The Billboard 1910-04-16: Vol 22 Iss 16 (1910-04-16)

APRIL 16, 1910. The Billboard satisfaction. NESBITT THEATRE (Harry A. Brown, mgr.) Vaudeville and moving pictures. Giving good satisfaction and playing to good bus iness. RHODE ISLAND. PROVIDENCE. PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE (Felix K. Wendelschacter, mgr.jA pr 4-6, Lulu’s Husband, with Mable Barrison aud Harry Couer; very funny comedy and fair business. April 7-¥, ls Matrimony a Fallure, an excellent show, govd cust and good business. EMPIKe THEAIKE (So. Braunig, wgr.) Week of Aprii 4, Charley Grapewlo in Abvve the Limit, a good show aud big business. KEITH'S THeATKe (Chas. Lovenberg, wgr.) Week of April 4.0, Williams and Van Alstyne, famous song Writers, singing thelr ow cold pusillvus, a good headliner. Jarrow, the bumorous tricksier, in a clever act. Koyal TLoxwio Japauese ‘roupe, acrobulics ald juggiery; a& bigu-cliss act. Chas, Lovenberg’s dia American Dancers, excellent. Cunniogiumw aud Marivu; good. alilda Thomas and Lou Hall in ‘he Substitute; a wmerruy played comedy. ‘Luree Richardsous tn abe New Pupil, a iaughabse sketch. The Vil jage Cuolr, introducing vid and Dew s0gs, well liked. Wood Brothers, lrish athletes; fair. Keith's motion pictures. WkSiMINSTER THEALIKE (Geo. F, Coluer, mgr.) Week of April 4, Kose Sydell and her famous London Belles; a great slow; clever daucimg and good singing, aud capacity business. IMPERIAL THik AIRE. Kehned vaudeville, motiva pictures, !)lustrated sougs; good show ind exceilen business. BULLUCA’s TEMYV’LE OF AMUSEMENT (Parker L. Burke, wgr.) Vaudeville, wotiom }.¢tures and illustrated songs; g¢vod ousiness. SCENIC LAHEAGKE (FP. W. Homi, mgr.) Vau deville, motion pictures and iliustra'ei songs; a good bill and good business. NICKEL THEAIRE (F. W. Westgate, wgr.) Mviion pictures aud Llustrated songs; big busines. SOUTH CAROLINA. COLUMBIA.—COLUMBIA (#, L. Brown, mgr.) toke Miller March 50; fair bouse, Marie Canili April 2; large bouse, pleased. hing Dodo 7, Taree Twins 15. SOUTH DAKOTA. very good. Illustrated songs, Miss Anderson; pleasing. Moving pictures; business good. FAIRYLAND (Patterson Amusement Co., mgrs.) Moving pictures; business very good. COLUMBIA.—OPERA HOUSE (Geo. B. Gardner, mgr. for E. E. Adams, summer lessee) Week of April 4, Gardner and Lawson, Jas Cowley, Haney and Long, Arthur Leo, Marie Clark; Meadowbrook Farm 8 UNDER CANVAS—Great Haag Circus 9. FAYETTEVILLE—CITIZENS’ OPERA HOUSE (J. M. Robertson, mgr.) Meadowbrook Farm April 4. UNDER CANVAS—Mighty Haag Shows. BIJOU RINK (Ashley Wilkens, mgr.) Skating and pictures, JACKSON.—ELITE (Will C. Cox, mgr.) Week of April 4, Francis Raymond and Baby Isabelle, good; Thos, E. Gates, excellent; illustrated songs; A. E, Roberts, fine; packed houses. Week of April 11, Chiquitta, MARLOWE (Max Kubo, mgr.) Elliot Dexter in The Prince Chap April 1; fairly good, attendance fair. T ‘lime, the Place and the Girl April 7; The Fighting Parson April 9. TEXAS. EL PASO.—EL PASO THBATRE (Crawford and Kich, mgrs.) Henry Woodruff in the Prince otf Yo-Night April, watinee and night to 8. kK. U. Best show of the season. CRAWFORD (Crawford and Rich, mgrs.) Closed; undergoing repairs, MAJESTIC (Prank Rich, mgr.) Fritz Fields Musical Comedy Co.; crowded houses. THE HArivyY HOUR (Howard Fogg, wgr.) | ‘the Sharrocks, big success; Louise Carrico, hit; Orren aud Mary Phillips, sketch, making good; Signer L, Leonard, operatic and dramatic tenor, highly appreciated; Lester Wagner, illustrated sougs; and moving pictures week of April 4. HOUSTON.—l’KINCE THEATRE (Dave Weis, mgr.) Dark. MAJESTIC THEATRE (Chas. A. McFarland, mgr.) Gennaro’s Venetian Gondolier Band, headliner; big hit. Madame Ester | Palme, prima donna soprano, excelent; George and Stove, acrobats, very good; J. C. Nugent, and Miss Jules York, in sketch, very gvod, made big hit; Dan Roby, blackface, entertaining; Ted and Kate Gibson, sketch, very good; Benuet Sisters, dancing and singing, went well; excellent bill to packed houses. COZY (Maurice | Wolf, mgr.) Willis and Barron, very good; Ma ABEKDEEN,.—GUIISCHALK (Harry J. Wailker, mgr.) Lbe Isie of Spice April 2; excellent cast, big business, Ot. bimo 8 BIJOU (Chas. W. Gates, mgr.) The Two Deloys, 5. and d., gst Myrtle Deloy, songs, good; Valoise and lane, », and d., pleased; Geo, Clifford, comedian, poor; pictures, week of March 25; good business, LULE HOUR (O, P. Smithers, mgr.) Pictures abd songs, week March 29; satisiactory business. HURON.—<i RAND OPERA HOUSE (J. Vaum, mgr.;; J. W. Waiker Circuit) The Arrival of Kitty Aprill , pleased small audience. The Third Degree April 18. BIJOU (John B. vConnors, Jr., mgr.; 8. & C. Circuit) Vaudeville ani pictures; doing splendid business. LOUNGE (Sharrett & Carlson, mgrs.) Pictures and songs; doing good business. AUDITURIUM SKATING RINK (Joe Daum, mgr.) Roller skating; doing big business. SIOUX FALLS.—MAJESTIC (Arthur C. Hoganson, wgr.) J. K. Emmet and Co. in a comedy sketch and singing; went big. V. ward, novelty tambourine «planes; tioyd Cop pen, rube violinist, very -iever; Pekin Tri», clever singers and musiciaas; DeMar Sisters, singing and dancing, ‘vith elaborate wardrobe. went big at each performance. Putiness coutinues first-class. NEW CHEATRE iFred Becher, mgr.) Girl of the Golden West April 2; excellent performance to fair business; Top o’ the World, with Bailey and Austin, 3; exceptionally good and pleased a The lunocent Widow 4; Third Degree 16. OLYM PIA (Cc. D. Adams, mgr.) Vaudeville and roving pictures doing excellent business. UONETA, DREAMLAND and JEWEL, tures, doing good business. P. Wvod TENNESSEE. MEMPHIS.—-LYCEUM (C. Wels, mgr.) Week April 40, Wright Lorimer in The Shepherd King; excellent cast and production: good busiRess. 15-16, King Dodo. ORPHEUM (Max Fabish, mgr.) Week 49, Bobby Pandur and Brother, the modern Hercules, presented an interesting series of athletic poses; Misses Ethel and Emma Hopkins in Luna Land, very novel and much enjoyed; Miss Ray Cox, versatile and clever; Brindamour, jail breaker and handcuff king, wonderful; Franklyn Underwood and Fran ces Slosson in Dobb's Dilemna, good; The Two Bobs in the musical skit, Before the Party, took well; Clark Martinettie and oe Sylvester in An Attempt at Suicide, fine; Kinodrome Concert with high-class renditions by the Orpheum Orchestra closed another much enjoye bill. feek 11-16, Circumstantial Evidence, Howard and Lioward, Four Readings, Thurber and Madi son, Gen. Edward Lavine, Pauline Moran, Sisters McConnell, pictures and orchestra. BIJOU (Benj. M. Stainback, mgr.) Week 4-98: J. Wen dell Davis in The Cowboy and the Thief; good company and production featuring a good quar tette in the latest musical numbers; well patronized. Week 11-16, Vivian Prescott in 1, the Circus Gal, MAJESTIC NO. 4 (Chas, A McElravy, mgr.) Victures and songs introducing Chas, KE. Huntington, operatic tenor, and Signor Dahl, operatic baritone in high class ren ditions; 10-plece orchestra, MAJESTIC NO, 2 (F, T. Montgomery, mgr.) Pictures ang songs, introducing Miss Irene Benson, soprano, and | Fred Wallace Pike, classic tenor, in high-class ballads; 10-plece orchestra, MAJESTIC NO, 3 (F. T. Montgomery, mgr.) Pictures and songs, introducing Sam Collins in popular ballads, No. 2 has ladies’ souvenir day on Monday, and No. 4 on Tuesday, CRYSTAL (Mr. Jno, O'Donnell, mgr.) Pictures and songs, introducing E. H. Lafayette in popular songs, COLONIAL (A. | R. Richards, mgr.) Pictures and songs with Al. Bernard, the boy from Dixie, and Miss Nessie Burnett, contralto, in enjoyable renditions. STAR (E. L. Phipps, mgr.) Pictures and well applauded vaudeville composed this week of he Five Sedgwick Co., all of whom are competent to deliver the goods. Joe Lane is one of the company and is more than making good. PALACE (M. Cohen, mgr.) Pictures and creditable vaudeville including Douglass and Van, e Lansings, Lew Standing Sky, and Powers and Paulina, These acts are all booked well and are playing to good houses over the coun try. The picture show business in Memphis Is not to be excelled. BRISTOL.—HARMELING (Chas. D. Brown mgr.) The Cutter Stock Co. closed a three weeks’ engagement the 2d; good bills, good business. ELITE (Meany & Anderson, mers.) Braddock and Leighton, comedy sketch, good, Frank DuVall, in On a Summer Vacation (held Over); excellent. Barlow and Franklin, sketch; arge audience; | with moving pic| rie Montrose, singing, exvellent: Jennings, | Jewell and Bartow, sketch, excellent; Eggleston aod Smith went well, and motion pictures; packed houses. ORPHEUM (Jas. B. Kelley. mgr.) Sandow and Dagneau, sketch; good; Jennie DeWeese, instrumental novelty, went well; Newton, Ashton and Newton, very good, and motion pictures; good business. VENDOME (Box Brus, mgrs.) Melba Palmer Stock Co. in repertoire, indef.; excellent performances and business. EMPIRE (R. B. Morris, mgr.) Vaudeville and moving pictures, continue to play to capacity. UFKIN.—ELECTRIC. Vivian and Corrigan, novelty act; good show, large crowds. MINERAL WELLS.—YALE (Miss Etta White, mgr.) Williams and Ellison, novelty act; pictures week ending April 2. VERMONT. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION.—GATES OPERA HOUSE (A. M, Hall, mgr.) Billy the Boy De| tective April 6. | VIRGINIA. | CHARLOTTESVILLE.—OPERA HOUSE (J. | J. Leterman, mgr.) The Land of Nod March 29; | geod performance. LYRIC (J. J. Leterman, | mgr.) De Marcus, shadowgraphist; good. Mil|} lie and Carrie, musical novelty; good. £ddie | Leslie, comediag, failed to please. Denette Sisters, song gmd dance; pleased. Pictures. | | REX (Andrew Bell, mgr.) Pictures and songs. CHARLESTOM—BURLEW OPERA HOUSE (N. S. Burlew,sprop. & mgr.) Vaudeville week |ef 28. with the-exception of the 2d, on which | date The Three Twins played a return engagement, matinee and evening, to S. R. O. Soul | Kiss 4, to crowded house. THE HIPPODROME | (Claude H. Long, mgr.) High-class vaudeville to crowded houses, THE ROYAL THEATRE. Doing well. TER COLONIAL. Draws good houses LYRIC. Getting a good share of the business. Cooley's Floating Theatre gave a very creditable performance on the river front DANVILLE.—ACADEMY OF MUSIC (W. 8S. Harper, mgr.; Schloss Circuit) Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway March 31; attraction very much enpoyed by large audience. Four Pickets week of April 4. GAIETY. Vaudeville and pictures; good returns, WASHINGTON. COLFAX.—NEW RIDGEWAY THEATRE (B. Kubn, mgr.; Cort, booking agent) Alaskan April 13; St. Elmo April 15; The Red Mill April 30. ORPHEUM (B, Kuhn, mgr.) Vandeville, songs and motion pictures; good business. THE DIME (Gust. Hutton, mgr.) Vau| deville, songs and motion pictures. WEST VIRGINIA, | WHEELING.—VIRGINIA (Chas, A. Feinler, mgr.; Independent bookings) Strongheart 28-30; goal business and satisfaction. ing Pictures 31-April 2; drew fair houses. APOL1A (iH. W. Rogers, mgr.; Eastern wheel) Gibson Girls 28-30; good houses. The Merry Whirl 31| April 2; box-office returns very good.. GRAND (Chas, A. Feinler, mgr.) Hall's Associate Players No. 2, in Human Hearts 28-30, and A Fight for Liberty 31-April 2; usual big houses. VICTORIA Shephard’s Mov (Gto, Shafer, mgr.; Gus Sun Circuit) Florence Craig end her Dancing Boys; Anna Jordan and Co., comedy playlet; Arthur Rigby, the minstrel; Kesselly's Marionettes; Harry Luken'’s Performjing Bears 28-30; strong bill, especially Luken’s | Bears, and usual large business. The Four Lnkens, acrobatic casting act; Lee Beggs and Co., rural comedy playlet; Pearl and Pearl, talkers }and singers; Browning and Jones, comedians, 31April 2; strong bill to good returns. COURT (E. L. Moore, mgr.; Klaw & Erlanger, booking agts.) | Eva Tanguay in The Follies of 1909 28; S. R. O}; pleased all. Polly of the Circus April 1-2; fair audiences and pleasing performances. WISCONSIN. FOND du LAC.—HENRY BOYLE THEATRE | (P. B, Haber, mgr.) The Girl from Home April 2; ordinary company, fair house. Orpheum Stock Company April 4 and week. IDEA VAUDEVILLE (Oscar J. Vollert, mgr.) Madame Gertrude, Musical Brandons, Austin Walsh, Prof. W. H. Vandorn and Co., present Thermos-Artos, Florence Koenig, and pictures week 6-13; bustiness good, BIJOU ( E. Smith, mgr.) Pic tures and songs. ROYAL (J. H. Welch, mgr.) Songs and pictures. OSHKOSH. GRAND OPBRA HOUSE (J. E. Williams Marea 26; mgr.) Gertrude Quinlan in Miss Patsy com business Pabst Theatre Stock | and | pictures and vaudeville. Company in a German play March 31; good business. Mock Sad Ali Stock Company in At Cozy Corners April 3; big business. BIJOU (H. W. Whitcomb, mgr.) Week of 4, Four Rio Brothers, Carroll and Cooke, McDonald and Huntington in character songs; Palmer and Dockman present The Girl with the Chair; Bob Weyman in Novelty Dancing; Bijougraph; business good. COLONIAL ELECTRIC (Jesse Hogan, mgr.) Songs and pictures; business fine. LYRIC and SULPER®A. Business good with pictures and songs. WOODSTOCK.—MUSIC HALL (A. M. Morgan, mgr.) Billy the Boy Artist; full house, pleased, Charity Ball 8. CANADA. HAMILTON, ONT.—TEMPLE, LATE BENNETT (John G. Appleton, mgr.; Keith’s Vaudeville) Zella Covington and Rose Wilber, in an exceptionally strong and pleasing protean sketch entitled, For Her Sister’s Honor; Ca mille Trio, comedy bar act, funny and original; Ray and Nice iu a singing and dancing skit, good; Vernon, ventriloquist, fair; Gaztelle Lros., comedy roller skaters, only mediocre amateurs; Myosotie Sisters, acrobatic dancers, fair; Geo. Thatcher, minstrel comedian, poor. Bookings for week of April 11: La Belle Titcombe, equestrienne novelty; Edwina Barry & Co., The Home Breaker; Cotter and Boulden, singers and dancers; Frank and Edith Raymond, novelty wire act; and Harry B. Lester. GRAND OPERA (Allie R. Loudon, mgr.) Fluffy Ruffles April 1-2, with matinee; opened to light business and closed big; good show. Ermine, by local talent, 7; Thurston, magician, 11; Henrietta Crosman in Sham 12. SAVOY (Vautrey L. King, mgr.) Thomas J. Bracken, in illustrated songs; filling , the bill acceptably; Marguerite Daniels, singing comedienne, still pleasing; Jessie Nesbit, English dancing and singing comedienne, taking well; Lawrie Children in Scotch songs, very entertaining, and pretty little Etta Ziff, the nine year old child wonder in specialties, after 17 consecutive weeks, still continues the same strong attraction with motion pictures to capacity business week of 28. RED MILL (Roy Marshall, mgr.; Griffin, bookings) The Millmans, novelty acrobats, good; Malcolm Pierce, singing act, well received, 28-30. Lew Naden, singing and dancing comedian, fair; De Campe, the human fiy, very clever, 31-April 1-2. Fred J. Rogers, lecturer. CRYSTAL PALACE (Herb Clayton, mgr.) Illustrated songs by Alex. Fleming and pictures to excellent returns. COLONIAL (Wm. J. Melody, mgr.) Pictures and illustrated songs by Grey B. Odlum, to splendid business. UNIQUE (John R, Stewart, mgr.) Illustrated songs by Tom Davies and pictures. GAYETY (John R, Cambden, mgr.) Penny arcade and motion picture house. ALEXANDRA ROLLER RINK (Geo. H. Carley, mgr.) Mark Hamburg, Russian pianist, 15, BRITANNIA ROLLER RINK (Wm. Condon, mgr.) Skating, band concerts; professional attractions booked. RICHARDSON. STRATFORD, ONT.—ALBERT (Albert Bran| denberger, mgr. and prop.) Irish Concert 28; pleased. Balmoral Concert Company 31, .very good, crowded houses. Rest of week, pictures vaudeville; S. R. O. Week of April 11, SHERBROOKE, QUE.—CLEMENT (W. A. Tipert, mgr.) The Donaldson Sisters March 28April 1: fair performance to average Lusiness. The Hely City April 2 drew large returns. The Italian Opera Company April 6. Band April 7. Adery Strong April 14-15. VICTORIA, B. C.—VICTORIA (X. Denham, res. mgr.) Lombardi Grand Opera Co. in Carmen and Lucia March 25-26; pleased capacity houses. Motion pictures 29; Mark Hamburg, yianist. 30; capacity business. Robert Edeson n A Man’s a Man 31; good returns, show very pleasing. Motion pictures April 1-2. May Robson 4: The Allen Stock Co. opened April 7, indefinite time. PANTAGES. Co. in The Devil Up-To-Date; business. The Man from Kokomo next week. GRAND (R. Janoso, mgr.) Mr. and Mrs. Jas. McCann in a comedy sketch, Uncle Charles from Charlestown, very good; Frank Whitman, the dancing violinist; Fox and Ward, minstrels; T. Price, singer. EMPRESS. Pictures ROMANO. Doing well with pictures and songs. MAJESTIC. Good business in pictures. A. O. U. W. THEATRE. Pringle Stock Co. in the Die at Dawn; doing a record business, pleasing. BIG MONEY CAN BE MADE WITH OUR SHOOTING GALLERIES and BASE BALL GAMES WRITE FOR CIRCULARS. DIAMOND NOVELTY CO., SCHENECTADY, N.Y. OPEN FOR GOOD ATTRACTIONS New Lyric Theatre, Gainesville, Ga., has open time for season 1910-1911. Shows coming this way, write J. E. SMITH, Manage WANT WILD WEST For a couple of weeks this month. My old friends, Seth Hathaway and Dark Clowd, write. J. H. 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