Variety (December 1907)

VARIETY 27 At Hammerstein's Victoria Next Week JOSEPHINE SABEL Music Publisher Cor. BROADWAY and 39th ST. NEW YORK CUMBERLAND, MD. WBILAND (John Kirk, mgr.).—Campbell and Clark, comedy aketcb, very good; "Wolford," Roman axeman, found favor; Dave Wilson, comedian, well received; Brady, singer, ap- plause; Ethel Hammond, singing and talking, very clever; Moore and Downing, singers and dancers, good; A. J. Cope, 111. songs. Business good. SAVOY (Edward Collins, mgr.).—One hour of motion pictures has caught the patrons of this house, which makes business good. NOTES.—John Kirk, a Cumberland boy and an old vaudeville artist, has bought the Wetland Theatre, which he re-opened Nov. 28 to big business.—Edward Collins, of Washington, has assumed the management of the Savoy, replac- ing Chas. Bay. W. D. ROHUEB. EAU CLAIRE, WIS. UNIQUE (Wm. Armond, mgr.).—Stadium Trio, great: Ben W. Dawson, nomologist, fair; How and Edwards, hit. BONELL. f ELMIRA, N. Y. FAMILY (G. W. Mlddleton, mgr. Monday re- hearsal. 10).—P. Rlamor, bit; Emory White. Nicholas Zan and Elulne Von Thiele, splendid feature; The Hallhacks, clever songs and dances; Webb and Counolly, pleasing; Al. Leonhardt, ordinary. RIALTO (F. W. McConnell, mgr. Monday rehearsal 1:30).—Lizzie B. Raymond. Beecher and Maye, Fay Ellis, Eveline Stewart and Lillian De Vare; good bill. J. M. BEERS. EL PASO, TEX. ORPHEUM (Wjp. Winch, mgr.).—Week Nov. 20: James and Sadie Leonard, "When Caesar Sees Her," travesty, beat of its kind seen here; Allen Wight man, clay modeler, interesting; Mexias and Dog, very gdfcd; George Austin Moore, singer, aversge; Oterlta, Spanish dander, did not seem to take as might be supposed on this Spanish speaking I .order; Tivoli Quartet, good. OKl'HEUM (Wm. Winch, mgr.).—Week 27-3: Gartelle Brothers, "Sksteorlallsm," good; Les A utilii Lennel did not seem to take very well; Roue Coghlan, easily the hit of the bill; Ladell and Crouch, "Steps and Stunts," well received; Gardner and Revere, Scott and Wilson, acro- batic fnn makers. MAJESTIC (Frank Rich, mgr.).—Polk and Mart el la, "The Ponies"; Cutler and Elswortb, with moving pictures, and Dio- rama. ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.).— Four Dainty Daneers, Mullein and Corelli, Mas- sias O'Conner, Juggling McBans, Mueller and Mueller, and DeCoe. F. W. CAMPBELL. FALL RIVER, MASS. RHEEDY'S (Chas. E. Cook, mgr. Monday re- hearsals 10).—Three Juggling Rannans, expert club manipulators, good; The Clarence Rlsters, "The Australian Nuggets," excellent; Estelle INTRODUCING A NEW IRISH SONG Wordette and Company, "A Honeymoon In the Catskllls," pleased; Ryan and White, the Ameri- can dancers, ver.v good; Stelling and Revelle, European horizontal bar comlques, laughing hit; Will Lester and Lou Miller. "The Little Emi- grant," very good; Fourteen Black Hussars, "The Bass Drum Trust," very good. PLEAS- ANT STREET (Jas. Mason. mgr.).—Trans- Atlantic Trio, fair; Rose Freeman, ill. songs, good; Hattle Dixey, songs, fair; Mason and Doran, held over, good. PURITAN (Hooper & Hill, mgrs.). —111. songs by W. Plouf and mov- ing pictures. SCENIC (L. M. Boas, mgr.).— 111. songs by Sadie Graham and moving pic- tures. PBEMIER (B. L. Perry, mgr.).—111. songs by Louisa Marvis and G. B. Dailey and moving pictures. E. F. RAFFERTY. ante afTalr. EMPIRE (R. K. Burton, mgr.).— "The Thoroughbreds" opened to good business. The vaudeville olio Is the best feature of the show, though the closing burlesque is not with- out merit. Harry LeClalr, the leading comedian, and Josle Flynn, who heads the feminine con- tingent, score the hits of the performance. ■ GAYETY (Edward Shayne, mgr.).—"The Casino Girls" furnish an ordinary show that is helped out by .wrestling bouts given at each perform- ance. Indianapolis is crowded with wrestlers since the prize fighting game was stopped here, and all of them seem anxious to show what they can do. —i L. W. FORT SMITH, ARK. LYRIC (Winfrey B. Russell, mgr. Monday re- hearsal 2:30).—Bennett Sisters, very pleasing; Harrington, man of many voices, good; Mile. Bra chard, globe rolling, nice act; Lidell and Butterworth, big hit; Grace Godd. ill. songs, a favorite. BIJOU.—Pictures to fair business. EDISONIA.—Pictures to good business. OLYMPI A.—Pictures to indifferent returns. NOTES.—The Edisonia and Olympic have ad- vanced the price of moving pictures to ten cents.—Thompson and Hunt, formerly of the Olympic of this place, will open vaudeville In Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 16. RED. GALESBURO, ILL GAIETY (J. H. Holmes, mgr.).—Count DeButz and Brother, comedy cyclists, clever; Charley Brown, singing and dancing, good; Geo. Mund- wellder, ill. songs, pleased; Jolly and Wild, in "The Music Teacher," big hit; the Two DeComas, acrobats, good. F. E. R. JOHNSTON, PA. MAJESTIC (L. R. Cool, mgr.).—McMahon's "Minstrel Maids," good; Camille Trio, horsey but good; Duryea and Deland in "The Imposter," clever; Redford and Winchester, comedy Jugglers, good; Dorsch and Russell, musical, pleasing act; Lee Tong Foo, Chinese baritone, somewhat different and entertaining; Madge Fox, character songs, good. Business steadily increasing, the matinees being much better attended. PARK (H. W. Scherer, mgr.).—Aubrey and Lewers, character songs, decidedly clever; The Musical Simpsons, very good; Juliet Wood, burlesque Imitations, good; The Chameroys, eccentric acrobats, good, don't need the stereotyped "comedy." Attend- ance continues good. AUDITORIUM SKATING RINK (Phil. Caulfleld, mgr.).—Reckless Reek- law in bicycle stunts is very good; Fanny Leight, skater, cancelled on account of illness. CAM- BRIA (H. W. Scherer, mgr.).—Hadley's Pic- tures, fair selection. JESTICAN. HARTFORD, CONN. POLI'S (Harry Bailey, mgr.).—"A Night In a Boat house" is one of the best we have seen here; Donald and Carson, entertaining with Scotch songs; Callahan and St. George, "Old Neighbor- hood," as taking as of old; Coin's Dogs, "It Happened In Dogland," wonderful exhibition of animal Intelligence; The Astrellas, assisted by Albert Warner, good dancing; Leon Rogee, imi- tations and whistling, good; Marzella and Ml Hay, good comedy acrobats. SCENIC (H. C. Young, mgr.).—The headliner of the week is Prof. Neu man, mind reader; Dynes and Dynes are excel- lent jugglers and club swingers; Frances Oeraid, singing comedienne; ill. songs and moving pictures. NICKEL.—Week 2: Moving pictures and ill. songs to large audiences. WILLIAM H. RHODES. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. GRAND (Shafer Ziegler, res. mgr.).—The head- liner, Ned Wayburn'8 Side Show, Is somewhat disappointing; It contains some good ideas and is enjoyable in spots, but is not well put to- gether, and hardly what one would expect of Mr. Wayburn; Hope Booth, excellent In "The Little Blonde Lady"; Shekla, the Indian con- Juror, proves interesting; World and Kingston are well liked in their familiar skit; Gaston and Green give a neat singing act that won favor; Snyder and Buckley, old-time favorites, have gone astray in their efforts to dig up a new act, and fall short of their previous offering; Loney Has- kell's monologue received coldly, and the sketch given by Violet Black and Company Is a miser- J0LIET, ILL. GRAND (L. M. Goldberg, mgr.).—Week Nov. 25: Marno Trio, very good; Four Brown Brothers and Doc Kealey, hit; Nancy Rice, pleased; Wil- son, good; O. M. Mitchel, good; Dancing De Laceys, fair. A. J. STEVENS. KALAMAZOO, MICH. MAJESTIC (F. Bryce, mgr.).—Week Nov. 25: Rome, Mayo and Juliet, burlesque minstrels, best ever; Laura Hane and her Dresden dolls, good; Cora Beach Tuner Novelty Co., clever; Harry Davis aud Company, sharpshooters, the best act here. DIZ. LITTLE ROCK, ARK. MAJESTIC (Interstate Amusement Company; E. F. Carruthers, gen. mgr. Monday rehearsal 10:30).—Week Nov. 25: Kurtis and Busse, well KANSAS CITY, MO. SHUBERT (S. N. Oppenhelmer. mgr.).—S. N. Oppcnhelnier, of St. Louis, is now in charge of the Shubert Theatre, managing it personally during the absence of Walter Sanford. who has taken a vacation to go to Europe and who, it is thought, will be away from Kansas City for about two months. Bill this week varied enough to suit all. Woodward's Seals, very clever; Heras Family, acrobats, another big act; Billy Van, monologist, distinct hit; Terley presents poses, a Kansas City favorite; Lottie Moore and Albert Bellman, comedy sketch, pleasing; Jermon and Clinton in "Hack to Louisville," bright and merry; Hill and Sylviany, unicyclist; Jordon and Hartley. Hebrew comedians. applause. ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.) .—Joseph Hart's "Electric Crickets." delightful musical offering; Guyer and Crlspl, good; Adolph Zlnk, WITH A CAPITAL C 9 9 comedian, novel and pleasing; Ernesto Sisters, wire, clever; Caron and Farnum, comedy acro- bats, good; La Toska, juggler, entertaining; Holdswortbs sing and dance enjoy ably; Paul Barnes, monologist, good. CENTURY (Jos. R. Donegan, mgr.).—"California Girls," burlesque and vaudeville, very good. MAJESTIC (Clint Wilson, mgr.).—"The Gay Masqueraders." Good looking chorus and catchy songs and clever comedians. FAIRPLAY. LAWRENCE, MA88. COLONIAL (J. Fred Lees, mgr.).—Kartell!, wire act, very good; Fentelle and Carr, "Out — Loud Junction," pleased; Torcat, French Come- dian, falp; Delia Clarke and Company, "A Friend's Advice," pleased; LeBrun Grand Opera Trio, scenes from "II Trovatore," very good, four curtain calls; Lew Sully went big* Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Drew, "Billy's Tombstones," biggest laughing hit seen here. LYCEUM (Wm. L, Gallagher, mgr.).—Nina Sear les Burlesquera. Company of twelve women in an operetta en- titled "On Board the Nina Searles." Olio: Annie Ross, ill. songs, pleased; Dailey and Smith, comedians, very go<sl; Ida Merrill, songs and dances, fine; Nina Searles and Tina Davis, sing- ing and dancing, went well; James Dal ley's bur- lesque, "A King for a Day," very fufiny.— NICKEL (T. F. Twomey. mgr.).—Moving pictures and ill. songs by Arthur Holmes. MARQUISE (J. H. Michael, mgr.).—Moving pictures. JOHN J. JOYCE. MARION, IND. GRAND (Sam Pickering, mgr. Rehearsal 10).—Mykle-Harder Stock Company replaced the usual vaudeville week Nov. 25. L. 0. WETZEL. MYER8DALE, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE (Beals A Lambert, mgrs.). — Week Nov. 25: The Slmpsous, musical, well received; Frederick the Great, magician, very good; Lynch, slack wire, good act; Robert J. Morris, good; Viola, dancing, good. AR- CADE (C. W. Chandler, mgr.).—The Great Zen- to, "handcuff king," well received. NOTES.— The Musical Simpsons left Madame Gertrude Co. Nov. 30. CHANDLER. LONDON, CAN. BENNETT'S (J. D. Elms, res. mgr.).—Col. Gaston BordeTerrjr, sensational exhibition of marksmanship; Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hughes, "Sup- pressing the Press." well liked; Bertha Waltz- inger, very good; Munroe, Mack and Lawrence repeated former success; Dora Ronca, gypsy violinist, well received; Harry Jolson, monologue, fair- Mile. Nadge, acrobatic, safe hit. M. G. IIUE8TON. AMERICAN DANCERS NEW YORK DEBUT KEITH-PROCTOR'S I25TH STREET THEATRE DECEMBER 9TH. 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