Variety (December 1913)

VARIETY niETY Published Weekly by VARIETY PUBLISHING CO. TInieH Squari'. New York. HIME SILVERMAN Proprietor CHICAGO Majestic Theatre Bids. JOHN J. O'CONNOR SAN FRANCISCO Pantages Theatre Bldff. HARRT BONNEUi LONDON 18 Charing Cross Road JKSSB FREEMAN PARIS 6C bis. Rue Saint Dldier EDWARD G. KENDREW BERLIN 69 Stromstrasse E. A. LEVY ADVERTISEMENTS Advertising copy for current Issue must teach New York office by Wednesday evening. Advertisements by mall should be accom- panied by remittance. SUBSCRIPTION Annual •* Foreign " bln gle copies. 10 cents Entered as second-class matter at New York. VoTxXXIII. December 12, 1913. No. 2 "Don," "the Talking Dog," has gone back to Germany. May Robson is going out shortly for a fortnight's try-out of a new piece. Wee 8l Lambert open "The County Sheriff" after the holidays. John H. Russell and Marion Ward have joined "Thfe Red Widow." R. H. Burnside is laid up with a se- vere cold. He plans to go to Europe when convalescent. Louis Simon and Co., sail Feb. 12 for England to present there "The New Coachman." Will Archie is rehearsing "The Rule of Three," in which he will be starred. It is a farce by Guy Bolton. Jules Jordan and Phil Peters will produce a new act by Aaron Hoffman called "The Fixed Fact" A. Baldwin Sloane is giving private 'Tango" lessons to a large class of wealthy patrons. O. G. Seymour (Seymour and Dupre) says that Maida Dupre (May Porter), who recently died, was not of the original* Seymour and Dupre act. Seymour states that another Dupre was the original. Seymour has had four "Dupres," the present one, Katie Holloway, having been with the act nine years. McConnell Sisters, (Celeste and Katherine) who have been with the "Girls from Starland" have been forced to part company for the present. Miss Celeste was called to Chicago where her husband, Harold Martin (Harold Snyder) is charged with the murder of a jeweler in the McVicker's theatre building. Joe Weber is now booking his broth- er's (Lawrence's) Mohawk theatre at Schenectady, N. Y., with vaudeville, two shows daily. Spencer and Williams, a vaudeville act that has of late been accused of "lifting" material from other turns, will join Jesse Lasky's "Water Cure" pro- duction after this week. George R. Reno, theatrical manager, is seriously ill with a spinal affection and has been confined to his bed for the past three weeks. Bob Campbell has purchased the road rights to "The Conspiracy" and will organize a new company to tour the country. John Cort has engaged the Theo Bendix orchestra as a feature of the new Cort theatre, Boston, opening Jan. 10. Carrie La Mont, in a Chicago hos- pital for several months with a broken leg, is now in Detroit. Miss LaMont's injury will keep her confined for the greater part of the winter. May Yohe returned to New York a few days ago. Sihc told the ship news reporters that she would return to England again after the holidays and would be married. Charles Dobson, manager of Jean Bedini's "Mischief Makers" is leaving the show Saturday to accept the man- agement of a theatre not to be di- vulged for the present. The manager of the Bedford, Brook- lyn, was looking for a monologist to fill in a spot on one of his programs, when someone suggested Loney Has- kell. "Oh, those animal acts don't go in my house," he said. Lloyd and Whitehouse left the Or- pheum, Portland, Ore., last week through position ("No. 2") assigned them on the program. The Circuit thereupon canceled all the time of the act. Grace Foster is playing with a black- face comedian. The pair will open in New York shortly. Phyllis Foster is playing the west in a "two-act." CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR'S ADVERTISING TOMMY'S TATTLES By THOMAS J. GRAY. Music publishers are now sending song pluggers to sing at lunch time in some of the larger factories where the employees congregate in one room to eat. What's the matter; haven't the working people hardships enough to put up with? Paris artist picks Vera Maxwell as the most beautiful woman in America. Sam Lewis of Lewis and Dody was chosen as the handsomest man. Sena- tor Francis Murphy, second choice. Clark and Verdi are playing two houses next week. These boys got so used to doing four a day they have to play two two-a-day houses to keep from getting lonesome. Manager of a theatre in Philadelphia refused to put the house lights out while a dramatic sketch was on, say- ing "It's a nice new theatre and I want the customers to see the decorations." Special Notice— ^This column will not print a list entitled "What They Re- ceived for Christmas" nor "What They Resolved For The New Year," so don't get nervous. Will be printed in ISSUES OF DEC. 19th and 26th Forward copy with space reservation for either issue by Dec. 17th or 24th Advertising rates the same (If you don't advertise in VARIETY, don't advertise at all.) As it seems so hard to get an act to go on second at the Palace Manager Elmer Rogers is thinking of not hav- ing any second spots on his bills here- after. Now For The Christmas Advertise- ments. "Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all." "The Same To You and Many of Them." "We wish you what you wish your- self." "We wish everybody in the World a Merry Xmas." "Good Luck to all our Pals." And Cartoons showing stockings full of contracts. The Colonial theatre, Peekskill, N. Y., playing vaudeville and com- bination, was destroyed by fire Dec. 1. The house had been leased to F. C. Taylor. May De Sousa replaced Venita Fitz- hugh with "The Marriage Market" at the Grand this week and will play "op- posite" Donald Brian for the remain- der of the season. N. Rackow, author of "Toblitsky," is about to translate a number of other plays and playlets from the Hebrew, the American adaptations being made by James Madison. Aida Sullivan, adopted daughter of the late Timothy D. Sullivan, was married recently to Joseph Epstein, a member of "The Crusoe Girls," a Pro- gressive Burlesque Circuit show. The Wenrich-Howard Music Pub- lishing Co. makes emphatic denial that it has sold its catalog to Henry Wat- (.Tson or has any intention of disposing of its property. The Comedy Club's next Clown Night is now postponed until Dec. 20. Felix Adler has been busily rehearsing and Tommy Gray just as busy writ- ing, preventing the couple from get- ting together to arrange the "stag" affair. Sunday night at the benefit, held at the Astor theatre, George White re- ceived one rose, sent around to his dressing room. It was to have been delivered across the footlights, but Georgie made his exit on the wrong side. The management of the Grand, Albany, continues its policy of de- manding the expurgation of sugges- tive material. A week ago the notice "Keep your act clean" was posted on the callboard and in the dressing rooms. Thomas Potter Dunne was warned to eliminate a number called "The Kelleys Arc At It Again" at the matinee. He substituted a song at the evening show which Manager Hcarn declared was (|uite as ofTcnsivo. Dunne was warned again and walked out. / Have you noticed how polite your gent's office boy has been this month? Mary Dear—Oh, Plain Mary Dear- How could you? Everything was going fine and we were about to forgive you when you had to bring up Watcrbury —and we were so happy, too. But Mary Dear, anything we do we do right and we were the biggest flop Waterbury ever saw—bar none— (and that goes for all the country outside Waterbury)—but we knew when we were bad, and we knew when to quit— but you, Mary—cr—you er—you don't know—er—er—arc you going to have a column in next week? Skipper, Kennedy and Reeves have dissolved partnership. Cieorge Skip- per has doubhfl with Boh Miliar. George H. Winniett has dosed his "Maud Mullcr" eotnpnny. hut says it's going out again after the first of the vear or next "Reason sure to play a route through the sotith. The show played to ahont %700 gross at the Prosprrt, Bronx, last week Winnieft is out about !^-^0^0 on the revival.