The billboard (Apr 1911)

eo T c BilEI>oa^ <l^ APRIL 2% 1911. Oattimrt tan pac* >•) K. niMllT Kr. PiecUaaa i* alao the aoUior •( the tw* other sketcbn opon the bill. Plili- ■ad Ob ni^tto da Tlsltm. UUa OldcasUe l~ t» be atmncd In nndCTUle the comlluc seuoo In a sketch br George U. Cohan, and Is now tag rehearsed by Mr. T. Bares Bonter. A. S. LJpman and Florence Gerald are the authors of The Sooset Limited, a dramatic sketch with Its locale In New Mexico, wh Alice Fischer. WUIIam K. Harcoort and Com panT proeoua wUk cnat sncecas at the Sof frasetta Georsa paoT. The NordtT Kadilae Oompanr of 3 Sector alreet Naw Tork Cttr. <s instalUoc Its Fru Swincs at Brighton Beach and Oaaaoa's Pr' Mew Tork. and hare contraeU for Blverrle- Rufc, Detroit, and Belm'a Kleetrie Pack. Kan- na Cit'. Mo. rtber are also lastsIUnc deTtee> at Lakewoods. Gary. Ind.. and at Pine Islan Park. MiDChester. N. H. Leo. L. Lerln. of the Tttaseope Co. of Amer lea. -with oOces at 10 'ast IBth street. Nr- York Citr, haa aalled for Oenuar« wbae .he foes to eiaiat capital In Aliliwhr. Iha Mw plastic moelBB pletiire devlee. _ Otto HotBmasn. the msglclan. Is tlntsnmy a toor of the Keltii and Praetor home*. tUr Mannerr and W. K. Daller aiilecd In New Tork last week. Their »e" — led by Jo PaiKe Smith. U Wolfe GUbert. the aathor has returned to New York. Weston's Models are now pisylog an engsge- ment In Krlth and Proctor theatres la and around New York CItjr. Next week (April IT). ' KcUk and Praelor'a Onion Square and ~ I mth St. neatio. splitting ! bnr people in-tne act. Eteht posea are made, the plctnreo Tcpresented helnc Hmlc. Forward. Marathon. Prodigal Son. (•laustora, ApoUo. Spartan Afother and Call to .Arms. It Is ooe of the best sets of Its kind In ilie bnsloen todi7. Benrr F^ey snd Mse C. Fields sre back In x-aadevUle in their laogtaablc skit. The Horse I>octor. This week was the flrxt cnaaaaBcnt the act baa played wItUn tlx weeks, tie lar-aC lielac eaosea by Mr. ney'a serlona IT' Jol7. Ms. and MISB Fields begin wtaf Z!B. Wutr CMot of secret Serrtce Com paay. Eddie Hlttac la dla^aytng abilities other than stage msnaglnie. wlila particular line be Is now followtng at Keith and Pioctot'E Twenty-third Street Xhcdra. He Uta la sketehia ■- Soattiem Italy. Tbey open with a stirring xylophone ensemble, BdcoIossI's Banting Scene, which they render with magnlllcent dash and abandbo. They next play aelectlona from II Troratore on mandolins, with violin sccompanl- ment. In nmicluily^ fyfht^n xtae Tarentelle, danced by a wmm aad waaia% with Tocal and snltar aaeHaaalMBt, aeacaB ksasUy. (oi- lowad by Tfee flaciatie, tten Looa dl Lammer- aioor, luycd oa bdla. Strings of slelgb bells, patdaat etalawa, aad handle bells are emptojed, creatine exqnialta barmony. and cToklng a riot of applaiiae. An Italian dno-rocal dance, per- formed by a maiden and a yooth. who em- phasises his terpslcborean antics with rhythmic >eats on s bsrbarlc dram, prores s novelty. Tbe njiishing nomber lA anotlier xylopbone enaemblo In which great enthaalafm ]h srou&ed by a ren- dition Of the American national airs. oaalaaiea aaa aisat pretentions, being a ag^Ml aWIW.et •«> ficSu and bright col- on, asl Oa act MTea with a dash and brU- " wo whick ensures tat It appreciation from any andlrtiro^ AUBBT ^IfTr*. Boy Soprano. Bsmmerateln's ▼letarla. In One. Time of Act, 8 Mln- Balcher. In local T a i i dai l Be recently i>nrehiaed the righta to the aketeh tram Mrs. Stnart Bobsoo. Hamilton and Hewlett. In a moaleal comedy ~ . cdSad Beoben Hartina,. Intrsdai ~ " t a alea, are playlnc the EeUk NEW ACTS THIS WEEK. (Contlnaed fton page flnothcr name. Now, faowerer. bis employer's intention to take hlia to Banxie with him had aanerred btm. aa ha 4lMMt ae weald .aat be sMe to resist tbe-«i^a 1m asak apt l~ Mas woman and kflTMK' ItaM BSlk tfee same aide of tbe water. To prore Us eoa- teaHoa. Franchlnl ga-ve to Welby docnmentaxy utasimi of his psrdon snd a copy of a news- paper containing an accoont of the mntlny. These are left on the table, when the secretary, pad- ded by the assurance of Welby that be will re- tain him In his employ; snd that he will not hare to accompany him on his trip, retires to an inner apartment. Aa Ftanchlnl exits, a woman poshes- ber way Into the apartm< flmats Wdhgr. She praies to be • HahriTart. wfeoa Wdv. la Ha mi . kaown as a gandiler m loodaa. 'She explaliiB to the stsrtled W^y that she bss heard of ills spproBCfaliiK msrriage. and that she has rome as a aelf-InTlted guest, that she might hare tbe social benefit of sncb an opportunity to saeet the American smart set. When Welby protests, she demands It as ber right as the widaw of Us father, dalmloii that Wdhy. Sr.. r^adoee hto; dealb,- sptes'the pav« 0B~ae'bdrie. She twns psie when she reads them and Welby. piecing the details or the secretary's confesuon with some tacts whl^ he knows regarding her career, charges Stephanl with being tbe faithless wife. Bis guess prores accurate, snd be has tbe satls- fsctlon of bsTlnx the woman who had demanded SO much of him but a moment before, plead that be let ber go quietly away, before ber hosbsnd might return to wreak rengeance. She attempta to lean the apartaacnt bat I* borrlOed to find Ftaachlal la the ban. She reeU tmtk aad Welbgr oooceals her behtad Boaie_p<»tIeta.- wUIe be bids ttie secreta ry eater. Then on a pretext, he asks EVanchlnl to turn his back, and thus The playlet petinlts tbe adi entui ei s to eacape. C dmytl Miy.aa d h^^eellT ^ WTTiT.TK BEAItnr, Comedleime. Bammersteln's Victoria. In One. Time of Act. 8 Minutes. Bnile Seaton Is a pretty, rlraclotia yonn;; woman, who haa established s reputstlon by ber Impersonations of Era Tangnay. In her present net ahe manifests a dispoaltloo to do something SB ber awB aeeoant, bat the faflasaee «t the naSMV vvaenallty Is «»..f ^.swj appaicat In an at aer attempts. She wesrs a anaiber of stunnlDjc gowns snd costumes, sll models of the modistes* art. In an orange gown with algretted torbsn and black parasol, she opena with a song Just For a Girl, which she puts orer In brllllsnt fashion. Onder a spot light, she next appears In a fetching bathing costame and sings I Couldn't. Ber third change of costume rereals ber as a medleral buffoon In rays] blue sar- teot. with cap and bells. Thus attired, she siBfs If a Just the Way Yon Oo About It. remi aHHsat «t Kn!m. pefaiaialHy ttir a SaML Mai biak la reflected glory. SIB GB2AT WWT.T. wamii.w European Not- titr Mnaleal Act. Bammenteln's Tlc- tocla. BUI Stage. Time of Act with Eaones. ao lOnntes. A hl^-class musical novelty, s tndy tlonal set. Is that of the Grest Bell I'amlly whidk conslsfi of six men and three yoong habited in the cwtanae at their aatlsp Salem. IHm Aarll IS.—Xbp opening of I.aMoat Btoa.'IMraMSis iiere May 6. The show thU at twenty wagoaa, toor cages of animals, aa depbaat aad a csaaL A new calliope arriTcd at amstma tus aiih. „ ^ Oscar Laughlla wm feaee ehaige a( the ad- ranee, with three aislatants; Ebner Porterfleld, the side show; Uoyd Maasey. the band with ten mnslelsns: L«w Oolly win be boss csnras- man; W. B. Smith, snperlntendcnt of stock, and Omer Eddliiga, sopetintendent of animala. Jess Balney srfll hare charge of the cookhoose. Per- fonnera In tbe big show la^de Iba S^ad^kcs. acriallsts, Happy HMaai. Oatb IMKMToe Pandly. Stera Braaa aad SpSIiiaip «Mh kls trained bears. A tslr-halred boy, apparently far imder tbe Gerry Sodety age requirement. If Albert Hole, the boy soprsno. in a voice of wonderful Tolome snd sweetness, be sings Garden of Boses, Asnle Laurie, and Goodbye, Sweetbeatt. Goodbye. The drst is sung In powertnl aad manly fsstiton. but attemmm at u s f i i a tnr s tpo- 1 - -f- - II the easrtsSthe tve latiK effer- -=--iT- . _ ^ ^ ^gS^ya^tte jgjet ^ei ABSIE YZAKAirS, Grand Old Lady la Songs and anecdotes. Bammersteln's Victoria. In One. Time of Act, 12 Minutes. Dear Annie Yeamsns, 74 years young, who bss been a member of The Echo company during the past season. Is In raadeTille for a little Oyer. She recelred a veritable ovation at Bam- meratetn'a last week, with a pleasing line of smslltalk. Interspersed with a song or two, and some wonderfully. asOe ttna. As ber dosing offering ahe gives aa nH eiSBe song snd dance csIledT Hope I DoBt iBtmde. and a reminiscence of Hanlssn snd Hsrt days. The Mulligan UP AND DOWN BROADWAY. 4.) Anna Pavloira daaead her farewell tor the seison at tbe HetfopoUtaa Open Hooae last Monday afternoon, April S, and perhapa her farewell to ttiat honse, becsuae lust what la to be done vrltb the various sets of Bnsslan dancers who loom on next seaaoo's horizon la not yet decided. ne Gamblers, now In tbe seventh month of Its long laa st Maxlne EUlott's Theatre, teach- wm esaOHe att that plaiinsai Cic taw weeks. X. Howard Jones sad Nonaaa A. Blame bare eoapletad the company for Tbe I^ndoa Pidlles, which thay win present st Joe Weber's Theatre on Easter lI<»da.T April IT. It Is half Amer- ican and half English, and lodudea besides Mr. Blame, who was In the orlgtnsl organlzstlon for eleven years. - Gcergc E. Mack. Charles 01- cott. Agoatino Bad. Laura JaSray, NatUIe Alt. OlaArs Arch baU- ^ aa d' Hdeir'Iador. Bchearsals are to p i TUrty* Boys' Clab «*• , Haode Adams-la her prodnetlan of As Tea Like It. at the nnlTeralty of CsHfomls. Isst Jane, were the guesls<«f Miss Adams at the perform- ance of raianteder at the Knickerbocker The- atre; Tnesday night. April 4. Harry Kelly will Shortly go on a starring tour again tinder the sole management of Alfred B. Aarons. Barry will play Bis Honor the Mayor. SCargnerlta Sylvia will appear on Broadway October ss a t^ltt epcta tm, mtmjtbt. wut- sniueal «( A. H. Wbeda. . Ska mm opera wm be Gypsy Xioee. A. o. Brown, the hnabasd ot Mas Wallaee Hopper, win be the manager ot Wm. A. Bra- dy's new playhouse, which will shortly <»en Gus HQl Is busy organising three compahles. which be will send on tbe road next aesson In Bud nsber'a Matt and Jeff. Immediately following the engagement of Tb* Laadon FoIUea at Weber's Tbestre. Mr. Wpber wm pi e seut Edmund Breese In The Decision. Margaret Jfayo's new play. Behind tbe Scenes, win have Its Stst bearing at Bocbcstcr, .April IT. Harry Fox and tbe XHIeiSblp Sisten ha*e been engaged by A. H. Woods to suppor t Eddie Foy In a new musical comedy next season. One ot Henry W. Savage's Important aest seasoa's piodnftlai will ba Iha JOIIIaa. tbe moath at tbe VTcaA capital, aad Is ssM to be a neat huinuiuiB aad- at Oie asne time one of Hie deaacat oCeriaca that has easaaled ttom a^^ed^Jfc ^^]IM«|paBlii.-aag s>m_be next. Henry W. Ssvsge annonnces tbe engagement of Miss Edna Sbowalt^ colatura aoprano. as one of tbe trinity of artists who will slteruate In the rde of Mlimie In Puccini's grand opera. The Girl of the Golden West. In English. Mile. Emma Trentlnl In Naoghty Marietta^ bad a week's engagement st tbe Msnhattan Opera Boose laat week. Her supporting com- pany containing the ssme prlndjMUs that were seen during tbe run st tbe New York Theatre. Under tbe appropriate name Canned Comedies, timely bnrleames will once nace he seen on the stage of JSe webg^Tbssln. Wbaa tba arw at- traction. iMttm nmai^ fWHMB JlM. €■ Baiter Monday, tfeese will ba l atwda ee d as Ike second part of the piagram. aad wlB eaarist of clever traveatles on the dMmatle a>d musical suc- cesses of the New Tork aeasoa. Just as the hits of the London aeSaon are lampooned by tbe original comnany. which remalija at tbe Apollo Theatre.- niere wnitbe three ot these, each occupying about twen^ minntes, thus occupying eoa hour with the second part ot the program, whl^' followa tbe siOkle Intermission of fifteen mlantes. Tbt subject matter of the Canned Comedies will be ctaanged from time to tlnie. The fliat New York performance ot Jean Moogoea* work In Pleach took place st the Ifetro- poUtan Opna Boose.; Tacsdsy, April *, where many aecacs oC s p tea ds r la Qoo Ttdls were de- pleted. ; the Shaberts tm ' ' ptodnetloBs st lUi oa Vsy 1. . Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Frid have been enjoy- ing a short test on their pooltry farm at Dnnel- len N J. They will contlnae on tbe United time, where they are booked solid until June, makiag tUitr wteka of United Una this sea- WABT FUVOH * TSaTBIIOainBT that can make side ahow openings . A few concessions f ot sale. J. H. BSCBM-a^ KUBOPBAM RAILWAY CIHCXJS, Unden HUls, M lime a polls, Minn. FILMS Bargain Sheet No. 21 NowRMdly WOmt RKIIEMBEB that tbe lUms WE sell are NICE and CLEAN, and cost yon NO MORE than you pay for In- ferior goods. Kveiy Slim yoa bay tsem aa Is COMMERCIAL FILMERS in N. Oraan Straat, near l.akei Stroot, CHICAGO. - ILLINOIS. GHIMGO MUSEUM Stiti ari Va tmn Sts.. Oltast, ti OPENS MAY 7 awy floor. Wanted—Taatuea Attraetlona for Oaaif ing Wa«k. Will pay tlie priea for anytlUM that drawa the people. ' " A^T JjnSER TY Bantl Leader and Seven i Plenty of music. Must have ticket LEOX L^il' R.VN'CIS, Brownwood, Tex. RING SUDE FORCARdUSELS laaaaa Wttg and Get a Ptee BUa." Iha kMt Brass Trimmed tBIdt. atas WANTEXb Tib flri Tfip iriaiilr Youitg Buffalo Wild West.' Minss HDUY KEM. 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