The New York Clipper (April 1903)

203 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER. Apbu 25, John E. Waller, of Wallet k Mag III, while playing at South Sharon, Pa., waa tendered a banquet after the performance, at the Ar- lington Hotel, by Dare O'Connor and Joe Daly, previous to being Initiated Into the Sharon Lodge of Eagle*. On the following night Mr. Waller became an Eagle, and waa presented with a genuine eagle'a claw, mount- ed In gold, by the Sharon lodge. Friday night waa Eagles' night at the Broadway Theatre, at South Sharon, and one hundred and fifty Eagles attended the performance in a body. Alice Maglll waa presented with a handsome bouquet of flowers, and after too performance the Eaglea and the Invited guests adjourned to the Edwards House, where a banquet waa given in honor of Mr. Waller, who had the honor of being the flrat professional to be Initiated Into the Sharon lodge, and the flrat Eagle to whom a banquet was tendered In Sharon. Among those pres- ent were: Fred Kelaer, W. P. P., and toast- maater for the occasion; J. Elmer Qrlmtn, W. 1'., and an old time performer; L. Ulg- Slns, W. V. P.; Burrows and Travis, Master rtle Burrows. Low Palmer, James and Davis, Frank Clayton, and Waller and Ma- glll. Everybody thoroughly enjoyed them- selves, and will never forget the Eagles at Sharon, Pa. Notes iiioii Sunn A Blanciiard'b Com- edians. —We are In Connecticut, and laat week. In Baltic^ our comedian, George Coffy, " was presented "with a handsome white bull- dog, to replace the one he lost In Boston. Roster of company: Amelia Blanchard, Bertha Blanchard, Hortense Coffy, Susie Hawkes, George Coffy and Chas. Smith. « A. Caicido, who la now at the Juan Palais D'Kte, Brussels, Belgium, Is booked for a return engagement of eight weeks at the London Hippodrome, commencing May 1. lie will resume his tour of England on Sept. 14, at Liverpool. Job West and Ida May Lewis write that since their comedy act, "A Night of Sur- Erises," has been rewritten for them they ave met with great success with It, and are booked solid for one year. For the sea- son of 11)03-4 they have signed with the Itellly k, Wood show, Maori and Dale are In San Francisco on a visit. They opened at the Dewey Theatre, the new vaudeville house of Oakland^ as one of the features. . , „ . . . Little and Pbitzkow, who have finished a successful season with the "Katzenjntnmer Kids" Co., have the entire Summer season booked In the West, up to week of Sept. 14, at which time they return to New York, opening at I'astor'B Theatre. Jamks I,. Wallace. Australian tenor bal- ladlst, has signed with Lew Dockatader's All Star Minstrels. John Hawley and Victor V. Vasb have Joined hands, and played their opening en- gagement on Sunday, April 12. Mr. Vasa was mode a member of A. N. P. U. of A. April 11. Heei.bv and Mebly are In New York, after spending seven years In Europe. They will return to Europe before long. Their acro- batic act was one of the features of tho European programmes. Tun Tumce Campbells played the Jeffera Theatre, Saginaw, Mich., last week, and re- port success. They play Hamilton, Can., this week. ohvjlib and FnANK, acrobuts, after the week of March 23, at Pastor's Theatre, were reengaged for three different engagements. They also appeared at the Shrlners' enter- tainment given at tho Madison Square Con- cert Hall, April 4. by Mr. Pastor. Lillian Skoub has engaged Joe lllley, the Irish comedian, to support her In the new sketch, by James Danfortb, entitled "O'lloull- gan's Mary Ann." She writes that She baa a number of excellent dates In parks this Summer, and good booking for next season. In thi parks Miss Segur will put on tho ■ketch afternoons, and present her electrical dances at the evening performances. Monroe and Muiuiay, comedy negro team, have joined hands with Jay Raymond, and write that they have an original black face aklt, entitled "Tho Rehearsal of William Tell." They will put It on at Atlantic City week of June 1. Gbacs mandell (Mrs. McCarty)' was granted A divorce from her husband, Ed. Leondo (Ed. McCarty) on March 28, at Louisville, Ky. Edward Leblib leaves Kings County Hos- pital April 18, and opens at the Star Theatre, New York, Sunday. April 11). Ma and> Mas. llomnooK have been pass- ing a two weeks' vacation in Sherman, Mass., having added extensive improvements to their home. Cui'ONTr, Juggler, who Is now playing a return date at Austin A Stone's Museum, Boston, open* at the Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, N. Y., April ID, for twenty F.dna Stevens mourns tho loss o( her mother, who died on March 30. Mas. Guace Sully, of the Sully Family, after a serious Illness of live weeks Is on the road to .recovery, and .will soon be able to fill all time booked for the new act, which Includes bookings In all of the best vaude- ville houses, They were compelled to cancel tho Koltli circuit, also tho Proctor houses. CoxuoY and I'kaui. write: "We have been up In the Northwest tor seven weeks, break- ing In « new act, which has proved to be a success. We have some very good bookings for the Summer, Including Chicago, Cin- cinnati, Dayton and Cleveland." Eddie O'IIhibn, after closing nine success- ful weeks at the Howard, Boston, has Joined hands with Willis 0. West, and the team will do a singing and talking act. Geo. X. wilbon, of the team of Wilson and De Monvllle, Jumped from Jacksonville, Fla., to Savannah, On., on Sunday, April 0, and was mode a member of F, O. B. Lodge, of Savonnall, No. 830, after which (here was a banquet given to the members. Gladys Hiddlrton opened at the Empire, St. Paul, Minn., April u, for two weeks. Castle and COLLINS, black face comedians and dancers, close with tho ilolmnn Comedy Co., and open In vaudeville April 20, at the Orpheuin Theatre, Davenport, la. "Ciialk" Saunders Is playing his fourth week on the Proctor circuit, lie plays two weeks on the Keith circuit, and then goes to Providence,' to tako the mnungoment of Cheitnut Grove Summer Theatre for his second season. Pabron, Hollander and Fanon have booked ten straight week of Summer parks. Farron and Holland have completed live new songs, which will be on the market next season. The Sis Katv Dids are booking Summer work. The net Is said to be a novelty In vaudeville. They are under the management of Lizzie Schedmann. The McLain Sisters, Josephine and Christine, have a new character singing end dancing specialty which, they report, Is making a bit. They will play tho parks In Now England this coming Summer. T. 11. aluiii'iiY, of Murphy and Gray, mu- sical comedians, with liable & Mack's World Renters, and Chas. E. Gano, formerly of McCoy and Gano, but at present doing one of the principal ends with vogcl's Minstrels, have Joined hands, and will very shortly produce an up to date black face comedy musical act. The team will be known ns Murptiv and Gano. The principal comedy will bo taken care of by Mr. Gano, and tho act has been arranged on strong comedy lines, fitting tills peculiar Btyle comedian. Gso. A. Woodward has signed with Joseph J. Frank, as musical director, to open April 18, at Frank's Opera House. Washington Pork, Bayonne, N. J., this being his second season there. Tun Two Odykrs, acrobats, report suc- cess at Smith's Opera House, Grand Rapids, week of April (I, and open on tub Kohl & Castle circuit, at the Chicago Opera House, April 20, is-lib the Olympic To follow. New World's Fair Notes.— This exhibi- tion will open May 2, at Luna Park, Coney Island, and from a glimpse of the ground In the present condition It Is quite lafe to say that the visitor will be astonished at the completeness of this Twentieth Century Mid- way, which has been built at a cost of more than a million dollars, it Is announced. New World's Fair Is an exposition,' designed to combine all the pleasing and spectacular features of a World's Fair, with grand courts and avenues, splendid canals and lagoons, and electrical Illuminations. This exposi- tion will cover an area of twenty-two acres, within the limits of Greater New York, at Its seashore. Following the Grand Plaza and Court of Honor will be colonnades and peri- styles, to aid the architectural effect, and scattered about the grounds will be 132 tow- ers for electrical display. There will be forty monster shows, Including the original plant of the famous Illusion. "A Trip to the Moon," the original productions of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," "War of Worlds," "The Naval Spectatorlurn," "The Itlver Styx," "Shooting the White Horse Rapids," "The Grand Canyon" and "Forty- nine Mining Camp," "The Whirl . of the Town," "Dragon Rouge," "Overland and In- cline Railways," also the Japanese, Philip- pine, Irish, Esquimaux and German villages, the infant Incubator, the Water Show, Casino -and- Hippodrome, and Yellowstone Park. The "A Trip to the Moon" building has a floor area of 80,000 square feet, and Is TO feet high. The Casino has a floor area of 1GOi300 feet, and the grand Naval Specta- torlurn Is 200x300 feet. The latter will rep- resent the harbor of New York being bom- barded by a foreign fleet. The spectators will be located In a fortress manned with great full sized guns, operated by soldiers, and before them will stretch out a fleet, ap- parently running five miles In the distance. Each boat, of which there are some thirty, will be operated by Its own machinery and engines, and each will take an active part In the bombardment of the fortress. Part of the fortress In which the spectators are seated will be blown up, and the ships of war will be shot, exploded and Bunk. Tor- pedo boats will be shown In action, and every detail that conld be witnessed In an actual battle will be faithfully produced. "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" haa 66,000 square feet of floor space, and la a new Illusion that will be shown at Luna Park for the first time. The spectators board a submarine boat, the hatch Is closed and the Journey begins. All the living and natural wonders of the deep are seen through port holes of the submarine boat, and the visitors are finally landed at the North Pole. Up through the hatch the spectators come ashore on the hitherto undiscovered land. The various villages about the grounds will he perfect reproductions of toe countries they represent. The Irish village is to be laid out In a gigantic reproduction of the map of Ireland. In the Filipino vil- lage the natives will be fonnd at their customary occupations of basket making and cigarette rolling. "The Streets of Venice," will show' the gayer and lighter phases of life In the "Queen of the Adriatic." The Esquimaux village will show both the Sum- mer and Winter hnts of the natives, and the customs of the people of the far North will be shown In every detail. Then there will be the vari-formed villages of the Hin- doo, Slngalese and Filipino. The electric tower will be one of the chief ornamental features of Luna Park. This spectacle, In conjunction with the lighting of the other buildings In the park. Is promised to be an enlargement of the electrical effects at the l'nii-American Exposition at Buffalo. The builders of Luna Park are both young men, the two men who constructed the Pan-Ameri- can Midway. Frederic Thompson, once a Nashville architect, and "Skin" Dundy. W, 8. Simmons writes: "Simmons' Octo- roon Four Hundred Combination, carrying ten star acts, playing vaudeville specialties, farce comedy and afterpieces, this sea- son bigger, better, greater than ever, beg to say to managers of parks and Summer theatres they will make no mistake In book- ing us." . . Campbell and Matthews have separated, and Mr. Matthews Is now working with Walter King, and will continue for balance of season with Miner's Bohemians. Mr. .Matthews and Edna Davenport, buck and wing dancer, also of Bohemian Co., were married March 31, at the Continental Hotel, nt Chicago. Mr. Riley, the hotel proprietor, served an elegant wedding breakfast to the newly married couple, and among those present were the bride's mother, Millie Davenport, Sam Myers, manager of the Bo- hemians ; Mr. Coombs, of Brooklyn Knitting Co.; Ed. Johnson, Andy Gardner and Mrs. W. h. Davis and daughter. The newly mar- ried couple received many valuable presents from the different members and their friends. Mubphy and Palmer have met with suc- cess, playing clubs and doing Sunday work lu this city and vicinity a greater part of the season. They will be seen on the Mau- rice Boom circuit of parks as soon as the Summer season begins, making their third season with Mr. Boom. Tun Three Gii.dbn Sisters, clog dancers, who met with much success In nnd around Chicago, are now playing return dates, by special request. Fanny Donovan has decided to sever her connection with James H. Donovan, nnd sho will In future work singly, under the name of Fanny Donovan, the little chatterbox. She 1ms an original monologue and topical par- odies In preparation. Hazel Cablbton, of the Cnrleton Sisters, on. the occasion of her birthday, March 20, received a pretty gold watch and pin from her sister, Daisy. They are with the Pe- ruchl-Beldcnl Co., No. 1, doing specialties and leads. Frank and Ida Williams will play parks this Summer. Chas. 11. Kino writes: "I made one o( the biggest hits of my life at the Cream City Theatre, Milwaukee, responding night- ly to four and Ave encores, In my banjo specialty, and was re-engaged. I have signed with will S. Heck's Amusement and Car- nival Co. for thirty weeks, commencing May 4, at Roanoke, Vs." Cam n.i.ti and Fona, who were engaged for Orrln Bros.' Circus, Mexico, for eight weckB, but were held over four weeks longer, have returned to New York, aud report success with their act. They are booked solid till the Fall. Emma Cotrely, Juggler, writes: "In nimwer to my recent ad, In The Clipper I have received several very nice offers, and have signed for the coming season with Harry S. Mitchell, for his 'Hoosler Circus.' to do my specialty In the circus scene. I open on the Keith circuit week of April 20, and have several other good houses to fol- low." W. R. Lincoln writes: "On April 15 I Joined bonds with Bessie Gilbert, lady cor- net 11st. and tho team will be known as Lincoln and Gilbert. Good time is already booked In Canada." Mamie Gray, of the Two Grays, Is 111 In Norfolk, Vn. She has recently undergone a very severe surgical operation, and Is be- ing looked after By the Actors Fund. It will be Ave or six weeks before Mrs. Gray can resume her work. Mr. and Mrs. J. Theodore MuRrilY write: "We are still with the Broadway Burlesquers. and our specialty Is making good all along the line. Mrs. Murphy's singing has never failed to elicit an en- core. Recently, at the Unique Theatre, Brooklyn, we were engaged to appear at the Friendship Club dinner, held at Martin's Cafe. N. Y. City; also North Beach last Sunday. The Broadways close the last week In May, after which we go In stock at the Westminster Theatre, In Providence, R. I." MARSH CRAIG In well known as a contortionist and hand balnncer. During the past season he was with the Williams & Walker Co., playing "In Dahomey," doing his specialty. LOBD-HOLLOWAY COMIDY CO. NOTES.—We close a successful twenty-eight weeks' tour of the Dakotas and Minnesota at Osakls, Minn., April 28. Ed. M. Lord goes to Min- neapolis to resume charge of his booking agency, while Frank Holloway will con- tinue with the Holloway Comedy Co., under canvas. Clever Conkey will rest at his home In Chicago, and the others of the com- pany are all fixed for the Summer. Our roster at time of closing: Ed. Lord, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holloway, E. C. Stone, Babe Helmrath, "Happy" Rocks, Lucy Franklin, Irene Grltton, Fred Wadelle, and Clever Conkey. Charles Kilfatbick, the bicyclist, writes from St. Petersburg, Russia, that his loop the loop was a big success there and In Paris. Job Woolley, late of McAvoy and Wool- ley, has resumed the management of Klein Deutchloiid, Brooklyn. Phillips and Sharp write from Victoria, B. C.: "We opened here April I), and our act, 'A Wise One from Sweden,' caught the natives at once. On April 8 the proprietor, J. A. Johnson, Invited some of the mem- bers of the House of Parliament especially to witness our act, and we were highly complimented and appreciated. We were cordially Invited to visit the H. of P. while In session, which we did, and were royally entertained in return." Harry O. Dell and Miss Oi.lie Hart have signed for twenty' weeks to do their new comedy acrobatic act, opening at Spo- kane, Wash., for two weeks, with San Fran- cisco to follow. The following were at the Dewey Music Hall, Utlca, N. Y., last week: Dave Barry, manager ; McCann and McCann, Clara Wag- ,ner, Towner Sisters, Stella Ardarth, May Leslie, and Flynn and McKay. Tub Lady Band Minstrels will open their tour of Long Island at Bay Shore, under (he management of Cbas. E. Taylor. Harry Lorainb and Richard Blaqrave have Joined hands, and will do a new act, entitled "The Diamond Dance," and also do their acrobatic dance. They recently played a successful week at Young's Pier, Atlantic City. Alba W. Root, legleas trick and fancy 'cyclist, has closed over the Grauman cir- cuit, and signed for the Summer season with tbe Young Corbett road show, to do his novelty trick 'cycle act, opening In Oak- land, Cal., April 15. George Wade, of the Ward A Wade Min- strels, took the thirty-second degree In Masonry at Peoria, 111., week of April 13. H. B. Burton will play ten weeks on the Pacific coast, In his musical monologue, commencing June 1, at the Chutes, San KranclBco, with the Dewey Theatre, Oak- land, to follow. Robtbr OF tub Weston & Herbert Vaudeville Co.—Weston & Herbert, pro- prietors ; Fred J. Dalley, advance agent; Weston and Herbert, Hugh J. Emmett, the Four Bragdons, Little Carrie, Cole and Al- len, Harry Morgan, the Three Hoses, May Myers, II. Werner, electrician, and the bio- scope, with moving pictures. We are now In our thirty-first week, ploying'California, Oregon, Washington, Idano, Montana and British Columbia. Palm Garden Theatre, Detroit, Mich., will open May 18, with high class vaude- ville, under the management of Edward Al- lor. Delia Kueiin writes that she Is making a success with her acrobatic dancing through the West. She will shortly open In Seattle for a brief engagement. Theo and Camillb La Jess have closed a successful engagement over P. F. Shea's New England circuit, nnd will open at the Howard, Boston, April 27. Jbanette Mills reports scoring a great success In her new act. Fond uu Lac, Wis., Lodge, No. ST, B. P. 0. Elks, at Its recent annual election of officers elected: II. H. Dodd, E. R.; H. P. Gilford. E. L. K.; B. II. Korrer, E. L. K.; James T. O'Hallernn, E. L. K.; W. F. Rink, secretary: F. S. Chandler, treasurer; Charles Werner. Sr., tyler; Dr. T. F. May- ham, trustee; II. II. Dodd, delegate; T. F. Mayham, alternate. Com. Dodd's re-election was unanimous. Secretary Kink was elected In tbe same way. iMadqb Huohes writes that she has been playing In stock at the Odeon Theatre. Bal- timore, for the past five months, and has Joined bands with Camlllc Calhoun. The team will be known as Calhoun and Hughes. Ed. Mazier, of Mazier and Conley, haa Joined hands with Horace Greeley. They have signed with the Gus Sun Minstrels for the remainder of the season. Their new art, they report, Is meeting with success, nnd they are booked for twelve weeks this Summer with Russell's Minstrel Comedians. Tub Walton Family, ncrobatB, have been engaged for next season with Al. G. Field's Greater Minstrels. Tub Torsi" Tubvy Trio presented their new comedy act, "O'Dowd from Cohoes," at the Lyceum Theatre, Brooklyn, N. Y., Sun- day, April 12, which, they write, was a tremendous success. They are booked up until August. Tub Fellows, Jack and Clara, banjo players, singers and sketch team, have signed with the Empire Concert, Comedy and Vaude- ville Show, under canvas, for the Summer season. Tho show opens about Mny G, at Columbia City, Ind. Theodore W. Cameron and Willie Bar- ROtiR (Cameron and Barbour), song Illustra- tors, have closed a successful season of thirty-five weeks with the Rhe Lorraine Co., and are now at their home In Roxbury, Mass. A new double dissolving machine is being built for them, according to special plans, and they will be ready for their con- tracted dates by May 1. A new Summer tiieatrb Is being erected at Paris, Tex., a city of 20,000 population, by the electric railway company of that place. Edgnr T. Neville will be manager. Van Fossen and McCawley report sue- d?r*rt scenl They have signed for next Son 'with'the ■-••^lA'gyK leading comedy roles and do their special "'MRS. HARRY N. BARTLBTT, WOO hMbeea suffering from a severe case of typhoid fever for the past eight weeks, snow able to be about. W has been iflfa*- «g Jg nhvslcian not to resume work for a month Ta».ot as she regains her strength she will fulfill engagements now pending In a specialty with her husband. Tiie Chambeblins, ftaak JM _Jgtt g inRsolsts write: "We are at the Circle, N. lassolsts, wnie « ^ gjj th Jay 0 tftlca! Albany, P Hamllton Detrc,ItllH Youncstown. We sail June 4 for Europe, nnd open Jiine 12 In Pslace d'Ete. Brussels, BelghlmV with Europe to follow, for two Hies'sie Keves Tyler, while playing an engagement recently at Coeur d'Alene The- atre, Spokane, Wash., fell down a flight of iron stalrB end sustained serious Injuries, from which she Is slowly ^covering. Lillik Hall has Joined bands with Tom Mooro, the coon shouter, and will do an act entitled "Shlnner's Dramatic Agency. Herbert Van Ness ha; been spending a few weeks at Richmond,- Vs_ He.Is .booked solid for twelve weeks In parks. Lewis and Dblmobb have signed for the Summer to play parks. Alf Holt, with the expiration of last week, has completed fourteen consecutive weeks of vaudeville. Varin and Turinnb, Roman axe jugglers, write: "We are having a very successful season with the Great Barlow Minstrels. The Shaw Sisters (Georgle and Kittle) have Just completed fifty-four weeks on the Northwestern and Savoy circuits (B. C.». and will go from San Francisco to Prescott, Ariz., to fill a sixteen weeks' engagement, opening April 13. , The Db Telems, after resting in Buffalo since New Years, have Joined hands with Sol Kingsbury, and are now rehearsing a new musical act, of which a piano Is to be a feature. , _ „. . ... The Austins (Harry and Lottie) are with the Merry Monarcha Co., In South Dakota. World of Players, . —Will H\ Locke writes: "Having with- drawn my interest In the Kerkhoff-Locke Dramatic Co.. I will In future be associated with my brother, Henry W. Locke, In a rep- ertory company that will be known as the Lockes. Mr. Kerkboff and I enjoyed four years of pleasant and profitable association. I have almost recovered my health, Bnd am spending the time at work on our house. The cottage I am building here (Mound City, Mo.), when finished, will be one of the most complete In town. We are enjoying the building of It to the fullest extent, and we will have a little home that will be our pride In future years. It will contain seven rooms when finished, with furnace, acetylene gas light, and as many modern conveniences as we can obtain here. It Is quite the talk of the town—an actor building an elegant cottage in a small town Is not a usual thing. We "have one hundred feet square of ground, and will have our own garden, which Is al- ready well under way. We expect to 'move In' about May 1. I trust that any professional people passing through here will stop to see us. Any little boy can tell you where Locke s house Is. I get the dear old CurrEB every Friday." — Elfle Fay, who has been prominent on tbe vaudeville stage, Is to be starred next season, under the manngement of Weber and Rush and George II. Brennan, In a musical comedy. — The Empire Theatre Building, Passaic, N. J., was destroyed by Are early on the morning of April 14. Tho loss Is estimated at $25,000. — Frances Ring, a sister of Blanche Ring, has been engaged by Amelia Bingham to succeed Minnie Dupree on the coming West- ern tour. She will play Miss Dupree*B roles In "The FrlBky Mre. Johnson" and "The Climbers." — Charles Hawtrey, who returns to Amer- ica next season, will have a theatre In Lon- don at tbe beginning of the following season. Charles Frohman announces that Mr. Haw- trey will return to America under bis man- ngement for another season, and that he will arrange In future for Mr. Hawtrey's London plans. Mr. Hawtrey will have en- tire direction of the organization for the pro ductlons at his theatre In London. He will appear In star roles which are to be spe- cially written for him. — The Washington Theatre, Rome, N. Y., owned by Wallace & Gllmore, was destroyed by fire on April 14. The loss Is estimated at between $12">.000 and $150,000, and the Insurance Is said to cover only half of the amount. The cause of the lire Is unknown. — "The Johnstown Flood" Notes: This new four act melodrama, by Edward Hough- ton, will open the season the last week of August. Contracts have been awarded for the special scenery and printing. While the scenic effects will be a feature of the pro- duction, the ploy Itself Is strong. The stage settings will be correct in every de- tail, showing scenes In and around Johns- town exactly as they were before and at the time of the flood. Mr. Houghton baa the production booked solid until January. 1004, and has very little open time to fill after that date. Much of the early part of the season will be spent in Pennsylvania. — Kathryn Ostermnn concluded her vaude- ville tour nt Proctor's Twent»-thlrd Street Theatre last week. She will rest for the Summer, and Inaugurate her starring tour In October. Miss Osterman had several more weeks booked In vaudeville, but decided not to piny them. She may play one special week In Toledo In August. — Eva Williams and Jac Tucker will begin their starring tour In "Mollle Darling" Sept. 14, at Atlantic City, N. J. A tour of the West will be played, which will continue until the holidays, after which the clever pair come East. — "Elmdale Farm" Notes: C. E.Beyerle closed his "Elmdale Farm" Co. at Rock- port, Mo., March 28, after a very successful season of twenty-four weeks. The show made more than good the past season, and many return dates will be booked for next Winter. We will spend our short vacation at Omaha, Neb., awaiting the time for the white tents. Most all of the old company remain for the Summer. The "Elmdale Farm" Co. will reopen Oct. 1. — Wills Comedy Co. Notes: We are In our thirty-third week. We had packed houses during Holy Week, which was divided, the first half at Franklin, Pa., and last half at McKeenport, Pa. On the opening night at Franklin we had local opposition, and, de- spite this fact, tbe house was packed to overflowing, and tbe following two nights were a duplicate of the first night. At Mr- Keesport the remainder of Holy Week had not the slightest effect on the business, for at ench show the house was simply packed to the doors. — George W. Donahue, light and char- acter comedian, on April 1 closed a three years' contract with Manager Bobby Foun- tain, and will rest for the Summer at Madi- son, Ind., his home. — Fred 8. Btuber Is booked solid until October. He Is this week at the Empire, Columbus, with Tony Pastor's, and the Temple Theatre, Detroit, to follow. — Harry Rennels has Joined the "An American Gentleman" Co. to play the part of Dennis, the engagement to last all Sum- mer. — Notes from Pond's Metroi)ollt«„ <,, Co.: We aw play.lng to.an IS 1 b n „>k through Wisconsin, which Lenten season. Is good in B6 tnislno,. -erligF* territoi considerliT".?; this f.-S. llle Roster: Pond A Schroder, sole nronHV, ^ L. E. Pond, manager; Pan!*igg3r«1l Burt Imson, stage MrJ^SthH? I S - Br, Burt" iiiiBon, KsriTlennett'Tv L - Pollock, Laura England, Leila Bennett rUlf vonce. *,„,,. ,.i»i, „u, s Pollock, stage carpenter; musical director; L. E. Schroder. lh lS I'onil. Imson.' The management'havV'iieenftJr!; Struggle for Gold?' and will mfeI h A feature, there being a special line 0 | m. for the piece. Burt Imson Is vLBB" special scenery, and Chas. Pollock fs fi ?/ ing the mechanical part, and will «t.~ ,r piece with all Ms effects, Tho w£8A booked solid for tbe Summer In nOU? Minnesota, Wisconsin and Mlchi K n n ;!i things point to good business on the JS& side of the ledger for the management * ' — VaJeska Storbeck, a foreign wto™ will soon make her debut as a star in? will head her own company, In a prodnni™ of "Carmen," commencing early next Rm! tember, and going to the coast. grswSi scenery will be used, and the costiimeaYpfl electrical effects are now being made In th. East. we — Sam J. Rascoe writes: "After thirt. weeks with the Carroll Comedy c 0 it.; signed with the Htgglna Stock Co. tot ««? season as stage director and comedian, inri will do my specialty. Mr. Higglns haa mil, aged to secure the best New England tlm. The company will number twenty-six, and»« will carry special scenery and make every e'ec. In our repertory a production. Roster- Pain D. Higglns, manager; Ernest HolTman «,i vance agent; Sam J. Rascoe, stage mjn» ger; Margaret Wlllera, star: W. A. M P «t ling, Will A. Rath, Frederick Hoey, Rolliod Hill, John C. Rowe, Chns. I'acor, Joe c Kessnlcb, Mrs. '.tath, 8ue J. Eascoe, Bertha Shaw, Mrs. Cha«. Pacor, Mrs. La Reane Mrs. Fred Hoey, Baby La Reane, Prof Joseph C. Kessnlch and his celebrated band and orchestra, I will remain In Syracuse during the Summer, and complete arrange- ments for the coming season. We open in New Hampshire, and play all the best East- ern time. — Mrs. Dora Paige, mother of Mtbel Paige, who was prevented by ill health from traveling in her daughter's company lost Beason, writes that she la now settled In a beautiful home In Auburn, N. Y, ij ec daughter will vlBlt her next Summer. — Notes from Sherman's Castle Square Stock Co.: We are making a short prelimin- ary tour of Manitoba and the Korthvett Territories, previous to opening up our Sum- mer season in Winnipeg, where Manager Sherman has leased the Auditorium for a term of years. It Is his intention to completely overhaul the building, adding a palm garden and a grand promenade, and run It much alter the style of his Bummer gardens In Hamil- ton. It will be known hereafter as Sherman's Palm Garden. Band concerts, the very best vaudeville acts and an up to date dramatic performance will be given from May to Sep- tember. His Hamilton parks will be run as heretofore, from May to September, a first class dramatic company In one, and an opera company In the other. Our business through Manitoba and Western Ontario was all that could be wished for, • crowded houses being the rule everywhere. Manager Sherman has retained his entire company for the Summer, after which they will complete their West- ern tour to the Pacific coast. Roster: W, 11. Sherman, manager; F. J. Dorltty, business manager; Harry Marrs, treasurer; Jack Con- Ion, stage manager; R. W. Karsh, stage car- penter; Arthur Alml, properties; F. W. Swanoaks, Geo. Alml, Fred 8. UcVey, R. B. Mllloy, R. W. Karsh, Floyd WhltBon, musical director; Ermanl. Baby Gladys, Beatrice Gordon, Arthur Alml, Harry Maus and Ma- bel Hastings. — Ralph Rollins, who has been lending man with A. D. McPhee's Big Dramatic Co. for this season, playing the leading role la "The Gold King,'' ''Elmdale Farm," "Saved from tbe 8ea,' r "Two Orphans'* and "The Black Flag," reports having a most pleasant and successful season, ana will spend the Summer on the lake shore, Cleveland, 0. — Ray N. McDowell writes: "Mr, and Mrs. Edwin Southers, who were so badly hurt In the Atlantic Coast Line wreck at Quitman, Go., are at their home In Starke. Fla., In a serious condition. It Is feared that Mrs. Southers will never be able to re- turn to the stage, as her injuries show ap- parently a permanent nature. Mr. Southers will not be able to resume work again be- fore next season, at least." — Notes from the Warde Stock Co.: This company, under tbe management of A, H, Warde, will take the road May 2, under the most favorable auspices. Mr. warde has spared no expense, and will have one of the most complete organizations of Its kind. The scenery will be elaborate, and the plays will be produced with scenic effects never before attempted under canvas. The company will consist of twenty-six people, as follows: Stella Staunton, Louise Potter, Mae St. Clair, Rosetta Silk, Elsie Sterling, Ida Clarke, Norma Bates, A. E. Warde, Boyd I. Nolan, Eddie Sterling, F. R. Glnnlvan, Amos E. Dake. Geo. Barron, Claude Campbell, George Huntley, William Bailey, George Everete, L. Henderson, Harry Grlflln, f. Edwards and Everett Baton. The plays will be staged by the veteran actor nnd stage director, Frederick Hoey. The vaudeville acts will be one of the features. Every- thing la new. bright and up to date. This company will play only the larger towns. Mr. Warde believes that it Is possible to bo stage plays of the higher order, under can- vas, that they will be attended by the the- atre loving public. His company Is also booked In the Jarge cities for next season. — F. F. Proctor has secured the American rights of an English farcical play, entitled "Who Is Brown 7" and It will be acted for the first time In America at Mr. Proctors Albany theatre on April 27, with a cast se- lected from the various Proctor stocl- - panies, and headed by Frederic Bond. lected from the various Proctor stock com- panies, and headed by Frederic Bond. "Who Is Brown?" Is from the pea of Frank Wyattj who appeared In Francis Wilson's support some years ago. The comedy was originally acted at Brighton, England, a year or so ago, and has since been successfully toured throughout tbe English provinces. Its Urst New York City representation will be given at Mr. Proctor's One Hundred and Twenty- fifth Street Theatre on May 4. „ , — Notes from the Laura Winston Stock Co.: We are almost through with our Kan- sas time, and nfter one more stand will ne In Nebraska. Business through Kansas lins been only fair, and Lent hurt us, but wo are still on deck. Miss Winston Is scoring as heavily as ever, and the company Is he- coming very popular. Bertram Bracken, our Juvenile man, left last week to go to Oklahoma City, and become a benedict. Iin- xelle McCrumb has replaced Bertha Honors, otherwise there has been no chancre. . , — Ivah M. Wills, who has played second leads for tbe past season with the 1'. ■'• Proctor Stock Co., at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York City, has gone to O'n Point Comfort, Va., for a much needed rest. Sho will remain at that resort about a month. . „ „—The new theatre at New RochcHe. N. Y., Just completed by the Knights of Co- lumbus, was opened formally nlgnt of Mon- day, April 13, by Mayor Henry 8. Clarke. The theatre contains tne lodge rooms of toe local council, and 1b said to be tbe flnwj building which the knights have put up nn>- wnere in the country. The theatre proper has a seating capacity of 1,600, and cost about *100,000. „. „. ..—John O. McDowell closet with * Montana Outlaw" Co. April 21, at Omaha. and will go to his home In Detroit, where he will lay off three weeks before opening at Chester Park, Cincinnati.