The Billboard 1903-07-25: Vol 15 Iss 30 (1903-07-25)

THE BILLBOARD Pueblo, Colo., concerts during the courte Winter. Pretty Voll, a song by Thornton Cole and Theodore Northup, is to be sung in the prowuction of Mister Pipp next season. Pranels Wiisun bas sigued with Charles Frolmau to uppear in the United States and nngland tor three years trom September, 1904. Tue publishing house of M. Witmark and Sous has moved imto tue new buildmg on Thirtyseventh Street, near Herald Square. Harold Bauer is at present paying in Brazil. Hie will sail for America on tue haiser Wiielm der Gross September 16, in time to begin ils American tour at the Worcester Festival. J. Bodewalt Lampe has placed with M. Witmark & Sous a characteristic piece for band, orchestwa or piano entitled, Moonlight on tue Old Plantation, and a humorous wale quartet called Bill of Fare. Miss hose Cecetia Shay, of the Gordon-Shay Opera Company, Was married in Cincinnati, Jury Ss, to Mr. Atichael J. MecUartuy, Letter Known as Jos. Predericas, aud a wemver OL sins Duay's company last season. Maurice Kaufmann, the American violinist now in London, bas arranged with Henry Woitsubu to tour the United States neat winter, beginning im an orebestral concert in New, York City about the middle of November. Lillian Randolph Batley, a prominent belle of Baltimore, Md., will make Ler professional debut next season under the direction of siessrs. Dixon and Zimmerman, with whom she has tigued tor a number years. She bas adoptea tue stage pame of Lilliau Randolph. ; Charles Murray, who will be witu the Night on Broadway uext season, will introduce sowe new sougs into the olio, Among them are Sue Reads tue New lerk Papers every Day, He Uugut to Have a Tablet m .e Hall of Fame and My American Beauty Kose. Osa .ulues, a pup of and gifted violinist, bas been engaged as ove of the eowists for the forthcommug Pawi wur in tue Luited States, and will make ber Orst appearance at Carnegie Hail, November 2. Sue is an American vy birtu, although for some tiwe a resident of Brussels. Miss Leah M. Barbe has been singing two of Standish aud Silberberg’s uumverg with more wae ordinary success in concert and chureh work. For the former, Miss Barbe sings In Fancy You Are Ever By My dide, which bas met mucu faver through ber charming rendition of it, awu toc tue laties, The Voie of Jebovan, wuich Miss warbe bas bad translated tuto Latin. rred ©. Whitney bas signed a contract which begins in September, 1904, with Mme. SchumannHMemk, the well-known contralto of the Aetropolutan Opera Mouse. It is tor a period of turee years with the stipulation that the prima donna is to sing in hugusu with a guarantecu season of torty weeks. ibe opera will be sucpled by Stanislaus Stange ana Julian Hdwards. Already tue Luropean artists wuoe are coming over to this country for the next concert seasou are being aneounced. Principal among tucse are the two great conductors, alicbard Strauss and belix stow. Strauss will be accompanied by bis wife, Mme. Strauss de Alma, soprume. Awong other potable wusiclans coming are Jacques Thibaud, tie Freuech violinist, aud Alfred Kelsenaver, the German pianist, Maud wowell, Arele aug der Uue. Josef Hollman, Campauari and Schumaon-Heilnk. The Ladies’ Military Band ig enjoying the best season of ita existence, so says Lesile J. Saul, toe Lustung manager of tuat organization. They bave just closed a two weeks’ ensagement at Buskill Park, naton, Pa., and openeu at isiand Park, Sunbury, va., July 15. The bang is now m its tweuty-elghth cousecutive week and Manager Spabn says ‘t will be almost impossible to secure a rest antil next April. Mr. Spahn also says that begiuning May 2. lw, ce will try the feasibility of putting out a band of Ofty ladies. Tne bookings are made exclusively by J. Leslie Spabo and D. Tf. Heunessey. Suows come and go, but The Runaways is going to fll out the time originally set for tuat waxgnificeut production at the Casino, and, from present indications, with fying colors. The Losts of friends of Miss Fay Templeton and the otmer principals of the big aggregation are making frequent visits to the pretty Casino. Chas. Dox, the elongated comedian of | experience and many hits, hag replaced John D. Giibert in the eccentric role of Dr. Fleecem, and adds conusiderably to the fun and smoothness of the performances. He is a most able assistant to Messrs. Arthur Dunn, Alexander Clark, William Gould and the other popular fun-makers of The Runaways. Miss Templeton continues to siag, Yet I'm the Same Little Cirl and My Hindoo Belle, to the most enthusiastic applause. Van Rensselaer Wheeler and Miss Amelia Stone lave a new duet in the first act which, with the famous Hiawatha song in the second act, gives these capable singers two of the musical gems of the play. Alfred Aarons, composer of The Kaickerbecker Girl, which is at the Herald Square Theatre, New York, originally wrote it for a road tour, and one of the popular songs is called She's My Girl. Miss Hall, leading lady, sang it with juarked success in Philadelpuia, where the piece bad a run. Aarons, little thinking of getting into New York, had previously sold the music publishing rights of bis piece to a firm in Gotham. They in turn disposed of the song, She's My Girl, to the Shuberts, and Arthur Dunn has meade a —— Lit in it In The Runaways. Aarons eventually got a chance to get into New York, but when Josie Hall attempted to sing his own song they were notified tuat the Shuberts have a prior claim, and the song could not be repeated in The Knickerbocker Girl. Aarons fumed, but to no avail, and today finds himself in the peculiar position of being the author of a big song hit that was originally introduced into his own work, but which is one of the distinct encore winners or a rival piece a few blocks further up Broadway. to give The W. 8S. Cleveland Minstrels will take the road at an early date in excellent form. Ted Galbraith, who will assist Doc Waddell in aequainting the public with the fact that there exists an organization known as the fed E. Faust Minstrels, is spending the summer at New Philadelphia, Ohio. Thos. Killeen, of Elmira, N. Y., the only surviving member of the first traveling minstrel company organized, was in Scranton, Pa., last week. Mr. ‘‘Seymwour’’ as be was known in the business, is always the center of @ crowd, when he is telling some of his funny experiences behind the foot lights—candles or lamps. it Fred Rowers, who has joined the Dockatadter's Minstrels, is obliged to ‘black up.”’ what will the matinee girls do? This young com r, who, by the way, is @ very handsome ‘ellow, has a we manner of coming down to the foot-lights a handing bis love songs right out to the prettiest girl in front. Burnt cork won't do, not for a minute, or there will be a matinee girls’ strike, which will cause a “‘slump"’ in love songs all along the line. Becouse and Always, will be featured prominenlly on big minstrel tour next season. John W. Vogel has taken to the woods and and streams with rod and lines having set all the wheels in motion preparatory to the early beginning of rehearsals. ~ As Vogel, Arthur Rigby and Lew Benedict were discussing the question of bait at Columbus, Ohio, Rigby observed to the other "'corner man’ as our English miustrel men have it: ‘‘Lew, I suppose that Mr. Vogel will, by the rights of bis calling, catch nothing but black bass."’ ‘‘Oh, no, ’ returned the facetioug Benedict, ‘‘from his invariable good fortune he'll land nothing but gold fish."’ Then Vogel had nis inning: ‘Heard from Agent Potts up at Mt. Clemens today, writes that there is a negro waiter at the hotel named Kettle who refused to serve Potts because Potts called Kettle black!’’ The Vogel pictorial expedition is accompanied by the managers, two high bred pointers named Ruby and Velour as pointers for the new $10,000 electric first part of next season. The origin of the first part is a mooted point. Lew Benedict avers that it was when Adam combed his hair in the Garden of Eden. Arthur Rigby endorses comrade comedian by declaring ‘“‘Lew ought to know; be was there!’’ VAUDEVILLE. Chester, the hand balancer, joined the Norris & Rowe Circus at Walla Walla, Wash. Amelia and Manolo have signed with Edwin R. Lang, opening July 27, at Denver, Colo. Lulu Theis, the novel whistler, is meeting with great success in her act, which is the acme of refinement. George Primrose opened his vaudeville tour of twenty-five weeks, Jane 11, at the Masonic Temple Roof Garden, in Chicago. Jerome and Kdwards, peerless acrobats, have resigned from the Patterson & Brainerd Carnival Co., and joined the Wallace Williams Shows. Jess Dandy, the well-known Hebrew impersonator, has been engaged by Henry W. Savage to play in the No. 2 Prince of vilsen company, taking the part now in the bands of John W. Ransome. Helen Conger was compelled to cancel ber engagement at Chutes Park, Chicago, LIL, on account of a severe attack of rheumatism which still confines her to her bed. She would like to hear from her friends at 7349 St. Lawrence Ave., Chieago, Il. The report that the Marvelous Gillmor Family of aecrialists were with The Great Eastern Carnival Company, is erroneous. They are taking a short rest at their farm at Fremont, Obte, They will open their tour July 20 at St. Louis, Mo., and are booked solid until November. Mrs. Arnold, of the Aerial Arnolds, was reeently stricken with typhoid fever which necessitated the canceling of thetr date at Delmar Garden, St. Louis. Health and strength are rapidly finding their way back to her and it is hoped that she will soon be able to take the road again. “That Mysterious’ team, Latimore and Leigh. opened on the W. B. McCullum circuit of parks at Toroato, Can.. June 22, with their novelty cabinet mystery, which has proved a big drawing card. They were booked to open at Oakford Park, Greenburg. Pa., week of July 6, but on their arrival found the park and theatre entirely destroyed by the recent floods in Penn. They put on a benefit which netted a neat little sum for the sufferers. FARCE-COMEDY. The Juvenile Fun Factory, under canvas, went to pieces at Emporia, Kan. Harry R. Moore, press agent of Campbell Bros.’ Circus is at his home in Milwaukee, Wis. Moore ig using a lot of ink on a new comedy which he expects to produce. Miss Elizabeth Hillan, the Boston society woman, who recently went on the stage in spite of the opposition of her family and friends. is to be a member of the McFadden’s Row of Flats Compan She will begin at the bottom of the ladder, accepting a position in the chorus. The following engagements to support Chas. A, Loder in the musical farce comedy A Funny Side of Life, bave been made by Butterfield & Bromilow:—The Four Emperors of Music, Morris & Daly, Edna Murilla, Jean Jerome, Ruby Lytton, Bertie Farnsworth, Hal. Lawrence and J. T. MeCauley. The rehearsals for the sixth season of McFadden's Row of Flats wilt begin on Aug. 3, the season opening Aug. 17 at Atlantic City. The tour will extend as far south as New Or leans and west to Denver. There will be thirtyfour people in the company, which will be under the management of Thomas R. Henry. Thomas Hodgman will be the advance representative. From a total chorus of seventy, Gus Hill has selected for McFadden's Flats, twelve girls, all of whom are five feet four inches in height. and the weight of each about one hundred and twenty pounds. All are brunettes and acrobatic dancers, and were chosen to assist Marguerite Ferguson in an electrical dancing num ber. ODDS AND ENDS. H. Willard Storms, who formerly managed Creston Clarke, is now chief clerk to the superintendent of fires in Scranton, Pa. Ted Galbraith, H. Ackey of the Erwood Stock Company and 8S. W. Scott, late of the Main Shows, are spending the summer at Springer's Park, New Philadelphia, Ohio, Sunday, July 5, Mrs. Armour, known to the profession as Elizabeth Hale presented her husband with a baby girl. Mr. Hamilton Armour, the happy father, is a member of Nance O'Neill's company. Mr. A. C. Gutzelt of Lexington (Ky.) Lodge of B. P. O. E., No. 89, was presented with a life membership in the fraternity as a testimonial for his excellent services. To Mr. Gutzeit's ability as musical director and stage manager the Elks owe many thanks for the success of thelr entertainments. The will of the late Charles A. Hoyt beqQueaths nearly $30,000 to Brooklyn and other Catholic educational and charitable tnatitutions. The Catholic University at Washington and Georgetown University receive $5000, the University of Vermont at Burlington, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and Bishop McDonnell of Brooklyn, $2,000 each, and Bis Michaed of Burlington, Vt., $1000. The ashington and Georgetown Univertities, after the death of the widow, also will receive an interest in the residuary vetate, FOREIGN. The Liszt monument at Stuttgart, the work of the seulptor, A. Fremd, will be unveiled on October 22. The fifteenth annual Silesian Music Festival took place recently in Goerlitz, Germany. The chief soloist was Mme. Schumann-Heink. At the Frankfort Singing Festival, where Kaiser Wilhelm made a memorable speech, the Berlin Lehrer Gesang Verein won the first prize. Paula Chase, of Pink Pajamas fame, is engaged to marry Walter Limpus, a wealthy London publisher, son of the famous vicar of Twickenham, and a brother of Capt. Limpus, who took the first guns into Ladysmith. The Snoeck collection in Ghent, lately purchased for the royal collection of musical instruments in Berlin, comprises 1,200 instruments, 4.000 works and 1,000 portraits referring to instrumental music or manufacture. In Kronstadt a violinist named Wister was advertised by his manager as Jan Kubelik, but the police interferred before the first concert came off. The so-called Jan had to return the money and was kicked over the frontier. He bears a striking likeness to Jan. The originals of the above picture, Jack Jennings and Bob Jewell, have been working together about three years and have in that time earned quite an enviable reputation for themselves. They have appeared in nearly ali the leading vaudeville houses in the country, and previous to the fermation of the team, had played engagements with many large combiuations. This season they are introducing a singing and talking act, which is entirely original with them, entitled, A Five Dollar Bet. The Gaiety Theatre of Lendon, which was erected by John Hollingshead, will soon be no more. It will be razed to make way for a new street to run through from the Strand to Holborn. A new theatre is going up close by which will be opened in September with a new musical comedy. Wiltiam Berger, lately appointer Capellmeister at Meiningen, conducted a performance of his Eupborion at the Residence, Schwerin. After the performance he and his wife were invited to the Duke's table, and he was presented by the Duke with the gold mecal for ‘‘art and science.’* A new opera, Sacrificial Fire, by Schelderup, has been played with success at the Theatre Royal, Dresden. A music drama, Ran, by W. Peterson Berger, has been well received at Stockholm, and the same can be said of LIlsebill, a dramatic symphony by F. Klose, given at Carisruhe. Mme. Patti, the Baroness Cederstrom, has left her castle, Craig-y-nos, Sansea, for the continent, going to Paris, Mont Dore and Switzerland. She has invited the delegates of the British Medical Association to a’ garden party on July 31, and will be back at the castle in time for for that event. At Budapest one of the Deputies to the Reichstag receutly protested against the performance of the Niebelungelied at the Royal Opera House. Wagner's music, he argued, had its place only in Germany, for it incarnates the German genius but the Hungarians, a Turaman race, had nothing in common with the German race. With the exception of some operas by Erkel, Hungary has produced no, lyric work except in the “Goetz"’ of Goldmark. A Congress for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Property will be held in Weimar from September 24 to September 30. ‘Revision of the Berne Convention’’ has first place on the program, and proposals will be submitted to the United States, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, and Roumania for better protection of foreign authors. American literary men and publishers may address the Secretary, Jean Lobel, 22 Rue de Chateaudeun, Paris, France. London followed the example of New York in the matter of all-star casts. On July 14 the annual matinee in the aid of the funds of the Actors’ Association took place at the Drury Lane Theatre, with an all-star cast in The Merchant of Venice, in which Henry Irving played Shylock, Ellen Terry, lortia, and others in the cast Included George Alexander, Charles Warner, Seymour Hicks, Lionel Brough, Norman Forbes, H. B. Irving and Dion Roucicault. Sarah Bernhardt in a recent interview made the following statement: ‘I am very sorry that Paris, which boasts of the most brilliant collection of dramatic talent in the world, has not a single up-to-date theatre. The Parisian theatres are mere barracks compared with those of other great cities. I have been in Stockholm and in Germany, where I found the theatres palaces of comfort and luxury, reminding me ef the splendid theatres I had seen in America. I really don’t understand why some American capitalists do not come forward and teach us a lesson in business enterprise by building a commodious theatre worthy of the world’s great artists. Why. the American lyric artists alone In (aris would be enough to give the enterprise world-wide fame, and the thousands of Americans residing in or visiting the city would make it a trememdous financial success.”’ (<= PARKS =X PARK NOTES. 8. G. Hoff of 1019 S. 20th St., Omaha, Neb., wants to buy a Ferris Wheel. The Muncie Hartford and Ft. Wayne, Ry. Co., opened Riverside Park at Eaton, Ind., July 5, with band concerts afternoon and evening. Col. Wm. La Velle has resigned from the Pain Fireworks Company, and will be succeeded by Edward 0. Rose, well known as a stage director. Helen May Butler’s Ladies Military Band was the first attraction at Bushkill Park, Easton, Pa. and Island Park, Sunbury, Va. They report big business. The vaudeville theatre at Utica Park, Utica, N. Y., opened June 29 with a good bill. ‘The management wants to install a miniature railway and a Ferris wheel. J. L. Springer has closed his Dee's Amusement Co., to accept a position with the Rugg System, billposters and advertising contractors and will locate at New Philadelphia, 0. Pleasure Beach at Bridgeport, Conn., opened June 24. The park plays vaudeville with sacred concerts on Sundays. The booking is done through William Morris of New York City. A three way figure eight roller coaster valued at $18,000 has been constructed at Elmira Park, New York. A laughing gallery costing $5,000 has also been erected. Vaudeville is put on at the park, J, H. Waters is forming a stock company at Sellersburg, Ind.. for the purpose of purcuasing Glea Helen Park at that place from Louis Schneck and add suiticient improvements to make it an up-to-date summer resort. The pavilion at North Park, Meridian, Mass., opened with the Leah Russell Combinatién recently to excellent business. An opera company will be installed for a six week's engagement, after which a repertoire company will be put on. Lulu Theis, the popular whistler, is playing parks this year. She has an excellent act in which are introduced refined imitations of tue colored race. We have letters from several pars Managers commending her work very highly. The Aerial Arnolds were forced to cancel their dates at Delmar Gardens, St. Louis, on account of the serious illness of Mrs. Arnolu who was stricken with typhoid fever at Gamsville, Tex. She is rapidly recovering her beaith and will soon be able to take the road. T. A. Kennedy and wife and their children, Iris and Helen, are at Atlantic Park, Bar Harbor, Me, Mr. Kennedy is managing the resort for Mr, Lindall, and he reports big business. the Kennedy Children are in their second week at the park and are making a big hit. Nantasket Point at Surfside, Mass., opened recently and is doing big business. Two steamers ply between the park and Boston, leaving every hour and a half. Quite a number of uew concessions have been let this year and everything points to a prosperous season. Cycle Park Theatre at Dallas, Tex., was destreyed by fire July 12. The loss on the uouse is estimated at $7,000 with no insurance. ‘The “wing-Taylor company which was filling an eugagement here lost all its properties valued at 36,000. The fire is believed to bave been of iucendiary origin. The Cave of the Winds at Delmar Garden, St. Louis, Mo., is meeting with wonderful suecess. The proprietors and managers, Messrs. Senter & Hubbell, are two old showmen and are always getting up something new. They contemplate to put such an attraction on the the road in the near future. A syndicate of promoters are negotiating fur a long lease on the Duquesne Garden at Pittsburg, Pa. If the deal goes through, the place Wa. be used for winter ang summer aniusements. The contract held by the Upera Company which has two more seasons to run will not be affected. Vaudeville and other forms of light entertainment will be the rule for the coming month. Freebody Park at Newport, R. L., is enjoying excellent business and the management is to ve congratulated on the excellent standard uf attractions maintained. The resort is very popular with the fashionable set of Newport. (he vaudeville bill week of July 6, is as ful‘ows:—Jessie Couthoui, the Five Juggling Johasons, the Carter De Haven Trio, Sherman * DeForest, Cook and Sylvia, Ollie Young and brother, and the Deonzo Bros. Sugimoto's Japanese Village opened the 6, to big business. James J. Rossman, president of the Ponce te Leon Amusement Company at Atlanta, Ga., was recently brought before the grahd jury for violating the state laws probibiting Sunday work. Mr. smann contended that no Sunday law was being broken and that instead of the umjesty of the law being interfered with the people are given a place to which they may go on Sunday afternoon and have innocent amusement. That instead of doing harm, Ponce de Leon is productive of good results. His argument carried. For two weeks before July 4, posters announced the ball game between a team at New Philadelphia and an Indian team to be held at the park in New Philadelphia, O. The Indians failed to arrive however, leaving Manager Springer in a hole. A large crowd had gathered to witness the game and after a conference with Ted Galbraith, who with ‘‘Doe’’ Waddell and three assistants will act as ageuts ‘or Ted Faust’s Minstrels, Mr. Springer told the crowd that the game would be pulled off. of summer boarders:—Ted Galbraith, captain of summer boarders:—Ted Gailbraith, captain and pitcher; H, A. Ackey, last season agent trweod Stock company, catch; J. L. Springer, Manager billposting department Rugg System, ist b.; S. W. Scott, late of Main Show, 2nd b.: Olin Scott Rippeth, Al. Martin’s Ten Nights, ird b.; T. K. (‘Squeak’’) manager Queens of alt Nations, s. s.; Prof. Ed. Strine, King of Floating wire, r.f.;: Martine Sanchez and Joaquin Mariota, Porto Ricans who will take part in Ted Galbraith’s Exhibition at St. Louis, in 1904, 1. f. and ec. f. respectively. The score stood S to 9 in favor of the New Philadelphia team at the end of the came and it is doubted if the Indfans could have done better. 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