The New York Clipper (October 1912)

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER. October 19 RUNAWAY YEAJR HARRY VON T.ILZER RUNAWAY YEAH SOMEBODY ELSE JS GETTING _IT *^aaW»A^B8S" THE.GIRL. BEHIND _THE~ MAN nB»1|«r' THE CHOST OF_ THE COBLIN MAN.^JSMK^MffSS" I'LL~SIT_ RICHT ON THE MOQN MM TOggB jBMW I'D DO AS MUCH FOR YOU "■Wff'eBWSHB^J^ •PBCXAL HOTICK. ■ »" bounstki-i , wn.i. nit at ncn hikaxii nrrid ron thi mi" FfH'R wiiKi, ««d ofwra "<""■ ,LD »- HARRY VON TILZER MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.. 125 West 43d Street, New York BARRIE, SHAW AND PLNERO WAHUS CRIPTS ARRIVE. FROHMAN NAMES DATB OF PRO- DUCTION. Fa Charles Frohman In -now In possession of the complete manuscripts of tbc three plays especially written by J. M. Barrle, Bernard Nluiw and Sir. Arthur l'lnero, for perform- ance as a single overling's bill in London, at tbe. Duke of York's Theatre, on Oct 14, and In Now York as soon thereafter as lie can secure a Broadway theatre. The title of the l'lnero play Is "The Widow of Wnsdale." TIiIh Is the longest of the three plays. Over twenty people appear In the cast. Hlr Arthur l'lnero iiluinelf Is now per- sonally directing lis rehearsals at the Duke of. York's Theatre, London, where the com- pany was assembled last Monday. The l'lnero day la of a serious vein. It contains what i thought to be an exceptional ghost scene. It will be performed third In the evening's bill, J. M, Barrio's play Is called "Itosallnd." In quality It Is a return to tho typo of fan- tastic construction first displayed by Mr. Barrio la "The Little Minister." Barries play has lens characters than those set down in either tho Plnero or Shaw manuscripts, but tho story und characters urn all of to- day, the scenes being laid In present day London and Its suburbs. Tho llarrle play will be performed Hint In the evening's bill. Bernard Shaw's contribution to Charles Frohmnn's Idea of giving the public works by three playwrights ag onu evening's bill Is crkractcrfstlcnlry entitled "Over-Ruled." Mr. Shaw's play will be the second play of tha evening. . In atructuro and Idea It Is totally at variance with tho l'lnero and Barrle manuscripts. Sir Arthur l'lnero'B play Is a rare dramatic human document—almost n study In realism; Mr. Barrio's play Is sheer fantasy, whtlo Mr. Bhnw's Is a broadside discussion mid argument, brilliantly Involved and most humorously concluded. When theao New York exhibitors start something there Is something doing. Lust year's ball Is a good sample of their way of doing tilings. The coming ball, to bo held on Nov, 14, at I'alm Garden, Is being ex- tensively, billed at most of the moving pic- ture theatres In the city. Many of tho lend- ing stars In motion picture realms arc going to attend. All three playwrights worked la utter ig- norance of what each was doing. The last manuscript to bo delivered was Mr. Shaw's. When the plays nrc done In New York two well, known stars will play principal parts, one being assigned to the Harrlo play, and the other to the Plnero piny. In his ar- rangement with the a ui he is. Mr. Frohmnn usi red that each nulbor should huvo bis own company, and no lending actor or actress should pluy more than ono part. 4<» "TUB LADY OF TUB SLIPPER." On Tuesday night, Oct. 8, Charles Dllllng- limn offered for the first time on any st.iue at the Chestnut Street Opera House, Phila- delphia, Ills three prlnclpnl stars, Mont- gomery .und Stone, and Klsle Jnnls, In a mu- sical fantasy. In three acts, entitled "The Lady of the ■Slipper," with the subtitle. "A Modern Clnderellu." Victor Herbert Is cred- ited with the music, awl Anne Caldwell, Lnwrenno McCurty nnd Jnmcs O'Den with Inc book. Miss .inula was the modern Cin- derella, and Fred Stone nnd David Mont- gomery were Punka nnd Spooks. A ballet, entitled "Youth," with Lydla Lopoukowti. tho itiisNlnn dnnscusc, as the prtmtrt, \v.m ono of the features of the performance. *-*-* HAMMERSTHIN'S LONDON OPERA mm, Many persons whose names nrc familiar to BngllBh music lovers arc associated with an Important proposal to acquire Hammcrsteln's Iiondon Opera House as n permanent national opera house. The Institution would not outer Into com- petition with the annual twelve weeks' sea- son of grand opera at Covcnt Onrdcn. The signers of the letter Include: Sir Frederick Bridge, Sir Frederick Co wen. Sir l'-dward Ferman, Sir Alexander C. MncKon- "''''. $} r v w " ,,l ' r 1'nrrott. Sir Hubert Pun and Sir Chas, V. Stanford. ♦*-* MABEL LOCKHART'g SUCCESS. Mnliel Loeklmrt, .thnt wlnsoino singing co- medienne, was n recent caller nt Tub Clip- I'Kk office, nnd reported having Just closed n very successful trip through tlio West ot tho head of her own compnny of vnudovllllnns. In every city the show played Miss Lockhart nnrt her company were highly praised by both press and public. Mabel Is now working In J. double net with Arthur McConncll, nnd that the act Is up to the minute Is linder- fctoc.il! by those who know Miss Locklmrt's nintiltlon to give the nubile "new stufT." Ihey opened In New York last week. "VICARS OF DISCRETION.*' KELLERD LEASES (IAHDGN THEATRE. John E. Kellerd has leased the Garden Theatre, beginning Nov. 18. Mr. Kellerd will be the manager and director of a company with whom he will revive Shakespearean ploys. Several special performances of Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex'' will be given as matinees. •''','■'' ''A NOW BEADY! THE| CLIPPER RED BOOK AND DATE BOOK r or FRANK QUEEN PUB. CO., LTD. Publishers THE NEW YORK CUPPER ALBERT J. BORIE, Managing Editor 4VT W. S8th STRin, 1IXW YORK OCT OUT AND Send This Ooupon and Ten Cents for a oopy of THE CLIPPER RED BOOK AND DATS BOOK (For 1912-19181 To THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 47 West JHiI, Street, New Fork DOLLY CASTLE, In "The Woman Haters," at the Astor, New York. TUBA TRE BUILDING IN PHILADELPHIA. The erection of new theatres and moving Picture houses continues at a lively gait In 'hllndelplila. Lust week J. Fred Zimmer- man, who built lust year the Liberty and Key- stone theatres, purchased an old market house, at the Northwest corner of Twenty- sixth Street nnd GIrard Avenue,-which ho will demolish nnd replace with another $100,000 playhouse for vaudeville and mov- ing pictures. It will occupy an area of 108 by 100 feet, and will have a 2,000 seating capacity. The West End Realty Co. also awarded a contract for the erection of a big moving picture house on the Lust side of Flftv-sccond Street, North of Market, at a cost of ¥80.000. It will mensurc 70 by 100 feet, and will have a I.IiuO seating capacity. Xf. S. Maloney Is reconstructing an old stnble at the Southwest corner of Twunty- ftccund nnd Berks streets, Into a moving pic- ture house. M. A. Benn Is having plans prepared for another moving picture bonne, 48 by 80 feet, nt Sixty-fourth Street nnd Woodland Avenue. * «» PLAYERS FOR "TUB WHIP." The principal roles la "The Wlhtp," at the Mnnhnttnn Opera House, will bo played by Maele llllngton, Mrs. Charles Illnckall, Loo- norn Harris, Lillian Keller, Justine' Cutting, Ambrose Manning. Charles Blackall, Mona Morgan. Dion Tltheradgc, John Halltdny, LuiiiNdcm Hare, and John Sllnc. Twelve minor roles will he played by American nctors. 4»» Tub La Month Stock Co. closed for two weeks, nnd will rc-orgnnlzc. HELEN WAIT HURT. Helen Walt fell and suffered a scalp wound nnd sprained ankle on Oct. 10. while dnnclng at the Orphoutn Theatre, tincltinutl, O. L. WOLFB GILBERT, The well known composer, Is uow perma- nently located with the F. A. Mills Publishing Co., whero he will be pleased to meet nil friends nnd make new ones. Ills most recent hits Include "Waiting for the Robert !•:. Lee," "Bagging the Baby to Sleep," "Hltchy Koo" and "Take Me to That Swancc Shore." Notks Fitoit Whitney Stock Co., Welsh ft Wnlbourn, managers. — We closed our tent season at Durum), Mich., Sept. 21, laying off Ihreo days at headquarters, Iinlny City, and opened our regular season Sept. 20, at Imlny City. Although we had our share of rain, we have no complaint of our "canvas" trip. We have all new plays, which are under the direction of J. C. Welsh, and our company is up to tho standard, nnd we have new scenery nnd wardrobe. Our big feature bill, "A Night In Chinatown," surely makes them talk. Our toste-v remains nearly the Mine: J. C. Welsh, BIMy Wnlbourn. Bnlph Barton, W. C. Hodges Tom Oakley M. C. Bcckwlth, Itlta Raddlce! ltarhfl Travis, Master Thomas Oakley, Happy Lou Whitney, nnd Gypsy, our mascot. ■run Watson and Norman Wdndbi, are with the Wm. Orcw Stock Co., at St. Joseph, Mo. I/iniiMNK Kbbnh Notch. —Lorrnlne Kccne and Associate Players will open their second season In Grand Island. Neb.,- Oct. 14 In permnnent stock, producing two plnya each week, using onlv the beat plays available for stork. Miss Keene thoroughly cstallshed herself nnd company during her long run In Grand Island Inst season, and looks forward to (he same remarkable business this season, NOTICE. HILLY AHR1NGTON, Making good with Tlieo. Morse's latest com- positions. HALF TONE PICTURES In the read- In* P«B>ea Of THB CLIPPER will be Inserted at these prleesi Front Pace Oat , 105.00 Doable Column a 10.00 „ Made Column. , NOTABLE PLAYERS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT fern Back Noraata Cootauum i It contains the names and addresses of Man* sacra. Vaudeville sod Dramatic Agents la New York, Chicago, Boston, PhlUdelphla, Pittsburgh. San Francisco, Canada, London; Music Publishers; Railroad Agents; The- atrical Clubs and Societies; T. M. A. Head- quarters ; Railroad and Steamship lines, etc., and other Information. Sent only on receipt of 10 cents (stamps or coin), accompanied by a coupon cut from THB NEW YORK CLIPPER. Notabu PLATUaa Urov Application. dt PiiBuiHBD Cam n MRS. JANE GERMON. Mrs. Jane Gcrmon was bom Feb. 8, 1822, at New Orleans, La. She was tbe daughter of William Anderson, a celebrated actor In his day, and Euphcmla Jefferson, daughter of tho elder Joseph Jefferson; the late Jo- seph Jefferson, who made "Hip Van Winkle" famous, and Mrs. Germon being first cousins. From Infancy aho showed marked talent for the stage, but was not allowed to visit the theatre until sbo was seveu years of age. when she made her debut on tho stage as AJbert, In "William Tell," In Washington, D. C, In 1820, Edwin Forrest appearing In the title role. She played In Washington nil that Winter. Her next year was spent In Philadelphia, Pa., where she played all the "child parts" to Ihe lending plars. She next went to Baltimore and played the Duke of York to the elder Booth. Sho was getting too large for those small parts, and she acted Hie Waiting Maid, In "Tbe Jraloii i Wife," with Fanny Kcmble. In Phil- adelphia sho played "Jonn of Arc," with Ann Waring, afterward Mrs. J. W. Wnllack Jr. She spent the next soaBon In Albany, N. Y. Tbe following season she came to New York as a member of the Franklin Tac- ii t r Co., opening In September, 18:15, under the management of William Dtnneford. Later she returned to Albany and opened May 4, 1830, at the old South Tearl Street Theatre, In "School for Scandal.' Thos. t'liieiiie. Wm. Rufus Blake, Amelia Fisher, Emma Wheatley anil olhera were In the company. When she was seventeen years of age sho was married to Green C. Gcrmon. who cre- ated the role of Uncle Tom In Aiken's ver- sion of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Mrs. Germon was a member of the Arch Street Theatre Company, Philadelphia, sea- son of 1860-51, opening Nov. i;i, 1830, n Gertrude, In "The Loan of a Lover." Her husband died In Chicago, HI., April 14, 1851. Her next New York appearance was at lh« old Broadway Theatre, Dec. 18, IK38, an Mine. Dcscbapcllcs, In "The Ln<ly of Lyons," under Edward Eddy'B management, and ot tho last performance at tills theatre, April U, 1HSD, she played Chariulon, In "Antonr and Cleopatra, aad Margery, In "Fortune'* Frolic." When "Our Molhor-ln-Lnw" was produced at the Park Theatre, New York (Twenty-second Street and ltrondwny), she was In tho cast, and on Oct. 13, 1H84, she played Miss Prim, In "Nltn's Firm." nt Wil- luck's Theatre. During her eventful rnmr kbc was with Joseph Jefferson. Mrs. Ijing- try. Edwin Booth, Fcchtcr, Adelaide Nellsoo, John F. Owens, John Sleeper t'liuke, Mnggle Mitchell, Mary Anderson and muiiy other prominent stars. Sho played Mrs. Toodln with John S. Clarke, but wns not Hie original Mrs. 'fondles, as has been stated. That farce was first played In New York, Oct. 27, 1848, by Burton, and wus «t flrnt called "Tho Brokca Heart; or, The Farmers laughter," and John 8. Clarke did not play it for seven years after thnt. Mrs. Gcrmon retired from the stage a tho late '80s, and made her homo in llultlmorr, Md., with her son, Dr. Frank Gcrmon. She was tendered a complimentary benellt on May 23, 1801, at Ford's Opera House, llnltl- more, Md. Among tho volunteers wasi Mrs. John Drew, who went over from Philadel- phia. The play was "The Married Life. Mrs. Gcrmon died Aug. 10, 1IMW, nt licr son's homo In Baltimore. Two of her other children, John H. and Efflc Germon, aittalned prominence on the stage. (To be Continual.) OUR BUIfcl^iSQUKRS. u. :«. 4. 5. DOLLY FIELDS, the Glrln from Reno. A\!V\ (ill Aiv1, 1IIku Life In Burlesque. MARION CAMPBELL, Columliln llurlcsnaera. LEE SISTERS AND WILLIE MACK, Moulin lloiige Co. LOVBY MARY GIIBBNB, Mux Spiegel's Co. ® , £ 1 ' £ R , 0M "-R'GHTON" FINISHES, thnt William Fox will send theJi "The Girl from Brighton" will close its A series of revivals of aitcce^ » w , engagement at the Academy of Music Satur- plays will be put on at thei ^j"' 1 ",',, day evening, Oct 20, but It Is expected company composed of tho orlsuwl LU8,S -