The New York Clipper (June 1905)

JUNE 3. THE NEW YORK ClilPPEK. 383 p' Uamertlle ana minstrel KlTTlB O'Ubikn, of O'Brien and Diiulo, writes: "\Vc played, Miij- lll.iit llio. Metropo- lis Thciitrc, .New York, HUd oiir act, •Nora's i''ortiiiii>,' wn8 well rcti'lved. \Vc wlah to lliank TUB fi.iri'Kii for Ihc i-otirtcsy extended to \u 111 the post office rtoimrtincnt during our Klfly In ^'ew Vork. W'c Icuvc tor our part diitoK shortly." Mtl''AllI.AM) AND McI)"NAi.l> Iiiivc bccii en- Buspil with .1. Herbert Mack's World Iteatcra for next lieHijon. MoM'iiBiK AND Smith write: "After closing a three weeks' cnpiigcmeiil nt the Cnpltol Miisli' Hull. Helena, Mont., Miiy II, wo oin'iied nt the New rHVlllon Theatre, Ihille, Mom., Mbv 1,"i, to one of the Inrsest and most iipprc- i'lntlve aiidlencea ever asi.xemliled In Hiille. \Vc open at llic Baker Thoiitre, rorllund, f)re., with Victoria, B. C, to Collow, for six KvA TiiATCilKii writes thnl she Just closed n very pleasant season of thirty-four weeks with iJuK liurs "Happy Hnollpan" Co., under tlic nmnajjenienl of Al. Dolson. Alter pro- ciiriiii; a new wardrobe she onens on ihc Nash clniilt, .lane 5, for Hve weeKs, then Rtirs to the coast, opcnInB at the (inind Opera Hoime, Butte, Mont., .luly 17. on the North- nestern circuit, with the California circuit to Bbai'.mdnt ami llAVWAiiu Inform us that after a spparalion of one year, Ihcy have Joined hands aualn, In an orlf;lnal comedy Bit. In ivhlih they arc fpatunne their duct slnslnB with much success. They opened at the Unlijue Theatre, South Chicago, week of Mar i:<. Victor Lk Itov writes: "I am playing the Southern i.'alir'irnia circuit, nnd meeting with hiiccess. I will go Hast In Sfplember, to join my partner, Mr. Andrews, to do our .singing arid dancing specialty, with u Hrst class slocit companv. opening In Kansas City Sent. :;.S." TiiK 'liRKAT Du Vii.ius Is In Ills fourth week of success la New England, appearing Id bis sensational ladder and comedy wire art. Detroit, Micit., Note. — The Whitney Crand opened with high class vaudeville. .May 11, al low prices, it has lieeii a success in every way. hundreds of people lieing turned away nightly. It .seemed to he Just what the fictiolt ppiiple wanted. Three shows are given daily. The show gjivc entire satisfac- tion last week. The pcujilo for week of Ul were: "The Mernuiid." (layward and liny- ward, Wni. Howe, Holmes and Waidroii, Harvcv Williamson, Harnioa and lllchic and the moving pictures, .lohn tj. .McDowell bni licen retained as stnge manager. XoTKH Kiio.M Tin: .Mki.vii.i.k VAinrvii.i.B Stabs. —We opened for a Mummer season of twenty weeks, .May TS, at Despatch, N. Y., and vvlll tour New Vork, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The company will number twelve people until .lunc 111, when a bund of eight aiecca will he added, our street parade will )e a fealure. V. II. Iteanc Is owner and niau- flger; Mrs. b'. II. Heaiie. treasurer, and b'red box Is In udvanie. blllliiL' like a (■lr< us, carry- ing eighteen styles of iiietorlal Utliiigraphlng and special printing. The Collins Trio, In their original sketch, and the Marvelous .Maurice, In magic and sensational Illusions, are feal- iired. Others are: (icorge b'oslcr. hand hal- nnclog; Collins and .McMna, i>l3,k f;ice •.oni- edlans: Mabel Thurston, serlo loaiic; .Insejih Price, Uerinan comedhiu; llerliert Burger, pianist. .Ml the inemlicrs arc on Ihc lookout for TiiK Oi.ip ItKi.iAiu.i-: every week, and llio "Rhnst" Is sure to walk. JoK Ki.VNN will shortly opeu on the West- ern eirciills. TliH t:in'iicii City (JiAirnriTK (Campbell, Wilson, llolden and O'Sulllvaiil are In Ibeir forlysecoiid week Willi Uoble's Knickerbock- ers. Their season closed May -"• 'it Toronto, Can. Itoy Axn IIiiiNoLii have Joined bands again In New York, and will do a new Hutch act, for parks. Tut; Si.sTKUS T)B Von write: "We appeared at a .smoker. In Convention Hall, Kwflsas City, for the hankers' convenllon. and made a de- rided hit. Will remain hi Kansas City, play- ing odd dales for a few week.«. We look for- ward for TiiK Old llKLuni.K with pleasure," NoTB.S KIHISI .IciMN T. l''l.Of>li'H .NBW I'AIirC TiiKATnB, Curtis Bay, nalllmorc. Md.—This park has been running for the past twenty years, with good shows and good business. Mr. l''bii)d openetl his park Mny I. for the twenlyllrst season, to big bUKlness and with the best liurlesipio show slUie he has been In the theatrical profession. The stalT: Jolm T. Klood, proprietor; Win. I,. Klt7, (ierald, hiislness manager: I.ew I'lslel. stage mana- ger: .lohn A. Sears and Kred (i. Clifton, mu- sical directors. .Mciubers of Flood's Itlg Blir- lesqiiers : I,ew I'lslel. .'ilaggle Howard. Vera IJarle. May Morris, Do Liio .Sisters. Itlancbe Monlton, Moran SIsler.s, Matte Ashton, .Ten- nle 1,0 Kov, Three b'tore Slslers, Flo Jordan, Mabel rielniore, Klorence Wriigland, Norma Kingsliin. .las. II. .lohnson. Hell .'<lB|crs. .Min- nie I'aiicrson. May Si. Clair. I.lzzle lllll. .May Blcc. KIsie Slarr. Alverln .lolins, lOddle Mc- Cabe, .Mildred Bent, Ilabo f.a Mar, Anna l/>rd. May Clark. Kdiui Ann, .Margie Wallers, May Itiis.scli, HpIIp Balne. Henlrice I'owell, JloRc Walker, .Midllc Vonng. Cora Wilson, hrama .lackson, I.llllau llurlon and I.cuna Mranss. Barnks and KDWIN.S nrlle: •■Our new art, by Bob Watt, enllllcd •'I'he .New Tenant,' Is n success. At Anderson. Ind., we were treated 1>V Hiage .Manager Kr.ver and wife (Ollvo •■r.veri, the illustrated song singer, to a DiKcb lunch. We told slories lulu the woo lioiir.s, Ibcii departed to mir Imtel.s," J. 1''. Al'iiAi.K returned to New Vork, .ifler a sucressfid tour of Mcsico, with Tiof. Mormwood's company. CiiAni.Ks Hia.moxii. of rilnraond and Bent- rl>e, writes fnun Liuidon. hlag., under dale of May IL", us follows: ".Myself and wife sail, .May LTi. f« coM^r for Anslrallii. lo fullll a sLi month.';' engagement wlMi Harry Itlckards. Me have been away live vears from llie stales, and we are gelling a little homesick. Me biive met with great .siuress In Kuropc, and are Imoked up solid lo I!l|i7." Koi.i.ixs ANii Wilson have Inst completed thiriytwo weeks on the I'nclHc rnasl, and jri> now playing ICasl. Their lianio act lins neon meeting with great snci-es.s. They open at lOleclric I'ark. Kansas Clly. .Tune I. IlAiiiiv M. BaiiwN, of Brown, Harris and nrown. writes: "I have been home, 111 with nervous proBtratlon. but at Ihc present time I nm much belter. I am a I my .'Summer home for the entire .Summer, and will not work nt all. We open our season on Sept. J1. and arc booked solid for next spH.snn, opening In liORion on Sept. II, and playing nearly every nrst i-lasR house In the Ka.st, then on the Orpbeum circuit." K.>iiL lIoxKciciKn, of the learn of Krnle and Iloneggcr, monnpede gvmnn.-its, who tirnke his knee cap .March 17. al the Kniplre Thealre. Indlanapiills. has entirely recovered, and will go to his home In liallas, Tct.. to remain for » few mouths' rest, lie will then rejoin his partner. RiLi.v On.slow, of the lentil of Onslow and '■arnetl, opened recently al Ibe New An gebis Tbf,itre, hoi) Angeles, Cnl.. and repoiis dcclOod .<.urrcsp. He is plavinca four weeks' engagemenl. .Mile. (;arnetl Is inecllng with fiHTpi^R In ber wonderful contortion dance at the Cineograph Thenlre. T. I-'. Thomas closed Ma third sen.son with "be ft Barton's Ro.se Hill Co.. in Brooklyn. •^. v.. .May 27. On .Iiine f, .Mr. Thomas will open n star "ngngemeui IlnwilDin Sipiarc Tlnoln lie will lb..|i fo i.n the for Ibe Kuiiiuicr wlib n t "ysliT Try," and opeas r two weeks at the , Itusion. Ill ilraaia. I'lmn pnrk cliviilt "Hlcilv, cull lied -.Ml Willi Bose lllll <.'o. • Rnln tire latter jiari of Augasr TiiK Si.iiANs placed I'blllips' 'i'lienlie, Illeh- niond. I nil., week of ,Mav L':;, In I heir .••uclely Oil, and report succca*. EOMA Ro.sE reportr meeling with big suc- cess In her new raulatio luiikc up, week of May liL'-U". nt Kenton's'I'hentre. ItulTalo, N. Y. 8AMIKL Mc'CrTCllLON. manager of Hock Springs I'ark Thealre. ICast Liverpool, o., writes: "Itock Springs Park npens tor the season on Monday. .May "Jit, nad the pro.-pectii arc for an exceptionally good scnson. Wo have forty seven excursions cont railed for. Our local business Is always good, and every- body In the vicinity apprcchites llii- many good things wo linve to offer nniiisenient seekers. 'ITic park is under llie numageinent of .1. H, .Maxwell. Mlie opening bill includes: Mr, and .Mr.-i. Harry Thornc and compauy. Casey and I.c Clair, Bush and Cordon. Sophie llnrnhain. the klnelocraph and Uoceretn's orchestra. The iinderlinc for Ihe week of .Iiinc 4 Is: Allan Hoone and company. I'cte Baker, .lonea ami Walton and De Vcuux and De Veaux. Wo have all Ihc usual park features, and. In ad- dition, a bcniitlfiil bike and lUio of Ibe largest open air bathing pools In the country. I'he pool measures lOOx'JOO feet, and the water \.t lieatpd by natural gas when necessary. 'ITils Is a fealure. und Is very ponalnr. Ito.MoLA, nf Bomola and XViiiianis. writes: "Wc have Just closed a ten weeks' cngnge- mcnl with the Continental iteraedy Co.. pinv- Ing Southern Indiana. We expect lo open In Summer parks, through Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and Pcnns.vivanla, In a new sketch, "i'he Telephone Operator.' " Tub SisTKns McCoxnkll appeared for the llrst lime in New Orleans, the home of their fiillier, .lames W. 'I'lxmipson. week of .May 11. and received a nice welcome at West Kiid I'ark. Their specialty was, as asaal. a pro- nounced success. Their lime Is laiokcd for all Summer with .Martin Beck and the Western Vaudeville .Managers' .\s.soclallou. They opened at Orpheum Thealre, San Francisco, week of .May 28. OwiNii to the recent Illness of Harry S. Itarlletl, the .Musical Bartletts were obliged to cancel several weeks of good wiuk, and also the Itlngiing Bros,' Show, for the .Sinn- mer season. They have now resiimeil vaude- ville work in the .Northwest, and are booked up lo the middle of .liilv. HliiNKV .1. IJr.'ioN and wife and Mrs. Win- ter (Mrs. Kmma .lack) sallerl for Kiiropc May ;iu. for a len weeks' vacalbuL Mr. l-;uson has managed Sum T. .lack's Theatre, in Chicago, since the dentli of .Mr. .lack. The lioiise recently closed, and thi- liiiHdlng will be lorn down, thus giving .Mr. Cusun Ills llcst opportunity for rccrealioii In more thun el;;l'l years, C. I-;. ALSiir, manager of the Pavilion Tbc- ntre, Itulle. Monr., wriles: "When I was .voiir correc.pimdenl I often read letters finni advcrllscrw. staling Ihc nuiaher of repllcii theic advcrllsemenis bad hroiigbl. I hardly lielb'ved some of Ihcui, lial am willing In l)elleve almost unytliing now. la thai line. My ad. lirouEhl me over Mvn hundred re- plies. The Pavilion opened May l.'i lo a turn away business, and we have been pack- ing them in ever "lace. 'I'he ivipnsltlon Four was our leal'irc lor opening week, ami it Is ueedliss to siiy (liey made more than goorl. ,I(ie Fljnn Is whb as next week," .Makv Wlit.i!. mother of .lolia Weber, comedian, passed away May 2:i. at S.iri A. M., iigcd .sevenly-four year.i. Ibrcc nioulbs aurl Iwentyone di'vs. The lalerinent wu.i from her liile rcsldenic, li.">;; llnsi One Han- dreil and Thlrtysecmid Slri'cl. .\i'w York Clly, al 1 ]', ,M., .May 2S. and occurred Ht the Lutheran Cemetery, Brooklyn. Tub IlLLssiNiis wrlle IIihI they opened nt Ibe Crown Thealre, Fort Worth. Tex.. May S, making a success, and were retained for a second week. In a dilTcreat magic act, 'I'hey were booked at the Standard Theatre, Fort M'orlb, for two weeks, beginning .May 2'-'. then start for the .North and Kast, and will be ill .New York for the Winter, W, H, iKiiA.u, business manager of the liosc HIM lOngllsh Folly Co., writes that Ihc season of that urganiy.utiuii ended on .May 27, at the Star Theatre. Brooklyn, N. \. Messrs. Illce & Barlon. proprietors of IhU ntlractlon, also the Big (ialely Co.. whiih closed its tour May 2ii. al I'lilladelphiB, havo bad Ihe most jprospcrous season of their career as managers, both shows having hnd rei'ord breaking liaslness all along Ihe line. Both organliiallons will go out about the middle of August, tboriuiglily eipilpped with new scenery, cosliinu-s and liurlesipu's, and will have several headllners In the list of both siiowii. Cbo. Ai.laud and his dog, Ihil:T, arc nt Crystal I'Mbnc Thcatie. .Mobile, and report nicellug with success, .Mr. Albiid worked at .Mnuriii! I'ark. 7. as an expejt on roller skalcs, and week of .May l.'i (Mil uu acrobatic turn nt till- Crvslal I'alace, oii .skules. .MANAIiKa W. S. CA.MrUKLL, Of Uie liOUdUQ Belles, writes: "Ou Salur<lay I closed the mosi successful sea.'-oii ) have ever had. Tho managers and newspaper critics have snoken very highly of the organization, and said Unit 'Mazzllng .Nancy," the two act musical com- edy, wnllen by Barney Oerard. is Ihe best and most i-onsisti'iil olfering seen In burlesque for sialic lime. For nexl scasiui I have made several changes, ami expect to have a nnicli stronger compauy, iinil will make a few cbiiUKcs la the iiHisical pleie, 'Dazzling .Nancy.' Kose Sydell has nrraiiKcd for some niw gowns, which will siiriia.ss. In beutily and cost, anylbiiig she has ever worn." W.dXB I.A ;MAn bus worked twelve con- seciilive weeks In Ilic West, und goes to San p'ranelsco for a long eiigagenienl. .Ila.v.nk BnoiiKS. while playing at tlie ('«- lunilila Thealre, CInclnmili, i).. May II, broke one of Ibe llgamenls In her ankle, and was compelled to close her eugagenieiii ou 'I'biirs- dny night. She left for her home In Tarkers- liiirg. W. Va.. to renialii iiiilil she iy able to continue her vaudeville dates. She sails for Eiiro|ie Sept. 27. FnniiA l,AM'AS'ri;rt. who ou March Hi un- derwent a surgical operation nt the Wlllnms- Inirg llospllul, llrooklyn, ,N. Y.. has resumed work, opening al llollyivoml I'ark. Balllmore, .Mil. She was bonked for I no weeks, and wai re-engaged Inr two more weeks. Oannv .Ma.nn ANii I.oi.A Hainxk Write: "This makes our tweuty-llfth week for .lohn C'onsldlne, on Ibe Sullivan ft Consldiue cir- cull. 'Mnndy Hawkins' seems lo lie In lilg demand Ihroiighont Ihe WesI, ',Mrs. Cifigan,' our second week acl, is a big laughing hll. i\ great many old timers are out on the const, and are making good—In fuel. It's Ihc old timers that are making good out here. Wc are hooked solid In CallfornlH up lo Sept. IS, then make a return trip over the Northern eircull." Ci.AnK.vcB \ViLnrn has just closed a season of foiiv weeks as a star, under the manage- ment of Sam A. Scrlbner. lie will conllniio under the same management next season, surrounded bv a comnany of forty people. He Is at Winlhrop Highlands, .Mass. It. T. WlLI.IAM.S and <lBHTnl:l)K Bot.l.KS have Joined bands and will work under Ihe name of Ihe Williams Iluo, presenting high «la.sa musical novelties. Tub .Iauvik (Agnes, Ilobert and fiix) closed a verv successful season wllli Ihe .Na- tional Slorli Co.. In Hrriokvlire. liul.. and sfler a few weeks' rest al their home. Mnsier Bob accepted a imsltlim wllli Fink iiliil Ctilp, doing Ills Kpeclnllv rm the sl.tge tmd liiilon work nhc:id of the hand. .N|r>. .larvls and I.lllle Olx arc al home for a rest, after a year of steady work. CAirBV ANi> FH\sKn write: "We are meet- ing with great sm cess with our new comedy musical act, entitled Kcilz AVants n Smoke." We closed with the Illg Hensnilon Bur- b'stpiers CbrJslnias week, ni Alarioii. Ind-. and since llien have been pbi.vllig rbles hi Ibe middle Wesl. We arc wi'll tHi.-lo-d uii. and will nrrlve In .New York alsiiit Hie iiililille of Julie." I.CiiNA ItlV.MONU AM) I'O-;* WavNK closed lit" reason Willi IJie "H.-ippy llnollgau' Ce. .\|irll 2!i. TiP'y wdl relieHise wllli Ilvb .Mau- chc:>lct's luujpauy for nwt scuiou. Maiitin anp Qt'too. "The Man antt a Ilatf," return to America, after a successful tour of four months through F.nglnnd, Ireland and Scotland, returning to Kiicopc early In Ocln. ber, for rrturncngngrmedts they have booked. Ilii.i.v and Tii.(,ik I)k Witt ami Bili, .In., played Ihe Odeon Theatre, Dayton, C, with Lima, O.; KIchinond, Ind,; Spilngtleld, Co- bimbus and Norwalk, 0.. to follow. They Join the Swallow ft JIarklo Floating Palare, In Parkersbuig, W. Yn., the latlcr part of June. Cai.vin CAaiiiii.i, IOiiiikhk anu t'Arnn'B R. I.Kwrs have Just relumed lo Now York, after a Micccssfiil season through Cnlia with An- tonio I'liblllones' Circus, ANoTiiBa Weslern bouse has Joined Iho Kastern Association -namely, I,. .M. Craw- ford's Foiirteenib Sireel Theatre, In .Hi. Louis, Mo. This ninkcM Ihlrly llrst class lair- Ifsrpie theatres that are controlled by th« Unst. playing Ihe standard biiriesnue shows. The I'wistern Bnrlesiiue .Managers' Association has the oplhm of several more Western houses. llAiiNBT Fin.NT. eccentric Hebrew comedian, reports success on the Kohl ft Castle circuit with his new act, "A Socialilc iSuy," featuring his original dnnre and u|itoilalc parodies. He has the Kohl ft Castle circuit for a return dale in this act. Mart Wili.ia.ms writes: "Arier Ibis week 1 nm booked on the llljoii Aniiiseiuciil circuit of Wisconsin and Michigan, for Messrs. Camp- lieli ft Hanforth." Baiinkv ObiiauI) has delivered lo ll. 1). SHner, for production next season, a new two «el American musical comedy, enlilied "A Yankee Doodle (llrl." .Mr. (ierard has also tiDlsbed. for Andy l-cwis. an original comedy rreatloii. In one acl. entitled "The Ijiieeu o( Bavaria." Inliodiidng .Mr. Lewis' own char- acter conception, "tlie cocaine llend." .Mr. Ucrard and .Mr. Lewis have also wrllien, in oollalMirallon. Iwo .songs, liulb of which will shortly be inlrodnced to Ihe public. .Mr. Ceraid Is now at work on several burlesf|ue8 for next .season. ItiiKs AND I.BWis. who have Just finished Ihe Macnaghlen tour, Kngbinil, were a feal- ure act wherever appearing. That Ihey have inel with success is proven by their holding two years' contract from Mr, .MaciiMgliten. They have also hern re engageil over Iho Mo.ss-Sioll tour for Iwenty-tliree weeks. Tub TilRBB Kvan.s Si.stbbs open their Sum- mer eiigngenienis at the new Collseuni i'he. aire. Cleveland, O., nnd arc booked up to Aug. l.'i. Wii.i.n; ANII Kditu Haiit wrlle Hull Ihey Just closed a very siiccessfiil sca.sim of liiirty- llvc n-eeks wllli Billy B. Van's "Krrnnd Boy" Co., and will open Ihelr vaudeville booklugi al Slecplechuse Pier. At bint Ic <"lty. .N. J., week of June IP. Fdlth Hart is reengaged with .Mr. Van for next season, lo play sou- brclle. .\i:tiiiI! Lank and his "Mystic Crucible'" ii|ieued a ten weeks" eugageinenl at Luna Park. Cleveland, .May IS. The iiei has u uni'iiic feaiiiie. a snow slorai In Siiininer. I Llllouu ANU lliiTIl have linlslied twelve weeks 111 the Norlliwesl. Week of .May 21) they are al Ihe licuuiulim Theatre. Winnipeg, Can.. Willi twelve weeks nf parks lo follow in liie Wes'. 'I'iielr act Is going llnely, as usual. World Of Players, CiiA.s. .\, Tavliiii, Ibe well known aullior, nnd bis cnnipany of Ijislern aelius and act- re.s.«es, linvc left .New Vork for Seat tie, Wash., wliere thev will coniinetue a lour of Iho Western Stales In the dranuis thai have broughl .Mr. Taylor lame. They Include: '■Kscaped From the Harem," "(Juecn of Ihe Highway, I'hrongh Fire and Water, I'lw Female lielectlves," •■Held for Hansom," ■•Uich For » Hay" and "The While Tigress of JapaiL" Tl ijii|iany Includes: Laurent Tavlor. Aleen .May. Viola llaynorr, Virginia Hichinond. Nora I'lxiey, Albert Hail. Kdwia I'ni. N. U. HaUey, Billy lluyuore. Win. Welib, ('bus. ,\. Taylor, his wife and iwo children. Tlie couipany will he under the dlreclloa of Win. liissi'll. of Itiissell ft Drew, of Hie Third Avenue TlK-alre, Pnrllnnd, Ore., who came here tor the express iiurposc of bringing an Kastern company to |ilay Ihe Weslern Stales, It lielug sHluilaled In Ihe contrail ihatnellber tlie play, nor Hie people prodiiciug II. ever Iiliiyed there. The cnnipany begins its sea- son at Sealllc, June t, nnd Is Isioked scclid 10 Oct. l.'i, llirniigh Porlland, Uis Angeles, Suit Lake and lienver. linaliy nulling lo ihe Fust sinne lime hi May. lH'lli. The star of the productions will be Laiirelte Tayhir, who Is possessed of considcrnble talent, and was featured wilb success in "The Chlirl Wife." last season. She will Ice seen liiler on In New York, In ,\Ir. Taylor's new play, enllllcd "Bbii for a I lay." .Normi iiio.M tub Wii.lia.ms ComkiiV Co. — We are now cia our circuit of parks, laioked solid for the Sniuiuer exclusively by Ihe IHxIn Tliealrlcal i-Ixiliiiuge, Allaiila, loi. Wc opened our season, and also Ihe Casino I'ark, llunts- villc, Ala., for a stay of Iwo weeks, then lo the new 'i'rlClly Park Theatre, Sbenield, Ala., with 11 reiiini of iwo weeks at Iliinls- ville. Alilioiigli our opening week was rain, rain, wr did the liesi business in Ihe history of this park, Our regular season opeas Sept. I, In North Carollun, being ulrendv Imoked mild for sixleen weeks. Katie Williams, Ihe Musical Iieninrests. Little Slayldos.som and Mnrle De OalTeieliy are prime favoriles, and Frank Lynn Is a reeeiil vaiiiahle nddlllon to our rosier, (in .AJay I we played a benellt, with our viiiiilcvillc fenlures only, for Iho T. .M. A., Itlrmlngbani Lodge, which wns very eiiecessfiil In every respect. BoSTLI! ca- It|:N.IAMIN ft I)ixoN'a '"I'lio Keiciiid Hand .Man" Co. -Charles L. Heck. l.eo F. Iliirrisoii. .Mac lliirrlsnn, Arile Beck. I'raiik II. Shaw, Ceo. II. Ilucbicnan, Joseph Ln Cicdx, Lock ileiidrl'ks. Cerlnide He Vere. Lillian Sydney, Lewis 'rroiachaiid and Iweiily chorus girls. This company has had an excepllounliy gonfl seuson, we are lt|. formed, and will close for only tbieo weeks. Dbi.la PiiiNM.i: .Ncni;s. .Miss I'ringle was railed liniiie frcnii Porlland, Arl.. where she WHS playing in viiiidevllle. nu aeeouul of the serious Illness cif ber nnittier. .Mrs. Ira Ken- ririck. who is very 111 al .Miss Pringle's Sum- mer liiuiie. Willi a couipllcnllnn of diseases. 11 Is not likely she will reeover, her age be. Ing against her. Miss I'ringle has sold her private cm-, the Helln. lo her brother, J, K. van Winkle. 1| will be used to condaci ex- cursions lo Portland, Ore,, this Summer, John (iniBVKS has mude arrangements with F'erc'v Wllliains fc>r Ihe producilon of several of Ills miislrni comedies, during the Summer, al Ihe Casino, Bergen lleiich, Brooklyn. .Mr, Orleves' stock company Is al present play- ing an elghi weeks engagement at the Ly- ceum, Boston, and remains at lliat house unlll be opens al Bergen Ben'li. Fanmi: Wciiiii is al her hnnie for Ihe Sum- iner I in Hie Bionxi, after a siicces'ifiii tcair In repeiiciiy. .NllTKS KII'iM At.. llnlUILI.L'S CciMBIllANK. — lOverytlilng Is moving nicely, and we bsik Pt a beoer seusou In I!io.-,iMl than ever. Book logs are cnnihig In dally, und the i-ompanlea are being placeil In Ihe live towns only. New scenery, special priming and new plays urn cniiirailed for Hie coming season. W. K. Winters will manage the .Norlhern lompany, with foiirteeu people. C, A, Sinlthers will do likewise for the Laslern eompan.v, with sixleen pontile. The Inller will play one iiiglit siaiids uimI city dates of three nights and week stands, usliig .Mr. (lorreH'H new Swede icimelly. ■Ilalll Jilbll'iill. " VI hn will till Willi llie M'eyii'rii ■ 'iinii.iuy. Thl;i hilli-r ivlll be under Ihe nuiinigeaieal of Ivan Wllvnn, nnd will play only iiie gcHicI Mmh- In Ibe mid die Wc'^l. .Many of the old people have been re engaged. TiiE iji.v lli:LiAui.t: it a welcome visitor weekly. NkTBS (HOM TUB VtBcllNIA BonTii Co.— Miss BcHith's (IrMi advent In Ihe repertory Held has been an agreeable surprise. Mnna- ger .\. B. Crawford Ills surrounded her wllh an exceptionally strong cimipnnv, which will even .vet lie strengthened. We hnd li«en warncil Hull our plsys were "too heavy for low prices," yei "Camltle" and "Leah" havs drawn oiiv largest hiuises. Wc reccnilv ice- carert "Fortune's Fool," from (lias, Morti- mer, and It has gone so well that we now ns« It for our opening bill. We go South after November. .Icrry .Mc-Auley Is a great success In Ihe comedy, and Frank Leslie and Nanino Palmer lake good care of Hie leads and heavies. Kdwnrd J. O'Brien, In advance, al- ways has a big house for an opening. Best wishes to Ihe alwn.v.'* reliable Cmpi'KR, .\i.. W. .Mautin Notbs. --The World's (irealest "fncle Tom's (.'ahin" Co. closed a lU'osperous season of forty-one weeks at Clilcngo, May 27. und the shov\' went lo lt« Summer <|U«rlers at Peru. Ind., where (he ccunpnnv will open the season of ll>0,"i rt .Vug. 17. .Mr, Martin has arranged to piil Fuels Tom on Ihe stage In greater splendor than ever before. The i-omiiany will consist of llfly. all while people, Including a chorus of twenty singers and dancers, who will blacken up to Impersonate Ihc negroes of the South. The scenic and electrical effects will all hft new and the most lavish ever oftered ths American public of this grand old phiT. A featured .•■incert hand and orchei.|ra will be carried, which will give day and cveiilng concerts. Tub Baivku Tubatub Simmkii Stock ( o. openeil Us Summer seuson Suliirday evening. .>lav 27, at Iloi'iester, N. Y, The piiidnctlima will be sirlcilv niebiilranmllc Ibroughout Ihe sea.son. nnd three matinees weekly will lin giv- en. Po|iuliir prices will prevail. The coinpnny eiigugeil Incdudes: l.i-e \VIIbird. ieaillng man; Lonlse Vale, leading vroninn. from Ihc Wal- ler Clarke Bidiows Stock ("o.: Maurice \VII- kln.mcn, from Hie .Margaret Anglln Co., for heavies: lieiuge C. Itoblnson. iharaeler come, clbiu; Vlrulnbi /.oilman, second woman, from Ihe PlHsbiirg Slock: J. Honker Wright, from Ihe .\uierlian Slock. Chicago; J. W. ilarlinan, of Ihe Harry Bercsford Co., nnd Pearl Ford, us Ingenue. The iilwluclbm will be Milder Hie pprscuuil dlrecllou of 'I'rnvers Vale. "I'iie opening play Is the Hllrrlng Southern romance. "'Old Phinlallon."' .\|.MB. SriHMANNllBiNK wns iiiarrlitl to her manager, Wm. Ilanp .Ir., al Chicago, III., on Mav 27, The wedding was solemnixeil icy Ibe Iti'-v. I!. A. Jolui, pastor of the (iernmii Fviagellc-al Lutheran Church, thai cll.v. I'liLNK ICLP'tiiHiB, who is playing in De- Iridl. is also taking the cure for rheiimutisin a I Ml. Cleiiicns. "Tub .Maid anu tub Mii.i.inxAinB" Is said to be the lltle of the new lilny which (!eo. M. Cohan has lu.-l coni|deteil fur Fay 'I'eiuple- ton, who will star In II next seuson, under Ibe illrection of Kbiw ft l-'.rianger. .Mr. Cohan has conuMised nil Ihe music for Hie prodiie- Ihui, anil has wrillen Hie play Inside of two iMcinlbs. Itisiiv linos., inanngers of the Odeon The- atre, at Marslialllown. la., have leased tho new Temple Orand Thealre, at ("resliui. la, II will be placed In the Iowa Illinois circuit tcf Hiealres. which imw ccuiiprlses tweiily- llve of the best silow I'ovns In biwa and 1111- nois. Thev lake jiossesslnii of the new house Aug. I. llicSTBM or M.vnKs IIiiok.' Co.. ,No. A I. sup- porting Hriile .Marks: Joe Marks. lunnager: .\1.-;. .M.cik,.. ie|ii-esciiiniive : Krnle .Marks, M. S. (ioblalne, Wuller Sccit (Irclser, Harry llouev. I\. Cha.s. .Morse. Frank Fielder. .M. r. Mcliowell. Waller Craiiip. Ilojierl Turner, Blllv Vail Horn, ICbiier Todd. Kiltie Marks, Filvihe Winchester. .Mailed Crace Puiclou and liojdle i-'arrler. We are now in our fortieth week of coiillniied success, and have been playing to ca|iacliy luislness in the larger towns and cUles of Oiilnrbi, making four successive seiiHons ill Caiiadii, l-'rnie .Marks, Ibe ycumg nnd po|iular ciciuedlnn of Ibe ciim- pany. is a prime favorlle wllli the public, and has won his way into Ihe lienrlM of the Cnnndlans. Alex. Is a king of reprcsenln- lives, while Joe, the genial ycoing manager, whose friends are legion, is a member of sev- eral fraternal socielles. They will sborifv ibiie Ibeir .season and visil New York CIi.t to srciire new plays and laleni for nexl sea- scui. after which liiey go Inlu Summer ipiar- ters at Clirlslle Lake. llBnLNUi; WAVMvni: writes: "I have se. cured Ibe rights lo Ilowaril L. Case'a new III 'The Mfinager and Hie Maid.' We or- ganl/e In August, for an exleiided lour from coast and coast, under Ihe dlrectbui and man. agenienl of .Mr. Case, with Harold Lewis and ni.vself In Ibe title ndeM. We carry all special sc-eiiery and elTecIs, ami a company of Iwenly- Iwo people." Fiiwt.N Fox has been eiigagcvl by ('has, A. Tuylccr, fiu' bis sloik company, opening In Seatlie, Wash.. June I, lo (iliiy leading and heavy biiHliiess. Bon llBNUUli'Ks. who was the pnsi Ihren seasons Willi Hlinmcdcdn's ideals, was a Cliim'Bii caller Inst week, nnd reports Iho success of Hull couipany. HiA 11. Fmii.b. who did the heavies wllh lllnuuelidn's Ideals the past .season. ci|iened Hay K wllh the I'oil Stock Co., a I Wiilerbiiry, Ciain.. iloin-; luvenlles and general biislneBS. ViiiLBT Bauvlv has Jiisl closed her reper- tory season of Iblrlv elgbl weeks, ami Is rest- lug" at Niagara Falls, where she will remain u 1)111 the opening cif Ihe Siiniuier season. So ciUKAT has been Ihe success of "LItliO Joliiiny .lones" Ibe nasi season lhii[ Oeo. .M. Cohiin's inaiiager. Sam II. Harris, has de- cided to pluee anollier eomiiiiiiy cm ihe roncl nexl year. The iicnipany headed bv .Mr. Coluin has been bnciked eielaslvely In lllB larger rlib-s oiilv. while the oilier icimpanr, which will {«• I dec! by Bolitcy lliirrv, will play (he iirliicipal cllles not louihed by .Mr. Ciclian. Bolb organlzalloiis will have oxacllr Ibe same ei|ul|imeiil In scenery, wnrclrols' and effects, and emb will have Ibe sanie number of pecifile. AI the eonciuslon iif bis engage nienl at Hie .New Vork Theatre, ou May "JT. Ceo. M. ("obnn and bis "Lllile Joliuny Joneii" couipany left by s|ieclai train for Chicago, oixoilng In that clly for an all Siiiniaer run, at (he Illinois Thealre, ,MMy '211. Cii.is. T. Falls Combuv <'•>. .Nutlh. This seascin has been very ijood so far, and al- IliouL'li we have Hclded new lerrllorv, we at once becicioe favrirlle.,. and In most liihh<neea return dales have Is'eii olfered. Mauager Fnles Is very bii.y preparing his one night siand show, wblcb lakes the road Hhiutly, plHyinir Summer resort:'. A liaml will be carried, and Ibe sireel iiarade will be an extra feature. Ihe eostumes being handsomn nnd allracllve, as Is our scenerr. of which we will carry nine sellings, In facl, the cnmpnny will be ecjiilpped ecpial lo anv of tho best one nighl stand attractions on Ihe road. A. <!. Hklamatbii writes: 'My iniislial lonii'civ 'cmivinv niimlsuci llflv peoide. In- rbiillug ,\my I.ee, Nellie Black. Carolyn ||eii«. (Is. Fvelyu W"lr. Liuilse lilekson. John L. Kiarney. Han Movies. Oswald Cleinson. Hen. W Snillh. Frank W. She,i and Iiaoiiy Wl|. I lams. Tlie Kiinin.er ut'n^itu oiietjed jct ,\i- Innllc Clly. May "22. wllh 'Mam'selln ".Awkln>^." Ilerb"rl lilllen. Mi" well known conitHiser, fcii.iierly with Klaw cV Frbinger'n prodiicHocis, has been engaged as :;ene|iil him sical (lirecloi- of all my ntliHclbin^i. Sam Tuck loiH been engaged as iiiuiiager of Ibe vaudeville depnilm'iil ccf Hie lllcbmicnd AuioseinenI Co.. of wlibh I am Ihe laannglng director. " KroiNM I-;. SwrLNKV. dnugliter of Ihe lute (ieii. W. FiiiHiiiaii. ban been Kranlcd. bv ,t||llge Levelllrlll, Oil llllerlO"i|lc,| y declc'C of divorc" ficirri IVni. Vwecowv. biindniuilcr of Ihe lliilLilo Bill Shov.' Hlie re. elves Hie fcill • iisiody of their child, an.l will le-uuii,! her maiden uii'iie. Pled AUK Till.1 r cbuecl a fccrlvelghl weekc' Migngement with the .Mated Paige Co.. n< musl-al direclccr. al SiivaMnnb. <:»., and' Is •pcodlDg bis racatlou at AltoaoA, I'a, one. dra- ws W« II llilrty lliren LItlle .lobiiny Thealre. Mny Notes vbom tio; fSia Dionnk "II, T, C."' Co. -The show opened lo big business, nt Swaniey, N. II.. .Mny l.">. We have « lent. HUxluO; f'Uir cars, sixteen people, fnurtrcB horses, right canvssmen, four iIorh and eight, ponies. (Mir silver comtert band, under Ihs direction of W. M. Hiddlo, Is an nllracllou. nnd our luirade Is a big feature. The band numbers I'ourU'eii pieces, (itllclal alalT ■ Prof. \. K. Hloime, role nwner: Mrs. V. SelUa, liensnrer: Jack IHonnr. niiiiuiger: Jess.' Her- lerl. assistant in.in.igcr ; I'Lu Mi\lckers. nil- vanie ngenl ; Kd. Cole, stage manager. CasI : N, M. (lolille. A. M. Hlonne. Mniiil IKonne. Have Strait. Kd. Cole, John I'ntncide, Noar Clouiier, Mrs. Dliuinr, li. Strait, Mrs, Myrtle Slialt. Pearl Hlonne, .Masler Frank Cole. Jesse Ilels'rt. Jack Hlonne. John lUciniie. Joe Davis. Wnrri'ii Walsctn. J. He- lierl and Kdllh Melrose. Warren Watson i» boss canvas man. wllh seven asslslauls; Bert Sliirkey, hostler, with lim asslslauls: elms, Illalsdell and N, Clouiier. chefs. We have it tine line of HjieclalHcs. with La Barra, "lh« Frog .Man;" J. c. Ileberl, black face com- edian: Dbiniie and Holdlc. In Ihelr niuslcnl acl; Maud DIonne. slack wire; Prof. Dicuine, venlrlioipilst, anil Baby Pearl, cimn shouter, .Nbii, III niiBS,s was adiuclgecl ii bankrupt .May 2'2, by Judge Taiuilug, of Ibe I'alted Slu'les HIstrlcl Court, al Trenton, .N, J., nnd discharged from ail ludebledness. IIITA LlANVl.sl Maubz. violin soloist, has joined Ibe .Marie Neilson Slock Cn . al H'lind Ledge. Mich., and will Ice ibere diirlng thn nionlbs of Jiuie. July nnd August. Xon.N i-itii.M "Tin: K.micuia.nt's Daioh- TBu" Co.- We liave niei wllh siiicess since we opened, eight weeks ago. (iiiy C. Peter- son Is our niuiiager. and C. F. Foster Is ahead of Hie show. .Mr. Peicrson has made a hit In Ihe role of Prof. A, B, Sklpiis, We all rend Tub Clh'I'bm when nc can get This Is cnir llrst re|Mirt Ici any of Ihe malic papers, but Iio|k' It is iiol the hist, are having n tine line of paper printed, are now playing In Texas. ItoliKnT IllLt.1,(1111 has slgued a coiilract whereby he becomes a slar under Duvid Be lasco'snianagenieiit for a term of years, ".Man ash Si rpM.MAN." by (ieorge Bernnrd Shaw. wlHl Ihe llilrd acl ellnilnated by llift nutbor for singe piii'|iciscs, was produced fcM' Hie llrsi llino wllh great success al His Court Theatre, London, Kug, .May 2:i. !■;. S. WiLLAUl', accoiu|innled by Ibe lliig llsh menibers of his company, sailed fnr lOnghind May 21. Ills nexl seascui opens (•el. 2. In .Montreal, In "The Ic'csd'a Ite- venge." WiLi.mi S, (llii.i.v) CLUKonD will liar nexl season In n uucslcai fevce. ".Mr. New York, of llreadwav," Ibe music of which Is by Harry Veil TILcr. J. IlKaNtnii IIV1.1.IN cbiHed weeks' sessiai with ('cdinii's "I JiMii's" Co., Ml t!ie New Viuk 21. lliVMoMt Kbti'mi M iviites Mnil I losed n succ-essful seiiscin of fculy weeks wllh Dean's "Two (irphaiis" Co., 'doing Jniiiiiei anil I'oiuil lie Llneares. He Is al IiIh homo nl Frentoai, ,Mlc'b., and has sigueil wMh llio ,'<|ee1snillli alliaeihuis for next seii.vui HAiii,r S. Klmii, liiclness manager for Wuller Fane, was called to his b'cme al Fan Claire, Wis., lo ndcnd the fiiiiernl of Ids talber. Josh; .Saiu.lu will hlmrlly relurii to vaude vllle. la a ileiiiiaii ilialecl sketch of her o-.vii manuractnie. ilrKTI!! * Si;.(.\p,\ will (ireseul a series of old Welcer Fields biirlesi|iii'n ul Hie Itiislniibi Theatre. Syracuse, Hie icpenlng idll being '•Pciiisse Cafe" and " 'Way Iji Fast." Mahuabbt .S\vni; ami Ida BnnciKs Hunt, nf the "Wondlaiid " Co. ami MarHia Morton, Iho jiiaywriglil, unllecl ficr Fiirope May 2,'! MiNNiB Sbliuman will leliirn lo the alagn next seascui, iiuclrr Ilic iiiaiiagenient of Henri HresslH. .Mil. iNii Ma.<. Jambs K. llniiBrr siartH for llie Caiuiclbiu wilds .May '271, and will biler sail for Liirope. .Mr lluckell has seciirecl Ibn Anierbau rights lo "Tbe Scarecrnw," bv Percy .MacKnve, and In addition be has "riio Walls of .lerlcbic. I'he House of Silence." recent ly prodiiicij la I'll lulling, and a I'bim pean success, the lltle of which la not yel made jiublle, liLoiaa: W. I,):nBni:n was illscbarged from hankrii|ilev .Miiv 2.''i. Iiv Judge Holt, of Ihe Pulled SlatcH lilslrlcl Court VniOINIA Xi'lLBMAN has been engllKCcI bV I'ravers Vale lor heiivles fnr the Bicker Slock Co., In llocliesler, .N. V.. onenliig May 27. BBATIIIII; TlUniN has Is-ell engagecl l>y (inrdoii ft Keniiell |o plav Hie part of Ih-i Ccainlesu, in ".\ Kccyal Shive," for nexl hcm- aciii. 'I'lIK \BW .loiieMvllle, ,Mlcli., Opera House will c,|icn early nexl Fall. \ciTi>; i-aciM 'iiii; Hivi-; liiiiiiciu i. Kicin; t'ci, T'u« abov milpin.l' cbcsid Jlie seiisnu nl Newbern, \. C, .May LI. alter a sborl, but siii-cc'ciiful liair of ililrieen weekn. Tho roslec wan cs follov.a. Havls A Drlsmll, pro. nilelnrs; Will i'. Davis, niuniigcr: .los. V. DrlHcni:. slage iiiiiniiei.|< ; }t. It llryocui, aib viiiice M'tiresenlnlive ! .lack I'. Ocealwin. Sniu J. Myers, Have llaker, A. F. ilccberls. Jewell ,\boef, .Minnie I.onlKe |''eri;ii'ciii, I |i:i|m liigiabani. LoiiImi' Price unci LclHhe llnl.i'i. .Mr. Dllscoll. ii'iiirned, for a i,liiirl tma lion, Ici New Vork. aoil .Mr. Davis went to his iioiae In F:iyeltevllle, N. ('.. tor a idiorl \lsil lo b's luiri'iils. Tub (ii.n Itr.i.naM; Is always weic-onie. KlcWAltll MaIOIII ami IIoKI. SAhTBLL, Will again iipiMiir wlHi 'The Sleeping Beaiilv and Hi' Henst " Co. nexl seocucn. .MIsi Sni lellii will phiv Princesii lleaniy IHlle rolei. nnd .Mr. .Micrsh will pbiv Hie parls of Hoclor S'lUlils and Pri'sldeui peilie. .\|r. .M.incli has b'ft New Vnrk lo Join bin Icrolher. I'haib's, ■■.Marvelous 'cji llsl. In acl an lib, general r'|i|eMenlllllve iilviil Co.. c,t which Hie Kl:ir iillrai I luii. Miii'sb,^ high Igb olvliiir longer lilIU Willi llie lliirker Car ■Mnrvi'liccut .Mar^b" Is .Mrs Marsh i Koiii: .Sar lelbn will accniii|iiiiiv Ml'. .Maisli .MA.VA'ii i; Cms. .M. Wii.lia.ms, of the (VII 'Iniiis ilpeia Ci,., wrlles; "lliihlneiu, Is Hue. end we are nioel Inn wllh Ininieiice siiccchs ererywhere we ii|'|i"ac. " Tin: IB.BNICH 111- Hollnllll Ki.nt will lis pleased in leiim (hm nlic It rapidly ii ver lug friiia e viy severe suigbul oicer'i'Inn. Miss l\c<nt Is III a jji'lvale hoHpllal Pi Boh Ion. brl expeiis In leave Ibere aboiil Ihs Inbldle of June. "I'ASTANA" In aiuicctincccl as the sen.act engageiaenl for the M'sbliiif Theatre. I,mi don. Mng.. ami It will probably be given by an l-higlish ■■inuiany. I'LAIM'IBI.Ii, S. .).. Is lo have a slrlclly new and ahsolnlely niniterii Ibenire. iinw lu'lng IpiiIH. nnd wlib-li will be ii'aily Aug. 21. Wm. J. Connlhau will have ibe nianagenieai anil ownership, wlHi Ihe asHlsiance of W. 11. (ielat IIS loiMil lepresenlnllve, ilnlv Ihe best ntlrartlons will be iibiyeil, whldi will bo Ismked by Khuv A Frbinger. I'ialillelcl lias a drawing iiciiailalion of llfly lbciii,.aiid p"ci pie, and, wllli lllieral managemeni, cmipled with laoderii luelbods. (.Iioiijil lacire mie of Itle mnsl picllliilile ccie iilghl liliinils of Ihn I'aisl. The b'SiM' will -.eMi L.'ioii iicncile. NicrBii riioM KiSiii.i KnMi.m Kn Wn 0|ienecl iiader our ii"w <nin.iM May I,'., nt Shreve, <i,. anil liiive I ii playing lo ra- pacity. M'e c'Hiry a I'lir loacl nf .scenery ami e|eilii,,i| elleeis. Ilii,.ler : ^l, I., i'lio-er. pro prielor; F. L. Laoilierl, liii»lae«s manager ; Lee H. Fllswiii'lh, singe aianiiger : Freer Lo Ilclse, elerlrlc'bui : II. Dounil (loilser, linsfl cnnvaM niuii.: SIbis Oakiiiii, encik : M. L, Kin- sey. Belli Kln«ey. Lllile .Miidi:" nnd Itnby Kallieriue, Cbiiiil l.ewl^, I'. I'. .Miller, Horry .M ilccyale, I |i. i:i|.,»iirlli, F D, .Mc:\lill:iii, Fied I.e It.e.e. ihos. Iliii(bes, ('has. .Macliiy, CbllH Lewis, llessle Sbeblnii atlil Kiiuiui Ln Ibise. Tin; mil Km.nni.i; Is a weleoiu-i vl .llor every I liiir.'^ehiy. Al.niirr Ham. lias Is-eu engageel n i leading man for Ihe ' liiii. A. Tiivliir .Slotk Co., tu upeu Juuu 4, Kt Ufttttli't WcaUi