The billboard (Sept 1910)

SEPTEMBER 24,1910. Xtie Billboard 15 BURLE SQUE NEWS Eastern and Western Wheel News Assembled Ex- clusively for Publication in The Billboard- Personal Brevities of Stage People By SYDNEY WIRE. 1 uir The Paiitng Parade (Weitera WhMl) .t J5 AiMdSwrPltttbari. Usl week, and wa. JJi^ied iTioe <:l«»/ ptoductloQ that ClliT SSSbd »*b» Nortfi h«e given the EmplM Mrrall Thertow la an ornament to the weat- rli ihMl and » credit to the prodntera. The SSk SSSUSr ! ^^Utent theme, while the catchy and the nmnbera- nnuauaUr ffw/y No aetiU haS been neglected and the U Void of any alngle tatat, auggeaUon of mat OT Tulgailtj. in the opening alone, four J£3«M o/Kenery are made, all of them artU- Sc ind worthy of a Broadway houae. 8»i Sldman heada the caat and la aooo k fa^te. He 1. ably aupported by Charle. Drew, who make* a clean and conventional "Tad." 5i Byron to a neat-looking atralght miiii. wtA 0^»r Dnrgin doea nicely as a dlagnlaed dnke. cSTiTsiWeater. May„Eo«>, M«lon J. Benaon. Jnllu» Packard and Helen Narrir are aU well anlted to their parts, and a good-looking Una- Si^ eSirtuTlSoya and Blrla Help many »,Pre«y S«? Retire. One of the number. In tbe Smtes la appropriately and aetorately dreaiHI, SSS^ robSTaSd coronet, of the British p«r- «3e the aoiS being The Pamlly la After « No- ffemanT nremlB& one of Meaara. W. 8. OU- bert and Sir Arthur SuUlvan, and the days of H M* a. Pinafore ana lolanthe. hot lu reallam to Sinewhat orer the heada of the ayerage bnrleMiue andlMic* and »t» real ralue >»i;P0««4 to the cooawment lack of apnreclaUon. The dta- SSgroem acene In the opening to one of the ^!!ufPd thlnn ever aoen on a burleequ. luge'^th Itir banquet^table and teallaUc nODntlea,- lt» maaalTe chandelier and heayy ^Slh curt-lna at the aide and center enhances, tinkle Pajama. which dowid the opening. U 5 Wg bit. and the glrto work weU. See-aawa, upon which are balanced pretty and »mllln« pmlea. are wheeled down itage. so that their oocnputa are notoed orer the andlenee as the Me-aaw« away up and down to a Ujely aong. ■Neath the Old Palm Tree to one M the big hita of the ahow. and tbe tmpenonatlona by membeia of the chonu are all clever and de- aerre a place on tbe program. Margaret _Hpw- ard. aa Maggie Cllne, was one of the favorttes, aa waa Millie Blair aa Joe Welch. Mlaa Blair to deaerrlng of a part and a nnmber, aa she to • decidedly deyer gtrl. paasesstng more than erdlnary hamor, and decided ablUty aa a char- acter eomnllenne. Mlaa Benaon appeared In three Uta. but eoold be easily given more, as she appears to poaaesa^nMnu than ordinary abil- ity. Iiota more could be aald about Meaara GoTdan and North'a new abow but It la ansl- cient to aay that It will certUnly hold lU place aa a bnrles>)ne ptounctlon of the better grade, and an excellent model tat aome of tbe older nanagera to pattern from. The copy on the program to very: vagne and poorly compiled, many ot the names being mtoapelled. while tbe exccntli« - staff Indadlns the - leader and the stage crew. ai« ignoied. ■ '4 Now that the aeaaon Is well started and the rough comera have been amoothed off moat of the ahows so that they are beginning to run with an eaay grace, managers have been able to Bgnre out the various little Itema of prelim- inary upenaea and are gradually breaking the nawa to the anxloua members of their cbomaea aa to the extant of the mneb-dreaded wardrobe MIL and to prepare statementa ot the various I. O. D.'a contracted dnrlns rehearaala. Tbe wardnHw evU to one of the principal evlto of the present-day burlesque system, and the expenaea Incurred by the pnrchaae of aneh oddentato aa tl-hta. ahoes, atoeklngs, etc., leave the poor eborlater In debt for quite a big part of the tetson. With some of the shows tbe wsidmbe bill to comparatively email, while, with otbera. It to nnpleaaantly large, and lis paymeal prevents the poor debtor from laying aside any money until the seaaon to halt gone. Tbt ultimate coat of wardrobe to rarely given out until the abow la well on tbe road and It to naually mmoted that "tbe wardrobe bill will be very email thla aeaaoo." lAt when tbe final Item is cnmpnnnded and totaled there Is usually a very dlfferrnt story, and the amount to often •f an alarmlnc aagidtade. There la a <>reat deal of difference In the wardrobe bllla of the various ahows and where one amounta to but a few dollars, with another •how It la often aa high aa $80 or even $00— quite a chunk out ot tbe small salary tbe av- erage ehoma gkl eama In a seaaon'a work. It •Mma hardly fair tnat sneb large wardrobe Itema abonld be farced unon the poorly-paid eborlater, and it would be better if there conld be aome war of eatal>'UbIng a limit that would telng the «nt «t wardmiie within easy reaeb of tnote who have to pay the piper, and to Im- prove condiiiona for tbe poor gbto who bete to the burleaoue ahow the aneecaa it to The wardrobe bill cornea at the most "?"' "i the_beflnBln» of a MasMi following a long lay-off, i teh often leaves I?5 aid with the • JMd jte long weeks ot half salary mate Ufa ? uiUery and a torture. ; «„ SSlti^'SS? '.° "«>"««7> burleaque are Improvlns ?h.l^S.*^l»' "J " •» >* aincerely bopel toat the matter of waruMbe will be adjnated df«^S.»*.* .i!'? ^many other little Items and J55^J»rt»^ M>at the average chorua girl baa to Sh5lS?'i.i5'ff* o!* »<• of Oallaaher and In »fcL*i_.!£_5"5*£."'"*> •»* worklnic hard aIU^S..l?i^'..'S.i!? «.tt»actlon. Sam waa Ia«t ^* M?5 P'v! Sl'^l Clark's Jersey Ulles. a.TSSJ".*"^"'* Maidens (Eastern wheel) Is not ISJJm^.! •?. be expected and.lt to oSSin J^ u I.?2J ""•"I?" are tp^be made. The the .,2111*/A'»fi!?« >»••• tonstsr with iSS»*\r"" "I "la aeaaon'a produetlona. Tbe oSf%.™i?:j"^n'" «£• exceUent work of tbe wh« i!2I."S'-J*"7' ?ni»nion and Oladya Sears. thlSaT^uK'lS "e"". On* 0* <be best tb^^M..!^ cIoKlnj of the flrat part, when In ?hn!5f2-I?„J"£!5iL'* »»to]e«I drtll. attired Ti.J?*.ir'*'"T'1"'L of tbe hIgUander. bi7thSf-*!2j»ff rrS »"« number la the o«»t thing aecD la bnriesque for a long time. The ahow carries a splendid olio, which to opened by Barto and Macue in a clever pbyalcal- culture act. Fanny St. Clair looka well, but her voice wai in bad ataape when I saw the show and her act waa hardly a aucceas. Gladya Bears and Billy McRoi>le,- In Adam the Second, made quite an Impreaalon, while the old-time alnglng and dancing act ot tbe Crelghton Brothers waa a decided hit. The Crelghton boya, while not particularly good In the different parta they handle In the burlettas. adequately make up for all Bhortcomlnga In their specialty, which la one of the big hIta ot the ahow. The Three Lelghtona. In A One-Ntght-Stand Mlnatrel Show, worked eaaily and helped the show CQostderaUyt HEARD ESf ADVANCE Theatriccd Trail Blazer Writes of Personal Experien- ces Encountered on the Road, of the People He Meets and of Conditions as He Finds Them By TOM NORTH. Persona who pasa along Fourth avenue. Ix>nla- vlUe, Ky., on the east aide, between Market and Jefferson, after eight o'clock on hot nlshta. see aome. rare sights. Tbe alley wbl^ tana throogb this block paasea In the rear of the Cayety Theatre. It Is well-kept and the breexea which sweep through do not carry the cnatomary alley odors. Tbe Gayety glrU have made of It a kind of green room annex, and after their atrenuona stunts on the stage, for tbey do work bard, they aeek whatever coolness that to to be found outside. Several elgarette-sucklng "Johnnies," who have tried to butt In on tbeae at treaco assembUea, have onconnteied ■ real LEW DOCKSTADER. The famouB mlnatrel, la here shown aa photographed on hto birthday, which waa ieelebtated at Asbury Park, a few daya ago. The "bumt cork" arttat decided to open Ua mlnstrela for thehr twentieth annual tour on tbe annlversaiy ot bto birth, and while lia leroses to tell Ids age. say* ha teela aa yonthtol aa ever. Dnttng the past twenty years Dockatador has never missed the customary dally atieet parade, which meam from three to five miles walk every noonday Is all klnda ot weather. "I attribute my present good health to this outdoor exercise," aaya uw. "and my advice to everyone who wlsoea to keep youthful and In robust condttloii la Iota ot walking In. the open, air." although they were badly placed, toUowSng the Crelghton boya, aa both acta rely npoa their clever dancing for their auecesa. Harry Kmetaon scored heavily In The Fortune-Teller number and la aa tunny aa ever. The Mldnlgbt Ualdena aceda some repairing before It can hold Its own with the (daneral run ot thto aeaaon'a eaatem wheel prodneUona. , ■■ . . Of all tbe popular women In burlesque there are noae more teapected or better liked than the famona Boae Sydell. Miss S.vdell. aa every- body knowB, la Mrs. W. S. Osmirtwll In nrivata lite, and to tbe recognlaed queen of burlesque. Bhe to the best-known and most famona woman In theatricals to^ay, and to now atarring with bet own show. In the eighteenth seaaon ot Ita moot peoopetoos career. Aiwaya clever, ever beautiful, aha to playing to the same phenom- enal bttslneaa which haa alwaya characterised her toura over the burleaque drcnlto. She haa many friends, 'and her name la the guarantee which never falls to draw tbe crowds which dally attend her performances. Miss ardell to not working aa hard tbia aeaaon aa ot yore, (Continued on page 60.) "frost." and have wondered at tha eocdnesa ot the air In that vicinity. One entbustastle young man, who witnessed it from a distance, and fain would have drawn nearer, exctolmed: "Say, If the ahow Inaldes beata this it most be a winner for fair." This b Itank Gentry's contrlbntloo: One ot Judge Undsey's stories Is ot a poor Irishman who was arrested on tbe Fourth of July for punching another man'a face. Wben the judge asked him It he waa goUbr. be aald: "Sure, that'a what I'm here to find out." The judge tM blm be waa charged with atrlfclng a man. "But wasn't It the Fourth ot JOIj, and couldn't I have a-bit ot fun!" "Yes." said the Judge, "but your right to hava Inn ended where thto man'a noae^can. , ' ■♦ , , ■ First page of lAutovllle TImea waa recently made lovable by a large cnt and Adlowtatg atory ot Joseph Behmer: Tbe manager of Ttie Girl In the Kimono, next week's attraction at Maeauley's. Is a former LoulavlUe "boy," who stIU haa man frienda In thto city. He Is Joseph Beymer. His father. Harry Beymer, some years ago, kept a popular cafe on Green street, between Third and Fourth, a aectlon then known aa "newspaper row," _iTk°°?? ^fl"4' ^"3 theatrical career with the old Harris liouse. now the Avenue, back In 1805. After a season or two he went to Washington, and later to New Xork, alwaya moving up the scale ot aucceas. Be . has been Etr'i.*^"J*.J?"Jf »'^"*«.«>»*a »ow has he had the time to tarry and renew "Old i.ang Syne." ♦ CWdwen B. Caldwi^. ahead of Ihe tfember from Oxark. has Introduced one of the moat novel aa well as most effective Ideaa to craata i?J'.*f* bto attraction. The play to a no- H."*?f. -'!?. l\ ■» well-known fact that the State of Michigan limits Its poUttelans. no matter how large <» how amall to a certlne also at advertlalns. and wiilcb same alze Is very ■".flJ-. lysine the great, surprise of Detroit polltletona on.a recent electioa day to behold r-.---. m .Bvvuk . vftmioa nay lo oenoia i?fiSS::^S"*" of glmtog color staring from every hiiih«.«t .-wi aani, I, dty. which read: It yon believe In Honeat Elactlona. Vote fOr CARLXLB U. BOUT tot United States Senator. C7- BEMEMBEBI V Our Motto has ever be«i Ua OuMIng Star, "SAI-US POPUU 8DPREMA XE3C BSTO." (The welfare ot the People to law.) Every man who atUl believes In having a gov- ernment of the people and for the people. wUl vote for Gov. Carlyle M. Holt, for Dulted Statea 4;^°lS~£" him meana a VOTB FOB HONEST POLmca. A vote agalaat him -fo.YS^*' ?2^^ BRIBEKY. COBBVPTIOS AND GRAFT. The other candidates may be all right, but I AM FROM MISSOURI, and tbey will have to SHOW MB. ^DESHA POUI/rNBT, _ _ „^ (The Member from Oaark.) Jefferaon raty. Sept. I. UIO. Tha^a the way the three-aheeta read. Every- body thought they bad a kick coming, and they kicked. The Inveatlgatlon commltteea huatled around, and found upon their doae Inveatlgatlon that "The Member from Oaark" would appear at the Detroit Opera House. Labor Day mattoee and night. The latereat created aold out the matinee, and the company failed to arrive un- til late on account of a railroad accident. The night business was a veritable riot. Cohan and Harris have a valuable man In Caldwell B. Caldwell. Mlaa Francea Ruth Starr to not related ta Frances Starr, who to appearing In The Baaleat Way, and baa been compelled, baeauae of tha similarity In names, to make many corrections. However, tbe star of Tbe Saaleat Way would have DO occasion to regret a kinship with the winsome mlaa who appears aa tbe dauKhter ot a grasping millionaire In a vaudeville act. Married for Money. Mlaa Starr would not have to "martr for money," because she haa an on- 'l* '^i" ■ cattle ranch near San Anto- nio. Texas, who had urged her to give up the atage. Tbe lore ot the footllgbtn ta too attong, however, and ahe aaya aba wooldn't give ni» tha rouge and gieaae paint for an the enttcementa of the range and a whole herd of loag-homa. ♦ Walter Nager, WDltom and Ruth Campbell, Cfaaries MOIer, Orval and Mabel Ball, Orval Graves, Claude Ketterman. Boberi Beard. Leslie Ohnert. Harold Toms. Robt. Wright and Mary De.ffenderter. all living at Cambridge Ctty. lad.. V^^^- S*? *■ weatern drama entitled Tha Round Up. that netted tr.fiB for tha IndlanapOlto News Freah Afr nmd. Better look Into that, K. * B. ♦ Manager Miller, of Engltoh'a Opera House, IndlanapoHi, is Rcelvtng dl sorts of Inst praise fur the tebnUt and redecrorated Interior of thla heaotltnl plajrhanse. AU tbe draplnga and car- pets ai» In'harmony with the old KM and burnt orange decorations, and the new seata are mighty comfortable and abaolntely. noiseleas. I en}oy meeting Manager Miller. ■ ♦ ■ mi Bnwn, formerly press agent. Park The- atre, IndlanapOUi, after displaying his loyalty to that theatre a good many years, la now Superintendent of Publicity of tbe Majestic The- atre, aame city, tbe cosy home of the Arvlne- Benton Players. Pbll u aome boy and some press agent, and believe me. thto la some title. Bead It again. While playing one of tbe (micsgo lota with Gentry Circus, a tew weeks ago. a lady came up to me. aaylng: "1 am looking for a little man with one'eye." I advised her the top waa packed, and that It the man ahe was looking for waa a Taty Httle man. she had better ,nae both eyes, an? B. B. Gentry walked back Into the menagerie. ■ ♦ Frank Thomas, tbe second leading man with the Arvlne-Benton Players. Tndtaaanolta. eomca from a family of theatrical folk. Bis nnelo la. Augustus Thomas. Mr. Thomas has been on .tha atage sinee .be was four yeara old. Hto llrat appearance being with Hearta ot Oak. ♦ - A Uttea. N. T.. preacher sure did reallj and. truly work. Labor Day, It we can baUer* ports. He married eleven conplea.