The billboard (Feb 1911)

FEBRUARY 11, 1911. Xtie Billboard 13 Burlesque and Burlesquers SPOKES I N ^THE WHEELS Reviews* Remarks and Live News Items from AU Depart- ■NOti- of Both Burlesque Wlieels, Qatlmd ■ ::l;,Bt9BatMy for The BiUboaid By SYDNEY WIRE. It aMCBa u If It wen u ImiwmlWIIty for altkir of tba wbMla to aunac* to f ct tbTOosb IB wtlf* naiaa wtthoot. at leut. a lay-off of Moa kiad or another, aad oow whca arny- body wma coBsratntatlnc hIniaeIC that the Eut had at last a coaaecatlve aeaaoa wlthoat a ■latle lij-off tbo newt i* beraMed oTcr the «h<«l tbat tbc Uctropolla bi the Bnu baa eloacd aad tbat no booae baa aa yet baao dea- tnatcd to fill tba sap. Tbe cloalac attract loo WW On BOl'o VMtty r«lr. aod Th* Dalaty Pthaaa. vkkfe Is MMpr«a Bt* ahaar. wm attnelMB bt fhteed to io whM thcf'' rOMh Ifeat partJcolar apoke formerlr fliled to the MatrapaUa. The saws waa hardly a asirrlse a« ramora •f nth M etremt bad loot eiled the air aad ■aay efforta vera ouda to atlmnlata boaloeaa at tho booae, which la altaated In a rmtb«r poor ioeatloa on l4Srd atnat In tha remote tiT>- towo lecttoD o( New Torfc. The sew wcatem booM In tbe Brooz baa alao haea aafletiac for wut of patioBas* aad m walttac saaae haa been played h tf l M the twtodMMk Oii tm hopbiK tbat tka atttr MM »• «• •■( «• five la. The piawatale eMac of tha ICctropalla wm aoobtlna caaaa tho OMnaUa people to bnrry ■p UM ew^tkQ ar the CMcan hoi jL*** aiiM h g ^ a^lifci^ jW i a Maaa^ ihaar asA aospkto ' tta vkail w preaeot layoff The Chicago baoae waa to have b et a aaaaed the aajety, bat nceat otatetBenta afinn tbat tbe new theatre wfll bo aamcd after tbe 47tb (treet palaee and will bo koowD aa the Colnsi- bla. Tbe hoQoe will ba a vefltabia temple of pertectloa and wtu be replete with erery Bod- em derlee, wbleb win add to tba comfort and aafety of both patron and p e ifui iue i. It la more than poaalble tbat tbo tbcatzv wHl re- BialB epea au tbe year arooad. Thla. of coane. Aepcada npoe tbe aoeceaa of tbe primary aea- aaa. which. Jadalac fraa tba we Ku u i a which ^ theatrical aoceeaa aad lt*a the' aaaa eld alacT eTerywbere. A eeaifoetahia thaalra with aMrteeoa eoployto. clean ana np-t»dato at- trartloaa at popalar wltiaa aad > katt way eat lifaetory loeatlaa ~" aiasaser wOl | pbal proaperlty. Meeen. Hurtle and Seataoo'e Glnjcer Olria opened oo Sooday at tbe Empire. Clerelaad, to big boaloeta. Lew Bortls la bark wltb tba •bow and complete the wheel makla« tbe •how U heeded by Ed. tM Wrothe. who la npporied by rarb eelebrltlea aa Oe«ne Btooe, Wllbor Dobba, Sir rrana. Jeaoette Sberwaod. lane Le Bean and otbera of like renown. ♦ _ Pa n Doty, tbe well-koown prodacer, wia at wnkea-Barre. laat week and left there with Oor -••a and Nortb'a Paaatnc Parade, the anmhen W w hteh Aorw be baa been doctoclnft. Dan la tha time be iteta tbraofh "bo wall aaat eoa- ^^Theta la a the Kaatam atihooch ae Itliied from Orleiai wltboot tm time i out of tha _ _ CltT waa alwaya pmubUlty tbat aude lar at laaat Ow air la tbe eOKt tbat Mew Orlcaaa I aa yet haea db- T> retam to New airaaglait at ether aoatb- a j e aia e y pcaetlcahia la aad altheagh the C i ee u nt a (ood Btaad. there la IltUa any artaB i a m eata will be eaaa Uttle tlaaa to com*. ♦ . ha la tba wife af Ohaa. Tay- ■ who _ MaM- D»MnHl» OA at tbe J" .W»ndard W latcrtata alTa me a •lire of borieaqne aad nercr mind whieb wheel. P>eT may nU talk aboat their rnrtoo* taTtwItee but the proof of the padding la la the eallar «<rrr lloe. Laat aeaaoa. tbe Odnmhla Amnae- tr.( nt Company declared a dirldend of 3T per r^nt. and the recent meetlas of tha Empire rirrnit atockholden luteaa« f tba welroqie rent, all of wblrb toen ta ^ —— ——— P'<i»I)eTlty of tbe game. ■ar. tha well ■ccealb' i caa lob* Caalaok Bnekiyn. .k' ".fJ^!? " O^'n an dooe waatlo, tHo ailesed eoatrorerar he t wee a Jack 1 itarney Oeratd. ~ —- -—^ -- t .lie the b* TlinrUlag at I eoatrorerar h tt we ea Jack Maaar aad tatd. Baraey and Jack anTW tMa beat or frieada aad aia tonbtlaaa <.iare CUAeaa doaadoB antarday at Baltl- >' I U to Join Tbe Boaanr. TMa li Cha Mcoad ',"::r!?"^*_r**«B Ul* <BlMaf«M beea .1 S"J» • 8l"»«»l aheiw, botk St which r' 1 J"" "tft In tbe middia of the leaioa. -Laat ^• "on abe doacd with Tbo OoUoge Qlil* to i iJLi* malodratnatic Modecttoa and waa. te- ^^mben. tba popular bmband of tbe v-ssyerr— "Ji*,"' ini«t of the siS^ !5S«« ".^"ta laat Tborfday when the wTkSll?** WaldaaMBB-a. ' Bmlw oaa of the Sihi^i A/** aMBageta la tba •rtsaiDeaa and jtcaltaa a WUB wScma Ib ■ 'ly the abaw-gligS'lf' ^^r"^^^ . [aMhi-tt««c tooedlana. arc dagf -HMly on tba One Bon ■t ^iagMaaa ala glay aad.j lano CIRCUIT IN CANADA Arrangements for Northwestern Extravaganza Practically Completed—New Circuit Will Begin Operation With [Ten Houses, and an Equal Number of Attractions VanroaTer, B. C, Feb. 4 (Special to The Billboard).—AmngemeDta for tbe Nortbwen- ern Eztravaeanza Whei^l are about completed. Me«xrs. Sherman eud Franka pat In a good portion of the paat week flgnnag oat tht Ba- altle and Vanroaver conoeetloaa. Wttkta tfarae montha tbe drcnlt will ha la full Burlesqii!^ idMMiliL' twa aad tkna-A. U., Uaadar. Jan. to, blew open the aafa aad *e- cntcd tor their troable orer thirteen himdied dollaro, the racclpta of four performance*. The Interior of Uanager Archie MlUet'a oOce waa wreckedby tbe exploaloa. Of the amount taken tSTQ belonged to -the maaager of tbo Merry. Maldena Company, and tbe balance to tb^ Dewey Theatre. ISSS of this latter aiDoant belDg la cheek*. Tbe D«wey*a loaa la corered by a barglarr loimrance of $500. Admtaaton waa gained tbroogh a trap door la tbe toot of tba theatre aboTo tbe balcony and the ofllc* forced with a enw-bar. Uanager UUler he- llerea that tbe robbery waa planned caratallr, tbo tblcrea knowing that he wonld b* onaNe to bank tba money as alt at It waa takta la Burlesque Magnates in Bermuda Xew Tork. Feb. 2 (Siieclal to The BIllboaTd). —Brown a* a berry from the genial raya of tbe aah-tnt)!' *nn. Jamea Cnrtin, manager of a nnmlier of barleimiie enterprises operated by the Empire Clrmlt. rrtnmnl frtMn Bermoda on Feb. I. after a tweire daya' aojoum In tbe hennllfal Soouaer lalea. Ur. CnrtIa was oae of a party of dr* New Torkeia which laeladed Mr. and Mia. Eddie Mlaer. and Mr. aad Mm. Too DInklna. pioaalneal la tbe theatrical world. The party left oa the 8. 8. '*Oee*nlc" on Jan. la. nader the dlteetlon of tbe McCann Tnorlat Agency, amid Ice and anow and thirly-alx hourx later were baaktng In tbe warmth of the Rait atream. A very roach paaaage waa experleoceil bat atrangely enoogh the "Uodlnbbera" of tbe Krty. Ueaars. CnrtIa aod DInklna. krpt their ja and appclltea. while tbe aallor and yarhta- man. Eddie Miner, waa pat on tbe hnm hy aea- alrkneaa. Mr. Curtln waa the only 8M d(Ct(a Kama tbaWaada^ii ring ^bht *^t. ai^TO^ laada arlU be at 319 Fender atrcet. weet. this city, aad will be In cbafga of los rranka, wba «IU ronia the atttarUoa a aad attead to other-boafc- Ing amnj wiart. ti . ^ . be «■! «■ tta load to Diar tba la«ataiBaftaat tb— ta ^wmim aaalatJaMy am wbaaTWw^ sueenspuL Tuinuv show. h tka'tartttrnfjoiw cbarmlag wife. Jack er with Tom SalUaaa I . . a daaaaat day wttk "tnrkey" pioaecr aad bla d la manager and eqoal owner with xbm SalUvam of Tbe Moolla Booge QlrU, which la decMadly one of tba best abowa of Ita kind wbleb played tbe amall time. I tboroagbly eaji. the performaaco of Tbo Moallo Boage Qlrlaw I tor the beneSt of the many rcadera ot tbla nmn. I berswitb gttt a brief aynopalB «t tfea- ahow aa I aaw It at tba Grand Opera Baon^ gt Toongatown, O.. aome few daya ago. The MoQlIn Booge Olrli la quite a ptetantloiu prodactlon. and anllke moat tliQWi of its kind, can boaat of an excellent company of player* and a large aaa uii iaa a t of really goad wacd- robe. The book, or wbat tboe la tiaiMbllig a plot, ia caUed Oottle'a Dobot. and tcUa a dbMO^ neeted atory. which rcmlada one atroogly af tba old farce known as A XMp ta Parla. althaaBh. of coarse, many changes bsT* beea msds. Hury Wslab la tbe principal conediaa sad be Is good The character la Hebrew, altboogh Walab'a dia- lect la at timea atroogly Qermaa, aad his atyle of work Tcry remlnlaeent of tbe famoas BUIy W. (Raatem Billy) Wataon. of The Olria troca Happyland. Hla general atyte and manner of dellTery. all remind one of Billy, aa do tkS many little mannerlama aa well aa tha famnaa •llde, which Walah Imlutea to well tbat It la really worth whUe. Walah doaa weU all (~ the show, sad Is helped aiNli ai^c^ b» Xaek Salter, la a strslgbt part, aid Jaall aek. w ba make* a good "Tad." WaMar , WnBaaa who Is tha aroperly a>aa wtlh tbe »*iaw. AlBa data a bit aad get* br aMy., Tba wanca, tnik by tb* way. are an good-loakfag. are beaded by May Bnma. who plays tbe leading roles, as a aoohretle. looking well. Ringing well and mak- ing an excellent appearance In ererythlhg aba wears. Mande Oray la another eleeer girl, who la an actsnlaltlon to tlie ahow, and whone woch in tbe Onale la really worthy of mention. Mlaa Gray Is tbe Oriental dancer with tbe i' ta billed aa ••The Girt In Bed." Hert tasttfnl and decent, and her terpsT la tbe eaaeac* of jEraeefnl motioa. ^ Tba sham (arnca abaot tmttn Cbaaaa .(Mi; all gaad laak a ta. hat aat weaUr ■ atraag aa a ehoeas. They aiaha lluai taa a tb a ag aa to all aai the oa* excelleat ftataia ot tbe aboar la Ika rapidity of action aad tbe med arltb which aaa nnmher follaw* another. The ahow earrtas a spotlight, which la a material help to the nam- bera. many ot which atv well op to any wheal ahow atandard. The faTorite^ were Sierra from Maderla, with the girls to bine panta and blooaea. wltb rntra and collara trimmed with white, led by May Bnrna: Honaa. led by Maode Gray, who alom wltb a faint forelga accent which Is pteaalng to the ear. Hnnna la a Datch nnmber. and the alrla irere taatrfolly dreaaed accordingly. Monkey Town In the waa aim weU liked. aa_ Mande Gra^and Fir Tbe Monll and carries an kind It wnnld he I tlomi or expea either wheel. Tbe exemtlTe staff of The Uonlln Range flirts Is aa follawa: Jack Sniler. manager: George B. Lowry. adranre repre-eotnffve: Charles Wetse^ moalcsl director. a:i! Walter WUIIsr~ penter. 3Y~ MIRLB-QUBt. ^lada.aa* «( tha am I had ocraaloa to mrH «Mto tbm. ~ Aamw Ibeae I maat men- tion Ctm*. Leedy. dramatic editor: P. R. Her. rlrk. city editor. Will He Beck, eartonnlat. and W. S. Harria and WTllla Hammond, all ot the editorial drnartment of The Jonngatown Tetegram. by which pai>er I waa ii.nat roTall.r and llberallT treated. The Billboard waa no* Of tbe flmt thlnr» I aaw on the dramatic editor'* deak of The Telegram »" that I am anre that the bnra will aee thla and will know that their kladaea* haa aot an anoa been torgnttea. Many to ys« Mtowa. aad , Jack TIemey tbe Teteran ailrance manager. Is meeting many old friends at hla new Iheat- rlral boatelre. at Toledo. O. Wbenerer you happen to play at Tbiedo. Juiit a-k for tha Orater Bar and yon'll be Jure to And Jack there and glad to welcome yon sod to tatro- doc* yew to a i e iy eoe worth while to tha amaae- meat' swan ai>_>-r.,. the well-knowa com- dUns. ars alin.playlag Cnlted «lme and wfll rehearaa wtSSaT tba Mb tJf iip s ska—... eiaam n t olBclala and .pi dactag bla stay. Stsawl an «( tba dmowlaa at