The billboard (Oct 1910)

52 TTtie Bill board; OCTOBER 1, 19ia CHICAGO VARIETY New Acts Reviewed by Billboard Representative-Dis^ cussions of Other Acts Appearing at the Leading ^audeville Houses in the Windy City ALL-STAR CHICAGO VAUDE- VILLE BILL, WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 18. A—Expogltlon Fonr. Initromentallsb. MaJeaUc. No. 6, Foil Stage and In One. 3—Edward Blondell and Co., Comedy Sketch. American, No. 5. Full Stage. C—WUtebead and Grlerson, Song and Dance. Julian, No. 4. In One. D—Cbarmlon, Monologne AerlallBt. ' Star and. Carter, Olio, Fidl Stage and In One. E—Charlotte Parry and Co., Protean Dra- matic Sketch. Majestic. No. 8. FnU StaEe. F—Julian Boae, Hebrew Monologue. American, No. 8. In one. 6—Charles Grapewin and Co., Comedy Sketch. Majestic. No 10, Foil Stage. ' H-^JULIAN BI.TIXGE, Feminine Cbaracter- tzatlons. American, No. 7, In One and Full Stage. I—Jnlins Tannen. Chatterlmx. Majestic. No. 11. In One. J—A Nlirbt In a Monkey Music Hall. Animal Novelty. Majestic. No. 12. Full Stage. Perltaps there will be a better all-star Chicago TandevIIle bill than this at some future date, bat it Is doobtful. Opening with an act of the caliber of tbe Exposition Four, just about explains how good this bill really Is. It would be a rather lively one with which to open bat there Isn't a qaiet act in Che Hst, even Charm- ion, who presents ber aerial act, twing a ver- itable chatterbox. Oesirite the fact that nearly every act would rival <me another to scene degree toe the head- line bonors, ithere seems but little doubt that the novelty, reputation, and artistic features of Julian 'Eltinge's feminine characterizations places him In bolder type fiian any of the rest, when It comes to the consideration of drawing powa. He also would get the best spot on tbe bUl, the last full-stage position before closing. And who coold fit better In between Julian EltluEe and the closing act, A Night In a' Monkey Music Hall, than JoUos Tannen, the ever popular favorite, who makes us laugb two or ithree thnes a year by doing nothing but coming out and talking in the most natnral corbstone fasUon. Cbaries Czspewln and Company, in Uielr tlme^4mi but not poptdarlty-wom comedy sketdi. The Awakening of Mr. PIpp, and Char- lotte Parry and Company in iher protean dra- matic sket(A, entitled the Com stock Mystery, would bmnoronsly and artistically eurronnd Jnlian Bose, who gracefully acknowledges ihim- seM as being the only Hebrew comedian that ever appeared before the present king and qaeen at England by royal command. Charmion. altlmngb not strictly Iil vandeviUe, is such a strong variety feature in the (Silcago burlesaae at the Star and Garter that it practically be- came impossible to exclude her from snch a list of all stars as this. Edward Blondell and Company, still presenting The Last Boy, and Wldtehead and Grlerson, wUh lines and songs unchanged, need no descriptive reasoning why they sboold appear second -and third, remect- ^ lirlj3«test of CMcago vaudeville. . 2L', "^""se. it is understood that In a strictly fasbipnable theatre that some of the bluer gara of Julian Hose's monologne and the coinedy myer, spoken by our jovial friend, Eddie Blcm- dell would be ordered omitted by the man- Mii"iS^S 2!L??*'".'= . approval. Otherwise tteMl would rMnaln intact, as each act was reviewed at the different theaitres last week. NE W act s! BUSH TEMPLE TeT-OCTS FOB THE TV. V. M. A.. SEEN EVENING, SEPT. 23. ^PB. Boiler Skaters. Pcr- rotm some very clever feats on roller skates. ~ ""'^J»ucy . dancing on skates. Act costumed neatly and went fairly well 2—BLANCHE WADE, Male Impersonator. Fair- ly good sioBing voice, bnt monologue old and monotonous. Newer monologue wonid give her better chance. Songs went well. 3—J. J. GRODE. Pianologne and Impersonations. riayed the piano well, but mnsic rather an- cient Impersonation of birds falrlv good. l>o stage presence. New music nelded. Very effeminate. SCOTT, Singing, Dandos. Mono- logue. Monologne very poor. Sineing and dancing on a par with the monolognef 5—T- SKABING. AND CO.. High-clnss Musical Act. Selections rendered on banjos, saxo- phones, ate and drums ana zylophone. Cos- tumed expensively. Went big: four curtain call-s. B?I-T0N. singing Act. Opened with The Rosary, followed by popular soncs. Very pleasing high soprano voice, beautiful costumes, slightly amateurish bnt went good. 7—SIEVBES AND KBKN, Planologne, Singing and Dancing. Very good piano playing and singing. Clever burlesque on a Spanish dance by Mr. Kern, who also recited a very good descriptive poem, entitled The Atliflsfs Prayer. Mr. Sievera played his latest com- position. The Fireflies, with keys covered, exceUeotly; Act closed by Mr. Kern sing- ing in Pittsburg, Pa., accompanied by Mr. Sievers, who Joined In on the last chorus. S—BEAN AND MUELLEB. Singing and Danc- ing. One of the girls sang fairly well. Act costumed neatly, bnt ootside of that there Is little else to be said. ft—SUBHEMDEB. Dramatle Sketeb, nine people. .Very poor, tiie dramatic lines assnming al- most-comedy hue, and the ability almost la the same dags at the beginning. MURRAY LEASES TWO THEATRES Marion, Ind., Sept. 26.—The owners of the Indiana and Grand theatres here, aiave executed a lease for Uie two houses, including the bus- iness rooms of the Indiana Baildlng, to Omer G. Murray, owner of the Murray Theatre at Bichmond, Indiana. The lease is for a period PERSONAL PATTER Pertaining to l/^audeville Performers In and Around Chicago—Notes of Their Plans, Prospects and Professional Doings The Oak Tlieatre. on the northwest side, is nearlag completion, aad will no donbt optru on the scheduled time, Novimber 1. The lot. which has a frontage of 1V> feet on Western Avenue, and 125 feet on Armitage. Is oniicd by Thendore Ikenbaum, but the theatre itself will be run on the co-operative plsn by Northwest Side business men. The Theatre, when complettHl. will have a Keating capacity of 1.400. and will be booked bv Wm. Morris, Inc.. giving two shows daily, afternoon and evening. Thomas McCarthy, for- merly of the Emporium, Milwaukee, will man- age the new plnyhouse. and promises seven high-class acts <?very week. EDGAR 8ELDEN, General Manager Shapiro Mnsic Poblishlng Co., New York City. of three years and carries with it the priv- ilege of the purchase outright of both houses at a stipulated price at any time during the life of the lease. Mr. Murray will mn first-class attractions at the Indiana and Sun vandeville at the Grand. POLICY REVERTS TO VAUDE- VILLE. Wheeling, W. Va.. Sept. 24.—The Apollo Theatre, which has been presenting btirleaqne fflnce its opening two seaBODS ago, opened with vaudeville, Sept. 19. The acts to be given will be from tbe Sulli- van & Con.sldlne Circuit. Anna Eva Fay was tbe headliner the opening week. DIXON'S NEW PLAY PRODUCED. Norfolk, "Va., Sept. 21.—Thomas -Dixon's latest play. The Sins o£ the Father, was pro- duced here to-night by George H. Brenner. The play deals with the race .problem and the Inter- marriage of the races. In the cast are Mrs. Charles C. Craig, Arthur J. Pickens, John J. Plcrson. Bobert Barton, Ethel Wright and Lydla Knott. Mabclle E. Erzlngcr n1ll hereafter be known as Mabelle Mack. The Oriole Trio, Wlllard Jarvls. Efflm Bmn- ston, and Adele Sturtevent, have completed tbe Morri."? park time, and were forced to cancel Grond Baplds last week, owing to Miss Sturtc- J,?"*'^,..!""*^'- '•^•'y booked to play the Churchill timo, starting October 3. Moody and Goodwin arrivcfl In Chicago Inst week, after having plnyed the Morris and Harry Holm's park time. They open October 3 at the Empress, Kansas City, Mo., tor Sulllvitn and Conslillne, with the Coast time to follow. Lee Mack and Co., have a new novcllv act in preparation, and after flie holidays tiiey will put The Rose and tlie Tliom. their prosent ve- hicle on the shelf and continue tlielr former successes with this new novelty, which promises to be a hit. I..arkio . and Burns, cf»medy acrobats, who played tile Bills Inst week, were forced to use a rope in place of Invisible wire to do the Collins and Hart act. and reports are numerous that it was a big laugb getter. Keircr & Klein are back In Chicago after playing most of Michigan time. The boys are still undecliird as to what they intend to do. but will. most likely play a few weeks amnnd Chicago, after which they WUI go west. The Imperial Theatre has been remoileled and Is now owned by Fred Nortman and M. FiHrher. The United Booking Exchange is handling the booking, and Frctl Nortman Is managing the honse. I. M. Welugardcn has an acrle of "Eagles" flying all over tlie world with hta several compa- - nies of The Eagle ami tbe Girl feature vaude- ville acts. Four "eagles' are flying over tbe several big circuits In this country and a fifth Is In Europe. This act is one of the real vaudeville novelties of the season. The Western Vaudeville Managers* Association Is spreading out so rapidly under the direction or Charles E. Bray that It Is difficult to keep track of Its activities. Just last week an ofllce was opened in Des Moines, la., with Harry Bur- ton In charge, which will book the "small time" In Iowa and Nebraska. Lee Muckenfuss, a son of B. S. Muckenfuss, representative of the In- terstate Circuit ot Cblcago. left CUcago this week for Fargo. N. S.. and will open a branch ofllee there, which will prorlde tbe Tanderllle tor the "small time" In the Northwest. Mr. Bray baa plans under way for stUt mote branch offices which will be opened Shortly. Fontlnelle. better known as Tbe Man of Mys- tery, also Cbarles Garfield, formerly or Bartell and Garfield, and Jim Brady, of the team of Jim and Kitty Brady, are at present rehemralDg a big spectacular act kno%vn as The American Buliaghters. This act has a complete set of scenery, mechanical bull, and mechanical horses, electrical effects, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins Fisher. In their fnimjr rural sketch. The Half-Way House, were the bit of the bill at the Wilson Avenue Theatre this week. The act was well received > In fact, the audience could xl'A. get enough of them. This act is just off the big time, where It has been a pronounced headliner.' Miss Bess Andra, sing- ing comedienne, a veritable fashion plate, shared the honors with Mr.- and Mrs. Perkins Fisher. She has a winning personality, and made friends with the audience immediately, and held them for eighteen minutes. Miss Andra featured Put Oh Your Slippers. You're in for the Night. The Silver Quartette, four clever boya with excellent voices, have signed up for con- siderable time with Cox. These boys have aome great harmony and are tbe bit of the bill -wher- ever they play. From reports sent in to Cal De Voll, president of tbe Amalgamated Amusement Association, 120 Randolph street. White and Woolfolk's A Winning Miss Company will have one of the longest sea.sons on the road of any show whlcb left Chicago this season. This Is only one of the many shows Mr. De Voll booked people for this season. . James Lyons, well known In ihnslcal comedT circles. Is contemplating going Into Tandevtlle this season. He has been with Tbe Girl Ques- tion. Knight for a Day, and other Frazee suc- cesses, and win launch a singing and dancing specialty. In which he will be assisted by two very clever girls,. The Le Mayer Sisters. Maurice Shapiro; stage manager at the EUls, has fully decided not to take a vacation, as be has Ei>ent a very enjoyable summer while work- ing at this South Side house, whereas last summer he suffered Intensely from lusect bites while working at an airdome In Grand Baplds. Maurice has not been troubled this year, as tbe Frills has no flies. Emma Bray obtuiocd a decree of. absolute di- vorce from Charles E. Bray, manager of the Western Vaudeville Managers' Association, in the Superior Court of Cook County. The decree Is obtained on statutory grounds. Mrs. Bray Is well provided for. Slie gets $20,000 and $300 a month allmon.v. Marvin Lee has delivered twelve new sets during the past week, and has on flic orders for eight more. He reports that this has been his best season since he embarked in the writing game, seventeen years ago. His Parody Book No. 2 has been delayed by the printers bnt will be ready shortly. W. V. M. A. BRANCH OPENED. Dcs Moines, la., Sept. 23.—^Tbc branch office of the Western Vandeville Managers' Associa- tion opened September IS, and started the bail rolling out West. Quite a number ot visitors called at the cosy offlees, which ham been tastefully arranged on the second floor at No. 413 Walnut street. The visitors that called included actors, per- formers and managers. Many telegrams ot congratulations were received from New Or- leans, Chicago and New York. II. B. Button has been appointed manager of the Dos Moines branch. He Is vrell known in the amusement Ueld^ and tor mote than fifteen years has been contlnnonsly engagsd with Important Interests. Mr. Burton; baa as bis assltant Mis Emma C. Sharp, who baa been connected with Mr. Fred Buchanan for the past live years, and Geo, McDonald, tbe office boy. who made quite an Impression dis- tributing camatlona to tbe ladles and cigars to the gentlemen. Among the visitors were .Mlu Loltte WllUams, Burt and Lottie Walton. Will S. Ely, Mlae Mel- ville Armiint, Jas, Crane, Alvin Andrews, The Great Ashal Troupe, Lyons add Yosco, Went- worth. Vesta and Teddy. Henri French. Pope and Uno. Melrose and Kennedy. Walter Mc- Cnllongh, Arthur C, Van. Henry K. Duffy. Feu- tcllc and Vallorle, Nellie NtcboUs, Duffln-Red- cay Troupe. Jack Campbell, Trocadcro Quar- tette, Wolff. Moore and Young, Wlllard and Hond, Prof. .Kessely. of Kessely's Marionettes: Miss Ethel Whiteside, O'Neal Trio. Bvana' and Foril. Miislcnl RiisacIIa, Jennings and Thomai, LaCall and Bassett, Aerial Schonea, Frank Mo- rell, Slegel and .Mathews. Kills Whitman. The Pepper T»lns, Coy De Tricky, La Vome and Van, Brahama, and Managers Demsy, ot tbe Princess, St. Paul; WnrsjnvskI, of South Oma- ha: Sonnenlwrg. of Orphpum. Dcs Moines; Brown and Anderson, Boono; J. Rubins, Des Moines; J. Bamett. Airdome, Ft, Dodge; A. Aronson, Cameraphonc, Omaha; LaRoy Smith, Iowa City; Dan Bergum, Dea Moines; Johnson, of Ames. Members of the Princess Stock Oom- pany and rpprescntailTci from all the news- papers, and many others.