Variety (January 1911)

VARIETY YOUR IDEAL VAUDEVILLE BILL $200 IN PRI $100 for the best bill submitted ; $50 second prize; $25 third prize ; $15 fourth and $10 fifth. JUDOE The mails from the west bearing the first Ideal Bill and Judge cou- pon printed sent the name of Martin Beck up among the leaders in the contest for Judge. Mr. Beck is the general manager of the Orpheum Cir- cuit, which has houses in all the large western cities. The Ideal Bills coming in from the west also run somewhat differently to those received from eastern folk. The lay readers who make up Ideal bills with an exception now and then appear to have a very excellent idea of how a good show should run, though often they exceed in cost what the average vaudeville manager could afford to pay for a bill. Whether the cost is to be figured in the selection of the winner is some- thing lor the Judge selected to de- cide. An "ideal Bill" would not necessarily imply that it must be one the managers could play, although the Judge might take the expensiveness of it into consideration. On the other hand he or she might select bills sub- mitted that appealed as the cream of variety entertainment, and the show selected as the winner of the com- petition could go down in history as the honorary program of the present day. Ideal Bill coupons are being re- ceived in groups, and more than one vote is being cast by the same per- son for Judge. There is no objec- tion 10 this. With the millions of possible combinations from the names of acts playing in vaudeville, as many Bills may be forwarded as one might care to prepare. This week only those with, two votes or more are printed in the list of candidates for Judge. Numberless coupons bear names for Judge of those who have that single vote. It would require too much space to list all. As the competition progresses over the weeks, names will be gradually withdrawn according to the number of votes to their credit, although re- tained on the record. William (Willie) Morris, Jr., has submitted an Ideal Bill; also voted for Judge. Master Morris' selection as the best expert on vaudeville shows is Pat Casey. Willie's choice for the Ideal Bill is Miller Bros., Daly's Country Choir, "Scrooge," Cliff Gordon, Julian Eltinge, Willie Hale, "Consul," Harry Lauder, "Wow Wows." It might be imagined from the program Willi*,ar- ranged that lie had never seen a vaudeville show that, was not in dan- ger of being "blacklisted," although he and his father one evening watch- ed Mrs. Doe Munyon at llammer- xtein'a. The interest In the Ideal Hill Con- test has become general. From inside and outside of the profession Bills are received. The public in their votes for Judge favor Percy G. Wil- liams and William Morris. The votes for Mr. Beck are nearly all from lay- men apparently. Among the leaders for Judge Pat Casey and Jeuie Ja- cobs seem to draw a large majority of their votes from the profession. Messrs. Williams, Morris and Beck are managers; Mr. Casey and Miss Jacobs are agents. Votes cast for professionals for Judge are wasted. A great many more were thrown out this week. They do not count. In the publishing of some bills sub- mitted, an attempt has been made to cover a wide area, and to take most for publication from among those for- Wrlte In name only of act. Mall to Ideal BUI, VAR1BTT, New York. VOTE FOR YOUR OWN JUDGE The blank space may be filled in with the name of any manager or agent preferred Any Tarlaty manager or agent In the United Statea and Canada eligible, Including resident managers of theatres. (Any agent, male or female, connected wite an ag«acy may be rated for.) (No Tote for a professional or newspaper man will be coveted.) warded by laymen. The publication of the bills indicate nothing beyond the general idea that may be con- veyed by them. They are not se- lected for publication because of any special merit as far as Varikty is in- terested. Vaiuktv will give $200 for the se- lections made for the best vaudeville programs submitted Man-h l"». The ^person submitting the program se- lected as the winner will receive $KH>; the second best, $.~.o ; third. $_».".; fourth, $ 1 .">; fifth, $1<>. If two or more programs arc similar for either prize, that amount will be di- vided equally among them. There are no conditions to the con- test. It is open to all on this si«l- ur abroad, whether or not subscribers to Variety. VOTE FOR JUDGE (Vult.-! received up to Jau. 4, u. ui.) ri<;uci a. wijljliams 500 I'Ai CASKl 3U4 WiLLJAM MOltltlS ,. . .&&* JEML JACOBS 222 MAltlliN liEClv ltttt ILAlUtl LtEOMlAllDT 37 WILLIE HAM31EKS1E1K .. 2U JACK LEV* 14 JOS. SCllEAClv 13 LOUS \\ ESLE* 13 MAltCLS LOEW 10 C11AS. E. UKA1 8 llAlUtl JOKDAN 8 V1CTOK WILLIAMS 7 GEOKOE CASILE 7 i ItEDK. (i. UOSEUUSH ... 5 CHAS. J. KKALS 5 HOUEUT KOLLEK 5 li. F. KElTli 4 UOUEliT DOLUUEltT* 4 SAM HODODON 4 JLLE DELMAK 3 AKTiiUK KLEIN 3 GEO. F. DK1SCOLL 3 MAIULN SAMTTElt 3 AAltON KESSLEK 2 JOE PKAKLSTEIN CAUL KE1TEK 2 UAltltV MUNDOKF 2 Some Bills Submitted TRIVIAL CUAKGES PREFERRED. Several of the agents doing busi- ness in New York under a license have had trivial charges preferred of late. Pat Casey was charged with not having presented contracts to the Commissioner of Licenses office for ap- proval, and one or two other small alleged infractions. The hearing was set down for Wednesday, when it was adjourned until Friday. Some trepidation evidenced itself among the "representative" and "managers" late last week when the case of Paly Sanders was decided in a local magistrate court by the hold- ing of Sanders for Special Sessions on the complaint of doing business as an agent without a license. The former agents thought they saw in the Sanders case the com- mencement of a crusade by the Li- cense Commissioner against all book- ers of acts. A representative of the Commissioner said that such was not the intention, and that the Sanders matter had accidentally fallen into the office. ill'LGKirS "ItttNO" SKETCH." "Reno" is the name of a skit writ- ten by Bo/.eman IJulger about a year ago. Mr. I'.uIlti t, who wrote "Swat Milligan" mi 1 "Curves" will present the * I{• t j o pi< iv alter "Curves" has topped i,:a Ling homers for this sea- en That will happen when Christy .Ma-the\\:,uii and "Hig Chief" Meyers ha\e th.-ir baseballet to take to the gn-« n P< his in the south for the spring AJiniiin: up. Within a few weeks Mr. Bulger ex- pects to place May Tully and another in his latest. Miss Tully Is now with' "Curves." Six Abdallahs Nat M. Wills Four Fords Laddie Cliff Geo. Beban ft Co. IutermlstUon. (5 Musical Cuttys 7 Kd. F. Reynard 8 Alice Lloyd 1) Russian Dancers I-:. B. SAMUELS. .'1743 Sacramento St., San Francisco. « 7 8 1) Grace Hazard Mclutyre ft Heath Alice Lloyd Annette Kellermnnn L. TJIESE. 321) Barracks, New Orleans. 3 4 a 4 « 7 8 !) C h a b. Abeam Troupe Four Fords Bert Levy Raymond ft Qav- erly Ryan & Richfield Intermission. Ed. F. Reynard "Little Stranger" Alice Lloyd "Song Revue" PAULINE COOKE New York. Pringle ft Whiting Rice ft Cohcu Nat Wills Edwin Arden * Co. Motoring Intermission. Chas.&Fannle Van Sophie Tucker La Belle T'tromb Bert Williams E. VINCE, 083 Water St., Portland, Ore. 1 Selma Braatz 2 Old Soldier Fiddle™ 3 Lillian Shaw 4 Rice ft Cohen ."> Ed. F. Reynard Intermission. 0 Laddie Cliff 7 Geo. Beban ft Co. 8 Howard ft North 0 Belleclalre Bros. 1 Went worth, Vesta ft Teddy 2 Primrose Four 3 "Idyl of Erin" 4 Selma Brnatz Intermission. <t Carrlo De Mar 7 Bowers, Walters ft Crookcr 8 Frank Tinney !> Odlva MAY H. WALLICH, 32."» N. Colllngton Ave. Baltimore. 1 Pedeivcu Bro*. 2 Harry Lauder a Musical Cuttys I Julius Steger ."» Julian Eltinge Intermission. 0 Anuctte Kellermann 7 Alice Lloyd 8 Ed. F. Reynard 1> Song Revue. ELEANOR G-RAYCE, 1205 College Ave., Indianapolis. 1 Bird Mlllman li Musical Cuttys a Hoey ft Lee 4 Both well Browne ."» Julius Steger Intermlsslou. (5 Four Fords 7 Rice ft Cohen 8 Alice Lloyd JJ Paul Spadonl M. L. COHEN, 71 Sea St., Rockland, Me. 1 Kratons 2 Laddie Cliff a Ashley & Lee 4 Clarice Vance .") Bedlni & Arthur Intermission. 0 Four Readings 7 Alice Lloyd 8 Nat Wills 0 Karno Co. WELLS E. WAITE, 1310 Miss. Ave.. St. Louis. 1 8 y Ch ass in o Hay Cox Waierbury Bros Tenney Howard & North Rock ft Fulton Intermission. Ed. F. Reynard .Jui Mih Sieger Cliff Gordon Willy Pnntzer Troupo ALEX. LICHTMAN U. S. A. Rectg. Sta., Omaha 1 W. C. Fields 2 Melville & Hlgglns 3 Four Fords 4 Bessie Wynn ;"> Chii» & Marble Intermission. 0 Musical Cuttys 7 Mlddleton ft Spcll- myer 8 Vesta Tllley 1> C h a b. A h e a r n Trou pe Hotel Grant, Chicago. t Peders'n Bros. 2 Alice Lloyd .? Julian EltlriKO . Eva Tanguay .'» Ai.'i'^tr Kellorminn Intermission. fJ Vesta Victoria 7 Polalre 8 Harry Lauder y Gertrude Hoffmann ELM Ell SCHCLTZE 1 117 Mreinen SL, Ciii'-intri! i Cbnniiinn .' niii' & I)e<-lcv •■•;'!> K- M:irf.!r>' l-'i-.i'ili Kim»-riy A. on Cdiiicily l-'our I iiicrml-sion. (I< n. Mehan Ali'-o Lloyd I'.in'/.cr 'Ir < hi [if* I'i tine . M LKt'LAHE. S| t'itv f *f ill T: 1 illor. Montreal. 1 DeWitt Young 2 Cliff Gordon 3 Four Mortons 4 Rinaldo f> Bellclulre Bros. Intermission. 6 Musical Cuttys 7 Nat M. Wills 8 Valerie Bergere y Dclmore & Lee MISS J. MOORE, f»0 E. 5 Ave., Columbus. 1 Hobledllllo 2 Mi-Intyre & Heath a Annette Kellermann 4 Harry Lauder o Adelaide & Hugben Intermission. & <» Coleman's Dogs 7 Frank Keenan 8 Van & Beaumonta t» Dollar Troupo ' I). O. LYNCH, liy Park Ave.. Wilkes-Barro. ItLiili'tln I'.rc Nat Wills - A-uuiliu.. ..JJ.1l. .'ham Julian Eltinge Daxlf Intoiinl- slwii 1 Exposition Four 2 Howard & North 3 Four Fords 4 A. O. Duncan '» Kobi. Milliard ft Co Intermission. (1 Wilfred Clarke & Co 7 Nat Wills 8 That Quartet J* Artols Bros. WM. J. FITZGERALD (180 l.'i St., Detroit. 1 Collins ft Hart 2 Cliff Gordon ."{ Mu-i.al Cuttys 4 McMahon fr ("bap- pel le ."» Julian Eltinge luterml.-^lon. • 5 Four Fords 7 Julius Stexer & Co. 8 Harry Lauder !l Marnold'H Dogj* Ml'ICKAY MAUM. liar Tee, WitkiriH. (Jolo. 1. MaMin \ Bart 2. Mark * Walker :;. rani < 1"L-u\. 1111 f Elln-I « ;?• i-ri .">. Julius St<7»i r 1111 • rrnlsslon C. Kirt Leslie 7. H< rt Lew ">. Ali.-e Lluyil It. Genr^e I ! ■ ■ T»: I ■ | .1 H BE!.-'.MAN Swii; \ c... si 1 •■,!.■! I l.'yau am! White - lalli.in Slinw ::. I-M l{< vnanl .:. Kinal-!., •"•. Ait'nir I'rini-e I n'' »if. 1 1 in. • ! I 1 <■ r 1 - i< 1 1 i,k I ii: '.I'i 11 r,,.'v-. ^. Hi I I-: f . » 11 -«• r !• (' ,lii;. . A- " .11 \. 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