The billboard (Nov 1911)

6 T ti e B i 11 b o a r d NOVEMBER 4, WIIT: $-. A]^ U S E !^ E N T EVENTS O F THE MME. SIMONE COLLAPSES Noted French Emotional Actress Suffers Break Down During Performance at N. Y. Theatre, and Audience is Dismissed— Will be Able to Resume Engagement in a Few Days " Sew Xorfc, October 28 (Spcwial to Tlie BBl- ■NMTii).—Madame Slmone, the FTeBCU actress, plarlas Tbe Thlel at Daly's Tbeatre, was nuliie tQ Onisb tbe mattnee^perfonnaiice. ;es- tatOMT -aitf It was neceasitr ts filimtas tin ' laiKe aaaience. RECORD SET. la Us SIgbt from Iiake Calbonn, Utnneapolli, Hlan., October 21, to Wbitman, Hlnn.. one hnndred and ten miles distant, Hngh Bobinson. Ilia Cortlsa ablator, establlsbed tbe record of •peedlag tbnngb tbe air at tbe rate of elgbty- elsbt'miles an boor, the wbole distance over water on a Cnrtlss bydroplase.. He bag cor- cted tloee bnndred and seventsr-one miles al- nadr, alwajs keeping over tbe water in a ma- cUne la Wblcb it would Iw Impossible to alight : an;: land* .-. In aligbtlns in tbe river, which be caa aeeompUtib in iicacefnl fashion, Boblnaon BWertbdeis stmck a wing dam wUcU twe a Me la me of bis poafawns. At his deatlnation tte aTlator was welcomed by tbe bmliiess men •t tbe dty. wbo took blm oat to tbe Bock Is- : Iand Club, where lie was tlie gnett of an In- : Csrmal disoer. .. Uadame Simone. wbo is not strong physically, has been sntrCdng from a bad cold, and this, in addition to. overwork caused by rehearsals of Tbe WUrlwinO, occasKmed tbe-breakdown. iSbe I( imaer the care of pbyslclans and-will probably be able to appeaa. wltbln a few days. THE WIFE HUNTERS Is the Caption of Lew Fields' Latest Musical Comedy, Which Beguis Life at Albany Theatre—Play is Well Received and Metropolitan Run is Predicted Albany, N. T.. Oct. 28 (Special to Tbe BUl- board).—lew Fields' latest musical comedy pro- duction. The Wife Hunters, bad its first per- formance on any stage at Harmanns Bleecker Hall tonight, before a large audience. The play wag well received and a long New xoik run Is predicted. SCORES IN PR EMIERE. AUanUc eity, X. >., October 26 (Special to -Tbe Btilboanl;.—^Xhe new comedy opertrtta. Bet- ray. teeelTed its premiere here last night at the Apollo'Ibeatri before a large audience. Miss ■Once La Bne appeared in tbe title role and ~ a praoonnced bit. FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED. ■■ Vbile trying ont a mllltaTjr aeroplane, Jean :Oespamet, an aviator, fell with Us machine . Ccom a height of six hundred feet, and-was '.'/Immediately cxnsbeil to. death, at Bbeims, nance, SUday, October 27.- Valerie Bergere Cancels Dates New Torlc, Oct 30 (Swdal to Thp" BUI IJoard),—-Tl!© illness . wfelcai has .confined Valerie Bereere to hi>r Riverside Drive apartments for the past tlTce weeks has necessitated the can- cellation of the contracts wh'ch slie held to play thrr,- of the Percy G. Williams theatres, the OrT>hf>iim,.Gre«-npnlnt Red Albambra. It has also delayed the nnpearance In .vaudeville of Anna Cleveland, formerly a well-known tlramatfp l^ad- Inj; woman, in a remarkably strong rtramitie . act which Miss Borpere bad In preparation. It Is exTMcted that, JIlss Bersere will return to professional activities 'within a w^ek or ten days and tb? n»w r>I#<?e will receive an early presentation after tbat. THE kilties; tour. - SiThe: famon-' Kilties. Band^ot. Belleville; Can.. <;are now. liookias a grand transcontinental tonr ;<wliicb:-wnt-j-xtend::^orty Wteks .and^'embrace all -;iae>'tbe principal cities of-v the';0nited States, anil s'Oknada..'.' ■ :■■».>.'-f^:.;, ' * The;coDiinc trip will be. the first big trip of tthe glohe-trottins Kilties: since their remark- able, and trinmphnl thrtM.>.yeac^ tonr. aronnd the 'world, (liinne \rhich time -miles wert- tmvere(l„ 110 days wrre spent at sea. 20 countries were visitfd. ami Jwhrle in • Bnpland-.tbe dls- tlnjmlshed '. travelers wrre tivice -before- His '•.Ifa.'lest.v .the Kicir br royril.commsnil. .y -Tbe KUrles are under the-leailersblp of Mr. t.O.! w;. Bboiles: y.t. W-. D.-'Cannfn win.-be actln? manager; ami the .veteran;; .world n^flnder dl- i tor of . totus. T. -P: J^ Power,' will- act- in the / Capacity, of director of-tonr'- and : general man- CHRISTIAN SCIENCE DRAMA TO BE PRODUCED. Chicago. Oet. 2R rSpecial to Tbe Billboard). —Hylara Lonise BDmbam, a Chicago norellst. Jiaa made a dramatization of ber pfipnlnr storv ' Tbe Right Princess, and 'will seon produce It at the Ziegfeld Theatre. Chicago. Tbe plot et the story extols Christian Science teaching. SENTENCED TO LONG TERM. New Tork, Oct. 28 (Special to The Billboard). —Philip Soinw, a Tsndeville actor, was yester- day sentenced to a term of from ten to twenty '■ years in Sing Sing and. a fine of $5,000 on con- viction of. havlne Inred Blois Wcndt. a IT-ycar- OM Pittsbnrg girl.; to New Tork. The sentence : .was passed, by Judge Foster in tbe Court of Ctoneral Sessions., . ~ In default of - payment .of.. ^Ube - fln<*. Solow may have to serve fourteen years In addition, mak- ing a poRsIble sentence of .'tUrty-fonr years at kaid labor. nneUon Haywood, of Haywood Sisters, la at Ifercy Hospital, Pittsbnrgh, and la doing well after nndargoinj: an (fetation. BLANCHE BATES. Tbe anthora and composers are all yonng men Edgar Allan Woolf, ■ wbo wrote the tiook, ui Anatol Friedland, one of the compners, wen seniors at Colombia College three yeirs an. David Kempner, wbo wrote tbe lyrics, is a le. cent gradnate of Columbia, wbtle MelTia Frm- ila, collaborator with Mr. Frelillanil In the score. Is not yet twenty-one yeara of age. - -* Emma Cams and Louis Simon curried oS tiu comedy honors. Others In tbe large cast are: John Park; Lillian Lee, Basel Kirke, Dm- otby Brenner, Francea Alain, Madge Ttncent, Frances Kelson. Veronica Marqnes, Gladn Moore, Joseph RaUlff. George A. Scblller, Ai> thnr Conrad and Louis Franklyn. A LIVELY CORPSE. PhUadelpbla, Pa., Oct. 25. 1911. . Editor Tbe Billboard. . ' 1 My Dear Sir—My attention has been called ts I a report in your paper of two weeks ago, statlnc I tbat George BIduIe la dead. Now, for the iea- I efit of my many frleuda in this country and Sxh Ji, rope, I wish to state tbat I am at present tbt W liveliest desd man that ever walked in ahoe leather, and with God's help I hope lo live muj more years to enjoy tbe friendship and comp'uy of my friends. Tbe Billboard has been my close companion for many years, and 1 sin- cerely hope tbat the error miy be righted. Thanking you In advance. I beg to remain. Sincerely yonra, - . OEOBOE Q. BIDDLE. 1518 Arch Street PbUadelpblt, Pi. MANAGER WEDS SINGER. Washington, D. C. Oct. 28 (Special to Tin Billboard).—^Hilmar L. Smith of New Tork: u- sistant manager of the Whitney Opera Cont- pany, appearing here this week at the Bd- asco Theatre, and Miss Anne B. Donobue, 21, of New Haven. Conn., a member of the com- pany, were married here yesterday before lat- tice of the Peace Charles S, Bondy. .3Iijs Bates:<wasriiorn in-rortland. Ore., 10 :1873.'. Her-first appearance on the stage-was at the Colnuibia Theatre,-: in San:Francisco, in ISUI./in-a/one-act .play^'.'This. Picture aud'Tbat. She-^klayed general utility parts m-the company of Daniel Frawley: at a very meager salary; She Jouriutyed to ?kevf Toitk with FTawIey; where-they were/engaged by Jas. Neiil for-GiOTou and Nell-Company, 'then placing in-Western'Cities.: "Mr;'Frawiey became proprietor of the "company, and advanced 'Miss Batt»> to the.position of leading lady. - Her first-marked .success was. in. I>i0.i. In The Senator. She i>laved leading comedy: i.-arts/ in-lhe Kaiiroad/of-Love, Mancy &< Company. The I-ast Word. Intemstional Match. / Transit of Leo, Sn-eet I>avendvr-anil Captain Swift. As Phyllis in The Charity Ball, she proved herself a very talented emotional actress, and jtlayed In Tbe Wife. In Spite of All. Dancing Girl and An Bneiny of the King, iler tirst real achievement was as Nora,'in IbRon's A Doll's House. She was en<?ii;red by Aii;;ustiu Dnly in ISOS. and played Sbakcsperlaa roles with his ompany. She later played a short starrinc tour with Mr. Frawley./ann created the jiart of Conntcss Mlartza, In The Great Kuby, at Daly's Theatre. New York. She attracted the attention of Llebler & Co.,' and wa.-* ,con«pIcnously successful in The Musketeers. 'Her first appearance nudcr the management of David . Belasco was-in a one-act piuy. Madame Butterfly, She later appeared as Cigaret,-in UnderiTwb. Flags; Princess Vo-San. In The Darling of ^the Gods. Her most recent successes were scored In The Girl of The Golden West, Fighting Hope, in which she ap- Iieared during the season of 190S-)>-10, and Nobody's Widow, 1010-11, In which company aba Is now appearing. ■::-.'■. Spencer Alexander Dies Suddenly Fort Smith.'Ark., October 30 (Special to The Bi-lboard).—Spent er Alexander, i. nowu lo the circtu world as .\lexander Delavan, for twenty- two years veterinrry snrgron witb the Blngllng Show, died last nigbt at tbe Hotel Maine from apoplexy. A-e-"candi;r.. koowa aa **Tne Wizard." bad - a wonderful knowIi*itge ^*f h^tm/Hi and m- markaUe sKlll In taking rare ' uf then. ' Be died after a farewell supper; Bessie Palmer and Mercedes Crane are meet- ing with success In their new act, eotUled Vis- Ions, written for them by Winiam Francla Bar- nard. Aborn Opera Car Robbed In-!lnnapoIls. Inrt.. Oct. 23 (Special to The PI I board)—^Tbe property car of the Abom Grand Opera Company, which began a week's encagemptt bere tonlgbt, was broken Into last night In the Big Four yards at Cincinnati. B. M. SImmonca. manager, estimates that about $800 worth of costumea were laken. . Charles Beed. "tbst boy with a novelty act," Opens on tbe Kelly Clrcnlt" November 2, Leo Beers, tbe pianologlst, starts a ' twenty- live weeks' tour of tbe Sullivan & Ooaaldlna Oir- cnlt, opening November 12, at Bopktni Slieatrsi Louisville, Ky. Superlative Bill at o Theatre Chicago. Oct. 2T (Special to The Billboard). "In coDjonrtion with one of tbe biggest fei- ture bills wblch will be offered to tbe patrons o( the-Majestic during tbe week/of October .SO. Sille. Slmone De Beryl will appear. The rep- resentative of France on ibis notable hlii. i> a famous beauty, enthusiastically dominated. A, Vision of Loveliness by ber Parisian admlremV She certainl.v can make good use of iier person, al charms in this novel act. which will intro- cJoce ber to Chicago audiences. Tbe act con- sists of various artlsllc pom:s with many ex- traordinary , light oltrcts and scenic surprisM. Mile. De.Beryi poses, before a white drop creat- ing a series of exquisite pastels.- This blir bill Will be beaded by Ada Rievc; tbe most famoni and talented'at the EnKllsb singing cuiiirdii'ima- The bin will also Include:-Wck- Crolius 'and Ceuipauy; Sherman, Kranz and Hyman, Brent Hayes, Violet' McMillen. Carmen's Canine Won- ders and Bay and Rogers, TRI CITY ST OCK CO. FORMEB. nnvenpori. la.". October 26 (Special to Tto Billboard.)—An organization which will he known as the TrI-Clty Stock Conipiin.r baa bein or*"* ised under the direction of Prank Beadlck/ OJ Chicago and will liegin an extendiil eugagemeoi In Tri-Clty' theatres beginning "Sunday, 22. It Is plannid to play- the Cbamberlin, Kindt, Cort's TrI-Clty tbcatre»,vM.foIloiv»: the BurtU. Davenport, la., Monday^and TncSday; the n- Ilnols. Bock Isliind. Hi.. Wmlncsday snd Thnri- day, and tbe; Mollhe, Mollne, 111., Ibc balonct of the week. - -/. ' - Tbe conipan,v has -been= assembled in Chicago by -Mr. Keadick and rebearsaik are . now H progress. ' Tbe opening bill will be The Sign W tbe Four. The bill will be changed each week only royalty -plays being, presented." A s^^°l: artist lias bien engaged snd every effort »"» be made lo present each play In tbe mnsi quale manner possible. Popular prices will pi*° rail. - : -" , " ■.' ' " CARRIE DE MAR F OR LONDON. New York. Oct. 80 (Special to Tbe BlHbnsti). —Joseph Hart, hnshnnd of Carrie Be Mar. Mj manager of a number of vaudeville acts, re ccived a cable late last week conflrmlni: oi engagement of Miss Ee Mar at Uie CoIlsenB. London. According to present arrangemejn tbe little singing comedienne will make inlft Initial ID the London 'All on Uay IS of ne» year, HAWTREY RETURNS TO CAST. New York, October 2T (Special to The Bll board).—Wil'iam Hawlrey, the eminent EaB" actor, wbo was forced to cancel a few enjtir ments in tbe -Middle West on scconnt of w neaa, resumed his tmir In Dear Old Billy st JJ Valentine Theatre, Toledo, October 26, and^ play bis New York engagement as origlu" Mokad in Oeeember,