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sK^ Thursday. Aiigiit U, 1928 !•* ■ VAUDEVILLE ss VARIETir'S iHIHR" TEU^ SARANAC NEWS ^^ Also Has Excuse to Stay Out Nights—Walter Percivars ^ Weekly Misspelling ^1v ^i CAMP "?<KXT-T'-CL.qflING" IN THE ADBRONDAKS Saranac Lake, N. Y.. Aug. 18. Editor Variety: -, . Your hirrin me as a choruspond* ent to herald the news of the proff. in these gloryous Advrondaks for your sheet has solved what to me was a great misterie it is, ^'-wit: 1 had allwuys ben puziled over the ^ct that $uye8 like Jack Lait— !t>amon Runyon—"Bugs" Baer and yourself ooud come into the Friars club at 2 a. : in the mornin when all the winners in the poker game had huit fone calls and had "paked ^p** or was winner enoft to make belief they had to go home to ther wifes and you afoUrsald news hounds coud come in and sit in the game at such a unholie hour and stick uiitill you was' sweept out witli the rest vl the rubish in the we small hrs. ^f the a. m. and not 1 of you WO- i get a fone call from your nirs.—i all ways guest t* at you had a bear of a alabte to squar yurselfeft with the "balls and chains" and now i am wise, to it. Grand. C«ii(timont •i. Y«ur alabie^ is without dout this ritters card like the ohe you cent me witch makes me a member of "the 4th. estalt" and from then on a ritters sole belongs to his sheet, (i explaned this creed of the pre^ to the Mrs. and she thinks such centimetit la grand) enyway i hav had 4 calls this wk. and each one was a call to cover a storie at nite for our sheets. i was takin a nap yesterday to kHic!^ up after a lo^ of hard nite ' ^ itork and i herd my mrs. tell my sisterin law "that now that i am A regeler staff ritter i had konsiter* able nite work to do." (aint that the cats after i had Joined a doz. 1 ]ogea and clubs for a stall so 1 ] ^ coud get out to do nite work and she wood not go for 1 of them ■tails no more and lepras at my wits end when you come along and fer- ^ nish me with this ritters card^witch ' lias proven the best alabie i ever had to do nite work. You see i hav Friar Paul Stevens who works lots of nites hisself re- hearsed so v^hen he has eny nite work to do and wants help he calls ujjr my mrs. on the fone and tells her ther is a peach of a storie al)Out to break over at his place or wher-, ever the nite work is to be done and i grab a not book and a pensil for a stall and of i go and no ques- tons are asked—so i will be sorrle to see my consignment as your Aderondak ritter come to a cloths now that Eddie Darling and Danny Simmons are throu torrin europ i will only hav time for t or 4 wkly. news letters befour tho mrs. and me ' get a call to come back and inter- taln the great American public of polit vaudeville. Enyway the New* l»r-To Wit:— John Golden, who has ben llvln •t the Lake Placid club and has ben a. most popular guest up to now. has ben foolish enoff to get himself into a peach of a jam as he has gone and formed a drama club among tlie club's guests and to give it class has told the croud that Prof. Baker of Harvard and Augustus Thomas had agreed tc •erv on a commitea with him to - pick out the ones who show promls In ther work and place them In proff. Co's. The 6ettin is C to 5 that poor John will hav to take it on the L^m in the dark of nite after the first per- formance when he singles out the ones iie thinks worth a'proff. chance an 8 members of his 1st. kast hav sed they only staid ofPin the proff. stage due to family objections. Robt. Hilliard has ben chump enoff to offer to play the parson In ther lat. produckshion which is to be •Thank You" b^ came up here to get over a attack of nervou.nness and from :i look your chonisponden had at u few of the dodie birds • who are to suport Hilliard he is do for a I >'l tp'^e « f the trubil which "^ brought iiim lo these ptoryous aderond;ik.>^. Elaif Janis arrives at I..akp Placid this vk. and is goin to give a con- cert at th** Agora theatre wiUi Dave Bernies band from the Steven*? House suj»i>lyinK the musir. Sara- nac Lake not to be outdonr- iiy Miss Janis has a musical nite »keduled with Irrnc Franklin doin n full eve- nin of her long rep of charakter songs and to arrange i^ cicle of songs tor A contemplated torr under the 41reetion of Wm. Morris the mayor •t Saranao Lake, her program i« to be augmented by Thomas Spencer the dandae dan of the Follies supplln the baritone voice for the occasslon and Roxey LaRoccathe harpist will appear In several numbers on the liarp to lend diversity to the pro- gram, this program will be In aid oC the Saranac Lake day nursery witch U the pet charity of Mrs. Wm. Morris Witch under her guidence has grown to huge proportions and has ben practicalie suported by lokal benefits given by t^e proff. artist friends of Mr. Morns. It Is Inter- esting to note that the first 39 dona- tions which went toward the founda- tion of this most worthy cause wer the donations of 89 Friars club mem- bers led by Friar Col, Walter Scott whos lokal charities hav endeared him to Saranac Lake in such a way that he has to sneak into town on his visits to keep from bein met by the lokal town band. 'MorrisVCofored B^ll Morris has taken in a lot of terrl- torle wher his charitie is concerned and is standin sponcer for a colored ball tc be Ueld friday of this wk. and is import in Dave Genero—of the old team of Genero and Bailey to stage a big fposial cake walk num- ber with the lokal colored help doih the struttin and ther is a popularitie contest for the most popular mem- ber of the high browns up her witch Is to be decided by the colored brethren castin votes for ther duskie belles at lOcts. per vote and the lokal dark boys are goio brok trin to gain the distinkshion for ther loves. your choruspondent has ben apolnted as the fall guy to judge the winner of the dance so I hav taken the matter up with the lokal chief of police and '.:c is to supply me with a kordan of his men and is goin tq hav the playful duskie brethren check all ther bart>ers playthings at tho main door still If you do not get my wkly. letter next wk. you can inform my redders how i met my dei-.lse. Jimmy Fallon of the vaudeville team of Brown and Fallen who wer one' of the outstandtn hits of the teams witch' wer the outgroth of the many boye, who got together wile memberj of regiments in the late war and who carried on in vaude- ville after the armlstls .hashed the misfortune to hav to call a retreat in his late battle for health for the past 3 yrs. up here he Is laid up for reinforcements still Jimmy tiT Irish and its a good bet he will gain kis objective once he gets his 2nd. wind and I feel certin he will come thrue a« befltin a good soldier. trusting that nothin goes rong at the Cakewalk and that i may be able to carrle on with my jurnallstlc en- devors as i reellse It wood be fatil to yur slrkulashion to hav me dis- iipolnt yur redders trustln this finds you the same I agin sighn miself Your Aderondak Ritter WALTER C. PERCIVAL (of Noel and Perclvai) HARRY HOLBROOK ^THE SINGING MARINE** Originator of operatic version of "Yes, We Have No Bananas." This piece of business is fully protected by Variety Protective Material De- partment and N. V. A. Oireetien HARRY FITZGERALD ^ 0. 20. ALL EDDIE FOT IBddle Foy and Family are re- h«irslng Willard Mack's "The Casey Girl." The music and lyrics are by Schwarts and Jerome. Eddie Fpy Is backing the produc- tion and also staging the book, put- ting on the numbers, including the dances. "And they say Vjan an old timer," says Eddie. BAINBSIDOE PATS-40% (Continued from page 1) States for 1922-23. It was by far the best stock season in local the- atrical history, and probably the best stock showing in the country. "In my opinion, it^all goes to show that there Is as large a public as ever—perhaps larger—for the spoken drama adequately presented at fair prices within the reach of every- body," says Mr, Ralnbrldge. "New York managers who decline to send their companies to Minne- apolis because they feel there has not been a sufflcient response by local theatregoers to certain of their past offerings, might find food for thought and reflection in this divi- dend. Perhaps the entire fault has not been with the Minneapolis pub- lic, which I find expects full value for its money in dramatic entertain- ment as well as in everything else, and which will not pay- excessive prices to see mediocre No. 2 road companies." And the best part of It. according to Mr. rjain!)ridge, Js that the pres- ent season's outlook is they best yet. All Indications, Including advanr<» season reservations and inquiries, point to greater rarniiigs than lasi year. "Yes. iruloed. the public still wants the spoken drama; Is more ea^f^r than ever for it/' d^rlates Mr Bain- brldge. CARNIVAL HOUTES K. Q. Bsrkoot Aug. IS. Flndlay. O.; 2*. Sf. Mary's; Sept. S. La Porte. Ind. Bay State Exiso. Shows Aug. IS, Plttsfield, Me.; 20. Porte- mouth, N. H. ,^ Cotton Beit Shovirs Aug. IS, Lone Oak. Tex.; 20. Sher- man; 27, Bowie; fiept. 8. Wichita Falls; 10, Ardmore. Okla. DeKreko Bros. Shows Aug. 18, Kenosha, Wis. Noble C. Fairly Shows Aug. 13, Knox City. Mo. Green City. John Francis Shows Aug. 18, El Dorado. Kan. Eureka; 27. Gushing. Okla. Great Patterson Shows Aug. 13, Ionia, Mich.; 20, Caro. Lachman Expo. Shows Aug. 13, Hastings. Neb. J. L. Landes Shows Aug. 18, Formoso. Kan.; 20. Logan (fair.) *• Bob Morton Aug. 18, Pensacola, Fla. i Nardar- Majoetio Shows ' Aug. IS. VIneland, N. J. Nat Reis^ Shows ' Aug. 18, Higglnsville. Mo.; 20. Sedalia; 27. Lawrence, Kan.; Sept. 3. Qttawa, Kan. Rubin & Cherry Aug. IS, Grand Rapids, Mich. Smith Grsstor Shows Aug. 18^ Vinton, Va. United Amusement Co. ^ Aug. 18, Bos well. Pa. West Shows Aug. 18, Pocomoke City, W. Va.; Aug. 20, .Salisbury, Md. OBrrUARY .» ■: ::.t.;f.i. ' /■■■ JOHN H. BLACKWOOD John H. Blackwood, veteran the- atlre manager and author, died in Los Angeles Aug. 10. after having hovered between life and death for over three weeks. His wife, who was estranged from him. was in constant attendance for more than two weeks. A superb tribMtu was paid to the memory of the late au- thor Monday, when several score of professionals of a decade ago and the present day attended the ser- vices for him. held under the aus- pices of Dr. R. Nlchol Smith, un old-time friend of the deceased. Black vood started his career a» a newspaper man and rose to be dramatic editor of the Washington "Times." He later was engaged by David Belasco to manage the tour of Mrs. Leslie Carter in "Zasa." Some years later he went to Los Anf?^les. where he operated a stock organization In opposition to the Morosco Interests, operating the Bela-Bco theatre. After a year he joined ranks with Moruvco and to- ge.ther they built the Liltle theatre, Los Angeles, which he managed for two years. During the earlier days of the Robertson-Cole organization Black- X ood was at the head of their pub- licity and advertising, later rfpre- dtfferent' I/ondon hou'^es. Including "Lord and Lady Algy." "A Message from Mars." "Dear Old Charlie." "Lad.v Huntsworth's Experiment" and "General John Regan." He was aUo greatly In demand as a pro- durer for other managements. His latest success was "Ambrose Applo- john's Ad\enture" .at the Savoy,, and immediately prior to his last* play he successfully revived "Jack Straw" at the Criterion. H? v^aa twice married, his second wife be- ing the Hon. Mrp Albert Petre. whom he married in 15*19 and wlio survives him. IN MKMOKY •t Our DEARLY DKLOVBD MOTHICIi MRS. J. H. YEISER Paaaed away Ausaat Tth at Npwmanstown, Pa. Af« CI ycara HELEN and JOSEPHINE TEIX senting the organization In Los An- geles. He was also for a time editor- in-chief and at the head of the Universal scenario department THOMAS J. FARRON . Thomas J. FarroQ, of the variety team of Baker and Parron. a popu- lar combmation of the '80s. died <a Buffalo Aug. 7. \Kc was 7S ye^rs old and had been out of the s{iow business for the last 20 years or so. Death followed a brief tliness and resulted from a complication of dis- ease.v. The other member of the toain v.as Pete Elaker, ''who died about six mpnths ago. The act was billed as "Chris and Lena." Baker was a singer of "Dutch" lullabies and a yodeller. and Farron was a delinestor of Irish soags. The combination was formed in 1870 and quickly rose to headline prominence in the leading variety houses of the period. During a series of London engagements the Prince of Wales (now King George of England) frequently attended the theatres they appeared in. Mr. Far- ron's wife. Jennie Re Id Farron; a daughter, Mrs. Charles J. Murray, and a son. Frank Farron, the latter a vaudeville single for several ycar.«<, survive. MRS. BONNIE ROBB ' Mrs. Bonnie Robb, former actrexs' and wife of Budd Robb. treasurer More rec«>nt!v he has been acting as of the Earl Carroll Theatre, died an 'fndr*ptei:;<3eut production and'Miles expert op consultation for a num- ber of producing and distributing organizations In Lon Angeles. The father of Jimmy Burke XBurke and Durkin) died Aug. IS while under ether In the Middle- town, N. Y., hospital where he was being operated on for abdoniinal trouble. 20, 22. 24, 20. 22. CIRCUS ROUTES Ringling Bros.-Barnum*Bailey Aug. 18. Spokane, Wash,;. 20-21. Seattle; 22, Tacoma; 2», Portland. Ore.; 24, Eugene; 25, Medford; J27. Chlco. Cal.; 28, Sacramento; 29, Pittsburgh; 30, Oakland; M-Sept 2, San Francisco. Sells Floto Aug. 18, Owensboro, Ky.{ Louisville; 21, 'Bedford, Ind.; Linton; 23, Mattoon,-. Ul.; Decatur; 26. Springfield. / Wallace Hagenbeck Aug. 18. Billings, Mont.; Sheridan, WyOi; 21, Entente; Scott'tf Bluff, Neb.; 23, Casper, Wy^l £4, Cheyenne; 25, Ft. Collins. John Robinson Aug. 18, Bucyrus. Mich.; 20, Jack- son; 21, Saginaw; 22, Mt. Pleasant; 23. Cadillac; 24, Petoskey; 25, Traverse City; 27, Manistee. Walter L. Main Aug. 18, Cairo. HI : 20. Fulton, Ky.; 21, Dyersburg, Tenn.: 22 Mays- fleld, Ky.; 28, Paducah; 24, Prince- tpn; 26, Henderson. Sparks Circus Aug. 18. Valparaiso, Ind.; 30, Kenosha, Wis. Golden Bros. Aug. 17, Deflance, O.; 18 Bowling Green. MARRIAGES Eleanor Toung to Dick White. In Chicago, last w^ek. Samuel Cohen, with Famous Players-Lasky, New York, and Eva H. Marks, publicity, Aug. 6, in New York city. Cdlloen Moore, film actreis, and John E. McCormlck, western repre- sentative of the First National Pic- tures, to be married Aug. 18 in Hollywood. IN AND OUT Polly Moran deputized Ia.st week at the Bushwick, Brooklyn,—£;.- Besslo Wynri. Raynor and Butler out of the Avenue B, New York, Monday, be- cause of Illness, replaced by the Caledonia Four. BIRTHS Mr. and MrM. (litz Rice, August 10 at the Lying In Hospital, New York, son. The father Is the song writer and vaudevillian. « . < Mrs^ Hannah Lewis, aged^ 64,. mother of the late Henry Lewis and Jack Adrlenne (Lewis), died Aug. 13. at her home, 1000 Union avenue, the Bronx. Although the cause of death was given as a general breakdown, it Is known she never recovered from the shd^c of her son's (Ilonry ^ewls) sudden death. Her Intimate friends believe that Mrs, Lewis really died of a broken heart. Aug. 8 at her home in Beechu^pt. L. I.' foUbwIng an operation. Her husband and two small chl1dr(*n suivlvc. The deceased was formerly In the Ziegfeld "Follies." BILLY VANDERVE^R Billy Vanderveer, aged 40, for many years connected as writer and pianist with Shapiro-Bernstein, music house, died Aug. 12 of cancer qf the stomach at the Vermont home of Bob Murphy (vaudeville) wltb whom he was spending his vacation. Billy's demise was not entirely unexpected. He was with the Sha- piro-Bernstein firm for- several years and In-that time contributed many of the house's song hitn. DOROTHY FOLLIS Dorothy Follls, wife of Karl K. Kitchen, special writer of the "World," died Wednesday at St. Luke's Hospital, New York, after a "brief Illness.' She returned from abroad only four weeks ago with her husband. Miss Follta maAe her first stage appearance with "Mary's ^^Limb" with Richard Carle at the New York theatre, and later was one of the original ••Follle.'j" bcau-=: ties. Later she plf.yed minor roles .n musfcal comedy and then aftK* a" period of study blossomed forth a'l an operatic prima donna and, a member of the Chicago Opera Co. Funeral services will t>e held to- morrow at All Angel's Protestanf Kplsropal Church at 81 st street and Wpst End avenue. Miss FoUis was 31 years of age. J^he was born in Newark, N. J., In 1892. Arthur Lincoln Sttteo, interior decorator, died Aug. 7 at (Jreenwich Inn, Sound Beach, aged 63. The de- ceased, who was connected with Ar- nold. Constable A Co., was well known In theatricals. - ' WILLIAM* H. SALT William H. Salt, old-time min- strel, died Aug. 12 at the home of his son in Brooklyn. Fifty years ago he was a member of tUe E. P. Christy Minstrels. He also appeared in vaudeville and for a time was a partner of Robert Hooley In a song and dance act. He was 71 years SIR CHARLES HAWTREY While tlie profession and his friends were congratulating them- selves on T. E. Dagnall's statement that the actor was only suflTering from a chill, he was actually dying of pneumonia, the end coming in London July 30. Up to a week be- fore he had been playing in "8end for Dr. O'Grady" at the Criterion, and a month previously he bad un- dergone the Steinach operation for the renewal of youth He was 66 years of age. He came of a well-known scholas- tic family and was educated at F'ton. Rugby and Oxford, making his first stage appeai'ance under the hom de theatre of "Mr. Banks** In Francis Burnand's play, "The Colonel." Three ywirs later he produced "The Private Secretary" on his own. Originally a failure when produced at the Prince of Wales, ha remaltie<l true to his faith in the comedy, tran.iferred it to the old CJIobe and saw It run there for 800 shows. It is still being annually revived aa<i has never gone off the road. He uroduced many successes at The mother of the Trlx Sisters (^lelen and Josephlntr) dk-d Aug. 7 at her home In Newmanstown. I'a. The daughters are In Paris. They came over here during the summer to visit their folks. KEVER HEARD OF EQUITY (Continued from page J > In the past he never did buvineso with Equity. This eeason he Is recrtilting his cast for a musical comedy entitled "Venus." which his wife. Myra Browr^ wrote and will be starre. in. Chorus girls are paid $20 to |L'6 a week by him and are obtained by a canva8.s of the small stores and ho- tels In western Pennsylvania, where clerks and waitresses are engaKt-d. Wintz operates a theatre in Kitait- ning, Pa., where he trains the chorus and rehearses his shows. During the summer season, when the shows are laying off. the men«- bers of hlw cast are taken to a farm he owns In Kltannlng, where they are boarded until the beginning of the season, with the cost of their ketp (l»«la(ted from ttl^lT Wn^ when working. The Novslty Clintons returned (» X«-w VorK tliiH v'ee'c on ;be "Levi*. Ihaii." * ■ The Strand, Pittston. Pa., p'a/- Itig <«)mbtnations, has culled ufT a'i lK.okiri«s for the present because m a bad ca\e-in o( a nearby coal vein