Variety (April 1912)

VARIETY 17 ESTABLISHING "CABARET TOUR" FROM NEW YORK CI TY TO COAST Leo Edwards Has Rector's, Chicago and Portola, San Francisco, to Start With. Experts to Fill With Restaurants in Cities in Between. "Saturday Night Summer Resort Cabaret Circuit" After dissolving partnership three times, Andri and Ethell separated finally last week at the Cafe Boulevard. Alice Harty, the toe dancer, is rehears- ing to take Ethell's part. Joel's (41st street near 7th avenue) has engaged Leopold Kohls as manager of its cabaret. Oliver Mack, Clare La Belle, Miss Kennedy, Miss Ethcridge, pianist, and Gerdi Wolf, 'cello, enter- tain there. With Rector's restaurant, Chicago, and the Portola, San Francisco, on his list, as starters, Leo Edwards is trying to establish a Cabaret Tour which will take entertainers from New York City to the Coast, through bookings by him. Mr. Edwards claims to have placed the first Cabaret show in New York. Until last Saturday he was manager of the Cabaret at Martin's (4 2d street). Resigning to attend to his trans-continental route, Mr. Edwards placed his first show at Rector's, Chi- cago, this week. Five acts are used there. He is seeking intermediate points like Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Buffalo, Cleveland and Denver to "break jumps" for entertainers booked over the New York-Frisco Cabaret Tour. The engagement of the entertainer in each restaurant «de- pends upon the success met with. No time limit is placed at any stand. Another plan of Edwards in con- nection with the feed shows is to give Cabaret performances on each Satur- day night of the Burner season at the best known of the hot weather re- sorts in the east, selecting the most prominent hotel in each place. The shows will be made up for Saturday night only, composed of acts not play- ing at the time, but which may wish to spend a "week-end" at the sea- shore or woods. Two permanent Cabarets to be conducted by Edwards during the summer will be at the Manhattan Beach Hotel, New York, and at Atlantic City. Gertrude Glbest, the violin Imitator, has been engaged at Raub's. The College Inn Trio (Woods, Falke and Tinner) are still a riot at the Inn. Berry's has taken its old colored entertainers back into the show again. Sidney Burns, formerly with the "Nine Crazy Kids" is now at Voll's. Tascot and Tascot are in New York, working cabarets. Rennie Cormack left Raub's, Brook- lyn, to take care of Remick's songs at Fleischman's (Bronx). Al Carp, the boy who Imitates Trovato, has returned from Frisco. He is now at Voll's. Bill Robinson, well known in the Bronx Cabarets, is now at the Palm (Bronx). Pabst (125th street) did little this week (Holy Week). Alice Harty, Hazel Allen, Olga North, Llnarda Shu- bert and Benyon Quartette are the program. Smith and Boyle, at the Garden, put on new acts weekly. After being awuy for five weeks, Frank Elllng and Bob Hunt have re- turned to the Poodle Dog. Martha Adams, of Hickey's, has been laying off on account of a cold, When her voice is in good condition she will join her partner to work at the Osborne House, Sheepshead Bay. Den eve, Herman and Stone, The Cabaret Trio, have returned from Buf- falo and are at Shanley's. Oreste Ml&liacce, pianist at the Col- lege Inn, will take Raymond Walker's place at the Garden April 15. Good business at the Empire Hotel since the Cabaret started. Ruth Rog- ers, Edward Drake, Sylvia Loti, Mae Sims, H. Irving and Biloschoff and Russakoff (Russian dancers) make up the bill this week. Morgan, Bailey and Morgan are at the College Inn (125th street) rehears- ing an act for the big vaudeville time. Billy Doud, manager of the Ritz, had his troubles this week putting new men on the floor. The Ritz Grill, once Wolff's Chop House (45th near Broadway), has started its cabaret. Ed Caron, pro- prietor, has installed a stage. The entertainers engaged are Florenco Addwater, Loretta Berged, Flo Le- mont and Max Rogers, also manager of the show. NEWS OF THE CABARETS At 1.30 Thursday nights, Fleisch- mann's (42d street) gives a "Turkey Trot" dance; also a souvenir to each diner. Williams and Glanzrok, two boys from Syracuse, who have played in vaudeville, are going to work in the Cabarets. Healey's (125th street) is putting on a better show. The Ragtime Three, Billy Turner, Mooney and Le Malre and Dot Keller are there this week. The Cabaret is decorated with birch bark. Baby Doll Morrison, the Frisco girl who was entertaining at the Green Turtle (44th near Broadway) Is at the Ritz Grill this week. "Dog" Ryan can't put his regular act on at the Garden, on account of his feet. "Dog's" pedals are puffed up. He's a dancer, so that can go for the excuse, if anyone is rubbery enougl: for the reason. After being offered several positions around the different Cabarets, Sam Levy says lie would rather stick to Ted Snyder. The University Cafe (Prospect and Westchester aves.) has Charles O'Neil, Winnie Buren, Eddie Weston and Lil- lie Nichols. Churchill's still holds its bill. The Royal Court Orchestra is there. Mr. Smith of Churchill's expects to get Toots Paka for a four-week return en- gagement. Toots did very well there one week, but Cap. Churchill thought the salary too high. Murray Bloom, manager of the pro- fessional department for Fred Helf, will take part in a sketch with Leopold Kohls at Joel's. Raymond Walker, pianist at the Garden, says, "I gave one of the Meyer Boys, of the Meyer Boys' Orchestra (now at the Garden) some money, but when I came to ask for it I didn't know who I gave the money to, as the boys are twins." Three Cabaret entertainers acquir- ing much popularity are he Hackett Trio, nightly at the Hackett Cafe. They are George Depp, tenor; James H. Mills, baritone, and John McDon- ald, bass. John T. Baker, the blind pianist, is the accompanist. On account of Holy Week, Madge Maitland, who should have been at the Folles Bergere this week, will go in next week instead. The West End Casino (125th street) has gone along with the Cabaret tide. A show of six acts and an orchestra was placed in the restaurant last week The West End is one of the oldest eat- ing places in Harlem. It is on the same block with Pabst's. The colored entertainers at Sonu- tag's Summer Garden, 110th Street, for a few years, left Sunday night. A new show of white entertainers went in. Arthur T. Smith, manager of the show, engaged George Woelk, bari- tone; Hose Kelly, Murray Kissen, ton- or; Phil Kane, pianist. Thoo. Del- venthal is leader of the six-piece or- chestra. Mr. Smith was formerly with the Pekin. He is a good entr; f.*i:n« i - himself. The Green Turtle (44th street) is a private house, altered into a res- taurant, with cabaret. It has Emmett Gilfoil, Rose Mitchell and Ragtime Hugo Mayer, the pianist who has won many a piano playing contest, accord- ing to the bunch around. He certain- ly does just move his hands over the whites and blacks. The Poodle Dog (40th near Broadway) has been doing a capac- ity business the last few weeks. The Cabaret is decorated with autumn leaves, a very cosy effect. The enter- tainers are Herman Seitz, Geuette Spellman, Milton Gruber, C. Pender (English comedian), Eddie Weehle- man, and Lew Rose—one of the old- est entertainers on Broadway. Jack Greene's Romano Cafe and Restaurant, the only Cabaret of class in Hoboken, has been doing things since the opening day. This Cabaret it one block from the Jersey Tube, which ('raws some people from Manhattan. Greene's Cabaret list has Grace White (small girl who has made quite a hit); Ach Conroy, Irish tenor, and Jack Barnett, English character work, who was formerly doubled up with Mike Fertig, now at Fleischman's (Bronx). The Hoboken diners are well enter- tained. George Whiting, Albert Tint and a "turkey trot" girl who they brought along with them from the coast, are in town looking over the Cabarets, which they called "rathskellers." Mr. Whit- ing says the diners in Frisco are al- together different from the New Yorkers. When they dine at a Cabar- et out there they want to be enter- tained, says Whiting, and not sit around, paying no attention to the show. The bunch may shortly return to the west. Whiting was one of the first "rathskeller" entertainers in New York, along Broadway. He was very well known in the early days of the old Kid McCoy cellar at 40th street. Cabarets may come and go, but from the success of Max Voll's Al- hambra theatre rathskeller venture it looks as though this Harlem amuse- ment place would run for a long while to come. It has a varied pro- gram, including those hard working entertainers, George Mack and Jack Daniels; Margie Scott (colored vocal- ist), (who has such a strong voice thai the doors must be closed when she warbles to preveni. her voice break- ing up the Alhambra show above), De Forest fcolored female imper- sonator), Victor Steiner, Hebrew comcdi'ii ; Al Carp, violinist; Tiilie r'r;irik"l, "< oon shonter;" Matty Le- vin, pianist; Kllie La I'roix and Syd- ney Hums.