The billboard (Feb 1911)

Tti'e OilIboard ; raiiRUARV 4^ 1M1. ■■■■ -...i-i. ■■ . HEARD IN ADVANCE Tlic Xewlyiredj, tlw mttnetloB billed for an •nciceiiunt at the B«jer Opera Honae, Kendall- Ind.. Jm. 21, did not appear, the data liaT- iac been cancelled ttf Hft. A. M. Boyer, who re- eelTCd word that the oompanr la piratins the .titia ot a cepjrKMcd plar and baa no risht to ■a* it, tbm aiafctiiy tk* local manaser Uabla Oder tbe law ta eaae lie abonld allow tbe pleoe to be produced In bis taooie. Manacer Borer icoelnd « letter taat' tka LeOer-Bratton Compaiv. Of Mew lock, «waM «f tbe copTrlsbted title of tbe fanMna eartOM plar, Zbe Newlyweds and Tbelr Babr, waning Um araloat permlttlnK tbe performance at tba compuix booked irttb talm under tbe title of The Mewlyweds, claiming tbat tbe latter com- pany bad DO legal rUbts to tbla title, and tbat tbe use of It waa an. Infringement apoo tbelr ^maUatOr upon receipt of tbe tetter, Mr. Barer taok tba nkatter np, and aa fbe eompanr wUeh ma booked to appiear In KaodallTUIe. van. SI. bappcnad to tranafar tint* the dar bef«« oa tbere war to tbetr praitoos nlglit's ^acactnent, be looked tbem ap at tbe depot and Ineoraied tbe 'management of tbe fact tbat **^^ eagageucDt bad been cancelled. One ot tbe BaBagcn, according to Mr. BoTcr'a atatMuat; adnlttod that the abow was nliatiac. it dostood tliat tbe companjr In t a nda to fllahand and retnm to Chicago. Tie National AasociatlOD of lIlMtiinI rrpftif Ing Uanageta played 4belr drat lumt to ite Blar- plratlng caae, and won eaally. " " Vbe onezpcetcd aaaooncemeat ma made Jan. 24. Of tbe naiCBKttOB of ned B. Joboaon. as msuaxer of tbe Coloolal Theatre. Akron. Ohio. The rpilgnatlon took effect at once, and Hr. Johnaoa, who qalta on aecoonts of iiiwiiniti^ With H. H_ Fleber. one of the members of the neber A Shea circuit, controlling the boote. MU probably go to Fblladelpbia aa manager of ■ theatre there. Matdct Manager L. B. Cool, of New Tork, la n^Aferai^aad wlU bave temporary charge of the • deroted to Tanderllle ■UMalaat faU. when rieber A Sbea Mcniad coa. bol of the hoaw from Ntooa *^ aeoirai am ♦ Wl PbUbrick, one of tlw star comedians of B>™ra Carle's company, paying Jumping Jn- ^.'"'1*1I*£*S* "2? oomewbat plctnreaqne eaieer. Ue started In tiia bnmltle nnad^of peuiDt render wMb tbe old BaimimftBaney £«°;^o»er '"•bty rem •!». Wben not seU- SnSr&tfV^aw """"^ r!S!JE2*"«»« mother were In tbe theatrical •r!!?!"?^ only natural uiat be S'SS'm^!?eSJ** bStoaaTto sX. oSe Of Ita maar fbrms. The Utat jear tbat Fbllbtick ma a age cleaner In tba dtens he made great Uaada with tbe anlmala. parttenlulT^tffSe S!iti.*^^^A 'S?* « partlenlar liking to bim ndUa bandy domesUc method aadaeemed to andatstand orery word tbat Pbllbrlck apoke. to. !«•« ap. rtt the «aob.t« ^tSS sud- M, Jump tunt th. haelES m..5ll.*'*^!!S? J?* *™ aomeraanlta Si?*?!,- ,*>'*»U«t «»wPhIlbtlek'a torn to ■Mka tbe tesp Oie other aetobato and clowns ■toad aroond glrlng him the Ungh and daring Um to ma.e tbe trial. Phn waT giSe. boH^ war. and sorprlsed them by gohig op the ■ntaaee. twlatteg gneetoUy mrS tba Mto « tbe psAyderma. This being bla Orat SBSS he m« a trifle nerroas and mif Judged the distance. He landed on uie back of bla elephant frieod. Sklke, and loUad Ic^ nombilonaly to u* ground. Sklke, tbrnnta iMrib •?n>rl«d. picked hli ap ?Dd«I? with his trunk and set him on bla feet. PhU ^i.Slf^.."i.''?*«""' ""o"* " bit. bnt tbe «b0Bg». It was part of the act. and ebgiad Um again Toeiferoualy. that night on tbe somewhst battered BCOUBC on of tbe resnlar acrobats and tbe — '••PS'- « rctaalned with tbe drcns flye jars, dnrlnc wUeh time he acted In the capac- r^S" or caown. n ms l elan and bareback rider. Un- ^SKtnnatelr, or fintaaately. Jnat aa mv ««»tnie It, he began to take on lleik. ud «^ that he ma gettlug too tai^ to to dooble somersaults eren with Sklke's assist ■ net-. K, he Joined a bnrleaqne show. mSi. •saiii he got many a bomp. bnt Prlmmte and Oockstader diacorered that he coold alac eoon songs withont the aid of a net. naciMa tte '■SJ^"*''!'. merry," and digalflad M" V a posltton "on the end" in their Hist natt. npm the minstrel bnalaan tba aUaaltoos PUI- *'£!S!L**£L* U(b*r ah a Mbt to popnlsr- prlced attiaetians. nr IkM lata mStt^ it,' "Heard tb» tta^ "No." "It hasn't leaked oat', And Jimmy Bosen said; snd Geo. Mnipby did. ♦ If all bUlpostlng plants were condactcd as Manager Flak conducU bla to WUUannpoct, Pa. ♦ If we only bad a "Doc" SIhUav to tnaaaet bnalneaa with erery day. ♦ It we only bad a Sherer tor a manager In every one-nlgfat atand, and a Kobler, treasnrer. Eh? ♦ Yonr contract for Mabaooy City, Pa.. Is signed -M. C. Kaler." Thli M. O. Kaler la a lady, a business lady to the extent of not only owning and managing the Opera House, bat atoa a ta a w m y, a recui^lag plant, two or tkna aaadiad aatooas. also a retail liquor atore, eoDdiKto aU taaliMas tor an Uwk enterprises, and Onds time ta sar: "No, I'do not consider eondoctlng this three mil lion tmalneas' a bur- den. It la a pl aa ai i i a , asd to abow yon, Mr. North, that I can and do teally enjoy life, here is mj Itinerary for a Florida trip for myself, three motor care, cbanltenr, two members of family, and we'll bare a dee-llgbtfnl time." And She "didn't come from Mllwatikee." "Her hair la alt her own, 'tboogb She'a 71." says tbe Wilkes-Barre TImes-Leadinr. refarrtog to MlSB Kate Sandbom. That's one of (br gems I'd like to try on a piano. • - ♦ Vienna has a system ot fire protOL'tiou In the- stres which commands the admlrstlon of the world. Tbe curtain never riara on a per- formance In Vienna until the offlclal fire Inspec- tlon has been completed, and tbe thoroughness of tliat inspection Is beyond questloo. A Ore Ueatensnt arrlrea on the stsge at 7 o'clock and Inspeeto tito aqnad. At tbe wold of cam- mand every man mores to dlffeient psrto ot the stage—teattog hose, alarma, lite Implemeata, water mains, aaeeadlng ladders to tbe gridiron snd fllrs. The Ueutensnt. accompanied by tbe atage manager, . house snperintondeat and a coople of firemen. Inspects erery dresstog room. marchlBc tram room to room and Qoor to floor In almost military faablon. It Is next to Im- ponlble to encage one of the firemen Id roi- Tenatlon while he Is on duty. Tbe Ilenteoant In ebarge plaeaa tbe men at tlieir dlSerent ata- tlona, aomewliat to the manner a aentry is put upon cnatd, and tber nerer on any uetense '-^ " 1 Aa rtain the waa BrtgfeU'a Follies of. IHA. & Waitress at tta feoM !■ r, Va., talK to "Sngarr' "Tea. pleaae.'* "How many, one, two or thieel" of stunned me for a mtoptaw lipt I aald: "Cream?" baidtas ap a ^^ m^ ta U ar lAaler* RMk SaQonto, aihfad.ot Tbree Weeks! told taa. he emda't deep at a certain hotel not Says tba Coaateaa.Otga Tba HataCsldt: ''A yonag mother jMt-iainit fiaa snd engaged a new amu ' ~ her and said: " *I don't know wbafa bnt the little one cries t nothing to quiet it.' I ■■■■■ «"^. Brtjlt laas sane was whatainr Ian* that atottoa MttI fans. . - . . . - . "I've bSM at lha theatre," inljllaM man who Ml baSB conrlTlany abMU. - "ThcntMRTMH Ua avgeiad wICi^ "m'TO been wa liK tire dayar* nd tba batbwft' rpoa see. It plar."-j|«ew Tatk Telegraph. Buene Walter continues his verbal adTcotores to Ctmland, O. EUs latest remarka announce Ua diapteaaoia irtth .aa aaaaic to wUA lUsa Ijmeea Stair acto- 5^Wi glar. Xba' BMest "I contfdar tlut the American pemie • have neTcr yet aeen my play," aaya be. "I do not consider Miss Frances SUrr capable of tbe cbaracterlzatian of the principal person in tbe drama. Tbe whole thing was cbsngcd slmoat beyond recognition by Mr. Belaaco's pmdnclng method* and by the petsons be splectnl fur the caat. la those daya I conldn't imy vbn shonlil VViPatta to my plays. Now I can. aod now I wHI, bat I have been obliged to endure two yaata «I mlsrepresentotloB hefoie the American pauie, and to snffer tba eonaeqneat erltielsmB beeaose I was In the banda ot a pradncar and was powerless. LoodOD wIU tee tbe play as I conceired It aod aa I know it abonld be played." All of Which to ratiier haM oa Da«Id and Franeca. A. A. Dauuiaa, for two aaaaona man- ager Ot Boater Brown, Is piloting, and loccesg- tully ao.Jhe Orphenm Theatre. Altoona. Pa. Mr. Pcmaa jto a lya de aa caslablb repatot tog to Al- i^S** ^5"' ^9 maaa^ia -bat aa a notaaih (tatat aC ibMrtifn.- ♦ Tba dramatic critic of tba Vancoarer Proe- Ince temalned quite cslm when Miss Ellen 1^ ry appeared before bIm tbe other day. "when I saw her come upon the stage at tba ^opoa honae," he writes, "1 cbokcd and wept. Ibere she stood, just sweet Ellen Terry come bsek'toto life from tbe-dream laodd. One ssks me why I wept. Ye goda. what a quea- ttoal I would have felt aahamed bad I not ehabaa-4 mold bare kaowB tbat I bad lost that OM jiMitbaad with all tbe^ wSSk the bond of ahccr immas sympathy." Merciful beareaal Ernle_ ^onnj^ and Abe Halle,, of American — - Hall. Chicago, box office fame, are sure legalar parties, snd Col. Ttaompsou, tbe man- ■*?=».2SI!4 the'..*'?'' •»!■ better, and THBII, JadiLait. the jtaM asaati It Jack Isn't g 1—al a r ^tbea r Beeerwaat to meet one. Baceeai. boya, and many lhanka tor kindnesaes. * ^Winard Cozey met a ttotterlng chap on Broadway raeantly. . w "Were yoa baan «ttb tbat ■tattMrT' adial Mr. «ol2"ffflJ^ ftlSS yto a r a t d''to '^^Stoi .-"^ ,teH»» **• IWa he hasn't a friend In the world ongbt to be ssrlng money," layi C. B. Saunders, of the Jos. Galiu force. ♦ ■' • • Tint SOHTB. NOTES OF 1HE ROAD L. J. Osrdluer bas sold the Gem VandaTllIe Theatre st LsncsBter, O., to Luelan CuUn, who will change tbe policy to motion pictures. Mr. Gardiner bas aecorcd aaotber bnlldlng on Main atreet In Lancaster, which be wlU remodel for a TandcTllle tbeatre. He expecM to hare U completed In sixty days. The Fox Tbeatre, at Aurora, HI., changed policy from three shows a day to two a day taat week. Tbe bill for the first halt of tbe present week was: Mr. and Mrs. Perklna D. Fisher, Harde Trio, Dare Nowlaa, aaB . ond Forbes, Helen Stuart, Bclaa Mo, :lbMr and Norman and Daltoo Brotbeia. Angua McPhall, character Impersonator, of tbe team ot Noel and McPhall, tras stricken sud- denly tU whUa plsytog in Billings. Moot., snd was.taken to Saa naaclaeok >CaL,iiba(a IM wUI at tba Ofiana Ban^L Hr. Me^aP'bad to caaetf ali Walker and Stan Conaldlne Cireait. on a tweotr-tm ~ Jart.ltolabed twttil. aa djjgre baa^jy^i Eaodi. "Xk* ma BA,** to • taat at tk» W- Jeatte Theatta, Ba wata. fenalnadnijriMtM fOUfftSttD jy^*aaa#i^^- ^hBpfrVsAfllA AAA flSBii^Affth ABA- ooda to ai I air tbw a l _ _ aecooda aaS 'tba/absncat ^aw smmsu ' ' BBRy P. Dewey and Uniaa ItNlv; — twenty waeka with W. J. >1tl* to Ooant)7 Oooslns. M aMr ■Mb ake&i bTv^rt QV. aa tbe BaUlraa and JaaaaiT 22, ' They hare Max a XUtott, aacat for the Qlri from Home Company, traahly admlto that bostorss Is not at aU -that might be eapactad, but in bU own Tctnaenlar atatea that ths "choat atHl walha.*' Mia* Mary caiCW llqr*. tbeleadlng rote to thia piodactloa. At tbe cloae of bis engagements'In America, at LouisrUIe, Ky., March IB, O orge F. Hall, "the Yankee atory teller," Jumps direct to Lon-° don, England, opening at the PaTlllon. Plcadllly Circus, April 3. This tour will be Hall's second one of England. Upon tbe condoslon of their twentr-four weeks' engagement In SolllTan and Conaldlne houses. Walker and Sturm sail (or Soutti Africa, and after fnlOlllng engagemente there will rc- tmm to tbelr naare country, Anstrmlla. While plsytog the Comlque Theatre, Detroit. Mich.. Fred iSuT. ot tbe team of Eaiy aod Landore, fell and Injured bis knee. The team, as s result, bss canceled sU time and Is at present laytog off In Midland. Mtcb. Emmett and Lower hare aeparated. Maude Emmett la now working with ber alster. Vena, formerly of Emmett and Shelby. Tbe new act win t>e known aa Mande and Teoa Biuaett. "Those NoTclty Olrla." . Ritchie Brown la doing bis single set oo tbe Gns Sou time. His girl set. The History of Magic, starta tebearaals Jan. 30, at Akron, u. Both acts are booked solid In raadeTllle notil October. The Three Troupers, O. F. .Uger Frank Van rosen aod Artbar Pol ton. alaee aemiia wltb tta Rlogiing aboar^baia aat toat.a «*«. Ihey are In TanderlB^ at a ta a tat ' aa ' tba - W a Wton Circuit. Col. Wlllard O. Stanton bas aaanmed the management of tbe. Central Square Theatre, I i-nn. Mawi.. micreediog Frank DaWdsoo, who will continue In cbarga ot tbe motioa pletate booth. Will Marshall, for aerenl years MonttlliHl with tbe W. S. Butterfleld Theatrical Interesls. bas taken the management of Mr. Bntterfteld't* newly acqnired houae, tbe RIJoo, Laaaiog. Mieh. Walton and Vieian, who played at Ma Bm- ptcss, ClnclaaalL laat week, wm fo to Xn- rope to tbar vwfti. tt kM «••• npSiM -MiM left: bar. tf. um- an- VlTisa cle 9t* Elwood Benton. AnMtly «C Khuce. hasjJgjb^ • daiate aata^aaStai- 3le- Eddie Adair, tbe aong writer, aud E<ivtlie Hanaey, are preaenttog a new act, Claortcal TOm riMlIeiy, oyer the W. V. If. A. lime. They ban aoUA hooktngs until April. Eddie (Cnpid) Morris, formerly with Onr Miss Olbbs Campsny, and wltb Bert Leslie In Tsuderllle, Is now. with the Arcadians, plsylng the part of the EuglUb Jockey. W. w. Mmltb, manacer or tbe Grand Theatre at SprlDgaeld, Mo., has added a ~ TaudcTille act to bU motion pMni and Is playing to S. R. O. The Maurice J. Cunningham theatres In Kan- sas and Ulssoori hare abandoned stock and taken np TaoderlUe. Six acta, glrlng tbree •howx dally, are booked. BegloDing Jan. 22, tbe price of admlaalOB at the Andltorinm Theatre. Cincinnati, waa re- duced from ten to Are ceots. There will be no change In txMklngs. Frank Orshsm and Edltb RsndaU apea on the SulllTsn and Connldlne Circuit, BM ai i ail St, at the Empress Theatre. Cincinnati- ^ ^Wl are booked solid until September. John J. DnPont. formerly of the Patchin Brothers, Is' now doing a single act. In tbe near future he einecta to produce a new char acter change speclslty. Dick (Dusty) Rhoades bss snsounced bis msr- rlage to Miss Lily Hsrdcaatle, In Memphis, Tenn., two weeks sgo. The two will work togetber In Tsnderlllr. The Deonzlos. aessatloaal caiUlleatIek iamnera, ;''f. ^'"'^'"■^ ^"■> <rlcoda aad.ntottoaa .at Oam> brl(ig\ Ohio. They also pat aa Onto aet at tba Orptaeum last week. The Hopkins Theatre In LooIstIUo is now playlog One Sun rauderllle. Tbe Wslnnt Stri-ct In tbst city, which formerly bsd tbe frsneblie, la playing stock. Emile Weber, slug-r snd comedian, la baring ■ new act written for Mm Iw Chaa. BiBlllon ... — ■ - It At Ypung'a Pier, Atlantic City, week of Jan. 31, the Great Omar, the hniaaa top, and hli equlllluiatic atnnta. are ot a moat mlraeuloni nature. Hia daring and ability giro Um rank with tbe gieateat arttoto ot ato claaa ta tbe world.—Atlantle City Daily Praa*, Jan. », Hampton I to ^ wecite ) on m aUcteaa CUOiora Woad,-_ baa bees fot«M<tt> ber at datea oa two dangbtara. After betof West Cor two yean, tht Uaia. thoo Cooady Qoattet. an aoar wotlilac for Ifeaata.. Taylor, and Kaattoan ta aad assvad PbllaMpbta. N«a MtUBhr b baobad onr tba Utontato time^.. atatSy J—ary U at ~ ^k. ^jjjnat .lia aMflo oC My. ~ CUie L Oanett, •( Oia ttam ot laCaU aad X : tnjht Oaok a. to Ui weeka. ■art J. Cox baa added aaoth« long llat—tiM Orand Opara Hoaae to _ Ohio, which began playing Tanderflls tbia i Bother and Kelgatd, to An Brenlng at Uoae, were a riot at Happyland Theatre at Anbura, N. v., and will play a return engagement aoon. Nat Nasatro and Company open on tba 8ul llran ft Conaldlne ClKuIt. Jan. 9. at (aaclD- natl. Tliey are booked tor twenty-flTO weeks. F. M. Fsrrell, magician, baa tniahed hIa aes- aon and la to Ithaca, N. Y., tramtog up a new act to which be will open early to the aprtog. Powers, the Orest, Is meeting with consider sble success to New Jersey towns. He carrlts twelTS people and girea a good performance. Paul Zallee and wife bare Anlabed tbelr ran- derllle engagemeato and Joined Tba Oitto of IBIO Company for tiM iMlaaee of the aeaaoa. J. O. Mngent baa a new playlet caUad The Ronadar. It waa praaostcd tor the Bnt time at the Oiiibiia .naatia. Biaaavniak M. Giaee aad Uoyd Ooanelly ba*o doaed wltb Down the Slope onaiaaay aad will •alah the seaaon with Capt. McNalr*a Mew Bn. Copeland and Smith TMOOMd walk Ult day at Richmond, Ind., attar aeieral asiba* Tscatlon at tbetr home to Mtddgaa. ' Brookes and CarUale open March 23 for their third tour of tbe Pantagea Circuit la three yeara. They sail for Europe next July. Biabee and Coeuelly closed wltb Dom tbs Slope Company, and opened in Taoderllle, Jan- naty 19, at Lake Charles, La. TOm Carter baa left the FarreU-Taylor Trio, and to - Ua ptoee win be seen BOly Oark. fOcmetly oC Armatrong and CSaik.. Doe Keeae, well kaoiwn aa a prodnrlng ctowa, wni build a TandertUo aad BMHia ptetae theatre to Syracnae. N. T. . .- v^ ''^w^*^wt! £- "'iK*»BSiirWi Sboir Cor 'tba I „ ta Marcuna. <^tbe SnIllTan aad Cl January 33, Mile. Berenice has added one more Mar b«tf to ber group ot her nerfocaatog Polar baaia. .making ten In all. The act la the only aas of the kind worked by a wooun. O. Stanley Hall, monologlat. la booked solid to May on tbe Son Clrcntt, and then goes on the Weatem time Indeflnltely. Zelma Wheeler and Esale Ooldia are doing a slater act. The team will be known hereafter as Wheeler aad Oeldie. WcahMlth and Bona hare Mparated. Mr. Wcntworth to now with tbe BUlle Frledlandsr Show In Frcanow Cat, Canpbell Bioa.* Olieaa raakce a toor ot Cuba early tbto year, aad wlU be aeen at New Oricaot ■luring the Itoidt Otaa. LaTaraa aad Mbam an ptoytas a ato week*" cnga g eoii at to tba Cnwford Booktos Bzebaage hontia to tk: iMia. Oatdaep-'Vtoccnt and Company alao go to Europe after flnlahtng np with the SnUlran- Coosldlne CIrcnIt. Bsroes snd Mann, who bare Jnst flnlsbcd s toor of tbe W. V. A. time, bsre opened tot Ona Son. Woiffbelm's Models will, wtttato a few weeks, open on tbe Sulllrsn * Coosldlne time wlto s new act. ..I' Dars-Wsmer Trio will TM oa UM George B. Webster time iadeSnltely after February s Adonis, billed as "Tbe Act Beaotlfal," opena the On^am Clicalt at Loaiarllto.. Much A. J. H. Bradbury has been appointed aaalstani treasurer of the Orpbcnm Theatre. Dulntb, Minn. Pat Crowe Is playing tbe Miller time ot the W. T. M. A. Ho la managed by Harry Potter. Howard Martyne and tbe Howae Slatera ha** arranged a new aloginc aad daadas act. worklBB o»or toe W. T.TS.'4? ,;r Tba Artoaaa Trie open aa . CIrcalt'at Phoenix, Arto., PMk ». Wddta ud Company atart tbelr'tear at tt» South January 23. in Kentucky. -. Utaa Uabd niea, formerly ot tbi Mm teta, la now working aingle. The Great Wllher baa been elected to man barahip In the White Rats. Miss George, of Viola and aeotie^ died a few daya ago In Rocky Ford, Colo. Goy Crandall bas Joined the Company aa .adnnce aseat; AfawrleuriluairBni, Ifew