The New York Clipper (April 1903)

136 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER. April 4. miscellaneous, Motes mow Eonueub Bbob.' Indoor Win- Ttu Snow.—Ever since tot great blizzard, which coat the show three good stands, busi- ness bu been at the top notch.- From Moun- tain Park we were billed to appear at Roose- velt, and had to travel northward over the famoui Wichita Mountains, and passed within a brlak three minute*' drive of Wild- man, at the base of Egg Neat Mountain, where the richest gold mines In the mineral belt have been discovered, and are being worked. Wlldman i* quite a village, but not populated sufficiently to make a pay- ing stand. The mountains loomed up sombre through the grsy mists, showing grim and barren rock of gigantic size, forming ir- regular peaks towering a thousand feet above the little vale* through which the carry all and big trunk wagon wended In a serpentine course over a good hard road. Many staked claims near the roadside were marked with warnings to trespassers, the surface being turned up end a shallow hole made to show ihat they bad been worked enough to prove the owner's right to hold them. At Uoosevelt there wsa no opera boose. The entertainment had to be given In the I. 0. 0. F. Hall. All the chairs be- longing to the furniture store were placed In the ball, and many more besides to seat It. The hall was packed, and for a atop- fiing point to get through tbe mountains t was all right, though not as profitable aa could be wished tor in a more populous community. The people were agreeably sur- prised, and wondered bow we "could have the nerve to bring such a good show Into those diggings," and declared we deserved every cent we got out of It. J. B. Bonbeur received a handsome fountain pen from Mr. Brennan. The weather Is just right, and the drives across the country Is like an outing for pleasure. Tbi Clifpeb reaches us regularly, end Is treasured by every member of the company. _ Notes from Rovinq Ned's Romany Gypsies. —Success seems to favor us, as wa are doing the banner business. J. H. Lukes, late of the Bells Bros.' Circus, Is now In 8t. Louis, and will have charge of Camp No. 8. at Mannlon Park. Mrs. C. 8. Nalon will have Camp No. i\ at Crystal Beach, Can. Mrs. Dr. Dunton Is now running Camp No. 4, at Los Angeles, tal. Queen Deborah. under tbe management of Louis Heln, of Philadelphia, will look after Roving Ned's camp, at Sans Soucl l'ark, Chicago. Eoving Ned will be at Electric Park, Kaueaa City. Manager Belmont will not put out any more <amns. Tbe small camp will locate at In- gersoll Park, De* Moines, la. Managers of sll camps will be pleased to have ail per- formers making these parks to make the (.amp their headquarters. Mrs. W. C. Bel- mont and daughter, Blanche, have left for Geneva, N. Y., where they will remain until May 10, stopping off at Buffalo, Bochester unci Niagara Vails, then returning to Kan- sas City, to look after Camp No. 1, as Man- ager Belmont will have bis bands full look- ing after the other camps and bis company, "The Power of Money." Performers and managers visiting any of the camps will find tbe Ulo Reliable always on file. If you ure looking for good parks and can produce the goods a CLiprKB "ad." will bring tbe results. _ _ Notes fbom Jas. L. Goodall's Bio Pavil- ion Buow.—Jas. L. Qoodall and bis execu- tive staff Is busy preparing for the Summer season of twenty-eight weeks. We t will have a brand new 80x120 foot tent, with two 3S foot and one SO foot middle pieces, 10 foot side walla, 30x^0 marque, a drat class stage and scenery, all new. Canvas theatre with all the latest Improvements. Mr. Good- all will carry a first clasa uniformed band and orchestra of twelve pieces. B. C. Puggs- ley will be tbe business manager, with two assistants. The show opens April 23, for a season of twenty-eight weeks. Hamilton Moon will bave charge of the band and or- chestra. NOHS FBOU OEYIB A GBISWOLT/B "D. T. C." Co.—We are making progressive strides at Lexington, Mo., (or our opening under canvas, May 2. This show will be one of lbs finest equipped of Its kind In America. Everything about the show this seawn, from stakes to Pullman cars, were built this sea- son and never used before. The Pullman cars are seventy-two feet; sll the Inside Is finished In qusrtered oak. with natural grain, snd built to oar order for this show. Our tents are about completed, are all new and made to our pattern. Our scenery Is being built. Our printing will be pictorial. The show will be a strictly white show, and we have engaged tbe beat people In tbe "Tom" I uslness. The band will consist of eighteen pieces. Lewis Orlswold, one of the mana- gers of this attraction, has for the past six- teen Bummer seasons successfully mansged a show of this class, end during all those years has never missed a salary day and never failed to stay out a full season. Charley Gryer, tbe other manager, Is the well known contortionist, late of Geyer and Harding and Ah Sid, Cblnese acrobats, for- merly owner of Geyer A Harding's Minstrels, Bartholomew's Kqulne Paradox, Geyer and Bteen, mind readers, etc. Notes fhom Pbof. C.-E. Mabtin's Hyp- notic Show. —For the season of 1003-4 we expect to have one of tbe most up to date shows In our line on the road. We will carry several vaudeville acts, and have a special line of paper. Have already secured Jesse D. Tabor, a clever baritone singer and comedienne. _ Notes from Tuttlb's Olympia Show. — Tbls Is tbe fifteenth season for this little ■bow, and so far It has proved a success. We open at Conneaut Lake, May 2. We will carry several of our old performers again this season. Besides tbe road show, Mrs. A. F. Tuttle and daughter (Jessie Troy) will bave an attraction at Conneaut Lake Park during the season. Tony Asiiton writes: "We open here (London, Ind.) April 27, with 00ft. top, SOft. middle piece, stage show, vaudeville end dog circus, playing Indiana and Illinois, three day and week stands. Will carry eighteen people, travel by rail, have plenty of good paper and a bustling agent.' ItosTEB or Panama Medicine Co., No. 1. —We are now touring Indiana, to large business everywhere. Dr. J. M. Condon, lec- turer and manager; Lee Herbert, comedian and stnge manager; Albert Le Roy, Irish and Dutch comedian; L. H. Klrkpatrlck, electric circus and magic and spirit- ualism. Charles Condon Joined for Summer vscatlon. He baa been attending medical college In St. Louis, Mo. Prof. Bert Fink Is our novelty muBlclan. _ Notes ehom Happy Bob Romnbon's Con- «ress of Vaudeville Stars.—Wo are touring Western Arkansas, to good buslntss. Our season has been a good one from a financial standpoint. Bud we have managed to keep away from the watery districts. We are now on our way homeward, bound to our headquarters, at Bald Knob, Ark., when our boss canvas man, wltb three assistants, Is getting tents shaped up for our opening porfnrmnnco. So far we have met with ni accidents, and everybody Is we'l. Little Ed- die Sanders, four years old, the youngest buck dancer of them all. Is making s hit everywhere. Our company reached headquarters last week. We will take a much needed rest before lak'ng the road under our new t«ute. We are going to car- ry s good compney of vnudcvlller* the com- ing season, travel by rail, nnd take in Ar- kansas. Missouri, Illinois and indlnna. Man- ager Robinson announces ttiut tic Is tho original nnd only Happy Bob Roblnvm. nnd that his headquarters are at Bald Knob, Ark., snd not at Fulton, 0., aa he left there two years ago. Geo. 8. Ely's Snow Notes. —We open our fourteenth season the last part of April, and will travel through Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. Great care has been taken this season to secure only experienced men to besd tbe different departments, and sev- eral novelties bave been engaged for the big show. There will be thirty-five people, sll told, with the show. All the stock Is In better shape than ever before. All tbe wagons, fourteen In number, bave been re- built and painted. Our top will be a 60ft., wltb a SOft. middle; horse teat, 45ft. round top; cook house, 14e80. We will carry thirty-five head of stock. The show tbls season will be the best vaudeville circus Mr. Ely hss ever bad. The performers and mu- sicians are the best that money could ob- tain. We are ready and waiting for the opening day. Notch fbom German Medicine Co., Mo. 19.—We have been doing a nice business sll season. In spite of the bad weather that has prevailed through this section of Ohio. Not a record breaker at each stand, but have been able to add to our bank accounts each week. At Benton Bldge, which was our banner town, we received about thirty let- ters from our last "ad." in The Clifpib, and was able to reorganize one of tbe best little companies in the medicine business. Roster: Dr. B. Ely, proprietor snd mana- ger ; the Sharpsteens, sketch team; D. M. Rockwell, piano plsyer; C. J. Thomas, dancer. Vern Sbarpsteen, In his mind read- ing and comedy act, keeps them laughing. Mrs Sharpsteen, with her descriptive songs, slways pleases. The doctor's two dogs, Bill and Flush, are a drawing card. All look for The Old Reliable each Frldsy, and are hsppy, ss the "man In white" appears on Sunday with his green check. 8. P. Bowman, proprietor of Bowman's Big City Show, writes ss follows: 'The South this season proved a big winner. At St Augustine, Fla., not only was the S. It. O. sign displayed at the matinee, but many were turned away, standing room being st a riretnrum, and at night a nig audience was n evidence. Burbrldge's new theatre, st Jacksonville, turned out equally as well; in fact, good weather gave us good houses at all stands. Upon closing: my season at Birmingham, Ala., I came direct to South Haven. Mich., where I purchased quite an extensive improved fruit farm. Myself, wife and daughter will spend tbe Summer months there each year, fishing and boat- ing on Lake Michigan and eating luscious fruit, which Michigan Is noted for. My brother, V. W. Bowman, a practical fruit grower of California, will have charge of the farm. Our advance representative, Charlie Brown, has ua booked to California for next season, making a few stands en route In Nebraska, South Dakota and Wy- oming, where we nave an established repu- tation. Clippeb day on the farm will be a red letter day, as we must keep posted, so The Old Reliable will be a welcome guest each week." _ Chab. Copper writes: "The ML Vernon, 0., Trades Council, commencing May 25, will give a monster Merchants' and Labor Carnival. For tbls purpose they have se- cured Lake Hlswstba Park for that week. As nothing of this kind bss ever been at- tempted before It means that It will be one of the largest labor demonstrations ever beld In Central Ohio." Noras fbou the qcabtexs of Hebbert, Ginning A Mobbay's Combined Shows. — We are kept busy, snd every day shows greater progress In our preparations for tbe coming season. Our advance representative has gone over a part of our proposed route, and his reports are favorable for a prosper- ous season. Oar band will be under tbe able direction of Walter N. Wood, and a number of the musicians have been secured from the Lord-George Sanger Circus, of England. We bave signed several perform- ers of merit. We expect our top about April 2. It Is a ninety foot top, with two forty foot middle pieces. We have signed the following people: The Lamberts, Smith and Leslie, Raymond and Bortonla, the Harts. Dennle snd Marteil, J. F. Moran, and the Jacksons, and are still negotiating with others. Notxs fbou Haoibtt Bros.' Pbimiiii Specialty Show. —Everybody Is busy mak- ing ready for our opening on April 27. Our territory will be Indiana and Illinois. Our big top is 40x80 feet We have s new ad- vance wagon, bought three horses last week, and are making many other improvements In our outfit. John Hagerty will have charge of the advance this season. James E. Haee, a former well known newspaper man of Baltimore, who a few years ago entered the amusement Held as press representative of the Frank C. Bos- tock zoological enterprises, has been engaged as chief of the departments of promotion . and publicity with the Gasklll-Mundy-Levltt Carnival Co., for this season. Mr. Hare has hsd much experience In this line with the Bostock "ioos," tbe Bostock-Ferarl Eastern and Western carnival companies, and some Interesting reading matter about the big aggregation of shows may be looked for. The company will tour the Eastern country, and has many large towna already booked. Notes fbou Roving Frank's Gypsy Caup and Villages. —We are all ready for the openings of the different camps early In April. Everything presents a neat and at- tractive appearance, and shows good judg- ment on the part of the management to bring them strictly up to date. George R. Gsle will manage Camp No. 3. The Big Gypsy Village, at Atlantic City, la doing a great business, as Atlantic City, N. J., Is crowded with visitors. Notes fbom Indian Bill's Wild West. —As oar opening day draws Dear the heads of all departments art exerting themselves to have all details completed In first class shape. General Manager Augustus Jones la on a trip to Chicago, buying horses. Aleck Jones Is In the Dakotas, purchasing saddle stock. A new hand wagon and a tableaux wagon arrived at Winter quarters last week. Capt. Win. Powers (Indian BUI) will return to Winter quarters about April IB, with a consignment of Indians from the Indian Territory. Recent visitors were: P. P. Craft, J. F. McCabe and Lieut. David Lowe. Doc Ogden will have a two hundred foot front on his annex department, which will be new and novel In construction. Notes mou the Qbeat Empire Show. — We Inaugurate our second annual Summer season under canvas at Adrian, Mich., Msy 4. The show will travel all by rail, requir- ing a special train of eight cars to trans- fort It from town to town. The spread on be lot will be the largest of any repertory show traveling, our big top being two hun- dred feet long, with fifty foot middle piece, which easily places us at the head of the line. We carry a uniformed band of eighteen pieces, wblcb, with the acting and working forces, brings the roster up to seventy-two people. We carry a wealth of special paper, and Chas. Smith, who has charge of the ad- vance, will see to the msny novel snd unique methods of reaching the people. James Glass will manage the stage and look after all productions. Jack Campbell will be general manager, and Ralph Bailey will be asslstsnt manager and treasurer. Our route will carry us through all the principal towns In Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Norn fhom James and Loss' Rio City Hiiow.—We are still playing Wisconsin, and notwithstanding that Lent Is on, ws are playing to the banner business of our lines. We have booked some strong at- tractions for our tenting seaeson, which opens May 2, In Milwaukee. Our band will be a feature this season, and our show will be stronger than ever. The James Fsmllv, Swiss Bell Ringers, will be a strong card. The company will carry thirty people, fea- turing Stella James In character dancing, with electric effects. MARSHALL, THE MYSTIC. The above Is tbe latest picture of Mar- shall, tbe Mystic, who made his American debut at Tony Pastor's Theatre week of Aug. 22, 1888, when he surprised the local magicians with his continuous back and front band card palm, which at that time was unknown here, but now Is common with all magicians. His great versatility ss a magician, juggler snd comedian is shown to great advantage In bis new eccentric novelty act. Pbescellb, hypnotist and mind bbadeb, Noteb. —We have done a phenomenal busi- ness through New England. At Berlin, N. H-, night of March 21, many were turned away. Manager Tolman booked us at bis house in Gloucester. We are not going to tbe coast or Paris, ss New England Is good enough for us. The company Includes: Prescelle, Chas. Hlne, manager: Geo. A. Holton, stsge manager; Alfred Lalone, prop- erties; Jss. May, asslstsnt. We carry no acts of any kind, as Prescelle bss convinced local managers tbat he can bold an audi- ence spellbound for an entire evening. UaudCville am minstrel Ella Kaufmann, singer; Emms Laurence, bag puncher, and the Fowler Bros., acro- bats, opened March 9 at the Cceur D'Alene Theatre, Spokane, Wash;, where tbey were feature acts on the bill. They have tbe West- ern circuit to follow. Tub Goolmans write: "While playing at the Academy Theatre, Montreal, with Herrmann, we had a very serious mis- hap to our Instruments. An amateur en- tertainment secured tbe stage for a rehear- sal one afternoon, during which a small pony and cart was brought in. The pony, be- coming unmanageable, backed Into our In struments, overturning them and ruining our valuable set of musical alarm clocks, snd otherwise damaging our act seriously." Chbis. Lane announces his marriage re- cently to Mabel Goodwin, of Guyer and Goodwin. The team will be known as Lane and Lane. Job Bubto, of Burto' s BIJou Circus, writes: "I was on tbe Plymouth when she was In collision with tbe City of Taunton on the night of March 19, off New London, Conn., four miles from shore. In a dense fog. I escaped without a scratch. There were twelve to fifteen killed or lost, and a large number injured. Of the five hundred pas- sengers aboard I don't think any of us ex- pected to see land again, ss we had twelve to fourteen feet of water In the lower part of the boat, forward, but a water tight bulkhead kept tbe water from the engines and boilers, and after three hours' work we managed to reach New London, where a special train was made up for Boston. I hope never to witness such a sight again; men with arms torn off. heads crushed, etc. It was at first reported that. I was among tbe wreck victims. Billy Hill will direct three companies this Summer, playing the Southern parks. He has engaged many well known people In the repertory and vaudeville line, this making his fourth season In the Southern park circuit. 8HEBWO0D, Fox and Wabda are In their thlrty-ftrst wo;k with the Who. WLat. When Minstrels, nnd leport making a bit with their njw act, "Aunt MatlldyV Reception." In xi an and Alberts (known as the In- mans) have postponed their European en- gagement, as tbey have been engaged for an Indefinite period at tbe Herald Sqi Theatre, this city, to do their double contor- tion snd aerial rings act with the produc- tion of "Pretty Peggy." They will ap- pear In the circus scene. After this engage- ment, they will go abroad, Introducing an entirely new act Uowlbt and Leslie opened their first en- gagement as a team on the Kohl-Castle circuit, at the Olympic, Chicago, March 18. Their position on the bill, and the ap- plause which was accorded their act, denoted a gratifying four weeks' In Chicago and St. Louis. They have signed to open on the Moore circuit after the Kohl & Castle tour. Rica and Walteb are on the Orpheum circuit, playing Los Angeles tbls week. Their act, they write, was a hit in Ban Francisco. Tbey are booked solid until they leave for Europe. Tbey sail July 1 for Berlin. Mitchell and Love were compelled to close their engagement at Pastor's Theatre. on Mnroh 17, owing to the illness of Mr. Mitchell, and, ss John Hunting, of tho Four Huntings, was also taken HI at the same time Mi. Love vtint on and played bis part In the act for tbo rest of the week Jack and Bkiaa MCGbbbvt, "the rag time rubes." are visiting their folks at Beaumont, Tex., and report a very succesi- ful season wltb the Gagnon A Pollock Co. Nellie A. Hill, of Rice and Rorton's Co., Is \ory III at the National Sanitarium, Martinsville, l.<d John J. Harrington, acrobatic dancer, glared three days with the "Nevsda" Co. at pringfield. Mass., week of March 2. also with the Harcourt Comedy Co.. week of 0, at North Adams, Mass., and has Joined tbe Chas. Rella Co. for the rest of the season. Ben Ditt. trick 'cyclist, and Inventor of the "Dltt Whirl," has closed a verv suc- cessful seseon with the New York Vaude- ville Co., and Is now working with Percv F. Megargee'a Midway and Carnival Co., at Auburn, N. T. SPECIAL, NOTICE. Until further notice we will make half-tone engravings and Insert them In The Clippib, together wltb a brief sketch of tbe profes- sions! career of tbe subject, on the following terms : Single Column SJ5.00 Doable Column 10.00 Larger cuts at proportionate rates. Each order must be accompanied by a good photograph and sketch of tbe life of the sender, snd should reach us st least two weeks prior to tbe Issue of The Clippib In which It Is to appear. Fiaxx Queen PnaLiaaauo Co., Lialt*4 NOTES FBOM HABST NYE'S NEW LMPIHE Minbteels.— Our Summer organisation Is now "most ready for our opening, the first nf June Tbe company Is owned Jointly Si John Msc. Welter 8. Perelval «* Harry L The first part setting, ent tied The Union Forever," Is from, tbe rerclval studio «V Atlantic City, and Is one of the most beautiful eleVtrlcai displays ever staged being most elaborately cosfomed. Without • doubt we will have one of the strongest orgVnlratrons traveling. The olio[tacluftj: Ivers and Neff, In their singing and dancing act • W. P. Burt, monologlatjNye's Empire Quartet, Norton and Hudson, musical act; PearlID Davis, juggler, end the show closed by Mac aid Mac In their great novelty acro- batic act. We are in correspondence with a number of other high class minstrel people. Watson's Bbooklyn Theatbb, which is nearlng completion, will open about the first of May with a refined company of well known players of the vaudeville «* bur- lesque stage, in stock plays. When finished the Cory Corner, by wfilch name the theatre will be known, will be one of the most modern equioped playhouses of today, as well as one of the safest, and a I productions presented there will be of a high order. A cafe and restaurant will also be connected. The opening attraction has not yet been "etta Victobia reports big success with Harry Williams' Imperials Co. Dwyeb and Edmonds were recently with "Tom Sawyer" Co. for a week. They write that their act Is a decided success, and they have some good bookings auead. the Holdswobths. Chas. and Leslie, are engaged for tbe Keith circuit, opening at tbe Providence house March 80, with their refined specialty act, comprising singing, dancing and operatic banjo selections. Tommy Hyde and Tommy Odbll, who for the past four years have been with Al. G. FlelcVs Minstrels, bave Joined hands, and have been engaged by Mr. Field for the sea- son of 1903-04, to create a characteristic medley in the first part- May and Miles have just closed a ten weeks' engagement with Barton's Entertain- ers. They write that their act, "Seeing Things," was tho laughing hit of the show. They nave Joined Gardner & Danford s Vaudeville Co. J. Beenabd Dillys scored a success last week at tbe Columbia Theatre, Cincinnati, with his singing specialty In cowboy che,-- acter. . . Ed. and Minnie Mooeb are plsylng suc- cessfully through Canada In the leading houses, with Johnson t Boyle's Concert Co. The Bice Bbos. have Joined Sam Devere's Co. for the remainder of the season. Frank Emmett, of the team of Ransone and Emmett, German comedians, was made a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Sunday, March 22, In Richmond. Va. Eable and Richabds report that they have excellent vaudeville bookings for the coming Summer. John Goss, novelty bone soloist and com- edian, Is in his twenty-fifth week with Gus Sun's American Minstrels, snd meeting with success with bis specialty and on the end. He Is engaged with Russell's Minstrel Com- edians for the coming park season, and will again be with tbe Gus Sun Minstrels next season. Gibney & Waoneb's American Stabs re- port big business through Long Island. Tbelr company of first class performers Includes West and Le Roy, A. A. Mack, Bailey and Van Colton, Miss Smith, Le Bell, Vivian Sisters, and James F. Hoey. Notes fbom Habby Wabd's Magnificent Minstrels, under the management of Ward & Wade.—We will close our fourth success- ful season In Wisconsin April 10. The com- pany will have filled forty solid weeks, as the season opened tbe first of July, In Ohio. This tour hss Included all the cities of the South and West, and Is the first big min- strel show to play the Great Northern Rail- way system, from Seattle to St Paul. Mr. Wade, who was so badly injured In the Burlington train wreck at Hannibal, Mo., last August, has returned to the company, after being "down and out" for six months. Our two oands, which have been such a hit the past season, will be augmented next year by a drum corps, two buglers, a corps of fanfare players, and the megaphone quar- tet (Inaugurated In minstrelsy by Mr. Ward) will be Increased to an octet of the instru- ments. Our cornet soloist, Don Esslg, will lead the Campbell Bros.' Circus Band this Summer, and Jno. Nordberg, C. Fogle and Will Burgle go with him. Chas. Flak, our band leader, will do a musical act next season with Mr. Varen with this company. Messra Ward A Wade will go to New York for the month of May. The new first part setting for next season will be called 'The Carnival of Venice," and will be even more elaborate In scenic and electrical detail than the beautiful "Old Vienna" scene of this year. Fifty people, two cars and a carload of special Bcenery will be carried next sea- son, and, as the company Is booked thor- oughly In the Western and Southern cltlea, there Is no doubt of Its repeating tbe suc- cess of this season. Most of our people are re-engaged, and our next season will open In Illinois In August next Talbot and Roqebs report success In their new travesty In vaudeville, and are booked solid over the Eastern and Western circuits. Master Sam Edwabds Is In his eighth week with HI Henry's Minstrels, doing his singing speclsltles, and reports that he Is making good everywhere. Rl'bal Alvin has returned from the West, and will play dates In and around New York, with New England to follow. Habby F. Babtlett, violinist and ec- centric comedian, late of "A Breexy Time" Co., and Ethel C Ranger, concert soprano soloist, have joined hands, and will shortly appear together In vaudeville In a rural musical comedy, entitled "Scrubby'a Gal" SCHAEFBR, SriLWELL AND SCHAEFER, since playing Proctor's One Hundred and Twenty- fifth Street house, have Joined the Jack Munroe Show for the rest of the season. Their new act, they report, la a big hit. Fbank Le Bab, of the Who. What, When Minstrels, was presented with a gold Red Mens pin from the tribe at Princeton, Ind., on March 20, where the company s»SI**v Mr. Le Bar is In his thirtieth week with the company, and reports success. Chas. Heclow, singing snd eccentric ac- robatic comedian, has finished a success- ful three weeks' engagement with the Lole Fuller Co. at the Bastable Theatre, Syra- cuse ; Hartford and New Haven, Conn., and Young's Pier Theatre, Atlantic City. Mr. Heclow plays return engagements on the Proctor circuit, opening at Proctor's Fifth Avenue April 6. Madam Floweb and May C. Hyebs report pronounced Buecess everywhere they appear with the Graham Specialty Co., for their duet singing. Maude Amber, who for the paat year has t n ,, p ,!? ,ln * the fading roles In the Weber A Fields burlesques at Fischer's Theatre, San Francisco, has again been re-engaged for six months, making In all elzhteen montha' work In tbat city. eignteen Th» Bxos. La Tell, athletes, write: "We are with the Gay Paree Burlesquers for the seventh week, and are closing the olio. The press notices say we are top notchers." Lew W. Hawley (of the Yale Duo) and Ivoppe have Joined hands, and are booked solid for the 8ummer season. They beirln their season April 13. " Mauds Db Lisle Is with tho Bohemian Burlesquers, plsylng principal soubrette parts, and reports success. Mb. and Mas. Neil Litchfield opened at Proctor's Theatre. Newark, N. J.. March 5 2*J*S °f b J lged 2? clo i e Wednesday, ??;v°. w 2F to the sudden death of Mri Litchfield's sister, Belle Parker, of Newark; Minnie Granville reports nrreai «.. the Miss New York Jr. Co. Tb'.s i.*i* twenty-fourth week. She Is playh > i„,,T tbe first part and burlesque, also n,..,, 1 ' specialty in the olio. " l0 * kr Ida May McIntybe has been geuin* «u. nicely with htr broken ankief nnd f,' 0 ^ hopes to begin her Summer worl; on \i. 17, but will in the future work a'. !Q t «H r Is booked for the Summer if she iv bm. r work. Miss Melntyre wss working ,,? Mrs. Sears before her accident. * w "* Tom Holmes sailed for England Msn* « Annie Dell, ballad singer, win s22 return to the stage, after an absence of thill years. ""• Butte, Mont., Notes.— Wlliisonj a- trallan Aerolites, a trio of clever JureanT opened at the Union Family Theat-;. S3 IB, heading the specialty bill, wfali b miK their fifth engagement in Butte In elehtJi; months. Their reappearance was cwifS with marked enthusiasm by the lar-e avXi ence that packed the theatre. The tK.5ins.rt made the usual hit, and they were honoJiS with four calls at the conclusion of tb> scene. They closed their vaudeville w In Butte Msrch 29. and left for Kanjii City, where they will get things l n order for tbelr season with Howe's London Shorn They will be featured both ln the big B ho» and concert. At the conclusion of the teat Ing season they are booked for sixteen wm*. In Great Britain. eeM A. Ballebini sailed for-Europe March 5* He will return to America next season The Thbsb Bbnnbts have joined th» Quintan A Wall Minstrels for the rest of the season. Tbelr act, we are Informed scored a hit the first night they appeared ' The Fodb Euperobs of Music are play. Ing a special engagement of two weeks with the Rellly A Wood Big Show, comcietdiii March 28. at the Trocadero, Philadelphia. Manager J. C Mathews writes: "two famous European novelties have been signed for the Imro Fox Show next season. One is 'She,' In a colossal electrical spectacle depicting the four elements, Earth, Air, Fire and Water. In a sensational and spectaenhur manner. Another is 'Zaza and Marguerite' ln the mysterious whirl, a centrifugal whirl- ing wonder. Both acts will sail from Europe early ln August" Minnie Wilson's Lady Obchestia axs Concebt Co. closed an eight months' en- Egement st the 0. K. Concert Hall. Spo- ne, Wash., March 1, and opened March 9 at Palm Garden, Duluth, Minn., for six months Harbt J. Howard, tenor, writes: "I vn Just recovering from a severe siege of pneu- monia, and have been ln the hospital since March 6. I expect to be able to resume work la a couple of weeks. I am pleased to state that I have lost fifty pounds ln weight, so that I can go In the minstrel parades once more." Max Rittee has played several clubs dar- ing the past few weeks ln Boston, end Is en- gaged by Manager Waldron, of the Palsce Theatre, Boston, for his Summer stock, which commences on April 20. Wise and Milton write: "They doi't seem to want us to leave tbe Northwest, for since sending ln our last route we bsve booked Lewlstown, Most., at the Tlvoll The- atre, for four weeks from Msrch IS. Just a line about the town. You leave the Great Northern R R, and stage one hundred cold miles to this 'burg,' over some of the most dsngerous hills and mountains Imagin- able. Then when you set here It Is a big mining town of 3,700 Inhabitants, who spend money like water pouring down hill. You get your own figure for what you do, because they' cure glad to get you at any price." Harcoubt and May have returned to vaudeville. Al. E. Read writes: "This Is my four- teenth week as principal comedian and stage manager wltb Woods' Down East Min- strels, and everything Is lovely. Business Is good, snd our first part setting, repre- senting the Pan-American electric tower at nlgbt, Is fine, and Is appreciated at every stand. The Deveens (Glen and Louie), ac- robats and contortionists, Joined March 12, and are closing tbe olio. Barton and Wakefield played three houses on Sunday, March 15—Proctor's Fifty-eighth Street, Harlem Music Hall aid the Harlem Opera House. Garden and Bomebs have signed for an- other season with Haverly's Minstrels, mak- ing their fourth season with this show. jambs H. Decker, manager for Lew Dockstader's Minstrels, has engaged a num- ber of feature acts for the company. Among those Mr. Decker has secured are: Carroll Johnson, Nell O'Brien, Eddie Leonard, and the Foley Brothers. The last named will appear In a new double act, with special scenic aettlngs. Mr. Decker Is located at 1432 Broadway, and Is busy preparing the production, which he Intends shall excel any of those which he has gotten up ln the past. He la devoting much of his time to the scenery for the show, and intends to sur- &rlse patrons of minstrelsy with scenic em- MIlBhment of tbe production. Raimdnd and Vack report having closed successful engagements at the Empire The- atre, Columbus, and ln the Kohl A Castle houses. They were at the Avenue Theatre, Pittsburg, last week, with the Arcade The- atre, Toledo, to follow. Primrose A Dockstader's Notes. —Nell O'Brien end Geo. F. Weller were the re- cipients of some beautiful floral offerings at the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, from the members of the Hawthorne Chjb, who attended the performance In a body. Harry Ellis has rejoined for the rest of tbe season. Ibene Gracie reports the death of her grandmother, at Belolt, Mich. Miss Grade Is still at the Cabinet Theatre, Lawton, Okla. Harbt Atwood, comedian and dancer, writes that his new monologue Is a success. Queen Moxib has Joined hands wltb Opal Robs, and the act will be known as Moxle and Ross, singing and dancing sister team. Tbey have been playing In the West, and report success In an eight weeks' engage- ment at Deadwood, S. D. Clyde Dabbow Is visiting ber mother, who Is ill In San Francisco. She expects to loin tbe Knickerbocker Burlesquers about April 13. at St. Paul. Max Boyeb and Etta French sre in their sixth month at the Tlvoll Garden, St, Paul, Minn. Richard Wilb has joined the Rentr-Sant- ley Burlesque Co. for the remainder of the season, which closes the last week ln May, at Brooklyn. New York Lodge, B. P. 0. Elks, at Its Bessloa 8unday evening, March 22, voted to present CInra Morris with two hundred dollars toward her coming benefit, ln re- membrance of the many times she had given ber services for the ElkB' beneats. M. B. Leavitt sailed for Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday. March 22. In the compnny are: Mme. Pilar Morln, Louise Hepner. Gen. W. Leslie, the Zan Zlgs, Sylvian Lee, De Millers, nnd others. They are due there In about twenty-eight days. Walter Klngsley la advance agent. Manager Wm. Niemetbb, of Galveston, Tex., has renewed his lease of the Mascot Theatre, In that city, for a term of two years, and will continue to do business at the old stand. He writes that he will shortly remodel and redecorate tbe same, and In- tends keeping It open all Summer. Follow- ing people were there last week: The Whirl- ing Wheelers, the Drvdens, Johnson ann Franks, Irene West, Nora Stanley, Tear Lnmoot, Anna La Verne. Mile. Lotus. M«b"' jpayton, Irene Turner. Marguerette Barker. Ada Rsy, Nellie Carlisle, Jessie Woodartl Haxel Perry, Peter Kunti, and Louis Pum- mer. Mile. Lotus presents a one act comedy, entitled "Senator McFee."