Variety (September 1913)

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VARIETY KOHL PEOPLE MAY BID FOR INTE REST IN S-C CIRCUIT United Booking Officef and Albee May Find Mrs. Charles E. Kohl in the Market as Contender for Late Senator Sullivan's Stock. Very Friendly With the Consi- dines. Might Make Majestic, Chicago, Head of S-C Chain, at 50-cent Scale. Sullivan's Interests Valued at $2,000,000. Chicago, Sept. 17. 1 Ik- atlcnii»t by the United HoukiiiK Dffice.s and the Orpheum Circuit to j.;rah off the late Senator Sullivan's in- tiTcsts in the SulIivan-Con>idinc tir- cuit tnay be circumvented l»y Mr.s. L harles K. Kohl. It is said Mrs. Kohl is very much disgusted over tlic hi;4 time vaudeville situation, as it atlects her and the Majestic theatre in this city. Formerly very friendly with E. F. Albee, of late months Mrs. Koiil is .'^aid to have been advised theatrically by John W. Considine. Mrs. Kohl is on close terms of friendship with tlic t onsidine family. Only recently she traveled to the Northwest to be pres- iiit at the marriage of Mr. Considinc's daughter. Should the Sullivan stock be sold, it is rumored Mrs. Kohl will first become a bidder for it. and securing the inter- rst, might then place the Majestic here as the head of the S-C Circuit, making tho admission scale 50 cents. The Kohl people and I'onsidinc would then set out to enlarge tljeir sphere and prob- ably add the Western X'audeville Man- ager>' .Association to their joint hold- ings. A report M^s. Kohl was considering shifting her investments into S-C stock has been quietly passed along for some time. It was not known along Broadway this week whether the death of Tim- othy D. Sullivan would hold up the negotiations for the purchase of the late Senator's stock in the Sullivan- Considine Circuit by the United Book- ing Offices for Martin Beck, as repre- senting the Orpheum Circuit. Maurice Goodman, attorney for the U. B. O., returned to New York Mon- day. It was said he had been west interviewing John W. Considine. It is necessary, according to report, for Considine to pass stock over to the Beck side before the latter could gain anything by purchasing the Sullivan interests. Beck is said to have raised $1,000,000 in cash from Wall street people to clinch the S.-C. buy whenever he is told it is ready. Senator Sullivan's bod> was found near Pelham last Friday on the N. Y., N. H. & H. tracks. He had slipped away from his guards. Suspicions of foul play have been voiced. The funeral was held Monday. The Loew- Sullivan-Considine agency in New York remained closed that day as a mark of respect. The present value of the Sullivan- Considine Circuit has been conserva- tively estimated by outsiders at $4.- 000.000. The late Big Tim is said to have had 48j/i per cent, of this, the re- mainder of the Circuit resting in t lie- control of his partner, John \V. Con- sidine. The S-C Circuit was started about nine years ago, when Considine is said to have secured $5,000 from Tim Sul- livan to purchase the four small time theatres (playing two acts each) in the northwest, owned by Fred. T. L • coin, the present general manager o' the Sullivan-Considine business. .^ few weeks later Considine came to Nc\ York, securing endorsements up to $30,000 from Sullivan, to buy the four small time houses of H. Morton Coin in the same section of the country. From this grew the S-C chain, with its "26 weeks." Sullivan, according to one report, in- vested about $200,000 in the S-C Cir- cuit in its early days, while another source claims he never had over $30,000 in it, if that much. Sullivan & Consi- dine have made over $1,000,000 in real- ty investments. They also secured a one-half interest in the Empress, San Francisco, from the (jraumans, through agreeing to play the S-C road shows in the Grauman's house, the latter couple (father and son) having promo- ted the building of the theatre. Sid Grauman, Sr., was formerly interested with S-C in the Family theatre on 125th street, New York, when that house was playing a small time vaude- ville show at 10-30. Afterward S-C abandoned the Family. In the early days of the Sullivan- Considine Circuit, Freeman Bernstein was the general representative for it, with offices in New York. Of late years Chris. O. Brown, who succeeded Bernstein, has been acting in that ca- pacity here. l>OLICE STUAj vigilant. Vaudeville shows in the centre of the city again passed under the scrutiny of the police last Sunday. The bills were "straightened up" at night. One house did not allow dancing acts to appear, although at another theatre not far away dancing was permitted, while acrobats were not. The theatre managers believe the dis- trict under the jurisdiction of Inspector Dwyer is made to suffer in its Sun<lay performances through the rebellious spirit displayed by the Palace theatre management late last spring, when that house put on an animal act after hav- ing been "requested" by the Inspector rmt to do so. THBIK IMKJ 18 QOSE. ■■\V hut <ryti iman. your mut is miss- ing?" is n«t\v answered by Frances Clare with a sob. Her "Oswald" has Arent, left Kawsou and ( lare Hat last week at the Hijou, Brooklyn. "Os- wald" was the best mutt in the world. It was white all over and shivered in the spotlight. Frances fed "Oswald" herself, giving it cream puffs for breakfast. Previcjus to associating with "girl acts," "Oswald" had a stormy existence. Accustomed to a kick from a truck driver for every meal, the dog felt strange sleeping on a bed of clean tights at night and having an antiseptic bath twice daily, with real meat every other day. Friday Miss Clare bought a three- stone diamond ring for 12,000. Upo!i reaching the theatre the actress con- cluded to try it on "Oswald." She waved her index finger holding the cut glass, but "Oswald" didn't shiver, so Miss C lare knew it hadn't de- ceived the mutt into thinking it was the spotlight. But the glare l^linded "Oswald," who, instead of taking his cues properly that afternoon, left the theatre to call cmi a lady friep«l ard tell her about the new jewelry in the Kawson family. "Oswald" didn't come back Miss Clare offered a reward in an advertisement and said she would give the diamond ring to anyone re- covering the dog, '»ut the remark was made as a joke. Though her mutt has went. Miss Clare is still the possessor of a steam- rolling diamond flash that says she must be a good beadliner and a big drawing card Guy Rawson is now making his own ciuarettes and getting shaved but twice a week. KLKIN*H SKETCHES. From six to eight sketches, calling for three or four principals each, will be casted by Arthur Klein for vaude- ville. The players are to be drawn from the legitimate, and their "names" are expected to compose headline com- binations for the i)ig time houses. Mr. Klein secured the playlets from the other side. He is now at work on them, and it is said, has received as- surances that if they get over, big time routes will be given. LORW*S B*KL¥N SUNDAYS. The Broadway theatre, Brooklyn, has been leased by the Loew Circuit for this season for Sundays only, to give vaudeville shows. The reported price for the one day a week during the season of 40 weeks is $20,000. Next Sunday vaudeville shows will commence at the People's, Bowery, and Miner's, Bowery, under the direc- tion of Freeman Bernstein. J«(e Wood will place Sunday shows at the Olympic on 14th street. "Fine Feathers" is reported as donm 126 gross Sept. 5 at Turner's Falls. Mass. The show had been playing to poor business in New England. But Turner's Falls! Who discovered that one? J. li. & S. I*KKHS HUKEAU. Chicago, Sept. 17. Ralph T. Kettering who has been handling the press work for White City this season has been installed by Jr)nes, Linick & Schaeffer at the head of their press department, succeeding Tom Burke. The Hippodrome known a good thing v^hf^n ttwy find It. H< ar their Flpe-Orrh^Htra, m.ulf hy MoUcr. «nd «"k thrm ahout It. or hhU KoMnqumt at Itth Ht. ThrHtrr. THE PROPER WAY. .\nother act has taken the bull by the horns and jumped the traces, as it were. This time it is Rush Ling Toy, the Chinese magician, who was being headlined on the Keith big time bills in opposition to Ching Ling Foo. Toy could not quite see the advan- tage accruing to him by topping the Keith bills with an enlarged act and receiving the same salary as last sea- son, (.'hing Ling Foo is billed to ap- pear in .Albany Sept. 29 (Lillian Rus- sell road show), and the Proctor man- agement wanted Toy to offset the famous Chinese necromancer, but only offered him last season's salary for so important a matter. Toy declined and promptly booked with the Grand, Al- bany (Proctor's opposition), for next week. Toy is now out with the declaration that he will play for anybody who pays him his salary, no matter what the circuit or affiliations. He has absorbed the idea that is gradually percolating to many other artists—that of accept- ing engagements anywhere and every- where. Last season Fields and Lewis were very flagrant in-and-outers, play- ing everything from picture houses to the Palace, New York, devoting them- selves solely to an effort to keep con- stantly employed. By this means they probably played more time than any other act in vaudeville, received their salary and were fully satisfied. They arc now signed for one of the John Cort road shows and secured that en- gagement after turning down a United Booking Offices route for next season. AMERICAN'S $2,000 SHOW. The week's show at the American, ending last Sunday, cost $2,600. It held Andrew Mack as the feature for the full term, and was the most expensive program the house has played since going under the Loew control. This week with Fields and Lewis at the top, the American bill will cost about $1,900. Seldom in future, it is- said, can the American give a program that will total less than $1,800. Last year the salary list each week ran from $1,100 to $1,400, which was the evolution of the "small time" bills of four and five years ago, which then reached around $350 or $400. ••OUTLAW" SIGNS BIG ONES. Chicago, Sept. 17. Jones, Linick & Schaeffer make an- nouncement of important engagements. The independent managers have booked Winona Winter for four weeks, the engageiTient beginning at the Colonial last week. The Kilties Band of 30 musicians will open on the "opposi- tion" time in October. Tillic Zink, who has played several weeks for the firm about Chicago, has been handed a contract calling for her services for 52 weeks under the direc- tion of the "outlaws." CIRC^US MEN HUE FOR $200,000. Omaha, Sept. 17. Four attaches of the Barnum-Bailey circus, injured in the train wreck on the Rock Island at Richfield, August 12. They allege that the accident was the result of negligence on the part of the railroad employes and demand dam- a^'cs in $50,000 each.