The billboard (Mar 1918)

MARCH 9, 1918. Keith’s, Cincinnati (Reviewed Sunday Matinee, March 10) ‘They turned tem away non, Fully ai bobr before’ curtain time a long Tine of vaudeville fans assailed the box office, and the influx continued until the 8. R. 0. sign| ‘eas bung out. Gus Edwards’ Annual Song Kerue, headlined. carried off the honors, Abbott and White belng a clote second at the wire. ‘No. 1-Paramount-Bray Pletographs. No. 2-Walter Leroy, Emily Lytton and Compagy, in a highly amusing sketch, entitled Neighbors. It s.ts plenty of laughs. Walter Le fe fine ax Bartley Cosgrove. Fifteen min ', in three; two curtains. . 3—To tell about Billy Abbott and Elmore White, the Boys From Songland, doesn't require the use of a lot of words. All they ask is th space before the curtain, ‘two telephone instrameats and a plano to present thelr act. But ob, men, what an act it fs. Thelr songs and nonsense stopped the show, Hello, America, creat+ ing a forore. Am encore, countless bows. No, 4—Tameo Kajiyami's art Is something unique in the way of vaudeville entertainment, nd be beld the cloce attention of his audience fo twenty-olght minutes as he gave exhibitions ‘of mind concentration by writing right side up forward, and upside down and backward at oue and the name time. Two curtains. ‘No, S—Marguerite Farrell bills herself The Kelly Girl, and you naturally expect somethin of an Trish favor. But Mi instead a most versatile bit, in oue catehy, comie Trish fetching gowns—one for each song—and, not be 8 quick-ct artist, employs motion pice tures {0 announce each change. For an encore Mins Farrell sang Jost a Baby's Prayer at Twl rewarded with great applause, Harry Lester Mason gives a fine characterization of that species of humans. His account of the ‘appenings in a restaurant was very funny, each ineldent enumerated being worth a laugh. ‘Thin teen minutes, in one, with special drop; three bows, No. &—Everyone was walting for the big finale Gus Edwards’ Annual Song Rerue—and it prored to be the most pretentious offering of the local vaudeville season. Just what its objective fs no one tx able to discern. It starta off in comedy, sumptoousiy costumed. , ‘The called—and each Spout contained woeing oF comedy rivaling”a Winter show. To enumerate all the good points of the cast and production fs an impossibility, and we must content ourselves with mentioning oaly a few. Of the principals Olga Cook and Dan Healy won the honors; = prima donna with = wonderful voice romedian. Marlo Villant's_slagin arta of the audience, and be had to take sev‘eral encores, Helen Coyne 1s all that a dancer should be—beautiful, graceful, supple—moring, with delicious ‘also does well, ‘The ORDER YOUR DATES, HERALDS TYPE POSTERS THE DONALOSON LITHO. CO, Sood Printed Professional Letterheads at LowPrices Song Writers and Musicians We pay tor sour conp.raica. are so Ss ORANGE Meta eo ed, 1,000 FINE WHITE ENVELOPES, | si,tests: ea aes $235: 200 tor Elneote Parks Hew Yoru” MONO ‘The Billboard 9 barmonists, and Mr, Edwards’ beauty chorus ‘came"in for a lot of attention. Of the scenic ‘sete Miss Coyne’s Golden Harvest Days (for her Poor Little Butterfiy dance), the motion picture scene and the setting for A June Night in Naples wore :the best. ‘The act ran one hour and five minutes.—E. J. A. Orpheum, San Francisco (Reviewed Sunday Maticee, March 10) San Francisco, March 10.—A fast laugh show Played to capacity business thle afternoon in spite of a beavy rain. The Gertrode Hoffman Revue, held orer, took new honors, ‘1—Hearst-Pathe News, seven minutes, No, 2—Heary Regal and David Bender marred ‘a erackerjack athletic act by mediocre patter snd near nance stuff. Nino minutes, tn one two bows. No, 3—Harry and Emma Sharrock again took the house by storm with thelr mind-reading ‘comedy, Behind the Grand Stand. ‘The act is well dressed, presented and put over with pep and it went big. Sixteen minutes, in ot ‘special drop; two bows. ‘No, 4—Charles M. McDonald and James G. Rowland, in keen Irsh dialog, interspersed bs excellent {neldental dancing and singing. Fifteen minutes, in three: special drop: three bows, No. 5—J. 0. Nugent's oddity, Tee Squarer, ‘Twenty-six minutes of smooth, offhand comedy, well handled, altho Jule York could bare gotten ‘more out of her character. In one to full stage three curtains, . INTERMISSION No. 6—Leo Beers was held ove No. 7—Phil Kelly and Joe Galvin, the Actor’ and the Wop, were also beld over and were again a riot. It was, undoubtedly, the best act on the bill. ‘No, 8—Gertrude Hoffman, another holdover. ‘No. 9~Hearst-Pathe News, four, minutes.— Boz, Orpheum, St. Louis. Cheviewed Menday Matin, March 18) St. Louls, March 11—A good crowd’ was ‘Rand when the curtaia went up, but there ¥: ‘no Ufe to the bill, and the avdlence displayed ittle enthusiasm.’ Just before the perform ance Manager Sullivan’ received a wire, from Clark and Hamilton, eaying they were oow Dound. This act was coming in from Toronto. ‘The Marting filled thelr place for the afternoon performance. Wilton . Lackaye “headlined, . but Milo is the bit of the bill. ‘No, 1—Orpheum Travelog, Fifteen minutes. No, 2—Garcinett! Brothers, norelty bat throw. ers and trampoline tumbling, work pleasingly. ‘They are clever performers, “Teo minutes, full stage; two calls, No, $—Lililzn Goune and Bert Albert's schoo! aye eketeh pleased, Miss Gonne capturing the] Rouse with her saucy and cute manner, Fifteen minntes, in one and three; two calls. No, 4—Joseph Bennett and Edward Richards’ ketch, Dark Clouds, got a big hand at the open: ing, when the audience expected tragic work instead of excellent display of eccentric danci ‘However,the latter exhibition was very much appreciated, Fifteen minutes, full etage; one call. No. 5—Cameron Sisters offer an artistic danlog act, elaborately costumed, Lew Pollack, at the plano, is an able assistant. ‘Thirteen min. ‘utes, in three and foll’stage: two calls, No, 6—Lydia Barry, lyrical raconteur, works Dard and gets her songs over effectively, Tecelving much applause at the eod of each num fn one; two calls, & Wellacted sketch, but’ of frail construction. However, it finishes stroog and very suddenly. In foll stage, consuming ¢wenty minutes; three No, 8—Milo, with his sloging imitations and tramp makeup, is the bit of the bill. His char. acterlsations are exceptionally clever. — ProTonged applause. Fifteen minutes, in coe: calls, No, 9—Tho Martians, contortionists, closed NEW YORK VAUDEVILLE ‘By HILLIAR THE YOSCARRYS are in tough luck, The ‘understander in the act was unfortunate enough to get knocked down by an automobile, and is now laid up in the. Harlem Hospital. FOUR CASTING LAMYS, who recently lost the Pantages Time thra inadvertently playing ‘an opposition house in Minneapolis, hare three lof the brothers in the draft, but, however, they have not yet been called to the colors. |. CHESTER B. HOFFMAN, the bicycle rider, ‘has just arrived in town and is looking for a Partner for his new act. SPISSELL BROTHERS AND MACK have gone on a Southern tour for a few weeks. ‘TIM AND MARION DEE are to break in thelr: new act in New York shortly. THE DIERICK BROTHERS, one of the big. features of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, are playing a few weeks in vandeville before going to West Baden to get ready for the ensuing season, TIP, of TIP, BAKER AND ALLEN, the hat and club juggiers, left the act suddenly last week. Baker and Allen went on to Washington to Gil a contract, but the manager refused to the act minus Tip, and they came back to York. EVA TANGUAY, BESSIE CLAYTON and GRACE LA RUB worthily upheld women's rights at the Palace Theater last week. ‘The trio simply ran away with the whole show. LAURA HOPE CREWS won the contest of the Patrons’ Request program this week at the CoIonial Theater with a majority of 3,000 votes. Others selected by the audience themselves to make an allstar bill were: George White and Emma Haig, Jack Wilson, Ford Sisters, Little Billy, Josle Heather, Franklyn Ardell and ComPauy, “Corporal Arthur Fields, Private Leon Flatow, McIntosh and his Musical Malds, and the Litetejobas JAMES J. MORTON tn all probability will be ‘at the Palace Theater shortly, announcing the acts in bis own inimitable way. CUBA CRUTCHFIELD bas left the show at Healy's and is getting ready for vaudeville. He was one of the big. hits: of the big Army and Navy Benefit at the Hippodrome. JOB LA FLEUR is on Broadway, baring just returned from fifteen weeks in Cubs. He is not going with a circos this season, but ts going to Lis home Im: Providence, T. I., and enjoy the fret summer vacation in twenty-f Fleur had quite » lot of dificulty in getting his doze back into America. After a rest be will return to vaudeville. ‘WATSON SISTERS are the bit of every bill which “they are playing. ‘These two girls lave a host of friends, HELEN HART, of the Hart Sisters, trov-jaw artists, while playing at Keeney's Theater, New N. J., last Sunday, fell from the rigging, sustaining & sprained arm and back. Sbe expects to be able to resume work again in about tea days, . CANDIDATE FOR COUNCIL ‘Richmond, Va.,/March 9—Mike Scher (Lyric Corner Mike), known to all actors, vavdevillians, ciregs and carnival men visiting Richmond in the sat decade, bas announced for City Council, Bis popularity, it 1s confidently expected, will place jim in the seat of honor, where the showfolks fn these days of fanatical reforms and rabid ‘censorship movements in Virginia certainly need a friend. 7 WITH THE STAGE WOMEN Enrollment Sheet Lost—Auction of War Relics New York, March 9.—Ann Sutherland, playing in Chicago in Cheating Cheaters, has reported to Florence Nash, chairman of the Subscription Drive of the Stage Women's War Relief, the loss of Enrollment Sheet 176. The subscriptions of ‘the company have been cent in on a sheet of paper, but the importance of notifying the public of tho lors of the official sheet is evident. ‘There was an auction of war relics in The Paul and Pauline Vaudeville Oddity DIRECTION: SAM BAERWITZ PAUL PEDRINIS BABOONS PASTIMES ON A BATTLESHIP SKIPPERS, SCH ALMAN BROS. BUDGET No. WILL BE 1 t READY MARCH 25 The cost of paper aud rice of MADISON'S BUDG! Will remain as heretofore, ONE DOLLAR Order at once and you will be put on the Mise to recelve au advance copy, oF send $50" and you will receive: BUDGETS NO. 16 and It. geod onaers 80m, 1052 Third Avenue, ALL STAINS REVOVED ring, ie] Mow York Agents wanted. ‘Tosthwhite Laberatories, Dept 000, Evanston, Chicags, ee Get Into Vaudeville Right Tl! write you a MODERN Act, guaranteed for Big Time, and you can pay me ‘as act earns the money. Professionals or Beginners, your credit is good here. My acts are mopping up on every circuit; that is why I can guarantee them. CHAS. 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