The New York Clipper (May 1914)

THE N1WTQBK OL.IPPEB. MATfi &EJS3J£'&kiL first acting with (Sirs. OTyta, art Hvcn acted Ticatrc plays breezln good cheer usually itientinea tton '„ .^ 10 - ^jy slKVi » .. Th ,, summer witn mat product. Bupiiortlng Miss Burke widowers," "The Happiest Night of Ills «To (lludys Hanson, Alice John, Shelley Hull, I(lfc .. .«r/ n< , j-mk Lady" and 'The Beauty Allan 1'ollock,' Luntsden Hare, Thomas Roy- poster" nolds undllexnanl Thornton.. . .. Georclo Drew Mcndum, the actress of tho BAGGAGE AND THEATRICAL TRACER OUR SPECIALTY. Eagle AuioTransfer Co. ** FRANK T. BROWN, Sopt. 330 XV. VAN BVRBN ST., I'Uonc, Wabash 6296. CHICAGO. Motor Trncka Used Kzclnslvely. assisted by a metal corps of young society f ( ,, ,„| ayor . Tlio oth.Ts are Kthcl pAV OfTAT. dancers from S56 House New York, and u ^ more nr id i Mn i^ i» rew . *" A X V^H A J. ■ brine with them the celebrated tango or- i n the role of the servant, in "Tho Strnngo „ „ _ , .. ... ....... choslra of "Europe," with tho colored band- woman " Annie Buckley bus the first "white" Ma", Hoiibbt Fitzmimsjonb Is ploying Associa- master. Their program to bo rendored at , mr |. H „J, i... „inved for several veers, Stic Is tlou time with great succem. Orchestra Hall will bo modern Jntorprotn- K aoottt at d'XtJng negro^characters, and T "» i-nug'lons. '» "A Night on the Mmi" tlons of tie Argentine tango, the Bnuillan U ^"S idenUheu wfth tnU V^ne of wor'k ««> playing -mall towns la Wisconsin for the W. rnexlx.., the half-nnd-half, and the ftirlnnn, CMoaK0 and other cities will to provided %„;„,. v HWTOM h ., th e iodine role ia''Ward the one step, tho hesitation, the Castle walk wlth * n )n Kn eltsh at popular prices next ~" and I he gavotte polka, Prominent in their nnim m* if favor Is given to the project of CHICAGO AQENTS' AND ABTIST$' REPRESENTATIVEt LAVIGNE & UNGNER, Proos. , 106 S. LA H4.L.LK ST.. CHICAGO. ILL. support nro Jano Otto, a Chicago dancer, who has already won her laurels In this city. A dozen other dancers assist the Castles. A fcatur.) of tho performance Is a dancing tournament for tho Ciistlo trophy cup, to bo Iircsented by tho Castles to tho best pair of ocal amateurs 1 who enter tho competition 22," now en Association time. Fox ano Witt were a blj hit at the Congress Cafe In Chicago. Patbicola has been booksd for tho Edelweiss Cafe. In Detroit, Mich., this week, by Edith HALTON POWELL .««*■■" TABLOID DIL'Sir.lL COMEDIES 90*Majestic Theatre Bldg.. CMcngo.Ill. LEW CANTOR Producer of c eature Vaudeville Attraction* 7th Floor, uiubons Hldg.; 20 E. Jackson Blvd., OIIlCAflO. Phoao Wabash 6002. Good Chorus Olrls and Principals Wanted at all times. JACK YORK AKTTBTS' BEPKESEHTATl V U 003 Consumers Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL. "New Acts Wanted at AH Times." GOUDRON & SGHAAR , ARTISTS RKPIIKSENTATIVEB Room low Gibbons Bldg. 20 K. Jackson Blvd. CHICAGO, ILL. HARRY W.SPINGOLD ARTISTS' REPRESENTATIVE Booking Standard Vaudeville Acts. Through W. V. M. A. „, Suite 513, Ft. Dearborn Bldg.. Chicago the Century Opera Co., of New York, to go traveling. . Hugo Kortsehak, violinist, and James Wnlttaker, pianist, havo Joined tho faculty Mlllwuni. of the Walter Spry Music School. Mknlo Moobb's "A Bachelor's Dream" has Just Arthur Shattuck, tho American pianist, etiupletel'tbo Miles circuit. " nftor an absence of two years, will return.to ,, WtoMW >a»M' "Alplu Sextette Is on the m |«i««dlntf statements have been iMued by the alio Castles themselves will bo the Judges, America next season. At present he Is making bigger houses of tho Gus Sun circuit !.„]„„, Theatre, in Detroit, tho management xtnt- «nd the rap will presumably carry with it a gg£ of the H oly Land, giving recitals in W» 5*V! a "* D C0M1 ' A >" "* B1 * kln « a lmr ^^ n &£^$ l %ti£ , i£R»* con. »» ^ JcrUMleln aDd 00l(!r - °c!a B r„; ,e,t last week for D.1I... Tex.. ,. tlnuously in portormancq for_tnoro tlian Adorph llartky, pianist, gave a recital at * m CLAUDE DOYLE 2KSSS. And AJITI8TS* RBPRBSBNTAT1VE, 164 and 160 WABH1NOTON ST., (Phone Frajklln 4201) CHICAGO. If Yon Want Next Week "WIRE A SURE-FIRE LIVE WIRE" JACK J. POX| Artltt Representative 418 Ft. Dearborn Bldg. Phone Randolph 4319 CHICAGO VAUDEVILLE BITS. Kzooit SiHTKBS are making a Southern trip. Waimik.v and FsANcid nit doing fine In the En»t, according to miorls. FutSD WvasTiia's Hblodt Maids are making their way back from the rnclBe Coast. Tna Inter-Stato Is now looking the Lyric The- Ing that the house has made arrangementii to hook thre-ugh the United Hooking Office an'l the Western Vaudeville Managers' Association. This denial, pienimlDgly coming from Olaude Hiku- ll.rej, Ohleogo manager lor the U. B. 0.. Is rather Important at this time. Tae Palace Is liooked by W. O. Cunningham, who has some ar- rangement with Earl J. <*x. by which the book- ings arc handled In the Metropolitan Exchange. Rcdib CutnK, who has not been seen In Cht- elxty years, came to tho Olobe Theatro Sun- tnc comedy Theatro Sunday. 3. ""f!,?', 1 "?.^ 11 ', 3 /,f or iiJ w ?? k ''°"& ll ?? nient -.„ KIlMflMrtn Ijtyman. pianist will be hear/ '•Help Wanted," with Henry Kolker, will nt th( , Audltoromm rkecltal Ilall to-night, run on at tho Cort. Amv Emerson Nolll, -the young Irish- 'Seven Keys to Ilaldpnte,*' featuring Cyril American violinist, who loft Chicago a year Bcott, holds hkgli favor at tho Orand. ng0 to pursue her studies abroad, has re- atre. at Oklahoma Oily, Okla., for many years a C8g0 f 0 .. bodu, time Is now at the Oolonl.il KIkIo l'orguson, in Tho Strange Woman, cently met with flattering auccesa In her ap- Hodklns' bouse. Frank Q. Doyle booking. Is In the last week of her engagement at the pcarnnce in London, as representative crlti- Tub Western Vaudeville Manngors' Association u, CB AN n caoy closed their road show and Illinois Theatre. Jisms from the London press avow. Mlse ?ni be <;ulte an aeUve place "taring the Summer, oixned in vaudCTllle this week at McVlcker'a With the last week of ".Madame Moselle," NellI roturna to Amcrlcii next month, when '«« long l[»t of book ngs willI continue the M mo Theatre. Hie Oarrlck onnounccs tho beflnnrng of Ha « h o will ttlvo a concert In C^leagoT It is » rx>t weather as during the Winter. Tlie book- W|LUB z.mmtomam K playing the Frank Q. Sumuicr scale of prices, itamely. $1.60 for „SJ?ii{ however that sue will go back to in * s,nfr wUl not „ be T?™* 1 furUier tt * Q mUe »*! bookings. best orchestra eoafs, tills to go Into effect KKXTTwrtlMlV u «*:* a "Z,. b r T^'i 0 "™^- ., ^ « Ta« Wmnaoa opens Saturday, of this week, lrith to-night 5 !! Derfonnanco. "SSS »%L. ^?i«,«„, Ti«„„ii,h Velltaf will -*«g Strand, at Winnipeg. Man.: the New „\ th Charles Klein's 'The Oarabfers," In feature IUithTcniUertcm, lailn the elahth week of ^ X? ra J < ? >P<? U t a 7 . ^^f m „ a K *-h£.}Z^ n ,il ° T '" ,U ' ln Mlnnoarolls, Minn.; the Lyric In Vlr- U ] m form. The house bad planned to use vaude- w rim .* iffi"in «f£jtFf2JEm& *• heard for the first time ln Cbdcago in ro- KE Mimi . ; taeSitpreis. In Dulath. Bilan.: the T ni e , bat the policy was chinged at the last mo- S^,. „~"L 2Ti^,„ i„ «^i LJfil&¥f?«, cltaI - assisted by Heatot Levy, pianist. Sua- Broad wv , m Saperlor, Wis,; the Olobe, ln kan- nmi D. L. SVarte. of the Krto Amosement Co., ?rf ^,h«^J%5lLSR B n?v m«M no ^Sin to ^-V afternoon, 10, at tho Blactefono Theatre, sas City. Mo.; lie Lyrto, In Omaha, Neb.: the leased the house to a Norttt Side Incorporation. 30. when n Decoration Day matinee will Do un a er the direction of V. Wight Neumann. Orpheum, In Sioux Falle, S. Dak.: the Grand, Wnrrn Orrr HireonaouB opens Mav 1«. and pmyoa. .„.,., m Fcllco Lyno. one of the new stars In tho Kmpreaa. and Hamilton Skydome, In St. Louis, "Tho Bird of Taradlso' Is ln Its second (merntlc eky Is to tour America next sea- Mo., and many olher houses, Including several ■ it Una 1 wnnlr nr t \\i\ # ki 1 iim i\\i* ' • ,1 a ■. . m i . i _. i aitU. is„_i „„ • Dd .,. , , lDa , 1 r, , y e ? k r, a L t ! , , e , 01 . ym .¥ lc '., J » , , mi In reclkl beforo Joining tho Boston "Tho Third rnrty" Is In the U*lrd week of 0[)era company. She is under tho manage- what promlaos to bo a lon« run at tho I'rln- ^vnt of Loudon Charlton, who annonnccs *ees. nlao the tours of four pianists—Tln«i Lerner, Mme. Borgny Ilnmmor will continue Iter Joseph Lhevlnne, Harold Ilauer and OksIi) performance of Ibsen's "Hcdda Uoblcr" at Cnhrllowltsch, tho ,x>n-In-lnw of tho late Mark the Llttlo Theatre. Twain. Tho samo management will guard Kolb and Dill aro In tho eighth week of th.) fortunes of Jacques Thllbnult, whose vio- their engagement ln "I'cck o l'lcklos" at Iln was heard throughout tho country this the American Music Hall. Boanon past. Three now attractions nro listed for next Tno n F t of sopranos engaged for the 1014 Week. Beginning Sunday night, 10. lulwnrd North shor0 j^mlc Festival at Kvanston SnllBlmry ' ' offei Iteils, John also Kitty Gordon, assisted by Harrison man q^^ ar tf SInry Ann Kntrfnun. illiinter, Roy Atwell. Sydney Oraud nnd ambhicak Music Hall (Samuel P. Gcr- others, will bring the musical con^y ''rretty BOn mar.)— Kolb and Dill, ln "Peck o" Mrs. Smith." to the (Inrrlck, and "The Queen i>iokIcB ™ of the Movies," en adaptation of tho Oi-rinan AuniTonitiM (B. Ulrlch, «ngr.)—Motion eperettu, "Dio Klno-lvoonlgin." will bo played plcturos "Tho Creation " f. l .t ,llo . l l l , l " oU 'c,J , ^ V ", , . U J Valu ' ^V^ * r ^\ n ,!3' BbAcksTONB (Harry J. Powers, rar.)—Bo- Kcllx Adlcr, Stella Iloban and John Golds- ~| nn | n ,, Monday night, 4, Itillic Burke, la Obleago theatres, will offer vaudeville during the Hummer. Tub United Booking OlDee (Obleago branch), has posted a notice to the effect that false and Frank Q. Doyle lias booked a lot of big attrac- tions for the Hippodrome Arena, such as the Naeases, Power's elephants, and Colonials, the HoIIand-Dockrlll Troupe, Six Ahdallaha, Joe Fan- ton's Awakening Athletes, Sixteen Benl Zones, Webb's seals, Oottrell-Powell Troupe, etc. worthy Catherine Chlunolm Cushlng/s brilliant now OBSERVATIONSJY JOE HEPP Live Tent Show News. Circus, Carnival, Wild West Gossip and Comment. Pertinent Paragraphs by our Special Correspondent. JOE HEPP'S FIRST PARTS AND" FIRST CIRCUS. The Rlngllng Brothers Circus recently closed a moat remarkably successful engagement at the Coliseum, Chicago. The Ilagenlwck-Wallaeo Circus, after a week of the survival of tho Attest and tho circus was on top. Finally I fell Into a Qtful slumber and Euhts Ssowdbn, who Is playing at the Or- pheum, Omaha, tills week, assisted by Walter Rom and Jack Richmond, has been a big Huecvsa m her Mcscnt timr of the Orpheum circuit. While In New Orleans several weeks ago, the newspaper critics said many complimentary thing* about thla clever young lady. The Tlmrn-Ucmorrat, April 21, said In part: "Elphye Snowden 'a linndtome to look upon, and as a singer ami lancer has few superlorson the vaudeville atagi:." The Dally Star aald: "Elphye Snowden Is a very clever singer and dancer. She has a beau- tiful figure sad n fine knack of getting her soius over the footlights. She wears gorgeous costumes and la a graceful tango dancer. The Ar'cir Or- leans Item devoted a iiuaitei of a page to her. CaciL Dunham, late prima donna Columbia Show, opens on the U. I). 0. time at Sprbigtlold, Mass., May 11. Rcsn J he mon has been and gone and done It! Now, glrla, what do you rhlnk of Rush, Just daih- Ing off without letting anj of us know anytlilni; about It. Rush Is married; yes. and didn't pick anyone in the show business either. It all hap- pened on Aiprll 22 last, and Marie Longetaff, that was. Is now Mrs. Rush Jermon. Now don't say anything about this, as Rush doesn't want It to get out. I'm keeping It quiet. Tin Florena Troupe will open; on the parks and fill.- time Aug. 31, at Sherbrooke, Can. Johnston ANn BnoKLET will play the I.new time at the close of their season with the Dream- land company. A i,. StNona left New York May 4, for Im An- gles, to embark la the moving picture business. BsionTON BcAoit Thbatbb will open for the season May 18. Sam McKee will again be the guiding star, Lou Diahono Is now manager of the Amphlon Theatre. Brooklyn. Dove Oreen, of tho Sheeily ofllce, Is asslstaot manager. Gehtid noi,T, the well known whistler, play- lOp. 1'llMUlJ * It'll MHO 11 Ulllll HIISUU^'I UUU vwun .i"w», iuv WW,, wvn. nuw.il», |NH« ilreiminl a polyglot dream but It seemed to mo Ing vaudeville, it lias lust been learned, was mar that I had tarried but a moment In dreamland' rled on Oct. 1, last year, to Dr. Oarl S. Dellner. liefore I was awakened \>j a rumble, rumble of pausing wheels. In sound it resembled the chnrlot race 1 had witnessed In the afternoon. I ruhNil my eyes sleepily and, climbing out of my lofty bed, went over to tho wlndvw. In the gentlo At tlio closo or millo liiirkes engagement 0( , mc rly, "Jerry " "A Olrl mi Hour Ahead of satlafaclory business at tho OollBcmn. In St. I/iuls, "™-,™ I ," r . '» V 10 , wmu « w - r '',' , l le „ p V ■t tho Blnclostone, that playhouse will 1st tho ti 0 i"' opened la a blase ot splendor, under canvas, u 55"HEJ tll ". t ^ athc(l Ule roiul ' } ^ £ lh ? C,T . scene of tho production of Mr. and Mrs. Hut ton's now comedy, 'The Call of Youth " "Tho Under Wltlto City opens Hnitiiixlny, 10. Tlio highly sueccHsful pnotopmy. - rue flpollers," will bo kept on viow nt the Studc- buker. 0. Peers, ingr.)- Ilcrmann, mgr.) — "nelp COHNDX Dot." Coitr (U. J. Wnnte.1." Kink Arts (A. It. Perry, mgr.) is dark, Oauiiick (John J. Onrrlty, mgr.)—"Ma I'eru, I ml. The various carnival companies which have in- Tho Zlegfeld wi retainitho picures of t In damo MoB0lIc » Beginning Sunday, 10, JUUSOTM of the United RtnteB Meet now ut .-protty Mrs. Smith," a lutislcal comedy. Vera Cnis and will projeot, also, n photo- o nou0 H M. Cohan's Oranii Oi-biia Hodsi play, "A Paradise Lost. (Harry Ridings, mgr.)—"Seven Keys to Bald- rho Iji Salle will contlnuo exhibitions of pate."' its senHiitlonnl film, "The l>rujf Terror." it linoih (W J Davln mirr , iFJlslo Fer. Tho Audttorlum will Join tfie .notion pic- gu ^ N in ™«fi^&SS'vVZui." ° tan column on Monday, 11. „A" l » rc !' ,, " , , r » JiA. Saixb Oi-biia IIoush (Joseph Bransky. of thirty will play. Tho first ptctiiro will be mgr .)_fli x . r oci pHotodranw, "ITio Drug Tor- an eight-reel pliotoplny, "Himrtncus: or, Tho ro 7.» v " •V? 0 .'.*,?' ^P O"!, 1 " 1 }' 0 ; 9 ' foi"><lea on tho Olympic (Goorgo C. Warren, mgr.)—"The old Italian piny, of that imme. rjjrd of I'arndlHC " Itlchard, Tomple, who gives new cvlilenco PoW kbs' (Harry Powers, mgr.)—Ruth of his protean sUU by ' ooi.Wlng" very dlf- Chattorton, In "Diiddy I.ongJ.egs." fyront chnraoters in "Tho TW Farty, Is p 1IIN ckbs (Prank Phelps, ingr,) —"The tlio son of -tho Richard Tomple who had Third Partv" famo In London in tlio dnys when the Gilbert Studbuak' nnd (Sullivan operas woro new. Young Rich under thirty, 'no wits onco an amateur swlnunluB champion and a champion ama- teur boxer, according to Ms hired biographer. He Iuih liml three years of service ln stock. Joslo Intropodl tho actress of the ocean' evening. Idly watching the swirling eddies of smoke that aaeended cclllng-wards from my sooth- ing iierfecto, I fell Into a gentle haze ot retro- Kiwetlon, ami gazing through Its miasma I callol to mind a train of memories Incident to my con- nection with the while tops. And Incidentally to my first visit to a circus. What man can forgot tho day on which ho wore his first pair of pants and first smclled the ring sawiluxU It has been repeated so often it has become an aphorism that the throe most momentous events In a man's life are his birth, marriage and death. Without wishing, ln the slightest degree, to de- tract from tho Importance or truth of the old saying, I must stato that the suites have over- NTiiiiniuoiii (Sam. I wi«ror mm- \ _ tl»r looked the event which, ln the mind of every man rank with any ot those aforementioned. I refer to the donning of his first pair of pants. What male of the coins homo can ever forget the day on which he first woro them? No eon- ?iiicror after his moat renowned victory has ever elt so elated, or been thrilled with such a seino ot dignity as falls to the lot of the small hoy when bo first takes to himself the garb whlca Columbia. (R. H. Woods, mgr.)—Week of confers on him tho dlatlnctlve appearance of a 3, Star and Onrtcr Show. 10, Jack Singer's ■■?•_ n .„ __ j. „ . .„ mJkam , Stock Company. . * .HP .J UB ' n *° T'"™. 0,a l '° *_ w, when l Star and Oabtbu ray new apparel imm i Paltey Olrcus lu town was almost lost sight cus, bag and luggage, en roufo to the depot, from whence to depart to norao other village to auirdratea*"tue seasoii" er™»'M"a1w7"whcn' u proi'ie , r •"''f™ "f bwvlllo as It bad nie. weather coadlUoos i«rmlt, meeting wltb great I stood there watching Uie alow passage of tho success caravan until tho last glided wagon bad trundled Altogether it looks like a glorious season for b jf. ""f , l . uen ,urnl "« ">» back on the little puffs all well conducted tent show entorprlscs, pf duat that arose from.under the heavy wheela While lounging ln my den at home the other uy pacts hanging, wraith like, on tho back of a chair. " I beheld They swayed thero proudly and majestically, Like tho banner of a conqueror flaunted on high. They realized tlmt the reign of the usurper bad passed, and they might once more resume their sway. Yea, the circus was gone, gone like a filmy web rent by the Summer breeze, but my beloved pants were still here to comfort me to-night and to ills- close to the envloua gaze ot my playmates on the morrow. Truly, I had much to be grout ful for to the gods thst be. In one glorious day 1 had experienced those two most momentous occasions In a boy's career—bis first circus and his first pantBl Some years later, after entering manhood's estate, I waa Identified ln an official capacity with the Barnum & Bailey Oreatest Show on Earth, bat the music never sounded so entrancing, the Sread of canvas never looked so great, the roar the wild beasts never seemed so terrifying, and the smell of the sawdust never was so sweet as Dr. Dellner wan formerly of the acrobatic acl, Three Delmores. Pasra Pat will be seen at Hammersteln'a shortly. Abb Masks and company start on the Qulgloy time next week. The act goes with a show of (ThaTllo Daniels next season. In the Columbia Cir- cuit. Jack Lindeb his opened an office In the Put- nam building, llo has a number of good acta on bla books. MAtmiOB Saudzls, ln "A Day at Bills Island. ' astonished the patrons at Loews Delancey Street Theatre last week. Ills sketch proved a big hit, and In response to demands for a speech he stepped beforo the curtain lu his Italian makeup started to speak a few wonds In Italian dialect and suddenly went Into Yiddish, which, of course, made him an even greater hit with bis audience. Sir. Bamuela Is working on a new sketch to be ready when he sails for Europe July 1, i Moists ano Douglas have Just put a new set on the Loew circuit. - - Sam BEnNAnD Is presenting Dave Jonea - and company ln "Nonsensical Nonsense," on the Loef circuit. Dave Jonea Is Bcrnanl's protege, anil 1* said to be a replica of tho well-known comedian. He Is heading tho bill at Loew's Toronto house this week. Mjrtks BBaNARD and Babl T.i.oin, In a new act, "Mr. Cohen from Newark," have just slatted the lour of the Loew circuit. H. M. Strauss, who has produced big "girt it Si'' TAP* t li ifc T su.iar rlfl twill r ImitiAtiiul .. nnirt . . n ^ Jane's Pn." * (Dick Rider, mgr.)— "S^Sf 1 J?n T't^Msmhlin *' amTVitamili SviSff ^^^SS^Sis^S^ln^R %r?S k^:%^ rion ' a "•*■* 10 - VT^SiSUISn'MW^ g^inmoruatpartta to.sssiawtatesM ! ESMsPu^txaJBFB&Zse House, where bcr daughter, I-Mltel IntroiHidl, Is now acting as the llghtmlng repoetwrcsa in s JtUey ds Woods' Big Show. "Seven Keys to Baldpatc." Folly (R. C. Scboonedae, mgr.) ln dark IIaymaiiket (J. P. Kirk, mgr.' on the day when I first experienced the wonders of sets" for tho Loew circuit launched a new one the circus realm. at New Kochelle, Monday, May a, when he pre- Shows msy come and shows may p>, with all presented Harry Steppe, In "The Kissing Olrls." their extraordinary features, marvelous accom- There aro fifteen people In the cast, pllshmenta and novelty exhibitions, but the r,.„. t... . wn «,„ />.„,.. iL„„ i„„> ^,.t memory of our first circus will ever linger as a ov«T aa«Ss "I Am^lloklnir of Yo,, E£j& ray of sunshine, brightening moments In times of °'" * i c ^l_ r£ lulnlll,1 « »' , 1 f? u ' ™ al7 .' gloom, or llko a fragrant flower casting lta per- ^°f., KmWB T' of K *aney and nollla, famed aa fume about our pathway. a aut . .comedian, waa official coach and volun- woman and child with a circus tee r pinch hitter when the Booking Office ployees bnseball team played tic executive f-_ baseball team at Van Oortlandt Park, Sunday, ally 3. Jack Henderson, who plays In "Madamo Moselle," what is. officially described, an a Makers, 1 raF/y^xvJk'nf °4 PffitlJE?%£m KSSS « nonchalant man about town. Is of TOngllsh S^dgu^caineron iSSflrSSZ+wSIZ »^ bt . * te ant J natl eTCT Bwn ' » ,n, » aad "^ birth and) FeunsylvmHa education, and was 8J9 **^ri^Rieh'ardT Jo^nh K«no «n5 « 1,,n « e,w WX!re lost Bl|[nt ot " l ** M ' roTelei1 trained to the law In Now York. Ho did hla n—ff'/i™- r™?" i?h*? ^SE?!., on . , In the lieautlful sights and strange sound* inrnuu w uiu low w now avra. ai« uj« u gogie Oreen, Loilsllnrdt, Kmplro Comedy VMb ^u 0 night 5f Uub serial artist thrill tr.) in dark. of indeed so delightedl was il In rontemnla Ins Bach has a mission to perform, to help banish may 3. Jp)—Week of ?be tSSSL SiT'SSSLV'Jt *?2Plhi2S& dollcire, to thrill and enervate laded souls, to Thb thlril anniversary of the building of the JO tho Mirth B5ai!5yig?SlL'iJ!'ga. T&rRJZLSKZ make the blood pulae more nulckiy thrmigh the Delancey Street Theatre, New York, Is being ob- jv, iuu mnin cuniorrea uy my Mneo panis inai uifl circus waa „.„ ». i»in» Amu *jr l.,.,.l.,.^ n w>,run,,a «s iinnl this »t _i.k ... ...»..., i.in „i,i„i. not even a secondary consideration. But when conducted to the show lot by a dear into ery- roveled 1* thrilled me, veins, to bring shouts of laiaghter, moments of served this week with an unusual bill, which wonder, and altogether to relieve the tedium of everyday life. God dims the ctrcut folk I A Tub James West Ob.. In "The Lure of a City," Is.at the Virginia this week, and Is proving one Includes the Bell Boy Trio, Charles Ledegar, Floyd Mack, the Jackson Family, Olga Cook, anJ others. W. H. St. Jambs and oomtant. In his sketch, "The Oomc-0n," are playing the Loew time. Al. Bbown, writer of music for "The Pasting WHEN IN CHICAGO Aro Cordially Invited to Make Neidquarters at the Western Bureau -OK- The New York Clipper In the Heart of the lUalto 505 Aihliu i Block, Cot. dark & Randolph me, and my childish treble helped to swell tho tumult as tho tiny-ponies dashed around the hip- podrome track ln the races that closed tho per- To my mind I had boon a spectator momentous occasion, that by comparison, and Gettysburg faded into pale Insigni- ficance. Once at homo I ate my supper silently, and afterwanl • adjourned to the back stoop, where at the. fairy-hand of my Imagination, each dew-cov- ored blade of grass became a prancing, gaudily- comparlaoaied steed; each shallow that came and went among the trees a glsnt beast of terrifying ferocity, and the firefly that Ulttetl hither and thither was transformed into a smiling danseuso who burst through paper-hoops to waft a kiss at seated. The plot Is consistent and the cast is the Loow time,' featuring Mr. Brown's own songs excellent, portraying each nnd every scene with A KBW ^d, Konr Phillips and White, and Montambo ani mW^mSSjSimWmmm^mi »!}]>» » 1r SSS"l s l t P »«»W *5 »mTi*m- SboV oM»"i™ad.™i ™rw n Majestic (Lyman B. Glover, mgr.)—Week of 4: Joslo Collins and, Robert Bvott, Al. , Davis and Bonnie Qlass, Lasky's 'Threo formance. Types," Bert BYtzglbbons, Clark and Verdi, st such a Helen Pago and company, Dlero, Dagwell Waterloo Sisters, and Maxino and Bobby. Colonial' (George Harrison, mtgr.)«—Week of 4. l<1rst lialf: Willy Zimmerman, Tlireo Klllotts, Mario MtsglbbonB\ Prentlco Trio, Dorothy Tamil and company, and Unas Bros. Last half: Willy Zlnrruorman, ISoltand and IVickrlll, Clark and Hale, Moss and leryo, Hoyt I^esslck and couvnany, and tho Mlllmars. MO Vickbr'h (J. 0. Bnroh, mgr.)—^Wcek Thb Reel Fellows' Club, of Chicago, promises to develop Into a powerful organization. 1'iwl- dent Nelils and Secretary V«-r Halen are doing Trojan work, and great <nthuslasm Is being evinced ty ail of llie members. Charles Nixon, of the Sellg Polyscope Oompnny; Dim O. Mcsncy, ot the Eu<anay rlkm Mfg. Co., and Omcr Doeil, or Oeorge Klelne, aro among the leading spirits and the committee having ln charge of the forthcoming monster benefit under tho direction of Ohnlrmatt Vosbtirgh. imMnlws some now stunts when the big event takes place. Thb big hippopotamus with tl-o Hagenbeck-Wal- FHONUS IOKNTRAI, 6049 (AUTt)44-3ai If not convonlent to oall, MAIL ROUTES AND NKWS 1TKMS. HAVK YOUR MAIL 8BNT IN OUR OARB. TUB NEW YORK CLIPPER la not con- ventional. It is original, aggressive, Im partial, reliable, and above all, IT HAS A CERTAIN ORIGINALITY AND DISTINC- TIVENESS WBIOD PLA0K8 IT IN A CLASS BY ITSELF. sou Troupe. GlIKAT NOItTTIBItN niPPOPBOMB (P. C Bb- erts, mgr.)—'Week of 4: Nick's Roller Skat- ing Girls, Collins anil Seymour, im "Tho llnttlo of Bay Rum," tho Klvo Mielody Boys, the Bounding Gordons, Leon Rngee, Immllton and Barnes, tho Military Mjiids, and Leah bad been so overshadowed by subsequent"happen- turet Wonder wlien that circus stunt will be te- lnga that I hardly gave thorn a thought. It was produced. It certainly caused a seoastlon. "THE CIIAllM OF ISABEL." This new Sydney ItoaenteM play was scheduled, fi r proiluction at tho Maxlne Mlllott, Tuesday, 0. Nordstrom, Anbert lirown, Neil Sparks, (ierold, Julia Vnnier, Ciirleton, In tho cast. af »» 1 in vis nnd company, ln a comedy playlet, en- The cost Includes: Maria titled "Ab It May Bo." Chown (ft Bttleson, mgr.)—Week of 4. First haif: Three Burns Sisters, dlaney ami Long, Moss and Frye, Hoy to Ixtssick ana com- pnny. Sterling, Rose and Sterling. Iiast half: I<n Belio Clnrk and horse. Mario FltzrlblHins, Klllott and Manes, Gertpude Dean IVirbes ami cempany, Throo Hlllotts, and Bovcn Oolonlnlw. UILLV JBROMB'8 Groat Clown Honf ■IB WAS ALWAYS FOOLIXO ABOUND S«o Pago 10. Isabel Evesson, Florenco l'ell-c Krombs and Wm. Marrov. nn!xn ano La Mar. the "Orlgln- atOTS ot Tabloid Minstrelsy." opened on the Proc- tor circuit May 4, and after completing then- en- gagement on tho above circuit, will play eight weeks for tlio U. B. 0., In the middle West. Tna Lambs' All-Star Oambol will bo. held May 23 at tho Academy of Mjjalc, Philadelphia. Siirrtf TrROTtTms (0. A., P. }.. and J. D.I, Modern Minstrels will own the sotson June 15. Lattiik and Latton write: '"litis ts rar tenth iiiimtlt with the North American Concert Oo. Billy Layton celebrateil his birthday annl- WANTED doublo anythl! IHHBDIA.TBDT FOB UN- CLE TOM'S CABIN, Piano to anything in brass. One Solo Cornel vewaiy Krlday, April 24. nnd received a number load band or double stage. Trap Drummer of gifts from tho company. Tutt Out Rkmabui for B. and 0. Baritone and Bass to doublo Is a welcome visitor every week. May It havo atAge. Pooplo I know Will write at once, continued imecess." ... Show will open botwoon lltt and 16th. Address EitiiiK Kov states that he has not entered Into •»•<>•>«• » ,„„, n any arrangement with Oeorge W. Ledercr, or any ,a» £ ™ a. ^"^? LF ._ „ . other Urut to appear ln moving pictures. ■*■■ Ferrr Street, Newark, ff. J. Desperate Desmcnd," opened for Loew at the National Theatre, New York. Ibvtno Coopbb's big act, "The Boarding School Olrls," opened on the Loew time. OSOAB LoRBAtNa, for some time with "Ths Pleasure Seekers," at the Winter Garden, Is ngala proving a big hit on the Loew circuit. IT will be Ted Snyder's night at Marcus Loew'a Avenue B Theatre Wednesday night, May 0, when a number of well known writers and singers will appear. Sotno of the stars Snyder will bring with mm will be: Maurice Abrahams, Al. Wohlmnn, Barry Puck, Grant O. Clark, Burt Omni, Joe Yonng. Harry Williams, Jimmy Plyn, Irving Ber- lin and others. WANTED IMMEDIATELY Violin. Lead Orchestra, Donblo Baritone or Alto- Experienced Band Actors always placed. Two Car Show. All staterooms. Address BOYD BURROWES, Chadron, Neb. "TENNEY" on an act is llko "sterling" on silverware. They'ro acts that possess originality, tho punch, nnd chock foil of comedy. "CHANGE YOUR ACT' I'll writo you a money getter, as I have for 200 Others. ALLEN 8PBNCBB TKNNKY, ■ 1402 llrondwav, Now York City In answering Off*. pledSO mention CLIPrBB. .■ i r. • VII k « •I ; : .!.i •) ■ I tl n.: x >> i . .0 : • 3 tl» i f till a