Variety (February 1910)

VARIETY A Variety Paper for Variety People. THE VARIETY PUBLISHING CO. TImm Bqaar*. Hew Ymtk ONy. ffatfrai a* Mootul-otaM welter Pao—i t er 22, 190ft, el lee Poet OJtoa el *•» 7er», V. 7., lee aol o/ C—gr— •/ Jferee 8, 1879. OKXOAOO OII10A, ltT Baafteta et. ('Fame, Otatral MM). JOHV J. O'OOHVOE, B«pr*a«atattva. Loraov omen, «!• ftnai (OaMe, "Iwfm, lidw") J. FKMMMAM, te ■as nnwcuoo OFFICII, ■tet evttw 9t, LUTKB 7. FOVSTAXV, FABZ9 omai, sdwaxo e. Marshall P. Wilder commences a trip of the Williams houses on Monday. Fred Brant, the Kitamura representa- tive in America, will sail for Europe in April. "The Vampire Dance" has been pro- longed until April at the Hippodrome, London. Joe Morris starts on the William Mor- ris time at New Orleans, Feb. 21, booked by Barney Myers. Frank Stafford and Go. have been booked over the Orpheum Circuit to open March 6 at Cincinnati. Burke A Hayes have booked over the United time Leonard and Ward, "The original father and son." The mother of Alice Cheslyn (Dudley and Cheslyn) and Rose Ford died Jan. 26. Girard and Gardner are spending a va- cation at Mt. Clemens, Mich. They will resume vaudeville bookings in March. McNish and Penfold have divided, Frank McNTsh will play henceforth with his ion, Frank, Jr. Al Sutherland bee the new act. The La Belle Troupe close with the "Dainty Duchess" Feb. 12 and will return to vaudeville. Eva La Belle will then re- join the act. Next week at the Fifth Avenue Edwards Davis and Co. will appear in an Oscar Wilde sketch, named "The Picture of Dorian Gray.' »» Albert Whelan sailed back to England on Feb. 9, having been re-engaged on the United time for ten weeks, commencing next October. G. Molasso, who retired from Ryley's "Queen of the Moulin Rouge" Saturday evening, js preparing a pantomime with twenty people. Tom Sherman, who has been writing for "Shapiro," is now with Joe Morris and goes to Chicago Saturday to represent the last named publisher. It is said that the title of the piece Al Woods intends to star Valeska Suratt in will be "A Furnished Room on 45th Street" (West, of course). Mrs. Pat Campbell opens at the Colo- nial Monday in "The Sword of Damocles." "Tib said the English actress will receive $2,500 weekly on the United time. Alburtus and Jessie Millar will sail for Australia, from London, March 4, under contract to Harry Rickards. They will return to the United States via Vancou- ver. Greenwall & Weis aie erecting the new theatre at Little Rock, Ark., to be fin- ished by Sept. 1, next, and operated as a cne-night stand. Hertz & Talant are the architects. Maurice Boom has retired from the agency business, and says he will soon an- nounce the formation of a large summer amusement scheme, still in process of development. Petitions have been circulated numer- ously and signed in Troy requesting F. F. Proctor to restore vaudeville at his house in that city, where he is now showing moving pictures. W. J. Nixon is heading a movement to build a theatre in Flatbush, Brooklyn. He has secured $10,000 toward a fund of $25,000, which is to be devoted to erect- ing the structure. The Shuberts have obtained control of the Novelty, San Francisco, and will there play their leading parts hereafter. Flor- ence Roberts will open the house under the Shubert management. Tom Miller, of the Three Juggling Mil- lers, had his nose smashed while doing an net in Buffalo, and was removed to the Emergency Hospital. He will be out of the turn for two weeks more. Lew Dockstader has written to Alf T. Wilton to undertake negotiations looking toward ten weeks in vaudeville upon the close of the minstrel organisation. Salary terms are left for later settlement. Clark and Bergman were compelled to cancel their date at the Bronx, New York, last week, owing to Miss Clark's illness. They will rest at Lake wood, N. J., for a few weeks before going west to fill their dates. Collins and Hart have received con- tracts, through Barney Myers, for one month each in Paris, Brussels, Berlin and Vienna. They will sail for Europe at the close of the "Little Nemo" Co.'s tour early in May. Harry Fulton, who has been a Dilling- ham advance agent for some time, has been compelled to quit the road and return to his home in Newark, O., where he will remain until he starts for Arizona in search of health. The Five Olympias, three women and two men, a posing act from the other aide, booked by Marinelli, make their initial New York appearance Monday at the Colonial. "Paris by Night" holds over for the second week at that house. Aimie Denham, a member of the "Serenaders," was married in Philadelphia to Samuel S. Klein, by Rev. Mr. Burns, at his residence No. 252 North 13th Street. She will continue with the show for the rest of the season and then retire from the stage. Riccabono, who appeared in vaudeville with his "good night" horse, is about to re-enter after a two-years' absence. The "good-night" animal died some time ago und since then the trainer has been at his place in Kingston, N. Y. He has trained another horse act. F. U. Bishop, who managed the Or- pheum, Brockton Mass,., until the Bel- mont Amusement Co. sold out, will here- after be located in Providence as general representative of the Belmont corporation. It is said that dramatic stock will be established in the Brockton Orpheum. Jenie Jacobs left last Saturday morn- ing for Chicago, to be the guest of Rose Stahl, who opened there for a three weeks' engagement at Powers'. Miss Stahl in her invitation warned Miss Jacobs that she was expected to leave her pocketbook at home. The agentess will remain away a week. Joseph Muller, manager of the Or- pheum, Spokane, Wash., says that the Seldom's posing act was not compelled to cancel any dates as a result of Erna Claren's illness while the act was playing that house. She was out of the bill only part of the week and left with tlu« company. Frank L. Browne will resign as man ager of the Pastime Theatre, Boston, to accept the management of the new Beacon Theatre, Boston, which opens about Feb. 21 as a combination vaudeville and picture house. J. J. Murdock, who resides at Lake Bluff, 111., has presented a completely fur* nished and equipped club house to the volunteer firemen of that Chicago suburb. Most of the town hall has been con- • verted to the club's use. There are a library of 500 books, a billiard table and other luxuries provided entirely at Mr. Murdock's expense. Mrs. Edith Campbelle has brought suit against the Cincinnati Traction Co., claim- ing $50,000 damages. She was hurt in a street car accident. Mrs. Campbell is wife of a l)es Moines theatre owner. She de- clares that since the accident she has not been able to dance, owing to a broken kneecap. Before that she says she made $125 a week as a dancer. Pauline opened at Pant ages, Spokane, last Sunday, playing his first week in the northwest. A report to Louis Pincus, the New York representative of the circuit, said that the theatre was besieged with patrons, and that the hypnotist gave five shows during the day. The usual number of performances on the smaller north- western time on Sunday is four. Harry Hanson, formerly with John F. Fields, as Fields and Hanson, played his last week in vaudeville, for the present at least, at the Lyric, Petersburg, Va. He was severely burned by nitric acids two years ago, and has been a cripple ever since. Recently he was compelled (o go to a hospital, and he is now impov- erished. His friends may address him in care of Norman Jefferies, Ninth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia. Pictures of the Paris flood are under- lined for the American next week. R. A. Roberts holds over there and will play "Dick Turpin." The billboards in the lobby announce Harry Lauder for six days of the week, commencing Feb. 21, after which the bills say Mr. Lauder will be absent from America for six years. It is Mated that the American played to over $00,000 during January (thirty-one show days, including five Sundays, when extra performances on the roof were given). It isn't the Long Acre Building at all. The proper name is the Putnam. It is said that William Waldorf Astor, the owner, ordered that name inscribed on the building, but it was never done, and everybody picked out the most appro- priate. This week there flew at the flag- pole a long streamer with "Putnam" on it. (ieneral Putnam was engaged in a hot skirmish at the spot where the building now stands during the ({evolutionary War. Loney Haskell says he discovered all this. Jules Huby is again around on time with his "lmlTalo Hill" dream. Just at this season annually Jules gets the fever to -ei-k Col. William V. Cody in his lair .mi. I offer him vaudeville engagements w\i\\ permission to "write his own ticket." I In- frenzy always gets to Jules late in .January or early in February, there l.eing a prospect at that time of the < 'i.lonel arriving in New York to prepare h.r hi* Wild West Show. So Jules lias i :iken on a busy air and reports himself as in negotiations" with "Hill." Still there are those who beli'-ve that pome day Jules will put it over on the Indiun trailer.