Variety (April 1912)

VARIETY sac RIETY Published Weekly by VARIETY PUBLISHING CO. Timea Square New York City SIVE SILVERMAN Proprietor Henry Rosenberg and wife, parents of Walter Rosenberg, the invincible "crap" shooter, sail for Europe April 13 for their annual summer vacation. CHICAGO Majeetlc Theatre Bldg. JOHN J. O'CONNOR. LONDON S Green St., Leicester Sq. W. BUCHANAN TATXOB PARIS 66 bis. Rue Saint Didler EDWARD O. KENDBBW BERLIN 67 Unter den Linden SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Advertising copy for current lsaue mui» reach New York office by I p. m. Wednesday. Advertisements by mall should be accom- panied by remittance. Annual Foreign SUBSCRIPTION RATBS Single copies, 10 cents. $4 6 Entered as second-cle»» matter at New York. Vol. XXVI. April 6, 1912 BBHEEaESSSE No. 5 Leo Maase, of the Marinelli agency, is spending this week in Chicago. King Bailey, formerly with Eugene M. King, opened at the Scala, Copen- hagen, as a "single." Howard Jacquot, private secretary to Lee Shubert, is ill in a New York hospital. Tlie Musical Fredericks have joined Nat Fields' "Girl Behind the Counter" company. Ellis and McKenna sail for England on the Celtic April 25, opening at the Tivoli. Dublin, May 6. Mrs. W. J. Holmes (Iva Holliston) (Holmes and Holliston) lies critically ill at 220 Audubon avenue, New York. Julia Thelma Clancy is the full name of the recently arrived young lady in the Jim Clancy household. The Three Leightons could not ap- pear at Keith's, Boston, this week, which let Arthur Deagon in. The Palace Quartet is a new turn, organized by A. F. Henry, formerly of the Temple Quartet. EMe Fay has joined the Clarke Sis- ters and will present a new act in vaudeville. The annual ball of the Qreenpoint Theatrical Association will be held at the new Eckford Hall, Eckford and Calyer streets, Qreenpoint, April 10. Billy Gould and Belle Ashlyn have received the Orpheum Circuit tour, commencing July 14. Until then each may do "singles." u Danlel Boone On the Trail'* found business unfavorable to its trailing over the "one nighters," and the com- pany came back to Broadway. Sam Barlow, of "The Rosary" com- pany, and Georgia Cookson, a Calais girl (non-professional), were married at Portland, Me., last week. DeRue Brothers* Minstrels, which have been touring Long Island, closed March 30 at Huntington, but will re- open later for a summer season. Negotiations are on with J. C. Wil- liamson for May Robson to make a tour of Australia with "The Rejuve- nation of Aunt Mary." Doris Hardy Is hack among the home folks again, after a southern trip with "The Girl From Rectors" which is playing the Manhattan this week. Frank Longo has accepted plans for the construction of a one-story brick picture house, costing $2,000, at 188 21st street, Brooklyn. Jimmy Ring is back from a trip to the Far East and has again joined with his former partner, Clara Wil- liams. Channcey Olcott discovered this week (while laying oft in New York) upon calling a rehearsal his two prin- cipals had departed for another en- gagement, without notice to him. The new Rex theatre, Fifth avenue, Nashville, is practically ready for the public. Wliliam H. Wassman is the manager. The house, seating 400, cost $25,000. Its policy will be pic- tures. The Archie Levy Amusement Asso- ciation has been established in San Francisco, with A. N. Jackson as Its president. Members of the "Way Down East" company are back on Broadway* seek- ing spring jobs, saying the company closed its season last Saturday night. Arthur Hubbs, of Ozone Park, Long Island, has decided that place needs a new theatre and has planned to build a one-story frame open alrdome, cost- ing $500, at Broadway and 132 West Washington avenue (Ozone Park). The Lorch Family will sail for Europe April 30 on the Potsdam, and open May 16 at Amsterdam, playing a return engagement in England and on the Continent thereafter. It is a for- eign turn. VARIETY'S CHICAGO OFFICE NOW at Majestic Theatre Building (9th Floor) JOHN J. O'CONNOR, in charge Chris Grimm, for four years in charge of the orchestra department with Remick & Co., has accepted a similar position with Charles K. Harris. « Jules Eckert Goo/lnian denies he is making the dramatization of the "Pot- ash and Perlmutter" stories, or that he is in any way connected with their presentation. Barney Bernard and Lee Harrison are "breaking in" their next vaudeville turn, pending a decision of Mr. Ber- nard's to Join the W. A. Brady-Shubert "Potash & Perlmutter" production. Herman Block, of Brooklyn, an- nounces he will build a one-story frame picture theatre (open air) at Hancock and Grant streets, Glendale (Queens County). The new "Palace** theatre and roof garden in course of construction on West 43d street is said to be a per- sonal venture of J. J. Shubert's. Lee Shubert is said to have no financial interest in the enterprise. Matt Saunders, former assistant manager of Poll's, who was trans- ferred to the Norwich house last sum- mer, has returned to assume the man- agement of the Wilkesbarre house, taking Gordon Wrighter's place. Another new theatre, costing $3.- 000, has been planned for the Bronx (Washington avenue and 186th street) by William Ward. The archi- tect Is the Kreymborg Architectural Co. George Storr Fischer, who has been with the Corse Payton stock forces for several seasons, is recovering from an accident which fractured several of his ribs. The attaches of the Hip gave a leap year ball for the sick benefit fund of their organization at Palm Garden March 30. Jo Paige Smith had a birthday last Saturday. His office force presented the boss with a large bouquet ot roses, one for each year he has gone through. (Bouquet quite expensive.) The Marvellous Millers, through a prolongation of their engagement with "Over the River" at the Globe, New York, asked and received a post- ponement until June of their date at the Palace, London, for March. Annie Vivian (Corrigan and Vivian) was taken suddenly ill while playing the Majestic, Milwaukee, last week and had to be removed to Trinity Hospital for treatment. Her condition is not serious. Lean and Holbrook have returned to their former act, casting aside "This is the Spot," produced by them at the Orpheum, Brooklyn. They opened on the Orpheum Circuit this week. The Sunday night concerts at the Columbia, New York, will conclude for the season May 8, when a benefit will be tendered to Jack Shea, who has been representing Felber & Shea in the running of the Sunday shows all sea- son. Blanche Ring and her company are laying off Holy Week, after three days at the Teck, Buffalo. Cross and Jo- sephine moved their trunks over to Shea's for a week's engagement, and will rejoin the company next Monday in Montreal. R. F. Outcault is making every ef- fort through his attorney, Nathan Bur- kan, to secure a restraining injunction against Boyd Coleman, preventing the latter from using the title "Buster Brown" or infringing upon its estab- lished prestige in any way. J. G. Wells is appearing for the defendant. Coccia And Amato*s "A Night In the Slums of Paris" opened at the Cadillac, Detroit, Monday, with Julius Le Barbe and Mile. Malse playing the roles for- merly essayed by Aurello Coccia and Minnie Amato. The act is routed for the Pantsges Circuit, opening April 11 at Calgary, Can. George F. (Lefty) Miller, the Nor- folk (Va.) Southern Leaguer, with the St. Louis Cardinals last season, closes his vaudeville tour April 25, when he joins the ball club. Miller has been an "added attraction" in the south un- der Norman Jefferles' management. The southern press said Lefty was a sure enough good actor. The New York Elks have special Cabaret entertainment Thursday even- ings ("ladies' night"). Manager Car- rigan last week offered the Carlo Grand Opera Quartet and the Dudley Quintette. Chris Maxwell, one of the most popular of the young Elks, has made himself solid by having his mu- sicians (Maxwell's Academy), Edmund O'Connell, pianist, and Bert Cullen, violinist, drop in several times a week for an impromptu concert in the ciub rooms. Special programs were of- fered last week for visiting lodged, the Wednesday showing being furnished by Alfreda Mear, Williamson and O'Connor, Blossom Robinson, Sherry Girls, Dora Pelletler, Billy Link, The I)e Laurs, Jack O'Donnell; Friday night the entertainers were Gertrude Carlisle and Picks, John Le Clair, Musical Forrests, J. Bernard Dyllyn, Henry and O'Donnell, Gertrude Ge- bcet, Larry Sharkey, Three Bathing Girls.