The New York Clipper (July 1914)

THENEW YORK CLIPPER. Jdi [4 June Is. One more stronghold of musical comedy baa fallen before what too critics olenso to call the American Invasion—the Adolphl, to wit. Here, after a postponement, "The Belle of Bond Street" was established on Monday night Wo remark no essential difference from "Tbe Olrl from Kay's," but there are many musical interpolations, one Of which will probably make the hit of the revival— "Who I'nld the Bent for Mrs. Itrp Van Winkle, wliea Kip Van Winkle Went Away." Sam Jiernnrd, a great personal success any- way, got round after round of applause for this song. Ina Claire Is a charming Winnie, Hhe introduces n series of Imitations. There was a great gathering of Americans, and Ham Bernard was called on for a speech. Ho declared that he had known no happier moment. Ills performance differs widely Irom that we remember of Willie Kdouln. but It Is just as good in Its way, and tbere could be no higher praise. "I Jon t want to talk about America, said Mario I.loyd after she bad stilled tbe crowd of exuberant frlcnuB that welcomed bcr home. Then her valor got tho better of discretion and she let out. "I am going to write a« book," she said, "called The Vlcclssltudes of Maria.' I do not like the American pro- frletorsj or tbelr methods. I have lost 13,000 os my trip, though I worked llko a rojau, day and night. Tbey said 'bands op,' and took: It out of my pockets. I have Oeun over thero eight months, and they were capable ot taking the S15.000 in a night. The Americans have got a lot to learn from the Kngllsh. They call themselves our cousins; then 1 say 'God save us from our relations.' * • • I am returning to America next year under different manages merit and methods." 1'rlvate advices have informed ui of tho other side of thq case, and Mni'le Lloyd's angry outburst is not likely to cause ministerial correspondence. It Is some time, now, since Alfred Butt became tbe manglng director of tbe Kmplre, but be had to let things straighten out, and It was not until Thursday night that be camp out Into tho open to begin a new chapter in tbe history of tho house with •The Merry-go-round," which ho earnestly re- aucited should not bo regarded as at revue. Ince tbe show folk seized upon this word some very rank stuff has been scheduled so, Therefore we will humor Mr. Butt. "Tba Merry-go-round" Is a characteristic and caroling piece of work. It makes no pre- tense at a plot. There is a succession of beautiful scenes, not over laid with splendor —too many of them, Indeed, at tho outset, and iiot enough fun, Moreover, no tunc that the man In the street can lay bold of. There It a millinery store sccue, a wonderful under scas Illusion got by transparencies, a bril- liant gathering at Versailles toward the end ot the eighteenth century, and a ball with the dancers Jn tuturlst costumes. Mr. Butts' star engagement for this production Is that of Michael Uordkln and Dnleschova. Tho former got a tremendous reception, for bo was much liked at tbo l'alace ere bis con- tretemps with 1'avlowa. It Is said that Bale- schova has superseded I'avlown In tho af- fections of the I'ctcrsburgcrB. Be that as It may, the dancer Is qulto of the grace and distinction essential to such a selection. Nora Bayea has much to do In "Tbo Merry- go-round?' Indeed, of tho actor* and act- resses she Is tbo only one provided for bo for with a liberal hand. Wellington Cross, as Cupid, Is a kind of compere. Lois Jo- sephine, and Smith and Doylo complete tbe American contingent. Phyllis Bedells, the Kugllsh dancer has a good opening. Qua Sohlko has urrauged a good many of tho de- tails. Tho l'implro was redecorated while "The Morry-go-round" was preparing, and It Is understood that Alfred Butt bus been making his nresonco felt all round the house. Alfred Belt claims lo have completely ester- ruliintcd the clnquo as a preliminary to the pro- duction ot the now revue at tbe Umpire. For years tbo purveyor ot paid applause tins been a familiar character around Ia'Iiybih- Square. At one Hue, no doubt, Thomas Hnrrusford was a rich nun, anil when ho died Ida eatute wns "proved" at 1100,000. But Hint teems to have l«vn paper wealth. Ilia widow and young chil- dren are destitute, and the big people of till* mimic hall world are beading a subscription for ibun. Hsrraeford rose from the street almost. lie was a daucer, a patter comedian, a racing man a 1 saloon keener before he became a music ball rn rer anil built up tho Uarrasrbrd circuit, now ran by Ue l'rcce. Arllata could always reach him aud set a friendly hearing and ao liked Mm. He would bet on horse races la tens ot thou- sands ot dollars, end during his last, long lllueas bo was lu aura atranjbls. "An luulau Summer," by Jltlle Horllck, which Allan Ajnesworth produced at ibo I'rlnce of Wales' Thfitre on Monday night. Is not likely to endure longer Iban I he season from which It takes Its c, Tho situation from which the cranio11st works Is fojutiInr. Nigel Parry, a distinguished lawyer, continued ot a sympathetic and paialonnto nalure when Ida wife had iieeoiue calm and philosophical, almost ailiuiianllue. .So ho sought aud found conaolnlloii elsewhere. Mrs. Parry round him out, wns outraged, and of a de- termination to depart, but decided still to keep bouse with licr husband for the sake ot their be- loved hoy. In duo course the beloved boy took a wife, and made a break ua Imd na papa's had hoca. Mrs. l'urry act to work to straighten out tbo domestic attains of her sou aud daughter-in- law, and In so doing, rcallrcd bow much happier •lie would have Ueeii had she. in earlier life, been us philosophical nml forgiving as alio ad- vised her daughter-in-law to lie. 8ft. she en- tered Iiikki her "Indian Summer," which .'a lu reality nu extra sunny Autumn of content. The play us lung drawn, talkative, and amateurish. 'Stella," the opera which waa produced at the London Palladium on Monday. Is a disappointing work. It waa twoni.tl ua mi Aatrnltan work for no more reason thin (hat the Kngllsh conipostr was for souse years 111 Ihc colony. It Is a com- mou-placv, old fashioned melodrama, with music to match I l»ady Randolph Churchill has written a play, her second, called "Tho Bill," which will be done la London shortly. JUNS 20. A tow days of sunshine struck terror to the hearts ot our lliei'.rlenl malingers who think 11 Incumbent on them lo slrusglu Ihrnuitti the Hum- mer, till titer are beclcii to a frnaatc. But this week ushuvd In n cold snap, which was hailed with rejoicing, uml couimcuioi a led by throe lint nights, of which two nee-1 but a casual record. On Tuesday, at the Criterion, Nancy Price and Lyn Harding revived "A Scrap of Paper:" rather, tht-y produced nn entirely new version of tbe play, by Frederick IVrn, dreaalng It carefully In lis period, that in lo aay, the women wear crlno- Hues, ami the uieu wear big whiskers. It was v«ry well received. On Prissy, Lydlu Yttvornkn produced, ot the Scala Thiatro. n literal trans- lation of "La Dune aim Oametlaa." Mile. Yavoiska once played Mui-fcucrltc for the delecta- tion of the nullior, Alexander Diuiins, and he hiK-rlbed a copy ot the piny lo tho actress. Temple Thurston, the brilliant novelist, ha* waited long and worked patiently for success on Ibe stage, but be got It all right, at the llay- markct, on Wednesday, with Ida play, entitled "Driven," In which Alexandra Carlisle and Aubrev Smith gave tine performances, Making n mistaken diagnosis of her Illness, the doctors gave Diana Hiuffurili, Hie young wlfo of a polltlelan. two years to lire. staffurlh. a loynl nml devoted has- hand, thought lo keep the secret. But Diana got wis* to her state, uud delennlned that she would till every hour that remained to her with excite- ment. A seductive young guardsman lenl her aid too willingly In her mad career, and these twain were on the ere of sn elopement. In a hue scene, Stolturih grappled with the guardsman. flit common sense and fineness of character triumphed completely. The selfish young soldier was discredited In the girl's eyes, she was con- vinced ot tbe nobility and worth of her husband— of her own deep love for him, In spite of her foolish divagations. And at this Juncture came the good news of tbe doctors' mistake. Mr. Thurs- ton has dealt with bis material most convincingly. We were promised an exposition ot the Art of Noise at the London OoBscom on Monday night, and we got It. going and coming. Oswald Btoll had engaged Marlncttl. tbo "Futurist" apostle, to give a lecture with llnstratlons by the or- chestra of "noise loners" including busters, w hi tiers, cracklers and such like. In twenty-three varieties. They were to be reproduced, in two "nolso spirals,'' the awakening of a great city, and a meeting of aotomoblles and aeroplanes. The gallery boys soon got busy guying Marlnettl's ex- travagant and silly lecture, but when tbe "mu- sic began they eonntcrblasted It with a concert of their own, and f-e curtain at laat divided tbe contestants. Vor the moat port the newspapers appeal to Btoll to withdraw this eccentric aud stupid show. A more pleasant feature of tbe Coliseum program was Lydln Kyasht's appearance In a little dance. . .. At the Theatre Boyal, Manchester, Arthur Bourchler produced nn adaptation, hy Jose Y. Levey, from tbe German, na "The Double Mys- tery.' It contains one of Ibose "dual" charac- ters which actors love, and certainly Mr. Bour- chler Is very -good. Judge Mailers, saturated bv criminology, becomes u criminal himself In mo- menta of aberration. The change of personality Is deftly managed. Hitting In his library the mentally distressed Judge Is transformed into tli«> baron, a master thlof whom <he audience follows to a den. ot Infamy, where the Judge dominates and directs a gang of tobhors, makes love to an abandoned girl, whom he has. In his other ca- pacity, consisted and punished; finally, heads a burglarious expedition to bis own bouse, and so, in familiar circumstances Is made conscious of ■ ho horror of his dual personality. Tbo manipu- lation ot such a story Is, obviously, full of dllH- culty, but the Manchester audience, which It notoriously exacting, seemed well pleased. Oecll Balehjb, ihe dramatist, has publicly "thanked Sod he Is a Welshman." Ills real name Is Abraham Itowlands. Ills fatber was o trainer of race horses, well known as "Fogg" Itowlands. _ ' Horace Sedger, who, after experiencing all the vlcclssltudes of Uie.nrleal management, made a huge fortune out of pictures, haa been desperately HI, but Is recovering. "Olnemasoo" Is the title of a wonderful scries o' big game hunting pictures now on view at the London Opers House. "Cinderella" has been selected by Arthur Col- lins for bis Dniry Lane pantomime. It always was the best. Sir Gilbert Parke.'.- M. P., the Cunadlou novel- ist, hss written a play entitled "When Valmond Gome to Fontlac." Ina Claire's wonlorful exhibition of mimicry In "Tho Bello of Bond Street" seems to please ovco her victims, for <lnby Deslya nnd Ethel Levey have both been behbid the scenes and kissed he:. "Pyginollon" Is getting dangerously near s hundred performances at His Majesty's Theatre. Tree seems to have a hatred of orcrstepplug a landmark, and Is already nurd at work oa the rrcimratlon of "Divhl Copperflcld." In which be will double the parti of Mlcawber and Peggotly. Iris Hoey will play "Little Emily." Mabel Ituisoll, who made such a hit In "Within the Low" at the liny-market, has returned to musical comedy, and la now appearing In "Mile. Trslala." All tbe West Rail managers are sold to have signed a letter to tbe Lord Chamberlain, demand- ing tho right to permit their patrons lo smoke freely. Zangwlll's duologue, entitled "Six Persons," hoi teen revived at the Comedy Theatre. Sim's "Lights o' Lowiun" Is withdrawn from the Aldwych Thentre to-night. 8am Bernard has l«en reminiscencing of his earlier appearance in this city, at the then lough Middlesex Music Hall, In 186S. He claims to have been tho Drst man to do a German mono- logue here. BEN ItOSElNTHAL, CON T. KUNNISUV AND WAllltBN A, PATRICK. Michael Moskwln .described as the Imperial Court violinist (ot Russia), opened at tho Vic- toria Palace on Monday. lie surrounds a meri- torious pcrforaisfhcJ with n scenic Illusion, aud culls his net "A Musician's Dream," Polulro Is suing "Sein," the caricaturist, ,>ud milling a heavy claim for damages. She claims Unit In a recent sketch bo made ber look too stout. Constance Oother, lately home from tbe Stutes, made her re-appearunco on this tide at the Man- chester IIIppiK'rome on Monday, In a sketch. tailed "Getting Out ot It," by Arthur Appllu, a newspaper mau. At a Fourth of Inly luncheon, at the American Exhibition, Shophe.-da Bush, Dr. Page, the Amer- ican Ambassador, and Mrs. Page will bo guests of honor. _ Edmund "Ps"yueT"iho Gaiety - aclor, whose esse was said to be hopeless, still mskes good pro- gress toward recovery. A esse In which another actress sue* Connie Edits for upwards of $300. money lent, and In- tercai, was before the courts on Wednesday, and stands adjourned. At the New Theatre yesterday afternoon Cyril Maude presented Loral no Wymnn, of New York, In ber repertoire ot old French and English songs hi oostuuie. Sir Qeorge Alexsnder has bought a play from Oaptalu John Kendall, known os Duin-Dum—no relation of the Hernials. After an Incredibly long Interval, the "bouse breakers" have got to work on Ihe Tlvoll sad are tearing down ibe familiar frontage which Is lo dlaappear from the Strand for tbe wldenlug of that ilioroiLihfare. George Bonce, the banjo player seeks, admis- sion to tho Music Hall Home. He Is broken In health and fortune. What a spoiled pair of London society, the Brothers Boliec were a quarter of a century ago. Oecll Ramtey it dead. He waa a trlu Utile man, whose Invariable success In parts suitable to his physique dales back low. Q. lu Barrle'a "Walker, London." Yvelte Qollhrrt. In rvsdy to an Invitation lo spoak at a trurrraglat meeting here sent a strongly worded message In which sue said ahe would do so only on condition that the militants declared a truce. Of course, they refuse. Oarlotta Addeson, who was appearing In "Pyg- malion" at Uls Majesty's, died suddenly on Suu- day. Sbe came of a famous theatrical family, and had bean on the atage nfiy yeara. She was 'he original Bella. In "School,'' at Ihe Prince of Wales', and the Ruth Poll, lu "Sweet Lavender." Later lu life she specialised on sweet old latlix mid ahe was, herself, the sweetest old lady of them til. 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Lett hope It will, for ho was a good fellow, Violet Lorralno, Drury Lunes buxom principal hoy, has temporarily replaced Ethel Levey lo •'Hullo 1 TangoI" at tho Hippodrome. Nell Kenyon scorns to be bavlng a great tluu la Johannesburg^ Six Herbert Tree Is busy nn a scheme for cele- brating the tercentenary ot Shakespeare's deslh, in 1010. So far .is is Majesty's Theatre :■ con- cerned, the historical plays are to be featured. Loudon Is trying lo nnilio up Ha mind whether or no It shall go mud over n new dance from Paris, tin "Itoull-Roult." The tango Is quite deed here, Itctnsky-Korsakov's fairy opera, "Cog d'Or," hss been the novelty of Hie licecham opera season at Drury Lane. This fantastic and clianuiug work has been condemned In Russia, because tbe nursery tale Is supposed to conceal political satire. The Caruso nights at Oovcnt Garden are numbered now. News from Australia Is that Harry Lauder It having rough bouse with tbe newspapers, which have not been kind to him. Such conduct as theirs, be says, "haa knocked the shilling out of many a good actor nnd many a good singer." lilsle Bernard died very suddenly at the Grafton Hotel Tottenham Court Road, on Friday, June 12. Nearly SI,000 wus raised for the vaudeville charities on Tag Day. Pretty women pervade 1/ondon, and give a badge of Immunity to every person from whom they raise a subscription. "Adeln" has hod a short life, and not. It It to lie feared, a very merry one, at the Oalety. The laat performance Is due to-night. Some locations for Monday next are: Drawee, Manila and Frisco, Pslace, Plymouth; Hill and Aekermnn. Palace, Blackpool; Four Olorelly Ulrls, Palace. Oheleca; Caryl Wilbur and com- pany, South London; Leon snd Florence Cody, iiouth London; Barlow and Ashley, Empire. Edin- burgh ; Friend ami Downing, Kmplre, lTuitiurg Park; Lelpalg, 1'lmplre, Glasgow; Nclla Webb, Palace, Hull; Fred Dupres, Umpire, Leeds; A. D. Bobbins, Ibnplre, Liverpool; the Four Read- ings, Empire. Sunderland; Home* Oold.'n, Km- Sire. Swansea; Radford and Valentine, lllnno- rome. Woolwlck; Bert Onotc nnd company. Hip- podrome, Brighton J Maud Tiffany, Hippodrome, Brighton; Wilson nnd Waring. Palace. Man- chester; 'Hayman and Franklin, Hippodrome, Leeds; Moran and Wiser, Empire, Ohlswlck; Car- nails and Eddie, London Coliseum; Jen Latons, Kmplre, Bradford. Prince's Theatre has for a tenant Just now Pastor Russell, of Amorlcn. who Is showing a Him designed to accommodate the Bible story of crea- tion to science. It takes four sessions, extend- ing over two days, to see the show. No charge for admission, and no collection. Lelptlg was a recent arrival from New York, on the Jmpcrator. Kathleen Clifford opens at the Victoria Palace on Monday. Henry V. Esmond hss now played "The Dan- gerous Age" fifty times at the Vaudeville, Legal proceedings are pending between Arthur Bourchler, Hansen (the American entrepreneur) and Baron Rothschild, apropos to tbe disastrous exploitation of the Baron at a dramatist, at tbe Garrlck. Olga Nethersole Is Just home from America, after a tour covering thirty thousand miles. B. Obermeycr. representing the Loow Interests, hss Just arrived In town. Fanny Howard and partners hsd a friendly re- ception at tho Palace, Euston, on Monday. 1*. T. Selblt protests against Infractions of his rights In the Illusion "Walking Through a Wall." NOTICE HALF TONE) PICTURES 1st the nai- iag< Pagcea of TUB CLUTBU -trill stay Inserted at tlaesje prloesi Front Pas* Oat «M.O» ■onble Coltuaa gao.CO •lstgtltj Deisms „„ OUT OF TOWN NEWS Stan nieg-o, Cnl.—Sprcckels (Dodge & Hay- ward, mgr.) Nat Goodwin, In "Never Say Die," pleased greatly June 18-20. Eui'iiess (It. Beers Loos, mgr.)—For week of 30, "The Three ot Us," by toe Empress Stock Co., headed by Helen Oarew, Jack Eraser and Warren Ellsworth, Uaibti (Roy Van Fossen, mgr.)—"Mrs. Wlg-ra ot tbe Cabbage Patch," with Catherine Evans la the title role, closed a successful two weeks' run here 28. "Thy Neighbor's Wife" week of 29. Birtor (Psntaget) (Scott A Palmer, mgr.)— Bill for week of 20: "Slubnd tbe Sailor," J, Ed- win Orapo and company, Seven Nomba Jap Troupe. Frank Bush, Brown and Jackson, anil Four Military Maids. Majrktio Is dark. Noras.—The Elks held their minstrel show at the Sprcckels 23, 24 The tent season st Co- ronado had Its opening 21, OhlntTarelll's Band furnishing tho music.. ..Tommy Gets, proprietor J. h\ HOLLAND, A vctcrau circus equestrian director. of "Ramona's Marriage Place," Is amusement director at Oorouailo, and bus engaged seme high class features....Mis) Fay and horse. "Arabia," began engagement it Wonderland 21. Miss Fay la well known through her work with Ihc Uni- versal Film Co., besides being a great attraction In vaudeville and with carnival companies Nina Fletcher, the vlolinlsle. Is spending a few weeks with her metier In thlh city. She will ac- company Madame Scbumnnn-Ilelnk on ber Aii- strlan tonr next season Jack Dodge, of the Sprvckela Theatre, has secured the contract to furnish tho mutlo for the exposition during 11)15, Oiaklniiil, ("ul.-Miu-donoiigli (F. A. del*], mgr.) Guy Bates Post, in "Omar, the Tent- muker," June 20 mid week. "The Spoilers" next. V'u Liuiu-rr (H. W. Bishop, mgr.)—Bishop's Flayers present "Offlcer <J0O" 20 ami week. iiui-imim (Geo. Ebey, mgr.)—Bill 28 and week: Irene Tlmmont and conipauy. Bronsoji and Baldwin, Tameo Knjlyamn, Australian Wooilcliop- pars, Mollahon, Diamond ami Clenience. Paul Gordon, Flying Henrys, Wlllette Whltaker, and motion pictures. Inoaa Pang (B. L. York, nurr,)—Ferris Hart man's Mualcal Co. appeared la ''Jumping Jupi- ter," week of 22. I'antaues' (Win. H. Wright, mgr.)—Bill 28 and week: Harry Cleveland, Ous Woodward and company, Harry Connell, Ethel Oarley ami com- pany, Clayton and Lennle, Five Oavoals, Bob I'lnlsy and Yates Slaters, and Keystone motion pictures. ColdsIDIA (Dillon ft King, nigra.)—Dillon and IClng and their Ginger Girls present "Suookums" 28 and week. BaoiowAT, Oakland, IIeognt, 0asu.ua, Map.- lows, Hiluun's am., Stab and Gaiety, mo- tion pictures only, Nots. —Harry Sounder, treasurer of Ihe Ot- pheum, and wife, are spending their vacation la the Yosemlte Valley. Hutchinson, Kan.—-De Luxe (J. K. Bur- ford, mgr.) General 'Film service to good busi- ness. Iuia (M. iH. Stark, mgr.)—Universal ser- vice to good business. I'kahl (C. B. Yost, mgr.)—Mutual service, with "Our 'Mutual Olrl* serial every Sntur- day, to good buslneBB. 'Majestic. —Universal service. 'ItivgRsiDB Pabk (K. C. Beck, mgr.)— "Matinee Glrl"Muslcal Comedy Co., with Dun ltussell playing an Indefinite engugemcut, to good business. , „. . 'Notbs. -^Barnum & Bailey's Circus is billed for Aug. 1....Manager J. B. Burford, of the Do Luxe Theatre, has sold same to Fred sav- age, of Great Bend, Kan., the present owner of tbe Iris Theatre in this city. Mr. Savngo will make liU home here, and will personally manage tho Oa Luxe, continuing to show the Famous 'Players and All -Star feature pic- tures. Mr. Burford, in partnership with "Holnio" Glammon, of Wellington, Knn„ will build a largo up-to-date picture house in Wichita, in the Fall. Withltu, Kan—Crawford (B. L. Mnri- ling, mgr.) 1b dark for Summer. .. , . PniNCBsa (L. M. Miller, mgr.)—Moving pictures at popular prices for Summer season to good business. , Wonderland Pabk (J. T. Nuttle, mgr-17" Ferullo nnd his band week of 21 drew bis business. , , Notb.— Sells-Floto-Biiffalo Bill Shows imd packed tents afternoon and even ing 28. SPEARMINT GVM Sell Ave pacts for a dime st fain, etc. We sell» to you at one cent per pack. , _ HELMET Co., Broadway, Olnolnnfttl, n. 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