The New York Clipper (Jan 1913)

c °P yr| 8 ht 1013, by the Frank Queen Publishing Company (Limited). Founded by FRANK QUEEN, 1863. NEW YORK, JANUARY 18, 1913. VOLUME LX-No 49. Price, 10 Cents. A GREAT GATHERING. The above group Includes tho members of the Orphcum, "Broadway Jones," "Madame Sherry' nod "Mutt and Jeff" companies, and uns taken at Denver, Colo. From Orpheum Theatre: Blancbe WalBb, V. VI. 'J'ravcrs, Ceo. W. Howard, Gus Weln- From Brondwoy Theatre, "Broadway Jom" Co.: Mrs. Minnie Gale, J, J. Mc- Carthy, George Bchaelter, Grace Morrlsscy, i.'illtii Lurkctt, Daniel Ilurns, Jack Plorco, Ilal|iu Morgan, Marie Taylor, Jctn Webster, Howard cinlc. "Louisiana Ion" Co.: Tom North and wife. From Tobor, "iladame Rhcrru" Co.: Mao I'hi'lps, lien Orlnnell, Ella Gardiner, Miss II. J. Moore, Miss J. Dale, Harry Stephens, l.llllnn Cunningham, Frances Cole, Al. Me- Oarry. Henrietta Hendricks, Ethel Oliver, Ulna K. Summers, Miss H. Welch, J. 0. Don- nell, ]•:. Ocker, Mylo Joyce, Mr. and Mrs. I'carl Snyder, Anna Taylor, Flit* Wolffen, nilly ffllilngton, T. G. Ross, H. Mostyor, C. Itl^fcn, ndvance man. ■'Utttt and Jeff" Co.: Wtn. Garen. At tho Savoy Hotel. Denver, Colo.. Blanche Walsh entertained with a Christmas party, mil the dinner and exchange of presents filled In time between shows. After The Christmas show all the actors Jn Denver got together tfltln and had a final glee meeting. Bongs anil speeches were In order, and all drank n Handing toast to the absent members of the profession. L. F. Nlcodemus and It. K. Starkweather, managers of the Savoy, had worked like good fellows to give the Thcs- pliins a good time, nnd all joined In and sang 'For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." FROM THE SHUBERT OFFICES J . i.vma Giutum, who has Just returned from iwlln. where she plavcd for four months at the Winter Garden, has been added to tho CM ot "The Merry Countess." Valkhka Bmiatt, now touring In "Tho Kiss Valla," has commissioned n well known oirthoi- to write a play for her use next sea- jon. It Is her own Idea that she shall por- •ray Venus, Cleopatra, Josephine, DuBnrry and others. Including herself. ™ iik Mkssjrr. Shubem? have In preparation n "IT J" uslcn| R o'i«dy for James T. Powers, vhleh will bo produced upon the conclusion w Mr. Powers' tour In "Two Little Brides." Romance," by Kdward Sheldon, author « Via Nigger," "Salvation Nell" and other tucccuses, will shortly be produced by tho Messrs. Shubert. ii , Wolw HoprriR nnd his associates In the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company are Planning means by which to raise a fund for we erection of a monument to the memory °' the men whoso genius gave the world so Wg 'IcMchlful light operas. dovi.m anb Dixon, the dancers, have been jngn«<-il by the Winter Garden mnnngement o nluy ro ! cs m tne now .production In which BMW Deslys and Al. Jolson are to appear. UUtfRfl tho tour of "Broadway to Paris" '■crtriuii. Hoffmann will enlarge the scope of J*r work by por.formlng three elaborate users, each widely differing from the other, "w W called "Garden of Girls," nnothcr iho Dance Dracula." nnd the third is as W unnamed. . '"on the tour of "The lied rettlcoat" Helen. Lowell will he supported by the iden- »rtl company which has nppearcd during their Ii ">» urn of the play in New York. Spring, 4 i » the rig MOIIIUS FILES PLANS. ,.*/''"'ding to plans tiled with tho New loik llulidlng Department, William Morris ™»i •'Iter tho roof garden of the New York 'feui,,., a t a C0Bt ot jio.ooo. The chairs w i lie removed, tho boxes taken out, tho "Wets taken from the celling, the marble »oor U f the ballroom replaced with a wood SP-. The capacity of tho roof will bo rc- ■JCM from 8,000 to 1,200 persons. The re- nui l ; ilctc . fl l-00 ' wl » resemble a small Coney iwaml, W |t], carrousel, fireproof booths for ■amu gallery, cryBtal maze, freak stands, }2»nMJ show, a leather slide, Jap village, !°B. i.-ihin. Venetian vitiage, palmistry eel. candy b , Teddy In ■ ... soda stand, . * !' n . u * mountain. Arland W. Johnsou, '°B iibln, Venetian village, palmistry, cano FJi*. country store wheel, candy booth, gtaBS "}MV"is, music stand, Teddy bear wiiccl, ii». i! ' Afrl «aft dip, soda stand, electrical wow nnd a mountain. Arlp-" «" *•*"■•"• M •'■'•bltcct, filed tho plans. fr,u „ "umpei-te, who recently returned jE* l-'Wropc, has provided a lot of nttrac- g"» In the freak line. He has also engaged c/r. 7 s W M ll °J nl1 and her Oriental dan- "*n, Hervlshcs, otc. •-»-• 1 KRASDimns' CLUB DBHKFIT -rr— m Alien 2. . f ' 1 {"! annual benefit of tho Treasurers' Club on {""flcs, takes place at Wallnck'B Theatre on 8'inday night, March 2. GEO. UKYIOIti; WUITKS. New Orleans, La., Jan. 3. "Mv Dbah .Clipper : "A little news from New Orleans nnd 'In Old Kentucky' Co. After playing Texas for two weeks we got Into New Orleans on Dec. 20. Opened to packed bouses dally, to S. It. 0. "Friday night the Kentucky Club of New Orlenns bought up half of the house; ocsldcs, wo had a dancing contest on the same nlgbt, all-comers ngalnst our picks. The mass of people lighting to get In looked like old times, before the novlcs were In tho Held. Everything was sold long before eight. On Tuesday every company lu town was Invited to see the old year out by the New Orleans Lodge of Elks, No. 30. I being an Klk of 21, Newark, N. J., after the show, with a number of our company, went. In front o r . their clubhouse there Is n small park, where they built n handstand. They had a forty piece band Hint played nil the latest music. At eleven o'clock, wh^n wo got there, the brothers stood around tho handstand with hats off. A young lady on the platform song 'Auld Lang Syne.' The brothers Joined In the chorus aud so did the people, about 5,000. After that we went In the clubhouse, bad plenty of refreshments and a tlnnce until 2 A. »f. GI.J. Faranta, an old time actor nnd mannger, la In charge of the Mlks Home. Wo talked ever old times. Another strange thing happened, I met an old timer San- day afternoon on Canal Street—Chas. Hay- wood, the original half man nnd half woman act. Tho next time I met him be was coming out of bis room tho soma time as I was. Wo were rooming alongside of one another In the same hotel and i.ever knew It until Thursday. I met Rae and Brosebc. They luivo here for Chicago; also Tony Kennedy, who has been at Grecnwall's, In stock bur- all the season. .. left here Sunday for Atlanta, and wo are on our way North. This Is our twen- tieth week and business 1s big. There Is a stock company down here; tins the town hilled with 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' to be played wrek of Jan. ft, the first tlmo I ever saw It billed In tha South. I don't know how the Southerners will take It Here Is another thing that surprised mo: Coming out of the post oflleo nn Friday morning, at 10 a. m., I stepped to a stand and asked for Tub CiirPEn, He handed me one dated Jan. 4. I think that is the quickest I ever got The Ci.iri'P.n so far away In all my years of travel. In Iho moan tlmo wo were Invited by Manager WIMIoms. of 'Bunty Tulle the Strings' Co., to attend a matinee on hrlday, but f forgot tho Invite and stayed In my room all the afternoon with my Old Hn- MAUi.H. We were sorry to read of our dear old Illllv Carter, who has gone to the great bevond.' As the holidays aro over every- body is looklns forward for home, aa we hive covered a great deal of Cfotind thU season, and only two days' ay-off. Wei mo thinking of thet Summer rest. Lots of pres- ents passed between the members of our com. Mr.v Everything Is Intact since writing vo Inst No sickness up to the present. Our M Is H'f u™t of luck to Turn Old mm for the coining year, and every- body 'Is looking forward for the one event of Iho'season, the week of K-o. in. . ♦*-•> ■ SKETCH FOIl MISSES NASH. Mary nnd Florence Nash nnnounce that iVIl Inm C. Do Mllle Is writing a sketch for heir independent producing *hmJM» mf siiiinu lie has also presented them wltti U U ?lght."f bis Indian sketch, ^Tho^rW 'owe?" Mary Nash Is now itoftgM g» olo of Wanda Kelly, In Mr. Do Mile's play, "The Woman," while Florence £»* ^'V! featured in hlB vaudeville sketch,'In JB»»- Ic considers them his mascots. The Misses Nash also announce that they w 11 cast a number of prominent players Bj^«»fl» moved from tho work to which managers condemn them. Zelda Bears, for Instance, will nay Mrs. Alvlng, In Ibsen's "Ghosts. Miss Scars insists that she Is much more than a comedienne, and the Misses Nash w 11 glvo gfiwanfll characters. . , SOWSA OPEHA. AT CASINO. Although no dale has been settled for Aiinougii uw n<i re flv." to vacate tho rSo It may?e%ald that she will be auc- ceeded by Join PWHp Sousa's r.ew opera, "Tho Gloss Blowers." Mbbtso soiled for Germany .tan. 11. to (111 engigomens nt Hamburg and Roilln. SONG PUBLISHERS GET INJUNCTION. Judge Joseph Cross, of Trenton, N. J., has handed down a decision In favor of music publishers ngalnst the music roll concern!. In the Joint suit of V. A. Mills arid M. Wlt- mnrk's Sons, for an Injunction restraining the Stnndard Music Roll Co., under the copy- light law, from using their sours, including "Robert H. Lee," "Suaneo Shore,'' 'Garden of My Heart" nnd "Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold." The Judge In granting the In- junction, held that the Standard Music Roll Corconnot send out with the rolls, printed copies of the words, which arc sent out with each box containing such roll. Counsel for the defendant announced that an appeal would he taken to tho United States Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting nt Ililln- delplita. 4»» A KING'S PLAY FOIl LONDON. London Is promised a novelty In Ihe mat- ter of dramatic representations In Ihe pro- duction of a play written by a king. It 1b entitled "The Empress of the Balkans," and the author is King Nicholas, of Montenegro. If It Is produced it will lie at an Independent theatre. The piece Is said to bo full of In- tense patriotism nnd a wonderfully poetic picture of the country. King Nicholas wrote the play when he was Trlncc Nlklta. The piece Is written Inverse. It has already been seen at BrcBlau, tho capital of Silesia. PERMANENT STOCK FOR MAUDE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ADAMS. ■' .£ OV, j '■' K3 r " m 11. o VI) KING, Floyd King, tho well known young circus and theatrical agent, has signed as general picas representative for tho Oarl Hagenbeck & Great Wallace Circus for the season of 3913. Although a young man scarcely In lis twenties. Young King Is known to all read- ers of Tun CLirrun through bis frequent contributions, and particularly his stories "Talcs Told In the Privilege Car." Mr. King was born In a little Methodist parsonage in Kentucky. His father was for many years one of the leading ministers of that denomination In the South. King's boy- hood was spent principally m Memphli, Tenn., which place Is his home. He left Trinity College to becomo a police reporter en Ma ilemtihlt Commercial Appeal, and later worked on The Pott-Dispatch, Xeio York Evening Sun and others papers. The first season under tho whlto tops for the vonng Southerner was with the late Mar- tin Downs, of the Colo Brothers' Shows. Last season King made a gr2it record for press stuff with the Al. G. Barnes Circus. His work attracted tho attention of It. M. Harvey, general agent of the H. * W. Show, and as a result ho will be with that Insti- tution this season. Mr. King Is a Friar and an Klk. OOVT OVFni.OOK »JOF. IIEIT." The uiost Important conference probably ever held between Maude Adorns nnd Chaiic.t Kriiliman resulted, Jan. 7, In the completion ot a plan for tho organization of a Maude Adams stock company. Miss Adams will take the nucleus of her stock company out of her present "I'ctcr I'nn" company, and from time to time add to this nucleus, until she has an organiza- tion Bufilckmt for her appearance In a com- plete cycle of J. M. liarrlc plays. Minn Adams will not be seen In New York again unill next Christmas. Ily that time »hc will Imoto completed tho roster of hor stock company, and will rc-appenr nt the Em- pire Theatre for a ten son of six months, en- tirely given to the performance of Mr. Bar- rlc's plays. At lenst three and possibly four, new ItaiTle comedies will during Hint sennon, lie acted for the first time. Mr. Frohman's nitri Miss Adams' Intention Is that enelt play shall ho acted for a certain number ot weeks, i(>gnr<Ues8 of Its financial success. After the final performance Saturdnynlghl, Jan. 11, Miss Adams continued hor extraor- dinary lour, which has ns Its chief pnrposo a sincere wish tlint all classes of people, those especially remote from largo metropoli- tan centres, may have tho chanro to teo J. M. IWirrlo's "Peter Pan" performed Just as It has been given In Now rork, Over three hundred places, mostly small lowns, will In this way bo visited before the ru<l of the tour. British Columbia lint been added to the territory' that Miss Adams will vtslt during tho season. »«» NEW rilOUUCINO FIKM. At l id'hi Itnrtholomae'B request. William A. Ilrudy lias released Lcander Richardson, for the past two seasons the head of his bureau of publicity, and Mr. Richardson will 1otn Mr. Bnrlliolomao In a partnership ca- pacity in Ills vn.ions enterprises as a pro- ducing manager. The change Is to take place next month. The first production under tho new direc- tion will be a musical comedy called "When Dreams Come True," with book and lyrics by Mr. Ibirtholorane. and score by Silvio lleln. In this Joseph Sontlcy 1b to bo fea- tured In a company which Includes: John (,'. Hluvln, May Yokes, Rita Btanwood nnd others. The stage direction will bo under Frank Smlthson, and the scenery Is to lie painted hv GatcB and Morojige. "When Dreams Corns True" will have Its premiere nt the Oarrlck Theatre, Chicago, for o Spring and Summer run. For production In a smaller New York theatre next October a new comedy has been purchased, called "Tho Bird Cnge,' r by Austin Adams. This piece hnB for Its heroine a young girl, the daughter of an American admiral, with marriage Ideas not nt all ot the conventional order, and alio abruptly up- M-tB traditions as well as the parental am- bitions for her future. Tho story Is laid at Coronodo Beach, Cnl., end Iho frankness of some of the scenes and discussions Is de- scribed nn quite startling. , A farec. In which Mr. Bartholoinno hns collaborated wlcta another well known drama- tist, will follow "The Bird Cage." ♦»» TAKING GICnMAN ACTOHS TO CKItMANY. Adolf I'hlllpp, Iho well known nclor-maii- ngor and playwright, who is onjoylnu a lino tucccss with his musical fnrco c way, Auc- •lion Pinochle," at his new Fifty-seventh Street Theatre, has accepted an offer from the management of Neuc-i Oporcltcu llientre, In Berlin, to appear with his enllro company during tho months of Julv and August, lit the Neues Opcrottcn Theatre. Mr. Phlllpp will take his entire company with him, Including rcenery and costumes. This Is not the llrst time flint the German comedlnn has appeared la Berlin. In 1I)(U, Mr. I'hlllpp madfl his appearance In Berlin, when ho produced his (tarnvin-Ainerlcnn play. "Uebern Grosscn Tokh" ("Across tho Big Tond"), showing tho German-American Ufo In America This production hnd a run of 1300 consecutive nights, nnd Is at tho present tlmo being presented by a ronil company In that country. The company which. Mr Phlllpp will take to Berlin this time -vlll In- clude: Grete Meyer, Bmll Delia, Marie Sorlnl, Otto Meyer, Dorn Rrogowska.. F.iigene Keller, Anna llrookman. Karl Stclndler. Os- car Kreugcr, Lcischen Schumann, Noln lleny. Oustavc Ilartzhelm, and others. 4-+ I IF, IS NOW A SIANAGnil. J. F. Mackenzie, for several years n mem- hor of tho office staff of Cohan & Ilnrrls, has been made a manager by bis employers, lie Is now "bnck" with "Ktop ThW," nt Ihe Onlety Thrntre, New York. AGO. Under Ibis heading wo will publish each week Important amusement events occurring In tho corresponding week n quarter of a century ngo. Jan. 11, 188b.—-"Kan's Acre Lot," hy K. A. TaitiMiilll .Jr., originally acted ut iHtamfoi'd, Otn, Jan. 14.—"Lena Dtspnrd" ("As In a Look- ing Uluss," Lawrence Mnrston's ver- sion) orlgloally acted nt Klgln, III., by l.llllnn Lewis and company. Juii. 1.1.—Performers' 1'rovhlcnt Association orgnnlzed III Now York. Jan. 16.—"Ciicclc 41" (formerly "Toboggan- ing"), by W. A. Mcstayor. first neteel In New rork at the Star Theatre. Jun. 10.—"Llttlo Puck," by A. C. (Junternnd others, first acted In New York'at (ho I'mirii ruth si'.'ii't Thcntre. Jun. 10.--«G 0. D." llrst acted In New York nt Poole's Then I re. Jan. 10.—Hlg. Nnno, wire walker, mndo Now Ynvk debut at tho London Thciilro. Jan. 10.—tCnirna Meyers made profession^ debut nt tho Germarila Thenlre, Ho- lioken, N. .1. Jim. 10.—Coin's Winter Garden, Steuben- villi), O., burned; Annie Devon perished. Jim. 10.—."Heart of Hearts," by Henry Ar- thur Jones, first acted In America nt the Madison Square Tlinntre, New York. Jim, 10.—New Casino (old Academy of Music), Cleveland, ()., opeucd. Jan. 17.—Frank Mayo's Co. wrecked nrnr Bliiftion, O. Hdwln Nal.xI'H iirni >m badly crushed that It had to ho ampu- tated. Mnnv others badly hurt, Jan. 17.—F. F. Proctor became mannger of tho Wilmington, Del., Academy of M lisle. Jun. IN. —"Social Kvonta" originally MM M tho Broad Street Theatre, PhJhuUi- pbbi. Pa. .fun. 18.—"Terrors," by Chas. L. Funshnw", originally acted nt Ch-nIIh.-, It, ♦ »» S lO'IKSIUJlll'-JIAMMKHHTMl X JUII V DIMAGHKFIM. Afler diilberatlng nearly four hours, Ibn Jury In iho ease of Udwnrd T. Hloleshury ngnlnst Oscar llninmcrstcln, for *.:hi,(),'jiMlx, udvnnced by Mr. Htolesbiiry to meet deficits of Ihe I'hlludciphln opera scamm of 11)011-10, nnd which sum Mr. Hloleshury regarded as a loan, wherens Mr. Iltiminersteln main- tained It was a gift, reported on Juu. 0 Unit It was hopelessly divided. Judge Julius M. Mayer, before whom Ihe njcilon was trk-il In the Unlled States Ills- Dirt Court, la discharging tin: Jury, said: "From mv observallon of the cloae attention which yoii gave to Die ssjsn I inn convinced Hint you linvc slven the finis duo considera- tion, and It would be of no vnliie lo keep you logi.iher any longer." ♦ »♦ iiniiv & ii Aitius v< «n nil: "HACK HOMi:." Messrs. Colinti & IIiii-i-Ih have iicqulred the ilriiiiiiitlc rights of Irvln H. Cohh's book, "Back Home," originally printed In serial form In un evening nnpii'. It Is to be riindc intu piny form by Bnyerd Velller, In collaboration with the author. COL. VERNON C. SEAVER. CM, Vernon C Henvcr bus jnilncd the so- briquet of "The Utile Napoleon" In the Western amusement, field, where bis uiilv- libs during the past fifteen yours have kepi lilin eonl In mi Ily In Hie public eye. Ills (iperalluns have nut been cnnllnrd to nny one briim-ii of the show business. As lb') owner mid director of n circuit of high class moving picture) theatres In Chi- cngn mill other cities; proprietor of Al FrrKtn Park, nt I'eoiin, III. ; president and general malinger of "Vernon C. Beaver's lllhptjilnmie, Yniliig Bulliilo Wild West and Cnl. CiuumliiK* Fur Fust Combined," he has deiiionslruted reiiinrkiible nblllly as an execu- live ii nil n supeiior knowledge of showman- Slll|l. Ili< latest achievement In promoting; tlin Gieut Nin-Mrivci lllpiiodruine, la Chicago, has given him un Inlenintloiiol reputation. Col. Heaver In a «clf made man. Without siilfprluu from cxaBgerntoil ego, he has su- preme cmillilenec In ids own Judgment, n con- lldenec shared hy his Inislncss nssnclntcs. Ho remarkahle has been Ills rapid strides to the front ranks of the profession of enter- Inlnmenl. It Is safe to predict he will pcr« form great tilings In the days to come,