Variety (August 1911)

VARIETY WE ARE HERE TO STAY! WELCOME TO OUR NEW CHICAGO HOME! DONT WAIT—WRITE TODAY! At Your Service J. H. AUFDERHEIDE & CO. Music Publishers SUITE 403-A RANDOLPH BUILDING L. W. DEUKER, Manager ENTRANCE, 145 n. CLARK STREET The following numbers are positively guaranteed feature songs, selected from our fast growing catalogue: "THAT'S SOME TUNE" "MOONTIME IS SPOONTIME" "I LOVE YOU DEARIE" "IN BAMBOO UNO" "I TOTALLY DIFFERENT RAG" "THAT LOVIN' DIPPY GLIDE" And remember to order "DRIFTING IN DREAMS WITH YOU" An appealing ballad you need SEND ADDRESSES SEND PROGRAMS *"*"'» J. H. AUFDERHEIDE * CO., OMoage L. W. DEUKER, Manager, Suite 4 3 A, Randolph Building PROFESSIONAL COPIES ORCHESTRA PARTS intends doing a single turn in vaudeville for a time, and feels very well pleased with the encouragement the managers and agents are showing him. The Chutes will reopen In a short time as a five-cent vaudeville and moving picture house, but the grounds will not be thrown open to the public until sometime next spring. Messrs. Harris and Ackerman will then con- trol the Alcazar, Wigwam, Majestic, Garrlck, Third Street Theatre, Lincoln and Chutes. Morris Resch, general manager of the W. C. Campbell Dog and Pony Show, left town with a thoroughly up-to-date tent show, to visit all the coast towns. One of the features of the company will be the women trainers with women In charge of all the concesslona In the parade the predominating feature will be women, which no doubt will appeal to the family patronage, which this aggregation of performers cater to. Billy Dodson who has been absent from the stage In commercial business for the past two years, could not resist the call of the foot-lights, so he sold out his millinery business In Los Angeles, and will shortly be seen In the east under the management of Arthur Don. He will be accompanied on hla tour by his wife. ' Howard 8cott, playing In Los Angeles In dramatic stock for a long time, spent a few days In San Francisco on his way to New York and thence to Europe. "Not for busi- ness," says Howard, "simply pleasure." Mr. Scully, for a long time President of the Honolulu Amusement Co., arrived In town. Mr. Scully states that he Is here partly on business, and partly for pleasure. Regarding his business he Intends to promote some Aviation Meets on the Pacific Coast One of the big events will be the flight from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, which will take place some time next month. Grace Cameron opened on the Orpheum time at Winnipeg, with the Circuit to follow. She Is featuring Jack McClellan'e song hit, "Won't Tou Be My Orlssly Bear"? with special scenery. RTHUR KLEIN Presents Edgar Atchison (By special arrangement with Messrs. Lee and J. J. Shubert) "Billy's Tombstones" Supported by the following cast RUTH ALLEN PIERRE LEMAY HELEN HAMMILL CHARLES CLUC8TON Openini Sept. 4. Hudson Theatre, Union Hill Sept 11, Colonial, New York BOOKED SOLID, SEASON 1011-12 Stage Manager, CHARLES CLUC8TON The National theatre has changed hands again. Mr. Fest who recently sold It to P. Oergervlts has bought It back again after Qergervlts had it three or four weeks. Mr. Oergervlts Is a brother-in-law of 8. Morton Cohn, who has a chain of vaudeville houses In the north-west. acldent were Mary Hauley, and W. H. Jones. Jr., a resident of San Jose. The automobile driven by Newhall went Into a ditch north of Capitol a station In an endeavor to pass a delivery wagon. Newhall was a prominent member of the Theatrical Stage Employees' Union. Ernest Howell, who runs a vaudeville book- ing office here, has been black listed by the White Rats, because he would not discon- tinue booking the Regal theatre, Los An- gelea Mr. Howell told the Variety represen- tative that the White Rats had placed a picket in front of his offices In the American Theatre building who Is warning all White Rats to keep out of the office. Howell states he will If necessary Import acts from New York and Chicago, to play his houses here and In the southern part of the State. The moving picture theft which occurred In this city more than a year ago, and which represented a loss to Turner * Danken. the Film Exchange people, of $1,000, was cleared up with the arrest of Orvllle D. Harder. One of the reels was of "Roosevelt In Africa." It was discovered that Harder had sold the films and had made an affidavit In Japan that they were his property. Harder who was working on the Barbary Coast at the time of the robbery, was found In .his old haunts by Detectives Wren and McGrayan. Ned Hanks, who has been manager of the l'hllllpplnl Bank was shot and Instantly killed at Ogden recently. His home was In Chicago. "The Barrier" will go out on the road again under the management of Ernest Ship- man. The opening will be at Reno, Nevada, Labor Day. The company will visit Salt Lake, Denver, and several other large West- ern cities, and will then return and tour the coast. This "No. 1" company will be under the stage direction of Norval MacOregor. He was specially engaged to play the role of John Gale, the Squaw Man. Sept. 18 the new Metropolitan theatre In Seattle will see Its premier. Some of the at- tractions to be seen are Cecil Lein and Flor- ence Holbrook In "Bright Eyes." Constance Collier in "Thais." Edith Talllfero In "Re- becca of Sunnybrook Farm," "The Spring Maid," and Maude Adams. Peter Roblson for many years before the big fire, a reporter on the San Francisco Chronicle, died at Boyse Springs recently. Roberts wss a Scotchman by birth. He was quite successful as a librettist, having writ- ten the lyrics and words of the comic opera, "His Majesty," which had quite a long run at the old Tlvoll. He was burled In Son- oma. Billy Van denies he was closed at the Bell, Oakland. Mr. Van says his name was connected with that of Grace Cameron, closed there about two weeks ago. "What I know about the case" said Mr. Van "Is that Miss Cameron broke her contract at the Bell by doing half an act when her turn called for more. Mr. Cohen told her she wss closed. I don't know how It came to be reported that I also was closed. I make this statement In behalf of Sulllvan-Consldlne, Cohen Bros, and myself." Carl Newhall of San Jose was injured In an automobile accident at Capltola, and died that afternoon. In the automobile at the time of the By GEORGE M. YOUNG. KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr.; agent. U. H. <).).—The regular theatre goer, whether he be patron or the one called there through business following Is always glad when the summer season Is over. It makes a lot of difference to the artist and to those In front. Few acts receive their full reward and a show never appears to Its best advantage when those In front are In the grasp or Just re- covering from that tired feeling. This week's bill Is a good average show, with no sketches to place a halt In the running, but the Monday audience was there with that tired feeling. Ross and Fenton made their first apperaance In this house with the sketch "Just Like a Woman." The sketch now in use Is a clever bit of comedy, but Its worth Is stamped In the admirable way in which It Is presented, the bit of sentiment at the finish being nicely placed. Having to follow the many piano acts which we have had lately. Mike Ber- nard and Willie Weston must be credited with making more than a hit. Pouchot's Flying Hallet was the big "picture" number on the bill and was well received. The one draw back always noticeable In these flying acts Is the lack of suitable staging. It Is probably a difficult handicap to overcome, but It Is needed In the picture. A very pleasing act was Max Witt's "Melody Lane Girls," a quar- tet with pleasing voices. The second selec- tion, while well sung, did not average up with the others, but the girls easily won their share of the honors. Ed. Morton, a local favorite proved one of the best liked. One or two of his numbers were new and went over In good shape. The "Preacher and the Bear" is still Morton's trademark in his home town at least and he was forced to sing It. Will- iams and Warner, a team of musical ec- centrics did only fairly well, their comedy, which bears the evident stamp of foreigners, holding them back. The novelty of the musi- cal work was liked. The team made a bad finish Monday afternoon, one of the two leaving the stage until his partner had almost finished the number. Ray and Rogers put over a good sized hit In the second position. The men have a different style for their talk and the oddity of It alone helped consider- ably In putting the act through In splendid shape. Gray and Peters started things nicely with their cycling act and the fast ana showy trapeze work of the Flying Martins fitted In wel for the closing, securing liberal reward from those who remained. Pictures. WILLIAM PENN (George Metsel. mgr.; agent, U. B. O.).—One of the best bills ever put together in one of the "pop" houses was arranged for the opening of the season this week. Packed houses In the afternoon and at both shows In the evening gave the show a great start and proved that vaudeville will hold Its own In the territory across the river. Tuesday afternoon, with the weather condi- tions none too favorable, the William Penn held a great orowd. The lower floor which seats about 900 was filled to capacity and more than two-thirds of the audience was composed of women and children. It was a beautiful picture to look at and what an audience to work to. Every act went with a whirl and three of the six were real big hits. Hl|lebrand and De Long opened the show nicely with some strength feata Miss De Long also used a song, finishing by dis- closing a healthy looking figure In tights. They were well liked. Julia Rooney—one of the famous family—formerly In a "sister" act and now doing a single put over a pleas- ing number. Very blonde and very likely Julia did some snappy stepping which pulled her through In good shape. Goldsmith and Hoppe were a scream from the time the comedian's crepe whiskers showed In the first entrance. It was soft going for him and he never missed hitting the mark. He had plenty of assistance from the "straight" and the band finish brought a riot. "The Mayor and The Manicure" sketch with James Ful- ton, aMttle Cloate. Robert MacLeod and Josephine Guthrie also scored heavily. Many of the corking good points in the dialog 'missed fire on the women, but the sketch reg- istered an unmistakable hit. Smith and Lar- ■en In a first rate comedy acrobatic act drew down liberal reward. The featured number, Frank Milton and De Long Sisters, closed the show In a riot of laughter, the women laugh- ing themselves tired. The act finished with enough applause to have satisfied an enure bill. There were pictures before and after the vaudeville and like the penny-ante game, every body stayed In. House now booked by United Family Dept. VICTORIA (Jay Mastbaum. mgr.; agent, H. Bart McHugh).—Haslan, who escapes from straight-Jackets while under water, slips through a long tube and disrobes during the slip and does various other escape tricks proved a corking good feature for the week's bill. it I* a dandy act for small time; Leona, a young women who Is gifted with a voice of remarkable range and sweetness and a personality bound to help her on her way scored a huge success. In a field where single singers predominate. Leona stands out for special commendation. Laurie and Al- een offered a singing and talking act, out of the ordinary class and secured good re- sults. The comedy roller-skating act of Steele and McMasters was well liked. Chess and Checkers furnished a singing turn which did nicely. The novelty of playing a game of checkers while playing music on bells could be worked up to better advantage. The Fondellers. who Juggle, walk a wire and finish with a Russian dance, won favor, and Unlncs and Brown, colored, did very well with some- singing and talking. Pictures. PALACE (L. Block, mgr.; agent, H. Bart McHugh).—Pleasing bill this week headed by Annette De Leg tare who offered a showy singing number with poslngs. nicely staged. It was very well liked. A "three-act" which was billed as McShane and Murray have an • ntertalnlng number. McShane and Murray are assisted by Walter Baker who does a George Primrose dance, the others singing and telling 'gags." The act Is mounted like a minstrel first part and secured good re- sults. Clyo and Rochelle did some clever hand-to-hand work. The top-mounter Is a bit lighter than the average and this gives the undcrstander a chance to show some skil- ful handling, the routine Including a number of good tricks. Agnes Aldra offered charac- ter songs. Miss Aldra Is probably an Eng- lish girl and uses songs sung on the big time by well known artists. Aside from mouthing her words too strongly, Miss Aldra put her numbers over nicely. Edwards and Van are a pair of clever steppers. They tried When answering advertUement$ kindly mention VARIETY.