Variety (November 1911)

VARIETY niETY PaMlsfced Wetklr *F VARIETY PUBLISHING GO. TtmM Bovar* N«w York City 81MB SILVBIMAN Proprietor CHICAGO •• ■«■ Dowrborn Bt JOHN #. O»0OHHOH, LONDON * Groan St.. LolooaUr Bq W. BUCHANAN TATLOB ■AN FRANCISCO PARIS RBRLIN 901 Uarkot St •• bio. Ro« Soint DtdUr HOWARD G. KBNDBBW IT UnUr don Linton ADVBRTISRMRNTS. AdTorttolng copy for current Umuc «»•* roMh Now York offleo by • p. m. Wednesday. AdT«rtlo»m«nto by moll should bo ncoompa- nlod by remittance Annnnl Foreign SUBSCRIPTION RATRS. .••••«.•••. «•••••••• • Blnfle copies. It mbU. $4 I ■stored no eccond-cleee matter at New York. November 4 No. 9 John I* Mass, of La Mass, Quail and Torn, became the father of a girl Noy. 1. Mrs. B. 8. OUdersleere, the mother of Bye Fox (Kresko and Fox), died Oct. 29. The Farrell Music Co. is producing an act that will have twenty colored people. Inness and Ryan have been routed over the Orpheum Circuit by the Casey Agency. The act opens shortly. "Getting Rid of Mumford," in which Una Abell Brinker, formerly ap- peared, opened at Utica Monday. Eddie Leonard says this is his last season on the stage. After his fare- well he intends to become a producer. M. Leon Ganmont of the Gaum on t Motion Picture Industry in Paris reached St. John, N. B., last week. Charles B. Lawlor and daughters started their season Oct. 30 at the Grand Opera House, Pittsburg, placed by the Sutherland agency. Frank Bohm is suing Vlrden and Dunlop for $100, commission alleged to be due him by the couple for an engagement with ,, Everywife." Seymour Furth becomes the musi- cal director Sunday of "The Winning Widow" at New Orleans, succeeding Dave Newman. Louis Hardt, the foreign strong man, will open in New York vaude- ville Dec. 4, brought over by Clifford Fischer. Angus*** Dreyer, the theatrical at- torney will move up town, into Times Square, around New Tear's. Leon Rogee and Henry Lodge, com- poser of "Temptation Rag," have col- laborated on a set of waltzes, "The Voice of the Cello." Worthy Butte, well known on the Rialto. who was severely Injured in an auto accident, is still moving around on crutches. James Anthony Murphy ("Tony"), formerly of the New York Journal, has been sent ahead of one of the "Madam Sherry" companies. Lester, the ventriloquist, finished his Orpheum Circuit tour at New Or- leans, a point where he had also com- menced it the same week. C. E. Corey, general manager for Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus received his second son Monday, at the family home in Peru, Ind. Bertha Kallsch expects to secure a playlet very soon, when she will play vaudeville. Jos. M. Scbenck left New York Mon- day, to attend the opening of the Lew Fields' show at the American Music Hall, Chicago. Mr. Schenck is ex- pected to return to-day. Shirli Rives, who played the title role in "Alma" during Truly Shat- tuck's absence and until Vera Michel- ena joined, has resumed her former role of the maid in the piece. Danny Lynch has again signed up as contracting agent with the Two Bills show for next season, and is now at his home in Cincinnati to spend the winter. Tutz McGnlre closed her vaudeville season at St. Louis, Oct. 30. She will take a year's rest, accompanying her husband, Mr. Dyer, of Julian and Dyer, on tour. Ban Guggenheim, manager of Wat- son's "Beef Trust," after a seven weeks' illness with acute Indigestion and kidney trouble, is back on the Job. Mr. and Mrs. Stormfels, the Ger- man operatic stars, who were engaged by Fred B. Whitney for "Der Rosen- kavalier," which he abandoned, have been assigned roles in his forthcoming production of "Baron Trenck." Bolo8sy Kiralfy arrived from Europe last Saturday, en route to San Fran- cisco, where he goes to look over the Held with a view to presenting there for the Panama Exposition one of his big spectacles. Toona and Her Indian Sextet are on their way east, booked by Jenie Jacobs, who has placed the turn in many of the larger vaudeville houses in the middle west supplied through the United Offices. Georgia Moore, a former "pony" dancer in "Naughty Marietta," has placed herself under the management of Gene Hughes, with the Intention of tempting vaudeville in a two-act. The Coliseum Theatre has filed papers at Albany with capital placed at $10,000. M. H. Mack, Eugene L. Fa Ik and E. C. Schlenker. all of Buf- falo, are the incorporators. The Co. wishes to maintain a theatre there. Richard Warner, stage director of the Harlem Opera House stock com- pany, will give one of his sketches, "The Last Hope," a trial at that play- house, with the idea of showing it for regular time on the big vaudeville circuits. We-No-Nah, the Indian snake dan- cer, has been booked for three weeks by Wllmer ft Vincent, playing this week at Altoona. Of all the managers In the United offices, W. ft V. were the only ones who would take the act after its Fifth Avenue showing. Mrs. Cliff Berzac arrived in New York last Friday, to look after the two comedy acts (Berzac's Animals) which were with the Barnum-Balley show this season. Mrs. Berzac may remain over here to work one of the acts on the "big" vaudeville time, as she did with the circus last year. Margaret IHington in her new play, "Kindling," opens Nov. 13, at Provi- dence, preparatory to a New York premiere. In her support will be By- ron Beasley, George Probert, Frank Camp, Charles Wingate, Ann Mere- dith, Helen Tracey and Annie Mac- Berlien. Emmett Corrigan was offered his former role in the /revival of "Ben Hur," to be made atltfie^New Amster- dam theatre at the close of the run of "The Pink Lady," but he and the management failed to get together in the matter of salary. Jimmy Plunkett says slip him some noise, he filled two vacancies this week both left by Will Rogers. Jimmy put in Mr. Quick at Hammerstein's, and Jas. H. Cullen at the Fifth Avenue. It is seldom one agent takes care of two openings in this way. The Four Cook Sisters, who came east for the Ed Blondell Road Show, will play vaudeville, under the direc- tion of Jack Levy. Mr. Levy is piloting Beech and Rhineart Rhinehart, a cou- ple of young women, also from the west, who are said to resemble Mel- ville and Stetson in their style of work. l'uuline Welsh, whose pictures were on the front cover of last week's Variety, is with Geo. Spink, and this week appearing at Young's Pier, At- lantic City. Miss Welsh is a Maryland girl. Many inquiries were made as to the person who owned the hand- some sad fare that occupied the cen- tre oval. An error in the copy of the adver- tisement of the new music publishing firm of Jerome ft Schwartz, published In last week's Variktt, announced the address at 1145 Broadway. It should have read 1441 Broadway; also Vin- cent Bryan as of the writing staff, in- stead of Vincent ft Bryan. The "I Will Club" has Its uses after all. One of the Variett, staff this week by mistake presented his "Life Mem- bership" card in the "I Wills" at a "small time" house instead of the reg- ular pass for the theatre, and still lives, besides having seen the show. All the "I Will" members can take a chance now. It could easily get them in at the Gaiety or Daly's. "Ruzzlelamb," one of those nice little chorus chaps, who sued a wealthy young woman for damages for breach of promise (and because he failed to win, got fired from the Lew Fields show) gave a "try out" for vaudeville at Hammersteln'i the other morning. "Ruzzle" is going to have a nice time in vaudeville, if he lands It. He must be almost as funny as Geo. Gottlieb's new hat. A well known vaudeville actor re- cently decided to do a "hideaway" in the "tall grass" to break in some new material. He booked three days in a small house in the wilds of Wisconsin. Arriving there he was about to rehearse with the pianist when the manager spied the performer's two new trunks in the rear of the stage. Rushing over to the foot- lights he yelled: "Don't play his mu- sic." Turning to the astonished actor he said: "You can't fool me. You Just got in the business. I know your kinJ. Get out of my theatre." Doc Steiner had his monthly shave the other day. It isn't because Doc forgets to shave that his face always looks that way; it's because he is a very busy man. Only the other night, he was working at 7:30, discovered at that time entering the Putnam Build- ing. Doc had forgotten he was on the day shift. There's no dark scenes any- more in vaudeville however, with an exception or two, since the "opposi- tion' slipped off the quarter-deck. That's getting away from the shave though. Doc was In a hurry. He had had a letter from Pitrot. Three ex- perts in handwriting were working on it. Doc knew it was something Im- portant, for Pitrot might have booked a foreign act that was really coming over. The shave had to be done quick- ly. Said Doc to the barber, "hurry up" but the barber, being an American, thought Doc had handed him a compliment. To show the Ger- man musical sharp how a fancy shave should be administered, he started h Maury Levi waltz time lather on Doc's face. Doc tried to tell the barber his act was dragging, and to get some speed, but he couldn't make the soap spreader understand. Something un- usual with the Doctor, he grew excit- ed, like Freeman Bernstein does when he is asked for money. Jumping up, Doc grabbed the barber's hand, say- ing, with a few side shoots, "Now you hold that brush steady, and I'll ruo both sides of my face against it.