The Billboard 1912-12-21: Vol 24 Iss 51 (1912-12-21)

The Bi llboard DECEMBER 21, 1912. SPOKES IN THE WHEEL. (Continued on page 54.) DeHaven and Leonard is the name of a bright little singing and dancing act I “caught’’ re cently. ‘They work in one and look like a goud useful team for burlesque. oe Magee, manager of the Grand Opera w. George in his 25th year at that House at Boston, is now theater, which is now playing Empire Circuit attractions, ‘The road wmabagers all have @ kind word to say for George who is credited with being a ‘‘reguiar’’ fellow. ’ 4 bur Harry Steppe, who has made good as a lesque ” mean, both on the Wheel — —~ one-night stands, is to put out several gir a= for larry Strouse at the close of the — season, Harry knows how, and we reme¢ m : the good wo.k he did for H. R, Polack, © Pittsvourg, a few seasvls age. of the sisterhood ever compelled to draw a hatpin on him, or spit in his face, or indignantly ejacula‘e—‘‘Sir!"’ “‘Raymond Belmont, son of August Belmont, banker and sportsman, who has been locked up somewhere by the elder males of his family to keep him away from the chorus girl he married, is just an average example of what the theater people regard as one of the chief pests of their profession—the stage-door ‘John.’ All of the managers don't so regard them. Some of them even go far enough occasionally in encouraging the patronage of these ready-money customers as to give them a pleasant look. But these are usually Managers Who need the money very bacdly Naturally these hollow-chested patrons of the drama run chances of getting married, now and then. Dunn's agency is slip-shod and uncertain in gathering news about personal financial matters if you put its best efforts against a fifteen minute conference between those members of the first row who are going to Reisenweber's tonight with se some ‘nice boys.’ And has the average ‘ " ‘horus girl a keen ambition to succeed in her , “pil Campbell is somewhat of au | « & Ww. 8. ee vy deutiy an expert in! profession? She has, indeed. It is, in fact, ber archeologist, — ; : i li varie | middie name. And her profession is to get a wre ier yhics and al I & = yr srcigas. Although no symbolic | rich husband. Dancing and wearing grease ties Gf anc ‘ has h been at wail panneling of learned Bill has . tuerto or démouc importane tached to the designs on the paint is merely the means to an end. The aver| age ‘smart’ chorus girl is a clever, keen-witted, cool-headed, 3 . intelligent youn person, whose the Murray Hill yoy by fa are of in-| pose is pretty thoughtlessness _ whose purpose actually diacoverea <8 and are representativ de is deadiy and direct. She is so far the in ————— 3g juterest. Bill spent | tellectual superior of the ‘Joins’ who flock line econ Mg gE week, and the discovery ‘round ber .that she has her selection roped, a pieasal " id ° proved a happy oe? of wondering if she'll really come to supper , enol lenry P. Nel-| with him again after the dissatisfaction she I don't remember ever neigh the Ginger | expressed last time with the way he combed son to such good oe has a better partthan | his hair The. game is so one-sided that it’s Girls this seascn. at ‘the advantage of such | hardly fair. sroadway never feels a more | he ever had meters. 8 Eddie Wrothe and Frank | powerful desire to chuckle than when some talented co-worke ~ é* ivantage is the liberal | lawyer files data in court about an ex-chorus Waketield yore : anted by Wrothe, whe, | girl client whose trust has been cruelly betrayed uolik at be moe Ae is willing to give alby the son, of a millionaire. ubiike * = other fellow a chance, Frank 0, Smith is still distributing his ean i ie i 4 i other novelt.es itary (7) drinking cups and otl ‘ ahead of the Golden Crook Co. (Eastern Wheel). thrown and tied before he’s got past the stage ‘But you've got to give the ‘Johns’ credit for one thing, at least. They are consistent They go right to the finish without running out at the water jump or anything else One of them who had his limousine buzzing around stage doors for i ‘ weeks while he meee ye an he ye gh wed , ; _ —— sxceller business a suspense as close as the doorman would Jet him The Dazzlers ty yyy the company. | stand for a dollar, finally communicated the fact a Sn “pete and Betty Curley, Nan|to a Broadway theater choms girl that he was which includes r wd zenny Pierce, Jobnnie | simply crazy to meet one of her friends in tle Engleton, Kate Prior, Charlie Raymond, Fred |same company. He was immediately informed that Walker, Alf James, . the other girl ‘hardly ever went out at all,” and Reese, and others. would ‘probably be offended if anyone suggested 4 ee > i aking good in| introducing her to a man who had merely seen en: meg ooo an ~ ee Ang her and admired her from the front—especially the dactor wd dancing is one of the real|a man whose name all the girls—,’ ete. He and hiis 80 a necktie piece of business | paid for a trip to Europe for the first girl in hits of the a aa also goes well. order to get an introduction to the second. The with Dick Maddox aimee show ran all summer at the Broadway. The The executive staff ‘for Billy B, Watson's | ‘John’ took two seats by the week, and sat thru t Trust is Dan Guggenheim, manager, | every performance, including special matinees, sect ries vent: George Barrett, musical di| sometimes with his hat in the second seat, and ast moe, Oe rating stage manager; Bob Alt-| sometimes with a friend to whom he imparted rector; Dl A “s ‘Ed. McGuire, property man;| from time to time critical observations about pea a pt a and Frankie Altman, | how the show was going that night. Then the Ww < . yo ty “ chorus girl went up to the Winted Garden. The wardrobe . ‘John’ Bought two seats there, and kept on. In The featured principals with T. W. Dinkin's Churchill's, one night, he left his pocketbook Yankee Doodle Girls this season are: Lillian | containing four or five hundred dollars in the Spon Harry McAvoy, Frankie Rice, Williams | wash-room, and when he discovered his loss, he end Mail : Young and Rice, Fox and Evans and/ ran hatiess to the Winter Garden box-office to Dainty Marie ; notify them that he had lost his tickets for the Little Marie Zuber, @ pretty little pony with Hurtig & Seamon’s Bowerys, 1 ; end a genuine Parisienne at that. She is singing a new song which she has written herself, and here is the chorus: “Moi, je suis une jolie soubrette, et mon Amant est daus la quartette, Il est gentille comme sui rol, " Et chaque soir, il c’est trouve avec mol. Marie is a clever little worker, and is quite 4 favorite with the company with which she has been for several seasons. os . : Old “Pop” White, of White's Theatrical week, and that he positiviy must have his seats or two others equally as far front Then he is a French girl | went back, pale but relieved, to inquire if ther had found the money. He didn’t marry the chorus girl She was persuaded by his parents that he was too young to marry. She has re tired from the stage and has a nice home down on Long Island, which she bought just after her breach of promise suit was nipped in the bud. “Little Ethel Loraine may be weeping bitterly in her humble lodgin s for her lost boy, Belmont, but her associates look upon her as a made woman.’ SPIEGEL’S MUSICAL COMEDY PROSPERS. Transfer, distinguished himself the other night — when he got the Al. Reeves show out of the Hoboken Empire, hauling the show from the theater right across town to the Erie depot in New Orleans, La., Dec. 11 (Special to The Bill board).—Max Spiegel’s Winning Widows opened at the Crescent Theater here to big business Mon jay and wil! remain here for the balance of the rty-five i his with a load; ©" : ; 5 epee gy SS By SA . scenery truck} Week. | The interesting portion of this item Pe... eres begrare comes from the fact that the Winning Widows and sixty-five pieces a 4 sEeage. is one of the few surviving shows of the L Johnny Weber got a tremendous reception at Lawrence Weber Circuit, which started out with Ah! als Sai he | Such a flourish at the beginning of the season yl 9 r gy hy Re, in| _ The show is headed by Mul Clark and Ben ae oF che a BE. S ameg is certainly Turbett with Lovie Green, Hilda Burton, Billy spite © ae i . “ ae . or "ly Sillispie an a popalar comedian, and it is easy to figure —, a ee yoy ae ar _ the big success he will meet with when he s : £ n¢ " larles eDonald. peo : n manager, is back with the show with George heads his own show next season. “Alabama” Florida ahead. The show will work * AL R to ban ot its wav thru Texaxs after the New Orleans Knockers tried to get . Reeves in b engagement. Newark last week, but their — yd : Sk ee ae ee, helped to get the lucky ‘‘con slinger’’ a few —~ onl of free advertising. Al. played his HOLD POLICE BENEFIT CONCERT. three days out and came out to the good. We ; —— last saw him strolling along Market Street. Newark, N. J.. Dec. 16 (Special to The Bill Newark, whistling I Don't Care. board).—There was a big coneert at the Gay ety Theater, a local burlesque house, last The whole \~ mye yA — night. som by the Patrolmen’s Benevolent big Christmas Number, which has crea Association for the benefit of the families of flattering comment in burlesque circles. If you| two martyred policemen who met with their didn't get @ copy, you have missed a treat. deaths during the discharge of their duties and iy: Paneer a who left families which were totally unpro vided for. The theater was donated free of NAUGHTY JIMMY ALLISON. charge and Manager Leon Evans gave the as: inigereier ; sociation all facilities, while stage hands, and Girls! girls! Just listen to this tirade from | other house employes also lent their services Jimmie Allison. He would not have dared tol free of charge as did the house orchestra. for talk like this when he was in the business. which act permission was granted by the local By the way, foes anyone know why Jimmie] branch of the A. F. of M., known in this state is so sore on chorus girls? Was any member as the M. M. P. U. The officers of the local Tr. M. A. lodge acted as ushers while the local newspapers gave the show plenty of good ad 2 vertising, all of which was given free of Nowata, Okla., Dec. 7, 1912. charge, including the display advertising which The Billboard, was carried in the papers for several days be Cincinnati, Ohio: fore the event The program included Emil Dear Bill:—I inserted an AT LIBERTY ad temo gg Mrs nee Halenbeck, mezzo in The Billboard just six years ago this a wa rere: € tg ane Denes, Trem ome month. WHO SAYS THAT IT DOES NOT Shapiro music house, with a quartet and several PAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THR other excellent acts. The house was crowded PPOFESSIONAL RATES GRANTED TO || #4 the benefit was a grand success. THE PROFESSION BY THE BILLBOARD? Te ea carer It has been so long since I have had occasion to take advantace of these rates that I have forgotten them. Please let me know what they are, as I want to use them. With best wishes for a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year, I bez to remain, a weekly reader. Yours very truly, GEORGE L. SNEARLY, Permanent address, Box 604, Nowata, Okla. TO GIVE SACRED CONCERT. Newark, N. Y., Dec. 16 (Special to The Bill board).—The Empire Theater here, Western Wherl burlesque house, has been placed at the sérvices of the committee in charge of the John J. Gaffney and John McGovern benefit and a special] sacred concert will be held at that house on Sunday next. The Newark Police Band of 64 pleces will be one of the features. 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A downy, browny Butterfly Fell in love with a Morning Glory. He fluttered near, she leaned to hear, As he whispered the old, old story *“*I love you, love you, little flower; You've won my heart completely. Oh, Blossom Blue, «dk The blossom you love me, looked up sweetly, And smiling through a tear of dew, She murmured ‘‘Yes, my own.”’ The words fell fair on a summer air— The Butterfly had flown! Carolyn Wells, in Lippincott's. DECEIVERS NEVER. “These flying flowers must have their flings, Rut’s hard on us who have no wings,"’ Snapped Morning Glory with bad grace— Then washed the powder from her face She then removed two Discarded a big bust affair Took off her corset and her ‘‘hips’’ And scrubbed some red paint off her lips. pounds of hair— Then put her lower teeth to soak And murmuring, “Oh, drat the bloke, I wish I'd made up blonde instead Of this brunette thing’? crawled in bed -WATCHE. CHARLES LEVAN ARRESTED. Dec. 12 (Special to The Bill actor, was arrested Memphis, Tenn.. board).—Charles Levan, an in this city December 8, an a warrant charging white slavery. It is charged that Levan vir tually abducted Rose Moore, of Cincinnati, from her home under the promise of marriage. Levan may be freed, however, because of the determin ation exprest December 10 by his alleged victim to stick to him. The girl declares she loves Levan. She said she wanted to be an actress and joined him in Cincinnat! The Juvenile Court here releast Miss Moore today. DRAMATIC NOTES. Snitz and Nathauson Amusement Company of Providence, R. I., are sending ont two com panies of Get-Rich Quick Wallingford, coverin« all territory Fast of the Mississipp! River. Roth companies will open on Christmas day This amusement company intends to put on the road several other companies in the near future. The new Victoria Theater, Relmont and Shef field Avenues, Chicago, being built for Kiimt and Gazzolo, the well-known Chicago producers and managers, is nearing completion and they have turned their attention to the production of several new plays, to be used shortly after the holidays In the list of new plays is a new drama by Robert Edeson, the anthor of the Indian play, Where the Trail Divides, whieh has proved such a great snecess in the popular price theaters under the direction of Klimt and Gar7zolo Besides operating the Imperial and Victoria theaters in Chicago Klimt and Gazzolo have stock organizations in Baltimore, I’hiladelnlita Newark and Minneapolis and have a number of plays on the road 8S. E. (Dude) Trover has purchased half in terest in Ketrow's Big Vaudevil Cireus, now in winter quarters in Anderson, Ind He will have charge of the advance work, with two assistants. Hereafter the show will be known as Ketrow and Trover’s Dramatic Company. The show will open early in May, under canvas, and band and orchestra will featured Mr. Ketrow is now painting the scenery for the new act, Jesse James. Arthur C. Alston closed a fifteen weeks’ tour on November 30, at Oklahoma City, Okla. pre senting Estha Williams in A Man's Game. Owen Davis is the author of the play, and, together with Darcey and Wolford, the managers, wil! pre pare thelr paper and effects for a long Southern tour to the Pacific Const. Miss Hazel Haslam, leading woman with Gaskel and MeVitty'’s Shepherd of the Tiitls, playing Western time. broke her ankle during a performance at Libley, 1Ia., November 2h. In coming down a step not over two feet In height, her heel canght and she fell. breaking the larger bone in her ankle. She was immedi. TALKING AND SINGING ACT E. EARL MARY MAYS COLER and COLER “FROM BROADWAY TO THE FOREST” Versatile Entertainging Artists. Permanent address, care -The Billboard. a Fen eee COMPANY it gon audeville Acts he vicinity t wire MANAGER BARTINO_ of the Idea These, Greenville, Mich House has chang d ha ; money here for good company . "Soe FILMS—FILMS—PRACTICALLY NEW Bandit King. Tende fo", H’phwayman Casey's T: to Moon, Trapped by Pinker! on Aladdin, Cider’ rate Rarebit Fiend and First Bike R'de. Some «xqu sitely colored Reels and & s ; HARRISON JOHNSON. Mareita, So yo” ‘Be*) ; ALIVE Complete Show for $10. con ist'ng of two Monstrous Porcupines, “Spiel a d $5.10 with order. ! Lectu e $5.10 balance C. O. D. LINWOOD FLINT, North Waterford, Ma ne VENTILATING FAN, Kimble make, 18 inches di ameter; motor 1-6 h. p., for alternet’ng current, 110 volts, 60 cycle This fan will draw in cool air or exhaust air from inter’or, as des'r d. Cost $67.00: will sell at $25.00, subj:ct examination. GORDON COMPANY, Court Bleek, 80 Cong es:, E.. D.troit Mich : WANTEO PIANO PLAYER, single ard double Vaudeville Acts for Road Show that can change for week Salary sure but low for long engagement Write or wire, and must join on wire Acd.exs CLYDE H. WILSON, Manchester, lowa . ¥ " ately placed under care of a fysician and later Sent to her home in Chicago Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Callahan, owners of tne big Callahan Dramatic Company, with their son Arthur, are spending the winter at Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. Callahan recently purchast a fruit and stock farm near Joplin, Mo., and in the fu ture will spend the winter months on his farm However, he will retain his permanent winterquarters at Litchfleld, Ill., and will reorganize and open his show early in April. 1913. Miles McCarty has accepted Jesse L. Lasky’s offer as special feature In The Barracks. Mr McCarthy, while playing Milwaukee, Wis., recently, was tendered a banquet by the Austrian Consul of that place. The Carter Dramatic Company ts playing to good business thru Northern Indiana and have played a number of successful return dates. The Musical Carters, Baby Roline and The Laugh: lins are the feature vandevil acts with the show. The company will stay out all winter and wil oe its season under canvas about May 1, Don C. Hall and sons, Don C., Ir., and Walter R., joined the Elks Lodge at Stevens Point, Wis.. while they were playing Endeavor, Wis., with their show, known as the Hall Dramatte Company. After completing their present engagement Mr. Hal! will go to Madison. where he will open an office to arrange matters preParatory to the opening of the State Legislature, to which body he was elected at the recent election. The W. I. Swain Dramatic Shows close their season December 21, near New Orleans, La.. making a season of 40 weeks for the No. 1 show and 42 weeks for the No, 2 show. ‘This has been the most prosperous season In the history of the Swain Show Company, and to gether the shows cleared nearly &39 000 The No. 1 show is considered one of the biggest of its kind in America, and carries 45 people and stx head of horses, three cars being used for transportation. Mr. Swain has made arrange ments for about $5,000 worth of equipment anc special scenery for his 1913 shows, which wil! open the latter part of Febrnary. The genera! agents, H. M. Smith and Frank Maury, and Thomas O'Keefe, principal comedian, have signed up for next season. William Ketrow, of the Ketrow and Trover Jesse James Show. visited the Edward P, Bar low Show's winter-quarters and while there honght a band wagon and other show property. The canvas of the Ketrow & Trover Show will! be in charge of Whitney Heywood next season.