The Billboard 1905-06-03: Vol 17 Iss 22 (1905-06-03)

The Billboard with him. The results of a life’s work were swept away in a few hours. He had to go to work again for somebody else. His old efficiency was gone; conditions had changed and the field in which his early efforts had brought suecess was closed against him. There was a family dependent upon him, and though the struggle with his pride was a bitter one, he accepted the first opportunity that offered. It was the position of spieler at the Buffalo Exposition. From that time on he has talked on the front of carnival shows or circus side shows, and now he is at Coney Island, It is not because he is too good to be a spieler that he is to be pitied. Perhaps he is only to be admired. There are hundreds as good as he in the same business, but very often when men are reduced to the necessity of physical toil they are inclined to advertise their stress of mind abroad and to deplore their misfortunes far and wide. It is distressing to hear them. What a relief it is then to observe the fortitude of our friend, the spieler! He does not excuse his position to the old acquaintances who happen upon him. He is as proud as he was in the old days when their cards were sent in to his private office. He does not feel that the world is treating him badly. Maybe he is not happy, but the world does not see it. He has not lost his self respect. He is proud of his past success, but he is not ashamed of his failure. His smile is bright and hopeful. Who knows what a world he may have within himself? DRAMATIC, The Little Cherub is the title of a new piece by Owen Hall. Harrison J. Wolfe is at his home in * Youngstown, Ohio, suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism. The Missouri Girl played the annual benefit of Local 83 of the Stage Employes of North Adams, Mass., May 30. When the closes this month, these well-known actors shall have appeared in sixty-nine different cities. Elsie DeWolf sailed for Paris May 20. It is said that she has decided to quit the stage and will devote her time to other lines. Malcolm Williams, formerly of Cedar Rapids, Ia., is now at the head of the Malcolm Williams Stock Co., playing New England. Ollie Cooper, one of the cleverst of ehild actors and a member of the Florence Roberts Co., is very ill at her home in San Francisco. Report has it that Kid McCoy, the well-known prize fighter, is desirous of securing a play to serve as a vehicle for his appearance upon the stage. Maxine Elliott will September in My Girl Joe, Fitch. Herbert Standing will cially written for him. The Peruchi Co. is playing to good business at the Chilhowee Park Theatre, despite cold and rainy weather. The orchestra is a feature of the performance. Will T. Hodge will produce his new piece, entitled Eighteen Miles From Home, at the Lyceum Theatre, Rochester, N. Y., June 7. Mr. Hodge is author of the book. J. W. Cope, who cess in Arizona, appear next written by Clyde play a part espe has scored a sucbe associated with the HARRY G. WALTERS < Sothern-Marlowe tour Belasco forces next season, having signed to create a new part in a new production. The Country Judge, a rural comedy by Alice E. Ives and Jerome H. Eddy, is booked for production next season. A wellknown actor is promised for the stellar role. The ministers of Cedar Rapids, Ia., have joined in a crusade against Sunday performances. An ordinance to tbat effect has passed its third reading in the council chamber. Howard Scott recently closed a very successful season at the New Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, Cal., and opened at the Alcazar pee, San Francisco, where he is very popuar. The Frank Wallace Co. closed its season at Staub’s Theatre, Knoxville, Tenn., May 15. They opened at Roanoke for a four weeks’ engagement over the Wells-Dunne-Harlan Cireuit. When Miss Eleanor Robson goes to London next Easter she will make her appearance in a new play at the Haymarket Theatre, supported by her American company under the management of George Tyler. Frank Allen, the old time actormanager, has been spending several months at his home in Pulaski, N. Y., on account of the illness of Mrs. Allen, who is fast regaining her health. They expect to soon resume work. A trifling incident between M. Ibeles, an author, and M. Gemier, an actor, during a rehearsal at the Odeon, Paris, has led to three duels and three more in perspective. number of friends in the profession who wish him success in his new venture. The Forepaugh Stock Co. opened a four weeks’ engagement at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, beginning May 29. Members of the company as well as Mr. Geo. Fish, manager, have a large number of friends in Philadelphia, and the theatregoing people will evidently give them a hearty reception. Mr. Hugh J. Eitinger has decided to |} again enter the business in Stillwater, Minn. |He has erected a large tent on North Main | Street, and will engage a stock company for the presentation of popular comedies and drama. His wife, who appeared the past season as | Salome in The Holy City, will play leading | parts. | Miss Ellis Jeffries, playing in London | has been forced to close her season | Assurance, |in Washington, D. C., it being claimed that the | National Theatre, at which place the company | was performing, was unsafe. Miss Jeffries will |}soon return to England for the summer, while the members of her company will rest in this country. In a duel scene at the Lyceum Thea tre, Minneapolis, Minn., May 12, Ernest Fisher was injured by the point of a dagger in the hands of his opponent, Richard Cotton. The |dagger penetrated Mr. Fisher’s side, striking |}a tloating rib. The blame was laid on the | property man for having given Cotton a sharp pointed sword. | Notes from the Huntley Entertian | ers: We have been playing to continuous per their mother, Lola Lea Earl. ville and circus fields. THE EARL SISTERS The above is an excellent likeness of the Earl Sisters, Clare, Zella and Dece, who will tour the principal parks in this country this season. They are under the management of Their sisters, Hazel and Maude, are well known in both vaude The first was between the above named parties. John Drew, Margaret Anglin and the members of her company appeared at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal., in an entertainment for the benefit of charity. The affair was under the auspices of the society folk of that city. Mrs. Jennie Bowman, seventy years of age,, and once an actress of ability, was recently taken from Marion, Ind., to the county infirmary. Mrs. Bowman was supporting an invalid daughter who is fifty years old. The daughter was taken with the mother. The work of Mr. S. S. Shubert will be carried out by his surviving brothers, Lee and J. J. Shubert. Mr. J. W. Jacobs, who has been connected with the firm in a managerial capacity, will in all probability be taken into partnership with the above gentlemen. The Florence Roberts Co. enjoyed a week's rest before opening its engagement at the California Theatre, San Francisco. Mr. Herschel Mayall will be Miss Roberts’ leading man instead of Melbourne MacDowell. It is her last engagement under the management of Mr. Fred. Belasco. Singer’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co. opened its summer season under canvas at Syracuse, Ill., May 10, with 2,000 paid admissions. Mr. J. M. Singer was formerly manager of The Missouri Girl Co., and has a vast formances of gentle spring rain. Nine nights of rain out of twelve. Small shows suffer, but our ghost walks regularly. Manager Huntley has the show booked solid in Iowa. Opera house managers are beginning to realize that the Huntley show is out with the goods to stay. The Spooner Stock Co. put on at the Bijou Theatre, Brooklyn, week of May 15, a play, entitled Polly of The Circus, specially written for Miss Cecil Spooner by Margaret Mayo. Ben. F. Wilson, Harold Kennedy, Augustus Phillips, W. L. West, Hal. Clarendon, Olive Grove, Cora E. Morlan, Jessie McAlister, Pearl Huny, James H. Montgomery, Chas. Offerman and Edwin H. Curtis appeared in support of Miss Spooner. Ww. C. Ware’s In Old Virginia Co. will have as leading man next season Edwin R. Stanton, and as leading lady Miss Bessie R. Lee. The seaso opens Sept. 8, and the tour will embrace Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Kentucky. A full line of splendid paper is being prepared and twelve big drops to be used in the production next season are being looked after by Mr. Frank R. Field. Time is being rapidly filled. Chas. Frohman has at the present time four big successes running in London. These are The Catch of The Season, with Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss at the Vaudeville Theatre, Alice Sit-by-the-Fire, with Ellen Terry at the Duke of York’s Theatre, Leah with Charles Warner and Lena J. N. BIXMAN Owner of Bixman’s New Theatre, Clinton, la. Ashwell at the New Theatre, and William Collier in The Dictator at the Comedy. It is a case of sell out nightly at all of these houses. George Ade has completed the scenario of his new comedy, entitled The Bad Samaritan. The idea is a novel one. A young man of somewhat wild proclivities has his wealthy father confined to a sanitarium, hoping by this means to get a better chance to enjoy life in his own fashion. The old man, however, emerges from the institution entirely rejuvenated and carries the son a pace that the younger man had never dreamed of. An wnder current of love interest permeates the story. An enthusiastic meeting of the stockholders has put an end to the rumors that the German Theatre in Davenport, Ia., would not produce plays next season. All the stockholders are in earnest support of continuing the productions, and will lend their financial support to that end. Season tickets, admitting two persons to the theatre, are being sold for $50 each, an? an effort is being made to have these people subscribe for three years in order to insure the productions for that length of time. Fred. A. J. Dunwick, a professional hypnotist who has managed several hypnotic road attractions, is conducting a press bureau at Pulaski, N. Y., where he has been lecated since leaving the road a few years ago and is actively engaged in pushing the pencil for a large list of city dailies in his section. Mr. Dunwick recently retired from the management of Bets Opera House. In a letter to The Billboard he states that professionals will find a warm welcome at his offices, where this paper is on file. Philip Carr is trying out a curious experiment in London at the Great Queen Street Theatre, where the Mermaid Repertory Co. is playing under his direction. The first production was a revival of Sheridan’s Critic. Performances are given every evening and on Saturday afternoons. Among the plays to be presented are The Duchess of Malfi, The City Madam by Massinger, and Beaumont & Fletcher’s Scornfv' Lady. Besides there are to be one or two new pieces by living playwrights of note. The critics are watching this experiment with much interest. Notes from the FE. R. Hogate Dramatic and Vaudeville Co.: We opened under canvass May 1 at Desplaines, Ill., to 8S. R. O. Owing to misrepresentation we were compelled to hold over at Fort Atkinson four days to reorganize. We are now moving along nicely, each member of the company being well adapted to his role. The Cati Family of Boston are a box office winner. Our genial manager, H. R. Moore, is making friends in every town, and we are flooded with requests for return dates. Mr. Walter Sanford, our leading man, and his wife are making new admirers all along. The Wilsons, expert gun manipulators, are our vaudeville feature. The next Charles B. Dillingham star to play in London is Frank Daniels. When George Edwardes was in America last season he witnessed a performance of The Office Boy and thought it the real thing for London, and to that end contracted with Mr. Dillingham for Daniels’ appearance there next May; the contract is not for one season, but for three, #0 all the Daniel successes will doubtless be seen in the British capital. Maxine Elliott, another Dillingham star, has caught on and is playing to capacity of the Lyric Theatre at every performance. It is only a question of securing time and theatres as to how long Miss Elliott ean remain in London. Notes from the Della Pringle Stock Co.: Miss Pringle was called from Portland, Ore., to her mother’s home in Knoxville, Ia., recently, on account of her illness. Miss Pringle writes that, although a trained nurse and two physicians are giving her mother every attention there is little chance for her recovery, as she is suffering from a complication of diseases. Miss Pringle has sold her private car to her brother, J. E. Van Winkle, who will use the same this summer as a tourist car from Minneapolis and St. Paul to Portland, Ore. Miss Pringle will not carry a band and orchestra next season, but will have a strong acting company, including Bill, Bob and Brownie, the bag punching dogs. Her tour opens next August under her husband’s management.