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The Billboard SEPTEMBER 16, 1911. BIGGEST HIT OF THE BIGGEST ACTS NiONKEY RAG * HONKY tONKY ■pmgiam'aiid'rtinp for copy ot thig gieat. oritfnal Jmi^ Song to THOMPSON <fc CO.i14S W. Clark Str—t, CH ICAQO CHORUS When thoM monlcesv danoe that Honkey Rai; - • You'U think each , monk waa on a jae. You would lauch nntil your aidai would eiack Whan thay cnn thdr tails and wigsle their bacb, Now eveiylx>dy'8 talldns about that rag that diu That Honky Tonky Honkey Rag, G^Wrigkted MCMXI. Thompmm Co., US If. dark St, Ckieaao. 8HUBERTS' PLANS. (Oontlnned from pace 9.) musical comedy compiiv to Enroiia tac pa- formaiiees in - Paris. Serilii and VI- tfUf^s^ Oedlpas Rex. Before eominc jinb'^*' Harrey will appear - In the dim at tlie Corent Garden Opera „ .'a» aoon aa tlie dlfflcultles for pre- jjEe 'dalwrate stase efCecta are orer- '^Zhe-I Kew 'York presentation will take plaea kt I. the 'Manhattan Opera Hoose. Six hondred VtaSera'^ wlU t)* employed, maklnc the prodne- 'Uao. in masnitnde.. almost a rlral of the Hlp- 'podiome'entertainments; r . . ooNTBAins juba in PAsra. i'Xha^^'miat Imooctant • deal ecosnmmated by lb; Blinbert la Paiii wu for the Amcrieui zichts'to Ahne dca f emmes, an^estremely laosh- abU^comedy Is ttiree acts, t«y it. Maurice Oei^ Smiit and U. Oeorsea lUtehelk. whleh haa had ifSSmphant nm at .themeatta lUmooc tile'other worka wUck be acqnlredrwhUe ■Bi tbo Trench capital' are: The Myatm the ' Sellow Chamlier. a-new melodrama; Balthasar| « new play hj Flem Berton, the aothor of .Zaaa: She Hooaa of Oanees. done In Paria by PQlairet 'ahd Shedodc Hdmes and Araene Imv- In. ran last named.of these ple«s haa been tha sensation of the yeas at the' Ohatelet-nw- - ttte.- It is an extraordinary comedy, with ■> BeasatI«Bal ''aeenIe elfects. and ahows tlsa eUcrta •r th»^ Sntflah. detectiie diaraeter to oatwlt Se nsMTof the etiebtated Prench tUef char- acter. . - -; - ABBANOBKBIiTS-- WETB PBOP. UAX Dnriac hia TWt-ln-Getmani a meet^ was In Knnich between 3Sx. Shnhertmd :^^^^^frMax Belnbardt.Jhe fsmoos dtoeetoc Soe Oentichea Theatre—the man whose geol- u hw taneted the art of the atase prodncer ;Sui an ondreamed-of sjjnlflcuH» S£i22^ tor Idoi tke tiae "Emope'a staae ™W5f i. KtTteinhstdt *^tJ>^'rSSX^'^tSi Kbdoelns mana«er of •• the. Kims tler tAmuS piSSution otOlBeBIwa^ii we;BCIwna Adene hab aceced an.onnsnsl Shmphj^ nufaeit obtained the Jmerican. rtg" «».S! SISSaidt Tcraion of thU work. ^On ,tt"_5!55i te^riSiesaed. the performance of »le Sg^V SlwirTVidMted Mat .^an tlM^riprfa Speared aa a partlcnlar cemteay. 1* heii« «b» raStam for one <» two of ttem to^ rwt on ^ ^hta. their plaee lieln* taken by nndemtndlea. --■ Impsrtant even than tbe contract for inm DiJwne Bclene, ia the arrangement ?J5ch°jfcah»b«t ^^j^^Jf^L^^^ Sta^'^&bone Helene, ia the arrwigement toto ^hJ^MShabert entered with^PM. Beln ta=^u American, production of Surottm. SScMTdlnary pantomime which Beiidwrdt tat aSSSa^ uT Dentsehea Tbeatre In-Bg? uS^^ch ha? been hailed, aa his fiaatBjteea. It ia described as a pantomime iajHSe J{p^52: founded on an Oriental tale by Prieitelgi Fre». STTrtUi mnsie by Victor HoUsnder. Sho- £t wShed to make the Ameriean ptodneOoB bToctober in one of hU Broadway hootes. hot 3m (SStS^ from, dotajc so W ^ Plot, Beinhaidt could not come to this fonnt^ tarndteMir^It la deOnltely nnderstood. baw- ZiST^SS^Sanuam. wiU be noented.in Mew iSSt u^^MmTw Prof: Betnbardt I« fn» to rt^riiSertai and auperriae^the pndoction '"JE'wintomiine la executed on a scale of masDltnlfte and splemlar that defies deacrlpUon. •Ke title of'the piece i* tlie name of the faTor- Ito irite of a jEaiooa Orlratal potentatCj^Md tbe atocy treata of lorOi adTenture and coosa- ^t^sedy in the verlUble spbit nf Bsat- .ni TODimK; The plot fells how a beantlfal dineer. htionklnr to a hunchback lustier, ia bSmi by tim aon of the sheik, and how the father, also fascinated, pnrchasea h« as an addition to his harem.. At the aame time, Bmnumn herself determines to plsy np<m tte senttmenU ot a yoane man-named gnr si Mn. All the main characteia are brought toto the ■alace with a denouement in which death plays Boiunall part, but which leares Sumnmn and Mir al I^ficnat lut. The ">«g*«<T»_S«t ■attlnca Bhaw tte bansr and the different apartments in tlie palace and hnem.. - OIBSB NOTBSLTIBS—WXUi TAKE AMEE- : iCAir cossPAin to bubops. Herr asehmnann. director of the Glrcna »dtn- mann, which waa In Ifnaldi at the aame time. nT» a.; apeelal pezfoimaaea foe the. Anunesn maaaier of the New Tork HlDBoammt^Berr ■Snmami li» m'»i*. known m the foremast cir- .cns man ln.-Germany, amesred In a number * laatlnr half an homv IntiodncljsK a remarkaMe eoUeetlon of beantlfal horses in new"?* ling erolntlona. Miss Dora Bchumann, the anuditer of the director, did a thrlUlng and a«eca»e Apadie dance on hoiaebaA. »- Sjo^ hert completed ananscmenta with Herr Bcnn- ^msnii by wUeb a nomber of his moot sen: •atbmal acta wHl be seen In, the Hippodrome ''drens seat year. . . Onrlnc His trip lb. Sbnbert wss a frequent 'Visttce at leading music baDs, Tsrkty pUcea ' ■nd eahsret shows, and obtained many nprei- ttes to be seen for the Orst time at the Winter eardsn daring tbe coming season. Prominent In tlds list la a team ot Spanish daneeta from IiiAbbaye la FailB. 'whaae dandng Is nid ta Sr^^rUx to snytUng of the Und yet seen addltlaa ta hU. plan fiir brlnSbiK man ' Ji u one a n prodnetleaa and noreitiea to new Xork, 'iS^^Mbert haa decided to take an Amolean w y i iinm-OT i mmnvH, ckeis. wxt^iE »uu Vi- enna. He is convinced that tliia form of enter- tainment, headed by a atar comedian like Mr. Lew Fields, surrounded by a specially selected chorus of American beauties, could not fail to score In tbe Enropesn capitals, where Amer- ican music la now heard ereryiAa* and tlM beauty of our women is one of the topics of the day. AMEBICAN ANNOUNCEMENTS. While Mr. Lee Shobat waa absent ha waa, nevertheless. In constant tommnnlcatlon with his New York office. The arrangements con- smnniated here by Mr. J. J. Sbnbert, in addi- tion to his foreiipi acqnisitions, prove tliat the Uesaia. Shnbett will he prodndng managers on as unparalleled acue timmsiiont ths com- ing season. Tlie new mnalcal productions for wUch def- inite plans have been made In. New Xork in- clude: The Kiss Walts, by Edgar smith, with lyrics by Matthew Woodward and music by B. Mr^Zlelirer. and with a cast including Charlea Blgelow, Bobert Warwick. Eva Davenport, Sal- lie.'Fisher and Martin Brown; Fritxt Scheff In The Duchess, by Joeepb Herbert and Harry B. Smith, with music by Victor Herbert, which is to he one of the early nfefiopoUtau offerings; The Barefoot Dancer,vthe-mnsle of wliieh is l>y Felix Alblnl, tbe noted -tismposer of Msdame Troubadour; - Con^ Bobby^ which haa been adapted by Mark Swan and .the music for which is by Karl Miilocker, the composer of Tbe Beggar Student: The Qneen of the Night,' wlilch is by Paid M. Potter and Franx Lehar, com- poser of Tbe Merry Widow, and wblelt la to open In Chicago In September, with Harry Conor in the lesding role; The Bine CInb, a ma- slcal comedy from tbe German of 'Ibigle and Horst. with mnsle by Can Kepdiar: uidiea' Day. which Is a new and up-to^te Amerieta work, by Gustav Lnders and Andre Cased, and from which much la expected; 'Madame Flirt, the Iwok of which la by 'Ijeonard Uebllng.- who was reaponsilde for the Bbretto of The Girl and tbe Kaiser: Love in Pawn, which Is another operetta by Zlebrer; Marriage In Sport, by BVans iLehar and Julius Bauer; and Kean. the muaie of which la by Alexander Stefanides, and which Is foonded on the ssme story aa Charlea Cogblan's greatest success. The Boyal Box. The musical version of THlby, written by Joseph Herbert from Paul Potter's dramati- aation of the famous novel by Do Maurler and act to music by Victor Herbert, will be pre- sented by the Messrs.- Shnbert in conjunction with Wm. A. -Brady. Mr. -Brsdy. is: also In- terested with them In The 'Balkan princess, the inoduetian in wlildi Iionlsa Gimninc scored a triumph ISLSt season at the Casino and in .which aha ia to CO on tonr tlila year. Mr. Sam Bernard will continne for the' prea- ent In Isla last season's hit. He Came from Mil- waukee, and will make hIa first transcontinental tonr to the Paclfle Coast. 'When he returns Ksat. esriy in 1012. he will be provided -with a new mDSleal piece Iiy Harry B. Shiltb and Mme. de Gressac. Mr. James- T. Powcts win con- tinue under tlie Shnliert management. He will Isave a new nmslcsl comedy to replace Havana, tin wooderfol aticcess in wtilch he appeared for tbe last three seasona. Tlie Gypsy Coaster. wUch waa a European success, is lieing adapted by I«onard Cleb- Ung. Tlie mnsie Is by Joseph Snaga. Other musical works to which the Messrs. Sbubert liave secured the rights ate: The Astrologer, by Bobert Schanzer. with music by Bobert Leo- nard; . The. Cloak Model, by Bnrx and Tunln- sky; Der I«dlice Gatte. by Gronbanm and Bel- chert, with music by Gustav Wanda; The Prima Ballerina, by Max Beimann. with music hj Otto Schwartz; and The Fortunate Fool, by Landesrard and WQIner. with music by Hein- rich Berte. Harry B. SmiOi and Beginald Oe Koven are at w(ak on a new mnsleu piece fm tbe Messrs. Sbnl>ert. and so are Bdgar Smith and Frank Tonra. One of the most Important of tbe musical ventures in which the Messrs. Shnliert will have an Interest will tie tbe Gilbert and Snlll- van Festival, consisting ot revivals, to be pre- sented by a special star cast organisation. Including De Wolf Hopper and the other pemile who were seen in the Pinafore revival. ™is ■ Han Thinks, and othor gneeesaes at the Isst season, wlU, ot comae, he continned. Tlie Messrs. Shnbert win be Interested with Wm. A. 'Brady In all the produetlons under the direction of Wm. A, Brady, Iitd., and also in many pieces offered by tbe other Independent allies. Sothem and Marlowe will continue in tlieir exclusively Shakespearean repertoire under tbe management of Mr. Iice Shnliert, ap- pearing only in Shnbert theatres, and William Favenbam and other noted payers will also book altogether through tlw Shnliert Bo<*ing Offices. KLAW & ERLANGER'S PLANS. (Continued from page 0.) with a wealth of color and detail tliat holds the attention from tbe rise to the fall of the curtain. They will present Miss Charlotte Walker early In October In a dramatization of John Fox Jr.'s popular novel. The Trail of the Lonesome Fine, by. Eugene Walter. Miss Walker will play the role of June, the heroine of ttie tale of the Kentucky mountains. The play will lie in four acts. Tlie first. act takes place on the trail; the second in the town which John Hale is attempting to develop; the third In June's home In the moontalns; and tbe last is again on the trail in the open. -Mr. Walter haa made an intensely Interesting play, which will lend Itself to tbe big and artistic prodnctlon that Klaw tc Erianger will give it. Henry Miller, who has been playing. bn the Padflc Cosst nndec tiie direction. of Klaw A Erlanger, haa had k very snccessfnl seaaon in The Havoc, by Edward Sheldon. Mr. MUler returns to the Blast in November to appear on Broadway In a series of new and old plays.; One of tile most soecesstal musical comedies In tbe last deesde <a tbe thestre Is KIaw~.dc Erlanger'a The Pink Lady, now In its seventh month at tiie New Amsterdam .Theatre, New York, but a production of wlilch will lie aeen in other cities 'later In the season. The firm will open their new Atlanta theatre, the Atlanta, in September, with George Beban, who will appear under the firm's management this season in his own play, Tbe Sign ot. the Bose. a drama of current life in New York City. In which Beban gives a character study of an Italian street laborer. COUPON AND STRIP 'nMt*„ls M On* BEST—llMM Mad* by WELDON, WILLIAMS S UCK " FORT Smmi, ARKANSAS sunuiieww.c«L,.., w mtAP Ou s . Gilbert Hid SuniTan FHtlrai win Indnde Pla atare aa wdl as the other pieces to" be done at the Caaino 1iefU« the organisation goes on tonr. DBAlUnO OrFEBINGS. The dramatie otterlngs for the season will be no leas numerous and vailed than the music- al attractions. One of tbe earliest productions will be Next, a new farce by Bida Jrihnson Totms, In wlilch Helen Lowell Is to be fea- tured. Fine Feathers, by Eugene Walter, and The Warning, a drama b7 Arthur J. Eddy, who wrote tiie novel which was dramatised under the title of The Great John Ganton, will be among the eariy offerings^ 'Cyril Scott, who has stsrred in The Lotteiy Msn. for the last two years, will have as his new vehicle a piece entitled A Modem Jilarriage. which has been sdapted from the German by Harrison Bhodes. Mimie Dupree, who is now appear- ing with Henrietta Crosman In The Beal Thing, will have a new play a little later in the season. One of the most Important of an the produc- tions will be the presentation of Bomance, a new play by Edward Sheldon, anttor of Sal- vation -Nell and The Nineer. Mr. 'William Conrtenay wm also be provided with a new American stamng vehicle. Among the varlons other pieces to tie pro- dneed dnring the season are: Won't Yon walk Into My Parlor?, by Cosmo Gordon Lennox: 'Wbo^s 'Who. a- comedy to be presented in con- junction with Wm. A. Brady; a new play by Wilson Mizner. whidi is to open in Chicago; The Glass House snd The Sin Beglater. both farces snd both by Charlotte Thompson; The Mssfeed 'Venus, by Gaston Bondler; 'Who Owns Helen, from the German of Everhatd Budmer; Wireless Telegraphy, a Frendi play by Lastoe and Revelle: Papa's Mama, a new comedy by Helnrlch StOblltser and Frits Prledman-Fieder- Ich; The Dirigible Airship, by Emu Norinl snd Ernest Baum: and A Thonsand Dollsrs. a farce by Eagle and Horst. Tbe Messrs. Sbnbert vrlll also produce Tbe Best People, the play by George Pleydell tliat scored a notable London hit a year ago, and wlU present The Blue Bird on toor la conjunc- tion with Llebler * Co. John Mason, in SAVAGE'S PlrAN& (Contlnned from page 0.) productlan. Thia play Is the ptodact of Aveiy Hapwood, author of nobody'a 'Widow and Seven Days. Other of Mr. Savage's fall'actlvltiea wOl be The Grape Girl, a musied comedy, with libretto and lytica by James O. Barrv sod score by Onatar -Laden.' and The Prlnoesa Child, an mera liy Franz I«har. wUeb has a record ot two bnndred verfonnaneet la 'nenna. In addi- tion to these sttractions, Mr. -Savage brought with him the manuscript ot Baron Good-for- Noiblajt. a fie^ln comedy- aaeccn; The -Uen- tenent's Ward, another German comedy Mt: The Summer Folly, Weeping Josephine and Le Million, a Panslan light comedy. Walter Browne's Evezywoman is to be revived at - the Lyric Ttieatre tlie latter part of next month withont any changes in Hie caat. A Western compsny has been engsged to open in Chicago about the middle of October. The Great Name, which enjoyed a fonrteen eeka' mn at the Cart Theatre. Chicago, last sessMi. with Hsrry Kolker sa star. wHl be given its Broadway premiere In October. Excuse Me. with a commendable run at the Gaiety, is to be honored by' three companlea, aa wen as being presented In Bedia aad ParIa during the coming aeason. The Divorce Fun, a new A. E. Thootas satir- ical comedy. Is also' adiednled to appear betoie the first of the year. There ia to be bnt «ie Madame X company next year, with Adeline Dunlap in the stellsr role. The Merry Widow will not be exploited next season, but will probably be given a special re- vival at a later date. For European presentation aboot Ohdatmas thne, Mr. Savue hu In mind a G^nun sdap- tation of Tbe wio-Onn and Woodiud, CARLOS IN8KeEP_ATTRACTIONS. The Carlos Inskeep Atlyactlom hay* now became one of the most importsnt f acton In the theatrical world. This mMag firm, though bnt one yesr <dd, haa at pres en t eight attrac- tions now en tonr, eoreilnc all pazts ot this country, and will beton the first ct tha year, have four more, maklBff a total of twain tt- tracUona. It will be oaa ot the largMt ptodoe- ing flnns of popular-priced attraetloas 'wcat ot New York City. This firm has snrronnded Itsdf with eoa of the verr best ezecotlve staffs that money can secure and under the direction ot Geoixe L. .Barton, general manager, baa como to the front rapidly. Some ot the best-known agents In the coimtry wHI be found In their roster, laclodlng B. B. Gartettaon. Joe "Dusty" Bboads, Edward C. HcOlnre, OrWUe Bnnnell, T. W. Williams, Catto F. Uaan, Clint VIdcs and H. B. Blee. -The Oarloa Inskeep Attractions have flra eom< panlea pndneinK Tha Girl aid the Tramp, This attraction has been termed by many aa "The Greatest MUwr Getter on Esrth," «ad It has certainly oitludd Ita lepntatlan this aeasoa as It has been cncted with teeoTd hooMt enir- where. When a Woman Willa, the newest of prodne- tlons from the pen of Carloa Inskeep, has ptoren a great success everywhere. All of this firm's prodnetlens carry complete aeenic pnductlona and The Girl and tbe Tramp, besides csnytng Its taH quota ot scenery, holds the novelty ot slss'caavlnir a real aotaaSMU. 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