The Billboard 1912-11-30: Vol 24 Iss 48 (1912-11-30)

NOVEMBER 30, 1912. © = DOAP C ¢ America Citi Forei A t N COLUMBUS, 0, Grane (A. J. Small, mgr.) The Old Home --—— St a 28-23. All theatrical records for this city were | Shea's (J. Shea, mgr.) Digby Bell and Z LONDON NEWS LET TER broken last week by The Garden of Allah a: | Company, in In the Barracks: Jacksou and * ™ the Hartman Theater. Three additional mat Laren Nevins and Erwood, Six Ameri : ———__—_—_—_—— ———— . inees were given and every performance play: leoncers, Merlin, Sterner Trio, 18-23 2a ge es: "Se to capacity business. The Hartman boasts on Majestic (Peter } Griffin, mer.) SJartan _ Officer 666, a melodramatic farce, by Augustin | He nry Seton. It is an amusing end touching of the largest stages for the regular theat MeVelg : Dogs, The Vannersou ‘cHtugh, which was put om at the Globe Thea | story of what ig commonly cal'ed ‘‘low life.’ iu this section of the country and, althous or a ' , | ter, London, recently, is about the brightest | Nine of the new season's programs prenot quite large enough to display the big | Stram | mgr.) Albert Downing and cleverest | thing that has been brought | sented since September 1 at the West End duction at its best, attaches of the show w k Oldfield, 18-23, “| across the Atlantic by Charles Frohman fo \| theaters, have been withdrawn already or are well pleased with the manner in which Massy Hall (H. Withrow mgr.) Our Empir: long time and was welcom.d accordingly. It | under notice to make way for possibly surer was handled. 8.23. , is about a a burglar, Alfred Wilson | attractions. ; Mr. Boda, of the Hartman, who {s also pn Seow o 3 — : haties -o weose specialty is pictures; he is the greatesi| The resi { 0 lays now president of the Valentine Circuit. announces | | 18-2: ee See ee | b-cture expert in the world, go the police say. | in we Enron Reg Awrene Bog Mi ‘mn an this that there will be no immediate changes Gavety r. R. Henry, mgr.) American Beau | After fooling all Europe with his exploits he | time of the year. The list of the works being the management of the many houses under t s Cabaret Show, 18-23. | arrives” in New York, where he hag designs on | got ready is as follows: Instinct, Duke of erntrol of the Valentine Company since 1 JOSEPH GIMSON. | “2 Private collections of Travers Gladwin, a York’s; Twelfth Night, Savoy; The Price,’ Ald induction of the new company which formed « . “" | young millionaire with a house in Upper Fift! wych; Sylvia Greer "Queen's: The Younger the retirement of George Ketcham | xi | Avenue. But Mr. Gladwin happens to arriv | Generation, Haymark:-t: The Eldest Son Kings Manager Luft, of the Southern, is ant! | MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. | Lome unexpectedly from Egypt to receive the | way, and Where There’s A Will Criterion ow statement that the coming of Bunt _-— | Visit of a jady, Helen Buron (Viva Birkets In addition to the above there is a play . ae ptr pape ’ os : ee *. ad . B bs { in Ned \ re i — Ngee al a big t bus anager G. E, Raym nd, of the Orpheum | Bes e. ad oa in love with bim in tae! called The Havoc in rehearsal for special mat 3 yes his the Already th | Theater of this city. announces that Sarai racter of a hero who rescued a cross-eyed | ;* Jarric > id a tri advance sale has bee far above expe ons nhare > . begress from drownin fo e efore, ; inees at the Garrick Theatre, and a triple bill a <pectations. | Perubardt and her company will appear at thai | & tour years before, and | s-hearsal f. ik se at t Pr Juke Wilk, in advance of this show reports | playhouse in repertoire January 2 3. 4 and 5.| ¥4% about to elope with him after an ac-| ?! nena or a like purpose at the rince big business everywhere. The Price She Paid | 1913. Six other acts will support this stellar | (Uintance of half as many weeks. Only i: | &f Wales Theater, playing this week, did a fair business | attraction and 8. R. O. business is expected ai | !"ppens that it is Alfred Wilson masquerad The new season's plays that have been with At the High Street. Manager Harper is play | euch of the matinee and evening performances. | (28 88 the absent millionaire who is her lover.| drawn are: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, A ing to full houss all week with The Confes Roy Lloyd, who appeared at the local Me: | Her aunt and cousin want to prevent the | Young Man’s Widows and The Great John sion. The play is showing under the auspices | repolitan Opera House the week of November | @lpement, and thus a meeting of the rea? | Ganton, of the Catholic Order of Foresters and all of | 17, as “the eyesore,” in Pomander Walk | #24 the false Gladwin takes place, the red | Those announced for withdrawal are: The the Catholic societies of the city have tak: is a Mill City boy and was for four year, | Gladwin, in order to trap the thief donning | Winter’s Tale, Zaza, Tantrums, The Voysey a hand in making a big week R. L. Fisher | oceupied 4s assistant treasurer of the Met | the uniform of Officer 666, a very entertaining Inheritance and The Tripple, at the Duke of abees a Ba mn wane _ is a visitor | ropolitan after which he workt as business man | a Se — finds the ‘‘joke’’ of loan York’s Theater. ‘ at the gh Street. Addie Richter, advertis | ager with Chark 3. Di t y | ing bis uniform for a mere matter of 500 do! _ ing man of this theater, has been entertaining | f ends and Seapiudeeeny tate nia pe | lars an exciting affair. How the identity of The principal feature of the ene —— Harry Blaney during his stay in the city | portunity to welcome him back to his home | the real Mr. Gladwin is established, and how | {8 the number of American-made plays staged They are old pals and Mr. Blaney sojourned | town, | he helps the false one to escape in the uni-| 4t the London theaters. In less than a fort here prior to his trans continental] tr Pp. whik Attorney General Smith, of this state. has | form of Officer 666 after restoring the pictures night from aes six will be heme sie mmattas storts shortly. just ruled that the giving away of a ton or | »¢ had stript from their frames to take away, | ccusly, and already two have come and gone Manager James Maddox, of the Colonial, con. | & al as a prize in a Fairmont, Minn., theater | 8? that the lady whom he had fallen in lov. | S!zce September 1. Unues to add to the popularity of the house | came under the state law probibiting lotteries.| With. may bave her name kept out of the The big novelty introduced into the Hippo end the allied Young Ladies’ Societies of thy | and made a statement that he would not perm business, need not be told here. It is suf-| dreme bill this week is The Blue Mouse, in verious churches in the etty will give a benefit such procedures any longer. Complaint was | ficient to say that it is all very clever, very | which Miss Shirley Kellogg plays the lead performance this week in behalf of the ter made by a citizen at Fairmont. The attorne: | brisk and intensely amusing. ing role, and she bad ne difficulty in making thousand doilar fund being raised by the busi general etated that he would put @ stop to th London theater-goers have not had such a her mark at once. Possessed of good looks In hess men of the city for the new Salvation | distribution of prizes at several other theater-| hearty laugh for a long time. Wallace Ea-| Plenty, a rich, full voice, which she knows Army Home. Owing to press of business rm in this state, who were awarding same to th: dinger is delightfully cool and easy as the hew to use, and the easy confidence born of all ceived from interurban cities close by. Mr. | successful ones in Suessing contests | real Gladwin, and is abi seconded in hix | round ability, Miss Kellogg is also a dancer Maddox bas changed the time of the evening : : . _ | Worth seeing, whether in the all-prevailing performances, closing the last performance s ‘ragtime’ or in things less eccentric. Geraia that al can make the last interurban cars Manager Billy James, of the Broadway, con tivoes to show the Kinemacolor feature pi tores Im addition to the usual program and has made some changes on the front of the hous: Vernon Ramsey, who has acted as treasurer Since the opening of this theater, has resignec and Herman Williams will take care of the box office Leonard and Drake, now playing at th Broadway, were the Princ’peals in ai uniqu piece cof acting here this week At the present time there is «4 sensational marder trial om at the court bouse n which @ young lady Ie charged with the killing of a former sweetheart The point st issue seems to be the position of the pair in a local park at the time the shot was fired In order to make the pesition plain to the reading public one of the Columbus papers engaged Leonard and Drake to re-enact the acene on the spet of ther crime and had it reproduced life size in the paper Charles Renner advertising man at the Seuthern and Willis Rrown serving in the sane eapacity at the Broadway are making €arly plans for the Colonial Mlavers Stock Com pany which will take the road unde: canvas early in March Hartman (L. M Roda, mgr.) The Littlest Rebel, all week Seuthern (J. F. Luft mgr.) The Price Sh: Paid, Nov. 1820: Bird of Paradise 21.24 High @treet (Charles Harper mer.’ The Confession, all werk ‘ Keith's (Wo W Prosse mar.) Vandevil Rroadway (f Ny James, mer.) Popular vau devi! Colontal (J. A. Maddox mgr.) Popular vau det JOSEPH F_ CARR BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Gilbert and Graham a popular team of van devil artiets who res de in this city, are mak ing a tour of South Alabama Jerry Jeraliie, who has represented severs theatrical publ cations, and ta one of the best known men In the South among professions People. is now on the road for a large mer centile firm, but Writes in a few foot] notes ever and anon. R. P. Whitfield, former manager of the Me Jestic, and who a few months ago was ap Pp inted treasurer of the Matestic and Orphen: Theaters, has recently been appointed manage: of the Matest'c at East St. Lont« Charles B. Sexton, treasn:er of the Jeffers Theater. bas heard the “Call of the wild.” an in thinking of once more getting on the othe side of the footlights with his clever [brew specialty. Miss Mamie De Ovsch, who while plaving o1 the Interstate time Was taken aunite {!) wir! acute rheumati«m, and spent several months in a local hospital writes from New York tha: she is etil] unable to resume her work JAMES EDWIN DEDMAN TORONTO, ONT., CAN, at the Royal Alexandra was « fin the week's amusement Me . resented the charming art st. Groce George for the Premiere of a new Carnival by Compton McKenzie the Princess, Officer @ng opened business and was a strong success Our old friend, The Old Homestead, ceived a warm welcome at the Grand In the Rarracks, Digby Bell and Company were features of a fine bill at Shea's Mesay Hall had a big drawing card patriotic naval exhibition, Our Navy The Ontario Roard of Cenaore of moving pie tures refused to pass a film of the Sheepsville wreck, taken by the Griffin Amusement Co., be eause it had the C. P. Rallway name on it Monday night Ted letter event when W. A. Brady to big Te in the Royal Alexandra (L. Selmen, George in Carnival, Nov, 18-28. 18 gyineeee (O. B. Sheppard, mgr.) Officer 666 mer.) Grace A SCENE IN NEVER SAY DIE Nicolas Jodeis Wm Paula Marr, attraction at Collier, Grant Stewart and Emily Fitaroy, the 48th Street in Never Say Die, the current Theater, New York City It is rumored that ‘Dick’ Ferris, the well known theatrical promoter, who made his great est first success in the stock field in this citr hax begun paying the royalties on Graustark to Grace Hayward his former wife, with the ultimate view of returning to Minneapolis an’ perating a new stock company with Florence Stone as leading lady. Word comes to this office of the signal suc cess of several of our local thespians. John Junior has been engaged for the juvenile role with William Collier In the new Play, Nev Say Die. Georgie Hays, whose brother Harrt Hays, is treasurer at the Bijou Opera House, i+ a member of the Edison Motion Picture Com pony of New York City, and Edna Von Luk: (Mrs. Pete Raymond), who has been Playing at lending lady in New York stock companies, is about te enter vaudevil with a sketch. The Miles Theater Company. operating the Miles Hippodrome here, the Majestic Theate: of St. Paul as well as several other theaters (Continued on p age 42). JERSEY CITY, N. J. Manager Frank E. Henderson, of the Ma jestic Theater, was very much pleased with th: way the city responded to the big dramatt: offering last week. The attraction was Vaughan Glaser and his own company, tn The Grain of Dust. A Butterfly on the Wheel, with Lewis Wal'e and Madge Titheradge, in their original roles will be the attraction at this handsome play honse this week The Deep Purple made a big hit at the Or pheum this week. Next week The Greyhound will be staged at the Orpheum. It {ts a fact worth remembering that the Orpheum will b the first theater to produce The Grevhound er stock. The Merchant of Venice will follow The Greyhound, The New Amsterdam Theater on Summit Avenue, West Hoboken, will open next Mon day night as one of the chain of theaters op Marcus Loew's Vandevil Circuit. which means a combination of good vaudevil and fotoplays an’ hich-elass fetures at a ponular-price. vaudevile bill will be changed twice weekly, o* Monday and Thursday, and the pictures wil! } ne (Continued on page 438.) | love-making by Sam ; Sothern as his English friend, Whitney Barnes. John Milton plays the pert of the picture ‘‘Raffles’’ very cleverly. = the amusement is olk. Everyone with a love of real fun and humor | welcomed The Follies ter. They have been for their part seemed friends again. As announced in our previous letter, Harry Lauder had consented to play the part of Geormlie Pow, in A Scrape o’ the Pen, at a charity matinee. He received an uproarious welcome. The majority of the company with whom he was playing were obviously rather nervous, and it only needed the slightest in clination on the part of Mr. Lauder to assert his personality and deliver some improvisations to have brought the structure of the comeity tumbling to the ground. But be it said to the honor of this famons music-hall humorist. Mr Tauder played his little part in the most un obtrusive sincere fashion, He never forced himself on to the picture. He was content t: be a character in a story, and acted through back to the Apollo Theabadly missed, and they glad to be among old out with a restraint that eave Geordie Pow real strength and individuality. Many of the audience appeared to expect that Mr. Lander would presently “do something:’’ the fact that he did not, explains why he thoroughly de served the andience’s applause, It is announced that Miss Dorothea Baird (Mrs. H. RB. Irving) has been forbidden by her doctors to accompany her husband on his dram stic engagement in South Africa at Christmas. H. B. Irving, whe is at present playing at Drury Lane, in Everywoman, says that his wife had definitely left the stage. The last time Mrs. H, Irving appeared was with her husband on his Australian tour last year Miss Baird leaped into fame as Trilby at the Haymarket Theater in 1895, when she was only 20. and had been on the Stage less than two years, She played in Irving's company at the Lyceum in 1898, and was the eriginal Mrs Darling in Peter Pan, at the Duke of York's in 1904. She married Mr. Irving in 1896. Little Miss Llewellyn still very popular with Edmund Gwenn and Miss Hilda Trevelyan in the chief parts, is now preceded by. A Penny Bunch, a little play by A. Neil Lyons and got out of the men) | Mr O’Brien, a young Irish tenor with a voice of some promise, sang fairly well. Bert Coote and Cyril Cleney workt with tremendous en ergy on almost nothing; and there was always rear at hand a chorus of uncommonly pretty laundresses; but the real success of the evening was the quartet of mechanics who. besides having something by way of being humorous to deliver sang extremely well the four voices blending quite satisfactorily. The bill of fare at the Palladium this week is an excellent one. ee Robey’s funniogities include an amusing ebin Hood song of the usual mirth-provoking kind. The American Cowboy Wizards. the Jupiter Bros... provide a most interesting mystery eatertain ment, as well as boquets for the ladies ta the audience. One of the best turns of the evening is the original act, From Peasant to Artist, cleverly played by Chretieani and Lou isette, the two Hollanders. It begins as a cine matograph show, in which the Hollanders ar~ seen on their native soil, coming by mail steamer to England, and arriving at the Pal ladium. Then the lights flash on, a commo tion takes place in the stalls, and the pic ture girl in the fiesh runs on to the stage fcllowed by her irate spouse. The masterfu! acting of the famous Dutch actor, louis Bouwmeester, in a tragic one-act play, The Grip, is a wonderful piece of character im personation. Extraordinary preparations are in progress for Professor Reinhardt’s production at the Palace on Monday, of the new spectacular. wordless play. with music, entitled A Venetian Night. In addition to this ecm Blagg oe >» will include the Palace Girls, Gene Seen nin Early Morning Greene, Rinaldo. Zertho’s Dogs, Reflections, Christie and Willis, and Iwa, the Maori contralto. Mile. Lydia Kyasht will appear at the Em pire Theatre tomorrow evening in an excerpt from Delibes’ celebrated ballet, Coppelia. the scene chosen being laid in the workshop of the represented by Fred old doll-maker, Coppelius, d Farren. A new scene which will he intro duced into Everybody's Doing It early next week may be described as a revue within a revue, for in some ten minutes an impression will be given of the essential features of seven plays running in London. Mademe Sarah Bernhardt has departed from the Coliseum and is this week fulfilling an en gcegement at the Manchester Hippodrome Nevertheless the Coliseum keeps its end up excellently. Albert Chevalier and Carmen Tu ria are still in the bill. Percy Henri, in Bohemia, and Bert Gilbert are newcomers A Little Fowl Play serves to reintroduce CharleHawtrey to music hall patrons; it is bright and amusing and did extremely well. NOTES OF THE ROAD. Miss Daisy Hazelton, formerly of LeRoy and | Hazelton, has joined Humphrey's Western vau is at present in Chicago with Humphrey. and will seon leave for San Francisco, Cal., and after a short stay there they sail for Honolulu They have six weeks’ bookings in Honolulu, and after finishing this they will sail for Australia. George R. Wells, known as sober George, the “Smileless Man,’’ is working at the Hipp: dreme,. Detroit, Mich., where he was contracted for a six weeks’ engagement George is 4 great favorite among theatergoers and hamade an offer of ten dollars to any one wh can make him smile. Jack Sutton’s Tasmanian act. She and Mrs devil Van Dieman Troupe, made a late of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Shows ‘ record jump from Newbern fener to Calgary, Alta., Canada where they ned with the Pantages road shew The troupe consists of eight Australian acrobats and is considered one of the best in the business Powell and Rose are now playing return dates over the Pantages Circuit, and will soon come East. Jesse Blair has closed with the Knee Comedy Co., and has joined the Moore Family with the American Exhibition Shows.