Variety (Mar 1906)

' VARIETY VARIETY A Variety Paper for Variety People. Published ev»-ry Saturday by TH8 VARIETY l'UBUSniNG CO. Knickerbocker Theatre Building, 1402 Broadway, New York City. 8IME J. SILVERMAN, Editor and Proprietor. Entered as second-class natter December 12, 1905, at the post office at Sew York, N. I.. under the act of t'onyrcss of March 8, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. A ii I) lift I ••■••■••••••• •■••••• ..,•..... 9* I* t*l **1 JJIl Mill (II (|f lilt (• llMM l,M (IIIIIMlMM *■ Six uikI three iiiontlis In proportion. Single roph-8 five cents. Variety will be mulled to a permanent address or aa per route, aa desired. Copyright UMKi by Variety Publishing Co. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. First Year. No. 12. VARIETY announces "fairness" as the policy governing it. It is conducted on original lines for a theatrical newspaper. Whatever there is to be printed of interest to the profes- sional world will be printed without re- gard to whose name is mentioned or the advertising columns. "All the news all the time" and "ab- solutely fair" are the watchwords. The reviews are written in a strictly impartial manner and for the benefit of the artists. VARIETY is an artist's paper, for the artists and to which any artist may come with a just grievance. VARIETY will not burden its columns with "wash" notices; it will not be in- fluenced by advertising; it will be honest from the first page to the last. That's VARIETY. Mike Whallen is bark in London playing three houses. Cooper and Robinson arc scheduled to sail for Europe May 15. The Four Olifans will join the Ilagen beck show for this summer. The statement is made that B. F. Keith clears at least $500,000 yearly. The City Girls are playing at Proctor's Twenty-third Street Theatre this week. The Orunatha troupe of seven people will again play the Barnum-Bailey circus this season. Pete Dailey will enter vaudeville again as soon as time is secured for him by •Jack Levy. The editor of an English dramatic paper, the Encore, died recently of pneu- monia at the age of 27 years. George S. (Juliette and Olive Carr were married about a month ago at the Metro- politan Hotel by Alderman Smith. The II*mgler sisters, who have been fill- tag date*- in the West for some months, will return to this vicinity presently. • -'-, iLj , fc^ 4 , JLO^. 1 &> l/#£Asy V*# TAf£ H FAD T HAT ttube Bernstein is still in advance of the Parisian Belles Burlesquers, regardless of all contradictory reports. this sketch for the first time over that circuit. Sam S. (lark, Jr., late of The Thor- oughbreds, has signed with the Jersey Lilies to go ahead of that show. Grace Cameron declined to appear at the Imperial last Monday, not being sat- isfled with the billing. Leona Thurber replaced her. Bay Bailey of Genaro and Bailey has tonsilitis, and Paterscn had to be canceled for this week by the team. May Boley, who has been booked for eight weeks in her act called "The Polly Girls" by M. S. Bcntham, opens at Troy Monday. is one of the funniest acts in vaudeville, hut still Byron is unable to secure a New York hearing. As a former burlesque comedian the impression seems prevalent among managers and agents that the act would not do in town, although it is claimed that it goes with a scream out- side. This is one of me reasons that the artists should organize and will be gone into thoroughly at some future time. Clayton White and Marie Stuart will appear at the New York Theatre to-mor- row (Sunday) night, the first outside Sun- Tlie Taming of the Beast," a new sketch in the varieties, is said to have Stella A CORRECTION. T^O correct a prevailing false impression, VARIETY announces that Mr. Epes W. Sargent (CHICOT) does not wholly or in part own or control this paper, directly or indirectly. Edward Butler, the father of James But- ler, who owns the Standard Theatre in St. Louis, met with a serious accident at Silver City, N. M., on February 21. He was thrown from a carriage, and this, coupled with an attack of lumbago, re- sulted critically. Attending physician*, however, state there is a possibility of re- covery, in which case Mr. Butler, Sr., will continue bis pleasure trip through Lower California. His ton-is the head of the Empire Burlesque Circuit. day date they have ever played. M. S. Mentham has been trying for two years to induce them to do so. but without success until latelv. The three Donali will open at Keith's Union Square Theatre in two weeks, mainly through the activity of H. H. Fei ber. the Keith foreign agent. The six Perri sisters join the Ringling Circus this week. B. Perri, the manager of the act, has staged for Ringling for sev eral vears. Julie Ring in "A Quiet Life" under the management of Al Sutherland will open on the Orpheum circuit shortly, playing IViinllv, "the prettiest girl in vaudeville," in ; t. A Passaic, N. J., paper printed the H notation. Leo Xino was booked for forty-eight wvks through the Keith Booking Agency, this being one of the foreign acts '•snatched*' by the Keith people hi their customary manner, Nino will not piny the time, however, having returned '* Paris last Thursday, where await him all ihe engagements he can possibly (ill. Tip change in Mr. Nino's plans occurred short —» ly after Fischer of the Marinelli Agency re turned. Variety i^ threatened with a lawsuit. The elevator bov in the building at 15 We.-t Thirtieth street, occupied by Fran- cis, Day .V: Hunter, the music publishers. Was alluded to as Smoke last week in this paper. Smoke says his name is .John Moddy :iikI Variety has no right to change hi-; name. He has instructed his attorney to institute an action to recover $.">0 for perversion of nouns and Mr. John Smoke Moddy declines to compromise. I/)uise Allen Collier will break in h"r revised and rejuvenated sketch, "A Wild Idea," in Ponghkeepsic nest week. Beside the ehnnges in the personnel of the coin- i•;i• i\ ii new Indian song will he Intro- dived. The comedienne cannot blame the Ponshkecpsip date on any agent. S!ie booked it herself. Competent authorities have declared that Frank Byron in "The Dude Detective" 'I lie employees of the William? houses .ides. .ire being diligently drilled as fire bri