The New York Clipper (January 1914)

2 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER. January" 3 ANOTHER HARRY VON TILZER h:t WE WERE GOING TO HOLD THIS SONG UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, BUT WE GAVE IT TO A FEW ACTS AND IT MADE SUCH A TERRIFIC HIT THAT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU. PHONE, WRITE OR WIRE FOR IT. y^'j m THE' GREATEST :SURE-riRE NOVELTY: COMIC '". SONG IN YEARS I I I I I DO 9 7 tl I DO" You can use this song as a Smgle, Double, Trio or Quartette. In fact, you^carv use it anrollway or any^old ^ce in your act. It's ^thousand _• tunes better than GOOD-BYE, BOYS. Get it quick and start the New Year witn a ...nn. HARRY VON TILZER MUSIC PUBLISHING CO., 125 W* 43d St., N. Y. City CHICAGO OFFICE: Grand -Opera House Building,- MAURICE RITTER, Manager, Western OJfice Ucatbs in tbe Profession. Henry I,. Meccli. Henry L. Meech, tie last of the theatricd man- agers wbo were Important In the direction of the- atrical affairs of Buffalo ■ generation ago and intimate friend of Orover Cleveland, died at his Luine, No. 10 Irving Place, Buffalo. N. Y., Dec. 10. Mo sickness or disease marked tie enu of tlila veteran theatrical man. Ue was well along In Ihe seventies. Be dmply fell into a sleep which ended In death. . , , M ,, Mr. Moecb reigned as a aort of king In drama' Ic attain ot Buffalo for jears. With bla brother, John H. Meecb. be spent more than glO.Ouu to Eire a proper production ot Wlltou Lackajo, In "Anardir,' r a play which later met with great success under the name of "Paul Kauvar." For a time the Meecb Brother, were owners ot the Doff Theatre, New York Olty, but the greater part of Henry I* Mecca's career waa apent In Buffalo, where for years be and bis brothers were owners and leasees ot the Academy of Mud:, long known as the home of flrst-clnsa theatrical productions. Mt. Meecb was born in Albany, N Y., but he- fore the aril War, however, the father llcnrj Trowbridge Meecb. whose ancestors date back to the blue stock of Massachusetts, moved to BuTalo, where be invested heavily In property. At one time he owned valuable property between Ex- cbaure sad Swan Streets and Michigan and Main Street*. Tho Continental Hotel, In Exchange Btroet, at one time a hotel of some note, wot owned by H. T. Meed). He alao bought tho old Metropolitan Theatre, where the pre.ent Academy now stands. Later this theatre was re-modeled and' called the Academy of Music. That play- house was known by actors In the legitimate type from one end ot the country to the other. For a time It was noted for a stock company. Henry h Mecca often would tell ot how hla theatre with somes of other* maintained a stock company, wbUo a new star would come to Ue theatre each week. Tbe heavy transportation rates made this n ocen sary. In those daya the star old all tbe traveling, and tbe play was sent ahead to tbe stock company, which would hive to rehearse a new play each week. Among tbe tow stars ot to-day wbo can remember playing the old Academy of Muslo under Mr. Meecb, are: Obaunoey UlcotOvillle Oolller. Francis Wil- son, Lillian Russell, "Kddlo" Foy, John Drew. E. H. Sethcrn, Julia Marlowe, Frank Daniels, and "Fete" Baiter and "Toaumy" Farrou, who In olden days toured the country In "Ohrla and Lenn." Other stare wbo tor years ployed regular engage- ment* there under the Meech Bros." management, were: Janaoschek, Barrett. Booth, Irving, For- rest, MeOollougU. Modjoska, J. K. Burnet, Obar- Ute Outhaun, Maggie Mitchell and Lotto. Ill K-fk befell tbe Meech Brothers In the early cine- ties. Both had Invested heavily lu Kensington and other suctions of tbe city, where a land boom lad started. The "boom" fell flat and tbe Meeches found themselves with what property they had heavily mortgaged. For a time It looked aa though they would pull through, for they still owned Ihe Academy of Music and It was booked solid with Bret-class attractions. During tbe opening week of the season of 1805-1800, bowerer tbtlr theatre was burned. Three men had rented one of the stores that fronted on tho Washington Street side ef tho building. They dlled it with eombosUble material and started the Are by let- ting a caadlo bum down Into kerosene. Hiese teen were sent to prison far the crime. Up to this time the Star Theatre bad been a failure. Tuo burning of tho Academy ot Music wa* tbe making of the Star. Charles Froliman and some of tbe older managers stuck to the Meeches. When they leased tbe old Music Uall wbure tbe Teck Theatre now standi, and announced they would continue the Academy bookings there, Mr. FTolunan agreed to the transfer ot hi* shows, aa did some of tbe others. Some, however, canceled their bookings with the Meeches, and went to the Bur. Toe Meeches were unable, howeve.', to make the Muslo Uall a success with regular snows. Francis Wilson played an engagement there, and then announced the building waa to big that to try and act there waa juet aa hard as tolling a Joke to a man across the street. "Pete" Dalley, In "The Hotel Clerk," also pljyed ait engagement there under the Meccboa. Later Henry Meech booked Cleveland's Minstrels for an engagement at 'he Music Uall, and It waa during this engagement that moving picture, were shown for the Urn tune In Buffalo. In later yeara Mr. Meech was custodian anil manager of tbe Blmwood Music Uall, a position to which be was appointed by Commissioner Francis O, Ward, of the dejnrt- ment of public work*. He was one of tbe men In- struments] In tbe Introduction of tbe free organ recitals and Sunday couocrta, which are now be- ing given at the Broadway Auditorium. Mr. Meech married Jane Glenn, wbo survives him. There were four children, Bdwln. Alice, Henry a, and Chester M. Bdwln and Alice are dead, Henry G. la vice-president of the Buffalo * New York Audit Co. Chester M. Is cashier of the Buffalo office ot tbe company. The funeral was bell Thursday afternoon, Dec. IS, and waa private. Employee* of tbo Department ot Public works were pallbearers. Alban W. 1'orcell. ' Alban W. Purcell, actor-manager, playwrlaht and veteran ot the Civil War, died on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at bis home, 411 West One Hundred and Fifteenth Street, this city. In 1806. ills death foiling, Mr. Purcell purchased a farm In the Adirondack* and retired from professional life. He was born In Wadsworth, O., In 1844. Be begsn his dramatic career In 1803, under the man- agement of John A. Bllsler, at the Academy of Music, Cleveland, O., and remained with Klisler until 1805. In 18SS be appeared at the Opera House, Hochester, N. Y., under the management ot John 0. Myers, and married Mr. Uyer's daugh- ter. Flora Myers, who was appearing there as leading woman. In succeeding years be waa san- ds ted with Mr. Myers hi the management of tours of Edwin Forrest, Bdwln Adam* and Oh.ules Barron. In 18T0, Mr. Purcell and his wife were members ot Laura Keane's Southern Circuit Company, and tho following year he organised a company sup- porting his wife. Flora Myers, who for three years toured New England and the lower British pro- vinces. During his stage career Mr. Purcell had acted In support of Kate Bateman. Sallle St, Oulr, I<\ 8. Ohanfrai, O. W. Couldock. John Wilkes Booth, Charlotte Thompson, Maggie Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence, Mr, and Mrs. Barney Williams, Frank Mayo and Mrs. D. P. Bowers. Mr. Purcell was the author of seven 1 plays, In- cluding "ManasrAs," a Civil War drama; "The MUlerltea," and "Bailey Neck." He served In tbo rjlvll War with tbe Thirteenth Keglment, Kerr York Volunteer Infantry, and fought with that command at the Battle of Bull Hun. Ue Is sur- vived by two children, James F. Purcell and Flora M. Purcell. H. P. Murphy, a well known comedian, form- erly of tbe teams of Murphy and Andrews, and Paddy and Ella Murphy, died suddenly of ap- polexy, at his slaters borne, 110 Washington Place, this city, last week. Ue had been In tbe profession for thirty-live years and had played tbe leading theatres ot this country and Kurone. Ue waa star of the "Kruakcen Lawn." Ilia wife and three children aurvlve him, two of them by a former wife. James II. Smith, aged ttiry-nre years, treasurer ot Theatrical Mechanical Union, No. 1220 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., shot him- self to death Deo. 10. It la said that grief over tbe death of hla slater, s week previous, censed blm to take his lite. Philip Thouanschefskr, who was known aa tbe ''Esther of the Jewish Stage In Ame- rica," died Dec. 20, at OmtrevlTle. N. v.. on a farm to which he bad retired three years ago. He waa born In Kief, Russia, sixty- nine years ago, and came to this country thirty- two yean ago. About thirty yean ago he estab- Uabed, In Fourth Stteet, the first theatre In tils country at which pltyt hi Yiddish were presented. For several years the company produced almost exclusively the plays of Goldaaddn, the noted Rus- sian Jew playwright- Later Mr. Tbomaicheaiky wrote several plays himself. He was also a writer for Jewish newspapers and magulnea. He was one ot the founders of the Hebrew Farmers' Loan Association. Mr. Tbomascbetsky left Ave sons end four daughters, all of whom are In tbe theatrical business. Hli eldest son, Boris, la the well-known tragedian, and manager of the Thomaachefaky Na- tional Theatre at 115 Boat Houston Street William Radford, slxtyyears old, nu In- mate at tbe Cooler Farm at Warreusvllle, Ohio, committed suldde in bis room Dec. IT. Mr. Bed- ford was an actor at one time, and a son sir riving, William, hi touring England In a theatrical company. He was born In Canada, and went upon the stage when In his teens, and had traveled all ever Canada and England. At one time he con- ducted • theatrical troupe ot his own. With bis wife he entered the City Hospital last June. She died soon after, and he went to the city's firm, where bis brother also Is living. He waa given a position lu the kitchen of the sanitarium. After supper, night of IT, he went to bit room. When attendants heard groans from the room they investigated and found him lying on the floor with bis throat cut. Doctors rendered Immediate aid, but he died In a few minutes. Sirs. Lutle Face Mower, wife ot Fred Uowcr, died Dec. 10. at their home. No. 11 Bi- llot Street. Swnmpacott, Mass., of .teat's disease. She hod been sn Invalid for several years. On Dec. 11 she had an attack of ptomaine poisoning, which, In her weakened condition, she waa utiahle to throw oft. She was bom In Boston, Oct. 11, 1853. ant was a daughter of the late Oalvlu nod Mary Page. Her husband, Fred Mower, surdvee her. They retired from the stage several years ago on account of Mrs. Mower's Illness. Mrs. Mower wss at one time a member of Walter E. Perkins' '^My Friend From India" Company. 'Ibcnins H. Roberts died Isat week at bis home. 481 Eleventh Avenue, Peterson, N. J., of tuberculosis. In bit forty-second year. Mr. Rob- erts was a clown with the Rlngllng Bros.' Circus for the past twelve years, and bad also been with John Robinson's Ten Big Shows for two years. lie was also a partner of tho comedy acrobatic trio, known as Beno. Asora and Roberts, and wat a member of the White Rata and the Fort Worth, Texas, Lodge ot Eagles. Interment waa mace In tiM family plot at Butler, N. J. Mr. Rolscrta waa unmarried. Andrew/ Wllllnms, an old time minstrel and block face comedian, died Dec. 20 at hit home, .1120 Melon street, Philadelphia, In hit seventy- fifth year. He had been on the stage since boy- hood, and In the early seventies organised Woods' Burlesque Troupe and toured this country for tuverd season*. He also acted for several yean lu a managerial capacity tor several minstrel or- ganisations, and was also tbe author ot several comic opera*. John Mlley, of Mlley and Orth, formerly featured Dwlght Pepple'l "Folllta of tbe Ca- baret," died In the American Hospital, In Chi- cago, 111., Dee. 21. Mr. Mlley had been III for some time, and tbe route ot the tabloid had to be changed several times snd Anally canceled, Ills heat work wat at King, In B. 0. Whitney's "The Isle of Bploe." Mrs. Eddie Hnssell, formerly ot Rastell and Xylene, died Dec IT, after a two days' Ill- ness, at her home, SIT Bast Seventy-seventh street, New York. Her hatband, who Is a mem. her of tbe New York Hippodrome Ob., survives her. Oeorge Slacker, wire artist, dkd Nov. 2T, from lockjaw, brought about by the running ef a rusty nsll In his toot. He was bom at St. Cath- erines. Can., and leaves a wife and three children. John T3. Hon ley, of the eld team ot How- ley and Doyle, and who afterwards worked with his wlfo as Howley and Leslie, died from paevj- wools, in Scranton, Pa., Dec 10. Wells U. Gllllland, wbo was s young member of the J. B. Barrett Players, was found dead In a boarding house at 610 Second Street, Henderson, Ky., Saturday morning, Dec. 20, by J. B. Barrett, wbo went In search of blm upon hit non-arrival at morning rehearsal. Mr. Gllll- land was twenty-three yeara of age, and bad been a member of the Barrett Company for Bve weeks. He was extremely popular with dl members and his sudden death wss a great shock to them all. Hit home was at Van Wert. O., where his father was wired of the boy'e death. He had complained of a pain In the abdomen tor several days, and upon an examination by a doctor the ailment waa diagnosed as appendicitis, but he refused to undergo an operation until the finish of the com- E's week's engagement In Henderson. Tbe was removed to me Beady-Rowland undex- g establishment In the latter place. Coroner Ulna conducted the Inquest, and the verdict was that acute Indigestion or appendldtls bad caused death. Tbe body waa shipped to Van Wert, O., for burlaL William VT. Anllcli died Dec. 25, nt bit home, 479 Saoferd Avenue, Murray Hill Flush- ing, L. I., from the result cf a stroke of partly- si*, which come over him In his office with tbe Uebler A Company, 'n the Century Theatre, hut Hay. He had been confined to hit home since then, but hsd shown sneb Improvement that mi early return to hla desk wtt looked for by hit fiienda. Mr. Adlck wat bo:.i in Richmond, Va., forty-one years ago, and as a boy had served a* a page In tbe United States Senate. He en- tered newspaper work as a correspondent for The lKnnmpollt Tribune, and after coming to New York worked In turn on S'»e Strait, Evening Telegram, Morning Telegraph and Evening Hail. He made a specialty *f writing on baseball sub- jects, and some of his articles appeared hi various maratlnea. For several years he had bee i m the theatrical builnesa as a press representative. He Is survived by tit wife, who wss Little Frnse., and a Bve year old daughter. i:rerun Brand Lewis (wife of Harry Thomson Lewis, and daughter of the late Michael Brand), one of Cincinnati s best known women mu- sicians, died at Christ Hospital. Dec. 32, ot pcetanonla. She was a graduate of the Conserva- tory of Music, and a member of several ousted organisations. Albert James, who wat one if tbe original actors In the Gilbert A Solllvan comic operas. tiled in London, Eng., Dec 21. He made a tour of tbe United States years ago, in company with Alice Huntington. Tom Flynn, who operated the Coliseum on Chicago Heights, In Chlcaco, and tbe Grand The- atre, in Blue Island, died from drooty at hla bone In Chicago Heights, Dec 21, aged nfty- 4t» — Ohas. F\ AtzxNbon write!: " 'Qulncy Ad-rnu Sawyer' was presented Dec 79, in tho tollimln; cities and by the six ttock cempadea: Minnesota lit. the Bilnbiidge Stock Co.. at the Shube.-t The- atre; St. Paul, the Wright Huntington Stock Co., at tbe Metropolitan Ibcatre: Cleveland, the 1'etcy Easwell Stock 0»., st tbe Ducbess Theatre; Jail- eicg. Mich.; the Oolu-nbla Theatre Co.. at Far Bockaway, New York, and tbe Green point The- atre, Brooklyn, N. Y. Tbe week ending Nor. 21), It waa presented by five different ttock compjclei In Bve different dtles. Boujtb Chiton writes: "I am now with Or- rhemn Stock Co., Orphean Theatre, Mobile, Ala., my wife. Lulu Rath, Joined the company Dec. 18. Regards to friends and Broadway. The ctat tndudet: Tsylor Bennett, Vivian Naftz;er, Win. Woodslde, Ada Miller, E. B. Harrington, Harry Dde, Arthur L. Collins, Boiler Clayton, Ivy Bowman, Irene Altmann." Tub Chisto Waxxici PtiTias, after playing an engagement ot forty-two weeks at tbe Morgau Grand Opera House, Sharon, Pa., will opea a season of permanent ttock at tbe Bradford Ties- tre. Bradford, Pa., on Jan. 5. Tim Pearl Stock Co., which la meeting with great success at the Jefferson, Roanoke, Va,, tried out a brand new play for the American Play Bureau. New York, entitled "Crooks." It provedd a decided departure from the usual ma of "crook" plays, and m the hands of this excellent company, created a profound Impresdon on the New York managers who had journeyed to Boan- oke to witness its first presentation. Roanoke pipers gave tbe Infant success a lot of space and proclaimed It a "comer." It wat written by Nor- aan F. Houston. Tbe play was daged by Ai- frtd A. Webster, who also created the Interesting role of Pete, the Geke, an entirely different "crook" role. Tbe play it described is a melo- dramatic farce, and Is replete with novd dila- tions. W. Blaib, the manager ot the Lyceum Stock Co., In New Britain, Oonn., returned to that city from New York, where be wat auccessfd In securing new members for bis company, and who appear In "An American) Widow," this week. Tbey Indole Ann Hamilton, wbo was with the ttock company at Keith's Gotham Theatre, In Brooklyn, N. Y. Ralph Locke, Arthur Jarrett and Florence St Leonard. Anna Clevdand bas re- turned as leading lady, replacing Frances iic- Orath. TBI Elmwood Tbeatre Co., of Buffalo, has been Incorporated try Fred Unman, J. A, Weiss and M. A. Crane. (Continued on another page.) EARL D..SIPE PUTS FOR WARD WINIFRED ST. CLAIRE -A/ye ——— . . Her OwmCo. THERE'S A REASON! SPEARMINT GUM Sell five packs for a dime at fairs, etc. We sell it It to you at one cent per pack. HELMET CUEWINO GCM CO., Cincinnati, O. 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Gllllland, a young member of tbe com- fiany, and upon entering his room at tbe board- ug house of Clara Williams, 810 Second Street, discovered him seemingly lifeless. A doctor wa» summoned and pronounced OUUland dead. Bis body waa stUi warm, und death mutt have oc- curred a short while before. Gllllland waa twenty-three years of age, asd had been a member of tbe company for five weeks. He wat extremely popular with aU members, and bla tragic death it mourned by every member. Hit borne waa at Van Wed, O.. snd hla father was wired ot his death, and will arrive Dec. 21, to accompany the remains home tor burlaL Oat of respect ot bla memory tbe opening engage- ment at the Park Theatre wat deferred until Thursday, Christmas matlure. The company was scheduled to open Monday night, 22. a Oasioll'b Eurias Stock Co. opened Aug. 25 In Kentucky, and dnce then has toured Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia. Business baa been good all season. Tbe attraction broke dl bouse records tt Logan, W. Va.; Williamson, W. Vs.: Welch, W. Va.; Oatlettaburg, Ky., sod At>- flichle, Va. At Applachla, Vs., week d Dec 8, the company bad capacity nightly, and Satur- day nicbt two full shows were given to accommo- date the crowds. The company playa four more weeks vt road time, then goes Into stock. Ohsv. B. Everett, late of tbe Rlngllng Show, took the advance Dec. 15. The company numbers twelve people and three vaudeville acts. Bra ViMCXlfT, one ot tbe beat known char- acter actresses of to-day. who* bas been playing a ttock engagement at the Washington Theatre, In Detroit, klTch., met with a painful accident Bat- onlay. Dee. 18. Mist Vincent wat on ber wty from tbe theatre to her hdel after tbe matinee performance when, In crossing the tlreet, the was run down by an automobile. She waa taken to tbe Grand BoulevaM Sadtarhm, In Detroit, where aa X-ray examination abowed that several ribs bid been broken. At present Mist Vincent is i eating comfortably, and happily hat put the dangsroos period. Bitsxs pLaiaas Notis.— Thurlow White, who was engaged for the leads, waa suddenly taken III with typhoid fever, and forced to withdraw. Kenneth Blabee will assume the leads. Frank Key will be tbe director. "Kindling" will be replaced with "The Spendthrift." Mtnager Neal Btrper will make bit headquarters at Niagara Falls, N. Y.. from which pout the various com- pinle* will be operated. OF THE WILL BE ISSUED ON FEB. 14,1914 The cover will be magnificently embellished in colore, and the inside pagee will be profusely illustrated with the highest quality of half tome engravings. There will be much Interesting reading matter. The AUNTVEHaABY NUMBER will be eold for the regular price- TEN CBNT8. 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