The billboard (Oct 1911)

60 X li e B i 11 b d a p d OCTOBER'21, 1911. iiPINE -BrUU AT MAJESTIC. " '. I (Continned from page 9.) has ^tirodaced'Comedr in a'dogf act.'; That tells the enttre secret of bis sdccess. However, he lias not confined tlie act solely to comedy; tixeze Is ajt - abondance of eztremel; clever stnnts " sabmitted. all of wUdi met with high favor. The act ran twelve.-mlnnteg; bpenlns la foil 'stage and daslB^ In one. UcflUb and Nellie Klni; aiqiear second, of- terinS A Uttle Mnslcal Comedr is a Tandevllle Way. The offering! Is reviewed under •Mew Acta, j' •'. ICC. Tames Donavan-and iChaTles MacDonald snbmtt a little novelty sketdi replete with rich : eom^Ur. Both gentlemen appear In the char- acter of Irl8limen.%vi4 nntk irtth a dno of con- federates in the aodtence^ The act Is lerlewed onde^ Mew Acts. Swoc and Mack appear fourth In tbeir com- edy bladt-face offering. The act went very Wb OD Monday aXteniaon ..bat it- la to be regret- ted that the best pan of' the act Is not or- iginal. This Is. the pantomime card game with which Bert Williams scored so heavily in the Folies last year. The gentleman of the act who spalls this piece of bnslnees is clever and It Is realty doabtfol whether tlie famoDS Ethi- opIaA eomedlaif eiir created snch a riot as the ■bofjt-oentloiied artist in this one particniar itnnt. ■ The dialect of both gentlemen Is tme to lOie'oId sonthem daik^ and the bon conld eaa%r iiave fadd down a more Important soet on Ae bin. Gns Edwards' New School Boys and Girls of- fer a cbettfnl. mnsieal school act, called Gradn- atio^ Day. The aame idea of so many other actsi of this natme predominates in Mr. Ed- wsi^sP act.' There'* the Jew, the tough gny, the dago, the '%weet creatnre," the sassy lit- tle eirl and a number of other familiar char- acters. The cast indadea UUIan Oonne, Sadie PdOknan. Bboda Nickells, Albert Frank, Xjew Brl<^. Mickey Knowles, Boy Mack and Frank AlTlh. The fUtnres of the act Were introdncfed by mak AlVill, singing ,Bosa- Bigoletto: Lew .Brioe. la a neat'tmltation of Bert Williams. and.Bhoda Nickells, singing When the World Comes to An Bad. The act went .very big and responded to'nTeral encores. The Six Stylish Steppers, a sextette of ' hroOiers aad autera^ appear ia oae'ttf the pret- tiest dancing acta ever seen here. The offering Is reviewed nnder New Acts. 3<<88le Mlllward and John Glendinning are headlined thla week and appear in a strong dramatic playlet which M one of oar leading cailcago erltles says, "Is not Intended for Ugh- scJujoI girls.". The piece Is reviewed under the beading of New Acts. . GteetlngBl Gene Greene. The BnbblIng, Bols- teniiiB Bloade Boy, Is vrith as. We're all grate- -fntfto yon, Ceae, for twenty of the merriest i mnaents la one ceaeefol, nneventfol lives, .i senh Qieehe Is a Chicago boy. He's right there : wlu -that breexy breece which has made Chi- ld amons. When yoa .slng. "Flaao «la4". t» 'Uttle" Charles atratght jou'Te got OS, i bat when Steamboat Bill comes drifUng doi^ 'the aisles we throw onrselves at the mercy of tlie waves and get right on board with yont Never a 'solttaiy spIaiOt either, "some pilj*." Gene—"Go to Itl" OSie show is closed by those "bnmpety bump" eomedlana. Clever acrobatic work abetted by rlotbosly fnnhy comedy served to make Bice and Prevost one of the biggest bits ever in tbe closing position in tills house. A pair of cooing, billing sweethesrt« ga^ next to ns at the mat- inee on Monday and as the curtain arose on B. and F.'s actv .the swain was beatd to say, "Come darling, this is one at thoese. tiresome acrobatic acts" and this answer compelled said swain'to remain seated: "Oh George, if yon love me, stick a. coaple of ndantes; I want to see him break his neck." and appreciative andlence. Both Miss Mlllward and Mr. Glendinning are exci^ptlonally clever dramatic people and have selected an excep- tional vehicle for their efforts. The deadly drug which had -been placed In the wine accom- plishes its pnrpose.' "The Count Aills ^ad and the 'sister of the wronged girl stands a' mur- deress but avenged. ACTS NEW TO CHICAGO. (CbBtlBned from page S.) wet." Elnally a fourth party in the balcony "batts in" snd t^s the owner of the mined hat to stick up for ills, rights. The argument Is now being- carried on by the team on the stage and the doo of confederates when one of the.Irishmea asks the gentleman In the balcony whether or not-the matter of the broken hat ia of interest to him and that any way "It is Bone of hls-bnslness" the balcony man replies "WeU. FIl make it .my bosiness." Then eomea the big laugh finish of the act In the Irleaunaa's reply, "Well all tight, sure and ye eon pay fer th' liat.". THE BI3E STYUSH ' SXEES^BS, Dancers. Haiestlc. Chicago. Sixth in nine-act show. Time^-12 minutes ia oae. Num. - ■ ber of ladlra, two. Number of gentle- men, foor. The Dennos Sisters and brothers ' have an act wliich any manager might well offer bis patrons with true pride. Here Is an act or- iginal. Tt» costomes are neat and conservative and many changes'are'made by both ladies and gentlemen. The action thronglioat the entire offering is fast and . bright. The music is .cheerful and'well suited to an act of this na- : tare. While tbe solo work of each member is very commendable It'mnst be said that the work ensemble is far. Huperlur. Tbe ladies of the act score very heavily in" their team work and re- ■pimaed to several well earned encores. iBgS BB M nxwAsa AND joajt - e uauuH- SING. Dramatic Playlet. As a Man SOWS, by Edith-TindcHi. MaJesUe,'Chi- - cago. .Seventh in nine-act show. Time, - la mtnoter in 'full. The ever-true Biblical qnotatlon, "As a man sowetb, so jBhall be-reap" is brought home with decided force in the Uttle playlet submitted by Jessie MIUward and John Glendioning at the Ma- jestic this week. The. plot deals with a Parisian actress - who lias enraptured a Bussian Connt, who .(so the-StorT-. goes) is a wrecker of the lives oC women- The-actress-pretends to be in love with, the Connt. She has invited him and received iilnt to-her apartments. She pretends to be friendly, toward the Connt and offers him some wine which, nnknown to Oie Count, slie has drugged. . He . drinks to her healOi -anrt after she realises he la Ja ber power she 'wrings flie confession from talm. Oat he Is-the' fkther of the child. bom to. her seventeen-year-old sister. She fells him that she vrlll have a "life fer a lir-" as she considers him tespon- it^lIe for the death of her sister, who teally loTed-and^Jtaiated him. . It»,ia,..at,raJS:JMdi^t. that the SSSy dramatic warfe'*'6r-'^MI»E%idy' and geatleaian Is put over to aa enthusisstlc THE YOUNG BUFFALO SHOW. (Continned from page. 26). The No. 1 advertising car of Yonng Buffalo will close October 14 and the No. 2 car Oc- tober 9. Of the forty-seven billposters, ban- nermen and Ilthograpliers comDOSlDg tne id' vance, twenty-one will draw a whole season's hold-back. The show has tieen extremely for- tunate in Its lineup' of billers and. with two exceptions, every man enga(;ed has been loyal to tbe cause, and they deserve the liighest praise lac . their ehaie In ptomotlag - the Bnccessfnl tonr of the Toong Buffalo Show dnring the sea- son now drawing to a close. The fntnre plans of the newest giant of the tented field will be announced by Col. ITer- non C. Seaver In The Billboaid in tbe near future and will include an addition to the Wild West performance that wHI undoubtedly cause -some of the present Wild West purveyors to sit np and take notice. CIRC US GO SSIP. King Ode, Ventriloqnist, who was with the Kit Carson Wild West Show this summer, left that aggregation at Bushvllle, 111., and Is now playing vaudeville dates in Chicago. Mr, Cole will take the management of a side show with one of the well-fcnown circuses next year. SAID AND SEEN IN CHICAGO. (Continned from page 8.) Chapter of the American Institute of Banking. Henry B. House, formerly of tbe staff of na- tional bank examiners, has written the dfalogne, John H. Grier has fashioned the lyrics, and George Balnbridge has made the tunes. All the parts will be taken hy men. Ijawrence J. -Infaalt. last season the manager of the Lyric Theatre, and to date this season the manager of tbe AdelphI Theatre in Philadel- phia, will take to tbe road again as manager of May Irwin and ber new comedy, Mrs. Thomp- kins. The, transcontinental tour of the M. W. W. Andree Imperial Bnsslan Court Balalaika Or. chestra Is arranged, with Chicago In view for a consldendile engagement. The programs of this organization, wfalch appeared last season St the Blackstone Theatre, are entirely new, and the assistance of several - Bnsslan opera stars Is assured. Chicago, October 14 (Special to Tbe BlII- board) -—A quartet of plays which have made good in a greater or less degree, but which have never been seen In Chicago, are offered to the Loop theatregoers the coming week. These are Speed, which comes to the Garrick, BebeUIon, at the Grand, The Concert, at the Blackstone, and Every woman, at the Auditori- um. Speed comes into the Garrick tomorrow night, succeeding The Chocolate Soldier, which has been "cleaning np" during the past fortnight. It - Is a comedy satirizing the auto mania that has recently enveloped the coantry. It is from the pen of Lee Wilson -Dodd. and Is en- acted by Orrin Johnson. Oza Waldrop, Wallace Ersklne, Elsie Scott, Arthur Harris, Kathleen Arnold, Agnes Miller, Eric Bland and other good Ptsyers. - On Monday night the first-nighters will have to. ehoose between the three other attractions mentioned. The removal of James K. (Hackett in The Grain of Bust to Powers* Theatre on that night makes possible the entrance of Leo Ditrlchsteln and company In The Concert to the Blackstone. Tbis comedy was originally written In German by Herman Bahr. and was adapted for the American stage by Dltrich- fiteln. who plays the principal role—that of Gabor Arany. a professional musician, who Is Idolized by Ids femiolne patrons. The play dellclously satirizes the tendency of some Amer- ican women to worship at the shrine of mu- sical genius. The supporting company Includes Janet Beecher, a Chicago girl; Jane Grey. Wil- liam Morris, Alice Leal Pollock. Belle Theodore. Catherine Proctor. Helen Ryerson, Jnanita Ow- en, Adelaide Barrett, Cora Wltherspoon, Edna Griffin, Kathryn Tyndall and Julia Gray. On the same nlgbt Rebellion will be made known to Grand patrons, who have been wit- nessing The Affair at the Barracks lor the past fortnight. This play Is from the pen of the well-known Chicago writer, Joseph Medill Patterson, who has previously given US The Fourth Estate. A Little Brother of the Blidi. By-Produits and Dope. It deals with the prob- lem of Divorce In a radical manner and has awakened much controversy In religious and sociological circles. Gertrude Elliott is cast for the stellar part. She Is supported bv a company which includes Eva Vincent. Fuller Mellsh, George Parron, George La Guerre and A. Scott Gatty. James K. Hackett will conilnne his Chicago run of The Grain of Dust at Powers' Theatre with E. M. Holland, tbe snme cast as seen at the Blackstone. On Monday and Thursday nights Mr. Hackett will give as an afterpiece Xhe Bishop's Candlesticks, a little one-act clas- sic constructed from'the opening Incident ol- Victor Hngo's Immorta] novel. Leg Mlserables. At the Cort Editb Elliott's new play. -He Pell In Love-with His Wife. Is plaving to Increasing patronage. ■ Frederick Buckley plays the part of the crude, honest' farmer In appealing man- liness, while Mac Bnckle.v as Allda Arm- strong, the "bargain wife," has a role that Ideally suits her personality. ■ Mrs. Stuart Rob- son as Mrs. Watterly. the social leader of Oakes- ville. and Charles Bradshaw as T. W, have ponnlar parts. ' William Favenbam does not play Snhdays. *>nt on Monday night he will begin his second week in The Faun at tbe Lyric. He has made a great lilt here In the Knoblaoch comedy, which lias been endorse<I br the Drama -LeaguCj which has Issued a bulletin to its members recom- mending tbat they see the play. The Drama C!lnh will attend on Wednesday afternoon. The Follies has two more weeks at the Coloni- al, and the Zlegfeld review continues to draw large andlences with its many attrsetlTC and smart features. Sunday win begin' tfae"^lihtti^>Hxmseentlve .week, of The Littlest. Bebel. and the Chicago Opera House contimies'to play to crowded ihons<'s with tbe Brothers. Famom, Onstin and William, and precocious Miss Mlnter as the chief attrac- tions of the stirring play of Civil War times. Aronnd the corner in Madison Street the La Salle Opera House, with Louisiana Lou as tbe magnet, begins the-seventh week of a popular season. -Alexander Carr, Sophie Tucker and a host of comic opera favorites are seeh to ad- vantSiie in Its principal roles. Tbe final week of Over the Blver, with Eddie Foy as the chief fanmaker, 'finds the Stude' baker enjoying its wonted prosperity. iSSessrs. Dillingham and Ziegfeld, tbe owners of tbe new offering, have spared no expense in making it a sartorial and scenic, as well as a musical, treat. It will be taken East Saturday night to make way for the Rupert Hughes' comedy. Excuse Me. WIU Demlng, In tbe character made .famous by Thomas W. Boss and John BairymoTe, and for wblch Fred NIblo and William Boselle were varltlmes intended in the recent Chicago re- vival of The Fortune Bnnters, is delighting Olympic patrons. Tbe comedy enters Its second week tomorrow night. The Deep Pnrple, with a fortnight yet to mn. Is still turning away the late comers at McVIcker's. The MIzner-Armstrong melodrama of underworld life In New Xork Is making a remarkable appeal to Chicago playgoers and an extention of Its nm would be wlae boalnem poiici?. The German Theatre Stock Company offers an attractive program at their Sedgwick Street playfaoose next week. On Monday night Von Kotzebne's Der Rehhock 'will be enacted. On Tuesday Das VIerte Gebot will be given. For tbe remainder of tbe week the following will be jlayed: Boccaccio, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights; Der Grosse Prcvbet, Saturday afternoon, and Lnmpazivagabnndns, Saturday night. The Third Degree, exposing the methods nsed ta exbort confession from suspected criminals, will be the bUI at tbe Haymarket all next week. Sarah Paden, a Gblcago slrl. will have the TOle of the faltUal wlte in the dtailes Klein play. At the Imperial the Western classic. The Virginian, in which Dnstln Famnm gained his early lanrels. will be revived by an excellent company. George Kelly will play tbe title role; Mrs. Elizabeth Forbes will appear as Uollle, and H. C. RusseU will play the character of Trampas. BnsUn Famnm Intends to see a performance Tuesday aftemooa. It -will be the first time that he has ever seen It enacted frsm the front. Plenty of action Is promised in Tbe Boy De- tective, the offering at tbe BIJou for tbe coming week, commencing Stoday matinee. Lyle La Pine will be seen In tbe title part of Willie Live. Rowland & Clifford's phenomenal success. The Rosary, will begin Its fonrth engagement at the National Theatre on Sonth Halsted and 62d Streets tomorrow afternoon. Frank KUday and Addle Dougherty will be seen In tbe company, Kllday Impersonating the pnest. At the Marlowe tbe Marvin Stock Cominny 'Win play The 'Lottery Man dnring the week commencing next -Monaay evening. Albert Phil- lips and I«lla Shaw will have the leading roles. The stock company which has been playing at the Alhamfara will have a week's vacation cosimencing tomorrow afternoon, while a melo- drama called The Chief of the Secret Service will Oil a seven days' engagement previously booked. At aie Crown Theatre «i tbe Northwest Side Rose Melville In Sis HopUna will Iiold forth for tbe week. Willis P. Sweatnam will have Us role of the Pullman car porter In the pliy, ExCUSe Me, when that Rupert Hagbes comedy comes to tbe Stndebaker on October 22. Arthur Kellar of New York Is here in advance of A Man of Honor, wblch Is scheduled for pro- duction at the Cort some time In the near future. The star of A Man of Honor is -Ed- mund Breese. Hans Robert, who played the title role ia Checkers for several seasons, is also in the cast. The Globe Theatre, at the comer of Wabash Avenue and Hnbbard Court, will resume opera- tions as a combination bouse nnder Stair & Havlin direction on October 29. Tbe opening attraction will be a cartoon musical comedy called Mutt and Jeff. HEARD IN ADVANCE ((Jontlnned ftom page 13.) '?^f?'°" throniSh and Is going to make many an oldtimer sit up and take notice. Watch their career. •* Jacob 'Wllk did some enviable press work for the Lyceum Theatre. Dulnth, this past Slimmer. " * Dorothy Rogers is doing splendidly with hex rauderllle act. Babies a la Carte. A most de- served success! Jim Bntherford. the famous clown, has ar- ranged with BeeUer Bros, -to nrodnce nanto- mlmei. Couldn't find a better man I Jack Taylor, the comedy trickster, has been offered a part In a big prodnctlon about to be staged In New Tork City. When Mabelle Adams tncks her cute violin nnder her chin and tickles the strings, sweet strains of divine melodies pour forth like the gushing volcanoes. In such volumes that one can hear the heart-beats in the audience, (I goTche.) ♦ Yon can tell a "cub" agent the way he kids the waitress. (Billy Sunday says: "If 1 were a minister I'd stick a tirass band In front of my church every Snnilay night to let the devil know there was f.'iJiS'v'V "lolng down there." I suggest that "Bill" Kibble send him the addrea? of some mnslelans. C. J. Kays, formerly of the Alton R. B. and situated In Peoria. Is now C. P. A. of the Katy.". with headnnarters In Chicago, 31B Marquette Building. Some accommodating class to this chap. Kays. WILL I. LOVE. Bohemian Girl. That's the way the card reads. Don't mls- constmet It means "Itlll" Love Is ahead of tbe IBobemlan Olrl. Last year "BUI* was ahead of Girls. Well, of course, far be It from me, but—Let George Do It. Playhouse Notes The GIrard (Kan.) Opera House has rccentlj changed bands and is: now under tbe manage, ment of Wm. Osbom. The house has been re- modeled and renovated, . and opens October U with The Crook as tbe attraction. The Jefferson Theatre. De Soto, Mo., Is one of tbe best theatres In Southeast Missouri. Tbe bouse Is under new management tMs year and since the opening, September 18, has been play- ing to good business. High-class road attrac- tions sre booked, with moving pictures on open nights. Following . Is, the roster of the Jeffeison: F. R. Dean, manager; Frank Boh- ner, stage manager; E. Pelley, bead uBlier. O, A. Brown and W. Charles Weldon of Newark, N. J., have secured the Majestic The- atre at Red Bank, N. J., and will give two performances of motion pictures and five vaude* vllle acts each nlgbt. The Majestic was for- merly the Bljoo Theatre, but the name was changed recently by W- W. Spalsbary, the lea- see. Tbe theatre was built last year by Wm. Kelly and has been run since that time with Indlffeient snecess. Mr. Brown was formerly connected 'with Proctor's Theatre and Mr. Wd- don was manager of the liyrie Theatre of New- ark. •JCUor N. B. Hackett hks sold the Majei. tic Theatre at Wauaan, Wis., to P. J, Hanson and Jiixoi Taylor. Tbe Obion (Tenn.) Opera Honae is being re. modeled and renovatedi and will be open for bnalness In the near fntnre. The boose tail been closed tor several seasons. Elgin, III., will have a new vaudeville honse within a few weeks. The large double store- room at 160-162 Do Page Street is being con- verted Into a playhouse. Tbe start will be with vaudeville and moving pictures. Pres- ent plans are to tear out the back wall next spring to admit of a full-size stage. Road at- tractions will be given, Messrs. Henry P. Rot- Ig and Joseph Cangbey of Elgin are the les- sees, Elgin now has the Grand Theatre, play- ing road attractions, vaudeville and moving pictures; tbe Star playing stock, and tbe Lyric, Temple and Globe, picture houses. Tbe new Princess Theatre In Fort Dodge, Ia„ will soon be ready for Its opening. 1. Meyers, an Eastern decorator. Is now working on the Interior. The date of tbe opening has not been set, but It wlU probably be about Thanksgiving time. The theatrical season of 1911-12 was suc- cessfully opened at tbe Grand Opera House. Wausan, Wis.. Octolier 7. The opening pro- dnctlon was Wm. A. Brady's Mother. The play was given successfully and tbe cast was one of tbe best. Mr. C. S. Cone, manager of the Opera House, has many line attractions booked for tbe coming season. The VIvola Theatre, Wiightsville, Ga., wlU be completed and ready tot occniwncy October 15. The New State Theatre Prescott, Arizona, nn- der tbe management of Harry (Chinese) Wal- ton, has placed its bookings with the T- O. Tnttle Vaudeville Agency. Dallas. Tex., com- mencing Tuesday, October 17. Tbe Majestic Theatre. Childless, and the Empire Theatre, Qnanah, Tex., formerly booked by the Frankel Bros.' Cbrcnit, have placed their bookings with tbe T. O. Tuttle Vaudeville Agency, Dallas. Tex. The Imperial Theatre, Pt. Worth, Tex., for- merly booked by the Hodklns Lyric Circuit, transferred its bookings to tbe T. O. Tuttle Vaudeville Agency, Dallas, Tex.. Monday, Oc- tober 9, playing four acts. Messrs. Ward « Feegles have decided that a home institution can take care of their Interest with a greater degree of satisfaction to them, in consequence of which they made this change in their book- ing policy. Geo. Sidney In Busy Izzy pleased a fair house at tbe Power's Theatre, Decatur, lU., Oc- tober «, 1911. A number of the song hits received repeated encores and Mr. Sidney. Miss Carrie Weber and their support were all splen- did. The parts were In no way overdone. Mr. Sidney and Miss Weber were especially good. The chorus Is made up of pretty girls, but they need some Improvement In their dancing and drills. No doubt a few weeks' work under the able direction of the veteran manager, Frank 'Whitbeek. will be all that is necessary to make a perfect performance. General Manager W. S. Butterfleld of the Butterfield Circuit of vaudeville houses, has completed arrangements with tbe .Michigan United Railways Co.. operating electric lines throughout tbe state, whereby on Tuesday and Friday evening special rate tickets. Ineliidlng admission to tbe -Butterfleld houses, will be sold BlI over the M. O. B. system. This plan is winning popular favor with tbe people la the smaUer towis close to a Butterflelrt the- atre. Mr. Butterfield recently secured the ▼anderllle honses In Bay City and Flint, which gives him practical control of Taodevllle in Michigan. George Bamlg Is again directing the orches- tra of Manager Jake Bosenthal'a new Majes- tic Theatre In 'Oobnqne, la., making hi* second season. Wm. G. Hartshorn, one of the owners of the new Nstlonal Vaudeville Theatre, StenbenvlUc, Ohio, and Its manager, while on a visit to bU home at Newark. Ohio, fell and broke his thlgb. The accident occurred In July and Mr. Hartshorn Is In the city for the. first time since the accident occurred. During the time be was absent Maurice M. Klnsey acted as man- ager of tbIs popular playhouse. Mr. Hartshorn will be compelled to use crutches for some time; be will, however, resume his duties as manager of the National on October 18. Jake Rosenthal, tbe Dubuque, Iowa, theat- rical manager, planned and held tbe first avia- tion meet In that city on September 28-29, play- ing to 25.000 at Nutwood Park. Beachey wna tbe aviator and the affair gave great satia- faction. Manager Thos, P. Bonan of the Power's Theatre, Decatur. III., has at lost been re- warded for his energetic efforts and has se- cured Wm. Courtenay In Don to complete a week of good things. Mr. Bonan has been dis- appointed by a number of his best bookluM changing routes, but be Is. rapidly getting all business filled. There Is a prospect of very few dark nights at the Power's. Bod Wagner, tbe popular advance agent for Madame Sherry, which is booked at Decatnr, 111.. October 18, was In the city October 9. making arrange- ments for the appearance or his company here. He renewed acquaintance with his many De- catur friends.