The New York Clipper (April 1912)

# THE NEy YCKRK Cfal^ER. ApRU,- Q — THE HOUSE OF. SELIG 3 ANNOUNCES c THE OHJEAT PATRIOTIC TOPICAL FEiATUlUB LAST RITES OF THE MAINE # * AND BURIAL OF ITS DEAD Showing dote up, Intimate views of ceremonies, raising and Blnkinrtof tbe Maine. Pictured under official auspices of the U. B. NavyDepartment. Special 1,000 Ft B.U.I. Of April a! EXCELLENT FEATURE. APitiL i». THE OTHER WOMAN A tense, dramatic portrayal depleting toe Inevitable result ol toe eternal triangle. Wlnnlfred 0rcenwood, Charles Clary and Lillian Lelghton do excellent work. About 1,000 Ft, APH ™ jie THE END OF THE ROMANCE A cleverly enacted drama suggested by L. Max Ebrler's famous painting of tbe same title. Eugenie Besaeror, Bessie Eyton, Hobart Bosworth and Herbert Rawlin- son play leading roles. Abont 1,000 Ft. APRIL 18. THE DEVIL, THE SERVANT AND THE MAN A well known, Ttvid and convincing adaptation is Bellg's strong, allegorical drama. Reproduced by popular request. Kathlyn Williams, William stowell, Charles Clary and Harry Lonsdale play tbe principal characters. Abo a 11,000 Ft. afru, io. BESSIE'S DREAM A new and novel comedy delightful in theme and thrilling In action. About 0S0 Ft. OS TBE SAME REEL WITH A TRIP TO TAHITI, IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC BhowiDg glimpses of tbe life, industries and psstlmes of an Interesting people. 1 THE L SELIG POLYSCOPE CO. SEND TJS YOUR NAMB 20 EAST RANDOLPH ST. BULLETINS FfUBH CHICAGO, ILL. JI0V1MJ HCTB B TO PR ESERVE BISTORT. HffliKE (BRUM TO SEE 1KB Ilia HISTOttY. A new organization, of -which the honorable Bresident is President Taft. with Herbert L. .rtdgman, of Brooklyn, acting president, bus been formed for the purupoiic of ntlllsiug the phonograph and the moving plcturo appara- tus for historical records. These films and records are to be preserved for tbe use of future generations. Languages that may go out of use will be recorded, properly labeled and put away. Moving pic- tures of current events in all departments will be taken and filed. Even battles on tbe held, as well ns In tbe ring, may thus be shown. as they actually occurred in centuries to come, and part of the equipment and force in future will be the camera and the camera- man. Battles will then have to be posed. The directors of the new society are: Vlee- Sresidents, Major-General V. D. Grant, U. 8. •„ Rear Admiral R. B. Peary, Juatlce Victor J. Dowllng, Dr. George F. Kant, John Bar- reft, Colonel D. L. Braiuard, U. 8. A.; Alex- ander Gout a; treasurer, Louis Mansfield Og- den ; secretary, William Trowbridge Lamed ; assistant secretary, Chlolio H. Lee. This movement should create a fine market for films that bave up to now been pat In the discard after going tbe rounds of the picture houses. Hundreds of years from now the Kllbane-Attell battle will be shown to anyone Interested, also the Dreamland Plre, the Burial of the Maine, the Equitable Building Klre, the flight of tbe aeroplanes In their Infancy. It will behoove moving pic- lure concerns to resurrect all the Alms on subjects having historical value since films were first taken, and prepare copies for the various historical headquarters. rictores of Indian tribes and records of their languages, which are fast disappearing, can be "canned for future use, among other dialects. Sella; Co. Scoops Others on Pictures ot tbe Maine. Tbe Belig Polyscope Co. have once more demonstrated the efficiency of their organisa- tion and their ability to choose winners In the way of topical releases. On April 8 they released a full reel special, entitled The Last Kites of the Maine and the Burial ot Its Dead." This film Is said to be one of the finest of its kind ever secured. It was produced under the official auspices ot the 11. 8. Navy Department •Sellg camera men were present in Havana during the process of raising the ill-fated battleship, and the scenes which they secured were most excellent. These camera men stayed in Havana during the entire program of ceremonies, and In ad- dition to this Selig camera men were sta- tioned upon the Government battleships which, attended the sinking of tbe Maine and trans- ferring of its deaa. Among the excellent scenes which are shown in this interesting subject are: The Maine as It appeared when it was raised, building the water-tight bulk- heads, various views of the wreckage, the wreck being floated, dredging openings In the coffer-dam, so that wreck could be towed out to sea; removal of coffins from the City Hall at Havana, transporting coffins to the North Carolina, loading the coffins and flowers at "Purgatory and Paradise." Following the popular success of Dante's •'Inferno" we are soon to see Dante's "Purga- tory and Paradise." These pictures (in four reclB) were made by a well know Italian Arm, and will be distributed In this country by the Superior Feature Flint Co., of 82 Union Square, New fork City Of the mil- lions of People who have seen "Hell" as a f'lctnre in Dante's great masterpiece, the bought must have come to them how tho great word valnter could picture Heaven. We will now have the opportunity ot seeing what Dante's vision was like. "Purgatory." as we understand it, is the spiritual condition between heaven and bell, and it is on the threshold of this state that we first sec Dante, accompanied by Virgil and Beatrice, the gnardlan saint of Dante. In "Purgatory" there are none of the grue- some sights seen In the "Inferno." It Is here that souls must stay until they cither get into paradise or are sent to tbe other place. In the picture we see Dante on bis Journey through. "Purgatory," and his Inter- views with souls there. The scenery is much different from tbe "Inferno." In the pictures ot "Paradise" the scenes are wonderful and must be seen to be ap- preciated. The angels and saints are beau- wharf and in harbor, towing the Mhlnc to Its Ufully pictured, and tbe manufacturers de- rmal resting place, and, the greatest scene of all. the Kinking of the Maine. The Sellg special Maine release was pre- pared, advertised and released in one week's time. Omnhn, Neb. Tim Both presented the Durbar pictures March. 17, for two weeks, to large audlenccB. serve great credit for the way In which, they have handled this subject I The Superior Feature Film, Co. has pre- pared an extensive lecture on Dante's "Pur- gatory and Paradise" which will tend to explain the film. Burial of the "Maine." I The views showing tho burial ot the Maine The Brandies will show the Bernhardt uud iy Me presented by Klncmacoior, at the New Relane pictures, week of 31. Moving pictures arc being used In several of the Omaha churches to Increase the at- tendance Sunday evenings and prayer meet- ing nights. The pioneer here was the Rev. M. 0. McLaughlin, of the United Brethren Church, who Btartcd them early In the Win- ter. The Idea has largely Increased the at- tendance, and one church after another has taken It up. s Sells; Polyscope Co. to Release Former Success. sella- PIetnre flaxa'ste* *T Bellsj'S Picture. "The End of the Bomaace," the Sellg Polvscopc Co.'s release of April 16, has Had somewhat of a romance of lis own. Some time ago W. N. Bellg, president of the Hcllg Polyscope Co., returned from one of his trips abroad, bearing with him. a very high priced and well known original paint- ing In oil by the noted German artist, L. Max Ehrlcr. Mr. Sellg, who to somewhat of an art connoisseur, prized this particular work so highly that he gnv« Instructions to have It hung In his beautifully decorated pri- vate office at the Chicago plant. Here It at once attracted attention and admiration worn all who viewed It. Tbe painting, wonder- fully life-like, shows a young lady in the act of burning, over a candle, tbe photograph or her lover. , The painting bad been hung scarcely a week when the scenario editor found himself literally swamped wltb scenarios founded upon the romance suggested in tbe painting. Practically everyone in the Immense plant had received the same Inspiration. From among this mass of material one was finally selected and placed In production. The matter was not mentioned to Mr. Sellg, and when he sat in tbe vault the otber day and witnessed for the first time a living portrayal of his beloved nrt subject, his sur- prise was gennlnc, to say the least. i ■ At tjib Victorobaph Film Cohpant's Stddio in Brooklyn work Is progressing rap- Idly on their first releases, which are soon to be put on the market through the National Film Distributing Company, Louis de Lorme, whose picture appears in another part of tbla paper, is the director of this new con- cern. He Is a young man and a live one, and witb his past experience and the new and up-to-date plant to work In, the pictures pro- duced by the Victorgraph Company will be among tbe best released by tbe National Film Distributing Company. iDubinq the past week Sidney Asher and H. A Mackie had as their guest F. Comer- ford, of Ailentown, Pa, Mr. Comerford is greatly Interested in the motion picture in- dustry, and is a leading factor among the exhibitors of Ailentown, being manager of ten motion picture bouses in that city. In and abound New York the Elnemacolor ?>Ictures may be seen now in ten first class heatrcs, at the regular price. It la lust ten months since these pictures were first shown in this country, and their success has been phenomenal. H. C. Simbral has Just returned from an extended trip through the Northwestern States and Canada. He reports that the Champion films arc receiving favorable com- ments from all exhibitors using them. "Cahille," in two reels, will be released by the Champion Film Co. on their regular release day, June 10. Tun plans of Sidney Asher end H. A. A FEATURE FILM CM RELEASE OP HAY 11,1913 Magnificent! Spectacular! Intense I A gorgeous one reel pro- duction, presenting re- markable acting amid elaborate settings. It will amaze your patrons. NOVUM PICTURE EXHIBITORS! DOST FAIL TO RUN IT GEORGE KLEINE 166 No. State St., CHICAGO miscellaneous, •Notes from Red Jacket Indian Medicine Co.—We are playing our twenty-eighth week in opera houses, and the "man In white" has been a regular visitor every Sunday. People with the company are as follows: Leon V. Lonsdale, M. D., proprietor; Chief Bed Jacket, Indian doctor; Qeo. 0. Leggott, piano co- median ; Ronald Montrose, female impersona- tor ; B. De Wolf, moving picture operator; Billy Arnold, banjo comedian. We opened In Missouri, and are now touring Illinois. Dr. Lonsdale is framing up his tent show, to cpen May 10. All are well and happy. Thb Old Remablb is a weekly visitor. Dr. Lons- dale has been a reader of Tan Clipper for forty years. Thos. H. Dalton, known in vaudeville as Mackie, in which they Intend to open a chain '£***&![ J&J& £gffl» ttTp'arkeV of motion s*,h™ „5wu, her,™ «4h™n-aont S^Tl5r»M^?ttW^-SB joins the HudBon Comedy Co. April 1, having purchased half Interest, and will assume en- tire management. . _ The fibji or J. M. Lbavitt & Co., the- atrical stage property makers, hove removed their business to 086 Eighth Avenue, New York, as the building they occupied la to be torn down to make woy for a large office bulldlog. • - of motion picture supply houses throughout the country, are progressing rapidly. ThlB will nil a long felt want, as in the past this Important branch of the bnslnesB has been handled in a haphazard manner. Further notices on this matter will appear later. At 30 Union Square,, H. R. Behrcnd has opened a retail business for the convenience of exhibitors in New York and vicinity. This Is in conjunction with bis wholesale business with tbe large exchanges. iF. L. and C. J. Simkiul have opened a new picture house at Steubenvllle, O., and are greatly pleased at the business to date. El SEWS. Cbeatrkdl mechanical Jftrn Brooklyn Lodge to Give Ball. T. M. A. No. 30, Brooklyn, has announced its annual entertainment and reception for April 23 at Prospect Hall. A big vaudeville hill will precede the dancing exercises. ■ s Butts Lodge No. IS, T. M. A., of Butte, Mont., are preparing for their monstrous annual benefit, which will probably take place about April 8. - OUT OF TOWN HEWS Washington, D. C,—flood attractions drew good business list week, eonalderlng that It la Lent. AcinxHT (J. W. Lyons, mgr.)—"Don't Lie to Your Wife," with Dave LewlB, did good basinets week of ilurch 25. "The Penalty" week of April 1, "The Traveling Salesman" follows. Sunday concerts do well. IiELABCo (L. Stoddard Tuylor. mgr.)—"Po- mander Walk" drew one tnulneu week of March . 25. "Over Night" week of April 1, Victor Her- bert and his orchestra Sunday evening, 7, Alice Kversmiiit, soprano; B. Bvan Williams, tenor, and Bntmng-Broplor Engagement, "fig *""* ^ aM -"■* K,1U1 **" w * k Mrs. Wm. J. Buttling, widow of tbe late Oo'ujmbia (Fred. O. Berger, mgr.) — "Mrs. popular ruler of the Brooklyn Elks, has an- Dane's Defense" was well received last week, nounced the engagement of her eldest daugh- The event of the evening of 25 was the Brat ap- ter, Ethel Dorothy, to Albert Tyler Brophy, pearauce of Aline UcDermott. another one of the the popular member of No. 22, and its ex- new. players. She Jamptd Into favor nt once, and cited* ruler forth, past two'terms. Mr. Sanafffltt-u* ,X Man? STMHK& BBSS, Kt B ' R T - ^ 0 7 ,e, • l*****- Sug. \S att UrUrk'fit,s*J. Ham- MOW 'J'hey are ponrlng in and arrange- ™Hf 5biSs^«obWTbsb»«», Corson Daven- moots permitting, there will be some repre- „,, George W. Barbler and tbe re B t all did good sentatlon at the wedding. work , jjis business ruled for the week. "Billy" » April 1, "The Squaw Man" week of 8, Westchester Night. "Westchester Night" was celebrated by New York Lodge on Friday, March 29. with all the lodges in Westchester County the fueets of No. 1 on this occasion. States Bland Lodge, although outside the Westches- ter zone, was also Invited to attend. bor ' jL M"U t ** wTssra). Keith ObMi »_ new photoplays. **>n«qy ttai, „. Bsxasco —The Klnemacolor plctnre «•-. bar. for the.benefit of the AssoSXii. . a ! n «r- of Mercy, Monday and Tu«5a, SSS*! Work, 8. 0. Manager Buttertleid n«B a, D oPc^2U, Ap rtl list of hit company, to be known „. T^*** 1 tat Held Players. * nown ■ ■»» Butt" NOTSB.—The Oolnmblr>Unltersli. di„. day. April 0, 4.18, to "•&£rirsateSS To "- Apache"' Tbe standardfit nlav lift K . Messrs. Metserott & bS£%?J &BJ&M kj ' era this season 1> going to test their Kfi?"* Judging from their work thSe asms aSSS* fully competent to any task put ana! , P pH? "• B. Z. Pofi, who has secured ChK SB open at the close of the aeasss^uHMM^ secured a strong company of rianS ~2b b " open tho season April 16. MwardlUS* •» Poll's general manager, has hew ",, 'tffSft «'• little tuns srrangtnr mstteraTK. 1'£.?'„2L.Kg corps of attaches of Chase's until tiLvlSH'•*« Chase's new home or polite y n ,lJ.nta 1 * 1 ** « though Chase's new home if Jo to iEtttt% not yet finished . Urre SJSSS SaS?! S letters announces to the pimscrby that thi\ wo will open Aug. 9, 1012.".... Vn.ii,j!L hoo, « 7; W k B ,°°V w the *S« ot "> e Win ?b5L?I the big houses. But we wilt haw lEf ,l amusements. Now with ua are th. nS? " Players. Then follow the Poll Putyflfl nl ^l ,n,hl « and Butterteld Players at *&£S3S£2*& stocks. Then we have Dr. SSW ■■■* perlal, with the imperial HMeal CfcLS* > and hut. but not least, the Abo? n & & ' Co., which will play opera repeYt™re. 0p " t Indianapolis, ind. — EnglUh's lit m Miller, mgr.) Christie MacDonald in *Th'. . , F ' Maid," April 1-3; John Drew, In "A SIM1.&."".! *2S£% m F oSo 3 n , p.c?u^^vreek T 'of- F .''.'V n ' ,< bar," In Klnemaeolor, week of 8 ' Do " Pabk (Anderson 4 Zlcgler, mgrs.)_w.„ Women and Song, with Mile. De IwV'"B. S In Blue," 1-8; "East Lynne" 4-6. ' ™ °™ Kbith's (Ned. 8. Bastings, mgr.)— Bill m^. of l: Nat Wills, La Tltcomb, Amei Seaa'S Henry Kane, Four Fords, Joeie HeVtteri «•',",' ren Keane and company, the Mario-Ado ThiW Gatbti (Dixie Amusement Co., nurrSl—fv, week of 1: Cornelia Acrobats, Bay ant »»£,; Billy Doss, and Dave Livingston and eomoaav EMriBD (II. K. Burton, mgr.)—Jim fRm iiwi the Pace Makers week of 1 j the Whirl it gjS N ST,?-^' 1 ?, ln dlaaapolIs Trade Association held a million dollar automobile show In a tent kV. S tag '«2 ree , c iJ 7 .,!!? <lare ;. ln tte 8,r e«ls North ot the Federal Building, March 23-30, which ten claim is the largest exhibition of {he kind ™ held under canvas. The value of the motor win' cles on exhibition was over one million dollan. The weather conditions could not have been «or» there being a sleet Btcrm, falling the ooenuur oh' followed with a bllizard of over a foot of tin! on Sunday and Monday, which required the h" vices of three hundred men day and rleh» to k.»i the tent from collapsing. It rained on"every suc- ceeding day of the Bhow, but there was a total it- tendance of over 60,000, notwlthstandlne qm tbe Trade Association was enthusiastic orer tbe snecess of the enterprise. Wheeling;, W. Vn. — Court (Felnler tti Moore, mgrs.) "The Fortune Hunter," Mires 2! had good returns. "School Days" April it ' Vicroau (Geo. Bbafer, mgr.)—Bill for week ending March 30 had big returns. Bill for week ot April 1: Oeo. B. Beno and company, Baymocd and Smith, Arrora Trio, Mile. Emerle, Morris Samuels and company, McLaughlin ond Stewart Tom Ripley, and .Wattle Phillips and Jungle Kids. Nora.—Lent is not affecting the huslness tbli season. The Court and Manager Shater, of the Victoria, stated that the receipts this atttoa were larger every week than any season herete- fore, and that Billy Sunday's attraction did m affect hla house at all. Rika' Ktnstrela at Vouigatowi, O. The Elks' Minstrels, given Friday, March 22, to capacity, made an emphatic hit and was a finished performance throughout, com- paring favorably with tbe best professional productions ■ In. minstrelsy. Tbe first part was presented with a pretty stage setting, an interior decorated with tho Blks T colors, pur- ple and white, with an American flag in the centre. The program Included the following principals: Emit Rcnser, Dudley Kennedy, M. 3. Burke, Paul Jones, John Elliott, Ed- ward Moran, Paul Powers, Max Shagrin, John Cavanaugh, Wm. Slttlg, Bernard J. Feeney, II. Mahoney, Teddy Conway, George Foster, Jack Grisdley, Tom Dunn, James Mahoney, Ralph Beldner, Foster and Grtndlav, Luke Harnett, Joe Myers, Kit O'Neill, Jack Dillon and others, with Leo Murphy as interlocutor. The Warner String Quartette, consisting of Harry Warner, Norman Brenner, A. L. Klraly and J. A. Scalzllla, contributed a mu- sical treat. York, Tuesday evening, March 26, in three '(.tctlons, showing the removal of the bodies from tbe Maine, tbe sinking of tbe hulk, with flags frying, and the funeral procession to Arlington Cemetery. The views were fine. * They are this week shown at the Garden ■Theatre, i ■ The Skdkcj Fkatubb Film Co. has been In- corporated at Albany, with Wm. V. Goldle, Benjamin J. Segool and Itudolpb. Alexander as directors. Tun Auditorium Amusement Cobposa- Kver since the Sellg Polyscope Co. released tion is a new amusement concern, with Louis their production of "Tho Devil, the Servant Mass, A. Tafelstcin and Louis Itosenberg, ln- snd the Han," back In 1010, they have re- corporators, celved request upon request to reproduce ' T>ts Isvinoton co.nstmi_h.thin Co- name. Recently Mr. Beat, wbo directed tho first production, re-joined the Sellg staff of producers, and the tint thing he did after entering upon IiIb duties was to produce "Tho Devil, the Servant and the Man." The new ?reduction promises to be vastly superior to he former one. a Serviced for Jan. P, Chalmers. The services held nt Campbell's, New York, Sunday, March Ml, were well attended by representatives of the various moving pic- ture Interests. The Impressive service in- cluded singing of "Abide with Ma" and "Nearer My God to Thee." A of beautiful floral pieces were the casket, FOR 8A1/R Kmplre Theatre, capacity 90S, machine in house. Opera cbalm. elevated scats. Nicest theatre in the State for moving pictures and vansavlUe. $75 nor month rent. FOR BALB-Any BMke alum, ii so to tS.OO per reel. Machines, |MAt up. FOR HKNT-llLUCO Dim, »12.00. all In one shipment, we ray express charges one way. Posters and songs free. Will buy Damon and Pythias, Johnson-Jeffries Fight, l'aaalon Flay, or any two and three reel feature. 11. DAVIS, WATERTOWN, WIS. Will handle staving pictures, theatres and ex- changes, also vaudeville and theatrical sgeney. fiol Brill, Ben Schloss and A. Vcr- fessllch sre the Idrectoni. Tirs 1). S. Film Co. Is a new concern, with P. I*. Craft. 'Michael Moran and Jos. D. Halle-n, directors. Ascitis Ellis' "Bcrnhardt-Rcjanc" pic- tures arc touring New York State. They ?bowed at Rochester, Ithaca, Auburn and Hmira last week, N and at the Kmplre. Syra- cuse, N. Y., April 1 and 2. Mr. Ellis has the New York State rights for these pro- ductions. Tub Casino, Zanes-vlllc, 0.. a picture house, £9CLi"HSS* managed by Clyde Qulmhy for tho past sev- banked shout ertl , eor8 |g now , thlng o{ tho past n, ^^^^___ theatre has been dismantled and made into a •tore room. Mr. Quimby will open his hand- some new theatre about Mhy 1. Thb Wbllbb Tbaatba, Zaneavllle, 0., on April 1 censed to be a combination bouse, at least for several months, and became a mo- tion picture theatre, under new management. The house will give motion pictures until tbe Fall season opens. W. S. Simbbal has Just re-opened his pic- ture, theatre In Clarksburg, w. Vs. The house has been remodeled at a coat of 110,000, and Is now shewing to capacity. Brooklyn Elk Actors. "Mrs. Temple's Telegram" will be preiented by members of No. 22 at Kismet Temple, Brooklyn, on May 1. ■ ■ Chas. L. Mosby Appointed. Clms. L. Mosby was appointed on March 2S bb superintendent of the Elks' Home, at Bedford City, Va. ■ At Elvria, O.. a beautiful clubhouse has been added to the long list of handsome structures. Two years ago a disastrous fire swept the Elyrla Block in that city, and the furniture of the first Elks' lodge, which was in the 'block, was destroyed. Tho now house will be dedicated shortly. Tub Elks or Zaxesvilui, 0., have de- cided on a site next to the Clarendon Hotel, on ,Fourth Street, for their new home. Ground will be broken at once. Mourib Levt, an Inmate of the Elks' Na- tional Home, died there March 21. He was a member of the lodge of Petersburg, where he resided until about two years ago, when he came to the Homo here. Tbe remains were taken to Petersburg for Interment. Tub annual uinstbbl show of the Butte, Mont., Lodge of Elks will occur shortly after Knstcr. Already a competent committee Is busy arranging music and scttlugs for what promises to eclipse any former efforts of these well known entertainers. New Yoiik Loniin extends congratulations to Bro. Julius M. Mayer, who has been ap- pointed a Justice of the United States Circuit Court. NEW YORK HAN FREED. At Montreal, April 1, the police discharged from custody Carl R. Ilemmans, n member of the orchestra of "Hie Enchantress" Co., who was arrested Sunday for shooting three brothers, Edgar, Herbert and Harold Chap- man. The Chapmans, :t developed, attacked Hemmans In mistake for another man who, they said, had made an offensive remark to a woman. i • i. lUnoHAli IVY. II. Itaplcy, mgr.)—"Mile. In- nocence," with A..,.n Held, drew good huslness week ot March 23. "A Romance of tbe Under- world," with llolhrook BUnn, wee): of April 1; "The Bed Widow," with Raymond Hitchcock, week of 8. (Usiko (W. T. Kirby, mgr.)—0111 week of 1: Eva Williams and-Jack Tucker, May Belle Fonder Troupe, Mueller and Mueller, Qoyt Trio (acro- batic dors), Roblach and Ohtlders, and new photo- plays. The Sunday concerts do well. OHiaii'B (Mist II. Wlnnlfred De Witt, mgr.)— With a bill headed by .Mme. Adelaide Norwood and other excellent acts drew capacity week of March 23. mil week ot April 1: Jesse L. Lasky presenta "In WW," try William 0. Ds MiLlo: Edmand Stanley and company, Cliff Gor- don, Belro. Will RuwIb and Ell. Von Kaufman, Work and Ower, Henry Lcvlne. and Sophie Ben- i.ett, the photoplase. Cosmos (A. Julian Brylakski, mgr.)—BUI April 1: Carmelo Operatic Trio, tbe Criterion Comedy Four, the Queen Bros., Emily Kgamar, Springer and Church, Five Toklo Japs, and new pictures. Tbe Sunday concerts do capacity business, GAvarrr (George Peck, mgr.) — Painting the Town, with Will Hslllday and Pete Curlev, did big business week of March 2B. The Midnight Maidens week ot April 1, the Big Banner Show week of 8. The SmuUy concerts are well at- tended. larsauL (W. T. Klrhy, mgr.)—After a thorough overhauling and alterations made, this house opened under new management Monday, April 1. Dr. Oaleskl has secured this boose for a number of years, and has plicedl W. T- Kirby in the iimuuger's chair. This will not interfere with his Casino work. The opening hill will be "Floro- dora." Tbe roster of tbe Imperial Musical Com- edy Co., which la the same of the company, is: Helen Byron. Edna Bernini;, Maud Williams, Bert xovng, Franker Woods, James Mcltlliern, Dan Moyles, Lester Templctsn, Bonnie Woods, John Merrill, Alex. Henderson, Prank Callahan. Walter V. Milton, Kinraett McConvllle, Wilfred Wills. J. W. Walker, Bernard Featherstoue, Henry Elchler, Harry Bauctt, Warren J. Dean, William Casey Jr., Oeorge Boyden. Anna Stapleton, Lola. Leigh, Tiny Vanalstyiie Jc*»le Mac Low, Mabel Low, Artie Crlss, Gladys Towle, Flo Hunt, Diana Vlg- i*r«ri, Alice Honey. Gertrude Honey, May Stock- tan, Kilty Osborne, May Milton. Grace Beach, Irene Berry, Dorothy Whitney, Joy Ollmore, Oar- men Vasllvla, Bijou, Wells. Lissom: (A. C. Mayer, mgr.)—The' Sig Review, with Frnuhle Heath and Harry Levaa, had big bmlnean week of March 26. The Oay Widows week ot April 1, Tlgci Lilies week of 8. HAJSwnu ''i'tvm Moore, mjrr.)—Mnnnger Moore's new policy at this Wxme bos rot the crowd going, anil tho programs offered packed the bonne last week, till week ot 1: Edwards' Novel Olnros, Princess lahtar and Prince lahmnll. Rhelnbarth and Temple, Van's Merry Minstrels, Grace Tre- * t ■ ' .;. JJ.::!. Peabl Takoley was a feature at the Fol- ton, last week, and packed houses were tee rule throughout the engagement. Pearl doei her "mental" act in a new and novel Ban- ner. Her performance is presented In a very convincing manner, having eliminated many of tbe auspicious features. At thb Broadway Manhattan Theatre, Kalmnr, the illusionist, presented some dupli- cates of Alblni's illusions as performed tso blocks away, at the Greeley Square Theatre, Sixth Avenue. ■ Glass Trunk and Asrah are the feature. At thb same theatre is Pannn, a corned; juggler. MoBt of the comedy is obtained W the use of a piece of magical apparatus, colled Lota, a large Jar, from which water is emptied into a pall, but Is found full agali every time it Is reversed. Every time a jog- gling feat mlises, Fonna empties the Jar, ana as this is repeated quite often, it mystlBei tho spectators and adds to tho effect of tne act Victob, a first class ventriloquist, is at the Greeley Square Theatre. He comnarei favorably with similar European acts of WW nature. The dialogue, however, Bbonrd w made more up-to-date. . .,„ Eugene Powell Is in Havnna, MatH South American dates and giving sTKWIli the vicinity. His long stay In Cuba jW Wm an excellent practice In the Spams" language, and wlU be of great help In ""> tour. . Kbhwbb, the merry wizard, is In r« l m mand for private parties and clubs. . The Gebat TnunsTON reports record bus ness from Toledo, 0, He Is soon due■*» York City. His many admirers arc rSM forward with pleasurable anticipation to w» ness his show after a long abBcnce. Thb Society of AMBWCiN aUaww" gave their fourth annual public enteris ment at the Carnegie Lyceum on Marcn Presented a number oi nne .»'«s"i ~ trick ricks. flnlehlDg with a ^J&*%JE» which was especially good. Mus n<«. followed, with a good ssttttsreUefaM g production. .She dressed In J«P nn0 T z ara r , tume. Lnurant gave his IMlwM jggg supper. His stage fittings and P"*^ naTlfa arc very eTegant. "Jg'ffiSsv most finished, was rewarded with "Cg ous applause. At the finish of his act *■'»«, P. Ransom presented Daurant, In nj n of his friends in the Society of *mtn Magicians, with a very handsome gold£»£« for which Laurant tendered Ml tlsM > very felicitous speech. Dcodota, w f brafed Italian magician, gave a large « very surprising effects, the most «gj"53 being the smoke and fire produc oa u paper cuttings. Jarrow. tho gfflg&&gi ater, followecf with his seemingly fifWy^rf and monologue. His appearance «2ff e , r , w , the audience up considerably. tM^Jp Dumlnger ilnlshed the magical pa" ■" w d net of some length vrtth somejulto mw original conceptions. The production c^ colored aand from a water-Jar WgJggwB Indeed. The entertainment , con cluocu the American Vitagraph P, tod "^Si BE aJd showing Houdlni's famous h « a f e .{ u ?tnt trU aeropUne flights. Tho wtw^p. Bin- under the management of Jj 1 ™?^. mj jae- som, who deserves great credit xor «- cc'ssful efforts. ... _„„ at 0" MABTWI ANB MAXIMILIAN •fj-.g, »■ Greeley Square Theatre with the nwsj ■ #. poec act. The only tricks that. w .$ on V- posed were the fishing trick and iiddo» NBLnsco and I.BVIMIA have s »£'"?*** nt the Grand Street Theatre. Neluwo, sgjjg ss a woman, enters n cab'Kii, ii blovm JP exchanges for a dummy, wh ch V g n? » and comes down In nn rinMaVan "^ for electric bulbs. The act Is very s«~ comedy. 1.0 j r r a 1