The billboard (Apr 1911)

APRIL 29, 1911. EVENTS OF THE AMUSEMENT UNMERC IFUL C RITICISM Qiv»n the London Follies by New York Reviewers—Produo . tipn Closes after Single Perfomiance Given at CBBATBE.—Tto LoDdOB «BMct«liUD«at In tbiM " THE CASS. ' fart I. Br nUlM. « Rock Vn Rooy Senskop □oof looeli. tba Btandiiis Armr . rcBD Valerie .jUu Alt and Xr. Bad Bcaiui Mlaa JaStay aad Gompaay amt—Ko, No. Nol • HIM Lalor gatfre on Modrcn Mnalcal Comedr ..Ur. Olcott aonc—la Moonllfbt Land Hiaa Alt ■sac—Breiirtblns Baa Been Bo Wag^Wt^JUg To Now «■■•■»>>••»••*■■■■......JDb JUaB loac-woni xoo w«it» With "•J^-'jBaait Ait a^^'^&S&AS Ud BlOBM. . Bnrlcaqae of Natlooat Cai Spanlali. - Pirt It. Balkr PrinMU.—Cauacd comedy ln_ thrt* Sofa .Mlas Ardibatt Btota ••••••■•■fJaffray Ponw La lor • d- *• MiflB ■MBb nrtn Ibrdiu Btmllua 'OAptaln ■>•••••«••••••••«••••*••••..Mr. Olcott tlaateiuuit ••••••.•••.•••T«;..«'...»...MUs Alt HuBgiy^ a walMv •••>>••••••>••.....Mr. Bad Btasa """fl a .Mr* Oloott Fart in. TIM iMBd of Daltt.—A pbantaar la Uot: Utcct ^ jM br JoMpk HHtartt mit ir ■oCbof IltBA . Tm OAax: Mr. Mack ArcUratt Vanccmyier Thcaf^ ^iQpKlal to Th e Avmw Ikwitx*. at Mala it br tbt'Waatan Canada ' waa a w id an aiaa- It jmi n-amt«( siaat tt> iBMinatlon (*• pUcaa o . ..Mtu IJiIor ...Mr. Olcott • IHm Jaffray ...Mr. Baron Mr. Bad ...Mr. Blame Miss Alt New York. April 22 (Special —The I«adon FoUlea Co., of ' A kaalioBM wldli aaioKinitnt. Ttie Wntcm Canada Amaacnicnt Company iiaa flTco tbe Teimlatl City ou of tlie coatileit. If aot tho larieal, the coxleat and moat bvantlful tbeatrvB In Canada. deTotcd to hlsb-claaa »loc» prodnctlona, at popular pricea, wblcti will be an onument to tbe city and a UiUds mooomeot lo tlia Wcataca Canada Amoa o meot Company'a Mtnptiaea. To Oeo. B. Pnrrla. ceneral nutnaaer •C tba coopany. belonia tba credit of baUdloa TaBcoaTer*8 nrwrat pUybooae, Ibc kad ba jwt haan on the Job tbe snalar pait.oT twaaty^Aior kaoia each day datlna lu cooalmetlOii, the ATcnae Tbeatre would not bare been. Tbe theatre baa a aeatlojc capacity of 1.2S0. aad la fitted wltb every modem convenience for Ma aafaty and comfort of lu patnna. Tne t a cBC a tloaa are of green. Ivory and gold. Tba atace ia amply large enongb for any production. mt la atted with e*ei7 modem eqnlpmeot. Tbe fc ia lag noaia are apacimia. and no thins haa faia arar l ee h a J Mr t(a cantort tt tha artlata. A eapaeltr agdianea waa preaent for tbe open- ly aad It wan n btUlUnt and faahloaable aa- jamlaae. To Geoi. B. Howard fell tbe taoovr aCagauoc tha tbeatia. Ba waa glTen an oratlva _^ _. ^ kU aHARuyrra. WAucaira-miMM'KR ITaw rotk. Aprn 19 (Spcdal to Tkt Btn- board).—A. 6. Belamater and WUUam Itairbi. lae., April IT, cloaed a contract with Chai^ lotta Walker, wliereby aba • will appear oa^ Uulr maaaaement for a term of years. I Mlaa Walker will open aa tbe alock atar at tha Vetropolltan Opera Hoomc. Mlnneapulla. April SO. for an engai;ement of six weekH. liur- Ing tbifl enffajzemeot she will probably pro«]iH*e tba dnunatuatloo of Jolin Fox's norel, Tbe ball aC:tha Looesome Pine. In wblcfa aba will aM'V.ni the role of Jane, next aeaaoB. BARNUM. anowr LBAVaa ■ N. >Y. aioacd it» alar at tba IMIbm Bq. Oarden Tbe cngaaemeat «aa a ao ct na fu l oat. tbf abow la atren la Bnoklyn for tbe toaUit, Ifoaiaar tl , ■rat tame nader eaavaa tbia a w«f« CcatoM dailiic «ffl. Mt «• »itb tba to Tbe Billboard), eight, compriaing M.) NEW C ARTOO N PLAY Mutt and Jeff will be Represented on Rdad^Next Season by Three Companies—New Show said to.Klval all Other Sfanflar ProduicUoas Bnd Fisber's cartoon of Matt and Jeff, na- der the inaDaRomeDt of Oua Hill, will tour tbe cauutr.v wltb three companies. One company will play all the large cities only. Tbe Western and Southern Company wlil play South into New Orleans, then through Texas Into Denver, and to the Coait, and returning East by way of tbe Narthaaat_ta .WlaalMS. Tha other company win gtar llbir MajtaSirititn alao the Middle Weat. There will be no end of new aad aafal adra^ tlslDg With Mutt and JeO. Thla attncllm arOl NORA tAVia> bava the greatest-aasOrtiuent of prlntlos used by a travcllnif company. Mutt and Jeff Is in such demand that tbe management waa compelled to launch three compaoiea. Tbeae cartoons are puMlahed In -all tbe Syndicate papen throughout tbe country, and have created a sea- aatlon. Mutt and Jeff are known la areiy hoaaa- hold fraai Malaa to. OalUwiila.- 1 " no end of aanaameat ta 1 " of II MUM IU.IWOTON luyaAM. Mia In Eageaa wall'a UUUka. Haven. " ACTOR QIVKN DIVORCE. Cenlnlla, UL. April 11' OfeMtf la Tba - - Beoeat haa Ataiaad. a dt^^ were known to tlK 'profeaslon aa Bennct aW board).—Cu; from bis wl Ife, Georgia Beimet,' aetrcia. Holden. Mlaa Holden Is at present cngand at one of tbe theatres In Toledo. 0., whUa BMMI° Is connected wllb tbe SI. Claim Stock, Oik; at ' Oanvllle. IIL ' •' GRACE 8T UDDIF ORD SUES. New Tork, -AprU 20 (Special to The BUI board).—UUa .Oiaca Staddlford, the aettan, is snelng Addcaoa lllaaar for ts.000 damaaaa. SteoSR-WlWB 'af ^-^ to general, aad mm lt»* . uaMiRa orqanim; East LlTerpool. ,0., AprU 18 (Special to Tbe Biiiboard>.-^obn P. Dully, district orgaalasr of tbe American Federation of Labor, on Baa- day, April 9. orffanixed tbe oabora of all thaa- trea of Eaat Liverpool. Tbe following olBcai* were eleoted: President, Bemaid Kelper; Ttet- president, Harold Duffy: secretary. Thoa. Oaiua, Company Strands; Actor- Arrested New Amusement Circuit Formed Pa.. AprU U (Bpadal DUpatrh to Tba BlUboardK—A nnr Mtepaay to be known as the tleoeral Amnaement Company, headed by C J. Cbamlierlaln, are maklni; plana for a com- pany, to exploit randeTllle leclntei, lllQitrated Tiews and motion pictnres, plays, operas and dramas in operalina lurli attractloos tbrooEbool tbe State. Mr. Oiamberlaln Is the pioneer mov- ing pictatc prnmiiter In this city and tha drat to be ancrvMifnl In the morlag pie- tore baaiaeaa la Bbamufcin. He at pceasu operates azdnslTely a chain of up-to-date the- atres. ARIZONA MAY BE AN OPERA, April 22.—Aasnatns Thomaa and - of Mlasoori. red O. Bahyn. both pcodncta aerioM^TaNlMMiatiaK tba Amedaaa vaad apara, '•Ub A New York. Alfred " " are sabjecL The eoKgestlon was made bT Mr. Thomas to Mr. Boliyn. vbo took kindly to tbe proposition. He admitted that each a project baa been dls- CBsae^hyJUi. T^MimiMd >toagf| tat MyjUw to 'warrant tba M ai f l M t ^^a? ffs inoU ha canted aat. NEW THEATRE OPENS. Beaver Dam. Wis.. April 20 BUlhoatd.),-::Tha New Opera af" (Special to The here was tt Ubartr Shoots at Chorus Girl New Totk. AvM 10 (Spaelal to Tha Bill- board).—While warklas at the Hippodrome Joseph Shangbneaay. a yonng electricbin. fell In love wltb Vina Wray, a yonng chorus girl, who rides a bone In tbe Hlp^nime performance. Several timea be coaxed ber to Join lilu In a Tojage on tb* sea of matrimony and Jnat as many times was refosed. Bbangnessr Iwcame M Insistent that the young lady ttnslly began to avoid hiss. Toateeday. when Mlaa Wray got off tbe car to to lata tba theatre, ShaoKnesajr appealed and begaa dMOttaC but bla alas waa wild and he landed M 'tba polloo eaast. . Kalamaaoo, Ulcb.. -April 90 (Bpaclal to Tbe Blilboardj.—The I«Verda Btech Company waa stranded last .araak at Vowaglae. Oat of tba embers of tha eOBmaay la tew la Jail la Caa- wpolla. charaed' with'. aSslaetlna to par hia board bui. Sa - badivbaea with tha eoaapaay but tbiaa thla altar ' wbaaa.Sa: Cloaed, UatlBi to Grand Baplda. had tba naarly- wheo ba waa ;JiA0t,HII|.«PIIIQUD. THS ANOELUS HAS .ITS PRE. : MIERE. The Angelns, a new and original play. In three acta, written by Nell Twomer. bad Ita Brat pre- aentation on any stsgcat tlM Itfcenm Theatre, Eogiewood, N. J., on Widaiaday» April 12, and waa Tcry wdl laealfcd. B0ISE8 IN'WILLIAMS HOUSES. New York, April 20 (Special to Tbe Bill- board).—Tbe Sensational Bolses, who hsre Just flnlf'berl a most prosperous -seaaon In booses booked by tbe IT. B. <>.. will open May 8 for a trip orer tbe ferey Wllllaina' CIrcalt at New ... oC Blppel Btoak> ahew, ^ yeara a|o wa pUyad a aatdl toira caned Oaward, lad. Oaa day whea tba parfonaaaeo was over, an old lady came orer to Whafa I was standing and wanted to know If wa cam one a bushel of potatoes. I told her wa eaold and to bring tbem over. I did not see her. again until next morning about fire o'clock, when she csm» over to the lot lugglaa two half bnabel baskeU of potatoes, I asKM bar what the pilca waa. iba lapUcd: "Ob aatUap. they ara a ataacat far Ikat alrl that wattad oa'tbat wlra.~ air wUa who Eappeaaa to be the aforeaald wira walkar aad Ihlrty-OTe years old, waa ataadlat acarby aad started ta swell np. She walked «*«r to tbo° old laOr^aad aald. -Wby Aunty, I am that wire walker.* ■Xou be,' said the old lidy; 'well I do deelaia you are almoat aa old aa myself; I thought yoa a girl about fifteen yeara old. Well, all J have to say is yoa are tbe beat wire walker I hoTO erer seen.' " (Anotber ciie of Dotblat less than tha big ones aezt aeasoo ao^part a( ^t & s^-sLtr^^^ TENT DOWN EARLY,','' Geo. T. Heber, of Heber Bras.' Show, aob mits tbe following: A know-it-all helper en ployed by Heber Bros., claimed tbat he baa worked on all the big tepa In the world. At the dinner table oaa day ha naarkad tbatjke bad Barer traveled with a abaw yat tbat did not have their tone down and la the can ay eleven o'clock. Tlie boss canvasmsn spoke np and said: "I never knew a big top to be down at eleven o'clock but once In my life, and that waa whan the John BoWnaoa'a tent blew down ACROBAT PALLS. New Tork. April 19 (Special to The DIM board).—While performing at the Waablngtoo Theatre,.Max Woodwell. a member of tbe Wood wells, acrobat team, fell from a borlxontal bar. and dialoeaied bla kaee. Tbe curtala was mag daawa <ad. t ba jba w. wia t aa'^j w* aa asaa as tba hijBiad aarabat-waa-taaMvad.