The Billboard 1909-06-12: Vol 21 Iss 24 (1909-06-12)

\UNE 12, 1909. The Billboar@a@ 15 politan Centers | rns York & Chicago sin tgigggine > 20 have e of the best shows in the park, and them big favorites Lew Sully Great Movements in San Francisco’s Amusement foie ceiptas | Te Bee Seats 0k he E86 ewe and topical songs, reaches the namorous | Circles, Where Managers and Artists Are Reaping r ve Jolly Follies en there Is Pavilion, and | spot end keeps him on the stage until his rep always wel 2 RRS eA bgt BE b w swimming pool, with Death Defying ertolre is exhausted He is forced t iver Aner diving ‘tro “ue Seenle alway fuewsuve at every show. Myles Meeasoy sna J Rich Rewards---Minneapolis and St. Paul Will Each D t pool, this week The Ritter Sisters’ | Pauline Palmer, in the farce, Imagination. al ( estra have specially prepared programs for though an old theme, made considerable out of . “ F bot ufternoon and evening sessions The ad-| it, and were good The Baader-LaVelle Troupe Have A New Vaudeville House in the Near uture. mission to the gate and everything else, where | offered a high-class acrobatic bicycle act, full a charge ls made, and this is not many, is five of action Countess Rossi and M. Paula, Flo cents, so the park has the name of ‘The Nick| Adler and The Lulu Benson Trio made up the , Forest is sure where the nicke] does its list of holdovers Business Immense. ut} Forest Park is using in its advertiseThe National . ! Theatre, in addition to the regO h d M | ments the slogan, “I love my home, but ob, | uler S. & C. bookings, added four extra pum. base > ma a an ontrea you Forest Park!" bers, make an exceedingly long bill. Cal likely that the grand jury will return an inWILLIAM W. SHELLEY. | Stewart, the man who made bimself famous by | “Uctment uniess he appears on the scene. Kel creating records for the Phonograph ‘Company, | Hf, 18, at present in the county jail Prove Themselves Still SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ¢ erris, 0 . i eee is out this season with a new act, a mone | ,, »'**. is operating the Ferris logue, which takes place in front of a groStock Company at the Metropolitan Opera . . , House, is having a hard time trying to exO Th M B E ~ re store and l “a el] «oO » » , . 3 3 Now comes the news that the Shuberts are pores tore, and Ca an tell me very funny change a collection of choice Japanese fans for n € ap y vl ie i i le , _ P > endeavoring to secure control of the Valencia | *tories in his inimitable Yankee manner, and 4 i -onsig e r é es silk tote ahi h his audiente was convulsed with laugbtcr all | 2 comsisament of Japanese silk shirts which he | x. ~ eatre. as well as » Ame ich de } gat ordered especially fi . 3s 2 u / Lay “veel —— Wg a nag Bong — the time he was on the stage. His act is very | OPE? _* pec tally for use this i. Tox It ap dences of Activity. f he ve The Rive Mouse. a the latter house, | Clean and refreshing, and he never resorts to Coe. See manufac gle okio had a den ‘4M nager Seeley. of the Va vcia, ig | 2mything risque. Miller and Tempest offered | (O0S'enment o fans for Ferris, of the Ferris is : Wheel, in Bordeaux, France, and at the same 4 . a unique act, which included singing by Miss . . ; = : P : to leave here for the East, to consummate Tempest and Mille ot ate g some ‘itficult pose time had also the consignment of silk shirts the deal and make final arrangements. The ob betie work Rich mn x onal Geover ‘ac eon as for Dick Ferris here. Through evil fortune he ect f securing the Valencia is to play the . ahs Go omed) MN Matt: ARNOT ARIE IP tL Metropclitan Theatre not later than Saturday, * " fe Sclieeh Guten aS mixed the two consignments, and while Mr. : met St big musical shows there, as the Valencia has aston pk mage 4 bee Aggy i Bigg Bore Ferris admits the fans to be very choice, he a> I eed. eng Ben 5 cag fda remy ‘ I a vers large stage, plenty of dressing rooms |< \ictcn written. by Gertrude De P whee, | 8298 he wants his shirts, so it is to be hoped | vain on extibition ron pe ergy ely seals a Fe ; ond : spec —ge for large De Sagar called A Wild es yt gy all cr All pene that oe exchange can be effected soon and This accion is pone Fag and will sndedeniie z : Should the Shuberts secure the alencia, {t/ esege a ee a both sides made happy. sae eae caps cad m ¢ } is understood that a competent stock company 5 3 it end — — a ae, yon Dick Jonathan. + at Woentietenl — con ag ge — bo reg : % 4s will fll im the time between the dates of the wit oman ring act; Martin oward, dancer; Electric Theatre. is an old-timer in the proMavager ac siilott, © 1€ nique i€ @hubert shows. ill Oakland and Carrol Johnson, the minstrel atre, has brought the spirit of the circus into . fession, having been master of properties a year ; . 7 . ' Mre. Fiske and her company will appear at | ™®2.. are the added acts. Carrol Johnson is a his playhouse this week. The Six Cornellis, in ‘ aa , ago for the Orpheum Theatre, of Chicago, prior > gy ” eg tay cn “ ae tnohevion big favorite out here and always makes good. | 28° °0F te oh > tent *, | @ great European acrobatic ‘thriller’? act, in the V alencia Theatre, June 14-27, inclusiv nek Genieies | Geattnens. to which time he was manager of the Pilgrim’s | which four men and two women perform some P. Reese is the successor of Archie Levy mat : i a8 Progress, at the White City, also in Chicago. . j " i , lifernia representative of the Sullivan-ConLaSelle and Lind, a of clever Indian Mr. Jonathan was elected a member of the exceptionally interesting stunts. Alice Davenwith offices at the old stand, the club manipulators, open bill at Pantages’ hae Pan © ag a ae ae wa ee port and Co., in a comedy drama, entitled New, a : : Empire this week Bowen Brothers, a dancing comes in for a close second, and the supper 4 at atre Building “e meeting. 2 . ; ’ + fe eve been forced to go team, are equal to most in their line of work. “yo: given at the Princess Theatre in ing Dill is of merit. ; 4 siness, owing to the failure to com @Uigs and Nickerson, comedy and novelty mupac: Minneapolis, on Thursday evening. May | The Dewey Theatre is furnishing great sumne * ply with the new requirements of the Board of | ®c#! act. is a bright number on the progcam. | 97 14, raise money to install mental | ™*T vaudeville, and business is good. Henry we Ba ey wie tee & . Al. Lutringer, Paul Atherton and Lillian Lucas liehti — rn = + % insta an oes om ge 4) | Roethig, a mystifying novelty magician, is this eed this week included Leon 5#¥e_& melodramatic sketch, called A Girl of 5 en po Red oncacoibadan psc asersenn aig week's headliner, and the supporting bill of ; | Grace Tempest, Bowen Brothers, Fox | the West, which is well acted. The Del Costa) " vangeville at the Twin City Wonderland Park Se CRETE, TEES SC Sk Taeaten { and Pearson and Joell. The lat. | DUO tendered some high-class songs in a mas|». supine nicely. Thie week's gregram inciedes | °"°2**_ © of excellent value. : t| t playing a comedy drama sketch, called terly manner. Frank Hall and his lion, Walsing! 1g “and dancing specialties an exhibition pet ar cee alo Lip ay Reeve rae | A Chinese Nugget. with big success for sevlace, closed the show. Hall makes a good deal af mane ond Seaham sugar seca noth oe tre staff. This week's bill is good, and is ee) eral weeks in San Francisco. and all the near| %t of his sensational act of entering the lon’s| trateq® songs and motion pictures. Monday | ©aded by Barry and Barry. ; et by towns, and leave in a few weeks for the °"&' night, Decoration Day, there » dalle 3Deane CUS Stes of he meen pe Fi Bi East —* Fisher's Theatre, for its fourth week, pre-| concidn "pecans neee a heuntiog wine act 7 ere * 4 : eteabel : oo oe sented The Pagoda, « musical concoction, full ; S°2™G0S, pari ee » a : | The Bijou Opera House will hereafter offer * at _o yg ye A ae of Japanese characters, showing an array of wo teenttge ye Bag Arm pagan to the many regular | varied bill of entertainment during the sum‘ ; and Moano Mineral Springs CompaPretty costumes and catchy songs and choruses, John W. Beaver, one of the oldest of the | ™e™ with motion pictures and illustrated songs. ae \mer resort, pear Reno, Nevada, where | W!th Ben T. Dillon in the comedy character of | 1.73) circus men, and at one time a well-known | /B¢ f*ature of this week is Travelogues. | aha ions -audameltiin ana ett a detective ne Ae lft Pens cig RODERIC STE. FLEURE. ; e, balloon ascensions and other free , . and skilled acrobat. died here at his Minnez be offered during the season At the Wigwam. this week, Chiquita, a apolis residence, last week. His death came as | : t Worthington, a member of the Va ra a fee pone Roa ony ae a the result of a paralytic stroke. OMAHA, NEB. : f lencia Stoc ‘no .an ing the run of rote nie ane t m to sWell the receipts. ; , ry hel . qittpase ~~ 9 Pan ” hes A. A met the Valencia Bush, Anita Allen and Co., Bonnie Gaylord and ak aa ee Ra cota soln “ieee Marie D in The Morals of Marcus, de ” 9 leg A A. Agelnst the Vale Quaker City Four were also ce the bill oak whiet i Og imerabl sitors, is Marie Doro, in The Morals of Marcus, de: Tb mpany for $6 ) damages for in Vg gy, Foggy Kelly and Violette, the National Quadrennial Conclave of Yeomen, | lighted large audiences at the Boyd, 29-30, uries received, and salary lost as the result woekin Cub at Sadie nt thie | eune 8-12. Edwin Arden, the leading man, and the sup4 wf a fall received on the stage. Miss Worth. S®4tes Oro and others kept this large house filled at eac ven! performance. oan , “ anes a ge house filled Bell Theatre ioe jointly obtained Mackay’s European Circus for | mirable presentation of the comedy. The Minneapolis and St. Paul Elks have| porting company, were well chosen for an ad says in her complaint that i to step from a height of *| land. next week ad attrastion the week of July 26 at St. Paul and week of The Woodward Stock Co., at the Boyd, pret no step was placed for her As a "The Pacific ? Neal in the August 2 in this city. Each lodge bas. how-| sented My Wife the past week to good bust she sprained ber ankle and strained the : once tel Se ee 3 3 . : . gg ee onl _ | ever, made a contract separately, and wil! take | ness. Pet f her knee, which put ber out of West Bank Be i Eine ssennet a charge of the details and arrangements for the May Noudain, an Ohama girl. who has made m : for many weeks The accident oc a = a oe eo eee et respective cities, but it required the joint ef-| a success in several musical comedies, and ap3 April 14, 1900 = % TT aren ysateBlggpcast — are. is bookeq | fOrts of the two lodges to secure this mammoth | pearing this season in The Girls of Gottenberg. S4 | Theatrical Mechanical Association had ae eek Sheeten to near in « few | 2ttraction. Representatives of both Minnespolis | will, in June, marry C. H. George, of New ; al benefit at the Princess Theatre yes| %t the National Theatre, to appear in a feW) Toaee No. 44 and St. Paul Lodge No. 59 will | York. The wedding will take place in this S if afternoon, May 26, and had a bumper | ¥eeks IN OAKLAND attend an exhibition of the cireus at Detroit, | city, where Miss Noudain is now staying with r =} A three hours’ show was given, with week of June 24, which is also given under | friends. é t wing volunteers Frank Bush, Carrol Idora Park continues to draw the big crowds Eijk auspices as a main feature of the Home| Mary Boland, John Drew's leading lady, who 2 i nnson, Arthur Cunningham. May Boley, Zoe on every pleasant day and night, and Sunday Coming celebration for the State of Michigan, | was Operated on.in this city for appendicitis, me § Rarnett, Howard Hickman, Ernest Glendenning, sees ihe big park run from fifteen to twenty| and if the attractions do not prove up to the | has recovered. and left the past week to re= { Ressie Bariscale, Tracy McDermott, Budd Ross, five thousand people. The Peerless Potters op| high standard. as guaranteed. the engagements | join the company. E 7 Fred Mace, Flo Adler, Miss Fay Caranza, Thelened this week, playing a return date The | will be canceled. The Minneapolis Elks wil! Bert Smith, formerly with the Hagenbeckr Pi ma DeVerne, Kelly and Violette, Baby MllBruno-Kramer Trio have been engaged also. Pat| use the Parade Grounds for the circus. and the | Wallace and Pawnee Bill shows, is now with i Bn dred Koenig, Alma Tuchler and several others. rick Conway's Band continues to attract, but | St. Paul Elks the regulation St. Paul circus | Campbell Brothers’ Show, as official program Florence Oakley, leading woman at the Va closes in two weeks, when The Nevassar Ladies’) grounds. upon University avenue. A mardi! man, and is making good. F g lencia Theatre, closes her engagement in two Band takes its place. gras parade will also be given here in connecThe men of the Hagenbeck-Wallace No. 1 FY Weeks She goes to New York to play a lead Nat Goodwin and Edna Goolrich split the tion with the opening days of the circus, the | Car were guests of the Campbell Brothers at co ba a role in George Broadhurst’s new play, The week at the Macdonough Theatre, playing = Elks appearing in this parade. the evening performance in this =~ wait : ti ollar Mark This play was produced in stock Easterner and The Genius, and did a nice busioa sun : . Ed. M. Jackson lately joined the Campbei a In Los Angeles pesentiy, and pad a phenomenal ness John Drew follows Pl ee ie _. god pnd + ar naga = Bros.’ Show at Omaha, as special agent. Mr. ; ti of ten weeks. At the Bell this week are The Monette Five, pacha won wnahie we een broumnt al P f “Rot. Jackson has been associated with other tented a wn interview with Archie Levy, he states | Hasse and Marietta, El Barto Company. Wil-| icon who makes the Can aioe a i so)| shows, and the past season was with Gentry ; s! vely that be is perfecting arrangements | !iams and Walker's Chocolate Drops, and mov| Gnute drop With a aes: oe "Sraniierians } wei oe © te A 1 a = man —— and : 4 reby he will be at the head of one of the | ing pictures ras ive . Deane pliseangy age ’| should make good in his new position 4 wganized cireuits, which will be matertally Manager Guy Smith, of the Broadw Thepo egg ° hag + gene : wen > nd for an: Mrs, Hatfield, sister. and Mrs. Campbell, .: increased by the addition of several houses. | atre. formerly the Novelty, is thinking serl-| Posi ade the srl An a oa, but | mother of the Campbell brothers, visited the € { At the present writing he does not care to | ously of cutting out the present melodrama ra ‘ SSCCRMIONS SUCCCHEUHY. show while in this city. t : publish names, but in a few weeks will open | stock company and replacing it with vaudeville. Pete Raymond, a local actor, very popular Frank Pheips, the popular treasurer of the a Bi large offices to handle the business RUBE OCOHEN. with theatric al patrons of this city, is this| Krug Theatre, will be asseciated during the : John Drew in Jack Straw is the Van Ness summer plasing with Dick Ferris and bis summer merttis with the FBypositien Circuit ‘ Theatre attraction this week, and is very pop Se ee eee company in their stock engagement at the Met| Amusement Co., a new carnival company, reilar The play was well liked, and Rose Cogh MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. ropolitan Opera House, where he has been! cently organized in this city. Frank will be lan came n for a liberal ehare of applause warmly welcomed, the secretary and treasurer, and a better perEthel Rarrymore opens at this theatre in June, a Piet Rig Island Park, of Lake Minnetonka, opened | S0n for the position could not be found for a two weeks’ run, with Lady Frederick, It is now stated ths of the plans | Saturday, May 29. Free concerts are given by |. The HagenbeckWallace Shows will gi The Man from Mexico, which has been played | for the new theatre Shuberts will | Wolff's Orchestra, and there is free dancing in| bere June 7. and Barnum and Bailey July 13. her hy number of times at every stock house, build in this city have ™ received for ap the pavilion Special effort will be made to Opposition cars of both shows have placed 4 * the bill at the Valencia Theatre this week proval or revision, and t t ft syndicate will ester to pienics for lodges, clubs, Sundavlarge amount of paper on the boards. OT nnd this company, with Paul MeAlilster as Ren select the bullding a few days. | schools and others here are picnic kitchens. H. J. ROOT. jamin Fitghew, and the other characters In cap. | It {is belleved : cate will start) pure water, popular restaurants, rowboats, be* hands Was as attractive as ever and work upen th neapolis houses | sides the amusement features, such as the MONTREAL, CAN. easel fair sized audiences Arthur Cunning. at the same time, ar for the Saint-| Roller Coaster. Mystic River, Carousel, Pencuiedincnnn am pene at this house playing a return date, | ly City , the tre has been chosen, there | nrodeon and others Several churches and so Whe usual good attendance is to be found! at mes series of Joseph Murphy's Irieh plays. w i be little delay in ch osing one here ; cieties are a ady booked The Roller Skating | Rennett’s this week. where a good vaudeville eey from Paris is the bill at the Princess The local Orpheum will close for the sea Rink at Tonka Bay, under the management of bill is offered Billie Burk’s Show made quite 4 eatre this week Next month an Italian’ son June 5 It had been announced that the | Herbert Fransen, is now open. and the general a hit In spite of warm weather, the attend‘i iH cram opera company will hold the boards for | Orphenm would be operated throagh the sum management of Big Island Park. Tonka Bar ance ‘keeps good short season The present stock company mer " = Hotel and all attractions at Tonka Bay will At the Princess. The Bohemian Gir! is the ; i oenupy the Masen Opera House, Low An Minneapolis Lodge No 50, Tr. M \ held be once more in the honds of P. J. Metzdorf. offerin= of the Robinson Opera Co. They are t é =~ a memorial services last week for Thomas Dunn, ene excellent patronage of Forest Park con-| making good and drawing the crowds. . 3 ‘ iristian is at the Aleagar this week a charter member of the organization. who met tinues. In addition to the vaudeville bill at the This is the last week of the season at the } HY enee Roberts opens next week In Du Barry death by drowning The lodge also attended | Park Theatre, there is good dancing at the Pa | Academy, with The Cummings Co. presenting '‘-. orted by the stock company, and will re| bis funeral in a beady, from the home of the villon, a fine electic fountain display. Penny What Happened to Jones to fair business. : j : for several Weeks, appearing in a rep deceased, 31 Highland avenne a | Arcade, Palm stry Refreshment Pavilion, and Record erowds are to be found at Dominion j : w“ ra eee Hal Goodwin, manager of th we chwestern | merls shated —a grounds. Decoration Day | and Sohmer parks, where vaudeville ts offered. ee 34 eCullem’s Sunny South ts the head Rooklng Association, who was recently shot by an elaborate program of holiday numbers and N. W. SHANNON. 5 {traction at the Orpheum this week, and Jasper Kellar, made his escape from the City | forms of entertainment was featured SES luplicating the last season success Peter | Hospital here, and his present location is un Dick Ferris has offered a prige of twentrof: iald and Meta Carson, in their Scotch sketch, known. Inasmuch as Goodwin ts the chief wit. | five dollars for the best likeness of Miss Stone, The Murphy Opera House, at Front ed Alex McLean's Dream. are given lots of | ness in the charge of assault in the first de himself or any other member of the Ferris! Royal, Va.. was opened May 29, with a pro portunity for thelr specialties, which make | gree now preferred against Kellar, it is not | Stock Company, the same to be sent in to the! duction of Esmerelda.