Variety (October 1914)

42 VARI11 Y JUST RETURNED FROM THE WAR ZONE The Boys Who Entertained Royalty MANION s HARRIS Presenting 'Uncle Jerry at the Opera" THE GREAT & PROUD OF WORK ORIGINAL AS A 'MANAGER' Tells ot Her Success in Booking Valentine Harris, Her Boy Protege Rat time Singer. LONDON HIPPODROME Messrs JACK MANION, GEO. BKITT, HARRY BLOOM, JACK BUTLER, W. O. WOODS, H TINNER. N. COSTER, & CHAS REID (the Pianist) SOME OLD FAVOURITES. Special Cable to New York American. London, July 25.—As if the fact she had won all London with her performance at the Palace Theatre was not enough to satisfy Elsie Janis, the young star confided to the New York American correspondent tonight that her proudest achievement since land- ing in England has been her triumph as a manager. As told in The American, on her arrival several months ago, she brought with her Valentine Harris, a boy ragtime singer she had discovered "in a San Francisco cafe," and announced his services could be obtained only by negotiating with her as his manager. Since then Harris, through her indefatigable effort, has sung before the King and Queen at a ball given by Grand Duke Michael, and before Lord Lonsdale, Princess Hatzfeldt. Duchess of Marlborough, the Duchess of Westminster, Lord Cunard, Lady Rocksav- age, Lady Paget and Lady Curzon. "I also got Val. a pretty soft two-day en- gagement," added Miss Janis, "aboard Alfred Vanderbilt's houseboat at the Henley re- gatta, where he had as an audience about all of the English nobility to be found in Burke's Peerage. I'm letting him go back to San Francisco in August for a little vacation, but he can't stay long, because I've got him booked solid in the music halls here this Fall, besides a three months' engagement in the Revue in Paris, beginning March, 1915. "Considering the fact it is only a short time since Val. 'blew into' San franctsco and got a job as an entertainer in Dibble's Cafe on the Ocean Boulevard, his jump upward speaks pretty well for him as an artist and me as a manager." Harris, besides singing "rube songs," has been teaching the English nobility his own dance, "Texas Tommy." OWING TO THE WAR WE WERE FORCED TO CAN- CEL OUR RESPECTIVE CONTRACTS IN EUROPE We are now playing the U. B. O. Time This Week Keith's, Washington NEXT WEEK (Oct. 5) BUSHWICK Brooklyn Direction, ARTHUR KLEIN VICTOR NIBLO AND HIS WONDERFUL TALKING BIRDS At HAMMERSTEIN'S THIS WEEK The Webster Vaudeville circuit 1b booking four acta at the Empress in Duluth. The Broadway, in Superior, will open Sunday, playing four acta, booked by the name agency "Cordelia Blossom," which cloeed a week or ao ago, la to be revived, according to latest reports, and offered In Chicago with Burr Mc- intosh, Louise Dresser and Jane Orey In the cast. There la a Htory current that Addison Burk- hardt and Frederick Donaghey have made up and hare forgotten the difficulties they had over "The Girl at the Gate." a La Salle pro- duction. The Edelweiss Cafe Is a thing of the past The place la now being fitted up for a motion picture house, which will bring the total up to five in the block between Dearborn and Clark, on Madison. George Damarel Is breaking In his new act "Ordered Home" In the sticks and will come back to Chicago next week to play either the Majeetlc or the Palace. Frank Smlthson ■Uged it. Plans are under way for the production here during December of a show to be called Chi- cago's Annual Revue of 1014. It is said the backers of "The Elopers" will finance the attraction. • Florence Reed and her company will leave Powers' theatre In the near future to play oth- er cities. Another company, headed by Joseph- ine Victor, will come to Powers' to play In the same show. George C. Tyler, who waa In town last week to see a performance of "Joseph and His Brethren," engaged Henry E. Dizey for the revival of "Twelfth Night," which he con- templatea later in the season. Maxim P. Lowe, representing the Marlnelli offices, baa been the cynosure of all eyes In Chicago the past week. His pale tan whiskers have attracted quite as much attention as the rosy beard of Senator J. Ham Lewis. Rumors have It that there will be a mo- tion picture house In Randolph street, about opposite the Garrlck. There has been talk of turning the old Union cafe Into a picture house, but nothing definite has been done. Max Nathan, who formerly had a houee at Hoopeston, 111., has leased the Princess in Kenosha, Wis., which he has renamed The Virginian, and will play three acta with split weeks booked by Dick Hoffman oat of the W. M. V. A. offices. Newspaper men and others were allowed private vlewe of the Sam Mayer collection of theatrical photographs and relics at the new club rooms of the Old Friends' Club of America In the Marine building on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Ferdinand Stelndel, one of the members of the Stelndel trio that recently appeared at the Palace, and later went to Rector's cafe, is suing his wife for divorce, a cross bill having been filed. Mrs. Stelndel appealed to the courts some time ago for a separation from her hus- band. Henry B. Toomer, playing In "Sidelights," Is suffering with pneumonia. Gypsy Gorrell Is listed among the alck (all at the American hospital). Beginning next week the Temple, Ft Wayne, Ind., will play two Instead of three shows a day with the exception of Saturdays and 8undays, when three shows will be of- fered as usual. Charles Crowl books the Temple. He has booked an all-girl bill for the houso for the last half of next week. LITTLE MAY GREEN Who opened Aug. 3rd on the Syndicate Tour (England) the day WAR WAS DE- CLARED, but that didn't hinder Little May from SCORING A HIT. Still playing the tour. GOING TO AMERICA IN OCTOBER. Returning to England April 5. WALTER SHANNON and MARIE ANNIS In a Revival of Mr.' Shannon's Success "A Shine Flirtation" MISS ANNIS, for the past three years, has been one of Chas. Frohman's leading women, last year ap- pearing with Donald Brian in "The Marriage Market." MR. SHANNON has just returned from Eu- rope after playing a successful three-y ear tour in London and Paris. Opening Season Next Week (Oct. 5), GRAND, Syracuse, N. Y. . Direction, MAX HART