Variety (December 1907)

52 VARIETY • THE FAMOUS ■ Quaker City Quartette HARRY ERNEST, JOHN HEALY, JOHN DOWER, HARRY ST. CLAIRE in their icenic .ct. "THE SINGING BLACKSMITHS" Played at Auditorium, Chicago, second time within four week* la that city; alto returned to Louisville at Mary Anderson Theatre after playing Hopkins' two weeks previously. SHAFEB ZIEOLER, Manager Grand Opera House, Indianapolis, says: "THE QUAKER CITY QUARTETTE followed Oennaro's Band on the bill week Oot. 15, and notwithstanding- the great success achieved by that organization, made a terriflo hit." LOUISVILLE EVENING POST, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1907. Quartette Makes Hit at Hopkins'. Good singing and good comedy combine to make the Quaker City Quartette among the foremost of its class. The act is a bright feature on the week's bill at the Hopkins', and has filled the position of headllner on previous programs here in a most creditable manner. 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Diamond Broker 627 PENN ST., READING, PA. of every description, beat make. Large Illustrated oat. No. 84, 15c. Illustrated oat. No. 95 FREE. BAILEY A TRIPP CO., P. O. Box 460, CAMBRIDGEFORT, MASS. Mason. mgr.).—Hlldelra, contortionist, very good; Rose Freeman, 111. songs, good; Morton and Flick, songs and dances, excellent; Mason and Doran, held over, good. PURITAN (Hooper A Hill, mgrs.).—111. songs by Wm. Plouf and moving pictures. SCENIC (L. M. Boas, mgr.).—111. songs by Sadie Graham and moving pictures. PREMIER (E. L. Perry, mgr.).—111. songs by Louisa Marvis and G. B. Dailey and moving 'pictures. E. F. RAFFERTY. FLINT, MICH. BIJOU (Jas. B. McKowen, mgr. Monday re- hearsal 2).—Week 2: Delavoye and Frits, went good; Marie Clarke, good voice and appreciated; Byron James, baritone, good; The Four Masons In "A Country School," first class. I. C. U. GALE8BURG, ILL. GAIETY (J. H. Holmes, mgr.).—Electro, "The Electrical Wlsard," clever; The Four Scbades, comedy sketch, went good; Rockway and Conway, singing, very good: Geo. Mundweller. ill. songs, pleased; Jlmmle Wall, blackface comedian, hit; The Three Drolls, acrobats, missed first matinee; train connections. F. E. R. HARTFORD, CONN. POM'S (Harry Bailey, mgr.>.-Julius Steger and Company In "The Fifth Commandment," ex- cellent; Coates and Grundy, hit; Hansen and Nel- son, house with them from start to finish: Clive, the magician, excellent tricks; Katie Rooney, very good; Sammy Watson's animal show pleased; Marron and Hines. pleased. SCENIC (H. C. Young, mgr.).—"Vano," "The Handcuff Queen," headllner. return date; J. M. Daniels, Impersonator: Arthur Cody, dancing and singing comedian. 111. songs. WILLIAM H. RHODES. HAZLETON, PA. FAMILY (Harry Knoblauch A Harry Hersker). —The bill is exceedingly good this week, in- cluding Marselia and Wolfe, comedy horizontal bar act, very good: Eckel and Dupree, novel dancing offering, clever; Musical Adams, instru- mentalists. Interesting; Barr and Evans, comedy sketch, good; Wm. Schalles, 111. songs. BIJOU—Continuous moving pictures; usual at- tendance; subjects excellent. RAY T. DRUM. HOBOKEN, N, J. EMPIRE (A. M. Bruggemann. mgr. Monday rehearsal 10).—A good bill Is headed by Hal Stephens and Company In a clever little plavlet. "A Modern Rip Van Winkle"; Howard and How- ard, "The Messenger Boy and the Thespian," the hit of the bill; the Znnettos. very clever Jug- gling act; "Doomsday." a spectacular electrical production, pleased; Alsace and Lorraine, very neat and pleasing musical specialty; Cook and Stevens, comedians, good, and the A, B. C. D Girls, singers and dancers. The Blue Law Sun- day in New York had the effect of sending the city people over here in droves, and thousands were unable to get in the theatres. The Em- pire was the only variety house open within a rudius of fifteen miles of the New York City Hal1 - JOHN KAY. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. GRAND OPERA HOUSE (Shafer Zlegler, res. mgr.).—As strong a vaudeville bill as has ever been booked for Indianapolis Is this week's offer- ing at the Grand. The bill is a tremendouslv expensive one. There are no less than four acts on the program that are of headline calibre— Henry Lee t i n his Impersonations; the Six Musical Cuttys. in their brilliant Instrumental concert; John C. Rice and Sally Cohen, in their clever one-act farce, "A Bachelor's Wife." and Ralph Johnstone, sensational cycling exhibition. All four of these excellent and high-priced attrac- tions come in for a large share of favor, and It Is indeed a fight for the top-notch honors this week. The rest of the bill Is of considerable strength, too. The Three Renards. a magnificent trio of gymnasts, receive generous applause; Avery and Hart, funny team of colored come- dians, "go big" from start to finish; the Howard Brothers stir the audience to enthusiasm with their splendid banjo playing, and Seymour and Hill have enough that Is of worth in their buf- foonery to offset Its weaker features. EM- PIRE (R. K. Burton, res. mgr.).—"The Avenue Girls." with Llbby Blondell and Larry McCale as the bright particular stars, are playing a re- turn engagement at this house and giving a show that seems to please the Empire patrons. As a special feature. "Khaldah," who Is termed on the program an Egyptian magician and Illu- sionist, gives a series of Interesting feats. GAYETY (Edward Shayne. mgr.).—Roble's "Knickerbockers" are holding down the boards here for the week and presenting a show that proves satisfactory. The special attraction Is Billy Papke. the pugilist, who takes on local boxers for an exhibition at each performance. LOUIS WESLYN. JOHNSTOWN, PA. MAJESTIC (L. B. Cool, mgr.).—Mary Ann Brown, headllner and making good; Eddie Leonard and the Gordon Bros, feature act, pleas- ing immensely; The Four Colbys, In "An Evening at Home," clean and neat; Martini and Sylvester, comedy acrobats, very good; Emll Hoch and Company In "Love's Young Dream," good: Zlaka and King, comedy magicians, and Florence Saunders, soprano, also. Business Is fine. PARK (H. W. Scherer, mgr.).—DeKissick and Shadney, colored, were to have appeared, but Hill ami Hill, another colored team, took their place, fair; Edith Gibbons In songs, pleasing; Mitchell, Wlllard and McCarthy in "No. 23," company better than sketch; Frank and Rose, comedy acrobats are good. Business fair. CAMBRIA (H. W. Scherer, mgr.).—"Mardl Gras Beau- ties," 4-6; good show and business. The second act is the same as the one from "The Pair of Pinks," in which Ward and Yokes were last seen here. JESTICAM. JOLIET. ILL. GRAND (L. M. Goldberg, mgr.).—Week Dec. 2: The Gordon Troupe of Bicyclists, fine; Allaln and Lind. clever; Grace Edmonds and Company, pleased; Trask and Gladden, good dancing; Bessie Rabb, well received.—-NOTE.—Arthur Kehrns, the German comedian. Is very 111 In one of Jollet's hospitals. A. J. STEVENS. KALAMAZOO, MICH. MAJESTIC—Vaudeville. Week Dec. 2: Ras chetta. Brothers, sensational acrobatic equilibrists, very fine; Boyd and Veola, character singing, good; Hanson and Drew, comedy aketch, "The Bill Poster," respond to several encores; Peter- son Brothers, singers and dancers, well received; Jason Thompson, colored comedian, fair. DIZ. XAN8AS CITY, MO. There was no regular matinee at the Majestic Saturday. 7, owing to all the actors leaving town to escape indictments by the Grand Jury. This theatre also remained closed Saturday. S, In order to comply fully with the law. ORPHEUM (Martin Beck. gen. mgr.). —Sellgman and Bram- well, bfadllners. In "A Dakota Widow." hit: Curzon Sisters, "Flying Butterflies," sensational: Lew Hawkins, monologue, very good; "The Sunny South," colored, entertaining; Bellclalr Bros., gymnasts, clever; Les Aubln Leonel, In "A Day on a Parts Boulevard," good; Daisy Dumont, sing- ing, good: Mile. Toona. ill. discourse, interest- ing. 8HUBERT (S. N. Oppenhelmer, mgr.).— Grace Hazard, headllner, In "Five Feet of Comic Opera," return; The Quaker City Quartette, high class vocalists; Kitts and Wlndrum in "The Cuckoo," good: Rawson and June, comedians, clever; Frosini, aecordeon, entertaining; Car- man Troupe, wire, spectacular.——CENTURY (Jos. R. Donegan. mgr.).—"Washington Society Girls." good. MAJESTIC (Clint Wilson).— "Gay Morning Glories," excellent. FAIRPLAY. LEAVENWORTH, HAS. ORPHEUM (L. J. Pico, mgr.).—Murphy and Wlllard, please; Trainor and Mohler. singing and dancing, good; Dorothy Earle In "The Cowboy Girl," applause; Morrissey and Rich, entertain- ers, and Mrs. L. J. Pico, song ill., both liberally encored. PEOPLE'S (Maurice Cunningham, mgr.).—Delzel Sisters, win; Ixmls Lawrence, trumpeter, first class; The Warrlcks, please; Etumerson and Wright, "Dutch." verv funny. J. EDW. FAULKNER. LIMA, OHIO. ORPHIUM (Will (}. Williams, mgr.).—Leoni and Leoni, aerial, good; James Dalton, rural comedy, pleased; Allen and Kenna, singing and comedy, well applauded; Marie Snowden, singing and dancing, took well; Hickman Bros, and Company, comedy playlet, pleased: Magdallne Keifer, 111. song, good. L. F. WAKEFIELD. LINCOLN, NEB. LYRIC (H. M. Miller, mgr.).—Short bill, well received; Francesca Redding and Company In "Her Friend From Texas," good; Pankleb, modeller, pleased; Douglas and Douglas, corned v acrobats, clever; West and Mack, blackface, big; Jack Wilde, ill. song. NOTE— L. M. Gorman, director, "Wonderland," has raised the price of admission from five to ten cents, and is getting big returns. J.EE J. LOGAN. LITTLE ROCK, ARK. MAJESTIC (Saul S. Harris, res. mgr.).—Week 2: Lulgl Marlblnl, Ice sculptor, novel; Hume, Cain and Hoey, comedians, fine; Ryno and Emerson, good; Evans and Evans, clever dancing act; Musical Goolmans. pleasing; Francis Hoyt and Company. "An Eventful Honeymoon," laughable. WONDERLAND (F. Jenne, prop.).—Moving pictures. ORPHEUM.—Moving pictures and ill. songs to big business. JO-JO (John McClure, Jr., prop.).—Moving pictures. JIM. First-Class Film Rental Service 199 THIRD AVE., NEW YORK AOEMTfl rom Saumont's American Films UK ours m FOOT. "THE PERSEVERIH8 LOVER" Agents for OATJMONT OHBONOPHONE. Telephone 2904 Stuyveaant. fink * Ortloff Cailore I860 BROADWAY, NEW TORS. Formerly with Max Marx. Telophona 4467 88th St. ^^^ COMIC SONGS and PARODIES WRITTEN TO ORDER Bv HARRY DILLON of th. DILLON BE08. Addre, CORTLAND, N.Y AN ACTOR'S LUCK •AN. 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