The billboard (May 1911)

Ttie B 111 boar €l WEEK THROUGHOUT AMERrCA WELSH BROS.' SHOW ACTORS' FUND MEETING Opens at Philadelphia—Despite Inclement Weather Con- ditions. Inaugural Performance Is Well Attended— Show This Season Is Greatly Improved muadelpbla. Apt! boata).—The Welsh MSBon here, April 22, under April 2» (Special to The BiU- J yj^jj 25th ,uiifaTorable iperatnrc"ror the tli performances were given. Monday, ' s better suited for tent show, and the ti eauii |H*rformduce. and has cu ow this season will require nil 5 of the best that the Weli 1 canopy top and the Ides of i ice under a tent of this kind J spoken of very highly by •>~>-i<vi Is ..■ntlrely . Welsh is sole H. H. Whlttler, general. sKint; C. E. S treasurer: Josh Bailey, ecniTal superint Ben Botta. snperintcndent of borsf»; " 1, snperintendent o* - E. Shrciner! The ring performance consists of 22 acts and *-' In every particular. John White, OPENS WITH STOCK. aoboken,.^. J., April 30 (Special to The Bill- board).—The Empire Theatre closed Its first dan's^'cUr^Sports?" ■ The i fer.v snccessful. r-" with burlesque li Company will tni - stock W^Mny 1. and Miss Louise Vale, leading _ of the Vale Stock Company.' wblcb played for a abort season at the riaza. In New York. .Mr. Pedro De CocdOTa, late leading man of the New Theatre, New York City, will play opposite Utsa Vale. CecU Kinston will play character leads, and Miss Kileen Catnee, ingenue. The popularity of Btoek in Hoboken Is shown ly the fact that the advance sale bai been the heaviest la_tbe blstiny ot.the.bonse. . Travers Vale, director International Shows Open St. Louis, Mo., April .25 (Special to The Bill- board),—He Miller Bros.' International Shows "4*''undCT*^f"OTable '? East^St. Xouls, April pat a crimp Into the possible business, yet they „f Wonders, Electric. Girl. Palace of ST*!"*':;.^'^*''" Minstrels. . London (Take Walk, atndoo Theatre, Electric City, Animal Show" and Circus; FlUpIno Mldgeta. Museum. .Marine Bbow, Ostrich Show. Bamlltoa's Wander ^t— German VUlage; Merry Widow Swing. Vet Wbeel, Meny-go-round. and. numerbna cone alons. Tbe Electric City is one of tbe.tt •hows that, has ever been seen with a camlv and la doing the best basiness. Mr.' Oandy handling the'show temporarily, as Mr. Miller L- b«3l dividing his time between his father. Who Is dying, and. his wife, who is dangeroosl}- III In a St, L ouis ho spital, • iM MURPHY AND MRS. FISKE. New York, April 28 (Special to The BiU- ooard).—Tim Murphy, having concluded bis an- nual starring tour and returned to New York to conclude the engagement of players for his pro- -dnetion next faU of the new comedy. The Beat or AU, was specially engaged by Mrs. Flake for ber spring season at the Lyceum Theatre. Mr. Murphy made one of the most dlatlngulahed hits of years as Pete Swallow, the tombstone merchant of Missionary Loop, • •- Bumpstead-Lelgh. The critics seem to find in his ^m.:*., ..li- able souvenirs of the ripe comedians of the old school. One of them said: "Not since Joe Jef- ferson's farewell has another comedian given •uch finely chiselled natlve-soU comedy as this gifted artist. We recall with Infinite dellBhl ™H. ■» Maverick Brander. In A Texas Steer, and The Carpet Bag- Mason? In ^thw'cltlS? ""'n '"S!f^°J ^ayf *Mr.'^ui^by*' whole aecond act bet„ s experience to see these =-"2/.*,**^*<» *''« apring'season'ln New YOTkT ? .'^5 begin Us aannal starring tomr next gytember In his new comedy and iT^pertolce of Us always popular snccessea. TREASURER ELEC TED MAYOR. JacksonvlUe, ilL. April r* ' — BiUboard.)—oeo. v^..Davla. ^fcf^™^ O?"" Honse. i !55?.^y¥ """"y nomlnatea tor nuyw. waa i^Sft? fi' J* *x»4 nwJortty. Mr. DavW li well r,f/*^^'? *e»trleal affaVrs. as well as In athlet- '!•» and la a genial good fellow. „._ _. _ flights; Anna Leon, mld-alr gymnast; YklshI, Japanese troupe; trained animals; Faust .. Hennlnger and Margenthal, '--n^mW-alr gymnasr- Hercules ;*''Hori Trye, contortion wonder; Dick' Reynolds, Jug- l^ei^M^y Koster, clown; ^John Murphy, c4own; The Dick Johnson troupe of acrobats and 'others! The show, throughout, is fitted up to have a After^showlng^blladelpbla ^n several different lots until May 13, the show will take the road, fo'^feeflta \'hrou'hOTit'penM''l *"l *'n* ''v'^k' New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware. If the succeas of the entire season can be Judged from what, the show has already received, then this will be the banner year for the Welsh Brothers. Annual Event Will Occur at Gaiety Theatre, New York, May isl and Members of the Profession are Requested to Attend 6th street. New York City, N. Y., at 2 P. M. n Moiulay, May 15. AU members of the amue- lent profession will he sdmitted. but In order to properly regulate the voting ai bnalnesa of ttae meeting, two Unds or aonua- TOtoig* memSJ' Ire^tosnel, one fw the pald-np^or These tickets can be procured at the Fund'a of- fices In the Gaiety Theatre Building, Broadway and 46th street. New York City, by personal appUcatiO" — . — ^ — .»— « flees In the Gaiety T —' -treet, Ne write for't .leo. ad' - - ■ — mta*m!S*' NANCE O'NEIL. dressed envelope for a reaponse. For tlw. last nnal meetings baa been very meagre. IndieatUC a great apathy for the most generoos and <nljr beneficent of Its kind, which was alike dis- couraging to the Fund officera and memban, t> managers and the public. Inatead ot onlr daot ninety attendants, at the ensnlnr meetlnc m» Gaiety Theatre should be packed with proCsa- slonalB, eager to glean all tbev ean.telatinc to the grand "Samaritan," sonal and financial sup wM^ couId^heTaU the ai There will be thonsands ot tbOM.ia New Stfk City, and its neighborhood, who eodid stMad the meeting as above described. Then an 8.WI bonra In a year: give an avenge of three te—— of those thousands to tl ever did or does exist. CHANGE OF POLICY. w York. AprU 2» (Special to ? i).—Musical stock t'" " "^"r'Tge'S BILLY VAN WEDS. THEATRE TO BE SOLD. va City, la.. April 29 (Special to The BUl- B. lrUl be soId"at public'sale' by tha „a<^ mlnlstratoA of the estate of John N. OoUlW. the late owner, on May 1!^ The admlnlatnton are C. C. Coldren, of Chicago, and Mlw IfM Ccddren. of Iowa City. Appearing .in The Lily, under direction of David Uelasco. Circus Clown Disappears Dniontown. Pa.. April 2S (Special to The B boaid).—Ned Cotton, candy butcher and as elate clown of Howe's Great London Sboi ... > while the show ■» Is city on April 20, and nothing has b.^^ or heard from him since. Harry O'Brien here from Gceenaburg to search for *-'— but, so far, no trace of him has been found. AN UNPRINCIPLED AGENT. Hope, Ark., AprU 25. 1811, To Editor of The BiUboard. Cincinnati. Ohio. Dear Sir:—I would kindly ask yon to publish this warning to all owners and managers against —te Lon Wren, a contracting agent I engaged, e left the advance without notice, took all rpeoia money, ■• — "-- itflt from a Ui Bespectfg^^nn^^^ " Manager Ctrde O Ranch Wild West of M. L. cnark A Son's Shows. A Real Kentucky Drama Prank Mitchell, white. In _ „ , 20, last. Marshal V. P. Stabler captured the negro and placed blm In tb ■*- —■» -- hearing that a mob was goli the marshal and several i man to the opera house, w negro mis in*ae opmi bouse.'~'battered'ln the door and taking him aw— -— - - dragged him to the front a the Jail, iish^^he I the playhouse and the dranw vi THEATRE MA NAGE R RECOVERr tJnlontown, Pa.. AprU 29 (Special to The BUl- ^«d)j—L. — • local hospital, luu reeoTered e Dixie Thea- AN ACCOMMODATING FIRM. especially advertlslnc its „ partment. It a visitor wishes anything In their line la the way of prescriptions to be filled or desires to purchase a bath-robe, after leaving the springs, this firm solicits their basiness. Circus Weeic Big Success ^Davenport. la.. AprU 2a^(8|KWial^ta^1>e^mn. American Theatre, Davenport, was held tfes week of AprU 21. It proved to be an InterestUg and entertaining diversion and one ot the Mg- gest weoks^^ the blsto^^ of the tbeatre.^^^lw L> of the large tented attractions, all dr- iu» vequlremcnl^ the°^loor *'clremf*'drSka "md balloons on sale, circus marquette hanging orsr the entrance, while the orchestra Indulged IB '"ibl blU for this week, which was one of tha strongest of the season, was composed ot tos following acta, and troupes: Tlnkam and Osoi- pany. .^te '^^^ *b 'rk*"aiid'D ^'ITS?* Mystery anid Pantomime:' The Fon. . entlnes casting act; The Lajon Troupe, i ^"iu^cts'wn^w't In tuU view of the aodieaes the patrons. thereby being. given an Insight t m. ds GERTRUDE ELLIOTT'S NEW PLAY. BinbSS).—ne"remlwe*oAlebSlm. a* 5w by Jos. ilejim rfttewm. deallng-wMh;«» ff vorre. qnestloB ftom the Bomaa-Catholle Haw- point, opens at the Sbabert Xlnatic. this city. WILLIAM F. WA LL DEAD. WllUam F. WaU. loyal member ot the T. M. A., died suddenly from a paralytic stroke, AvtO IT, at HlUshnrg. Can. For the past flttsM yesrs he was a valued attache at the OtiM Opera Honse. at BamUton. Can., and only foor montha ago aevered bla connectloas vrlth tbe above mentioned theatre and pnichaasd tkt Orsnd Central Hotel st HlUabnrg. Mr. WaU was sixty years of age. and U aar- vived by hla widow, one brother Frank, sad a slater Ann. The floral offerings were numuooa and most beantltbl. and were from the foUowbw lodges: Lodge Mo. 2S. T. H. A., HamUtoa. Can.: Lodge No. 18. T. M. A., BnffUo. N. X.: Lodge No. U, T. M. A.. Toronto, Can., and a great many more. Be waa bnried tnm St. Mary'a-^thednl. and It was one ot tb» laiBSM NELLIE REVELL WITH PARK. Mew York; U«y 1 '(Special to rb» BUlboud). -Mellte ReveU -has accepted tl» psattta Ot pnbUelty director at Palisades Annaeoiaat rafk. PaUsades. N. J., aneesedlac Walter I. KtMSlW. She takes np the new work Hay S and wttf^ eo*- *~ direct pnbUcltJr tor Percy G. WtmaMT