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42 Tlie Gillboarcl MARCH 18, 1911. SJllllllllllillilllllllillllllllllllllll^ slIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilillllllllliililllliLs =lllllilllllllillllllilllllllilllllllllillllillllllillllllllllllllllllllllllll|ll I BIG 1=1 T OWN 1=1 A M U S E M Biiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis SllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllS Sllilllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllii BOSTON, MASS. The largeit and most elaborate Auto Slioir mx held In this part of the country, opened at tha Mechanics' BnUdUiK ana Hwtlcultnral HaU «B Satmday CTenlDg. Wednesday eTening was HiUtai; NIgbt. and over 10,000 people attended, . mmMor ot whom were ladles. The dealers ais pCDpiiesyIng a bis season's boslness. All the local dalliea, wltb the ezceptlon at tte Dcanacrlpt, predict a big fatore (or the new opera. The Sacrifice, by Converse. The flxst performance was attended by a large and crlt- Ual audience, which seemed to be more tban ■atlafied. and they were more enthusiastic than Is customary of a Boston audience. Constantino ana Nellsen, who had parts In the first per. fismance, pronounce The Sacrifice a great snc- een. ConTerse states that he is contemplating ■oaoe minor cbanKes. Bertha Bartlett. a Boston who l» appear, lag With Scott at the M^estlc, Is fecelT- lug due homage in her home town. ^^Tbe manasement of the Bowdoin Square hare ordered two thousand shamrocks from the old eaantzy for tkelr lady patrons during St. Pat- tlek'* weelL Wm. A. :Bdwards and Marry Farren. propri- •tows at the Columbia Tlieatre. were awarded an lojonctlon against the BoitOB Unatelua* PinteetlTe Association. The tmlon has been at- tempting to Interfere In a contract between the theatre and Edwin O. Bates to tamish mosicians for four seasons, expiring In 1914. Bach mem. ber of the orchestra stated in court tliat he is satisfied, and desires to remain In the employ at Bates. On Tuesday night, friends of George BaUan- oflL the Snslan baritone, tendered him a fare, wdl tianqnet at the Hotel I^uox. lordla Up- kowaka created . qnite a sensation by singing FTe Biugs on My Fiugeta and Bells on My Toes la English. Mme. TetrflstnnI, who was dining at the same time. Insisted that the name of the linger be ascertained, and had ber door left wUla Llpkowika sang. who was at one time treaiBaxer of this thea* tre. baa Tetnxnea to the Crescent and Mr. Cald- well has been transferred to the Coioiilal in Manhattan. Baxnom & Bailey Circns is booked for Brook- lyn week of April 24. but at the present time it Is not known in just wbat part ot Brooi it will pitch Its tents, owing to the fact that the circns lot at Fifth avenue and Fourth street. Is not arallatOe for exhibiting purposes. It is mmored that one of the big wild west shows will play Brooklyn before Coney Island season opens. (Continued on page 73). NEW HAVEN, CONN. Well! we bare another triumph to credit to Miss FeatchwaaKer's long list- It Is the sac- cess of the concert at Woolsey Hall the evening of Uarch 3, wben John McOormack. the (amons Irish tenor, was Introduced to an audience that completely fUIed the beantlfnl hall. And It was such an interesting audience, consisting as it did, of represeotatlve people from nearly every set in town. FoUowlne'the concert Mr. MjoCormaek was given a banquet at the Knights of 8t. Patrick's Qob. It was a very Joll.r and informal affair. McConnack sang seTeral songs durlns the evening, amonjc them the famous Irish ballad. Colleen Bawn. With apologies, bowerer, for the Tulgarlty of expre^lon. the famous Irish tenor "had nothing" on Dr. William J. Sbeehan. one of New Haven's popular young physicians, whose the age of tour years she made ber first ap- pearance in public and appeared In amateur performance quite frequently thereafter. As a professional she was with the Madaiiiu Saoyry Company before she made' the contract with George W. Lederer. Needless to a.ld that she is a favorite la ber native city, KO. Wi'>S. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. The Princess Theatre, which has been operat- ing melodramatic stock on the Bast Side, closed its doors Wednesday; evening. March 1. The Bunnell-Kutnmer Theatrical Exchange, which was operated by the msnagemeat of this play- house will continue In business with offices In the theatre. A play from the pen of L. Meaundorf, at one time iarenlle with Dicfc Ferris and a local boy. was presented at the East Side Turner's HaU, on Sunday evening. March 5. The drama is entitled At Fortune Bauch and is in five sets and seven scenes, and the Hyland Dramatic Club were the actors who produced It, At the time of writing this plsy, Mr. Meaundorf was bnt fourteen years of age. One of our local boys, Harrison B. Thomp- son, formerly of the Xyrlc Stock Company, Is now playing juveniles and general business with the Percy Williams Stock Company at the Crescent Theatre of Brooklyn. In a wire sent from New York Marrta 4. Man- ager L. N. Scott, ot the Minneapolis and St. Paul Metropolitan Opera Houses, stated that he had completed arrangements with James JOHN T. MeCASLIN, BALTIMORE, MD. While the deal for the sale of the Iiyrlc is ■tm pending, the future of grand opera in this dty b being discussed. It has been stated that tb* otter for the Lyric was far too low for con- •Idscatlott, and the deal was declared oft. It is mmSA that- Mr. Otto H. Kabn, the owner ot the wni not accept less than SZiO,000 for whicb pdce he considers « good for the property. 3fe. mrich stated last week that it the deal tar the I^c was conaam- nated, this city would be without grand opera for the time being, as there was no available place for the operas. In this matter he Is quite ■istsken. The Academy of Music accommodated grand •poxaa long before the I,yrle was ever thought oC. and It is still available for that purpose. TUm theatre, with few exceptions. Is one ot tbe laiseat in the United States. With the expen- tUare ot a small amount ot-money, this house could be remodeled to.lucrease the sesting ca- padty to afford grand opera a better nnanciwl nceeas. In addition to this, there is now aut- fl^ent space available to accommodate the much talked of ball-room. - The concert hall over the aaala lobby has a floor area ot one hundred by •■e hundred feet. Thia hall can be enlarged tm almost double Its present size, giving the 1 baU la tbe-etty. Academy ot Hnslc was copied after the ■ Grand Opera House In Parts. The banding Is owned and was bunt by wealthy BslUmoresns, and is only leased to Messrs. Hlxon and Zimmerman. Mr. James A. Gary Is pnaldent of the company that owns the theatre, sad tile house wss originally bunt by subscrlo- tlao. As it is. tbe boiue will easily accommo- 4ate grand open, with its .jiresent seating capac- Uy. It the prices range from $2 to gT, exdu- ■tre of boxes. glO.OQO a performance could be RaBaed. WItb S2 as the highest pHce, Ben- Hur played, to S4,000-a-nV>t durbig Its en- memeat>;Tb» gaUerles could be Sawd to fcrmlt of 700 mom seats. B. T. BAILET. (OoDtliHwd on page T8). BROOKLYN, N. Y. Theatrical business in Brooldyn. is unusually good, conaldennir that I«nt has started, and daring the remainder of the season the- man- agers have booked some of the bett drawtnr attracUona. and have reason to believe that the sesSon wHI not be as disastrous or unprofitable as some managers have stated. Tbe Oner Island ft Brooklyn Bailroad, which enecatea tbe Smith street, I>e Kalb and Frank- lin avenue- troUey Unes. In Brooklyn, will erect ■ new terminal at Coney bland. The pro- posed structure will be a two-story sted frame and brick bnildlns and wHl cover an area front- ing 200 feet in Surf avenue and extending back 400 feet. Tbe Improvement li estimated to cost tioo.ooo. Johnny Mlchell. who appeared with hia Blece, LUla Hlchell, at the Empire Theatre last week, with the Miss New York Jr. Com- pany, was presented with a loving cup and a pair of diamond-studded cuff buttons at the dose ot tlieir sensational Apache Dance, Thurs- day night, by the members of the Clover Club ot East New Zorfc. Mr. Mlchell and UUa WCiieU are bmed as flie Dancing Mtcbeils and are enjoying the most snceessfnl season of Oelr theatrical career. Mr. Mlchell la a Brnok- lynlte. having resided in the Busdiwick section . for the past eljzhteen years. Besldents of Borough Park are trying to In- duce Joe Morris, leader of the. Dainty Duchess Companv. at the Gayety Theatre, to nndertak'. tile management of a new theatre that is to b^- bnllt In that section.: Morris lives on FIfty-nInt' street, where he has a eottaee. and he has been m popular resident of Borough Park for'some years. This is .Morris* first season in burlesque, he bavlne been a musical comedy star for s'. years. He is well equipped for comedy ndes, belnp an excellent singer and dancer, * and his humor Is aatnral and unforced. Besides this be Is a musician or more than ordinary merit and able to plav on a variety ot Instruments. Patrons of the Cresceiit Theatre have noticed a change at the boz-offlce. Dudley Clements, Baltimore's popular theatrical agent. rendering of My Cousin Caruso brought dowt the bouse, A shocking accident was that In which Miss Katharine. Boche was seriously, if not fatally. Injured on March 3. She was one of a taxi- cab party crashed into by a trolley car with such force that the whole top of the cab was lifted from the ehassee and thrown 26 feet dis- tant. Miss Boche sustained a broken forearm and leg with probable Internal Injuries. No one in the vaudeville profession who has played Pairs In New Haven will hear ot thia accident without keen regret, as tmtil this snmmer she had been ticket seller at the theatre for four- teen or fifteen years. The announcement Is Just made that Mr. Alonzo, Mr. Poll's nephew, and booking agent, will leave for Bnrope early in May tor the summer. Be will look up many foreign acts for the Poll Circuit as. Is bis custom ereir year. Dr. TerdI, wbo vraa reeenUy knlghtC by the Italian government^ will go over with Mr. Alonzo. JBAN PABDBE-CLARS. WASHINGTON, D. C. Mr. Zngene Eeman. manager of tbe Iiycenm Theatre for many years, and whose theatrical career hss passed the fiftieth mUestone. last week celebrated his seventy-seventh birthdsy. In the evening be attended a banquet given by his friends in his honor. ' Letters and telegrams added materially to the pleasure of the occa- sion. .Another . manager of Washinicton's thestres has recently come prominently before tbe pub- lic P. B. Chase has contributed a tbonsand dollars as a nucleus toward a fimd to bring before the public the true condition of the government employees In the lower grades. Mr. Chase suggests that a hundred men give each a similar amonnt and with the total thns raised, publish to the entire conntry exactly What the facts are. The lncrea!>cd cost of liv- ing, with no Increase whatever In their salar- ies, has placed these employees In an embar- rassing predicament. In tbe Jumping Jnplter Company that played at the Columbia lately, one of the stars. Miss Ina Claire, tias quite a romantic blstory. Bom In Washington two months after her father was killed In the Ford's Theatre disaster In 1803, 3IISS Claire lived with her mother and brother here imtS less than three years ago, when she decided to adopt the stage as her eaieer. At Nelll. the well-known stock actor and manager, to play a summer season of stock at both these playhouses lieglnning Snnday April 30. A com- pany will be atatloned at each theatre and the stars and productions will be alternated be- tween Minneapolis and St. Paul, so that two weeks' time will be allowed tor rehearsals and the two cities may have an opportunity of com- paring tbe respective - companies. Some ex- cellent successes ot past seasons will be the offerings of these stoA coajipaales. BODBBib EECB. nBOBB. ST. L OUIS . MO. It Is mmoied about town that St, Louu l* to have another film exchange in operation, be- fore summer sets In. At present we have but two that are considered large, and opposltioa baa been mlnlmnm. Mr. William Lenhardt la pottliig on an laduoi drcns at the Edlpse Park Theatre here for tbe week ot March 12. His acts and abow In general contain much merit, and sbonld play to big week's business. Tbe Four Flying Valentines were the featut« at tbe Gem Theatre last week. They have one ot the best casting acta ever seen here. This act la an exceptional card to be put ou as a vaudeville feature, to motion pictures. During the past week the Crawford-Talhol Amosement Co. bas leaspd tbe northwest coiner of Sixth and Walnut streets, and will erect a four-story building to cost SIOO.OOO. A portion of the banding will be used for a moving pic- ture tiieatre with vaudevUIe, and the balance to be devoted to hotel purposes. Judge Leo Bassleur, president of tbe OermsD Theatre Bealbr Co.. In Us annual report to the stock boldets of tbe company, placed tbe assets at $43,485.16. The company was formed to buOd a theatre tor the production ot theat- ricals In German. It has obtained property on Delmar boulevard a short distsnce west of Grsnd avenue. It Is proposed to erect a thea- tre to cost (150,000, One of the most happy of surprises occurred here last week. After tbe performances at the thestres, Mr. Frank Tate, who Is at tht- bead of the St. Louis Theatre Co.'s enterprises here, waa gieeted at bis home with a serenade and a preaentatlon la honor of. bis 2Sth aoal- versary of hIa marriage. Managers Jno. Rem- Ing. of tbe American Tbeatie; Harry WaBaee, ot Havlln's Theatre: D. B. Bussell. of the Imperlsl Theatre: C. P. Stocktaans, ot the Col- umbia; Col. Lew Sharp and Joe Morrisoo. ot the Columbia, and the leadera of tbe orchestras. Guldo Vogel. American: Pete Vavallo, Bav- lin's; Maurice Spyer. ot Cdnmbla. and Tvur Vaccaro, ot tbe Imperial, coustitnted the party tiiat on March 3, after the performance at their various thestres. marched to the home of 51r. Tate and amid his perfect snrprlse presented him with a cartoon drawn by George Grlnbam and framed In silver, representing tbe date of his marriage and the present suniversary. A silver tea service of five pieces, hsndsomely engraved in Old English, was also preicnted him. Mr. Lew Sharp made tbe pteaentatloii in behalf ot his fellow donors, Vie beauty. of bis oratory completelv overcame Mr. Tate and hIa voice failed him completely. In giving bis appreciation. No one present found any difficulty In reallslnic the gratitude felt by the manager and dear friend- May it be possible for me to find as much pleasure in congratulat- ing him on hia fiftieth anniversary, as I now have In this. B. Harry Pipe, manager ot the Delmar The- atre, bas leased tbe southeast comer ot Olive and Ssrah streets. This property has a front* age ot 1S2 feet on tbe aonUi line ot Olive street by a depth sooth along the east line of Sarah street of 182 teet to an «Uey. Thia leaae was tram Frank A. But for » term of twenty-five years. Mr. Pipe will erect a fireproof theatre bnUd- ing and intends to csll It tbe Olive Theatre, It will have all modem Improvements, marble vestibule end ceiling (n the snditorinm forty- nve feet In height. The stage will be one ot the largest in the city snd tborooghlr equipped. The bnlldlug win be a duplicate of the Delmar Theatre and Altdome and will cost sbout f50,- 000. The present store bntlding wni be wrecked to give wsy to the new theatre. The bntlding will be ready for occapaaeT by Oct. 1. The new theatre wUI -be oader the nuaage- ment of Mr. Pipe. It la Mr. Pipers Intention to sell a limited amnnnt ot stock in the com- pany to build the theatre. . The location la In the heart ot a thickly populated dlatrict. and baa. according to sts- tlstlcs, a larger population not served by sorb a theatre than any other district In the city. WILL J. rARLET. MEMPHIS, TENN. Business at the leading honsea for the past month has abowa an Improvement over that ot Jannaiy. altfaongh several good attractions have not played to tbe expected business. East End Psrk will again be under tbe management of A. B. Morrison this season. A number ot Improvements are to be made, In- clndlri? several amusement devices and It will probably be necesssry to enlarge tbe theatre, where vaudevUIe with two piertonnances a daji will again be given. The season wiU not open at East End i>efore May 15: The visit here last week ot Jske Wells, wbo was accompanied by George Nlcholai, repre- senting Stsir & Hsvlln's Interests, and the fact that these gentlemen consulted with resi estate men and architects, alttiough refusing to give out any definite Information, Is taken as a confirmation of the report that the lease of the Bijou Tbeatre la - to be given up after tblf year and that a new (50,000 theatre Is to be erected this snmmer by Mr. Wells and his as- sociates. Miss Loralne I,ester. of A Winning Miss Com- pany, playing at the Bijou, entertained'with one of the largest tbeatre parties of the season. Her guests were two hundred and fifty members of tbe Memphis Auto Club; of which Miss Les- ter was made an honorary meml>er daring a visit bere last year. A short season of stock is to Iw given at tbe Lyceum, following the regular -aeaaoa, according to announcement made last vreek, by Manager Clarence Wela. Work has been begun -remodelfaije- tbe , old building formerly used, as Shelby connty's. eonri bonne, wblch will be tranifonned Into a hotel covering an entire bloek; .^wlth a roof garden and' Tauderille theatre in connection.- ' ': -ABTHUB J.-rOBBBS. SPRINGFIELD. ILL. The tbeatrleal year In this city has been one of strennons rivalry between the K. * B, sno Shubert forces, Msny of the country's gf ••*■,' stars have appeared at each ot the two leglti- mate houses here and often offered their in- terpretation of the season's vehicles of art on the same night. Busin ess considering condi- tions—has bi-en fair and at Isolated times, good. Chas, R. Bnmser. who managed the Majestic last season, baa done so this snd has become well known and popniar In the city. Bdwani Fitzgerald still remains as treasaier, a poslUoD be has succesafnlly filled ever since the bouse opened, Tbe Empire, which wai opened *r J?"" Connors, a number ot years ago. still offers good vaudeville and btirlesque and carries a slx- pleee orcbeitra throughout the entire year, a flrat-elass buffet, s large and well equipped billiard snd pool hail and a carefully conducted stsg hotel are all- contiguous to tbe tbestre and all under Mr. Connor's management, Fred Wltmer. wbo has auccesstnlly man- sued the Vaudette. a Isrge moving ..picture tbeatre. bas reslimed his position snd will leave soon for Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Wltmer was formerly manager for tbe Lyric and baa made many friends here. ■ ■ . , _ wniard Radcllff. Balph Bold and BtanW Bold have leased White City tor the season. They have cbangpil the name to Woodland Psr"; The theatre la belnic remodeled at nresent snit vaudeville and moving pictures will be given. Bonhorst and Weir are buHlly enOT***'..ir hearsing their new musical play. Miss Teddy. David McKoberts Is stsglng the oroiluctlou and Its premiere will occur at the Chntterton. The other three offerlnga they have built vpere sll successful and this one Is heralded aa better than ever. - John Hooper. Who conducts the Bijou rum Exchange has again opened a moving plctnn- show at Delavan snd wlH be asalated Jn U-'- management by Mrs. Nora ^""^j^J i'^jnr