The Billboard 1913-12-06: Vol 25 Iss 49 (1913-12-06)

DECEMBER 6, 1913. The Billboard 11 Palace Theater (Reviewed Monday Night, Deo, 1.) New York, Dec. 1.—A re-arranging of tbe show was necessary 1) make the eleven numbers that were offered oJeud harmoniously. Tuwe program offered was ef up to the Palace standard, altho some of the «cts fared very we’. No, 1—Al. English and Stella Johnson offered many up-to-date and ¢ :ginal ball-room danece. They accomplish their steps with ease and grace. and were accorded » hearty reception, Seven minutes; ful) stage; two bows, No. 2—Pictures of tle Army-Navy forbal game ran twenty-three minutes, showing grdiion stars and army and wavy reviewers as they paraded around the (colo grounds last Saturday. part of the first Lalf was shown, owls partly to the limited time, A film was flasastating that the sec,.d half would be shown later, but it did mx cceur, Not much eptau<iasm was shown these pictures. No. 3—Zelda Sears & Co., three women ond two men, presented Edgar Allan Woolf's one act playlet, The Wardrobe Woman, \ilss Sears is a thoro ac.is;, who reads her iines perfectly, and is supperted by a capable cast Much laufter thruout snd generous applause 4 the finish stampt the -ct a success. Twent,;two minutes, in three, special set; three us tains. No. 4—James Diamond and Sibyl Brenuan offered much comedy. Their pleasing manner much appreciation, which they only comedy won for them truly deserved. Diamond executes some wonderful dancing, and bis sweet partner sings with much animation. Thirteen minutes, in one: four bows; one encore. No. 5—Nine Barbour rendered many up-to date numbers, and for an encore sang Annie Laurie. This little Miss possesses a baritone voice that has not been equaled iu these parts Her stage bearing Is perfect, for many moons. and she {s here to stay. Thirteen minutes, in one; five bows. No. 6—Nat Nazarro & Co., five men, showed a wonderful array of acrobatic and tumbling feats. The act in its present shape is marvelous to behold, and much credit is due to all concerned. Ten minutes, in three; five curtains. INTERMISSION. No. 7—Fred Duprez bids fair to become one of America’s foremost monologists. He has a style all bis own and makes every point count. Appearance, delivery and everything that goes to make up a high elyss artist are possest by this clever chap. Sixteen minutes, in one; four bows. No. &—John and May Burke carried off all boners fran the epplause and laufter received. Some new gige are inserted in their opening, which landed solidly. John always was a good pianist, but tonight it seemed a3 if tue instru Was made for him alone. He surely did make it bum. Sixteen minutes, cpening in one, ihen in three, ané closing in one; five bows. No. @—Frapk Sheridan send Company. § in Biackmall, three men and one woman, had tne vudience spelibound while the playlet was in and the surprise finish brought forth thunderous applause from every corner of the house, Twenty minutes, in three; six curtains. No. 10—Ethel Green is the essence of reficement. The way this charming young lady goes about her work should be a lesson to many, as every word is plainly enunciated and her costumes are excellent examples of the needleworker's art. She cegistered a pronounct su*cess, despite ber difficult position. Fonrteen minutes. ta one, four bows. No. 11—Bird Millman and Company, two women and one man. Miss Millman can only be described with one word, and thet word is class. It seems at times as if she bad wings attacht to her fairy shoulders. Speed is her middle name and grace is displayed with every wovement of her sinuous bedy. Eight minutes, full stage with three bows. The act closed the show at 11:20. ment action, Hammerstein's (Reviewed Monday Matinee, Dec. 1.) New York, Dec. 1.—Incident to the running of an average vaudevil show there were two noteworthy outburets of sentiment and appreciation on the part of Hammerstein's casehardened matinee audience, Mouday, both Iin‘idents arriving simultaneously when Anna Hleld’s daughter was departing from the stage after an electrifying success, and James and Boanle Tornton walkt out to be greeted by an uprising of welcome and good cheer that lasted for five misutes. There were tears in the eyes of many oldUmers while the ovation lasted for Jim and Sonnie, and at the conclusion of thelr greatly ‘ppreclated efforts the audience returned to storm another whirlwind of hearty considera‘lon at the greatly admired standbys of long so and right up to the minute. Seldom has such an evidence of genuine de‘ght been shown by one of the Hammerstein satherings. Anna Held’s daughter arrived with ‘ dash and vigor that bespoke her immediate welcome to American vandevil. She strikingly ‘esembles her mother in facial appearance and ‘Spression, is about the same size, saving ‘iightly heavier, Sings nicely, dances well, wae Deautifully gowned and went acroas with tremendous favor, strictly om her merits, after having been welcomed for her mother’s sake. No. 1—Wichman, clay modeler, produced the usual routine of feats and did the unusual thing of modeling the face of the drummer in the orchestra. Ten minutes in two. No. 2—Kalmer and Puck sent a song plugger across to warble two of their latest numbers. Five minuces with picture sheet. No. 3—The Olio Trio, two men and one woman, gave piano and song specialty that won appreciation. The effort at comedy might have developed more laufs with the audience larger. Fifteen minutes in one. No. 4—Kitty Flinn, dawned upon the audience @g 4 hard worker, good to look upon, vivacious in demeanor, with voice and style to put her to the front where she belongs and will eventually land if she keeps at it this way. She drest well and danced better scoring with five regular bows. Ten minutes in one. No. 5--Herman Lieb gave his standard sketch, Dope, with six people assisting. This reviewer hat witnest the sketeh half a dozen times in the past few years and it still plays with the gripping ferce and punch that it seemed to possess the first time. Twenty-two minutes in full stage, special set. No. 6—Raymond and Caverly, with their comedy drop, seored multitudes of laufs with their old and new stuff. Fifteen minutes in one, No, 7-—Lina Carrera, Held’s daughter, and pregram, scored an billed largely as Anna topping feature of the immediate and wunquestioned success. She was presented in a special setting, panorama in black and white satin beautifully draped and lighted. She was assisted by Bobby Watson and six mighty good looking girls of which Anna Held’s daughter was far the prettiest. Watson sang and danced, backt by the girls, and finisht the act with Miss Carrera. He is a mighty good dancer and Anna Held’s daughter pickt right along with him with ease, grace and dash that were delightful to behold. There was an ovation and a mighty display of flowers, concluding an altogether happy debut for the young lady. She uses an evidently manufactured dialect, slipping nally into first-class English and gets away with everything without a fault or quiver. Twenty-three minutes, ten bows, and mighty nifty little speech. No. 8—Jim and Bonnie Thornton sprang into the final applause for Miss Carrera, which turned it in a twinkling, to an ovation for the old favorites for three minutes. They bowed to the welcome and then contributed their customary high-class specialty strictly on its merits and one long hit all over the place. Thirty-five minutes In one. No. 9—MecCart and Bradford offered their lively and effectiv comedy playlet, The Second Generation, to {ts customary high appreciation, just preceding intermission. No. 10—Imhof, Conn and Coreene present a military travesty playlet, Surgeon Louder, U. S. A., which occupied about 20 minutes. Im hof was received with applause and his steady flow of jokes (all copyrighted) kept the house in a constant uproar, together with his business of shooting off an old cannon. The dialog between him and Conn pleased greatly. No. 12—Jack Norworth, as the celebrated globe galloper, pulled a very novel stunt in motion picture form, having had about 1,000 feet of motion pictures made showing himself in his yacht setting out to sea. He has had all the punches from about 75 different pictures cut out and cemented together, showing himeelf going from yacht to aeroplane, from aeroplane to North Pole, to South Africa, to Europe, the slums of London, and so on. He sings several songs, all of which are delivered to the best advantage. No. 18—Ben Deely and Company in The New Bell Boy show considerable speed. Deely makes considerable fun of going up in the elevator. Mari Wayne, as telefone girl, is well cast. No. 14--The Three Keatons, bookt as the tumble bug family, have a lot of slapstick comedy, which goes very well, and recetved considerable applause. No. 15—Kit Carson, as the sharpshooter on the wire, shows remarkable skill, making bullseyes from evey possible angle. Fifth Avenue (Reviewed Monday Night, December 1.) New York, Dec, 1.—A really excellent bill drew two big bonuses to the Fifth Avenue today, and a good week's business may be confidently expected, as this week's program includes both quantity and quality with just enuf variety to make it exceptional, . No, 1—Hugh Lloyd, with his wonderful work on the bounding wire, got a full measure of applause, and five or six legitimate bows, No, 2—Miller and Lyle. a colored act which did fairly well, stayed on about eight minutes, No. $3—Sam Berton, the tramp cyclist, met with a warm welcome and brought him a big hand at the close. Barton stayed on just ten minutes, No. 4—Josie Heather did well enuf, getting stronger with each song and finishing nicely after twelve pleasing minutes, in one. Josie, who makes a winsome appearance, got a bad start, and her opening songs could well be changed for mcre appropriate material. No, 6—Clayton White and Company appeared in Cherie, a sketch which has been reviewed a number of times in these columns and which has lost none ef its strength as a real lauf-getter. White is well supported and the work of Mae Phelps as Cherie, as well as that of Pauline Taylor as Mrs. Harrington, helpt matters wonderfully. The act finisht strongly, taking four comfortable curtains and using just a half un hour. No. 6—Eunice Burnham and Chas Irwin, in songs, piano playing end dialog, made a big im pression, Irwin’s dialect work carrying the act to the highest realms vf success. The act used fourteen minutes and took several bows at the finish. No. 7—The Hess Siste:s, thoroly welcome and good to look upon, hive an act that is awa; from the average six‘; act and which wilil so over with any live audience. The girls ma:ie a good-sized hit, stsyivg on atout eleven m.cutes, No. 8—This was th: real hit of the bill. Claude Gillingwater’s A Millionaire’s Wife, ‘r which some magnificet.t acting was offer>d by Gillingwater and Edyth Lyle, as well as by Fred Forrester as the «rt:st-lover of the million aire’s wife. The act i» cleverly written, c: efully staged and sp'+nd'dly acted, and it haa much to commend it as a high-class vaudevil offering of the most up-to-date brand. {[t took thirty-three minutes to tell the story, and tl+« house listened with bat«« breath as it was unfolded by the clever principals in the playlet. No. #—Rackett. Hoover and Markey, in a re freshing jumble of song, dance and _ story, livened up the house and furnisht about 17 minutes of real variety entertainment. Clara Rackett, we remember from her former partnership with Ernest Rackett, ag well as trom ner clever work as leading woman with a musical production for the past few seasons. This act finisht well, taking seven bows and leaving the audience asking for more. No. 10-——David Bispham, with the same act, with the same speeches and about the same sungs which were well received by some _ parts of the house and which kept Bispham on the stage for about 28 minutes. No. 11—Henry Lewis, following the big Hst of strong attractions, did wonders and held the stage for fully 15 minutes, closing with his usual encore speech. No. 12—Norman, the frog man, who showed how practice makes perfect in the line of contortion and who made a good impression, considering the bad spot. It was nearly eleventhirty when the orchestra played the exit march, Colonial Theater (Reviewed Monday Matinee, December 1.) New York, Dec. 1.—Beautiful decorations in and outside of the theater, together with a show of twelve acts, drew a capacity crowd, this being the thirtieth year of Keith vaudevil. In fact many spectators were standing in the rear of the orchestra balcony and second balcony floors, and were fully repaid for their visit. No. 1—Hanlon and Clifton, two men, offered a very neat hand-balancing act, which drew fvurth much applause. Seven minutes, in three, one curtain. No, 2—Donna Adair Trio, three women, sang popular melodies that did not seem to land. Their appearances are a setback and a somewhat different presentation should be carried out. Fourteen minutes, in one, one curtain. No. 3—Mario Lo and Company, four women, two men, reproduce magnificent porcelain, Dresden and China masterpieces in an artistic manner, and each curtain brought forth applause. The novelty was well received. Eleven minutes, full stage. Special props, one curtain. No, 4—Chris Richards, eccentric singing and dancing comedian, put over a big-sized hit with his grotesque Leymania. Ten minutes, in one, five bows. No. 5—Florence Tempest, assisted by Herbert Hoffman and Harry Wilson at the piano. Miss Tempest is a cute mite with an abundance of good songs and splendid wardrobe. Personality is the mainspring of her song delineations, and each number was well received. Twenty minutes, full stage with special drop, six bows. No, 6—Bert Clark and Mabel Hamilton are real vaudevilians. They are versatile and deliver their goods in excellent style; however, the Jap song and dance ought to be omitted. as the act runs too long. Thirty-three minutes, open in two, go to three. Three special drops, seven bows. INTERMISSION. No, 7-—Joe Keno and Rosie Green, singing, dancing and acrobatics, well accomplisht, put them in the hit column. Much ig attempted and all received hearty applause. Their little skit is in better shape now than ever before. Fifteen minutes, open full stage, close in one, six minutes, six bows and encore. No. 8—Paul Armstrong’s Woman Proposes; four women, four men. Part of the cast is rew to the act, but acquitted themselves creditably. Miss Ruth Allen is an artist not to be denied. She gave much support to the fast running vehicle. Fifteen minutes, in three, five curtains, No, 9—Bert Errol, a female impersonator, does not disclose his sex. He possesses a remarkable singing voice and dresses in the latest ‘fashion. Four songs were rendered, which met with approval. Eleven minutes, in one, plush drop, eight bows and encore. No, 10—Adelaide and J. J. Hughes offer one of the best pantomimic dances with music witnessed in many months. Adelaide is a wonderful toe dancer and her partner is an able assistant. A moving picture related the story of the last dance, and when the curtain is ralsed a gorgeous stage setting is in evidence. Much praise should be given the principals, as the act is pretentious in every way. Twenty minutes, open full stage, three minutes, in one, lose full stage. Two beauttiful special sets and their own musical director. Four well deserved curtains, No. 11—Jack Wilson, assisted by Jack Boyle and Ada Lane, landed solidly with tbeir comedy and singing. The trio is a sure cure for the blucs as they do their work as if they enjoy it. A great big hit was registered in a difficult position. Twenty-six minutes, in one, tive bows. No. 12—Alpine Troupe, three women, two men; offer an aerial double wire act of high order and many great feats are accomplisht to the full delight of those who remained. Seven minutes, full stage, two bows. News of the world closed the show at 5:50. Keith's Union Square (Reviewed Monday Matinee, December 1.) ee New York, Dec 1.—‘he anniversary bill at the Union Square show house drew a goodsized attendance to the first performance this afternoon. Towards the end of the show, however, the audience became restless, several walking out on the headliners. No. 1—Wilbur Sweatman started things off with the house filling up, and put his musical number over as Well as could be expected under the conditions. Eleven minutes, in two, three bows. No. 2—Dora Pellitier, singing comedienne, came next with pretty gowns, good songs and finisht to a fair hand, taking two bows. The act ran fifteen minutes, in one. No. 3—Charles and Ada Latham, in Me and Dave, with the assistance of a company of two, were thoroly appreciated by the down-town audience. Ada Latham’s make-up is funny and she fills the part of a girl of the slums to perfection. Seventeen minutes, full stage, two curtains, No. 4—The program says Hall and Francis present a dainty skit and this is just what they do. They make a good appearance and their big bet in the song department is, I Have Been Thinking of You, which earns heavy applause. The parts of a city chap and a country “girl are capably portrayed. Sixteen minutes, with special drop, and close in one. During one of their songs the motion picture sheet was lowered which evidently surprised the singers us much as it did the audience. No. 5—The Longworths followed with some more songs, and their excellent voices won instant favor. Fifteen minutes, in three. Flowers, No. 6—Arthur Deagon then proceeded to get acquainted and went over big with a strong finish. Each of his songs scored a hit, Thirteen minutes, in one, three bows and speech. No. 7T—-Mademoiselle Mersereau next presented her Egyptian dance, which held the interest of the audience at all times. The dance is well done and deserved all the applause received. Full stage, thirteen minutes. No. 8—Burkhart and White scored with popular songs, among the hits rendered being How That Woman Could Cook, The Spaniard That Blighted My Life and You'll Have To Get Out and Get Under. Fourteen minutes, five bows and encore. No. 9—John and Emma Ray, in Junie MeCree’s On the Rio Grande, were easily the laufing hit of the show. ‘These two ‘‘newcomers’’ as mentioned by Arthur Deagon, had the audience going all the time they were on the stage. Besides plenty of comedy they do some fine harmony singing with the aasistance of a company of four. Full stage, twenty minutes. No, 10—Belle Blanche received quite a reception and added her numbers to the songfest. Her imitations were well received and her representation of a pinochle game between Lew Fields, George W. Monroe, Sam Bernard and James T. Powers, went over big. No, 11—Those who remained to see Alfredo Marshall, juggler, did not regret it. Marshall hag special scenery to represent the deck of a battleship and has a sailor assistant, who earns a number of laufs. The act offers a good demonstration of strength and skill. Alhambra (Reviewed Monday Matinee, December 1.) New York, Dec. 1.—@enerous billing of ind anniversary program provided for the current week in celebration of the founding of Keith Vaudeville in 1883, filled the Alhambra Mon day afternoon, but it is only fair to that this program of quantity proved no be entertaimment than has been provided by myny another bill at the same house on which" the acts have not been so numerous. ’ (Continusd to page 59.) 2 DR as oe aeeeetntee ety nee ee ert ee ee. eke eee Meee ee