The New York Clipper (November 1913)

14 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER. November 15 OUR LONDON LETTER. HENRY GEORGE UIllDICRT, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Clipper Bureau, 5 South Square Gray's Inn, London, W. C. Oct. 25. For eight weeks has Gaby DMlys been at tbe Palncc Tuoatro. attracting large audi- euccs, with o sketch untitled 'A la Carte." No ooo pretended that It was n Sunday school entertainment. But there haB been r.o admonition of tbe beamish Butt Now, like a bolt from the blue comes a letter from the Lord Chamberlain, recalling that when Gaby was at tbe Palace last year be bad grave cause for complaint, and warning the manager tbat be Is liable to bavo the license, under wblcb stage plays are possible at the Palace, revoked. It appears tbat a number of London clergy- men, beaded by tbe Ulshop of Kensington, addressed a letter to tbe Lord Chiniberlnln, declaring that as tbe result of careful and Independent enquiries tbey bad come to tbe conclusion that mademoiselles performance was, on tbe vibolc, suggestive, and as to certain details, grossly Indecent. Tbey ap- pealed to the Lord Chamberlain, on moral grounds, to prevent the management of this theatre from continuing to present this play, or, indeed, any other of a similar character. * Alfred Butt boldly declares tbat none of tbe clergymen signing tbe letter to the Lord Chamberlain bad seen Gaby Deslys' per- formance i that their Interference Is there- fore unfair. He reminds tbe Lord Chamber- lain tbat representatives of ils office have over and over again, visited tbe Palace, and tacitly approved Mlle.'s performance, lie denies that It Is Indecent—Many Indecent performances are, be truly adds, to be seen elsewhere in London just now, and are un- molested. He deprecates tbe general tone of tbe Lord Chamberlain's letter, penned in response to tbat of tbe clergy ; and. In effect, declines to move till the Lord Chamberluln Siontoneously and specifically deals with eslys show, whlcj meanwhile continues un- altered, and Is attracting larger audiences. There Is really nothing to be said about "Colonel Cleveland V. C," the sketch pro- duced at the Coliseum on Monday. A. P. Owen Lewis and Ellle Norwood tell tbe threadbare story of a military veteran who, to liquidate what he regards as a debt of honor, sells bis medals, Victoria Cross In- cluded. They are quickly returned to him, and the comfort of his old age restored. The situation baa been dealt with more skill fully. But at tbe Coliseum the part of Colonel Cleveland Is undertaken by the Earl of Carrlck, who is crazy to act. lie declares that ho will give his salary to charity. It Is suggested to him that be might buy Win- ter overcoats for the poor actors more skill- ful than himself, who are out of work bv the hundred. Another sketch. "The Shadow/' appcara In the Coliseum. It is by Cuthbert Hicks. Pierrot and Pierrette, In their sunny (lade, are conscious of a shadow. It Is hov- ering death; tor Pierrot, in a Jealous rage, i slays Pierrette—to weep over her body as I tbe curluln falls. The sketch Is moderately good. Shouts of laughter follow Fanny Fields here during her farowell engagement, i one t'jc eve of tier marriage. Qua Horn- brook's "Cheyenno Doys" made Its first ap- I pearouce at the West End at the Coliseum ' on Monday. "Come Over Here" went Into a second edition at the London Opera House, on Mon- : day night. The feature of tho occasion was I tbe introduction of a new pantomime by La Belle Otero. It Is called r 'I-a I.oterln." A handsome yoting English, traveler rewards ..a beautiful Spanish dancer with a lottery :'-<McV.pt. which wins a great prlie. The cupla- i tty al her.blackguard lover so disgusts n-r that alio contemptuously flings tbe ticket In his face, and smilingly falls Into the em- braco of the Englishman, it Is all very pic- turesque and passionate. Poor Lydta Yavorska would seem to have struck another failure at tho Ambassador's, where, on Tuesday night, she produced a play called "A Daughter of France." It was an- nounced as the last work of Pierre Borton, specially written for Yavorska by the author of "Znr.a." But a Miss Constance Maud, assumed to be merely the adaptator, chips In and says she was much more—more than half author, Indeed, Berton's representa- tives are not likely to contest the claim. The play has ono merit—that It dors ncrnm- inodato tho difficulty of an actress employing a foreign tongue. Yavorska's English Is not at all good, in "A Daughter of France" she figures as a vlvocloua Parlslenne, married to a young Scottish laird, nnd introduced as a bride to his uncomfortablo family. So far, so good. The conspiracy to estrange Jean and her husband, her flight, and then eventual reconciliation, are crude and even , ridiculous melodrama. "Collision" was an accurate Impression of Indian life, but a very bad play, nnd Its quick removal from the vaudevlllo Atage Is not to be wondered at. Norman McKenucll and Frederick Whelan have replaced it by a combination of two plays and a brief con- cert. The weakness of their new program Is the sombroua character of the plays. The first, "Between Sunset and Dawn," Is a prim picture of slum life by Herman Ould. Lis Hlgglna, terrified by tho brutality of her husband, ran away and sought shelter In a "doss bouse," ran by Jim Harris, as repre- sentative of Ms mother. Jim agreed tr bide her, declared tbat he had a great liking for her, and would keep her, if she chose, But Lis did not choose: sbe bad a kind of respectability, and she was not specially attracted by Jim, Bo, when her husband, bis mood softened, cwrm In search, she . went home with him. But their agreement did not long endure. Higgles was suspicious of that Interlude wiO Jim. and again Lis fled before his brutality—again ahe fled to Jim. whose mood also had changed. Ha •tabbed hert Norman McKlonell Is line as Jim. "The Green Cockatoo," adapted from Albert Scbnltzler, is a blzzare study of Paris on the eve of the Revolution. "The Green Cockatoo" is the name of a tavern, kept by a fierce republican, but frequented by decadent aristocrats, because here they And an odd company of actors and actresses, w'jose humor it is to masquerade as crimi- nals, and who do it so admirably that real criminals mingle with tbem Indiscriminately, and tragedy ensues. It Is a mad, fantastic, fascinating thing; and may draw. It is a gratification to lCttHTtnner that when tbcie was s foolish outcry agulnst tbe appointment of Cbsrles BrookBeld as censor of plays. I de- clared In tbese columns that If we mast hare a censor, there amid be none Defter than this ex- perienced and cultured gentleman. He hail, in- deed, written some daring plays, snd himself come Into collision with the censorship, bat on the principle that a reformed rake makes the best husband, Broofcflcld made an excellent censor— jndlclons and tactful. His death Is widely de- plored. He was the son of an Anglican clcrtfy- man, who numbered many distinguished men among his frlendi. In bis youth, Brookneld wss an ad- mirable actor, but ill health, Id later life, In- dicated literary work ss more suitable. He wrote many plays, novels, essays and newspaper article*. Once be wss an habitual practical joker; always, s mordant wit. a distinguished figure In Bohe- mia. He become a Oatbollc, and his only son s priest. Monks chanted the Beneillctns 'round "Brookle's" grave In a village cemetery. Orscc La Rue says: "Toe 'emotional' gown plays a bigger part In the happiness of woman thsn i Is understood. Peookt who did not know laughed st tbe Idea that one could feel more sweet tempered, or a batter conversationalist In one color than another, not sll the teaching of all the ages gees to pro7e that the 'emotional' gown was simply the enhodlrnent of an old fash- ioned theory that a new bonnet was tbe heat care for the megrims, and that to be on rood terms with one's self, to know tbat one la dressed be- comingly, and looking one's beat accordingly, Is s fine moral asset." sir Herbert Tree says his daughter Is not Im- mediately going Into vaudeville. She has only considered the question, and months will proba- bly elapse ere she takes the plunge. Seymour Hicks ssys he Is so setlsfled with the success of "Broadway Jones" on the road tbat he will certainly bring tbe play to London In January. Louli Meyer has secured the Engllih rights In Tbomss Hsrdy was present, and expressed his admiration. , „ Martin Harvey presides at the annual dinner shortly doe. of the Actors' Benevolent Fond. H. H. Vincent Is dead. He wss a Liverpool man, and got his experience of tbe provincial stage In stock companies, tie went to Australia snd made s fortune, on which be retired, it d.s- appesred In tbe financial debacle of the colony, and Vincent went to work again. For years he was Alexander's stage manager at tbe St. James . Three years ago be again retired, and had lived meanwhile In complete seclusion St Bath. George Edwardes' contemplates Important structural alterations at Daly's Theatre, Id which the Daly Interest expires st Christmas. When "Within the Law" cesses to sttrsct st the Haymarket, a play, entitled "Tbe Audience," by M. Macdonald Hastings, will be done. It deals with newspaper life and work. Arthur Borrrchlor will play tbe leading part. A London leather merchant, named Wlnchello, Is at grips with Henry Arthur Jones, who in- troduces a leather merchant of that name to his play, "Fanny Goes First." \IoIet Vanbrngh opens at the London Coliseum, on Monday, In a one act play, by Alicia Itamwy, entiled "Her Wedding Night." It la said thst Harry Masters may again become booking manager of the London Theatres of Varie- ties, Limited—once tbe Gibbon's houses. Some locations for Monday next are: Fanny Eryce, Palace Theatre; Jos Jackson, Palace The- atre; Jen Lalona. Empire Theatre; Mooney snd Hoi horn, Victoria Palace; w. 0. Fields, Empire, Preston; B. O Koowles. Wood Green Kmplre; Anna Chandler Palace, Chelsea, snd London Pa- vilion; Howard and Hsrrls. Hippodrome, Nor- wich; Julian Rose, Empire, Cardiff; til Haw- thorne, Palace, Hull; Beth Tate. Lewlsbam Hip- podrome; Bert Coote. Lewlsnsm Hippodrome; Lily Lena. Empire. Kllliurn ; Margaret MolTatt, Hip- podrome. Ilford; Gerald 'Irllln, Empire. New Cross; Chung Ling Soo. Empire, Newport; Irene Millar, Empire, Liverpool: Morris Cronln, Empire, Flnshury Park: Toby Claude. Theatre Roval. Edinburgh; Annette Kellermann, Alexandria, Psrls; Two Bobs, Tlvoll. A scheme to deck tbe fsvorlte actress of tbe moment with Bowers Is promoted by a newspaper, called "Sporting Gossip." Grace La Hoe, at tbe Palace, was the first winner. McWstters and Tyson sail for South Africa to-day. Barton snd Ashley, on their way to Australia. send s cheery postcard. Bert Earle moons tbe death of his wife at Nulily-sur-Msrne. near Paris. Katie Lawrence Is dead. Sbe became famous as the singer of "Daisy; or, a Bicycle Bruit for gaiKkville n otes. Hi Harrar's MntBTSSts roster la: Morrison A Using owners; X. La Mott Lewis, Interlocnto-; Boby F.rwood and Joe Dsvls. rrtnclpsl cornelians: Andy (Willi and Will Snlllvsn, first addition; Carl Rltter snd Jens Becton. second addition; Cot- ton Blossom Quartette, Karl Rowland, first tenor; Joe Williams, second tenor; J. Emmons, bari- tone, ami Chas. Lanben, basso. Chorus: Gene Mack. John Leasurc. Eddie George, Geo. Grant, Joe Wolf, Will Brooks, Chsii. Volhratb, George Mlchels and Harold Chambers. Director of or- cbeetTo, Wayne Scott; director of band, M. A. Msrtell; vocal Instructor, Earl Rowland. Execu- tive staff: Bobby Erwood, business manager; Harry Morrison, secretsry and treasurer; agent in advance,, W. T. Brown, and stage manager, X. La Mott Lewis. Ahono the many high class acts playing tbe Cleveland circuit, the following are but a few: Join W. Ransone, the Onrl Troupe. Anna Madlgsn and company. Sprague and Dixon. Edward Owen Towne's "Two of s Kind" Co.. Dorothy Blebmond «iMl company, Belmont Tronpe of Society Dancers, tbe Bracbards, Mardta. Mile. Dcvaro's leoparls, Bert and Malvlnl, Four Musical Oates. Russ Korth's Mimical Comedy Company Scbsle snd Cole, Clinton and Beatrice, Roger's "Palace of Parisian Art," W. 8. Harvey ami company. Rosa- lie Rose, Delaney's Musical Burlesque Co., "Diys of '49," Harry M. Morse anil company. Mile. St- douie, Laura Burt, Bristol's Equine Wonders. Car- roll and Anbrey, Wsrd nnd Berry, snd the Wilson Trio. It Is said tbe Cleveland-Fidelity Booting Service is much sought after by managers of popular-priced thoatres. Gr.o. B. Kkupton will remain with "A Ro- mance of the Underworld." The drama closed Nov. S, but the vaudeville act has been re-con- structed from It, and Is booked on tbe S. A C. and Loew time- Bsn Goodwin, late of Kestlag and Goodwin, closed his sesscn with the Barnum, & Bailey Show Nov. 8, at Louisville, By. Ve have flu * songg,, Sl - 1 8le housi music-youj V°vi want bj Feist meant Unabridged) mean suc<j i THE ONLY ABsOLTJ REG O THE BONG YOtril AUDIENCE WART) SING IT NOWl I r "OUT TUB WINDOW YOV MUST GO"-TIUT'l A FIVK MINUTE LAUGH GETTER I AN "A 1.1. NIGHT" MELOdJ dy job eooj EVERY GOOD ACT 18 A LWAVH ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A PRODUCTION NUMBER! HBKE'I I HONEY, YOU WE SF L IT IS Mil. DB HAVEN'S ONLY INTERPOLATION I IT'S A GREAT LITTLE DOUBLE; PRETTY Is HERE'S THE ONLY, ONLY SPOT LIGHT SINGLE! WE'VE TESTED IT I ONB OP THOSE "l'LEADIId I I'IMsC AFRAID I'lVE BEG! THIS IS PRACTICALLY A MANUSCRIPT SONG, BUT DONT HOLD THAT AGAINST IT IM MANY AN INFANT HAS UKCOKIl - GRBATBR THAN IT EVER WAS I DIGGBH THAU rHAH AMI THE CURSE OF Al IMITATION MEANS FLATTERY-AND FLATTERY MEANS PBAHI THIS IS THB SONG THBY ALL IMITATE, FLATTER AND FEAR! wr 1 EACH ONE, INDIVIDUALLY HAIV "La Presldente," lately done at the Gerrlck The- atre, New York, and It will, in the course of time, follow "The Real Thing" at ths Oarrlck On Wednesday next an adspUtlon of "OuldaV' novel, "Under Two Flsgs," will replace "Tbe Beggar Girl's Wedding," at the Lyceum. • Ned Wayburn has been busy supervising the Installation of six and a bait miles or eieclrio wire at tbe Prince of Wales' Theatre, where a telephone exchange at work with S.noo eieclrio globes, Is to form s feature of "HelloI ThereI" to be produced on Thursday next. Shirley Kel- logg and Billy Arlington have Imptrtant parts In tbe Leoncavallo-Do Oourvllle play, which Is "a revue, and something more.'' _ „ .. A short plsy, entitled "Should the Woman Tell," will bo done at the Victoria Palace, on Monday. It la by tbe Rev. A. J. Waldron, a London clergyman, taking a greet Interest in performer*, and It discusses a sex problem. nigs Petrova has had to |isy damages amount- ing to ISO for neglecting to appear at the Gran- ville Music Hall, Wslhsm Green. She sent word, st s short date, saying that she had recently mar- ried, and It wss inconvenient for ber to. return to Kngland st thst date, bnt sbe would fulfill her engagement later. Fanny Brlce's tentative engagement at tbe Lon- don Opera House In the Summer was sn instant success. Sbe stayed there as long as she conld. She returns to London on Mondsy. but this time tho fortunate manager la Alfred Butt, of the Pal- are. Blr Henry Wood Included six wotoe.i In his or- chestra, at Qnten'e Hsll, tor the first time, oa Saturday afternoon Dan Leno's widow angrily reproaches Jsmes Glover, tbe musician, for belittling tb* genius of the comedian In bla recently published book of memoirs. Robert Lorraine, tbe actor, has taken up flying again, A Aim of Parisian origin, "The Three Muske- teers," was shewn at tbe new gallery. Cinema, oa Monday. Its production cost tto.noo. Otbo Twlgg. a well known circus man. Is dead. He dated back to Hanger's Amphitheatre. He wss fot years ringmaster at the London Hippo- drome, and should have helped Charles B. Ooch- ran at Olympla In that capacity during lbs Christmas sesson. He suffered terribly before his death from cancer of the bladder. Six lions on their way lo a LHpale circus got out of th-lr van, and one found bis way Into r. hotel, to the consternation of the guests. The authorities are prosecuting ths circus people for careless oess. Plana for tea row picture palaces, with a seat- lag capacity of 10,000 were passed by the Lon- don County Council Issl week. At Pike's Charing Cross Road Cinema Theatre. on Tuesday. "Teas of tbe D'UebmUIss" was shown by the Famous Players Film Company, employing Minnie Madden Flake as Teas. It waa acquired by tb* Andrews Ann for 130,000. • .'. POR DOUBLES, TRIOS OR QUARTETTES! AS A COOl MY tiOVlN' t IT'S THAT BAGGY MELODY WITH THB WALTZ STRAIN OF "«JJ Two " At tho recent meeting of Drury Lane stock- holders, s dividend at the rate or ten per cent, waa declared, though Arthur Oolllim had to admit that the production of "Kverywoman" resulted In s considerable loss—It was so much opposed to the traditions of the theatre. s)i > A NATIONAL THEATRICAL SANITARIUM. Frank Oomar writes: "Thrown the recent Items published in Ths Nbw Yoke Ouprxa snd other news journals, snd tbe efforts of Prank Oomar, the show folks of America are to have a tuberculosis sanitarium to care tor their afflicted. On Nov. 1 tbe Copes Sanitarium will become krown as the National Theatrical Sanitarium, located at Albuquerque, New Mexico." «'» Fasnauo MBLvnui returned from Europe Jaok snd Lomsa Kill write: "We have Just closed with Oollmar Bros.' Circus, and are now practicing our new and original act. It la a novelty, nnd there Is no other like It. I am one of the original Four Blanos, and bars also been a member of tbe Trolley Car Trio. I am now producing my own set, with my wife." Jossrn AacDO, tbe alack wire artist, after an Illness of fourteen weeks with malaria, la again well, and working. Bonisr J. fliLUS writes: "I hats been en- gaged for Miss Franklin Qatar's act. In vaude- ville, and opened at the Colonial Theatre, Chi- cago. III., <5ct. 10, for a tour over the Jones, Llnlck A Sebaefer time." __ Wairxa O. KBU.T was an added feature at the Winter Garden. New York, Nov. 9. _ . . Ed. Lawuttoa, of Lawrence and Harrington, notifies ns of tbe death of his wife's mother, Mrs. John A Harrington, which occurred at Moline. in., Oct. at. due to strokes of apoplexy. She was also the trandmother of tbe Farter Girls, well known In vaudeville. 00* advices from Rochester predict tbat "The Man Inside" rhculd easily run for two years In New Tork. Gxoiob Evans ta announced for an early ap- pearance at tbe Palate, New Tort. H. H. Fiou has sngaged Robert PItklu to play the loading oMMdy rote In "The Madcao Dttehess," which opened at tb* Globs Theatre, New Tork, Nor. 11. l,I / OHI oil! OHI OHI OH! OUI 01 I NOTHING CAN STOP IT I THE REAl »»' ■WBBPING THE COUNTRY! W Law Stiwlr writes: "I wish to deny the statement tbat has been circulated, that I was married to my partner. Betty Hamilton, such Is not the case, aa I am not divorced from my wife, Leah B. Stanley, who la working with Jan. Chatham, under the name of Chatham and Dan- cv jrt. We have been separated one year." Boos* Weston, Don Weston and Helen Lor- raine (Weston and Nichols Trio), have been given a route over tbe U. B. 0. circuit for four- teen weeks. In the South, beginning at Norfolk, Vs., week of Nov. 8. The trio carry their own scenery and electrical effects and have a novelty In their act, which ta called "Miss September Morn." HouuiHi was a big special restore at the Circus Oorty-AIIhofT, Stuttgart, Germany, during October. Bossl't elephants were also on tbe bill. AttobHbt Rowasn J. Ana* recovered a Jodg- ent In favor of Telll Glyndon, sow appearing ta vaudeville, against Sol Setgtl. for money doe her for back salary. In the Municipal Court, Chi- cago, amounting to ttOT.SO. BiRitsT Pauntsott AMD Al. Ournw have com- bined the Ferguson snd Mack act. as the Tares Olltans. They opened at Norwich, Conn., Nov. 12. as Ferguson. Ollfan and company. Thb Lo**** Taoura, the Four Janowskys snd the Andreses Brothers sailed for Europe Nov. 0. Tn* Camillb Taio will go to Europe for tb* Winter. OortiOT arm Ganrurr writs: "Closing a very successful season of twenty-three weeks with ths Young Buffalo Wild West snd Colonel Cummins' Fsr Esst, Oonroy and Orlmley opened Nov. 4, oo the Griffin Vaudeville Circuit, at Crystal Theatre, Toronto. Can.*' Jaux CuasMDOK, playing In atoek, at the Evanstoo Theatre, Bvsnston. 111., was granted a decree of divorce from Ms win). Viola ClarsaoM, formerly la stock, and now appearing In mo- tion pictures. Howard 3 Ader, of Chicago, ap- peared oa behalf of Mr. (Sartndjia. ADDRESS AU» LEOFI 135 V/EST4441I PHIL M* Boston J ,76Tr*montSt J BLLT LAM *J