Variety (December 1914)

12 WITH THE, WOMEN B y ,h. S KiRT Belle Ashlyn had it all her own way after the freak acts were through at Hammerstein's .this week. Here is a girl with real talent. She could make even a grouch laugh. Miss Ashlyn has a stunning wardrobe. Her entrance is made in a scarlet brocade dress having gold lace ruffles. A large flop hat was also worn. For her second change a white lace flounced skirt was topped with a long waisted effect in green vel- vet. Mrs. E. B. Alsop is pigeon-toed. For a tall woman she is most awkward. But as a freak act at Hammerstein's Mrs. Alsop perhaps will drift away into oblivion where most of the freak acts go. Mrs. Alsop wore a gold affair over lace petticoats. Mrs. Bud Fisher could be classed among the freaks, also resorting to her marriage name for rec- ognition. Her entrance was made in a cloak of brocade with an orchid velvet bottom and edged in black lynx. A gold head dress trimmed in paradise was also worn. A pink taffeta made simply was pretty. The skirt was very full, having four deep tucks. The bod- ice was high waisted and belted with black velvet ribbon. A large flop hat was becoming. In fact, Mrs. Fisher should always wear a hat. Blue chif- fon ruffles formed the foundation for her third change. The last dress of her four changes was an evening gown of white satin. Ray Bailey wore for her opening number a tailor-made suit not up to date in lines. A black evening gown trimmed in brilliants was in bet- ter taste. A black jet hat heavily para- dised topped this costume. The woman of the Royal Gascoignes was typically English in a blue dress touched up with lace and pink ribbon. The Alhambra was filled Monday afternoon to hear Irene Franklin. Har- lem likes Miss Franklin. And Miss Franklin made those Harlemites sit up when she tripped on in her several stunning changes. The most striking was a Poiret coat of white velvet trimmed in sealskin and lined with the largest check in captivity. A small black hat trimmed with paradise was jauntily perched on Miss Franklin's head. An entrance dress was a robe of yellow crystal. Father Green is get- ting stout, although he denies it. The Sister Bruch is neatly dressed in white lace and pale blue taffeta. Allan Dine- hart and Louise Dyer have a charming sketch. They are two very pleasant individuals, even if Mr. Dinehart over makes up. Miss Dyer as the typist wears a black serge dress, tastefully made. Juliette Dika is a woman with a marvelous figure. She is quite the nicest of the French women who have invaded these shores. Under a rose colored cloak Miss Dika wore a dress of solid jet that perfectly fitted. A crystal ^own draped in coral chiffon was lovely. In a simple country dress of white lace with blue taffeta hip drapery Miss Dika was at her best. Jesse Bijouve in a skating act had a had fall when her partner dropped her in the neck swing Monday matinee. For a costume Miss Jesse wears a rose colored chiffon and crystal coat effect. dream, but interesting, nevertheless, Laura Hope Crews is doing her best work in it. Miss Crews dresses the part superbly. A black panne velvet street dress is worn in the first act, with a handsome set of mink furs. A neglige of green velvet was trimmed in ermine. A gorgeous evening gown is of greenish silver heavily trimmed in steel. Ethel Kane at the American Tues- day made three changes. Her clothes seem to be over trimmed. A gray charmeuse was laden down with cerise bows. Hanging badly was a lace dress made in flounces. For "Tipperary" Miss Kane wore a lace dress combined with green. The girl of Laurie and Allen is wearing a tan broadcloth of the short-waisted style. "A Night in the Park" is a lively act comprising five men and two girls, also a foun- tain. The girls are diminutive in size and dress nicely. A hoopskirt dress of lace ruffles is worn by the smaller one. The other makes two changes. From a black velvet Nesbit dress she goes into an all white one. Miss Deen (Johnson and Deen) does very nicely in clothes. A cloak of chartreuse color was daintily pretty. It covered a long- waisted pink taffeta dress. This was followed by a white satin evening gown trimmed in bands of crystal. Miss Deen sang "Tipperary Mary" without the six dressed-up boys from the pub- lisher, and made good without them. Beth Challies, at the Lincoln Square, is a cute kiddie who will bear watch- ing. This youngster has talent. Beth dresses in a pretty way. Three of her dresses are the long waisted effect with sashes. One accordion plaited danc- ing frock was especially dainty. The woman of Wilkins and Wilkins dresses very neatly. A coral chiffon and velvet dress was followed by a dark brown made in redingote style. Pretty hats are worn with each dress. Miss Bel- ford (Archer and Belford) also on the Lincoln Square the first half is a stout woman with a pleasing voice. Her dress was black crepe de chine with a jet bodice relieved by a red rose. The little miss of the Harvey De Vora Trio appears first in a white and black street dress, followed by a dancing frock of white lace over pink with a broad blue girdle and a panel back of the pink. The bodice was outlined in brilliants. A couple of disturbers sitting in an upper box Tuesday night were beauti- fully handled by the management, which remindc me of the great dif- ference in the conduct of the Colonial, •further down the street, when the late Dave Robinson reigned there for Percy G. Wjlliams. No wonder the Colonial did business in those days for Mr. Williams. "The Phantom Rival" at the Bclasco is a distinct novelty. Most of it is a "The Girls From the Follies" at th . Murray Hill this week is a good show. It is much better than a great many burles»|ue shows i have seen at the Columbia this season. It is free from ail "dirt" and the comedian, Harry Steppe, doesn't overdo. He is an .limiting Hebrew comedian. The prin- cipal women, Ycsta Lockard and Ger- tn.dc Ralston, art- good looking, espe- cially in tights. Marie Revere, the soubret, is a lively little blonde who puts her songs over with vim. The women all have very good voices. The chorus is composed of 16 girls, all in the "chicken" class. They are young and nice to look at. They make sev- eral changes. The curtain going up on the first act finds the girls in sailor suits, spotlessly clean. A fox trot number was done in plantation cos- tumes of bright red with large white dots. "Tipperary" was done in pink tights and purple uppers, with gold capes lined in red. The opening of the second act was costumed especial- ly well. The smaller girls were in soubret dresses of Persian silk and white flouncing. The larger girls were in evening dresses of pink satin with Russian blouse of different colored chiffon striped in silver. Mable Re- flow made several changes, among which were a gold colored accordeon plaited, a white satin made very short, and a kid dress of purple velvet. Miss Lockard has a good idea of dressing. From purple tights in which she looked stunning, Miss Lockard changed to an all black dress and did an olio number in black and silver. An all green costume worn in the last act was equally good to look at. Miss Ralston can also wear tights to good advantage. Her dresses were pretty and well made. TWO SELWYN OPENINGS. It's all arranged for Margaret.Illing- ton to open at the Harris Christmas Eve in "The Lie," the new Henry Ar- thur James play which Miss Illington and Co. have been rehearsing for sev- eral weeks. No out-of-town opening will be set, the show opening "cold" in New York. The Selwyn offices has also ar- ranged for its other new play, "In The Limelight" (first entitled "The Spotlight"), which James Forbes wrote for Selwyn, to open at the Hudson New Year's Eve without any preliminary trip out of New York. "SEA WOLF" AS PLAY. Guy Bolton, author of "The Fallen Idol," the new Joseph Weber piece, is now at work rewriting the new play version of "The Sea Wolf," which Ben Stern, Doc Livingstone and Manny Greenberg will see gets a regular road production prior to its proposed entry into New York. The piece is slated for presentation after the holidays. James McCarthy, stage hand at the Majestic for four years, died of pneu- monia, Dec. 11, at the people's hospital. OBITUARY. Mrs. Mary Amanda Forepaugh, widow of John Forepaugh who was as- sociated for many years with his brother, Adam Forepaugh, the head of the well known family of circus man- agers, died Saturday night of heart trouble at the home of her son-in-law, Howard F. Kenny in Philadelphia. She was 79 years old and with her death the last of the elder generation of Forepaughs has passed away. Capt. J. K. Saviera, a member of Col. Pattie's Old Soldier Fiddlers, died last Saturday in Boston of Bright's disease. He was 69 years old. The body was shipped to the widow's home in Min- neapolis. Capt. Saviers is the fourth old soldier to die since the organiza- tion of the act. Frank E. Bartlett, brother of Jessie Bartlett Davis and Josephine Bartlett ; died at his Brooklyn home, 46 State street, Dec. 11, aged 68 years. He was father of Belle Fremont Bartlett and Guy Bartlett. Bob Scott died at the Maine Mem- orial Hospital, Portland, Me., Dec. 10. The deceased was 43 years of age. He had been stricken with appendicitis Thanksgiving Day. A brother of Charles Robinson, the comedian, Mr. Scott appeared for some time as a team with Sam Howe, billed as Howe and Scott. E. S. Jones, the father of Hazel Ska- telle, died in New York Dec. 2 of can- cer. IN MEMORIAM OF MY BELOVED WIFE |Who Pasted Away Dec. 10, 1913] PAT. KEARNEY [And Two Sons, JAMES-EDWARD] James B. Creighton, an old minstrel man and father of the Three Creighton Sisters, Creighton Bros, and Billy Reid, died at his children's home in New Brunswick N. J., Dec. 11. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 16. Emilia Bartoletti, premiere danseuse with the Marion show at the Grand, was preparing for the afternoon per- formance Monday, when she received a telegram announcing the sudden death in New York of her husband, Richard Brown, and left immediately for that city. Brown had for years been well known as an actor in com- edy roles. The cause of his death could not be learned. Mrs. Carl Henry Desires to express her deep friends extended to h appreciation of the sympathy of kind in her recent bereavement, the loss of her beloved husband Carl Henry