Variety (July 1918)

BURLESQUE, BURLESQUE OPENINGS CABARET COLUMBIA WHEEL. AUGUST It). Columbia. N. Y., "Liberty Qlrls." Boston, ('nslno, "FolileB of tbe Day." Albany. Kmplre, "Star & Garter Show." Montreal, Gayoty. Sam. Ifowe. Syracuse, BaHtable. "Girls De Looks." Utlca. Lumherg, "Girls De Looks." Rochester, (or. Lew Kelly Show. Buffalo. Gayety. "Step Lively Girls." Toronto, Gayety, "Oh Girl." Detroit. Gayety. "Hip. Hip, Hurrah Olrls." Chlcano, Columbia, "Bostonlans." St. Louis. Gayety, Billy Watson. Kansas City, Gayety, "Golden Crooks." Omaha. Gayety, "Rose Sydell." Des Moines. "20th Century Maids." Chlrago, S, & G.. Ben Welch. Cincinnati. "Olympic, "Puss Puss." Dayton. Lyric, "Sight Seers." Toledo, Kmplre. "Hello America." Cleveland. Star, Al. Reeves. Youngstown. "Beauty Trust." Akron, "nrauty Trust." PlttuhurRh, Gayety. Hehraan Show. Washington. Gayety. "Million Dollar Dolls. Baltimore. Palace, "Roseland Girls." Philadelphia. People's. "Majesties." Jersey City. "Girls U. 8. A." Patcrson, ".Merry Rounders." Brooklyn. Casino "Maids of America." Bronx. "Cheer Up America." Waterhury. "Burlesque Wonder Show. Hartford. Grand, "Burlesque Review." Boston. Gayety. "Bowerys." Prov1'i»>nrH. "Sporting Widows. Bridgeport. Park. "Bon Ton Ulrla.'' Hurtlg & Seamons, Irwin's "Big Show. Philadelphia. Casino, Mollle WIlllamB. Newark. Kmplre. Harry Hastings. Brooklyn, Empire. Dave Marlon s Own Show. AMERICAN WHEEL. AUGUST in. "Social Follies. Star, Brooklyn. "Innocent Maids." Empire, Hoboken. "Parisian Flirts." Dlx. Wrightstown. N. J. "Mischief Makers." Bristol Bristol. Pa. % "Monte Carlo Glrl«," Trocadero Philadelphia. "Trail Hitters," Lyceum. Washington. "Olrls From .loyland," Gayety. Baltimore. "Follies of Pleasure." Penn Circuit. 'Charming Widows." Victoria, Pittsburgh. "Auto Girls." open. "Pennant Winners." Lyceum. Columbua. "Frolics of the N'lght," Gayety. Louisville. •Pacemakers. " Grand. Terre Haute. "Record Breakers," Standard. St. Louis. "Broadway HelleH." Century. Kansas City. "F'rench Froiios." Gayety. Sioux City. "World Beaters," Star, St. Paul. "Pirates." Gayety, Minneapolis. 'Grown-Up HablcB." Gayety, Milwaukee. 'Military Maids," Crown, Chicago. Pat White, Englewood, Chicago. "Hello Paree." Cadillac. Detroit "Tempters." Empire. Cleveland. "Speedway Girls," Garden. Buffalo. "Lid Llften^." Star. Toronto. o—«w Ed Rush'8 Show. "Paris by Night." Bavoy, Hamilton. ^. . ,^^ "Blue Birds." Armory, Dlnghamton. "Aviators." Majestic. Scranton. . "Midnight Maidens." Monday Bethlehem City , Tuesday. Easton: Majestic, Wllkesbarre. balance of week. v i#\ . nh..t«r •Orientals." Camden (Orst half) ;. Chester "Razzfc Dazzle lins." Philadelphia. ••Sfrls from the Follies,"" National Winter Garden, N. Y. „ , , "Americans." Gayety. Brooklyn. "High Flyers." New Bedford, ".lolly Girls." Howard, Boston. "Review of lOlS." Plaza, Sprlngfleld. "Mlk-a-Mlnute Girls," Olympla. New York. COLUMBIA'S OHIO SPUT. The Young.stown and Akron, O., stands, on the American Wheel last season, will be taken over the coming season bv the Columbia Wheel, which will play'its shows three days in each town. , A report during the week said there was some doubt whether the American would play the Follies in the Bronx next season, as recently announced. COLUMBIA CLOSES THIS WEEK. The Columbia on Broadway closes its summer season this week. "Hello, America" is the attraction. The clos- ing is «luc to the attack of neuritis suffered by Sam Lewis, of Lewis and Dody, the principal comedians with the Hurtig & Seamon show. The house played to around $4,500 last week, giving both show and the- atre a profit. The closing pleases neither the management of the pro- duction nor theatre. It will probably lead to the Columbia in future, on its summer runs, asking for a guarantee from the attraction that it will con- tinue until business necessitates a halt. No substitute could be secured for Lewis, who is a necessary part with his partner (Sam Dody) of the per- formance. Next season there will be two com- panies of "Hello, America," the summer attraction at the Columbia, one being sent to the coast by Hurtig & Seamon as a legitimate musical attraction. The current production will play over the Columbia Wheel in the regular way. NEW TOWNS IN CIRCUIT. One of the changes very likely on the Columbia burlesque circuit next fall may be that which will enable the shows to play one night stands at the Alhambra, Torrington, Vt., and Re- gent, Norwalk, Conn., with perhaps another stand decided upon for Wed- nesday following the Monday opening in Torrington and the Tuesday engage- ment in Norwalk. According to the arrangement the first show will open in those towns Aug. 19. _ HURTIG-SEAMON'S SIX. Hurtig & Seamon will have six attractions in burlesque next season, the new show added to the Columbia Wheel list being "Girls of the U. S. A." The titles of two shows have been changed. 'The Girls from Happyland" is now "The Midnight Maidens'* and the Sliding Billy Watson piece is changed to "The Burlesque Wonders." The other shows are "Hello, America," "Social Maids" and "Bowery Bur- lesquers." Under contract for the coming sea- son for the H. & S. shows are: Prim- rose Semon, Etta Pillard, Grace Ander- son, Ina Hayward, Kitty Glasco, Pam Lawrence, Libby Hart, Billie Hill, Edna Green, Stella Colbert, Margaret White, Buster Perry, Mable Blake, Sylvia Webb, Nellie Lockwood, Mildred Campbell, Audrey Clark, Loretta Fer- ris, Kose Duflin, George P. Murphy, Lewis and Dody, Billy Foster, Frank Harcourt, Lew Hilton, George Stone, Marty Semon, Eddie Aiken, Joseph Mitchell, Lee Hickman, Joe Rose, Arthur Conroy, John Bohman, Roy Peck, Charles Figg, Murphy and Adams, Niblo and Spencer, Shore and Lee, Edwins and Barbette and Lulu Coates and Picks. READING NOT IN CIRCUIT. No matter what happens to the lay- out of the American Burlesque circuit for next fall, Reading will not be on its list of towns. There are numerous reasons why the Saturday night book- ing heretofore allowed on the Penn week of the American has been lopped off. Just what town will get the Sat- urday night isn't settled. The American on the Penn week will continue to play McKeesport, Johnstown, Altoona and Harrisburg as formerly. UNING UP MANAGERS. Burlesque managers are getting lined up for the new season. Eddie Lester, with Hurtig & Seamon the fore part of last season, and who later switched to the "Darktown Follies" as business agent, signed again with H. & S. last week, with his show yet to be assigned. Lew Gilbert will manage Max Spie- gel's "Cheer Up, America," with Ben Fitchett in advance. James Weedon will again manage Spiegel's "Merry Rounders," with Frank Smith as agent. Harry Thompson will handle the Pat White Company, with Sam S. Clark as business agent. Another House in Rochester. The Columbia Amusement Co. will have a new house in Rochester, N. Y., next season, the present one being regarded as undesirable. The choice at present rests between two, with a selection to be made in the immediate future. The PUaa, seating 700 and new, is open at Freeport, L. I. The Portola Louvre, San Francisco, at present revue-less, will put on a show in about four weeks. Evelyn Keller opened for a special engagement at the Odeon, San Fran- cisc'o, last week. Marie Kavanaugh and J. Paul Ever- ett are the dancers atop The Ten Eyck, Albany, N. Y. There is a decided dearth of instru- mentalists in the cabaret field around San Francisco. Veronica, the toe dancer, returned to the Maxim revue last week, replacing Lucille, who temporarily engaged to appear there when Veronica left. The All American Cafe, Sacramento, has a revue. It is headed by Esco Ives and the Grattan Sisters, with a chorus of six girls. The St. Andrew Hotel is opeuing a Yama Yama Room July 10, with Ban- Joe Wallace's Orchestra and an open- ing course dinner at $4. The Palais Royal closed last Satur- day for the summer. It has had a big season, drawing much of its patronage from the exclusive sets. Midge Morrisson, formerly of the Waterson, Berlin and Snyder staff, and lately in vaudeville, has been added to the revue at Solari's, San Francisco. Ed Jackson, formerly of Murray and Jackson, has Dot Taylor as a partner at present, at Somer's Gardens, Coney Island. The Paradise Room of Reisenwe- ber's will have a revue when reopen- ing for the summer, also Mile. Bar- bado, announced as an East Indian dancer. Jean Martin, restaurateur, former proprietor of the Cafe Martin, died at his home, Broadway and 79th street. New York, June 20. Death was due to Bright's disease. E. G. Wood is producing a new re- vue for the Portola-Louvre, San Fran- cisco, which will open July 6. The show is said to be the biggest ever produced in a cafe in San Francisco. Since Fanchon and Marco have taken charge of the entertainment in the Pavo Real Room, at Tait's, San Fran- cisco, the place is crowded nightly. A professional night is given Friday each week. Jack White, Heinie Zimmerman's chief rooter at the Polo Grounds, is working at Smith's Cabaret, Rockaway Beach, where he's batting at 1000 and scoring more laughs than he does on the old ball field. The Chicago Arena is now turned into a cabaret. Gus Edwards has started to work on a show for it. The name has been changed to Arena Polar Grove and will have a large dance floor and restaurant. Admission will be one dollar. Henderson's, Coney Island, has de- cided upon no revue for this summer. The bad weather break for the beaches has left the Coney Island concession- aires perplexed about their next rent day, which is July 5. It will have to be some 4th for Coney to pull them out. Marigold Gardens, Chicago, opened last week with its annual summci show. A girl revue has been produced by Edward Beck. It includes Muriel DeForest, Lillian DeForrest, Beth Stan- ley, Gladys BagUy, Gladys Caldwell, Grace Hayes. Ralph Foote directs the orchestra. The Ross-Fenton Farm at Deal, N. J., is now solely owned by Mabel Fen- ton, widow of the late Charles J. Ross. A half interest in the property was held by a third party. Mrs. Ross, fol- lowing the death of her husband, is reported to have paid about $25,000 for the half interest. La Estrelita, Spanish dancer, closed her engagement at Taits, San Fran- cisco rather abruptly last week. The reason given for the sudden termina- tion of her contract is that she ap- peared late one evening and an ar- gument ensued. Indications are that the management were on a wary look- out for just such an opportunity to conclude her engagement. The Hotel Champlain at Bluff Point, N. Y. (Plattsburgh), is open for the season. It's one of the best man- aged summer places in the woods, and again has G. Mercedante's Orchestra to dance by. Mercedante's has been a musical organization for 26 years and is better than ever. It's one of those dance bands Fifth ave- nue would like to get and can't because it remains with its present hotel man- agement south and north, winter and summer. Ravinia Park, summer capital of the Chicago musical world, began its sea- son of grand opera this week. This company this year will include Claudia Muzio, Sophie Braslau, Mabel Garri- son, Cordelia Latham. Lucy Gates, Orville Harrold, Millo Picco, Leon Rothier, Francesco Daddi, Morgan Kingston, Louis Derman, Louis D'An- gelo, Graham Marr, Bianca Soroya, Enrico Banghi and Max Toft. Richard Gaheman and Gennaro Papi will be conductors. Last week was the final week of cabaret in Atlantic City and the cafes are now offering bills of extraordinary strength. Persistent rumors are to the effect the Director of Public Safety will exercise leniency in the enforcement of the ordinance prohibiting vaudeville in places of amusement where liquor is sold. W. Frank Sooy, the present en- cumbent of that important office, cast the only negative vote in the Board of Commissioners when the law was en- acted. This more than anything else leads to the alleged statement the law will not be enforced to the letter. It is stoutly denied by Director Sooy, who has proclaimed his intention of promptly punishing any violator of the ordinance. An aldermanic committee held a hearing upon a proposed resolution to place the cabarets under a license and in the theatrical class. While at first it was thought theatrical managers were behind the move, Al- derman Farley, who fathered it, said he received the idea when charged $13 for three rounds of drinks in a Broadway restaurant. There were five people in Alderman Farley|s party. The hearing was adjourned with no line on the out- come, but it won't be surprising if the cabarets arc obliged to take out limited licenses, relieving them of the Building Department regulations and restric- tions, but placing them under the supervision of the License Department, though that may not be immediate. The licensing proposal applies to res- taurants and hotels, only, giving cabaret performances.