The Billboard 1911-06-24: Vol 23 Iss 25 (1911-06-24)

20 The Bi llboard JUNE 24, 1911, Music and Vaudeville News CONCERTS ON ROOF OF NEW THEATRE. end for some Western publisher, is now handling the outside professional work for the Chicago Branch of M. Witmark & Sons. He has landed | some good acts for his employers, and is one of New York, June 10 (Special to The Billboard). | the most congenial men in the business whose Elliott Schenck, for the past two years enusical | friends are numbered by the hundreds. ‘director of the New Theatre Company, has completed arrangements to give a series of popular| priced orchestral concerts on the roof of that | NEW MANAGER IN PUEBLO. theatre) pow known as the Century, this sum| -_— mer. | ~I — r | Pueblo, Colo., June 13 (Special to The Bill a... —a7 ete Pay Sixty-second board.)—Harry Beaumont, who has been manaBt playhouse is nown only to those who! ger of the Pantages local vaudeville house lave attended the few receptions given there | for several months, will manage the Densince the opening of the theatre. It has not yer theatre of the same circuit. Harry yy a — — — — Holmes, recently of the Denver house, but ‘ er cover, surrounded by glass doors wo r » » and windows on three sides that will be thrown voll teown 00 the manager of the theatze in Pueblo, will be sent to St. Joseph, from which place Beaumont came to Pueblo. W. C. Thompson, Who bas been assistant manager of the Denver Pantages, will have charge of the Pueb open during clement weather The other half is an openair terrace, overlooking Central Park. Here tables and chairs will be placed and light refreshments of all kinds are served. The terjo business : usiness of the circuit Mr. Thompson race is said to be beautiful on moonlight ights ie: omc ‘ > will 4 j > ; For music lovers, pure and simple, a few ine take up his new duties tomorrow morn hundred seats away from the tables will be reB v 3 4 y ' Seaumont will have cha . Kk : served. Four elevators will be used to carry the for the three houses a SS a. hetinee public to and from the roof. < ; The concerts will be under Mr. Schenck’s personal management and direction, and an orches tra of fifty pieces will perform under his lead| NEW MANAGER FOR GAYETY. ership. The New Theatre Orchestra of forty | ee fe men, which has been playing together for two| _ Louisville, Ky., June 12 (Special to The seasons, will form its nucleus. Mr. Schenck’s | Billboard.)—Announcement is made that Col. Al rehestra recently made a deep impression at) G. Bourlier is to be succeeded as the opening of the New York Public Library. manager of the Gayety Theatre by Charles Taylor of New Popular, operatic and symphonic music. with | York. This change follows the transfer of soloists, when occasion permits, will constitute | the control of the theatre from R. K. Hynicka the programs. No opening date has yet been de| tO the Columbia Amusement Company. Col. cided upon, but an army of men are at work | Bourlier has been in charge of the theatre ‘ransforming the roof garden into a beautiful) | Since it was opened to the public, and his bower. | policy of censoring the shows so as to free neni nedetisienniatanenmepiieammnsinnssdien — of the objectionable, popularized the | house and won for it large patronage from LEO. FEIST’S NOTES. | women and children and Sechaanoues genera | ally. He also brought to the position an The R-A-G Trio are using our big sensational | @*Pperienmce and managerial ability, combined hit, Summer Days, and are making a tremendous | With an interest and zeal for the welfare of hit with it. 7 They have their own way of puting ie the house and the comfort and entertainment of song over, and put it over in a great | {tS patrons which made his management most shape When other performers come in our efficient, and there will be wide regret that he office and rave about them, the way they sing ‘8 to be supplanted. the song, it certainly must be going great. __ Roy La Pearl, formerly of the La Pearl Bros.’ Cireus and Rarnum & Bailey's, and who has the HANDCLASP OF FRIEND INJURES undisputed title of The Man with the Biggest A Musical Voice in the World, is now connected STOR. with the Leo. Feist firm. He is the talk of all stow the publishers and is certainly creating some Billbeerd) Thomas Catt " oe. > a noise at New York's resorts with out two big ; ~ ag eam ne teacher of music of this city, returned home yesterday from Baltimore with an injured hand. He was compelled to cancel a six week engagement in vaudeville on account of the injury. While shaking hands with a friend in a hote! in Baltimore the friend, in his delight at meeting Professor Cutty, pulled him against a desk and he struck and injured his left hand so badly that he will not be able to play the violin for several weeks. Professor Cutty was formerly a member of the Six Musical Cuttys, song hits. entitled Summer Days and In All My reams, I Dream of You 3 Montgomery & Moore, Three Keatons, Marshall Montgomery, Barnes and Crawford, Four Meloly Monarchs, Howard and Howard, Barry and Hart, Beth Tate and others are still continuing to go big with Summer Days. Kathleen Kay has joined the Pianophiends and s featuring Summer Days with the act. They open at Hammerstein's Roof June 5. 7 Trixie Friganza has put on Summer Days at the Majestic Theatre, Chicago, and from reports received, is making a tremendous hit. George Gardner, the great xylophonist, is featuring Summer Days, In All My Dreams, I Dream of You, and Think It Over, Mary. Billy Elliott reports big success singing our two novelty songs, entitled Long Lost Chord and lloney Man. Weston, Fields and Carroll put on our new song, My Lovin’ Honey Man at the New Brighton lest week, and scored a tremendous bit. and White CLOVERLY SISTERS IN BALTIMORE. The Four Cloverly Sisters, whose act bas won merited praise in every house they have appeared, are now at the Academy of Music, Baltimore. They are appearing twice daily and continue to keep up their high standard of en tertainment. Abbott are singing My Lovin’ g Honey Man and $ note , On the same bill with them are the Kussier d are going very big with same. Sisters, Roth and Rossi, Princess Zuleiki, the Oriental dancer, and other well known enter VICTOR KREMER CO. NOTES. __ tuiners. Next song hit. Honey Sal. The Warren Sisters are scoring without an TONY VERNON HURT. umpire’s dispute with Honey Sal, . , Carter, Stanley and Willie are batting far Fort Wayne, Ind., June 15 (Special to The over the 300 mark with Honey Sal, Sing Me Billboard).—During the collision between two an Irish Come-All-Ye, and When You Dream of the Girl You Love. Leslie Burns made trolley cars, Tony Vernon, a well-known vaudeville actor, was hurt. He received a sprained a clean drive into the ®@nkle and the ligaments of his arm were badly bleachers with Sing Me an Irish Come-All-Ye, ‘torn. The accident was caused during the rush in her special wardrobe. * bhours, in which the motormen of the rear car Bahlman’s Band Quartet will feature Sing Me £°t his signals confused ana crashed into the an Irish Come-All-Ye, Honey Sal, and The Stars "ear car. Four persons were hurt in the acAre the Eyes of the Night. cident. Howard and Lawrence have just added Honey Sal to their act. ; For the past few weeks the entertainers aroued town have been enjoying themselves singing the coming song hit. Honey Sal. BITTEN BY PYTHON. t Conneaut, O., June 14 (Special to The BillHoney Sal will be sung in the East this week board).—Vassar Na Mell, the well-known fe for the first time by Don Court and Whelan male impersonator, while en route with Dowell so _watch it jump. 5 Bros.’ Vaudeville Company in the South, was The Tascotts are using Honey Sal with success. seriously bitten by his largest python snake, The Stars Are the Eyes of the Night, the which he uses in his act. St wah oo ss. is —— tre Mr. Na Mell is now laid up at his summer endo ¥Y big for orothy Dauncer, Evans and home “ » Ad yen, Retney Meters. Vies baa. oe me at Conneaut, O., on Lake Erie. Co., and a number of others. Ed Connelly. who can be heard above the band. ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. fe featuring Little Poff of Smoke. Stars va ’ I Are A Eyes of Night and In The Garden of Love with ou Chillicothe, O., board ).—Marie June 15 (Special to The Bill tors "e Bev ir . Moore, a pretty vaudeville act a ee e. os a ioe ae beds Marana . ae ress, known among the stage circles as Dollie orden Tr Gainey hea Asuele ioae 2 th helan. Cameron, carried out her threats of some weeks Otte I aan Weas k Frnt rag oe * _— previous by drinking carbolic acid in an attempt down to New York, so boys ~~ ee “7 oe jamp to commit suicide a few nights ago, at a wellnews , oys be ready for some known rooming house in this city. She was ee despondent over some love affair. SINGING ROGERS BROS.” NUM o BERS. NICHOLL CHANGES POLICY. jn San Jose, Cal., June 14 (Special to The Bill a tee * Published by the Rogers Bros.’ board).—M. HH. Nicholl’s Theatre Jose, this I Wonder Wi * at a and Stanton, singing city. closed as a stock company house, June 10 ag ae $ ou: Lottie Livingston, opening as a vaudeville house June 11, with the Revyasids and’ sere rege Maude Raymond. following on the opening bill Al. Hallet and Rtneess oho iene ate W est and Toddy an’ Company, The Four Nelson Comiques, Baron ‘Verett. using That Heavenly Glide: Belzac, the Lycta, Anker Sisters and moving pictures. Pop violinist; Bartlett, Harmon and Malcom. Miss ular prices will prevail S. Fink, Jim Dongherty, rendering I Wonder ‘ Why It’s You: Mande Raymond and , A Stella Wood. singing Take Me to Dat Masquerade. and Iren Clark, singing Come to Dat Two step, Abie. . Albany, June 7 (Special to The Billboard).— JOSEPH BENNETT WITH WiIT‘The Brennan bill, providing for the Iicensing and regulation of employment agencies, opposed MARK. by the White Rats’ Association because they asserted that it repealed portions of the law pessed last year, was defeated in the Assembly after a long fight today by a vote of.39 ayes to 73 nays. BRENNAN BILL DEFEATED. Chicago, June 16 (Special to The Rilthboard).— Joseph Bennett, who recently returned from Frisco, where he was handling the professional ew entire summer. BEATRICE MORGAN IN HARLEM. New York, June 17 (Special to The Bill board).—Beatrice Morgan, Harlem's stock fav orite, is filling a summer's engagement in Keith & Proctor’s Harlem vaudeville theatres. The first half of each week she appears at the East Side 125th Street house and the last three days she is the feature attraction at the West Side Harlem Opera House, A new playlet is presented each week week she produced a farce comedy, called gain Day, written by Mary H. Flanner. greatness of Miss Morgan's popularity in Har lem is evidenced by the fact that she is en abled to play two vaudeville theatres located within a half-mile of each other, every week throughout the entire summer, and occupy the feature position on every bill, This BarThe BE GOOD TO YOUR FACE. Wax, parafiine, highly injurious | by every artist coloring matter and = like ingredients should be avoided who realizes that his or ber | face is a fortune. Because Evanola Cream does not contain any of these injurious ingredients it is rapidly becoming a prime favorite with the profession, from headliners to the chorus. 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Recently Mar cus Loew sprang a surprise upon the audience by arranging for the appearance of George M. Cohan, Stella Mayhew, Montgomery and Moore, Vesta Victoria and others. On Wednesday night of this week he introduced George Evans, Tro vato and Harry and Irving Cooper, of the fa mous Empire City Quartet. When the celebrities were announced and made their appearance a — applause lasting minutes, greeted m. S. & C. ROMANCE. New York, June 17 (Special to The Billboard). —Miss Anabelle LaPorte, a member of DeHaven & Sydney's Matinee Girls act, and Edward George were married last week. The story of their meeting and its culmination in their mar riage reads like a romance. The Matinee Girls and George opened on the same bill at the Empress Theatre, Chicago, for Sullivan & Con sidine on January 1. and from that time on the two acts were together. George met Miss La Porte, fell in love with her, and they were married. WIRE IN NEW YORK. New York, June 17 (Special to The Billboard) —Sydney Wire was in town this week, engaging people for the J. Frank Hatch Water Show, which opens on Thursday of next week. One of Wire's assistants will be W. J. Kerwin, who has been engaged as master propertyman Ker win, during the past season, held a similar posi tion at the Hippodrome. During the fall and winter season Wire will be connected with the firm of Jack Singer, Ince the burlesque magnates, as general press rep resentative, BERT COOPER GOES ABROAD. New York, June 17 (Special to The Bill board).—Bert Cooper, who is one of the Cooper Brothers, comprising the Empire City Quartet, sailed Wednesday for Europe. His stay abroad will be for an indefinite time Cooper has branched out as a manager, handling such acts as Bessie Clayton and others of like fame. He has been granted permissicn to book Eva Tan guay abroad. GRAY AT NEW BRIGHTON. New York, June 17 (Special to The Billboard) —Charles Gray, who was assistant in the box office at the Colonial Theatre, is during the summer months, che man behind the wicket at Dave Robinson’s New Brighton Theatre Mr Gray is a nephew of Billy Van of Van and the seaumont Sisters. BOOKED OVER 6&. & C. New York, June 17 (Special to The Billboard) Scheck and D’Arville have been booked for a tour of the Sullivan & Considine Cireuit The act came East but two weeks ago and was an in stantaneous success here FOREIGN ACTS BOOKED HERE. New York, June 17 (Special to The —The Dandies, a foreign musical the Cedric Sunday. The act is tour of the Orpheum Circuit ly. billboard) act, arrive On booked for a to open immediate MABEL BARDINE GOES ABROAD. New York, June 17 (Special to The Billboard). | —Mabel Bardine sailed Wednesday for London ;on a pleasure trip. She will be abroad during | ville S. & C. New York, June 17 BOOKINGS. (Special to The Blboard). —Kluting’s Animals, Willard Hutchinson and Co., Harry Mayo and the LaVine Cimeron Trio have been booked by CObris 0. Brown for a 25 weeks’ tour of the Sullivan & Considine Cir cuit. They open at Milwaukee, June 25, PAULINE SAILS. New York, June 17 (Special to The Billboard) —Pauline, the hypnotist, sailed today for Eng land. The trip is for pleasure only. Pauline will be absent from this side for about two months, OLD-TIMERS AT ORPHEUM. New York, June 17 (Special to The Billboard) —The Orpheum Theatre in Brooklyn, closes its season next Saturday night. To commemorate the closing week, Manager Percy G. Williams bas assembled an Old-Timers’ Festival, the bill being the same as that appearing this week at the Colonial Theatre, including Melntyre and Heath, Mrs. Annie Yeamans, James and Bonnie Thornton, Gus Williams, Lottie Gilson, Ward and Curran, Will H. Fox, Fox and Ward and John LeClair. “LEGITS” IN VAUDEVILLE. New York, June 17 board).—Tom Temple and Anna Bennett wil) close their season on the Keith & Proctor Cir cuit on July 16. Temple and Bennett are both from the legitimate field. (Special to The Bill NOTES OF THE ROAD. Actors masculine and actors feminine, all the actors in Houston, Texas, in fact, forgot their original lines, their grammar and their make up on Friday night, June 9. The occasion was a fete given by Manager Parker of the Lyric Airdome, which opened that week with the bet ter class of vaudeville acts that are invading the South this season. To make a long story short, it was a ‘‘crab supper,"’ with a few man hattans on the side. The fete was called to order by Manager Parker, who introduced the toastmaster of the evening, L. LaPeirre of Central America. Then the doings were off with a rush. First was an address by Judge Austin, who is the Counsel of the White Rats in Hous ton: then followed such entertainers as Net) McKinley, Wm. Shilling, Martini and Maxmillian, Harry Knapp, Provol, The Bowery Trio, Ethel Talbot, Barnes and Edwins, Harry Wolff, Joe Smith, Leroy and Drake, Claus, Radcliff and Claus, The Princess Chorus and newspaper men from the Houston Chronicle. At the end Manager Parker was voted a jolly goo! fellow, and at 3:15 a. m., the thespians and handlers of the law and newspaper men went on their way feeling light-hearted and with a good thought for his fellow brother and sister, as all doings of this kind makes one feel. Clyde Fitch's well-known society comedy, The Girl With the Green Eyes, is being presented with mach success at the Lyric Theatre, Detroit, Mich., by the Vaughan Glaser Stock Company. The comedy is one of the best pieces of satire that ever came from the pen of that prolific writer, It is certainly drawing first-class aud! ences, The Rossards, that athletic couple, have been engaged for the Mississippi State Fair, Oct 24 Nov. 2, as one of the feature attractions They are well booked up for the fair season, begin ning July 20. At present The Rossards are play ing for Paul Goudron through the Central States. Rishee and Connelly. who have been playing Association Time since last January, have com pleted the entire Jake Wells Circuit throughout the South. After filling a few dates in the vi cinity of St. Louis. they will return East for a rest before going out for their fall season. Rube Strickland, after a successful season over th W. V. A and Pantages’ Cirenits, will finish the season at Pueblo, Col, and return to his summer home at Salamanca, N. Y. His fall sea son starts early in September He forty weeks over the Western Time Lucey Lucier and Chas is booked for Ellsworth are at pres ent featured on the Hodkins Time in the South They are booked till the latter part of July and will spend the month of August in their bunga low on the Atlantic Coast, just out of St. Augus tine, Fla, Ressie May Jackson, a well-known vaudeville and musical woman, has purchased a home along the banks of the St. John’s River wear Jackson Fla Her address is 1950 Albert Street, Jacksonville, Fla, Billy Reno opened his season at Chester Park, Cincinnatl, week of June 11. Billy has been vis iting his sick mother at Providence, R. for the past ten weeks and Cirenit Sweeney tages weeks extended Rooney have opened on the Pan and have beokings for twelve November 15 they sall for Europe for an tour Herrman and pacity business spite of the drought Reno Showe« through extreme are playing to ca Northern Kansas in hot weather and long Pearl Stearns and Company, after playing six months in the South, oenened at the Hamilton Airdome, St Louis, Mo., to an audience of 8.000 Leona Cortel Musical Stock Company jumped from Athens, 0.. to Blemarck, N. D.. where they open for four weeks, with Western Time to fol low Mise bill at Jeanette TV Arville t« the Derce Theatre ville’s novelty acts Tom Kerr, the street mueiclan fourteenth week on the second tour of the circuit. Billy Star is epending the summer on his ranch near Oklahoma City. Okla He ts also getting a new act for next season, The Crafeaux have Just finished their engage ment over the Ted Sparks Cireult, and opened for Geo. 11. Webster heading a strong Union. Pa. Miss D'Arthe bill ie now In his Greenwood time, his