Variety (October 1916)

VARIETY i ■ ■ Trada Mafic Itgtetm* PaMlahftd Wt«Uy by VARIETY, Inc. HUB 8TLVZ1MAH. TntUmt TbMt M«v T«h A DV MMTi Mm awn AdvertfsUf easy tor sanest IssMirlll *• V— tt s? auO C35* ■••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••a «! •last suttee at Haw Tatfc STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP. MAN- AGEMENT. CIRCULATION, ETd, RE- QUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24. 1912, Of Variety, published weekly at New York, N. Y„ for October L 1916. ss. SUte of New York 1 .. County of New York ( Sl Before me, a Commissioner of Deeds, in and for the state and county aforesaid, personally appeared John J. O'Connor, who, having been duly sworn, according to law, deposes and says that he is the business manager of Variety, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of tha. ownership, management, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24. 1912, embodied in Section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: L That Ihe names and addreases of the pub- lisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, Variety, Inc., 1536 Broadway, New York City. Editor, Sime Silverman, 1536 Broadway, New York CUy. Managing Editor, none. Business Manager, John J. O'Connor, 1536 Broadway, New York City. 2. That the ownera are: Variety, Inc., 1536 Broadway. New York City; Sime Silverman, 1536 Broadway, New York City. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mortgagee, or other securities are: None. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giv- ing the namea of the ownera, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockhloders and security holders aa they appear upon the books of the company, but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appeara upon the books of the company aa trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said,, two. Paragraphs contain st«ttmcni; em- bracing "affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than aa so stated by him. 5. That the average number of copiea of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid eub- acribera during the six months preceding the date ahown above is (This information ia required from daily publication a only.) JOHN J. O'CONNOR, Business Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th (Seal) ETHEL McPUGH. (My commission spires Nov. 17, 1916.) Vol. XLIV. No. 6 Fire in the Majestic, Peoria, 111., last week did $20,000 damage. Mattis Newton, wife of Billy New- ton, was operated upon for appendicitis this week at the Polyclinic Hospital. Francis Martin has succeeded Mae Corcoran as treasurer of the Bronx, with Arthur Bauman his assistant. Harold S. Franklin, of the Lyric, Buf- falo, says the Family, Buffalo, has been leased to the Citizen's Theatre Co. Creasy and Dayne will play a new sketch when opening at the Majestic, Chicago, Oct. 16. Arthur Dunn is now with the Beau- mont Sisters, in "Props," taking the former Billy B. Van role. Proctor's 23rd St when reopening with vaudeville will have a union stage crew. The proposed stock for the Warbur- ton, Yonkers, has been indefinitely post- poned. Billy Allen, stage manager of the Hamilton, has been operated upon in the Post-graduate Hospital. "Dcr Tolly Dolly? a Viennese light opera has been placed in rehearsal by S. Rachmann and will be shown at the Yorkville by the German Stock Co. Vera Dorio, the English actress, ar- rived Saturday and proceeded to Pitts- burgh, where she opened in "So Long Letty." The mother of Helen Livingston is anxious to near from her. She was last heard from in 1913 when a member of the Evelyn Nesbit road show. .Cornelius Keeney, formerly manager of the Hippodrome, Reading, Pa., has been installed in a similar capacity at JP. S. Moss* Jefferson. Mrs. Jock McKay, writing to friends in New York, says her husband is in London. He was reported to have been killed at the British front A two-act formed not so long ago will shortly wander beneath orange blossoms, it is rumored, for a perpetual partnership. Mrs. Frank H. Wilson, wife of one of the Wilson Bros., has been taken to the Henrotin Hospital, Chicago, to be operated upon. Walter Weems, after a remarkable successful stay in Australia, expects to leave there about New Year's for this side. Hugh Herbert is playing again, this week at the Bushwick, Brooklyn,' after recovery from an operation in Phila- delphia. John Dilson, of the Poli stock, New Haven, makes claim to being a miracle man. Mr. Dilson avers that in 15 years he has never received a collect telegram from an agent Daisy Jerome, on her way to this country, stopped off at Honolulu, sail- ing from there Oct 4 on the "Wil- helmina" for San Francisco, en route to New York. Charlie Grapewin placed several bets c&ily in the eprin tt * oa -the -J}ro<y-kiyft~ to win the National League pennant. He got odds all the way from two to five to one. Harry Tate's "Fishing," with Jack Tait, opens next week. "Motoring," the other Tate act over here, has Harry Stevens in the lead. The Bos- tocks are booking the turns. Hugh Mcintosh is sending on tour in the Antipodes a specialty show with Horace Goldin. Others are Bill Pruitt, Minetti and Sidelli, Margaret Jewell, Marie King Scott, Hayes and Crawford. "Anniversary Week" will happen next week at Loew's 7th Avenue and Warwick, Brooklyn. Eight acts will be uptown and six over the bridge for the special events. Sam Micals denies that his show on the Independent Burlesque Wheel is about to close. Jasper Johnson, the dusky hued at- tache of the Sheedy office, is experi- encing a change of heart lately and it is momentarily expected that he will do a "flop" to the Loew time. The Irish Fair at Madison Square Garden, opening Oct. 14, will use for the amusement portion 20 singing and "dumb" acts, supplied through Charles Bornhaupt The Alhambra, Middletown, N. Y., has been taken over by O. S. Hathaway from Wm. J. Goetz and by popular vote renamed the Show Shop. Filp features and burlesque is the reported policy. The Maurice Abrahams, mentioned in last week's Vajubtt as ill, is not the Abrahams of the Kalmar-Puck and Abrahams Consolidated Music Co. The latter is decidedly healthy, and reported upstate as a matrimonial candidate. McCauley's .theatre, Louisville, fam- ous in the south, has been modernized and will play legitimate attractions, be- ginning with the Geo. M. Cohan revue Oct 16. It will be managed by the McCauley heirs. De Vere and Atkes have been select- ing a company for "The Ingrate," which they will send out over the one nighters. If tfie show shows promise it may secure an International fran- chise. "His Brother's "Keeper*' is scheduled to open at Long Branch on Oct. 14. The show plays the following week in Atlantic City. No further time his been laid out for the attraction. Robert Edeson is the star. The Lambs Club is being quartered in the two upper floors at Keene's chop house. The old portion of the club- house is being remodeled, but it will be several months before the work is com- pleted and until then the entire build- ing is closed to members. Rehearsals on "Seremonde," the forthcoming Julia Arthur play, have been delayed on. account of the non- arrival of Mary Forbest the English actress, due to sail Oct. 11. Miss Forbes is second in cast importance to the star. All big time vaudeville houses in Greater New York will give two shows on election night, the first performance beginning at seven o'clock and the last .§t*I$Yfn. .Two_3.eti»_9.f ticjkets will be sold and the returns read between acts. The returns will probably be given at the smaller houses also. The Cort, New York, is to have Sun- day musical concerts, and recitals on afternoons not taken up by the current legitimate attraction. John J. Scholl has taken over the house for these af- fairs. Mme. Mariam Ardini will hold the first recital Nov. 5. New York Or- chestra Society has booked a number of Sunday evening dates. George Graff, Jr., has been engaged •by the \7*tcY*»»-,' £v*4hs - & -Say-is* - Music Co., and will join the lyrical staff of that firm this week, writing with Bert Grant, who heretofore connected his melodies with the compositions of Joe Young and Sam Lewis. Graff was formerly a writing partner of Ernest Ball. Harry Roches's claims against Rob- ert Raffin for alleged infringement of certain patents on stage apparatus have been disallowed by United States Judge Hand, who in his final decree declares most of Rochez's patent claims invalid and finds the Raffin device is not an in- fringement upon that owned by Rochez. Costs of the case were awarded against the complainant, Rochez. The National Vaudeville Artists' lease upon their new quarters at Broad- way and 48th street is for eight years. It gives possession of the entire third floor of the building, 51 feet on Broad- way and 140 feet on 48th street. Al- terations estimated to cost $20,000 will be made. The lease was negotiated through Nelson, Lee & Green, real estate agents. Sam Baerwits is introducing some- thing original on Broadway in the shape of an automatic stenographer, called a Stenotype. It's a machine operated by a girl and replaces the old system of book and pencil. The girl works the machine similar to a type- writer keyboard, but it records all the sounding consonants on a wide tape. The letters are transcribed from this to a regular letter head via the typewriter. The silver anniversary of the Brook- lyn Lodge No. 30 of the Theatrical Mechanics' Association will be cele- brated Oct. 9 at the Imperial Hall, Fulton street and Red Hook lane, Brooklyn. The lodge is one of the largest and most prosperous in the organization, and numbers among its members a majority of the Brooklyn managers who will contribute their support in the celebration of its 25th birthday. The festivities are scheduled to begin at 8 P. M. Tonight (Friday) the "35" Club will assemble in their quarters atop the Palace Cafe and pay homage to the returning officers of the 71st regiment who were active in theatricals prior to their departure for the Mexican border. The guests of honor include Capt. Ray Hodgdon, Sergeant Bill Woolfenden and Corporal Ray Kemp. The affair will be staged on elaborate lines with entertainment and "hot meat" and the assemblage will be gathered strictly on invitations. The "Oil Can" number from "Ayala" will be the featured anthem. Another chance for press agents. J. J. McDevitt, the Wilkes-Barre "million- aire for a day," who startled the country several years ago by coming to New York and putting Wilkes-Barre on the map, has broken loose again. "Mac" is coming to town again, and next Mon- day is the date of his advent. He has hired a special train from the Lehigh Valley R. R., and will bring his own political party with him. The party will number 100. and they will hold a con- vention in Madison Square Garden for the purpose of nominating "Mac" for the Presidency. Geo. Visser's ehlfslmentTn'flirnaVy"~ soon expires, when he will return to the United Booking Offices. Mr. Visser is now an expert signal man. He entered the navy three and one-half years ago, following a term of employ- ment under the late Phil F. Nash in the U. B. O. While M. S. Bentham's yacht. "Psyche V" was on temporary patrol duty with the squadron, an of- % . ficer and signal man were assigned tp each scout boat. When clambering over the side of Bentham's vessel the signal man saluted the_ya.chi'»L commo- dore with "Hello, Mr. Bentham,"' and Mike thought at first he had landed a new act for the Palace. . TOMMY'S TATTLES. By Thomas J. Gray. Scenery is getting so important these days that the scene painters are now being mentioned before the authors. Houdini and Willard ("The Man Who Grows") are about the only two vaudeville actors we have met re- cently who are not making phonograph records. Jim Morton (35) says he never went in moving pictures because they couldn't ffet a camera that would fit him. If it keeps up, film actors and actresses will soon be greeting each other something like this: "Good morning, have you incorporated your own company yet?"