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58 Ttie Olll board SEPTEMBER 24, 1910. HOW THE TRUN K IS MADE 3 layers of tongh bass-wood, and 2 layeni of hard vul- canized fibre weld- ed togetber nnder bydianlfc pressure into one compact, trusty mass-smash- proof lighter than steel and tougher tban rawhide. TWELVE TRUNKS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE NOT LITERALLY, BUT AT LEAST IN EFFECT. a & S 5-PI.V VENEER TRUNK IS NOT MERELY SAID TO OUTLAST 12 ORDINARY TRUNKS. BUT IS iSUARANTEED BY THE TRAVELERS CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEWARK, N. J. OVER 15,000 NOW IN USE th\ PROFESSION G & S 5-PLY'VENEER TRUNK IS SMASH-PROOF. LIGHTER THAN STEEL AND STRONGER THAN RAWHIDE. G & 8 llJgV KKBTtFAK TSUKKS,are built by manufacturers who make every sort of trunk In existence. G & S Neverbreak Trunks are arranged with a top tray that swings into the cover. Send us, to-day, the name of your trunk dealer, and we will mall to you. free of cbarse. an Illustrated Catalogue and Price List, together with a VERV HANDX, tllilQUS, CBIXQIOID KEYEBBBEAK DATE MEMO. L. GOLDSMITH & SON, 112 Canal street, • - NEWARK, N. J. "'•'IliS r - 6-PLV VENEER G A, S NEVERBREAK TRUNKS SELL FOR SIZES: 32ln. 34ln. 36ln. 38ln. 40ln. BROOKLYN, N. Y. (Continued from page 10.) Cecil Spooner. In The Fortunes of Betty, is the attraction at the Grand Opera Souse "week of September lU. The Virginian Is booked for week of September 26. Ninety and Nine Is the attraction at the Ampfalon week of September The bin at Percy G. WUlIams' Orpheum The- atre week of September 12, was Valeska Surratt and Billy Goold. Cbadwick Trio, MarshaU Mont- gomery, Frank Tinocy, Ed. Morton. Froalnl. The Oaleys. Woods and Woods Trio, Eva laylor and Co. - The house staff of the Orphenm Theatre this seaEon Is: Frank KUhoIz, business nuuiager; lobn 6. Hall, stage manager; Frank A. GIraxd, treas- urer; Louis Relnhard. conductor of 'orchestra, and James Harvey, chief usher. The bill at Percy Q. WlUiams Greenpoint The- atre week of September 12, was: Edna May Siwoner and-Co., Jolly Wild and Co., Crouch and Welch, Stuart Barnes, Eenney, Nobody and Piatt. Christy and Willis. La Maze; Bennett and La Maze, Howard and North. Cecil de Mille has started- rehearsals for two of his early productions this season. Joe Welch In Tb" LAnd of the Free, an Italian dialect com- edy, by William C. de MUle, and The Stam- .pede,. an American drama from his - own pen. Both will be seen in Brooklyn later on. The G. A. Forbes Stock - Company presented The Lion and the Mouse at the Gotham Xbeatre wet'k of Sf^ptember 12. The Crescent Stock Company has made a big hit at Percy G. WlUiams'. Crescent Theatre. This tiieatre has one of the best stock companies In this country, and all of the big Broadway successes are produced. The season here should prove a record-breaker. Week of September 12, Samson was presented. Diana of Dobson's Is the current offering. " Natural comedy and dancing ability and a good singing voice has pushed May Miller, a young Brooklyn actress, to the front wltMn a short time. Tills Is her second season on the stage, but she has an Important position with Roble's Knickerbocker Co., which was at the Gayety Tiieatre last week. The Trocadero Company presented last week, at the Gayety Theatre, Finney at the North Pole. Frank Finney, who Is responsible for Hie book and the production. Is the principal figure. Finuey Is assisted by Sam J. Adams, Martin Walsh, the tenor; Hlnnle Bnrke. John G. Grif- fith. Prank Ross. Charles Madison, George Bren- nan, Jeannette Xonng, Daisy Thome Lundy Co- rlnne Ford and Pearl Wade. Last week was a notable one at the Kmplre, with The Rector Bnrlesguers. A Trip to the South Pole Is the principal vehicle. Tom Rob- inson. Lydla Jospy. Cody and Senette, George C. Johnson. Joe Falardo, Georgle Cunningham, Romeo Brianzl and Ruth De Schon are in the company. Extra features were the Brianzl Trio and Mile. LIzzette and her troupe of Flench models. "Evcrythliig new but the name," Is the slo- gan of the Rentz-Santley company, at the Star Theatre week of September 12, presenting The Rollicking Girls. Entertainers with repntatloils help along the fun-making. Clarence Wilbur and James Connors are the principals: Mowa Wil- liams, Pearl Reid. Belle Miller. Florence Vir- ginia and Aubrey Lang have the principal fem- inine roes; Frankle Bailey, of early Weber and Fields days. Is an Important member of the company, and Fred Russell, Harry Prince and C. P. Fagin figure In the cast. Several vande- vDle acts made ur the entertainment. The Jolly Girls, with mirth, melody, dances, show girls and prctfy scenery, came to the Ca- sino, week of Sepr<»ailier 12. The Three Arm- Btnmgs, comedy cyclists, Beatrice Harlowe, Ed- die Devlne, Tony Kennedy, assisted by Miss Xndla Temple are the featnres. The extra at- traction- wss The Bon Bon Buddie Boys, the first time In Brooklyn. ■ Corse Payton's Bljon Stock Company presented The Ringmaster at the BlJou week of September 12. to packed houses. The Corse Payton Lee Avenue Stock Company Is drawli^ capacity crowds to the Lee Avenue Theatre, Mistress Nell was presented week of September 12. . Her Dark Marriage Mom was presented by the Lyceum Suick ■ Company at Phillips* Lyceum week oC September 12: GEO. H. HAKES. BALTIMORE, MD.' ' (Continued from page 10.) Mr. August Fennemnn resumed his reign at Electric Park Sentemher 6. and tals Inaugura- tion was marked with a banquet to the re- tiring owners. As a finale of hi; management of the Suburban on Park Heights Avenue, a performance was frivon for the benefit of a church near by, and the nert evening the whole aggregation appeared at Etectrie Park. Tlie perfoTmance was given on tbe deck. ^QMnvb actors are accustomed to conditions In Jumping into one-nlgbt* stands, the hasty move from one park to another was not pleasing: to them. The performance was given very well consid- ering tbe quick change and hasty arrangements. The Neapolitan Quartette, which has been the reigning hit at-Suburban all summer, will con- tinue at Electric Park. Among the big hits at the park were: Baby Esmond, who captlvat-, ed the audience with, her Inimitable ability; Grimm and Satchell, two clever comedians, and others. Mr. Fenneman will make many im- provements to the nark. Tbe price paid tor It Is said to be f200,000. Ethel Green and The Bounding (^irdons were great hits at the Maryland last week. The house was packed. Mr. Eeman has engage tbe Peerless Hungarian Orchestra for the main dining room of Hotel Keman. Mr. Bernard Ulrlch came back home last week, anzlcosly considering plans for the pre- sentation of grand opera ^next winter. He has a .plan which If It meets' with, success -will as- sure the appearance of the opera company. He sngxeata that If 500 people will" snbscrilie for two five dollar tickets for each of the ten per- formances, Baltimore will have opera this sea- son. His suggestion bas aroused considerable interest, as society people have by mail, tel- ephone and telegraph sent In their suiiscriptions for reservatious. A great rush for reservations is expected next week. William Taylor, seventeen years old, was ar- raigned at the Western Police Station Septem- ber 8, -on the charge of stealing a suit of clothes. It developed during the trial that he had feloniously entered the Liberty Theatre, September 6, and bad departed with $4,300 worth of b(mds, securities, deeds. Insurance policies, and a quantity of admission tickets. Mr. wnilam Fait, the owner, reported his loss to the police but could give no due to the Identic of -the robber. A nnmb« of missing tickets were fonna in Tkylor's possession when be was searcbed at the police station. The pa- pers were found on- a vacant lot In the center of the city. Bow tbe thief gained admission to the theatre Is a mystery that can not be solved. Mr. L. H. Fisher, who for twenty-five years has been the director of the orchestra at Ford's Opera House, recently went abroad for a stay of nine weeks. He returned last week very en- thusiastic over bis-trip. He has suggested the possibility for a subsidized band for this city, to give -weekly concerts, as is now enjoyed in a number of Gorman cities. SYLVAN SCHENTHAL. CLEVELAND, O. (Continued from page 10.) The'vaudeville at Keith's Hippodrome sliowed eight separate and distinct styles of Acra. Wal- ker and Sturm, adepts In the art of comedy 'ugEllng of tennis rackets opened the bill, Tbe Field Bros, eccentric dancers followed. !!hey have a very neat act with some new slops, and the act was well received, especially as this is the first-straight dancing act to play the Hlpnodrome this season. Maxims Models with well-chosen subjects were well up to the standard. An amnslng Incident occurred in the picture entitled The Sheoberd and His Friends, when the dog acknowledged the applause with a bow. Swan and Bamhard, as knock-abont eccentric comedians were a scream. Adelc Ritchie. The Dresden China. Prima Donna, captivated her audience when she first came out. Ser selection of soDEa was well chosen and she certainly got her share of tbe applause. Charley Grapewln, supported by Miss Anna Chance and A. Sell In the Awakening of -Mr. PIpp have a perfect portrayal of the character. He has a style of comedy that the local critics take off their hats to. The surprise of the blU was offerod in the Primrose Pour, fonr good -voices who have some excellent harmony. On the opening night they took seven bows and a real encore. Stella Morrlslnl and her leaping Siberian Wolfhounds closed the bill. At Keith's Prospect Theatre the bill -was es- pecially well balanced. The ofTi^rloK inc'nded Marcons and his hands In sbsdowgraphlcal crea- tions: William Held and Elizabeth Sloan, in singing and talking; Catherine Ooan and Com- pany, presenting a well-staged and finely-acted version of Charley's Aunt, entitled His Room Mate; Graces, Gamer and Parker, In a very, very refined -singing act: Ingalls, Dnffield and Intwils, singers and dancers, : who aie all that the name Implies, while LaSille and Lind, Sen- sational Clab Jugglers, closed. Tbe Grand had a bill which seemed to please Its patrons which after all Is tbe main thing. There were three burlesque comedy .acts on the program which did not give the show the va- riety that Is nsnally seen In this house. Hue- gel and Qninn opened the CHown Bell Boy and the Dancing Sonbrette, In a novelty sketch, en- titled Get Them Inn. Elwood Benton has a good voice and he sings with feeling. Daye, Knlcbt and Daye presented a oatrlotle aketeb with a sensationally tmav flnlds. Tbe Hnalcal Macks are real entertainers while Moss and Frye. two Dark Knights, have a singing act of- merit. The Sldonlas, in their laugh factory. The Lady and the Tramp, closed the iilll and sent the audiences home laughing. The Orphenm bad an offering of exceptional merit, Walton Brothers, ring artists, work all the time dnring their act. Herman K. Seltz, dialect humorist, was well received: Fox and Bvans, emperors of dancing, should get onto big time; Cazad and De Verne, comedy musical entertainers, certainly delivered the goods: Turkey Boyd, the eccentric minstrel, is the real fnn producer, while Goldwin, Patton and Com- pany, who presented The Devil, dosed the bill. Their acting Is classy in tbe extreme. Larry Boyd and Lannlgan and Covert have combined forces in a new act, entitled A Dieam of Minstrelsy, written by Sam (Soldman, late star with the Wine, Woman and Song Company, open in Detroit on the 19th on the family circle of United time. Thatcher and Bums, who, due to the illness Of Mr. Bums were compelled to lay off a week, have accepted contracts on the family circle of United Time and open in Pittsburg on the 2eth. George C3ay, the man who talks and chalks, has been spending a week at his home in (Cleve- land. He opens shortly on Western VandeTllle Association time. Walter A. Shannon, owner of tbe Norrls & Rowe Circus during tbe season of 1910, has been looking Cleveland over the past few days. He says he likes the old town. He might take out a A Mo. 1 circus in the spring. Harry Lyons, who Jost closed with Rlngling Bros., In the front of the house, stopped over a train and saw the boys In Cleveland. Among the popular stage managers of the small time theatres may he mentioned W, W. Hackett, formerly of Grand Rapids. Mich., who Is now stage manager of the New National The- atre, a house seating about 1,200 people, located on the west side. Performers speak very well of him, not only as a conrteons genUeman, but because of his painstaking efforts to stage' ttielr acts properly. The Majestic Theatre, (Heveland's leading west side house, oiieued on the 16th with an es- pecially strong vaudeville bill. This house has been a white elephant for tbe past four years, but prospects are bright for a very successful season this year and here's hoping they get it. DON HOLBROOK. SAVANNAH, GA. ((%>ntlnned from page 10.) The Three Bennington Brothers, Pet Baker and Prank and Kate Carlton. Mr. W. L. TerrlU has charge of the Liberty orchestra, and mo- tion pictnres, changed dally, are sho-wn at this The attraction for the reopening of the BUon is Brewster's Millions, and a somptnons prodncUon is promised. The Bljon will be nnder the able management of Mr. C. W. Bex, who made quite a host of friends doring bis abort stay last season at this boose. T%e cast this season Includes J. H. Doyle, Elbert Ben- son, John M. Byrnes. F. C. Hollrky, Rodney Ranous. Irene Timmons, Effle Darling and Ella Fontaine. The bill at the Orpheum last week was A-1, and Manager Wilensky was very fortunate In lauding such an excellent list of artists. On the bill are Edith Haney, Ocille Francois and Company. English Jack O'Brien, The Three Lyres and Cbas. Hasty, Tbe Hoosler Boy. Aus- tin and Taps, in orchestral selections, and the Orpbeo-Grapb, complete the bill. The parks are abont to close for the season as tbe weather will not permit their keeping open very mncb longer. Tbe Casino at Thnn- derbolt and Barbee's Park at Isle of Hope, have enjoyed the best patronage In years. Two moving picture houses are to be opened here soon, but tbe names of the parties who are Interested, have not been divulged. "The Idle Hour, the new picture lioase. Is enjoying excellent patronage. : ARTHUR U. ROBINSON. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. (Continued from page IL) Miss Eleanor Fallc, a well known vaudeville favorite. Is now located In this city, where she Is residing. She has retired from the stage and Is In private life Mrs. T. Brown, wife, of the manager, of tbe Regal antos. Tbe Casino Musical (t^medy Co. -arrived here from Ronolnln September 6, after a nine weeks' engagement. All the members returned with the exception of Miss Maud Bockwell, who re- mained to. accept some speclsl engagements In TandevllJe. - . - Tbe' Billboard callers. last' - week Included Pranki Milton and-, lMLonir Bisters, playing the Pantages CIrcntt; n«d LncMte^^ and Allan J. Sbsir, tbe coin nianlpolator. 'irtio Jntt 'sirlved ftom Sydney, alio Sam J. Frledlander, wbo at one time was the anccessfol manager of Fischer's Theatre. Mr. Frledlander baa been up In the northwest the paat six yean, bat will now locate here again. The Graumans requested the writer to deny all the rumors published In some of the tb^ atrlcal paiiers that they have sold their Inter- ests In their new theatre to the SnlUvan-Coasl> dine people. They claim they have not sold out to anybody. CRintes Park last week was crowded daily with holiday visitors. Tbe Dodges, Blllle and Llllle, are playing on the Bert Levy Circuit. This office Is In receipt of a letter from Hon- olulu, from Charles M. Abrahams, proprietor of tbe Jolly Trizy Fat Girl Show. He writes tbat be Is doing a big business at twenty-five cents a tlirow, and will sail from Honolulu direct for Sydney, Australia, on tbe I6th of Septem- ber, and after a eoniplete tonr through Jka$- tralla will go to Africa and then to England. The Vallencla Theatre, now running as a mov- ing picture house, will add vaudeville acts be- ginning September 18. Mabel Bunyea and Mellvllle J. Gideon re- turned from their most successful engagement in Honolulu, and have algned for the Orphenm Clrcplt. I. N. Ooheo, the amnsement broker, was the doctor. The second week of Whlppera's American Travesty Stars, at Hie American Theatre, pre- sented a burlesque on Cinderella which kept the audiences convulsed in constant laughter. violet Alien and Co., at the National The- atre, offered a real novelty In the way of a sketch, which called for a complete change of costumes made In fuU'vIew of tbe audience. . Ground was broken September 8 for-tbe new Oeatie to be bnUt in the Richmond dlitrleL The same promoters claim they will also bnlld a new house on Halght street, near the Golden Gate Park entrance. Gertrude Enlalle. a well-known fancy dancer, and proprietress of the Lyceum Tbeatre, located at Mission and 29th, streets. Is now condnctlnc a school for stage dancing. Bert Donnelan has. leased the Novelty The- atre In Stockton, and'will run vaudeville and moving pictures. Rose Stabl, In Ibe C!homa Lady, at the (Mlumbia Is again proving her popularity by playing to filled bouses at each performance. WUton Lackaye In The Battle, first time seen bete. Is working , up the business st the Savoy Theatre. The Bevlni Grand Opera Company opened Its season at tbe Garrick Theatre, Monday, Sep- tember 6, and will remain six weeks, after which the company will play the (3ort taonsea throughout the northwest. Of the newcomers on the Orphenm bill Isst week were George Auger and Co. In Jack, the Giant KtUer, and Tbe Bison City Poor. They have been seen here on several former occa- sions, and still both acts went bigv -Tbe Jack Artols Dno. Ilrst time bere, mn m pair of com- edy bar artlats. tbat more than vtesaed. Bert Kalmar and Jessie Brown have a splendid nov- elty singing and dancing act. Bamold's Dog and Monkey Actors was a big scream at the Chutes Theatre. Haroldl. a concert violinist, with wonderful talent. Is being booked for a concert tonr by Fitzpartiek and Norwood, who are his sole man- agers. Edith Mason has joined tbe Ferris Bart- man Company, now playing at the Princess. Ellery's Boyal Italian Band Is proving a big attraction at Idora Park. A new policy has been adopted whereby the band occupies the the- ater during the evenings. This band will retnaln at the park untu the dose of tbe seaasn. wUeb Is October le. BUBB dOBBN. NEW ORLEANS, LA. (Contlnned from page 11.) Moving pictures; Illustrated songa by Kaspar Welck and Larry Horlca, and vaudeville, are the attractions offered by Manager Abo Sellf- man at the Shubert week September 18. The initial vaudeville bill of the season 1910- 11, at tbe Orpheum will be Augusta Gloss, In planologne, songs and Imltatfons: Callsbsn and St. George, entertainers; The Four Buntings, la Tbe Fool Bouse; The Piccolo Midgets, come- dians: Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Allen, in Bis Phantom Sweetheart; Ray Montgomery and tbe Bealey Sisters, singing snd dsnctng; Save, juvenile juggler; motion' pictures, and the Orpheum angmeuted orchestra \ot fifteen musi- cians, nnder the direction of Prof. Bmllc Tos- so. Manager Jules BIstes has everything In tip-top condition for tbe big opening , Monsieur Mondey, premier tenor of the French Opera, has been cngsged ,by Manager Jules Layolle for bis French Opera Company, which will open lis season at the'French Opera House some time In Mo*ember>,u. . WHJLMM A. SOBPKB.