New York Clipper (Jun 1915)

8 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER June S mm ^^■JIA'B'O An aVW tlie we'ria are firing'to alap TBB Tt^Att , PlaOIVlA e 9 BVT WB OASa AI.OBCf aBo STA&TAiBO THB flnrSIO WOBU> WITH TBB arOlASIO HKT The Heal Novelty Song ol 1916, Built to fit Any Situation in Any Act XTOfiSS B'S' WUiAi A. DIU^S .& SAM BI. ItaWISf EnTSIO BV AliBBRT VOB rWI.CTin BBOADWAlr jnOBIO CORP., "WIUi VOS TII.ZEB, PraSH 140 W. 46Ul St., B. ^. OITT. OBtOACM>i 195 B. Clartc St. STOCK BRIEFS. BT MTI£S. PKISCIIJltA TSyoWTlBS Will made a present of a 92,400 Clialmcis, June 10, by .Iier many ad- mirers • ot Harlem and PcmltteeDtli' Street. - This ETea.t hie favorite Is an 4TnTnongi» saoeess In the up- town theatre, and all the pax>eTa are prone to give lier good notices. Bum^Y AYRES Is making a bis lilt playing TandevUle. His sketch, "<Be Gamev" Is a coriier, and hla snpport Is excellent. There Is e. chance that he trill be leading Tn.ini of itbe £Hsht7-<flt3t Street Theatre Stock Co. Tug antomobUe Is stU!. rnmilng, and as It Is atlU a novelty with Ayres,' whererer the machine Is found 7oa can be sure that he Is not veiT far away. NBIti HBATT Is enJoyUg Us little sojoum into the conntiy. He did some real work with the . Cresc«nt Players. In White Plains, last week. In the character ot the cabby. In 'The iPamJly Cup- board." Ndl Is the proud owner of a thirty acre tract of land outside of Stamford, Conn - a nd will spend his Tacatlon there, as soon as the White Plains company clos es. i31AB6AREir FTFJ^OIKQ lias one of tile moat charming personalities of any logenne seen around the clt7. She Is a, thoroogh IltUe actzesa, 'and Id not too good to take & enggesUon when It Is offered. 'Sllss Fleldlnf, with a Uttle more train- ing, wlU make a Ug mt on Broadway. She Is on the rood. . T.TiAfT •'WIINSI/JW la enjoying the breezes of the • wllda of 'Maine. It Is quite a shame that stork wlU lose this clever leading woman. However, for her eake, we are glad that she connected so splendidly with the Broadws; magnates. IT WOULD be bard to choose the best pianist tetween Miss Starr, H&rdle Ueskln asd Nell Pratt, with the Crescent Players. They all dls- f>layea their musical training equally well In the BSt act of "The Family Cupboard." BIOLL E2ULIOTT, of the Grand Opera Houie Flayers, out be seen In a Broadway ^ow nest sennnii, Ha 19 one of-the best eetora tn the stock field, and lliere is no reason why be should not b<s a big soccesa on Broadway, ue Is now being seen to movjog pictures, wha^ he la making an Iffimanso aoccess, BESSIB UcAIiIjI3TE(B of the OUy I/Ogsdon Elayers, Is a great pinochle en&Dslast bealoes a ■xeat actresx She plays one of the best games ■nd 80m« of the best parts, eo yon see they run MIlAteral with one another. Her work wlOi the cooffiany has been a mtobrty bright spot. AIBBBT OEIBH'ABKr In; nl9 make-up In "Tess ot the dtonn Country," was described as being one face completely enrroinnded by beard. Bis prop igfilakers tMide him look extremely handsome. Ton know, one of those hind of faces that you love to meet in the uStiA time. CHABLS3 WILSON has not been writing to Thb Cuppeb as often as he shonld. Wc awnit tliat he is In a foreign' country, but nevertheV.it TTnlon HIU la not so far awnv that be should for- aet all hla friends: He Is doing splendidly over there la juv enile . SAROLD VHRiMILTE: has been signed by Cohan tc Harris to play the lea;l of "It Pays io Adver- tise" for next season. He Is also going to try oat a new play (or the Ann daring the Summer open- dng at Atlantic City. The former Juvenile has graduated from' that class after a three years' course mid Is now a fall-9edged leading man. CliAUA SIACEIN Is enjoying life In a small, town out West. She wlU be on In New Tctrk In a short thnCi and her friends are onsloasly awaltln^; Iior letom to the city. Her work nest season Is expected to .be'attended eaib week by a phck of her devoted. foHoweis. CUABI£S SCHOFIELD and Isadore Martin an at their Smnmer home, and have no p^irts to bother thun for a long time. Charles writes and ■aye: "TThls Is -Qxe Iiltc." IHNMA GOMBUL should pro>ve sn Innnmce hit at tha Lexington Opera Honse. She has every QiloK in her favor, looks, nppeoraztce' and pctsoii- alits. She is one ot the yodnse^t and clevereat leading women in etock. She is resting at her home at pre sent. BOB GLECKLBB tas forsaSen the boll game, and has tetlrod to the "TiUhei" wherever thnt is. He Is very etcretlvt and one canot find out whe-e be la Suomerlns- Bob will be with ns again nest eeason, with the Crescent nieatre Players, and that Is a big consolation. INSTEAD OP playlns' vandevlHe as he bad piBsned, Bert Wilcox will mnke his Summer home In Worctster, Mass. rrjm reports his opening with the stock compin./ [here was a Mg snccess. Tbe boy Is clever, and thsre l9 no getting away from the fact ' . BAiBL SIiM3(ONS Is helping Ondley Ayres jmt ov«r bis vandevllle acti The-papers say that Eiorl makes a fine 'vlUalii', and that us woift is excellent, Eiarl may be;seen 'wtth the Grand Open, House Players again next season. EX-MA\'A<3-EE BILL TIEmNAN. of the Grand. & on his vacation at ithe time of publication. He 'Writes that he Is bavins a eorklfts sdod Ume, end that be will be baik in a short miw. FRANCE MdOBATH Is t&e uk»st bit tilAS -Syracuse bas sHea In a. IcUg While. Tshii C@ea doing such good work 'thSt tOataaj^^ I^o been sending ]ier a nuinbier ot letters otCeHb^ bes engagements at A very big Inclrease At EalaiTi ,H1 the meanthne Sadness Mianager "'Hdther'^ Sb- Grath Is sitting. bAcfc iind loobuig wlfie. ' Yctd iam bet Uiat she is Some OloOcr. HABDIE MDAXIN is alwfi^'a assodtfKd <crlCli the word, "wife." Anybbdy who Va.'a ever wrktked In the same company with this clever ti^it ttoihe- dlan can appreciate the h\imot ot the above At&te- ment. He has been doing come excellent Vrork with Oily Logsdon'e SPlayers. end 1b d flxtoie up ttt 'WWte Plains. MARGUERITE STARR has one talMtg IfhAt sBs has been cursing since her advent on the staize. ' If she bad about tliree more Ibchea Mi her tr^eht there would be nothliw that eoiMd kMp net nrom ' the- Broadway stage. Ebe la ftttly e&bable of cteat- lug any part no matter hbw big it bight be. What a shame tha Broadway managers oi« so fusajr. J0(HNN7 LOBXINZ AND Wi&RDA BOWAiRO were seen In an Essanay picture and the repro- duction was EpileDdld. It was Pleased oh the heights, where the dever pair are e^eat favoHtes, and It packed tha house. They will be back In Uie big city again nelt yeat . LILLIAIN NiBIiDBBAutlB, Who was leadhig woman of the Wadsworth Players for one week this season, is a'very clever i&ctreas. She has one of the most remarkable personalities. DAVID SOHNGiniS AND T. C- HABRISON. ' the two genl&l treasorers of the Ulnef s Bronx, -will be busy aH Smnmer. Schneider Will be a purser on one of the big b<At noiej. end Hamson wlU deal oot Hciketa In a mfetzvuKUlt&a boose. CORLISS GILES, the ptu<veyof of bas^lb &as been making a bl^ lilt In -Biifialo. Trae lil^ leadlnff tnan can play rings afonnd bine out of tea lading men, when It cosine to octlfajg. 'WAI.TER mBSHADL & ^Ced e^tMStd the Bronx Stock Co. for hlis p^aiefiil iBspoMtlbb. Isn't It tainy thSt they V^&fs^Iek odt tfao'srund of characters to play the neavy villain patta. He Is a big favorite with the BroqUfei. and ttl'trays receives a nice h and On bib ebtranie. - 'EIDITH SFENOBR Is restUfS Us at her bom^, after a most etnti'aDna tfOSi^. Sne Mil be ^Ith tiie. Wadsworth Stock Co. tiett eeaeo)^ end the artist wtU retain her popdarit^. <wbl(ai ^tee only after hard xnti and tedlouii tetfndi m^k Spencer can be classed among the D&t fieco'nd w omm . JT7LIB BEnm) xiiU tty for b poiltioh ot t^ilma donna after she la thronga '\«ith stock. She pontes that She ■ma ^pable *f leMbig a nntalTet when she &Bng "Bescne tho Fertsbtng," fit "TesS ot the Storm Coontcy." Miss Heme did siithe ot h^ best work In (hn ebaiacter. ELLBN OIBBUM Is almost lest IMog i\\ tha way out tax Tcokera MIKNA PHIfiLIFS Is testlne np atbr her ex- perience In Brooklyn. It Is a ihme 'tibat Oie bis town could not support so excellent a company n9 hers 'was. Sbe had a east that wopld have made many stock eomrnnlM look sick. EATHCTK PDRNELL has. tAkes a ^ort trip to Boston to Tlslt some friends. She has control of her broken wrlet now, and Is as hKfipy aa she can be. ^UIss Punell win head one of the Keith sto<&s nest sesson. . 'VICTOR BQOWNB Is Sommerlng at tae pre^r \7.' B. iLawrencc, for his WlnnlxKg stock, th^o^agb Ollj Logs don. ^ g^EUiAA UGHTS vs. CHORV5. Van Cortland Paib wae^ on May 29, the scene ot a Iieit€d conDIct l>etween the stellar lights of tb> honkers Stock Co. and the maJe memSers ot tU'> cihoiusk the occasion being the deciding game of a tieries of more or less Interesting baseball. The bonais were captured by the stellar lights, wlih the G^Tegdng victory of 27 to 0. Captain John Wray;, who is stage manager dur- 1ns the business hours, bad trained bis company to a high pitch of efficiency. This waa verified by the speedy work of the pitcher, Joe Glllow, and George I'vren, who sti>iH»^ them at second. Alan EUwards caught. Adrian Perrlh, who captured the chorus, eald that he 'Was not In the least bit discouraged at tbe resnlL but that he would Introduce a few new ones for the nekt series which 'would balDe and defeat the opptfsinc team. This game 'was toe last of a series of ten which hare been flayed at Van Cortland during tbe warm days. Nearly three thousand Tonkers fans turned out en maeae. besides Innumerable Bronxltes who frequent the vicinity. Reglne Wallace, the leading woman, and Jean Brt'a, the Ingenue, organized a cheering squad. Did they cheer? Well, rather! He •will probably lay off miHl next y«tr, when he opens wlOi a stat stock orgaftlk'atlen. He U the only stock actor that has the distinction of having played one thousand performances- In Brooklyn. HBKMAN KLOTZ, treasurer: Joseph L. SoI6ff, assistant treasurer, and l£tv Corcoran, eab^cHp- tlon clerk. Is as lively a trio of workers ^s one will find In any stock house. The hnstl^ have done a good deal toward ball ding the big anbsferlp- tlon list of the Bronx. It Is a ^Ibasnre to eland and watch them handle a lonig Ifae of patrona TRE TTnlon HUI Stock (Anne UdDonald and W> H. Sullivan, leads) la ployinff "Siven Keys to Baldpate" week of iSa» Si, ahd "n>day'' Xnne T. Eeitr's Bdonx ('Bowden Hall and Tnlln Bchie, leads) Is playing ^Teia of the ^tbrih Conatry'* week of May 31, and '°n>e Penal^' June T. FftANEL'TN CLiFTonn Is inst&iling a cd&jjMiny' to split between PeeEsklll and Tartytown, N. % WARD Dd Wol7, who followed Cbiter De Haven In "Gin In.the Taxi," Is m^klpg quite a Mt la the ValU Va1ll Show, now iplaying at the Priacess. Chicago. Aos'ES FiSDL.VT Is leavln? the Lixlngtoti Avenue Opera House. New Tone City, as in^^de^to Join "Experience," opening May 31. Severity west re- places 'UlBs Fliidlay. . SlKOEn £ J'OBDAN flTe tnkrtne a company to Au- stralia to pray "Pair of Slies?' MlAifR Sjiith (prlndp&l .cdmedl&n -with "Nejtrly Sfarried"! Is ptaylne uascact. In "SSaza." wiHi Pauline Predcneks (Ftemoos' PlbyetsK The part 'was orizlitated by Mark Sndtii'i fatiieh Gnr HAantNGtoti Is playing. Ibe Wad lii "2ra," feotured plctnre ■with Marlon I*pnAra,,_, . Mb'9. Pauuvb (BotIe Is forming a comltany 'or BIAfi LA PORTE IN Z.INmSVIIXE. The Mae La Porte Stock Co. opened a Bummer engagement at tbe Orphemn, Zanesvllle, O., May Sli prestetlng a repeitolre of -well known plays, opeidhg with "OHie Girl and the Sinner." Three matinees a week wUl be given. EIWIXMtD SSicABOraUB Is at his home In Boe- tAn, after a strenuous season of stock, at Mon- tfeal, where, by his clever work and genial dl9. DoslUon, he made a host of friends. Although not a Qrge tiian In pb'yaique, he cab moke a lot ot cbaraeter men sic op and take notice. He Is no ^(^" '^^on It ^omed to comedy, eltbe.r Good lack ABTHUB' HP.RBIBBT writes: "After a long sea- eon In Canada with the iMarks Bro9,' Company, I dm at home tot a much needed rest. CondUians were rather hard in Canada during the past sea- eon, but have hopes that It will be better next sen- epn. T1)e M^rt^ Bros, did a fair business last season, ond^ore well Satisflcd with tbe season's bUBlneGs. Have recovered from my accident ot two y^ars ago, when I 'was Inlured in an antomo- pile wrerk. and am still, pl&ylng the heavies and onythinj they ask for in stock.'*^ BLBOY WARD hos recently completed a season of forty-four weeks wltb Ferguson Bros,, In perma- nent stock at Aahevllle, N. C., and at present Is making a burned visit to Cincinnati, Chicago, Des Moines and Omaha, in view ot personal Interests. SOJIB of the boys have already suggested some Clever samea for ue "Stock Brief column. Get busy and think out a name that 'will remain In the minds of onr stock associates and send It io. HASRY LA COUR Is the Jnvcoilc man ot tb« Bmest Fl^er Playerst, at tbe Shnbert Theatre, St. Paul. . , "STOP mHiIHF" Is the bill at the Lexington, NewTotfc. this week. the: Stamford. Conn., Stock closed May 29. HABfRISON FOIUD closed with the Empire Stock. Syrac use. N. Y., May 29. "BAWTHOaNB OF TffiB U. S. A." Is thU week's bill at the Casino. Brooklyn. BQRQNICB LDKETOX has Joined the Graham iStocK Co. SAM AOT> SDNA PARK'S Stock Co. opened at the Casino, Crumps Park, Macon, Ga.. May 81. 'With a complete and thorougfaly equipped company. ISABEL BALESTIER lolned the Keith Stdck CO. At Keith 's. Po rtland, Me., this week. FAITH A'VERT, the popular Ingenue, who re- cehtly completed four hundred and eighty con- ^ecntlve performances as a member of tbe Keltb Stock Co., of Portland, Me., has resigned. She Is leplRcedBv Doria Moore. THE WBBB-DUMONT Comedy Co. Is tbe open- ing'week's attraction at the Casino, Augusta, Ga. MABRL BROWNI3LL ANiD CLIPPOHO STORK add stock company will close their engogmint at the Orbhcum, Newark. N. J., June 12. WALTER SANFOBD closed the Kathleen Wanda Stock Co. et Elizabeth City, N. C, after one ot the longest and most successful-^gagements they have ever played, and Joined tbe James Adams Floatln; Theatre, for their second season with Mr. Adams. tbby ate. doing a "wonderful" business. The sbow Is more than making good. Miss Wanda Is making <)^W friends la every stand, forming a grand repi<- tatlen. Bhe will again put out her*owa show at the close of the present season, about Dec. 1, 'witn oil specially written plays, under the personal direction of Walter Saaford. JHBDEBICK SOLOMON...acted Cadeaus. In "Erinlnle," at the Standard, New York, May 31