Variety (March 1915)

VARIETY y\RIETY PnklUked Weakly by VARIETY, Inc. SDtfK SILVERMAN. PtmMmI N«w Yea* CHICAGO Majestic Theatre Bit)* SAN FRANCISCO Paatagee Tkcatre BI4g. LONDON It Ckariaj Croat Read PARIS ta bit. Kim Su DtUiar ADVIITISIMINTS Advertising copy lor current •••»• »B»st reach New York office by WeUaesday midaigkt. Advertiaementa for Europe aad New York City only accepted up to noon time Friday. Advertisements by snail should be acaoam* panied by remittancea. SUBSCRIPTION Annual •* Foreign 5 Single Copi es, 10 centa Entered aa second-class matter at New York. Vol. xxxviii. —— j^ The George Evans Minstrels have disbanded. "Too Many Cooks" is to open in Chicago for a run March 28. Francis Wilson is back from his Florida trip. Oscar Hammerstein left the hospital the early part of the week. Fred Williams has resigned as man- ager of the Empire in the Bronx. Dion Titherage has been engaged to replace Alan Maudie in "The White Feather." Kingston and Ebner retired from the Orpheum Circuit at Portland, due to an expected visit by the stork. Gladys Alexander replaced Gail Kane last week at Providence, in "The Mira- cle Man." Florence Tempest stated,, this week she intended resigning from vaudeville to play exclusively in pictures. H. B. Marinelli returned to business Tuesday, following a week's rest in a private hospital, after an operation. John P. Harris recovered from his attack of rheumatism in Denver and proceeded to the Coast. Frank Jones is back at the United Booking Offices, after two weeks at home dodging pneumonia. Dainty Marie has a picture house, called the Jitney, at Leavenworth. One week cleaned up $35 for her. Lillian Shaw is to undergo an opera- tion to relieve her vocal cords. Dr. Teak will operate. George MacFarlane leaves vaudeville this week, to join the forthcoming revi- val of "Trilby." Mrs. Max Hurtig, wife of the man- ager of the Colonial, Dayton., O., who was operated upon recently, will soon be about. Arthur Klein left for Chicago Thursday to scout for new material for the east He will remain there ten days. Mrs. Henry B. Herts, wife of the theatre architect, is a member of the cast appearing in support of Lou-Telle- gen in "Taking Chances." H. P. S. Stevenson, former manager of the Regent (116th street) has be- come the American representative of the Gus Kutnow Film Exchange. The fire in the new subway at 43d street and Broadway which occurred early Monday morning crippled the telephone service of many of the theat- rical offices in the neighborhood. Willard Mack has recovered from his recent illness and is about again. He will "break in" a new act next week and may possibly open at the Palace, New York, March 29. Miss King, the manicurist in Sully's barber shop in the Palace theatre build- ing, was severely injured last Sunday in an automobile accident near Yonk- ers. Fred Wsgner, formerly treasurer of Keith's, Philadelphia, has been trans- ferred to New York and been placed in charge of the box office at the Alhambra. Paul Hillman, treasurer of the Lyric, Cincinnati, made two announcements this week. He will manage the Lyric with pictures' next summer. The other is a son has arrived. The Jacksonville Theatrical Club is a new organization formed at Jackson- ville, Fla., with ten apartments and ballroom for the convenience of visit- ing professionals. The club was opened last week. Laura D. Wilck has just signed a contract whereby she will in the future have the exclusive right to dispose of picture rights for all stories appearing in "Smart Set," "Romance" and "Snappy Stories." Frank A. Keeney, who went to Hav- ana Saturday week for a pleasure trip, is expected back on Broadway the last of the week. When he returns several New York men expect to close up a deal for the Keeney's Third Avenue for a burlesque policy. When the musical revue "Nobody Home" opens at the Princess the cast will include Adele Rowland, Molly King, Coralie Blythe, Vera Fuller Mellish, Lawrence Grossmith, Alfred Deery, Tom Graves, Quentin Todd and Royden Keith. The Fire Department notified the Palace theatre building owners smok- ing will not be allowed in the building, over the theatre. This makes the rule operative on the sixth floor, where the United Booking Office is located. Smoking in the hallways or' ift the of- fices not over the theatre is permitted. James Lounsbery, of "The Song of Songs," will wed Alice McCarthy Lit- tle, daughter of Wm. McCarthy Lit- tle, U. S. N., at Newport News, Va. Her brother, Julian Little, is with "Ex- perience." Butler Davenport, who built a theatre that became a church, on West 63rd street, is reported trying again, in the 20s somewhere near Madison ovenue. His latest house is to seat 200, and will have for its first production a "scien- tific travesty," written by Davenport, upon the eugenics of marriage. The Grand, Fort Myers, Fla., play- ing vaudeville, was destroyed by fire last week. The Four Musical Cates, who were filling an engagement at the theatre, lost their entire equipment arfcf costumes during the blaze, the loss in- cluding what is said to be the largest saxophone in the world. The Hazel Kirke Trio took off "If the Morning After Were the Night Before" last week, while at Hammerstein's upon the advice from their agent, Pat Casey, that permission was refused for the use of the song by the "My Best Girl" writers, who intend placing a tab of that show in vaudeville. The song came out of the piece. A monster benefit is to be given early in April for the sick and those in distress of the Agents' and Man- agers' Theatrical Association. Fred B. Williams is to have full charge of the fund promotion and he will accept any donations or orders for tickets at 1431 Broadway. Klaw & Erlanger have donated the Grand opera house free for the benefit. The two children. Loo Lu Gee and Shu Jin Low, members of Long Tack Sam Troupe who are under 16 years old, were found to be without proper guardianship by Judge Wilkin, in the Children's Court of Brooklyn. They have been turned over-to Chinese Con- sul Yang Yu and prohibited from ap- pearing here. The act is playing at the Prospect this week. Why Dave Marion closed his own Columbia Circuit show at the Star & Garter, Chicago, so the story goes, is that Marion invested something like $40,000 in a hotel at Toms River, N. J., and when it came time for Dave's place to open, no license would be given for the bar connections. Dave's represent- atives did what they could but were unable to get the license. Marion saw no alternative but to get on the ground floor himself. The Flatbush theatre, Brooklyn, lost its cat the other day. No one could locate the animal, until George E. McDermit, the Flatbush's manager, was informed his cat was at Cohen's opera house, Poughkeepsie, where it must have been taken in some of the baggage going there. Both houses are booked by the Loew office. The acts playing Poughkeepsie are con- tributing a nickel or more apiece for the return of the feline to its Brooklyn home. Harry Ernett, late of Arthur Ham- merstein's "High Jinks," is very ill at the home of his sister in Cleveland. Willard, The Man Who Grows, has discovered that his English and French ancestors had a crest He has trans- ferred it to his note psper. There are heads of an eagle and lion on it, also a chevron and a motto, which reads, "Patience rejoices in hardships." The Oceana, on the Bermuda line of steamers, cost M, S. Epstin $600 on his trip to the Island. When leaving the New York dock, Mr. Epstin asked his room steward for a key. Told to se- cure one from the purser, the agent went in search of that person, could not find him, but was informed by another officer no one need worry on that boat, rooms were never locked. Being in the show business, Epstin immediately rushed back to his stateroom, but was too late. Every piece of jewelry in his possession, left there with his bag- gage, had been taken. Mr. Epstin has placed a suit against the line with his attorneys, and may libel the boat. Fred Irwin was officially delegated Tuesday by Gus Hill to manage the remainder of the tour of the latter's "Bringing Up Father," succeeding Archie McKenzie, who died in Cam- bridge, Mass., Monday. Irwin left for the west Tuesday night. TOMMTS TATTLIS. BY THOMAS J. GRAY. Believe us, it's hard to write a column after coming from the White Rats' Ball. As the gentle spring approaches the vaudeville agent hears the call of base- ball and the actor the "Summer Sa4ary" clause. Every once in a while some one writes an article giving advice to stage struck girls, as though any one who is stage struck would heed advice. We saw a fellow with Charley Chap- lin's make-up doing Dave Marion's hair- lip stuff and hat business. That's what we call picking them good. Think of all the money Noah could make now if he had arranged with some picture company to make a fea- ture film of the Ark. The popular song writers have formed another association. It is rumored the by-laws are going to contain a clause imposing a fine on any member who writes a "Moon" song. If the boys will only find a few more rhymes for a "Love" song everything will be all right. Some one said that the play title, "The Silent Voice," was inspired by Walter Hast. If the report is true that the war has raised the price of straw hats it's going to be tough on "bench acts."