The New York Clipper (June 1912)

8 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER. June 29 the new YORK clipper IS SCIENCE ENCROACH- LONDON MUSK! HALLS— FROM THE WOODS, THE FRANK QUEEN PUBLISHING CO.(UmlW) \Jj{Q ON THE STAGE CALLING? THEN AND NOW. nonunoif. ALBERT J. BORIE HDIIOIIAI, AMD BtJSIMlSS MlNiOD. NEW *ORK, JUNE 29, 1912. BY ROBERT CnATJ. Entered June 24. 1879. fJS.^St^Z£ the entertainment of the American public, la uon to absorb the structure, and was un- New York, S. Y.. as second class m*«er. ™"« th , g wcond decade of the twentieth century, nke ly to renew the lease. ths act of March a, »»*■ ^^^^^_^ are fln( )ing their position more untenable than The Canterbury is often, in glib Ignorance, ' at cny time since the day when the amuBe- described as the first music hall and dear mcnl calling was regarded as the moat pre- 0 i,i Charles Morton encouraged the Action, carious line of endeavor with which men of There were earlier halls, of an importance capital could tempt fate, and when few of that It took the Canterbury long to acquire— those gentlemen possessed the dignity which f or instance, the Rotunda, In Blackfrl.r. comes from the possession of an office for the Road, still standing, and employed as a box- conduct of their affairs. |ng saloon ; and the Winchester, in Boutb- The number of "stars" whose fame ana wnr i t Bridge Road. Donomv Webd and Robebt P«k»». w *° are under a lo D g time contract with A. H. Woods, will havo important parts isi Ta- tallzlng Tommy," which opens the new sea- son of the Chicago opera House, fcrtday, (From London B\m4ay Timet). J 0 " °* lue ^""-"n" v On the eve of the Command performance, f' ff Woods will make n flying trip to the Canterbury Music Hull quietly ceases to ^Hon' to see George Edwardes' production exist. Its shareholders do but ontclpate tbo JJTSEJZ Love." at Daly's Theatre. Mr. Woods will again present the opera on tour, opening in Philadelphia In October Jane Cowl will play a female croon in "Within the Law" when it comes to the Eltlnge Forty-second Street Theatre In >u- Incvitable. The railway company, which is the eu The producers and monagerg who cater to pcrlor landlord, has long been of a dlspost E tinge * orty-seconu """*„'","■{,. niavs nust In one scene MIbs Cowl, who piays fhe part of Mary Turner, a wise conflbneo woman, is actually handcuffed to a Central Office man William Lobaine will be Julian Elttagc's musical director next season. __ . Jean Schwabtz Is writing several new songs for Julian Eltlnge, which the cleye' impersonator of women wMl use in i next the Middlesex Music season's production of "The fascinating AdrwtisMBAiiU—12.80 per inch, single column. AiTerttomeni* set with border, 10 psr ct. extra. SUBSCRIPTION. On* year, In aanuiee, 14; six monthi, $2; three aoontht. K Canada and 'o™'*". « K>,t, £L?)!. !t nuiuuer ut « u . --~— -— --- Stogie eople. will ba sent, postpaid, on receipt or t cnaDlc a manager to attracl .his put- , probable that v •»"•••• „ ____. fie, Is sinaller to^ay than at any time In the »/ b , i t8 ■"next friend," the Mogul Tav- Widow," Vhlch will again openat the Oar Tern* *we C»«h. Qr thirty years. No less than It[ rtyplay- J^ could clBli the oldest license. For some Apollo Theatre, Atlantic City, rfondey, Aug. TUN CLIPPBlt to lmf4«w w "E?. n S?Pt7. er8 of !L c " ar fffS^ttflSAfifnrlflll «nd of an entertainment was given there •& iwi-.tlna- mornto*. Toe nrst *n4 last four psges GO TO to tour the country In the early Fall of 1911, . Charles the Seconds reign. And possl- Jt'LUN Eltinob, in "The Fascinating £rSw oa FE1DAK. and the otber pages on ]lHVC b( . oa forced to abandon theirenterprlsos fty the oldest music hall lkcnse. ln respect Widow-." is the only attraction booked at the MONDAY. and the -majority of these are for the first o f unlnt crrupted history, is that of the Columbia Theatre, San Francesco, ^.thrce Tki Forma Closing Promptly on ttane without engagements. Moreover, at a 8tanaar(J Plmllco now tUc victoria Palace, -weeks the coming, season MONDAY, .t 0 P. M. *^ &«JP„&^ "dSLtt^ .But the Canto Ptoaae remit by express mon<ry P. 0. order or registered letter. All with Utter to at risk of sender. Address All Communications THE HEW YORK CUPPB". «T West 28tli Street, New Yorlt. Tel. 2274-Msdlior,. MtQUterii Cablt AUru; "AcinoaiTT. THE WESTERN BUREAU •t TBI OurMBl la located at Boom 505. Ashland CLIPPER BUSINESS INDEX j wo we Canterbury is a convenient epitome usually tne limit for an attraction in toe order, cheek. gK *«W J m ?T3L\fmT££'1o <* "tS history 01 oP?h7 mode™ music haYl! It Solde/ Gate CljK. and ™ny aYe^only hooked S 'enclosed tog a large numb of .t«j. «t .down , to grew, like ey7ry historic hall, out of a tavern, (or. to a week. Eltlnge will also play a fort- Charles Morton, destined to become the „ight at the Mason Opera House, Los An- ch public favorites as Douglas FaWj .. fathcr of the hails," began life as a very gc les. This will be the comedians first ap- W ^^~°*^1m« wSufSna "SBS r dependent on' the licensed victualling Larance on the Pacific Coast as a star and John Barrymore, ThomaB wise, ana fl H ^ dcvplop€a Int0 a sporting pub- its first vsit to that section of the country ' Itoan and when. In 1849, he took the Can- ,|ncc he appeared there with Harry Lauder. terbu'ry~ArmB,"a betting 'list was an lmpor- The" compact BSSMJUsg " taut detail of his business. SIZFBNCG—INCU'DISO DEINKS. The tradesmen who "used" the Canterbury, as the phrase is, were wont to refine their Law" In Chicago wfll give a special perform- ance of the mental melodrama for the Judges of the various courts and the heads of the police department. A Supreme Court In- lunctlon restraining the chief of ponce from ■ . • _ m i _ ...a!< nlnitn on mrn'tflnf , , , : ., , . , , .-.. labors, some Idea may be formed ai to the conviviality with'a little music. Morton or- arr4 > at lne a female crook plays an Important .,77. TZ"Z, Rtr*»t l*le»ter Bausre conditions that came up for discussion at gtI1 lMd their harmonic evenings, encouraged t ln B tne rendition of the Bayard Velller V%Xw£5S££ HuSStr-SSS the Lambs'Cluh gathering , ne attendance of their women folk, and gSJaSm. which Is an interesting point to .*•"[> "*•"> "™'» •• t„ New York City the situation is seea at again and again enlarged the room in which th . „.-..,' ^ the law. 'Z^TL M o„a, K «, WHOL..AL. akd «?.. b«t.fOr .the reasonthat a I of the com- trembled. _ ... _ .. __. "'e^Tcompanie, bearing the,A. H. Wood. dl&cuss their condition. Among the diners were such public favorites as .IXiug'as,^'™^ ba-nlis. C llreese, J.— AVrlght Lorimer, the last named laving since ended his life with his own hand, because, as he expressed It, "there was not one single ray of hope" for the future. „.-,,, , Wn it is stated that In . single week In Block Chlcigo. Warreo A. Patrick, msnsger »nd December, 1911, seventy traveling comblna ; •orrWpordtnt. tlons were forced to close thefr ecaeons THE LONDON BUREAU baton London, and oarraspondeot. Ths Dunn can as obtiiksd wnoniiu utail, at oar agents, Brentano'i AvtoM d» 1'Oniea. Paris, T ™<* Oobott a> Pr *M BsooUa* 'Manito.'p. THB HBW YORK CLIPPER pnbltshen »«« pictures, and no week goea by that gome edopted at the London Pavilion, within, the common Law." "Madame Sherry," "The Olrl •»It one edition, and thnt is dated theatre management, weary of meeting recol i ectIon ot rhe not-so-elderly viveur. ia the Taxi," "Modern Eve" and "Within from New York. deficits, avoldB bankruptcy by Installing a .. 0perat i c selections" formed the staple of the I.aw." . _. — ■ moving picture machine .^m-.* *„ the programs at the old Canterbury. "Tiid Gibl in thb Taxi" opens at the — That science and artifice have coinblned to contrast with the performances of the r^rlc Theatre, London, Sept. 7, under A. H. encroach on the realm of players and singers Bcecham company a conventional quartette Woods' direction. ,__ is not to be questioned. Even the orchestral ta €Tenlng dregB standing in a row and The original cinematograph pictures of Pro- bodies in our theatres are gradually passing, ell)gln g ubera) e ,traots from "Faust" For, feasor Max Relnhardt's production of the I)H \>m while in their place Is being ns»»J'ed the i noeed t he first performance of Gounod's wordless mystery play. "The Miracle, for „ i t. «v «^_3pJ^ n„, t . M Fifth one nian orchestra," an Invention of Robert pagterpiece wan given to inch l ■ MBit*-III wl Ich A. H. Woods secured the American . °- ^ *; ^? 6e ]l Ilf -T^ &2&&Jt£r Hope-Jones, which In many tooMttol; has t Jg Canterbury Music Hall! rights, will be delivered to Mr. Woods within Avenue Mid Twenty-seventh Street, New York pr0Ten tt serious rival even to the clnemato- rte Canterbury programs consisted of sn the next two weeks. The pictures were cl & ™ r, n -in. i norir^r wii.nn V*?*- . t „ ...» , v _ ..,,. ,.„ . _.,* Interesting selection of glees, from which se- taken In Vienna under the personal direction W. B, B.,JJracerille.—l. Barlow Wilson, one must believe that the actor to a great , e( . tlont * tTe j^^ fhave one of these of Professor Rclnhardt. with the orlelnal PriraroM t West went on the wad in 1877. extent makes possible the prosperity In the '*£$' booHets before me. There was a cast; and were carried out in every detail as 2. The Dockatader Bros, were not with them. fllnl lnou ,t ry , for he is an absolute necessity 3J»"£ department," which Morton found it only such a mnBter ralnd as the great Ger- BASBBALL. for the original output of the photop'af- "g worth while to develop. The first favorite, nrnn cientlve genius can conceive. The pho- ' ; yt . ' wou,a ,^ 5. d . ec .. a » l l ~Jtl ^t f«f In the way of a "vocal comedian," was Sam togrBphlng was done In the open, and the nation on "The Rialto II it were not ror 0owell an Am erican, I believe, who came clntmntograpii screen was so arranged that ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. VAUDEVILLE BOOKING AGENTS. Tim Clipper baa frequently called attcn- nie oi me "i»ne. iut «»»»*» ~ — —- mentioned. He must have Decn. a most en- throughout so mat n pmeci-iuuii™ is iw enn Vltagraph Company contains no less . a(rIn _ pt . r , on . Morton paid him as much a» e.ted, as if the beholder were actually view- than fourteen actors and actresses who v. ere ^^ pound, a week, sx> the "big salary" !• ing n living moving drama. Inst .eason members of Claries Prohman s n »T i t r } Doaera invention. Cowell used to ■»♦♦ companies. In one reel recently_ the writer g , that a0 | ecUb ie ditty. "Vllllktns and HI. recogntoed on the screen four players whose Dinah," or he would condense a play or a weekly salaries have never been quoted in Mve , tat<) twen ty verses of doggerel, ''Oliver less than three flgurcB in recent years. Twist." for Instance of the stars even have succumbed *■"«*• lul '""""" Several „ to the inducements offered in the clnemato- tlon to aome of the evils which have grown graphic Industry. Mabel Taliaferro received out of the .vstem of booking vaudeville act. mor^xaoney for Qg^te gg« through agents. earned as a star for a season's efforts. A system which started with the Idea of Among other celebrities In this country to .ecutlng engagements for performers and at ^^.S^^&gU the same time obtain good acts for the man- gTdn( , T n M th, Mildred Holland. Nat C. Good- aiera, and to long as this was done honestly y/in, Charles Kent, Marshall P. Wilder and a ...... *__ a_„A. AM-- _A__ _V«^n r.* *V.n. mnllrtn nlf. Now, girls and boys, I hopes yer veil. Yes, thankee, I'm the same; Of course, you don't know me at all, The Dodger Is my name 1 You've read the Adventures writ by Boss, Says I, who the Dickens to he! About a parish 'prentice lad Who was All-of-a-Twlst, like me! "Hamlet," SUIT OVER '-MERRY WIDOW." Caroline Frohllch began a suit en June 20, In the Supreme Court, against Henry W. Savage, the theatrical manager, to recover 13,200 which she alleges she paid in royalties on the production of "The Merry Widow." She maintains that she produced the Amer- ican play from the original German version, "Die Lustige Wltwe," and that Savage ob- tained an Injunction In the United States Circuit Court restraining her "from perform- ing or causing to be performed" this opera, on. the ground that he had the sole right to Adrertlaemcota not exceeding one Ike la '.-.■. will be published, properly cltsilfled la thli Io'm at the rate of $10 for one year (82 lnon). i copy of Th» N«w Yoax Curem will to sent ten to each advertiser while the adTertUement la run. nlDg. ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AND PLANTS. Botanical Decorating Co., 310 Fifth Ave.. Ohicia*, ASBESTOS CURTAINS AND PICTCHB BOOTHS. ™ 0. W. Trainer Mfg. Co., 78 Pearl St., Boston, Una AUTHORS AND PRODVCERg. Searl Allen. 222 E. 14th St., N. y. c. Win. A. Quick, 2S2 W. 36th St.. New York Cltj, CHIMES, BELLS A SPECIALTIES. B. H. Maylasd, 3S1 Adams St., Brooklyn, N\ y CONFECTIONS. Boecihelm Bros. * Eckstein, 245 So. Peoria St. Chicago. " COSTCHER8. Frank Hayden, 148 W. 36th St., N. Y. 0. Rldnbock A Co., 140.151 W. 36th St., N. T. Clrj. Robert Warring. 872 70th St., Brooklyn. K. y. A. Foeger, 521 Walnut St, St. Louli, Mo. ELECTRIC SIGNS RENTED AND SOLD. Electric Carriage Call Co.. 173CfcrtotopaerSt.,N. I, FORTUNE (INVISIBLE) WRITER*. S. Bower, 117 Barman St., Brooklyn, N. X, HALLS FOR REHEARSALS. Donovan's Hall. 308 W. 39th St.. N. X. a HOTELS AND CAFES. Commercial Houte. Eaa Claire, Wis, MOVING PICTURE MACHINE AND FILM EXCHANGES. W. E. Greene, 228 Tremont St., Boston, Mais. MUSICAL BELL8 AND NOVELTIES. Edwin B. Street. 28 Brook St, Hartford, Coin. MUSICAL GLASSES. A. Braunelss, 1012 Grant Ave., Richmond HUL N. Y. MUSICAL SPECIALTIES. J, C. Deagon, 8800 N. Clark St, Chicago, in. OPERA CRAIRS AND AUDITORIUM SEATING. B. J. Harwood. 220 Devonihlrs St, Boston, Uau, POPCORN MANUFACTURERS. Boeckhelm Bros. * Eckstein, 245 So. Peoria St, Chicago. SCENERY AND SCENIC PAINTERS. 0. L. Story Scenic Co., Somervllls Station. Bot> ton, Uasa. The New York Studios, 1001 Times Bldg., N. T. a John C. Becker, 143 Sootbport Are.. Chicago. Marnlng Scenic Studio, Rochester, N. Y. Howard Tattle, 12th tnd Center St., Milwaukee, Soman A Landls Co., 417 8. Clinton St.. Chlctro. SHOW AND POSTER PRINTERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS. dt. Western PrlntliutCo.. 613-17 K.m St., St.Lon'j. Planet Show Print A Eng. Honae. Chatham, On'. Enquirer Job Printing Co.. Clnclnrstl, Ohio. SLOT MACHINES AND TICKET CHOPPERS. Tne Callle Bros. Co.. Detroit. Mich. SNAKE DEALER. W. 0. Learn, 715 W. Commerce St., Sao Antonio, Texaa. STEAMSHIP AND RAILROAD TICKETS Paul Tanslg, 104 E. 14th St.," N. Y. 0. KunkelT Test A Awning Co.,' 163 South St, N. I. THEATRICAL GOODS. Boaton Regalia Co., 387 Wash. St, Boston, Maja, THEATRICAL HARDWARE. A. W. Gerstner, 634 8th Ave. (41it St), N. Y. 0. THEATRICAL MAKE-UP. H. C. Miner. 203 Bonery. New York. Tucker Drue Co.. Demopolls. Ala. TRICK AND THEATRICAL FOLDING BICYCLB8. Kallajlan, expert, 817 Col. At*.. Boston, Max. WIG MAKERS. Plucker A Ahrcns. 160 W. 48th St, N. Y. 0. A. Foeger, 521 Walnut St, St. Louis. Mo. WIGS, SUPPLIES, ETC. Percy Ewing Supply House, 715 N. Water St., De- catur. 111. and fairly, the small commission charged others, but the star phase of the motion pie- ,. Alon20 a,,. Brave" were discou ' '" ' r _ _, . „„ f turo progress is decidedly In its infancy, ana . . ....i,, v. w Macknev waa not burdensome to the performer. But g | B p not g to be doubted that the same craae d u c ff nc | t0 ,'• with an lntermlnat and added to themselves the title of "agent. With .0 many In the field, the small com- mission was not enough, and then followed it. She says that his lawyer made an ar- rangement with lier In regard to royalties, but that she found later that the defendant had no right to the sole production. + «» — HANS SCHVM.VXN-HEINK LOSES SVIT. A verdict of $25,000 against Hans Schu- mann-Uelnk, Bon ot Mme. Scbumann-Helnk, the singer, was awarded here on June 18 at Trenton, N. J., by a Jury in the United States Court, to Johanna Alice Forcer, of Dresden, Germany, who came across ths ocean to press the suit. Through an Interpreter MIbs Forner told the court of her associations with young Scbumann-Helnk, and produced a letter from Lord Lovell's Daughter" and rsed of in .. the "negro a interminable topical the small number of recognized agents tnat resulted In advanced vaudeville is now R callca ,. Titc -ry n() i e Hog or None;" Sam grew Into an army! It seems as though In process of evolutlorMn the Mwcr tieia. colllnB, a chimney Bweeper, destined to be- „T.7rh^V that ever was cannccted with In Europe the greatest players have already comc famou8 as a ' n Ir | 8a CO medlan and rich everybody that ever was canntctoa witn pOKi before , he camera with more or less flg , h pr0 p rletor 0 f the music hall which the show business and lost his Job became prace and dignity. Rejsne, Jane H«J ln «, gtn , bea " r8 ' b]g name at Ifl u ng t 0 n; "Billy" a booking agent Somo performers even Mounet-Sully, «1<1 J t , h ^ | y°, Hn « er „^ (I " e Ji^ „ Randall, known as the "RobBonlan comlque," d.vnr«l their snare time to booking acts, photo-players of ototlnctloa. and their ex- tecmee ot a real or fancied likeness to the devoted their acts, „ er | encC g were 8UC i, that the great Sarah ,._. eat uttle ., Robson, and Emily Soldene, Bernhardt consented to th '. re i' r0d ' ,c " 0 "„ o i who died but a few days ago, were other "Camme" on the screen, with the divine one favor|t o( the day . herself as Morgurlte CJnutler. . ^ It to stated that J30.000 was the induce- art and dakbd potatoes. numberless grafting methods to extract front roe nt held out to Sarah, though the great i n an annex of the Canterbury was a pre- . the nerformer Increased commissions and Frcnrh actress, herself, claims that her Incen- tentlous collection of pictures which sag- him, containing a promise of marriage me P 1 ""™"?. ' „.h.„,„M. , n d tlve waa a desire to have such art as yet re- «; e8 ted to George Augustus Sala a phraBe «»» - ■ perquisites. This became unbearable and , m wlth ner preMrved , )n order that fn- prona iy quoted by the manager, "The Royal TH ixie FRIGANZA ENGAGED the performers' organization succeeded In ture generations may be enabled to see her at Academy over the. water." But, according \ „jr v t * J " VM * !j "' arettlnar throuirh the Leelslature an act re- her best, _. . to the reminiscences of the vivacious Miss . Trlxe Friganza haa been enpged for a getting tnrougn ue legislature an ati ri u ,!„_..., lnlg mBV be the all important Soldene "these artlBtlc successes of Mr. Mor- leading feminine role in "The Passing Show . .tracing the commission to five per cent. The ma \^^Ve ceSty tha? the stars; who t^ n ? s management did not deter him from of 1012 "which is to be the next production worst gives added Interest to the Ingenuity intention of this law was all right, but in ftn a tne lr vogne with the public along older BM ,lng that the hungry supperer's chop was at the Winter Garden. Raymond and Au- and resourcefulness of her aer. nraetlco It was a failure because the re- lines waning, will not liealtnte to avail them- donc t0 a tum, and with Ms own hands he foust. Nellie Brown and Xonla Moore, the Mrs. Carter has tor. T^.A*?^- »g! practico n was a laiiure, oecauae «ae re «^ gold-ladon onportunlt es result- wolllQ Drcak t he succulent baked potato on ?ou t leading dancers who are to take part in been considered one of America s leading sourceful .gent found a way to make the ft' T 7 ro ™ {£ ^* n tof the -varlouB sclentifrc to the customer's plate '• " The Ballet of 1830 " nt the Bame Plajnouse, emotional actresses, and this Is ler first ar> Sr SSgwSA^™ £ AttoWwMwSgSI t o^a^erfor n ?he^d U ^nT^m^ »s W8g f ^ * *' "" &Tg^>E%E%£R^S s T::T:t:^:^:7Lr ^ «- ^ „ w... «* * «. ,«*, ^ »&•»? than flrty jearB tho aylswort„.harris MA rriage. are ^^^ a > lng the agent a handsome bonus for It. The aT1( j t1le Maude Adams, n-nd the Ethel Barry- ■ In the . G08 Charles Morton extended his Arthur Aylsworth and Sadie Harris a ■ ! •gent, in recommending an act to the man- mores to emulate the Berahardts and Rfr enterprise westward to the Oxford, and younger sister of Mrs. Lew Fields, were mar. SHORE HOTEL BURNED. ager, thought more of the bonus he was to Janes Is a question that may bo fully answered -worked "turns" with the Canterbury, which, rlod on June 20, at the home of the bride, Fire destroyed the Elderhurst Hotel, a three «»r tiiim i.p did of the value of tho act to ln another year. Progress ta the field of. the h oweTcr was eventually handed over to Wm. 230 Riverside Drive. The ceremony waa story frame structure, at Roekaway Beach, get tiiBn he did oi tne vame or tne act w fl]1( . nt dr|>mn hag becn ^ an unparalleled Holland, the people's caterer. performed bv the Rev. Mr. Goldstein, and 1m- early on June 20. When the fire was 41* the manager, and this resulted in mlsrepro- scale. In fact, some of the developments of Holland's method may be suggested by a mediately after the wedding the couple left covered It had made dangerous progress on the second floor. Thirty guests on the sec- ■ found their il Jof flume They vrere " windows MRS. CARTER'S NEW PLAY. "Whom Does Helen Belong Tor" is the title given the comedy in which Mrs. Leslie Carter will be seen the coming season, under the management of John CorL The play 1. adapted from the German of Eberhard Buch- ner, by Ferdinand Gottachalk. Under the title, "wem Gehort Helene," It was drat pro- duced at the Neues Theatre, Berlin, in 1000, and remained at that playhouse for two years; afterward it was taken to Vienna, where it ran for one year. "Whom Doeg Helen Belong To?" Is In three acts. It Is a Btnry of the present, developing In rather . serious vein the unique predicament ot Helen, at the same time wife of Bailey M. Smith and Oliver S. Reed. Helen Is not a bigamist through choice or disloyal Intent, but merely the victim of circumstances; she drifts lata the entangling eddy of duplex matrimony In- advertently, and the art ahe employs in keeping each husband from knowing the the last few months have caused the most lm- s tory. He had the whole parterle extrava" ecntatlona which proved costly to the man- agers, grafting performer .. tempted refused to testify agatost the agent, fSTmrn^LwrniSit carnation festh-lties. and fearing thnt he might lose future engage- they noltd that the public willingly paid Tegu- ments, and bo thlB miserable buBlncas has lar theatre prices to see the wondrous specta- flourished. But now a bomb has exploded in cto« ^w^thev fcf ««^-gg the agents' camp—the OrpUeum Circuit has (William A. Brady) thus expressed himself: announced that all of its nets will be en- "If the manufacturer of a photoplay can for a year, the contract compelling the artist are: Ralph C. HerzT Claude Gilllngwater, no»d'"7d iwivVheen ^fl'iised bv"defect'ive la- •aired throuab its own offices and there is * fford t0 spend $100,000 for a single offer- to enmc to and fro la a coach and four, Arthur Stanford, Florence Nash, Edna Aug, iulatdon on an elec'rlc lleht wire gagea tnrougn us own omces^ aas w arn an ^ , n ac Bcrfm< fte hna „„ bcnt many a auppllca hy ,ho management, and to wear n Marie Plynn and Florence Morrison. suiatuon on an eicc.nc ngnt wire . as It fur lined coat. Another performer took to ♦♦»■ * ' • TWENTI POtNDS A WEEK. ■jyy. ^tHfrflBK ft musical comedy, with ^wiiHam^agto^n.' flreman attached to En- bonk by Edward reple, and music by Victor gme 187 fal i^ { 0 get ont of the way quick- Hollnender, will be produced next month by lv when the norrt, nt *h<» hotel fell, and suf- Holland's "star" was George Leybourne, George Lederer in the Studebaker Theatre, rered a brokei^eh He was taken to the known as "the great," to whom he guaran- Chicago. It will come to the Globe Theatre Rockawav Beach Hosnltal two 1 locks away. ■teed the payment of twenty pounds a week here for a Winter engagement. In the cast The Are which did S^7 000 domace, to sup- tnr • ».onr th. .nnlnrf mmnijlh. til. I.Hl) a». • Dnlnh n H—. ?>1«„J~ r< 1111- -.... 1W - Un; > WUltn U1U e_l:WV uaiuii>h>■ " .' « strong probability that the New York man- ^f^ for t hat Is Just twice as much ■gcrs will Boon publicly announce the same cost to produce 'Bcu-IIur,' a play that ha* the town with a team of donkeys, rpfnrni This is as It should be and It will f un twelve years. Leybourne waa a North country mechanic. One hundred thousand dollars has been He made his first appearance In London as spent on several productions in the silent Joe Saunders, and sang of the great fight be drama. Dante's ""Inferno" pictures cost more than this total to evolve, wnilo "The Fall of Troy," "The Crusaders," "Cinderella" and "A Tate of Two Cities" all cost la ex tween S.ycr. and Hcenan. FRED. STONE'S FATHER AND BROTHER IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. In an automobile accident which occurred "ROBIN HOOD'S" MANY PERFORMANCES. The De Btoven Opera Company will cele- brate the six thousandth performance or Robin Hood" in this country at the New do more towards bringing about a harmoni- ous co-operation between managers and per- formers than anything else could possibly do. The manager will exercise Mb own judg- ment, or the Judgment of trustworthy cm- cess of $30,000 to produce. rebuilt"' the "Quitertairiraeaeauay" «i""iS Stone"," respecH'vdT'werT^lBTured" but'not induct the orchestra, "and MtwttM JCJJ ployeci, in selecting his acts, and the per- . The most amazing thing about ttie cinema- pregent Une8 aD< i ma( jc a feature of ballets, seriously "jureo, nut not p , ec? w ,„ ^ gWea M »o U venlr». The figure* his omnloycr «°BT*pfc Industry to the extraordinary fact f ^^ pj,', Ug B roughton danced and which '* urn viupiujrir, t y . .,.„„ th. mos , .rnenlrlve DrodBCtlonS vi__ hla_..» -„ nj„„„ „# ro.1.. „»»„.. mA. former, la dealing direct with nas employer. ,^-^^-^6-'most "expensive production. ^i^^^ir^^ot^^uCottmtl will eliminate the misunderstandings and dls- (aside frwn special releases) are seen at the £lr&. The "grcar"Vance, who sang "Slap, " and Nelly Power, appointments which have caused him so much outset for hut one day only, In the lo,000 Bang,'Here We Are Again,' •»».« in th* mat of more theatres of cinematography, though lmm ^ rta | os "La^i.a s , the unrest ta the past. Jhta 1. a condition that ^jngVullycmpA; ^^10*8 to Vllllers' pro „„„."'" „^_ _„_ tng a change of policy, and is no doubt due / THEATRES FOR FOX. to the vaudeville custom of d chase of additional ground on grammes frequently. Yet In til and Ninety-seventh Street has theatres of high grade, moving icd retained a full week on the [ Leybourne's name is inseparable from his near Hempstead, L. I., on Juue 20, three • °t" J Hoo<1 ^. ln . this country ot the .vew song,'"Champagne Chsrley." In 1870 Edwin men were tilledi outright, and Louis P. Stone AmBte 0 rdam n TDeatre ' t , w f ,ll, .?4»i ^n^wl'l Vllflers, a comedian from the Haymarket, and Paul Stone, father and biother of Frel Jun ? 2 ?',v C<>mpo . ser . Rce ' n 5 ld ,.P*^ 0 . T ?f tte »v,.ii»' «k. n.nt.rhnf-1, nr.oHn.ii. «. it. ii.._. 31j_ _-jr.Jilv??* "*."_ z conduct the orchestra and librettos or tno piece will be given as souvenirs. The Ogar^ of the record have been taken from Mr, tie Koven's royalty accounts, and Include per- formances' by stock and traveling orgnaizf 4«4> RENEE KELLY SCORES. Renee Kelly hi the role of an American tlons. lng a change ot policy, .. TWIN THEATRES FOR FOX. to the vaudeville custom of changing pro- The purchase of additional ground on grammes frequently. Yet ta the -vaudeville Broadway and Ninety-seventh Street has theatres of high grade, moving pictures are been confirmed. retained a fun week on the program, ana Plans have been tiled for the construction the writer believes that the moving picture of a two story fireproof theatre on the theatres of to-morrow will have for Its policy Southwest corner for the llrondway and a carefully prepared offering on the "«reen. Nlnety-icventh Street Realty Company, Wm, and this will comprise so many features mat Foi president, next to hto theatre, known as It will require several days to make known the Riverside. The theatre will have a Its merltn, hence there will come into being llroadwnv frontage of 100.11 feet and 170 the exclusively photoplay house, where a pub- feet nn the street, and will seat 1.IV0O. The He will lie attracted bv offerings so note- worthv Hint the era of one hundred night iu, nuu Ai^rt.j ivnti| «m-*.v*. .»'«ij. •.« mi. avii, wi nu AUi^lM.OU the City Toff," were woman journalist, made an unqualified auc- programs. r^ss^^the^Cnlterion Theatre. London, June He did not ran the Canterbury for while. Later he made a vast fortune London Pavilion. The Canterbury , through many vicissitudes till Charles Crow- SIDNEY BRACY ENGAGED der and George Adncy Payne resuscitated It, and some twenty years ago sold now moribund company. «»» ACTORS SAIL FOR EUROPE. a. Sothtrn (Julia Mar- for England June 18 by le CunaTd Line. The? will remain abroad until September, when Sidney Bracy. at present the principal co- they return to open their season with an ea- ■»»» a Kreat I 8 - ln Blr Cnoriee Wyndhsm's production of «, ._. w„ p H : afthi Lechmere W orrairs farcical come dy, "Ann." J** ^NW York fo jSg SIDNEY BRACY ENGAGED. % t rema1n l *.br 0 o'ad tll u, i. *. ted i i t ' Sidney Bracy. at present the principal co- they return to open Oh... H to the median of the De Koven Opera Company, haa pgement at the Manhattan Opera House. H. G. H. been engaged by Cohan & Harri. for their They will add "Richelieu" and "Much ao» mnalcat farce. "Ilia Oth»r f:lrl.'• Ahsint M.tliln." tn ah.lr renertolre. M'J cost has been estimated at 1150,000. ♦ a » WINONA WINTER IN VAUDEVILLE. Banks Winter ha. booked his talented daughter for a few week, ln vaudeville, open- tag at the New Brighton, July (X NUNLBY'S CASINO. Nunley'e Casino, la South Beach, Staten Inland, N. Y., under the management of Wm. Sllbor, 1. doing the best bnslness In Its ca- reer. An excellent program Is presented weekly, consisting of live good acts and sev- eral reel* of films. The Mil last week in- 'His Other Girl." O a » "THB THIRD DEGREE" IN LONDON. Charles Klein's "The Third Degree," under the name nf "Find the Woman," was pro- duced nt the Garrlck June 17. ♦ «» runs so proudly proclaimed on the speaking stage, will also evolve In filmdom. •^™* eluded: Cox Family Quintette, Vassar and Titos 8. ALLBIt !• now eltlof a talking Aiken*. Shelley and Proctor. Mabel Sllbor strslla, hi. been added to the cast of "Tie D. Andrews, late of the Malacca Troupe violin act tsa company, and the Great Aeolian Four. Other Man." entertainer*, About Nothing" to their repertoire. Bothern .aid that while Mlia Marlowe n.a recovered from her recent Illness, she «<"•£ In future play at only one matinee perform- ance a week. ♦»» DB LA TORRE -WEDDING. Report* were current last week t& at . I, i 1 HM. THOMAS GRAVES ENGAGED. aieporis were currenv ..» ip- "TVrill Thomas Graves, a comedian from Au- De La Torre, a Mexican, had married- <^"'}