The billboard (Feb 1911)

FUMIARV 11» «ni. Xtte 0111 board 9 T!he Vaudeville Week in Chicago AN EXCELLENT BILL Entife Frognun at Majestic Theatre Last Week CMtttttotod of .Top Notchera—Danish Dancer Has Novel Operatic Act TiM pngniB at On MaJmUe litt week mt made op ot tm acts, all la tb« ezc«U«nt ^ua. Master WlU'a Playan. taatnriai Miia Pcrer Haawdl, was the headHae ■tlmetion and proted lo be an exeallent drmwlns card, bat the bit* ot Uw bill wm rrslitercd br Bovaid ud How- ard and wniatd Slmma and Ooopanj. both o( Khom carried away high hODora. La Tortajada. Konpc'a ccaowaed dancer and actnia, In an operatta Is ooa, Moicd bcaTtlr. Slw prrMDti a dotcI oOerlng la which (be pliTt tour different ehaneteit, naklBt quick chasgea and alnglnc or daoelas (or each aad "BUlT^Oaatea MlsnMA t» fto M«m .at hi* manr aa c c ta aea with a new paitMr. tUaaira GoTOdalc la the little ladr who leplaeed Ulaa DaAiellle. and tod that cracc, dun, per- aomlttr and abllltr an sot Ueklat. BWy attll Iwlata aad tnmt aad acta ahr. Be alnga a tit- tle, danoea aa modi, and with tbe aaalatance of Ulaa Corerdale offer* an exeeptlooalljr neat aloglof aad daoetnf comedr •kttch. Dnrlos tbp eootae ot the dlaloffoc acrera] old worka of art are lucd. bat tbe al tnatl o na aad the way tbey wm pot 'Orer brontht the acceaaarr apprecia- tion, wUch were they aaed by other people leas capable, wonld haTa faUen flat. In the aketeli. Maatce WUI'a Flaren. Mlia Percy Baawell plara • dsil rote, that eC Imij Alice Petnberton »ai Master Sance. Xh« acene la laid la a room at the White Baft Ian dnilu the BlaahethaB period. BoImM Wjwmttt, lead- lag gun «C Bar lla|c«tT*a Plajata, :iM«m a Tiatt froB Kaatar Bavaga, who aaka the ectar to "teat him la awk vaita aa be aeoa ac with a Tiew of hecomtag.a me m ber «t hia caaaaaay. The Ud plays aeeaea from A» Too Uke It aad Tbe Taming of the Shrew, to the great satla- faction of Wrnwood. wbOk howerer; baa benn to imiiiect that bla ymthtnl and ambttuoa caller la iwt "Sfaater" Saragt at aU, bat a cbarming rlxeo whom be hag Mt 'thP'SMM for^ at a **Minmaiid" p^msmaaea, -umS- tado proTea to be .tbc caae. Wlllard Slmma and Oo. appeared dxth on the ptomm in nindeis' rorBlahcd Flat, prooonnced to be tbe maaaleat act In TandeTlll«, oat neear- thdcaa oaa at tbe biggeat laagb-getlera that his bcca sees, on the variety atage In many a . day. Ibami. 'idaaaad op" at ercry perform- aaee laat weak, 'aaA Jett sleatr ot cleanlag ap to ba dMB alter ba baA AIihed. Bad It not - - - - 'Hr ' Vesta Victoria It la a up to high The reaalta (ron tbe box-oBcv aundpolnt at the 3laale Ban dajnc tiM two weeks that Vcata yiclaffB btadUaed tbe bills, taacnaa. tDIa aad rtcd XatM^a Laadon the other ahlatac UgMa aa laat —aa a .wMe. waa cseelleat la hMhmalHy aMnaatltr. IfcCarr Taa Camp aad Kamo'a A Ktght Oab, kept tbe aodleocc key< ~ pitch of eathaslasm. IJe LoretU Twins opened the flftcen act pregram with tbeir conedy bar act, and their work waa well recelrvd by tbe eariy patnna. Don McKay saag ooe IrUh melody and easily waa fssw.. She has a pleasing voice and a rather high taage. Tbe aM aamher oa the pragiam waa The "fT!'..^*'!*'- *te carried away Ugh heaoca with hIa Dorel aad dcartag teats oa the beoad- ■ag npe. Keltar haa tmmed op aa act that la awiy from the general ma. aad bis offcrint U aeat, novel aod eatertalnlag. ^rio JarobMD handled lite Ulnstrated aoacs y the T*d Sarder Masic Co.. aad her reodllton •^Jir*".*- Dreama waa highly appreciated. FViltowIng the niDstrated aoog. Bafayette'a hooadsd, danced- aad performed •<^<>i>9tic trmtu that were aothla* abort of mar- Tei„n, ur. Bafayetts has carefaUy trained hia anlmau aod a whip or a harah word la ea- ■ireir nnneceaaair. making the act pleaatag aa wHi aa entertalniag. ^Rnndill appeared Is alsUi position and rang ill; ,'!?'"• snSclosed with a ••I'lllna apeclally. Ux. Randall has a dear tai .JiL "f*. """"T. and althoogb he U do- IK " ** opinion that k caoae aoma little dlatuttiaDee ahaoM t* a atralght ainging act. McCarthy and Major oSarcd their comedy play- MrrCi.lh"'.''* Aw^at aad aeaced heaelly. Mr. 1, ; Slli'..'*^ «<»"«*'aa of ao mean abtlltr. and ,1 *!!f*S?»" Partlcalarly well carried r et.r^J'** Ji^*^**^ iltBStlOBS SBd . .".""'a' aad la booad tir plaast tbe most rrlilral sndieaceT "» •> ■■■■■ «~ mmx ai.Tr fc."i5flyv»*^!I",5» aalvtalameat was S. M ^frJif? Hawallaa Kmr. Tbey are Sir irl^*** and exceUsat laslramcaltflsts. bnt •.r.t as the cloelng featnw is entirely v«S rr«r he eliminated, xnai .w»! ■••tted things toward the langhtag wwoiSSn?' V** appearaBce. Be haa a Jl^r*??!!*^ and maaaer aTfbIs awn. n* coin' rtiiaS!!^* ■•'■«'»? With light magte. the as- tax »e'*.^f?^KI*"»^'»"'»"^ Wg laagh- ^h^ ui« 'S?^ aad aaag aboat AhM at tt» >"«. Hlsa BDmaMreine aaag amtal eatehr aawsaa.).';;.^ Boward ami Howard. The Porter and the Saltiimau. Ktlll faTorltea In thla vicinity, and their dlalosoe, both new and old la a "acream." Tbey slog two Bombtra dnrlog the oooiaa ot their aetj^^jM^tbe t a r msa i y atatag aaaaber PERSONAL PA TTER Bwliet of Short News Items Concerning All Brandies of Vaudeville in the Windy City Qatheced by a Billboard Representative Boben, LIndaey and Roben, patter comedlana, dancers aad harmony aingera, arc working tne Frank Q. Ooyle time, and are making good. Williams and Ollmore played the Apollo The- atre week of January 23. Ttieae boya bave aoma- thlBg dlfTereot and away from tbe old atyle of blaeifaee acta. Tbey offer aleglag aad talklag «t Uife aallhM. aad their abttltr la patHm Ibia The Majestic Redecorated Cblcago. FV-b. 3. (Special to The Billboard).— The Kohl A Caatle Companlee controlling the Xtajeatlc Theatre were not eattafled that the Majestic shonld be the beat and most heaatltDl theatre lo America. They waoted It better than the lieat and have Jnat compialed Im- peav e meata la the lobby and la tbe fkamn nyer «t paiatlaga. By iatNMac, aa elabor- ata totataMat at Itadna-aad OiMaa aiaiMa, the layer has beea u aas roi i a id lata a veritable marble ball, with a grand atahrwar aad all the wtlDscottng. door caps, arefars aad balostradei hewn eat of thla expensive material- Tbe walla arv coveted with a gold brocade abaded Into oIlTe aa a barksroand for tbe spletidld collec- tion of palntlnic* by modem masters and the Bew relltnit In elaborate plastic work haa beea flntabed •olldly In doll icold. KlectnUera la bronie anit cnt-glaaa ot the OMMt elaborate de- acrlplloa have replaced the former lighting fee- tnrea. Rich carpets snd Orlcatal ruga cover the floor- While tbe drcorallrr frsturca of the theatre hive been thus greatly Improred, the stsge has been reHttetl with an entire new eqnipmeat ot beantttnl accnety appropriate to the anperlor character at tbe heuii^ aad tha booklags for tba -lat> wMtr aaa aMRNL flMgaa aw oF soch ealaa^aa I Maurice Shapiro Engages La Pearl Roy La Pearl, tbe maa wtth the biggest nos- tcal voice In tbe world, has been engaged by Br. Manrlee Shapiro, of the Shapiro Basle Pnb- Uahlng Company, to alng the sncceaaea of thla Orm dnrlng the entire comlog aeaaoa. Mr. La Pearl wlU be (Onad la N'ew Xorfc. alaglng with all the leading hands In that city and wliciever a bead concert is held, look oat for La Pearl. General Agent Bartley, of the Coolter and Coolter Show, which'Is being organlKd at Laa- caater. Mo., la in Chicago. A twenty-four car orxanlxatlon la promised for the coming seasoa- The Bawallaa Fonr completed a tour of the Pantagea' cltcnlt at St- Joseph. Mo., week of Jannary SS, and played the Amertcan Hiulc Ball, la Chicago, laat week, scoring decidedly 4 la aest ta doolag poaltlce, aod im. WlawlaB Iba baaiilir. Taaia Tie- style of work over ctplalna their eootlaaed aae> ceas. Br. Nick Santoro and Company. In the Oraad Wlnd-Up, are at the FraakUa Tbaatia thla week- Their act la always a aaaafrgaBatkv waM and la making Ita nsaal MK Mt at tba ttMtMg la and aroaod Chicago. Baaale Leoaard. the girl with the wondetftl hair, whoae rapid prosreas toward tbe torn gf tha vaadavllla ladder has proved beyond a MM ttat tdrdi«itt|^m^eitn^aj( for alagla acta Mr. I<ee Kisthu. tba aeaoMpoUtaa, whoaa Im- peisonatloos tt Mamctna ef avaor —Ifir-nlHr appeal to tbe patioM «( tba vwMtr InaaHk w registering a big htt ia tfea hotmsa li aad iiinflt Chicago. He elalma that aaa o< the leoaaae Cor bla sticccss la the besotlfol ballad!. Far KtBar* ney and Too, by J, Brandca. WaM. J. Aldrlch LIbhey and Kathryn TIrsyer pasasd throngh Chicago laat week, ea route ■ from St. Joseph. Bo., where they recently closed a toor of tbe Interstate Circuit. Tbey wltneased a performance of Morris raadevlDe at the Amer- ican Moalc Hal] In Chicago, Jannary 30- Col. Tbompsoa. manager of tbe American Mo- sic Ball, aaalatad in one of Vcste Vlctorla'a songs doHag bar tetniabt engsgemcat st that honse. and liked sppcarlag oa tha ataga ao moch that ba Jcatlaglr aayale kaa "•bmSim.'* Miss Victoria has a new ssag; DsaT^nag tba Cboma, in wblcb ttie honse saaaagsr calla bsr down for trying to get tbe sodleace to Join In. Mr. Jack MIddletoD. long connected with msiay musical comedy snccesaea. Is plsjiuf the leading character comedy role in the big vatide* Tllle feotnre act, A Married Bachetor, the tab- loid mnslcsl comedy. The character of General Snooien, aa portrayed by Br. Mlddletoa. Is a scream at every performance. "The tronble with vaudeville Is to get com- edy eaongh." waa the seattment of C. B. Bray, voiced tha atber day la canveiaallon with man- aseta la xegard to the laying oat of bUla. He had jBSt letaraed IMaa New Tork, aad hIa at- tention had bcca dnnra to a taa act bUk «( which aine ot them.arcfa of tha tiiialli laflai The SUaley Sextette, wUeb la awaed aad. managed by Roy Sehrec, the papidar pmp i l atot of the Saratoga Botel, will begin s tear ot the Inter-State Circuit ahortly. W. S- Batterfleld payed hIa rrgnlar visit to Chicago last ireek. and was seen st tbe of- dces of tha Assodstton on Thnrsday. He ex- preaaed himself as belnjr satlafled with the 1 ness being done !a bis Michigan I Chicago All-Star VaudeviUeBiU T. ImaslnatT hm of acta- playlag vandevUla theatres, framed up t>y Billboard reprceenta- tlve. Importance of act Indicated by poal- tloo Riven. CHICAGO AIX-STAR VAnDDVILUI BIU.. WXKK OF JAN. 30. A—Jack MtiLallea. BaUer Skating. American Bnaie Hall, No. IB. Fall Stage. B—Joe Randall, Singing Comedian American Mnale Hall. Noh S, la C—BeCartbr and Malm'. ~ - American MnMC Stage. D—Oelger A Waltere. Street Slngera. Americaa Music Hsll. No. 14. In One. B—^Wnurd Slmma * do.. Comedy Sketch. Majestic. Ko. 8, Foil stage. W gmella Sammervllle, SIngtag Coaa- dleane. American Mosle Hall. Xo. 10, In Od», 0—Miss Percy Baawell. Dramatic. Majestic. No. a. Fan Stage. H—Howard and Howard, Singing Comedlaaa. Bajestlc. No. 10), In One. 1—Lane and O'Doonell, Actobatte, Majestic. No. 11, FaU StagSw Thofflss snd Stuart, presenting an eclgtaal comedy anccesa, entitled Roommatea. opeaed on the Harding time at Mt. Pleasant. Micb., seversi weeks sgo. The sketch Is an excellent tsngh prodncer, snd when bandied br th«>Be capable yoang men. Is anre to be a "riot." Mr Stuart Is a juvenile conwdlaa ot the Hist water. Thomas is a female b tine fataetto voire. He atloDs In the sketch. iMa sad Bertie Allen are layine og at her home la Oahkesh, Wla^ where aha la i an ui i mll M . air r of a« - - - aad bla traopc at aerobala left Chi- cago lost Satarday for ladlaaapoB^wbata they commence a toor of tbe Orphevm Cbcnlt. play- log nntR the Rlngllnic Brathcn* Show opens. Tbe Cherry Slatets ba«a beea p lac ed at tba Clark Theatre week at Ikbrwarj C -gid.' afc sittner-a week ac Fbhnmiy n, bV'.aanaaai Ftledenwald. -- ■.i.vii-i-.j/.,"/ i- '■- tr^*■.' Bert Earl haa the jrtvUegea — ' Brothers*' Show for Best i