The New York Clipper (Jan 1913)

■**: JANUABY 11 THE JETEW YORE OiLiTPPEIt 15 WHEN UNCLE J jL I ON HIS 0 a mm d a UMXUJ-L El DUESROM «M Theodore Morse ■ L AST redicts-^THIS SONG,GlOSEN FROM FlVE, STRONG ,_ catalogs Combined in One, will The most sensational Hit ever made osmvELy Irqve — i $$m (HEDDORE tADRSE /^JSK CO. 1367 BRQKDW ChiC^Ga Office 145 IS/CUVRK 5f" SHITE 4(>' VALUABLE PL.AY8 FOR STOCK 20 BIG DRAMATIC SUCCESSES BY ARTHUR WING PINERO Eid osrrely Controlled by Tho Company THB NEW YORK AND OHICAOO COMEDY SUCCESS SEVEN SISTERS By EDITH ELLIS 3 INTERIORS 7 MEK 1 BXTBRIOR 8 WOMEN TWO EXCELLENT STOCK PLATS BT J. HAR TLEY M ANNERS THB INDISCRETION OF TRUTH AS PLATED AT TEE Harrl. Theatre, Bow York City i ACTS o MEN 2 IKTEBI0B8 6 WOMEN THE MIRRIABE OF REASON A BRILLIANT MODERN COMEDY 4 ACTS—2 EXTERIORS 1 INTERIOR 1 MEN 1 WOMEN For Term., Apply to THE JOHN W. RUHSEY PLAY COMPANY 152 WEST 46th STREET. HEW YORK CITY STOCK NEWS CHRISTMAS WITH MAE LA PORTE. Christmas week with this company was ■pent In Elkhart, Ind., where we played to Big business all week, with the exception of the night before Christmas. Many handsome and useful presents were exchanged by the members of the company, as most of the company have been together for the past three Chrlstmasca. Manager McEnroe entertained the entire company at the Bucklan Hotel for Christmas alnner, where a menu was served that would be bard to beat The company has been out since Aug. 5 and we have only had two bad weeks, which u a record to be proud of. o ■ I A. T. DOLEN AT NORTH ADAMS, MASS. Addison T. Dolen ban been engaged by J.ewia J. Cody for the stock company at the jjiljou. North Adams, Mass.. where he also nils tie position of assistant stage manager. Mr. Dolen met with considerable success last year as Bud, in "Wildfire," which he pi: .layed on tour: the office boy In ""The Fourth *tate," and Billy, in "Sherlock Holmes." He nns also filled positions In stock companies In Washington, Baltimore, Rochester. Stamford t iH.Mt. Vernon, *!■ best efforts being put forth in boy roles. HETURN MONEY PAID FOR ROYALTY. Another tmnsual occurence took place last week. Franklin Clifford had secured from Sanger k Jordan, the play brokers, the right to present for a week Joseph Conyer's suc- cessful play, "The New Minister/' at the iriuocss Theatre, Fort 'Worth, Tex. Before joe week had expired the house (as already nns teen printed in Thb Cu*fu) was de- i n^ Jed ■■L flre< ■ » J ew of the clrcum- ■tnncfs both the author and the playbrokcrs STs? th to Mr ' cuirord tne moncy p* 14 by TRIES TO KILL HUSBAND. Rtf? D K Fl °le«son, of the Frank North E?_J5* Playing at the Savoy Theatre, S? w "rtb, Tex., was shot at twice by his BJJ on New \rvr» Eve. Fortunately for SB s ¥ P^ved .. • a a bad shot She waB released on bond, tfhe trouble Is snpposed to « a domestic one. "VALDE RECEIVED" PRODDCED. Angusttn McHugb, who came Into thentrl- gj. proDimence ae author of "Officer 6f>0," 3mH.ii 8 55*" P™?- "Value Received," prr> hiS V2/!?? rtoc " company at Hathaway's, l, c f B«»ord Mas*, on Monday, Jan. C. It w » play of New York life. bASSF * J"»t>AJ< have leased the rest of JJJJ 0 !! on which their offices are now Jo- ninv Vk 11 * after *• flr8t "t the y™* ■<* oc- ™Py the entire first floor of the building. CARLETON SISTERS' CO. NOTES. The members of the Carleton Sisters* Co. celebrated Christmas Eve In a pleasant and Joyous way, Haiel and Daisy Carleton get- ting a large tree, which was taken to their room at the Monroe Hotel, Parkersburg, W. Va., where It was beautifully decorated and Deatbs in tu Profession. ra^®m$® and dashes. nm. r>-_#.. Springer and CnuBcn have recently purchased a new act from Barry Gray. The act Is «^_ . « „ **'**'• said to be a "big surprise novelty," and they aro confident of h» success. They will order Bdw. Le Boy RJce sends ns the following: a special d'opfor it. - ... mm »im Billy Carter, master of the banjo, and Bhsnasd thointom, who has been temporarily loaned by tho Shuberts from the Winter lighted with numerous colored electric lights, practically the last exponent of the old school Garden company to A H. Woods, is playing Griggs, the English crook, in "WltMn the Law" and an abundance of presents being bus- <" banjolats, died at his late residence In company. ponded from the tree aside from those adorn- Brooklyn, N. Y., on Dec. 27. Mr. Carter Violbt Rombb. who appeared In "Kismet" and "Tho Daughter of Heaven," will appear tag the floor space around it w °s not eighty-two years of age, as given In in "Joreph and His Brethren," and will do three dances, besides reciting; the first lines sbe At the conclusion of the performance at P e press reports. He had but recently cele- has ev-»r spoken on tho stage, the Auditorium, the entire company, at the orated his seventy-eirhth birthday, having LIONEL E. Lawrence has engaged for the production of "The Strange Witness," Jn Invitation of the sisters, assembled In their DecQ torn at Parish St. Bernard, near New vaudeville, by Marlon Leonard. Hershal May 11, a California actor, will be her leading man. rooms for a good time. Some tine and costly Orleans, La., Dec. 10, 1834. Arthur IIammerstein signed a contract with Audrey Maple, now appearing In "Tho presents were exchanged, Daisy Carleton re- 1Ie made bis first professional appearance Firefly," at the Casino, whereby sho renin Ins under his management for five years. celving a beautiful diamond ring from her *"• the Crescent City In the early '60s, appear- huaband, J. N. Montgomery, who Is managing ia in black and white face. the company. 'Hazel Carleton also received n ' 8 nrRt minstrel engagement was with Makteiiunck'b "Blub Bird" received Its first performance la Berlin during Christ nun week. According to club gossip, for a wager of $10,000, made at the Lambs' Club, on Sunday many fine presents, as did every member of toe Louisiana Serenaders, In 1865. shortly night, Dec. 20, Douglas Fairbanks ond Raymond Hitchcock will race around the world, the show. after the close of the war. In which he served. After the exchange of gifts a "Dutch He came East about 1870 and made bis lunch" was heartily enjoyed by all, and a initial appearance here with Iloolcy's Min- general good time being Indulged in until the atrels, in Brooklyn, where he was a big hit. "wee" small hours of morning, when the „ H e subsequently was with Simmons A starting from New York In May or June. Miriam Cleurnth, who has been playing the lead in "Everywoman," returns to Knglnml on Jan. 11. Dorothy Desmond returns to England Jnn. 11, after a three months' visit to the States. Anwa Held applied to Supreme Ccurt Justice Amend on Dec. 31, through bcr attorney, party broke up, all voting tbe Misses Carle- Slocum's Minstrels In Philadelphia, opening to grant her a final decree of divorce from Florens Zlcgfcld, slneo tbc three months' Interval ton excellent entertainers, and extending there Feb. 10, 1874. He was with Haverly's neccsumrv between the Interlocutory uud llnal decrees had expired. The court decided that Christmas greetings. Those present were: The Carelton Sisters, Nelly Lyons Healy, Mrs. Test, of Pittsburgh, Pa., who was visiting her son; J. N. Mont- gomery, Edwin Vnmey, Russell I,. Test. Ed- mund Moses, C. Fred Bryant. J. J. Flynn, Minstrels In 1878, prior to the organization tho application belonged in another part of the court. of the: Mastodons, and was engaged by Huverly to open In London with the com- pany in July, 1880. but backed out, and his place was filled by the late Sam Devere. He was with the famous San Francisco Theo. M. Blxlcr.' and Ed. C. McCliire' the ad- Minstrels, in New York, in 1876; other prlav vance agent Business still continues good "»"*. mlnetrel eiunigcments were with with these popular players. Thatcher, Primrose "4 West's, and Barlow, Wilson & Co.'s. Cimri.kh Ciibrhy, an actor, filed an answer In the Supreme Court Dec. 31, to R suit by the Slmbert Theatrical Company to collect on notes alleged to have been executed by Ihe defendant. Ernst Rowan, formerly associated with the Coburn Players, has been added to tbe enst of "Hamlet," which John B. Kcllerd is presenting at tho Garden Theatre, A i'kcond perkormancb, after the regular evening one, was given night of Dec. 31 nt B. F. Keith's Union Square Theatre and at the Fifth Avenue Tbeatrc. At the former bouse the curtain rose at 11 o'clock, and at the latter at 11.30. 'I hat burlesque pool game which duUgMed many in the old Weber St Fields' Music Hall tpkitwcv a-rnru-xi rai ■■■-<< . If °L a generation or more, Billy Carter was was revived night of Dec. 31 in the new playhouse, ns a feature of "Holy l'oly." _ ^JL „ " ^ " tost known to the patrons or all tbe famous Chevalier Iribtodemo Geooini, a tenor, who Is on his way to Join tho Chicago Opera The Whitney Stock Co., Welsh & Wal- variety and vaudeville theatres of tbe coun- Company arrived Jan. 1 on board the Adriatic, of the White Star Line, bourn, managers, Biirely spread themselves to try, where he was recognised as a star of Souvbkibb will be presented to all tho women attending tho one hundred and fiftieth entertain the .members of their company the first magnitude. jjew y orK performance of "Fanny's First riay," at tho Comedy Theatre, on Wednesday Christmas night, after performance at Lud- He also was a very popular member of the evening Jen 15 lngton. Mich. One of the most enjoyable great Harrlgan A Hart organisation in tho mus' Fis'kb will end her engagoment In "The High Road" at tho Hudson Theatre with times ever experienced, was the unanimous metropolis, where he remained for a period the performance of Jan. 18. She will then start on a road tour lasting until May 1. verdict of each and every one of the com- of about three years. The famous "Skid- thkrx Is a move on the part of certain stockholders of tho Century Theatre, which was pany. Mr. Oakley was Santa Claus, as he more Guards," as well as many other clever the New Theatre, to petition tbe directors of that institution to give perfonotocM of lighter has been for the past live years with the conceptions, was a creation of Billy Carter's opera there company. There were over three hundred fertile brain. * TBB N(!W York production of "Turandot," which was scheduled for Maxlne Elliott's The- presents on the tree. Miss Whitney was the Mr. Carter had not appeared profession- a > re j nn 4 has been postponed. recipient of many valuable presents, and ally for two or three years, owing to failing Tbbooobb Roberts, who lias been playing the Ghost in "Hamlet," at tho Garden Thc- every member of the company carried home health and partial blindness. He was a stre withdrew from the cast Jan. 2, and went to the Ludlow Street Jail becnuso tbc jfbost armfuls of presents that Santa gave them, regular visitor on Broadway up to a few didn't walk when alimony was due his wife, Mrs. Lucy E. Bobcrts, who recently got a decree Our roster remains the same—J. C. Welsh, months ago. 0 { separation. Billy Walbourn, Ralph Barton, W. C. Hodges, ■ at Reno, Nev., Judge Moran conld not see his way clear to errant a divorce to Rosetta Thomas Oakley, M. E. Beckwltb, Beta Bad- William Swain Andrews, commission- La Gorce, tbe young actress wife of John Oliver I* Gorce, owner and publisher of 7'fls clilfe, Rachel Travis, Master Thomas Oakley, ej 0 ( records of New York, died In the ivofosal Oeooropnio llagazine, of Washington, D. C. He ordered tbu case submitted. "Happy" Lou Whitney and "Gypsy." Reboau Sanitarium, at No. 160 West Seventy- Following the closing of Doly'B Theatre by the Bureau of Fire Prevention, on New ■ • fourth Street, Dec 20, from a complication Year's Eve, and tho statement that four other thentrex had been found to bo violating tho IN THE SAGE BRUSH. of diseases. He was seventy-one years old. Are regulations, it was reported that a campaign waB being waged by tho Klro Department A Rimncr was riven to the members of M r - Andrews was taken 111 faat July at tho to do away with nnsofe exits and apparatus in tbe older theatres. This was denied, how- thrManle Henderson Stock Co at Nampa, Democratic Convention in Baltimore. On ever, by Firo Commissioner johnscu. Id! on New Year's Ev: Old times were h's recovery he went to Europe. When he Minnib Tracey, the American prima donna, will spend the Winter In New York. Sbo SEm>Sl anil all the absent ones that bad returned a month ago he again became ill will give one recital here. ^^ heen ore'sent on form?r stall"•occasions, and then entered the sanitaHum. Mr. An- Orvillb Hakbold will give a song recital at the Casino Theatre, Sunday nlgbt, Jan. 12, «rp rentfoned occasions, drcwa ^ ^^ ^ Houat T lhe bqq ftf un(ler tnc dlrectlon of ArtB ur Hnn.rr.erstelri. ._. „. _ . „ . tL enSmuYv has been In the West for Btephen Pearl Andrews, a noted abolitionist, Edward J. Bo web has. arranged .for. the production., late thl* month, of a new play by Jaiies it. Kerne, tho noted turfman, who died lost week, held tho record for tho largest i»p U w ^. t «-j..-—, --—s_i;3„ AiiV>n t A At the start of the Civil War Be en Istcd. james u. aesne, tun noicti uniiun, who meu iu» »«», in:m i"u ik»hii»i ;»« ■■>.«...>,. Gray, Jack Mansfield Sylvia .Allen. J., A. >g ™ ™« « returned1 to the stage Ho amount won in ono season by any individual. The nmoiint. $400,f»l was withered In daring Lltcher, Harry E. Willard, Agnc M. Jarvls, « jne ^>" VSFgm. BiuStli was 1007, by tho victories of thj following term: Ballot. Besom Cabochon. Celt, Cltlscn, Olin, Joseph Cicotte an d Robert C. Jar vls. i\ectei to the Assembly In 1880 he was Court Dress, Earl's Court, I'rUrette, Gretna Green, Orlmnldl. Incognito Masks and Knees, i«.„„ not^r™ leadlne woman of the made cdltor-ln-chlef of The Neto York Star. Masque, Masquerade, Megs'" Hill. Peter Pan, Peter Quince, Philander Bed Bpnnctt, Rcstl- t.,".^ «Vrii? t\ ImtVe Stockf Co ™t Trenton! Previous to this he lad been a reporter. In gouche, Sandal, Sepoy, Suffrage, Summer Cloud, Superman, Transvaal, Veil. Zambesi. Do ■ *JL ^StSitSm tSwstf m JSmSS jjg "1JW» swrtll^ llllinlllis^g WW- ?o« remember these names? _-. _ ripfci" ion 4 after an eneneement of nine- orda. He was a member of the Manhattan, tefn^weeks, because of cXSTllliei.. On National . Democratic, Players'. Press and He was also a member of the kS^JeS^SltffatMrU^Tff Loyal Legion. He leaves a widow, three where on Monday she underwent a most children and a brother w ^ ,c . "" .^Hl— *-*K xi"i Pprrv Her Mlna Doerge, an actress, died Dec. 22, S^SSLSH^K ^0^ E&g* wl| ^ SSSS.: ySrs^^sS^ragaS i ZSZSlt \^LT^XTcTVo h Broa n d irofession from A| Her last, engage- ment was with Mrs. Leslie Carter, last sea- son. She was a sister of Alma and Ida Doergc. David R. Dana, Dec. 20. 'Mrs. Emily Sawiib, Jan. 2. Sam Baldwin, Dec. 81. Hazel Lindsay, —* ABTnoR Cablton, Jan. 8. Arthur Wells. Dec. 27. SUES FOR DAMAGES. gagement as stage dli Street Theatre Stock Co. , Pkrcy Harwell will be seen In stock •gain next season, at Toronto, Can. The Jolly Della PRiNfii.11 Stock Co. Is mnklne (rood at the Grand, Winnipeg, Man. TIE MaVblLA MONA1B MUSICAL COMBDT Stock Is playing at the Star, Saskatoon Can Thb Majestic, Edmonton, Can., stock, has C1 °Stanhofb WriRATcnorr has Joined the Or- pheum Stock, at the Chestnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia. Eyre), who Remains of a knee, conslstl.ig of white Ll SffJSSfJE* the May Bell Marks Co., splinters In a bottle oi alcohol, composed cx- jecenUy ***St XJSL !^ L. Ste,vart, hlblt A, Jan. 0, In a suit for 150.000 which hnve1 beenjrageged by Manager ^ Q Ed , tu v Watgon brought ngainit the Mason- Sr J££2?vSJS2~ of 'tho Davidson The- Seamon Transportation Co., in the Supremo . SHB , R t Yit n „K» Wis wllI open his stock Court, before Justice Dugro. The action was atre, Milwaukee. \v is. wmopvn. f cd - on n ridc M , M w „ tson tnck ^ onc 0 , jeaBon much earlier ■"■&"&- \ sea8 on's the defendant's taxlcaba which, she said. has contracted fSroiSiwri'teB tUctt he will tossed her twice against Its roof and then let . . wlI1 ,. m MorrlH , n . plays. Managet Jnm »" ,es l ^ ft th0 h down BO lard oa tne e(]g0 ot nn cxtm day night, Jan 0. that William Morris In- Inaugurate Ws.atock seasoa soon an -^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ „ puIver|Mdi ,. 8hc tendcd t0 p , ay n | B Btal . ( norry i, nu ,jer, again In New York, at the conclusion of the pros- ota whirlwind tour. As no other plnyhcusc you .«.~ Mahc Ki.aw, of Klaw & Erlnnger, sailed Jan. 4, on the George Washington. Ho will be absent about five weeks, and will visit London and the continent, Thb Colonial Amusemknt Co. has been Incorporated nt Altinny, by O. II. Stacy, O. J. Perrin and Wm. II. Keller. The company operates the Colonial Theatre at Albany. Tub Lobw-Bzbl Co., of New York, has been incorporated at Albany by Arnold Kiel, Ernest Excl and Nathan Llcberman. ••_*!■__• Tub Sundrinoham Amusbmbnt Corporation, of Brooklyn, has been formed by Chnrles Dempster, David Benjamin and Emanuel Schaul. Tiir QiLBOtinNE-HAnTHTALi, Co., of Brooklyn, is n newcomer, formed ny nol. Brown, I, N. rtstall and Edwin H. Bulger. Several changes In tho show at the New York Hippodrome arc contemplated by tbc man- agement In the near future, especially in tho circus acts. Fifteen miles an hour ii to be the speed limit for autos In New York City, with some exceptions, according to a new ordinance passed Jan, 6. Ethel Babrymohb will bi» seen in moving picture plnys to le presented by the Famous Players Film Co. Mrs. Flska will also pose for the movies. Miziil IIajos leaveB tho "Spring Maid" Co. to star In "Tie MM Maid." Arrangements have been completed between Cliarlcs^Dllllngliarn and^Marx 4 Gottlw, managers of Montgomery 1 tbe time of tho Panama Exposition. Tub eighth annual HirpodroiiMt ball will be given Jan. 14, at tho Palm Garden, Flfty- elgbth Street, near Lcxlnctwi Avenue, New York. Pbdho dh Cordoba and Chnrles Rogers have been added to the caBt of "Joseph and Ills Brethren," which opens at thi; Century. Roiikr Bkkh.vahan has signed with the Chicago Dnsetiall Club. 10EMBNTH have hcifl completed between Charles Dillingham and Marx & Gottlob, of tlie Columbia 'llienlir. Ban Fronclsco, for the uppenrunco of EIbIo Janls and :ry and Stone, in "The Liidj of tho Slipper," during tho entlro Summer of 1010, nt LAUDER TO PLAY THE GARDEN THEATRE? It was whlspcMd along Broadway on Mon- *£■ LiAuf-AKU Evslyn VAUO.UN sent ■>«,—«« In an Invalid chair. nnr their Christmas cards from Snn Frnn- ' ' " ?Uro this vear. Tliey aro playing a Joint FIFTH AVENUE LOWE BANKRl'l'T. starring engagement nt Bw AMF SUW^ A petition has been filed against Lowe's RonERT C0NNES3 has opened BtocK at rne F , fth ' AvcDUC Amusement Co., lessees of a Avenue Theatre. Wilmington, uei. jomin vaadcTll | 0 and ,j, otlon picture theatre. Fifth Diukln Is plnylng the lcaas. Avenue and Onc Hundred and Tenth Street, Ei WARD Lynch «JJ*"J J;' NO N ?w Park New York, by these creditors: Alberto Buc- Ing to stay Ind-nnltehr at the New Va* ■ ^ Ullan , Camr)b | 22 4, and Israel Theatre, Manchester. N. II. Ihcy nave uio ^ $lg0 Thc aggo<s ar(j ^^ g B Hint tlmo John K. Kcllerd will have played "Hamlet" there for one hundred times, which has been bis ambition. Whether Mr. Morris Intends to present louder nt the Garden for nn Indefinite en- gagement could not be learned nt this was available the Garden Theatre is reported writing hut If that should lie the plan tliero to have been rented, nnd the Scotch come- will be a weekly change In the vaudeville dlan will begin an engagement there during nets that are on the bill with the Scotch- tho week of Washington's Birthday. Ky man. ■#«» LADIES' NIGHTS A HIT. JIMMY O'BRIEN TRIO BOOKED. Ann m Hart, who has been spending tho At thc meeting; of tho Vaudeville Comedy 5?.V ,lay ."> ? l Jier I , ll0 7 , ni n Kf ha „ YC 1l v'JZ Club it was decided to have quarterly ladles' »» Jg this week at Blnghamton, N. Y. ttm nights. At the control meeting, held Jan. 7, writes that only n few of tho actor colony a schedulo was to bo nrrnnged. arc at home, thc rest ail being busy. + » » to become a permanent institution Chester. , ,„ ,„ hll n n „ 7 . _. Martin. Bamptcr iMJMMI uo Jim my f Hnvana. where he made a great success after playing u Oliver D. BAII.KY Is Plan ng to bu id sev (VBrlen Trio (all men) over^ th « P °U Circuit t tn ,, t -rnoatro. nnd sailed Jan. 8 for lted ifroadwny , eral stock bouses on the Pacific Const In new ^ act wa8 a favorite one on the Pacific ,^ ^ ho ,„ 5-^ tm „ , onK t()llr . i„ K offers for E fields" He Is the en y «» 0< *,™? na ff n „„„» Coast. ___^_^.^__ Nbw umusement devices are being erected ■ has made n success In Seattle In tho pnBt *** .„, at Woodslde Park, I'hllndilphln. 'lie bulld- scveral venrs . FATHER AND HON. | c(fB ar0 ( 0 cogt $2,000, and the Pitt Amuse- Jamcs Mclnityre and Heath, and Wm. J. ment Co. and the Keystone Amusement Co, Frank 10. Mi.'Nihii, who has been at his m tw™ nrarn scored the hit of the Mclntyre and Grove, are on tho samo bill at are responsible for the enterprises. U. B. O. fi , Tn f',^MniS Theatre, Birmingham, the Majestic, Chicago, this week. A grand A. Bra Kir, the London agent, arrived in Ham Qv cckof"ec 30. reunion Is the icsuB. New York just »9t», ;t . ^w|»k. bill Ala., week Kara, the European juggler, has returned home In St. James, L. I., for sovernl weeks, »m Hnvona, where he made a great success after playing u successful Western tour, vls- on Monday, lie Is eonslder- Instcrn time for his act with Nbw' amusement devices are being erected Frank McNIsh Jr, Ward, Klarr and Company hare finished the 8. * C. time, and are now In New York. Bbh and Gladys Dawson aro playing tho family department time. MI'KUTZ returned from Europe last II /•C**: Jil