The billboard (July 1911)

14 Xti e O inboard JULY 1, 1911. iMusic News and Vaudeville Notes <rf the Road IN PUB LISHER S ROW News Items of the Activities, Plans and Conditions of Music Publisiiing Offices, in America^Notes of Popular Songs and Singers BLOOO-KOEHLER & CO. ANOTHER 8COUP. MAKE Chicago. Jnne 22. 1911 (Special' to Tbe BUI- boaid).—^Blood, Koebler & Compnijr, tbe ou- e«So'pabUsbers. wbo recently oatlrid a somber Of tbeir competiton and obtained flie ballad. It I Forget, iCadame Sdmrnanii-Heliik's feature BODffi "written-by-De KOTen Tbompson-'and Al- fred .Anderson, two comparatively new writers, lum made -anot&er scoop In obtaining tbe pnb- llaUnff Tlglita of Sqnaw-Man, en Indian love Bongi wiMiee ■ eqnal :not -ijeen- heard- since the da;s of Hiawatha, "tbe song, both -words and„mnsle. -was -wrttten by Mr. E»dle Oray, 'focmerly the boy tenor witb'-the Primrose -Min- strels and aow being featured' In Tandevllle. meeting with phenomenal sacceas singing bis S<iiu»r-Kan. AnoHieir-iwllad scoop.-ot no mean importaJice* IS a rose aoox bearing the title The Sonl «t. liore b tiie Red. 'Bed Boae. and -Willie-, this SDbJect liaa been worked to excess by writers. ballads, tbe composers, of this. song. Sith B. Depitman and Iiewls Stein, have tamed oat a number that Is nndonbtedly one of the greatest hlgb-^Iass t)aUadB snbmltted in a long time. ' T3ie ■ ■ iirlnclpal feature responsible- for tll^ aasoied snecess of this song Is tbe beantl- fnl lyric, telling a real story that has been set to an onnsaally pretty melody. De Koven H b^nxtf opaj "the -CompoBeg-. of .-the -mastc of If 1 'tzaTeUne; in 'company'with-hijs brother. the noted Gblcago baritone, and resnltant of their Insistent plngglng. on If I gorget, the Blood-^Oi^ec.C^ la reaBlhg a. rich .harvest,. as the song Is-'beinK ordered from all the-principal dtles in the United States. It Is probably dne to the staTenoooa advertising which has been carried im^.and: almost-every Jobber of .a^iy-im- portance now lias the nomber In sto<^. al- tbongh It has only been off the press a Uttle over two ire dp». ANOTHER PRIZE IN THE HARRIS .".-';oFFiCE.; ■We 'Were Sweethearts and Billy Brown. Tay- lor -will remain In New Xork for several weeks, and npon his retom to Chicago tbe reins of Us local office -win be placed In the hands o( Bin; Banktn. AT LEO WOOD'S OFFICES. New Tork, Jnne 20 (Special to Tbe Bill- board).—Charles Eggett, who bas been musical direct« .for the Shnberts, and was with Lew Fields'' Snmmer 'Widowers, who estaUIsbed headqaarters In the office I<eo Wood, who is agent foe Will Bossiter. SNYOER'S NEW NUMBER. New Tort, Jnne 24 (Special to The Bin board).—That Fecnllar Bag is the title of-a nomber which F. It. Fagan-potchased from a Chicago firm for -Ted SnydK Five thoosand NOTES OF THE ROAD Personal Paragraphs Pertaining to the Vast Army of Artists Who. Are Popularizing Vaudeville in America and Abroad The Fays Mystic Wonder Co., Hubert Heath, manager, opened In Lebanon, Obdo, (Monday, Jnne 19, for three-nights' stand and played to S. B. O. ea<A night. Mlsa and her company of Mystic WondecB give a high-class. , op-to- date vaadeville show, consisting of the great. levltatlon and flying lady lllaslons, magic, cOn- tortimi and acvobatica. There -was also^a troape of excellent trained dogs tlut made ar lAz Ut. Singing, dancing «nd comedy were used', as. aftertpleces. The tronpe consists of iMiss^Fay, Wrightiey. Hubert Heath. Prof. Ned Walters and Miss Lenore Jaynes. A spectacular novelty dance by the Oberlta sisters Is the brilliant feature ot the Pantages' new bill, Sacramento, Cal. The light effects give, it a ^rgeous touch. Dancing with sheets, of wavlDg:^ cloth Is not new, bnt the Oberlta sis- ters have Introduced a number ot pretty fea- tures, among which Is the reproduction of the rdctur^ of American celebrities. Boy^B. Trousdale, who has been starring for tiie past two seasossi In The \ten~on tlie "Box., and who vfflll be seen this season In Mary NICHOLAS' AND JOSEPH SCHENCK, -(Sileaga; Jmie .24 (Special to The Billboard).— We most take onr hats off to the Will J. Har- ris Hoalc Co. for having xh most accffinpllshed mnsle .wrll e rH '-Ig -the ' bnslness. Along with mnle D. HaiTiB, the placky yoang writer of KocHillght Miakes Me Dream of Ton, WUl J. Harris bas secured Miss Annetta Stone, wbo is "world's lady champion ragtime player." for his staff of writers. Annetta Sttme, or "the queen of melody** as she is pxtH>erly termed, and Will . Harris liave:jost -written .-the greatest song •ensaUmi of' the -season. That Tr<nnbone Slide. Another of Annetta Stone's accomplishments Is a song ithat Mr. Harris claims Is the only ancceasor to Games—of -Childhood Days, his famous Ring Aronnd a Bogie song. The title of this song Is Let's Be Kids Again. Annetta Stone, though nineteen years of age, has added to. her lanrels two diamond and three gold medals for ImSi -classical and ragtime playing. : : . ? - . ? MUSIC BY PHO NE SOON. Albany. N. T.. June 20 (^ledal to The Bin- board).—13ie Nei{r York Magnaphone and Music Company, havin'g a capital of $1,<XK>,000, -filed artlaes of incorx>oration "with the Secretazy.. of Sttite^today^ for the purpose ..of .cimiitnicHiig and maintaining, a line of, electric tdephmies for general'telephone.bnsihess. and-m(Ke espec- ially for the dlstrlbntfam of mnsic, the ronte of said lines to he from iiotnts in New Tork Clfy, leading thence to Albany, Syracuse, Bochestcr. Buffalo and- intermediate cities- The incorpora- tors are: Charles B.' Webb. CHiarles A. Benton. I. L.: Blackwell, Benlamla-Natkins. Adelbert B. 'Whaly, Oliver W. Doty, aJew lork City, and HenxT* W. Webb of BaHlinoie. LAEMML^S STORE IN ATLANTIC CITY. Kew Xtefe. Tnae 2i-(Special to The Bin- board).—^Edward Doerr, who is eomieeted with tbe staff of the Music Honse of Laemmle. goes to Atlantic City to open a store on the board- walk- -of the - seaside resort for his firm, de AUantie City headqaarters vin be located di- rectly opposite Tonng's HIHIob Dollar Wmc Doerr Is -well-known in Atlantic 0ty, -where, last -seaaon, .he -made Xaemmle'a song hit I'll Change : the Xhotna to Bosei.- ' HARRIS BA LLAD A WINNER. New Tork, Jmie 21 (Special to The Bill- board).—What. Is dalmed to be one of the greatest ballads ever written Is the nmaber. entitled. A Thousand Nights 'With Ton, poh- Usbed >y Charles K- Harris. It Is by Artbnr J.-Lamb, who -wrote the words, .and hr John T. Han. who is' responsible for the mole. ADDITIONS TO YORK STAFF. New Tork, Jnne 24 (Soedal to The Bill- board).—The staff of the York Husle Pnb. Co. has been increased by the addition of Miss Rose Parrtngton, formerly plaalst and singer with the Theo Morse Co.. and BDlr Odler. ;Vho for some tlow was associated with tbe Feist (riBces. TAYLOR I N NE W VORK. . New '.Toik, Jnne M;- (Special to 'The- BBI-' board).—Tell Taylor, the Chicago mnsle pnb-' Uaher, has opened an office here.at 138T Broad- way. Be has several big nnmhers. Inelnding Down V tbe Old Mill Stream, s ballad; When 7n^etors,of Fallsadea-Park, Tallsades, K. Y. dollars Is the price reported to have been paid. The Snyder staff expect the namber to become a hit.; ■ ■ : .- SHAPIRO REPRESENTED IN THE FOLLIES. New York, - Jnne 23 (Special to The Bill- board).—^When The Follies of-1911 comes Mon- day at Ziegfeld'g Boot, there -will be Introdnced daring tbe show, four musical nnmbers pnb- llsbed by Sbapixo. Of tbat number two are The TsAey Gobbler's Ball and The 'WUppoorwUL WILL HOLD SON C CONTEST. Xew York, June 2* (Speclai to Tbe BUlboard). -A wax contest will be held at Danfklrch's Dance Hall, Xorth Beach, L. I.. July 27, the win- ner of the contest to be presented with a band- 9omfi- silver UjvUt^ cop. .411 tbe pabil&bers in Xcrw- York City will be repre«ented. ifm Bite Glbsoa. of.'the team-of Post and Clbsoo, is eonfined at the St. Andrews Hospital, HmitarSban'. IB., ntbam die Is snfferlng with her tlinat. Rie dosed the icaani -with Pan- tages M. tew -weeks nga. J. FRE D HE LF CO. On* of the big song sacceMes In tbe biggest sommer prodoetlon of this year Is Mnir, Wat- son A Tractry's Oh, Yon Bear Cat Bag, which •cored an iostant and emphatic hit st the flrat perfoiaiaaoe of Zlcgfeld's rallies of lOII. Joe BIyler sad PTed Brown, those clever boys fmn the Pacifle Coast, wbo dopllcsted their Western popniarlty In the East last season, sang It with a male chorus ot tfty; and Leon Erroi and Sti^la Cbatelalae danced to Its live- ly strains in tbe last act. Brown & Blyler intro- dnced Oh. Yon Bear Cat Bag In vandevllle a few months ago. and Mbis Chatelaine nsed it as the restore namber In her dandog set In bixriesqoe, - Among (be Relf song bits OMd by the Jack Fisher Trio U that ballad beaatlfnt of ISU, love Is the Only Thine In Lite. Kathleen Kay Is Wnglng When Tony LaBoard Played 'tlie Barbeiibop Obord. tnred by Billy Panam and the Cla* BUtSs. (Osgtlsned on page M.) Jane's Pa, -will be under the management ot Vic Hugo, tbe well-known, vandeville manager. Me. -Hugo -has snrronnded Mr.: Tronadale with an excellent cast and a foil scenic prodaction. Mr. Hngo has several attractions, Inelnding Jan- sen .& Co., touring the World,' Nlcols & Co., now playing Australia, also manager of the Ma- jestic and People's Theatres at Cedar Baplds, la. After a severe Illness, which kept her from filling several engagements. Miss Laura Davis, tbe yoang and winsome mezaso-soprano, . again appeared In Keoknk. Iowa, at the .Alrdome last week. Miss Davis -wsa as bis an attraction as ever and-her'long lUoeas-seemed to have no effect on her bird-like voice, as she had to re- peat some of her songs several times. Besides being a good singer. Miss Davis Is looked upon as one of the best-gowned yoang women in vaudc- nile. The Bljon Theatre, Jacksonville, Pla„ which has been dark for several months, has been leased by Frank W< Obue and Willlun Decay and wni open July 1. The boose -wHI 'be re- modeled and made modem In every ,wayi and andiences .-will hare an opportnnl^ to sea-some good acts daring the gammer. Xbe honse seats 1,400-persons. Dorothy Temon of Haddon Hall, one of tboseSartlstlcally set plays of Ellzabethlan sgp, which made a success a few years ago. Is being modueed by the stock company at tbe Grand, ntts]mrg. Manager ^Haity Davis Is potUng on tbe prodoetlon In an elshotate manner, mt, Tem- ple's Telegram will be the next prodoetlon of tbe w«I balanced stock company. Billy Star and his company will soon be ready for the coming season, which will extend throngb the Middle West. The company -wdll consist of Billy Starr, Marie Barle, Patsy StatT and Bngene Lengdon. They are rebeaning st Jef. ferson, Okla. This season they will travel In their own yrlvate car. . D, JT Vogt,'aif the team 'of Hopkins and Vogt, has imt become > thirty-second degree Uaaon. He Is alfo a UysUe .Shrlner. the joonsest to be admitted to the satt In the. state of Oklahoma. Mr. Vogt Is teeUog none the less wearjv from learning the craft, bnt seems to he aaanred' of anecess. The benefit given Miss Mae Brown, caahler of tfce.Caalno Theatre, by M. B. Sehleaslnger waa a decided soecess. Among those who voloiMeered shtertalnmeat was Joles Von Tllxer, Inventor of !£L1.. f"**'*** ■PM" eratwhllS'SOBC Charles Howard, a Hebrew eomedlaa, for several seasons with -Mestns. Hnrtlg & Sea- men's Follies of Mew York and Paris, bas been engaged to replace Leon Bir<^ by Jamea Coop, er's Jersey LllUes bnrlesqae: (Bastem 'Wheel). The:season."WlllSfbe started.esHj.'in(Autumn. ' Mr.' Wlllard 'dttchlnson ahd ' UIss Bosemond Harrison are 'deligbtlDg -patrons - at- the-.-Hop- kins Theatre..^ulsvllle. s:y.,. .this week In a dainty- soCie^^ playlet- entitled A Leap-Year L^ap.'- It is a.<raever skit, cleverly handled,-and arouses gales'or laughter. - Mr. and Mr. Blessing, who have been meet- ing with success In their comedy - sketch, A Test of..AffecUon; have severed .ooimectlon witb the Bert Hoss Alrdome Shows. They are now under the management of Walter De Orla of St. -fionls. i Frederick AlleiSwho closed a successful season at Forest Park ffighlands, St.-Louis, Mo„ will take a sliort rest Jn tbe-wilds of Michigan. -He will- go to - New York In July, where he will make arrangements for the coming aeason,- Billy and Bva Merriam, novelty aerial gym- nasts, are booked sOlld at the county and state fairs starting the second -week In -Angost, and: till October; 10. After that tbCiy open - thehr vaude- ville season with their Comedy novelty set. Darnell, a magician, has lust clos^ a fifty- six, weeks' engagement. He played In fourteen states" and hit all the Big dtles -imd best bouses. His return' to Kansas City will'- he greeted with tour weeks' of steady time. Jvank Montgomery has closed lils company for the season and Is taking a few weeks rest. He will then open In stock at the iMagnOlla Theatre, Cincinnati, as amusement director. He will be assisted .by Florence McClaln. . Mccarty -and Bobbins opened in a new 'mnsical farce entitled Aantle'a Younger Days, at tbe Ma- jestic Theatre. Camden, N. J. Hie piece was a big-hit -and called for-much applause.. Bus- sel Harrlman wrote the playlet. Myrtle Vlctorlne has left - Chicago for her San Francisco home, -where she wDl spend her Bnmmer vacatKm, before going out nsxt sea- son In a new act. She will have as a partner Miss Irene Jolas. Miss Helen Grantley, whQ just clcised her succtiesful tour, sailed for Europe on <£e Lnsl- tanla Wednesday, Jnne 21. She will --make a tour on the Continent, playing all the princi- pal cities. . i . . ' :. ..:;.' Spengler and Montgomery are meeting with success with their vaudeville sketch, -which con- sists of a good Une ot -talk and singing. . They are-now playing'in Philadelphia, Tbe Harrison-West Trio are taking a much needed reat at their home In -NorfcMk, Va. They start next season's work the second week In September' for'the W. V. M. A. Pllteh and Steelow have purchased the Grand, vaudeville and ^ctnre theatre at Plattesvllle. Wis., from Wm. Mffany. Tbe house has a seating capacity of flOO. _ James Dnval, the contortlantat, and Charles B. Carson, the orlglnal-^appIe eating Juggler, have Joined partnership and will pmdace a very novel act this season. Nan J. Asplnwall, the Montana Girl, has made -1142 miles np to Altoona, Fa., where she -arrived Sunday,:Jnne 18.. Her:mare, Lady Sllen. Is 'doing fine, t - . . . Billy Crass Opened bis summer season at the Lafayette theatre, St. Lools, Mo. . He Is playing over tbe Cbarlee-B. Hodkins Clrcnit. Happy Goldefi, of Gus Sun's Minstrels, Is in Cincinnati renewing old acquaintances. Shields and Bogeis sail July 6 for Copenhagen, Denmark. ■ The Tom-Jack Trio sail Jnne 27 for Europe. HOR8 LEV HOME _On Monday,-July 19. David Horsley of the Nestor Film Company, returned from his long swing around' the country, where he demon- strated his new Matt and Jeff releases to tbe exchanges In Detroit. Toledo, Chicago, Mil- waukee, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Omaha, Kansas City. Oklahoma City, Dallas, New Orleans, Blrmlngbam and Atlanta. Mr. Horsley reports great receptions for his newest enterprise in these towns. WILLIAMS' O LD-T IMERS SHOW. New York, June 28 (Speclai to The Bill- board).—Percy O. Wllllama has lust annoonced the formation ot a vandevllle company to be sent cm tour next season. It wlU be known aa Ye'Olde Timers' Festival and will Include vau- deville artista who have been before the Amer- ican public for the past thirty years. The art- ists engaged are: Mclntyre and Heath. Mrs. Annie Yeamana. James and Bonnie Thornton. Ons Wllllama, Ward and <3nrran, Lottie Gil- son. Vox and Ward, Will H. Fox and John Le- Olair; COBB W AISTS TO ACT. Detroit, Jane 21 (Special to'tDw BUIboanl). —^ruB Cobb, rightflelder at the Detroit Americans, deelsred Tuesday that he waa b>«- lonsly considering' an offer to go on the atage next winter In a revision of The Oonecs Widow. Several prominent tbeatrleal men. and-Qntfleliler Jimmy (Jallahan ar |t]4»-(Alcagt-!fta|*W>ttk, srs said to be Interest«lr% Sa rMm^ Instead of tbe "widow" betag.-tbe heroine. tUb play win :be revised,. It la said, to pl«M the ehamMon batamas In 'th* -Mdlag :«o1ei and a baseball Inalead of a football'camcr wIU fipurs