The billboard (Mar 1911)

10 li e B11<1 b o a I^ <l The Amusement Meek in America WORCESTER CQ, CHANGES Anuiseiiient Concern Reorganizes and President Tenders Resignation—Quarter Million Dollar Lincoln Theatre Second Largest in New England Woreeater, Mass., Feb. 25 (Special to Tbe '•Blbinid).—reorgaiilzatlon of tbe Worcester Amoaement Company, Involving the ellmlnatloa aC Edward W. Lynch, president of tlie company, Crom constmctloa and management of the new (2S0.000 Lincoln Theatre, now being erected, was effected at a meeting of the 'directors and UMSse Interested on Thnrsaay. According to a •tstement made after tbe meeting by the direc ton of the Amusement Company, of which Wal- ter M. Leslie, of New York Is vice-president and ^leral manager, tiestdes Lynch tendering hfs teslgnatioii. as president, he turned 1,501 shares of Us stock over to the company and leceived Ib return lils three former - moving picture bonse s .; advertised as assets oC .tlxe company. It la ptcsDmed that the stock tn^ed over to the company by Xjrnch will eventnally he tamed over to George B. Cntting, one of the directors for. Frederick-W. Mark, who has tbe emtract for the constractlon of the new play- honse, which wlU be the second largest In New Bngland when completed, in order to place the latter In-a posttloo to negotiate for tbe the- atre's completion.' Bat a few weeks will now be required by the contractor to absolntely com- Slete the new bnlldlug, and while this is l>elng one. General Manager Walter M. Leslie, of the Amnsement Company; will be kept busy book- Inc attractions for next fall and signing con- tracts; for an all-star stock company, which he has annonncea wm open the hew house on May IT, In one of , the late New Zdrk successes: : UlBs Florence Cordelia Leslie, of San Fran- dscov who has been engaged by the Worcester Amusement Company to play one of the leading parts In the. summer all-star stock companv. arrived in Worcester this week, and will make this dty her home ahtll after the summer sen- son having engaged a cottage on ttie shores of Lake Qnlnsigamond, which, according to present indlcauons. Is liable to be somewhat ot an ac- tors* summer reort this coming season, several prominent New York stars having already signed leases for cottages for the warm months. Miss Leslie has been offered an engagement with one of the other Worcester houses, bnt has refused the same, and will wait until the new theatre is opened, willing to take a rest In tbe mean- tlme. THE ipD CROSS ppSI<GESS Produced at Toronto by a mateurs. Said to be Worthy of Consideration by Most Critical Producing Managers. Piece Has Clever Lines and Catchy Music Toronto. Out., Feb. 21 (Special to The BlU- boaid).—The Initial production of the Red Cross Princess was given at the Princess Theatre, on the night of February 20, by a cast composed entirely of amateurs. It is rarely that anything on so large a scale Is attempted by non-professional talent, and the praise given the performers for their ex- cellent work Is, therefore, all the more deserv- ing. The ptbductton is sufflclently like - the usual comic opera to safely; meet the apttroba- HAM LEASES THEATR E. Spokane, Wash.. Feb. 23 (Special to Tbe Bill- board).—-D. T. Ham has leased the new Lyric Theatre,. ]nst completed, to the Lyric Theatre eompany for ■ period of S«e years for $30,000. Child Labor i Law Stops Act HimieapoUs, HInn.. Feb. 21 (Special to The -SBIboerd).—The: Minnesota State . Child Labor Law prevented the appearance of the Net Hasarro Troope of acrobats at the HDlqne The- atre here, the week of Feb. 19. The act opened -Sunday afternoon, and played until Monday af- tsmoon, when Manager i Jack Elliott, of tbe . Onlqne received notice from the state author- ities tiiat the act woidd either have to be dis- continued or play subject to a line of fifty dollars for each day of Its appearance. This was due to the fact .that there are two per- Cormers with this act under sixteen years of ace whi^ la - the. present youngest age limit tbr the .appBuaace of Children on the boards of atisea in. this state. The :Xong- THo of acro- tata arrived 'from Chicago, .Tuesday morning, jmd were substituted for the Nazarro Troupe an keadBne nnmher the batanee of the week. PHOTOGRAPH WAS ACCURATE. HIle> Ssilasiv a prima Oomia ; of-Borne, liad hsisdf photographea:bnt refused to pay for~the pictures, saying her ankles were made to appear less elegant tlian nature had made tiiem. The p h o tOKra pher brought an aetioul 'By order of Che Judge the -]ady'.s ankles were measured, and compared with the pictures by experts. The evidence was to the effect that the camera did not lie. She was ordered to pay. MISS SIMPSON MAK^S A CHANGE. New York, Feb. ZT (Special to The Billboard). —Wtien Jumping Jnpiter reaches Mew Tork, Clieridah Simpson, will not be fbund in its cast, loss Simpson has been tranfiferred by Lederer t Ffazee to the Madame Sherry 0>mpany, which Is touring the Pacific Coast. Heis Is the title nie.' William Burrcss, the well-known character aetor, now playing In The Spring Maid, while entertaining some friends at the Lambs^ dUb one night recently, told tbe following stotr: "It was an English skipper of the old Ume, who. having loiowledge beyond the seeming Bscds, as.:1ie :;couTd .lead and nse n rchart, waa dbpntebed to Botterdam.- After: getting orer tk* liar and wdl away to ^Bie east; ne. pmdnced Us charts, and made a learned Inapeetloa; Imt tHe chart' had been a long time In the locker, and' circumstances combined to alarm. Mm ex- tzemely. He went np on deck and called to Ills mate: '■■ ■ . ■,■ 'f 'Pnt'lier'ahontt the rats have eaten Hol- Itad.*" Tiie CUrl andr the Outlaw Company reverts to ftsarlglnal .title. What a Otrl Can Do If arch T^^JTbe company .Is now In its thirtieth week, with-ptoepecta-for .tbe- seanm nmnlng late' In XsT'. ';. II^ .'I<aHarr..openB- .Us repertoire eom- BtVvlbia.^. and Win. fene..Lee,;OrIand. man- ace .tbevonernlAt-stana show., GEO. M. COHAN, AuUiar, producer; actor and theatre manager. Ban on Hoff- mann's Posters Provldenee, B. -I.,v.A>b. 25 (Special -.to The Billboard).—Pictnresqne~'posters dtsplaylDg tbe cbarms revealed by abbreviated bathing skirts worn In their act by a donUe quartette of pretty girls attached to Gertrude Hotrmann's big vau- deville company, which is to open a week's en- gagement here at Keith's, beginning Msrcb «, have come under the ban of the police play-blll censor, and will have to be cut out In tbe "pa- pering" of Providence. Whether or not the censonbip will extend to the exhibition of the real article when Miss Hoffmann appears here with her large supporting company Is arousing considerable speculation In theatrical circles. With the BIaney.8|KMMier Amnsement Com- pany _naw .In control of; the Metropolla Theatre, attraction owned.-Iqr, the Arm wHI appear at tbe hoDse. Tlie;8|Ki(w«r Stock Compaar opens Hon- tlon of the critical producing manager.: and. Is sufficiently changed to lend an indlvldnallty to (he piece. . The book end lyrics are tbe work ot Ambrose T. Pike. J. Ernest Lawrence Is the writer of the music and Fled. M. Fisher and Bobert Stuart Plgott staged the, piece, the ortAestratlons tor which were arranged by H. J. FInmm. The originators deserve « goodly share of praise. The cbaractets are ; dlstlnst and their lines bright. Tbe mnslcal aamben aie well ai ranged and the music is catchy. The staglop was very cleverly executed, and the chorus ar- rangements have been worked out with gooi9 effect. It would be unfair, however, to pas* judgment on the production from last nlght'F presentation. Tbe cast had' a few amateurlslk characteristics that were humorously noticeable; the leaders lacked the total assurance ot decla- mation and pose demanded, and the make-up» of the chorus showed an unacqnalntance wltts paints, but the work of the cast and company was derotd of 'any considerable Uraders to ma' the entertainment. Wreck Ties Up Show Minneapolis, Minn;. Feb. 20 (Spedal to Tbr Billboard)—^Tbere was no first show, Snnda- afternoon, Feb. W, at tlic Unlune Theatre,, the S.< & C,. house In Minneapolis. The train bringing the coast show from Ullwaukee to Minneapolis on the C. M. A St. P. By., suf- fered a wreck, tbe performers arriving at. tbe Mill City about 4 p. m. As the first Sunday matinee begins at two o'clock the -Unique was forced to turn away a large crowd bnt opened Its doors at three- thlrtv and started the second mstlnee at tour-, thirty to a S. R. O. house. This Is the first time In the theatre's history that any per- formance of the four-a-day has been omitic Cbas. s. Arnold, aerial gymnast, has jolnefl tbe Walcott Model Shows after spending two vrrr pleirant - months at bli'hnmf 'In Kuiaa City. ■ ■ ■ •.;.-.":,,*■■ ROBINSON OPENS INDOORS. The John Boblnson Ten Big Shows will opvi> at the Armory ot Cincinnati, April 23, for fivr days. This vrill take the place ot the sannat opening engagement in Cincinnati, which ha* formerly occurred on a lot- RICE BROS.' SHOW. Detroit. Mich., Feb. 27 '(Special to The Bill- board),—Rice Brothers',- a ten car show, wll' open ..early in -April at St. Louis, under thr management ot Andrew Mackay, of Mackay*^ European Circns, and John H. Garrett, man ager of the Montana-MUwankee Land Co. Thr entire equipment ot Utbo printing Is being dour by Courier, Erie, Otis and Aekermann-Qnigley. New tents will be tumished by Baker-Lock- wood. of Kansas City, Mo. Tbe Show Is now at winter-quartets on Mr. Garrett's 23,000 acre ranch, near Harlowton, Mont. BiUed Like A Circus Connellsvllle, l'a„" Feb.' 25 (Special to Thr BI]lhoaid}.rTrA.:.'vanaevllle theatre. In .ttis city, playing three acts, changing tbe bill on Thurs- day was "hilled like a circus" In every sens* of tbe word, when through mistake the manager opened an express package con talning samples of circus paper addressed t? one of the'vaudeville acts. The manager think- ing this paper was to be used In billing the act, showed himself eligible to a position on thr opposition crew with any of the large shows b.>, the very brilliant way-he "covered" the front and lobby ot his house with everything from • pne-dieet-to a sixteen-sheet stand. Imagine the surprise of the actor on going to tbe front of the bouse to 'enquire for his package to see an eight-sheet stand, the Interior ot a three-Tlnii circus, hanging In the lobby, and on enquiry a» to where the balance of the paper was, to flnif It had been posted on the outside of the thea- tre. In all over one hundred sheets vrcre put up all pertaining to "Tbe World's Greatesf Circns" to advertise three acts ot vaudeville. . BROADWAY BREVITIES. New York. Feb. 25 (Special to The BlUboaril t. —Caror Schroder, formerly with various Shnber* productions. Is doing a single act. She open;* on a ten weeks United contract for the U. B. O. March 8, at Young's Pier, Atlantic City. Ford and Wesley Intend to put on a new blackface act in the near future, Coastsnoe Wlndom and Company, Is The OIrr Who Lisped, are booked solid for the season. Ap- pearing in Miss WIndom's support are Boy Pen- ner and Roher Abbe,* The Musical Bitters are playing a return en- gagement over United time. - Mahatmas, Hindoo mentallsis and psychir wonders, are working the W. S. Cleveland time. This summer they will play parks. AT M. L. CLARK QUARTERS. Alexandria. La., Feb. 2S (Special to The Bill' bosrd),—At the qnsrters: of the M. •.L...Cla* and Sons' Show, a small larmy . of .palnten ano carpenters sre at ' work on the cages and wa- gons.* The new top has arrived and Is belnif looked'^ over < tiy boas eanvasmsn Shorty Galll- gher. The stock, under the: car ofboit hostler George Hitler, is in good slisp^' The management annonncea that this season* tbey will bave the strongest show that they hare ever had, betded by The Three La(3oma«. aero bats; The 'Aerial Mllletts. late ot the RInglIng Shows, . with - Chas. LaComa, equestrian di- rector; 'Boh Pierce, principal down, and Colo- rado Cotton, chief of cowboys. There will be three bands under the leader- ship of Prof, Palma. the hig baud, a jnounted cowboy hand, and a colored band-for, the side show. The side-show will be nnder the man- sgement of James Dongherty. ~ ' Tbe season will open her«!- .March 7.n. for the iwneflt of the KIks, The- advance will be In charge of r«K Wren, wltb fonr aislttsnts, vhn leave quarters March 2. - ,