The billboard (Dec 1910)

12 The Billboard DECEMBER 3, 1910. The Vaudeville Week in New York ANOTHER RECRUIT i FIRST HONORS OR NONE To Vaudeville Stage is Hilda Spong—Emotional Actress will Travel Under Wm. Morris' Banner, and Begin New York Engagement at American Music Hall Next.Week New York, Not. 26 (SpecUl to ^Bmbo«<!) It happens every week that aome legitimate la lured froui the "higher-priced admission" Held to the two-a-day vaudevUle host. Hilda Spong la the latest name on the long list. Thin popu_ lar emotional actress who was recently starred by Cohan and Harris In The Penalty, has se- cured for her vaudeville vehicle a Btlrrlng play- let, entitled Bridge, from the pen of Graham Hill, dealing with the prevalent erase of the RICE & COHE N'S N EW VEHICLE. New York, Not. 26 (Special to The BUlboardl. The Path of the Primroses. John C. Rice and Sally Cohen's new comedy sketch, is well op to their standard. Unlike any of their other offer- ings. It deals with the case of the poverty- stricken alrdome artist who stoops to all aorta of means to get eooogh money to boy a meal to keep them alive on Xmas Day. She had allnred him to the stage from the shoe-store where a vapid and witless comedian of bla type only belonged. J tut as they are about to go on in their singing and dancing act. a telegram Is handed him, bat be has not even the quarter to pay for It. By promising to pay the messenger after the show, he 13 given the mis- sive, which Informs him that the manager of the Bronx Alrdome la in the audience to witness his performance and Jodge of its merit and suit- ability for his place of amusement. After a most trtbuloua effort they presented their nam ber. which won them Sl.OOO a week. The sketch Is a great laugh provoker and can he called a "sure go." It la In two scenes opening In fall depicting a dressing-room scene and closing In one when they present Cecn Magnus, who is now a member of the Harlem Stock Company, was formerly a member " "d"s Company, and appeared In All-Star Vaudeville Bill A—Maxlnl and Bobby. American. Pull B—Harry JoIrod, Black-face American. In One. .C—The Planophlend Minstrels, Musical Act. Colonial. Fun Stage. D—Marshall P. Wilder, " Colonial.- - In One. E—Mr. Roland West, Playlet. Colonial. Full Stage. INTERMISSION. F—Dagwell Slstera, Singers and Dancers. Finn Avenue. Is One. G—Chas. Ahem and Co., Comedy Cyclists. Fifth Avenue. Fan Stage. DDIE LEONARD, Minstrel. Colonial. In One. J—KobledlUo, Slack Wire Artist. Colonial. Full Stage. New York. Nov. 26 (Special to The Billboard.) —How Is this for a meritorious . All-Star bin? Only superlative degree acts and a whole pro- gram fall of them. Of coarse, there were more acts worthy of inclusion; bat these were left out not because of lack' of merit, but because only nine acts could be osed. Those omitted deserving of stellar classification were 3am Chip and Mary Marble In In Old Edam: The Bohe- mian Quintette, the Star Bout and John C. Rice and Sally Cohen. Maclyn Arbockle in The Weleher, and Garcia, the Spanish Shadowgraph lat. needless to remark, deserve coveted posi- tions but are IneUgible for three months lo come after having been placed on the New York All-Star bin of November 14. Therefore the feature position is awarded to' Eddie Leonard, the black-face minstrel, wbo has gained fame through hla original rendition of Booloo Bean, with the complementary assistance of Mabel Russell. Th e next important place moat be given Roland West In bis able and convincing presentation of his protean rate In The Under World. The other full stage acta that hare earn-d their right to this bin are Maxinl and Bobby, perfectly at home in Sta- tion A; The Pianophlend Minstrels, Lasky'a mas- leal creation, so ably accomplished by Ben Linn. Mr. McCarty and the "eyesome" Gladys Lock- wood; Chas. Ahem, without a doubt the most comical cycle act on the stage to-day. and RobledRIo, the drunken slack wire artist, a peer In his line. 9Tbe in-one acts that won their way to this program are Harry Jolaon, the humorous minstrel boy: the Dagwefl SI aceompllsh their historical cycle, of to time mooologhrt. this one has evei claims the credit of society. She wUi have for her support Abblngdon and Jack Standing, both well and capable actors. Arnold Daly la to stage the playlet which » to open Monda<- Not. 27, in Mr. .Morris' Orpheom Theatre In Cincinnati. The sketch Is booked for the Hall In New York, week in ~ Eva Tanguay Refuses to Play on Bill with Gertrude Hoff- , and Cancels Second Week's Engagement at Keith & Proctor's Broadway Theatre New York, Nov. 26 (Special to The Billboard). —Exhilarating Eva Tanguay was billed as a hold-over beadllner for Keith and Proctor's Broadway boose week of November 21. She hsd proven a formidable attraction at the same bouse the week previous and Manager McCune Ray Cox in Auto Accident New York, Nov 26 (Special to The Billboard). —Ray Cox. singing comedienne, who appears oo the bill at the Alhambra this week, barely es- caped death last Sunday, November 20, Jnst be- fore her departure from the metropolis for Balti- more, where abe appeared last week. Her tour- ing car waa struck by a surface ear on 34th street, west of Eighth avenue, badly smashed and Its ocenpanta cast to the gronod. However, no life was lost, and Miss Cox. outside of severs! braises snd a severe nervous shock, waa able to fulfill her engagement in the Maryland city. AT THE New York. Nor. 26 (Special to,The Billboard). —Percy WUI lams presented one of! the beat" bUls seen at bis Broadway boose so far thts- season. As his headlloer be bad none other than the peer of black-face boys. Eddie Leonard, assisted by Mabel Russell. srho convinced the audience that be has the to he called original Id hla ilnging of (Continued on page 45.) Anniversary Week Big Success New York, Not. 26 (Special to The Billboard). —Following la the report aa worded and given out by William Morris, Inc., after the big an- niversary week program of twenty-two acts.— Monday, Not. 21—"It was announced yester- day by William Morris. Inc.. tbat the phenom- enal success of 'snnlversary week' at the Amer- ican Music Hall hsd broken all records of vau- deville attendances Id this city. To stihstsn- tlate their claim they made public the following figures; the total attendance of the week was 86.705 persons and the groaa receipts $20,120.7.',. "This record-breaking business waa arcom rnlabed In sixteen performances: the extra two performances being made possible by the use of the American Music nail Winter Garden on_ Saturday and Sunday night, double bills be- given tag played, the com pi on both atages on the same evening. ' the bill cf twenty.two acta ? >e _ J M ". , !. h » , L» ftpsl Hoose opened Its doors •t 20. M her name on the ssme program with Gertrude Hoffman, whose name waa canted oo the last page of the program, announcing this artist's presence at the boose this week. Whatever the differences between the two actresses may be. Eva steadfastly refused to appear under the above conditions. No change waa made in tbe printing on the program, so that Era absented herself for the week. No interference with the remainder of her bookings was thereby Incurred, owing to her great honse-fllling shllu< " erratic Eva, aa she terms herself, is AT THE AMERICAN. New York, Nor. 26 (Special to The Billboard.'. —The American Music Hsll bad another one of those 23 big shows, although anniversary week has past and gone. On Monday evening, November 21. before time had been given Morris to arrange everything perfectly the performance commenced at 7:30 p. m. and lasted until the midnight boor. Clarice Vance returned to New York's two- a-day and won her audience by that Indefinable womanly charm although she la not built oo the same proportions of the type wbo usually iXKScsa feminine charm. Her good nature la Infections, and accounts for ber success in the rendition of You Can Lead a Mole to Water, But You Cannot Make Him Drink. Arnold Daly presented his vehicle. The Tan Dyck. Ms nrst American aoceeaa. The clstlon or his playlet seemed to be between two factions— tb; gallery, who . him on two or three occasions during the exposition which allows the sketch to pet devoid of action for over half the act, and the two lower floor*, who knew the ability of the Englishman and gave him ample reason to ad- dress the audience at the conclusion of his third encore. "This incident this evening, recalls to mind the remark made by an American favorite on a similar occasion: 'What can you (tbe gal- lery) and I do against so many' (pointing to the balance of the audience.)" Act very good. on page 45.) The Two-a-day Bunch at The Musical Stoddarda are putting on a act, entitled The Absent-Mloded Professor the Plaxa this week. Fred Ray, formerly of Fred Ray's Players Company, la very III In West Philadelphia. Tony Caatellane snd brother are playing In vaudeville around New York In their bicycle act. Dalley Brothers, skatorlal artlata. are present- ing their set on United time. Five weeks of G. Molsseo's pantomime have been booked to appear consecutively at Morrla' hoose. The American. Lest week Mlna Mlnar featured in Paris by Night; this week she is featuring in Tbe Apsche Dsuce. The other three lo sppesr are Danses Classlque Rnsse Company; Mme. Daxle in L'Amour De 1' A rt Isle, snd Nina Peyne in La Somnambulist. Win Shaw la breaking lo a new act called Fooiiight Impressions, on Joe Wood's time. A very pretty little Oak. la being prea Stock Company by F. Jones. Cecil Magnna, Grace Gibbons I/nil-e Brunette. Manager Holmes re business as being very good. Walter F. Jones, formerly with the People's Slock Company, Chicago, u bow a member of the Harlem Stock Company. The Brat big act to claim tbe distinction of arriving in the metropolis via the new Pennsyl- vania toooell waa tbat of Gertrude Hoffmann, this week's feature at K. A P.'a Fifth Avo. - Mr. Purely, former manager of tbe Bryant Theatre, bss left the old stand which la now In charge of J. E. Dnnn. The latter man Is one of experience, who esn sbly take charge of tbe 42d street boose. Me haa already Instituted an amateur tryout night, which wlU occur every Monday evening. Julius Bteger Is now playing-The Way to the Heart, for only a limited number of times. Be soon returns lo tbe legitimate aUge.' swlschor and Evans, who formerly did s sing- ing and tslklng act. will soon commence to do a story in one with a special drop, called Seeing the Sea In 0, from tbe pen of Jack Gorman. ■ ■ AT THE FIFTH AVENUE. New York. Not. 26 (Special to The Billboard I. —Manager Qua McCone's theatre Is entitled to the honor nf being the first Broadway honee to Introduce the "daylight" Dim, whereby, through a new deTlee attached to the moving picture ma- chine, the bouse need no longer be subjected to jjected ui.jive neeu no longer oe sou J ecu *"}!}'» »■»• the picture n being pro* on the cortaln. - „Owing to K»a Tangnsy's voluntary absence. Martrn Arburkle headlined with hla * playfet, The Welrher. Hla selection week's All-Star Mil. and tbe notlci compsnled It In laat week's Issue, tber notice superfluous. I on pag. 48.)