Variety (May 1912)

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4ft VARIETY BILLS NEXT WEEK (May 6) In Vaudevlll* Theatres, Playlatf Thraa or Laaa Shows Dally day matinee, when not otherwise Indicated.) any further distinguishing description are on Mowing name (usually "Empress") are on the (All houses opt'n for the week with Mon (Theatres listed as "Orphcum" without frie (.irphcnm Clreult. Theatres with "S-C" fo BullUun-Consldlne Circuit.) Agencies booking the houses are denoted Orpheum Circuit—"U. II O.." United Hooking tigers' Association (Chk-.igo)— "S-< V Sullivan "Loew," Marcus Loew Circuit—"Inter," Inter "Bern." Freeman Bernstein (New York)—"Ola Mardo (Boston) —"M." .Tames C. Matthews (C --"Tay." M. W. Taylor (Philadelphia)—"Che C." Theatre Booking Corporation (Walter F. (•William Fox Circuit) (New * ork)— "Craw." Doyle (Chicago)—"Nat." National Booking O by single name or Initials, such as "Orph," Offices—"W. V. A.." Western Vaudeville Man- -Consldine Circuit—"P," Pantages Circuit— state Circuit (booking through W. V. A.)— n. ' James Clancy (New York)—"Mdo," Fred hlrago)—"Hod." Chas. E. Hodkins (Chicago) h." Church's Booking Office (Boston)—"T. B. Keefe) (Chicago)—"Fox." Ed. F. Kealey O. T. Crawford (St. Louis)—"Doy," Frank Q. fflce (C. Wesley Fraser) (Boston). New York RTH AVE (ubo) Bayes A Norworth Maude Hall Macy ft Co Belle Adair Lyons ft Yosco Martlnetti ft Sylves- ter Keno ft Green (Two to All) BRONX (ubo) R A Roberts Zelda Sears ft Co Fox ft MUlership Sisters Williams ft Van Al- styne Harry B Lester Valleeila's Leopards Harriet Burt The Rials HAMMERSTEINS (ubo) Valeska Suratt ft Co Blossom Seeley Tom Edwards Cook ft Lorenz Clark ft Bergman Bison City 4 Soils Bros Pealson ft Goldle Mabel Fonda Troupe Arminta ft Burke Duff ft Walsh COLONIAL (ubo) "More Sinned Against Than Usual" "Everybody" "Meln Ltebschen" Bell Family Mack ft Walker Raymond ft Caverly Walters, Bowers ft Crooker Fred Dupres Gordon- Bros ft Kan- froroo ckey's Circus Ruby Raymond ft Boys ALHAMBRA Sam Mann ft Co "The Courtiers" Kate Eltnore ft Sam Williams Edmund Hayes ft Co Mrs Gene Hughes ft Co Wright ft Dietrich Those French Girls Ed Morton Stickney's Circus NATIONAL (loew) Maud Kramer Egan ft DeMar Billy Barron Dare Austin ft Co Wood ft Relly Wilton Bros (One to All) 2d half. Florence Modena ft Co McGlll ft Livingston "Trimmed" Co Leon Rogee Aerial Budds (Two to fill) LINCOLN SQ (loew) C ft M Cleveland Bothwell Browne Dan Mason ft Co Joe Whitehead Leo Trio (One to nil) 2d half Armstrong ft Ford Bothwell Browne Geo Beane ft Co Folly Bergere Trio Merkle (One to fill) YORKVILLE (loew) Asard Bros Folly Bergere Trio Merkle Dirk Crolius ft Co Dobes ft Vorel Billy Reeves' Co 2d half Pollard Coban ft Young Young ft Young Dare Austin ft Co Joe Whitehead Billy Reeves' Co PLAZA (loew) Dorothy Meutber •Trimmed" Karlton A Kllfford (Two to nil) • 2d half Dohemian Four Savo (Two to fill) AMERICAN (loew) John Zimmer Weston ft Leon Florence Modena ft Co Bob Warron "Night On A Roof Garden" Deery ft Carter "Helen's Press Agent" Leon Rogee Cliff Bailey Trio 2d half Howell ft Scott Lawrence ft Harring- ton Billy Barron "Night on a Roof Garden" Richards ft Montrose Dick Crolius ft Co Anna Whitney Leo Trio (One to fill) 7TH AVE (loew) Mllano Duo Armstrong ft Ford Hyman Adler ft Co Ward ft Cullen 3 Stanleys (One to All) Maud Kramer Allan Hughes Beatrice Ingram Play- ers Nelson ft Moore Wilton Bros (One to fill) DELAuNCEY (loew) Henderson ft Thomas Dare ft Pony Moore Chas Deland ft Co Grace Leonard Cowboy Minstrels John Neff Carlton Bros (One to Oil) 2d half Randow Bros Hazel ft Haiel Kimberly ft Hodgkins Adllne ft Dennett 3 Wood ft Relly Anderson ft Burt Laurie Ordway Wilton Bros GREELEY (loew) Lester ft Kellett Laurie Ordway Lawrence ft Harring- ton Ballo Bros Eleanor Otis ft Co Allen Hughes LaFeydla (One to fill) John Zimmer Mllano Duo Dobes ft Borel Harry LeClalr Brown ft Barrows Clifford Hippie ft Co John Neff Three Stanleys GRAND (loew) Thomas ft Ward Robert ft Robert Koyal Hinoda Japs Halklngs (Two to All) 2d half 2 Dancing Fiends 4 Cycling Demons (Four to fill) CITY (fox) Lottie Williams ft Co Potts ft Temple Sprague ft McNeece Cook ft Meyers Damsel ft Farr Belle Meyers (Two to fill) GOTHAM (fox) Rose Tiffany ft Co Cox Family Fennelly ft Burman Guess Try ft Guess Swor ft Westbrook iRomalne 2d half (Filled by first half from Orpheum, Jer- sey City) WASHINGTON (fox) Walter Hawley ft Co Austral Trio Godfrey ft Henderson Moss ft Frey Shirley Gllmore Great Johnston 2d half (Filled by first half from Washington, Newark) STAR (fox) Lewis Hartman ft Co Stane's Circus T Q Seabrooke Frey ft Fields Conrad ft Daniels Loretta Flynn 2d half (Filled by first half from Grand, New York), Haven) RIVERSIDE (fox) Glendale Troupe Knowles ft Powers Caulfleld ft Driver Harrison West 8 (Two to fill) 2d half (Filled by first half from Gotham. New York) Brooklyn. ORPHEUM (ubo) Wilton Lackaye ft Co Edward Abeles ft Co Florentine Singers Trovato Bert Fltzglbbons Zeno, Jordan ft Zeno Les Fraed-Nad BUSHWICK (ubo) "The Antlquo Girl" "Rolfontans" Wish Wynne Creasy ft Dayne Jack Wilson Trio Cbadwick Trio Kajlyama Flying Martins RAG Trio Stuart ft Keeley GREENPOINT (ubo) Nat Wills Ryan-Rltchfleld Co La Tltcomb Yvette Three Lelghtons Connolly ft Webb Kaufman Bros Adonis ft Dog Rem Brandt Bls°eft ft Scott JONES (loew) Vera DeBasslnt Edgar Schooley ft Co Splllman's Dogs (Two to fill) 2d half Josh Dale Anderson ft Evans Maurice Wood LaFeydla (One to fill) LIBERTY (loew) Geo Garden Dooley ft Jones Kimberly ft Hodgkins 4 Cycling Demons (One to fill) 2d half Thomas ft Ward Dorothy Mouther Royal Hinoda Japs (Two to fill) SHUBERT (loew) Frank LeDent Maurice Wood Bohemian 4 Force ft Williams Clifford Hippie A Co Ed Gray Maximo 2d half The Halklngs Henderson ft Thomas Chas Deland ft Co Grace Leonard Makerenka Duo Cowboy Minstrels Carlton Bros COLUMBIA (loew) Golden ft Meade Anderson ft Evans Billy McDermott Mcnetekol (Two to fill) 2d half Roberts ft Roberts Karlton ft Kllfford (Four to fill) FULTON (loew) Brown ft Barrows Howell ft Scott Beatrice Ingram Play- ers Anna Whitney "Boys In Blue" (One to fill) 2d half Lander Bros Helen Primrose Hyman Adler ft Co Leon Rogee Maximo (One to fill) BIJOU (loew) Lander Bros Adline A Bennett Trio McGlll A Livingston Anderson A Burt iRIcbaids A Montrose Aerial Budds (One to fill) 2d half The Bramlnos Dave A Pony Moore "Helen's Press Agent" Deery A Carter "Boys In Blue" (Two to fill) FOLLY (fox) Harry Botter A Co Ingram A Llnd Caron A Farnum Cunningham A Cove- ney Hanson A Swan Bess Andra 2d half (Filled by first half from Star, New York) COMEDY (fox) Stuart Peyton A Co Mann A Franks Wooley A Wood Musical Simpsons (Two to fill) 2d half (Filled by first half from Nemo, New York) SEASON OF 1111-12 SEVENTH TOUR OF ORPHEUM CIRCUIT ED. F. REYNARD PKKSEXTS SETH DEWBERRY AND JAWN JAWNSON IN THK YKNTRILOQUIAL PRODUCTION "A MORNIN IN HICKSVILLE" Arbor, Mteftu MAJESTIC (wva) Avon Comedy Four Kelso A Lelghton Downs A Gomez 3 Bennett Sisters 2d half "Summer Time Girls" Logan A Ferris LaVlne A Inman Calne A Odom Billle Goldle Atlanta. FORSYTHE (ubo) Swain Ostman Trio Claudius A Scarlet Dave Ferguson Exposition Four Pauline Diamond A Nelson "Vision D'Arts Atlantic City. SAVOY (ubo) Mabel Hlte A Co - Digby Bell A Co Frey Twins Gordon A Marx Romalo A De Lano Nlta Allen Darrell A Conway Aurora, 111. FOX (wva) "The Cow Boy Girl" 2d half The Hassamans Wilson A Dewey Grace St Claire A Co Allegro Marvellous Hilton* Burro, Vt. PAVILION (chch) Coates A Jefferles Delsey Dean 2d half Mllle Zoar A Co (One to fill) Battle Crock, Mick. BIJOU (wva) (Open Sun. Mat.) Five Braddons Leon a Roberts. Hayes ft Roberts Peters ft O'Neill Arthur, Richards ft Arthur 2d half Buckley's Dogs Andrew Toombs Charters ft Holllday Co Davis Bros (One to fill) Bay City, Mick. BIJOU (wva) (Open Sun. Mat.) Mme Adelaide Her- mann Joe Lanlgan Barbee Hill A Co Donahue A Stewart Esmeralda Bennln«*on, vt. WHITNEY (chch) Red Eagle A Co 2d half Pat A Mao Touhey Beverly, Maasj. LYRIC (chch) Moore A Harrison Dunn A Brandon 2d half Sam Barber Soper A Layne Billings (Breaks jump between Winning and Butte on S-C Circuit) ACME (sc) (May 7-0) Grass 1 Bros Mary Dorr Ted Gibson A Co Monarch Comedy 4 Dollar Troupe Birmingham, Ala. MAJESTIC (inter) Hanlon Bros Three Dreamers Brent Hayes Haney's Novelty Mabel Sherman Bloomtaarton, III MAJESTIC (wva) Beltrah A Beltrah Ned K Norton Harmony Kings Hlckey Bros 2d half Three Marvlns Murray K Hill Lydell A Butterworth Aviator Glrla Bootoa. KEITH'S (ubo) Bertha Kallch A Co Linden Beckwlth Merrill A Otto Charles Mack A Co The Holdsworths Rice, Sully A Scott Pero A Wilson (One to fill) OLD SOUTH (chch) Murphy A Ahearn Tbe Dumonts The Freeborns Victor Faust May Hendricks (Two to fill) WASHINGTON (chch) Rlckus A Halter Prof Plzano A Co Plnoord A Hall Sid Franklin Frank Phlpps Nick Parker HUB (mdo) 0 Olnger Kids Hanley A Lewis Mae Hendricks 2d half De Frates Harcout A Leslie Tom Coffey E Boston, Mass SCENIC (mdo) Parent A King Josephine LeRoy Victor ORPHEUM (loew) Jessie Edwards' Dogs Crelghton Sisters The LaVelles Avellng A Lloyd Chas Wildish A Co Madge Maitland Buch Bros (One to fill) 2d half Annie Morris Wbittler Ince A Co Omega Trio The Clippers Chas Wildish A Co Hawaiian Four Wilson A Aubrey (One to fill) PASTIME (nat) Eunice Howe Ellsley Ottke A Ellsworth Jack Nellson Sadie Hartley PURITAN (uat) Iolene Malone Holt A Armstrong Pee Wee Minstrels Goodwin Bros Brown. Delmore ft Brown Lee ft Allen IMPERIAL (nat) Barrington ft Howard Italia Bach ft Cornell Barry ft Campbell APOLLO (nat) McArthur ft Hanley Con ley ft Darvey Claude Ashburton Gladys Silvia WINTHROP (nat) Jack McCort Mae A«bton Valeria ft Carr Anna Carlson NORFOLK (nat) Moxart ft Clifford Llttlefleld ft Scully Jack Bedard Arthur Raymond BEACON (mdo) Charlotte Duncan Dave Kindler Kelly ft Oalvin Dili ft Ward Musical Seeley Cooper ft Ricardo Frankle Martin Dog Act Brocktoa. Mau, CITY (loew) Dynes ft Dynes Walter Daniels ft Co Whitney ft Brandt 2d half Harry Brooks ft Co Jos K Watson Harris ft Hart Baffalo. SHEA'S (ubo) Grace Hasard W C Fields Great Howard Madden ft FItzpatrick Mullen ft Coogan Marseilles Miller ft Lyle (One to fill) Barllaajtoa, Vt. STRONG (chch) Allen ft Arnold La Beoulf Bros Fields ft Hanson Brady ft Mae - 2d half Morgoes Manikins Owley ft Randall Hess ft Olbbs Bert Walton Butte EMPRESS (bc) Richard Wally 3 Dixie Girls Burrows-Lancaster Co Uno Bradley Musical Nosses Calgary, Cob. EMPIRE (m) Arthur LaVlne ft Co Royal Italian Four Ernest Alvo Troupe Sam Hood LeRoy ft Cahlll Centrevllle. R. I. GEM (mdo) Sadie Fondeller Lynn ft Ward 2d half Blsceaux Mah ft Wiess Champaign, 111. ORPHEUM (wva) H T McConnell Osakl Japs (Two to fill) 2d half Marie Fltzglbbons Sherman ft Galgano (Two to fill) Ckarleatoa, S. C. VICTORIA (inter) Kid Kidders Pearl Dawson Hlldebrand ft DeLong Nick Hale (One to nil) Chattanooga, Tenn. MAJESTIC (hod) Monkey Hippodrome Wayne G Christy That Trio Lawrence ft Harvey Dave Van field Cklcagro, ill. MAJESTIC (orph) Sophie Tucker "California" Stone ft Kaliss May Tully ft Co Italian Quartet Annie Kent Balalkal Orchestra Von Hoven Paraoffs EMPRESS (sc) (Open Sun. Mat.) (Splits with Hamlin. Chicago) 2d half The Leonardos Frankle Drew Happy Jack Gardner ft Co Darcy ft Williams Clarence Wilbur A Co LINDEN (m) W Morrow A Co Hlckey A Nelson Moore A St Clair Geo Hlllman Van Cello 2d half Four Valentlnos Novell I Bros Bert A Bessie Draper May Curtis Caits Bros PLAZA (Inter) Bush's Village Cut- ups Foy A Clark Roland Travers A Co Williams A Slegel Delrcy Brothers 2d half Six Momos Foster A Foster Warren A Keefe De Blado's Sheep King Sisters INDIANA (wva) Lew Wells Nettle Carrol Troupe (Three to fill) 2d half Kubellk Foy A Clark Herberts Dogs (Two to fill) Cincinnati. KEITH'S (orph) (Open Sun. Mat.) Joe Welch "Concealed Bed" "Cheyenne Days" Maude Lambert A Ernest Ball McMabon A Cbapelle Chas F Semon The Rexos Dare Bros Dallas, Tex. MAJESTIC (Inter) (Open Sun. Mat.) Jas J Corbett Four Fords Gordon Eldrld A Co Ward Baker 4 Comrades Sharp A Wilkes Tossing Austins DaaTllle, 111. "McFadden's Flat" 2d half Great Harrah Katberine Selsor Three Bartos (One to fill) Davenport, la. - AMERICAN (m) Village Choir Chas Blgney A Co Three Kel tons Juhasz Davis A Scott Denver ORPHEUM Princess Rajah Mary Norman Watson's Farmyard Wilson Bros Newhold A Grlbbln Siege! A Matthews Mlllward A Glendln- nlng EMPRESS (sc) (Open Sun. Mat.) Les Gougets Mae Devlin A Co Phil Bennett Bennington Bros Merrltt A Gouglas "La Petite Revue" PANTAGES Rlva La rsen Co Ernest Carr A Co NAwholf A Phelps Berry ft Wllhelml The Behrwalls Detroit CADILLAC (m) Franklyn Gale A Co Tower Bros A Darrell Maglln Eddy A Roy Allen Summers Scboens Youngsters Three Delvans Princess Reglna Dan Robey Dover, If, H. ORPHEUM (mdo) Bell A Richards 2d half Erne A Erne East St. Louis. III. MAJESTIC (Inter) (Open Sun. Mat.) Nederveld's Monk Foster A Foster Laypo A Benjamin Carlta Day 2d half Gee Jays Ben Beyer A Bro Hughes Musical 3 Delea A Orma (One to fill) Biffin, I1L GRAND (wva) Wilson A Dewey Grace St Claire A Co Allegro Aviator Girls 2d half "The Cow Boy Girl" Evnnavllle, lad. GRAND (wva) Great Mars A Co Marie Fltzglbbons Ferguson A Northlane (Two to fill) 2d half Black A McCone Donlta A Co Jere Sanford (Two to fill) Fall Blver, Maaa. PREMIER (mdo) Blsceaux 2d half Mae Hendricks ACADEMY (loew) Tbe Clippers Whlttler Ince A Co Hawaiian Four Wilson A Aubrey 2d half Crelghton SlBters Avellng A Lloyd Madge Maitland Buch Bros PREMIER (loew) Annie Morris Young A Young 2d half Jessie Edwards' Dogs The LaVells Plakklll, If. Y. OPERA HOUSE (loew) Belle Meyers Savo (Two to fill) 2d half Splllman's Dogs (Three to fill) Flint, Mich. BIJOU (wva) (Open Sun. Mat.) "Winning Miss" 2d half Edward Zoeller Trio McFarland. Weir A Leopold On A Side Street Keith A Kernan (One to fill) Fort Worth, Tex. MAJESTIC (inter) "The Hold Up" Muslkal Girls Glrard A Gardner Dolan A Lenharr Handera A M'llss Espe A Roth Chas Glbbs Gnleakarff. ill GAIETY (wva) Belle Carmen Surasall A Razall Murray K Hill Marco Twins 2d half Dell Baity A "Jap" Ned Cork Norton Howard Bros Burns A Fulton Gran* Rapid*, Mick ORPHEUM (wva) (Open Sun. Mat.) Sand berg A Meeker MacCarthy A Major Lawrence Johnston Sylvester A Vance (One to fill) Hamilton, Can. TEMPLE (ubo) LaRex A La Rex Billy Swede Hall A Co Nevlns A Gordon Callahan A St George Six American Dancers Bob A Tip Trio (One to fill) Hartford, Conn. POLI'S (ubo) Master Gabriel A Co Norton A Lee Aeroplane Ladies Richard A Kyle Rawson A Clare Uimsdell Trio Merlin HARTFORD (clan) George Hall 'A Dream Waltz" Reeves ft Werner The Gagnoux Dlv 2d half Beth Stuart 'A Dream Waltz" Powers Trio Manny A Talco Hokoken. LYRIC (loew) Tbe Bramlnos