The Billboard 1909-02-27: Vol 21 Iss 9 (1909-02-27)

FEBRUARY 27, 1909. The Billboard NEW YORK MUSIC NOTES. Caro Roma, one of the foremost women composers of the world, began her first concert tour of forty-five weeks at the French Branch of the y. M. C. A.. New York City, on February 13. At her first concert or song recital, Miss Roma was assisted by many prominent soloists. Prominent among them were Dr. Victor Raillard, baritone of the Metropolitan Opera House: Hans Kronald, ‘cellist; Harry McClaskey, tenor: Joseph Pozanski, organist of St. Leo's. and Elizabeth Morrison, soprano of the Opera Comique, Paris. Miss Roma sang a number of her classics, among them being Faded Rose, Resignation, Legacies, Thy Lips Are Like Twin Roses, and others. The forty-five weeks of the concert tour will be spent In the United States, Canada and Mexico. No company will be carried as Miss Roma will pick up local artists in each town. She will go direct from New York to the Pacific Coast, opening in San Francisco. * Miss Nella Rergen, the well-known vocal star. who is appearing in high-class vaudeville theatres as “*The Sousa Girl,’’ in operatic seleetions, has achieved no little distinction during the past week with her rendition of several of the featured songs of Jos. W. Stern & Co.. chief of which ts the ballad, If I Had a Thousand Lives to Live. in commenting upon her appearance in that city, indulges In the following profuse endorsement of Miss Nella’s act: ‘“‘While «he occupied the stage one could almost hear the breathing of his neighbor, and when each of her songs was concluded there was a tempest of applause. It is to be regretted that the vaudeville magnates have not induced more of Miss Bergen’s calibre to enter the varieties.’’ One of the song novelties introduced by the > fady was the dashing new serlo-comic number by Miss Edna Williams, of the Stern staff. known as I'd Like to Build a Fence Around You.” + It was not so long ago that Felix and Caire. | the two juvenile vaudevillians, came into prom| inence snd surprised the oldest managers with their clever offering, but even the record of these two youngsters has recently been surpassed by another juvenile sct that has apparently dropped out of the skies and landed so strong!y that It has swept every record aside In this meteoric flight of success. The act referred to is Conrad, Ricardo and Co., the La-La Kids, ag they are styled. These youngsters are just old’ enongh to get by the stage law. allowing them to appear In public, and yet they do character changes, songs and dances one after the other in such a bewildering panorama of music and fun, that one would think | that they were veterans of twenty years’ expe| tience. The act consists of Eddie Conrad, the young| ' est of a well-known theatrical family, and Miss | Ricardo, daughter of a well-known circus performer, by the name of Richards. And of all | odd things that it Is our duty to chronicle from time to time in theatrical affairs, the company | of Conrid, Rieardo and Co. bas a trained monkey, whose clever business in the act will serve to strengthen the Darwinian. theory with any audience. The La-La Kids derived their name from a new chorus song, La-La! Oo-La-La-La. which {s destined..to sweep .the country and tival the famons Ta-ca-ra-boom-de-ay. The La-La Kids were the first to originate and In-— troduce thig song. which was written by marie denakd 2nd Murphy. " Conrad, Ricardo and Co, make seven distinct | changes in their act, featuring Garibaldi, There | Never Was An Irishman That Didn't Make a. Name. Down in Spaghetti Row. Hold Me Just | a Little Rit Tighter, Bamboo Baby, Under the Maples antl Molly-O and other carefully selected numbers. After their appearance at tne | plays the Klaw & Erlanger attractions and the | best vandevilie only, Manager Billie Donaghan recently wrete upen inquiry to a fellow manager: “Conrad, Rieardo and Co., .The . LaLa | Kids, played my theatre to packed houses ant? scored a knoekeont from start to finish. Ther are the best vandeville specialty I have played this sesson. They originate everything they do | and imitate no one.”’ C-o-\-n. the Mimie, one of the late arrivals fn vaudeville, Is ‘making good” In the vernacular of the profession. Mr. C-o-l-n Is a gentleMan Whe has treveled and appeared extensively | thronghont Anstralasia, and from all appear> ances, C-o-l-n is going to get the coin in this country. In a monologue interspersed with | character songs, he takes you on a «ight-seeing trip first to little Italy, then through Chinatown, and later into the ghetto on the lower | East Side, where his churacter portrayals of Soclalistie and political types are in a class by themselves. new jn their conception and positively Inimitable. C ot-n is not only dent of huma lower Enst lect a mimic, but a deep stnn nature, and every phase of the Side life is truly ° Intonation and ty 4d Be ; humorous character. No ‘eartier laughter has greeted any artist re| cently than was accorded 1 to C-o-l-n npo is appearance at Hurtig & Seamon’s Mucle Hall and other well-known theatres. He has re-| Ho many fluttering offers for Western book| nes, but prefers to study New York Ife for se purpeses even mdre closely and to play pe greminene theatres In this section for the | ro na nter of the present season. C-o-l-n wae | Ga original creator and the first to Introduce zarabaldl, or What Alas That Man Harrigan | Done, anid All That Gli now ‘eltreney oe tters is Not Gold, both | The snecess of Jock MeKa 3 » the Seotchman om Scotland. covtinnes eainterraptedty en) conmbinn Although Jock has only been in this. week af! Bc months, he has not had one idle Orpheum ae Played the Colonial, Alhambra. Same ae and otner houses on the Perey Wil Cirenit, Proctér’s ‘Newark, Fifth Avénue, Mek, ete. on the Keith & Proctor Circuit. Jock | ay Was ioaned out recently ‘as a special: fa A leading Seranton newspaper. | |} is net alone in Caro Roma Begins Concert Tour—Nella Bergen Successfully Interpolates Several Jos. W. Stern & Co’s. Songs Into Her Act—Coin Still Introducing Song Hits—Jock McKay, the Scotchman, has Time Well Filled MUSIC AND THE STAGE || One of the men most directly responsible for the great vogue of the Shapiro publications tn n charge of their office in the Grand Opera House Philadelphia is bix home, and the sleepy city lost a chance to waken up a bit, musically He drifted into the music business by going to New York € | under the enmloy of F. B. Haviland whom he represented in Atlantic City. t New Plaintie.d Theatre recently. the honse that | met Billy Jerome and Jean Swartz who induced him to go with the firm of Francis-Day ‘and | After being with them a short while be was made their professional manager and in | At that time he was au absolute stranger to the and sareund Chicago is Thonias Quigley. now | Buildiug. speaking. when it. left bim leave it. Hunter. that capacity made his initial trip to Chicago. THOS. QUIGLEY IN CHICAGO. It was there that be city but immediately embarked In a music combat with several of the publixbers who had head ap ip the Sherman Honse. Including F. B. ow Tiizer, Cooper and Kendis and Paley. Irish Rosie. Haviland, Gus. Edwards, Al Von Tilzer, Jules It is a matter of history the success he made with He worked all the theatres playing good time, having good spots on the bill and practiently made the song a bit in a month's time. The Only Aching Heart are two others which produced great results throngh his efforts. of Francis-Day and Hunter was practically unheard of until Quigley made his debut. Any Old Time At All and Your’s Is Not The firm He was with them: until they amalgamated with F. B. Harms, after which he assumed the management of Shapiro's Atlantic City branch. Chicago onsite field and proalitie in results. ; On October first. 1908, the permanent Chicago headquarters of Shapiro were turned ever to his jurisdiction and since that time have been active Indeed in the | Mr. Quigley has been made several flattering offers from rival firms, but as he considers, bis present business association such a wide scope of opportunity, it Is not at all likely that he will change his allegiance. vor, and is the star feature for a few weeks at Hurtig & Sexmon's for thelr Trans-Atlantics. und it Is no exaggeration to say that Jock eas ily stapped the show, Such a shrewd old manager as George Krauss ventured the cpinion that if be had to pay ‘the enormous salery reputed as being received by Lauder to any Scotch act, he would take the Jock MeKay act for his preference: and Krauss , his opinion. MeKay. besides | Playing the bagpipes, sings a number of songe } in his aet, and one ameng them. Elarry Marma lade. when if comes té unctnousness, homer and melody, har not been excelled It Is not generally known that Camille DArville Was revponsiMe for the success of Cole .& iettnen’o Bamboo Tree, as much as any other artist. She was the first to reslize the catchiness of this song, and her rendition of It for muny weeks In the hext thentres, did a gteat deal toward making ft fameus. Since Ramboo Tree was popular. Mixes I Arville has tried thousands of songs In an endenvor to replace it, and util quite recently her efforta were In vain. Finally she enllel at the offices of Stern & Co., and met there Mr. Rallard Maedonald, the rvoung English song eriter, with on estanlished reputation. and whoxe fame ts being duplicated In this conntry. Mr. Maedonald had just finished a refined little darker onmber, whieh he exalled Pamboo Baby, a fitting counterpart to her first illus. trions song. To put it vulgeriy, she “erabbedt" it, and with an ¢ye to business, contracted at by any Scotch! |} song heard in public in many years. | | .by the Thebuhs Publishing Company. ence to have it restricted for her sole tempor| iry use. In recognition of the high standing of the artist, Mr. Macdonald at once granted this privilege, and the title page of the first edition will be adorned with her pheto. The music of Bamboo Raby is by the well-known pianist, Al. C. Murphy, and Stern & Co. realize that they bave a gem and an assured hit in this | vumber. | + Randy Legs has been released for vaudeville + Pan! Lincke is due to arrive in America next month. to see his publishers, Joseph W. Stern & Company. THE MAN OF THE HOUR. | Majestic andience singing | Band, was born at Muro Lucano, | CHICAGO MUSIC NOTES. | Joe MeGee and the Markee Brothers’ Mam moth Minstrels, Jake Stenard’s latest vaudeville offering. opened at the Twelfth Street Theatre last week, and were cordially received. The company not only sing, dance and talk, but double to a ten-piece band and orebestra. MceGee says that If they can arrange to do their own cooking and washing they will be entirely independent of anything foreign in the way of support. Will Rossiter songs will be used ex| clusively by. the —— Last Saturday, at the Musical College, an unique musicale was given by the’ pupils of the Chicago Musical College. The program was arranged to show the intermediate stages through which pvpils of the advanced classes pass in | their study of compositions of violin, plano and | volee. Those who appeared were Miss Blanche Irwin, Miss Vera Plummer, Miss Esther Watts, Miss Mabel Mneller, Miss Francis Conners, Chas. E. Overholt, Miss Rose Blumenthal, Miss Evangaline Williams and Miss Bertha James and Miss Edith —s accom panists. King and Cantney, in Room 13, Harry Newton's successful comedy act, have just finished sixteen weeks of Southern time and were everywhere received with enthusiasm. Sarah Won't You Let Me Serenade You and O Miss Malinda, | met with whirlwinds of applause, both being |, new in the South. Sam Du Vries is looking after the booking of mer yD Trene Bulger, the clever and vivacious little | sonbrette. Is In New York again after a brief | tour of the West. She reports to Harry Newton. of the Rossiter office, that she will use When Someone Dreams of Someone and Someone Dreams of You, 0 Miss Malinda, and Games of Childhood Days, in “act. Gil Brown and his Fireflies, played the Olympic Musie Hall week of February 15. and scored a big success. I Like the Way You Two-Step, one of their recently added numbers, was a favorite with the audiences. This act is being directed by C. E. Kohl and will play the big houses. only. John and Ella Conners have embellished their act with O Miss Malinda, and Games of Childhood Days, the Rossiter leaders. John Baxter, “the man behind the voice," had the entire these songs during his engagement there when he scored a tenstrike. * Morty Hymen, one of the Big Three, working at the Hungarian Cafe, Milwaukee, and who is known as The Candy Kid, called in at the Chicago headquarters of Chas. K. Harris last week, and reported to Thomas Sheridan that the Harris prints are going big In the Cream City. + W. A. Thomas and twelve people will present the Congo King. They opened at Indiana Harbor and play Western time. The rehearsals looked good and the chorns have exceptionally fine voices. © Miss Malinda is the feature number among the many introduced. (Continued on page 49.) SIGNOR LUIGI QUAGLIA Signor Luigi Quaglia, conductor of Quagila's Prov. of Potenza, Italy. and since early youth showed great inclination for music. After finishing his musical education, he was awarded the diploma and medal by the Musical Artists’ Association, which is contested for each year by all muelcians of vank at Patermo, Sicily. For the next five years he was the director |of the MuroRand and traveled throughout Italy, Mr> Rudolph Aronson has just heen notified br the committee In charge of the musteal arrangements in Washington that bis march and song refrain. The Man of the Flour, composed for and dedicated to President-elect. Taft. will be performed by the orchestrs of 150 musicians and the refrain will be <ong by « mixed chorns | of (00 at the Inanguration ceremonies In Washbington on Mareb 4 next. Thix was the officiy! march nsed hy the National Republiean Committee during the last | presidential campaign. | snecess. | cornet soloist, meeting with tremendous artistic and. financial He then came to the United States under the auspices of the wost prominent socteties, to teach and form an orgaoization similar to the one be had been conducting in Italy. but was unable to secure the material for a perfeet, congenial musical organization. He then returned to Italy. and after a long search found and surrounded himself with a company of artists who defy the best bends .touring the United States. Mr. Quaglia, bexides being a is known here and abroad as a composer of merit and a master of coynterpoint and harmony. ee ee Pr PO eT ee ee NOs i i a th wie Si lt PABA aE AE Pat oh i haat A itt ATE TEBE CAP ke \ a 4 4