Variety (September 1913)

12 VARIETY In addition to Alice Mrady, who leaTes the caat of •The Family Cupboard" In two weeks, the new Philip Dterthoiomae play, "The Bird Cage," will Include the following: Luclle Wat- son, Mrs. ThomuB Wblffen. Charles Mllward, John Bowers, George Backus. Elaine HamnierBteln, granddaughter of Oscar HammerHteln. and only daughter of Arthur Hammersteln, aged 17, is to make her professional theatrical debut as a member of her father's company of 'High Jinks." WInthrop Ames' new Booth theatre on West 4Sth street optns Oct. 10 with Arnold Ben- nett's "The Great Adventure." His Little the- atre begins iU season Oct. 20 with "Prunelle." a fantasy with music by Laurence Housman and CTranTllle Barker, with Marguerite Clarke in the titular role. ^ ^ Dion Clayton Calthrop and Cosmo Gordon Lennox's play "Shadowed." to be produced at the Pulton Sept 24, will haye Frank Mun- roe In the cast. Thomas A. Wise Is to return to TaudeTlUe, In a sketch called "Like Father, Like Son" In the cast will be Gertrude Whitty, Ernest Wood and Georgia Hays. Selwyn A Co. will produce a new plar by Lawrence Halle, next month, entitled "Under Cover." Florence Reed has been engaged for the principal role. Henry Clay Bamabee's book of remini- scence, entitled "My Wanderings," Is now on the market at |2..')0 per volume. He claims that "there Is as good measure of value in the book as In the price of a ticket to see the 'Bostonlans.' ". Frank Harvey, late of the Two Bills, has been assigned the advance of one of the "Bought and Paid For" shows. The "No. 4" company has Frank Gibbons ahead. Edgar Healey is out with one of the companies. L. L. Gallagher will manage the William Faversham show which opens Sept. 15 In Erie. Pa. It goes to the Coast and back. John Toohey Is traveling ahead. In Dubuque. la, this week. Elliot Foreman left Tuesday In advance of Frank Payne's production of "The Rose Maid," opening Sept. 20. George Roberts, who spent last week in Rrooklyn booming the opening of "Baby Mine," has been sent ahead of "Way Down East." Frank Clausman will again manage the ahow. James Forrest, former manager of Keith's, Bangor. Me.. Is doing advance work for "The Old Homestead." Fred W. Alles has been appointed manager of the Century opera house. New York. Here- after "Opera House" will be attached to the Century's billing. Harry Row will handle the advance for the Taylor stock company. Brlghtlv Dayton Is the pathfinder for the "Little Women" show. Harry Ward wlshrs to refute the renort that he l(» OMt of th" show buslne«««. Ward Is still In Denver, and has two road shows, besides other Interests. C. Howard TieUh Is mnnnfrlng the "Little Mllllonpire" whirh is headed by Burt Leigh and Hazel Burgess. When Dave Lewis shortly withdraws from "Don't Me to Tour Wife." the principal role will bp taken by Ben Holmps. The German comedian's wife. Lenox Fox. will al«>o have a prominent role with the "Wife" show. "The Blindness of Virtue," WMllam Mor- ris' second Imported comrtanT of Rnellsh plny- ers. Is bark In the Manhattan shadows aealn, playlnir the D'^Kalb In Pmoklvn this week, in the rompnny are F»"nnk O. B!<|1ev. A. Ham- ilton Olhhs. T.eo O. Cnrroll. Marinierlte Cel- ll'^r. Suoie rinntrhton Marie Ault. Elizabeth Bland and Marjorle Allen. N. E. Tucker 1<« mnnaelne C. R. Reno's "Alone the Konneh^o" Dave Kennedy Is mnnarlne "Joshua SImpklns." red Kaehtner la traveling ahead. Lester Mtirrny, rharjre of No. 1 Car wUh the Two Bills, his returned to Broadwav and may arrept a theatrical ndvanre lob for the remainder of the season. John Ptevens. with the reserved seat wnenn. Is al^o birk on Broadway. I>onls E. Cooke. Keneral neent. and son. Victor Cooke, manaeT Car No. 2. are back In their home quarters In Newark. W. J Sully 1"^ manaelne "Human TTearts." while Ernest Rchnabel is doing the advance. J. II. Sorel. who mnnapes the Star. Cllntin. Mass., has acquired the lease on the Palmer Opera TTouse. Pnlmer, Mass.. and will play combinations there. aire next Monday. Lew Fields Is taking "All Aboard" on tour. The Lyric will remain dark one week. "KiHs Me Quick" begins its fourth week at the -iKth Street theatre. The management claims numerous changes have been made In the running of the show and continues to ad- vertise "your money back If the show doesn't please you." Charles J. Ross, who closes his season with "The Passing Show of 1012," will rejoin Ma- bel Fenton In a revival of their "Antony and Cleopatra" travesty. After a lapse of 1R years, Edward E. Rice will again revive "Evangeline." Later he will again put before the public "Adonis" with Henry E. DIxey In his original titular part Rice's theatrical ventures will be controlled by The People's Moving Picture Co.. a film produring concern to which he has been giv- ing his attention of late. George Aylesworth will handle "The Bar- rier." with Edward De Coursey ahead through Canada and the western states, starting from Calsary, Sept. 15. With the company will be Fdwsrd Hearn. Frank Ireson, Carroll Ash- burn and Grace Johnson. W. D. Bugge, who manages the Empire, Edmonton, Can. waa recently married. Bert Russell Is looking after the Sherman- Empire, Edmonton, with Frank Piper chief In the box ofDce. Jack Hazza. who formerly piloted the Kilties Band through the States. Is now run- ning the pop house, BIJou. in Edmonton, Can. Catherine Stevens, throurh her attorney. Herman L. Roth. Is bringing snlt for a full season's salary on an alleged violation against A H. Woods who let h-r out of "The Com- mon I..aw" company without the usual notlee. Miss Stevens Is also trying to recover the money expended for wardrobe. John D. Lefnnewell will do the advance for the Nazlmova show. Victor von Klraly will araln manage the nn'le Burke shows which opens Sent. 15 at Pouehkeensle to fMlow with two weeks of one niithters Ihrouvh N**w England. The first big citv stop will be St. Louis. Miss Burke has almost fullv recovered from a recent ooera- tlon for annendieitls. Von Kiraly returned re- cently from a pleasant summer trip abroad. He looks fine and dandv and acquired a healthy tan. Francis E. Reld will handle Miss Burke's advance work. "The Bird Caee." the new Philip Bartho- lomae piece, started rehearsals this week. .Tos. M. Oaltes retu<-ned from Winnipeg Monday. He accompanied Kitty Gordon on her hurry un trin to that niaee. Mlaa Gor- don was unable to reach WInnlneg in time to give any performances Labor Day. T>yd1a liopoukowa Is under contract to Oliver Moroseo and the latter Is now making a dlllpent seareh for a suitable vehicle In which to star the dancer. PRESS OPINIONS. "THF TRMPFRAMENTAfi JOrRHTKY.** Mr. Belasco's play certainly pleased Its first nieht audience. As a dramatic enter- tainment compared with mnch that the new season has brnueht forth "The Temperamen- tal Journey" stands to date In a class almost by Itself.—Herald. The main point now to he emphasized Is that "The Temneramental Journey" adapted hv Mr. Ditrlchstein from a French souree, provMes one of those exquisitely delightful evenlne^s In the theatre when to the charm of an exhilaratlngly humorous tale Is added the grare of r hit of tender sentiment genuinely eTnre«»<»ed.—Times. There were not wantlnar at the Belasco the- atre Inst nIeht, where "The Temperamental Journey" rerelyed Its first representation, all those dellente, mlnjite tou-'hes whirh have rome to he expertefl In every produetlon at thl" rtlnyhouse.—World. Thore was In the new play the customary tr><:te nnd smoothness of all Belasro produc- t'ons. nn-' It may "l^o be said the customary Belasro success.—Sun. Joseph Snntley and the "When Dreams Tome Trnc" show which have heen playing at the Lyric, will move to the 44t.h street the- "lilFnKR AI'OrSTIN.** Oronslnnallv "TJeher Augiistin" went a hit slowly, hut future performances will remedy thl«. nnf' the operetta will he one of the mu<=|pn1 hits of the season.—Herald. "T.if^her Aurustin" taken as a whole Is sPlonMfl entertdlnment and promises to be popnnr at the Casino for a considerable space of t'me—Times. Tt was ns hrMliantly sung a pcrformanee sn anv rnmir opera company has ever given New York nnd In mnklne this statement we are not eTcentlne the original cast of "Robin Tfoof^." -Evenlnor Sun. TnHnr one eon^Morntlon with another as Mr, TTopper used to sav. the Casino has an fili-rnnnrt surre«s. -Evening World. Watch ont for the hig art. It will be In town som. SHOWS IN CmOAGO. Chicago, Sept. 10. Things looked very good for the opening season for the first few days in September, but a streak of hot weather hit things, and knocked busi- ness higher than a kite in some of the houses. Indications were that "The Lady of the Slipper" would sell out at every performance, but business fell off after the hot wave hit town. "The Whip" at the Auditorium has been doing very well, and William Hodge at the Garrick is drawing with **The Road to Happiness." "Little Miss Brown" at the Prin- cess seems to have arrived at the wrong time and has been swamped by the larger attractions. The show closes Saturday. Business is only fair at that house. "The Elixir of Youth" at the Cort ended its engagement miserably. Very few people visited the house during the last week. "Within the Law" at the Olympic is still drawing capacity houses. "A Trip to Washington" did about $8,000 on its opening week and fell off a little on the second. "Stop Thief" at Cohan's is also prospering. Popular vaudeville has been drawing big. Jones, Linick & SchaeflFer have been advertising McVicker's extensive- ly in the daily papers, and the result is that the house has been filled. Burlesque has been prospering at the Columbia, Star and Garter and Haymarket. The Capt. Scott pictures will be at the Princess for two weeks, commenc- ing Sunday. Following, "Romance" will arrive there for a limited run. SHOWS IN PHILLT. Philadelphia, Sept. 9. Ziegfeld's "Follies" opened its stay at the Forrest to capacity Monday. The no-pass rule now being rigidly enforced at all the first-class houses, was in ef- fect Monday night, so the Forrest held real money. "The Purple Road," in its second week at the Lyric, is doing fair busi- ness, the house suffering along with all others through the continued hot spell. The piece is liked by those attending. "A Fool There Was' opened to a turnaway at popular prices in the Wal- nut Monday night. The company is a capable one and the newspaper com- ments very favorable. SHOWS IN FRISCO. San Francisco, Sept. 10. Capacity marked the final perform- ances of "Madame Sherry" this week ar the Alcazar where the Ralph Herz musical comedy stock holds forth. Next week "Miss Nobody from Star- land" will be offered. The production of "The Beggar Studt jt" at the Tivoli O. H., is con- sidered generally good with the busi- ness fairly good. Business holds up well at the Cort where "Ready Money" is winding up its engagement. The attendance is of healthy proportions, but not actually big. "The Mission Play" continues at the Columbia and the business is gratify- ing. MUST FIND NEW LEAD. George M. Cohan will himself play the leading part in "Seven Keys to Baldplate" until Wallace Eddinger has recovered from his recent automobile accident. When Albert de Courville, managing director of the London Hippodrome, now on the ocean, arrives in London he will find it necessary to secure a new leading woman for his new "Hello Ragtime" review. The slow recovery of Georgetta Cohan, her little daugh- ter, has caused Ethel Levey to cancel her sailing. She will remain here until the child is out of danger. STRANDED GIRLS HOME. Lockport, N. Y., Sept. 10. The police of Lockport wa.it to find Joseph Fanner, of Detroit, and get his side of the story of hiring Lucy Darl- ing, 19, and Dorace Shaw, 17, to join his "School Days" production as chorus girls and leaving them stranded at Tonawanda, near here, minus their promised salary. The girls are back home with a sad story. "YELLOW JACKET'* AT FINE ARTS Chicago, Sept. 10. "The Yellow Jacket" is scheduled to open at the Fine Art's theater here Oct. 6. "AFT1i:R FIVE" IS DE MILLES*. William C. and Cecil B. DeMille are about to produce a new comedy from their joint pen, entitled "After Fivt." "MISSION PLAY" DOING WELL. San Francisco, Sept. 10. It was inadvertently printed "The Mission Play." now in its third week here at the Columbia, had been stopped owing to daring construction. The play is doing well and has been running without interruption. "ELEKTRA" AT BERKELEY. Berkeley, Cal., Sept. 10. Marparet Anglin produced "Elek- tra" Sept. 6 at the Greek theatre here. The entire performance was a big suc- cess. SHOW BUSINESS INCREASING. Race suicide evidently does not pre- vail among the female theatrical stars at present. Neither Ethel Barrymore, Blanche Bates nor Nazimova are playing pend- ing the arrival of additions to their fam- ilies. Miss Barrymore's baby, a boy, arrived Tuesday morning. ROYAL O. H. STARTS. The John Cort-Frank Gersten new theatre for combinations in the Bronx, the Royal opera house, commenced business Monday night with "The Firefly," playing to $1,150 on the open- ing show. ■ "•. It is against the-Bronx opera house, the Cohan & Harris-A. H. Woods new house, that started last week with "Fine Feathers." The Royal plays the Shubert bookings, and the Bronx the opposition's. "Oh, I Say!" is rehearsing at the Lyric. Among the principals are Nellie King, Joe Phillips, CUra Pal- mer, Bert Clark. *^3^