The Billboard 1909-12-04: Vol 21 Iss 49 (1909-12-04)

ys 1) lade on La) DECEMBER 4, 1909. The Billboard 45 London Letter (Continued from page 12.) Williamson, further, settled with George Ed «. for an option on all musical preduc ~ at the Galety and Daly’s theatre for the five years, and has made arrangements rrohman for the renewal of the agreement he has an option on ali Frohman’s ns in England and America for years They include the most Important plays wg Fre authors whom Frohman con % which l neu rhere is an ominous calm, a kind of lull be¢ore the launching of the thunder, with regard to the music hall combine about which I wrote eon a few weeks ago. The small syndicates individual proprietors of halls in the are still standing on the outside, and, I can make out, are iikely to remain cre are a few who think it wonld be desir able to accept the suggestions of the promoters ¢ the combine, but they are much in the mi nority. and if they take the step it will be as n juals apart from the general body. It would suit some to be in the combine; it would eelieve them of much worry, trouble and exnense: others would not be so well suited by t! e arrangeme! # The view generally taken by managers out side the combine, as well as inside, is that its consummation would not be a menace to ar tists’ salaries. They claim that no artist of abil for the of good ty ever need fear for adequate reward, that there is a shortage at iff. Rut the people who argue this way seem ¢o overlook the fact that thousands of artists are assured of their salaries for the next three » four vears, and that it is the beginners who ffer, whether they have ability or not. despit what any of them may say, defined plan to keep salaries lower, and to bring about reductions. T Aldwych Theatre. which since {ts Instltutior for or five years ago, has had more then its fair share of ‘‘downs,’’ and not so many ‘ups’ as it deserves, Is now to be the scene of nterprise which is nothing If not ntry. d by Wentworth Croke, a manager, has been formed provincial theatrs and bring to it a series iramatie provincial successes—pleces the melodramatic order, which, as ever been seen in London. ses to make the Aldwych what may a weekly halting-place for a long suc n of ar i played exs t rT Cheap prices will be | Nothing is more fatal to an ordinary comedy than to be played to an audience scattered over | | a big theatre. On the other hand, a house closely packed—even though there may not be | a large number of people present, exbilarates both the audience and the performers. I think, on the average, there are more long runs in Lon don than in any other place in the world, and this is probably due to the comparative small ness of the theatres. And a curious factor in| connection with this is that few things start off here at express speed for a long run. A plece, more often than not, gets up steam gradually. and with big theatres, which have to be filled to be kept going at all, a piece would have to be taken off before it really got known around town. Paris Lett (Continued from page 12.) goes with considerably more vim. When this | piece is taken off, however, a play called Un Ange (An Angel) will be put on to serve as the debut vehicle for Eve Lavalliere. It is by Alfred Capus. There are but four characters -—two women and two men—in the play and these roles will be taken by Eve Lavalliere, Marie Magnier, Max Dearly and M. Brasseur. Each character is said to be a cameo all by it self. EVERHART TURNS POET. W. L. Everhart, the Hocopnologist, as he calls himself, is in Paris again. He was here ‘roll ing his hoop,’’ about three years ago at tie Polies-Marigny, but this time he plays the Al hambra Since his last visit be has traveled twelve countries including Germany, Switzer land, Northern Africa, Ireland, England, Italy, Spain and Denmark. He was recently at London Hipvedrome end Coliseum. To pace with the modern novelties in Everhart is getting out printing, poetry. keep done in MINOLA MADA HURST. This young woman is at the Alhambra also, which isn’t so strange considering that she is in private life, Mrs. Everhart, wife of the above mentioned poet. She does a singing and dancing ict all her own, assisted by two very clever midgets, these appearing as Jchn Bull and Uncle Sam. Miss Hurst is not unknown in New York theatrical circles having appeared on Broadway in The Uhinese Honeymoon, and other successcs WITMARK’S Warren SUCCESSES. Witmark and Sons’ manager, is in Paris, looking over the productions ‘‘seeking whit he may dein the way of song successes. He has grabbed off a couple of good will be sold by his firm in Canada and Great Britain 3onn’ Femme, and Elle The former is by G. Villard Krier, the latter by Armand and Eugene Gavel. The one (now at the Palace, London), success still going in Paris. A BUNCH OF Charles ropea n musical vour’’ rendy these anil Geo, Foucher, J. Roder is from Ma Gosse the other from a NOTES. | Which | There the | advertising | La Joyense Gaffe aml Au Boul Miche ure the | names bill at dropped. days. of the pieces the Cluny This will which will form a double when the present one probably be within a few * The Park Roller Rink will have 20,009 Luna l i dentally, those interested hope 1 quickly-changing band uvers some occasionally new talent. s cer to be watched with much Intera¢ sity for one, have not many ' if snecess for » enterprise. London bas been completely st i during the last ten years by the gorge productions which have been Bo stantly before us, and I fear that a/{ modest! mo “l melodrama from the provtnces wonldn’t have the ghost of a chance here, even though it wae only run for a week. Many people here wonder at the ability of the American manager to pay his artists so much more than English actors receive, but few of them realize that the average American theatre has a much greater holding capacity than th Ap itres here by the a The topie has been revived ynouncement that The Whip, at Drury Lane, Is drawing $6,500 a day at its two performances. Incidentally, I might add that it Is little wonder that the directors have letermined to revive the piece as soon as the New Year pantomime Is out of the way. Drury Lane, is, of course, still the biggest of the “‘regniar’’ theatre of London. The next biggest, His Majesty's, could probably at the witside take $2.500 a performance. As far as vaudeville houses are concerned, the Colisenm is, of course, far and away the biggest. In this house two shows a day are given, and I should say that its revenue ie at least three times as big as any of its competitors I very much doubt, however, whether ever wil! he any decided movement ger theatres here Managers seem : {mons that unless the house is Intended spe elally for musical comedy or spectacular shows, a small theatre pays best In the long run. there towards big Imost unan MUSICAL WALKER. This is Musical Walker, who has solid book ing on Pacific Coast with his single comedy act. ile was lately the comedian with team known a8 Walker and Lambert. His handsome stage setting alone is a feature fn his act sq‘rare forgy tors though the summer season wes really over weeks axo. wants to meet an American. sure to find him at the these days if the American in lover of roller skating. quarters, * J. F. Farrell, the American Roller Rink Co.'s feet of floor space. In spite of the If one he is pretiy Hippolrome question is a It’s a kind of head general manager, is now in Nice. preparing fur the epening of a rink there. This eater prise will be inaugurated shortly. The Harmony Four at the Folies-Bergere continues a hit. Fred Karno’s company in their sketch, An Evening at a Music Holl. is another ‘ig card on the same bill. % La Veuve Josevse (The Merry Widow) has celebrated its 150th performance at the Apollo. It was made a big affair by the menagement ind a banquet of the artists followed. Mme. Rejane is by Romain Ceolus, | date being month soon to offer entitled Du the new play Risque, the * The Kinema-Gabka motion picture theatre and the Pathe Freres houses are making big hits vith “tepies of the day’? news pictures. The Olympta's revue continues to be prob ibly the one best bet In town. Costumes, spec jalties, girls and players are all A | Will and Roze, acrobatic conjurers and ee|} centries, are making a big hit at the Etoilk | Palace. Oo The Folles-Bergere has 2 rew specialties. The show fs a revue good one. and new Sire is to be | the diring the seen at ‘oming week. Som edie. Franesise | The Kennedy Girls are among the leaders at | the Alhambra + Que Vadis is to he repeated at the Gait | Lyrique ARTHUR R. WILBER FREED. } Arthur R. Wilber. theetrical manager. | eppeartng In vaudeville in a sketch called The | Pemale Lobbyist, who filed a petition in bank /vaptey on May 15, last, with liabilities of | €42.445.18, has been discharged of his individual | liabilities as well as those incurred by the firm fof Wither & Cory and other firms with whom i Mir, Wilber was associated ——————————e ‘ is | TALES HEARD IN ADV4NCE. (Continued from page 5.) Isabelle D’Armond, of The Beauty favorably known to Clevelanders work at Haitnorth’s Gardens a when sbe was a member of Marche Company. To those who sit ‘“‘out front’? and enjoy Miss D’Armend’s singing and acting, it will seem almost incredible that she seldoms speaks and never sings when off the stage, a throat afflic tion making it imperative for her to rest her voice as much as possible. All her wants are communicated to her devoted mother by means of a pencil and note book. Miss D’Armond has been nicknamed ‘‘the ghost girl’ by the rest of the company, due to the silent manner in which she flits among them. It is doubly sad that this affliction should be visited upou Miss D’Armond at the present time, as she just reaching the goal of her ambition to become one of the better musical comedy artists, and has steadily worked her way up from the ranks of the chorus, without influence or pull, % Letters, photographs, and, last of all ‘“Ten Commandments for a Wife.”’ were offered in evidence in the circuit court at Ann Arbor, Mich., the other day, in the divorce case of Mrs. Minnie Root vs. Frank toot, which was being heard before Judge Kinne. ‘The parties are prominent musicians in Ann Arbor, and are now conducting rival music stores, The ‘‘Ten Commandments for a Young Wife,”’ Mrs. Root testified were qa gift to her her husband, differ in several respects the Ten Commandments of Bible lore. were four of the former read into the divorcee proceedings. “1. Thou shalt wed none but thine own true love, neither for money nor social position, nor because thou art lazy. Spot, is through her few years ago, the Charlie La is newspaper clippings, from from 2. Thou shalt look with 100 eyes upon a man hefore thou marriest him, but thou shalt wear blinders after marriage. “3. Thou shalt accept thy husband as he is, and add not to him nor take away from him by thy vain imaginings, for behold, the man thon did marry is a good fellow, and the one thou dreamest of does not exist. “4. Thou shalt beat upon the cymbals and proclaim thy busband ‘master’. Ob, you musicians! % The Cracker Jacks is not a misnomer when applied to the burlesque offering Bob Manchester has. It contains more comedy, more nov elties and more pretty irls than the average company, and its music is tuneful and well sung. La Belle Marie, the Parisian dancer; Ru by Leoni, Billy Hart, Lillian Vedder, Frank Harcourt well-known burlesquers are with the 1, and Bob Manchester has given them two as which afford ample scope for their lities as entertainers. The Innocent Girls is a rip roaring farce, and the Dippy Burlesque Carnival, which concludes, the show, is very well named. In the olio, Frank Harcourt and his Swells make a hit in A Rube on Broadway. La Belle Marie proves herself a versatile artist; Pealson, Goldie and Lee entertain with songs and | comedy, and the Piroscottis Family of five pre sent a decidely clever juggling act. oo The Council Educational] Alliance, in its di| versified activities in the interest of the young people of Cleveland, has organized a children’s theatre, the first institution of its kind in the and cold weather the perk has many visi| city. About 150 boys and girls are taking up the work, the chief object of which Is the study of suitable plays and the teaching of self-expression. No date has been set for the first performance of the children’s theatre, but under the direc tion of a committee the children are giving at| tention to such plays as The Little Princess, Prince and Pauper and Alice in Wonderland. % “Chicago will soon outstrip New York.”’ says a Berlin professor Chicago will have to strip | mighty bare to do it. + Here’s a good Harry Sloan story: Marie Cahill, unlike all others in ber pro fession, Wastes no time in elaborate dining “Two meals a day. breakfast and dinner, are | sufticient for any one in stage life. 1 really at but one meal a day,’’ said Miss Cahill re cently, ‘‘and that is my dinner. A chafing dish prepared breakfast in my room about noon time. | and then a square meal about 4:30 in the after placed toward the latter part of the | | Of course, it new | 1 weg = noon “Most people of the stage eat too much. I can’t understand how any actors can eat as of ten and as much as people in other walks of life, for stage work is too strenuous. and hearty eating has the natural tendency to make a per former feel sluggish and lack that ginger which is the chief clement To my mind, much sleep and little to eat the main essentials in an actor’s mode of living, if one wishes to enjoy heaith while the theatrical is on. is different in the summer.’ Miss Cabill ir a maid always kills two birds with for the maid must be i sufficiently to arrange a chafing dish breakfast + English acter to make a hit in New ealled Cecil Yapp Now, the whole Are good season choos one stone, good cook The latest York is family will try. Roth of the following are according to Sage, of the Cleveland Leader, and what Sage says goes: William Collier hus new joke, and there is exeitement among his friends. He asks, ‘‘What is th actor’s favorite way o? taking exercise?’ and then when you say you do not know, he an’ swers, ‘“‘Long runs on Broadway.’ An tnvention to dispose of the hostile dramatic eritie has reached England by way of Italy. It is called the psephograph, and is in shape of something like a penny-in-the-slot machine, with four dials labeled ‘‘good,”’ ‘*bad,"* “indifferent” and ‘‘total,"’ giving the number f votes Ry passing a metal disc into one of the first three slots an opinion of the play can be au tomatically registered. The inventor, Eugenie toggiano, explains his idea thus “The manger of a theatre is always anxfous te know the opinion of a first night audience on a new play. It is very often the case that what the dramatic critic dislikes ts liked by the andience. A one-man criticism ts not always the real opinion of the andience."’ This comes from a chap that knows absolutely nothing of the show business. He squares himself with his onening lines. but who can he be ‘“‘deluding’’ to in the closing lines? Read carefully: “Wheeling, from my observation, seems to be a great show town,’’ said a visitor from a larger city, who is stopping at one of the well known hotels, in conversation with a Telegraph reporter. ‘‘There are five theatres in this city, all open, and from what I have noticed and heard they sare all doing big business. ‘‘Nickel theatres, too, are plentiful, and they seem to be paying. I have heard the statement mace several times by men who have visited Wheeling, saying that this is a great place for shows, and I have now seen for myself. If had not noticed by seeing the advertisements for the various theatres that there are several, I would by the number of actors that are at the hotels. “There are as this city as there are hotel people sure do a class of people alone. many actors and traveling actresses in men, and the big business with that You may be sure that I will always recommend Wheeling to the managers of good shows if ever have occasion to, when they are booking their plays.”’ % made a decided Cleveland, recently. you been for past two oS Charles Carver, of the Glaser Co., Cleveland, got the ring in the piece of birthday cake that came to him the other morning when the des Lillian Ashley Hippodrome, where have hit at the My, Lillian, seasons? sert was served at the dinner given for Vaughan Glaser by Miss Fay Courtenay, In honor of Mr, Glaser’s natal day. Some would esll it a late supper, but in reality it was an present not a member of the company being Mrs. A. H. Courtenay, mother of the hostess, who presided, and made gq capital toast-mis tress. Mrs. Courtenay’s home is in California, but she is chaperoning with her daughter this season. % Lew the this Night Dockstader has season, called Before. The song is one long MeManus now Do It.’’ song hit of his life The Morning After the way Dockstader delivers scream. He is also using famous line, ‘**Let George % Bellaire, O Geo. This comes from Read carefully, especially the Annette Kellermann paragraph: ‘Last Night’s comedy bill at the new Olympic Theatre made a big hit, and for this evening there will be one just as good. The Mexican’s Revenge, a story of Southern California, in which naval officers play a big part, Is a feature. The Dull Knife is a good comedy. A new Selig picture, Sealed Instructions, deals with scenes about the White House at Washington and a special messenger. A Great Game, The Lost Handbag and The Villainess Still Pursned Him, are all brand new here. On account of the many who could not get in last night, Miss Annette Kellermann will appear ¢ in this evening. Do not forget that all the pictnres made by the licensed picture compenies appear ’ at the Olympic. TOM NORTH. Parnel! and Smith show at Palmerville, N. is a new show carrying forty-foot top with thirty-foot middle, a straight ten-ceent show running vaudeville end moving pietures. D. x Lochabay, black-face e-median, has signed for the winter. ‘The show is under the management will open their C., December 8 It of G. W. Parnell, who bas for four years been advance agent of the Almond Shows. ‘The Alrong Show will close its 199 season at Albemarle, N. C., November 27. Parnell and Smith go Senth and will stay ont all winter. Slot Machines Our price is 50 per cent. offZto all. INDUSTRY NOVELTY COMPANY, 507-9 La Salle Ave., ‘Chicago, III. ST. CHARLES HOTEL ST. LOUIS, MO. 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