Variety (August 1918)

VAUDEVILLE KEEPING UP VOLUNTEER SHOWS Free vaudeville bills are still being supplied to Liberty theatres in the can- tonments by the U. B. O. on the average of three weekly, either from the New York or Chicago offices or from territory adjacent to the camps. When volunteer bills were started early in the summer it was stated they would only be called on for a few weeks. Constant troop movements from the cantonments to embarkation camps has prevented the usual full complements being present for any length of time. Until the camps are again filled with men for training on this side there will probably be no resumption of vaudeville in which the acts are paid. The volunteer shows are provided with transportation and the expenses of the volunteers are defrayed. The admis- sion to the performances is 25 and 50 cents as formerly. Shows for which the Liberty the- atres will pay will probably be re- sumed in the fall. Bob Fisher (Fisher, Luky and Gor- don), stationed at the Naval Reserve Station, Pelham, N. Y., put on an entertainment for the 150 men of Draft Board No. 115 before they left for Camp Humphreys, Va., July 25. He was assisted by George Lane, formerly of the Telegraph Trio. At the Pelham Bay Naval Training Station July 24, through the U. B. O., staged by Jule Delmar: Ritter Bros., Eva Shirley, Bert Johnson and Co., La Belle and Lillian, Conroy and Stanton, Kalalhi's Hawaiians, Willie Solar, Burns and Lynn, Brown and Spencer, Harry Hines, Eddie Foy and Family and Venetian Gypsies. The indoor fete given in Clinton Hall, East Hampton, L. I., July 25, which had Mrs. William Maloncy, daughter of Judge McCall, directing the program, which was furnished by Joe Daly, of the U. B. O. While pic- tures made up most of the show the following acts appeared: Gallerini and Son. Charles Matthewson, William Symth and Rae Mann. The Loew Circuit gave a show July 26 for the' sailors in the Isolation Camp at Pelham Bay. Those who ap- peared were Loretta McDermott, Dixie Jazz Band, Herbert Brooks, Lew Cooper (assisted by Vandeveer), Dal- las, Hudson Sisters Ty Ling Sing. Recruits for the Navy when entering the Service and assigned to a training station, must spend the first three weeks in an isolation camp or "quar- antine." Jules Hurtig gave a vaudeville show for the benefit of the Red Cross last Saturday, in the schoolhouse near his home at Little Neck, L. I. The bill was composed of Lewis and Dody, Foster and Seamon, Conrad and Sea- mon, Loney Haskell, Haywood and Glasgow, Sylvia Webb, Lew Hilton and George Thomas. Harry Semon was ' stage manager. Acts donating their services for camp shows are as follows: Camp Dodge, July 25-27—Lindrudd Girls, Con- rad and Willing, Ruth Roden, Claire Hansen and Village Four, Artois Bros. Camp Grand, July 29-31.—Lindrudd Girls, Mack and Maybelle, Angel and Fuller, and Claire Jianson, Village Four. The only show given exclusively for uniformed men in New York on Sun- day, outside of the special perform- ance given hy various current attrac- tions, is the performance held each week at the Casino theatre. The per- formance is given under the auspices of the New York War Camp Commun- ity Service. The bill last Sunday con- sisted of the following: Felitte's Mon- keys, William Conrad, Dorothy Kenton, Kramer and Morton, Jo Toots and Tom, Antonia Griffin, Billy B. Van, Dave Ferguson, Roth Brothers, Judge Ben Lindsey, Wheeler Wadsworth, Frisco, Milt Collins, Marimba Band and the Glorias. Max Richart of the Western Vaude- ville Managers' Association, Chicago, arranged a big show for the Great Lakes last Friday. The acts donated their services and were Provo, Wil- son and Van, Fogarty and Foster, Frank Fay, Rector, Weber and Tal- bot, Margaret Edwards, Haskell and Friedman, Sid Lewis, Newhoff and Phelps, Wille Bros. Ben Piazza is the manager of this theater. A volunteer program for the bene- fit of the Red Cross was given through the United Booking Offices, arranged by Harry Mundorf, Friday evening, July 26. at the Atlantic Yacht Club, Sea Gate, Coney Island. Acts appear- ing were: Three Maxims, Orth and Cody, Rube Marquard, Jack Wilson and Co., Blossom Seeley and Co., Caites Bros., Lightner Sisters and Alexander, Mullen and Coogan, Potter and Hart- well. Columbia Base Hospital, July 25 (Jack Shea): Mildred' Delmonte, Metropolitan Ballet, Jennings and Por- man, Ben Welch, Betty Bergere, Deis and Daize, Claudie Coleman, Adolf Bolm Ballet, Soldier Fred Rose, Quinn and Rafferty. Through the United Booking Offices, with bill arranged by Harry Mundorf: At the Liberty theatre: Camp Meade, Md.. Aug. 1-4-—Clemenso Brothers, Lida McMillan. Rae Mann, Vera Sabina, Harry Crawford, W. S. Harvey. At the Liberty, Camp Upton, Thursday night, Aug. 1, only—Yalto Duo, Ethel Hopkins, Hickman Brothers, Miller and Lyle, Rose and Moon, Elida Morris, Adolphus and Co. and James J. Morton, announcer. On the "Recruit" in Union Square Tuesday night, through the Loew Cir- cuit, program arranged by Moe Schenck, assisted by Marvin Welt: Mollie King, Loretta McDermott, Bee Palmer, Lieut. Helen Rook, June Elvidge, Helen Morati, Flo and Ollie Walters, Dorothy Green, Gorman Brothers, Wheeler and Moran, Ben Linn, Lyrica. The artists appearing were entertained by Commander Mansfield in his quarters on the "Re- cruit," fitted up with furnishings from the "Vaterland." Following is the weekly programme of the War Hospital Entertainment Association: U. S. Marine Hospital, Staten Island, N. Y. Thursday, July 25: Mova Wil- liams, Jack Marley, Ritta Russell, Quinn and Rafferty. Pictures. Opening of Red Cross Building, U. S. General Hospital, Fox Hills, S. I., July 25: Irma Komlosy, Bob Miller, Muriel Window, Sandifer and Hendarson, Dorothy Kenton, Kelly and Pollock, Gardner and Lenton, Louise Myers, Sammy Levy, De Wolf Hopper. U. S. General Hospital, No. 1. July 26: Bolm Ballet, Mildred Delmonte, Sophie Tucker and Co., Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Ben Welch, Jennings and Dorman, Deas and Dazis, Betty Ber- BD0Kl l N0PLACETo Gd It GODS- SUAsZ* O0ST AVa/ODDof THANKS fOOMTIIt ACTsmmtstovicE gere, Morton and Mayo, Wallace and Duvall. Pictures. Pelham Bay Training Station, July 29: Fisher and Lane, Wadsworth and Arden, Baby Roslyn and Sister, Pais- ley Noon, Uus Edwards Song Review, Olga Cook, Villani, Hickson and Gay- nor, Bruce Morgan and Girls. U. S. General Hospital, Hoboken: Nicola Thomas, Buddy Walker, Lillian Bradley, Morton and Maijo, Delmore and Loewy, Hunter, Chic and Hunter. Pictures. U. S. General Aeronautical Hospital, Garden City, L. I., July 31: Metropoli- tan Opera Ballet, Bob Miller, Jennings and Dorman, Muriel Window, Ben Welch, May West, Paisley Noon, Mol- lie King, Al Wilson, Deas and Dazis, W. J. (Ragtime) Rcilly. The nine act bill for Camp Mills, L. I., Tuesday night, was postponed on account of the heavy rain. Several acts had gone to the camp in advance of the show. Loney Haskell, Sam Harris and Eva Shirley appeared for the Hospital for Cripples at 23rd Street and Fourth avenue, Tuesday night. COSTUMES WANTED. In order for the American soldiers in France to give their theatrical entertainments they must have cos- tumes, and these are not to be had since the war began. It has become necessary to send costumes "Over There" to meet the needs of the boys. Recently, through the courtesy of the Messrs. Shubert, A. H. Woods, Gus Hill, Elliot, Comstock & Gest, Joseph Riter, George H. Nicolai, William Hep- ner, Guttenberg's Sons, Oscar Berner and the New York Costume Company, America's Over There Theatre League was enabled to send 20 trunks of costumes and wigs to France for use in the different camps. All- managers, costumers and actors who have costumes, shoes and wigs which they can spare would be doing their country a service in donating them to the soldiers. Minstrel and character costumes, as well as those of the dinerent nations, are especially desired. All persons who find that they have anything to give to this cause can communicate with America's Over There Theatre League in the Little theatre, 240 West 44th street, and if any one cannot send his donation to the theatre the league will call for it. STOCKS CLOSING. San Francisco, July 31. The Bishop, Oakland, Cal., is dark. The stock company which had the house terminated engagement abrupt- ly during performance Sunday night and refunded money. No immediate policy has been an- nounced. SHOWS IN SAN FRANCISCO. San Francisco, July 31. "Look Pleasant" (Walter Catlett), second week at the Cort, closes this week. "Up in the Air" is to be at the Cort August 18 following five days on the road. Until it opens, the Cort will play pictures. JUDGMENTS. Judgment filed in the Couuty Clerk'a ofilet. The first name In that or the Judgment debtor, the Becond the Judgment eredltor, and the amount of Judgment. Arthur J. Ilorwlt/. S. I,. Joseph. $i?0">.70. Hurry Avkln - Urooklyn Heights K. R., $'Jl.7;t (eoHts). SATIHFIKI) .ll'IXJMENTS. E. Rny (,'oel/. — E<|ultahle Trii«t Co., 1227.00 K. K.iy (JoeU— \V«tuerbet ft Wood. $207.1$ (Apr. I:»/17 >. E Rny ()o«tz—A. Sulka ft C«„ |0ti.5ft (F«fe. V4/13).