Variety (January 1925)

Wednesday, January 7, 1W5 VARIETY 47 M/» OB 1T U A R Y >' KATE ELWQRE (Mr*. 8«m Wimarti«]i Ate Eainore, 49, on* of America'! oost comedian*, died at the Jl^odlBt Hoapltal, Indianapolis, HP to aa the reault or-«a abdomi> 1^ operation performed, two weeks K«vlouBiy. The actaress, wh-» in pri- ^l« nfe waa Mra.' tiJan Wllilams, ^ stricken while playing at the O^heum, L<o" Angeles, and was mlied to IjjidlanapollB to undergo thacoperatlon. from which she never gJlc6Tered. Her remains were cre- iied as'^per wlal) and bVbu^i, to Tock by her bwab^nd, who red 'Saturday. '' 'itlsa" fijteor* enlex:ed' Vbe' show I|yines4 via vaudeville 3Q years agp, i^pearlng with her sister May, who ce has appearad In other acts. ier Mveral yV9 in yapdeille Elinore Sisters, were starred the Stair & HavUn legit clr- In a series of. musical come- ^fis 1906 Miss minora met Sam tfUdliams. at that time dividing his Opie by teacbiiig school in Brook- .toy day and writing songs by t S^m "pronilsed to write \ a [e of special numbers for Kate, cemented the friendship. The i^lBoving- year they w^e married. jUter the marriage the Elinore era dissolved as a team, with • taking Sam as a professional er as weU as a marital one lONUMENTS I ECTEO ANYWHERC la til* WOSLO tar I VHE OLD on4 R^LLABLB I [AS. G. BLAKE CO. I IM..IA SiUle BCtm* .CUICAAO Dd for FiM BooM*!. "M^^OjMKtmt' they . have appeared together since with the exception of a ipstances where Miss Blinore ed ip; musical comedy. Among of the latter in which she ed were "l^aughlar Marietta," Aboard" and several Winter ii productions. pr to being stricken Misf Ell- had been appearing with Sam ms, her husband, "In "House ting," a skit cullied from a pre- Muslo Box Revue," au- l^red by Edwin Burk^ and the late Mupy Gray. fliany performers playing nearby iM scene of her death made the ||P. to attend the simple yet Im- ■JMUive funeral services held In iMUanapolis on New Tear's Day. I'lbe Rev. F. S. C. Wicks, pastCr J Souls Unitarian Church, the funeral sermon " with quotation from Shakespeare: Toa LJke It": I the world's a stage and all men and women merely play- They have their exits uid their nces, and one man In his time s many parts." he 4:Qrtain has fallen—the play pi ended," he fald. ."Kate Blinore lu made her ekit with the plaudits ber delighted audience. Behind it curtain the tears fall, for tha Ights shall know her no more. TightS ^Silk Opera Hose and SMxdotfss Ara Our Spscialtias QUALITY the BEST and > PRICES ^hs LOWEST ^4 and Silver Broeadea. Tbeatrlcal Jfw»lr*. Spaaslea, etc. Gold and Sll- 'Jw Trlmmlnsa Wlta> Baarda and all «*oda ThaatrlcaL Samplaa npoo ra- iSaat. i. J. WYLE & BROS.Jnc. ,.^<8urc<>»norii to Slpcmao It Well) W-tO Baat t7tb Street Hmm Torh Shall w« not believe she hath but made her entrance upon another stage, there to play a fine part in the new lilfe as abe played a fine part in this life?" C. Roltare iSggleston, manager of Keith's, Indianapolis, and many Other theatrical folks attended Mrs. Williams in her last illness. MILTON HENRY HALL "^ Hilton Henry Holl, song writer and author of "Down Where the Cotton Blossoms Blow," died in Denver, Colo., Monday, Dec. 22, at the Denver General Hospital. Subsequently it developed that the once-famous song writer and tnln-, M MY BELOVED MOTHER My deareat frten^ and trueat pal . Who passed on Into HIa arms Saturday, December 13, \%H May her soul rest In peace, and the memory of her goodneaa and sweet- nesa ui>il(t and help me In the year* to come to achieve my deareat hope —to Uve and beooma aa s<kx1 a woman aa were you. My liother. Bleaaed are the pure in heart, far they aball aee God. BESSIE BROWNING MriT recent attack of diabetes. Priest- land was unable to staM the shock. Priestland bad been a showman all bis life. In earlier days he played heavies in traveling reper- toire shows and In stock. In later years h« was press representative for Iiol Solman. LASt summer he was appointed manager of the To- ronto baseb^l team, owned by Mr. Solman, and. this winter had been directing his efforts on behalf of Mr. Solman's many theatrical en- terprises. Priestland was a Shrlner and took an active Interest In Masonic affairs. He was also a member of the Elks. Mrs. Priestland survives ber bus- band. ■ --•■- strel man has been working as a dishwasher in Denver for the last 12 years, under the nom de plume "Frank Reynolds." Twenty years ago Hall was one pf the bright lights of the minstrel singing profession. He was a per- sonal friend of IjCW Dockstader and Al O. Fields, and was known, as one of the best tenors in the busi- ness. He wos bom in Jackson, Mich., (9 years ago. His song, "Down Where the Cot- ton Blossoms Blow," made him rich. Another' composition swelled the sum total of bl« wealth. He was known aa one of the most success- ful song writers of that day. And then,"for no treason that any of his friends c<Mll f«tbom, be sud- denly dropped 6ut of 'public life. Some said it was booze; tome otber things. At any rate, twelve years ago he came to Denver, gave bis name as 'TPrank Reynolds," and obtained employment at the Oxford Hotel as a dishwasher. He kept the Job up to the time of bis last 111- nensf Four personal friends in Denver, among them the proprietor of the la F«ad maA l/ovla* Memory af Mgr SUtor KATE ELINORE Who Paaaed Away Baddanly December >1, ltS4 May Her Seal Rest tai Peace HAT ELIKOSE with Deepeat Resreta at the Paaalns Away of My Biater-ln-iaw KATE ELINORE BOBERT TBANCKDrS hotel, knew the truth about the strange old. disbwaaher. But they respected his secret and kept their own counseL His only recreation, apparently, was to attend the min- strel shows that occasionally came to the city. For d<^s after such a visit he would be more voluble than was bis custom, talking of the old days of minstrelsy apd comparing present day efforis With those of other times. Later he would re- lapse Into is customary taciturnity. He was buried In Crown Hill Cemetery, of Denver. FRANK PRIESTLAND Frank Priestland, widely known theatrical man and formerly man- ager of His Majesty's theatre, Montreal, Can., died in a hospital at Kingston, Ont., following an automobile accident. Mr. Priestland was on his way home to Toronto and was driving alonle. He was found trying to ex- tricate himself from the wreckage some hours after tho accident. Rushed t'o the hospital at Kings- ton, but greatly weakened by a EUMANN TENT & AWNING CO. ^« North May Street CHICAGO Phona Haymarket 2715 SSfN^vrL^ TENTS AND BANNERS TENTS AND CIRCOS SEATS FOR RENT ERNEST SCHUTES Ernest Schutes, <5. veteran le- gitimate . and stock manager, died Dec. 22 in New York City after an illness of several months. For the past two years he had been associ- ated with Sam Taylor In the man- agement of the stock company at the Warburton. Tonkers, N.- Y. Mr. Schutes was bqrn in San Francisco, and at an early age en- tered the managerial end of show business. For many years he was associated with Henry W. Savage and after that managed the com- panies of Chauncey Olcott, Fiske O'Hara and other stars for Augustus TO THE MEMORY OF My Beloved Wife KATE ELINORE Who Departed This Ufa December 31, 1924 at 1:40 A. M. SAM WILUAMS PROBABLE HGHT WINNERS ■ ti T*i* AND FSOPEB ODDS By Con Conway Wednesday, Jan. 7 BOUT. WINNER. ODDS. Mike McTigue vs. Mickey Walker Walker 6—6 , <:;''.»'...•'/ Thursday, Jan. 8 • X ,' •*■ ;;*-.!. (Boston) Jack Sharkey vs. Jack De Mave.~Sharkey •—K Joe Glick vs. Bobby Garcia Garcia even Jack McVey vs. Vic Hlrsch McVey 2—1 Friday, Jan. 9 Jack Bernstein vs. Tommy O'Brien Bernstein >—B Mat PinAis vs. Buddy Taylor Taylor 2—1 Harold Smith vs. Jack Snyder Smith even Record to Date SELECTIONS—7. WINNERS—5. DRAWS—0. LOST—2. 1 • I < ^—1-»^,» KAPLAN WINS FEATHER CROWN Meriden Kid Stops Daiiny Kramer in Ninth '•,■.■ 3y Jack FalaBki .•;*• MI FIASCO ' . . •• .- - —-I • . ; V*: abor Comm. Making In-^ quiries—-Ehrivors, Band, Etc., Unpaid Pltou. Few men In the country bad as varied and Intensive experience with traveling rofid shows of 9very description. A widow survives. FRANK-Mcr^iSH . Frank McNlsb. 71. veteran min- strel and vaudevlllian, died at the Engelwood Hospital. Chicago, Dec. 27, as the result of a paralytic stroke. He was one of the most famous minstrels this country baa «ver Renown. ! Born in Camden, N. T., Dec. 14, 1863, he began bis theatrical career at 20. He had toured with the best known minstrel organizations of the country Including Hi Henry's, Al O. Fields, Primrose and West and latar formed an organi2ation of bis own with which he toured for years. When minstrelsy's popularity be- gan to wane be entered vaudeville originating "Slleoea and Fun" which he had continued to use until bis death. Funeral arrangements were taken charge <tf by the Chicago branch of tha N. V. A. ^« hare the ■•Mad-Haa* T«Ato aad Baaaen. ELVIRA LEVERONI invlra Lieyeronl, opera singer and former mezzo-soprano of the Bos- ton Opera Co., died Dec. 27 at the home of ber sister, Mrs. A. A. Bad- arraoo. In Brookline, Mass. She "CHIQUITA" til* It TC^r old doK of KATE £LIN0RE Chloroformad ahortly followins bar death was born of Genoese parents, who came to Boston • to reside. After studying In Naples ber first fame came there 14 years ago when she made her debut before tbe King of Italy. Two years ago Mme. I/everoni was divorced by Dr. Leon A. Stolz, who charged that the singer had deserted blm 10 months after their marriage, which took place in 1916. Louis Kid Kaplart put Meridieil, Conn., on the pugilistic map. last Friday night at the Garden when he stopped Danny Kramer, of Philai^lpbia, half way through the ninth round of the match io decide the world's teatherwelgbC' championship vacated by Johnny Dundee, The portsider from the Quaker Village was badly cut about the face, his right eye being -slashed. Danny was blind and un- able to protect himself and the towel was flung into the ring. That meant a technical knockout in fa- vor of Kaplan. Kramer could not have continued and bad his sec- onds not acted, the referee surely would have stopped tha fight. It was a slashing bout between two sluggers, who earned the right to contest fOr the title by winning their elimination bouts. Kaplan entered the ring favored 7 to 6 In the betting, which bad been slightly backed down from ttie first odds quoted. There was no doubt about the Connecticut youth being best He won all the way on points. The new champion is a colorful fighter and due to maintain inter- est in that division as did Dun- dee before him, because Kaplan is a miniature Harry Qreb, always boring in and flailing with both- arms. He is, however, a more ef- fective puncher than the middle- weight king. The kid was never in danger. He took severe body pun- ishment in the early rounds. That led him to crouch, but he managed to reach Kramer's face frequently and one time bowled over Philly's contender. That mlgbt have been a slip, as Danny hopped to his feet immediately. Kaplan was repeatedly warned for rough work. Sometimes the Merldlen mauler • held Kramer around the neck with his left while he socked With the right. During the rounds be was duck- ing there were a number of foul blows, though they did not buri Kramer. * However, when Kaplan persisted In Qreb tactics, the r«f- (Contlnued on page 17) Los Angeles, 7aB. f; '... More trouble has crept up fot George Bentel, former general man- ager of the Morosco holding com- pany, and the, Ascor, Speedway Association because of the flasco ol its Thanlugiving Tacing program. ' The Huntington Park MuniclpcU Band came fortb with tha asser- tion it did not get 1260 for supply- ing the music during the races that day \nd James E. Sheehan, who describes himself as a scout, claims that h« was not paid $116 for rounding, up tSie drivers for the raoe. Both complaints were made to Deputy Labor Commissioner tiowy, who ordered that Bentel ap- pear before him this week and «z- plaln. Bentel later this month will have to answer to a charge of ifraudulent advertising of tha race, preferred agaln^ him and seTeral lassociates by the Better Dustntas Men's Bureau of the Los Angeles Advertising Club. Bentel will also iunr* to «xp1aln in anotber tribunal what h .ppened to a $40,000 check he showed the drivers before the race that failed to materialize to pay tber.. off. Frank Hogland, owner of the Grand, has been served with notice by the city authorities to take action toward razing that building. A to- day limit was specified In the no- tice, but Mr. Hogland has not made any announcement of his plans. JOE BREN Production Co. NOW LOCATED IN OlHl NIIW OVriCKB loeo-ieie Oairlek Theatra Balldia* Chleace, m. SCENERY D U kmtmt Df*. OH er Walee Oalaw icwaix. scKific ariTDio raieMhas o. CHICAGO owncm DOT STEWART (Mrs. Jack Shutta) •Dot" Stewart (Mrs. Jack Shutta) died Dec. 26 at Farley's Sanitarium, Liberty, N. T. Burial was at Chi- cago, In the family plot. Miss Stewart was well known in musical comedy circles, having for- merly appeared In White's "Scan- dals," "Passing Show of 1122," and made ber last vaudeville appear- ance with Conroy and Le Maire In the revival of their old act. The deceased was 25, and thp (Continued on page '2)|j.. <^. CALL! SECOND ANNUAL BANQUET and BALL rjCHIGAN OUTDOOR SHOWMAN'S ASSN. BOOK CADILLAC HOTEL 'Detroit, Mich. THURSDAY, JANUARY ISTH, 8 P. M. $5 PER PLATE MAKE RESERVATION NOW! Address MHIGAN OUTDOOR SHOWMAN'S ASSN. 13 W. Congress Street, Detroit, Mich. Phone Main 2539