New York Clipper (May 1923)

May 16, 1923 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 25 BOB MURPHY AND A NICE SEASON — LOST SIX DAYS SINCE LAST JUNE AND STILL GOINC NOW BOB MURPHY SUGGESTS FOR A RE-AL SUMME-R VACATION BINGHAM BEACH SOUTH ROYALTON, VERMONT FISHING—BOATING—SWIMMING—$17.50 PER WEEK COVERS ALL WRITE FOR RESERVATIONS NOW BOB MURPHY. SO. ROYALTON. VT. N. V. A. BENEFIT {Continued from page 4) some day will be a permanent fixture of the Metropolitan. Beth Beri, assisted hy a girl pianist and two boys for dancing partners, followed. Ducie de Kerakjarto played a violin solo and then was followed by Charles King, from "Nelly Kelly," who had Harry Car- roll at the piano with him. Bill Ro)}in- son, that clever colored performer, tap danced his way into the favor of the opera i>atrons and also the rest. Fred Stone then appeared and after do- ing several dances, made a speech. Stone, who is president of the National Vaude- ville Artists Club, again rendered the gratitude of his organization to the pub- lic for its wonderful support, and also spoke of the profession m general and why he is proud to be an actor: This came in speaking of his recent decision to be a better Christian. For the closing of the event, which will live in history, a marvelous tableau, with soldiers, sailors. Red Cross nurses. Salvation Army lassies, and Julia Arthur high on a pedestal, gave "The Spirit of the N. V. A.," the mean- ing of which Miss Arthur recited in a beautifully worded poem. John Phillip Sousa conducted the orchestra for this closing bit, and also the "Star Spangled Banner." Among those who appeared at the Hippodrome were the Eight Blue Devils, Eddie Leonard, Benny Leonard, Harry Richmond, Mel Klec, Charles King, Mary Attractions at City Theatres BBI ACOrk WEST 44 ST. EVES at 8:30 Mats. Thurs. and Sat., 2:30 DAVID BELASCO Presentt LIONEL AT WILL in "THE COMEDIAN" By SACIIA GUITRY (Adapted by Mr. Belaieo). "A HIT, A PALPABLE HlTr B. P. KoHb's gladn^ and 47^ St. PALACE »bI Tic Eierr ^ nigllt, 25, SO, 7S, »1. $1.50 PRE-EMINENT INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT ALL STAR PROGRAMME BROOKLYN THEATRES Jar or. FulloD St. Mat. DaJly. Td. Tiiu(l« 4m STAR STEP ALONG Gayety Theatre '2'^t::i Midnight Maidens Haynes, Beaumont Sisters, Joe Browning, Pearl Regay, Healy and Cross, Eddie Buzzell and Girls, William & Wolfus, James Hurley and Band, Ben Welch, Gus Edwards, Bill Robinson. Pat Rooney and Marion Bent, Ada Oadwick, Jack Oster- man. Will Rogers, Van and Schenck, Powers' Elephants, May Yohc and Band, Ailcen Stanley, Gilda Grey and "Follies" girls, Val and Ernie Stanton, Keith's Boys Band, Montana and Al Herman. Jules Delmar officiated as stage manager and master-of-ceremonies at the Manhat- tan Opera House. The program in that theatre consisted of the following: The Three Nelsons, Montana, Eva Shirley and Band, Seed and Austin, the Gus Edwards Revue, Val and Ernie Stanton, Ida May Chadwick, Mel Klee, Eight Blue Demons, Shaw and Lee, May Yohe and Band, Will Rogers, Oemarest and Cbllette, Bob Hall, Olscn and Johnson, Traps, Lytel and Fant, Anatol Friedland, Hazel Cox, Lewis and ■Dody, Tom Patricola and Harriet To\vnes, Ailcen Stanley, Harry Bums and Com- pany, Van and Sdienk, the White Sisters, Charles King, Bums and Lynn, Harry Kahne, Gilda Gray and "Follies" Girls. Chic Sale, Benny Leonard, Beth Beri and Boys, Wanka, Trixie Friganza, Lomas Troupe, Ruby Norton and Qarence Senna, Al Herman, and a two-act by Al Herman and Benny Leonard. These three performances bring to a close a national campaign organized by E. 'F. Albee for the N. V. A. With the proceeds from these benefits, the various balls and pageants, and the collections and theatre donations, the National Vaudeville .•\rtists have received for their sick and needy members, more than $400,000. $5,000 VERDICT FOR ACTRESS .\ jury before Supreme Court Justice O'Mallcy gave a verdict for $5,000 last week in the suit of Mrs. Evelyn Carring- ton Short, known as Evelyn Carrington on the stage, against Mrs. Alice Henley, of 325 Central Park West, for alienation of the affections of Reginald Carrington Short, an actor. Mrs. Henley did not take the witness stand, and her attorney asked the court to charge the jury that this fact should not !)(• taken into account by them. The court refused on the ground that, while such a charge is proper in a criminal action, it docs not apply in a civil suit. When Mrs. S'-ort U-ft court .she said: "1 am satisfied. I wanted to administer a lesson to show that such conduct cannot pass unpunished. She has her husband still, while mine is lost to me." DOUGLAS. JR. FOR PICTURES Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., aged 13, accom- panied by his mother, Mrs. James Evans, returned from Europe last week and an- nounced that he would follow in his father's footsteps and devote his talents to the silent drama. He left for California early this week where he will begin work on his initial picture. Doug. Jr., when he arrived said he would draw the line at promiscuous kissing in pictures, as he al- ready has a girl. ' MILEAGE BOOK CONFERENCE UP In the effort to file an appeal from the injunction granted to Eastern railroads against the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion order for a lower rate mileage book, a conference will be held this week in \yashington between Counsel of the Na- tional Council of Traveling Salesmen's Associations, Assistant Attorney General Blackbume Esterline, and Chief Counsel Farrell of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission. The kind of an appeal that will be filed is not yet known, and depends upon the outcome of the conference. A joint ap- peal or individual appeals, by the govern- ment, and by the National Cbimcil of Traveling. Salesmen will be decided on. Since the aimouncement of the decision of the United States District Court's deci- sion in Boston which issued an injunction restraining the Commission from carrying out its order to the railroads in the £ast for an interchangeable mileage book to the value of $90 for a $72 book, there has been considerable pessimism about the ulti- mate hopes of obtaining the savings imani- mously voted for in the last session of Congress, according to the Traveling Salesmen's Association National Council, which is calling upon all of the various trades interested in lower railroad fares to give the organization its fullest support and co-operation, especially the theatrical industry. "BREEZY BITS" REVUE IN CHICAGO "Breezy Bits of 1923," a new summer revue, produced and presented under the direction of Harry Walker, will open for a summer run at "The House That Jack Built," Chicago, on May 30. The cast will include the Hoffman Sisters, Dorothy Rudack, Jean Alexander, Ann Letroy, Mildred HoUiday, Nadja, Bobbie Adams and the Dancing Roots. It will also carrj- a large singing and dancing chorus. After a summer run at the Chicago re- sort the piece will be played over the newly organized cabaret circitit of the Harry Walker Booking Office. SHUBERTS BUY NEW SITE The Shuberts acquired another site last week, when they purchased the property involving the three-story building at 241 West 48th street, 20x100, which was owned by the Douglas family since 1876. It was necessary to get the sanction of New York pnd New Jersey courts to consumate the deal. The Shuberts also own the adjoin- ing property, at 243. under the name of the "Trebuhs Realty Company. HINTON GOES TO ENGLAND Lieut. Col. George M. Hinton, of the 15th New York (colored) Regiment and recently manager of "Loyalties," sailed for England today. While abroad Col. Hin- ton will endeavor to round up novelties for Charles Bancroft Dillingham. "FOLUES" BREAKS RECORDS Ziegfeld's "Follies" at the New Amster- dam Theatre has broken all its previous records and on Monday night reached its 400th performance. ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR ROBBED A sneak thief entered the dressing room of Ernie Golden and his band at Proctor's Fith Avenue Theatre, last Friday morning and relieved Golden's dress shirt of a set of platinum etuds and cuff links. Not satisfied, his prowling led him to a gold trumpet valuAl at ^00, the property of Walter Miller, one of the boys in Uie band. When Milter arrived for the matinee Fri- day and discovered his loss he was consid- erably broken up. It was later that Golden discovered his studs and links were mtssing. At five o'clock the same evening Golden received a letter postmarked from Grand Central Station. Upon opening it Golden found a pawn ticket for the trumpet, which had been pledged at the pawnshop of Toby Cohen, at Third avenue and Thirty-fourth street for $15. Golden, Miller and a de- tective from West Thirtieth street station visited the pawnshop and recovered the trumpet. However, the cuff links had not been offered here nor had the sender of the pawn ticket mentioned their where- abouts much to the chagrin of Golden.^ At the pawnshop the detective was given a description of the man who pawned the instrument. From all accounts he bore the earmarks of a drug addict The police believe that he is the same sneak thief that has been systematically robbing the_ dress- ing rooms of musicians and returning the pawn ticket after pledging their property. JESSIE REED SUES LEW Jessie Reed, vaudeville actress, has filed suit for divorce against Lew Reed, eccentric violinist, naming Dorothy Blake, also of vaudeville as the co-respondenL What she is alleged to have witnessed in a room at the Hotel Claridge last April forms the basis of her action. She is asking $1,000 counsel fee and $100 weekly alimony. The Reeds were married in Jime, 1914. Last July Mrs. Reed sought a separation, accusing her husband of causing her mental anguish by his persistency in hanging around the stage door of Oie theatres in which she was appearing. FIRST LAYOFF IN TEN YEARS Powers* Elephants laid off last week, the first time in ten years, in order to play at the Chamber of Commerce Con- vention performance at the Hippodrome. The layoff was due to a promise made sometime ago to R. H. Bumside that Powers would appear at the single per- formance given at the convention. OPERA SINGER FOR "FOLLIES" Mile. Helena d'Algy, formerly prima donna of the Opera Comique, Paris, and recently of the Spanish Opera Com- pany which returned from a South .\mcrican tour has been added to the cast of the "Ziegfeld Follies" at the New .^msterdam "Theatre. "SUNUP" FOR PROVINCETOWN The Players Company -will on May 24th present a new three-act play called "Sunup" at the Provincetown Theatre on Macdougat street.