The Billboard 1911-02-04: Vol 23 Iss 5 (1911-02-04)

-BRUARY 4, 1911. The Bi llboard 46 LONDON NEWS LETTER. (Continued from page 17.) -ved at any time with the X-ray with | ny way disturbing the film. this “apparatus it Is perfectly easy to | <h whether an animals digestive or | acting properly from a single dis | his was impossible with the appa employed by former experimentalists. In | riier experiments the inventor eee | yecessful results with frogs, employing | oentier Induction coll in combination with | enetic interruptor, having a self regulating | bulb attached. The animals under ex ent were fed with prepared paste mixed | baste bismuth nitrate. | the purpose of checking each result, the | tive tube Was isolated and photographed ediately with the clnematographic apparatus t+ was found that the photographs obtained tr m the X-ray or clnematograph corresponded, and precisely the same digestive action was ob served Ry means of the Carvello apparatus medical students are enabled to witness these wonderful fonctions of the stomach, not once, for a few moments, but repeatedly until the whole proces « learnt by heart. PARIS NEWS LETTER. (Continued from page 17.) GUITRY SORE AT BATAILLE. Lucien Guitry, now playing l'Aventurier at tbe Port Salnt Martin, and Henry Bataille, author of I'Enrant de l'Amour, the plece next to be produced at this theatre, bave split. In consequence, the creator of Chantecler will | got appear in the Bataille play, nor, in fact, io apy other play at the Port Saint Martin. At least not for some time to come. Guitry, whose contract was for five years with Hertz and Coquelin, had played something like fourteen months of the time. There had been some clouds (which were forecasted in this column) about the time Chantecler was produced, between Guitry and Rostand, but these passed away without an open rupture. So everything seemed serene, exceptionally so, since Chantecler had gone with the discards, and an entirely new piece put on. New trouble came, however, when Hlenry Bataille read his new play to the Saint Martin Company which are to ay it. wy title read the first act. Andre Brule bad a corking scene in that. Bataille read the second act. Mme. Reja bad a splendid chance in that. Bataille starte: in with the third when Guitry suddenly rese and left the room. The reading stopped for » time, the author (with Coquelin and Hertz and the other Port Saint Martinites) thinking Guitry suddenly indis| When he did mt return after balf an our, Jean Coquelin went in search of him. So did Hertz. Guitry was found fooling with a telephone. “What are you doing there, old man?’ his managers asked. “What do you think." he replied. ‘‘I'm learn tog to be an electrician Since there's nothing for me to do in the new play I'm training for another job."’ It was the blow off. Gui'ry would not play | in a plece where he had so little to do. Ba| READERS’ COLUMN The Billboard, Cincinnati. Gentlemen—Kindly publish the following in your valuable paper: Any person knowing the whereabouts of Frank Fox, will please tell him to write to Miss May Ellsworth, 617 6th street, N. W., Washington, D *+ May Whitemore, of Albia, Ia., writes the Readers’ Column for the address of Dudly Lyles. * The Billboard, Cincinnati. : Gentlemen—Please give me the present address of Mr. Tom Gorman, Jr., formerly treasurer with Young Buffalo's Wild West. Respectfully yours, B. HIGGINS, 810 Seventh Street, Rochelle, Ill. Theo. Sylvester, 707 Locust street, Kansas City, Mo., would be very glad to hear from Angelo SmiLetta (bar performer). Any information as regards bis whereabouts would be thankfully received. The address of S. H. sister, Mrs. Nora E. nue, Spokane, Wash Burns is desired by his Adams, 2815 College ave Any one knowing the present Mr. J. C. Ryan, the Armless Wonder, please communicate with Mr. Harry Morris through The | Billboard. Information concerning the address of Eddie | | Reeves, clog dancer, will be very much appre elated. Important news awaits him. C. McKee. 212 Peyton Block. Spokane, Wash. + | The Billboard Publishing Co.. Cincinnati, O. Dear Sirs-—— In your issue of October 29, which has just been received, you publish a letter by Jack Trefal, in which he warns artists against visiting South America, because he had the mis| fortune to lose his wife in Para, Brazil. Although deeply sympathizing with Mr. Jack Trefal, it would be unfair to United States to allow his statement to go unchallenged. While admitting there is yellow | fever in Para and other parts of Northern Bra zil, your geography will show that Para is jabout three thousand miles from this city, which is one of the healthiest cities in the world. Warning artists to keep away from Sonth America because there is yellow fever in Para, Brazil is as bad as warning artists to keep away from New York because there is yellow fever In New Orleans. Very truly yours, PALACIO NOVEDADES. + Mr. Sam Levy, Box 767, Little Rock. Ark., desires that Miss Rena Bordeaux, at one time with Sam T. Jack's Burlesquers, correspond with him, as he has information that will be to her advantage to possess. whereabouts of | the artists in the | | “Am very anxious to find or to know the present whereabouts of Ethel Johnson, who was with |The Human Butterfly, at Scarboro Beach, To|ronto, Ont., last summer. Have news for her | that will be greatly to her benefit to know.’’— | Dolly C. Williams, Gen. Del., New Orleans, La. * Mrs. G. M. Cunningham, 1226 East 9th street, Oklahoma City, is desirous of locating her son, Maury J. Cunningham, better known as “Jack,”’ and who last season was with the Greater Cosmopolitan Shows, doing a high dive act. From Miss Vernon Thomas, Niles, 0., a re| quest comes for the address of Mr. William R. | Cunningham, a trap drummer, last heard of in St. Louis. “Would like to know the address of Harry Brown, known as ‘Harry Diamond.’ ’’—Brown & | Co., Marysville, Cal. | “If the man that made high dives with the | Coffree Carnival Company last fall will send | his address to Box 726, Birmingham, Ala., he | will hear something to his advantage.’’ In answer to inquiry in January 14th edition, Mrs. Carrie Nation is at the home of her a. 704 Reynolds avenue, Kansas City, an. * The address of Ellery’s Band is desired by | & Nohl, 708 Caswell Block, Milwaukee, | s. * | Mr. E. Jobnson, last season with Deep Sea Divers, Riverview Exposition, Chicago, please send your address to Kellie King 1611 Latrobe | street, Parkersburg, W. Va. * | Fred S. Hennon, Grand Central Hotel, Jef| ferson avenue and Pine street, St. Louis, Mo., | would like to know the whereabouts of Charles Axford. last season with Cosmopolitan Shows | No. 2. + A Billboard reader would like to know the present address of Duncan Clark. “Shorty’’ Crownover is critically home of N. €. Parker, O Bar, N. M., in need of financial assistance. ill at the and greatly Mr. W. R. Kerr, known to a number of cir cus and carnival people, is badly im need of financial aid. His wife and two children have the small pox, and on account of being quarantined, is unable to provide for those dependent upon him. Mail and contributions addressed to him care P. M. Judy. Mayor, St. George, 8S. C., will reach him. ealse will see itself boycotted. Some of the | | I wish to acknowledge the receipt of a number taille was consulted, and he agreed first of all | papers have taken a straw vote among the | of letters from my many friends in burlesque. part. Guitry, in a letter to Heitz and Coquelin, offered to pay the amount of hi« forfeit {f they would release him from his contract, but the di| rectors compromised with him: He would remain at the Port Saint Martin until l'Aventurier should close, and then, by mutual consent, his eontract would be canceled, no one paying anybody anything. Apropos of Guitry, it is Interesting to know | to have some one other than CGultry to take fine | just how much he received for playing Chante| cler. He received just 56.250 francs per month, which is the equivalent of about $11,000, or a Uttle over $2,500 a week. This, as will be seen, low as salaries are in France, compares quite favorably with some of the best earnings | in America, the acknowledged Eldorado of the player. Gultry received in addition to a salary, a percentage, and his position at the Port Saint Martin was quite like that of co-director. The figures quoted above show what he recelved | in all, salary and percentage. The famous player was not long ‘‘at liberty.’’ He signed up in a day or so with Diroctor Porel, | of the Vaudeville, and will create the big role in Le Tribun, by Paul Bourget, one of the big gest things of the year. He announces himself as screamingly satisfied with the part. Poor M. Huguenet, of the Vaudeville, who was to have created this character. will take another | part in another piece in another theatre, so I'm | told. To be more specific, he is to play the title part In Papa, the new Robert de Flers and Henri de Caillavet comedy, at the Gymnase. At that, Huguenet is not sore, for Papa is expected to be a corking piece, and the principal part ts fald to be a good one. 1 don't know just how long Guitry will remain at the Vaudeville, but I don't think he has signed a long contract. I hear he Is ambitious to become an actor-manager. As for l'Enfant de l'Amour, one of the cleverest actors In France is to take the part left | by Guitry. M. Dument, of the Vandeville, is the man. It is therefore a clean swap between the Port Saint Martin and the Vaudeville. GWENDOLINE. | A new opera will be seen soon at the Opera, end next season at the Opera Comique. It is | “wendoline, by the late Catulle Mendes, who | met such a tragic fate, and Emmanuel Char| rier, The scenery has been ordered now for | tome time. The premiere will surely take place this spring. + _ On the occasion of the 500th performance of | * Veuve Joyeuse (The Merry Widow) at the ‘pollo. the management announces that a fancy | ress Dall, similar to the one at the 200th per rmance of the plece, will be given. Le Miracle continnes the chief item on the ! at the Opera, COMMITTER ON PLAYS. It is almost a certainty that the Play Com. | ittee of the Comedie ancaise will be done | *Way with before a great while It Is tre| ‘endonsly opposed by the majority of play| p. rights, as quite natural, seeing that this gen| ry Is getting Itself systematically refused right | “ong. Once refused, the author Is offended and “y submits his plays to other theatres next time. esult: In a few months the Comedie Fran j}each time. | children, play-makers as to whether the committee should be continued. The result was emphatically ‘‘No.”’ ROLLER RINKS. Manager Demers is making a hit at the Saint Didier Roller Rink. This is the most fashionable house in Paris, and the afternoon tea there fF | attended by the fashionable world of | Paris. |de Montenegro, the Princess de Battenburg, the The Duchess d’Aoste, the Princess Xenia | Count and Countess R. de Maistre, the Baron de la Vigerie, and others. are frequently seen | there. Jesse Carey's winning streak on the little wheels continues. The American is racing several times weekly at the Vel d’Hiv and winning He has other engagements at the Rue d'Amsterdam Rink, and he is now booked up for five weeks ahead, solid. Professor Phillips is giving exhibitions at the Hippodrome Rink. His figures are making the French folk stare. + Davidson, the skating expert. is In Paris this week. He will leave for Russia soon, where he is scheduled to appear before the Czar and Czarine in private exhibitions. GENERALITIES. During the holiday week and the days following, most of the motion picture houses put on a beautiful faerie of the Nativity for the La Fugitive, Andre Picard’s great success at the Gymnase, will be played al! over the world. New York, London, Italy, Berlin, Spain and Roumania will have versions soon, and others, | In other lands, are to follow. * The Etolle-Palace has engaged Colette Willy, Christine Kerf and George Wague to appear in the mimidrama, La Chair (The Flesh) for a week only. These three people created their respective rolls in the piece. Mme. A. Talexis. a dramatic soprano, widely known In Europe, was killed at Calais this week by a strange fall. She was bathing her face when she fell, perhaps caused by fainting, striking her head on the edge of the porcelain vessel, which broke, Inflicting a deep wound. Taken to the hospital, she expired soon after. SPOKES IN THE WHEELS. (Continued from page 16.) seen this season. The show carries an orfental dancer, who, however, did not work as is her wont when I saw the show. She appeared at the close of the burlesque and gave a very clean and graceful performance without only the semblance of a wriggle. The rubee shouted for the whole thing, but La Nita, for such is her name, merely smiled and trickily danced her way Into the good graces of the packed theatre which applauded her work in a highly satisfied manner. Rinaldo, the violinist, opens with Jack Singer's Serenaders at the Gayety, St. Louis, on Sunday > The fiddler will stay with the Serenaders the show returns East again. next. until While I highly appreciate the thoughtfulness of | these good fellows and enjoy their letters which | bring me many news items for this column, I regret that I have been too busy to give each | letter an individual reply and I therefore take this opportunity of thanking all of those friends to whom I have been unable to respond by mail. This list includes Billy Hart, George Armstrong, Edgar C. Vinal, Frank L. Smith, Billy Noble, | George Schlagek, and Fred Rochon. | Dave Vine was highly incensed when I stated | that he had been retired from Phil Sheridan's |Marathon Girls, and wrote me a highly indig nant letter. I retracted the statement in a | later issue, only to find that my previous statement was correct, Vine having closed with the | show the same week that the retraction ap| peared. I wasn’t so very far out anyway, ‘only a week ahead with my news. Going some, ie | The members of the Monte Carlo Girls Co. | were banqueted at Newcastle, Ind., on Saturday, Jan. 21. when the show played the Alcazar | there. George is the famous tonsorialist at the |**Honey Bee’’ barber shop there and is one of | the best known types in that section of the |eountry. George is a hunter of more than ordinary Treputation and his unerring markmanship | had provided the table with all of the game and | poultry delicacies of the season. Among those | present were Tom Sullivan and wife, Lewis | Golden, Joe Collins, Max Fields, Earl Gates, /and the three local musketeers, George Craig. lthe barber, ‘“‘Pop’’ Brown, manager of the Al|eazar, and Bill Beal, proprietor of the Bundy | Hotel. These three are well known to all pro| fessionals who have the good fortune to make | Newcastle in the Hoosier State and are three of | the most humorous types in the country. Tom | Sullivan is a big favorite with the ‘Three Muske| teers’’ and whenever he plays the town it is |usually a signal for a big jubilee. | Julia Sinclair went skating the other day and | now she is getting a new set of teeth. Poor | Julia. Why didn’t you stay with us for the re| mainder of the season? Imagine Julia hurting | herself on the ice after the dangerous falls and | high dives she used to make in the skating num| ber with The Gay Morning Glories a few seasons |ago. A professional skater, too. Well, Well. | One can hardly blame Jack Singer for kicking |at the ruthless and audacious manner itn which burlesque material is being stolen from one producer by another, especially of late. Why. | believe that I have seen the graveyard procession | bit from Max Spiegel’s College Girls with a half a dozen shows this season. It’s about time | that steps were taken to protect those who pay | for material from the pirate and thief. + Gladys Sears for the past 20 weeks special feature of The Midnight Maidens, has signed with Tom Miner to open Feb. 6 as a special feature in the olio with the Jardin De Paris Company. + Miss Mona Raymond, of Harry Hastings’ Big Show, took seriously {ll Thursday night, Jan. 12, while playing the Gayety Theatre in Louisville, and was unable to work. Josie Wilson and May Cory took her place. Miss Raymond will resume her work in about a week. | Thompson and Carter have a year’s solid book| ings in vaudeville. CHICAGO MUSIC NOTES. (Continued from page 16.) A quotation pertaining to Will Rossiter from the New York Star: ‘‘Some of These Days was recently sung by the Courtney Sisters at the Academy, New York, and at the Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and each time they were compelled to respond to so many encores that there was no question as to the beauty of the song, or the worthiness of the rendition. Miss F Courtney has a splendid contralto voice, with some notes that are as full and round as the tone of an organ. The way Miss Courtney and her clever sister sing Some of These Days is a liberal lesson to the gentle art of singing a good song in the right way.”’ Fred Sloop and Tell Taylor have written a great new coon song, entitled Buckwheat Cakes and it is now being sung by Geo. Van, Billy Noble, Johnny Weiser, Sadie Sherman, Arthur Deming and numerous others on the big time. McAvoy and Brooks. who are playing at the Gaiety, Springfield, this week, are featuring with success The Entertaining Man, and have added to their act, Well I Swan. Both aumbers are published by ‘. Witmark & Sons Alexander and Scott are featuring for their opening song, Harry Newman’s overnight song sensation, Susie Anne Sue. J. FRED HELF CO. Texas Tommy’s Dance, words by Edgar Leslie, writer of That Italian Rag, music by Lewis F. Muir, composer of Play That Barber Shop Chord, looks like another Helf hit and has evidently struck squarely in the bull’s eye of popular approval. * Ford Eckerson, Currie Chase, Roscoe Fox and Solly Brown have formed a new quartette called The Echo Four and their harmonious rendition of Sweet Angelina and Gee, But it’s Great to Meet a Friend From Your Home Town, wins unstinted applause. * Jack O’Donnell’s repertoire of Helf hits includes Up the Rickety Stairs and When a Boy From Old New Hampshire Loves a Girl Tennessee. * Stewart and Hall’s most popular numbers are Hands Up and Oh, You Bear Cat Rag. + Harry Rose, the talented young vocalist, is scoring heavily with Gee, But it’s Great to Meet a Friend From Your Home Town. The Musical Monarchs’ rendition of Gee, But it’s Great to Meet a Friend From Your Home Town always arouses their listeners to a high pitch of appreciation. + My Love is Greater Than the World is the most popular semi-classical ballad King and Gillan have ever used. They also feature, Oh, You Bear Cat Rag. Anna Tenney is enjoying great success with Hands Up. + Rogers and Bell have added Ob, You Bear Cat Rag to their act. + Jeannette Klein's unfailing applause-winner is My Love is Greater Than the World. Fred Rose is featuring the latest march song hit, Gee, But it’s Great to Meet a Friend From Your Home Town. * Leon Errol and Stella Chatelaine, with the Jersey Lilies Company, have made an extraordinary success with Oh, You Bear Cat Rag, Miss Chatelaine’s dancing in this popular number winning much praise. * I'm on the Right Side of the Right Girl at the Right Time and Place, the most effective “spotlight”? song of recent years, never fails to bring Healy and Barry several encores. Dunlap and Linden continue to successfully feature Gee. But it’s Great to Meet a Friend From Your Home Town. Marie Mason Is using the ever-popular “audience’? number, Hands Up. The Lyric Four are scoring in substantial fashion with Gee, But it’s Great to Meet a Friend From Your Home Town. Jessie Haywood'’s audiences never fall to applause her rendition of Hands Up. | mre Oe BE A HYPNOTIST AND MAKE FUR AND MONEY. The study is both easy and fascinating. Anyone may Cures diseases habits. Make fun by the bour. Give exhibitions and make money. Success sure. Very «mall cost. Write for free particulars to M. D. BETTS, Station C, JACKSON, MICH i |} Silk, Spun Silk, Silkoline, Worsted Sunn _and Cotton Tights and Shirts, Leatards, —to order for theatrical, gymnasium and (ot | == Combination Suits and paddings made athletic use. Send for price list and samples. JOSEPH NOLAN’S SONS Successor te Joseph Nolan, 65-67 Ellery St,, Brooklyn, N.Y. AT LIBERTY j—= A-1 VAUDEVILLE LEADER PIANIST | A. F. of M. Can join on wire. State all in | first letter. Wife, first-class picture pi anist. GEORGE BOWLEY, 161 West 36th St., N. ¥. City. 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