The billboard (Feb 1911)

^ T^H C5 f 111> o a p d FEBRUARY 4< *191i: The Amusement Wieek in ^*h^ / ARLISS IN DISRAELI Sbores Big Hit— New Play' PtKMiounced an Exceedingly Ctever and Pleasing Gontrivance—Star and Support- , ing Company Meet with Kindliest Praise , "MMtittl, Jan. 26 (Special to The BilUward). ■i-JHm^ tbe niDeb heralded new pUr from tka pen of Mr. Louis N. Pukec. wu presented tar toe Oral time In anj- tbeatre at tbe Prlnccai. M Hondaj nlsbt, Jamuiy 23. Tbe piece U rich Ib historic acenea and pletorcsqiw-iishtSns. Ae ■tscT la of tiM time whan -am TedM mea a ■bUiteal factjoo and tbe pnxetaM «C Oie flDes Dual waa la foil Uooo. *~ Act I flada UnaU (]f Prime. Ulnlater and leader of Us party, be pre- a enta bis project to the Tory Sqnlre, and w pelnta.hlm aecretair. He needs tba anpport'of tae bank of ^^y^^nn nntll Parllamcat nWVita. bftt It U retnaed Um. la aU bla Mi«t M klgM aa by an adventoreu. who- la iMiffftdB^ tta Intcivats or otber parties. Act JI depicts a beaoilfoUy set gtieet. abow- lit the Prime Minister's ofllee, whose secretary tmna oat to be snotber spy. Tbe fsct tbst tbe . . 1^ flaancea la — _ — — tfirmn away by *anrlr-Bada aqaln^eaetaiT. The adren- i-. - -^!*'^ tST'SSjaSEaS jr ifte Tbe Sqabe-aeecetarT' li - wat 'MaUio te retrlere the error by enttlng oat tbe Boastsns. -Act III abovrs Dlsriell's bame. Ibe Hebrew who baa flnanced tbe project. Is mined. Tbe ■dreotDreia- turns op and contesaea that abe Instmmental In bis flDsnclsI downfalL Tbe ^ oOcetB bearing of this. iratTa tbelr peeJo> _ , and BlTB Disraeli tlveir sopport. JBtt laat act la aomethlns lo the iray of a .tnltaa. abowlBC a eorrldor of tbe Downlns " nceptloii. iinmedlataly after tbe por- Alt"- * ■ ^— — ... . eported ID be -Teiy SSi. na Prime Minuter lecelTes a' telegram, bat n> contents are not dlmlged. aa bis lady eirtets fca Is reading It. The Sqnlre retnms ssfely au Isdy-IOTe, and an esda happily. Jack Singer Signs Ben Welch , ''ft"* enB««einent at Eeltb'a Co- mnbla Tbeatre, clndimatl, veek of January n. Ben Welch, ■ tbe well-known Hebrew and Itallaa Impersonator and monotoirtst, signed s ■"•teact with Jack Sloger. proprietor of The an Show, and the Serenades Bnrleaqae 3m length of this agreement la three as yet It has not bei-n decided In Kr. Aillaa stands oat promlneotly In this prodnctlon as an actor of ability. His Inter- pretation of Disraeli Is perfect at all times, and tbe autbor has provided bim with lUiej and tltustloDi that depict the wondertiil art'of this man. An efficient support has been supplied blm. Conrtensy Foot*, am the Tory • Btinlte, pcored himself an admlrabla actor, and Blsle Leslie showed great cbarm and dramiitle ability as the lady-lOTa of the Squire. Critical and popolar opulott were as one la Ttmi'T'lig DIatiaaU aa cxecedlagly dcTcr and gleaalaK caatiifaaec, aad pradtetiDK tar It a' NO SHOW S FOR OKLAHOMA Theatrical Producers Propose to Discontinue Sending Com- panies Into the State Unless a Lower Railroad Rate is Made--Railroad8,0bstinately Refuse to Change Scale Tbe State of Oklahoma Is threatened to be- come amusementlesa, stionld the rsllroads In that territory Insist on maintaining their high rate for the transportatioa of theatrical com- panies. EUvrard 6. Cooke, general agent tor Klaw and Etlaoger, when recently la Oklaboma, suted ^y^t ^y^j^^jj^^iy j^ijy^j^y^jjjii^j y j adjustattt iC-laU* to Mad«b It wu Mr. Cooke's -lateaHan to arraaga a toor tor Bca H|ic in Oklahoma, aad for Ihla po rp oaa ap- pioacbed- the vadoaa tallioad bcada arltb a Tlar'ot ftUac tba'.awwl mwaiilio in rates - •■ ■ tbe -—-1 of Mr. Singer's companiea'irT Wdebwui play. It la known that Mr. Slager «IU pat oat OBir or two new lOaows next "u n n , aad It la tbe beller of Mr. Welcb. that be wfll be utOi tbe ■ew abow to be known as the Fan Makers. The Dnpersoaator wlU not Join the Singer forces Dtn neit fan. aa ho has a Bnmlier of Tande- *nia engagements booked for tbe miltad iwasn. n* aeqoIalUoo of Mr. Welch k a«taa^tt : ■»»» aa he Is one of tbe a- — - - - mmam on tbe American stage. BURLESQUE MANAGERS BUSY. Kew Tock, Jn. SO (Special to The BUboaid). —«ax Spiegel -— — »»—i. Car one of hla' a mo at atnnalnc leaqne purposes, and gained qSte aiaood M praise for her clever work wblW Baa vffle here In the East. She haa jinr< a ran orer the Orphenm Circuit. Barney Olrard hss succeeded In secnrtag a mtnct from AL Kautbua. the w«n-knonpa- ■nist, to,*"* • ——- - -■- ~ tt bU MISS BUTLER'S BAND. Owing to the grcst demand coming from the eittes snd from fair msnasers for a tTe a ttraction than her larger band, — —_ Bmar has taken the management of aUtad SUtm Ladles' Band of twenty rery SIhw Butler's twa bands will be costnmea bete of purple meed at the Elks' Renaloa - — ~ rial oecasloaa Mlaa BaHa bMte. .or.aeparata wbaaa ' aaaoirca* Mlaa Batler te aow la Oladaaatt eaniottng arnmgaments with tbe DooaldMO litteTcom taar to prtot flar bar a fuTuS SruaaaUi i^JMnw.- Ibc ape- RENEW LEASE. _ city. MO.. Jan. 28 (Special to The Mlbonrd).—The Willis Wood Theatre la to re- ta the po(«e«8loa of O. D." Woodward, '"^ manager, for the aczt 'twcaty - u««uaK"» AWE. UME IBM «WVBU era. This tact hss lost been aada poMle. r. Woodwaid baa been maaager-aM^ laaaaa of a wmis-Wood abiee KB onnmc la WU. Hr: raodward baa.alao „ 'nr aad arlaag er. to tba aaxt tan yaara. A Letter from CapL^IMce HoaaMla, -Jaa.' t. »li. Editor Tbe BUlboard. Cincinnati. Oblo: Dear Sir:—I arrlTPd here on the 8. S. Asls to-dsy, cnroote for Bong Kong, snd ss we stsy tiere twenty-four hours, I tbonght I would bsre a look aronod to see whsl was deing In the show business. Tbe Crest American Circns baa lost left here for the Islsod of Hswsll, after a Tery xnccessfnl season of four weeks in Hon- oinlo. Tbe new Orpbeum, Saroy. Bljcm. Empire end Park Theatres (morlng pictnres snd vsnde- rllle) are all doing s flne business, st 10. IS snd 25 cents. Baldwin. Mars and Sblrer. tbe bird- men, bare lust concluded a succensfol three days aviation meet here. They played to about $10,000 here In tbe three days. They are Irav- log for Bong Kong sod Manila to-morrow by the Asia. Honolnla Is certainly the best show town on earth of lu size (populstlon. sbout OO.tXM). Aoytblag good In the Khow boslness will get tbe aaoaajr Sen. I sb lesrlng here to-morrow at aawL oa tbe Asia, for Japan porta and Boog Ohio Champion- ship Race The one mile race between "Poor" Joe Alt- man, of Cincinnati, and BoUle Blrkhlmer, of CO- Inmhos, to decide to whom tbe title of cbsmploo of Ohio belongs, wss skated last Sstorday nlgbt at the New Rink. Cincinnati. Altmsn woo the rsce, thoogh Blrkhlmer entered s protest, alleg- ing that be bad l>een fonled. In bla contention Blrkhlmer was not witbont bis snpportecs. Tbe boya got a good atart. Birkhlowr taking the lead, which be held nntll the eighth Isp. when Altmsn forged ahead on what Blrkhlmer claimed wss s font. Altmsn kept tbe lead to the finish, winning by a slight msrgln. Tbe time wss 2:S4 2-S. It Is probable that tbe boys will meat sgsln In tbe rery near tnlnre. aa 3t. Altmaa baa az- presscd a wnuasaaaa ttia«» B l t bbl — t-.ti Ha latter'a boaw riBk'at prodnclIOD, The lower rale, howerer, wat re- fused blm, ss the 2-cent fsre law la now before the Federal courts. The rsllrosds srgaa that H tbey were to ' grant theatrical compaalaa tba 2'cent fare. It woDld Indicate tbat tht mil could operate at thia reduced rate. On acconnt of tbe limited number of cities tbat Oklaboma haa la which the larger eompanlea eaa play. It to abaolntely aeceaaary tbat tba S-oeat fata be granted. The big Jumpa that a taar of tba State entails practically eats Bp all tba prsflta tof tba piodncer. ■ At a recent meeting of theatrical Intocata la Maw York City, It waa decided by the repn- acatatlTe producers to discontinue sending at- traetloaa to Oklahoma nnleaa a party rate to iceued, or tba 2-cent tare U te-«aUbUabed hi the agent of the D. a. Circuit Oonrt. Tlie fact that some of tbe larger compaalas. booked Into Oklaboma City thla coming aeasoa, failed to make their arpeatancc, bat atreogtbeu the neceaalty of tbe cuoeeasloa la rstea asked. Ibc eotnpsniea whiek caneallcd this dty tnm tbeto tonta abtata wbea It becana boon t» them tbat tbe 8-ceat tata waa la aSect, atai Tbe Bessie Abott Opera Oompaay. The Mid- night Sous, Tbe Merry Widow, Da Waif Hopper Companr. Prlnca of Pltan. Madame Z, aad aeretal Cbarlea Frohaaa attraettoaa. THEATRE AT TWO HARBORS. Two Harbora. Minn.. Ian. 28 (Special to Ths Billboard).— J. H. Free of the Happy Hoar Theatre, Dnlatb, Mlon.. baa icatad for a parloa of twenly-flre ycaia, two lota npea wblch he wm begin tba eonatraetlaa of a pfayheaaa < la alaty daya. Tba Mar llMMtia IMI coat om aai aria bo built •( Mek aa< camaat. aeatbig eapaetty wfll ba finv Uaea tbb baa . of tba tbeatia b«M laat-adli Xwa Hal beta baa been without legltlaMta hwMk Wallet ma- vita, formerly of ttw-flto uA Mar Cfdhane^ Come^ans Score Wcat Badca, lad., Jas.. » OMctot ta Xba bane*a Comedlana occapM ' tba boarda aC na beantlfnl West Baden Boaae. Tba eoa- Kany not only eacaped tba coalomair kiddlaf tnded oat by the aophlatleated aad bypererlUed audiences of this resort, bat made goad with a great big "G." So pronoonced waa tbOtr-1— ceaa tbat they were preraUad npoa W orer and pot on Tbelma. Jan. 28. Bnatneaa on both Sundays was big. sod the week it was rery good Indeed. The Tarlooa bllla pteaeatad wwa aa Tto.: Baapinc tba Hanaal^.TI* JMWt Tbe Battle o( Ufa. nSc "jriadlM T>*|. Tbs Tran to tba Xortb. Tba Mas BatwcaS. 5a» Qltat TamptatloB. Adrift la Mew Totk. Tbaimi. ^ Margy Southwell, tbe leadlag lady, to tbe bright particular atar of tbla eompaay. which baa not a aingle weak not In It. Harry Waraar la tbe handsome and taknted leadlnt naa. Tba exquisite snd finished art of Ctemeatlna St. rellz. and tba seasoned acting oC.WiD B. Oai bane wera a Joy Indeed. Otheta " Jerry O'Mera. J. B. McLangbUa, I Ptaak Klog and Al. Beaaley. It may be aald In parung tbat thto la I npartoire company tbat erer made a-'Ut Moat of tbe othera aearedy got by. Caibao Ooaaaiaaa got the oMaey. W.t. Piaw.-.iba loM agaaanr< to belag <.„ mtolaM.feraU theaa artaa kaMP • good •how wknlbv. aaaTn. oa bavlag aacand Oalbnang VICTOR COOKS, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Victor B. Oooke are rejolelng orer '^^,j£|^||^^2^^Ma^^^^^^^'j'''' MIZNRR ^rMie W PLAY, Wilson Ulaner, who. la eoa]nnctlon with Mr. Armstrong, wrote The Deep Purple, one of tba greslest successes of tbe sesson. hss cootrscted with Llebter * Co., to write for them a sequel of thla drama to be called Oordoo I.ayIock. Killer. " - ■ - . - — the r been i for the leading'role In the new play.' inis arsma to be called Oordoo I.ayloca. ler. Emmett Corrlgan. who now laterprata role of i:,aylock In Tbe Deep Fml^'bi* a selected by tbe prodncera as tba IMTmV DAUGHTER Of JOHN M. KELLY ^■-•:-- ^iEa sy:''--:-y■ * ■ BOaaa. tba darter at 7oba U. BM>«r^ ' totaair tor^'lbe jB^laf. Btotbna and died at Kelley meeting at tba'dicaa la Chicago.. - : a( bar aaianta; A NEW EQUIPMENT. The James Ailsms Shows, which at*. wloter Ing at Charlotte, N. C. win commence tbs new aeason with now equipment recalred fro' tbe factorlea of the n. S. Tent * Awalat Co., of Chicago. Mocb aatlsfacttoa to aipiaaaanvW O. r.' Baradaa,"tlm manager at lba- «tSlMg. Mob. la tba wortraaaablp of tba mmt-miH "