Variety (Feb 1906)

VARIETY vXkiety A Variety Paper fer Variety People. Published erery Saturday by THB VARIETY PUBLISHING CO.. Knickerbocker Theatre Building. 1402 Broadway, New York City. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. Annual $2 Foreign 8 Six and three months in proportion. Single copies Are cents. Variety will be mailed to a permanent address or as per route, as desired. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. First Year. No. 9. Rose Marie Glose has been booked for the Alhambra, London. Nella Webb, of "Dolly Dollars'* will come in again. Gartelle Brothers, the skaters, have left for Chicago to join the Haverly Minstrels. The Jackson Family leave for a tour of six weeks, returning to play the Will- iams houses. Ida Rene is booked for her farewell ap- pearance at the New York theatre to- morrow night. Mice Pierce, the imitator, will shortly return to Europe, where she met with much success on her previous tour. Collins and Hart, after a season in Kurope, will open at Hyde & Behman's on March 5. In a Paris music hall at present a "mind-reading" act is being given by a man and a dog. Clifton Crawford, who wrote "Nancy Brown," is in vaudeville with a monologue written by "Joe" Hart. Edith Helena will bring her high notes to America August 12, when the singer opens on the Orpheum circuit. Irene Bently, it is said, will appear in vaudeville for a few weeks to fill in the time before her opening in a new musical comedy. The plan of Allie Gilbert's opening with her "Summer Girlies" ha*? been • hanged from Utiea to the Doric, Yonkers, next week. leanette Lowry, formerly of "The Wiz- ard of Oz" will make her vaudeville debut at William T. Grover's new theatre the Imperial, February 26. Kay Bailey, of Genaro and Bailey, fell mi the stage at the Twenty-third street theatre Wednesday, and was badly shaken up. Tom Edwards, a ventriloquist, may -«Hin be expected over. His ventriloquial iTering is called "The Huntsman and the Stable Boy," and he is a close rival of Ar- thur Prince. 11 R. A. Roberts, Arthur Prince, Ida Rene. Cliinko and Minnie Kauffman all sail on the "Baltic" February 14. All except Miss Rene are booked to return. The left-hand elevator in the St. James Building was reserved for "the eighth floor only" commencing last Thursday. Mr. Alfred H. Walton, who until re- cently appeared in vaudeville with Fred Bond and Co., has given up the profession and has entered into business in New York with bis brother Richard, who is also of vaudeville fame. Ziska and King, comedy magicians, are booked from June to December of this year on the Western Orpheum & K. & C. time. Emmalyn Laekaye, a cousin of Wilton l^ackaye, has retired from vaudeville, at least for the present. She has sold her sketch, "The Green Eyed Monster," which was written for her by Edith Ellis Bakeu, and will have a place in "His Majesty." which opens at Daly's in March. Society Item.—E. F. Albee "enter- tained" Martin Beck and John J. Murdock at luncheon on Thursday at Martin's. Mr. Beck did the eating, while Albee did the thinking. Mr. Murdock was the referee. Irene Bently, who was seen at Proc- tor's Fifth avenue theatre on Sunday night two weeks or so ago, and who prom- ised to make a prolonged stay in vaude- ville, has withdrawn her promise, and will take a part with "The Free Lance," the forthcoming John Philip Sousa musica' offering. Louise Allen Collier has reorganized her company of five people, replacing three of the five members. William Lewis, who plays the Rube, has been retained. The sketch has been cut down into half the time it formerly occupied and consider- ably quickened, it is declared, and now goes much better. Miss Allen is about to take the revised sketch over the Poll cir- cnit. Ida Rene was billed to play at the New York Thealre to-morrow (Sunday) night before the contract was signed. Of course, after Mr. McAlister, her manager, dis- covered that, it was no longer a question of price as far as he was concerned. Charles Evaus, who was a member of the old Evans and Hoey partnrship, will open in Wilmington, Del., next Monday with a new sketch. He is under the chaperonage of William L. Lykens. The Sousloff Duo, acrobatic dancers, will appear here in October, 1906. It's suffi- Queenie Vassar, who belonged to the vaudeville forces some years ago, but for a long time has been away from there, is poised for new flight in the two-a-day. She has been booked for 12 weeks on the Keith circuit, beginning in New York - NOTICE, VARIETY is a five cent paper. It having been brought to our attention t Hat some newsdealers, mostly out of town, are charging ten cents* we will consider it a favor upon any such occurrence being' reported directly to us. eign acts without having to recollect just March 5, by M. S. Benthem. She will use where they will open. a collection of impersonations. Dorothy Russell will have a crowd of girls surrounding her when she next ap- pears, but the billing "daughter of Lillian Russell" will be retained. Earle Reynolds, the ice skater, will noon appear In his novelty performance on manufactured ice at the Hippodrome. May Ward, the comedienne, has recov- ered from ter recent illness and will open :>.t Hurtig and Seamon's Harlem theatre February 10, after a 20-weeks absence from the stage. She was operated upon for appendicitis, ami was out for the first tin < this week. William Faversham's wife, Julie Opp, may appear in March. The accent is heav- ily on the "maybe" whether March or any other time. Faversham completed the pre- liminary arrangements to get the "vaude- ville atmosphere." Who can tell? His contract runs for only two years longer. Knrno's Mumming Birds will play the Dewey theatre on Sunday, February 18. Nella Bergen will accept a week or so before opening in the new Sousa opera, provided she receive! the asked salary. Hurtig and Seamon very nearly offered it. Ida Carle, the woman agent, will bring over the "Empire Girls" to play in burlesque, opening at St. Louis in one of the Western Wheel houses. Miss Carle is hopeful that New York will be favored with a sight of the bunch in straight vaude- ville. Hassan Ben Ali, whose troupe of Arabian acrobats were seen in the con- tinuous hom?s in these parts not long since, writes from Tangiers that he will open a. theatre the first week in March and is in need of American illusion and circus acts. He is now in Paris booking attractions for the new house. Jacobs' Dogs played the Orpheum in Brooklyn last week. During the act Jacobs does a hand stand from a pedestal under which a dog sits. From the front it ap- pears be is standing on the head of the animal. A woman in the audience one night screamed during this part of the act, leaving the theatre. Next day she reported to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. An inspector was dis- patched to the theatre forthwith, and Mr. Jacobs required to explain, which he did to the consternation of the woman who had not waited the outcome on the stage, when the illusion is given away. (No press story.) The Empire in Hoboken gave away cups and saucers last week, and Bruggemann's other house in Paterson is offering extra inducement in the form of presents this week. Lola Haines, of the team of Haines and Mann returned to New York this week, after an absence of 14 months, during which she has been working on the Pacific coast among other places. She will rest up for a week or two and meet her part- ner Danny Mann in Chicago late this month. She is the wife of W. 0. Manning, of the amusement firm of Armstrong and Manning. Hallen and Hart will be at the head of their own production, if a suitable play can be secured. Otherwise Joseph Hart will remain out of the acting line, taking care of business interests and making pro- ductions only. Hallen and Hart will not again be seen in vaudeville. Fregoli, the lightning change artist, is now in France, giving the entire opera of "Faust," taking all the characters and singing all the parts. It takes one hour and a half. Keller's Streator Zouaves will reappear in March. Jules Delmar, formerly the Keith rep- resentative at the Grand Opera House at Syracuse, has been promoted, with head- quarters in the St. James Building. Libeera, the freak with two bodies, ap- peared in Philadelphia this week, but was obliged to stop his exhibition by the po- lice. Edith Helena wrote to the Artisten Loge in Germany, asking that the "confidential report" be printed in English, as she could not read German, and the by-laws for- bade the translation by non-members. Her request was granted. James (Jim) Cook, formerly of Smith ami Cook, has formed a partnership with Harry Madison, of the former team of Bailey and Madison. The new couple will be known as Cook and Madison. Josie Antoinette, formerly of "The Girl and the Bandit" Co., who has been singing in vaudeville, has about decided that that name is a "hoodoo" through its his- torical associations, and may change it if some time doesn't drop her way soon. The new burlesque at Joe Weber's Music Hall will l>e put on about the 22nd. The White City Quartette are doing a double act on each bill they play with James T. Powers, being Mr. Powers' main support. Maehnow, the Russian giant, will come over soon, Marinelli having sent an agent, to see that he left Russia. He is about nine feet four inches in height. B. Wol- tieim calls him "The Human Flatiron." The giant opens in London. Tf he ever ap- pears in New York, receiving that appel la lion, don't forget Mr. Wolheim. He would feel hurt if von did. A real nice Im».v is H (can*! itll his first name undci penalty of the kibosh) and we are sorry to see him go.