The New York Clipper (July 1912)

jjg£ftl€Afe Copyright 1812, by the Frank Qaeen PuNlshlng Company (United). T&.' Founded by FRANK QUEEN. 1853. JSTEW YOKK, JULY 13, 1912. VOLUME LX-No. 28. Price, 10 Cents. PRINCESS THEATRE FOR ANNIE (. Rl'SSELL. .Annie Russell will have a new theatre as the home of "The Annie Russell Old Comedy rn'roanj " which she has formed to act old Fn-Msh plays from Not. 11, for nine weeks. t^ new house, which will be situated dt- KctlT opposite the Maxlno Elliott Theatre, Si seat less than 300 persons, and will be ttsT £lies "theatre In "New York with the exception of the Little Theatre. It will be provided with a" row of twelve boxes. Miss Russell -will present a repertoire which Includes, so far as it Is at present Trttled "She Stoops to Conquer," "Much Ado "bout Nothing" and "The Rivals." Miss Eussell will give several matinee perform- ances each week, as one of the objects of the enterprise Is to provide plays suited to juvenile audiences. Associated with Miss Russell will be Oswald Yorie, who has bad a long experience with F B Benson's productions of the classical drama In England. Beatrice Herford, who has hitherto been known only as a monol- ozlit, will make her first appearance as an actress In this company, playing Mrs. Mala- prop. In "The Rivals," and Mrs. Hardcastle, fn "She Stoops to Conquer." ! . ««» JANE COWL FOR "WITHIN THE LAW." ft. Jane Cowl, who will play the leading role jn "Within the Law," Bayard Velller's police play at the Eltlnge Theatre, next Pall, is studying the third degree In Europe. In a letter to the American Play Co., Miss Cowl said that both Inspector Froest, of Scotland Yard, and Inspector Lepine, of the Paris Police Department, have aided her In every way i< study their respective methods in se- curing confessions from suspected criminals. Inspector Lepine invited Miss Cowl to be presenf *t the "sweating" of an Apache, who wasjioodwlnked into believing that bis sweet- heart •had betrayed him and bis gang. He capitulated and talked freely, only to find- that he had been duped. This was exceed- ingly Interesting to Miss Cowl, as there is a similar scene In "Within "the ' Law." Miss Cowl will return for rehearsals early in August. i." -1 «l » «• "THE GIRL FROM MOXTMAHTE." Charles Frohman has completed the cast for "The Girl from Montmarte," the farce,, with music, In which he will present Richard Carle and Hittte Williams, at the Criterion Theatre. Aug. 5. It will Include: Lennox Pavle, William Danforth, Alan Mudie, Albert Hart. George Lydecker, Ralph Nairn, Percy Leach, Emma Janvier, Moya Mannerlng, Bertha Holly, Mary Gtlmore, Dal Turgeon, Louise Donovan, Lela Lee, Hazel Troutman, Clara Eckstrom, Lillian Rice, Angle Wie- ners, Nellie Feltes, Dolly FUley, Grace Beau- oont. Ida Howe, Marlon Miller, Helen Lucas, and fifty others. .. . t ft i» »IR. AND MRS. WALTER IN CAMP. Dugcne Walter, the well known playwright, and Mrs. Walter (Charlotte Walker), left July 2 for Yellow Lake, Wis., where they Jill camp until the end of July, when Mr. waiter Is scheduled to rehearse, in Chicago, lis latest play, "Fine Feathers," which will open the season at the Cort Theatre on Aug. 10. This will be H. H. Frazee's second venture as an Individual producing manager, •nd will enlist the services of such well known actors as Wilton Lackaye, Robert Edcson, Max Figman, Rose Coghlan, Amelia Burners and actress for the principal feml- «lne role still to be engaged. »»♦ NEWSPAPER MAN VISITS HUGH FORD. He? wood Broun, the New York newspaper nan sent by the Liebler Company to China to secure material for the forthcoming pro- Jurt'on »f "The Daughter of Heaven." at the Century Theatre, paid a flying visit to San * randsco for a consultation with Hugh Ford, »no is io stage the Bpectacular LotPGautler uwnese drama,' ana who is now in that city, JJ'rc the play, "No Extradition," of which ■e u part author, has Just been produced. < »» BIG MONEY FOR CARCSQ. Following next season at the Metropolitan gopera House, Enrico Caruso has been en- led to sing at the national opera house, t„Vr2L on \ ra Bn «"» Aires, at what Is said mLv; ""-largest salary ever paid to a grand 9m artist. It was learned that the con A NEW PRODUCING FIRM. "The Balance" Is the title of the new play to be launched the coming season by the Iialance Association. The firm consist* of J. J. Hicks. Wtn. Schnttzler, Marshall Gor- ham and the author, Harry "Graves Miller, and three companies will be put out.' An elegant line of special printing Is now on the presses of the American Show Print nil kwmtx, m. JULY 4, AT FAIRBiiEl TWENTY-FIVE YEARS GERMAN" THEATRE CO. ENJOINED FROM PLAYING "THE DUKE OF LUXEMBURG. 1 * Cincinnati's German Theatre Co. was en- After the big benefit performance for the Players' Boat Club, which netted nearly five hundred dollars, there' was a lull In colony toclal affairs. July 4 was spent In thorough- ly safe and sane fashion. A number of the members owning boats I >ok parties up to Red AGO. Co, Mlfwaukee. and the scenic equipment fc'^'& '"^"SKS gJSS™** Pf* VfL«*S* *» &&.'^.PSL f S I'." te in" keeping with'SeeVcelntTtandird «*!!& ^n.^ enjoyableTutlng" Joe Mack I be maintained by this company. "The £ e *••*{, J?,* Lount P.* L . u 5 en J bur £,,- ot l° lng. Mrs. Mack, J. Rojer Wee inee" Is a now play, with a'new theme. S^%fe£««*59 *Sl..«* , I2L*2 »9«W.«K.*!!?« »•.'. had Mrs. Hunt- est, F. C. Muller, "Squaw." The Klaw A Erlanger the words, music, orches- "Krankle" _ H.""'carrled Tom Glenroy, Jim Ten trai scores and stage directions of the piece H-ooke, Bob Richmond, Lou Hayes, Frank In their possession. The Clndnnatlans were North, Tom Leria. Tom Morrlssey had the assessed the costs. For over a year the Mrs., John ffeber and a large party. Ernie case has hung Are In the Federal Court at otto had a big crowd aboard his battleship. will to be Balance" Is a new play, Mr. Hicks will handle one of the companies, while -tbe other two will be directed by Messrs. Gorham & Schnttzler and W. II. Hartlgan. Two other of Mr. Miller's plays, "Love a Insurance" and "The Harbor Light,'' will be produced by Oils firm in tbe near future. Vm. Owen has been engaged to con- duct the rehearsals, and an artistic produc- r T HE WILLYS-OVERLAND BAND, tion may be looked to r. .,- . v^Wlth sixteen 6f twenty-flve cities In their . *'» --*-- itinerary visited, the forty-two piece brass {2^, Intended to ko Cincinnati. «>»» Tony Hunting bad a few, and the Falrhaven Navy was greeted warmly on their arrival at tbe race course off the Red Bank docks. An outing was scheduled for July 0 at Sandy Hook and a large number of members and ■+»» NEW CORT THEATRE IN BOSTON. band of the Willys-Overland Company, of Announcement was made last week from Toledo, O. has demonstrated several very ln- the offices of John Cort. that the Western £*?"?* fSJi' 8 *? , mu8 l c „ ' f °J cr V w '? ,n S theatrical manager had purchased a plot of ff n " al P ubIlc ,? f °" , So . u , tDW I c , 8t 1 '. Y e *a. 1 aA ground lii Park Square, Boston, on which &ft b *"' *? ll l0 ™ , of lh ? V, nlted St 1, t "; will be erected a theatre with a seating ca- £■*■ amon S tbe »? demonstrations arc that paclty pr-oved tlon in" West Forty-eightj/strMt" New" York! strictly'high class music, a contention which The'securlng of this"new and popular the- Contracts call for tillsi the third theatre b <" long been combated by musical critics R trc. by Mr. Sudekum has adcteJ another NASHVILLE THEATRE BOLD'. Tony Sudekum, manager of the Crescent Amusement Co., of Nashville, Tenn., pur- chased the Princess Theatre, on July 1. from of 1,000, built along the latest; an- C , tt? ™ r «w» who, six days of every week W . P. Ready and associates. The price paid I lines and resembling In structure the ln J*? »«« r *«>. engaged In building auto- tor the princess stock was given at $05,000, Ptaatre now in the course of construe- !™?''?Kf a '? J»^ e »ff^ , !".?«Ii5«^i.lS the capitalization being at foo.OOO. _ being built for Cort in tbe East, to be com' pleted not later than Jan. 1,1013. Mr. Cort plans to open his Boston playhouse with John Philip Sdnsa's new opera, "The Glass- blowers." * '♦ • •- "SOMEWHERE ELSE." The book and score of "Somewhere Else,' the country over. - The band started on a vacation tour of one month as guests of John N. Willys, president and owner of Toledo plant, Juno 12. On their return, July 12, they will have visited twenty-Sve of the principal cities of tbe West. - The route takes them tbroujrh twenty States and over 8,000 miles of rail- ways. In every city visited record breaking playhouse to a chain of theatres now under his management The Crescent Amusement Co., with which Mr. Sudekum Is arTlllatcd, will take over the newly acquired house, it is understood. The company now operates in that city the Elite, Alhambra. Dixie, Bonita and Fifth Avenue, besides houses in other cities of the South. Mr. Sudekum stated that the same high the new musical fantasy by Avery Hopwood crowds have turned out to their concerts In c i a8g bookings which have brought the Prfn- and Gustav Luders, were delivered to. Henry the municipal parks, and the audiences have cess to the front in the past, will be con- W. Savage last week.' The production will been liberal In their appreciation. St. Louis, tlnucd be a feature of Mr. Savage's forthcoming sea- Memphis, Dallas, Houston, Galveston, Fort # i a son. The scenic models have been accepted and artists will start building .'and. painting them Immediately. -The stage equipment will be Intricate on account of a number of me- chanical features employed In the production Worth, El Paso, Tucson, Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland and Salt Lake City have heard tbe concerts and applauded the factory musicians. In Tucson especially the appreciation was great, the peo- VANIMAN, AVIATION'S VICTIM. Melvin Vaniman, the aviator, and his crew of four were Instantly killed at Atlantic City, N. J., Tuesday, July 2. when bis mam* During Mr. Savage's" recent visit to Paris pie forcing the players to give encores for moth dirigible balloon, Akron, eiploded he contracted with Mme. Zimmerman 'for some novel ideas In costumes for the play. The rehearsals will occupy two months. « i » ■-: A 'WALTER PLAY FOR K. Sc E. Klaw & Erlanger sighed contracts last week with Eugene "Walter for a new play, en- titled "A Plain Woman," which will be pro- duced In November In one of Klaw as Er- each of ten selections on the regular pro- gram. Crowds reached the enormous total of twenty-five thousand in several cities, and at every stop the parks and surrounding terri- tory have been thronged with eager and ap- preciative listeners. PHILADELPHIA SINGERS WIN. 1,000 feet In the ilr. The crew Included Calvin Vnnlman, brother of Melvin: George Rourrlllon, Walter Gu^st and Fred Elmer. The flight was to have been the final trial trip of the giant airship before Vanlman's attempt to cross the ocean In the Akron. <«» "THE MINSTREL KING" WINS. At the regatta held at Vogcl's Beach, Buck- On July 4, at Philadelphia, the Judges at langer's New \ork.theatres. The strongest the Saengerfest awarded the Kaiser prise. «ye Lake. Mlllersport, 0., July 4, John W. cast obtainable will be selected. The stage ^, e mos t eagerly sought music trophy In Vogel'a speedy motor boat, The Minstrel settings will be unusually elaborate. New ^merlea to the Junger Maenmrchor. of King," carried off first honors in the speed York City chiefly is the locale of the scenery. Philadelphia. The coveted object, a beautl- events. Mr. and Mrs. Vogel are spending the ■ of a Minnesinger, Summer there. "Tbe Bungalow, their pic- The playwright's dramatic theme, revealed ful anil va i aa j>ie statue „ In part by his title, Is bound to arouse dcma.ted by Emperor William In 1900 to the thoughtful discussion.' Mr. Walter has gone to Yellow Lake, Wis., to finish the play. * < » Northeastern Saengerbund of North America, will now remain permanently In that city. The Junger Maennorchor won, with 117 points to Its credit, and as the second prize received a portrait of Emperor William. The next highest score was made by the Arlon Society, of Brooklyn. N. Y., which, with 114 won a grand piano. " tr societies In the lureaquc Summer home, Is filled with guests. Mr. vogel has won a trophy in every event he has entered "The Minstrel King." « ■ » TWO "LITTLEST REBEL" COS. NEW COMIC OPERA. Announcement Is made of the first per- receivM a portrait or jamperor William, 'tyus Dagt , n FarBam w „, be B |„ rehearsals of fonnance on any stage of the new comic n«t highest wore was made by the | Arlon, , lThe Llt tlest Itebel* Aug. 1. He will open at opera, "Felice," which Is to take place the 8o<^ety.o. Brooklyn N. T.^wtlch with 114 McV | ckcr8 . Theatre, Chicago, Saturday, Aug. week of July 8, at Whaloro Park Theatre, Poblts to Its crodlt won » grand Jlano. 17 FHchburg ..Mass . ~- T h6 or ? e ' of tJ Tu. other ""^'"J"^? William Farnum Is Summering at Sag Har- The book and lyrics are by George B, Stod- •&£«* Prtje coronet tlon was announced as ^v. He will Inaugurate his season with dard and lion Thorn Gilbert, and the music WUm*S jbm*mK Qsagtsttw Club , New York, ,. The LltUcst nehol f. a t the Grand Opera Is by Edward B. Delevantl and William J. and WlHIamsbnrger Saengcrbund, Brooklyn. H ^ Ncw . york f^. 2 . Hcaly. n. r. 4»» ♦ »♦ ^^ -t-^ —■* Busy Giis sohlke. Gus Sohlke, the well known stage mana- F. T. MARTIN GETS FRENCH PLAY, "HER LEFT SHOULDER." Frederick Townsend Martin has acquired the Klaw ft Erlanger will present at the Knlck- . American rights of "Rems Sauvagls," by erbocker Theatre, some time In October, the Kf. f h "'„^ um I; d nf to or b s „ 0 ""' Mo ° r ° B a t d * s Q f Antony Mars and Mme. Camllle Clermont, new musical comedy "Her Left Shoulder," an Theatre BulWIns^ after hUrs^Uon at Mt which Is now being played at Rejane s The- adaptation from the French farce, "Villa Mr. Martin will translate and ' which Is on the lines of "The , Clemens. Mr. Sohlke will be very busy this «t«rin"Paris. _ M7.'rfartln"irtil translate and Primrose," by Georges Berr and' Marcel «eason with P r ^ u «tl° n s in N^ York also adapt the play which Is on the lines of "The Oulllemaud; book and lyrics by C. M. S Mc- ^I.^f., 1 ly 1 "* °A ™?*jg! 9g5 Easiest Way" and will make It thoroughly Lellan, music by Ivan Carylf. the authors nta own whi ch will soon open In Now York. American ■ and composer of "The Pink Lady." The com- ■ •' • , j t edy will be staged by Julian Mitchell and CU9HING TO STAGE «'EVEHYWOMAN." POSTHUMOl'S PLAY PRODUCED. ' Herbert Gresham. Rehearsals will begin Hartley Cuahlng has been engaged by I, i w.ji.1 ., ,1 .u. i.m. „ n n n «h<wi Au f- 5 - The mllowlng players have already n en ry W*. Savage to stage the English pro- S» ?«*!?"^ s^ » ta Li^h %?^Sl *«en«««d: Frank Mclntyre, Wallace Mc- SS^rf-'&»«.»!■■ which* wlll P be at the death of O. Henry, which has since cu^po,, Fr a' nk Donne, Geo. A.' Beane, Mabel lecn completed by Hush Ford, general stoge We<)l „ 0race Edmunds, Octavla Broske and manager_.for the Liebler Co.,_and_ Joseph ix c | en Raymond. Medlll Patterson, was produced July 1, In San Francisco, under the direction of Mr. Ford, with Richard Bennett in the leading role. ♦ ■ » "HOSE MAID" PARTY. The members Of "The Rote Maid" com- pany left the Globe Theatre night of July 4 on two especially chartered trolley cars to go Holbrook BHnn ha, been engaged b, the |!^,?i>*'!?^* 11 2!!K? » HOLBROOK BLINN SIGNS. American Play Co. to Btagc "Within the party. There were rockets, speeches, dancing and other forms of amusement at the party. wen artist It was learned that the con- Law," Bayard Velller's police play, which a ° a » ln .IJS ™hi *.»„ l S tT.i'V ■g was signed last month. In Paris, and will open the new Eltlnge Theatre, early In ^ c * '"'w.rt. ^"..eSJ, SlJtP. Sann for a i "east'twelve appearances at September. Mr. Bllnn as a producer Is spe- M* 88 ":^2 5 •••n,. rtnL m.IS? . ♦T.OOO n performance -»n-h th« r\*>,t h. .in. M.ii^n. . n »h n n .r^»i« n nf the rrlmlnal 'he members of The Rose Maid c performance, with,the right to sing ih<SE ^P Uaes at the same figure as Mr. Caruso choosea K f W THEATRE FOR BROOKLYN. nrnV a ^.^ a Tf been filed by the Bryant Im- Ih?J lf ,lt ^rapaay, of- Manhattan, for a rr h» V?P .theatre to be erected on n plot St.; . * a Ji tbe Northwest corner of Bergen n aQd .?edford Avenue/ Brooklyn. *niM, s F, at ' D 8 capacity of the new house, iom W tL' e08t ab0 » t «25,00O, will be over «.w"i. Thoma, W. Iamb Is the architect PErtLE BARTI, IN "THE ROSE MAID." Weflrtin. 5*^1 w *° appeared here in "The cerdprf ? 7f'P « nd "Baron Trench," has suc- '•Tho D, drlcl !? e . An s' ara 'e. in the title role of jig ftSSLrH* «t tte <> l0 *>e Theatre. cation 8 has 6on * t0 ^fope *■ » •»> clausing on the psychology of the criminal and police type in modem life, and is In con- stant correspondence with criminologists in this country and Europe. * • » ROSE STAHL'S FATHER STRICKEN. CoL E. C. Stahl, who resides at Trenton, N. J., has been stricken blind The seizure came upon him while he was attending a the- atrical performance, and doctors say It was due to apoplexy of the eyes. Col. Stahl may partially regain his sight, but the physicians give no hope of complete recovery. - Sit "TANTALIZING TOMMY." A. H. Woods will make the Initial oroduc- tloa of "Tantalizing Tommy" at the Chicago Opera House, Friday, Aug. 30. with Eliza- decided to give lid" company a party as a slight recompense for playing an extra matinee In mid-Summer. All the mem- bers of the company, from the smallest chorus girl to the prima donna, wcr* present. They sang airs from "The Roe* Maid" and danced on the green with their Invited guests. ♦ ■ » HONOR FOR > HARLE8 KLEIN. Charles Klein, who Is secretary of the So- ciety of American Dramatists, was present by Invitation on July 2 at the business meeting of the Eullsh Dramatists' Club, at the Bur- lington Hotel, London. This was the first made In London, In October, at the Drury Lane Theatre, by Mr. Savage, In association with Arthur Collins. Mr. Cashing will salt for England, Aug. 3. - , - «■» * MABEL FRBXYEAR SIGNS. Mabel Frenyear, until recently leading woman with William II. Crane, In "Father and '-he Boys," bas been engaged by Charles Kroliraan for a role In "The 'Mind tbe Paint' Girl," which will be produced here early In September, .,_ ♦ »» PINARD AND HALL FOR MUSICAL COMEDY. rinord and Hall, "The Merry Musical Min- strels," have signed with Billy It, Van far "A Lucky Hoodoo" Co., for next season. The boys arc now on the Eastern park circuit, and arc meeting with ruccphx. •■♦♦ llsi and American societies was discussed by gFMgnj »Ve leia.ne-lrcmale role, while ^£ rt Ca K nM^ 0 „?/ 8e n A " d i r8 n°,", b Wl lL pl ^„ t ^VM rf to ,D . a he •«*■« "I™ !at(r "*.'»?. Au « n °"' Club, Which _ ■*' > ELTTNGE REHEARSALS. Bri tV?1 Eltl , n fe.and his company will be tho ttre i ^ a .T,^ 1 ? ne boards of the Eltlnge Tho- »f "t*. t*. 111 . 1 * *. n tne Datur e of a rehearsal ■ The Fasc inating Widow," on Aug.-10. NOTIC1. i»« A d L JL t - 01 '? SISFX— to «*• «*•*- »i.tL^?^^ c ■ , •taatUOftiVs^ "^ ■■■■anal* ••••••«•_ role." Harry Clark has been added to the roster of this company. S3 I » ENGLISH SHOW GIRLS ENGAGED. It begins to appear as though' the American NEW VAUDEVILLE SKETCH. James W. Morrlssey hns written a new mu- sical sketch, entitled "Pattl's Palmy Days." It I* In one act and Is a dramatization of one of Mr. Morrlssey's stories about the time that a foreign author participated in a prima donna. Thorn are two roles, Mme. session of the club. Pattl and Mr. Morrlswy. A project for a close affiliation of tbe Eng- » . » ■ MORE LIGHT FOR HARLEM. Thp new electric sign In front of Proctor's One Hundred and Twcnty-flfUi Street Thea- tre was lighted July 4 for tho first time. The Incandeeecnts have a combined lighting power of .12,000 candies. «»» Is Ihe parent organization. a) i a WILL CONDUCT FOR TRENTINI. Oaetsno Merola, principal conductor at ahow"g!ris' hacVbecom" sta'raor had "retired Oscar Hammersteln's London Opera House, from the stage with fortunes, as. according will come here lu the Fall to produce "The . to reports laBt week, twenty English show Flrefiy," la which Emma Trentlnl will star at the pfano for the rest of tho Bnmmor sea Srls had been engaged to appear in "Tha next season, under Arthur Hammcrstelns son at Hammersteln's Roof Garden and Vic erry Countess," at the Casino, early In aaaaagemeat August. BURT GREEN AT HAM M KRS T B IN'S. Burt Green, co-star wltb his wife, Irene Franklin. In the vaudeville team, will preside ♦ »» torla Theatre. «i » CHANGE OF TITLE. "The Night Btrds." a musical comedy suc- cess from London, acquired by Messrs. Sbu- »■» DARCT A WOLFORD'S NEW BUREAU. Arnold Wolford, of the firm of Darcy * Wolford, left for Australia July 8, and will WOODS SIGNS DOLLY CASTLB. . Dolly Castle, the European prima donna, under engagement to A. H. Woods, will have • bcrt for the opening of the Casino m August, establish a branch of their office In Sydney an Important part In "The Woman Hater's, will be presented to New York under the and Melbourne, representing several Atnerl- Club," wflicn will be- produced in Boston. name of ■ The Merry Countess." can authors and managers. Under this heading we will publish each week important amusement events occurring In the corresponding week ft quarter of ft century ago. ^^^^^^^^, • July 0 1887.—Alcazar Theatre, nurley.Wls., burned, and many lives lost. July 11j— "Tho New Karl," by Con T. Mur- phy, originally acted In Chicago, III. July 11.—"Monsieur," by Richard Mansfield, originally acted at the Madison Square Theatre, Ncw York City. In It John Parry made his American debut July 12.—Charles II. Iloyt and Flora Walsh married at Charleston, N. H. July 12.—Wm. II. West and Remella G. Mor- „v . rli married at Camden, N. J. %_- sI * I SOUVENIRS FROM THE TITANIC *-- Joe Ec'r.lcs sod Minnie Dupreo, 'The Oec* man Baron and Dancing Girl," Just rot»rned after a success^'! two weeks' trip through Nova Scotia and Cape . w «)ton Islands, and brought a collection of relics And aMlVetllrl from the Titanic disaster, among them an original wireless dispatch to the White Star Line S. S. Co., at Halifax, from Ismay, man- ager of the company. A broadside, In deep mourning, gotten out by the White Star Lino announcing that on the arrival, Juno 30, of tho Mackay-Bcunctt funeral ship, with 280 bodies from the ill-fated ship. Titanic, nicked up at sea. will be token to Snow's Morgue for Identification. Whore relatives and friends arriving In Halifax may register and Identify the bodies; a life-preserver from one of the bodies, a pair of stockings, the shoes and a rubber ring, taken from tbe two-year- old child picked up at sea and brought to Halifax; also twentyfour snapshots Joe Ecklcs snapped of the Mackay-Bennett fu- neral ship, coming down Halifax harbor, In dock, unloading the bodies, the drays taking them to th« morgue the Interior of the morgue, with si. the bodies: Col. Astor's and Isidore Strauss' bodies entering tbe hearse, the graves of tho twenty-one unidentified, the unidenti- fied In the Jewish cemetery, the grave of tbe bandmaster, the only one found of the band who were playing "Nearer, My God, to Thee," as the Titanic went down, and in the same grave the only child found was burled, and a number of others, all of which Mr. Bcklcs presented to Al. Fostcll. «i > HARRIS BACK FROM EUROPE. Ben Harris, former manager of Young's Pier Theatre, In Atlantic City, returned last week from a two months' visit In Europe, during which time he was In London, Paris and Hamburg. george'castle, For many years a member of the Kohl- Castle firm, controlling a number of Im- portant Chicago theatres, and now president of tbe company, Is also a director of tho Western Vaudeville Managers' Association, an adjunct of the Kobl-Castlo Co.. and the largest booking office West of Ncw York. Ills first association wltb the late Charles K. Kohl occurred more than a double decade agu, wnen as joined wirn tb.nl Other.master spjrlt in operating tho old Olympic Theatre, then the only recognized, vaudeville, house j n Chi- cago. Previous to that time ilr. Castlo had been a booking agent, and his remarkable knowledge and skill in this difficult work made blm Invaluable In these early years, when tho greatest theatrical partnership In the West was In the course of the develop- ment, not only then, but years after, when Kohl lc Castlo had added one important the- atre after another to their chain, did his vast expcrlcnco In the selection of acta con- tribute very largely to the success of the con- , stantly enlarging partnership. From the early klndcrgiirtcn days of vaude- ' vllle, or variety, as It was then known, to the more recent times, when this form of en- tertainment had developed until it was every- where recognized as essential entertainment, Mr. Castles brilliant ability In booking act» and arranging programs contributed In great measure to tho success achieved by his firm. • Personally familiar wltb all the artists and extremely popular with them, In consequence of hJs democratic methods and sense of Jus- tice and honor, n full snare of the success of the Olympic, and then of tho Chicago Opera House and II ay market, might be traced to his door. Ills capacity for Inflnltfl sains, conquering all the details and scanning all the reasons, made him one of the ablest aft'l most progressive of booking managers, and in that line of work he mado a record which the more flamboyant and self-appreciative egeuts ro frequently In view at the present time might observe with admiration and envy, but could not opproecb. Hut It was not alone hit keen analysis at vaudevillo value that gave Mr. Castle stand- ing and distinction. Ills calm conservative Judgment was of vast Import at many trying Junctures in the development of a great busi- ness ; nlwnys ready to venture, ho preferred first to think It orer and then to act with energy and decision. Thus the partners worked together with singular success, one complimenting the other to a remarkable de- gree, and each being vitally Important In constructing a notnblo business which reached its climax In the beautiful Majestic Theatre, In Chicago, which Is a marvel of well directed effort After the death of Mr. Kohl, who had long been president of tho company, Hr. Castle was elected to that position, which hi> has held ever slnee. bis entire famlllsrlty with the business having been gained during the long term of years when he officiated as sccrotary and treasurer of the company. Mr. Castle Is accustomed to spend the seven Winter months ht Florida, where h>- has a cottage and • yacht, bnt from May to November be enjoys residence In Chicago, making occasional trips with his string of trotters to capture prizes at tbe various Fairs and racing meets. As a gentleman driver he has few equals, and for many seasons It bad been his hobby and bis pleasure to tune up the trotter*,. )