The billboard (Feb 1911)

FEBRUARY ^^^1. THe Btlltioard 9 ^Jie Vaudeville Week in Chicago BILL OF UNUSUA L MERIT At Aiowican Music Hall Headed by Vesta Victoria Offeved Last Week-^Englisli Star Pivides Honois with Other Aiels on Plrogram VMta Victoria warn tbe headlloe attnetlaa and tbe bl( drawlnc card at tbe Mode Bill lut ivKk on a flftcM act bill of aDoanal merit. Tile hlU of tbe bOl w«re rcslatend bj tb^ Fl*e JdkcIIoc Normuu, Vnta TletorU. Uo<3. Brown ind Cooper and Japlter Brotbera, Ilam- ntoD Brotbcn gpaiMd tke^ahew wltk kMeka>><H" ecmtrtea.: tratnl Olid oa tbe pm- T, Tbe Moalcal Welt- have appealed to better ad- tiBtigt fUttcr down oa tM bill, bat la tbit earir poeltlon he did tcct okcly. Teoac and. Xarka appeared la a neat ainclas and daaelnc •ptelalty aod were weU recelred. Tbeee bo^a haTe a neat roaUse of itepa aad their team work ia of exceptional merit. The FiTe JossUos Nonaaaa appeared flfth and jnfslrd alacle, doobl^, moaat and formation with Indian dnba. Their act la fait, neat and well worked oot and made a decided bit with tbe patTona of tbe MoaJc Hall. Qaade Golden, .laitrallan Card KIn(, offera aomethlng oat of the ordlaarr In hli card maBlpolatlona and tbe tUkt caoedr need In tbe act hdpa to make It eae a( laleteet. Joha and Mae Borke. Ia tbelr aktt. How Patar West To War, made Mlaa Victoria atUI cUoca to tbe comedr end of tbe tnm and eontlnnea to be a eomedlenoe of tbe bifbett tTPe. Brown and Cooper followed tbe beadUner and at tbe evenlnff performaoce, Tneedax. recelred a reception upon tbelr ap- pearance. Tbe7 ainc Znla Bas. Kaiataky Danca, Oood-Bye Pal and It'a a Foollab World After All. Jopltcr Brotbera cloeed the show witb their woBdertnl cabinet act. They appear ai Wett- emcra and the comedy Is haadled br a wemhar of the committee who la aoppoaedly t t e u hled by apirlta. Tbe act is plamnac as well aa nystUrlDf aad tber had my little boldloc the andfeaca. eeea at tbe late bonr. PERSO NAL P ATTER Some Notes of the Great and Near Great in the Vaudeville World Who Have . Been Seen In and^Around \ ' the Bfeeagr Tc^ I.e vere nml vmtmn reeclred cnotraels for a onmbcr of weeks la aad anwiid Chicago. They played the Cantmy icccatly and oiada a Terr faTorable Impraaalsn aad was* Imaadlatalr booked to ptae tba Iipaisa ikMMwat Co. booMs, after which tkir wtU ■• •■• m tbe larger cimlls. Jlmmle O. Bnrrell and Company are now playlnf tbe local time In Cbarlle Barkbardt's Tbe Italian. Cbarlea Btracy and Palmer Cox ar* aaatotlas Mak lhamla ■aiiill la tha M^al of tbe coaadr Mt aad lha aat wBI aa aaat Ha* Keagh, mil-known cfaancter womtn and - red rec^-ntlv with Ralph E- a tood Impreaaloo aad tbe raftime plaao play- ing aa rendered by John eonld be modeatly Termed a "riot.'* "Uod" held the atace for ten mlnatea with hta female loperaonations. Be ia the poeiei- of a sood ToJce and hla dandac ta excellent. Tbe act as a whole la pleaalnc and la a won- derfnl deception. Sereral drawlnca by Hnbert DeTean won admiration. DeVeaa la a cartoon-- lat who caa Oil a poeltloa oa ear bOl and make (oed aa ba baa the analltlas aad alaa tbe per- — - - 0. Me jad^SaHr Cakes, field . - , tiM PVlBUWCSa _ »• «ka Mr Ja atb-awaa t a r. aad Wb«a daaei Ik* tnt Mf of tbe «bow and held tbis poeltlaa dowa admirably irelL Tbelr act cooalata of tnmbllnc contortioo and acrobatica of tbe better daaa. ia well dteaaed and an la an It la a decidedly pleaalar noTelty. BObcrta. Hayea and Boberta. in their coawdy aketcb, Thm Cowboy. Tbe Swell and Tbe Lady, apencd tha lait half of the pncram and prored theasclTca to l>e laogh prodocem. The act ha* been aeea la Cblcaso aeveral time* oa ether drcotta aad It coatlBBca to be the aaaw Wc Mt. latcat btta. Mac tba Ch e ia a, Skatiac. Aready. Tfea Twlaa. Xow I baf* t* Cta am htber, aad kw M( at fci m ii yaaif. Boat Mo. ~ Featiitre at Academy ~ The headline attractJoa at the Academy laat week waa A Uarrled Baehtior. la which Law- rence and Black were featared. Tbe act waa beaTily baled and Ita drawtns pu we ia were In eridence at erery perfonsance. Harrla and Randall opeaed the abow with their raral com- edy aketek, nfl7 liUea from Nowhere, aad •era waO laealvML Their eoaatry atore atace aattlBa Is icaHstle aad tha cbaraetcia aa par- fayed by this deear pair. Bb«lcd witb tha at- aonben of eoaatry Ufa, maka tba act aaa at merit. Marie Oolby fTnlabed tba nattlsM aaac portloa of tbe eatwta lamt aad MitVa §«■• dltloa of LoTey Joe aad aeearal other popalar oambera woa faeor. bhe baa a ^ear blsh-toaad retce aad her worth can holy be indeed by tba Iwgth of time aha baa been at thia booaa. Aas- tla'a Animala . held orer from the flrat half, prmd to be a hta laoch prodoeer and the com- edy derived from tha aetfta mole coold be eem- ■MBly t a it d • -mnam." Otto Dobca aad 'liMta Batal IbBawad tbe bic Uasblac act and M abart aatlea bad tba SBdiVldcd attaatte a( aadleaee. DbtIm tlTcaana-et tftrir «peelal» tbey alaK LaeliflrTtsawwil. Paddy Waa « Oread Md Man and Barftem' b3. and tbelr Rowery dance at tba doaa aT . the act leada tha nnlihlns tsochaa which hroaabt atoray applaoaa ;>t erery peitormaaee at tMa Weat Side hooH laat week. Tbe aerentees people moalcal com- edy TandeTlIle prodoctkio, A atarrted Barhefcir. cloaed thla excellent bm aad dorlns tbe forty mlaniM that tbey bold tba atafe ther* was "WW a daU mamiat. Tba act carries apa- *ai^aeat w a i di aba and apodal electrical faceM. Tgcr* are aam catchy mnaleal aoai- >H-ra In all and a plot WItltaB aloac «ood llaaa. which la compoeed of aaa ti a i derer comedy alt«- »iioiu. Tbe act appeaiad ta iaod adeaataco laat ''•'ek cooalderlnc tba a awaaa a of tba oOetlac aad tbe aorronBdliis eeadltloaa. narry Sbaanoo'a The Banker'a Child, has h<^a coodenaed into a TauderlUe act aad la Playlac tba rraak Q. Doyle time here. Hr. bbannoB baa aa a rale dented hla time to reper- toire and stock abowa, bat bla latcat Tsntvre aaa prered to be a ancccaa and we liopa to see *ad hear mote of him la tha Oeld of tba two-a- day "^T'i 8»<'»nll l» back la towa playiait u^-^K"* 0- IX'y'* •* booaea. S*aa«im III makinc food In erery bi<«aa-aad that ba U a JlSt'^ *^ ptovaa. Ha played tbe ]■■« araefc aa< Maaaaw tajjr laaBaMer- Ernie Young VindiGafted Chlcaao. Jan. 28 (Special to Tb- Billboard).— In Iwbair of the many frlenda of Brsle foaag, treasurer of tba American Moalc Ball, (Atcaco, we teprlat tha foUowInx article which appeared tceaady ia tha Taadaellle acetian of tba Cbicaco ^ that an Ban box- laqatry lerealed that aalaat rnaali ai Hon waa placed oa aa of tba (Bade ob head for Umatory pto- pantaty ta tonlac over tbe aaaeta of the theatre to the newly formed American Mnsic Hall Com- pany of lulnola. a local hoidln« corporatloa. which acquired tbe property for eperaunc pur- the leaaa remalnlna with wm. Mania. At no time were any Irresolarltlea a a ap ected aad Brale Touac who haa beea treaaarcr of tba boaae aince the Macria toieicats took bold, aad Abra- Halle, bla aaalataat. aia atm amillac throocb^ tba grat ed wlad aw. niaHoeedi " aaa a- yaiaMC baui gaieaeat at tba amiili M i Maate HaU. ^aftar aa abaeeee s( thrto wtcka. At. Brown haa a way 9t aatttatc orer a aaac that la orlxinal aad aaaidy dtCannt from -an otbera. Bla piano alaylaB makes all of the others alt up and take aotles. aat Ma (wttaM apeelaltlcs are ' caco . Qiicago All-star Vaudeville BiU CHICAGO AUt^STAB TATTDBVItXB BIIX. ' WEBR OF- JANUARY 33. Imaslnary bill framed up by Billboard rvpreei-ntatlTe from acta appeanas at Cbl- ca^ TandeTlIle theatres, Tlie Importance of the act is Indicated by poaltioa gieen. A—Tbe FMr Blaaoa. Acrobatic Act. Majealtc. No. U. FoU Stage. B—Hubert DeTean. Amertcaa " C—Uatoo * ~ Sketch. Uajcatle. No. 6L FnU Stage. D—Browa A Cooper. Character Sincere. Amerlcaa Mnale Ball. No. 12. In Oae. B—Bell Family, Moalcal Act. Majestic. No. T. PnU Stage, r—Dooley * Sales. "PaTement Patter." So. 8. Ia. state. B—VKSTA TICTOHIA, dleaac' Mo. a. ran Singing _aM»-M a. M. la Oaa. ia -iki! iT iK. ;mi Cammlags aad Girl, wtQ ba aaa titled Capld On la Tbe Typewriter 1 akoitly In a comedy iklt, an WaU Street, which writtea expreaaly for her by J. Brandon Walah. Meccedea. La Flanlate de Mytterle, baa elcnad op for twelre weeks on tbe Anoclatlon tlote. She waa a blir drawing card at the Century, week of Jan. Id and would haTe been held orer (or the KcoDd week, bad It oot been for bar by her last year. Manager niblaaatngi i, of tbe Caalsow _ nomber of bla acta booked ap to play kJa 1 In the near rntiire. Tbe boalneaa la Incrcsalag erery day and the apllt week policy has helped wonderfolly In bnlldlnjr up tbe box-olBeo re- ceipts. Tbe acta appearing on laat week'a bill were; GUroy, Haines and Montgomery; Greah- man and Martin, Boycr and French, Court and Whelan, Frank Parker Company and I/enoli*s Manlklna. Tba Fmtr Mortons are headllaInK the bill at tbe Wlllard this week. AmaUa ~ - - aaUataetocy that tbe book a big tima haa headllaar at thla houaa arair The Ban Family, who made a big hit at tba VajesHe last week bare beaa_bMkM ta the entire Orphenm Ctreidl. arrangementa for a setting IS eral electrical effects. Grace De Mar. late star witb A Knight For A Day. Is playing with one of the SaUiTsn * Cooaldlae road abowa. Sbo played the Bminaaa last week aad amved to ba a big drawlas ceid. Ed. Prka. atna aiaeMdaa at tba Oula* Theatre, aad O a tb a i b i a jfaagar, riiiiairled wMi tha heoae. wcfo taatrlad aa tks ataga alHr tii •reeiog paitdnBaaea Tvniufi tim.M. Mw- tin acted the part of thebaat aaa aad Sarab Wella waa the bridesmaid. Mlas Oreabman, of Qreaboian and Martin, re- fused to open at tbe Casino last Monday, be- canae her slater had been refused admittance ta tha Btage withcnit a paaa from tbe manager. Weber'a Theatre la playing Tauderlllc again. Saren acts are booked and Tandeelllo la ckaaf * areiy Monday aad Thursday. Babtaaa kaa , eteaaed atace tha aev -'■"'fT aad ttto saa wU moat llketr be aad Comb "** gr . ttaaa^- Bka aad Comb weta beld aiar ft at tba Amerteaa Hbale BalL aaa a new act la psap a rathm tsr aeaaoB aad be pioo da ea that It wfll , thing of Ita kind em aee» an tba atace. ■*> The ran at ttie Majestic William Kolh. late atar of the summer Wid- owers Company, assisted by a capable compaoy, headlined tbe bUI jit tbe Uajcatle laat wliktn tbe comedy sketch, entitled Tbe ri111atasasa Shop. The hit of the bOl waa tba Bell Family. aoTtity Inatmmentallsta, who carried aarsy high boaots. Harry Etanti opened the bill with bla Boedtr cOBtactkma aad waa well tccelred. Maa- alaf aM Batekv aatsrtalicd wltk aelecthias oa tba ^eiOo. Fr aa tb boca. sylopboaa aad chlmca. Lg m P u t, appeared aad oCersd imscsaaaatlaaa ar aalmala, hamaa Tolcea and iiiiiVal tMln* •wata. fjaat. Aoger aad Oaaaaaay. la Jack the Giant Killer, ottered a BOTsilty abatck aad made a good Impreasfoa. Tliera are aaa aa i o u a clerer sitnatlaaa aad comedy lines la tUa sketch, and two of the eharactera. Geocga Aa- ger and Bmeet Rommel, are of the oaaaaal type. Mr. Anger la aald to be the talleat aetar on earth, while Mr. Rommel Is the amallaat coaaedlaa. Johaay Small and bla Snail Slatera, were tbe only dancing act oa the bin and their abUlty In this line la aollmtted. They dress their act neatly and are of a pleaalng persooall^. list- ton and Lawrence. faToritea at this hoose. r^ turned, to delight their msay trleada. Their act remalaa the aaaia aa when laat aaan ban and also eonUaBCs t».be tba aama Vbf bit. Tha Ben Pamllr apoeated aeetntb en tSe usoaiam and played heffklgb rtaaa aad popntar Hlac- tloBB. Sextette taela. II Tto» a tat» aad tbo Honttag Seeae were the fooDdattoa of tbe act aad their nMdIey of patriotic alra oaed aa the cloatag number took tbe hoose hr storm. Fol- lowtnjt the mnslcsl set Mr. J. Francis Dooler aad Occtaae Sales did not haee aa eaay time ot It, but shortly after their opealmr nnmber tbe catlre andlmce was sll sttentloo snd Dooley's PaTement Patter recelrcd wcU-deserred svvrr- clatloa. wnilam Kolh and Company la uluth poeltlon otTeted a aarAtr <B Tba Dellcatesaea ' Shop and tha i them bdag My Iriah Dearie aad Tlwy At* AB Good Amertcaa MaaMS, Mr. Descon baa a ptaaa lag TOlee and did eery lUcely la thla poaltioa. Tbe roor Rlanoa closed tbe- ah«w wttb tbelr Hotel acrobatic comedy dlracaloa la AMca. The Klaaao' act icmaias tka I