttae bni at the Andltorimn last week. Me vrtir.be remembered as having been -with CJarles Wayne last season. Miss Btch sings in three dltrerent voices In her act, deep bamone, mezzo soprano and gives an exhibition of coon had^the experience the week of the 11th, of being in two acts on tbe same bill ; wbUe at the I.yrlc Dayton. Ohio. Just before the matinee^ Mrs. B. Warren Hatcb, wbo, with ^^^r .bosband. piesents Miss Cnpld. was taken vaenomy HI and coold not possibly assnme her : part. .'Miss 'BIch volunteered her services and - successfully held down the new part, although ■be bad bad scarcely no time to prepare tor It, baving^ scarcely Dslsbed her own act. Canon, Chatham and Keating. In their new tbree-act. At Crows Nest Inn, featured the hill at the Auditorium' last week, in their new . rural sketch which they are presenting this season. CanoU was with the Gotliam City Four, WbUe Keating was formerly a tenor -with tbe Gypsy Wayfarers. Jim Chatham announces that ; bu wife. Vane WaUace, wbo presented a dou- ble with bim last year, has temporarily retired from tlie stage because of.ni healtb. Nolan, Sbean and Nolan, comedy acKibatle act, opened tbe bUI at the American last week. The boys are featuring a donble kickaway somer- sault and bead Hlpfli^n. DeBosi's Branze Beantles BbsiiiK Act, dosed the bm at tbe American last week: TUs live- person statuary act reproduces the antiques and the classics, winding up with the fountain, has proved an excellent closing pose for this act. Henderson and Sheldon, versatile banjo play- ers and harmony singers. Jumped in at the American from the ^ntb, where they have been working :for some time in Texas and even down In-Mexico,; .where an act of Cbeir nature meeta witb tbe hearty approval of that nation- ality. Tbe specialize an eight part mcbestra harmony, wbidi tbey' accomplish by sinslns and playing at the' same time. Tbe Deagons, In tbe Dntch Girl and tbe BaU Boom : Boy. were second on ' the bill -at the NOTES OF TH E ROAD Personal Mention of Vaudeville Performers Playing the Metropolitan Cities as Well as Smaller Towns. The Fonr Musical Comets; under the direction of Bill.Huehn, are meeting with grand success,, after being: booked as a feature act at Young's Pier, Atlantic City, N.. J., tbey were booked as the extra added attraction with the Music Hall Girl Co. and scored a tremendous bit at tbe Worcester .Theatre. Worcester, Mass.. with their musical. selections. On various instru- ments, and the splendid singing numbers which were rendered by the sister team in the act. Clara and Estelle, late of tbe Pearl and tbe Pumpkin Company, called tor several encores. The act . opena with three. girU 'and one man, aU: dressed In red aaUltary band uniforms CLARENCE BENNETT, Author of The Holy City. A Boyal Slave and other successes. Be Is at present devot- ing himself to the preparation of a new play. Thy Neighbor's Wife, which be considers bis masterpiece. American. They have Just commenced work after spending the summer at their home in Griath, Ind. On the same bill with them were to be found the Leland Sisters, their daughters, who are presenting a singing and dancing act which Inclndes Scotch Impersonations. The Original Peter' the Great, occupied the third position on the bill at the American last week. The act received very favorable notices while here. A younger bi^oon called Prince George Is being carried along in readiness to snbstltate In case of : Illness on tbe part of Peter. , „ Consul^ tbe educated Simian baboon, is tbe featore act at tbe Emptess this week. A re- ception -was extended tlie-nionk atr tbe depot. Chris O. Brown, manager of the New York office of the Sullivan and Consldlne Booking Exchange, arrived in ton'n Sunday to have a conference with the' present managers of tbe Empress, Cincinnati, Mr. Ed. Shields and H. E. Boblnson. After a brief stay, he hurried on- ward. Mack end Bnrgess, in their one act comedy playlet, Casey, the Clock Maker, presented at Boblnson's last week. Chas. J. Msck is a well- known local boy and drew many friends into the opera bouse to witness his ■ performances. Mabel Burgess has introduced -Will Bosslter's Twilight In tbe place where she used to sing bis Dreamland.* Frankle Slegel, the little girl with a big voice, was third on the bill at Boblnson's last week, with a new chancre of wardrobe. She' baa been In burlesque for Hurtig and Seamon tlie greater part.of her'stage career. (Continued on page 40.) trimmed with gold, matching ont to the foot- lights all playing brass Instruments, afta which a change of costumes takes place and aU ap- pear in a light comedy skit. The act in a whole is a pronounced sucess. That John Brinsiey. tbe old actor who plays tbe part of the mill superintendent in Peyton Boswdl's Steel, is made of stem stnff was proved last week when, after having sustained a broken arm in a fall at tbe Family Theatre In Sterling, Hi., be kept right on with his part, flnlsblng tbe engagement. BrlnsIey. following, ss he thought, tbe stage manager's direction on bis first night In tbe theatre, opened a door In the dark and fell a distance of six feet into the aUey. He was stunned by tbe fall, bnt a few mlniites later another member of the Steel east beard bis groans and carried him into the theatre.- A .surgeon was summoned and the broken arm set, after which Brinsiey went on with tbe show. On Steel's return to Chi- cago, however, he dropped out of the' cast tem- porarily, and a substitute Went with the sketch to Ulchlgan, WiUlam Stuart closes September IT with the Poll Bummer Stock Company at Springfield, Mass.- He baa been playing the leading Juvenile roles witb that organisation since Msy 2. Mr. Stuiirt will resume vsudeville work the coming season and will open with Mr. and Mrs. James B; ^IcCann' St the Fifth Avenue Theatre. New York, September 18. Be wlU play the part he created In tbe original prodnctlon of Kate Mc- Laurln's one-act comedy. Uncle Charles of Obarleston. W. B. Dalley. who Is assisting bis wife. May Nannery In The Hand That Bules, celebrsted bis birthday at Cincinnati, with an atter-tbea- tre luncheon at which were present Artbnr C. Alston. Fred Block, Walter Messenger, and Bd. Shields as guests. Billy confesses to 2i sum- mers. 'The White Palace Theatre In Obicago, which opened last spring, began Its season September 8, playing fire acts booked by John J. Nosb, of tbe Chicago Sullivan and Consldlne offlee. Utr- tinez and Martlnea. Brothera De Van, and EdUh Mote were on the opening bUl. with twv Other acts. Tbe Three Coltons after dosing with the Empire Burlesque Circuit, have started their season in vaudeville, for Jake Stenard, after a six weeks lay olt at South Beach, ' Mich. These entertainers made good while playing at the Fifth avenue Theatre NaBbvlUe, Tenn. Grace Cnmings and Harry Thorton, in their new act, entitled The Girl and the Travellog Man, opened on the Interstate Circuit at Chat- tanooga, Tenn., September 5,-.vrlth ten.weeka to. follow, after which tbey play Western Tands- ville Association time. After undergoing a successful operation for appendicitis. Miss Florence Elsley, of Eiisiey, Ottke and Ellsley, was released from tbe Sbreve- port Sanitarium, Sept. S. The trio. wIU tenime their tour over the Billy Ellwood Cirenit on Sept. 18. Emerson and LeClcar ate now on their SOtb week on the Bodkins time. They wUI be seen in Chicago shortly in a new act now In ttreps- ration, tbe title of which Is, Oouotry Capers. This act will be equipped with special scenery. C. Porter Norton, after a two months* sojourn at bis home at Paw-Paw Lake, MIeb., has re- sumed bis bookings on the Hodklns Clrcatt, opening at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. Nash- ville, Tenn., Sept. 5. Dave Bsfael, wbo has bought the rights to Ed. F. Beynard's former prodnctlon. On tbe Farm, has signed with the Sullivan H Consldlne. CIrcnIt and wUl appear at the Majestic in Ksn- sas City. tUs week.. ,■ _ The Kanfmanns: 'opened'BeptembCT 11 tit Bis- marck. N. D.. with contracts for ten conseen- tlve weeks on the Geo. B. Webster circuit witb ~ an option of twenty more weeks In that ter- ritory. The Drapers, presenting their laughable od- dity, Tbe Coon From Mobile, have Jnst flnllhed thirty weeks in Canada and oii the'Padllc Coast. They are now playing the. Sun^ time. Joe Fanton and bis athletes are on tbelr -way to New York City where tbey have their fltst Eastern showing the later of September. Tbey are booted over the Orpheom circalt. Frank B. Kirk, better known as Pan-Handle- Pete, will close with the 20th Century Amuse- ment Co. In a few weeks, to take up vanae- vllle for tbe winter season. The Famous Arnold Twin Sisters, tbelr sla- ana brother (Cyril and Baby'I.eacale) and: Max- ine Winston, tbelr manager, are now at Uieir home in New Orleans. Al. Bernard, tbe Bov Prom Dixie, singer of coon songs, Is being held indefinitely at tte Alamo Theatre. New Orleans, 1*. But still in Williams Kuhle's care. Moredock and Watson are now on their way towards Home Sweet Home, which is in Hender- son, Ky., where tbey will take a few weeks rest before going East. Palmer and Lewis are still plsylng , nnited time with tbelr spectacular travesty Introducing Miss Lewis in her sensationsl Orientsl barefoot dance. ■ - - ■ Mrs. -...ereea McClelland, widow of Fred Mc- Clelland, known as Fred Beuio, tbe acrobat, bas . parcbased tbe Star Theatre, oonalgee, Okla. Tom Linton's Jungle Girls are under the man- agement Of Chas. B. Edrlogton, who U also being featured In the act by Mr. Linton. The Crystal Palace Theatre, Wilmington, N. O., opened September S, witb vandevIlTe. Tbe Palace is managed by Frank Pfelfer. ~' The Dean-Orr Sisters and Sheet Gallagher open for Snillvah tc Consldlne at tbe Colonial Theatre in Indianapolis tbia week. J. W. Ludlow, formerly manager of th* BUM Theatre, Watertown, N. T., la now managsr w the Antique Tbeatre; that dty. ; . : Dock'Liner baa the management of. the Naw Pekin 'Theatre, NasbviUe, Tenn. ' The bona* la devoted to vaudevUle. Bisbee and Connelly, mnslieal and-lariat apM- ning act, open Sept. .28, for ten weeks on the Geo. B. Webster circuit. ; . Harry LaBelle, gymnast, has opened on tbe Orpheum time after working tbitty-two weeks for the W. V. M. A. The Merry Bachelor, with a cast of eight people, headed by Fay Follette, has opened on the Sun time. Sterling Bros.. eqniUbrlsts and acrobats, opened on tbe 'Ted Sparks Circuit, Sept. 26, for ten weeks. Raymond Knox and George Scrvis have Joined hands In a new act, entitled Tbe Graduate and the German. Bay Dick, contortionist, closed with the La- ment Brothers' Circus, snd is now playing vau- deville. " Cal. L. Uhl and Miss Dolce Melrose arc with H. B. Pleroe and Company's Squaw Man Com- pany. The Phillips Sisters have postponed their Eu- ropean opening from September 10 to a later date. The Rogers Twins opened their season at the Majestic, Fort Worth, Texas, September 12. Wm. K. Schrier. opens on the WUIIain Iforrls time at New Orleans, September. 28. .: Art Adair opened at Ottnmwa, la., for 23 weeka of W. V. A. time.