Variety (April 1912)

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20 VARIETY BILLS NEXT WEEK (April 22) In Vaudeville Theatres, Playing* Three or Lea* Shows Dally <A11 houses open for the week with Monday matinee, when not otherwise Indicated.) (Theatres listed as "Orpheum" without any further distinguishing description are on the Orpheum Circuit. Theatres with "S-C" following name (usually "Empress") are on the Sul- dvan-Consldine Circuit.) Agencies booking the houses are denoted by single name or Initials, such as "Orph," Orpheum Circuit—"U. B. O." United Booking Offices—"W. V. A.." Western Vaudeville Man- agers' Association (Chicago)—'B-C,'' Sulllvan-Consldlne Circuit—"P," pantages Circuit— •'Loew.■ , Marcus Loew Circuit—"Inter." Interstate Circuit (booking through W. V. A.)—"Bern." Free- man Bernstein (New York)—"Clan." James Clancy (New York)—"Mdo." Fred Mardo (Boston) —"M." James C. Matthews (Chicago)—"Hod." Chas. E. Hodklns (Chicago)—"Tay," M. W. Taylor (Philadelphia—"Chch," Church's Booking Office (Boston)—"T. B. C." Theatre Book- ing Corporation (Walter F. Keefe) (Chicago)—"Fox," Ed. F. Kealey (William Fox Circuit) (New York)—"Craw." O. T. Crawford (St. Louis)—"Doy," Frank Q. Doyle (Chicago)—"Aron." Jules Aron son (Philadelphia)—"Nat," National Booking Office (C. Wesley Fraser) (Boston). —"Sun," Gus Sun (Springfield, O.) New York FIFTH AVE (ubo) Eva Tanguay Edward Abeles A Co Franklyn Ardell A Co Rube Dickinson The Grazers Wright A Dietrich Josetty Bros Mr Quick HAMMDRSTEIN'S (ubo) Wilton Lackaye A Co Harry Pox ft Mlller- shlps Fanny Brlce Little Billy Alexander ft Scott Planophlend Minstrels Willi Bros Annie Kent RAG Trio Warteburg Bros Four Coles COLONIAL (ubo) Petrova Rolfonians Jack Wilson Trio Mrs Gene Hughes ft Go Sam Mann ft Co Ed Morton Those French Girls Rayno's Dogs Moore ft Haager ALHAMBRA (ubo) R A Roberts Ryan ft Richfield Ethel Green Bell Family Clark ft Bergman Bert FlUglbbon Valleclta's Leopards Field Bros La Toy Bros BRONX (ubo) Julius Stater ft Co. Wish Wynne Yvette Kate Blinore ft Sam Williams "Top o' the World Dancers" Redford ft Winchester Harry Breen Flying Martins ORAND 8T (loew) American Comedy 4 Nan Akre ft Co 4 LaDella Comlques (Three to fill) 2d half Robin DeLlsle ft Vernon 4 Newsons (Three to fill) NATIONAL (loew) Larry Kane Young ft Young Ben smith Eleanor Otis ft Co Ward ft Cullen Karno's Comedy Co (One to fill) 2d hair Paul Perry Creighton Sisters Jenkins ft Hart Anderson ft Burt James Duffy Karno's Comedy Co. (One to fill) LINCOLN (loew) Watson ft Little Leap Year Girls "Oliver Twist. Madge Maltland Wilson ft Aubrey (One to fill) 2d half Young ft Young Aveling ft Lloyd Richard Hamlin Leslie Morosco ft Co Edmond Stanley ft Co Wilton Bros YORKVILLE (loew) Eddie Rowley Lander Bros The Reefs ft Murray Beatrice Ingram Play- ers Jos K Watson Fred St Onge Troupe 2d half McGill ft Livingston Corcoran ft Dixon Williams ft Tucker Jones ft Mayo Aerial Buds (One to fill) AMERICAN (loew) Paul Perry Ryan ft Lee Aerial Buds Nelson ft Moore Leslie Morosco ft Co Anita Primrose Williams ft Tucker Jones ft Mayo 4 Newsons 2d half Alfredo ft Pearl Lander Bros Nan Akre ft Co Watson ft Little Beatrice Ingram Play- ers Force ft Williams The Reefs ft Murray Jos K Watson Fred St Onge Troupe 7TH AVE (loew) Richard Hamlin Cowboy Minstrels Howard Truesdell ft Co Holsman ft Webber Sisters Roeder ft Lester (One to fill) 2d half Anita Primrose Browning ft Lavan Eleanor Otis ft Co Johnny Dove (Two to fill) GREELEY (loew) Robin Jenkins ft Hart Weston ft Lynch Helen Primrose Corcoran ft Dixon Maximo (Two to All) 2d half Ryan ft Lee Hope Booth ft Co Hawaiian Four Joe Callahan Ben Smith Wilson ft Aubrey DELANCEY (loew) Adubato ft Kinsman Creighton Sisters Hawaiian Four Jos Callahan Force ft Williams Edmund Stanley ft Co (Two to fill) 2d half Eddie Rowley Dynes ft Dynes Labelle Clark Oliver Twist Cohan ft Young Weston ft Lynch Makerenka Duo (One to fill) PLAZA (loew) The Braminos Eddie Clark Keeler ft Don (Two to fill) 2d half Folly Bergere Trio Curtis' Roosters (Three to fill) STAR (fox) Glendale Troupe Mudge Morton ft Ed- wards Harris West Trio Caufleld ft Driver Jack Lewis (One to fill) 2d half (Filled first half Grand New Haven) WASHINGTON (fox) Edouard Jose ft Co Clermont Bros Knowles ft Powers Holland ft Burke Spero ft Lovins (One to fill) 2d half (Filled first half Wash- ington. Newark) RIVERSIDE (fox) Anna Jordan ft Co King ft Gee The Hal kings Coleman ft Harris The Baldwins Joe Flynn 2d half (Filled first half Gotham, N Y) GOTHAM (fox) '"Behind Footlights" Conly ft Davis Banks-Breceale Duo Hoch ft Moore McMenny ft Revere Harry La Marr 2d half (Filled first half Court 8q., White Plains) CITY (fox) "Spring of 63" Godfrey ft Henderson Moss ft Frey Cox Family (Four to fill) Brooklyn ORPHEUM (ubo) "Everybody" Creasy ft Dayne W C Fields Stepp, Mehllnger ft King Hasten Ben All's Arabs Cadets de Gascoyne Pedersen Bros SUckney's Circus BUSHWICK (ubo) "Song Revue" Chas E Evans ft Co Olive Briscoe Connelly ft Webb Perry ft White Lancton-Lucler Co Fred Duprez The Wheelers OREENPOINT (ubo) Caroline Franklin ft Co "Antique Girl" Leonard ft Russell Crouch ft Welch Wilson ft Wilson Dale ft Boyle Martine Bros Mabelle Fonda Troupe SHUBERT (loew) Golden ft Meade Cohan ft Young Anderson ft Burt Billy McDermott Bothwell Browne DeLlsle ft Vernon Wilton Bros 2d half Musical Dlzon Nelson ft Moore Geo Rolland A Co Madge Maltland Bothwell Browne Henry Lewis Kramer ft Spillane COLUMBIA (loew) Dena Cooper ft Co Miller ft Russell Alfredo ft Pearl (Three to fill) 2d half The Braminos Harris ft Hart Barry ft Mildred Cabaret Trio (Two to fill) FULTON (loew) Maud Kramer Cabaret Trio Herman Lleb ft Co Johnny Dove Hanlon ft Clifton (One to fill) 2d half Larry Kane Mllano Duo Billy McDermott Hernia f Lleb ft Co Billy McDermott Roeder ft Lester BIJOU (loew) Frank LaSere ft Dog Browning ft La Van O'Brien ft Buckley The Beau Brummels Geo Rolland ft Co Beulah Dallas Kramer ft Splllane 2d half Golden ft Meade Gaylord ft Herron Holzman ft Webber Sisters jnns Wlldlsb ft O Ward ft Cullen Maximo (One to fill) J0NE9 (loew) Harris ft Hart Folly Bergere Trio Grenler ft LaFosse (Two to fill) 2d half Dena Cooper ft Co Edith Montrose Keeler ft Don (Two to fill) LIBERTY (loew) Geo E Garden Barry ft Mildred Curtis' Rooster* (Two to fill) 2d half Savo Bernard ft Roberts LaDella Comlques (Two to fill) COMEDY (fox) Thos Q Seabrooke Stane's Circus Rose Tiffany ft Co Molly Wood (Two to fill) 2d half (Filled by first half from Nemo, N Y) FOLLY (fox) Aerial Budds Burns ft Lawrence Rose ft Mack Burns ft Bliss Alior ft Barrington Gretta Mack 2d half (Filled first half Star, N Y) GRAND (fox) "I Died" .'I Belmont* 3 Entertain Fellows Reeves ft Bradcome Raymond ft Hess Billy Evans 2d half (Filled first half Folly, Brooklyn) Ana Arbor, Mich. MAJESTIC (wva) Marguerite's Lions College City Quartet Barabee Hill ft Co Sylvester ft Vance Frank Kirk 2d half Chandler's Orchestra REAPPOINTED ™ SEASON 1912-13 Assistant Town Constable, De- tective mn4 Chief Arrester Assistant Leaner of the Band.. Assistant Postmaster Assistant Fire Chief. Assistant Jailor Assistant MM Poster Ass istan t Manager of the Town Assistant' Baiter of the Mlcfcs- vllle Bugle MR. JAWN JAWNSON (Himself) JAWN JOHNSON Ed Reynard Fixed It For Me Muller ft Stanley Bicknell ft Grbney Donahue ft Stewart Chas DeCamo Atlanta. FOR8YTHE (ubo) Herman ft Shirley Eddie Ross Haviland ft Thornton 5 Armanis Geo Primrose ft Bovb Helen Trlx Lane ft O'Donnell Atlantic City. SAVOY (ubo) "A Persian Garden" Maude Hall Macj Bedlnl ft Arthur Victoria 4 Earl ft Curtis Cummlngs ft Claddings Delmore ft Oneida Battle Crook* Mich. BIJOU (wva) (Open Sun. Mat.) Davis Gledhlll Trio Lawrence Johnston "Land O' Cotton" Clipper Quartet Esmeralda 2d half Mme. Hermann Mclntyre ft Harty Kelso ft Lelgbton Allen ft White Jack Hawkins Bay City, Mick. BIJOU (wva) (Open Sun. Mat.) Minstrel Four Lew Orth ft Lillian Patrice ft Co. Mons. Valle The Rosalrea Benalngrtoa. Vt. WHITNEY i.-hchl Sacks ft Vallln 2d half Barrington ft Howard Beverly, Mam*. LYRIC (chch) Nash ft Evans Orlvell A Frank 2d half La Centra ft La Rue (One to nil) Bllllava. (Breaks jump between Winnipeg and Butte on S-C Circuit. ACME (sc) (Apr 23-25) Harry Thriller Luce A Luce Heron ft Douglas Nat Carr "Paris by Night" Blrmlngrhaas, Ala. MAJESTIC (Inter) Southern Singing Girls Warner ft Palmer Chas. Glbbs DeVoy ft Dayton Sis- ters Joe Marsh Boston. KEITH'S (uboi "The Opening Night" "The Courtier*" Nate Lelpslg Richards ft Kyle Brlce ft Gonne Dean ft Price (Three to fill) ORPHEUM (1oew Claude ft Marion Cleveland Betty Bond Anderson ft Evans Rossner ft Felton Wm Raynore ft Co Al Herman Grey ft Peters (One to fill) 2d half Josh Dale Hyland ft Farmer Herbert Shelley Dorothy Meuther Wm Raynore ft Co. Seymour ft Dupree (Two to fill) OLD «OI'TM '-hen) Savoy Comedy 4 Sandy Cbatman Soper ft Lane Palean Hans Miller Max Fehrman Hess ft Glbbs (One to fill) WASHINGTON (cl».-h> Rlcheson's Does Lester ft Laurie Allen ft Grant Leslie Secardo Rudolnho Maybell ft r n PASTIME (not) Delma ft Delma Hilly Nlckerson Harry Le Toy Harner * Lovell PURIT\N (nnt) Alice Dudley Wrleht ft Cl«vtnn Wlliard I.ee Hall * Co Lucler ft Evans TMPF.RTAT, mat) Sunataro Japs J*rk Nellson A lire Dndlev Bell ft RIchnM* BrldaepoW. («•»». POM'S '«iho> Grace Haznrd Trovato Dorothy Rogers ft Co. - l-O Dark Nights'' Raw Is ft Von Kaufman aniriey ft Kessler Ktt Karson Brockton, Maaa, ClTtf (loew) Hyland ft Farmer mas. Delano ft Co. Kenny ft Hoi lis 2d halt Anderson ft Evans Lauei ft Belmont Kenny ft Hollis BaaTalo. SHEA S (ubo) Bayes ft Norworth loionlal Septet Nevins ft Gordon Carson ft Wlliard Karl Emmy'B Pels Chad wick Trio The llavelocks Barllnvtoa, Vt. STROinG (chch) Pat ft May Touhey * lying Henrys Wuiiuey & Voung Aldan Irvin 2d half Enoch coates ft Jefferies Bachen ft Desmond Albano Butte. EMPRESS (sc) Alphous Silvauo Larena led E Box Kdwiua Barry ft Co. Valdare'B Cyclists Calvary* Cam. EMPLRE (p) "Slums of Paris" Morris' Ponies Dorothy Vaugban iutfy ft Dyso v antucol Chasapalaja, III. UKl'HEUM (wva) OUie Eaton ft Co Conrad ft Whldden (Two to fill) 2d half Flower of the Ranch" r bar I vat on, S. C. vu:iOH1A (Inter) Dr. Volta Gilroy, Hayues ft Montgomery Monte Wolf Norton ft Ayers Daring Dart9 Chattaaooaja, Teas. MAJESTIC (hod) Mangean Troupe Ford Sisters Frances ft De Mar Thomas ft Wright Grace Densmore Chleaajo MAJESTIC (orph) Iloudlnl Thos E Shea ft Co. Maude Lambert urzon Slaters Welsh ft Moore Cartmell ft Harris Wlliard Simms ft Co. Oscar Loralne Hawthorne ft Burt LINDEN (m) 'Night in the Edel- weiss" Bennett Sisters Alberto Strauss ft Becker Bond Morse 2d half Three Emmersons Johnson ft Mercer Dirk Ferguson Dixie Qulntett EMPRESS (sc) (Open Sun. Mat.) 1st half splits with Hamlin, Chicago 2d half Bert Cutler The Lindens Elizabeth Kennedy ft Co. Princeton ft Yale lirahara Ben Jajamaa Arabs PLAZA (inter) The Holdup" I-ydell ft Butterworth Itomano Bros. O B Ell wood (One to fill) 2d half 'Holdup* Three RI(hard?ons ."has. Kenna Seymour ft Robinson (One to fill) HAMLIN (sc) Vancello The Campbells .V ax well ft Dudley Virginia Grant MroomptUk Witches •Jd half (Splits with Empress, Chir-agn) WAYMARKET (wva) Montumho ft Wells Donita ft Co. Three Richardson* Warren ft Keefe Juggling Bannans 2d half Orare Darnley Pierre ft Malzle Kit oh Cooper Moores Rah Rah Boys Frank Bush (One to All) INDIANA (wva) Selblnl ft Grovlnl Ernest Rackett Foy ft Clark Dolce Sisters Buckley's Dogs ft Bears 2d half The Peiots Nichols Sisters Von Klein ft Gibson Van ft Schenck Marco Twins Clnclanatl. KEITH'S (orph) (Open Sun. Mat.) Burt Sbeappard ft Co. Melbourne McDowell ft Co. CADILLAC (m) Four Prevosts Five Bragdons Joe Doming ft Co. Wood's Dogs 3 Dal ley Sisters Ferguson ft Mack Fredrik The Great Howard ft DeLores Kaat St. Lonla. III. MAJESTIC (Inter) (Open Sun. Mat) Gerard ft Uardner Pebble Gordone Irene Franklin ft Burt Seymour ft Robinson Green Mauae Odell ft Co. Athletic OirlB Conroy ft Le Malre Regal s Dogs Sharp ft Wilkes (One to fill) EMPRESS (sc) (Open Sun. Mat.) Hanlon ft Hanlon May Elinore Leroy Harvey ft Co. Kelly ft Wilder NI bio's Birds Cleveland. HIPPODROME (ubo) Olympic Trio Frey Twins Dorothy Russell ttlvoll Harriet Burt Jonn ft Emma Ray Lyons ft Yosco Asakl Troupe PRISCILLA (Bun) Hawthorne Minstrel Maids Billy Hawthorn Maurice Samuels Claud Ranf Lottie Mayer Mangels ft Callan Lew ft Ethel McPhee Colnasbna. BROADWAY (sun) "Heart of the Moun- tain" Provol Teggle ft Daniels Melvln Brio Adams Hartlelgh ft Remy (One to fill) Corslcaaa, Tern. MAJESTIC (Inter) Maxim's Models The Rosards 2d half Four Comrades (One to fill) Dallaa. MAJESTIC (inter) (Open Sun. Mat.) Vllmos Westony Moore's Stage Door Johnnies Mosher, Hayes ft Moeher DeMoine. Seibert ft Co Marie Florence Lynch ft Zeller Archer A Carr Daavllle, III. LYRIC (wva) Donita ft Co Earle ft Bartlette Annie Abbott (One to All) 2d iialf Ollle Eaton ft Co. Jane Elton Arnle Abbott (One to fill) Davenport, la. AMERICAN (m) Jules Von Tllzer ft Co Five Musical Lunds Keno. Welch ft Mon- trose Paul Bnuwens (One to All) Dearer. EMPRESS (sc) (Open Sun. Mat.) Cadleux Holmes ft Buchanan :t Keltons Ruth Francis ft Co. Brady ft Mahoney 'Picture Dorian Grey" PANTAGES Ellis Nowlln Troupe Lnfkey's Six Hobos A BoKou Skinner ft Woods Teatrlce Moreland ft Co. Detroit. TEMPLE (ubo) ■in imv Helle Blanche Joe Jackson (J American Dancers Jennings ft Nelson Three Ernests Armstrong ft Clark Romalo ft Delano COLUMBIA (sun) May ft Lilly Burns AI Warda Weber Family Laraonts Monkeys Rose Kendall DuVaull A Lottie MILES (the) Pudd ft Clare Rocer's Aerial Dogs Farley ft Butler Andrew Toombs Belmont ft Harl 2d half Blake's Circus Warren ft Keefe Sylvan ft O'Neal Lew Cooper (One to All) Evaaevllle. lad. GRAND (wva) •The Cowboy Girl'' 2d half Rozells Minstrels Robbie Gordon Fall River, Maaa. ACADEMY (loew) Dorothy Meuther Martini ft Maximilian Wlliard Hutchinson I.udell ft Belmont 2d half Claude & Marion Cleveland "Number 44" Rossner ft Felton Grey ft Peters Flint, Mich BIJOU (wva) (Open Sun. Mat.) Avon Comedy Four Grace Wilson Chas. Llndholm ft Co. Leonard ft Drake (One to fill) 2d half Leonard ft Anderson Leon a Dorothy Lyon ft Co. Arthur. Richards ft Arthur Larklns ft Pearl Ft. Wayne, lad. TEMPLE Jack Reld ft Co. II T MacConnell ft Co Clark TtIo Zara Carmen Troupe Marcus ft Gartelle Logan ft Ferris Osaka Japs Fort Worth, Tex. IMPERIAL (hod) 3 English Girls Halllgan ft Sykes Cross ft Crown Bill Conklln MAJESTIC (Inter) "Star Bout" Rathskeller Trio Six Bracks Valerie Sisters Vernon ft Co. Loa Durbyelle Salisbury ft Benney Galveston, Tex. CRYSTAL (hod) (Open Sun. Mat.) Wegota Trio Relff Clayton ft Re Iff Collier ft De Walde Louis Boris Gardner, Maaa. GARDNER (nat) Joe Ellis Suntaro Japs Portsmouth, N. H. MUSIC HALL (nat) Lee ft Allen Clifford A Grant , Clifton A Carson Powers Trio Grand Raplda. ORPHEUM (wva) Ethel May Joe Lanlgan Five Musical Lassies Dunbar A Turner Aerial Sherwoods TEMPLE (tbc) Lowell A Ester Drew The Reynolds OirlR Cuntor's Merry Kids Pelleiter A Messlnger Emily Erickson Green A Co. Cook A Stevens 11' Navajo Girls Hamilton, Can. TEMPLE (ubo) Macart A Bran ford Hayden Bordgn A Hayden Victoria A Georgetty Sampsel A Rellly La Verne (Two to fill) Harrlsbnra;, Pa. ORPHEUM (ubo) Dunlop A Folk Hilda Hawthorne Stewart A Alexander 6 O'Connor Sisters Hayes A Johnson Bessie Wynn Hatbaway's Monks