The New York Clipper (May 1914)

THE! NEW YORK CLIPPER. May 2:> YOU REMEMBER "THE BIRD IN A GILDED CAGE' AND ''THE MANSION OF ACHING HEARTS". THE GREATEST DESCRIPTIVE BALLADS EVER, WRITTEN. THEY WERE TWO OF I i Is the title or his latest Ballad, and he considers it without a doubt the Greatest Descriptive Song ever written. A wonderful Lyric by STERLING ana a wonderful Melody by VON TILZER. This Song is going to sweep the Country. Get it quick. ANOTHER SURE FIRE HIT. A BRAND NEW IDEA This is a corking Song for either Male or Female. Can be used for Doubles. A great Song (or Opening or Closing an Act. A lively swinging melody that will get your audience from Ihe start. OUR OTHER TERRIFIC HITS DO YOU TAKE THIS WOMAN FOR YOUR LAWFUL WIFE -.- LAST NIGHT WAS THE END OF THE WORLD -:- DON'T STOP THE SONG THAT STOLE MY HEART -:- A LITTLE BUNCH OF SHAMROCKS -:-■ I NEVER HEARD OF ANYBODY DYING FROM A KISS -:- LOVE ME WHILE THE LOVING IS COOD -:- ON THE OLD FALL RIVER LINE -:- WHAT A FOOL I'D BE HARRY VON JILZER MUSIC PUBLISHI NG CO., 12 5 W. 43d St., N. Y. City CHICAGO OFFICE: Grand Opera House Building. ■ Manager. Western Office «SAJ» FRANCISCO. (BfttAtl tUpatc* to TH» Naw York CurrBtt.1 Colvmbla.— Monday. May 18, second .nil last week of the motion pictures, "Native Life In tlie Philippines." . . - __ ._ _ Cost. —Sunday, 17, second week of "Pssjlnj Oaibtt.— Moodsy, May 18. "The laic of Bon* Boag." Uoiui.—Monday, 18, Wlllanl Mack aud Mar- Jorle Katulieuu, supported by Hie atock compniiy of the home, to "Men of Stool" and "Kick In. Oariiatm.—Mill opening Sunday (matlr.ee), 17: Illancbe Bates and company, Lillian Shaw, Hen- rietta l)e Scrrla and company, Horace Wrlitht ami Rene Dietrich, tbo Barreno. Charles Kevins anl Ada Gordon, Power Brother*. Odlva, and Day- light motion picture.. ._ Kurassa—Bill evening Sunday (matinee), 17: Byan Drolhera, Williams and Segal. "Spiegel s Daughter'. Beau," Al. Herman. Six Psrislan Hit tnony Qlrla. the Hartley Wonders, and feature photoplay*. _ . . ., . Pantaobb'.— Bill opening Sunday (mitlinv), 17: Bob Albright, Bd. Latcll, Musette. Rsck»:t, HooTor and Msrlarkey, Oornella and Wllbu:, Lottie Mayer and her Diving Nymphs, and Sun- light picture., kotos. Tub feature Ainu niK>tloued were (he attrac- tion at the house, earned for week coramenclug May 10: At the Tltoll, "The Daughter* of Men' aud "Lucille Love;" at the Imperial. "Tea. of tbe Storm Country;" at the Portola, "A Million BM." Ox AOOOUMT of an accident to the train In tbe yard* at Lo. Angelea, aa also a hot box it Santa Barbara, "The I'aeslng Show of 1018." at the Oort, did not start Ita pcrrorinmue nnlll 11.01 r. «. In.lead of at the advertised hour. 8.1ft, on Ita opening night (10). The train, a npcclnl with company and scenery, was more than three hour* late arriving In this city, and although the bouse, which at Br»t waa packed, somewhat thl.ued, many remained to ace the show, which did not end until 2 In the morning. In order lo keep the audience entertained and In rood humor, several of the performer* appeared before the eurtalu, giving ''atunta" aucb as aougs and reel- latlona, and this serred to pass the time without monotony until the curtsln was rung up and the regular show began. . Mas. Anita llALtwii* McClauoiikt. ore of the two ten million dollar helreaaea (o the estate of her father, the late K. J. "Lucky" Baldwin, deulcs any lnlentloa or marrying ltlctmrd Walton 'fully, tbe playwright, niul In emphatic language which cannot be lulsuiu'crslnod aaya: "The nun I would marry does not lire." Still another suit has been started nualust the Clety Tbcatre Oo. It 1. that of Charles Judcls. comedian, who 1. suing for $3,430. for allesed breach of contract. He clalina to hare been en- gaged for twenty-four week* In the Marie Dress- ier .how of the house, at a salary of $223 a week, and the amount claimed by him la for back salary. It I* rumored that the Metropolitan Grand Oyer* Oo. will rtalt thla city next year, and give * series of performances with Its entire entourage. Til* River Theatre, at Santa Crua, which wilt he an open air one, and which Is situated among a grove of willows on the San Loronao ltlvcr, will open on June 22, with the pageant drama, "The l'adrea," followed the succeeding night by "Tbe Pathfinder." The plays will show the build- ing of California through the centuries, from the aboriginal Indian daya to the present time. *)*» [.as Suvbbbt has purchased from Julius Heist and Alexander Engel the American rights to "The Ory for s Child." s fsree. Tbe English title will be "Baby's l'apa." THE GREATEST COMEDY SONG IN YEARS DO YOU TARE THIS WOMAN FOR YOUR LAWFUL WIFE? NOTICE HALF TONE PICTURES In the read- lug pages of TUB CLIPPER will be inaertetl nt these pricesi Front Pnaje Cat .f05.00 Double Column $10.00 Single Column SS.00 OH\NGKS AT CENTUTIY O. Is. An expenditure of about $100,000 li about to he made on lb* Century Opera House, on Cen- tral Park West, between Slrty-seeond and Sixty- third Streets for extensive Interior alterations to add 802 seats to Ita total seating cnru-:lty. The change*, which are to be mane for the Cen- tury Opera Company as lessee, Include the recou - strucllon of tbo orrhestra floor, making a lew pitch, reducing (ho boxes from nine to six, and adding 250 sests; removing tbe entire foyer circle and reconstructing It on new Hues, there- by adding 830 seats; cuniiging tbe first bilcooy »nd adding 102 seats, and adding 104 seats to tbe second balcony. When these alterations are completed the theatre's seating capacity will bare been Increased from 2,000 to 2.850. -)♦» PLANS FOR CHICAGO OPERA CO. Oleofonte Campanlnl, general director of the Chi- cago Grand Opera Company, Is authority for tbe Htateruent that plana for next year are well under way. The season will begin In Philadelphia early In November and continue three weeks, after which tbe company will go to Chicago for ten weeks. Then will follow a return to Philadelphia for four weeks during February, with a Tuesday night performance each week at the Metropolitan Opera House In this city. Msry Garden will not be a member of tbe com- pany, but will probably alng abroad. A new mem- ber, however, will be Llna Oavalleri. Other en- iMgcmcnts already made are Maria KousnlctaofT, Maria Barrlentos, Louise Edvlna, who hsa Just successfully Impressed Paris aa the heroine In "l/Ainorc del tre Ren;" Loclen Muratore, Ale*. sandra lloncl and Marin Sammnrco. 4»» P. W. L. RECEPTION. Tbe P. W. L. will have It* annual reception May 25, at 0 r. v., lo the clubronms. nt 190J 1! roadway. The guest of honor will be Hugo Hindi, who hi* been the League's counsellor I'or many years. Prominent stage folk and many president* of women's clubs have also been Inrtted. Mine. KIs* Oregorl, chairman of music, has charge of tbe program, and Mr*. Louise Cauobejl stern Is chairman of refreshments. Amelia Suiu- •nervllle will preside at the "punch bowl," assist- ed by a number of well known theatrical beaut 1 ."'. w«» KIBBLE'S GREAT SEASON. Klbblo & Marlon's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Com- pany, under tbo personal supervision of Wllllnn kibble, closed a forty-alx weeks' season at tbe Majestic, Buffalo, Saturday, Mov 10. Mr. Kibble, who ha* offices In the Lorgacre Building, New York, report* n "spotty" season, business some places lelng excepllonally large, and In other vicinities rather meagre. It 1* reported that Kibble cleared over 1300 each week oo the long season. ■»»» CAIIN HOUSES FOR LOEW. Marcus Lcew 1* *ald to he negotiating for the iiiircbase of toe Julius Cahn string of theatre* In New England. The houses mentioned aa Included la tbe trans- actions ire: The Jefferson, Portlsnd, Me.; Em- pire, Lewlston, Me.; Lowell (Mass.) Opera House. Lawrence (Mass.) Opera noose. Empire and Salem Theatre*. Salem, and Academy. Fall Hirer. Mass. ■*»» GRACE FIELDING ILL. Grace Fielding, who ill private life la the wire of Fred Fleck, manager of tbe 'Tolash and Perl- mutter" Co., Is vary III. The doctor* have strong hopes of her recovery. LAMBS' GAMBOL All records for advance Bale were broken May 12 for tbe All Star Lambs' Gambol, which will take place at the Metropolitan Opera. House, New York, May 22, 23. The amount taken was e'lO.SlS. which was for seas for the first |«r- formance only. The ssle for the second performance occurred Saturday, May 10, and waa a little over 13.000. the receipts of both sales amounting In round numbers to $20,000. The sales were conducted st tbe Hudson Theatre, and the auctioneers In- cluded several of our most prominent footllght star*, while the purchasers Included men promi- nent In various lines In tbe profession—jjonagers, actors snd stsge directors. Tbe program will truly be an all star affair. There will be a minstrel first part In such men as: De Wolf Hopper, William Collier, Raymond Hitchcock, Frank Mclntyre. Jack Haazard, An- drew Mack, Nat M. Wills, Frank Lawlor, Maclyn Arbockle, Irvlo S. Cobb, Clayton White, Chirles K. Evans, Joseph W. Herbert, Hap Ward, Chirles J. Bos*, Frank Doaue. Charles Hooper, Frsnk Croxton, Thomas A. Wise. Harry Williams, Irving Berlin, Bruce McBae, William Farnum, Henry Woodruff, Dlghy Bell, William Elliott, George Nash, Frederick Perry, Brandon Tynan, Frank Crotoa, John Hendricks, Demrxau Maley, Stephen Maley. W. J. Kelly, Glenn Hall, Malcolm Will- lama, Neal McOay, George Park, George Bamum, Scott Welsh, Effingham Pinto, Joseph Kllgour and many others. The Individual members of the minstrel first part will be an Introductory overture by John Philip Sous*, with Incidental solos by De Wolf Hopper snd Scott Welsh; humorous ditty. "Johnny Brown." by Charles E. Evans; ballad, "Sweet Marie," by Glenn Hall; comic songs, by all tbe end men, especially "My Tango Girl," written and sung by Andrew alack, and "Off to Mexico," wiltlen aud sung by Irving Berlin. This minstrel delight will le followed by s fanny "contest" between foar of America's (real. est cartoonists, Wlnsor McCay. B. F. Outcsiil:, Hy Mayer and El. Kcmble. who will try to out- kketcli each other, all working at tbe same time. Tbe third number on the bill will be "The llalnbow Cocktail," a rtaullug dance numbs:, by Uaxxard Short aud Roy and Kenneth Webb, in- troducing such popular star* is Henry Woodruff and Kdwln Stevens, together with several petti- coated lambs, who, as teroalchorean queens, will seek to disguise the male personalities of Ernng- bam Pinto, Glenn Hall. Will Doming, Richard labor, William Oourtlelib Jr. and Haaaard Short. Thla will bring tbe first part to an end. John Philip Sons* will start tbe thrills after a brief Intermission with hi* new military number, "Tbe Lambs March,' played by his entire band. Thla will be fallowed by the one serious note of tbe program, a modern morality play. "Experi- ence,*' and written by George V. Uobart. This will present a east Including William Elliott ns Youth, Frederick Perry a* Experience, Eifiuhun Pinto a. Passion, Dlghy Bell aa Wealth, W. J. Kelly as Plessare, Wilton Lackaye as Crime, William Farnum as Ambition, and Stephen Maley, Richard Tabor, Glenn Hall. Will 3. Demlng, Chas. Dow Clark. George Probert and George Barnum lo other allegorical roles. This unusual drama take* it* people through tho following significant scenes: 1, "id the Land Where Dreams Begin:" 2, "la the Street of Vaccination;" 3. "In tbe Primrose Path;" 4, "In the Street of Remorse:" 5, "In the Hooss of Lost Souls;" 0, "In the Street of Forgotten Dsy*;" 7, "In tbe Land Where the Dreamer Wakens." The Incidental muale, composed hy Max Beodlx, will he a fea- ture of the presentation, with a aympbooy orches- tra of arty. Nat M. Wills will follow the serious play with his monooeue, "The Happy Tr»mp," »fter which will be disclosed a dancing number by John I.. Golden and R. H. Bumslde. called "The Book of Life; or, The Dancing Agea." In this De Wolf Hopper will play a Jester. Frank Mclntyre rill play a chubby boy tf eight, and Will Archie will be his six year old ■wvetliu irt. Bright character bits will be played by Bruce Mclt.ie. Maclyn Ar- buckle, Charles Hopper, Charles B. Evans, Frank Donne and Stephen Maley, wblic among the "rav- ishing beauties," In their latest Parisian gowns and millinery, will be Morgan Coraan, Will J. Demlng, William Elliott, Jnfan Slavln. E. Ray Goelx, and William Oonrtlclzh Jr. Burton Holmes will then give one of his notable illustrated lectures. "The Gnat American Pksy" Is the tlUe of the itterpleee, and It I* expected to form a fitting climax to an altogether unusual urogram, Intro- ducing again tbe entire company of reveling Lambs. It Is described hy George V. Hobart, Its author, as a "free and eaay" adaptation of "Tbe Critic," presented, "with apologies here and there to Richard Brlnsley Sheridan." Tbe prin- cipal roles will be plsyed by Wilton Lackaye, Ed- ward Abeles, Malcolm Williams, Brandon Tynan, Olayton White, Thomas A. Wise, Joseph Kllgour, Klcble Ling, Joseph W. Herbert, Wai. J. Kelly. Frsnk Belcher, Psul Dickey, Edmund Maley, E. P. Gayer, Frank Croton, Blllee Taylor, George llarnum, Paul Evans, Stanley Murpby, Arthur Hurley, Charles Dow Clark, Wlllanl Curtis, Will Archie, Scott Welsh and John Hendricks. A street minstrel parade, headed by John Philip Sousa, will be an enjoyable feature and will doubtless be witnessed by crowds of admirers. Starting at 5.30 o'clock Friday afternoon, May 22.. and at 11.SO o'clock Saturday morning, May 23, the entire company of JTO Lambs win marcli, mlustrel fashion, escorted by hnndieds of otber Lambs, over the following route: From the club- house on West Forty-fourth Street, West to Broad- wsy, South to Forty-second Street, Has: to Fifth Avenue, South to Twenty-sixth Street, West to Broadway, and North to Fortieth Street, to the Metropolitan Opera House. * ' > "Masaub Mossxlk," a musical play by Paul- ton aud Englandcr, sod which recently closed a successful engagement st tbe Gsrrlck. Chicago, will be shown In New York, May 23, at the Shubert Theatre, following the run of "The Girl from Bond Street." KonuT Hilliabd closes his season In "The Argyle Csse" tbla week, In Los Angeles, Cal. NEWS IN BRIEF. Mue. Lillian Noidica, who died recently la Batavla. Java, la reported to bare made her will Jan. 1, on board the Tttman, five day* after tbe ship ran ashore. Her estste, which amounts la about 11,000,000, and Is composed mostly u( jewels, will go to her husband, Georga W. Young. Pal-link Fbbobxick will play tbe role of In- nocent la A. H. Woods' production of tbe play of that name. Tub Libblxb Co, will occupy tbe Plymouth The- atre, Boston, next season aud presumably for in. i*xt twenty-eight years. Klaw A Eblahoxx have leased tbe Tremont Theatre, Boston, Mass., from John B. Scboeffel, for a long term of years. After July 1 Mr. Scboeffel will become a K. A E. mansger. Gbo. 0. Tvlee is la Sicily with Robert Hlcbcu«. Tubodobb l.ieni.EB is enjoying a two weeks' llshlog trip In the Adirondack!. Tub Doi.lv Sistksb will make their vaudeville re-appearance May 25, at Hammerstelii's. Anna Patlowa appeared, 9. at a command per- formance at Brunswick, Germany, before Emperor William. Jo us Milt bbx has been engaged by A. II. Wood*, for "Dragged." "Tub Modbl Mais" 1* tbe title of a new mu- sical comedy which Philip Bartholouue announce.. for production next September. Howakd Hull, a playwright, and hnshaml nf Margaret Anglln. has filed a petition in bank- ruptcy In this city. Liabilities stated at »2,»7.v Thb ordinance intended to end •peculation '« theatre tickets by forbidding the sale la chi* city of a ticket for more than tbe price printed on its face, was withdrawn May is by tbe Board of Aldermen, which passed it two weeks *go. The Aldermen •greed with Mayor Mltchel that It was too severe, a* It* apparent effect would be tu wipe out all ticket agencies. There was also a doubt of lis constitutionality. Frank Mandsl has deliverd to Oliver Morocco the completed manuscript of his three act play. "The Lady We Love." It will be prodnced ji tbe Bnrbank. In Lo* Angeles, Cal.. before coming East Mr, Mandsl la a San Francisco writer who haa been sojourning in New York, placing several of his plays. L. and T. Babtholoi, who bare for the past Iwelve year* conducted the Bartholdl Inn, at 103- 177 West Forty-fifth Street, have taken a loiu; lease of the Hotel Maurice. 110-118 West Fo.-ty- fifth Street, at an agrgegate rental of approxt- mstely S2OO.0O0, with a privilege of purchasing tbe property within three years. Tbe Hotel Mau- rice, which is ten stories In height, contains one- hundred and twenty rooms. Rice k Hill nego- tiate! tbe transaction. Lsx Suubebt earlled for New York May 10. on the ifauralaai'a, after hi* annual Spring business visit to Europe. Mr. Shubert has timed bus ar- rival to make sure of witnessing ibe Hippodrome revival of "U. M. S Pinafore" before It closes May 23. Mikb Simon, stage manager of Hatnmersteln'i!. New York, will be succeeded by Martin Nelaoa May 24. Mr. Slmoo goes to Europe, and will re- turn to join the firm of Selwyn A Oo. THI8B LAMPS CAN BKimACHEDJO M^AMK JOLLOW JIBE SftTEM Specially adapted far CIRCUSES, SIDE SHOWS and Similar Places. So alinplj constrnoted that job do not need an expert to care for them. Produces a powerful light at about win" oabj fin SasaftSaaaf £0"™»»»»«> Lamp of ..me candle power. w i"5 AH „S»y B * * otJ MM both on operaUng cost and malntalaaace. Write for HlostraUoni and price* free on reoact. D0UD L|QHT|NG QQ m u „ ^^ ^ wmQ0 |U