The billboard (Mar 1911)

MARCH 4, 1911. T It e Btllboard 7 We Va;udeville Weel< ifi New Ydrk THRE E PREM IERS On the Bill at Colonial Theatre Last Week—The Darling of Parisi-Featuring Mlna Minar, Receives Headline Honors-^New Sketch, The Butterfly, Scores Three Broadwajr preinleres and •Ix «cU of highest novelty conntltnted the bUl-offered by Manager Percy G. Wllllama to hli Colonial pa- Jrous last week. Tlie beadllne attraction was the pretentious offerlns of Morris. Gest, The DarllnK ot Parla, a paatomlmie playlet, lea- tnrlnK Mile. Mlns MInar. It wu the llrat Mew York appearance of O. Molasso'a latest terp- alcborean creation, and it scored a posUlre trl- amph with its snmptaoaa atagioe and masnM- cent costomlng. as well ai with : Ita tlitUluiB dramatic theme and interpretation. The music by il. A. SalTatl is harmonious and appropriate, and the only posalble critlciam to make Is tbat the feminine Tolces In the cborus are pitched too blgb. The castnminK Is . par- ticularly beantiful, the ladles appearins nist to harmonising gowna, and later ai nympba In pink, contraiting with the bine Telvet students' -costumes of the . men^ A delightfnl sketch, entitled Tbe Butterfly, «'as the vehicle of Jere Grady and his company, comprising W. Langford and Edith Lucket. Tbe 4ceDe takes place in the dresalng room of The Butterfly, a faacinatlng little actress, who liaa won Jimmy, tbe son of Michael Grady, a rich contractor, by ber charm of manner. Tbe old man comes to make some kind of settlement with the-charmer, flo tbat Hbe will relinquish his bandsome, college bred son, and lean blm tree to marry tbe girl he has chosen (or-him. He approaches the subject with a feeling of re- sentment and contempt, for tbe . girl who Is known only aa "Miss Bnmblebee—no. I mean Suttermllk." and offers her money reoompenae for her affections. He offers it on. a sliding bid. "One t'onsan* dollars.** "Ton in-tult me.'* Is ber reply. "I wish someone would Insult mo like thot," be responds. *Two t'ousan'—three —four—five t*ousan* dollars,, an* not a cent less.** The Bntterfly agrees to accept the five thooaand ddlars, and: bids the eontraetor get behind ■ screen to witness the manner. In which: she glres bla boy bis congee, limmie comes In as the tiid man conc(*als himself, and makes Tlo- lent lore, which The Butterfly repels with In- Albert Sutherland Dead New .York, Peb. 25 (Special to The Billboard). —After an lllneas of but a few hoars, Albert tntherland, the TandeTille agent, died snddeob Tuesday morning at three o'clock. Acnte-Indl- testlon waa tbe canae of deatli. Sutherland was neatly fifty years of age. Be, spent nearly all of Us lire in the show business. His wife Is Inlle -Blng, whom, besides a son. Ed- ward, aged twelve, he leaves. On Monday, the day ptevloaa to his death, Salherland evidently enjoyed the best of health. He went to the Show lo the evening, later going to bis elnb. In the early morning be waa aelted with conralilau. Testerday the timeral was held at Mlddle- tnwn, Ckmn., his native place. Thomaa Fttzpatrlck. who acted as Sutherland's assistant, will havei charge of the bnalneaa of the deceased. AU the : acta booked hy Suther- land at tbe time of his death will eontthne m- ,derthesan^e.llanne^^;:^:'^:;■^^::''J:.i:■;■■; : ■■ < NEW PO LICY S TARTED. New York, Feb. 25 (Smclal to The BlUboard). —Next Monday Keith's TTnlOD Saoare will adopt "before loncb*' vaudeville, startlog the show at U o'clock inatead of 12:39, as has been the cos- tom heretofore. — The length of time thus gained wUl be Dlled with "dead" picture ahowa. Five ahowa of nudeyuie will he tbe coorae contlnneO. Business has been decidedly good at the Union Square. On Washington's Birthday celebration --a holiday here—the honae waa packed every •how. The new policy which wM be started hy Man- ager Buck has been in effect at the Twenty-third street, anotbiv K. A P. house, for some time, and bus been a success. KEITH.P RbCTO R CASE. Kew York, Feb. 2S (Special to The BUlboard). —An adjournment of the Keith Sc Proctor ease wss made Monday until March 1. Since the publication 6f tbe report of the caae in the laat iMue of Tbe Billboard, there have been no fnr- tht'r developments, excepting tbat Judge Pea- b"ly. in the Supreme Court, at PorUand, Me., before __whom tiie caae la ttetng heard, advised 1... dllterences between Keith & Proctor, • hliU he characterised as "little." ahould be iwtfbed up, FRANK BOHM TO SAIL. • N' w York, Feb. 25 (Special to Tbe BUlboard). --(•assnge has been.booked on the Lusltania by rmnk Bobm, the vaudeville agent, and about ""• middle of June he will bid adieu to America, .7i.i i' S""" weeks. Business snd pleaaure • III lie combined on tbe trip. MAY WA RD R ESUMES. N w York, Peb. 26 (Snedal to The Billboard), —nil March 12, May Ward teaumes her vaude- •Uli- iiookings, opening at Clhclnnatl. She will W«.v one week for Sullivan ft Consldlne. and u«u Jumps to Oblesgo, where she will open at 'tajestlc for tbe W. V. A. difference. Surprised by this treatment, be de- mands an explanation, and The Bntterfly tella him that she has been married two years, and can not marry blm. Furthermore, she aays, tbe man- la concealed behind the screen. Jlmmle dlacovers bla~ father,, and accuses .him of lead- ing a double life. .Heartbrokenly . he demands tbat his father accompany him home, but the old (Continued on page iS8.) PERTINENT PATTER Gossip of the VaudevilleVWeek in New York--Bite of Newt aE(d Items of Interest to Artists in and ' out of the Metropolis New York, Feb^UiS (Special to The Billboard). —One of vandevUlerft lateet acqulaltlons Is Miss Violet Dale, who will be remembered as tbe original Olrl from Sector's. Miss Dale has been booked as beadliner to play the big time, and la featuring Stem & Company's publications. 1 Met Her la September and The Town Clock lost Struck Six. . . Much Improved In health. Jos. M. ScJienk, man- ager of the People's Tandevllle, Is back at his MIZZI HAJ08,~ The youngest of the Shnbert stars. She will appear at the Winter Garden. Nina Morris in Vaudeville New York, Feb, 25 (Special to The BlUlioard). —Nina Morrig will forsake the K-gitlmate stage beginning Monday at Uammersteln's Victoria. She will present a sketch by John Carnlol, cntl- tied' Who Shall Condemn. In her supporting cast are Arthur Hoopea and Walter Hitchcock. MHa Morris has been leading woman for James K, Hackett, Mrs. Leslie Carter 'and Margaret III- ington, and has been featured In several pieces. This Is her debut In the varieties. SADIE HELP HOME. New York. Feb. 2.1 (Svicclal to The Billboard). —Sadie Helt Is at her home In New Jork, mat- ing preparations for tbe act In which she Is to appear next season. J. Fred Helf,. who Is hand- ling tbe act, promises something absolotely new. MIM Helf who baa been given the title of "Princess of Song," Is being advertised exten- sIveUT. Mie campaign being conducted In a moat novel way. Current VaudeviUe Bills Alfiambra.—DustIn Farnbm and Company, in Tbe Littlest Reh<!t: Belle Blanche, mimic; Barry TIghe and Company in The .Careless Sopho- more: Laddlo CUir. English comedian; Tom Ed- wards, ventriloquist; The Exposition Four, in- strumentalists; Amocos Sisters, French slpgers and dancers; Howard's Musical Ponies, (hooper and Robinson, colore<l entertainers, and others, American Music Hall.—^Vesta Victoria, Eng- ll»li Conicdienne.' In fareweU tour; Roberts. ■Haves and Roberts, Inxa and Lorella, Mile, Olive. Itafayette's Canines, and other star acts. Bronx.—Minn MInar and <3omoaoy. In The ParlUig of Paris; Mrs. Gardner Crane and Oom- panj-, in The Little Sunbeam: Kay Cox. South- em character interpreter; Avon Comedy Four In The New Teacher; Bothwell Browne, female Im- personations; Tom Mahoney. alnger and monolo- glst: Clllford and Burke, Elton Polo Troupe, and others- * . Colonial.—Mclntvre and Heatb. In Tbe Man From Montana: Mary Norman, character Im- (Contlnued on page 58.) desk after a three weeks' aqjonm In Hot 1>~ For a brief period of a fSw hours «i 19. New YMk had as a visitor Oeorge %JI05* dan, manager of the Morris house In C lnfl wi a o . the Orptaenm. Jordan came on for a buaUMS conference with Morris Circuit olllclals. ^ Wasblogton's Birthday anntvetsary aaw FeWf WiUIams depart for Florida on a pleasure t^ The Theatrical Protective Union No. 2. of Wjw Tork. wUl hold lU annual ball Mar^ 9. »«^ Palm Garden. 68th street, near Lexington ajs. Maurice H. Rose. New York rep^sraiumj for Shereck _a5d. .Bralt_ l«_^?es»?»S%k'?«2f dropped. The Folles sergere^- ~" "■"^ big European theatres. wUI haw Brtt oppoitnl' ty to aee tbe the new act. -nrt.*— Grace Haiara opens Aprtt 1 at the WtaW Garden in BerUo. Her entire act. called Win Feet of Oomlc Opera. wlU be translated German. Miss Haiard Is^now »tudyto« «• tongue, and sails soon tor <3ennanay. B«r pearance In Berlin will be Jtollowed^ a S Germany; thence she wBl BJ^toJE-aris. IjJ^ lug that point In time to cm the wnnmet son in Xwdon, where she vriU remain for. aeoe "sSue Fisher and Claire Summer, compowres of Dearie and other hits, are bo<Aed for L0^« opening in Jone. They will appear In an aape- clally arranged RathskeUar act. Id June Kitty Gordon wlU appear at the W ace. In London. She will use «>e„«*2S JK which abe presented recently at Hammarstelmn '^JaS*Goman. writer of material for vandjfffls artlats. la back on the tob- He has lort »J- tnmed from a trip, to "enDUda^thHMW Geary, of the New Tork HeraM.. The ysg one merely for pleasnra^^ y. „ ., ■, M«t« A new act ln.Tande»ine la that of MeiaajM wnson, t he flrst named artist heing a «— ' (Coatlnned on page 58.) Suggestions for Ail-Star Bill NEW YORK AHjOTAB VAOTBVlIjUl BILL FOR WEEK OP FEB. 20. Imaginary blU framed up "»» pearlng at New York vandevlUe tbeamk ImporUnce of act Is Indicated by poaltKa A^Lambert Brothers, Physical CnltoHsta and Gymnasts. _ American Music HaU, TttB Stait. B—Little BUly. Vandevllle'a Tiniest Cem»- CbtraSa), Opens In One. Foil 8taii*i: Closes Is One. _ _ ^i.. C—Jere Grady and Company In The BBttsr- fly. Colonial. Full SUge.' _ O^IsabeUa D'Armoud. Singing Oomedlenaa, Fifth Avenue Theatre. In_On«. E—MIXA MINAR AND COMPANY. In Xhs Darling of Paris. Colonial. Fun Stage. ■ INTERMISaiON. F—Jidlv Fanny Blee, In The Mimic Stags. Colonial. In One ,__.«_ G—-Hugh Herbert and Company In The B0« of Solomon. . _ Fifth Avenue Theatre. Full Stage. • H—The Hawaiian Four, Native Stngera aa« Moslclsns. ... American Music Ball, In One, •'J—The Florena Family, (T) Acrobats. -' - American Music HaU, Full Stage, • THE SCHMIDTS IMPROVED. New York, Feb. S* (Special to The Blliboiud). —.Various members of the professlOT vrlll be Sleased Indeed to hear that H.^O^II. ehmldt. proprietor of Olympic Park. Newmrk, N. 1.. Is weft on the road to recoverx tnmL» prolonged attack ot the grip and-gen^l WSh- ahUIty that has claimed him dnrtaf the past season. He Is up on the Job agalii^ and at- tended personaUy to the flnanclal part of the matching bout, wtleh was held at^the dance ^ on his grounds on Washington's Birthday. His wife Is again well and tenders her respects and thanks to the .numerous members of the P«o»a- slon. who sent her kind letters dnrlng her m- AMERICA N MU SIC HALL. New York, Feb, 24 (Special to The Blllhoart). —An old style variety bill of the best dMS was tbe ottering tbat drew the usual crowas to the Amerlcsn Music Hall last week. T»j bill was devoid of olayleta. but ran the gamat of, acrobatic, musical and monologlc wnenF, Vesta Victoria, In a new song repertirtre. the place of honor. She opened with Skatus. attired In a cockney conception of a bobble skirt, and dosed, with Don't Sing the Chorus, sn ex- hibition of selentlfle "song-ptngglng," rej".^"* to an encore by singing Now I Hsve to Call Him Father. Interspersed between were "The Widow, sung In attractive weeds, and Twins, In grey ana ermines, relaUng the troubles of a mother and daughter, who married twin brothers, (Continued on imicf S8.)