The Billboard 1911-12-23: Vol 23 Iss 51 (1911-12-23)

DECEMBER 23, 1911. The Billboard 1, — po — ® ; @ N e C —= ' for its excellent cuisine and good music, but] understanding by which the two routes will be actic on ; cal a ia 2 d ire adding to it. Walter Esberger con-}| booked in conjunction, which will be a big patente = for ml yp Mar oygateer F ectgpr' od JACKSONVILLE, FLA. , the orchestra, which is a superior organiza| saving in railroads for the players and should | to the production including ota wae coos at h every sense, make the ‘‘time’’ more attractive to big acts | soloists pipe-organ selections, and crowded y the annual treat of the local Lodge of Elks] with excess baggage or several people. With] houses are again the deaeat 8, crowadet The benefit performance given by Manager tains orphans of this city will take place at] this announcement comes the news of a new As a special mark of courtesy to Artl Er Leach of the Orpheum Theatre on December 8, line upress Theatre on the morning of De-| theatre at Waco, Tex., which will open Christ-] Roach, a member of the Rocheste a -*: | for a number of the profession in distress, Crew Wa iber 27. Manager Robinson has secured the | mas Day with the Hodkins booking and the ad-| Bartenders’ Local more ths ¥ a aaa “ “y capacity business. The bill was as fellows: nest ar sketch, Jack the Giant Killer, for | dition of the New Majestic in Jacksonville, | bartender tende % = Any red _tocal | Charles Hecklow, Russell and Berger, Shafer : Al oes . Se : : : o ’ artenders attended the performance of Salva° : P _ D 1as week, and in it will be introduced | Fla., and Rausch’s Theatre in Tampa, Fla., to] tion Nell! at the Bijou Opera Hous f this end Mason, Mr. McCarty, Frisco Quartutte, ence George Angur, the tallest man in the world, , that circuit. city, Friday night ln cove — bg he Laura Howe, Henry Brown, Harmonious ‘Trio, Tee and Ernst Rommel and his troupe of midgets. W. R. ARNOLD. | plays the saloon-keeper in the play and was | PT00ks and Carlisle, Ward and Webber, Mub Other — in store y the little ones, ——————$———_______. entertained by the Minneapolis Bran, or Siicenadl | ie oye Frank Palmer and the 1 a e ‘ : Each child wi ”¢ presented with a box of . whee tpn . Np gE RCE nad Zechs. The orchestias of the Orpheum and Ma: 7 andy and fruit. The committee in charge of KANSAS CITY, MO. — a _ oe —_ ‘ jestic furnished music. : h x the iir will be appointed by Exalted Ruler eee refectorv. man has bought a haif pac cnr Complimentary to Manager Delcher of the Du$ wil Allen today. The wives and sweethearts of In order to reach Kansas City in time for] the Crystal Theatre purchasing same frot D. val Theatre, this city, Protessor Wilhelm Meyer, on the members will be on hand to look after the | the opening performance of He Came From] J. LaBar and announces that 7 geen win om assisted by Mrs, W. B. Ford, gave a lecture-re : rg . rt of the children. Every performer and | Milwaukee, Sam Bernard chartered a special | continued as a motion ‘picture bees oat nant | cital om The Girl of the Seeman Week tae fae i ‘mployee of the house, from Manager Robinson | Rock Island train from Denver and made a] spring, when it will probably become a compi| Preceding the opera, to familiarize the patrons [ low has contributed his services free of | record run between the two cities. Mr, Bernard | nation picture and vaudev lle house, with altera | with the history, theme, ete. No admission was : charge. Every inmate of the orphan asylums in| and his company left Denver shortly after two] tions which will cost in the neigt borho« " of charged. ; s city bas been invited. o'clock the morning of Sunday, December 10, | $15,000. A five-piece orchestra will ager er Mme. Scheff, Miss Virginia Mott, Mr. George if ae eee and reached here at 6:15, Sunday evening, mak-| to the present equipment in the near future Pag = — — E. i = prance : ‘ ing the trip in a little over sixteen hours. The Andy Campion, the well-know é who | pche Company, witnessed the performance 0 : " ST. LOUIS, MO. fastest hand between Denver and this city is | has been many Pim iy ag Tenre enim Girl of the Golden West, at the Duval fs a eighteen hours, tres here, is now at the door of the Scenic | /BCatre, Sunday night, December 10. i fas Both grand and light opera are the chief at|. Mr. Robert Mantell will rest here until | Theatre, of which J. B. Schmit is manager. ? The “sated members of the Kalem Company have A a iractions in St. Louis this week and musical | C!ristmas, opening at the Shubert Christmas RODERIC STE, FLEURE. Saree. ne is leas ee eee ) “ ly fills out the balance of a good program. Eve. | emt of Renee Reel. whe has been aacoeintes ts The Aborn English Grand Opera Company at Additional arrangements have been made by _— \r the Kalem Company No, 1 in California. f t Shubert Theatre, is giving splendid satisthe committee in charge of the Mayor’s Christ| The Casino, a new motion picture house, has j fact . , . tn roe as Tree *h i he benetfi . been opened on Broad Street. P W f u, and Emma Trentini, in Naughty Mari| ™#8 Tree, which is for the benefit of the poor LOUISVILLE, KY. I . WwW f e etta, at the Olympic Theatre, has the only abae of hw oa and after the distribution pL ws E. N, OTTO. > s eV opers y > j me OT £1lts and candies, *., or before, ¢ “bristmas ae s a RS wa ne. ith "anneal visit thie pan ge. entertainment my to i g Song in ‘which a fhe new Majestic Theatre is now finished * = Ss aneu 8 dis ee e ; 5° ’ . ar is one o > os -to-date useR St i can a and seems to still control its hold on | amd turns of the various theatrical companies | Pte ‘Ohio River. This: house has a. seating | SEATTLE, WASH. i : the public patronage ¢ avor The > playing in the city a he time, will generous , os Ye ae eee “a =e t TI Break rs at ae Gee ee Ag Bo ly donate their talents, and also there will be parent 4 _" 1,200. Th a e the. only house in oe Miss the American are the other musical shows of | CBtertainment from local amateurs who will asca aa ae Lo Kimemacolor _ Seattle Lodge of Elks held their «annual ner { I Havlin’s Theatre is furnishing the only sist, A. Judah, manager of the Grand Theaener The | ecg = BShsciriy tgs card to this memoria] service in the Moore Theatre Decem t . . ; tad : re. } > » ye at : house. he house is managed by Mr. Louis Dit> “ ? t i lrama for the week in Camille, and it is | '® 3 the third vice-president of the associaSpa Poa : : A | ber 3, and filled the entire lower floor and the : ~ ¢ " : mier, who is one of the best known managers : © 4 wD rawing splendid business. The burlesque theton and is work ng hard to make this big in Louisville greater portion of the balcony. Tasteful deco ke atres, the Standard and the Gayety, are doing | ©!t!stmas celebration a success. Mr. Judah he seer ot ypodrome, boasted to be the only | Tations converted the stage into a park-like tt their usual big business. ‘The vaudeville is} #¢¢ording to his usual custom, one afterneon} © BC% ~ Ppocrome, boasted to be the on'y | expanse, where palms, ferns and aloes mingled ° 3 . € Sl of Christm: aah peewee € e corner picture show in Louisville, is now open A “ “ : s¢ aken care of by the Columbia 1 the Hippo f Chri tmas week will have a special matinee playing | to capacity every night The house | together to make a delightfully natural effect. . drome The bills at both these houses are} £% the poor children in honor of this great Gnesed. un with. urices at 5 and 10 . ts. bur | Jebm M. Gearin of Portland, former United bove the average this week. _ cnadean a wane ee He age Date States Senator from Oregon, gave an eloquent the John H. Havlin has been a visitor in this Pot W . Shouse, manager of Convention Hall, BS conte. . Siaoe anaience ster of aan Hip: and sympathetie memorial address. for the past week on business pertaining | ‘2¢ Dlg hall where the Mayor's Christmas Tree| joqrome, has secured the services of Henry Adele M. Ballard, a well-known Syattile it of the Imperial Theatre. It is Celebration is to be held, is personally interest-| wo yreyer to take charge of hile macs house. | Se¢iety woman, and Edgar H. Thomas, dramatic +) ut the house will open about Jan| /% himself in the class of entertainment to Mr ropa oll Sad in a eine. shia ni Seca critic of The Times, are the authors of a prot y 1, as a musical stock house, and as this| %..*!vem im the hall and will. personally supfor a great make’ Wend). therefore Mr eieaiaee nounced vaudeville hit in a dramatic tabloid is a new innovation for this city, much interest | Ti@tend all the acts, did not make a mistake in et loving hi “| sketch, entitled The Storm Center, which will I a the outcome is created. ° limethy D. Sullivan of the vaudeville firm of The new Tae aes Pc whee me mene or. | be. a headline attraction on the Pantages Cir i . Schwartz is just been made the manager | SUlivan & Considine Circuit, was in Kansas ganized, which ne ys “a se ae a ong ay cuit in the near future, 4 the St or > .. Weg _} City, Wednesday, December 7, In company ith | ©; . mean a great help to the The reek f yecembe 0 rill rate : he § Louis Film and Supply Co. of this | ‘*?" ¥. r 7, in pany with | picture shows of Louisville. Their chief object he week of December 10 will inaugurate My. Peck has already left for the | ‘is busin associate. John W. Considine and | i, to promote and protect the motion picture | 2 8€480n of onera at the Moore with the Lam{! ern office and Mr, Mason will leave this his book Mr, Robinson, and Ont. 5 teeen anil the oes a oe canoe ce bardi artists in repertoire. ; a having put the St. Louis office in a prosRegardless of the fact that business conditions gaged therein The members ‘are owners of The new Society Theatre, a photo-play house : s condition, in many states are far from prosperous, Kan-| the gollowing theatres: Majestic, Novelty, Hop| 02 the corner of Broadway and John Street, i ) advertising manager of the} S%S Clty is not of the class of ‘dead centers.” | gins” Casino, Columbia Orpheum, Fooned’ Guan, opened December 8 with four reels of new $ rt jarrick Theatres in this city, was | ..! See Much activity here,” said Mr. Sullivan, | oxee Bijou-Dream, Hippodrome, Olympic, West films and two song specialties. This theatre 1 in evidence last week at the convention | _2"4 Of course, having interests in this city, ies meee en ee ee is a credit to the residence portion of the city. F the Billposters and Billers, they having I am able to judge whether or not you are going Glob i: k seal mead . te condi . D ~~ | It cost $10,000, entertained at the above theatre Si forward. 1 will say that I think Kansas} 2.02¢; Jt 1s known as the Louisville Photo-play ‘ LEM A. SHORTRIDGE. Pac chats Ebae he above theatres on two Cityians have no cause for complaint You | Association and has elected the following of“ tures " peprenantine a ; i See ein eee eae rage = one than | ficers: Louis Dittmar, pres dent; M. Switow, eee ; an caused a demonstration _ oe Ba nen many of the large Eastern cities properti mate| mse trae = a a eee as ae ea ae see angry alags a oe iin elton a ia 6a. | president; Max Siomons, treasurer, and Joseph j q da _ moving picture theatres here last week. a A Magy singe np venye — ~— 1S _L. Steuerle, secretary. They have also pn EAST LIV OOL, O. ' = rs aims showed Italian soldiers slaying men, wa oi my wted managed succeed or R. — ganized a Board of Censorship to pass on all d + _ har = ch dren and then firing upon the pas am the first on Rh epee ng, ae —e pictures coming to their houses, cae ¥ F Sy — Se al Italians claimed that the pictures coe wes Mtoe ores . oe 1¢ccess. Nearly The Novelty pair have been engaged by the Since this elty be (it was ‘ary i le’ teele a rue to life, and were an injustice to Ty aati ade ae cont oe The D | Falls City Amusement Company to act asj| four years) there | improvement in phe wir countrymen. Scenes that almost resulted |... sg » fore George De Gross of The De | doorkeepers at the Novelty Theatre. One of the | the local theatrical! r it nas caused = at aawt usly — created and the pictures were pellet gee lg Ned at ped or ge eg | pair is about eight feet tall, the other one is| an influx of peopl ty from neigh? . aay ~y-nll ie soa lair age tail tt ned Here, had +S! about three feet tall. They attract a great| boring ‘‘dry’’ dit s’ Dreamland, 4 , .t is understood that the Grand Opera House | ‘= Ot broken in @ fall that comes sooner OF | deal of attention in front of the theatre. which was under t of Joon C. ; poy _ will be opened as a 10-cent Hippodrome later A all principals of athletic acts, bat Mr. M. Switow has returned from New York, | Walsh, Jr., has ¢ ‘oom will be , _ : a Oe — which will give St. Louis two a a hg yg | where he has been making arrangements with used for mercantile + leaves but i a. The rr will make a dime look like a dollar. a ene de sarap eae Pe ‘erg ive Uime | Eastern film men to open a first-class film ex-| two photo-play hous y doing a H we x he otor Boat Show, now running at the | “ as on ——atage Bere, O8t Ot felt that | change in Louisville. straight business—the eClintock’s ; Ne liseum, is attracting a big attendance, and the act commas his presence and so at sufThe new Cherokee Theatre is now open to the | Eleetric. While pictures the Amer “se lag Payne's idea of keeping something go ne iasetio a were hye ~> — act. if r public, The Cherokee is situated on Louisville’s ican, a refined vaudeville by * the Cer H on at the Coliseum each week fe co i yrtle oung, wife of Monte Woo a who | creat White Way, and makes a great showing | amie, when road attracti ere, the “¢ <— en k Is commenc with her husband and Mayme Legal, make up 4 =v geatind hi lichte hich es en | closing of the big Walsh hou ing that £ to give it a place of consideration by the | The Clover Trio on the bill at the Orpheum with its great white lights, which can be seen | Closing 0 — os s‘. the ublic when seeking amusement. The Colise he week: of hiecesiiias & wall cases 2 oh the | 20% many blocks away. It is owned by the much more business to the ot ai he will probably book ot . =me Lhaeeem Bags ayes ee flag ae aoe rom © | Cherokee Amuse Co., a newly-organized com | Large theatre owners here hy having : } obab ook one of the big circuses for| Stage, Monday night, December 4, suffering | nany, |} a hot old time of it with the ‘‘w “dry se he early spring. a relapse following an operation for appendiThe Star Theatre, another great White Way | leaders during the last month, fo veral ber Jim Anderson of the Cosmonoliten Shows, | it's. eMrs. Woolf was operated upon in Seattle | theatre. and also the Bijou-Dream, have been | houses have been in demand for 3 on ist RL. — = = Louis this week, being on a cay _— a “omar rages mts finished tand is playing to capacity every night these sides. Steube nvilie, in Jeffers : aty, 4 Stnhesten egy e states that his shows are te “ies Spee See a aes nD eee ARTHUR V. SHECKLER. adjoining here, new has its troubles. As a re . £ in Argenta. Ark... and that he will urn to work that caused her relapse. Physult of this condition of affairs, there have ae as, ar ie the road early this spring, — = — ne ty — — — —--—---— — been fewer road attractions bere this seas’ iss “Adele Nelson of the Tacms 7 wr work. but as fast an urious dancing than for years, he Memon Troupe new plaving at the eerie is the principal feature of the act, she could LOS ANGELES, CAL. A sensation was created here December 7, ner here. is the aheolute feature of the long pro not stand it. The act for the rest of that Soren when the Morning Tribune came out with four ‘ cram Miss Nelson is one of the world’s re| Week went on without Mrs. Woolf. 7 The Little Joker, a new play by Hayden Tal-| columns, double leaded matter on the first Pek howned Nelson Family of acrobats, and {s much WM, W. SHELLEY. bot. was given its first production on any stage | page with a retraction of all ill things which 7 mossessed with skill and ortistle ability Se ae ae ee ee by the Burbank Stock Company, at the Burbank | it has printed about the Ceramic Theatre or or WILE J WEY. Theatre on Sunday, December 10. This play | its management during the last year or 80. = 7 a Se MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. was written as a starring vehicle for Max ig. This resulted in the a of a libel “ a —_—-— man, who created the name role with the Bur-| suit for heavy damages against the newspaper e's NASHVILLE, TENN. George A. Dole, owner of the Crystal Thea-| bank Company in the first production. The| and its publisher. To top this all off with, me ; mina tre Building and its site at 305 Hennepin] cast includes Florence Stone, who has beenj| a reporter was named and made ‘‘the goat, mae Nashville {s to have another new motion | Avenue, has sold the same to Hiram Robinson, | Playing a special engagement with this com-} but rumor is rife that this reporter only wrote os Pleture house which will be thrown open to the|a Canadian resident, the tract being valued | P2My, as Patricia O’Brien, in The Chorus] one of the ‘stories’? the others being at the or rublie January 1, 1912. This new house is be-| at $2,000 per front foot. This transaction, | Lady. _— dictation of ‘‘those higher up.’’ It is also as ith Ing built by the Crescent Amusement Company, | which is merely a transfer of Ownership, does The Little Joker is a comedy of the newspa-| serted that the matter is not yet ended and D4: Whe now own and control some of the finest| not in any way affect the existing leases, The | PeT world, and the role of Ross, Jr., fits Mr.| that additional civil actions are anticipated. iss motion picture theatres in the eity, as well ag| Crystal Theatre property covers 44 by s8o| Figman’s comedian powers like a glove. William Hocking, of Chester, W. Va., has be “thers outside of Nashville. In a personal In-| feet, Mr. Dole was represented by J. R. King lewis S. Stone, who for six years has] started to book picnics for Rock Spring Park ph terview with the Nashville Billboard corres-| man in the negotiations. . played the leading male parts with the Belasco] for the season of 1912. It was said that a park ec Hp ndent, .W. J. Williams, one of the main stock Frank Edwards and George E. Rivers, wanted | Theatre Stock Company, will leave Log Angeles | interest at Denver, Colo., had an option on this ut olders in the Crescent Amusement Company | as suspects In the robbery of the Dewey Thea-| {in a few weeks, to play in New York the | large and paying property, but that the option a. ‘ald the new house would be one of beauty as| tre, whose safe was blown last. fall, were | !¢ad_ in The Bird of Paradise, which had a suc| expired December 1, without being taken up. : well as comfort and that money would be no| brought from Sioux Falls, S. D., by Minne| cessful original production at the Belasco | There will be no open-air attractions at Rock | th abject as it was the intention to make this| apolis detectives, and are being held in the | Theatre some time ago. Mr. Stone has played | Spring Park next season according to the :7 ‘iI! use one of the finest in the city. The new| Central police station here. many parts, and probably holds the world’s | present program. 5 1 it ouse will be named Ronita. : Through the courtesy of Manager A. G. Bain. | Tecord for the longest stock engagement. He The theatrical profession will be pleased to +3 ir I am just in receint of a folder which was | bridge, Jr.. of the Shubert Theatre, the Minne-| {is an excellent actor, and gentleman, and will} learn that $50,000 is to be spent improving : on aut to me from California by the Miller Bros. | apolis Journal made arrangements by which the | be a loss to Los Angeles, both in and outside | the Landora Hotei on Fourth Street, opposite | & Arlington 101 Ranch Real Wild West. The] Boys’ Club of Minneapolis will receive one-| of the theatre. Res the Ceramic Theatre... The house is under the ; th ory is neat in every way, it being some two] third of the gross receipts for the two weeks B. THOMAS MONSON. management of Thomas Lounds, for many years ; ot. aan in length and gives the pictures of each| of the Lyman Howe Travel Festival, beginning it eT Te ees oz pone p scp gO oan eo 1: } on nectar ev ans In fact every one that was con-| at the Shubert Theatre Sunday, December 17. @ E. Ne 123 thie Pine held anemia ‘ at nm ted with the show during the seasen of 1911.] The Boys’ Club is a newsboy institution. MONTREAL CAN 10 m. 2em salted sg folic be ° P ~P De Pe é im sho folder also contains the official route of the | which numbers over six hundred members. ’ : 10. and _ ~ ae ees ae ae ‘Ko a4 5 7 a! Riiy May . and which provides recreation, education and = : age . pan I lh eet MOevel setiere: ‘Sacidae one. H ge th ays. an old Nashville boy, dropped in| kindness for them, keeping them away as much The passing of the Casino Theatre to the * : . ite “Williams: Semana ‘alfred aa ; he ee on December 9, for a few hours stay | as possible from the temptations of the downAmusement Specialties, Ltd., is announced. re ary 4 a i eM = ad ec Ae H an Ri ng friends, who were all glad to see him. | town city districts, It is their intention to feature daylight pictures. pell; ae oe 0 Bp pen ‘ Ae rat Sy ity ext is now connected with mammoth musical Harry Lines, the well-known fair and carThe visit of the Duke and Duchess of Con business agent, : “ Bolt ae = naan oy kt H halan eanga, The Top O° The World and is] nival man, who has been working during the | naught, who is also Governor General of Canward —_— = mn o a nes n — comers ; he Glecteke down the responsible position of chief | past summer season with a free out-door plat-| ada to this city, has boomed grand opera. Al Executive Joba B wt ontz, John any: of hin se Mr. Mays joined his company at| form act at fairs and carnivals throughout the | ready two nights have been announced that | penny and John Bolton. M. K. ZIMERMAN : ; en R wille, Ind, eountry, is back at his old stand at the door] the royal party and suite will attend. ; M. : 4 MAN. : ° e ens doe is speeding along at a lively rate |of the Isis Theatre here, where he will probThe all-star cast of Pinafore is as bright ‘he Scabies ‘ys around the Warloto Film (Co.'s head| ably remain through the winter, and as pleasinas it was of yore. | 2 se write rs. and Manager ©. Holberg informed the Manager 8S. L. Rothapfel of the Lytie TheaChildren under 15 years of age are proa : : rar + ‘na that he was so busy that he didn’t have} tre, has received so many requests for a repeti| hibited from attending picture houses or theaAdditional Big City Letters wil! ate t's It Ho eat much lesa go home at night. tion of the Passion Play, which was given|tres in this city unless accompanied by their he found 58. } ire one reported that the Hodkins Lyric Cir-] in daylight pictures at the Lyric a short time | parents, a : oar ou on page : “nd the Wells Circuit have come to an] since, that he has put same on again as the N. W. SHANNON, a 5 ; 5 .