The billboard (May 1911)

-F 1% e B 1111> o a r <1 MAYJ;«, 1911 Vaudeville Events of the Week ILLINOIS CONTRACT Adopted by Chicago Office of Sullivan & Considine—White Rats Attorney Experiences No Difficulty in Arranging the Agreement CUcEgo. AprU 29 (Special to Tbe BUlboard). —The Chlcaso office of SnUtrui tc. Considine kaa tgttei to use the ISSSmOM torn of conttact. Xbm hu been some Uttlc^ feeliiic between tbe WUt* B«U and tliat office on mcconst of the May In adopting this contract. S<d I<owen- tbat, attorney of the White Bats Acton' Dn- Um, took tHe matter op In person this Tteek and foond no difflcnlty wbatever In coming to nemMlne offlee bad stood leady to meet any de- manda of the WUte Rata for some time, bnt —■*—' '~ ' 1 -with Barry Momitford. Not e BlggB, character s oSatlnsB are not sood. Before the ataow tieslns. aad while the audience Is gathering. Mr. Biggs creates considerable merriment and entertaln- ■Mnt by mingling with the andience in a char- EASTERN WHEE L MEETING. Hew Tork. AprU 29 (Spedal to Tbe BUl- board)—A meeting of tbe olBcers of the Colnm- bia Amusement CdmoanT (Baatem Wheel) will Importance will CANCEL ON ACCOUNT SICKNESS. New York. April SB (Special to Xbe CoSaiv^'in^e'BatOe*o? Too Smicu ^i^ra com^ palled to dose at K. te P.'a 12Sth Street The- atre the first hair of this week. The act called Twenty-tbird Street Theatre the Lillian Kussi^ In Vaudeville irnr rork. Anil 2» (Special to Tbe BIU- boaid).-rIiUl!an BnsseU opens for a fonr or flve waA dip In randeTiUe at Kelth'a (»lambia Thease. Cindnnatl, May 7. Hiss BnsseU wf" •lay Orpbenm Circnit booses. BANQUET TO NELLIE REVELL. New Toik. AprU 29 (Special to Tbe BUl- board).—Nellie. BeveU.- who is press lepieeaita- ttra'oC tbe Perry G. Williams eircnit of the- ■bMT-teller'in the of tbe best and m It wldely-Uked — — —E£e*CInb t^_tbe Cafe^ Rndewd^ tast 8atnrday_nlght. ■attbi Beck, Percy Q. WUUams, Cressy and ~—«. Jce Harrison. K. J. O'Bara. genera* — t agent of the N. Y. Central; SnlUi ICOBOtc ^rl-performed a native dance. tr«, and Faddy O'Bara. ttie adrertising aj Tbe_ beneflt. Belle^Ser.*^ Cliff Ooidoa, The uvmuu Hany Cooper, star o ■; BappT Hi Imperials; ^Mr. O^anu^e adve^sir- "f™^^"^**^^^ Boose, liaTing been employed there for many, years In tbe same eaoaclty. Altbongb, this Is tbe first time lie lias ever worked in the Bronx. r be bas made many friends. ALBEE BUYS VICTORIA. Vew York, May 1 {SD«cIal to Tbe Bniboard). —B. F. ^AUiee bss .bought Hammersteln's Vle- ttcla Xbeatre for «100,0(IO. It ia reported that Bammetsteln via devote all bis time :to a grand ■They did not go In. a) idnded In tbe Invitation. Sol Xowentbal has been a leader In tbe cam- palen for t^^eneral ^doption^^l^ tiie^^biols S'nM*In'^Ss»L* cmitract te no CHICAGO THEATRE STRIKE Harry Mountford Arrives in Windy City Fridayj April 28, to Take Hand in Fight Between W. R. A. U. and Schindler Theatre Management o The BUlboard).— in the Middle West, showed participate In the labor tronb„_ . booked an act and endeavored to ADELE OSWOLD, McGoy In Vaudeville New York. April 29 (Special to Tbe BUl- board).—Now that the legitimate season is about over, stars in that line are entering van- devIUe for a week or two. Of the lateslto Join the two-a-day fraternity Ig Bessie Mc(te;. the Charles Dillingham feature. Miss McCoy's open- ing date bas not yet been announced. RUSH RETURNS HOME. New York. AprU 29 (Special to The board).—^Edward F. Bosh, tbe burlesque ager, returned tf New York- this week, has been away from bis offices for the last HAMMERSTEIN'S ROOF OPENING. New York, AprU 29 (Specit boardK—^The openlng^of the-Gar I, will occur June 5. season that the roof tbe^ features- on the New York AU-Star BUI (X>IonIaI Theatre, In One. C—Cbaa. Bichman & Co. in The PIre Escape. Ck>)anlal Theatre. FOU SUge. D—Crirech^and Welch, Comedy Farce. INTEBMISSION. E-Wllla Holt Wakefield. Entertalnor. P Kd'^'M<*'f'*™*il^Go''"*" Bammerstein's Victoria. Full Stage. G—K^^^^jarrua. ^^amj> Ckim^ian. B—Flying Caros, Boman "sfng Actf*' Bammerstein's Victoria. Full Stage. ROUTE OF WOLCOTT SHOWS; refused to go on. Scblndler retained the moneT to bis patrons and gave tbem pictures ajnd oar act free on Monday nldit and at smaller puces dnrlng the first half of tbe week. siBce thai time the bouse bas tamed Into pictures. On Tuesday Manager Schindler settied tbe claims of The Onlaw Trio, a foreign act, belonging to some order affiliated witb the Bats, lived up play^^Jie flrat date^^ They j Manager Scblndler dalms tiiat tbe Bats arr using arbitrary methods to gain tbeir ends but tbe Vnloa feels tbat It was JostUed In it* action. Inasmuch as Mr. Schindler refused tn treat and was rather offensive .in bis talk ovrr OPEN ON S. A C. TIME. New York, April 29 (Special to Tbe BUl- board).—Sli acts—On a Side Street, Bomer and MUes. Probst, Markee Brothers and Bud Snyder —open tomorrow at the Empress Theatre for a twenty-five weeks tour of the SulUvan * Con- sidine Circuit, booked by Cbrls. O. Brown. ;t playlet, is to be dace<l either In Kew York or C Lleb bas already written tbe — using the main theme In tbe sketch and Wwa- ing in a pleasing romance. Be bas It all ilnlsbed even to his stage directions, and will commence tbe selection of a compaay and rehearsals eati; Bill at Gotham Vaudeville Houses New York, April 29 (Special «o The Bill- board).—Bills at locsl vandevUle theatres next week (May 1) are: American Music Hall—Marcus Loew's contin- uous vaudeville. Albambra—Elsie Janls. Mme. Besson and Oem- pany. In The Womi — _ _. . Who Knew: Edward Jolly TYoupe.'~cyclTsls'; "ciiadwlck Trio, comedians: Bowman Brothers, black-face comediana: Dare Brothers, acrobats, and tbe Van Der Koors. bur- Bronx—Ons Edwards* Song Bevne. McMabon Pat B t Levy, , y Bell peclalty: Lyons and Yosco, vocalists and Instni mentallsts: Clifford and Borke. comedians: Paul LaCrotx. Juggler. Colonial—Paul Armstrong's Romance of the Underworld. Thomas J. Byan-Rtchfield Ck>mpan} . ^ ^Mag Baggerty^^Four Fords, dancers:^ Nat • Violet Kelly, lariat throwing and fancy whip manipulaUng; Keller Mack and Frank Orth, m The^Wroug Bero. and Work and Ower. comed.» Fifth Avenue—Rose ^CogUan, In A Wise Widow: GensTO and BaUey. Old SiAdler Fiddlers: Jack Wilson Trio, in An Upbeavel In DarkMwn: Benbam and Moore, Tbe Dorians, acrobats: EUiel - McDonougb, singing comedienne: Lanra Bart and Benry Stanford. Oreenpolnt—Fonr Mortons. OInkelsplel'r Christmas, Grace Hasard. Five Feet of Comic Opera, WlUette Wbltaker. assisted by F. Wil- bur Bill, novelty musical act: Haywaid. and Hayward. In Holding Out; LaToy Brothen". acrobats; John Johnson, comle singer. Bammerstein's Victoria—^Meltttyre and Beatli- assisted by Otto F. Johnston, In The Man from Montana; Sam Mann and Cempany. In The Ne» Leader: Montgomery and Hoore, John C. Rl('<* and Sally Coben. in Tbe Path of the Prlni —■, singing comedienne; The M»r , acrobats; Bowen Brothers. ■- ■ - -"lie. roller - harr. In Some illnd Reader; Harry Fox and il ■ MUIership Siatera, song and'dance; Fouc Bnrt Brothers, acrobats: Four. Melody Monarchs. sine ers; Belle Batbaway's Monkeys, Loew's Plam.—MsrcuB I/oew'a Contlnnoas »" *