The billboard (Dec 1910)

DECEMBER 31. 1910. fhc Billboard 41 A Letter from Australia Sydney. X. S. W., So». 22, 1810. To the Editor of To* Billboard: Sydney at the present moment haa got }b* rev.r lor tMlkltS* ue« Ibeauvs. anil at lb* urc.ent moment there are no lets than n»e beautiful new I*—!■»' '» course °» con " * jKa Spencer's new Lyric 1» faat approach- loir completion, and should be reedy for the o„enlne ou Boilng Day. tb* 26th of December. Y'mu.t ».j th.t from the outside It presents s aio.1 Imposing appearance. Mr. Spencer will .ontluue to run bin lyceum *bow a* well, snd with the two going be should be able to make oleniy or dollars. Tbe new Adelphl Is also fwiuluB well to tb* front, nod tbit will soon be owned to tbe smusement-lovlng pnblle, but I am not too optlmletle as to tbe location, but thru there 1» an eld earing. "All signs tall In dry weather." and tbls may be ont of them. Tbl. theatre will have a large seating capac- ity, but the one to be erected on the other por- Hon or tbe ground and adjoining tbls theatre will be much more up-to-date aa regards msny llllle Inlug. tb.n tbe Adelphl. This wlU be °°Srf ^^WUHani** Colonial No. 3 Theatre will soon bi-gln to loom up. aa tbe men now are baid st It. some laying bricks snd mortar, and others excavating for a basement, aod also lo eel to tbe bed rock for tbe walls of the bulletins. Tbls theatre will be bnllt on totally different lines to any that are being bnllt, and will bare impended awnings In the front, and ,|»o sll Of the trade mirks Of the M. P. P. Co. bnllt Into tbe front, so aa to show as medalloae by day. and at nlgbt will be Illuminated by electric light, and cause tbe whole ensemble to present a Terr One and pleasing front. Tbia theatre will be ready to op Mr. Williams baa gone to _ the building of tbe new theatre for the com- pany In that city. Tbe ground coat 1120 000. and will for a eery (real time to come con- tinue to Increase In rslue, owing to It being located In tbe very elite portion of tbe city, snd on wbst Is known ss Tbe Block. Tbe biggest venture In the building line In the theatre art. Is tbst of Messrs. T. J. West's Pictures. Limited. They base purchased a eery one block of ground, on which st this present moment .tends tbe Marshall Brewing Plant, bnt wblch Is now In tbe way of demolition to make room for West's Olympla Limited, and on tale plot of ground will be erected one of tbe very latest aod most up-to-date theatres In tbe southern hemisphere. Tbe cost will be over half a million dollars when finished. Veneris, which opens on the 26th Inst.. Is also another new one. Thl» ha. been for some time In course or con- struction at Mossman's Bay, right at the ferry landing, aod I rather fancy that there will be found one of tbe belt locations In tbls berg, as It la a fine place for those whose hearts are young. Aa yon step oo tbe ferry boat, and the twenty mirtptes sail oo tbe beautiful har- bor land, you right at tbe entrance of the place, and aa tbla la without doubt one of the rery best open-air countries on the face of tbe eartb. here is the ideal spot to locate tbe theatre. The King's Theatre, next to tb* Oladarinm, seems to be doing rery good, and I should say s paying trade, aa eaeb Una that I bare looked Into tbe place there baa been a good audience, and all seemed to be pleased with tb* pictures screened. There bare been many open- air theatres built In this city and suburbs, snd they sll seem to find tbelr andlencta. no matter how many of them are built. Mr. Walter Brown, from 8an Francisco, hss bought out tbe Queen's Tbestre. and la at the present time eogsged la making a lot of alterations In the nay of seating snd In tbe lighting of the theatre. Tbls Is a dean, cosey little place, but It bss never been s great success. 1 hope that tbe present proprietor may bring good bntineas ability to bis aid. and thus mske It one of tbe best. No reason why he should not do so. At Her Majesty's Theatre. Our Miss Glbbs still holds forth, and If all re,~,n. arc to be bettered, there Is no need for any change for time to come. Oa the 8th Inst, tbe llumpty uumpty, figuring wltb Immense suc- cess as the Scarecrow, subsequently plsylng It for on* hundred nlgbts In a Berne In Pari*, snd ultimately returning to Drury Lane (1904- 8) for tbe development of the ape Blmlon, as tbe mining link with a twentieth century dude. Mr. Ward was engaged by Messrs. Klsw st Krlsnger to repeat tbe asme cbsracter In New York, and eventually Joined Mr. George Wlllougbby for a tour of Australia, wblch op- Tbls was his first experience etor manager, when. In addition _ In Tbe Man from Mexico, he also Joined with Mr. Wlllougbby In a fine perform- ance of Carton's comedy, Mr. Hopklnaoo. Tbe company waa eventually reorganized for a long tour of the Orient Including India. China and ihe Eaat, as tb* Hugh Ward Comedy Company, snd for mora than a year past haa appeared throughout Australasia in A Bachelor*. Honey- moon, Tbe Fencing Master. Tbe Girl from Rec- tor**, and otber pieces. Mr. Ward will thus hring to the J. C. WUUsmson firm a widely varied experience, both oo tbe art and tbe business side of tbat theatrical enterprise. It Is understood tbat Mr. Ward will replace Mr. G. Ramacclottl, whose retirement from tbe firm next June to attend bla private property aod other affairs ba* been arranged some time." There 1* not a more gentlemanly person ever following telegram appeared In tbe morning and evening dallies of the Australtsn Pre** Nor. T. 191 sir. Hugh J. Ward has purchased an Interest In J. C. Williamson. Limited. Mr. Ward will be- come a director In Ihe company In Sydney, and work In conjaoctton with Mr. O. Tallin, di- rector In Melbourne. Mr. J. C. WUUsmson, who l< at present In Dresden, remains the gov crning director of tbe company." This was slso confirmed on the same day by tbe appear- ance of another telegram from Perth, W. A., reading as follows: "Mr. Hugh J. Ward con firmed tbe rumor that be had become a member of tbe firm of J. C. Williamson. Limited. He Is now commencing s farewell tour of Austra- lia as actor-manager on hi* own account, and thereafter will retire from acting. Com- mencing July 1st next, be will Join Mcaara. J. C. WUUsmson and O. Tsllls. and will be- come the resident masaging director of tb* firm s Interest In Sydney" True Morning Her- ald or tbe asme date bad tb* following re- mark, on lb* cbsnge: "Mr. Hugh Ward'* world- wide experlent* as dancer, comedian, serious •tudent or art. In characters requiring tbe ex- hibition of s gentle palboa. and finally as ac- tor manager throughout Australia and New feal sad peculiarly fits him for tbe high snd respou Slble position aa an entertainer which be la now called on to Sll." "In hla teena, Mr. Ward made a nam* In America as an eccentric dancer In randeville. snd quite csrly In bis career became chief come dlan or the Hock company at the Pittsburg Op era House, where, during a period of years, he plsyed SOO different cbsract tng from modern farce lo the old cw edlrs ami Sbskrspeare." "Rip Van Winkle, Caleb Plummer. Matthias In Tbe Bells, and Con In The Hhaoghrauo. were considered bla finest part*. He came to Australia with tbe Harry Connor Company, In 1800, when hla versatile talents enabled him to represent Ihe Pittsburg l*o*t snd a syndicate of fir* other American Journals, aa correspond- ent throughout the tnnr. Prom that lime bla popularity la Auslralls bsa kept Mr. Want principally In tbl* country. For fir* y**r* h* plsyed Important part* ben wltb tb* J. O. Williamson's Comic Oner* Companies, notably a. Old Ollfsln throughout the record run of Flnrodora here and In Melbourne, when Miss Grace Pslntte waa Ihe lady Hnlyrood. "la 190-1-1. the American comedian made bis " la the Drury La no pantomime. entered the profeasloa than Mr. Hugh 3. Ward, and that I speak from personal knowledge of him. and when be enters the old firm of J. C. Williamson. Limited. If there Is not some cbsogea In their manner of doing things wltb snd for members of tbe press, then he hss changed more than ever any man on tbla eartb did, and wbea be cornea to tbe flrm'a director- ate. I will wager that a much better feeling will prevail among tbe staffa both before and behind, than baa ever prevailed before. At tbe Theatre Royal. Miss Katberlne Gray. In Salvation Nell. Is nightly presented by the Williamson management, and I am Informed tbat bnalnesa I* good. Aa I hare not at any time area even tbe people coming out of tbe theatres. I do not know If It be so or not. a. whst I do not know or see. I do not take all tbat tbe paper* say seriously. In these matters especially. At tbe Criterion Theatre, Mr. George Wll- lougbby la presenting Why Jones Left Heme, and bnalnesa la good, and tbe season terminates oo the 23th Inst. Mr. William Anderson opens there for s sbort season on tbe 26th. In The Winning Ticket, by William Anderson and Temple Harrison. Mrs. Anderson (Miss En- gene Duggsa) as the leading lady, supported by a well-selected company. By the way, Mr. Anderson baa bnllt the Olympic Picture The- atre, sestlng some four thousand people and presenting a Melbourne-made film of Tbe Squatter** Daughter, and tbe way tbe people roll up to see tbla Is a wonder. Tbe writer, who has seen It twice, csn not compliment tbe operator* on tbelr prodnct. which does not com- pare, from a photographic standpoint, with some or the work bs* been turned oot In tbls city. I mutt say tbat were the film properly done, that the subject la a good one, and withal baa Its tragedy snd comedy sides well acterlstlc words snd Its catcby mtlody (wblch Introduces a variation of tbe old favorite song) predict tbat It will be one of tbe big popular hits of 1911. ♦ Ben* Aubrey's sung repertory consists entire-, ly of Helf bits. Including tbe seml-claaslcal ballad. My Love I. Greater Than tbe World, the novelty success, Hands Up. and the new Walts ballad. Don't You Forget to Remember. •» Tbe Misses Bell Gold snd Elaa Ryan are mak- ing big bit* wltb tbe two publication., entitled What's Your Hurry. Birdie? and It'a Awfnl Hard to Try aod Be a Lady, In the production (Sam 8. A Lec Sbubcrt's) Two Men and a Girl. ♦ J. W. Stem A Co. feel tbat they have gained quite a point by baring tbe chief of Chicago police Indorse Nix oo the Glow-Worm, Lena, after the publication of the atory In tbe press of that city tbat tbla musical selection bad been placed on the forbidden Hat. MUS IC NO TES. Miss Mindell Kingston Is featuring Henry and Branen's new audience song. I'm Looking for a Xlce Young Fellow, which la getting her three and tour encores st each performance. Mr. Glenn Ellison, the English singer snd cbarscter artist. Is employing the new spotlight song. My. What a Funny World Tbls I*. a* weU as Solmsn and MacDonsld's comedy num- ber. FoUow the Car Tracks. ♦ . Mr. E. Clayton Hall haa canceled all bla vau- deville dates snd hss accepted a very tempting offer from the Baldwin-Melville Stock Co. Mr. nail la having great success wltb If I Could See Aa Far Ahead. Oh, That Glow Waits, and I'm a Married Man. My. What a Funny World Tbla Is brings nnmerous curtain calls for Misa Msnde Mscben. In the South It ~ Alfred Solman has written a new song, a waltx number, entitled You Can Win Me If You Woo Me While We Waltx. The Fries Sis- ters are going well with this song, also Harry McCowan, cbsracter singer. Novelties, Jewelry, Specialties. Bros.' New Book of Specialties TriS) Best: Catalogue) In aha Trad*. If you are a Concessionaire, Novelty, Jew- elry. Notion or Fair Worker. Canvasser, Streetiuan. Auctioneer. Knlfeboard Man, Hoop-la Game, or General Merchant, yon cannot afford to be without It- It contains full and complete Unea In new- est Novelties. 8ouvenlrs. Wstches. Jewelry. Fountain Pens. Optical Goods. Pocket and Table Cutlery. Yankee Notion*. Carnival Goods, etc.. etc., at wholesale only. By satisfying us that you are a legitimate deal r. (aa we want to keep this book out of the consumers* hands), and sending us your permanent address, we wUl ba pleased to send you tbls book free. SINGER BROS., 82lpwaty. lew York City. TO Largest city in Texas. Front on Alamo Plaza. Write, Box 1076, San Antonio, Tex. FOR RENT—Handsome Theatre 700 cap. Piano, carpets, plnah back opera chairs, steam and electricity. 9 dropa. bill room, 8 dressing rooms. Iron m. p. booth, etc. Any Besrt Of city. 75,000 to draw nth. Ohio. from. Bun all 3.000 town In night. No < Wi sconsin. The Buyers' Mr. WHloughby's New English Company win opea at tbe Criterion April 1. I sbsll have more lo say of this company In r next letter. At the Palace Theatre Mr. Allen Hamilton and Max Maxwell's company are Just closing a very successful season, and Mr. H. R. Roberts and Miss Msggle Moore open on tbe 2Sth Inst.. In Shadows of a Great City. I al- so will have mncb to say of them in tbat letter, bnt time and space forbid to-day. I wish all tbe readers of my letters snd all • patrons of "Old Billyboy." a very Merry Chriatmae and a Happy and Glorious New Year, and many of them. On next Thursday, Thanks- giving- Day, we. the Americans, will duly carve the turkey, and make free with the good old New England <-» mince plea, like our mother nsed lo make (Jl. . H. LANE. FRFF A $2,00 DUO TONE CUT ON COPPER FREE I IXaLaLi G|VE YQUR TALEN T PUBLICITY * ****** photo (portrait, scene, set. view, animals, any ggjt-* « <« £ print you l.COO postals with any printed for postals snd printing. Will *hlp cut FBEE with postals, em all. Writ* fr.e samples. THE PARKER ART STUDIO. 31S S. Clinton CHICAGO. PLAYING THE BEST IN VAUDEVILLE SULLIVAN and C0NSIDINE CIRCUIT GEB-EBAX BUSrSESS OFFICE ■ULZlTAjr AUTO COHBUDrE BLDQ.. ASO XAJMSOaT STREETS, SKRZKAX. BO0H3S0 OmCX SUITE 7, let* BBOADWAY. NEW YORK CITY. CHBJ3 O. BRANCH BOOKING OFFICES. AT Be. Clark St.. Chicago, 111. FAUX OO0TXROH. 1 J* Martart^St.. ■d oSce* In a prominent theat- NEW YORK MUSIC NOTES. (Continued from pace IT.) J. Fred Helf ha* Just returned from a ten weeks' demonstration tonr. dnring which he snd a large staff or singer* and plsalsts visited the principal cities In tbe East and tb* Middle West, popolarlilng Play That Barber Shop Chord. My Lore la Greater Than tbe World. When a Boy Prom Old New Hampshire Lores a Girt From Tennessee. I'd Rather Say Hello Than Say Good-bye. Oh. You Bear Cat Bag: When My Marie Slnars Chilly Billy Bee. etc. Mr. Heir* latest soog hits. Bsnds Ep, Don't Vou Forget to Remember, Mis* McCue, and Cn tb* Rickety Stairs, srou ' also enjoyed large sales. Tb* Chicago office of tbe J. Fred Helf Co., In charge of Sadie Belt and Dave Weston, assisted by Fred Dempsey. Geo. Grady snd Gas Winkler, hi* been temporarily located In tbe parlor suite of Hunt's Hotel, its Dearborn street. Protesalonal singers are cordially invited to call and listen to tbe latest Helf bit*. Mr. Helf baa secured rteal 1, 1911. The J. Fred Helf Oo. haa In preaa a of new novelty and coon songs, written by Lewi* F. Mulr. In hi* own characteristic style and exceeding In Interest anything the pop- nlsr author of Tlay That Barber Shop Chord. Tbe Oklahoma Twirl and Tbe Chilly Billy Bee and Ob. You Bear Cat^Rag haa ever composed. song hits recently Issued by tbe J. Fred'netf Co. la Gee, Bnt if* Great to Meet a Friend From Your Home Town, woidsby Wm. Tracer (author of rlar That Barber Shop Chord), music by Jas. McOavlsk <co-antb..r with Lewis F. Mulr. of Tbe Oklahoma Tw rt). Although only cm the market for a abort time, tbla song, with Its lively msrch cboriva prom- ises to be a sensational bit and Is being fea- tured by a large number of artiste. Messrs. Tracvy and MctJavlsk. Its author and c»..upo»er have become members of the Helf staff, and will be pleased to receive their numerous pro- fsslonsl rrlcnds at Mr. Helfa New lork of- ficc ^ Jingle Bells, the new novelty "Winter Time" «nc mu.lc by W. 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