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JULY 1, i9ii: The e 111 board 9 The Vaudeville Week in New York ACTS NE W TO GOTHAM Review and Critical Comment of Acts Appearing for the First Time in New York Vaudeville Theatres—Per- formers Who Have Altered Their Acts Included ALVIK ADD XEHHIST, Comedy AerUl Act: Hammertteln'* Boof: eight mlnatei; full stage. AlTia ana Kenner were uofoitDiiate in belog clusea to opea the iliow at Hammemteln'B Btor. Xbe spot Is bad. Indeed,-and In attempt- tor to flU It one eneounten manr dUBenmea. TMssday nlgtt When ther went on «t 8:04 toere were not over • boadred neopla In the booae. At their turn jpnoeaaM the atae at the •«!- dlrnce Increased. Abont the act Itadf: Alrln •u Kenner do elerer work on the Boman rings. Ibst every feat they perform diacloaes the tut that AlTln and Kenney bave boUt an act uioD a fooBdatlon dlMlmllu to that uied by the ofiilnary comedy aerial act. The comedian, wio works in white face, displays recUeameta aid daring In bis tumbling. Despite the handl- ctp eninlns ftom a dUBcolt position AlTin and Eoiney worked taUantly and did Tery nicely. TILL matSBXB AKBIXnO mass. AUiletie . ezereiMB; : BaminenteUi's Boot; fnll stage; ten mlnntei. FlTO girls make op the act known as Will loehm'B Athletic Girls. The names given In the program, are: lAora'Beimett. Crystal Ben- cett, ulUan DeTemple, Edna Howard and Aldan ' Chrystle. The first-named pair form the team tnown as the Bennett 'Bisters, who have been carried as- an extra attraction witb vacKms lorlesqae diows. . Fencing,-posing, boxing, hag limching lastimes losing boots _ Dennett Sisters fnrnlshed the liveliest portion tf the program. After having worked np the •ther tads the act will mn mnch twtter than It does at the- present time. CLAIBE AKD WEST, Singers and Dancers; Hanunerstein^s Boof; 8 minatee; In one. The same dlseonraging conditions that con- fronted Alvla and Kenney prevented Claire and West, who were in Mo> 2 poettloa at Hammer- etein's Boof; fidlOTrins JLMn and Kenney. from t SnOWB. r X^UKWIS, -pOBUlK, UUMUfi, U«« and Wrestling form the routine or of wlilch are given exhlbltiona. <I%e onta and the wrestling match by the Current Vaude- viUe Bills New Xoik, Tone : 21 (Special to Xhe Bin- board).—Bills at local vaudeville houses next week. are: American—First half: J. E. Emmett and Co., Bice Srotbers, Lean and Dale, HIckey and Melson. Baler and Webb, Uiles Stavordale Quintet, Mr. and Mrs. Harry BIdridge, May Gllnore, Nat fields, Daly and DeVere, Smith O'Brien, Delpliino and Delmora, Creasy Flayers Ed'and Bella White. Swan and Barbard. Brighton Music Hall—Frank Eeenan and Com- pany, James J. Gorbett, Adele Oswold, Mar- tinettl . and Sylvester, Six Moslcal Cnttys, Cconch and Welch, Haines and Vido«i, Old Soldier Fiddlers, Melody Lane Oirls and' De- more and Oneida. New Brighton—Stone and Kallss, CUB Gor- don, Blossom Seeley, Bell Family. Shean and Gallagher. Little Lord Boberts, Conroy and Le- Malre, Mlb Carson <and Baymood and Hall. Fittb Avenue—SumlkO!, iSusanne Bochamora, Dolan and Lenhatr. Weston, Flelda and Carroll, Bert Coote and Company, LaToy Brothers, Wy- koor and Perclval and James Diamond and Clara Nelson. . ■ . . Hammer8teln'o---Prtnee(ii- Bajah, Trlzie Fri- eanaa, Grecian' Temple of Mystery, Trovato, Anna Chandler, Dick, hand-writing dog Mc- Kay and Oantwell, Earnest Pantser Troape, El- lis and MicKenna, ;Bedlnl and Arthur, Joe Jackson, Cunningham and Morion, Horry Isada. the Kingllngs, Byan and Tucker, Jones and Lyle. ■ Henderson's Uuste. Hall—^SKmmy Wataon's Pnrmynrd Cirens, Temple Quartette, TIsaocb nroiiK'ra. Shields and' Rogers, Lata Biothets and >-o., Danohne ud Stevena, Throe-MlteheUs and others. LEW D0CK8TADER RE-ENGAGES O' BRIE N. New York, June 28 (SpeeiU to The Blll- Inard).—Neil O'Brien has been' engaged tor the lf\ nockitader Utnatrels tor next season. Dockstadcr Is BOW la 'N«w Xork, having nnlshe<i nis arason. LEFFLER-BRATTON RE-ENGAGE N ORTH . . NVn York. June 23 (Special to The Blll- !'.'"'.'.'North, who suecesifulty created nil llip advance pDbltclty t(w The Newlyweds ni,i Tlicir Baby, the Leffler A Bratton Shovf, '"w iicon re-engaged by. that flrm to baudle thp ';>Hniiy for the attraction, which they will out next season, callsd Let George Do It. r,I ' oi^ht Unm.sottas as feoeral r |ir."ionlitllve of the Otsstsr VnlMi BhOw. "n, riiuRing the snrplua ot that show tO reach II M>ry high mark. ■ —i; ^ ADELE OSWOILD^aIt BRIGHTON. t^iiT '^iit '0'>8..8* (8M«I. to The Bill' Nmv 'irrA.^?* «P*» .Monday at the , I" ^W,'^*"" Theatre. Bbe Is blliai as tjie .till,. |. i^^y prWste life Miss Oawold ■tr .^'^'iy 'ohnny J. Coltlns of the Orpheum giving their number a proper showing. Besides singing and dancing, -which the bllUog tells they will undertake, one of the team does a little piano playing. This, with singing of some fairly good numbers, and the introdnction ot some good steps in tlie line of "loose" dancing, brings the act to a satisfaetoir mmtk. THE BAXSOlir TBIO, Athletes; Hammeisteln's Boof; 8 minotes; foU stage. The Samsons are a trio of athletes Inst oil the (Continued on page 62.) PERTI NENT PATTER Gossip of the Vaudeville Week fai New York—Bite of Per- sonal and Impersonal News and Items of Interest to Artists In and Out of the Metropolis New York. Jnne 24 (Special to The Billboard). —Jolian Edwards, the young female imper- sonator, is now in Paris, where be la pnrcbas- ing new coetumea to be used In his act. Within a few weeks Edwards is booked to open In London. Will B. Sheridan Is directing the act. Two exceedingly clever' performers on the violin end 'cello are the Alban Sisters, who are now playing the Keith & Proctor Circalt. In every botise they have played thus far, the act has been an emphatic success. WltblD fonr weeks the ToorlHt Comedy Poor wlU fallH their contracts for Keith 4; l"TOC- CRAWFORD A MONTROSE. These dancers were formerly with the act known as McDonald, Crawford and Montrose. They are playing vandevlUe. Ordinary Bill at 5th Avenue New rork, June 23 (Special to The Billboard). —The blU at the Fifth Avenue last week was bat passingly fair. Truly Shattuck featured and did her part very creditably, but the real feature honota went to Mr. and Mrs. Krwin Con- nelly, In their own version of Sir Walter S. Gil- bent: aweetbearts. Perry and White woo their way to the iiearts of the audleaee, the female halt ot this team deserving all the at- tention that was given her. Her shouting, stngiitg and colored imitation was very cleanly done. Her partner held up his end. but the honors'nevertheless went to her.. _ ;. Emmett Devoy and Company, in The Saintly Mr. Billings, have a sketch that can be spoken ot in the highest terms. Devoy himself is s treat to behSd and his company sopport him nobly. Belle Onrs, the shapely female gym- nast. did some ext^edingly clever work with unusual ritpldtty. She formed an ideal opener. Brent Hayea followed on the banjo. Hi« an nouncements were vety poor, and slHioagh s very good performer on Dia Instioment, no is neveraelesB Knilty of quite, some carel««M>e«». The Avon Comedy Fonr. In The New School Teacher, unheid their-portion of the entertain- ment. Some ot their lokes sbovr Qolto a hlr- «ut« adornment. However, their last two books tie BoWy executed. Thto excuses any small tauIU that one might detect. 1»e station Tvas awarded the Mah«lle Fonda T^miDe ot Jngclera. Their work while not particularly atrong, was very plesslng. Suggestions for AU-Star BiU NEW TOBK ALL-STAB BILL WEEK OP JUNE 19. A—Belle Onrs, Gymnaat. FUth Avenne. Pull Stage. ~ B—Harvey DeTora THo. Bntertaloets. Heodeisoa's. In One. C—Emmett DeVoy^and Company, In The Saintly Mr. BUllngs. Fifth Avoine. Full stage. D—Mike Bernard and WlUte Westoo. En- tertainers. Hammetstelu's Boot. In One. B—Mr. and Mrs. Brwin Connelly, In Sweet- Fifth Avenue, Full Stage. INTBBMISSION. F—Howard and Howard. Comedians. Ham- meratetn'a BooLuIn Qoo. G—Bedtni and Arthor, Eccentric Comedians. Hammersteln'a Roof. Fun Stage. R—Consul the Great. Educated Slmiaa. Rammersteln's Root. Full Stage. In One. Fall Stage. I—MartliiettI and S.vlveatei, TomUets aM Acrobats. ~ " " Fidl Staoa. tor Time, and will then Immediately begin fol-- ' ailing their nnlted bookings. Mre. Zelda Segnin-Wallace, whose bnsbnd.' David Wsllace. the younger brother of Lew Wal-. lace, author of Ben Bar and other works, died ■ on June 3 at their home In Indianapolis, has , arrived in New York for a visit to her son. Edward Segoln. Mrs. Zelda Segnln-Wallaco will he rememiiered as tlxe once-fsmons prima donna contralto. Borrowed Finery is the title <tf the playlet wMch Margaret Bennett and Company are play- ' log over the Keith & Proctor Cirenlt. Wltli Miss Bennett are Leona Soole and Henry Fem. lierton. On July 2S. the Bama Bama Girls wBI-fhilah the route Iiooked for them over tlie Keith * Proctor drcnit, and on the following Monday open at Brighton Beach. With the act are Josephine Fields and Wm. J. McOraw, wlw are' featured; Olive Mossee. Bmma Cnnniiigfaam., Una Chadwlck. Selma Smith, £:dlth Ivan and Beatrice Gordon. N'ew Tork, June 23 (Special to The Bill- board).—Sadie Grossman, formerly with Peter S. Clark's Bimaway Girls. wOl be with Jack Singer's Big Show next aeaaoo. Arthur Cameron, singer of BDgllab songs, is playing Ills second engagement over the Kettb & Proctor Gircolt. Davis and Polak. known as The BasebaU Fiends, now on the Keith & Proctor Oircnit, will go into burlesque next season. The Two Hardts will go to Europe next spring upon the fnlOUment of their contract, which calls for tlielr appearance with The Girl From Beno Company.In bnrlesqne next sea- son. Having fintehed their, season, over the Keith Ic Proctor Cirenlt. St. John Bridges and Com- pany, playing the laughable playlet. Handker- chief Ko. IS, will lay oCC for the summer. months. The Fonr Soils Brothers opai on the SnlUvan- Consldine Circuit at Milwaukee. June 25. At 'Keith & Proctor's' Theatre in Tiewark week hetore last, the Way Down East Quar- tette created an enormoos hit. Th9 act has been doing splendidly all along the K. ft P. Time. (Continued on page l!3.) Byottttngbsm sad Denham, alagcts and talkers, hsve JolDed tke Herbert sal. QnplB Shmr. Four New Acts at Hammerstein's New York, June 23 (Special to The BUl- board).—^The number of new acts at Hammer- steln'a Hoof this week is down to four. Those taaring to show something that hasn't lieea seen at the Comer before were: Alvln and Kenney. a comedy aerial act; Claire and West, singezv and dancers. Will Roehm's Athletic Girls and tbe Samson Trio ot acrobats, wlio respectively opened the show, occupied second position, opened after the intermission and terminated the bill. These acts are reviewed under New Acts. Consul, the Great, headlined the show. The Simian has been trained to accomplish' feats which none other than a human could perform. The act was on third, after the intermission. Following Alvln and Kenney and Claire and West, both new acts, who were the respective openers and second position oeeonutts. Mile. Eugenie Fongere. assbted by Esther BOngeie. inve a specialty of the spicy French variety. The Bell Family of musicians, held over from last week, did well in No. *. Alexander and Scott duplicated the success they achieved on * previous visits to Hammer- stem's. Even at tliis date there are many In' the audience who. nntU the removal ot the im- personator's irig. Iiad not tiie slightest Idea that they were witnessing s female Impetsocatton. -Alexander and Scott are artists. ' Charming Belle Blanche lias not made any v changes in her repertoire since Isst Mm lieie.' Eridently there Is no necessity ' Car adisinge.'' Judging, from the approbation showered upon' her. Fun was dispensed at a rapid gait dnring the period allotted to Howard and Howard. The hoys were one ot the hits of tlie show--, Vartlr. netti and Sylvester, in thehr sacamlng- aeto-~ batle farce. Bumps, eontinned the tun-making. toUowIns Howard and Howard, and closing the. first halt ot tbe aiHnr.'' A new-aeb Will Boahm's Atbletle Olrlai and treated seeortlBglr nader .Um >lisw.Acts claa- Biflektton. opeoed. after the IMermtsalwi,,l»i>ldlnit: attention. Hike -Bernard sad 'WIIBe Weatoo.' nest la order, did nicely In a latber dlfflcolt place at Hhmmersleln's. Bernard' as a rag-- tlme piano player, and Weston.' ss a cliaracter ainger. have abont readied the top of tbe lad- der - In their particular fleU ot endeavor. From -the time tile cnrtaia.'went np on Con- sul imtn it was mng down aboot twenfy-dve minutes elapsed, bat dnrlnc that time there was not a mlnnta to suke the setformanee seem wearisome. Bedim and Arthur brake «ioagh dilna .to stock a 'Cblnaware abop. -but with the destmc- tion ot every plate tlier broosht forth a laugh. The number Mt plates they- taoke 1« a large one..- . - • ~ -Having' sent into flw dlsdM the pixtloa of his-act In whtd> tise hr-maoe of motloB:'pictures, WlBsor MeCay. «»'creator of ^ Uttle, Nemo cartoons, tetalin oolr'hls 8ft«ir.'ot life dtmw- Inga tor stag* pocpOMS. Ibe aaate makes MeCay's stay OB the stage a venr- btlet ons. The Samaoa Ttio. seelewed anser Hew -Acta, dosed tte .Aow..