The billboard (Feb 1911)

8 TTlT! e Billboard The Amusement Week in Chicago STAR OUTSHINES PLAY b Vecdkt Of Ciicaso. Grttici ii in Which Helen Ware Is Being Louis Mann at McVJck^s UfNM Ike iloso. Jan. 2S (SMeUl to Tba Bmboaid).— I Helen Ware made lier Initial appearance aa • jMCBlac mt tte WUtncy Open BmM, ' "—■— ^n, witH CU. Fanona Ckpt. Colllna Hidce SOminen Blanche Uaxatott .. .. Bar iM , .. Wlluam Wray .. .. BeleB Wan .. IXtttl T lTithl.-n»i .. W. B. BandaU James P. COCT 'Lawr«Dc« Sbeehan . .. William Wrar Bdward C Howard Maiy Hltrnmnn . .. Elcaoar Btuart M Be linls gliWItpe .. Otme Caldan ■mi'-~^-^ Bor Za. Roe . ^. K a^MeDoBaU J Bfemr XitUe, Qf tbe THbime, bad tbe ; te lay—"Ibe play does not offer Hla ^anortanlty sins by the other aro- > In wUeh ahe ha* upMcad. jat it Md •ttotUn o( tba tttlQSkt » " . mtt anji^urtanr bard temt. br tba way.* Any IMUe, In tbe Dany — aad clnmsy and written wttb feopUoua a lecarltT tbat tbe aatboo^ Peyton Carter and Anna Alice Chapia, ^pe aa ee akac -aeltzdtr "wltn ntter dlarrsmrd for short ' potest walta and tbe seneial eeoaomles •C itajp caoattiii:tbio.-«at-tben la aplmdidly ffanailai*wSa'ln*^ 3K S K ?SS d»'!i5tJ^ ; tr ■tnagth and aba dTea to The Deaeitan, wpaalaaaa. vananly disnltr. tin only reason on - wttb lor Ita tolerance, and a ware of calm art to «eB tiB defeeta and defaleatlona." Harry Daniel in tbe Inter-Ocean—"lUss Ware la glvea an opportimlty to dlsplar Tcry nearly an of the artistic, akin whlcti the years of ■eemlae bare indlcated-was ten. It.la-a stmnc. Bipplnx pUy and u aetad by lUaa Ware and Kar asaocUtes ricbt op ta tke Ublt oC ita ta- Ratfon. of -lb* dh IBaa Waic •■^ly'deaerred aa tba play WMQ the lAj4t cartstn w«r rang down eTery- bodj^ left with a fetlicg that It was good for Anti-Matrimony at Stiidebiiker , Jan. 2S (facial to Tbe BUIboaid.)— nioDy, m aatlrltal bnrlaaqne, by Percy Mkekaye. opened at the Stadebaker on Snnday. Jannary 22, with tbe tdUtrntng east: Xhe Ber. Elliott Otey Mildred, bis wife .. .. Hoaria. bla brother .. Mm. &«y,_hia mother . .Any IcaUa. at tbe Kewa. had ttn:<«PBlii| to aay—^"Kzeept for tba imiqae aad'-naMBbat a< adi nib thtUt at all i ilin faiea'siinlBM-to WedKwood Nowdl . .... Mlas Crosman . .. Wright Kramer .. .. Mar toHole embe .. ■,. ■.»ijgr. <0aettaiied'sa pace 00.) CHARLES H. BURGESS. them to have been therv. Hie^play la srip- plBC, and Mlsa Ware's worlc was excellent.'* tUieppard Botler, of the Record-Herald— "The Deserters, to pot It cnidely, baa tbe mak- Insa of a holly sood melodrama, and Miss Wan plays the detectire masnlllecntly.'* bpiiW tUM H AT McVICkgirS. Cblcaso, Jan. 17 (Special to The BOlboard.)— Mr. LodIs Uann and his compahf opened thpir It at McTlckafa Tbeatte on AS GOOD AS BABY MINE Stoddncit S^ys the Examiner-^Margaret Aigpin Is Delightful in Principal Role—Passing of ' Third Floor Back Complimented Chleoso, Jan. 25 (Special to Tbe BlUboard). —^Matsaiet Analln. la Green stocklnsa. a llxht ~ ~ A. K. W. Mason and_aco(te flem- •t the Grand Opera ~l. with the toUowiag THB CAST. Tba Hon. Sobert Tarrer .. .. Iva Dtwaoa James Salelsb Wallace Wlddlcorabe Henry Steele .. .. .. - Icoaard Howe Martin .. Fladerlek Powell CoIODd J. N. Smith. D. 8. a . B. BcCTCS-Smlth wnUaaa Paraday. J. P Cbariea Garry firlee, B. N Oeotxa Woodward - Mia. Pataday's Dansbters: Delia Pariday Mlaa AlsUa Erelyn Trenchard .. Miss Rath Bolt Booelcsoll i>.w.M»^.m Hte Oteslix Utttr Madae I Ckliui. ALeXANDKR CARR, LXHIIS MANN. Saidaiidi Ibi Chicago Chicago, Jan. 27 (Special to Tbe BlUboard).— A beoeflt performance was a^^^n at tbe Oarrlck nieatre last Tbaraday. by tbe Etale Jarcnlle League, for tbe poor sick children of CtUeaso. Tbe following people, now playing at rarloos Chicago theatres, gave their serrlces: Miss Isa- bel BrMir'p'ti Alexander Carr. Henrietta ^os- . Blaadw HaB, Oont da Beaofiirt. Boi- bratflr Bllnn. Blea and Cohen. Margaret Anglln aad Tasta ▼Icteria. Tbe yonng ladles of tne Oct-Blah.Oiildc Waniacfacd Company, and tbe yoaav ladiea of The Covnizy Boy Company sold programa. The boose waa entirely aold oat and tbe beoeflt was reported aa a hnge aaecess. At tbe close of bis Ciucago engagement, Louis Mann wni rerlTe Joles Eckert 4>oodmsn's coaer dy. Tbe Man Who Stood Stni, and wOl aet It alternately with The Cheater. ( C an tln a fd an page n .) CHAIMJB e M. B UWttlBW. People who follow affairs theatrical, may hare noticed that tbe name "Moffet" has aopeared with considerable regolarl^ oo the photographa of stage artists whose pictures found their ts- rloDB ways Into the news sections of our dsUles and weeklies. Those of tbe profession bare also learned that tbe CblcsEO stndio was somewhat of s center for magazine and newspaper men la their Qoest for the IsKt word In artistic pho- tography. To the tmloltlated, it may be well to explain that getting more or less tempera- mental atage playcia to pose for a new pboto- gapbir ia nat Cka niliit tbte In tka world. CMs«o's Holdover l%(Mvs .GUcago, Jan. 26 (Special to Tbe Billboard).— Oet-Rlcb-Qolck Walllngford stUl mna merrUy along at tbe Olympic and bids fair to ootdaaa The Fortnne Hanter la. point of bui affca re- celpta and number of :ftrttRMMMk<^lt la rumored that this plsy la* antn next Aognst. The Sweetest SM In ^aow atnteb'of Ita _ wm glTe way to Tba. (Mil I Vm, aaotbn Chicago prodaetion, OQ next Snaday, Feb. 5. The Sweetest Girl lo Psris baa been equipped with new scenery and costumes and will open at Milwaukee when It takca tn tba ~ ' (Contlnned on pa|a dOl)- NEW YORK JilFMOlHNIK AT THB Aup rrom uM; CbleaM Jan. *I (Special to Tba Tbe New Toik BInpodrooe. on Ita toar. openad at tba Andltatlnm last Tbeaday, January 24. Tbia la one of the biggest abows erer boosed la Chicago, snd Is playing to crowd- ed hoases st eyety performsnce. Tbe show Is dirided Into three distinct parts. Pioneer Days, the first spectsde. Is a real blood and thunder affair, abowlng life In the early history of this eooot^. Tbe Bsllet of Jewels, the sec- ond part, ia almost grand opera like, and orer fonr bnadred people take part In thia acene, Tbe third diTislon, A Trip to Japan, Introdoces the midget drcnB, anil Msrcellne, the famoQS down. AT CHICAS9W NKIOHBOIIHOOO ■THaATIIE8.-v :-':--.-. ■■ Chicago. Jan. 28 (Bperlal to Tba snibaard). —Elinar Olrn's great drsmatte iuei.saa. Three Weeks. Ia playing the BUon this weak, tbia be- ing tbe second time this play baa been of- fered at popular prices in tbia city wltbtai tba It U ratbK at tIaMa aad aaa iswh at L- tona, bat aatartalaiag lanngb mlMIy la tbe lapetto t r or Anglln aeeka to formnlate.'* Amy Leslie, of tbe News: "Green Btnrklsga has a deOnlte and atarry little plot, full of ripe ton and moch cantlona aatlra. Mlaa AagUa ia da- nghttal aa a Mg. — last night pradali a L. HaU. of tba c it eompoaltloo dardsped en a _ itly aabatantlal basis, and glm many a wfalaaalcal ram. ne play Is of ItaeU a cred. Itable eatertalaffleot, bat tba Uoa'a abarn o( tba plcaaoie now porcbasable at tbe Qtaad ia dttlTCd from the acting.** ■ Brlc Delamarter. of tba latcr-Oeean: **OE*cn Stocfctsgs la a comedy of many ddlghtfnl sitas- tloaa. some exceeding elawtf dlalogiia, a tircesy exposltSon and a soUd act of deft elabor- ation of a aomewbat thia expedient Into bob- bUng bomor. It Is good enoagb for what It la: bat for a player of Margaret AagUn'a abiliti es It la aa mani ttaa laM— _at ..... ^ . PA8SINQ -OF THB THtm^ FLOOR BACK AT THE GARRtCK. Cblcaco^ Jsa. ti (Special lo Tbe Biiftasid.|— . raibia » ib ma ci i aad his Landan iam n i n y amaMad «ba'aaaabic «g-tba-mzd llasr tmA at tbe OsiHeiPnaaliak Mandsy, Janaaty 8. with tbe foUMrtiV CMtS A Cheat .. .. .. .. .. .. Lena Dslpbln* A SloTen .. .. .. Molly Paarsoo A Painted Lady Haldee Wrlgbl A Shrew Kate Chrlyoo A Saob Mia. Anaerlay A Bully Montagus Bathcrfbrd A Hnaqr .. .. .. FkyUa M»k A aatyr .. .. .. .. .. * ~ The Boss at Lyric last Chicago, Jan. 2S (Special to The Billboard.) — The Boas, a new play by Bdward Wiriilnn. ~ at Oa UHe Ikaatia. CMc—» Ja ensirald. bla aon .. Gtlawdd, bis daughter , ■ Mlsa Lawrence Doacan Michael B. Began, •( Bagaa ft Co.. tractors ■L. -.i .. Hetbrook BUna "Porky" McOir. IM - HMaoMsUTa In tbe Poortb wnd B. A. La Motte Mra. Cnrler. (Cootinoed on page BOi) RALPH T. KETTERINQ,