The billboard (June 1911)

JUNE 3. 1011. Xtie Bill board WEEK THROUGHOUT AMERICA MAGNIFI CENT T HEATRE Proposed for Pittsburg Involves an Expenditure Exceeding One Million Dollars—^Minneapolis to Have New Playhouse Devoted to Vaudeville Fillsburg, Pa., May 25 (Special to The Bill- board).—FltUburs U auured a new theatre by a deal InTolrlnc abont a million nod • qaarter doUan, -wlilch waa coacladed May 21. Tbe Qarrla Amusement Company, ttiTougb tbe real estate firm of Eugene B. Rellly & Compmy, ae- cured a twenty-flTe year lease on tbe Kaufmann property In Diamond Street, directly opposite tbe Grand Opera House. Tbe annual rental will be 140.000. PreUmtnarr plans tor a beantUol pUytaonse, with a seating capacity of 2,000, have been drawn up. It is proposed that tbe building shall. In all respects, comply wltb.all tbe latest and most approTed Ideas of theatrical arcbltectore, as well as tbe letter of the law regarding bnlld- logs used for amusement purposes. The final plans wlU be hnriied to completion, . an& it is expected that the new show house will be ready to receive the pnblie in Xorember. It will be a ground-floor theatre of fireproof con- 'BtructioD. with open areaways oa each end of tbe building, permitting exit* from three sides. The Harris Amusement Co. is incorporated un- der the laws of Sew Jersey with a capitaliza- tion of $230,000. Its directors, with one ex- ception, are Pittsbargera. They ate: John P. Barrii, president; Eugene Jj. Connelly, rice- president; Denniff A. Harris, all of Pittsburg, and Edward E. Kane, Detroit, Mich. While the Harris Amusement Company will not dlTOlge what class of showa they Intend rimnlng. It Is rumored that the honse will t^en with popular priced TandeTllle. NEW THEATRE FOR MILL CITY. HiimeapollB. Minn., May 25 (Special to Tbe BlUboard).—Ground will be broken sliortly on lake Street, between Nicollet and Fint ATennes, Thomas For New Theatre London, .May 22 (Special to Tbe BiUboaid).— -Augustus Thomas, the playwright, who sailed from Oberbourg for Xew Y'orlt on the George Washington, is understood to hare been offered by Otto Katan, wbom be saw in Paris, the management of the new theatre which Is to be built in West Fort.v-Foarth Street, in the neigh- borhood of Times Square, by the Directorate of the New l^ieatre. Central Park West, which was recently taken over by the Uebler Com- pany. Mr. Tbomaa to liplieved to have intimated big wllUngaess to accept tbe present. oCTer. Anguitos ^omas sailed for Europe a few ; weeks ^ago to take a short rest and to arrange 'T.* production of his latest play. As a Man Thinks, In wbicb John Mann Is atarrlng r,°f*-. name has not been mentioned pub- licly in connection with the new New Theatre heretofore. Mr. Thomas is known In the theatrical worid •s an excellent stage director as well ae a dramatist. He always attends to the staging Of bis own plays as well as to the selection of tne actors. He has bad comparatlrely few failures, especially in his later plays, and sev- jralof thm, notably Arixona. The Earl of Pawtncket. The Witching Hour, and this season Jk. Man Think*, have been Kreat sncceaaes. When the New Theatre closed at tbe end of Sf,.?^'"'':,.*''!.*'"' ProJMt to build a amaller bouse in the Times Square neigbborbood waa announced, nothing was told aboot a pocslbie i^^J^J^* directorate. Wlnthrop Amps, the director since the Cientnl Park Wcet playhouse opened, has continued aa manager of is Lrif tl>,e repertoire companjr tbat went rtayS "Hne of thoTlew Theatre ./ViKl"' S""''" Clarence H. Mack- S? ' tlie offlcers and fonndem. but Bone or them could be reached. Otto H. Kahn l( In DENMAN THOMPSON'S WILL. h„?J5f.'"' a.?- H. May 27 (Special to Tlie Blll- L'T'Til'T"'' Denman Thompson ti>i! i:2."^.-"* P""'«tc In Cheshire County for ihJ .i.._Vi.'.^ PTOT><"»g tor certain trusts I? .»?r. K""''"^''"''"'" >> ■ property la diTlded Rrml 'i» ».?;"'"« ehlWren. Under the nrSl...''.' f'". ">« practice of New nsmpttiro tbe bond Bled by tlw executom wa. in.«m^,^"°7"°."J' , " " understood that Mr. ihompaon In the last fire years has given away 7lilM»n ."Jf* .."""■""I ef properly to his fni.l?-^*'"' .""'<"" *•>«' '■'» «'»t«<e will not iYm mS"' *. '"■■«? »»«■ althouah the play. The ta ...ir^l"""."; """"""y rJ-gardcd aa a Ter» r."» his tt""'"' ""«wt, and already many «rf. ri" heen reeelTed tor tba purdiaaa <S the T. M. A. BALL. «f Vh^'^?*•..^•.^''•• 20.—The local branch nLi , iJ- i- » Wwlneartaj- Vi "'"e foMa for the entertainment of 31 .i-iegatea to the coming national eanT«n- South, Minneapolis, for a flrgt-olasa TandeTllIe theatre, to seat about 1,300 people and offer vaudeTille froni the best cirenlta (nntihaaaaly throughout the year. The bonding will be of fireproof conatruction, with an alley-way on each side and numerous exits. The erection of the new bonse is being engineered by the Bank- ers' Security Company, and residentx of that section of the city are very enthusiastic orer the new playtwnse. which they state to a ne- cessity and will be taeaTlly patxonixed. KLINE SHOW S OPEN Inaugural Week Occurs at Flint, Mich., Under the Auspices of the Masons— Carnival Gives Evidence of having been Materially Strengthened Since Last Season riint, Mich., May 2T (Special to The Bill- board).—Tbe season of tbe Herbert A. Kline Shows opened bere tbU week with an engage.Tient at Athletic Park for tbe benefit «f tbe Masonic Temple Association building fund. It to estim- ated that 4.000 persona visited the sbowa ott the first night. Practically every show on tbe groaad was well patronized. Eapedally grati- fying to the: management - was the aatisfactlon with the attracHons expressed by Or. J. O. Orr, John G. Kent and F; 'F. BrentenaI. members of the management of tbe Torento Exposition who came here to see the shows which are under con- tract to-appear at the big fair In the Canadian CREATORE, The famous bandmaster. Yankee Robinson Remembered JefTerson. la.. May 2T (Special to tbe Bill board.)—Memorial serrices were held at the grave of the old-time showman, "Xnnkee" Kobln- son, by the members of the Yankee Robinson Show dnrlng their vtolt to this city last Wednesday afternoon- The proeessloa was led by Fred Bnchanan of Dcs Mnlnea, owner of the abow. Tlien came Mayor Brown, accompanied by Rev, Heltmeyer, who waa to deliver the memorial address. Next in line waa the shew bsnd, and followltig them on foot, came Drlmar Andrewa, press representative, and 132 members of the show troupe, marching in double file, dtlaens In antomobtlea and carriages brought up the rear. At the grave of "Yankee" Robinson, tho assemblage, consisting ef more than 300 people, farmed a aquare and tbe ceremonies opeuetl with a beautiful rendition of Hefuce by the band. Mr. Andrewa, on behalf of the show. Ilivn gave a short address, in which lie paid tbe highest eulogy to tbe memory of tbe show- msn. Ho closed by Introducius Rev, Heit- me.vcr, who also delivered an address. Carna- tions were placed uiwn the grave by the show people. AVIATION MEE T FO R EVANSVILLE RvansTllle. Ind., May 20 (Special to The Bill- board).—June 9-10, Olenn Curtiss will give an aviation meet here, under the auspice* of the Bvanavtll* Courier. As this Is the first at- tempt at flylna aeroplanea In thta Ttclnity. thou- •and* ot people win no doubt he attraeted. Explosion Wrecks Erie Theatre Erie. Pa.. May 29.—The frtmt of the Park Theatre was blown ont last Tuesday night by a g.i<! e:cplo$lon. The building caught fire bnt tbe blaae was soon extinguished. ACTRESS SUE S PA TH ERIN-LAW. New York. May 27 (Special to The BlUboard). —Bessie Van Kess, an actreaa. who In private life I« Mrs. George H. Mulligan, haa filed suit for $30,000 damages against her father-in-law. George Mnlllgan, tbe millionaire contractor, for alienating her husband's aSectlona. Xoong Mul- ligan waa barred from his father'a bonse after he married tha show (IH. LeBRUN FOUR WITH FALES. city this fall. The reputation made by Mr. Kline for having clean attractions was lived np to la every sense of the word. This season Mr. Kline haa many big ahowa. Starting on the circnlt of the gronnds oiie cgme* to Turner's seven-in-one-attractien. Inside ^e enormous tent are seven different shows for'one admission ticket. There is All. the Hindoo magician; George the Great, who pnlls I Ig spikes with Ills teeth after < they been driven Into a plank; Vol to, the boy wonder, wlio aits in a chair and receives an electric current Into his body: Bose, the wild girl from Abyssinia, and her snakes; Perseverance, .wbo was *b(nn wltlioat arms and legs; etc. Other attracttODS are the human roulette wheel; IMxIe. the fat girl; The Beautiful Orient, with' Its Turkish mtisic and dances l>y La Belle Rose and Egypt- Ian dances by Ammrlta. and Tnrl^ish magic by Golly-Gully Mike; Backman's Animal Show, with Princess Florlne and ber performing beara and St. Bernard doga. and Paul JtAamilDg. <wfa» pnta his 4>ead-into a UonTa'month; >>tbe Well's ostrich farm, "with lectures on the birds, haja riding tbe ostriches for the entertalimient of the visitors; Thomas Qnlncy's diving girls, featmlns Miss Wanda Greig of Pittsburg and Uiss Mabd Leigb ot London, k England; the merry-go-roond and the London cake-walk, both riding devices, the latter being a. new featiue Imported from London. England; next to tbe Mill's five-ln-ooe attraction, where Sblitze, surviving qoeeo of tho Aztec cliff-dwellers of Mexico. Iwdds fortli, : giving impersonations. . ' giving Impersonations. Other features of tUs attraction are twenty alUgatns, a cage of wild monkeys, a petrified ;fwo-headed Ig<Rotte giant and a petrified mermaid. Next come Lodo and Simplico, the only twins bom in twenty-aeves years that have been Joined together. tEbe free attractions were Thomas Qnlncy, who dives from a platform at the top 'of a ladder ninety feet high into a tank of water fonr and a half feet deep; and Agnes Ahem .and Company. In. feats of str^gth, closing with a spectacnlar novelty known as the Human Wheel, with a woman whirline around Inside of a wUed-studded with electric IlghtaL New York. May 2T (Special to Tbe Bniboard). —The LeBrun Grand Opera Quartet has been engaged by Howard Few to appear In con]unc- tion with the American Band of Providence, of which Warren Fales Is director, and the tour of which is being man^fKd by Mr. Pew. CLOSES SUC CESSF UL SEASON. Iowa Olty. la,. May 26 (Special to The Bill- board).—The BUon Vaudeville Theatre of this city closed a successful engagement on May 21. Proprietor W. H- Engler will rtm moving plc- tnrea during tbe summer months and also an- nounces tliat he is negotiating tor the erectton ot a ia(>.000 theatre en a aUe oceopled by a Hvcry stable. - • Kiss Waltz Scores in Boston Bostoo. Uass.. Jfay 25 (Special to The Bill- board).—The Boston pnbllc Is now leaving tbe privilege of enjoying another Viennese opera. The Kiss Waltz, wbicb is bt the Shnbeft for an indefinite stay- . This production haa been pre- pared by the Shnberts- for a summer mn In New York City. The operetta was originally, played in Vienna for two seasons, nnder-the name of Love Waltz, and threatens to rival in popular. .Ity Tbe Chocolate Soldier and The Merry Widow. The cast Is exceptionally capable, with such principals as Eve Davenport, Charles Blgelow, Vsn Bensslaer Wheeler. Maude Lambert, Elsa R.van. Edith t Bradford. .Chsrles Angelo, Edgar Atchison < Ely. George Patmcefote. Lew Ftuler- ton, Oscar Schwartz. Geo. Howardt Phtl Bamll- toD and ,01sa Hempstone. Tbe score was composed :by>C. H. Zlehrer, lAo also wrote Mile.'Mischief. Tlie Amerlean tat^ slon has been made by Edgar Smith, and tlia lyrics are by Matt Woodward. Tbe Opening scene is at Hotel Elektra In the Riviera, and the setting la very pleasing: AH tbe music is of a very high standard, bnt the Kiss Walts dnet by Hiss Lambert and ."lb. Wheeler Is by far the most catchy and. mad* the binmt kit with the andiences. The iook; Ta-ta Uttle Girl, waa elaborately presented aod; was indeed pleasing. The second act is not to the standard of the first, bnt there are several very catchy numbers. Ttie Hoop ntimber and the- Pan Sonir are especially deserving of mention. Tbe hnmor presented in this act by Leopold Fnhrlnger and Kathi. bis wife, is coarse and not In keeping with tbe standard of the remainder of tbe play. Tbe production has been well nat- ronixed since its opening here on .Saturday, May 20, in spite of the extremely hot weather. This slone speaks well for the m«Its of tb^ play. B. T. BAHST. : THE ABORNS GET THE COHAN PLAYS. New Tork. March .28 (Special to The BlU- board).—^Arrangements were completed last Thursday bv Milton and Sargent Abom for the revival of several of George M. Cohan's mm- "ical comedy snecesses. including Little Johnny Jones, The Talk of New York, Fbrty-flve Min- utes from Broadway, Tbe Governor's Son and Ptftj- Miles from Boston- These wlU tie. |>re- sented this snmmer by the Abom (^smle Opera Companies located at Olympic Park. Newark. N. J.: :t Palisades Park, on tbe Hudson oppo- site 129th Stret. New York, and in other citiea. Several other recent Broadway sn e c esses . both In tbe musical comedy snd comic opera classl- lleatlona are being negotiated fOr by Messrs. Abon. none of wbicb bave ever lieen presented before at summer prices. The snmmer season will open at OlymnlO Park on Monday. June 5. with tbe memorable Montgomery and Stone hit. The Red Miill, as th» ottering for tbe Initial week, and the engage- ment of the other Abom organisation at the Pal- isades wlU open a week laiter. Monday. Jnne 12, :wltb tbe .same piece as tbe opening otferlnc. The second week at both' these parks will be de- voted to RoUn Hood.