The Billboard 1904-09-03: Vol 16 Iss 36 (1904-09-03)

The Billboard sf LULU GLASER'S NEW PLAY. ‘ Hamlin Mitehell and Fields have obtained | Westbrooke are prominent fn the cast of * Wid ' p new ecomle opera, A Madean Princess rtene me a a, Chicago novelist, the | night Marriage company. Mr. Frank C. Br its premier by Miss Lula Glaser, oe Mh, | gaa is story of Greece, Like Rhoades, Is the acting manager; while Sam. ane os. at the Lyceum Theatre, MKochester, . Joseph ya Jr and Willian Winter Fisher. will be in advance. , fore a large audience. | Jefferson play an engagement to the Pacitic ar George Sylvester bas been reengaged to ; 1 ve i by Ludwig Englander, and | Coast this fall, making their Grst appearance play Orlando, and Mr. Mark Price for Jacques, ' i by Harry B, Smith, founded upon the | se eters in that cuavitens vp to support Miss Florence Gale during her ant rom rama, When Kalghthood Was in Mr. Priestly Morrison, who has been stage | 20%! tour in As You Like It. The cast will Flow Chas. Major. Manager of the Glaser Stock company re. | Also include Messrs. Panl Taylor as Touch; Mr gham has pald careful attention to) Joued from that position. Aug. 20 ann am stone; John Alexander, G. Brengel Hare, Plerre : the settings and costumes, which &r¢| turned to New York City. Young. Duncan M, Lumsden, Edward Pooley, q very ¢ iful. It is reported that Louls Pierce, now in his a ny Woodland Quartette of English Glee } } fourth consecutive season with Our New Min-|~ "“*'*: late of the Ben Greet company. ! } His JOKES WERE OLD. ister company, will next year star in a rural Frances Aymar Matthews is dramatizing Pat , -_ av piay te be written for bim, mela Congreve for it producti in I ir J ‘y}iom Josh Daly, @ minstrel director, says y : , 8 production in London in Pa. “e ae welcome compliment which te oe and the ‘Prince, Carina Jordan's March, 1905. She is also revising My Lady = | paid to him was @ left-banted one. | eons a E cone deallng with ItalPeggy Goes to Town and has sigued contract ile and bis minstrels were playing at @ park | the road thi some wat aie ae 8 pa, 7s enim ta the . in |} . ae Harry Dixey. one of bis Dien Bon leault ( _ ir . mea “r , piny the comiing season. Mrs, Spooner is also j met « sick and Daily went up after the | cic. wirecior las rived ‘See e Loncon | to bring out a modern play by Miss Matthews t pert e to seve him. He was a stranger! wii) gtage | tty, tt bye “ a New San. _ He thie fall. Miss Edna May Spooner will be the ‘ erfo ‘ a tag ee. 8 lil ge Letty, th ew Pinero play in which | Joan of Are in the stock pl by Mi ° in tk but as he bad been to the house tn W ida ——_ : play y ss Mat a cet te ot ed Os ee. ol” Faversham is to appear at the Hud-| thews. came to a house which resembled Dixey's this coming season Florence Roberts Mort Sanford has made arrangements with ' abode 1 entered without knocking, He went) make revivals of her two great FR op AB ome Dick Ferris for the use of the play, Way wnt to a room coi.esponding to Dixey’s and azat/¢s Sapho aud Zaza. Her repertoire will also| ‘V°St. 10 which Mr. Ferris scored so heavily 1 entered without knocking. In the room were | include Marta of the Lowlands and Tess of tie Minneapolis. The play {is from the pen of two { two women playing cards LD Urbervilles. Ferdinand Grahme and deals with Mfe on the “4 borglar.” yelled one of the women, and The Serio-Comic Governess, in which Miss | [™4lan frontier. It is full of excitement, and ‘ the mé romptly captured Daly. He tried to ; its locale lends itself admirably to m uc ple expla bat they would vot belleve bim., a ee y teresque scenery and costuming. The compa: “lr « Daly, the minstrel,"’ be protested. ms eeee ee © © © © © @© @ e@| appearing in the play has been specially se“y one that is playing at the park?" |¢ New York, N. ¥., June 15, 04. * | lected and will be headed by Grace Hull. asked ‘ of the met n * The Billboard Pub, le ° It is reported thet Johnny Page, the well‘ r 1 sam declat red Daly. Gentlemen :— ©) known comedi »e it . } : comedisa, has been committed to the “Tell us your jokes.” =) The date-svoks arrived today. They are *! State Asylum at Putte, Mont. It is said that Da went xzh bis end man gags an : all right and up-to-date, very handy and * | the unfortunate man !s suffering from an ailJAMES R. WATERS. the mar rereed him loose. ; should be bad by everyone who reads and *| ment similar to paralys's and has lost control : “y in go.” he sald. “No one but Adam. |* those who occasionally read the best paper *| of his vocal organs. He {s thirty-three stra The above picture, is of James R. Waters Eve ond Josh Daly could remember those |* im the theatrical field, namely: ‘The Bill*| of age. He onal traveled with th S Bes & 4 a the way be appeared as Eisenstein in his origi “ * board.” Yours Trul 6) ti. te ee Hh the Beauty and pal part in The DUesperate Lord Barrington. j J, e ast and other companies. He was com| James F. W v . Frank H. Fuller | pelled to. leave the sta shout @ year aan end mes F. aters is thirty-three years old and 5 . '. ‘ e ce } « ing v7 > SENT SAMPLES OF VOICE AND ACTING.|* * * * ° oe e's © © 6] returned to bis home in Butte, where he lived | bean coonected’ with crund apeva as: frst tenet with hi ~ e Wares e been connected with grand opera as first tener } “This is a marvelous age we live in."’ said . —— s three brothers. and in minstrels as vocalist. For the last six ; at trical manager, “and its marvelousness| -.. 1 Softe The cast of Bird Center is composed of the | years Mr. Waters has been doing a Hebrew act was brought home to me forcibly last week. — aes Se a. aed — yoy following members: George Richards, William | in which he hag met with great success. Mr. i “Tr written to a French tenor and asked |)... = gg pe elt ch uced by Charles | Burress. Charles Wayne, .Engene O’Rourke. | Waters’ new act is a real novelty. He aphim st he would take to come over bere and Mao in London in the event of its success | Louis Parne Samuel Sort, ‘ Clayton Legge. Ed| pears as a Hebrew with monologue and parodies g next seasen His reply consisted of a f 2 iactenala gl a ; ward, J. Connelly, Al Hoevet, Andy McLeod, | (which he writes himself) poe chen er and two cylinders. Mote pity is Bow being prepared for R. B.| Ipha Dahl. Will Archie. Miss Mabel Strickland. | in thirty seconds to full dress, and brings his “I will come for $500 a week,’ the letter nat _ = Odette Tyler called The Red Car-| Miss Estelle Mortimer, Miss Blanche Chapmen, ‘ , osb sald, ‘and I forward in another package sam— t will not be staged, bowever, until} Rosa Cooke and Misses Marda e early in September. act to a close with selections from grand opera, : 7 Athens, Grace | j : , xt . i rvie a son ae ~ -n Italian, German and English. Mr. Waters ples of my voice and of my acting.’ pean evil ty A ~—y winter. a waar —. ag Lor. Macdonald, Stella | is booked up solid until September 1905. Mr. “The larger _ cylinder was a phonographic Haviio and Stair ar ie Med ln y. Susie tt, Car. Fostelle and Clara | walters’ home is San Francisco, Cal., and the record of ove of the man’s solos, The smalier 1a, A Great Hero, for next season. T press praises him and says that he will be a one Was a moving pleture film of him singlag a * will be produced under the sole di-| 9, y Page ora 5 ay bent y —— company = a No. 2, in the Hebrew character, on the solo. rect ~ — Mr. Stevens. it wil > ' — preps. an the American stage. i ot took the twe eyiiedere to @ Genter, ené] i: # Fag SBR 1 also bave a mers. ; Pn a eo magr.: Joseph Conyers, : one We pat im a phonograph, the other in a My. “Wife s Family compan se Stage dir.: W. C. Tanner, stage mgr.; H. W. coving Cietese Gushiee, Suen Ge abemaldae Si. ot fee Be go age Fogg he meen Fuippe. treas; Will Randall, master machinist: ENGAGEMENTS. the room, and we started the machine and/| roles are in the hands Hidéa Sauvant, IsaSeeeel et Props., and W. B. Roberts, elec, Patrick Thorne bas signed for a character the phonograph simultaneously. By Jove, str, | bel Hillan, Blanche Buman, Mabel Gray, Thos. | rima, Jon »~ Joseph Conyers, M. B. Har-| part in The Child Slaves of New York. the actor might have bees present personally. Lee, Annita Laurence, J. Davis and J. C. Mursaan. —_ oo — a oe My e.. Clayton and Belle Le Moyne have bere be was on the screen, walking up and| i pena. sec. i a, : anner. J. joined the Beauty and the Beast chorus. down the stage and gesticulating, and there “Miss Brelye Millard will make her first apsete Mc ay gg: ey Sg > eg sony Louis Pieree has signed for his fourth conwas bie voles fecuing te Gemetete gates fren be Loudon stage, since her mat-| The company opens its season = pan a —v secutive season with Our New Minister comthe big phonograph bern. 1 got from it as stage ‘about four years ago, under Mr. Lewis] wWis.. aug = . weukes, | pany. satisfactory an idea of the man’s talent as| Waller's management in The Master of the The pre livege , Miss Harriette Cropper, of Rock Island, has 1 could have gotten if he bad visjted me.” King’s Company at the Imperial Theatre this te wear will have with Wierence — as been engaged by Mr. Savage for the cast of autumn. ‘ _. e the support of Georze arsifal. Miss Virginia Brissac. who will be favorably og pe eee vee, Sy S. Lown. Gert: de Coghlan has been engaged as leadDRAMATIC, remembered as an artistic member of Miss Rob” Aarda La Crotx, M. W. Rale. Toby Lyons, John | ing woman with Mrs. Patrick Campbell in The Mar Harvey is going to play Hamlet. ert's company last season, will play the inMiller Frederick Norgan, Edwin Fuller, Geo. | Sorceress. a Charles Warner ts to retern to America with | genue roles with Mr. Whittlesey when he goes | } woe S ous. nd Herbert. Jr... Agnes Porter. James Stevens has been engaged for the cast , a new y by H Arthur Jones, om tour under the management of Messrs, Kel= ‘Tee Rea ae me ag of the Garden Theatre Stock company at Min’ It is reported that the Elllott-Court Stock | asco, ell, Elanore Russell, Jeanette D’Arville, Edna | neapolis, . Fe . et .. hs. pe a agg Stock aa Fg og bas been disMay Donahue and beauty chorus of twenty Mrs “sol Smith has been engaged for the part i Mr. W n Faversham and Jalie Opp arrived | Covered by Henry W. Savage, who has accepted | $0, °The season will open in Troy. N. Y.. | of Miss Crawley in Mrs, Fiske’s production of j 1-9 at New York City last week on the Bloecber a comedy drama of rural life in Maine, called Saturday, evening. Sept. 3, with Charles F.| Becky Sharp ; Gun bee Gin tee a a Common Sense Brecket. by Charles W. Doty. eer ane as manager, and Lewis Talbot, as The Great Gay, the Handcuff King, will ‘ in Amelia Bingham's new play, The Vital is-| Mf. Savave will produce ft im the autumn with ae eae. join the Jack Hoeffler Stock company at Deeve Richard Golden in the leading role. The roster of the Gertrude Ewing company: | ra, Iowa, 29. ~ Mr. Clyde Phillips, formerly editor of “The .. oe aod Ma arice ( ampbell have moved | Miss Gertrude Ewing. Mrs. J. C. Ewing. GerMiss Le Bean has been engaged with the MilBillboard will hereafter have charge of the orietta Crosman’s opening two days forward. | trude rrington. Kathryn Swan. Irene Jones, | let? company for the coming season. She was New ay ork Baresu. ~ ° he Bk —_— “a tre on Satur-| May milton, Louis Dean. Charles D. Ham-| With this company last season. N in Intends to give his play this} O87. Sweet Kitty Bellairs. After D. Ellsworth. Lou N. Harrington Blanch Bryant | ~ J . . *. Harrin a vn ryant nas been engaged by the y Seam 7 surper—the best stacing ever | three ve «6©will give way to Warfield, Alfred Phillips George Book| Gr ' t | Alfred Phillips G € k| Graves Morton Opera company for the part of “ play before. in his new play, The Music Master. rem, i. ordinary. The executive st»ff | Dorothy in the opera of that name, for season | wnefit performances for the mem ee Miller's initial appearance in San/| npany is as follows. Ewing and of 1904-5. o Cook Opera f Stock compa! francisco in Joseph Entangled, r to | Cwin roprietors: Lo N arringte ‘ f j ster, N Y. —. aa — heave oe ‘aoe ssed by . Ss a as | t * A pg lane Tg Miss Bessie Johnson, daughter of Mayor Tom .. William Winter will return to New York | Sir Joseph Mr. Miller acquitted himself in a| D. \. stage director: Jack Toetler, | 4. Johnson, of Cleveland, 0.. has been engaged a from California about the middle of September | *killfol manner. He was ably assisted by Miss | stage carpenter, and Prof. Julius Reuss, musifor an important role in the forthcoming proo to resume work on the Tribune. Hilda Spong, Miss Jessie Rusley and others. al direc tor. duction of Brother Jack. a. The Edsall Wh thrope Stock company wil! Claude H. RBellpert closed a summer engage7 . Recent engagements by Henry W. Savage are ly play Latta Park Auditoriom, Charlotte. N. C ment with the Garrick Stock company at J. K. and Joseph ney presenting De Leon's | Miss Gertrade Clark for the Turtle Dove iu al 4 Until Sept. 10. when they begin thelr road tour Champaign, Il. Aug. 20 and joined Cc. W.; © nedians, opened ainel r tenth tour at New | woodland and Den Collyer for Matty McGowan *Wincbell Smith, who bas beer suffering from | Stater’s Madison Square Theatre company for | Castle, a” ame 25, The ae ae tas fol| in The College Widow. .. & severe attack of typhoid fewer for several | leads and heavies. The show opens Aug. 2 | ‘O's VOSR. MaBeret ontgomery Jsmes K. Hack h gaged D Bs ding Mi ~ a = '| acting manager: Wm. W ; re: G 3 . ett has engage rina De R = ks in New York, is reported to be recover eet a. = for an extended tour of the aman ok cnene bmw tor: Tho —e qe Wolfe for the cast of The Secret of Polichinoft Willlam Ingersoll, the Pittebar, ete Fay Davis received a proposition to play | Manager. Billy Casper. properties: Florence elle, in place of Grace Kimball, who played in ng» i t g actor, was ’ sacl ; *.| Gelman Henry. directress of music; Frank De,| that production last season. ai) inju in a runaway last week, which wil! in London in September and October, previous = vo. mt aq as ' likely keep him off the stage for two months | to her sailing for America to open her season Leon,, Joseph Cohn, Harry Bott, Filmore and James K. Hackett hae engaged Miss Drina ¢e os The Rich Mre. Repten next November. HoewWolfe for the part of Madame Santenay tn The hr continental tour of Mies Florence ever she ca { Charlies Frohman, declining to Secret of Polichinetle. in which William i. id Yon Like It. opens at Troy, N. Y., | play the *m eopegomet. end ating Gri“ © © = e¢«e eee 7 * °s Thompson will star next season. yl Rehearsals for the same commenced | New York, Sept. 1. * Mr. and Mrs. Nello, the well-known */ Jack Dean. the past season with the Earl of He It is reported that Ema Kendall betng dis-| * vaudeville team, write from Lakeside Park, * | Pawtucket company, has signed and gone to ns . eaticfiel with the third act of his new play, | * Akron, Ohio: ‘‘We think you have a great * | New York to begin rehearsals with Cella Lofa Weather-beaten Renson. bad a misunderotand* paper and we are constant readers of ‘‘The * | tus company in Serio Comic Governess. ‘ ing with the author, Edward EB idder, with | * Billboard."’ . Barry and Ella Grav report that they have f 5 — on a :s — -_ es es © © © & © © © © ©] signed with the Murray and Mackey Dramatic 5 A na i r ot ee ed, and Mr. Kenda. —— —____—_______—. | company, te join Oct. 17. with their Mariiat will use another new play. | onettes, as a special vandeville feature. . A. M. P + A v a of The Two ee ayo Adams, Frank Comstock, Geo. H. Burton, Richard Carhart and Fdward Bates have hee hecins Ite Philadelphian engagement at the | Marie Ea@munds, Francis Merrill, Rose Bernard, | e ae stan i Se steers jos Chestnut Street vera House September 26. | and Ida Cohn. The senacomnent looks forward engaged by E. G. Hinestaugh for Countess Elsie The cast Includes James O'Neill, J. FE. Dodson, to a prosperous season, playing three niebt | {* Tourney in Mary Stuart. Queen of Scotts. as Lents James, Clara Morris, Grace George, Mrs.| stands principally. A new line of paper has | Richard Moncrief was engaged as stage didl W. J. Le Morne Elita Proctor Otis, Sarah | been adéed and all are royalty plays. | Tector. e Truax, Bijou Fernandez and Jameson Lee Fin-' The fol'ow ine list of attractions will play | Mr. Jos) FE. Whiting. who plared Judce ney. tes the Chamberlin, Harrington. Kindt Cireuit | RP s in the Daniel Frohman production of Aunot The follow! people are prominent fn the! this season: The Giri from Dixie. Over Ni| gustus Thomas’ brilliant comedy, The Other cast of No Wedding Belle for Her, which | ag. a Falls, York, State Folks, Michael Stro-| Girl, last season, is re-engaged for the seaopened its ey ——— a jog | -e. — Rottom. Arizona. A Movern Viking, | son of 1904-5. ” irday evening ng. 20: Iarry st, he Belle Newport, Kyrle u a “* ohen Sumer Babe Abbett. Geemte Bed Widow -Hig —_ — Pe nd te yo Edward J. Connelly has been engaged by 3. Willte Shecay. Revert Kelley. Mart. 3. Codv. | pola Vader Bouthern Suites, Ronnie Briar Rush j Gauiin, Biiebee ont Fislis te origmete ie a Joneph Duval. Annie Ward, Ralph Brett end } fan eee? titan Gaeees tao eae pd ey , mysterious stranger tn Bird CenJobn Martin. | ter William and Walker, Sin of the Cross. | $8°° nse or fhe a ee ove The cast of A Desperate Chance company.) Radolph and Adolph, Ethel Barrymore, Way | je bit =e Py. which opened at Norristown Pa.. Aug. 20. | Out West, Bizzy Izzy. Tim Murphy. Conviet's| By Herrick and Eldredge for Eben Holden: ini Includes the following people: Edward Fos-/ Daughter. James J. Corbett. Thomas Jefferson, | Henry Horton for the title role, Blanche Ken— here, Jack Sharkey. H. B_ Stafford, John C. | lara Thropp William Collier, Chinese Honey| dall for the role of Hope Brower, Willard Mcsain Hanson, Robert MeClung, Rert Mattlier, Georce moon, Coon Hollow, Tried for Her Life. Wizerd | Kegney. Vellma Rerrell, Austin Conroy and turhee, Jack ‘narew, Jack Leween. Fugente | of Oz. Checkers, Devil's Auction. David Hoeram, | Willlam A. Gillette. Reenever Adelaide Wagner, Raby Lewis end | Price of Honor, Peery from Parts. Dockstad| Mary E. Baker has been engaged by Gus Jutta a. | er’s Minstrels, oy Thurston, Masen and ! py = Rod The English and American rights of Le Prince! Mason. A Break for Liberty. Frank Dantels, um % pa An Golden ta _Breaminnd Consort. the fantastle comedy by MM. Xanrof| Fanst. Billy Van. Peck’s Bad Roy, Way Down tna Teel Lntears — ne pg by and Chancel, lately produced fn Paris, have) Fast. Girl of Pawtucket. Maxine Elliott. Tobie the middle of omen a a hee equired be Mer. Ivan Caryl. It ts prob| Hoxte. The Marriage of Kitty, Mildred Holss . aie nar = Carri! will produce a version of | eed. For ies they The Fulnts. ante ae After all. an American clown and pantomime > tr fa ow ne e tal Wedding Ferrts Comedians, | Mist will bave the title role in Klaw and the plece, with mnaste from his own facile a fi ine The Fatal z ts ediars, . tunefal pen, in London next apring The Left Feather, avid Higgins. Haverley’s | Erlanger’s bie prodinetion of Humpty-Dumpty Harry F. Ineram, J. ©. Fenron. ©. W.| Minstrels, The Silver Silpper, Chas. RB. Hian| hen this bie production ts offered at the Goodrich, Wm, Shea, Emil Collins, Al, Cole. | ford. Pant Gilmore. Kine Dodo. Ingomar. Ezra w= Amatertam Theatre cory fe the seasea. HARRY B, SANFORD man. Chas, Garnier, Camille Crome. Niaa| Kendall, Murray and Mack. Marte Pannering Wiliam C. Schrode bas been selected + M ice, Kitty Edwards, | The Pit, Romeo and Juliet, The Runaways, The Shaberts have engaged Miss Ida Rene, The Talking Tramp, as Foolish as Ever. ee Durvenste and Virginia Sherlock Holmes, and The Tenderfoot. an English singer for the part of Fantana. She