Variety (April 1916)

VARIETY 41 33E asK ■X I ,. r'L, BEST PLACES TO STOP AT LEONARD HICKS-HOTEL GRANT ft The Keystone of Hotel Hospitality OHIOAOO OFFERS SPECIAL WEEKLY RATES TO THE PROFESSION WHY NOT LIVE IN THE HEART OF CHICAGO? DAN I ClwlEN Northwest Corner 42d Street end 9th Avenue TWO BLOCKS WEST OF BROADWAY Telephone 1M2 Bryant NEW BUILDING 84 ROOM ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS SHOWER BATHS NEW YORK CITY ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF With Hot and Cold Running Water TELEPHONE IN EVERY ROOM EVERYTHING NEW PRICES $3.50, $4.00, $4.50 WEEKLY CAFE AND RESTAURANT A CALL WILL CONVINCE YOU 554 Tel. Bryant< 555 7S33 EThe Edmonds ONE BLOCK TO TIMES SQ. Furnished Apartments CATERING EXCLUSIVELY TO THE PROFESSION 776-78-80 EIGHTH AVENUE Between 47th end 48th Street* NEW YORK Private Bath end Phone in Each Apartment Office— 771 EIGHTH AVENUE HALF BLOCK FROM THE WHITE RATS THE ADELAIDE 754-758 EIGHTH AVE., B*t 46th and 47th St.. Bryant On* y*ch wet of Broadway S-4-S Room Apartas No enU Cosapletety Furnlahod for Housekeeping at Moderate Price* Steam Heat. Bath and Telephone in Each e but myself I* connected in any way with th MRS. GEORGE HIEGEL, Proprietor ATTENTION — PERFORMERS 101«t Street and Central Park West If you are tired of hotel life on the road, we can give you all the comforts of a home. Our property is located at 101 it St., 50 feet from Central Park t which makei it an ideal place for the summer. Sixth and Ninth Ave. El. Station is two minutes' walk, and takes you to your booking office in 15 minutes. Our buildings are modern, fireproof, with elevator, electric light, telephone in each apartment, tile bathrooms with shower.- and hardwood floors. Kitchens are completely equipped with all utensils necessary for housekeeping. Local Telephone calls five cents. 4 Room*, accommodating 4 people I12.M Weekly 8 Room*, accommodating 5 people 13.M Weekly • Rooms* accommodating • people lt.SS Weekly Office on Premise* 14 Weet Islet Street Tel. 5026 Riverside NEW YORK CITY JOHN MI LB ERG, Manager bouRc in which a school of music can be oonducted for those of limited means. "have Instructed Reeves to play all acts hold- ing Levey contracts. Tho Dert Levey Circuit has filed suit 8;alnst A. F. Recvrs, manager of the Audl- rlum, San Bernadlno, Cal., for the collec- tion of $700 back commissions and breach of oontract Since 1014 the Levey Circuit has Carried Reeves on Its books and had a con- tract to supply Reeves with acts until August, 1910. Lately Reeves Ignored the contract and went over to the W. V. M. A., leaving Levey to bear his tosses or take the matter Into Court, which he did and began by getting several attachments against Reeves. Inci- dentally, the Labor Commissioner was brought into th* matter and he Is said to The Orpheum management la exhibiting a pair of tickets which were Issued ten years ago and called for seats on the night of April 18th, 1910, which will be remembered as the date of the "big shnke" and which wns the beginning of the fire which nearly obliterated San Francisco from the map. One Mrs. Mildred Tralnor, like the rest, was nanlc stricken and forgot to save anything but the Orpheum tickets. Later she went to Port- land, Ore., to live and saved tho tickets as a memento of the catastrophe. Recently she vls- Ited San Francisco and in her trun* found the tickets which she presented at the box- Hotel Bradley RUSH AND EAST GRAND AVE. CHICAGO CATERINB TO THE BETTER CLASS OF THE PROFESSION WALKING DISTANCE OF ALL THEATRES ROOMS WITH BATH, $7, $8, $t, $1030 TWO ROOM SUITE, $14. THREE ROOM SUITE, $21 HIGH-CLASS RESTAURANT MODERATE PRICES ROBT. H. BORLAND, Manager Same Management Alexandria Hotel) Within Rooms with Private Bath $7.00 Week IN THE NEW, MODERN FIREPROOF NORMANDIE HOTEL 417-19 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE rHIPAflO IT f a three block, of Ten Largest Down-Town Theatres VniV/lUVj KLal*,. MARION APARTMENTS' 58 £gM- 1 Just off Broadway FURNISHED APART ENTS 1, 2, 3, and 4 Rooms, $3 and Upwards Complote Housekeeping Equipments. Telephone and Elevator Serriee. HOTEL ROLAND 56 East 59th Street NEW YORK CITY 2*9 Rooms Absolutely Fireproof Block from Grand Plaza and Fifth Avenue entrance to Central Park, 5 minutei' ride from Grand Central Station. Single rooms, private bath, $t weekly and upwards. Parlor, bedroom and private bath, $12 weekly end upwards. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE PROFESSION office. The management redeemed the tlcketH along with a premium of fifty renin as In- terest on her money. BOSTON. Ily LEJV LIlinKY. KEITH'S (Robert O. Larsen, mgr. ; agent, U. B. O.).—A bear of a bill. Lew Dockstader was better than on hln last appearance, and Mary Shaw In "The Dickey Bird" offered as neat a sketch a.s has been neen here for Homo time. Keller and Weir opened with excep- tional act; ParlHh and Peru, good: Derkln's dogs, good; Leo fleers, excellent; Roger Oray and Co., fine; Mme. Vera Sablna, closed well. Irene Franklin, headlined. BOSTON (Charles Harris, mgr.; agent, U. B. O.).-Chaplin's "Carmen" held over this week. Metro pictures being featured In past few weeks with big small time acts being used. HIPPODROME (R. O. Larsen, mgr.).— Dark. BOWDOIN (Al Somerbee, mgr.; agent, Loew).—Small time with special features. ORPHEUM (V. J. Morris, mgr.; agent, Loew).—Pop vaudeville. Excellent, although being cut slightly by come-back of Boston since retaken by the Keith Interests at the ex- piration of the Big T. Co. lease. ST. JAMES (Joseph Brcnnan, mgr.; agent, Loew).—Pop vaudeville. Heavy nights. GLOBE (Frank Meagher, mgr.; agent, Loew). —Pop vaudeville. GTood. BIJOU (Harry Oustln, mgr.; agent, U. B. O.).—Pictures. Oood. CORDON'S OLYMPIA (J. E. Cbmerford, mgr.).—Pop vaudeville. Excellent. SCOLLAY OLYMPIA (A. H. Malley, mgr.). —Pop vaudeville. Oood. PARK (Thomas D. Sorolre, mgr.).—Pic- tures. Excellent. Mornings being tried suc- cessfully. ORAND (Oeorge Magee, mgr.).—"The Smart Ret" opened Monday for a single week. May hold over If business warrants, otherwise Is expected to close. MAJESTIC (E. D. Smith, mgr.).—"The New Henrietta" opened for a single week's return engngement Monday night. Treanurer Frank Magrath's benefit made opening night cnpaclty. "The Only Olrl" booked for a re- turn next week. WILBUR (E. I). Smith, mgr.).—Louis Mnnn In "The Bubble" opened Monday night for a run. SIU'BERT (K. I) Smith, mgr.).—"A World of PlenHiire" picked up well with end of Lent. HOLMS STREET (Charlm .J. Rich, mgr). Mnudei Adams opened Monday night In "Tlw Little Minister" with nn overwhelming demand for "Peter Pan" matinee*, which will be tiirniiw;ivs. no matter how many nhe plays, linhrlnv from the Monday sale Ethel Barry- ?nore In "fiur Mr^ Mr('|iesn«-y" underlined for M;iv w f'fil.DN'IAF, rci.arleH .1. Rich. mgr.). "Watch Your Step" blew up suddenly last week. It* Easter week booking being given to