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54 Ttte Billboard OCTOBER 7, 1911. UP AND DOWN BROADWAY. ■yCoBfiitDed (r-m p»ge 4.) ^ Wilt.-J.-iinncfc; ronnerly a CUcaso impresa- : tl»^^^a,!:tiui^nax:tx mBhfx edacation. Ija the . aiMMioR«fi>teoM «ttTacUTe and more remnner- ^uve^.qiYetsioae he has Qtganlzed himself Into «1» Mannfactnrerg' Baucational Film Company. ».-iiich. tbroueh the medium of moTins pictures, will e^eavor to imstmct the yonns of the land in the methods of proper IlTine. Balpb Here In Doctor De Lnie wUl make a cetarn visit to New York tor a short engage- ment, when he will be seen at the Grand Opera House, ofienine October S. B e has pracUcUIy the same briniaht company, but has added to Ills r^e uf witty lines. He Is in the habit of »prmglntt netir ones on the average of six a week toat are lacorpoiaited In his lole. Xhe Girl-of Mj: Dreams. Trith Leila Mclntyre and J<Aii Byams, left tbe CrUerion Ibeatre .: Saeiitembrr .8. atter'-s saccessrul eDKaeement. sains Cnnd Saplds for- a. yreS's stand! TUe show plays as far West, as Kansas City and then works back. Bast: This will he the musical cpmedy-a seoond snccessful sesfion. ' . ..' , *°S splendid reception accorded George Arliss in I<oais IT. Parker's Disradl. at Wal- lacfc's Theatre last. ]k&)Dd<^,-It- would appear that tbis: attraction wlU hold the boards of that historic playbonse for the greater part of the •eason.. Not only the star, but the play, the campanr- and tlie settings met with the andl- enee's. appcorat and-the same combination is sure. please' many audiences tbr (ome time to come. Gnstave Amberg. manager of the Irving Place Thi-atre^ miBoiHices that the playhouse wBl open itK seasoa at October 1. with Der Deppelmensch, a new farce by Upsfalts and Jacoby, which has been played bere In Bngilsh. Henry Bender, a Berlin eomedlan, will:make his Jirst appearance ' tn the role played In English Iqr Harry Mann. John Drew will sbortv begin his second month of practically capacity prosperity at the Empire lAeatre In tiie sew Hnlwrt Henry Davles comedy. A Single ISaa. Crowded bouses are the rule at the Criterion Theatre, since Chades Frohman first pot upon the stage'Aat singularly telling dramatic docn- wnt.' Paaienrbr. Richard Bennett, Ernest Lawftoro, Julian Bcvce. A. O. Andrews, Ionise ftntter,- Bosalle Toller and Hertsos have In- ■dividnaily bnlldea permancmCO' for their acting ifame by tfaetr cauetiim of the various parts ■assigned them. Henry B. Ebrris Is presenting Edward Sel- ■wyn's fonr-act comedy. The Country Boy, at ^^as & Harris' Grand Opera House this vreek, ■beginning Monday, September 25. The cast Includes Ethel Clayton. Hanrlce Dale. Carolyn Vlbeits, Kate Donnelly, Hrs. Charles Craig, Vation Stephenson, Ida Glenn. H. Dndley Haw- le- George Wright, Joseph Kaufman, Walter ■Allen. Alfred Uoore. lack J. Horwltz, George Wender and 7. H. Boeder. The Old. Homestead Company, with Winiam tjiwrence In the role of Dnfile Josh, opened Its twenty-sixth season of its remarkable career, . vader the management of Franidin lliompson, .' In .Xorristown, Pa-, and Is fldly demonstratiitg by crowded houses, that it will always have potency to please, nils is Mr. Iiawrence's ninth aeasen in the,role, which he has greatly embelliahed. The cast also includes Thomas 1. ntzpatrlck, Frederic I^yon, 7. S. Calkins, WU- lard McKegney, James Morris, William Yanghan, Bardie UeaUn. J. I. Monroe, Frank S. Bagge, ; Hanr Mack; James Flnnegan, Eileen O'JUaUey, s Docotliy Antd. XiUIan Stone. Mrs. Emma Chase and Vem Faust. Mr, J. K- Tam^ Is manager and A. K. 'Ban Is in advance. J. B. Barley te.leadec «e the orchestra. HadJ Nassar. agent for Hassan Ben All, sailed on the Cretlc September 21 for Gibral- tar to l>ring to America twenty-five lArabs from Tangier, who are to appear in the Garden of Allah at the Century Theatre. Benry Kolker in The Sreat Name win liegin kis aeasoa In New Xork at tbs XdFxIe Theatre «a October 4. A company is lielng organized to iday The College Widow,, witli Ty Cm>I>, the Detroit l>ase- ball player, as the star. lb. Cobb Is to play the part of Biny Bolton, and the play has been adapted so that Billy Bolton will tie a baseball star Instead of a football hero. In one scene lie will illustrate his own way of base sliding. The dHnpany will begin Its season Immediate- ly after the world's baseball aeries. Bert Felbleman. business manager of the Geo. M. Cohan Theatre, was ^ven a gold and dia- moiul Mastmic watch fob Saturday. September 23. at the close of Get-Bicb-Qulck Walllnstord, ; which attained a fifty-three-week eonseentlve 1 New York. rOB. The emblem was aeeompanled with a paiehmpnt of appreciation containing the name of every member of tlie organixatloii. Tliis is the final week of Jdm Mason's long and hlstorically-sncceSEfal ran in Aogustns Thomas' latest play. As a Man Thinks, at the '•9HI Street -Tbeatre. under the management of tlie Messrs. TShnbert. The Klas Waltz, at the Casino Theatre, where It Is now being, presented under the Shnbeit management, is without question an amazlius musical success. Robert H-illiard. after an opening month in tke East. w«l go straight to the Pacific Coast with A Pool There Was. which has not yet been played west of St. Lools. Upon his re- turn to New York next spring he wUl prodnce a new American play. That In things theatrical it pays to take pains is emphatically proven by the record to date -of the thoroughly refined and genuine- ly mcSoSIous The Siren, at the Knickerbocker Theatre, which has yet to^be played to a poor audience since It came 'to the I£nickerl>ocker Theatre over a month ago. Donald Brian. Jtllia Sandetaott. Elizabeth FIrtli. Frank Monlan. Will West and' others, along with Leo Fall's mnsle. are the eontribnting canses to this mnaleal plays record. Miss Charlotte Walker bas begun her re- hearsals in Tlie Trail of tne I^onesome Pine, WhKir^nr*lje 'produced the first week In Octo- ber by Klaw & Erlanger. Bobert Dronet will play the role of John Hale. Other members of the cast taer-^mw C Thompson, UUIan Dtx. . W. S. Uart Wniard Bobertson. Alice Undahl and Cyras Wood. _ Henry Miner, whose trip to the Coast In The Havoc has been a grand success, is coming East to head a company of players who win appear In New Totk City in a series of new plays. Mr. Miller has been a memlier of several simi- lar organisations-In the past. As a boy he trained nnder^Ijester „.WaIIacfc. Augustln Daly and Dl<Hi Boncicsnlt. He later achieved fame as a member of the I^ycenm Theatre Stock Ottnsany ^aad 'the Empire Theatre. Stock Com- -:pi^ THiiliil. :thsae--wiiy- ?day&.'Mr. MlUer ■as linTlnit1]mii»fri''rtrff' wiUunaay -eelelirttles UfT^Wuflirap Ames- wilt present WlUiam Oeoctenagr fiir- a «oad.-.taac in rBndolt Bcerier^s eomeOri I>OB,-rwUc!l> iDraea one oC the principal' olTerinas at the New Theatre for two seasons. Mr. Courtenay started rehearsals this week and will open his tour at O.lumbus. Ohio, ou Thorsila.v. October 5. He will be suiiporteil by a notable company, which will include ^Irs. Harriet Otis DellenbauKb. Alfrwi Pisber. Kef He XUbutj-. Bluocbe Yurka. John Chuiow. Sei ma Hall, Jessie Glendenning and Reginald Bar- low. The Talker, originally iwoduced in Cleveland last summer by a stock company, is soon to have a regular production at the hands of Henry B. Harris. .Mr. Harris acaulred the rights from Marlon Fairfax, the anthor, who In private lite Is Mrs. Tnlly Marshall. Inclden- tail.v. Marsball has Iwen engaged to play the leading role. Following the example of The Echo, another of Charies Dillingham's products is to take to the road. The play referred to is The Fair Co-Ed. In which Elsie Jauis appeared success- fully. William 6. Stewart. long known In eumtc opera, has acquired the lights from Mr. Diluogliam and wlU .present the piece on tour, with his wife. Hattle Fox. In the title role. Stewart himself wIU act the role of the old alumnus. Hedwls- Beicher has been engaged as the leading woman with the New Theatre of Chl cago. conducted under the auspices of the Drama League of that city. Sheldon Lewis, who was a former member of this company several years since, has been re-engaged f<^ the ensuing season. Alice Nlelstm, who has been singing sneeess- fnlly thretigbont Euope since her departure from the Boston Opera Company last season, will make her first appearance at the Worcester Musical Festival the latter part of this month. She is to be a member of the Metropolitan Grand Opera Company this season. - Adelaide Herrmann, the magician and lUn- sionlst, is preparing a series of articles for a syndicate magazine on ancient and modem magic. Madame Herrmann has traveled all over the civilized globe with her late hnsband, Herrmann the Great, and has collected much data of interest. Her experiences among tlie Hindoo fakirs are imusnally interesting. Miss Blllie Burke will begin her annual en gagement of two montlis at the Lyceum Theatre on Monday, October 9, in her new play. The Runaway- Her new leading man this season is Aubrey Smith. Early in the spring Miss Burke will abandon her American season to avail her- self of an opportunity to appear In Paris in a new play lately completed by Messrs. de Cail- iavet and de Flers, the authors of Love Watch- es. In this piece, which is to be produced at the Gymnase Theatre, Miss Burke, who is expert in Innch conversation becaudlfe of her ehlldbood and girllioad. spent In Paris, will play the part of an American girl who speaks French with a sligbt American accent. The fonr-act play, A Butterfly on the "Wheel, will be placed in rehearsal shortly. Miss Marie tMro will appear In the chief part. A Butter- fly on the Wheel will be acted first at Atlantic City, in October, after which it will come to New York. Jolin Mason, in As a Man TUnks, went di- rect from the 39th Street Theatre, where it has lost finished its phenomenal mn, to the West End Theatre for one week. The company was the same as seen on 39th Street. Llebler & Co. bas decided that Mme. Slntone will ]>egin her engagement at Daly's Theatre In The Thief on October 18, Instead of October 9, so that she may have an extra week for preparation for presentlns In English a play she has always glvea in French. May Irwin lias taken no ha residence In New York, where siie will meet tbe antbor of her new comedy. Miss Crimmlns, and l>egin to prepare for rehearsals. An affair in The Barracks, the property of Llebler & Co., experienced Its premiere at Col- umbus, O.. Thursday, September 28. Buckeye reports are perfervid In their bestowal of praise. The leading actor is Bmmett Corrigan. O. M. S. MeTeTlan, tbe author. The Poor BIch Is the tlUe selected by Pan! Wilstacb. antbor of the dramatic version of Thais, for the new comedy wlilch has been written for Tim Murphy. The piece Is in re- hearsal and Mr. Murrav -will play It occasional ly on his Sonlhsm tour. befcKe making it his exclusive ottering about Thanksgiving. Blanche Bates, In Nobody's Widow, is the attraction at the Cohan & Harris Grand Opera House this week. Max Bablnoff, director of the troupe of Bns- sian dancers and also Interested in tl ie M et- ropolltan Opera HouBe, underwent a sotglcal operation the past week which cost him a portion of hto right index finger and some of the thnmb on the same liand. Tl» eanse of the in- cision was blood poisoning contracted In Paris two weeks age when Die director was accident- ally cut around tbe quick of flie nail while being manicured. The operation has remedied the trouble. A. H. Woods has engaged Saltle Fisher to act the principal role in his forthcoming production of Modest Suzanne. The piece is now running in Berlin. Vlenn.i and Paris. Its Occidental premiere will take place about November 1. in Chicago. H. H. Prazee is Interested with Woods in the production. Henry W. Savage announces tlie engagement of Eugene O'Brien for tlie character of Ramon Andnde^ the scniptor. in A Ifllllon. For'the past three seasons O'Brien bu been tal the snp- norting companies of Ethel Banymore, Kyrle Rellew and Fritzi Scheff. Rehearsals began the early part of last week of the new pla,v by Edward C. Carpenter, in which Suy Bates Post is to have the principal role. The tentative title of tlie prodnction Is His Great Deadre. The cast is unique in that there Is but one woman in it. . The distinction was awarded to Mande Gilbert. Janet Waldorf is playing Yetive in Granstaifc through the South at tbe present time for Baker and Castle. The Lady of Coventry Is the title selected for the new Louis X. Parker i»lay in which Viola Alien is to apiiear. The play will deal with the adventures of Lad,v Godlva. The period Is 1069, and the historical side of the piece con- cerns tbe antagonism between the Normans and Saxons in England. . Miss Margaret Crawford, an American con- tralto, has signed a' two year contract with tlie Mayence Opera for 1912-IS. Oscar Hammeratetn annonnces that Emma Trentlnl will sing in Ills London Opera House in-the spring, after the. dose of her season in Naughty Marietta. Oa-;^tanlaK last ;^atf Bridgeport. Ua4ame S h«an> av toin| that; WIU embrace tbe principal cities .li^t#een>%oasts: ^Adeline'DmShp acts tiie title role again. Othoni In the east, are Byron Douglas. Harry Mainhall, Bobert-Payton Glhbs. Charles StaiMey, Edward Foaberg, Herbert ASta. ton, F. J. LoAts, H. C. Bndley. Bdea In- treil. Caroline Leonard, Frank Herbert and Bob- ert M. Fair. Lydia Loupoukowa and Alexander Volobine, who recently deserted Gertrude Hoffmann's Com pany, have been eii;;aged to api>ear as niera- bers of tbe Hussiau Company, wbich is under the direction of Max Babinoff, sebeduled for its opening at Hartford. Conn., Oct. 9. The presentations will be in tbe form of repertoire. The Scotcli company that is to present When Hunty I'uils the Strings, under the direction of the Shulierts, tbis season, arrived in >"ew York the earl.r part of last week from Glasgow. They opened tills week for a try-out in a smull town near the metropolis. Tbe company consists of Milly Pearson and the Misses SadcU, Singleton, Nybolc and Davidson, and Messrs. Gullan, In- gleton, Beresford. Joxone.and Sanderson Moftctt, a brother of Graham, the author of the play. Two hundred visitlne librarians of tbe New York Library Association visited the evening perConuance at tbe Hippodrome, Tuesday, Sept, 26. Hugh Ford, general stage director for Llebler and Company, will have entire charge of the production of the Garden of Allah. The anthor of the play. Robert Hichens, will act in an ad rlsory capacity during the rehearsals. Baby Mine. Margaret Mayo's Jolly farce, which spent the past season at Daly's Theatre, was revived again at the Manhatun Theatre last week. Margaret Clark and Walter Jones of the .original company reappeared. Another revival was that of The Country Bov. at the Grand Opera House last week. Fritzi Scheir began her season under the Shu- bert management Monday evening. September 25. in The Duchess, a new comic opera by Vic tor Herbert. Herbert M. Horkbelmer and Lucy Sawyer will prodnce thetr new play of Western life. The Strugglers, eirly In October. Albert Gallatin will, head tbe east, Douglas J. Wood, a member of the Mrs. Fiske Qimpany In Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh, bas written a three-act comedy In collaboration with Guv B. Bonlton, which bears promise of a prodnction in the spring. Five weeks of capacity houses attests to the iJ!"^"^''"-! "^"^^ *•* present olfering at the New York Hippodrome. Around the World - .? spectacular and scenic representation of all the countries worth visiting, bas already excwded the records of preeedtog productions ?L?\?'*' Among the foreign lands ^^m ™ -T X**?*""! 5?* P'ctnred with Infinite skill are Ireland, showing Blarney Castle: Wind- £?^*4r'i-,^°S'?.°^= Harem Gardens of the Grand Vizier, Constantinople: the Durbar in India: the Sphmx and the Sandstwm In the Desert, Egypt; the beantlfnl Alpine Scene In Switzerland, and several others besides the beautimi Ballet ot Bntterfllea, and the lilntll! lating water flnale. the scene of which is the f^'.1^ ^^'^l- ^"1."=' contains a numl^r of m« J^aso'S '""^"^ Agnes Ei'liott Scott, leading woman with f^Tf^^T^^lr .1°. |5«feesP«liean re^rtoire. S5?"*, *°T,'?* United States as a member of Charles Dal ton's company i»esentlng The Sign i"*^V. Several seasons as leading wooin SlL^x," MIowed. after which she Joined Mr. Mantell and has since remained a prominent supporting artist. She has won es- pecial praise as Lady Macbeth. OpheUa, Des- demona and Emella. •^v^^^a, Florence Reed, one of the cleverest of the clever company that created the delightful COm- dy ot Seven Days, has returned from her boU- day and is to appear this year in a musical comedy under the management ot Frazee A Lederer. •Boselle Knott , wni return to tlie footlights this year after a long absence. Miss Knott cre- ated the role of Lygia in Quo Tadls when that melodrama was presented in America, since Which Hme she has appeared in many prodnc- unngf tonriM snccessfully in Dorothy Vernon ™, Hafldon Hsn and The Duchess of Oantzlc Aiice-^t-by-the-Flre was another popular play in which slie appeared. Carter De Haven, the "Bean Bmmmel of the stage." has been engaged by Henry B. Harris ana Jesse L. Lasky as the feature act In the cabaret performance at the FoUes Betcere. Mr. De Haven began his engagement last Sun- day ni^t. September 24. Robert Edeson began his tour In Gelett Bur- gess' comedy. The Cave Man, at the Empire Tbeatre, ^vldence, last Monday night. Mr. Edeson will continne on the read nntU early In December, when lie will eome Into Kew York for a run. Signed contracts have been received In this city assuring the appearance of Sarah Bem- 5,ar«t III Eugene Walter's graphic play. The Easiest Way. In which Frances Starr appeared for three consecutive seasons under the man- agement ot David Belaeco. The divine actress has acquired the French rights. This plav is also to enjoy production In Berlin, London and Vienna the current season. Cha.s. A. Mason, the German comedian, now appearing in Ziegfeld's Follies, will next sea- son be starred In a comedy called Seeing Amer- ica First. This Dutchman's presentation of a Dentscher Sangerbund Is one of the real Folly hltfi. John Brooks. A. W. Dingwall and A. J. Sim- mons attended the opening of George C. Tyler's new Plymouth Theatre In Boston last Satnrdav nlgbt. From present Indications, A, H. Woods will have five companies playing In Now Yoik at the same time. This will probably occur about Tbanksglving, if negotiaaons now pending go through. At present Julian Eltln'ge Is playing to big receipts at tbe Liberty Theatre, with The Fascinating Widow. In a few weelcs Margnerlta Kylva in Gypsy Love will be housed at Dlllins- taam's Globe Theatre. . Ammgements are being made tn bring the DnsUn and Wniiam Farnnm success. The Littlest Rebel, to the big city In November .and In the same month. Modest Sii zanne, with Sallle Fisher, and another Woods' prodnction, will havo a Metropolitan hearing. Llebler & Compan.v have completed the cast for the support of Mrae. Slmone. who will maike her American debift in The Thief, at Pair's Tbeatre. on October 10. In the company are: Edwin Arden. Albert Gran. Sydney Herbert. Charles Francis and Grace Halsey. Joseph M. Oaltes announces the engagement of Arthur Forrest for the role of Ozlr In the forthcoming production of The Enchantress, in which Kitty Gordon Is to he featured. Althongb a Victor Herliert comnnsltlon. the ex-dramatle actor will not be required to sing. This marks Forrest's second season under Oaltes manace- ment. Cyril Scott. In A Modem Marriage, forsook the BIJon Theatre Satnrdsy Septeinher 30. Tlie succ.essor has not yet been announced. ' October' .SO, The Earth,, by James Bernard Fagan, is to open at The Playhouse, to be fol- lowed hf Mucb Ado About Nottalng. which Grace George last week revived in Detroit. Th.-s,. t». plays will start the subscription series '.,t tlm lilays, which will be presented during ii,.. v" York season of Miss George. So rapid has Ijceu the Improvement hi Mr* Leslie Carter's health during the past we* vS', her manager, John Cort, placed tbe compauv thli will surround her tbis season In Two \\',iml into rehearsal. Monday. Mrs. Carttr. h.lX" Is not yet sulBcieutly strong to direct th,- ^t«„' but within the coming week will give -iii ?!' hearsals her iicrsonal attention. ' While in St. Louis last week, Lew Ilock^iail.. learned that the grave of Jerry Hunt riiruiwl. Ui« city passenger agent of the ChlcaKo .ii,;' Ballroad, was unmarked In anj- manm r uihI i^. has started a fund to provide a suitabie muoi ment. Uockatader's Urst step was to arruUKT, ball game between teams from Docl!<iaiier'. Minstrels and Tbe Girt of My Dreams CuiulS He also began a campaign to interest railruui and theatrical men generaUf In the project lu sold five hundred tickets to tlie llall Kaiue h! less than two hours. B. i;. Hart, theatrical magnate. Journalist a«j vaudeville producer, has added to his other euler prises an advertising agency, with offic.-s iu tii. Gaiety Theatre. Building. ■"k - luiue Lew Fields announces the engagement "f tin- two featured feminine members of the cost ot The Wife Hunters. Miss fimma CaTusTVuir edietme, and Miss Pandion Thompson tirlm donna. M^s Thompson will be a aewcuuier to the New York stage. Her Bnropeau record li an enviaUe one, she having appeared at Covest Garden, London, as Stefano to tbe Borneo of Jean de Reszke, tbe Jnlietta of Mme Melbt and tbe Friar Laurent of Edourd de BesikF Miss Thompson Is a native of Clilcage, where she first sang in Professor Swing's religious serr. Ices in that -city. She tias resided in Paris for the past dozen years, and was engaged bv Mr Fields for The Wife Hunten by caSe. Mr. Frederic Thompson is once mure cud cemed theatrically having left his Luna Park quartere for his -4Sth Street office last week The plan of keeping Luna open i>a Satutdn and Sunday throughout the month of October has been abandoned. The returns did not Justify it after tbe Mardi Gras week was am His first new ottering Is to be the product of John Mclntyre. entitled BUzalieth's Chaolrenr The second wIU be George Barr McCotcheoa'i own dramatization of The Flyen, which will in all probability l>e rechristened. Edgar Selwyn and his own play. The Arab, move from the Lyceum Theatre to tbe Astor. Monday, October 2, when What tbe Doctor Ordered, a Wagenhals & Kemper production, ceased to nm. The Lyceom was not to he va cated by The Arab until October 9. when Bll- lie Burke commences her Mew Xork seasoa la Buna ways, but Henry B. Harris felt the loca- tion of the Astor preferable to that of the Frohman house. Dan Slattery, formerly secretary to the po- lice commissioner of New York City, has beea engaged by David Belasco as advance agent of the Concert. slattery has many friends amongst the amusement profession. Edith Taliaferro and the memliers ot the Re- becca of Snnnybrook Farm Company, rebeaised most vigilantly aU last week In New York aa* hastened to the Windy City on the 20th Century last Friday,-'Septemlier a>, in order to nuks their opening at tbe Illinois Theatre. Chicago, on the evening of September 30. Joseph Brooks and A. W. Dingwall accompanied the ezpedi- tlon. The Herer Homes* initial performance has Iwen postponed from September 36 to October S. Klaw ft Erlanger vrill oi>en the Garrick Tbei- tre on Wednesday evening, October 11, with George Beban in his own liiay. The Sign of the Bose. This attraction was used by Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger for the 0|>enlng of tlie new Atlanta Theatre. It scored so effectively tliat It was decided to bring tlie play Into Kew York quickly as arrangements could be made for a theatre. Associated with Mr. Beban In hi> ilay are Marie Pavey, Geoise Proliert, Franklhi tltelile. Carl Antheay, Bslba Banks and Edna May Bowell. PERTINENT PATTER. Mabel Carew has a new act called Her Bound- Dp, in the presentation ot which she is assisted by five people. Within a short time tbe act wm BO over the SnlllTan ft Oensldine Clrruil. WlUtam B. Sherman of Calgaty, Alts., tbe Sromlnent vaudeville magaate of the Canadiaa [orthwest, was in New York tbis -week or- ganising mnslcal comedy eompanles which be will send on tour through the Canadian terri- tory later tn tbe season. He also parchawd mnch tnraltnre with wldcb to equip his thea- tres. James Fennlmore Lee. who forsook Journalisni to assume the management of Sullivan & Coa- sidine's Empress Theatre In Chicago, is more than making good In his new position. Edmnna Elton bas been engaged as leadlog man for Madame Slmone. MlfcaH Mordkin and bis Russian dancers will open their season at Parson's Ttieatre, Bart- ford. Coon.. October t>. Edward V'room lectured on tbe drama at tli« Hartford Golf Club Septemlier 27 before i large and interested audience. New York, Sept. 30 (Special to The Rill- toard).—^IJttle Bert Burton has been esperlallj engaged to play Bobby Lane in Alias Jlmmr Valentine at the BIchmond Tbeatre, Staplcton. S. I., the week of October 2. George Austin Company, In a comedy wire act are working tbe Proctor Circuit with grati- fying results. , Thomas FItcta, anthor of Heaping the Barvesl and other plays and sketches, is appearing In tba support of Julia Bomaine In vandevllle In a playlet called For Memoir's Sake.- AMUSEMENT INCORPORATIONS. Albany. N. Y., Sept. 30 (Special to The Bill; board)—^The Henrietta Croaman Compsnv o. New York City was incorporated last week wlin a capital of $10,000. The object of the can'- pany Is to engage generally in the theatre 'ousl- ness. to own and lease theatres, sell and k- plolt dramatic and musical productions. Tbe directors are Maurice Campbell. Henrietta Crosman and Meyer C. Goldman, all ot Si'^ York City. The Otto-Honr,r Harras Incorporation of N;'* York City was another amusement entcr'.>rlfte that Sled articles of Incorporation here. The company Is capitalized at (IS.OOO, and wi-' cariy on the business of prodncUng and man.i|i- Ing plays, circuses, vaudevlUe acts and mns'lcal performances. Otto Henry Harras, Nat 0. Ayer and Frank P. Wolglom, all of New Yott "liy, are directors.