The billboard (Dec 1910)

34 The Bill board DECEMBER 10, 1910. BIG USE BROOKLYN, N. Y. 511s* Jessie McAllster. who la one of Brooklyn's leading women, and ban appeared with mam of tbe best stock companies, baa returned to toe Forbes McAllster Stock Company, at Percy Q. Williams' Gotham Theatre. Herbert Kelsey and Effle Shannon presented for the first time on any stage, a new one-act y. The Enemy, at the Orpueum last week. 'x'bree ring vaudeville has started In Manhattan, and so far the Brooklyn vaudeville managers have no .cause for alarm. Brooklyn!tes are good Judge* of vaudeville, and desire to see a vaudeville entertainment given In the same manner or policy that Percy G. Williams ha* pursued In bla chain of vaudeville theatres here, which is nine or ten acts of excellent quality. The public will soon tire of any vaudeville bin with four or five good acts mixed in with sixteen acts of inferior quality. Marie V. Fitzgerald's new play still remains without a name. It was presented at the BIJou Theatre last week. The play Is patterned after the type of M a d a m e X and Mother. Corse Fay- ton has offered »35 to the person wbo will sug- gest the most appropriate name for this play. Circus acts are very plentiful In Brooklyn this Green point. The Sunday concerts, given at the Majestic Theatre, are attracting unusually large crowds. Loew's Sunday concerts are proving to be very popular at the Sam 8. Shubert Theatre. Mrs. Ida Huzza, a well known midget, wbo Is the wife of Major LIttlenuger. died at the City Hospital In Jersey City last week. Mrs. Huns'* last public appearance was st the Midget City, Coney Island. N. Y. The Theatrical Union was held st Sarngerbund Hall, Nor. 28, was a big success. Prof. J< furnished the music. The Court Theatre starts a new policy this ek. and opens with the sentlng melodramas. - Oennaro's Band la an extra Follies of the Day. at the .rest a Favorite Waltz, which g^orgiTh! 1 ALBANY, N."Y. Thanksgiving day waa the occasion of a fam- ily party of well-known, stage- people at Har- nus Bleecker Hall, where ' Grace George presented bar new play. Sauce for the Goose. William A- Brady, Miss George's husband, waa on hand, supervising the performsnce. which has been oat bat a few nights, and Will Ism A. Brady. Jr., the Image of hie clever mother, aat " and cntbu- great George's play that to displace. Prof. commodate the crowd. At all the theatres Thanksgiving . Day, a col- lection was taken op for the local tuberculosis pavilion. Throogn the courtesy of the managers, curtain speeches were msde by local physicians, explaining the cause for the collection. Grace George wrote a substantial check for the fund. Albert Chevalier made hut first appearance In Albany In fifteen yesrs. In Daddy- Dufard, Nov. 25-26. His plsy looks like a winner.. The New Theatre Company will make a two weeks' tour around New York, while s company presents Maeterlinck's Mary Albany will be visited Dec » it). Charles Y. Barton, manager of the Lytell- Yaughan Players, who played a lona* stock en gagement at Hermanns Bleecker Hall last mi" Bis company will mer. waa In town Sunday. His com pan: return to Albany during the spring. ghW S% opeSng^'cnefeTt was at Har- BALTIMORE, MD. Miss Annabelle Whltford. during her en- gagement In Baltimore was Informed that di- vorce proceedings were Instituted In New York by her husband. In private life she Is Mrs. Harry Biasing;. "Baby" LIppmsn, wbo Is a well-known dancer, was married November 22 In Philadel- phia, to William B. Anderson, a wealthy broker of^the Quaker City. The bride la a Baltimore Plana for the erection of a large amusement bo nding at Baltimore and Gllmor streets for the Empire Theatre company are being pre- pared by Paul Emmert. architect. The new structure will have a frontage of 56 feet and a depth of 110 feet. Vaudeville and moving pic tores will be featured. The bonding will be equipped with all the modern improvements and the front will be ornate In beauty and brilliant- If. illuminated with electricity. The construction of the new Eureka Theatre at 1433-35 West Lafayette avenne will shortly The contract for the building has - In Cowan. The theatre will or Its kind In the country, a user and McClusky are the architects. The building will be two stories high with a front of 40 feet and a depth of 125 feet. The first floor will be used for moving pictures and the second floor for pool tables. Florence May. who played one of the prin- cipal roles In Katy Did, Is popular In tola dty- Dnrlng her visit here, a dinner was given In her honor at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Leonard K. Hlrabberg. 1937 Madison avenue. Kiss May is a native of Georgia but has many frlendi to this city. meeting waa held In the reception room of Banner Exposition in 1914. The committee of 100 recently appointed to outline the plans for the exposition unanimously adopted tbe report of the sub-committee of seven appointed to nominate officers, suggest committees and a plan of organization. A city-wide conference will be held In January for the purpose of giving definite shape to the plans and to arouse widespread Interest In regards to the exposl- tlon. In the meantime, the various sub-com- mittees will be organized and a definite site selected and a general plan will be outlined. The object of this exposition la to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the national anthem of Frauds Scott Key. which be com- posed when be saw the "Dawn's Early Light" at Fort McHenry from the deck of a British warship. The Wilson Theatre In this city baa made ar- wlth the play meats to play "Bp lit" week with the os Theatre in Washington. The acts that at the Wilson the first three days of the at the Cosmos the last three and acts playing the Cosmos WUson. SYLVAN SCHENTHAL. CLEVELAND, O. or the newly effected a Lou Deweln and W. G with the The assoclai of keeping that no one of tbe business, it Is - composed bf seventy- live, of the. more reliable film users In Cleve- land and vicinity. Tbe Boulevard Theatre, recently opened on tbe West Side, running pictures and vaudeville, booked by tbe Cleveland Vaudeville Co., pos- the unique feature of being the only pic- open until two and three o'clock In the morning to accommodate, the car employees. The man- agement la making a big nit with this plan. Walter King, wbo has been playing twenty weeks on tie Griffin time, arrived In Cleveland last week. Be will take oat a musical comedy company of eight people booking bis own pro- ductions. BHIy and Pearl Meehan, who were tbe hit with Sam T. Jack's Own Show (Western Wheel Burlesque), closed with that show Nov. 26. Mr. Meehan has accepted an engagement with the Gordon and North Merry Whirl Company. Mr. ^and Mrs-^Meehan were succeeded by Lew The Orphenm Theatre baa discontinued vaude- ville and la now a straight moving picture boose.. Herb Bell, who has been produclns- musical comedy for tbe last three months there, has accepted an engagement of a similar na- ture In Fort William, Ont.. while the bslsnce of the company went to Chicago. The Presents Theatre did not change their to the two shift they would l ■s lead- the cent. and tbe PreaeJJla now claims the priced bin In vaudeville In tbe dty. . . The popularity of Sunday concerts In Cleve- land was again demonstrated on tbe occasion of Sousa'a Band at Keith'a Hippodrome on Nov. ST, The big house was sold out for two per- formances. The hit of the bill at Keith'a Hippodrome the week of Nor. 28 were the Two Vivians. In* a novelty sharpenootlng act. Their work of bell ringing by sbsrpshooting Is sn especially novel feature. Botfe and his Bolfonlana also went » * ' - don HOLBBOOE. ' NORFOLK, VA. Norfolk, s city of 85.000 souls, from the cen- sus" last report, has been slighted lately from The Well's syndicate which really owns this city theatrically apesklng. has at last come to agreements whereby Norfolk" will see some of the New York successes by the open-door route. Tbe city has always, been a goo and never has there been a poor the attraction waa the cause. We (Norfolk) have been visited this season by a great array of dramatic as well as musical stars, and old Dixie always eliminates the cold shoulder. Now cornea the great special announcement that the great French tragedienne. Mme. Sara Bernhardt, will Include this city In ber ltlnersry. Our managers are always for first-class attrac- tions, and we generally get our share. Vauderllle. tbe now i paying smosement. has a the little metropolis of tbe -ertaln stronghold on South. Tbe Colonial Theatre was really a white ele- phsnt to the owners until the progressive firm of Winner ft Vincent took charge and Installed the now popular two-a-day shows. Mr. S. W. Donalds, the resident manager, Is a genial young man, with old experience In the vaudeville business, and be gives the patrons or this theatre beautiful all that Is desired For treasurer. Mr. A. Newton Gtab hss a strong- hold on the lovers of the variety fraternity of this city. By the way. It la aald tbat Mr. Glsh made a great rake-off at tbe raees, lately run In this city. All the picture parlors are holding out nicely. Now as tbe Christmas shoppers are making the rounds for bargains, tbej drop In for t rest, thereby- the proprietors benefit. Mrs. Mary TMvon Thaeker, the talented sister of tbe dramatic writer. Rev. Thomas Dixon, has Just pat on the market a book of. tbe South, entitled. "The Strength or the Weak." Mr. Harrison Grey Flake baa the rights for the dra- matic producing of same. Mr. Maxwell M. Cramer, the clever cartooulat na,^.de d .^k^or»XW."Sty" Leo. J. Greenwood, the Yiddish is laying off In this city, his home town, uz after the holidays. Be la a welcome visitor to the office of BlUy Boy. Prof. Chss. Borjes and bis elite orchestra, who have tbe Colonial Theatre music contract, fill la Sunday afternoons at oar popular hostelry, The Lorraine. The management or the Colonial Theatre la giving photos of tbe beadllncra every Saturday matinee to ladles holding orchestra seats. -Mr. Ernest Psddon. otherwise known as "Goo Goo," does some heavy advertising for the Col- onial Theatre, of which he Is general advertising "i^vrtsh sU Billy Boy's readers a merry Christ- mas as well aa a progressive New Year. LOUIS S. SALSBUBY. CINCINNATI, O. Last week the Orpheum started on it* new policy of playing alxteen acta. The'result of the first week's experiment waa gratifying. Donald Dunbar, wbo has been press represen- tative for tbe Orpheum, has accepted a similar position at Wm. Morris' theatre In St. Louis Visitors In Cincinnati last week were John Corf and Edward Bloom, tbe Utter Wm. Mor- ris' representstlve. J as. S- layers and George M. Brink have pur- chased the Interest of George Breasler tn tbe Auditorium Theatre. It la probsble tbat tbe new msnagers will abandon the policy of vsude- Ttne and Install a stock company. At the American this week a new policy went Into effect Tbe management la now giv- ing two ahows ■ day. the first running continu- ously from noon nntll « o'clock, and the second from 8 to 11. At the middle of the week tbe evening snow of tbe first half Ukes tbe after- noon, and vice versa. The engagement of Angela Dolores, ss leading woman with the Forepangb Stork Company waa but a temporary one. Mlas Dolores has re- turned to. Chicago, and the leading roles will be Interpreted by Jennie Ellison. Manager Geo. F. fish, of the company.- Is now In New York enraging people for his aggregation. Jos. Ratlin*, wbo la a member of Tbe Midnight Sons, which waa at tbe Lyric last week. Is a Cincinnati i>oy. ills many friends gave him a of a novel election no will be permitted at tbe Orpheum. To deter- mine tbe attitude of patrons In tbe matter, tbe management of the boose • sent ont circulars msde up In the form of ballots asking them to vote upon the Issue. The final count stood 210 for smoking and 8,635 against It. The Ninety and Nine, a thrilling melodrama. ley 1 1? maMge^of'the* show 1 "** * DENVER, COLO. warmly The recent The Sells-Floto housed In their winter-quarters here, arrival of Bon, the baby hippopotamus, nas to do with tbe attractiveness of this > to the pnbll< tske advantage The doors are thrown open to the pnbll ry Sunday and large crowds tske advantag of tbe rare eight of a circus menagerie In the winter time. Another big attraction there la the baby twin elephants. Kaa and Mo, which come In for a big snare of the attention. Work la progressing very nicely on tbe new Shnbert Theatre In Denver. Nothing definite, however, can be learned as to the date or tbe opening. The new Barns Theatre at Colorado Springs. Colo., will be a One one. Tbe big new theatre at Greeley, Colo., Is nesting completion and should be ready for shows within several months. The msny Denver friends of WUIette Kershaw, wbo played In stock at the El Itch Gardens this " were sorry to bear of ber automobile up. Mlas Kershaw was a great favorite In Denver Last summer. Although It Is In almost mid winter. Manager Bnrt his arranged for roller skating and danclnr at Lakeside. Plana are being msde to Lakeside larger and at Pueblo on Thanksgiving Day by the society people of that town where abe wss the guest st an elaborate spread, after wblch tbe entire dinner party attended the matinee performance of Miss Russell. The promoters of the aviation meet In Den- ver, In which Ralph Johnatone lost bis life, say tbe affair was not a financial success aa thousands of people were lined np on the vscsnt lots as well ss streets outside of tbe grounds. The Isst dsy waa more or less of tbe big crowds aa Bud Mara In a Curtis machine was unable to get off tbe ground bat a few feet, and unable to make a flight the failure of which he attri- buted to tbe ratified atmosphere at tbls-mtle highs] tirade. **lss Charlotte Thompson nlaywrlgbt *"-" author accompanied Miss Lillian Russell and ber company to Denver. Miss Thompson Is on her wsv to 8an Francisco to visit ber mother. She will fesve Sen Frsnclsco tn time to be In New York for the Initial production there of ber new plsy, Jan. 18, 1911. Mlas Thompson played the part of Halleluiah Mary In Sslvs- tlon Nell when Mrs. Fiske toured tbe eontl- Tbere will be plenty of dances for tbe thea- trical fraternity dnrlng the winter, SS dsnces are being arranged for by tbe blllera, posters. etc" ' JULIAN HELBER. 8AVANNAH, GA. The second season of tbe Schiller Players at the BIJou, closed Nov. 26 snd op to tbe present time no definite Information aa to tbe future plans of tbe BIJou can he attained, thonsb It is understood from authoritative source tbat thl- bousa will reopen with an entirely new stork company about Christmas. Tbe BIJou la under vriVcn^eTw* Bex 1 ".; resident sL^' Miss Irene ' ing of the Schiller Players bean leading of till,company, has be^engtfed to play lead* ARTHUR M. 8T. LOUIS, MO. This week began, aa last week ended, with no great rush at our theatres, jet a slight Improvement la noticeable at the various box offices which denotes that before the new yssr Is begun tbe houses will again be getting at - leaat as much business as last year. Tba Im- portant event of last week waa the Lakes to the Golf Deep Waterways' Convention, which more than S.000 attended. The delegates were gives everything their hearts desired and the cost waa not considered. They were given tickets thst entitled them to admission Into any of the St. Louis Theatres, snd they were very nearly all were taken advantage of. Tbe only attrac tlona In tbe city tbla week are the offerings at tbe local theatres, and aboutd work to the man- agers' Interests. Br. Stockhouse has been mad* business mea- sier of tba new Oolutnbta Theatre bar*. Tbe position was vacated by Mr. Harry Wallace when be wss made manager of tbe Havlbj Theatre. Br. Frank R. Tata delayed making sn appointment for the purpose of getting the very best material possible for this position, and Mr. Stockhouss's selection was bis conclu- sion. Mr. Stockhouse for a large number of seesons furnished the programs for tbe Golom bis. snd during that time became thoroughly familiar with tbe workings of tbla theatre. Ula success la assured. Cbarlea A. Spauldlng. the owner of the Olympic Theatre, the St. James Hotel and much other property. Including the lease on tba Ota tury Theatre, la lu the stay aa a guest of m Tbla la his first visit t. World's Fair waa held Tbe Coliseum last week was given over to the National Business Show. It baa proved a novelty tn tbe way or an exhibition. Tbe Harmonious roar, LeRoy, McXsod, Mc- Donald and Price, formerly of the Oem Theatre, have Just signed s long contract with Mr. Baa- aiicr, for service at toe Caalno Theatre. Their term at tbe Gem Theatre extended over tare yean and waa part of tbe success of tbla the- atre. The slum,as of Mr. Ha the quartette for tbe Casino. To. excellent understanding of barm, them pronounced favorites with public. Tba Elks, St. Louis Lodge No. 9. srv holding a Charity Indoor Circus st tba Cott- aruin here this week. Bappy Holmes hi is charge. SOd S - big SncceSS la anticipated. The Elks atone have rtlspnasd of over 50,000 admis- sion tickets. Tbe great success of Will B. Creasy snd Blanche Dayue at the Columbia this week has caused the management to continue their en- gagement over another week. It is not of tare that a team la bald here in vaudeville for taste then one weak, especially when tbe sketch hss been seen In the city before. Another motion picture theatre opened Its ran. hss «ipended go.OOO ofthe bonding. That theatre to downtown patronage this week. It be Ing tba LyrlC, st Sixth snd Pine streets The owner, bar. Rj Improvement complete. Including a balcony. Tbe public of Ht Lools. especially him personally, hare been grt over the sudden death of Wm. O. _ who died In Ban Antonio, lax., OB November II. Hla high wire axMbltioaa la this city st both Lamp's Park Carnival asm tbe Pythian Charity Carnival recently, gays us a chance to become familiar with him aasl big skill as a high wtrt performer. Ail those who bed the good fortune to know him will sadly He leaves a wits snd four NEW ORLEANS, LA. The New Orleans Symphony Orchestra the direction of Prof, gervtn O. Frank, gave lu first musical concert of that season Neveaa- ber 20. at the A t he n ae um The Piano soloist was Miss Uvaodais. The organisation 1* strict- ly a local one, co m p osed of sixty musicians and will take to tbe road short!; - territory. They will return _ ral more concerts during tba winter. The Russian Symphony Orchestra of fifty- one musicians and four singers under the dlrec ■ 1 ——— NASHVILLE, TENN. For fees cornelians, who ware billed to appear ai the Orpheum week of Nov. 21. faUed to nut la their appearance. Kolb and Miller, a pair of German comedlana, filled tba vacated spot. Jim H. Rutherford, lata of tbe Bagenbeek Wallace shows. Is playing vaudeville, "a Is booked solid until tbe spring opening of tba Sells-Floto Shows, With which be Is engaged SS principal producing clown. „ Kolb and Miller, "Just Two Natural Germans.' have been booked on the Inter-State time for sis Reynolds and Miller, slater act. opened o» the Sullivan and Conatdlne time Dec. 11. st ths "l Bag, A oomplals Hat of attraetlovis ap- pearing Tn the oltlea mentioned on this page i. given In the depart- ment beginning on