Variety (Jan 1907)

VARIETY LEO CARRILLO'S CARTOON OF THE WEEK IFTKE Rta?* or rw f /]RvsT$ w ouuo He*.P WE, r WOULD MORRIS SUED FOR $4,000. William Morris has been sued for $4,000 by the Cottrell-Powell Troupe for breach of contract. The papers were served on the agent this week. Nino weeks salary It $41)0 weekly is demanded, the remainder of a blanket contract calling for twenty weeks, of which eleven only were played. If, Strassman, attorney for the artists, says that Morris was called upon to fur- nish the time as required under his con- tract, but failed to do so and the suit fol- lowed. Mr. Morris was asked regarding the mat- ter and said: "I booked the Cottrell- Powell act for twenty weeks, a portion of which was to have been played over the Proctor circuit, hut the contracts for that time were not confirmed. I spoke to the act about it, telling them to present them- selves at the Proctor houses and I would then refer the matter to my attorney for suit. "Instead of doing that they sued me and I thought they had gone back home." CAMILLE CLIFFORD'S DOUBLE. Ethel Trevor, known to fame as the "Baltimore Girl" in the "Prince of Pil- sen," is organizing a vaudeville company compospd of three people for a tour in "The Singer and the HypnotHt," written by Edgar Allen Woolf. Miss Trevor is declared to be the double of Camille Clifford, the New York chorus girl who passed out of that class after arriving on the other aide. ORPHEUM OPENS ON TIME. San Francisco, Jan. 25. The Orpheum Theatre opened last Mon- day evening, but it was a close call. The workmen left the building at fifteen min- utes past eight and the opening overture commenced at 8:.SO. A packed house atentded the premier performance of the first modern theatre to be opened since the earthquake. The building comes under "Class A." The ca- pacity is 2.000. It is one of the prettiest houses in the country. The bill for this week is composed of ...ice and Cohen, Searle and Violet Allen, Marzelle and Millav. Black and Jones. Edgar Atchinson Kly, Warren and Blanch- ard, Willa Holt Wakefield and Ned Nye with his "Rollicking Cirls." LOUISE BEAUDET ON DECK. Recollections of the days when Ham- merstein's Olympic was the talk of the country were forced upon vaudeville this week by the return of Louise Beaudet from abroad, where she has been for the 'past four years. Miss Beaudet's last appearance in vari- ety was at the Olympia and she would like very much to again make the at- tempt. W. L Lykens will assist her and one of the Keith-Proctor houses will be the scene. Songs will make up her of- fering. On Miss Beaudet's theatrical record are the names of many Broadway productions in which she had prominent parts. NEVA AYMAR LEFT FOR GOOD. No word has been received up to Thurs day last from Neva Aymar, who left Way- bum's "Rain-Dears" at Los Angelas, with- out notice. That she left th^ city with Jimmy Britt. llie pugilist, is accepted as the solution of her sudden disappearance, but how she escaped her mother, who travelled with her, remains unsolved. SAILED WITH A HUNDRED. "The Tennessee Students" were to have played at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston this week, and the act is there—minus Abbie Mitchell. Miss Mitchell asked and received $100 "advance" last week of Percy Williams. The next day the colored singer sailed for Europe and the "Students" missed her in Boston, the same city where they will miss $100 out of the salary en- velope. STUART BARNES' "SPEC." On May 20 Stuart Barnes, \he monol- ogist, will take a Broadway musical comedy on the Southern tour, heading the show, and playing for about eight weeks from present plans. If the "spec" proves profitable the trip may be continued throughout the summer, the park circuits South affording the necessary time. Last week was the record one In box office receipts at the Colonial Theatre since its opening. Vesta Victoria was the magnet. WILEY HAMILTON DEAD. Wiley Hamilton, for many years a well- known manager and producer of stock burlesque, died in Hot Springs, Ark., last Saturday. He had been in the health resort for six months seeking a cure for heart trouble. He was a member of the T. M. A. and the Actors' Protective Union. Before his managerial ventures he had been a member of Hamilton and Wiley, his partner, Mrs. Hamilton, surviving him. PASTOR'S BALL TUESDAY. The annual ball of the Pa-stor's Theatre employes will occur next Tuesday even- ing. .Tiinuary 29, at Tammany Hall. It promises to be the most brilliant affair of the many given under the same auspices. A dancing match has been arranged be- tween the Ward Brothers and Wilson and Bell, who will also moot all comers. ANNIE PURCELLE BOOKED. Next September, through engagements made with the Keith- Proctor firm, Annie Purcelle, an English singer, will appear over here, having been secured through the efforts of \V. L. Lykens, the agent. Mi-s Pureelte has appeared in the Loir* • Ion halls, but hardly often enough to be called ;i confirmed vaudevillian. She is better known as « r « member of the Geo. Kdwardes staff" of artists, having played in the "Belle of New York" and other musical pieces produced by Edwardes on the other side. Her husband, Louis De Kreter, is managing the Englishwoman. \