The Billboard 1911-04-29: Vol 23 Iss 17 (1911-04-29)

The Billboard APRIL 29, 1911. HEARD IN ADVANCE Theatrical Scout Tells of the People He Meets and Conditions as He Finds Thim The little girl whose finger was bitten off by a bear to which she was feeding about sixteen years ago, where immortality was was shown to be the great goal made out of pure will power, and many other were witnessed by thousands of spec The Chicago girl who consented to marry her thinks her wedding should be sort of + of The Fourth Estate, a Pittsburger who is a shining example of a man Woodburn's father a minister, while his uncle, is a prominent worker Woodburn has been highly his theatrical career, and was a member of the Harry Davis Company last spring. member of the Harry Davis Stock Company Grand Opera House, Mr. Woodburn has an important part Hap Ward told me he never butted In with that you can use of House to Tramp: Are you willing to work?" Where is your vacuum Powers comes this: or a few days ago still was, on Two Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. “Fourteen years ago the Francesca Redding Dramatic Company was the attraction at the old Lyon's Opera House in Sunbury, and it may incidentally be mentioned that among the mem; actress who assumed small parts, or, to use the parlance of the stage, she Her acting was clever, but not | “However, the little girl who greatly pleased | had no thought that in| would be the reigning in the best vaudeville houses in this and other countries; nor did she in her childish then ever imagine that she alone would be in such demand to please the exacting public that rival managers would fair, fall over themselves to get her signature to! the audiences probably less than a decade she fact is indeed late ing her engagement with the Francesca Redding probably received a salary commensurate with her ability at that period, which in excess of $10 a week, with an even chance that the contents of the prey envelope did not reach that sum. of twenty years ago Miss Eva Tanguay, now a brilliant and popular | sald to be $2,500 a week, received by the president Miss Tanguay’s career on the stage or more than twice divine shapeliness, have brought her to the pinnacle of success which less fascination. a retired business man of while eating oysters a° was nearly choked. roughed into his napkin. and there were twelve from the size of a pea to a shot. swallowed others. is the latest from Paris. MeManus says the substitution for a bel* pin will be a shingle nail. The trouser skirt An Indiana man dared his aunt to marry him One of my very best advertising schemes for Newlyweds and Their Baby I perpetrate their marriage license office. ally I pick up many a good story. docket of 1910. at Sunbury, Pa., years and the woman 3 . This was the oldest couple. ton (Pa.) youth of 16 summers hooked up with girl just a vear his senfor, but the foreigner gave consent Onuite a number One girl made sure of plenty to eat by marone man married a Bee he was not stune¢. Wolfes were tied and snch colors as Black and Gray were common By TOM NORTH. Fellow asked Leo Hayes where he was born. eeplicants. A number of Bakers were marrie! me girl wedded a Tubb. another a Whipp. one a Love and another a Cross. The girl who mar ried a Booser was not scared by the name, ne the man who tied himself up with a Storm may have an eternal calm. A Long and a Short were married. One girl married a Wise, another a Barefoot, another a Gumm man and another a Hill, one man married First. another a Trout and another a Saylur. The Smiths and M?llers were tie for championship. while but a_ few Toneses ventured to get aboard the matrimonia! car. “Speaking of railroads,’’ writes John Coutts agent of the Western Newlyweds Company “the ultimate word, in my experience, was 48 certain ‘limited’ on which I traveled last week in Kansas, At a point where we were makin« our greatest speed a man stood at the side of the track with a moving picture machine. 1 leaned ont of the windew and called to him: ‘Hlow are vou getting on?’ “He stopned turning the erank and spoke with an expression of deep disgust. “It don’t seem to be no use,” he said. ‘Hold vour head still, please. I want to get a time exposure.’ ”* + Edward Breeze, who is starring in The Scare crow, made his debut on the stage at Omaha as a ‘‘super."’ Before that he was a cowboy, % “Why pav a man $609 a week to act.’ queri Frederick Thompson. ‘‘when he conldn’t earn 69 a week in any other walk of life?) Two things have got to henvren or there w'll be soon no such thine as the theatre business. The prices of admission an? the salaries of actors must come down. The best seat in any theatre should not cost more than $1. People could then get the lo-ver-priced seats for practical! the same sum that they now pay fer moving nietnre attractions of the better cless."’ There's a lot of good sense to this. Mr. Thompson. co There be land rats and water rats There he walters in fashionable leon restaurants an’! waiters on Loke Michigan steamers. It Was a combination of such diversified telents and ex veriences that brought about the hold-up at Rector’s. What is there in the career of the walter t produce such results? May it not be the at mosphere of pette sneculation end eraft in which he constantly lives? Recent disclosures of life behind the scenes in hotels and restan rants wonld seem to justifv this exnlenation Trne, the rascals who overated at Pector’s had to call in ontside heln to ent the nlen tron hut the plan itself was one of their own de vising. Whet reduces such demoralization? Is * not the tin. If fair wages took the place « the tinn'ng svstem walters might develo strengthened rrincinies and increased self-re e-ect, and employers might entor more confi fence in their men. (This anneared editoral’ in The Chicago Record-Werald.) Staff of Powers’ Theatre. Decatyr Til: C. G. & H. W. Powers. proprietors: Thos. P. Ronan, manager: F. &. Owens, treasnrer: Jocse H Trill. assistant treasurer: Robert Walter, mus'eal director: Elmer Gasaway, advertising agent: Russell Green. stage carnenter’ Walter Addis, electrician: Mlanée Rigein, chief usher: M. T. Heffernan honse physician: A. A. Hart zell, program publisher. Thos. P. Ronan has a Dillposting plant tn Decatur. Tl that’s a model. It is really a pleasant surprise to see the manner tn which your paper is nosted in Decetur end even much more so if you have made several adjacent towns Ronan has a Class-A plant and should | be so rated. * Manager Moore of Red Mill Theatre. Vin cennes, Ind.. and also former nartner of W. W Willis, of the Grand Opera Honse, same city told me the following good tale: “It was while associate manager of the Grand that Frank Crnikshenk got in town ahead of The Three Twins. Guess« it wes long about 7 In the evening when Cruikshank gave me h's trunk check. I called up the transfer man. gave him the number of check. which was 3834, and requested him to bring the trunk up at once He came along helf an hour later with an Indestrneto trunk marked Kabo Corsets. Crnik shank teld the driver it wes not his trunk and eeked him if he got the right number, 8834 Driver replied: ‘No. 8°24 T conldn't find an? this one was nearest to it. No. 3833, s0 1 brought it up!’ ”’ * During a recent visit to Terre Hante. Albert Chevalier told an Interesting story In reference to an Incident that henntned dnring the Poer wer in which a member of his fam'ly figured Said he: “During the Roer war. a member of mr family efter taking part In one of the bie engagements) was walkine the next day over the battlefield. A short distance from him he saw what he took to be a emall piece of news pener. end ae he went forward to pick ft v the vied blew it from him. “After following it some distance. he finel'ys held it In his hand. and much to his surnr'e found it was a nrogram of an entertainment T had etven in Bristol. England It fs almost impossible to confecture the peculiar trend of cirenmestances which wonld make a relative of mine find. after a hard fonght battle, hetween the English and the Boers, npon the Africen revolt, a frivolous little program of an en tertainment given by me months before, in an English e'ty thousands of miles away ‘“*‘Were thie placed upon the stace. I ventnur« to say that the critics would insist that such » coincidence was absolutely impossible.’’ For the information of Inon'ring friends wwish to «atete that the Mr. Camn of Chicag who snent a million dollars in two years is not related to the editor of this paper.—(Rusl vilie, Tl.. Record.) Miss Cromwell or Mr. Cromwe.l (we don't |ance, and from the crowds mystery is still unsolved. Is it a man or a] Walter F. Keefe woman? theatre, and seventeen acts volunteered their —— 7. ot Da nal Pe yy the services. The show was a success artisticaly |~ “U8S*rs Frotective Association. and financially, clearing about $1,000. After the The Hermanns and May, banjoists, close assembled at a banquet, held at T. A. hall. | Season in the West. They Rusk Bronson, Suliivan and Considine manager, | rest at their summer cottage, banquet broke up in the wee sma’ hours , of the morning. wife, banjoists, Tom Among the acts playing for Charles H. Dout Temple of Music. Delmar and Delmar Will | 5t0ck Company, Manager George H Dockray, Seymour's Dogs Mound City Sextette, | 8T*8@"8'ng to entertain the film men and Doyle, White and DeGroot, Benningto Morris. The negotiations were successfully con| City cluded and the offices refitted and refurnished Nashville, Tenn., week of April 10-15. The > eousiats waaiuly of brese desineamie an ie will be new, but still in keeping with their orSurbank’s playing on the trombone is excellent Miss Danforth demonstrates her musical a! a master of the violin and this. t makes the act a top notcher They turing with big success the following numbers: Sweet Italian Love, When the Bloom | rar : . s “ aged ten weeks— 2 . is on the Heather, Call Me up some Rainy Af would aceept 7 a. 4 the players ternoon and Kiss Me, My Honey, Kiss Me now. Carlin was form oe, Clifford (not married) informed The! musical board's Nashville correspondent that after | odies which are , arter | used for openi . : closing his engagement with The Girl. the Man | , ng and closing an auto tour from Chicago to New York in his | Theatre, at Waterloo, Ia., has had a very prosperous season lasting some 42 weeks and when he closes in Chicago he tntends to take a long-needed rest and be fresh | Picture house. Chas. H. his opening next season Mr. Cliffora’s | Will continue to book mother is now traveling with him and seems to y the trip very much. 73 and says she feels as young today as she Harry Marcelle, of did 50 years gone by The Spook Minstrels. one of Havez & Don-| With Mr. C. H. Teesdale, nely’s latest vaudeville novelties, initial appearance at Atlantic City last week, | Temodeled to meet their special a sheet on which is thrown a moving pleture of Company, and will open with minstrel show The songs, press and agents it is likely that it will Otis B. Thayer decided Dockstader as manager The act will Nammerstein’s Victoria Theatre, week of ng the big lake. She has several weeks | West and will travel into booked in vaudeville, and is Dared to Say Just What I Think written be absent until fall her by John M. Kenyon, anther of the | Chain of theatres in Lyrics of Merry Mary, now interest the show world. Grace Rurnett has aued who played the Fifth Avenue Fithian has sued Edward Fithian for separation thing on the ‘boards at this divorce: Anna Mack, soubrette with The Tiger ing features on the bill Lillies, secured a divorce in the cirenit of zo, week before last. Word comes from feature of Ted Snyder's song ager of a chain of vaudeville theatres irniture mabe the ag ney inviting In appear | George Arwine NOTES OF THE ROAD Bits of Brief Pertinent Gossip of Vaudeville Performers, Their Present Activities and Future Plans—Apostrophes and Paragraphs About the Troopers ———3 seen there, the which), of the juggling Cromwells, whl. | office is in great favor with artists. The win Los Angeles, received in one of the many | dow says: ‘Booking Everything Everywhere.” bouquets, the following note: —— is a rather extravagant claim. Sadie Cusell igs secretary t Mr. Friedenw Your art is a revelation. posers “saher mraenwalé, and Maurice Greenewald is office . op Boge Rm : « olice manager. Ses a atio An ovation was given Miss Adele A l were omy of your station, = a rche me would dare “+ call you mine leading lady of the Bily Clifford Company ia 3 the grill room of the Herm tage Hotel, NashAs one of many, I sat enraptured ville, Tenn., on the evening of April 12. Miss And watched you play your part Archer sang The Song of the Soul and was You little knew of how you captured repeatedly encored, her audience not being And whirled and juggied my heart salistied she was compelled to respond with a choice number of other selections. Mis As home I went and slept and dreamt, Archer was leading lady last season with RichOf you in your glory and fame ard Carle, in Mary's Lamb, She possesses a Not content with juggling my heart, volce of wonderful sweetness and range. You've made fire torches of my brain. Ed. Lang resigned from the Theatrical : an Vaudeville Agents’ Association of America the least meeting, as he plans leaving Chicago. sent in his resignation, but later half reconsidered it There is a clash of Cromwells are drawing everywhere, and ‘the Denver Lodge, No. 22, of the T. M. A., some kind among the members of the associasts sixth anneal benedt et the Rroedwa: tion, and there will be either a re-organization Theatre, April 9, which was a buge success in of the association or it will disband. The pur way. Brother Peter McCourt donated the | P°S*S for which it was organized have been Vaudeville April a very successful intend taking a long The Owl's Nest, , On the Susquehanna River, the managers and members of the order 6, at Madill, Okla., after as toastmaster, and delivered an address | at Williamsport, Pa. the beauties of fraternities, which was well | and desire to extend through The Billboard, a appreciated. Brother Holmes, manager of Pan-| Special invitation to the following performers: Marcia, the Due Luc Sisters, the Musical Merrthews, Al Hutchinson, banjoist, Chas. King and Rogers and Asaidia, Newcomb and Williams. ae the week of April 10-16 are Axel Chris Martha Russell, who led the vote for the Theatre, also gave an interesting talk tenson, “The Czar of Ragtime’: The Laughing most popular headliner for the American Music Tourists, Le Zah, The Sidonias, Clemenso Bros., Hall, Chicago, last week, wil play the Lyda Reed, St. John and Co., Frank Mostyn Kelley | Theatre the first half of this week, : and as she Co., Heim Children, Kreatore. Willard’s | ¥8® formerly leading woman of the Esean Hines is vaudeFroth ville men of Chicago on the opening night. Harry Bloom, Canto’ and Curtis. Marx George Kleine, George K. Spoor, J. C. Matthews Brothers and €o.. Hines-Kimbal! Troupe. Mon C. E. Bray and other notables have promised to tambo and Farteli, McConnell Sisters. Minstre) | 2® Present. Durand’s Musical Comedy Company, The Captain Harry C. Devlin and his company of Zeraldas, La Velles and Billy McRobie Zouaves have just closed a sixteen weeks sea ’ C. Matthews is n¢ veated ir ormer | 502, of Pantages time, and have returned to offices “at the Crilly pulling, Chicago, “When | tel home, at Jackson, Mich., for the time bebecame Pantages representative in Chicago, ~~ ae Hh iy Rn 4 contract with moved to the Dexter Building, but at once | ; Move wos it and Pawnee Bill Shows, and got busy on a plan to procure the offices formerly | ‘8 busily engaged getting bis men and equip occupied by himself as representative of William ment in readiness for the opening in New York This is the seventh Straight season that Devlin's Zouaves have been conn it is as well equipped theatrical agency | shows. . ee to be found. Mr. Matthews continues to book the city houses that he had when here as| be Weeds Ralton Company while playing in representative of Morris—the loyalty of the | Chicago with one of Gus Hill's musical managers coming as a surprise in a business edies, were signed to make a tour of the Interin which there is said to be no sentiment. State Cireuit, opening May Burbank and Danforth are now cleaning up in Miss Ceca Bloom, the representative of that vaudeville with a very art’stic musical act com7, being booked by Ae circuit. The act is negotiating with Weber & , : Jermon, calling fo he > , ’ headliners at the F enne Theatre > . ; ye Copeenanee We 28 a s at the Fifth Avenue Th — Eastern Wheel show, next season. Everything iginal name and idea, The Musical Marines. a ity sob Carl.n and Gil Penn have joined hands her | for «a new Dutch act which is clear away from scenery, | the usual and which met with such success are fea-| on its first presentation in Chicago that. the musical! Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association ar their swell wardrobe and special erly of Carlin and Otto and Penn comes from comedy. Thehave some dandy par the Game in Chicago, he intends making | Manager J. W. Mercelles, of The Orpheum has sold his house to a company, who have employed Mr. J. D. Knapp as manager. He took possession April 16, and will continue it as a vaudeville and moving Doutrich, of Chicago, the acts The house has just been remodeled and refurnished, and a large She gives her age as | O@lcony installed, making the capacity 775. the Marcelles, handcuff ors and jail breakers, has joined hands in San Diego, Cal., made ite | Where they have secured a house which is being requirements, Amusement or vaudeville and dances and gags pictures, with musical comedy stock to follow knockout, and judging from the reports of soon as alterations are fully completed. $5,000 American roadster Mr. Clifford manipulat act constitutes five men who stand behind They will be known as the T. & M : not to originate the first place on all of the United time, | leading male role in Edward E. Rose's The Rock avez was formerly connected with Lew| Of Ages, after a couple of rehearsals. Mr. appear Thayer has always been connected with lovable \" old men roles, and this was a heavy Mr. 24. kindly agreed to release him, and It was a great . \ . d t Dorothy LaVern the clever little comedl lek beh ere than a dozen other men were and change artist, has joined the order tried before the producer found one capable of ; ccee "Mono of A. A. A, She will spend the most of the succeeding Thayer. spring and summer at Chicago, nished an apartment on the north side over House, Boulder, Colo having fur Manager R. P. Penney, of the Curran Opera has gone to the North a Canada as manager making more] Of the Nibo Comedy Company, featuring the good singing her latest song, If I Only Great Willard tn travelogues He expects to In the meantime his Northern Colorade will be Y playing at the | Operated under the management of Mrs. Pen Whitney ney, Several divorce proceedings recently instituted J. Frank Holloday and the Chartres Sisters, Theatre, Naeb week of April 3-8, outshined every popular playhouse. was one of the lead They carry an elab court, | Orate set of scenery, and are making a big Colored Romeo. : Freeman writes that his new act man| The Man Who Forgot, written by H. D. Cottrell E connected | l@ sure to make a hit. He states he will get an the Western Vaudeville Managers’ Asso. | elaborate production and go ont In It nex! L. (Jack) Burnett for a divoree: Lillian | Ville, Tenn., A. Delapp has sued Frank M. Delapp for Their act, Studies in Song, Island that Bernice L. Sodini wae granted Maurice ee of divorce from Harry A. Sodin season, Norman Friedenwald has moved his offices Earl Metcalf has disbanded his company. play mn nearer the front of the Crilly Bullding | ing Wm Fitzsimmons’ sketch, Foothall, and lease ot has epent several hundred dollars | Ovens April 17 at the Park Theatre Indiana refitting the place, The most expensive | Olis. playing special stock engagemtns wit!