Variety (March 1911)

VARIETY KIETY Published WMkly by VAIIETY PUBUSHINO GO. Times Square New York Cltjr SINE SILVERMAN Proprietor CHICAGO 167 Dearborn St. WALTEB K. HILL LONDON Tennison House, 5 Greon St., Leicester 8q. SAN FRANCISCO 908 Market St. JOHN J. OCONNOB PARIS 66 bis, Rue Saint Dldler EDWARD O. KBNDBEW BERLIN, 67 Unter den Linden. ADVURTISBMBNTB. Rate oard mar be found In adrertlslng sec- tion of tbls Issue. AdTsrtlslns copy for current Issue must reaoh New Tork office bj • p. m. Wednesday. Adrertlsements by mall must be accompa- nied by remittance, payable to Variety Pub- lishing Company. 8UB8CRIPTION RATB& Annual 94 Foreign I 8lnfle copies, 10 oents. Entered as second-class matter at New York. Vol. XXI. March 4 No. 13 Geo. Bryne has returned to the agency business. Don Harold Rosenthal is the name of a banjoist playing In the west. Ross and Fenton will revive "Oli- ver Twist" at <the Plaza next week. William Burress leaves "The Spring Maid" this Saturday. Jack Mason has accepted a contract to stage the musical numbers for the now Valeska Suratt show. John T. Kelly has been engaged by Leibler and Co., for "A Certain Party." "Chantecler" may be played by- Maude Adams over here beyond the present season. H. J. Fitzgerald is now managing the New Theatre at Baltimore, play- ing "pop" vaudeville booked through Feiber & Shea. Josephine Knowles is now playing the role of Leda Kruger in "The Jer- sey Lilies" formerly enacted by Miss Crosby, who has entered vaudeville. "Patsy" Sargent (Mrs. Kelly) has returned to the "Passing Parade" company after an illness of several weeks. John Glcndenning's one act play, "A Pantomime Prince," presented in only European countries, is scheduled for the American vaudeville houses. Maude Raymond has passed up all overtures for her appearance in pro- ductions and will return to vaudeville March 20 at Hammerstein's. Arthur Reece opened at the Amer- ican Monday, after taking a sail across the water by order of his English physician. The Pacific Land and Products Show at Los Angeles will open March 18. 200,000 visitors are expected to attend. Alice Raymond lg expected in New York this week, returning from the other side to play fifteen weeks on the Morris time, opening Monday at the Plaza, New York. William Hawtrey has decided to try his luck again in vaudeville. He has accepted a sketch from Katherine Henry and will start rehearsals im- mediately. George Primrose starts on the Gus Sun time for five weeks beginning Monday, in Erie, Pa. Sun is billing the veteran minstrel like a circus. B. A. Myers did the booking. The Uessems sailed for the other side Wednesday. Over there the act as seen around here will be divided, the understander having elected to separate. Eva Davenport, the pulchritudinous comedienne, is the latest aspirant for vaudeville honors. Thomas J. Gray has written for her four songs and five minutes of talk for an act in "one." Tom Lewis left for Chicago this week to join Joe Howard. He had prepared for vaudeville in a sketch written by Vincent Bryam, when the Chicago call arrived. Flavia Arcaro, formerly with "The Chocolate Soldier," and who has Just closed with the Lulu Glaser company, has a new act in "one," consisting of songs and patter. Wilton is handling it. Capt. James F. G. Archibald is soon to take up a lecture tour which will be under the direction of Charles .Mercer. The latter will leave the employ of Jesse Lssky to direct the tour. The treasurers of the Crescent and Colonial theatres exchanged places this week, Dudley Clements going over to Brooklyn. Mr. Caldwell, from the Baby Borough is now at the Colonial wicket. Tim Murphy opens at Atlantic City March 13, through the instrumental- ity of Bill Lykens. Mr. Murphy will employ three people in a sketch open- ing for the turn, closing the act with a monolog. The Four Amaranths sailed Wed- nesday for Europe. Negotiations on with a United Booking Office circuit for the "blacklisted" act to play un- der an assumed name failed through price demanded by the girls. The Warnock Uniform Co. has opened a special department at their store, 19 and 21 West .11st street. New York, and will provide uniforms and character clothes for the pro'ession. Anna Chandler has been engaged as a special feature with Richard Carle for the metropolitan engage- ment of "Jumping Jupiter," scheduled to open at the New York theatre, Mon- day. The big annual carnival of the Spo- kane United Commercial Travelers will be given this year May 1-6, in- clusive, instead of in April as last year, it will take place in the ar- mory, at Spokane. "Surah" in which Hilda Keenan is taking to vaudeville is hiding away at some nearby town this week. The company supporting Miss Keenan in- cludes John McCloskey, Marie Hayles and George Piazza. Plans are being drawn by Archi- tect McElfatrlck for the new Shubert house in Newark, which will be built at Broad and Fulton streets, a few blocks away from the Keith vaude- ville theatre. George Saiumis, chief of the Port Washington fire department, one time Mayor of* that prospering city has been engaged to pilot the Bayes-Nor- worth troupe through the wilds of a road tour. Henry Clive has been placed for the Orpheum Circuit tour. He will break the travel over the route at San Fran- cisco, July 2, going to Australia on a visit home, returning to take up the remainder of the time commencing in October. Following the night performance of "The Moulin Rouge Girls" at the Ca- sino, Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 24, Charles Wetzel, the orchestra leader, and Charlotte Thorner of Harrisville, Mich., a non-professional, were mar- ried. Adele Ritchie sailed last week for London, unbooked over there, as far as any foreign agent in New York knows. Miss Ritchie may venture an appearance after arrival. It's doubtful if she will appear at the new Folie Bergere, New York. Catherine Reeves, one of the br'ght and shining social lights of that great western metropolis, Springfield, 111., has decided that vaudeville has been yearning for her. She is now in New York. Havez & Donnelly have been commissioned to prepare material for a "single" for her. Margaret Mayo, authoress of "Baby Mine" and Edgar Selwyn, author 6f "The Country Boy," have been com- missioned to write a musical comedy for Blanche Ring, to be ready for pro- duction next September. Karl Hosch- na, composer of "Mme. Sherry" is to compose the score. Herts & Tallant, the architects, are busy preparing plans for the chang- ing of the fronts of the New Amster- dam and Liberty theatres in accord- ance with the order from the Borough President for the widening of 42d street. The remodeling of the front of the Liberty will cost $1,500, Mike Shea, of Buffalo, has recov- ered from an indisposition which kept him in Buffalo for a week or so. Leibler and Co. have completed the cast for the support of Annie Russell in "The Backsliders." The company will comprise Cyril Keightley, Mar- garet Wycherly, Bobby Andrews, Os- wald Yorke, Orlando Daly, Kather- ine Florence, Katherine Stewart, Ruth Chester and Katherine Clarendon. Mrs Ezra Kendall, widow of the Cleveland comedian, has filed an an- swer in the suit against her husband's estate by the Liebler Co., of New York. The Lieblers claim $4,367.28 damages for engagements it alleges Kendall failed to fill while under its manage- ment in various cities. Montgomery and Moore are uncer- tain as to their future plans. They have been offered 20 weeks over the Sulll- van-Consldine time, a summer engage- ment with Dan Fishell's stock com- pany at St. Louis, and also a contract for one of the reviews at Paris. Lon- don music hall dates are also pend- ing. Edwin Raymond, of the Saxe Amuse- ment Co., after placing the American, Omaha, on a paying basis, has re- turned to Milwaukee. Raymond's Omaha stay was necessitated bf the sudden departure of D. Jack Bondy. Mr. McGowan of Chicago is now in charge of the American. Alfred L. Phelps, "the kid manager," has been appointed treasurer. Freeman Bernstein had a winning day Wednesday. His wife, May Ward, on that day filed a petition In bank- ruptcy, with $2,300 of liabilities and no tangible assets. Freeman is hap- py, as usual. Even the bankruptcy failed to disturb his wonted equanim- ity—and besides, didn't "The Dresden Doll" have her picture in three pa- pers through it. Freeman boosted the salary as each picture appeared. lk>n Jansen and Lizzie Freleigh, featured Jointly with "Bowery Bur- lesquers," have both been out of the show for some time past owing to Ill- ness. Mr. Jansen is around again and will work into the show gradu- ally, playing only in the first part for a time. Miss Freleigh joins the show again this week In Philadelphia, after having undergone a slight operation last week. The manager of a western combina- tion house is at present "doing time" for having converted to himself large sums of money. There Is a well cir- culated report about town now that another manager connected with the same circuit that controls the western house, is also much behind in his ac- counts. It is momentarily expected that the eastern man will be called before the bar to plead, though It Is possible that, owing to the age of the eastern manager, and the friendship of the head of the concern for his old employe*-, that the defalcation will be hushed. Tin- story, however, is pub- lic property.