New York Clipper (Nov 1905)

986 THE ISTEW YORK CLIPPER. November ik Ki% Clipper's fiDecdotes, Personalities and Comments, CONCERNINO STAGE FOLK and Sometimes OTHERS BY JOSEPHINE! GBO. Passing out through the lobby of Wallace's Theatre tbe other evening, after a perform- ance of "Squaw Man," scraps of criticism might be heard from those who bod Just seen Faveraham's fine performance. Those that the writer overheard were enthusiastically favorable, with the exception of one, and that from the mouth of an actor welt known to Broad way. Though the house had been practically sold out, still the kindly dlspoaed manage- ment made gratis room for a few of the pro- fession to see their brother actor make good in a good part. It is a well known fact that actors are usually over critical concerning the work of those in their profession, and that it Is not an uncommon thing to bear them express their adverse opinion (even when they have not paid their money to see a performance) In tones loud enough for many to bear. On tbe occasion above referred to tbe actor-critic, after bestowing a word of scant praise on the star's work, added: "At any rate, Royle has written Favvy a good part, and be couldn't very well help but make a bit In it—why, I could play It as well, and perhaps better, If I bad a mind to." "So you could," was tbe reply of the egotist's companion, who is known to possess a Barrymorean facility for satire, "so you could, if you had a mind to, but, my boy, that's Just what you haven't." ♦ The name of that clever actor, whose re- tirement from tbe stage and subsequent death was a real loss to the public and bis friends, recalls a little story Illustrating bis quick wit. Barrymore bad been engaged to play Or- lando at an open air performance of "As l'ou Like It" Tbe affair was given on tbe Inwn of tbe lovely country borne of a New York society woman, who bad arranged it for tbe benefit of an orphanage in which she was interested. About an hour before tbe performance the clouds looked so very threat- ening that the hostess approached the actor ' and said: "Don't you think, Mr. Barrymore, that as the weather seems so uncertain, we should postpone tbe play until another day ?" "Oh, no, Indeed 1" hastily exclaimed Bar- rymore, who did not relish the Idea of an- other hot, mid-Summer Journey to the place, where he had gone under pressure, "no, In- deed, don't postpone tbe performance. I'm quite sure that It will clear up, for God would never permit a worthy charity like yours to be a failure because of rain." So tbe performance was begun, and ere tbe first act waa finished, hla hopeful declara- tion was refuted by tbe rain Itself, which descended furiously upon both players and audience. As they sought the shelter of tbe tents and bouse, Barrymore was heard to re- mark: "This Is one of the occasions that add to the army of Infidels." Among the clever things that emanated from Barrymore's bright brain was a play that was produced at the Fifth Avenue, now one of the Proctor theatres. It was onco being discussed by a group of lambs In the grill room. An actor, wbo had felt the sharpness of Barrymore'B satire more than once, approached the group, and, after listen- ing a moment, said: "Ah, what Is tbe play you're talking over?" "Why," was tbo reply of one of them, "we're speaking of Barry's production," then named tbe title, which at this moment has escaped tbe writer. "Oh," said the actor, who bad no particu- lar love, for Barrymore, "I never heard of it—don't know anything of It " "Well, my boy," said the drawling voice of Barrymore, coming as a surprise from Just behind tbo actor wbo would belittle him, "I advise you not to start in telling what you don't know, for, if you do, you'll be uusy 'till the end of your days." 9 "Say," exclaimed an up-York-Stote-looklng Individual, wbo was a prospective buyer of a front seat at the performance of "Tbo Squaw Mnn," last Thursday evening, as he pushed his way to the window that framed the smiling face of Hillings Hurch, tbe good nnturcd treasurer, "Sny, mister ticket man, I wont one of the highest price pews In your place, an' I want It up close to the mourners' bench, where I can hear every goll durn word of the prcachln'." * The drivers of tbe baudy hansom cabs that arc so plentiful in the metropolis, are tnown to be on the look out for all tho extra "quarters" nnd "halves" possible to get, even to fraudulent overcharge. As everyone knows, the fare is fifty cents for a drive of a mile, and twenty-flve cents for any part of a second mile, tbe drive to include any stop of less tban five minutes. .-tpropos of oxborbltant charges, Jolly Fanny nice had an amusing experience with a cab driver, not long ago. Hailing one of these necessary means of quick transportation, she Jumped Into bis cab, at tbo same time naming bcr hotel, which was a trifle less than a mile away. Before reaching the place she made one stop of less than two minutes, anally arriving at her destination, wbero she alighted, and though she knew the price of her drive to be fifty cents and no more, said: "How much, driver?" "Ono dollar," quickly replied that over- renting Individual. "But it was less than n mile, and I Bhall pay you the legal charge only," said tbe actress, tendering a half-dollar, though she had Intended to tip the man an extra "quar- ter." "It's a dollar, an' ye bad two ehtops," angrily argued the driver. "Nothing of tbe sort I" exclaimed Miss Hlce, "I had one stop only." "Ye had three, by rights," spattered the cabman. "Didn't I shtop to let ye git In, an' didn't I shtop when ye wlnt Into tbe droog shtore, an' didn't I shtop agin to let ye git out Just now!" To end the argument the little actress tossed tbe half-dollar on to the seat of the cab, saying: "There's your legal fare 1" and entered her hotel. * Tbe manager of the "Heir to the Hoorab," Under m Cents. Nona reoM Wit. ALTBiaa'a Doo Aim Font Circdb. — While en route from St. Louis to Perryvllle, Mo., on tbe steamer Cape Glradena, Woodle Cook, principal clown. Initiated the captain of the steamer una seventy-five of the passengers, among tbrm the following members of tbe above named troupe, Into tbe order of Gobble, Gobble. Gobble: Wm. Altberrs, proprietor; Fred Lighter, treasurer; John Morgan, equestri- an director; Howard F. Baldwin, announcer; Peter Peterson, properties; Harry Dickin- son, canine trainer; James O'Neill, Airs. O'Neill, Tony Welsmantle, Theo. Mlley, Happy Cameron, Lulu Nettle and Chas. Lem- decker, Trendall Bros., Roxey De Neen, Toots Jones and her Hawaiian troupe, Mont Nuoxo and his Moorish troupe, McKenna Bros., Joe Blsboph and fifty others at Perryvllle. Mo. The Fobepauoii-Sells Show will close Nov. 22. In 1888, A In IOCS, Before taking physical culture esercUe; 0B " After taking physical culture eteroUet. MLLE. LATINA, The Physical Culture Girl, Whose picture appears above, Is well known in the profession, having appeared In all the first class vaudeville houses throughout America for the past seven years. Her first vaude- ville engagement was played in 1808, at tbe Orpheum Theatre, Kansas City, Mo., her home city and birthplace. She Is a handsome and well formed woman, a Sne example of a follower of physical culture, and Is one of the strongest of her sex In tbe world. She has lust finished a successful tour of tbe Western houses, and will appear in all the principal vaudeville tbeatrea here in the East. Fbaxk a. Bobbins was a Clifpeh caller last week. Tbe Bobbins Circus closed Oct 10, In Dover, Del., and Manager Bobbins states that it Is ths most successful season he bss ever bad in his long experience In tho show business. Tbe show Immediately went to Irs Winter quarters In Jersey City, where It will undergo the usual overhauling. Noras raoM EL 0. Smith's Colossal Shows and Tbainbd Animal Exposition.— We closed a season of twenty-flve weeks on Saturday, Oct 14, and Immediately started for onr new Winter quarters at Lamberts- vliie, Pa., where we an now comfortably housed for the Winter. The season Just passed proved a successful one financially, and the "Little Giant" made many new friends along its entire route. The weather was exceptionally fine, and tbe show lost only one stand tbe entire season. Tbe draught and ring stock came in In better condition than ever, and. In fact both men and besets conected with this show bad a pleasant sea- son. While many shows came to grief in the section we were playing, we continued on, and every week saw a balance on the right side of the ledger. All the draught stock will be kept over Winter for next season's cam- paign. All the wagons will be orerbanled and repainted, and, in fact tbe outfit will undergo a complete repairing, so it will be practically new for our tenth successive sea- son, which will open, as usual, the latter part of April, 1006. Following is the roster of people that remained tbe entire season: Keller Isemlnger, J. J. Bay Dee, 8am Carni- bnn, Ira Duncan, Freeman Ringler, Jack Ar- nold, Ed. Chamberlln, Bob Bytes, Ed. and Nellie Thlres, Mr. snd Mrs. E. 0. Smith. Herman Q. Smith, manager of No. 1 car with the Greater Norrls 4 Howe Circus, writes: "We have been in Old Mexico for four weeks, playing the principal cities be- tween EI Paso, Tex., and tbe City of Mexico, on the Mexican Central Railway. In the first place I want to say that this show, nor any other show on earth, ever got the service that we are getting from the Mexican Cen- tral. We have all got so that we feel as though we own the road, and as to business I will not say anything—let tbe rest of them take the chances that Norrls & Bowe took to find out. We plsyed the City of Mexico for nine days, commencing Saturday, Oct 28. In thi i country we show every Sunday, aa Sunday Is the day of sports and amusement. When I get Into the towns with my car and turn my billing men loose, tbe people think that we are the show, and it is almost impossible for the men to do their work, ss the natives crowd around to see the work and the pic- tures. In most of tbe places we have to get police protection to keep them back. The largest sheet of paper they ever saw put up Is an 8-sheet and when they see 100-sheet stands go up tbey simply stare in amazement I was anxious to see how tbey would act at a performance, so I went back to see tbe show at Sllao, and I rode in tbe parade to get the benefit of all the sights, and to describe what I saw would take an Issue of your paper. As to the behavior of the audiences, they simply sit In their seats and yell. What puzzles them most Is how tbe show can be pnt np and taken down in one day. After the shows they do not go home, but stay on the lot until the last load has left, and they seem to figure that that Is a part of the show. When I see the dear old Stars and Stripes again I will take off my hat" Thi Bi.vGLi.va Bbos.' Circus will close the season at Meridian, Miss., Nov. 28. Barnum & Bailet's Cincus bss closed Its season, and gone to its Winter quarters at Bridgeport, Conn. a production which is making a record for big business In the middle West, where It Is now touring, tells of an amusing substitu- tion, a few nights ago, In tbe title of the play he Is conducting. He was standing beside the treasurer In the box of tbe theatre, when a man hurriedly approached tbe window. "What are you playing tonight?" be asked tbe seller of tickets. " 'The Heir to the Hoorah,' " was the reply. "Can I use your telephone a minute?" was tbe next question. "Certainly," said tbe treasurer, "Just step Inside the office," an Invitation which the man quickly accepted, after which tbe mana- ger heard the following conversation: "Say, Mamie," said the man at the re- ceiver, "there's a great show down here— shall I get tickets for tonight ?" "What's the play?" came tbe question over the wire. "It's—It's " began the man, trying to recall the title, "oh, yes—It's 'Tbe Hair on a Hurrah P " 9 Here la one tbey tell on Pete Dalley, who Is tbe bright particular star of the new pro- duction, "The Press Agent" It referred to a time, however, when this extremely popu- lar comcdlna was playing In smaller towns than he has for a long time visited In the capacity of entertainer. He had Just returned to bis dressing room from an investigating peep through the hole In tbe curtain, which revealed a very small audience. "How's the house?" asked the sharer of his room, "Is It good or bad?" Dalley's reply, and the Inimitable manner In which he made It, told plainly tbe size of the audience. All he said was: "I could lick the three of 'em!" »»» OKLAHOMA. Oklahoma City—At the Ovelholser (Ed. Overholser, manager) Walker Whiteside had line business Oct 31. The Jeffersons, In "The Rivals," had a large audience Nov. 1. "The Liberty Belles," 2, came to capacity. "Lord Baltimore," 4, pleased. "A Human Slave" failed to appear 4. Louis James did well S. "Under Southern Skies" 8, "Ra- monn" 0, "When Johnnie Comes Marching Home" 10, Albert Taylor's 8tock 11, 12. Note. —Frederick Warde was a guest of the house 6, to see his old friend. Louts James, In "Vlrglnlus." Mr. Warde lectures here (under Lyceum Bureau) IS. a'» MOW HAMPSHIRE:. THREE KEATONS. The reproduction of the billing display In front of Keith's Theatre, Boston, shows the value of the Keatons, as well as that of Salerno, as drawing cards. In the newspaper adver- tising matter the Keatons were referred to ss follows: "Buster, of the Three Keatons, the funniest midget comedian In the world," while Salerno was heralded as "tbe most graceful and dexterous Juggler ever seen In this country," at Keith's. CLIPPER CARTOOltS. No. 29. This week our cartoon page features t 1 . Four Mortons, who are "Breaking Into • clety" with such determination thst thev i '. meeting with snecess everywhere; Monte- ' ery and Stone, in their football satire » i the Cow and the Cowardly Lion, in "•'• ' Wizard of Ox," which la enjoying a succc ful revival at the Academy of Music; Josi h Cawthorn, the star, together with cbaran '« and scenes In "Fritz In Tammany Hi' '•• which Is meeting with well deserved sua « at the Herald Square Theatre; BUn I Bates, who Is appearing In David Belas < newest play, "The Girl of the Golden We-- ■■ at the Belasco Theatre. Vaudeville Is rci- - Bented by the following: James J. Corb-'t at Proctor's Twenty-third Street Theai '•• Houdlnl, handcuff king, at the AlhamV ■ Ward and Curran, at the Victoria -id Clarice Vance, singer of coon songs. Manchester.—At the Opera House (E. W. Harrington, manager) "The Isle of Spice" Nov. 10, Ladles' Irish Choir 15, Primrose's Minstrels 23. Pab.k (John Stiles, manager). — Gay Masqueraders Burlesquers, 0-8, drew good business. "The Shadow Behind the Throne" 9-11, Rice k Barton's Gaiety Girls 13-15, "For nis Brother's Crime" 10-18. Notd.— Manager John Stllea la In New York City for a few days. « ■ » SIDNEY QRAUHAN, Whose picture appears In the front page et this issue, claims to be tbe youngest theatri- cal proprietor r.nd manager In the UnlV'l States, being twenty-three years of age. He owns and manages three theatres, his parti- cular line of business being vaudeville. His theatres are In New York and California, bat he Is best known on the Pacific coast. Ht Is tke only ion of D. J. Grauman. Fhom At. F. Whbeler's Wintbb QcAn- ters. —We have all of our paraphernalia neatly stored away, and tbe animals and stock arc comfortably housed for tbe Winter. Already actlvo preparations are under way for the season of 1000. Three new csge wagons will be added. Including a large Hon cage for onr untamable act A new band wagon will also be added. We will open In tbe Spring with an entire new spread of can- vas, now In course of construction. Nearly all the beads of departments of tbe past sea- son have been retained. Leon Yeaton will again be general agent, while V. J. Frlnk, who the past season had charge of the sec- ond advance brigade, will divide bis atten- tion between the advance and assisting Mr. Wheeler In the management of affairs back. Geo. Woods is re-engaged as Superintendent, and nearly all of the other department bosses will answer present when tbe 1000 roll Is called. W. P. Enolisd was a recent Clitfxr caller, and reports a very successful season with the Bamum k Bailey Circus. Mr. Eng- lish Is first bass player with Carl Clair's Military Band, and also mall agent with tbe circus. He will be located In New York this Winter, writing music. Several of Mr. Eng- lish's compositions have become very popular. Frank P. Matnabd, eccentric clown, bet- ter known as Shorty Maynard, closed with the Wallace Show Oct. 28, at Williamson, W. Vs. Notes fhom Washburn Is D'Alma'b Trained Animal Show. —The show went Into Winter quarters near Baltimore, after having the most prosperous season enjoved by the veteran showman, Wsshburo. The new ring barn Is almost complete,' where a>l the animals will be kept In school this Win- ter, and many new acts will be ready for the opening early In April. Contracts have been made for two new flat cars, and one stock car. The sleepers have been sent to the shops to be overhauled and painted. Mechanics will be at work all Winter, building new cages, and gold leaf will be spread with a lavish hand. There will be a happy family added, consisting of an elephant two lions, two leopards, two tigers, a bear, zebra, pony and dog. The street parade will be enlarged by thirty bead of ponies and four tableaux wagons. The canvas maker will come in for his share of patronage. It is the Intention of the Messrs. Washburn and D'AIms to make this the finest seven car Bhow on tho road. Capt Geo. Auoeb, after a successful sea. son with the Barnum & Bailey Circus, has returned to New York to complete the or- ganisation of bis show, which will take the road shortly. mJ'J&S I i' < v5 ls en S n «"ed <"> general agent lOAlf e TM reat ..?J rB K aT |J. 81l0WB . ,efl »Oh Of 1006. This will be his fifth season with Mr. Hargreaves as general agent. Mr. Hsrgreavcs has arranged for a new advertising car. Fnow John Robinson's Ten Bio So —We struck the rain belt la Missouri id' It remained with us, even in oar two s't j In Arkansas. Business, however, has i»xn good. At Poplar Bluff the performers -tA the U. B. Cavalry men played baseball. lu n . ager Hayes, of the opera House, Wily' granted them tbe ball park. The- rtceiuti were turned over to tbe churches of the town. The score was two to one, fa. favor of the. performers. Eleven innings were played. The winning run was : madc bv Jlmmle Dutton lining out a three-hat-ner De Mario, the contortionist slid from (bird base to tbe home plate. It waa at Poplar Blnff that the elephant Tip, stole and swal- lowed a gold watch and a bonnet, belonging to a roclety woman. At Paragon Id Ark we experienced the worst day In the hhi.,ry of the show. It poured rain and we missed our first parade. The Missouri tour has been one of social visits. At Willow Spring. Chas. F. Fick, special representative of tioll- mar Bros.' Shows, and bis family were our honored guests. At Mountain Grove popu- lar Otto Krause and the Wood Sisters ocrn- pled the box for guests of honor. They were accompanied by Morris Myers, formerly man- ager of the theatre at Tuscaloosa. He is now field representative for a manufacturing company of St Louis. It was cold, as Mountain Grove ls 8,000 feet above the sea level. It snowed on us en route from Mountain. Grove to Monett At Monett Edward Holland received a shipment of fifty' elephants from the Hagenbeck Show, small ivory elephants, hand carved, from India as tiny watch charms. "Kid" Henry, the clown was caleld home to Warren, Pa., by a tele^ gram, stating that his mother was dying. A train conning Into Monett struck Ha-rr Gardner, a Cincinnati porter, on Car No 7 and killed him. He was trying to save James Robinson's English bulldog. There were vis- itors galore at Monett William Mayo 8r. and hfs son, Bert, from the Hall Show, were the guests of Rose Maretta and family. The Mayos now have a Jewelry atore at Aurora, Mo. Members of the A; P. Whitney Carnlva 1 Co. were also our guests. Mrs. Whitney was crowned by tbe Robinson Circus people as the queen of all carnivals. Anna Eva Fay and her company took In the exhibition. Doc. Ray and his medicine company spent a day with the "Ten Big." He ls en route to California, making the longest Jump ever made by a medicine organization. We go from Missouri Into Indian Territory, and thence to Arkan- sas. On Saturday, Oct 28, the closing day of the Barnum & Bailey Show, the following telegram was sent them: "John Robinson's 'Ten Big' Shows send you greetings. May your homeward Journey be safe and laurel laden." Itlngllng Bros, close in Montgomery Nov. 6. The "Ten Big" will send you the season's greetings. The Question now is, when will John Itoblnson close? Our show once made a sea- son of twenty-eight monthB, and four years ago did not close until Dec. 28. Tub Benevolent Obdeb or Amebicax Tigers, a lodge of the Barnum k Bailey Cir- cus, gave their farewell banquet at the Cliff Hotel, Dallas, Tex., on Oct 22. Many of ths Forepaugh & Sells Brothers' people, who were to exhibit In McKlnley, Tex., the day follow- ing, were present Prior to the banquet a game of baseball was played between teams representing the respective green rooms of the shows, the game resulting In a victory for tbe Forepaugh nine, the score being 20 to 3. The committee in charge of the banquet was: Barry Gray, president; John Mooney, John Breck, Rudolph Relman and Arthur Hindley. Tbe festivities were opened by Mr. Gray (wbo occupied the toastmaster's chair) wits an appropriate address, and be was followed by Chas. 'Andreas, the legal adjuster of ths show, who welcomed the Forepaugh people. Mr. Lancaster, of the Forepaugh Show, re- plied to Mr. Andreas, thanking tbe Barnum & Bailey people .for.tbe fine time that had . been given them, and said that he hoped In ' the years to come the Barnum k Bailey people would be on as good terms wltb the Forepaugh k Sells' Show as they had been during the past year. A fine musical enter- tainment was then rendered by the Hale, Wills and Hole Trio, which wob greatly appre- ciated by everyone. Tbe Welsh giant, Capt Geo. Auger, was then called upon for a speech, to which he responded. J. McLaughlin was In- troduced, and gave several fine vocal selec- tions. Charles Stock, the speaker of the evening, followed Mr. McLaughlin wltb aa nddress, In which be gave the history of tbe organization from the time It was formed to the present time. He told how It bad been first thought of at a small entertain- ment when the circus wss In Europe, four years ago. The social gathering was held In the evening of a day when a canvasman had been seriously Injured. This man had no money and few friends, and a small sum was raised for bis benefit by subscrip- tion, and queries were raised as to what would become of the Injured man, aa It was impossible for him to gain ad- mission to the hospitals because of the stringent rules In force.' Someone sug- rted that tbey form a little club and have pay so much weekly for tbe support of any of Its members who should happen to be Injured. This wes tbe beginning of what waa known as the Benevoleat Protective Order of Tigers. This organization lasted during the time that the show was abroad. The year following Its return to America some of the former employes banded to- gether and reorganized the lodge, giving it the nnme of the Benevolent Order of Amer- ican Tigers, and It was Incorporated nuder the laws of Connecticut. In the City of Bridgeport. Sept 10, 1003. The growth of the order has been rapid, and at the present time It has nearly three hundred members. So much good has been done that other shaws are beginning to form similar lodges, -ma the time Is not far distant when every skew will have Its Tiger Club. Following Mr- Stock's speech tho Hale, Wills and Hale Trio again rendered another vocal selection. <•*«' two hundred and fifty guests were present, and without exception they report a ven de* Ughtful and enjoyable reunion. Notes prom the Barlow Snow.— W* ore now packed away at our Winter qusrtery. »e closed a successful season of twenty .'>ar weeks. It was our eighth season. »* :ir ? now preparing to train six Shetland p- "■«■»> fifteen dogs, four goats and some mou' ••.«• and four Mexican burros. All tbe stoi < » young and of extra good quality. This show has had a steady, slow growth from the - •"• Frank Decker, a performer, wbo bns '«» with us for four seasons, who was taki I i« the Akron, O, Hospital, Aug. 27, will •'"' be able to be brought to Winter quarters, lie had typhoid fever. _, ._ WHtut platino at the Novelty The- re- Denver, Col., tho Wiley Ferris Co. ami ne Mardo Bros, visited the Winter qusrtei oi the Otto Flo to Shows. Confirmed on Page 188.