Variety (April 1915)

VARIETY VARIETY, Inc. S1ME SILVERMAN. PtmUnI N« CHICAGO Majestic Theatre Bldg. SAN FKANOSCO Paataget Theatre Bid*. LONDON It Chariaa Cross JU»d PABIS oa bit. Ru« St. Didi«r ADVERTISBMENTS Advertising copy '«* current issue must reach New York omce by Wednesday mldaJcht. AdvcrtiaenMate for Europe and New York City omly accepted up to oooa tisae Friday. Advertisements by mail ahonld be aeoom- aaaied by remittances. SUBSCRIPTION Annual V Formfa S Single Copies, 10 cents Entered ae second-class matter at New York. Vol XXXVIII. No. 5 Lily Cahill has been replaced in "Un- der Cover" by Violet Heming. Katherine La Salle has been engaged to replace Jane Grey in "Kick In." William Josh Daly is now manager of Proctor's 23rd Street. Lillian Keller has been engaged for stock in Syracuse, opening April 15. Kathleen Clifford returned to New York last week from London. Barney Meyers has shaved off his upper lip adornment to show 'em he's not in the A. K. class. Eddie Madden, the song writer, is away for a short time, to recover from a threatened nervousness. Wallis Clark has joined William Fa- versham in "The Hawk," to play Mar- quis de Sardeloup. A barber in Philadelphia is giving away coupons for a picture theatre with each shave and haircut. Robert Irwin has changed his mind about managing a stock company in Dallas. Susanne Willa was engaged for "The Revolt" at the last minute before the opening. Prank A. Keeney is back from a sev- eral weeks' stay in Palm Beach and Cuba. Frederic Edward McKay has decided not to produce "The Tricky Mrs. Trevor" this season. When "Damaged Goods" was play- ing at Syracuse last week a perfumery manufacturer passed out sample bottles of his wares at the door. Grace Edmund has joined "The Only Girl," replacing Maude Campbell in the role formerly played by Adele Row- land. Feme Rogers has had an offer from the Winter Garden, Berlin, for eight weeks at'that house as soon as she can arrange to get into Germany. The Majestic Waterloo, Ia^ playing vaudeville, was closed from March 25 to April 1, through flooding by rivers in the district. Lillian Hudson (with Tom Linton and His "Jungle Girls") was married last week to Cecil Boyle, electrician at the Harris theatre, Pittsburgh. The ball of the Allied Arts of the Theatre for the Actors' Fund, at the Hotel Astor April 8, will be duplicated at the Auditorium, Chicago, the same day. C. A. Hendrix (of Hendrix and Belle Isle), playing in "The School Master," is confined to the Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo, Mich. Horace Meyer is filling his place in the cast. "The Smart 8et" wishes it announced no one has exclusive right to place any stories it has published, although Laura D. Wilck is placing some of their stories for pictures. John Pollock has bought a country homewat Leonia, N. J. The house formerly was owned by Fred G. Lat- ham. Yes, John has it in his wife's name. Al Les Jundt, of the Les Jundts, was taken to the Polyclinic hospital this week in a serious condition. The act was forced to cancel a tour of the Pantages circuit. Jessie Roe, for several years con- nected with the New York office of the Pantages circuit, will be married in May to Bert Willis, a wholesale com- mission merchant of New York. The Miles, Pittsburgh, is now booked from the New York office of the Loew Circuit. It had been supplied with bills this season through the Loew Chicago agency. Mme. Walska, the Russian actress, under engagement to the Shuberts, "tried out" with songs and a pianist for the final half of last week at the Lincoln Square theatre. The Six Brown Brothers have been placed under contract by Charles B. Dillingham for next season. The brothers are at present appearing in "Chin Chin." The will of the late Ada Lane Wil- son was brought up for probate last week. Jack Wilson, the husband of the deceased, received the entire estate which amounted to $2,000. One-night stands booked for the Lyceum, Elmira, N. Y., the stage of which recently burned, will be trans- ferred to the Mozart. On such nights the Mozart Stock Co. will play nearby towns. Through illness Gertrude Coghlan has abandoned playing her sketch. "Food." J. E. Gilmore, who supported Miss Coghlan, will take the sketch over and is arranging a route with the West- ern Vaudeville Association. Dan Gest (brother of Morris Gest), will produce "The Pass Word," a dra- matic play by Rudolf De Kordouva, which had a run in London. He pro- poses to produce it in four weeks with Louise Rendorff as the leading woman. Poynter ft Bowers, consisting of Beulah Poynter and John Bowers, pro- ducers of "The Hoosier Schoolmaster," have filed a petion in bankruptcy, plac- ing their liabilities at $1,567, and assets unknown. "For the Love of Mike," is all set for a spring tour. John Nicholson has organized a company to play this farce with music, opening April 5 at Newton, N. J. M. W. Kellher is ahead of the troupe. Jack Norworth contemplates produc- ing an act in London, along the lines of "The Old Soldier Fiddlers." He has secured eight musicians from the Soldiers' Home in England for the purpose. "To-night's the Night" opened at Providence last night (Thursday) and goes to the Shubert, Boston, Monday. Wilfred Seagram has replaced George Grossmith, while Allison Skipworth plays the role of Gladys Humfrey. The Cunninghams (Bob and Daisy), and Harry Grace, who have been prin- cipals with the late Parker company, have organized a comedy company of their own and will play the middle west during the summer. Pictures and vaudeville will make up the program. The injunction suit brought against Manager Fish of the Walnut street theatre, Cincinnati, by Rafferty & Lait to restrain Fish from putting out paper not starring Emma Bunting, was settled out of court when Fish furn- ished new paper displaying the prin- cipal's name prominently. The Globe, Philadelphia, closes its /audeville season April 10, starting a picture policy April 12. The Jefferson, Auburn, N. Y., stops vaudeville April 17, opening with stock April 19. The Empire, North Adams, Mass., stops vaudeville for the season, April 10, commencing a feature picture policy the following Monday. "The Red Hate," which has Emmett Corrigan as its star, will have its first New York showing at the Palace next week. With Corrigan will appear Lil- lian Tucker, late of "The Show Shop"; Gilbert Clayton, Grant Lloyd and Wal- ter Price. The act opens in Sing Sing and the story of the act is told back- ward in the same manner the Kalich sketch is played at the Palace this week. April 5 has been labeled "Members Day" by the Professional Woman's League, on which date the League will hold a social at the club rooms, 1999 Rroadway. Susanne Westford Allen has prepared the program which will include a serio-comic sketch, "A War Wife," by Mrs. George Childs, with Amelia Summerville. The regular busi- ness meeting of the league will be held April 12 at 2 o'clock, with a luncheon at 1, conducted by Hostess Emmie Howard. Mason and Keeler had a hard trip into Winnipeg last week, barely making the town in time to appear for the Monday matinee at the Orpheum, in their sketch, "Married." In the early portion of the playlet Marguerite Keeler (Mrs. Homer B. Mason) is in s bed on the stage, supposedly asleep. When the cue to awaken arrived Mist Keeler slumbered on, having really fallen asleep. Her fatigue was such that when awakened by her husband, instead of picking up the lines, Miss Keeler exclaimed: "Homer, why don't you come to bed. I'm cold." A Chicago producer of girl acts had an amusing experience last week after he had advertised in the "Daily News" for chorus girls. The ad that he sent the paper read: "Wanted at Once— Twenty good ponies for musical com- edy." The newspaper placed the ad- vertisement under the classification of "Horses and Vehicles," with the result that the producer has had dozens of livery stable keepers and owners of ponies on his trail trying to interest him in horse flesh. He had ponies of- fered all the way from $25 to $300. One was a trick pony that could do 23 tricks. Another applicant stated that he had an Arabian fast pacing mare he wished to dispose of. The race track at Havana, where the Johnson-Willard fight is to be held April 5, can hold an untold number of people. One grandstand (a perma- nent one) seats 5,000. Another stand, now building, will seat 10,000. The race track is sunken about 18 feet below the level of the ground. On the bank this makes all the way around will be seats, with the ring placed in the cen- ter of the field enclosure. Havana has a population of around 400,000. Ten thousand are Americans. Prices of ad- mission to the fight have been set at from $3 to $25. Monday has been of- ficially declared a holiday in Havana. An estimate, made in New York, of the gate receipts for the fight, places them at between $100,000 and $130,000. William Riccardi, who left the Ma- rion Murray company at Syracuse, causing the act to cancel in order to replace him, denies he left Miss Mur- ray without notice. On the Monday opening at Syracuse, Mr. Riccardi says he gave notice he would leave in two weeks. The terms of his agreement with the sketch company, says the actor, provided he receive $2 weekly for sleeper. The sleeper jump to Syracuse was $1.50. Upon receiving his salary, Riccardi avers his sleeper fare was paid to him in that amount instead of the flat $2 weekly agreed upon. Disputing the amount, some words followed, according to his state- ment, whereupon he informed Miss Murray he would leave the company at once, to which Riccardi says she re- plied that would be agreeable.