Variety (February 1914)

VARIETY BAD FLOP IN TOLEDO LEAVES MANY ACTS ADRIF T OUT THERE Mid-Winter Circus Promoted by T. A. Waters Doesn't Do Business and Promoter Hops Out in Middle of Week. Benefit for Acts Realizes $35. Circus Gotten Up for Local Women's Association. ■|-ol.Mln. 1-cb. 18. TIk- l)i,uK'»->i thiiitriral host of the sta>()n was staj^cd at tin- Terminal Aiuliloriuni last week. It was a mid- winter circus, promoted by one T. A. Waters, and Kivcn for the benefit of the Toledo Women's Association. Busi- ness was bad, and not enough money to pay the acts was taken in. When the turns were engaged, the performers were told that Waters had $4,000 with which to back the project, but about the middle of the week Waters disap- peared. Hugo V. Buelow, manager of the Terminal, donated the building for two performances Sunday for the benefit of the artists. A matinee performance was given and netted $36.35, or seven- ty-five cents to each. The night show was called off. Late Saturday night Haas Brothers, aerialists, filed suit with Levy & Aren- son, attorneys, against Waters and the Women's Association. Mrs. F. L. Geddes, president of the association, declared that according to contract with Waters, the organization is in no way liable for the debt. Among the acts are Harry Clark, Art Jarvis, Nettie Greer, Geo. Sliper, 3 Fredericks, Jimmy Spuggs, Henry Stautz, Ashton, Crandall and McCabe, Dave Clark and Bert Fish, Manolo Family, "Pinky" Hollis, Edwin Hoddy. Struckland's Dog and Pony Show, Barth and Barth, Cromer Bros., Haas Bros., "Jolly Jenaro," La Dare and Warner Trio, De Mar Troupe, and Or- ri.i Hollis Troupe. HAZEL DAWN WILL. Hazel Dawn, who recently retired from "The Little Cafe" in the Amster- dam, after a more or less tempestuous career with that organization, is to ap- pear in vaudeville for a brief period, after which she will be under the man- agement of Arthur Hammerstein for another musical comedy appearance. Marjorie Gateson has taken Miss Dawn's role in the piece. MORE IN TORONTO. Toronto, Feb. 18. Two new theatres are reported to be in the wind for this city, one a vaudeville and picture house and the other a mammoth straight picture theatre exhibiting Kinemacolor films. The proposed vaudeville house is to have a capacity of 3,700 and the film edifice is to accommodate 2,700. The roof on Loew's new house opened Monday. It is said the suc- cess of Loew's here brought out the project for another in opposition to it LOEWS FEATURE FILMS. Feature films running an hour or longer will become the rule at Loew's American theatre, New York, com- mencing Moiulay next. It may be ex- tended to other houses on the circuit. The hr.st to j-o in there will be the Klaw & Isrlaiiger-Biopraph features, "Classmates" and "The Fatal Wed- ding," the features changing with the vaudeville Mondays and Thursdays. No special list of features will be used. It is understood that several of the Famous Players Co. have already been contracted for. A rumor spread along Broadway early in the week the American would go into features altogether. It was probably started by the house bills an- nouncing those mentioned. MARIE LLOYD WILL MARRY. A wire was received this week by Pat Casey from Marie Lloyd, asking Mr. Casey to see that the bond filed with the Immigration officials and ex- piring March 1. be renewed if neces- sary. Mr. Casey's information was to the effect the English singer, at the Orpheum, Portland, Oreg., this week, had mutually agreed with Bernard Dil- lon, to marry, and that Dillon had been allowed to re-enter the U. S. over the Canadian border on his promise the wedding would occur within five days after entering. He is now supposed :o be in Portland. The bond filed for 13,000 at the time the couple landed in New York may be released if the marriage occurs. It was given to allow Miss Lloyd to play her theatrical contracts in this coun- try, and called for her departure, also Dillon's, by the termination of it. CARL ANDERSON RESIGNS. Carl Anderson, Tuesday, handed in his resignation as manager of the .\malgamated Vaudeville Agency, to take effect March 1. It was reported some time a few weeks ago Mr. Anderson would leave the agency. He says he is going into another branch of the theatrical busi- ness. SLIPPING IT OVER. A music publisher in New York, who backed a vaudeville act that is now playing, might be surprised to hear a competitor in the publishing trade is paying the turn $25 weekly for sing- ing a song. That is technically termed "Slipping it over." Weight Falls on Girl's Head. Chicago. Feb. 18. Miss Zolar. of Victorine and Zolar, a "sister" act. was injured at the Academy and is confined to the Wes- leyan hospital. A weipht from the flies fell and struck her on the head, inflicting seri- ous injury. EVA TANGUAY ILL Chicago, Feb. 18. Eva Tanguay has been alarmingly sick since last Friday, with three doc- tors in consultation, who have diag- npsed her ailment as pharyngitis with grippe. Her temperature has been so hi^'li all the time it has been necessary In have the attendance of a physician four times daily. Miss Tanguay's husband, John Ford, who was almost well, kept on working and announcing she would not appear, refunding money to those who de- sired it. Ford awakened Monday with a 103 temperature, and it was found he had caught his wife's illness. The situa- tion looked serious until Wednesday. Miss Tanguay has lost eleven pounds Ml three days. The show is playing at the American Music Hall, but necessarily to light business. The star hopes to be able to join her company in Joliet Sunday. OUT OF 'TRAINED NURSES." Clark and Bergman leave Jesse L. Lasky's *'Trained Nurses" after this week, although still under Mr. Lasky's management. They were featured with the vaudeville act, receiving, ac- cording to report, $350 weekly and tiansportation with no commission. Miss Clark was ordered by her phys- ician to take a rest and they will go to Lakewood for a few weeks. They also had an offer from Ziegfeld. George F. Moore and Stella Tracey are said to have beeen engaged as their successors. MIDDLETON'S OWN BOOK. Los Angeles, Feb. 18. George Middleton has written a book for private distribution among his ac- quaintances. It is entitled "Circus Memoirs." Mr. Middleton has retired to this section of the country, living at 1611 Milan avenue, South Pasadena, Cal. Mandie Odell Comet Back. The gal with the figger, otherwise known over here several seasons ago when the weather was warm, a* Maudie Odell, returned to New York last week, making a call on Eddie Pidgeon, who pushed Maudie into popular publicity when she started the undraped fad among well-formed wo- men on the stage. Miss Odell had no plans of moment, t or did Mr. Pidgeon suggest anything for her, his entire attention just now being devoted to the New York Roof. SCHWARZ BROS. GO HOME. The Schwarz Brothers, who came over here with their "Broken Mirror" act for Comstock & Gest, sailed back home Wednesday o.n the Oceanic, after completing their contract. MELLER, WITH SHOOTING. Alfred DuPont, who followed Tully Marshall in "The City," has written a new sketch, "Her Price," in which he will play the principal male role. Sam Meyers has '/iie act, which carries seven people. I* s a meller, with a shooting as ti.c b'g climax. Frank Hatch and Lcander dt Cordova staged the skit. If fon don't sdvertlM In VABIETT, don't ftdTcrtlM nt alL ADMITS MURDER AND BIGAMY. •Cincinnati, Feb. 18. Robert Maloney, known on the stage as "Willard, the Wizard," a magician, admitted to the police several days ago, that he was not only a murderer, but a bigamist as well. Maloney has been bound over to the grand jury to answer to a charge of killing his sec- ond wife and baby. According to Ma- loney, his first wife is Ida Davis, of Dallas. He deserted her, he said, and married Othello Harriman. Maloney will plead insanity, but jail attaches say he appears to be sane. SHEET MUSIC DOWN. The poor, downtrodden music pub- lisher is undergoing a siege that bids fair to drive him to desperation. It was believed the 5 and 10 cent stores had gone about as far as possi- ble when they cut the wholesale price of sheet music to six cents. A fort- night ago one of the big metropolitan department stores advertised the out- put of most of the standard publishers at six cents and the buyer of one of the important 5 and 10 cent chain of stores has notified the publishers that if such a condition is permitted to arise again he will be compelled to place all sheet music on sale at 5 cents per copy, in- stead of 10. MARDI GRAS IS ON. New Orleans, Feb. 18. The advent of the Mardi Gras sea- son has increased attendance at the local theatres to a material deg^ree. The usual horde of fakers and freaks are apparent and New Orleans has eclipsed itself in the matter of illumi- nation. For "Mardi Gras Week" the Or- pheum offers Charlotte Parry as a headliner. "Peg O' My Heart" will be at the Tulane, for a return engage- ment. HERO OR PRESS AGENT? Cincinnati, Feb. 18. You gotta hand it to this Morris Jones for being a hero. Morris has just saved four more girls. No, no, saved them from death! 'Twas in a fire at Seventh and Race streets. Morris climbed a ladder and rescued the fairs from a burning build- ing. Several months ago Morris saved a couple of misses from a blaze in the Odd Fellows* Temple, where he is a booking agent for R. J. Jones. INSURING ELEPHANTS. Cincinnati, Feb. 18. John G. Robinson, former Cincin- nati circus man, today took out $40,- 000 insurance through Lloyds, on his four elephants. The policies last only 10 years. If the elephants are hurt in a train wreck, Robinson will get $800 a week, and $400, if they are in- jured in any other kind of an acci- dent. Gus Sun's Expansion. Springfield, O., Feb. 18. The stork delivered an Syi pound baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. Gus Sun. Feb. 16. Mother and child doing nicely, with father suffering from abnormal chest expansion.