The billboard (Oct 1910)

66 X li e Billboard OCTOBER 1, 1910. READING, PA. Theatrical Offerings of a Superlative, Meritorious Character Drawing Capacity. Ihe new census report sbows Reading to have a population of 96,000 people. Frank Hill expects to open Jiis new Tauderille theatre. The Lyrle^.'fn ahont two weeks. Lew Bloom, the tramp comedian. Is taking a few weeks' rest at his home <m Mt. Penn. W. K. Goldenberg, a well-Imoim burlegqne bouse manager, is now dlrectlne all his attention to the Palace Theatre, this cit;. Ur. Golden- berif hails from the City of Brotherly Love. The Kentnckr Belles was presented at the Acadpmy on Tnesday. tlie a)th, to capacity buslnes at both performances. The Sonl Kiss was here on the 21st and did bis business. Thomas S. Tan, who portrayed the character of Satan, is another Beadinj; boy who has at' talned success before the footlights, JeOeraon DeAngeUs, in The Beauty' Spot, and surTOanded by a most excellent cast. ' ap- peared here for one night only on the 22d. The Stampede, a comedy drama, was presented at the Academy on the Ztth. Miss Ullian Bnck- Ingliam is co-author and star of the play. The Orpbenm had on Its bill two well-known Beading boys. Percy Saylor, the popular come- dian son of Beading, better known in the the- atrical world as Eddie Bedway, the original Gingerbread Man, in company with Miss Ger- trude Lawrence, known as The Brunette. They do a Tery clever singing, dancing and talking act. The otlier, Mr. Jno. B. Lesslg, appeared In a strong dramatic playlet. The District Attorney- Mr. LMSlg is materially aided by Miss Kath- lyn Lorraine and Francis Hoyt. both of whom ere eiceptloiislly deTer. - —; The Palace Theatre runs nine acts a week Instead of eight, as heretofore. Mr. C. G. Keeney Is again manager of the Grand Opera House. Mr. Keeney expects to open the Hippodrome about the middle of Octo- ber. The directors of Carsoola Park met and der dared tlie usual diTidend. With tlie present diTldend of October 1, the oiigliial Canonla stockholders have recelTcd In eight years past 115 per cent. In dividends. ' JOSEPH S. STIBL. The Yankee Doodle Girls are respectively at the Standard and People's this week. The American, with Gns Sun vaudeville; the Auditorium, also playing vaudeville booked by Gus Sun. and Boblnson's Opera House, with acts boked over the Casino Clrcnlt, helped provide entertainment for lovers of vandevUle. The Columbia has a new snperlntendent. He is Mr. T. Beer, formerly connected with the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Kew York City. Emil Ankermiller, who had cliarge of the bus- iness end of the opera at the Ohio Valley Expo- sition, will this season again act as manager for Eddie Foy's company. The roster of the Forepangb Stock Company, which opened the season at tlie Olympic last week, Includes Charles Mackay, leading man; Edwin J- Brady, Eugene Ordway, Brandon Ev- ans, Jack H. Auer, H. Chapman Ford, Ains- worth Arnold. Mwtlmer Martini. John Fentcm, Harry Stanton, Flank Bronson, Charles Curran and Chas. Baker; Miss Lillian Kemble, leading woman: Henrietta Vaders and Jennie Ellison. Jimmy Green, the comedian, wlille' appearing at the Colonial, Covington, Ky., last week, took occasion to visit The Billboard. Harrison Grey Flske la accompanying Mrs. Flske on her present tour. Mrs. Flske at the present time, is rehearsing a new play, in which : work she Is assisted by her . husband. The Holdcn Stock Company will this season return to the Lyceum, their oi>ening at that playhonse being anouneed for October 9. Her- scheil Mayall and his wife, Bdna EOsmere; have been engaged by The Holdens In leading roles. The Cincinnati Family Theatre and-Amuse- ment Company is erecting a family theatre on the site of the old Majestic concert hall. In Vine stret, to cost J56,400. Miss Ethel Uoyd, a chorus girl with The Barnyard Borneo, narrowly escaped death at the Orphemn - theatre last week, in an elevator accident. - She-was -painfully, though not se- riously Injured. Juvenile Court officers have been Instructed not to permit the appearance of minors In Cin- cinnati tlieaties, even on amateur nights. In the future, and to arrest managers of ai^: show houses If this xnling is violated. HOT SPRINGS, ARK. New Vaudeville Theatre, The Princess, . . Opened Sept. 19. The Princess Theatre, Hot Springs (Ark.) new vaudeville tlieatie, opened September 19, (mder most favorable auspices, with a very large and fashionable audience present for both performances. Hundreds of people were un- able to secure seats. Hot Springs now possesses one of the handsomest theatres In the country. The entrance is beautiful, thousands of elec- tric ll^ts all dnsteied around- As one leaves the entrance yon walk Into a beautiful lobby. In the center Is a fountain bunt of Hot Springs crystals. The Interior Is beautiful. The car- pets are green, with opera chairs to corre- spond. The seating capacity Is 1,000. The stage is very large, with all the latest Improve- ments. The dressing rooms are all large, vrlth bot and cold water In each. The acts are being boifted by the Interstate -Amnsemeiit Company;' «wins at the 'IWa^stle Cbcnlt. The' fifllowlug Is Qie order In. which the :aet8 appear 'on the opening performance; Louis Stone, premier hovr elty and topsy tnrvy. was the first act to ap? pear. His act was well received; considerable applause. Long and West, black face comedians, had second place. This act is full of good comedy, and made good. Louis Carver and Tom Murray, who adver- tise their act as the nffliest of women and tile handsomest of men. Their act went big. The audience was appredatlTe of' this act. . Plenty of-applause. Tom West and Ethel Denton have a bright little offering, entitled Wanted^A Partner. Miss Denton Is 'very elerer. This act was well received. The feature act. Those Three Singing Girls, dosed the vaudeville acts. These girls can cer- tainly sing. This act is very reflned. Their wardrobe is Just as clean and pretty as their act.. The;- were compelled to sing several en- cores. *nie audience certainly showed their appreciation by the outburst of applause given tills act. Moving pictures closed the performance. The policy of this theatre will be three shows a day. LAUBENCE JEAN. BmALDO. CINCINNATI, O. Cincinnati Amusements for the Week. Orpheum Opens. Other News. With the opening this week of the Orphemn, GinclDQatl's hill-top temple of Morris -vaudeville, the last of Cincinnati's show houses to open Its season fell into line for the 1910-11 procession. This opening marks the commencement of the Orphenm's second season. The headline of the Initial bill Is The Barnyard Romeo, fcatnrlnff Mlszi Hajos. The Grand last week housed Mrs. Flske. who appeared in Becky Shame, the flrst half of the week, and Pillars of Society the final three days. This -week The Fortune Hunter Is the attraction. Lew Dockstader and his hand of minstrels, held forth last week at the Lyric. This week Blanche Ring in The Yankee Girl. Is the drawing card at that honse. At the Colombia last week's bill was comno!;pd of the following acta: Kathleen Clifford,.Eddie Leonard and Mabel Rnssell. Taylor. Krantzman and 'White, Clown Zertho's Dogs. Bows er-Hlntel- Co., Ernest Scharff. Carson and WlUard. De- mont Trio and Keithoscope. This week Eva Tanguay is the headllner. The Port of Missing Men. with Hugo Koch appearing In the leading role, was the Walnut's attraction last week. Benlah Poynter In The Little Girl That He Forgot is the current week's bin. The Forepangb Players opened the sen.eon at the Olympic last week, presenting The Man of the Hour. Cleopatra is this week's olTerlns. The Empress last week iiad a good- vaudeville bin, headed by DeLorls and Pat. Beilly. At Henck's Hall Reld appeared' In The Kentnck- lan. at which house he Is followed by At. W. Martin's ITnde Tom's Cabin. The Standard bad Xhe college' Girls, while People's offered Ten- ley's The Pennant Winners. Rose Syd^ and MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. Slanchester, Eng*. Sept. 14, 1910. My Dear Billyboy—This is an exceptionally good week at the theatres of Manchester, tm the offerings at all places of amusement are away ahead of the usual. - In fact, there la nothing bad at any house, either of the. lilgher or lower grade, or at the VandevUle booses. As a rule,' Manchester shows such little apiirecla- tlon of' good things theatrical that managers are loth to bring their best here till after It has run Its pace almost everywhere else. Occa- sionally productions are made here, hut that Is only .when Londo'n can not atford the open- ing because of reigning successes, and It Is absolutely necessary to make the production to keep contract with the author. This waa the case with The Dollar Princess, for which an opening could not be made In Iiondon, and yet wltlch George Edwardes would have lost en- tirely If he had not produced It before January 1, 1909. It is true that we have a producing honse here, and tbls week It Is doing a play by a local newspaper man, called Gentlemen of the Press, and It has much merit but will stand for a lot of .rewriting before it -will please any audience except Out of Hamduster's Gaiety Theatre. . My own belief Is that the piece vrill eventually be fixed np and prove a 'winner, for it certainly has mnch merit. Dame Nature, with Ethel Irving, Is at the Royal, and doing almost a pantomime busi- ness. The play pleases and could easily do two weeks here, but the time can ' not be spared. Kext week the comic opera. The Mountaineers, wUI be seen here with a traveling company. For the week of the-26th lewis Waller is to pre- sent his new play of romance, Bardleys the Magnificent, and as Waller Is about the best romantic actor that 'England possesses, bis en- gagement will be a smaAing one. This will hti hia flrst visit to Manchester in several years/f and It Is mostly because of bis ab- sence fiiat-he is now appreciated. Waller gave the firpt-production of his new play in Liver- pool last week, and enthusiastic praise Is all that odi'. be beard of It. '-SmltbUs -at the Princess, and'Is doing le- markaUy well, for Its humor Is about the size liked here. Next week The Dairymaids, one of the standard comic operas, trill . be the at- tractl<Ai. ■ ' _ The V Sailor's Wedding, one 6t flie Bowery kind of melodramas. Is at the Qneen's, and Is packing them, tight. . Charles Blaney's Young Buffalo, King of the WUd West, is to open in Stratford on file 26th, after which It will tour tiie v^ovinces If it bits, and I have no doubt It will, for it Is more consistent and a better play than any- tUng In the melodrama line that I have seen here in the cheap houses, i All the twenty cheap houses of Manchester are playing to thg best business of the season as are the variety theatres. The ■White City has just had its annual Lifeboat Fund demonstration, and thirty-five thousand people packed the park. The tab- leaux, etc. In the parade were magnificent, and the twenty bands gave mi»e music than has been heard In Mancihester at one time In many moons. Many special attraeUoiiB were pro- vided by Mr. Brown, and the amount he. turned over to the great national ' charity Tons well Into the thousands of dollars. The regular summer season at 'White City ends on October 1, and It has been a successful one In every way. Next season begins at Easter. 1911. bat during the -winter dancing, skating, blniarda. moving pictures, etc., will keep the place open in part and furnish popnlar amnsement to the pe<vle of the district. SMALL. VANCOUVER. B. C. All First-Class Houses Doing Well. Moving Picture Theatre Closes. Going Some was presented at the 'Vancouver Opera House. Sept. 12 and 13. The play was good and was enjoyed by good houses on both nights. The Manxman Sept. 16 and 17 was fair. Buffalo Bill was here Sept. 12 and 13 and broke all attendance records for tented shows in this city. Thonsanda were turned away at every performance. The show was thoroughly enjoyed. Both Buffalo Bill and Pawnee BUI received a great reception. Signor ScottI and Madame de Pasqnali will give a grand concert at the Vancouver Opera Honse on October 10. The sale of seats Is now open and they are selling fast. The IndleaUons are that there will be a very large attendance. The Mysterious Burglar at the Empress Thea- tre, was one of the funniest comedies seen at this theatre for many days and was played to crowded bouses. The Little Minister In wblch Maude Adams made such a hit, will be the next play produced by the Sanford Players. MIhs Isabelle Fletcher will have the role of Lady Babble, and she Is well fitted for It In every way. The rest of the cast will he in capable bands. The production will be complete In every detail. The Program at the Orpheum week of Sept.' 12 was a well balanced presentation of diver- Bifled -vaudeville. Franklyn Ardell and Company in The Suffragette, was the Headllner and was both interesting and amusing. Others on the bill were Kate Fowler, Hetty Crma. The Vng- ges, Boland Carter and Company in Vacation Time, and Haydyn, Borden and Haydyn. John L. Sullivan and Jake Kllraln topped the hill at the Pantagcs, week of Sept. 12 and they received a great reception. The Florence Trio, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Golden In The Quarrel, El- more and EtaymoDd and Mason. Wilbur aud Jor- dan, completed a well-balanced bill all 'round and had plenty of variety and lots of comedy. The motion picture theatres, especially the Province, Princess and Maple Leaf, had inter- esting programs. Walter C. Kelly, a vaudeville artist, and William Deamond, a well-known actor, left here for Australia last week. According to an announcement made by the management of the opera house at New -West- minster, all the winter engagements will be can- celled unless there is a lietter patronage than there has been In the past. The Canadian National Apple Show will be held here October 31 to November S. The popularity of Pantages' bills was shown during the visit of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The house played to capacity at all per- formances dnrlog the two days of strong oppo- sition. . „ . . The National opened Sept. 19. Up-to-date vandevllle shows will be the policy of the house. The Starland Moving Picture Theatre closed Its doors last week, owing to lack of patrou- age. The Lyric Theatre reopened Sept. 24. The policy of this theatre has been changed this winter and instead of drama there will be musical comedy. The company at this theatre Is under the management of Sidney Coz. J. M. McLEAN. NOTES OF THE ROAD. Eugene Mnller. of the Juggling MuUers, re- ceived a telegram Sept 16, in Chicago, stat- ing that his mother passed away at AshevUle, N. C. Mr. Mnller just returned to bis work, coming here from her bedside. Oscar Kneedler, of The Kneedlers, Is also mourning the death of bis father, S. A. Kneedler, who died In Phlladdphla last week, aged ninety years. Geo. P. Hall, the comedian, has been play- ing United time steadily since his arrival from England last June. He Is booked solid until April, when he opens again at the Pavilion. PlcadOly Circus,:. London. He commences his tour of the Poll CIrcidt, October 10, at New Haven, Conn. John and Winnie Henntags, after appearing at the Kcdiie Theatre, CUcago, were Imme- diately given a twenty, weeks' route over W. ■V. A. time. Jolm Hennlngs was formerly the comedian of . Sennlngs, Lewis aud Hennlngs, while bis wife, Winnie, was of the Eight Vas- sar Girls. Williams, Thompson and Copeland have closed a summer TandevUle stock engagement of eight weeks at the Barrison Theatre, Waukegau, HI., and open September 25 on Western Vaude- vQle Association time to play from four to six weeks In each one of their honses. BiSbee and' Connelly, musical and lariat act, were obliged to cancel their bookings on the Geo. Webster time on account of Miss Connelly's lUness. She is under the doctor's care, being treated for throat trouble and will not be able to work for several weeks. Nash and Binehart have opened on the Hod- kins time. Mr. Nash is well-known as the former advance man. Matt Nnsher, for Cohan & Harris, B. C. Whitney and A. H. Woods forces, while Miss Binehart was one of the or- iginal six Binehart Sisters. The New Avenue Theatre. Duquesne, Pa., formerly playing pictures exclusively, has been greatly enlarged and is now following a policy of vaudeville and pictures. Acts are booked througb the Pollack Exchange of Pittsburg. LaRaub and Scott, acrobatic trick honse act, closed a seventeen weeks' engagement with FTench'a Shows at Pekin, 111., and oiwned last Monday on the C. T. Crawford time, with the Hodkins Circuit to follow. Edwlna Barry opened her season at the Colonial Theatre. Norfolk, Va.. September B. She Is supported this season by Wcltby Zae, Louise Eniston, David Rogers and Wm. Rich, ards. Floyd Mack, the acrobatic dancer, who was formerly of Albee. Weber and Evans act, has changed agents. Pat Casey is now handling the act. Mack opened on the Poll time, Sept. 19. Gordon and Marx, who recently had their Eastern showing at the Fifth Avenue, New York, have received contracts for thirty consecu- tive weeks over United time. Carl Davenport has purchased the Palace Theatre, AahevIIIe, N. C. The policy of vaude- ville and pictures wUl be continued under the new management. Wentworth and Bums have closed with the BIch Comedy Company and open cn the Morris Circuit this month in a new sketch called The Battle of May Be. Grace and Lloyd Connelly have Just finished t-n-enty-five. weeks of Willlams-Knefale time and are now resting at the home of Uielr mother In Kewanee, III, The' Two Lafayettes, presenting My Cousin Sal is a Circus Gal for the past four seasons, have in preparation a new sketch, entitled A Model Husband. Walter D. Botto Is acting as business man- ager for MoPt n. Singer with Harry Bulger, who Is starring In The Flirting Princess this Hunter and Boss have' closed with Bonsey's vaudeville show and open on the Coney Holmes time, October 8, at the Grand Theatre, Colum- bus, O. Frank Hilton and the DeLoog Sisters, who topped and closed all shows on Pantages' Ctt< cult, receive their flrst Mew Xork sbowtog obt. 16. The Alley Comedy Ompany Is making « tour of the Carollnus under the. direction of Cbas. Kuelile, of Wllllams-Kuehle Company; Steve Mlaco has closed bis season' at . Young's New Pier, Atlantic City, and-Is now with Oaa Hill's Happy Hooligan Company. Jeas Hale and Company bare been obligml to cancel the week of September -30, owing to the death of Mr. Hale's father. Jndab B. Levy Is again maniger of the Victor Theatre, New Orleans, La., succeeding Messrs. Tyler and Porter. DellolllB and Valora opened on the 8. A 0, Circuit Sept. 4 at Kansas City witb contracts for twenty-three weeks. ' Addison and Livingston have n new act called Fifteen Minutes of Vaudeville Drolleries, writ- ten by J. A. Murphy. : E. p. Wiley and Bert Cblpman' are asso^. elated In the management of the'Great Terson Hypnotic Company. Miss Ethelyne>Edwardee moaras; tbe loss ot her father, who died at hIa bome In Evansvlllet Ind., Sept. 11. Zeradoo Brothers, double trapeze' act, now playing fairs, have been booked over the Pan- tages time. The Ted Sparks Clrcbtt reports adding-fonr> teen new houses to their circuit during th» past week. Brooks and Kingman oiiened Sept. 19 on tho nigley Circuit at the Congress Theatre, Port- land, Me. Len Rese Is spending a few -weeks' vacatloa with his father and sister in Cleveland, O, IiaiTlTee, formerly of - Larrlvee and . Lm. Is now working single, doing monolagne. The Three Pearee Sisters have received twenty weeks' bookings over W. V. A. time. Kelley and Wentworth have been booked for thirty weeks over Association time. Grimm and Satchell have been booked aoIU over the United time until March. Mansfield, the magician, opens bla annual tour of New England, October 1. . Al. and Fannie Stedman are appearing In « new act. entitled Planoeapets. The Wcstons open on the WIUtanis-Ki^Ua time week of September 25. Joe DeTellem and Company iMTe opened on the Webster time. MARRIAGES. McCOY-MAGGABD. Mr. Jack Haggard, as. ' sistant stage manager of the Gayety Theatre, Kansaa City, Mo., and Mlas Tiny McCoy, a chor- ister with the Bowery Boriesqners, were matnaa m Kansas City, September. 16. B IRTH S. Bom to Blr. and Urs, James T. bwls, «B Mnr 7, at Chicago, HI., s son. AU doing wdl, indfuding the father. Mrs. Leiria and baby -will join the show in two weeks. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Jack AmlCk (BttS Marez), a girl, September 0. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bertnm, Wednoa- day, September 14, jl baby girt. Mr. Bertram Is the resident manager of the Grand Family is Grand Forks, N. D. Bom to Mr. and Mrs, Palmer Leavell, «ba are now with the Tom Jennings Dramatic Com* pony, an elgbt-poond boy. Sept. 19. D EATH S. SAETTEL.—Bernard 3. Saettel, aged aerea and one-half years, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Saettel, died September 14 in Union City, Ind.. from cholera Infantnm, after a short lUness. CABY. lot, B. Coiy. See newi eolnmiui this Issue. BARTON.. Jas. Arthur Barton, a native of North Hampton, England, died recently, aged 26 years. Deceased waa musical dltcetor of Bob and Eva McGlnley'a Comedy Company. He leaves om; brother and two sisters in Kngisnd, and his widow, who Is a member of tbe llcOIa. ley company, J. B. Burton's in G<dden Talley Company Is hooked for the season through Nebraska, Kan- sas, Oklahoma and Texas. With the company are George Meredith, Verne Calllcotte, W. O. Clarke, Fay Calllcotte, Irene Meredith and J. B.. Barton. Tom Oerson is In advance. The Sandusky Theatre, Sandusky, 0.< opened tbe season on September 8. 0. T, Woadwtrd, who bas lost finished a snecessfid aeason as manager of Cedar Point Bathing Pavilion, la la charge. WAHTED—For Fowler's Combined Wagon Show, people In all lines: long season; money ante; house wagons fnmlshed; sleep and eat on lot . Performers of all kinds address A. W, FOWL- EBS. Linded. Harengo Co., Ala., for thrss weeks otter Sept. 30. WANTH)—A-1 Novelty Man, or good all- around Medicine Perfotiner. ' Addreaa KAU AND EMEBSOir, Atazandris, lb. : - ■ ; ■ ' ■ IVIUSEUIMIS of VANAnrOIWfY For SaI6 Cheap For men only; any quantity, any quality; S,00<^ models ready to ship. DR. Hi^IBLD, S North Broadway, St. Louis, Mo. WANTED — GOOD VAUOEVILLE ACTS To play open time. PASriH'ME THJBAmUB, J. W. Bowser, migr., Tuicumbia, Ala., 'Week: of October 10th open. "KISS-I-IKIEE" c5?rc« SONO •»'*»*» •"Hltl- 4e»i«gi and "enE MiE M MIEIIieAN GIRL"—lit ta>g Nil Mapbee Music Pub. Co., Columbus, Ohia O A S H for Film and X. P. HacbiMS.. 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