The New York Clipper (December 1912)

])EOEMBfiB 14 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER. 11 n a six months' leave of absence. Wore the opening of the carnival isd 1* *S« .til trawl with her husband next Spring. 8 ' m CBrmval S* ^, U ™mer and, •«« exhibiting the * BKrt SfflSfrn ttio United States, they will C^iSl"Sod toon the Philippine Islands, **V, ft tor big carnival hdd.it Manila the season, DAItKOOT SHOWS CLOSE. flashes aot> dashes. Deatbs in tbe Profession The- K. G. Barkoot World's Greatest 8howi wound up the season of 1012 itValdosta Qa 7 Saiurday, Dec. 7.. whore the parapUe?: iTJi't'SiSw people. Send me your route*. ptrooent. CM rp«s, Chicago, Wr»"j.^„, —when In t ind W> for this de- epp, Western The latch ■ * *" J!?i5. a !P.^ ln " r quarters." time wurbe"losrin"u\ak"n^"ready" tot*m». jSSSSSES^-BViiBSBGBk very S° J . d one on tho whole, and that no * ind f« always qui- nt the pictures. „ .« m Chicago: Charles E. Corey, B. E. »* 'S a t Conway, Doc Kline, Jack Cronln, ^''^Jrainea Hathaway, Ted Byrnes, B1 " E&siSAndrew Stuerta, Fred Wor- ;a ? e ££ AlleT ETC. Talbott. Con T. Ken- 3 1m\*im Stevenson, W\ ■ Spaeth, B&Jl Springer. Charles Hlte, Lon Moore, ^^gg«SS beer, badinage, bor- «*gj £JnM will spend the holidays In 8 Staaa the pay day. to keen It.wholly. --\S^ trt M CLOSED SEASON AT ARGENTJL a^gJLSi"WW. and wife are Winter * tH ^l benefit of those seeking to dls mr Identity, will say that I am closely In Winter quarters in that city •r«JI to Jeremiah Wise. This company opened Feb. 1. , SfnwiMaB Oliveb, late with the Aitees, is third annual orange show at San Bernardino, fEjwortorlal staff of The Chicago Daily Cal.. and has been out thirty-seven weeks. HOME, SWEET HOME. I awaken early in the morn- Awake or ant I dreaming 7 No sound of squawkers mir the dawe. No scent of "red-hots" steaming, No ballyhoo—all quiet, still; No "big day" now before ua, No clatter of the elder mill, No organ anvil chorus. Back home sgmln. the season's o'er; Here's Winter and short rations, To keep the wolf outside the door, And wealthy conversations; Bisecting millions, blowing foam "Next year will be a hummer," Such pre the Joys of home, sweet home, For those who troupe In Summer. Will H. Dobbin has been engaged for the Holden Players, at the Colonial Theatre, Indianapolis. Olive Wtnt>iiam has been engaged by Charier Frohman for the leading female role In 'Chains," which be Is to produce at the Criterion Theatre on Monday afternoon, Dec. 16. Matinees of "Little Women" will be given at the Playhouse on every afternoon during Christmas and New Year's week. . Master Gabriel, the midget comedian, has been engaged to appear at the Children's The- atre, on the roof of the Century, In the role of Peter Piper, a doll. In ■ Rackctty-JPackotty House," which opens Christmas week. Adeline Genes made her re-uppesranc* In New York, afternoon of Dec. 3, at the Metro- polian Upcra House, after an absence of more than a season, and for two hours charmed an audience that filled the big building. M. Voltnln was her assistant. In okdcb to meet the demand lor seats for "The Whip,' at the Manhattan Opera House, extra matinees will be scattered throughout the holiday period, in addition to the regular Wednesday and Saturday matinees Tub Shuberts' next musical production will be the first American presentation of Frana Lehar's "The Man With the Three Wives." Rehearsals have already begun. Mrs. Leslie Cabtbb will be seen in a repertoire of plays this season, under John Cort's management, beginning her tour the latter part of the present month. Nat C. Goodwin Is Improving so rapidly In health that Oliver Morosco, under -whose management the comedian now is. has decided to open his new playhouse, the Morosco The- atre, In Los Angeles, on Christina* Day, instead of on Dec. 30, at first announced. Mr. Goodwin will appear In "Gauntlett's Pride." Chapime, who is touring this season in "The Rose of Panama," will be seen in New York In a new play of French origin, at the end of her present engagement. The Cost Theater, in West Forty-eighth Street, New York, which will be completed the =2 ™ M A«cmcnt if ImDortanco was 1 latter part of this month, will be one of the handsomest structures of Its kind on the Amerl- ., . Wttv fl 0 ™ n East " in tie rolo of Anna can continent. In construction and decoration It Is designed after the petite Trianon, in the wo | CD * ,],„ continued to play almostcoa' Garden of Versailles. ■ ilnuously for ten seasons ud to the tlmo Schuberino A Lamr, a new firm of theatrical producers, have accepted '"The Light, 'a of hcr retirement from too stage, four yeara Phoebe DnvlvN. Phocbo Davios. a well known actress, and the wife of Joseph It. Grtsmcr, died Dec. 4 at hcr home tu Larchmont, N. Y., after an Illness of a year. Miss Davles wns born in Cardigan, Wales, In 1S01, and enme to America with her father, Cant. Dmild Davles, of the Light- house Service, going lo San Francisco. David Belasco, then stage manager for the Baldwin Thru tic. tbnt city, heard hcr recite a scene from "A Mad Wreck," and so well ?leased was he that he at onco engaged her or the stock company of that theatre. Before the end of the first season aho became leading woman of the company In Clay M. (Irene s drama, "Chlspa," and aoon married Mr. Grlsmer, then leading man of the com- pany. Together they made many tours of the West, starring Jointly. On Jan. 3, 1803, she appeared at the Broadway Theatre. New York, la "The Now South," a play by Mr. Greene and Mr. Orls- mer, and after a season took the leading rolo In "Humanity." Following this her The tour will begin Snyder's Greater United Shows, under the pru-Bo, — -. management of A. B. Miller, closed their in. the beneflt of those seeking to dls- season Nov. 0, at Argenta, Ark., and are now ...mV identity, will eay that I am closely in Winter quarters in that city. reUteeI to Jeremiah Wise. ^ ^ 4 ^ t _ ..TMi ca fafsay opaaad Fob. 19 last, at. the ontbereporto a - traTeIlng ovef 14 . O 00 miics, trVverslng "the lew Tahkeb, an old time novelty and con- States of California, Arizona. New Mexico, «ion mnn has opened a Jewelry store at Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, 97 rlnrk Street, Chicago. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky and a lam man around a show is no worse Arkansas, thin a dead one, bnt he takes up more room. H. Snyder left the Rhow at Tucson, Ariz., ntfcr Earlb Is under a physician's care at early In March, going Knst for the purpose of rt° Wellington. organizing a minstrel Show which he and the today Is short, yesterday ts gone, to- Hugo Rrotliers framed up and took over to ,™rrvw may never come, bo, If you've any- Australia about the middle of May, where Mnxtodo, get busy. It Is still on the rond. Tur members of the Fair and Exposition Vtlhlle the past season was not up to the Managers' Association, In convention at the average In the carnival business, owing to Hotel Sherman, were given a treat during the money stringency, and conceded by all to the banquet Tuesday night when Herbert A. have been decidedly an off year In the amuse- Kllnr entertained with* some off the free at- ment line, still most of the shows made a tiactions be has under contraetffor next sea- little money, and arc satisfied. sua Tbavlu's Dand furnished the music The old Cosmopolitan Shows, formerly Tie following acts appeared: Romona Ortes, owned by Snyder & Anderson, and which had I llliin Kogers and Prevost and Brown. been lying here In storage the past year, con- ' It Is learned that Princess Victoria will elsting of a steam plant, dynamo, eight positively fulfill her contract with William wagon fronts, box and flat cars, sleeping Morris for the Harry Lander show, under cars, etc., have been acquired by Mr. Miller the management of a brother of her late end will be added to his present equipment, manager Charles M. Abrahams. The work of building, re-modellng and pslnt- A WORD TO CARNIVAL MEN. hig the entire outfit has already been started, _ , _ M. . «... •_-_!„.,., »..„ and when this new company emerges forth The annual meeting of the American Abbo- , t A n nnd t £ namc 0 , M1 „ er . a elation of Fsir and JW^on M'mkj Greater Shows, the amusement loving pnb'ic contains a^ message;of vitalI importance that in t twent y. flve car show atonld be taken cognizance of by all carnival f<inIppc) , ta eT b ery department to cater the best and newest creations offered by any carnival company touring the road. The following closed here with the show: W. A. Miller, prop, merry-go-round; Geo. J. Lucas, Kataanjamraer Castle and roulette wheel; Frank 8. Hotchk!«s. big six In one; J. W J'ibnson, Dixie Land Minstrels; Frnnk Lewis, fairies In the wol'; Caol. Wm. Hoff- man, deep sea divers; Jos. P. Thrift, Jungle- land ; Ollck Nelson, doa: nbow; Artie C Wil- lis, cyclorama show: Geo. Henderson, octo- pus; B. R. Wise, wild girl: Wm. Ramsdeu, Ferris wheel and crazy house; C. Vermelto, big ten In one; E. Y. Wren, photo gallery; Red Menspeaker, lunch stand; Ctias. Koeh- \et, Maude mole and tenplne; Klncannon's knife rack, Mrs. C. Koehler, palmist; Chas. S. Wilson, vase and poodle dog wheel; Harry Berger, landy wheel; R. J. Graves, mgr. privilege csr; Geo. Rollings, secy.; Wm. West, lot man ; Al. Lampson, boss teamster; Mart Ntlson, electrician; E. C. Klncannon, calliope player; Wm. Atterbery, l:and leader; Oscar Crooks, trainmaster; Ed. L. Helni, gen'l agent, and R. C. Elgin and L. D. Lynn, promoters. - stage, four years ago. With hcr husband and son aho had, lived In Larchmont for a number of years. The funeral was held Dec 0 at St John's Church, Larchmont. society drama by the Marquis of Queensberry, for immediate production. Dec. 30. A special performance of "Cinderella," for the benefit of the Seaside Home for Crippled Children, will be given at the Hudson Theatre on Friday afternoon, Dec. 13, at 3.30 o'clock, by the students of the Department of Physical Education of Teachers' College, Columbia University. Ia.\ Maclarev will succeed Basil GUI, the English actor, In the role of the Chinese Em- peror, In "The Daughter of Heaven," when the play starts on tour, soon after the holidays. ,,,...,,, Harbison Uuktbii has been engaged by John Cort as leading man for Mrs. Leslie Carter, f r om which, she had suffered for two years' In her forthcoming revival of "Zaza." "Camllle" and "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray." Mla3 it 0V) . an , who wns a nleco of Lyman J. Lansing Jlownn, a well known actress, died Monday Dec. 2, at the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Hospital, followlug an operation for neuritis, look where yon win. yon will find this a Say of combination of business Interests, and an effective association of carnival managers li a dire necessity at the present moment. An exchange of Ideas and experiences would surely be beneficial, and, from time to time, vould suggest measures that could alleviate owresslon and high-handed methods In cer- tain quarters. „ . M The average fair director, under existing conditions, knows that, while during the Winter months carnival managers may be boiioin friends and comrades, when the time I comes to Blgn contract* it will be bloody war and no quarters. Of this condition he takes i edrsntsgc Us he should, from his vlew- 1 point), applies the screws, and the result la , a loss directly or indirectly to everyone en- i raeed in the carnival business. wo bear of the days when a fair board 1 rave a iiercentage of the gate receipts, a boons, choice of location and offered other IniocrmentF- to get.nny kind of a carnival ' company. Now the taVes have been turned. It Is the carnival manager who must stand and deliver. The condition is unfortunate In the ex- treme, with no ray of sunshine to cheer even an optimist One of the crying evils that should and could be eliminated is the rank outsider, the middleman, who often-tlmea is a graftef, baa no reputation, hast no shows, has nothing with the possible exception of pull and bull, who gets the contract to furnish attractions at, a reasonable percentage, and then' snb- b-»ki a carnival company at a figure netting him the difference between what he pays and what he gets. Where does he cut In at? The seven directors of the Metropolitan Opera Co. who met Dec. 5 to consider Oscar Hammersteln's pica to be permitted to present grand opera In English, deferred action until a meeting Is held by the full bonn! of directors, fourteen in number. .,.,„. ^ Henry W. Savage is organizing a company to appear in a reverts ro of plays, chiefly of port or j (r stdunrt. Lnter sho appeared an Irish-American sort. The company will consist of people of Insli-Amerlcna birth, anil w | ca Le W | g Morrison In "Faust" following the two principal players, already engaged, will be Tim Murphy and Gertrudo Qulnlan. The wltn nn enRagetnent In "Young' Mrs Win- first play will be staged before Jan. 1. "Rackbttv-I'acketty House," a piny by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, has been se- lected to open the new Children's Theatre, on the roof of the Century, on Monday aftemoou, Dec. 23. George Lrrrixwoon, formerly well known as pedestrian in six day walking matches, died last week, in England. There will be a professional performance of "The Yellow Jacket" on Friday afternoon, Dec. 13, at the Fulton Theatre. The Manhattan Opeba House Is to adopt a rule thnt no patron will bo seated after tne interment was in the Actors' Fund nlot in curtain rises until the close of the first act of "The Whip." The length of too performance &cri rC cns^ P necessitates an 8 o'clock curtain. ...,_. . IMchnrd Albert Snnltleid. an imnro- Lew Fields announces that William Collier will give" a special matinee performance of - "The Rivals," at the Forty-eighth Street Theatre, New York, during New Year's week. Mr. Collier will, of course, be the Bob Acres. Mb. and Mrs. Walter C. Juhdan arrived Sunday morning, Dec. 8, on the Caronla. In Mr. Jordan's party were George Tallls, associated with J. C. Williamson, In Australia, and C. Haddon Chambers. Habbt Lauder will begin his coming American tour Dec. 23. at the Casino, New }ork. Messrs. Cohan & Habbis announce " during President Cleveland's administration. Sha>was living with her uncle In Los Angeles, Cal., when the went on the stage In the sup- port o* " with 1 with i throp." She was leaning; inuy l'rnwley Stock Co., of San Francisco, for two years. Coming Knst, Miss Rowan appeared lu "Mistakes Will Happen." Sho was ulso with Annie Rutucll, in "A .Midsummer Night's Dream," and starred throughout the country until her Illness. Funeral services will bo held Dec. 0, at 20 Ashland Place. The lent v rcens 'hnrd narlo and music publisher, died Tuesday, Dec. 8,.at St. Luke's UoBpltnl, New York, from heart failure. Mr. Snulllold was born In 1857 In Leeds, England, and entered the managerial fluid in musical productions In liondon, while still n young man. Coming rd wt,ayaiwiim^ lsi^M^Ms^ig^ai^TtlWj e ?ai ^SSmJ'mwOea vtSS!3SL*»Smi Monday evening performance, Dee. 16, of Douglas fc«ir)«nks. In Hawthorne, of toe U. 8. A., twenty yean ngo he entered the muBlc DUb- at the Astor Theatre, will be given for the benefit of the Servian Kollcf Hind. Ilshlng field and published popular songs and The Theatre RorAL, Montreal, Can., is offered for sale by II. Joseph & Co. » sanw , ( tom WC cp3Hlui light musical shows, Ernest Schilling, the pianist, after an absence of four years, appeared ia concert, after- ti popular prlres. .About ton years ago he noon of Dec. 6, at Carnegie Hall, New York. ,„ . :. retired from the active management of his Ibma La Piebbb has been engaged by Schuberlng & Lamb to play the role of Constance b Ug |n CS1 , retaining the controlling Interest. Fowler, the American girl, in "The Light," which that firm is preparing to send on tour » nd wcnt to KngUnd. Ho returned to Amcri about Jan. 1. lea last Spring. He Is survived by his wife, La Bells Blanche is to Join the Werba & Lueschcr forces. — «._--.— __. - Mabcus Loew has purchased from William Morris the letter's Interest in too American Music Hall, New York. « . ^_ . Reins Dsuies begins Jan. 13 a tour of the Keith houses, opening at the Orpheum, Clarence Handisidb will be In the support of Laurette Taylor, In 'Peg o' Mr Heart, that city, from paralysis, aged soventy-ona in which she will appear for th» first time In New York os a full-fledged star, on the occa- years. He was bora In Baltimore and went elon of toe opening of the new Cort Theatre. __ __ „_ Noba Bayes and Jack Nobwobth will leave the V\ eber-Flslds Co., to Join "The Sun Dodgers," week before Christmas. „ _ Robert Drouet will appear in "His Wife by His Side," to open Dec. SO. Nanette Corn- stock, an old Broadway favorite. Is also engaged Lillian Lorraine Is featured for next week's bill at the Victoria, New York. Francis Mobex is acting secretary of the Vaudeville Comedy Club, in place of Dam Th'b new Bed Bank (N. J.) theatre, on West Front Street, wlU be opened Dec. 81. A name will be selected by that time. A theatre site Is proposed for Tremont Street and Dlt Place, Boston. one son, two daughters and a brother, who will continue the buslneis ho established. Harry Grace, for more than fifty years connected with Indianapolis, Ind., theatres as stage mennger, died Dec 1 at his home in to Indianapolis more than a half century ago, going with James B. and George A. Dickson, and was the stage manager at toe Grand Opera House until It passed out of the hands of Dlcksou * Tslbott. Mr. Once had a wide acquaintance with theatrical people and was bold In high regard. He was the organizer or the local branch of the Stage Employees' Union, and was one of its officers. Ho was an Interesting figure in Indianapolis theatrical life, and was always Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Perry Thlebault, la Chicago, Monday, Nov. 25. a son. Cabaret news. DANCING AT HEALEY'S. Since the opening of the dance hall for the - diners at Hcaley'a, Slxtr-sixth Street nnd He knowa he has a «ood fair, nnd If Henry Broadway, New York, business has Increased won't pay lis price Harry wilt wonderfully. It has one of the snappiest I have neither the time nor space to set j n d merriest cabaret shows In New York , down the evils that a combination of carnt- city, managed by Miss Billy Evgleston. who • vay managers could overcome, their name Is ig one of our cleverest cabaret entertainers. itflon: but If a tiny seed has here been sown j-he Bolger Brothers, banjo players, late toward the formation of such a body I shall favorites In vaudeville, are knocking the be.proud to give It aU the assistance at my patrons off their seats with their rag play- romtnanl, through these columns and other- fj,- Grace Palmer, the Gaby operatic so- vi»e, and feel that this day's sun has set pr ano formerly with 'The Hen-Pecks" Co., Jjpon a wMthy action done. Instead of one f g (mining the hearts of the diners with her |or one alone, let it be one for all and all «weet singing. Grace has turned down many '"^Iber- good offers for vaudeville • 4 Jack Keller, for a young chap, has a very Herbert A. Klinb has some colossal plans powerful voice, which he uses very good for jpder way for next season Among the nu- a ballet or rag. • ... oerpus shows already signed up, CoL C. F. Andre and Mile. LVAsti, novelty dancers, HaSey's California Frank Wild West and are separated from the show In the res^ "alter K. Sibley's International Lady Swim- taurant. The team do their dancing on toe 5f«i and Divers may be mentioned. Under- third floor of toe bonding, where a certain gW a large new suitcase is In course of amount of space Is allowed toe atners lor dancing. ... „. , ALAdler, pianist, formerly with Sterna tnuslc house, and an orchestra of ten pieces Include the show. a Adams and Max Elinobb refers to her old partner as "a certain party." "Them's hard lines." May I welcome t» any circle In'which tho stag's Mb. and Mas. Walter C. Jordan returned from Europe Dec. 8. Haddon Chambers ana reminiscence was a part. He worked In Geo. Talus also arrived same dsy. ■ ^/ „_ almost every theatre In Indianapolis. HI* Sib Herbert Beerbohm Tree. England's celebrated character, arrived In New York Son- wife survives him. The funeral was under day, 8, on the Caronla, for a week's vacation. the charge of Indianapolis Lodge, B. P. 0. "The Unwritten Law" will be H. H. Frazce's next production, opening about Jan. 1, Elks, of which order he was a member. The new Cort Theatre, In West Forty-eighth Street, will open Dec. 20, with Lauretta Marcua K. Alcdo, a bandmaster, died Taylor, in "Peg o' My Heart." -__-__. , , , ^_ „,, A . Hec. 0 to Philadelphia, Pa., aged eighty-eight McInttbb and Heath, engaged by John Cort to star in new musical comedy, "Alexander years. At ono time Mr. Aledo was loader of Back to the Stable." _ . „ v ' _ ■ " , i{ e e k ' , . Band, one of the foremost bands In Sousa and his band gave their last concert for the year at the Now York Hippodrome, Philadelphia, and he was the organiser of Sunday night, 8. _ _ . _ _ many musical clubs throughout tho country. Oscab and Artfiur Hauuerstein. to present Emma Trentlni and Orville llarrola In For years ho and bis wife conducted a nra- concert at the Hippodrome, Sunday, 20, which will be the first time these singers have up- alcal studio. Ho is survived by a son. peared together. _ . _ „ _ . . ._- - Rlohard Frnyne, an aeronaut, while Police closed toe Lyceum Theatre, Sunday night, 8. No performance allowed, although making an ascension Dec. 1, at Jacksonville, no admission was charged. The entertainment was private and not for profit, claims society Fla., fell from his parachute and was ln- folk, and they have hopes of not being Interfered with hereafter. stantly killed. Ho fell about 2,000 feet. Mr. It is rported that the Mctrcpolt- Hotel, New York, will shortly bo opened under now Frayne was twenty-five years old and un- management. married. Ed. E. Pidqeon will manner Lauretta Taylor, In "Peg o' BIy Heart." for John Cort. Mane. Kojl-Ko, a well known Japanese Geobob A. Edes has closed as'manager of Alice Lloyd, In "Miss Fix-It." actress, died Dec. 5, In Montreal, Can. A Moving picrmiEs have been Installed in the Covent Garden Theatre, London. England. few years ago she appeared as the Japanese Ths Parkway Theatre Corporation of Brooklyn has been Incorporated by Albert Hcrgeu- Venus at Sir Chsr.es Wvndham's Theatre ban. Louis I. Harris and F. C. Menendes. Jn London, Eng., wiser* she sang Oyama, Daniel V. Arthiib was discharged in bankruptcy, Dec. 0. of *JS4.124 liabilities. In "Tho White Chrysanthemum.'' ' Subee- Morton 4 Keiseb, of the FoIIce Bergere Restaurant, were discharged in bankruptcy cf quently she traveled nil over the world with $202,722 liabilities, Dec. 0. , _ . . _ „ „ _^ various companies and sang la "The Mikado" "Cheer Up" will open at the Harris, New York, Dec. 30. with Walter Hampden, FTsnces ninny times. The lust three years Mme. Nordstrom, H. Pinto, totta Llntbicum, Sybil Pope, Sedlcy Brown and FayctU Perry la the ' Lina Ababbanell will have a complete new second act In the Mandel-Johnstone American operetta, "Miss Princess," when she comes to the Park Theatre, Monday nlRht, Dec. 23. Ben TiiJl-ICo nnd been rntertolnlng with prc- cmui* of hcr own arrangement, consisting of mcnolnguos. songs and dances based on the folklore of Japan, She was an enter- Hendricks and Isabel C. Francis have returned to the cast, and other Important changes have tnlner for Borosls, tho Society of New Eng- construction. DO YOU RECALL? rioter? R ' J " Lot,,s '"a 8 an electrical en- Shows'? Seo " H ' HtaM mendea for 0le Lemon Glen Schoaft of Sheehan, - w£ cn S' m ' H - Swanson had tho Red Dome T Bcboaff, now In their thirty-fourth week at When Uacle Ben Wallace was a liveryman? 8hanley's, Forty-third Street andI Broadway, ti.™ „. n .w ,lc . bl « wooden elephant was the fca- fcas been made Master Mason in York Lodge, KL«S«! _._. "".P. and A. M^ " SS ^,e B '^rry E Mray F, Ma L x a Kg and 8elmer Vincent. They are a good set of workers, and therefore hold tho diners every ws 011 S 00 T ' Kennedy wore a mustache? in St L J*S 1 * 8 Fwari showed in a car-barn tioSJi'? Si"** 1 Mlpatrkk rode dowh the na- "onal capltol steps? wi,«» F, . ™i"* "worEers, snu uieiujint.- uv.. Flam™" F , rank , 1 " T a">ot had a "Fighting the evening till closing hour. fiijmes Bhow? Snrrr Berko, the litt'- Hungarian violln- thc R?n„iP Br S,AN 0 ? 6 " made openings on | Bt , Das become quite a fi ^tc at Shaalcys, ■I Binding Sm 8how7 ■ Forty-thlrd Street and Broadway. She speaks * very little English, but her good Playing and *£?£&. H, 7 M entertained a number of StfKgWtSV-Mfim SamtJSi "^'val people at his Chicago Klrtaafe „ «.. CUL < * , £ d & «»>»ht, I Beminisecnces of "l/icfn Piatov aim Enan. Habila, toe S CK ^.aeptThe' party until the wee , m ^h\i RuVsIan dancers, now gotag on their ImSSL ii V " J°' 0U3 occasion. - {Sentv sevmth w^ek at Shsnley-a. Forty- sjg^gj O^aMja yjj well known roller S2%treet and Broadway. New York City, I™ngk' 0 ^2. ttro ?*' n Chicago on her way to !?! fe"tiirea in the Weber & Fields show. Bni»ili" Cb i^ to open a forty weeks' en- Sff".™^accomplished daacers and well »«»«*. embracing tlTlarger^tie. of the ^y ^r^ac^mr. IJ-JWi^-MJ wonn EI x «oks to tkxas. ffi =t*«ttS«»^ been made since the production was presented in Chicago. Maroaret Illinoton has canceled hcr out of town engagements so as to enable her to attend the opening of the Cort Theatre. Instead of the usual Christmas Day matinee, there will be matinees this year on Thurs- day Dec. 26, at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Liberty Theatre, Knickerbocker Theatre, Gaiety Theatre, Moulin Rouge and Geo. M. Cohan's Theatre. At these theatres there will bo no matinee on Wednesday (Christmas Day). Mrs. Jasson Mason, the 780-pouid women, died at Montreal, Nov. 28. Tna American rights of "The Eldest Son," the most recent play from the pen of John Giilnvorthy, the eminent English novellt, dramatint and essayist, are held by Wlnthrop Ames, a guest for several years, to St. Vincent's, as who has produced two of the three plays of Mr. Galsworthy's which have been seen in above mentioned. Mr, Clifton had long beoa America B dramatic actor in various parts of this country, no leaves a brothor (Joseph E.), ——^^Bggg ^ ™ ——*—"*——^*^^"* 1 ^^ who Is an actor. Henry D. wss a member of the Richmond Post, C2i, 0. A R.. also of the hang-out. Wilson and Levy, engineers, had Hazel Haslam, leading woman with the San Francisco, Cal., Masonic Lodge, and the packed to the doors last Thura- Western "Shepherd of the Hills" Co., broke Omaha, Neb., Lodge of II. P. O. Elks. land Women, and too Playgoers' Club. She was alse- a writer of verse and eihort stories. Henry I). Clifton (family name Dllks) died at St Vincent's Hospital, Staten Island, N. Y., at 12 midnight. Doc. 7, aged slxty- nlno years. Ho had suffered from a compli- cation of aliments for a number of years past, and on Dec. S was removed from the Actors' Fund Homo, wliero ho had been the house packed ............ day night with patrons who were willing to her left ankle during the performance nt pay admission. Those who volunteered were as follows: Msdge Maltland. Ila Grannon, Jim Diamond, the Ted Snyder staff, consist- ing of Waterson, Berlin, Snyder and Winslpw, rho caused a riot Blnglng "When tho Mid; Mnnde Roosevelt Lttlnion, An Amer- Blbley, Is., Nov. 20. She was left In the care ienn singer, died Dec. 7 In Berlin, Germany, of Mrs. Samuel Clegg, s professional nurse, and later removed to the home of her undo at Chicago. Jerbt CoNNiNonAir writes: "My wife, night Choo-Choo Leaves for Atabam;" Fred Coulee Stetson Cunningham, has been con Barnes, from the Long Acre Quartette; Wolfe nlle <i to the house since July 22, with heart Ba «X^i?n «i aftcr a long lllnoss. Miss Levinson wss bom In New York, lint went abroad to study for the operatic stage, and for the past seven years had lived In Germany. For severs! seasons sho sang In too Municipal opera at Gilbert and Louis Mulr, who also went big sirring their latest song, "Oh, What a Night/' which looks to be a sure hit In ad- dition to this there was the bouse show, which could not be beat for comedy In any cabaret In the city. Hsrry DelsonU the se~mdajl^^WSBm «■ trail ahead of main feature of Jtoc show, who'keeps toe gj attraction, and am making toe natives trouble and dropsy, and was on Thanksgiv- ing night stricken with paralysis in left side." mnRT B. Kino, who 1* ahead of the Red Raven Musical Comedy Co., writes: "I am lkX\«M legal adjuster for the EtVhows at^hTchYhe ha. performed: TMi ^s^^^.^W'storeaffst.Shows, who to toe second appearance to^imrtca^or Mr letropolIUn Oper ie was with the I bftM, ~"L. "*•»«•■ uraien snows, wuu u tae seconn ■i»H=""-^r- r~_i"!,j. trM>t sue- until main ieaiure u» uit ??»"t"EmJESl tn» ths attraction, and am Biasing me natives diners spinning all night with 'aughter. Joe |t „,,,, take notlco „, nlon)f m , ron te. Ward Sldnay Falke, Jack Sturgls, Memlle - - ."■ .... ••-- ."-^ ™ ■ » »»-- Craig Bob Ferns, Liillan St. Clair, known ss the girl with two voices, and Felix Young, conclude the show. I have been with the 'Red Raven' since the Closing of tbe circus season, when I was over on toe 'Barnum Brigade,' It being my fifth season wltb same. We bare a very good K wSk.* 1096 0f ** • M "* ta «>it city. ta this country mlt ^^ "W*Jak"Sa-*Jft ^ »■ 'aature 'JJ>lf Herman Walters. «*'£ d ^^corcoran. Wny TS S °" at Paraer Carnival (fom- Bresnaan. Al. Ttaymond ana asrp rf B& ?* W8W. left Chicago Saturday Tns oily cabaret »""» Co ,_ •% with « r ^ ot fP'J 11 * 8 ' -*rk.rfor a brief hold a surprise "gg^a^aSf Twenty-^ tttocetoP*. our ^ f t* 16 Son* 11 to;foltow, and lege Inn, ,^«.. H l l B i r r ,J tbe headUncrs' ce to Manama for a fe# weeks* recreation Street which to known aa vm> Shanlet's Forty-third fltrtet Cabaret troupe, and sli earnest readers of Tn« Old •bow is booked direct by Tom Shantey. who BgM A B LE. Lew Gordon and Manny King hat taken great pains to secure the best tal- , r e our features, and arc capably supported int on Broadway, which keeps the cabaret D , „ chorus of sixteen. All are looking for- aliniva busy. The performers are. Sheehan, mT 4 w | t b interest and anticipation for The Mama and Bcbroaff, piatov and Hartla. Mes- old Reliabijb Anniversary Number, which canotte Trio, Evans end Bvans, StnUy Berks, |, goon ouc ," Lena Stager. Sam £>\.]Mf? ^H^iwEi <***»» Ztanao* has stored toe "Woman, and Kent; Gertrode >^ t tv I J|^. JP2*I; naters" act and will shortly produce his act »„„ ft!1 * Wallace and Rogers. Irene OhlJJand Tom -jg M1 , g Ce , OTte _ Ho it , iln negottoUng for wn , ph , lt , Towaaend-. Mr. Shejban la rnaater of cere- rf f mug |cal, comedy productions fot tho H o., n -ltertatncrs well in «,.\ar.ii« riw«». ' &<**u r - .»,„-J. monies, who keeps toe entertainers tarn. the Wells Circuit, Mnrmy D. Campbell, an actor, died at Clostcr, N. J,. Dec. 4, from a complication of aliments, which had been long continued. He was the only son of Frank G. and Ga- brlolla Campbell. Murray D. leaves a widow (whose' maiden name was Cleopatra Cooper) and an Infant son. Arthur T. Fletcher, nctor aMLmuslclan, died of heart falturt at Fori Bragg. Cal.. Nov. 20, aged twenty-eight years. Re had beon connected with the Oormaad ft Ford Co. for the past four years. Sir Ciiii-nnl Moasr—See another column, Nell Litchfield, of the Litchfield Trio, died lout week at his home, Homestead Park, near Newark, N. J., and was burled Dec. fl, at Turin. N. Y. Ho la survived by his wife and daughter. Walter Porter, an acrobat, died Dec. 9 In Bridgeport, Conn,, aged forty-one years. He was considered a remarkable performer, i member of the Melrose Troupe, of a was tho founder, had playea with arnum A Bailey Circus.Sad other big shows.