The billboard (Aug 1911)

AUGUST *tt>JW1t- The BUlHoflfd 65 ^^J|fiMflfifa|g ■) MEW* VOHK CTT*—iCADEMY 0* MUSIC (Sum P. Kingston. mgrA Academy Btock Com- pany lo The Dancing Girl. ' AMERICAN (Marcus Loew. Inc., mgr.) Pop- ular-priced vaudeville. ' _ ItlJOU ' DREAM (Union Bquare) Vaudeville .,„, moving pictures. ; > BROADWAY (Win. Wood, mgr.) The nen- P ilUoT n DREAM (23d Street) Vaudeville and ™niJOU P, f»RBAM (08tU Street) Vaudeville and moving pictures. J . „ . ... CIRCLET (Ed. Jif Strauss,- mgr.) VaudeTllle ami moving pictures. ; , CITY (Hen Uo.t mcr.) Vaudeville and mov- itic nlctures. (JEOKGE M. COHAN'S THBATBH (Cohan & Harris, mc".) Get-Rlcb-Qulck Walllngford, twenty-fourth week. COMEDY (A. Kauffman, mgr.) Vaudeville anil moving pictures. COLUMBIA (J. H. Mack, mgr.) Merry Whirl. CKITERION (Charles Frobman, mgr.) The Girl of My Dreams, opens 7th. DEWEY (Win. Fox. mgr.) Vaudeville and moving pictures. FAMILY (J. C. Simons, mgr.) vaudeville anil moving pictures. . KOLIES BERGKRE (Lasky * Harris, mgrs.) Restaurant ami Music Hall. FOCBTBENTH STREET (J. Wesley Rosen- qurst. mgr.) Vaudeville and moving pictures. GLOBE (Charles Dillingham, mgr.) The Red Eosc, eighth week. GRAND (Harry Beckman. mgr.) Vaudeville and moving pictures. GOTHAM (Herman Goldman, mgr.) Vaude- ville and moving pictures. KEENEY'S THIRD AVENUE (Ed. J. McMa bon. mgr.) Vsndevine and moving pictures. KEITH * PROCTOR'S 5TH AVENUE (Rob ert E. Irwin, mgr.) Vaudeville twice a day. KEITH & PROCTOR'S 125TH STREET (0. Halsteln. mgr.) Stock, vaudeville and pictures. KEITH * PROCTOR'S HARLEM OPERA HOUSE (C. J. Holms, mgr.) Stock, vaudeville and pictures. LINCOLN SQUARE (Charles Ferguson, mgr.) Vsuileville and moving pictures. LOEWS SEVENTH AVENUE (Marcus Loew, Inc., mgrs.) Vaudeville and moving pictures. MAJ ESTIC (Wllbnr-Sbnbert Co.. mgra.) Mo- tion pictures. MANHATTAN (Wm. Gaoe, mgr.) Vaude- ville and moving pictures. MAXINE ELLIOT'S (Ralph long, mgr.) The Beal Thing, opened 10th. NATIONAL (Henry Loew, mgr.; Vaudeville NEW AMSTERDAM (Malcolm Douglas, mgr.) The Pink Lsdy, twentv-tnird week. NEW YORK (Joseph Carr, mgr.) Popular- priced vaudeville. PLAZA (David Benjamin, mgr.) Vaudeville and moving pictures. PROSPECT (Frank Gerston. mgr.) Prospect Theatre Stock Co. SAVOY (Rosenberg Bras., mgra.) Vaudeville and moving pictures. STAR (Wm. Fox. mgr.) Vaudeville and nor Ing pictures. TREMONT (J. Jones Johnson, mgr.) Agnes Cameron 8took Co. VICTORIA (Wm. Hammersteln, mgr.) Vau- deville and moving pictures. VICTORIA ROOF GARDEN (Geo. K. Kllman, mgr.) Vaudeville and moving pictures. WASHINGTON (Harry Thome, mgr.) Vaude- ville and moving pictures. WINTER GARDEN (Winter Garden Co., mgrs.) Variety and Music Halls. YORKVIHB (Marcus Loew, Inc., mgrs.) Vaudeville and moving pictures. CHICAGO THEATRES AND AT TRACTIONS, WEEK OF MON- DAY AUG. 7. DOWN-TOWN THEATRES. ANGELUS (Formerly Globe)—Opens Septem Ber 5 with light opera. AUDITORIUM—Dark. BLACKSTONE—Dark. CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE—Little Miss Fix- W1U reopen with Follies Will reopen about Opens It. COLONIAL—Dark, of 1911. COBT THEATRE?—Dark August 21. } GARRICK—Klnemscolor pictures. GRAND OPERA HOUSB>i-Dark. _S£r BA . L . LB gPERA HOUSE—Dark. .? JS?.!*!".?* T* 11 "bout September S. McVICKEB'S^-Dark. , O^MriO-Get-Blcb-QuIck Walllngford, thlr- ty-Bixtb week. * POWERS—Dark. PRINCESS—Dark. STUDEBAKBR—Travel Festival. . WHITNEY OPERA HOUSE—Charles Hawtry In Dear Old Billy; seventh week. ^ VAUDEVILLE AND MOVING PICTURES. •^OADEMT—Popular-priced vaudevUle. AMERICAN MUSIC BALL—Dark. Will open ,n Anguat with high-class vaudeville. nTT 0 A Lo ^yj! n ? eTlUe ■»» moving pictures. .„? ,,OIJ ." "MAM — Popular - priced vaudeville and moving pictures. t J? A 8INO—Popular-priced Teudsvllle and mov- ing pictures. CENTURY—Popular-priced vaudeville and moving pictures. CLARK—Dark. EMPRESS—Dark. HAMLIN AVE.—Moving pictures. i„_ V Z . IB -*- VB —Open-air vaudeville and mov- ing pictures. LINDEN—Dark, LYDA—Dark, MAJESTIC—High-class vaudeville. TICKETS _ ■ COUPON and STRIP There la Bat On* BEST—Those Hade by WELDON,WILLIAMS&UCK FORT SMITH, ARK. i ,| •aa rraaclace, CaL MUaeapoUs, Hlaa PLAZA—Pictures. PRESIDENT—Moving pictures. SCHINDLER'S—Dark. Will reopen with a stock company. SI TTNER'S—Pictures. THIRTY-FIRST STREET Dark. VIRGINIA—Vaudeville and moving pictures. WILLARD — Popular - priced vaudeville and moving pictures. WILSON AVE.—Popular-priced vaudeville and moving pictures. STOCK HOUSES AND ROAD SHOWS ALHAMBRA—No Mother to Guide Her. . BIJOU—Durk. ~ . BUSH TEMPLE—Dark. COLLEGE—Dark. '-iV CRITERION—Dark. Open In August with German stock. . . i CROWX—Dark. H A Y MARKET— Dark. IMPERIAL—Dark. Le i;UAXI>—Dark. MARLOWE—Dark. NATIONAL—Dark. PEKIN—Dark. BURLESQUE. COLUMBIA—Dark. Re-opens on August 12. EMPIRE—Dark. FOLLY—Dark. Will open about August playing Western Wheel attractions. STAIR AND GARTER—Dark. STAR—Will open about August 1 with West- ern Wheel attractions. PARKS. BISMARCK GARDENS—Ballmann's Band. FOREST PARK—Hand and his Band. SANS SOCCI—Free vaudeville. • WHITE CITY—LlberaU'B Band and Grand Opera Company. RIVEBVIEW—Patrick Conway and bis Band. LUNA—Open Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Band concerts and . free attractions. ACTS "NEW TO NEW YORK. ', (Continued from page 9.) Is a coster song. Erlckson makes bis changes behind a screen standing partly In the entrance. His make-up Is put on in view of the audience. His third bit Is a recitation set to music. Erlckson does a Swede character. He pleads with the immigration .officers to permit a little Swedish bey entrusted >b> his - care to land; in: this country and not be deported. " His request Is refused by the officer?Mjut v granted bJ^'tHS president. Erlckson does well .witn the" Bit: His familiar Daffy Dan number I> placed next to the finish and fits in nicely. ' The finish, though It brings out something' that a vaude vllle andience doesn't see every day, will hard- ly be used very long. It is out of place. For the concluding number the- picture screen Is dropped and slides are shown on it. The girl is shown in various poses appropriate to the words of tbe song called My Dearest Girl on Earth. One of tbe lines Is: "Her hair Is like that of a raven." When this line is sung by Erlckson. the elide reproduced on the screen shows the girl posing with a raven placed on her bead. This style is followed throughout tbe song, the slides always being pictured ac- cording to tbe lines of the song.. As a single act Erlckson should prove very acceptable. VALERIE BERGERE AND HER COMPANY, in She Wanted Affection, a comedy; Fifth Avenne Theatre; twenty minutes; full stsge. Having discarded her dramatic playlet called Judgment. Miss Bergere is trying a new com- edy called She Wanted Affection, written by Edgar Allen Wolff. The piece runs a trifle too long—twenty minutes—and there are times of superfluous lines. Tbe plot of the comedy is revealed by the title—Sbe Wanted Affection. A yonn-r wife who believes that she is being neglected by ber husband, plans to bring him to the knowledge of hie negligence. She finally accomplishes ber purpose, though only after she has undergone many difficulties. Mies Ber- gere Is supported by UUie Akerstron and Her- bert Warren. - NEW ACTS IN CHICAGO. (Continued from page 13.) peeve Mr. DeHaven, and he Is not slow In In- forming the andience that "he Is he." and not bis pianist. It Is a piece of vanity that It not easily forgiven by the andience. but Mr. De- Haven atones for his offense by a half hour of Ideal entertainment. ' He uses a velvet drop and a grand piano, and offers an excellent va- riety in songs and dances. Mr. DeHaven was a wonderful success, and may well feel proud of a beautiful act that Is worthy of his name. MAJESTIC^CHICAGO. r — ' ■ ' (Contlnued from page 13.) Jimmy Lucas Is one of those very clever young men who have been sprung on us frequently in the past several years, doing a Straight singing act and getting away with It. Mr. Lucas ad- heres for the- most part to parody singing and does It. well;, also introduces several Imitations very worthy of note.. -He worked fifteen mln- ntes In one and made a decided hit. Carter DeHaven appeared next In a new full atage offering, and Is reviewed under New Acts. Oonroy and LeMatre. the black face corned-? team, were placed next to closing, and did fnll Jnstlce to the Importance of their position. They have Introduced a few lines since Inst seen here, but still retain that personal!** and originality that has made them suitable for a headline position on the strongest bills. M. Golden and his Russian Troubadours close show, and are reviewed nnder New Acts. THE STATUS OF AMUSEMENTS AT NEW YORK. (Continued from page 8.) dishing, at the Maxlne Elliott Theatre. A review of these two last named productions will appear In tbe next Issue of The Billboard. There Is no need of familiarising our readers with the character of Folles Bergere. Tbe varied entertainment resumed Its run before sn appre- ciative audience Just as It there had been no midsummer interruption. The bill remains virtually the same as here- tofore. ..The changes In the cast have been very allght-and-make for the general Improvement of the bill. Grace La Rue and her gorgeous costumes are again the feature of tbe aklt, Gaby. Miss La*HoS Sr^MIIVWi labored as Industriously. asT If,'Keribusbaj ron Chandler,' bad not rer**-" ' ' " million dollars:" As now arranged the Folles opens with the" big ballet. Temptation. Then comes Gaby, and the satire. Hell, brings the lively bill to a close. Laddie Cliff now appears in Hell as well as Impersonating Portugal's dethroned mon- arch in Gaby. -' Otis Harlan, Kathleen Clifford. Ada Lewis, Lisle Leigh, Ina Claire and Elizabeth Goodall are among the others In tbe big cast., * A Jolly cabaret performance followed tne openg ing bUl. James J. Morton still presides af master of ceremonies. The present bill with the exception of the cabarat part of the enter- tainment, will continue Indefinitely at the Fol- les Bergere. r The parks are all going full blast and it might, be stated that the current season has beamed most kindly upon the men who direct their ambition toward the amusement of New York and its visitors during the. summer sea- son. An: air.of complacency characterizes, every countenauce with the possible exception of -the unfortunate .members of tbe open-air fraternity who suffered-Ioss or damage by the Ore which de- vastated Dreamland. NEWS OF THE PARKS. \ (Continued from page 12.) and whim, and constantly increasing crowds at test to the growing popularity or Chicago s new est pleasure park. WHITE Cl'X'JT—There are few more enjoy- able experiences than an evening in the famous terrace garden at White City, sitting in the ef- fulgence of the dazzling electric tower, and listening to the soft cadences of the Liberatl Band. Tabloid opera is interspersed between the Instrumental numbers, contributed by the Lib- eratl Opera Company of 100 voices. On Sun- day and Monday. CavaUerla Rusticana wiU be given; Tuesday and Wednesday Lucia will be rendered, and on Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday, I'Pagllaccl will be the offering. The company has been strengthened by " the. addl tion of Joseph Marighi, a tenor. ThrUTihg'rides, The Battle of Manila, and 20 other shows fur- nish excitement and fun for the visitors. SANS SOUCI—The Crystal Casino at Sans Souei is crowded every evening by enthusiastic audiences drawn by tue excellence of tbe free vaudeville bills. Ten all-star acts will be given next week, tbe beadliner being' the Cir- cus Petram, which Is said to be a novelty of ex- traordinary merit. Others on the bill will be Klein, Ott and Nicholson, and Le Roy and Paul. In the Rathskeller, the Welsh Harry Lander, Tom Lewis, will hold forth in a program of clev er"songs and impersonations.- For those seesi excitement, the many rides and devices will appeal. - —. RAVINIA PARK—The season of grand opera and concerts at Bavlnla Park: comes to an end Sunday afternoon and evening. On Monday evening tbe - Russian Symphony- Orchestra, di- rected by Modest Altschuler will begin its first engagement at Ravinia. On Tuesday evening, the Ben Greet Woodland Players will return for an engagement of four performances, as follows: Tuesday. A Winter's Tale; Wednesday evening. Twelfth Night; Thursday matinee. Pandora and the Mysterious Box; Thursday evening. Comedy of Errors. BISMARCK GARDEN—Ball man's Band Is an attraction that keeps Bismarck Garden filled in any kind of weather. The program for Tuesday night will be devoted to classic com- positions, Wagner, Beethoven, Liszt and Offen- bach being among tbe composers presented. Wednesday night, a new Chicago composer in the person of Harry Thompson, a member of Ballmann's Band, will make his debut. His composition Is entitled Ballmann's Rag, and is dedicated to Herr Martin Ballmann. Charles A. Hay will be tbe vocal soloist next week, and Noah Tarantino and W. E. Van Doren will be the cornet soloists UP AND DOWN BROADWAY. (Continued from page 8.) during ber tours In The Yankee Girt, in the new piece he will impersonate a Wall Street broker. Tbe principal players who have been engaged to surround Raymond Hitchcock In tbe new Pol- lock, Wolf, Gebest musical play, Tbe Red Widow, assembled lor their first rehearsal of tbe piece at the Geo. M. Cohan Theatre Monday morning, July 31. Tbe cast for the produc-, tion was completed last week.-? It Includes Miss Sophy Bernard, Miss Gertrude VanderbUt, Jean Newcombe, Miss Augusta Lang, Miss Clara Schroeder, Mr. > Clarence Harvey, Mr. Harry Clarke. Mr. Theodore Marlin. The Red Widow will have its premiere at tbe Colonial Theatre, Boston. September 4. SAID AND SEEN ON CHICAGO'S RI ALTO. (Continued from page 12.) October. Miss Templeton stipulates In her con- tract that she will not appear either In her present home, Pittsburg, or In New York, ber former home. It is rumored that the Messrs. Sbobert will open the season of one of his Chicago theatres In September with a new operetta. The Queen of theNIght. the music of which is by Franz Lebar, and the book by Pan! Potter. ABSOLUTELY NEW Progressive Music Publishing Company's latest eons hits. "Drank Again," new drinking song, and "The Old Bed, White-and Bine," beautiful, patriotic' and sentimental march song. Both winners. Especially recommended to profession- als. Write ns. 325 Carlisle Building, Cincinnati, for further Information. PORTABLE CAROUSEL Chariots, Jumping and Stationary Horses. Makes Its own electric light. New. Run two seasons. Everything In running order. Lease very cheap. Doing business every day. -On First Street, River Front. Bayonfte. N. J., price $1,000. Make me an offer. COOK, 44 Walnut Street, Jersey City, N. J. WANTED—Good clesn shows and stands to pay our concession rights. Crowds 5.000 to 7,000. Amusements, Horse Racing. General Country Fair, September 7, 8, 9. 1911. LORBN JOHN- STON, Secretary. Sewal Fair Association, Sewal, lews. ! ACRPO.R 15 DOLLARS Original Sketches, Monologues, Talking- and Singing Acts to order, by writer with national fame. Twenty New York successes. Sixty acts in vaudeville. Satisfaction guaranteed or re- write. Ten acts ready to express for a Bargain Price. This week only. Mail $15. Stamps and lull particulars today.' Prompt delivery of act to order that will get yon Big-Honey and Best Time, CHAS. A. TAYLOR, With Darcy & Wolf ord, 1402 Broadway, - Hew York. RO LL T! CKETS./ - _„V CORRECTLY .' m \ y. »tM u M 3 e r e d FREE WITH EACH LIC '"" NS I ADM 1SS10N i H|™' T " I »omit one ■jjE§afiflTretiB»Hrt- 100 ::: M-M-SSiON 5< Bfij^al tljpy^fcj^yl| 5EN0 C: admission' lo^^aavaaaasaaBBBBaaasBvBBSsv^pR vo waar-so-scusj.-' SPECIAL'.-TI.CKETS 8VS. OR! COVPCfc^HuMSEWNiTTlSD' atttlifv GUARANTEED^ '■' S^SUN. TICKET PRINTING G YOUNG WOMEN Swimmers WANTED For stage purposes. Send photos to . Manager, 260 West 42d St., New York. (American Theatre Building). Get your Concessions for the Sheboygan County Fair -—NOW Dates of Fair, Sept. 3. 6. 7.8. PLYMOUTH, - WIS. Otto Gaff ron, Secretary. Ferris Wheel and Merry-Go-Ronnd Men Wanted. Boozers, chasers and bosses, do not write. Can use two or three good clean shows. Have some big doings. HOOSIER AM- USEMENT CO., South Whitley, Ind., Aug. 7 to 12. —WANTS— For St. Cloud, Minn.; week August 14, two more high-class- shows' and-all lands 1 of legitimate concessions; F. D. COREY, Melrose, Minn., week Aug. 7; St. Cloud, Minn., week of Aug: -14. ELECTRIC PIANOS (200.00, all makes, nickel slots. Also have 0011 TIN KBTAX, MOV. CO.. 119 Ho. 16. Omaha, See. ICE CREAM CONES White Cornets, $2.25 per thousand; Yellow Cor- nets. $2.50 per thousand; in crates of 2,000 and 3,000V 5c sue. F. O. B., St. I/Ouis, for a short time only. COBNT/COFIA WAFIXE 0TEH CO,, 8023 franklin Avenue, St. Zonis, Xo. Fairfax Fall Festivities September 1», 14. 15.... Want Concessions, Ferris Wheel, Merry-go-ronna and Ten t Shows. Three big days. A. I> CKMTKE, Fairfax, Xo, AT LIBERTY IS. and D. Sketch Team Singles and doubles. Change for week, >lay piano and put on acts. Address THE WARDS, Bob and Babe, Byars, Okla. If yon see it in The wnkoaid, ten theas se.