Variety (January 1909)

VARIETY 1 WANTS MISS RING'S MUSIC. There seems to be a scramble among the music publishers for the selling rights to the music of the forthcoming opera to be written by Silvio Hein and Geo. Hobart for Blanche Ring. Miss Ring will open in it next season. "Shapiro" is reported to believe the musical plum will fall to him, while Charles K. Harris is said to be ready to lay a wager his trade-mark will be oh the picture pages. Remick & Co. are also reported in the race. The singing comedienne isn't concerned in the hustle for the plates of the songs to be sung by her in the musical piece. Instead she is preparing her number for vaudeville, where she will reappear on Feb. 1 at the Colonial, following the end- ing of the Weber Show at Weber's. In the vaudeville turn to take place in "one/' Miss Ring will sing a new song for the first time, "The Billiken," and 'JOn and Off," a descriptive "stage" selection, alpng with others. LAWLOR IN "BACK TO EARTH." At the Colonial, Lawrence, Mass., Frank Lawlor, the late star of "Coming Thro' 1 he Rye," is taking the rough edges away [rom a new sketch he is appearing in, *Back to Earth." The details of the vaudeville debut were entered through Alf T. Wilton, and from tnU Lawrence house Mr. Lawlor will pro- ceed over the Poli Circuit. BELLEW SIGNS WITH FROHMAN. The signature of Kyrle Bellew to a three years' contract with Daniel Froh- man has brought its pang of dismay to M. S. Bentham, the vaudeville agent. Mr. Bentham had the timerity to sug- gest $2,600 as the consoling balm for Mr. Bellew's invasion of vaudeville. When the letter arrived with Bellew's coat of arms incrested upon it, Bentham figured the first four weeks* commissions "clear," but the missive spoke of Mr. Frohman only. Immediately thereupon and therefore, the said M. S. Bentham did, in order that he might gain pelf, though the wife of the aforesaid Bentham should be grievously disappointed, cancel an order for one rug of the value of $60, the said Bentham having alleged that the aforementioned rug was not in color suited to his com- plexion under a light given out by the Welsbach lamp in the home of the Ben- tham aforesaid. And the rug man say- eth not anything, accepting the said Bentham's "stall." "ELEPHANT SCENE" FROM "ALGERIA." Harry Bulger will not play at the 125th Street Theatre next week. He was ex- pected there in the "elephant scene" from "Algeria," but Mr. Bulger found he would have to postpone his re-entry for a week. The comedian last appeared in "Algeria" at the Broadway. Wesley & Pincus are arranging the timp* .. BOSTON'S MUSIC HALL SHOW. Boston, Jan. 21. The "long show" policy takes the stage at the Orpheum Music Hall under the management of William Morris, Inc., on Monday next. The first bill will have Sevcrin, R. G. Knowlcs, Daisy Harcourt, May Ward and her "Dresden Dolls," Winsor McCay, May Duryea and Co., Seymour and Hill and others to make up the program of four- teen numbers. The show at the Orpheum will open at 7:30 in the evening, running not later than 10:45 or .11. RICE AND COHEN WITH "OPPOSITION" John C. Rice and Sally Cohen signed a contract this week with William Morris calling for their services for eight weeks this season, commencing Jan. 25 at the Lincoln Square, and for thirty weeks over the Morris Circuit during next season f09-'10). The eight weeks' engagement on the Morris Circuit will carry Mr. Rice and Miss Cohen to March, when they hold a contract over the Orpheum Circuit for 28 weeks, commencing during that month. B. A. Myers engineered the Morris time for the act. Eddie Leonard and Mable Russell were married on Thursday, Jan. 21. The act of Stanley and Russell disbanded at Syra- cuse last Saturday. Mr. Stanley opened at Providence Monday, with his wife for a partner, but returned to New York after >he first show for further rehearsals. NEW FAIRS AGENCY. Chicago, Jan. 21. The United Fairs Booking Association has been incorporated by George T. Barnes and E. F. Carruthers. Elaborate offices have been opened in the Schiller Building. Mr. Barnes was formerly secretary of the Alabama State Fair; Mr. Carruthers gen- eral manager of the Interstate Amuse- ment Co., controlling vaudeville theatres in the south. Both are thoroughly ef- ficient and experienced in the show busi- ness. NEW HOTEL PLAN. Louis Bernstein, formerly of Remick, Bernstein & Shapiro, is not going into the music publishing business, as many of his old associates for a time suspected. He did intend embarking in his former occu- pation, and bought the property at 130- 138 West 37th Street. Now Mr. Bernstein has a new scheme to employ the property. He proposes to turn it into an apartment hotel, catering exclusively to stage people, and others engaged in theatrical lines. His idea is to run the establishment after the man- ner of a co-operative club, with active membership open to actors, and associate membership for those less intimately con- cerned with the footlights. William Flemcn and Laura Roth are «>n the Infer State Circuit, arid will follow a nine weeks' engagement, there with the SuUivan-ConsiiH'1" tinn .