The Billboard 1903-09-19: Vol 15 Iss 38 (1903-09-19)

ee etna lea THE BILLBOARD on Virginia Harned will open in The Light That lM. Bassett and Benj. B. Vernon, also the fol pT Rear ee ere ene Soot Chemnitz, the Battenburg Leipzig and several other varieties in Switzerland and France. I was accompanied on this trip by my con tinental manager, for while I (like my esteemed fellow countryman with the fuzzy hair) understand the continental languages as well as the lunatics who invented them, I find it more convenient to have an interpreter to talk for me than to talk to the natives myself. We arrived in Antwerp in plenty of time to get to a show in the evening, but for some unaccountable reason all of the varietes of this city are closed during the summer—just as if people didn’t want amusement in the summer as well as in the winter. I had heard so much of the Scala that I was quite disappointed to find it dark, but the sprightly show I saw the next evening at the Palais d’Ete in Brussels quite made me forget the disappointment of the nigh. before. Nick Kaufmann was there with a splendid troup of lady cyclists. I don't suppose there are many in the business at home who remember Nick, for in America he belongs to the past, that ast before even the seed of the continuous had en planted, and when traveling variety shows --we had not attained the dignit~ of vaudeville then—kicked because the manager wanted them to work a Wednesday as well as a Saturday matinee. But Nick Kaufmann is very much ip evidence here, and when occasionally he jumpe in—just for exercise—and rides, himself, he shows that he has still a trick or two up. bis sleeve for the young ‘uns to copy. The craze of Europe of a few years since for American acts caused so many natives to 4ssume our beloved Stars and Stripes as their patron banner that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the real from the spurious. Miss Bliss. who is hauled to the dizzy heights of the Palais roof, holding on only by teeth, is one of this class. Her name is American enough: her costume is red, white and blue, and the program bears plainly, ‘‘the American Queen of the Air;’’ but as her lithograph in front of the theatre was made in Germany, we will reserve the right to think as we please about it, n'est pas? There are several summer Varietes in Lille, but as we finished our bustness early in the day and Paris was 80 ver: near, we did not wait to see them. The Follies is closed for the summer and the Olympia, which has been featuring the Loop, closes next Saturday, so only the Casino and the Moulin Rouge (which has been turned into a really tiptop variety) remain open, excepting, of course, those delightful summer establishments on the Champs Elysees, where dancing lights and whir 'y music add such inexpressible charm to “Gay Paree."’ At the Follies Marigny Saharet and the Cake Walk (you ought to hear now the French pronounce it) are the features, and with Cronin'’s two acts, are indeed giving all the laurels to the Americans. At the Moulin Rouge, Phroso’s the feature, and he ig featured. No such billing was ever done in Paris in a theatre as the new management of this wicked old dance hall are now doing for roso, and he is making good, too, packing the house every night. Isn't that making good? A TIP TO. PARASITES. G. F. McDonald, manager of McDonald's Theatre at Montgomery, Ala., is responsible for the following story: An old man went to his barn on a bitter cold evening to look after his cattle, and found a poor, half-starved cow looking longingly into the warm and well supplied quarters, occupied by his carefully tended herd. Pity prompted the kind old man to give the hungry stranger a few nubbins, The following Grace, Md., Sept. 1. Chief of Police Welsh re quested him to desist as it was against the rules. Mr. Oshler thereupon attempted to put the Chief of Police out of the building, but in stead Was put in durance vile by the chief and next morning was fined $5.30. Mr. Oshler canceled the remaining dates of the engagement. DRAMATIC. Saved from the Sea is in kakee, William Bonelli and Rose Stahl begin rehear sals of An Aristocrat Sept. 15. The Gentleman from Gascony canceled its entire Western tour. Miss Alma Storey of the Star Dramatic Stock Company, is quite ill at her home in Louisville, Ky. Helen Ware has been engaged by Mr. Heury B. Hawn to play Madame Alvarez in Soldiers of Fortune. Mrs. Langtry is going to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Ayres next season, where she will play in French. Katherine rehearsal in Kan Company has Willard in The Throne is doing a big business this Ohio towns. Charles Warner will soon introduce to Americans the English play, Drink, with his entire English cast. Reuben in New York turned over 500 people away from Crawford's Theatre, St. Louis, on Monday, August 3. The Scarlet Woman is the title of a new play by Jerome H. Eddy, which will be produced in New York in January. Charles Frohman has purchased the English rights for My Wife's Husband and will immediately introduce it in London. Dell and Dee's Comedians opened their season at Deseronto, Ont. Can., Sept. 7, and are playing a number of return dates. Edgar Selden recently purchased Escaped from Sing Sing and will rewrite portions of it preparatory to putting it out in October. The Stormy Petrel, the new play written by I. M. Barrie, received its initial production Sept. 12, at Wyndham s Theatre, London, Eng. Power Behind the week in Mildred Holland opened her season in The Lily and the Prince, Sept. 8. At Christmas time she will be seen as Catherine the Great of Russia. Miss Gertrude Swiggitt, the awkward girl in the Ragged Hero Company, will begin a starring tour in the spring in a production entitled An Old Oaken Bucket. After a four weeks’ engagement in New York City, Mrs. Fiske will begin her tour in Mary of Magdala, which will be one of the longest rhe has ever undertaken. Mr. G. A. Weber, of Duluth, Minn., is the author of a five-act drama entitled In a Life Time. He has also written a song to go with it bearing. the same title. G. Ed. Naftzger, Effa Hunter Naftzger and little Vivian joined A Human Heart Company at Rock Island, Ill, Sept. 9. The company will open the season Sept. 14. All the money that Carrie Nation makes above her expenses each week in ber dramatic ven ture, Ten Nights in a Bar Room, 1s to be given to charity, says her press agent. Riley Grannan has been engaged by Manager Kirke La Shelle to play the part of a bhookmaker in Checkers, which will be given its New York premier at the American Theatre Sept. 28 Joseph Jefferson will begin his annual tour in Chicago the last of this month. His repertoire will consist of Rip Van Winkle, Lend Me Five Shillings, The Rivals and The Cricket On the Hearth. Company. friends and acquaintances, that city being Miss Ruggles’ home prior to her going on the stage. Her father was for a number of years prominent in business circles of that city. The roster of Mr. Pickwick Company is as follows: De Wolfe Hopper, Digby Bell, Frank Belcher, Louis Payne, . K. Adams, George Chapman, Augustus Colleti, Frank R. Willing, Gus Bartlett, George Rolland, George B. Williams, Laura Joyce Bell, Marguerite Clark, Viva Ogden, Florine Murray, Nellie Victoria and Edna Vollman. Dorris and Finley's African Missionary Company is organizing in Kansas City, Mo. The show opens at Platte City, Mo., Oct. 5, and, judging from rehearsals, will be one of the strongest ‘‘all black’’ organizations in the country as long as Williams and Walker, with their ebony-hued troubadours, remain on the other side of the Atlantic. Follows the roster of Advertising Car No. 2 ef the Great Cole Younger and Frank James Historical Wild West. Geo. SS. Combs, manager; H. Hambuegen, boss billposter; Dick Garby, M. Biller, Fred Putman, Mark Williams, assistant billposters; Ed. Spencer, lithos and banners; Joe Murphy, assistant: Wm. McLany, porter. The members are all unton. Carrie Nation nearly caused a riot in Morrifou's Theatre, Rockaway Beach, N. Y., while making a ten-minute tirade against drink and smoking. She claimed that the Government wags in partnership with the whisky trust and assailed President Roosevelt's name tut for the presence of cool-headed men in the audience there would have been a dash for the stage. Miss Margaret Anglin, after completing her season at the Columbia, San Francisco, Cal., will tour the Coast cities with Henry Miller. Anglin was to proceed to London to play tn the Duke of York Theatre, but as sne has proven such a drawing card on the Coast she was *‘Joaned”’ to Mr. Miller, in fulfillment of a promise made the actor more than a year ago. Merry Katie Emmett opened her season at Anderson, ind., Sept. 1, under the direction of Mr. Walt. M. Lesile. The local Elks attended in a body and gave Miss Emmett a fine reception after the show. Manager Lesile has booked the show in all the principal cities South and West and a very prosperous season is expected. Mr. Leslie was during the summer season manager of the side show of the Indian Bill Wild yest. Agnes Huntington, the English actress, of whom much was said a few years ago, wae ordered to pay $25 for a wig by a jury composed of six baldheaded men and stx who boasted a full growth of hair. The suit was inetituted by a man who makes a business of supply ing wigs to the profession. she Huntington wig was a gorgeous blond affair, and during the trial many of the lawyers tried it on to show that it did or did not come up to specifications. The roster of Quincy Adams Sawyer Company is as follows Harry J. Ingram, Warren Cook, James A. Bliss, Emmett C. Keane, Wm. Le Wolfe, P. A. Nannary, S. H. Verney, Robt. De Vens, Walter James; Leslie Stowe, May toyce, Edith Wright, Marie Haynes, Helen E tutier, Phyllis L. Bostwick, Julia Norton, Nible Drew and Rose M. Wood, W. G. Snell ing, acting manager; George L. Smith, general representative, and James KE. Orr, advertising agent. Follows the roster of the Vernon Stock Co.: Lillian Lancaster, Dottle Green, Estelle Lynn, Mame Foster, Grace Freis, Harry Lynn Wright, W. H,. Baker, Milton Wasson, Chas, Brewn, 4 } Lies in Woman's Eyes week of Sept, 21 at | lowing vaudeville features: Edwin Warren and } the Columbia Theatre, Washington, D. C., after | Allee Havard, sketch artists; Dottie Green, sou7 Which she will assume the stellar role in Iris brette, Freis Sisters, singers and dancers. The ‘ ; and tour the West. | Amplton Orchestra, Joseph Samuels, violin: — ad Follows the roster of Marked for Life Co.: John M, Gardner, flute, and Chas, O'Brien, ug Jean Barrymore, Wm. J. Florence, Geo. France, , pianist | } Geo. Harris, Geo. R. Beil, Thos, Mann, Chas, | Conroy and Mack's Comedians opened their i Moore, Wm. Batrd, John Patterson, Reta Beaure. | season In Salem, N. J., Sept. 5, in Midnight tn ‘ i j . gard, Marion Oliver and Marion Mason. New York, by Howard Wall and Louis Kagan. : . a ; P . Johnnie Reilly closed with Berger Carnival | taut hat jue colnpany in i ; DIFFFRENCES (ay, on making his round, the old rode y: Company at Pittsburg, Sept. 12, and opened |<ciudes Pat Conroy, Dick Mack, Harry Han,. : * : -——-— the hungry cow at the bars, ee a vac. | With AL W. Mertin’s (Eastern) Tom Company, | ton, John S. Giles, Geo. 8S, Robbins, Ed Koppy, | Between Vaudeville in America and Europe, as three a ol agg = geen tn Sept. 14, at McKeesport, Pa., as George Shelby | Robt. Bolliger, Norman Du Vaul, Helen Retka, % Seen by John Moore, oa won aiene ‘them ‘all aw ay without = taste ree i oe ees ee a -. Agnes Kurle Carew. Vaude ‘ << me > i away a rade | ville aets inelude Conroy and Mack, Goodwin i" ; During a recent visit to my agents along the of his nubbins. While playing st Ft. Dodge, Ia., Sept. 1, Sisters, Great obetta, Metropolitan Quartette 4 Continental Coast of the North Sea and EngMoral: —When a man does you an act of kindJohn Kenyon, of Wood and Ward's Two Merry | Cycle Loop and Delay Sisters. ° i} ; lish Sea and English Channel, [I was afforded | pess, don't bring your “sisters, your cousins | Tramps Company, fell through an open trap in| The roster of the Nancy Brown Company is | f an excellent opportunity to study the dissimi-/ ang your aunts’ and expect him to pass them | (he stage at the Midland Theatre and sustained | as follows: Marie Cahill, Jullus Steger, George i — A ad as camel as it exists there and] aq) jnto the show, because be once gave you ala broken leg. Kenyon did not notice the open©. Boniface Jr., George Beban, Al Grant, Harry ? m tue w. 8. A. *e od ing and fell into » baseme belo Brow Ki Atwell, . oe ; Pe t) First and foremost among noteworthy — <—T a pal i gg ee ee stn Cawin W ‘ool be ‘ i ences are the refreshments. The receipts o oie” Cieaen i . a J cag . “ — ~ ad, t , | ie Mr. George F. Hall stars under the menage| Clhira Palmer, Donah Benrimo, Helen Sherwood it the box-office of a Continental Variete are of | THREE NEW COMPANIES OF MUGG'S LAND-|,,,, mt of Mr Wititam J. iteldie i : : ° 4 : : ‘ : . oe ) + iNiam . ‘lding about Nov. 1 | Josephine Karlin, Alice Knowlton, Maud Fray. — | ag Agen og om ag Eadie mange ot ING TO BE LAUNCHED. in A Ragged Hero in the New England and Midcls, Ruby Paine, Louise Egner, “Marie Curey, | | t garcons never let one forget this fact even for Mr. L. J. French, proprietor and manager of Ses eee bays Ah ay “ane ae 7 The | wygeel " haeleny Gueeiadh eae aa _ a t : < sé a. al >» oners ouse “de VP: :. Mass. " pets e years » has lately » ure pe | tel . say N eli, . director : t a moment. No wonder ap agg omy a ae oe ied ee ee ee ee, American Hustler and The American Girl and | W. H. Post has been engaged to conduct. the : i = = ogres 4 distinctly he — a an on a I% K's Bad ‘Roy companies will soon put | achieved great success, rehearsals i . s ~ . “thy as € “4 Ss ve wD be s sou 4 . ‘ me ale . i ili . = m Ties . kL . . t “He is juggling twenty-seven plates, I just] forth three companies of Mugg’s Landing, an Miss Alice tuggles will be given a hearty rePhe National Stock Company, which ts being f counted them."’ ‘ Eastern, Western and Southern, he having | (¢Ption on her appearance with the Sweet Clover directed this season by Ted Sparks, of Kansas i r ' At Amsterdam there are two Varietes. The | leased for a term of years this popular comedy |©o™pany in| Dubuque, Ta., Sept. 19, by ber | ; “og go Fg YH ape — i | Rembrandt, under the management of an Am-> drama. ‘ia — ~~ "accel . Use has enjoyed Ps \ . 4 J 7 ; Pen — . this season Reports from Paola have it -~B cam, Mr. Leo L. Levin, who runs his show Owing to the fact that Mr. French has made } nat i ? : = American lines as far as circumstances such a success of the Peck’s Bad Boy companies | the pos gees Pleat vr —_ — one of tts kind Bat ‘ will permit, and fhe Cireus Carre a vast, round | the past few years, Mugg’s Landing has an | one xave — satisfaction. The vaudeville 8 building, with a stage at one side. At present |] doubtedly fallen into the right hands, and suc eatures are ar superior to those generally ; ] a traveling circus, consisting largely of trained | cess for this popular drama is assured. fewes lated os repertoire, and as the time / ’ animals ang clowns is playing at this estabjlooked includes a number of big fair dates, ( : lishment. but in the winter an exclusively Manager Sparks has considerable cause to look t ’ vaudeville prograin is given, and, according to SANITARIUM INCORPORATED. be ye AS a toa tae H . -m’ a | Mr. le ord be s ten Sen— = w" % ore am, — Som ee Robert E. Bell, Peter MeCourt and Horace | Son ag a star at Reading, Pa., Sept. ‘21. His f i es at present a Soeader attraction’ (this | Phelps aay incorporation ene for = Beli | tepertoire for the coming season will include : “ } de Sanitarium for Consumptives Actors at Denver, }The Merchant of Venice, Richard LI. a ij gg alg on aang oy pit age lle Colorado, Sept. ‘ | Ado About Nothing and The Taming "of the 4 7 which contains some very catchy music and as The papers empower the association to ac| Shrew This is Mr, Hanford’s 25th season tu i +) elusive a plot as is customary in comic opera. | ‘!'e land and raise money for the purpose of Shakespearean drama. The roster of his com. / This operetta is really worthy of translation establishing such a sanitarium. The association pany follows Frederick Forrester, Fred. Hight bi into English; and indeed what more could one | '§ net capitalized. : = Henry MacRade, I, J. Ford, Robert H. Bontz. y f say in praise of anything so very foreign as The directorate for the first year consists George H. Hoffman, M. C. ‘Stone, T. L. Stod. . Mrs. Moon? Another Amsterdam Variete that} Of Robert E.Bell, Peter McCourt, Abbey | BR. dard, Robert Owen, Charles W. Meakin, George 5 , was, and will be again this fall, is the Flora | Pendelton, Robert Levy, Edward S. Irish, C.M. F. Hayes, Caryl Gillin, Miss Marie Drofnah, 4 which was destroyed by fire last September. Vanlaw and James H. Peabody Mise Margaret Oswald, Miss Bessie F. Hight This popular little hall has for years success— a Miss Helen Raymond. ie : fully presented a first-class program at the ings are trumps, is the season's deal in the ° : nominal entrance fee of ten Holland cents, er NOVEL ADVERTISING. game of play titles, Besides Sothern's If | a four American cents, to any part of the house. The management of The Wizard of Oz is get|W ere King, and An Enemy to the King, Viela Here, you can well imagine, the refreshment | ting out some unique advertising in the form of |} Allen's Iu the Palace of the King, Henrietta end of the business occupies Gown stage, center, | mailing curd. These cards are sent out from | Crosman’s The Sword of the King, In the Name within the magic circle of all three limelights. | the New York office addressed to newspaper meu }of the King, King Dodo, the version of Grin The advertising of these varietes is hardly and dramatic correspondents. | goire called The King's Pleasure, and our old what one would expect from so much compeOn the reverse side of the card is a three-color | friend Yhe Silver King, Walker Whiteside 1s tition. A two inch ad. in the newspaper and reproduction of one of the scenes of the play ; rehearsing We Are King. There is The King s a quarter sieet hanger is about all the intima-] anq below this is printed in script, “I have just | Master, by John Ernest McCann, and Messrs. the public get that so much excellent seen ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ It is superb. Don't | Hobart and Consterno have copyrighted The amusement is so near at hand, wet the advent] f.j; to see it if you get a chance, John.” | Sleepy King, and Weber and Rush bave comof tbe Barnum show, with tons of lithos. and e ‘missioned H. J. W. Dam to dramatize Victor a ao a ca os novel By Order of the King. It must nental managers to the necessity ub . ’ i. xe that these kingly titles appegl to the drawill be seen by the fact that I am now supply. veep~ted a s re _ 5 ma matic authors because they are suggestive of ing paper in constantly increasing quantities to Mr. A. C. Oshler, manager of Utah, was NELLIE DUNBAR, royalties the Dutcb Theatre Munic, the Central Theatre | smoking in the City Opera House at Havre de |The Popular Young Ingenue of A Human Slave Eduard Waldmann, the German-English tragedian, opened bis tour this season on Sept. 2 at the Grand Opera House, Wilmington, in Dr. Jekyll and Mr, egement of George H. Brennan. Follows the roster of the company: George H. Brennan, manager; M. Moses, business manager; Those. Hi. Rankin, business representative; Frank Reynolds, advance agent; J. Leonard Gates, stage manager; James Martin, stage carpenter; F. A. Malloy, property man; Franklyn Worth, electrician; Annette Ward, wardrobe mistress; Elizabeth Hofiman, special press representative; Eduard Waldmann, Charles E. Bonnell, J. H Green, Frank Db. Vernon, W. K. Allen, Harrison, Andrew Saunders, T. H. McLeon, Frank Worthers, Alfred Cannibler, Maurice Garber, Grace Whiteworth, Lillian Staffoid, Minnole Nevins and Margaret Hardy. Owing to peculiar circumstances involving legal entanglements, the melodrama, Younger Brothers Bank Rebbers, has been forced to retire from the road for the present at least. The matter arose out of a complaint filed at Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 31, by R. L. Cressy, of Chicago, for the appointment of a receiver, Del, Hyde, under the man claiming he had an interest in the show. Mr J. H. Dobbins, the manager of the show, at ouce got out an injunction against Cressy, restraining his interference. The matter now stands thus and a big legal battle is promised to occur in Chicago this week. Meanwhile the scenery is stored away In care of the receiver The Younger Brothers Bank Robbers, which was originally The Heart of the Ozarks, has been very successful financially, and after the courts decide to which party the show belongs it will undoubtedly resume its tour Old Madame Janauschek, who occupied a position among women of the stage somewhat like that of old John Elisler, who died a few weeks ago, is ending her days in poverty in Connellsville, Pa. She is to sell at public auc tion all the treasures of the stage she gathered in a half century. Some of them were given her by members of the royalty in Burope and others are associated with the best traditions of the American stage Madame Janauschek twenty years ago Was the only “‘Lady Macbeth” recognized by competent critics. They spoke of her and Booth in the same breath when dis cussing classical stage portraiture. She is 74 ears oid, tll and without a competence, Many old-timers have signified their intention of bidding on the effects offered, and the hope ts ex pressed that she may realize enough to keep her free from the necessity of asking ald frow the Actors’ Fund. Managers Rush and Weber, who starred Garland Gaden last season tn in The Power of the Cross, have provided their clever young star with « brand-new production of a new play for this season, entitled Across the Rockies, written by J. J. McCloskey, author of Across the Pacific, Across the Continent, and about fifty other plays. Mr. Gaden will have a very strong company to support him, including the singing soubrette, Laura Lorraine and seventeen others Every foot of scenery and all property will be carried. Season opens In Wash ington, D. C., Sept. 21, Rush and Weber have twenty-one attractions on the road, tneluding Ross and Fenton, Henry Lee, Mary Shaw. Follows the roster of Garland Gaden in Across the Rockies: Weber and Rush, proprietors; Garland Gaden, manager; BE. KE, Shultz, business manager; Burt Harley, advance agent; Y. Duncan, treasurer; Harold Wilson, stage maoager; Max Febrman, musical director; Chas. H. McCloskey, property man; Cal. W. Cline, penter. ‘our begina at Washington, D. C., Sept. 21. Members of company: Gaden, Laura Larraine, Florence Lytell, Howard Sydney, Grace Young, Harold Wilson, Thomas 7 vi