The billboard (Aug 1917)

T li« B11 l^b c» a r a nor fOB IBS aa too. hob m tbb ouut nm, bo* n« im Aknn m ma. KEITH THEATERS REOPEN FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER AD■alllh^ Oc^wiim and Bating I Sept 3, After Snmmer Rest— 1 Not RadyUnHt Middle ofThit Month Keith Companj' annoDiices that lU OtmUp New Torh boasflB, whleh bav* been cloned darlns ths hot wu^er, a protwUr will re- , n uid BiMhirtek, In A«oUyii. TIu other bl^tlm* Keith hanae 1 " Xew Torii city proper which la cloae Stxtyrtblrd itreela. now under«alDK K cfHspIete tranafonnBtloii under the " ■■ cUon of B. F. Albee. The but It ivobsUr will be about the mid- dle of Beptnnber before the playbooss 1* ready to asain take Its place amoBK the leading New York vaaderflla thea- The Keltb theaters which have-re- maUied open all nunmcr in Kew York —all playtnK to abaolute capadtr ba^aesa—an the Palace, the RlTer- Bide and the Roral. Keeping the Royal open tor tbe enmmer waa an axperl- meot. thia belnr the Brat rear of Keith eoatiM at tbM theUn, but the nper- _ Br fh* mlUte- of Qeplembwy the I l«M Of the nma at Om rery IMeat, ' ttii —— AoIb To Tsnr Oi^bnnn New Tork, Aosmt 4.—Lew Brlca, laat MOD In vandeyllle with Marlel Worth, who Is now a«aaclated with the BaTF Twins, hu baei routed for the Orphenm tour this aeaaon. Otber ptomlnent acta to play the Orphenm route this winter are Harry Gsrard ft Co.. tn The Vall of an Eskimo; Tbe SB««n Honey Boys, LooIbb Dresser, Bwt Melrose and Martin Van Bercen, baritone, who will head the eketeh. America Flrat openlns In San Fran- tfaeo Ansust is. New Tork, Avtatl 4.—Franklyn Ba- He, one of the prlndpala tn the Winter <lara«n ebow, Tbe PaailoK Show of I3XT. 1* wtt oC the east thru Jiiness wMdk win BicessTtsfw hlB enforced re> tlrement fOr Sva or Ox weeks. Dur- inc Wa abesBce bis speakInK role b belBK played by John Crone, who atsa ~ ~ a part In the abow. while Wtman. of Clark mod BerK- I SUE' three of Batle's aODK Crone baa been aiitne tbe a reputation as a pi Canada, having contrf erEOB on war themes t family of Patriots Chleaco. Auc t^Witb bis father swInK with tbe Anstrallaa forces and Ws'brother nghtlng In France. PanI PedrlDl. who la well known In vaude- TlUo Circles, offered his services to Uncle Sam. but was found phyBleallr unfit. He Is not daunted, however, and.' after completlBK his PantaBee Copeland's New Act tThlcago, August 4.—Nick Copelahd produclns a nsw act called Oipt- land's Hlckvllte Jaax Band. The prlu- clpalH were formerly embraced In S«|t- sle Clayton's Sextette. The new aO^- iBS. featurlnc BMi]rJ)«»ls.^ will etut booked n for tlM'A ko Into temporary T e t lrement stustly, to eotpeoted ibdla of the etodu Thm - tn Bnth Bt. Oenta wbo hm aa- EONA MAY 8PERL Paris Director Dead parts. Aug-, B.—Pauf Porol. who' acted the Vaudeville Theater. ..was Lhen by death suddenly at hie home ere. He wu 71 yeara eld. Mr. Porel was married to Mme, Re- Jane, tbe well-known actrasa. In IMS ' was dlToroed Uvm ber tn lltK' Paul Goudron Back ntheW. V. M. A. noor East aeaaoD. has returned fmm a brief neatlon spent at Dia- mond Lake, HI., with a nice ooat of tan and a deaira to make the aon one of the blBKOat esi since the days when he did tblnn for old SulUvan A ~ Shepherd and Kay in Chicago lahlng ten weelis tor the U. B. O, on Canadian time, ending up at the Tem- ple Theater. I>etrolt. Minerva R<ty rant men In this city, proprtetor of the Cafe dee Beaux Arte, died today after a lonK tUoesB. Be waa 44 yarn " •at. : it The stork Is Coming New Toi%, Aucnot and Baldwin (Paroy IB, hwldnc Theatrleal. '. —»-~ reports that this popular In the Booeler eapltaL 'Mr;^.Burton'tB booklnc Bummer vaudeville in the Iiyrlc, Indlsnapotla, and la also aup; plyInK a aujaber of other bousea In the Hooeler capital and aurrouidtng wn» He U booklnai the vaodovillo owe glvtin *aoh week at Ft. Ben- mln Harrison for the aoldlern. and :tuded the KlI- ___ Trio: Vellfc the accordlontsti Those Harmony Boys. Burton & Burton: Bk> eriy ft Edwards. Ollle and Mao FnltK and Cermeno. Fifteen Aonssnd dlers witnessed the performanoe ana cbeered oacii h act enthusiastically. Fisher in Chicago Chicago, III., Aoeust B.—Bd Fish- er, the; Seattle vaudeville agent,' ims Cbtoago resently. niere: bi^ atated to triandB that.ha bad alri)^ oted vitk-tka A. B. o. or wUk mu - k 4Uaf boofcar. BM>tarB.vC' tt«9 OUoaso wad it la donbttnl U any aSt tsoon arransed-wonU Iwrnoia thU SIO^OOO ftom >Ui(tM* OrtOft New Tork. August i.—The Lights' Cruise, which ended last night at the Aator Theater, this city, netted a to- tsl of tlO.OOO- In oelebretloa of the row (Tuesday^ aicbt';.. Frank Tinney Bisitt ftl the comedian, iRhO pBt'l Bbow and bripM popnlan. . . ,