The Billboard 1912-01-20: Vol 24 Iss 3 (1912-01-20)

: i 18. The Bitl b ca rd JANUARY 20, 1912. a = 8 ei stn PHILADELPHIA, PA. The Standard Theatre, formerly known as the Standard Vaudeville and Moving Picture Theatre, lias been recently leased to the Paul Burns Stock Co., with Mr. J. ’H. Bucken, manager. The annua] authors’ night of the Browning So fety: was held Wednesday evenifig, Jantaty 8. in Witherspodn Hull, and an tnusnally Iter: esting prograttti was arranged for the occasion. This yenr the meétings Nave been devoted to the stndy of the dratia; ranging from those of Greék ‘atid’ Roman foundation to thé present ay Professor Stoekton Axson,' of Princeton Univers‘ty, read a paper on Poetic Drama, and Professor, George | Pierce “Baker, of Harvard University, read a paper on Signs of the Times in the Prama. The program included a poem by Mrs.* Florence Ear! Coates, entitled, In the Town a‘Wild Bird Singing, with music by Miss Letit'a . Radcliffe. Mile. Julie Lindsay, of Paris, was the soloist of the evening. An entire new set of costumes were worn last week by the ladies figuring in the banquet scene in the second act of Everywoman. The new gowns are Parisian importations and represent the latest creations of the modiste’s art in the French metropol's. . Following the Irish Players at the Adelphi, the Whitney Opera Company will offer the latest continental operati novelty, Baron Trenck. The American version is by Henry Blossom and Frederick Schrader, and the original book and music by Felix Alb‘'ni and Wilmer Bodansky. The cast includes Herr Fri-z Strumfels, Blanche Duffield, John Slavin. Gladys DeLorme, John Parlow and Pearl Rart!. Comedian John E, Henshaw, who ts this season appearing in vaudeville in a playlet ent:tled Strangers in a Strange Flat, has just finished a comedy-drama called The G'rl and the Club Man, which is to have a production in this city next spring. G. Dongias Rartlett will represent the Quaker City Motor Club at the fourth annna] National Good Roads Convention, to convene in Washington, D, C., January 17. The date for the annnal road ability run of the club was fixed for Apr'l 27. Last vear the run was conducted to Atlanti City. The destination of the 1912 contest will be arranged at a future meeting. Elmore E. Ashmore, the night watchman at the Grand Opera Honse, who fell a distance of fifty feet Monday night. January 1, while making his rounds of the show house, sustaining Internal injuries, a broken leg. arm and r'hs, died at St. Joseph's Hospital at 16:45 Thursday night January 4. It has been announced that the Orphenm Theatre, now in course of erection at 4244-48 Chelten Avenue, has been purchased by a syndicate headed by Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdl'nger, the well-known theatrical man, from Albert M. Greenfield, who represented the Penn Rullding Company. The consideration was nominal, subject to a mortgage of $125.009. The theatre, which is being built on a lot 92x181 feet. from plans prepared by John B. Allen. will be rushed to completion by the new owners and when finished ‘t will be one of the largest of Ite kind in the «ity, baving a seating capacity of 2.600. The Orphenm will be run in conjunetion with the other theatres of N'xon-Peonles, and {t will form another link in the chain of their popular playhouses, F. A. BAILEY. JERSEY CITY. N. J. Harry Mevers of Ra'timore is the new treasurer of the Orphenm Theatre. and Miss Margarete Rrowning is his assis‘ant. Thomas Sheely, the manager, remains with this bonse. The Colonie! Theatre, Rutherford, N. J., a hotse of 800 capacity. onened last week It will he devoted to high-class vandeville. Sto kholders of the Phoen'x Realty Co.. and their friends, held a theatre par‘y at the Orphenm Theatre to welcome the Vale Stock Company and the return of s*eck to that hone. Moving pictures and vandeville had been the offering at this honse for the past six weeks, but that style of en‘ertaimment bad not heen nleasing to the Phoenix Realty Co., owners of the theatre, An acrobatic act of unnsval merit was preuses ~. the an Corallos at the Monticello eatre. Communipaw and Monticello Ay first half of week of January 7. . —r Eddie B_ Collins, the clever young Jersey City comedian, who graduated from the amatenr stage to the professienal one. war the principal fun maker 'n the Whirl of Mirth Company at the Ron Ton. A lot of bis old friends extended a hearty welcome to him. He apog in a rintons piece of nonsense called Dooey’s Re ention «nd he works hard and successfully in the leading role. Sam Rice. star of the Daffrdtl Burlesque Co., has been having more than his share of bad Inck this season. F'rst his young son was taken sick, then his daughter. and now his wife has the pnenmonia. Thronch it all Mr. Rice only lost one night from the company. ELMER FE. BUSH. ST. LOUIS, MO. Although the recent cold weather seems to be general over the country it seems that the incidents theatrically have centered about St. Louls, at ‘east during the past week. The week began with the snnonncement of the breach between Rianche Ring and the Schubert management. The redneing of the sxesle of _ Prices at the Garrick Theatre to $1.00 for the best seats seems to have displeased Mise Ring to the extent that she refused to play her engagement at this house and has booked to apnear at the Century Theatre here. which te under the K. and E. control. The city Ie not at present aware of the exact location of Mias Ring for next week, as she is billed in the newspaners and on the walls to apneat at beth the Century and the Garrick Theatres. The management of the Garrick states that snit will be filed If she does not fill the announced engagement, and some interesting things will be on the theatrical ‘} Sliding Louis public will see Miss Ring at any rate, no matter who is disappointed. The company which played the Squaw Mano at Havlin’s Theatre bere last week cwsed Its season with the St. Louis engagement, ending January 13. Business is not very profitable in these patts at present, and many of the companies are finding ft bard to pull through. Manager Harty Buckley ‘of the Columbia Theatre here last week provell a hero in beng alle to quiet bis audtence when a building just opposite his theatre was destroyed by fire. With the ‘thermemetur’ brlow zero he . went home very ‘tired and exhausted from his labors only to be aroused and compelled to flee out in the cold taf clad, owing to. his own residence being on fire. Mr. Buckley stated that It was the first time that he really acted a melodrama. , A number of motion picture theatres have closed in St Louis during this month from lack of business, and yet we thought that these were keeping down the attendance at the higher priced theatres. It seems to be a case of nobody having much money for amusements, Mr. Doyle, who has been associated with the Dickson Film Exchange of this city, left last week to take charge of a branch exchange established by this firm In Houston, Tex. Mr. Doyle’s experience should serve him well. Mr, Dickson will continue to conduct the welfare of the exchange here, which has shown much activity ‘during the past six montha. Mr. Edgar C. Larmer has come into much note lately through the success of his play let The Passing of Time, which was the crowning feature of the T. M. A. entertainment at the Hippodrome last week. There were over 200 people in the act, which was a specatcular | affair. and a new year pantomime. The cast of principals included: Father Time, who is about to pass into the new world ...............Mr. George Rev. Father Righteousness, of the village ee Jack Montgomery os | ee Members of T. M. A. The Cupids who come as Infants of the New Year: Misses Regina Reiley. Helen Grassman, Elizabeth Wolkewizt, Estelle Quigley, Helen Kinderman, Catherine LaPee. Dear Old Winter Time ...Miss Esther Crawford Our Dancing Girls: Misses Cannan, Stanleye, Grassman, Ralducci, Hoppe, Sibley, Cirode, Shephard, Russell, Monahan, Brock Tie GOR Ge FEO ccc ccccccccevcessase = Sister Lucille Clayton, T. M. A. 112 Misses Haves, Mullen, Rausch, Kleinhorst, Lancaster, Clay, Paris, Harvey, McLaughlin, Becker. ..Miss Virginia Grey and entire chorus The success of this one feature of this programme was remarkable and was much commented upon as a future hit for the vaudeville stage Mr Edgar Larmer has been instrumental in sending out several sketches of merit and the vaudeville stage has been his chief field. Marie Cahill who Is this week producing The Opera Ball at the Shubert Theatre here, owing to the severe storm that swept over the country, was late in getting into St. Louis Sunday night. The orchestra of the theatre rehearsed its entire repertoire while waiting for the company to arrive. The question of no show for the evening was settled when Miss Cahil!, although completely worn ont by the tedious journey, insisted on giving the performance. The curtain did not rise until after 9 o'clock. Although the company showed the effects of being tired the performance was pleasing to satisfaction. The storm of Sunday made it impossible for the company playing Excuse Me at the Century to give a performance They did not ararrive in the city until too late to attempt a performance, and the house, which wag very large were dismissed with exchange of nights or refund of money Dwight Elmendorf wil come to the Odeon Theatre here for a series of five lectures commencing January 18 His engagements have alwars been a success here and the box office sale Is already large. Mr. Frank U. Correa thas been seeking through this office the address of his brother, who is with the Clark Sisters, now playing vaudeville. If this notice is read by him or those that know where he can be reached it will be appreciated by his brother. His father died in Jacksonville. Tll., on January 7. WILL J. FARLEY. CINCINNATI, Henry Miller made his reappearance in Cincinnati at the Grand Jannary 15, after an absence of four years. H. S. Sheldon’s play, The Havoc, proved to be more than an ordinary attraction, and the indications are for a usual big ‘‘Miller’’ week. In the central character of the play Mr. Miller has found a role to which he is admirably sulted, and in which he is doing some of the best work of his career. Cincinnati ardiences also look for an excellent cast when a Henry Miler play is announced, and they were not disappointed, the cast in The Havoc being one of the strongest In point of ability that has appeared at the Grand this season. The Lyric offered the farce Over Night for the week of January 14. The plece contains a number of novel scenes and amusing sitnations. from which a capable company extracted every ounce of fun. The Dawn of a Tomorrow, a psychological play. was given ite first stock production in this city by the Orpheum Stock Co. e varlons members of the company were exceedingly well cast, and gave an excellent Interpretation of the plece. Eva Parlor scored a hit as the gutter girl, Glad, and Gertrude Rondhi!!, Louise Farnum, Carl Anthony, Roert Adame and Walter Dickinson were also seen to advantage. Clyde Fitch’ last play, The City, was another “first time in stock In Cincinnati’’ production, and proved a good vehicle for the Olympic Players the week of the 14th. Duncan Penwarden did some fine acting in the part of Hannock, the do: fiend. Mr. Kellard, Mies McHenry and Miss Allison also did well, while the balance of the cast was very eatisfactory. The Keith Stock Company on a clever comedy, An Unequaled Mate at the New Robinson week of January 14 This is one the best popalar priced stock companies Cincimnatl has eeen for some time, | cinuath | Just a ) delightful , Stage Door. | this city, the wh rapidly growing in favor with the of the Ninth Street House. , Carrie De. Marr,; with..ber songs, elaborate costumes and wonderful. millinery creations, Was che beadiiner aud the Uh of the bill at B. F. Keith's opening “January 14. Scrooge, from Dickens’. A Christmas Carol, was well acted by Tom Terriss’s Engiish Co. The Cin fayorites, Mellville and Higgins, Jno Lithe Fun, went well. Klew Bros. aud Brennan offered Bits of Musical Comedy, while Wright and Deitrich have a povel singing uct. Karl Emmy and his pets, Hastings and. Wilson in a sketch entitled The Lunatics and LT’athe’s Weekly were the balance of a good. bill, but which was somewhat overburdened with sketches. The Empress had another crack-a-jack bill Week of the l4th, headed by one of the most murvelous troupes of athletes ever seen ip George Bonhalr Troupe. J. Hunter Wilson and Effie Pearson presented a comedy entitled At the Reception, and scored at hit with their ciever singing and dancing. Bartlett, Harmon and Malkin were seen in a gvod musical comedy, Spiven's Selma Waters and Herbert Frank were seen in their latest success, A Woman's Wuy; Miss Rae Eleanor Ball made a successful vaudeville debut as a violin virtuoso. Phillips & Conley put over some clever songs, the Dill concluding with the Empresscope. Let George Do It, a musical comedy from the cartoons of George McManus, the attraction at the Walnut, was one of the best things offered at this house the present season. The patrons | plece is replete with songs, dances and some gvod comedy. George P. Murphy heads the company and is assisted by a capable company and a good lvoking chorus. Miners Americans were the week's attractions at People’s Theatre. This is one of the best shows on the Western Wheel, with an excellent cast of principals and a good chorus. Billy W. Watson and his famous slide led the Girls From Happyland at the Standard during the week. Billy sprung a number of new ones and was received in a manner befitting an old favorite. His company contains a number of clever people. among them Joe Buckiey, Ida Bayton, Nellie Watson, Margie Hilton, George Gardner, Hal Pierson and Charles Lipson. Tablold stock and vandeville are doing well at the Auditorium. The rural comedy, Too Young to Marry and the following vaudeville acts, French's aeroplanes, Hastings and Hastings, a clever sketch team: Howard and Wilson, who can sing and dance, and Pearl Brady, a charming singing comedienne, made up the bill for the week. There was a little girl in the Everrwife Co. at B. F. Keith's week of January 7 upon whom all kinds of attentions were showered. She was Miss Emily Buford, of Covington, Ky. On the programme she appears as Nineta Bristow. Miss Buford’s friends turned ont by the score to see her and at almost every performance she wag the recipient of flowers. Col. Brent Arnold of the L. & N. chaperoned a party one evening in honor of Miss Buford, with a supper foliowing. The new Emery Auditorium, in the Ohio Mechanics’ Institute, designed as the home of the Cincinanti Symphony Orchestra, was formally opened January 6. The elements were far from propitious, but such was the devotion of the regulars, as well as those attracted by the great event, that but few seats were vacant in the hail when the exercises attendant upon the inauguration were begun, For many years the crying need of a hall whose capacity should be less than Music Hall and more than the theatres was comssontes the muopificence of becomes the sessor of a beautiful auditorium, constructed on modern lines, with a capacity of a little over 2,200, supplied with two balconies, and a stage large enough to accommodate a symphony orchestra. The official announcement of the Cincinnati Symphony popular concerts was made January 10, which provides for six concerts on the alternating Sundays between the regular concerts. The first concert will be held on January 28, with Douglas Powell, barytone, as soloist; the second on February 11, with Theodor Bohlmann, planist. as soloist; the third, February 25, with Rernard Sturm, violinist, as goloist; the fourth, March 10, with Miss Mary Conrey, soprano, as soloist: the fifth on March 24, with Miss Florence Hardeman. violiniste, as solist, and the sixth on April 7. with a solo chorus from the College of Music as the feature. The concerts will be held in Emery Auditorium at 3 o'clock. The Chicago Grand Opera Co., which will give a season of grand opera in Music Hall on February 6 and 7, has secured the hearty co-operation of Mrs. C. R. Holmes, President of the Symphony Orchestra Association. At the American, week of January 8, The Reece Bros.’ Afri ander Minstrels, a colored aggrega‘ion, held the boards, presenting two acts, one a real minstrel first part, and the other a southern plantation scene in which there was some very good sing'ng and dancing. The Three Doles have a very funny comedy sketch, entitled A Trip Around the World, which brought forth much applanse and laughter. Prince and Virginia, comedy singerg and talkers, were well received. O. M. Paul, Geroy comedian, pleased. Photoplay closed the TOLEDO, 0. All the loyal theatres had big harvests during the holidays, and many more could have been Glled with the turn-awaya, Now all the staff must etay away from the saloons, New orders have gone into effect. One of the greatest bills in vaudeville for the rice was on the boards last week at the Arcade watre, the ten cent house. Ten acts and many of them headliners. Chet Sergent is certainly giving the Toledo theatre-goers some show for =~ a oy t Is stated that if the funny clown, Harry Clarks, buys that property down {tn Alabama, he will buve to go f bed with Dis rubber boots Pritchard has left the hospital after confi i] pneumonia. Hie several weeks ned with Tecovery was doubtful for a time. ! Kaleidoscopic Review.of Amusement Lew Layman injured his thumb picking up staze Weights at the Arcade stage department, The T. M. A, Lodge bas opened up ‘its’ new club rooms in the Arcade Theatre Building. Now the lodge. will be In the vicinity of wll the theatres. Jas, Kirby Is bome from the wilds of Pennsylvania towns, and Is now out of the’ show b ipess aud awong the advertising mediums, Mr. Burt, our old time ap set ont some beautiful holiday cards, ant Glad that Mr. Burt bas not forgotten the boys that made the show, business famous. The local. billers are to bave a dunce’ Boon. | or oney for the stick up kids. ara Moore fs. becoming famous; hé gets Dive letters from New York. Some, talk that Kid f East this year. , 4 were Vt of Neely about the Billboard headquarters during the holldays. Jas. Spriggs, the local cut-up of the Ringling Shows, made culls to see what all the boys wanted Santa to «] them. ne shar Bettis, of the Colonial picture house, is howe from a tour of the East and West. Kid Koester bas returned, and The Show Girl Company has returned to the B. Cc. Whitney store house for another rest. Kid will rest in our city a short time before going East. Manager Kibble, of the Tom Shows, stopped over trains last week enroute home to Mt. Clemens, Mich. He claims that the slavery day show is doing busipess as in years of old. The Holden Stock Company has started the stock fever at the American and it looks now as if the Jefferson et playhouse will do something with this policy. It is ssaasted that Manager Moore of the Lyceum will not be connected with any ald ‘‘dooms”’ this coming summer. but will be In on the stock season that will open at an early date for the a JACK TIERNEY. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. R. FPF. Jones, manager and proprietor of the Longfellow Zco, has been figuring in the limelight of late, in two court cases fh the local municipal courts. The first case was that bronght against him by Mrs. Zaida Wilcox, formerly a vaudeville actress, who testified that she had sent her pet coyote ‘looser’ to the Longfillow Zoo, at Minnehaha Falls, and paid for his keep there, and that he disappeared from the Zoo last fall and was never found, She asked for $100 for the coyote, which the jury decided was worth just $15, after bearing all testimony. The second case against Mr. Jones was brought through the Minneapolis Humane Society through complaint of Louis Levy, who has a store In the neighborhood of the Zoo, and charged him with cruel treatment of antmals, stating that he had tied the dromedary out in the cold in front of the Zoo for too long a time, also that he had allowed a family of raccoons to be out-of-doors too long. Testimony was offered showing that Mr. Jones had always been kind to his animals, and Bert Kingsley, chief of the park police. testified to this effect, as well as James B. Pindell, agent of the Humane Society. The court held that the raccoons could stay outside, but imposed a small fine upon Mr. Jones for tying the dromedary outside of the Zoo, and stated that this animal must onl be taken out for exercise until March 15, at which date, Mr. Jones is at liberty to tie him outside if he so desires. Due to the absence of District Judge W. E. Hale, before whom the petition was originally filed, argument on petitions for Injunction in the caxe of ten local theatre managers against the Minneapolis Musicians’ Association, was continned on January 6 for one week, with the consent of both sides. The local theatre managers | desire to obtain a permanent Injunction against the Musicians’ Association, from fixing the number of musicians to be employed In each theatre. It ta stated that one of the eastern film mannfacturers Is trying to make negotiations through Manager Archie Miller, of the Dewey Theatre, for the Minneapolis Fire Department. to pose in a eerles of motion pictures, which shall show the department in actnal service, Chief Charles W. Ringer of the Fire Department was to confer with the representatives of the film company and with Mr. Miller, Thursday. January 4, but the results of the conference are not known at thie date. Tublic Examiner Andrew Fritz, after spending several weeks In an andit of the books of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society, which operates the Minnesota State Fair. has announced to Governor A. 0. Eberhart of this State In his report that he finds nothing to criticize, and that the books are in first-class condition, with correct balances. He also sneaks favorably of the new system of ticket andit, which he states is acenrate and expeditions, The Central Social Service Committee of the Federation of Men's Church Cinbs, has appointed a commission to make a study of the modern theatre, and renort its findings, and Dr. Richard Burton of the University of Minnesota has been appointed chairman of this commission. Dr. Marion 1D. Shutter of the Church of the Redeemer (Universalist) has been annointed by this committee to investigate the Sunday amusements. Final reports will be printed from both of these commissions early this spring. Among the new soloists to be obtained by Manager 8. L. Rothanfel of the Lyric Theatre, are Mise Agnes Lewis, contralto. and Mr. Bernard Siegert. cellist, both of whom have made good with Lyric audiences. The pictures de luxe at this theatre are still drawing good natronage. yn = program offered is entertaining in every etall. A. L. Foster, the popular local tenor, is back at his old post at the Unique Theatre here, singing the illustrated songs in duet and solo with Jerome White, baritone. A performance of Ibsen's Ghosts, in Swedish, whl be given at the Metropolitan Opera House here, Sunday afternoon, January 28. Angust Lindberg, of the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Stockholm, is arranging for this performance, and will play the part of Oswald himself. Members of the Women's Legislative Luncheon Club, at their meeting in this city, Saturday, January 6, declared themselves tu favor of motion picture shows in the residence district, as a means of keeping the children near home. Mise Emitie Glortenx, woman police of the local force, spoke on the picture shows here, and said that she had seen but little of an objectionable nature Goring her visits to the various moving picture theatres. J. A. Laudenslager, assistant general received one.