Variety (March 1908)

VARIETY 35 THE ORIGINAL!! THE FIRST!! (IN SHOW BUSINESS) VAN The ''-'m Famous Minstrel Known in EVERY first class theatre in America. I did an ENTIRELY NEW ACT for the FIRST time this season at the Temple^ Detroit, February a4th, AND HIT Of BILL NEXT to LAST on program. '''■'^' '^^z :■•.;■ v.?. ;;:•^--.■■::••■■; •i./v Booked Solid by KEITH (Bl PROCTOR REMININSENCES of the WEIRD PAST—WiUie made HIMSELF SICK and the doctor (?) gave WiUie some medicine that made Willie "SICKER/' but WiUie HAD to take it He doesn't have to take ANY more. Oh, those PILLS! Per add., United Booking Offices, St. James Building, New York City. K ^Finr 99 ^^ P**^ performances, week ending Tebruary 2&, 1900. Mil I (From the New YorkEveawg Journal) 340 KEITH t PROCTOR'S FIFTH WE. TRACK. Selection, made Tuesday matinee. Weather warm ; bouse packed; track faat; going good. THB summaries] EJntries. Poa. Kind of Act. Co. Song«. Start. Finish. Bows. Itan. Baijamin Chapin 5 At the White House... 6 Nat M. Wills 8 The Happy Tramp .... 1 Eugenie Fc/ugere 0 Gayer & Crlspl 3 OamlUe Trio 7 Horace Ooldln ft Co 9 Frank McCrea 1 Hawthorne A Burt 2 The Kinetograpb 10 Impersonations ] Watch the Finish 2 Comedy Acrobats 3 Illusionists 0 Rifle Shots 2 And I Laughed 2 Runaway Horse BO War Slow 10 Good 2 Good Blng ? Shot Good 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 Fun Over Big Good Good Bang ? Shell Good Fun 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 I 1 2 3 4 S 6 7 8 9 Benjamin Chapin, and once again, Benjamin Chapin! I take off my hat to you. Your dramatic playlet, "At the White House," is GOLD. I was so pleased with your ofTering, your company, etc., that I felt like being one of the bearers of yourself in a floral horseshoe. You could have run backward and won out. Your odds, to my mind, would be something like a 1 to 20 shot—that is how good I think you are. Morton, comedian, good; pictures and songs, good. ——NOTEJS.—Geo. W. Lowrle, new manager Or- pblum, comes from the Crystal, Elkhart, Ind.— The three moving picture shows here report good business. FULLER. ORAVOE, H. J. ORANGE (Currier ft Dunbar, mgrs. Rehearsal Monday 0).—Good bill to overflow houses the rule this week and shows vaudeville is what the people of Orange want, as the house was a frost play- ing combinations. Appearing this week is the Nippon Troupe of Japanese acrobats, very clever; Brockway and Cole in a skit amused well; Her- bert and Willing in "Oh. Man." also ran well; Kelly and Adams, Celts, came the right week and created humor; Pearl Hunt as neat and dainty a singing comedienne as has appeared here; The Jolly Prices were good in "coon" songs and dances; Leo St. Elmo in a Dutch dialect mono- logue kept them roaring continually; motion pictures closed a good bill. Friday evenings have been set apart for the hook getters and souvenirs are given to the children at matinees each day. JOB O'BRYAN. MnrNEAPOLIS, MINN. ORPHEUM (O. B. Raymond, mgr.).—Musical Goolmans, novelties, are conventional, but music above average of this class of act; Devllne and Wood made laughs with their sketch; Cliff Gor- don scored heavily with political speech in Ger- man dialect; Eva Taylor and Company put on a comedy playlet which is written for laughing purposes only and make good with it; The Em- pire City Quartet, old favorites here, were en- thusiastically received; Caron and Farnum are comedy acrobats. LEWIS. MUNCIE, IND. STAR (Ray Andrews, mgr.).—Nelson Brothers, comedy Jugglers, good; Geo. Ix'wis, singing co- median, fair; Frank Gray, ill. songR, good; Harry Newman, English character comlque, took well; Ann HamiltOD and Company, "Beggars," hit. GEO. FIFER. NASHVILLE. TENN. GRAND (Geo. H. Hickman, mgr.).—Week 9: De Cle, the man with the chairs, a groat act and the best of the bill; Josh Dreamo, blackface com edian, pleased; The American Comedy Four, laughable 8klt, very goml; Fyvie Dench, singing in a strong contralto voice, above the average; Hastings and Wilson, eccentric burlesque skit, very clever; Byron and Rand, comedy stunt, good. • CRYSTAL (W. H. Wassman. mgr.).—M. St. Julian, novelty athletics and head dancing, good; Merrltt Sisters, singing and dancing, good; Dray- ton, chin equilibrist, very good; Branns, musical act, pleased; Vetter Brothers, dancing, good. CRESCKNT (W. P. Ready, mgr.).—Harold M. Shaw and Company, "From. Out of the Night," good; Calhoun and Blount, blackface, good; Irma Commlngs, songs, pleased; La Moines, musical act, good. DIXIB (Sudekum & Williams, mgrs.).—Songs by Scotty, and pictures. J. P. MASTERS. introducing Everett Scott as the bear, surrounded by six good lookers who can dance; Mason, Keeler and Travers in "Hooked by Crook" kept up the laughing end of the show; Fred Ray and Com- pany in Roman travesty seen here before, but had them going again; Gertrude Hoffman, there with her imitations, company horses and a cold, turned the trick again. EMPIRE (Harry Hy- ams, mgr.. Western Wheel).—Empire Burlesquers, with Emma Weston, Montambo and Hurlfalla. Roger Imhof, Suzanne Corinne, Ed Johnson and JeaneUe Buckley, with a chorus and two hnr- lettas, draw vory good houses. WAI,DM.\NN'8 (Lee Ottelengui, mgr.. Eastern Wheel).—Joe Gans, with the Trocadems, is drawing big thia week. The show is good and Includes Belmont and Brennen, singers and dancers; Alvarette Trio of acrohflfw: The WUs^ns (colored), comef** team and the hit of the bill; Ward and Sheppell, rat- tling comedy skit. Company snp[)ortlng good In their respective roles. ARCADE (L. O. Mum- ford, mgr.).—Second week of the elaborated Idea of the "Passion Play." with Miss Grace Bell Kun- kle, soprano. NOTK.—Mr. Mumford, manager of the Arrade, has engaged Mr. W. G. Maokcy to look after the lM)Oklng of his three traveling com- panies, now pnronte through New York, New Jer- sey and Pennsylvania. He will also act as general manager. JOB O'BRYAN. PATEB80N, N. 7. FOLLY (Butler, Jacobs ft Lowry, props.; Monte Jacobs, res, mgr.).—"The Colonial Belles," pre- senting "An Afternoon at the Races" and "It Happened io Paris," together with a good selec- tion for the olio, pleased greatly. The vaudeville features were: Rose Carlin, scored in a singing number; Bedini and Arthur, in a Juggling act, pleased; Three Sisters Lee; McFarland and Mc- Donald, in artistic nonsense, and Chas. Falke, 111. aongs, went well. EMPIRE (A. M. Brugge- mann, prop.; H. J. Bruggemann, res, mgr.).—The Br,' ters, comedy acrobats, good; Fred and Bess Lmier, well received; Wilson Brothers, to sev- eral enoores; Willard Simma, in "Flinder's Fur- nlshe<l Flat," a big scream, good support; Ward and Curran in "The Terrible Judge," solid hit; Leona Tburlter. rpflne<l stage presence, pirknninnles were clever; Kitty Franey in a Juggling and sjjorting act> well liked. NOTI'XS.—Moving pic- ture shows continue to do their share of the en- tertaining, and goodly numbers are in attendance nightly. FRANK A. EAKINS. THE For Years in the Leading Theatres ENTIRE MOVING PICTURE SERVICE GEO. K. SPOOR & CO. 62 N. Clark Street, CHICAGO NEWAEK. V. J. PROCTOR'S (R. C. Stewart, mgr. Rehearsal Monday 0).—Billy Farnon, assisted by the Misses Wills and Ransly, song and dance skit, good; The Sandwinas, feats of strength, really clever; Shrew- brook and Berry, a youthful tesm from the West, made good In comedy; Jess Dandy there with the dialect, but should get someone to write some good talk; Six Little Giris snd a Teddv Bear. NEW HAVEN, CONN. POLI'S (S. Z. Poll, prop.; F. J. Windlsch, res. mjrr. Monday rehearsal 10).—One of the best bills of the season. "A Night in an English Mu- sic Hall," with Blllle Reeves the headllner, brought forth uproarious applause; Jack Wilson and Company, funnier than ever; The Country Choir did some admirable work and received mer- ited reciills; Ix)nise Carver and Tom Murray, originalities, peculiarities and eccentricities, enough said. It might be added that their en- cores were many. "Jessie's Jack and Jerry," an exceptionally laughable farce skilfully handled by Bradlee Martin and Company. Anderson and Golnes, colored singers and dancers, fine; Harten- berg Brothers, foot experts, best of kind ever here. B. J. TODD. PORTLAND, ORE. PANTA(JE*S (.Tohn A. Johnson, mgr,).—Week 9: Florenz Troupe, acrobats, return, good; Polk and Collins, clever bnnjolsts; Murphy and Will- ard, kept audience convulsed wltL laughter; Ar- thur Huston and Company, comedy Juggler, lM»st ever; Sampson and Douglas, excellent; Jean Wll- Kon. 111. songs, very good. GRAND (Jaa. H. Errlckson, mgr.).—Carlisle's animals festnred, pleased: Howe and Edwards went big; Stadium Trio, phenomenal hit; Manning Sisters, very gooti; Two Dots, clever acrobats; Alva York, vocallnt. pleased; Ivanhoe. III. songs, excellent. FRITZ'.S (Fred F'ritz. prop.),—Rose Oilman, Anna De Koven. Trlxeda and Robinson. Harold Yates. Jim Rowe, Lottie Goldman, Dan Hart, Virginia Hayden, Mona Montague. Bobby Pulllam, Jones and Ralvelie, Birdie Dlllard, Nunn and Whitten and stock, "The Acorn Club." EDISONIA (Jos. St. Peter, prop.).—Pictures and songs. ORPHEUM AND HIPPODROME (Dlllwyn Dan- iels, mgr.).—Pictures and songs. NOTPiS.— Jos. St. Peter will open his new house. Acme, Olympla. Wash., 20. Capacity, 300. W. R. B. pleasing acts on the bill. The Avon Comedy Four, a good, laughable act, with a alight overdose of burlesque; Clermont's Circus, something novel; Staley's Transformation won merit; Diamond and Smith have old but good pictures; Ben Beyer and Brother, a wonderful bicycle act, ranks among the best In their line; Illbbert and Warren, good; Thos. Dempsey has an entertaining line of talk; Wm. Craven, Francis and Rogers, Kit Karson, Kenendy and Wllklns, The Ak«»umlne Trio, were the others. IMPERIAL (John P. IIIII, mgr.).— "The Moonlight Maids," the attraction. ^. ,.,-,.„. .^ , 8. M. SAMUELS. READING, O. DREAMLAND TllKATRB (C. A. McOown, mgr.).—This week's bill includes On-el da, who styles herself the Empress of Mystery; Nan Ilal- l>erln, singing comedienne; Mr. and Mrs. Archie Uoyer, novelty act; ill. songs and moving pic- tures, u. y. NEWARK, OHIO. ORPIIIUM (Geo. W. Lowrle, mgr.).—Bissorette and Newman, fair; The Sterlings, hit of bill; Adair and Ilenney, comedy sketch, pleased; Phil PROVIDENCE, R. L KEITH'S (Chas. Lovenherg, mgr.).—Bdwin Forslierg and Company present a sketch, "The Card Party," which was a distinct hit. Harry Linton and Anita Lawrence, one of the most READING, PA. ORI'HKUM (Frank D. Illll, mgr.).—Conlln and Steele, gofxl; Van Brothers, plenty of laughs; Mr. and Mrs. Edward II. Kemp, "Arlsona" plc- ttues pleased; Lucy, Lucler and Clompany, "A Fool's Errand," liberal applause; E. Frederick Hawley, Francis Halght and Company, "The Ban- dit," drama ably acted; Frank Whitman, well received; Byers and Hermann, very clever work, won approval. VICTOR—Songs and pictures. STAR—.Moving pictures. PARLOR—.Moving pictures. I'EOPLE'S—Songs and pictures. G. R. II. GUY AT LIBERTY FOR NEXT SEASON "JUST KIDS" FRANCES RAWSON CLARE that CoBi«diaB and Producer THAT JUVENILE ACT THEY ALL TALK ABOUT. A SENSATION EVERYWHERE That DalDly Magnetic Soubrelfa n <• Xon( »f When anaioering advertiaementt kindly mention Variety.