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60 The Billboard AUGUST 26, 1911. FIFTH AVE. BILL. (Continued from page 9.) TMa week Bert Fitzglbtron is earning a little extra_ money. About 9:00 o'clock Bert tells Ma funny gaga and sings his ludicrous parodies before an audience at Hammersteln's. About 10:80 be is causintr an assembly at tbe Fifth ATenue to bowl with glee. Working four shows a. day, if his energy Is not sapped out, will soon make Bert a wealthy man. . At. White and bis Melody Maids gave tbe show- a most fitting finale. Accompanied by three girls who played pianos. White and one of the Melody Maids gang That Mysterious Bag. a very pretty opening number. While White and tbe lone maid were making a change for the next song, the three maids at the pianos regaled the audience with an exhibition of their ability as pianists. White then sang Tlddlsber Nightingale Please Sing Me a Song. Lonesome, rendered by one of the girls, was the next number. A piano sakt In wblch Melody In F and Unit's Bbapaodpt «rere played, drew much applause. Alexander's Sag Time Band, with plenty of spirit jajected In Its rendition, made a corking good ffifisb. Not a seat was vacated while the act was going on and at the finish tbe auditors remained long enough to applaud for fire or six bows. This, for a closing act, is somewhat unusual. BILL AT HAMMERSTEIN'S. (Continued from page 9.) pretty Bessie Reno. Tbe odd appearance of tbe misfits gained more than anything else the Tolijy of laughs brought forth from the audi- ence. De DIo's Comedy Circus, which opened the second half of the show, Is an entertaining turn. The animals are well trained, going through the entire routine without any balks. Trovato, next on tbe bill, scored bis custom- ary success, as we have related before. Butb ■t. Denis and Bedlni and Arthur, both acts held over from last week, brought up the rear of tbe program. UP AND DOWN BROADWAY NOTES (Continued from page 8.) te do so Tuesday, and a substitute was pot en until his shoulder is healed. - Mrs. Richard Golden and George Neville, with 1 company of six players, will open their sea- son under tbe management of Jack Levy In Old Xed Pronty at tbe Empire Theatre, Pltts- fleld. Mass., for the week of August 28. This Is also the opening ot tbe season of tbe Em- pire Theatre. Charles Frohman has completed the cast of John Drew's new play this season. A Single Kan, The principal members of Mr. Drew's company are Mary Bo land. Thais Lawton, Jane Laurel, Louise Drew, Morton Selton and Thomas Kelly. * This will be tbe first season In years that Louise Drew has been a member of her father's company. Christie MacDonald resumed the second week •f her run at the Liberty Theatre In the bub- bling Viennese operetta. Tbe Spring Maid, with ao change in the overflowing bouses that marked Its success last season. The two hundredth per- formance In New York wag celebrated last week. Judging by the ovation which the Werba eV Lnescher star received at the reopening. The Spring Maid might remain at tbe Liberty until the holidays, bnt other bookings will compel tbe removal of the company after three more weeks. The Girl of My Dreams reigns supreme at the Criterion. This musical play affords op- portunities far John Hyams. a capital comedian, and Leila Mclntyre, an able co-star, to keep audiences manifesting their appreciation. Miss Mclntyre sings several songs delightfully and Is a comedienne of nrettlness and charm. Her Doctor Tinkle Tinker number has achieved the whistling stage. Get-Blch-Qulck Walllngford has but five more weeks to remain at tbe Geo. M. Cohan Theatre, where the Interest In this delightful comedy is as appealing as at any time during its Broad- way run-making record, which now schedules •84 consecutive performances. Raymond Hitchcock has written a novel en- titled Love. Life and Law. The scenes In the book are laid In and around New York City and the characters who people its pages tell a story that Is said to be gripping In Intense heart In- terest and forceful in Its dramatic climax. A week from Monday night, August 21, three acts of Vienna of today will be put upon the stage of the Knickerbocker Theatre, it is hoped for a ran. when Charles Frohman makes the first metropolitan production of tbe continental musical comedy success. The Siren, and at the same time launches Donald Brian upon his career as a star. Mr. Frohman and bis assist- ants in London and New York have been at work npon The Siren, for almost a year. Harry B. Smith baa adapted the book. Leo Falls, who gave two worlds bis charming The Dollar Prin- cess. Is tbe author of the score. Bonlta will again be under the management of M. M. Thelse this season. Tbelse is re- organizing his former Wine, Woman and Song forces, for the purpose of sending them on a tour ot tbe principal cities In a new revne. Bonlta win bead the cast. When the new BurnsIde-HubbeH musical play. The Three Bomeos. begins operations. Shirley Kellogg will be found In the prima donna role. This season's Hippodrome show will be called Around the World. It Is tbe work of Carroll Fleming and Arthur Voegtlln. the music by Manuel Klein. Unlike previous Hippodrome spectacles. Around tbe World will constitute the entire performance. It will be presented In a series of scenes, of course, all held to- gether by the thread of a single story. Circus acts will not be eliminated altogether at the Hippodrome this season. They will not, how- ever, be presented as a separate feature of tbe entertainment but will be made a part of tbe general show. Wagenhals & Kemper have changed the date of the New York opening of the A. E. Thomas comedy, What tbe Doctor Ordered. Instead or Monday. September 18, as previously announced, the premiere takes place on the following Wed- nesday, September 30. The company will appear week of September 11 In Toronto and then come to New York for a rest of two days. The Blaney-Spooner Company has acquired a lease of tbe new German Theatre In Philadel- phia- The house has a seating capacity of Elaborate preparations are being made by Stair & Havlin for the production of Satan Sanderson, in wblch Norman Hackett Is to star under their direction this season. The play is a dramatization by Kirk B. Alexander of Halite Ermlnle Elves' novel. The Mlttenthals put tbelr prodnctlon of the Victor Herbert opera. Naughty Marietta, In re- hearsal Monday. Florence Webber, at one time leading woman in The Climax, has the title role. There is Bat One BEST—' Made by WELDON, WILLIAMS & LICK FORT SMITH, ARK. Saa Francisco, CaL Minaeapolix, Minn ACTS NEW TO CHICAGO. (Continued from page. 13.) of tbe story, wherein Herbert Elliot, a young man of former good repute, is charged with be- ing a pickpocket by O'Leary, a politician, who has forced his attention on Grace McGraw, the girl who has promised to marry Elliot. Tbe plan of the politician is to "Job" young Elliot in. order to get him out of his way, and thus give him 10'Leary) a free hand with the girl. Evidence being against the prisoner, the judge sentences him to the State prison. This closes the first scene. In the meantime a young lawyer and former reporter hears of the case and In- tercedes for Elliot. Tbe second scene Introduces Tbe Bridge of Sighs, and is worked In one, thus giving an opportunity for the setting of the third scene In full stage. This portrays the "Tombs" prison, and tbe new scenery (shown for the first time dnrlng this engage- ment) Is grimly realistic. Here- the prisoners are awaiting their removal to the State prison. Dago Annie, one of the clever parts In tbe en- tire piece, finds Elliot's sweetheart saying good- bye, and Is touched by the injustice of the affair, and persuades her sweetheart (Slippery Jake), to tell who It was that really stole the watcb and placed It In Elliot's pocket. Jake "squeals," the real culprit is found, and O'Leary !» arrested for being implicated in a conspiracy. Elliot Is released and Dago Annie has earned the admiration and gratitude of all concerned, es- pecially the audience. CHICAGO'S AMUSEMENT PARKS. (Continued from page 13.) Alice Berry. Five Musical Lassies, the Twin City Quartet and the Ballots. The beautifully decorated rathskeller Is also an attraction that draws the crowd. The entertainers are Bobby Danders, Belle Dale, Thomas Lewis and Jack King. Tbe aerial eubway. roller coaster, spiral thriller and other rides supply the excitement demanded by the devotees of the aviation game. Bronsek's Bohemian Band, composed of Chi- cago Cxecbs, Is furnishing the music at Forest Park these days and nights, with high-class and popular repertoire. Dancing in the handsomest and best-appointed public ballroom In tbe West, with special prise waltzing programs on Wed- nesday nights, is proving a strong magnet. Ann, a new attraction housed In a specially con- stracted building. Is provocative of much mirth. Tbe many exciting rides and tbe scores of Inno- cent amusements make Forest Park popular with young and old. Next week will be the final week of the regular season at Bismarck Garden and two special features are announced. On Wednesday night, the Association ef Commerce will give a garden party for about 1.500 persons, and on Thursday evening tbe postponed Bellman Swed- ish demonstration will take place. Ballmann's Band, assisted by the Svlthiod Singing Club, will be heard in the program in honor of the Swedish national poet, that was to bave been given on July 25. bnt was set over on account of rainy weather. Ravinla Park is to have another season of open-air opera, beginning Monday evening, when Thais will be presented by an opera company that Includes Lois Ewell and Louis Kreldler as principals, and includes LUa Robeson, Henri Baron. Barbara Wait and. Hugh Anderson, with a large chorus. The Chicago Concert Orchestra. Chevalier Emanuel, conductor, will contribute the instrumental part. The program for the other nights is as follows: Tuesday. Rlgoletto: Wednesdays) Faust; Thursday. Tales of Hoff- man; Friday, Lohengrin; Saturday, Thais; Sun- day. Tales of Hoffman. The orchestra will give the usual afternoon concerts after Monday. EUCALYPTU S DIS INFECTANT. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 7 (Special to The Billboard).—Manager Jack Elliott of tbe Unique Theatre, the S. A C. house of this city, has patented a new style disinfecting apparatus In tbe shape of a eucalyptus disinfectant. It con- sists of a brass triangle bound with meshed wire and filled with eucalyptus Into whlcb are arranged several circular wicks. The whole arrangement Is mounted In front of an electric fan, which drives tbe pleasant odors through the entire floor of the theatre, clearing the air and killing all germs. Manager Elliott now has one of these disinfectants in operation In the Unique balcony, but will build another for tbe lower floor In a few days. He will also raise the floor of tbe balcony to a higher angle, giv- ing a better all-around view of the stage and will increase the seating capacity of the theatre to abont two hundred seats more. Center aisles will be cut out on both floors, and only right and left aisles will be employed, thus making every seat a good one with full view of tbe stage, and dispensing with posts. Fancy upholstered leather opera chairs will be In- stalled on both floors In place of the present wooden ones. The work of reconstruction will begin at once. Tbe Obrecht Stock Co. has Just finished a forty weeks' successful season and are resting at La Crosse, Wis. The bookings took In Wis- consin, Iowa, Minnesota and Northern Michigan. Manager Obrecht Is busy organizing f-,r 1011-12, Fourteen people, special scenery and paper, and tbe Obrecht Sisters Concert Band and Orchestra will be carried. The same territory win be made and their time Is rapidly filling. Harry Llnkey has been engaged to play the lead In Beulab Poynter's new plsy. Mother's Girl, opening at South Bend, Ind„ Aug. 31. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION I Every day we get letters slmlltr to the following from users of Power's Cameragraph No. 6 Mena, Ark., Aug. 10, 1811. Nicholas Power Co., New York. 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