The Billboard 1912-11-23: Vol 24 Iss 47 (1912-11-23)

4 42 The Billboard NOVEMBER 23, 1912. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN, (Coutinued from page 18). Frank Hixon, a iocal boy, is now appearing in vaudevil, with Arthur Cappelen and his wife, Agnes Lee. Paul Donaldson is now treasurer at the local Shubert Theatre, with Arthur Tyson, formerly of the old Lyceum Theatre staff, ag assistant treasurer. Metropolitan Opera House (L, N. Scott, mgr.) Pomander Walk week of Nov. 17; Officer 666 week of 24, Shubert Theatre (A, G. Bainbridge, Jr., mgr.) The Biue Mird week of 17; Bought and Paid For week of 24. Saxe’s Bijou (Theo. L. Hays, mgr.) Saxe’s Drawatic Siock Company, in The Little Tenderfoot weck of 17. Gayety Theatre (Wm. Koenig, mgr.) Mise New York, Jr., week of 17; The Whirl of Mirth week of 24, Orpheum Theatre (G. E, Raymond, mgr.) Lolo, Mrs, Gene Hughes and Company, Caesar Nesi, Burry und Wuviferd, Amaros Sisters, Mildred Grover and Harry Richards, Jobo Hughes aud the daylight pictures week of 17. Princess Theatre (L, E. Lund, mgr.) Santenelln. the Llypnotist; Melovin Duo, Harry Biaising avd Company, daylight pictures and concert orchestra week of 17. Unigue Theatre (Jack Elliott, mgr.) Nick’s Roller Skating Giris, Vierce and Mazee, Graut Gardner, Les Four Jardys, Movre and Elliott, White and Travers and the light-as-day pictures week of 17. Miles Theatre (W. F. Gallagher, mgr.) Star Bout and six other big acts week of 16. New Grand Theatre (Charlies P. Dempsey, r.) Pa big acts and the motion pictures, k 17. me wee! R. STE, FLEURE. TOLEDO, 0. (Continued from page 18). Lewis Kuglerm, the boy wonder, has returned home for a week's visit from Detroit. Lou Was at the school of acting while in that city. Glad that we have him among us once more. Card received from Otto Kileves; he is in the South with one of the big Singer attrac tions. Harry Hurtig, of the Arcade Theatre, has 2 country store for his extra attraction on Tues day evenings. He is also in the neck-wear business and his agents will pass among you. Joe Hawley, the local biller, has returned from the Barnum-Balley advance work and with his Smart Set suit he is burning up little Broadway. Joe Quong, the automobile driver, has asked Hawley to give bim the address and when the other street attire arrives an extra will be called out. Richard the Third, Hanner and Shannon, the Six Smileys, are thinking seriously of putting our Will Andrews in vaudevil. Jimmy Spriggs, the local clown cut-up, will stage the act with one of the elephant hooks that he brought home from the white tops. The opening is still silent, American Theatre opened up last Saturday. and there was plenty of snow about the house. It was the opening and a turn-away. The Vandyke-Eaton Company is out for the business and indications are crowded houses. Nobody should be without The Billboard each week; all news-stands haxe extra copies ov hend to meet the wants, Get in line, Casey. Auditorium—Robert Mantell. Lyceum—The Traveling Salesman. American—The VanDyke-Eaton Company, in stock. Empire—Gus Fay. Valentine—Spring Maids, Nov. 28. Columbia—Lasalle Qomedy Company. Arcade—Keith’s vaudevil. JACK TIERNEY. ST. LOUIS, MO. (Continued from page 18). pleasing. Their act was received with many encores and all of them fully deserved. Olympic (Walter Sanford, mgr.) Week of Nov, 17, Otis Skinner in Kismet. Century (W. D. Cave, mgr.) Week of Nov. 17, The Little Millionaire. Shubert (Melville Stoltz. mgr.) Week of Nov. 17. The Aborn English Grand Opera Company. Jarrick (Mathew Smith, mgr.) Week of Nov. 17, The Balkan Princess, American (Harry Wallace, mgr.) Week of Nov. 17, The White Slave. LaSalle (Oppenheimer Bros., mgrs.) Week of Nov. 17, One Day. Columbia (Harry Buckley, mgr.) Week of Nov. 18, vandevil—Rertha Kalich and Company, Lew Sully. Von Kiein and Gibson, Carroll and Fields, Vinita Gould, Kelly and Lafferty, Woysert and Taulan, and motion pictures, Standard (Leo Reichenbach, mgr.) Week of Nov. 17. The Roxebuds Burlesquers. Gayety (Chas. Walters, mer.) Week of Nov. 17, Queens of Paris Burlesquers. Hippodrome (Frank L. Talbot, mgr.) Week r. The Campus Four, of Nov. 10, Lillian Mortime National Sextette, Tod Nards. The Maidens. Valerie Sisters, Leach and LaQuillen, Mason and Murray, Frank and Kate Cariton, and Rhoda Roral. Princess (Dan S. Fishell, mgr.) Week of Nov, 17, The Princess Maids in The Mikado. Kings (Chas. Crawford, mgr). Week of Nov. 10, Craig and Overhold, Barbee Hil! and Company, Irwin and Herzog, Four Accarius, Keoh and Koehler, Mondane Phillips, Four Burns Sisters, Shriner and Richards, and the St. Louls Zouaves. WILL J. FARLEY. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (Continued from page 18). Chester Rishop and Players are doing finely at the Garrick. The Politician is not exceptionally strong. but Mr. Bishop gets the most out of his part and his support ig excellent. Lillian Cavitte is proving a popular member of the company. Teevins is hustling on the advertising and getting results. The attendance is Norman Hackett intends to launch a new play bere It ts entitled The Decelvers and will be given Its premiere at the Majestic, November 21—Satan Sanderson being on for the first of the week. The new play Is said to be adapted to Mr. Hackett and its first appearance is looked forward to with Interest. Snrder, of Snyder and Buckley, denies the Tomor that they are going to try and supplant Sousa Creatore in the band business. Thelr two-man band act is a winner and ia a class by itself, at that. With Rebert Mantell, Everywoman, Gypsy Love, and a host of others coming in swift succession, Mrs, Billuwan surely bas a strenuous time abead of ber twixt pow and Cblristwas but she smiles and says the more the werrier, She likes to see us get all the guvd ones, Mr. Gillingham is a frequent visitor from Detroit. He says be intends to keep on supplying the best shows as far as vodvil is concerned that we have ever bad, Over at the Orpbeum there's a good show and now that buokings are settled and thiugs moving so smovthly Mr. Veazey Las cause tu swile This week Noerrive Carwen and six minstrels are a prime favorite on the bill. The other act» are all guod, including Ramsey and Douglas, Lynne and Una Wesley, Munvlan apd the usual classy films. Business at all the houses is good after electlon, getting intw the right winter stride aud especially the motion picture bouses ure prosperiug Williams, at the Mourve; Kellar, of the Idle Huur; Davis, at the Lyric; Nichols, of the Appolv. and Baumbach, at the Idea, say things are just right. Matinees are pulling well in additivn to the night crywds. We are getting a lot of good features ual] along the line with some real music in each of the hLouses, Jimmy Rens, property man at the Powers, was one of two men who bravely sacrificed themselves for the bevefit of Owenna Muvre, a fourteen-year-old girl who was frightfully burued. Kens gave eleven square inches of cuticle and reported little pain ufter the operation, but will bave to have the wound drest daily for some time. It took eight patches of cuticle from Rens and seven frow a Mr, Day, for the operation. Jiw is a popular among the profession and they all wish him 2 speedy recovery after his brave and kindly act. Powers (L, 8, Billman, mgr.) Nov. 18, all week, Every Woman; 28-29, Girl of My Dreams (Mciatyre & Hyums). Majestic (Orin Stair, mgr.) 10-17, Mutt & Jeff; 17-24, Norman Hackett; 24-30, Traveling Salesman. Columbia (F. J. O’Donnell, mgr.) Week 18: Conroy and LeMaire, Flanigan and Edwards, Charlotte Ravenscroft, Travilla Bros., Belmont and Harl, Valentine and Bell and pictures. Garrick (D, Lynch, mgr.) Chester Bishop and Players in Mysterious Model, week 17. Orpheum (S. E, Veazey, mgr.) Week 18, four vodvil acts and pictures. United Theatres Co. (J. M. Breen, gen. mgr.) Motion pictures. Superba—Building. HUGH KING HARRIS. COLUMBUS, 0. (Continued from page 18). James Maddox, -at the Colonial, continues to make good in this house and in addition to doing capacity business at every evening performance bas brought the matinee business far above what it has ever been fo this bouse. Maddox is surely a hustler and almost every evening last week hig house was the scene of large theatre parties arranged by different business enterprises in the city. Manager Prosser, of Keith's, has another high-class bill this week, beaded by the mys tifying Volant and the ‘‘filying plano.’’ Bobby Gossenz, of the Vogel Minstrels, is at his home in this city under the care of 4 specialist for throat trouble, which caused bim to give up his engagement with the minstrels for the present, Harry Bianey is visiting In the city. This being his home town and many of his boyhad friends are still bere and always there with the welcome for the clever Blaney. E. J, Williamson, in advance of Bunty Pulls the Strings, is in the city and anunvunces good business all along the line for the Scatch comedy. Hartman (L. M. Boda, mgr.) The Garden of Allah, all week. Southern (J. F. Luft, mgr.) Dark, Grand (J, Wildberg, mgr.) Arizona (Stock). mgr.) Don't High Street (Charles Harper, Prosser, mgr.) Vaudevtl. Lie to Your Wife. Keith’s (W. W. Colonial (J, W. Maddox, mgr.) Popular vaudevil. Broadway (Billy James, mer.) il. “4 JOSEPH F. CARR. Popular vau BALTIMORE, MD. (Continued from page 18). John Cort was a guest at the Hotel Belvidere last week. His production. The Gypsy was vn the bourds at the Auditorinm Theatre and he came to see how his attraction was pleasing the public. The music is very sweet and melo dious and as the performance is clean and enjoyable there is no reason why it should not be successful. A band of pirates descended upon Baltimore. November 8 and close inspection § revealed the fact that the party were only moving picture actors. The troupe came to this city to start out on an expedition for the Florida coast. where they will enact pictures with the deep sens terror and act like real pirates. The outfit was placed aboard the schvoner yacht Savanilia. In command of Captain H. Pearce. The expedition and the company was sent out by the Universal Film Company of New York The people will Iive on the yacht and the women will do the bouse work. Walter Morton in director of the expedition; N. Travers, camera expert; George Moock, business manager end treasurer: Joseph Levering. Charles Hos kins, Edward Genung, Isador Roth, F. Lawler. Frank Giningo, Mrs. Travers. Misses Nellie Hoskins. Dixie Crompton, Margaret Baxter and Annie Lane. The yacht was equipt with all conveniences and the space necessary for the ww of the cameras and developing the ims, Charles Phillips, manager of The Trall of the Lonesome Pine, arrived In town last Friday to scintillate the merits of his attraction In the evening he was the guest of Manager Dean attending the grand opera Aida at the Lyric; after the performance he was the gnest of an impromptu banquet given at the austere Maryland Club, The Women Hater's Club was the attraction at Ford’s Opera House, November 4 end art there was no engagement for this week the company ig remaining in our midst for the OPERA HOUSE DIRECTORY Opera House and Theatre Managers, Write for Special Rates in This Directory. FLORIDA. BRADENTOWN. Population, 3,000. L. L. HINE, Manager Warren Opera House; seating capacity 450; stage. 24 feet <ieep; curtain, 50 feet over all Wanted highclass attractions. show tewn Write. STLANSS. Population, 8,008. . B. MAGRUDER, Manager Lucerne Theatre; seating capacity, 1,000. A real live town for good shows. Write or wire for time and terms. QUINCY. Population, 4,000. F. AHLERS, Manager Empire Theatre; seats 960; stage 25x52; electric lights; central bet. Jacksonville and Pensacola. 8. A. L. and G. F. & A. Rys. Hotels next door. $1.00 to $2.50 rates. Write for open time. ILLINOIS. ENFIELD. Population, 1,200. R. B. Hazelip, Manager. New Opera House; seating capacity, 500; stage, 22x40. Good open time for good shows. Everything up-to-date. 1ROQUOIS. Population, 500. F. E. MAw iN, Man ’ Opera House; seating capacity, 2u0; stage, 15x40. Want good comedies and miustrels per centage. Write for time and terms. KIRKLAND. Population, 1,000. PETERSON & KEMPF, Managers. Lundburg-Shannon Theatre. Seating cap., 1,000; stage, 12x18. Wanted high-class attractions. Write for open time. NEW CANTON. Population, 700. R. A. DUDLEY, Manager. Dudley Theatre; seating cap., 300; stage, 15x40. Now booking first-class shows. Write for open time. This is a live show town Write or wire. NORTH CAROLINA. CREEDMOOR. Population, 750 MORRIS & SANDERFORD, Managers. Auditorium; capacity, 500; good stage Wanted — ood attractions now Write or wire. juick reply. Good show town and country. OHIO. 'RONTON. Population, 18,008, MORGAN & BUSH, Managers Masonic Theatre. Want 2 or 3 good attractions fos Nov. Good repertoire for Thanksgiving week Christ mas open. Everybody employed. Good business Write. JAMESTOWN. Population, 1,500 Cc. E. GERARD, Manager. Opera House. New management; seats 650; stage, 30x40: electric Nght, orchestra and scevery. Firstclass shows only. Can use good vaudeville ects oc casionally. Write. KENT. Population 6,006. M. E. HANLEY., Prop. and Manager Kent _ House. Prettiest theatre in Northern Obto. ave & few open dates for first-class repertoire and gvod one-night stands OKLAHOMA. COYLE. Population, 608. RALPH GEPHART, Manager Coyle Opera House. Under new management. Ne paper. Seating capacity, 400; siage i6x24. Wanted Road Shows and Stock. A good show town. WILBURTON. Population, 4,008. » B. HALL, Manager Wilburton Opera House; capacity 660. Two good towns to draw from. Want good attractions for seeson 1912-13. Write for time and terma. KENTUCKY. PENNSYLVANIA. ASHLAND. Population, 10,000. F. H. MUNDY. Manager Opera House; seating capacity, 800; 18.000 to draw from. Only theatre in town. Want good one-night stands ard week stands. Best town on Ohio River. LAWRENCEBURG. Population, 4,000. GRUBBS & MOORE, Managers. Opera House; seating cap., 1,000; 4.400 to draw from. Only theatre in town. Want good one-night stands. One of the best show towns in Kentucky. LOUISIANA. ARCADIA. Population, 2,500, . B. THOMPSON, Manager. Arcadia Opera House, electric theatre. Seating capacity, 500 Booking only the best vaudeville, Write for time and terms BOSWELL. Population, 3,008. Cc. C. SCHMUCKER, Manager Boswell Opera House. Drawing population, 10,000. Have open time for good one-night stands with good paper, Musical Comedies, Burlesque, Minstrel Shows or good Repertoire Shows, and a first-class Stock Company for Christmag week Write at once IRWIN. Population, 4.008. A. WRIGHT & SONS, Managers Irwin Opera House; cap. 800. Everything up te date, nothing better for the size. Business good Fer open time and terms write NORTH EAST. > A. WASS, Manager Opera House Drawing populati 8.000, seating capacity, TOO; stage, 26x50; high-class ettractions write for open dates. Good show town, Population, 8.500. stock and repertoire MICHIGAN. WILLIAMSTON. Population, 1,600. F. C. BENNETT, — 50 WESTFIELD. Population, 1,608. CHAS. 8. SEIGEL, Manager Pride's Opera House; capacity, 500; stage, 22x24. New piano, up-to-date scenery. Open time for good New Opera House: seating cap. Stage, 24 shows Write for time and terms feet deep, 15 ft. opening. New scenery. Want Vaudeville and other good shows. Write for time and terms TEXAS. MONTANA, HILLSBORO. Population 8,508. BILLINGS. Population, 12,000. iestidie ma _ SecKER. Manager ~ enn eatre; seating capacity, 450; stage opening. 28 feet. Can book independent road shows and high-class Musical Acts. Write for terms W. M. BROWNING, Prop. Opera house; capacity 800; large stage, electric light, well heated; ground floor. Cne-nighters, goog stock and musical comedy companies write for open time. if you have the goods, you can get the money here NEW YORK. WISCONSIN. FISHKILL. Drawing Population, 20,000. JOE G. ENGEL, Manager — Academy of Music; seating cap., 1,000: playing M Loew vaudeville. Natives hungry for good shows and repertoire. If you've the show, we can furnish the audience. Ask Chas. K. Champlin. WATERTOWN. Population, 10,006. H. DAVIS, Manager Empire Opera House. Wanted, companies of large or small, ow percentage, or will rent for §75. per month New, up-to-date theatre; capacity, 800. Pictures or vauderille do good week. The company is enjoying their satay as the guests of the Baltiuwre Country Club Frank G. Beruschein, the head violin player in the orchestra at the Auditorium Theatre. was missing Saturday. Investigation followed and later Manager McBride was surprieed with a Wessage that the young man bed been mar ried to Misg Florence Theresa Wells of this city. SYLVAN SCHENTHAL. CINCINNATI, 0. (Continued from page 18), Ned Wayburn’s act, Vacation Days, served as the headliner at the Orpheum last week, and ls one of the best acts of its kiud. It is full vf catchy musical numbers. George Ebner aud Margaret Mayne are promluent ip the cast. Avother act of Importance on the bill was the “melange of chatter and song’’ offered by Ethe! Kirk and Bill Foxarty. The balance of the bil consisted of Ted Ralley’s posing dese which opened the show; Dorothy Vaughn. singer: Rert Ross, in a monolog act; the Colonial Trio: The Four Janowskys, in difficult acrobatic stunts, Closed the show, A «trong vaudevil bill, perhaps the best of the season, Was presented at the Sul!ivan-Coneidine house, the Empress, lust week The beadiiper was a breezy musical production, entitled Jost Kids, in which Frances Clare, Guy Rawson, and eight little girls appeared. Opening the bill were Artie Nelson and Miss Floye, who introduced some original dancing stunts. Lawrence and Edwards followed, In the sketch, The New Alderman, which was well presented. Hugo Lutgens, the Swedish dialect preacher, was next. Following the Just Kids act, were the DeMichele Brothers, Italian comedy mualcians, who took the house by storm. An excellent closing act was the Four Lukens, daring aerlali«tes, A decided bit was made by the Moulin Ronge company at People’s the past week. The cast was excellent, the prodaoction well staced, and the gowns and costumes nifty. Joe Rose and Patsy Barrett, were very ampsing. Charles Dunn tn a straight part, was good. Corinne DeForest, Willie Mack, Bert Rertrand and Margy Rennett all helped in making the show entertaining. Large audiences were in attendance at the Standard last week se Secial Malde provided good entertalnment. Miss Jenule Austio Was the bit of the show, The company was well balanced, the chorus girle exceptionally pretty. and the costumes nvrat Jimmie Conners and Billy Baker aod Wilbur Dobba, were the comedians The Texas Tommy dancers came in for plenty of applause. ‘The German Stock Company. which playa at the Grand on Sonday nights, gave « performance of Carl Roessier’s comedy, Dle Foenf Frankforter (The Five Frankforters) Nov, 10. This is one of the most successful plays on the German stage and the German plavers save a bighiv-eatisfactory performance of the play. Joseph Brooks, well-known New York producing waunger, came to Cincionat! November 12, for the purpose of vieiting William Hl Crane, one of his stars, who pinyed at the Grand last Brooks week lo The Senator Keejyw House. Mr and Mr. Crane are great friend Mr. Brooks i* to the neighbor where Mr. Crane is appearing, be pays him a visit. Mr. Crane was the fret Brooke’ «tar, and gave the manager bie start financially in the theatrical world, This was Mr. Broke’ first vixit to thin city since 1907, when he came here to produce Diliian Russell's pinay, Wildfire, which had ite premiere at the Grand. Bo disappointing was the Soffragette playiet, Helping the Cause, the vebicie of Mra. Lily lanetry, at Keith's last week, that It was withdrawn Toesday night, and The Test, a scene taken from a former Langtry success, A Wife's Peril, by Sarduu, substituted for the balance of the week. Miss Katherine Hatfeld, a young Cincinnati actress, Was married to Walter A. Rankin, a Chicago newspaper man, November 1, In Omaha, Neb. Mixes Hatfleld was with the Mort Singer Show, A Modern Eve, and Rankin was the business manager. Honor was paid to William HH. Crane, the veteran actor, by Cincinnatians, November 14, at a luncheon given to him at the Business Men's Cinb. Business and profeastonal men paid tribute to a man who has spent i ftowara of his life upon the Americnn stage, Ploward Saxby, Sr., presided an toastmaster. only speech made was that of Mr. Crane, who talked reminiscently of bis former visits to this city