New York Clipper (Jul 1915)

July 24 THE NSW, YORK CLIPPER 3$ ttaen l^lmcs Square looked as thonsb ttera wasn't an agent IWlng. HieT an nOW, though—iwbllo the performer Is derfltar eMrf- iny, trylDff to kepp the Ma per center (1> MAT KRLUB BISVGLiL'S contract With tbc ncv departidcnt of tbc Orpbeutn Circuit prove a long and pleasant one to OIL n-3:TMAN'B Deutschor Qarten nntf WNtarIa Pep- eolu. at Coney Island, nre showiog HftMS iicts tlilii wtek. In the (Jarten are Minnie Itiirkc, These Throe Bovs, the Newbury lluar- tette, Carmen, the Keltman UlnHtrels, Kelly and Green, the Harmony Fonr, Clifford and Lursen, Al. Lltt, tho Alpine Troupe, and Beppel Bureer. Mile. Olga Mhrffl^, toe dancer, and Bartette and Btigleblng are the teatnres )n the Wistaria Pergola. EVERTBODT has the "gold rnsh" fever since two employecu at Bereen Ucacb dug up a coupio of old Spanish coins thero while treading for clama recently. (This being - vacation week, vrhjf address zneh core gen. del. there—not that I need the gold (7)—Jus' coin' down to see BODia friends thnt I had appiiolntmentrt nrltta up Broadway, WbatI BIKCR some new agents offices and a few np to- date murderd occurred, It was found Hnuorlal- ly vQluoble encuFb to keep the Kden Mosce opeii a while longer. THE PROSPECT THfUTBB (Brooklyn) baseball team la In search of opppnentx to play at Washington I'ark on Tuesday murnlngs. iUave a heart with that Before Breakfast eague, Frank Hodges.) DANIEL O'REILLY, an ez-actor. Is managing the Maple Theatre In Itlchmond Uill, L. I., and teahlng quite a success of If with beauty, pie- eating and Cbaplln contests, bealdea harlnff five acts of split-week Taudei>Ule and a usual good list of pictures. No more conk] be ex- pected, or a name found more loyally iTlsh than Daniel O'R. bUCILLB CAVANAUOH, of Zlegfeld'a Tollies," 1h getting a deserved raft of publicity of late i-(a tbc spleudld way her good looks Hhd egure abow dp In "especially posed" photo- graphs. Lucille Is wltbout a doubt one of Flo s best looking bets, and be ban a "mllUon" of 'em la tboM "Follies." MBD WAVBtTRN'S "Bplaih Me" la now Jn Its sixth week at the Hotel Sbelburne, Brightoa Beach, and probablv drawing a bit beavler on top of that feeble effort of tbe Isir to "shut" It. Jus' Wajrburn attached to It If enoiJglL to warrant Ita being aa lively ana good as It la. JOE KBATOX. of the Three KeatonS, celebrated bl9 forty-olgbth trip around tha calandcr at toe actors' colony at Lake MIcblgan Park, Muskegon, Mlcb., last week, and beitdeq wliio and beer and a big feed, Joe bad a fourteen ?>leee hand on hand to keep the elbows keep- ug tline with all tbe popular melodies. Among those wto attended "the time of their !lve»'' were: Elsie FoUette and Jack Wicks, Rawlq anl Von Kacfman, Billy Clerk and wife, Rd. Oray (Uermie), Mrs. Keaton, Buster Kcntnp Doe. "Useless" HcGowai^ Qallagber ana 'Murphy, Green Rlrer, Lex N«al, Mr. Emaraon and Gruber's elephant, "Minnie''—and a bunch of headaches as encores. FOLLBTTB and WICKS will remain at Lake ijlcblgaTi Park, Muskeeon, MIcb.. Ulttll 8ept. 1. when they start rcBearsals on a Mg nerr "tab" rtiow. From reports Elsie Is the "An- nette Kellormann" of the colony of perform- era at that resort. not DOTH and tILtTAfT DOVBT are dolne well with their piano and »ong act through Penn- sylvania tbe<:<- dog (laysL Dove does a Cbaplln bit that baa reaped "perfect" comments evetywbere, while Llllle holds up her end at tbe keys and with some good voice and a per- fectly blonde disposition. "OTHF-R PEOPLE'S MONET" run amnck int* trouble at Bangor Me., last week, and "Fen" C\>oper Townc nas callc<I away from New Xork to act as "the 111' flxer." ••A roOL THERE WAS" 9DIT. Messrs. Klaw A Brlanger. Robert HlUlard atid Porter Emerson Browne, the managers, star and anther, respectively, of "A Fool There Was.'' In- situted suit lu the United State.i District Court. July 19, to prevent the William Fox Vaudi^vrie Co. from fuilhcr presenting the photoplay ba»ed on this snccei-sfnl drama. Messrs. Klaw it Kr- longer, HlUIard and Browne entered Into an ac'i'e- tteM with the Fox Comoany last October, giving them tbc exclusive tight to present the play on the fcrcea lieglnnlng April 1. 1815, an he drama y>t» still being presented on the legitimate ntniie. The Fox Company violated the contract by giving exhibitions of tbe i>lcture play in January, and also by falling to render statements of receipts as required by the contract. Messrs. Klaw i Er- langcr. HlUIard and Browne are seeking to restrain tbe Fox Company from further presenting the photoplay and they also desire the return of all tbe negatives and dims of "A Fool There Was." ^ » » "MR. MYD'S MYSTERV." For the production of "Mr. Myd'n Mystery," In which Taylor Holmes will Inaugurate bis season at the Comedy Theatre on Aug. 10, Joseph Brooks, (be producer, by arrangement witli Selwyn te Co., bas engaged Lucille Watson for the leading femi- nine role of Mrs. Myd. Miss Watson's most re- cent appearance In New York was as Mrs. Har- rington, In "Under Cover." "Mr. Mvd's Mystery," which was written bv IdUlan Trimble Bradley from an EngUsb novel, "Tbe Mystery of No. 47 IlyAcInth Road," Is now In r^earsal. Prellmt- nary to Its New York engagement It will play for a week at the Cort, Atlantic City, beglnoins Aog. e. Bros, and Meogler's Greater MMm Binstrels a DaHCINO ENDS; Al CORNET and TROMBONE, doubles preferred; SOU> ALIt) donbiuur vocal oi'sauik. Harry yoa^^_nd_Obailto Vfurd wlt«. No time lor concspondence^ State aU.oj^wIrejutd^oln InunedlaMy. Rebeanols timnday, Joly 22nd. Addjeta W. B. BJ.S1B. agr^ Rome, S. *. A Writer of Vaadevllle Sfteoeases. Now la the tlmm to lilm write jau Ibe Act, Sbetcit or Blenoloaae tor mrmt Season. Correspovdeaee soltrlted. AliliEIg SPBMCBR TBWBBY, MO^S Broadway, New York. GUS HILL JO mS TH E RAMS OF THE OPTIMISTS. "I look for one of tbc bc^t tbr.itrlcnl seasons we have bad In ten yeara," said (ins Illll, In an lo- teiTlew with a Ci.ippeb rcurcsentatlvo. -'riip bus!- mtia depression we havo mtcly CNpi-rloni'il Is (i^r tli<> most part a co-ie of 'cold fo<>(.° "Imlustrlal establishments of all klmU throniih- CUt tbe country are working fal> time. Tho monlLd men have plc^ity, but they lack the conUdenoe to liweat It. The sad lack of aggrefslvcneitj dls- tlurtly apparent In the past few ytixrv. Is fast dl^ • ppear4ng, and I predict tn'i>nty Ycnr.i oi un- iHliialled prosperity for alioi7ini>n iinil lu ;ilt other lines, All of my bIiow:< made monp)- lust, season, end look to double It this si>nson. "Four '.Mutt and Jeff In Collegi;' ('•inipanles win begin rebparsals Aug. "■i<''our 'Urluslug Up l'a(lit.-r' wlU follow Aug. 0. •lt'8 a Long way To Tlppcrory,' "riic Pest Fam- ily.' 'Bringing Up Motbov' and "Woman For Wumao,' n-lth an alt-woman cast. «III follow la October, "rhe Shoemaker' will be revived. With a popular vaudeville Htar In the title role.' 'Man's Kneiuy,' a strong picu for nallonal uroblbltlon, wl>* also be ready In November, and I have a dozen other piays ready. The burlCHqiie outlook l^« un- usually bright. I will opernti' onn of my fran- chises under the title of the Mldn!-<ht .MuUK-nM. "Amond tb:ise signed to date are: John Cain ana Blanche Nawcomb Joe •SulUvau, Walter Vernoii and Louise Earl, LIda Kane, Diive Couroy. PvUii Whitten, Jim Corbley, Tony Jlurpby, Harry .Mcln- ivre, Joe PhUllps, Bert Byron. Blainu Grey, Esther Jarrett, Crncc Hanson, May Welch 0.nn> Brown, Madeline Gray, Ruth Trust, aeraldliie Ms- lone, L°o Frankle, Brlggs l-'renrb, J. F. Fcmlnck B. A. Turner, Harry Smith, Kd. Uudeman, Itoti ert KIce. Ed Adams and J. W. Beon for 'Brlneiui; Up rather.' "Jack .md Bill Mason, Harry Kay, Harrv Bart- lett. Matty Hcaley, Jerry Sullivan, Danny Slo- Cormack. tbc Washer Brother.-i. Chas. Udell. Fraitk McNlsb, Tod Brown, Duke Darling, thi> Palace Trio; Oliver De Grant, Keiraeth McCltn- nan, Cass Burt and Ro.se Melveme, Maud' Earle, Charlotte Taylor, Vera Franklin. Mathews and 4cortb, Jeannette Patterson, Lethlo Collins, CbnH. flaundere and George Sweet for 'Mutt and Jeff lu College.' "Rosa £?now, Norton !ind Kmmcr. tho Antor Quar- tette, Rose Kesner, Patsy Hunt, Nick Basil and B. H. Dudley, for the Midnight Maidens. "Tbe Uu» lllll staff will con^ilst of General miui ager, U. T. MJddlctoD, for tho 'Drlnglog t.'p I'^tber' compaivles: CbAs^, H. Yale, Chas. K. Fonv tnojx and Griff Williams, for tb; 'Mutt and JciT In College' cumpanleA; Joe I'ettlngtU, Charles .\. WIlllatDs, Harry Hill and Robert Monroe, for tbe HldOlSDt Maidens, E. A. Chlpman. "Jn advance will be- WUlImn «nron, Barry Vos.-. J. E. Clifford, Al. Kutand, Dick Radford, Wlllleni Proctor. "•The On!» HIH enterprises will employ nearly tflve liundred perfonners tbe coming s-coson." 0*0 THE ntlASS OUTIRG; Tbe members of the Solars' Club, or at least two hundred of tbem, held their annual outing on Thursday, Juir ir>, at Glenwood-on-the-Sound. From eveiy point or view th^ affair was o great success. A feature of the day was a hnwbsll ganio between tbe married men, bcr.'Ii'd by Wlllliim Cur- lier, and the single men, c:iplnined by John J. Gleason. The master of sports wiis Frank Sheri- dan, and be was aldpd by ei-l'ollcp CiMnailrwIooer George H. Dougherty, Jack Uioaxon and Ja:4epli Itumphre.v. FoiIowlDg are tho winners of ilie track and Held events: Half Mile Walk—^Flrst prUe. David Bennett: second price. Loula Wlckmala; third prize, Kevitt Manton. llnmoier Throw—First prize. (J'.'orge Romalne ; second prise, Ralph Trier; third prize, Cbrls. O. Brown. Fifty-Yard Dash—First prize, BnJ RoWi: second prise, George B. Hunt; third prize, Cbrls. O. Brown. Ooe-Hundred-Yard Dash — First prize. J. M>- Crscken; second prize, Dion Tltberadge: third prize, George B. Hunt. Hurdle Race—First prize, James McGrosaIn; second prUe, Dave Bennett: tblrd prize. Hoi Potde. Shoe BSCS—First prize, George B. Ilnnt; sec- ond prize, Louis Wtckman; third: prUe, Otto Hoff- l9An Flffy-Tard Dasli (for actors only)—First prise, Eevitt Manton; second prize, Henry Bergman; third prise, Hal Forde. . . Obsfaele Race—First prlte, Dion Tltberadge; second prlte, James McCro.sslo; third prize, Dave Bennett. Bald-IIeaded Men's Race—Prize won by Cbrlsv. O. Brown. Uesnlt of ball game between tbe marrleJ and single men: Married Men 10 Single Men 1'- The prises were distributed to tbe Winners Taes- day, July 20. at the clubhouse. Most of tbem are costly. Altboagb many made the trip to and from Glenwood in automobtles. tlie majority ox than sailed on tlie atcamer UerOiant, IX, ma tndesd, • gmit dar. Prineeaa Ka and ComiianT (nanolnv). 10 MiN., Fi'LL STAan, AmerlcaD^—BUlpd ns I'rlni'cw Ku, tbU dancrr. who Is In reality a muu, pleased lmnu>D.iL>ly .Mnu- day, July 19. lln Is a clasHlcal dancer of clevoi- utta and grace, and should m:iko good on any bll>. Ills Eg}'ptl8n coatumcs are rich. .S'ot for an In- stant would one guess that be was a man, UU "company" Is a woman who merely aids bkn !n dresaug. K.tfetii. \sm cmcmr ROTES. Fmk Stafford and company, with bla big spao- tacle, "A Uonter's Game," who has played for Marcus lx>ew three years, left fur Austraiiu Sat- urday afternoon, nt .'i.;iu, to piny a year p<i the Rlckard Circuit, starting at the Tlvoll. Mydnev. This will be tbe Urst api>raran<.'e of this act lu Australia. Jack Princeton and AgDos Yale will leave for .Australia aftnr their engagement tbU week at the Orpbeum. Detroit. Abe Felnbert; has produced an act for Olga and iMlsckn, tbe dancers, rratnrrd with !/« 'nteoiDb'>> big revue, and ther are proving a big micrcss on the r/>ew Circuit. Tlii> wrestlers from tliu Manhattan Opera Uoiist; are proving a novelty fo-.' lioew patroDS. WiUielm Hemer, cbouploa of Germany, wreatles a dmerent opponent every night, chosen from snamg tbi> Manhattan cbamplons. 'Vh\a new phase of vaudi<- vlllc appeals to both sexes, and Is a distinct nor- fliy. Tlie Five Merry Yonag^tern are back from a lung trip, with a bcttvr act than ever. Jow. K, Watson opms for l,oe\v again Monday, and declare.t be Is through with burlesiiue. He will stick to vaudeville hereafter. Maude Tiffany just gut In from the West, and opened Monday, at tbe Fulton. She looks morn cnarmlng than ever. Owon McOlveney hutt hired a cottage In tbi- mountains and will remain there imtU Kali, when he will again go all over tho Loow Circuit. Charley miklns, of Wllkhia and Wllklns, wa-* deluged with motion picture offers while on the Coast. Mack Sennett, of the Keystone, wants biffl, and Hellg*aDd Lubln nre after him. Wllklos nat a "movie" comedian twelve years ajso, wbea tk; filnyed with Max Llndrr, In Paris. He Is an orlg- oal type, which aomo motion picture producers might make a star of. Karlton and Kllfford arc back ort the Uww Cir- cuit with their painting oct, after tblrty weegs on Western Vaudevllln. time. Tlia Ward .Sisters recently drovo their Ford from New Y'ork to Toledo, wbere they were to L>Iay. In tbrce days, and attorwards drove to St. Ixiurs, where tbeyrwll' spend tbe Smnmer. ne Ford agent In Toledo was so delighted with tbe advertising they were giving the car that he stored u for thi-m (r*« of ooarao while t'ley were there, ADd overhauled It completely. Billy West, In "Is He Charlie Cbaplln?' opened for I^w at the American Inst week, aixl is play- ing in Boston this week. Good billing and West'j cleverness puts the act over. All of Loew's Hostern boasea wll remain op?D aU -Summer. ThU is said to be One of the best early Bummer seasonn Loew has ever bad. He prepared to offer extensive booMngs Sboirtly. MAYOR DANCES ON SUNDAY. The Mayor of Atlantic City, WlllUin Riddle's declaration that "Sunday dancing la no worse than .Sunday golllng." has caused consternation among other omclals and hnpplnesa among donee patronn at the seashore rewort. Dancing on Himdar 1ia4 been a nerlouii offense Id Atlantic City, but Mayor Riddle went to the .Million Dollar Pier's "sacred concert" last Sunday Dlgbt. asked the band to strike up a two-Htep, and dared tlie police to arrest tbelr mayor, as ke iJauced with the prettiest girl on tbe.pier. Tlieu lie permitted two, hundred olber couple'* to whirl croiiiid tbe floor. Director of Public Safety Bartlett admitted »n Monday; that he doesn't know what action to take. Mayor Riddle merely points to next Suudar on the calendar, and ordinary citizens are awaltlsf de- vel"pmeots. 6IbUn> FOR LEiiSL T!io Grand Opera Hense. Boston, Is offered for lease. An arrangement was made t>v Dr. Lottatov, with the managers of the Casino and of tbe Oalety, to keep bnrlesque out of tbe Orand, the taonse can be secured for anything but burlesque. * > » LOB BRUT BILLBOAROBR. W. A. Loe. owner of the Hutchinson, Kan., blll- Fostlng plant, rccelveil a telegram there, last Wesli. rom Atlantic City, where the National Postee Ad- vertising Aasodation was In session, annoaiielitg that be had been awarded first prize (flOO) for having tbe best lavout of billboards in sny^toji of lens than 20,000 population In tbe uaim < StatrM. I A KOVBLTV. Millie Morgan will do a novelty single in vsnde- I viile with special costumes and music, stag^t.by I Hsl Lane, who is iDtrododDg some daaclag JppsTor I Wers sees. - *