The Billboard 1910-05-28: Vol 22 Iss 22 (1910-05-28)

MAY 28, 1910. The Bi llboard 41 Chicago, and his has been a most successful Invasion. Ann Hamilton and Co. presented a dramatic playlet, called Beggars, which seemed to please those who find morals appetizing. T e Four Dicksons had the audience laughing most of the time with their rube comedy, although the laugh producing honors could not be credited wholly to them on account of the clean-cut comedy ag offered by one J. M. Kayne, a ventriloquist. Howard and Gordon, who were recently seen with the LaSalle Theatre Stock Co., closed the show with a singing and dancing novelty and succeeded in drawing loud applause and appreciation from a rather ‘‘cold” Tuesday evening audience. CRYSTAL. Consul the Great was billed last week at the Crystal as ‘‘the chimpanzee who does what some educated men can not do—operate a type-writer, an automobile, a bicycle, ete.’’ The 800 seats which comprise the capacity of Manager Shoeffer's theatre, were taxed to the fullest extent twice a night all week, owing to this attraction. The Hawalian Quartette, Parent and Rarrett, In a rural skit, called Lem and His Sweetheart; Henry Roething, magic entertainer and illusionist, and The Zola Sisters, completed the program, and taken as a whole, it was an extreme top-notcher for the Crystal. The Hawalian Quartette, In particular, set the house in an almost violent enthusiasm on Monday night, and were compelled to respond to {nnumerable encores and bows of acknowledgment. The Zola Sisters danced prettily, but their votces are not in anv degree striking, though they get away with plenty of graceful and dainty action, which is good enough in beholding to make one forget their vocal powers. MONROE. Jones, Williams and Co., In a pleasant musical comedy sketch, headed a rather entertaining bill last week at the 55th street house, and they had an easy time of it carrying away the honor of being the hit of the performunce. Bland and Jones made a favorable impression, bowever, in their travesty singing and dancing sketch, entitled A Dream of Dahomy, and Julan and Dyer put over some fairly new wrinkles in the acrobatics straight. Miss Violet Curtiss, the little song plugger of no ordinary merit, completed the remainder of the list, and although not an exceedingly stellar program, Manager Harry Millard was greeted nightly with capacity houses, running a continuous show, 7 until 11 P. M. FOSTER. The beautiful little Foster Theatre, on the corner of Foster and Evanston avenues, is now under the new management of the Levee Amusement Company, and under the personal direction of Mr. Geo. B. Levee, who until recently bas given his entire attention to the Grand Theatre. Bookings are to come through the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association, and the bill last week made itself a precedent of quality Thomas P. Holter and ©o., in a corking sketch, called A Jealous Husband, proved the one best bet with the North Siders, although Joe Golden, a monologist and imitater, drew considerable applause with his witticisms, There was still another monologist on the bill, a Charlie Farrell, who took well, and two other sketches, one a musical comedy skit, On Wilson Beach, played by The Worthleys. and West Denton in The Bowery Girl and the Teacher. Schrade and Mulvey, in some refined comedy, helped to uphold the standard of the W. V. A. bookings, and closed a show which was replete with the very best of the small time offerings. SITTNER’'S. Another star collection of S. & C. artists, who brought a smile of satisfaction to the countenance of Manager Paul Sittner by the capacity houses, which they drew to the popular North avenue honse. Schilling’s Four Singing Colleen’s, Herbert's Dogs, Woods, Ralton and Co., Murphy and Francis, Thornton Friel and Co., and the Onri Brothers made up what proved one of the most successful drawing cards in the way of a complete bill yet placed at Sittner’s. Murphy and Francis, who were recently seen at the American Music Hall. presented the fame line of singing and dancing which won them so much favor at the Morris house, and succeeded in carrying away the applause prize, although the best harmony came from the pretty colleens, a quartette of grand opera stars, who ae chosen the ranks of vandeville as a diversion PEKIN. Harry Fields and the Napanee act, consisting of a burlesque on a school room scene, was the headliner, and pleased a few of those who have not already seen this offering before. The time is not far distant when school acts will be hard to produce Indeed, when there are at least @ dozen before the public, with nothing startling in any of them The Two Hardts, burlesque Eymnasts and balancers, were the best laugh Producers, and Downs and Brown comedy entertainers the best applause getters. Mlle. CoskTove’s Pets, a collection of wonderfully trained canines; Henderson and Thomas, comedians and dancers, and Georgia Gomez, a soprano vocalIst. all proved of value to the bill with their different forms of diversion. ELITE. Manager Michelstetter, of the better bills to get better houses. Last week was one of only ordinary merit, and in these days of keen competition, something extraordin Elite, needs ary must be the offering if the box office recelpts are to be classed better than ‘‘clean sheets."’ Miss Pearl Stevens, a singer; Rurton one Burton, Murray and Ralston, Tyler and James Edward Knapp, and Murray's Dogs, constituted the list of acts which Doyle booked tn this little West Side house, where good houses used to be the rule. Tyler and James easily got away with the stamp of headline honors, and deservedly so in this bill, for their's s really worth more than most of the remaining offs rings, MARLOWE. Hickey’s Comedy Circus headlined the bill at this South Side house last week and proved to be an excellent drawing card Lupita Perea, Chatham and Scott, Nellie Burt, and Stanley Dayton and Co. completed the bill for the first half Lupita Perea, billed as the ‘‘Mextean Aerial Wonder,’’ displayed feats on the trapeze that heretofore have never been accomplished, and was so well liked that she held over for the last half of the week Chatham and Scott appeared second in their comedy singing act and received rounds of applause, intermingled with laughter, which can only be accounted for by the excellent voices of this clever duo and the capability of Chatham as a blackface. Stan ley Dayton and Co. offered as their portion of the entertainment a sketch that is of the ordinary kind, and should be replaced by something | better, as it is inferior to the capable people | presenting it. The next to appear was Nellie | Burt, the well-known singer of delightful songs, | whose efforts in singing and impersonations | were par excellence and won the hearts of the Marlowe audiences on very short notice. Hickey’s Comedy Circus closed the show with one of the | funniest dog and pony acts in the business, and | made a decided hit, as has been the case in ev7 theatre they have played in the Middle est. TREVETT. Stanley and Chambers opened the program with a smart and amusing acrobatic act. Carbray Brothers, a classy dancing duo, gave a clever exhibition of team dancing which went well. The Mullin Trio appeared in a good musfeal act, and won much applause and several recalls. Belle Davis, in Southern songs, accompanied by dancing pickaninnies, was fairly successful, the little coons showing some good steps. Lew Wells, a veteran comedian, made the laughable hit of the evening. His epigrams went home, and the audience could not get enough. Wells is also a good saxophonist, and intersperses his remarks with appropriate selec| tions. A most astonishing exhibition of trained rats and cats was given by Prof. Roberts. A full description of the new sketch, Politics and | Petticoats, by Augustus Newell and Co., will | be found in another column. MAJESTIC. Lew Dockstader, the Chas. Ahearn Troupe, and the Great Lester were the feature acts, and these were the cause of more good, hearty laughs than any three seen here in months. There were many other mirth provokers of high calibre, such as John Neff and Carrie Starr, Violet Allen and Co., and Harry Linton and Anita Lawrence. Lew’s material was all new and had the house in one long round of side-aching laughter, and there wasn't an awful lot to it at that. It is simply the inimitable manner in which it is put over that makes Lew one of the biggest and best drawing cards in minstrelsy. The Chas. Ahearn Troupe, with their ludicrous situations and funny props couldn’t help being a hit. They carry so many crazy| looking bicycles and monocycles that a sphinx would have to smile, and, coupled with the/ fact that this bunch also accomplish some very | difficult tricks on wheels, they make one of the | strongest acts in vaudeville. Lester, the ventriloquist, proved that there are many feats of | volce-art that have never been introduced, and his dress suit dummy was made to do enough | of those feats to keep the audience laughing and applauding alternately during the whole of his eighteen minutes. John Neff and Carrie Starr offered nothing new. but their telephone | and mock musical act went over as big as ever | and filled a well-suited spot on the bill. Bowser, Hinkle and Co. presented their ever popu| lar playlet, called Superstition, and The DeHaven Sextette their dancing operetta, The Under| study, both of which seemed to please immensely, although the male member of the sextette, Sydney C. Gibson, attempts quite a bit to overreach the bounds of his ability, and fails utterly. There is nothing startling about his appearance, action or voice, and the audience is glad when the opportunity comes to applaud the girls. Linton ‘and Lawrence, with their plano store offering, got away with their quiet little bit of natural dialogue, and Violet Allen and Co. in Keeping an Appointment, with their peeuliar manner of dressing for a swell affair. The Juggling Lanes and Fred Morton, an expert on the harmonica, opened the show, and a boy from Chicago University lectured on Halley’s Comet, to utilize a short space of supper hour time. STAR. Nick Santora Co., presenting The Grand Wind-Up, lly were week, a playlet by J. Brandon Walsh, easthe hit of the West Side house last although there were many star acts on | the program which offered keen competition. The Laughing Horse, a side show episode, was the reason for some good, wholesome laughs, and Alice Berry, the diminutive little cause of almost convulsions on the part of some of the audience, the ‘feminine portion in particular, put over some really clever selections, both comedy and high-class. Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien. singers and talkers: George Clay, the talker and chalker, and Riffver and Cook, club manipulators, all belong in the ‘‘deserving-of-special-mention’’ division, pleasing and satisfying, but offering nothing startling. Wheelock and Hay opened the show with bicycle feats and some comedy by one of the members, preceding even the pictures, though for just what reason it Is not quite understood. Commencing this week, the Star will split four acts with the Haymarket, the remaining four to be all week acts. Manager Carmody thinks this will prove the best drawing power for the warmer months, and providing the lovers of variety patronize this plan, the Star will remain open all summer. BANNER. Rush and Peyser, in their comedy bar act and burlesque balancing. headlined the bill at the newest of the popular vaudeville theatres in Chicago, and Manager Smalley has been more than pleased with the houses which have been greeting the offerings he has been giving the | Northwest Side. Billy MeGee, a comedian, | worked {n one for fourteen minutes, and at the conclusion of his efforts, he made the single hit | of the bill. His is different from most mono| logues, and is deserving of the best of time. | | Edgar Schooley and Co., in a comedy playlet, called Jimmie, the Tout; The Three Musical Keltons, musicians and dancers, and Kinzo, billed | as a juggling marvel, made up the remainder of | the program, and all succeeded in gaining ap| planse, each after their own style of entertain ment. ELLIS. In a bill replete with all the varied forms, Manager Johnson offered a program which will go down on record as the best drawing card of the season Comedy predominated, although there was plenty of good singing introduced, a specialty by The Griffin Sisters, whose pretty selections and excellent harmony captivated the patrons of the 68d street house. Pork Chop Evers was there with his old-time scuttle of fun, and the way Pork Chop shoveled out his comedy fuel augmented the already brightlyburning blaze of mirth. Competition was keen, | however, for the laugh-producing honors. Goldwin Patton and Co., keeping the house in a smouldering condition of laughter with their comedy sketch, entitled Sad Are Those Who Know Not Love. Bob Lockhart and Co. com pleted the bill in a refined singing sketch, | half of the week: | almost tired laughing. high-class part of the program. dealing with a couple of waifs, who, in the guise of newsies, receive help from a rich clubman. Taken as a whole, Manager Johnson may well feel justified in calling his one of the best bills on the South Side at popular prices, and * arnene that his patronage is well deserved, LINDEN. May Tully and Co. headlined a splendid bill at the Linden last week with their well-known playlet, Stop, Look, and Listen, and scored as heavy as when last seen at the President. The following acts completed the bill for the first Leo Dulmage, Billy Quirk, and The Franklin Brothers. Billy Quirk entertained with his clever imitations and whistling, which was well liked by the Linden audiences. | Leo Dulmage displayed something out of the ordinary in cycling. As a finale he introduces a novelty in unicycle feats that never fails to bring outbursts of applause. Franklin Brothers appeared third in their fifteen minutes of blackface comedy, and carried away high honors. May Tully and Co. closed the show, and was the same big hit. The bill for the last half was composed of The Three Keltons, Kalin — Brothers, Tascot and May Tully and 0. PEKIN. Madame Colegrove’s Pets, trained canines and an educated horse; Downs and Brown, in a novelty singing act; Johnny West, a singer and dancer; Henderson and Thomas, two jolly Ethiopians, The Two Hardts; Georgia Gomez, lyric soprano, and the Nine Redpath Napanees, was the excellent bill offered at the popular State street house last week by Manager Potts, but their drawing powers can not be considered at this theatre, owing to the fact that they are all capacity houses, each and every performance. Motts, believing that quality wins, has built up a patronage which is second to none for the size of the house, and has never relinquished in his endeavor to furnish the best vaudeville in the city. Madame Colegrove’s Pets pleased immensely, particularly the younger set, and when The Two Hardts finished their burlesque balancing and funny acrobatics, the house was The Napanees all furnished their share of singing and comedy, and Georgia Gomez ably took care of the refined and Yes, the Pekin deserves the patronage it has received, and to Motts goes all the credit. BRIEF PERSONAL PATTER. (Continued from page 9.) John Keane and Broder Jacobson have joined Bob Lockhart in a singing act and are playing time in and around Chicago prior to going to the coast. Lillian Maye will play two more weeks in Chicago, after which she will returm to her home in Lancaster, Wis., for the summer months. The Columbus Theatre, located at Wabash and | 18th streets, will be hereafter known as Weber's Theatre, taking its name from the management. Abbot and Alba are in Chicago after playing elghteen weeks on the Hodgkins time, to which they will return after the summer months. Franklin Brothers are back in town after a number of weeks on the Morris time. They are playing at the Julian this week. FAIR CLOSING BRILLIANT. (Continued from page 4.) Even the entrance price was reduced from $1 on Saturday, to 50 cents. The liveliest booths, as usual, were the country store and the soda water fountain. Mary Ryan continued all of the last day in her gentle task of selling autographed portraits of herself and Barrymore, whose leading woman she is. In between times, she dispensed chocolates and bonbons to all comers willing to contribute a few -ents to a good cause, at reduced prices. A large part of the crowd had come under the expectation that many valuables were to be auctioned at any old cost. But Mr. Frohman explained so many books of chances were still in the hands of collectors, and there were so many things to be raffled that there was little chance for euctioning. Mr. Frohman stated that the auction of the left-over stuff would be announced within a few days. Mr. Daniel Frohman, who is president of the Actors’ Fund, is quoted as having said: “It was a wonderfully spectacular exhibition of interest and devotion of the women of the stage to a charity in which they are all concerned. To see the actors and actresses busy at their sales counters in the afternoon, a again after their own performances at their own theatres, returnir~ work again until after midnight, showed a zeal that was magnificent. “TI anf glad for their sake that the strain is over. The Board of Trustees, I, all of us, feel deeply grateful to them for their splendid help. We shall have no Actors’ Fund Fair for at least five years. It is too strenuous. But we will support the fund with the present proceeds and by means of great benefit performances. The sales on the last day were fast and furious. the musical comedies attacked the unsuspecting, and several of the booths were cleaned ont as a result. ever which Mr. H. B. Warner. Mrs. Donald Rrian and her husband presided, have hardly the connters left after .we repeated raids of the admiring. FE: H. Sothern telegraphed $50. to buy Mr. Edmund Kean's cane. It was the cane which he carried when he made his first great success in England. After months of ill-luck, when Kean was in a weakened condition, he had the opportunity to play Richard III. in Covent Garden. His emaciated condition prevented him from playing that part, and he was forced to play Shylock tn The Merchart of Venice. The cane at the fair was the one which he used to assist him. In the evening. the so-called Virginia Ree! proved to be the biggest dance theatrical folk ever had given. Probably at one time there were as many as five hundred couples on the main floor of the Armory, and {it was long after midnight when the old familiar strains of Home, Sweet Home, ushered out the Actors’ Fund Fair. the most Impressive event ever planned and carried out successfully. 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