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VOL. X., NO. 8. 



MAY 2, 1908. 



PRICE TEN CENTS. 



PLAN ON FOOT TO ELIMINATE 
THE NO N-PRODUCT IVE AGENT 

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The Smaller Managers of the United Offices, Acting in 
Concert, Put a Premium on Enterprise and lnitiati ve 



The heyday of the agent whose sole 
function is that of "business representa- 
tive" of standard, established vaudeville 
acts, will be a thing of the past if a new 
movement, recently started in the United 
Booking Offices, proves successful. Al- 
though there has been no announcement 
to this effect, the managers in that asso- 
ciation, representing what is called "the 
smaller time," have come to what amounts 
to a working agreement covering the 
booking of attractions. These managers 
represent about thirty weeks, and one of 
the chief purposes of their coming to- 
gether in an organization within the 
United is to exert some control over the 
vaudeville producing agents. 

One method of bringing this about is 
their announced intention of holding out 
encouragement to the producer. Already 
several feature acts either in prospect or 
in preparation have been promised forty 
weeks' engagements conditional only upon 
their making good when they are pre- 
sented. 

"The scheme works this way," said an 
out-of-town manager this week: "Any 
agent who has an idea for an act can 
come to us and explain his plans. If we 
think well enongh of it we will tell him 
to go ahead, with the assurance that con- 
tracts for forty weeks will await the suc- 
cessful issue of his enterprise. 

"We smaller managers receive no spe- 
cial benefit from the non-productive agent. 
He may do the big managers some service 
in bringing high-priced 'name' acts from 
the legitimate into vaudeville, but we are 
not booking such attractions." 

The representatives of this smaller time 
are meeting twice a day at the United 
Offices. 



Waltz Dream," leaves the * company to- 
night and appears in vaudeville at Keith- 
Proctor's 125th Street Theatre on Monday. 
Several weeks around town may be ac- 
cepted by Mis* Brandt. Pat Casey se- 
cured her signature to a contract. 



KOLB AND DILL AT HAMMERSTEIN'S. 

Kolb and Dill, the German comedians, 
now touring in "Lonesome Town," may ap- 
pear at Hammers tein's May 25, the nego- 
tiations being conducted by Arthur Klein. 
All that stands between the comedians 
and the engagement is a difference of 
opinion as to the proper salary. William 
Hammerstein offers $1,000. They want 
$1,500. 



A WALTERS SKETCH. 

A sketch written by Eugene Walters 
will be presented at the Friars' Festival 
to be held at the New York Theatre on 
Thursday afternoon, May 14. Mike Simon 
will probably place the piece in vaudeville 
after its initial presentation. 

Sudden notoriety and favorable men- 
tion followed Mr. Walters' play, "Paid in 
Full," after its premier at the Astor, and 
another play from his pen, "The Wolf," 
is also having a New York run. 



SOPHIE BRANDT NEXT WEEK. 
Sophie Brandt, who lias been playing 
tlie Viennese orchestra conductress in "A 



CONNIE EDISS AT A FIGURE. 

IT the figure is struck which will ap- 
pease both the managers and Connie Ediss, 
Miss Ediss will play a little vaudeville 
after leaving "The Girl Behind the Coun- 
ter" at the Herald Square upon the close 
of its run there. 

Miss Ediss is an English comedienne 
who has not played in vaudeville on this 
side heretofore. She has an inflated opin- 
ion of her variety value, according to the 
managers, who arc waiting for a drop in 
the scale of the weekly stipend. Jcnic 
Jacobs will place Miss Ediss. if she plays 
"dates." 



MORRIS SENDS FOR BROTHER. 

Upon receipt of a cable last Sunday 
from his brother, William, now in Europe, 
Hugo Morris packed up his duds, sailing 
for England on Tuesday morning by the 
"Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse" 

Hugo was not aware of the reason for 
suddenly calling him across the pond. 
William Morris may have decided upon 
establishing a London branch of his book- 
ing agency, calling his brother to take 

charge of it temporarily at least. Will- 
iam Morris is expected to sail for home 
on May 0. 

In offers of time made artists this week 
by the Morris office for English engage- 
ments, twelve weeks have been tendered. 
Four of these were for the Moss-Stoll 
tiuie, «»..<! the other eight weeks were over 
the Barassford tour. Barassford has a 
house in Paris; also Brussels. 

Up to date Morris has booked fifteen 
American acts in England, and is said 
to have submitted a great many to the 
English managers. The connection with 
the Barassford tour must have been con- 
summated since Morris arrived in Lon- ■ 
don. 

No reports have been received of any 
booking of foreign acts made by Morris 
while on the other side for the William 
Morris Circuit next season. 

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K. & E. HAVE ALICE LLOYD. 

On Thursday Alice Lloyd, the English 
singing comedienne, entered into a con- 
tract with Klaw & Krlanger and F. Zieg- 
feW, Jr., under which Miss Lloyd is to be 
starred in a new musical comedy to be 
written around her. under the manage- 
ment of Mr. Ziegfeld, Jr.. and presented 
next November. The contract is for two 
vears. 

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Next week Miss Lloyd plays in Buffalo, 
closing her present vaudeville tour on 
June 14th at the Majestic. Chicago. She 
sails for home the last of August, return* 
ing in due time for rehearsals. 

Several offers were tendered Miss Lloyd 
for the legitimate, hut the one from Klaw 
A Krlanger received her acceptance. Pat 
Casey negotiated the preliminaries" 'be- 
tween the English artiste and Mr. Zie«. 
feld. 



FEARING FOR "SUNDAYS." ' 

Quite some apprehension is felt by man- 
agers that the decision to be handed down 
by the Appellate Division of the Supreme 
Court on the appeal in the Keith-Proctor 
injunction suit against the city, forbid- 
ding the police from interfering with a 
moving picture performance on Sunday, 
may be decided adversely, with possible 
serious consequences to the operators of 
Sabbath performances. 

The injunction was made permanent in 
the Supreme Court, but. appealed by the 
Corporation Counsel. Last Friday, while 
the argument was on before the full 
bench, an additional Section of the Penal 
Code was advanced as another bar to Sun- 
day entertainment. The city's counsel 
based his case on Section 265 of the Code, 
which contained what was said to be a 
vague phrasing, following a foreign sub- 
ject to theatricals, but reading "and any 
other show." 

The new section is 263, and forbids any 
labor on the Sabbath excepting of neces- 
sity or for charity. The point set up by 
Corporation Counsel Connolly was that 
though the moving picture exhibition did 
not come within the province of Section 
265, the men employed in and about the 
theatre were strictly covered by Section 
263, which prohibited labor. He claimed 
the offices of the ticket seller, stage hands, 
musicians, and so on were laborious ones. 

This was argued against by Maurice 
Goodman, for the Keith-Proctor firm, who 
secured the injunction originally. 

If the Appellate Division should upset 
the injunction or decide either section of 
the Penal Code is applicable to theatres 
permitting a Sunday performance, the 
Doull aldermanic ordinance, under which 
theatres are now operated, would become 
of no effect. The decision is expected in 
about ten days. 



TIMES HAVE CHANGED. 

London, spii' jo. 

The Koyal Counties Theatre. Kingston, 
will shelve dramatics for • while, awl 
announces an extended run uf vaudeville. 

The manager said tinn-s had changtd, 
and dramatic patrons came in swell car- 
riages and bluff motors to take scats in the 
jut — and sometimes in too gallery. 



VARIETY 



AMERICAN ORGANIZATION 

METHODS ABROAD. 

Martin Beck and Percy Q. Williams Go to Europe 
to Attend International Conference. 



Considerable secrecy surrounds the ap- 
proaching departure of Martin Beck for 
Europe. He sails on the "Amerika" May 
7. Reservations have been provided for 
both Mr. Beck and Percy Q. Williams on 
that date. Curiosity was enlivened this 
week by a cable received at the Mari- 
nelli office in New York, addressed to 
Charles Bornhaupt, the American repre- 
sentative of that agency. It is said to 
have come from the head of the firm, with 
instructions to watch closely the move- 
ments of Mr. Beck, and to sail for Europe 
on the same boat, which Mr. Bornhaupt 
will do. 

Those familiar with the conditions 
abroad know of a desire on the part of 
the managers of foreign music halls to 
unite on a scale approaching the organi- 
sation of vaudeville managers in this 
country, and in that way to perfect a 
working agreement with the large United 
circuit here. Many times this organiza- 
tion of interests abroad has been attempt- 
ed, but never brought to a successful is- 
sue. 

Two obstacles which have heretofore 
stood in the way of completing the plans 
outlined have now been overcome, follow- 
ing the line of suggestions made by Mr. 
Beck during his last continental tour, and 
he has been urged to hasten abroad to at- 
tend two large meetings reported as to be 
held the latter part of this month. One 
will be in Paris and the other in Berlin. 
They will be attended by every repre- 
sentative variety manager in Europe, ex- 
cepting those in London, who will be as- 
sembled at a separate meeting by Mr. 
Williams. 

The only opposition to this plan just 
now is said to come from the European 
agents, who are themselves more firmly 
entrenched than the continental managers. 



TAKE McNAUGHTONS ALSO. 
The McNaughtons have settled their 
future plans by placing themselves under 
•contract to Klaw & Erlanger and F. Zieg- 
feld, Jr., for a term of two years, during 
which time they will be featured in 
musical comedy productions on this side. 
The brothers sail for England late next 
month to return in October for their 
Broadway musical comedy debut. 



BUSH TEMPLE; STOCK COMEDY. 

Chicago, April 30. 

Will J. Block has secured the lease of 
the Bush Temple, a stock dramatic house 
for next season, and will install a musical 
comedy organization, with Dave Lewis, 
Frank Lalor and probably May De Sousa. 
The latter is a Chicago girl, now in 
Europe. 

The first piece will be "The Merry Kid- 
doo," written by Junie McCree. 



ROAD COMPANIES NEXT SEASON. 

The project to send out traveling road 
shows, composed of vaudeville acts, gotten 
up by artists, lias been abandoned for the 
remainder of this season, according to in- 



formation given out at one legitimate 
booking office this week. 

It was not thought advisable, it was 
said, to risk the success of the venture, 
by taking out shows at the tag end of the 
season, with the weather threatening 
prospects also. 

The same agency intimated plans were 
now being formed to develop the idea 
fully by the beginning of next season. 



"PRIMROSE ON B*WAY" OFF. 

The negotiations between Jos. Weber 
and George Primrose for the latter to oc- 
cupy the Broadway Music Hall at the 
ending of the Weber Company season 
there have fallen through. 

Mr. Primrose will return to vaudeville 
when he closes his minstrel show. 

Mr. Primrose opens in vaudeville on 
May 18th at the 125th Street Theatre. 



MAKES "HIP" SETTLE. 
Ida Fuller has settled her suit against 
the New York Hippodrome management 
for infringement of her patents on the 
fire effects used in her vaudeville act In 
the terms of the settlement the Hippo- 
drome people agree to acknowledge a debt 
to Miss Fuller, through a program note, 
and to pay a royalty. 



MAY TAKE FEMALE WRESTLER. 

During the summer on Hammerstein's 
Roof, there may appear Cora Livingston, 
a female wrestler, who has been appear- 
ing as the special attraction with "The 
Strolling Players/' a Western Burlesque 
Wheel show in Newark last week, meeting 
all comers (female) at each performance. 

William Hammerstein has heard of Miss 
Livingston and the drawing power her 
work on the mat is said to have furnished. 
The manager of the Roof is thinking over 
her worth as an aerial attraction. Some 
two years ago Mr. Hammerstein had a 
troupe of female wrestlers in the Victoria 
(indoors), but they were not sufficiently 
energetic to cause comment. 

Some of the episodes in Miss Living- 
ston's burlesque career this season on the 
stage have been reported as quite strenu« 
ous. 



ANOTHER "CHOOSER." 

Springfield, Mass., April 30. 

Keene and Adams, on the bill at the 
local Pojj| theatre, are exploiting a copy 
of the nmror effects used by Alice Lloyd. 

As far as is known the house manage- 
ment has not made any effort to inter- 
fere with the act in what is declared to 
be a clear case of piracy. 



CHANGES PLACE OF BEGINNING. 

The start of a trip over the Western 
States Managers' Association time, which 
has formerly been the Empire, San Fran- 
cisco, will more often hereafter be at Pan- 
tages' Theatre, Spokane, acts traveling 
from that point down into California. 

The Zarrow Trio, Gotham Comedy Four 
and Elmer have been booked on the cir- 
cuit, and will open in S'pokane. 



RIBALD VAUDEVILLE IN FRANCE. 

London, April 22. 

Upon her return from Paris, Yvette 
Guilbert expressed her opinion of vaude- 
ville as it is given in France just now 
through an interview. 

If some remarks ascribed to Madame 
Guilbert may be trusted, there is clearly 
some need in France just now for music 
hall reform. 

According to the accomplished diseuse, 
the variety stage in that country is in a 
very bad way. In the provincial towns 
the better class public has almost given 
up visiting the variety domains on ac- 
count of the improper character of so 
many of the ditties, and in certain towns 
in the south the riff-raff are masters. 

By way of illustrating this, Madame 
Guilbert mention that in one place a 
commissary and four policemen were 
posted behind the stage in order to pro- 
tect her from blackguards who had 
threatened her because she had refused 
to sing offensive songs of the kind they 
delighted in. 



"AMATEURS" FOR A WEEK. 
It was rumored this week that the Em- 
pire, Newark, N. J., playing Western 
Wheel Burlesques, would close for the 
season to-night. An agent who has been 
conspicuous in the handling of amateur 
nights in the city threatened to take the 
house next week if it were closed, and 
give a whole week of "amateur nights," 
with moving picture accompaniment. 



MARIE LLOYD TELLS HER AGE. 

London, April 20. 

Through some whim which isn't fully 
understood here, Marie Lloyd, in a half 
page advertisement in her favorite theat- 
rical paper, tells the dates of the several 
births of. her sisters and brothers. 

According to her own statement, Marie 
is the oldest. She was born on February 
12, 1870. Maudie is the youngest. 

The announcement is considered silly 
about town, and causes more laughter 
than interest. No one is particularly 
concerned. Most people have guessed the 
ages of all the Lloyds long ago. 



MORTON GIVES NOTICE. 

James J. Morton gave notice this week 
of his intention to leave "The Merry-Go- 
Round," playing at the Circle, and in 
which Mr. Morton was the chief comedian. 
His successor is now being looked for. 



VIRGINIA EARL IN "JOHNNIES" ACT. 

Chicago, April 30. 
Virginia Earl will appear at the Ma- 
jestic next week in her former "Johnnies" 
act. Miss Earl will play several weeks in 
the West with it. The booking was made 
by Al Sutherland of New York. 



MAUDE ALLEN WITH K. & E.? 

London, April 23. 

It is rumored here that Klaw & Erlang- 
er have placed Maude Allen, the dancer, 
who is the London sensation at present, 
under contract to appear in America next 
season in a production to be written 
p round her. 

The report ia readily believed. Marc 
Klaw, of the firm, has been over for some 
feme, and is said to have put the deal 
through. Large, tempting offers for an 
American appearance in vaudeville have 
been repeatedly refused by Miss Allen 
since her success at the Palace. 



NEW CONTRACT CLAUSE. 

The contracts now in use by the United 
Booking. Offices' managers contain a 
clause, emphasized upon the margin of 
the paper, as well. Upon signing the 
artist agrees that upon the violation of 
any of the provisions of the specific in- 
strument signed, all contracts then out- 
standing and held by him, from any or 
all managers booking through the United 
may be cancelled for the same reason. 

The discontinuance of "blanket" contract 
by\ the United, and the individual agree- 
ments now signed by managers, caused 
the insertion of the general cancellation 
clause. 






MINSTREL CONTRACTS OUT. 

Cohan & Harris this week handed out 
contracts to the principals of their forth- 
coming minstrel organization to be headed 
by George Evans. Those who were for- 
tunate enough to receive the documents 
include George Thatcher, Eddie Leonard, 
and Rice and Prevost. The salary list 
will, it is expected, run close to $4,000 a 
week. 



EMMA JANVIER'S REAPPEARANCE. 

On May 11 at the Fifth Avenue, Emma 
Janvier, the musical comedy singer, will 
reappear in vaudeville, placed by M. S. 
Bentham. 

Miss Janvier played in vaudeville last 
season, but did not enter New York city 
while so engaged. She will again become 
a "single singing act." 



HAS EUGENIE BLAIR. 

When the preliminaries have been prop- 
erly smoothed out, Eugenie Blair, a legiti- 
mate star, best known outside New York 
city, will play in vaudeville for the first 
time. 

Miss Blair has commissioned M. S. Ben- 
tham to make the vaudeville path glossy, 
and the agent is attending to it. Miss 
Blair will appear in a sketch. 



PLAYING ACTS ON PERCENTAGE. 

On the Bennett Circuit of moving pic- 
ture places in the Northwest vaudeville 
acts are now being played on a percentage 
basis. One act in a house is generally em- 
ployed weekly. 

A percentage splitting arrangement of 
the net or gross receipts is made, and so 
far, according to report, has proven satis- 
factory. The price of admission is five 
or ten cents. 



EBEN PLYMPTON WITH ZEFFIE TIL- 
BURY. 

A new recruit for the vaudevilles from 
the legitimate is Eben Plyinpton, who 
has been appearing recently with Will T. 
Hodge in Chicago in "The Man from 
Home." 

Plympton is best remembered in recent 
years as a member of the famous all-star 
cast at the Knickerbocker Theatre in a 
presentment of "Romeo and Juliet," in 
which he appeared as Mercutio, with 
Kyrle Bellew as Romeo, and Eleanor Rob- 
son, Juliet. Mr. Plympton will be assist- 
ed by Zeffie Tilbury, late leading woman 
for Nat Goodwin and 'Bud" Woodthropo, 
for many years Mr. Goodwin's stage man 
ager. Their offering will be a revival of 
one of Sardou's old masterpieces. 



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Vol. X. 



MAY 2. 



No. 8. 



Leo Carrillo is now in Los Angeles for 
the summer. 



The Grand Opera House, Indianapolis, 
closes May 23. 



The Auditorium, Chicago, will remain 
open all summer. 



The Mohawk, Schenectady, N. Y., closes 
to-night (Saturday). 



Vinie Henshaw will soon come forward 
with a new monologue. 



O'Rourke and Marie have signed with 
Bob Manchester for next season. 



Abe Feinburg has been promoted to the 
post of secretary to Chris O. Brown. 



Potter and Harris open on the Sullivan- 
Considine Circuit June 1 at Winnipeg. 



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fid. Gray sails for London next week, 
opening for four weeks at the Oxford. 



Niblo and Spencer and May Walsh have 
signed with Weber A Rush for next sea- 



Harry Bryant's company closes for the 
season at the Gayety, Milwaukee, next 
week. 



A. £. Johnson, lately with the Orpheum 
Circuit, is now with The Pat Casey 
Agency. 



Joe Kane will return to vaudeville after 
the close of the Rogers Brothers, using a 
new act. 



Bush and Elliott have received contracts 
for the United summer vaudeville time in 
the East. 



The Miles Stavordale Quintet sailed 
from Vancouver, B. C, for Australia on 
April 24. 



Walter Williams, a colored usher at 
Hammerstein's for the past four years, 
died this week. 



The Wintergarten, Berlin, may not close 
for its Bummer vacation until about July 
15, this year. 



Geo. Homans will place a new vocal 
number in vaudeville, to be called "The 
Zingari Singers." 



Home, Mayo and Jolliet, a travesty act, 
will open in New York on May 11. AI 
Sutherland is the agent. 



S. Z. Poli left Genoa, Italy, last Tues- 
day on a slow steamer for home. He is 
due in New York on May 9. 



Hurtig & Seamon will again run a 
vaudeville show at the Avenue Pier, Rock- 
away Beach, this summer. 



Mr. and Mrs. Harry Williams, accom- 
panied by Dave Montgomery, start on their 
trip around the world May 19. 



Willa Holt Wakefield, the pianologist, 
will play at the Colonial May 11, her first 
engagement in the Williams houses. 



The 58th Street Theatre will give up 
vaudeville for the season on May 10. Pic- 
tures commence the following day. 



Billie Burke is supplying the entire bill 
at the Empire, Paterson, next week, each 
number, seven in all, being his own act. 



The Orpheum, Atlanta, Ga., closes week 
May 11. It is the best railroad ride on 
the vaudeville circuits— for the railroads. 



Jules Hurtig and Harry Seamon will 
sail for London May 21. The journey will 
bo undertaken entirely as a pleasure trip. 



Wilmer A Vincent's theatres at Easton 
and Harrisburg close this week. Pictures 
may be installed, but it has not been yet 
decided. 

Proctor's, Albany, closes May 30. Proc- 
tor's, Troy, ends its season May 10. The 
Newark house remains open during the 
summer. 



Frank Stafford and Marie Stone, a 
couple new to the East, are playing in 
Baltimore- this week. Lykens A Levy 
managed it. 



The Elinore Sisters are rehearsing a 
new offering in "one" to be presented in 
June. , Kate Elinore. will appear as an 
Indian squaw. 



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Ethel Levey sails for France on May 
20. Miss Levey will study voice culture 
in Paris, and anticipates remaining there 
for two years. 

Florence Quinn, Marie Obey, Lola Ren- 
aud and Hilda Seglinde will be the so- 
pranos of the enlarged Romany Opera 
Company for ne.vt -season. 



The Rooney Sisters open Monday, May 
4, at the Alhambra, London, having post- 
poned the engagement for this month at 
the Wintergarten, Berlin. 



Rawsou and Clare have signed with 
Weber & Rush for next season. .That will 
be their third consecutive year with the 
firm. Both will be featured. 



In the opening bill on the Haminerstein 
Hoof, Horace Goldin, who will appear, 
will produce a new trick called "The Magic 
Circle," employing a taxicab. 

Alan Dale, the dramatic critic, sailed on 
Wednesday for his annual summer tour 
of Europe. His first slop will* be Rotter- 
dam. He will return about September 1. 



The New York Post Office delivered a 
letter addressed "General Manager, 
World's Greatest Vaudeville Circuit, St. 
James Building, New York," to Martin 
Beck. 

Zelie de Lussan sails for London next 

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week, where she will take up operatic 
engagements over there. Mile, de Lussan 
may reappear in vaudeville on this side 
next season. 



Keno and D'Arville have accepted con- 
tracts for twenty-five weeks on the West- 
ern time, opening on the Orpheum Circuit, 
having arranged to play their European 
engagements^ after that. 



Although the Alhambra in Harlem will 
remain open this summer the "roof gar- 
den" atop of it will be closed. The meagre* 
ness of the roof's capacity does not war- 
rant the experiment of last season being 
repeated. 



Harry Bruncllc. manager of the Ilariem 
Opera House, is said to be slated for the 
post of director at the Keith-Proctor 125th 
Street Theatre. The Opera House plays 
pictures, commencing Monday, for the 
summer. 



The Colonial closes the last week in 
June. Percy G. Williams has decided his 
Orpheum, Brooklyn, will play vaudeville 
all summer, for the first time. It will 
have as opposition th<* weather and 
Coney Island. 

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"The Rose De Haven Sextet" were the 
guests of Mrs. George De Haven at a party 
at the De Haven home, 2082 Broadway, 



Thursday night. It' was a .banquet given 
in honor of Mrs. De Haven's children, Car- 
ter and Rose. 



Charles .Daly and . Kittie O'Brien will 
"jump" from Spokane, Wash., to New 
York in time '.to catch the "Lusitania," 
sailing* on-. June 15, on which steamer the 
act will travel to England, opening at the 
Coliseum, London, June 29. 



Jenie Jacobs sails for London on May 
13. Miss Jacobs, will remain abroad for 
a month or so. She has booked many 
American acts over- there and will submit 
a' large number of others to the foreign 
managers during' her visit. 



Eddie Leonard and the Gordon/ Brothers 
sail to-day (Saturday). The act opens at 
the Coliseum, London, May 18. Mr. Leon- 
ard will return the latter part*of June to 
rehearse with the Cohan A Harris Min- 
strels, which will open around August 1. 



Irene Franklin (Franklin and Green) at 
the Alhambra this week, introduced a new 
"patter" song, the first to be sung in 
vaudeville. It is called "The Talkative 
Waitress'' and was written* by Miss 
Franklin. Burt Green composed the music. 



Victor Williams was attacked with 
laryngitis this week^ confining him at 
home. He was quite* seriously ilN on 
Thursday. If Victor does not improve be- 
fore the date set for his* father, Percy G., 
to leave (May 7), Mr. Williams may de- 
lay his departure. 



Charles W. Bennett returned to London, 
Canada, this week, where the headquar- 
ters of the Bennett Circuit are located. 
Bennett's, Montreal, will remain open the 
entire summer for vaudeville, it is expect- 
ed, the only one on the string to do so, 
the others playing stock or- opera. 



The dining hours for John J. Murdock 
have been changed. Mr. Murdock now de- 
vours his lunch at three o'clock in the 
afternoon and his dinner at eleven at 
night. Previously Mr. Murdock ate at 
1:30 and midnight. He is in hopes that 
his two meals will soon catch each other, 
with a consequent saving of time. 



"The Ge'sha's Dream," which has been 
playing the vaudeville theatres of this 
country for a year or more, under the 
maangement of Jos. Hart, is now being 
hooked independently by its owner, O Hana 
San. The contract under which Mr. Hart 
\v;is hooking director expired recently. 



Poll's* Waterbury, ends its vaudeville 
season to-night (Saturday); Poli's, 
Bridgeport, does the same on May 9, 
Springfield, Worcester and Scranton fol- 
low on May 16, and Hartford has chosen 
May 23 for the finish. #Poli's. New Haven, 
stop depends upon the weather. In all of 
the Poli houses where vaudeville goes out. 
stock will go in. 



The offices of the William Morris 
Agency are being rearranged. The busi- 
ness portion will now be located alonjr the 
40th Street side, while the booking mem- 
bers of the agency will have their rooms 
on the Broadway front. K. V. Rogers, the 
general manage! <»f The Morris Circuit, 
will occupy the extreme northern end of 
the suite as his private office. 



VARIETY 






BURLESQUE HOUSE MAN- 
AGERS E XPRESS TH EIR VIEWS 

Replying to VARIETY'S Questions, Resident Directors 
on Both Wheels Sum Up Conditions. 



The following replies from resident 
managers on both the Western and East- 
ern Burlesque Wheels were received in 
answer to questions propounded by 
Variety relative to the burlesque business 
this season as they found it, grade of 
shows played, outlook for next season, 
etc.: 



Green wall 's Theatre (Eastern Wheel.) 
New Orleans, April 28. 

Business at the Greenwall up to the 
last five weeks was the same as last year, 
if anything a little better, but for the 
past five weeks, owing to the financial 
condition of affairs here (for we have only 
felt the effect of it lately) business has 
not been so good, and consequently our 
business will be about 20 per cent, less 
than last year. 

The Columbia Amusement Burlesque 
Companies have been the attraction, and 
will be next season, only the shows will 
be a great deal better. This season some 
have been good; others bad, and some 
very bad indeed. H. Greenwall, 

President, the Greenwall Theatrical Cir- 
cuit Co. 



Avenue Theatre (Western Wheel). 

Detroit, April 28. 

The business at this theatre has sur- 
prised most of the people traveling with 
road shows as well as ourselves. The 
season opened with the most tremendous 
business ever done by any burlesque organ- 
ization in Detroit, which, if it had kept up, 
would have been marvelous for a town of 
this size, as in accordance with the finan- 
cial business of the times, our business 
dropped back to what we had been averag- 
ing the previous season. 

In regard to the shows I have nothing 
to say, as this year's output would be hard 
to beat. Frank D. Droto, Manager. 



Gayety Theatre (Eastern Wheel). 
Milwaukee, April 28. 

I have had a very prosperous season. 
This house plays the Eastern Wheel at- 
tractions. Up to the present season there 
was but one burlesque theatre in Mil- 
waukee (Western Wheel). We have, in 
spite of strong competition, succeeded in 
playing to a larger average business with 
our house than the opposition did when 
they had the entire field to themselves. 

The shows I have played have been 
more than satisfactory. The public here 
likes them, and nice, clean burlesque 
shows, under healthy conditions, will al- 
ways do well. I look forward to another 
prosperous season. 

S. R. Simon, Manager. 



Gayety Theatre (Eastern Wheel). 
Pittsburg, Pa., April 28. 
We have no cause to complain, and, 
considering the financial stringency, the 
Gayety is extremely fortunate. 

Prospects for next season look bright, 
and with the splendid line of burlesque 
attractions booked, we are bound to get 
the business. 

Jos. H. Browne t Manager. 



Cleveland, April 28. 
The burlesque business this season was 
excellent for the first five months. A few 
weeks after the first of the year there 
was a gradual decline, and the business 
the last half of the season did not com- 
pare very well with that of last year. 

Taking the season as a whole, however, 
the average was very satisfactory — prob- 
ably better than '06-'07. The shows, with 
the few usual exceptions, have been satis- 
factory. 

Drew & Campbell, Managers. 
(Western Wheel.) 

• 

Empire Theatre (Eastern Wheel). 
Albany, N. Y., April 22. 

A careful and conservative review of 
the year just closing prompts me to say 
that while the standard of the produc- 
tions put on by the Columbia Amusement 
Company here has been responsible to a 
great extent, of course, for our remarkably 
successful season, they have done more 
than to promote our own individual wel- 
fare. 

They have brought the better element 
of the people to a closer, keener realiza- 
tion of what can be done with good, clean, 
wholesome burlesque productions. The pa- 
tronage at the Empire has not only been 
continuously large, surpassing even the 
excellent records of a year ago, but of a 
better quality than has ever attended 
burlesque shows in this city. 

James H. Rhodes, Manager. 

Gayety Theatre (Eastern Wheel). 
Philadelphia, April 28. 

Our season just closing has been most 
gratifying. It is the first this house has 
played burlesque under the direction of 
the Columbia Amusement Company. 

The theatre has set a most excellent 
standard, and will no doubt continue to 
do as well, if not better, the coming sea- 
son. Our shows, with the possible excep- 
tion of a few, have uniformly been good. 
In some cases they have been both good 
and bad. 

However, it is the aim of the Columbia 
Amusement Company to strengthen all of 
their shows next season in such a man- 
ner that it will add greatly to their al- 
ready rapid strides. 

Edward Shayne, Manager. 



Bijou Theatre . (Western Wheel). 

Philadelphia, April 28. 

Considering bad times and the business 
of other theatres, we have no complaint 
to offer, and taking the season so far our 
business has been good. 

In regard to the attractions, there arc 
quite a few that could stand improve- 
ment. 

It is a very hard matter to figure on 
next season for business, but, in my opin- 
ion, I cannot see any great improvement 
until after election in November. 

As for the shows for next season, I 
think if the managers of different attrac- 
tions would pay a little more attention 
to the hiring and enlarging of the chorus- 



es, and not be so severe on the comedy, 
it would benefit to a large extent. 

Jos. E. Schanberger, Manager. 

Trocadero Theatre (Western Wheel). 
Philadelphia, April 28. 

We have had a highly satisfactory sea- 
son throughout. Up to the time of the 
financial disturbance we were turning peo- 
ple away. Since then we have been mak- 
ing money for the traveling managers as 
well as for the theatre. 

The attractions have been up to the 
average and generally satisfying. 

Indications point to even greater things 
next season. The Empire officials promise 
that next season they will provide the 
best shows ever put out in burlesque. 

With the Presidential situation settled, 
I feel confident of a period of unprece- 
dented prosperity in our field. 

Fred Wilson, Manager. 

Monumental Theatre (Western Wheel). 

Baltimore, April 28. 

Considering the stringency of money, 

the season has been most satisfactory. 

The class of entertainments have been 

better. The tone of the music is improv- 
ing, and the cleanliness in the dress of 
the comedians is marked. The day for 
monkey-faced make-ups nas passed. 

A little saneness in plot would go a long 
way to help matters. I do not see any 
danger in the coming season for good 
companies, with plenty of girls. 

Sam M. Dawson, Manager. 

Gayety Theatre (Eastern Wheel). 
Baltimore, April 28. 

The Gayety has enjoyed a most pros- 
perous season, the profits exceeding those 
of last season. 

Commercially this city has experienced 
a general depression, while the financial 
conditions have been anything but en- 
couraging, yet the high standard and qual- 
ity of the shows provided by the Columbia 
Amusement Company have developed in 
our patrons a confidence, with a result as 
cited. 

If good shows are provided next sea- 
son, the Gayety will continue its relation 
to the U. 8. Mint. 

W. L. Ballauf, Jr., Manager. 




EMPIRE PASSES DIVIDEND. 

The conferees of the Empire Circuit 
(Western Burlesque Wheel) directors' 
meeting in Cincinnati returned to New 
York last Saturday. The proceedings 
were about to the effect of Variety's re- 
port of the conference. In addition to 
the proceedings as reported, the directors 
passed a dividend of 25 per cent. 

It seems probable that there will be 
more than twenty -two shows concerned 
in the production pool next season. At 
the meeting applications were received 
from the managers of that many shows. 
It was the general impression that per- 
haps half a dozen others would be heard 
from later. 

One of the directors expressed the opin- 
ion that as an experiment twenty shows 
would make a sufficient number of partici- 
pants, but there was no effort made to 
limit membership in the merger, the offer- 
ing being open to every manager on the 
Western Wheel. 

Bids were received for the contracts on 
the Flatbush Avenue theatre, construction 
upon which will begin shortly. The com- 
petition narrowed down to two contrac- 
tors, and a committee was directed to 
make a choice. The work will be let in a 
single contract, the contractor being per- 
mitted to sublet parts. 

A number of other matters were gone 
into, but not settled so thpt the result 
of the deliberations could be made pub- 
lic. These will again be brought up when 
the travelling managers of the circuit 
meet in June for their annual conclave. 

Chicago, April 30. 

The following letter will be sent all 
Western Wheel managers: 

"Resolved, That for the purpose of in- 
creasing the merit and attractiveness of 
all the shows playing over the Empire 
Circuit of theatres, all owners of shows 
are hereby solicited to book all their peo- 
ple and all acts to be engaged for the 
shows for next season through the offices 
of the Western Vaudeville Association of 
Chicago and New York. This is not to ap- 
ply to artists already under contract. 

"Resolved further, That all acts and 
people to be engaged for the shows belong- 
ing to the Empire Circuit shall be booked 
only through the Western Vaudeville As- 
sociation of Chicago and New York. 

"Resolved further, that the Executive 
Committee of this company is hereby au- 
thorized to take all the necessary steps to 
carry out the real intent of these resolu- 
tions." 

The resolutions were adopted at the cir- 
cuit's meeting held in Cincinnati last 
week. 



SNITZ MOORE IN FROHMAN PIECE. 

When "The Girl from Gottenburg" is 
produced by Charles Frohman at the 
Knickerbocker Theatre next September. 
Snitz Moore, now playing in "The Gay 
Morning Glories," will be cast as the sec- 
ond comedian, in the role of a "Dutch 
man," in the piece. Contracts were signed 
this week. 



KATHERYN AND VIOLET PEARL. 

Ttip principal member* of "The Rolllckera" 
reading VARIETY In rateraon, N. J. The 
blank upa'cn In the picture* represent Pateraoii. 
There la «o good reason to blame the glrla for 
reading anything In that town. 



"HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS'" LAST WEEK. 

Chicago, April 30. 
"The High School Girls" will close at 
Indianapolis next week, not playing the 
Folly, Chicago, as reported. 



VARIETY 



EASTERN MAY LEASE GRAND. 

The Columbia Amusement Company 
(Eastern Burlesque Wheel) may shortly 
lease the Grand Theatre for five years 
from Jacob P. Adler. The Eastern Wheel 
took tentative possession of the house last 
Monday, when "The Jersey Lilies" opened 
for burlesque. 

The Grand opposes Miner's and the Lon- 
don, both Western Wheel theatres, on the 
Bowery. It has three balconies, with a 
total seating/capacity of 2,000. 

Prices wnl be five, ten, twenty and 
thirty, with box seats at fifty cents, rang- 
ing from the top loft down. It is the 
first theatre to charge as low as five cents 
for a seat. This is to undersell the near- 
by Western houses, and also to offer a 
counter-attraction to the "picture store 
shows" in the neighborhood at the same 
rate of admission. 

For the remainder of the season, the 
Grand will fill in the week on the Eastern 
time left vacant by the withdrawal of 
Scranton and Bayonne from the circuit a 
short time ago. 

Bright and early Monday morning Tom 
Miner hired a brass band and started it 
on parade about the district. Behind the 
band came an old mounted cannon plenti- 
fully decorated with paper of the Bowery 
Theatre attraction. 

Another incident of the opposition in 
(lie downtown district was the reception 
that awaited bill posters who went out on 
the hunt for "sniping" space. "Snipes," 
be it known, are small bills on ash bar- 
rels, etc., if the bill poster is quick enough 
to get them there and get away. 

The bill poster chosen for this delicate 
mission was "Skinny," a person about the 
size of Ed Donkhurst, who for years has 
worked for the Miner Theatre. The op- 
position coaxed him away. 

"Skinny" didn't get very far with his 
"snipes" before a crowd of the opposition 
"snipe" experts descended upon him and 
there was an argument. The argument 
grew into a full sized row in a twink- 
ling, and that's why the southern exposure 
of "Skinny's" countenance was much the 
worse for wear Monday. 



WILBUR WINS SUIT. 

The first case taken charge of by the 
Legal Committee of the White Hats to 
go into court was that of the motion for 
an injunction applied for by Sam A. Scrib- 
ner to restrain Clarence Wilbur from fur- 
ther presenting "The New Scholar" in 
vaudeville. 

Mr. Scribner, through his attorney, Leon 
I^aski, alleged it was his property, and Mr. 
Wilbur had removed it from one of Scrib- 
ner's burlesque shows, where the comedian 
formerly played. 

Upon a perusal of the affidavits sub- 
mitted by Denis F. O'Brien, counsel for 
the Rats, Justice Victor J. Dowling, in the 
Supreme Court, said it didn't make much 
difference who owned it, and threw the ease 
out of court. 



MANAGER PLAYS PARTS. 

« 

Philadelphia, April 30. 
While the "Washington Society (Jirls" 
were at the Trocadero last week, Lew 
Watson, the manager of the show, re- 
placed Jack Marshall at an hour's notice, 
playing Mr. Marshall's "Dutch" role in 
the pieces and doing his own specialty in 
the olio. Mr. Marshall was suddenly 
taken ill. 



HERMAN FEHR'S ELABORATE SHOW. 

Chicago, April 30. 

The new burlesque organization (West- 
ern Wheel) to be organized here, replacing 
'The Toreadors," will be known as "The 
Travelers." 

A musical comedy book by Addison and 
(J has. J. Burkhardt, and music by Leo 
Friedman, will be used. 

Chas. J. Burkhardt will be featured. 
Others engaged by J. A. Sternad for the 
show are Sam Sidman and wife, McFar- 
land and Murray, Max Burkhardt, Dora 
Taylor, Dale Wilson, Grace De Mar and 
Grace Armond. Twenty girls will com- 
pose the chorus. 

It is the intention of Herman Fehr, the 
owner, to make this show a "production" 
in the complement of cast, costumes and 
effects. 



RECORD FOR FEMALE AUDIENCE. 

Chicago, April 30. 

"Every Day is Ladies' Day" is widely 
heralded at the Star and Garter, the new 
burlesque theatre on West Madison Street. 

Since the house opened the women at- 
tendance has steadily increased. At a 
matinee one day last week there were 
280 women in the audience, the largest 
aggregation of femininity in the history 
of Chicago burlesque. 



RAY COX. 

Ray Cox, likenesses of whom adorn the 
title page this week, is a Southern girl 
and a comedienne who has played about 
New York for some time, using songs in 
her own way. 

With an originality in style and method 
on the stage, Miss Cox has extended her 
accomplishments to the employment of 
these distinctive traits in the material for 
the single act given by her in vaudeville 
at present. 

Excepting the imitation of Bert Will- 
iams, Miss Cox herself has written all her 
material. The Williams imitation is too 
substantial a success to discard, says Miss 
Cox. The close of her number always meets 
with the loudly expressed approval of the 
audience. It is Miss Cox imitating two 
types of a "college girl." Not her least val- 
uable attribute is a friendly and magnetic 
personality, which, with a graceful stage 
presence, immediately brings the audi- 
tors over to her side. 

In a short while Miss Cox will play a 
limited engagement in the London halls. 
Several offers are now under consideration 
by her for an appearance in a legitimate 
production next season. 

This week Miss Cox is one of the hits 
of a very big bill at the Orpheum, Brook- 
lyn. Next week (May 4) she plays the 
Alhambra. Harlem. 



LATE BURLESQUE SEASON. 

Washington, April 30. 

With burlesque theatres all over both 
Wheels announcing early closings, the two 
Washington houses will remain open until 
bite in June at least. 

Return dates of companies which have 
played here earlier in the season will keep 
the houses busy until the last week in 
lune, and there is talk of extending the 
season beyond that with stock engage- 
ments for a month longer. 



Carita Day and her "Dancing Boys" 
are in Havana, where they will p1*y four 
weeks at the Payret Theatre. 



IRENE FRANKLIN'S REMARKABLE 

RUN. 

The surprise of the "Popularity Con- 
test," inaugurated by Percy G. Williams at 
each of his three large theatres this week 
to determine the most popular artiste who 
has played in his houses, is the strength 
developed by Irene Franklin, as one of the 
contestants. 

Miss Franklin is second in the race, with 
1,808 votes to her credit on Thursday 
morning, led only by Eva Tanguay with 
2,513. In comparison to some of the oth- 
ers entered, who have been widely heralded 
upon their appearances in New York, Miss 
Franklin is comparatively unknown, never 
having been the feature act of any New 
York bill, nor has the billing for Franklin 
and Green been sufficiently glaring about 
the city at any time to cause a casual 
passer-by to take notice. 

This is Miss Franklin's first season of 
prominence directly, and her remarkable 
run under the circumstances has smothered 
all other interest in the contest. Miss 
Franklin is at the Alhambra this week, and 
her presence on the ground might be judged 
to have some effect were not Marie Dress- 
ier at the Colonial. Although entered as 
an aspirant for the public's favor, Miss 
Dressler's appearance at the Colonial has 
not duly accelerated her vote. 

On Wednesday night at the Alhambra, 
the entire house was taken by a theatre 
party. Miss Franklin received 86 votes 
that evening. The night previous, the Co- 
lonial was sold out to one contingent, who 
did not plunge on Miss Dressier either. 
These instances were cited as showing the 
apparent implanted popularity of each per- 
son's favorite, although it was conceded 
that many were suffering through absence, 
Millie Lindon especially so, having re- 
turned to England some time ago. 

Each person holding a ticket entering 
the Colonial, Alhambra or Orpheum, is 
handed a card by the ticket taker bearing 
the names, with a marginal line for an 
X opposite the selection made. After the 
performance, the count is tabulated by the 
house manager, at which any contestant, 
representative, or member of the press U 
privileged to be present. Mr. Williams' 
contest is looked upon as the only fairly 
conducted affair of its kind which has been 
held. The result at all houses is posted in 
each after every show. 

Many auditors may have dropped their 
card, or were disinclined to vote, and these 
may have been taken up by others who 
were, but this phase of the contest cannot 
be a voided, and has no bearing on the result. 

It is understood the full total of the 
votes will not be given out, the order of 
the finish being printed simply. 

The vote for the six leaders as it stood 
on Friday morning, including the Thurs- 
day night performance, exclusive of the 
Orpheum. Brooklyn, was as follows: 

Eva Tanguay 3,049 

Irene Franklin 2,318 

Alice Llovd 1.521 

Vesta Victoria 1 .127 

Marie Dressier 957 

Cert rude Hoffman M7 

The following figures include only the 
Wednesday evening performance: 

Marie Lloyd . «B7 

May Irwin 407 

Ethel Levey 258 

Millie Lindon 184 

Hetty King 147 

Rosie Lloyd 125 

Lily Lena W 

Stella Mayhew «2 



HEBREWS AGITATING AGAINST 

"CARICATURES." 

Denver, April 30. 
A nonsensical crusade is being at- 
tempted here by the Hebrews, or a cer- 
tain portion of them, led by a rabbi, 
William S. Friedman. It appears quite 
likely that Mr. Friedman has received 
the publicity germ through reading the 
New York papers, and the large amount 
of space devoted to the sensation seeking 
preachers of that city. At any rate, he 
is having his name in the papers often 
through claiming that alleged caricatures 
of the Hebrew as presented on the stage 
should be suppressed. 






MUST BUILD IN LOUISVILLE. 

If the Eastern Burlesque Wheel wishes 
to play in Louisville next season it will 
become necessary to build a theatre there. 
A directors' meeting of the Columbia 
Amusement Co. was held yesterday morn- 
ing, when it was decided that a site should 
be obtained. 

Hopkins* Theatre in that ety, which 
the Eastern folk thought they would se- 
cure under lease, finally evaded them. 



CROMWELL-STRANDOF. 

Washington, April 30. 
While "The Brigadier" (Western Bur- 
lesque Wheel) were playing here last 
week, Charles F. Cromwell, manager of 
that organization, was married to Bertha 
Strandof. The company followed the 
couple down Pennsylvania Avenue after 
the ceremony, bombarding them with rice 
and old shoes. 



BOUT ENDED IN A ROW. 

Washington, April 30. 

A special wrestling match was ar- 
ranged at the New Gayety here, in con- 
nection with the engagement of "Pat 
White's Cayety Girls." The contest was 
to have decided the Southern champion- 
ship. Instead it ended in a a fist fight 
between the principals. 

The audience took sides, and the house 
was in an uproar until the police inter- 
fered and arrested the wrestlers. Both 
were later fined $25 for disorderly con- 
duct. 



EXPECT STAIR IN CINCINNATI. 

Cincinnati, April 30. 

E. I). Stair, of Stair & Havlin, did not 

attend the meeting of the Empire Circuit 

(Western Burlesque Wheel) held here last 

week as reported. It was F. W. Stair, of 

Toronto. 

10. D. is expected here daily, though, but 
whether in connection with any burlesque 
scheme is not known. John II. Havlin, of 
the Stair & Havlin firm, disclaims all 
knowledge of any such intention by his 
concern. 



THEATRE BASEBALL LEAGUE. 
Washington, April 30. 
Vive theatres in Washington have ar- 
ranged a schedule of games and a minia- 
ture baseball league has been organized. 
The score up to date shows the Columbia 
train at the head of the column, Lyceum 
second, and Cayety. Chase's and Belasco 
tied for third, with an even percentage 
of .000. 



8 



VARIETY 



THE WHITE RATS URGE 

PROTEC TION OF O RIGINALITY 

The Artists' Organization Appeals to Its Members to 

Conserve an Originator's Interests, and Preserve 

an Honorable Stand at All Times. 



The following circular, issued by the 
White Rats of America, and headed "A 
Little Good Advice" bears upon the much 
mooted subject of "choosing," "stealing" 
and "lifting" of material and acts: 

"Regarding the stealing of Acta, or Portions 

Thereof: 

"All artists should remember that in originality 
lies strength. If each Individual act were en- 
tirely original, and could only be seen when that 
particular act Is engaged, It places an absolute 
settled value on that act, and la in Itself a pro- 
duction, supreme in its line, commanding the 
full value thereof and not to be obtained from 
any other source, but when bits of an act are 
stolen and produced by others, the original act 
becomes commonplace and its value depreciates. 

"It Is far better to do a bad, but original 
act, and to continue to Improve it, than to do 
a stolen or partly stolen one. The thief depen 1j 
upon the producing power of others, therefore 
bis own mind becomes dormant and stale, falling 
into the rut of the ordinary, and he can never 
hope to produce at sometime, something that will 
bring him both fame and fortune, or at least 
if be.be a man let him face his brother with a 
clear conscience. 

"All brothers should vigorously prosecute and 
put to shame those whom they know to be of 
such character, alwaya remembering that steal- 
ing acts or parts thereof, as well as original 
ideas, thus depreciating the owner's value, la 
no less despicable a theft than stealing from 
one's pocket, or the food from one's mouth, 
and offenders will be made to feel the weight of 
our righteous disapproval." 

In another circular issued by the so- 
ciety, the subjoined advice is given mem- 
bers in the interests of themselves, man- 
agers and the organization : 

1. It la the imperative duty of a White Rat 
to live up to and observe every detail of bis 
contract. 

2. Don't sign a contract till you have care- 
fully studied it, unless it be a White Rat con- 
tract. 

3. No legal or other protection will be granted 
to any member who, by his own fault, breaks 
any clause In bis contnact. 

4. No member of the order must ever use the 
name of the order in a coercive or threatening 
manner to a manager or other person in author- 
ity in any argument or dispute, but should imme- 
diately refer it to the White Rata. 

5. The membera of this order are notified 
that unless it la otherwise stated in the contract, 
the manager baa a perfect and absolute right 
to place any act in any position on the bill, and 
if an act refuses to go on when so placed, the act 
is canceling its contract. 

6. The way an act is billed, unless otherwise 
specifically mentioned in the contract, is no 
ground of complaint, to this order. 

7. Be ready to assist those under whom you 
are working, and do everything In your power 
to make every performance a success. 

8. Refrain from adverse criticism on other 
vaudeville acts playing on the same hill. 

9. All members of this order when entering 
into any engagements either with other membera 
or with non-members, either as a partner or as 
an employee or as an employer, are instructed 
to have the arrangement or understanding !n 
writing. Verbal contracts and verbal arrange- 
ments always lead to trouble. 

10. It is sincerely hoped that brother Rats, 
by their courteous, honorable and gentlemanly 
behavior, will earn the esteem of the manage- 
ments, both personally and for this order, 
and thereby assist us In arriving at the goal 
we are aiming at, "The improvement, protection 
and promotion of the players and entertainers 
of the amusement world, their calling and con- 
ditions." / 



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PREPARING^ FOR GOLDEN'S BOOK. 

It has been decided by the White Rats, 
in meeting, to place all other important 
matters to one side until Geo. Fuller 
Golden's novel, "Mi Lady Vaudeville and 
Her White Rats," is on the news stands. 

The story will embrace a history of 
vaudeville and the White Rats' organi- 
zation, founded by Mr. Golden. An as- 
sured circulation of 30,000 is given the 
book before publication through the au- 
thor's intention to distribute that num- 
ber of volumes from the first edition to 
prospective readers, who will be invited 
to read first and remit afterwards. 

The 30,000 to be placed in general cir- 
culation in this way will be exclusive 
of the large number of orders placed by 



newsdealers and individuals with Mr. 
Golden so far. 

Since the White Rats as an order has 
officially taken hold of the publication, all 
information relative to the work may be 
obtained of Harry Mountford, secretary 
to the Board of Directors, at the head- 
quarters. 

One section will be devoted to adver- 
tisements altogether. 



[ON A 



BENEFITS NET $1,700. 

The benefits given for the Charity Fund 
of the White Rats at the New York and 
Liberty theatres last Sunday night netted 
the organization $1,700. 

Geo. M. Cohan set the high mark for 

an orchestra chair by paying $250 for a 

lene seat, and j^ew York Lodge, No. 1, 
of Elks, subscribed $100 for a page ad- 
vertisement in the program. 

Weather interfered with the attendance 
in both houses, and other conditions tended 
to hold the show down. 

• — / 

ACTION AGAINST "COPY." 

Tom McNaughton, manager for Alice 
Lloyd, instructed his attorney, Geo. M. 
I«eventritt, who secured for Miss Lloyd 
copyrights upon her "mirror effects" in 
the "Lovelight" song, to proceed against 
one Jean Lennox, a young woman appear- 
ing for the first time in New York vaude- 
ville at Keith-Proctor's 58th Street Thea- 
tre this week. 

From reports. Miss Lennox, having 
nothing else to offer managers and pa- 
trons, fastened upon Miss Lloyd's novel 
idea of flashing a light from a mirror. 
Miss Lennox is also accused of having re- 
written a song which was played for her 
in a music publisher's establishment 
some time ago, although she is billed as 
a song writer on her individual account. 

It was said on Thursday that Mr. 
Leventritt would apply for an injunction 
if the house manager at 68th Street did 
not oblige Miss Lennox to withdraw the 
"copy." . 



/ 

TAKE OUT THEATRICAL LICENSES. 

The Keith-Proctor 23rd Street and 
Union Square theatres made application 
for a. renewal of its theatrical license, 
which expired April 30. On May 1, the 
new municipal theatrical year commenced, 
when all licenses are reissued. 

It was thought that owing to moving 
pictures being the governing policy just 
now at the two K.-P. houses, application 
would be made for a common show per- 
mit, under which most moving picture 
performances are conducted, the theatrical 
license costing $500, while the latter is 
delivered at $25. 

Report now says that with the vaude- 
ville conditions normal at the commence- 
ment of next season, it is more than 
likely that both the present picture thea- 
tres will revert to their former policy, 
vaudeville. 



ORPHEUM CLOSES. 

Boston, April 30. 

Thi« U the.ftnfli we*»kJf» r vRudpyillaJu. 

the Orpheum here under the Keith regime. 
Despite denials, there are indications that 
motion pictures will be placed in there 
this summer, prior to its opening under 
the William Morris management Sept. 1. 



WIGWAM BACK IN FOLD. 

San Francisco. April 30. 

Sam H. Harris' Wigwam has returned 
to the Western States Managers' Associa- 
tion, and Mr. Harris is also back in the 
fold. The Wigwam bookings were lately 
transferred from the Western States to 
the Sullivan-Considine Circuit. 

With the return of E. Ed. Ackerman, of 
the Western States, and Alex Pantages, 
from the New York trip, Harris was 
brought back. 



HAS JttuNEY: CAN'T PAY. 

W T ith money on hand he can't deliver to 
its rightful owners, Maurice Goodman, at- 
torney for the United Booking Offices, is 
worrying. Mr. Goodman says settlements, 
in the form of checks, are ready for all 
acts holding Klaw & Erlanger contracts 
to whom railroad fares are due, and he 
wants addresses. 

Mr. Goodman also wants any claim any 
Klaw & Erlanger act may yet have under 
a contract. These will be adjusted at 
once, according to the United's lawyer. 



DANISH DANCER AT ALHAMBRA. 

Commencing next September, and con- 
tinuing for five years, as per the contract 
signed, Britta Petersen, a ballet dancer 
who was discovered in an opera at Copen- 
hagen by H. B. Marinelli, will be the 
premiere ballerina at the Alhambra, Lon- 
don. 

The Danish dancer is being boomed as 
a "find" of great value. Mr. Marinelli 
from Denmark's capital wired the Al- 
hambra manager, who went, saw and 
signed immediately. 

The Marinelli New York office modestly, 
but glowingly, dwelling upon Miss Peter- 
sen, remarked she rivaled the greatest 
dancer who ever graced a stage. 

show Without pictures. 

Hartford, April 30. 

H. H. Jennings, manager of the Hart- 
ford Opera House, will play a week of 
vaudeville commencing Monday, with John 
De Lor is as headliner. 

The show will consist of eight acts, 
booked by William Morris, New York. 
There will be no moving pictures on the 
bill. The Opera House bill will be in op- 
position to Poli's. 



IMPRISONMENT FOR MISREPRESEN- 
TATION. 

Imprisonment for one and two years 
respectively was meted out to Urayton 
Bentley and Joseph Athos, who were con- 
nected with a concern styled "The Euro- 
pean Amusement Company," in the Gen- 
eral Sessions this week. 

The men were arrested on the charge 
of obtaining money under false misrepre- 
sentations. The testimony adduced at the 
trial brought to light several victims who 
had paid in from $50 to $250 upon prom- 
ises, never fulfilled. Another member 
could not be located by the police. 

The "Amusement Company" has had but 
a brief existence at a Sixth Avenue ad- 
dress. 



CASEY AGENCY "OPENING." 

The Pat Casey Agency moved into its 
new offices on the seventh floor of the St. 
James Building last Monday. Tuesday 
evening the offices were formally dedicated 
with an "opening" of the approved pat- 
tern, supplied by Shanley's Restaurant, 
and charged to the account of Pat Casey. 

The wet and dry stuff was strewn 
around the floor and tables in heaps. No 
"tab" was kept on anyone, and no "souses" 
acquired, although several present received 
a fair start. 

The offices are fitted up extravagantly 
for vaudeville. A "cellarette" in an ob- 
scure corner of the suite will be a perma- 
nent feature of the Pat Casey Agency 
headquarters. 

A large crowd continually drifted in 
and out of the offices between six and 
nine, when the doors were closed, with 
difficulty. Among the more prominent of 
the callers were A. L. Erlanger, Percy G. 
Williams, Martin Beck, E. F. Albee, John 
J. Murdock, M. E. Robinson, Carl Lothrop, 
W. F. Tucker, Ambrose O'Brien, Aaron 
Kessler, Abe Thalheimer, Al Sutherland, 
Fred Brandt, FVank Hopkins, Charles Davis, 
Lester Rose, Dave Steinhardt, Edgar Al- 
len and Maurice Goodman, "the" lawyer. 
A few of the young women who graced 
the occasion were the charming Misses 
Kathcryn McDonald, Mae Woods and Rose 
Dugan ("Oh, you Rosic-"local). 

Quite a number of agents who are 
carrying on a booking business were par- 
ticularly conspicuous by their absence. 

Many messages of congratulation were 
received. Marc Klaw and William Morris 
cabled theirs, as well as a number of well 
known managers and artists abroad. B. F. 
Keith wired a message of good luck. 



MARKS' "SUNDAYS" IN LIBERTY. 

Before sailing for England to-day on 
his annual pilgrimage, Ted D. Marks ar- 
ranged to present the tenth year of his 
Sunday concerts at the Liberty Theatre, 
beginning with a matinee September 20 
next. 



THOMPSON IN CONAN DOYLE PIECE. 

The "Lucania" on Wednesday carried 
away William II. Thompson, who left 
suddenly to procure, across the seas, the 
costumes and effects required by the late 
Henry Irving's "Waterloo*" written by 
Conan Doyle. 

Mr. Thompson immediately upon secur- 
ing the piece submitted it to the United 
managers through his agent, M. S. Ben- 
tham, and received fifteen weeks in fifteen 
minutes. He will open with the new 
playlet at the Colonial on January 4, 1909, 
playing his present 'bookings with the 
sketch he entered vaudeville with until 
then. 



HERK SUCCEEDS SINGER. 

Chicago, April 30. 
When William Singer leaves the man- 
agerial post at the Empire to enter into 
the same capacity at the new Princess, I. 
II. Herk, now with "Miss New York, Jr.", 
will succeed him. Mir. Herk's stay at the 
Empire as manager will be permanent, it is 
said. He still retains his interest in the 
show. 



A new act to be produced by Jesse L. 
Lasky on May 11 at Poli's, New Haven, 
is named "The 8 Hoboes," and will present 
various types of the specie "tramp" as seen 
by Mr. Lasky during his walks along 
Broadway. 



VARIETY 



ARTISTS' FORUM 

Confine your letters to 150 words end writ* on one side el paper only. 
Anonymous communlcetlons will not be printed. Name of writer mutt be signed ana will 
bo hold In strict confidence. If desired. 



245 East 126th Street, 
New York City, April 28. 
Editor Variety: 

I am Annie Rinehart, a performer of 
former years, but through reverses, I lost 
all I had, and was forced to accept a posi- 
tion as caretaker. 

It has been a very hard winter, and I 
have been compelled to work out also, 
until a brother lay dying and my little 
girl was sick with scarlet fever. The 
Board of Health was just about to take 
my loved one away, when I begged them 
not to, but they said they must. 

I went to the Alhambra Theatre (126th 
Street and Seventh Avenue) and spoke to 
a gentleman there, telling him all. He 
said, "I'll see what I can do." 1 went 
iff another manager, who shook his head 
and said "No." 

I gave up all hope and went home. I 
wasn't theie ten minutes before a gentle- 
man came in. I said, "Did you come to 
take my baby ?" he said, "No, I am Mr. 
White, of the Alhambra, and don't cry, 
I came to help you." 

Mr. White and his dear, good wife went 
out, and when they came back we thought 
it was Christinas. The two children got 
all the clothes they wanted, and we uad 
all we wanted to eat. Mr. White saved 
my baby by getting a doctor. In three 
days the baby was well. 

Afterwards a, Mr. Fields, from the White 
Hats, came up with Mr. White and hand- 
ed me $33.75, thanks to the White Rats. 

The Actors' Fund has given me $7 week- 
ly, for which I thank it and Mr. Young, 
who brings it to me. 

I also thank Hairy Sandcison. of Pas- 
tor's, for a fine basket and money, and I 
am grateful to Mr. LanddorfT, of the 
(.otham (125th Street), for $17.50. 

All this came to me through Mr. White, 
who interceded for me. My brother died, 
and Mr. White and the good bovs from 
the Alhambra buried him and attended to 
everything 

I feel this is the only way of showing 
my appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. White 
and all who i.ave been so kind to me. J 
trust to God that the prayers of myself 
and children will reach them all again and 
again. Annie Rinehart. 

(The Mr. White referred to in tlv ill ovt 
is Arthur White, the operator of the Vita- 
giaph n at line at the Alhambra. — Ed.) 



Chicago, April 25, 1908. 

Editor Variety: 

Noting the many complaints in the 
Forum anent unlawful cancellations and 
closings of acts by various Middle West 
and other vaudeville managers, 1 beg to 
suggest that Vakikty would accomplish 
more in two or three issues than has been 
accomplished by all the flamboyant ora- 
tory regarding love and brotherhood of 
the past eight years, by publishing a 
blacklist of irresponsible managers, bark- 
ing same by affidavits, accompanied by 
the correspondence and contracts in vol veil. 

Foreign artists must have a unique opin- 
ion of American vaudeville, when they read 
of these lawless, irresponsible and utterly 
disgusting practices on the part of cer- 
tain mushroom managers, who have been 
allowed to sneak into the business on 



rubber shoes, because they were fortunate 
enough to secure some lease on an ob- 
scure building in some obscure town, in 
some State noted for its general obscurity. 
I think Variety will do more for the 
protection of the artist by commencing 
and continuing such a list than by any 
other means that has yet been advanced. 
There will always be a class of artists 
willing to play for this class of managers, 
but when they are duly and officially 
warned, such artist must take the chance; 
in the meantime, it is rp to every artist 
who has red blood in his veins to report 
such cases, stating the facts simply, with 
out comment, and backing same by affi- 
davits. J. C. Nugent. 



LEE HARRISON ACCUSES BARNES. 

George Ade did something for Lee Har- 
rison. Mr. Ade wrote dialogue about an 
umbrella, and Mr. Harrison incorporated 
it in a monologue when he last appeared 
in vaudeville. Now Mr. Harrison is with 
"The Soul Kiss." He says Mr. Ade fur- 
nished him with the "umbrella" material 
more from personal friendship than for 
gain, but this did not deter Paul Barnes 
from making use of it on the other side. 

Barnes has scored a success, according 
to reports, in Great Britain, but Lee in- 
sists he shall stop making use of his 
"umbrella" talk, and the authority on 
"Who's Who" has placed the matter be- 
fore the White Rats for action. 



BOSTON HIPPODROME CLOSED. 

Several acts, among them the Flying 
llanvards, returned to New York this 
week, following the sudden closing of the 
Boston Hippodrome, an enterprise which 
ran there several weeks under the man- 
agement of A. R. Rogers. 

In several cases, acts had a week's 
salary coming to them, but Rogers had 
forestalled any attempt to force imme- 
diate payment by filing an application for 
discharge in bankruptcy. 

At the beginning the Hippodrome 
seemed to be very successful, but the com- 
bination of the Chelsea tire and Holv Week 
cut deeply into the profits. Rogers is the 
owner of the famous trick horses "Jim 
Key" and "Trixie" and has a large manu- 
facturing business. It is believed that all 
bis obligations will be satisfied. 



BALLETS IN BURLESQUE. 

Chicago, April 30. 

An innovation in the proposed estab- 
lishment of the "stock chorus" will be 
inaugurated by James Butler at the 
Standard Theatre, St. Louis, next teuton. 

The Standard is a Western . Burlesque 
Wheel house and owned by Mr. Butler, 
president of the Empire Circuit. 

Mile. Bartolletti and Millie l)e Forrest, 
danseuses, have been engaged with twelve 
girls, to introduce a series of ballets and 
noveltv musical numbers in connection 
with the regular traveling shows. 

The ballets will fill in the time of the 
unnecessary delays or between the "num- 
bers," and take the place of any comedy 
business which might become ineffectual 
in the performance. 



RESTRICTIONS DISCONTINUED. 

Chicago, April 30. 

Traveling burlesque companies playing 
Chicago arc now permitted to use ail 
their scenery and accessories, owing to 
the dissolution of an injunction, issued 
here shortly after the Iroquois Theatre 
fire, which interfered with their complete 
liberty in this respect. 

A few vaudeville acts experienced some 
trouble from the same cause. It is be- 
lieved that the stringent rules as to fire- 
proofing, which have worked a severe in- 
convenience upon all traveling shows, may 
be relaxed somewhat. A recent inspec- 
tion by the authorities disclosed that all 
the theatres are properly equipped with 
safety devices. The injunction prohibited 
the moving of scenery in all so called 
"fourth class" houses. 



IMPROVEMENT ON "H. H." CIRCUIT. 

Ten thousand dollars will be spent in 
improvements on one house on the "H. H." 
circuit next season. It is the Broadway 
Theatre at Camden. Phil Nash says so. 
Mr. Nash intended spending $6,000 on the 
house last fall, but having delayed the re- 
pairs this while, the amount will be in- 
creased to $10,000. 

The "H. H." circuit, known as the "in- 
side of vaudeville," may yet have an addi- 
tion in the near future. A pilot on a ferry 
boat reported to the United Offices the 
other day he saw a man in Long Island 
City, and the rumor factory got to work. 



SUTHERLAND'S PLAYERS' DIRECT- 
ORY. 

A\ Sutherland, the agent, together with 
Ned Nye. the comedian, intend compiling 
an artists' directory, containing the names 
and permanent addresses of all players, 
f< r the convenience of agents and man- 
agers. The list will also show the nearest 
of kin in the event of death. 

Something of this sort has long been 
wanted, according to theatrical people, 
and the early indications are that "The 
Players' Directory" will be a complete 
list of all theatrical people. The price 
of insertion in the book has been placed 
at $1. : 

WOULDN'T SUBMIT TO "HOOK." 

Toronto, April 30. 

A new peril has arisen in connection 
with the epidemic of '•amateur night" 
performances. 

This week at a local theatre, one of 
the amateurs, a young Englishman, turned 
upon a stage hand who was working "the 
hook," and a rough and tumble fight on 
the stage resulted. The pair were pried 
apart behind the scenes, and the militant 
amateur was permitted to return and go 
on with his act. 



LYKENS & LEVY'S "JUBILEE." 

On Sunday evening. May 10, Lykens & 
Levy, the vaudeville agents, will hold a 
"mammoth jubilee" at Weber's Music Hall. 

The "jubilee" will be in the nature of 
a benefit for Jack Levy, according to an 
announcement, and the proceeds will be 
utilized by Mr. Levy to correct an ail- 
ment long affecting his lower limbs, oblig- 
ing him to walk with the assistance of a 
cane. 

Some of the features the firm has on 
the list to appear arc among the best 
known of Broadway theatrical names. 



BECK'S EUROPEAN BOOKINGS. 

Martin Beck, of the Orpheum Circuit, 
closed arrangements by cable this week 
for a uuinbet of ilm ope«»n a\ U. They are 
exclusively for the Orpheum Circuit. In 
the list which Mr. Beck confirmed are over 
thirty foreign numbers. 

To William Passpart, the Orpheum's 
European representative, Mr. Beck sent 
authority to close contracts with The 
Blessings, "Cadets de Cascogne," singing 
novelty now at the Berlin Wintergarten ; 
Chaissino, the shadowgraphist ; De Biere; 
Dolesch and Tillhauser, street singers, now 
at the Alhambra, London; Four Franklins, 
aerial, at the Apollo, Berlin; Ines and 
Faki, eccentric vocalists; Londe and Tilly, 
equilibrists; Peppo's Museum, a juvenile 
feature, for two years at the Circus Shu- 
man, Vienna; The Saytons, in the "Alliga- 
tor scene," on Moss & Stoll tour for sev- 
eral seasons; Vindobona's Musical Comed- 
ians; Tony Wilson, Helloise and The Am- 
aros Sisters. 

II. B. Marinelli's various agencies abroad 
closed with the following for the Orpheum 
time: London — Nate Liepsig; , James 
Stuart, the eccentric pianist; Tom Davis 
Trio; Leo Grassis, new musical novelty 
in which illusions play an important part; 
The Four Harveys, and the original firigo- 
lati "Flying Ballet." 

Paris— Four Baltus, The Seven Querolos, 
and Carl Nobel. 

Berlin — Paul Sandor, Francini Olloms, 
and The Tchernoff's Troupe. 




LOUIS WESLYN. 

Ionia Weslyn. the sketch and song writer, will 
hereafter make his headquarters in New York. 
hating resigned his position as assistant manager 
and press agent at the tirand, Indianapolis (An- 
derson and Ziegler Circuit) , In order to give all 
his attention In the future to the preparation of 
vaudeville material. Mr. Weslyn is the author 
of a halt dozen acts now running in vaudeville 
and many special song numbers. Ilia most sue- 
eessful sketch la "Two Men and a Bottle," pre- 
sented hy Mr. and Mrs. Howard TrueHdell, and 
now in its second season, and his biggest hits 
this year in the way of song numhers are the 
novelty ho ig, "The Hoy Who Stuttered and the 
(Jlrl Who Lisped," sung hy William Koek nnd 
Matlde Fulton, and the military song. "Sain- 
land," which has proved to he the hlg song hit 
of John and Biuma Hay's musical farce, "King 
Casey." 

Three new sketches hy Weslyn ire anon to be 
produced in New York — "Names Don't Count," a 
farce to he played \>y Mr. and Mrs. Trnesdell and 
Company: "The Buffoon," a cotnedj which has 
already been successfully nit.l out in ^ Montreal 
hy Emll Iloeh and Company, and a one act play, 
as yet unnamed, to !>■• given a I indaorne produc- 
tion by Nick Long, 'Tdnlene Cotton and Company. 

Although Just thirty ><;ti^ old, Mr. VYealja 
has had ai u nisiially varied career, ill ' ,is filled 
almost every position In w >>• i >.. .< •■- ..i»rk, from 
imllce reporter to drama fie and music editor, hav- 
ing started in new--; In San Francisco 
Ml "The Chronicle* lie hus been n ranchman 
In California, a ■ ..u 'of respondent in Paris, 
the press represent nttvc of Hie Kiltie* Band dur- 
ing Its tour of i, ■,! Mritalu, a vaudeville artist, 
and for the In "• ° >- "> '• assistant manager 
of a vaudcv ! •• ♦':«-ji«n\ 



10 



VARIETY 





LONDON NOTES 


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London, April 18. 
R. G. Knowles is back at the Palace; 
Arthur Prince and Sam Elton likewise. 
Chevalier is at the Coliseum top, Herbert 
Lloyd and Paul Barnes holding up the 
American end. Everhart and his intelli- 
gent hoops are at the Hippodrome; Genaro 
and Theol are at the Holborn Empire. At 
the Paragon Harry Lauder is the bright 
particular star; ever popular Mike Whal- 
len keeps him company. Little Tich rested 
a few days at Brighton on return from 
South Africa, and makes his return to 
London at the Tivoli, where his Easter 
reception will warm the hands of the audi- 
ence. They always make a great fuss over 
Tich when he returns from abroad. 



Hymack's return from America lands 
him at the Hackney Empire. — Jock Mc- 
Fee, a new Scotch comedian and bagpipe 
tormentor, opens at the Gamberwell Pal- 
ace. — Bissett and Scott make their first 
English appearance at the Empire. — Most 
of the London stars of great name and 
fame are back in town for this week, play- 
ing a lot of halls, as Easter bills must have 



"names." 



Donaldson Brothers have cut their old 
monkey cage act for one showing scenes in 
a South African jungle, at the hour when 
tropical sunrise wakes the birds and brutes. 
This tops the Queens, Poplar, for Easter. 
— Julian Rose will be the cynosure of all 
eyes at the Pavilion. It is quite gratify- 
ing to note the latter-day progress of He- 
brew comedy; a little tact, diplomacy and 
discretion have done wonders. 



As to Federation prospectives, some re- 
forms in agency matters are sure to be 
asked for soon. The return engagement 
commission clause, which pinches you for 
a total of twenty per cent if you shift to 
another agent, must go. Then confirmation 
of contracts must be put on a business 
basis. August Van Biene of "Broken 
Melody" fame is going to fight a test case 
against London managers who held his 
signature eleven months without confirma- 
tion, and then overboarded him in favor 
of another attraction. He had offers from 
ether managers for the same dates, which 
he refused and lost. Van Biene is signed 
with Moss & Stoll till the end of 1910, 
and while not hard up for dates, he will 
fight this case on principle. He says the 
Moss Empire people know how to treat 
artists right, but some other managers 
treat them as If they were "so much dirt. 



»» 



Talking about American slang, the en- 
lightened English expect to learn much 
from George Ade's slang play, "The Col- 
lege Widow," at Adelphi, Easter Monday. 



The Paris raid on living pictures is es- 
pecially interesting — because in Paris 
where everything gay and giddy is expected 
to go without question. Women wearing 
less than Eve's attire appeared at the 
Folies Bergere, Moulin Rouge, Cigale, 
Apollo, Casino de Paris and Olympia, 
while the risque game was also played at 
several minor but extremely chic places up 
Montmartre. The papers are now mixing 



in, and claim that the appearance of a well- 
made woman without tights is not in the 
least shocking, but an artistic sight. "Honi 
suit qui tnal y pense," they add. 



The Great Lafayette is up in Lauder- 
land, at the Glasgow Pavilion. At the 
Croydon Empire, London (Gibbons Tour), 
Lafayette lately gave a special matinee of 
two hours and a quarter all by himself. 



Hackenschmidt is here, and makes his 
first appearance April 27 at the Metropoli- 
tan. Griffiths Brothers are utilizing his 
American experience for comedy material, 
saying "No biting, no poking your fingers 
in my eyes, and no oiling your body." Man- 
ager Gibbons got around the oiling diffi- 
culty with two oriental wrestlers who ap- 
peared at the Holborn Empire, by requir- 
ing them to take hot baths just preceding 
their appearance. — Willie Edouin, who died 
April 14, was 67 years old and had a stage 
career of 60 years or so, having been fairly 
cradled in theatricals. He appeared at 
the Palace several years ago, and after 
touring the provincial music halls had a 
vaudeville season in the States, since which 
he had been in steady decline. Away back 
in 1862 he appeared in "Living Marion- 
ettes" on the present site of the London 
Empire. He was an old hand at panto- 
mime, acrobatics, everything. In touring 
the Australian gold fields fifty years ago 
he on one occasion played "Hamlet" at a 
wayside inn with a billiard table for a 
stage. He was a quaint, eccentric, man- 
neristic comedian of a type that is fast dis- 
appearing. 



Phyllis and Zena Dare had a rough cab 
smash the other day, Miss Zena saving her 
face by instinctively using her muff as a 
buffer. — Gus Elen is off fishing on the Earl 
of Carnarvon's preserved waters. — Maurice 
Geraldo and J. W. Rickaby have been 
made Water Rats. — Hector Munroe, man- 
ager Shoreditch Empire, was presented the 
other day with an illuminated testimonial 
locket with "H. M." in diamonds, and a 
cheque for $250. — C. Dundas Slater, last 
of the Alhambra and earlier of the En> 
pire, has been appointed Coliseum man- 
ager by Mr. Stoll, and the former manager, 
Mr. Maclachlan, has been promoted to the 
charge of the Stoll dramatic houses, four 
in number. — Free programs have disap- 
peared from London, Beerbohm Tree, at 
His Majesty's, charging sixpence this week. 
Free cloak room service still retained. — 
The Terriers gave their annual dinner and 
ball at the "Horns," Kensington, last 
night. — The woman who fell from the gal- 
lery of the Croydon Empire has died at 
Croydon Hospital. Manager Eustace Jay 
deposed at the inquest to seeing her fall 
headlong over the railing after her slip and 
stumble, and said this was the first acci- 
dent out of 516,000 people who had vis- 
ited the gallery since its opening. — Fred W. 
Millis is presenting a new ventriloquial act 
at the Oxford.— The "Ginger Girl's" hat is 
being utilized to great advantage by the 
new press agent of the Oxford, and pic- 
torial stuff is in the papers. — The Magic 
Circle has been having its "Third Annual 
Grand Seance" at St. George's Hall under 
Nevil Maskelyne's patronage, doing "Now 
you see it and now you don't" diversions. 




PARIS NOTES 

3y EDWARD 6. KENDRBW. 




Paris, April ID. 
Seldom, if ever, have I seen such a 
rush of visitors to Paris at Eastertide, as 
this year. The influx from England was 
exceptionally heavy. Cook's cheap trip- 
pers were much in evidence in the music 
halls, where they hoped and expected to 
see things at which they would hoist their 
eyebrows in horror in chaste London. I 
happened to be at the Gare St. Lazare on 
Good Friday, and the great terminus had 
the appearance of some popular demon- 
station taking place, so great was (he 
crowd of incomers. There is no gainsay- 
ing, I will add in parentheses, that with 
fine weather the most agreeable routes 
between London and Paris are those of the 
Ouest, via Newhaven and Dieppe, or 
Southampton and Havre, with the sea trip 
on large passenger screw steamers and a 
railroad journey through picturesque Nor- 
mandy, the loveliest scenery in France at 
this season. 

Of course all places of amusement were 
well attended. A visit to the Moulin 
Rouge is a patriotic duty of the average 
Briton, since this elegant theatre is owned 
now, like Maxim's, by an English com- 
pany. Moreover, its unmerited fame of 
being extremely naughty assures it much 
foreign patronage. Several resorts had 
the unusual experience of turning away 
money on Saturday and Sunday. A few 
Easter rejoicings of this kind are badly 
wanted at present several times a month, 
for there is no doubt theatrical business, 
both legitimate and variety, has been ex- 
ceptionally bad for a long while. There 
is little, if any, improvement, in fact, over 
last year, when all the principal vaude- 
ville establishments of the gay city, ex- 
cepting three, could have been snapped up 
at any reasonable offer. 



I am not so certain but that the same 
state of affairs does exist to-day. This 
crisis, or may I say the strike of pay- 
ing playgoers, is not so much on ac- 
count of the lack of an appreciative public 
in Paris as the indifference of some man- 
agers to supply a program sufficiently at- 
tractive — and now that the nude figure 
exhibition has been curtailed, for the mo- 
ment, the best trump card that certain 
directors could play to dazzle visitors has 
been forfeited, and they find they have 
nothing much else to offer. It is not sur- 
prising, therefore, that full houses are so 
rare and far between. An appeal to the 
sporting instincts of mankind does occa- 
sionally have good effect, and a monster 
audience can be drawn for some such 
special event; but for a regular, steady 
paying public, an amusing, strong "value 
for your money" vaudeville company is 
the surest magnet. 



When wrestling matches are the order 
of the day (in the autumn as a rule) they 
are considerably overdone, and the latest 
craze to raise funds, that of boxing under 
Queensberry rules, frequently proves a 
fiasco for the audience. 



Such events have been given in Paris 
for many years. At the present moment, 
however, there is a decided accession In 
this realm of music hall attraction, fol- 
lowing on some very creditable bouts given 
recently at the Salle Wagram. There was 



big gate money, and those who could get 
in saw a bit of slugging that satisfied 
their desires. The Nouveau Cirque, and 
other places likewise, soon entered the 
lists with similar well advertised matches 
that proved a success. We have, as a 
consequence — in addition to specifically pre- 
arranged encounters — weekly sparring 
matches at the Ferris Great Wheel, called 
"Wonderland" for these events; at the 
Folies Bergere every Saturday at mid- 
night, after the usual evening performance 
of the gorgeous winter revue, and at 
other resorts. The champion pugulist has 
therefore become the star — the primo 
uomo— of la ville lumiere. It is but an 
ephemeral fancy of the fickle Parisian, and 
variety in its true form will ultimately 
return to favor. 



The latest specially organized "public 
entertainment" of this kind was a good 
match ; n eleven rounds between San Mac- 
Vav, of California, and Ben Taylor, of 
London, in the early hours on April 16 at 
the Hippodrome, that huge building which 
no manager has yet ever filled with a fair 
proportion of paid tickets. For this one 
occasion the hall was a paying concern. 



This Hippodrome has ever been a white 
elephant since its construction. Bostock 
started off with a success, but failed to 
keep it open after a three years trial. 
The building has since been given over to 
a gigantic three-hour cinematograph en- 
terprise, with seats from six cents up- 
wards. There are this season a number 
of these exclusively moving picture enter- 
tainments in large halls usually occupied 
by variety. The Cirque d'Hiver, the Cirque 
d( Paris, the Parisiana, the Hippodrome, 
etc., apparently failing to make both ends 
meet with ordinary vaudeville, have turned 
to the popular vague, which is entering 
into the program of every grade of pub- 
lic performance. 



Last summer many of the principal the- 
atres here, such as the Gymnase, the 
Vaudeville, the Chatelet, Olympia, and 
half a dozen high class music halls, kept 
open all through the dog days with mov- 
ing pictures — and nothing else to show. 
We may expect a still greater number 
this summer. 



Vaudeville looks as if it were in a 
bad way when some of the most popular 
circuses, and a well known cafe concert 
depend on this entertainment in order to 
remain open in the spring, which is the 
full season here. But that real, genuine 
variety shows will still attract in France 
is proven by the experience at the Alham- 
bra, run by Thos. Barassford, of Lon- 
don. There is an essentially variety pro- 
gram, as at the Etoile Palace, the Medrano 
Circus, or at the Apollo. These are the 
houses where you find a good audience 
nightly, if anywhere. I understand that 
Mr. Bar rass ford is on the lookout for a 
site to build another hall in Paris, to 
be run on the same lines as the Alhambra. 
He has also recently opened at Marseilles. 
The Etoile Palace is moreover to be 
closed this year for enlarging the seating 
capacity. So it looks as if there were still 
a big field in this country for good vaude- 
ville, if properly managed. 



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MOVING PICTURE NEWS AND REVIEWS 



CLAIM IMPORTANT VICTORY. 

The Film Service Association issues a 
bulletin this week giving information of 
what is claimed to be a sweeping victory 
for the Edison licensees. It is a decision 
in the United States Circuit Court of 
Illinois restraining Chris Rolandsen, a Chi: 
cago exhibitor, from displaying moying 
pictures infringing upon the Edison 
patents. 

From the association circular it appears 
as though the decision were a bona fide 
test case, but the Biograph .people assert 
the decision was granted to the Edison 
people by default of Ronaldsen's appear- 
ance in court, and that the court did not 
consider or pass upon the validity of the 
Edison patents, nor enter into a con- 
sideration of the merits of the different 
claims at issue. 

"The defendant, Rolandsen," said H. M. 
Marvin, vice president of the Biograph 
Company, "was sued by the Edison Com- 
pany, together with a number of other 
Chicago exhibitors. He consulted a lawyer 
and this attorney advised, that, inasmuch 
as the object of the Edison Company was 
to force him to use films under Edison 
license rather than to collect damages, it 
would be as well to come into the Edison 
camp without contest. 

"Rolandsen thereupon agreed to take an 
Edison service, and did not enter a de- 
fense to the complaint filed against him 
in court. In this way he was considered 
by the court to, have confessed judgment, 
and a decision was entered automatically 
against him without the merits of the 
case being gone into at all. To all in- 
tents and purposes and in fact this de- 
cision leaves the litigation between the 
Edison people and 'the independents' just 
where it was before. It has no bearing 
on the matter either way." 

The association bulletin says: "The 
Edison Company has instituted suits 
against all makers and users of unlicensed 
films. One of these suits, that of the 
Edison Company against Chris Rolandsen, 
in which a bill of complaint was filed 
March 16, 1908, has been determined fa- 
vorably to the Edison Manufacturing 
Company, and a decree has been entered 
in the Circuit Court of the United States 
for the Northern District of Illinois, East- 
ern Division." 

The statement goes on to recite some 
of the text of the decree, in effect a repe- 
tition of the bill of complaint, and con- 
cludes: 

"It is desired to call the attention of 
all moving picture buyers and exhibitors 
to tliis decree in order that every one 
shall be properly advised as to the prob- 
able outcome of the suits which have been 
or will be filed by the company against in- 
fringers, and of the intention of the com- 
pany to press all suits to a conclusion as 
rapidly as possible." 



MORE PICTURES. 

Washington, April 30. 
The policy changed at the Majestic this 
week from melodrama and musical shows 
to moving pictures, with a supporting 
'►ill of vaudeville acts. The house is 
under the management of F. W. West- 
ern. Two shows are given daily at an 
*idmi9sion of 10 rents. Boxes command 
25 cents. 



CINCINNATI SEES WAR CLOUDS. 

Cincinnati, April 30. 

"The Post" a few days ago devoted a 
column and a half of space to a highly 
colored article concerning what it was 
pleased to term a prospective "theatrical 
war, bigger than the world has ever seen," 
in which the moving picture exhibitors 
and popular price amusement promo tors 
"will presently lock horns." 

The item is inspired by the opening of 
the Lyceum as a moving picture show and 
the announcement that Heuck's Opera 
House and the Grand will inaugurate the 
same policy within a few weeks. The Ly- 
ceum and Heuck's are links in the Stair 
& Havlin chain. 

In the course of its observations on this 
phase of the theatrical situation, the au- 
thority for which is "a New York man- 
ager, now in Cincinnati," "The Post" de- 
clares that the invasion of moving picture 
shows has cost the Stair & Havlin cir- 
cuit "hundreds of thousands of dollars 
this year." 

In conclusion the New York manager 
is quoted as saying: 

"The Nickelodeon managers have their 
own backers and declare that while such 
a war would mean a big reduction in 
profits for them, all they have to do is 
to sit tight and wait. When the regular 
season starts again they will have to play 
legitimate shows and then nickel vaude- 
ville will be without opposition again for 
eight months. In other words, if the bat- 
tle is not won in three or four months the 
theatres will have to give it up." 



PICTURE TRAVELS "INCOGNITO." 

The moving picture series entitled "The 
Goebel Tragedy, or the Trials of Caleb 
Powers," is a product of the S. Lubin 
(Philadelphia) studios, although that man- 
ufacturer's name does not appear on the 
screen. After the negative was. finished 
Lubin disposed of the whole product to 
Carl Laemmle, a renter of Chicago, who 
has put it on the market under his own 
name. 

When the reel was exhibited at the 
Unique, New York, the Lubin name ap- 
peared through an inadvertence. No rea- 
son has been advanced for the curious 
transaction, but those who have seen the 
film express the opinion that Lubin did 
not care to stand sponsor for it, which 
might have happened often with his prod- 
ucts in the past. 



MIXED ENTERTAINMENT. 

Youngstown, 0., April 30. 
The Lyric Theatre here is running a 
new sort of show. From 10 A. M. until 
2 P. M. moving pictures are given with a 
five-cent admission. From 2 to 5 the 
ante is raised to 10 cents and a vaudeville 
show takes the boards. From 5 to 7 
more pictures, and vaudeville again from 
7 to 9. This week's vaudeville attractions 
are Harrington and Pauline, musical; 
Chicken and Coxey, Hebrew comedians; 
Maurice Kane, and ill. songs. 



NEW ONE IN TOLEDO. 

Toledo, April 30. 

Last Saturday a new picture house 

called "The Princess" opened on the main 

street. Another will start operations in a 

few days, and will be run by a local man. 



CHICAGO FILM NOTES. 
By Frank Wiesberg. 



VARIETY'S Chicago Office, 
Chicago Opera House Block, 

Chicago, April 30. 

Elry Kiley, of Crookston, Minn., will 
open the first moving picture theatre in 
Baudette, a town in northern Minnesota. 



The new picture theatre in Eureka, Cal., 
will open soon under the management of 
Burkholder, Stewart & Siqueros. 



J. L. McClinton has purchased "Dream- 
land," a moving picture theatre at Water- 
loo, la. 



The Coliseum, Auburn, Ind., has been 
converted into a moving picture theatre 
by J. V. Reyher. 



Another moving picture house will be 
opened in Richmond, Va., at 700 West 
Broad Street by H. S. Wallerstein. 



The Theatorium, Wilmington, N. C, has 
been purchased by A. T. Brice. 



J. J. Ferry, owner of a moving picture 
theatre at Birmingham, Ala., filed a volun- 
tary petition in bankruptcy. His liabil- 
ities are $4,099.65. 



W. B. Connor and B. Smart will open 
a Nickelodeon at Central City, Neb. 



Moving pictures will be given in the 
Coliseum Skating Rink, Vincennes, Ind. 
The place seats 1,250. Frank P. Fox and 
Col. A. D. Rogers are the managers. 



The original Hackenschmidt-Gotch 
wrestling match pictures are on view at 
Brooke's Casino for two weeks, under 
the direction of W. W. Wittig, the owner 
and promoter of the match. 



Richard Drake and George Steak started 
a Nickelodeon at Waupun, Wis., last week. 



The Gay Theatre, Hastings, Neb., opened 
with moving pictures and illustrated 
songs. 



The Ithaca (N. Y.) Amusement Com- 
pany, composed of J. E. Shea and Joseph 
Ryan, has leased Parish Hall, in that city, 
for vaudeville and pictures. 



Frank E. Berry has a moving picture 
theatre in Lancaster, Ohio. 



A new theatre, devoted exclusively to 
moving pictures, is now under way at 
Anaconda, Mont. H. F. Errett is the 

owner. 



Myers' Theatre, Janesville, Wis., is now 
operated with moving pictures and illus- 
trated songs. 



The Wagner Film and Amusement Com- 
pany, S't. Louis, has incorporated, capital 
$5,000. G. Wagner and J. Mathes are the 
incorporators. 



"Briar cliff Auto Races." 

Hammerstein's. 

The delivery of a film at Hammerstein's 

on Monday showing the Briarcliff Races 

which took place the Friday previous, 

argues a rush job for the Vitagraph Com- 
pany's mechanical department. The handi- 
cap under which the reel was turned out 
is perhaps reflected in the photographic 
quality of the film. There are times when 
the figures are very indistinct, and not 
more than half the views are really clear. 
In an effort to give the effect of dizzy 
speed to the racing machines, the reel is 
ruu off too quickly in places, the "fake" 
being easily discernible from the jerky 
motions of the spectators. Several sharp 
turns in the course are shown, but the 
cars seem to hold steadily on their way, 
and the sensational features of "The 
Dieppe Race," seen some months ago, are 
absent. In comparison with that series, 
the "Briarcliff" is tame. Hush. 



"In the Land of the Gold Mines." 
Unique. 

The reel does not show any consistent, 
orderly idea. It is just a fairy story 
backing for a series of spectacular pic- 
tures. A girl is picking up firewood in 
the forest. She hides behind a tree as a 
company of gnomes approaches. The gob- 
lins dig in the ground and uncover gold. 
Fascinated at the sight, the girl cries out, 
and the little men take her captive. They 
take her to the palace and there show 
her fabulous riches. The queen of the 
fairies is making coins out of the molten 
gold in a rather novel series of views. She 
pours the gold on an anvil. Then the 
camera is moved up close to the boiling 
yellow metal, which gradually- takes shape 
and arranges itself into rows of coins 
seemingly without being' touched. The 
film is colored in a half-hearted way, but 
the job is indifferently done. Hush. 



Pocatello, Idaho, has a moving picture 
show. It is owned by a man from Butte. 



"Uncle Bill's Bull." 
Unique. 

As the name indicates, this is a comic 
subject, and a decidedly good one. The 
opening scene is a young couple at break- 
fast, when the postman enters with a let- 
ter. "My pet bull is at the express office; 
gU it and take care of it. If you don't, III 

disinherit you," it read over the signa- 
ture of "Uncle Bill." The young man 
gets the "bull," which turns out to be a 
bulldog. Speculation as to the nature of 
the "bull" had kept interest alive up to 
this point. Prom here on the picture 
resolves itself into a novel and highly 
amusing chase. The dog must have been 
a remarkably well trained animal. It 
breaks away from its leash and every- 
body that comes in the way of its mad 
rush is bowled over unceremoniously, only 
to arise and join in the chase. When the 
nephew gets home his troubles have only 
commenced, for the pup proceeds to wreck 
his domestic peace in a general rough- 
house. A telegraphic notification that 
Uncle Bill had died, leaving his fortune to 
the hero of the picture, puts an end to the 
young couple's bondage. The pup is tied 
to the front porch and a large sign stuck 
up beside it, Inviting passers-by to "go as 
far as they lik< i " K has a capital idea, 
and it "worked out with first rate com- 
edy incidents. Ruth. 



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ioi RANCH. 
Coliseum, Chicago. 

When Miller Brothers, the energetic 
young men who operate one,of the larg- 
est live stock industries in the Far West, 
first conceived the, idea of exploiting their 
product as an amusement enterprise, about 
a year ago, without the customary her- 
alding, and brought a part of their equip- 
ment to Chicago on a "holiday tour" for 
the tenants of this wild and woolly 
prairie, they figuratively anticipated little 
or mediocre success for the combination. 
That Miller Brothers have established the 
"101 Ranch" as one of the most interesting 
spectacles before the American public can- 
not be contradicted. 

They have put forth the "wild West" 
exhibition this year as one of the im- 
portant enterprises in the amusement 
field. The show is much larger, better and 
stronger than last year. It is colossal 
and mammoth compared with the outfit 
of last season. 

This is the opening of the season for 
the exhibition, although it was shown for 
a week preceding its arrival at the Coli- 
seum, following the three weeks' engage- 
ment of the Ringling show. 

"101 Ranch" is an exposition of ranch 
life in the far West, instructive and his- 
torical. No other similar show provides 
more comprehensive features along the 
picturesque tradition of the frontier. 

Zack T. Miller, one of the owners, in- 
troduced the assemblage of Osage Indians, 
cowboys, Mexicans, Cossacks in the entry, 
and the review attracted wide attention. 
There are seventeen displays, each distinct 
and interesting. The "hold-up" of an 
overland coach by Mexican bandits was 
re-enacted with marvelous realism. 

One of the most stirring reproductions 
was the massacre of Pat Hennessy and 
party, which, according to Mr. Miller, is 
given with historical accuracy and with 
two of the original personages. 

Lariat throwing, frolics and pastimes of 
the habitants of the West and dexterous 
equestrian display by daring horsemen 
from other countries, together with a 
series of incidents, such as Indian rites, 
war dances, weird and kaledeiscopic move- 
ments of the primitive days of outlawry 
are in abundance. *' 

The live stock equipment is large. There 
are many fine and well bred steeds in the 
aggregation, which also contains buffalos, 
wild steers and mules. 

A Ceylon troupe in characteristic 
dances, acrobatics and curious maneuvers 
appear as one of the features. 

Two comedians, made up to represent 
Hebrews, one a counterpart of Sara Howe, 
furnished comedy. The show is a real 
"wild West," with all the requisite fea- 
tures and exuberant atmosphere which 
scintillates with realism. It will be at the 
Coliseum for two weeks. 

Frank Wicaberg. 



GIROUS NEWS. 



THE JOHN ROBINSON SHOWS. 

Cincinnati, April 30. 
Everything is new, even the tents, and 
hardly a dozen of last year's acts are re- 
taiued. In Display No. 2 is "The Ladies' 
Itallet," one of the best dressed circus num- 
bers ever seen in this community. Eques- 
Hhti specialties are by the Misses Daven- 



port, Rooney and Edna. Display No. 4 is a 
collection of acrobatic acts ; a balancing 
trapeze act by Jack Wizard and Mr. Orton. 
On the flying perch, Miss Jennie; flying 
ladder, Miss Irene ; stage No. 2, Three 
Alvos (New Acts), and at the other end, 
on balancing trapeze, by Mr. Mecre and 
Miss Kimbal. A comedy mule act by Ab. 
Johnson, Davenport and Formes pleased 
die women and children. 

The elephant number shows clever 
herds, especially that under the direction 
of Richard Jones. An elephant and pony 
trained by Miss Brown were very enter- 
taining. 

Aerial acts are Taki, slack wire; Mr. 
Berchelle, flying rings; Miss Leon, slack 
wire; Mr. Hines, flying perch; Mr. Leg- 
gerts, flying rings; Miss Edna, Mr. La- 
mont and Miss Scott, the Brownies. Miss 
Kimbal], wire acts, while the Patts and 
Miss Sterling also performed on the flying 
rings. 

Display No. 8 is trained animal acts. 
The best is Prof. Winston's Seals, last 
year with the Barnum A Bailey Show. 

Bare-back riding was divided by John 
Rooney, Wm. De Mott and Mr. Davenport. 
Some fine riding. Hines Troupe, The Ster- 
lings, a bicycle act by The Brownies, very 
clever. The Berdells, Two Alvos and La- 
mont Family made up the tenth display. 
A real treat was a high school menage 
act by Miss Van Skyke, Etta Orton, Irene 
French, Nola Satterfield and Millie Far- 
mer. Miss Inman, contortionist; Al Ham- 
ilton, barrel jumping; Scott Sisters, re- 
volving globe; Mr. Fitzgerald, juggler; 
Fred Welcome, acrobat; The De Vautes, 
jugglers; Miss Hale, rolling globe; contor- 
tion specialties by the Two Renks and the 
Two Engfords, and juggling by Nozolek 
and Toki were all in one number. 

Display No. 13 is one of the features 
of the show. If there is anything better 
in the business than Mr. and Miss Rooney 
in their "cart act," it has never come this 
way. The single somersault leap of Mr. 
Rooney from one horse to another while 
drawn around the ring and back into the 
cart is sensational. 

Drills, lady Zouaves and the jolly 
clowns, none particularly strong, are to- 
gether. A trio of riding acts are Miss 
Watson and Mr. Johnson, Miss Irene and 
Mr. Orton, and Miss French and Mr. De- 
mott, all clever and very enthusiastically 
received. The Patts (New Acts). 

No. 18 is another feature act, Dare 
Devil Silvo, who makes a descent on a 
plane of about sixty feet high to a sus- 
pended net, which he calls "Leap to the 
Moon." Displays No. 19 and 20 are the 
Wild West Shows, introducing the usual 
rough riding. 

The show is the best that John Robin- 
son has had in many years, and doubly as 
good as last season's. This year nearly 
one hundred and twenty-five more people 
will be carried. The opening night (April 
27) the crowd was rather slim, due tp the 
extreme cold weather, which also had a 
tendency to make the performers a little 
bit slow and stiff, but with a couple of 
days of hot weather things will be moving 
along smoothly. 

Fred Fisher, who has charge of the 
show and all the acts, worked very hard 
to make it a big success. Harry //cm. 



London, April 20. 
At the Hungarian Exposition, opening 
May at "Olympia," Frank C. Boatock 
is assembling quite an extraordinary 
menagerie, including eight elephants, fifty 
lions, ten tigers, fifteen leopards, thirty 
panthers and thirty bears, besides many 
minor creatures of fur and claws. 



The three advertising cars of the Buf- 
falo Bill Show left New York alt together 
Monday. Walter K. Hill, who is contract- 
ing press agent of the show and supposed 
to travel with the No. 1 car, left the city 
Wednesday evening. He is a week and a 
half behind schedule time, his ordinary 
position in the advance scheme being three 
weeks ahead of the show. Col. Cody and 
his riders go on the road the end of next 
week. 



George Conklin, head animal man with 
the Barnum Show, a position he has held 
for many years, retired from that post 
Saturday night. 



John Eberly, superintendent of the Bar- 
num Circus at the opening of the season, 
i3 now with the Buffalo Bill Show. 



Curzon Sisters open May 25 for a run 
at London Hippodrome. They sail May 
12, closing with the Ringling Circus only 
in time to catch the steamer. 



R. M. Harvey, advance agent tor the 
Buffalo Bill Show, was in Wilkes-Barre, 
Pa., making arrangements for the appear- 
ance of the outfit June 29. 



When the Cole Brothers Show played 
McKeesport, Pa., two accidents happened. 
Edith Costello, of Washington, a rider, 
fell in the ring and broke her leg. A 
flyer in one of the aerial acts missed a 
catch and fell. A net broke the fall and 
he suffered no worse injury than a severe 
shaking up. 



Mike Donohue, an employee of the Cole 
Brothers' Circus, was arrested in McKees- 
port while the show played there late 
last week. A local man, who left the 
show grounds very much the worse for 
Pennsylvania "red eye," lost $77 on his 
way home. Donohue had helped him to a 
car. 



At last some word of Walter L. Main's 
plans. "There will be no show out of 
Geneva this season," says a local paper. 
The Walter Main elephants have been 
leased to Eastern parks and fairs for the 
season and the horses are all sold, with 
the exception of a few which Mr. Main re- 
tains for his personal use. The balance 
of the paraphernalia not leased has been 
stored. Asked about his future plans, Mr. 
Main replied, "Wait and see." 



Johnstown, Pa., hag a bright prospect 
of circus entertainment for the next 
month or so. Frey's Circus played here 
April 24 and 25 before starting on its 
long tour. Cole Brothers are due to play 
there May 2, and already paper it out 
announcing visits of the Wallace-Hagen- 
beck and Buffalo Bill outfits May 18 and 
23, respectively. 



Dr. H. M. Frye, a Johnstown, Pa., dent* 
ist, will put out a one-ring Roman circus. 
It opens in Johnstown April 24, and thence 
goes to New Florence and other towu» 
within a radius of 150 miles of Johnstown. 
Rehearsals are now in progress. 



Cleveland, April 30. 
The Ringling Brothers advance forces 
have been here billing the town for the 
show. The date is May 11. 



London, April 22. 
The law suit brought by Captain Tay- 
lor against Frank Bostock oyer baboons, 
as previously reported, resulted in Bos- 
tock having to pay the Captain $2,245 
and return the baboon "Potch." 



PIANIST WITH |q. 

The musicians have been in a frightful 
stew all week. One of their profession, a 
pianist, was discovered to have $0 in his 
possession, all in actual currency, and, to 
make the matter doubly serious, the nine- 
dollar- man is trying to give his immature 
fortune away. 

The wealthy fellow is Billy Bartlett, the 
crack piano player of Kennedy's Rathskel- 
ler, at Broadway and 40th Street. Mr. 
Bartlett found the money on the floor of 
the subterranean resort, and immediately 
placarded his discovery on the walls, with 
the announcement that anyone describing 
the bills accurately, giving denominations, 
numbers and color, would have the green- 
backs returned. Several presented them- 
selves as the lawful owners, but "fell 
down" on the numbers. 

Mr. Bartlett is holding the money for 
the proper claimant, and this is what has 
caused the disgust among his fellow play- 
ers. Nine dollars at Kennedy's is equiva- 
lent to 180 glasses of frothy foam sur- 
mounted amber fluid, and with the quan- 
tity of liquid going only eighteen different 
ways, there are mournful sounds sent up 
and down "the alley" by the slighted ones. 



RAISULI COMING OVER HERE. 

While fat headlines announced this week 
the report that Raisuli, the Moroccan 
bandit chief, had been assassinated, an of- 
ficial of the United Booking Offices made 
the statement that he was in communica- 
tion with "the bad boy of North Africa" 
looking to his appearance in this country. 

Hot on the heels of this came another 
statement, backed up by correspondence, 
from which it appears that at the in- 
stance of Myers & Levitt and Sam Gom- 
pertz negotiations have practically been 
completed for the importation of Raisuli 
to this country. The agent for the last 
named combination said to have brought 
about this prospect is Hassan Ben Ali, the 
Arabian. 



Mrs. O'Leary, mother of Geo. W. Hus- 
sey, the ventriloquist, died on April 20 
at her home in New York City. 



Louis Klaw, a brother of Marc Klaw. 
died Sunday last. He was 60 years of 
age. 



The newest moving picture theatre at 
Charlotte, N. C, has been opened by Chas. 
Nichols. 



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Lord's Park, Elgin, 111., opened April 20. 



Electric Park, San Antonio, opened 
April 18. 



Elliott Park, Gadsden, Ala., is scheduled 
to open May 1.' 



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Alentangy Park, Columbus, O., opened 
its tenth season April 26. 



Del wood Park, Joliet, 111., will open for 
the summer about May 23. 



Lake Side Park, Dayton, O., opened 
Easter Sunday. F. W. Gager is manager. 



Alamo Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, opens 
May 24. J. E. Faltys, of Toledo, is man- 
ager. 



The Fairyland Amusement Company, 
Cleveland, has been incorporated; capital, 
$5,000. 



The Forest Park Fair Grounds Asso- 
ciation, Chicago, has incorporated for 
$300,000. 



The management of Seocaiura Park, 
Gallion, O., has selected May 30 as the 
opening date. 



C. D. Rogers is the lessee of the Living- 
ston Park, Jackson, Tenn., which opened 
on Sunday last. 



The Lake Real Estate and Amusement 
Company, St. Louis, has been incorpor- 
ated; capital, $6,000. 



M. Runkel has leased the recently built 
theatre at De Soto Park, Tampa, Fla., 
which opens May 3. 



"White City," Belleville, 111., opened last 
Sunday, the first of the Illinois parks to 
open for the Rummer season. 



The Gilbert Amusement Company, which 
owns the Lyric Theatre, Rockford, 111., 
will build an airdome for the summer. 



New attractions will be given at Wal- 
lack's Park, Paducah, Ky., this summer. 
R. B. Bakraw. and the Traction Company 
will supply the concessions. 



Hawkins' Skating Rink, La Grange, Ga., 
will be converted into a vaudeville theatre 
by W. H. Market. The opening has been 
set for the first week in May. 



The Zoological Garden in Cincinnati will 
open the concert season Sunday, May 10. 
Chevalier Enricho Gargilo's Italian band 
has been engaged for two weeks. 



Electric Park, Ottumwn, Iowa, opens 
the first week in June, under the man- 
agement of Alford & Nichols. Ewing's 
Juvenile Zouave Boys' Band will be the 
principal free attraction. 



Oskaloosa, la., announces a new summer 
theatre for the coming season. A new 
park will also be established on a ten-acre 
tract of ground, by J. Mace Hogan, and the 
Of-kaloosa Street Car Company. 



A summer garden, with moving pictures 
as the principal feature, will be one of the 
summer offerings .it Kankakee, 111. Th-» 
place adjoins the Bijou, a vaudeville the- 
tn« owned by Mrs. J. Seybert. 



PARKS AND PAIRS 



The church community of East St. Louis 
objects to the Lansdowne Park Amusement 
Company's project to build a park in the 
exclusive residence district, and filed a pe- 
tition for an injunction in the Circuit 
Court. 



"Wonderland," Minneapolis, will open 
May 23. Fred Camp, manager, announces 
that new features will be offered in a 
novel mirror maze, a battle between man 
and snakes, "House of Nonsense" and 
"The Flatiron." 



Highland Park, Quincy, 111., opened 
April 19. The attraction for the opening 
week included Harry S. Mayball and his 
Concert Band, the Webster Family, La- 
velle's production, "Salome," and other 
outdoor features. 



Lowery Brothers' New Olympia Shows 
will take to the road this season as a 
colored minstrel organization, and will 
open its season shortly. But very little 
remains to be done to have the show 
perfect in all its details. 



West End Park, New Orleans, formerly 
booked by the Orpheum Circuit Company, 
will be minus vaudeville attractions the 
coming summer. The railway company, 
which secured the lease, will install a 
band and pictures. 



A company is being organized to trans- 
form the Oriental building in Portland, 
Ore., into a summer amusement resort. 



The opening of East Lake Park, Birm- 
ingham, will be about May 1. The scenic 
railway, 1,900 feet in length, cost $15,000. 
A skating rink, roller coaster, moving pic- 
ture shows, vaudeville and many other at- 
tractions will be provided by Manager 
R. I. Burnett. 



Property owners in the vicinity of 
Sheridan Park, Chicago, are up in arms 
against the proposed building o f a new 
amusement park in Wilson Avenue. They 
claim that the value of their property 
would be depreciated by the resort and in- 
tend to fight the project. 



"White City," Denver, will be shortly 
completed and ready to open by the mid- 
dle of May. It has been incorporated as 
a city, and will have its own police and 
municipal officials. The claim is made for 
"White City" that it will be the most 
beautiful summer park west of Chicago. 



Washington, April 30. 
River View Park, on the Potomac, has 
undergone large improvements since its 
closing last year. Excursion dates have 
been booked as far ahead as Sept. 10. 
"Luna" opens May 23. Vaudeville and 
band concerts will be the main free at- 
tractions. 

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J. J. Rosenthal will again manage the 
Casino at Toledo this summer. It is a 
house of 3,200 capacity, and situated in 
the lake, reached by a bridge. Stock will 
inaugurate the season on May 30, and 
during the summer the entertainment will 
be varied, including vaudeville among the 
attractions. a 



A vaudeville theatre to be known as 
"The Air Dome," will be one of the chief 
attractions at "White City," Nashville. 
Yeatman C. Alley is manager. The new 
scenic coaster now being installed will be 
one of the largest in the country, and 
constructed by the Fred Ingersoll Amuse- 
ment Company, of Pittsburg. 

A new corporation known as the Pelican 
Amusement Company has been formed in 
New Orleans, with capital of $10,000, for 
the purpose of operating amusement re- 
sorts. Among the directors are Wm. J. 
Geary, August De Lanzac, P. H. Linssen, 
Dennis J. Campbell, Henry Taylor, John 
T. Huher and Herman L. Schil linger. 



The Oaks, Portland, Ore., opens May 
16. The resort is one of the largest and 
finest in the West, and special prepara- 
tions are being made for the installation 
of new attractions. A vaudeville theatre, 
skating rink and burlesque performances 
will be the principal features. Vaudeville 
and burlesque will be given in the air- 
dome free. 



Wheeling Park opens its regular sum* 
mer season May 3. It is under the man- 
agement of Geo. A. McLaughlin. The new 
features this season will be a mammoth 
airdome, where comic opera, minstrel, 
burlesque, etc., will be presented free of 
charge. Tuttle's "Streets of Cairo," with 
carrying camels, is a feature. A great 
number of large picnics are booked for 
the season. 



The promoters of "White City," the new 
amusement park which may be located in 
Irvington, a suburb of Newark, N. J., are 
have a hard battle with the officials of 
that town in securing a permit to start 
work, license and other formalities. The 
business men are in favor of the park, 
claiming it will bring more money and 
people to the town. 



Forest Park, Kansas City, under the 
new management of Tibbetts & Crawford, 
opens for the season, May 3. A large 
roller skating rink, new dancing pavilion, 
numerous rides are some of the features 
of Forest Park. Mr. Tibbetts is here 
now. Fairmount Park opens May 10, with 
many new and interesting amusement 
devices, the skating ring being especially 
interesting. 

It is likely that Calumet, Mich., will 
hove a "White City" this summer. Th.- 
lown has been without an amusement park, 
and a number of prominent business men 
of Houghton County are endeavoring to 
form an organization to establish one. 
Calumet is in the copper region and has 
many adjacent towns to draw from. Elec- 
tric Park, only a short distance from Calu- 
met, opened last summer and attracted large 
ciowds. 



Shenandoah, April 30. 
Money is being spent lavishly at Wood- 
land Park to make it even more ideal as 
an amusement resort than was spent last 
year. The nanagement has acquired quite 
a number of new concessions. On Decora- 
tion Day it will open its gates. Frank 
D'Esta, at present stage manager at the 



Family Theatre, Chester, Pa., will fulfill, 
a similar position at Woodland Park thie 
season. 



Cleveland, 0., April 30. 
"White City" will open May 28. Paul 
Mooney, formerly press agent for "Luna" 
and manager of various summer parks, 
has been appointed manager. No admis- 
sion fee will be charged at the entrance 
gates. The number of concessions will 
be increased and more novelties will be 
introduced. A bathhouse will be built and 
work will be begun on a pier this summer, 
to be finished in time for the opening for 
next season when boats will be run between 
the city and the park. 



Boston, April 30. 
Wonderland Park, at Revere Beach, is 
being put into shape for an early open- 
ing. Pawnee Bill's Wild West will be 
the feature show this year, and an almost 
complete change of attractions will be 
made. Chiquita, the dwarf; Pilgrim's 
Progress, Paradise, a Japanese theatre, a 
comedy theatre, the "Human Laundry," 
Darling's Hippodrome, Darktown, a roller 
skating rink under canvas, and Annette 
Kellerman, the swimmer, will be the fea- 
tures around the lagoon. 



The intricate law suits involving Elec- 
tric Park, Baltimore, are at last in a way 
to be settled. The local courts have di- 
rected that the property be turned over 
to the Electric Park & Exhibition Com- 
pany on that concern's agreement to take 
up the outstanding indebtedness of the 
present sub-lessee. This nullifies a ten- 
year lease given to F. C. Schanberger and 
the latter's sub- lease to the Electric Park 
Company. The park is in the hands of 
receivers. Beginning immediately improve- 
ments will be commenced which will cost 
$200,000. 



"White City," Chicago, opens May 16. 
Paul D. Howse will continue as general 
manager, and Frank Albert in charge of 
ihe puhlieity department. Many improve- 
ments and changes have been made for this 
t-eason. The large Casino has been con- 
verted into a vaudeville theatre and will 
be operated by Eugene Biefeld, son of 
Joseph Biefeld, president of the White 
City Company, and owner of the Sherman 
House. Dave Morris is ossociated with 
young Mr. Biefeld in the enlistment of at- 
tractions, which will be of a high order. 
The Western Vaudeville Association had 
the vaudeville theatre last season. 



The managers of the local parks in 
Newark, N. J., are starting in their year- 
ly housecleaning and general overhauling. 
At Hillside Park a general improvement 
is going on, while at Electric and Olympic 
parks the carpenters and painters are tak- 
ing care of things. It is reported that 
James Bucken, until very recently resi- 
dent manager of Blaney's Theatre, will act 
as manager at Olympic this senson instead 
of Hans Weavers. Another outdoor at- 
traction besides the four parks and two 
ball games will be the reopening of the 
board track for cycle racing under the 
management of lack Prince, the well- 
known track manager, and Nat Butler, 
the rider. The heat riders in the world 
will pednl here the corning summer, as the 
track will be «>n the Eastern circuit. 









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VARIETY 



NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

MUil Presentation, First Appearance tr 
Reappearance is New York City. 

Sadie Jansell, Fifth Avenue. 
LeM Amatis, Alhambra. 
La Scala Sextet, Alhambra. 
Sophie Brandt, 125th Street. 

Eddie Foy. 

Burlesque Impersonations. 

14 Mine.; Full Stage. 

Orpheum. 

It must have taken Eddie Foy at least 
two days to ''frame up" his present vaude- 
ville act, and at that the property maker 
did most of the labor. Foy makes his 
appearance in comedy make-up, and in 
at song that is almost music announces 
that he will imitate famous personages. 
Then he proceeds to do the same. The 
imitations go the limit of grotesqueness. 
For an impersonation of Carnegie, Foy. 
plays golf with toy balloons that grow up 
cut of the stage, and his "Gov. Hughes" 
is all beard. Clowning of this sort was 
bound to get laughs, but the performance 
was far from a well ordered vaudeville 
act. The changes were made in a cabinet 
up stage a la Lily Lena. A verse or two 
of Foy's song about the camel made "the 
finish. The reception was decidedly luke- 
warm. A regular vaudevillian would have 
been said to have "died" on a similar 
showing of applause. Foy's name may 
have drawn patrons, but the others on the 
bill entertained them. Rush. 



La Maire and King. 
Songs and Talk. 
19 Mins.; One. 
Keeney's, 

Le Maire and King are a new combina- 
tion. Le Maire was formerly of Le 
Maire and Le Maire, and King with Searl 
Allen's "The New Reporter." Their spe- 
cialty is along similar lines to that used 
by Le Maire and Le Maire, with a quan- 
tity of new material sprinkled through- 
out. Le Maire is a funny little Hebrew 
of the fighting type, and he works all the 
time. King is a good looking "straight" 
who can wear clothes, and makes an ex- 
cellent foil for Le Maire's funniments. 
The pair are suffering this week through 
having to lengthen their turn in order to 
allow the stage to be set. It may have 
been this that made the act seem a bit 
slow Monday night, although it was the 
first part of the specialty that dragged. 
After the songs, placed about midway, 
they woke them up with some really funny 
fight business. Both seem to be well 
suited to each other, and in a little time 
should be able to work out an entertain- 
ing specialty. Dash. 



Alvolo and Othelo. 
Equilibrists and Contortionists. 
14 Mins.; Full Stage. 

Hammerstein's. 

The pair have a neat and pretty rather 
than a sensational number. There are no 
imposing or thrilling feats in the routine, 
but everything they do has the stamp 
of clean-cut style and skillful handling. 
Both look well in white flannel suits of 
modish cut, and avoided the grotesque 
postures that frequently occur in acts of 
this sort. They did decidedly well in the 
opening place. The act is well known out 
of town, but this, it is thought, is their 
first appearance in New York. Rush. 



NEW AGT® OP TUB WEEK 






Jean Lenox. 

Songs. 

14 Mins.; One. 

58th Streec. 

Jean Lenox, a writer of songs, U mak- 
ing her initial local vaudeville bow this 
week. The first big mistake is the pro- 
gram billing. It gives a long list of com- 
positions by the singer. It also states all 
the songs rendered were written and com- 
posed by the singer. The program tells 
whom the automobile effects are furnished 
by, and the maker of the piano. After 
this array the audience naturally expected 
the singer to do something. She turned 
out a single singing act of the ordinary 
type, over which the house was not en- 
thusiastic. A bit of a novelty was intro- 
duced in the first song. The house is 
darkened and the spot thrown on the 
singer, revealing her in a prop automo- 
bile with the two large searchlights 
throwing long streams out over the audi- 
ence. An electric fan keeps her veil 
blowing, giving the machine a moving ef- 
fect. The fan, being placed in the rear, 
however made it seem as though the car 
was running backwards. The effect was 
very pretty, but spoiled through the lights 
being thrown on, showing how it was ob- 
tained. This portion required the full 
stage for about a minute and a half. 
Three songs were sung after the opening. 
An imitation of Eva Tanguay was about 
the truest reproduction of the fidgety 
one yet shown, and was the finish. Of 
the others "Wihistle If You Want Me, 
Dear," would make a corking number if 
properly handled. Miss Lenox does not 
get anything out of it, although she has 
taken Alice Lloyd's "mirror" to help it 
along. She doesn't use the mirror in ex- 
actly the same way as Miss Lloyd, but 
the idea is there, just the same, and had 
not the English singer introduced it, it 
would very likely never have been seen 
in this act. It is so badly done Miss 
Lloyd could very nicely follow in Miss 
Lenox's wake without suffering. Miss 
Lenox has a sweet appearance, but is 
without voice, and delivers her songs in a 
hesitating, uncertain manner, all but 
amateurish. As a "straight" singer Jean 
Lenox will not upset vaudeville. Harry 
0. Sutton assisted on the piano, and ac- 
quitted himself admirably. Dash. 



Les Anders. 

Bicycle. 

ia Mins.; Full Stage. 

Keeney's. 

Les Anders were formerly of The Zar- 
row Trio, and they are doing the old act 
almost in its entirety. There is a good 
bunch of comedy of the rough-house 
brand, for which the riding and every* 
thing else is sacrificed. The pair do not 
seem to work quite as smoothly as they 
should, but this will probably be corrected 
in time. Both men are in comedy make- 
up (tramp and sailor). They opened after 
the intermission on Monday night and 
fared a trifle better than anyone on the 
bill up to that time. Dash. 






William Macart. 
Monologist. 
15 Mins.; One. 
Fifth Avenue. 

Mr. Macart seems to have started out 

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with the commendable object of framing 
up a talking number with only fresh ma- 
terial. While he holds true to that de- 
sign he does extremely well, but there 
are times when he permits stock matter 
to creep into his stories. At such mo- 
ments he is not nearly so interesting. 
Half a dozen of his stories are new and 
carry good points, and there was no nec- 
essity for falling back upon old matter. 
Macart has the story telling knack. He 
leads his audiences up to the points skil- 
fully, and springs his climaxes neatly. A 
parody on a rather passe 1 song was used 
and "Incarnation," another back number, 
was scarcely worth the trouble he took 
to work up its introduction. Rush. 



Arnaldo's Leopards and Panthers. 
17 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Keeney's. 

Seven animals make up the troupe. A 
large circular cage with a wall at the back 
is used. The animals are run in one at 
a time from the side. The usual routine 
is gone through quickly and smoothly, 
the animals obeying with less coaxing 
than ordinarily. The jumping of the 
panthers is the most striking of the feats 
shown. The combativeness of the smallest 
of the leopards, which snarls and bites at 
everything in sight, added a little thrill of 
amusement. The opening is a trifle slow. 
The act is well along before the neces- 
sary interest is aroused. A better finish 
should also be installed. One of the tab- 
leaux placed in the center of the act 
would bring better returns at the finish 
than does the present one, which allows 
of the animals leaving the cage one at a 
time as they entered. Dash. 



Moving pictures will be played at the 
Harlem Opera House, commencing Mon- 
day, for the remainder of the season. 



Jack Moffit and Clare Sisters. 

Songs and Dances. 

13 Mins.; One (3); Full Stage (6); 

One (4). 
Keeney's. 

Jack Moffit and the Clare Sisters have 
dropped in upon the Metropolis with a 
singing and dancing specialty before it 
was in condition to receive a New York 
verdict. With care and attention, plenty 
of hard work and some expenditure on 
wardrobe, they could have reached the 
barrier. The girls make a nice looking 
"sister" pair but hurt their appearance 
through wearing unbecoming coats in the 
opening and carrying very bad looking 
parasols. After discarding the parasols 
for the second number, they break all 
rules by bringing them forth again in the 
closing number. Moffit makes the same 
mistake. He opens in white flannels. 
After making a change, he returns to 
the flannels for the finish. But one of the 
sisters dances. If the other one danced 
as well, she wouldn't have to sing. Some- 
thing a little more apt than the Spanish 
song (she wore a Spanish dress) should 
be tried. The whirlwind dance was the 
best thing shown. " In fact the dancing 
of the two should warrant the framing 
up of an act along these lines entirely. 

Dash. 



THE JOHN ROBINSON SHOWS. 

Three Alvos. 
Acrobats. 

Two of the men work straight, the 
other a German comedian. Double bars 
are used with an extension for a final 
leap. The straight men go through the 
regular routine feats, while the German 
comedian works out some pretty comedy. 
The final leap and straight fall into a net, 
and then a double somersault produced 
long applause. 

Patt and Patt 

Flying Trapeze and Roman Rings. 

Patt and Patt are man and wife and 
native Americans doing a straight acro- 
batic turn which promises to equal the 
better grade of straight acrobatic acts. 
The girl is very pretty and appears very 
becoming in white tights. Most of the 
feats they do are those of the average 
aerial artist, but the manner in which 
they are done is somewhat different. 

Harry Hess. 



Langford and O'Farrell. 

"The Sheriff's Marriage" (Comedy). 

19 Mins.; Full Stage. 

Keeney's. 

"The Sheriff's Marriage" at the opening 
gives promise of being one of those 
Western "thrillers," but shortly after 
dwindles into a conversation between the 
two principals. Gladys Woodact (Myrtle 
Langford) is bemoaning her fate at being 
left in a gambling saloon in a Western 
mining camp when suddenly into the room 
bursts Tipperary Jack, the County Sheriff 
(George O'Farrell), who has been chased 
by cattle thieves. This is where the story 
ends, just where it was beginning to 
arouse interest, and goes off at a tangent. 
From this on, there is nothing but a quan- 
tity of talk and "gagging* not at all in 
keeping with the surroundings. Miss 
Langford looks well and gains distinction 
through simulating a "jag" cleverly. 
George O'Farrell makes about as good a 
looking a cowboy hero as any matinee 
girl could desire, but he gets no chance 
at the heroic thing, what he is built for 
and what one would expect. They should 
have some one take up the story from 
the Sheriff's entrance and rewrite all that 
follows, making a legitimate thriller of 
the sketch. The principals seem to be 
more suited to handle something of this 
sort. Dash. 



June Rossmore. 

Songs. 

10 Mins.; One. 

Keeney's 

June Rossmore is new at least as a 
single entertainer. She was noticeably 
nervous on Monday night, as well she 
might be, for she is trying to put over 
a straight singing act. Miss Rossmore 
has good looks in her favor, knows how 
to dress, and has the life to put into her 
numbers, but doesn't seem to know just 
how to do it. It may not be fair to 
pass an opinion on her voice, as the 
orchestra at Keeney's could make Caruso's 
sound like the "buy old clo' man's." In 
the first song the singer and the orchestra 
were working in different keys. Really, 
the result was not at all satisfactory. 
Miss Rossmore would make a capital part- 
ner for a singing and dancing comedian, 
but it is a bit doubtful if she is strong 
enough to go alone. Dash. 



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VARIETY 



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Bowser, Hinkle and Company. 

"Superstition" (Dramatic). 

19 Mint.; Full Stage (Special Set). 

Pastor's. 

"Superstition" is by Oliver White. In 
writing the playlet Mr. White has shown 
a keen appreciation for the desires of the 
vaudeville audience. He has written a 
well knit piece, highly plausible, with a 
heart interest bound to hold attention and 
please. The story is about the New York 
newspapers which are in hot pursuit of 
the "faking" mind readers, clairvoyants, 
etc. Tredlow (Frederick E. Duff), a re- 
porter, is given the assignment, and elects 
to call on Floteau (Edith Hinkle) one of 
the most noted of the mind readers call- 
ing herself an Astrolger. He gains an audi- 
ence with the Astrolger, during the course 
of which she denounces him for trying 
to down a woman while the big "grafters" 
at the city hall are allowed to go on their 
way unmolested. Their discussion leads 
to the mention of Jim Kingston (Chas. W. 
Bowser) a political "Boss." The mind 
reader mentions this man is coming to see 
her at three o'clock, the reporter, knowing 
Kingston is to make an important speech 
at three-thirty, agrees to "let up" on the 
mind reader if she will hold the politician 
until it is too late for the speech. She 
agrees. When the politician arrives she 
holds him by various devices until it is 
too late. The reporter has secreted him- 
self in a bay window where he can hear 
the whole conversation. The politician, 
upon becoming aware that he has been 
held for a purpose, tells the Astrolger that 
it is just ten years ago since he was to 
a fortune teller and the woman visited 
at that time, he says, did him a great 
favor, for which he later saved her from 
being sent to prison. It develops that 
this woman was the mother of Floteau 
and out of gratitude she informs him of 
the reporter's presence. He pulls back 
the curtains which hides the alcove, and 
the young man full of importance at the 
contemplated "scoop," steps forward. The 
politician tries to bribe him, but he will 
not be bought. Kingston then informs 
him he has bought the paper for which 
he has been working that very morning. 
He tells him to call up his manager, and 
increases the reporter's salary. The "Boss" 
then proposes to Floteau and is accepted. 
The setting is on the Turkish order, and 
attractive. Miss Hinkle, in a wondrous 
clinging gown, makes a striking looking 
fortune teller, and plays quietly but effect- 
ively. Mr. Bowser is inclined to be the 
"ward healer" more than "The Boss." 
His make-up and manner could both be 
toned down. Mr. Duff was capital as the 
reporter. He carries the part through in 
a highly legitimate manner. The only 
fault that could be found with him was 
the ungentlemanly trick of wearing his 
hat in the house and before a woman. 
The sketch should find immediate time. 

Dash. 



Max Ritter (Ritter and Foster) and 
Carl Wilbur, who are playing in Eng- 
land are forming a social club for Ameri- 
can artists, for the purpose of bettering 
the interests of American artists abroad. 
Carl Wilbur has been elected president; 
Max Ritter, secretary, and James Mooney, 
treasurer. Artists arriving on the other 
side -will be taken in hand by the mem- 
bers of the new club and be given little 
inoights in the matters most needful in 
their search for success abroad. 



Booth and Crain. 
"A Model Maid." 
17 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Pastor's. 

"A Model Maid" is billed as a musical 
comedy sketch, which billing it hardly 
deserves. The musical portion consists 
of a solo by each of the principals, and a 
duet at the* close. There is a plot to the 
piece fairly amusing. A young woman in 
order to find out if her brother's fiancee 
is the proper person for him to marry, 
hires out as her French maid.' The fian- 
cee becomes aware of the plot, and to 
teach the meddlesome sister a lesson, puts 
her through all sorts of menial duties. 
After comes the happy ending. Olive 
Crain is the fiancee. She is a nice looking 
girl who knows how to dress, but needs 
a little instruction in making-up. Her 
voice, without great volume, is sweet and 
pleasing. Carolyn Booth has the more 
difficult part, and does not pass as well. 
Miss Booth has not the appearance of her 
partner. Her voice is stronger, but not 
of as good a quality. She does not seem 
sure of herself. Plenty of work is her 
need. The act will do nicely for the 
smaller time. Daih. 



OUT OF TOWN 



J. C. Nugent and Company (2). 
"The Rounder," Comedy Drama. 
28 Mins.; Full Stage (Interior). 
Star, Chicago. 

The first local appearance of Mr. Nu- 
gent in "The Rounder," a semi -dramatic 
sketch written by himself. The story 
centres about an unhappy young wo- 
man, who, having been deceived or dis- 
appointed in marital affairs, seeks to 
marry the first man she sees in her apart- 
ment. A young club man (Mr. Nugent) 
enters the house through the window in 
an inebriated condition, mistaking it for 
his home? He is immediately encountered 
with a proposal to marry, and is prom- 
ised a weekly stipend to assume the role 
of husband in public. The young woman 
receives a telegram from her former lover, 
and directs the enlisted admirer to leave 
the house under threat of arrest. The 
club man, who actually loves her, dis- 
covers the perfidy of his rival and proves 
that he has been deceiving her. There 
is plenty of sentiment and absorbing phi- 
losophy in the playlet. It is well written 
and intelligently acted by Mr. Nugent, 
whose delivery and reading are perfect. 

Frank Wiesbcrg. 



George W. Stewart. 
Imitations, 
xo Mins.; One. 
Star, Chicago. 

A unique entertainment is offered by 
Mr. Stewart in a series of imitations of 
birds and animals. Not only does he 
interpret with accuracy the various char- 
acteristics of the poultry farm brigade, 
but possesses a voice which enables him 
to imitate musical instruments, and near- 
ly everything from a steamboat whistle 
to a duck. He makes a neat appearance, 
and introduces the, numbers in a pleasing 
manner. Considerable of the talk might 
be modified or so arranged as to convey 
the full expression to the imitations. 

Frank Wicsberg. 



Corita and Dancing Girls (5), 

Dancing. 

16 Mins. (Special Set). 

Star, Chicago. 

First local appearance. Four young 
women, evidently from the chorus of a 
musical show, are the "dancing girls." 
Corita, herself, is also a dancer — that is 
one would anticipate as much considering 
the feature position she occupies in the 
act. Only dancing, the most ordinary and 
unpretentious, is shown by the five 
girls amid dazzling electrical effects. The 
first number is the "Wigwam" dance from 
"The Tenderfoot." Another scene shows 
a bathing resort with booths for the 
bathers. The idea is splendid, but inef- 
fectively accomplished. A mirror arrange- 
ment, similar to "The Girl with the Red 
Domino," and since used by many others, 
introduces Corita as a toe dancer. There 
is one tall and slender brunette among 
the quartet of damsels who can dance. 
The act is far from complete in view of 
the liberal investiture of scenery and cos- 
tumes. The dances are neither new nor 
attractive. Two songs or musical inter- 
polations of some kind would fit in, and 
probably relieve the monotony of repeti- 
tion. The act can be* made valuable, but 
it necessitates a good dancer with the 
four girls, and general rearrangement. 

Frank Wiesberg. 



Jeanie Fletcher. 

Soprano. 

10 Mins.; One. 

Star, Chicago. 

Miss Fletcher is the owner of a rich, 
cultivated voice. It is powerful and 
resonant. She opens with a high class 
ballad, follows with "Annie Laurie" and 
an Irish ditty. Frank Wiesberg. 



Mauricia Morichini. 
Operatic Soprano. 
15 Mins.; One. 
Orpheum, New Orleans. 

Mauricia Morichini, a Manhattan Opera 
House, New York, soprano, made her first 
appearance in vaudeville this week at the 
Orpheum. It was a highly successful debut, 
Mme. Morichini being greeted with bois- 
terous applause, and she is unquestionably 
a distinct capture. Gowned in a cream 
colored Princess, with a lavender picture 
hat, the operatic star snng three arias, 
with "Home, Sweet Home" for an encore. 
Her voice is sweet, flawless and of great 
volume, and she has an exquisite high 
register. O. M. Samuel. 



DEATH CAUSES CANCELLATION. 

Cincinnati, O., April MO. 
The Four Amatis were off the Columbia 
bill after Tuesday matinee, on account of 
the death of their father, which occurred 
in Germany Tuesday. The girls received 
a cablegram announcing the fact of his 
death and immediately prepared to return 
to their home. 

Les Amatis are billed at the Alhambra 
next week for their first New York ap- 
pearance. 



Georgia Caine played in vaudeville for 
one week only. 



PICTURES FOR SUMMER. 

Cincinnati, April 30. 
Upon the close of the vaudeville sea- 
son at the Columbia, moving pictures will 
occupy the stage for a summer run. 



SUMMER VAUDEVILLE ON STATEN 
, ISLAND. 

Terrace Garden, New Brighton, Staten 
Island, will open Monday with a vaude- 
ville show of five acts booked through the 
New York Vaudeville Contracting Com- 
pany, which now supplies attractions for 
a string of seven such places. 

They are operated by a moving picture 
concern, the vaudeville features being in- 
troduced between reels of pictures. The 
scheme has grown from a small beginning 
until small acts are now played for two 
months all within fifty miles of Herald 
Square. , 

The New Brighton house is a remod- 
elled residence. It seats 300, and is said 
to have a complete stage equipment. 



'HE NEVER EVEN SAID 'GOOD-BYE.' » 
Jacksonville, Fla., April 30. 

Carl E. Corwin, for a time manager of 
the Eastern "Buster Brown" company, 
leased the skating rink at Huntsville, this 
State, for a vaudeville show last week. 

On Saturday afternoon Mr. Corwin left 
the village without stopping to say good- 
bye, and several merchants, together with 
the following acts on the program, are 
mourning because Corwin had all the 
money with him: 

Lewis' Dogs, Mr. St. Julian, Billy Cole- 
man, E. J. Dearsey and Jack Blue. 



BUT ONE STOCK BURLESQUE. 

- 

Chicago, April 30. 

It is probable that there will be but 
one stock burlesque in Chicago this sum- 
mer. That one is the Trocadero. 

The Empire will close its doors after 
the regular season terminates, but there 
is a possibility of stretching the season 
for two weeks at least at the west side 
bona*. 

It is not definitely known whether the 
Folly will be open, as it is the intention 
of Manager Fennessy to redecorate the 
theatre during the summer months. Sev- 
eral return engagements will be made by 
the "Fay Foster" Company and "High 
School Girls." 

Mr. Euson is undecided as to his plans 
regarding Euson's Theatre for the sum- 
mer. 

The Star and Garter will run for four 
or five weeks more, when it closes until 
the fall. 

ASSIGNEE OPERATES THEATRE. 

Cleveland, April 30. 

The Cuyahoga Theatre Company, oper- 
ating the Majestic Theatre on West 25th 
Street, assigned Monday afternoon to At- 
torney George B. Harris. Liabilities in 
excess of assets caused this move for 
the protection of creditors. Proceedings 
have been commenced in the bankruptcy 
courts. 

The theatre was open all week, being 
operated by the assignee. 



CORPORATION HAS "PERTH AMBOY." 

Perth Amboy, N. J., April 30. 
The Perth Amboy Theatrical Company 
has been incorporated under the New York 
State laws for $1,000. It has taken over 
the Perth Amboy Theatre, buying out the 
interest of Martin & O'llara, who formerly 
managed the house. It will continue with 
vaudeville. 



Abe Reynolds has contracted for next 
season with I. II. Ilerk, and will again ap- 
pear in "Miss N"\\ York, Jr." 



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VARIETY 



"THE MERRY-GO-ROUND." 
"The Merry-Go-Round," the attraction 
to inaugurate the "Gas Edwards Music 
Hall/ 1 formerly the Circle, opened last 
Saturday night to a large and friendly 
audience. Admission to the orchestra is 
but one dollar, and the crowd received 
full measure in time, the Anal curtain not 
descending until midnight, exactly. 

During the three and one- half hours of 
show, a great many songs were sung, and 
a vast number of costumes worn by the 
thirty or so good-looking girls. The piece 
has been prettily costumed and well "put 
on," but there's not much else to be said. 
At 9:26 and 11:66 the principals com- 
menced to tell the story, which never dis- 
closed itself, "The Merry-Go-Round" not 
even making a semi-circle as far as co- 
herency was concerned. 

For the first thirty minutes, it is a live- 
ly jumble of action, girls and songs. Then 
a slide, which appeared to have been oiled 
and greased, was struck. From that point 
on "The Merry-Go-Round" never stopped 
its descent, winding up as near the bot- 
tom as it could possibly have gotten, with 
Ignacio Martinetti singing one of the best 
selections of the evening. Martinetti 
placed extra effort to get the song over 
at that late hour, but the house had been 
wearied by a senseless sequence of special- 
ties and "numbers," without comedy of 
mark, and no thread to hold them to- 
gether. 

With probably one of the best bunch 
of "broilers" ever gathered together, little 
was made of it. The youngsters changed 
costumes and danced; then changed and 
danced again. The second, third and 
fourth dances were similar to the first. 

James J. Morton is supposed to be the 
chief funmaker among the men, and his 
entrance song, "I'm a One -Horse Fellow in 
a Two-Horse Town," caught several en- 
cores. The longer the play continued, the 
less Mr. Morton impressed his auditors as a 
comedian when playing a part, but this 
may have been somewhat due to Mabel 
Hite. Miss Hite simply smothered every- 
thing and everybody in the show. She 
was too fast for her companions. 

In the second scene of the second (and 
last) act, an artist's studio, Miss Hite im- 
personated a marble statue. It was in- 
tended for "comedy," but the first-nighters 
were a trifle too blase 1 to believe it. 

In the first scene of the same act oc- 
curred a number of "turns" from Morton 
in his monologue to Martinetti, with a 
"girl act." Bobby North scored the hit of 
this section in his operatic melody, with 
"Under the Matzos Tree" for an encore. 
Mr. North gave a good account of him- 
self, playing a modern Hebrew. James B. 
Carson as a Dutchman, Mr. Carson having 
replaced Max Freeman in the part, made 
something of it, while John Cantwell and 
George McKay, with John Keefe as a 
"rube," all helped themselves to favorable 
notice. 

A couple of numbers Mabel Russell led 
brought several recalls, and Miss Russell 
looked very well. Dorothy Jardon was 
the soprano, dressed strikingly, and Mel- 
ville Stuart the tenor, who sang pleas- 
antly. 

A few minor changes were noticed from 
the first performance at the Lyric, Phil- 
adelphia, but none of moment, and the 
show had not been improved in the two 
weeks' interval. The stage management 
the first night was execrable. It seemed 
to run at random, spoiling many scenes 
and effects. 



There is sufficient in "The Merry-Go- 
Round" to give full value for one dollar, 
but it requires much working over to be 
considered even at that price. 

Edgar Smith wrote the "book," Paul 
West the lyrics, Gus Edwards the music 
and George Marion is said to have been 
the stager, while Joe C. Smith put on 
the chorus numbers. Someone slipped in 
"Chilly Billy Bee" for a strengthened 

During the week, "The Merry-Go-Round" 
has been clipped greatly, much reducing 
the running time. Attendance has been 
reported as large nightly. 

Skne. 



"THE YANKEE PRINCE." 
If you belong to that hapless minority 
with high-brow notions about "the true 
mission of the stage" and the uplifting of 
dramatic ideals, better not seek enter- 
tainment at the Knickerbocker Theatre. 
"The* Yankee Prince" is not for you. But 
if you are of the overwhelming majority 
that concerns itself not with analysis, 
neither bothers its easy-going head about 
ideals so long as it is amused, you cant 
give the ticket speculator your contri- 
bution too quickly. 

That's why "The* Yankee Prince" will 
be an added thorn in the flesh of those 
benighted persons who cannot be made 
to believe that Times Square is the cen- 
tre of the universe, money the only topic 
worth talking about, and George M. Cohan 
the great source of all enthusiasm. And 
that's why "The Yankee Prince" will con- 
tinue to be a joy to the other ninety- 
eight per cent, of the adult population, 
which are packing the Knickerbocker The- 
atre eight times a week, and expressing 
their riotous approval of "The Yankee 
Doodle Comedian" and his methods with 
the unanimity and enthusiasm of an in- 
structed delegation. 

The piece scarcely lives up to its pro- 
gram description of "A Timely Satire on 
Titled Fortune Hunters." It is timely 
enough, to be sure, but the treatment of 
the subject savepe a good deal more of 
burlesque than it does of satire. As a 
burlesque it is capital. There is any 
quantity of robust humor in the incidents 
of the story. The relations established 
between Steeve Daly (Tom Lewis) and the 
Earl of Weymouth (Frank Mollis), for 
example, are worthy of George Ade at his 
best. Cohan has evolved nothing better 
or funnier in his brief but busy career 
as a playwright or "right." 

In the exploitation of "dear old Broad- 
way" and the kindred Cohan provincial- 
isms, the new piece is much less wild than 
any of its predecessors; its humor a good 
deal more sane and consistent. Its plot 
is developed rather hap-hazard, but with 
sufficient clearness to make a recognizable 
whole — which is doing a good deal for a 
musical comedy. 

The book is about an Earl, a fortune- 
hunting Englishman, who has become en- 
gaged to Evelyn Fielding (Josephine 
Cohan), the daughter of Franklyn Field- 
ing (Jerry Cohan), of Chicargo, and heir- 
ess to the Fielding millions. They are 
of Franklyn Fielding, of Chicago, and 
heiress to the Fielding millions. They are 
raw and newly acquired millions and 
Papa Fielding carries them laboriously. 
That's why he is anxious to have the Earl 
in the family to add grace to the un- 
couth prosperity. Evelyn, being a proper- 
ly constituted Chicago girl (stage ver- 
sion), looks with unaffected disfavor upon 
his lordship, an attitude in which she is 



cordially supported by Mama Fielding 
(Helen F. Cohan). The subject is the 
source of innumerable clashes between 
Mama and Papa Fielding. 

"I'll have an Earl in the family even 
if it does cost me two millions," says 
Papa Fielding. 

"It's too much," retorts his common- 
sense spouse. "Thirty cents a dozen is 
the price of lemons the world over." 

Mama's prejudice against noblemen ex- 
tends to everything foreign, bne subjects 
everything to the acid test of Chicargo. 
For example, she finds Michigan Avenue 
a much finer thoroughfare than "Strand 
Street." But all this is before Percy 
happens on the scene. He enter tu- 
multously in the first act to announce 
to his companion, John Fagan (Sam 
Ryan), that he is madly in love with 
Evelyn. Then things begin to happen. 
Most concern Percy's whirlwind loveraak- 
ing and tempestuous declarations. But 
Papa stands firm through two and a half 
acts. It is not until everybody has re- 
turned to Chicago and the wedding of the 
Earl and Evelyn is about to be solemnized 
that things are straightened out. This 
highly desirable consummation is brought 
to pass by the simple expedient of Percy 
and Evelyn running 'round the corner, and 
being married while the wedding guests 
are assembled. 

In a subordinate role, Tom Lewis 
jumped to the front and led the proces- 
sion to the finish. As Steve Daly, a 
Chicago prizefight promotor, he wan- 
ders through the piece in a state of 
alcoholic semi -coma. He has a letter of 
introduction to the King from John L. 
Sullivan, which he displays to the scoffing 
delight of the Fieldings. The latter are 
to be presented through the good offices 
of his lordship. Daly learns early in the 
game that his lordship proposes to make 
Chicago his home after the marriage, and 
this prospect so preys upon his patriotic 
mind that he dedicates himself to the 
task of defeating such a terrible possi- 
bility. 

The second act shows Buckingham Pal- 
ace. The Fieldings attempt to secure a 
presentation to the King, but learn from 
the Lord of the Chamber that it is "mili- 
tary day" and His Majesty is not re- 
ceiving. This suggests to Daly that he 
send in his letter of introduction. "The 
King is not to be seen," snaps the flunky. 
"Well, all right," responds Daly, "I'll talk 
to his manager." 

The finale brings everybody before the 
palace. The Fieldings are still trying un- 
successfully to reach the King, when there 
is a blare of trumpets and a massing of 
military uniforms about the palace gate. 
The flunkies have just threatened to eject 
Daly from the grounds for failing in due 
respect to his royal surroundings, when a 
herald announces that Daly's letter of in- 
troduction has been found and delivered 
to the King, who demands his immediate 
presence. Whereupon Daly, with ponder- 
ous dignity, rolls past the knot of Ameri- 
can "climbers" and enters the palace. 

Jack Gardner and Estelle Wentworth are 
a couple of sharpers who attempt to bunco 
Percy, until a female detective, who ambled 
mysteriously through the two first acts, 
throws off her disguise and stands forth. 
She arrests them for embezzlements, or 
pomething equally reprehensible. 

The score has half a dozen song hits, 
notably among which are "Come on Down- 
(Continucd on page 18.) 



ORPHEUM. 
The substitution of one pianologist for 
another makes all the difference between 
a smooth running, entertaining show and 
a rather patchy, uncertain one. Last week 
Marie Dressier, in the centre of the Colo- 
nial bill, held up the show. This week 
Flavia Arcaro in the same position makes 
a gap that is bard to fill. Miss Arcaro 
drew a position that handicapped her se- 
verely. Just after the intermission she 
attempted to catch the attention of an 
audience of which a quarter were return- 
ing to their seats, with a straight piano 
solo. A comedy acrobatic act would have 
had its own troubles under the circum- 
stances. What happened to Miss Arcaro's 
solo can easily be imagined. She never 
recovered from the setback at the open- 
ing, and the applause at the finish was 
casual and perfunctory. 

Eddie Foy (New Acts), who may have 
been depended upon to pull the show past, 
failed lamentably in his mission, and the 
real honors of the show fell to Simon and 
Gardner, who occupied the position at the 
close of the show, an unusual one for a 
talking act. Every bit of their robust com- 
edy was needed for the occasion, and it 
was a rather remarkable circumstance that 
they held the audience in its seats until 
the finish. Pressing the sketch for first 
place were "That Quartet," who, next to 
closing, were given a warm greeting. The 
four were never in better voice and their 
act, following the Foy fiasco, was sadly 
needed to bolster up the latter half. 

Among the early numbers Ray Cox, with 
a partly revised offering, won high favor, 
although she had next to opening. She 
has a new number for the opening and a 
capital bit of talk, incidental to a song, 
makes a better finish than any arrange- 
ment she has yet tried. She shows two 
types of the American college girl — the 
"culture faddist" and the athletic girl. 
The latter is shown watching a baseball 
game, her comment on the game being 
rich in good points and timely. 

The Bijou Fernandez-William Abingdon 
sketch "Captain Velvet" played in the 
same place as last week. The Brooklyn 
audience took to it warmly. As an in- 
dication of their interest it was noticeable 
that the standers in the rear of the bal- 
cony listened attentively and the easy 
chairs along the wall were empty. 

Yorke and Adams had it all their own 
way in the first half, owning a practical 
monopoly on the roughhouse and dialect 
comedy of this part of the program. A 
good deal of their humor is derived from 
the props they use, but it is introduced 
consistently through a semblance of a 
farcical plot. The pair fall for the obvi- 
ous expedient of parody singing to gain 
attention al the opening, the arrangement 
working with its never failing success. 
Linton De Wolf was about as Chinese as 
his name. His clothes were from the East, 
his dialect from the East side. 

The Swor Brothers and the Deonza 
Brothers were the others. 

Rush. 



While on the present tour in the West 
Estelle Churchill, the drummer with the 
"Boston Fadettes," married Samuel Corl, 
of Oak Park, 111. The ceremony was per- 
formed in Chicago. Mr. Corl is a manu- 
facturer of millinery, and the rest of the 
women players are much delighted over 
the event. Miss Churchill will remain 
with the organization. 



VARIETY 



17 



HAMMERSTEIN'S. 

The selection of numbers is particularly 
fortunate in the makeup of this week's 
show. Even the opening number, which 
ordinarily "runs for Sweeney" at the Vic- 
toria, drew cordial applause, and Hill and 
Whitaker in second place received a veri- 
table ovation. The house has seldom 
housed a show accorded such a consistent- 
ly enthusiastic reception. 

Alice Lloyd, the headliner, is playing 
her last week's engagement before her 
departure for the West, and a specially 
warm greeting was reserved for her. The 
new number, "Looking for the Lovelight," 
with its novel mirror effects, has been 
given the position at the finish of the 
act, to which it is entitled, but the audi- 
ence demanded another. For the mirror 
song the little Englishwoman has a new 
short skirted frock, quite the most bril- 
liant creation she has worn. 

Next to Miss Lloyd, Ben Welch was the 
hit of the show. Why he permits his 
desire to appear in serious vein to inter- 
fere with a capital comedy offering is hard 
to understand. The opening talk is full 
of substantial laughing points and the 
Italian characterization is an entertaining 
"bit," but a serious recitation at the finish 
spoiled the good effect that had been se- 
cured by what went before. 

William Courtleigh and Company were 
on late, following a succession of hits, 
but the little comedy, "Peaches," as 
Court leigh himself would say, "brought 
home the money." Edward O'Connor, 
comparatively a newcomer to the "fat" 
role of "Biff" Donovan, does extremely 
well. He gets the intricate slang of the 
horse trainer across without forcing, and 
in all points gives a capital, well balanced 
performance. Mr. Courtleigh is his always 
easy self. 

John F. Hazzard was rather quiet in 
style to follow O'Brien -Havel, and suf- 
fered somewhat from position. It was 
not until he got well along with his series 
of dialect stories that the audience ac- 
cepted him. The finish, showing an ex- 
cited German at the telephone, scored a 
whirlwind of laughter and brought him 
out with "Ain't It Awful, Mabel?" 

The McNaughton Brothers have plainly 
developed a staunch American following. 
The setting of their cards was followed 
by a burst of applause even before their 
entrance. The ridiculous burlesque was 
plentifully besprinkled with hearty' laugh- 
ter. 

Martin Brothers, xylophonists, were 
called upon to close the show, a trial to 
which such an act should never have been 
subjected. A few weeks ago the Avon 
Comedy Four were placed the same way, 
but in that case the rough comedy pulled 
it through. The Martins had no such ad- 
vantage, and it was surprising they held 
attention as well as they did. Both men 
work entirely "straight," without a hint 
of comedy or anything outside their spe- 
cialty. The presence of a woman player 
might have given the turn added interest, 
but as it was the pair were severely handi- 
capped by the place. 

Alvolo and Othelo are under New Acts. 

Rush. 



Tom Miner has accepted the manuscript 
for two burlesque pieces from Campbell 
B. Cased, for use next season on the Em- 
pire Circuit. One is called "The Merry 
Widow of Luney Park" and the other a 
travesty on a popular novel. 



58TH STREET. 

There is a good comedy bill at the 58th 
Street house which deserved better pa- 
tronage than it received Tuesday night. 
Although the house was nicely placed and 
gave the appearance of being filled there 
were many vacant seats, especially on the 
lower floor. 

In the mad race for laughing honors the 
headline attraction — the Four Mortons — 
proved beyond a doubt that they are en- 
titled to the star position. There isn't 
another Irish comedian just like Sam Mor- 
ton. His odd facial expressions and funny 
speaking voice kept the house in an up- 
roar. Kitty Morton is right with the 
comedian all the time, and she made them 
all sit up when she jumped into the danc- 
ing finish and ate it up like a "broiler." 
Paul is surely there with both feet, and 
when it comes to dancing has most of the 
boys chasing up hill. Clara is just the 
same pretty, winsome little soubrette she 
always was. Her voice seems to have im- 
proved since the family were last in the 
yarieties, and she carries the brunt of the 
singing off in capital style. A pretty 
Indian song at the opening showed Miss 
Morton in a dainty Indian outfit that it 
might be well for others doing tlfe big 
Indian thing to look over. 

Shean and Warren ran very close to 
the leaders for the laughing stakes. The 
sketch has been about a good deal of late, 
but it is the same scream. Al Shean is 
one of the funniest "Dutchmen" that 
vaudeville can boast. He works along 
original lines, never for a moment losing 
the character. Charles Warren, as the 
thunder- voiced legit, is equally good in 
his particular line. Travesty has had 
some hard knocks of late, but the brand 
served up by Shean and Warren is al- 
ways welcomed. 

While talking about hits it would never 
do to overlook World and Kingston, who 
in an early position just tore 'em to 
pieces. The program has it about right 
when it says "it isn't what they do; it's 
the way they do it." A little of every- 
thing is dabbled in, and at first you are 
inclined to wonder if the offering isn't a 
trifle loosely woven, but when all over, 
you will have to give it to them. They 
seem to know what the audience wanted; 
just how they wanted it; and that's the 
way they handed it to them. The result 
showed plainly no error in judgment had 
been made. 

Rose De Haven and her quintet of 
"squabs" showed their dainty little danc- 
ing specialty to a vast amount of ap- 
preciation. Care and attention are no- 
ticeable in the specialty. The dressing 
is most elaborate, and all in the best of 
taste. Miss De Haven wears her male at- 
tire easily and makes a first-rate looking 
boy. The girls look extremely well and 
work all the time. 

Lew Hawkins was in a rather difficult 
spot following the Four Mortons, but 
pulled through nicely with his songs and 
talk. Ethel McDonough, "The Girl Be- 
hind the Drum," gave the bill a rousing 
send-off, and the Novellos made a strik- 
ing finish with their ponderous animal 
number. 

Jean Lenox is under New Acts. 

Dash. 



The Savoy, Hamilton, Canada, closes 
next Saturday for vaudeville, continuing 
with stock. 



FIFTH AVENUE. 

Again the line-up shows two dramatic 
sketches — Madden and Fitzpatrick and 
Jessie Millward. The former, entitled 
"The Turn of the Tide," is built around 
a piano specialty. Besides his excellent 
playing, Mr. Madden has a much better 
part than Mr. Fitzpatrick. The burglar 
has a quantity of amusing slang in his 
part that gives it a touch of humor, while 
the role of the other is severely straight 
and without a relieving flavor of comedy. 
Mr. Fitzpatrick reads his lines with a 
mechanical precision that gives his work 
an appearance of stiltedness, and could 
easily unbend a little in both his actions 
and diction. The pathos of the sketch is 
rather trite and forced, but the audience 
accepted the offering and applauded en- 
thusiastically. 

Jessie Millward is hampered by an ut- 
terly foolish and unconvincing vehicle in 
"The Queen's Messenger." The playlet was 
apparently selected for its "acting possi- 
bilities," on the principle that high flown 
speeches and heroics make for dramatic 
excellence, regardless of the aptness of 
situation or characters. In melodramatic 
drivel Charles M. Blaney has done noth- 
ing worse than "The Queen's Mesesnger." 
The author invites a presumably intelli- 
gent audience to believe that a trusted 
messenger in the English diplomatic ser- 
vice, with dispatches affecting the peace of 
his government in his possession, cheer- 
fully accompanies an unknown woman to 
her apartments, and then at her invita- 
tion permits himself to be drugged into 
helplessness after leaving the keys to his 
portmanteau on the table. Having swal- 
lowed this large chunk of crude nonsense 
the audience is then asked to exert its 
crippled credulity to accept the possibil- 
ity of the woman, a Russian spy, giving 
back "the papers" because the messenger 
threatens to commit suicide. She did not 
particularly love the soft-headed imbecile, 
having a sweetheart of her own, and prob- 
ably she didn't want the pretty stage set 
to be mussed up with blood. Certainly no 
other motive was shown. It's a pity, too, 
because both principals play with grace 
and skill that is all too rare in the pres- 
entation of vaudeville offerings of this 
sort. 

"The Love Waltz" kept an interested 
audience in its seats to the final curtain. 
Save only for a rather slow opening the 
little production is an admirable bit of 
staging. The intent of the producer seems 
to have been to keep a pretty picture be- 
fore his auditors. The piece has no greater 
pretension than just that, and it fulfills 
its mission admirably. From the rise to 
the fall of the curtain the stage is a suc- 
cession of catchy "poster" pictures, novel 
and bright. The trifling farcical plot does 
no more than furnish a background for 
the score and establish a "situation" that 
introduces an adapted "Merry Widow 
waltz." A pretty jinggling score runs 
through the half hour or so, the best 
number being "The Love Waltz." Jesse 
Laskv has made a real artistic vaude- 
ville achievement in the operetta. 

Others on the bill were Ethel Levey, who 
has come to see that her dancing is an 
important part of her offering, and has 
extended this feature, and who scored the 
hit of the show; Howard and North, the 
Three Meers, and Kelly and Rose and 
William Macart, the last named being 
under New Acts. Rush. 



PASTOR'S. 

It has been some time since Pastor 
has had a bill equalling the one at the 
house this week. There are one or two 
conflicts, and a couple of slight waits 
filled in most satisfactorily by that expert 
ivory manipulator, Tom Kelly, but all in 
all the bill runs through quickly and 
smoothly, pleasing the Fourteenth Street- 
era immensely. 

There were three or four real big hits 
on the program Wednesday night with 
no special choice, although Hanson and 
Nelson would probably be given the de- 
cision on points. The house simply 
laughed itself out at Alice Hanson's 
clowning. Gussie Nelson's blonde beauty 
and some first rate dancing also came in 
for its share of the plaudif j. The brown 
dresses worn at the opetung are not as 
becoming as some of the others the girls 
have displayed. 

The De Muths were another of the eve- 
ning's hits. There is just the semblance 
of a sketch arrangement to allow of % ■ 
needed rest between the whirlwind dances. 
It gives a good excuse for the dances, and 
adds a bit of variety. The dances are 
reeled off in first class style. The woman 
does some spins that for speed and grace 
compare with anything shown in this 
line. She wears three very becoming cos- 
tumes and her pretty appearance adds 
greatly to the specialty. The man is 
there all the time, handling his partner 
cleanly and swiftly. He does some first* 
rate contortions in "one" at the finish 
really entertaining, and not in the least 
revolting, as is often the case in contor- 
tion work. 

Potter and Harris, another acrobatic 
turn, of which there is a great plenty on 
the bill, also scored roundly. The man 
is a clever performer on the -rings, and 
works with dash and finish. There is 
always a smile on his face. The woman 
keeps up the fast pace set by her partner. 
She is a rather frail looking little body, 
and the way she handles her robust part- 
ner is at times astonishing. They dress 
the act neatly and in many ways are far 
ahead of some of the foreign importations. 

The Vedmars, acrobats, contributed 
something in the horizontal bar line that 
was well liked. The female end, besides 
looking extremely well, is an acrobat of 
ability and goes a long way towards mak- 
ing the number pleasing. The man is a 
corking bar performer, so good in fact 
he can well afford to sacrifice some of 
his comedy for the gymnastics. The bit 
of business with the blackened plate used 4 
as a finish is rather old. 

Frank Bush, not an acrobatic turn, is 
there with his budget of stories. One or 
two new ones always creep out of Mr. 
Bush's fund, and this week is no excep- 
tion. The old and new went equally 
well. 

The Grotesque Randolphs, in their acro- 
batics, and Mr. and Mrs. Lew Stanley, in 
a pleasing singing offering, bolstered up 
the early portion of the show. Both acts 
are easily worthy a place in the 'two-a- 
day" division. 

Burke and Finn do not do an acrobatic 
act, but their specialty is set in a gym- 
nasium. The atmosphere is at least right, 
so they were in line this week. The bur- 
lesque boxing amused the I'astorites. 

Keeley and Parks open in a singing and 
dancing specialty. The Kazarfs also ap- 
peared. Booth and Crain, and Bowser, 
Hinkle and Company are under New Acts. 

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FOR WEEK MAY 4 

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(The routes here riven, bearing no dates, are from HAT 8 to HAT 10, inclusive, do* 
pendent upon the opening and closing days of •ngagamenta la different parte of the country. 
All addresses below are furnished VARIETY ¥7 artists. Addressee care managers or agents 
will not ¥0 printed.) 

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which the artist or act is with, and may ho found under "BURLESQUE ROUTES" or "CIRCUS 
ROUTBbV 

ROUTES FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK MUST REACH THIS OFFICE NOT LATER 
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Abel, Goo., A Co., 7th Are. and 87th, N. Y. 
A B C D Girls, 793 Hewett PI., Bronx. 
Ahjjaj ji fc Broa., Three, 417 ■. 14, N. Y. 
Abbott-Andrew Co., Orpbeum, Zanesvllle. 
Actan A BUorila A Co.. 1068 Broadway, M. T. 
Adair A Dolln, Barnum A Bailey. C. R. 
Adair, Art, Hagenbech- Wallace, C. R. 
Adams Broo., Imperlala, B. B. 
Adams A Drew, Twentieth Oeatury, B. R. 
Adame, Mabel, King ml ward Hotel, N. T. 
Aaelya, Box 848. Champaign. 111. 
Adler, Harry. Psrk, Alameda OaL, lndef. 
Agee. John, Singling Bros., 0. B. 
Abeam, Charles, A Vesta, Golden Crook, B. B. 
Ahem A Baxter, Bachelor Club. B. B, 
Aberna. The, 880 Colorado, Chicago. 
AJUajsjg Comedy Four, 8B8 W. 88, N. T. 
Albani, 1418 Broadway. New Yarn. 
Albene A La Brant, 855 Bowery, N. Y. 
Alberto, Banum A Bailey. C. B. 
Alburtus A Millar, Hippodrome, Lancaster, Bnf . 
Aldo A Vannerson, 288 W. 28, N. Y. 
All A Peteer, Moon Light Maids. B. R. 
Allen, A. D., A Co., Orpbeum, Beaton, Pa. 
Allan. Am. Ideala. B. B. 
Allen. Jome, 881 St. Nicholas, N. Y. 
Allen, Leon A Bertie, Orpbeum. Canal Dover, O. 
Allen, Searle A Violet, Columbia. Cincinnati. 
Alllaoo, Mr. and Mrs., Green Boom Club, N. Y. 
Allieter, Harry, 11 Rue Geoffrey Marie, Paris. 
Altaian. Chas.. Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 
Alpha Trio. 867 B. 14, N. Y. 
Airona, Zoelier Trio, 888 Hemlock, Brooklyn. 
Alvarettaa. Three, Trocsdsro, B. B. 
Alvln, O. H., Iron ton, O. 
Alvors, Golden Crook, B. B. 
Alvord, Ned, Singling Bros., C. B. 
Alesros Troupe. Bingllog Bros., 0. B. 
American Banjo Four. 1481 Broadway, N. Y. 
American Dancers, Six, Trent, Trenton. 
American News Boys, Trio, Gem, Newark. 
American Trio, 181 18th Ave., Newark. 
Ampere, Electrical. Miss N. Y., Jr., B. B. 
Anderson A Blllson. Brigadiers, B. R. 
Anderson's Four, Orpbeum, Newark, 0. 
Anderson A Golnes, Empire, Hoboken. 
Anderson, Carl, Bowery Burlesqssrs, B. B. 
Angell Sisters, Wonderland, Morrlstown, Tenn. 
Apollo. Orcb., Benton Hotel, Benton Harbor. Mich. 
Ardo, Blngllng Bros., 0. B. 
Ardo A Bddo, BOO B. 84. N. Y. 
Arbsrg A Wagner, 1418 Tremont, N. Pltuburg. 
Archer. Robert, Jelly Girls. B. R. 
Arlsonss, The. 148 W. 86, N. Y. 
Arlington Four, Orpbeum, Allentown. 
Arminta A Burke, 388 Comstock, New Brunswick. 
Armstrong A Levering, Novelty, Valejo, Cal. 
Armstrong A Verne, Denver. 
Arnold A Felix, Lyceum, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Arnold, Lncte, Boston Belles. B. B. 
Araot A Gusn, 818 8th Ave.. N. Y. 
Atlastlc Comedy Hear, 188 Stockholm, Brooklyn. 
A aborts. Lea, 14 Frdbel Str. III., Hsmbarg, Oer. 
ASburna. Three. 886 Beam*. BomervlUs, Masa. 
Auero, The, 410 80. 4th. ML Vernon. M. Y. 
Auger, Capt. Geo.. A Co., Orpbeum, Allentown. 
Austin, Claude. 68 No. Clark, Chicago. 
Austins, Tossing, Hippodrome, Lancaster, Bng. 
Avery A Pearl. 868 Wash. Bonl., Chicago. 
Ayres, Howsrd, 620 Bltner, Phlla. 
Aaelle, Msye A Fonler, 888 64, Chicago, 
Miss, Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 



Baader, La Velle, Lyric, Danville, 111. 

Baker, Nat C, 82 Division, N. Y. 

Baker, Chat. B., 73 Mornlngalde, N. Y. 

Baker A Mclntyre, 8924 Reno, Pbila. 

Baker Troupe, Blngllng Bros., C. B. 

Baldwin A Shea, 86 Bllhone PI., Chicago. 

Rain© A Shaw, Hippodrome, N. Y., lndef. 

Banks, Breaseale Duo, Orpbeum, Oakland. 

Banks A Newton, May 4, Empire, Peterson. 

Banks, Chas., Boston Belles, B. B. 

Bannscks, The, Barnum A Bailey, 0. R. 

Basts Bros.. Four. Moonlight Maids. B. B. 

Barber A Dalmer, Palace, Shreveport, La. 

Barton. Joe, Bohemians, B. B. 

Barrett, Grace, Pst White's Gaiety Girls, B. B. 

Barrett A Belle. Century Olrls. B. R. 

Barrett, Charles, Moonlight Maids. B. B. 

Barrow, Musical. 1215 Jefferson. Brooklyn. 

Bsrnes A Crawford. 801 E. 45, Chicago. 

Barnold, Chas., Alhambra, N. Y. 

Barry, Katie, 541 W. 158. N. Y. 

Parry A Hughes, Poll's, Bridgeport. 

Barry A Wolford, Poll's, Bridgeport. 

Battls, Carl Wm.. 6687 Normal, Cblcago. 

Ratro, Eddie, Bolllckera. B. B. 

Batre A MeOse, 816 Ns. Second, Beading. 

ftsrtlett, Mr. A Mrs. Guy, 853 W. 56, N. Y. 

BartUtt. Al. Hunt's Hotel, Oblcseo, 

Batemnn. Tom. 112 Bordon. Fall River. 

Rates A Ernest. 801 So. University. Peoria, 111. 

Bates, George, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 



Bates, Louie W., Hippodrome, Lexington, By. 

Batea A Neville, 46 Gregory, New Haven. 

Baxter, Sid A Co., Star, Danora, Pa. 

Bawn, Harry, 61 Bedford Court Mansions, London. 

Bay City Quartette, 1565 Gates, Brooklyn. 

Be Anos, The, 8442 Charlton, Chicago. 

Beard. Billy. Geo. Primrose s Minstrels. 

Beat tie. Bob, 684 B. 143. N. Y. 

Beattlea. Juggling, 187 Park, Peterson. 

Besnvsls, Arthur A Co., Victor House, Chicago. 

Bedell Bros., O. H., Chester, Pa. 

Bedlnl, Donat, A Dogs, 220 W. 88. N. Y. 

Beecher A Maye, Hubers, N. Y. 

Belford Bros., Rlngllng Broa., 0. R. 

Bell A Richards, 211 K. 14. N. Y. 

Iteluiont, Harrietts, Jolly Girls, B. B. 

Bellclair, Bros., Keith's, Boston. 

Bell. Frank. 1668 Broadway, N. Y. 

Bell Boys Trio, 142 W. 181, N. Y. 

Bell, Chat., Blngllng Broa., 0. B. 

Bell. Norman, Trans Atlantic*. B. R. ~~ ' 

Bell, Hasel, Ferns, New Castle, Ind. 

Bella, The, Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 

Belmont A Br en nan, Imperlala, B. B. 

Bennett, Ethel, Brigadiers, B. B. 

Bennett, Laura, Wessons, Joplin, Mo. 

Bensone, Musical, Gen. Del.. Chicago. 

Bentley, Harry, Imperlala, B. B. 

Benton, Maggie, 186 Taylor, Springfield, O. 

Berkes. The, 406 W. 80, N. Y. 

Bernard. Casale, Boss By dell, B. R. 

Bergln, B. Howard, Adalbert Hotel, Kansas City. 

Bernler A Stella. Grand, Pittsburg. 

Bernstein, Mac A Rutb, 2518 E. 40, Cleveland. 

Berry A Berry, Grant Valley, N. Y. 

Beyer, Ben, A Bro., Trent, Trenton. 

Bicycle Bill, San Diego, Cal., lndef. 

Big Four, High School Girls, B. B. 

Bijou Comedy Trio, Watson's Burlesque ra, B. B. 

Bingham, Kittle, Scenic, Quincy, Mass. 

Bingham, Scenic, Boston. 

Blnney A Chapman, Gem, Columbia, Tenn., lndef. 

Birch. John, 183 W. 46, N. Y. 

Bishop, Frances, Century Girls, B. R. 

BIssett A Scott, Empire, London, lndef. 

Blxley, Edgar, Boston Belles, B. R. 

Block, John J., Harry Bryant 'a. B. R. 

Blue Cadets, 61 Hanover, Boston. 

Blush, T. B., 8241 Haywood, Denver. 

Boorum, Mettle, 154 Clifton PL, Brooklyn. 

Bobker. Henry, 68 Forsyth, N. Y. 

Bohannan A Corey. Century Girls, B. R. 

Boiaea, Five, 44 Curtis. Grand BapldS. 

Bolus, Harry, Mansfield, O. 

Borella, Arthur, Barnum A Bailey, 0. R. 

Bootblack Quartette, Forest Park, St. Louis. 

Bottamley Troupe, Clrco Bell, Mexico. 

Bouldon A Quinn, Majestic, Richmond, Va. 

Bowers, Walters A Crooker, Hammersteln's, N. Y. 

Bowery Comedy Quartet, 881 Charles, W. Hsboken. 

Bowers A Smith. Oliver, Bverett, Masa. 

Boranl A Nevaro. 1018 Lincoln, Milwaukee. 

Bowen Bros., 1558 Broadway, New York. 

Bowen A Vetter, 818 N. Wash., Baltimore. 

Bowman Bros.. 886 W. 48. N. Y. 

Boyce, Lillian. Jolly Girls. B. B. 

"Boys in Blue," 240 E. 21. N. Y. 

Boyce, Jack. 1558 Broadway. N. Y. 

Boyd A Veols, 118 B. 14. New York. 

Bradforda, The, 260 W. 41, N. Y. 

Bragg, John D., Toreadors, B. R. 

Bradna A Derrick, Barnum A Bailey, 0. B. 

Bradsbaw, Chas. H., A Co., Orpbeum, Omaha. 

Bradya, The, 208 W. 48, N. Y. 

Brady A Mahoney, Irwin's Big Show, B. B. 

Brigbam, Anna R., Bijou, Winnipeg. 

Brlnn, L. B., 86 Haymarket, London, Bng. '«, 

Brennen A Biggs, Century Girls, B. B. 

Brentford, Tom, Park Hotel, Port Cheater, N. Y. 

Brays, The, Campbell Bros., C. R. 

Brindamour, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Brleeon, Alex., Barnum A Bailey. C. B. 

Broad. Billy, 1568 Broadway, N. Y. 

Broadway Quartette, Four Huntlnge Co. 

Brobat Trio, Pottsville, Pa. 

Brooks A Jeannette, Wigwam, Frisco. 

Brooks A Vedder, Majestic, St. Paul. 

Brown Bros., A Doc Kealey, Cbutefl, Frisco. 

Brown, George, Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 

Brawn, Jessie, Hsnlon'e Superba Co. 

Brown A Nsvsrro, 4 W. 186, N. Y. 

Brooke, Harvey, High Jinks, B. B. 

Brooke A Clark. 8464 Petton. Philadelphia. 

Brooks, Jeanne, Parisian Wldowe, B. B. 

Brown A Wllmot, 71 Glen, Melden, Masa. 

Brown A Wright, 844 W. 45. N. Y. 

Browning, Flora, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Browning, Mr. A Mrs., Hotel Everett, N. Y. 

Browning A Le Ven, 886 Cauldwell, N. Y. 

Bruce, Al., Toreadors, B. R. 

Braces, The, 1526 State, Cblcago. 

Brunettes. Cycling. Pastor's, N. Y^. 

Bryant, May, Boston Bellee. B. B. 

Bryant A Seville. 2828 N. Bowler, Phlla. 

Burke, John A Mae, Majestic, Dee Moines. 

Burke A Finn, New Britain. ,, 

Burton A Brooks, Fair Hsven, N. J. 

Buckleys, Musical, 287 Avenue B, N Y. 

Buckeye Trio. Staub's. Knoxville. 

Bsrdette, Madeline. 812 W. 44, M. Y. 



Burke, John P., Flood's Park, Baltimore. 

Buckley A La Mar, 118 B. 14, N. Y. 

Buckeye StStS Four, 8864 B. 57. Cleveland. 

Buffalo. Young, A Mile., Bell, Oakland. 

Burcos A Clara, Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 

Burgess, Harvey J., 687 Trenton, Pittsburg. 

Burke, Wm. H., 84 Beretow, Providence. 

Burke-Toughey A Co., Trent, Trenton. 

Burke A Urline, 118 B. 14. N. Y. 

Burns. Morris A Co., 54 Hermen, Jersey City. 

Burns A Bobbins, Bijou, Newark. 

Burton A Burton, Fay Foster Co., B. B. 

Burnell, Lillian, 511 W. North, Chicago. 

Burton, Matt, 1186 Valencia, San Francisco. 

Burton A Shea, ill 7th Ave., N. Y. 

Burton A Vass, 25 Haskln, Providence. 

Burrows Travers Co., 116 BL 86. N. Y. 

Bush A Elliott. 1848 46. Brooklyn. 

Bueeler. Walter H., Ornbis, Madison, Wis., lndef. 

Bulls A Raymond. Wash. Society Girls, B. B. 

Burtlnos, The, Blngllng Bros., C. B. 

Busch, Johnny, Jr., Bijou, Jacksonville, Micb. 

But ley A Lsmer, 3818 8. Bonvler, Philadelphia. 

Buxton, Chas. C, Crystal, Meneshe, Wis,, lnaef. 

Byers A Herman, Empire, Hoboken. 

Byrd A Vance, Plymouth Hotel, City. 

Byrne, Golson, Players, Bijou, Fon du Lac, Wis. 

Byrne, Myrtle C, A Co., Majestic, Milwaukee. 

Byron A Langdon, G. O. H., Syracuse. 

Byrons* Musical Five, 8138 Indiana, Chicago. 



Caesar A Co., Frants, St. Charles Hotel. Chicago. 
Callahan A St. George, Maryland, Baltimore. 
Cameron A Flanagan, Colonial, Lawrence, Mass. 
Camp, Sbepperd, Kentucky Bellee, B. B. 
Campbell A Cully, 1688 Bourbon, New Orlc 
Caldera, A. K., 125 Washington, Hoboken. 
Calef A Waldron, 251 W. 02, N. Y. 
Celvln, James, 446 W. 04, Chicago. 
Campbell, W. 8., Boee SydelL B. B. 



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Carrillo, Leo, c. o. VARIETY, N. Y. 

Oarr, Jessie, Toreadors. B. B. 

Cerbrey Bros., Orpbeum, San Francisco. 

"Cerletts," Orpbeum, St. Paul. 

Carol Sloters, 816 W. 140, N. Y. 

Carmen Sisters, Pantegee, Seattle, lndef. 

Carroll A Cooke, May 8, Orpbeum, St. Paul. 

Carroll, Greet, Fey Foster, B. B. 

Carroll A Judge Trio, Blngllng Bros., 0. B. 

Csrroll, Nettle, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Carson A Wlllsrd. 2210 No. Lambert. Phlla. 

Carson A Devereeux, 416 line, Bvsnavllls. 

Oerson Bros., 427 Psclflc, Brooklyn. 

Caron A Farnum, May 4, Majestic, Chicago. 

Carter, Cbas. J., "Milton," Queens, 8ydney, Aus. 

Carters, The. 821 8, La Sells. 111. 

Certer, Taylor A Co., Poll's, Scranton. 

Carter A Waters, 158 Greenfield, Buffalo. 

Cartmell A Harrlo, 180 Nevina, Brooklyn. 

Carver A Murray, 228 W. 88. N. Y. 

Oaeettas, The, 4018 80. Artesian, Chicago. 

Oessy A Oraney, 15% 80. 5, Elisabeth. 

Caswell, Meude, Gibbons Tour. 

Cesteno, Bdwerd, 104 W. 81, N. Y. 

Celest, 74 Grove road, Clapham . Park, London. 

Chadwlck Trio. 828 W. 88. N. Y. 

Chameroys, The, 0. H., Pt. Richmond, N. Y. 

Chandler, Anns, City Sports, B. B. 

Ohantrell A Bhuyler, 218 Prospect, Brooklyn. 

Cbapln, Benjamin, Lotos Club, N. Y. 

Chester A Jones, Proctor's, Albany. 

c'hlnqullla Princess, 8horevlew Pk., Jamaica, L. I. 

Christy, Great, Knickerbockers, B. B. 

Christy, Wsyne O.. 776 8th Ave., N. Y. 

Church City Four, Strollers, B. B. 

Clere, Sidney, 64 B. 110, N. Y. 

Olelrmont, 2061 Ryder Ave., N. Y. 

Clerk, Bdwerd, 1558 Broadway. N. Y. 

Clark, Geo. G., 2464 Petton, Phlla. 

Clark, John F., 426 Forest, Arlington, N. J. 

Clark, Mul, Bowery, B. B. 

dark A Duncan, 1215 Madleon, Indianapolis. 



THE YANKEE PRINCE. 
(Continued from page 161.) 
town" (Mr. Ryan), "I'm to Marry a Noble- 
man" (Josephine Cohan), "I'm Awfully 
Strong for You" (Jack Gardner), ''I Say 
Flo" (chorus), "The A, B, C of the 
U. S. A." (George M. and Josephine 
Qohan), "MONEY" (George M. Cohan, 
Sam Ryan, Tom Lewis and Jack Gardner), 
and "Think it Over Carefully," by the 
younger Cohan. On a showing of ap- 
plause, "MONEY" was the musical hit 
of the show. 

The production is sumptuous, particu- 
larly as to the dressing of the chorus, 
an unusually large organization. There 
are twenty young men and twice as many 
girls in the lot, forming a gorgeous parade 
of Easter parade fashion plates. 

And last, but not least, The Four 
Cohans are in the show, specially featured. 

Rush. 



Clarke, Harry Corson, 180 W. 44, N. Y. 

Clark A Sebastian, Barnum A Bailey, O. B. 

Clark A Turner. 164 W. 64, N. Y. 

Clarke, Wilfred. K. A P. 125th St., N. Y. 

Clerks, Three, Blngllng Bros., C. B. 

Clsudlus A Scarlet, 353 Amsterdam, N. Y. 

Cleue. Martha. 184 Concall. St. Paul. 

Clermento, Frank A Btta, 120 W. 27, New York. 

Clifford A Nolen, Cohen's Hotel, Lee Are., B'klyo. 

Clifford A Rsldin, 1075 Bergen, Brooklyn. 

Clinton. Chris., 48 W. 28, New York. 

Clipper Sisters, 468 Blewett. Seettle. 

CllTette, 274 Indiana. Chicago. 

Clyo A Rocbells, 87 Park, Attleboro, Mess. 

Cox. Lonao, 280 W. 61 Court, Chicago. 

Ooate. Charlotte A Mergrete, 1568 B'way, N. T. 

Coby A Garron. 080 Putnam. Brooklyn. 

Cogan A Bancroft, Orpheum, Sioux City. 

Cohen, Isidore, 754 Westchester, Bronx, N. T. 

Cohen, Louis W.. 180 Jewet, W. New Brighton. 

Cole A Clemens, Deris Hotel, Philadelphia. 

Colleens, Singing, Bennetts, Montreal. 

Collins, Bddle, Oshkooh, Wis., lndef. 

Collins, Nine, Lady Birds, B. B. 

Collins, Jemes J., Jolly Girls, B. B. 

Collins A Brown, 148 Kosciusko, Brooklyn. 

Colonial Septette. K. A P. 5th Are., N. Y. 

Coltons, The Champagne Girls, B. B. 

Conklin, Billy W., 441 W. 10. Brie, Pe. 

Ooatlno A Lewrence, 240 So. May, Chicago. 

Cohen, Will H., Rolllckers. B. B. 

ConnoMy, Mr. A Mrs. B., 6140 Indlene. Chicago. 

Comerford, Vsnghn. Broadway Gaiety Olrls, B. B. 

Comrades. Four. 834 Trinity, N. Y. 

Conlon A Carter, 1235 Golden Gate. San Francisco. 

Connelly, Edward, K. A P. 125th St.. N. Y. 

Cooke, Caroline, May 3, Bijou, Dubuque, le. 

Cook, Billy, Toreadors, B. B. 

Cook. Frank, Austin A Stone's. Boston, lndef. 

Cooke A Bothert, 8164 Prairie, Chicago. 

Cooper A Robinson, 822 Mott, Bronx, N. Y. 

Cooper, Harry L., Fay Foster, B. B. 

Coram, Columbia, Cincinnati. 

Cornelias, Bight, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 

Cornners, Grimes, Newfleld, N. J. 

Cossar, Mr. A Mrs., 302 W. 121, N. Y. 

Cottons, The Champagne Girls, B. B. 

Ocrubey. William F.. 464 W. 84, N. Y. 

Coutboul. Jessie, 6582 Harrard, Chicago. 

Courtleigh. Wm., Lambs Club, N. Y. 

Coyne A Tinlin, 7086 Washington, Chicago. 

Oowey. Ferry, Wlntergarten, Berlin. 

Cowper, Jlmmle, 86 Csrroll. Blnghamton. 

Craig. Rlchy, Globe, Sen Francisco. .. 

Crawford A Manning. 868 W. 48. N. Y. 

Cressy A Dayne, Orpheum, Denrer. 

Creo A Co.. New Sun, Springfield, 0. 

Crickets, Shea's. Toronto. 

Criterion Mele Quartette, 166 5th Are., N. Y. 

Cronln, Morris, 21 Alfred Place, London. Bng] 

Cross, Will II., A Co., 358 Dearborn, Chicago 



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Crucible, Mysterious, 241 Heyward, Brooklyn. 
Crystal, Herman, Parisian Widows, B. R. 
Cuuimings, Thornton ft Co., Marion, Marlon, 0. 
Cumminga ft Merley. Unique, Los Angelas, bidet. 
Cunningham, Al., 200 W. 44, N. Y. 
Cunningham, Boh, 1063 Broadway, N. Y. 
Cunningham, Bob ft Daisy, Star, Meadville, Pa. 
Cunningham 4k Smith, 183 B. 04, N. Y. 
Curtln * Blossom, 01 Newell, Greenpoint. Bklyn. 
Curtis, Palmer ft Co., 2006 Nostrand, Brooklyn. 
Curzon Sisters, Keith's, Phlla. 
Oushman * Le Claire, Lady Birds, B. B. 
Cuttys, Musical, Empire, London, Bng., lndaf. 
Cyril, Herbert, Easton, Pa. 



Dacre, Louise, Parisian Belles, B. B. 

Dagneau * Bruce, Orientals, B. R. 

Daley, James, Parisian Widows, B. R 

D'Alvlnl. Rocky Point, R. I., lndef. 

Dabl, Katharine, 100 Columbus, N. Y. 

Dahl, Dorothy. 800 Oolumbua, N. Y. 

Dalllvette ft Co., O. H., Oneonta, N. Y. 

Dale, Wm., Oryatal, Elkhart, Ind., lndef . 

Daly * DeTere, 115 E. 118, N. Y. 

Dale. Dotty, Dainty, 252 W. 36, N. Y. 

Dale, Sydney, Guy Broe.' Mlnatrels. 

Dale, Will, Bucklen Hotel. Elkhart. 

Dalley Broa., 1870 No. Main, rail Blver, Mm. 

Darling, ray. Lady Blrde, B. R. 

Darmody, Harry Bryant's B. B. 

Darwin, Blngllng Broa., C. R. 

Datenport, Edna, Yankee Doodle Olrla, B. B. 

Davenport. John, Yankee Robinson C. B. 

Da?enport, Stick ft Norma. John Robinson a, O. ». 

Davenport. Victoria ft Orrln, Barnum ft Bailey. 

Davey, Dancing. Circle Diamond Ranch. Thatcbaa. 

Davis ft La Roy, Plttaburg. Pa., lndef. 

Davis. Edwards, Poll's, Worcester. 

Davis, Floyd, Temple, Boulder, Co., lndef. 

Davie. Hal. ft Co., Grayling, Mich. 

Davis, H., Air-Dome, Murphyaboro. IR., lndef. 

Davis, Mark & Laura. Star, New Castle, Pa. 

Davie, Roland, Fay Foeter, B. R. 

Davie & DaTia. Mlea N. Y., Jr., B. B. 

D'Arville Sisters, Plymouth, Wis. 

Dawn. Zella. ft Co.. 857 B. Market. Akron. O. 

Dawson ft Whitfield. 846 E. 58, N. Y. 

De Mora ft Gracita, 233 Crystal. Findlay, O. 

De Velde ft Zelda. 115 E. 14, N. Y. 

Deery ft Francis, 828 W. 80, N. Y. 

Delmo, 38 Rose, Buffalo. N. Y. 

Delmore. Misses, G. O. H., Syracuse. 

Delavoye ft Frits. 2667 Madison. Chicago. 

Dell ft Miller, Hippodrome, Buffalo, lndef. 

Deltone, Three, Jolly Graaa Wldowa, B. B. 

De Camo. Chaa. ft Doga, 8 Union Square, N. Y. 

De Chautal Twlna, 268 Ogden, Jersey Olty. 

De Cotret ft Howard. Scenic Temple. E. Boston. 

Demacos. The, 114 N. 0. Phlla. 

De Graff Sisters, Trana-Atlantlc, B. B. 

Demonio ft Belle, Pantagea. Seattle, lndef. 

Denman. George, Barnum ft Bailey. C. B. 

DeHaven, Rose, Sextet, Hammerstein's, N. Y. 

De Lisle, Mae, Colonial Belles, B. R. 

Delmore ft Darrell 1515 0. Oakland. 

Delapbone, 54 Wllloughby, Brooklyn. 

De Mario. Rlngllng Broa., C. B. 

De Mont, Robert, Trio, Grand, Portland. 

De Veau, Hubert. 864 Proepect. Brooklyn. 

De Muthe, The, 26 Central, Albany. 

De Ormond, Bijou, Superior, Wis. 

DeTlne. Doc, Aahland Hotel, Phlla. 

De Voy ft Miller, 200 E. 14, N. Y. 

Dleiickae Broa., 1235 Golden Gate, San Franclaco. 

De Vere, MadeUne. 54 W. 125, N. Y. 

De Witt Young ft Sister, 58 Chittenden, Columbus. 

De Young. Tom, 156 B. 118. N. Y. 

Deming, Joe, Keith's, Portland. 

Dervln, Jaa. T., 518 So. Flower, Loa Angeles. 

Devlin, Prof., 2611 Cumberland, Philadelphia. 

Devllnn ft Ellwood. Orpheum Omaha. 

Diamond ft May. Fiacher'a, Loa Angelea. lndef. 

Diamond, Jaa., Kentucky Bailee, B. B. 

Dickinson. W. S.. 2010 Vine, Lincoln, Neb. 

Dillse, Max, Rlngllng Broa., C. R. 

Dixon, Bowera ft Dixon, 5626 Carpenter, Chicago. 

Dixon, Nona, 5626 Carpenter, Chicago. 

Dollar Troupe. Barnnm ft Bailey, C. R. 

Dona. 411 Keystone Bank Bldg., Plttaburg. 

Donnld ft Carson. Shea's, Buffalo. 

Doner. Joe ft Nellie, Moon Light Maids, B. R. 

Donnelly ft Rotall, 3 Copeland, Boaton. 

Donnette, Ira, 183 W. 45, N. Y. 

Doherty. Jim. Moon Light Maids, B. R. 

Doherty, Lillian. Wlntergarten. Berlin. 

Dohn. Robert, Barnum & Bailey, C. B. 

Doric Qnartette, 100 Wella, Toronto. 

Dotson. Howard. 485 Blngamen. Reading. 

Dnnglaa, Chaa. W.. Broadway Gaiety Glrla, B. R. 

Dove ft Lea. 422 W. 48. N. Y. 

Dowlln. John, Toreadors. B. R. 



Doyle, Phil., Lady Birds. B. R. 

Doyle, Maj. Jaa. D., 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Downey, Leslie T., Dreamland, Racine, Wla. 

Drawee, Frisco ft Hambo. Apollo, Paris. 

Dream), Joab., Revere House, Chicago. 

Drew, Dorothy, Alhambra, Paris. 

Dudley, O. B., Crystal, Ind., lndef. 

Duffy, Thos. H., High School Glrla, B. B. 

Dunne, Thos. P., 128 B. 10, N. Y. 

Dunham, Heslln ft Barardl, Jolly Glrla, B. B. 

Duncan, A. O., 352 W. 46. N. Y. 

Duncon, Tom, Blngllng Broa., C. B. 

Duncan ft Hoffman, 125 E. Van Buren, Chicago. 

Dunn, James, 464 W. 61. N. Y. 

Dunn ft Miller, Crystal, Elkhart, Ind. 

Duprez, Fred, Proctor's, Troy. 

Dupree, George ft Libby, 228 W. 25, N. Y. 

Dupree, Jeanette, 164 Fulton, Brooklyn. 

Duttons, Three, Blngllng Bros., C. B. 



Bckel ft Du Pree. 120 Stockholm, Brooklyn. 
Edmonds ft Haley, 808 B. 60. Chicago. 
Edmonds ft Monle, 808 B. 60, Chicago. 
Bdwarda, M. ft C. EL, Hippodrome, Buffalo, lndef. 
Edwards. Robert M.. ft Family, 114 W. 100, N. Y. 
Bdwarda, Jennie, Bowery Burleaquera, B. R. 
Edwards, Balph, Parisian Wldowa, B. B. 
Bdwarda ft Vaughan, 2080 Lawrence, Phlla. 
Ehrendall Broa., 1344 Lefflngwell. St. Louis. 
Elaatic Trio, Majeatlc. Pittsburg, lndef. 
Eltinge, Julian, Orpheum, Altoona. 
Elliott ft West, 2002 Ellsworth, Phlla. 
Eller. Glole, Fay Foater, B. B. 
Elliott. Belalr ft Elliott, Harry Bryant'a. B. B. 
Ellsworth 4, Tiger Lilies, B. R. 
Emerald, Monle, Palace, Carlisle, Eng. 
Emerald Trio, 443 Central Ave., Brooklyn. 
Emerson ft Baldwin, Hotel Churchill, N. Y. 
Emerson ft Wright, Kanaaa City, Mo., lndef. 
Emmett, Grade, Proctor's, Newark. 
Emperors of Music. Four, 481 W. 24, N. Y. 
Empire Comedy Four, Coliseum, London. 
Bppe ft Loretta. 210 W. 27, N. Y. 
Brb ft Stanley, Mollne, 111. 

Brgottl ft King, Circus CInlselll, Warsaw, Russia. 
Esmeralda, 8 Union Square, N. Y. 
Esmeralda Sisters. Scale, Copenbagen, Den. 
Espe. Dutton ft Espe, Proctor's, Troy, N. Y. 
Baterbrooks, The, Miaa N. Y., Jr., B. B. 
Batelle ft Wills. Jolly Grass Wldowa, B. R. 
Eugene Trio. 806 E. Orange Grove, Pasadena, Cal. 
Eugene ft Mar, Lyric. Concordia, Kas. 
Evans, Clias. E., 10 Orpheum, Salt Lake. 
Evans ft Lloyd, 028 E. 12, Brooklyn. 
Evans, Billy, Colonial Belles, B. B, 
Evers, Geo. W., Ill Laraca, San Antonio. 
Everett. Ruth, Ideals, B. B. 



Fagan ft Merlam, Shirley. Mass., lndef. 

Fairchilds, Mr. ft Mrs., Casino. Grafton, W. Va. 

Palrchild Violet. Unique, Winnipeg. 

Falardaux, Camilla, 601 Saratoga, E. Boaton. 

Falke ft Ooe, Jolly Graaa Widowa, B. R. 

Falke, Elinor, Orpheum, Omaha. 

Fantas, Two. Lyceum. Bermidjl, Minn. 

Fanton Trio, 266 B. Brie. Chicago. 

Farb, Dave, 615 W. 6, Cincinnati. 

Farrell, Charlie, 832 Main, W. Everett, Mass. 

Farrell. Billy, Moss ft Stoll, Eng. 

Fasacoa, Four, Barnum ft Bailey, O. B. 

Faust Brothers, 242 W. 43, N. Y. 

Favars. Marguerite. Saratoga Hotel, Chicago. 

Fay, Ray F., Alamo. Cedar Rapids, la., lndef. 

Fay, Ooley ft Fay, 1553 Broadway, New York. 

Faye, Elsie, Proctor's, Troy. 

Fell, Pearl Cleone. Palace Hotel, Chicago. 

Felix ft Barry, Orpheum. Kansas City. 

Ferguson. Dave, Miaa N. Y.. Jr., B. B. 

Ferguson ft Du Prec. 318 E. 71, N. Y. 

Ferrard, Grace. 217 Warsaw, Chicago. 

Ferrell Bros., Columbia, St. Louis. 

Fiddler ft Shelton, Bijou, Flint, Mich. 

Fields & Hanson, Terrace, Belleville, N. J. 

Fields. Harry W., Gaiety. Springfield, 111. 

Fields, W. C, Orpheum, Boston. 

Fields, Will H., National, Steubenvllle. 

Fllaon ft Brrol, 122 So. Auetln, Chicago. 

Fink. Henry, 150 Potomac, Chicago. 

Fisher. Robert. Lady Birds, B. R. 

Fisher ft Berg, Rents Santley. B. R. 

Fisher Troupe, Barnum ft Bailey, 0. R. 

Flske ft McDonotigb, 753, Jennings. N. Y. 

Fitzgerald ft Gilday. Washington. Spokane. 

Fitzgerald ft Qulnn. Trans-Atlantic, B. R. 

Fitzgerald ft Wilson, Washington, Spokane. 

Flatow ft Dunn. 128 W. 86th, N. Y. 

Flaming, May Agnes. Whlte'a Gaiety Glrla, B. R. 

Flemen ft Miller, Kentucky Bellea. B. B. 

Fletcher. Charles Leonard, 14, Leicester, London. 

Flora. Mildred, Nlgtit Owle, B. R. 



Flynn, Cy, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Flynn, Jaa. A.. 1213 Penn Ave., Waablngton. 

Florede. Nelle, 241 W. 48, N. Y. 

Florences, Six. Barnum ft Bailey, O. R. 

Foley, Jack, Rlngllng Broa., 0. B. 

Forber The Marvel, 158 W. 0, So. Boaton. 

"Fords, Famous," Family, Coatesville, Pa. 

Foreman, Edgar ft Co., Elks Club, N. Y. 

Foster, George, Majestic, Dallas. 

Foeter ft Dog, Proctor's, Albany. 

Fox, Will H., Palace, Carlisle, Eng. 

Fox ft Hughes, Empire, Boise, Idaho, lndef. 

Fox. Will. Lady Birds. B. R. 

Foster, Geo. I., 2080 York, Philadelphia. 

Fowler, Alice, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Frank. George, Lady Birds, B. R. 

Franklin. Blllle, 708 7, 8. W. Wash. D. 0. 

Franz, Cogswell ft Franz. 946 W. 21, N. Y. 

Francis. Harry, Jolly Glrla, B. R. 

Friend ft Downing, 1864 7th, N. Y. 

Frederick Bros, ft Burns, Orpheum, Loa Angeles. 

Fredlana, Great, Barnum ft Bailey, C. B. 

Frellgh, Llszie, Trana-Atlantlc S, B. B. 

Frey ft Allen, Ideals. B. B. 

Fredo, George, Gayety, So. Chicago. 

Frederick. Snyder ft Poole, 200 N. Gay, Baltimore. 

Frevoll, Frederick. 148 Mulberry, Cincinnati. 

Froato, Chris., 017 W. 6, Faribault. Minn. 

Frosto ft Weyman, Majestic, St. Mary's. O. 

Fuklno Troupe, Brigadiers, B. B. 

Fulton. May. 120 W. 116. N. Y. 

Fuller, Ida, 138 Alexander Ave., N. Y. 



Gardiner Children, Palace Hotel, Chicago. 

Gardiner, Jack, Orpheum, Denver. 

Gardner ft Lawson, Star, Atlanta. 

Garden ft Somen, Toreadora, B. R. 

Gardiner ft Vincent, Empire, Camberwell, London. 

Gatb, Carl & Emma, Unique, Minneapolis. 

Gabriel, ft Co., 12 Orpheum, Denver. 

Galando, 82 Sumner, Brooklyn. 

Gale, Franklyn, Coliseum, Seattle. 

Gallagher ft Barrett, Keith's, Columbus, O. 

Gallettl's Monkeys, Orpheum, Sioux City. 

Galloway, Albert E., Davis. Braddock, Pa. 

Galloway, Bert, Davis, Braddock. Pa. 

Gardner, Eddie, 27 High, Newark. 

Gardner, Andy, Bohemians, B. R. 

Gardner, Arllne, 1058 N. 8. Phlla. 

Garuuer ft Maddern. 208 American Bldg., Seattle. 

(iardlners, Three. Bijou, Muscatine, la. 

Gartelle Bros. 416 S. Main. Gloversvllle, N. Y. 

Gavin, Piatt ft Peachea, 4417 3d Ave., N. Y. 



Gaylor ft Graff. 244 W. 16, N. Y. 
Gaylor, Bobby, 5602 6th Ave., Chicago. 
Gaylor, Chas., 768 17. Detroit. 
Gehrue, Mayme. ft Co.. 200 B. 88, N. Y. 
Gelger ft Waltera. Poll's, Worcester. 
Genaro ft Band. May 4, Trent, Trenton. 
Geromes. The, Barnum ft Bailey, 0. B. 
Gibson, Fay, Standard, Davenport, la., lndaf. 
Gilbert, Jane, Auditorium, Lynn. 
Gillette Slatere. 60 Manhattan. N. Y. 
GUraalne, Garvin, New Orleana. 
Gllmore, Stella, JoUy Glrla, B. R. 
Girard ft Gardner, Amltyvllle, L. I. 
Gladstone. Ida. 385 W. 50. N. Y. 
Glocker, Chas. ft Anna. Rents-Sentley. B. R. 
Godfrey ft Henderson, Staub's. Knoxvllle. 
Goets. Nat.. 1818 Tree, Donora, Pa. 
Golden Gate Quintet. 846 W. 5t, N. Y. 
Golden ft Hughes, Bell, Oakland. 
Goldsmith ft Hoppe, Colonial, Richmond, Vn. 
Golems, Six, Blngllng Broa., C. B. 
Gofortb ft Doyle, 1020 Broadway, Brooklyn. 
Golden, Marta, Gerard Hotel, N. Y. 
Goolmana, Musical, Continental Hotel, Chlcagav 
Gordon, Cliff, Orpheum. Oakland. 
Gordon ft Shackborn, 225 W. 27, New York. 
Gordon ft Marx. 236 W. 88, N. Y. 
Gordon, Amy. Rose Sydell, B. B. 
Gordon, Max, Reeves' Beauty Show, B. K.- 
Gorman ft West, Orpheum, New Orleana. 
Goaaana, Bobby, 400 So. Smith, Cob. O. 
Gotham Comedy Quartet, City Sporta, B. B. 
Grace*. Two, Miner's Americana, B. R. 
Grant, Anna. Pat Whlte'a Gaiety Glrla, B. B. 
Grant, Sydney, Majestic, Houston. 
Graham, Geo. W., Scenic, Providence, lndef. 
Graham ft Lawrence, HathaWay'a, Maiden. 
Gray ft Graham, 34 Rullltt, Roanoke, Va. 
Grace, Lizzie. Miner's Americana, B. B. 
Grannon, Ha. Box 2, Melrose Park, Pa. 
Great Eastern Quartette, Poll's Worcester. 
Greve ft Green, 400 Nicollet, Minneapolis. 
Greene, George, Blngllng Broa. ,C. R. 
Green, Sam, Whlte'a Gaiety Glrla, B. R. 
Gregg, Frank. Tiger Lilies, B. B. 
Gregory, Geo. L., ft Co., 048 Lorlmer. Bmokr/m. 
Gregory's Five, Alhambra, Brussels. Bel. 
Grove, Chas. L., 347 Wash., Chambersbnrg, 
Gruet, Jack, Al. Marie Ideals. B. R. 
Guertln, Louis, Metropolitan Hotel, Brecktaj 



nslnes ft Russell, 043 Muakego, Milwaukee. 
Hall. Alfred, Rollickera, B. B. 
Hall, Harry, Rlngllng Broa., C. R. 



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Ball. Goo. F.. 180 Center. Boston. 

Hale * Hart*. Sltfc Indiana. Indianapolis. 

Halley * McKlnnoo, Lady Birds, B. R. 

Haley. Harry B., 2SA Ogden, Chicago. 

Hslpertne, Nan. 60S Oth Avs- N. Minneapolis. 

Hammond a Forrester, 101 W. 83, N. T. 

Hsnlon a Lewis, 121 W. lift. N. T. 

Haanon. Billy, 728 No. Western, Chicago. 

Haney. Bdlth 4 Las, Jr., 4118 Winona, Dearer. 

Hanson 4 Nslson, 5S2 40th, Brooklyn. 

Hanvey. Olark A Prldeau. Saratoga, Chicago. 

Harris A Bsadall, Palacs Hotel. Chicago. 

Harcourt, Daisy, 11 Orpheum, Salt Lake. 

Harcourt, Frank, 44 Pleaaant, Worcester. 

Bardlff Bros., Barnnm a Bailey, 0. B. 

Hart, Fred. 808 8th Are.. N. Y. 

Hart. J. O., A Co., Tiger Lilies. B. R. 

Hart. Sadie, 1188 Jackson. N. Y. 

Hart. Willis a Bdlth. 1818 & ll. Phllsdslphla. 

Hsrtsell, George, Rlugllng Bros.. 0. B. 

Harland 4 BoUlsaon, 18 Bepton, Manchester, Bug 

Harlowe, Beatrice, Moon Light Maids, B. B. 

Harrlty 4 Herr. 148 Luna, B. Liberty, Pa. 

Harson, Jules, Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R» 

Harrington. Hilda. Bose Sydell. B. R. 

Harris, Bohby, Toreadors. B. R. 

Harrl*. Charley. Harry Bryant's. B. R. 

Harris, 8am, Empire, Cincinnati. 

Harris. Hsttle. 289 Sedgwick. Ci.lragn. 

Harrison. Minnie, Brigadier, IV. It. 

Harvey 4 De Vora, Blalto Rounder*, B. R. 

Harvey, Elsie, 138 E. 14, N. Y. 

Harvey. Harry, 3110 Cottage Grove Are.. Chicago. 

Haskell, Loner. May 4. Orpheum. Sslt Lake. 

Hassan Ben All 'a Arabs. G. O. II.. Indianapolis. 

Hawkens, John, Orpheum, Zniuxvllle. O. 

Hayes a Carew, Bohemian*. B. It. 

Hayes 4 Haley, 147 W. 127. N. Y. 

Hayes, Edmund, Jolly Girls, B. It. 

Hsynes, Beatrice, Broadway Gaiety Girls. B. R. 

Hayes 4 Wynn. 18 Audulmn Ave. N. Y. 

Hayman 4 Franklin, Canterbury. London, Eng. 

HayH, Ed C. Capitol. Frankfort, Ky. 

Healey. Tim, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Healy 4 Vance. 215 W. 106. N. Y. 

Heath. Thos. Gainer, Poll'a, Hartford. 

Hearn. Tom, Hippodrome, I.ondon, Eng. 

Hechi 4 Ardo. Rlngllng Broa., C. R. 

Hell man. BenJ., Toreadors, B. R. 

Heath 4 Bmsrson, 200 Berrlman. Brooklyn. 

Hedge, John 4 Ponlea, 34S6 Slat.-. Chicago. 

Hefron. Tom, Gaiety, Springfield. 111. 

Helm Children, Family, Helena. Mont. 

Helaton. Wally 4 Lottie, Family. Hazelton, Pa. 

Henly 4 Elliott, 4025 Cypress. Pittsburg. 

Henry 4 Francis, 45 W. 88. N. Y. 

Henry, Harry F.. 64 India, Brooklyn. 

Henry, Soothing, St. Charles Hotel. Chicago. 

Henry 4 Young, Shellport Park, Wilmington. Del. 

Henahaw, Harry A., Clark's Runaway Girls, B. R. 

Herbert. Mabel, 404 Main, Wnrborn, Mo. 

Herron, Bertie. May 10, Orpheum, Sioux City. 

Herrmann. Adelaide. Gllsey House, N. Y. 

Hewlettes, The, Standard. Ft. Worth, Indef. 

Hswlsttss. Ths, 808 Ave. G, Council Bluff*. Is. 

Herbert Bros., Three, 1568 Broadway, N. Y. 

ITettstnen, Julia, Impertsls, B. R. 



Hess Slaters, 288 W. 55. N. Y. 

Heuman Trio, Elgin, 111. 

Hlstt Family, Fern, New Castle, Ind. 

Hickman, George, Pearl River, N. Y. 

Hleetand, Cbae. F., 2638 Iowa Are., St. Louis. 

H1U, Edmonds Trio, 282 Nellson, New Brunswick. 

Hill, Cherry 4 Hill, May 11. 8. 4 C, Spokane. 

Hlld, Irene. 148 Morgan. Buffalo. 

HUllard. Robert. Keith's. Phila. 

Hlllmsn 4 Floyd, 218 W. 62. N. Y. 

Hlltona, Marvelous, fay Foster. B. B. 

Hilly era. Three. 782 Bsy 25, Bsnsonhurst. 

Hlnes 4 Remington, Harrlaon, N. Y. 

Hirah, Eatelle. 4812 Indiana. Chicago. 

Hobsos 4 Macnlchol. 76 3d Ave.. N. Y. 

Hobson, Mr. 4 Mrs., Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 

Hobelman, Martin, Harry Bryant's, B. B. 

Horh. Emil. 4 Co.. Keith's. Phils. 

Hodgln, - Alberta, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 

Holdswortbs. The, May 8, Park, St. Louis. 

Holman Bros., Teatro Oraln. Clrco Bello, Mexico. 

Holman, Harry, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Holmes 4 Holllson, Majestic, Birmingham. 

Holland, Zay. Majestic, Houston. 

Holloway, Art. G., Springfield, lndef. 

Holt, Alf., Holborn. London, Eng. 

Honell, Ida. Orpheum, Canton, 6. 

Hope. Marjorle, Majestic, Wooster, O. 

Hoover. Lilian. 211 B. 14, N. Y. 

Horton 4 Under, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 

Houston. Frits, Vogel'a Minstrels. 

Howard's Pony 4 Dogs. Bloomlngton. Ind. 

Howard 4 Cameron, 478 No. Clinton, Rochester. 

Howard 4 Esber, 881 N. Artlsen, Chicago. 

Honan 4 Kearney, Orientals. B. R. 

Howard Bros., Gaiety. Springfield, 111. 

Howard 4 Howard. Allentown, Pa. 

Howard 4 St. Clair, Charing Cross Bd., LooASB. 

Howard, Jos. B., Aleds, 111., lndef. 

Howsrd, May, Rents-Stanley, B. R. 

Howard, Geo. F., 8468 Scranton Bd., Cleveland. 

Howell 4 Webster. 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Hoyle, William. 16 5, Attleboro. Mass. 

Hoyt, Frsncss 4 00., Sherman House. Chicago. 

Hoyt 4 McDonald. National Hotel. Chicago. 

Hudson Bros., 1887 Msple, Canton, O. 

Huehn, Musical. 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Hughes, Florence, Harry Bryant's, B. R. 

Hughes. Mr. 4 Mrs. Nick. Jamaica. L. I. 

Huested. Sadie, Ysnkes Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Huetterman. Miss, Barnnm 4 Bailey, 0. B. 

Huegel Bros., Dustln, Texas. 

Hughes Musical Trio, Majestic, Brooklyn. 



Johnson, Jess P., 622 So. 4, Camden, N. J. 
Johnson, Mark. 5488 14th. Brooklyn. 
Johnson. Musical, Alhambra, Paris. 
Johnson, Phil, Brlgadlera, B. B. 
Johnstone 4 Cooke, Bijou. Dubuque, la. 
Jolson, Al., Bordentown, N. J. 
Jones 4 Sutton, May 4, Main, Peoria, 111. 
Jones 4 Walton. Main, Peoria, 111. 
Jorden, Tom, Lady Birds. B. R. 
Jorden Troupe, Rlngllng Bros., 0. R. 
Joyces. The, 24, Somerset, Boston. 
Jules 4 Msrgon, Barlow Minstrels. 



Kallnowskl Bros., Trans-Atlantic, B. R. 

Kalmo, Chas. 4 Ada. Maywood, N. J. 

Kariand, Great. 806 W. Highland. Norfolk. 

Kealey, Doc, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 

Keane, Warren, Bennett's, Hamilton. 

Keatona, Three, 228 W. 38. N. Y. 

Keegan 4 Mack, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 

Keely Bros., Columbus, O. 

Kelfe, Bsaa. 508 W. 186. N. Y. 

Keene. Juggling, 1860 Boston Bd., N. Y. 

Keene 4 Adams, Mohawk. Schenectady. 

Keene, Mattle, 4 Co., 10 W. 182. N. Y. 

Kelso 4 Leighton. Trent, Trenton. 

Kelly, John T.. Ml m hurst. L. I. 

Kelly 4 Rose, 40 W. 28, N. Y. 

Kelly, M. J., 46 Johnson, Brooklyn. 

Kelly. Walter C, Palace, London, Eng.. lndef. 

Kelly 4 Asbby. Palace, Gateshead. Eng. 

Keogh 4 Francis, Orpheum, Salt Lake. 

Keller, Major, Poll's, Waterbury, Indef. 

Kennedy Bros. 4 Mac, 82 Second, Dover. N. B 

Kennedy 4 Wllkens, 1568 Broadway. N. Y. 

Keno, Welsh 4 Melrose, Columbia, Cincinnati. 

Kerslake, Lll. Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 

Kherns, Arthur H., Revere House, Chicago. 

Klein, Geo.. Empire Show, B. B. 

Klein, Ott Bros.. 4 Nicholson. 253 W. 34. N. Y. 

Kllen 4 Clifton, 202 W. 88. New York. 

Klcbl 4 Haghl, Singling Bros.. C. B. 

Kimball 4 Donovan. 113 Northampton, Rostoa. 

Klngaburys, The, 1553 Brosdwsy, N. Y. 

King 4 Dour las. Hasbrouck Heights. N. J. 

King, Sam 4 Nellie. 2874 Pitkin, Brooklyn. 

Kins-Ners, 843 N. Clark, Chicago. 

Klnsons. The, 21 B. 20, N. Y. 

Klrslfo. Gus, 1710 Third. Rvsnsvllle. 

Klrschhorns, 207 So. 13, Omaha. 

Knight. Francis. 225 W. 45. N. Y. 



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Hunter 4 Duncsn, 221 Downey, Indlsnapolts. 
Hurleys, The, 185 Va 8b. Orange, Newark. 
Huston. Arthur, Pantages, Seattle, lndef. 
Hyde, Mr. 4 Mrs., Cbemo Lake, Clifton, Me. 
Hyde. Walt. M.. 4 Co., 8506 6, Pittsburg. 
llylamiH. Three, 23 Cherry, Danbury, Conn. . 



Imbnff 4 Corlnne. Empire, B. R. 

Imperial Musical Trio. Bijou. Wheeling, W. Va. 

Imperial Viennese Troupe, Barnum 4 Bailey, C. K. 

International Entertainers. Four, Jolly Girls. B. B. 

international Musical Trio, Olympic. Brooklyn. 

iiimaii. The Great, 312 W. 24, N. Y. 

Italia, 356 Mass.. Boston. 



Jack Lew 4 Bro.. 8248 So. Chicago, So. Chicago. 
Jackson Family, Rlngllng Bros.. C. R. 
Jackson. Harry 4 Kate. K. 4 P. 58th St., N. Y. 
Jacobs & Hardel. Cole Bros., C. R. 
Jacobs 4 West, Sam Devere. B. R. 
James, Byron, Bijou, Flint, Mich., lndef. 
Jenkins 4 Clark. Box 205. Appleton. Wis, 
Jennings. Arthur 482 Msnhsttan, N. Y. 
Jennings 4 Jewell, Knickerbockers, B. R. 
Jennings 4 Renfrew. 338 Spruce. Chelsea, Mass. 
Jennings. William. White's Gaiety Girls, B. R. 
Jerome, Nat. 8.. 1287 Wsshlngton, N. Y. 
Jess, John W.. Lid Lifters, B. R. 
Jewette, Hsyea 4 Llnd. Amburst, N. 8. 
Johnson, Chester, 888 8d Ave., N. Y. 
Johnson, George. Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 
Johnson, Geo., Scrlbner's Big Show, B. B. 
Knowles. Harry, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 



Knight 4 Sawtelle. Proctor's, Jersey City. 
Knox. W. H., Elyslan Grove, Tucson, Aria. 
Konper, Hsrry J., Moon Light Maids. 
Kokln, Mignonette, Orpheum, Sioux City. 
Kokln. Prince. Armory, Blngharaton. 
Kolfage, DnkS, Crystal, Elwood, Ind.. Indef. 
Kollins & Carmen Sisters, rantages', Seattle. 
Krsmer, Joe, Orpheum, Easton, Pa. 
Kraft. Gus, Barnum 4 Bailey. C. R. 
Kratons. The. Shea's, Toronto. 
K reuse, Emma, Brigadiers, B. R. 
Kretore. 119 Washington, Altoona. 
Kurtls-Busse, 6 W. 8. Erie. Pa. 



La Rlanc, Bertrane, Grand. Sacramento, lndef. 

La Centra 4 La Rue. 532 E. 18. N. Y. 

La Clair 4 West. Family, Pittsburg. 

La Delles, Four, Decatur, Ind. 

Lnkola 4 Lorain. O. H., Savannah, Ga. 

La Nole Bros., 212 E. 14, N. Y. . 

Lafleur 4 Doga, 57 Hanover, Providence. 

i.alllvptte 4 Co.. 408 Fairmont. Meadvllle, Pa. 

La Mar, Sadie. Rolllckers. B. R. 

Lambert 4 Williams. 148 E. 22. N. Y. 

Lnmb 4 Ring, 353 State, Chicago. 

Lamb's Manikins. 466 Pippin. Portland, Ore. 

La rape Bros., Villa Raso, Absecon, N. J. 

T-arox. Joseph. Barnnm 4 Bailey, C. B. 

Latona, Frank, Hippodrome, Stockton on Tees, 

Eng. 
Lawler 4 Daughters, 100 W. 105, N. Y. 
Ls Blanche. Great, Hotel Light, Chattanooga. 
La Oust a. 24, Harmon, L. I. 



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La Bash 4 Scottle. 838 Locust. Johnstown, Pa. 

Laredo 4 Blake. 825 B. 14. N. Y. 

La Marche, Frrnkie, 486 B. 28, Chicago. 

La Bague Sletere, Barnum ft Bailey, 0. B. 

Latoy Broa., Jolly Gran* Widows. B. B. 

Lane TTlo, Vogal's Mlnatrels. 

La Van 4 La Valette, Majestic, Pittsburg, laasf. 

La Rex, Wonderful, Clara Turner Stock OS. 

La Van Trio, Barnum 4 Bailey, C. R. 

La Veen, Cross 4 Co., May 11, Grand, Duluth. 

La Veil* 4 Grant. 226 E. 14, N. Y. 

La Vine Clmarln Trio. G. O. II., Pittsburg. 

Lavette 4 Doyle, 840 N. 2, Hamilton, O. 

La kola. Harry IL, Box 76. San Fernando, Gal. 

Lavlne 4 Hurd. New Century Maids, B. B. 

Langdone, The, 704 oth Ave., Milwaukee. 

Laughing* Blanco, Brlgadlera, B. R. 

Lawrence, Pete, Al. Reeves' Big Show, B. B. 

Ls Gray, Dollle, Bijou, Racine, Wis., ladsf. 

Lawrence. Bert, 3 Laurel. Roxbury, Mass. 

Le Anders. 395 Madison, N. Y. 

Lee. James P., Empire. San Francisco, lndef. 

Lee Tung Foo. 1228 2d. B. Oakland. 

Lenny, Frank W., Manhattan. Norfolk, Va., lsssf. 

Leeds, Adelaide, Parisian Widows, B. R. 

Le Dent, Champagne Girls. B. R. 

Le Hirt. Mons, 326 Clifford, Rochester. 

Leamy Ladies, Barnum 4 Bailey. C. R. 

Leigh. Andrew, Lady Birds. B. R. 

Leigh, Lisle 4 Co., 208 Am. Bank Bldg., Seattle. 

Leluhton*. Three. Orpheum. Oakland. 

Lelghtons, Three. Barnum 4 Bailey, C. R. 

Leonl 4 Leoni. 10 R. 7th, Cincinnati. 

Leonard, James F., Yankee Doodle Girls, B. B. 

Leonard. Grace, St. Paul Hotel. N. Y. 

Leonard, Gus, Acme. Sacramento, lndef. 

Leontlna. Marie. 17 E. 97. N. Y. 

Leonore 4 St. Claire. 4948 Baeton, St. Louis. 

Leonard 4 Drake, 1899 Park PI., Brooklyn. 

LeRoy 4 Woodford. 2417 Wylle Ave., Pittsburg. 

I.es Bastlens. Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 

Leu ('array*. 19 Perry. Pittsburg. 

Les Ja roles. Barnum 4 Bailey, C. R. 

Leslie, Bert. 4 Co.. Keith's, Jersey City. 

Leslie & Pattee. Edlsonla. Charleston. 8. C. 

Leslie 4 Williams. Dreamland. Reading, Pa. 

I/ester. Bill. Brigadiers. B. R. 

Lester 4 Moore. Brigadiers, B. R. 

Lester, Will. 281 John R.. Detroit. 

Levy, Bert. Lyric. Sioux City. 

Levy. Mrs. Jules, snd Family, 162 W. 98, N. Y. 

Leyden, Margaret. 8647 Vernen. Chicago. 

Levan, Miss IL, Barnum 4 Bailey, C. R. 

Levllle 4 Sinclair. 69 Osborne. Newark. 

I«wls 4 Harr, 131 W. 16. N. Y. 

Lewla, Oscar, White's Gaiety Girls, B. B. 

Lewis, Phil., 121 W. 116. N. Y. 

Lewis 4 Thompson. Merry Msldens, B. R. 

Le Fevrs — St. John.. 208 American Bldg., Seattle. 

Le Witt 4 Aahmore. Grand. Nashville. 

Llhbey 4 Trayer. 3C2 W.- IT. N. Y. • - 

I.lna 4 Cslljut, Fay Foster, B. B. 



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Lincoln, Bill, Ring ling Bros., C. R. 

Linn, Benn, Half Dime, Jersey City, N. J., lndef. 

LIvliigHtone, Three, Singling Bros., C. R. 

Llewellyn & Walters, Orpheuiu, Marietta. O. 

Llngeruian, Samuel A Lucy, 70ft N. ft. Phi la. 

Lloyd, Herbert, 28 Wellington, Strand. London. 

Loder, Chas. A., Rose Lawn. Areola, Pa. 

Lois, 100 W. 8ft, N. Y. 

Lomlson, WUUard, 228 Montgomery, Jersey City. 

Long, John, Family, Brie, Pa., lndef. 

Loralne, Oscar, Bijou, Duluth 

Louise and Dottle, Bowery Burlesquere, B. R. 

Lorltts. The, 814 Bererly rd., Brooklyn. 

Lowanda, A. Q.. Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Lowe, Musical. 233 3d Are.. N. Y. 

Lowry. Mr. A Mrs. Ed.. 44 B. Cross, Baltimore. 

Lucas. Jlmmle, Keeney's Brooklyn. 

Luckle A Yoast, 889 Sumpter, Brooklyn. 

Luce A Luce. 207 W. 38. N. Y. 

Luder, Marguerite, Qulacy Adams Sawyer Co 

Luclers, Four, Onset, Mass. 

Lucy A Lucler. Poll's, Hartford. 

Lulgl Plcaro Trio. 40ft Adolph, Brooklyn. 

"Luis King," 14 Marlborough Rd., London, Bug. 

Luts Bros., 13 Grant, Corona, N. Y. 

Lokena, 4, Reading, Pa. 

Lynton, Chris., Empire. Los Angeles, lndef. 

Lyons A Cull urn, 217 W. 10, N. Y. 

Lyres, Three, Ljrrlc, Alton, 111. 



Mack, Wilbur. Columbia. Cincinnati. 

Macarte Sisters, Orpheum. Salt Lake. 

Mack, Billy, 208 Third, N. Y. 

Macks, Two, O. 11 . New Bedford. 

Mack A Dougal. 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Mac Fadyen ft Mac Fadyen, 813 So. 5th, B'klya. 

Mack, James, Wealey, Rose Sydell, B. R. 

Madden. Fltspatrlck ft Co., 1568 Broadway, N. Y. 

Maddern, Joseph, ISO W. 47, N. Y. 

Madcaps, Winkler's, 104 B. 14, N. Y. 

MacDooaugh, Ethel. 68 W. 107, N. Y. 

Mahr, Agnes, Orpheum, San Francisco. 

Ma Dell ft Corbley, lift Howard, Buffalo. 

"Madle" 408 W. 51, N. Y. 

Makarenkos Duo. 808 E. 6. N. Y. 

Malchow, Geo., Bijou, Oehkosh, Wis., lndef. 

Malvern Troupe, White's Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Manhasset Comedy Four, Rose Sydell, B R. 

Manning ft Wise, 355 Bedford, Brooklyn. 

Msnley ft Norris, 517 Walnut, Hamilton, O. 

Manhattan Banjo Trio, 805 W. 127. N. Y. 

Mantell's Marionettes. 3413 Colby, Everett, Wssb. 

Mardo Trio, Ringllng Bros'. C. R. 

Msrguerlte ft Hsnley, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Mario Trio, Washington Society Girls, B. R. 

Msrlon ft Pearl, Clifton Hotel, Clifton, N. J. 

Marks, Clarence, Broadway Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Marlon ft Lillian. Tiger Llllles. B. B. 

Marlowe, Plunkstt ft Co., 27 Gsylord. Dorchester. 

Marnello Mornlts Troupe, Ringllng Broa., C. R. 

Marno Trio, touring Europe. 

Marsh, Joe, 8122 Lucas, St. Louis. 

Marshall. Bert, 288 Splcer, Akron, O. 

Marshall ft King. Rents-Santley, B. R. 

Martin. Dare ft Percle, 8050 Indiana, Chicago. 

Msrtynne, C. B., Orpheum, Leavenworth, lndef. 

Martynne, Great. Rose Sydell, B. R. 

Martlnes ft Martinez, Grand. Pittsburg. 

Martin & Crouch, Family, Bozeman, Mont. 

Martini ft Maximilian. Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Marty, Joe. 1623 Hancock, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Msrrder, Lena, Barnum ft Bailey. C. R. 

Marvin Broa., Bijou. Hancock, Mich. 

Mary ft Petroff, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Mason, Art, Brlgsdlers, B. R. 

efaaon ft Bart, Victor House, Chicago. 

Maaon & Doran. Sheedy's, Fall River. 

MaHon & Keeler, Proctor's, Albany. 

Mason ft Shannon, May 4, Columbia, Cincinnati. 

Masquerla Sisters. Three, Palace, Meridian, Miss. 

Mathews, Joca. Ysnkee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Maxwell ft Dudley, 108 W. 06, N. Y. 

May, Arthur O., P. O. Box 523. Horman, Okla. 

May, Ethel. Majestic, Orange, N. J. 

Mayer, Robert, Moon Light Maids. 

Msyne. Elizabeth, Harry Bryant'a. B. R. 

McAvoy, Harry, Thoroughbreds, B. R. 

McAvoy ft Hartley. 8 B. 108, N. Y. 

McCabe, Jack, Century Girls, B. R. 

MrCsbe ft Paters. Richmond Hotel. Chicago. 

McCann, Geraldine, ft Co., 706 Park, Johnstown. 



Mci'srthy, My lea. Green Room Club, N. Y. 

.MfCarvers, The, 2888 Dearborn, Chicago. 

McConnell ft Simpson, 2706 E. 8, Kansas City. 

McCoy. Nellie, 067 W. 124, N. Y. 

m -Cree Davenport Troupe, Hsgenheck-Wallaee. 

McCiiUoufh, Walter, Alexander Hotel, Chicago. 

McCiiiie ft Grant, 8 Bantoo, Pittsburg, Pa. 

McKarland. Frank. 811 W. 142. N. Y. 

MiFarlaiid ft McDonald, Colonial Belles. B. R. 

McCsuley, Joe, Wonderland, Minneapolis, lndef. 

McClnuls Bros., 75 Bradford, Springfield. Mass. 

McCirath ft Paige, Shubert, Utlca. 

MHJngor, Luhi. Grand, Altoona, Pa., lndef. 

McKlnley, Nell, Jersey Lilies, B. R. 

McLaughlin, L. Clair, Sberldsnville, Pa. 

McLeod. Andy, Kentucky Belles. B. R. 

McMahon ft Chapelle, Grand. Pittsburg. 

McMahou's Melon Girls, Grand, Pittsburg. 

McNuily Bros., Ringllng Broa., C. R. 

McNamee, Hammerstein's, N. Y. 

McWlltams, G. R., Poll's, Hartford. 

Mesney. Lottie, ft Co., 7 Blm. Charleston, Mass. 

Mears, (has. E.. 2025 N. 13. Kansas City. 

Melville ft Hlggins. 272 So. 2d, Brooklyn. 

Mel i one. William. Rarnuui ft Bailey, C. R. 

Melroy Trio, 07 Park, Chicago. 

Melvln Broa.. Kentucky Belles, B. R. 

Mens Ma ns. The, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

MmiMtler, Clown Le. Ringllng Bros.. C. R. 

Mercer. John. Ringllng Bros., C. B. 

Merrltt, Raymond, Empire, Los Angeles, lndef. 

Merrlman Sisters. Bijou, Muscatine, Is. 

Meers Sisters. Barnum ft Bailey. C. R. 

)li I si ttlaa. Ten, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Mezano Troupe, Campbell Bros., C. R. 

Mlsco, Al.. Ringllng Bros., C. B. 

Middleton. Gladys. Bijou, Superior, Wis. 

Mlgnon. Helena, Empire, St. Paul, lndef. 

Mills, Joe, Rolllckera. B. R. 

Mills. Wm.. 20th Centnry Maids, B. R. 

Mllvo Bros., Ringllng Bros.. C. R. 

Millard, Frank. Lady Birds, B. R. 

Millard Bros., Crackerjscks, B. R. 

Mlllinan Trio, Folles Marigny, Paris. 

Miller. Jack, 1372 No. Humboldt, Chicago. 

Miller. John. Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Millersblp Sisters, Watson's, B. R. 

Miller, Elisabeth. 1726 W. 31 PI.. Clevelsnd. 

Miller, Grace, Phillips', Richmond, Ind., lndef. 

Miller Sisters, Gay Morning Glories, B. R. 

Mills ft Lewis, 114 B. 11, N. Y. 

Mills ft Morris. Clarendon Hotel. N. Y. 

Milieus. The, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Milton ft De Long Sisters. 2454 Irving, Denver. 

Milmars, The. Family, Warren, Pa. 

Miner ft Coleman. 201 W. 130. N. Y. 

Mitchell ft Cain, 611 Sterlitg PI., Brooklyn. 

Mitchell ft Caire, Touring Eng. and Provlncea. 

Mitchell Sisters, Monsrch, Lawton. Okla., lndef. 

Mitchell ft Qulnn. 20 Bay 20. Benaonburst, L. I. 

Monroe, George, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 

Monahans. Dancing, Fitchburg, Fitchburg, Mass. 

Mnnle, AL, 8883 Hamilton. Philadelphia. 

Montsmbo ft Hurl Falls. Empire. B. R. 

Montrose. Louise. 450 So. First. Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 

Montsgue's Cockatoos, 64 W. 26, N. Y. 

Montgomery , Oeo. P., Lyric. Hot Springs, lndef. 

Montgomery ft Moore, 1009 Bnttonwood. Phlla. 

Mootrsy. 814 Western Ave.. Allegheny, Pa. 

Mooney, Harry J.. Barnum A Bailey, P. R. 

Mooney ft Holbein. Palace, Lincoln, Eng. 

Mora, Silent. O. IL. Ashland, 0. 

Moore ft Dillon. Fay Foster. B. R. 

Moore & MoGarry. 48 Wycoff. Brooklyn. 

Moore. Tom, Keeney's. Brooklyn. 

Moorehead. Harry (Dreamland). Norfolk, Ya. 

Morette Slaters, 1237 Lee, Philadelphia. 

Morgan ft Chester, 1553 Brosdway. New York. 

Morgan, Lou, Parisian Belles, B. R. 

Morris ft Morton, Dainty Duchess, B. R. 

Morre, Chas., Lady Birds, B. R. 

Morre, Helen J., Night Owls. B. R. 

Morrelle, Marie, 1807U Main. Parsons, Kas. 

Morrison. Geo. N.. E. 98th and Ave. E.. Brooklyn. 

Morse. Billy. Anbenser's, Aberdeen, Wash., lndef. 

Moiton, Fred W., 207 E. 87, N. Y. 

Morton, James J., 147 W. 45. N. Y. 

Morton ft Elliott. Moss ft 8toll Tour, lndef. 

Morton, Ed.. Sollickers, B. R. 

Morton. Phil., Lyceum, Meadvllle, Pa. 

Muller. Chum ft Mnller. Olympic. Chicago. 

Mullen ft Corelll. Majestic, Milwaukee. 

Mulllnl Slaters, Washington Society Girls, B. R. 

Munger, Mort. M., Frsnkfort, Ind. 

Murphy ft Andrews, 116 Wsshingtou PL, N. Y. 



Murphy ft Magee. Ideals, B. R. 
Murphy ft Palmer, 800 3d Ave., N. Y. 
Murphy ft Wlllsrd. 605 No. 7th, Philadelphia. 
Murphy, Geo. P., Tiger LI ilea, n. R. 
Murray Sisters, Orpheum, Sioux City. 
Murray, Wm. W., 228 B. 14. N. Y. 
Murray, Eddie, Fischer's, Los Angeles, lndef. 
Murray, Clsyton ft Drew. Merry Maidens, B. R. 
Murtha. Lillian. 211 B. 10. N. Y. 
Musketeers, Three, Jolly Grass Widows, B. It 



Nolan, Fred, Boston Belles, B. R. 
Nolan, Irvan, 415 N. Madison. Peoria. 111. 
Norman's Juggling Six, Hsymsrket, Chicago. 
North, Bobby. 45 W. lift. N. 1. 
Notes, Musical, Irwin, Goshen, Ind.; lndef. 
Nugent, Eddie, Trans-Atlantic. B. R. 
Nugent, J. C. The Oaks. Canal Dover, O. 
Nugent ft Miller, May 4, Proctor's, Troy 



Nagel ft Adams, 13$ WIckTlffe, Newsrk. 
Nsrelle, Marie, Christ Church, New Zealand. 
Nstus, Julie, Tiger Lilies, B. R. 
Nawn, Tom, ft Co.. 420 W. 62, Phlla. 
Neff, John, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Neills, Neill ft Chapman, 1652 B. Main, Rochester. 
Nelson Bros., Lyric, Uniontown. Pa. 
Nelson-Farnum Troupe, 8141 Bererly rd., Brooklyn. 
Nelson, Katherlne, 10 Howland, Roxbory, Masa. 
Nelson ft Egbert, 488 Atlantic, Pittsburg. 
Nelson, Tony, Krystall Palace, Leipzig, Ger. 
Nevada ft Eden. 235 W. 43, N. Y. 
Nevaroa, Four, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
Nevlus, Chas., ft Girls, Easton, Pa. 
Newell Sisters. Jolly Girls, B. R. 
Newell ft Nlblo, Palace, Grlmsbry, Eng. 
Newman, Jules, Lady Birds, B. R. 
New*omes. Four, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
Nlblo ft Spencer, Porter'a Corned. Saratoga. N. Y. 
Nichols ft Hogsn, 1544 Broadway, Brooklyn. 
Nickel, Earl, 845 E. 40, Chicago. 
Nlcolal, Ida. Bohemians. B. R. 
Night With the Poets. Poll's. Worcester. 
"Nlglit on a Houseboat," Colonial, N. Y. 
Noble. Billy. 20th Century Maid*. B. R. 
Noblette ft Marshall. Orpheum, Memphis. 



O'Brien- naveL 616 52, Brooklyn. 
Odell ft Hart. 2068 Strand, Green Lake, Wash. 
Odell ft Klnley. 8405 Colllngwood, Toledo. 
Ogden, Helen, 270 Clybounoe, Chicago. 
Olivers, Three. Temple, Ft. Wayne. 
Olivette, 225 Paclttc, Brooklyn. 
Omega, ouie, Parisian Widows, B. R. 
"Onetta," Park Hotel, Port Chester, N. Y. 
Onthank ft Blanchetto, P. O., Boston. Mass. 
Omlaw. Gus, Hippodrome, Brighton, Eng. 
O'Neill ft Mack, 823 W. Pratt, Indianapolis. 
^ O'Nell. Tommle, White's Gaiety Girls. B. R. 
O'Neill. W. A.. Orpheum. Oskland, lndef. 
O'Neill Trio, National. San Francisco. 
Ortb ft Fern. Orpheum. Oakland. 
Olifana, Three, 711 Orchard, Chicago, 
o Regan. Box 805. Ottawa, Can. 
Orbasany, Irma, Forest Park, Kansaa City. 
Or I off, Olga. Toreadors, B. R. 
O'Rourke ft Marie, Merry Makers. B. R. 
otto Bros.. 10 Howland. Roxbury. Mass. 
Owens, Blllle, ft May, Wonderland, Clifton Forge, 
Va. 



Pncheco Family. Rarnnm ft Bailey, G. R. 
Pamahsslka. Prof., 1037 B. Dauphin. Phlla. 
Palfrey ft Hofler, 51 Broadway, Providence. 



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We have taken up a MILL SITE and WATER DITCH SITE during the last week. Work 
on our tunnel is progressing, and the drift on the "Belle B" la showing up well. The Sapphire 
Shaft is down 29 feet, and we have started a drift at that depth to determine the length of that 
high grade ore— $93.40 per ton — and will also continue sinking. 

MATTHEWS ft HARRIS, who BOUGHT 20,000 SHARES of this stock, inspected the mines 
April 24th. Miss Matthews picked up a sack of ore out of the mines to take East. 

LEW ft FLORENCE EARL spent 3 days at the mines and BOUGHT 1,000 SHARES and 
ORDERED ANOTHER 1.000. 

MURPHY ft WILLARD stopped at the mines one day— their seoond visit. They BOUGHT 
ANOTHER 1,000 8HARES. 

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PLAYING mm S 1~ A Ft ACTS \JU E, B K. I* V 

All Acts that played hero last season will write for dates at once. 
Address all to WANTED, at all times. Big Feature Acts. 

Rl ATT &- HYMAN p mn <j No act to ° lar * e for ,ul8 »""*<*• Wanted, 

■»*•/» ■ ■ « ,,,,UAI1 ' rrops. any amom , t of Hlgter actg JA(:K DBMACO 

Atlantio Oarden, Atlantic City, N. J, will manage this bouse after June IS. 



Vaudeville Managers, Agents and Critics. We are presenting for your review and approval, at the Family Theatre* 
125th St.. next week (May 4th), MAUDE SHAW and Co. in a rural playlet entitled " At Cldse of Day;" with special 
scenery, etc. If you are looking for something different; don't miss it, Grant and Campbell, (Producers). 



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Famous in America 











Refinement Personified 

MAY 4th SHEA'S, BUFFALO 



FAREWELL TOUR OF VAUDEVILLE 

Miss Lloyd has completed arrangements with Messrs. KLAW, ERLANGER, and ZIEGFELD, JR., to 
for two years, commencing NOV. 1st, 1908, under the management of MR. F. ZIEGFELD, JR. 



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Palmer Slaters, 540 Hart, Brooklyn. 

Parisian Graud Opera Co., 686 Lexington, N. Y. 

larks. Dick. 1208 B. 25, Lam Augelee. 

Pat ton, O.ace, Bolllckera. B. B. 

Patty Bros.. Singling Brua., C. B. 

Paullnettl * PUjoo. 242 Kraualln. 1'hlla. 

Pendletona. Hie, 185 Pltteburg. New Castle. 

Pero ft Wilson, 285 Temple, Washing tou, 0. 

Pearl, Kathryn, Bolllckera, B. B. 

Pearl, Violet, Sollickers, B. R. 

Pedereon Bros., 528 1st, Milwaukee. 

Pelota. Toe, 161 Westminster, Atlantic City. 

Pepper Twlna, Lindsay, Out., Can. 

Perkins. David F., SB Bnstern. Portland, Me. 

Perkins, Walter E., 206 American Bldg., Seattle. 

Perry * White, Mlae N. Y., Jr., B. B. 

Perry, Clayton, Ideals, B. B. 

Perry, Frank L., Family, Williamsburg, Pa. 

Persone, Camllle, Crescent, Champaign, 111. 

Fetching Bros., Cook's, Rochester. 

Peters, Phil * Nettie, 107 ». 81, N. Y. 

Phllbrooks ft Reynolds. 220 B. 78, N. T. 

Phillips ft Farlardeau, Star, Altoona. 

Phillips, J. H., 10 W. 182, N. T. 

Phillips Usters, Majestic. B. B. 

Plerey ft mida. 1026 Paterson, Baltimore. 

Pike, Lester. Brigadiers, B. R. 

Pike. May. Brigadiers. B. B. 

Poirer's Three, 065 Herri, Montreal. 

Pollard, Jeanne. World Beaters, B. B. 

"Polly Pickle's Pets," Orpheam, Minneapolis. 

Posner, Allan II.. 486 Central Park W.. N. Y 

Potter ft Harris. Wonderland, Wheeling, W. Va. 

Powers Bros., 15 Trask, Prorldence. 

Power, Ooletta ft Co., 76 BockvUle pi., Brooklyn. 



Powers, Mr. and Mrs., 857 W. 30, N. Y. 
l'raiupln Trio, 847 W. 40, N. Y. 
Price, John B.. ft Co., 211 E. 14. N. T. 
Prices. The Jolly, 141 W. 47, Chicago. 
Primrose, Fred., 876 Wallabout. Brooklyn. 
Prltskow, Lou la. Century Glrle, B. B. 
Proalt Trio, Singling Bros., C. B. 
Pryors, The, 80 No. Ms In, Prorldence. 
Psycho, Mile., Gen. Del., Chicago. 
Pucks. Two. 166 E. 80, N. Y. 
Pudgle ft Brnmett. 464 Blewett. Seattle. 
Pullen, Lonslla, 194 Jefferson, Trenton. 



Quaker City Quartet, 408 Macon. Brooklyn. 
Qulgg ft Mack, 115 B. 14. N. Y. 



Radford ft Valentine, Oxford. London, Bng. 

Rainbow Sisters, Orpheum. Lima, 0. 

Raleigh ft Harrington, 288 Winter, Hagerstown. 

Ralston ft Son, Box 641, Patcbogue, L. I., N. Y. 

Ramsey Sisters. Bijou. Kalamazoo. 

Rastus ft Banks, Varleltes, Leeds, Eng. 

Rawlft ft Von Kaufman, 315 E. 14, Kansas City. 

Bawson ft June. Phoenicia. N. Y. 

Raymond, Ruby, Proctor's, Albany. 

Raymond & Hall, Grand, Nashville. 

Raymond ft Harper. 6406 Lexington, Cleveland. 

Rayno'a. AI., Bull Dogs, 8barptown, Ind. 

Basarfs, The, 4508 No. 20, Phila. 



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Ray. Fred, ft Co., Keith's, Cumberland. 

lUjinond, Fredericks, 16 B. 88, N. Y. 

Raynor, VaL, Trana-Atlantlca, B. B, 

Reaves, Roe, Family, Washington, O. 

R.ded ft Hadley, World Beaters, B. R. 

Reed ft St. John, 454 Manhattan, N. Y. 

Regal Trio, 116 W. Washington, pi., N. Y. 

Rego, Jlmmie, Palace, Boston. 

Bedford ft Winchester, Poll's, Bridgeport. 

Reld Sisters, 58 Broad, Elisabeth. 

Beld, Lilian, ft Co., SIS B. 85, Chicago. 

Reed ft Earl, Olympic, Topeka. 

Reed, Harry U, Washington. Buffalo, lndef. 

Reeves, Al., Reeves' Beauty Show. B. B, 

Remington, Mayme, Temple, Detroit. 

Renee Family, Majestic, Dallas. 

Reno, Geo. B., ft Co., Empire, Nottingham, Eng. 

Reno ft Blgar, Barn urn ft Bailey, C. B. 

Benebaw, ©wt, Majestic, La Salle, 111., lndef. 

Rensetta ft Lyman, Trocsdero, B. B. 

Renxette ft La Rue, Camden, Camden, N. J. 

Revere ft Yuir, Champagne Olrla, B. B. 

Reynard, A. D., Alf. T. Wheeler'*. C. R. 

Reynard, Ed. F., Empire, Hoboken. 

Reynolds, Abe, Miss N. Y.. Jr.. B. B. 

Reynolds, ft Donegan, Brosdway, N. Y. 

Rhodes ft Engel, 233a Chauncey, Brooklyn. 

Bice, Al.. 262 Springfield, Newark. 

Rice & Cohen, Shea's, Buffalo. 

Rice, Fanny, 340 Lafayette, Brooklyn. 

Rice, True, 1228 State, Milwaukee. 

Rice ft Elmer. 848 E. 142, N. Y. 

Rice ft Walters, Boston Belles. B. R. 

Richards, Chris., Orpbeum, Brooklyn. 

Rich Duo, O. H., Oklahoma, Okla. 

Richards, Great, Colonial, Richmond, Va. 

Richardson, Lavender ft Co., Farm, No. Carver. 

Mass. 
Riley, Frank, Orientals, B. B. 
Rlccobon'a Horses, Singling Bros., C. R. 
Richards ft Grover, Dominion, Winnipeg. 
Rinaldos, The, 184% S. High, Columbus, 0. 
Blnf ft Williams, 102 Liberty, Baltimore. 
Bio, Adolph, 222 B. 14, N. Y. 
Ritter ft Foster, Zoo, Glasgow, Scotland. 
Rivards, Three, 888 Scrlbner, Grand Rapids. 
Roattlno ft Stevens, Keith's, N. Y. 
Roberts, 81gna, Merced, Oal. 
Roblsch, ft Childress, Orpheum, Portsmouth, O. 
Robinson ft Grant, 206 8th Ave.. N. Y. 
Robinson. Tom. Scrlbner'a Big Show, B. R. 
Roby, Dan, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Roche, La Belle, Mile., Rlngllng Bros.. C. B. 
Rock ft Fulton, G. O. H., Pittsburg. , 
Rockaway ft Conway, Orpheum, Denver. 
Boethlg, Henry, St. Charlea Hotel, Chicago. 
Rogers, Mr. ft Mrs. Boot., 121 W. 42, N. Y. 
Roltare, 28 W. 88. N. Y. 
Romola, Bob, Bijou, Davenport, la., lndef. 
Rooney ft Bent, Colonial, N. Y. 
Rooney, Katie, 807 N. Patterson Pk., Baltimore. 
Bomalne, Anna, Lid Lifters, B. B. 
Romanhoffs, The, 188 17th, Wheeling, W. Va. 
Rome. Mayo ft Jolliet, Grand, Nashville. 
Ronaldos, The, Family, Davenport, la. 
Rooney Sisters, 807 N. Patterson Pk., Baltimore. 
Ross. Bessie, Boston Belles, B. B. 
Ross Sisters. 65 Cumerford, Providence. 
Roscoe ft 81ms, Rents-Sentley, B. B. 
Ross ft Lewis, Royal, Oldham, Eng. 
Ross ft Vack, 11 W. 114, N.' Y. 
Rosso ft Simms, Bowery Burlesquers, B. B. 
Rousek, Jsck, Air-Dome, Leavenworth, lndef. 
Rowland, 127 W. 27. N. Y. 
Royal Musical Five, 249 So. 0, Brooklyn. 
Royce Bros., 874 N. Randolph, Phlla. 
Ryno ft Bmereon, Contlnentsl Hotel, Chicago. 
Russell, Fred. P., 486 W. 186, N. Y. 
Russell, Fred., Bowery Burlesquers, B. B. 
Russell ft Davia. Idle Hour, Atlanta, lndef. 
Ryan ft Richfield, K. ft P. Union Square. N. Y. 
Ryan, Nan, ft Co., 1858 Broadway, N. Y. 
Ryan ft White, 504 B. 163. N. Y. 
Ryan, Zorella ft Jenkins, Barnum ft Ballsy, C. B. 



Sada-Carmen Sisters, Barnum ft Bailey, C. B. 

galauiouskl, E. M., Prof., Barnum ft Bailey, C. B. 

Sandwinas, The. G. O. II.. Syracuse. 

Salmo, Juno, Empire, Hoboken. 

Sat tier, Ohaa.. Lady Birds, B. B. 

Sanford & Darlington, 2422 So. Adler, Phlla. 

Selvaggla, 5. Miss N. Y.. Jr., B. B. 

Hauipfcou ft Douglas, rentage's. Seattle, lndef. 

Samson, Doc, Cob urn Greater Minstrels. 

Sandow ft Lamport, Orientals, B. R. 

Sawyer, Harry Clinton, Lyric, Dallas. 

Saxton ft Somers, Capitol Hotel, N. Y. 

Scliade, F., Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 

Schepp, Grover, Bolllckera, B. R. 

Schuster, Milton, Palace, Boston, lndef. 

Scott, Bdonard, Grand, Beno, Nov., lndef. 

Scott. Mike, 223 Third, N. Y. 

Seabury ft Wllkie, 187 Madison, Paterson. 

Sears, Gladys, Parisian Belles, B. B. 

Sears, Wlntergarten, Berlin. 

Sefton, Harry, Orpbeum, Lima, O. 

Seguln, Wood, Eugenia, 2314 Hollywood, Toledo. 

Semon, Chas. F., Keith's, Columbus, 0. 

Semon Trio, Revere House, Chicago. 

Seymour, O. G. ft Co., Orpheum, Kansas City. 

Seymour Sisters, 1040 Nicholas, Phlla. 

Seyons, The, Parisian Belles, B. B. 

Shadle. Frank, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 

Shannons Four, Saratoga Hotel, Chicago. 

Sharps. Dollie, Family, Pottavllle, Pa., lndef. 

Sharocks, The, 240 Gain, Montreal. 

Shaw ft Shaw, Empire. West field, N. S. 

Shews, Aerial, Singling Bros., C. B. 

Shayne ft King, 110 B. 14. N. Y. 

Sherman ft Fuller, 858 N. 8, Beading, Pa. 

Sheer, Bessie, 212 Woodward, Detroit. 

Shlpp, Julia, ft Edward, Barnum ft Bailey, 0. B. 

Shlrbart, Anson, Crystal, Detroit, lndef. 

Shoer. Willie. 226 E. 80, N. Y. 

Shrodes, Chas. ft Alice, Grand, Pittsburg. 

Sle Hasan Ben All, Luna Villa, Coney Island. 

Slmms. The Mystic, Box 860, Dobbo Ferry, N. Y. 

Stelnert ft Thomas, 120 W. 185, N. Y. 

Sieger, Lillian, Harry Bryant's, B. R. 

Sldman, 8am, 0111 Qulncy, Cleveland. 

Sldonne ft Kellle. 424 B. Chicago Ave., Chicago. 

Silver, Mr. ft Mrs., Bijou, Kingston, N. Y. 

Silver Stars. 51 Hanover. Boston. 

Simpsons. Musical. 204 E. 62, N. Y. 

Six Bnglleh Belles, Gsy Morning Glorlea, B. B. 

Six Girls ft Teddy Bear, Orpbeum, Harrlsburg, Pa. 

Slueay's Dogs ft Cats, 101 W. 40. N. Y. 

Smlrl ft Kessner. 220 W. 88. N. Y. 

Smith ft Convey. Trsns-Atlantlcs, B. B. 

Smiths, Aerial. Rlngllng Bros., O. R. 

Smith Bros., 66 Hawthorne, Hartford. 

Smedley ft Arthur Co., 231 W. 88, N. Y. 

Smith, Wm. M., Brosdway Gslsty Girla, B. R. 

Smith ft Brown, Morning Glories, B. R. 

Smythe. Wm. H.. Gay Morning Glorias, B. R. 

Snow, Ray W., Princess, Zanesvllle, O. 

Snyder ft Buckley, Orpheum, Denver. 

Sommers A Storke, Ideals, B. B. 

Somers, Zalmar, Pat White's Oalety Olrla, B. B. 

Some Quartet, Merry Maidens, B. B. 

Sonnet t. Annette, City Sports. B. B. 

Roper. Bert, Star, Altoona, Pa., lndef. 

Bonder. Pearl, Rlngllng Bros., 0. R. 

Spears, Bert, Melrose, Highlands, Mass. 

Spencer, Lloyd. Lyric, Houston, lndef. 

Splssel Brow, ft Mack, 24 Indiana PL, Brooklyn. 

Spooler. Lew H., Empire, B. R. 

Stafford ft Stone, Maryland, Baltimore. 

Sprague ft Dixon, Revere House, Chicago. 

Stanford, Billy. 214 Clymer, Beading. 

Stanley, B.. Barnum ft Bailey, O. B. 

Stanley. Mr. ft Mrs. Lew. Howard, Boston. 

Stanley, Minna. City Sports, B. R. 

Stanton ft Sandberg, 711 Oreh.. Chicago. 

Starr. Carrie, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Stern-. AL. 181 W. 26, N. Y., csre of Ward. 

Stevens, Leo, Washington Society Girls, B. R. 

Stevens ft Boehm. 825 ID. 14, N. Y. 

Stewarts, Musical, Bohemians, B. R. 



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Edwards 

Soys: 

That the "Merry-Go-Round" opened the 
OUS EDWARDS' MUSIC HALL to the great- 
est bunch of flrat nighters of the season, and 
everybody eaw what they did not expect, that 
is, more than their dollar's worth and more 
than they oan get for two dollars anywhere 
else. The song. "When the Music Starts to 
Play," was easily the hit of the evening. Ad- 
dress all communications to the OUS ED- 
WARDS' MUSIC HALL, 60th Street and Co- 
lumbus Circle. 

P. 8. — All brother song writers were pres- 
ent to wish Ous Edwards well. 

MORE P. B. — The kidnappers already have 
their eager ab-original eyes on the Dancing 
Shrimps and other novelties in the show. 



Stewart A Desmond, 147 W. 142, N. Y. 
8tewart, Harry, Rose Sjdell. H. R. 
Stephens, Harry, Shea's, Toronto. 
Stick utr, Emma, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 
Stlckney, Mlsa It.. Barnum A Bailey, 0. R. 
Stickney's Pony and Dogs, Henipetead, L. I. 
Stlckney, Robert, Rlngllng Bros., 0. B. 
Stlrk A Dan, 28 Hancock, Brockton, Mass. 
Stoddards, The, Gem, Monngalia, Pa. 
Stone, Wizard, Empire, Stratford, London, Eng. 
St. Elmo, Leo, Family, Lancaster, Pa. 
8t. Onge Bros., 22 Portland, Worcester. 
Strickland, E. C, B. Greenwich, R. I. 
Stuart A Keeley, 822 College, Indianapolis. 
Stuart, J. Francis. 214 No. 8, Philadelphia. 
Sturgle, Ida, Imperials, B. R. 
Stutzman & Crawford, Family, Wllllamsport. 
Sullivan, W. J., Bijou. Jamestown, N. D., lndef. 
Sullivan Bros,, So. High, Ml 11 ford. Mass. 
Sully A Phelps, 2820 Bolton, Pblla. 
Summers A Winters, BSO0 Prairie, Chicago. 
Sunny South, Hippodrome, London. 
Sutcllffe Troupe, Hippodrome, Loudon. 
Sutton A Suttoa. High School Girls, B. R. 
Sweet, Eugene, 26 Cherry, Providence. 
Sweeney, John 8., 462 Turner, A lien town, Pa. 
Swor Bros., 713 W. 62, Chicago. 
Sylow, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Sylowe, The, Parisian Belles, B. R. 
Sylvan A O'Neal, World Beaters, B. R. 
Symonds, Jack, May 11. Pantages*. Portland. 
8ymphonia Musical Trio, 26 N. Jefferson, Dayton. 



Talcots, The, Lyric, E. Liverpool, O. 
Tanean, 10 Central, Brooklyn. 
Tancan, Felix A Claxton, 831 B. 93, N. Y. 
Tanka, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 
Taylor, Tell, La Salle, Chicago, lndef. 
Tegge A Daniel, 2148 No. Robey, Chicago. 
Tempest Trio, 124 Boneau, Jersey City. 
"Ten Dark Knights," May 11, Proctor's, Utlca. 
Tennis Trio, K. A P. 5th Ave., N. Y. 
Tenors, Four, Pat White's Gaiety Girls, B. R. 
That Quartette, Lyric Hotel, N. Y. 
Thayer. Joe. Ashmont House. Lynn. 
The Quartette, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Thomas, David, cars of Moyer, Atlanta. 
Thompson A Carter, City Sports, B. R. 
Thompson, Harry, 112 Covert, Brooklyn. 
Thompson Sisters, 8822 Aldine, Chicago. 
Thorne. Mr. A Mrs., Hotel Braddock, N. Y. 
Thornton. Geo. A., 1133 B'way, N. Y. 
Tlddlewlnks A Dugan, BOS Hudson, N. Y. 
Tlerney, Belle, 74 N. Msln. Woossocket, R. I. 
Tlerney A Odell. May 11, Family, Butte. 
Tlnney, Frank H., 812 Moore, Phils. 
Toledo, Sydney, Pay si tie, L. I. 
Tom Jack Trio. Colonial, N. Y. 
Tomklns, William, Goldfield, Nev. 



Toys, Musical, Sydney, N. 8. 
Travers, Belle, Orientals, B. R, 
Trlllers, The, 846 B. 20, N. Y. 
Troubadours, Three, 226 Park, Newark. 
Truesdell, Mr. A Mrs., Sbubert, Utlca. 
Trociiilero Quartet, Dixieland, Jacksonville, Fla. 
Trolley Car Trio. Orpheum, Oakland. 
Tully. May, Auditorium, Lynn. 
Turner, Bert, Empire, Topeka. 
Tumour, Jules, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 
Turpln, Ben. 310 E. Superior. Chicago. 
Tyce, Lillian, Trent, Trenton. 



Ullrich. Frltx, 206 W. 44. N. Y. 
Uruia Sisters, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Usher, Claude A Fannie, Poll's, Worcester. 
l\ S. Navy Duo, O. H., Savannha, Ga. 



Vagges, The 4, Green, Auburn, N. Y. 

Valdare A Varno, 176 8. Lake, Aurora, 111. 

Valmore, Mildred, Toreadors, B. R. 

Van Charles A Fannie, Poll's, Hartford. 

Van Bppes. Jack, 15 W. 64. N. Y. 

Valadons, Three, Keith's, Pawtncket. 

Valdare, Bessie, Colonial. N. Y. 

Valoise Bros., Orpheum, Canton, O. 

Valreuo Bros.. 107 B. 81. N. Y. 

Valveno A La More, 20, Tacoma, Boston. 

Van Cleve, Denton A Pete, 236 B. 14, N. Y. 

Van Dora A McGlll. 241 Henward, Brooklyn. 

Van Lee, James, Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Vau, Miss M., Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 

Vardaman, 270 W. 89. N. Y. 

Vardon, Perry A Wilbur, Crackerjacks, B. B. 

Variety Quartette, Moonlight Maids, B. R. 

Vasco. Orpheum, Harrlsburg,. Pa. 

Vesta, Nettie, Bennett's, Montreal. 

Veda A Quintsrow, Globe Hotel, Bellalre, O. 

Vedmars, The, 749 Amsterdam, N. Y. 

Verdi Musical Four. 46 W. 28, N. Y. 

Vermette-Oarpottle Trio, 401 Breboeuf, Montreal. 

Verna Belle. 836 Beaum, Somervllle, Mass. 

Viola A Bro., Family, Pottsvllle. Pa. 

Von Dell. Harry, 1553 B'way., N. Y. 

Vynos, The, Proctor's, Troy. 



Wade A Reynolds, Lyric, Memphis. 

Wagner & Gray, Majestic, Lake Charles, La. 

Wahlund, Tekela Trio. 206 W. 22. N. Y. 

Waldorf A Mendex, 110 Green, Albany. 

Walton, Irving R., Irwin's Majesties, B. B. 

Waller A Magill, 102 7th Ave.. N. Y. 

Walters, Harry, Nashville, Tenn. 

Walker, Nella, Columbia, Cincinnati. 

Walsh, George, Toreadors, B. R. 

Walsh-Lynch A Co., Irwin's Big Show. B. R. 

Walton. Miss E.. Bijou. Superior, Wis. 

Ward A Bheppell, Trocadero, B. R. 

Ward. Billy, Myrtle Ave.. Brooklyn. 

Wards, The, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 

Warner, Stsnley M., 126 W. 112, N. Y. 

Watson A Little, 301 W. 118. N. Y. 

Walton, Bert and Lottie, Washington. Spokane. 

Ward, Klare A Co., Hathaway's Lowell. 

Watson Slaters, Irwin's Big Show, B. R. 

Wsrd Trio, 640 82. Milwaukee. 

Warren A Brockway, Rellly A Woods, B. R. 

Waters, James R., Vanity Fair, B. B. 

Wangdoodla Four, Vanity Fair, B. R. 

Warner A Lakewood, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Washer Bros., Oskland, Ky. 

Washburn, Blanche, Broadway Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Waterbury Bros. A Tenny, Bennett's, London. 

Watson, Joa. K., Rolllckers, B. R. 

Watson. Sammy, Shubert, Utlca. 

Webb, Harry L., Beatrice, Neb. 

Webb, John L.. Brigadiers, B. R. 

Webb, Msbel, Pat White's Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Weber, Ohas. D., Bowery Burlesqusrs. B. B. 

Weber, John, Broadway Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Webster A Carlton, 622 W. 28, N. Y. 

Weed, Roy, 484 Lincoln, Chicago. 

Welch, Jas., A Co., 248 Fulton, Buffalo. 

Welch A Maitland, Vanity Fair, B. R. 

Wells. Psuline, Psrlslan Widows, B. R. 

Wells. Billy K.. Hsrry Brysnt's B. B. 

Wenrick A Waldron, 542 Lehigh, Allentown. 

Wentworth, Rose, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 

Wentworth, Vesta A Teddy. 200 Pratt. N. Y. 

Werden A Tavlor. Chase's. Washington. 

West, John A., 181 W. 66, Chicago. 

West A Benton, Oak Park, Sacramento, fnrtef. 

Wesley A White, Smith Ave.. Corona, L. I. 

West, Harry, Washington Society Girls, B. B. 



West, Ed., Parisian Belles, B. B. 
Weston, Sam, 16 B. Ill, N. Y. 
Weotou, K nun ii, Empire, B. B. 
Weston, Sadie, Parisian Belles, B. B. 
Wheeler Children. 2614 No. 26. Pblla. 
Wbaliey A Whalley, Box 202, Fltcbburg. Maas. 
Wheeler. Little Children, 2514 No. 25. Pblla. 
Wheelers, The, 1658 Broadway, N. V. 
Wheeler, Bert, 1668 Broadway, N. V. 
Wheeler A Bossy. 15 So. Clark, Chicago. 
Wlielan A Searles.1520 Glenwood. Pblla. 
White, Prank, Brigadiers, B. R. 
White Hawk, 760 Westchester, N. Y. 
White. Pat. Pat White's Gaiety Olrls, B. B. 
Whitman. Frank, 183 Greenwich. Riudlng. 
White, Tom, Lady Birds, B. R. 
Whittle, W. E.. 148 Hornblower, Belleville, N. J. 
Whitehead. Jos, 408 W. 88, N. Y. 
Whltely, James, Trans-Atlsntlcs, B. R. 
Wlggans. Joe, Imperials, B. R. 
Wlllard A Bond. People's. Cedar Rapids, la. 
Wilbur, Caryl, Hippodrome, Brighton, Eng. 
Wilder, Marshall P., 25 No. New Hampshire. At- 
lantic City. 

Williams Couloy, Littlefleld, Conn. 
Williams A Force, Phillips, Richmond, Va. 
Williams, C. W., Richmond Hill, L. 1. 
Williams A Mayer, 809 W. 66. N. Y. 
Williams, Joe, Jersey Lilies, B. R. 
Williams A West, Moon Light Maids. 
Williams A Weston, 208 Stato, Chicago. 
Wills A Hassan, Orpheum, Brooklyn. 
Wilson, Tony, Helolse A Amioros Sisters, 1 Prima 
rd., Brixton, London, 8. E., Eng. • 

Wilson, Alf. A Mabe, 256 W. 87, N. Y. 

Wilson Brothers, 1306 So. 6, May wood, 111. 
Wilson A Doyle, Majestic, Little Rock. 
Wilson, Lottie, Family, Davenport, la. 
Wilson, Raleigh. Campbell Bros., C. R. 
Wilson, 8am, Moon Light Maids, B. R. 
Wilton. Belle, Vanity Fair, B. R. 
Wlucherman, V. F.. 201 B. 14, N. Y. 
Winkler A Kress, 224 W. 38. N. Y. 
Wlnalow, W. I)., Baruum A Bailey, C. R. 
Winston's Seals, 2416 W. Conry, Richmond. 
Wise, Jack, 39th St., Pittsburg. 
Wlxon A Eaton, Strolling Players Co. 
Wood Bros., People's, Cincinnati. 
Wood, Francis, Staubs, Knoxvllle. 
Wood A Woods, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 
Wood, Ralph. Lyric, Ft. Smltb, Ark., lndef. 
Woodford's Animals, Rose Sydell, B. R. 
Wolford A Stevens, Theatre, Montgomery. 
Wolfe A Vaughan, May 11, Palace, Memphis. 
Wormser Tots, 502 W. 8. Davenport, la. 
Woodward. I'd. A May, Casino. Elklns, Pa. 
Wormwood, Prof., Barnum A Bailey. C. R. 
World A Kingston, K. A P. 58th St.. N. Y. 
Work & Ower. Shea's, Toronto. 
Wortbley, Mlntborne, 125 Lexington, N. Y. 
Wotan, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Wright, Bertha, Brigadiers, B. R. 
Wolff, Edward, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Wulff, Mme. E., Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Wurnell, Arnold B., 617 McDonough, Sandusky, O. 
Wynn A Lewis. 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 



Yackley A Bunnel, R. F. D. No. 6, Lancaster. 

Yalto Duo. 229 W. 88, N. Y. 

Yamamato Bros., Emerald. Adams Co., O. 

Yelleromes Sisters, Four, Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 

Yeoman, George, Majestic. Brooklyn. 

Young America Quintette, 164 Clifton PI., B'klyn. 

Young A De Vole, 8 Lower 6, Evansvllls. 

Youngs A Brooks, Suffern, N. Y. 



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Young A Manning, 2130 Grant, Denver. 

Young, Ollle, A Bros., 68 Chittenden, Columbus. 

Youtuckey, Prince, Barnum A Bailey, C R. 



Zamlocb A Co.. 493 6th. New York. 

Zanilgs, The, Albambra, London, Bug. 

Zaras, 4, 104 W. 40, N. Y. 

Zasell A Vernon Co.. 141 B. 16, N. T. 

Zech A Zech. Wheelers, C. R. 

Zeda, II L., Leavenworth, Kas. 

Zeino, Zemo Troupe, Paducah, Ky. 

Zeno, Bob, 609 N. Wood, Chicago. 

Zimmerman, Al., Empire, B. R. 

Zlmmer, John, Empire, San Francisco, lndef. 

Zobedl, Fred., Auditorium, Lynn. 

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Adams A Kirk, Hathaway's, Maiden. 

Adams, Mimic, O. II., Indlanla, Pa. 

Alpine Troupe, Cole Bros., C, B. 

Apdale's Animals, Keith's, Jersey City. 

Apollo Bros., Liberty, Pittsburg. 

Araki's Troupe, Bijou. Pblla. 

Bell Boys Trio. O. II., Fltcbburg, Mass. 

Barry, Tom, Poll's, Bridgeport. 

Byrne, Golson Players, May 11, Bijou, Sheboygan, 

Wis 
Claire, Ina, Keith's, Pblla. 
Carey A Starape, Crystal, Martinsville, Ind. 
Careta, Day, I'ayret, Havana. 



The Famous 18 Pekin Zouaves, Elton Polo Troupe, Selbini and Grovini, Ernesto Sisters and Carl 
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Carlln A Otto, Colonial, Norfolk. 

Carlisle A Baker, Empire. Colorsdo Springs. 

Caron A Farnum, 235 E. 24, N. Y. 

Clarence Sisters, O. H., Auburn, N. Y. 

Dsrnley, Grace, Grand, Tacoina. 

Deaves, Harry, A Co., Hathaway's Maiden. 

Demonlo & Belle, Englewood, N. J. 

Dierick Bros., Crystal, Denver. 

Donnette, Iram, Grand, Madison, Wis. 

Dunedln Troupe, Orpheum, Salt Lake. 

Eckhoff & Gordon, East Haddam, Conn. 

Edloger Sisters, Electric Park, San Antonio. 

Everett, Sophie A Co., Victor House, Chicsgo. 

Fay Sisters, Stsr, New Castle, Pa. 

Ferrard. Grace, Lyric, Grand Baplds. 

Fisher, Mr. A Mrs. Perkins, Majestic, Chicago. 

Fonda. Dell A Fonda, Auditorium, York, Pa. 

Gllmore A CaBtle, Star, Chicago. 

Goss, John, G. O. H., Grand Rapids. 

Hale, Lillian, A Co., Bijou, Dulutb. 

Harris, Will J., Gaiety, Springfield. 

Herbert, The Frogman, O. H., Grest Falls. Mont. 

Heuman Trio, Miner's 8th Ave., N. Y. 

Hibbert A Warren, May 11, Keith's, Cleveland. 

Hilda, O. H., Portchester, N. Y. 

Hill's Dog A Goat, Bijou, Perth Amboy. N. J. 

Horton A La Triska, Novelty, Topeka. 

Hudson Sisters, BIJou, Jackson, Mich. 

Huston, Arthur, Crystal, Denver. 

Johnson Bros. A Johnson, Hippodrome, Rochester. 

Lewis A Cbspin, Majestic. Bvsnsville. 

Kirbros, The, O. H., Greenville, O. 

Kohler, Otto. O. H.. Indlanla. Pa. 

Mantell's Marionettes, O. H., K am loops, B. C. 

"Marthe." 210 E. 86, N. Y 

Lloyd, Alice, Shea's, Buffalo. 

McNaughtons. The, Shea's, Buffalo. 

McPhee A Hill, Poll's, New Haven. 

Morse, Bon. Orpheum, Harrisburg, Pa. 

Morton. Phil. Family, Kane. Pa. 

Rellly. Johnnie, Crump's, Columbus, O. 

Roberts, Elaine, Pearl A Co., Malone, Jonesboro. 

Ark. 
Ross A Vnck, Family. Lebanon, Pa. 
Bptllera Musical Five. Keith's, Boston. 
Strickland, E. C. Bijou, Jackson. Mich. 
Trainer A Dale. Hathaway's. Maiden. 
Travers. Roland. Crystal. Milwaukee. 
Viola A Engcl Family. Lebanon. Pa. 
Webster A Carlton, Sbeedy's, Lynn. 
Williams, Frank A Delia, C. O. IL, Chicago. 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 



WEEK MAT 4. 

When not otherwise indicated, "L. 0." after 

show indicates it is laying off. 

Americans, People's, Cincinnati. 

Avenue Girls, 4-6, Lyceum, Troy; 7-1), Gayety, 
Albany. 

Bachelor Club, Gayety, Washington. 

Behman Show, Palace, Boston. 

Bon Tons, Casino, Philadelphia. 

Boston Belles, Majestic, Kansas City. 

Bohemians. 4-6, Evausville; 7-9, L. O. ; 11, Em- 
pire, Chicsgo. 

Bowery Burlesquers, Empire, Cleveland. 

Brigadiers, Bijou, Philadelphia. 

Broadway Gaiety Girls, 4-6, Des Moines; 7-0, 
St. Joe. 

Bryant's, Hsrry, Gsyety, Milwaukee. 

California Girls. Eighth Avenue, New York. 

Casino Girls, Gaiety, Brooklyn. 

Century Girls, Lafayette, Buffalo. 

Champagne Girls, Empire, Chicago. 

City Sports, Trocsdero, Chicago. 

Cherry Blossoms, Standard, St. Louis. 

Colonial Belles, 4-6, Luserne, Wilkes Rarre; 7-9, 
L. ().; 11, Shubert, Newark. 

Crscker Jacks, Gaiety, Toronto. 

Cosey Corner Girls, Imperial, Providence. 

Dainty Duchess, Euson's, Cbtcago. 

Dreamlands, Buckingham, Louisville. 

Empire Show, L. O.; 11-13, Gayety, Albany; 14- 
16, Lyceum, Troy. 

Fay Foster, Met. O. H., Duluth. 

Girl from Happy land, Gayety, Columbus. 

Golden Crook. Gayety, Philadelphia. 

High Jinks, 8tar, Milwaukee. 

High School Girls, 4-6, Terre Haute; 7-9, In- 
dianapolis. 

Ideals, Star, St. Paul. 

Imperials, Columbia, Boston. 

Irwin's Big Show. Corinthian, Rochester. 

Jersey Lilies, Pblladelpbls. 

Jolly Grass Widows, Dewey, Minneapolis. 

Jolly Girls, 4-6, Gayety, Albany; 7-9, Lyceum, 
Troy. 

Kentucky Belles, L. O.; 11. Bon Ton, Jersey City. 

Knickerbockers, Star, Brooklyn. 

Lid Lifters, L. O. 

Lady Birds. Avenue, Detroit. 

Majestic. Garden, Buffalo. 

Mardi Gras Beauties, Gayety, Birmingham. 

MRsqueraders, 4-6, Gilmore, Springfield; 7-9, Em- 
pire, Albany. 

Merry Maidens, Folly, Chicsgo. 

Miss N. Y., Jr., L. O.; 11, Bowery, New York. 

Moonlight Maids, Star, Toronto. 

Morning Glories, Lyceum, Boston. 

New York Stars, 125th St. Music Hall. N. Y. 

Nightingales, Bon Ton, Jersey City. 

Night Owls. Olympic, Brooklyn. 

Parisian Belles, London, New York. 

Parisian Widows. Empire, Toledo. 

Pat. White's Gaiety Girls, Dewey. New York. 

Reeves' Beauty Show, 4-6, Empire, Albany; 7-9, 
Empire, Holyoke. 

Rellly A Woods, Stsr, Cleveland. 

Rentz-Santley, Murray Hill, New York. 

Rlalto Rounders, Bowery, New York. 

Rice A Barton, Standard, Cincinnati. 

Rolllckers. Theatre Royal. Montreal. 

Rose Hill. Grand, New York. 

Rose Sydell. Gayety. Detroit. 

Runaway Girls, Gayety, Pittsburg. 

Sam Devere, L. O.; 11-13. Lyceum, Troy; 14-10, 
Gnyety, Albany. 

Scrlbner's Big Show, Westminster, Providence. 

Star Show Girls, Monumental, Baltimore. 

Strollers. Trocadero. Philadelphia. 
Thoroughbreds, Gotham. New York. 
Tiger Lilies. L. O. 
Toreadors, Lyceum, Washington. 
Trans-Atlantics, Star A Garter, Chicago. 
Trocaderos. L. O.; 11, Gayety, Philadelphia. 



Twentieth Century Maids, Acsdemy, Pittsburg. 
Vanity Fair, Gayety, St. Louis. 
Washington Society Girls, Shubert, Newark. 
Watson's Burlesquers, 4-6, Indianapolis; 7-9, 
Terre Haute. 

World Beaters, Gayety, Baltimore. 
Yankee Doodle Girls, Howsrd, Boston. 



CIRCUS ROUTES 



LETTERS 

Where O. 0. follows name, latter la la 
Chicago Office. 

Advertising or circular letters of any 
description will not be listed whoa known. 

Letters will be held* for two months only. 

Letters addressed to artists having nanus 
la the route sheet will be fo r w ard ed im- 
mediately. 



Barnum A Bailey, April 27-May 2. Philadelphia; 
May 4-5, Washington; 6-7, Baltimore; 8, Wil- 
mington, Del.; 9, Camden, N. J. 

Buffalo Bill. April 21-May 9. Madison Sq. Garden. 
N. Y.; 11-17, Philadelphia; 18-19, Baltimore; 
20-21, Lancaster, Pa. 

Campbell Bros., May 12, Parker, S. D.; 13, 
Betlnet; 14. Fan 1st on; 15, Gettysburg; 16, 
Aberdeen ; 18, Oskes. 

Ilagenbeck- Wallace. May 2, Peru. Ind. ; 4, 
Marlon; 5. -M uncle; 6, Dayton, O.; 7, Columbus; 

8, Newark; 9, Zanesvllle. 

Rlngling Bros., May 4, Indianapolis; 5, Hamilton, 
O. ; 6, Cincinnati; 8. Dayton; 9, Springfield. 

Robinson, John, May 4, Falmouth, Ky.; 5. 
Cynthlana; 6. Frankfort; 7, Paris; 8, Chester; 

9. Richmond, Va. 

Sells- Floto. May 4-5. Oakland, Cat.; 6, San Jose; 
7, Modesta; 8, Stockton; 9, Sacramento; 11, 
Reno, Nev.; 12, Lovelock; 13, Wlnnenucca; 
14, Elke; 15, Wells; 16, Ogden. Utah. 



BAND ROUTES 



Ogdln's Concert Band. Rink. Altoona. Pa., lndef. 



Anglln, Besse. 
Allen. Alva. 
Anderson, Dan (C. O.) 
Andrews. Pearl. 
Arnold, Lole. 
Alexandre, P. 



Betts, Wm. 
Benton, Lew. 
Burns A Burns. 
Bsrnold, Cbss. 
Bsrrett, J. J. 
Brockmsn, Slater (C. 

O.) 
Budd, Bert. 
Burt. Glen (C. O.) 
Budd, Bert (C. O.) 
Bourke. J. W. 
Baldwin, Carl. 
Butler, Ida. 
Brown, Henrietta. 
Browning, Arthur (0. 

O.). 
Bsrnhsrt, Chas. (C. O.). 
Belmont. Belle. 
Blampbln. Ellis. 
Barry, Margaret. 
Barrett. J. J. 
Burke Brothers. 



Boston, H. W. (2). 
Bocb, Otto. 
Bowman. It*. 
Brengk. Ernst. 
Blonden, Harry. 
Brown, Harry. 



Claxton, Wm. (0. O.) 
Clifford A Burke. 
Carey, Billy. 
Collins A La Bel lea. 
Claus, Martha. 
Conner, If. B. 
Clark, Harriet L. (0. 

O.). 
Cheevee, Joe. 
Claxton. William (O. 

O.). 
Clark, 'Gladys. 
Cllne. J. B. 
Cehsllos, H. 
Church, Alice. 
Christ, Frsnk (C. O). 
Crane, Lawrence. 
Cunningbam, Albert. 
Coffman. Jas. 
Ooper, Harry. 
Corson, Cora Young- 

blood. 
Collins snd Brown (O. 

O.). 




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"Cute and Comic Juggling Cussos," at Poll's, 

Scranton. this week. Next week (May 4), 

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Tried out and made good. Call 18 to 8 or write 
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Dudley, A. 
Dudley. Harry B. 
Dacoma Family. 
Daub. Jack. 
Donovan A Arnold. 
Dooley, J. Francis (C. 

0.). 
D'Arville, Janet. 
Davis, Hal. 
Dixon, Bowers A 

Dixon. 
Dean, Louise (C. O.). 
Demlng, Lawrence (C. 

0.). 
Dalley, Bob and Nellie. 
Damsel, Frank. 
DIRella and Volpe. 
Duncan A Godfrey (0. 

0.) 
Dunn, Billy (C. O.) 
Duggan, Archie. 



Emmett, Grade. 
Electric Quartet, 
■▼•ns, George (C. O.). 
Hhlers, Chas. 
Blaine, Mabel. 
Brerhart. 
•mniy'i Pets. 
Blj. J. Frank. 



Pen-ell, L. W. 
Pern, Raymond. 
Flanagan. B. J. 
Prltscher. 



Felix, o. 
Karren, L. K. 
Fried, Joe (2). 
rVrlee, Frances J. (2). 
Freeman. Wallace. 
Farnsworth. Walter. 
Fried, Joe. 
Fagan, barney. 



Goldstein, Abraham (C. 

O.) 
Gehan & Spencer. 
Gibbons, Thomas (C. 

O.). 
Green and Werner (0. 

O.). 
Green A Werner. 
Gilbert, L. Wolfe. 
Garrick, Richard. 
Graham, James (0. 0.). 
Guise, Florence. 
Gerome, Viola. 
Goergis, Two (2). 
Glilen, Tom. 
Grady, Thos. J. 
Gordon. Cecil. 



Howard and North. 
Hilton. Helen. 
Hugoston. Hugo (2) 
Humphrey, Emmett R. 
Hugbes, Masie (C. O.) 
Harris, Mr. 



Harris, Geo. H. (C. O.) 
Harvard A Cornell (C. 

O.) 
Hutchinson, Willard H. 

<2). 
Hill, Harry. 
Hawley, Frederick, 
liulker. Edith. 
Heck, W. 
Harding, Haael. 
Hart. George D. 
Harcourt, Daisy. 
Hopper, Chas. H. (2). 
Harris. Ida C. 
Holmes, Carta. 
Hopper. Chas. H. 
Hazard. Lynn A Bonnie 

(C 0.). 
Hall A Coburn (C. O.) 
Hoey, Chas. 



Italian Trio. 



Jenkins, James (C. O.) 
Jolsen, Al. (C. O.) 
Jordan and Harvey. 
Julian, Harry (C. O.) 
Johns, Johnny. 
Joues, Walter. 



Kramer, Sam. 
Kolllns, King. 
Kelly and Vlolette. 
Knight, Harlan B. 
King, Will. 
Keene, Billy. 
Kennedy, Frank. 
Kelly and Ashby. 

O.) 

King, Winifred. 
Kolllns A Kllftori (C. 



Ljons and Parks. 
Lee, Alice. 
Lewis, Dave. 
LeRoy A Woodford (2) 
Loretta, Otto. 
Lind. 

Landres, Patsy. 
Ladell, Anna. 
Leinis, Louis. 
Love, Frankle. 
Lea A Opp (C. O.) 
Lusby, Hucbison (C. 
O.) 



Marx, Julius W. 
Marks, Chas. (C. O.) 
Melnott Armand. 
Manola, Jesse A. 
Murray A Murray. 
Mueller, Flrpont. 
Mldgley A Carlisle. 
Malcolm. Annette. 
Madden, Mary M. (C. 

O.) 
Melrose, Elmer. 
Merrills, 3. 
Murray, Elisabeth. 
Mack, Chas. 
Mozart, Fred. 
Mainville, B. O. 
Marnltz, Henry. 
Murphy, Jim. 
Maillalrd, Virginia. 
McNlsh, Frank. 
McClain, Chas. 
McWaters, and Tyson. 
MacFaddeo, Mr. and 

Mrs. 
McKentle, Miss. 
Martin, Frank W. 
Mills. Phil. 
MrRrlde, Harry (2). 
Miller. Louis. 
Moor«» James A. 
Matthews and Ashley. 
Mimics, 4 (C. O.). 
Murray, W. 

Merrltt, F. R. (C. O.). 
Miller. Clyde, O. 
McCsuley, Ines. 
Miller. Louis. 
Mlddleton, Minnie. 



MacFarland, G. J. 
McDermott Billy (C. 

O.). 
McNlsh, Frank. 
McWaters and Tyson. 
Morton, Janet. 



Nichols. Luella. 
Newhouse, Will. 
Nugent, Wm. 
Nelson, Tom. 



O'Neill, Sak. 



Pantxer, Willy. 
Tollurd, W. D. 



Quinn, Mike, 
gulgley, Helen. 



Rye, George. 
Randolph, Chas. 
Ryan A Rltcbfleld. 
Rene, Beatrice. 
Roaber, (Jus. 
Robinson, Ada B. 
Ramsey, Allan. 
Redding, Franceses (C. 

O.) 
Rawson, Marie (4). 
Rennings A Brown. 
Roberts, Slgna. 
Russell, Leah. 
Kogee, Leon. 



Stanley A Scanlon (C. 

O.) 
Sutherland A Curtis (0. 

O.) 
Smith & Cbauplon. 
Sullivan A Pasquelena. 
Smith, Harry H. 
Stephens, II. 
Sutherland, and Curtis. 
St. George, Jennie. 
Salter, Irving. 
Snow, Ray W. 
Smith, Charles F. 
Stevens, Mike J. 
Sutherland, George (C. 

O.). 
Sidney, Clara. 
Schulxe, B. 
Samols, Seven. 
Summers. J. T. 
Scott. Frank. 
Sharp Brothers. 
Sinclair Sisters. 



Tally, Harry. 
Tully, Guy. 
Travis. Almle. 
Teegarden, H. 
Talt. David. 



Ulpas and Hella. 



Valley, Camllle. 
Van Marcnerlte. 
Velda Trio. 
Vasco. 

Volta. Nellie. 
Vincent, Lucretia. 



Wayne, Charles. 
Wilton. Thomas. 
Welch. Pauline. 
Washburn and Keeley 

(C. O.). 
Wilson, GeorgeV 
Wooley, Frank. 



Wynwood. Bes trice. 
Wynuwood. Helen. 
Walters. Harry G. 
Wolfe. Grade. 
Williams, Dot. 
Wilsou, Grace. 
Wilson Bros. 
Williams. Leon. 
Wetherall, Harry. 
Wynnewoods, The 
O.) 



West A Fowler. 
Woycke, Victor. 



Yorke A Adams. 



<C. 



Zoubalakis, John C. O.). 
Zoubalakls, John. 



CORRESPONDENCE 

Unless otherwise noted, the following re- 
ports are for the current week: 



GMIGAGO 

By FRANR WIE8BERG. 

VARIETY'S Chicago Office. 
Chicago Opera House Block. 
(Phone Main 4880). 



MAJESTIC (Lyman B. Glover, ragr. Monday 
rehearsal 0).— Elfle Fay Is the captioned feature, 
and created the same good Impression as on her 
previous visits. William Hawtrey and Company 
presented "Compromised." It Is well written 
and splendidly acted. Hawthorne and Burt intro- 
duced clever gi rat Ions in eccentric and soft shoe 
dancing and a well arranged routine of comedy. 
"The Royal Musical Five" gave a very neat 
artistic performance. Lotta Gladstone In "The 
Country Girl" is clever. Her singing and talk- 
ing were liked and she was liberally applauded. 
Hatty's Bears is a very good act of its kind. 
Edna Luby gave imitations of well-known stage 
celebrities. The set was liked by the audience. 
Mr. and Mrs. G. Lote Silver offered something 
ne\. and novel in Illustrated songs. It Is differ- 
ent from others. "Bargain Mad," presented by 
Florence Modena and Company, appealed to the 
auditors and did very well considering the early 
place. McFarland and Murray evoked laughter 
with their conversational nonsense, as usual, hav- 
ing made no change in the material. Rentfrew 
and Jansen. in a sketch, appeared. Hassan Ben 
All's Toozoonin Arabs, in remarkable acrobatics, 
held the audience until the finish in the closing 
position. 

OLYMPIC (Abe Jacobs, mgr. Monday rehear- 
sal 9).— Taylor Granville, Steeley and Edwards, 
Dick and Alice McAvoy. Jack Gardner. O. If, 
Mitchell, Nichols and Smith, Hengler Sisters, Four 
1'arros, Bertie Fowler. Kroneman Brothers, Cow- 
boy Quartet, Gertrude Des Roche, Vera Berliner. 

HAYMARKET (Wm. Newklrk. mgr. Monday 
rehearsal 9).— Charles F. Semon. Muller, Chunn 
and Muller, William Inman's Dogs, Luttringe- 
Lucas Company, Whalen and Searles. Schoen- 
werk, The Malcomtm, Eva Taylor and Company, 
Joe Whitehead, Flo Adler. Prentice Trio, Will- 
lams and Weston, Mlnton and Minton, The Kln- 
odrome. 

STAR (Tom Carmondy. mgr.). — Harry Rich- 
ards and Company. Juggling Burkes, Mazuz and 
Mazette, Madell and Corbley. Gilmore and Cas- 
tle, the Be Anos. Ethel Gilkey. 

NORTH AVENUE (Paul Sittner, mgr.).— Tink- 
ham and Company, Frank Rogers, Virginia Nile's 
"Virginia Belles," Harold Shaw and Company, 
Lee and Thomas, Edmond and Galer, Fogerty and 
Fogerty, Evans, Don and Evans. 

SCHINDLER'S (L. SVhindler. mgr.).— Harring- 
ton and Lester, The Three Alarcons, The Juggling 
Jalvans. Lulgi Plcaro Trio. Professor lion's 
Dogs. Hattie Lurad, Blnnls and Binnls. 

TEDDY (Geo. Powell, mgr.).— Geo. B. Austin 
and Company. Beverly and Danvers, Fries Sisters, 
Maggie Lee Clark, Wallace Bros. 

GEM (Chas. Schaefer. mgr.).— Rich Duo, James 
Thompson, Blanche Lewis, Welsz and Welsz, Nat 
Young, Marie Alba. 

NATIONAL (C. R. Svenlng. mgr.).— Three Bar- 
neys, Emmett and McNeill, Elmore and Bartlett, 
Alice Van, Kane and Kane. 

LIBERTY.— Monroe Brothers. Edith Shaw, Will- 
iams and Healy. Margie White. 

STANDARD.— Lew E. Trudell. Williams and 
Williams, The Kanes. Demon Pamplln, Edmonds 
and Gordon. Wheeler and Wilson. 

CRYSTAL.— Sanford and Company, The Loren- 
zos, Madison Bowser. 

NEW GEM (Henry and Belden, mgr*.).— The 
Three Phelps, The La Temples, Happy Dick Mer- 
riman. 

LYRIC (Chicago Heights*.— Gagnler. Krafft and 
Myrtle. Hughes and Burns. Viola Clark. 

IOLA (W. B. Ballard, mgr.). — Victoria Sau- 
tell. Allen and Vane, Fran La Tour, Schade and 
Ennor. 

NCTES. Tk« ?tar. Grand Forks. \. D.. a new 
vaudeville theatre, opened last week. — It Is re- 



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NOW 

At the GARDEN TO \"Z 

(Will Not Exhibit In Brooklyn, Jersey City, New- 
ark or Pateraon this season.) 

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Featuring the Equestrian Novelty, 






THE PRAIRIE FIRE 

The Battle of 
SUMMIT 

SPRINGS. 
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from the 
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Cowboys and 
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Trained Horses. 
The Rough Riders of the World. 
Led by the Peerless Horseman, 

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Who Positively Appears at Every Performance. 

Admission 25c. and 00c. Reserved, 75c., $1, 
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Proving a Prononaoed Hit for 

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Shea's Buffalo; May 4th; COMEDY CONCOCTORS 

Will FEATURE for two years with MESSRS. KLAW, ERLANGER and ZIEGPELD , JR., in musical comedy, commencing NOV., 1908, under the management of P. Ziegfeld, Jr. 

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bow many failure* you make nor bow bard It 
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N. B. — W. H. MORRIS, who haa charge of our catering department, extends a cordial welcome to hii friends and acquaintance! among the profession, assuring them the best the market oan 
afford. Excellent musio. Special attention to after-theatre parties. Hear the famous BYRON TROUBADOURS. 



ported that Fred Irwin, the burlesque manager, 
Is planning to build « new theatre In Detroit.' — 
Prank Manning and Harry Wise formed a part- 
nership mid are playing In the Eastern vaudeville 
bouses. — The Odeon, Clarksburg, W. Va., opens 
this month with vaudeville and moving pictures. 
— Henry Henry Michaels and John Spaupole, who 
are building a new vaudeville theatre in Canton, 
111., state that the house will be completed dur- 
ing the summer. — Somers and Storke- and Qruet 
e*W| Ctrnet. with the "Ideals," have signed with 
the "Imperials" for Be*t season. The show will 
have a preliminary opening at the Academy, 
I Ittshurg. July 29. — Cogan and Bancroft passed 
through the city en route, to Dec Moines and 
other cities of the Orpbeum Circuit, their first 
trip West.— Marjorie Moore, the "Dixie Girl," 
opened on the Sulllvan-Consldlne circuit last week 
and will take a two months' rest during the 
summer at her heme in Michigan, where she will 
Incidentally rehearse a new act.— -Jack Barrymore 
and Sal He Fisher will head the new musical 
comedy stock company at the New Princess 
Theatre, which opens May 30. "A Stubborn Cin- 
derella," a new college musical play by Hough, 
Adams and Howard will be the first production. 
George Marlon will stage it. — Morette Sisters 
opened at Dreamland, Philadelphia, this week.— 
Tbe Great Francelias and Company contemplate 
taking a tent vaudeville show of their own for a 
tour of one and two night stands this summer. — 
"His Honor the Mayor" opens at the Auditorium 
for eight weeks early this month, and will be fol- 
lowed by George W. I^derer's new musical re- 
view for the balance of the summer. — Cliff, Dean 
and Company will launch next season a new 
scenic dramatic sketch by Mr. Dean, entitled "A 
Plght for Home." Seven people will be em- 
ployed. — P. R. Whiting, secretary and treasurer 
of the Southern Advanced Vaudeville Association, 
wi.s In town for a few days last week to arrange 
for the booking of better class acts for the cir- 
cuit through Sam DuVrles. Mr. Whiting, in an 
interview, stated that additional theatres have 
been secured In Mobile, Tuscaloosa, Ala., and 
Ashvllle. N. C, and commencing next season 
from five to six acts' of tbe better grade will be 
played, giving three shows a day. At present 
the number of performances daily exceed five. 
The theatres will operate all summer. 

-Somebody must have rumored around 
tbat there is a scarcity of chorus girls In Chi- 
cago, or advised the coryphee brigade to take the 
first train for the Windy City and report to 
(ieorge Marlon at the LaSalle Theatre, where re- 
hearsals for "A Stubborn Cinderella," the new 
musical comedy which will inaugurate the new 
Princess Theatre, are held. Mr. Marlon Is stag- 
ing the production. Monday morning the vicin- 
ity of the LaSalle presented a spectacle never 
before witnessed. Harry Singer says he counted 
160 girls. The supply Is due to the many musical 
comedies closing In the middle West, although 
a large number came from tbe East to enjoy tbe 
prospects of a summer run In Chicago. Ther«» 
are chorus girls galore In Chicago at present — 
enough to equip twenty or more musical shows. 
If Jake Sternad, who Is on the scent to enlist 
u large number came from tbe East to enjoy the 



attractions for next season, succeeds in making 
a selection, he will be one of the happiest men 
In Chicago. Sternad has not yet fathomed the 
chorus girl problem, and is making every effort 
to set: ure half of the number now In the city. — 
The teat for the uew musical comedy "A Stub- 
born Cinderella," which opens the new Princess 
Theatre on Clark street about May 30, consists 
of Jack Biirrynioro, Sallle Fisher, Alice Dovey, 
Jean Salisbury, John Prince, James C. Marlowe, 
Fred Stanton and Allan Brooks. William Lor- 
rulno will be musical director and Dan Young 
stage manager. — Trlxle Frlganza will be in the 
cast of "His Honor, the Mayor" at the Audi- 
torium this summer. Rena Davis (Mrs. Geo. W. 
Lederer) will also have an Imortant part lu tbe 
piece. — "The Flower of tbe Ranch," Joseph E. 
Howard's musical play, will be seen at tbe Gar- 
rlck during tbe summer — "Wine, Woman and 
Song" will return to the Great Northern tbe lat- 
ter part of tills mouth for an indefinite engage- 
ment. 



ing for the act. Carlisle's Dog and Pony Circus 
closed the show. 

EMPIRE (Hal Curtis, mgr.).— The Jas. P. Lee 
Players In "A Gay Old Boy" carried off the 
laugb-vvlnulng honors. In the olio portion were 
J- Francis Dooley aid Corlnna Sales. Quill, tbe 
Electrical Marvel, was tbe sole novelty number 



on the program. Ray and Broescbe offered a 

comedy skit that took well. Muude Rockwell, 

vocalist, held over week, registered well. 

THE PEOPLE'S (Sam Harris, mgr.).— Vaude- 
ville and pictures. 

VICTORY (D. J. Giaumaii, mgr.).— Vaudeville 
and pictures. 



SAN FRANCISCO 

By W. ALFRED WILSON. 

VARIETY'S San Francisco Office. 

111S Van Nesa Avs. (Room 112). 
By ERNE8T L. WAITT. 

ORPIIEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.).— Week 
19: Flo Irwin and Company, "Mrs. Peckham's 
Carouse," topped the bill. A bit of excellent 
comedy, well handled. CHIT Gordon established 
himself strongly. The Banks Breasenle Duo. clev- 
erly costumed, entertained with Instrumental 
music. Cole and Rags, Jugglers, while meeting 
with a fair reward, were hardly up to the stand- 
ard of kindred acts lately traveling over tbe 
circuit. Their comedy was the best liked. Marie 
Florence, a wide-range vocalist, was well thought 
of. Others on the bill were The Empire City 
Qttftftet, The Three Leightons, Orth and Fern. 

NATIONAL (Sid Grauman, mgr. i.-- Young Buf- 
falo, rille expert, the novelty feature. He accom- 
plished some really sensational shots. Maude 
Sutton and Company In "Cinderel" won favor. 
The Morrison Company, producing their particu- 
larly bright comedy, "Mr. Bunchllght," was tbe 
laughing hit of the bill. Tbe O'Nells, clever trio 
mid roundly applauded. One of the men showed 
as an exceptional dancer. Ricbey Craig did well 
enough. Brooks and Jeanuette made a good Im- 
pression. Flood and Hayes, barrel Jumpers, were 
also on the bill. 

WIGWAM (Sam Harris, mgr). The League 
Band, local headline attraction and a strong draw- 
ing card. Gllday and Fox, Hebrew comedians, 
second appearance at this bouse. Armstrong and 
Loverlng. comedy and trick cyclists, good place 
I id scored. Rose and Deveru submitted an as- 
semblage of farcical matter entitled "An Auto- 
mobile Disaster." The woman easily the best 
and worthy of a better vehicle. Alva York, 
comedienne, was well greeted. May Rlsdelle and 
her "Village Cut Ups" also on tbe bill. Tbe In- 
dividual efforts of the combination winning stand- 



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RIVERSIDE PARK AUDITORIUM, 

Roberts, Hayes and Roberts, Big 4 Quartette, J. C. Nugent and Company, Barry and Johnson, Harry 
Walters, Jos. J. and Myra Davis Howling, The Morton, Jewell Troupe, Nellie Retell, Tbe 4 American 
Trumpeters, Madam Colgrove'a Troupe of Educated Horses, Curtis and Busse, Marie Clark, Wilson and 
Doyle, Ferry, Arthur Beauvals and Company, Harrington and Lester, Dick and Alice McAvoy Cora 
Simpson and others. Note date of opening, MAY 80. Address CARO MILLER. "Tbe 5 Columbians." 
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In a Danoiac Operetta, "THE UNDERSTUDY." 

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J. A. STERNAD, Majestic Theatre Bldg., Chicago 



DENVER 

By HARRY X. BEAUMONT. 

Office, Crystal Theatre Buildlug. 

NOTES.— Jack Golden and Company open at 

the Majestic, 25, for a five weeks' run. — Jay 

Bogart, after finishing a return engagement of 

twenty weeks over the S. St C. time, Is on his 

way Bast. — Cal Stewart and Company have Just 
finished a tour of the West and opened in Colo- 
rado, 20. — Sutherland and Curtis are laying off 
here, account of the serious illness of Miss 
Sutherland. They will resume May 11. — The 
Tullleries opens its regular season May 4. This 
Is the first park in the West to open. — Evan 
Evana out of hospital and left for New York 
April 23. 



PHILADELPHIA 

By GEORGE M. YOUNG. 

KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr.).— The local 
management have been featuring this as "Big 
Show" week and the bill offered supports the 
good things promised. Horace Gold in is playing 
the first of a two weeks engagement. Goldin 
showed a number of 'new effects in transformation 
and Illusion, all skillfully worked out. He offers 
little opportunity for his audience to study out 
his tricks, going through a routine with unusual 
speed, bis corpn ' of assistants working with 
clocklike celerity and precision. Jean Fransloll 
adds an attractive picture to the act. William 
Rock and Maude Fulton have enough good charac- 
ter work along novel and original linea to fur- 
nish features for a musical comedy and the act 
• easily holds a place at the top of anything 
of the kind seen in vaudeville. Nat Wills re- 
turned with a budget of songs and stories, 
several of which were new, and scored his usual 
big hit. Chinko, a young Juggler seen for the 
first time, scored strongly. While a familiar 
routine is followed, bis tricks are well handled. 
The act was very well liked. Minnie Kaufman, 
last seen as the feature rider with the Kaurman 
Troupe, was warmly received In her cycling act. 
Without the support of other riders to fill out an 
act of this kind, a single wheel offering is 
handicapped and the success achieved by Miss 
Kaufman adds something of more than ordinary 
merit to her act. Few dancing acts in "one" 
have met with more solid approval than that 
of Knight Brothers and Sawtelle. Miss Saw- 
telle does some remarkably good loose dancing 
and the trio registered one of the real hits. 
There seems to be no depreciation in value 
as a laugh winner In "The Terrible Judge" of 
Ward and Cumin. Changed but very little, the 
act was Just as big a laugh as ever. Aurle Dag- 
well was fairly well received. Miss Dagwell 
might try a change of songs. The Ben Frank- 
lin Trio, a man and two little children, presented 
u pleasing singing number. One of the little 
girls displays marked ability, while the other Is 
used mainly to build a pretty stage picture in 
a floral swing. Franklin has a pleasing voice, 
singing "yodle" songs principally, and the act 
made a good impression. The trio were featured 
at Dumont's Minstrels during the past season. 
Carter, Taylor and "Co.," the "company" being 
a bulldog,, offered "At Camp Rest," a rough 
comedy sketch. Most of the comedy is old, 
lacking originality. Too much is expected of a 
noisy finish. Veola did nicely with some contor- 
tion feats; Alvln and Kenny filled an early 
position very well with a comedy ring act; 
Martinez and Martinez, Spanish serenaders, and 
the Gregsons, in their dancing act, were the 
others. 

WALNUT (Frank Howe, Jr., mgr.).— "The Hotel 
Clerk," the annual Spring offering of Alfred E. 
Aarons, had Its Initial showing here this week. 
Summer-like weather failed to keep down the en- 
thusiasm of an andlence which crowded every 
part of the house and made known Its approval 
in no uncertain manner. Robert B. Smith, who 
furnished material for "A Knight For a Day," 
"Fantana," and other comedies, made the book 
for the Aarons* piece and It Is the weakest part 
of the show. Had he done half as well as Aarons 
did In furnishing the music. "The Hotel Clerk" 
could be put down at once ss a success. As 
It is, the show will have to be made over. The 
possibilities seem great. There Is enough foun- 
dation In the musical numbers to carry the piece 
In the main, but there Is woeful lack of dia- 
logue. Little of what there is fits In with the 
bright and tuneful music and there Is an ample 
supply of business which has grown old In 



service In numerous light comedy pieces and in 
burlesque shows, the pouring of water In a 
silk hat, being only a sample. "Hotel Topsy 
Turvy," "Time, Place and the Girl," and 
several other pieces are suggested In the two 
acts. There Is a flimsy plot, which soon be- 
comes lost In ttie maze of numbers. In fact the 
numbers come in bunches, being too closely con- 
nected to give good results. "I Love You. Every 
Hour," sung with novel electric effects, was one 
of the best, though the always sprightly, clever 
dancing of "Aarons' Dancing Dolls" came off 
with the usual flying colors for Individual merit. 
In the second act, "The Soul Kiss" Is rivalled 
with the "Love Kiss," and it Is a striking 
example of lingering osculation. The greatest 
defects were noticeable In the second act, where 
specialties and musical numbers reigned supreme. 
A kitchen Interior, severely plain, robbed the 
numbers of much of the effect, but this is 



mainly due to the absence of one or more set- 
tings, which were not secured In time for the 
opening. The poorly constructed book is re- 
sponsible for three or four weak parts. Harry 
Fisher carries the weight of the comedy and did 
very well considering what material he had to 
work with. All the laugh-winning merit of the 
piece was due to his droll mannerisms, and 
two numbers in which he was ably assisted 
by Rose Botti scored splendidly. Eugene Mac- 
Gregor was the only one of the other male mem- 
bers of the cast to figure. Ben Grlnnell grossly 
overplayed a worthless "souse" part and the 
opportunities offered the part of a hotel porter 
were lost In the hands of R. A. Laidlaw. Mac- 
Gregor filled the principal singing role capably. 
He sang In good voice and employed a dash and 
vim In his work which helped no little In the 
success of more than one of the numbers. His 
best one, however, suffered from close conflict 



with another which belonged to one of the minor 
characters. Rose Bottl, in the soubrette part, 
and Jeanette Bageard, as a dashing widow, 
both did excellently. Mr. Aarons has supplied 
both with ample musical material and their 
efforts met with warm approval. Irene Bulger 
did not look, act or sing the part Intrusted to 
her with any degree of merit, and Ellenor 
Dehnore was equally weak in the rough character 
role of a scrub woman's daughter with a fondness 
for rabid literature. Amy Ames was mildly 
pleasing as the scrub-woman, over-dressing spoil- 
ing much of the effect. Th' re is a liberal 
chorus, strong vocally and physically, and ca- 
pable In handling the numbers. There was 
ample cause for commotion on the appearance 
of eight "physical culture girls," impersonated 
by Elaine Van Selover. Ermlnle Earl, Ethel 
Pennington, Kate Gotthold, Berny Thornwall, 
Lillian Ardcn, Anna Dexter and Ella Bernard. 



FIFTH AVENUE, NEXT WEEK, MAY 4 

WHAT THEY THINK OF 

SADIE JANSELL 



WITH 



"FASCINATING FLORA" 



ST. L0UI8 STAR-CHRONICLE. 
December 80th, 1907. 



"FASCINATING FLORA" 

Adele Ritchie Is Star in Name Only. 

SADIE JANSELL WALKED AWAY WITH 

THE EVENING'S HONORS. 



Jausell's imitations, although she gave no new 
ones; still the old ones were very acceptable. 



The real honors — fall upon the pretty shoulders 
of Sadie Jansell, a beauteous brunet, who Is about 
the best "imitatress" we have seen, not even ex- 
cepting the Circean Cissie. 

Miss Jansell is a remarkable beautiful woman 
of a pronounced French type, with eyes as 
speaking and seductive as one of those sirens 
that held passing mariners in such dulcet dur- 
ance. Literally she "Just can't make her eyes 
behave," and no one wants her to. 

Her impersonations of Hattie Williams sing- 
lug "Experience" was Just as clever as that of I 
Cissie Loftus heard at Suburban garden last 
summer. And her imitation of Anna Held was 
perfection Itself. Wonderful also was her life- 
like portrayal of Eddie Foy. She copied his 
whimsical face and much-abused voice like a 
mimeograph. 

The audience enthusiastically applauded and > 
the young woman was kept busy responding to 
tncom. When recalled the last time, she struck 
a melodramatic attitude and in Ethel Barry more 
tones exclaimed pathetically: "That's all there 
Is; there Is no more." 

There is a great career ahead of Miss Jansell 
If she don't make the mistake of too closely Im- 
itating Cibsie Loftus Imitating others. 



ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT. 

Monday, December 80th, 1907. 

Miss Jansell is a wonderful "imitator." She 
enables her audience again to see Hattie Wil- 
liams singing "Experience" and Eddie Foy, Eva 
Tanguay and Anna Held In characteristic bits, 
lu a delightful way. 



ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS. 

Friday, December 6th, 1907. 

Sadie Jansell leaves her rather Inaue roll of 

"Dolly" to do some clever imitations In the 

third act. Her Eddie Foy and Anna Held were 

really wonderfully true to the originals, conslder- 



rymore are the distinct hit of the act. Miss 
Jansell Is only a girl, but she Is sure to be 
heard from. 

WASHINGTON HERALD. 

Thursday, Ootober 22nd, 1907. 

Sadie Jansell is an imitatrlx, a new-comer, ap- 
parently, who really imitates her subjects. She 
made the usually tiresome impersonations inter- 
esting from a new standpoint. Her subjects 
wore Eva Tanguay, Eddie Foy, the Inevitable 
Anna Hold, etc. —the only new one being Hattie 
Williams, who she succeeded best of all lu 
imitating. 



GRAND RAPIDS HERALD. 

Friday, November 16th, 1907. 

Sadie Jansell in Imitations of well-known 
actors and actresses was a winning card with 



ing Miss Jansell accomplished them all in her ! the whole house. She displayed marked mimic 
sotihrettc's costume with only a feather and a ! ability and In the second act, when she did her 



changeable "pompadour" to assist. 



WASHINGTON TIMES. 

October 22nd, 1907. 

Sadie Jansell. whom, It must be confessed, 
the loeal public has not known before, was the 
surprise of the evening. Cessle, beg pardon, 
Cecelia Loftus and Elsie Janis have a dangerous 
rival in the field of Imitations. Miss Jansell 
gave imitations of Hattie Williams, Anna Held, 
Eva Tanguay and Eddie Foy, which were among 
the cleverest ever giveu here, not excepting the 
two artists heretofore mentioned. The audience 
was surprised, but It 'took them only a few min- 
utes to realize that a new light had risen In the 
tin-in i i> nl sky. 



imitative work, filled out the already well round- 
ed comedian part of the program with a number 
of sketches. 



WASHINGTON POST. 
October 22nd, 1907. 
The character of Dolly Wagner gave Miss 
Sadie Jansell no chance whatever, but she fur- 
nished the greatest surprise of the evening, 
nevertheless, with her imitations of prominent 
players. 

BALTIMORE WORLD. 
Tuesday, October 16th, 1907. 
The really best feature of the show was Sadje 



KANSAS CITY JOURNAL. 

Tuesday, December 17th, 1907. 

In the last act, which is in two scenes, there 
is enough clever and consistent fun of the far- 
< b nl and musical comedy sort to make up a 
whole show. The Imitations and impersonations 
of Miss Sadie Jansell are the cleverest seen here 
in a long time, and that does not except Miss 
Loftus herself. Miss Jansell has a very minor 
part in the bill, but her personations of Hattie 
Williams, Eddie Foy, Anna Held and Ethel Bar- 



GRAND RAPIDS NEWS. 

Friday, November 16th, 1907. 

Sadie Jansell made the hit of the evening with 
her imitations of Hattie Williams, Anna HcTd, 
Eddie Foy and Eva Tanguay Just a brief hint of 
Ethel Harry more. She got the expression of 
Hattie Williams remarkably well. 

MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE. 

Monday, December 2nd, 1907. 

And he has a talented opposite In Sadie Jan- 
sell, who does a number of Imitations so well 
t lint the audience almost refused to let her go. 

ST. LOUIS POST DI8PATCH. 

Monday, December 80th, 1907. 

Another feature that wins the regard Of the 
audience Is the Imitation act offered by Smile 
Jansell. who mimics Eddie Foy. Hattie Williams, 
Anna Held, Eva Tanguay and others with con 
siderable fun making skill, concluding with u bit 
of Ethel Barrvmore which, (hough brief, Is beat 
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The appearance of this bunch In tight fitting 
Jerse.vH made the audience gasp. The number 
was good for six encores on the opening night. 
The appenrance of the same bunch later, In 
a muchly abbreviated costume, suggested the 
Introduction of a "cooch" dance, but It dwindled 
Into a rather pretty "Cinderella" song, handl- 
capped only by the unattractive and inappropriate 
stage setting. There are several pretty costumes. 
The "dolls" — four Instead of six — look fetchiug 
in white "hell-Imp" suits, and the hunting out- 
tlts being particularly catchy to the eye. De- 
spite the many handicaps attending a short-time 
production, the piece moved with good speed, 
II. Fletcher Rivera having gained excellent re- 
sults in arranging the dances. With a proper 
supply of good comedy, to balance the niu-i.-, 
re arrangement of several of the smaller char- 
acter parts and the addition of the scenic effects 
and a crisp, dashing number for a finish, which 
Is the idea of the management, "The Hotci 
Clerk" should mould Into a musical comedy of 
the first class, the foundation of which is al- 
ready solidly laid. 

CASINO (Ellas & Koenig, mgrs.).— "Rose Hill 
Kngllsh Folly." 

TRQCADKRO (Fred Wilton, iugr.).— "Pat 
White and Ills Oalety Girls." 

UAYETY (Ad. Shayue. mgr.). -"The World 
Heaters." 

BIJOU (J. Schanberger, mgr.). —"Colonial 
Relies." ' 



AUSTRAW/1N NOTES 

By MARTIN C. BRENNAN. 

Sydney, March IS. 

TIVOLI (Sydney).— Sisters Klos and Broa. Ar- 
tois, premier draws. Ike and Will Scott, successful 
comedy turn; Alma Grey, serin and dancer, good; 
Frank Harwood, vocalist, ditto; Walter Whyte, 
tenor; (Jeorge Bentley. comedian; Cunards, 
dancers; Terry and Bentley, comedy artists; 
Leonard Nelson, Marjorle Bray, Lottie Kay and 
a host of others. 

NATIONAL.— Powerful bill. The Stagpooles, 
comedy act, finished last night, and met with a 
splendid reception. To-morrow they leave for 
America. The Racoons (two men and a dog), 
another great act. Also on the bill are Dawson 
and Rhodesbury, Maxwell and Roberts. Slade 
Murray, Maude Fanlng, Arthur Elliott, Frank 
Yorke, The Swifts, Charles Pope, The Mlntons 
and a picture machine. 

STANDARD.— Harry Clay's Itinerant Co. is 
now showing a far better class of entertainment, 
many of the leading variety acts, temporarily 
out of harness, being fixed up by this astute 
entrepreneur. This week finds a very strong bill 
containing Bella Perman, champion dancer; 
Arthur Tauchert, comedian: Elsie Harvey, Del- 
wyn and Tye, Joe Rox and a marvelously clever 
skatorlal artist In Fred Norrls. Business fine. 

OPERA HOUSE (Melbourne).— The Kauffman 
Troupe of Cyclists, an Importation, hag knocked 
the southern people all of a heap. So great has 
been their success that the Bros. Artols* appear- 
ance at this house has been postponed for a fort- 
night, it being contended that two great hits 
on the one bill would be more than the house could 
stand. Edwin Boyde Is still going well, and a 
very powerful company is filling the bouse nightly. 

GAIETY (Melbourne). — Several new acts ap- 
peared during the week, but ns my Melbourne rep- 
resentative^ letter la somewhat later than usual. 
detaila are unavailable. Harry Rlckarda leaves for 
England on Wednesday, next. He will be absent 
about seven months, during which period Mr. 
Rickards hopes to spend a good deal of time 
at his Margate home, which Is being fitted up 
ponding the arrival of the Australian variety 
king. 

Rumor has been rife of late, it being freely cir- 
culated that Mr. Rickards intended permanently 
settling In England. In a personal Interview with 
Ed Maas (private secretary), he informs me posi- 
tively that Mr. Rickards' intention from this on- 
ward is to spend each summer at Margate (Eng- 
land), returning to Australia ere the autumn has 
definitely set in. "Mr. Rickards," aaya Mr. Maaa, 
"could never stand the English winter, therefore 
the report he will permanently settle In England 
Is ridiculous In the extreme." 

Ike Scott, the celebrated London comedian. Is 
meeting with big success here. He loves Australia, 
but loathes having to face the long voyage back. 
Being a particularly bad sailor, Mr. Scott was 
confined to his cabin almost throughout the voyage 
over. This fact recalls similar Incidents of pre- 
\ ious experiences of many acts that I have known. 
One of the greatest American teams, for Instance, 
though offered fabulous terms, some few years ago. 
refused on the grounds that the sea trip was too 
Mvere, and yet to the initiated it la all plain 
falling. 



Val. Mack, comedy cartoonist, embarks on a 
proposed trip around the world next month. Amer- 
ica (New York In particular) Is the mecca, the 
success of Bert Levy acting as an Impetus to 
tills clever young fellow. Should the journey 
eventuate, VARIETY will be his first port of call 
In the Great Hub. 

Tom Donnolly's big benefit Is booked for next 
Wednesday. All the principal managers are fall- 
ing in line to help the movement, and a success- 
ful affair is assured. 



ATLANTA, 6A. 

ORPIIEUM (Ben Kahn, mgr.). 
McCVM, knockatwMit comedians, fair; 
De Vora. s.mg and dance, well recc 
B. Letter, monologue, scored; E. F. 
Company, in "The Bandit," big ty 
Three AlMlnllah Brothers, acrobats, 
City Quartet, excellent; Welch, Franc 
pany. many laughs. — PASTIME (T. 
mgr.). -Vaudeville, good attendance. - 
B. Thompson, mgr.). — Variety and 
toque, fine business. 



Burns and 

Harvey and 

lved; Harry 

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pe number; 

hit; - Bison 
Is and «'<>ni 

P. Holland, 

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stock bur- 
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BALTIMORE, MD. 

MARYLAND (F. G. Schannnherger, mgr. Mon- 
day rehearsal 10). --An entertaining bill. Rob 
and Tip, clown act, open and are well received; 
Weeded and Taylor, ill. songs, applauded: Thorn* 
and Carleton get away with many funny sayings 
that bring laughter; Willa, Holt Wakefield, 
pianologue, liberal applause; Agnes Scott and 
Horace Wright in "The Wall Between," a sen- 
timental playlet that greatly pleased; Dave 
Lewis, dialogue, well applauded; The Byrnes 
Bros. Troupe in •'Eight Bells." cmmily tumbling. 

close the bill and are well received. NEW 

MONUMENTAL (Sam M. Dawson, mgr.).— The 
Brigadiers are playing here this week "Man-led by 

Telephone,'' in two acts. GAYETY (W. L. Bal- 

lauf, Jr., mgr.). — The Bachelor Club Burlesquers 
are playing a return engagement here, a little 
Improvement is noticeable over its last .appearance. 

BLANK Y '8 (O. M. Ballauf. mgr.).— Tills 

house has been playing melodrama all season, and 
two weeks of vaudeville are to till In. Six sub- 
jects of m. p. are shown in addition to a vaude- 
ville bill Including The Musical Huehn, Chas. H. 
Patterson, moologist; Tos, the Tosser, Juggling; 

Gene Roelof, ill. songs. NOTE.— Beginning 

with the week of April 27. and for two weeks, 
vaudeville and m. p. will be shown here; in- 
ability to secure desirable melodrama companies 
is given as the cause. Six subjects of m. p., 
111. songs. The Musical Huehn, Chas. Patterson, 
monologist; Tos. The Tosser, Juggling; Gene Roelof, 
singing, make up the bill which runs continuous- 
ly from 1 until 11 p. ni. 

FRANK F. MEYERS. 

BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 

POM'S IE. B. Mitchell, mgr.). — Diamond 
and Smith, ill. songs, good; Holden's Manikins, 
well received; St. Cecelia Quartet, local, well 
applauded; Edwards Davis, playlet, hit; Lew Sully, 
good Impression; Will Rogers, greatly applauded. 

TEDDY REED. 



BRISTOL, TENN. 
FAIRYLAND (Mtlvln A. Hayes, mgr.).— Fred- 
erlk, the Great Magician, good; Viola, very good; 
Hale and Harty, good; Wilson and Claire, com- 
edy sketch, excellent: 111. songs by Viola, pleased. 

ELITE (Harry Knox, mgr.).— Emmett and 

Lower, comedy sketch, good; Jlinmie Morrell, 
dancing, good; Kl«oa and Newell, good; Oraee 
Castle, lag puncher, good; ill. songs 1-y Mer- 
cedes Alvln. pleased. 

BUFFALO, N. Y. 
SHKA'S (M. Shea. mgr. Monday rehearsal 
10).— Laddie Cliff, fine; Trlxle Friganza t<M>k well; 
Rooney and Rent, bad 'em all laughing; Dillon 
Brothers pleased; Mr. and Mrs. Allison, clever; 
Motoring." acceptable; The K nitons, excellent 
hoop rolling; Work and Ower, comedy acrobats, 
good; Ylullans. extra attraction, great sensation. 

GARDEN (Chas. E. White, mgr.) .— "Cracker 

Jacks." strong company and good comedians. 
LAFAYETTE (Chas. M. Bftfgs, mgr. ).--"The 
Lady Birds." good olio and singing chorus. 

DICKS* IN. 



CAMDEN, N. J. 

NEW BROADWAY (John C. Peebles, mgr.i. 

-Jack O'Brien, the pugilist, star attraction, met 

with favor; other numbers. Seymour and Hill. 

Bedlul and Arthur. Billy (ullen; Goyt Trio: 

Jack Mason's "3 4-1" and Wroe's "Dancing Buds." 

GEORGE M. YOUNG. 



CINCINNATI, 0. 

By HARRY HESS. 

VARIETY'8 Central Office, 

107 Bell Rock. 

COLUMBIA ((H. M. Ziegler, mgr. Sunday re- 
hearsals 10). — The opening number, La Gardenia, 
assisted by five Spaniards, could hardly be appre- 
ciated In a German neighborhood like Cincinnati. 
Mabel Maitland told a lot of old time gags. Kelly 
and Kent have not changed their old offering. Les 
Amatls Introduced a very clever pianologue num- 
ber. The imitation of a flute by Miss Glsela Is 
great. Cressy and Payne In "Town Hall To- 
N'ight." Coram, ventriloquist, kept them laugh- 
ing all the way through his act. Rosin a Cas- 
seill's Midget Wonders, very good. 

STANDARD (Frank J. Clements, house agent). 
— MardI Gras Beauties. Tom and Jerry, a two- 
act burlesque, introduces one of the finest bur- 
lesques that has been seen here for some time, 
but the show as given this week Is a falling off 
from the original as produced earlier In the sea- 
son. Harry M. Stewart is the comedian and he 
does very nicely. He can sing and has a line 
of comedy that lifts blm far above the geueral 
run of Hebrew comedians. Lee Allen and Eddie 
Carroll assist Stewart with but fair sucess. The 
other parts are only fairly well taken. Madeline 
Webb appeared In both acts with large holes in 
her stockings, but the costuming of the other 
members of the company and the chonis was 
elaborate. 



Green, singing and talking, fair; Ollvatti Sere- 
nades, high class musicians; "Paradise Alley," 
miniature musical comedy, was well received; 
Mrs. Dan McAvoy (Georgia Kelly), singing com- 
edienne; Valerie Bergere and Co., "A Bowery 
Camllle," was the feature of the bill; Milt Wood, 
a clever wooden shoe dancer; The Clinton Sisters 
have a novelty In their act "Flying Butterflies." 

EMPIRE (Geo. Chenet, mgr.).— Fred Irwin's 

New Majesties. "Bits," in two acts is bright 
and lively and with a good swing to the music 
and the singing of the chorus is a feat- 
ure of the show. In the olio the 
following apepared: Walker and 1 1 art man, 
singers of catchy songs; The College Four, 
rendered songs of pleasing nature; Gertie De Milt, 
good singer and dancer; Ernest and Clara 
Rackett, In their sketch, "Boh Fltsslmmona In 
Evening Dress," pleased.— — STAR (Drew and 
Campbell, mgrs.). — "Twentieth Century Maids," 
is the attraction with the recent Ootch-Hacken- 
schmldt match pictures as a feature. 

WALTER D. HOLCOMB. 



CLEVELAND, 0. 

KEITH'S (II. A. Daniels. mgr.).— Jupiter 
Brothers do a very mystifying act; Louis and 



NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

ORPIIEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.).— The 
season now closing has been the most prosperous 
this house has known. The bills presented dur- 
ing the year, while more costly, did not average 
better entertainment than those of previous sea- 
sons. A great deal of sameness In the acta pre 
wnted seemed to have a deteriorating Influence. 
The warm weather caused a decided slump In the 
attendance towards the close of the season. The 
stage management has not been up to the mark 
of previous seasons; especially so was this notice- 
able at opening performances. The acta very 



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104 Ea«t 14th S treet. Row York. Gorman Saving* Bank Building. Talophono— 8088 Btnyresant. 

THE LEADING ENGLISH THEATRICA L ART ) VAUDEVILLE NEWSPAPER, 

TP1-W WZ CTT A d~L¥^> Foreign Subscription, 
Established 1880. | || C S I >VVlJE 8/ lOd. per Quarter. 

May bo obtained at Samuel French's, 88 24 West 82nd Stroot, Now York. 

ARTISTS VI8ITINO ENGLAND sre oordlally invited to register at "The Stage" offices imme- 
diately upon their arrival. The Editor of "The Stage" will always bo pleased to welcome them, 
Advance notices of sailings and opening dates should be posted to the Editor. When an artist baa 
registered at "The Stage" office, which may be regarded at big permanent London address, all cor- 
respondence will bo Immediately forwarded. 

London Offices: 16 York St., Co vent Garden, London, W. 0. 

LITTLE BARBOUR THE BIG BOOKER 

WARTS Chorus Girls, Burlesque, Musical Comedy and Dramatic People all lines. MANAGERS, WO 
can All your requirements. Address MELVILLE EDWARDS, Mgr., this department, Room 68, 116 
LA SALLE STREET, CHICAGO. 

CHICAGO BOOKING AGENCY 

CHA8. H. DOUTRICK, Manager. Room 89, 98 La Salle St, CHICAGO. 
Booking for Vaudeville Theatres, Parks, Airdomes and Fairs. Managers wanting good acts, write. 
Good acts coming from East or West having one or two open weeks can bo booked on short notioo. 

CHICAGO VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS EXCHANGE 

8th FLOOR, 98 LA SALLE ST., Chicago. FRANK Q. DOYLE, Manager. 

Booking for Theatres, Parks, and Airdomes. 



THE 

FRIARS' 

FESTIVAL 

(Opera, Drama 
Vaudeville 
Circus, Ballet) 

will be held at the 

NEW YORK THEATRE 

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, 
MAY 14 

The list of volunteers already insures 

the greatest bill ever given on a 

stage. 



NEW STAR 

MILWAUKEE, WIS. 
FRANK R. TROTTMAN, Manager. 
Handsomest and ssfest burlesque theatre In 
America. Playing Empire Circuit Shows. Matinee 
Every Dsy. 
Visit the new Rathskeller Downstairs. 
The best In the West. 

OZART 

Vaudeville Olroult. 

88 — Theatres — 88 

FEATURE ACTS ALWAYS WANTED. 

All oommunications to Edward Mozart, Main 
Office, Family Theatre, Lancaster, Pa. 




FOLLY 

State Street near Congress 
CHICAGO 

EMPIRE CIRCUIT CO., LE88EE. 

John A. Fennessy, Manager. 

The most popular burlesque theatre in Chicago, 
playing the attractions of the Empire Circuit. 
Nothing bnt the best. Two shows every da/. 
Amateurs Friday. 



NOTICE 
TO ARTISTS 



Bennett's Theatre 



in 



Montreal, Canada 

will remain open throughout 
the coming summer. It is the 
ONLY place of Amusement 
booked by the United Booking 
Offices. For time apply to 

CLARK BROWN, 

St. James Building, New York 



TWO MORE BIG HITS BY 
MATTHEW GOLDMAN 

Up-to-date sketch and monologue writer. 
NAT 8. JEROME in the Novelty Comedy Play- 
let, "The Marriage Fee," and TIM CRONIN in 
the Topical Monologue, "Little Bits from Life." 
Matthew Goldman, oare of Vion A Lowe, Knioker- 
booker Theatre Bldg. Annex, Room 888, New York 
City. Telephone 8861-SSth. 



PASTOR'S 

14th St.. 3d At. Continuous. 20 A 80 Cts. 

NEXT WEEK, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1008. 

YORKE COMEDY FOUR. 

SMITH AND BAKER. 

MR. AND MR8. BROWNING. 

The Llpplncotts. 

Adams and Msck. 

Mons. Herbert. 

LIBBY BLONDELL. 

Cycling Brunettes. Butler and Lamar. 

Ken all, Ross and Pike Brothers. 

Crittenden. Juggling De Lisle. 

Bradley, Angelo and 
Purcell. 

HAMMERSTEINS 
VICTORIA 



AMERICA'S MOST 
FAMOUS VARIETY 



Open the Year Around 

VAUDEVILLE HEADLINED 
".GOOD STANDARD ACTS 

If you have an open week you want to fill at 
short notice, write to W. L. DOOKSTADER, 

Gar rick Theatre. Wilmington. DoL 

Can close Saturday night end make sny city east 
of Chicago to open Monday night. 



Sid J. Em's 

N. Clark and Xlnsie Sts., CHICAGO 
45 Seconds from Clark St. Bridge. 

SID J. EU80N, Lessee and Manager. 

Playing in burelesquo attractions of the Colum- 
bia Amusement Company. Matinee every day. 
Amateur night Friday. 



Percy G. 




CIRCUIT 



COLONIAL 
ORPHEUM 
ALHAMBRA 

ORPNEUN 
NOVELTY 



Now York 

Brooklyn 
Harlem 
Boston 
Williamsburg 



GOTHAM East New York 

Address all PERSONAL letters to 
PERCY 0. WILLIAMS. ST. JAMES 
BUILDINO, 2»TH ST. AND BROAD. 
WAY, NEW YORK CITY 



I 



NEW EgPJBj 

Metieeii Street Neer Heletet 
CHICAGO 

WILLIAM SINGER, MANAGER. 

Handsomest burelesquo house in America, play- 
ing Empire Circuit attractions exclusively. 
Shows changed every Sunday. .Matinees daily. 



BEST PLACES TO STOP AT. 



JHational Rotcl 

CHICAGO 

Cor. Van Buren St. and Wabash Ave. 
Half block from Auditorium Theatre. In vicinity 
of all theatres. Weekly rates made. 

D. A. DOOLEY, Prop. 

II* HOLGOMBE HOUSE 

258 WEST 34th ST., NEW YORK 

The late Herbert Holcombe's Wardrobe 
fcr Sale. 
1 White Linen Military Suit. 
1 White Flannel Outing Suit. 
1 Pale Blue and 1 Purple Velvet Tyrolean Suit. 

Hats to match all suits. 
1 Khaki Suit. 

BEST PLACE TO STOP AT 

NEW YORK CITY 

"83 Seconds from Broadway." 

ST. HILDA APARTMENTS 

163 WEST 34th STREET 

Furnished Rooms only. Baths— Telephone— 
Electrio Light. 

CONDUCTED BY PROFESSIONALS 

Tsrmt Reasonable. 



CENTURY 
HOTEL 

KANSAS CITY, MO. 

THE HOME OF THE PROFESSION, 
And then some. 

"Nuff ■aid." 

WHEN PLAYING WILMINGTON STOP AT 

MUNCEY HOUSE 

THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL HOUSE 

First class Room and Board. Terms Reasonable. 
•IS Xing St, S Blooks from 

DOCKSTADER'S CAI "" CH 



IMtAIHI 



Florenz House 

(Mrs. F. Florenz, Prop.) 
The Home of the Profession, 
170 West 47th Street, 
Near Broadway Now Yurk 

First-class Rooms and Board. k< -tsonabw- 
Terms. Convenient to all Principal II. nitres. 
'Phone, SOU Bryant. 



<»fton were badly placed, many times producing 
a baneful effort. The house reopens again early 
In September. 

ORBENWALL (By. Greenwall, mgr.).— The 
burlesque season Just closed has boon Instructive 
In many ways. It has proven that the local pub- 



lic will not tolerate unclean or suggestive shows; 
It has proven also beyond the shadow of a duubt 
I hat this same public will not patronize organiza- 
tions presenting entertainments of an Inferior 
quality. The shows presented at the Greenwall 
during the early part of the season seemed to 



rrly upon "cooch" dancing and risque situations 
In order fo garner the shekels of burlesque lovers, 
and by so doing they caused a Journalistic and 
moral tirade ngninst the (ireenwall theatre, which 
resulted In n loss of many thousand dollars and 
drew away from the house a great deal of the 



patronage that It will take y< ;trs to bring bark. 
When Interviewed regarding the past season Man 
nwr Greenwall remarked, ".\:i I have to say Is 
that tho ciwwl show* Kot (J10 money and the bad 
shews got vliat they rlencrvetl." 

O. M. SAMUEL, 



When answering advertisement* kindly mention Variety. 



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VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



— ■- 1 



— 



■sen 



THE VENTRILOQUIST WITS A PRODUCTION 



Ed* r • 



REYNARD 

And His Famous Mechanical Figures. 
Week May 4, Empire, Hoboken, N. J. 




IV ' SUPPRESSING THE 
BOOKED SOLID. 



ii 



ELLIS 



MONA 




England's Premier High-Class Comedy Duettitta. 
The Champion Singers of Vauderille. 




Eastern RepresentatiTe, AXE. T. WILTOH, 
St. James Building, Vow York City. 

CAICEDO 

Xing- of the Wire 

OPEV FOB PARKS AND FAIRS 

Address W. S. CLEVELAND, Knickerbocker 
Theatre Bid*., V. T. City. 

LAVEOLA 

Last week in America, Keith's, Philadelphia. 




Dorothy Arville 

The Irresistible Comedienne. 

Permanent address, 875 Central Park West, 

Vew York. 

PRINCESS CHINQUILLA 

and NEWELL 

IV VAUDEVILLE. 

Have Yout Card in VARIETY 



ctB ae. f . 8^ 

"THE NARROW FBLLBR* 

The Italian and His Sweetheart 

r PIOTTIS 

CHARACTER SONG8TERB. 

II Mins. in One. 
Addreae care VARIETY. 

WORK i OWER 

HIGH CLASS ECCENTRIC ACROBATS. 

RepreeentatiTe, ALBEBT SUTHERLAND, 
St. James Building. 






AND 




Dorcioq Adonises ' 

OF 

SIX AMERICAN 
DANGERS 

BOOKED SOLID 
TILL FEB., 

1909. 



Nayme Remington 

And "BLACK BUSTERS." 
Booked Solid. 

Under Her Own Personal Direction. 
Address Hotel Gerard, Vew York. 

I Dcily Burgess 

Going it alone once more and always making 
good. What do yon think of that? 



THE 



DE MUTHS 



WHIRLWIND DANCERS. 
Week of April 87th, Pastor's. 

MAY 4TH— HOWARD. B08TOV. 

George Connors 

"STRAIGHT MAY." 
With "Avenue Girls"— "The Hallway Tenor." 

Clifton Crawford 

Direction of JOE HART. 



Gartelle Bros. 

Introducing Singing, Dancing and 
•KATORIALISm 



HOMER B. 



MARGUERITE 



Mason i Keeler 




GAVIN, PLATT 
and PEACHES 

Presenting "THE BTOLEV KID." 
Address 4817 3rd Ave. (Bronx), Vew York, 




REAL ACTORS 50 




AMAH A SI K AS 
CERLfcSS 
CRrORMlNfi 
ET 





For particulars address per rente. 



Headquarter!, 1887 E. DAUPHIN ST., 

PHILADELPHIA, FA 



LEE WALTER S!L„ 

in the one-aet rollioUng comedy, entitled 
"TEN A. M." 

By L. ft WALTER. 

A BIO NOVELTY. ALL LAUGHS. WORK 

IV "ONE" OB FULL STA GE, 8 Minutes, 

Address oare VARIETY. 



POTTER 
: HARRIS 

OPEV OV THE 

| SULLIVAN 

5 & 

1 C0NSID1NE 

Er CIRCUIT. 

it JUNE I, '08 

ft BOOKED SOLID 

TO 1909. 
. 

! May 4, Wonder- 
F* land, Wheeling, 
2 W. Va. 




BILLIE REEVES 



ORIGLVAL D1VII. 



Co., "A Vight in 

TIME ALL FILLED. 



Maaio HalL' 




June 1st, Vew York Theatre Beef Garden. 

Floreni Ziegfeld's Rerue, Follies of 1888. 

Vow Playing United Booking Offices' Time. 

Barry Wolf ord 

The Typioal Topioal Tickle Singers. 

Tickling at Keith's, Portland. 

WEEK KAY 4. POLL BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 

REICH 8t PLUVKETT, Agents. 




WATSONaibLITTLE 

Originators of "Cocktails and Cherries" Gag. 
Booked Solid. United Booking Office. 

I Great Christy 

...LOUISE WILLIS 



KISS JENIE JACOBS, Agent. 



GORMAN 



AND 



WEST 



ORPHEUM CIRCUIT. 



MISS ST. OEORQB 

HUSSEY*«°C0. 

Assisted by 0. F. LORRAINE. 

A Startling Comedy Success la Vaudeville. 

Address WESLEY A PLNCUS, Agents. 




D DUPRE 




KEEPING BUSY. 



PARODIST AND COMEDIAN. 



ED. S. KELLER, Agent. 



DICK 



AND 



BARNEY FERGUSON 



ECCENTRIC COMEDIANS AND DANCERS. 



Introducing "The Original Dimple Sisters, DOLLIE and DOTTIE." 



Agent, R. C. MUDGE, 1402 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY 



VARIETY 



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T O 



IMEZNA/ ADDRESS 



,h lA'/t 



i 



NEAR BROADWAY 



and iict the Bi^^cst March Hit Ever Written 



■ 



We also Publish the Following Hits: 

11 Cot to Go to See do Minstrel Show"; "Since Miss Patricia Salome Did Her Funny Little oo I 
Palome"; "Pass it Along to Father"; "Bye, Bye, Dearie"; "Top of the Mornin', Bridget McCue" j 
"Sacramento"; "You Are My Life, My All"; "I Can't Find Another Cirl Like You"; "If I Should Fall 
in Love With You"; and "Lulu and Her La La La." 



l 



PATERSON. N. 7. 
EMPIRE (A. M. Hruggemann, mgr.) — This was 
to be tbe closing week, but tbe season bas been 
extended one week longer. Juno jftaljno, contor- 
tionist, very clever: Anderson and Coition, colored 
singers, fair; Phil and Nettle Peters, comedy hit; 
Hall-Maey and Company. 'The Magpie and the 
Jay," first honors; Ed. F. Reynard, scored heav- 
ily; Village Choir, excellent singers, recalled time 
and again; Byers and Hermann, pantomime, very 

good. FOLLY (Montle J aeons, mgr. ).— Closed 

for the season Monday night. 27, with testimonial 
benefit to the manager, both vaudeville and com- 
edy drama, to crowded house. Albert Hlllier 
dances better than sings; Master Jas. Plrollo. 
clever bag puncher; John Murdock, singer of char- 
acter songs, very good; Cooper and Brown, good 
dancers; Joe Clark, baton swinger, fair; Jbr. 
Burns, wire walker, good; Stanton and Sandberg, 
comedians, hit of bill. Then followed "Lady 
Andley's Secret," featuring Katherine M., Con- 
stance and Montle Jacobs. Jas. Mnlone, Joe Mc- 
Coy, Win. McPeak and Marie Matteson. 

FRANK A. EAR INS. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 

GRAND (Jas. H. Errickson, mgr.).— Week 2<>: 
Hallen and Fuller head strongest bill this season. 
Leo Cooper and Co., Two Roses, Wesson, Walters 
and Wesson, Conners and Aldert. blackface; 
Naomi Ethardo, equilibrist; F. F. Montressu, 

Fred «. Bauer. 111. songs. PANTAGES' (John 

A. Johnson, mgr.). — Nelllson's "Aerial Ballet," 
featured, went big; Frank M. Clark, monologist, 
scream; Lorraine Bushanan and Co., "Women and 
Men," bright comedy playlet; The Levalls, ex- 
cellent; Misses Carmen, banjolsts. very good; 

Jean Wilson, ill. songs, pleased. FRITZ'S 

<Fred Fritz, prop.).— Rowe and Walters, Vivian 
Leola, Rose Oilman, Ernest Wilson. Lotta Cold- 
man, Dan Hart. Blanch Trojan. John E. Drew, 
Virginia Hnyden. Claire B. Stanley, Trlxeda. 
Bobby Pulllam, The Kellys and stock, "The Irish 



Sultan." NICKELODEON (Job. St. Peter, prop) 

—Pictures and songs. ORPHEUM and HIPPO- 
DROME (Dlllwyn Daniels, mgr.).— Pictures and 

songs. BIJOU (Wall & Hanrahan, props.). — 

Opening week. Sam Jordan and Nellie Chad- 
burn, ill. songs, three piece orchestra, and pic- 
tures; finest ten cent theatre In city, seating ca- 
pacity, 2.*>0. STAR (Jas. H. Errickson, mgr.). 

— 'Ihe Armstrong Musical Comedy Co.. "A Scotch 
Highball." W. R. B. 



READING, PA. 

ORPIIKIM (James Van Reed, mgr.).— M. p. 

NEW BIJOU (direction S. Lubtn).— M. p. and 

vaudeville bill of Murphy and Tally, Al. Wilson, 

LoGardlno Magico and Thos. A. Maekey. 

VICTOR. MECCA. STAR. PARLOR and PEO- 
PLES'.— M. p. and ill. souks. G. R. H. 



SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 

OKI'IIKIM (W. L. Jennings, mgr.).— Week 
April 30: O. O. Seymour and Miss Dupre, Cil 
Brown, a novelty dancer; Clayton Kennedy and 
Matt le Roone.v. "The Happy Medium"; Julius 
Steger, "The Fifth Commandment," the best on 
the bill; Bertie Herron, "minstrel miss"; Les 

Frerea Riego, "equilibrist*"; Klnodrome. 

CRYSTAL (J. II. Young, mgr.).— Week April 
20: Violet B. McCoy, in costume and song; 
Crooks and Reno, song and dance; Gibbons, In 
minstrel specialties; ill. songs; m. p. 

IVY E. JOHNSON. 

SAN ANTONIO, TEX. 

LYRIC (11. P. Smith, mgr.).— Week 20: Saw- 
vi>r and De Llna, balancing trapeze, very good: 
Harry Clinton Sawyer, comedian, laughing hit; 
Calcf and Waldron, comedy sketch, "Harriet's 
German Husband," well received; Dow Daggett, 

111. songs, good. EMPIRE (Geo. V. Haliday, 

mgr.). — Earl Burgess Company; vaudeville fea- 
tures: James McCnnley, Imitations, very good; 
Adelaide Roth, songs, good; Ray Samuel, "Coon 



Sbouter," well received; Guise, female imper- 
sonator, scream, aud hit of bill. 

CARNIVAL WEEK (April 20-25) was a week 
of merriment for San Antonio. Among the main 
attractions were the shows of the Parker Amtise- 
metit Co., under the management of Con T. Ken- 
edy. Notwithstanding the misfortune that this 
company had at Cleburne, where its entire show 
was blown down by the storm, sustaining a loss 
of about $12,000, the shows In general are very 
good. Ernestine La Rose, the Hon tamer, dur- 
ing the storm at Cleburne, had two lions escape, 
prowling »lh>iit the town for an hour. Miss Iji 
Rose succeeded In capturing them. She is 
a fearless, beautiful and well acomplished 
woman and has been very heartily re- 
ceived. She is not only a trainer of wild ani- 
mals, but a tight-wire artist as well. Maud 
Lueile. made a hit with her bears, an act show- 
ing excellent training. Capt. Geo. Cardo, a 
San Antonio boy. Is performing a daring act 
with an untamable lion. Reno, the magician, 
and Cal. Cohen are making a hit. Mr. Cohen Is 
a drawing card, being well known, an old resi- 
dent nnd a very clever comedian. Tbe Domestic 
Circus, Capt. Nicols, trainer, is a new attraction 
of the INirker Shows and well patronized. 'Hie 
Military Tournament Included several thrilling 
acts. The McGowan Troupe of acroiwts; Spray, 
< hampion high diving woman of the world; Laz- 
ette, the volcanic "leap the gap" bicycle rider, 
and Rlcardo. the acrobatic and contortionist. 
Among the other numerous attractions was a very 
creditable minstrel, "Georgia Minstrels"; tbe 
"Lemon"; Electric Theatre, etc. 

SHAMOKIN, PA. 

FAMILY (W. I>. Neilds, mgr. Monday rehear 
sal 10). — Smith and Watton, singers, good; Frank 
Whitman, violinist, pleased; Fonda, Dell and 
Fonda, club swingers, very good: Scott and 
Whaley, clever comedians; Jules and Ella Onr- 
rlson and Co.. travesty, good. MILLER. 



SIOUX CITY, IOWA. 

ORPHEUM (David Beehler, mgr.).— Mscart's 
Monks, a good animal act and took well; James 
H. Devlin and Mae Ellwood In "The Girl From 
Yonkers," many good Hues and made good; Bert 
Levy, In his unique act, was a pleasing variation 
from the average run; Chas. 11. Bradsbaw & 
Co., "Fix in a Fix," kept the house roaring; 
Kara. Juggler, very clever; La Sylphe, dancer, 
won applause with her grace and charm, one of 
the best acts of the kind seen here this year. 

R. E. M. 

SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 

POLI'S (Gordon VVrlghter, res. mgr.).— Eldredge 
opened poorly with sand pictures; Keene and 
Adams did fairly well, introducing a copy of 
Alice Lloyd's mirror eect; Burt, Stanford and 
Co.. pleased; Rosie Lloyd went along finely; 
Harry Tighe and "Collegians," received witu 
hilarious laughter; Chas. and Fanny Van made 
their usual hit; Belleclalre Bros, closed to 

thunderous applause. BIJOU and NELSON. — 

M. p. aud songs to cap. bouses. G. A. P. 



SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

GRAND OPERA HOUSE (Grand Amusement 
Co., mgrb. Monday rehearsals 10:30). — Kartell!, 
good; Lambert i. well received; Tom Nawn & Co., 
pleased. Pauline, held over from last week, fair. 
Joseph Hart's Crickets, good. Jennings and Ren- 
frew, good; Arthur Dunn and Marie Glazier and 

Wilton Bros., good. NOTE.— Joseph Pcarlsteln. 

manager for the Keith Interests at tbe Grand, 
lias gone to Toledo to assume the management of 
a summer park. B. J. Hurley will look out for 
the Keith interests for the remainder of the 
season. SAM FREEMAN. 



TERRE HAUTE, IND. 
VARIETIES (Jack HoelhVr, gen. mgr). Terry 
and Elmer, comedy musical, good; Schruk and 
Rlee, bicyclists, great; Two Dolleys, slngtng and 



BACK HOME WITH NEW SCENERY, NEW COSTUMES AND NEW ACT. 
Introducing the Sensational Swing Song* New to America. Having played Continental Europe Three Solid Years Without Break. 



3-THE SISTERS FLORENCES 



One splendid dancing act. Costumes cost mors than any other act in vaudeville. 



"THE GLOBE 

TROTTING 

YANKEE 

GIRLS" 

Sole Promoters, LYKEN8 & LEVY, 140 W. 42d Street, New York. 'Phone 2164 Bryant. 



Overwhelming Success of this Great Little 
Artiste Everywhere. Press, Public and Man- 
agers Unite in Highest Praise. 



OLIV 




The Dainty and 
Clever Novelty Juggler 



"Miss Olive, your act is the cleverest and 
most beautifully gowned I have ever seen on the 
vaudeville stsge."— MAX FAETKENHOUSE, 
Mgr. Cleveland Hippodrome. 



JUST A FEW UNSOLICITED COMPLIMENTS FROM FIRST CLASS MANA0ER8. 

"I shall feature the bill with your act when 
you return."— COL. JOHN. D. HOPKINS, Louis- 
ville, Ky. 

"Olive, you have a fine act; It Is great." — 
MARTIN RECK. 



"Miss Olltt, your gowns are the finest ever 
seen In this bouse, and your act Is a decided 
novelty."— MGR. ZIEOLER, Grand Opera House, 
Indianapolis. 

"Biggest hit ever made in this theatre by a 



Juggling act. It's a 'corker.' "—MGR. APPLE- 
TON, Savoy Theatre, Hamilton. Ont. 

"Beautiful act; mcticnificentljr costumed."— 
FRANK KREXKY, I '.!■■■ kl.vn. 

Address car« VARIETY. 



38 



VARIETY 



EDISON FILMS 



"THE ■ MERRY WIDOW WALTZ CRAZE" 






An Excellent Comedy. All Laughs. 

SYNOPSIS OP SCENES : 



AT THE THEATRE — A performance of "The Merry Widow" being given— An elderly lady and her 
daughter ore seated in a box — Mr. Jones enters and seats himself beside the young lady — Becomes 
enthusiastic over the popular Hungsrian waltz — Ticks up a chair and waltzes with it — Takes the young 
lady aud dances around — Then the old lady without her consent — He is hustled out by an usher. 

HOME OF MR. JONES — He arrives at an early hour in the morning— Seises his wife and dances 
around tbe bedroom knocking over furniture and crockery — The next morning at breakfast his little girl 
invites him fo hear her play a new air on the piano — He complies — "The Merry Widow Waltz" again — 
Seises ttfe housemaid — Waltzes through the parlor, hall and dining-room — In the kitchen, the butcher's 
boy playi the tune on a harmonics — Jones seizes the cook and agii i waltses — Interrupted by his wife. 

EL8EWHERE — Jones espies 1 band-organ In the street -It plays the same air — Seizes a passing 
Isdy and waltses — In s cafe, s phonograph plays the uir — In a music hall, a piano sends forth the same 
strains — Jones cannot resist the temptation — Seises a girl and waltses — Knocks over tables and chairs — 
A policeman gets blm — Waltses to the station with the officer and is Anally waltzed Into jail. 

No. 6352. Code, Yslsttaio. Length, 70S ft. 



II 



SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR NO, 350. 

NERO AND THE BURNING OF ROME 



|'« 



Grand Historical and Religious Production. 

No. 6351. CODE, VELERWEGEN. LENGTH, 1025 FT. 

Ssnd for Dasorlplivs Circular No. 388. 
A CATALOGUE CONTAINING OVER 1,000 OTHER SUBJECTS SENT ON REQUEST. 



NEXT 


SUBJECT 


Shipment Wsda 


ssdar, May otn, 1006 


"BRIDAL COUPLE DODGING THE CAMERAS" 


A Vsry 


Good Comedy 


No. 6363. Code, 


Velosiei. Length, spprox. 650 ft. 



EDISON KINETOSCOPES 



Underwriters' Model (One Pin Movement) 



Price, $175.00 



Reduces the flicker 50,. Approved by ths Hew York Board of Fire Underwriters and the De- 
partment of Water Supply, Gss and Electricity. Includes, among other improvements, a new Automstio 
Shutter, Improved Lamphouse, Upper and Lower Film Xagasine, New Style Rheostat, Hew Enclosed 
Switch, Improved Take-up Device, Hew Revolving Shutter and Asbestos-covered Cord Connection. 



Edison Improved Exhibition Model 

Edison Universal Model (One Pin Movement) 



SI 55.00 
75.00 



Send for nEW Catalogue No. 338, Containing Full Descriptions of Improvements 

EDISON MANUFACTURING G01PANY 

MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY: 75 LAKESIDE AVE., ORANGE, N. J. 
NEW YORK OFFICE: 10 FIFTH AVE. CHICAGO OFFICE: 304 WABASH AVE. 

Office for United Kingdom: 
EDISON WORKS. VICTORIA ROAD, WILLESDEN, LONDON, N. W., ENGLAND. 

CCIIIAIP 1PCIITC • «*• L. WATERS, 41 E. 21st Street. New York. 
OLLLIIIu AUlHIO . GEORGE BRECK, 550554 Grove Street. Sao Francisco. Cal. 

DEALERS I IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES 



dancing, very good; Sam Goldman. Hebrew 
comedian, very clever. Nickeldom 'and Dream- 
land have good attendance. NOTES.— Harrlng 

ton and Company, backed by a Mr. Gamble from 
Princeton, Ind., a lawyer, have commenced work 
on an Airdome on the aite of the theatre at the 
corner of 5th and Cherry streets, snd will take 
a chance at the show business, opening about the 

middle of May with a stock company. CIRCUS 

NOTE.— Ringling Bros. World's Greatest -Shows, 
direct from their long Chicago run, gave their 
first real tent performance here the 25th. Their 
ni st stand was at Danville, 111., which was really 
only a rehearsal; their second performance here 
ran very smooth; the parnde WOJ the beat ever 
seen In this city given by any circus; the at- 
tendance was big at both the afternoon And night 
performances and they run without a hitch. The 
big show contains inuny distinct features. 

ROSS CARVER. 



medium. EXCELSIOR ROLLER RINK (A. 

Butler, mgr.i. — Bertha D. Mack gave a splendid 

exhibition of fancy skating. NOTE.— Manager 

Tom Henry of the Gayety, was a guest at the 
banquet given by the Toronto Driving Club at the 
King Edward Hotel, Tuesday night. 

HARTLEY. 



TORONTO, ONT. 
SHEA'S (J. Shea. mgr. Monday rehearsal lot. 
— The Galnsboro Oirl, attractive feature: Byron 
and Langdon, clever; Barnold'a Dog and Mon- 
keys, well trained; Mayine Remington and Iter 
four Chocolate Drops, pleased; The Kltamura Japs, 
good; Paul La Croix, clever; Arthur Whltelaw. 

funny. GAYETY (Thos. It. Henry, injrr.t. 

Fred Irwin's Big Show is the best straight bur- 
lesque show »seen here this season. STAR 

(F. W. Stslr, mgr.).— The New Century Glrl-» 
are hurdly up to the average and the bill is onlv 
fair in shape. Attendance for the week only 



VANCOUVER, B. C. 

PANTAGE8' (Geo. A. Calvert, mgr.).— Week 
20: Venetian Trio, singers and dancers, fair; 
Charles Daly and Kittle O'Brien, eccentric sing- 
ers snd dsneers. very- good; Csrter snd Wsters 
Compsny In "The Wise Mr. Conn." fine; Msk- 
niiirl, violinist, excellent; Frans Rainer's "Orig- 
in! Tyroleans," high class singers and dancers, 
deadline snd hit; B. B. Vincent, ill. song, good. 

ORPHEUM (E. J. Donnellan. mgr.).— Canard, 

comedy novelty, very clever; Earl Slaters, chsr- 
acter singers snd dancers, fine; Robert Henry 
I>«slge and Company, good; Harry Ho] man. 
comedian, very good; The Doric Four shared 
honors with the Great Henri French: Join Van 
Syckle, 111. song, good. Best average bill ever 
in the house. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

GAYETY <W. S. Clark, mgr.).— Clark's Run- 
away Girls are bonked this week and are play- 
ing to good business. "The Main Gazaboo" and 
"A Pair of Kings," are the two burlesque offer- 
ing, both are very pleasing. There is a quantity 
of old time burlesque material in both burlettas. 



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EUGENE CLINE. 268 S. State St.. Salt Lake City. 

Utah 

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EUGENE CLINE. 1021-23 Grand Avenue. Kansas 

City. Mo. 

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Milton Schuster portrays a Hebrew in an excel* 
lent manner and causes abundance of laughter. 
LatTf Smith aids Schuster throughout both bur- 
lesques. Others who help are Frank Peck, iJeorge 
I'uget and Frank Fox. The female portion in- 
cludes tieorgie Cunningham, Mamie Champion. 
Huby Marlon. Estella Rose, Amy Thompson and 
Lottie Livingston. The olio consisted of Mlss-s 
Marion and Thompson, musical act. good: Larry 
Smith and Mamie Champion, sketch: The Famous 
Livingstons, acrobats, clever; Kstelle Rose, im- 
personations, scored; The Bowery Comedy Four, 
sing well snd made s good Impression.— — NKW 
LYCEUM (Eugene Kernan, mgr. ).— The Star Show 
Girls are billed this week — the usual sort of bur- 
leaue show. The pieces are only fair and were 
used last season with the same organization. 
Chaa. Nichols is the star of the compsny and 
plays the dope flend; John Baker plays the over- 
grown boy and caused much laughter;' John Cody. 
as the German, doing nicely: Jim Mackey as 
straight. Is pleasing: Jim Dixon and Lew Adams 
also deserve mention: Marie Croix is the leal- 
lug woman and makes a nice appearance. 

BILLY BOWMAN. 



WATEBTOWN, N. Y. 

BIJOU (J. W. Ludlow, mgr. >.— Edward Prlng. 
mimic, a good act carelessly presented; F. T. 
Brixton, impersonator, should routine himself to 
character work; Grace Lamb, soprano, excellent. 
WONDERLAND (J. B. Sbaff. mgr.).— Musi- 
cal Mnnarchs. good, Jeanette La Blanc, soubrette, 
dainty; I hit tie C. Ramsey, vocalist, always good. 

STAR (W. P. Landes, mgr.).— Vernon Sisters. 

elnborately costumed and unusually clever; C. L. 

Cobb. 111. songs. NOTE.— BIJou has been 

leased by J. D. Mullen. J. W. Ludlow succeed.* 
O. W. Hesselgrave as manager. The recent 
acquisition of Wonderland, Troy, makes five pic- 
ture houses controlled by Mr. Mullen All the 
houses are on the Verbeck circuit. ODELL. 

WHEELING, W. VA. 

"WONDERLAND" (H. W. Rogers, mgr.).— 
The Reva Larseen Troupe, acrobats, big feature, 
marvelous work, well Mked; Finn Bros., dancing 
comedians, good act; Quinn and Ford, good; 
Donnelly and Hotel la. travesty, very good: The 
Robson Opera Co., at Wonderland, opens 11.— 
BIJOU, (Geo. W. Shafer, mgr. (.—Closed 
week. The Bijou management will open 

new Victoria some time in the earlv fall. 

WHEELING PARK opens 3. (Jeo. McLaughlin, 
mgr. Claude Nelson, asst. C. M. 11. 



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WORCESTER, MASS. 

POM'S (J. C. ('riddle, mgr.). -Wood and Law 
von open the bill, singing and dancing, very good: 
Julie Ring and Co.. "The Wrong Room," full 
of life: Harry Breen. clever line of song*: 
Lucy and Lwler and Co., "The Fool's Errand," 
good and went well; Romany Opera Co.. one of 
the l»est companies seen here; Leoua Thurber 
and her •'Blackberries." went biff: Yamniuoto 
Brothers did some very difficult feats on the 
wire. W. M. SHERMAN. . 



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Reilly & Woods' Big Show 

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Closes its 23d Season at Star Theatre, Cleveland, May 9, 1908 



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v Cincinnati "Commercial," April 27: 
The beef show of the season at the People's. 9 * 



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Cincinnati "Enquirer": 
Pot's la town again with another good show at the People's.* 9 

(Col. Montgomery Physter). 



UTDIANAPOLIS "STAR" (Morula* Paper), 

▲mil 17, 1908. 

"When Pat Reilly 's name adorns a burlesque 
program It means that something good la to be 
seen and those who attended tbe Empire last 
evening were not disappointed. Reilly and 
Woods* Big Show was the attraction and It waa 
big in more than title. IT IB 80 PAR ABOVE 
THE AVERAGE BURLESQUE ENTERTAIN- 
MENT THAT IT IS COMPLETELY IN A 
CLASS BT ITSELF." 



CLEVELAND "PLAIN DEALER," May 5. 

"Pat Reilly la a never falling favorite at 
tbe Star. Aa an exponent of Irish comedy 
he has few equals in burlesque, and In this 
season's offering by tbe Reilly and Woods' Big 
Sbow he la at bis beat." 



CLEVELAND "PRESS," May i. 

STAR. 
M Pat Reilly la pretty much the 
whole ahow at the Star, where Reilly 
* Wooda* Big Show Is holding forth 
thla week. 99 

CLEVELAND "LEADER," May S. 

Star Theatre. 

"Pat Reilly baa been coming to tbe Star for 
many years. Ills visits, though, hare only 
made him the more welcome, for he baa a brand 
of Irish fun that always takes with his audi- 
ences. It Is noisy and sputtery aa to talk, but 
highly entertaining, and, though be has many 
rivals, be is unapproached In bla style." 



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"PLAY OR PAY" CONTRACTS 
ISSUED BY UNITE D OFFICES. 

Board of Directors of the Large Agency Make New Rules. 

No Shifting or Cancellations of Acts Without Artists' 

Consent. Artists Must Live Up to Contract. 

"Black List" for Opposition Players. 

E. F. Albee Sole Head. 



If a manager wishes to cancel an act, shift or postpone its time, it can 
only be done with the consent of the act itself, and if the act declines to accept 
a cancellation, shift oi postponement, the manager must play or pay. (Text 
of a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, United Booking Offices, May G.) 



The first step in the thorough organiza- 
tion of the United Booking Offices, and a 
large' step forward in the systematizing 
of the managerial end of vaudeville, was 
taken on Wednesday when the Board of 
Directors of the agency met for its month- 
ly conference, the last before the latter 
part of August, next. 

All the managers connected with the 
United were present in person or by rep- 
resentative, excepting M. Shea, of Buf- 
falo, who delegated a proxy over the long 
distance telephone. 

Three meetings were held during the 
day. The board meeting convene! in the 
morning. During the afternoon, at. a 
gathering of all the managers E. i-'. Albee 
and Percy G. Williams made addresses, 
and in the evening, the larger managers 
held a meeting of their own. 

It was officially given out at the United 
Offices after the meetings that a resolu- 
tion had been passed by the United's 
Board of Directors to the effect that all 
managers booking through the United 
would hereafter be compelled to play 
their contracts, as written, or pay the 
artists. No cancellation could be made 
by a manager after the contract was 
signed, and all managers are required to 
furnish a bond to the United to protect 
the agency for the salaries of ail artists 
booked through it. 

The resolution, which went into effect 
on the day passed (Wednesday), also pro- 
vided that any and all acts playing an 
opposition theatre to any house booked 



by the United could not be engaged by 
any United manager, without th'j specific 
consent of E. F. Albee, the general man- 
ager, who ivas declared to be tne sole 
arbiter of all matters connected with the 
Offices. It was resolved at the same time 
that any manager playing an act declared 
"barred" by the General Manager would 
be subjected to a fine equal to the week- 
ly salary of the act played, the penalty 
to be paid into the treasury of the United, 
and the bond mentioned, which is for an 
amount in proportion to the size of the 
house and cost of its weekly bills, is ex- 
acted to cover this contingency also. 

The "barring" portion of the resolution 
applies only after Wednesday. It is not 
retroactive, and no acts appearing in op- 
position houses previous to that day will 
come under the ban. 

In return for the "play or pay" con- 
tract ordered by the Board, the managers 
will demand that artists live up to their 
contracts implicitly. Once the contract 
is signed by the artist, the manager be- 
comes the sole director of his services dur- 
ing the act's stay in his theatre. 

Disputes and other questions arising 
under the contract must be submitted to 
Mr. Albee, or in his absence, to Mr. Will- 
iams, the business manager, and the de- 
cision rendered must be abided by by the 
manager. 

The United Booking Offices. Mr. Albee 
or Mr. Williams will not interfere or con- 
cern themselves in the contract after it 
(Continued on Page 19.) 



TWO ADJOINING HOUSES BUILDING. 

St. Louis, May 7. 

There are two theatres which will be 
devoted to vaudeville next season now be- 
ing built here. They adjoin each other, 
just across the street from the Grand 
Opera House. 

O. T. Crawford, W. H. Miltenberger, A. 
M. Fumbcrry and Frank Talbot are in- 
terested in one, which will seat 1.700. 

The other is owned by E. J. KclWman, 
a local politician. Both will open in Sep- 
tember, offering variety shows at popular 
prices. 



GRACE HAZARD SCORES HIT. 

(Special Cable to VARIETY.) 

London, May 5. 

Orace Hazard, the American character 
change singer in "Five Feet of Comic 
Opera," opened yesterday at the Empire 
(Moss-Stoll), Birmingham, and made an 
instantaneous hit. Her act is a real nov- 
elty for us. 

Miss Hazard will play in England for 
four weeks only, going to Germany, where 
she will study for her voice under an able 
teacher, returning to New York in the fall. 



HARRY KELLY WITH COMPANY. 

On June 15, in New York City, Harry 
Kelly, the star of "His Honor, the Mayor," 
will be introduced into vaudeville by Wei- 
ley & Pincus. 

Mr. Kelly will have for an assistant 
Madeline Marshall and a crowd of "ponies" 
from the show. 

As an innovation, the act will carry its 
own drummer and cornet player for the 
vaudeville orchestra, having also its own 
musical conductor. 

The vaudeville entrance of Mr. Kellv 
and his company will come immediately 
after the close of "His Honor, the Mavor" 
at the Auditorium. Chicago. 



JESSIE BUSLEY GOES IN. 

Within the month, perhaps, Jessie Bus 
ley will appear in Chicago with the Clyde 
Fitch sketch, "The Manicure and the 
Maid," which Georgia Lawrence played in 
for a short time early in the season. 

Miss Buslev has been playing in "The 
Bishop's Carriage" out West. Hci vaude- 
ville engagements will be under the direc- 
tion of M. S. Bent ham. 



CONTRACTS TO BOOK NEWARK. 

A booking contract was entered into 
this week by the William Morris office 
with William H. Currie, of Newark, N. J., 
giving Morris the booking privilege for 
the new vaudeville theatre to be erected 
in that city, at the corner of Market and 
Beaver Streets. 

The builders have agreed to complete 
the house by September 21. when it is 
now scheduled to open. It will have a 
seating capacity of 1,900. 

The new house will be located on the 
site lately purchased in Newark at a 
reported price of $450,000, and said at the 
time to have as an interested party, John 
P. Martin, the former treasurer of the 
United Booking Offices. 

The new Newark house will play vaude- 
ville in opposition to Proctor's, now there. 



THREE-CENT MOVING PICTURES. 

Chicago. May 7. 

The scale of admission at the Haymar- 
ket f«»r the moving picture shows is 3, 5 
and 10 cents. 

Fifteen cents is charged for a scat in 
the boxes. 



LOOKING LAW OVER. 

Boston, May 7. 
Thos. J. Barry, the attorney for Stair & 
Wilbur, is making a careful study of the 
"Sunday Law" lately passed and signed. 
Whatever decision Mr. Barry arrives at 
regarding it will be accepted by the local 
managers. The law goes into effect on 
May 11. 



LONDON'S LIVELY COMPETITION. 

I^ondon, April 28. 

There is lively competition now on be- 
tween the music halls for acts, and sal- 
aries are mounting quite high. The 
Pavilion, Palace. Empire, Alhambra an 1 
Coliseum are all operated by different in- 
terests, giving the opposition an impetus 
of no small moment whenever a likely 
niiuil»er appears over the vaudeville horizon . 

The Pavilion particularly is after "»tnr« 
tiers'' and is setting the pare for the 
others, which must be followed, the lead 
set by the Palace, with the consequent big 
business done there, having its effect upon 
all the variety managers; 



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LOOK BRIGHT FOR NEXT SEASON 

Martin Beck and Percy G. Williams Express Satisfac- 
tion with Next Season's Outlook Before Leaving 

for Europe. 



Percy G. Williams and Martin Btck, two 
of America's leading vaudeville directors, 
left for Europe together on the "Ainerika" 
Thursday. Before leaving, they gave to 
a Variety representative their opinions 
on the vaudeville prospects for next sea- 
son. Both agreed that vaudeville was 
not affected by the present business con- 
ditions and reverses throughout the coun- 
try more than any other form of amuse- 
ments. Messrs. Williams and Beck ex- 
pect to return to New York in July. 

"Vaudeville from the box office will be 
all right next season/' said Mr. Beck. 
"I look forward to favorable conditions, 
but I will say this: that improvement 
should be made by artists in their acts. I 
don't mean to convey that any salaries 
should be cut. Instead, acts should bring 
their vehicles up to the full value of what 
they are now receiving. 

"Vaudeville is progressing, and our au- 
diences are becoming educated. They de- 
mand something better each season, and 
that 'something better' should be sup- 
plied by the acts themselves. They should 
give us more value for the money.*' 

Mr. Williams' remarks were mostly 
upon the conditions governing for the 
greater part of the present season "This 
has been a disastrous season for the small- 
er managers," said Mr. Williams in part. 
"Next season the larger houses will be just 
as prosperous, and I do not expect any 
decline in business for them, tut the 
smaller houses may suffer. There will 
be plenty of room for new acts, and the 
general situation will not be greatly 
changed." 

Asked as to whether one of the pur- 
poses of his trip was to secure foreign 
acts, Mr. Williams made no reply. 

A large crowd waved handkerchiefs to 
the managers from the pier as the boat 
moved down the bay. 



MARTIN WILL OPPOSE PROCTOR. 

Washington, May 7. 
Two New York men have arranged with 
local capitalists to build a theatre in this 
city with a seating capacity of 1,800 for 
vaudeville at popular prices. It is said 
that one of the promoters was formerly 
connected with the United Booking offices. 
Everyone concerned maintains deep se- 
crecy. 

Elizabeth, N. J., May 7. 

Martin & O'Hare, who have a picture 
show place here, have leased a plot next 
door, 80x120 feet, and will build a $35,000 
theatre on the ground. It will play vaude- 
ville next season. 

The present Proctor house has been con- 
demned to make way for the Pennsylvania 
tunnel and will pass out of existence with- 
in a year, leaving the field to the new the- 
atre. 

Martin & OUare is the firm connected 
with the new vaudeville house to be built 
in Newark. John P. Martin is given the 
credit for having put the Newark deal 
through. 

Investigation of the Elizabeth report by 



a Variety representative brought to 
light the information that Martin & 
O'Hare are behind the new vaudeville the- 
atre to be built in Washington and men- 
tioned in the above dispatch. 

Mr. Martin lately resigned his position 
as treasurer of the United Booking of- 
fices. He and C. T. O'Hare had played 
vaudeville in the Perth Amboy (N. J.) 
Theatre until the house was recently 
taken over by a small corporation. 

With the branching out of the firm into 
larger transactions, requiring the invest- 
ment of a considerable amount of money, 
it was conjectured among the vaudeville 
people this week that Mr. Martin had be- 
hind him in the firm's dealings someone 
of much wealth. 



LEONHARDT LEASES DORIC. 

On Wednesday of this week, Harry 
Leonhardt leased from Jesse L. Lasky & 
Co. the Doric Theatre, Yonkers, for a 
term of fourteen years. 

Possession will be taken by Mr. Leon- 
hardt on August 31 next. Vauuevillc of 
the best will be the policy thereafter, is 
Mr. Leonhardt's only announcement, save 
that the leasing of the property will pre- 
vent his contemplated trip to Europe with 
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fogerty this month. 

The Doric was leased by Lasky & Co. 
from the corporation formed by Henry 
Myers, who previously was the manager. 
It has played vaudeville for the past three 
years. 



SUNDAY COMPLAINT DISMISSED. 

R. E. Irwin, manager of Keith -Proctor's 
Fifth Avenue, was served with a sum- 
mons for permitting dancing to be in- 
dulged in by Ethel Levey and Bert 
Leslie and Company last Sunday. 

On Tuesday, before Judge Steinert, at 
the Police Court examination, the charge 
was dismissed, Mr. Irwin stating he had 
had no knowledge that there would be 
a violation of the law in the performance. 



TWO "NAME" COMBINATION. 

A possible vaudeville combination for 
next season, composed of Blanche Ring 
and Jefferson De Angel is, has been offered 
the managers by Frederick Edward Mc- 
Kay at what the managers claim is a pro- 
hibitive price. 

The nature of the offering the two legiti- 
mate lights would give has not become 
known, but the doubling up of "names'* in 
one act has not apparently enthused the 
managerial end. 



AMERICAN ACT SIGNED. 

It was announced at the Morris office 
this week that Rita Redmond, a singing 
comedienne, had been given a contract for 
twenty weeks next season over the Mor- 
ris Circuit. 

Miss Redmond is the first American act 
to be signed. A short time ago it was 
reported that Collins and Hart hnd been 
engaged for next season by Morris, but 
this proved to be untrue. 



SHEA IN "THE BELLS." 

With a scissored production of "The 
Bells," carrying seven people, Thos. E. 
Shea, the tragedian, will play a few weeks 
in vaudeville at the commencement of next 
season, proceeding forth after Election at 
the head of his own eompany in the legiti- 
mate houses outside New York, where Mr. 
Shea is immensely popular. 

The Casey Agency has charge of the 
vaudeville arrangements. 



PICTURES IN 50 CAHN HOUSES. 

By June 1 there will be fifty theatres 

on the Julius Cahn circuit of legitimate 

houses playing moving pictures, with a 

vaudeville act or two, said Ed. Bloom, 

the general manager for Mr. Cahn, this 

week. In a few of the Cahn houses the 

experiment has been gone through during 

the season ending and proved gratifying 
in the outcome. 

Mr. Bloom, in answer to an inquiry by 
a Variety representative, replied that he 
did not consider that picture places had 
affected the attendance at any of his 
legitimate theatres to any extent, al- 
though in a few places they might have 
caused some falling off in gallery at- 
tendance. 

The circuit's plans for next season, said 
Mr. Bloom, would overcome this wherever 
it might exist, as four reels of moving 
pictures would be offered as entre-act en- 
tertainment. "First run" films only would 
be shown, giving an advantage over the 
smaller picture places which used only 
"third run" pictures. 

Delving into the moving picture phrase 
of theatricals, Mr. Bloom recalled the 
days of the H. R. Jacobs-F. F. Proctor 
"10-20-30" circuit in the early '80's. At 
that time, remarked Mr. Bloom, the cry 
was that the Jacobs -Proctor houses 
sounded the death-knell of the show busi- 
ness. 

Time passed, and the "ten-twent-thirt" 
proved it had brought into theatricals a 
new class of theatre-goers; those whom 
the higher prices of other attractions had 
kept away from the show houses. 

So, in a sense, said Mr. Bloom, he be- 
lieved the "picture shows" were educating 
a certain class of people to whom their 
cheap prices appealed to the theatre 
proper. From the five and ten-cent ad- 
mission, they would graduate to a higher 
plane, urged on by a desire to see real 
plays. "Pictures" would also educate the 
young to favor the theatre at a much 
earlier age than in the past was another 
comment made by Mr. Bloom, who was 
very optimistic on the conditions to ensue 
next season in theatricals. 

He says political battles are now 
fought in the newspapers instead of with 
torchlight parades and fife and drum 
corps, as in previous years. The Presi- 
dential campaign would have no appre- 
ciable effect upon the show business, ac- 
cording to him, and would not interfere 
with the Cahn Circuit's customary man- 
ner of opening a season. 



DECORATED GIRLS CAUSE LAUGHS. 

Boston, May 7. 

B. F. Keith has replaced his tiekct 
sellers with girls, dressed up in May Day 
costume of flowers, etc. 

The girls are all right, but their decora- 
tions cause laughter. 



OPERA OPENS AMERICAN. 

William Morris, Inc., made its metro- 
politan debut as a theatrical manager on 
Monday evening, when the American Thea- 
tre, with Ivan Abramson's Italian Grand 
Opera Company as the attraction, com- 
menced its career as one of the Morris 
Circuit. 

The Opera Company is playing the thea- 
tre under a percentage arrangement for 
four weeks, after which it will be closed 
until the fall, when vaudeville will be the 
policy. The roof of the American will 
not be opened this summer. 

A large audience greeted the opening 
opera ("Aida"), and the performance 
ran very smoothly for a first show under 
a new management having but one week 
to grow accustomed to the theatre, and 
place it in condition. The foyer has been 
decorated with plants and palms, new 
furniture is about, and the attaches in 
new pretty green uniforms. Repainting 
all over the theatre gives it a bright look. 

E. F. Rogers, the general manager of the 
Morris Circuit, supervised the opening of 
the American. The house staff is Wallace 
M. Pepper, acting manager; Jas. V. Clif- 
ford, treasurer; Will D. Waldon, assistant 
treasurer; John Pinkler, superintendent; 
John Gilman, stage manager; James Mr- 
Bride, doorman, and Tom O'Brien, back- 
doorman. 

Some of the staff were formerly under 
Mr. Rogers while the latter was a Keith- 
Proctor manager. 

Admission during the opera engagement 
ranges from $2 to 25 cents. 



"SUNDAYS" AT AMERICAN. 

Sunday night vaudeville concerts will be 
resumed at the American Theatre this 
season, beginning to-morrow, by William 
Morris, Inc. For some years vaudeville on 
Sunday has been given there under the 
management of Ted Marks, who Had the 
house only for that day of the week. 

The Eighth avenue lobby, of consider- 
able area, may be closed, and remodeled 
into a moving picture place. It is under- 
stood an offer has been made the company 
of $12,000 yearly rental for the space by 
a picture concern. It is likely that the 
Morris company will operate the picture 
show itself. The lobby flooring will be 
lowered and other necessary repairs made. 

The closing of the Eighth avenue en- 
trance will leave but the Forty-second 
Street side for the theatre proper entrance. 



VICTORIA A "SUNDAY" VICTIM. 

Kansas City, May 7. 

Vesta Victoria, the English singing 
comedienne, upon her first appearance in 
Kansas City was visited by the police, 
who placed her in technical custody for 
appealing on Sunday. Miss Victoria said 
she didn't understand the Ameriean legal 
procedure, and continued on singing, the 
interference with her act having occurred 
at the night show. It is just one of the 
thousands of "Sunday" eases which have 
occurred here during the season. 

Next week Miss Vesta will piay the 
Orpheum, Omaha, closing her American 
tour. 



Emma Francis sails on May 28 to open 
at the Folies Marigny, Paris, June 14, for 
eight weeks. 



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Vol. X. 



MAY 9 



No. 9. 



L^E. F. 



Albce has done something. 



When the general manager of the United 
Booking Offices caused the "play or pay" 
resolution to be passed by the board of 
^airectors, he did more for the artists and 
for vaudeville contracts than all the courts 
have ever done or could do. Now, Mr. 
Alhee, make the mnnngors observe it. 



We have said before, and we say again, 
that the systematizing of the vaudeville 
managers will be the best thing that could 
happen for the artists. The first move of 
the United managers supports this theory. 
The United's board of directors has said 
that a contract is a contract. Before it 
was nothing better than a penciled memo- 
randum on a celluloid cuff. 



A contract is a contract, and it doesn't 
necessarily have to be in writing. But 
when names are signed to a written agree- 
ment, there should be no grounds to evade 
the conditions, excepting upon the plea of 
fraud. 



The United has given due notice that it 
will "bar" acts playing opposition. We 
are of the opinion that the United means 
exactly what it says, but the agency can- 
not expect to tie up the vaudeville artists 
unless it supplies engagements, or con- 
tracts. An artist cannot buy food on ex- 
pectations, and unless the United will give 
prompt decisions to acts as to whether they 
will be played, there will be acts accept- 
ing time offered, regardless of who offers 
it. "A bird in the hand is worth two in 
the bush." The United might go one point 
further just at the present time, and adopt 
the "yes" or "no" system of doing busi- 
ness. 



The placing of the affairs of the United 
under one man's direction should inure to 
the benefit of the artist and work for the 
good of the agency. The United is a big, 
unwieldy concern, and needs a steady, 
firm hand at the helm. Mr. Albee, as the 
Court of Appeals of vaudeville, has in 
front of him a great opportunity to win 
the friendship and the respect of the 
artist through maintaining always a just 
attitude. If Mr. Albee doesn't care for 
the friendship and respect of the artist, 
with whom he must continually transact 
business while in vaudeville, then Mr. Al- 
bee will not obtain it. To hold a feeling 
of antagonism against the artist as a 
w hoe will surelv swerve anvone in his 
judgment and actions. 



The friendly feeling is a big thing, Mr. 
Albee. We think we have said before that 
the confidence of the vaudeville artists 
might be sufficient to kill off opposition be- 
fore it fairly started. At least it is worth 
money at all times, and that's something 
to be considered. 



Treat the artists well and fairly, like hu- 
mans, and if the general manager of the 
United cannot give his personal attention 
to complaints, he should appoint someone 
who could; someone who has a concilia- 
tory disposition; someone who can give an 
artist an impression he is living by his 
own grace, not by the grace of the United 
Booking Offices, and someone who is hu- 
man himself. 



We have no desire to suggest, even were 
we capable of doing so, as to how the 
United Offices should be conducted, but 
we do know that we hear a great deal 
more regarding the inner workings than 
Mr. Albee, for we see the artists often. 
If it were known that secret practice 
would be followed by instant dismissal, 
and discourtesy bring the same result, the 
sun would probably shine all day on the 
eighth floor of the St. .lames Building. 
Now it comes out once in a while, when 
led by a contract. 



With the United started upon its rei^n 
of reform, and the Western Vaudeville 
Association, through Martin Beck, having 
pledged itself to reforms as well, next 
season doesn't look so bad after all. He- 
fore taking a boat on Wednesday, Mr. 
Beck informally stated that upon his re- 
turn an announcement would be made by 
the Orpheum Circuit, giving the hours 
when appointments by artists could be 
made to interview the heads of the Or- 
pheum Circuit. 



We understand that recent happenings 
among United managers, where bidding 
for acts and booking of acts playing op- 
position were involved, have been wiped 
off the slate, and a fresh start made under 
present conditions. This statement is 
made for the information of any artist who 
might rely upon past recorded vaudeville 
history. 



Regarding next season the outlook is 
not even heavily laden. "Moving Pic- 
tures" are nearly proven a flash in the pan 
in the smaller places where shown in a 
former vaudeville theatre, and that condi- 
tions will almost surely reach into the 
large cities, although taking a longer while 
to assert itself where the population is so 
much greater. 



Reports of new theatres building, other 
houses making plans to install vaudeville, 
and the rapidly growing accounts of houses 
which changed a vaudeville policy for pic- 
tures, reverting to variety once again, do 
not presage an ill future. 



The news columns bespeak an opposi- 
tion. The Morris Circuit is apparently 
assured. It may not be large or formid- 
able at first, but there will be a Morris 
Circuit, without doubt, that when started 
will attract other houses to it, and per- 
haps even before. Mr. Morris personally 
seems so confident he remains away from 
his office for two months. His absence is 
about the best indication of an opposition 
circuit arising. 



In Sunday's newspapers the presence of 
"Karno's 'London Fire Brigade' " was an- 
nounced for the Keith -Proctor 125th Street 
Theatre this week. The act is not a Kar- 
no proiKM-ty, and Alf. Reeves, manager for 
Fred Karno in this country, protested to 
the Keith-Proctor office. He was informed 
that the billing was due to the mistake of 
a subordinate, and there had been no in- 
tention of making capital out of Hie Karno 
name. 



The vaudeville agents are always in the 
limelight. We believe in agents; honest, 
reputable, painstaking, business-like agents, 
not "grafters." There have been Home 
ugly stories around of late about agents — 
not all — but some. They have been ac- 
cused of "holding up" acts and prospective 
acts for large sums on the promise to se- 
cure time. This is either petty or grand 
larceny as the amount may be, but in 
either case, it is plain stealing, and the 
quicker the grafting agent who attempts 
it i.s placed beyond the power to repeat his 
theft, the better it will be for the vaude- 
ville business, 



The managers 1 talk about agents is 
mostly said for the managers. It must he 
a pretty shrewd and astute artist who can 
hope to cope with a manager direct. The 
artist is not constituted for that experi- 
ence, and the women of the profession are 
entirely unfit. Each and every woman In 
vaudeville having an act of her own should 
have an njient to look out for it. Women 
should not have to hover about agencies 
guarding their own Interests. Agencies 
are no place for women, and the more 
quickly they appreciate that, the better off 
they will be in all respects. 



An act, unless it is absolutely confident 
of being capable of taking charge of its 
own affairs, should have an agent — and the 
only kind is the honest, reputable one. 
The dishonest agent simply kills himself. 
Vaudeville is not so wide that even small 
things can remain hidden beneath the sur- 
face. A good reputation advertises itself, 
and the act should experience no difficulty 
in locating the proper person for a repre- 
sentative. 



It is almost with regret we feel obliged 
once more to re£er to the critical side of 
VARIETY. The last time this occurred, a 
man, not accounted an idiot by any means, 
said to us: "Say, I read that stuff about 
criticism, and it sounds goods, but I've 
heard about people telling how honest they 
are, with a brass band attachment ." We 
thought that wouttf cure further printed 
remarks about the policy of the paper, as 
far as the criticisms were concerned, but 
recent events, in more than one particular, 
impel us to further explanations. 



If Variety's reviews are of any value 
to the paper, purely as reading matter, 
they must be at least truthful accounts. If 
the criticisms are holding any readers, it 
must be because they are truthful. We 
prefer one reader to one advertiser. The 
reader remains with us, and in time he 
will compel the advertiser to patronize the 
paper. The advertiser must place his ad- 
vertisement where it will be read. We 
have not and will not sell our reading 
columns to the advertiser. If he expects 
that, he may as well keep his money. Nei- 
ther in criticisms or news will we prosti- 
tute Variety. 



That is as simple and as plain a sum- 
ming up of our policy as we can make. 
We have tried not to be harsh in the re- 
views, and we have succeeded. We have 
tried to be honest in the critical opinions 
in the belief that would mean readers, 
and we think that we have succeeded, but 
when we are informed a man — not an 
artist who took the trouble to come into 
our office, asking us to keep up the stand 
we were then making and which he knew 
was costing us thousands of dollars in lost 
advertisements through it, goes so far as 
to say Variety it attempting to coerce 
artists into advertising on the promise of 
a good or poor review, we believe we are 
justified in once more setting forth these 
fads. 

As regards the advertiser in general, 
who is dissatisfied with a criticism, whether 
directly or indirectly affecting him or her, 
we say frankly, we are sorry. The criti- 
eism may wound the pride on the one side, 
Init if the advertiser fails to give us patron- 
age from then on, we are the sufferer in 
pocket through our own act -- and by far 
the greater loser. But if, by telling the 
truth, we have gained one reader, we pre- 
fer that reader to all the advertisements 
we may have lost. 



Alice Lloyd and the McNa light o?m were 
booked for a return date for .tune 22, after 
the Monday night show at Buffalo this 
week, where the two ail I are. Pat Casey 
made the contract with Mike Shea. 

Emma Janvier *<\> •. ni the Fifth Ave- 
nue May in. 



VARIETY 



MINNEAPOLIS CONTRACT SIGNED. 

Minneapolis, May 7. 
Contracts were signed this week be- 
tween local men and the Columbia Amuse- 
ment Company (Eastern Burlesque Wheel) 
of New York for the erection of a bur- 
lesque theatre in this city, in readiness 
for opening by next fall. The site is op- 
posite the Bijou. 

At the offices of the Columbia Amuse- 
ment Company, in New York, the above 
was confirmed. It was stated that a deal 
would be closed before the week ending 
for the erection of a house in Louisville 
as well, the Hopkins Theatre there having 
been lost to the Eastern people, as report- 
ed last week. 



TWENTY-SEVENTH WEDDING ANNI- 
VERSARY. 

Chicago, May 7. 

Mr. and Mrs. Phil Sheridan, have just 
celebrated the twenty-seventh anniversary 
of their marriage. Mrs. Sheridan has re- 
tired from the stage and takes pride in 
her poultry collection at her home in Bath 
Beach, L. I., while Mr. Sheridan tours the 
country with his "City Sports." 

Mr. Sheridan states that his regular 
season closes in Detroit next week and 
will be followed by four extra weeks in 
Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo and Toronto. . 

Barnes and Lawrence, Arline Bliss, Mr. 
and Mrs. Stanley and Harry Oourtland 
have signed with the show for next season. 



TWO SHOWS NAMED. 

"Fads and Follies" will be the title of 
the renamed "Bachelor Club" next season, 
which Charles B. Arnold will have under 
his own management. The former name 
will be discontinued. 

R. K. Hynicka's new show on the East- 
ern Wheel will be called "The Serenaders." 

Both the additions to the wheel's list 
of titles will be produced by Ed F. Rush, 
of Weber & Rush, together with the firm's 
own four burlesque attractions. 

Weber & Rush's "Parisian Widows" will 
have two new pieces, "Mrs. Green's Board- 
ing House" and "C. O. D." "The Bon 
Tons" will have a new burlesque, entitled 
"The Round-Up of the Squaw Man," writ- 
ten by Lee Arthur and Mr. Rush. 



BARNEY GERARD'S "BAREFOOTER." 

St. Louis, May 7. 

Last week Barney Gerard, manager of 
Miner's "Bohemians," billed "Mile. LeBeau, 
'barefoot danseuse,' " and it started 
some talk about town. Since Mildred 
Howard de Grey danced on her tootsies au 
naturel, it hasn't been done for publica- 
tion. Mr. Gerard's effort was to test a 
revival. Barney will "pull" it on Des 
Moines this summer. That town will fall 
for anything. 

It is rumored that Barney Gerard, man- 
ager of Miner's "Bohemians," has already 
signed contracts to take a show of his 
own out on the Western Burlesque Wheel 
next season. 



STOCK BURLESQUE CIRCUIT. 

Chicago, May 7. 

Joe Oppenheimer will again operate a 
summer stock burlesque circuit. Mr. Op- 
penheimer will open companies at the 
Avenue, Detroit, and Folly, Chicago, on 
May 24; Star, Cleveland, May 25. 

The houses will run all summer, tiniest 
something untoward occurs, and the com 
panies will alternate weekly in the respec- 
tive houses. 



CHICAGO'S CHORUS GIRLS' SCHOOL. 

Chicago, May 7. 

Chicago is not to be outdone in the dis- 
cipline of choristers for burlesque organi- 
zations. A school of instruction, with Mil- 
lie De Forrest in charge, will be started 
in about a . week, und the damsels 
aspiring to enter the coryphee ranks, but 
reluctant through having no experience, 
need not worry. 

J. A. Sternad, booking representative for 
the Empire Circuit (Western Burlesque 
Wheel), who proposes to have a corner 
on the chorus girl market, with a view of 
selecting choice allotments for the various 
■hows, says so himself. 



WAYBURN STAGING "THE TRAVEL- 
LERS." 

Ned Wayburn will "put on" the dance 
numbers in "The Travellers," the new 
Western Burlesque Wheel show to be 
placed on the circuit next season by Her- 
man Fehr under the direction of Charles. 
J. Burkhardt. 

Mr. Burkhardt came to the city this 
week to look around, also to give attention 
to some matters connected with the new 
organization. He stated "The Travellers" 
would be outclassed by no company, as he 
had been given a free hand by Mr. Fehr. 



GOING IN FOR AUTOS. 

Automobiles look good to theatrical 
managers, both from the inside of the 
machines and the business. This week 
Weber & Rush secured the control of the 
"Zust" output in this country and are 
now actively engaged in promoting that 
make of buzzers. The "Zust" is an Italian 
machine. It is second in the around-the- 
world race. 



WATSON ENGAGES GIRLS. 

William B. Watson has signed contracts 
with 28 girls for his burlesque organ- 
izations next season. The list includes: 
Mulline Sisters, Rhoma Scholes, Mabel 
White, Lulu Leslie, Marion Lee, Ida May, 
Harriet Dailey, Ella Barrett, Minnie Rem- 
ington, Tay Hanvey, Eva Goodale, Edith 
Crawford, Tony Devere, Pearl Davis, Jen- 
nie Perrine, Batchelor Sisters, Anna Car- 
ter, Mile. Fayette, Edith North, Clara 
Magnan, Mabel Hall, Wayne Sisters, Mar- 
garet Sheridan, Rose Devere, Mertice New- 
ton, Irene Gregg, Omega Stommer and 
Sadie Fari field. 

Contracts have also been passed between 
Watson and Billy 'Spencer, Smith and 
Chmapion, Charlie Johnson, Symphony 
Quartet, Ed. J. Perrinel, Herbert the Frog- 
man. 



NAT CARR MARRIES. 

Just before "Wine, Women and Song" 
came into the American, New York, for 
its recent engagement, Gypsy Longvvorth, 
a member of the company and formerly 
with Hap Ward, was married to Nat Carr, 
brother of Alexander Carr and leading 
comedian of the M. M. Thies musical show. 
News of the wedding did not leak out 
until the company had departed for the 
West. Mrs. Carr was one of the show 
girls. She has retired from the stage since 
her marriage. 



COMPOSER AND WRITER SIGNED. 

Maurice Levi, the composer and band- 
master, and Harry B. Smith, the librettist, 
signed contracts this week to place their 
compositions hereafter with the Cohan & 
Harris Publishing Company. 



CUTTING DOWN "PAPER." 

Chicago, May 7. 

An effort is being made here to do away 
with the bill posting tickets and the traffic 
in lithograph passes. At a meeting of the 
Theatre Managers' Association the follow- 
ing resolutions were adopted, to take effect 
immediately: 

"That all theatres limit the number of 
stands put out to 100 and the number of 
eight sheets to 200. 

"That all downtown theatres discontinue 
the use of window lithographs and all 
window display work, except photograph 
frames. 

"That all downtown theatres discon- 
tinue promiscuous job posting and snip- 
ing and confine themselves to posting on 
their own individual boards. 

"That all theatres limit the newspaper 
advertising to not more than fifty lines, 
single column, on Sunday, and ten lines, 
single column, daily." 



STAR AND GARTER CLOSES. 

Chicago, May 7. 
"Vanity Fair" closes in S't. Louis this 
week. The show was scheduled to play 
the Star and Garter next week. As a re- 
sult the new Hyde & Behman Theatre on 
West Madison Street will remain dark 
probably until the fall season. 



COLUMBIA'S NEW HEADQUARTERS. 

The office of the Columbia Amusement 
Company was moved on Monday from 1358 
Broadway to the new Gaiety Theatre 
Building, at Forty-sixth Street and Broad- 
way. 

The new offices are prettily decorated 
and furnished, but the building is not yet 
completed, and entrance is to be had only 
by climbing over the builder's debris. 

Sam A. Scribner has taken possession of 
his private office in the suite, but is handi- 
capped by the necessity of climbing to and 
from his desk by means of a rope ladder. 



PREPARING FOR SECOND TRIAL. 

The Sparrow Company, of Montreal, 
Canada, which recently tried a big dam- 
age suit against the Eastern Travelling 
Managers' Association in the United States 
Courts, seems to have no intention of 
letting the matter rest. The first trial 
resulted in a division of the jury, and 
the case was declared a mistrial. The 
second trial opens Monday in the United 
States Circuit Court for this district. 

No first hand announcement was made 
by the Sparrow people as to their future 
plans, although it was generally under- 
stood that they would return to the fray. 
They made their first move this week, 
when a commission was appointed to take 
the testimony of Rankin Jones, general 
attorney for the Empire Circuit Com- 
pany, in Cincinnati. Mr. Jones appeared 
as a witness for the plaintiffs in the 
original action. John B. Stanchfield will 
again conduct the defense. House, Gross- 
man & Vorhaus will appear as associate 
counsel. 



Writing new pieces. 

For "The Washington Society Girls" 
next season, two new pieces are now be- 
ing written by the show's owner, W. B. 
Watson. 

They will be entitled "Always Being 
Shadowed" and "Revenge is Sweet." 



THE MANAGER'S ROMANCE. 

Cincinnati, May 6. 

Harry Pierong passed through Cincin- 
nati a week ago and local gossip has 
U'cn busy with a story of his coming mar 
rage ever since. From the story that 
has been going the rounds it seems tin- 
n anager of the Orpheum Road Show will 
wed Genevieve De Celle in Los Angeles 
when he goes back to the coast shortly. 

Ten years ago, when both young people 
lived in Cleveland, it was reported that 
they were engaged, but a lovers quarrel 
broke the match off. They did not meet 
until a chance brought them together 
while the Orpheum show was playing in 
Los Angeles recently. The old quairel was 
made up and the couple resumed the court- 
ship where it had been interrupted. 



SUMMER BURLESQUE IN PHILA. 

Fred Irwin plans a summer campaign 
in Philadelphia for his burlesque compa- 
nies. A revue will open at the Casino, 
May 25, the cast being a composite of his 
two burlesque companies in the Eastern 
Wheel. "The Majesties" and "Big Show." 

Mr. Irwin declares that he will have fifty 
people on the stage, making the biggest 
burlesque show ever played. A revised 
version of the entertainment given by the 
"Big Show," rewritten into a light musical 
revue will be the offering. If the scheme 
is successful during the early weeks, an 
effort will be made to hold it at the Casino 
for a summer run. 



WOULDN'T ACCEPT CUT. 

Toledo, O., May 7. 
Billy Noble and Jeanne Brooks have 
resigned from Weber & Rush's "Parisian 
Widows" Company, which is playing here 
this week. This followed the announce- 
ment of the managerial firm that owing 
to the falling off in business at the tail 
end of the season there would have to be 
a reduction of the cost of the show. The 
two principals declined to submit to a 
curtailment of salary. 



GEORGE DUPREE EXONERATED. 

Philadelphia, May 7. 
In the criminal court this week George 
Depree. a brother of Jeanette iMipree, 
was discharged and exonerated of the 
charge of conspiracy, entered against him 
some time ago and arising out of the 
Watson -Dupree divorce proceedings. 



ORGANIZED FOR ONE WEEK. 

A newly framed up burlesque show is 
the attraction at Miner's Bowery this 
week. The production was staged by Tom 
Miner to fill in the week left vacant by 
the cancellation of "The Rialto Rounders." 
It is called "The Big Sensation" Company. 

Carnival of sport and amateur nights 
are given as extra attraction this week. 



BEN WELCH WEDS. 

Pittsburg, May 7. 

During Ben Welch's engagement at 
ITammerstein's, New York, last week, he 
was quietly mnrried to Jennnette Harris, n 
New York girl, but the news of the wed- 
ding did not become known until It* 
renehed here Monday. 

He is playing at the Grand Op<*» : > 
House. Mrs. Welch accompanies the 
character comedian. 



VARIETY 



NO MORE AGENCY PROBLEMS. 

The annual report of the New York 
License Bureau, just issued, makes but 
perfunctory comment on the theatrical 
agents' department, there being no longer 
any "agent question," according to the 
commissioner. 

''More theatrical agencies have been li- 
censed this year than last," say:* the re- 
port, "and there have been fewer coin- 
plaints. The principal theatrical agencies 
are co-operating with this office in the 
stricter enforcement of the law, and their 
co-operation has been found valuable. A 
result of it is that the abuses exist >ng be- 
cause of the unlicensed 'club agents' have 
been reduced to a minimum, these 'club 
« agents' having been forced either to take 
out licenses or to do their business through 
regular licensed agents; a condition which 
redounds to the advantage, not only of 
the performers engaged, but to the per- 
sons to whom they are furnished. 

"It is now a fact that a young woman 
seeking an engagement on the • age can 
transact business with any licensed the- 
atrical agent in the city with the full as- 
surance that her rights are prote- *ed and 
that the employment to which ?he may 
be sent is thoroughly reputable." 

Many of the prosecutions conducted by 
the bureau have been based upon informa- 
tion furnished to the bureau against illegal 
agents by the reputable commission men. 
During the year just passed 124 licenses 
have been issued, and it is calculated that 
there will be a dozen more this yr.r. This 
is against 62 licensed agencies in 1900. 
There have been four prosecutions for 
conducting agencies without a license. In 
each case the offenders were forced to take 
out a license, one of them being r ir.ed $50. 



AGENTS SCRAPPING. 

The vaudeville agents have an eagle eye 
out for one another these days, if the ob- 
servations of the commission men give 
any clues. There is always a rivalry 
among the agents, and with the spring 
season here, which brings forth the vaude- 
ville buds together with those who have 
bloomed forth before from the legitimate, 
as well as some who have "died" after 
blooming, the agent fellows who fix the 
dates are on the go. 

Every act booked of late was "nego- 
tiated" or 'thought about" or "communi- 
cated with" by any number of the five per 
centers, and from the feeling expressed by 
several there will yet come to light an in- 
ternal warfare among the agents, each 
striving to secure business, disregarding 
whose business it is. 



200 ACTS ON QUI VIVE. 

It was estimated this week by a foreign 
agent that at least 200 Amelia* n acts 
were either on the point of profiling to 
Europe "on a chance" or were in nego- 
tiation for an appearance over there. The 
proportion was just one-half, said the 
agent. About 100 were in process of ne- 
gotiating and confirmation, wh.ie there 
would be 100 who would sail without 
having any fixed time. 

The agent making the estimate had ap 
plications from 35 acts for foreign time. 
Of these, 21 were being considered by the 
European managers. The applications for 
time abroad from native numbers would 
double this estimate, it was said. 



MISS VICTORIA ASKS NEW TRIAL. 

Counsel for Vesta Victoria this week 
appeared in the Supreme Court and moved 
for a new trial of the action brought 
against the English comedienne by Bert 
Cooper, who alleged that a large amount 
was due him under a claim for commis- 
sions for Miss Victoria's American vaude- 
ville bookings. Hearing will be had Mon- 
day. 

On the original trial of the suit, Mr. 
Cooper received a substantial judgment. 
This was later appealed. The appeal is 
still pending. Meanwhile Miss Victoria 
asks for a new hearing, claiming that since 
the first action, she has found new evi- 
dence which alters t!ie complexion of the 
matter. 

This evidence is understood to be in the 
form of affidavits by two persons who 
claim to have heard Mr. Cooper say that 
he never expected to receive any compensa- 
tion for his efforts in Miss Victoria's be- 
half. Application for a rehearing of the 
matter will be opposed by Mr. Cooper's 
attorneys, House, Grossman & Vorhaus. 



HAMMERSTEIN'S ROOF FIRST SHOW. 

The opening bill for the Hammerstein 
Roof, to appear there during the week of 
June 1, is Alexia, Horace Goldin, Goolman's 
Dogs and Cats, Three Yoscarrys, Six 
American Dancers, Spissell Brothers and 
Mack, Felix and Caire, Five Musical 
Avolos, Camille Trio, The Brittons and 
Paul La Croix. 

Alexia, the dancer, who will leave the 
other side about May 15 for this engage- 
ment, will hold over the first week, as 
will Horace Goldin, Goolman's and Spissell 
Brothers and Mack. Others also of the 
initial program may be retained for a 
longer stay on the Roof, but the present 
intention of William Hammerstein is to 
vary the bill as much as possible each 
week. 



QUITS PICTURE POLICY. 
, Harrisburg, Pa., May 7. 

After a tentative trial of the moving 
picture policy for two weeks, the Lyric 
Theatre here has returned to vaudeville. 
This action, according to the statement of 
one of the managers, was the result of 
public demand. 




THE McNAUGHTONS. 

The above is the latest post card 
photo sent out by Fred ami Tom 
MeNaughton, the English, comedians, who 
are now touring in vaudeville, and will 
1m« featured next season in the musical 
comedy headed by Alice Lloyd. 



COMEDY CLUB SELECTS ORGAN. 

The Comedy Club, of which James 
J. Morton is president, selected "The 
Dramatic Mirror" as its official organ at 
the meeting held last Sunday. 

"The Mirror" this week carries a letter 
from the president informing the paper 
of the honor conferred. As per the letter, 
"The Mirror" will have the exclusive pub- 
lication rights of all news and notices 
appertaining to the Comedy Club. 

Immediately following the issuance of 
"The Mirror," on last Tuesday, the story 
commenced to spread that the action of 
the Comedy Club was taken at the insti- 
gation of its president, Mr. Morton, as a 
rebuke to Variety, but no one could be 
found who placed much credence in this 
report, believing it to be merely a coinci- 
dence, although the rumors as set forth 
said that Mr. Morton became incensed at a 
review of "The Merry-Go-Round," in which 
he is now playing, appearing in Variety 
May 2. 

The anger of Mr. Morton against 
Variety was reported to have been caused 
through that portion of the criticism 
which mentioned him. As a matter of 
fact, Mr. Morton did call up Variety on 
the telephone immediately Variety ap- 
peared upon the streets last Saturday, in- 
dicating he was displeased, and also 
forwarded a notification by mail to with- 
draw his standing advertisement from 
Variety's columns. 

The day following (Sunday), when the 
meeting of the Comedy Club, of which Mr. 
Morton is president, occurred, the action 
was taken appointing "The Mirror" as 
the Comedy Club's official organ. 

Inasmuch as it is doubtless the in- 
tention of the Comedy Club to have its 
members know of its action, and in view 
of the slight chance of this happening 
through the medium selected, Variety has 
voluntarily taken upon itself to inform 
the profession. 

In the current issue of "The Mirror," 
among the Comedy Club's notes, the fol- 
lowing item appears: 

"President Morton has reconsidered 
his intention of resigning his role in 
The Merry-Go-Round. and is now 
busy rewriting his part so that il will 
fit his unique personality. He is pre- 
paring a lot of special jokes for 
May 13." 



W. & V. GIVE UP PICTURES. 

All the Wilmer & Vincent vaudeville 
houses closed Saturday night with the ex- 
ception of Richmond and Norfolk. The 
two latter bring their season to an end 
May 18. 

The policy of moving pictures recently 
inaugurated in the Wilmer & Vincent Al- 
toona house has been discontinued, the 
place being dark. All the W. & V. theatres 
will be unoccupied during the summer. 



HYMANS TRANSFER TO DURBAR. 

It has been settled that the Hymans 
will vacate the Tivoli in Cape Town, 
South Africa, when the lease expires in 
June. That house lias proven unprofitable. 

All Tivoli bookings will be transferred 
to Durbar, where the Hymans will operate 
in conjunction with their Johannesburg 
theatre. 



IRENE FRANKLIN MOST POPULAR. 

The popularity contest for women 
vaudeville artists in the three Percy o. 
Williams houses ended Saturday night with 
Irene Franklin (Franklin and Green) a de- 
cisive winner of the American contestants 
and Alice Lloyd well in advance of the 
Fnglish entrants. 

On the last day of voting (Sunday) all 




IRENE FRANKLIN. 



but the six leaders were withdrawn. The 
vote for the first -half dozen was as fol- 
lows: 

Irene Franklin 7,414 

Eva Tanguay 6,083 

Alice Lloyd 2,948 

Vesta Victoria 2,141 

Gertrude Hoffman 1,758 

Marie Dressier 1,702 

Up until Friday Miss Franklin was in 
second place, but the week-end vote sent 
her swiftly to the head of the procession 
and every performance added to her lead. 
Franklin and Green are playing in Syra- 
cuse this week. Next week they are in 
Washington; after that they will be 
played around the Williams Metropolitan 
circuit immediately for a return date. 

When the count was completed Mr. 
Williams conferred upon the American 
comedienne the title of "Queen of Vaude- 
ville." Her position is unique, she being 
the only vaudeville artiste declared to be 
the favorite in a contest with the most 
prominent entertainers in the field, de- 
cided directly by a representative audi- 
ence, a verdict from which there can be no 
appeal. 

Friends of F.va Tanguay were offering 
to bet 10 to I on her chances when on 
Thursday she led the field by about 700 
votes, but when on Sunday Miss Franklin 
had made up this lead and smotherud the 
other by a margin of over 1,000 their 
sporting desires withered. The light vote 
for Miss Franklin at the beginning was 
probably due to the fact that she was 
almost unknown, having never been feat 
ured, while her competitors had been head 
lined around the Williams Circuit at least 
once. 



Simon and Gardner open at the Tivoli, 
London, July 20. 



FITCH SKETCH AND PRODUCTION. 

A sketch written by Clyde Fitch will 
be given an elaborate production by Wal 
ter Lawrence for the Joint vaudeville debut 
of Jameson Lee Finiu-y and Elsie i a slie, 
both of much repute in legitimate circles. 

When the company and piece are thrust 
into the variety lijjht it will be via the 
Pat Casey Agenoj . 



8 



VARIETY 



ALICE LLOYD OPENS AT NEW YORK. 

It 1ms already been settled by Klaw & 
Krlanger and Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., that 
the Alice Lloyd show next season, with 
Miss Lloyd starred and the McNaughtons 
featured, will first present itself at the 
New York Theatre, after a preliminary 
eanter of a week in Philadelphia. 

The piece Miss Lloyd will appear in 
has been named "The Bonnie Belles of 
Scotland." Geo. M. Cohan and John J. 
McNally will collaborate on it. 

During Miss Lloyd's final New York 
vaudeville appearance at Harameistein's 
last week, Mrs. Stuyvestant, one of New 
York's society leaders, had her as n guest 
at luncheon on Saturday. 

Mrs. Stuyvestant congratulated Miss 
Lloyd upon her step into musical comedy, 
and when parting pressed into the Eng- 
lishwoman's hand a small box containing 
a Tiffany diamond brooch. Mrs. Stuyves- 
tant asked that Miss Lloyd wear the 
brooch in remembrance of her, which the 
latter is thankfully doing. The gift is 
valued at $1,000. 



FISCHER CASE GOES OVER. 

The case of Clifford C. Fischer against 
William Morris has been set over in the 
courts until next fall. It may come up in 
October. 

Fischer's claim is for commissions al- 
leged to be due under a contract made by 
Morris allowing him a commission upon 
all foreign acts booked through the Morris 
office for a term of three years, dating 
from the commencement of the Klaw & 
Erlanger regime. 

The amount involved, exclusive of any 
deductions, will be $40,000. Fischer is in 
Europe at present. 



HOWARD AND HOWARD. 

Few vaudeville artists have found more 
ready recognition for originality and effort 
in recent years than Howard and Howard 
(Willie and Eugene), whose portraits ap- 
pear on the cover of this issue. They Ynade 
their first local appearance a little over 
two years ago and almost immediately 
established themselves as a standard sing- 
ing and comedy number. 

In June Howard and Howard will sail 
for Europe, returning to open on the Or- 
pheum Circuit August 10 with their sing- 
ing and talking act, "The Hebrew Messen- 
ger Boy and the Thespian." Following the 
thirty weeks on that circuit, a route will 
be mapped out for the United time. 

This will conclude their vaudeville ac- 
tivities for a time at least, the boys having 
signed with a Broadway producer to ap- 
pear in a musical comedy. 

Howard and Howard come to Hammer- 
stein's next week, playing their first en- 
gagement at that house. The comedian of 
the team is Willie. He was the first to 
see the possibilities of a new type in 
comedy character portrayal, that of the 
young Hebrew. Willie was also one of 
the first to get away from the grotesque 
beard that had come to be regarded as an 
essential of the part, playing with smooth 
face. Eugene Howard plays a "straight" 
part opposite his brother, making a most 
agreeable light comedian. Both have sing- 
ing voices of unusual calibre. 

Ed. S. Keller, a picture of whom is alsov 
on the front page, is the agent for Howard 
and Howard. Mr. Keller has booked the 
act for its various vaudeville engagements, 
including the forthcoming tour of Europe. 



"STAR" RUMOR DENIED. 

At the United Booking Offices this 
week, it was denied that Keith Proctor 
had secured the Star Theatre, at 107th 
StrMt and Lexington Avenue, from W. T. 
Keogh, its present manager, as rumored 
this week. 

At the time of the negotiations for 
the American Theatre lease by William 
Morris from the same manager, it was 
said the Morris Co. would also acquire 
the Star, but nothing came of it. 



MORRIS BOOKS AN ACT. 

It was reported this week that William 
Morris, while in Berlin, had engaged Al- 
fred Loyal and his dog for the Morris 
Circuit next season. The act is booked to 
open Nov. 23 next at the Hippodrome, 
where it will remain twelve weeks. After 
that time Morris takes it. 

The reported price is $400 weekly. John 
Ringling is said to have offered Loyal $300 
for an engagement of two years, but 
would not agree that the foreigner appear 
at the Hippodrome first. 

Loyal and his dog created a sensation 
in Berlin upon appearing there. 

At the Morris office this week, it was 
stated William Morris was not expected 
to return to New York until about June 1. 



EIGHT HUNDRED GIRLS WANTED! 

"That's some order, kiddo," said Pat 
Casey on Tuesday to his second aide-de- 
camp as he fitted himself with difficulty 
into the largest chair ever made. "Eight 
hundred dames, my son, for one house, and 
must be gathered by September. All 
chorus youngsters and the best in the 
market. I have the order — eight hundred. 
Me pick that bunch! It's going to make 
1,000 enemies for us, but it's got to be 
done; so get 'em, kid," and the second 
aide-de-camp started out on a run to 
bring the choristers together. 

Mr. Casey would not divulge the par- 
ticular theatre which wanted so much 
feminity in a crowd, but there are only 
two houses in New York capable of hold- 
ing that number at once. 

One is noted for never having had a 
good-looking chorus girl backing up its 
prima donnas, while the other, and most 
likely, is known by its massive stage, 
which could hold twice that quantity. 

Mr. Casey may have to order a portion 
from Europe. 



TANGUAY GETS A RAISE. 

The common talk about Eva Tanguay 
this week said she had been booked to 
play a return trip over the three Williams 
houses at $1,500 weekly, more than double 
the amount Miss Tanguay received while 
working under her United contract, which 
expired a short time ago. 

Miss Tanguay's services have been val- 
ued at $2,000 weekly for next season by 
her manager. 

Miss Tanguay opens at Mr. Williams' 
Orphcum next Monday. 

On July 13 next the rapid moving Eva 
will play in London, appearing at either 
the Alhambra or Palace in that city, both 
houses having entered bids. She expects 
to stav but two weeks in London town. 



SIXTY GIRLS IN "FOLLIES." 

The list of principals for "The Follies of 
1 908" for the New York Roof this summer 
is about complete. There will be sixty 
chorus girls, besides those in the minor 
roles, and all led by Dazie, Lucy Weston, 
({race LaRue, Billie Reeves, Jack Nor- 
worth, Lee Harrison, Barney Bernard and 
Bickei and Watson. 

A report said that Norah Bayes would 
be in the cast also Anna Belle Whitford, 
but there is no confirmation. 

Maurice Levi will supply the music for 
the show and Harry B. Smith is writing 
the book and lyrics. 



CASEY HAS AGENT WEST. 

Chicago, May 7. 

There is a representative of the Pat 
Casey Agency in New York scouring the 
Western States in search of vaudeville 
material of the proper calibre for the East- 
ern houses. 

It is said here that so far Casey's agent 
has reported back to the New York offices 
the names of thirty Western acts, suitable 
for an Eastern showing, none of the acts 
selected having ever played East. 

The identity of the Casey agent in this 
region cannot be ascertained. He is be- 
lieved to be a New Yorker, but does not 
disclose himself. 



LICENSES REFUSED "CONCERT 
HALLS." 

Chicago, May 7. 

As predicted in Variety several weeks 
ago, a number of "resorts" on the West 
Side, operating as "concert halls," have 
been refused amusement licenses by the 
authorities on the ground that the alleged 
shows were given for the purpose of sell- 
ing beverages and not for amusement. 

The police have kept surveillance over 
these places for some time. 



VAUDEVILLE VIA LONDON. 

Vera Michelena, who has been prominent 
in several Broadway musical comedies this 
season, has chosen a novel route for an 
introduction into American vaudeville. 

She sailed for London Thursday, there 
to make her foreign vaudeville debut at 
the Coliseum. 

Engagements in the English capital, 
Paris and the Wintergarten, Berlin, will 
keep her busy on the other side during 
the summer, and in the fall it is probable 
that she will return to this side to offer 
herself for American time. Miss Michelena 
lias played previously but a week or two 
in the varieties over here. 



PICTURES IN ORPHEUM MONDAY. 

Boston, May 7. 

Moving pictures, illustrated songs, a 
lecture and one vaudeville act will make 
up the show at the Orpheum commencing 
Monday. The house has been "dark" for 
this week. 

It will be under the management of B. 
F. Keith until September, when William 
Morris, Inc., takes charge. 



Josephine Cohan will be Queen of the 
Friars' Festival at the New York Theatre 
next Thursday afternoon. 



AGENT BOOKS ALL ACTS. 

- 

All vaudeville acts under the control ot 
Geo. Homans (seventeen) have been 
booked over the United time, either in 
the East or West, for from 25 to 40 weeks 
each next season. Mr. Homans will com- 
mence work on new ^.roductipns_shortly. 



GROSSMAN RETIRES FROM I. A. L. 

William Grossman, of House, Grossman 
& Vorhaus, this week sent in his resigna- 
tion as the American attorney for the 
International Artisten Loge, a commission 
which he has held for some years. The 
press of other business forced the lawyer 
to retire from the foreign connection. 

Some few weeks ago the White Rats 
and the I. A. L. entered into an under- 
standing regarding the exchange of legal 
protection for members of each order. 



LUESCHER SECURES JUDGMENT. 

Judgment for $800 was given Mark A. 
Luescher against Jos. Weber before a jury 
this week in the action brought by Mr. 
Luescher against the manager for damages 
resulting from Weber having failed to 
place Mr. Luescher in charge of the Weber 
Music Hall. 

The jury, which was out eighteen min- 
utes, returned the verdict for the full 
amount claimed. W. E. Hills appeared for 
Luescher; House, Grossman & Vorhaus for 
Weber. Weber's attorneys said they had 
been directed to appeal the case. 



NATIONAL CONVENTION MONDAY. 

A National convention of the Actors' 
National Protective Union will begin Mon- 
day in the headquarters of Local No. 1, 
Union Square. Delegates from ten locals 
cast of the Mississippi will be in attend- 
ance. The Western branches of the organ- 
ization will be represented by proxies. 

Besides the regular election of officers 
for the ensuing year, the executive com- 
mittee, which acts as the legislative com- 
mittee, will report certain proposed moves. 



SONG TITLES ALIKE. 

Two new songs about the national sum- 
mer game bearing nearly precisely the 
same titles have been the talk of the 
popular music trade the past week. 

"Take Your Girl to the Ball Game," by 
Geo. M. Cohan, Wm. Jerome and Jean 
Schwartz, published by the Cohan & Har- 
ris Company, is one, while "Take Me Out 
to the Ball Game," by Jack Norworth and 
Albert Von Tilzer, published by the York 
Music Company, is the other. 

Neither of the publishing firms makes 
the usual claims when a similarity in 
theme or title arises. It is admitted that 
this instance is simply peculiar. 



ATLANTIC GARDEN'S 50TH YEAR. 

Last night (Friday) at the Atlantic 
Garden occurred the celebration of the 
50th anniversary of the house, and also 
present management. Many novel fea- 
tures were specially introduced, and a 
combined orchestra was led by Charles 
Eschert, the booking manager. 

It is fifty years since William Kramer, 
the father of the Kramers who now man- 
age the place, took charge of the Garden. 
Ever since it came under their direction, 
the Atlantic Garden has been a resort fre- 
quented always by the better elen.ent of 
the population. It is situated on the 
Bowery, but during the days wnen that 
thoroughfare was in utter disrepute the 
Atlantic Garden never lost its prestige or 
"classy" patronage. 



Thomas Barassford, the English man- 
ager, is expected in New York within the 
.BLext ten Jays. ...... 



VARIETY 



ARTI STS' FO RUM 

Confine your letters to 150 words and writ* on ono aid* ol paper only. 
Anonymous communications will not be printed. Name of writer must be signed and wih 
bo bald In strict confidence. If desired. 



Editor Variety: 

Joplin, Mo., April 28, 1008. 

Joplln, Mo., April 14. 

W. P. Keefe, 

Majestic Theatre Bldg., Chicago: 
"Burton and Vass here. Played Lyric Sep- 
tember. Can't play Lyric acts." 

(Signed) Oscar Wasson. 

Chicago, April 14. 
Oscar Wasson, 
Joplln, Mo. 
"0. K. regarding Burton and Vass. Will send 
other act and advise earliest possible moment." 

(Signed) W. P. Keefe. 

Joplin, Mo., April 15, 1908. 
W. P. Keefe, 
Chicago, 111. 
"Please send Burton and Vass Leavenworth 
next we»*k. Pavor them and myself." 

(Signed) Oscar Wasson. 

Chicago, April 24. 11*) 8. 
Oscar Wasson, 
Joplln, Mo. 
"Did Burton and Vass go to Lincoln? Wire 
date." (Signed) W. P. Keefe. 

Joplin, Mo., April 25, 1908. 
W. P. Keefe, 
Chk-fgo, 111. 
"Barton and Vasg flxed date Blooiningtou be- 
fore receiving your telegram and leave to-niglit." 

(Signed) Oscar Wasson. 

I am extremely grateful for such wide- 
spread notification in your valuable paper 
to all acts that may be booked here. 
Under no circumstances would I knowing- 
ly play an act having played the opposi- 
tion house here within two years. In- 
structions to this effect were filed in the 
Chicago office almost a year since. The 
only blame I have for Burton and Vass 
is that they didn't notify Mr. Keefe they 
had recently played opposition. 

I gave these gentlemen railway tickets 
to Kansas City, not feeling any responsi- 
bility for their cancellation, but purely 
from a kindly feeling towards them. I 
have, almost daily, requests from acts for 
return dates, which controverts any 
derogatory reports made by a very few 
acts we have been compelled to cancel 
or close. 

Do hope you will give this publication 
in next issue and would be doubly grate- 
ful to you if you will reprint their article 
and let this follow same. 

Oscar Wasson. 



[We comply with Mr. Wasson's request 
in so far as to reprint from the letter of 
Burton and Vass (Forum, April 25) the 
paragraphs below: 

While making up Friday. April 11, at the 
Majestic, Houston, Tex., we received a tele- 
gram from W. P. Keefe, booker for Wasson's. 
telling us to open on the 20th In Joplin, with 
I Incolo to follow Monday, April 13; we (Bur- 
ton and Vass) were on our way, arriving Tues- 
day In Joplln. 

We disposal of prips and made for the theatre. 
In tlie box office sat Wasson. He said: "You 
bovs played here for Mr. Hodklns this season?" 
W> answered in the affirmative. "Well," says 
lie. "you can't open here." 

A very pleasant piece of news to find out 
after a 26-hour ride, costing $15.25 for railroad. 
$1.26 excess apiece from Houston. 

If Mr. Wasson is bound by his booking 
n^rcnt, he was obligated to play this act. 
The error of engaging an act which had 
played opposition time laid not with the 
act, but with the manager or agent, unless 
the act had misrepresented. No such 
claim is made in this case. — Ed,] 



Chicago, May 2. 
Editor Variety : 

Kindly correct the statement that I am 
being sued for $300 back salary by the 
three girls named in the article recently in 
VakibtY. 

Your informant is mistaken. Receipts 



in full for the season, signed by the girls, 
are held by my lawyer, Ernest Morris, of 
Denver. 

The suit is for transportation from Den- 
ver to New York, which I refused to pro- 
vide, the girls having left my employ 
without notice, making it impossible for 
me to accept the bookings offered for time 
following my S.-C. bookings. 

Also the heading of the Denver com- 
munication, "Stranded but Happy," is mis- 
leading, inasmuch as it conveys the im- 
pression that my company stranded. This 
is not the case. The girls came to grief 
after leaving my employ to put on an act 
of their own. Anna Plum. 



Chicago, May 4. 
Editor Variety: 

I take this means of denying an er- 
roneous report that has gone abroad, to 
the effect that I was cancelled at the 
Majestic Theatre, Chicago, week of April 
13. Such is not the case, as I was obliged 
to quit on Friday, owing to illness and 
by my doctor's orders. 

Roland Travcrs. 



POLICE WATCHING PERFORMANCES. 

Chicago, May 7. 
That the police department has under- 
taken to censor or report the theatrical 
performances, with a view of removing 
any objectionable or offensive feature that 
might have a tendency to violate the new 
city ordinances, is evident from the fol- 
lowing letter delivered to theatre man- 
agers: 

"The Chicago City Council passed 
ah ordinance on Nov. 4, 1907, regulat- 
ing theatres and moving picture shows. 
The purpose of the ordinance is to see 
that no objectionable features are al- 
lowed in any theatrical performance 
and to elevate the morals of the stage, 
in order to carry out the provisions 
of this ordinance, I have detailed the 
following members of the department, 
. assigned to my office, to visit the 
various theatres at different times and 
to see that the ordinance is complied 
with. [Names of eighteen officers 
given.] If consistent with the rules 
and regulations of your theatre, I 
would respectfully request that this 
list of officers be posted in the box 
office of your theatre, so that when 
these officers may have occasion in 
performance of their duties to visit 
your theatre, they may be afforded 
the necessary courtesies. 

(Signed) George M. Shippy, 
^'General Superintendent of Police." 



AFTER BIGGEST FOREIGN NOVELTY. 

Cohan & Harris have authorized Pat 
Casey to secure the biggest novelty in the 
variety line on the other side. 

When secured it will become a feature 
of the firm's 'Honey Boy Minstrels," now 



organizing. 



IN AUTO TO CHICAGO. 

On Wednesday at 4:31 A. M., George 
Evans and Ren Shields started upon a 
one thousand mile journey to Chicago in 
Mr. Evans' automobile. Both were in hope 
they would reach their destination abiling, 
but were not certain. 



THE DAY THEY DO 'WAY WITH COMMISSIONS. 

By ED. GALLAGER. 

(Gallager and Barrett.) 

There's a rumor afloat in the vaudeville world, 

That the day of commissions is o'er; 
And your contract's face value is worth so much in gold, 

And no more five per cent, as of yore. 
If it's true what they say, they'll sure find a way 

To meet this great change in conditions; 
Just picture the shows, they'll all be "picture shows"; 

The day they do 'way with commissions. 

George Evans that day will be a big frost; 

Chas. Seamon will quickly grow fat; 
Harry Lauder, I'm told, will be hissed off the stage; 

While Bert Leslie's act will fall flat. 
Vesta Victoria will open the show; 

Eva Fay won't create su|>erstition; 
Nat Wills and the Rays will be in tragedy plays 

The day they do 'way with commissions. 

The agents will be, oh, so happy that day; 

The stage hands will then take no tips; 
Your stage will be set by the orchestra boys; 

And your music be played by the grips. 
You can pick any spot on the bill that you like; 

Small acts will have headline positions; 
Variety will refuse; to print such good news; 

The day they do 'way with commissions, 

George Castle might give up horse racing at once; 

Percy Williams might cut out cigars; 
Bill Morris might give up the fight and lay down; 

Martin Beck might cut out motor cars. 
Harry Leonhardt might stop 'fending sure fire acts; 

Of these things there's doubt and suspicion; 
But 'twixt you and me, we never will m ••' 

The day they do 'way with commissions. 



OBITUARY. 

Estelle D'Arville, of Keno and D'Arville, 
died of pneumonia on Sunday after an ill- 
ness of four days. Miss D'Arville waa one 
of the D'Arville Sisters and lately formed 
a partnership with Joe Keno, formerly the 
leading member of Keno, Welch and Mont- 
rose. A great deal of future time had been 
booked by Keno and D'Arville, who have 
been very successful in their short exist- 
ence as a team. The D'Arville Sisters last 
played together with Ned Nye. 



Arnold Kiralfy, known to vaudeville as 
the producer of a number of "girl" acts, 
in some of which he personally appeared, 
died on Sunday evening at midnight at 
the home of his sister, 242 East Fifty- 
third Street, of a complication of diseases, 
which included erysipelas and pneumonia. 
Arnold was a brother of Imre and Bolossy, 
and was probably the best known ballet 
master in America. He was forty-seven 
years of age. A widow and five children 
survive him. 



Thomas G. Gibbons, for over a quarter 
of a century manager of the Ferguson 
(now New O'Hara) Theatre in Shenan- 
doah, Pa., died last week after an opera- 
tion performed upon an abscess. 



Jane Clark, mother of Miss Clark 
(Brumage and Clark), died at her home, 
1253 South Twenty-first Street, Lincoln, 
Neb., on April 16. 



BERT LEVY'S UNDERSTUDIES. 

Leon Pole, a clever black-and-white art- 
ist of Toronto, Canada, who has been 
travelling and understudying with Bert 
Levy, the cartoonist, during the last eight 
weeks, will shortly tour the Sullivan-Con- 
sidine Circuit, with Mr. Levy's act, under 

the direction of Chris. O. Brown and by 
special arrangement with the originator. 

While Mr. Levy is fulfilling his lecture 
dates next season under the auspices of J. 
J. Murdock and Martin Beck, his act will 
be exhibited by another specially trained 
artist whose name is not yet to be made 
public. He is at present on a New York 
daily. 

Mr. Levy will only appear in vaudeville 
on the United's time around New York 
City. 



"PEACHES" IN ENGLAND. 

On Wednesday William Courtleigh and 
his company sailed for England, where Mr. 
Courtleigh'l successful comedy slang play- 
let, "Peaches" will be presented this sum- 
mer. 

One of four Loudon houses now offered 
to Mr. Courtleigh will be selected for the 
first week after his arrival there. Mr. 
Courtleigh will return to New York in the 
early fall, resuming vaudeville engage- 
ments, or he may appear in a legitimate 
production now Under consideration. 



TESTING FOR NEXT SEASON. 

Hyde & Belinian will put in i vaudeville 
show at their Folly, Brooklyn, next week, 
with Joe Welch in his "Kill Mand" sketch 
as the headliner. '! lie present experiment 
i- said t»» be with the idea of testing the 
scheme with ;t probable decision o-n vaude- 
ville for V house for next season. 



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VARIETY 





















Jack Wilson and Company will play 
1k>Ui the Orpheum and Fifth Avenue The- 
atres next week. 



The Grassis, a novel musical illusion now 
in Europe, has been secured for the Or- 
pheum Circuit by Martin Beck. 



Bissett and Scott, the dancing boys, 
opened at the Empire, London, April 20 
and are reported to have been a strong hit. 



Ida Fuller, the star "fire dancer," will 
remain on this side, bookings having been 
offered Miss Fuller on all vaudeville cir- 
cuits. 



During the absence of Charles Born- 
haupt in Europe, Charles Pouchot will be 
in charge of the New York Marinelli 
office. 



Victor Williams has recovered from his 
attack of laryngitis, and sailed on Thurs- 
day for Europe with his father and 
mother. 



This week Eva Tanguay telephoned a 
manager's office to change her billing from 
"The Popular Cyclonic Comedienne" to 
"The Madcap Genius." 



The Permane Brothers, pantomimic 
acrobats, sail for London May 20, open 
ing June 1 at the Alhambra there for a 
run of twelve weeks. 



Edmund Hayes in "The Wise Guy" re- 
turns to vaudeville next week at Ham 
merstein's. 



"The Broadway After Dark" Company 
presented Mildred Stoller with a loving 
cup when the show closed at the Bijou, 
Brooklyn, last week. 



Eugenie Fougere was to have sailed for 
Paris Thursday on the steamer which car- 
ried Martin Beck, Percy G. Williams and 
other vaudeville people. Mile, fougere has 
declared her intention of returning to this 
side during the summer to prepare for a 
tour in a musical production. 



William Gould and Valeska Suratt 
opened at the Alhambra, London, Monday 
night. 



James J. Corbett will reappear in metro- 
politan vaudeville during the summer, 
opening at Brighton Beach and then taking 
in the Keith-Proctor houses. Jules Ruby 
acted for Corbett. 



Bobby Matthews, of Matthews and Ash- 
ley, sails on June 4 for Naples and will 
tour the continent. Herbert Ashley, his 
partner, will remain at home. The for- 
eign managers are anxious for the team to 
play on the other side, and if the time 
offered is accepted the present plans will 
be rearranged to permit the act filling the 
European engagements. 



Burns and Burns and May and Lily 
Burns have been placed on the Western 
States Vaudeville Association time, open- 
ing at Spokane on June 1. Jenie Jacobs, 
through Louis Pincus, the Western States 
representative in the Casey Agency, com- 
pleted the bookings. 



Anna Laughlin will leave "The Top o* 
th' World" in time to open in vaudeville at 
the Temple, Detroit, May 25. 



* 


NOTES 





Jim Diamond signed with Weber <a Rush 
this week for comedy parts next season. 
Margie Hilton placed her name to a W. 
& R. contract also. 



Lee Harrison's "Umbrella" monologue, 
which Paul Barns is accused of appropri- 
ating, was written by Aaron Hoffman in- 
stead of Geo. Ade as has been stated. 



Louis F. Werba will soon pass out of 
his apprenticeship as a poker player. He 
has been studying hard for some years. 
Mr. Werba holds a certificate for pinochle. 



Max Witt's "Singing Colleens'' have 
been routed for thirty weeks next sea- 
son over the Western time by The Pat 
Casey Agency. The act will play the 
Orpheum Circuit first. 



Johnston and Buckley, for two years a 
feature with the "Empire Show" (West- 
ern Burlesque Wheel), have signed for 
next season with Tom Miner's "Bo- 
hemians." They will have a new act. 



The Darnett Trio, a foreign act, 
opened at the Empire, San Francisco, 
on May 4 for a tour of the Western 
States time, booked through the Casey 
Agency by Louis Pincus. 



Cora Livingston, the wrestler, opens at 
Hammerstein's Roof on June 8, with an 
option outstanding held by the manager 
allowing the time to be extended for twice 
the initial salary. Phil Hunt and Alf T. 
Wilton, the agents, negotiated the details 
and the contract was finally closed through 
Lykens & Levy. 



Rumor says surveys are being made of 
the roof above the New York Hippodrome 
as to the possibilities of it for a regular 
lesort this summer. 



Kolb and Dill have given up the vaude- 
ville idea for this season. The managers 
and themselves utterly failed to agree 
upon the weekly payment. The German 
comedians will continue in "Lonesome 
Town" next season. 



Gus Dreyer, the theatrical attorney, ex- 
pects to leave for London next month, 
where he will join Hugo Morris. 

'Tis said that Gertrude Hoffmann has 
silently sailed for Europe. 



The Four Mortons closed at the Fifth 
Avenue on Tuesday, owing to the illness 
of Sam Morton. "Three of a Kind" 
stepped in their place on the program. 



Harry Brunelle is now in charge of the 
125th Street Theatre. 



Grace Fertig (Mrs. J. C. Nugent) has in- 
herited $35,000 in money and property left 
her by Anna E. Fertig, her sister, who 
died at Canal Dover, O., on March 50. 



Next week (May 11) is the fourth and 
last for "The Walts Dreare" at the Fifth 
Avenue. 



Dorothy Kenton, "The Girl with the 
Banjo," has concluded her tour of the 
Orpheum Circuit, and will sail on June 
27 for England. Miss Kenton opens July 
6 at the Palace, London. 



Mrs. Caroline Paap, wife of Mr. Paap- 
Merelly, manager of the Four Sisters 
Yllerom, members of the Barnum & 
Bailey Circus, died April 14 at Cologne, 
Germany, at Hie age of fifty-six. 



Mortimer M. Thiese will have two musi- 
cal shows on the Stair & Havlin Circuit 
next season. One will be "Wine, Woman 
and Song." The other is a new piece by 
Mr. Thiese named "Morning, Noon and 
Night." 



It will be "4— Felix and Barry— 4" next 
season. The new member is Clara Barry, 
the youngest of the Barry family. The 
quartet will also have a new act to show, 
containing several big numbers, besides 
Miss Clara's piano specialty. 



Taylor Holmes will play vaudeville en- 
gagements with Edna Phillips in "Lost, a 
Kiss in Central Park," the David Warfield 
Company, with which Mr. Holmes has been 
a member all season, having closed. He 
will return to the same cast in the fall. 



During "a little game" in which William 
Hammerstein took part recently, Mr. 
Hammerstein, who was the "banker," al- 
most won. Having come that close, a 
record in itself, 'Willie" was pushed out 
of the "almost winner" class by a $30 
I. O. U.— still due. 



The Bailey and Austin act in vaude- 
ville has been re-named "The American 
Beauties," the "Bailey and Austin" hav- 
ing been dropped from the title. "Top o' 
th' World," in which the two are featured, 
will open at the Studebaker, Chicago, 
around June 1 for a summer run, going 
out on tour in the fall with Bailey and 
Austin starred. 



On a photograph of himself, Morris 
Meyerfeld, Jr., and Fred Henderson, all 
seated in an automobile, Martin Beck in- 
scribed this week: "We are advancing at 
the rate of 70 miles an hour." Mr. Beck 
remarked after writing it: "That can 
go any way." 



Edgar Allen will attend to the bookings 
for Dayton next season during the absence 
of Harry Seamon in Europe this summer. 
Dayton will be added to the other houses 
Mr. Allen looks out for in the United 
offices. The pink pajamas Edgar lately 
wore while acting in a sketch for«one week 
only are now doing night duty in Mr. 
Allen's apartments. 



Vaudeville was prolonged this week at 
the Fifty-eighth Street house. Pictures 
open there Monday unless another change 
in the closing date occurs. 



All the smaller houses in New England 
booking through the United close the 
v^udevilte-p/^son t/>-.r?J>gM (Saturday). In 
some stock replaces. 



Geo. Lyons, of Lyons and Parkes, the 
two youngsters under the management 
of Aaron Kessler, has written the music 
for "The Girl I Love Best," a song for 
which the lyrics were supplied by B. F. 
Barnet. Charles K. Harris will publish it. 



Fred Ray, the travesty artist, has a 
personal card with his name written upon 
it in Chinese characters. Mr. Ray says 
it is an advertisement for the shirt clean- 
ing industry, as every time he presents 
one the recipient calls -upon an Oriental 
laundryman for a translation. 



Barnold's Pantomime Dogs will play 
existing contracts in Europe next summer, 
opening at the Empire, London, in June. 
The engagements were for last year, but 
were put forward. Charles Barnold and 
the European managers have now agreed 
to have the contracts advanced another 
year. 



One day this week a nice appearing, 
prosperous looking and elegantly dressed 
young man dropped into Al Sutherland's 
office. He looked like money, and Mr. 
Sutherland was all attention. After the 
stranger had assured himself he was 
speaking to "Albert Sutherland," Albert 
Sutherland received a summons for a claim 
of $89 for a feed bill (horses) contracted 
in Denver two years ago by some one con- 
nected with "The County Fair." 



The English managerial taste in variety 
bills is changing, according to programs 
now given at the London halls. More ex- 
pensive acts are engaged, and a higher 
grade of performance generally given. 
The strife of opposition has apparently 
made itself felt in the bank account of the 
managers, something which was avoided 
for many years. Not so long ago, the 
sancity of the pocketbook was protected 
by the foreign managers regardless of 
how bitter they were against each other. 
Now they are fighting with salaries the 
same as any normal managers when op- 
posed. 



S. Z. Poli is due to arrive in New York 
on Monday or Tuesday. 



Ed Blondell may not go to Europe. He 
has all next season over the United time 
offered him. 



This has been moving week at the 
United offices. Phil Nask is now ensconced 
in a private room, with an "open" desk 
next door. E. F. Albee has moved down to 
the office formerly occupied by Martin 
Beck at the extreme end of the main hall- 
way. Two doors further up the hallway 
will be the room where the F. F. Proctors, 
senior and junior, will hold forth. The 
office lately held by Mr. Albee as the main 
principal breathing place will hereafter be- 
come the general meeting room for the 
managers. 



Young Corbett, the prizefighter, will 
head the vaudeville show at the Hartford 
Opera House, Hartford, Conn., next week. 
The show is booked through the Morns 
oflfce. J. C. Matthews arranged lor Cor- 
bett's appearance. 



Rooney and Bent will play London in 
t)i#» summer of 1909. oppjujmj probably at 
the Oxford. 









VARIETY 



11 



FILM MAKERS MUST PAY FOR 
COPYRIGHTED PRODUCTIONS. 

1 i i ii i ■ m ., , . ■■ i , 

U. S. Courts Desides Against Kalem Company in "Ben 
Hur" Injunction Suit Brought By Klaw & Eriang- 
er and Harper Bros. A Far Reaching Legal 
Principle Established. 



In the United States District Cjurt this 
week, Judge .Lacombe decided in tiie case 
brought against the Kalem Company, a 
manufacturing moving picture concern, by 
Harper & Bros, and Klaw & Erlan^er that 
the exhibiting of copyrighted plays or 
books, or scenes, without permission are 
in violation of the copyright. The de- 
cision says that scenes depicted in mov- 
ing pictures are pantomimes and class as 
theatrical productions. 

The case was brought against the 
Kalem Company after its presentation of 
"Ben-Hur" as a film series. The publica- 
tion rights to the book are owned by 
Harper & Bros, and Klaw & Erlarger hold 
the stage production rights. 

The injunction applied for against the 
picture people restraining them from con- 
tinuing with the exhibition of the "Ben- 
Hur" pictures was granted by Judge La- 
combe, who said in his decision: 

The result obtained when tha mov- 
ing pictures are thrown upon the 
screen is, within Daly vs. Webster, 
an infringement of various dramatic 
passages in complainants' copyrighted 
book and play. To this result, de- 
fendant, the, Kalem Company, un- 
doubtedly contributes. Indeed, it 
would seem, that its is the most im- 
portant contribution. 

The Daly vs. Webster referred to in 
the above is the action brought about 
eight years ago by the late August in Daly 
against William A. Brady to prevent the 
reproduction of a scene in "After Dark," 
which Daly claimed was taken from a 
similar scene in "Under the Gaslight." 
Judge Lacombe granted an injunction 
against Brady at that time. 

David CJerber, for the applicants, con- 
tended that the moving pictures of "Ben- 
Hur" violated the copyright law which 
prohibits "printing, reprinting, publicly 
performing or representing" a copyrighted 
book or play. The Court agreed with Mr. 
Gerber. 

The decision will have a great effect 
upon the contemplated "living moving 
pictures" which have of late been in anti- 
cipation by film manufacturers. Under 
the Court's decree, royalty must be paid 
for reproductions of copyrighted urticles, 
and this mav interfere to a considerable 
extent with the manufacturers' pirns. 

Several plays have been placed on the 
sheets thus far. Among them are "Way 
Down East." "The Moonshiner V Daugh- 
ter," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "Nellie, 
the Beautiful Cloak Model," "Varsfal" and 
several others. 

Henry L. Cooper, of Kerr, Page <£. Coop- 
er, counsel for the Kalem Compa.iy. after 
the decision was handed down, said he 
could not then say what further course 
would be taken by his client. 



FILM RATES BREAK. 

The association of moving picture film 
manufacturers under the Edison license 
were in conference late las'; week and as 
x TPsuJr._of their deliberations announce- 



ment was made a few days ago that the 
rate for new subjects to renters would be 
nine cents flat for all quantities, a 10 per 
cent, discount being allowed on all orders. 
This establishes a uniform price of a little 
over eight cents a foot for films. 

Formerly a sliding scale was in effect, 
running from eleven cents on standing or- 
ders for one reel to nine and a half cents 
for standing orders for five or more. 

The new schedule is designed to favor 
the renter conducting a small business. It 
places him on an even footing with the 
larger concern by giving him the same 
price for small quantities as the big man 
was formerly able to get for his larger 
volume of business. 

The important buyers have expressed 
dissatisfaction with this new arrangement. 
Charles Pathe, of Pathe Freres, the big 
French makers, attended the conference of 
manufacturers, and it is said that the re- 
vision of film prices was brought about at 
his instance. 



POOLING SCHEME IN ABEYANCE. 

The Film Service Association is still 
holding its Cincinnati participating pool 
plan in abeyance, owing to unexpected op- 
position of rental exchange managers in 
the Middle West. It was hoped to get a 
decision as to the shipping of films direct 
from the manufacturers at last week's 
conference of the Edison licensees, but 
those who oppose the pool arrangements 
have made the early settlement of this 
detail improbable. 

The opponents of the movement claim 
that .if put in operation it will take busi- 
ness away from renters out of Cincinnati 
who now have clients in that town. An- 
other ]>oint that has been raised is that 
the pool exchange will not be bound by 
the rules of the Association inasmuch as 
it will not be under contract to the Edison 
licensees as present Association members 
are, and will therefore be able to bid for 
the business of other Cincinnati renters. 

Meanwhile work oil the Cincinnati office 
is at a standstill, although it has by no 
means been abandoned. 



RETURNING TO VAUDEVILLE. 

The Family, Chester, Pa., after three 
weeks of moving pictures, returns to 
vaudeville on Monday. Next week's pro- 
fits will be devoted to the Street Railway 
Union, the members of which are on strike. 
In this way the interest of the strikers 
has been enlisted, and the union has taken 
charge of the sale of tickets. 

It is probable that after the benefit 
week vaudeville will continue for a short 
time. The "Passion Play" pictures were 
shown the 'first two weeks. This week a 
regular film service was given with illns- 
trated songs and one vaudeville act. 



The American Biograph will have an 
elaborate feature film ready for shipment 
May IS. It is to be called "When Knights 
Were Bold." and deals with a love story 
in the romantic period. 



MOVING PICTURE REVIEWS. 



CHICAGO FILM NOTES. 
By Frank Wiesberg. 

VARIETY'S Chicago Offllce. 
Chicago Opera House Block, 
Chicago, May 7. 
Frank Wetmore has purchased the Won- 
derland, moving picture house, Geneva, O. 



J. T. Wise, of Nobles ville, Ind„ is op- 
erating a Nickelodeon at Danville, Ind. 



The Majestic, Vincennes, Ind., devoted 
to moving pictures, opened last week. An- 
other new vaudeville and picture theatre 
will be built at the corner of Fifth and 
Main streets during the summer. 



Clarksville, Tenn., has a new picture 
show, recently opened by Cohen & Ryan, 
of Nashville. 



The Gem Theatre Company, Maysville, 
Cal., will open another moving picture 
theatre this month. 
M. P. 



The Palace Theatre Company, Birming- 
ham, has incorporated with capital of 
$11,000. Incorporators are T. F. Wood, 
V. P. George, F. Jenkins, S. H. Baker. It 
will operate moving picture shows. 



Moving picture shows are now given in 
the Grand Opera House, Wheeling, W. Va., 
by Harry Davis. 



The Family, a new picture house, has 
opened at Aledo, In., under the manage- 
ment of Irwin Balmer and Glenn Gree. 



Four new picture shows were opened 
in Richmond, Va., last month. They are 
located at 700 West Broad Street (H. T. 
Raney, mgr.), 307 Louisiana Street (W. 
J. Vaughan, mgr.), 914 East Broad Street, 
and 221 East Broad Street. 



Moving pictures and vaudeville are now 
being given at the Columbia, Columbus, 
S. C. 



"Dreamland," a moving picture house in 
Easton, Pa., has been sold to Benedict H. 
Birkel for $68,572, at a sheriff's sale. 



The new Orpheum, Second Street and 
Grand Avenue, Milwaukee, opened last 
week. It is one of the most elaborate 
establishments' of its kind in that city. 



The Nickelodeon at Niles, O., has been 
bought from Ward & Nascher by Davis 
& Knox. 



"Life" is the name of a moving picture 
resort which opened recently at Norfolk, 
Va. 



The Auditorium. Salem, O., has been 
leased by J. B. Kav, who will install 
moving pictures for the Summer. 



The Coliseum. Louisville, exhibited mo- 
tion pictures last week, and. according 
to reports, enjoyed large attendance. 



The Wonderland. Moundsville, W. Va., 
has been purchased by C. IF. Risinger, 
who will continue it with pictures. 



"Bridal Couple Dodging Cameras." 
Unique. 

In this new work the Edison studios 
have turned out a really novel comedy 
subject. The opening scene shows a fash- 
ionable wedding ceremony in progress with 
the corps of newspaper camera men wait- 
ing outside. When the bridal couple are 
about to depart amid the gutccs the 
newspaper brigade swoops down upon 
them, driving them back into the church. 
In their efforts to avoid being photo- 
graphed a capital chase is organized over 
hill and dale, the pursuing camera men 
getting a snapshot of the couple in full 
flight now and then. The brute leads, 
then come the photographers in a mis- 
cellaneous bunch, with a fat, bow legged 
member to supply comedy, and the bride- 
groom, who has become separated from 
his mate, bringing up the rear. The two 
finally gain their coach and are wrapped 
in a close embrace when an enterprising 
camera fiend slips the shade and takes m 
flashlight inside the carriage. As a finish 
samples of the snapshots are shown, the 
couple being caught in all sorts of gro- 
tesque attitudes. The film is one of the 
best comedy reels the Edison people have 
turned out. Rush. 



Sabot Making. 
Unique. 

A quaint and interesting demonstration 
of a little known industry is her* nhown. 
To those who have tired of the "knock- 
down-and-drag-out" comedy film and the 
forced melodramtic stories, it is bound to 
be an interesting variation. The scenes 
are laid amid picturesque surroundings 
and- the characteristic peasant workmen 
who turn the crude blocks of wood into> 
shoes make up an odd and altogether in- 
teresting company. There are entirely too 
few subjects of this light but entertaining 
and educational sort. Rush. 



"Sappho." 
15 Mins. 
Chicago. 

The novel of the same name has been 
utilized and the most interesting incidents 
depicted with refinement, making the sub- 
ject clean and void of any objectionable 
features. Among the carefully drawn 
scenes are the bal masque, amidst rich 
surroundings ; Sappho's meeting with 
.lean : the famous staircase episode and 
other intensely absorbing passages. The 
pantomime is excellent; the photography 
clear and well finished. The subject is the 
output of the Essanay Film Manufactur- 
ing Company of Chicago, and should be in 
demand. It will especially please those fa- 
miliar with the story. 

Frank W'teaherg. 



"The Maid's Last Day" (Comedy). 
Unique. 

Hanging as it does upon a ratlcr light 
situation, the chief value of the reel 
is in the excellent pantomime of the ser- 
vant, whose carelessness has caustd her 
to receive a notice of dismissal. During 
her last day of service she taki.-' every 
advantage of her opportunities to git even 
with her employees. This leads to some 
rather crude business, as when sli •» serves 
a big covered dish at dinner with three 
mice inside, puts mice in her 1 iistress* 
bed, etc. The girl handles her domb part 
so well, however, that humorous interest 
is sustained. I(u*h. 



12 



VARIETY 






PARKS AND PAIRS 



GIRGUS NEWS. 



"Luna" Park, Cleveland, opens May 21. 



An Airdome opened at Danville, HI., on 
May 4. 



Tascora Park, Canal Dover, O., opens 
May 16. 



Phoenix Park, Jacksonville, Florida, 
opened May 4. 



The Idlewilde Park Casino will open 
May 24 at Newark, O. 



An Airdome will be erected in Little 
Rock, Ark., for the outdoor season. 



An auditorium and skating ring will be 
built at Clinton, la., by Ed. Arnold. 



The Hippodrome Amusement Association 
will build an Airdome at Alton, 111. 



"Luna" Park and Fort Erie Grove, Buf- 
falo, open May 27 and 30 respectively. 



Paul Mooney is manager of "White 
City," Cleveland, which opens May 29. 



Wheeling Park, Wheeling, W. Va., is 
now open. George McLoughlin is the man- 
ager. 



George G. Rose has succeeded Robert 
Cunningham as manager of Idora Park, 
Youngstown, O. 



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E. J. Karm will manage "White City, 
Springfield, 111., this summer. The resort 
opens May 24. 



The Airdome Amusement Company of 
Baltimore, will build an open air theatre 
at Wilson, N. C. 



Virginia Beach, the only free park in 
Peoria, 111., opened Sunday last. F. A. 
Heineke is manager. 



Oak Summit Park, Evansville, Ind., 
will open the latter part of May under the 
management of Chas. Sweeton. 



The "Airdome," a new roofless theatre, 
Mayfield, Ky., opened recently under the 
management of Cam McNutt. 



"Dreamland," Decatur, 111., opens on 
Decoration Day. The resort has been im- 
proved and new attractions installed. 



"The Bijou Minstrels," under the man- 
agement of J. W. Nelson, will organize 
May 25 to play parks over the summer. 



The Idle Hour Amusement Company, 
Steubenville, Ohio, has incorporated. Capi- 
tal, $3,000. C. W. Hurman, A. H. Her- 
bert. 



"Coney Island," Charlotte, N. C, and 
Electric Park, North Charlotte, open May 
1, are under the management of W. C. 
Davis. 



A park will be established midway be- 
tween Goshen and Decatur, Ind., by the 
Fort Wayne & Springfield Electric Com- 
pany. 



Due to a change in the weather all over 
Colorado, the early opening of Denver 
parks has been postponed until Decora- 
tion Day. 



S. D. Sewall has leased Goldthwait Park, 
Marion, Ind., succeeding John Ammons. 
The park will be improved and opened by 
June 15. 



T. W. Shelton is organizing an amuse- 
ment company to construct a park at De- 
catur, Ind., on property purchased by 
subscription. 



It is reported that the attractions in- 
stalled at "White City," Nashville, Tenn., 
cost $30,000. James L. Glass is manager 
of the park. 



The Airdome, Grand Rapids, Mich., will 
be completed in a few weeks. It is located 
on the corner of Crescent avenue and North 
Ottawa street. 



Havana, 111., will have an amusement 
park this summer. Thirty acres have been 
secured near Inixer Lake, Ford De Sourd, 
for the purpose. 



Ramona Park, Grand Rapids, Mich., 
opens MJay 18th, under the management of 
Louis J. DeLamater. Lew H. Newcomer, 
last season manager of the Grand, a 
vaudeville house, will be assistant man- 
ager and press representative. 



Dubuque, la., May 6. 
The selection of attractions for the Tri- 
State Fair here has been placed in the 
hands of Manager Jake Rosenthal, of the 
Bijou Theatre. The entertainment com- 
mittee of the association has given Mr. 
Rosenthal unlimited latitude. An animal 
show will probably be booked, although 
which one has not yet been decided upon*. 



Gennaro's Band, after playing consecu- 
tively for two years under the direction of 
M. S. Bentham, the agent, has its first 
open time, which it will fill in with sum- 
mer park engagements. From June 1 to 
July 13, inclusive, pending the taking up 
of the band's routings for next season, Mr. 
Bentham will place the musical organiza- 
tion on the park circuits. Gennaro's Band 
has been a very successful vaudeville 
number. 



During the week a lease for five years 
was executed between the Keystone Na- 
tional Bank, of Pittsburg, and T. A. Mor- 
ris and H. L. Messmore for the letting of 
"Luna" Park, that city, to Messrs. Morris 
and Messmore. The new managers take 
possession immediately. The park will 
open for the season on May 28 and Arthur 
Hopkins, the agent in the St. James Build- 
ing, will have the exclusive bookings for 
it. The yearly rental is at a large figure, 
unannounced. Both Mr. Morris and Mr. 
Messmore are park men of wide and varied 
experience. They have operated summer 
resorts for some time, knowing the warm 
weather conditions and situation in all 
parts of the country. Mr. Morris is an 
authority on electrical devices in connec- 
tion with summer parks and has written 
several papers on the subject. 



The Barnum show is said to have played 
to 76,000 persons in four shows at Wash- 
ington Monday and Tuesday. 



The Curzon Sisters are playing Keith's, 
Philadelphia, this week, having closed with 
the Ringling Circus at the conclusion of its 
engagement in the Coliseum, Chicago, 
April 22. The sisters sail Monday for 
London. 



Owing to the difficulty of handling the 
apparatus of the aerial act, "The Leamy 
Ladies" have closed with the Barnum & 
Bailey Circus and returned to New York. 
Two of the girls are ill and even practice 
has been suspended. 



Gil Robinson returned last week after 
witnessing the opening of the John Robin- 
son Shows in Cincinnati. He was taken 
ill immediately upon his arrival home and 
has been unable to go to his office since. 
The ailment is not regarded as being 
serious. 



Reading, Pa., May 7. 
Harry Redcay, of the Duffln-Redcay 
Troupe, casting act, is laid up here with 
a broken arm.. The Aerial Quartet was 
practicing at the local training quarters 
one day last week when the rigging col- 
lapsed. Mr. Redcay was thrown outside 
the net, breaking his arm and shaking 
himself up badly. 



John Ringling joined the Barnum- 
Bailey Circus in Washington Monday, 
where the outfit had a turnaway. Busi- 
ness was good in Philadelphia. Burgos 
and Clara, an European acrobatic act, 
closed Saturday night in Philadelphia. The 
run from the latter stand to Washington 
was made in good order, the show arriv- 
ing about noon Sunday. 



London, April 27. 
John Walter Bowden (professionally 
Delavante), an old-time circus acrobat and 
clown, died last week in Guy's Hospital of 
pneumonia, following on a broken rib re- 
ceived in falling from a tram car. At one 
time he piloted a circus through Spain 
and he had clowned for three seasons in 
old Drury Lane pantomime. He was 83 
years old. 



Buffalo, N. Y., May 7, 
The signs point to "something doing" 
hereabouts next week. The Ringling 
Brothers' No. 1 advance car is due May 
10 to start billing the show for May 30. 
The Cole Brothers' Circus have engaged 
the same lot for June 1, and unless the 
smaller organization decides to give the 
date up, its opposition brigade should be 
on the ground very shortly. If both squads 
get busy at the same time, there is bound 
to be trouble. 

The same two shows are due for an- 
other clinch in Erie, Pa. Cole Brothers 
are due there Decoration Day, while the 
Ringling advance has begun to bill for two 
weeks later. 



Washington, May 7. 
Suit was instituted this week against 
Ringling Bros, in the District Court for 
$15,000, damages claimed by Robert N. 



Chambers, who alleges he held a contract 
to exhibit "Princess Weenie Wee." Cham- 
bers claims the contract was violated, and 
also charges that James Thompson, the 
father of the midget, was induced to 
break it< Chambers' damages are based 
upon his statement that his income under 
the contract was $100 weekly, net. The 
Ringlings have not filed an answer. 



Johnstown, Pa., May 7. 
The Cole Brothers Circus played here 
May 2 to good business despite wretched 
weather. The frameup of the show is ex- 
cellent, although the top is in need of 
repair in places. Several disturbances 
came to the notice of the police during 
the presence of the show here. George 
Kuntz and John Kennedy, employees of 
the circus, became involved in a fist fight 
and Kennedy was fined. Vincentio De 
Pietro, a laborer, was also somewhat 
beaten up during an argument; while at 
least one citizen was set upon by "razor- 
backs," presumably connected with the 
circus force. 



H. L. Reichenbach, of the Cullison 
Agency, makes this statement in defense 
of The Great Raymond, who was the sub- 
ject of criticism on the part of artists 
who had been members of his company 
touring the West Indies: 

"Regarding the 'lay-offs' experienced by 
the artists, it may be said that each one 
knew before he sailed for Havana that 
Raymond only paid for actual work done 
and not for time used in advertised towns. 
Rice and Kemp, Phelps Cullenbine and 
Luella Cross were all with Raymond dur- 
ing the season of 1906-07, at which time I 
was managing the attraction, and were all 
well aware of Raymond's methods in re- 
gard to 'lay-offs.' Rice and Kemp left 
Raymond in Port -of -Spain, Trinidad, with 
the specific intention of promoting their 
own attraction, and, according to a letter 
recently received by me, prevailed upon 
Will Percival to join them in the venture. 
Raymond's honesty has never before been 
questioned. I can conscientiously say that 
Raymond does not owe any man a penny. 
If proof to the contrary can be presented 
to me, I will pay the bill." 



Chicago, May 7. 
The "101 Ranch," which closes its two 
weeks' engagement at the Coliseum Sun- 
day, May 10, will in all probability not 
exhibit in the East this season. The 
executive staff of the organization this 
year is as follows: J. C. Miller, G. L. Mil- 
ler, Zack T. Miller, Edward Arlington, 
owners; George Arlington, general man- 
ager; Fred Beckman, general agent; W. 
C. Thompson, general publicity promoter; 
R. Victor Leighton, press representative; 
Joe Rosenthal and P. W. Hornell, con- 
tracting agents; Chas. Hayes, manager 
Car No. 2; Alton Osborn, manager Car 
No. 1; C. H. Packard, mail agent; B. B. 
Bourne, excursion agent ; Al Reil, special 
agent. Business has been good at the 
Coliseum, an improvement over last sea- 
son. There were fewer accidents in the 
Chicago engagement of "101 Ranch" than 
anywhere the show has played. Only one 
Indian is laid up in a hospital in Chicago, 
while eight were bedridden in Kansas 
City. 



VARIETY 



13 



NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 



Initial Presentation, First Appearance er 
Reappearance in New York City. 

Cole and Johnson, Colonial. 

Mary Fermier, William OXlare and 
Seth Smith, Pastor's. 

Billy "Swede" Hall and Jennie Colburn, 
Pastor's. 

Phillips and Parlardeau, Pastor's. 

Justo, Pastor's. 

Edward Esmonde and Company (New 
Act), Keeney's, Brooklyn. 

Meyer Harris and Company, Doric, Yon- 
kers. 

Sadie Jansell. 
Imitations. 
14 Mins.; One. 
Fifth Avenue. 

Sadie Jansell is an impersonator from 
the legitimate, having played in "Fasci- 
nating Flora" and other musical pieces. 
This is her vaudeville entry. Miss Jansell 
includes the usual well-known stage people 
in her repertoire of imitations, placing 
most of them under the heading of 
"Smarty," giving her version of how her 
subjects would sing the chorus of that 
song if they sang it at all. Commencing 
with Jack Nor worth, the author of the 
selection, Miss Jansell placed before the 
audience Rose Stahl, Margaret Anglin, 
David Warfield and Ethel Barry more. This 
was quite the best thing she did, giving a 
new twist to the Warfield and making a 
departure by attempting Margaret Anglin. 
"Smarty" also gave the opportunity for 
travestying the' impersonations, which Miss 
Jansell accepted readily. Her Alice Lloyd 
fell off as did Emma Janvier somewhat in 
"Ain't It Awful?" also the Jack Nor- 
worth, which was too "straight" for value. 
Following "The Waltz Dream," the forty- 
minute act at the Fifth Avenue, and hold- 
ing down an important position (No. 6) on 
the bill, Miss Jansell did extremely well. 
She is a young girl of a brunette type and 
easily adapts herself to an imitation of 
Anna Held, which the audience much liked, 
as they did Eddie Foy, one of her strong- 
est hits, but touches of distinctiveness like 
Warfield and Anglin are apt to do much 
more for Miss Jansell than anything else. 
It would be worth while for her to have 
an act laid out which would be altogether 
different from the familiar routine of sub- 
jects. Sime. 



Four Sullivan Brothers. 
Singing and Dancing. 
18 Mins.; One. 
Pastor's. 

Rearrangement is all that the Four Sul- 
livan Brothers require to make a real good 
singing and dancing specialty out of their 
present offering. The boys have a neat 
appearance, which could be improved 
through a different style of dressing. The 
quartet singing does very well, but the 
solos should be dropped immediately. The 
act lacks life now, and by dropping the 
solos and putting in some lively dancing 
this fault would be overcome. The danc- 
ing is of a good brand. The effect at the 
finish would probably be improved greatly 
if they were to dance one at a time first, 
then in twos, threes, etc. This would 
work it up to much better advantage. It 
will take very little to put the act in 
shape to receive good time. 

Dash. 



INBW AOTS OP THE WEEK 



Les Amatis (4). 

Musical. 

33 Mins.; Four (Parlor, 25); One (8). 

Alhambra. 

For their first local appearance, The 
Amatis, four young women, a foreign act, 
evidently German, though billed "from 
Paris," are at the Alhambra this week. 
They have played in the West. The open- 
ing is a selection from "Tannhauser," with 
the girls SrftM <«to. couples, ^seaie-r^at 

concert grand pianos. "The American 
Fantaisie," by Victor Herbert, is another 
instrumental piece played by the quartet, 
while some vocal numbers are sung as 
solos and in concert. Miss Gisela (The 
Amatis are sisters) is announced to give 
imitations during which "she will strike 
the highest note ever obtained."' About 
the farthest Gisela went was G above 
high C. She took it rather well, although 
there seemed to be a roundabout way in 
which she approached the height. Gisela 
"yodled" up to it, and did all her top 
notes with a trill, tremolos innumerable 
standing out. Miss Gisela is the one and 
only comedienne also of the party. She 
grimaces and "mugs," while a tricky little 
song for an encore might have been the 
inspiration for the recent American com- 
position, "Making Faces." Neither of the 
young women is a brilliant performer on 
the piano, although two have what might 
be called a fancy touch. The other duo 
work hard while playing, without any 
grace of execution. The youngest girl was 
much liked for her youthfulness, and both 
the instrumental selections, especially the 
patriotic one, gained long applause. 
Albeit a musical critic might technically 
pick the act apart, it hit the Alhambra 
audience just right, it seemed, and se- 
cured unstinted approval. Les Amatis 
were held for eight minutes in "one," two 
minutes too long, at least. As a musical 
number, it runs to "class," and secures a 
mark of* oddity from having the young 
women only on the stage in the present 
arrangement. Sime. 



Nolan and Griffin. 
Songs and Talk. 
19 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Keeney's. 

Whatever else may be said of Nolan 

and Griffin, they sure have a liost of 

friends in Brooklyn. All turned out Mon- 
day night to give them a send-off. The 
comedian works as a dressed-up tramp, a 
character for which he is in no way suited. 
His speaking voice is inclined to a flighty 
pitch, and he appeared a trifle scared while 
his partner, who works "straight," was a 
most vivid contrast. The latter wore a 
continuous scowl, and fairly bellowed his 
lines, while his hands were not out of his 
coat pockets for more than thirty seconds 
during the entire specialty. The comedian, 
when playing the piano, was perfectly at 
home, and he seemed relieved when firmly 
seated on the stool. The talk for the most 
part has been heard before. In fact, it is 
typically "variety talk." The singing is 
a trifle better, but carries very little 
weight. With practice and experience, the 
pair should be able to work out an enter- 
taining specialty. Dash. 



La Scala Sextet. 

Operatic. 

16 Mins.; One. 

Alhambra. 

The "La Scala Sextet" is a personally 
conducted act of the Orpheum Circuit, 
placed in vaudeville some time ago under 
the auspices of Charles Feleky, having 
played West since its introduction. Four 
numbers were sung Monday evening, a 
solo ("Rigoletto"), duet ("II Trovatore"), 
quartet ("Rigoletto") and sextet ("Lucia 
di Lammermoor"). Four men and two 
women compose the act. All the men are 
foreigners, plainly indicated by their per- 
sonal presence. Of the women, Mme. 
Zuriga De Sanctis, the soprano, was very 
screechy in her upper register during the 
duet number, but did much to carry the 
"Lucia" excerpt for the finale. Miss Mer- 
lino has a beautiful contralto, heard for 
a few bars by itself in the quartet. The 
men, without exception, appeared so very 
"stagey" that quite some of the effect of 
their voices was taken away. Sig. Pas- 
sananti, the tenor, first held the stage with 
a solo, which was followed by the duet 
in which Salvatore Nunziato joined Mme. 
De Sanctis. Sig. Nunziato had some aspi- 
rations towards acting as well as singing, 
and his well rounded baritone in this was 
offset by motions which he may have pre- 
sumed were those connected with "acting 
the song." Sig. Montella was listed for 
the "Toreador" from "Carmen," which he 
did not sing, but he, together with Sig. 
Benigno, filled up the sextet. The "La 
Scala Sextet" is an elaboration of the 
many "trios" and "quartets" who have 
been singing in "one," and drawing down 
much applause for the efforts. It is no 
better than two or three of the former 
which have been heard. The members of 
the sextet are costumed, but, having no 
setting, the dress seems not to fit, and 
the appearance by ones, twos, fours and 
sixes is not a plan of arrival adapted to 
smooth sailing. While the position of 
"one" may be convenient for tiie stage 
manager, a full stage, with a "production" 
for the act, would have helped it immense- 
ly. Neither would an orchestral leader 
of the flat's own have been amiss. 

Sime. . 



Kendall, Ross and Crittenden. 

"The Sergeant and the Rub-a-Dub Maids." 

17 Mins.; Full Stage. 

Pastor's. 

"The Rub-a-Dub Maids" is a song, evi- 
dently taken from some comic opera of 
which the trio very likely were at one 
time or another a part. There are two 
girls and a man in the act, which early 
dwindles into only a fairly pleasing sing- 
ing specialty. The man in an English 
military uniform enters and finds two 
girls scrubbing away at washtubs. The 
three immediately break into song and 
keep on singing to the finish. Besides the 
opening song there are two others, also 
comic operatic. The closing number is 
"The Glow Worm," from "The Girl Behind 
the Counter." The ^irls are nice looking, 
with fairly good voices, but a trifle uncer- 
tain of themselves. The same trouble is 
affecting the man. He looks good in his 
uniform, but gets a long ways from the 
character by using an "auto" number. 

Dash. 



Homer Lind and Company. 
"The Opera Singer." 
27 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Keeney's. 

The program simply mentions Homer 
Lind, but there is a company of enough 
importance to be mentioned. The first 
purpose of "The Opera Singer" is to show 
off to best advantage the delightfully 
symtpathetic tenor voice of Mr. Lind. 
There is a good deal to the story. Much 
is lost through its being loosely put to- 
gether. Mr. Lind is an opera singer of 
the old and broken down type who comes 
to the vaudeville theatre for his Monday 
morning rehearsal. It is a bare stage 
affair, with the stage manager and the 
property men hustling things about, mov- 
ing scenery and hammering nails while the 
old singer tries to rehearse with the or- 
chestra. An argument arises with the 
stage manager on account of the noise 
and the drop is let down, leaving the singer 
in One to go on with his rehearsal. This 
gives Mr. Lind opportunity for rendering 
three operatic selections. Between the 
numbers, he converses with the leader of 
the orchestra, making known to him his 
real reason for being in vaudeville. It 
is his desire to locate his daughter, who 
had been brought over to this country by 
the singer's wife when the girl was a baby. 
After the rehearsal the conductor dis- 
misses the orchestra, and as the musicians 
are leaving, the singer notices a young 
girl among them who has been playing 
the violin. She is the long lost daughter. 
The last scene is the girl's room. Aside 
from the treat of Mr. Lind's singing, there 
is a quantity of good fun produced by the 
stage manager. Whoever played the part 
did it to a nicety, getting all the comedy 
possible out of it without overstepping. 
The leader of the orchestra did well in the 
orchestra pit, but when on the stage, was 
hardly up to the standard. The young 
girl rendered a violin solo and her role 
nicely. A four or five minute cut would 
necessarily quicken the action and work 
for the betterment of the whole. Doth, 



Meier and Mora. 
Songs and Dance. 
Full Stage. 
Keeney's. 

Meier and Mora got rather a poor start 
after the intermission, as the audience 
was coming in for the first few minutes, 
but after the stragglers were seated they 
gave the act a hearty reception. The team 
is a foreign combination, not hard to tell. 
The woman sings Vesta Victoria's "The 
Next Horse I Ride On," burlesquing it 
and pulling it through beautifully. A 
Scotch number, done with a capital loose 
dance, also showed Miss Mora to be a 
dancer of ability. The male end appears 
first in a funny, grotesque "kid" make-up 
and does a foolish dance that gained the 
desired laughs. His bag punching exhi- 
bition stands well up among its kind. 
Some little comedy is attempted through 
the woman endeavoring to punch the bag, 
but this portion should be dropped. A 
better finish should also be installed. The 
pair carry a special set showing the deck 
of a ship that adds to the offering. 

Da»h. 

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Winsor McCay. through Jules Ruby, 
has been dated for llammerstein's Roof 
during June. 



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VARIETY 



CALIFORNIA GIRLS. 

Just at this time, when many of the 
Wheel shows are curtailing expenses and 
getting down to "turkey" proportions in 
consequence, it is an added mark of dis- 
tinction that an organization keeps itself 
intact and up to a mid-season standard of 
excellence, as "The California Girls" has. 

The real novelty of the offering is its 
extraordinary musical strength. It is no 
new thing to find a burlesque company at- 
tempting numbers from the standard 
operas, but decidedly it is a new thing to 
find one that handles them with anything 
approaching adequacy. In the first part 
the audience practically held the show up ' 
with repeated encores for Fred Taylor and 
the whole company in a big number from 
"II Trovatore" and later, during the bur- 
lesque, parts of the score of* "Pinafore" 
were received with evidences of enthusi- 
asm that are seldom given to popular 
numbers of the street organ repertoire. 

The music went well because it was 
well sung. Indeed there are few stock 
opera companies that can show a better 
singing average than "The California 
Girls." The pre-eminence of this depart- 
ment is doubtless due in part to the pres- 
ence of Orletta and Taylor, whose straight 
tinging number is established in vaudeville. 
But having this strong recommendation, 
the show does not rest upon that alone. 
Sam J. Adams, the principal comedian, 
does extremely well, holding himself to a 
fair medium of clowning and getting over 
a quantity of quiet humor without too 
much knockabout. Also his matter is con- 
sistently clean. In the particular of dress- 
ing the show averages up nicely and the 
■election of girls is easily the equal of any 
ihow that has played the local houses in a 
month or two. There is also an unusual 
number of men in the outfit playing 
subordinate parts, but all with good 
voices. This has a good deal to do with 
the effectiveness of the singing. William 
Maussey and J. O'Rourke handled comedy 
roles in support of Adams capably. 

Gladys St. John and Tillie Cohen, be- 
sides contributing their animated presence 
to the pieces, come forward with a capital 
talking and singing act in the olio. One 
makes an entertaining eccentric comedi- 
enne and both girls look well and dress 
neatly. La Belle Marie was very much in 
evidence. Her olio act was a very busy 
performance. She does a bit of ;wire walk- 
ing with a disrobing feat at the opening, a 
little contortion and a good deal of sing- 
ing and dancing and handles each of her 
different specialties smoothly and skilful- 
ly. During the pieces she was almost 
equally busy in a soubrette role. 

Reba McDonald scored one of the hits of 
the show with her dances, introduced as 
an incidental in both first part and bur- 
lesque. She is a neat, graceful little per- 
son and executed her dances with an ap- 
pearance of enjoyment. Orletta and Tay- 
lor gave their well constructed singing 
offering and the Three Marvellous Heu- 
mans completed the vaudeville part. 

One detail of stage management that 
should have been corrected is the use of 
dim lights for the opening of the first part 
and the finale. In the latter case the 
girls wear white military uniforms with 
tights, but a dull red light was thrown on 
the stage which almost hid the well- 
handled drill from view. In the same way 
what might have been a pretty stage pic- 
ture at the opening was entirely spoiled 
by heavy, dull lights. Ruah. 



ALHAMBRA. 

To be the victim of your imitators must 
be very distressing. Eddie Foy is it. So 
many have imitated and impersonated 
Eddie Foy in vaudeville, the audience now 
expect of Mr. Foy about two hundredfold 
of they don't know what, while failing 
in due appreciation of a very clever 
travesty Mr. Foy is now offering on the 
self same subject of imitations. 

Monday evening at the Alhambra the 
placing of the cards with Mr. Foy's name 
brought more applause than at his exit, 
although during his act the house laughed 
heartily. Any one of his numbers given 
as "an imitation of Eddie Foy" would 
have been the proverbial "riot," but with 
the comedian passing over a collection of 
amusing incidents, from the nicely written 
opening number, "None of Them Have 
Anything on Me," to the extremely funny 
burlesque on Alice Lloyd's "mirror" song 
(throwing the "light" from the back of a 
tin pan), the audience was not satisfied. 
They wanted more and more, having seen 
Eddie Foy imitated for every week the 
past season. Mr. Foy ought to stop his 
imitators and keep the "riots" for himself 
when he annually returns to vaudeville. 

There are two "classy" numbers on the 
Alhambra bill, a very good one, this week. 
They are Les Amatis and "La Scala 
Sextet" (New Acts), both containing sing- 
ing, of which there is an overplenty in the 
show, but the two acts are placed in the 
different halves. 

Between Mr. Foy and Bijou Fernandez, 
with W. L. Abingdon, the Alhambra held 
a full house, the uptowners not missing a 
chance to see the originals of those 
"names." Mr. Abingdon has replaced Ed- 
win Arden as Captain Velvet in the hit- 
ter's sketch of that title, and Mr. Abing- 
don makes a commanding figure as the 
road agent. He is forcible in delivery, 
though a trifle indistinct at times. Miss 
Fernandez is repeating the performance in 
the part she originated, while Maurice 
Franklin as "The Greaser" might be more 
crafty — if not ferocious. 

The genuine hit of the performance was 
knocked out by Ray Cox, who was the 
second at the bat. Had Miss Cox been 
further down she would have run all 
around the bases two or three times. 

A witty, musical collection of songs, 
with impersonations of two opposite types 
of college girls, "cleaned up" finely, and 
the house was loath to let Miss Cox 
escape. If she would only curb her smile 
of self- enjoyment after each story or verse 
of a song Miss Cox might even do better. 

With a really novel jumping act the 
Deonzo Brothers made a rattling opening 
number. One is quite heavy for a leaper. 
Both do good work and dress the stage 
well, although out of harmony in the 
color effects and in need of newer and 
brighter music. 

Kelly and Kent, having left the Orpheum 
road show, return to the city, credited 
with a new "drop," a brilliantine suit and 
hat, for especial notice under the spot 
light (Mr. Kelly '8 and something new), 
holding to much the same act, with the 
funny pugilistic discourse in which Miss 
Kent ably works for the finale. Opening 
after the intermission they scored big. 

Another return is Barnold's Dogs and 
Monkeys, with the "drunk" and the inimi- 
table "monk cop" as funny as ever and 
going just as well. The Swor Brothers in 
blackface secured laughter. Simc. 



COLONIAL. 

Comedy in large and small doses is 
served at the Colonial this week. There is 
so much of this desirable vaudeville ele- 
ment that it becomes a trifle weary before 
the program has spent itself. 

Jack Wilson and Company — the sign 
board reads "Jack Wilson Trio 1 *— got the 
first crack at the audience in the "Number 
2" position, a desirable spot this week. 
The act fared very well. The house 
laughed heartily at Wilson's really funny 
colored "wench." His make-up with the 
"Merry Widow" hat is a scream. 

Pat Rooney and Marion Bent were on 
third, and their names were the signal for 
much applause. They are doing the "Busy 
Bell Boy" with one or two slight changes. 
A new song, "I Like to Sit and Look at 
You," is quite tuneful, and, with the neat 
dance by the couple, won an enthusiastic 
encore. Pat has put a few new steps in 
his dance that have until now remained 
undiscovered, but then what's the use of 
talking about his dancing? He's Pat 
Rooney; that's enough. Miss Bent can 
always be depended upon to show at least 
one new frock. She is wearing a dainty 
little brown creation that beggars descrip- 
tion. The woman behind was probably 
right when she said, "Isn't it just too 
sweet?" Another thing noticeable about 
Miss Bent is the rapid strides made in her 
dancing. She is now able to hold up her 
end with the nimble Pat. 

Coram, the English ventriloquist, with 
his single "dummy," met with instant suc- 
cess. He has an odd way of taking the 
dummy's abuse that is very amusing, and 
the figure in its controversy with the ven- 
triloquist seems all but human. A promi- 
nent feature of Coram's work is the deep, 
distinct tones he produces in the "dummy." 

"A Night on the Houseboat" made an 
enjoyable number before the intermission. 
It isn't so much what the principals do 
as it is the pretty set and the agreeable 
atmosphere created. There is a bit of 
class about the offering. Francis Merivale 
as the lisping girl is the only change in the 
cast. She does very well with the part, 
although her voice is shrill and becomes 
trying at times. 

Flavia Arcaro opened after the inter- 
mission and had a difficult road. The 
singer has changed things about since first 
seen, but has not helped her specialty to 
any great extent. The piano selection at 
the opening has been dropped, also the 
monologue relating to subway trains. 

Yorke and Adams carried their crockery 
smashing specialty through to a goodly 
amount of laughs, but towards the finish 
the act begins to drag, and there was very 
little applause at the ending. After the 
waiter has brought the second bottle of 
wine and the second dish has been 
smashed the fun is over. The bringing of 
more bottles loses its humor through repe- 
tition and the breaking of more crockery 
is unnecessary expense. 

Julius Tannen got to the post after all 
the laugh makers had a good start on him, 
but he held on gamely and finally won out. 
There is some new talk about reincarna- 
tion that is bright and snappy, with points 
sticking out all over it. (In strict confi- 
dence, we must hand Mr. Tannen a friend- 
ly piece of advice: If any of the "Mystic 
Krewe" ever catch him doing that Syra- 
cuse roast thing, his life will certainly be 
the penalty.) 

The Bessie Valdare Troupe gave the bill 
its start. La Gardenia closed. Dash. 



PASTOR'S. 

Singing has the call this week. Every- 
body is singing. There are singles, duets, 
trios, quartets and any old combination 
you want. 

The Yorke Comedy Four, the last of the 
singing numbers, naturally suffer the 
most. The personnel of the four has been 
changed since the act was last seen here- 
abouts. There are two new faces. The 
new members make it a better vocal or- 
ganization while the comedy end is not 
quite as well taken care of. One of the 
newcomers works as a Hebrew. He ap- 
pears to be strange to the character, but 
has the right idea and manner of going 
after it and with a little experience should 
make it valuable to the act. 

Smith and Baker luckily depend more 
upon dancing than their vocal efforts, and 
this pulled them through to be the real big 
hit of the evening. Both men are easy 
workers and the dancing is excellent. 
They are easily capable of something bet- 
ter than they are now doing, and with a 
specialty properly framed up, should be- 
come familiar figures in the metropolitan 
vaudeville houses. 

Adams and Mack fared very well with 
their burlesque or expose of magic, which- 
ever it might be termed. The comedian 
has still to acquire an easy method. The 
method may be a trifle hard to find, but a 
more suitable costume would be an easy 
matter. 

Mons. Herbert played several selections 
on his "musical dining table," taking them 
all on the run. It looked as though Tom 
Kelley was going to beat him for the 
place at one time, but he managed to 
come strong in the stretch and finished a 
length or so to the good. 

The Cycling Brunettes closed the show 
with their neat comedy bicycle specialty. 
The "straight" man has adopted a bright 
looking costume which gives a clean ap- 
pearance to the act. The comedian does 
very well with the riding, but the comedy 
is not all that it should be. 

Juggling De Lisle in the opening position 
scored the biggest hit of any act holding 
down that spot this season and perhaps 
for many other seasons. The young man 
has adopted a more suitable costume than 
when he was last seen at the house and 
shows to much better advantage. He has 
improved greatly in the handling of the 
Indian clubs as he has with the other 
juggling. De Lisle showed a couple of new 
ones with the hats that are well worth 
while, but they suffer as do many of his 
other tricks through lack of showmanship. 
Mr. De Lisle is on the right track. 

Dacey and Chase, as the program states, 
do a little of everything. There is some 
fairly pointed talk, nicely handled, some 
sand pictures and a burlesque boxing 
match at the finish which was just to the 
taste of the Pastorites. 

Mr. and Mrs. Browning have a quantity 
of new talk. Some is good and some — 
well, here's a sample: "What kind of felt 
would you give Anna Held?" Answer: 
"Ziegfelt" (feld). The couple look well 
and handle their material nicely. Mr. 
Browning sang an Italian number pleas- 
ingly, but that mushy Roosevelt stuff 
should be tabooed. 

The Lippincotts gave a good account of 
themselves in the dancing line. Libby 
Tlondell and Company, Kendall, Ross and 
Crittenden, The Four Sullivan Brothers 
and Bradley, Angelo and Purcell will be 
found under New Acts. Dash. 



VARIRT.Y 



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VARIETY ARTISTS' ROUTES 

FOR WEEK MAY 11 

WHEN NOT OTHERWISE INDICATED. 

(The routai her* riven, bearing no dates, are from MAT 10 to MAT 17, inclusive, de- 
pendent upon the opening and closing days of engagements in different parte of the country. 
All addresses below are furnished VARIETY by artists. Addresses oare managers or agents 
will not be printed.) 

"B. B." or "0. R." in the list indicates the route of the burlesque company named, with 
whioh the artist or act is with, and may be found under "BURLESQUE ROUTES" or "CIRCUS 
ROUTES." 

ROUTES FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK MUST REACH THIS OFFICE NOT LATER 
THAN WEDNESDAY MORNING TO ENSURE PUBLICATION. 



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Abel. Geo., A Co., 7th Ave. and 87th, N. T. 

A B C D Girls, 703 Hewelt. PI., Bronx. 

Abdallab Bros., Three, 417 E. 14, N. Y. 

Acton A Klorils A Co., 1553 Broadway, N. T. 

Adair A Dolin, Barnum A Bailey, O. R. 

Adair. Art, Hagenbeck-Wallace, C. R. 

Adams Bros., Imperials. B. R. 

Adams A Drew, Twentieth Century, B. R. 

Adams. Mabel. King Edward Hotel, N. Y. 

Adelyn, Box 240, Champaign, 111. 

Adler, Harry, Park, Alameda, Cal., indef. 

Agee, John, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Ahearn, Cbarles, A Vesta, Golden Crook, B. R. 

Aherns, The, 200 Colorado, Chicago. 

Alabama Comedy Four, 253 W. 38, N. Y. 

Albani, 1416 Broadway, N. Y. 

Albene A La Brant, Bijou, Norrlstown, Pa. 

Alberto, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Alburtus A Millar, Hippodrome, Wlllesden, Eng. 

Aldo A Vannerson, 258 W. 26, N. Y. 

All A Peyser, Moon Light Maids. B. R. 

Allen, A. D., Colonial, Richmond. 

Allen, Era, Ideals, B. R. 

Allen. Josle, 351 St. Nicholas, N. Y. 

Allen, Searle A Violet, K. A P. 125th St., N. Y. 

Allison. Mr. A Mrs., Green Room Club, N. Y. 

AUIster, Harry, 11 Rue Goeffrey Marie, Paris. 

All man. Chas., Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Alpha Trio, 207 E. 14, N. T. 

Alpine Troupe, Cole Bros., C. R. 

Alrona, Zoeller Trio.. 260 Hemlock. Brooklyn. 

Alvarettas, Three, Trocadero, B. R. 

Alvora, Golden Crook, B. R. 

Alrord, Ned, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Alva roe Troupe, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

American Banjo Four, 1431 Broadway, N. Y. 

American Dancers, Six, Poll's, Scranton. 

American Trio, 181 13th Ave., Newark. 

Ampere Electrical, Miss N. Y., Jr.. B. R. 

Anderson A Ellison. Brigadiers, B. R. 

Anderson's Four, Orpheum, Canton, O. 

Anderson A Goines, Orpheum, Allentown. 

Anderson, Carl, Bowery Burlesquers, B. R. 

Angell Sisters, 405 W. New York, Indianapolis. 

Apollo Bros., 340 W. 4, N. Y. 

Apollo, Orch., Benton Hotel, Benton Harbor, Mich. 

Arakl's Troupe, Dewey, N. Y. 

Ardo, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Ardo A Eddo, 500 E. 84, N. Y. 

Arberg A Wagner. 1412 Tremont. N. Pittsburg. 

Archer, Robert, Jolly Girls, B. R. 

Arisonas, The, 148 W. 68, N. Y. 

Arlington Four, Orpheum. Harrishurg. 

Armlnta A Burke. 368 Comstock, New Brunswick. 

Armstrong A Levering. Majestic, Denver. 

Armstrong A Verne. 17, Orpheum, Minneapolis. 

Arnold & Felix. 0. H, Geneva, N. Y. 

Arnold. Lucia, Boston Belles, B. R. 

Arnot A Gunn. 215 Oth Ave.. N. Y. 

Arthur. W. J.. Columbia. Knoxvllle, Indef. 

Atlantic Comedy Four. 129 Stockholm. Brooklyn. 

Auberts, 1*8, 14 Frohel Str. III., Hamburg, Ger. 

Auhurns. Throe, 335 Beacon. Somervllle, Mass. 

Auers, The, O. II., Pratt, Kas. 

Auger. Capt. Geo., K. A P. 125th St.. N. Y. 

Austin. Claude. 80 No. Clark. Chicago. 

Austins. Tossing. 7 Brixton Rd., London, Eng. 

Avery A Pearl. 0.13 Wash. Boul.. Chicago. 

Ayres. Howard. 520 Ritnor, Phlla. 

Azora, Miss, Barnum & Bailey, C. R. 

B 

Baader, La Voile. Bijou. Qulncy, 111. 

Baker. Nat C. 32 Division. N. Y. 

Baker, Chas. B., 72 Mornlngslde. N. Y. 

Baker & Mclntyro. 3024 Reno, Phlla. 

Baker Troupe. Ringling Bros.. C. R. 

Baldwin & Shea. Cincinnati. O. 

Balno A Shaw, Hippodrome, N. Y., indef. 

Banks, Breazeale Duo. Orpheum, Oakland. 

Banks A Newton, Empire, Hoboken. 

Banks, ("lias., Boston Belles, B. R. 

Bannacks, The, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Banta Bros.. Four, Moonlight Maids, B. R. 

Barber A Palmer. Theatorlum, Monroe, La. 

Barton. Joe, Bohemians, B. R. 

Barrett, Grace, Pat White's Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Barrett A Belle, Century Girls, B. R. 

Barrett, Charles. Moonlight Maids. B. R. 

Barrow, Musical. 1215 Jefferson, Brooklyn. 

Barnes A Crawford, 430 E. 45, Chicago. 

Barnold. Chas.. K. A P. 5th Ave., N. Y. 

Barry. Katie. 541 W. 158, N. Y. 

Barry A Hughes. Hotel Glrard, N. Y. 

Barry, Tom, Poll's, Springfield. 

Barry A Wolford, Poll's, Scranton. 

Batls. Carl Win.. 6637 Normal, Chicago. 

Batro, Eddie, Rolllckers, B. R. 

Batro A McCue, 810 No. Second, Reading. 

Bartlett. Mr. A Mrs. Guy. 353 W. 56, N. Y. 

Bartlett, AL, Hunt's Hotel, Chicago. 

Batemann, Tom, 112 Bordon, Fall River. 

Bates A Ernst, 201 So. University, Peoria, 111. 

Bates, George, Barnum A Bailey, C R. 

Bates A Neville, 46 Gregory, New Haven. 

Baxter, Sid A Co., Casino, Grafton, Pa. 

Bawn. Harry, 61 Bedford Coutt Mansions, London. 

Bay City Quartette, 1505 Gates, Brooklyn. 



Be Anos. The, 3442 Charlton, Chicago. 

Board, Billy, Geo. Primrose's Minstrels. 

Beattle, Bob, 504 E. 143. N. Y. 

Beattles, Juggling, 137 Park, Peterson. 

Boauvals, Arthur A Co., Victor House, Chicago. 

Bedlni, Donat. A Dogs, 220 W. 88, N. T. 

Beecher A Maye, 23 Atlantic, Bridgton, N. J. 

Belford Bros.. Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Bell A Richards, 211 E. 14, N. Y. 

Belmont, Harriot to, Jolly Girls, B. R. 

Bellclair, Bros., Poll's, New Haven. 

Bell. Frank, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Bell Boys Trio, 142 W. 181, N. Y. 

Bell, Chas., Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Bell, Crystal, Grand, Paris, Ky. 

Bell, Norman. Trans- At Ian tics, B. R. 

Bell, Hazel, Ferns, New Castle, Ind. 

Bolls, The, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Belmont A Brennan, Imperials, B. R. 

Bennett, Ethel, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Bennett, Laura, Forest Highlands, Louisville. 

Bensons, Musical. Gen. Del., Chicago. 

Bentley, Harry, Imperials, B. R. 

Bentley Musical, Majestic, Dallas. 

Benton, Maggie. 136 Taylor, Springfield, O. 

Berkes, The. 400 W. 80, N. Y. 

Bernard, Cassle, Rose Sydell, B. R. 

Borgln, E. Howard. Adelbert Hotel, Kansas City. 

Bernler A Stella, Keith's, Phlla. 

Bernstein. Mac A Ruth, 2518 E. 40, Cleveland. 

Berry A Berry, Great Valley, N. Y. 

Beverley, Frank A Louise, Majestic, Denver. 

Bicycle Bill. San Diego, Cal., Indef. 

Bijou Comedy Trio, Watson's Burlesquers, B. R. 

Bingham, Kittle. Scenic, Taunton, Miss. 

Bingham, 335 Beacon, Somervllle, Mass. 

Blnney, A Chapman. Gem, Columbia, Tenn., Indef. 

Birch, John, 133 W. 45, N. Y. 

Hi. hop. Frances, Century Girls, B. R. 

Blssett A Scott, Empire, London, indef. 

Rlxley, Edgar, Boston Belles, B. R. 

Block, John J., Harry Bryant's, B. R. 

Blue Cadets, 51 Hanover, Boston. 

Blush, T. E., 3241 Haywood, Denver. 

Boorum, Mattle, 154 Clifton PL, Brooklyn. 

Bobker, Henry, 63 Forsyth, N. Y. 

Bohannan A Corey, Century Girls, B. R. 

Boises, Five, 44 Curtis, Grand Rapids. 

Bolus, Harry, Hippodrome, Lexington, Ky. 

Porella. Arthur, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Bootblack Quartette, Fountain Pk., Louisville. 

Bottamley Troupe, CIrco Bell, Mexico. 

Bouldon A Qulun, Toms River, N. J. 

Bowers, Walters A Crooker, Proctor's, Newark. 

Bowery Comedy Quartet, 821 Charles, W. Hoboken. 

Bowers A Smith. Oliver, Everett, Mass. 

Borani A Nevaro, 1013 Lincoln. Milwaukee. 

Bowen Bros., 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Bowen A Florenze, Hotel Waterston, Boston. 

Bowen A Vetter, 813 N. Wash.. Baltimore. 

Bowman Bros., 326 W. 43, N. Y. 

Boyct, Lillian, Jolly Girls. B. R. 

"Boys In Blue," 240 E. 21, N. Y. 

Boyce, Jack. 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Boyd A Veola. 119 E. 14. N. Y. 

Brudfords. The, 230 W. 41, N. Y. 

Bragg, John D.. Toreadors, B. R. 

Bradna A Derrick, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Bradys, The, 200 W. 43. N. Y. 

Brady A Mahoney, Irwin's Big Show, B. R. 

Brigham, Anna R., Bijou, Duluth. 

Brlnn, L. B.. 23 Haymarket. London, Eng. 

Brennen A Riggs. Century Girls, B. R. 

Brnntford. Tom. Park Hotel, Port Chester, N. Y. 

Brays, The, Campbell Bros., C. R. 

Brlndamour, 1553 Broadway. N. Y. 

Brisson, Alex., Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Broad, Billy, 1553 Broadway. N. Y. 

Broadway Quartette, Four Huntings Co. 

Brohst Trio. Pottsvllle. Pa. 

Brooks A Jeannette, 1002 Madison, N. Y. 

Brooks A Vedder, Unique. Minneapolis. 

Brown, George, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Brown, Jessie, Hanlon's Superha Co. 

Brown A Nevarro. 4 W. 135, N. Y. 

Brooks, Harvey, High Jinks, B. R. 

Brooks A Clark. 2404 Paton. Philadelphia. 

Brooks, Joanne. Parisian Widows, B. R. 

Brown A Wllmot, 71 Glen, Maiden, Mass. 

Brown A Wright, 344 W. 45, N. Y. 

Browning. Flora, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Browning, Mr. A Mrs., Hotel Everett. N. Y. 

Browning A Le Van. 805 Cauldwell, N. Y. 

Bruce, Al., Toreadors, B. R. 

Bruces, The. 1525 State, Chicago. 

Brunettes, Cycling, 231 Cross. Lowell, Mass. 

Bryant, May, Boston Belles, B. R. 

Bryant A Seville, 2323 N. Bouvlor. Phlla. 

Burke, John A Mae, Orpheum, Omaha. 

Burke A Finn. Young's, Atlantic City. 

Burton A Brooks, Fair Haven, N. J. 

Buckleys, Musical, 207 Avenue B., N. Y. 

Buckeye Trio, Grand, Nashville. 

Burdette. Madeline. 212 W. 44. N. Y. 

Burke, John P.. Flood's Park. Baltimore. 

Buckley A La Mar. 110 E. 14, N. Y. 

Buckeye State Four. 2364 E. 57. Cleveland. 

Buffalo, Young, A Vera, National, Frisco. 

Burcos A Clara, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Burgess. Harvey J.. 637 Trenton. Pittsburg. 

Burke. Wm. II., 84 Barstow, Providence. 



Burke-Toughey A Co., G. O. H., Syracuse. 

Burke A Urllne, 110 E. 14, N. Y. 

Burns, Morris A Co., 54 Hermen, Jersey City. 

Burns A Robblns, Bijou, Newark, Indef. 

Burton A Burton, Fay Foster Co., B. R. 

Burnell, Lillian, 511 W. North, Chicago. 

Burton, Matt, 1185 Valencia, San Francisco. 

Burton A Shea, 111 7th Ave., N. Y. 

Burton A Vass, 25 Haskln, Providence. 

Burrows Travers Co., 116 E. 25. N. Y. 

Bush A Elliott. 1340 45, Brooklyn. 

Bussler, Walter II., Orphla, Madison, Wis., Indef. 

Bulla A Raymond, Wash. Society Girls, B. R. 

Burtinos, The, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Busch, Johnny, Jr., A Co., Bijou, Lansing, Mich. 

Butley A Lamar, 2310 S. Bouvier, Philadelphia. 

Buxton, Chas. C, Crystal, Menasha, Wis., indef. 

Byers A Herman. K. A P. 5th Ave., N. Y. 

Byrd A Vance, Plymouth Hotel. City. 

Byrne Golson, Players, Bijou, Sheboygan, Wis. 

Byrne, Myrtle C, A Co., Olympic, Chicago. 

Byron A Langdon, K. A P., Jersey City. 

Byrons' Musical Five, 5138 Indiana, Chicago. 



Caesar A Co., Frantz, St. Charles Hotel, Chicago. 
Callahan A St. George, G. O. H. Pittsburg. 
Cameron A Flanagan, Keith's. Portland. 
Camp, Sheppard, Kentucky Belles, B. R. 
Campbell A Cully, 1633 Bourbon, New Orleans. 
Caldera, A. K., 125 Washington, Hoboken. 
Calef A Waldron. 251 W. 02, N. Y. 
Calvin, James, 445 W. 64, Chicago. 
Campbell, W. S., Rose Sydell, B. R. 



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Carrlllo, Leo., c. o. VARIETY, N. Y. 

Carr, Jessie, Toreadors, B. R. 

Carbrey Bros., Orpheum, San Francisco. 

' Carle tta," Majestic, Chicago. 

Carlln A Otto, . 013 Prospect, Buffalo. 

Carlisle A Baker, 28 Crystal, St. Joseph, Mo. 

Carrie, Mile., 504 Ashland Bk.. Chicago. 

Carol Slaters, 816 W. 140, N. Y. 

Carmen Sisters, Pa n t ages' . Seattle, Indef. 

Curroll A Cooke, Orpheum, Minneapolis. 

Carroll, Great, Fay Foster, B. R. 

Carroll A Judge Trio, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Carroll, Nettle, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Carson A Wlllard, 2210 No. Lambert, Phlla. 

Carson A Devereaux, 410 Line, Evanavllle. 

Carson Bros.. 427 Pacific, Brooklyn. 

Caron A Farnum, 235 E. 24, N. Y. 

Carter, Chas. J., "Milton," Queens; Sydney, Aus. 

Carters, The, 021 0. La Salle, 111. 

Carter, Taylor A Co., Maryland, Balto. 

Carter A Waters, 158 Greenfield, Buffalo. 

Cartmell A Harris. 180 Nevlns, Brooklyn. 

Carver A Murray, 229 W. 38, N. Y. 

Casettas, The, 4013 So. Artesian, Chicago. 

Casey A Craney, 15% So. 5. Elizabeth. 

Caswell, Maude, Gibbons Tour. 

Castano, Edward, 104 W. 61, N. Y. 

Celoat, 74 Grove road. Clapham Park, London. 

Chadwick Trio. 220 W. 38, N. Y. 

Chameroys, The. 1351 43. Boro Pk., N. Y. 

Chandler, Anna, City Sports, B. R. 

Chantrell A Schuyler, 210 Prospect. Brooklyn. 

Chapln. Benjamin. Lotos Club, N. Y. 

Chester A Jones. 211 E. 14, N. Y. 

Chlnqullla, Princess, Sboreview Pk.. Jamaica, L. I. 

Christy, Great, Knickerbockers, B. R. 

Christy, Wayne G., 776 8th Ave., N. Y. 

Church City Four. Strollers, B. R. 

Claire, Ina, G. O. II., Pittsburg. 

Clare. Sydney. 64 E. 110, N. Y. 

Clalrmont, 2051 Ryder Ave.. N. Y. 

Clark, Edward, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Clark, Geo. G., 2464 Patton, Phlla. 

Clark, John F., 425 Forest. Arlington, N. J. 

Clark Mul, Bowery, B. R. 

Clark A Duncan, 1215 Madison. Indianapolis. 

Clarke, Harry Corson, 130 W. 44, N. Y. 

Clark A Sebastian, Barnum A Bailor. C. R. 

Clark A Turner, O. H.. Rldgeway, Pa. 

Clarke, Wilfred, Keith's, Portland, Me. 

Clarks, Three. Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Claudius A Scarlet, 353 Amsterdam, N. Y. 



Claus. Martha, 184 Concall. St. Paul. 

Clermento, Frank A Etta, 120 W. 27, New York. 

Clifford A Nolan, Cohen's Hotel, Lee Ave., B'klyn. 

Clifford A Raldin, 1075 Bergen, Brooklyn. 

Clinton, Chris., 48 W. 28. New York. 

Clipper Sisters, 466 Blewett, Seattle. 

CUvette, 274 Indiana, Chicago. 

Clyo A Rocbells, 87 Park, Attleboro, Mass. 

Cox, Lonzo, 230 W. 51, Court, Chicago . 

Coate, Charlotte A Margrete, 1553 B'way, N.- Y. 

Coby A Garron, 080 Putnam, Brooklyn. 

Cogan A Bancroft, Orpheum, Omaha. 

Cohen, Isadore, 754 Westchester, Bronx, N. Y. 

Cohen, Louis, W.. 180 Jewet, W. New Brighton. 

Cole A Clemens, Davis Hotel, Philadelphia. 

Colleens, Singing, Bennett's, Ottawa. 

Collins, Eddie, Oshkosh, Wis., indef. 

Collins, Nina, Lady Birds, B. R. 

Collins, James J., Jolly Girls, B. R. 

Collins A Brown, 148 Kosciusko, Brooklyn. 

Colonial Septette. Keith's. Phlla. 

Coltons, The, Champagne Girls, B. R. 

Conk 11 n, Billy W., 441 W. 10, Erie, Pa. 

Contlno A Lawrence, 240 So. May, Chicago. 

Cohen, W1U H., Rolllckers, B. R. 

Connelly, Mr. A Mrs. B., 6140 Indiana, Chicago. 

Comerford, Vaughn, Broadway Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Comrades, Four, 834 Trinity. N. * Y. 

Conlon A Carter, Unique, Winnipeg, Indef? % 

Connelly, Edward, K. A P. 5th Ave., N. Y. 

Cooke, Caroline, Dominion, Winnipeg. 

Cook, Billy, Toreadors, B. R. 

Cook, Frank, Austin A Stone's, Boston, indef. 

Cooke, Maurice B., Fountaine Ferry Pk., Louis- 
ville. 

Cooke A Rotbert, 8154 Prairie, Chicago. 

Cooper A Robinson, 322 Mott, Bronx, N. Y. 

Cooper, Harry L., Fay Foster, B. R. 
Coram, Columbia, Cincinnati, 

Cornelias, Eight, Ringling Bros., O. R. 
Cornners, Grimes, Newfleld, N. J. 
Coesar, Mr. A Mrs., 802 W. 121, N. Y. 
Coubay, William F., 464 W. 84, N. Y. 
Coutboul, Jessie, 6582 Harvard, Chicago. 
Courtlelgh, Wm., Lambs Club, N. Y. 
Coyne A Tinlln, 7086 Washington,- Chicago. 
Cowey, Ferry. Wintergarten, Berlin. 
Cowper, Jlmmle, 86 Carroll, Blngbamton. 
Crawford A Manning, 258 W. 48, N. Y. 
Creasy A Dayne, 17, Orpheum, San Francisco. 
Creo A Co., Orpheum, Newark, 0. 
Crickets, Temple, Detroit. 

Criterion Male Quartette. 156 5th Ave.. N. Y. 
Cronln. Morris, 21 Alfred Place, London, England. 
Cross, Will H., A Co., 858 Dearborn, Chicago. 
Crucible, Mysterious, 241 Heyward, Brooklyn. 
Crystal, Herman, Parisian Widows, B. R. 
Cummlngs, Thornton, Co., Orpheum, Mansfield, O. 
Cummlngs A Merley. Unique, Los Angeles, indef. 
Cunningham, AL, 200 W. 44, N. Y. 
Cunningham, Bob, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 
Cunningham, Bob A Daisy, Orpheum, Canton, O. 
Cunningham A Smith, 188 E. 04, N. Y. 
Curtln A Blossom, 01 Newell, Greenpolnt, B'klyn. 
Curtis, Palmer A Co., 2006 Nostrand, Brooklyn. 
Curzon Sisters, 25, Hippodrome, London. 
Cushman A Le Claire, Lady Birds, B. R. 
Cutty s, Musical, Empire, London, Eng., Indef. 
Cyril, Herbert, Keeney's, Brooklyn. 



Dacre, Louise, Parisian Belles; B. R. 

Dagnesu A Bruce, Orientals, B. R. 

Daley, James, Parisian Widows, B. R. 

D'Alvlnl, Rocky Point, R. I., Indef. 

Dabl, Katherlne, 800 Columbus, N. Y. 

Dahl, Dorothy, 300 Columbus. N. Y. 

Dalllvette A Co., O. H.. Illson, N. Y. 

Dale, Wm.. Crystal, Elkhart. Ind., Indef. 

Daly A Devere, 115 E. 15, N. Y. 

Dale, Dotty, Dainty, 252 W. 86, N. Y. 

Dale, Sydney, Guy Bros'. Minstrels. 

Dale, Will, Bucklen Hotel, Elkhart. 

Dalley Bros., 1370 No. Main, Fall River, Mass. 

Darling, Fay, Lady Birds, B. R. 

Darmody, Harry Bryant's. B. R. 

Darnley, Grace, Grand, Victoria, B. C. 

Darwin, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Davenport, Edna, Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Davenport, John, Yankee Robinson, C. R. 

Davenport, Stick A Norma, John Robinson's, C. R. 

Davenport, Victoria A Orrln, Barnum A Bailey. 

Davey, Dancing, Circle Diamond Ranch, Thatches. 

Davis A La Roy, Pittsburg, Pa., indef. 

Davis, Edwards, Poll's, Bridgeport. 

Davis, Floyd, Temple, Boulder, Col., Indef. 

Davis, Hal. A Co., Grayling, Mich. 

Davis, IL, Air- Dome, Murphysboro, 111., indef. 

Davis, Mark A Laura, Family, Kane, Pa. 

Davis, Roland, Fay Poster, B. R. 

Davis A Davis, Miss N. Y. Jr., B. R. 



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Dawn, Zella, ft Co., 857 E. Market, Akron, 0. 
Dawson ft Whitfield, 846 E. 68. N. Y. 
Day, Caita, Payret, Havana, Cuba. 
De Mora ft Oraclta, 238 Crystal, Flndlay, 0. 
De Velde * Zelda, 115 E. 14, N. Y. 
Deery ft Francis, 828 W. 80, N. Y. 
Delmore ft Oneida, 835 E. 48, N. Y. 
Delmo, 38 Rose. Buffalo, N. Y. 
Delmore, Miases, Proctor's, Troy. 
Delavoye ft Frit*. 2667 Madison, Chicago. 
Dell ft Miller, Hippodrome, Buffalo, indef. 
Deltons, Three, Jolly Oraas Wldowa, B. B. 
>«- De Camo, Cbaa., ft Dogs, 8 Union Square, N. Y. 
De Cbautal Twins, 263 Ogden, Jersey City. 
De Cotret ft Howard, City, Brockton, Mass. 
Demacos, The, 114 N. 9, Phlla. 
De Graff Sisters, Trans-Atlantlcs, B. B. 
De Lacey ft Bro., Bijou, St. Paul. 
Demonlo ft Belle, Englewood, N. J., Indef. 
Denman, George, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
De Fue ft Bates, 2448 Cornell, Indianapolis. 
De Haven, Rose, Sextet, 2682 Broadway, N. Y. 
DeLisle, Mae, Colonial Belles, B. R. 
Delmore ft Darrell, 1S15 9, Oakland. 
Delapbone, 54 Willoughby, Brooklyn. 
De Mario, Rlngling Bros., C. B. 
De Mont, Robert, Trio, 722 W. 14 PI., Chicago. 
De Veau, Hubert, 864 Prospect, Brooklyn. 
Desmond Sisters, Gem, Austin, Minn. 
De Muths, The, 26 Central, Albany. 
Derlne, Doc. Ashland Hotel, Phlla. 
De Yoy ft Miller, 209 E. 14, N. Y. 
De Vere, Madeline, 54 W. 125, N. Y. 
D- Witt, Burns ft Torrence, Orpheum Omaha. 
De Witt Young A Sister, 58 Chittenden, Columbus. 
De Young, Tom, 156 E. 113, N. Y. 
Derrln, Jas. T., 516 So. Flower, Los Angeles. 
Devlin. Prof., 2611 Cumberland, Philadelphia. 
Devlino ft Ellwood, Orpheum, Denver. 
Diamond ft May, Fischer's, Los Angeles, indef. 
Diamond, Jas., Kentucky Belles, B. R. 
Dickinson, W. 8.. 2910 Vine, Lincoln, Neb. 
Dlerickse Bros. 1235 Golden Gate, San Francisco. 
Dlllae, Max, Rlngling Bros.. C. R. 
Dixon, Bowers ft Dixon, 5626 Carpenter, Chicago. 
Dixon, Nona, 5626 Carpenter. Chicago. 
Dollar Troupe, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
Dona, 411 Keystone Bank Bldg., Pittsburg. 
Donald ft Carson, Shea's, Toronto. ' 
Doner, Joe ft Nellie, Moon Light Maids, B. R. 
Donnelly ft Botall, 8 Cope land, Boston. 
Donnette, Ira, 188 W. 45, N. Y. 
Doherty, Jim, Moon Light Maids, B. R. 
Dohn, Robert, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
Doric Quartette, 100 Wells, Toronto. 
Dotson, Howard, 485 Blngamen, Reading. 
Douglas, Cbas. W., Broadway Gaiety Girls, B. B. 
Dove ft Lee, 422 W. 48, N. Y. 
Dowlin, John, Toreadors, B. R. 
Doyle, Phil., Lady Birds, B. R. 
Doyle, MaJ. Jas. D., 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Downey, Leslie T., Dreamland, Racine, Wis. 
Drawee, Frisco ft Hambo, touring Italy. 
Dreano, Josh., Revere House, Chicago. 
Drew, Dorothy, Alhambra. Paris. 
Dudley, O. E., Crystal, Ind., Indef. 
Duff ft Walsh, Surprise, Washington. D. C. 
Dunedin Troupe, Orpheum, Salt Lake. 
Dunne, Thos. P., 128 E. 19, N. Y. 



Dunham, Heslin ft Barardi, Jolly Girls, B. R. 
Duncan, A. O.. 852 W. 46, N. Y. 
Dunoon, Tom, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 
Duncan ft Hoffman, Bijou, Muskogee, Mich. 
Dunn, James, '464 W. 51, N. Y. 
Dunn ft Miller, North Chicago. 
Duprec, Fred, Proctor's, Albany, N. Y. 
Dupree, George ft Llbby, 228 W. 25, N. Y. 
Dupree, Jeanette, 164 Fulton, Brooklyn. 
Dutons, Three, Rlngling Bros., C. B. 



Eckel ft Du Pree, 129 Stockholm, Brooklyn. 

Eckhoff ft Gordon, East Haddam, Conn. 

Edlnger Sisters, Shell Beach Casino, Lake Chas. La. 

Edmonds ft Haley, 808 E. 60, Chicago. 

Edmonds ft Monie, 808 B. 60, Chicago. 

Edwards, M. ft C. E., Hippodrome, Buffalo, indef. 

Edwards, Robert M., ft Family, 114 W. 109, N. Y. 

Edwards, Jennie, Bowery, B. R. 

Edwards, Ralph, Parisian Widows, B. R. 

Edwards ft Vsughan, 2039 Lawrence, Phlla. 

Ehrendall Bros., 1344 Lefflngwell, St. Louis. 

Elastic Trio, Majestic, Pittsburg, indef. 

Eltinge, Julian, Proctor's, Troy. 

Elliott ft West, 2902 Ellsworth, Phlla. 

Eller, Gloie, Fay Foster, B. B. 

Elliott, Belalr ft Elliott, Harry Bryant's, B. R. 

Ellsworth, 4 Tiger Lilies, B. R. 

Emerald, Monie, Palace, Glasgow, Scotland. 

Emerald Trio, 443 Central Ave., Brooklyn. 

Emerson ft Baldwin, Hotel Churchill, N. Y. 

Emerson ft Wright, Kansas City, Mo., indef. 

Emperors of Music, Four. 431 W. 24, N. Y. 

Empire Comedy Four, Empire, Sunderland, Eng. 

Epps ft Loretta, 210 W. 27, N. Y. 

Erb ft Stanley, Mollne, 111. 

Ergott ft King, Circus Clniselli, Warsaw, Russia. 

Esmeralda, 8 Union 8quare, N. Y. 

Esmeralda Sisters, Scala, Copenhagen, Den. 

Esterbrooks. The, Miss N. Y., Jr., B. B. 

Estelle ft Wills, Jolly Grass Widows, B. R. 

Eugene Trio, 896 E. Orange Grove, Passadena, Cal. 

Eugene ft Mar, People's, St. Joseph, Mo. 

Evans, Chas. E., Orpheum, Salt Lake. 

Evans ft Lloyd, 923 E. 12, Brooklyn. 

Evans, Billy, Colonial Belles, B. R. 

Evers, Geo. W., Family, Muscatine, la. 

Everett, Ruth, Ideals, B. R. 

Everett Sophie ft Co., Victor House, Chicago. 



Fagan- ft Merlam, Shirley, Mass., Indef. 

Falrchilds, Mr. ft Mrs., Lyric, Unlontown, Ga. 

Falrchlld, Violet. Unique, Winnipeg. 

Falardaux, Camille, 88 Court, Boston. 

Falke ft Coe, Jolly Grass Widows, B. R. 

Falke, Elinor, Orpheum, Kansas City. 

Fanton Trio, 266 E. Erie, Chicago. 

Farb. Dave, 515 W. 6, Cincinnati. 

Farrell ft Le Roy, 1721 First. N. W., Wash., D. C. 

Farrell, Charlie, 332 Main, W. Everett, Mass. 

Farrell, Billy, Moss ft Stoll, Eng. 

Fasscoe, Four, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Faust Brothers, 242 W. 48, N. Y. 

Favars, Marguerite, Saratoga Hotel, Chicago. 

Fay. Ray F., Alamo, Cedar Rapids, la., Indef. 



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Fay, Coley ft Fay, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Kaye, Elsie, Keith's, Phlla. 

Fay Sisters, Family, Kane, Pa. 

Fell. Pearl Cleone, Palace Hotel. Chicago. 

Felix ft Barry, Orpheum, Sioux City. 

Fentell ft Carr, Shea's, Buffalo, indef. 

Ferguson, Dave, Miss N. Y., Jr., B. R. 

Ferguson ft Du Pree, Lyric, Dallas. 

Ferrard, Grace, Dreamland, Travers City, Mich. 

Ferrell Bros., Majestic, Chicago. 

Fiddler ft Shelton, Bijou, Muskegon, Mich. 

Fields ft Hanson, Terrace, Belleville, N. J. 

Fields, Harry W., Olympic. Chicago. 

Fields, W. C, Shea's, Toronto. 

Fields, Will H., Lyceum, Meadvllle, Pa. 

Fillmore, Nellie, Bijou. Marlon. O. 

Filaon ft Errol, 122 So. Austin, Chicago. 

Fink, Henry, 150 Potomac. Chicago. 

Fisher, Robert, Lady Birds, B. R. 

Fisher ft Berg, Ren tz- Santley, B. R. 

Fisher Troupe. Brfrnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Fisher, Mr. ft Mrs. Perkins, Olympic, C lcago. 

Flake ft McDonough, 753 Jennings, N. Y. 

Fitxgerald ft Gilday, Coliseum, Seattle. 

Fltagerald ft Qulnn. Trans-Atlantlcs, B. R. 

Fitzgerald ft Wilson. Coliseum, Seattle. 

Flatow ft Dunn, 128 W. 96, N. Y. 

Fleming, May Agnes, White's Gaiety Girls. B. R. 

Flemen ft Miller, Kentucky Belles, B. R. 

Fletcher, Charles Leonard, 14 Leicester, London. 

Flora, Mildred, Night Owls, B. R. 

Flynn, Cy, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Flynn, Jas. A., 1213 Penn Ave.. Washington. 

Florede. Nellie, 241 W. 43, N. Y. 

Florences, Six, Barnum ft Bailey, C. B. 

Foley, Jack, Rlngling Bros., 0. B. 

Forber The Marvel, 153 W. 9, So. Boston. 

"Fords, Famous," 391 Gates, Brooklyn. 

Foreman, Edgar ft Co. Majestic, Dallas. 

Foster. George, Majestic, Houston. 

Fox, Will H., Palace, Glasgow, Scotland. 

Fox ft Hughes, Empire, Boise, Idaho, indef. 

Fox, Will, Lady Birds, B. R. 

Foster, Geo. I., 2930 York, Phlla. 

Fowler, Alice, Brigadiers. B. R. 

Frank. George, Lady Birds, B. B. 

Franklin. Billle. 70ft 7, S. W. Washington, D. C. 

Franz. Cogswell ft Franz. 246 W. 21, N. Y. 

Francis, Harry, Jolly Girls, B. B. 

Friend ft Downing, 1864 7th, N. Y. 

Frederick Bros, ft Burns, 25 Ramona Pk., Grsnd 

Rapids. 
Fredians, Great, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
Frellgh, Lizzie, Trans-Atlantic 8, B. R. 
Frey ft Allen, Ideals, B. R. 
Fredo. George, 207 E. 14, N. Y. 
Frederick. Snyder ft Poole, 200 N. Gay, Baltimore. 
Frevoll, Frederick. 148 Mulberry, Cincinnati. 
Froeto, Chris.. 917 W. 6, Faribault, Minn. 
Fuklno Troupe, Brigadiers, B. B. 
Fulton, May, *20 W. 116, N. Y. 
Fuller, Ida, 138 Alexander Ave., N. Y. 



Gaffney Slaters, Nashville, Tenn. 
Gardiner Children, Palace Hotel, Chicago. 
Gardiner, Jack, Orpheum, San Francisco. 
Gardner ft Lawson, Star, Atlanta. 



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Garden ft Somers, Toreadors, B. R. 

Gardiner ft Vincent, Empire, Portsmouth, Eng. 

Gath, Carl ft Erma. Empire, Grand Forks, N. D. 

Gabriel ft Co., Orpheum, Denver. 

Galando, 82 Sumner, Brooklyn. 

Gallagher ft Barrett. G. O. II.. Pittsburg. 

Galle^ttl's Monkeys, Orpheum, San Francisco. 

Galloway, Albert E., Davis, Braddock, Pa. 

Galloway, Bert, Davis. Braddock, Pa. 

Gardner, Eddie, 27 High, Newark. 

Gardner, Andy, Bohemians, B. R. 



Gardner Arline, 1958 N. 8, Phila. 

Gardner ft Maddern, 208 American Bldg., Seattle. 

Gardlners, Three. 1458 No. 8. Phila. 

(Jar telle Bros.. 416 S. Main. Gloversvllle. N. Y. 

Gavin, Piatt ft Peaches, 4417 3d Ave., N. Y. 

Gaylor ft Graff, 244 W. 16, N. Y. 

Gaylor, Bobby, 5602 5th Ave.. Chicago. 

Gaylor. Chas., 768 17. Detroit. 

Gehrue. Mayme, ft Co., 200 E. 33, N. Y. 

Genaro ft Band. Poll's. Scranton. 

Gel in ore ft Castle, Alrdome, Elreno, Okla. 

Center ft GUmore. 208 N. 3, W., Cedar Rapids, 

Georgettys, Great, Victor House. Chicago. 

(Jeromes, The, Barnum ft Bailey, C. B. 

Gibson, Kay. Standard, Davenport, la., Indef. 

Gilbert, Jane, Proctor's, Newark. 

Gillette Sisters, 60 Manhattan, N. Y. 

Gllmaine, 59 W. Eagle, E. Boston. 

GUmore, Stella, Jolly Girls, B. R. 

Glrard ft Gardner, Amltyvllle. L. I. 

Gladstone, Ida, 335 W. 50, N. Y. 

Glocker, Cbas. ft Anna, Ren tz Santley, B. R. 

Godfrey ft Henderson, Sbubert, Chattanooga. 

Goetz, Nat., 1818 Tree, Donora, Pa. 

Golden Gate Quintet. 346 W. 59. N. Y. 

Golden ft Hughes, Wigwam, San Franc lsco. 

Goelems, Six, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 

Goforth ft Doyle. 1929 Broadway, Brooklyn. 

Golden, Marta, Gerard Hotel, N. Y. 

Goolmans, Musical, Continental Ho{el, Chicago. 

Gordon, Cliff, Orpheum. Los Angeles. 

Gordon ft Shackborn, 225 W. 27. N. Y. 

Gordon ft Marx, 236 W. 38, N. Y. 

Gordon, Amy, Rose Sydell, B. R. 

Gordon, Max, Reeves' Beauty Show. 

Gorman ft West. Orpheum, Kansas City. 

Gossans, Bobby, Electric, Coshocton, O. 

Gotham Comedy Quartet, City Sports, B. R. 

Graces, Two, Miner's Americans, B. R. 

Grant, Anna, Pat White's Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Grant, Sydney, 10 W. 65, N. Y. 

Graham, Geo. W.. Scenic. Providence, indef. 

Gray ft Graham. 34 Rulltt, Roanoke. Va. 

Grace, Lizzie, Miner's Americans, B. R. 

Grannon, Ha, Box 2, Melrose Park. Pa. 

Great Eastern Quartette, Keith's Phila. 

Greve ft Green, 409 Nicollet. Minneapolis. 

Greene, George. Rlngling Bros., C. R. 

Green, Sam, White's Gaiety Girls. B. R. 

Gregg. Frank, Tiger Lilies, B. R. 

Gregory, Geo. L., ft Co., 943 Lorlmer, Brooklyn. 

Gregorys, Five, Alhamhrn, Brussels, Bel. 

Grove, Chas. L., 347 Wash., Cbambersburg, Pa. 

Gruet. Jack, Al. Marie Ideals, B. R. 

Guertln, Louis, Metropolitan Hotel, Brockton. 



Haines ft Russell, 943 Muskego, Mlwaukee. 

Hall. Alfred, Rollickers, B. R. 

Hall, Harry, Rlngling Bros.. C. R. 

Hall, Geo. P., 180 Center. Boston. 

Hale ft Harty. 319% Indiana. Indianapolis. 

Hale, Lillian ft Co., 18 Family, Butte. 

Halley ft McKinnon. Lady Birds. B. R. 

Haley, Harry R., 236 Ogden, Chicago. 

Halperine, Nan, 569 6th Ave., N. Minneapolis 

Hammond ft Forrester, 101 W. 83. N. Y. 

Hanlon ft Lewis. 121 W. 116. N. Y. 

Hanson ft Drew, Lyric, Cleburne, Tex. 

Hannon. Billy, 729 No. Western, Chicago. 

Haney. Edith ft Lee, Jr., 4118 Winona, Denver. 

Hanson ft Nelson, 592 40th, Brooklyn. 

Hanvey, Clark ft Prldeau, Saratoga, Chicago,. 

Harris ft Randall, Palace Hotel. Chicago. 

Harcourt, Daisy, Orpheum, Salt Lake. 

Harcourt, Frank, 44 Pleasant. Worcester. 

Hardlg Bros., Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Hart, Fred, 393 8th Ave., N. Y. 

Hart, J. C, ft Co., Tiger Lilies, B. R. 

Hart, Sadie. 1163 Jackson, N. Y. 

Hart. Willie ft Edith. 1918 S. 11. Phlla. 

Harttell, George, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 

Harland ft Rolllnson, 10 Repton, Manchester. Eng. 

Harlowe, Beatrice, Moon Light Maids, R. R. 

Harrity ft Herr, 146 Luna, E. Liberty. Pa. 

Harson, Jules, Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Harrington, Hilda, Rose Sydell, B. R. 

Harris, Bobby, Toreadors, B. R. 

Harris ft Hllliard. Bijou, Ashtabula, O. 

Harris, Will J., Olympic, Chicago. 

Harris, Charley, Harry Bryant's, B. R. 



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Harris, 8am, Princess, Cleveland. 

Harrta, Hattle, 209 Sedgwick, Chicago. 

Harrison, Minnie, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Harvey ft De Vora, Rlalto Rounders, B. R. 

Harvey, Elsie, 138 B. 14, N. Y. 

Harvey. Harry, 8110 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago. 

Haskell. Loney, Orpheum, Denver. 

Hassan Ben All's Arabs, Columbia, Cincinnati. 

Hawkens, John, Orpheum, Newark, 0. 

Hayes ft Carew, Bohemians, B. R. 

Hayes ft Haley. 147 W. 127, N. Y. 

Hayes, Edmund, Jolly Girls, B. R. 

Haynes, Beatrice, Broadway Gslety Girls, B. R. 

Hayes ft Wynn, 15 Audubon. Ave., N. Y. 

Hayman ft Franklin, Canterbury, London, Eng. 

Hays, Ed C, Hippodrome, Lexington, Ky. 

Healey. Tim, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Healy ft Vance. 215 W. 108. N. Y. 

Heath, Thos. Gainer. Keith's, Pblla. 

Hearn, Tom, Hippodrome, London, Eng. 

Heclil ft Ardo, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Helliuau. Benj., Toreadors. B. R. 

Heath ft Emerson, 200 Berrlman, Brooklyn. 

Hedge, John ft Ponies, 8458 State, Chicago. 

Helm Children, Family, Great Falls. Mont. 

Heist on. VVally ft Lottie. 1008 Columbia. Phila. 

Henly ft Elliott, 4925 Cypress, Pittsburg. 

Henry ft Francis, 45 W. 98, N. Y. 

Henry, Harry F., 54 India, Brooklyn. 

Henry, Roething, St. Charles Hotel, Chicago. 

Henry ft Young, Shellport Park, Wilmington, Del. 

Henshaw, Harry A., Clark's Runaway Girls, B. R. 

Herbert The Frog Man. Lyceum, Ogden, Utah. 

Herbert, Mabel, 404 Main, Woborn, Mo. 

Herron, Bertie, Orpbeum, Sioux City. 

Herrmann, Adelaide, Gllsey House, N. Y. 

Hew let ten. The. Standard. Ft. Worth, indef. 

Hewlettes. The. 8.00 Ave. G. Council Bluffs, la. 

Herbert Bros., Three, Family, Fargo, N. D. 

Heltaman, Julia, Imperials, B. R. 

Hess Sisters. 258 W. 55, N. Y. 

Heuman Trio, Columbia, Boston. 

Hiatt Family, Fern, New Castle, Ind. 

Hlbbert ft Warren. Keith's, Cleveland. 

Hickman, George, Pearl River, N. Y. 

Hiestand. Chas. F., 2639 Iowa Ave., St. Louis. 

Hill. Edmonds Trio. 202 Nellson, New Brunswick. 

Hill, Cherry ft Hill, S. ft C, Spokane. 

Hllil, Irene, 148 Morgan, Buffalo. 

Hilda, Music Hall, So. Norwalk. Conn. 

Hllllard, Robert, Keith's, Providence. 

Hlllman ft Floyd. 213 W. 62, N. Y. 

Hlltons. Marvelous, Fay Foster, B. R. 

Hlllyers, Three, 792 Bay 25, Bensonhurst. 

Hlnes ft Remington, Harrison, N. Y. 

Hindi, Estelle, 4812 Indiana, Chicago. 

Hobson ft Macnlcbol, 76 3d Ave., N. Y. 

Hobson, Mr. ft Mrs., Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Hobelman, Martin, Henry Bryant's, B. R. 

Hoch, Emil, ft Co.. Keith's, Cleveland. 

Hodgln, Alberta. Ringling Bros.. C. R. 

Holdsworth's, The, Mary Anderson, Providence. 

Holman Bros.. Teatro Orsin, Clrco Bello, Mexico. 

Holman, Harry, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Holmes ft Holllson, 214 Kiln. W. Somervllle, Mass. 

Holland. Zay. 10 W. 65, N. Y. 

Hope, Marjorle. 7818 Woodlawn. Chicago. 

Hoover. Lilian,, 211 E. 14. N. Y. 

Horton ft La Trlska, Majestic, Wichita, Kas. 



Johnson, Chester, 838 3d Ave., N. Y. 
Johnson, George, Ringling Bros., C. R. 
Johnson, Geo., Scrlbner'a Big Show, B. R. 
Johnson, Jess P., 622 So. 4, Camden, N. J. 
Johnson. Mark, G. O. H.. Cincinnati. 
Johnson, Musical, Alhambra, Paris. 
Johnson, Phil, Brigadiers,, B. R. 
Johnstone ft Cooke, Dominion, Winnipeg. 
Jolson, Al., Borden town. N. J. 
Jones ft Walton, Box 78, Baden, Pa. 
Jorden. Tom, Lady Birds, B. R. 
Jorden Troupe, Ringling Bros., C. B. 
Joyces. The, 130 W. 25, N. Y. 
Jules ft M arson, Barlow, Minstrels. 



Kallnowgkl Bros., Trans- Atlantic, B. R. 

Kalmo, Chas. ft Ada. May wood, N. J. 

Karland. Great. 806 W. Highland, Norfolk. 

Kealey, Doc, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Keane, Warren, Bennett's, Montreal. 

Keatons, Three. 229 W. 38, N. Y. 

Keegan ft Mack, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Keely Bros.. K. ft P., Philadelphia. 

Keife, Zena. 508 W. 135. N. Y. 

Keene, Juggling. 1360 Boston ltd.. N. Y. 

Keene ft Adams, Orpheum, Yonkers. 

Keene. Mattle, ft Co., 10 W. 182, N. Y. 

Kelly. John T.. Elmhurst, L. I. 

Kelly ft Rose, 40 W. 28, N. Y. 

Kelly, M. J., 46 Johnson, Brooklyn. 

Kelly, Walter C, Palace, London, Eng., Indef. 

Kelly ft Ashby, Palace, Aberdeen, Scotland. 

Keogh ft Francis, Orpheum, Denver. 

Keller. Major, Poll's, Waterbnry. Indef. 

Kennedy Bros, ft Mac, 32 Second. Dover, N. H. 

Kennedy ft Wllklns. 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Keno. Welsh ft Melrose. Columbia, St. Louis. 

Kerslake, 1.11. Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Kenton, Dorothy. Forest Pk., St. Louis. 

Klierns. Arthur H.. Revere House, Chicago. 

Klrliros, The, Princess, Columbus, O. 

Klein, Geo., Empire Show, B. R. 

Klein. Ott Bros, ft Nicholson, 253 W. 84, N. Y. 

Klein ft Clifton, 18, Chase's, Wash. 

Klchl ft Haghl, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Kimball ft Donovan, 113 Northampton, Boston. 

Klngsbur.is, The, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

King ft Douglas, Hasbrouck Heights, N. J. ~J 

King. Sara ft Nellie. 2374 Pitkin, Brooklyn. 

Kins-Ners. 343 N. Clark, Chicago. 

Klnsons. The, 21 E. 20, N. Y. 

Kiralfo. (Jus. 1710 Third, Evansville. 

Klrschhorns, 207 So. 13. Omaha. 

Knight, Francis. 225 W. 45. N. Y. 

Knight ft Sawtelle, Proctor's, Albany. 

Knowies, Harry, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Knox. W. H., Elyslan Grove, Tucson, Aril. 

Kooper, Harry J., Moon Light Malda. 

Kokin, Prince, Keeney's, Brooalyn. 

Kolfage, Duke, Crystal. El wood, Ind., Indef. 

Kolllns ft Carmen Sisters, Pantages', Seattle. 

Kramer. Joe, Colonial, Richmond, Ya. 

Kraft, Gus. Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Kraftons, The, G. O. H., Syracuse. 

Krause, Emma. Brigadiers, B. R. 

Kretore. 119 Washington, Altoona. 

Kurtis-Busse, 6 W. 8, Erie, Pa. 



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Horton ft Linder. Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Houston, Fritz, Vogel's Minstrels. 

Howard's Pony ft Dogs, Bloomington. Ind. 

Howard ft Cameron. 479 No. Clinton. Rochester. 

Howard ft Esher. 881 N. Artlsen, Chicago. 

Hunan ft Kearney, Orientals, B. R. 

Howard Bros., Main, Peoria, 111. 

Howard ft Howard. K. ft P. 58th, St., N. Y. 

Howard ft St. Clair, Charing Cross ltd., London. 

Howard, Jos. B., Aleda, 111., indef. 

Howard, May, Rentz-Santley, B. R. 

Howard, Geo. F.. 3456 Scranton. Rd., Cleveland. 

Howell ft Webster. 1553 Broadway. N. Y, 

Hoyle, William, 16 5. Attelboro. Mass. 

Hoyt, Frances ft Co., Sherman House, Chicago. 

Hoyt ft McDonald. National Hotel, Chicago. 

Hudson Bros., 1337 Maple, Canton. O. 

Huehn, Musical, 1553 Broadway. N. Y. 

Hughes, Florence, Harry Bryant's, B. R. 

Hughes, Mr. ft Mrs. Nick, Jamaica. L. I. 

Huested, Sadie. Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Huetterman, Miss. Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Huegel Bros., Lyric Pk., Waco, Tex. 

Hughes Musical Trio. 73 E. Main. Webster, Mass. 

Hunter ft Duncan. Ponce de Leon Pk., Atlanta. 

Hurleys, The. 1851*, So. Orange. Newark. 

Huston. Arthur, Crystal. Denver, Indef. 

Hyde, Mr. ft Mrs., Chemo Lake. Clifton, Me. 

Hyde, Walt. If., ft Co., 3506 5. Pittsburg. 

Hylands, Three, 23 Cherry, Danbury, Conn. 



Imhoff ft Corlnne, Empire. B. R. 

Imperial Musical Trio, National. Steubenvllle. O. 

Imperial Viennese Troupe, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

International Entertainers. Four. Jolly Girls, B. R. 

International Musical Trio, Murray Hill, N. Y. 

Inman, The Great, 312 W. 24, N. Y. 

Italia, 356 Mass., Boston. 



Jack Lew ft Bro.. 9240 So. Chicago. So. Chicago. 
Jackson Family, Ringing Bros.. C. R. 
Jackson, Harry & Kate, Keith's, Phlla. 
Jacobs ft Sardel. Cole Bros., C. R. 
Jacobs ft West. Sam Devere. B. R. 
James, Byron. Bijou, Flint, Mich., indef. 
Jenkins ft Clark, Box 205. Appleton. Wis. 
Jennings. Arthur. 492 Manhattan, N. Y. 
Johnson Bros, ft Johnson, Hippo., Lorkport, N. Y. 
Jennings ft Jewel, Knickerbockers, B. R. 
Jennings ft Renfrew, 338 Spruce, Chelsea, Mass. 
Jennings, William. White's <}alety Girls, It R. 
Jerome. Nnt. S., 1287 Washington Ave., N. Y. 
Jewette. Hayes ft Llnd, Truro, N. S. 



La Blanc, Bertrane, Grand, Sacramento, indef. 

J* Centra ft La Rue, 532 E. 18. N. Y. 

La Bord ft Ryerson, Standard, Cbanute, Kas. 

La Clair ft West, Wonderland, Bluefleld, W. Va. 

La Nole Bros., 212 E. 14. N. Y. 

Lafleur ft Dogs, 57 Hanover, Providence. 

Lalllvette ft Co., 408 Fairmont, Meadvllle, Pa. 

La Mar, Sadie, Rolllckera, B. R. 

Lambert ft Williams, 149 E. 22, N. Y. ' 

Lamb ft King. 353 State, Chicago. 

Lambs, Manikins, 465 Pippin, Portland, Ore. 

Lampe Bros., Villa Raso, Absecon, N. J. 

Larex. Joseph, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Latona, Frank. Empire, Burnley, Eng. 

Lawler ft Daughters, 100 W. 105, N. Y. 

La Blanche, Great, Hotel Light, Chattanooga. 

La Gusta, 1911 Myrtle. Glendale. L. I. 

La Raab ft Scottie, 333 Locust, Johnstown, Pa. 

Laredo ft Blake, 325 E. 14, N. Y. 

La Man-he. Frankle, 436 E. 26. Chicago. 

La Rague Sisters, Barnum ft Bailey. C. R. 

La toy Bros.. Jolly Grass Widows, B. R. 

Lane Trio, Vogal's Minstrels. 

La Van ft La Valette, Majestic, Pittsburg, indef. 

La Rex, Wonderful. Clara Turner Stock Co. 

La Van Trio. Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

I<a Veen, Cross ft Co., Grand, Duluth. 

La Velle ft Grant. 226 E. 14. N. Y. 

Lavctte, ft Doyle, 840 N. 2, Hamilton, O. 

I .ii kola, Harry 11., Box 76, San Fernando, Cal. 

Lavine ft Hurd, New Century Maids, B. R. 

Langdons, The, 704 5th Ave., Milwaukee. 

Laughing Blanco, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Lawrence, Pete, Al. Reeves' Big Show. B. R. 

La Gray, Dollle, Bijou, Racine. Wis., Indef. 

Lawrence. Bert, 3 Laurel, Roxbury, Mass. 

lie Anders. 395 Madison, N. Y. 

Lee, James P., Empire. San Francisco, Indef. 

I,ee Tung Foo, 1223 2d, E. Oakland. 

Leahy, Frank W., Manhattan. Norfolk, Va., Indef. 

Leeds, Adelaide, Parisian Widows, B. R. 

Le Dent, Champagne Girls. B. R. 

Le Hlrt. Mons, 326 Clifford. Rochester. 

Lea my Ladles. Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Leigh, Andrew, Lady Birds, B. R. 

Leigh. Lisle ft Co.. 208 Am. Hank Bldg.. Seattle. 

Lelghtons, Three. Orpheum, I/>s Angeles. 

Leonard, James F., Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Loon! ft Leon I. 10 E. 7th. Cincinnati. 

Leonard, Grace. St. Paul Hotel. N. Y. 

Leonard ft Phillips, Lyric, Joplin, Mo. 

Leonard, Gus, Acme, Saeremento. indef. 

Leontlna, Mario. 17 E. 97, N. Y. 

I^eonore ft St. Clair. 4948 Easton, St. Louis. 

Leonard ft Drake, 1899 Park PL, Brooklyn. 



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LeRoy ft Woodford, 2417 Wylle Ave., Pittsburg. 

Les Bastiens, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Les Carrays, 19 Perry, Pittsburg. 

Les Jaroles. Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Leslie, Bert, ft Co., Trent, Trenton. 

Leslie, Eddie, 504 Ashland Bk., Chicago. 

Leslie ft Pattee, 714 Mellon, E. Pittsburg. 

Leslie ft Williams, Orpheum, Portsmouth, O. 

Lester, Bill, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Lester ft Moore. Brigadiers, B. R. 

Lester, Will, 281 John K . Detroit. 

Levy, Bert, Orpbeum, St. Paul. 

Levy, Mrs. Jules, and Family, 162 W. 98, N. Y. 

Leydeu, Margaret, .4047 Vernen, Chicago. 

Levan. Miss II., Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Leville ft Sinclair, 69 Osborne, Newark. 

Lewis ft Harr, 131 W. 16, N. Y. 

Lewis ft Cbapin, People's, Cedar Rapids. 

Lewie, Oscar, Whites Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Lewis, Phil, 121 W. 116, N. Y. 

Lewis ft Thompson, Merry Maidens, B. R. 

Le Fevre— St. John, Bell, Oakland. 

Le Witt ft Ashmore, Staub's, Knoxvllle. 

Llbbey ft Trayer. 302 W. 47, N. Y. 

Linn ft Calijui, Fay Foster, B. R. 

Lincoln, Bill, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Linn, Benn. Half Dime. Jersey City, N. J., indef. 

Livingstone, Three, Ringling Bros.. C. R. 

Llewellyn ft Walters, Majestic, Chicago. 

Llngerman, Samuel ft Lucy, 705 N. 5, Phlla. 

Lloyd, Alice, G. O. II., Pittsburg. 

Lloyd, Herbert, 28 Wellington, Strand. London. 

Loder, Chas. A., Rose Lawn, Areola, Pa. 

Lois, 100 W. 80. N. Y. 

Loinlsoii. Wllllard, 228 Montgomery, Jersey City. 

Long, John, Family, Erie, Pa., Indef. 

Loraine, Oscar, Grand, Butte. 

Louise ft Dottle. Bowery Burlesquers, B. R. 

Lovitts. The. ,'U4 Beverly Rd.. Brooklyn. 

Lowward, A. G., Barnum & Bailey, c. R. 

Lowe, Musical, 233 3d Ave., N. Y. 

Lowry, Mr. ft Mrs. Ed.. 44 E. Cross. Baltimore. 

Lucas, Jimmie, 456 W. Division, Chicago. 

Luckie ft Yoast. 389 Sumpter, Brooklyn. 

Luce ft Luce, Henderson's, Conev Island. 

Lucler. Marguerite, Quincy Allan's Sawyer Co. 

Luclers, Four. Onset, Mass. 

Lucy & Lucler, Poll's, New Haven. 

Lulgl Plcaro Trio, 460 Adolph. Brooklyn. 

"Luis Kink." 14 Marlborough Rd., London, Eng. 

Luttsinger, Lucas Co., Majestic, Chicago. 

I hi/ Bros., 13 Grant, Corona, N. Y. 

Lukens, 4, Reading. Pa. 

Lynton, Chris., Empire, Ix>s Angeles. Indef. 

Lyons ft Cullum, 1»17 W. 10, N. Y. 

Lyres, Three, (irand, Marion, III. 



Mack, Wilbur, 17, Orpbeum, St. Paul. 

Macarte Sisters, Orpheum, Denver. 

Mack, Billy, 208 Third. N. Y. 

Macks, Two, 245 W. 59, Phlla. 

Mack ft Dougal, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Mac Fadyen and Mac Fadyen, 313 So. 5th, B'klyn. 

Mack, James, Wesley, Rose Sydell, B. R. 

Madden, Fltzpatrick ft Co., 1568 Broadway, N. Y. 

Maddern, Joseph, 139 W. 47, N. Y. 

Madcaps, Winkler's, 104 E. 14, N. Y. 

Mac Donaugh, Ethel, 68 W. 107, N. Y. 

M&Jtr. Agnes, Orpheum. Oakland. 

Ma Dell ft Corbley, 110 Howard. Buffalo. 

•Madle," 403 W. 51. N. Y. 

Makareukos Duo. 306 E. 5. N. Y. 

Malehow, Geo., Bijou, Oshkosh, Wla., Indef. 

Malvern TroujHN White's Gaiety Girls, B. It. 

Manliasset Comedy Four, Rose Sydell, B. R. 

Manning ft Wise, .'{."> Bedford, Brooklyn. 

Mauley ft Norris, 517 Walnut. Hamilton, O. 

Manhattan Banjo Trio, 305 W. 127, N. Y. 

Mautell's Marionettes, O. II., Calgary, Alb., Can. 

Mardo Trio, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Marguerite ft Hanley, Ringling Bros., 0. R. 

Mario Trio, \Vashin|pon Society Girls, B. R. 

Marlon ft Pearl, Clifton Hotel, Clifton, N. J. 

"Martha." 215 E. 86, N. Y. 

Marks, Clarence, Broadway Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Marlon ft Lillian, Tiger Lilies. B. R. 

Marlowe. Plunkett ft Co., 27 Gaylord, Dorchester. 

Marnello, Mornitz Troupe, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Marno Trio, touring Europe. 

Marsh, Joe, 3122 Lucas. St. Louis. 

Marshall, Bert. 238 Splcer, Akron, O. 

Marshall ft King, Rentz-Santley, B. R. 

Martin, Dave ft Percle. 3950 Indiana, Chicago. 

Martynne, C. B., Orpheum, Leavenworth, indef. 

Martynne, Great, Rose Sydell, B. R. 

Martinez ft Martinez. Henderson's. C. I., Indef. 

Martin ft Crouch, 925 So. 12, Springfield, 111. 

Martini ft Maximilian. Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Marty, Joe, 1623 Hancock, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Marnier, Lena. Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Mary ft Petroff. Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Mason, Art. Brigadiers, B. R. 

Mason ft Bart, Victor House, Chicago. 

Mason ft Doran, 408 Bank, Fall River. 

Mason ft Keeler, ^i. O. H., Syracuse. 

Mason ft Shannon. Q. 0. II. . Indianapolis. 

Mason, Wm. A.. Orpheum, Portsmouth, Va. 

Masquerla Sisters. Three. 9 2.'1. Chicago. 

Mathews, Joca. Yankee I>oodle (Jlrls, B. R. 

Maxwell and Dudley, lot; W. 90. N. Y. 

May, Arthur <>., P. O. Box 623, Horman, Okla. 



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Mayer, Robert, Moon Light Maids, B. R. 
Mayne, Elizabeth. Harry Bryant's, B. R. 
McAroy, Harry, Troroughbreds, B. R. 
McAvoy A Hartley. 8 E. 108, N. Y. 
McCabe, Jack, Century Girls, B. R. 
MoCabe A Peters, Richmond Hotel, Chicago. 
McCann, Geraldine, A Co.. 706 Park, Johnstown. 
McCarthy, Myles. Green Ro. nil Club, N. Y. 
McCarvers, The. 2833 Dearborn. Chicago. 
McConnell A Simpson. 2706 E. 8, Kansas City. 
McCoy, Nellie, 557 W. 124. N. Y. 
McCree Davenport Troupe, Hagenbeck-Wallace. 
McCullough. Walter. Alexander Hotel, Chicago. 
McCune A Grant. 3 Banton, Pittsburg, Pa. 
McFarland, Prank. 311 W. 142. N. Y. 
McFarland A McDonald. Colonial Belles. B. R. 
McCauley, Joe, Wonderland. Minneapolis, indef. 
McC.lnnla Bros.. 75 Bradford, Springfield, Mass. 
McGrath A Paige, §8 Wash., Middletown, Conn. 
McGregor, Lulu. Grand. Altoona, Pa., indef. 
MoKinley. Neil. Jersey Lilies. B. R. 
McLaughlin. L. Clair, Sheridanville, Pa. 
McLeod, Andy, Kentucky Belles, B. B. 
McMahor A Cbapelle. Hammersteln's, N. Y. 
McMahon s Melon Girls. Shea's, Toronto. 
McNally Bros.. Ringllng Bros.. C. R. 
McNaughtons. The. G. O. H., Plttsbarg. 
McPhee A Hill. Poll's. Springfield. 
McWUliams, G. R.. Keith's. Phlla. 
Meaney, Lottie. & Co., 7 Elm. Charleston, Mass. 
Mears, Chas. E.. 2925 N. 13. Kansas City. 
Melville A Hlgglns, 272 So. 2d, Brooklyn. 
Melrose. William. Itanium A Bailey, C. R. 
Melroy Trio. 97 Park. Chicago. 
Melvin Bros.. Kentucky Belles, B. R. 
Menstians, The. Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Monstier, Clown Le. Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Mercer, John, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Merrltt. Raymond, Empire, Los Angeles, indef. 
Merriman Sisters. 912 Bellefontaine, Indianapolis. 
Meers Sisters, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Met set ties. Ten. Barnum A Bailey. C. R. 
Mezano Troupe. Campbell Bros , C. R. 
Mlaco, Al„ Ringllng Bros., C R. 
Middleton. Gladys. Majestic. St. Paul. 
Mlgnon, Helene, Empire. St. Paul, indef. 



Mills, Joe, Roillckers. B. R. 
Mil U. Wo., 20th Century Maids. B. B. 
Milvo Bros., Ringllng Bros., 0. R. 
Millard. Prank, Lady Birds, B. R. 
Millard Bros., Crackerjacks. B. B. 
Mlllman Trio, Folles Marigny. Paris. 
Miller. Jack, Star, La t robe. Pa. 
Miller, John, Ringllng Bros., C. B. 
Mlllership Sisters, Watson's, B. B. 
Miller, Elisabeth. 1726 W. 81 PI.. Cleveland. 
Miller, Grace, Phillip's, Bichmond, Ind., indef. 
Miller Sisters. Gay Morning Glories, B. R. 
Mills A Lewis, 114 B. 11, N. Y. 
Mills A Morris, Clarendon Hotel, N. Y. 
Milletts, The, Ringllng Bros., C. B. 
Milton A De Long Sisters, 2454 Irving, Denver. 
Mllmars. The, Orpheum. Oil City, Pa. 
Miner A Coleman, 201 W. 13Q. N. Y. 
Mitchell A Cain, 611 Sterling PL, Brooklyn. 
Mitchell A Calre, touring Eng. and Provinces. 
Mitchell Sisters, Monarch, Lawton, Okla., indef. 
Mitchell A Quinn. 20 Bay 26, Benaonhurat, L. I. 
Monroe, George, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Monahans. The. White City, Shrewsbury, Mass. 
Monie, Al., Casino, Wash., Pa. 
Montambo A Hurl Falls, Empire. B. B. 
Montrose, Louise, 450 So. First, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 
Montague's Cockstoos, 54 W. 26, N. Y. 
Montgomery, Gee. P., Lyric, Hot Springs, indef. 
Montgomery A Moore 1009 Buttonwood, Pbila. 
Montray, 814 Western Ave.. Allegheny, Pa. 
Mooney, Harry J.. Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 
Mooney A Holbein, Hippodrome, Hull, Eng. 
Mora, Silent. O. H.. Ashland, O. 
Moore A Dillon. Fay Foster, B. B. 
Moore A McGarry. 48 Wyckoff, Brooklyn. 
Moore, Marjorie, La Crosse, Wis. 
Moore. Tom, WO 3d, N. Y. 
Moorehead. Harry (Dreamland), Norfolk, Va. 
Morette Sisters. 1237 Lee. Philadelphia. 
Morgan A Chester. 1553 Broadway. N. Y. 
Morgan. Loo, Parisian Belles, B. B. 
Morris A Morton, Dainty Duchess, B. R. 
Morse, Bon., 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Morre, Chas., Lady Birds, B. B. 
Morre. Helen J., Night Owls, B. B. 
Morelle. M«rle, tfflfu Main. Parsons, Kaa. 
Morrison, Geo. N., E. 98th and Ave. E., Brooklyn. 
Morse. Billy. Anbeuser's. Aberdeen, Wash., indef. 
Morton. Fred W., Bijou. Winnipeg. 
Morton, James J., 147 W. 45, N. Y. 
Morton A Elliott, Moss A Stoll Tour, indef. 
Morton, Ed., Roillckers, B. R. 
Muller. Chum A M tiller. G. O. H . Indianapolis. 
Mulllnl Sisters. Washington Society Girls, B. R. 
Munger, Mort. M., Frankfort, Ind. 
Murphy A Andrews, 116 Washington PL, N. Y. 
Murphy A Magee. Ideals. B. R. 
Murphy A Palmer. 309 3d Ave., N. Y. 
Murphy & Willard. 005 No. 7th. Philadelphia. 
Murphy, Geo. P., Tiger Lilies, B. R. 
Murray Sisters, Orpheum, Des Moines. 
Murray. Wm. W., 223. E. 14. N. Y. 
Murray, Eddie. Fischer's, Los Angeles, Indef. 
Murray. Clayton dr. Drew. Merry Maidens, B. R. 
Murtha. Lillian. 211 E. 10, N. Y. 
Musketeers, Three. Jolly Grass Widows, B. R. 

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Nagel & Adams. 138 Wickliffe, Newark. 
Narelle, Marie, Christ Church, New Zealand. 
Nat us, Julie, Tiger Lilies, B. R. 
Nawn. Tom, A Co.. 420 W. 52, Phlla. 
Neff. John. Brigadiers,, B. R. 
Nellls, Neill A Chapman, 1052 E. Main, Rochester. 
Nelson Fur mi in Troupe, 3141 Beverly rd., Br'klyn. 
Nelson, Katberlne, 10 Howland, Roxbury. Mass. 
Nelson A Egbert. 483 Atlantic, Pittsburg. 
Nel*)ii, Tony, Krystall Palace, Leipzig. Ger. 
Netzer. Herman. 808 Rlvlngton, N. Y. 
Nevada & Eden. 235 W. 43. N. Y. 
Nevaros. Four, Itanium A Bailey, C. R. 
Newell Sisters, Jolly Girls, B. R. 



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Newell A Niblo, Hippodrome, Liverpool, Eng. 

Newman, Jules, Lady Birds, B. R. 

Newsomes, Four, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Niblo A Speucer, Porter's Corner, Saratoga, N. Y. 

Nichols A Uogau. 1544 Broadway, Brooklyn. 

Nickel, Earl, 345 E. 40, Chicago. 

Nicolai, Ida, Bohemians, B. R. 

Night With the Poets, Keith's, Philadelphia. 

"Night on a Houseboat," Alhambra, N. Y. 

Nllea A Hart, Lake Cone Pk., Ft. Worth. 

Noble, Billy, 20 Century Malda, B. R. 

Nolan, Fred, Boston Belles, B. R. 

Nolan, Irvan, 415 N. Madison, Peoria, 111. 

Norman's Juggling Six. Grand, Indianapolis. 

North, Bobby, 45 W. 116, N. Y. 

Notes, Musical, Irwin, Goshen, Ind., Indef. 

Nugent, Eddie, Trans-Atlantic, B. R. 

Nugent, J. C, The Oaks, Canal Dover, O. 

Nugent A Miller, Keith's. Philadelphia. 



O'Brien-Havel, 616 52, Brooklyn. 

Odell A Hart, 2063 Strand, Green Lake, Wash. 

Udell A Kinley, 3405 Colllngwood, Toledo. 

Ogden, Helen, 279 Clybourne, Chicago. 

Olivers, Three, Lyric, Danville, 111. 

Olivette, 225 Pacific, Brooklyn. 

Omega, Ollie. Parisian Widows, B. B. 

"Onetta." Park Hotel, Port Chester, N. Y. 

Out hank A Blancbetto, P. O., Boston, Mass. 

Omlaw, Gua, Alhambra, Brussels, Bel. 

O'Neill A Mack, S23 W. Pratt, Indianapolis. 

O'Neil, Touiuiie, White's Gaiety Girls. B. R. 

O'Neill, W. A., Orpheum, Oakland, indef. 

Orth A Fern, Orpheum, Los Augeles. 

Olifans, Three, 711 Orchard, Chicago. 

O' Regan, Box 305, Ottawa, Can. 

Orbasany, Irma, Forest Park, Kansaa City. 

Orloff, Olga, Toreadors, B. B. 

O'Rourke A Marie, Merry Makers, B. B. 

Otto Bros., 10 Howlaud, Roxbury, Mass. 

Owens, Biille A May, 1421 Adams, N. S., Pitts- 



Pacbeco Family, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Pamahaslka. Prof., 1037 R. Dauphin, Phlla. 

Palfrey A Hoffler, 51 Broadway, Providence. 

Palmer Sisters. 545 Hart, Brooklyn. 

Parisian Grand Opera Co., 636 Lexington, N. Y. 

Parks, Dick, 1268 E. 25, Los Angeles. 

Pat ton, Grace, Roillckers, B. R. 

Patty Bros., Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Paullnettl A Piquo, 242 Franklin, Phlla. 

Pay ton A Baso, Theatre, Geneva, N. Y. 

Pendletons. The, 135 Pittsburg, New Castle. 

Pero & Wilson, 335 Temple, Washington, O. 

Pearl, Kathryn, Roillckers, B. R. 

Pearl, Violet. Roillckers, B. R. 

Pederson Bros., 528 1st, Milwaukee. 

Pelots, The, 161 Westminster, Atlantic City. 

Pepper Twins, Lindsay, Ont., Can. 

Perkins, David F., 222 Eastern, Portland, Me. 

Perkins, Walter E., 208 American Bldg., Seattle. 

Perry A White, Miss N. Y., Jr., B. B. 

Perry, Clayton, Ideals, B. R. 

Persoue, Cauiille, Majestic, La Salle, 111. 

Petchlng Bros., Shea's, Buffalo. 

Peters, Phil A Nettle, 107 E. 31, N. Y. 

Phllbrooks A Reynolds, 220 E. 78, N. Y. 

Phillips A Farlardeau, Pastor's, New York. 

Phillips, J. H., 10 W. 132, N. Y. 

Phillips Sisters, Majestic, B. R. 

Piercy A Fulda, 1026 Paterson, Baltimore. 

Pike, Lester, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Pike, May, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Polrer's Three, 985 Berrl, Montreal. 

Pollard, Jeanne, World Beaters, B. B. 

"Polly Pickle's Pets," Orpheum, Kansas City. 

P ose ur , Allan H., 436 Central Park W., N. Y. 

Potter A Harris, Grand, Hamilton, O. 

Powers Bros., 15 Trask, Providence. 

Power, Coletta A Co., l'i Rockvllle pi., Brooklyn. 

Powers, Mr. A Mrs., 357 W. 30, N. Y. 

Prampln Trio. 347 W. 40, N. Y. 

Price. John R., A Co., 211 E. 14, N. Y. 

Prices, The Jolly, 141 W. 47, Chicago. 

Primrose, Fred., 37C Wallabout, Brooklyn. 

Pritzkow, Louis, Ceutury Girls, B. B. 

Prosit Trio, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Pryors, The. 30 No. Main, Providence. 

Psycho, Mile., Gen. Del., Chicago. 

Pucks, Two, 166 E. 80, N. Y. 

Pudgie A Emmett, 404 Blewett, Seattle. 

Pulleu, Louella, 194 Jefferson, Trenton. 



Quaker City Quartet, 403 Macon, Brooklyn. 
Qulgg A Mack, 115 E. 14, N. Y. 



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NEXT WEEK (May 11), OAYETY, BROOKLYN. Radford A Valentine, Oxford, London, Eng. 
When answering advertisements kindly mention Variety. 



Rainbow Sisters, Marlon, Marlon, O. 

Raleigh A Harrington. 2:13 Winter, Hagerstown. 

Ralston A Sou, Box 641, Patcbogue, L. L, N. Y. 

Ramsey Slaters. Bijou, Battle Creek. 

Rankin. Billy, Flndlay. Flndlay, O. 

Rastus A Banks, Royal, Merthy, Eng. 

Rawls A Von Kaufman, 315 E. 14, Kansas City. 

Rawson A Claire, Bon Tons, B. R. 

Kawson A June, Phoenicia, X. Y. 

Raymoiid, Ruby, G. O. II. , Syracuse. 

Raymond &. Hull, 0239 Loomis Chicago. 

Raymond A Harper, 6400 Lexington, Cleveland. 

Ray no's, Al., Bull Dogs, Sbarptown, Iud. 

Razarfs. The, 4503 No. 20, Phlla. 

Ray, Fred. & Co., G. O. H., Pittsburg. 

Raymond. Frederlcka, 16 E. 88, N. Y. 

Raynor, Val., Trans-Atlautics, B. R. 

Reaves, Roe, Hamilton, O. 

Reded A lladley. World Beaters, B. R. 

Reed A St. John, Bijou. Decatur, 111. 

Redpath's Napanees, Olympic, Chicago. 

Regal Trio. 116 W. Washington PI., N. Y. 

Rego. Jimiiile. City, Brockton, Mass. 

Bedford A Winchester, Proctor's, Newark. 

Reld Sisters, 53 Broad, Elizabeth. 

Reld, Lilian. A Co., 272 E. 35, Chicago. 

Reilly, Johnnie. Majestic, Lexington. Ky. 

Reed A Karl, Crystal. Nobelsvllle. Ind. 

Reed, Harry L., Washington, Buffalo, Indef. 

Reeves. Al., Reeves' Beauty Show, B. R. 

Remingto'i, Mayme, Valentine's Toledo. 

Renee Family, Majestic, Houston. 

Reno, Geo. B., A to., Empire, Nottingham, Eng. 

Reno & Bigar, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Renshaw, Bert, Majestic, La Salle, 111., indef. 

Renzettu A Lyman, Trocadero, B. R., 

Revere A Vulr, Champagne Girls, B. R. 

Reynard, A. D., Alf. T. Wheeler's, C. R. 

Reynard. Ed. F.. Chase's. Washington. 

Reynolds, Al«e, Miss N. Y., Jr., B. R. 

Reynolds A Donegan, Syracuse, N. Y. 

Rhodes A E-igel, 223a Chauncey, Brooklyn. 

Rice, Al., 202 Springfield, Newark. 

Rice A Cohen, Temple, Detroit. 

Rice, Fanny, 340 Lafayette, Brooklyn. 

RICS, True, 1223 State, Milwaukee. 

Hire A Elmer, 343 E. 142, N. Y. 

Rice A Walters, Boston Belles, B. R. 

Richards, Chris., Alhambra, N. Y. 

Richardson, Lavender A Co., Farm, No. Carver, 

Mass. 
Riley, Frank, Orientals, B. R. 
KiccohmTs Horses, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Richards A Grover, People's, Cedar Rapids. 
Rlnaldos. The, 184% 8. High, Columbus, O. 
Ring A Williams, 102 Liberty. Baltimore. 
Rio. Adolph, 222 B. 14, N. Y. 
Ritter A Foster, Hippodrome, Paisley, Scot. 
Rlvards, Three, 338 Scrlbner, Grand Raplda. 
Roattlno A Stevens, Trent, Trenton. 
Roberts, Slgna, Merced, Cal. 

Roberts. Elaine. Pearl, 17 Alrdome. El Reno, Okla. 
Roblsch A Childress, Orpheum, Cambridge, O. 



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Roblusoir & Grant. 206 8th Ave.. N. Y. 

Robinson, Tom. Scrlhner's Big Show. B. U. 

Roby, Dan, 1553 Broadway. N. Y. 

Roche, La Belle. Mile.. Ringling Urns., c. R. 

Rook & Fulton, Keith's. Boston. 

Rockaway & Conway, Orpheum, Oakland. 

Roetblg. Henry, St. Charles Hotel. Chicago. 

Rogers & Evans. Bijou. Piqua, O. 

Rogers, Mr. & Mrs. Robt., 121 W. 42, N. Y. 

Rolture, 28 W. 33, N. Y. 

Romola. Boh. Bijcu, Davenport, la., i.idef. 

R<H>ney te Bent, Orpheum, Brooklyn. 

Rooney. Katie. *07 N. Patterson Pk., Baltimore. 

Romatihoffs. The. 133 17th, Wheeling, W. Va. 

Roo-iey Sisters. 807 N. Patterson Pk., Baltimore. 

Rosa, Bessie, Boston Belles, B. R. 

Ross Sisters, SS Cumerford, Providence. 

Roseoe & Si ma, Renta-Santley, B. R. 

Ross & Ie.vls, Oxford. Middlesboro, Eng. 

Ross & Vack. 11 W. 114, N. Y. 

Rosso & Simms, Bowery Burlegquers,- B. R. 

Rousck, Jack, Air-Dome. I.eave-nvorth, lndef. 

Rowland. 127 W. 27. New York. 

Royal Musical Five. 249 So. 0. Brooklyn. 

Royce Bros.. 874 N. Randolph. Phil a. 

Ryno & Emerson, Continental Hotel, Chicago. 

Russell. Fred. P.. 480 W. 136, N. Y. 

Russell, Fred., Bowery Burlesquers, B. R. 

Russell ft Davis. Idle Hour. Atlanta, lndef. 

Ryan ft Rlchfleld, Keith's. Philadelphia. 

Ryan, Nan. ft Co.. ISM Broadway, N. Y. 

Ryan ft White. 504 E. 16.'!, N. Y. 

Ryan, Zorella ft Jenkins, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 



Sada -Carmen Sisters, Barnum ft Bailey. C. R. 

Salamonskl, B. M.. Prof., Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Sandwinas, The, Shea's. Buffalo. 

Battler. Chat., Lady Birds, B. R. 

San ford ft Darlington. 2422 So. Adler. Phila. 

Salvaggis, Five, Miss N. Y., Jr., B. R. 

Sampson & Douglas, Pantage'a, Seattle, lndef. 

Samson, Doe, Coburn Greater Minstrels. 

Sandow ft Laapert, Orientals. B. R. 

Saxton ft Somers. Capitol Hotel, N. Y. 

Bchade, F., Ringling Bros., {j. R. 

Schepp, Orover Rolllckers, B. R. 

Schuster, Milton, Palace. Boston, lndef. 

Scott, Edouard. Grand, Reno, Nov., lndef. 

8cott. Mike. 223 Third. N. Y. 

Seabury ft Wllkle, 187 Madison, Paterson. 

Sears, Gladys. Parisian Belles, B. R. 

Sears, Wlntergarten, Berlin. 

Seguln. Wood, Eugenia, 2314 Holywood, Toledo. 

Semon, Chas. F.. O. O. H.. Syracuse. 

Semon Trio, Revere House, Chicago. 



PlAY OR PAY CONTRACT. 

(Continued from page 3.) 

has been executed. "Strict Performance" 
is the notification given to all managers. 
If a manager wishes to cancel an act, 
shift or postpone its time, it can be done 
only with the consent of the act itself, 
and if the act declines to accept a can- 
cellation, shift or postponement, accord- 
ing to the resolution, the managei must 
play or pay. This is the positive state- 
ment officially made at the Unitetl's office. 

The injunction against acts playing op- 
position would be as strictly enforced was 
as positively stated. Whether tho oppo- 
sition engagement was for one perform- 
ance or a week, the ban would be placed, 
to be removed only by the decree of the 
general manager. No other member of 
the United held that power. 

A sub-organization in the United em- 
bracing the smaller managers has been 
effected in due form, and an executive 
committee elected. This committee will 
have to do with acts playing over the 
smaller time, which will be hooked under 
an understanding as regards tne larger 
houses. 

When the details of the radical move 
made by the United became known, much 
satisfaction was expressed. An impres- 
sion had obtained that the United was 
running at large, and the announcement 
that the booking agency would be under 
one head, to whom the managers would re- 
port controversies for judgment, seemed 
to meet the general approval. It carried 
the conviction that if the policy of "sys- 
tem" were to be fully maintained and 
continued, it would benefit the artists, 
managers and vaudeville. 



Seymour, O. G. ft Co., Orpheum. Omaha. 

Seymour Sisters, 1040 Nicholas, Phlla. 

Seyons, The. Parisian Belles, B. R. 

SVadle. Frank, Ringling Bros.. C. R. 

Shannons, Four, Empire Grand Fork9, N. D. 

Sharpe. Dollle. Family, Pottsvllle. Pa., lndef. 

Sharocks, The. 240 Gain, Montreal. 

Shaw ft Shaw. Hotel Rexford, Boston. 

Shaws. Aerial. Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Shayne ft King, 110 E. 14, N. Y. 

Sherman ft Fuller, 8.13 N. 8. Reading, Pa. 

Sneer, Bessie. 212 Woodward, Detroit. 

Shewbrooke ft Berry. Trent. Trenton. 

Sliipp. Julia, ft Edward. Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Shlrhart. Anson. Crystal, Detroit, lndef. 

Shoer. Willie, 226 E. 39. N. Y. 

Short. Edwards, B7 Middagh, Brqkklyn. 

Shrodes, Chas. ft Alice, Shea's Toronto. 

Sle Hasan Ben All, Luna Villa, Coney Island. 

Slmms, The Mystic, Box 309 Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. 

Steinert ft Thomas. 120 W. 135, N. Y. 

Sieger, Lillian, Harry Bryant's, B. R. 

Sldman, Sam. 6111 Qulncy, Cleveland. 

Sldonne, ft Kellle. 424 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago. 

Silver Stars. 31 Hanover, Boston. 

Simpsons, Musical. 204 E. 62, N. Y. 

Six English Belles, Gay Morning Glories, B. R. 

Six Girls ft Teddv Bear. Auburn, N. Y. 

Slneay's Dogs ft Cats, 101 W. 40, N. Y. 

Smirl ft Ressner, 229 W. 38. N. Y. 

Smith ft Convey. Trans-Atlantles. B. R. 

Smiths, Aerial, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Smith Bros., 66 Hawthorne, Hartford. 

Smedley ft Arthur Co., 231 W. 38, N. Y. 

Smith ft Arado, Howard. Boston. 

Smith, Wm. M., Broadway Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Smith ft Brown, Morning Glories. B. R. 

Smythe. Wm. H.. Gay Morning Glories, B. R. 

Snyder ft Buckley. Kelth'a, Cleveland. 

Summers ft Storke, Ideals, B. R. 

Somers. Zalmar, Pat White's Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Some Quartet. Merry Maidens, B. R. , 

Sonnett. Annette, City Sports, B. R. 

Soper, Bert. Star. Altoona. Pa., lndef. 

Bonder, Pearl, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Spauldlng ft Dupree. Family, Davenport, la. 

Spears, Bert, Melrose, Highlands, Mass. 

Spencer. Lloyd, Lyric, Houston, lndef. 

Splssel Bros, ft Mack, Gayety, Wash. D. C. 

Spooler. Lew IL. Empire, B. R. 

Stafford ft Stone, 624 W. 139. N. Y. 

Stanford, Billy. 214 Clymer. Reading. 

Stanley, B., Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Stanley, Minna, City Sports, B. R. 

Stanley ft Scalon. Orpheum, Alberta, Canada, lndef. 

Stanton ft Sand berg. 711 Orchard, Chicago. 

Starr, Carrie, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Sterns, Al., 131 W. 26, N. Y., care of Ward. 



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ONTARIO HUMMING BIRD 
MINING COMPANY 

Purchased the "GARDNER PLACER" 

Taking in Soda Creek and 75 to 150 feet each aide of aame for almost a mile. 
We now control the valley. 

On the place ARE SEVEN CABINS and NUMEROUS MINING DUMPS that 
should pay us a good interest on the investment, outside of the great value the 
ground IS TO OUR COMPANY. 

We have cut another blind vein in our cross-cut tunnel that shows some 
good Copper, Iron and White Spur. 

A large STREAK of FINE LOOKING ORE has now appeared on the hanging 
wall of our "Belle B." "The Sapphira" is holding its own as we sink, with 
ASSAYS of $66.00, $75.00, $93.00 GOLD, SILVER and COPPER. THE FEW 
SHARES WE HAVE LEFT 





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ADVISE YOUR FRIENDS TO GET IN AT THIS PRICE. 

AMONG THE SUBSCRIBERS LAST WEEK were James J. Corbett, Walter 
Le Roy, Patty Bros., H. D. McKenzie, Marguerite and Hanley, Hugo Fisher, Otto 
Ernesto, Harriet B. Glenn, Jos. A. Dunlevy. 

Write or wire reservation at our expense. Address 

* 

RICHARD F. STALEY 

Po«t office, bin o, IDAHO SPRINGS, COLO. 



Stevens, Leo, Washington Society Girls, B. R. 

Stevens & Boehm, 325 E. 14, N. Y. 

Stewarts, Musical, Bohemians, B. R. 

Stewart & Desmond 147 W. 142, N. Y. 

Stewart, Harry, Rose Sydell, B. R. 

Stephens, Harry, 242 W. 43, N. Y. 

Stickner, l.mnia, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

stickney, Miss R., Barnum & Bailey. C. R. 

Stickney'a Pony and Dogs, Hempstead. L. I. 

Stickney, Robert, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Stlrk & Dan, 28 Hancock, Brockton, Mass. 

Stone. Wizard, Empire, Shepperd's, London, Eng. 

St. Elmo, Leo. 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

St. Onge Bros., 22 Portland, Worcester. 

Strickland, E. ('.. E. Greeuwlch, R. I. 

Stuart & Keeley, 822 College. Indianapolis. 

Stuart, J. Francis, 214 No. 8, Philadelphia. 

Sturgis, Ida, Imperials, B. R. 

Sullivan, W. J., IUJou. Jamestown. N. D., lndef. 

Sullivan Bros., 6 So. High, Milford, Mass. 

Sully & Phelps, 2329 Bolton. Phila. 

Summers & Winters, 2320 Prairie. Chicago. 

Sunny South, Hippodrome, London. 

Sntcliffe Troupe. Hippodrome, I/ondon. 

Sweet, Eugene, 25 Cherry. Providence. 

Sweeney, John S., 452 Turn»-r, Allentown, Pa. 

Swor Bros.. 713 W. 62, Chicago. 

Sylow, Barnum & Bailey, C. R. 

Sylows, The, Parisian Belles, B. B. 

Sylvan & O'Neal. World Beaters. B. R. 

s.\ in finds. Jack, 18 Crystal, Denver. 

Sympbonla Musical Trio, 26 N. Jefferson, Dayton. 



Talcots, The, Princes, Cleveland. 
Tanean, 10 Central, Brooklyn. 
Tanean, Felix Sc Claxton, 331 E. 03, N. Y. 
Tanka, Ringling Bros., C. R. 
Taylor, Tell, I.a Salle, Chicago, lndef. 
Tegge & Daniel, 2148 No. Kobey, Chicago. 
Tempest Trio, 124 Boneau, Jersey City. 
"Ten Dark Knights," Proctor's, Utlca. 
Tennis Trio, Poll's, Hartford. 
Tenors. Four, Pat White's Gaiety Girls, B. R. 
That Quartette, Lyric Hotel, N. Y. 
Thayer, Joe, Ashmont House, Lynn. 
The Quartette, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Thomas, David, care of Moyer. Atlanta. 
Thompson & Carter, City Sports, B. R. 
Thompson, Harry, 112 Covert, Brooklyn. 
Thompson Sisters, 3822 Aldlne, Chicago. 
Thome. Mr. & Mrs.. Hotel Braddock. N. Y. 
Thornton, Geo. A.. 1133 Broadway, N. Y. 
Thropp. Clara, 18 O. H., Sacramento. 
Tlddlewlnks & Dugan, 503 Hudson, N. Y. 



Tierney, Belle, 74 N. Main, Woonaocket, R. I. 

Tieruey A Odell, Family, Butte. 

Tliiney, Frauk H.. 812 Moore. Philadelphia. 

Toledo, Sydney, Bayslde, L. I. 

Tomklus, William, Ooldfleld, Nev. 

Toys, Musical, Glace Bay, N. S. 

Trainer & Dale, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Travers, Belle, Orientals, B. B. 

Travers, Roland, Majestic, Madison, Wis. 

Trlllers. The, 316 E. 20, N. Y. 

Troubadours, Three, 226 Park. Newark. 

Trnesvtf » , Mr. ft Mrs., 560 W. 150, N. Y. 

Trocadero Quartet, Dixieland, Jacksonville, Fla. 

Trolley Cur Trio, Orpheum, San Jose, Cal. 

Tully, May, Proctor's, Newark. 

Turner, Bert, People's, St. J©e, Mo. 

Tumour, Jules, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Turpi ii. Ben, 310 E. Superior, Chicago. 

Tyce, Lillian, 733 Mt. Prospect, Newark. 



Ullrich. Frits, 200 w. 44, N. Y. 

linm Sisters, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

I slier, Claude & Fannie, Poll's, New Haven. 



Vagges, The 4, Green. Auburn, N. Y. 

Valdare & Varno, 175 S. Lake, Aurora, 111. 

Valinore, Mildred, Toreadors, B. R. 

Valadous, Three, Keith's. So. Bridge, Mass. 

Valdare, Bessie, Orpheum, Brooklyn. 

Valolse Bros., Orpheum, Zanesvllle, O. 

Vnlveno Bros., 107 E. 31, N. Y. 

Valveno & La More, 20, Tacoma, Boston. 

Van Charles ft Fannie, Proctor's, Newark. 

Van Eppes, Jack, 15 W. 64, N. Y. 

Van Cleve, Denton ft Pete, 236 B. 14, N. Y. 

Van Dor 1 1 ft McGill, 241 Heuward, Brooklyn. 

Van Hoven. Bijou, Marion, O. 

Van Lee, James. Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Vim, Miss M., Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Vardaman, 270 W. 30, N. Y. 

Vardon, Perry ft Wilbur, Olympic, So. Bend. 

Variety Quartette, Moonlight Maids, B. It. 

Vasco, Keith's, Cleveland. 

Veda ft Qulntarow, Globe Hotel, Helalre, O. 

Vedmars, The, 740 Amsterdam, N. Y. 

Verdi Minlcal Four. 40 W. 28, N. Y. 

Vermette-Carpottie Trio. 451 Breboeuf, Montreal. 

Vernn Belle, 335 Beauin, Somervllle, Mass. 

Viola ft Bro.. 123 Montauk, Brooklyn. 

Voi Dell. Harry, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 

Vynos, The, 366 W. 31. N. Y. 




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The Girl who Made the Name of Lloyd Famous in America 





(O IM L- Y) 









Regretfully announces her farewell Vaudeville tour this season. Sail for Europe in July ; return August to commence rehearsals for KLA W 
ft ERLANGER'S Grand Broadway Production, under management of MR. FLO. ZIEGFELD, JR. 

MAY 11, GRAND OPERA HOUSE, PITTSBURG 

MR. FLO. ZIEGFELD, NEW YORK THEATRE : "There is no doubt Alice 
Lloyd has a remarkable magnetism from the stage. I have engaged for two years. 
Wish I had her for four." 

PAT CASEY said : "There's nothing to it. Alice Lloyd is a revelation wherever 
she appears." 

Unanimously Declared a Genuine Hit Everywhere 

by EVERYONE 



MANAGER R. E. IRWIN, K. & P.'s 5TH AVE., NEW YORK, said: "Miss 
Alice Lloyd is the best lady headline money maker I ever had. Wish 1 could 
get her again.*' 

MANAGER CARL LATHROP, KEITH'S, BOSTON, said: "Alice Lloyd is the 
best Boston has ever seen. I wish she could stay another week." 

MR. MIKE SHEA, PROP. SHEA'S, BUFFALO: "Alice Lloyd has received 
greater reception than any other artiste who has ever appeared here. I wish I 
had her for two weeks- instead of one." 



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Wade ft Reynolds. Majestic. Vlcksburg, Miss. 
Wagner ft Gray, 26 Farragut, Chicago. 
Wahlund, Tekela Trio, 205 W. 22, N. Y. 
Waldorf ft Mender, 110 Green, Albany. 
Walton, Irving R., Irwin's Majesties, B. R. 
Waller A Maglll, 102 7th Ave., New York. 
Walters, Harry, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Walker, Nella, Orpheum, St. Paul. 
Walsb. George, Toreadors, B. R. 
Walsh-Lynch A Co., Irwin's Big Sbow, B. R. 
Walton, Fred, St. James, L. I., indef. 
Walton, Miss E.. Orpheum, Virginia, Minn. 
Ward ft Sheppell, Trocadero, B. R. 
Ward, Billy, Myrtle Are., Brooklyn. 
Wards, The, Ringling Bros., C. R. 
Waruer, Stanley M.. 126 W. 112, N. Y. 
Watson ft Little, 301 W. 118, N. Y. 
Walton, Bert ft Lottie, Coliseum. Seattle. 
Ward, Klare ft Co., Temple, Detroit. 
Watson Sisters, Irwin's Big Show, B. R. 
Wsrd Trio, 640 32, Milwaukee. 
Warren ft Brockway, Rellly ft Woods, B. R. ' 
Waters, James 11.. Vanity Fair, B. R. 
Warner ft Lakewood, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Washer Bros., Oakland, Ky. 
Washburn, Blanche, Broadway Gaiety Girls, B. I 
Waterbury Bros, ft Teuny, Bennett's, Ottawa. 
Watson, Jos. K., Rolllckers, B. R. 
Watson, Sammy, Chutes, Columbus, O. 
Web, Harry L., Beatrice, Neb. 
Webb, John L., Brigadiers, B. R. 
Webb, Mabel, Pat White's Gaiety Girls, B. R. 
Weber, Chas. I)., Bowery Burlesquers, B. R. 
Weber, John, Broadway Gaiety Girls. B. R. 
Webster ft Carlton, S22 W. 23, N. Y. 
Weed, Roy, 434 Lincoln, Chicago. 
Welch ft Earl, Bijou. Superior, Wis. 
Welch, Jas., ft Co., 248 Fulton. Buffalo. 
Welch A Maitlaud, Vanity Fair, B. R. 
Wells, Pauline, Parisiau Widows, B. R. 
Wells. Billy K.. Harry Bryant's, B.' R. 
Wenrlck ft Waldron. 542 Lehigh, Allentown. 
Wentworth, Rose, Ringling Bros., C. R. 
Wentworth, Vesta ft Teddy, 200 Pratt. N. Y. 



Werden ft Taylor. Keith's, Philadelphia. 

West, John A., 161 W. 66, Chicago. 

West ft Benton, Oak Park, Sacramento, iudef. 

Wealey ft White, Smith Ave., Corona, L. I. 

West, Harry. Washiugton Society Girls, B. R. 

West, Ed., Parisian Belles, B. R. 

Weston, Sam, 16 E. Ill, N. Y. 

Weston, Emma, Empire, B. R. 

Weston, Sadie, Parisian Belles, B. R. 

Wheeler Children, 2514 No. 25, Philadelphia. 

Whalley ft Whalley, Box 202, Fltcbburg, Mass. 

Wheeler, Little Children, 2514 No. 25. Phila. 

Wheelers, The, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Wheeler, Bert. 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Wheeler ft Rosey, 15 So. Clark, Chicago. 

Wbelan ft Searles, 1520 Glenwood, Phila. 

White, Frank, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Wbite Hawk, 750 Westcheater. N. Y. 

White. Pat. Pat White's Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Whitman. Frank, 183 Greenwich, Reading. 

White, Tom, Lady Birds, B. R. 

Whittle, W. E., 143 Hornblower, Belleville, N. J. 

Whitehead, Joe, 408 W. 33, N. Y. 

Whltely, James, Trans-Atlantlca, B. R. 

Wlggans, Joe, Imperials, B. R. 

Willard ft Bond, Barrison, Sioux Falls. 

Wilbur, Caryl, Hippodrome, Birmingham, Eng. 

Wilder, Marshall P., 25 No. New Hampshire, At- 
lantic City. 

Williams, Couloy, Littlefleld, Conn. 

Williams ft Force, Star, Muncie, Ind. 

Williams, C. VV.. Richmond Hill, L. I. 

Williams ft Mayer, 308 W. 55, N. Y. 

William*, Joe, Jersey Lilies, B. R. 

Williams ft West, Moon Light Maids, B. R. 

Williams ft Weston. 208 State, Chicago. 

Wills ft Hassan, Albambra, N. Y. 

Wilson. Tony, Heloise ft Armoros Sisters, 1 Prima 
rd., Brixton, London, 8. E., Eng. 

Wilson. Alf. ft Mabe. 256 W. 37. N. Y. 

Wilson Brothers, 1306 So. 6, May wood, 111. 

Wilson, Raleigh, Campbell Bros., C. R. 

Wilson, 8am, Moon Light Maids, B. R. 

Wilton, Belle, Vanity Fair, B. R. 

Wincberman, V. F., 201 E. 14, N. Y. 

Winchester. Edwin. Lake Cone Pk., Ft. Worth. 



Ad. Newberger's Youthful Prodigies 

FELIX CAIRE 

THE HIT OF EVERY SHOW 



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H00-00, AIN'T YOU COMING 
OUT TO-NIGHT" 






AND 



"I'M LOOKING FOR THE MAN THAT WROTE 
THE MERRY WIDOW WALTZ" 



Winkler A Kreaa, 224 W. 38, N. Y. 

Wlnslow, W. !>.. Barnum ft Bailey. C. R. 

Winston's Seals, 2416 W. Conry, Richmond. 

Wise, Jack, 30th St., Pittsburg. 

Wixon A Eaton, Strolling Players Co. 

Wood Bros., Star, Cleveland. 

Wood A Woods, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Wood. Ralph, Lyric, Ft. Smith, Ark., indef. 

Woodford'a Animals, Rose Sydell, B. R. 

Wolford.dc Stevens, Star, Pensacola. 

Wolfe & Vaughan, Palace, Memphis. 

Wormser Tots, 002 W. 3, Davenport, la. 

Woodward, Ed. A May, Wieland, Cumberland, 

Md. 
Wormwood, Prof., Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
World A Kingston, Proctor's, Troy. 
Work A Ower, Temple, Detroit. 
Worthley, Minthorne, 125 Lexington, N. Y. 
Wotan, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Wright, Bertha, Brigadiers, B. R. 
Woulff, Edward, Baruuui & Bailey, C. R. 
Wuinr. Mine. E., Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Wurnell. .Arnold B., 517 McDonough, Sandusky, O. 
Wynn A Lewis, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

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Yackley A Bunnel. R. F. D. No. 6, Lancaster. 
Yalto Duo. 229 W. 38, New York. 
Yuma ma to Bros., Emerald, Adams Co., O. 
Yelleromes Sisters, Four, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Young America Quintette, 154 Clifton PL, B'klyn. 
Young ft De Vote, 8 Lower 5, Bvansvllle. 
Youngs ft Brooks. Suffern, N. Y. 
Young ft Manning, 2130 Grant, Denver. 
Young. Ollle, A Bros., 58 Chittenden. Columbus. 
Youtuckey. Prince, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 



Zamloch ft Co., Grand Family, Fargo, S. D. 

Zansigs, The, Alhambra, London, Eng. 

Zaras. 4. 104 W. 40. New York. 

Zasell ft Vernon Co., 141 B. IB, N. Y. 

Zech ft Zech, Wheelers, C. R. 

Zeda, H. L., 211 E. 14, N. Y. 

Zemo, Zemo Troupe, 671 Smith, St. Paul. 

Zeno, Bob, 609 N. Wood, Chicago. 

Zlegler, N. C. Columbia, Knoxville, Indef. 

Zimmerman, Al., Empire, B. R. 

Zlmmer, John, Empire, San Francisco, indef. 

Zobedl, Fred., Poll's, Hartford. 



ROUTES RECEIVED TOO LATE FOR 
CLASSIFICATION 

Abott-Andrew Co., Vaudeville, Mono iKiilicla. Pa. 

Adams, Mattle, O. II.. Greenburg, Pa. 

American Newsboys' Trio, Gem, Newark. 

Bradshaw, Chas. II., Orpheum, Salt Lake City. 

Brennn ft Downing, Majestic, Madlsoi. 

Bulger, Jesse Lee, Majestic, Ashland. Ky. 

Byrne-Oolsen Players, Bijou. Green Bay, May 18. 

Caesar, Franti ft Co., Chicago. 

Clair, Ina, G. O. P., Pittsburg. 

Daly ft O'Brien, Pastor's, N. Y., May 18. 

Edwards, Fred, Olympic, So. Bend. 

Ellsworth, Charley, St. Paul. May 25. 

Everett, Sophie ft Co., Wesson's, Joplln. 

Fowler, Aselle May, Grass Lake, Mich. 

Gibson, Sydney C, Orpheum, Atlanta. 

Goldin Russian Troupe, Sells-Floto Co.. ('. It. 

Goldsmith ft Hoppe, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Gosh. John, Bijou. Muskegon. 

Grimes, Tom and Gertie, Newfleld, N. J. 

Harvey, Elsie, Keith's, Portland, Me. 

Hay ft Bro., Lyric, Greenaburg, Pa. 

Heaston, Billy, Gem, Monongahela, Pa. 

Heath. Thoa. (».. Keith's Philadelphia. 

Holmen Bros., Keith's, Portlsnd, Me. 

Julian & Dyer, Family, Lafayette, Ind. 

Kohl or. Otto, O. H., Greenburg, Pa. 

La Nole Bros., Orpheum, Atlanta. 

La Renos. The, Bijou, Negaunee, Mich. 

I . I Vvn- ft St. John. Bell. Oakland. 

Long, Frank L., Scenic, Waltham, Mass. 



Mosart, Fred ft Eva, Unique, Minneapolis, May 18. 
Needbam ft Wood, Bijou, Derby, Conn. 
Perry, Frank L., Crystal, Braddock, Pa. 
Robinson, Alice, Chester Park, Cincinnati. 
Schmidt, George, Alcazar, New Castle, Ind. 
Seymour ft Nester, 351 St. Nicholas Ave., N. Y. 
Shannons, 4, Empire, Grand Forks, N. D. 
Stevens. E. J., 125 S. 1 St., Brooklyn. 
Stoddards, The, Star, Tarentum, Pa. 
Tern Jack Trio. Keith's, Boston. 
Tyce. Lillian, Keith's, Philadelphia. 
Walte. Willie, 2214 Adams St., St. Louis. 
Woodford and Marlboro, Orpheum, Canton, 0. 



BURIFSQUE ROUTES 



WEEK MAY 11. 

When not otherwise indicated, "L. 0." after 
show indicates it ia laying off. 

The route below is aa correct aa possible to 

secure at thia date, due to lateness of season. 

All regular Wheel Shows not listed have elosed. 

America-is. Star, Cleveland. 

Avenue Girls, Gotham, N. Y. 

Bchman Show, Olympic, Brooklyn. 

Boo Tons, Grand, N. Y. 

Boston Belles, Gayety, St. Louis. 

Bohemians, Folly, Chicago. 

Bowery Burlesquers, Garden, Buffalo. 

Brigadiers, Dewey, N. Y. 

Broadway Gaiety Girls, Century, Kansas City. 

Bryant's, Harry, Euson's, Chicago. 

California Girls, Howard, Boston. 

Casino Girls, L. O. 

Century Girls. Avenue, Detroit. 

Champagne Girls, Star. Milwaukee. 

Cherry Blossoms. 1113. Evansvllle; 14-16, L. O. 

Colonial Belles, Sbubert, Newark. 

Cracker Jacks. Corinthian, Rochester. 

Cosey Corner Girls, Columbia, Boston. 

Dainty Duchess, Gayety, Milwaukee. 

Dreamlands, People's, Cincinnati. 

Empire Show, 11-13, Gayety, Albany; 14-16, Ly- 
ceum, Troy. 

Fay Foster. Dewey, Minneapolis. 

Golden Crook, L. O. 

High Jinks, Star, St. Paul. 

Ideals. Met. O. II.. Dulutb. 

Imperluls, London, New York. 

Irwin's Big Show, 11-13, Empire, Albany; 14-10, 
Empire, Holyoke. 

Jersey Lilies, 125th St. Music Hall, New York. 

Jolly Grass Widows, 11-13, Des Moines; 14-16, St. 
Joe. 

Jolly Girls, Theatre Royal, Montreal. 

Kentucky Belles. Bon Ton, Jersey City. 

Knickerbockers, Star, Brooklyn. 

Lady Birds, 11-13, Indianapolis; 14-16, Terre 
Haute. 

Majesties, Gayety, Toronto. 

Merry Maidens, 11-13, Terre Haute; 14-16, In- 
dianapolis. 

Miss New York. Jr., L. 0. 

Moonlight Maids, Lafayette, Buffalo. 

Morning Glories, Gayety, Brooklyn. 

New York Stars, Westminster, Trovldence. 

Nightingales, L. O. 

Night Owls. Murray Hill, New York. 

Parisian Belles, 11-13, Luzerne, Wilkesbarre; 14- 
16, L. O. 

Parisian Widows, Empire, Cleveland. 

Pat White's Gaiety Girls, L. O. 

Reeves' Beauty Sbow, Palace, Boston. 

Rellly ft Woods, Academy, Pittsburg. 

Renti-Santley, Casino, Philadelphia. 

Rlalto Rounders, Trocadero, Philadelphia. 

Rice A Barton, L. O. 

Rolllckers, Star, Toronto. 

Rosje Hill, Waldmau's, Newark. 

Rose Sydell, Empire, Toledo. 

Runaway Girls, Standard, Cincinnati. 






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Gus 
Edwards 

Says: 

That the "Blonde Typewriters" with AR- 
THUR CONRAD have just landed back in 
America from the West. They will lay off 
for two weeks in order to put into rehearsal 
a new summer sons- entitled "By the Sassy 
Bummer Sea." and it is one of Will D. Cobb's 
best lyrics. By the way, the "Blondes" will 
leave our village on the 1st of September and 
stay away for thirty-five weeks. This is sad 
news for New Haven. 

P. 8.— "Schooldays'* has taken to the 
(Woods) A. H. for the summer. Gus Ed- 
wards will begin aotual rehearsals on July 
1st 'With forty kids. Poor Ous. 

More P. S. — Have you notioed the olassy 
bunoh that roes to see the "MERRY-GO- 
ROUND" at OUS EDWARDS MUSIC HALL. 



Sam Devere, L. O. 

Scribner's Big Sbow, Lyceum, Boston. 
Star Sbow Girls, Bijou, Philadelphia. 
Strollers, 11-13, L. O.; 14-16, Luscrue. Wilkes- 
barre. 

Thoroughbreds, L. O. 

Tiger Lilies. Standard. St. Louis. 

Toreadors, Monumental, Baltimore. 

Trocaderos, dayety, Philadelphia. 

Twentieth Century Maids, Lyceum, Washington. 

Washington Society Girls, Eighth Ave., N. Y. 

Watson's Burlesquers, Empire, Chicago. 

World" Beuters, Gayety. Washington. 

Yankee Doodle Girls, Imperial, Providence. 



CIRCUS ROUTES 



Army A Navy Motion Picture Co., 8-0, Tamaqua. 
Pa.; 11-12, Schuylkill Haven; 13-14, Hamburg; 
15- 10, Lecsport; 18-10, Blrdsboro; 20-21, Potts- 
town. 

Barnum & Bailey, May 0, Camden, N. J.; 11, 
Atlantic City; 12, Brldgeton; 13. Newton; 14, 
New Brunswick; 15, Elisabeth; 10. Long Branch; 
18, Newark; 10, Jersey City; 20, Paterson; 21, 
Middletown. N. Y.; 22. Kingston; 23. Albany; 
25-30, Boston; June 1, Lynn. Mass.; 2, Salem; 
3, Lowell; 4, Manchester, N. H.; 5, Worcester, 
Mass.: 0, Woonsocket, R. I. 

Buffalo BUI, April 21-May 0, Madison Sq. Garden. 
N. T.; 11-17. Philadelphia; 18-10. Baltimore; 
20 21. Lancaster. Pa.: 25. Johnstown; 26, Butler; 
27. Oil City; 28, Youngstown, O.; 20, Canton; 
30. Akron. 

Campbell Bros., May 12, Parker, S. D.: 13, 
Betlnet; 14. Faulston; 15, Gettysburg; 16. 
Aberdeen; 18, Oakes. 

Cole Bros., May 11, Wellsvllle, O.; SO, Erie, Pa.; 
June 1, Buffalo. 

Hagenbeck-Wallace, May 0. Zanesville. 

Lowery Bros., colored attraction, 0. Mlnersvllle; 

11, Hecksbervllle; 12, Pingrove; 13, Schuylkill 
Haven. 

Norris A Rowe, May 24, Portland, Ore. 

Rlngllng Bros., May 11, Cleveland; 12. New- 
Castle; 13, Sharon; 14-15, Pittsburg; 16, Altoona: 
18, Lewlstown; 10. Harrlsburg; 20. Reading; 
21, Allentown; 22, Easton; 23. Plalnneld, N. J.; 
25, Wllkes-Barre, Pa.; 26. Scranton: 27, 
Blngbamton, N. T.J 28, Elmlra; 20. Canan- 
dalgua; 30. Buffalo; June 13, Erie, Pa. 

Robinson, John, May 0, Richmond, Ya. 

Sells-Floto, May 0, Sacramento; 11, Reno, Nev. ; 

12, Lovelock; 13, Wlnnenucca; 14, Elke; 15. 
Wells; 16, Ogden; 18, Mt. Pleasant; 10, Provo; 
20, Salt Lake; 21, Logan; 22, Pocatello, Idaho; 
23, Twin Falls. 

101 Ranch, May 11, Rock ford, 111.; 12, Dixon, 
111.; 13, Cedar Rapids, la.; 14, Ottumwa; 15, 
Moberly; 16, St. Charles, Mo.; 17-24, St. Louis. 



BAND ROUTES 



Ogdln's Concert Band, Rink, Altoona, Pa., lndef. 



LETTERS 

Where O. O. follows name, letter is Is 
Chicago Offloe. 

Advertising or circular letters of any 
description will not be listed when known. 

Letters will be held for two months only. 

Letters addressed to artists having names 
in the route sheet will be forwarded im- 
mediately. 



A Alexandra. F. 

Anglln, Besae. ■ 

Allen, Alva. 

Anderson, Dan (C. 0.)Bsrrott, Timothy R. (2) 

Andrews. Pearl. Betts. Wm. 

Alpine Troupe (C. O.) Benton, Lew. 

Alvln it Kenny. Burns A Burns. 



Barnold, Cbas. 
Barrett, J. J. 
Brockinan, Slater (C. 

O.) 
Budd, Bert. 
Budd, Bert (C. O.) 
Bourke, J. W. 
Baldwin, Carl. 
Butler. Ida. 
Brown, Henrietta. 
Buol, Edith. 
Barnhart, Chan. (0. O.). 
Belmont, Bella. 
Blampbln, Bills. 
Barry, Margaret. 
Bellclair Bros. 
Burke Brothers. 
Boston, H. W. (2). 
Besttle, Bob. 
Bowman. Ivy. 
Brengk. Ernst. 
Blooden, Harry. 
Blacklldge, Ruby. 
Brown, Harry. 



Cafferty, Nat. K. 
Claxton, Wm. (O. O.) 
Clifford A Burke. 
Carey, Billy. 
Conner, M. B. 
Clark. Harriet L. (0. 

O.). 
Cheeves, Joe. 
Claxton. William (C. 

O.). 
Cllne, J. B. 
Ceballos, H. 
Church, Alice. 
Christ, Frsnk (C. O.). 
Crane, Lawrence. 
Coffman. Jan. 
Cooper, Harry. 
Corson. Cora Young 

blood. 
Collins and Brown (C. 

o.>. 
Chluko. 

Cressy, Will M. 
Corwell, L. I. 
Csrtwell A Hsrrls. 

D 
Davis. Ed. F. (C. O.) 
Del more, Drucle. 
Dudley. A. 
Dudley. Harry K. 
Dacoma Family. 
Donovan A Arnold. 
Dooley. J. Francis (0. 

O.). 
D'Arvllle, Janet. 
Davis, Hsl. 
Dean. Louise (C. O.). 
Deuiing, Lawrence (C. 

IM. 
Dalley. Boh and Nellie. 
Donovan, James B. 
DIBella snd Volpe. 
Duncsn A Godfrey (C. 

O.) 
Dunn, Billy (C. O.) 
Duggsn, Archie. 



Electric Quartet. 

Ernest, Harry. 

Evans, George (C. O.). 

Fverhart. 

Emmy's Pets. 

Ely. J. Frsnk. 



Ferrell. L. W. 
Fern, Raymond. 
Faustln, Mile. 
Flynn, Al. 
Frltscher, Otto. 
Felix. O. 
Fsrren, L. K. 
Fried, Joe (2). 
Ferle:i, Francos J. 
Freeman. Wallace. 
Farnsworth. Walter. 
Fagan. barney. 



Goldstein, Abraham (C. 

O.) 
Gehan A Spencer. 
Gibbons, Thomas (C. 

O.). 
Green snd Werner (C. 

O). 
Green A Werner. 
Gilbert, L. Wolfe. 
Gsrrick, Richard. 
Graham, James (C. O.). 
Guise. Florence. 
Oernme, Viola. 
Griff. 

Gouldlng, Cbas. 
Gagnoux, B. 
Green, Albert. 
GUlen, Tom. 
Grady, Thos. J. 
Gordon, Cecil. 



Hefron, Tom (C. O.) 
Hilton. Helen. 
Hugoston. Hugo (2) 
Hughes, Mssle (C. O.) 
Hsrrls, Mr. 

Hsrrls, Geo. H. (C. O.) 
Harvard A Cornell (C. 

O.) 
Hutchinson. Wlllard II. 

(2). 
Holland, Edwin. 
Ilawley, Frederick. 
Hulker, Edith. 
Heck, W. 
Harding. Hasel. 
Hopper, Cbas. H. (2). 



Harris. Ida C. 
Holmes, Carla. 
Hopper, Cbaa. H. 
Hazard, Lynn A Bonnie 

(C. OJ. 
Hall * Coburn (0. O.) 



Italian Trio. 



Jenkins, James (C. 0.) 
Jolsen, Al. (0. O.) 
Jordan and Harvey. 
Julian, Harry (0. O.) 
Johns, Johnny. 
Joues, Walter. 
Jones, Gwyn. 
Jones, W. H. (C. O.) 



K oil Ins. King. 
Kelly and Violette. 
Knight. Harlau E. (2). 
King, Will. 
Keuuedy, Frank. 
Kelly and Aahby. 
King, Winifred. 
Kleiuman, Harry. 



Lyons and Parks. 
Lewis, Dave. 
Loretta, Otto. 
Llnd. 

Landres, Patsy. 
La Salle, Harry. 
Leslie, Genie (C. O.) 
Lavlue, Arthur. 
Leon, Nellie. 
Lelms, Louis. 
Ia>\v, Fraukie. 
Lea A Opp (C. O.) 
Lusby, Hue bison (C. 
O.) 



Msrx, Julius W. 
Marks, Cbss. iC. O.) 
Mehmtt Artnand. 
Msnola, Jesse A. 
Murray A Murray. 
Mldgley A Carlisle. 
Malcolm. Annette. 
Melrose, Elmer. 
Murray, Elisabeth. 
Msck, Cbas. 
Mslnvllle, E. C. 
Msrnltz, Henry. 
Murphy, Jim. 
Maillalrd, Virginia. 
McNIsb. Frank. 
McClain, Cbas. 
McWaters, and Tyson. 
MscFadden, Mr. and 

Mrs. 
McKenxle, Miss. 
Martin, Frank W. 
Mills. Phil. 
McRrlde. Harry (2). 
Miller, Louis. 
Mimrp. JameM A. 
Mimics. 4 (C. O.). 
Merrltt. F. R. (C. O.). 
Miller, Clyde, C. 
Miller. Louis. 
McDermott Billy (C. 

O.). 
Malcolm, Annette. 
McCree, Junle. 
McElhern, James. 
Mldgley A Carlisle. 
Morton, Jsnet. 



Nichols, Luella. 
Nugent. Wm. 



O'Neill, Sak. 



Pantser, Willy. 
Person!, Camille (C. 

O.). 
Price, Beatrice. 
Pollard, W. D. 

• 
Qulnn. Mike. 
Quigley, Helen. 



Rye, George. 
Randolph, Chas. 
Ryan A Rltchfleld. 
Rene. Beatrice. 
Roaber, Gus. 
Robinson, Ada B. 
Ramsey, Allan. 
Redding, Franceses (C. 

O.) 
Rennlngs A Brown. 
Roberts, Signs (4). 
Russell, Lesh. 
Rankin, J. McKee. 
Rogee. Leon. 



Semon Children (C. O.) 

Sllverton, Will (C. O.) 
Semon, Cbas. 

Sutherland A Curtla (C. 

o.> 

Smith A Chsuplon. 
Sullivan A Pasquelena. 
Smith, Harry H. 
Stephens, H. 
Sutherland, and Curtis. 
St. George, Jennie. 



Smith, Charles F. 
Stevens, Mike J. 
Sutherland, George (0. 

O.). 
Sidney, Clara. 
SchuUe, E. 
Samois, Sevan. 
Sommers, J. T. 
Scott. Frank. 
Smith, Henry B. 
Scanlon A Steveus (C. 

O.) 
Sinclair Sisters. 



Tally, Harry. 
Tully, Guy. 
Travis, Almle. 
Teegarden. H. 
Taylor, Mae »C. O.) 
Taylor, R. M. 



Ulpas and Bella. 

▼ 

Valley, Camille. 
Van Horn. Marguerite. 
Vnlta. Nellie. 
Vincent, Lucretla. 



Wayne, Charles. 
Wilton, Thomas. 
Welch. Pauline. 
Washburn and Keeley 

(C. O.). 
Wilson. George. 
Wooley. Frsnk. 
Watson, Al. (C. O.) 
Weslyn, Louis. 
Wolf, Grsce. 
Wynwood, Helen. 
Wood A Lawson. 
Wbelao, Albert. 
Wynwood. Beatrice. 
Wynnwood. Helen. 
Walters, Usrry U. 
Wolfe, Grscle. 
Wilson, Grsce. 
Wilson Bros. 
Williams. Leon. 
Wetberall. Harry. 
Wyntiewoods. The (C. 

O.) 
West A Fowler. 
Woycke, Victor. 



Youngson, William. 

S 
Zsnorss, Cycling (C. 

(C. 



handled their respective roles splendidly. 
The reception wag flattering and "Dobb's 
Dilemma" should be successful on any bill. 

Harry X. Beaumont, 



O.). 

Zoubalakls, John 
O.). 



NEW ACTS OUT OF TOWN 

(Continued from page 23,) 
Chick, Pieper, Gray and Company. 
"Tanktown on Christmas Eve" (Comedy 

Drama). 
13 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set). 
Pantageg, Vancouver, B. C. (Week April 

27.) 

The playlet is a bit of serious comedy 
which is encircled about a girl telegraph 
operator in a country village, who has been 
stage struck, in which Miss Pieper does 
admirably. The curtain rises on a very 
pretty setting, seen through a gauze drop 
in "one." At the left a station house is 
painted, and on the extreme right, the end 
of a freight car. It is evening and snow- 
ing. The operator is seen in the station, 
representing an office with a wicket in the 
rear of the backing. At this wicket a 
man (Mr. Chick) appears, who states he 
belongs to a theatrical troupe playing a 
one-night stand further up the line, but 
that he fell asleep; had gone by the sta- 
tion and would like to return to it. The 
operator asks him into the warm office 
and engages him in conversation. The rest 
of the sketch is a conversation during 
which he tries to dissuade the girl from 
going on the stage. The train he is to 
take back does not stop at the station, but 
at the water tank a mile further up the 
track. Bidding the girl adieu, he steps 
from the station, and as he does so the 
train passes by at full Speed. The train 
is 125 feet long, painted upon canvas and 
worked admirably, giving greater strength 
to the act. The story is a pretty one, but 
rather long to keep the audience interest- 
ed in the story. The houses in the village 
street are seemingly lit up and shadow- 
graphs are worked in the windows from 
behind, giving a pretty effect. This is the 
first time the act has been presented, and 
there are several changes to be made 
which will add interest. Properly handled 
the sketch could be made a good attrac- 
tion. It is an excellent production, scen- 
icallv. 



Franklin Underwood and Company (2). 
"Dobb's Dilemma" (Comedy). 
24 Mins.; Four (Interior). 
Orpheum, Denver (Week April 27). 

''Dobb's Dilemma" is a farcical comedy 
evidently "adapted" from "Mrs. Temple's 
Telegram." The stories are identical. For 
a premier production it ran very smoothly. 
The players presenting it were members 
of the late Baker Stock Company and 



Clifford Dempeey end Lillian Andrews. 
"Rome by the Rarebit Route" (Travesty). 
17 Mine.; Full Stage. 
Majestic, Denver (Week April 27). 

The act is described as a "Travesty 
written by Clifford Dempsey with inter- 
ruptions by William Shakespeare, W. S. 
Gilbert, Bulwer Lytton and Bill Nye." It 
is supposed to be the dream of a rarebit 
fiend, who finds himself in love with a 
Roman princess, containing many bright 
lines and scored strongly. The act will be 
liked anywhere after it is whipped into 
shape. Both artists are exceptionally 
good actors. Harry X. Beaumont. 



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CORRESPONDENCE 

Unlets otherwise noted, the following re- 
ports are for the current week: 



CHICAGO 



By FRANK WIE8BERO. 

VARIETY'S Chicago Office. 
Chicago Opwra House Block, 
(Phone Mate 4880). 

MAJESTIC (Lyman B. Glover, mgr. Monday 
rehearsal 0). — The familiar numbers at the Ma- 
jestic this week is n departure from the usual at- 
tractive hills. The I'lccblanl Troupe bead with 
remarkable aerobatics. Better similar acts held 
less important places at the Mntestlc this season. 
Stuart Burnes has a good strlig of patter, which 
amused. "The l'ha:itustlc l'hautoms," fairly 
good "girl act," although the acrobatic work Is 
the stre.igth. Toby (Maude makes her reappear- 
ance after playl ig the principal female comedy 
part In "A Knight for a Day," and made a good 
impression with catchy songs. Mr. and Mrs. I'er- 
ki is Fisher have not played here In several 
years. The same vehicle, "Half Way House. " la 
p re OOoted, and seems to appeal as of yore. Violet 
I 'ale offered the same imitations, of well known 
singe folk In the same artistic manner, and Eddie 
Garvle and Mollie Thompson recalled the variety 
of the past In a sketch called "The Western 
Soubrette." The act Is slow In action and could 
be rejuvenated all around. St. Onge Brothera 
showed one of the best and most entertaining 
comedy cycle acts seen here this season. Mimic 
Four furnished agreeable comedy and deserved a 
l>etter place on the bill. Vera Berliner, a recent 
vaudeville debutante, is an accomplished vlollnlste. 
With a little more experience she will overcome 
her amateurishness. Jacobs' dogs gave an Inter- 
esting performance. Arnold aud Ethel Crazier 
appeared. 

OLYMPIC (Abe Jacobs, mgr. Monday rehearsal 
0). — Clifton Crawford, Lolta Gladstone, Muller. 
Chunn and Muller; Emmouds, Emerson aud Em 
inonds; Johnny Fogarty and Company; Emily 
Nice; Taylor Granville; Foster and Foster; Flo 
Adler; Schoenwerk; Llewellyn and Walters; 
Williams and Weston; The Klnodrome. 

STAR (Tom Carmondy, mgr.).— Jack <;.tidner; 
Tom Casper; Louise Taylor; Huges and Maxle; 
La Crandall: Dick and Alice McAvov. 

SCHINDI.ER'S (L. Schlndkr, mgr.).— Kelly, 

Mnssey and Company; The K Musical Catcs; 

George E. Austin and Company; John Elinor's 
Travelogues; Tlnkham and Company; The Wilsons. 

NORTH AVENUE (Palll Siitner. mgr.).— Bever- 
ly and Darners: Velde Trio; Henderson's "School 
Boys and Girls"; F.vcrelt.e mid Olllmore; Scott. 



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REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



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SST-T ANDJHER 

MIDGET WONDERS 

▲ HIGHLY TRAINED TROUPE OF THE RARE AND (JUTE 

CHIHUAHUA DOGS OF MEXICO 

The Smallest Race of Dogs in the World 

Presenting an act that it absolutely original from start to finish. Four years continuous engagements 
in Great Britain. 3s WEEKS AT THE ALHAMBRA, LONDON, attracting to that theatre every member of 
the British Royal Family and many members of Royalty from Continental Europe. 

The most popular and talked of Dog Act which has ever appeared in the British Isles, or elsewhere. 
Will shortly terminate a 35 weeks' engagement with the Orpheum Road Show. 
Pronounced at every point the most original, clever and entertaining Dog Act ever seen on the 
vaudeville stage. 

Week of May 1 1 — Alhambra, Hew York 
Weak of May 1 8 -Colonial Theatre, How York 

Address as above or care VARIETY, New YorK 



NOTICE 



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I desire to make public the fact that my act it the result of ideas that originated with, were thought oat 
and pat into practical order entirely by my aeaooiate and myself. It is not a oopy of any other act, or a 
collection of stolen ideas. I have not adopted any special foature belonging to any other animal act. To 
produce something unique and original was my aim. Particular attention is directed to one of the features 
that enters largely into the makeup of my performance, namely, the AUTOMOBILE, a feature whioh seems to 
he especially tempting to the proprietors of a number of other animal shows. The IDEA of the AUTOMOBILE 
as a practical stage prop, and its application to an animal act is mine, and originated by me in a strictly 
legitimate way in the spring of 1901. The ear was built and made practical by my associate, and introduced 
by me at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool, England, Aug. 8d, 1903, my debut in my present act. There was not 

at that time any similar stage device in existence, and any other person olaiming to be the originator is an impostor, and the efforts of others to introduce an automobile into their acts is simply a glaring 

exhibition of daylight thieving. 

The site, shape, motive power, method of guiding and controlling the oar are mere details, and have nothing to do with the idea. The idea mast oome first. The idea of making an automobile 

practical as a stage prop, and applying it to an animal act is mine, and all the work and effects I am getting out of it are in all justice my own property. 

I beg to call the attention of the entire profession to the efforts of those seeking to deprive me of the benefits of ideas which, in working out suocessf ally, I have been to great expense in money, 

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Glen and Yernocls; Emerson and Van Horn. 

PREMIER.— Reed and Earle; Ed Hllmore; The 
Cooleys; Tom Carey; Washburn Sisters; Mr. and 
Mrs. Jlmmie Maber. 

GEM. — Jacobs and West; Trlxle Lewis; Tom 
Leigh; Edmonds snd Gordon; Trlxie Hsrris; Prof. 
F. Rogers. 

NATIONAL (C. R. S veiling, ragr.).— Juggling 
Jslvsns; Savoy and Bsvoy; Minnie Rinehart; 
Three Phelps; Rsschetts Duo. 

LYRIC— The La Temples; Wsyoe O. Christy; 
Fries Sisters; Margie White. 

STANDARD.— La Varnle and La Varnle; Walter 
Ssnford and Compsuy; Gertie Brown; The Loren- 
cob; Minnie Redmond; Jarrow snd Company. 

CRYSTAL.— Monroe Brothers; Goodall and 
Craig; Frank La Tour. 

NEW GEM.— Mitchell snd Browning; Lillian 
Burnell; Rice Brothers; Dot Hslcott. 

IOLA.— Hughes snd Burns; Blanch A. Lewis; 
Alice Vsn. 

LIBERTY.— Shea and Sherman; Mae Brown; 
Nellie I^e Vere; Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo. 

STAR AND GARTER (U. J. Herrmann, mgr.). 
— This week terminates the first and very suc- 
cessful regulsr burlesque season of the Stsr snd 
Gsrter. The show is the "Trans-Atlsntics." 

EMPIRE (I. H. Herk, mgr.).— "Champagne 
Girls." With a few exceptions the company is 
new snd show considerably Improved. 

FOLLY (John A. Fennessy, mgr.).— "Merry 
Msldens." 

SID J. EURON'g (Sid J. Euson. mgr.).— "Dainty 
Duchess." Euson's ends its regular season this 
Saturday. 

NOTES.— The new "Msgls" thestre, Ft. Dodge, 
Iowa, is now in course of construction. — Tom 
P.rantford, snd Onetta will ssll frr England the 
latter part of June to be gone two or three 
months.— The Royal Musical Fire, contemplate 



abandoning vaudeville at the end of the summer 
season and go on a concert tour. — The Comique, 
a new elaborate moving picture establishment, 
will be opened on State Street, soon, by Aaron 
Jones and P. J. Scbaefer, owners of the Orpheum 
and many other amusement enterprises. — The 
Fifteen Club, of the Chicago Elks, entertained 
the "White Sox" on Tuesday last. A banquet 
st Rector'g followed. Bob Cantwell, J. A. 
Sternad, Abe Frank, Ed. Redpath, Wm, Alston, 
Howard Mathleson and Aaron Jones were among 
those present. — Laura Davis, after playing in 
musical comedy through California all season, 
returns to vaudeville, opening at the Hippodrome, 
Danville, 111., next week. Miss Davis is possessed 
of a cultivated mezzo-soprano voice and has a 
well chosen repertoire of classical and popular 
songs. — The new Orpheum, Montgomery, Ala., 
under the management of John B. Blggio, opened 
April 27, with vaudeville and moving pictures. 
Four shows a day are given. — Tell Taylor and 
Charles Ledegar will be added to "The Travel- 
ers," the new burlesque organization which is 
being equipped in Chicago for Herman Fehr, with 
Chss. J. Burkhardt featured.— C. W. Gates, 
owner of the Bijou, Aberdeen, S. D., and J. F. 
Hogerty have formed a partnership for the pur- 
pose of operating a vaudeville thestre in the 
Dakota town. — The Grand, Jollet, will revert to 
vaudeville In about two weeks, after a season with 
dramatic stock. The company which occupied the 
Grand will be transferred to the Castle, Bloom- 
ington, by Lew M. Goldberg, manager of both 
theatres.— James Weeden will remain as manager 
for Harry Bryant's show next season. He was 
connected with Williams' "Ideals" the early part 
of this season. 

Virginia Earl, the heralded hesdllner at the 
Majestic this week, was u-iable to appear on ac- 
count of Illness. — Revere and Yulr will play parks 



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SILVENO 

Musician, Magician and Shadowgraphist. 

Playing Western States Vaud. Ass'n Time. 

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in the Middle West when they close with the 
•■Champagne Girls."— Frank Milton and De Long 
Sisters were obliged to cancel this week at the 
Star on account of the Illness of Miss De Long. 
The trio have signed with Ward and Vokes for 
next season. — The Five Salvaggls sail for the 
other side in about two weeks, returning lu Aug- 
ust. — George Woodward, formerly of George and 
May Woodward, and Fay Hathaway, late of Hath- 
away and Walton, are playing in the Middle 
West. The team name Is now Barnes and West. — 
Le Dent, featured with the "Champagne Girls," 
will remain In this vicinity until next season, 
playing a circuit of parks. — The Carters are rest- 
ing in the Oxark Mountains of Missouri, and it Is 
expected that the health of Mr. Carter will per- 
mit the resumption of the act's engagements about 
June 1. 



SAN FRANGISGO 

By W. ALFRED WILSON. 

VARIETY'S San Francisco Offlce. 
1115 Van Ness Ave. (Boom 112). 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.).— Week 
20: Honors evenly divided. Agnes Mshr, headliner, 
but the house showed little inclination to uphold 
the management's choice. This was in no way 
the fault of the artiste, for she is no doubt a 
top-notcher of her class, bat toe dancing is a 
brand of entertainment that finds little apprecla 
tion in these parts. Rosslre and Doreto, a clever 
comedy acrobatic act were well thought of. Flo 
Irwin and Co., The Ranks Breazelle Duo. Cliff 
Gordon snd Marie Florence completed. 

NATIONAL (Sid Grauman, mgr.).— The week's 
combination was undoubtedly the poorest show 
that Sullivan Consldine have sent this season. In 



this galaxy of non-entertainers Katherlne Nugent 
shone like a diamond. She delivered a series 
of impersonations In a manner that brought her 
a warm welcome, and she easily woe first honors 
of the rather motley program. Huges and Golden, 
blackface comedians of the old school, were to 
most of their auditors, distinctly new, and they 
took to them in goodly fashion. The balance 
of the program was below par. Walter Perkins, 
with a well-established reputation here In the past, 
was a disappointment, due mainly to a lacking 
vehicle. The Cressy sketch, "The Man From 
Macy's," contained very little worth the while. 
Bell and Washburn had the opening position but 
In comparison deserved a better place. The W. S. 
Trio, composed of three soldiers from the local 
military post, made a try at vaudeville. Their 
awkwardness made the footnote "first appearance 
on any stage" seem superfluous. Their uniforms 
won them a warm reception but they would do 
well to stick to the colors. The Trolley Car Trio, 
comedy acrobats, had a fair offering of its kind, 
but with some regular business that called aloud 
for the "blue pencil." Gardner and Madden were 
in the closing position. They styled their offering 
a farcette, but it was worse thsn that, having 
neither rhyme nor reason. The curtain fell 
with the sudlence guessing. 

WIGWAM- (Ssm Harris, mgr.).— The bill bad 
good variety and plessed. The Slddonas, a pair 
of willing workers, scored the laughing hit with 
a revelry of eccentric comedy. Hendric Miles 
and Co., In a dramatic playlet of frontier life 
averaged well for an act of that character. The 
players were capable and did much to win favor 
for the sketch. The Grace Tempest Trio had a 
well-arranged singing snd dsnclng turn. They 
worked exceedingly well together and were liked 
better in their ensemble work than In their 
single efforts. Hsyes and Salts were also on the 



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program with a singing and dancing act. The 
man proved rather clever, introducing aome ec- 
centric business that brought the audience to him. 
Vera Basslni, In operatic selections. "The Bowery 
Bud," submitted by Lottie Meaney and Co., and 
Eddie Powers, monologlst, all drew their pro rata. 

EMPIRE (Hal Curtis, mgr.j.— The James P. 
Lee Company served as a fareweit offering a lively 
and exceedingly pleasing farce entitled "My Rich 
Uncle." The vaudeville was beaded by the 
Florens Troupe of Acrobats. Lois Fuert and 
Muriel Windon, in vocal selections; Wise and 
Milton, character impersonations; Esco Ires sang 
the Illustrated ballad. 

NOTES.— The Colonial opened 4, with vaudeville, 
playing Sullivan -Connldine acts. — The Jas. Post 
Company opened at the Empire 4, for a stock 
run. — The Washington Square, on the North Side, 
la now In the course of construction, and Its 
opening will probably occur within the next two 
months. — Bob Fltzslmmons is the headllner at the 
Wigwam this week (4). — Alex Pantages, the man- 
ager of the North West, left for Seattle last 
week. No announcement has been made as to 
the projected San Francisco house. 

BOSTON 

ERNEST L. WAITT. 
VARIETY Office, Colonial Building. 

KEITH'S.— Houdinl la "IT" in Boaton this 
week, being the sole vaudeville feature. His 
jump from Harvard Bridge last week caused 
great talk. His big 24-sheet poster Is dis- 
played in the entrance to the Orpheum. After 
Houdinl, the Ellnore Sisters are the greatest 
drawing card. <Joolman's cats, dogs and pigeons 
go well. Patrice did not do so well. Mareena, 
Nevaro and Mareena, equilibrists; Clifford and 
Burke, and Harry D. Gardiner, are excellent. 
The Five Spiller Musical Bumpers and George A. 
Hickman and Co, also appeared. 

AUSTIN & STONE'S.— "The Manhattan Girls" 
put up an unusually good show. Three Sylvester 
Sisters do a really fine act. Vera Belasco does 
fine toe dance. 

PALACE.— "Gay Morning Glories." 

LYCEUM.— "Berbman show." 

HOWARD.— "Yankee Doodle Girls." 

COLUMBIA.— "Imperials." 

NOTES.— The Pastime put in a vaudeville 
addition this week, consisting of May Fulton 
in her very good Dutch girl act, the Musical 
Ruasells, a first-class act; Wiirn-n and Malloy 
and Billy Chase. Frank L. Browne has been 
made manager of the house. — The Premier has 
pat in what it calls "The Humanovos," merely 
a couple of people to talk the lines that go with 
the motion pictures. 

DENVER 

BY HARRY X. BEAUMONT. 

Office Crystal Theatre Building. 

Denver has been the scene of a dramatic in- 
vasion of vaudeville. The closing of the Baker 
Stock Co. has driven many "legits" Into vaude- 
ville. The Crystal started it by playing Edward 
Emery and Co. This week (27) we have Frank- 
lin Underwood at the Orpheum, and Clifford 
Dempsey at the Majestic. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.).— "The 
English Rockers," head, pleasing diversion, well 
received. Franklin Underwood and Co. (New- 
Acts). Bertie Heron divided honors with the 
headllner, I.n Freres Ulego. equilibrists, very good. 
Kennedy and Rooney accorded a hearty reception. 
Seymour and Dupre gave bill a strong start. 



NEW ACTS OF THE WEEK. 

(Continued from Page 13.) 

Louise Randolph and Company. 
"The Pass Word" (Dramatic). 
31 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set). 
125th Street. 

"The Pass Word" is pretty heavy, both 
as to its plot and its literary pretention, 
for vaudeville. Its authors, Rudolph Dc 
Cordova and Alice Ramsey, find themselves 
at times torn between the desir-3 to give 
expression to beautiful thoughts in the 



language of prose-poetry and th<j urgent 
necessity of getting forward with a very 
complicated story. Prose-poetry wins the 
day, and so it happens that the action 
is deterred frequently while the cnaracters 
indulge themselves in flights of rhetoric to 
the prejudice of conciseness. In order to 
make up the time thus wasted some very 
stagey dramatic devices are resorted to, 
and in consequence one is conscious of a 
false ring during the whole affair. The 
story reads interestingly. Alexis Kakara- 
vitch, Russian minister of the interior 
(Charles Lane), desires to know some- 
thing of the doings of the Nihilists who 
plot the death of the Czar. He commis- 
sions the Countess Pauline (Louise Ran- 
dolph) to learn the pass word to their 
meetings, directing to secure this informa- 
tion from a member of the Terrorist band, 
one Louis Sakaroff (Charles H. O'Donnell), 
with whom the countess is deeply in love. 
Sakaroff is thereupon summov:nd, and 
in a torrid love scene the information is 
extracted. Later, the countess learns that 
Alexis plots to bring about the destruc- 
tion of Louis, although he has ugreed to 
his pardon as a price of the countess' ser- 
vice, and as a climax the countess plunges 
a knife in the scheming minister's bosom. 
The action takes place in the minister's 
study in St. Petersburg, with appropriate 
dim lights and detective story atMrsphere. 
The melodramatic values of the sketch 
are grossly overplayed, with the straining 
after highly colored effects characteristic 
of stock organizations, Miss Randolph be- 
ing an ex-member of the Harlem Stock 
Company. The playlet has been splendid- 
ly staged, and the leading woman makes 
an altogether charming, not to say strik- 
ing, figure in a curious, clinging rvening 
gown that displays her figure w.Mh Sap- 
pho-like frankness. The 125th Street au- 
dience, always prone to enthusiastic ex- 
pression of its approval, received the of- 
fering with only a mild demonstration of 
interest. Ruth. 



"Six Little Girls and a Teddy Bear." 

"Girl Act." 

16 Mins.; Full Stage. 

Keeney's. 

"Six Little Girls and a Teddy Bear," 
the titles describing the act. There are six 
dancing girls led by a midget in a "Teddy 
Bear" skin. The numbers were taken 
from a show put on around the holidays to 
amuse the children. There is nothing new 
or particularly interesting about the offer- 
ing. The girls .are nicely dressed and a 
willing lot of workers. The "Teddy Bear," 
Everett Scott, does little else than fill in 



the waits while the girls make their 
changes of costumes. The act, while it 
makes fairly good entertainment, is too 
much along the beaten paths to excite 
much favorable comment. Dash. 



Libby Blondell and Her "Singing Jacks in 

the Box." 
Songs. 
20 Mins.; One (16); Full Stage (4). 

Pastor's. 

Single "plants" have long since become 
quite a common thing in vaudeville, but 
Libby Blondell can probably lay claim to 
being the first to carry an entire quartet 
planted in a box. The men compose a 
singing four of the usual type. They sing 
with Miss Blondell, play to and from her, 
aid her some and hinder her about aa 
much. Some of their work would be a bit 
rough for some of the vaudeville houses. 
The principal singer, after she rids herself 
of a boa and hat worn in the first number, 
looks very well and carries herself through 
nicely. She uses Vesta Victoria's "Goo 
Goo" song for a starter, finishing it off 
with "Aren't You the Girl I Met at 
Sherry's?" (written for a male). A cow- 
boy number employing one of the quartet- 



ers in a Western get-up, riding a bronco, 
is the finale. Miss Blondell in her third 
song, a "bathing" affair, shows up most 
advantageously. She wears an elaborate, 
although skimpy, bathing suit of some 
flimsy lace material and makes an alto- 
gether captivating appearance. Necessary 
improvement in the specialty will have to 
be made through rearrangement. 

Dash. 



Bradley, Angelo and Purcell. 

Minstrels. 

19 Mins.; One. 

Pastor's. 

The act is a three-man minstrel show, 
with two end men and an interlocutor. 
The idea is not particularly new, but when 
properly done is always entertaining. The 
ends are in, blackface, while the other is 
"straight." The usual jokes, followed by 
the songs, are run through- with fairly 
good results. Some of the stories are a 
bit ancient and the harmony of the trio is 
not quite up to the standard, but the Pas- 
tor audience took kindly to the offering, 
and the act should fit in nicely on the 
smaller time. Dash. 

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Rocksway and Conway, singing and talking:, very 
good. 

CRYSTAL (Wm. A. Weston, gen. mgr.). — 
Melbourne MacDowell and Virginia Drew Tre*- 
cott in "The Oath," the move powerful dra- 
matic act ever seen here. Reception nothing less 
than ovation, proving the biggest drawing card 
of the season. Cal Stewart and Co., in "Uncle 
Joeh on the Bowery," laughing hit, excellent 
vehicle, capably handled. Lampert and Pierce, 
singing and dancing comedians, very good. 811- 
veno, shadowgraphlst, opened strong. 

MAJESTIC (Dan McCoy, mgr.). — Dr. Mclvor 
Tyndall, mind reader,' heads, mystifying and sen- 
sational. Clifford Dempsey and Lillian Andrews 
(New Acts). Jack Golden and Co. In "The 
Baron From Berlin," hit of bill. The Manning 
Twin Sisters, acrobatics, clever. W. J. McDer- 
mott, monologist, revived some aged ones, but 
scored big. The Stadium Trio, aerial tats, very 
good. Business excellent. 

NOVELTY (Bert Pitman, mgr.).— Mr. and Mrs. 
Danny Mann in a rural sketch, bead, and well 
liked. Silvia Lelter, operatic soprano, heartily 
received. Fouchere St. Onge, comedy bicyclist, 
went good. The Bimbos, comedy acrobats, 
clever. Business very good. 

NOTES.— Sllveno, after finishing the W. S. 
time, will produce a new act, using three people. 
The act will be an elaboration of his present one, 
using mechanical figures for his shadowgraphy. — 
O. O. Seymour, of Seymour and Dupre, finish- 
ing the Orpheum tour and returns East shortly. 
— Williams, Thompson and Copeland open at Salt 
Lake for an indefinite engagement in stock. — 
Adgle and her lions open at Crystal 18. — Cal 
Stewart will return over the W. 8. time, doing 
his monologue, carrying s special set. — Hayden 
and Davis tried a new act at the Majestic 
last week and will use it next season. — Ramxo 
and Arno will return to New York shortly. — 
H or ton and La Trlska have finished the S.-C. time 
and leave for Chicago. — Lew Dockstader and 
his bunch of minstrels are at the Tabor this 
week, packing them to the doors. — Jim Corbett 
will open at the Tabor next week. — He Is ly- 
ing off this week acting as critic for the local 
papers, reviewing all shows, — The Denver "Poet" 
baseball team will play the Dockstader bunch 
at the Ball Park, morning of the second, for the 
benefit of the Sun Shine Club. Several innova- 
tions new to baseball will be Introduced. Jim 
Corbett will pitch for the "Post" and Lew Dock- 
stader for himself. A big time Is expected. 
—The Denver Lodge T. M. A., No. 22, held their 
aunual benefit at the Broadway Theatre 1st, snd 
it wss the most successful, both financially and 
artistically, that they have ever given. Sixteen 
acts from the various theatres volunteered their 
services. Every act was heartily received and all 
responded to numerous encores. After the per- 
formance a banquet was given in Elks' Hall. 

HARRY X. BEAUMONT. 



PHILADELPHIA 

BY GEORGE M. YOUNG. 

KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr.).— The Lloyd 
Family, of England, handed us the "third de- 
gree" in Rosle, and we hope the last.- Not that 
Rosle is so bad, but our Impressions of the 
Lloyd family have retrograded steadily since 
dainty Alice first made her appearance. There 
is Just a tinge of Lloyd mannerisms about 
Rosie, but she depends too much upon the slight 
suggpstirenes8 In her songs. With the allowance 
of a bit more latitude than Is usual in Keith's, 
she passed along nicely, without causing any 
stir. Hill and Whltaker returned to score one 
of the biggest bits of the bill. Miss Whltaker's 
style of rendering "coon" ditties captivated de- 
spite the fact that she is using two very old 
songs. Wilbur Hill assisted her capably. The 
lramatic sketch, "The Man Who Won the Pool," 
cleverly presented by Robert HUllard and Com- 
pany, repeated the success of a former visit. 
McMahon and Cbapelle (Blanche Kiepele substitut- 
ing for Edith Chapelle) provided a solid laughing 
hit with tbelr patter, and had excellent support 
from the "Pullman Porter Maids." Horace 
Goldln repeated most of the illusion and magic 
tricks shown last week, finishing with a new 
arrangement of the trunk transformation trick. 
Jeane Fransioll, his assistant, enters a trunk, 
placed upon a platform. Later the trunk is 
hoisted on a rope, the platform removed, the plat- 
form enclosed with a curtain, which when raised 
reveals a trunk from which Miss Fransioll emerges. 
The first trunk disappears from view previous 
to the platform being enclosed with the curtain. 
It is s nest trick, cleverly worked, though ap- 
parently not very difficult, nor is Its secret as 
skillfully bidden ss the one shown last week. 
The Corson Sisters In their "flying butterfly" 
aerial act, seen in this house for the first time, 
crested a mild sensation. The dainty appearance 
of the girls goes a long way to make their really 
remarkable act a most Interesting feature. 
With some new patter and a couple of parodies, 
Fields snd Ward added their share to the laugh- 
winners, a late spot on the bill failing to prove 
any severe handicap. Ferreroe and his musical 
dog were well liked, the finish with the dog 
alone on the stage playing on the bells, earning 
a solid round of applause. Emll Hoch and Com- 
pany were mildly pleasing in "Love's Young 
Dream," overacting being the principal fault. 
The songs of Murphy and Francis and the ec- 
centric dancing by the man was well liked. 
The dressing Is too exaggersted to be either 
funny or attractive. Billy Cullen tried out a 
singing and talking act of light calibre. He 
held down an early spot, and cannot hope to riee 
very far with the material used. Ina Claire, in 
songa and an imitation of Harry Lauder, which 
was not understood here; Geraldine McCann and 
Company in singing and dancing sketch, and the 



veteran Rice Brothers, with their familiar 
comedy bar act which pleased, were the others. 
The Brlarcllff auto race, shown In the moving 
pictures. Interested. 

GAYBTY (Ed. Shayne, mgr.).— "Bon Tons." 

CASINO (Ellas A Koenlg, mgrs.).— "Golden 
Crook." 

TROCADERO (Fred Wlllson, mgr.).— "Strolling 
Playera." 

BIJOU (J. C. Schanberger, mgr.).— "Briga- 
diers." 



ASHLAND, XY. 

MAJESTIC (S. L. Martin, mgr.).— Lewis W. 
Bates, female Impersonator, good; Fox and Sum- 
mers, comedy sketch, good. EDISON I A (B. W. 

ilanley, mgr.). — Song and m. p. BUCKER. 



ATLANTA, GA. 

ORPHEUM (Ben Kahn, mgr. ) .—Splendid bill. 
De Velde and Zelda, equilibrists, neat and showy; 
Ireland and Walsh, dancers, good; Scott and Wil- 
son, grotesques, well received; Brown, Harris and 
Brown, laughing hit; Jos. Callahan, Impersonator, 
best here this season; Chas. Nevln and his "Col- 
lege Girls," big hit of bill; Raffln's Monkeys, good 

closing number. IDLE HOUB (T. P. Holland, 

mgr.). — Excellent bill and attendance; Tim Craw- 
ley, Song and dance, good; Connelly and Connelly, 
comedy sketch, very good; Jack Stow, blackface 
monologue, scored; Miss Wolfe, songs, average; 

O'Mallcy and McElroy, songs, well received. 

STAR (J. B. Thompson, mgr.). — Vaudeville and 
burlesque, good bill; nice attendance. CRYS- 



TAL (Wm. Harvell, mgr.).— Vaudeville. 



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BALTIMORE, MD. 



MARYLAND (F. C. Schanberger, mgr. Monday 
rehearsal 10). — Cecilia Loftus beads this week's 
bill in imitations, liberal applause; Our Boys In 
Blue, drilling, well received; Callahan and St. 
George, "In the Old Neighborhood," very good; 
Paul Le Croix, Juggling, good; Stafford and 
Stone, In "A Hunter's Game," neat act; Gus. 
Edwards' Country Kids in tbelr singing snd 
dancing act were well received; Brothers I'andur, 

acrobats, very good. NEW MONUMENTAL 

(Sam M. Dawson, mgr.). — Star Show Girls with 
two burlettss, "Dopey Dan" and "Streets of 

Cairo," and five numbers In the olio. GAYBTY 

(W. L. Ballauf, Jr., mgr.).— The World Beaten 
with two burlettas, "A Trip to Newport" and 
"The Isle of Rubbernecks." Four numbers In 

the olio. NOTES.— Blaney's has discontinued 

vaudeville. Camerphone m. p. are at Holliday St. 
Theatre. Barnum and Bailey's Circus here on the 
6th and 7th. — The summer parks open on Satur- 
day. — Work on the new Electric Park la pro- 
gressing rapidly. FRANK F. MEYERS. 



BRISTOL, TENN. 

FAIRYLAND (Melvln A. Hayer. mgr.).— The 
Marvelous De Vitts, acrobats, good; The Whet- 
tens, singing and talking, good; Rand's Dogs, ex- 
cellent; ill. songs by Miss Walk pleased; plcturea 

ELITE (Harry Knox, mgr.). — Samson and 

Peck, blackface, good; Jennette Pbipps, contor- 
tionist, very good; Jimmle Newell, good; Knox 
aud Alvin, excellent; ill. songs by Mercedes 
Alvln pleased. 

BUFFALO, N. Y. 
SHEA'S (M. 8bea, mgr. Monday rehearsal 
10). — An excellent bill, beaded by Alice Lloyd, 
English comedienne, making a great hit in her 
songs; Dave Lewis, German dialect talker, 
pleased; Peter Donald and Neta Carson, "Alex. 
McDean's Dream." comedy talking hit; Al- 
sace and Lorraine, unique musical specialty, 
clever; "A Bachelor's Wife," by Jno. C. Rice 
and Sally Cohen, a laughing success; De Vote 
Trio, flying rings, excellent; Willie Weston, im- 
personator, excellent; The McNaughtons were 

original and funny. GARDEN (Charles E. 

White, local mgr.).— Fred Irwin's New Majesties 

company good and business big. LAFAYETTE 

(Charles M. Bagg, mgr.).— New Century Girls 
pleased big bouses. DICKSON. 

CAMDEN, N. 7. 
BROADWAY (J. C. Peebles, mgr.).— Jewell'* 
Manikins head entertaining bill. Others: Harry 



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CLEVELAND, O. 

KEITH'S (H. A. Danlela, mgr.). — Emerson snd 
Baldwin, club throwers, very clever; Frederick 
Voleker, violin virtuoso, renders high clsss selec- 
tions with fine technique; Kltsmura Japanese 
Troupe sre remarkable acrobats; this is the sec- 
ond week for Valerie Bergere and Company; 
"The Morning After the Play" la given and waa 
well liked; Dan Qulnlan, of the Dan Quinlan 
and Keller Mack team, was sick snd unsble to 
appear, so Keller Msck went on alone and made 
a big hit; Will a Holt Wakefield, penologist, In 
song readings, won favor; The Big City Quartet, 
reduced to a trio by the Illness of Geoffrey 
O'Hara, were well received; La Troupe Carmen, 

wire walkera of sensational ability. EMPIRE 

(Geo. Cbeoet, mgr.). — The Bowery Burlesquers 
are the attraction for the week and the show 

pleased. STAR (Drew A Campbell, mgrs.).— 

The offering Is the Re Illy and Woods show. 

WALTER D. HOLCOMB. 



DAYTON, O. 

LYBIC (Msx Hurtig, mgr.).— The Terleys, 
Thomas Potter Dume, La Vine Clmaron Trio, Dora 
and Woolford. Duryea and Deland, Monarch Com- 
edy Four, Brlndamour. NOTES. — The Lyric 

starts 11 with "Living Pictures.' The regular 
vaudeville season . closes this week. — Brlndamour 
dove from the Third Street Bridge on 8. 

JACK BBAMMIN. 



EAST LIVERPOOL, O. 

LYRIC— Closed. Rock Springs Park opens 

30. PARK.— Vaudeville, opens 25. 

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EA8T0N. PA. 

JEWEL (Rothleder and Schwslm, nigra.).— M. 

p. and ill. soiigt*. capacity house*. BIJOU 

( Debit and Sherman, uikis. )■ — M. p. to crowded 

houses. NATIONAL (A. Tocce, mgr.).— M. p. 

and ill. soil's. G. UREUP. 






ELMIRA, N. i. 

FAMILY (G. W. Mlddleton, mgr.).— Two 
Georgian, gooti; Scott and W ha ley, well received; 
Tom Voae, fair; Smith and Walton, good; Mr. 

kiul Mra. Mark Hart, excellent. RIALTO (F. 

W. McOonnell, mgr. ). — Deas and lk-as, Dora Hart, 
May Lawreuce, Kmilie Walte, Margaret La Vaun 
and Rialtostope; good bill. J. M. BEE Its. 



ERIE, PA. 

ALPHA (E. II. Surkeu, uigr.).— Beruice and 
Mascot, renued stagers, fair act; Frank L. Perry, 
dancing violinist, well received; The Melnottea, 
Hinging, dancing and comedy, very good; Wilaon 

and De Monvllle, hit of the bill. NOTES.— 

Tommy Hayes, the minstrel man and trick bone 
player, is lying over this week in Erie, Pa., 
visiting friends. While here he is the guest of 
Joe Hauley, au old vaudeville star. — The Majeblic 
and Park Opera Houses of the Reis Circuit close 
next week for the season. — Cole Brothers' shows 
«vill be here ou Decoration Day. — Rlngllug Bros, 
follows two weeks Infer. 

BRUCE GRONNETT. 



EVANSVILLE, IND. 

MAJESTIC (Frank B. Hooper, mgr.).— Fine bill. 
Linden Beckwith, singing, pleasing; Berry and 
Berry, comedy musical, forced encores several 
times; Okura Japs, great; Lewis and Clapin, 
liked very much. S. O. 



FALL RIVER, MASS. 

PREMIER (L. M. Boas, mgr.).— M. p. with the 
following vaudeville: McKcever and Dandry. 
comedy boxing, aiuusi.ig; Dan Met arty, singing 
and dancing comedian, good; Matt Franklin, tramp 
comedian, very good; Win. Murphy, ill. songs, 

good. PLEASANT ST. (James Mason, mgr.).— 

M. p. with the following vaudeville: Wills and 
Southern, singing and dancing, good; Dow and 
Dow, Hebrew comedians, good; May Farlow, 
change artist, fair; Mason and Doran, held over, 

good. PURITAN (Hill & Hooper, mgrs.).— III. 

songs by Sail Souci and in. p. SCENIC (A. 

Terau, mgr.). — M. p. sod ill. songs by Clara 

Adams. BIJOU (A. Gerardl, mgr.).— Dark this 

week. E. F. RAFFBRTY. 



HAMILTON, ONT. 

BENNETT'S (Geo. F. Driscoll, mgr.). -Inea 
Macauley in '"The Unexpected," excellent; "Rain 
Dears," very good; J. Warren Keene, presti- 
digitator, immediate favor; Nouette Lyle, violin 
l*te, fair; "Loft's Devotion" (local), well ap- 
plauded; Gartelle Brothers, roller skaters, very 

good. Big business. NOTK. — Bennett's closes 

vaudeville season 1) and opens three weeks later 
for a five Or ten weeks* run of stock. 

ARTHUR L. LEWIS. 



HARRISBURG, PA. 

HIPPODROME (A. L. Roumfort. mgr.).— Bar- 
low ami Nicholson scored strongly; Will A. Davis, 
blackface, laughing bit; Quigg and Nickerson, 

clever musicians; ill. songs. LYRIC (Burket 

and George, mgrs.). — Splendid bill; Owley aud 
Kandule, sketch artists, "Birds," continuous ap- 
plause; The Carltons, "Comedy," big hit; Charley 

Harrington, mimic, kept them going. BIJOU 

1 M. Magarrd, mgr.). — M. p. and 111. song beauti- 
fully rendered; excellent show. NEW MAJES- 
TIC (Joe. Frank, mgr.). — ()|iened this week as an 

experiment; m. p. and sougs. SAVOY (W. 

Brown, mgr.). — M. p.; closed Indefinitely; avail- 
able. C. C. CORBIN. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 

POLI'S (Harry Bailey, mgr.).— An entertaining 
hill. The Joyces, singing and dancing, ordinary; 
Arthur Rlgby proved funny; Bradlee Martin and 
Company have a humorous sketch; Charles and 
Fanny Van secured heavy applause; Romany 
Operu Company, hit. and singing of highest order; 
Grant and Hoag, strong favorites; Hill and Syl- 

▼anl, bicycle experts, very good. SCENIC (H. 

C. Young, mgr.). — Adele -Wlllett and Charles 
Mm mi sing well; Florence Misheau makes bit with 
her singing; Jimmy Rego, "the Jolly Minstrel," 
**lns big applause; Walter Rose. good. 

M. W. MORROW. 



HOBOKEN, N. J. 

EMPIRE (A. M. Bruggemann, mgr. Monday 
rehearsal 10).— Maud Hall, Macy and Company, 



capital sketch, head fairly strong bill; Ed. F. 
Reynard, Improved ventriloquial offering, second 
in favor; Phil and Nettie Peters, comedy e.iter 
tai.icrs, extremely well received; "The Village 
Choir," very pleasing; Byers and Hermann, pa:i- 
tomi mists, clever; Anderson aud Goines, colored, 
good; Juno Salmo, contortionist, with new and 
difficult tricks, pleased. Bill next week an- 
nounced as last of season. The Olympic, new 
moving picture house, opens 11. 

JOHN KAY. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 

GRAND i .Shaler Ziegler, mgr.).— Delia Fox 
heads a big vaudeville bill. Miss Fox wds given 
a royal welcome and her act pleased. The Too- 
coo.iLi Arabs la whirlwind acrobatics evoked ap- 
plause. Prelle'8 Dogs proved a feature attraction. 
Ernest Yerxa, Harry Webb, Watson and the Mor- 
lissey Sisters, Raymond mil Caverly aud the 
Melani Trio pleased, the latter act being espe- 
cially liked. EMPIRE (Henry K. Burton, 

mgr.). — The wek at this house opened with Billy 
Watson's Burlesquers, an established favorite la 

Indianapolis. NOTE. — The theatres .opened the 

week under a handicap, Rlngllng Brothers' Circus 
being opposition. At the Park Theatre the esasou 
of summer stock was inaugurated. 

PAUL R. MARTIN. 



JACKSON, MICH. 

BIJOU tWill Marshall, mgr.).— Miss Blakely, 
weut big; Hudson Sisters, clever; Johnny Bush, 
Jr., and Company, very good; E. C. Strickland, 
roars of laughter; Young and Company won im- 
mediate favor. BRADLEY. 



JOHNSTOWN, PA. 

GLOBE (J. G. Foley, mgr.).— The Great Erni. 
o.ie-legged skater, good; Joe Young, dancer, great; 
Holmes and Walton, musical act, good. — —CAM- 
BRIA (II. W. Scherer, mgr.).— High Rollers, 
April 27; good, snappy burlesque; Hail ley's Pic- 
tures, May U; good attraction to fair business. 

MAJESTIC (Silvermann Bros., lessees).— The talk- 
ing-moving pictures are running smoothly now and 
business Is increasing. 



KNOXVILLE, TENN. 

CRYSTAL (Scott Leslie, mgr.).— 111. songs by 
Miss Huskissou; Chas. La Belle, comediau, scored 
heavily; Toni Martin, comedy cyclist, scored; good 

business. COLUMBIA (Ziegler and Arthur, 

mgrs.). — 111. song by Win. Young Arthur, scored; 
W. C. Ziegler, musical single; Fox and Rogers, 
Dutch comedians, good; Seabury and Wilkle, sing- 
ers and cartoonist, excellent. 

ARTHUR 8PROUSE. 



LAFAYETTE, IND. 

FAMILY (David Maurice, mgr.).— Arthur Dein- 
ing, Mark Johnson, Harrington and Lester, Ethel 
Gates and Dan Lewis. MAJESTIC (Elmer Grif- 
fith, mgr. ).-wj|ohusou ami Roberts. White aud San- 
ford. FolsonTaod Vance. LA PURDETTE, ARC 

and LYRIC are drawing with moving pictures. 

NOTES. — George Ade passed a few hours with 

friends here to-day. He stated that "The Fair 
Co-Ed," which he wrote for the Purdue Harlequin 
Club, and which was produced at the Grand three 
nights last week, will be given in Chicago this 
summer. — Mark Johnson, of the Family, received 
announcement of the death of his mother in New 
York. — Mrs. Powell, who is on the same bill, 
mourns the loss of a brother who lost his life 
while fishing hi the Wabash River. 

It. LEE CLARK. 



LAWRENCE, MASS. 

COLONIAL (J. Fred Lees, mgr.).— Will Marlon 
and Vera Rial in "The Witches' Power," very 
good; Sam Stern, good; Belle Barrett, very good; 
Harry Jordan pleased; Harry V. Fitsgerald, in 
•The Lost Pocketbook." hit of the bill. LY- 
CEUM (W. L. Gallagher, mgr.).— Tlney Davis 
Burlesque Company of twelve women. Olio: Ethel 
Williams in sougs and dances pleased; May 
Crlpps, 111. songs, good; Morris and Miller, sister 
act, weut well; Tlney Davis, soubrette. fine; 
I.evene and Walsh, talking, singing and dancing 
act, hit of the bill. Burlesque, "A Ghost in a 
Pawn Shop," by Tom LeVene and Company, a 

laugh from start to finish. NICKEL (T. F. 

Twomv. nurr.). — II. p. and ill. songs by May 

Conway. MARQUISE (J. H. Michael, mgr.).— 

II, p. and III. songs by A I Thorp. 

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LEAVENWORTH, KAN. 

ORPUtiLM (Chaa. Cunningham, mgr.).— On ac- 
count of the booking agents furnishing acta not 
up to the usual standard, Mr. Cunningham, as 
be said, decided to close the house for one week 

rather than give his patrons a poor show. 

PEOPLE'S (M. ' Cunningham, mgr.).— Sherman 
Stock Company this week. 

J. E. FAULKNER. 



LEXINGTON, KY. 

HIPPODROME (L. H. Ramsey, mgr.).— 5 Lub- 
1ns, singing and dancing, good; E. Hays, black- 
face, good; Sperry and Ray, keep them laughing; 

Ous Bar tram. ill. song, good. MAJESTIC 

(Auther Jack, mgr.). — Two Vivians, sharpshooters, 
extra good; Raymond and Hall, dancing kids, 
good; Louis Chevalier and Company, "A Lucky 
Pair," good. JOSEPH CANDIOTO. 

LINCOLN, NEB. 

LYRIC (H. II. Miller, mgr.).— Week 27: Fair 
bill to good houses; Tom Powell, blackface, 
pleased; Conn, Downey and Willard, In "The 
Doings of Dr. Louder," distinct hit; Sing Fong 
Lee, Chinese violinist, favorable impression; The 
Mascagnis, European novelty dancers, headed, 
clever act; J. J. Wilde, ill. song. WONDER- 
LAND (L. M. Gorman, mgr.).— Big week. 

ELITE (N. Amos, mgr.). — Good returns. 

JOYO (J. A. Neville, mgr.). — Lowered price from 
ten to Ave, and have discontinued the vaude- 
ville portion. LEE J. LOGAN. 

MAHANOY CITY. PA. 

FAMILY (E. F. McAtee, mgr.).— Le Maire and 
King, fair; Earl and Bartlett, good; Lester and 
gulnn. good; Caldera and Company,, liberal ap- 
plause. J. O. ASHTON. 

MALDEN, MASS. 
HATHAWAY'S (Samuel L. Tuck. res. mgr.).— 
Trainor and Dale, headliners; Fred'k Wykoff, 
rube comedian, liberally applauded; Harry Deaves' 
Manikins, good; Gertrude E. Purcliell, ill. songs, 
favorite; Kirk and Adams, musical, well re- 
ceived; Graham and Lawrence, well applauded; 

De Shuts' Dogs. NOTE. — This house closes the 

first and a successful season on 10. Reopens 
August 81. THOS. C. KENNKY. 

MARION, 0. 

MARION (H. S. Vail, mgr. Monday rehearsal 
10). — The Zolas, Parisian mirror dancing act, 
fine; Black and Leslie, comedy, good; Harvard 
Judge, ladder, bit; Mortimer Basset t, whistling, 

favorite. NOTE.— Mr. Saville, of Bryant and 

Savllle, comedy musical artists, had the misfor- 
tune to fall on the stage at the Marlon 2, sus- 
taining a compound fracture of the leg. He was 
removed to his home In Philadelphia this week. 

J. BAUMGARTEN. 



MOLINE. ILL. 

FAMILY (H. A. Sodlne, mgr.).— Two Johnsons, 
si iglng and dancing, good applause; Edwards and 
Glenwood, wire, very good; Earl Gllliban, co- 
median, several encores; Captain Treat's Seals, 
fair. PAUL HEIMBECK. 



MUNCIE. IND. 

STAR (Ray Andrews, mgr.).— The Roses, fancy 
ami sensational shots, well received; Chas. Zuber, 
111. songs, good; Avery and Carl, blackface co- 
medians, caught the house; Jean Moreman, saxo- 
phone, good; The Gulliver Lilliputians, hit. 

GEO. FIFBR. 



MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. 

LYRIC (E. A. Miller, mgr.).— Wolf A Zadella, 
comedy act; Mrs. Fears (local), ill. soug; Har- 
rison King, songs and jokes; Chas. N. Halght, 
Laura Dean and Company, farcical sketch, "A 
Misfit Meeting." April 27, 28, 29: Gourley and 
Keenan, "Kidding the Kid"; Mrs. Fears, ill. 
song; Lew Woods, ventriloquist ; Mullen and De 

Weese, musical act, good. STAR AIRDOME 

(R. L. Nay, mgr., also owner of Airdome at El 
Reno and Hugo). — Opens to musical comedy, stock 

and vaudeville, about May 10. NOTE. — The 

Yale, m. p. theatre, this week brought out the 
Iris, m. p. theatre. J. F. BRETT. 



PATERSON. N. J. 

EMPIRE (A. M. Bruggeman, prop., H. J. 
Bruggeman, mgr.). — Closes to-night for the sea- 
son, to reopen during August. Excellent bill: 
Clarence Wilbur and Co., in "The New Scholar." 
first honors, continual scream; Dick Crolius and 
Co., in "Shorty," well receive*; Titos. J. Dempsey. 
very good story teller; The Strawberry Festival, 
featuring a burlesque band, big comedy bit; 
"The Last of the Regiment," excellent singing 
by quartette; Carney and Wagner, clever dancers, 
dancing excellent: Morris and Morris, comedy 

effective. NOTES.— Manager Sibley, of the 

Pleasant Hour, is about to make alterations that 
will Increase the seating capacity of his bouse. — 
Harry Mets closed bis freak show "Randion" 
and "Serpentina," Monday, and In about ten 
days will take out wagon show. 

FRANK A. EAK1NS. 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 

GRAND OPERA HOUSE (Harry Davis, prop.). 
—Ben Welsh Is a solid bit at this bouse this 
week; William Rock and Maude Fultou have a 
singing and dancing act that is a little different 
from anything we have bad here and they pleased 
Immensely; Volta, billed as the "human rheos- 
tat," pleased; Tim McMahon's Minstrel Maids 
re-established themselves in the g<s>d graces of 
the Grand patrons; Beatrice MacKentie and Wal- 
ter Shannon pleased in a musical novelty; Mr. 
and Mrs. Gene Hughes pleased with "Suppressing 
the Press"; Belle Hathaway's animals were en- 
tertaining; Rogers and Deely have a good sing- 
ing act; The Four Rlanos were well received; 
Batiks aid Newton, Les Albertys, Bernler and 
Stella and Ben Morse round out a good show. 

P. S. C. 



PITTSTON, PA. 

FAMILY (Harry Scott, res. mgr.).— The above 
theatre closed for tbe season Saturday night, May 
2d. Harry Scott, the manager, leaves for his 
borne in Cleveland. Edwin F. Bunting, musical 
director at tbe Family, also leaves for his borne 
in Philadelphia. HAVE HEINMAN. 

PORTLAND, ORE. 

PANTAGES' (John A. Johnson, mgr.).— Week 
27: Willy Zimmerman, impersonator; The Wheel- 
ers, eccentric jugglers; The Stagpoolcs, acrobats; 
Carmen De Vlllers, banjo quartette; Lloyd and 
Wbitehouse, singing and dancing; Blanche Sloan, 
aerial; Jean Wilson, ill. songs; excellent bill.— — 
GRAND (Jas. H. Errlckson, mgr.).— Henri French 
and Company, Impersonator; Robert De Mont 
Duo, "Fun In a Hotel"; Jenkins and Stockman, 
musical comedy; Richard Buhler and Louise Oren- 
dorf, "The Cracksman"; Grace Darnley, contor- 
tionist; Lopei and Lopci, instrumentalists; Fred 
G. Bauer, ill. songs. The best bill this season. 

STAR (Jas. H. Errlckson. mgr.).— Will H. 

Armstrong, Robert Evans. Msgdaline Holly, Bar- 
ney Williams, Ethel Davis, Ed. Myres, Miss Ruth, 



Ed Armstrong, Ruby Mclntyre, Ella Evera, Bertha 
Miller, Madge , Scbeuler, Elsie Moore, Hatel 

Heath, Eva Gates, "The Bathing Girls." 

FRITZ'S (Fred Frits, prop.).— Virginia Hayden, 
Dan Hart, Lotta Goldman, Alton, Vivian Leotta, 
Trlxeda, Blanch Trojan, Ernest Wilson, Claire 
Stanley, The Kelly s, Walters and Rowe and 

stock, "Bluepoints." BIJOU (Wall and Han- 

rahan, props.). — Virginia Smith and G. V. Sav- 
age, ill. songs, m. p. EDISONIA (Joa. St 

Peter, prop.). — M. p. and ill. songs. OR- 

I'HEli.M and HIPPODROME (Dillwyn Daniels, 

mgr.).— M. p. and ill. songs. NOTE. — The 

Oaks will ..pen May 3. W. R. B. 



READING, PA. 

NEW BIJOU (direction S. Lubin).— M. p. and 
vaudeville bill of Tom and Gertie Grimes, Hattie 
Dixie, Prluce and Virginia and Thos. A. Mackey. 

VICTOR, MECCA, STAR. PARLOR and 

PEOPLES.— M. p. and 111. songs. NOTE.— 

The Orpheum closed last Saturday night to re- 
open with vaudeville in September. G. R. H. 



SAGINAW, MICH. 

BIJOU (W. A. Busco, mgr.).— "Chiqulta," the 
Human Doll, la tbe drawing card. She stands 
thirty inches high and is thirty years of age. 
Raker and Robiuson, "The Country Gawk and the 
Acrobatic Girl," did good act. Eddie Moon, 
musical comedian, wus called back repeatedly. 
Marie Storl, vloll ilste ami vocalist, good. A 
sketch, cleverly acted by Myra Davis Dowli*g 
and Joseph J. Dowling. entitled "A Snap Shot." 
took well. MARGARET C. GOODMAN. 



SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 

ORPHEUM (Martin Reek. gen. mgr.).— Week 
April 27: A well balanced bill to good houses. 
Mignonette Kokln, headliner; Clayton. Whits and 
Marie Stuart in "Cherle"; Loney Haskell has a 
good monologue; Tom Armstrong and Ella Verne, 
amuse; Snyder and Buckley with their "Mechani- 
cal Minstrels." offer a novelty; Galettl'a Mon- 
keys, good; the Klnodrome maintained its stand 
aid wtb m. p- The following m. p. bosses en- 
joyed good business: EMPIRE (Chas. P. Minor, 

mgr.). CRESCENT (H. S. Mills, mgr.).— ISIS 

(Trent and Wilson, mgrs.). ELECTRIC (Ed. 

J. Groesbeck, mgr.). ELITE (Msx Florence, 

mgr.). NOTE. — W. L. Jennings, res. mgr. 

of the Orpbeum for the past two seasons, bat 
inrii granted leave of absence. J. H. Garrett 
will act in that capacity — The Crystal, J. H 
Young, owner and manager, has temporarily 
abandoned vaudeville owing to new stringent roles 
from tbe fire department. He will continue' 
business, maintaining a first class in. p. show.-— 
Both the Majestic and the Lyric are 'being re- 
modeled. The Majestic is soon to open, as the 
largest m. p. bouse In the city. The Lyric. 
formerly a sto< k and burlesque bouse, will start 
business shortly as u combination in. p. and syn- 
chronous talking machine theatre. 

JAY at. JOHNSON. 



SHENANDOAH, PA. 

Gcssley Brothers' "Army and Nsvy Life Motion 
Picture and Vaudeville Company" opened its 
outdoor season here 0. With the thermometer 
way below a degree that would tempt tbe amuse- 
ment public to sit under a eanvus. yet tbe tent 



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WESLEY A PINCUS, 






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IN THE ACT IN ONE FOR LAUGHS 

"THE MANICURE GIRL" 

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NELLIE DONEGAN, the GENEE of the little wheels; EARLS REYNOLDS, the MASTER of 
HUMAN BALANCE. The most ABSOLUTE NOVELTY EVER presented before an audience. 
Second season as the biff feature of the Anna Held "Parisian Model." 

Direction FLORENZ ZIEGFELD, Jr. 

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was crowded at both performances. Aside from 
a little pruning which many of the acts require 
to whip the show into good shape, It will be able 
to give creditable performances. Andrew Rey- 
nolds, "The Human Fly," will be two days in 
advance to give free street performances as au 

advertising stunt. NOTES.— B. J. Sweeney 

will go In advance of Lowery Brothers' Big Colored 
Attraction, which opens here 6. — Thomas G. Gib- 
bons, for more than a score of years stage man- 
ager of the Ferguson (now the New O'Hara 
theatre), died from the results of an operation 
performed for an abcesB on the right lung. 

JACK THUMB. 



STAMFORD, CONN. 

LYCEUM (Anthony Geronlmo, mgr.). — Needam 
and Wood In "McCarthy's Reception" are a real 
hit; Musical Huen, musical comedian, excellent; 
May Bruster's imitations of Fritzi Scheff, went 
big; Dickie Delaro and Company in "The Mas- 
queraders" (see New Acts) ; Ray Murray, songs, 

excc-llent. STAR (Tony Exposlto, mgr.).— Prof. 

Fox, ventriloquist, good; Kola Bros., novel contor- 
tion act; M. J. Delmonico's songs are very good; 
Jane Carlin, comedienne, good; Ruth Gordon and 
Company In "Testing a Lover" are a hit.— 
FAMILY (Herrick & Bloom, mgrs.). — Actograpb 
Company with vaudeville and m. p. BUI changed 
twice weekly.— VAUDEVILLE (A. A. McDonald, 

mgr.). — Vaudeville and m. p.; good business. 

NOTES.— The Pacific has closed its doors. No 
one seems to know for what reason. M. J. Del- 
inonlco, late of Poll's Stock Company, has accept- 
ed the position of assistant manager at the Star. 

HARRY KIRK. 



SPOKANE, WASH. 

WASHINGTON (Geo. E. Blakeslee, mgr.).— 
Week 27: John and Bertha Gleeson and Fred 
Houlihan, good; Georgia O'Ramey, songs, good; 
Franklyn Gale and Co., "The Seamstress," 
pleased; Geo. Wilson, minstrel, very good; The 
American Newsboys Quartet, excellent; picture-;. 

PANTAGES' (E. Clarke Walker, mgr.).— Do 

Re and Sol Rami, musicians, good; Axtell and 
dog, pleased; Bllyck's Sea Lions, well trained; 
Daly and O'Brien, singing and dancing, very good; 

Frans Rainer's Tyroleans, liberally applauded. 

NOTE. — The Coeur de Alene, closed for some time, 
opened 5, with pictures. J. J. H. 



SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 

POLI'8 (Gordon Wrlghter, res. mgr.).— Wood 
and Lawson showed some good dancing; "Griff," 
fair; Hickman Bros, and Company did fairly 
well; Diamond and Smltb, HI. songs; Edwards, 
Davis and Company In "All Rivers Meet at 
Sea," scored; I .eon a Thurber and her "Picks" 
made their customary hit; Martlnettl and Sylves- 
ter closed. NELSON and BIJOU.— M. p. and 

1)1. songs. G. A. P. 

SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

GRAND OPERA HOUSE (Grand Amusement 
Co., mgrs. Monday rehearsals 10:30). — The Sand- 
-srtaac, goo"l; •J""' Hawkln* fussed; The Girl Be- 
hind the Drum, good; Alfred Kelcy pleased; "The" 



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"BRIDAL COUPLE DODGING THE CAMERAS" 

An Extraordinary Comedy Subject 

SYNOPSIS OF SOENESt 

HERE COMES THE BRIDE — Exterior of a fashionable church — Reporters arrive with cameras to 
take pictures of the beautiful American heiress and her titled husband, the Duke de Nonothlng. 

THE BRIDAL COUPLE APPEARS— Horrified at the cameras. 

A HURRIED RETREAT — They plan to evade the cameras — The carriage is ordered to meet them 
a few blocks away from the ohurch. 

THE BRIDE LOSES HER DUKE— While stealing out the back entrance of the church toe bride 
and groom are discovered by the reporters — They run down the street, followed by the newspaper re- 
porters and camera fiends — The bride leads — The Duke follows snd falls into an excavation In the street 
— The bride misses her Duke, but still hurries on, followed by reporters — The Unfortunate Duke climbs 
out of the hole only to find his bride far in the lead. 

THE CHASE — With her bridal robe all torn and soiled the poor, frightened bride Is followed by re- 
porters of every description, including some women society reporters — The Duke de Nonothlng comes 
trailing behind — Down steps— Over fields — Through fences and over the golf links — The Duke endeavors 
to cstch up — The bride Is confronted by s high board fence — With no chance to turn back, she climbs 
over the fence, followed by her pursuers — Through the back yard and Into the house, they tear through 
the janitor's apartments, startling them at their evening meal — Bverything pushed aside in the chase— 
The bride reaches the waiting carriage — The dishevelled Duke fights his way through the crowd of 
reporters — At last reaches his fainting, weeping bride. 

TOGETHER AT LAST— After hard driving, they leave the reporters behind and feel secure from 
the csmeras — Suddenly the carriage window drops down, a camera Is thrust In, a flash of light and 
their picture Is tsken after all. 

SNAP SHOTS — Various views show the ludicrous attitudes In which the morning papers pictured 
the beautiful American heiress snd her husband, the Duke de Nonothlng, while leaving the church after 
the ceremony. 

Ho 6S53. Code, Velesies. Length, 785 fast. 

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Underwriters' Model (One Pin Movement) reduces the flicker 

50 per oent. SI 76.00 

Approved by the New York Board of Fire Underwriters and the Department of Water Supply, Gas 
and Electricity. Includes, among other improvements, a new Automatio Shutter, Improved Lamphouse, 
Upper and Lower Film Magazines, New Style Rheostat, New Enclosed Switch, Improved Take-Up Device, 
New Revolving Shutter and Asbestos-covered Cord Connection. 

Edleon Improved Exhibition Model (One Pin Movement) - -SI 5S.00 
Edison Universal Model 76.00 

Bend for New Catalog, Form 885, Containing Complete Description of Improvements. 

EDISON MANUFACTURE COMPANY 

MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY, 75 LAKESIDE AVE.. ORANGE, N. J. 
NEW YORK OFFICE: 10 FIFTH AVE. CHICAGO OFFICE: 304 WABASH AVE. 

Office for United Kingdom: 
EDISON WORKS, VICTORIA ROAD, LONDON, N. W. 

CCI I I IIP IPCIITC • p - L - WATERS, 41 East 81st St., New York. 
OLLLIPIb AuLll I O . GEORGE BRECK, 560-554 Grove St., Ban Francisco, Cal. 

DE4LERS I IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES 



Quartette, well received; The Four Huntings, 
good; Irene Franklin and Burt Green, decided 
hit; Miss Franklin's closing song, "The Talkative 
Waitress," the first of its kind heard here, wont 
big and was repeatedly encored. Lawrence Crane, 
good. SAM FREEMAN. 

TERRE HAUTE, IND. 

VARIETIES (Jack Hoeffler, mgr.).— Maiuz and 
Mazette, comedy scrnhats, fair; Madge Mattland, 
singing comedienne, great; Moody and Elliott, 
high class singing, good; Pascatel, contortionist, 

very good. NICKELDOM and DREAMLAND 

having good business. COLISEUM (J. II. 

Barnes, mgr.). — Burlesque. Closed for season 3 
with "High School Girls." Reopens August 15. 
J. H. Barnes, manager of the Coliseum, Is re- 
hearsing a musical comedy sketch with fifteen 
people In the cast, and will try It out In bis 
vaudeville house In Brazil, lad., next week. 

ROSS GARVER. 



STAR (F. W. Stair, mgr.).— The Mooullght 

Maids. GAYETY (Thos. R. Henry, mgr.).— 

Bnl> Van Oaten beads the Craeker Jacks who are 
here this week. HARTLEY. 



TORONTO, CAN. 

SHEA'S (J. Shea, mgr. Monday rehearsal 10). 
— Joseph Hart's Crickets pleased; Harry Tate's 
Company in Motoring scored strongly; Estelle 
Wordetle and Company, good; Dllllon Brothers 
made a hit; Cart well and Harris, fair. The 
K nitons bare a novel turn; Work and Oliver, 
funny. New pictures. Good business all week. 



VANCOUVER, B. C. 

ORI'HEUM (E. J. Donnellan, mgr.).— 27: Marco 
Twins, headline™, riot ; James Harrlgan, tramp 
Juggler, hit of the bill; Rachel Acton, Jack Klo- 
ville and Company, "Nightingale," flue; Law- 
rence and Harrington, great; Monahan and Shee- 
han, musicians, excellent; Nellie Revell, very 

good; John Van Syckle, III. song, good. PAN- 

TAGE8, (Geo. A. Calvert, mgr.).— 27: The O'- 
Brien Trou|>e, acrobats, headllners and hit; Mor- 
row, Schellberg and Company In "Happy's Mil- 
lions," fine; Crawford and Meeker, comedy, great; 
Rose Busch, soprano, repeatedly encored; Chick, 
Pleper, Gray aid Company, "Tanktown on Christ- 
mas Eve," excellent; B. B. Vincent, III. song, 

good. GRAND (Burlesque) (I). " A. Buller, 

mgr.). — Crlnimlns and Gore's Musical Comedy 
Company, In "A Warm Match," and Arnold Von 

DeRaue. Swiss yodler, very good. A! ABLE 

LEAF (J. W. Mulr. prop.).— M. p. and song. 

ROYAL ( A. W. Cruise, prop.).— M. p. and song. 

ELITE (Edwards A Gurney, props.).— M. p. 

and song. BIJOU (Biers and Tripp, props.). — 

M. p. and i-oug. - -NOVELTY (Biers & Tripp. 

props.). — M. p. and song. CRYSTAL (Biers A 

Tripp, props.). — M. p. nnd song 



FILM SERVICE ASSOCIATION 

All matters concerning the Association, requests for Information, oomplaints, «to., should so 
referred at onos to 

FILM SERVICE ASSOCIATION 

Office of the Secretary, 

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REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



RICE&PREVOST 



IN 



"Bumpty Bumps 



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MAJOB * 00. 



PETERS 

Weak May 11, Trent, Trenton, N. 7. 



TRUESDELL 

Time an filled. 
Address, MI* vaudeville comedy club, 

147 W. 45tb St., M. T. City. 




* 
Comedy Bar Casting- Act 
At liborty /or the Bummer. Address care 
VARIETY. 

Managers and Producers 

Apply to 

IDA FULLER 

For use of her Patented Fir* Effects. 
Addr— m Alanandr Aw,, Mow Tort ttty. 

STUART BARNES 

Direction GEO. HOMANS. 



"Tie 5 Mip" 

Addraaa, FRANK MAJOB, 
COMEDY CLTJB. V. T. CITT. 



It Isn't the name that make* the act— 
It'a tho act that makaa the name. 



Le BRUN £* 

Strongest flinging- Aet la Vaudeville, 
Magnificently Costumed. 
»ment ALBERT SUTHERLAND. 



OBACE 



Ritter and Foster 

ACROSB TBS POND. 

Addraaa ear* 80MER * WARNER. 
1 Tottenham Court Bead, London, Bag. 
ALT. T. WILTON, American Agent 




"Debating Duo." By John Gilroy and Junle MoCree 
Act and title are fully protected. Sirned with 
Frank B. Carr's "Thoroughbreds" for next sea- 
•on. Address care White Bats of America, 1558 
Broadway, Mew York. 



NANIEY 



WILDER 



Marshall 



25 No. Mew Hampshire At*., 
Bell Phone Iff, ATLANTIC CITY, M. J. 




KELLY ui KENT 

omBwc BOAa jjjgw. 

SEND IN YOUR 

SUMMER SUBSCRIPTION 

$1 FOR 3 MONTHS 




M STIRLING 

Mid Hickey won 
on points. This 
week Hathaway's 
Theatre, Brockton, 




Bob Van Osten 

THE MAM WITH THE DTJOK NOflE. 

FRANCIS 1 ROGERS 

UNITED BOOKING OFFICES' CIRCUITS. 

JANE GILBERT 

With MAT TULLY XM "Stop, Look and Listen" 
UNITED BOOKING OFFICB' CIRCUIT. 

Stvon % d\Ttll. 

la mirthful acrobatics with "WORLD BEATERS.' 



JACK 



ELLA 



REID and GILBERT 

Producers 
FIRST PARTS AMD BURLESQUES. 
En rout* Robie's "Knickerbockers." 




THE KINO OF IRELAND, 

JAMES B. DONOVAN 

AMD 

RENA ARNOLD 

QUEEN OF VAUDEVILLE. 
DOINO WELL, THANK YOU. 

ALF T. WILTON, Agent 




NELLO 

JUGGLER, 

Assisted hy MME. NELLO 

GAL STEWART 

"The 'CORNER GROCERY' Story Teller." 
Will present an original monologue in "ONE," 
with special scenery. Now playing return en- 
gagements for Western States Vaudeville Asso- 
ciation. 

"YOU'LL HEAR MORE FBOM ME LATER." 

"THE MAN WITH THE FUNNY SLIDE." 
CHAS. J. 

BURKHARDT 

Address care VARIETY. 

M li i (0. 

Mow playing P. O. Williams' houses. 
BOOKED SOLID 1903-09. 

Have Your Card in VARIETY 



johm a 



SALLY 



Rice - Cohen 



Presenting "A Beohelor Wife. 
MAY 11, TEMPLE, DETROIT. 



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MR. 

and 

MRS. 



POWERS 

VAUDEVILLE "TIT-BITS." 

Agent. ALF. T. WTLTON. 



MARION 



VICTORIA 





Directioa AL SUTHERLAND. 



Netta Vesta 



BINQTNC COMEDIAN 
Keith Circuit 




JAY B06ART 

"THE MAM IN BLACK." 

Just Finishing a tf Weeks' 
Return Engagement over the 
8.-C. Circuit 

"WATCH MY DUST." 

Address W. V. A., Majestio 
Theatre, Chicago. 






Oh, say, when pop caught me in that striped suit, well! It's all 
right now, though. He's become reconciled to it and we're get- 
ting along great* direction of pat casey 



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WITH ROUTE BOOKED. CAN ARRANGE CONVENIENT JUMPS. 

ACTS DESIRING TIME ABROAD, FORWARD PARTICULARS 

AND PHOTOS IMMEDIATELY 

PARK MANAGERS, WILLIAM MORRIS, Can furnish you with all the best acts you want 

1440 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 167 DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO 



"X remember your courtesy to me when sailing two years ago, and am advising all my friends 
to book their passage through you." (Signed) CHARLES LEONARD FLETCHER. 

If you are going to Europe write or 'phono and lot mo arrange everything for you. 

PAUL, TAUSIG, VAUDEVILLE STEAMSHIP AGENT 

104 East 14th Street. How York. German Savings Baak Bulldlmg. Telephone— 8088 Btnyresant 
THE LEADING ENGLISH THEATRICAL AND VAUDEVILLE NEWSPAPER. 



Established 1880. 



THE STAGE 



Foreign Subscription, 
8/ lOd. per Quarter. 



May bo obtained at Samuel French's, 88-84 West 88nd Street, New York. 

ARTISTS VI8ITING ENGLAND an oordially invited to register at "The Stage" offices imme- 
diately upon their arrival. The Editor of "The Stage" will always be pleased to welcome them, 
Advance notices of sailings and opening dates should be posted to the Editor. When an artist has 
registered at "The Stage" office, which may be regarded as his permanent London address, all cor- 
respondence will be immediately forwarded. 

' London Offices: IS York St., Coven t Garden, London, W. 0. 

LITTLE BARBOUR THE BIG BOOKER 

WANTS Chorus Girls. Burlesque, Musical Comedy and Dramatic People all lines. MANAGER8, we 
can nil year requirements. Address MELVILLE EDWARDS, Mgr., this department. Room SI, IIS 
LA SALLE STREET. CHICAGO. 

CHICAGO BOOKING AGENCY 

CHA8. H. DOUTRICE. Manager. Room 89, 98 La Salle St., CHICAGO. 
Booking for Vaudeville Theatres, Parks, Airdomes and Fairs. Managers wanting good acts, write. 
Good acts coming from East or West having one or two open weeks can be booked on short notice. 

CHICAGO VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS EXCHANGE 

6th FLOOR, 98 LA SALLE ST., Chicago. FRANK Q. DOYLE, Manager. 

Booking for Theatres, Parks, and Airdomes. 



THE 

FRIARS' 

FESTIVAL 

(Opera* Drama 
Vaudeville 
Circus, Ballet) 

will be held at th» 

NEW YORK THEATRE 

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, 
MAY 14 

The list of volunteers already insures 

the greatest bill ever given on a 

stage. 



NEW STAR 

MILWAUREE. WIS. 
FRANK R. TROTTMAN, Mansger. 
Hsndsomest snd safest burlesque thestre In 
America. Playing Empire Circuit Shows. Matinee 
Every Day. 
Visit the new Rathskeller Downstslrs. 
The best in the West. 

OZART 

Vaudeville Circuit. 

88— Thea t res 88 

FEATURE ACTS ALWAYS WANTED. 

All oommunications to Edward Mosart, Main 
Office, Family Theatre, Lancaster. Pa. 




FOLLY 

State Street near Congress 
CHICAGO 

EMPIRE CIRCUIT CO., LESSEE. 

John A. Fennessy, Manager. 

The most popular burlesque theatre in Chicago, 
playing the attractions of the Empire Circuit. 
Nothing but the best. Two shows every day. 
Amateurs Friday. 



NOTICE 
TO ARTISTS 



Bennett's Theatre 

in 

Montreal, Canada 

will remain open throughout 
the coming summer. It is the 
ONLY place of Amusement 
booked by the United Booking 
Offices. For time apply to 

CLARK BROWN. 

St. James Building, New York 



Charles Horwitz 

Vaudeville's most successful author of Sketches, 

la now located In the Knickerbocker 
Thealro Building* 

Don't forget his new address. Room 815, 
Knickerbocker Theatre Building, 1402 Broadway, 
N. Y. 



WASHINGTON, D. 0. 
GAYETY (W. 8. Clark, mgr.).— Hastings and 
Arnolds' Bachelor Club Is playing a return date 
this week. "The Bachelor's Reception" and 
"After the Matinee" are the bnrlettas, which 
have not been changed since seen here before. 



The comedians are Harry Hastings, Tom Coyne 
and Philip Apel, who do fairly well, and Viols 
Sheldon is the principal woman, very attrsctlve 
and has a pleasing voice. Margaret Ryan Is slso 
entitled to mention. The chorus Is composed of 
s nice looking bunch of fourteen. NEW LY- 



PASTOR'S 

14th St., Sd At. Continuous, SO 4 80 Cts. 

NEXT WEEK, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1008. 

O'CLARE, SMITH AND FERMIER, 

Musical Sharplies. 

GRACE ORMA. 

Csvons. Saunders. 

HALL AND OOLBORN. 

PHILLIPS AND FARLARDEAU. 

Ray and Flexmore. Frank Dunworth. 

Del mar and Deltnar. Vltagraph. 

STILLY FAMILY. 

HAMMERSTEINS 
VICTORIA se!:."""" 

Open the Year Around 

VAUDEVILLE HEADLINERS 
-<H)0D STANDARD ACTS 

If you bsve so open week you went to All at 
short notice, write to W. L. DOCKSTADER, 

CarrlcR Taeat re. Wilmington. Del. 

Csn close Sstordsy night snd make any city east 
of Chicago to open Monday night. 

Sid J. Eon's 

N. Clark and Kinsie Bts.. CHICAGO 
40 Seconds from Olsrk St. Bridge. 

SID J. EUSON, Lessee and Manager. 

Playing In burelesque attractions of the Colum- 
bia Amusement Company. Matinee every day. 
Amateur night Friday, 



Percy G. 

B 




CIRCUIT 



COLONIAL 

ORPHEUM 

ALHAMBRA 

ORPHEUM 

NOVELTY 



Nov York 

Brooklyn 
Harlem 
Boston 
Williamsburg 



GOTHAM East New York 

Addrm ill PERSONAL letter* to 
PERCY 0. WILLIAMS. ST. JAMES 
BUILDINO. 26TH ST. AND BROAD. 
WAV. NEW YORK CITY 



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New E mpire 

Maalaon Street Neer Hoisted 
CHICAGO 

WILLIAM SINGER, MANAGER. 

Handsomest burelesque house is America, play* 
lag Empire Circuit attractions exclusively. 
Shows ohanged every Sunday. .Matinees daily. 



BEST PLACES TO STOP AT. 



Rational Rotel 

CHICAGO 

Cor. Van Bursa St. snd Wabash Are. 
Half block from Auditorium Theatre. In vicinity 
of all theatres. Weekly rates msde. 

D. A. DOOLET, Prop. 

ZL* HOLCOMBE HOUSE 

258 WEST 34fh ST., NBW YORK 

The late Herbert Holcombe's Wardrobe 
fcr Sale. 
1 White Linen Military Suit. 
1 White Flannel Outing Suit. 
1 Psle Blue and 1 Purple Velvet Tyrolean Suit. 

Hats to match all suits. 
1 Ehaki Suit. 

BEST PLACE TO STOP AT 

NEW YORK CITY 

"Si Seconds from Broadway." 

THE ST. KILDA 

163 WEST 34lh STREET 

Furnished Rooms only. Baths— Telephone— 

Eleotrio Light 

('Phone 8448— 88th St. 

CONDUCTED BY PROFESSIONALS 

Term* Reasonable. 



CENTURY 
HOTEL 

KANSAS CITY, MO. 

THE HOME OF THE PROFESSION, 
And then some. 

"Nun* said." 



WHEN PLAYING WILMINGTON STOP AT 

MUNGEY HOUSE 

THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL HOUSE 

Flrstelsss Room and Board. Terms Reasonable, 
SIS King St., 8 Blocks from 

DOCKSTADER'S ftfff'gS 



Florenz House 

(Mrs. F. Florens. Prop.) 
The Home of the Profession, 
170 West 47th Street, 
Near Broadway New York 

First class Rooms and Board. Reasonable 
Terms. Convenient to all Principal Theatres. 
'Phone, 80 11 Bryant. 



CEUM f Eugene Reman, mgr.).— The Toreadors 
are housed here this week. Billy Cook, A. C. 
Bruce and Bohby Harris are the lesding comedians 
and keep the audience In laughter. The fenirfle 
contingent Is led by Olga Orloflf. very pretty, 
dresses nicely and sings well. Mildred Valraore, 



who Ik Well known here, received ., henrty wel- 
come. Nettle Hyde, a new comer In the bur- 
lesque Hie, Is a clever little sinner and dancer. 
She made a big hit. A vsrlety or lively and up- 
to-dntc musical santbera nr>- led l>y Olga Orlo(T. 
Mildred Valmore and Nettle Hyde. 



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THE VENTRILOQUIST WITH A PRODUCTION 

Ed* r • 

REYNARD 

And Hii Famous Meohanioal Figure*. 
Week May 11, Chase's, Washington. 




XV "SUPPRESSING THE PRESS.' 
BOOKED SOLID. 



ELLIS 



MORA 




England's Pi— all' High-Glass Comedy Duettiste. 
Tha Champion Singers of Vaudeville. 



aild 



clton 



ThqseTwo Colored Boys. 



Eastern Representative, ALT. T. WILTON, 
■t. Jamas Building, Mow York Pity. 

CAICEDO 

King of the Wire 

OPEN FOR PARK! AMD FAIR8 

Address W. 8. CLEVELAND, Knickerbocker 
Theatre Bid*., M. T. City. 

LAVEOLA 

Hotel Franklin, 19 Rue Buffault, Paris, France. 




DOROTHY ARVILLE ,h \S3S£. 

Permanent address, 876 Central Park West, 
Vow York. 

Franklyn Batie 

With JACK WILSON and Company. 
Now playing P O. Williams' houses. 



BOOKED SOLID 1008 09. 



PRINCESS CHINQUILLA 

and NEWELL 

IN VAUDEVILLE. 



"THE HARROW FELLER." 

-—-■— ^— — --^— — — — — — — — — — 

The ItaUan and His Sweetheart 

T HE PIOTTIS 



16 Kins, in O ns. 
Address care VARIETY. 



WORK i OWER 

HIGH CLASS ECCENTRIC ACROBATS. 

RepresentatiTe, ALBERT SUTHERLAND, 
St. James Building. 






AND 




DQRCinQ idORlses 

OF 

SIX AMERICAN 
DANGERS 

BOOKED SOUS 
TILL FEB., 



Niynte Remington 

And "BLACK BUSTERS." 

Bcoked Solid. 

Under Her Own Personal Direction. 
Address Hotel Gerard, New York. 

I My Burgess 

Going it alone once mors and always making 
good. What do yon think of thatl 



THE 



DE MUTHS 



WHIRLWIND DANCERS. 
THIS WEEK (MAY 4th), HOWARD, BOSTON. 



George Connors 

"STRAIGHT MAN." 
With "Avenue Girls"— "The Hallway Tenor." 

Clifton Crawford 

Direction of JOE HART. 



Gartelle Bros 

Introducing Singing, Panning and 
SKATORIALISm 



HOMER B. 



MARGUERITE 



Mason i Kee 




GAVIN, PLATT 
-nd PEACHES 

Presenting "THE STOLEN KID." 
Address 4417 trd Ave. (Bronx), Mow York. 



m Mr 



REAL ACTORS SO 




AMAMASIKAS 
KERhtSS 

BRrORMINS 

E 





For particulars address par route. 



Headquarters, 1017 E. DAUPHIN ST., 

PHILADELPHIA, PA 



LEE WALTER 



COMPANY 



in the one-act rollioking oomedy, entitled 
"TIN A. M." 

By L. E WALTER. 

A BIO NOVELTY. ALL LAUGHS. WORK 

IN "ONE" OB FULL STAGE. 80 Minutes. 

Address care VABIETY. 




POTTER 

I HARRIS 

OPEM OM THE 

SULLIVAN 

k 
CONSIDINE 

CIRCUIT. 

JUNE I. v OO 

6 BOOKED SOLID 
J TO 1000. 

f. May 11, Grand, 
» Hamilton, 0. 



BILLIE REEVES 

ORIGINAL DRUNK. 

Fred Karno Co.. "A Might la English Musio Hall. 
TIME ALL FILLED. 




Juno 1st, New York Theatre Roof Garden. 

Florons Ziegfeld's Revue, Follies of 1008. 

Mow Playing United Booking Offices' Time. 

Barry'Wolford 

The Typical Topical Tickle Singers, 

Tickling at Auditorium, Lynn, Mass. 

WEEK MAY 11, POLI'B, SCRANTON, PA. 

REICH ft PLUNKETT, Agents. 




WATSONft-oLITTLE 

Originators of "Cocktails and Cherries" Gag. 
Booked Solid. United Booking Office. 

s Great Christy 

...LOUISE WILLIS 



MISS JENIE JACOBS, Agent 



GORMAN 

ANO WEST 

ORPHEUM CIRCUIT. 



EDDIE 



JERRY 



Emerson — Baldwin 

t *** 

"Cute and Oomio Juggling Cusses," at Poll's, 
Scranton. this week. Next week • (May 4), 
KEITH'S, CLEVELAND. "Regards to every- 
body." 



FRED DUPRE 




KEEPING BUSY. 



FAB0DI8T AMD COMEDIAN. 



ED. 8. KELLER, Agent. 



DICK 



AND 



wroiTRTC COMEDIANS AND DANCERS. 



BARNEY FERGUSON 



GRAND OPERA HOUSE, MEW YORK CITY, SUNDAY (MAY 10). 



Introducing; " Tho Original Dimple Sisters, DOLLIE and DOTTIE." Agent, R. C. MUDOE, 1402 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY 

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WM. JEROMB 

WROTE 



JEAN SCHWARTZ 








QUICKEST HIT ON RECORD 



Scored an Instantaneous Success with MISS ETHEL LEVEY at Hammersteln's Victoria Theatre this week (May 4) 

Artists, when writing for copy and orchestration, tend stamps. 
WRITE— WIRE— CALI^-TELEPHONE-WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU EVERY ATTENTION. 

The COHAN and HARRIS PUBLISHING CO., 1 1 5 West 42° St. 3S& New York 







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VORTICINOUS ABERRATIONS OF A MODERN ANCELO 

THE SCULPTORS NIGHTMARE 

Moit probable wm the assumption of Shakespeare. "Imperial BAaa j^ Ba . aH | m^m^^ ^*.bm m. m^m m a ■ >*+■ 

Caeaar, dead, and turned to clay, might atop a hole to keep ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ lf|> CE N BIOCRAPH H % 

the wind away"; but, with what aoaptioiam would bo received ".SJSB* MiSSf.RN ■ mmm^**mm^mmm ■ ■ ■■■ ■ w 

the aaaortlon that a ahapoloaa mass of olay could mold itself ',*►.**"» V . jLwfc H mm r "TUP VTKTr t >C a/rT?CCT7'XTr ,, E , 'D»» one t*. 

unaided into the living classio features of President Roosevelt. , ***•**»} ■■MMWM&Jfg&. 1 Me> JvlIMU d M JUNMbN UH#IC . . J .O/O it. 

Nevertheless, such if a fact, as shown in this subject, which is WfL ^■ss_^H|g£ | "WTTT DA'S T DVFRS" 4Qft ft 

most timely, the nation at present bain* agog as to the com- k VtSL^mmMMi*' W&t&^^^^^^^KiZ nuXiL ' n ° *f*£ Y X3 * xv *' * * * • ••>»«> **• 

in* presidential possibilities. A convention is held with a view 5J AM U- ?^S9ft ^UfliH^^Hr ''KING OF CANNIBAL ISLANDS" 692' ft. 

to selecting; a worthy successor to the present incumbent, and '^J^VlK^tmJsVa^Bm. ^BY^SaT^HMta »« A T?AMnTTC UCPADL"» m«a/. 

eaoh delegate Is steadfast in behalf of his own choioe of 4 V XB^JfJ *"* JP"f ^■c^E»Fl AMU U b bbLAi'b 730 tt. 

nominee. They ill go to a soulptor to havo a bust made of ^MPjE. ^BK^_ \ _J MtjflST" 'fltf "OLD ISAACS" QfiQ ft 

their favorite, paying the chiseller in advance on thoir order. iRmmTIi t m\Am^Ev£>E»J7v '''^sH JZ7+**mZZm*w*mw »Ve«sm%l » •-*.*.** L ^Z i 

With this bunch of money in his possession and an inordinate ., i \ ,^K ^ ;k« - M mWmmm* W^. flE® CAUGHT BY WIRELESS 969 ft. 

oapaoity for "boose," tho SOUlptor cannot resist the terapta- ■ \^H. ' £f? \ f|4^Ha MmW ■ *mi* «U"C ,, D T7T'DC r P A "TlWTT'TvTTTTDT?" CAO ra- 
tion, so tho inevitable happens— a night in tho "Cooler," during .• ImWWTM ^ aHP^s^BS tW* '^%£ MfcLK l*lKbl AJJ Vt^IM X UKL 5Uy It. 

whioh time ho experiences most weird hallucinations. Huge - ^Tfll w ^ : ^MmMMW - ^Eft » "THE BOY DETFCTTVR" 4Q7 ft 

masses of olay appear and slowly mold themselves into busts ' ^^M flsf ■ ^^■ H fl ■ J^Sf.*. tlT-d 1 ™£iv ., TSL , 

of Taft. Fairbanks and Bryan, tho O. 0. P. Elephant, an - \jB^M .-^M j^H^^HE^H M^Al I THE YELLOW PERIL 542 ft. 

animatod Toddy Boar and finally into a bust of Theodore x\r^r^^Rmm aHr '' ^H^Hf^sl J^mmm^. I «'Tur DDTMrrcc tm tup vaot?" ooo Aa 

Roosevelt, whose features relax into a smiling delivery of }**K ^ mTmW ^Ki .^■^■B^eVmSmV «^bHhT 1 Till, h'KHMCXLdd IN IrlL VAbL . .*«» tt. 

"D-iight-d." I >*«K <B^ JBfiWl^B .^DR "THE SNOW MAN" 717 ft 

I oncrth R7Q Fool I- • V^raBHHHP' bobby's kodak" sisft. 

WRITE CIRCULARS | ^HHHHHiHi all picture, are ma^hTur cele.rated ..o. 

BET ON OUR MAIL LIST AND KEEP POSTED at the atelier. graph cameras, our films run on any machine 

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WILLIAM MORRIS TRYING 
FOR INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT 



Maneuvering to Obtain Sufficient Time Abroad to Fill 

Out a Pull Season. Morris Office Professes to 

Consider "Barring" a Joke. 



From iii I urination received this week, 
it seems nearly morally certain that Will- 
iam Morris ia protracting his stay in 
Europe to complete the details for foreign 
time, which, when added to that expected 
by the Morris Circuit next season, will 
enable the vaudeville "opposition" (Morris) 
to give a full season of engagements — 
perhaps longer. 

The particulars obtainable here indi- 
cate that Mr. Morris is in close com- 
munication with the European variety 
managers of note, especially those of more 
prominence in England. 
. The success of the American acts booked 
for an appearance on the other side by 
Mr. Morris thus far has infused confidence 
in Morris' judgment to a considerable de- 
gree among the English people, it is re- 
ported, and this, together with the knowl- 
edge that the Morris office for some years 
supplied the leading American magnates 
with bills, which proved fortune-getters 
for them, has placed the independent agent 
in high favor across the water. 

The wide difference in conditions, sal- 
aries, etc., as between America and Eng- 
land, is now said to be in process of argu- 
ment looking towards adjustment in 
order that the Morris office may book 
an act for a number of weeks in England, 
with the knowledge it will be played, with- 
out first requiring submission or 'show- 
ing" before entering upon a foreign en- 
gagament. 

From eight to twelve weeks are now 
offered American acts in Europe by the 
Morris office here. 

At the Morris offices this week, E. F. 
Rogers, the general manager of the Morris 
Circuit, professed to consider any "bar- 
ring" by vaudeville interests which could 
:. fleet the Morris time as a joke. 

"We shall make a statement," said Mr. 
Rogers, "which will dispel any illusions 
on this subject. It's all bosh, and hardly 
worth bothering about. 

'"Tp show you how much substance these 



reports have and the manner in which 
they are started, I might say that some 
rumors reaching us this week that the 
Western States Vaudeville Association 
had ordered its acts not to play 'oppo- 
sition time' were denied by a wire from 
E. Edward Ackerman, the head of the 
circuit, who said no such authorization 
had or would be given to anyone. 

"That is about what 'barring' amounts 
to; rumors or reports. Anyone in vaude- 
ville knows how much weight it has." 



MARRY NOW, SAYS ELFIE FAY. 

Milwaukee, May 14. 

Elfie Fay, who is playing at the Majestic 
this week, gave out that she will shortly 
become the wife of Lieut. Damon Pierri, 
a naval officer, who is returning from sea 
duty. 

Miss Fay will meet him in about a 
week at San Francisco, when the marriage 
will take place. She will then retire from 
the stage. 



MELVILLE ELLIS GOING AWAY. 

Melville Ellis, the actor-eomposer-pian- 
ologist, is going away from here, but not 
before December. When Mr. Ellis leaves, 
it will be with foreign vaudeville con- 
tracts obtained for him by William Mor- 
ris, calling upon Melville to play the Ox- 
ford and Tivoli. both London music 
halls, for about eight weeks, commencing 
in December next sometime. 



DANCER FOR ROAD SHOW. 

l)e Dio, a foreigner, termed a "Prismatic 
Dancer," has been engaged by Martin 
Peek for his Orpheum Road Show next 
season. She has never appeared upon 
this side. 

De Dio dances before prismatic mirrors, 
with sundry light effects. Her vogue on 
the other side was greatly heightened by 
a romantic account of the niche the dancer 
occupied in the affections of an Arch- 
Duke of Austria. 



AGENTS ASK A QUESTION. 

The space in the offices of the United 
allotted to the outside booking agents for 
standing room became so confined on Mon- 
day last that a committee of the commis- 
sion men waited on E. P. Albee, the gen- 
eral manager, requesting to know what 
disposition would be made of their pres- 
ei*ce. 

There were informed to wait patiently 
for a week or two until the alterations 
in the suite were completed, when they 
would be provided for. 



MURDOCK "DIGS 'EM UP." 

Chicago, May 14. 

Marta Golden, a New York girl, is the 
latest acquisition to vaudeville, having 
been discovered by John J. Murdock, who 
became so much impressed with her voice 
at a theatrical performance given by a 
local club during his stay in the metropo- 
lis, that he arranged for her booking in 
tin* Middle West. 

Miss Golden is said to posses a pecu- 
liarly magnetic soprano voice, and is also 
a composer of some note. 



WALTER KEEFE MARRIES. 

Chicago, May 14. 

Walter F. Keefe, assistant manager of 
the Western Vaudeville Association, and 
Adele McNeil, of 1st. Louis, were married 
here on Wednesday, May 6. Rev. J. C. 
Aikens performed the ceremony*. 

A large number of Mr. Kecfe's friends, 
relatives and business associates were pres- 
ent to offer congratulations. 






LEONHARDT RESIGNS. 

The resignation of Harry Leonhardt was 
tendered at the United Booking Offices 
last Saturday, and accepted, Mr. Leon- 
hardt ceasing his connection with that 
agency. 

Last week Mr. Leonhardt secured the 
lease of the Doric Theatre, Yonkers, which 
he will operate for vaudeville next sea- 
son. It is not known if there is any 
connection between the two events. 






De HAVEN AND PARKER'S NEW ONE. 

.n about three weeks, Cater De Haven 
and Flora Parker, who have concluded 
their season in "George Washington, Jr.," 
will reappear in vaudeville with a new 
act. 



TRIAL WEEK AT POLLY. 

Vaudeville this week at Hyde & Bell- 
man's Folly Theatre, Brooklyn, is a trial. 
The bill was booked in by M. A. Shea. 

Commencing Monday, Williams and VVal 
ker's show takes the house, but if the 
present experiment proves successful, the 
Folly may again run acts, commencing 
with the week following. 

The location of the theatre in the Will- 
iamsburg section, almost barren of a 
vaudeville theatre with the exception of 
the Novelty, is deemed suitable for a 
permanent variety home, if the prospects 
are warranted by this summer venture. 

Good business was reported all week 
at the Folly, despite the weather condi- 
tions. 



"ENGLAND FOR MINE," DRESSLER. 

Marie Dressier has expressed herself 
very emphatically on the subject of Ameri- 
ca. The "great big girl" has determined 
to make England her home in future, and 
to that end has purchased a house on the 
outskirts of London. 

"Of course," said Marie the other day, 
"I do not intend to forego the pleasure 
of an occasional visit to my native land, 
but as for England in comparison with 
America, England for mine." 



FISHELL LEAVES S.-C. 

Chicago, May 14. 

Dan S. Fishell, who, since the discon- 
tinuance of vaudeville at the Edwin Forest 
Theatre, Philadelphia, has been associated 
with Sullivan-Considine, with headquar- 
ters in this city, resigned on Saturday 
last. 

On or about September 1 he will as- 
sume the management of the Garrick, St. 
Louis, a Shubert house, which enjoyed 
much success when under his direction 
previously. 



POLI'S FIND. 

S. Z. Poli, who returned Wednesday 
from a European trip, brought with him 
a young Italian girl with :i large endow* 

dowment of beauty and what is claimed 
to be a phenomenal voice. She will be 
exploited in American vaudeville by Mr. 
Poli, the Casey Agency guiding her des- 
tinies. 



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UNITED'S OFFICE IN CHICAGO. 

It is understood about the United Book- 
ing Offices that E. M. Robinson, the former 
manager of Keith-Proctor's 68th Street 
Theatre, will be despatched to Chicago, and 
placed in charge of a branch office of the 
United to be established there. 

The date of Mr. Robinson's departure 
has not been set. The branch office will 
be located in the Majestic Theatre Build- 
ing, where the Western Vaudeville Asso- 
ciation is housed. It is not known whether 
any of the United's staff In New York 
will accompany him. 



POSTPONED TIME REINSTATED. 

Foster and Foster, the musical act, are 
to play at the Grand Opera House, Syra- 
cuse, N. Y. (Keith's Theatre), next week 
(May 18), according to the information 
obtained at the United Booking Offices 
on Thursday, although the day before, 
Wednesday, the act received notification, 
in writing, from the United's routing di- 
rector, that the Syracuse engagement had 
been postponed until week June 15. 

The postponement of the Syracuse date 
by written notification merely was looked 
upon as directly against the tenor of the 
resolution passed by the United last 
week, which said that no act should be 
cancelled, shifted or "laid or' without 
its consent. 

Foster and Foster were originally 
routed for Cook's Opera House, Rochester, 
for the same week, but owing to the clos- 
ing of that theatre, they were transferred 
to the Syracuse program. 



NEW TRIAL DENIED. 

The application for a' re-trial, made on 
the ground of newly discovered evidence 
by Vesta Victoria in the action won 
against her in a lower court by Bert 
Cooper, for commissions, was denied in 
the Supreme Court on Wednesday by 
Justice Smuck, after argument on Mon- 
day by the attorneys. 

The judgment obtained by Cooper 
against Miss Victoria has been appealed 
and a decision is expected from the Appel- 
late Division the latter end of next week. 



BOSTON AWAITING DARK SUNDAY. 

Boston, May 14. 

The new law which gives the State 
Police jurisdiction over all of Boston's 
Sunday amusements went 'into effect. 
Monday, and the theatrical men are await- 
ing next Sunday with a good deal of ex- 
pectancy to see just how it is going to 
work out. 

Gen. J. H. Whitney, in whom is vested 
the supervising power, made a statement 
this week, but his observations gave little 
information of his intentions. 

"To clear up a general "misconception 
as to my function," said the general, "I 
would like to say that I have not the 
power of granting Sunday amusement 
licenses; I can only pass upon the licenses 
granted by the local authorities, approving 
or disapproving each as the case may be." 



ETHEL LEVEY CANCELS. 

Ethel Levey will not play at the Circle 

tomorrow (Sunday) night as booked by 
the William Morris office. 

Miss Levey was to have played this, 
her last vaudeville weekly engagement at 
Keeney's Brooklyn, but was released upon 
her plea of a want of rest before starting 
for Paris on May 20, where she will study 
voice culture two years. 

On Tuesday, someone from the United 
Offices interviewed Miss Levey, claiming 
the first right to her services, through the 
consent to the Keeney cancellation, and 
Miss Levey succumbed to the argument. 



COLORED STOCK COMPANIES. 

Four companies of colored people will 

be organized for stock musical shows by 

Gus Hill, according to his own statement, 
and the shows will be given by them at 
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and 
New York, alternating weekly. 

This flood of color will not happen un- 
til next season, when, says Mr. Hill on 
the mimeograph machine, he will have 
secured a theatre in each city to harbor 
his dusky flocks. 



BECK "NEXT" TO PRESS. 

While Martin Beck is on the other side 

his movements will be followed by the 

New York "Herald's" correspondents 
wherever he goes. Instructions were 
cabled abroad by the big New York daily 
when Beck left. 

Letters of introduction to George Miner, 
the "Herald's" "American First-Nighter" 
in London, and R. H. Crocket, the Paris 
correspondent, were carried by Mr. Beck 
from New York. 



ALICE LLOYD DELAYING. 

Alice Lloyd and The McNaughtons do 
not expect to return to England until 
the middle of July. Reaching there they 
will remain at home only four weeks. 
Return engagements now booked will 
delay the act over their contracted time. 

Pat Casey, the agent, has also arranged 
with M. Shea for Miss Lloyd and The 
McNaughtons to play the Shea houses in 
Buffalo and Toronto in September, pre- 
ceding their debut in the musical comedy 
field. 



MISS WHITFORD A "BRINKLEY 
GIRL." 

Anabelle Whitford, who last summer 
was "The Gibson Girl" in the New York 
Hoof show, will again make the aerial re- 
sort a summer stopping place. 

She has been engaged for the new Zieg- 
feUl revue, "Follies of 1908," where she 
will impersonate a "Nell Brinkerly" young 
woman, a type recently in the public eye 
through the sketches of a New York news- 
paper artist. 







FRANCES KEENAN. 

Ming Keenan 1i eighteen years of age. She la 
the daughter of Frank Keenan, the eminent actor 
at present with "The Warrena of Virginia," at the 
Htuyvesant. 

Ml as Keenan hna been engaged to play the Im- 
portant role In "Bllly'a Tombstone," Mr. and 
Mrs. Sydney Drew's successful comedy sketch. 
Interpreted until now by Mrs. Drew, who will rest 
for the remainder of the season. 



ARTISTS CALLED HEROES. 

Atlanta, Ga., May 14. 

Jeaa Bedim, and Arthur, his partner in 

the juggling act of Bedini and Arthur, are 

the heroes of Atlanta, and own the city 
this week. 

Monday night a fire destroying $60,000 
worth of property in the vicinity of the 
Orpheum occurred while Bedini and Ar- 
thur were just about to commence their 
act on the stage of the theatre. 

A boy in the gallery yelled "Fire!" and 
the audience of nearly 2,000 people became 
panic stricken. Amidst the excitement 
Bedini and Arthur continued their com- 
edy and juggling, although the flames could 
be plainly seen from the stage, and Man- 
ager Ben Cahn, in the momentary lull 
caused by the artists' coolness, advised 
the audience to retire orderly if panic 
were to be averted. This they did. 

What the local papers said the next day 
about the trio caused them to remain in- 
doors to avoid congratulations. 



MORRIS SIGNS "BILL" DILLON. 

William A. ("Bill") Dillon, the singing 

monologist, has been signed by William 

Morris, Inc., for forty weeks next season, 

with a further option on Dillon's services, 
it is said. 

Mr. Dillon entered vaudeville for the 
first time last fall, and at once gained 
large favor. 

A foreign act contracted for by Will- 
iam Morris abroad is The (Original) 
Bogannys, an acrobatic number, which 
will open on the Morris Circuit in October 
next, having been engaged for twenty-five 
weeks. 

The Bogannys were booked for the Klaw 
& Erlanger Circuit, and opened at the 
New Yoric early in September, when "Ad- 
vanced Vaudeville" made its debut there. 
At the first appearance, it was discovered 
that the troupe appearing was not the 
original act. The "mistake" was credited 
to a foreign booking agency. 

The present Boganny act secured by 
Morris, however, will carry Joe, the head 
of it, which is the trade-mark of merit 
with the family. 

Engagements have been entered by 
William Morris on the other side, and Mr. 
Dillon will play five or six weeks in Eng- 
land during the summer. 



LOST HIS FORTUNE. 

San Jose, Calif., May 14. 

Emanuel Hernando, a Mexican, who had 

amassed a fortune 'as a bull-fighter and 

retired to this city for the rest of his 

days, lost his entire wealth last week, 

when he entrusted $55,000 to strangers 

who had prevailed upon him that there 
was a gold mine awaiting anyone in the 
vaudeville business. 

The scheme broached to Mr. Bernando 
was that a circuit of combination variety 
houses could be placed along the Mexican 
border line, when all sorts of questionable 
amusement projects could be given, at- 
tracting people from all over the country 
at big prices of admission. 

Without informing anyone, Bernando 
withdrew $25,000 from a local bank, and 
the remainder, $30,000, he removed from 
a secret hiding place on his property, turn- 
ing over the entire amount to the con- 
fidence men upon their written promise 
to start the circuit within 30 days or re- 
fund the money. They have not been 
seen nor heard from since the cash 
passed. 



AMERICANS' CLEAN SWEEP. 

London, May 4. 

The Americans are monopolizing met- 
ropolitan attention in the halls just now. 
First came Julian Rose with his substan- 
tial hit, and now Harry Lee, formerly of 
Hoey and Lee, has caught on unmistak- 
ably at Jhe Hackney Empire (Stoll tour). 
He is doing a very creditable act, and 
after the first performance was featured 
in the billing. Rose continues his trium- 
phant way, and, in fact, all the Americans 
are faring uncommonly well. Hayman 
and Franklin are also conspicuously suc- 
cessful, a veritable "knockout." Ritter 
and Foster, lately returned from South 
Africa, are a tremendous hit, as are 
Mooney and Holbein. 

Fred Mace, late star of "Piff, Paff, 
Poof," is here, and will shortly open in 
the halls, his starring tour having been 
deferred. 

Eva Williams and Jack Tucker are also 
scheduled for an early showing. It is 
conceded that their success is a foregone 
conclusion, London audiences being dis- 
tinctly partial to "waif" characters. 



SELBINI'S MIDGET UNDER AGE? 

The Gerry Society claims the midget 
employed by Lalla Selbini, "The Bathing 
Girl," in her vaudeville act is under the 
prescribed age limit for stage children. 
Miss Selbini denies the claim, and it will 
be threshed out in the courts. 

On Monday night, at the Folly, Brook- 
lyn, where Miss Selbini is playing this 
week one of the Gerry agents turned up 
causing the midget and herself to appear 
before a magistrate. Bail was given, and 
the trial set down for next week. Will- 
iam Grossman, of House, Grossman & 
Vorhaus, will appear for the defendants. 



"SHIFTING" NOT FORBIDDEN. 

At the United Offices this week it was 
stated that "shifting" had not been for- 
bidden under the United's resolution pro- 
hibiting the manager from "laying oil" or 
cancelling a contracted act. 

It was said that where a "shift" of a 
week was necessary for the bill, that 
could be made, provided the act was re- 
imbursed for an unusual increase of trans- 
portation to the new point. 

The "barring" edict of the United seem- 
ingly had no effect upon the Morris shows 
last Sunday. One was given at the Circle 
and American, the latter Morris' own 
house. All the acts appeared as adver- 
tised. It is understood some effort was 
made to persuade Joe Welch, the head- 
liner at each theatre, to retire, but Mr. 
Welch duly appeared. 



L. & L. BENEFIT SUCCESS. 

The Lykens & Levy Benefit tendered to 
themselves at Weber's Music Hall last 
Sunday evening proved a success, a ca- 
pacity house greeting^ the bill presented. 

About $2,000 was realized by the bene- 
ficiaries, out of which was to be deducted 
the charge for the theatre and advertis- 
ing. 

After the performance, the firm tender- 
ed Jos. Weber a proposition to turn the 
Music Hall over to them each Saturday 
night next season for a vaudeville show. 
It has not yet been settled. 



REMICK THE SELLING AGENT. 

Jerome H. Remick & Co., the music 
publishing firm, is the duly agreed upon 
selling agent of the new Shubert publish- 
ing concern. The latter will print all the 
music of the Shubert productions. 



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Vol. X. 



MAY 16. 



No. 10. 



There are fifty-five roll top desks in the 
offices proper of the United. 



Dc Witt Young and Sister have been 
signed by Wcl>or & Rush for next season. 



Rosina Casselli and her midget dogs 
will remain here for another year. 



The Exposition Four is "trying out" 
a new act at Atlantic City this week. 



Cheridah Simpson will offer herself for 
a few vaudeville engagements during July. 



Orville and Frank, the "Risley" act. 
have split. Young Frank will become a 
jockey. 



Jan Kubelik, the violin virtuoso, left for 
Australia April 24, sailing from Van- 
couver, B. C. 



The Meredith Sisters will open in Scot- 
land on June 1st with a new act employ- 
ing twenty people. 



Phil Mills and Bessie Moulton, of the 
"High Jinks" company, were married in 
Milwaukee last week. 



The Tom Jack Trio have completed 
their tour of the Orpheum Circuit and 
are on the United time. 



Griff, the English comedy juggler, re- 
turned home on Wednesday. He will like- 
ly return here next season. 



Jennie Piatt, of Gavin, Piatt and Peach- 
es, lias been confined to her home by ill- 
ness for the past three weeks. 

Eddie Dcnoyer and the Three Danie 
Sisters have made up an act, which is 
being booked by The Pat Casey Agency. 



The "Sparrow Case" (burlesque) was 
re-tried this week in the Supreme Court. 
A verdict was expected yesterday (Fri- 
day). 



Mmc. Adelaide Herrmann is building up 
a new act, which she will probably take to 
Europe shortly. It will run about twenty 
minutes. 



Norma Seymour has exercised her pre- 
rogative regarding a Russian engagement. 
Miss Seymour expects to enter vaudeville 
here as a single act. 



Harry Corson Clarke will tour in a rep- 
ertoire of plays next season over legiti- 
mate time. A route has been booked for 
Mr. Clarke bv Ate Thalheimer. 



Louis Pincus, of The Pat Casey Agency, 
will book vaudeville acts at the Gayety, 
Philadelphia, during the summer. About 
five weekly will be played. 



"Superstition," a new sketch by Olive 
White, which received its first showing at 
Pastor's, has been booked for vaudeville 
time on the United Circuits through R. C. 
Mudge. 



"The Memphis Students," with Abbie 
Mitchell, will open at the Fifth Avenue 
May 25. The booking was obtained by 
The Pat Casey Agency. Butler Boyle has 
the act. 



A matter of $250 a week stands between 
Nella Bergen and vaudeville. The man- 
agers offered $500 a week for her, but 
Miss Bergen refuses to bestir herself for 
less than $750. 



Sophie Brandt isn't in vaudeville yet. 
She was supposed to have played at the 
125th Street Theatre last week, but when 
someone heard about the salary someone 
countermanded the order. 



Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thome, who played 
"An Uptown Flat" at the American Thea- 
tre (Morris) last Sunday night, were can- 
celed for n week at Syracuse, commencing 
Monday, booked through the United. 



Rose Berry, "The Girl from Manila," is 
a new single act to be presented under the 
joint direction of Jules Ruby and Jos. 
Lowe. Miss Berry can do anything, from 
imitations to a monologue or pianologue. 



Louis J. Oberwarth, who has managed 
"The 20th Century Maids" for the past 
two seasons for "Mnury" Kraus, will have 
charge of an Empire Circuit ( Western 
Wheel) production next season. 



James E. ('Bluch"), Lucia Cooper and 
Company will play their new act "The 
Life Saver," at the Gayety, Philadelphia, 
next week. It is an expensive produc- 
tion, having special scenery and effects. 



On May 18, a new vaudeville house, 
booked by Sullivan-Conaidine, will open 
at Grand Island, Neb. Seating capacity, 
600. Six acts weekly played. F. H. 
Michelson is owner; A. Becker, resident 
manager. 



sical hits which have been sung over here, 
are in New York, and will remain a couple 
of months, making their headquarteis with 
the publishing house of Francis, Day & 
Hunter. 

i 

Mabel Carew and Gertrude Hayes will 
separate at the close of the present bur- 
lesque season by mutual agreement. They 
are now members of Miner's "Bohemians." 
Miss Hayes will appear with Barney 
Gerard's new Western Wheel show, "Fol- 
lies of the Day," in an act entitled 
Gertrude Hayes and her "Dancing Brick- 
tops." 



John Birch, "The Man with the Hats," 
closed his engagement at Hammerstein's 
this week after the Monday night perform- 
ance, caused by his position on the program 
(opening after the intermission). Burt 
Karl replaced him. 



The "Gibson Girl" number from "The 
Belle of Mayfair," which Tom Ryley had 
booked through M. S. Bentham, to open in 
a Keith-Proctor house on May 25, was sud- 
denly postponed this week, with no defi- 
nite future date set for its appearance. 



Vasco, "The Mad Musician," leaves on 
May 19 by the "Kronprinz Wilhelm," and 
will open at the Empire, London, on June 
1 for eignt weeks. Starting August 17 
(the opening of the season), Vasco will 
play at the Berlin Wintergarten for two 
month*. 



The Weber & Rush vaudeville houses 
have closed for the season. Joe Weber, 
who has made his headquarters at Sche- 
nectady, will be located permanently in 
the United offices next year overlooking 
Weber & Rush's vaudeville bookings from 
that point. 



Charlie Harris, "The Gibson Gir,'' opens 
on the Western States time, commencing 
with the Pantage's Circuit at Spokane on 
June 8. On Easter Sunday, the Harris 
Twin Sisters, a young couple playing on 
the Harris time exclusively, celebrated 
their first birthday. 



Alfred Butt, of the Palace, London, 
cabled here last week for Gertrude Hoff- 
mann. Butt was cabled back that Miss 
Hoffmann was in London. Mr. Butt is a 
nice little manager, and he's been lucky, 
but Butty is commencing to hang around 
the box office too much. 



Norton and Nicholson will play vaude- 
ville again, commencing in the fall. A 
few summer engagements may be ac- 
cepted. Paul Nicholson traveled this sea- 
son in "The Girl Question," while Angie 
Norton looker! after the new home Mr. and 
Mrs. Nicholson purchased. 



The Great Lafayette scored a tremen- 
dous success at the Pavilion, Glasgow, 
Scotland, when he played there. The Glas- 
gow papers were enthusiastic and said 
Lafayette could be likened to no one 
abroad. He gave a forty-five-minute show, 
from magic to impersonations of musi- 
cians. 



C. W. Murphy and Dan Lipton, the 
English song writers who wrote "Put Me 
Amongst the Girls" and many other mu- 



The "Washington Society Girls" closes 
its season at the regular ending of the 
Western Wheel, next Saturday (May 23). 
Manager Lew Watson has re engaged for 
next year's show the Mullin Sisters, Belle 
Hunter, Marie Faytelle, Belle Brandon, 
_Jsie Davis, Guy Lussier, Dorothy Har- 
low, Lucille Farwell, and Harry Gracie, 
electrician. 



Duke Black, treasurer of People's The- 
atre, Cincinnati, has been notified by the 
Empire Circuit Company, through Col. 
James E. Fennessey, that he has been ap- 
pointed manager of one of their road 
shows, and will take up his new duties 
after the close of the Ludlow "Lagoon" 
this summer. 









The Fifth Avenue program says this 
week: "Jesse L. Lasky, the cleverest of 
all producers, will present his latest and 
l>est comedy offering, 'The Eight Hoboes,' 
next week." That "cleverest of all pro- 
ducers" will be much relished by the 
others who may attend the theatre — for 
there are other producers. - 



The chances are that the many Ameri- 
can acts going to Europe on speculation 
will cause a slump in the salary market 
abroad after a while. The anxiety of the 
newcomers, who arrive without dates, to 
appear may bring about slashes of the 
fixed charges previously prevailing, with 
a disastrous effect upon all American 
numbers in future. 



Bayard Veillier will make his own pro- 
duction of "The Last Inning," having 
withdrawn it from the Orpheum Circuit's 
Production Department, which had ac- 
cepted the piece. Jack Mason will stage 
the production, and the bookings will be 
obtained by Wesley & Pincus. Thirty 
people are in the cast. The first showing 
is down for May 25. 



Lou iso Langdon (Bryon and Langdon) 
is ill at the Roosevelt Hospital, New York. 
Miss Langdon has undergone a couple of 
operations, one for appendicitis. She is 
recovering, but under the physicians' in- 
structions, can not again play before fall. 
Bryon and Langdon had their present sea- 
son booked up until June 15. They are 
routed over the Western time next season, 
commencing on August 31. 



J.. J. Rosenthal, the theatrical manager, 
who dabbles in vaudeville but now and 
then, and more often once in a while, le- 
marked the other day that oa<h* time he 
finds it necessary to have a variety show, 
Variety supplies him a bill through its 
advertising columns. Mr. Rosenthal said 
that on three occasion* he had selected 
an entire show from the advertisements. 



VARIETY 



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EMPIRE MEETING IN CHICAGO. 

Chicago, May 14. 
A meeting of the Executive Committee 

of the Empire Circuit was held at the 
Auditorium Hotel on Wednesday. James 
J. Butler, Col. James E. Fennessy, Her- 
man Fehr, Henry Whallen and Rankin D. 
Jones, the Empire Circuit's attorney, were 
present. 

The pooling scheme was the principal 
topic. It is said about twenty-five shows 
will be included. It is expected that 
about all on the Western Wheel, except- 
ing those belonging to the Miners, Thos. 
W. Dinkins, William B. Watson and M. M. 
Thiese, will join. 

The pooling matter will be placed in 
the form of a corporation, with a capital 
stock of $1,000, and to be known as 'The 
Empire Circuit's Show Company." It 
will be incorporated in this State. Mr. 
Butler will be the president, Mr. Fehr vice- 
president, and the directors are Messrs. 
Fennessy, Rife (Geo. W.) and Whallen. 
The purpose of the company will be given 
as for the betterment of shows and sav- 
ing in equipment by co-operation. 

One decision of the Executive Commit- 
tee was that all Western theatres should 
be beautified and the shows materially 
strengthened. 

The routing of the Western shows for 
next season will be done under the direc- 
tion of the Executive Committee. Other 
details discussed related to matters of a 
personal or sociable nature. 

The prospect for general improvement 
of the Empire Circuit was made apparent, 
and the meeting of the Executive Com- 
mittee Beems to have been somewhat in 
confirmation of the previous reports 
spreading regarding the intentions of the 
Western Wheel for next season. 



DES MOINES REPLACES ST. JOE. 

Chicago, May 14. 

The Empire, Des Moines, has been added 
to the Western Burlesque Wheel, and the 
shows will play there next season as a 
week stand under a guarantee. St. Joe 
will be dropped from the circuit to make 
the place. 



CHICAGO GENERAL HEADQUARTERS. 

Chicago, May 14. 

The impression here is that the Empire 
Circuit (Western Burlesque Wheel) will 
make Chicago its general headquarters 
very soon. 

Most of the shows will organize from 
here, excepting those that may have to 
open in or around New York. 



GERARD'S OWN SHOW. 

Barney Gerard, who for the past three 
years has been managing burlesque attrac- 
tions for the Miners, will take his own 
show over the Empire Circuit (Western 
Burlesque Wheel) next season. 

The Gerard offering to burlesque patrons 
will be called "Follies of the Day," writ- 
ten by Mr. Gerard, with music composed 
by Albert Von Tilzer. It will be in two 
acts, and is a piece Gerard has had stored 
in his trunk for a year past. 

The two acts are respectively named 
"Town Talk" and "The Big Election." 
In the first part there will be a miniature 
revue. Sam Sidman, now engaged for the 
Shubert summer revue at the Casino, will 
be Mr. Gerard's principal comedian. West 
and Williams have also been engaged. 



WESTERN WHEEL RUMORS. 

Chicago, May 14. 
Following the meeting of the Empire 
Circuit's Executive Committee at the 
Auditorium, Wednesday, it became ru- 
mored that a new Western Burlesque 
Wheel theatre in Rochester, N. Y., has 
been planned. The Corinthian in that city 

now plays Eastern Wheel shows. '• '• •■ 
It was also rumored that the M*iners 
would be asked to change the policies of 
the Bowery and People's Theatres, New 
York; the People's to play burlesque, and 
the Bowery, Hebrew drama, converting 
the London also into an Italian theatre. 
If that occurs, James H. Curtin, present 
manager of the London, will probably 
take the People's. 

The information is not definite, and 
this is the same rumor which spread at 
the close of the season last year without 
eventuating up to now. 

There is a report that the Empire Cir- 
cuit people are figuring with real estate 
men for a site in the "Loop District" 
here. The location is not hinted at. 



PLIMMER REMAINS INDEPENDENT. 

A proposal to have Walter J. Pliramer 

return to his old position as booking 

agent for the Empire Circuit Company 
attractions has fallen through. Mr. Plim- 
mer was invited to join the New York of- 
fices of the Western Burlesque Wheel sev- 
eral weeks ago, and after considering this 
week decided to retain his independent 
agency. He has already booked some bur- 
lesque engagements as an independent. 



REBUILDING IN DULUTH. 

Although the Metropolitan Opera House, 

playing Western Burlesque attractions 

will be torn down shortly, that circuit will 

retain its stand in Duluth, Minn. The 
old burlesque house is to be supplanted by 
a railroad office. 

Marshall & Nash, who hold the Duluth 
franchise of the Empire Circuit, have al- 
ready taken title to a new site on the 
principal street of the town and by Fall 
a new house will be ready for use. 



MOTHER RECOMMENDED ACT. 

Al Reeves' mother, a gentle, elderly lady, 
with no ingrained knowledge of the show 
business, resides in Brooklyn. Recently 
Mrs. Reeves attended a benefit tendered 
over in the Baby Borough. 

She much enjoyed the performance, and 
after her return home indited the fol- 
lowing letter to Al: 

This afternoon I saw a performance, 
and in it were a couple of young 
men whom I liked very much. I am 
writing you to say that perhaps you 
might make use of them. I am sure 
they will be satisfactory. They were 
very good and funny. I don't know 
where you can find them, but their 
names are Montgomery and Stone. 



VAUDEVILLE IN BURLESQUE HOUSE. 

Chicago, May 14. 

The Gayety, Milwaukee, will play vaude- 
ville during the summer, commencing May 
17. The theatre closed its burlesque sea- 
son on the Eastern Wheel two weeks ago. 

Paul Goudron, of the Sullivan-Considine 
circuit, is booking the vaudeville. 



"ADVANCE AGENT" IN BALANCE. 

Chicago, May 14. 

Among the innovations to be deter- 
mined by the Empire Circuit (Western 
Burlesque Wheel) this summer, will be 
the probable abolition of "advance 
agents," or "business managers," who ar- 
range the preliminaries for the shows 
along the circuit. 

The matter came up for discussion at 
one of the executive meetings, and it is 
said that a number of the owners of at- 
tractions favored the idea, which will be 
more fully defined and debated at the 
general meeting to be held on June 17. 

The managers say from $1,500 to $2,000 
can be saved for each show a season, 
without affecting the patronage. 

The plan to be adopted in the event of 
the movement being passed is simple; the 
manager of a show will order and send 
his own paper, hotel list and other de- 
tails to the manager of the company a 
week ahead, and on arrival in the city 
lay out the printing for the house to 
handle. | j 4 , 

This method is to be followed all sea- 
son, and for the extra work the man- 
ager with the show will be endowed with 
a $5 weekly raise in salary. The amount 
saved during the forty weeks, it is esti- 
mated, will pay for a part of the equip- 
men or "extras," or used to better the 
shows: While the report appears au- 
thentic, no information as to the pos- 
sibility of the plan going through has 
been secured. 



BURLESQUE RUMORS THICK. 

Cincinnati, May 14. 

E. D. Stair, of Stair & Havlin, has been 
in the city, conferring with Col. J. E. 
Fennessy. With Mr. Stair was Geo. H. 
Nicholai, the general manager of the S. 
& H. chain. 

It is said the conference had naught 
to do with burlesque, all the parties men- 
tioned being interested in the Lyceum and 
Heuck's Opera House here. 



Chicago, May 14. 

It was reported here this week that 
E. D. wStair, of Stair & Havlin, and Rich- 
ard Hyde, of Hyde & Behman, had an ap- 
pointment to meet in Chicago last Mon- 
day. They did not, however. 

There are any quanity of rumors afloat 
regarding burlesque connections next sea- 
son. 



DRAWING BURLESQUE DATES. 

The date for the annual drawings have 
been set on both the Eastern and West- 
ern Burlesque Wheels. The Easterners will 
gather in Brooklyn June 17 to draw for 
their opening engagements on the circuit 
next season, the Western people meeting 
June 20 in New York. 

The Empire Circuit (Western), accord- 
ing to one of its prominent members, will 
have thirty-nine or forty consecutive 
weeks to draw for, including three newly 
built theatres — Schenectady, Brooklyn 
(Flat bush Avenue) and Williamsburg. 



Geo. Fuller Golden was handed a check 
for $10,000 the other day by Geo. M. 
Cohan for an advertisement in Mr. Gol- 
den's forthcoming book, "Miladi Vaude- 
ville." 



BURLESQUE ON PACIFIC COAST. 

The Orpheum Circuit people are about 
to try an experiment in Los Angeles which 
may result in the establishment of a 
burlesque circuit on the Pacific Coast. 
"Billy" Lytell, who wrote the present ve- 
hicle of "Tne Behman Show," will leave 
New York early in June with a complete 
company to put on stock burlesque in 
the Los Angeles Grand Theatre. Clarence 
Drowns, the Orpheum's Coast manager, 
was in New York until a few days ago 
completing arrangements for the new 
policy, he left for the West this week. 

It has been the custom to play melo- 
drama in the Los Angeles house part of 
the year, but this season attractions of 
that sort did not draw well, and in search 
of a substitute Mr. Drowns hit upon the 
stock burlesque idea. The scheme has 
never been thoroughly tried out in Los 
Angeles, and the Far West is without a 
burlesque circuit. It has been a pet idea 
of a number of managers that a "wheel" 
arrangement in this territory would be 
a successful enterprise, and if the Los 
Angeles venture of the Orpheum people 
succeeds it is possible that other houses 
will be framed up into a small burlesque 
wheel with traveling companies for a sea- 
son of ten weeks or so, with repeats. 

Mr. Lytell has signed with the Orpheum 
people for a year, which time has been 
fixed as the limit of the experiment. He 
will secure his principals in New York, 
traveling to the Western city in time to 
open the season there the last week in 
June. 



"BEHMAN SHOW" DEAL OFF. 

"The Behman Show" will not play on 
the Madison Square Roof after all this 
summer unless there is another switch 
in the arrangements. Jack Singer, the 
show's manager, imposed a condition be- 
fore allowing his company to appear at 
the aerial resort, which Henry Pincus, as 
one of the Roof's managers, declined to 
accede to. 

The present plan now is to organize a 
musical comedy company, and a piece is 
being written for the summer season atop 
the Garden. 



SCORE SOUNDS PHONY, BUT 

Washington, May 14. 

"1—0" is the result given out of the 
baseball game played here last Saturday 
by the "Bachelor Club" (Eastern Wheel) 
against the employees of the Gayety The- 
atre, where the show played. The 
"Bachelor Club" nine won. 

The score sounds "phony," but still it 
was a game, for these were the players: 

"BACHELOR CLUB." GAYETY THEATRE. 



F. Peacock, 8d B. King-. P. 

F. Henning. P. Havenner. C. 

J. Ralph. 0. Beaugard. R. F. 

H. Hawkins, R. F. Decker, 8d B. 

E. Williamson, 8. 8. Xatifmann, 8. 8. 

A. Pittman, 1st B. Kelly, 1st B. 

t. Cohen, C. F. Cavtaine, L. F. 

P. Apel, 2d B. O'Brien, 2d B. 

R. Ash, L. F. Charles, C. F. 

J. Ralph Is reported for single rnn scored. 
Hits: B. C„ 5; O. T., 3. Errors— B. C, 2; O. 
T.. 4. Twobase hit, Ralph. Time: 1 hr. 45 

mlns. 



Happy D. Hill is building an amuse- 
ment park at Morris, HI. It will be 
known as Grace Park. 



PICTURES KEEP COLUMBIA OPEN. 

Cincinnati, May 14. 
The opening of the Grand Opera House 
with moving pictures and four vaudeville 
acts for the entertainment will probably 
cause the Columbia to extend its season 
at least four weeks, and perhaps as long 
as the Grand holds a vaudeville act. 



VARIETY 



PASTOR IN DOUBT. 

Tony Pastor, the Vaudeville Dean, is 
in doubt alxnit his future occupancy of 
the Fourteenth Street site, where "Pas- 
tor's" has become a landmark. 

The Tammany Hall building, in which 
the theatre is located, was rumored this 
week to be on the market for sale, the 
organization considering an uptown site 
for its headquarters. 

If it is disposed of, Pastor's will remain 
but one season more in the present build- 
ing, when the lease expires. Pending the 
determination there will be no repairs 
made in the house this summer, and the 
only continuous variety theatre in New 
York City will probably remain open 
throughout the warm weather, as in the 
past. 



CLIFFORD AND LAMBERT'S PIECE. 

Mattie Keene has written "Our Baby," 
a three-act farce, in which Billy Single 
Clifford and Maude Lambert will play 
Southern territory next season as joint 
stars. 

Miss Keene may return to vaudeville 
then also in a sketch she is now writing. 



COMPLAINS AGAINST EXTRAS. 

Several of the Empire Circuit (Western 
Burlesque Wheel) road managers have 
tiled complaints against the present sys- 
tem of charging "extras" in out of town 
houses. In a recent statement, William 
B. Watson took exception to the exactions 
of house managers in this respect, declar- 
ing that in one case the extras made the 
difference to ^im between a losing and 
a profitable week. 

"In one stand," said Mr. Watson, "I had 
a list of extras as long as the Brooklyn 
Bridge. I did the best week there in 
nearly two months, too, against heavy 
opposition. The house made money, but 
I lost. 

"I think the house manager should pay 
for lighting up the front of the theatre — 
electric signs, etc. The paper in front is 
enough to let the public know what the 
attraction is. 

"In another stand the travelling man- 
agers are relieved of 10 per cent, of the 
gross on Sunday. They take out 50 per 
cent, of the company's share. The oppo- 
sition impose no such exactions, and their 
travelling managers have a living chance. 
These details straightened out would re- 
sult in better shows by encouraging the 
road managers." 

Eastern Wheel road managers are 
equally frank in their objections to the 
'extras" system. 



MANAGERS CHANGE SHOWS. 

Weber & Rush's travelling managers will 
be shunted about in their show attach- 
ments for next season. 

Sam Coldie, now with the "Bon Tons," 
and who says the firm gave him $500 as 
a present for the excellent showing made 
this season with that organization, will 
take out "Tlic Parisian Widows" in the 
fall. Frank Abbott, now with the latter 
troupe, will steer the "Bon Tons." War- 
ren B. Irons will be at the helm of "The 
Dainty Duchess." Phil Isaac and Benny 
I larris have not been assigned. 



Jenie Jacobs, the agentess, has deferred 
her visit to England one week. Miss 
Jacobs will sail May 20 in company with 
Hill and Whittaker, who have bookings 
for four years solid on the other side. 



VAUDEVILLE AT 14TH STREET. 

Since the Fays (John T. and Eva) 

abandoned the 14th Street Theatre after 

one week's trial of vaudeville at 50 and 

75 cents that theatre has continued with 

the same policy, except that a cheaper 

show is now being given with moving 
pictures in conjunction with the main en- 
tertainment. Four vaudeville acts are 
booked weekly. 

On a cursory examination several after- 
neons this week the new policy seems to 
have caught on. Well filled houses have 
been the rule. An admission of 10 cents 
is charged to the orchestra, with a 5-cent 
rate for the gallery and 25 cents for box 
seats. 

The vaudeville acts play the whole week 
while the pictures are chang3d every other 
day. Thursday, and Friday nights "ama- 
teur" shows are given by Mortimer Kap- 
han, who is organizing here two ••ama- 
teur" shows, which he proposes to send 
on the road. 

His scheme is to arrange vaudeville 
companies for the Family Theatre cir- 
cuits, sending along a batch of amateurs 
as an added attraction. 



EMPLOYEES' BASEBALL LEAGUE. 

Baseball enthusiasts are agitating the 
organization of a baseball league, member- 
ship to be made up of nines from among 
the employees of the Greater New York 
vaudeville theatres. 

Variety has been asked to put the 
scheme before the theatre employees in 
an effort to secure a general expression 
as to the practicability of such an organ- 
ization. The suggestion is to form a com- 
mittee, or designate a disinterested party, 
to act for the league in about the same 
capacity as the National Commission, 
which arranges schedules and handles the 
administration of the National and Ameri- 
can leagues. 

Variety will receive for publication any 
discussion along these lines. 




A "VARIETY" TRIO. 

In the above, against the background 
(composed of California atmosphere and 
trees) are MLLE. RIALTO, MISS CUR- 
TIS (Canter and Curtis) and MISS NOLDI 
(Doria Opera Trio). 

All are now playing Sullivan-Considinc 
time on the Coast. 



"ASSOCIATE MEMBERS" DISCON- 
TINUED. 

The women's auxiliary or "Associate 
Members" of the White Rats, as the wo- 
men of the profession who joined were 
known, has been discontinued by the order 
due to the expense of the legal protection 
which the White Rat button carried with 
it, in comparison to the cost of the mem- 
bership, $5. s 

The order has decided it was impossible 
to maintain this branch for that reason. 



SKETCH QUESTION UP AGAIN. 

London, May 4. 

The prevalence of the sketch in vaude- 
ville is the subject of further indignant 
discussion here. The comic singers voice 
their dissatisfaction with the large num- 
ber of fifteen and thirty minute sketches, 
which they claim are taking up the time 
of the shows to the exclusion of the five- 
minute fraternity of singers. 

An American recently arrived comments 
on the quality of the English sketch in 
these terms: "They are absolutely puerile 
as compared to the American style. One 
now at the Alhambra is called "Her 
irincely Betrayer," which for downright 
stupidity cannot be beaten. It is so bad 
they close the show with it at 11 o'clock 
after the pictures. Written as a tragedy, 
it is good for a laugh at any time." 



STILL AFTER 23RD STREET. 

No decision has been arrived at by the 
Keith-Proctor firm on the proposition 
made it by the Columbia Amusement 
Company (Eastern Burlesque WTieel) to 
lease the 23rd Street Theatre, now oper- 
ated by K.-l\ for moving pictures. 

The Eastern Wheel hopes to annex it to 
its circuit for next season. 



RUSH LEAVES FOR EUROPE. 

Tuesday, on the "Kronprizessin Cecilie," 
Ed F. Rush, of Weber & Rush, left for 
Europe. He will return on July 10, when 
the work of placing the six burlesque 
shows which will be under Mr. Rush's 
producing direction will start. 

Mr. Rush said before leaving that his 
foreign tour was in the interests of his 
firm and other Eastern Wheel managers, 
for whom he would engage foreign acts 
and chorus girls; also to look after Weber 
& Hush's newly acquired automobile enter- 
prise, the ''Zust" machine. The head- 
quarters are in Italy, whence Mr. Rush 
will travel. 

While on the foreign shores, he will 
meet by appointment B. Obermayer, and 
together they will go in quest of material 
for the burlesque companies. 

Mr. Rush said he would occupy the "Im- 
perial suite" on the steamer, and perhaps 
he did — it's pretty soft being a manager, 
anyway. 



The automobile trip of George Evans 
and Ren Shields to Chicago, commenced 
at 4:31 A. M. last Thursday, ended at 
Yonkers, twelve minutes after. A bright 
light broke up the journey. 



WATSON'S SHOW IN STOCK. 

Chicago, May 14. 

"Watson's Burlcsquers," with W. B. 
Watson, will play a four weeks stock 
engagement at the Standard, St. Louis, 
commencing May 24. The inducements 
provided by James Butler actuated Wat- 
son to accept in preference to stock offers 
in Philadelphia, Boston and other cities. 

Watson himself will appear only in the 
closing burlesquers. Special features, such 
as "cake walks," "chorus girls' contests" 
and "amateur nights" will be given every 
week. 



BARS VARIETY IN DENVER. 

Denver, May 14. 

Both the Sullivan-Considine theatres in 
this city (Majestic, Dan S. McCoy, mgr.; 
Novelty, Bert Pitman, mgr.) have barred 
Variety's correspondent from entrance. 

The action taken by Managers McCoy 
and Pitman is said by both to have been 
occasioned by the account printed in 
Variety recently of the injuries received 
at the Novelty by Evan Evans, which con- 
fined Evans in a hospital. 

Evans relieved the theatre management 
from liability, and although the account of 
the occurrence, as printed, is not denied 
by any party interested, the Sullivan-Con- 
sidine managers say Variety should not 
have printed it — giving no reason why the 
story should have been suppressed, but 
supposedly because Messrs. McCoy and 
Pitman are Sullivan-Considine managers. 

Before entering theatricals, Mr. McCoy 
is reported to have been a shining political 
light in Cincinnati, where he was wont to 
do John J. Ryan's bidding. He did this so 
well Mr. Ryan, who played a game of his 
own in vaudeville not so long ago, "took 
care of McCoy." 

Bert Pitman, the manager of the Novel- 
ty, is unknown. 



DESSAUER'S PROFESSIONAL 
MATINEE. 

Sam Dessauer, who has been having the 
natives along the line of the Eastern 
Burlesque Wheel on the anxious seat 
awaiting the coming of "The Behman 
Show," struck the big town this week, 
and started to "pull something." 

Mr. Dessauer's press publicity promotion 
for his show will be a professional matinee 
at the Murray Hill next Thursday after- 
noon (May 21), where "The Behmans" 
play for the week. 

There is a general interest along Broad- 
way in this burlesque aggregation, reports 
having arrived frequently during the sea- 
son, and the Murray Hill will take on the 
aspect of a Broadway gathering under a 
like occasion. 

A thousand invitations have been is- 
sued by Mr. Dessauer, and no one has 
been overlooked, from A. L. Erlanger to 
Jules Ruby. 



SYNDICATE FORMED IN SOUTH. 

San Antonio, May 14. 

There is a rumor afloat here of a syndi- 
cate being formed to build vaudeville thea- 
tres in Ft. Worth, Dallas and San Antonio 
in conjunct ion with some chain of vaude- 
\ille houses being operated in the South. 

Subscription lists for stock are under- 
stood to have been opened, and there 
s»'«-m to he wideawake and energetic peo- 
ple Ix-liim! the move. 



VAUDEVILLE ALL SUMMER. 

Sioux City, la., May 14. 
John A. Schroeder and Wilson Dillon 
have taken over a lease on the Family 
Theatre on Fifth Street and will play 
Sullivan-Considine vaudeville bookings 
there all summer. This will give the 
house a monopoly on summer vaudeville, 
the Orpheum closing for the season May 
16th. 



Carleton Macy and Maude Hall "tried 
out" their new piece, "Mayme's Professor," 
at Keith's, Cleveland, recently. Mr. Macy 
and his wife may each appear in a sketch 
next season, as Miss Macy's "The Magpie 
and the Jay" is still verdant. 



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VARIETY 



NOMINATIONS ON MAY 19. 

The nominations for officers of the 
White Rats of America for the ensuing 
fiscal year of the order will take place on 
May 19, which is the date set for the 
"Special Preliminary Meeting." 

The constitution provides that within 
ten days thereafter, all nominees shall 
have been named and posted, when tickets 
will be sent all members, a mail vote tak- 
ing place. This will end on June 16, and 
the result announced the following day. 

The elective officers, including a "Big 
Chief," and members of the Board of 
Trustees whose terms are expiring, will be 
balloted for, as well as a Board of Direc- 
tors. 

The present board numbers twenty -five, 
of which Aten Shields is chairman. 






KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT. 

Salt Lake City, May 14. 

A well-known artist, Erus Raile, who had 
been engaged in the circus field for many 
years, lost his life Monday while speed- 
ing in an automobile to keep an engage- 
ment. 

Mr. Rail had been cautioned against 
making the attempt, having to maintain 
a speed of 60 miles an hour for over 25 
miles to catch his train out of this city. 
Just outside the city limits, the auto- 
mobile struck a large cobble, swerving 
widely, throwing Rail against a stone wall 
abutting the road. He died before a 
physician could be summoned. 



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"MUSICAL COMPOSITION" DEFINED. 

"A musical composition is a rational col- 
location of sound apart from concepts, re- 
duced to a tangible expression from which 
the collocation can be reproduced either 
with or without continuous human inter- 
vention." 

This is the legal definition of a "musical 
composition" as expressed in the dissent- 
ing opinion of Justice Holmes, of the 
United States Supreme Court, in the case 
of White-Smith Musical Company against 
the Apollo Company. 



LES AMATIS. 

Portraits of Les Amatis appear on 
Variety's cover design this week. The 
girl musicians are appearing at the Brook- 
lyn Orpheum, moving over to the Colonial 
next week. They are recent arrivals to 
this country from Germany, having played 
a few weeks in the West previous to their 
metropolitan engagements. 

The girls are pretty and young, sur- 
prisingly young in comparison with the 
degree of their musical accomplishments. 
In their musical execution they show 
polish of training that is characteristic 
of the European schools. American musi- 
cal critics have declared their command of 
the piano keyboard well nigh faultless. One 
of the features of the act is a piano quar- 
tet, aa four sisters playing on concert 
grand instruments. 

Fraulein Grisele Amatis has a vocal 
range of three and a half octaves reach- 
ing B in altissimo with a clear, pure tone. 
This is said to be the highest note ever 
reached. It is two whole tones above 
Patti's and one above Helen Beach Yaw's 
topmost reach. She is 20 years old. 

Les Amatis belong to a musical family. 
Their father, news of whose death in Ber- 
lin reached this country a few days ago, 
was prominent as a composer and instruc- 
tor, and the girls received their musical 
training at his capable hands. 



5,000,000 PROGRAMS. 

Five million programs! Take a mo- 
ment to digest that number, and gauge the 
exact quantity covered. But five millions 
of programs will be given away to patrons 
of the Orpheum Circuit theatres next sea- 
son in all the prominent cities of the 
West. 

There are about sixteen Orpheum thea- 
tres west of Chicago, reaching from El 
Paso to Portland, and covering the im- 
mediate territory from New Orleans to 
St. Paul. Each program given away regis- 
ters one paid admission to an Orpheum 
house. Charles E. Bray, the assistant 
general manager of the circuit, noted for 
his conservativeness, gave the .'»,000,000 
figure as the lowest number which would 
be used. 

The programs for next season in the 
Orpheum theatres will be uniform in size 
and frontispiece. An artistic design in 
colors will adorn each title page at every 
house, and for variety, there will be a 
number of colored cuts on hand for re- 
peated changes. 

The programs will more resemble a 
souvenir of the theatre than the cus- 
tomary sheet of paper with some print 
on it which has been the theatrical man- 
ner of telling what's on the stage for a 
long time back. 

"Mr. Bray has decided that the Orpheum's 
programs hereafter shall be pictorial as 
well as artistic and readable. Illustra- 
tions patterned after magazine pages of 
the stage celebrities will replace the pic- 
tures of the girl who wouldn't cleanse her 
molars, and the other girl, who looked in 
the mirror for the effect of a new 'straight 
front." 



MISSED HUSBAND; HIT SCENERY. 

St. Paul, May 14. 

A Mrs. Bert Swan while watching her 
husband, an animal trainer, performing 
with alligators at the Majestic Theatre 
here last week, arose in a stage box and 
fired six shots. All hit the scenery. 

When asked for the cause, Mrs. Swan 
replied she was not shooting at her hus- 
band, but at the scenery, and pointed to 
the drops as evidence. 

A panic was averted by the moving 
picture sheet being unrolled at once. Mrs. 
Swan was arrested, but on her statement, 
discharged. She left the city with Swan. 



HENDERSON ACQUITTED. 

Chicago, May 14. 

The case of W. F. Henderson, the vaude- 
ville agent, who was accused of placing 
two chorus girls at a questionable con- 
cert hall in Springfield, 111., some time ago, 
has been disposed of in the Criminal Court, 
and Henderson exonerated. 

The evidence introduced by the defense 
proved that Henderson did not know the 
character of the place. 

Henderson, it is said, will start suit 
against the State for revoking his license 
on the grounds that he has been unjustly 
dealt with, preceding the actual prosecu- 
tion of the case. His license was annulled 
at a preliminary hearing in Springfield, at 
the instigation of the Law and Order 
League and others. 






The Orpheum, Atlanta, Ga., closes to- 
night (Saturday) for its first season of 
vaudeville. Weber & Rush, the managers, 
state it has been a satisfactory opening 
year. The transportation charges, how- 
ever, have placed a dent in their elation. 



DIDN'T BELIEVE SALARY. 

Kansas City, May 14. 

The Orpheum did the record business 
here last week during Vesta Victoria's 
engagement. The amount of space de- 
voted to her by the press was extra- 
ordinarily large for this city. 

The English woman's salary, $2,500, was 
so much discussed by the papers that a 
committee of newspaper men was ap- 
pointed to observe Martin Lehman, the 
Orpheum's manager, turn over the cash 
on Saturday night. This the committee 
did. 

Miss Victoria is granted to have proven 
a convincing and interesting box-office test 
for Martin Beck's new press bureau, as in 
each one of the Western houses where 
Miss Victoria appeared the exploitation 
has been thoroughly done, and the busi- 
ness phenomenal. 



OBITUARY. 



"HACK" STILL POPULAR. 

London, May 2. 

Georges Hackenschmidt, fresh from his 
"Gotch-as-Gotch-can" encounter, made his 
first English return at the Metropolitan 
last Monday, amid cries of "Hacken- 
schmidt, champion of England, and still 
champion of the world." 

After a bout of two minutes, and an- 
other lasting nearly seven, the Russian 
hove to the footlights, saying: "I am 
grateful for the kind reception you have 
given me. I am sorry for what happened 
in America, and I shall try to regain 
whatever I have lost. The match with 
Gotch has taught me one thing, and that 
is to be prepared." 

There is quite a wrestling boom on just 
now, and Henglers' seems to have struck 
a bright idea with its circus matinees fol- 
lowed by night shows all wrestling. 
"Apollo, the ideal athlete," sees that all 
the wrestling is "on the level." 



MANAGER SUED FOR SALARY. 

The Legal Protection Department of 

the White Rats, through its attorney, 

Denis O'Brien, has commenced legal actions 

against Frank A. Keeney, the manager, to 

recover the week's salary alleged to be 
due The Chadwick Trio and Adamimi and 
Taylor. 

The former act was booked for Keeney's, 
Brooklyn, while the latter did not play 
at Keeney's, New Britain, Conn., as 
booked. 

When the resignation of William Gross- 
man, of House, Grossman & Vorhaus, as 
American counsel for the I. A. L. of Ger- 
many goes into effect on May 31, the 
Rats through Harry Mountford, secretary 
to the Board of Directors, and who is a 
member of the I. A. L. Executive Board, 
will take charge of the legal matters in 
connection with the foreign order arising 
over here. 

The cases Mr. Mountford passes upon 
for action will be placed with Mr. O'Brien. 



GUS SUN PLANS ADDITION. 

Sandusky, O., May 14. 
Gus Sun, of the Sun & Murray popular 
priced Family Theatre Circuit, signed a 
lease upon a piece of property here last 
week, to be used as a site for a new 
vaudeville house next fall. The lease runs 
for a term of 10 years. Local capital will 
promote the venture. Plans for a build- 



Philadelphia, May 14. 

Augustus H. Truean, known as Gus. H. 
Saville, of the well-known musical team 
of Bryant and Seville, died at his home 
in Philadelphia, May 9th, after a short ill- 
ness. 

Mr. Saville while playing at the Marion 
Theatre, Marion, O., fell on the stage and 
broke his right leg in two places. He 
seemed to be improving and was taken to 
his home on Friday, dying on Saturday of 
heart disease. Mr. Saville was born at 
Baltimore, January 25, 1857, and came to 
Philadelphia when a small boy. He be- 
came acquainted with Charles H. Bryant, 
and they formed a partnership November 
14, 1878, appearing as a comedy musical 
team at Fox's American Theatre, now the 
Chestnut Street Opera House. They met 
with success from the start and had their 
own minstrel company out for a number 
of seasons. Mr. Saville leaves a widow. 

Bryant and Saville were the oldest mu- 
sical team before the public until Mr. 
Saville's death. 



Isabella Hurd died Friday, May 8, in 
St. Mark's Hospital, Boston, from an 
operation for the removal of a tumor. The 
body was removed to her late home, Glens 
Falls, N. Y., for burial, which took place 
on the 11th. 

Miss Hurd has been a well known fig- 
ure in variety for some years, having last 
played vaudeville as a member of a trio. 



John C. Alexander, for twenty years 
master mechanic of Elitch's Gardens, 
Denver, Col., died in that city May 4. He 
officiated for a time in the same capacity 
at the Orpheum. Mr. Alexander was 
sixty -five years of age. A widow and 
several children survive. 



George B. Hoyt, formerly of Hoyt and 
Woller, died May 9 in a Des Moines, la., 
hospital. He was on his way from Den- 
ver to his home in New York when he 
was suddenly taken ill and removed from 
the train to the hospital. Mrs. Hoyt, 
who was Bertha Ackermann, of Davenport, 
la., received word of her husband's illness 
and immediately started for Des Moines. 
She arrived there the day before Mr. Hoyt 
passed away. Funeral services were held 
at Mrs. Hoyt's old home in Davenport. 

Several months ago Mr. Hoyt went to 
Colorado for his health and had decided 
to give up professional work. When he 
was taken sick he was on his way to New 
York to take up a commercial business. 



BOOKS A SCOTCHMAN. 

Through Wesley & Pincus, the booking 
was made this week of Geo. S. Melvin, 
who will play three weeks on the Williams 
Circuit, opening at the Colonial, June 1. 

Frank Jones, the representative of the 
circuit in Mr. Williams' absence, closed 
the matter by cable. Mr. Melvin was 
highly recommended to the agents by an 
American artist, now abroad. 

He sings Scotch songs and dances, hav- 
ing been compared in a measure to Harry 
Lauder. Melvin's American visit is to 
"try out" only. Success will bring next 
season's engagements along with it. 



Ben Welch will play in Europe this 
summer, booked by William Morris. 



Major Doyle, the Liliputian monolopist, 
will take another trip over the Western 
time, starting in July. 



VARIETY 



ARTISTS' FORUM 






Con fin* your letters to 150 words and writ* •■ 
Anonymous communications will not bo printed. 
bo hold In strict confidence. If desired. 



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Boston, May 11. 
Editor Variety: 

Two years ago, my husband, James B. 
Donovan, conferred on me the title "The 
Queen of Vaudeville." I have used it con- 
stantly ever since in my advertising and 
billing matter. 

In last week's issue of the Variety I 
notice that Mr. Percy Williams confers 
my title on Miss Irene Franklin. 

As it is my advertising title by right 
of two years' continuous weekly usage 
and originality of application it occurs 
to the writer that she has a prior claim 
on it. 

As Mr. Donovan was the first promoter 
of publicity that gave the title due prom- 
inence by conferring the honor on me, I 
naturally assume that I am consistently 
entitled to the appellation if for nothing 
more than advertising purposes. 

Rena Arnold, 
"The Queen of Vaudeville." 
(Donovan and Arnold.) 

P. S. — By referring back to a file of 
Varieties for the past eighteen months. 
a substantiation of my statement may 
be secured. 



Chicago, May 11. 
Editor Variety: 

Would thank you to publish this in 
Variety as a warning to others. 

We played The Lyric, Dayton, Ohio, 
last week, managed by Max Hurtig, who 
gave his consent (to two Shriners) for us 
to play our act there one evening, direct- 
ing them to talk to us about it, as there 
was "nothing in it" for him. 

Meanwhile, Hurtig was running around 
to us telling how much to ask, saying: 
"You know, I'm in on it," not mentioning 
how much. 

We played the club and while there 
Hurtig sent his treasurer over, informing 
the Shriners to give him the money. 

A gentleman on the bill with us ob- 
jected, so they paid us. The next day 
we went up to Hurtig's office, telling him 
we got paid, and asking him how much 
he wanted. He said "one-half," which 
was unreasonable, as we never worked a 
club for less than what we received. We 
refused, and he wouldn't take what we 
offered, which was more than reasonable, 
saying he would keep it out of our salary. 

When the treasurer paid us our salary 
was minus that money, but he wouldn't 
let us have any until we signed for our 
full week. Well, the gentleman did not 
accept his salary and stayed over to fight 
it, but we could not afford to stay and 
had to accept the amount offered. 

We informed the Shriners what Mr. Hur- 
tig had done, and they said they would 
have paid him the commission if they 
had known, v- 

We are two girls, trying to get along in 
this world, having folks to support besides 
ourselves, and not having a manager, they 
tried to do us all they could, knowing we 
couldn't fight like men. 

(Names withheld upon request.) 



Brooklyn, May 10. 
Editor Variety: 

To correct a false impression that has 
gained some credulence among some of 



my friends in the theatrical profession, 
would you do me the favor of publishing 
the following: 

About two weeks ago Betts & Fowler, 
theatrical agents, openly challenged me 
at the Gotham, Brooklyn, to a "back lift- 
ing" contest with Oilman Low, who has 
been appearing in a "strong man" spe- 
cialty with "Broadway After Dark." 

I immediately accepted it and offered 
to bet $500 on the side. When Betts & 
Fowler saw I meant business, they de- 
liberately "crawled." Not content with 
doing this, they took it upon themselves 
to spread the story mat Oilman Low had 
already defeated me in a back lifting 
contest, and therefore could gain nothing 
by meeting me again. Now, I would like to 
tell them I am the same Warren Lincoln 
Travis who met Gilman Low when he 
came from Boston under the name of "Wol 
Manlig" (his own name reversed). At 
that time I lifted just about twice as 
much as he did. He requested me as a 
favor to keep it quiet, so as not to ruin 
his reputation entirely. Feeling sorry for 
Mr. Low at the time, and wishing to 
give him a start, I supplied him with 
"back lifting" apparatus, and taught him 
how to undertake a back lift. He pro- 
fessed to appreciate my efforts very much 
and left town. 

Now both himself and his managers go 
around claiming he beat me badly. 

If either can scrape up $500 I will con- 
sent to meet him. If they can't secure 
the money or are not interested, I would 
like to take this means of warning them 
to stop spreading false reports about me. 

Warren Lincoln Travis, 
(Champion Weight -Lifter of the World 

and holder of the belt and medal.) 

[Since above was written, Mr. Travis 
met with a serious accident. While ex- 
perimenting with a "dummy" weight of 
3,000 pounds in Brooklyn one day this 
week, one of the supports slipped before 
Travis was prepared, it falling upon and 
pinning him to the ground for fifteen 
minutes before he was discovered. Travis 
was removed to the hospital, seriously in- 
jured. -Ed.] 



May 11. 
Editor Variety: 

In Oscar Wasson's letter he states that 
his only cause for cancelling us, after we 
journeyed from Houston, Tex., at our own 
expense, to Joplin, Mo., was because we 
played the Lyric, which is his opposition, 
last September. 

We will state for Wasson's benefit the 
the act which Mr. W. F. Kcefe sent in our 
place played the opposition some five or 
six months previous to their engagement, 
April 20th, at Wasson's Theatre. 

So the strength of his flimsy excuse for 
cancellation may readily be seen. 

Managers of his stamp should be 
marked. Were there more exposures and 
less fear on the part of entertainers of 
making truthful statements, the managers 
would be more considerate. The artists 
can be thankful that there are so few of 
Wasson's calibre, thanks to Variety, 
which gives artists a square deal and 
where money cuts no figure for printing 
facts. Burton and Vast. 



RELEASED!! 






Jokes and dialogue heard this wesk around New York City, which were 
released for general usage about the dates set down. 

Will be compiled weekly, and may be utilized for a guide to English and 
Western acts yet to appear in New fork. 



"I have sent my wife to the Thousand Islands for a vacation; a week on each 
island." (When the first island was discovered.) 



"Don't get a mild cigar ; get a strong one, so it won't break in my pocket." 
(November 26, 1841.) 



"I read 'Three Weeks' in one day." (The day after the book appeared.) 






"If you had done it right the first time, you wouldn't have to do it again." (Date 
unknown.) 



"Don't think I'm an Irishman because I'm a fool." Also goes for any nationality. 
(April 25, 1625: "Mutton's History of the Stager) 



"Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone." (Goodness 
knows.) 



"I was at a wooden wedding yesterday ; two Poles were married." (621 B. O.) 



"Have you been to Paris, London, Germany, Scotland, Wales, Jail?* (January 
8, 1872.) 



"You can drive a horse to drink, but a pencil must be lead." (October 5, 1895.) 

"How's your mother-in-law? She's dead. What was the complaint?" No com- 
plaint; everybody satisfied." (The first of the M-l-L stuff.) 



"What is the thinnest thing in shirtwaists you have?" (Coupled.) "Silk stockings 
may be high, but you are a tall woman." (Originated in Chicago, '83.) 



RICHARDS SORRY TO LEAVE. 

Chris Richards, the eccentric English 
comedian, is bemoaning his fate this days 
owing to In* being booked ahead for the 
next three years. 

Mr. Richards was recently the recip- 
ient of a very flattering offer from Chas. 
Frohinan to play the principal comedy 
role in one of that manager's musical 
comedies next seasou and cabled to Eng- 
land to see if he couldn't postpone his 

music hall dates over there. Not receiv- 
ing unanimous assent from the English 
managers, he is compelled to sail shortly, 
opening for twenty-five weeks at the Lon- 
don Pavilion early next month. 



ILLUSTRATED BILLING. 

Mark A. Luescher, manager of the Or- 
pheum Circuit's Press Department, has 
gotten out illustrated billing matter in 
the form of posters for the different 
houses of the Orpheum Circuit, which 
will be uniform in design in all cities, 
having spaces in the centre, where the 
week's bill may be listed. 

The usual hangers of the week's shows 
will carry cuts of the acts, made at the 
Circuit's expense, and attractive devia- 
tion from the formal plain type affairs 
prevailing for years. 



PARIS' DAILY THEATRICAL PAPER. 

Paris, May 4. 
The "Comoedia" is a recently published 
daily sheet, dealing altogether with the- 
atricals. It has already commenced an 
attack upon the present theatrical of- 
ferings which have caused wide comment 
through the license allowed. 



NEW LYRICS. 
Youngstown, 0., May 14. 
The Lyric Theatre Company, operating 
a circuit of family theatres in the Middle 
West, has added four new houses to 
its string. The new stands are located 
at Lorain, Massillon, Canton, and Alli- 
ance, O. This gives the concern about 
thirty houses playing low price attrac- 
tions. 



"TROLLEY CAR CIRCUIT" ADDITIONS. 

The Electrograph Company, which re- 
cently added New Brighton, Staten Island, 
to its chain of popular priced moving pic- 
ture and vaudeville theatres in the vicinity 
of New York, has annoinced its intention 
of adding two more houses to the string. 
They are at Nyack, N. Y., and Provi- 
dence, R. I. 

This is the concern's first venture into 
New England territory, over which B. F. 
Keith or his connections has held sway in 
the moving picture business. The addi- 
tion of the two towns mentioned gives 
the Electrograph people control of nine 
such places, all playing five acts weekly 
with a moving picture reel between each 
vaudeville number. The houses are booked 
through the New York Vaudeville Con- 
tracting Company. 



Whittle, the ventriloquist, his wife and 
son (Lloyd) set forth for England on 
May 21, opening at Bradford on June 1. 
From there, Whittle goes to the Coliseum, 
London. They return to New York on 
August 25. 



Edythe Chappelle (Mrs. Tim McMahon) 
is playing in "The Pullman Porter Maids" 
at Hammerstein's this week. 



The Robert! Four are now called "Pearl 
Elaine Roberts and Company." A new 
one act comedy is being written for them 
by Edgar Selden. 



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VARIETY 




London, May 2. 
The Camden Theatre, after a week's 
closure for alterations and repairs, opens 
next Monday, May 4, for the London The- 
atre of Varieties (Gibbons). A company 
with $100,000 capital has been formed to 
acquire the Empire, Bristol, from 13. Pearce 
Lucas. — It is rumored Moss -S toll have 
bought a site for a house in York. — There is 
a general shaking up in the Gibbons list of 
managers; the two Marners have left at 
Holborn and Putney, and Normand Salmon 
at Balham. Some changes are also ex- 
pected in the opposition syndicate halls. 
"Ginger Girl" Anna Doherty is on early 
at London Pavilion, following at the Royal 
Standard and Hammersmith. The Grand 
Theatre, West Hartlepool, opens May 4 
as a music hall under agent Harry Burns. 



J. Sachs, of the Johannesburg New Al- 
hambra Music Hall Syndicate, Limited, is 
in London at Morley's Hotel. One won- 
ders if their new house, which opens in the 
autumn and seats 1,550, will have any 
dealings with the Cape Town Tivoli, given 
up by the Hymans on June 30 next. Their 
Cape Town bookings will be transferred 
to Durban, one of the brightest towns in 
South Africa, on Port Natal harbor, East 
Coast. Hyman artists will still get off 
at Cape Town and entrain for Johannes- 
burg direct, two days' run. Their next 
stand, Durban, will be twelve hours' run, 
and on closing they will take a boat 
which commonly makes Cape Town by 
the Wednesday following, connecting for 
return to England. 



George La Place, a well known comedian 
of Liverpool, and a man who speaks sev- 
eral languages and is versatile in a way, 
is about to lose his eyesight entirely, the 
doctors say. The Benevolent Fund will do 
its best for him. — The Metropolitan, which 
closes tonight for repairs, will be several 
months in reconstruction, and almost re- 
built. 



Frederic Mouillot, partner of Walter 
De Frece and erstwhile best known as a 
dramatic man, says more people are now 
going to music halls than ever, but thinks 
there are too many at that. He thinks 
the conversion of theatres to music halls 
has made it better for what theatres re- 
main. He notes that a few years ago 
London had thirty-three suburban thea- 
tres, where now it has thirteen. Music 
halls have a great advantage in being 
mostly modern structures. Before the 
South African war Mr. Mouillot had four- 
teen theatres, now four. He has turned 
five theatres to hippodromes, and got out 
of another five. He says with amusing 
frankness, "I don't mind acknowledging 
that I was as nearly 'broke' as a man 
could be, but I got through with the help 
of a sudden determination to 'Hippo'." 



Two very remarkable birds are due at 
the Hippodrome next Monday, an Indian 
paraquet called "Cuckoo," and a South 
American parrot called "Laura," who sus- 
tain conversations in English, French and 
German, and ask and answer questions 
instead of merely talking by rote. 



tion period America bids fair to be much 
in evidence. At the Palace, Knowles re- 
ceives a thunderous welcome nightly. 
Later on he will lecture. — Julian Rose is 
in a happy environment at the Pavilion, 
the hall being just large enough to admit 
of close eye-shot and ear-shot. — Paul 
Barnes, whose "Good-bye, Dolly, I Must 
Leave You/' got on all the organs here, 
proves a nimble-tongued raconteur. — 
Charles Kenna opens May 11 at the 
Argyle, Birkenhead, a ferry fare from 
Liverpool. — The Five Mowatts are at 
Leed's Empire and their London hit 
is being continued provincially. — Charles 
T. Aid rich tops Shepherd's Bush Theatre; 
he has a great following here. — Barton 
and Ashley bottom the same bill. 



The Hippodrome is scoring with "The 
Volcano." At Croydon the New Royal, 
dramatic, has turned twice nightly as the 
Croydon Hippodrome. Croydon is a suburb 
ten miles from London Bridge and already 
has the splendid Croydon Empire (Gib- 
bons) . 



George Bastow, a really unique come- 
dian who has been absent from the halls 
for a year on account of his health, but is 
now fully recovered, has just been mar- 
ried at Maidstone to Ruth Lytton. 



Some agitation concerning agents is 
brewing, Richard Warner writes "The 
Referee," saying that out of the 10 per 
cent, commission agents must pay from 
one-quarter to one-half for the privilege 
of doing business (percentage splitting). 
He defends the much hated "return com- 
mission" clause and says that with his 
office it is only taken out in the first in- 
stance. 



Chirgwin runs his pierrot enterprise 
again this season and will open at Happy 
Valley, Southend, June 6. Bostock's 
"Jungle" at Earl's Court will probably be 
the biggest menagerie we have seen for 
many a day, though with animals in 
simulated woods. His department of pub- 
licity has already been losing and recap- 
turing animals, London papers taking 
kindly to the idea. 



The Royal County Theatre at Kingston 
has just announced that it will close soon 
and run variety till September, after 
which it will run dramatics till panto- 
mime, after which variety again. This 
alternating idea is being adopted at many 
theatres. 



Regarding that nuisance — non-confirma- 
tion of contracts — Manager J. L. Graydon 
says the artist's contention is right, and 
he refers to this clause in his contract 
form, "In the event of no confirmation of 
this contract being sent within fourteen 
days of the date hereof, the artist shall 
consider his or her signature null and 
void. 



From now right on through the exhibi- 



Annie Elliott, of the Elliotts and Savo- 
nas, has been married to Edward Saul, of 
the Ettenas, at Southport. — Mr. Fred 
Earl's wife has presented him with a 
daughter. 



GERMAN NOTES. 

Berlin, April 30. 
Circus Schumann closed the season 23ra 
and opened in Vienna 25th, where it 
remains about six weeks, then goes to 
Frankfurt for about a month, then Sche- 
vening, the beautiful seaside place near 
Hague, Holland, where it has a permanent 
building and does good business. 



The Wintergarten is doing good busi- 
ness again after having a dull six weeks. 
It closes about the middle of June 
and reopens in August. Its program 
is the following: Ferry Corwey, musi- 
cal; The Three Braggs, acrobats; Ada 
Pagini, violiniste; Ivan Tschernoff, ani- 
mals; John and Louis Boiler, cyclists; 
Selma Braaz, juggler; May de Sousa, 
American singer; Mill man Trio (Ameri- 
cans), wire; Enlonboltas, aerial; Hage- 
dorn's Fountain and pictures. 



Circus Sidoli is doing good business at 
the Crystal Palace, Leipzig. There is a 
good program, containing some first-class 
vaudeville turns, which no doubt draws 
the people. 



Pisiuti, the bareback rider, had a nasty 
fall last Monday during his performance 
at Circus Sidoli. He was doing a carrying 
act with his sister when they lost their 
balance, falling together to the ground. 
He tried to save the girl, hurt his knee 
and had to be carried from the ring. 



Campbell and Barber are doing a good 
cycle act. They finished to-day at Ro- 
nacher's, Vienna. 



Carl Mertens, manager of "Das Pro-. 
gramm," is about to resign for a much 
better position in a different line. 



The "Veroan" troupe of cyclists are 
making a big hit at the Central Theatre, 
Magdeburg. They go to Geneva, Switzer- 
land, from there. 



The weather is growing fine now and 
the beer gardens are commencing to paint 
the tables and chairs. 



The Artist Lodge has rented the Wal 
halle Theater for June 13, when a big show 
will be given, the takings to go to the 
Poor Fund. 



AMERICANS ABROAD. 

The Marinelli New York office announces 
these bookings for Europe the coming 
summer: 

Rock and Fulton open Palace, London, 
July 6, for two weeks; Tom Nawn and 
Company, Alhambra, London, in July for 
eight weeks (sailing from Philadelphia 
July 11); Okabe Japanese Troupe, Em- 
pire, London, June 1 for eight weeks; 
I fallen and Hayes opened at Empire, Mon- 
day, for eight weeks, and "That" Quartet 
and Capt. -George Auger and Company 
both take up a tour of the Moss-Stoll tour 
in England during June. 



SHOW CLOSES. 

Lexington, Ky., May 14. 
The Gem moving picture show which 
has been conducted on West Main Street 
for several months has closed its doors 
and the proprietor, William Myers, has 
gone back to Indianapolis. M-. Myers 
found the field in Lexington too full of 
the same enterprises. 



PARIS NOTES. 

By EDWARD G. KENDREW. 

Paris, May 4. 
Among the halls doing the best business 
at present appears to be the Apollo, this 
being a somewhat new establishment with 
an attractive feature to foreigners. The 
Apollo is a house where the usual vaude- 
ville program is followed by a dance. The 
orchestra floor is turned completely over 
by machinery, the reverse side being a 
well waxed ballroom flooring. This change 
is always watched with great interest. - 



The star number is Mayol, who gives 
no less than eight songs in a string. The 
most sensational item is in the wordless 
play, "La Chair" (The Flesh). This queer- 
ly named piece is so called from its situa- 
tion. The furiously jealous lover is in the 
act of killing his faithless companion, 
when she disarms his maniacal passion, as 
she stands before him, by suddenly throw- 
ing open the long gown which envelops 
her and exposing»herself nude before his 
eyes. The effect of this startling resource 
is to cause the man to stay his uplifted 
hand, sink to his knees in sudden peni- 
tence and remorse, which enables the 
woman to escape. The expression "nude" 
now requires perhaps modification, as 
owing to the protests of M. Beranger, who 
is the Paris Anthony Comstock, although 
much less virulent, the authorities have 
insisted on a certain amount of drapery 
being worn/ 



A rather good story comes from Rome, 
which recalls the verse of "What's in a 
name?" A pretty comic singer bears the 
title of Mary delle Vail, which is so simi- 
lar in pronunciation to that of the Papal 
Secretary of State that she has been 
asked to change it. This Mary has flatly 
refused to do, stating that she is now 
well known, and if she is deprived of her 
proper name she will suffer great prejudice 
and material loss in obtaining engage- 
ments. The police have even interfered, 
but the chanteuse holds firm, although she 
suffers somewhat in the delivery of her 
mail, she receiving some episcopal corre- 
spondence while the Cardinal has been re- 
cipient of packages of comic ditties sent 
for Mary to create. 



Yvette Guilbert has given an opinion to 
a journal as to what she would wish to be 
if she could live her life over again. The 
divette wrote: "If I could begin again I 
should like to be a preacher to the com- 
mon people — a lay nun! I would found a 
school of philosophers and teach wisdom 
and modesty.' 



M 



A group of vaudeville artists were in- 
jured in a tramway accident near Paris 
on April 22 while returning from a subur- 
ban resort, where they had appeared in 
the open air as actors for cinematograph 
purposes. They had gone through all 
sorts of antics for the photographers and 
sustained all kinds of "fake" accidents, 
yet when something real did occur the 
camera was lacking. Victor Welsch, an 
athlete, whose stage name is Victorius, 
unfortunately had several fibs fractured — 
and nothing to show for it. 



"The Greeters," a social organization 
composed of the hotel clerks of New 
York City, will tender itself a benefit at 
the Herald Square Theatre on Sunday, 
May 24. 



VARIETY 



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MOVING PICTURE NEWS AND REVIEWS 



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MORE FILM CASES FORBIDDEN. 

Chicago, May 14. 

In reviewing the case brought against 
the Kleine Optical Co. by the EdisoijHSo., 
Judge Kohlsaat, in the United States Cir- 
cuit Court, on Monday ordered that no 
more similar suits be brought until the 
one at issue had been passed upon by the 
court. The case is under advisement by 
Judge Kohlsaat now. 

In the application made before the same 
Justice by the Kleine Co., petitioning an 
injunction restraining Edison from bring- 
ing a multiplicity of suits under the Edi- 
son film patents, argument was postponed 
for two weeks. 

A meeting of the local Film Rental As- 
sociation members was held at the offices 
of the Selig Polyscope Co. this week. 
General business conditions were debated. 



FURTHER DISCUSSION OF RATES. 

The members of *lie Film Service Asso- 
ciation were all in Chicago this week, at- 
tending the court proceedings. Percy L. 
Waters, treasurer, was not able to leave 
his business, and was absent from the 
meetings of the committee in the Western 
city. 

Several conferences were held with the 
manufacturers. From what could be 
learned in New York, they had mostly to 
do with a further discussion of the prac- 
tice of certain Association members under- 
selling the Buffalo minimum schedule. 

It was determined to turn all this busi- 
ness over to the Edison Manufacturing 
Company, in accordance with a recent 
Association announcement. It is said that 
the Association Executive Committee has 
a mass of evidence against renegade mem- 
bers, and that within a very few days 
"something will drop." 



PATHE RETURNS TO PARIS. 

Charles Pathe, of Pathe Fibres, returned 
to Paris last week after a short visit 
here. During his stay he was instru- 
mental in bringing about a change in the 
Edison Manufacturers' prices. The pre- 
sumption is that this move was designed 
to force a cut in the prices to American 
exhibitors of foreign films by other 
makers. 



CHICAGO FILM NOTES. 

Chicago, May 14. 
The Aiidome Amusement Company will 
build an Airdome at Zack and Tampa 
Streets, Tampa, Fla., for moving picture 
shows. 



A new picture theatre will be opened 
at 276 State Street by Jones Z. Schaefer. 



A new picture show opened in the Hague 
building, Huntington, Ind., by the Reno 
Theatre Company. 



The old Bijou Theatre, Kalamazoo, 
Mich., will hereafter be devoted exclusive- 
ly to moving pictures. John Eberson is 
the owner. 



A. N. Waters, manager of the Lyric, 
Greensboro, N. C, has purchased two 
moving picture shows from J. A. Snider 
and will operate them in conjunction with 
the Lyric. 



GOVERNMENT CONFISCATES FILM. 

Chicago, May 14. 

A number of films showing the methods 
by which counterfeit coins are made have 
been confiscated by the United States 
authorities. 

The exhibition of such films is con- 
sidered a violation of the Federal laws 
covering counterfeiting. It is said a num- 
ber of the films were taken by secret ser- 
vice men. 



PATHE FRERES WIN. 

London, May 4. 

The action brought by Fred Karno to 
restrain Pathe Freres, the French firm of 
moving picture manufacturers, from re- 
producing Karno's "The Mumming Birds" 
as a series, has been decided against 
Karno. 

Justice Jelf, of the King's Bench, who 
handed down the decision, lately attended 
a special exhibition at '.he Oxford Music 
Hall. 



"SUNDAY" CASE DECIDED. 

The decision of the Appellate Division 
of the Supreme Court in the moving pic- 
tures cases was handed down last week. 
It gave no new construction to the ex- 
isting laws, and merely stated that a 
court of equity had no proper jurisdic- 
tion over the police in the matter. 

The decision really amounted to a state- 
ment that if the police injured a citizen 
through an unlawful act, the recourse 
was in a suit for damages. 

The present status of the Sunday shows 
has not been altered by the judicial opin- 
ion, but it is improbable injunctions will 
be issued hereafter restraining the police 
from interference with theatrical per- 
formances. 



LUBIN'S DOUBLE POSITION. 

There is a good deal of frankly ex- 
pressed criticism in the moving picture 
trade at what renters consider the unfair 
tactics of Sigmund Lubin, the Philadelphia 
manrufacturer. It was recently announced 
that he was extending the exhibition de- 
partment of his business by the addition 
of pretentious houses, and the renters and 
exhibitors are asking themselves whether 
the pledge of the Buffalo convention, that 
manufacturers would stand cleaT of the 
exhibition business, has been declared 
inoperative. 

No concerted action against Lubin's en- 
croachments has yet been started, owing 
partly to the fact that there are other 
and larger questions pressing the atten- 
tion of the exhibitor, renter and manu- 
facturer, but it is certain that the Phila- 
delphia man will be called upon in the 
not distant future to explain his dual 
position. 



TENT SHOW FOR ABROAD. 

American moving picture exhibitors will 
carry the new tent idea abroad next fall, 
the Southern Moving Picture Company 
having arranged to take its show into 
Cuba in September. The outfit begins its 
road season today in Deep Creek. Va. 
From there it will move through North 
Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsyl- 
vania and northern New York. The show 
is the property of Clark, Abacco & Flynn. 



"Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm." 
Unique. 

The newest Edison product is another 
well constructed comedy film. The young 
business man is shown getting to his of- 
fice from his suburban home half an hour 
late to the disgust of his employer. He 
promises to offend no more, and provides 
himself with the loudest alarm clock 
money can buy. But all to no purpose. 
In desperation he arranges with a friend 
to work an infallible system. Tying a 
rope about his wrist he lets the other end 
down through the window, the friend 
agreeing to pull upon it until the sleeper 
comes to the window and announces that 
he is thoroughly awakened. But instead 
of the accommodating friend, a wayfaring 
"souse" discovers the rope dangling from 
the window. He ties it to a milk wagon, 
and the late sleeper is dragged through 
the streets at the tail end of the milk- 
man's chariot. The wagon is stopped 
after a chase and the suburbanite, badly 
battered, but determined that he will be 
on time at the office, proceeds to the city, 
entering the office at 5 o'clock. The film 
has a good, up-to-date humorous applica- 
tion, and is very well presented. Rush. 



"Mother's Crime." 
Unique. 

This is a Vitagraph product. Why an 
American concern should feel the neces- 
sity of adding to the sum total of gloomy 
subjects in the market when so many 
European manufacturers are working to 
the same end is not easy to understand. 
There is no excuse for such a thing as 
"Mother's Crime." The story is trite. A 
young girl is shown dying in a poverty- 
stricken hovel, attended only by her aged 
mother. The doctor and landlord take 
their last penny, and the old woman is 
forced to steal to pay for medicine. She 
is caught and arrested, but word reaches 
the courtroom that the girl is dying, and 
the mother is allowed to return to the 
deathbed. The final scene shows the death 
of the girl with harrowing realism, and 
the picture ends with the surrender of 
the mother to her grief. The effect of 
the film is guaranteed to kill all cheer- 
fulness on the spot, and give the most in- 
vincible optimist a two days' fit of melan- 
choly. Rush. 



"Natural Voice Talking Pictures." 

Company of Seven. 

Arcade Theatre, Newark, N. J. 

The idea is to have a capable company 
behind the screen and take up the cue as 
each character comes in view. The talk 
is in a natural voice instead of the phono- 
graphic device. The company is headed 
by Stephen Clarkson and Marie Bel ford, 
John Killcullen, John Corso, Frank Hut- 
ler, Florence Condon and Lillian Dean. 

Joe (fllryan. 



The moving picture theatre at Bridge- 
port, W. Va., is now owned by Tschappot 
& Hillingsworth. 



The Arcadia, Jackson, Tenn., has been 
secured by J. M. Clark, who will play 
moving pictures and vaudeville. 



ANOTHER FILM BATTLE. 

The pending action of the Edison Man- 
ufacturing Company against Eberhart 
Schneider, film maker of 109 East 12th 
Street, was up for argument in the United 
States Circuit Court for the Southern 
District of New York yesterday. This 
litigation, brought to prevent the manu- 
facture and sale of films by Schneider, 
has been hanging fire for several years, 
but now it is apparent that it will be 
pushed. Schneider's affidavit, placed be- 
fore the court yesterday, demands some 
immediate action. 

Schneider claims that the Edison peo- 
ple are holding back the determination of 
the matter at issue and asks that the 
court proceed immediately to pass upon 
the points at issue. 

Although this does not appear in the 
papers filed in the Edison vs. Schneider 
litigation, the defendant (Schneider) 
claims to have certain patents, which if 
offered in court might somewhat compli- 
cate the tangle of legal issues already 
raised in the film situation. 

He holds letters patent No. 666,396, 
covering an apparatus for the printing of 
positive films from negatives by means 
of an attachment which brings them into 
exposure to the light with an intermittent 
motion. He claims that his patent covers 
the art of the printing machine and de- 
clares that all the moving picture posi- 
tives being printed here and abroad are 
produced by a printing machine which is 
in interference with his patent rights. 

The Schneider patents are understood 
to have once been offered to the Edison 
people for purchase. 

Another view of the new complexion 
which Schneider's action puts on the suit 
is that he hopes to block the Edison 
company in their actions against certain 
independent film users in Chicago, one 
of whom recently permitted a suit against 
him to go by default. 

The New York man's own explanation 
is contained in the following excerpt from 
his affidavit submitted to the court yes- 
terday: 

"The Edison Film re-issued patent, 
which is the one here in suit, relates, as 
I understand, to negative films. I am a 
manufacturer of negative films, and also 
print positives for use in motion picture 
apparatus, and these positives are sold 
generally to the trade through the 
United States. These positive films are 
produced in printing machines which are 
intermittently in action. The printing 
machines are subject of letters patent 
which I own. The business I have con- 
ducted without interruption ever since the 
suit was brought and for some time pre- 
vious to its bringing. Until recently the 
owner of the patent did not bring any 
suits against users of positive films, being 
contented to sue the manufacturer of 
negative films to which the patent re- 
lates. 

"During the past two months, however, 
this policy has been changed and a large 
number of suits have been brought against 
the theatres wherein positive films were 
exhibited. Coupled with the bringing of 
these suits has been an extensive adver- 
tisement of them. The bringing of these 
suits and making of these public an- 
nouncements tends greatly to injure my 
trade by frightening the users, who are 
usually people of limited means, and tends 
to force th«>m to cease purchasing their 
films from me and to buy them from Mr. 
Edison or thou* affiliated with him." 



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VARIETY 



PARKS AND FAIRS 



Chattanooga's Olympia Park opened 
May 10. 



Edgewood Park, Charleston, W. Va., 
opened on Friday last. 



Sans Souci Park, Chicago, opens May 
23, under the management of Leonard H. 
Wolf. 



May 17 is the opening date of Oak Sum- 
mit Park, Evansville, Ind. Charles Sweeton 
it manager. 



Forest Park, Biloxi, Miss., opened May 
1 to large crowds. Vaudeville is the prin- 
cipal feature. 



Electric Park, Montgomery, Ala., opened 
May 10. It is operated by the local trac- 
tion company. 



Livingston Park, Jackson, Miss., opened 
last week. Livermore Park, Maquoketa, 
la., opened May 15. 



Mozart Park, Wheeling, W. Va., opened 
last week, the date having been post- 
poned from May 2. 



"Coney Island, 1 ' the Fillmore Street 
amusement resort, San Francisco, opened 
for the season May 2. 



William Morris' Chicago office has the 
booking of vaudeville for the Casino at 
"White City," Chicago. 



H. J. Carson and John Fickle have 
leased Woodland Park, Hebron, Ind., and 
will convert it into an amusement re- 
sort. 



"White City," Toledo, opens under new 
management this month. The concern 
which controls the park is known as the 
White City Company. 



The Mid- Western Amusement Company 
is building an Airdome in Joplin, Mo., at 
the corner of John and Allen Streets. 
Seating capacity, 1,200. 



"White City," Atlanta, Ga., opened May 
4. A skating rink and swimming pool are 
the additions since last season. A $10,000 
carousal is being completed. 



Simpson and Le Comte of New York, 
have leased the amusement privileges, and 
secured other concessions at Electric Park, 
Fort Smith, Ark., which opens May 21. 



The Electric Park Amusement Com- 
pany secured the Arcade equipment at 
Ferguson Park, Waterloo, la., and will 
move it to Electric Park for the summer. 



Ingersoll Park, Des Moines, opens 31. 
"White City," Memphis, starts the sea- 
son May 18. Both will play vaudeville, 
booked through the Western Vaudeville 
Association. 



Vaudeville will be the principal feature 
at the Lake Michigan Park pavilion, Mus- 
kegon, Mich., this summer. A new theatre 
will also probably be built, according to 
Frank W. Bryce, manager of the Bijou, 
and general manager of the Michigan 
Vaudeville Association. 



Glendale Park, Nashville, Tenn., opens 
in June with vaudeville supplied by Walter 
J. Plimmer. 



Chester Park, Cincinnati, opened for 
the season May 3. New features this 
season are "The Tickler," "The Battle 
Royal," "The Cairo Skating Rink," and 
"Nut College." 



Luna Park, Seattle, is now undergoing 
many improvements. About $15,000 will 
be spent, according to W. Friedenburg, 
secretary of the Seattle Park Company, 
which owns the park. 



T. W. Shelton, of the Fort Wayne and 
Springfield Interurban Railway, Decatur, 
Ind., is organizing a stock company to 
furnish attractions for the park that is 
to be built on the line. 



G. W. Englebreth, of "Coney Island," 
Cincinnati, announces the completion of a 
new $10,000 summer theatre at the resort. 
It will open with Bryant's Minstrels and 
a strong vaudeville bill. 



Riverview Park, Chicago, opens May 23. 
The park has been greatly enlarged and 
beautified by the addition of architectural 
and woodland features. The first musical 
attraction will be Kryl and His Band. 



Rocky Glen Park, Moosic, Pa., opens 
May 30. Valley View Park in Inkerman, 
Pa., is already open, Alexander's Band 
having been giving concerts since Easter 
Sunday. "Luna" Park likewise opens its 
season on Decoration Day. 



Island Park, Easton, Pa., after im- 
provements, opens May 16. The "Pan- 
American Minstrels" will be the first at- 
traction. D. E. Seguine is again general 
manager, while ("Whitey") Moritz will 
be stage manager at the Casino. 



The Airdome Company, which will build 
an open air theatre at Knoxville, Tenn., 
for this summer, proposes to give the 
Southern inhabitants one of the most 
complete edifices of its kind in the city. 
The place will seat about 1,500 people. 



The National Park Amusement Com- 
pany, a newly organized concern in New 
York, opens its first amusement place 
tonight (Saturday), when Island Park, 
Easton, Pa., begins its season. Walter J. 
Plimmer booked in the vaudeville attrac- 
tions. 



Sie Hassan Ben Ali is in Europe making 
up an acrobatic troupe for "Dreamland," 
Coney Island. It will be composed of 
Arabs and a motley collection, billed as 
members of the Arabian bandit Raisuil's 
band. Some of the people collected for 
the local exhibition have been playing in 
London. 



The Seventh Regiment Band will in- 
augurate the concert season at "White 
City," Chicago, to-day (May 16). It is 
a local organization. Among the new at- 
tractions this season are Margaret John- 
son, champion female swimmer; Shall mar, 
Van Vrankin's Equijoe. . Circus Maxim's 
Living Pictures, and "The Social Whirl," 
a new sensational riding device. 



GIRGUS NEWS. 






Dan Vernon, an old circus agent, died 
Sunday in Cincinnati, where he had gone 
to join the John Robinson Shows for the 
coming season. He was taken ill with 
typhoid fever shortly after his arrival 
and did not accompany the show when it 
left its home city. Vernon was 64 years 
of age and was born in Morocco, North 
Africa, the son of a Moroccan government 
official and an English woman. He came 
to this country twenty-five years ago and 
followed the stage as an opera singer, 
minstrel and actor. Later, he joined the 
John Robinson Shows and acted as ad- 
vance agent of that organization for ten 
years. "Gov." John Robinson met Vernon 
in New York this spring and learning that 
he had no plans for this summer invited 
him to return to his old post. 



In Western Pennsylvania nowadays one 
may see nothing but circus "paper" 
adorning the dead walls and sides of barns. 
The Ringling Brothers', Cole Brothers', 
Hagenbeck-Wallace, Buffalo Bill's and 
Barnum-Bailey have their opposition bri- 
gades operating in that section just now, 
telling the natives all about the respec- 
tive attractions. 



Meadville, Pa., May 14. 
This town is well billed for the Hagen- 
beck- Wallace and Barnum-Bailey circuses. 
The first will show here May 25, and "The 
Big Show" on July 1. Barnum-Bailey's 
oppositon brigade has already come and 
gone. 



After being confined to his home in 
Jersey City for several weeks by illness, 
Gil Robinson is now about again. 



"The Leamy Ladies," which opened 
with the Barnum-Bailey Circus at the 
Madison Square Gutden leoently, will re- 
turn to Blackkool, England, in about a 
week. The act could not play under can- 
vass, owing to the nature of it. Mr. 
Leamy, the head of the number, is a 
Syracuse, N. Y., man by birth, and still 
has relatives in that city. 



Buffalo, N. Y., May 14. 
Gov. Hughes has been invited to touch 
the button on the opening night of the 
Country Circus, that will open at Con- 
vention Hall week of June 8. This prom- 
ises to be one of the largest affairs that 
have taken place in western New York in 
some time. The Knights of Pythias will 
have the circus in charge, and White 
Tops will have to hustle to compete with 
the array of circus talent that will ap- 
pear. 



Chicago, May 14. 
The American Hippodrome, composed of 
diversified circus and vaudeville acts, will 
hold forth at the Coliseum, Chicago, for 
two weeks beginning December 12. F. M. 
Barnes, the Chicago agent, is the promoter 
and general manager of the enterprise. 
The engagement will be under the auspices 
of the Mystic Shriners. It is proposed to 
take the show on the road for twenty 
weeks, playing all the large cities of the 
Middle West. The program so far ar- 
ranged is divided in twelve displays and 
includes among the acrobatic and eques- 
trian numbers, Orrin Davenport, Emma 



Stickney, Kishizuma Japanese Troupe, 
Wheeler and Rosey, The Larnesses, OUia 
Jaxon, James Dutton, Lew Sunlin, Flora 
Dutton, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hobson, 
Mile. Azora, Orrin and Bedini, Ames and 
Feathers, Mae Dutton, Ramza and Arno, 
Prof. Barnum, Nelson Family, Steve and 
Francis, Flying Alvos. 



Five hundred and ninety people are on 
the payroll of the "101 Ranch" show this 
year. The equipment, conservatively esti- 
mated, is as follows: 372 head of stock, 
80 mules for draft work, 18 head of oxen 
for transport purpose, 80 Indians, 32 bron- 
co riders and 12 cow-girls, 16 head of 
steers. Twenty -seven cars are required 
for travel. The canvas covers a seating 
capacity of 7,000. The show has a span 
of mules for which $1,000 has been re- 
fused. 



"101 Ranch" shows in St. Louis Monday. 
Already the town has been heavily billed 
with advance paper announcing the com- 
ing of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" for 
June 18, and Monday the regular advance 
earful of bill posters arrives to handle 
further billing. "101 Ranch" has been 
billed for a week or more, but the Okla- 
homa contingent is handicapped more or 
less by the fact that Arlington has re- 
fused to agree to the Billposting Associa- 
tion's rules for this year. In Chicago this 
action on Arlington's part resulted in the 
non-appearance of a regularly posted sheet 
of "101" paper until the closing day of 
the Ringling show's engagement. It is 
understood that a complaint has been 
made on this score to the Association. 
"101" paper was not "cut out" m St. 
Louis. Up to date there has been no 
covering of opposition paper, Buffalo Bill 
holding the choice stands. 



Wheeling, W. Va., May 14. 
The Great Hagenbeck-Wallace Shows 
arrived here Sunday, and showed to two 
big audiences Monday. There were several 
hundred people turned away. This was 
the first circus of the season, and the 
independents were very lucky in getting 
here on the only two pleasant days in 
many weeks. The lot was very soft and 
had it rained Monday it would have been 
impossible to move the wagons. All their 
acts are very good and their trained ani- 
mals are the best ever seen here. Barnum 
& Bailey are billed to appear here soon. 



The annual clash between the circus 
advance agents and local Grand Army of 
the Republic posts over the granting of 
circus licenses for Decoration Day has 
been fought in half a dozen cities, with 
the usual result. The Barnum & Bailey 
outfit had trouble in Bridgeport, its winter 
home. The circus men finally won the 
day, and the show will be given according 
to its route. The Buffalo Bill show is 
due in Akron, O., where similar difficulty 
was experienced. Again the showmen 
carried their point. The veteran soldiers 
protest that the presence of a big show 
in their town interferes with their parade 
services. Against the opposition of the 
local militiamen Buffalo Bill has been 
granted a license for July 4 in Spring- 
field, Mass. The soldiers protested that 
the Wild West exhibition would interfere 
with their Independence Day parade. 



VARIETY 



13 



NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK j 

Initial Presentation, First Appearance or 
Reappearance in New York City. 

George Primrose, Fifth Avenue. 
"Eight Hoboes," Fifth Avenue. 
Daly and O'Brien, Pastor's. 
Mark and Laura Davis, Pastor's. 
Meta Clark, Pastor's. 
Prince Ishmadi and Company, Pastor's. 
Amy Stanley and "Picks," Henderson's, 
Coney Island. 
Pealson, Goldie and Lee, Henderson's. 



Mrs. Annie Yeamans. 

Monologue. 

xa Mins.; One. 

Keeney's. 

Those who are given to mourning that 
the player's is a thankless lot and that 
forgetfulness by a thoughtless public is 
the inevitable fate of the entertainer, 
have but to see "the grand old lady ot 
the stage," who is making a vaudeville 
reappearance this week, to be convinced 
of their error. Her warm hearted greet- 
ing by the Keeney audience wa3 a fine bit 
of sentiment. Mrs. Yeaman's monologue 
is a collection of semi-personal patter, 
punctuated with little stories and bits of 
cheerful, confidential philosophy. For all 
her years (it is whispered Mrs. Yeamans 
is 72) she is an indefatigible worker, fin- 
ishing her offering with a song, and a 
pretty little dance of positively youthful 
exuberance. Even in the "No. 2" place 
at Keeney's, Mrs. Yeamans scored a solid 
success. ' Rush. 



( NEW AGTO OP THE WEEK ) 



Pleasant and Newburg. 
"The Undertaker" (Comedy). 
1 8 Mins.; Four (Interior). 
Pastor's. 

Walter Pleasant and Bijou Newburg are 
apparently strangers hereabouts. They were 
on so early in the bill that hardly any- 
body was present to watch the sketch, 
"The Undertaker," quite good in parts. 
An undertaker (Mr. Pleasant) with 
"white light" instincts has left his place 
of business for a trip along Broadway. 
Before leaving, he discarded his sombre 
garments, resembling a man of lively pro- 
clivities in dress. His office boy catches 
him on the way with a message he is de- 
manded immediately at Miss Society's 
(Bijou Newburg) apartments. Arriving 
there, with his business instinct aroused, 
he gently inquires as to the departed, but 
only hinting at the coming period of 
mourning, in view of Miss Society's high 
spirits, which he finds himself unable to 
join or understand. Miss Society, who 
believes he is a noted author, whom her 
maid was instructed to call by 'phone, to 
hear the first chapter of a book she is 
writing, thinks he is non-committal and 
cold, through the well-known self-con- 
sciousness of all authors who drop into 
the limelight. Dialogue follows until the 
undertaker, unable to stand the levity 
longer in the possible presence of a de- 
ceased one, abruptly brings the interview 
to a close by asking if he shall send for 
"the wagon." The writer of the piece is 
not given, but it forms a nice sketch, and 
was capably played, deserving a better 
position. Sime. 



Cole and Johnson and Company (7). 
Comedy Singing Sketch. 
23 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Colonial. 

Certain excerpts from "The Shoo Fly 
Regiment," in which they have lately 
been starring, have been thrown together 
into a loose arrangement for the vaude- 
ville reappearance of the colored pair. 
The point of chief interest in their present 
vehicle is that it brings Cole forward in 
a comedy part again, a distinct improve- 
ment over the old severely straight offer- 
ing. The opening is stretched out some- 
what, and this scene could be condensed 
with profit. Also the presence of six 
colored girls could be dispensed with ad- 
vantageously and the comedy passages 
between the pair "fattened." Johnson's 
piano playing was very well liked, al- 
though his selection was perhaps not the 
most fortunate. A couple of songs with 
unlimited "rag" possibilities carried the 
act through beyond question of success, 
the fate of the number hanging in the 
balance up to the time Johnson took his 
place at the piano. The songs, presum- 
ably from the Cole-Johnson musical piece, 
have a capital "coon" swing and the pair 
worked them to the limit, even to the 
use of a small "pick" planted in the gal- 
lery, who sang a chorus in a very agree- 
able voice. The finish is a military march 
verging toward a "patriotic number," prob- 
ably a finale from "The Shoo Fly Regi- 
ment." It is a stirring air, and the com- 
pany handled it well, but the uncalled for 
introduction of the American flag injured 
the effect. Ruth. 



Emma Janvier has had her opening date 
postponed until May 25. 



Phillips and Farlardouex. 

"Her First Rhearsal" (Comedy). 

2a Mins.; Four (Interior: Parlor). 

Pastor's. 

"Her First Rhearsal" is not a "bare 
stage" act, nor is it similar to "Her Last 
Rehearsal," a sketch in some vogue a few 
seasons back. Mr. Phillips is an actor 
in straitened circumstances, who sac- 
rifices his personal pride to obtain the 
wherewithal necessary for existence. To 
accomplish this end, he undertakes the 
tuition of an amateur (Miss Farlardouex), 
but gives up in disgust, offering to return 
the money paid for the services to be 
rendered. The amateur actress agrees 
that her instructor may hold the payment 
if he will kiss her, which he does, falling 
in a faint after the osculatory process, 
that fringing about the finale. During 
the piece Mr. Phillips gives impersona- 
tions of Joseph Jefferson as "Rip" and 
Richard Mansfield as "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. 
Hyde" in his own proper person. With- 
out the aid of costume or character make- 
up for the resemblance, Mr. Phillips passed 
very acceptably as "Rip," but his Mans- 
field imitation could more safely be left 
to his own creation of the dual personal- 
ity, Phillips' "Mr. Hyde" being excep- 
tionally well done, but without any famil- 
iar marks of Mansfield about it. Miss 
Farlardouex sang one song, and was gro- 
tesquely made up. The sketch could be 
considerably improved in dialogue and 
action. On early at Pastor's, no gauge 
of its reception could be gathered, though 
the individual merit of Mr. Phillips made 
itself apparent throughout. Sim*. 



Mary Fermier, William O'Clare and Seth 

Smith. 
"Kerry Courtship" (Comedy). 
18 Mins.; Four (Special Set: Exterior). 
Pastor's. 

The trio are presenting with the per- 
mission of Joseph Murphy (on the pro- 
gram), a scene from "Kerry Courtship." 
It is when Tim O'Ruddy (Mr. O'Clare) 
asks Patrick Drew (Mr. Smith) for the hand 
in marriage of his daughter (Miss Fer- 
mier). Tnc sketch is nicely set. Mr. 
O'Clare looks the young Irish happy-go- 
lucky, singing well a sweet song called 
"A Toast to Dear Old Erin," written by 
himself and carrying familiar strains of 
the popular Irish airs in it. Mr. Smith 
gave an excellent restrained performance 
of the elderly Hibernian who became 
reconciled to the loss of his only daugh- 
ter, and Miss Fermier as the daughter, 
while not prominent, fitted in nicely. The 
sketch is pleasing, and in the proper at- 
mosphere, would be well liked, although 
the comedy should be brought out more 
sharply, Sime. 



Billy "Swede" Hall and Jennie Colborn. 
"The Swede and the Happy Girl" (Come- 
dy), 
ao Mins.; Four (Interior; Parlor). 
Pastor's. 

The scene of the sketch introducing 
Billy "Swede" Hall and Jennie Colborn 
to metropolitan vaudeville is placed in 
the parlor of a suite at the Hotel Ryan, 
Minneapolis. There is a Hotel Ryan in 
either Minneapolis or St. Paul, but it is 
doubtful if the hostelry has a more cheer- 
ful looking apartment than the setting 
given at Pastor's this week. The wonder 
is how it was done. There was a bright 
fireplace; the walls were decorated with 
theatrical photos in plenty, with college 
emblems scattered about, and it was an 
occasion for the Pastor stage, although 
the green plush furniture had done duty 
for all kinds of acts, sentimental, knock- 
about and others, particularly the set- 
tee, which is humped up in the centre 
from hard usage. "The Swede and the 
Happy Girl" holds a thread of a story 
telling of a Swedish coal driver in search 
of payment for two tons of coal delivered, 
and who happens in the apartment of a 
vaudeville artiste in fear of dispossess 
for non-payment of a two weeks' board 
bill. She mistaking the Swede for the 
proprietor in the execution of a practical 
joke, gives the legitimate excuse for the 
foundation of the act. Mr. Hall makes 
something of his Swede. It is a char- 
acter capable of development as well as 
the Scottish and Italian types, which of 
late have grown popular. At one point in 
detailing his experiences after the manner 
of a monologist, Hall might have even 
gone farther with more talk. Miss Colborn, 
a very pretty girls, plays an actress without 
exaggeration, much to her credit, and 
sings a "coon"song excellently in a fash- 
ion all her own at the opening. The an- 
nouncement of it might be clipped; also 
the "straight" song brought in towards 
the finale — not logical or of the best in 
itself— could be replaced with another rag- 
time number preferably. The act should 
be shortened at least three minutes. It 
is a pleasing diversion in the big run of 
familiar farces about. Sime. 



Edward Esmunde and Company (3). 
"Old Pennypyncher." 

ao Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set, In- 
terior). 
Keeney's. 

It would be difficult to get a descriptive 
caption proper] .% to describe "Old Penny- 
pyncher." The program calls it a "Christ- 
mas fantasy," thereby avoiding making 
a record as to whether the intention is 
toward comedy or the dramatic. One i» 
divided in opinion on this point after 
witnessing the sketch, although at the 
last minute Mr. Esmunde tries to throw 
the balance to the comedy side. Up to 
this time the action had resolved itself 
into a monologue by the old miser with 
occasional interruptions by minor char- 
acters. The story tells of the reformation 
of Simeon Pennypyncher, an unmitigated 
skinflint. It is Christmas eve when John 
S. Strong comes to bid farewell to 
his Uncle Simeon, who has just returned 
from a journeythrough the snow to evict 
a cripple, and a widow with seven chil- 
dren who were in arrears with their rent. 
There is an c!d clock in the room, arounff 
which gathers a curious tradition. When 
it is wound u the owner must entirely 
change his nature for five minutes. Each 
five minutes he reverts to his real self, 
alternating until the clock stops. As he 
is then, so he must remain. Nobody 
had ever wound the clock up before and 
that's why old Pennypyncher was per- 
mitted to pursue his money grasping 
business without interruption all these 
years. But it is Christmas Eve and the 
housemaid, aided and abetted by John, 
winds the old timepiece up. Immediately 
the old miser becomes generous. He fairly 
throws his money away and generosity 
and good-will fairly ooze through his pores 
until the first five minutes are over. 
Then he becomes the miser again, and 
tries to get his benefactions back. This 
happens twice before the clock stops. 
But the last time Pennypyncher is do- 
ing a generosity lap, so everybody lived 
happily after. Aside from the silly de- 
vice of the clock, the sketch suffers from 
too much acting. Mr. Esmunde holds the 
centre of the stage for seventeen minutes 
without a break and he is acting to the 
limit of voice and gesture all the time. 
The sketch has no real climax to look 
forward to, and befo e it is half over 
it begins to weary, a weariness that is 
increased with each repetition of the 
miser-philanthropist transfiguration. Gene- 
vieve McCloud handled a slavey part 
very nicely, and Avery Breyer made a 
manly nephew, while Edward Weitzel, 
who wrote the sketch, appeared as a 
supernumerary for a minute or two. 

Rush. 



Rayney and Flexmore. 

Musical. 

16 Mins.; Three. 

Pastor's. 

Rayney and Flexmore are new prob- 
ably, and Flexmore is an Englishman. 
Rayney is an amateur — or he seems like 
one. The act is musical and acrobatic, be- 
sides having hat spinning with Flexmore 
in clown make-up, first coming on in long 
toed shoes. Flexmore, the sole comedian, 
seems capable, but hasn't a well laid out 
number, nor a capable "straight" to work 
with him. He will have to try all over 
again. Sime. 

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VARIETY 



GRAND THEATRE. 

"You would be surprised," said Sam 
Goldie, manager of the "Bon Tons," play- 
ing at the Grand Theatre this week, on 
last Wednesday evening, "at the number 
of good-looking and well-dressed girls liv- 
ing in this part of the town. They have 
your Broadway dames distanced," and 
Mr. Goldie felt of his face to find whether 
he had visited the barber that day as 
two young women calling forth his re- 
marks looked around the lobby. 

While Mr. Goldie was gauging his 
chances, one of the couple, a brunette in 
a "swell" tailormade, who was accom- 
panied by a swagger blonde, stepped up to 
the "Bon Tons'" manager, presenting her 
card, reading "Margie Hilton." 

Miss Hilton and her companion were 
the only excitement at the new house on 
the Eastern Wheel, lately opened under 
the auspices of the Columbia Amusement 
Co., although the program says "Rice & 
Barton Amusement Co., proprietors." 

Miss Hilton and Miss Blonde seemed to 
be greatly interested during the progress 
of the show in scanning the audience, and 
that's about the biggest feature at the 
Grand. The theatre is located on Grand 
Street, half way between the Bowery and 
Chrystie Street. Its full name is "Ad- 
ler's Grand Theatre," and it certainly is 
"grand" for Grand Street. There is 
enough gilt decorative material spread 
over it to ornament ten average houses, 
and it has been the East Side headquarters 
of "Yiddish" drama, principally enacted 
by Mr. Adler. 

The audience is "Yiddish" and Italian, 
. rpostly, and the greater majority of those 
present on Wednesday night were seated 
in the third and fourth balconies, where 
the admission is ten and five cents re- 
spectively. 

There is a "Yiddish" special policeman 
attached to the house, and the chorus girls 
think he's lovely, while the male princi- 
pals for diversion draw tlfe officer into an 
argument during breathing spells. 

There is an orderly or someone in au- 
thority in each of the balconies, and these 
officials apparently regulate the applause 
for encores by signals. One rap of a stick 
is threatening, but not conclusive. Two 
raps, sharply given, silences the plaudits, 
and ends all encores. 

Guy Rawson, the principal comedian of 
the show, claims that the occupants of 
the top gallery, are mostly pushcart 
merchants, who have left their places of 
business to rest for the small price of 
admission. During the entertainment 
thex talk "shop" upstairs, and the argu- 
ments wax hot, sometimes distinguish- 
able in the orchestra. 

Grand Street isn't yet educated to bur- 
lesque. Some of the "stuff" never goes 
over the footlights, but the Grand The- 
atre denizens easily understand tights. 
Any number involving the display of the 
figure was assured of considerable ap- 
plause. They also like singing, but don't 
grow enthusiastic over dialogue. 

In the opening scene of the piece, a 
j „ hotel office, Ben Pierce, as the clerk, em- 
ployed a "Yiddish" paper for a moment, 
but he must have picked the wrong one, 
for no "riot" ensued. The audience liked 
Mr. Pierce all the time, from his first bal- 
lad to the act in "one," and at the finale, 
staying with him even unto the "Chorus 
Girls' Contest," when he assisted Tiny 
Williams in a "Mechanical Doll" num- 
ber. 

Mr. Pierce is developing into a first class 



comedian. Always handling a part well, 
he is now making himself popular with 
singing, and his single act caught much 
applause, especially the final recitation, 
a play of words on titles, which could 
have hit the roof only in that house 
without a protest. 

The "Bon Tons" at the tail end of the 
season show up rather well when com- 
pared to some — and a great many — of the 
burlesque shows which have passed 
through the city. 

Lizette Howe has replaced Gladys 
Carlyle as "principal boy," although the 
program neglects to mention it. This is 
Miss Howe's first week, and she has yet 
to "work in," but on her appearance in 
the burlesque Lizette should do if she can 
sing when grown more accustomed. Anna 
Kelly sang Miss Oarlyle's former song in 
the afterpiece, and made it very agree- 
able, but the audience did not care for a 
"straight" number. 

They preferred the "Monkeyland" of 
Frances Clare's, which received five en- 
cores. That's going some for "Monkey- 
land." Miss Clare has subdued all her 
affectations, which were marring her work 
earlier in the season, and her voice seems 
to have improved greatly. At least, it is 
more pleasing, though the season's hard 
usage is against that result. 

She was quite the big favorite, and 
with her large equipment of handsome 
clothes, splendid facial makeup and spir- 
ited endeavors, wss entitled to the hon- 
ors. For wardrobe and makeup there is 
no soubrette who can overshadow Miss 
Clare. She is a big burlesque card. 

Mr. Rawson is the same unctuous com- 
edian, capable of pulling out a laugh any- 
where, and Harry Woods, as the Hebrew, 
has fitted nicely into his role, while Har- 
vey Green as a "straight" does very well. 

The show has been changed but little, 
and the olio remains the same. Minnie 
Cooke, as "Mazie, the Girl With the Red 
Mask," was the big hit of the vaudeville 
section. Rawson and Clare in "Just 
Kids" pulled through even, with the top 
galleries imminently threatening at any 
moment to break up the quiet, well-de- 
vised singing sketch. 

The numbers were well received, and 
although from reports every performance 
at the Grand Theatre had been likened 
to an "amateur night," what there was 
of an audience behaved admirably. 

Wednesday evening, the "Chorus Girls' 
Contest" was held, and Emily Miles won 
the first prize. But on merit Miss Miles did 
not deserve it. Somewhat of a handicap 
was given her through opening, and she 
had been forgotten at the finish, but on 
the "line-up," Miss Miles' pretty face 
won out against all odds. Emily is a 
very pretty girl, but either Nellie Cartner, 
who appeared in a graceful and well ex- 
ecuted skipping rope dance; Lillian 
Barker, "The Magnetic Little Blonde," 
who sang quite well; Anna Kelly, a male 
impersonator who should take it up as 
a vocation, and try to strengthen her 
voice, or Mazie Howard and Etta Good- 
ridge, a "sister" act, much better than 
many which have appeared in "Wheel" 
show3 this season, outpointed Miss Miles. 

Some of the girls played in their show 
costume, while others dressed for the act. 
Tiny Williams did a neat little "Me- 
chanical Doll" turn, handled by Mr. Pierce. 

Miss Barker was awarded the second 
prize, and the "sister" act third. For 
spontaneous applause, and "getting to" 



the audience, the Misses Howard and 
Goodridge were ahead of all the others. 

Sime. 



HAMMERSTEIN'S. 

Conditions at Hammerstein's this week 
resemble in a degree those that obtain 
at the Colonial in the circumstance that 
pretty heavy comedy values are packed in 
at the opening of the show, with rather 
quieter material to bring up the rear. 
This arrangement, while it was permitted 
to remain standing at the Colonial, forced 
a radical change in the frame-up of the 
bill at the Victoria. 

Cecelia Loftus, the headliner was moved 
up to No. 4 place after the first per- 
formance, exchanging positions with How- 
ard and Howard, who were then next 
to closing. There is no lack of enter- 
tainment in Miss Loftus' collection of 
characterizations, and it is entirely the 
fault of her selection of subjects that 
she is not received with quite the degree 
of warmth by her vaudeville audiences 
that her cleverness really warrants. She 
is a bit too fine in her choice for universal 
appreciation in the varieties. If all her 
mimicry were pitched in the same rollick- 
ing key as her Bert Williams bit, she 
would have no occasion to step aside for 
anyone. As it was, the shift was neces- 
sary to support the latter end of the 
show. 

The Howard boys in the next to closing 
place scored strongly. Their singing and 
talking offering has undergone considerable 
change since its former metropolitan 
hearing. Some of the old patter remains, 
but the pair have worked in a quantity 
of capital specialty matter that helps 
them immensely. One of their best bits 
now is a duet in imitation of a violin 
and 'cello, admirably done. The parody 
on "H-a-r-r-i-g-a-n" has turned out to be 
one of the neatest that local vaudeville 
audiences have heard, and it won tumultu- 
ous applause. 

The feature of the show is a new finish 
to the "Pullman Porter Girls" acts of 
McMahon and Chappelle. It is a novelty 
and one of the best closing arrangements 
yet shown by a girl act, if the McMahon- 
Chappelle turn may be so termed. In a 
quick transformation scene a swiftly mov- 
ing train is shown, with Tim McMahon 
racing to catch the back platform rail. 
A motor-driven treadmill keeps him with 
his outstretched hand just off the ob- 
jective point until the curtain, when he 
drags himself breathlessly aboard. A well 
devised and painted panoramic back- 
ground in motion gives the effect of speed 
with unusuai realism, but the quality 
that makes the bit instantly effective is 
its aptness to the comedy situation that 
has been skilfully but unobtrusively built 
up in the preceding dialogue. The situa- 
tion is neatly established and the well 
handled mechanical effects do the rest. 
Edyth Chappelle is back in the act for the 
first time in several months and gave 
her wonted smooth, graceful performance. 
A quantity of extremely effective new 
material brightens up the passages of 
conversation in "one." 

Edmund Hayes and Company give their 
old "Piano Mover" sketch without ma- 
terial change. Following upon a bill 
filled with comedy they did remarkably 
well, due to the very cleverly drawn char- 
acter of Spike Hennessy by Mr. Hayes. 
His wonderfully neat handling of the role 
robbed even the "mussy" scenes at the 



supper table of their offense and made 
them irresistibly funny. 

The Kitabanzai Japs are masters of 
the gentle art of jockeying their audi- 
ences. Their intentional slips are per- 
fectly placed to work up interest and 
their bits of faking are handled with 
consummate deftness. There is even a 
suspicion of conscious effort in their misses 
at the finish with the pedal juggling. 
Whether the misses were done with a 
purpose or not they worked up a vast 
deal of enthusiasm for the really strik- 
ing routine of "Risley" work which closes 
the turn. 

The others were Bert Earl, A. O. 
Duncan, with a quantity of new and 
timely patter, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Bar- 
ry, and Wood and Lawson who opened the 
show. Rush. 



FIFTH AVENUE. 

At the Fifth Avenue on Monday eve- 
ning the bill was ragged in its running 
during the early portion. There were 
several waits. After Dan Burke and his 
"School Girls" had "stalled" for three or 
four minutes for the setting of "The 
Operator" to be made, there was a wait 
of a minute longer, and this following the 
enforced opening of Ward and Curran in 
''one" (a ruinous start for them), with 
Hill and Sylviani, a sensational cycle num- 
ber to begin the program, together with 
the tu'penny thrillers in the sketch, looked 
for all the world at one time as though 
designed to spoil an excellent reading 
program. 

After a season when roughness and 
coarseness have been called "comedy," Mr. 
Burke and his clean, pretty number — a 
real variety act — blazed forth as what 
can be done to amuse in vaudeville with- 
out degenerating. Burke with his grace- 
ful dancing, the capable stage management 
which continually keeps the skirts of his 
young women swirling, and the girls 
themselves, make up as good a vaude- 
ville act from a production point of view 
as has been seen this season. It is much 
improved in the smooth running on this 
return trip. There is one girl, a brunette 
with an excellent singing voice, and an 
amount of personality dominating the 
stage, standing out so prominently the 
other young women are lost sight of. There 
isn't a manager or producer in vaudeville 
who could not secure a valuable point in 
one way or another from "Dan Burke and 
His School Girls." 

Ward and Curran pulled through well 
against the handicap with "The Terrible 
Judge," and they are entitled to any 
amount of credit for the record. Mr. 
Ward jockeyed nicely for his short stay 
in "one" to open, and finished strong in 
the same position. Mr. Curran caught the 
applause with the singing, and the act was 
a real go as "No. 2." 

Hill and Sylviani just drove themselves 
into the audience as the openers. It was 
a hard position, the act being of too much 
calibre to have been so placed, but their 
well executed work forced its merit. 

Now that Mr. Hill has found a cos- 
tume to replace his former tights, he 
should try to ride the wheel with his 
coat on, or have a specially made coat 
for that purpose. It doesn't seem neces- 
sary that anyone, excepting when playing 
a role demanding it, should ever remove 
a coat on the stage, excepting perhaps 
for business for a second or so. 

Hill and Sylviani should as well secure 
new music if the opening piece on Mon- 



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day night was their own orchestration. 
There is no reason why "dumb" acts should 
not have the latest and liveliest melodies, 
and sufficient could be carried not to in- 
terfere with any other turn. 

"The Operator" with its cheap melo- 
dramatics, inferior company, "tin pan" 
locomotive imitation and senseless prattle 
wasted fifteen valuable minutes. The best 
thing about the sketch was Jack Wilson's 
'kidding" of it afterwards. 

Jack Wilson and Company were the un- 
deniable hit of the show. Mr. Wilson 
kidded everything that had gone before 
him, including "The Love Waltz," and his 
comedy make-up with a "Merry Widow" 
headgear carrying a "Teddy Bear" while 
dressed as a "wench" was almost too funny 
to have been changed. 

Franklyn Batie had to repeat the chorus 
of "Sweetheart Days" twice, and his good 
singing was entitled to the recognition, 
made doubly noticeable following the 
operatic sketch. Ada Lane played bright- 
ly, and the entire act is in fine shape, 
Mr. Wilson keeping it current with new 
talk and matter. But if he should de- 
pend only on the "kidding" of previous 
turns, when the program position afforded 
the opportunity, it would be enough, it 
is curious that no act has been formed to 
just support itself by this thing alone. 

"The Love Waltz" has shortened its 
time by taking out a couple of numbers, 
running now 36 minutes, but it ought to be 
lessened still further. The piece shows 
to much better advantage from a dis- 
tance. Alex Baldwin and Florence Sylves- 
ter are entitled to the honors among the 
principals. The piece might have been 
built about them. 

Perhaps "The Love Waltz" has proven 
the fallacy of holding a number of this 
nature, without particular drawing power, 
at one house for four weeks. The house 
was by no means filled Monday evening. 

With some talk on "flirtation" and a 
pretty little song, "Germany" (new), Car- 
lin and Otto did very creditably, follow- 
ing the mirth dispelling "Operator," and 
Barnold's Dog and Monkey Circus fol- 
lowing the Wilson gale of laughter and 
applause put a splendid finish to a bill, 
the success of which was left hanging in 
the balance. Sime. 



COLONIAL. 

A steady succession of comedy numbers 
from "No. 2." until well past the inter- 
mission gave the two "straight" acts clos- 
ing the bill an almost impossible task to 
accomplish. In the arrangement of this 
week's bill the vaudeville axiom that the 
laughing values must be held for the latter 
end of a show seems to have been lost 
sight of. The wisdom of making shows 
up on that principle is amply demon- 
strated, for during the musical act of 
La Scala Sextet, next to closing, people 
were constantly moving out. The Casting 
Dunbars checked the exodus partly, but 
in a less degree the movement continued 
to the pictures. The fact that the comedy 
of the show was over with Eddie Foy's 
•exit undoubtedly contributed to this re- 
sult. The show would have run off more 
smoothly with the operatic singers on 
earlier, and a substantial comedy act in 
its place. 

Following all the other comedy num- 
bers and opening after the intermission 
besides Kelly and Kent scored roundly. 
There is never a suspicion of conscious 
-effort about their funniments, and the 
'humor is free from forced gagging. The 



talk is bright and fresh, and their method 
of delivering dialogue ingenuous and un- 
studied. The dance at the finish is a 
capital performance and the odd prize ring 
announcement, used as an encore, stands 
as one of the cleverest little burlesques 
to be seen in vaudeville. 

Eddie Foy followed upon what was 
probably the laughing hit of the show 
and his work was cut out for him. His 
finish has been changed about a hit and 
the action quickened somewhat through- 
out. The addition of a burlesque on Alice 
Lloyd's "mirror effect" and a new closing 
song aided the comedian immensely, and 
he left the stage to a really enthusiastic 
burst of applause. 

In the early part, The Musical Craigs 
did nicely with a pretty act. Some bet- 
ter song could be secured for their second 
number. The one now in use follows but 
poorly upon the "rag" arrangement that 
served excellently for an opening. The 
woman looks exceedingly well and handles 
herself gracefully, a detail to which her 
partner might well give his attention, 
particularly while at the dulcimer. The 
medley at the finish gave them a first 
rate close, and throughout they were called 
upon for encores frequently. 

The comedian of Wynn and Lewis is in 
the Tom McNaughton class as an original 
funmaker, whom he strongly resembles 
both in appearance and method, but the 
pair lapse at times into obvious gagging. 
The comedian has no need for "lines" in 
the sense of written dialogue. His clown- 
ing is much funnier than anything he 
can say. The hat tricks won substan- 
tial laughter, and a huge "Merry Widow" 
confection was a scream. 

Al Leech ventured a new joke or two 
hut for the most part his act was an oft 
repeated tale. His dance and the encore 
are about the only things in the number 
that have not outlived their usefulness. 
The dance particularly is good for as long 
as Leech wants to use it. The Elinore 
Sisters won their usual share of atten- 
tion with "The Actress and the Maid." 
The give and take of the talk is excellent- 
ly devised, and the eccentricities of Kate 
Elinore kept the laughs bubbling. 

The members of "La Scala Sextet" seem 
to think that attention to detail of ap- 
pearance and dressing and grace of stage 
presence are unnecessary to a musical of- 
fering of such pretention. They give a 
really enjoyable musical program from 
the standard operas, but, except that they 
appear in rather untidy costumes appro- 
priate to their numbers, the matter of 
stage picture seems to have been utterly 
neglected. 

The Casting Dunbars closed the show, 
and Cole and Johnson, appearing just be- 
fore intermission, are under New Acts. 

Rush. 



Dazie, the dancer, who was ill for a few 
days early in the week, has recovered. 



SOUTHWEST GOOD FOR "VOOD." 

Chicago, May 14. 
A new vaudeville theatre, costing $30,- 
000, is now in course of erection at Okla- 
homa City by F. M. Full, a local business 
man. Mr. Full is not actively interested 
in the show business himself and the prop- 
erty he is building will be managed by 
his son, E. B. Full, who operates the 
Odeon, a moving picture theatre, in that 
city. Three shows a day, at prices rang- 
ing from 10 to 50 cents, will be the pelicy. 



Flemen and Miller have re-signed with 
"The Kentucky Belles" for next season. 



Abel and Irwin have just received con- 
tracts for 90 weeks next season through 
M. S. Bentham. 



Mrs. Cook, of Cook and Myers, is on 
the sick list, and will be unable to work 
for some weeks. 



Demonio and Belle, having finished the 
season, will repair to their summer home 
at Englewood, N. ,J. 



The Circle increased its orchestra ad- 
mission to $1.50, commencing this week. 
Formerly it was $1. 



The Hengler Sisters will come East to 
play the Percy Williams houses before the 
summer shall have closed. 



The Yamamoto Brothers have been 
booked by Alf T. Wilson for thirty weeks 
next season over the United time. 



Radford and Winchester sail June 17 to 
open at the Palace, London. Bookings 
were arranged through the Marinelli office. 



Maurice Goodman, the United attorney, 
is still allowing the hair on his face to 
come out. Mr. Goodman believes it is a 
mustache. 



"The Eight Madcaps" from "A Knight 
for a Day," which closes to-night at Wal- 
lack's, will play three weeks over the 
Williams' time. 



Mildred and Rouclere's Company have 
had a route laid out over the legitimate 
time next season. Twenty people will 
be carried, and The Marco Twins are to 
be the headline act. 



Blocksom and Burns, the "strong" men, 
who are now concluding a tour of the 
Orpheum circuit, have bookings at hand, 
which, if accepted, will keep them busily 
playing in the West all summer. 



David H. Keith, the vaudeville agent, 
has formed a partnership with Percy 
Elkeles, who is from the West, and are 
now conducting an agency at 102 W. 38th 
street under the title of Keith & Elkeles. 



The Family, Cumberland, Md., closes to- 
night. The significance of this is that 
Monday morning or thereabouts, one Jim- 
mie Lee will be back on Broad, the erst- 
while agent having been engaged this 
winter as resident manager of that house. 



Reich & Plunkett have booked ten acts 
over the United time for next season. The 
firm expects to have four small houses 
supplied with their own bookings com- 
mencing in the fall. Two will be theatres 
formerly under the direction of George 
Homans. 



couple of weeks after the closing of "Tht 
Soul Kiss" on May 23 } where th«y mom 
are, and before the opening of "The Follies 
of 1906" on the New York Roof, when 



they will go for the summer. 






"The Lid Lifters" (H. S. Woodhull, 
manager) closed its season on the Eastern 
Burlesque Wheel in Cincinnati. The fol- 
lowing present members of the organiza- 
tion have been re-engaged for next year:' 
Frank S. Pierce, John W. Jess, Lee Hick- 
man, Arthur Kelly, Hattie Wills, BessiUfc * 
Baker, May Thorndyke, Lillie Watson, 
Ethel Norton, Dottie Gibson and Blanche 
Rose. Mr. Woodhull will have summer 
headquarters in the Knickerbocker The- 
atre building. 

One result of the success achieved by 
Julian Rose, the Hebrew impersonator, hi 
England, will be to bring the possibilities/ 
of the favor with which a "Hebrew act". 
may be received by an English audience 
to the attention of Oswald Stoll, of the 
Moss-Stoll Tour. For years Mr. Stoll has 
refused to believe an act of this descrip- 
tion could be valuable. He has steadfastly 
declined to pay American Hebrew acts in 
proportion to the amount they received 
at home. Now he must have changed his 
opinion. 



The new controllers of the Keith-Proc- 
tor's programs are going after the adver- 
tising end of the business quite hard. The 
programs start off with an attractive 
cover, and the book is nicely made up, 
but there is too much space devoted to 
soliciting of advertisements. We don't 
know anything about program advertis- 
ing, but if we did, we wouldn't ask the 
Keith-Proctor patrons to take the program 
home, and read the jokes. We would think 
of a better reason, and if there weren't 
any, make one — even if we had to stop 
talking about ourselves and the benefits 
of advertising in the programs long 
enough to insert a few half-tones. 



Yorke and Adams have booked no Lee Harrison and Barney Bernard may 

further vaudeville time. "frame up" an act for vaudeville for a 



The individual billing of artists is a 
question which will probably have to be 
adjusted by the managers next season. 
For artists to bill themselves advertises 
the house as well, and as the act is an 
individual attraction, it is good business 
policy to impress the name on the public 
through the billboards. The possibility 
of a small act billing itself over the fea- 
ture of a program could be avoided by a 
managerial rule limiting the expenditure 
for personal billing to a percentage of the 
weekly salary received, say 15 per cent., 
with a proviso that a larger amount may 
be spent by the act through agreement. 
This would place the individual billing 
within the province of the manager, and 
restrain the paid for publicity in accord- 
ance with the size of the attraction, from 
a financial and program standpoint. If 
the headliner objected because he or she 
did not wish to spend any money at all 
for billboard publicity, that would be un- 
fortunate — for the headliner — if the other 
acts held a reverse idea. Don't shut off 
the personal billing privilege. It's quite 
the best thing for everyone concerned 
that has occurred in a long while, and 
should have happened years ago. Another 
important point the managers may de- 
pend upon is that any act which ran not 
take care of its billing on the stage will 
never advertise upon a three-sheet paid 
for by itself. The act can never make 
itself upon a billboard — for vaudeville. 



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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: 

I am "giving away" the following information: To establish "PRECEDENCE" let it be known that BARNEY GERARD will operate his own show over the 
EMPIRE CIRCUIT (Western Wheel) next season, to be known as 



a 



FOLLIES OF THE DAY" 



presenting "TOWN TALK" or •THE BIG ELECTION," book and lyrics by BARNEY GERARD, with music by ALBERT VON TILZER. 

The theme of "TOWN TALK" is "follies of the day," local and national politics, local events, in reality being a "revue." The manuscript was announced in 
VARIETY for production last season, but didnt materialize. The time is now here. People to be impersonated in "Town Talk" are: WEBER AND FIELDS (reunion 
scene), DAVID WARFIELD and DAVID BELASCO, WILLIAM JENNINGS' BRYAN and THEODORE ROOSEVELT, SPEAKER CANNON, LOUIS MANN, LESLIE 
CARTER, VESTA TILLEY, EVA TANGUAY, and many other notables. 

SAM SIDMAN is to impersonate LEW FIELDS, LOUIS MANN, DAVE WARFIELD, and present a dramatic act written by BARNEY GERARD. WEST and 
WILLIAMS impersonate WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN and "THE BOSS." Other notable engagements will be announced later. 

BEST IRISH COMEDIAN AVAILABLE for very strong part. Also 20 of the BEST SHOW GIRLS and xo PONY GIRLS (6 for act) 
known as "THE DANCING BRICK TOPS." Long season, good salary, pleasant engagement. Address 

BARNEY GERARD, (Room 636), 1402 Broadway, New York City 



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VARIETY ARTISTS' ROUTES 

FOR WEEK MAY 18 

WHEN NOT OTHERWISE INDICATED. 

(The routes bar* given, bearing no dates, are from MAT 17 to MAT 24, inclusive, de- 
pendent upon the opening and closing days of engagements in different parts of the country. 
All addresses below are furnished VARIETY by artists. Addresses care managers or agents 
will not be printed.) 

"B. H." or "0. R." in the list indicates the route of the burlesque company or circus 
named, with which the artist or act is with, and may be found under "BURLESQUE ROUTES" 
or "CIRCUS ROUTES." 

ROUTES FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK MUST REACH THIS OFFICE HOT LATER 

THAN WEDNESDAY MORNING TO ENSURE PUBLICATION. 



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Abel, Geo., A Co., 7th Ave. and 87th, N. Y. 

A B O D Oirls, 703 Hewett, PL, Bronx. 

Abdallah Bros., Three, 417 E. 14, N. Y. 

Abbott, Andrew Co., Star, Moneasen, Pa. 

Acton A Klorlls A Co., 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Adair A Dolin, Barnum A Bailey, O. R. 

Adair, Art, Hagenbeek-Wallace, C. R. 

Adams Bros., Imperials, B. R. 

Adams B. Klrke A Co., St. Loots Am. Co., lndef. 

Adams A Halllgan, BIJou, Winnipeg. 

Adams A Drew, Twentieth Century, B. R. 

Adams, Mabel, King Edward Hotel, N. Y. 

Adelyn, Box 249, Champaign, 111. 

Adler, Harry, Park, Alameda, Cal., lndef. 

Agee, John, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 

Abeam. Charles, A Vests, Gsyety, Wash., D. C. 

Aherns, The, 200 Colorado, Chicago. 

Alabama Comedy Four, 258 W. 88, N. Y. 

Albanl, 1416 Broadway, N. Y. 

Albene A La Brant, BIJou, Norrlstown, Pa. 

Alberto, Barnum A Bailey, 0. R. 

Albortns A Millar, Grand Palace, Clopham, Eng. 

Aldo A Vannerson, 268 W. 26, N. Y. 

All A Peyser, Moon Light Molds. B. R. 

Allen, A. D. f 02 Msrket, Newsrk. 

Allen, Eva, Ideals, B. R. 

Allen, Josle, 861 St. Nicholas, N. Y. 

Allen, Searle A Violet, Hopkins, Memphis. 

Allen, Leon A Bertie, BIJou, Psrkersburg, W. Va. 

Allison. Mr. A Mrs.. Green Room Club, N. Y. 

Al lister, Harry, 11 Rue Goeffrey Marie, Paris. 

Allman, Chan.. Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R, 

Alpha Trio, Acme, Sacramento. 

Alpine Troupe, Cole Bros., C. R. 

Alvin, G. O. IL, Greensboro, N. GL 

Alrons, Zoeller Trio., 260 Hemlock, Brooklyn. 

Alvsrettss, Three, Trocadero, B. R. 

Alvora, Golden Crook, B. R. 

Alvord, Ned, Rlngllng Bros., 0. R. 

Alvaroc Troupe, Rlngllng Bros., O. R. 

American Banjo Four. 1481 Broadway, N. Y. 

American Dancers. Six, K. A P., N. Y. 

American News Boys Trio, Gem, Newsrk. 

American Trio, 181 18th Ave., Newark. 

Ampere Electrical, Miss N. Y., Jr., B. R. 

Anderson A Ellison, Brigadiers. B. R. 

Anderson's Four, Broadway, Mlddletown, O. 

Anderson A Golnes, G. O. H., Pittsburg. 

Anderson, Csrl, Bowery Burlesque™, B. R. 

Angell Sisters, 406 W. New York, Indianapolis. 

Apollo Bros., 840 W. 4, N. Y. 

Apollo, Orch., Benton Hotel, Benton Harbor, Mich. 

Ardo, Rlngllng Bros., O. R. 

Ardo A Eddo, 600 E. 84, N. Y. 

Arberg A Wagner, 1412 Tremont, N. Pittsburg. 

Archer, Robert, Jolly Girls, B. R. 

Arlsonss, The, 148 W. 68. N. Y. 

Arlington Four, Hammersteln's, N. Y. 

Armond, Grace, Globe, Sullivan, Ind. 

Armlnta A Burke. 868 Comstock, New Brunswick. 

Armstrong A Verne, 17, Orpheum. Minneapolis. 

Arnold, Lucia, Boston Belles, B. It. 

A mot A Gunn, 215 6th Ave., N. Y. 

Arthur, W. J., Columbia, Knoxvllle, lndef. 

Atlantic Comedy Four, 128 Stockholm, Brooklyn. 

Anherts, Les, 14 Frobel Str. III., Hsmhurg, Ger. 

Auburns, Three, 835 Beacon, Somervllle, Mass. 

Auera. The. 410 So. 4, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 

Auger. Capt. Geo.. K. A P. 125th St., N. Y. 

Austin. Claude, 86 No. Clark, Chicago. 

Austins, Tossing, 7 Brixton Rd., London, Eng. 

Avery A Pearl, 653 Wash. Boul.. Chicago. 

Ayres, Howard, 520 Rltner, Phila. 

Axora, Miss, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 



Baader, La Velle, Gaiety, Springfield, 111. 

Baker, Nat C. 32 Division, N. Y. 

Baker, Chss. B., 72 Mornlngslde. N. Y. 

Baker A Mclntyre, 3024 Reno, Phila. 

Baker Troupe. Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 

Baldwin A Shea, Ashland, Ky. 

Bslno A Shsw, Hippodrome, N. Y., lndef. 

Banks, Breazeale Duo, Orpheum. Oakland. 

Banks A Newton, K. A P. 125th St., N. Y. 

Banks, Chas., Boston Belles. B. R. 

Bannacks, The, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Banta Bros., Four, Moonlight Maids, B. R. 

Barber A Palmer, Crystal, Jackson, Mich. • 

Barton, Joe, Bohemians, B. R. 

Bsrrett, Grsce, Pst White's Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Bsrrett A Belle, Century Girls, B. R. 

Barrett, Charles, Moonlight Maids. B. R. 

Barrow, Musical. 1215 Jefferson, Brooklyn. 

Barnes A Crawford. 436 E. 45, Chicago. 

Barry, Katie, 641 W. 158, N. Y. 

Barry A Hughes Poll's, Hartford. 

Barry, Tom, Poll's, Hartford. 

Barry A Wolford, Keith's, Philadelphia. 

Batls, Carl Wm., 6637 Normal. Chicago. 

Batro, Eddie, Rollickers, B. R. 

Bstro A McCue, 810 No. Second, Reading. 

Bartlett, Mr. A Mrs. Gay, 868 W. 66, N. T. 

Bsrtlett, Al., Hunt's Hotel, Chicago. 

Batemann, Tom, 112 Bordon, Fall River. 

Bates A Ernst. 201 So. University, Peoria, 111. 

Bates, George, Barnum A Bailey. C. R. 

Bates A Neville, 46 Gregory, New Hsven. 

Baxter, Sid A Co., Weiland, Msnnlngtoo, W. Va. 

Bawn, Harry, 61 Bedford Court Mansions, London. 

Bay City Quartette. 1506 Gates, Brooklyn. 

Be Anos, The, 3442 Charlton, Chicago. 

Beane, George A., Orpheum, Denver. 

Beard, Billy, Geo. Primrose's Minstrels. 

Besttle, Bob, 604 E. 143, N. Y. 

Besttles, Joggling, 187 Psrk, Peterson. 

Besuvals, Arthur A Co., Victor House, Chicago. 

Bedlni, Donat, A Dogs, 220 W. 38, N. Y. 

Beecher A Maye, 23 Atlantic, Brldgton, N. J. 

Belford Bros., Rlngllng Bros., 0. R. 

Bell A Richards, 211 B. 14, N. Y. 

Belmont, Hsrrlette, Jolly Girls, B. R. 

Belklair, Bros., K. A P., Jersey City. 

Bell, Frank, 1563 Broadway, N. Y. 

Bell Boys Trio, Henderson's, Coney Island. 

Bell. Chas., Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 

Bell, Crystal, G. O. H., Cincinnati. 

Bell, Norman. Trans-Atlsntlcs, B. R. 

Bell, Hssel, Ferns, New Castle, Ind. 

Bells, The, Bsrnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Belmont A Brennan, Imperials, B. R. 

Bennett, Ethel, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Bennett, Laura, Criterion, Chicago. 

Bensons, Musical, Gen. Del., Chicago. 

Bentley, Hsrry, Imperials, B. R. 

Bentley, Musical, Majestic, Houston. 

Benton, Msggle, 136 Tsylor, Springfield, O. 

Berkes, The, 400 W. 80, N. Y. 

Bernard, Cassle, Rose 8ydell, B. R. 

Bergln, E. Howsrd. Adalbert Hotel, Ksnsas City. 

Bernler A Stella, 22 Haywood, Providence. 

Bernstein. Mac A Ruth, 2518 B. 40, Cleveland. 

Berry A Berry, Great Valley, N. Y. 

Beverley. Frank A Louise, Majestic, Denver. 

Bicycle BUI, San Diego, Cal., lndef. 

BIJou Comedy Trio, Watson's Burlesquers, B. R. 

Bingham, Kittle, Scenic, Boston. 

Bingham, 25 Scenic, Taunton, Mass. 

Blnney, A Chapman. Gem, Columbia, Tenn., lndef. 

Birch, John, 183 W. 45, N. Y. 



Bishop, Frances, Century Girls, B. R. 
BIssett A Scott, Empire. London, lndef. 
Bixley, Edgar, Boston Belles, B. R. 
Blue Csdets, 51 Hsnover, Boston. 
Blush, T. E.. 8241 Haywood. Denver. 
Boorum, Mattle, 154 Clifton PI., Brooklyn. 
Bobker, Henry. 68 Forsyth, N. Y. 
Bobannan A Corey, Century Girls, B. R. 
Boises, Five, 44 Curtis. Grand Rspids. 
Bolus. Hsrry, Majestic, Cincinnati . 
Borells, Arthur, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Bottamley Troupe, Clrco Bell, Mexico. 
Bouldon A Qulnn, Toms River, N. J. 




Bowery Comedy Quartet, 821 Charles, W. Hoboken. 

Bowers A Smith, Oliver, Everett, Mass. 

Borani A Nevaro, 1013 Lincoln, Milwaukee. 

Bowen Bros., Lyric, Lincoln, Neb. 

Bowen A Florence, City, Brockton. Mass. 

Bowen A Vetter, 813 N. Wash.. Baltimore. 

Bowman Bros., 326 W. 43, N. Y. 

Boyce, Lillian, Jolly Girls, B. R. 

"Boys in Blue," 240 E. 21. N. Y. 

Boyce, Jsck, 1553 Brosdwsy, N. Y. 

Boyd A Veola. 110 E. 14, N. Y. 

Bradfords, The, 230 W. 41, N. Y. 

Bragg, John D.. Toreadors, B. R. 

Brsdus A Derrick, Bsrnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Brady s. The, 200 W. 48, N. Y. 

Brady A Mshoney, Irwin's Big Show, B. R. 

Bradshaw, Chas. II. , Orpheum, Salt Lake. 

Brlgham, Anna R., 26 Grand, Butte. 

Brlnn, L. B., 23 Hay market, London, Eng. 

Brennen A Rlggs, Century Girls, B. R. 

Brantford, Tom, Park Hotel, Port Chester, N. Y. 

Brays, The, Campbell Bros., C. R. 

Brindsmour, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Brisson, Alex., Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Britton, Sadie, Coliseum, Burlington, la., lndef. 

Broad, Billy, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Broadway Quartette, Four Huntings Co. 

Brobst Trio, Pottsville. Ps. 

Brooks A Jeannette, 1662 Madison, N. Y. 

Brooks A Vedder, Unique, Minneapolis. 

Brown, George, Bsrnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Brown, Jessie, Hsnlon's Superba Co. 

Brown A Nevarro, 4 W. 186, N. Y. ' 

Brooks, Harvey, High Jinks, B. R. 

Brooks A Clark, 2464 Paton, Philadelphia. 

Brooks, Jeanne, Parisian Widows, B. R. 

Brown A Wllmot, 71 Glen, Maiden, Mass. 

Brown A Wright, 844 W. 46, N. Y. 

Browning, Flora, 1553 Broadway, N. T. 

Browning, Mr. A Mrs., Hotel Everett, N. T. 

Browning A Le Van, 805 Cauldwell, N. T. 

Bruce, Al., Toreadors, B. R. 

Bruces, The, 1526 State, Chicago. 

Brunettes, Cycling, 231 Cross, Lowell, Mass. 

Bryant, May, Boston Belles, B. R. 

Brysnt A Sari lie, 2823 N. Bouvler, Phila. 



Burke, John A Mae, Orpheum, St. Paul. 
Burke A Finn, Keeney's, Brooklyn. 
Burton A Brooks, Fair Haven. N. J. 
Buckleys, Musical. 207 Avenue B., N. Y. 
Buckeye Trio, 646 E. Center, Msrlon, O. 
Burdette, Madeline. 212 W. 44, N. Y. 
Burke, John P., Flood's Park. Baltimore. 
Buckley A La Mar. 110 E. 14, N. Y. 
Buckley's Dogs, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 
Buckeye State Four, 2364 E. 57, Cleveland. 
Buffalo, Young A Vera, Novelty, Stockton. 
Burcos A Clsra, Barnum A Bailey. C. R. 
Burgess. Harvey J., 637 Trenton. Pittsburg. 
Burke. Wm. H., 84 Bsrstow. Providence. 
Burke-Toughey A Co., 25, Shea's, Buffalo. 
Burke A Urllne, 110 E. 14. N. Y. 
Burns, Morris A Co., 54 Hermen, Jersey City. 
Burns A Bobbins, BIJou. Newark, lndef. 
Burton A Burton, Fay Foster Co., B. R. 
Burnell, Lillian. 511 W. North, Chicago. 
Burton, Matt, 1185 Valencia, San Francisco. 
Burton A Shea, ill 7th Ave., N. Y. 
Burton A Vass, 25 Raskin, Providence. 
Burrows Travers Co., 116 E. 25. N. Y. 
Bush A Elliott, 1340 45, Brooklyn. 
Bussler, Walter H.. Orpbla. Madison, Wis., lndef. 
Bulla A Raymond, Wash. Society Girls, B. B. 
Bulger, Jesse Lee, Empire, Cincinnati. 
Burtlnos, The, Rlngllng Bros., 0. R. 
Busch, Johnny, Jr.. A Co., BIJou. Adrisn, Mich. 
Butley A Lamar, 2310 S. Bouvler. Philadelphia. 
Buxton, Chas. C. Crystsl, Menasha. Wis., lndef. 
Byrd A Vsnce, Plymouth Hotel. City. 
Byrne Golson, Plsyers, Bijou. Green Bay, Wis. 
Byron A Langdon, Keith's, Portland. 
Byrons' Musical Five, 5138 Indiana, Chicago. 



Caesar A Co.. Frants, St. Charles Hotel, Chicago. 
Callahan A St. George, Empire, Columbus, O. 
Csmeron A Flanagan, Orpheum, Boston. 
Csmp, Sheppsrd. Kentucky Belles, B. R. 
Campbell A Cully, 1633 Bourbon, New Orleans. 
Calders. A. K., 125 Washington, Hoboken. 
Calef A Wsldron, 251 W. 82, N. Y. 
Calvin. James, Majestic, St. Paul. 
Campbell, W. S., Rose Sydell. B. R. 



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Carlln A Otto. 913 Prospect. Buffalo. 
Carlisle & Baker. 28 Crystal, St. Josepb. Mo. 
Carrie, Mile., 504 Aahland Bk., Chicago. 
Carol Sisters. 816 W. 140, N. Y. 
Carmen Sisters, Pantages', Seattle, indef. 
Carroll & Cooke, Hotel York, N. Y. 
Carroll, Great. Fay Foster, B. R. 
Carroll a Judge Trio, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 
Carroll, Nettle, Barnum a Bailey, C. B. 
Carson a Willard, 2210 No. Lambert, Phlla. 
Carson a Devereaux, 410 Line, Eyansvllle. 
Carson Bros., 427 Pacific, Brooklyn. 
Caron a Farnum, 235 E. 24, N. Y. 
Carter, Cbas. J., "Milton," Queens, Sydney, Ana. 
Carters, The, 921 9, La Salle. 111. 
Carter, Taylor A Co., Lyric, Dayton, O. 
Carter a Waters, 158 Greenfield, Buffalo. 
Cartmell A, Harris, 180 Nevlns, Brooklyn. 
Carver a Murray. 229 W. 38, N. Y. 
Casettas, The, 4013 So. Artesian. Chicago. 
Casey & Craney, 15% So. 5, Elizabeth. 
Caswell. Maude, Gibbons Tour. 
Castano. Edward, 104 W. 61. N. Y. 
Celest, 74 Grove road, Clapham Park, London. 
Chadwlck Trio, 229 W. 88, N. Y. 
Cbameroys, The, 1351 43, Boro Pk. t N. Y. 
Chandler, Anna. City Sports, B. R. 
Chantrell a Schuyler, 219 Prospect, Brooklyn. 
Chapln, Benjamin. Lotos Club, N. Y. 
Chester St Jones, 211 E. 14, N. Y. 
Chinquilla, Princess, Sborevlew Pk., Jamaica, L. I. 
Christy, Great, Knickerbockers, B. R. 
Christy, Wayne G., 776 8th Ave., N. Y. 



Courtleigh, Wm., Lambs Club, N. Y. 
Coyne St Tlulin. 7036 Washington, Chicago. 
Cowey, Ferry, Wlntergarten, Berlin, 
Cowper, Jlmmie, 86 Carroll, Binghamton. 
Crawford A- Manning, 258 W. 48, N. Y. 
Cross, Billy, Scenic Temple, Qulncy, Mass. 
Cressy A Dayne. 17, Orpbeum, San Francisco. 
Creo a Co., Orpheum, Portsmouth, O. 
Crickets, Cook's, Rochester. 

Criterion Male Quartette, 156 5th Ave., N. Y. 
Cronln, Morris, 21 Alfred Place, London, England. 
Cross, Will H., a Co., 858 Dearborn, Chicago. 
Crucible. Mysterious, 241 Hey ward, Brooklyn. 
Crystal, Herman, Parisian Widows, B. R. 
Cummings a Merley. Unique, Los Angeles, lndef. 
Cunningham, A)., 200 W. 44, N. Y. 
Cunningham, Bob, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Cunningham, Bob a Daisy, Orpheum, Newark, 0. 
Cunningham a Smith, 183 E. 94, N. Y. 
Curtln a Blossom, 91 Newell, Greenpolnt, B'klyn. 
Curtis, Palmer a Co.. 2096 Noetrand, Brooklyn. 
Curzon Sisters, 25, Hippodrome, London. 
Cushman a Le Claire, Lady Birds, B. R. 
Cnttys, Musical, Empire, London, Eng., lndef. 



Dagneau & Bruce, Orientals, B. R. 

Daley, James, Parisian Widows, B. R. 

D'Alvlnl. Rocky Point. R. I., Indef. 

Dahl, Katherine, 309 Columbus, N. Y. 

Dahl, Dorothy, 309 Columbus, N. Y. 

Dalit vet te a Co., Lyric, Rome, N. Y. 

Dale, Wm., Crystal, Elkhart, Ind., lndef. 

Daly a Devere, 115 E. 15. N. Y. 

Dale, Dotty, Dainty, 252 W. 36, N. Y. 

Dale, Sydney, Guy Bros*. Minstrels. 

Dale, Will, Bucklen Hotel, Elkhart. 

Dalley Bros., 1379 No. Main. Fall River, Mas*. 

Daly a O'Brien. Pastor's, N. Y. 

Darling, Fay, Lady Birds, B. R. 

Darnley, Grace, Orpheum, Vancouver, B. 0. 

Darwin. Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Davenport, Edna, Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Davenport, John, Yankee Robinson, C. R. 

Davenport, Stick a Norma. John Robinson's, C. R. 

Davenport, Victoria a Orrln, Barnum a Bailey. 

Davey, Dancing, Circle Diamond Ranch, Thatches. 

Davis a La Roy, Pittsburg, Pa., lndef. 

Davis, Edwards, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Davis, Floyd, Temple. Boulder, Col., lndef. 

Davis, Hal. a Co., Grayling, Mich. 

Davis, H., Air-Dome, Murpbysboro, 111., lndef. 

Davis, Mark a Laura, Pastor's, N. Y. 

Davis, Roland, Fay Foster, B. R. 

Davis a Davis, Miss N. Y. Jr., B. R. 

Dawn, Zella, a Co., 357 E. Market, Akron, 0. 

Dawson a Whitfield, 346 E. 58, N. Y. 

Day, Caita, Payret, Havana, Cuba. 

De Mora a Gracita, Carnival, Kansas City, Kas. 

De Velde a Zelda, 115 E. 14, N. Y. 

Deery a Francis, 828 W. 30, N. Y. 

Delmore a Oneida, 835 E. 43, N. Y. 

Delmo, 38 Rose, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Delmore, Misses. Temple, Detroit. 

Delavoye a Fritz, 2667 Madison, Chicago. 

Dell a Miller, Hippodrome, Buffalo, lndef. 

Deltons. Three, Jolly Grass Widows, B. R. 

De Camo, Chas., a Dogs, 8 Union Square, N. Y. 



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Church City Four, Strollers, B. R. 

Claire, Ina, P. O. Box 16, Washington, D. C. 

Clare. Sydney, 64 E. 110, N. Y. 

Clalrmont, 2051 Ryder Ave., N. Y. 

Clsrk, Edward, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Clark, Geo. G., 2464 Pat ton, Phlla. 

Clark, John F., 425 Forest, Arlington, N. J. 

Clark Mul, Bowery, B. R. 

Clark a Duncan, 1215 Madison, Indianapolis. 

Clarke, Harry Corson, 130 W. 44. N. Y. 

Clark a Sebastian, Barnum a Bailey, C. R. 

Clarke, Wilfred, 130 W. 44, N. Y. 

Clarks, Three, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Claudius a Scarlet, 853 Amsterdam, N. Y. 

Claus, Martha, 15 Old Broadway, N. Y. 

Clermento, Frank a Etta. 129 W. 27, New York. 

Clifford a Nolan, Cohen's Hotel, Lee Ave., B'klyn. 

Clifford a Raldln, 1975 Bergen, Brooklyn. 

Clinton, Chris., 48 W. 28, New York. 

Clipper Sisters, 466 Blewett, Seattle. 

Cllvette, 274 Indiana. Chicago. 

Clyo a Rochells, 87 Park, Attleboro, Mass. 

Cox, Lonzo, 230 W. 51, Court, Chicago . 

Coate, Charlotte a Margrete, 1553 B'way, N. Y. 

Coby a Garron. 989 Putnam, Brooklyn. 

Cogan a Bancroft. Orpheum, Minneapolis. 

Cohen, Isadore, 764 Westchester, Bronx, N. Y. 

Cohen. Louis, W.. 180 Jewet, W. New Brighton. 

Cole a Clemens, Davis Hotel, Philadelphia. 

Colleens, Singing, Proctor's, Albany. 

Collins, Eddie, Oshkosh, Wis., indef. 

Collins, Nina, 205 W. 102, N. Y. 

Collins, James J., Jolly Girls, B. R. 

Collins a Brown, 148 Kosciusko, Brooklyn. 

Coltons, The, Champagne Girls, B. It. 

Conklln, Billy W., 441 W. 10, Brie, Pa. 

Contino & Lawrence, 249 So. May, Chicago. 

Cohen, Will H., Rolllckers, B. R. 

Connelly, Mr. a Mrs. E., 6140 Indiana, Chicago. 

Comerford, Vaughn, Broadway Gaiety Girls, B. B. 

Comrades, Four, 834 Trinity, N. Y. 

Conlon a Carter, Unique, Winnipeg, lndef. 

Connelly. Edward, Keith's, Boston. 

Cooke, Caroline, People's, Cedar Rapids. 

Cook, Billy. Toreadors. B. R. 

Cook, Frank, Austin a Stone's, Boston, lndef. 

Cooke, Maurice B., 3154 Prairie, Chicago. 

Cooke a Rothert. 8154 Prairie, Chicago. 

Cooper a Robinson, 322 Mott, Bronx, N. Y. 

Cooper, Harry L., Fay Foster, B. B. 

Coram, Columbia, Cincinnati. 

Cornallas, Eight. Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 

Coroners, Grimes, Newfield, N. J. 

Cossans, Bobby, Luna. Akron, O. 

Cossar, Mr. a Mrs., 802 W. 121, N. Y. 

Coubay, William F.. 464 W. 84, N. Y. 

Coutboul, Jessie, Dominion, Winnipeg. 



De Chautal Twins, 268 Ogden, Jersey City. 

De Cotret a Howard, City, New Bedford. 

Demacos, The, 114 N. 9, Phlla. 

De Graff Sisters, Trans-Atlantlcs, B. R. 

De Lacey a Bro., Bijou, Eveleth, Minn. 

Demonio a Belle, Englewood, N. J., lndef. 

Denman, George, Barnum a Bailey, C. R. 

Do Fue a Botes, 2448 Cornell, Indianapolis. 

De Haven, Rose, Sextet, 2682 Broadway, N. Y. 

DeLisle, Mae, Colonial Belles, B. R. 

Delmore a Darrell, 1515 9, Oakland. 

Delaphone, 54 Wl^eughby, Brooklyn. 

De Mario, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

De Mont, Robert, Trio, 722 W. 14 PI., Chicago. 

De Veau, Hubert, 364 Prospect, Brooklyn. 

Desmond Sisters, Orpbeum, Watertown, 8. D. 

De Mutbs, The, 26 Central, Albany. 

Devlne, Doc, Ashland Hotel, Phlla. 

De Voy a Miller, 209 E. 14, N. Y. 

De Vere, Madeline, 54 W. 125, N. Y. 

De Witt, Burns A Torrence, Orpbeum, Denver. 

De Witt Young a Sister, 58 Chittenden, Columbus. 

De Young, Tom, 156 E. 113, N. Y. 

Dervin, J as. T., 516 So. Flower, Los Angelea. 

Devlin. Prof.. 2611 Cumberland, Philadelphia. 

Devllno a El wood, 25, Orpbenm, Salt Lake. 

Diamond a May. Fischer's, Los Angeles, indef. 

Diamond, J as., Kentucky Belles, B. R. 

Dickinson, W. S.. 2910 Vine, Lincoln. Neb. 

Dierlckse Bros., 1235 Golden Gate, San Francisco. 

Dillae, Max, Ringling Bros., C. R. 

Dixon, Bowers a Dixon, 5626 Carpenter, Chicago. 

Dixon, Nona, 5626 Carpenter, Chicago. 

Dollar Troupe, Barnum a Bailey, O. B. 

Dona, 411 Keystone Bank Bldg., Pittsburg. 

Donald a Carson, Bennett's, Ottawa. 

Doner, Joe a Nellie, Moon Light Maids, B. R. 

Donnelly a Rotall, 8 Copeland, Boston. 

Donnette, Ira, 188 W. 45, N. Y. 

Doherty, Lillian, Wlntergarten, Berlin, Ger. 

Doberty, Jim, Moon Llgbt Maids, B. R. 

Dohn, Robert, Barnum a Bailey, O. R. 

Doric Quartette, 100 Wells, Toronto. 

Dotson, Howard, 435 Bingamen, Reading. 

Douglas, Chas. W., Broadway Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Dove a Lee. 422 W. 48, N. Y. 

Dowlin, John, Toreadors, B. R. 

Doyle, Phil., Lady Birds, B. R. 

Doyle, MaJ. Jas. I)., 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Downey, Leslie T., Dreamland, Racine, Wis. 

Drawee, Frisco a Harabo, touring Italy. 

Dreano. Josh.. Revere House, Chicago. 

Drew, Dorothy, Alhambra, Paris. 

Dudley, O. E., Crystal, Ind., lndef. 

Duff a Walsh, 2503 Falrraount. Philadelphia. 

Dunedln Troupe, Orpheum, Salt Lake. 

Dunne, Tims. P., 128 E. 19, N. Y. 



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MINING CO.'S LETTER 

"The Sapphire" vein is holding its value as we gain depth. "The Belle B." 
drift has advanced 16 feet during the last week, and the Ore on the hanging 
wall is increasing. 

Our Cross Cut Tunnel is being driven with all possible speed. 

The following letter shows the confidence of a new subscriber: 

"Dear Dick: "Denver, Colo., May 5th, '08. 

"My wife says she likes your mines enough to have me enclose you check for 1,000 shares— 
$227.50. Have deducted 5% for cash. The last Thousand Shares you put on the market is sold 
to A. G. Seymour. So please notify me in time to forward check for aame. Sorry I could 
not go out myself to see the property. But Mrs. Seymour says she has seen enough for the 
both of us. So there you, are, old boy. Good luck and good wishes. Yours always, 

"O. G. SEYMOUR." 

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Dunham, Heslln a Barardl, Jolly Girls, B. B. 
Duncan, A. 0., 852 W. 46, N. Y. 
Duncon, Tom, Ringling Bros., C. R. 
Duncan a Hoffman, Grand, Grand Rapids. 
Dunn, James, 464 W. 51, N. Y. 
Dunn a Miller, Richmond Hotel, Chicago. 
Dnprex, Fred, Proctor's, Albany, N. Y. 
Dupree, George a Libby, 228 W. 25, N. Y. 
Dupree, Jeanette, 164 Fulton, Brooklyn. 
Dutons, Three, Rlngllng Bros., 0. B. 



Eckel a Du Pree, 129 Stockholm, Brooklyn. 
Eckhoff a Gordon, East Haddam, Conn. 
Edinger Sisters, R. F. D. No. 1, Trenton. 
Edmonds a Haley, 808 E. 60, Chicago. 
Edmonds a Monte, 308 E. 60, Chicago. 
Edwards, M. a C. E., Hippodrome, Buffalo, lndef. 
Edwards, Robert M., a Family, 114 W. 100, N. Y. 
Edwards, Jennie, Bowery, B. R. 
Edwards, Ralph, Parisian Widows, B. R. 
Edwards a Vaughan. 2030 Lawrence, Phlla. 
Ehrendall Bros.. 1344 Lefflngwell. St. Louis. 
Elastic Trio, Majestic, Pittsburg, indef. 
Eltinge, Julian, Proctor's, Newark. 
Elliott a West. 2902 Ellsworth, Phlla. 
Eller, Gloie, Fay Footer, B. R. 
Elmore a Ray. 2442 State. Chicago. 
Ellsworth, 4 Tiger Lilies, B. R. 
Emerald, Monie, Palace, Glasgow, Scotland. 
Emerald Trio, 443 Central Ave., Brooklyn. 
Emerson a Baldwin, Hotel Churchill, N. Y. 
Emerson a Wright, Kansas City, Mo., lndef. 
Emperors of Music. Four. 481 W. 24, N. Y. 
Empire Comedy Four, Hippo., Manchester, Eng. 
Engleton, Nan, Lyceum, Stamford, Conn. 
Epps a Loretta, 210 W. 27, N. Y. * 
Erb a Stanley, Mollne, 111. 

Ergott a King, Circus Clnlselll. Warsaw, Russia. 
Esmeralda, 8 Union Square, N. Y. 
Esterbrooks, The, Miss N. Y., Jr., B. R. 
Bstelle a Wills, Jolly Grass Widows, B. R. 
Eugene Trio, 896 E. Orange Grove, Passadena, Cal. 
Eugene a Mar, Auditorium, Bethany, Mo. 
Evans, Chas. E., Orpbeum, Denver. 
Evans a Lloyd, 923 E. 12, Brooklyn. 
Evans, Billy. Colonial Belles, B. R. 
Evers, Geo. W., Family, Rock Island, 111. 
Everett, Ruth, Ideals, B. R. 
Everett, Gaynell, 25 Novelty, Topeka. 
Everett, Sophie a Co., Lyric, Lincoln, Neb. 



Fagan a Merlam, Shirley, Mass., lndef. 

Falrchllds, Mr. a Mrs., Edison la, Waynesboro, Pa. 

Falrchlld, Violet, Unique. Winnipeg. 

Farlardaux, Camille, Palace, Boston. 

Falke a Coe, Jolly Grass Widows, B. R. 

Falke, Elinor, Olympic, Chicago. 

Fanton Trio, 266 E. Erie, Chicago. 

Farb, Dave, 515 W. 6. Cincinnati. 

Farrell a Le Roy, 1721 First. N. W., Wash., D. 0. 

Farrell, Charlie, 332 Main, W. Everett, Mass. 

Farrell, Billy, Moss a Stoll, Eng. 

Fasscos, Four, Barnum a Bailey, C. R. 

Faust Brothers. 242 W. 48, N. Y. 

Favars, Marguerite. Saratoga Hotel, Chicago. 

Fay, Ray F., Alamo, Cedar Rapids, la., indef. 

Fay, Coley a Fay, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Faye, Elsie, Proctor's, Jersey City. 

Fay Sisters, Rcnova. Pk., Renova, la. 

Fell, Pearl Cleone, Palace Hotel, Chicago. 

Felix a Barry, Orpheum, Salt Lake. 

Fentelle A Carr, Shea's, Buffalo, Indef. 

Ferguson, Dave, Miss N. Y., Jr., B. R. 

Ferguson a Du Pree, 313 E. 71, N. Y. 

Ferrard, Grace, Nula. Cadillac, Mich. 

Ferrell Bros., Olympic, Chicago. 

Fields a Hanson, Terrace, Belleville, N. J. 



Fields, Harry W.. Majestic. Chicago. 

Fields. W. C. 3923 W. Marshall, Phlla. 

Fields, Will II.. Star. New Castle, Pa. 

Fillmore, Nellie, 541 W. Garfield. Chicago. 

F II son a Errol, 122 So. Austin, Chicago. 

Fink, Henry, 150 Potomac, Chicago. 

Fisher, Robert, Lady Birds, B. R. 

Fisher a Berg, Rentz Santley. B. R. 

Fisher Troupe, Barnum a Bailey, C. R. 

Fisher, Mr. a Mrs. Perkins, 531 Wash., Brookline, 

Mass. 
Fiske a McDonough, 753 Jennings, N. Y. 
Fitzgerald a Quinn, Trans-Atlantlcs, B. R. 
Fitzgerald a Wilson. Orpheum, Vancouver, B. 0. 
Flatow a Dunn, 128 W. 96, N. Y. 
Fleming, May Agnes, White's Gaiety Girls, B. B. 
Flemen a Miller, Kentucky Belles, B. R. 
Fletcher. Charles Leonard, 14 Leicester, London. 
Flora, Mildred, Night Owls, B. R. 
Flynn, Cy, Brigadiers, B. R. 
Flynn, Jas. A., 1213 Penn Ave., Washington. 
Florede, Nellie, 241 W. 43, N. Y. 
Florences, Six, Barnum a Bailey, 0. B. 
Foley, Jack, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 
Forber The Marvel, 153 W. 9, 80. Boston. 
"Fords, Famous," 391 Gates, Brooklyn. , 

Foreman, Edgar a Co., Majestic, Houston. 
Foster. George, 86 No. Clark, Chicago. 
Fox, Will H. , Palace, Glasgow, Scotland. 
Fox a Hughes, Empire, Boise, Idaho, lndef. 
Fox, Will II. . Palace, Glasgow, Sctoland. 
Foster, Geo. I., 2930 York, Phila. * 

Fowler, Alice, Brigadiers, B. B. 
Fowler, Azelle Maye, Grass Lake. Mich., lndef. 
Frank. George, Lady Birds, B. B. 
Franklin. Billle. 708 7, S. W. Washington, D. a 
Franz, Cogswell a Franz, 246 W. 21, N. Y. 
Francis, Harry, Jolly Girls, B. R. 
Friend a Downing, 1864 7th, N. Y. 
Frederick Bros, a Burns, 25, Ramona Pk., Grand 

Rapids. 
Fredlans, Great, Barnum a Bailey, 0. R. 
Frellgh. Lizzie, Trans-Atlantlcs, B. It. 
Frey A Allen, Ideals, B. R. 
Fredo, George, 207 E. 14, N. Y. 
Frederick, Snyder a Poole, 200 N. Gay. Baltimore. 
Frevoli, Frederick. 148 Mulberry, Cincinnati. 
Frosto, Chris., 917 W. 6, Faribault, Minn. 
Fuklno Troupe, Brigadiers, B. R. 
Fulton, May, 120 W. 116, N. Y. 
Fuller, Ida, 138 Alexander Ave., N. Y. 



Galando, 82 Sumner, Brooklyn. 
Gallagher a Barrett, Keith's, Philadelphia. 
Gallettl's Monkeys, Orpheum, San Francisco. 
Galloway, Albeit E., Davis, Braddock, Pa. 
Galloway, Bert, Davis, Braddock, Pa. 
Gardiner Children, Palace Hotel, Chicago. 
Gardiner, Jack, Orpheum, San Francisco. 
Gardner a Lawson, Star, Atlanta. 



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Garden a Somers, Toreadors, B. B. 

Gath, Car] St Erma, Grand Family, Fargo, N. D. 

Gardner, Eddie, 27 High, Newark. 

Gardner, Andy, Bohemians, B. R. 

Gardner Arllne, 1958 N. 8, Phila. 

Gardner a Maddern, 208 American Bldg., Seattle. 



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Gardiners, Three. 1458 No. 8, Phlla. 

Gar telle Bros.. 416 8. Main, Gloversville, N. Y. 

Gavin, Piatt A reaches. 4417 3d Are., N. Y. 

Gay lor A Graff, 244 W. 16, N. Y. 

Gaylor. Bobby, 6002 6th Are., Chicago. 

Gaylor, Chaa., 768 17, Detroit. 

Gehrue, May me, A Co., 200 B. 83, N. Y. 

Genaro A Band, Bennett's, Montreal. 

Gelmore A Castle. Alrdome, Elreno, Okla. 

Genter A Gilmore, 208 N. 8, W.. Cedar Raplda. 

Georgetty'a, Great, Wonderland Pk., Minneapolis. 

Geromes, The, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Gibson, Fay, Standard, Davenport. la., lndef. 

Gibson, Sydney Co., Colonial, Richmond, Va. 

Gilbert, Jane, Hammeratein'a, N. Y. 

Gillette Sisters, 60 Manhattan, N. Y. 

Gilmaine, 60 W. Eagle, B. Boston. 

Gilmore, Stella. Jolly Girls, B. R. 

Glrard A Gardner. Amltyville. L. I. 

Gladstone, Ida, 336 W. 00, N. Y. 

Glocker, Chaa. A Anna, Rentz-Santley, B. R. 

Godfrey A Henderson, 208 W. 34 N. Y. 

Goets, Nat., 1818 Tree, Donora, Pa. 

Golden Gate Quintet. 346 W. 89, N. Y.' 

Golden A Hughes, Novelty, Stockton, Cal. 

Golriin Russian Troupe, Sella-Floto, C. R. 

Goelems, Six, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Goforth A Doyle. 1929 Broadway. Brooklyn. 

Golden, Marta, Gerard Hotel, N. Y. 

Goolmana, Musical, Continental Hotel, Chicago. 

Goldsmuth A Hoppe, 1663 Broadway, N. Y. 

Gordon, Cliff, 3 B. 106, N. Y. 

Gordon A Shack horn, 225 W. 27, N. Y. 

Gordon A Marx, Bijou, Battle Creek. 

Gordon, Amy, Rose Sydell, B. R. 

Gordon, Max. Reeves' Beauty Show. 

Gorman A West, 52 B. 88, N. Y. 

Gossans, Bobby,. Lyric, Youngstown, 0. 

Gotham Comedy Quartet, City Sports. B. R. 

Graces, Two, Miner's Americans, B. R. 

Grant. Anna, Pat White's Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Grant, Sydney, 10 W. 65, N. Y. 

Graham, Geo. W.. Scenic, Providence, lndef. 

Gray A Graham, 34 Rulltt, Roanoke, Va. 



Grace, Llasle, Miner's Americana, B. R. 

Grannon, 11a, Box 2, Melrose Park, Pa. 

Great Eastern Quartette, Chase's, Washington. 

Greve A Green, 409 Nicollet, Minneapolis. 

Greene, George, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Gregg, Frank, Tiger Lilies, B. R. 

Gregory, Geo. L., A Co., 943 Lorlmer, Brooklyn. 

Gregory's, Fire, 25, Hippodrome, London, Bng. 

Grimes, Tom A Gertie, Grimes Corners, Newfleld, 

N. J. 
Grove, Chat. L., 847 Wash., Chambersburg, Pa. 
Gruet. Jack. Al. Marie Ideals, B. R. 
Guertln, Louis, Metropolitan Hotel, Brockton. 



Haines A Russell, 943 Muskego, Mlwaukee. 

HaU, Alfred, RolUckera. B. R. 

Hall, Harry, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Hall, Geo. F., 180 Center, Boston. 

Hallman A Collins, Bijou, Wheeling, W. Va. 

Hale A Harty, 319ft Indiana, Indianapolis. 

Hale, Lillian A CO., Grand, Butte. 

Halley A McKlnnon. Lady Birds, B. R. 

Haley, Harry R., 236 Ogden, Chicago. 

Halperine, Nan. 569 6th Ave., N. Minneapolis. 

Hammond A Forrester, 101 W. 83. N. Y. 

Hanlon A Lewis. 121 W. 116. N. Y. 

Hannon, Billy, 729 No. Western. Chicago. 

Haney, Edith A Lee. Jr., 4118 Winona, Denver. 

Hanson A Nelson, 592 40th. Brooklyn. 

Hanvey A Clark, Majestic, Shawnee, Okla. 

Harris A Randall. Palace Hotel, Chicago. 

Harcourt, Daisy, 25, Dominion, Winnipeg. 

Harcourt, Frank, 44 Pleasant, Worcester. 

Hardig Bros., Barnum A Bailey, O. R. 

Hart, Fred, 303 8th Ave., N. Y. 

Hart, J. C. A Co., Tiger Lilies. B. R. 

Hart. Sadie. 1163 Jackson. N. Y. 

Hart, Willie A Edith. 1918 S. 11, PhUa. 

Hartzell, George, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Harland A Rollinson, 16 Repton, Manchester, Bng. 

Harlowe, Beatrice, Moon Light Maids, B. R. 

Harrlty A Herr, 146 Luna, B. Liberty, Pa. 

Harson, Jules. Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Harrington, Hilda, Rose Sydell, B. R. 

Harris, Bobby, Toreadors, B. R. 

Harris. Will J.. Majestic, Chicago. 

Harris, Sam, Majestic, Ashland. 

Harris, Hattle, 209 Sedgwick, Chicago. 

Harrison, Minnie, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Harvey A De Vora, Rlalto Rounders, B. R. 

Harvey. Elsie. 138 B. 14. N. Y. 

Harvey, Harry, 3110 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago. 

Hassan Ben All's Arabs, 24, Mary Anderson, 

Louisville. 
Hawkens, John, Orpheum, Chlllicothe, O. 
Hayes A Carew, Bohemians, B. R. 
Hayea A Haley, 147 W. 127, N. Y. 
Hayes, Edmund, Jolly Girls, B. R. 
Haynes, Beatrice. Broadway Gaiety Girls, B. R. 
Hayes A Wynn, 15 Audubon, Ave., N. Y. 
Hayman A Franklin, 278 W. 113, N. Y., c. o. 

Houdlnl. 
Hays, Ed. C, Phillips. Richmond, Ind. 
Hay, Unicycle A Bro., Altmeyer, McKeesport, Pa. 
Healey, Tim, Brigadiers, B. R. 
Healy A Vance, 215 W. 106, N. Y. 
Heaston, Billy, Star, Donora, Pa. 
Heath, Thos. Gainer. Keith's, Phlla. 
Hearn, Tom, Hippodrome, Portsmouth, Bng. 
Hechl A Ardo, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Hell man. BenJ., Toreadors. B. R. 
Heath A Emerson, 200 Berriman, Brooklyn. 
Hedge, John A Ponies, 3456 State, Chicago. 
Helm Children. 149 Wash. Ave., Altoona. 
Helston. Wally A Lottie, 1908 Columbia, Phlla. 
Henly A Elliott, 4925 Cypress, Pittsburg. 
Henry A Francis, 45 W. 98, N. Y. 
Henry, Harry F., 54 India, Brooklyn. 
Henry, Roethlng, St. Charles Hotel, Chicago. 



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4th AVENUE, NEW YORK 

Between 19th and 20th Streets 



Hensbaw. Harry A., Clark's Runaway Girls, B. B. 

Herbert The Frog Man, Novelty, Denver. 

Herbert. Mabel, 404 Main, Woborn, Mo. 

Herron. Bertie Orpheum, Minneapolis. 

Herman A Netser. 308 Rivington, N. Y. 

Herrmann, Adelaide, GUsey House, N. Y. 

Hewlettes. The, Standard, Ft. Worth, lndef. 

Hewlettes. The, 8j08 Ave. G, Council Bluffs, la. 

Herbert Bros., Three, Bijou, Winnipeg. 

Heltxman, Julia, Imperials, B. B. 

Hess Sisters, 258 W. 55, N. Y. 

Heuman Trio, Empire, Providence. 

Hlatt Family, Fern. New Castle, Ind. 

Hickman, George. Pearl River, N. Y. 

Hieatand, Chaa. F., 2639 Iowa Ave., St. Louis. 

Hill, Edmonda Trio, 262 Neilson, New Brunswick. 

Hill, Cherry A Hill, Seattle, Wash. 

Hlld, Irene, 148 Morgan, Buffalo. 

Hilda, Terrace Garden, New Brighton, S. I. 

HUIiard, Robert, Palace, London, Bng., lndef. 

Hillman A Floyd, 213 W. 62. N. Y. 

1111 tons, Marvelous, Fay Foster, B. R. 

HUlyers, Three, 792 Bay 26, Bensonhurst. 

Hlnes A Remington,. Harrison, N. Y. 

Hlrsh, Estelle, People's, Cedar Rapids. 

Hobson A Macnlcbol, 76 3d Ave., N. Y. 

Hobson, Mr. A Mrs., Ringllng Bros., 0. R. 

Hoch, Emll, A Co., Temple, Detroit. 

Hodgin, Alberta, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Hoffmann. Cycling, Unique, Minneapolis. 

Holdswortbs. The, Orpheum, Memphis. 

Holdman Bros., 207 E. 14. N. Y. 

Holman, Harry, S.-C, Everett, Wash. 

Holmes A Holllson, 214 Elin, W. Somervllle, Mass. 

Holland, Zay. 10 W. 65, N. Y. 

Holt, Alf, Hippodrome, London. Bng. 

Hope. Marjorie, 7818 Woodlawn, Chicago. 

Hoover, Lilian. 211 E. 14, N. Y. 

Horton A La Triska. Majestic, Chicago. 

Horton A Linder, Ringllng Bros., 0. R. 

Houston, Fritz, Vogel's Minstrels. 

Howard's Pony A Dogs, Bloomlngton, Ind. 

Howard A Cameron, 479 No. Clinton, Rochester. 

Howard A Esher, 881 N. Artlsen, Chicago. 

Honan A Kearney, Orientals, B. R. 

Howard Bros.. Bijou. Qulncy, 111. 

Howard A Howard. Orpheum, Boston. 

Howard A St. Clair, Charing Cross Rd., London. 

Howard, Jos. B.. Aleda, III., lndef. 

Howard, May, Rentz-Santley, B. R. 

Howard, Geo. F., 3456 Scranton, Rd., Cleveland. 

Howell A Webster, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Hoy h>, William. 16 5, Attelboro. Mass. 

Hoyt, Frances A Co., Sherman House, Chicago. 

Hoyt A McDonald. National Hotel, Chicago. 

Hudson Bros., 1337 Maple, Canton, O. 

Hudson Children, Bijou. Flint, Mich. 

Huehn, Musical, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Hughes, Mr. A Mrs. Nick, Jamaica, L. I. 

Huested, Sadie, Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Huetterman, Miss, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Huegel Bros., Lyric Pk., Tyler Tex. 

Hughes Musical Trio, 73 B. Main, Webster, Mass. 

Hurleys, The, 185% So. Orange, Newark. 

Huston, Arthur, Crystal, Denver, lndef. 

Hyde, Mr. A Mrs., Chemo Lake, Clifton, Me. 

Hyde, Walt. M.. A Co., 3506 5. Pittsburg. 

Hylands, Three, 23 Cherry, Danbury, Conn. 



Imhoff A Corinne, Empire, B. R. 

Imperial Musical Trio, Gayety, Phlla. 

Imperial Viennese Troupe, Barnum A Bailey, 0. R. 

International Entertainers. Four, Jolly Girls, B. R. 

Inman, The Great, 812 W. 24, N. Y. 

Italia, 356 Mass., Boston. 



Jaek Lew A Bro.. 9249 So. Chicago, So. Chicago. 
Jackson Family, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Jacobs A Sardel, Cole Bros., C. R. 
Jacobs A West, Sam Devere, B. R. 
James, Byron, Bijou, Flint, Mich., lndef. 
Jenkins A Clsrk, Box 205. Appleton, Wis. 
Jennings, Arthur, 492 Manhattan, N. Y. 
Johnson Bros. A Johnson, Hippo., Lockport, N. Y. 
Jennings A Jewel, Knickerbockers, B. R. 
Jennings A Renfrew. 338 Spruce, Chelses, Mass. 
Jennings, William, White's Gaiety Girls, B. R. 
Jerome, Nat. 8., 1287 Washington Ave., N. Y. 
Johnson, Chester. 333 3d Ave., N. Y. 
Johnson, George, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Johnson, Geo., Scribner's Big Show, B. R. 
Johnson, Jess P.. 622 So. 4. Camden, N. J. 
Johnson, Mark, 5409 14th Ave., Brooklyn. 
Johnson; Musical, Alhambra, Paris. 
Johnson. Phil, Brigadiers,, B. R. 
Johnstone Cooke, People's, Cedar Rapids. 
Jolson, Al., Borden town. N. J. 
Jones A Walton, Box 78, Baden, Pa. 
Jorden, Tom, Lady Birds, B. B. 
Jorden Troupe, Ringllng Bros., 0. R. 
Joyces, The, 130 W. 25, N. Y. 
Jules A Margon, Barlow, Minstrels. 
Julian A Dyer, Olympic, So. Bend, Ind. 



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Kalinowskl Bros., Trans-Atlantic, B. R. 

Kalmo, Chas. A Ada, May wood, N. J. 

Karland, Great. 806 W. Highland, Norfolk. 

Kaufman. Reba A Inez, 14 Leicester, London, Bng. 

Kealey, Doc, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Keane, Warren, Bennett's, Ottawa. 

Keatons. Three. 229 W. 38, N. Y. 

Keegan A Mack. 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Keely Bros., Keith's, Portland. 

Kelfe, Zena. 508 W. 135, N. Y. 

Keene. Juggling. 1360 Boston Rd., N. X. 

Keene A Adams, Pastor's, N. Y. 

Keene, Mattle. A Co., 10 W. 132, N. Y. 

Kelly, John T., Elmhurst, L. I. 

Kelso A Lelghton, June, Keith's. Boston. 

Kelly A Rose, Proctor's, Newark. 

Kelly, M. J., 46 Johnson, Brooklyn. 

Kelly, Walter C, Palace. London, Bng., lndef. 

Kelly A Ashby, Colon, Mich. 

Keogb A Francla, Orpheum, Denver. 

Keller, Major, Poll's, Waterbury, lndef. 

Kennedy Bros. A Mac. 32 Second. Dover, N. H. 

Kennedy A Wilkins, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Keno, Welsh A Melrose, Majestic, Chicago. 

Kerslake, Lil. Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Ketler, Joseph, A Co., Grove City, Pa. 

Kherns, Arthur H., Revere House, Chicago. 

Klrbros, The, Orpheum, Troy, O. 

King A Mason, Theatorlum, Toronto. 

Klein, Geo., Empire Show, B. R. 

Klein. Ott Bros. A Nicholson. 253 W. 34, N. Y. 

Klein A Clifton. 18, Chase's, Waab. 

Klchl A Haghl. Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Kimball A Donovan. 113 Northampton, Boston. 

Kingsbury s, The, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

King A Douglas, Haabrouck Heights. N. J. 

King, Sam A Nellie, 2374 Pitkin, Brooklyn. 

Kins-Ners, 343 N. Clark, Chicago. 

Kinsons. The. 21 E. 20, N. Y. 

Kiralfo, Gus, 1710 Third, Evansville. 

Klrschhorns. 207 So. 13, Omaha. 

Knight, Francis. 225 W. 45, N. Y. 

Knight A Saw telle. G. o. H., Syracuse. 

Knowles, Harry, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Knox, W. H.. Elyslan Grove, Tucson, Aril. 

Kooper, Harry J., Moon Light Maids. 

Kokin, Prince. K. A P. 5th Ave.. N. Y. 

Kolfage, Duke, Crystal. El wood, Ind., lndef. 

Rollins A Carmen Sisters, Pantages', Seattle. 

Kokin. Mignonette, Orpheum, San Francisco. 

Kramer, Joe, 228 Springfield, Newark. 

Kraft, Gus, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Krause, Emma. Brigadiers, B. R. 

Kretore, 119 Washington, Altoona. 

Kurtls-Busse, 6 W. 8, Erie, Pa. 



La Blanc, Bertrane, Grand, Sacramento, lndef. 

I* Centra A La Rue, 632 B. 18. N. Y. 

La Bord A Ryerson, Alrdome, Hutchinson, Kaa. 



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La Clair ft West, Wonderland. Clifton Forge, Va. 

La Nole Bros., 212 E. 14, N. Y. 

Laflenr ft Dogs, 57 Hanover, Providence. 

Lalllvette ft Co., 408 Fairmont, Meadvllle, Pa. 

La Mar, Sadie, Rolllckers, B. R. 

Lambert ft Williams, 149 B. 22, N. Y. 

Lamb ft King. 853 State, Chicago. 

Lambs, Manikins. 465 Pippin, Portland, Ore. 

Lamps Bros., Villa Raso, Absecon, N. J. 

Larez, Joseph, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Latona, Frank, Hippodrome, Wlgan, Eng. 

Lawler ft Daughters, 100 W. 105, N. Y. 

La Blanche, Great, Hotel Light, Chattanooga. 

La Gusts, 1911 Myrtle, Glendale, L. I. 

La Raab ft Scottle, 333 Locust, Johnstown, Pa. 

Laredo ft Blake, 325 E. 14, N. Y. 

Larke ft Adams, St. Louis Am. Co., indef. 

Larkln, Fun, Old South. Boston. 

La Marche, Frankle, 430 E. 26, Chicago. 

La Rague Sisters, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

La Tolka, Phil, 135 W. 22, Los Angeles. 

Latoy Bros., Jolly Grans Widows, B. R. 

Lane Trio, Vogal's Minstrels. 

La Van ft La Valette, Majestic. Pittsburg, lndef. 

La Rex, Wonderful, Clara Turner Stock Co. 

La Van Trio, Barnum & Bailey, C. R. 

Le Veen, Cross ft Co., Washington, Spokane. 

La Velle ft Grant, 226 E. 14, N. Y. 

Larette, ft Doyle, 840 N. 2, Hamilton, O. 

La kola, Harry 11.. Box 76, San Fernando, Cal. 

Lavine ft Hurd, New Century Maids, B. R. 

Langdons, The, 704 5th Ave.. Milwaukee. 

Laughing Blanco, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Lawrence, Pete, Al. Reeves' Big Show, B. R. 

La Gray, Dollle, Bijou. Racine, Wis. indef. 

Lawrence, Bert, 3 Laurel. Roxbury, Mass. 

Le Anders. 395 Madison, N. Y. 

Lee, James P., Empire, Ssn Francisco, indef. 

Lee Tung Foo, 1223 2d, E. Oakland. 

Leahy, Frank W., Manhattan. Norfolk, Va., indef. 

Leeds, Adelaide, Parisian Widows, B. R, 

Le Dent, Champagne Girls. B. R. 

Le Hlrt, Mons, 826 Clifford. Rochester. 

Leamy Ladles, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Leigh, Andrew, Lady Birds, B. R. 

Leigh, Lisle ft Co., 206 Am. Bank Bldg., Seattle. 

Leigh tons, Three, Orpheum, Los Angeles. 

Leonard, James F., Ysnkee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Leonl ft Leonl, 203 K. Indiana, Chicago. 

Leonard, Grace. St. Paul Hotel, N. Y. 

Leonard ft Phillips, Lyric, Parsons, KaS. 

Leonard, Gus, Acme, Sacremento, lndef. 

Leontlna, Marie, 17 E. 97, N. Y. 

Leonore ft St. Clair, 4948 Easton, St. Louis. 

Leonard ft Drake, 1899 Park PL, Brooklyn. 

LeRoy ft Woodford. 2417 Wylle Ave., Pittsburg. 

Les Bastiens, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Les ("arrays, 19 Perry, Pittsburg. 

Les Jaroles, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Levy, Bert, Chase's, Washington. 

Leslie, Eddie, 504 Ashland Bk., Chicago. 

Leslie ft Pattee. 714 Mellon, E. Pittsburg. 

Lester, Bill, Brigadiers. B. R. 

Lester ft Moore. Brigadiers, B. R. 

Lester, Will. 281 John R., Detroit. 

Leslie ft Williams, Lyric, E. Liverpool, 0. 

Levy, Bert. Chase's, Washington. 

Levy, Mrs. Jules, and Family, 162 W. 98, N. Y. 

Leyden, Margaret. 3647 Vernen, Chicago. 

Levan, Miss H.. Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Leville ft Sinclair, 69 Osborne, Newark. 

Lewis ft Harr, 131 W. 16, N. Y. 

Lewis, Phil, 121 W. 116, N. Y. 

Lewis ft Thompson, Merry Maidens, B. R. 

Le Fevre — St. John, Wigwam, San Francisco. 

Le Witt ft Ashmore, Shubure, Chattanooga. 

Libbey ft Trayer. 302 W. 47, N. Y. 

Light, Mark, 1785 Madison, N. Y. 

Llna ft Calljul, Fay Foster, B. R. 

Llncolns, Four, Temple, Ft. Wayne. 

Lincoln, Bill, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Linn, Benn, Half Dime, Jersey City, N. J., lndef. 

Livingstone, Three, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Llngerman, Samuel ft Lucy, 705 N. 5, Phila. 

Lloyd, Alice. Keith's. Phila. 

Lloyd, Herbert, 28 Wellington, Strand, London. 

Loder, Chas. A., Rose Lawn, Areola, Pa. 

Lois, 100 W. 86, N. Y. 

Lornison, Wllllard, 228 Montgomery, Jersey City. 

Long, John. Family. Erie, Pa., lndef. 

Long, Frank L., Lyric, Greenburg, Pa. 



Loralne, Oscar, Grand, Bntte. 

Louise ft Dottle, Bowery Burlesquers, B. R. 

Lovltts, The, 814 Beverly Rd., Brooklyn. 

Lowward, A. G., Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Lowe, Musical, 233 3d Ave., N. Y. 

Lowry, Mr. ft Mrs. Ed., 44 E. Cross, Baltimore. 

Lucas, Jlmmle, 456 W. Division, Chicago. 

Luckle ft Yoast, 389 Sumpter, Brooklyn. 

Luce ft Luce, Hammerstein's, N. Y. 

Lucler, Marguerite, Quincy Adams Sawyer Co. 

Luclers, Four, Onset, Mass. 

Lucy ft Lucler, 1559 Marion, Denver. 

Luigl Plcaro Trio, 460 Adolph, Brooklyn. 

"Luis Kink," 14 Marlborough Rd., London, Eng. 

Luttslnger, Lucas Co., Gen. Del., Chicago. 

Luts Bros., 13 Grant, Corona, N. Y. 

Lukens, 4, Reading, Pa. 

Lynton, Chris., Empire, Los Angeles, indef. 

Lyons ft Cullum, 217 W. 10, N. Y. 



Msck, Wilbur, 17. Orpheum, St. Paul. 
Macarte Sisters, 25, Majestic, Chicago. 
Mack, Billy, 208 Third, N. Y. 
Macks, Two. 245 W. 69, Phila. 
Mack ft Dougal, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Mac Fadyen and Mac Fadyen, 313 So. 5th, B'klyn. 
Mack, James, Wesley, Rose Sydell, B. R. 
Madden, Fltspatrlck ft Co., 1568 Broadway, N. Y. 
Maddern, Joseph, 139 W. 47, N. Y. 
Madcaps, Winkler's, 104 E. 14, N. Y. 
Mac Donaugb, Ethel, 68 W. 107, N. Y. 
Mahr, Agnes, Orpheum, Los Angeles. 
Ma Dell ft Corbley. 116 Howard, Buffalo. 
'Madle." 403 W. 51. N. Y. 
Makarenkos Duo, 306 E. 5, N. Y. 
Malchow, Geo., Bijou, Osbkosh, Wis., lndef. 
Manbasset Comedy Four, Rose Sydell, B. R. 
Manning ft Wise, 355 Bedford Brooklyn. 
Manley ft Norris, 517 Walnut, Hamilton, O. 
Manhattan Banjo Trio, 305 W. 127, N. Y. 
Mantell's Marionettes, O. IL. Edmonton, Can. 
Mardo Trio, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Marguerite & Hanley. Ringllng Bros., 0. R. 
Mario Trio Washington Society Girls, B. R. 
Marlon ft Pearl, Clifton Hotel, Clifton, N. J. 
•Martha." 215 E. 86, N. Y. 

Marks, Clarence, Broadway Gaiety Girls, B. R. 
Marion ft Lillian, Tiger Lilies, B. R. 
Marlowe, Plunkett ft Co., 27 Gaylord, Dorchester. 
Marnello, Mornltz Troupe, Ringllng Eros., 0. R. 
Marno Trio, touring Europe. 
Marsh, Joe, 3122 Lucas, St. Louis. 
Marshall, Bert. 238 Spicer, Akron, O. 
Marshall ft King, Rentz-Santley, B. R. 
Martin, Dave ft Percle, 3950 Indiana, Chicago. 
Martynne, C. B., Orpheum, Leavenworth, indef. 
Martynne, Creat, Rose Sydell, B. R. 
Martinez ft Martinez, Henderson's, C. I., lndef. 
Martin ft Crouch, 925 So. 12, Springfield, III. 
Martini ft Maximilian, Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 
Marty, Joe, 1623 Hancock, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Marrder, Lena, Barnum ft Bailey, O. R. 
Mary ft Petroff, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
Mason, Art, Brigadiers, B. R. 
Mason ft Bart. Victor House, Chicago. 
Mason ft Doran, Sheedy's, Fall River. 
Mason & Keeler, Proctor's, Troy. 
Mason & Shannon, 1061 Lexington, N. Y. 
Mason, Wm. A., Orpheum, Atlanta. 
Masqueria Sisters. Three. 9-23, Chicago. 
Mathews, Joes, Ysnkee Doodle Girls, B. R. 
Mathiesen, Walter. 902 W. Ohio, Chicago. 
Maxwell and Dudley, 106 W. 96. N. Y. 
May, Arthur O., P. O. Box 523. Horman, Okla. 
Mayer, Robert, Moon Light Maids, B. R. 
McAvoy, Harry, Troroughbreds, B. R. 
McAvoy ft Hartley, 8 E. 108, N. Y. 
McCabe, Jack, Century Girls, B. R. 
McCabe ft Peters, Richmond Hotel, Chicago. 
McCann, Geraldine, ft Co., 706 Park, Johnstown. 
McCsrthy, Myles, Green Rami Club, N. Y. 
McCarvers, The. 2833 Dearborn, Chicago. 
McConnell ft Simpson, 2706 E. 8,' Kansas City. 
McCoy, Nellie, 657 W. 124. N. Y. 
McCree Davenport Troupe, Hagenbeck-Wallace. 
McCulIough, Walter, Alexander Hotel, Chicago. 
McCune ft Grant, 3 Banton, Pittsburg, Pa. 
MeParland. Frank. 311 W. 142, N. Y. 
McFarland ft McDonald, Colonial Belles, B. R. 



McCauley, Joe, Wonderland, Minneapolis, indef. 

McGinnis Bros., 75 Bradford, Springfield, Mass. 

McGinn, Melville, Vaudeville, Chisholm, Minn. 

McGrath ft Paige, 58 Wash., Mlddletown, Conn. 

McGregor, Lulu, Grand, Al toons, Pa., lndef. 

McKlnley, Neil, Jersey Lilies, B. R. 

McLaughlin, L. Clair, SherldanvlUe, Pa. 

McLeod, Andy, Kentucky Belles, B. R. 

McMahon'a Melon Girls, Shea's, Buffalo. 

McNally Bros., Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

McNaugbtons. The, Keith's, Phila. 

McPhee ft Hill. 238 W. 26. N. Y. 

McWilllam: G. It.. Chase's, Washington. 

Meaney, Lottie, ft Co., 7 Elm, Charleston, Mass. 

Mesrs, Chas. E., 2925 N. 18, Kansas City. 

Melville ft Hlgglns, 272 So. 2d, Brooklyn. 

Melrose, William, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Melroy Trio, 97 Park, Chicago. 

Melvin Bros., Kentucky Belles, B. R. 

Menstlans, The, Barnum ft Bailey, 0. R. 

Monstler, Clown Le, Ringllng Bros., O. B. 

Mercer, John, Ringllng Bros., O. R. 

Merrltt, Raymond, Empire, Los Angeles, lndef. 

Merriman Sisters, 912 Bellefontalne, Indianapolis. 

Meers Sisters, Bsrnum ft Bailey, 0. R. 

Metsettles, Ten, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Mezano Troupe, Campbell Bros , C. R. 

Miaco. AL, Ringllng Bros., G R. 

Mignon, Helene, Empire, St. Paul, lndef. 

Mills, Joe, Rolllckers, B. R. 

Mills, Wm., 20th Century Maids, B. R. 

Milvo Bros., Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Millard, Frank, Lady Birds, B. R. 

Millard Bros., Crackerjacks, B. It. 

MUIman Trio, Folles Marlgny, Paris. 

Miller, Jack, 1372 No. Humboldt, Chicago. 

Miller, John, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Millershlp Sisters, Watson's, B. R. 

Miller, Elisabeth. 1726 W. 31 PL. Cleveland. 

Miller, Grace, Phillip's, Richmond, Ind., lndef. 

Miller Sisters, (Jay Morning Glories, B. R. 

Mills ft Lewis, 114 B. 11, N. Y. 

Mills ft Morris, Clarendon Hotel, N. Y. 

Mllletts, The, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Milton ft De Long Sisters, 2454 Irving, Denver. 

Milmars, The, National, Steubenville, Pa. 

Miner ft Coleman, 201 W. 130, N. Y. 

MitcheU ft Cain. 611 Sterling PL, Brooklyn. 

Mitchell ft Calre. touring Eng. and Provinces. 

Mitchell Sisters, Monarch, Lawton. Okla., indef. 

Mitchell ft Quinn. 20 Bay 26. Bensonhurst, L. I. 

Monroe, George, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Monahans, The, Pineburst, Auburn, Mass. 

Montsmbo ft Hurl Falls, Empire, B. R. 

Montrose, Louise, 450 So. First, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 

Montague's Cockatoos, 54 W. 26, N. Y. 

Montgomery, Geo. P., Lyric. Hot Springs, lndef. 

Montgomery ft Moore 1009 Buttonwood, Phila. 

Montray, 814 Western Ave., Allegheny, Pa. 

Mooney, Harry J., Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Mooney ft Holbein, Palace, Blackburn, Eng. 

Mora, Silent. Grand, Wooster, O. 

Moore ft Dillon, Fay Foster, B. R. 

Moore ft McGarry, 48 Wyckoff, Brooklyn. 

Moore, Marjorie, Orpheum, Minneapolis. 

Moore. Tom, 550 3d, N. Y. 

Moorebesd. Harry (Dreamland), Norfolk, Va. 

Morette Sisters. New Broadway, Camden, N. J. 

Morgan ft Chester, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Morgan, Lou, Parisian Belles, B. R. 

Morris ft Morton, Dsinty Duchess, B. R. 

M«»rse, Bon., Keith's, Boston. 

Morre, Chas., Lady Birds, B. R. 

Morre. Helen J., Night Owls, B. R. 

Morelle. Marie, 1807% Main, Parsons, Kss. 

Morrison, Geo. N., E. 98th and Ave. E., Brooklyn. 

Morse, Billy, Anheuser's, Aberdeen, Wash., indef. 

Morton, Fred W., Bijou. Duluth. 

Morton, James J., 147 W. 45, N. Y. 

Morton ft Elliott, Moss ft Stoll Tour, indef. 

Morton, Ed., Rolllckers. B. R. 

Mozarts, The, Unique, Minneapolis. 

Muller. Chum ft Muller, Ramona Pk., Grand 

Rapids. 
Mullinl Sisters, Washington Society Girls, B. R. 
Munger, Mort. M., Frankfort, Ind. 
Murphy ft Andrews, 116 Washington PL, N. Y. 
Murphy ft Msgee, Ideals, B. R. 
Murphy ft Palmer, 309 3d Ave., N. Y. 
Murphy ft Wlllard, 005 No. 7th. Philadelphia. 
Murphy, Geo. P., Tiger Lilies, B. R. 



Murray Sisters, Orpheum, Salt Lake. 

Murray, Wm. W., 223 E. 14, N. Y. 

Murray, Eddie, Fischer's, Los Angeles, lndef. 

Murray, Clayton ft Drew, Merry Maidens, B. R. 

Murths, Lillian. 211 E. 10. N. Y. 

Musketeers, Three, Jolly Grass Widows, B. R. 



Nagel ft Adams, 138 Wlckliffe, Newark. 
Narelle, Marie, Christ Church, New Zealand. 
Natus, Julie, Tiger Lilies, B. R. 
Nawn, Tom, ft Co., 420 W. 52, Phila. 
Needham ft Wood, 143 W. 36, N. Y. 
Nt'ff, John, Brigadiers,, B. R. 

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Neills, Neill ft Chapman, 1652 B. Main, Rochester. 

Nelson-Far nuin Troupe, 3141 Beverly rd., Br'klyn. 

Nelson, Kstherlne, 10 Howland, Roxbury, Mass. 

Nelson ft Egbert, 483 Atlantic, Pittsburg. 

Nelson, Tony, Free, Germany. 

Netzer, Herman, 308 Rlvlngton, N. Y. 

Nevada ft Bden, 235 W. 43, N. Y. 

Nevaros, Four, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Newell Sisters, Jolly Girls, B. R. 

Newell ft Nlblo, Hippodrome, Birmingham, Eng. 

Newman, Jules, Lady Birds, B. R. 

Newsomes, Four, Barnum ft Bailey, 0. R. 

Nlblo ft Spencer, Porter's Corner, Saratoga, N. Y. 

Nichols ft Uogsn, 1544 Broadway, Brooklyn. 

Nickel, Earl, 345 E. 40, Chicago. 

Nicolai, Ida, Bohemians, B. B. 

Night With the Poets, Chase's, Washington. 

"Night on a Houseboat," Orpheum, Brooklyn. 

Noble, Billy, 20 Century Maids, B. R. 

Nolan, Fred, Boston Belles, B. R. . 

Nolan, Irvan, 415 N. Madison, Peoria, 111. 

Normsn's Juggling Six. Temple, Ft. Wayne. 

North, Bobby, 45 W. 116, N. Y. 

Notes, Musical, Irwin, Goshen, Ind., indef. 

Nugent, Eddie, Trans-Atlantic, B. B. 

Nugent, J. C, The Oaks, Canal Dover, O. 

Nugent ft Miller, Proctor's, Jersey City. 



O'Brien-Havel, 616 52, Brooklyn. 

O'Connell ft Golden, Hippodrome, Rochester, N. Y. 

Odell ft Hsrt, 2063 .Strand, .Green Lake, Wash. 

Odell ft Kinley, 3405 Colling wood, Toledo. 

Ogden, Helen, 270 Clybourne, Cblcsgo. 

Olivers, Three, Bijou, Quincy, 111. 

Olivette, 225 Pacific, Brooklyn. 

Omega, Ollle, Parisian Widows, B. R. 

"Onetts," Psrk Hotel, Port Chester, N. Y. 

Out hank ft Blancbetto, P. ()., Boston, Mass. 

Omlaw, Gus, Albsmbrs, Brussels, Bel. 

O'Neill ft Mack, 823 W. Pratt, Indianapolis. 

O'Neill, W. A., Orpheum. Oakland, lndef. 

Orth ft Fern, Orpheum, Los Angeles. 

Oil fans, Three, 711 Orchard, Chicago. 

O'Regan, Box 305, Ottawa, Can. 

Orbasany, Inn a, Forest Psrk, Kansaa City. 

Orloff. Olga, Toreadors, B. R. 

O'Rourke ft Msrle, Merry Makers, B. R. 

Otto Bros., 10 Howland, Roxbury, Mass. 

Owens, Billle ft May, 1421 Adams, N. S., Pitta- 



Pacbeco Family, Barnum ft Bailey, 0. R. 

Pamabaslka. Prof., 1037 E. Dauphin, Phila. 

Palfrey ft Hoffler, 51 Broadway, Providence. 

Palmer Sisters, 545 Hart, Brooklyn. 

Parisian Grand Opera Co., 636 Lexlugton, N. Y. 

Parks, Dick, 1268 E. 25, Los Angeles. 

Patton, Grace, Rolllckers, B. R. 

Pstty Bros., Ringllng Bros., 0. R. 

Paullnettl ft Plquo, 242 Franklin. Phila. 

Pendletons. The, 135 Pittsburg, New Castle. 

Pero ft Wilson, 335 Temple, Wsshlngton, O. 

I'esrl, Kathryu, Rolllckers, B. R. 

Pesrl, Violet, Rolllckers. B. R. 

Pederson Bros.. Lyric, Terre Usute. 

Pelots, The, 161 Westminster, Atlantic City. 

Pepper Twins, Lindsay, Out.. Can. 

Perkins, David F., 222 Eastern, Portlsnd, Me. 

Perkins. Welter E., 208 American Bldg., Seattle. 

Perry ft White, Miss'N. Y., Jr., B. R. 

Perry. Clsyton, Ideals, B. R. 

Fetching Bros., Shes's, Toronto. 





FILM 



"WHEN 

KNI8HTS WERE 

BOLD" 

Released May 20 



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THE SONGS THAT EVERYONE IS SINGING AND TALKING ABOUT 
"Love Makes the World Co 'Round." No onc who has ° nkS 



"I Miss You More and More Every Day." 
"The Lily and the Sunbeam." 



will ever forget it. 

A master-work of song 
writing. 



An exquisite story, beautifully set to music. 



"Business is Business With Me. 



31 



A great coon song. 



Enclose late program and postage with requests for professional copies. Cards wont do. Orchestrations in any key. 

G. W. SETCHELL, Publisher, 496 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 









Peters, l'lill A Nettle, 107 B. 81, N. Y. 

Phllbrooks A Reynolds, 220 B. 78, N. V. 

Pbilltps ft Fsrlsrdesn. 816 Clssson, Brooklyn. 

Phillip*. J. li., 10 W. 132. N. V. 

Phillips Sinters, Majetilc, B. R. 

Plercy ft F. '.'a, 1020 Pstersoo, Bsltimore. 

Pike, Lester, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Pike, May. Brigadiers, B. R. 

PUcer, Harry, Grand, Butte. 

Polrer's Three, 085 Berrl, Montreal. 

Pollard, Jeanne. World Beaters, B. R. 

Posner, Allan 11., 486 Central Park W.. N. Y. 

Potter ft Harris. Phillips, Richmond, W. Va. 

Powera Bros., 15 Trask, Providence. 

Power, Coletta ft Co., 1% Rockvllle pi., Brooklyn. 

Powera, Mr. ft Mrs.. 857 W. 80, N. Y. 

Prsmpln Trio, 847 W. 40, N. Y. 

Price, John R., ft Co.. 211 B. 14, N. Y. 

Prices, The Jolly, Empire, New Glasgow. N. S. 

Primrose, Fred., 37G Wsllsbout, Brooklyn. 

Prltskow, Louis, Century Girls, B. R. 

Prior ft Norris, Scot's, Texarkana, Ark. 

Proalt Trio, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Pryors, The, 30 No. Main, Providence. 

Psycho, Mile.. Geo. Del., Chicago. 

Pocks, Two, Ramon a Pk., Grand Rapids. 

Pudgle ft Emmett, 464 Blewett, Seattle. 

Pullen, Louella, 104 Jefferson, Trenton. 



Quaker City Quartet, 403 Macon, Brooklyn. 
Quigg ft Mack, 115 E. 14. N. Y. 



Radford A Valentine. Oxford. London, Bng. 

Rainbow Sisters, Orpheom. Mansfield, O. 

Raleigh ft Harrington, 233 Wloter, Hagerstown. 

Ralston ft Sod, Box 641, Patcbogue, L. I., N. Y. 

Ramsey Slaters, Bijou, Jackson, Mich. 

Rankin, Bobby, 0. H., Greenville, O. 

Rastns ft Banks, Pavilion, Glasgow, Scotland. 

Rawla ft Von Kaufman. Majestic Evansville. 

Rawson ft Claire, Bon Tons, B. R. 

Rawson ft June. Phoenicia, N. Y. 

Raymond, Ruby. Poll's. Scranton. 

Raymond ft Hall, 6230 Loomls, Chlcsgo. 

Raymond ft Harper, 6406 Lexington, Cleveland. 

Rayno's. Al.. Bull Dogs, Sbarptown, Ind. 

Raaarf*. The, 4503 No. 20, Phlla. 

Ray, Fred, ft Co.. Keith's, Phlla. 

Raymond, Frederlcka, 16 B. 88, N. Y. 

Raynor, Val.. Trans Atlantic*, B. R. 

Reded ft Hadley, World Beaters, B. R. 

Reed ft St. John, 454 Manhattan, N. Y. 

Redpath's Napanees, Majestic, Chicago. 

Regal Trio, 116 W. Washington PL, N. Y. 

Rego. Jlmmle, City, New Bedford. 

Bedford ft Winchester, K. ft P. 125th St., N. Y. 

Reid Sisters. 53 Broad, Elisabeth. 

Reid, Lilian, ft Co., 272 B. 35, Chicago. 

Rellly. Johnnie, Olympic, Pk., Chatajiooga. 



Reed ft Earl, Crystsl, Martinsville. Ind. 
Reed, Harry L., Washington, Buffalo, lndef. 
Reeves, Al., Reeves' Besuty Show, B. R. 
Remington, Mayme. Kelth'a, Columbue, O. 
Reno, Geo. B., ft Co., Empire, Nottingham, Eng. 
Reno ft Bigar, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
Renshsw, Bert, Majestic, La Salle, 111., lndef. 
Rensetta ft Lyman, Trocadero, B. R. 
Revere ft Yulr, Champagne Girls, B. R. 
Reyoard, A. I)., Alf. T. Wheeler's, C. R. 
Reynard, Ed. F., Keith's, Phlla. 
Reynolds, Al»e. Miss N. Y., Jr., B. R. 
Rhodes ft Bngel, 223a Cbauncey, Brooklyn. 
Rice, Al., 262 Springfield, Newark. 
Rice ft Coben. Keith's, Cleveland. 
Rice, Fanny, 340 Lafayette, Brooklyn. 
Rice, True, 1223 State, Milwaukee. 
Rice ft Elmer, 843 B. 142, N. Y. 
Rice ft Walters, Boston Belles, B. B. 
Rich Duo, Gayety, Milwaukee. 
Richards, Chris., Hemmerstein's, N. Y. 
Richardson, Lavender ft Co., Farm, No. Carver, 

Mass. 
Riley, Frank, Orientals, B. R. 
Riccoboo's Horses, Rlogllog Bros., C. R. 
Richards ft Grover, 2513 7th Ave., N. Y. 
Rlnaldos, The, 25, Pastor's, N. Y. 
Ring ft Williams. 102 Liberty, Baltimore. 
Rio, Adolpb, 222 B. 14. N. Y. 
Rltter ft Foater, Hippodrome, Hamilton, Eng. 
Rivards, Three, 838 Scribner, Grand Rapids. 
Roattino ft Stevens. 114 E. 11, N. Y. 
Roberts, Signs, Merced, Cal. 
Roblsch ft Childress, Monroe. Elyrla, 0. 
Robinson ft Grant, 206 8tb Ave., N. Y. 
Robinson, Alice. 457 Orchard. Chicago. 
Robinson. Tom. Scrlbner's Big Show, B. R. 
Roby, Dan, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Roche, La Belle, Mile., Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Rock ft Fulton, Keith's, Boston. 
Rockaway ft Conway, Orpbeum, Oakland. 
Roethlg, Henry, St. Charles Hotel, Chicago. 
Rogers ft Evans, Flndlay, Flndlay, O. 
Rogers, Mr. ft Mrs. Robt., 121 W. 42, N. Y. 
Roltare, 28 W. 33. N. Y. 

Romany, Rye, String Quartette, 78 Pekln, Prov. 
Romola. Bob. Bijou, Davenport, la., lndef. 
Rooney ft Bent. Albambra, N. Y. 
Rooney, Katie, 807 N. Patterson Pk., Baltimore. 
Romanhoffs, The, 133 17th, Wheeling, W. Va. 
Rooney Sisters, 807 N. Patterson Pk., Baltimore. 
Rosa, Bessie, Boston Belles, B. R. 
Ross Sisters, 65 Cumerford, Providence. 
Roscoe ft Sims, Rents-Santley, B. R. 
Ross ft Lewis, Palace, Camberwell, Eng. 
Ross ft Vack. 11 W. 114, N. Y. 
Rosso A Simms, Bowery Burlesqoers, B. R. 
Rousek. Jack, Air-Dome, Leavenworth, lndef. 
Rowland, 127 W. 27, New York. 
Royal Mualcal Five, Majestic, Ft. Worth. 
Royce Bros., 874 N. Randolph, Phlla. 
Ryno ft Emerson, Continental Hotel, Chicago. 
Russell, Fred. P., 486 W. 136, N. Y. 



GRAY 



THAT FUNNY MUSICAL ACT, 



AND 



GRAHAM 



EXTRA FEATURE AT PASTOR'S HAY 18. 
Call and see the Original Act that so many have stolen Ideas from. VARIETY, 1408 Broadway. 

WANTED 

Complete Musical Comedy Organisation of about 16 or 18 people for 

GUARANTEED TOUR 

of 16 weeks or more for Airdomes and Parks. Shows must be clean and full of good singing, 
dancing and comedy. Answer quick ; lowest terms. Will do business only with owners of shows. 

Address DAN S. FI8HELL, Saratoga Hotel, Chioago. 

WANTED QUICK. 

MUSICAL COMEDY PEOPLE in all lines, especially clever LEADING WOMAN, and large 
baritone. All must be able to play parts. THIRTY EXPERIENCED YOUNG, GOOD LOOKING 
CHORUS GIRLS. All summer's work guaranteed to right people. Name lowest salary in first letter. 
Ho time for lengthy correspondence. ^^••••« ~ '■"■ ' - 

WILLIAM C. CUSHMAN, Saratoga Hotel, Chioago. 

Will be glad to bear from all friends. 




NEW ACTS 

(Continued from page 13.) 

"Ten Dark Knights" (Colored). 

Comedy Musical. 

aa Mins.; One (7); Full Stage (15). 

Keeney's. 

The "Knights" pack a whole lot of 
vaudeville entertainment into their twenty 
minutes or so. Brass ensembles, planta- 
tion melodies, a pretentious "number," 
and dancing unlimited are strung along 
on a slight but consistent little situation 
with a constant by-play of comedy. In 
its frame-up the act is a capital bit of 
vaudeville construction. The opening is 
a big brass number with the "Ten Dark 
Knights" appearing in gaudy military 
uniform as a band. One (Jack Smith) 
appears late, minus his uniform, but bear- 
ing the pawn ticket, and for his fall 
from grace is expelled from the band. 
Here the comedy commences. The ex- 
pelled one plots revenge. He dresses as 
a "voodoo" and after a change to the full 
stage set where the musicians are enjoying 
a plantation revel, appears among them 
in his ghostly attire. This scene resolves 
itself into a "number" led by Smith, and 
for a finish there is a general melee of 
dancing a la "Sunny South." During the 
opening in "one" Smith does his eccentric 
dance. There is unlimited variety in the 
act and it develops a new interest every 
minute. The fast finish turns it off nicely. 

Ruth. 



Delmar and Delmore. 

Acrobatic. 

Pastor's. 

Delmar and Delmore are a couple of 
young acrobats who depend to a great 
extent upon the holding by the teeth of 
one, while the other performs upon sus- 
pensions. Most of the work is done upon 
the high parallel bars. One trick in par* 
ticular attracted attention. While the 
teeth holder was held by his molars from 
one of the bars, his partner did a hand 
stand with him. Another was a bicycle 
upheld by steel rods centered in a mouth- 
piece from the strong end, while the other 
rode the wheel. Other tricks could be 
favorably compared, but the act lacks a 
finish to the work, and the principals need 
to be instructed how to obtain best re- 
sults. /Slime. 



Clara Walters. 

Dancing and Piano Playing. 

14th Street. 

Miss Walters, who hails from London, is 
this week making her first New York ap- 
pearance as part of the short vaudeville 
show which occupies the Fourteenth Street 



Theatre in conjunction with moving pic- 
tures. Hers is an odd specialty — the per- 
formance of a rather animated dance exe- 
cuted while playing the piano. This is 
an interesting feat enough, but makes a 
pretty light foundation for a single act. 
The rest of the turn is pieced out with 
piano imitations and trick playing. Miss 
Walters might easily frame up a more 
substantial number, using a partner and 
making incidental use of her dancing and 
piano playing. Ru$h. 



NOTES 

Last Sunday while "The Brigadiers" and 
"Bon Tons" were traveling from Philadel- 
phia to New York, Tim Healy, of the 
former company, gave Guy Rawson, of 
the other, something that looked like a 
gun metal cased watch. Mr. Rawson says 
Mr. Healy must have fixed the combina- 
tion on the watch so no one could work 
it, but still Guy has the watch, and it's 
great fun for him to unscrew the back 
every few minutes to see if the time- 
piece is running. 



All the publicity promoters in town 
have taken a peek at the office in the 
Orpheum Circuit's suite occupied by Mark 
A. Luescher, the busy boy with the type- 
writer of that concern. Mr. Luescher is 
now located in the offices formerly oc- 
cupied by Martin Beck. Instead of re- 
sembling a "press agent," Mark looks 
like a bank president when at work. His 
kin in the mimeographing profession are 
talking. But Mr. Luescher is turning out 
the "copy" in great chunks— and it's being 
printed. 



Al Sutherland will leave on the "Ameri- 
ka" July 2. 



The Rooney Sisters have postponed their 
American time, and secured bookings 
abroad for another year at an increase 
of $100 weekly salary. The girls' appear- 
ance before the King of Denmark did the 
business. 



Frank Mayne has signed for the new 
Shubert revue to be presented at the 
Casta". 



Jack Singer, Cliff Gordon and Bobby 
North, who own "The Behman Show" 
(Eastern Wheel), have a five-year part- 
nership agreement. 



Charles Mason and Ross Snow have been 
engaged to take the places of Bickel and 
Watson in "The Follies of 1907" when it 
goes out under the management of Jos. 
Gaites. 






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VARIETY 



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THE BIGGEST SURPRISE IN VAUDEVILLE WAS 

AND 





AT 






KEENEY'S, BROOKLYN, LAST WEEK 

MR. KEENEY says that MISS MORA is the greatest English character comedienne and eccentric dancer he has ever seen. 
IMMEDIATELY BOOKED on the SULLIVAN-CONSIDINE CIRCUIT as a 

SPECIAL HEADLINE ATTRACTION 

Could accept eight weeks only. Sail for Europe August 1. Booked solid until April, 1909. 



Gus 
Edwards 

Soys: 

That all of his acts have been booked solid 
for next season by Martin Beck. The new 
aots, which will be known as the "Dog Show" 
and "The Laundry Girl," will be ready about 
August 1st, and will be booked by the United 
Booking Office and the Orpbeum Circuit. 
"Borne Day, Sweetheart, Some Day," has 
started at the post and is half way 'round the 
track of success. It looks like another "That's 
What the Rose Said to Me." My advice is, 
put it in your act as soon as you get a copy . 
It will make you, if you sing ballads. WE, 
the Ous Edwards Music Publishing Company, 
are the publishers. 

P. 8. — There is only one real novelty in 
summer songs, and that is "On the Grand 
Old Sand." 

More P. 8.— HERMAN TIMBERO and those 
"Schoolboys and Girls" will be home next 
week. Poor Ous. 



Russell, Fred., Bowery Burlesquers, B. R. 

Russell A Davis, Idle Hour, Atlanta, lndef. 

Ryan ft Richfield, Proctor's, Newark. 

Ryan, Nan, ft Co., 1358 Broadway, N. T. 

Ryan ft White, 604 B. 163, N. Y. 

Ryan, Zorella ft Jenkins, Baruum ft Bailey, C. B. 

8 

Sada -Carmen Sisters, Barnum ft Bailey, O. R. 

Salamonskl, E. M.. Prof., Barncm ft Bailey, C. R. 

Sandwinas, The, Shea's, Toronto. 

Settler, Chas., Lady Birds, B. R. 

Sanford ft Darlington, 2422 So. Adler, Phlla. 

Salvaggls, Five. Miss N. Y.. Jr., B. R. 

Sampson ft Douglas, Crystal, Denver, lndef. 

Samson, Doc, Coburn Greater Minstrels. 

Sandow ft Lampert, Orientals, B. R. 

Santoro ft Marlow, Star, McKees Rocks, Pa. 

Saxton ft Somers, Capitol Hotel, N. Y. 

Schade, F., Rlngllng Bros., O. R. 

Scbepp, Grover Rollickers, B. R. 

Schmidt, George, Alcazar, New Castle, Ind. 

Schuster, Milton, Palace, Boston, lndef. 

Scott, Edouard, Grand, Reno, Nev., lndef. 

Scott, Mike, 223 Third, N. Y. 

Seabury ft Wilkle, 187 Madison, Peterson. 

Sears, Wlntergarten, Berlin. 

Seguln, Wood, Eugenia, 2314 Holywood, Toledo. 

Semon, Chas. F., 25, Orpheum, Boston. 

Semon Trio, Revere House, Chicago. 

Seymour, O. G. ft Co., Orpheum, St. Paul. 

Seymour Sisters, 1940 Nicholas, Phlla. 

Seymour ft Nestor. 851 St. Nicholas, N. Y. 

Shadle, Frank, Rlngllng Broe>, C. R. 

Shannons, Four, Bijou, Superior, Wis. 

Sharpe, Dollle, Family, Pottsvllle, Pa., lndef. 

Sha rocks. The, 240 Gain, Montreal. 

Shaw ft Shaw, Hotel Rexford, Boston. 

ShawH. Aerial, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 

Shayne ft King 110 E. 14, N. Y. 

Sherman ft Fuller. 853 N. 8, Reading, Pa. 

Sheer, Bessie. 212 Woodward, Detroit. 

Shewbrooke ft Berry, Keith's, Boston. 

Sblpp, Julia, ft Edward, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Shlrhart, Anson, Crystal, Detroit, lndef. 

Shoer, Willie, 226 E. 39. N. Y. 

Short. Edwards, 57 Mlddsgh, Brokklyn. 

Shrodes, Chas. ft Alice, Shea's, Buffalo. 

Sle Hasan Ben All, Lnna Villa, Coney Island. 

Slmms, The Mystic, Box 369 Dohbs Ferry, N. Y. 

Stelnert ft Thomas, 120 W. 135, N. Y. 

Shi man, Sam, 6111 Qulncy Cleveland. 

Sldonne, ft Kellle, 424 B. Chicago Ave., Chicago. 

8Uver Stars, 61 Hanover, Boston. 

Simpsons, Musical, 204 E. 52, N. Y. 

Six English Belles, Gay Morning Glories, B. R. 

Six Girls ft Teddy Bear, Temple, Detroit. 

SIneay's Dogs ft Cats, 101 W. 40, N. Y. 

Smlrl ft Ressner, 229 W. 88, N. Y. 

Smith ft Convey, Trsns-Atlsntlcs, B. R. 

Smiths, Aerial, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 



Smith Bros., 66 Hawthorne, Hartford. 

Smedley ft Arthur Co., 231 W. 38, N. Y. 

Smedley ft Arthur Co., 158 Arnold, Providence. 

Smith, Wm. M., Broadway Gaiety Girls, B. R. 

Smith ft Brown, Morning Glories, B. R. 

Smytbe, Wm. H., Gay Morning Glories, B. R. 

Snyder ft Buckley, Keith's, Cleveland. 

Sommers ft Storke, Ideals, B. R. 

Some Quartet, Merry Maidens, B. R. , 

Sonnett, Annette, City Sports, B. R. 

Soper, Bert, Star, Altoona. Pa., lndef. 

Souder, Pearl, Rlngllng Bros., 0. R. 

Spauldlng ft Dupree, Box 285, Osslnlng, N. Y. 

Spears, Bert, Melrose, Highlands, Mass. 

Spencer, Lloyd, Lyric, Houston, lndef. 

Splssel Bros, ft Mack, 25, K. ft P. 5th Ave., N. Y. 

Spooler, Lew H., Empire, B. R. 

Sprague ft Dixon, Criterion, Savannah, Ga. 

Stafford ft Stone, 624 W. 139. N. Y. 

Stanford, Billy, O. H., Richmond, Ky. 

Stanley, B., Barnum ft Bailey, O. R. 

Stanley. Minna, City Sports, B. R. 

Stanley ft Scalon, Orpheum, Alberta, Canada, lndef. 

Stanton ft Sand berg, 711 Orchard, Chicago. 

Starr, Carrie, Brigadiers, B. R. 

Sterling, Kitty, ft Nelson, 1305 No. 12, Phlla. 

Sterns, Al.. 131 W. 26, N. Y., care of Ward. 

Stevens, Leo, Washington Society Girls, B. R. 

Stevens, E. J., 135 So. First. Brooklyn. 

Stevens ft Boehm, 325 E. 14, N. Y. 

Stewarts, Musical, Bohemians, B. R. 

Stewart ft Desmond 147 W. 142. N. Y. 

Stewart, Harry, Rose Sydell, B. R. 

Stephens, Harry, 242 W. 43. N. Y. 

Stlckner, Emma, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 

Stlckney, Miss R., Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Stickney's Pony and Dogs, Hempstead, L. I. 

Stlckney, Robert, Rlngllng Bros., 0. R. 

Stlrk ft Dan. 28 Hancock, Brockton, Mass. 

Stoddards, The, Orpheum, Oil City, Pa. 

Stone, Wizard, Empire. Liverpool Eng. 

St. Elmo, Leo, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

St. Onge Bros.. 22 Portland, Worcester. 

Strickland, B. C, Bijou, Muskegon, Mich. 

Stusrt ft Keeley 822 College, Indianapolis. 

Stuart, J. Francis, 214 No. 8. Philadelphia. 

Sturgis, Ida, Imperials, B. R. 

Sullivan, W. J., Bijou, Jamestown, N. D., lndef. 

Sullivan Bros., 6 So. High. Mil ford, Mass. 

Sully ft Phelps, 2329 Bolton, Phlla. 

Summers ft Winters, 2329 Prairie, Chicago. 

Sunny South, Hippodrome, London. 

Sutcllffe Troupe, Hippodrome, London. 

Sweet, Eugene, 25 Cherry, Providence. 

Sweeney, John S., 452 Turner, Allentown, Pa. 

Swor Bros., 718 W. 62, Chicago. 

Sylow, Barnum ft Bailey, 0. B. 

Sylvan ft O'Neal, World Beaters, B. R. 

Symonds, Jack, 18 crystal, Denver. 

Symphonla Musical Trio, 26 N. Jefferson, Dayton. 



Talcots, The, Princess, Cleveland. 
Tanean, 10 Central, Brooklyn. 
Tanean, Felix ft Claxton, 331 E. 93, N. Y. 
Tanka, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 
Tanna, Henderson's, Coney Island. 
Taylor, Tell, La Salle, Chicago, lndef. 
Tegge ft Daniel, 2148 No. Robey, Chicago. 
Tempest Trio, 124 Boneau, Jersey City. 
"Ten Dark Knights," Proctor's, Utlca. 
Tenuis Trio, Poll's, Hartford. 
Thayer, Joe, Ashmont House, Lynn. 
The Quartette, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Thomas, David, care of Moyer, Atlanta. 
Thompson ft Carter, City Sports, B. R. 
Thompson, Hsrry, 112 Covert, Brooklyn. 
Thompson Sisters, 3822 Aldlne, Chicago. 
Thome, Mr. ft Mrs., G. O. H., Syracuse. 
Thornton, Geo. A.. 1133 Broadway, N. Y. 
Thropp, Clara, 18 O. H., Sacramento. 
Tlddlewlnks ft Dugan, 503 Hudson, N. Y. 
Tierney, Belle, 74 N. Main, Woonsocket, R. I. 
Tierney ft Odell. 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Tlnney, Frank H., 812 Moore, Philadelphia. 
Toledo, Sydney, Bayslde, L. I. 
Tomklns, William, Goldfleld, Nev. 
Tom Jack Trio, Keith's, Port»and. 
Togs, Musical. Sydney, N. S. 
Trainer ft Dale, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Travers, Belle, Orientals, B. R. 
Trlllers, The, 346 E. 20, N. Y. 
Troubadours, Three, 226 Park, Newark. 
Truheart ft Burke, Flood's Pk., Baltimore. 
Truesdell, Mr. ft Mrs., 560 W. 150, N. Y. 
Trocadero Quartet. Dixieland. Jacksonville, Fla. 
Trolley Car Trio, Orpheum, Stockton, Cal. 
Tully. May, Hammersteln's. N. Y. 
Turner, Bert, Lyric, Grand Island, Neb. 
Tumour, Jules, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 
Turpln, Ben, 310 E. Superior, Chicago. 
Tyce, Lillian, O. 0. H., Syracuse. 



Ullrich. Frits, 208 W. 44, N. Y. 

I ruin SiHters, Baruum ft Bailey, C. R. 

Usher, Claude ft Fannie, Shea's, Buffalo. 



Vagges, The 4, Green, Auburn, N. Y. 

Valdarc A Varno, 175 S. Lake, Aurora, 111. 

Valmore, Mildred, Toreadors, B. R. 

Valadons, Three, 65 Summer, Central Falls, R. I. 

Valdare, Bessie, Albambra, N. Y. 

Valolse Bros., 590 Fairfield, Bridgeport. 

Valveno & La More, 20, Tacoma, Boston. 

Van Bppes, Jack, 15 W. 64, N. Y. 

Van Cleve, Denton ft Pete, 236 E. 14, N. Y. 

Van Dorn ft McGIll, 241 Henward. Brooklyn. 

Van Lee, James, Yankee Doodle Girls, B. R. 

Van, Miss M., Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 

Vardaraan, 270 W. 39, N. Y. 

Variety Quartette, Moonlight Maids, B. R. 

Vasco, Empire, London, Eng. 

Veda ft Quintarow, Globe Hotel, Bclalre, O. 

Vedmars, Tbe, 749 Amsterdam, N. Y. 

Verdi Musical Four, 46 W. 28, N. Y. 

Vermette-Carpottie Trio, 451 Breboeuf, Montreal. 

Verna Belle, 335 Beaum, Somervllle, Mass. 

Viola ft Bro., 123 Montauk, Brooklyn. 

Von Dell, Harry, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Vynos, The, 366 W. 31, N. Y. 



Wade ft Reynolds, Concord Pk., Natchez, Miss. 
Wagner ft Gray, 26 Farragut, Chicago. 
Wahlund, Tekela Trio, 205 W. 22, N. Y. 
Walte, Willie. 2214 Adams, St. Louis. 
Waldorf ft Mendez, 110 Green, Albany. 
Walton, Irving R., Irwin's Majesties, B. R. 
Waller ft Maglll, 102 7th Ave., New York. 
Walker, Nella, Orpheum, St. Paul. 
Walsh, George, Toreadors, B. R. 
Walsh-Lynch ft Co., Irwin's Big Show, B. R. 
Walton, Fred, St. James, L. I., lndef. 
Walton, Miss E.. Majestic. St. Paul. 
Ward ft Sheppell, Trocadero, B. R. 
Ward, Billy, Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn. 
Wards, The, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 
Warner, Stanley M., 126 W. 112, N. Y. 
Watson ft Little, 301 W. 118, N. Y. 
Watson Sisters, Irwin's Big Show, B. R. 
Ward Trio, 640 82, Milwaukee. 
Warner ft Lakewood, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Washer Bro*., Oakland, Ky. 
Washburn, Blanche, Broadway Oalety Girls, B. R. 
Waterbury Bros, ft Tenny, Bennett's, Montreal. 
Watson, Jos. K., Rollickers, B. R. 
Watson. Sammy, 333 St. Paul, Jersey City. 
Web, Harry L., Beatrice, Neb. 
Webb, Jobn L., Brigadiers, B. R. 
Webb, Mabel, Pat White's Gaiety Girls, B. B. 
Weber, Chas. D., Bowery Burlesquers, B. R. 
Weber, Jobn, Broadway Gaiety Girls, B. B. 
Webster ft Carlton, Sheedy's, Brockton, Mas*. 
Weed, Roy, 434 Lincoln, Chicago. 
Welch ft Earl, Majestic, Warsaw, Wis. 
Welch, Jas.. ft Co., 248 Fulton, Buffalo. 
Wells, Pauline, Parisian Widows, B. R. 
Wenrtck & Waldron, 542 Lehigh, Allentown. 
Wentwortb, Rose, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 
Wentworth. Vesta ft Teddy, 200 Pratt, N. Y. 
Werden ft Taylor. K. ft P. 58th St., N. Y. 
West, John A., 161 W. 66, Chicago. 
West ft Benton, Oak Park, Sacramento, lndef. 
Wesley ft White, Smith Ave.. Corona, L. I. 
West, Harry, Washington Society Girls, B. B. 
Weston, Sam, 16 E. Ill, N. Y. 
Weston, Emma, Empire, B. R. 
Wheeler Children, 2514 No. 25. Philadelphia. 
Whalley ft Wballey, Box 202, Fltchburg, Mass. 
Wheeler, Little Children, 2514 No. 25. Phlla. 
Wheelers, Tbe, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Wheeler, Bert, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Wheeler ft Rosey, 15 So. Clark, Chicago. 
Whelan ft Searles, 1520 Glenwood, Phlla. 
White, Frank, Brlgsdlers, B. R. 
White Hawk. 750 Westchester, N. Y. 
White. Pat. Pat White's Gaiety Girls, B. R. 
Whitman. Frank, 133 Greenwich, Reading. 
White, Ed. B., ft Rolla, 25. AlrUome, Phoenix, 
Arte. 

White. Tom, Lady Birds, B. R. 
Whittle, W. E., 143 Hnrnblower, Belleville, N. J. 
Whitehead. Joe, 408 W. 33, N. Y. 
Whltely, James. Trans-Atlantlcs, B. R. 
WlgganH, Joe, Imperials, B. R. 
Wlllard ft Bond. Unique. Eau Claire. 
Wilbur, Caryl, Hippodrome. Liverpool, Eng. 
Wilder, Marshall P., 25 No.. New Hampshire, At- 
lantic City. 
Williams. Conloy, Llttlefleld. Conn. 
Williams, Cow Boy. Litchfield, Conn. 



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Williams ft Force, Orpheum. Canton, 0. 
Williams, C. W.. Richmond Hill. L. I. 
Williams ft Mayer, 300 W. 55, N. Y. 
Williams. Joe, Jersey Lilies, B. R. 
Williams ft West, Moon Light Maids, B. R. 
Williams ft Weston, 208 8tate, Chicago. 
Wills ft Hassan, Alhambra, N. Y. 
Wilson ft Doyle, Majestic, Hock ford, 111. 
Wilson, Tony, Helolse ft Armoros Sisters, 1 Prima 

rd., Brixton, London. 8. B., Eng. 
Wilson, Alf. ft Mabe, 256 W. 87. N. Y. 
Wilson Brothers, Majestic, Chicago. 
Wilson, Raleigh, Campbell Bros., C. R. 
Wilson, 8am, Moon Light Maids, B. R. 
Wlnrherman, V. F., 201 E. 14. N. Y. 
Winchester, Edwin, Lake Cone Pk., Ft. Worth. 
Winkler ft Kress, 254 W. 38, N. Y. 
Wlnslow, W. P., Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
Winston's Seals, 2416 W. Cohry, Richmond. 
Wise, Jack, 30tn St., Pittsburg. 
Wixon ft Eaton, Strolling Players Co. 
Wood Bros, Academy, Pittsburg. 
Wood ft Woods, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 
Wood, Ralph, Lyric, Ft. Smith, Ark., lndef. 
Woodford's Animals, Rose Sydell, B. R. 
Wolford ft Stevens, Palais. Merlden, Miss. 
Wolfe ft Vaughan, 610 Third, E. Cedar Rapids, la. 
Wormser Tots, 502 W. 8, Davenport. la. 
Woodward, Ed ft May, Majestic. Norrlstown, Pa. 

Md. 
Wormwood, Prof., Barnum ft Bailey, 0. R. 
World ft Kingston. K. ft P. 125th St., N. Y. 
Work ft Ower, Cook's, Rochester. 
Worthley. Mlntborne, 125 Lexington, N. Y. 
Wotan, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
Wright, Bertha, Brigadiers, B. B. 
Wonlff, Edward, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
Wulff, Mme. E., Barnum A Bailey, 0. B. 
Wurnell. Arnold B.. White City Rink, Atlanta. 
Wynn ft I .•■win, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 



Yackley ft Bnnnel, R. F. D. No. 6, Lancaster. 
Yalto Duo, 220 W. 38, New York. 
Yarns mato Bros., Emerald, Adams Co., O. 
Yarlck ft Lalonda, O. II.. Morganstown, Vs. 
Yelleronies Sisters, Four, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
Young America Quintette, 154 Clifton PI., B'klyn. 
Young A De Vole, 8 I/>wer 5, Evansvllle. 
Youngs ft Brooks. Suffern, N. Y. 
Young A Manning, 2130 Grant, Denver. 
Young. Ollle, ft Bros., 58 Chittenden, Columbus. 
Youtuekey, Prince, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. • 



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Zamloch A Co., BIJou. Superior. Wis. 
Zanzlgs, The, Alhambra. London, Eng. 
Zaras, 4, 101 W. 40, New York. 



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A HIGHLY TRAINED TROUPE OF THE RARE AMD CUTE 

CHIHUAHUA DOGS OF MEXICO 

The Smallest Race of Dogs in the World 

Presenting an act that U absolutely original fro m start to finish. Four years continuous engagements 
in Great Britain. 3a WEEKS AT THE ALHAMBRA, LONDON, attracting to that theatre every member of 
the British Royal Family and many members of Royalty from Continental Europe. 

The most popular and talked of Dog Act which has ever appeared in the British Isles, or elsewhere. 
Will shortly terminate a 35 weeks' engagement with the Orpheum Road Show. 
Pronounced at every point the most original, clever and entertaining Dog Act ever seen on the 
vaudeville stage. 

Week of Hay II— Alhambra, Haw York 
Week of May 1 8 -Colonial Theatre, Naw York 



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NOTICE 



Z desire to make pnblio the fact that my act is the result of ideas that originated with, were thought oat 
and put into practical order entirely by my assoeiate and myself. It is not a oopy of any other act, or a 
collection of stolen ideas. I have not adopted any special feature belonging to any other animal act. To 
produce something- unique and original was my aim. Particular attention is directed to one of the features 
that eaters largely into the makeup of my performance, namely, the AUTOMOBILE, a feature whioh seems to 
be especially tempting to the proprietors of a number of other animal shows. The IDEA of the AUTOMOBILE 
as a practical stage prop, and its application to an animal act is mine, and originated by me in a strictly 
legitimate way in the spring of 1901. The oar was built and made practical by my associate, and introduced 
by me at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool, England, Aug. 3d. 1908, my debut in my present act. There was not 

at that time any similar stage device in existence, and any other person claiming to be the originator is an impostor, and the efforts of others to introduoe an automobile into their acts is simply a glaring 

exhibition of daylight thieving. 

The also, shape, motive power, method of guiding and controlling the oar are mere details, and have nothing to do with the idea. The idea must come first. The idea of making an automobile 

practical as a stage prop, and applying it to an animal act is mine, and all the work and effects I am getting out of it are in all justice my own property. 

I beg to call the attention of the entire profession to the efforts of those seeking to deprive me of the benefits of ideas whioh, in working out successfully, I have been to great expense in money, 

time and labor. ROSINA CASSELLI. 



Zasell A Vernon Co., 141 B. IB, N. Y. 

Zecb A Zech, Wheelers, C. R. 

Zeds, H. L., 211 B. 14, N. Y. 

Zemo, Zemo Troupe, 671 Smith, St. Paul. 

Zeno, Bob, 600 N. Wood, Cbicsgo. 

Zlegler, N. C, Columbia, Knoxville, lndef. 

Zimmerman, Al., Empire, B. R. 

Zlmmer, John, Empire, San Francisco, lndef. 

Zobedl, Fred, Bennett's, Montreal. 

Zouboulakls, Jno., Phillips, Richmond, Ind. 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 



Trocsderos, Gsyety, Baltimore. 
20th Century Girls, Monumeutal, Baltimore. 
Washington Society Girls, Columbia, Boston. 
Watson's Burlesquers, Star, Milwaukee. 
World Beaters, Gsyety, Pittsburg. 
Yankee Doodle Girls, Howard, Boston. 



ROUTES RECEIVED TOO LATE FOR 

CLASSIFICATION 

Arakl's Troupe. Skating Rink, Crlsfleld. 

Armstrong A Levering, Novelty, Topeka. 

Bsader La Velle Trio, Fountain Ferry Park, 
Louisville. 

Barber A rainier, Crystal, Jackson, Miss. 

Barry A Wolford, K. A P. 125tb St., N. Y. 

Benton, Lew, 220 W. 38, N. Y. 

Booth, Gordon Trio, Lyric, Waco* Tex. 

Burton A Vass, Majestic, Lafayette, Ind. 

Burton, Bugbes A Burton, Star, New Kensing- 
ton, Pa. 

Byers A Hermann, Keith's, Phils. 

Cain Sisters, Empire, Youngstown, O., lndef. 

Cole A Colemsn, care Cavanaugb A Welsh, Spring- 
field. 

Cooper, Jas. E., A Lucia, Gayety, Phils. 

D'Arville Sisters. Midland, Ft. Dodge, Is. 

Dean A Price, Bijou, Muskegon, Mich. 

Elmore A Ray, Nula, Cadillac, Mich. 

Espe, Dutton A Bspe, 25, Howard, Boston. 

Fiddler A Shelton, Keith's, Cleveland. 

Foy Bros., Grand, Clrco Bell, Mexico, lndef. 

Freeman Bros., Jolly Girls, B. R. 

Gaffney Girls, Lexington, Ky. 

Gehan A Spencer, Pant ages', Spokane. 

Goldsmith A Hoppe, Alhambra, N. Y. 

Graham A Lawrence, Pastime, Boston. 

Hallbacks, The, Pike, Canal Dover, O. 

Hyde, Mr. A Mrs. Robt., Camden, Camden, N. J. 

Jewette, Hayes A Llnd, King Edward. Halifax, 
N. 8. 

King, Mason, Theatorlum, Toronto. 

Latoy Bros., 25, Lyric, Dayton. O. 

Lewis, Mr. A Mrs. Rslpb, Spoksne, Wash. 

Laclers, Muslcsl, Young's, Atlantic City. 

Martin A Crouch, Novelty, Denver. 

Palmer, T. P., Novelty, Denver. 

Morton, Phil, National. Steubenville, O. 

Paull A Healy, Pantages', Spokane. 

Raymond A Hess, Pastor's, N. Y. 

Rome, Mayo A Jolllet, 220 W. 38, N. Y. 

Sabine A Mile. Vera, 737 De Kalb, Brooklyn. 

Stelnert, Thomas Trio, Atlantic Garden, N. Y. 

Tyroleans. Rslner's, Frans, The Oaks, Portland, 

Viola A Engel. Auditorium. York, Pa. 

Weat Sisters, O. H.. Lockport, N. Y. 



WEEK MAY 18. 

When not otherwise indicated, "L. O," after 
show indicates it is laying off. 

The route below is as correct as possible to 
secure at this date, due to lateness of season. 
All regular Wheel Shows not listed have closed. 
Americans, Lyceum, Washington. 
Avenue Girls, Shubert, Newark. 
Behman Show, Murray Hill, New York. 

Bon Tons, Waldman's, Newark. 

Boston Belles, Gayety, St. Louis. 

Bohemians, 18-21, Indianapolis; 22-24, Terre 
Haute. 

Bowery Burlesquers, Gayety, Toronto. 

Broadway Gaiety Girls, 18-21, Evansville; L. O. ; 
25, Folly. Chicago. 

California Girls, Imperial, Providence. 

Century Girls, 18-21, Terre Haute; 22-24, Indian- 
apolis. 

Champagne Girls, Star. St. Paul. 

City Sports, Empire, Toledo. 

Cherry Blossoms, Folly, Cbicsgo. 

Colonial Belles, Eighth Avenue. New York. 

Crackerjacks, 18-21, Albany; 22-24, Holyoke. 

Cosy Corner Girls, London, New York. 

Dainty Duchess, Gayety, Detroit. 

Dreamlands, Star, Cleveland. 

Empire Show, Theatre Royal, Montreal. 

Fay Foster, 18-21, Des Moines; 22-24, St. Joseph. 

Golden Crook, Gsyety, Washington. 

High Jinks, Met. O. IL, Duluth. 

Ideals, Dewey, Minneapolis. 

Imperials, 18-21, Lucerne, Wllkes-Bsrre; 22-24, 
L. O. 

Irwin's Big Show, Pslace, Boston. 

Jersey Lilies, Westminster, Providence. 

Jolly Grass Widows, Century, Kansas City. 

Jolly Girls, Star, Toronto. 

Knickerbockers, L. O. 

Lady Birds, Empire, Chicago. 

Majesties, Corinthian, Rochester. 

Merry Maidens, Buckingham, Louisville. 

Miss New York, Jr., 18-21, Lyceum, Troy; 22-24, 
Gsyety, Albany. 

Moonlight Maids, Avenue, Detroit. 

New York Stars, Lyceum, Boston. 

Nightingales, Trocadero, Philadelphia. 

ROevcs' Beauty Show, Gayety, Brooklyn. 

Rents Santley, Grand, New York. 

Rialto Rounders, 18-21, L. O.; 22-24, Luxerne, 
Wllkes-Barre. 

Rolllckers, Lafayette, Buffalo. 

Rose Hill. 125th Street, New York. 

Rose Sydell, Star, Cleveland. 

Runaway Girls, Standard, Cincinnati. 

Star Show Girls. Dewey, New York. 

Toreadors, Philadelphia. 



CIRCUS ROUTES 



Army A Navy Motion Picture Co., 18-10, Blrdsboro, 
Pa.; 20-21, Pottstown. 

Barnum A Bailey, Msy 16, Long Branch, N. J.; 

18, Newark; 10, Jersey City; 20, Paterson; 21, 

Middle town, N. Y.; 22, Kingston; 23, Albany; 

25-30, Boston; June 1, Lynn, Mass.; 2, Salem; 

3, Lowell; 4, Manchester, N. 11.; 5, Worcester, 

Mass.; 6, Woonsocket, B. I. 
Buffalo Bill, 11-17, Philadelphia; 18-10, Baltimore; 

20-21. Lancaster. Pa.; 20. Johnstown; 26, Butler; 

27, Oil City; 28, Youngstown, O.; 20, Canton; 

30, Akron. 

Campbell Bros., Msy 16, Aberdeen, 8. D.; 18, 

Oakes. 
Cole Bros., May 16, Columbus City, Ind.; 18, 

Ft. Wsyne; 10, So. Bend; 20, Battle Creek; 21, 

Charlotte; 22, Owasso; 23, Pontine; 25, Toledo; 

June 1, Buffalo. 
Norris A Rows, May 28, Portland, Ore. 
Ringling Bros., Msy 16, Altoona, Pa.; 18, 

Lew is town; 10, Harrlsburg; 20, Reading; 

21, Allentown; 22, Easton; 23, Plainfleld, N. J.; 
25, Wllkes-Bsrre, Pa.; 26, Scranton; 27, 
Blngbamton, N. Y.; 28, Elmlra; 20, Canan- 
daigua; SO, Buffalo; June 13, Erie, Pa. 

Sells-Floto, May 16, Ogden, Utah; 18, Mt. Pleas- 
ant; 10, Provo; 20, Salt Lake; 21, Logan; 

22, Pocatello, Idaho; 28, Twin Falls. 

101 Ranch, May 16, St. Charles, Mo.; 17-24, St. 
Louis. 



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Chicago Office. 

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description will not be Hated when known. 

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Letters addressed to artists haring names 
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Anglln, 

Anderson, Dan (C. O.) Betts, Wm. 

Andrews. Pearl. 

Alpine Troupe (C. O.) 

Alvln A Kenny. 

Alexandra. F. 



Barrett, J. J. 
Brockman, Slater 

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Budd, Bert. 



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Budd, Bert (C. O.) 
Baldwin, Carl. 
Buel, Edith. 
Butler, Ida. 
Brown, Henrlette. 
Brown, L. K. 
Bsrnhsrt, Chss. (O. 0.). 
Belmont, Belle. 
Blamphln, Kills. 
Barry, Margaret. 
Burke Brothers. 
Bowman, Ivy. 
Brengk, Ernst. 
Blonden, Harry. 
Blscklldge, Buby. 
Brown, Harry. 
Blnns, John. 
Boch, Oto. 
Borland, Frank. 
Burns, Jack. 
Brown, Tom. 
Burkhardt, Charles. 
Brown, Nat. 



Clazton, Wm. (C. O.) 

Clifford A Burke. 

Carey, Billy. 

Conner, M. B. 

Clark, Harriet L. (0. 
O.). 

Cheeves, Joe. 

Claxton, William (O. 
O.). 

Cllne, J. B. 

Ceballos, H. 

Christ, Frank (0. O.). 

Crane, Lawrence. 

Coffman, Jas. 

Cooper, Harry. 

Corson, Cora Young- 
blood. 

Collins snd Brown (O. 
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Chlnko. 

Cressy, Will M. 

Callahan A St. George. 

Cogswell, Sarah L. 

Cart well A Harris. 



Dsvls, Ed. F. (0. O.) 
Dudley, A. 
Dudley. Harry R. 
Dacoma Family. 
Donovan A Arnold. 
Dooley, J. Francis (O. 

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D'Arville, Janet. 
Dsvls, Hal. 
Desn, Louise (0. O.). 
Doming, Lawrence (a 

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Dalley. Bob snd Nellie. 
Donnelly, A. J. 
De Lacy, Leigh. 



DIBella snd Volpe. 
Duncan A Godfrey (0. 

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Dunn, Billy (C. O.) 
Duggan. Archie. 

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Electric Quartet. 
Ernest, Harry. 
Evens, George (0. O.). 
Kverhart. 
Elaine, Mabel. 
Emmy's Pets. 
Ely, J. Frank. 

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Fen-ell, L. W. 
Fern, Raymond. 
Faustln, Mile. 
Flynn, Al. 
Frit Holier, Otto. 
Felir, O. 
Farren, L. K. 
Forbes, Frank A George 
Ferlen, Frances J. 
Ferguson, Dave. 
Freeman, Wallace. 
Farnsworth, Walter. 
Fagan, barney. 

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Goldstein, Abraham (0. 

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Gibbons, Thomas (C. 

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Green snd Werner (O. 

O.). 
Green A Werner. 
Gilbert, L. Wolfe. 
Garvey, Margaret. 
Goulet, Archie. 
Gsrrick, Richard. 
Graham, James (0. 0.). 
Guise, Florence. 
Gerome, Viola. 
Grift*. 

Gouldlng, Chas. 
Green, Albert. 
Grady, Thos. J, 
Gordon, Cecil. 

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Hilton. Helen. 
Hugoeton, Hugo (3) 
Hughes, Utile (0. O.) 
Harris, Mr. 

Harris, Geo. H. (0. O.) 
Harvard A Cornell (0. 

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Hutchinson, Wlllard H. 

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Holland, Edwin, 
Hulker. Edith. 
Heck, W. 
Herding, Haael. 
Hopper. Chas. H. (2). 
Harris. Ida a 
Holmes, Carle. 
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Raymond, Ruby. 
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Spencer, Helen. 
Stephens, Psul. 
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Spong, Hilda. 
St. George, Jennie. 
Smith, Charles F. 
Stevens, Mike J. 
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Scbulse, B. 
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Summers, J. T. 
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ports sre for the current week: 

GHIGAGO 

By FRANK WIESBERO. 

VARIETY'S Chicago Office, 
Chicago Opera House Block, 
(Phone Msln 4330). 

MAJESTIC (Lymsn B. Glocer, mgr. Monday 
rehearsal 9). — Bill this week below average with 
those provided earlier In the season. Virginia 
Earle and her "Johnnies" headline. An arrange- 
ment of songs and dialogue similar to the melange 
seen last season is given. The most diverting 
part was the "Soul Kiss" encore. Evs Tsylor 
emerges from the rsnks of the "legitimate," and 
for her vaudeville advent here has chosen a 
comedy entitled "Chums," which concerns the 
Intrigues of rival lovera with symptons of mis- 
taken identity as the chief fundaments. It Is 
well written and admirably acted by Miss Tsylor 
snd three other players. Barry and Halvers 
showed one of the best comedy, singing and 
dancing acts of the season, snd deserve com- 
mendation, particularly for tbelr method aud good 
taste in costumes worn by Miss Halvers. Caroline 
Hull has not played here In several years. Her 
opening song has been used by many others In 
vaudeville and burlesque last season, and now 
hardly commands attention. With newer songs 
and stories and more attractive wardrobe. Miss 
Hull would have fared much better In the place 
she held. Relff Brothers danced, and a very 
novel and most attractive contortion act wao 
offered by Carletta, who, In the midst of sn 
effective tropicsl setting, and clothed In daxzling 
spangled garments which added atmosphere to the 
fantastic surroundings, showed s number of In- 
tricate snd graceful feats thst elicited undivided 
interest. Mrs. Dan McAvoy (Georgia Kelly) aang 
new and original catchy songs and made a good 
Impression, also due to her pleasing demeanor 
and presence. Roberts, Hayes snd Roberts re- 
peated their familiar comedy sketch, which wss 
liked and would have merited deservingly farther 
down the bill. Schoenweek Is a magician and 
coin manipulator, quite dextrous, besides bsving 
a well arranged routine of Incidental talk, making 
the act a departure from the ordinary magical 
entertainers. Ferrell Brothers sre unquestionably 
expert cyclists and have an agreeable comedy 
arrangement without overdoing any portion 
at the expense of the clever - feats. The roller 
skating by the comedian at the opening gave 
the act a good start and held the audience until 
the finish, closing the show. Llewellyn and 
Walton, Luttrluger-Lucas Company appeared. 

OLYMPIC (Abe Jacobs, mgr. Monday rehear- 
sal 0). — Redpath's "Napanees," Mr. and Mrs. 
Perkins Fisher, Edna Luby, Hawthorn and Burt, 
Myrtle Byron and Company, Gil Brown, Baptlste 
and Franconi, Esmeralda, Rentfrew and Jansen, 
Lestor, Massoney and Wilson, Decsmo's Dog. 

STAR (Tom Carmondy, mgr.). — Edwin Rood, 
Wilson Brothers, Gertrude Des Reche, Yuma, 
Potts Brothers Company, Three Lyres. 

NORTH AVENUE (Paul Slttner, mgr.).— The 
Four Musical Cates, Dunn and Miller, Don and May 
Gordon Trio, Adams Bros., Mitchell and Browning, 
Wayne Christy Company, Billle Black. 

SCHINDLER'S (L. Schlndler, mgr.).— Velde 
Trio, Harold Shaw and Company, Lulgl Ulcaro 
Trio, John Ennor, Krafft and Myrtle, Abott, Miles 
and Abott. 

PREMIER (0. W. Schaefer, mgr.). — Irene Rus- 
sell, Fries Sisters, The Raymonds. Bertha Phillips, 
Will snd May Reno, Rice Brothers. 

IOLA (Geo. B. Powell, mgr.). — Sherman snd 
Fuller, Caldwell and Thomas, Emore and Bartlett, 
Trixie Lewis. Danvers and Company. 

GEM (Chas. Schaefer, mgr.).— Williams and 
Healy, Emily Page, Phil Clifford and Dog, Saparo 
and Jones, Edna May, Leroy Bland. 

LYRIC (Chicago Heights, 111. John Leonard, 
mgr.). — Bobble Kuecher, Walter Sanford and Com- 
pany, The Juggling Jalvans, Romola. 

NEW GEM (Henry and Belden, managers.). — 
Searles snd George, Mr. and Mrs. Jlmmle Maber, 
Victoria Sautell. 

NATIONAL (C. R. Svenlng. mgr.).— Madison. 

CRYSTAL. — Everette and Gilmore, Franz Caesar 
and Company, Bert Welsh. 

STANDARD (J. W. Brickhouse, mgr.).— Ssvoy 
and Savoy, Margaret Bagsly. Sweany and Rooney, 
Trixie Harris, The Everettes, Lswrence snd 
Lawrence. 

FOLLY (John A. Fennessy, mgr.).— "Watson's 
Burlesquers, " returned, unchanged materially, and 



with the ssme company since lsst reviewed. 

EMPIRE (I. H. Herk, mgr.).— "The Merry 
Maidens," moved to the West Side from the 
Folly; Choceeta, added attraction. 

NOTES. — The new theatre now In course of 
construction at Nevada City, Nev., will be called 
the Broadway. Vaudeville and moving pictures 
will be the entertainment. — rue Grand, Milwau- 
kee, which has been dark for some time, will be 
entirely remodeled and enlarged by Sullivan- 
Considlne, at an expense of *40,000. It will re- 
open next season. — The Hippodrome, Danville. 
111., opened to large business last week. — Big 
vaudeville acta are given every week. William 
Morris' Chicago office does the booking. Among 
those on the bill this week sre Rice and Prevost, 
Dumond's Minstrels and Laura Davis. — Robert 
Whlttler sailed for London Wednesday. He 
opens st the Comedy Theatre for six weeks about 
the middle of June, and will probably remain 
next season. — A number of former Klaw A Er- 
langer acts sre playing the Sullivan Considlne 
time In the Northwest. — The Grsnd Opera House, 
Cincinnati, has inaugurated a summer season of 
vaudeville. As the Columbia, the regular vaude- 
ville house, does not operate during the summer, 
the Grsnd will be in the field alone. — W. E. Moore 
and J. Alvln Padgett have leased s piece of prop- 
erty at Vlncennes, Ind., upon which they will 
erect a new vaudeville theatre, to be known as 
the "Red Mill." — Sisters Albert have completed 
eight consecutive weeks st the Opers House In 
Melbourne, Australia. They enjoy the distinction 
of being the only "sister" act playing one 
theatre for that length of time on the Richards 
circuit. The girls Intend to return to England 
In August, probably after tbelr Sydney engage- 
ment. — Gertrude Des Roche, bsving met with 
success in a single act. is arranging time through 
the Western Vaudeville Association. — Mortimer 
M. Thlese. whose "Wine, Women and Song," Is 
playing an Indefinite engagement at the Great 
Northern, arrived In the city from the East a 
few days sgo. The show Is enjoying s good 
patronage and will probably remain here for sev- 
eral weeks. — Owing to the illness of Nellie 
Keeley, Wsshburn snd Keeley will be obliged to 
rest for the bummer and probably until the 
opening of next season. — The Wonderland, Wheel- 
ing, W. V'a., will have opera this summer, return- 
ing to vaudeville early next fall. — The Sceniscope 
Company, Chicago, incorporated for $600,000 by 
C. W. Schlek and others, will conduct a largo 
amusement enterprise. — The first three Air-Domes 
In Oklahoma Territory to open the season with 
s series of complete vaudeville shows, ss arranged 
by Dan Flshel, trsveling representative of the 
Sullivan Considlne circuit are Guthrie, May 10; 
Tulsa, 17; Shawnee, 24. Mr. Flshel, who returned 
from the West last week, states that .the 
Oklahoma Territory will eventually develop into 
a wide field for vaudeville. At present It ap 



peers to be the most popular and profitable en- 
tertslnment. — Leon snd Bertie Allen are now 
playing over the Sun circuit, snd will rest during 
the summer period. 

— Hermsn Fehr, J. A. Sternsd snd Frank Trott- 
msn, msnsger of the Stsr, Milwaukee, attended) 
the opening of "White City," Louisville, Sunday. 
Fully 20,000 people, It Is said, attended the open- 
ing. Kemp's Wild West Show Is one of the im- 
portant attractions. — Richard Hyde, of Hyde * 
Behman, owners of the Stsr snd Garter, was to 
the city for s couple of dsys. He left for 
Pittsburg, Sundsy, en route to New York. Mr. 
Hyde sat through the performance at the Star 
and Garter on Saturday, and when the curtato 
descended for the lsst time this season, expressed 
gratification with the results snd the policy en- 
forced by Msnsger Herrmann during the first 
brief season. 

— Only s few of the smaller bouses booking to 
conjunction with the Southern Advanced Vaude- 
ville Association. aVe playing from four to sis 
shows a day. The others sre giving three per- 
formances daily snd by next season the three 
a day will average over the entire circuit. A 
number of large acts will be booked for next 
season. — Jlmmle Lucas is considering an offer 
from Chas. B. Dillingham to play In musical 
comedy. The United bss forty weeks waiting for 
his signature for next season. — The Bijou Trie* 
snd Maude Dorsey hsve beeu re-engaged for Wat- 
son's Burlesquers for next season. 

SAIN FRAINGISGO 

By W. ALFRED WILSON. 
VARIETY'S San Francisco Office, 
1115 Vsn Nesa Ave. (Room US). 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.).— Week 
4: It is over s yesr since Julius 8teger, smld the 
sombre surroundings of the Chutes' Theatre, 
where the Orpheum then held fort, scored one of 
the most pronounced hits in the history of that 
circuit here. Steger and his "Fifth Command- 
ment" made a reappearance with the advantage 
of ampler surroundings of the New Orpheum, snd, 
if snythlng, exceeded his previous success. The 
Bedouin Arabs were snother act that went with, 
unusual strength. May Boley was very much in 
evidence with s likable batch of songs snd im- 
itstions. The Csbrey Brothers, song snd dance, 
well above the average for dancing. The vocal 
efforts would never win s blue ribbon. 8hlelds 
and Rodgers were quite clever In lassoing ana 
kindred work, but are apparently out of their 
element on the vaudeville stage. The Wild West 
Show Is their forte. The second weekers: Avery 
and Hart. Rosalre and Doreto, and Agnes Mshr. 

NATIONAL Sid Grsuman. mgr.).— The array 
of acts of a good stsndsrd, but the totsl sbsence- 



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of something on the sketch order to break the 
monotony of vocal snd song and dsnce numbers 
wss s noticeable handicap. La Fevre and St. 
John opened, doing nicely considering the place, 
with an eccentric singing sod dsnclng turn. The 
Colonial Quartet, evenly divided as to sex, bad 
a well costumed singing set, introducing them- 
selves in a novel msnner. Csntor sud Curtis, 
song and dance, were well up to the mark. They 
handle their feet in clever fashion with a vim 
that won them recalls. Odell sud Klnley offered 
a pantomimic novelty that took well. The Doris 
Opera Trio gave a pleasing rendition of classical 
numbers. The Berry Troupe had a routine of 
well graded acrobatic fests. 

WIGWAM (Sam Hsrrls, ingr.).— Bob Fitsslm- 
mons was the stsr sttractiou. His power as a 
drawing cart was attested by capacity houses 
throughout. Young Buffalo, the sharpshooter, with 
some crack rifle practice, was a feature thst 
added much. O'Nell's "College Boys," singers 
and dancers, lived well up to their billings, win- 
ning s warm response. The Davis, Lee and Cal- 
kins' sketch. "The Ballet Girl," was of rstber 
flimsy construction, but answered its purpose 
well enough as a laugh creator. Richy Craig, 
musical, was fairly well thought of. Brooks snd 
Jeannette offered a lively bit of song, dsnce snd 
comedy. 

EMPIRE (Hal Curtis, mgr.).— With the past 
week Jas. Post again took bis place as producer 
at this house. The supporting cast remains about 
the same as during the previous engagement. 
"Coming Round the Horn" was the title of the 
initial farce. Adgie and her lions wss the feat- 
ured number of the olio. Jorcat snd D'Alisa, 
clever eccentriques, were decidedly entertaining 
and much appreciated. Billy Cumley, songs snd 
dancing, completed the olio. 

COLONIAL (H. H. Whiting, mgr.).— Lee Mor- 
rison and Company, Win Douglass snd the Mos- 
crop Sisters, Cbas. Howlson, Eddie Powers, The 
Rinaldod and Violet Wilson. 

PEOPLE'S (Sam Harris, mgr.). — Vaudeville and 
pictures. 

VICTORY (D. J. Graumsn, mgr.).— Vaudeville 
and pictures. 

NOTES. — Jules Mendel has been engaged as 
producer at the People's. — The Pike Theatre, of 
Long Beach, Cal., which has been playing vaude- 
ville of late, closed 1, due to lack of patronage. — 
Stanton and Sandberg are playing dates in the 
Northwest over the Pantages time. 



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By ERNEST L. WAITT. 
VARIETY Office, Colonial Building. 



KEITH'S.— "By all odds the cleverest enter- 
tainer seen here in many seasons" Is whst "The 
Morning Post" says of Maud Fulton, of Rock and 
FultoH, and all the other papers agree. Their 
Svengali dance was good for a dosen encores. 
James and Elsie Finney, swimmers, drew greet 
applause. Frances Keenan has taken Mrs. Sidney 
Drew's place in "Billy's Tombstone." She Is 
unusually clever. Htwry Gilfoll as Baron Sands; 
Cameron snd Flanagan in "On snd Off"; Msnley 
snd Sterling; De Haven and Sidney, dsneers; De 
Lisle, Juggler; Tom Jsck Trio; Foresto and his 
dog; Lew Hawkins, monologlst; Zarrell Brothers 
and Darlington and San ford comprise the bill. 

A fine new office for Carl Lothrop snd "Bob" 
Larson, press representstives of the Keith houses 
here, was opened this week on the fourth floor of 
the building. 

The International Trio has been booked to re- 
turn here next week because of some difficulty 
over a challenge they made when here last week. 
A gymnasium expert took them up and claims be 
lifted their big dumbbell. They claim he didn't, 
and he attached their pay. They come back to 
let him try sgaln. 

LYCEUM.— Sam Scrlbner's "Big Show." 

PALACE.— "Al Reeves' " Stock next week; two 
shows dally. 

COLUMBIA.— "California Girls." 

HOWARD.— "Oriental Cosy Corner Girls." In 
house bill were Jennings and Renfrew; Barr and 
Evans; Annie Morris, Slsto and Flynn aud Cald- 
well and Wentwortb. 

NOTE. — The Idle Hour, newest motion picture, 
closed Saturday after three weeks' poor business. 
The Jolliette Is wabbly. Hot weather Is crimp- 
ing business badly. 

DENVER 

BY HARRY X. BEAUMONT. 

Week 4: A heavy fall of rain and snow hurt 
the business at all theatres last week. Busi- 
ness normsl this week. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen, mgr.).— Will 
Cressy and Blanch Dayne, head with "Town Hall 
To-night." Loney Haskell with his monologue, did 
nicely. Armstrong and Vera, a quslnt Australian 
duo, well liked. Mabel Maltland told some aged 
stories, but nevertheless she scored strongly. 
Snyder and Buckley, excellent comedy musical, 
hearty reception. Mignonette Kokln, one of the 
best dancers ever seen here. Galettl's Monkeys, 
very good. 

CRYSTAL (Wm. A. Weston, gen. mgr.). — 
Diedrlcks Bros., hand to hand balancers, head 
snd scored big. Arthur Huston ft Co., spectacu- 
lar Juggling, excellent. Sampson snd Douglas, 
laughing hit. Act is novel, a complete change of 
wardrobe In a email basket receiving hearty ap- 
plause. Olive and Mac, good musicians, well 
liked. Turkey Boyd resorted to onfslr methods 
by going back to Noah's Ark for his gags, snd 
msde them like it. 

NOTES.— Polk and Msrtells are finishing a six 
month tour of the West and open on the Eastern 



end of the S.-C. time In June. — Armstrong 
and Vera will sail for Europe after finishing 
their present tour under the Orpheum manage- 
ment. The heavy winds last week blew down 
the roller coaster at Lakeside Psrk snd it will 
hsve to be entirely rebuilt. — Adgie snd her lions 
open st the Crystal 18. 



PHILADELPHIA 

By GEORGE M YOUNG. 

KEITH'S (H. J. Jordan, mgr.).— Harry Houdlnl 
showed his newest escape trick here as the feat- 
ure of the week's bill. "Night With the Poets" 
repeated and proved one of the chief features. 
Digby Bell made his reappearance in vaudeville 
after a long absence. Little of the msterlsl used 
was new, the "Information Bureau" stories being 
retained and refreshed by only one or two. His 
usual newsboy recitation was the finale. His 
monologue pleased without creating any great en- 
thusiasm. Leila Taylor was well liked for her 
singing in conjunction with illustrated views ex- 
hibited by W. L. Werden. Aside from Miss Tay- 
lor's refreshing voice snd pleasing appearance 
there is uothing of particular merit about the 
act. The bag-punching specialty of the Keeley 
Brothers was received as a real novelty, the com- 
edian of the team winning the biggest share of 
the honors, despite the fact that he used some 
comedy that was old when this pair broke into 
the show business. The straight man is a clever 
bag-puncher, but sticks closely to a simple 
routine. Memories of more than one old time 
vaudeville favorite were aroused by Lillian Tyce, 
who sang several old time Irish songs, well re- 
ceived. Ryan snd Richfield presented "Mag Hag- 
gerty's Father," scored as usual. Elsie Faye, 
with Blsset and Miller, was back with about the 
same songs snd dances used on the former visit. 
MIis Faye's appearance is the strongest asset of 
the act. Harry and Kate Jackson offered "His 
Day Off," meeting with favor through the efforts 
of the pair. The Goyt Trio proved a strong num- 
ber for an opener, the dogs working cleverly. 
Betnler and Stella in a single specialty; Kelso 
and Lelghton and Lewis and Young with the pic- 
tures made up the remainder of the bill. 

NOTES. — The first real summer weather arrived 
this week with the Buffalo Bill ahow and big 
business resulted. — Leo Donnelly has been en- 
gaged to offer his monologue at the Casino next 
week as special attraction with the "Casino 
Girls." — Moving pictures and one or two vaude- 
ville acts have replaced the regular vaudeville 
show at the New Broadway, Camden, N. J. — With 
"Lonsome Town" st the Garrlck, "Hotel Clerk" 
at the Walnut, and "Ll'l Mose," the new Nixon 
Zimmerman piece, at the Broad, Philadelphia 
Is having its fill of musical comedy at present 
and all three are doing well. 



AUSTRALIAN NOTES. 

By MARTIN C. BRENNAN. 

Sydney, April 4. 

For several weeks Sydney and Its suburbs have 
been gaily adorned with multi-colored posters 
heralding the advent of Maskelyne and Devant's 
Mysteries. Neither Maskelyne nor Devant is here, 
Owen Clark being substituted. The greatest in- 
terest was evinced. Barclay Gammon, a draw- 
ing-room entertainer, covers an entirely new field, 
his work on the piano being admirable, whilst 
his humor has an Individuality about it thst is 
particularly infectious. Gluturo, a Japanese Jug- 
gler, received a good hand of applause. Carefully 
analysed, the show is marked excellent. 

TIVOLI (Sydney).— Charles Mlldare ventrllo- 
quial, top liner. A pleasing personality and ability 
make the act one of the most enjoyable seen at 
this house for some time. J. P. Ling, monologue, 
goes big. Margaret Parker and Co., in a tabloid 
drama, meet with a mixed reception. Others 
are Ike, Will and Joe Scott, good; Frank liar- 
wood, ditto; Fred Bluett, an old favorite; Walter 
Whyte, tenor; Muriel Andrews, tenor, snd others. 

NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Whilst passing 
this house on Saturday night, during the Interval, 
the antics of an excited individual blowing a 
whistle, attracted my attention. He, it appear*, 
had been in to see the show, and It falling to 
come up to expectations, he was protesting to a 
motley gathering. "If the second half is as bad 
as the first, they'll hear some more from me," be 
argued, but the ushers got onto him and refused 
to let him in during the rest of the evening. 
The whistle was once more brought into re- 
quisition and it took much forcible argument to 
remove him. The National show is very dis- 
appointing, hardly an act giving satisfaction. On 
the bill are Frank Yorke, Clara Reatlng, tbe 
Levartos, Ivy Nlcholls, Ohms Sisters, Tindall 
and Royall, Victor, and several others. 

Harry Clay's vaudeville show is still doing 
good business on tbe suburban circuit. A very 
compact company is headed by Bella Perman and 
Tom Curran. The present bill also Includes Will 
Wynyard, Harry Cowan and Alma Lyndon. 

The picture show is now sn established institu- 
tion, no less than five theatres providing this 
form of entertainment. The Lyceum, one of 
Sydney's largest theatres, has been entirely re- 
modeled to suit this clsss of entertainment. At 
the Victoria Hall, splendid houses hsve been 
the rule, though the flicker machine has been 
particularly restive lately. George Clements, 
in Illustrated songs, and Chas F. Jones' incidental 
music are two pleasing features. 

OPERA HOUSE (Melbourne).— The Deane 
Tribune Co., and the Kauffmanns are tbe big 
acts; both very successful. The Artols Bros., 
Edwin Boyde, Alma Gray and several others sre 
also here. 

GAIETY ( Melbourne). — Jarvls snd Msrtyn, 
Jugglers; Eileen Capel, dancer, and the Bioscope 



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has Sam Gale and Little Sadie as tbe besdliners. 
The Juvenile is one of the cleverest in Australia, 
and would pull an act through anywhere. Gale's 
good stage dressing adds the necessary touch for 
an effective finish. Ida Berridge, Clements Bros., 
Driscoll Boys, Bracy and Hunter Coleman 8isters, 
the Rosebuds and La Petite Zllba complete. 

Adelaide Tivoll has Ruby Tointon, Samuel 
Girls, Irving Sayles. Dunbar and Blake, Jessie 
Dell. Ethel Leslie. Arthur Morley, Two Vivians, 
Joe Lashwood and the Pantoscope, a relation to 
the Blograph. 

Daisy Harcourt sends a very cute cutting from 
Minneapolis (II. 8. A.), to Sydney "Referee." 
Daisy is well remembered here, and now her sister, 
Gertie Everett, is making for the lend of the 
Almighty Dollar. The latter has s style that 
may go well over on your side. Anyhow the 
little lady has an Individuality that should see 
her through. 

P. R. Dix. of Newcastle, last week spoke in 
glowing terms of the coaly city as s show town. 
His theatre has played to capacity for several 
months, and tbe one regret is that it is not 
built of india-rubber. Jsck Kearns bss been 
one of the greatest successes, and his departure 
at Easter time will leave a void that will be 
very bard to fill. This week sees Amy Blackle, 
Chas. Pope, Lucy Lavlnla, on tbe bill as the best 
of tbe bunch. Next week the Musical Gardners, 
George Pagden. Dawson and Rhodcsbury, and 
Misses Ms x well snd Roberts open. 

George Fuller Golden's opinion of VARIETY, 
expressed In the issue, Feb IS, Just to hand, meets 
with the all around approval of A. V. A. artists 
here. As to G. F. <;.. bis many admirers in 
Australia wish him s speedy recovery. His wss 
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EVANBVILLE. IND. 

MAJKSTIC (Frank B. Hooper, mp.).- Laurent 
Trio, novelty act. spplsuded loudly; De Hollls 
and Valors, comedy juggling, hit; Geo. Van. 
romodtaa, very good; Hayden and Hayden. inunl- 
enl comedy, enjoyed. 8. O. 



EASTON, PA. 

The Bljnu. a moving picture bouite. Dtohl A 
Bberuian, managers, will play vaudeville sud pic- 
ture* nest Heuami. A Htage 'Jo hy .".", has I -een 
erected. A. OUEUP. 



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TINENT ON MAY aoTH. 

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(St James Building, New York), 
under the immediate DIRECTION of MR. PAT CASEY. 

MR. CASEY will be pleased to hear from my clients at any and all times, and 1 
assure them that he will give the same attention as my clients have received at my 
hands. 

While abroad, I shall book acts for THE PAT CASEY AGENCY as well as those 
which have written me direct. 

JENIE JACOBS 

Knickerbocker Theatre Building, New York City. 
FOREIGN ADDRESS for mail and cables; HOTEL CECIL, LONDON. 

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HARTFORD, CONN. 

POLTM (Harry Bailey, mgr.).— Fred Zobedie 
opens, very good; Sue Smith, singer, pleased; 
Dorothy Lamb and Co., "The Lieutenant and the 
Girl," very good; The Brittons (colored), danc- 
ing, excellent; Three Keatons, headlinera, always 
a hit here; Jas. Thornton, monologue, scored 
heavily; The Tennis Trio, Jugglers, hare a neat and 

clever act. SCENIC (H. C. Young, mgr.).— 

Bill/ CrojjH, singing and dancing, pleased; Cbas. 
Fanning, comedian, pleased; Cbas. Mann and 
Adele Wlllett, sing well. M. A. MORRON. 



comedy, scored heavily. AIRDOME (Thos. 

Calloway, mgr.). — Calloway Stock Company, 
specialties; Eddie Leon, Roman ring gymuast, ex- 
cellent; Lee. tbe singing and dancing comedian, 

f cored; The Be.ini igtons, comedy sketch, good. 

NOTE.— The Hippodrome will open Ju-ie 22 with 
the limes Concert Baud; seatl ig capacity, 4,300. 

ARTHUR Sl'ROUSE. 



HOBOKEN, N. J. 

EMPIRE (A. M. Bruggeinann, mgr.).— The last 
bill of the season is oue of exceptional merit. No 
' name" headllner la on the bill, but every act is 
fine. Dick Crolius and Company are perhaps the 
best, in pleasing comedy sketch, "Shorty." "The 
Last of the Regiment," story In song; "Tbe 
Strawberry Festival," one act comedy drama of 
rural life; and Clarence Wilbur and His Funny 
Folks, ten in number; Morris and Morris, acro- 
batic comlqucs, very good; Carney and Waguer, 
clever dancers; Thos. J. Dempsey, monologue, 
good. JOHN KAY. 



H0U8T0N, TEX 

MAJESTIC (C. A. McFarland. mgr.).— Week 4: 
Two Frauclscos, comedy conjurers, good; Zay 
Holland, violin 1st e, fair; Rand and Byron, comedy 
sketch, good; McConnell and Grant, comedy sketch, 
hit; Sydney Grant, good; Edward Clark. "Winning 

Widows," pleased. LYRIC (L. G. Bissinger, 

mgr.).— Chat*, and Marie Hecklow, comedy sketch, 
good; Keller Bros., fine; Paul Merton, 111. song, 
fair; Fora Browning, "the girl with the diamond 
heels," pleased. J. M. LOWE. 



LAWRENCE, MASS. 

COIX)NIAL (J. Fred Lees, mgr.).— May Bag- 
v* iw, a 1 <iii favorite, in songs, went big; 
Jeanre Ellsworth and Co., musical act, very 
clever; Harry Raymond, 111. songs, well liked; 
Fred Wyckoff, rube comedian, songs and stories, 
tine; Duffy, Saw telle and Duffy, in roaring farce. 

"Naughty Nott. Jr.," bit of the bill. OPERA 

HOUSE (Julius Cahn, lessee and mgr.).— Sup 
plementary spring season of vaudeville and m. p. 
Crouch and Richards, musical, very good; Ward 
and Harrington, very funny and went big; Pauline 
Slosson, won favor; Cbas. A. Stone, ill. songs, 

very good. LYCEUM (W. L. Gallagher, mgr.). 

— May Sheldon's Burlesquers of twelve women. 
Four acts in olio, closing In burlesque "Boarding 

School," very good. MARQUISE (J. H. Michael, 

mgr.). — M. p. and ill. songs. NICKEL (T. F. 

Twomey, mgr.). — M. p. and ill. songs. 

JOHN J. JOYCE. 



cleverly; May Tally and Co., making a big bit; 
The Swor Brothers, blackface comedians, create 
numerous laughs, as do Radford and Winchester 
with their comedy Juggling; Lugul Rossi's musi- 
cal horse, a wonder; Lily Lena, petite and pretty. 
WALDM ANN'S (Lee Ottelengul. mgr.).— The Rose 
Hill Folly Co., with Mile. Beatrice, Cane, Evans 
and Wheeler; Idylla Vyner, Tommy White, 4 

Londons and T. F. Thomas. EMPIRE (Harry 

Hyams, mgr.). — The Colonial Belles are giviug 
a good show here with the Lady Minstrels, Chas. 
Falke, McFarland - and McDonald, Bedinl and 

Arthur, Rose Carlln and Fields and Wooley. 

ARCADE (L. O. Mum ford. mgr. ) .—Second week 

of the Natural Voice Talking Pictures. 

BLANK Y'8 (F. W. Alles, mgr. ) .—"Actual Talk- 
ing Pictures."— NOTK.— Bertha Beatrice Bralnard. 
mimic, will shortly make her debut on the pro 
fesslonal stage. JOK O'BRYAN. 



The McNaughtons have a great laugh producer, 
and their burlesque boxing bout is the cleverest 
of them all. James Callahan and Jenny St. 
George, In "The Old Neighborhood," were well 
received; Gallagher and Barrett, in the "Battle of 
Too Soon," clever as ever and got them many 
laughs; the Three Ernesto Sisters gave a great 
exhibition of wire walking; Terley, impersonations, 
novel act, pleases immensely; Watson and Little 
have a singing sketch, very, well given; Murphy 
and Francis (colored), sing and dance well; Ger- 
aldine McCann and Co.. please; Imra, Claire, 
Imitations good; Be Anoa, clever acrobats; Ben 
Franklin Trio, complete bill. P. S. 0. 



LINCOLN, NEB. 

LYRIC (H. M. Miller, mgr.).— Week 4: Namhn 
Japanese Troupe, first class acrobatics; La Estel- 
llta and Senor Garcia, Spanish songs and dances, 
scored; Charley Brown, monologue, good material 

and sings well; J. J. Wilde, ill. song. NOTK. 

— Movlug .picture business at standstill. 

LEE J. LOGAN. 



JOLIET. ILL. 

GRAND (L. If. Goldberg, mgr. (.—Reopened for 
vaudeville 11. Dancing Davey and Pony Moore, 
the International Comlqucs, Cushman and St. 
Claire*, Great Lc Compt, Emerson and Van Horn, 
and Grace Armoud, all good. 

A. J. STEVENS. 

KANSAS CITY, MO. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.).— Last 
week of season. Headllner, "Polly Pickle's Pets 
In Petland." attractive; The Pantcer Trio, gym- 
nasts, pleasing; Cbas. H. Bradshaw and Co., 
In "Fix in a Fix," funny; Eleanor Falke, sing- 
ing comedienne and graceful dancer; Harry Al- 
11st it, i 111 persona t lor, good; Lillian Abel, plano- 
logue, pleasing: Davis and Walker, (Colored, 

olever. CENTURY (Jos. R. Donegan, mgr.).— 

"Broadway Gaiety Girls," closing week.— — 
MAJESTIC (Clint Wilson, mgr.).— Closed season 

9. FOREST PARK (Jim P. Anderson, mgr.).— 

Stock, open air act and Kennedy's "Wild West." 
J. D. Tlppetts has leased the park, and with 
Jim. P. Anderson as manager, the park should be 

an undoubted success. CARNIVAL PARK 

(Will R. Winch, mgr.).— Opened 10. Banda 
Blanca, drawing card. Vaudeville in tbe Wigwam: 
Del Costa Quartette, Pederson Bros., acrobatic; 
Chas. Ledegar, bounding rope; Frank Tinney. 
blackface; Estelle Hlrsch, character songs. There 

are numerous amusement devices In the park. 

ELECTRIC PARK (S. Benjamin, mgr.).— Opens 
17 with The Banda Rossa. FA I RIM AY. 



LYNN, MASS. 

LYNN (F. O. Harrison, mgr.). — Pictures, songs 

and vaudeville. OLYMPIA (A. E. Lord, mgr.). 

— Vaud., songs and pictures. NOVELTY (C. H. 

Moore, mgr.). — Lewis & Howard's "School Girl" 
Bnrleaqoera. Olio: Sophia Valloo, Dan Latham, 
Joe Saxe. Lewis and Howard, Eddie Morris a id 
Baldwin Sisters. Mgr. Moore's effort to give prac- 
tical burlesque on a ten cent basis Is evidently ap- 
preciated to Judge by the attendance; always big. 

COMIQUE (M. Marks, mgr.).— Pictures and 

songs. NOTES.— Auditorium closed 9. Madeline 

Buckley, local singer, nil season with "Painting 
the Town," Is featured at Comlque this week. — 
Marie Blair, a Lynn dancer, will play abroad next 
season with one of Joe Hart's productions, 

ROBERT A. DOYLE. 



NEW HAVEN, CONN. 

POLLS (S. J. Poll, prop.; F. J. Windlsch, res. 
mgr. Monday rehearsal 10.) — Sadie Jansell, the 
headllner. exceptionally good in her imitations; 
Leoua Thurber and her Blackberries, created a 
furore of merriment; The Belleclalre Bros., did 
some very remarkable physical culture work, 
and won much applause; Claud and Fannie Usher 
offered a novel sketch, "Fagln's Decision," and 
received deserved recognition; "The Eight 
Hoboes." another La sky offering, novel and en- 
tertaining; the musical feature, Geiger and Wal- 
ters, was excellent and many encores demanded; 
Tin* Hennesseys' (father and son), are natives 
of New Haven, and their work was deservedly 
applauded. K. J. TODD. 

PITTSBURG, PA. 

GRAND OPERA HOUSE (Harry Davis, prop). 
— Alice Lloyd never appeared to better advantage 
tlinu on Monday, and was compelled to sing six 
songs, and even then the audience wanted more. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 

PANTAGES' (John A. Johnson, mgr.).— Week 
4: J. Francis Dooley and Corrlne Sales, singers 
and dancers; Golden Gate Quintette; Big Jeff, 
boxing kangaroo; May Evans, whistling soubrette; 
Great Kinsners, equilibrists; Jean Wilson, HI. 

songs. GRAND (Jas. H. Errickson, mgr.).— 

Marco Twins, comedians; Clara Thropp, alnger; 
Porter J. White and Co., "The Visitor"; Ascott 
Eddy Trio, comedy acrobats; Alpha Trio, hoop 
rollers; F. Montressa; Fred G. Bauer, 111. aongs. 

STAR (Jas. H. Errickaon, mgr.).— Mysterious 

Musical Benefits, Three Musical Bellboys, Will 
and Ed Armstrong. Barney Williams. Ethel Davis. 
Ed Myres. Magdallne Holly, Ruby Mclntyre, Ella 
Evers, Bertha Miller, Madge Scbeuler, Elsie Moore, 
Miss Ruth, llatiie Williams, May Wright, Eva 

Gates FRITZ'S (Fred Frits, prop.).— Claire 

Stanley. I»tta Goldman, Dau Hart, Rose Manser, 
Ernest Wilson, Ida Starr, Rowe and Martlu, 
Trixeda, Hat tie Verdler, Virginia Hayden, Blanco 
Trojan. The Kellys and stock, "The Music 

Master." BIJOU (Wall and Hanrahan, prop.). 

— S.i in Jordan and Nellie Chadburn. ill. songs. 
NICKELODEON (Jos. St. Peter, prop.).— 



ORPHEUM and HIPPODROME (Dlllwyn Dan- 
iels, mgr.).— M. p. and ill. aongs. W. R. B. 




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MALDEN, MASS. 

HATH A WAY'S (Samuel L. Tuck, mgr.).— Mar- 
tines and Martinez, musical; Sam Stern. Imper- 
sonator; Brown and Gaines, colored; George A. 
Hickman and Company, head; Kennedy and Wil- 
klns. dancers; International Trio, acrobats, well 
received. THOMAS C. KENNEY. 



KNOXVILLE, TENN. 
PRYSTAL (Scot Leslie, mgr.).— 111. songs by 
Miss Haskisson, pleasing; Wilson and Claire, 
comedy aketcb, fair; Tbe Angell Sisters, "kid" 



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FEW D00R8 BELOW HAMMERSTEIN'S. 

Large and small, well furnished rooms, with 
Board. Private Batha. First-class French and 
German Cooking. Moderate terms. 

r. MOUREY. 



MOLINE, ILL. 
FAMILY (II. A. Sodine. mgr.).— The Cow Boy 
Quartette, head: Merriam Sisters, singers and 
dancers, good; Nichols and Smith, comedy cyclists, 
good; Chas. Saunders, comedian, fair. Last half 
of week: Avery and Pearl, comedians; Spauldlng 
and Dupree. comedy sketch, and Tascott. "coon" 
sl.outer. part of the bill. PAUL IIEIMBECII. 



"SPORT FROM ALL THE WORLD" 

A snappy, fascinating subject presenting a kalidescopic series of highly 
interesting pictures of all kinds of sport. IT IS A PICTURE CERTAIN 
OF SUCCESS. Order it at once. Length, 574 feet. 

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An Artist's Very Funny Dream. 
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MTJNCIE, IND. 

STAR '(Ray Andrews, mgr.). — Ramsdell. contor- 
tionist, good; Chas. Zuber. ill. songs, good; 
Gardner, West and Sunshine, novelty sketch, 
well rece i v ed : Williams and Force, comedy sing- 
ing, took well; McCue and Grant, comedy acro- 
bats, hit. GEO. FIFER. 



NEWARK, N. J. 
PROCTOR'S (R. C. Stewart, mgr. Rehearsal 
Monday 9). Good, even show opened by Johnny 
Williams. Edith Williams and "FoolHh," the dog, 
In burlesque magical act. good: William Cullen, 
songs and stories, goes well: Chas. and Fannie 
Van work up "A Case of Emergency" very 



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Second ssason as the big feature of the Anna Held "Parisian Model." 

Direction FLORENZ ZIEGFELD, Jr. 

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Wednesday, May 13th 

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SAGINAW, MICH. 

BIJOU (W. A. Ruseo. mgr. ». — .Tarrow, the mys- 
tifler, clever; Lydel and Rutterwortb, blackface, 
hit; Gaiety Comedy Four scored; Murphy aid 
Vidocz. talklig. popular; Frey Trl >, athletic s. 
thoroughly appreciated. 

MARGARET GOODMAN. 

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 

ORI'HKCM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.).— Week 4: 
(■oori hill, most of the time to capacity. Well* 
end Sella, comedy acrobats, good; Rockway a id 
Conway, singing aud talking, successful; Dixon 
Bros., musical comedians, decidedly popular. 
Tins. I. Kcogh aud Co., in "The Ward Heeler/' 
scored; LockWOOd and Rryson. sang in good 
voice; Three Sisters Macarte. unique and art 1st i-. 
Moving picture houses suffered the latter pirt 
of the week owing to stormy weather. The follow- 
ing houses are in a prosperous condition: KM IK 

(Max Florence, mgr.). EMPIRE (Chas. V. 

Minor. mgr.>. CRESCENT (II. S. Mills, mgr.). 

ISIS (Trent and Wilson, mgrs.). CRYS- 
TAL (J. H. Young, mgr.). 

JAY E. JOHNSON. 

SAN ANTONIO, TEX. 

FLECTRIC DARK (Dave A. Weis. mgr.).-- 
Week 4: Mr. Ray Kern, blackface, very funiy; 
Niles and Hart, comedy sketch, very clever; 
Roothe and Gordon, comedy cyclists, excellent: 
Edlnger Sisters. Juvenile, very good; Edwin Win- 
chester, musical, humnron*. LYRIC AIRDOME 

(H. P. Street, mgr.). — The Rosards, acrobatic, 
good; Kennedy and Vincent, sketch, very good; 
Dow Daggett. 111. song, well received. 



SHAMOXIN, PA. 

FAMILY (W. D. Neilds, mgr. Monday rehear- 
sal 10).— Theo and Her Dandles, singing and danc- 
ing, pleased; Swift and Buckley, musical com- 
edians, good; Harris, Beauregarde a-id Company, 
rural comedy, very good: Tom Voce, ventrilo- 
quist, fair; Viola and Engle, comedy acrobatics. 

ordinary- NOTE. — Next week the house closes 

its season of vaudeville and will open on the 25th 
with moving pictures for the summer. — Mayesvllle 
Park opens on the 14th, and Edge wood Park 
opens on the 16th. MILLER. 






SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 

POLI'S (Gordon Wrlghter. res. mgr.).— This Is 
the closing vaudeville bill of the season, the stock 
company opening next week. The Raveu Trio 
opened well: Grant and Hong did well; Ward. 
Klare aud Co., "The Twin Flats." went flue; 
Lyons and Parkes, good; Tom Nawn and Co., In 
"Pot and the Genii." made their usual bit; Barry 
and Hughes have a novel act; MrPlice and Hill 
closed. O. A. P. 



STAMFORD, CONN. 
LYCEUM (Anthony Geronlmo. mgr.).— Sisters 
lalrchlid. in a dainty "sister act*; The Kilties, 
mnsical artists, well received: Wilson aud Mae. 
sketch, a cyclonic hit: Brooks and De Castro, 
present a novel slack wire and Juggling act; Ray 
Murray, songs, still popular. STAR (Tony 



EDISON FILMS 

LATEST FEATURE SUBJECTS: 

"THE GENTLEMAN BURGLAR" 

An Interesting Melodrama 

SYNOPSIS OP SCINESt 

THE PROPOSAL — The gentleman burglar walking with his lady love— They admire the grandeur 
and beauty of nature— He proposes aud the accepts — She doe* not siupeet bis occupation. 

TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF— The thieves' den — The gang drinking and playing cards— The 
gentleman burglar arrives — Announces his coming wedding — Apprises them of his decision to quit his life 
of crime — He bids them good-bye and departs. 

ENGAGED TO ANOTHER— Reception hall of the girl's home— A rival lover sues for bar band- 
She informs him of her engsgement to another — He leaves her in sadness. 

TWO TEARS LATER— The gentleman burglar returns with his bride to her father's home — The 
joyous greeting — Tbe happy family together playing with the baby on the lawn— All return to the 
house except the husband — A former pal appears — The latter demands money under threat of exposure— 
The gentlemsn burglar in a quandary — Attempts to steal some money from Ids father-in-law's desk- 
Is discovered and turned from tbe home — He returns to his former haunts, where a quarrel ensues— 
The light extinguished — Two pistol shots — The gentleman burglar smokes a cigsr while bis pal lies 
dead at his feet — The alarm and his arrest. 

A LAPSE OF FIVE TEAR8 — The gentlemen burglar in prison stripes working In a stone yard with 
other prisoners — During the return march to tbe prison at evening he evades the keeper's watchful eye 
and escapes — Climbs the prison wall and reaches the water— Secures a fceat and gets awaj without 
discovery — He returns to the eld den — Tells of his escape— Changes his clothes and stasis out again 
with his life of crime. 

MARRTF.P AGAIN — The former lover has since married the burglar's wife — She believes her first 
husband dead — Fond memories of him still cling to her as she views his picture— Her .husband arrives 
with the daughter now quite grown — All retire for tbe night — The gentleman burglar enters the bouse 
through a window — His child discovers him — They do not recognise each other — They talk: — He realises 
who she is — Discovered by his former rival — Tbe shock kills the gentleman burglar — The truth is kept 
from tbe wife and she never knows tbst the man she loved wss nothing more than a common thief. 

Mo. 6854. Code, Telgboor. Length, 1,000 feet. 

Send for Illustrated Descriptive Circular No. 069. 

" BRIDAL COUPLE DODGING THE CAMERAS" 



Extraordinary Comedy Subject 

Code, Telesiei. Length, 785 feet. 

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Code, Velgdrevel. 



Length, appro*. 660 ft. 



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DEALERS I IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES 



Exposito, mgr.)- — Cordon and "Chuck horn. colored 
comedians, good; Booth mi<l Crane, sketch; M. J. 
Deliuonlco, songs; Henrietta Grown, comedienne. 

and Jack Denton, comedian. VAUDEVILLE 

(Anthony Geronlmo. mgr.). — M. p. and songs. 

FAMILY (Herrlck and Bloom, mgrs.).— Vaudeville 

nnd m. p. NOTE. — Anthony Geronlmo has again 

purchased the Vaudeville after two or three 
months of control hy A. A. McDonald. 

HARRY KIRK. 



TORONTO, ONT. 

SHEA'S (.!. Shea, mgr. Monday rehearsal 10). 
—Laddie Cliff, clever dancer; \V. C. Fields, 
splendid; McMahon's "Watermelon (Jlrls." pleas 
log; Alsace and Lorruine. good; De Vole Trio, fair; 

Donald and Canton, well received. OAYETY 

(Thou. R. Henry, mgr.). — "New Majesties"; The 

Racketts. scored strongly. STAR (F. W. Spalr. 

mgr. K— "The Rolllckers"; Joe Mills, an old local 
boy, and Kathryn Pearl, were favorites. — -NOTE. 
— Bertha D. Mack, the skatorial queen, is filling 
a » r>s of most su c ssful engagements in Western 
Ontario. HARTLEY. 

VANCOUVER, B. C. 

f'ANTAGES' (Geo. A. Calvert, nucr. >. — Week 4; 
Evelyn Gilbert, character singer, favorite; Pauley 
and Mealy. "The College Boys." fine; Nelllson's 
Aerial Ballet, excellent ; Boston Comedy Four, 
hit; Lorraine Ruchanan and Co., In "Women and 
Men"; B. B. Vincent, ill. songs, good. OR- 



rHKI'M (E. J. Donnellan. mgr.).— -The Samols, 
acrobats, gnat; Macks, Hurt aid la Mar. Ii 
"Cynthia's Visit." fair; Corbln and Hale, banjo- 
Ists, very good; Santell. good; Uekln Zouaves, 
headline!-* ami hit; Oliver Reece. HI. songs, liked. 
GRAND (D. A. Buller, mgr.). — Crlnimlns and 
Gore Comedy Co..' in "A Theatrical Affair," 
and Mark Fuller, monologlst, good. 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 
NEW LVCEUM (Eugene Kerman. mgr.).— The 
2:th Century Maids are bll'ed this week Injt n 
• ■niiiidn.it l.,ii burlesque organization Is here Instead 
under that title. The vehklen are "The Union 
Man." and "The Du Well Hotel," two old time 
stock pieces. The comedians are Harry McAvoy. 
Carol Henry, Dan Rlelly and Jack Davis. Th • 
female leads are In the ha ids of Nellie Fra ids; 
Helen Davis, sni.bretie. The chorus h composed 
of 12 girls. In the olio are Dan Rellly, singer 
i ml dancer, good; Da Is and Davis, singers and 
skaters, good; De Nette Sisters. ' singers an I 
dancers, well liked; Carrol Henry and Nellie 
Franc fa, ''New Janitor," scored -oayety (W. 
S. Clark, mgr. i. The World Beaters are playing 
a return date at this house. The show Is pracli 

cally the Fame as seen here before. NOTFS. 

The five cent theatres In this city have started 
a war among themselves, and the fight Is growing 
warmer every day. From one to three new moving 
picture shown are opening up every week. The 
city i< now flooded with this style of shows. Th" 



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ACROSS THE POBD. 

Address care BOMER * WARNER. 
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" Debating Duo/' By John Qilroy and Junto McCree 

NAMEY 
•nd STfRLKIC 

Bid Hickey wins 
with right hand 

hand swing, 
Keith's, Boeton* 
this week. Re- 
farda to John L. 



SILVENO 

Musician. Magician and Shadowgraphist. 

Playing Western States Vaud. Ass' a Time. 

Managers or Agents desiring a real ADVANCED 
VAUDEVILLE Novelty Act, write me care of 

CRYSTAL THEATRE, DENVER. COLO. 

Bob Van Osten 

THE MAM WITH THE DUCK ROBE, 

Silvan * CUlai. 

In mirthful aorobaUos with "WORLD BEATERS." 



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QUEEN 07 VAUDEVILLE. 
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NELLO 

JUGGLER, 

Assisted by MM Eft NELLO 

CAL STEWART 

"The 'CORNER GROCERY' Story Teller." 
Will present an original monologue in "ONE," 
with special soenery. Bow playing return en- 
gagements for Western States Vaudeville Asso- 
ciation. 

"YOU'LL HEAR MORE FROM ME LATER." 

"THE MAB WITH THE FUNNY SLIDE.'* 
CHA8. J. 

BURKHARDT 

Address I. H. Frank, Sherman House, Chicago. 

M Wilson • (o. 

Now playing P. G. Williams' houses. 
BOOKED SOLID 1903-09. 

TheSeyons 

With T. W. DINKTN8. SEASON '08'09. 



Rice -Cohen 

Presenting "A Baohelor Wife." 
MAY II, KEITH, CLEVELAND. 



"THB PLAYERS.' 



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and 

MRS. 



POWERS 

VAUDEVILLE "TIT-BITS." 

Agent, ALF. T. WXLTOB. 



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Direction AL SUTHERLAND. 

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DO/ NO THE "CAM-CAN" 





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If TOO axe going to Europe writo Or 'phone and lot mo arrange everything f 0r job. 

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Advance notioee of eailings *»d opening date* should bo potted to tho Editor. Whoa an artist has 
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Booking for Vaudeville Theatres, Parks, Alrdomes and Fairs. Managers wasting good acts, write. 
Good acts coming from East 0* West h aving one or two open weeks can be booked on short notioo. 

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CHICAGO 

EMPIRE CIRCUIT CO., LESSEE. 
John A. Fennessy, Manager. 

The most popular burlesque theatre in Chicago, 

Slaying the attractions of the Empire Circuit. 
Tothing bat the best* Two snows every day. 
Amateurs Friday. 

NEW STAR 

MILWAUKEE, WIS, 
FRANK R. TROTTMAN, Manager. 
Handsomest and safest burlesque theatre In 
America. Playing Empire Circuit Shows. Mstlnee 
Every Day. 

Visit the new Rathskeller Downstairs. 
The best in the West. 

OZART 

Vaudeville Circuit. 

82— Theatrea— «8 

FEATURE ACTS ALWAYS WANTED. 

All communications to Edward Moxart, Main 
Office. Family Theatre, Lancaster, Pa. 




Miifke H. RpsenzweH 

140 Nassau St. New York. 



LAWYER 



NOTICE 
TO ARTISTS 



Bennett's Theatre 

in 

Montreal, Canada 

will remain open throughout 
the coming summer. It is the 
ONLY place of Amusement in 
Montreal booked by the United 
Booking Offices. 

For time apply to 

CLARK BROWN, 

St. James Building, New York 



Charles Horwitz 

Vaudeville's most successful author of Sketches, 

Is now located In the Knickerbocker 
Theatre Building. 

Don't forget his new addreas. Room 815, 
Knickerbocker Theatre Building, 1402 Broadway, 
N. Y. 



majority of the theatrea have put in vaudeville 
and give from one to three acta on the weekly 
hills. This is affecting the other theatres. 
The bills contain more amateurs than are profes- 
sionals, as most of the acts are made up of 
local talent.— The Washington Lodge, T. M. A., 
No. 7, held its regular monthly meeting las 
Sunday. Arrangements were made for the annual 
benefit, which will he held the latter part of May 
or the first of June. The following new members 
were enrolled In the lodge: Buck Porter, Chas. 
Cooper and Frank Huntoon, of the New Lyceum 
Theatre. BILLY BOWMAN. 



WORCESTER, MASS. 

POLI'S (J. C. Criddle. mgr.).— O'Malley and 
Golden, singing and dancing, went well; Hickman 
Brothers and Co., "A Detective Detected." took 
in good shape; Madge Pox, singing comedienne, 
made good; Edwards and Davl*. "All Rivers 
Meet at Sea," best dramatic sketch seen here 
this season; Arthur Rlgby, monologlst, new Jokes 
and songs which took many encores; Malcolm 
Wllllsms and Florence Reed, "The Chance of the 
Season," went big (both are old stock favorites 
here) ; Martlnette and Sylvester, eccentric comedy 
acrobats, did clever work. 

W. M. SHERMAN. 



PASTOR'S 

14th St., 3d At. Continuous, 20 A SO Cts. 

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Frank and Sadie George and Llbby 

Harrington. Dnprce. 

Meta Clark. Vltagraph. 

GRAY AND GRAHAM. 



HAMMERSTEINS 
VICTORIA sex?"'*" 

Open the Year Around 

VAUDEVILLE HEADLIRERS 

- GOOD STANDARD ACTS 

If you have an open week you want to All at 
short notice, write to W. L. DOCKSTADER, 

GarrlcK Theatre. Wilmington. DeL 

Can close Saturday night and make any city east 
of Chicago to open Monday night. 

Sid J. Eon's 

M. Clark and Mlasie Sts., CHICAGO 
48 Seconds from Clsrk St. Bridge. 

SID J. ETJSON, Lessee and Manager. 

Playing la burelesqua attractions of the Colum- 
bia Amusement Company. Matinee every day. 
Amateur night Friday. 



Percy G. 

Williams' 

CIRCUIT 



COLONIAL 

ORPHEUS. 

ALHAMBRA 

ORPNEUI 

NOVELTY 



New York 
Brooklyn 

Marlon 

Boston 
Williamsburg 



GOTHAM East New York 

Addrtw all PERSONAL letters to 
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BUILDINO, Ml ST. AND BROAD* 
WAY, NEW YORK CJTY 



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New E mpire 

Madison Sf root Noor Hol.io« 
CHICAGO 

I. K. HERE, Maaager. 

Handsomest burelesqua bouse la America, play- 
ing- Empire Circuit attractions exclusively. 

Shows ohanged every Sunday. .Matinees dally. 



BEST PLACES TO STOP AT. 



Rational Rotel 

CHICAGO 

Cor. Van Bursa St. and Wabash Ave. 
Half block from Auditorium Theatre. la vicinity 
of all theatres. Weekly rates made. 

D. A. DOOLEY, Prop. 

IL« HOLCOMBE HOUSE 

258 WEST 34ih ST., NEW YORK 

The late Herbert Holcombe's Wardrobe 
for Sale. 
1 White Linen Military Suit. 
1 White Flannel Outing Suit. 
1 Psle Blue and 1 Purple Velvet Tyrolean Suit. 

Hats to match all suits. 
1 Khaki Suit. 

■ EST PLACE TO STOP AT 

NEW YORK CITY 

"23 Seconds from Broadway." 

THE ST. KILDA 

163 WEST 34th STREET 

Furnished Rooms only. Baths — Telephone- 
Electric Light. 
('Phone 8448— 88th St. 

CONDUCTED BY PROFESSIONALS 

Terms Reaeenable. 



CENTURY 
HOTEL 

KANSAS CITY, MO. 

THE MOMS OF THE PROFESSION. 
And then seme. 

"Muff said.'* 

WHEM PLAYINO WILMINGTON STOP AT 

MUNCEY HOUSE 

TNC ONLY PROFESSIONAL MOUSE 

rirst class Boom and Beard. Terms Reasonable. 
•If King St, f Bleaks from 

DOCRSTADER'S «»•/£« 

Florenz House 

(Mrs. F. Flore ns. Prop.) 
The Home of the Profession, 
170 West 47th Street, 
Near Broadway Hew York 

First class Rooms snd Board. Reasonable 
Terms. Convenient to sll Principal Tliestres. 
Thone, 8011 Brynnt. 



YOTJHOBTOWM, 0. 

LYRIC (Frank Baker, mgr.).— Malde, "The 
Diamond Girl," pretty electrical dancing number; 
Con Dalley, entertaining monologlst; Travlse and 
Hayden, lively travesty sketch; John Murray, HI. 



song*. EMPIRE (Pltsvr ntt-l Harttell. mgrs.). 

— Stock burlesque to &»nl business. NOTES - 

Buffalo Bill show Is tiooked for May 2*. — The 
Hagei)hock-Walla<-<> comblnstlofl and Johu Bobiu- 
son circus are announced for later dates. 

C. A SEEDY. 



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REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



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THE VENTRILOQUIST WITH A PRODUCTION 

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REYNARD 

And Hi* Famous Meohanioal Figuree. 
Week May 11, Keith's, Philadelphia. 




nt "8UPPNES8IN O THE f 
BOOKED SOLID. 



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Enjland'e Premier Hifh-Class Comedy Duettists. 
The Champion Singers of Vauderllle. 



and 



cllon 



ThoseTwo Colored Boys. 



Weak May 18, Keith's, Olersland. 







DOROTHY ARVIllE 



Ibe Irresistible 
Comedienne. 

Permanent address, 176 Central Park Weat, 
Hew York. 

FSiyn Batie 

With JACK WILSON and Company. 
Now playing P O. Williams' houses. 
BOOKED SOI ID 1908 09. 






Sisters jCovenberg 

(Of 6 jfmertcan fDaneers) 






Booked till Sept., 1909 



PRINCESS CHINQUILLA 

and NEWELL 

IH VAUDEVILLE. 



Cb»s. f . 8ej^ 

«THB WAJlROW FELLER.* 

The Italian and His Sweetheart 

T HE PIOTTIS 



It Mint, in O ne. 
Address care VARIETY. 



WORK i OWER 

HIGH CLASS ECCENTRIC ACROBAT* 

RepresentatWe, ALBERT SUTHERLAND, 
St. James Building. 






AND 




Dttll MAS ' 
or 

SIX MERICM 

DINGERS 

BOOKED SOLID 

TILL FEB., 

1900. 



Mayme Remington 

And "BLACK BUSTERS." 
Bcoked Solid. 

Under Her Own Personal Direction. 
Address Hotel Gerard, New York. 



f.Dily 




Coins; it alone once more and always making 
food. What da yon think of that! 



THE 



DE MUTHS 



WHIRLWIND DANCERS. 

Week May 11, Hartford 0. H., Hartford, Conn. 

Per. address, 26 Central Ave., Alhany, N. Y. 



Ooorgo Connors 

"STRAIGHT MAN." 
With "ATonno Girls"— "The Hallway Tenor." 

Glifton Crawford 

Direction ef JOE HART. 



Gartelle Bros. 

Introduoiug Singing, Danekeg and 

lAusm 



HOMER B. 



MARGUERITE 



Mason j Keeler 




GAVIN, PLATT 

and PEACHES 

Presenting "THE STOLEN KID." 
Address 6417 Ird Ave. (Bronx), New York. 

GLOVI1 WAKE'S 

"Village (lof 



REAL ACTORS 50 



AMAMASIKAS 
KERkKSS 

ERrORMlNE 
ET 









For particulars address 



Headquarters, 1087 E. DAUPHIN ST., 

PHILADELPHIA, FA. 



LEE WALTER SL* 

in the one-aot rollicking oemtdy, entitled 

"TEN A. M.»* 

By L. E. WALTER. 

A BIO NOVELTY. ALL LAUGHS. WORK 

IN "ONE" OR FULL STAGE. SO Minutes. 

Add r ess care VARIETY. 

FoiraT 

I HARRIS 

OPEN ON THE 

SULLIVAN 

& 
CONSUME 

CIRCUIT. 

JUNE I, *OS 

B BOOKED 80LID 

i TO 1006. 
16, Phillips, 
■ ' Rlohmond. 

JANE GILBERT 

With MAT TULLY IB "Step, Look and Listen" 

I UNITED BOOKING OFFICB' CIRCUIT. 




BiLLIE REEVES 



Fred Karne 



ORIGINAL 
Co., "A Night la 

TIME ALL FILLED. 



MusloHalL' 




June 6th, Atlantic City. June 16, New York 
Theatre Roof Garden far the summer. 

Floreus Ziegfeld's Rerun, Fonies of 1006. 
Now Playing United Beskmg Omeea' 



Barry^Wolford 

The Typical Toploal Tiokle Singers. 

Tickling at Poll's, Scraatou. 

WEEK MAY 16, K.P. 125TH ST., B. Y. 0. 

REICH dt PLUNKETT, Smart Agents. 




WATSON andLITTLE 

Originators of "Cocktails and Oherrlee" Oag. 
Booked Solid. United Booking Offloe. 



EDDIE 



JERRY 



Emerson * Baldwin 

CHILDTARTISTS 



OAYETY, PITTSBUBO. 




JAY BOGART 

"THE MAN IN BLACK." 

Just Finishing a 20 Weeks' 
Return Engagement over the 
8.-0. Circuit. 

"WATCH MY DUST." 

Address W. V. A., Majestio 
Theatre, Chiongo. 




With JACK WILSON and Company. 
Now playing P. O. Williams' homes. 

BOOKED SOLID 190309. 

FRANCIS : ROGERS 

UNITED BOOKING OFFICES' CIRCUITS. 



The 



■SISTERS CARDOWNIE 



EUROPE'S PREMIER INTERNATIONAL DANCERS 



Booked Solid Until September 



Week /Vlsmy 25th, Hommeroiteln'B, New York 






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MONDAY, MAY 18, KEITH'S THEATRE, PHILADELPHIA 



Just concluded Pittsburg and a phenomenal success. Press and public unani- 
ious in voicing their praises of her success. Miss Alice Lloyd thanks the managers 
i the theatres offering her a longer stay in America, but must POSITIVELY SAIL 
ULY 14TH. Have prolonged engagements for Are weeks to enable her to .play 
sturn dates. Cannot stay longer this season. 



BffATJi RETURN EARLY IN SEPTEMBER to commence rehearsals for new 
Broadway Musical Comedy Production written by Messrs. GEO. M. COHAN and 
JOHN J. McNALLY, under direction of KLAW & ERLANGER and management of 
FLO. ZIEGFELD, JR., entitled "THE RONNIE BELLES OF SCOTLAND." 

Address all communications to TON MJcN AUGHT ON, en route. 



FROM THE WEST WITH A RECORD 



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B a box orncc winn er, m the swede amd the haffy girl» 

irection, r. c. MUDGE. SPECIAL ATTRACTION, at PASTOR'S this Week (MAY 1 1), and ONE OF THE HITS OF THE YEAR 







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"THE MUSIC MASTER" 

Herr Von Mitiel, a disciple of Antonio BtradiTari, fell deeply mTsf^R? Rvl"** R*la^a»*B« aa Bl_l S-AS^Al! 

la lore with his pupil, the daughter of a wealthy English IX EL \slL Vi Dll/dKAf^M fl IS 

Lord. Hie love waa returned by the fair young maid, who .,, ^ gwitffrga^B^ijSislTatt&aatfaasi ,^i,^ m , m 

K^.£ ^•^ tI . r " f . h t ririU nd mSZX II "sculptor's nightmare- . ... 679 ft. 

but true lore can no more be diminished by showers of I^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K THE KING S MESSENGER" 876 ft. 
aril-hap than flowers are marred by timely rains; so the oon- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B "UTTT n A»C T i"Vl7TK>Q» ono c*. 

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aolaoo is bis faithful violin, the strains of whioh are more M\ f ^^^^^^^^^^K*^BBaaaaaaaaaaaaaK A FAMOUS ESCAPE" 730 ft 

eloquent than melodious, conjuring up as they do the reool- Wb aa^BBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaV BaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaW *T\T T\TCAA r»C »* nen r A 

lections of life's springtime. Wo picture him seated a* his * \ ! Imaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaf BaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaV loAALb 969 ft. 

cheerless fireside playing; his, or rather her favorite select! r and iffi ■ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaR2i^maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaK "C ATTCiT-TT RV \A/TT?T?T Y7QQ" OAQ 4V 

as the sweet tone, float oat upon the silent night, thor. ap- iMmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaH «,^« ™i™ WlKbLbob 909 tt. 

pears on tbo wail a phantasmagorial portrayal of bio thoughts, W 1 Im^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K HER FIRST ADVENTURE" 509 ft 

whioh bring him back to day. of yora. JV , Pa^^^^^^^^^^^^^H, "THE BOY DETECTIVE 497 ft 

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L8Rgla1. DUU P88I 1* L.fc^^^^^^^^^^^^K "THE PRINCESS IN THE VASE".. 938 ft. 

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This has made itself evident before and will do so again. 

We feel it incumbent upon ourselves to draw the attention of vaudeville artists to promises which are easily made at the 
ending of a season, finding all vaudeville theatres dosed. It is a long time from now until September 1st. 

Play if You are Paid; Don't Starve Upon Expectations 

"Barring" has always been ineffectual. If you have an act, the managers need you, and the better your act, the greater 
their need. Don't be misled and don't be deceived by promises or 

THREATS WHICH CANNOT, WILL NOT, AND NEVER WERE INTENDED TO BE FULFILLED. 

We advise all vaudeville artists if they are offered immediate contracts from any management at terms satisfactory to them 
that they be accepted, but secure the managers' signatures. Don't accept instead 









A BOOKING FORM OF AGREEMENT 

which is no more than the passing by you of the exclusive control of your act, WITHOUT ANY GUARANTEE OR BENEFIT 
IN RETURN. 

GET THE CONTRACTS 

I IF YOU ARE NOT GIVEN CONTRACTS AT ONCE 

WORK WHERE YOU WILL WITHOUT FEAR 



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The American vaudeville artists look for opposition in vaudeville and they must support it, not be weak-kneed men with- 
out the backbond to call their lives their own. 

ASK FOR TIME; STUDY THE ANSWER 

♦ 
Then act for your own best interest. 
Don't be fooled, stalled or deceived until you are obliged to take what is thrown at you like a hungry dog. 

Artists desiring time next season communicate or call at once. 









WIN 



MORRIS 

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E. F. ROGERS, Gen'l. Manager 



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! Wonderful "Strike 



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Idaho Springs, Col., May 15. 
I hereby certify that the ore assay for R. F. Staley gave the 
following result per ton of 2,000 pounds : 



lOUNCES 

22 S, 



SILVER 

OUNCES 
I 6 <oo 



COPPER 



VALUE PER TON 

$ 462.32 



W. L. SHAFFER & CO., Assayers. 



Idaho Springs, Col., May 15. 
Result of sample assayed for Ontario Humming Bird Co.: 



SILVER 

OUNCES 

64ioo 



•* m 



VALUE PER TON 

$ 391.00 



TILTEAU & ARKILLS* Assayers. 



I personally took this ore from the breast of our tunnel, 300 feet underground. 

IF THESE VALUES CONTINUE, I WILL MAKE MILLIONS. Every stockholder will make thousands for the few dollars 
they invested. The greatest mining engineers in the world cannot say it will or will not continue. 

When any mining company guarantees you dividends, don't invest. I never promised any investor a profit. But I am averaging 
eighteen hours a day hard work to make money for those who have invested on my judgment or my promise that this company would be 
honestly conducted. «** 

/ I feel happy to-day, for I have proved that the Low Grade vein with $6.00 to $10.40 value on the surface, contains HIGH GRADE 
GOLD, SILVER and COPPER valueatet depth. 

, It is what I expected when I left a life of luxury, also a large salary, to live alone in a cabin on our property for the sole purpose of 
protecting my own and my friends' money. 

NO MAN CAN DEVELOP MINES WITHOUT MONEY 

If my brother and sister professionals will not furnish the few thousand dollars we need, I feel positive the investing public will 
quickly take it up. It will cost this company more money for advertising to interest the public. But we must have the money to quickly 
open up our ground. 

I AM SELLING STOCK FOR 

25 CENTS PER SHARE (par value $i.o 0) 






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Until the Board of Directors, whom I have just notified of our rich strike, have a meeting to determine the price this stock shall sell for. 
Boys, I advise you to forget all about "The Ponies," faro, poker, suburban lots and expensive excursions for a few weeks and 

WIRE 

And send a deposit at once to secure some of the 

ONTARIO HUMMING BIRD GOLD MINING SHARES 



Address 



RICHARD F. STALEY 



POST OFFICE, BIN 0. 

IDAHO SPRINGS, COLO. 






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CONTINENTAL MANAGERS GET 
TOGETHE R TO BOYC OTT I. A. L 

German Vaudeville Directors Combine to Enforce the 

Obnoxious "Cancellation Clause" and a Test of 

Strength Is On Between Association and 

International 'Artisten Loge. 




Cabled information received in New 
York this week indicates that the German 
vaudeville managers, organized into an as- 
sociation, and the artists enrolled as mem- 
bers of the International Artisten Logo, 
have entered into a bitter quarrel. 

The managers, always jealous and sus- 
picious of each other, have effected an or- 
ganization, and, it is said, have declared 
a boycott against the I. A. L. artists. The 
fact that the warring managers have at 
got together seems to indicate of it- 
that a determined dispute is in pros- 
pect. 

The Outbreak is regarded variously on 
this rfkie, although there is scarcely enough 
information available to base a really fair 
opinion upon. There are those who be- 
lieve that the artists' organization and the 
managers have clashed over the hated 
"cancellation clause* in the continental 
contract, and that this it to be the battle 
ground. 

Another opinion which has many ad- 
herents is to the effect that a large inter- 
national agency is partly at the bottom of 
the boycott, although in an indirect way. 
Some months ago this agency opened a 
campaign which had as its object the or- 
ganization of the continental managers 
into an association. The scheme was more 
to secure improvement in booking arrange- 
ments, the continental system of having 
individual managers book their own bills 
irrespective of each other being consid- 
ered haphazard and wasteful, than to com- 
bat any possible aggression on the part of 
artists. 

It is probable that upon actively taking 
up the office of president, Max Berol- 
Konorah, the newly installed chief execu- 
tive, has been more 'busy than the man- 
agers care to have him, and they have ac- 
cepted the agency proposition as the pos- 
sible means of administering a rebuke. 



First news of the hostilities was con- 
tained in a dispatch from the I. A. L. to 
the White Rats of America, which an 
nounccd that the associated managers had 
declared a boycott. The matter was 
brought up before the meeting of the 
White Rats Tuesday night, and in a 
cabled reply the American association 
promised support and financial aid, after 
a unanimous vote on the question. In ad- 
dition to this action it was determined to 
acquaint all White Rats with conditions 
on the other side and prevent American 
acts from signing continental contracts 
until such time as affairs are settled 
again. 

The "cancellation clause" which is in- 
volved in the present trouble, has worked 
great hardship upon hundreds of acts 
playing in the German houses. This 
clause provides that managers may close 
any act coming to play their houses be- 
fore the opening performance or after 
three, seven or fourteen days, the contract 
usually being for a month's engagement. 
Home artists scratch this out before ac- 

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crpting a contract 

This provision is a double edged sword 
in the hands of the manager. It makes it 
possible for him to sign up twice as much 
material as he can possibly use in order 
(o keep it away from his competitors in 
the same city. Such a process is made 
possible by another article in the agree- 
ment which forbids artists to announce 
beforehand any part of their routes. 

At opening of the engagement, the dan- 
ger of a rival manager securing similar 
features being over, half of the acta booked 
are summarily cancelled. 

The other use to which the "cancellation 

clause" is put is the custom of threatening 

cancellation on the 'opening of an act an.l 

then offering to play it a**a greatly re- 

(Continucd on page 20.) 



MORRIS OPENS LONDON OFFICE. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, May 10. 

Yesterday (Monday) William Morris 
opened a London branch of his booking 
office with much ceremony and pomp. All 
the large English managers dropped in 
during the day. > 

The offices are situated in the Strand, 
just across from the Tivoli. Hugo Mor- 
ris, who recently arrived here, will be in 
charge of the branch. 

No information has been given out by 
William Morris while here of any book- 
ings he has made, but that be has made 
a considerable number is the opinion. 

It is said a Berlin branch of the Morris 
agency may also be established. 



"THAT" QUARTET A RIOT. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, May 20. 
At the Empire (Mbss-Stoll), Liverpool, 
on Monday, "That" Quartet, the Ameri- 
can singing act, making its first appear- 
ance in ICngland, received a reception 
which shook the rafters of the theatre. 
Their success is now the talk of London. 






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UNITED'S CHICAGO OFFIGE SETTLED. 

M. E. Robinson will open the Chicago 
branch office of the United Booking Offices 
June 1. The connection .is designed to 
supply a Western representative, who may 
at all times be in touch with the large 
mass of new vaudeville material which 
is available in that territory. 

During one of the routing meetings in 
the United last week, Mr. kobinson's name 
was submitted to the assembled managers 
by E. F. Albce. New western acts will 
be inspected by the Chicago manager and 
reports will be immediately forwarded to 
the New York headquarters. Mr. Robin- 
son's headquarters will be in the Majestic 
Theatre building. 



GRACE HAZARD LONDON HIT. 

(Special Cable to Vakiety.) 

London, May 20. 

As the headliner of the Coliseum bill, 
(J race Hazard, the American character 
operatic singer, in "Five Feet of Comic 
Opera" placed a hit to her credit on Mon- 
day. This is her first appearance in 
London town. 

Truly S hat tuck, at the same theatre in 
"straight" songs, is meeting with fair suc- 
cess. 



IDA FULLER BEATS THE EMPEROR. 

Berlin, May 10. 

The suit for infringement brought by 
Ida Fuller, the American "fire dancer," 
against the Emperor of Germany has been 
decided in Miss Fuller's favor. 

The Emperor is the proprietor of the 
Berlin Opera House, and Miss Fuller, un- 
der the German law, was obliged to name 
him personally as the defendant in the 
action. To avoid notoriety, the Emperor 
entered a counter claim against Miss Ful- 
ler, placing the suit, in the civil courts. 
Otherwise it would have been tried in 
the Royal Court. 

The action was based upon an infringe- 
ment of Miss Fuller's "fire effects" used 
in the Berlin Opera House. 



MORRIS POSTPONES RETURN. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, May 20. 

Passage on the "Campania," sailing Sat- 
urday, May 23, had been engaged for the 
return home of William Morris, but it 
was cancelled to-day. Mr. Morris will 
remain her for a couple of weeks longer, 
it is expected. 

There are two or three important deals 
on the tapis, it is said, in which Morris 
and the English managers are concerned; 
these are the cause of the postponement 
of Morris' sailing data. 

Nate Leipsig, the American artist, sails 
Saturday on the "Celtic." 



ALICE LLOYD REFUSES $*5,ooo. 
Philadelphia, May 21. 
• On Tuesday last, F. Ziegfeld, Jr., winvl 
Alice Lloyd, who is the Keith star hen- 
this week and next, an offer %f ten weeks' 
engagement at $2,f»00 weekly, far the sum- 
mer season. 

Mixs Lloyd had to refuse, as she returns 
to Europe off July 14 for London engage- 
ments impossible to postpone. 






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KEITH'S "OHIO CIRCUIT." 

Cleveland, May 21. 

It is reported here that Harry A. 
Daniels, manager of Keith's in this city, 
will be transferred to New York City next 
September, and placed in charge of the 
entire Keith circuit in some capacity 
second only in command to £. F. Albee, 
the general manager of B. F. Keith's en- 
terprises. 

The present list of Keith houses in Ohio 
will be extended, it is said, to include 
Zanesville, Dayton, Youngstown, Akron 
and Canton. There are 'Keith" theatres 
in Cleveland and Columbus now, while 
Toledo may be placed on the circuit also. 

The smaller towns will play vaudeville 
at 10, 20, 30. Theatres will be built or 
leased in all these cities by September 1 
next, it is reported. 

There will be an "Ohio manager" ap- 
pointed for this section to look after the 
Keith interests, with headquarters in 
Cleveland. 



"EVANGELIST" STAR HAS SKETCH. 

"The Evangelist" has passed away. It 
lingered at the Knickerbocker Theatre for 
a time early the past season when Howard 
Kyle was the star of it. 

Mr. Kyle survived the disaster, and he 
is just now longing for vaudeville with a 
sketch called "Paul, the Joker." Bentham 
is after the vaudeville bookings. 



TALKING SKETCH ON ROOF. 

With the week of June 15, William 
Hammerstein will attempt the experiment 
of a "talking" sketch on Uammerstein's 
Roof. On that date, Harry Tate's "Motor- 
ing" will open an engagement in the air. 

Heretofore a talking act here and there 
has appeared above the Victoria, but gen- 
erally confined to single acts. Arthur 
Prince, the ventriloquist, was the most 
notable of these The windows were 
closed while he was on the stage. 

In "Motoring" quite a quantity of dia- 
logue is employed, and the fate of the 
sketch will have an influence upon Mr. 
Hammerstein's future aerial bookings. 



BILL ACTS DIFFERENTLY. 

A new custom will be followed in the 
program billing of acts on the Orpheum 
Circuit next season, said Mark A. Luesch- 
er, the general press representative, this 
week. 

The word "act" as heretofore customar- 
ily in use on programs would be replaced 
by "offering" where no other term was 
applied, and the description usually con- 
taining "monkey, dogs, animal, acrobatic, 
contortionist or bicycle" and like descrip- 
tive captions would be altered in the 
phraseology hereafter. 



DILLINGHAM HAS ROCK AND FULTON 

With a rush from Boston, William 
Rock, of Rock and Fulton, entered and 
left New York last Sunday, stopping only 
long enough to sign a contract binding 
himself and Miss Fulton unto Charles B. 
Dillingham for three years. 

Next season Mr. Rock and Miss Fulton 
will be featured in a musical piece under 
the Dillingham guidance, and the remain- 
der of the contracted time, starring hon- 
ors will be theirs under the same manage- 
ment. 

The act leaves for Europe to 611 summer 
time, returning for a few early weeks of 
the coming season in vaudeville before tak- 
ing up the legitimate stellar career. 



VAUDEVILLE OVER AT FOLLY. 

There will be no more vaudeville shows 
at the Folly, Brooklyn, this season, unless 
Hyde & Behman decide to place one in their 
Williamsburg house next week. Will- 
iams and Walker show is now there. 

Last week, M. A. Shea booked in a 
vaudeville bill, and the result is reported 
to have been gratifying, the house, hold- 
ing 2,600, containing big crowds until the 
opening of Coney Island on last Satur- 
day, when the attendance dropped off as 
though cut with a knife. 

Hyde & Behman would not overlook an 
opportunity to rent the Folly next sea- 
son for $40,000, with one year's rental de- 
posited in advance, but this has scared 
away prospective lessees so far. What 
disposition will be made of the Folly 
for next season hasn't come out. Hyde 
& Behman's Gaiety, playing burlesque, is 
in the immediate neighborhood, and the 
other style of amusement mostly favored 
by the local population is acknowledged 
to be vaudeville, the melodramatic fever 
prevailing there for the past few seasons 
having received its quietus. 

With the Folly playing vaudeville, both 
Percy G. Williams' Novelty and Gotham 
Theatres in darker Brooklyn might have 
their patronage affected. 

The Folly if opened for vaudeville next 
season would be an obstacle in the path 
of the Novelty and Gotham theatres, 
belonging to Percy G. Williams, and which 
are about an equal distance away from it. 

The Broadway Theatre, in the same sec- 
tion of Brooklyn, playing "combinations," 
is said to have shown a profit reaching 
$1K),000 for one season. 



WELFORD CONTEMPLATING. 

Chicago, May 21. 
Dallas Welford, late star of "Mr. Hop- 
kinson" and "Twenty Days in the Shade," 
is contemplating vaudeville with a farcical 
sketch, "My Sister's Flat." 



UNION HILL A UNITED BOOKING. 

The large vaudeville theatre now in 
course of construction at Union Hill, N. J., 
will be a United booking next season, it is 
said, and the contract between the agency 
and theatre is reported to have been exe- 
cuted. 

The house will have a large capacity and 
is erected by a local brewery at a cost of 
$150,000. It taps the Union Hill outlying 
section, having about 100,000 to draw from, 
not considering Hoboken, where Brugge- 
mann's Empire is situated. 

Union Hill is above Weehawken, imme- 
diately over the West Forty-second Street 
ferry route to the land of hills and sand. 



MUSICAL COMEDY AT AMERICAN? 

Previous to the departure of the Italian 
Opera Company from the American The- 
atre, expected to take place on May 30 as 
per contract, William Morris, Inc., will 
go upon a still hunt for an attraction of 
the light and airy nature to succeed the 
singers. 

Negotiations may have boon closed at this 
time for a show to follow the opera, but if, 
so, no announcement has been made. 

The Sunday concerts which have been 
given at the American for the past two 
weeks have been discontinued. The Morris 
office states they were inaugurated to ob- 
tain a line on the vaudeville patronage of 
the theatre and maintained for the two 
weeks only, as originally planned. 



MORE ORPHEUM'S FOREIGN ACTS. 

A number of other acts in addition to 
those previously reported as having been 
engaged for the Orpheum Circuit next 
season together with the Western time 
booked in conjunction, were heard of this 
week, and the list below about completes 
the foreign bookings for the West up to 
date. 

W. Passpart, Martin Beck's Paris rep- 
resentative, is responsible for many of 
the acts, while other agents have also con- 
tributed. 

The Blessings, a man and woman in 
hand-balancing, open on the Orpheum 
December 7 for twenty weeks. There is 
an act called "The Blessings," at present 
playing Sullivan-Considine time in a 
comedy sketch. Ines and Taki is a French 
musical number; also a man and woman. 
Francini-Olloms and Page are "musical 
acrobats," one turning twenty -four somer- 
saults while playing a concertina. The 
Saytons are Germans and contortionists. 
The Vinobonas (2) are musical and were 
booked for the Klaw & Erlaugcr circuit 
last season, but did not come over. 

The Four Nightons in a new "posing" 
act will return to this country for the 
Orpheum, and Kunst and Leben, who pose 
as "Living Statuary," will likely be en- 
gaged by Martin Beck when he visits 
Berlin, where the act is now playing. 

James Stewart is a pianologist who has 
not played on this side. Fred Singer is 
an English act now appearing in South 
America who will come North to fill the 
Orpheum contracts. George Schendler is 
claimed to be the champion harmonica 
player of the world, and reachos the Or- 
pheum from Germany. 

De Dio, the dancer, already recorded as 
an Orpheum feature for next season to 
become a part of Mr. Beck's Road Show, 
calls her spectacular dances 'The Terpsi- 
chore's Dream" and her principal dance 
"The Fire of Life." De Biere, the magi- 
cian, will reappear in America, opening 
on the Orpheum time October 18, and 
McDonald and Huntington, although 
Americans, were booked on the other side, 
where they now are, by the Marinelli office 
to present their whirlwind dancing here. 

Peppo's Monks will amuse the children 
along the line, and Doelsch and Zillbauer, 
musicians, open July 14. 

"The Eight Madcaps" from 'A Knight 
for a Day" will tour the circuit, follow- 
ing their Eastern engagements, opening 
at the Majestic, Chicago, August 22, after 
some Eastern time has been filled. Frank 
McCree and Company are a Western skat- 
ing turn, not known in New York. Arcadia 
is another wild and woolly number. He 
is a violinist and was "discovered" in 
Chicago. 



"GIBSON GIRL" NEXT SEASON. 

The postponement of the "Gibson Girl" 
vaudeville time until next season is set- 
tled. It is Thos. W. Ryley's act, and will 
be composed of "The Gibson Girl" bit 
from "The Belle of Mayfair" ; also the 
"St. George's" and other portions of that 
musical piece. 

The opening will occur on September 
7 at the Fifth Avenue. Twenty-five weeks 
have been arranged for through M. S. Ben- 
tham. 



CHANGS OF BOOKINGS. 

San Francisco, May 21. 

Manager Goddard, of the Acme, Sacra- 
mento, has secured the lease of the Grand 
in that city. 

The Acme has been playing S.-C. at- 
tractions, while the Grand was on the 
Western States list, and at times during 
the past year the fight was fast and 
furious. 

The result of this new deal will bo 
that the Grand will have the S.-C. com- 
binations and the Acme will lie trans- 
formed into a moving picture Louse. 

Hal Curtis has resigned the manage- 
ment of the Empire and W. Z. Tiffany, 
who managed the Baldwin before its 
destruction, has assumed the reins. 



VAUDEVILLE HOUSE "DARK." 
San Francisco, May 21. 

The Colonial, situated in the rebuilt 
downtown district, and which has been 
playing vaudeville consisting of Sullivan- 
Considine acts, is now "dark." 

The closing is no criterion that the 
downtown district is not ready for vaude- 
ville. 

The Colonial is situated on McAllister 
street, a thoroughfare that even before 
the fire had little of the passing throng, 
and it is the opinion that a vaudeville 
show house on Market (our Broadway) 
would be a success. 



JOE WELCH GOING ACROSS. 

On July 13, Joe Welch, the Hebrew 
impersonator, will appear at the Moss 
St oil theatre at Glasgow, Scotia nj. Hie 
following week, Mr. Welch will appear 
at the Coliseum, London, thereafter play- 
ing for six more, now booked for him by 
William Morris. 

Mr. Welch will play on the other side 
as a "single turn." 



PIDGEON MOVES OFFICES. 

Eddiv !N<lgeon, the general representa- 
tive for the Felix Isman enterprises, will 
remove his offices on Monday to 1440 
Broadway, on the same floor as the suite 
of William Morris. 

From these quarters Mr. Pidgeon will 
send forth the press matter' in connection 
with the Circle and American theatres, 
William Morris, Inc., and the William 
Faversham company, retaining his present 
position as general representative for the 
Circle Theatre Company. 

The office of Mr. Pidgeon at the Circle 
was not laid out for comfort nor space, 
and Eddie decided a change would bring 
him back into civilization. 



STOCK IN MUSIC HALL. 

Commencing June 1, Paul McAllister 
will head a stock company at Hurtig & 
Seamon's 126th Street Music Hall. 

Mr. McAllister has been a society fa- 
vorite in Harlem for some years. He has 
played stock engagements at both the 
east and west side theatres of Keith & 
Proctor's in that section. 

An offer was made by Mr. McAllister 
for the Harlem Opera House, but he could 
not secure it. 



Lykeus & Levy will shortly exploit a 
new act under the title of Theo. Willis and 
her "Six Bubbles." 



WILLIAMS AND WALKER OPEN iST. 

The vaudeville engagement of Williams 
and Walker, the colored comedians, opens 
on June 1 at the Colonial. 



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Vol. X. 



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No. 11. 



Morrison's at Rockaway opens on Decor- 
ation Day. 



Oscar Hamraerstein is due to sail from 
England for home to-day (Saturday). 



Geo. M. Devere, late of "Ninety and 
Nine" will play vaudeville this summer. 



C. E. Bray of the Orpheum Circuit, is 
expected to return to the headqunrters in 
the St. James Building, to-day. Mr. Bray 
has made a week's trip, taking in Mem- 
phis, New Orleans and Chicago. 



A rumor that the United Offices intended 
installing a press bureau was denied this 
week. 



Sullivan and Pasquelena are playing 
towards the east with a new act called 
"C. 0. D." 



THE THIEVING "DRAMATIC MIRROR" 
CAUGHT RED-H AMD WITH THE GOODS 

Steals From VARIETY a "New Act" Which Never Ex- 
isted. Swallows Hook, Bait and Sinker. A 
Sample of "Theatrical Journalism." 



The impression 'borne by Variety since "The New York Dramatic Mirror" cop- 
ied Variety's "New Acts" department, incorporating it as one of the "Mirror's" fea- 
tures, has been always secondary to our belief that not alone content with stealing 
an idea from a younger journal, "The Mirror" was also actually stealing Variety's 
reviews under "New Acts" as well. 

This has been proven to our satisfaction by the issue of "The Mirror" dated 
"May 23rd, 1908," and published on Tuesday of this week. The parallel reviews below 
are the finger -pointing proofs. 

THERE IS NO ACT NAMED "PLEASANT AND NEWBURG." THERE IS NO 
SKETCH CALLED "THE UNDERTAKER." BOTH THE TEAM NAME AND THE 
ACT ARE FICTITIOUS. 

"The Undertaker" was selected for a title, as appropriate to the circumstances. 

It having been impossible to fix upon "The Mirror's" stealing propensities with 
any degree of certainty for publication in its customary method of merely "re- 
writing" Variety reviews and news, a "criticism" of an entirely imaginary name and 
sketch was set as a trap, and "The Mirror" naturally, following its usual custom, fell 
into it. 

Variety is copyrighted weekly, and its attorneys have been instructed to prose- 
cute "The Mirror" on this indisputable evidence of theft. 

The New York "Dramatic Mirror" is the "official organ" of the Comedy Club, 
an organization formed for "the protection of original material." 



VARIETY 

(May 16, '08.) 

Pleasant and Newburg. 
"The Undertaker" (Comedy). 
1 8 Mins.; Four (Interior). 
Pastor's. 

Walter Pleasant and Bijou Newburg 
are apparently strangers hereabouts. At 
Pastor's no one knows them. They were 
on so early in the bill that hardly any- 
body was present to watch the sketch. 
"The Undertaker" is quite good in parts. 
An undertaker (Mr. Pleasant) with 
"white light" instincts has left his place 
of business for a trip along Broadway. 
Before leaving, he discarded his sombre 
garments, resembling a man of lively 
proclivities in dress. His office boy 
catches him on the way with a message 
he is demanded immediately at Miss So- 
ciety's (Bijou Newburg) apartments. 
Arriving there, with his business instinct 
aroused, he gently inquires as to the de- 
parted, but only hinting at the coming 
period of mourning, in view of Miss So- 
ciety's high spirits, which he finds him- 
self unable to join or understand. Miss 
Society, who believes he is a noted au- 

nr. \vl: .v.:\ her maid was instructed to 
mil by 'phone to hear the first chapter 
of a book she is writing, thinks he is non- 
committal and cold, through the well- 
known eelf-conscionsness of all authors 
who drop into the limelight. Dialogue 
follows until the undertaker, unable to 
stand the levity longer in the possible 
presence of a deceased one, abruptly 
brings tie interview to a close by ask- 
ing if lie shall send for "the wagon." 
The writer of the piece is not given, 
but it forms a nice sketch, and was 
capably played, deserving a better posi- 
tion. Sime. 



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MIRROR 

(May 23, '08.) 

The following new acts were seen in 
the local theatres last week: 

FUN WITH A GLOOMY SUBJECT. 

Walter Pleasant and Bijou Newburg 
appeared in Pastor's in a skit called 
"The Undertaker." The plot revolves 
around an adventure participated in by 
an undertaker and a society woman. 
The former thinks he has been called 
for professional purposes, and the latter 
mistakes the undertaker for an author 
whom she is expecting. There is a good 
deal of fun extracted from the situation, 
and the piece was cleverly played. 



The consideration the Comedy Club receives for allowing "The Mirror" to pose 
as an "official organ" is a commission of 20 per cent, on all display advertising secured 
by the Comedy Club for "The Mirror," and 15 per cent, commission on all other 
advertising secured by "The Mirror" through the Comedy Club. 



Ralph C. Hertz opens in Newark, Mon- 
day, May 25, coming to the Fifth Ave- 
nue June 1. 

Percy G. Williams and Martin Beck 
registered at the "Herald's" Paris office 
this week. 



W. J. Ferguson may drop into vaude- 
ville, with the assistance of M. S. 
Bentham. 



Nate Leipsig, the palmer, has been en- 
gaged for 20 weeks over the Orpheum Cir- 
cuit next season. 



Gray and Graham have been booked 
through this summer and next season by 
the United. 

George H. Nicolai, of Stair & Havlin, 
returned to his office Monday, after a 
month's vacation. 



"The Golphiends" will be the next 
Jesse L. Lasky act to see the light. The 
date will be during July. 



Nat If, Wills, the comedian, married 
May Harrison, his leading woman in "A 
Lucky Dog," this week. 



L. Johns, the Moss-Stoll representative 
in New York, returns to-day from a 
Canadian trip of a week. 



John Kranner and Maud Tiffany, both 
of the "Buster Brown" Company, were 
married in Milwaukee last week. 



"After the Matinee" has been re-written 
for Eugenie Blair, who will play in that 
sketch when she enters vaudeville. 



The Mechanics and Traders' Bank, where 
there is a lot of professional money stored, 
is reported to resume on June 8. 



Vasco, "the Mad Musician," sailed on 
Wednesday. He has been re-engaged on 
this side next season for twenty weeks. 



"Irene Franklin, assisted by Burt 
Green," is the headline billing of the Will- 
iams Orpheum, Brooklyn, bill this week. 



Loney Haskell, just in from a long tour 
of the Orpheum Circuit, hit Broadway this 
week, and the big alley nodded familiarly. 



Lily Lena and Mme. Herrmann will be 
the principal features of the opening bill 
at the Brighton Beach Music Hall June 
15. 



The New York Roof, still with the name 
given it last summer, "Jardin de Paris," 
will open with the new Ziegfeld Revue 
June 15. 



Jesse J. Freeman, of VARIETY'! staff, 
sailed for London on the "Adriatic" 
Wednesday to take up the post of VARf- 
kty'h Special European Representative. 
The demand for Vahikty abroad has forced 
cognisance to be taken by us, and Mr. 
Freeman' will give the circulation of the 
paper on the other side the same attention 
it has received over here. This is the first 
time a theatrical publication has sent a 
circulation manager to Ktirope. Mr. Free- 
man will travl over (treat Britain and 
the Continent hefore returning home. 



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SECOND "POOL" FORMING. 

Chicago, Mfay 21. 
It J* reported that F. Stair, of Toronto; 
W. A. Edwards, owner of the Royal, Mont- 
real, and Columbia, Boston, and Pat 
White's "Gaiety Girls," together with T. 
W. Dinkins, Mortimer M. Th : ese and the 
Miners will form a "pooling" arrangement 
of their own in the event of the other 
shows entering the compact as set forth 
at the recent meeting of the Empire Cir- 
cuit directors. 



SPARROW MATTER CLOSED. 

The Sparrow damage suit against mem- 
.bers of the old Travelling Managers' As- 
sociation is now closed. The Sparrow 
Company has admitted that last week's 

decision in the United States Circuit Court 
here was final. 

A jury there returned with a judgment 
of 6 cents ("constructive damages") for 
the plaintiffs. This vindicates the plain- 
tiff (Sparrow Company), although $100,- 
000 was claimed. The fact that the court 
constantly ruled against the defendants on 
the evidence, and struck a large quantity 
of their testimony from the records, is 
another matter that will act against any 
re-opening of the suit, inasmuch as the 
jury found for paintiffs practically without 
damages on the strength of what slight 
evidence was admitted, and another suit 
presumably would result in no more ad- 
vantageous conditions. 

The only possible continuation would 
take the form of specific suits against each 
party involved in the defense. Such an 
action is highly improbable. 



EMPIRE DIRECTORS DUE HERE. 

The Executive Committee of the Empire 
Circuit Company (Western Burlesque 
Wheel) will hold another meeting in the 
company's New York offices next Tuesday. 

"Discussion of general business" is all 

the advance information that could be 

gleaned as to the purpose of the conference. 
Since the general meeting of the board in 
Cincinnati, several changes have been mad-j 
in the plans of the Flatbush Avenue 
(Brooklyn) house, and these will be passed 

upon. 

* 

Revised bids will then be opened and the 
contracts let after the general meeting of 
the Circuit's stockholders in June. Iu 
the new plans, the "Spanish mission" style 
of architecture has been abandoned, and a 
front modeled upon that of Cohen & Harris* 
New Gayety at 46th Street and Broadway 
substituted. The changes in design were 
recommended by II. C. Miner, of the com- 
mittee which had the construction of the 
house in charge. 



STERNAD COMING EAST. 

Chicago, May 21. 
J. A. Sternad, of the Western Vaude- 
ville Association, leaves for New York 
on or about June 1 to book a number of 

feature acts for the Empire Circuit (West- 
ern Burlesque Wheel) shows, of which he 
is general booking representative with 
headquarters here. 

Mr. Sternad will be gone for three 
or four weeks. On his return from the 
East the various organizations will be 
formed, and rehearsals started. 



DRAWN BATTLE ON EAST SIDE. 

The Grand Theatre closes for the season 
to-night, with both the burlesque wheels 
claiming the better of the light". The Co- 
lumbia Amusement Company's directors 
have announced that they hold a two 
years option on the theatre and will open 
it again in September. They declare 
themselves satisfied with the experiment. 

The Miner estate, which comes in op- 
position to the Grand through its Bowery 
Theatre near-by, asserts that its business 
has not suffered from the interposition of 
the new Eastern Wheel stand. "The Bo- 
hemians," which are playing there this 
week, opened Monday with a larger gross 
than almost any show playing there in 
several months. 

The Miners have been playing return 
dates of their own shows, and planned to 
arrange for the booking of regular wheel 
shows or put on stock burlesque in the 
Bowery as long as the Grand remained 
open. 

The conversion of the Adler house into 
burlesque started a swift local advertis- 
ing campaign. Tom Miner hired a whole 
building across the street from it and 
plastered the front with Miner announce- 
ments. Another move was the parading 
of a brass band in the neighborhood and 
the use of an automobile plastered with 
billing for the Bowery. 



DESSAUER MAY MANAGE. 

It was rumored this week that Sam 
Dessauer, now in advance of "The Beh- 
man Show," had been offered the man- 
agement of the new Western Wheel The- 
atre (Empire) to be opened in Brooklyn 
next season. 

The last managerial position held by 
Mr. Dessauer was when in charge of the 
Murray Hill, shortly after it came into 
the possession of the Eastern Wheel. Mr. 
Dessauer built up the patronage of that 
bouse greatly before leaving it. 

For "The Behman Show" this week, 
Dessauer has had crowds follow a man 
with a camera, who, after he had posed 
the array of people presumably for a 
photograph, would drop a sheet reading 
"See the Behman Show at the Murray 
Hill." 

A crowd followed the camera man about 
waiting for the next lot to "bite." 



JOHN GRIEVES MARRIED. 

Philadelphia, May 21. 

John Grieves, who piloted the tour of 
the "California Girls" over the Western 
Wheel route last season, and who is en- 
gaged in putting on the summer stock 
burlesque shows at the Bijou in this city, 
was quietly married to Elva Payne, one 
of the most youthful members of the 
chorus, last week. The wedding took place 
in Camden, N. J. 



TAKES CONNIE EDISS' PART. 

This week in "The Girl Behind the 
Counter" at the Herald Square, Mollie 
Walsh, an English singing comedienne, 
has replaced Connie Ediss. 

Miss Walsh (Mrs. Harry Mountford) 
has been signed for next season with the 
same show, with an option taken by the 
management upon her services for the fol- 
lowing season in a new production to be 
made by Mr. Fields for Broadway. 

"The Girl Behind the Counter" will close 
its season in the early part of July, it is 
now expected. 



MINERS HAVE NEWARK EMPIRE. 

A lease of the Empire Theatre, Newark, 
N. J., for a term of nine years passed to 
the H. C Miner Estate early this week. 
The Miner people take an assignment of the 
lease held by the United States Amuse- 
ment Company, the concern which operated 
"Advanced Vaudeville," and which leased 
the Empire from Shubert Brothers. 

Empire Circuit Company's (Western 
Burlesque Wheel) shows will continue to 
play Newark, booked by the Miner Estate. 
At the opening of next season probably Ed 
Miner will have charge until the new or- 
der of things is running smoothly. In 
conjunction with the Empire shows extra 
attractions will be booked by the Miners, 
somewhat after the method in vogue at the 
Boston Howard. 

For several months Western Burlesque 
shows have been playing the Empire, 
under a booking agreement between the 
Empire Circuit and Klaw & Erlanger. 
Even before the demise of "Advanced 
Vaudeville," the Miners approached Klaw 
& Erlanger with a leasing proposition for 
the house, but before the deal was con- 
cluded the directors of the burlesque cir- 
cuit, unconscious of the Miner proposition, 
opened negotiations for a booking arrange- 
ment. The Miners thereupon retired from 
the transaction and the company's offer wa* 
accepted. 

The Miners took the deal up again when 
the experimental period of the booking 
arrangement expired. 

The annual rental named in the lease has 
not been made public. 



ANNUAL MEETING IN NEW YORK. 

The annual meeting of the Empire Cir- 
cuit Company (Western Burlesque W T heel) 
will take place in New York city on either 
June 17, 20 or 24. 

The Western folk surround the precise 
date with a shroud of mystery. Any one 
of the three may be correct. 

Last year, the meeting was held in Cin- 
cinnati. 



ELSIE BOEHM. 

Elsie Boehm, the subject of the title 
page this week, was born and educated in 
Vienna. When quite young, she developed 
a beautiful high soprano voice. One day 
something suddenly happened to her vocal 
chords, rendering singing for her impos- 
sible for over a year. 
f During that time, Miss Boehm practised 
^dancing, and became very proficient in the 
art, but the violent exercise proving too 
great a strain, she was soon compelled to 
abandon it. 

Miss Boehm resorted to singing once 
more. To her great surprise, she found 
her voice had changed in the interim to an 
unusually deep contralto. With a few 
months' training, it became most powerful 
and of a remarkably pure tone. 

With an exceptionally attractive stage 
presence, and but a trifle over twenty years 
of age, Miss Boehm had appeared in all 
the principal variety theatres of Europe 
before coming to the United States three 
years ago. 

For the past two years Miss Boehm has 
played on the Keith Circuit, and is now 
under contract to the United Booking 
Offices. 

An offer has been tendered the young 
woman to appear in a musical production 
on Broadway next season. 



MANCHESTER WANTS TO RETIRE. 

"Bobby" Manchester wants to retire. 
He is weary of "trouping," and has offered 
to sell out his Interest in his burlesque 
companies and the "Wheel," for cash. 

Manchester has not discovered any finan- 
cial magnates ready to step into his shoes, 
but a number of wiseacres have figured 
out that the Manchester franchise in the 
Eastern Wheel, together with the shows, 
is well worth the money. 



ELIMINATE COMPETITION. 

After a whole season's trial, the road 
managers of the Empire Circuit company 
have declared themselves entirely satisfied 
with the contract-checking system put into 
operation for the first time at the opening 
of the present Wheel tour. 

By its existence the evil of "principal 
kidnapping" has been practically done 
away with as well as the distracting inter- 
nal quarrels that formerly arose out of the 
old practice of luring away successful 
principal people. 

By the new plan it is impossible for one 
manager to bid for the services of a com- 
edian or act during the life of its contract 
with another manager in the Western Bur- 
lesque Wheel. The result is brought about 
this way : 

Every time an Empire road manager 
signs an act, principal or chorus girl, the 
contract is immediately registered in the 
Cincinnati offices of the Circuit. If the 
principal signs more than one contract, the 
one first registered is counted operative. 
During its terra the artist whose name it 
bears may not sign with any other Empire 
Circuit manager without the consent of 
the prior manager, or a legal release from 
the first agreement. The carrying out of 
these provisions is secured by a mutual 
agreement of the managers. It is said to 
have worked admirably so far, there hav- 
ing been no complaints of acts "jumping" 
shows on a promise of larger salary from 
another Western manager. 

Among the Eastern men there has been 
the usual amount of complaint. The 
scheme of making the "kidnapping" agree- 
ment operative as between the two wheels 
has been broached to managers of both 
sides. 



LONG SEASON FOR "BON TONS." 

If — if — if the weather does not grow too 
torridly torrid, Sam Goldie intends keeping 
the "Bon Tons" out until week of June 20. 
Mr. Goldie says so himself, and he ought 
to know, for he is the manager of the 
Weber & Rush company. 

The show is at Waldman's, Newark, this 
week. Next they will be at the Gayety, 
Baltimore, and then expect to play Wash- 
ington, Star and Gaiety, Brooklyn, closing 
at the latter place. If the schedule is 
lun through, it will mean a 42-week sea- 
son for the "Bon Tons." 

Full salary, says Mr. Goldie, will be 
paid until the closing of the "regular sea- 
son," and the "regular season," says Mr. 
Goldie, is when the show stops. 

Mr. Goldie is the manager and he ought 
to know. 



The Actors' National Protective Union 
has notified the several union bodies con- 
nected with the New York Central Federa- 
tion of Labor that a newly organized 
order, the Actors' Protective Association, 
of Brooklyn, is not connected with the 
A.N.P.U. 



VARIETY 



RESENT "MAGIC EXPOSE" ACTS. 

The feeling against the "expose magic" 
acts is running high in the Society of 
American Magicians, and it is in debate 
among the members at present as to the 
proper policy to pursue to eradicate the 
expose of their business secrets on the 
stage. 

Goldin, Ziska, Valadon, Powell and 
other magicians and illusionists of note 
have taken a determined stand, and say 
the evil done to the legitimate workers 
of the mysterious must cease. "Comedy 
magical" acts are not included among 
those placed under the ban, where the 
"comedy magical" act makes no expose 
of any trick or illusion. 

The harm wrough by the person on the 
stage who performs a trick and for the 
purpose of "securing a laugh" discloses 
to the audience how it has been accom- 
plished is incalculable, state the men who 
perform in public, but maintain the tech- 
nical end of their profession inviolate. 

Even the ordinary bit of magic or a 
simple illusion, the mechanism or inner 
workings of which may be exposed, tends 
to inform the layman on a subject he 
should remain in ignorance of, and may 
lead to the solution of more difficult prob- 
lems which must be studied out after a 
vast amount of mental labor, is the argu- 
ment set forth as the more important 
reason why the "expose act" should be 
eliminated from the variety stage. 

There are a number of acts depending 
almost wholly upon the exposures to re- 
tain whatever prestige among an audi- 
ence they may bring. Not so long ago a 
number of the magicians enrolled in the 
society formulated a plan to descend upon 
an act playing in a local theatre with the 
intent to "rotten egg" it if hissing and 
other detrimental efforts failed of their 
purpose, but this line of battle was aban- 
doned, and other steps will be taken. 

It is probable that the practice and its 
consequences will be placed in toto before 
the vaudeville managers, with a request 
that they aid in suppressing the "expose 
act." 

"You can take my word for it," said a 
society magician this week to a Variety 
representative, "there is no man working 
on the stage to-day who exposes our 
secrets who can give a straight magical 
entertainment. If he could he would not 
have to expose. 

"The thing has gone too far, and we 
are going to stop it. Our stage perform- 
ance is our stock-in-trade, and we shall 
protect it. You don't see any reputable 
magician or any high-prieevl act telling 
the public how we work. 

"When one can be entered in the 
category of 'magician' he rightfully comes 
under the heading of an 'artist.' All others 
who seek to give away what we have 
striven to retain as our own brand them- 
selves with the 'bogus' mark." 



Louise Dresser will open her vaudeville 
tour at Shea's, Buffalo, June 1, leaving 
"The Girl Behind the Counter" for that 
purpose. The Herald Square piece will 
probably close around July 1. 



The Five Majors, the English singing 
act, close their American season week of 
May 25 at Newark, after thirty-nine con- 
secutive weeks of playing this season. The 
quintet leave June 4 for England on the 
"Celtic." 



UNITED ROOTING. 

Beginning toward the end of last week 
several routing sessions have been held 
by the managers and out-of-town rrpre- 
sentaives in the United Booking Onces. 

Fifteen acts have already been arrange;! 
for next season, each receiving from twen- 
ty to forty weeks. Meetings will be con- 
tinued until the large mass of material 
already engaged tentatively is disposed 
of. 

The smaller salaried acts are the first 
to receive attention. Many of these had 
received assurances from the associated 
managers representing the "smaller time" 
that they would be taken care of for vary- 
ing periods. 

In one case an act wh'ch had been prom- 
ised twenty weeks by the less important 
interests actually received thirty-eight 
weeks. A number of the big houses were 
represented in the conference. They 
wanted the act in question and in each 
case when they secured it they agreed 
to a salary 20 per cent, larger than that 
paid by the smaller houses. 



MAY TURN OLYMPIC BACK. 

It is possible that Hyde & Behman's 
Olympic Theatre, formerly the "Adams 
Street" house of the firm before enter- 
taining the burlesque shows of the East- 
ern Wheel this season, will once more give 
variety bills, opening with that amuse- 
ment next season. 

It is said Nick Norton, the manager of 
the theatre, has been looking about, with 
a view of bookings for it. 

No complaint seems to be made that 
the burlesque patronage has been below 
the mark, but it is the opinion that Hyde 
& Behman believe vaudeville is the more 
profitable for them. 



FEIBER & SHEA A FIRM. 

The vaudeville firm of Feiber & Shea, 
composed of H. H. Feiber and M. A. Shea, 
has been formed. The new concern will 
principally manage vaudeville theatres 
coming under its control. 

As the nucleus of a circuit, they now 
operate the Perth Amboy Theatre in that 
New Jersev town, and this week secured 
the Orange (N. J.) Opera House from 
Wissell & Barton. Seven acts will be 
placed in the latter house. Separate cor- 



NICHOLSON REPLACES ROSS. 

Chicago, May 21. 

Paul Nicholson, of Nicholson and Nor- 
ton, and who lately was out in "The Girl 
Question," appeared in Weber's "Merry 
Widow Burlesque" as the Prince at the 
Colonial this week in place of Charles J. 
Boss, who broke his knee-cap in New 
York. 

Mr. Ross will be confined to the sani- 
tarium where he was removed, for the 
next two months, it is feared. His wife, 
Mabel Fenton, Is also confined there 
through illness, and 'Mir. Ross's mother 
was removed to her home from the same 
institution last Tuesday. 

The accident to Mr. Ross occurred while 
he was walking downstairs in Weber's 
Music Hall from his dressing room. On 
I he Monday previously, at his especial re- 
quest, Mr. Ross's dressing room was trans- 



VARIETY will be on sale next week on Friday, May 29th, Saturday, May 30th, 
being a holiday. 



the leases of each. Several other cities 
are under observation by the parties. 

Mr. Shea has been a well known book- 
ing agent, and of late has been rapidly 
branching out, both as producer and man- 
ager. Mr. Feiber is known to vaudeville 
fame as the foreign representative of the 
United, a position held by him through 
the successive transformations of the for- 
mer "Keith Booking Office." 

The retirement of Mr. Feiber will make 
a yearly trip abroad in the interests of 
the agency. He leaves next August for 
this year's trip. 

GOURARD DOING THE HONORS. 

Even if Jackson Gourard does live in 
Larchmont or New Rochelle or some other 
New York Central town, Jackson is there 
with proper form for theatre treasurers. 

This week each box office man in New 
York City received from Mr. Gourard an 
order for a nice new bonnet. This is 
Jackson's habit twice yearly in the silk 
and straw times. The treasurers treat 
Jackson well on first nights and the Gour- 
ards evidence in this manner that they are 
not unforgetful. 



ferred from the basement to the upper por- 
tion of the theatre. The comedian said 
he thought the dampness below would 
cause him to contract rheumatism. 



$2,500 FOR AN AIRSHIP. 

No sooner had the news reached New 
York that the Wright Brothers from their 
grounds at Mantow, N. C, had accom- 
plished the feat of sailing a long distance 
with their airship before an accident 
caused the ending of the voyage than 
William Hammerstein wrote the brothers, 
offering $2,500 weekly to exhibit the at- 
mosphere cleaver, interspersed with a lec- 
ture, on his roof. 

The answer is awaited by the manager, 
who is in fear the Wright Brothers will 
not agree that their serial boat shall be 
subjected to metropolitan inspection. 



Paul LaCroix and Jack Levy will formu- 
late an act for the latter part of next sea- 
M>n named "The Bouncing Hats." Mr. 
LaCroix, who originated this particular 
form of juggling, and two others will ap- 
pear in the production. Mr. Levy is an 
agent. 



The Seyons will be with "The Yankee 
Doodle Girls" next season. 



GOOD SUMMER SHOW. 

At the Colonial next week, a bill will 
be presented to attract the multitude, and 
from the list it should accomplish that 
object. 

About this time last season, shortly after 
Percy G. Williams sailed for Europe, 
Frank Jones, Mr. Williams' representative, 
gave a similar show in quality. Mr. Jones 
is also responsible for next week's pro- 
gram. 

Rock and Fulton bead the array, with 
Irene Franklin and Burt Green, Karno's 
Comedy Company, Rice and Cohen. Stuart 
Barnes, Sydney Denne and Co., Collins and 
Hart, Frosini and Dellaven and Sydney 
Sidney. 



ONE DANCER AMONG 500 BOYS. 

Rehearsal for principals of the Cohan 
& Harris "George Evans Honey Boy 
Minstrels" was called for some day next 
week. The engagement of the minor peo- 
ple has not progressed as rapidly as was 
hoped for. James Gorman, who is putting 
on the numbers, has tried out over five 
hundred boys, and discovered only one 
dancer. For this reason it may be de- 
cided to abandon the most pretentious 
dancing number. 

It is proposed to open the new organiza- 
tion in Atlantic City in July, where they 
will remain for a week, coming thence to 
the New York Theatre for four weeks, 
then direct to the Chicago Auditorium, 
after which it heads direct for the "coast," 
playing everywhere worth while on the 
way back. The tour as at present laid 
out covers an entire year without a lay-ofT. 

All told the aggregation will total sixty- 
five heads, as follows: George Evans, 
George Thatcher, Julian Eltinge, Rice and 
Prevost, Waterbury Brothers and Tenny, 
Eddie Leonard and four boys, a European 
novelty act, the identity of which is being 
carefully concealed; seventeen musicians, 
twelve singers, twelve song and dance 
men, a property man, an electrician, a 
b^gage man, two advance agents and 
one manager. 

The claim of the management is a week- 
ly expense of $5,000. 



"SKI HI" FOR MADISON ROOF. 

A light musical entertainment under 
the title of 'Ski Hi" will be the offering 
on the Madison Square Garden Roof this 
summer in place of "The Behman Show," 
negotiations for the appearance of which 
were declared otF last week after all pre- 
liminaries were thought *to have been 
closed. 

The new show is the work of Charles 
A I pin 11. a Westerner practically unknown 
to New York. He is understood to have 
substantial backing from friends. He will 
engage all the people and will personally 
stage and managb the show. He receives* 
a specified guaranteed payment per week 
from Alt' (J. I.'errington and Henry Pin- 
cus, who hold the Roof lease, and in re- 
turn furnishes the completed show. He 
has filed a bond of $2.3,000, signed by his 
financial sponsor, to support his contract 
obligations. The backer is described as 
being worth $3,000,000. 

Rehearsals will be called very shortly. 
The personnel of the organ i/at ion has not 
yet been announced. 



HART ADDED TO STAFF. 

Max Hart, who has been the booking 
agent for the Jesse L. Lasky & Co. attrac- 
tions, has been added to the Wilmer & 
Vincent booking staff, which will be com 
posed of Mr. Hart and F. O'Brien, who 
this past season has had full charge of 
that department. 

With the coming season this work will 
be divided between the two booking men, 
and from eight to ten houses will be in 
their charge. 

Henry B. Harris, the legit imate man 
a^'er, who is interested in Laskv Sc Co.. is 
aiso financially concerned in the Altoona 
theatre of W. & V. Mr. Hart retains his 
connection with Lasky & ('«>. 



Anita Lawrence, of Linton and Law- 
rence, has been left a considerable fortune 
by her grandfather, William H. Kimball, 
of Salt Luke City, who lately died. 



VARIETY 



CANCELLED FOR PLAYING "OPPOSI- 
TION." 

Chicago, May 21. 

The contract clause providing that no 
artist shall play opposition theatres in 
the city during or within two weeks of 
their engagement, was tested last week 
when the Luigi Picaro Trio and the Three 
Alcarons were cancelled by the Western 
Vaudeville Association for a contracted 
engagement at the Star Theatro this 
week. It was stated that the reason for 
cancelling was due to the fact that the 
acts played Schindler's Theatre, located 
about a mile from the Star, and the 
strongest opposition. 

The Luigi Picaro Trio were booked at 
Schindler's by Frank I. Doyle, of the 
Chicago Vaudeville Managers' Exchange, 
which books independently for about ten 
houses in the city. The Alcarons did not 
play there, but as both acts are under 
the same management and were con- 
tracted together for the Star, they were 
refused admittance to the theatre when 
reporting for rehearsal. 

John J. Murdock, general manager of 
the Western Vaudeville Association, 
stated the cancellation of the acts was 
justified in view of the contracts they 
signed for appearance at the Star and 
having played elsewhere preceding the 
opening. The notices posted in the Ma- 
jestic Theatre building offices state all acts 
expecting time from the Western Vaude- 
ville Association must be booked ex- 
clusively through that agency. 



AWAY FOR IDEAS. 

Some nice morning in about two weeks, 
when there is a steamship waiting to start 
Europeward, Mrs. Ous Edwards is going to 
remove Mr. Gus Edwards from the Ed- 
wards' apartments to the boat, from 
which there will be no returning for over 
a month. 

While on the other side Mr. Edwards 
will imbibe a few of the Parisians' ideas 
for novelties, and brighten up his pro- 
ductive qualities generally. 

The contemplated purchase of a "Pan- 
hard" automobile from Louis Martin, the 
restaurateur, will be deferred until the 
Edwards return. 



EXCURSIONIST DIETRICHSTEIN. 

Leo Dietrichstein, the playwright and 
farceur, is all ready to make an excursion, 
this being the open season for such recre- 
ation, into vaudeville. 

He has all prepared a short farce called 
"Who's Got the Button?" calling for six 
principal people and has placed himself 
iii the hands of M. S. Bentham to secure 
an opening date. 

Dietrichstein closed his season a few 
weeks ago with his latest show. 



OPERA AT EUCLID GARDEN. 

Cleveland, Ohio, May 21. 

Manager Max Featkenheuer announces 
that a season of opera will be inaugurated 
at the Euclid Avenue Garden theatre, 
June 8, following the week's engagement of 
Don Philippini's Spanish Band. As the 
Hippodrome opera season will close May 
23, several of the principals of the company 
will be engaged for the season at the Gar- 
den. 

It is rumored here that B. F. Keith 
holds an option on the Majestic Theatre, 
which lately gave up the ghost as a stock 
house in the suburbs. 



WON'T SHOW NEW ILLUSION. 

"I am not going to show my new illusion 
when I open at Hammerstcin's Roof the 
first week," said Horace Goldin the other 
day. "There will be a certain party 
around, and what new stuff I have will be 
kept under cover until he leaves the city," 
added Mr. Goldin, who stated he had been 
long a sufferer at this person's hands. 

"There's another magician who wrote 
me last Monday," continued Mr. Goldin, 
"telling me how much he admired some of 
my illusions, but saying in the letter he 
thought he could improve upon them. And 
then he actually told me how he intended 
doing them in the future. I received that 
letter on a very hot day, too," mused the 
illusionist as he kicked a hole in a piece 
of solid granite for relief. 

The new illusion Mr. Goldin referred to 
was "The Circle," in which a taxicab is 
employed. During the Hammerstein en- 
gagement Goldin will give two distinct 
shows, the one at the matinee in the the- 
atre differing from his evening performance 
on the roof. This will obviate the removal 
of Goldin's "props" up and down stairs. 



THIEVES BUSY. 

Thieves entered the apartments of Dolly 
Julian and Fred Legett on West 43d Street 
a few days ago and departed with all the 
couple's portable property, including a 
quantity of stage . and street apparel, 
jewelry, etc. Even their trunks were rifled 

On the same day Orletta and Taylor, 
principals in "The California Girls" (West- 
ern Burlesque Wheel), living in another 
part of the city, were robbed of almost 
all their possessions. When Miss Orietta 
returned to find their rooms rifled, a dis- 
patch was awaiting her bringing news of 
her sister's death in another city. 



MOZART WILL AFFILIATE. 

Lancaster, Pa., May 21. 

A statement was given out this week 
by Edward Mozart, head of the Mozart 
Circuit of vaudeville theatres, that his 
houses would affiliate with two other cir- 
cuits next fall, giving an act through the 
juncture 40 weeks. 

Sixteen of the theatres on the combina- 
tion will give two shows daily ; the re- 
mainder, three. A branch office of the 
Mozart Circuit will be established in Pitts- 
burg June 15th, with James F. Lee in 
charge. 

While Mr. Mozart did not include in his 
statement the names of the other circuits 
he will affiliate with, it is surmised that 
the Western States Vaudeville Association 
will be one, while a Californian list is ex- 
pected to fill in the others. 



AGE LIMIT MEASURE DEFEATED. 

Boston, May 21. 
A bill to allow the stage appearance of 
children under fourteen years old, urged 
by the theatrical managers, was defeated 
in the House yesterday by a vote of 3C 
against 57. 



LYCEUM THEATRE NO MORE. 

Boston, May 21. 
The work of demolishing the Lyceum 
has commenced. It will be replaced by a 
big office building containing a new 
theatre, owned and operated by the pres- 
ent lessee of the Lyceum, George H. 
Bachellor. It will house burlesque. Open- 
ing expected about New Years. 



NOMINATIONS MADE. 

At the Tuesday night meeting of the 
White Rats, Joseph Caiiahan, Ed Kehoe, 
Kube Welch, Major Doyle and Edwards 
Davis*were appointed the nominating com- 
mittee to select the candidates for the 
various offices to be filled at the annual 

election. 

The vote will be taken by mail from 
all members, the polls closing on June 16. 

The committee remained in conference 
Wednesday and Thursday, without any 
names given out. All the officers of the 
order, excepting one or two trustees who 
hold over this year, are elective and will be 
balloted for. 

It was reported while the committee 
was in session that Fred Niblo was fa- 
vored for "Big Chief." 



OBITUARY. 






RUN OF OVER TWO YEARS. 

On June 10, the Fred Karno Comedy 
Company will leave New York for Lon- 
don, their English home. Of the present 
combination, Billie Reeves, engaged for 
the "Follies of 1908" on the New York 
Roof, will remain, and perhaps a few 

others who will secure American engage- 
ments. 

Alf Reeves, manager for Karno, who has 
piloted the troupe so successfully in vaude- 
ville for two and one-half years on this 
side, fifty weeks of which have been spent 
in Broadway vaudeville theatres, will take 
the crowd back. 

In the fall, Mr. Reeves will return, hold- 
ing the same pieces presented here in the 
repertoire, and may bring several others 
of the Karno latest productions, particu- 
larly "London Superba." 



MOCK'S CRACK BALL NINE. 

A crack baseball nine has been organ- 
ized by Harry Mock, superintendent of 
the Victoria Theatre. Mr. Mock does not 
deny it is composed of professionals and 
says he is open to play any team, from the 
"Giants" and "Yankees" to any challenger, 
for money. Mr. Mock is carrying a new 
ten dollar certificate to post as a forfeit 
any time. 

There will be a house nine gathered to- 
gether from the Hammerstein staff, but 
only three of these are in the "profesh" 
collection. Denny, Zeran and Doyle are 
the Hammersteiners in the all-star nine, 
which has been named "Harry Mock's Vic- 
toria Field Club." 

Jim Bailey will manage it on the road, 
and the first of the thirty games scheduled 
along the Jersey coast and on Long Island 
will be played June 2. The players are 
Kriedler, c; Zeran, p.; Denny, lb.; Hoey, 
2b.; Jung, ss.; Brown, 3b.; Pealy, 1. f.; 
Devins. c. f.; Doyle, r. f. Mr. Bailey be- 
sides his duties as manager will be all 
around "sub." 



Al Fields leaves for Europe on June 6. 



COMPANY FOR CASINO REVUE. 

The unnamed Revue to be prod need at 
the Casino by the Shuberts on June 8th 
will contain among the principals Frank 
Mayne, Grace Tyson, Irene Bentley, Josie 
Sadler, Harry Corson Clarke, Walter Law- 
rence, Henry Bergman, William Bonnelli 
and Arthur McWatters. 

¥ 

No contracts have been issued for the 
Revue engagements. Verbal agreements 
only are obtainable. 



Joe Bonnell, formerly a ballad singer 
and mono log is t, and until his retirement 
from the stage on account of illness, a 
prominent member of the White Rats of 
America, died at his home, 107 East 
31st Street. A tubercular alTection from 
which he had long suffered in a mild form 
caused his death. At the deathbed was 
his mother, Mrs. Kate Bonnell, widely 
known among vaudeville artists as 
proprietor of the theatrical hotel in East 
31st Street. 

Bonnell was about 35 years old and 
was born in Orange, N. J. He was actively 
engaged on the vaudeville stage until 
five years ago, when illness forced his re- 
tirement. His death was sudden. He 
-went to the Empire Theatre, Hoboken, 
to witness a vaudeville show a week ago 
Monday. The following Wednesday he 
complained of a slight illness and went 
to rest during the afternoon. During the 
night his condition became alarming and 
doctors were summoned. He sank rapidly 
from then until he passed away Wednes- 
day. 

He was a well known Elk, holding mem- 
bership in the Orange (N. J.) lodge. 

Funeral services were held at his late 
residence in 31st Street yesterday. Among 
those who attended was Geo. M. Cohan, a 
life-long friend of Mrs. Bonnell. A floral 
piece representing the emblem was the 
otfering of the White Rats. 

Philadelphia, May 21. 
Catherine Hackett, a member of the old 
Walnut Street Stock Company, died in the 
Forrest Home last Monday. She was 84 
years of age, and had been in the Home 
since 1901. 

Hugo Toland, a prominent actor, died 
in this city (Philadelphia) on Monday at 
the age of 30. Bright's disease caused his 
death. Up to last week Mr. Toland had 
played with Lillian Russell in "Wildfire." 



BURKE'S OWN ROAD SHOW. 

Billy Burke, formerly of Burke and 
Dempsy, has been invited to organize five 
or six acts under his personal direction 
into a travelling vaudeville company to 
play over the United time next season. 
Four of the acts arc of Burke's own pro- 
ducing. 

Sydney Wilmer, of Wilmer & Vincent, 
saw the show and immediately offered 
Burke his time for the organization next 
si-ason. Weber & Rush have offered to 
take it likewise and it is probable that 
the bill will be brought together again in 
September for a tour. 



CANCELED AND CANCELS. 

John W. World, of World and Kingston, 
this week returned gratis to the United 
Office two more weeks the act had yet to 
play in the East upon being informed last 
Friday (May 15) that this week's engage- 
ment at the 125th Street theatre "was 
off." 

Six weeks' time over the Orpheum open- 
ing at San Francisco on June 7th were 
accepted by Mr. World, and the team will 
rest in that part of the country when the 
engagement is concluded, looking over the 
quarry World is interested in. 



Maude Edna Hall and Carlton Macy 
commence a three- weeks trip of the Will- 
iams houses on Monday, opening at the 
Alhambra. 



VARIETY 






Margaret Sheridan has signed with Will- 
iam B. Watson for next season to play 
parts. 



Kitty Traney, she of the sporting act. 
returns to Europe to day. The Tom Jack 
Trio, another foreign number, leaves May 



Castellane and Brother are showing their 
new act as the "extra attraction" with 
the "Bon Tons" at Waldman's, Newark, 
this week. 



Belle Hathaway's Monkeys and Baboons 
commence their western tour next season, 
at the Orpheum, Salt Lake City, opening 
August 9. 



The Marinelli office received a cable this 
week from Paris that Moran and Wiser 
had scored at the Polies Marigny, in the 
lively city. 



Claude Gillingwater will return to 
vaudeville June 15 at the Fifth Avenue 
with the sketch formerly used by him in 
the same field. 



I (ark A. Luescher, general press repre- 
sentative for the Orpheum Circuit, will 
start upon a visit of the cities containing 
Orpheum* in the fall. 



"Onaip, the Hindoo Mystery," which 
lately opened at the Hippodrome., will ap- 
pear on the Williams circuit commencing 
June 8 at the Colonial. 



Adolph Zink has placed his diminutive 
self under the sole direction of Gus Ed- 
wards. Mr. Edwards will put the little 
comedian out in a sketch. 



The Imperial in Brooklyn, which came 
under the management of Percy ft. Will- 
iams recently, will be renamed "'The Cres- 
cent," playing stock next season. 



The damage case of D. F. Hennessy 
against P. B. Chase, of Washington, has 
been on trial this week at the latter city. 
A verdict was expected yesterday. 



The Preps Department of the Orpheum 
Circuit now designates the acts booked 
for the circuit next season by numbers 
instead of names for convenience. 



Ethel Edwardes was married May 7 to 
William C. Tucker, a vaudeville artist, in 
New York. Miss Edwardes was until 
lately a member of the "Miss Hook of 
Holland" Company. 



The smaller managers of the United 
occupy the former office of E. F. Albee 
for a meeting room. Mr. Albee with his 
private secretary, Edward Darling, has 
moved down the hall. 



James H. Cullen will play the Orpheum 
Circuit next season for the eleventh time. 
Mr. Cullen will wear eleven service 
stripes on the cuffs of his coat sleeve dur- 
ing the engagement. 



The bookings of the Doric, Yonkers, will 
be continued by the United, the three 
years contract made by Lasky & Co. with 
that agency having been assumed by Harry 
Leonhardt along with the lease. 





NOTES 





The Kooney Sisters are expected to 
open on the Orpheum Circuit June 21. 
It is stated at the Orpheum offices the 
girls' time has not been set back, nor has 
a request to that effect been received. 
The Rooneys are now in London. 



The judgment obtained by Bert Cooper 
against Vesta Victoria for commissions has 
been reversed by the Appejlate Division of 
the Supreme Court. Mr. Cooper will be 
obliged to bring another action against 
Miss Victoria if he persists in his claim. 



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The Great Richards, "male soujyrette, 
has received United contracts calling for 
forty weeks next season. Richards de- 
clined offers from Broadway managers for 
musical comedy, preferring the vaudeville 
time. 



Abel and Irwin have been booked by 
M. S. Bentham for 30 weeks, to commence 
on July G at Grand Rapids (Mich.). The 
act will then go West. Neil Abel was 
"end" of the Primrose Minstrels this sea- 
son; Mr. Irwiu was interlocutor with the 
same show. 



Lillian Shaw is thinking of appearing 
in a newly written sketch, assisted by Al 
Coleman, or perhaps it will be Mr. Cole- 
man, assisted by Miss Shaw, or it may be 
Shaw and Coleman, or Coleman and Shaw. 
You can't be too particular in these small 
details, you know. 



A splendidly executed three-sheet in 
several colors has been turned out by the 
Miner Lithograph Co. for Alice Lloyd, to 
be used during her forthcoming legitimate 
tour under the management of Klaw & 
Erlanger and Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. It is 
a superb piece of paper. 



The De Faye Sisters sail on Tuesday, 
going to Russia, where they will play. 
Howard and Howard leave on June 10 for 
their English engagements. La Gardenia, 
the Spanish dancer, sails May 28, returning 
to Paris. The Paul Tausig Agency arrang- 
ed for the transportation of each. 



Catherine Howard, with the "Blue Rib- 
bons" the past season, has been engaged by 
Weber & Rush for the "Parisian Widows" 
when that show again opens. Harry Ar- 
mier, orchestral director now with the 
"Bon Tons," will take the same position 
next season with the "Widows." 



La Dora Taylor,* an Australian toe 
dancer of some note; Grace De Mar and 
Dave Rose have been signed by Charles 
J. Burkhardt for Herman Fein's new 
Western Wheel show, "The Travellers," 
next season. Max Burkhardt will also 
be an important member of the cast. 



Herbert Lloyd is due to arrive on the 
"Cedric" from London next Thursday. He 
will be here only a few weeks, sailing 
again for the other side June 10. Mr. 
Lloyd comes to make final arrangements 
for the tours of several American musical 
shows which he is to exploit on the other 
side. 



Frederic Bond and Fremont Bentou have 
been engaged for tta Orpheum Circuit next 
season, and will open during the summer. 



"Abie" Haramerstein is no longer the 
manager for Ina Claire, the Harry Lauder 
imitator. Miss Claire announces the fact 
of the dissolution, and Mr. Hammerstein 
confirms it, but "Abie" is still in the ring 
with an act to show, "The Subway Girls," 
all under cover. 



Gladys Sears, "The Girl of Many Dia- 
lects," who will play in vaudeville dur- 
ing the summer, is acquiring a tan at 
Atlantic City for a couple of weeks before 
commencing the variety time. Miss Sears' 
manager, rJhas. E. Taylor, is also at the 
seashore resort. 



Last week a personally conducted party, 
led by Jean Schwartz, visited a nickelodeon 
on Sixth Avenue, where they "tried out" 
the new slides prepared for the Cohan & 
Harris publication, "Take Your Girl to the 
Ball Game." Mr. Schwartz officiated at the 
piano, someone sang, and someone else 
worked the slides. 



Carroll and Cooke returned to the city 
Monday, after working continuously for 
thirty -eight weeks. They opened their 
season as a Klaw & Erlanger act, and 
were continued by the Orpheum. Joe Car- 
roll said, upon reaching town, that in his 
twenty -two years upon the stage he has 
never passed a more pleasant engagement. 

"Gillie" Gordon, the treasurer of the 
New York, was bothered over one lonely 
seat the other night. Three different per- 
sons had asked to have it exchanged. Sam 
Harrison, the manager of "The Soul Kiss," 
playing there, inquired of Mr. Gordon the 
trouble. "Oh, it's a dog seat," replied 
Gordon, giving Mr. Harrison the coupon, 
which read "K 9." Perhaps this should 
properly go under "Released." 



Genaro and Bailey closed with "The 
Bootblack Detective" on the Stair & Hav- 
lin time last week. They reopen in the 
same piece July 17, playing Southern and 
Western time next season. After that Al. 
H. Woods will send them out in a new 
vehicle. Between this and the opening of 
the new season the couple will play a few 
vaudeville weeks if they are forthcoming 
at an advanced salary. 



Mazie King, who attained some prom- 
inence several years ago as a toe dancer, 
is preparing a new spectacular terpsichor- 
ean act for next season requiring the ser- 
vices of two electricians and a consid- 
erable scenic embellishment. The act will 
shortly be "tried out" in private for the 
inspection of the managers. 



The Orpheum Circuit producing depart- 
ment has selected a one act playlet, en- 
titled "The Old, Old Story," as the vehicle 
for a tour of that circuit by Felice Morris, 
a daughter of Felix Morris. The sketch 
will be placed in rehearsal in a few days 
and the presentation will be made as soon 
as possible. 



A small sheet published in Denver, called 
"Amusements," said recently referring to 
the possible closing of the Baker theatre, 
a stock house: "If the closing occurs, it 
will be through the audience ; weight, 180 
lbs. ; height, 6 ft." 



A final conference was had yesterday 
(Friday) over the proposition submitted 
by the Eastern Burlesque Wheel for the 
lease of the People's, Philadelphia, as one 
of its spokes for next season. 



Charles B. Arnold, the burlesque man- 
ager, left this week for a vacation of 
ten days in his home town, Cincinnati. 



Brotherhood and Barlowe open a tour 
of the Sullivan-Considine circuit at Win- 
nipeg, June 22. 



Nella Bergen will probably appear in 
vaudeville yet this season. Gus Edwards 
is pulling the wires, Miss Bergen giving 
him charge of her vaudeville engagements. 



Harry Tighe will play a few vaudeville 
engagements before entering upon re- 
hearsals for Frank McKee's "Algeria," 
opening at the Broadway in the fall. 



The Church City Four have re-engaged 
with M. M. Thiese. 



Jule Delmar, of the United, is again 
booking Henderson's, Coney Island, this 
summer. 



A. M. Bruggeman, manager of the Em- 
pire, Hoboken, N. J., will sail for Europe 

shortly. 



Fred C. Curtis, last season manager of 
Keeney's, New Britain, and formerly con- 
nected with the Poli Circuit, has opened 
a general booking agency at 88 Tremont 
Street, Boston. 



The new B. A. Rolfe production to be 
presented next season in arrangement 
with Pat Rooney will be a heavy act 
act scenically, using ten people. 



The Casino, Asbury Park, under the 
management of Walter Rosenberg, will 
play moving pictures and vaudeville Mon- 
day. 



Howell and Scott will open on the Moss- 
Stoll circuit in England next November, 
booked through L. Johns, the Moss-Stoll 
circuit's New York representative. 



The week of June 15, Collins and Hart 
will play both the Hammerstein Roof and 
the Orpheum, Brooklyn. 



Rolfe's "Ten Dark Knights" will prob- 
ably 1m» booked for the Western States 
time of Louis Pincus, of the Pat Casey 
Agency. It will open at Spokane June 7. 



Geo. A. Clifford will be with Weber & 
Rush next season. Morris and Morton 
have also re-signed with the same firm 
for "The Dainty Duchess." 



The Quaker City Quartet has been 
routed for eight weeks in the West, open- 
ing July 12 at St. Louis, through The 
Pat Casey Ageney. 



Lee Arthur has written a sketch to be 
Used next season' by Snitl Moore in on*» 
of the Weber & Rush burlesque shows. 



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London, May 9. 
Joseph L. Sachs, proprietor of a ntw 
house for Johannesburg!!, is in town. The 
hall will cost $225,000, and be larger than 
the Empire, seating 1,550 people and hold- 
ing $1,000. There will be eleven bars in 
the place to accommodate the spending 
propensities of the miners. Artists who 
book direct will pay no percentages. 
Shows will consist of eight or nine turns 
and a ballet, the latter utilizing sixty 
girft. The hall will have a Winter Garden 
and spacious promenade. An eight- weeks' 
engagement will be given, and whether any 
other town will be booked in conjunction is 
not as yet declared. Cape Town was a 
loser for the Hymans, and is a town full 
of blacks and not up to much for shows, 
though they kick if they don't have them. 
It is understood that the Hyman vaude- 
ville season at Durban is for three months 
at His Majesty's Theatre, as matters 
stand. 



The Oamden Theatre opened as a music 
hall last Monday, though the leasehold had 
a rigid proviso against the house becoming 
a vaudeville theatre, and a perpetual in- 
junction against its doing so was granted 
by the court. Later on the lease was 
handed over in toto, the injunction thus 
becoming inoperative. The Gibbons com- 
bine is quite active, and had a good try 
for a southside theatre which would have 
been hot opposition to a certain 'Empire," 
but here as yet have failed to land in. 



Cardiff, which used to be considered 
Stoll's ownest own, was ventured on suc- 
cessfully by Macnaghten, and now Dance 
and Barrasford seek for a site in Stoll's 
former residential town. They aim to 
build a very large hall if they find it a fit 
central location. 



Henri Cazman mourns the death of his 
mother, who died May 2. — Oswald Stoll 
has been having a vigorous newspaper con- 
troversy at Swansea with one Dr. Raw- 
lings, a prominent local light who has been 
"roasting" La Milo and her patrons. Mr. 
Stoll swings some sledge hammer blows at 
his opponent, and claims his attacks on the 
Swansea Empire audience are an "in- 
famous libel." 



Houdini's book gets glowing notices in 
the various London papers, and is espe- 
cially appreciated by the great magical 
community of the metropolis, so many of 
them being grouped in "The Magic Circle." 



The Empire's successful revue "Oh, In- 
deed," is reaching a second edition, the 
plays that have been burlesqued replaced 
by new parodies on the latest things out, 
and nothing left but the original frame- 
work. — David Hart has closed six years' 
connection with the Grand, Gravesend, and 
is out with plans for the Gravesend Colis- 
eum, which will probably be passed. The 
proposed new venture is situated mid- 
town. 



Wilkie Bard, who has been recuperating 
at Margate, resumes Monday at the Ox- 
ford and Tivoli, after two successful oper- 
ations on his throat. — At Blackpool Tower 
Menageries, where a number of valuable 
animals have been lost during the past 



year, a post-mortem on three tiger cubs, 
the last to go, bears out the theory of 
poison. 



Dance and Barrasford arc also prospect- 
ing a hall at Stratford, London, where 
Stoll is strongly established, and in con- 
junction with Will Sley, of Manchester, 
will open the Birkenhead Hippodrome May 
19 (formerly King's Theatre). Oldham and 
Nottingham are the other towns where 
Dance and Barrasford will open big places 
in the Autumn. 



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The Glasgow Pavilion has declared a 
dividend for the half-year at the rate of 
30 per cent. Glasgow Gaiety has returned 
to one house a night. 



Provisional license has been secured for 
the Ilford Palace, London, and this syndi- 
cate hall will find a new Ilford Hippodrome 
to contend with. Edmonton Empire 
(2.500) opens in November, and the al- 
tered Boscombe Hippodrome (2,000) on 
August Bank Holiday. Devonport Hippo- 
drome (2,000) opens Sept. 15, followed by 
Blackburn Hippodrome. 



Rotherham Hippodrome is being pushed 
for an August opening, while Southampton 
Winter Gardens will soon bloom in full 
glory. All told, perhaps a round score of 
new music halls are immediately prospec- 
tive. Macnaghten has taken Southport 
Pier and will run six night shows and a 
matinee. 



At a final ballot Brighton Casino, the 
new million dollar project on the fore- 
shore, passed the Town Council by a vote 
of 46 to 1. A proposed reduction of the 
site area was struck out, and the dimen- 
sions will be settled later. 



George William Wallis, posing as an 
agent, got nine months' hard labor for a 
confidence game, annexing the deposit 
money o( young women longing for the 
footlights, and falsely promised engage- 
ments. 



Pacey & Evans sued for commission an 
artist too ill to work, who pleaded "no 
play, no pay." The court sustained the 
artist in this case, though in some other 
cases this has not been done. 



Mark Melford caught the Shakespeare 
Theatre for $2,000 damages, wrongful dis- 
missal from pantomime. 



An Italian manager has overcome first 
night booing by three ballot boxes at the 
entrance labeled "Good," "Bad" and "In- 
different," in which departing auditors 
drop their opinions of the show. — The 
anti-hat agitation has drifted from Paris 
to London, hats off being already the im- 
perative rule at Queen's Theatre and Co- 
vent Garden. A sumptuary municipal law 
to give managers po\vers in this matter is 
being formulated in Paris. — The final name 
for the new Alhambra ballet is "Under 
Two Flags," and it shows the John Bull 
you see in cartoons losing his head in a 
wnirl of Parisian gayety, after which the 
French accompany J. B. to his home in 
the land of fog. 




PARIS NOTES 

By EDWARD G. KENDREW. 




Paris, May 11. 

With the advent of warm weather, a 
month late, the Champs Elysees is resum- 
ing its usual evening aspect, and the estab- 
lishments in this beautiful thoroughfare 
are announcing their opening. These are 
the prototypes of the New York roof 
gardens, and have much to learn. But 
still they are much appreciated by 
Parisians. 



Following on the track of the Ambassa- 
deurs, which started off propitiously on 
May 1st, the Folies Marigny, in a new coat 
of paint, inaugurated its show on May 
8th, both thereby breeding contempt for 
the mariners' fable of Friday being an un- 
lucky day. The Alcazar d'Ete is an- 
nounced for 15th. 



The program at the Ambassadeurs, 
awaiting a summer revue, consists almost 
entirely of French "lyrical" turns. There 
are few names known abroad, excepting 
perhaps Mayol, Jane d'Alma, and the three 
Rubys. The show at the Marigny, antici- 
pating vaudeville later, is on the contrary 
made up of a revue without a title, with a 
few variety numbers to start the soiree, 
such as Tom Titt and Titt Bitt, imita- 
tions; J. and M. Brunin, jugglers with 
billiard balls; Milium n Trio, wire, and 
Miss de la Tour, acrobat. 



Another sign of the times is the with- 
drawal by the Isola Brothers, of the win- 
ter revue at the Folies Bergere. On May 
6th they substituted the variety entertain- 
ment for which this house was famous in 
the beginning. Marinelli has the booking. 



Thus we have the Frisco musical eccen- 
trics, cinematograph, Bosc with some bal- 
let dancers, Wieland and his wife as 
jugglers, Humti-Bumsti, clever knock- 
about, the 4 Barowskys, tumblers; Caro- 
line Otero and G. Wague, in ' a drama 
"Christmas Night," which it seems to me 
was played once at the Little Palace here; 
De Dio, a splendid serpentine dancer not 
yet seen in New York, etc. It is, taken 
on the whole, a fine program. On the first 
night the De Dio fire dance did not go 
well on account of the special lamps fail- 
ing (the French electricians were not used 
to them), and this was rather a misfortune 
for Parisians, as the turn is one of the 
best of its kind and not here before. Those 
who know Percy Bogis (who was with 
Loie Fuller years ago, and is now manag- 
ing the pretty Miss De Dio) can picture 
his disappointment at this calamity. 



Vaudeville is ever the order of the day 
at Barrasford's Alhambra, both here and 
in Brussels, with an entire change the first 
of each month. Under the management of 
E. H. Neighbour, the Paris house is still 
going well. This is the bill for May: 
Jenny Gray, danseuse; Charles Serra, 
equilibrist; Pauline Bert, chanteuse; El- 
ton and Elma, with their comic act on 
triple bars (on the stage, not in the sa- 
loon); Sirdy Nirvana, with a trained 
horse in "living pictures"; Trio Moxon, 
eccentric acrobats; Miss Renee, instru- 
mentalist; Ernesto, juggler; the Johns- 
tons, xylophone; Lawson and Namon, 
funny cycle act; "The Children of the 



Sun," in their transformation act (by no 
means Orientals); the Carmos, Australian 
Hercules; Will and Alice Vokes, ''comedy 
dancers," (what a familiar name to those 
who knew the old-fashioned English panto- 
mime, with its clown and pantaloon) ; Joe 
Reichen, with his trained dogs; the Lu- 
mars, acrobats, and the Auxeto-Gramo- 
phone. 



At the Nouveau Cirque (Tison & De- 
bray, directors) we have now more vaude- 
ville than real circus, and the present 
show, excepting for a nautical bouffonnerie 
for the children, could easily be trans- 
ferred without trouble to any stage in this 
city. Horsemanship is quite ignored for 
the moment. We have this month Mile. 
"Rose de France," with performing dogs, 
one of "loops-the-loop"; Trio Dagmar, a 
bit of everything; Gerard and Miss Hut- 
Eli, designated "The Diamond Jaws," be- 
cause they wield furniture suspended by 
their teeth; Ronco, athlete; W. J. Bright, 
equilibrist; Blanche de Paunac, "mind 
reading"; the Dexters, slack wire, and 
Sydney, "the original English clown" 
(program). 



The Paris courts have just condemned 
Mile, de Valcourt to pay $1,150 for breach 
of contract, to the directors of an open- 
air cafe' chantant in the Champs Elysees. 
She is a lyrical artiste who objected to 
appearing in tights. After playing a few 
nights Mile, de Valcourt refused to con- 
tinue her role, declaring that the costume 
she wore, in the main only tights 
shocked her modesty and had an unfavor- 
able effect on her health. The court seems 
to have considered she had been on the 
stage long enough to know what she 
might be called upon to wear in a Parisian 
revue before she signed the contract, and, 
furthermore, decided she had not brought 
proof to show that the wearing of tights, 
even in an open-air cafe chantant, could be 
the direct cause of ill health. 



At the competition of the Opera Com- 
ique for tenors last week the first prize 
was carried off by a young man named 
Falandry, who is employed at a cafe as 
waiter in the city of Montpellier, and he 
merits all the more praise for this calling. 
He is, of course, very proud of winning the 
prize in a contest in which 478 competitors 
took place, and he is well aware that to 
succeed in this profession he must stud) 
hard for two or three years. Indeed, he 
intends to take full advantage of the privi- 
leges of tuition, which the prize carried 
with it. "If I do not find a small engage- 
ment to keep the wolf from the door," he 
said, when the result was known, "I shall 
continue as a waiter, awaiting the happy 
day when I can become a star artist at one 
of the great opera houses abroad." Lina 
Cavalieri started life as a newspaper fold- 
er in Rome, then became a dancer at the 
Folies Bergere; with natural talent, Fal- 
andry, therefore, may also ultimately de- 
mand his own price for grand opera in 
New York — or he may yet be contented 
with a certainty at the halls here! I have 
seen more than one with operatic ambi- 
tions, only too pleased to embrace musical 
comedy and even vaudeville, after winning 
the highest awards of grand opera. 



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Anonymous communications will not be printed. 
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New York, May 18. 
Editor Variety: 

Referring to the communication in your 
last week's issue from Warren Lincoln 
Travis, permit me to say: 

First, the undersigned, as the sole man- 
ager of Gilman Low, has issued no defi- 
ance nor challenge to anyone, but if any 
challenges are presented will be perfectly 

willing to do business — always on a cash 
basis. 

Secondly, since Mr. Travis has met with 
an accident there is nothing to be said, 
except to wish him a speedy recovery. 

Thirdly, the undersigned absolutely de- 



nies every single one of Mr. Travis's state- 
ments and is ready to prove his contention. 

Thomas Whiffen. 



Chattanooga, Tenn., May 18. 
Editor Variety: 

We were engaged for week April 27, 
1908, by W. A. Little, manager of Lyric, 
Macon, Ga., and on Saturday we were 
handed a check for $30 for balance of 
salary. At Birmingham, Ala., on arrival, 
the manager, Mr. Kelly, cashed the check 
for us. The check was returned marked 
"No Funds," and as we were the en- 
dorsers we were compelled to make good. 
We wrote Little, but he has ignored our 
letter. Arion Trio. 



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DIN McGINN. 

(After Kipling, by a Stripling.) 

BY HARRY BREEN. 

Ton msy talk of easy graft, end say stage bends are s laugh. 
For your props send In the list some one will spot It; 

Wben It comes down to prop making 

Yon can't do a bit of faking. 
And you'll yell about tbe otter guy that's got It. 

Way out West, where names don't shine, 

Where I worked for Consldlne, 
Doing comedy wltb a swell little queen. 
Of all that stage hand crew, tbe whitest man I knew 
Wss our old CorLonlan prop man, Din McGinn. 

It was Din, Din, Din, 

You laty lump of lumber, Din McGinn. 

Hey, llrely as a parson. 

First act's on; get some rosin, 

You fat and foolish Fenian. Din McGinn. 

The suit his Joblots wore had serred some Nat Wills before 

And st that It didn't serve him much bebtnd; 
It wss Jnst a pair of pants that never had a chance; 

To speak about the eoat would be unkind. 
When on Monday sets came in, he was there through thick and thin, 

Where like Legree when he bellowed st a slave. 
We shouted, "Hey! Be quick! I sent In for a slapstick"— 

Then he'd hustle round and get a barrel stave. 

It was Din, Din, Din, 

You faker, where's the prop list I sent In? 

Dig It up and get wise to It; 

Can't you read? Come here, I'll do It; 

Don't they have free schools In Ireland, Din McGinn? 

He would run around the place till he got red In the face. 

And he treated everybody like a star; 
If we'd all ask for cutglass, you could bet a Lew Fields psss 
That he'd get It. and ssy. "AH right, here you are." 
And his prop room was his home. 
There as king he reigned alone. 
And he'd make props till his Angers they got sore; 

And all like the T. M. A.'s. he'd work thirty different wsys, 
And he'd only say, "Nix. that's what I'm here for." 

It was Din, Din, Din, 

That's the cue where you come In; 

When I punch yop on the jsw 

Just stand still, don't ersb the rosr; 

It's sure (Ire, wait and get It. Din McGinn. 

I shan't forget the night I was Juggling with a light, 
And I wasn't over where I ought to have been; 

And my clothes all eanpht aflame. 

But the first to help me csme, 
Was our old Csstlllsn-get-there-DIn McGinn. 

He took me like a kid. and he wrapped me. yes. he did, 
In a Guttenherg. an old one that was green. 

It wss ragged and all torn. 

But of all the coats I't worn, 
I'm gratefullest to the one from Din McGinn. 

It was Din. Din, Din, 

Here's an actor who's been blistered to the skin. 

While you're here there still is hope. 

In the prop room you've got dope; 

For God's sake, go and get It. Din McGinn. 

He took me In his srms, and he carried me from barm, 
And a spark fell on him that he hadn't seen; 

In his old prop room Inside. 

He said. Just before he died: 
"I hope you ain't hurt. Hnnk." said Din McGinn. 
I'll meet him where he's pone. 

I'm booked there for Inter on; 
It's a big Jump, and there ain't no stops between; 

He'll be sitting on the coals 

Making props for actors' souls. 
And I'll get a smile In hell from Din McGinn. 

Yes. Din, Din, Din, 

You prop pursuing pagnn. Din McGinn; 
Though I've kidded von and guved you. 
I'd sit still in hell beside yon; 
Yon're a saint, that's what I ain't. 
Old Din McGinn. 



THIRTY DAYS AFTER. 
Down below he made some prop 
That the devil couldn't stop; 
It was something, so they tell me. 

To bank flro. 
TfV* »., nfo. he*S doing veil. 
ITolnlntr actors out of hell. 
So I'll change my route 
And book a little higher. 



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RELEASED!! 



Jokes and dialogue beard this week around New York City, whicn were 
released for general usage about tbe dates set down. 

Will be compiled weekly, and may be utilized for a guide to English and 
Western acts yet to appear in New York. 






"John D. Rockefeller has a dollar for every hair in your head ; he has nothing on 
■me ; I have one for every hair on his." (12 seconds after the last hair disappeared from 
John D.'s pate.) 



"If the projection on an elephant's head is his trunk, then the one in the rear must 
be his valise." (Date not known exactly, but it has been reported that Adam pulled this 
one on Eve just before he choked on the apple.) 



"He is great, but a nutmeg is grater." (As far as can be ascertained this one was 
never legally "released" but was purloined by a band of strolling players along in Will 
Shakespeare's time and was much in vogue at that period.) 



"I'm going home to mother; well, that's better than having her come here." (In the 
first sketch played.) 



"When St. Peter asks for the receipt, do you think I am going to chase all over 
H looking for you." (27 years old to-day.) 



"T» 



I'm thinking of taking a wife; better take a single girl ; it's safer. (Oct. 13, 1890.) 



"I'm strong as an ox because I eat plenty of beef." 

"That's funny, I ve been eating fish all my life and I can't swim a stroke." (Inscribed 

on the cornerstone of an ancient Roman market.) 



"It's hard to lose your mother-in-law." 

"Hard! It's almost impossible." (Comparatively young in years, but oh, so old in 
hard experience.) 




RICHARD F. STALEY'S MINES. 

The unper cut of The Ontario Humming Bird Mining Oo.'s properties at Idaho Springs, Colo., shows 
a very good perspective, mid Mr. and Mrs. Kred Walton before the cabin. Time seven A. M. 

The lower pieturc was lukeri on May 5th, the arrow indicsting the location of "The Sapphire" 
mine. The figure half burled In the snow is Mr. Staley. 



BOOKING BY LONG-DISTANCE. 

Jack Norworth suddenly cancelled the 
Grand Opera House. Pittsburg, last Sun- 
da v. and Wvnn and Lewie were booked 
in to substitute on onlv twentv minutes' 
notice. John I In iris, the Grand Open 
House manager, called up Jule Delmar 
on Sunday as soon as he received word 
fltHD Norworth that he would be unable 

to play on account of illness. 

Delmar immediately offered Wvnn and 
Lewis, who were playing the Colonial 



last week. Going tu another telephone 
while the Pittsourg long distance tolls 
were piling up. he got their confirmation, 

and in jnst twenty minutes the engage- 
ment was settled. Wvnn and I^ewis 
opened in Pittsburg Monday. 



The entire Moss-Stoll circuit has been 
obtained i'or Shean and Warren by A. E. 
.Johnson, of the Pal C'sney Agency. The 
;ni m;t \ not Nave for Bnjrland to play the 
engagement until e"\t spring. 



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VARIETY 






BIOQRAPH COMPANY MOVES 
AGAINST EDISON E XHIBITORS 

Brings First of a Series of Suits to Stop Use of Its 

•'Latham Loop" Patents in Connection With 

Projecting Machines. Kalem and Vitagraph 

Companies Also Sued. 



"The American Mutoscope & Biograph 
Company have brought two suits against 
William Fox of New York, the proprietor 
of the Harlem Amusement Company for in- 
fringement of the Latham Loop patent 
and the Pross Shutter patent in the use 
of his projecting machines." 

This curt announcement was made yes- 
terday by the Biograph company in New 
York. The heads of that concern would 
not comment further on the new phase 
of the film situation, but it is presumed 
that the Fox suit will be followed shortly 
by similar actions against users of Edison 
films. 

Suit has already been brought against 
the Edison Manufacturing Company under 
the Latham patent, which, it is alleged, is 
being interfered with in the manufacture 
of Edison films. 

Accompanying the announcement of the 
Fox suit is this second statement: 

"Papers have been served in suits 
brought by the American Mutoscope & 
Biograph Company against the Kalem 
Company, and the Vitagraph Company of 
America for infringement of the Latham 
patent in the use of their moving picture 



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cameras. 

This brings the two Edison licensees 

named into the same litigation as the 

parent (Edison) concern. 

Action against exhibitors has been 
threatened by the Biograph people ever 
since the Buffalo convention. 



SUMMER PROSPECTS BRIGHT. 

According to a well informed moving 
picture man in a position to correctly 
gauge the indications for the ,trade the 
coming summer, the moving picture in- 
dustry will not suffer during the hot 
spell. 

Orders from exhibitors were being brisk- 
ly forwarded, said Variety's informant, 
and the scattering few days of hot weath- 
er in the past two weeks had had no 
appreciable influence. 

"Of course," said the moving picture 
man, "a day or two of warmth now 
means a great deal more to the populace 
than later in the season when they have 
grown accustomed to the heat, and while 
a newcomer in the business may grow 
frightened at a temporary lapse of pa- 
tronage, the weathered exhibitor will keep 
on his course. 

"It has been the experience of the pic- 
ture trade that moving pictures are an 
attraction in the summer, and draw away 
from the summer resorts, both through 
the inexpensiveness and the entertain- 
ment. 

"We look for the favorable conditions 
continuing this summer as of yore, and 
in view of the past season, with its many 



complaints of 'poor times,' it would not 
be at all surprising if the picture going 
public were considerably increased during 
the next two or three months. 

"Do you know," he continued, "that 
much the same conditions prevail in July 
as in December which affect the pockets 
of the people who want to be enter- 
tained, but cannot afford a great deal? 
The summer park may attract a person 
who goes once, and can ill afford the 
expense necessary to thoroughly enjoy 
himself, even without the added cost of 
transportation. In many instances, it is 
figured that there is nothing to be seen 
at the park not looked at before, so the 
amusement seeker turns to the picture 
show for relaxation and economy. 

"Any time during the day you may see 
hundreds seated in a picture house who 
have settled themselves comfortably, and 
watch with cooling brows the reels run 
off. Of course, as often as practicable, 
we give winter scenes." 



TOLEDO ALL PICTURES. 

Toledo, May 21. 

Commencing Monday, every theatre in 
Toledo will present moving pictures as 
the entertainment. 

Since the commencement was made in 
the Arcade (Hurtig & Seamon) with im- 
mense success the others have decided 
on the same policy. 

The Empire, Valentine and Burt all 
handle the reels for the first time May 25. 

The Casino Co., of Detroit, will manage 
the Valentine during the picture run. That 
company has also taken the Lafayette in 
Detroit for a similar purpose. 



URBAN'S COMPLETE PLACE. 

London, May 9. 

The Charles Urban Trading Co. has es- 
tablished "Urbanora House," in Wardour 
Street, the first complete home of cine- 
matography in London, where every essen- 
tial of the business is manufactured from 
the raw material. 

Urban used to live in Chicago, and has 
the Chicago "hustling" spirit in his make- 
up, as the quickness with which he repro- 
duces every great event of the day is a 
positive wonder. 

There is a fine exhibition theatre in con- 
nection with the new establishment, com- 
plete in all its appointments, from turret 
to foundation stone. 



SUMMONS FOR SUNDAY PICTURES. 

On Thursday, before Judge Finn in a 
police court, Maurice Goodman, attorney 
for the Keith-Proctor firm, appeared in 
answer to a summons served at the Union 
Square Theatre for an alleged violation in 
playing moving pictures last Sunday. 

The case was dismissed. 



ELECTRIC "THEATRE" NO THEATRE. 

New Orleans, May 21. 

Judge Fred D. King, in Division B of 
the Civil Court, has decided the question, 
"When is an electric theatre not a the- 
atre?" This was in the suit of the State 
Tax Collector of the First District vs. 
Dryden Williams, who operates a five- 
cent moving picture show. 

Action was brought to compel defend- 
ant to pay license for his establishment as 
a theatre. The attorney for the defend- 
ant pointed out to the Court a number 
of authorities in which it was held that 
any place in order to be termed a theatre, 
in the sense such places are classed and 
compelled to pay license, must have a 
stage on which an entertainment must take 
place. 

He called the Court's attention to the 
fact that moving picture shows not only 
have no stage, but have no live artists, ex- 
cept the man who operates the picture 
machine. Therefore, it was argued plain- 
ly a moving picture show is not a theatre, 
and cannot be compelled to pay a theatre's 
license. 

Judge King took this view of the mat- 
ter, and ruled accordingly, dismissing the 
suit. 



"PICTURES A MENACE." 

The national convention of the Actors' 
National Protective Union was in session 
three days last week in the Union Square 
Headquarters of New York Local No. 1. 
Much of the time was taken up with the 
discussion of the moving picture proposi- 
tion. The recent rise of this class of 
amusement enterprise, it was the general 
opinion of the speakers, threatened a men- 
ace to the smaller vaudeville theatres 
throughout the country, and the final day's 
session of the convention was prolonged 
until six hours over the time set in thor- 
oughly threshing out the future action of 
the Union in handling the vaudeville end 
of what, it was freely declared, would be a 
lively fight. 

A definite policy was the outcome of the 
discussion. Just what form it will take 
could not be learned from the delegates, 
but in all probability as far as New York 
is concerned there will be an effort to have 
the strictest requirement of the laws in re- 
lation to picture theatres enforced rigor- 
ously. 

National officers were elected for the 
coming year as follows : 

President, Harry DeVeaux ; first vice- 
president, George H. Thomas ; second vice- 
president, S. D. Ricardo; third vice-pres- 
ident, Louis Gold ; fourth vice-president, 
David Barath ; fifth vice-president, M. 
Cantor; sixth vice-president, Louis Gott- 
lieb ; seventh vice-president, W. M. Mich- 
aels ; eighth vice-president, Martin Benni ; 
secretary, Lew Morton ; treasurer, George 
F. Gallot ; national deputy, James L. Bar- 
ry ; national guardian, George W. Rey- 
nolds ; grand trustees, Andy Amann, S. 
Weintaub, Harry Morton. 

The only change in the remainder of the 
officers wns the selection of Louis Gold 
as district deputy in place of Gustave 
Laurens. 



The Dixie, a moving picture theatre, 
Charlotte, N. C, is now under new man- 
agement. 



REVIEWS 

"Legend of a Ghost" (Spectacular). 
Unique. 

An ambitious "production" is here pres- 
ented. Some of the scenes bring together 
a company of people as large as that of 
a Broadway musical comedy, and the 
shifting of massive scenery is constant. 
Curious, mystic light effects are well 
handled to heighten the weirdness of the 
scenes, and altogether the series makes 
an interesting one. There is apparently 
no intention to work out an allegory, the 
purpose seemingly being only to present 
a pretty, simple fairy story. A young 
woman is shown in an old castle. She 
moves to the window and is startled by 
the appearance of a ghost. Going into the 
burial grounds to investigate, a spirit ap- 
pears, and, endowing her with super- 
natural powers, sends her on a mission to 
recover the "black pearl." She goes into 
Inferno and after many adventures re- 
turns with the prize. Upon receiving it 
the spirit opens the jewel and drinking 
a liquid within is transformed into a 
prince. Thereupon the young woman falls 
dead, her mission accomplished. The pair 
are re-united in Heaven in a final scene. 
During the reel there are a number of 
ballets and unlimited novelties. Ruth. 



"Odd Pair of Limbs" (Comedy). 
Unique. 

"An Odd Pair of Limbs" makes a capital 
laughing series. Two mischievous boys 
steal a pair of false calves used to dis- 
play women's hosiery from the window 
of a department store and their pranks 
and practical jokes carry the spectator 
through a series of really laughable ad- 
ventures. They prop the "oJd limbs" into 
the opening of a mail box so that passers- 
by are alarmed at the prospect of a fe- 
male apparently entombed within. Then 
they arrange them so they appear to be- 
long to a sour visaged old maid asleep 
in a hammock and generally cut up until 
a policeman takes them and their props 
into custody. Rush. 



"The Gambler" (Dramatic). 
Unique. 

The main trouble with "The Gambler" 
seems to be that the story is slow in 
unfolding and that the finish is uncon- 
vincing. A Western gold mining pros- 
pector is shown making his "big strike." 
He is injured and a companion cares for 
him. The mine turns out to be fabulously 
rich and a capitalist buys it for a vast 
amount. The lucky prospector, mindful 
of the other's kindness, rewards him, and 
the friend, a wealthy man, is about to 
start for his sweetheart's home. He ia 
attracted to a gambling place, and be- 
coming involved in "faro" loses his money. 
He determines to make away with him- 
self. The proprietor of the place sus- 
pects this design. Following him into 
the woods, he catches his hand in time 
to prevent the suicide, and then restores 
the lost fortune. One is rather inclined 
to doubt the probability of such phi- 
lanthropy on the part of the gambler in 
the absence of any established motive. 
Photographically the reel is well down. 

Rush. 



Beginning next week the American Mu- 
toscope and Biograph Company will begin 
to rcalcsc two new subjects weekly. 



A new moving picture theatre will be 
built in Ogden, Utah, during the summer, 
to cost $8,000. 



The Royal Theatre Company, Vincennes, 
Ind., is erecting a theatre at the corner of 
Sixth and Main Streets for moving pic- 
ture shows. 



VARIETY 



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The Dollar Troupe have signified their 
intention of leaving the Barn urn- Bailey 
show May 30 in Boston. They will play 
park* and fairs. 



GIRGUS NEWS. 



■ 



The Casting Duubars will be featured 
at the Coney Island Hippodrome this 
summer. Next season, they tour the Or- 
pheum Circuit. 



Billing is out for 'The Coney Island 
Circus and Hippodrome," which opens in 
Coney Island Decoration Day. The show 
is to be given under canvas. 



Frank E. Davis has left the Queen and 
Crescent Circus, a new show enterprise. 
The outfit is being conducted in the South 
Atlantic States by France Reed. 



W. R. McDonald, former secretary of 
the Barnum-Bailey corporation, is estab- 
lished for the coming summer as assistant 
manager of Dreamland, Coney Island. 



The reserved seats for the whole en- 
gagement of the Buffalo Bill show in 
Philadelphia were sold out last Tuesday, 
the last coupon being disposed of in the 
afternoon. 



The Ringling Brothers 8 two days' stay 
in Cincinnati was to have been divided in- 
to two stands, Cumminsville and Nor- 
wood, at opposite ends of the city. Heavy 
rain* May 6 made the move impossible and 
the show played two days at Cumminsville. 



Two baseball nines have been formed 
from among the clowns and riders in the 
'Big Show." At Washington the first 
game was played, the riders winning by 
13 to 3. Fred Egener captains the clowns, 
and Orrin Davenport manages the rider;, 
while on the diamond. 



Austin Walsh, who has been playing 
with the Barnum-Bailey Circus as a clown, 
attached the show in Jersey City this week 
on an alleged claim of $500. The attach- 
ment was bonded by the management. 
Mr. Walsh has played in vaudeville in a 
"Seeing New York" act. 

Alf T. Ringling and Mrs. Ringling sailed 
for London on the ' Adriatic" Wednesday. 
Alf T. handles the advertising and press 
matter for the Ringling interests. One 
of the other brothers has taken over this 
department. Mr. Ringling's European trip 
is designed purely as a vacation. 



James Winterburn, head of the Winter- 
burn Show Printing Company, of Chicago, 
which turned out a large amount of cir- 
cus paper, is dead in Chicago, lie lived 
in Cincinnati formerly, but for the past 
fifteen years had made his home in Chi- 
cago. Heart disea.se caused his death. 



London, May 4. 
An American report was cabled her* 
-- that a clown named Meredith was joint 
heir with a brother circus clown in Aus- 
tralia to $2,500,000, the fortune of their 
uncle, Richard Blaine, of Glasgow. At 
that city nothing is known of the fortune 
and the report is not credited. 



W. W. Cole, of the Buffalo Bill show, 
visited the Barnum-Bailey circus during 
the Newark, N. J., stand Monday. Col. 
Louis E. Cooke, whose home is in that 
town, accompanied him. Joe Meyer drove 



over from New York in his new automo- 
bile with George Degnon, the Buffalo Bill 
excursion agent, making the trip in thirty 
minutes. Monday night the circus had a 
turnaway, and business is said to have 
been phenomenal all along the route. 



London, May 11. 
While Hagenbeck's Circus, en route from 
Nice to Shepherd's Bush Exhibition, Lon- 
don, was making a stop at Marseilles, an 
attendant who had charge of four ele- 
phants was missed. He was found in the 
car with the huge beasts, crushed to 
death. It is supposed that he had gone to 
sleep among them, when one of the 
ponderous pachyderms had stepped upon 
his body. 



Johnstown, Pa., May 18. 
The Wallace-Hagenbeck Circus arrived 
here May 17 from Indiana, Pa. At Indiana 
a foot and a half of water shut the show 
off with only the afternoon performance. 
T^e 18th was an ideal circus day, hot 
and bright, and the show sold out for 
both performances. The street pageant 
was brilliant. The performance proper 
is of the best. All acts are well dressed 
and the management splendid. 



Youngstown, May 21. 
An old fashioned "'wagon show" left this 
city for a tour of the smaller towns only. 
The owners are Franklin and William 
Evans. The performance will b'* partici- 
pated in by Lafayette and Grant, acrobats ; 
Rarery Brothers, clowns; Walter Ander- 
son, clown; The Hudsons, hand-to-hand; 
Mile. Fay, wire, trapeze, and Franklin 
Evans, comedian. Evan Edwards, adver- 
tising agent of the Park Theatre, will 
have charge of the advance brigade. 

Miller Brothers' "101 Ranch" claims 
to be the first to put into practical service 
an Indian press agent. Chief Bull Bear 
of the Cheyenne tribes, with the show, is 
acting in this capacity and although he 
speaks no word of English, he is a distinct 
success through an interpreter, and cor- 
dially received by all newspaper men. The 
credit for the "Pat Hennessy Massacre," 
one of the features of the show, is given 
him, but he declines to discuss the affair, 
of which he was the instigator, according to 
history. 



Cash registers were used at the gate 
to the Buffalo Bill show for the first time 
in Philadelphia last week. The registers 
were placed at the main entrance and 
cashiers were provided to take the money 
of patrons, ringing up each amount and 
handing the spectators seat coupons. The 
scheme is designed to save the time in- 
volved in sending people to the ticket 
wagons. The Ringling show and several 
of the Western organizations have used 
this system before, and it is said to work 
perfectly. 



The St. Leon Family have been en- 
gaged for "Luna" Park, Coney Island, for 
the summer as one of the open-air at- 
tractions. Last Saturday, when the park 
opened, was the first time either the 
Familv or the horses had worked in the 
open, but everything passed off smoothly. 
Elsie St. Leon, the pretty daughter, is 
claimed to be the only female bareback 



rider who has ever accomplished the feat 
of throwing a somersault, unassisted, while 
riding bareback. During the winter, the 
St. Leons were a feature of Frederic 
Thompson's play "Polly of the Circus." 



The chestnut horse brought over here by 
the Novello Troupe has been sold to 
M. A. Shea. Mr. Shea paid Novello $200 
and could re-sell for $700. The horse is 
fully trained and "shoulder-broke." Shea 
is using it mostly for saddle riding through 
Central Park. Although Novello wanted 
the horse badly for some reason which 
could not be discovered, the horse would 
not enter a box car, becoming useless for 
exhibition purposes as the Novellos are 
continually traveling. It is thought the ani- 
mal was in a railroad wreck or had in- 
jured itself in or about a car. When going 
under a bridge it dodges, bending its head 
far low. 



"101 Ranch" is the only one of the big 
Eastern organizations that is not a party 
to the agreement with the billposters. 
Edward Arlington declined to sign the 
articles. The other outsiders are the Nor- 
ris & Rowe and Sells-Floto shows, play- 
ing in the Far West, and the Cole Broth- 
ers' show in the East. Failure to sub- 
scribe to the annual agreement, it is said, 
will work against the outsiders if they 
come into a billing fight with other shows. 
There is no "shut out" contract for billing 
possible where two signers of the agree- 
ment are involved, but the billposters are 
not bound to regard the moral rights or 
comfort of outsiders. 



The largest X-ray photographs ever 
taken were secured recently in Chester 
Park, Cincinnati, when the whole interior 
of "Lou," one of the Powers elephants, 
the property of Walter L. Main, was sub- 
jected to the exploring light in an effort 
to locate a diamond ring which the beast 
had swallowed while the wife of Manager 
I. M. Martin was feeding it peanuts. 
Eighteen different plates were u«ed. The 
side of the animal was marked off into 
squares, each corresponding to a similar 
square on a numl>ered diagram. The 
plates were exposed over the different 
•quares one at a time until the series 
showed every part of "Lou's" anatomy. 
During the process the elephant stampeded 
til a slunk from the electric current, but 
no damage was done. 



Sydney, Australia, April 4. 
Wirth Bros.' combination opens in Prince 
Alfred Park on April 11. The show has 
all new features for its principal acts, 
while the bulk is provided by the 
permanent hands. Mr. Petersen, the ad- 
vance agent, is up to his neck in work. 
A number of new people arrived only 
yesterday and a great deal of time has 
been taken in negotiating the intricacies 
of the various languages necessary for the 
various interpretations. All the new acts 
have been booked on the Continent, though 
many equally as good — if not better — 
could have been obtained in America. The 
Sydney Bros, (appropriate name) are the 
originators of "Bumpty Bumps" on a mo- 
torcycle; Les Crottons, hand balancers and 
statuesque posings; Gamon Bros., Spanish 
acrobats (including a clever dog); Tesert 
and Jenny, equilibrists ; Bros. Rodriques, 



head balancers; Otto and Emil, eccentric 
comedians, and Bebe and Pastor, renowned 
clowns, are all new acts. The special fea- 
ture will be Carl Hagenbeck's troupe of 
performing animals. 



London, May 9. 
At Earl's Court, Bostock's "Jungle" 
will be something extra special, cages be- 
ing dispensed with, and animals roaming 
as free as when Adam named them in the 
garden. At Aldridge's last Saturday Bos- 
tock distinguished himself by bidding 
$7,500 for a hybrid lion-leopard, a very 
strange case of betwixt-and-between, 
shipped in here from the African west 
coast. This new "What-is-it" has the 
lion's majesty of face, but is sprinkled be- 
low with those spots which, according to 
Scripture, the leopard cannot change. It 
has a white chest, and is a female some- 
what larger than a leopard and smaller 
than a full grown lioness, tawny in the 
background of its color. Its faintly spotted 
and tuftless tail is somewhat longer than 
a lion's. Mr. Fred Ginnett bid *8,250. It 
is understood Ringling Brothers were rep- 
resented in the bidding, and the stra xge 
half-and-half would have been a fine thing 
for their press agents to practice on, aa 
rightly worked it will pull like old "Jum- 
bo" himself. Bostock says he considers it 
cheap. He will show it in his jungle at 
Earl's Court, while no doubt he will intro- 
duce it to Coney Island at some later date. 



In a recent issue the New York 
"Staats-Zeitung" printed an article upon 
the aerial "thrillers," inspired by the 
death of Gadbin, "the suicide seeker," in 
Berlin. The article states that it is the 
fault of the public that so many deaths 
occur through "death-defying" feats. 
"If here and there a life is lost — if 
mangled bodies lie around the arena — it 
is all immaterial," says the "Staats-Zei- 
tung," "so long as their (public's) appe- 
tite for excitement is aroused and ap- 
peased. Our now-a-day modern civilized 
populace shudder at it — and the same 
modern civilized populace crowds the next 
performance just the same, nonchalantly 
expecting a fatal accident. A few months 
ago in Berlin the Police Department 
stated through the press that a society 
had been established to abolish 'lien 
fights' (cock fights) in that city. But 
the police themselves give no attention 
to these contests between the fowls, 
where roosters are fitted with sharpened 
knife blades, with which they slaughter 
each other. While at present the police 
seem to exercise no jurisdiction over the 
hazardous feats given in public, the time 
must arrive when these performances will 
come within the official jurisdiction. The 
police can not stop the cock fights; the 
bloody bull fights in Spain go on unmo- 
lested; performers are allowed to risk 
their lives daily for so much per week, 
but the poor devil without a dollar in 
the world, and who tries to get out of it 
in his own way, is sent to jail for at- 
tempted self-destruction. The laws seem 
to place a premium on the intended sui- 
cides in this manner. A man who is so 
careless about his future that he wishes 
to leave the earth immediately might 
think out some new 'thriller* involving 
the loss of his fife sooner or later, and 
not alone would he !*• successful in hie 
object without interference, but he would 
be paid for his suicidal endeavtr. and 
still be immune from official action." 



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VARIETY 



NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation, First Appearance or 
Reappearance in New York City. 

"3*4" h" Alhambra. 

Meyer Harris and Company, Pastor's. 



"Eight Hoboes on the Road." 

Singing and Comedy. 

a i Mins.; Full Stage (Can Close in One). 

Fifth Avenue. 

This is a new production by Jesse L. 
Lasky. The singing is its chief virtue 
just now, the comedy which is interpolated 
being for the most j.art rather makeshift. 
The foundation for laughing values is 
there a-plenty, and a very short time 
should suffice to enrich the dialogue to 
a point where it can command attention. 
The arrangement is novel. The curtain 
lises on a garden set with a four-foot 
wall running across the back of the stage. 
The "hoboes" appear one at a time from 
behind the wall and presently go into the 
cpening song, led by the bass of the organ- 
ization. The latter has a splendid voice 
and the ensembles are distinctly agree- 
able. The hit of the act is the number 
by Gus Pixley called "He's Happy When 
He Whistles This Tune." Pixley makes 
a really funny tramp, and his eccentric 
dance won him substantial applause. Sam 
Dody finishes with an Italian number hav- 
ing an unmistakable "coon" swing. This 
was good for the encore, which brought 
about a close in "one." A "nance" tramp 
was funny for a minute at first, but he 
was worked to death with a quantity of 
burlesque -flavored comedy that could have 
been well spared. The act can easily pass 
on the strength of its vocal excellence. 
'The brightening of the talk is all that 
remains to complete a first-rat* turn. 
Besides Pixley and Dody in the cast are 
Richard Bennett, William C. Gordon, 
Tommy Van, Brooke Van Valer, Charles 
N. Nelson and Hugh Brady. Rush. 



Daly and O'Brien. 
Songs and Dance. 
14 Mine.; One. 
Pastor's. 

While Daly and O'Brien may not be 
new to New York it is some time since the 
pair have shown in the metropolis and 
there are many changes in the act. The 
eccentric dancing of Charlie Daly is the 
mainstay. Were this the only feature, it 
would be enough in itself to carry the act 
through. He has a peculiar simpleton's 
make-up that resembles in a measure the 
taller of the Crane Brothers, and he car- 
ries out the blank expression of the simp 
fa a nicety. Mr. Daly's dancing is a 
trifle away from the other eccentric 
dancers, and would be an applause win- 
ner anywhere. Kitty O'Brien does not 
allow her partner all the honors. She 
seems a trifle heavy for dancing, but in 
this department she is a surprise. A nice- 
ly executed waltz clog is to be credited to 
her, and she renders an Irish song in a con- 
vincing manner. Daly and O'Brien were 
one of the real big hits of the bill at 
Pastor's this week, and deservingly so. 
f Dash. 



Tom Nawn will try out for one perform- 
ance during week of June 1 at the 12lyth 
Street Theatre a new sketch called "A 
Continuation of 'Pat and the Genii'" in- 
volviog seven people. It will be used next 
season. 



[ NEW f\CTS OP THE WEEK J 



Willa Holt Wakefield. 

Pianologue. 

Three. 

Colonial. 

It is more than two years since Miss 
Wakefield appeared in a metropolitan 
\audeville house. This is her first appear- 
ance in any of the Williams establish- 
ments, and for the occasion she has an en- 
tirely new offering. That is to say, new 
in matter and text, although its general 
character is unchanged. It was an uncom- 
monly friendly audience that greeted the 
pianologist Monday night. Indeed the re- 
ception at her appearance held the show 
up a minute or so. There is an altogether 
delightful daring in Miss Wakefield's wit. 
She ventures upon a raciness that, in an- 
other might be hazardous, but toned down 
by her quiet charm of manner and per- 
son, is delicious humor. Every nicety of 
voice melody and inflection is at her com- 
mand as well as those refinements of bear- 
ing which make her a delight to watch 
and listen to. A big picture hat and even- 
ing gown of soft material gave her an at- 
tractive dressing, contrasting to the utter 
simplicity of the offering. It was appar- 
ent Monday night that Miss Wakefield, 
who has won a large following through 
her private entertaining, drew a consider- 
able percentage of the audience. It is 
strange that her value to the important 
New York houses has not sooner been dis- 
covered. Rush. 



George H. Primrose and his "Minstrel 

Boys" (8). 
Singing and Dancing. 
17 Mins.; Full Stage; Close in One. 
Fifth Avenue. 

There are no material changes in the 
offering of the veteran minstrel and his 
company as seen last spring, although at- 
tractive new drops have been provided and 
the dressing for the opening seems to be 
new. In a bill where there was a large 
percentage of characteristically vaudeville 
comedy Mr. Primrose's offering was a dis- 
tinct relief. Added to this is the fact that 
vaudeville has for some time been without 
a typical minstrel number of this sort. 
The audience was warm in its friendliness 
to the blackface man and there remained 
no doubt of his large hold upon the vari- 
ety going public. Rush. 



Prince Ishmael and Company (a). 

Magic. 

35 Mins.; Full Stage. 

Pastor's. 

Prince Ishmael is another of the num- 
ber of Hindoo magicians who have turned 
up since Shekla appeared on Hammer- 
stein's Roof last summer. Ishmael has 
nothing new to offer, most of his work 
being the conventional palming, producing 
of flags, etc., and that is not done partic- 
ularly well. Of the usual "Hindoo" tricks 
the jar that is always full of water was 
the only one shown. A levitation, similar 
to Horace Goldin's, used at the finish, 
is the best thing shown. The act is small, 
and should do for the small time. Dash. 



Frank and Sadie Harrington. 
Songs and Talk. 
14 Mins.; One. 
Pastor's. 

The Harringtons compose a singing, 
dancing and talking duo. Sadie Hairing- 
ton attends to all of the dancing, and 
does rather well with it. She is a 
bright, active little body and seems capa- 
ble of more than she is doing at present. 
Frank Harrington takes care of the come- 
dy end of the talk and sings one or two 
songs passably. A parody on "Ruben and 
Cynthia," for which something a trifle 
newer might be installed, was nicely 
handled and let the couple off very well 
in an early position. Dash. 



OUT OF TOWN. 

Leo Donnelly. 
Monologue. 
14 mins.; One. 
Casino, Philadelphia. 

Leo Donnelly made his debut in vaude- 
ville as a special feature with the "Casino 
Girls" Company. He was nearly "in vaude- 
ville" once before, but selected Pottsville, 
Pa., for his launching, and the denizens 
of that burg failed to realize it. This 
week it "took" and Donnelly registered 
a hit. His monologue consisted of a few 
minutes of patter followed by several 
stories, and he deserves the credit 
of offering a bunch of stories that are 
nearly all new to vaudeville. His best ef- 
forts were shown in dialect, which he 
handled uncommonly well, and finished 
with a sentimental Italian poem specially 
written by Thomas A. Daly of Philadel- 
phia, which was rendered with genuine 
merit. Donnelly has been prominent in 
newspaper and theatrical circles for sev- 
eral years, and has been a popular club 
entertainer for some time. This was 
easily proved by his capacity as a box- 
office attraction, no individual act offered 
as a local feature in this city being a 
stronger card in this respect. His audi- 
ences were warmly responsive and the 
press liberal in its praise. With proper 
opportunities Donnelly should develop a 
successful future in his new field of en- 
deavor. George M. Young. 



Luigi Rossi and his "Musical Horse" 

sail for home next week. The art hns been 

booked for thirty weeks on this side next 
season. 



Kendall and "La Auto Girl." 

Illusion. 

Grand Opera House, Cincinnati. 

"The Girl" had the audience guessing 
as to whether she was a mechanical de- 
vice or a human being, and she is prob- 
ably the greatest living impersonator of 
mechanical figures. The striking of 
matches within six inches of her eyes did 
not seem to feaze her. The novelty of 
the act is chiefly in the assistant carrying 
the figure through the aisles where she 
comes in contact with the audience. The 
chief fault is that she pats persons in 
the audience on the head for comedy. At 
the close the figure is placed in a box. 
The act is built closely along the lines of 
Melville's "Moto Girl," and is of the style 
best made known by "Phroso." 

Harry Hess. 



Lillian Poli. 

Soprano. 

Poli's, New Haven. 

Lillian PoM, a niece of S. Z. Poll (pro- 
prietor of the Poli Circuit), made her 
debut here this week, having come from 
Europe with her uncle. Miss Poli lately 
graduated from Florence (Italy) Conser- 
vatory of Music. She has a soprano voice 
of wide range and much beauty. Her 
songs have brought forth a great deal of 
enthusiasm this week, and a brilliant 
future has been predicted for her. 

E. J. Tood. 



"Redpaths Napanees" (9). 

38 Mins.; Full Stage (Interior); Close in 

One. 

Majestic, Chicago. 

The juvenile primary class has been 
more or less disclosed for vaudeville goers, 
and as there is no edict in the methodical 
environment of a "school," this latest ad- 
dition to the series of "kid" acts, has 
emerged beyond the conventional stride 
in the introduction of school day episodes. 
The act has been organized, equipped and 
prepared by J. A. Sternad, its owner and 
manager. The school room might be dis- 
covered in any hamlet or forlorn village. 
It is characteristically rural. The teacher 
is an eccentric German who knows more 
about the joke book than mathematics. 
There are some bright and amusing 
ejaculations, all of the penetrable joky 
sort, scattered at opportune moments, 
but not all the patter can claim 
newness or originality. Harry W. 
Fields, formerly of Dixon and Fields, 
is the German teacher. He has a good 
dialect, understands the importance of 
situations and acts with naturalness. Alma 
Russell, a mite of a girl, although ap- 
parently full grown, is pretty and dainty 
and sings "Smarty" cutely. Ethel Morris 
is the tallest and probably the oldest of 
the four girls. She, too, is good to look 
at and sings well. The Hebrew boy, in- 
terpreted by Will J. Harris, is a caricature 
rather than real. He is the only boy who 
wears a hat in "school," probably for 
comedy purpose. The frock coat, green 
socks and red handkerchief hanging from 
the tail of the coat are uncalled for; so is 
the large nose, which is out of proportion 
and gives him a grotesque appearance. He 
should be less active, especially in hand 
gesticulation and facial contortion. The 
"Garten House" was encored. In fact, all 
the numbers were lepeated several times. 
The "nickel on the floor" incident should 
be eliminated. It has been used by many 
low comedy comedians, and although it 
never misses a laugh, it is nasty: almost 
beastly so. The "after school" pranks in 
"one" are a decided innovation and could 
be elaborated upon. The boys and girls 
can sing, are active and well behaved. The 
young lassies are pretty. Besides the 
Hebrew, the characters are a "tough," 
"sissy" (not exaggerated) and stuttering 
country kid. The act, with the edges 
polished, will be a valuable one. In its 
present shape it affords excellent enter- 
tainment, and was the hit of the Majestic 
bill Monday evening. Frank Wiesberg. 



The Grand Opera House, Syracuse, closes 
for the season next week. 



Moving pictures and vaudeville open at 
the Casino, Asbury Park, Monday, May 
25. Walter Rosenberg has the Casino as 
one of his three-circuit, Port Chester, Mt. 
Vernon and Asbury Park, with another to 
hear from. 



VARIETY 



15 



COLONIAL. 

Single women have it all their own way 
at the Colonial this week. Eva Tanguay 
gets the fireworks in the street illumina- 
tion before the theatre, and by the same 
token the cyclonic Eva is very much to 
the Pain's Brighton Beach inside. Rosina 
Caselli's Midget Wonders scored one of 
the most pronounced bits on record for a 
number of this sort and Willa Holt Wake- 
field (New Acts), in her pianologue, had a 
reception of unusual warmth despite her 
early appearance. 

It's a heavy vaudeville bill, uncommon- 
ly so, and runs through with a whoop. 
Strangely enough the first half goes rather 
better than the second. 

The Kemps open with a partly revised 
singing and dancing offering. There is a 
suggestion of the "Babes in the Jungle" 
turn of Greene and Werner following their 
first change. The setting is the same in 
general character, and although he does not 
do much of it, the guttural talk of the 
man resembles a bit of business from the 
Greene- Werner act. They did very well. 

Mllle. Caselli's Midget Dogs made an im- 
mensely interesting number. The tiny 
Mexican toy dogs (the smallest in the 
world according to the program) art 
worked through an entirely novel routine 
of feats with here and there a bit of real- 
1} laughable comedy, and at the finish the 
trainer has devised a whole string of cap- 
ital comedy bits for a close. An entrance 
in a perfect miniature model of a "seeing 
New York" automobile which does ridicu- 
lous turns seemingly under its own power 
starts the act off entertainingly, and the 
exit in the same way makes the finish. 

Following upon two acts whose success 
had been above the normal, Laddie Cliff 
established himself immediately on the 
strength of his wholesome boyishness. His 
capital dancing and songs did the rest for 
him and he was a solid hit. 

Robert Hilliard and Company gave the 
bill its first bump. The halt was not in 
the sketch "The Man Who Won the Pool," 
but in that announcement which introduced, 
it. If the sketch does not make it plain 
that a period of four days elapses during 
a short curtain, the program note should 
be enough. Certainly one of the characters 
should never be permitted to step out of 
the picture and his part to take the audi- 
ence into his confidence. The playlet, a 
reallv well done bit of dramatic work, 
closed the first half. 

The Four Amatis put a good deal of de- 
pendence upon the clowning of Miss Gi- 
sela. A mistaken few in the gallery were 
under the impression that they were "kid- 
ding" her, but it was the other way 'round, 
and the house enjoyed the nonsense. The 
musical part of the turn is well worth 
while. The quartet numbers are pretty, 
and the girls are young and graceful. 

Charles F. Semon followed a whole lot 
of comedy, but his big personal following 
carried him through with flying colors and 
the well laid out number scored unmistak- 
ably. 

Miss Tanguay has a new song which 
tells about her invincible good nature in 
the theatre. A ravishing white frock 
trimmed with ostrich plumes, is another 
addition. 

The Yoscarys made an entertaining clos- 
ing act, although at one point they in- 
terfered with the speed of their routine 
by faking a miss twice. This makes it nec- 
essary to repeat the tedious preparation 
for three-high feats three times. 



ALHAMBRA. 

The exceedingly pleasant weather and 
the fact that upper Seventh avenue was as 
thick with promenaders as Broadway after 
a Saturday matinee, seemed to have no 
effect on the attendance at the Alhambra 
Monday evening. The auditorium was 
filled almost to capacity, and those who 
preferred the theatre to the pleasant moon- 
light were amply repaid. There was fun 
in plenty for everybody. First of all it 
was a good natured, appreciative audience, 
and the enthusiasm was taken up by the 
players, who seemd to share the enjoy- 
ment equally with their auditors. 

It was a great night for the "Kidders' 
Club." Coram in second position started 
it off with a quantity of good stuff about 
the Jack Wilson Trio, who followed, and 
they naturally in their turn did a neat 
"get-back," Jack Wilson doing an espe- 
cially funny ventriloquial bit, using a 
Teddy Bear for a "dummy." 

Julius Tannen, not to be outdone, "kid- 
ded" everybody, not overlooking an act that 
was in the audience. The act was well 
known to the Harlemites, and the "kidding" 
called forth much amusement. Then last 
but by no means least came Pat Rooney 
with another budget of fresh "kidding" 
understood and enjoyed. 

In the show proper, however, every act 
on the program, with the possible excep- 
tion of La Gardenia and her Spanish Trou- 
badours, may be accredited a decisive hit. 
In her particular line La Gardenia is un- 
questionably a clever artist, but it is 
her line that is unpopular and not herself. 
Vaudeville audiences on this side at least 
don't seem to care for this style of dancing. 
Cecilia Loftus is the big name on the 
program, and the fourth position just 
seems to be the right spot for the imitator. 
Miss Loftus, besides her imitations, has 
introduced a neat bit of travesty on the 
actions of a woman and her seven-year-old 
son on a trolley car. The idea will be 
readily recognized, but as done by Miss 
Loftus is entirely different. The talk is 
exceedingly bright and refreshing and to 
anyone who has had any experience with 
the inexhaustable supply of questions in 
the youthful mind it will readily strike a 
responsive chord. The Nazimova imitation 
is so well given it may seem almost crimi- 
nal to advise its withdrawal, but neverthe- 
less, while the lower portion of the house 
may appreciate it, the upper portion 
neither understands nor cares, and they 
are not backward in showing their disap- 
proval. 

Goldsmith and Hoppe gave the bill a 
good laughing send-off. The house liked 
the Hebrew of Goldsmith's, and laughed at 
any and everything he did. Mr. Hoppe is 
a first rate "straight" and is easily one- 
half of the act. 

The Bessie Valdare Troupe were at the 
other extremity of the bill and rode 
through their figures and tricks to a lib- 
eral amount of applause. The neat and 
tasteful dressing of the girls makes a good 
•impression early, and the riding carries it 
through to the finish. 

Whatever else Mr. Tannen may say 
about Syracuse he will have to give the 
town credit for handing him almost a new 
monologue, and as it is really a good one 
he can be consoled, even though he was a 
"flopping number" in that city. But that 
was long ago; enough to say Mr. Tannen 
is a big hit in Harlem. 

It's a salmon colored one this time, and 
has a little something on all the others. 



That's about the best thing that could 
be said about it. It's Marion Bent's new 
dress and this time it really is a new one. 
Pat Rooney is still in the act, and doing 
the funninest spaghetti clog you ever saw. 
If you want to see Pat Rooney work 
right, you have got to catch him at the 
Alhambra. 

Jack Wilson Trio, Coram and Karno's 
"Early Birds" comprised a trio of solid 
hits in the first half of the program. 

Dash. 



tation of an instrument, very wisely car- 
ries the instrument or something similar 
to it in his hand, which makes his work 
doubly effective. All the imitations went 
well, the 'cello standing out especially 
strong. 

Luce and Luce had a difficult spot at 
the opening. The house was not more 
than half full. They did very well con- 
sidering. The Sa Heras closed the s*'6w. 

Dath. 



, HAMMERSTEIN'S. 

On paper the bill at Hammerstein's 
looks to be away below the usual high 
standard set at the Broadway house. As 
is often the case, however, it works out 
much better than it looks. 

Eddie Foy was accorded a hearty recep- 
tion, and the applause at the finish lasted 
long after the intermission sign was hung 
out. The comedian has put in an im- 
personation or caricature of the President 
in connection with his Hughes specialty 
that was a good laugh getter. While each 
bit seemd to please the audience it was 
the Andrew Carnegie Scotch number with 
the fool golf game that caught the house. 
Sydney Drew and Company is the bill- 
ing now used by the portrayers of "Billy's 
Tombstones" in the absence of Mrs. Syd- 
new Drew, who is out of the cast owing 
to illness. Frances Keenan is now play- 
ing the role of the sister. She carries the 
role of the indulgent, though somewhat 
bungling, sister through swimmingly. 

May Tully in "Stop, Look and Listen," 
another comedy sketch, did almost equally 
well in the first half of the program. 
The Hammerstein audience "got" every 
line of the bright little playlet, many of 
which have been missed in other houses. 
Miss Tully's voice shows improvement 
since she was last seen in New York, but 
it is still far from what it was early in 
the season. Jane Gilbert, as the country 
girl with an ambition for the stage, scored 
a little hit of her own. 

The Arlington Four deserve a great big 
credit mark for recording a pronounced 
hit in the "number 2" position. Their 
youthful appearance is a strong point from 
the start. The good voices, which blend 
nicely, easily carry them a step farther ; a 
quantity of first-rate comedy boosts them 
along still some, and the tip top dancing 
passes them through a winner by a large 
margin. There is a real comedian in the 
quartet, who suggests Bert Williams a 
trifle, although he keeps far enough away 
at all times to avoid trespassing. Besides 
the comedian's eccentric dance, one of the 
boys gave a hard shoe effort easily worthy 
of honorable mention. 

Chris Richards was away down next to 
closing, and he needed a little time fol- 
lowing Sydney Drew and Company to 
catch the attention, but his extraordinary 
freak dancing was equal to the task. Mr. 
Richards is away from any of the dancers 
on this side. His clever handling of the 
high hat with the Terpsichorean feats 
makes an altogether refreshing specialty. 

Stuart Barnes has some extremely 
funny talk on the "Turkish bath" that 
he used some time ago. For an un- 
known reason, for it is as good as any he 
has ever had, he placed it on the shelf. 
The songs went just as well as the talk, 
and Mr. Barnes was a substantial hit in 
the fourth place. 
Leon Itougee, when he is giving an itni- 



FIFTH AVENUE. 

The show escapes several waits by a nar- 
row margin. In the early part there are 
three full stage acts, one after the other, 
and at the extreme latter end two more 
turns occupy the full stage for the greater 
part of their time. Devices to bring a 
close in "one" bridged the possible gaps, 
although in one or two instances the stage 
crew must have been doing some tall 
hustling behind the olio drop to make the 
material fit out into a smooth running bill. 

George H. Primrose and his "Minstrel 
Boys" held down the important place with 
their annual return to vaudeville. An- 
other number new to the Fifth Avenue is 
Jesse L. Lasky's "Eight Hoboes on the 
Road" (New Acts). 

The Tennis Trio opened the show with 
their extremely skillful and picturesque 
juggling turn. The Trio have studied sev- 
eral things about the stage handling of a 
mechanical specialty. The light effects 
contribute a good deal to the work and the 
dressing is sumptuous. The two girls ap- 
pear first in white satin coats of a new 
model and presently change to a rich sou- 
brette frock of purple. 

Elsie Boehm, billed as "the little girl 
with the big voice," is all of that. It is a 
curious circumstance that with a voice par- 
ticularly adapted to "coon" songs, she 
should eschew this style of music and con- 
fine herself entirely to numbers of the 
ballad variety. The present arrangement 
could be improved perhaps by making the 
second song her entrance number. As it 
stands, however, the turn is an entertain- 
ing one. 

George Auger and Company did decided- 
ly well "No. 3" in so far as their act 
proper went, but Mr. Auger's talk in "one" 
could be vastly improved as to its material 
and little Ernest Rommel brought into it 
more prominently. 

Elfie Fay is back with a whole lot of 
new so igs ftnd doing better than she has 
this long time. She holds to each number 
only for a single verse and chorus and 
keeps up a constant by-play of clowning, 
which is funny in Miss Fay's own rough 
style. 

Simon and Gardner were up on the bill 
much further than is their wont. The 
comedy of "The New Coachman" goes 
pretty close to the limit of boisterousness 
and it makes a difficult act to piece into 
the early part of a show. Its proper place 
is toward the end. 

Novello Troupe made a ponderous fea- 
ture, closing a good, fa3t show satisfac- 
torily. The opening parade catches atten- 
tion and there is never a slackening of in- 
terest throughout. The big company have 
such a mass of material at its commai.d 
that they are able to shift from one style 
of work to another at short intervals and 
no one routine of feats remains long 
enough to tire. They work fast to the 
finish, the novel spring board arrangement 
making a first rate startler for the close. 

Rush. 



16 



VARIETY 



PASTOR'S. 

Keene and Adams, an English importa- 
tion, who appeared at this house early in 
the season in the "three-a-day" department, 
are the big, bright spot in this week's bill 
at the Fourteenth Street house. 

The pair have a good, clean, distinct 
method of their own that is most refresh- 
ing. They are away from all other sing- 
ing and talking pairs of their kind and 
secure better results in a quiet, legitimate 
manner and" with seemingly less effort than 
would a straight monologist. "How Dare 
You?" sung by Billy Keene, is a gem of its 
sort With the proper dressing, there is no 
reason why Keene and Adams should not 
be seen in the best of the New York 
houses. 

Jeanette Dupree sang several songs, 
wearing as many different costumes, and 
easily won the favor of the Pastor audi- 
ence. Miss Dupree possesses plenty of 
unction, and this, together with a pleasing 
personality and her proper idea of wearing 
clothes, carries her through nice!. . 

Gray and Graham easily held down the 
"extra attraction" position to the entire 
satisfaction of all concerned. Mr. Gray 
bends all his energies to the comedy end, 
allowing Miss Graham to look after the 
music, although he displays a good knowl- 
edge of the trasses. 

The comedy efforts for the most part are 
entirely successful and the laughs followed 
each other in quick succession. The Scotch 
"get-up" of the. comedian at the finish is 
particularly funny and placed the biggest 
laugh in the right place. Miss Graham, 
besides looking extremely well, is a musi- 
cian of ability, and when called upon to 
deliver lines does so very well. She an- 
nounces she will play on "the largest saxo- 
phone in the wprld" (a new and larger in- 
strument than formerly used by this act) 
and there seems to be no doubt that the 
instrument employed is all of that. If it 
were any larger it would take a quartet to 
play it. Gray and Graham have improved 
their offering considerably and the act 
should become more familiar hereabouts. 

Raymond and Hess were well down to- 
wards the close of the show, a place the 
act hardly merited in view of the fact that 
there were two or three acts on earlier 
more suitable for the position. George 
Raymond does his best at the opening in a 
bit of travesty on the '^melodrama." He 
should be a little careful about the raising 
of his trousers, a trick he uses for a laugh. 

Mwik and Laura Davis, offering a sing- 
ing and talking act with the slight sem- 
blance of a plot, did very well in an early 
position. Misa Davis looks very well and 
"feeds" her partner intelligently. Mr. 
Davis as "Hans, the butcher boy," suffered 
through following a "Dutch" act. The 
yodling of the man is the principal feature, 
and a slight cold probably was the greatest 
handicap the pair had to fight against. 
George and Libby Dupree opened the bill 
and pulled through nicely for that very 
undesirable position. Meta Olark sang the 
Scotch songs in the dress of a Highland 
laddie, but Louise Gunning need have no 
fear. The singer sang three songs without 
a gesture or smile. George and Georgia 
closed the show. 

Dunn, Francis and Company are worthy 
of a better vehicle than "The Holdup,' in 
which they are wasting a good deal of real 
ability. 

Prince Ishmael, Daly and O'Brien and 
Frank and Sadie Harrington are under 
New Acts. Dash. 



125TH STREET. 

"The presence of "The Love Waltz" 
rather disturbs one in estimating the 
relative values of the bill in the K.-P. up- 
town house this week. The Lasky oper- 
etta is distinctly a thing apart from 
routine vaudeville, and so the Harlem 
audience found it. They were plainly 
pleased, but were a bit at sea in judging 
the number. They have long since be- 
come confirmed vaudeville "regulars," and 
this departure from precedent rather puz- 
zled them. That uptown audience is not 
particularly interested in subtleties or re- 
finements, and the "kissing scene," around 
which the piece is constructed, escaped 
their complete understanding. But they 
liked the several agreeable "numbers" and 
the frequent pretty stage pictures appealed 
strongly. Four curtain calls marked the 
Harlem debut of the production, but the 
spontaneous enthusiasm of the Fifth Ave- 
nue audiences was conspicuously lacking. 
The probable meaning of all of which is 
that the 125th Street audiences like their 
vaudeville straight and without any ultra- 
artistic frills. 

In support of the latter observation 
the house arose as one in joyous approba- 
tion at several bits of conventional vaude- 
ville clowning during the early part of the 
show. Scarcely anything on the bill got 
a bigger laugh than the comedy of Red- 
ford and Winchester. The shout that 
greeted the comedian's efforts to catch 
apples on a fork fixed in his teeth could 
be heard over on Second Avenue, and when 
a gallery boy hurled a pippin smashing 
against the comedian's brow the roof gird- 
ers fairly trembled. This seems to fix 
the intellectual status of East 125th Street, 
for the trick is not startlingly novel, 
and any amount of better comedy material 
is contained in the number. The juggling 
of the younger member of the duo is im- 
proving constantly. He is now getting 
seven balls into the air smoothly, handling 
them nicely for a full half minute and 
gathering them in again without a miss. 

Some of the early talk of Barry and 
Wolford sailed a bit high, but their capital 
parodies scored unmistakably at the finish. 
The audience called for more and more 
until their repertoire was exhausted, and 
even then there was an overplus of ap- 
plause. The parodies are well written 
without exception, and in no case en- 
croach upon familiar ground. 

Sadie Jansell was on last but one, "The 
Love Waltz" having the final word. She 
is a winsome little person and dresses to 
make the most of her girlish beauty. Her 
impersonations are very well handled, al- 
though there are probably not a great 
many vaudeville goers who recognize that 
of Emma Janvier as a familiar name or 
figure. They liked Miss Jansell extremely 
well in Harlem, particularly in tlat part 
of her act where she shows how different 
stage celebrities would sing a popular 
song. 

The Six American Dancers were a 
veritable riot with their fast dancing and 
Charley Grapewin and Anna Chance 
pleased mightily in "Mr. Pipp." 

The others were A. O. Duncan and 
Prince Kokin. Rush. 



"MY BEGINNING/' 

EDWARD BOWERS. 

(BOWERS, WALTERS AND CKOOKER.) 

(The first of a series of short sketches con- 
cerning the early experiences, struggles and firm 
engagements of artists who hare succeeded In 
vadevllle.) 

Compiled by Mark A. Luasohar. 

Edward Bowers, now in vaudeville with 
Bowers, Walters and Crooker, is an artist 
whose schooling in theatricals has been 
thorough and varied; wrought with many 
hardships, and suggesting an apprentice- 
ship served amid primitive surroundings. 

Mr. Bowers made his debut in Dallas, 
Tex., in 1880, at Thompson's old variety 
theatre, a permanent institution as famous 
at that time in the South as Dumont's 
Minstrels are in Philadelphia at present. 
Here he remained two years continuously 
in black-face comedy, after which he joined 
W. B. Reynolds' Traveling Circus, one of 
the most prosaic organizations ever seen 
in America. 

It was a "wagon show" drawn from 
town to town by oxen, and the territory 
it covered was necessarily limited. In this 
entertainment Mr. Bowers did "buck and 
wing" dancing, singing, magic, acrobatic 
and trapeze performances, besides playing 
in the band. 

Not content with this extensive display 
of versatility the management requested 
Bowers to appear in the "after show," and 
with the Dixon Brothers, who were also 
with this diminutive aggregation, he 
formed an association which afterwards 
became well known wherever vaudeville is 
presented as "Dixon, Bowers and Dixon." 

At this time the trio did a black-face, 
song and dance act, although in 1894 they 
evolved their "original rube act," with 
which vaudeville audiences in the East are 
familiar. 

After touring three years in this offer- 
ing Mr. Bowers accepted a contract with 
David Henderson in his Chicago company, 
creating important comedy roles in "Sin- 
bad," "The Derby Winner" and several 
other successful musical extravaganzas 
until 1901, when he re-joined the Dixon 
Brothers and launched a permanent circus 
in the West, known as "The Dixon, Bow- 
ers and Dixon Circus," and which played 
West for three years, after which the trio 
returned to vaudeville for one season. 

At the close of the next year, 1905, Mr. 
Bowers suggested a change of act to his 
partners, but as they wished to continue 
in the old medium, which had made them 
famous, he retired and formed a new asso- 
ciation with Frank Walters and Alfred 
Crooker, and together they opened April 
9, 1906, in their present vehicle, "The 
Three Rubes." 

Mr. Bowers is not only a clever artist, 
but a man of observation and invention as 
well, and all his work is decidedly clean 
cut and unique, with an interesting per- 
sonality behind it. 



Terry and Lambert leave to day for 
London, where they go to arrange a post- 
ponement of English time to permit of 
accepting American bookings. An entire 
stason has been offered the act since their 
recent appearance on this side. 



"HEALER" MAY GO HOME. 

Dr. Carl Hermann, "the healer" and a 
foreigner, who has played a few isolated 
engagements since arriving here, under 
the management of M. A. Shea, may soon 
depart for his native land. 

Last week Dr. Hermann was the fea- 
ture at the Broadway, Camden, where his 
curative powers by "electric massage" be- 
came the wonder of the town. 

He may be exploited by Mr. Shea, circus- 
like, before leaving, a summer park or 
theatre in a fair-sized or large city be- 
ing selected. This, however, has not been 
decided upon. 



"SMILING 'ROUND THE WORLD." 

"Smiling 'Round the World" is the title 
Marshall P. Wilder has placed upon his 
latest brightly written book of foreign 
travel, just off the press of the Funk & 
Wagnalls Co. 

A trip to the Orient for the purpose of 
sight-seeing only may be avoided by the 
perusal of Mr. Wilder's volume. Not alone 
has the humorist really excelled in graphic 
description of the Far East, but his 
natural sense of fun, and the ability to 
place it at the proper points and angles 
take the reader interestingly and amus- 
ingly through the countries so far away. 

The literary style of the story places 
Mr. Wilder among the foremost of the 
authors capable of reciting the ways and 
customs of foreign nations to the edifica- 
tion of those compelled to remain at home. 

Mr. Wilder has written other books, 
mostly containing laughs, out-and out, but 
ir. "Smiling 'Round the World" he has 
blended his humor with a light touch 
among genuine and readable information 
about those who live in lands most of us 
liave never visited. 



PLAYED SUNDAY IN BOSTON. 

Boston, May 21. 

Despite the new "Sunday" law which 
was operative last Sunday, the Howard 
and Bowdoin Square both gave a usual 
Sunday show, slightly modified. 

The other Boston houses did not at- 
tempt a performance. 

The Howard closes for the season on 
May 30, and the Bowdoin Square, for 
the first time in three years, discontinues 
summer entertainment on the same date. 

Both houses, under the management of 
Jay Hunt, have bills announced for Sun- 
day, May 24. 



"MOTHER." 

By JANE WHITBECK. 

I wandered up a lonely road 

One »lay not long ago, 
In a little town where I was born — 

Just to meditate, yon know. 

And as I walked and thought of days 

When I waa but a child. 
I saw the grave not far away 

Alone there In the wild. 



Neglected, save by Nature's hand. 

No flowers could I trace, 
But even though unkept; alone, 

A small slab stood In place. 

I knelt me down to try and read 
The marking time bad worn, 

Through tears I saw my Mother's name. 
And the date when she was born. 

In silence there, where no one saw 
Save winds, and trees, and birds, 

My inmost soul was praying 
In tenderest loving words. 

This treasure I had lost and found. 

In fancy I could see — 
Mother In our dear old home, 

And the lore she bore to me. 

I lingered there beside her grave 

Until time bade me go, 
But I picked a daisy from nearby. 

And placed It so 'twould grow. 

Then, walking slowly down the hill. 

With regrets I left behind 
The dearest lore I ever knew — 

My Mother's, pure and kind. 

Oh. cruel fate! If you but knew 
How eased my heart would be 

To rest beside her In that grave— 
Mother, she was all to me. 



Mrs. Jas. A. Welch, after fifteen weeks 
in a Buffalo hospital, is now fully re- 
covered. 



Abe Shapiro has resigned as manager 
of the Empire, Toledo. 



VARIETY 



17 



During the summer the local attention 
of the park people will be directed to the 
"no gate" policy adopted by "Dreamland," 
Coney Island, for this season. Heretofore 
an admission of ten cents was in vogue. 
The free entrance now is extended to all 
the week, excepting Saturday and Sunday. 
A park man who knows his Coney Island 
said that those are the days when the 
masses go to Coney Island. During the 
other days of the week numberless people 
whom the admission would not affect visit 
the seashore breathing place, ind these 
sal f -same people remain away on Saturday 
and Sunday owing to the crowds. On the 
last two days as well, the trolley lines run- 
ning into the Island charge ten cents each 
way, while on the free admission days at 
"Dreamland" they charge but five. The 
park man brought his conclusions about to 
infer that upon the days when the people 
surge into Coney will be the time when 
the greatest drawback will fall upon 
"Dreamland" if it is looking to the popu- 
lace for patronage. Another method of 
calculation striven for by his talk was that 
on the days when "Dreamland" would 
benefit most by a crowded condition the 
admission is taxed, and to enforce the pay- 
ment, it is necessary for the park to supply 
a staff of ticket takers and sellers. These 
must be provided for during the week or 
be paid a week's salary for two days' 
work, entailing a cost upon the manage- 
ment over Saturday and Sunday of around 
$200 at least. "Dreamland" is the first 
to establish a "free gate" around New 
York, even with the restrictions, and the 
outcome is going to be awaited with in- 
terest. The innovation is supposed to 
have been suggested by Ed Kinsella, the 
new manager for "Dreamland" this sea- 
son. »-. 



Scarboro Beach, Toronto, opens May 23. 



Ester & McConnell are building an air- 
dome at Ft. Worth, Tex. 



An open air theatre will be built in 
Kansas City, Kan., by Harry and Ted 
Sparks. 



Ponce De Leon Park, Atlanta, Ga., 
opened this week. The Casino will have 
vaudeville. 



I. H. Herk, the burlesque manager, will 
have charge of "White City," Milwaukee, 
this summer. 



"Luna" Park, Mexico City, is being im- 
proved by the stock company which oper- 
ates the resort. 



Kast Lake Park, Birmingham, is now 
open. Ed. R. Hutchinson, aeronaut, is 
the free attraction. 



Manager Rusco, of the Bijou, Saginaw, 
Mich., has assumed control of Riverside 
Park in that city. 



A miniature "White City" will be 
opened at Superior, Wis., by R. H. Had- 
field, manager of the Savoy Theatre there. 



The Imperial Amusement Company, 
Louisville, has incorporated for $5,000. 
Incorporators are J. W. Dun, H. M. Stim- 
mel. 



PARKS AND FAIRS 



Davis, and will be transformed into an 
amusement park. 



A new amusement park will be opened 
in Minneapolis next season. Several acres 
of ground near Columbia Heights have been 
leased for 10 years. 



M. E. Rice, manager of the Majestic, 
Ft. Wayne, Ind., and F. E. Stouder, of the 
Temple, same city, have formed a partner- 
ship, and will build an airdome, to open 
June 10. 



Ramona Park, at Grand Rapids, Mich., 
opened last Sunday to large crowds. L. 
H. Newcomb is doing the press work for 
the resort. 



A new scenic railway, costing $12,600, 
will be built at Mounds Park, Anderson. 
Ind. The Ingersoll Amusement Company 
of Pittsburg has the contract. The park 
opens May 31. 



Luna Park, Chicago, will open the lat- 
ter part of this month, under the man- 
agement of J. L. Loutherstein. No im- 
provements have been made. There will 
be no gate admission. 



The Casino, Sans Souci Park, Chicago, 
which throws open its gates this Satur- 
day, seats 10,000 people. Creatore will 
follow Ferullo in four weeks. Many new 
and novel features have been provided for 
the south side resort by Manager Leonard 
H. Wolf. 



The citizens of Wheaton, 111., are mak- 
ing an effort to organize an association 
to hold yearly county fairs. The exposi- 
tion last year was a success financially. 
It is proposed to raise $50,000. E. N. Hur- 
ley and Robert S. McCormick are at the 
head of the movement. 



The new vaudeville theatre at "Sans 
Souci" Park, Chicago, seats 500 persons. 
Moving pictures, with phonographic attach- 
ments, said to have cost $20,000 will be 
one of the features. Among the other lead- 
ing atractions at the park are the "Spiral 
Thrill," "The Tickler," and "The Tub." 



"Happyland," Staten Island, opens to- 
day (Saturday). Jos. Weiss is the gen- 
eral manager, and J. Frohsin is in charge 
of the press publicity. Work on the park 
has been progressing for some time, and 
with increased transportation facilities, 
a bright summer season is anticipated. 



"Stella" Beach, North Beach, Long Is- 
land, opens on Decoration Day, when the 
whole of North Beach will commence its 
summer season. Geo. W. Tomasso will 
manage "Stella," and improvements are 
going ahead to place it in line for com- 
petition with the well known resorts 
around New York. 



Coney Island, Portsmouth, O., has been 
leased for eight years by Capt. G. W. 



The summer resorts at Salt Lake City 
are making preparations for the formal 
opening on Decoration Day. The new 
"Saltair Bicycle 'Saucer' Track," built on 
piles, is attracting the most attention in 
the Utah capital. The cycle enthusiasts 
hope to see many world's records broken 
on it this summer. 



The park theatre at Minalla Grove, 
Tamaqua, Pa., will this season be under 
the management of Messrs. Ingram & 
Medlar, Lamsford, Pa., and will open on 
Decoration Day. Tumbling Run, Potts- 
ville, Pa., will open the same date, and 
both resorts will be booked by Bart Mc- 
Hugh, Philadelphia. 



Manager Salsbury has announced the 
features of "Luna" Park's Cleveland, O., 
amusement program for the opening. The 
burlesque bull fight in the new amphi- 
theatre, seating 2,500 people around a 
50-foot ring, will be given four times daily, 
lasting 45 minutes. The first musical at- 
traction will be the Fraser Highlanders, 
a band of 60 Scotsmen, from Toronto. 
Concerts will be given twice daily. 



London, May 9. 
To-day the Earl's Court Hungarian Ex- 
hibition opens, followed next Thursday by 
the Anglo-French Exhibition, trailed a few 
days later by the Mexican Exhibition at 
the Crystal Palace. Many strange tribes 
are gathering in London for the foreign 
villages which will be exploited at all these 
exhibitions, mixed with which will be more 
or less native entertainment, oriental, 
magic, etc. 



The Queens County Fair Association, 
of Astoria, L. I., will hold forth at Mm- 
peth, L. I., during the week May 25th for 
its annual fair. There will be numerous 
special features, including a "iMfidway." 
Geo. L. Macfarlane, in charge of the press 
publicity for the association, has had a 
great quantity of matter in the New York 
dailies concerning it, and the prospects, 
if weather conditions are favorable, are 
excellent for the early event in the fair 
line. 



There is warfare on between the parks 
booked by the United and the other open 
air resorts in Erie, Pa., Youngstown and 
Dayton, O. The United is booking Four 
Mile Creek Park at Erie, Idora at Youngs- 
town, and Fairview at Dayton. Opposed 
in the cities, as named, are Maldemere, 
Avon, and Lakeside. The "Big Stick" is 
making itself felt whenever a head looms 
up which is looking in the direction of 
one of the parks competing with those of 
the United. 



One day this week an immense crowd 
collected at Fortieth street and Broadway 
to watch what appeared to be an airship 
with a man clinging to it far up towards 
the sky. The deception held the crowd for 
a very long time, attracting newcomers, 
who gazed with the same interest. It was 
a unique advertising dodge of Fleischman's 
new baths. A paper balloon was anchored 
and a piece of cloth in the shape of a man 
sewn upon the top, causing nearly a com- 
plete illusion. 



The following amusement devices have 
been installed in Riverview Park, Chicago, 
which opens to-day: A new aerial coastet 
called the "Royal (Jorge," "Thousand 
Isles," "Hell Gate." "Double Whirl," a 
marine spectacle called "The Battle of the 
Monitor and the Merrimac," and a Wild 
West shown known as "The Fight of the 
Little Big Horn," in addition to Big Otto's 



Wild Animal show. The park covers 120 
acres and is one of the largest devoted 
exclusively to amusements in America. 



"White City," Chicago, opened to the 
largest crowds in the history of out- 
door amusements on Saturday last. Among 
the features this season are the "Country 
Fair." a spectacular production; Van 
Vranken's Equine Circus, Maxim's Living 
Pictures, "Social Whirl" and a new "Figure 
Eight." Free vaudeville in the Casino 
under the management of Eugene Beifeld 
is a success. Among the numbers listed 
for the week of May 24 are Klein, Ott 
Brothers, and Nicholson, Zelia Call, Dave 
Morris and "Pony Ballet," McFarland and 
Dale Sisters. 



Baltimore, May 21. 
At a meeting of the board of directors 
of the Electric Park Co. last Saturday 
Fred C. Schanberger's resignation as sec- 
retary and treasurer was accepted. Harry 
Gilmore, a prominent Baltimorean, was 
elected to fill the vacancies. Lloyd Jack- 
son resigned as president, but will remain 
on the board of directors. Thos. L. Waters 
was elected president. Jas. Fectig, Jr., re- 
signed from the board. Max Rosen stated 
to the Variety correspondent that building 
operations are continuing on a large scale 
and all of the twenty-four acres will be 
occupied. The park will open May SO. 
J. D. Buckley directs the electrical work, 
the contract calling for 40,000 lamps. 
Oscar Dane, of New York City, has 
charge of the press and advertising. Mr. 
Rosen said they are spending nearly a 
half million dollars and it will be the 
finest if not the largest amusement park 
in America. An interesting item to 
privilege people is the fact that the park 
will operate all year round, both winter 
and summer. The reason for the change 
in the officers of the company was to 
make room for more capital, as the park 
is to be operated on a larger scale than 
at first proposed. 



Alexia, the dancer imported by William 
Hammerstein for his Roof Garden this 
summer, was due to arrive here yesterday 
(Friday) on the "Lusitania." 



The Ferari animal show unloaded Tues- 
day night on the lot corner of Fifth 
avenue and 110th street, a district re- 
sembling in the density and character of 
its population the lower East Side. He 
will make a summer stand there. The 
property was recently leased by Freeman 
Bernstein and will be made into an open 
air pleasure resort. 



DOES OR DOESN'T SHE? 

Does Emma Janvier play in vaudevill" 
this season or does she not: If. S. Ben- 
tham says she does; Miss Janvier says she 
does not. 

Mr. ltentham is Miss Janvier's agent — 
01 was. He snys Miss Janvier will appear 
at the 125th Street Theatre week of June 
1. Miss Janvier savs week of June 1 she 
will join "The Top o' th' World" in Chi- 
cago. 

Later.— The last bulletin gives out the 
information that Miss Janvier will play 
a week in vaudeville at tlie Fifth Avenue 
commencing June 1, joining the show in 
Chicago one month later. 



When anawering advertiaementa kindly mention Variety. 



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VARIETY 



VARIETY ARTISTS' ROUTES 

FOR WEEK MAY 25 

WHEN NOT OTHERWISE INDICATED. 

• 

(The routM here given, bearing no dates, are from MAT 24 to MAT tl, incluiive, de- 
pendent upon the opening and doting days of engagements in different parte of the country. 
All addreaiei below are furnished VARIETY by artiste. Addresses care managers or agents 
will not be printed.) 

"0. R. " in the list indicates the route of the oirous named, with whioh the artist or act is 
with, and may be found under "CIRCUS ROUTES." 

ROUTES FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK MUST REACH THIS OFFICE EOT LATER 
THAR WEDNESDAY MORNING TO ENSURE PUBLICATION. 



o«o*o»o-» 



Burton A Vase, 25 Haskln, Providence. 

Burrows Trover* Co., lid p. 20, N. T. 

Booh A Elliott, 1849 40, Brooklyn. 

Bossier, Walter H., Orphla, Madison, Wis., lndef. 

Kulger, Jesse Lee, Capital, Frankfort, Ky. 

Burtinoe, The, Ring ling Bros., C. R. 

Busch, Johnny, Jr., A Co., Farm, Toledo. 

Bntley A Lamar, 2319 8. Bouvler, Philadelphia. 

Buxton. Chat. C. Crystal, Menssha, Wis., lndef. 

By ers A Hermann, K. A P., 120th St., N. T. 

Byrd A Vance, Plymouth Hotel. City. 

Byrne Golaon, Players, Bijou. Calumet, Mich. 

Byron A Langdon, Keith's, Boston. 

Byrons' Muaicsl Five, 0188 Indians, Chicago. 



Caessr A Co., Frsnts, St. Chsrles Hotel, Chicago. 
Csln Sisters, Empire, Youngstown, O., lndef. 
Callahan A St. George, Keith's, Cleveland. 
Cameron A Flanagan, Shea's, Buffalo. 
Campbell A Cully, 1688 Bourbon, New Orlesns. 
Caldera. A. K.. 120 Washington, Hoboken. 
Calef A Wsldron. 201 W. «2. N. Y. 
Calvin, James, Orpheum, Virginia, Minn. 
Campbell, W. 8., Rose Sydell, B. R. 



Abel, Geo.. A Co.. 7tb Ave. end 87 tb, N. Y. 

A B C D Girls, 793 He wet t PI., Bronx, N. Y. 

Abdallau Bros., Three. 417 K. 14. N. Y. 

Abbott, Andrew Ce.. Orpheum, Oil City, Pa. 

Acton A Klorlla A Co., 1003 Broadway, N. X. 

Adair A Dolln, Baruum A Bailey, C. B. 

Adglr, Art. Hageubeck- Wallace. C. R. 

Adams B. Klrke A Co.. St. Loula Am. Co., lndef. 

Adsms A Hslllgsn, Majestic, Chicago. 

Adams, Mabel. Kiug Edward Hotel, N. Y. 

Adelyn, Box 249, Champaign, 111. 

Adler, Harry, Park, Alameda, Cal., lndef. 

Agee. John. Rlugllng Bros.. C. K. 

Ahem, Charles, A Vests, G. O. H., Pittsburg. 

Ahernu. The, 290 Colorado, Chicago. 

Alabama Comedy Four, 208 W. 38. N. Y. 

Albanl, 1416 Broadway. N. Y. 

Albene A La Brant, 212 E. 20, N. Y. 

Alberto. Baruum A Bailey, C. R. 

Alburtus A Millar, Empire Palace, Croyden, Eng. 

Aldo A Vanneraoo. 208 W. 26, N. Y. 

Allen, A. D., 92 Market. Newark. 

Allen, Joele. 801 St. Nicholas. N. Y. 

Allen, Searle A Violet, Highlands, St. Louis. 

Allen. Leon A Bertie, 118 Central, Oshkoeb, Wis. 

Allison. Mr. A Mrs.. Pastor's, N. Y. 

AlUster, Harry. 11 Rue Goeffrey Marie, Paris. 

Alpha Trio, Wigwam, San Francisco. 

Alpine Troupe, Cole Bros., C. R. 

Alvin, Academy. Raleigh, N. C. 

Alrons, Zoeller Trio., 269 Hemlock, Brooklyn. 

Alvord, Ned, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Alvaroa Troupe. Ulugllng Bros., C. B. 

American Banjo Four. 1481 Broadway, N. Y. 

American Dancers, Six, K. A P. 08th St., N. Y. 

American News Boys Trio, Gem, Newark. 

American Trio, 181 13th Ave.. Newark. 

Anderson's Four, Grand, Paris, Ky. 

Angell Slaters, 400 W. New York, Iudlanapolla. 

Apollo Bros., 849 W. 4, N. Y. 

Apollo, Orch., Benton Hotel, Benton Harbor. Mich. 

Ardo. Ringllng Bros.. C. R. 

Ardo A Ed do, Luna Pk., N. Y. 

Arberg A Wagner, 1412 Trelnont, N. Pittsburg. 

Ariaonas, The. 148 W. 68, N. Y. 

Arlington Four, Alhambra, N. Y. 

Armond. Grace. Orpheum, Columbus, Ind. 

Armlnta A Burke. 868 Comatock. New Brunswick. 

Armstrong A Levering, Vaudeville, Wichita, Kas. 

Armstrong A Verne, Dominion, Winnipeg. 

Arnot A Gunn, 210 tltli Ave.. N. Y. 

Arthur, W. J., Columbia, Knoxvllle. lndef. 

Atlantic Comedy Four, 129 Stockholm, Brooklyn. 

Auberts, Lea, 14 Frobel Str. HI., Hamburg. Ger. 

Auburna, Three, 830 Beacou, Somervllle, Mass. 

Auera, The, 39 Heygate, South End-on-Sea, Eng. 

Auger, Capt. Geo., Keith's, Boston. 

Austin, Claude, 80 No. Clark. Chicago. 

Austlus, Tossing. 7 Brixton ltd.. Loudon, Eng. 

Avery A Pearl. 008 Wash. Boul.. Chicago. 

Ayres, Howard. 020 Bitner, Phils. 

Aaora, Miss, Baruum A Bailey, C. R. 



Baader, La Velle, East End Pk., Memphis. 
Bailey, Frank F., Academy, Raleigh, N. C. 
Baker. Nat C. 32 Division. N. Y. 
Baker, Cuas. B.. 72 Mornlngslde. N. Y. 
Baker A Mclntyre. 3924 Reno, Pbila. 
Baker Troupe, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Bslno A Shaw. Hippodrome. N. Y., lndef. 
Banks, Breaseale Duo, Orpheum, Los Angeles. 
Bsnks A Newton. 1053 Broadway, N. Y. 
Bannackit, The, Baruum A Bailey. C. R. 
Barber A Palmer, Palais, Meridian, Miss. 
Barrow, Musical, 1210 Jefferson, Brooklyn. 
Barnes A Crawford, 436 E. 40. Chicago. 
Barnold, Chss. B., Keith's, Phils. 
Barry. Kstle. 041 W. 108, N. Y. 
Bsrry A Hughes, Hammerstein's, N. Y. 
Barry A Wolford. Keith's, Philadelphia. 
Batls, Csrl Wm.. 6637 Normal. Chicago. 
Batro A McCue, 819 No. Second. Reading. 
Bartlett, Mr. A Mrs. Guy. 303 W. 00, N. Y. 
Bartlett, Al.. Hunt's Hotel, Chicago. 
Batemanu, Tom, 112 Bordou. Kail River. 
Bates A Ernst. 201 So. University, Peoria, 111. 
Bstes, George. Bsrnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Batee A Neville, 46 Gregory, New Haven. 
Baxter, Sid A Co., Lyric, Culontown, Pa. 
Bawn, Harry, 61 Bedford Court Mansions, London. 
Bay City Quartette, 1090 Gates. Brooklyn. 
Be Anos. The, 3442 Charlton. Chicago. 
Besne, George A., Orpheum, Oakland. 
Beard. Billy, Geo. Primrose's Minstrels. 
Besttle. Bob. 094 E. 143. N. Y. 
Beattles, Juggling, 137 Psrk. Psterson. 
Beauvais. Arthur A Co., Victor House, Chicago. 
Bedinl. Donat, A Doge. 229 W. 38. N. Y. 
Beecber A Maye, 28 Atlantic. Brldgton. N. J. 
Belford, Al G., Frank A. Bobbins, C. R. 
Bel ford Bros., Ringllng Bros.. C. R. 
Bell A Richards, 211 E. 14. N. Y. 
Bellclalr, Bros., K. A P. 123th St., N. Y. 
Bell. Frank. 1503 Broadway. N. Y. 
Bell Boys Trio, 142 W. 181, N. Y. 
Bell, Chas., Ringllng Bros., C R. 
Bell, Crystal, Olympic, So. Bend. 
Bell. Hssel, Ferns, New Castle, Ind. 
Bells, The, Bsrnum A Bslley, C. R. 



Bennett, Laura, 14 Linden, Jersey City. 

Benson*, Musical. Gen. Del., Chicago. 

Benton, Lew, 229 W. 88, N. Y. 

Bentley, Harry, Imperials, B. R. 

Bentley, Musical, 111 Clipper, San Francisco. 

Benton, Maggie, 136 Taylor, Springfield, u. 

Berkes, The. 409 W. 80, N. Y. 

Bergln. E. Howard. Adelbert Hotel. Kansas City. 

Bernler A Stella, 22 Haywood. Providence. 

Bernstein, Mac A Ruth, 2818 E. 40. Cleveland. 

Berry A Berry, Greet Vslley, N. Y. 

Beverley, Frank A Louise. Majestic, Denver. 

Bicycle Bill. San Diego, Cal., lndef. 

Bijou Comedy Trio. Watson's Biirleaqnem. B. R. 

Bingham. Kittle. 330 Beacon. Somervllle, Mass. 

Bingham, Scenic. Taunton, Mass. 

Blnney, A Chapman. Gem. Columbia. Tenn., lndef. 

Birch. John. 183 W. 40. N. Y. 

Blssett A Scott, Empire, London, lndef. 

Blamphin A Hehr. Majestic. Richmond, Va. 

Blue Cadets, 01 Hanover, Boston. 

Blush. T. B.. 8241 Haywood. Denver. 

Boorutn. Mattle. 104 Clifton PI.. Brooklyn. 

Bootblack Quartette. Ramona Pk., Grand Rapids. 

Bobker, Henry, 63 Forsyth, N. Y. 

Bolaes, Five. 44 Cnrtls, Grand Rapids. 

Bolus. Harry, Orpheum, Mansfield, O. 

Borella, Arthur, Barnum A Bslley, C. R. 

Bottamley Troupe, Clrco Bell. Mexico. 

Bouldon A Qulnn, Toms River. N. J. 





Bowery Comedy Quartet, 821 Chsrles. W. Hoboken. 
Bowers A Smith. Oliver. Everett, Maw. 
Borani A Nevaro, 1013 Lincoln, Milwaukee, 
Bowen A Vetter, 818 N. Wash., Baltimore. 
Bowman Bros.. 326 W. 48. N. Y. 
"Boys In Blue," 240 B. 21, N. Y. 
Boyce, Jack, 1008 Broadway, N. Y. 



Carrlllo, Leo., c. o. VARIETY. N. Y. 

Carbrey Bros., Orpheum, Los Angeles. 

"Carletts," Olympic, Chicago. 

Carlln A Otto. 918 Prospect, Buffalo. 

Carlisle A Baker. 28 Crystal. St. Joseph. Mo. 

Csrrle, Mile., 004 Ashlsnd Bk., Chicago. 

Carol Sisters. 816 W. 140, N. T. 

Carmen Slaters, Pantegee', Seattle, lndef. 

Carroll A Cooke, Hotel York. N. T. 

Carroll A Judge Trio, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Carroll, Nettle, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Casein A Reeves, Lyric, Chicasha, Okie. 

Carson A Wlllard. 2210 No. Lambert. Phlla. 

Carson A Devereanx, 410 Line, Evansvllle. 

Carson Bros.. 427 Pacific, Brooklyn. 

Caron A Farnum, 280 B. 24, N. T. 

Carter, Chas. J.. "Milton," Queens, Sydney, Aus. 

Csrters, The, 921 9, La Salle, IU. 

Carter, Taylor A Co., Keith's. Cleveland. 

Carter A Waters. 108 Greenfield, Buffalo. 

Cartmell A Harris. 180 Nevlns, Brooklyn. 

Carver A Murray. 229 W. 18, N. T. 

Casettss, The, 4013 So. Artesian, Chicago. 

Cssey A Craney, 10^ 8a 0, Elisabeth. 

Caswell, Maude, Gibbons Tour. 

Castsno. Bdwsrd, 104 W. 61, N. T. 

Celest, 74 Grove road, Clapham Park. London. 

Chadwick Trio. 229 W. 88. N. T. 

Chameroys, The. 1361 48, Boro Pk., N. T. 

Chantrell A Schuyler, 219 Proepect. Brooklyn. 

Chapln, Benjamin, Lotoe Club, N. T. 

Cheater A Jones, 211 B. 14. N. T. 

Chinqullla, Princess, Shore view Pk., Jamaica, L. 1. 



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Boyd A Veola, 119 E. 14. N. Y. 
Bradfords. The. 230 W. 41, N. Y. 
Bradna A Derrick, Barnum A Bailey, C R. 
Brady*. The. 209 W. 43. N. Y. 
BradHhaw. Chas. 11., Orpheum, Denver. 
Brenon A Downing. Majestic, Montgomery. 
Brighain, Anna It.. 23 Grand, Butte. 
Brinn. L. B., 23 llaymarket, London, Eng. 
Brantford. Tom. Park Hotel, Port Chester, N. T. 
Brays. The, Campbell Bros., C. B. 
Brlndamour. 1003 Broadway, N. Y. 
Brlaaoii, Alex.. Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Brltton, Sadie. Coliseum, Burlington. Is., lndef. 
Broad, Billy, 1003 Broadway, N. Y. 
Broadway Quartette. Four Huntings Co. 
Brobst Trio. Pottsvllle, Ps. 
Brooks A Jeannette. 1662 Madison. N. Y. 
Brooks A Vedder, 123 W. 43. N. Y. 
Brown Bros., A Doc Kealey, 1246 Wabash, Chicago. 
Brown. George, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Brown, Jexale. Hanlon's Superba Co. 
Brown A Nevsrro, 4 W. 130, N. Y. 
Brooks A Clark. 2464 I'aton. Philadelphia. 
Brown A Wllinot, 71 Glen, Maiden, Mass. 
Brown A Wright. 344 W. 40. N. Y. 
Browning. Flora. 1003 Broadway, N. Y. 
Browning. Mr. A Mrs., Hotel Everett, N. T. 
Browning A Le Van. 890 Cauldwell. N. Y. 
Bruces, The. 1520 State, Chicago. 
Brunettes. Cycling, 231 Cross. Lowell. Mass. 
Bryant A Seville. 232.1 N. Rouvler. Phlla. 
Burke, John A Mae, Orpheum, Salt Lake. 
Burke A Finn. 44 7th Ave.. N. Y. 
Burton A Brooks, Fair Haven, N. J. 
Buckleys. Musical, 297 Avenue B.. N. Y. 
Buckeye Trio, 646 E. Center, Marlon, O. 
Burdette. Madeline. 212 W. 44, N. Y. 
Burke. John P.. Flood 'a Park. Baltimore. 
Buckley A La Mar. Pastor's, N. Y. 
Buckley's Dogs, Ringllng Bros.. C. B. 
Buckeye State Four. 2364 B. 07, Cleveland. 
Buffalo. Young A Vera, Novelty, Vallejo, Cal. 
Bonos A Clara, Barnum A Bailey. C. R. 
Rurgeas, Harvey J.. 637 Trenton. Pittsburg. 
Burke, Wm. H.. 84 Rarstow. Providence. 
Burke-Toughey A Co., 28, Shea's. Buffalo. 
Burke A Urllne, 119 E. 14. N. Y. 
Burna, Morris A Co., 04 Hermen. Jersey City. 
Bums & Bobbins. Rljon. Newark, lndef. 
Burned. Lillian. 011 W. North. Chicago. 
Burton. Hughes snd Burton. Stsr, Wllklnsburg, Pa. 
Burton, Matt, 1185 Valencia, Gau Francisco. 
Burton A Shes, 111 7th Ave., N. T. 



Christy, Wayne G.. 776 8tb Ave., N. T. 

Claire, Ina, Falrview Pk., Dayton, O. 

Clare, Sydney. 64 B. 110, N. Y. 

Clairmont. 2001 Ryder Ave., N. Y. 

Clark, Edward. 1008 Broadway. N. T. 

Clark. Geo. G.. 2464 Patton, Phlla. 

Clark, John F., 420 Forest. Arlington. N. J. 

Clark A Duncsn. 1210 Msdlaon. Iudlanapolla. 

Clarke. Harry Corson. 130 W. 44, N. Y. 

Clark A Sebastlsn. Bsrnum A Bslley, C. R. 

Clarke, Wilfred. 130 W. 44, N. Y. 

Clarks, Three, Singling Bros., C. R. 

Clsudlus A Scsrlet, 303 Amsterdam, N. T. 



Claus, Martha, 16 Old Broadway, N. T. 
Clayton A Drew,- Majestic, Little Rock. 
Clermento, Prank A Btte, 129 W. 27, New York. 
Clifford A Nolan. Cohen's Hotel, Lee Ave.. B'klya. 
Clifford A Raldln, 1970 Bergen, Brooklyn. 
Clinton, Chris.. 43 W. 28, New York. 
Clipper Slaters, 466 Blewett, Seattle. 
Cllvette, 274 Indiana. Chicago. 
Clyo A Rochells. 87 Park, Attleboro, Mess. 
Cole A Colemsn, c. o. Cavanaugb A Welsh, 
Springfield, O. . • 

Cox, Lonso, 280 W. 01, Court. Chicago . 
Coate, Charlotte A Margrete, 1008 B'way, N. T. 
Coby A Garron. 989 Putnam, Brooklyn. 
Cogsn A Bancroft, Orpheum, Salt Lake. 
Cohen. Iaadore. 704 Weetcbester, Bronx, N. T. 
Cole A Clemens, Davis Hotel. Philadelphia. 
Colleens, Singing, G. O. H., Syracuse. 
Collins, Eddie, Oshkoeh. Wis., lndef. 
Collins. Nine. 200 W. 102, N. T. 
Collins A Brown. 148 Kosciusko. Brooklyn. 
Conklln. Billy W., 441 W. 10, Brie, Pa. 
Contlno A Lawrence, 249 So. May, Chicago. 
Connelly. Mr. A Mrs. E.. 6140 Indiana, Chicago* 
Comrades, Four, 884 Trinity, N. T. 
Conlon A Carter, Unique, Winnipeg, lndef. 
Connelly, Edward, K. A P. 0th Ave., N. T. 
Cooke, Caroline, Barrlson, Sioux Palls, 8. D. 
Cook. Frank, Austin A Stone's, Boston, lndef. 
Cooke, Maurice B., 8104 Prairie, Chicago. 
Cooke A Rotbert. 8104 Prairie. Chicago. 
Cooper, Jas. A Lucia, 2111 Amsterdam, N. Y. 
Cooper A Robinson, 822 Mott. Bronx, N. T. 
Cornelias, Eight, Ringllng Brae., C. B, 
Cornnera, Grimes, Newfleld, N. J. 
Coesana, Bobby, Hippodrome, Pittsburg. 
Coaaar, Mr. A Mrs., 802 W. 121, N. Y. 
Coubay. William F. 464 W. 84, N. Y. 
Couthoul. Jessie, 6032 Hsrvsrd, Chlcsgo. 
Courtlelgb. Wm., Lambe Club, N. Y. 
Coyne A Tlnlln. 7036 Washington. Chicago. 
Cowey. Ferry. Wlntergarten, Berlin. 
Cowper, Jlmmle, 86 Carroll, Blnghamton. 
Crawford A Manning, 208 W. 43. N. Y. 
Creasy A Dayne, 17, Orpheum, Sea Francisco. 
Creo A Co., Hippodrome, Lexington, Ky. 
Crickets, Shea's, Buffalo. 

Criterion Male Quartette, 106 6th Ave.. N. T. 
Croniu, Morris, 21 Alfred Pisco. London, England. 
Croes, Billy, 2830 Ssrah. Pittsburg. 
Croes. Will H., A Co., 308 Dearborn, Chicago. 
Crucible. Mysterious, 241 Heyward, Brooklyn. 
Cummings A Merley. Unique, Los Angeles, lndef. 
Cunnlnghsm, AL, 200 W. 44. N. T. 
Cunningham, Bob A Daisy, Orpheum, Newark, O. 
Cunningham A Smith, 188 B. 94, N. Y. 
Curtln A Blossom, 91 Newell. Greenpolnt, B'klya. 
Curtis, Pelmer A Co., 2096 Noetrand. Brooklyn. 
Curaon Sisters, Hippodrome, London. 
Cuttys, Musical. Empire. London, Eng.,* lndef. 



D'AIvinl. Rocky Point, R. I., lndef. 

Dahl, Katberlne, 809 Columbus, N. T. 

Dahl, Dorothy, 309 Columbus, N. T. 

Dalllvette A Co.. 402 Fairmont. Meadvllle. Pa. 

Dale, Wm., Crystal. Elkhart. Ind., lndef. 

Daly A Devere. 110 E. 10. N. T. 

Dale, Dotty. Delnty. 202 W. 36. N. T. 

Dale, Sydney, Guy Bros'. Minstrels. 

Dale. Will. Bucklen Hotel. Elkhart. 

Dslley Bros., 1379 No. Main. Fall River, Mane. 

Dsly A O'Brien, Howard. Boston. 

D'Arvllle Sisters, Wilson's, Msson City, Ya. 

Darmondy, Crescent Gardens, Boston. 

Darwin. Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Davenport, John, Yankee Robinson, C. R. 

Davenport. Stick A Norms, John Robinson's, 0. B» 

Dsvenport, Victoria A Orrln. Bsrnum A Bailey. 

Davey, Dancing. Circle Diamond Ranch, Thatches. 

Davla A La Roy. Pittsburg, Pa., lndef. 

Dsvla, Edwards. 1303 Broadway, N. Y. 

Davla, Floyd, Temple. Boulder, Col., lndef. 

Davis, Hal. A Co.. Grayling, Mich. 

J>avla. IL. Air-Dome. Murphyahoro, 111., lndef. 

Davla. Mark A Laura. Family, Lebanon, Pa. 

Dawn, Zella. A Co., 307 B. Market, Akron, O. 

Dawson A Whitfield. 346 B. 08. N. Y. 

Day, Calta. Payret, Havana. Cuba. 

De Velde A Zelde, 110 E. 14. N. Y. 

Deery A Francis, 328 W. 80. N. Y. 

Del more A Oneida, 833 E. 43, N. Y. 

Delmo. 38 Rose. Buffalo, N. Y. 

Delmore, Misses, Shea's, Buffalo. 

Delavoye A Frits. 2667 Madison, Chicago. 

Dell A Miller. Hippodrome. Buffalo, lndef. 

De Camo. Chss.. A Dogs. 8 Union Squsre. N. T. 

De Clisutsl Twins, 263 Ogden, Jeraey City. 

Demacos, The. 114 N. 9. Phlla. 

De Lacey A Bro., BIJou, Superior, Wis. 

Demonio A Belle, Englewood, N. J., lndef. 



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No. 117. A Weekly Word with WILL the 
Wordwright. 

To Fellow Highwaymen: — 

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Denman, George, Barnum £ Bailey, C. R. 

De Foe A Bates, 2448 Cornell, Indianapolis. 

Da Haven, Rose, Sextet, 2082 Broadway, N. T. 

De Trlckey, Coy, Hunt's Hotel. Chicago. 

DeLisle. Mae, Colonial Belles, B. R. 

Delmore A Darrell, 1515 9, Oakland. 

Dela phone, 54 Willoughby, Brooklyn. 

De Mario, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 

De Mont, Robert, Trio, Bell, Oakland. 

De Veau, Hubert, Marion, Marlon, O. 

De Mutbs. The. 26 Central, Albany. 

Derine, Doc, Ashland Hotel, Pblla. 

De Voy * Miller, 209 B. 14, N. T. 

De Vere. Madeline, 54 W. 125, N. T. 

De Witt, Burns A Torre nee, June 1, Orpheum, 

Frisco. 
De Witt Young £ Sister, 58 Chittenden, Columbus. 
De Young, Tom, 156 E. 113, N. Y. 
Dervln, Jas. T., 516 So. Flower, Loa Angeles. 
Devlin, Prof., 2611 Cumberland, Philadelphia. 
Devllno A Elwood, Orpbeum, Salt Lake. 
Diamond A May, Fischer's, Los Angeles, indef. 
Dickinson, W. S., 2910 Vine, Lincoln, Neb. 
Dierlckse Bros. 1235 Golden Gate, San Francisco. 
Dillae, Max, Rlngling Bros.. C. R. 
Dixon, Bowers A Dixon, 6626 Carpenter, Chicago. 
Dixon, Nona, 5626 Ca ter, Chicago. 
Dollar Troupe, Barnum Bailey, C. R. 
Dona. 411 Keystone Bank Bldg., Pittsburg. 
Donald A Carson. Bennett's, Montreal. 
Donnelly A Rotsli, 3 Copelsnd, Boston. 
Donnetts, Ira, 133 W. 45. N. Y. 
Doherty, Lillian, Wintergarten, Berlin. Ger. 
Dohn, Robert, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Doric Quartette. 100 Wei la, Toronto. 
Dotson. Howard, 435 Bingamen, Reading. 
Dove A Lee, 422 W. 48. N. Y. 
Doyle, Maj. Jas. I)., 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Downey, Leslie T., Dreamland, Racine, Wis. 
Dreano, Josh., Revere Houae, Chicago. 
Drew. Dorothy, Albambrs. Paris. 
Du Bols, Great Co., Airdome, Oelnein, la. 
Dudley, 0. E., Crystal, Ind., indef. 
Duff A Walsh, 2503 Falrmount, Philadelphia. 
Dunedln Troupe, Orpheum, Denver. 
Dunne. Tbos. P.. 128 E. 19. N. Y. 
Duncan, A. O., 852 W. 46, N. Y. 
Dunoon. Tom, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 
Dunn, James, 464 W. 51, N. Y. 
Dunn A Miller, Richmond Hotel. Chicago. 
Dupree, Fred, Martin Luther Str. 9, Berlin. 
Dupree, George A Libby. 228 W. 25, N. Y. 
Dupree. Jeanette, 164 Fulton, Brooklvn. 
Dutons, Three, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 



Eckel A Du Pree, 129 Stockholm, Brooklyn. 
Eckhoff A Gordon. Esst Hsddam, Conn. 
Edlnger Sisters, R. F. D. No. 1, Trenton. 
Edmonds A Haley, 808 E. 60. Chicago. 
Edmonds A Monie, 308 B. 60, Chicago. 
Edwards, M. A C. B., Hippodrome, Buffalo, indef. 
Edwards, Robert M., A Family, 114 W. 109. N. Y. 
Edwards A Vaugban, 2089 Lawrence, Pblla. 
Ehrendall Bros.. 1344 Lefflngwell, St. Louis. 
Elastic Trio. Majestic, Pittsburg, indef. 
Eltlnge, Julian, Proctor's, Albany. 
Elliott A West. 2902 Ellsworth. Phlla. 
Elmore A Ray, Vaudeville, Sault Ste Marie, 

Mich. 
Emerald, Monle, 14 Leicester St.. London, Eng. 
Emerald Trio. 443 Central Ave., Brooklyn. 
Emerson A Baldwin, Hotel CburcblU, N. Y. 



Emerson A Wright, Kansas City, Mo., Indef. 
Emperors of Music, Four, 481 W. 24, N. Y. 
Empire Comedy Four, Empire, Newport, Eng. 
Kpps A Loretta, 210 W. 27, N. Y. 
Erb A Stanley, Moline, 111. 

Ergott A King, Circus Clnlselll. Wsrssw, Russia. 
Ettmeralda, 8 Union Square, N. Y. 
Espe, Dutton A Espe, Howard, Boston. 
Eugene Trio, 896 E. Orange Grove, Passadena, Cal. 
Eugene A Mar, Airdome, Hutchinson, Kas. 
Evans A Lloyd, 923 E. 12, Brooklyn. 
Evers, Geo. W., Family, Davenport, la. 
Everett, Gaynell. 25 Novelty, Topeka. 
Everett, Sophie A Co., South and Henry, Jamaica. 
L. I. 



Fagan A Meriam, Shirley, Mass., Indef. 

Falrchllds, Mr. A Mrs., Wei land, Cumberland, Md. 

Falrchlld. Violet. Unique, Winnipeg. 

Farlardaux, Camllle, Palace, Boston. 

Falke, Elinor. G. O. H., Pittsburg. 

Fanton Trio, 266 B. Brie. Chicago. 

Farb, Dave, 515 W. 6. Cincinnati. 

Farrell A Le Roy. 1721 First. N. W., Waah., D. C. 

Farrell, Charlie. 332 Main, W. Everett, Mass. 

Farrell, Billy, Moss A Stoll, London. 

Fasscos, Four, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Faust Brothers, 242 W. 43. N. Y. 

Favara, Marguerite, Saratoga Hotel, Chicago. 

Fay, Ray F., Alamo, Cedar Rapids, Is., Indef. 

Fay, Coley A Fay. 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Faye, Elsie, G. O. H., Syracuse. 

Fell, Pearl Cleone. Palace Hotel. Chicago. 

Felix A Barry, Orpbeum, San Francisco. 

Fentelle A Carr, Shea'a, Buffalo. Indef. 

Ferguson A Du Pree, Lyric, Little Rock, Ark. 

Ferrard, Grace, Bijou, Ann Arbor, Mich. 

Ferrell Bros., Temple, Detroit. 

Field Boys, Henderson's, Coney Island. 

Fields A Hanson. Terrace, Belleville. N. J. 

Fields, Harry W., Lyric, Danville, 111. 

Fields. W. C., Hippodrome, London, Eng., Indef. 

Fit-Ms, Will II., Avenue, Duquesne, Pa. 

Fillmore. Nellie, 541 W. Garfield, Chicago. 

Fllson A Brrol, 122 So. Austin. Chicago. 

Fink. Henry, 150 Potomac, Chicago. 

Fisher Troupe, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Fisher. Mr. A Mrs. Perkins, 531 Wash., Brookllne, 

Mass. 
Fiske A McDonough, 753 Jennings, N. Y. 
Fitzgerald A Wilson, Grand, Victoria, B. C. 
Flatow A Dunn, 128 W. 96, N. Y. 
Fletcher, Charles Leonard. 14 Leicester. London. 
Flynn. Jas. A.. 1213 Penn Ave., Washington. 
Florede. Nellie. 241 W. 43, N. Y. 
Florences, Six. Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Foley. Jack, Rlngling Bros., C. B. 
Forber The Marvel, 153 W. 9, So. Boston. 
"Fords. Famous." 391 Gates. Brooklyn. 
Foreman, Edgar A Co., 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 



Gardiner Children. Majestic, Ft. Worth. 

Gardluer, Jack, Orpbeum, San Francisco. 

Gsrdner A Lawson, Star, Atlanta. 

Gatb, Carl A Erma, Bijou, Superior, Wla. 

Gardner, Eddie, 27 High, Newark. 

Gardner Arllne, 1958 N. 8, Phlla. 

Gardner A Maddern, 208 American Bldg., Seattle. 

Gardlners, Three, 1458 No. 8, Pblla. 

Gar telle Bros., 416 S. Main, Gloversville, N. Y. 

Gavin. Piatt A Peaches, 4417 3d Ave., N. Y. 

Gay lor A Graff, 244 W. 16, N. Y. 

Gay lor, Bobby, 5602 5th Ave., Chicago. 

Gay lor. Chaa., 768 17, Detroit. 

Gehan A Spencer, Crystal, Denver. 

Gehrue, Mayme, A Co., 200 E. 83, N. Y. 

Genaro A Band, 205 W. 38, N. Y. 

Geltnore A Castle. Airdome, Enid, Okla. 

Genter A Gilmore, 208 N. 8, W.. Cedar Rsplds. 

Georgetty's, Great, Wonderland Pk., Minneapolis. 

Gerouies, The, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Gibson, Fay, Standard, Davenport, la., indef. 

Gilbert, Jane, 257 W. 15, N. Y. 

Gillette Sisters, 60 Manhattan. N. Y. 

Gllmaine. 59 W. Eagle, B. Boston. 

Gllroy, Hayes, Montgomery. Lyric, Lincoln, Neb. 

Glrard A Gardner, Amityville, L. I. 

Gladstone, Ida, 835 W. 60, N. Y. 

Glocker, Chaa. A»Anna. Rents-Santley, B. B. 

Godfrey A Henderson. 416 Elm, Cincinnati. 

Goetz, Nat., 1818 Tree. Donora. Pa. 

Golden Gate Quintet. 346 W. 59. N. Y. 

Golden A Hughes, Vallejo, Cal. 

Goldin Russian Troupe, Sells-Floto, C. R. 

Goelems, Six, Rlngling Bros.. C. R. 

Goforth A Doyle, 1929 Broadway, Brooklyn. 

Golden. Marta. Gerard Hotel, N. Y. 

Goolmana, Musical, Continental Hotel, Chicago. 

Goldsmuth A Hoppe, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Gordon, Cliff, 3 E. 106, N. Y. 

Gordon A Le Roy, 1777 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn. 

Gordon A Shackhorn, 225 W. 27, N. Y. 

Gordon A Marx, Bijou, Jackson. Mich. 

Gorman A West, 52 B. 88. N. Y. 

Gossans, Bobby, Hippodrome, Pittsburg. 

Grant, Sydney, 10 W. 65, N. Y. 

Graham, Geo. W.. Scenic, Providence, Indef. 

Gray A Graham. 34 Rnlltt. Roanoke, Vs. 

Grannon, lis. Box 2, Melrose Psrk, Pa. 

Great Eastern Quartette, G. O. II., Pittsburg. 

Greve A Green, 409 Nicollet, Minneapolis. 

Greene, George, Rlngling Bros.. C. B. 

Gregory. Geo. L., A Co., 943 Lorlmer, Brooklyn. 

Gregory's, Five, 25, Hippodrome, London, Eng. 

Grove. Cbsa. L., 847 Wash.. Chamberaburg, Pa. 

Guertin, Louis, Keith's, Phlla. 



Haines A Russell, 943 Muskego, Mlwaukee. 
Hall, Harry, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 
Hall. Geo. P.. 180 Center, Boston. 
Hallbacks, The. Crystal, Anderson, Ind. 
Hallman A Collins, Monroe, Lorain, O. 



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Foster, George, Electric, San Antonio, Tex. 

Fox, Will H., 14 Leicester St., London. Eng. 

Fox A Hughes, Empire, Boise, Idaho, Indef. 

Foster, Geo. I., 2930 York, Phlla. 

Fowler. Acelle Maye, Grass Lake, Mich., indef. 

Foy Bros., Grand, Circo Bell, Mexico, indef. 

Franklin, Blllie, 708 7, S. W. Washington, D. C. 

Franz. Cogswell A Frans, 246 W. 21, N. Y. 

Friend A Downing, 1864 7th, N. Y. 

Frederick Bros. A Burns, Saratoga Hotel, Chicago. 

Fredlans, Great, Barnum A Bailey. C. R. 

Fredo. George, Lyric. Lincoln, Neb. 

Frederick, Snyder A Poole, 200 N. Gay, Baltimore. 

Freeman Bros., Jolly Girls B. R. 

Frevoli, Frederick, 148 Mulberry, Cincinnati. 

Froeto, Chris., 917 W. 6, Faribault, Minn. 

Fulton, May, 120 W. 116, N. Y. 

Fuller, Ida, 138 Alexander Ave., N. Y. 



Gaffney Girls, Five, Cincinnati, 0. 
Galando, 82 Sumner, Brooklyn. 
Gallagher A Barrett, Fifth Avenue, N. Y. 



ED. GALLAGER 

"THE CHAUrrEUR" 

BY HIMSELF. 
Season 1908-9. 



Gallettl's Monkeys, Orpheum, San Francisco. 
Galloway, Albert E.. Davis. Braddock, Pa. 
Galloway, Bert, Davis. Braddock, Pa. 



Hale A Harty. 319% Indiana, Indianapolis. 
Hale, Lillian A Co., Washington, Spokane. 
Haley, Harry R., 236 Ogden, Chicago. 
Halperine, Nan. 509 6th Ave., N. Minneapolis. 
Hammond A Forrester, 101 W. 83. N. Y. 
Hanlon A Lewis, 121 W. 116. N. Y. 
Hannon, Billy, 729 No. Western. Chicago. 
Haney, Edith A Lee. Jr.. 4118 Winona, Denver. 
Hanson A Nelson, 592 40th, Brooklyn. 
Hanvey & Clark, Majestic, Ardmore, Okla. 
Harris A Randall, Palace Hotel, Chicago. 
Harcourt, Daisy* Dominion, Winnipeg. 
Harcourt, Prank, 44 Pleasant, Worcester. 
Hardlg Bros., Barnum A BaUey, 0. R. 
Hart, Fred, 393 8th Ave., N. Y. 
Hart, Sadie, 1163 Jackson, N. Y. 
Hart, Willie A Edith, 1918 S. 11, Phlla. 
llartzell, George, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 
Harland A Rollinson, 16 Repton, Manchester, Bug. 
Harrity A Ilerr. 146 Luna, E. Liberty, Pa. 
Harris, Hattle, 209 Sedgwick. Chicago. 
Harvey, Elsie, Henderson's, Coney Island. 
Harvey, Harry, 3110 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago. 
Hassan Ben All's Arabs, Mary Anderson, Louis- 
ville. 
Haw kens, John, Orpheum, Portsmouth, O. 
Hayes A Haley, 147 W. 127, N. Y. 
Hayes A Wynn, 15 Audubon, Ave., N. Y. 
Ilayman A Franklin. 278 W. 113, N. Y. 
Hays, Ed. C, Orpbeum, Canton, O. 
Hay. Unlcycle, A Bro., Family, Pittsburg. 
Healy A Vance. 215 W. 106. N. Y. 
Heath, Thos. Galne', G. O. H., Pittsburg. 
Il« arn, Tom, Alhambra, London. 
Heehl A Ardo. Rlngling Bros., C. R. 
Heath A Emerson, 200 Berriman, Brooklyn. 
Hedge, John, A Ponies, San Soucl Pk., E. Chicago. 
Helm Children, 149 Wash. Ave., Altoona. 
Helxton. Wally A Lottie. 1908 Columbia. Phlla. 
Henly A Elliott, 4925 Cypress. Pittsburg. 



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Henry A Francis, Demby, N. Y. 
Henry, Harry F., 54 India Brooklyn. 
Henry. Roe thing, St. Charles Hotel, Chicago. 
Herbert The Frog Man, Novelty, Denver. 
Herbert, Mabel, 404 Main. Woborn, Mo. 
Herron. Bertie, 2042 Seventh Ave., N. Y. 
Herman A Netser, 808 Rlvlngton, N. Y. 
Herrmann, Adelaide, Gllsey House, N. Y. 
Hewlettes, The. Standsrd, Ft. Worth, Indef. 
Hewlettes, The, 808 Ave. G, Council Bluffs, la. 
Herbert Bros., Tbree, Bijou. Dulutb. 
Hess Sisters, 258 W. 55, N. Y. 
Heuman Trio, Howard. Boston. 
Hlatt Family, Fern, New Castle, Ind. 
Hickman, George. Pearl River, N..Y. 
Hlestand, Chas. F., 2639 Iowa Ave., St. I tula. 
Hill, Edmonds Trio. 262 Nellson. New Brunswick. 
Hill, Cherry A Hill, 197 Bay 20, Bath Beach. 
Hild, Irene, 148 Morgan, Buffalo. 
Hilda, 68 Meeker, Brooklyn. 
Illlllard, Robert, June 1, Palace, London, Eng., 

indef. 
Hlllman A Floyd, 218 W. 62, N. Y. 
Hlllyers, Tbree, 792 Bay 25, Bensonhurst. 
Hines A Remington, Harrison. N. Y. 
Hlrsb, Estelle, Barrison, Sioux Falls. 
Hobson A Macnlchol, 76 3d Ave., N. Y. 
Hobson, Mr. A Mrs., Rlngling Bros., C. B. 
Hoch, Km 11, A Co., Cook's, Rochester. 
Hodgln, Alberta, Rlngling Bros., C. B. 
Holdman Bros., 207 B. 14, N. Y. 
Holman, Harry, Orpheum, Portland. 
Holmes A Holllson, 218 Elm. W. Somerville, Mass. 
Holland, Zay. 10 W. 65. N. Y. 
Holt, Alf, Woolwich Hippodrome, London, Eng. 
Hope, Marjorie, 7818 Woodlawn, Chicago. 
Hoover, Lilian, 211 B. 14. N. Y. 
Horan, Eddie, Novelty, Allegheny, Pa. 
Horton A La Trlska. Howard, Boston. 
Horton A Linder. Rlngling Bros., C. R. 
Houston, Frits, 292 King, London. Ont., Can. 
Howard's Pony A Dogs, Bloomington, Ind. 
Howard A Cameron, 479 No. Clinton. Rochester. 
Howard A Esher, 881 N. Artlaen. Chicago. 
Howard Bros., Lyric, Danville, 111. 
Howard A St. Clair. Charing Cross Rd., London. 
Howard. Jos. B., Aleda, 111., indef. 
Howard, Geo. F.. 3456 Scranton, Rd., Cleveland. 
Howell A Webster, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Hoyle, William, 16 5, Attelboro, Mass. 
Hoyt, Frances A Co., Sherman House, Chicago. 
Hoyt A McDonald, National Hotel. Chicago. 
Hudson Bros., 1337 Maple, Canton, O. 
Huehn, Musical, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Hughes, Mr. A Mrs. Nick, Jamaica, L. I. 
Huetterman, Miss. Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 
Huegel Bros., Majestic, Ft. Worth. 
Hughes Musical Trio, 73 B. Main, Webster, Mass. 
Hurleys, The, 185% So. Orange, Newark. 
Huston, Arthur. Crystal, St. Joseph, Mo. 
Hydes, Mr. A Mrs., Family. Tamaqua, Pa. 
Hyde, Walt. M.. A Co., 3506 5. Pittaburg. 
Hylands, Three, 23 Cherry, Danbury, Conn. 



Imperial Musical Trio, 573 Ralph, Brooklyn. 
Imperial Viennese Troupe. Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 
Inman, The Great, 312 W. 24, N. Y. 
Italia, 358 Mass., Boston. 



Biograph 




FILM 



"A NIGHT 
OF TERROR" 

Released May 26 



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VARIETY 



FREDERICK MELVILLE 



Sailed on the S. 8. "Adriatic" (White Star Line) May 80th for Europe to REPRESENT X. 8. BENTHAM in hookin* hit mots for Europe, 
to continue hit engarementa in this country with the "MOTO GIRL." London addreas, care "Music Hall," 14 Leicester St., Leicester Square. 



MB. MELVILLE WILL RETURN NEXT SEPTEMBER 



Jack Lew A Bro., 0249 So. Chicago. So. Chicago. 
Jackson Family, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 
Jacobs A Sardel. Cole Bros., 0. R. 
James, Byron, Bijou. Flint, Mich., indef. 
Jenkins A Clark, Box 200, Appleton, Wla. 
Jennings, Arthur, 402 Manhattan, N. Y. 
Johnson Bros. A Johnson, Hippo., Lockport, N. T. 
Jennings A Renfrew. 888 Spruce, Chelsea, Mass. 
Jerome, Nat. 8., 1287 Washington Are.. N. T. 
Jewette, Hayes A Llnd, Russell, Glace Bay, 0. B. 
Johnson, Chester, 838 3d Are., N. T. 
Johnson, George, Rlngling Bros., 0. R. 
Johnson, Jess P.. 022 So. 4, Camden, N. J. 
Johnson, Mark, 5400 14th Are., Brooklyn. 
Johnson, Musical, Alhambra, Paris. 
Jolson, Al.. Bordentown, N. J. 
Jones A Walton, Box 78, Baden, Pa. 
Jorden Troupe, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 
Joyces. The, 180 W. 25, N. T. 
Jules A Margon, Barlow, Minstrels. 



Kalmo, Chas. A Ada. May wood, N. J. , 

Karland. Great, 808 W. Highland, Norfolk. 

Kaufman, Reba A Ines, 14 Leicester, London, Rng. 

Kealey, Doc, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 

Keatons. Three. 229 W. 38, N. T. 

Keegan A Mack. 1558 Broadway, N. T. 

Keely Bros., Orpheum, Boston. 

Keife, Zena, 608 W. 185. N. T. 

Keene, Juggling, 1800 Boston Rd.. N. Y. 

Reene A Adams, June 8, Pavilion, Portsmouth, 

Bng. 
Keene, Mattle A Co., 1553 Broadway, N. T. 
Kelly, John T., Elmhurst. L. I. 
Kelso A Leighton, June, Keith's, Boston. 
Kelly A Rose,, Proctor's, Albany. 
Kelly. M. J., 46 Johnson. Brooklyn. 
KeUer, Major, Poll's, Waterbory, Indef. 
Kennedy Bros. A Mac. 82 Second. Dover. N. H. 
Kennedy A Wilklns, 1553 Broadway, N. T. 
Keno, Welsh A Melroae. Olympla, Chicago. 
Kenlake Lll. Rlngling Bros., C. R. 
Ketler, Joseph. A Co., Grove City, Pa. 
Kherns, Arthur H., Revere House. Chicago. 
Klein, Ott Bros. A Nicholson. 258 W. 84. N. T. 
Klchl A Haghl. Rlngling Bros.. C. R. 
Kimball A Donovan. 113 Northampton, Boston. 
Klngaburya, The, 1553 Broadway, N. T. 
King A Douglas, Hssbroock Heights, N. J. 
King. Ssm A Nellie. 2374 Pitkin, Brooklyn. 
Klns-Ners. 848 N. Clark, Chicago. 
KlnsooH, The. 21 E. 20, N. T. 
Klrslfo. Gun, 1710 Third. Evsnsvllle. 
Klrschhorns, 207 So. 13, Omsha. 
Knight, Francis, 220 W. 45. N. T. 
Knight A Sawtelle. Shea's, Buffalo. 
Knowies. Harry, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 
Kokln, Prince, G. O. H., Syracuse. 
Kolfage, Duke. Crystal. Elwood, Ind., Indef. 
Rolling A Carmen Sisters. Pantages', Seattle. 
Kokln, Mignonette, Orpheum, San Francisco. 
Kramer, Joe, 228 Springfield. Newark. 
Kraft. Gus. Barnnm A Bailey. C. R. 
Kretore. 119 Washington, Altoona. 
Kurtls-Busse, Bijou, Oshkoeh, Wis. 



La Blanc, Bertrsne. Grand. Sacramento, indef. 

La Centra A La Rue, 582 B. 18, N. T. 

La Bord A Ryerson, People's, St. Joe, Mo. 

La Clair A West. Lyric, HInton, W. Va. 

La Nole Bros., Olympic Pk., Newark. N. J. 

Latleur A Dogs. Coney Island Hippo., N. T. 

Lalllvette A Co., 408 Fairmont, MeadvlUe, Pa. 

Lambert A Williams. 149 E. 22. N. T. 

Lamb A King. 853 State. Chicago. 

Lambs. Manikins. 405 Pippin. Portland. Ore. 

Lampe Bros., Vllls Raso. Absecon, N. J. 

Larex, Joseph, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

La tons, Frank, Empire, Glasgow, Scot. 



Lawler A Daughters, 100 W. 100, N. T. 

la Blanche, Great, Hotel Light, Chattanooga. 

La (Justs, 1911 Myrtle, Glendale. L. I. 

La Raab A Scottle, 838 Locust, Johnstown, Pa. 

Laredo A Blake, Pastor's, N. Y. 

Lsrke A Adams, St. Louis Am. Co., indef. 

La Marche, Frankie, 436 E. 26. Chicago. 

La Rague Sisters, Barnum A Bailey. C. R. 

La Toeka, Phil.. People's, Cedar Rapids, la. 

Lh toy Bros., Fslrvlew Pk., Dayton, O. 

Lane Trio, Vogel's Minstrels. 

La Van A La Valette, Majestic, Pittsburg, indef. 

La Rex, Wonderful, Clara Turner Stock Co. 

La Van Trio, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Le Veen, Cross A Co.. Coliseum, Seattle. 

La Velle A Grant, 226 E. 14, N. Y. 

Lavette, A Doyle, 840 N. 2, Hamilton, O. 

Lakola, Harry H., Box 70, San Fernando, Cal. 

Langdons, The, 704 5th Ave., Milwaukee. 

La Gray, Dollle, Bijou, Racine, Wis. lndsf. 

Lawrence, Bert, 8 Laurel, Roxbnry, Mass. 

Lawson A Mason, Alhsmbrs, Paris. 

Le Anders, 896 Madison, N. Y. 

Lee, Jsmes P., Empire, San Francisco, Indef. 

Lee Tung Foo, 1228 2d. E. Oakland. 

Leahy. Frank W.. Manhattan, Norfolk, Vs.. Indef. 

Le Hirt, Mons, 826 Clifford. Rochester. 

Lesmy Ladles, Barnum A Bslley, C. R. 

Leigh, Lisle A Co., Acme. Sacramento. 

Leightons, Three, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Leoni A Leonl. 203 B. Indiana, Chicago. 

Leonard, Grace, St. Paul Hotel, N. Y. 

Leonard A Phillips, Lyric, Muskogee, Okla. 

Leonard, Gua, Acme, Sacremento, indef. 

Leontlna, Marie, 17 B. 97, N. Y. 

Leonore A St. Clair. 4948 Esston, St. Louis. 

Leonard A Drake. 1899 Park PL, Brooklyn. 

LeBoy A Woodford. 2417 Wylle Ave., Pittsburg. 

Les Bastiens. Rlngling Bros., C. R. 

Les Carrara, 19 Perry. Pittsburg. 

Les Jsroles, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Levy, Bert, Chase's, Washington. 

Leslie. Eddie. 004 Ashland Bk., Chicago. 

Leslie A Pattee, 714 Mellon, B. Pittsburg. 

Lester, Will, 281 John R.. Detroit. 

Leslie A Williams. Star. Donora. Pa. 

Levy, Mrs. Jules, end Family. 162 W. 98, N. Y. 

Leyden, Margaret. 8647 Vernen. Chicago. 

Levan. Miss H., Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Levllle A Sinclair, 69 Osborne, Newark. 

Lewis A Hsrr. 181 W. 16, N. Y. 

Lewis. Phil, 121 W. 116. N. Y. 

Le Fevre-St. John, 1558 Brosdwsy, N. Y. 

Llbbey A Trsyer. 802 W. 47, N. Y. 

Light. Mark. 1780 Madison. N. Y. 

Lincolns, Four, 579 W. Huron, Chicago. 

Lincoln, Bill, Rlngling "Bros., C. R. 

Linn. Benn, Half Dime. Jersey City, X. J., indef. 

Livingstone, Three. Rlngling Bros., C. R. 

Llngerman, Samuel A Lucy, 706 N. 0. Phils. 

Lloyd. Alice. Keith's, Phlla. 

Lloyd, Herbert, 28 Wellington, Strand. London. 

Loder, Chas. A., Rose Lswn, Areola. Pa. 

Lois. 100 W. 80. N. Y. 

Lomison, Wllliard, 228 Montgomery, Jersey City. 

Long, John, Family, Brie, Pa., indef. 

Long, Frsnk L., 422 No. Anderson. Elwood, Ind. 

Loralne, Oscar, Washington, Spokane. 

Lovitta, The, 814 Beverly Rd., Brooklyn. 

Lowward, A. G., Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Lowe, Musical, 288 8d Ave., N. Y. 

Lowry, Mr. A Mrs. Ed., 44 B. Cross. Baltimore. 

Lucas, Jlmmle, 450 W. Division, Chicago. 

Lnckle A Yosst, 889 Sumpter, Brooklyn. 

Luce A Luce, Brookslde Pk., Athol. Mans. 

Lucier, Marguerite, Qulncy Adams Sawyer Co. 

Luders, Four, Onset, Mass. 

Lucy A Lucier, 1559 Marlon, Denver. 

Luigl Plcaro Trio, 460 Adolph, Brooklyn. 

"Luis Kink," 14 Marlborough Rd.. London. Bng. 

Lnttsinger, Lucas Co., Main, Peoria, 111. 

Luts Bros., 18 Grant, Corona, N. Y. 

Lnkens, 4. Reading, Ps. 

Lynton, Chris., Empire, Los Angeles, indef. 

Lyons A Cullum. 217 W. 10, N. Y. 



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at the Gayety Theatre, Philadelphia, featuring 

Hoo-oo Ain't You Coming Out to Night?" 
Honor Bright, I Loves Yer Right Old Pal." 
I Was Roaming Along." ' k 

Roses Bring Dreams of You." * HM% mm 
Cecelia. With a Capital C." 




1 Corner 

Breadwav and 39th St., 
Asw YotK City 



Mark. Wilbur, Orpheum, Denver. 
Macarte Sisters, 20, Majestic, Chicago. 
Mack. Billy, 208 Third. N. Y. 
Macks. Two. Pastor's, N. Y. 

Mack A Dougal, 1008 Broadway, N. Y. • 

Mac Fadyen and Mac Fadyen. 818 So. Oth, B'klys. 

Madden, Fltspatrlck A Co., 1088 Broadway, N. Y. 

Maddern. Joseph. 180 W. 47. N. Y. 

Madcaps. Winkler's. 104 B. 14, N. Y. 

Mac Donaugb, Ethel, 88 W. 107, N. Y. 

Mahr, Agnes, Orpheum, Los Angeles. 

Ms Dell A Corbley, 118 Howard, Buffalo. 

•'Madie," 408 W. 81. N. Y. 

Makarenkos Duo, 306 B. 0, N. Y. 

Mai chow, Geo., Bijou, Oahkosh. Wis., Indef. 

Manning A Wise, 800 Bedford Brooklyn. 

Msnley A Norrls, 017 Walnut, Hamilton, O. 

Manhattan Banjo Trio, 800 W. 127, N. Y. 

Mantell's Marionettes 8413 Colby, Everett, Wash. 

Mardo Trio, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 

Marguerite A Hsnleyj Rlngling Bros., 0. R. 

Marlon A Pearl, Clifton Hotel, Clifton, N. J. 

"Martha," 210 B. 88. N. Y. 

Marlowe, Plunkett A Co., 27 Gay lord, Dorchester. 

Mantel lo, Mornlts Troupe, Rlngling Eros., C. R. 

Marsh, Joe, 8122 Lucas, St. Louis. 

Marshall, Bert, 238 Splcer. Akron. O. 

Martin, Dave A Percle, 8800 Indiana, Chicago. 

Martynne, C. B., Orpheum, Leavenworth. Indef. 

Martlnes A Martlnes, Inman's, Coney Island. 

Martin A Crouch, 020 So. 12, 8pringfleld. Ul. 

Marty, Joe, 1028 Hancock, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Marrder, Lena, Barnum A Bailey, 0. R. 

Mary A Petroff, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Mason A Bart, Victor House, Chicago. 

Mason A Dorsn, Sheedy's, Fall River. 

Mason A Heeler, Proctor's, Boston. 

Mason A Shannon, 1001 Lexington, N. Y. 

Mason, Wm. A., G. O. H., Syracuse. 

Masqueria Sisters, Three, 0-28, Chicago. 

Mathlesen, Welter, 002 W. Ohio, Cblcsgo. 

Msthles A Jacard, Glee, Chicago. 

Maxwell and Dudley, 106 W. 06. N. Y. 

May. Arthur O., P. O. Box 028. Horman, Okla. 

May. Etbel, Winona, Minn. 

McAvey A Hartley, 8 B. 108. N. Y. 

McCabe A Peters, Richmond Hotel, Chicago. 

McCann, Geraldlne, A Co.. 706 Park, Johnstown. 

McCarthy, Myles, Green Rouen Club, N. Y. 

McCarvera, The, 2883 Dearborn, Chicago. 

McConnell A Simpson, 2706 B. 8, Kansas City. 

McCoy. NeUle. 007 W. 124. N. Y. 

MoCree Davenport Troupe, Hagenbeck-Wallace. 

Mrl'ullough, Walter, Alexander Hotel, Chicago. 

McCnne A Grant, 8 Banton, Pittsburg. Ps. 

McFarland. Frank, 811 W. 142. N. Y. 

.MoCauley, Joe, Wonderland, Minneapolis, Indef. 

McCinnia Bros., 70 Bradford, Springfield. Mass. 

McGrath A Paige. 88 Wash.. Mlddletown, Conn. 

McGregor, Lulu, Grand, Altoona. Pa., Indef. 

McLaughlin, ' L. Clair. 8herldanvllle. Ps. 

McNally Bros.. Rlngling Bros.. C. R. 

McNaughtons, The. Keith's, Phils. 

McPhee A QUI, 238 W. 26, N. Y. 

M (Will lams, G. R., G. O. IL. Pittsburg. 

Meaney, Lottie, A Co., 7 Elm. Charleston, Mass. 

Mears. Chas. B., 2020 N. 13, Kaosss City. 

Melville A Higglns, 272 So. 2d, Brooklyn. 

Melrose, William. Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Melroy Trio. 07 Park, Chicago. 

Menstlans, The, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Moostier, Clown Le, Rlngling Bros., 0. R. 

Mercer, John, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 

Merrltt. Raymond, Empire, Los Angeles, indef. 

Merrlman Sisters, 012 Bellefontslne, Indianapolis. 

Meers Sisters, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Metsettles, Ten, Barnum A Bailey. C. R. 

Mexano Troupe, Campbell Bros , C. R. 

Mlaco. AL, Rlngling Bros., G R. 

Mlgnon. Helene, Empire. St. Paul, Indef. 

Milvo Bros.. Rlngling Bros., C. R. 

Mlllman Trio. Folles Msrlgny, Paris. 

Miller, Jack, 1372 No. Humboldt. Chicago. 

Miller, John, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 

Miller, Elisabeth. 1720 W. 81 PL. Cleveland. 

Miller, Grace, Phillip's. Richmond, Ind., Indef. 

Mills A Lewis, 114 B. 11. N. Y. 

Mills A Morris, Clarendon Hotel. N. Y. 

Mllletta. The, Rlngling Bros.. C. R. 

Milton A De Long Sisters, 2404 Irving. Denver. 

Milton Grove A Sisters Clayton, Acme, Sacra- 
mento. 

Milmars, The, Orpheum, Canton, O. 

Miner A Coleman, 201 W. 180, N. Y. 

Mitchell A Cain. 611 Sterling PL. Brooklyn. 

Mitchell A Calre, touring Eng. and Provinces. 

Mitchell Sisters. Monarch, Lawton. Okla., Indef. 

Mitchell A Qnlnn. 20 Bay 26. Bensonhurst, L. I. 

Monroe, George, 1008 Broadway, N. Y. 

Monahans, The, Worcester, Worcester, Mass. 

Montrose, Louise, 460 So. First. Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 

Montague's Cocks toos, 04 W. 26, N. Y. 

Montgomery. Geo. P., Lyric. Hot Springs. Indef. 

Montgomery A Moore 1000 Buttonwood, Phlla. 

Montray, 814 Western Ave.. Allegheny, Pa. 

Mooney, Harry J., Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Mooney A Holbein, Oxford Palace, Middleaboro, 
Eng. 

Mora, Silent, Grand, Wooster, O. 

Moore A McGsrry, 48 Wyckoff. Brooklyn. 

Moore, Marjorle, 152 Lake, Chicago. 

Moore, Tom, Auditorium, Chicago. Indef. 

Moorehead, Harry (Dreamland), Norfolk, Va. 

Morgan A Chester, 1058 Broadway, N. Y. 

Morse, Bon, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Morelle, Marie, 1807H Main, Parsons, Kss. 

Morrison, Geo. N., B. 08th snd Ave. B., Brooklyn. 

Morse, Billy, Anheuser's. Aberdeen, Wssh.. Indef. 

Morton, Jsmes J., 147 W. 40, N. Y. 

Morton A Elliott, Moss A Stoll Tour, Indef. 

Moxarts, The, Grand, Fargo, N. D. 

Mullen A Corelll, Spring Grene Pk., Springfield. 
O. 

Muller. Chum A Muller, 16 Charlotte. Ashevllle, 
N. C. 



CONTINENTAL MANAGERS GET 

TOGETHER TO BOYCOTT I. A. L. 

(Continued from page 3.) 
duced salary. The continental managers 
have been successful in this expedient 
through the fear of the artists that a pos- 
sible cancellation would interfere with 
their professional standing and future book- 
ing and their willingness to make any 
sacrifice to prevent the cancellation. 

In this connection the case of Kurtz,, 
an American act, is pertinent. He was 
"jumped" from San Francisco to Berlin 
and cancelled before opening on the alleged 
ground of incompetency. His claim that 
he had played the best English and Ameri- 
can time was ineffective, and he impover- 
ished himself in litigation without result. 

Since then the I. A. L. has taken up 
the fight against unjust cancellation and 
beaten the managers at every point. They 
have also drawn up an equitable contract, 
anl all I. A. L. members are engaged un- 
der this approved form of agreement. 

The demand for the general acceptance 
of this form is probably one of the causes 
for the boycott, the managers seeking to 
re-establish the old form containing the 
"cancellation clause." 

The fight will be conducted on the part 
of the Loge by President Max Berol-Ko- 
norah, Vice-President Leo Herzberg and 
Secretary Nick Kaufman in addition to 
the executive committee, composed of these 
members: Jean Clermont, Gustav Wille, 
Bachus Jacoby, Otto Allison, Adolf Wot- 
pert, Camillo Schwarz, Josef Adelmann, 
Max Franklin, Harry Lubline, Fredy 
Maakwood, Hugo Plotz-Larella, William 
Berol, Bernhard Allison, Heinrich Blank, 
Josef Rubens, M. Aussner-Maxini, Emil 
Klos, Max Zerner, Alax Vasilescu, Max 
Rose-Marzella, Paul Milon, Dr. A. Weh- 
ler-Hubertus, A. Ba row sky, C. C. Bar- 
tram, Anton Sattler, Hugo Guitano, Harry 
Mountford, Willy Passpart, Emil Brieger. 
Georg Calder, A. Bill, G. Frankloff, Rich- 
ard Hungar, Sylvester Kremo, Ike Rose- 
Saharet, Felix Wagner, R. G. Mudge, Lud- 
wig Tellheim, Bert Newsome, Paul Tra- 
ney, Paul Petras, M. Wessely, E. Czekow- 
sky-Spoon, Carl Onra, Jean Osrani, Adolf 
Petram, Gustav Klatt, O. E. Bent, Julius 
() *nn and Albert Schaffer. 

The present membership of the German 
lodge is about 1,200, composed of artists 
of all nationalities. Each one represents 
an act, only owners or heads of vaudeville 
number*. b< ing eligible to election. 

The I. . L. is affiliated with the Va- 
riety Artists' Federation of England, and 
the White Rats of America. The local or- 
ganization notified all members this week 
not to sign contracts for foreign time 
before communicating with the New York 
headquarters. 



A year's solid playing from May 24 is 
the happy lot of Josephine Davis, the nov- 
elty singing comedienne, who opens on that 
day at East Liverpool, O., having received 
her fifty-two weeks' contracts from the 
United Offices. During the year, Miss 
Davis will not be called upon to appear 
west of Cleveland. Earlier in the season, 
she was with Yorke and Adams. 



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VARIETY* 



21 




Hall and Carleton Macy 

HTUP MAnPIP anA TUP IAV" W 



Alhambra, May 25 



"THE MAGPIE and THE JAY" 

Colonial, June 1 



Orpheum, (Brooklyn), June 8 



Gus 
Edwards 

Soys : 

That every singer who sang Lao Edward** 
Croat ballad, "That's What the Base Said To 
Me," has found its real successor in "SOME 
OAT, SWEETHEART, SOME DAT," which is 
rapidly becoming as popular as tho Rose son*-. 
But watch out for tho big- "kid" son*- from 
"Tho Houso of School Days," Gus Edwards 
Musio Publishing Company, 1512 Broadway, 
Hew York City. 

P. S.— The title of the bit; "kid" son* it 
"SUNBONNET SITE," and it is a pretty 
thine* 

MOBE P. 8.— The last line in the chorus of 
the bit "kid" song is "When I was a kid so 
high." KIDNAPPERS, NOTICE.— Don't kid- 
nap it yet. It's too young. Wait till it grows 
up. 



Munger, Mart. M., Frsnkfort, Ind. 

Murphy A Andrews, 116 Washington PL. N. T. 

Murphy A Palmer, 800 8d Are., N. T. 

Murphy A Wlllard. 006 No. 7th, Philadelphia. 

Murray Slaters, Orpheum, Denver. 

Murray, Wm. W., 223 B. 14, N. Y. 

Murray, Eddie, Fischer's, Los Angeles, lndef. 

Murths. Lillian, 211 B. 10, N. Y. 



Nagel A Adams, Pastor's, N. Y. 

Nsrelle, Marie, Christ Church, New Zealand. 

Nawn, Tom, A Co., 420 W. 62, Phila. 

Needham A Wood, 148 W. 36, N. Y. 

Nellie, Nelll A Chapman, 1662 B. Main, Rochester. 

Nelson-Fsrnom Troupe, 8141 Beverly rd., Br'klyn. 

Nelson, Katherlne, 10 Howland, Rozbury, Mass. 

Nelson A Egbert, 488 Atlantic. Pittsburg. 

Nelson, Tony, Free, Oermsny. 

Netaer, Herman, 808 Rl Ting ton, N. Y. 

Nevada A Eden, 236 W. 43, N. Y. 

Nevaroe, Four, Barnuin A Bailey, C. B. 

Newell A Nlblo, Hippodrome, Brighton, Eng. 

Newsomes, Four, Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 

Nlblo A Spencer. Porter's Corner, Saratoga, N. Y. 

Nichols A Hogan, 1644 Brosdway, Brooklyn. 

Nickel, Earl, Orpheum, Milwaukee. 

Niemeyer, Joe II.. Majestic, Dallas. 

Night With the Poets, O. O. H.. Pittsburg. 

Nolsn, IrvsD, 416 N. Madison, Peoria. 111. 

Norman's Juggling Six, Temple, Detroit. 

North, Bobby, 45 W. 116, N. Y. 

Notes, Musical, Irwin, Goshen, Ind., lndef. 

Nugent, J. C, The Oaks, Canal Dover, O. 

Nugent A Miller, G. O. H., Syracuse. 

Nugent, Wm. F., 11 W. 118, N. Y. 



O'Brien-Havel, 616 52, Brooklyn. 
O'Connell A Golden, Hippodrome. Rochester, N. Y. 
Odell A Hart, 2063 Strand, Green Lake. Wash. 
Odell A Kloley. 8405 Colllngwood, Toledo. 
Ogden, Helen, 270 Clybourne, Chlcsgo. 
Okabe Family, Empire, London, lndef. 
Olivers, Three, Msln. Peoria. 111. 
Olivette. 225 Pacific. Brooklyn. 
"Onetta." Park Hotel, Port Chester, N. Y. 
Ontbsnk A Blsncnetto, P. O., Boston, Mass. 
Omlsw, Gus, Alhambra. Brussels, Bel. 
O'Neill A Msck, 823 W. Pratt, Indianapolis. 
O'Neill, W. A., Orpheum. Oakland, lndef. 
Ollfans, Three, 711 Orchard, Chicago. 
O' Regan, Box 805, Ottsws. Can. 
Orbassny, Irms, Forest Psrk. Kansas City. 
Otto Bros., 10 Howland, Roxbury, Msss. 
Owens. Blllie A Msy. 1421 Adams, N. 8., Pitts 
burg. 



Pacbeco Family, Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 
Pamahaslka, Prof., 1037 B. Dauphin, Phlla. 
Pslfrey A Uoffler, 51 Broadway, Providence. 
Pslmer Sisters, 545 Hart, Brooklyn. 
Palmer, T. P., 025 So. 12, Springfield, 111. 
Parisian Grand Opera Co., 636 Lexington, N. T. 
Parks. Dick, 1268 E. 25, Los Angeles. 
Patty Bros., Singling Bros., C. B. 
Psuli A Hesley, Pant ages', Denver. 
Psullnettl A Plquo, 242 Franklin. Phlla. 
Pendleton*. The, 135 Pittsburg, New Csstle. 
Pero A Wilson, 835 Temple, Washington. O. 
Pederson Bros., Grand, Marlon, Ind. 
Pelots, Toe, 161 Westminster, Atlantic City. 
Pepper Twins, Llndssy, Ont., Csn. 
Perkins, Dsvld F.. 222 Eastern, Portland. Me. 
Perkins. Walter E., 208 American Bldg., Seattle. 
Petchlng Bros., O. O. H., Syracuse. 
Peters, Phil A Nettle, 107 E. 81, ». Y. 
PlillhrimkH A Reynolds, 220 E. 78, N. Y. 
Phillips A Fsrlardeau, 316 Clssson, Brooklyn. 



Phillips, J. H.. 10 W. 132, N. Y. 

Plercy A Fulda, 1026 Peterson, Baltimore. 

Pilcer, Harry, Washington, Spokane. 

Poirer's Three, 085 Berri, Moutreal. 

Poener, Allan II., 436 Central Park W., N. Y. 

Potter A Harris, June 1, Bijou, Winnipeg. 

Powers Bros., 15 Trssk, Providence. 

Power, Colette A Co., 1V& Rockville pi., Brooklyn. 

Powers, Mr. A Mrs., 857 W. 80, N. Y. 

Prsmpln Trio, 847 W. 40, N. Y. 

Price. John R.. A Co., 211 E. 14, N. Y. 

Prices, The Jolly, Empire, New Glssgow, N. S. 

Primrose, Fred., 376 Wallabout, Brooklyn. 

Prosit Trio, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Pryors, The, 80 No. Main, Providence. 

Psycho, Mile., Gen. Del., Kansas City. 

Pucks, Two, Olympic, Chlcsgo. 

Pudgie A Einmett, 464 Blewett, Sesttle. 

Pulleu, Louella, 194 Jefferson, Trenton. 



Quaker City Quartet, 403 Macon, Brooklyn. 
Qulgg A Msck, 115 E. 14, N. ¥. 



Radford A Valentine, Oxford, London, Eng. 
Raleigh A Harrington, 233 Winter, Hagerstown. 
Ralston A Sou, Box 641, Pstcnogue, L. I., N. Y. 
Ramsey Sisters, Bijou, Flint, Micb. 
Rankin, Bobby, Broadway, Mlddletown, O. 
Rastus A Bsnks, Palace, Blackburn, Eng. 
Rawls A Von Ksufmann. Majestic, Henderson, Ky. 
Rawson A June, Phoenicia, N. Y. 
Raymond, Ruby, Proctor's, Jersey City. . 
Raymond A Hall, 0230 Loomis, Chicago. 
Raymond A Harper, 6406 Lexington, Cleveland. 
Raymond A Hess, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Rayno's. Al., Bull Dogs, Shsrptown, Ind. 
Basarfs, The. 4503 No. 20. Phlla. 
Raymond. Fredericka. 16 E. 88, N. Y. 
Reaves, Roe, Csplton, Frankfort, Ky. 
Reed A St. John, 454 Manhattan, N. Y. 
Itedpath'H Napanees, Lyric, Danville, 111. 
Regal Trio. 116 W. Washington PI., N. Y. 
Reid Sisters, 53 Broad, Elisabeth. 
Reid, Lilian, A Co., 272 B. 35. Chlcsgo. 
Reed A Earl, 1034 N. Waller. Chicago. 
Reed, Harry L., Washington, Buffalo, lndef. 
Remington, Mayme, Keith's, Phils. 
Rennee Family, Mammons Pk., St. Louis. 
Reno, Geo. B., A Co., Empire, Swansea, Scot. 
Reno A Bigar, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Renshaw, Bert, Majestic, La Salle, 111., lndef. 
Reynard, A. I>., Alf. T. Wheeler's, C. R. 
Rhodes A Bngel, 223s Chauncey, Brooklyn. 
Rice, Al.. 262 Springfield, Newark. 
Rice A Cohen. Keith's, Cleveland. 
Rice, Fsnny, 340 Lafayette. Brooklyn. 
Rice. True, 1223 State, Milwaukee. 
Rice A Elmer. 343 B. 142. N. Y. 
Rich Duo, Bijou, Le Crosse. Wis. 
Richards. Chris., Keith's, Boston. 
Richardson, Lavender A Co., Farm, No. Carver. 

Mass. 
Rlccobon's Horses, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Richards A (I rover. Crystal, Milwaukee. 
Rinaldos, The. 25, Pastor's. N. Y. 
Ring A Williams, 102 Liberty, Baltimore. 
Rio, Adolph, 222 B. 14. N. Y. 
Rltter A Foster, Royal, Cambridge, London. 
Rivards, Three, 338 Scribner, Grand Rapids. 
Roattlno A Stevens, 114 E. 11, N. Y. 
Roberts, Sign a. Merced, Cal. 
Roblsch A Childress, Orpheum, Zanesvllle, O. 
Robinson A Grant, 206 8th Ave., N. Y. 
Robinson, Alice. 457 Orchard, Chicago. 
Roby, Dan, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Roche, La Belle, Mile., Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Ko.k A Fulton, Colonial, N. Y. 
Rockaway A Conway, Orpheum, Oakland. 
Roethlg, Henry, St. Charles Hotel, Chlcsgo. 
Rogers A Evans, Orpheum, Gabon, O. 
Rogers, Mr. A Mrs. Robt., 121 W. 42, N. Y. 
Roltare, 28 W. 83, N. Y. 

Romany, Rye, String Quartette, 78 Pekln, Prov. 
Rome, Mayo A Jolllet, Poll's, New Haven. 
Romola, Bob. Bijou, Davenport, la., lndef. 
Rooney A Bent, Hammersteln's, N. Y. 
Rooney. Katie, 807 N. Patterson Pk., Baltimore. 
Romsnhoffs, The, 133 17th, Wheeling, W. Vs. 
Rooney Sisters, 807 N. Patterson Pk., Baltimore. 
Ross Sisters, 65 Cumerford. Providence. 
Ross A Lewis, June 1, Wintergarten, Berlin. 
Ross A Vsrk, 11 W. 114, N. Y. 
Rousck, Jack, Air-Dome, Leavenworth, lndef. 
Rowe A Clinton, G. O. II.. Grand Rapids. 
Rowland, 127 W. 27, New York. 
Royal Musical Five, Majestic, Dalles. 
Royce Bros., 874 N. Randolph, Phlla. 
Ryno A Emerson. Continental Hotel, Chicago. 
Russell, Fred., Bowery Burlesquers, B. B. 
Russell A Dsvls. Idle Hour, Atlsnts, lndef. 
Ryan A Richfield, Orpheum, Boston. 
Ryan, Nan, A Co., 1358 Broadway, N. Y. 
Rysn A Wblte, 504 B. 163, N. Y. 
Rysn, Zorella A Jenkins, Bsrnum A Bailey, C. B. 



Sabine A Mile. Vera, 737 De Kalb. Brooklyn. 
Sada Carmen Sisters. Barnum A Bailey. O. R. 
Salamonskl, E. M.. Prof., Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Sandwlnas, The. Bennett's, Montreal. 
Ssnford A Darlington, 2422 So. Adler, Phils. 
Sampson A Douglas, Crystal, Denver, lndef. 
Samson, Doc, Coburn Greater Minstrels. 
Santoro A Marlow. Star. Washington, Pa. 
Saxton A Sotnera. Capitol Hotel, N. Y. 
Schsde, F.. Ringllng Bros., 0. R. 
Schuster. Milton, Palace, Boston, lndef. 
8cott, Edousrd, Grsnd, Reno, Nev., lndef. 



Scott. Mike, 223 Third, N. Y. 

Seabury A VVilkle. 187 Madison, Psteraon. 

Seam, Wintergarten, Berlin. 

Seguin, Wood, Eugenia, 2314 Holywood, Toledo. 

Seinon, Chas. F., Orpheum, Boston. 

Seniou Trio, Revere House, Chlcsgo. 

Seymour, O. G. A Co., Orpheum, Minneapolis. 

Seymour Sisters, 1040 Nicholas, Phllu. 

Seymour A Nester, 851 St. Nicholas, N. Y. 

Shadle, Frank, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Shannons, Four, Gayety, Milwaukee. 

Siiurpe, liollie. Family. Pottsvllle. Pa., lndef. 

Shu rocks, The, 240 Gain, Montreal. 

Shaw A Shaw. Hotel Hex ford, Boston. 

Shaws, Aerial, RlugUng Bros., C. B. 

Shuyue A King, 110 E. 14, N. Y. 

Sherman A Fuller. 803 N. 8, Reading. Pa. 

Sheer, Bessie, 212 Woodward, Detroit. 

Sblpp, Julia, A Edward, Barnuiu A Bailey, C. R. 

Sblrhart, Anson, Crystal, Detroit, lndef. 

Shoer, Willie, 226 E. 80, N. Y. 

Short. Edwards, 57 Mlddagh, Brokklyn. 

Sie Hasan Ben All, Luna Villa, Coney Island. 

Sliuius, The Mystic, Box 300 Dobbe Ferry, N. Y. 

Stelnert A Thomas, 120 W. 135, N. Y. 

Siduiun, Sam, 6111 Qulnvy Cleveland. 

Sldouue, A Kellle, 424 K. Chicago Ave., Chicago, 

Sllrer Stare, 51 Hanover, Boston. 

Simpsons, Musical, 204 B. 62, N. Y. 

Six Girls A Teddy Bear, Keith's. Cleveland. 

Slnesy's Dogs A Cats, 101 W. 40, N. Y. 

Smirl A Kessner, Alhambra, City. 

.smiths. Aerial. Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Smith Bros., 66 Hawthorne, Hartford. 

Smedley A Arthur Co., 281 W. 88, N. Y. 

Smedley A Arthur Co., 158 Arnold, Providence. 

Snyder A Buckley, Keith's, Phlla. 

Super, Bert, Star, Altoona, Pa., lndef. 

Souder, Pearl, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Spaulding A Dupree, Box 285, Osslnlng, N. Y. 

Spears, Bert, Melrose, Highlands, Mass. 

Spencer, Lloyd, Lyric, Houston, lndef. 

Splssel Bros. A Mack, 25, K. A P. 5th Ave.. N. Y. 

Sprague A Dixon, Lyric, Columbus, Ga. 

Stafford A Stone, 624 W. 180. N. Y. 

Stanford, Billy, Airdome, Msyfield, Ky. 

Stanley, B., Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 

Stanley A Scalon. Orpheum, Alberta, Canada, lndef. 

Stanton A Sandberg, 711 Orchard, Chicago. 

Stelnert, Thomas, Trio, 471 Lenox Ave., N. Y. 

Sterling, Kitty, A Nelson, 1805 No. 12, Phils. 

Sterns, Al., 131 W. 26, N. Y., care of Ward. 

Stevens, E. J., 135 So. First, Brooklyn. 

Stevens A Boehtn, 825 E. 14, N. Y. 

Stewart A Desmond 147 W. 142, N. Y. 

Stephens, Harry, 242 W. 48, N. Y. 

Stlckner, Emma, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Stlckney, Mlse R., Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Stickney's Pony and Dogs, Hempstead, L. I. 

Stlckney, Robert, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Stirk A Dan, 28 Hancock, Brockton. Msss. 

Stoddsrds, The, Star, Greensville, Pa. 

Stone, Wizard, Hippodrome, London. 

8t. Elmo, Leo. 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 

St. Onge Bros., 22 Portland, Worcester. 

Strickland, B. C, Bijou, Lansing, Mich. 

Sluurt A Keeley, 822 College, Indianapolis. 

Stuart, J. Francis. 214 No. 8, Philadelphia. 

Sullivan, W. J., Bijou. Jamestown, N. 1).. lndef. 

Sullivan Bros., 6 So. High, Milford, Mass. 

Sully A Phelps, 2829 Bolton, Phlla. 

Summers A Winters, 2320 Prairie, Chicago. 

Sunny South. Hippodrome, London. 

Sutcllffe Troupe, Hippodrome, London. 

Sweet, Eugene, 20 Cherry, Providence. 

Sweeney, John S., 452 Turner, Allentown, Pa. 

Swor Bros.. 718 W. 62, Chicago. 

Sylow, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Symonds, Jack, Crystal, Pueblo, Col. 

Sympbonla Muslcsl Trio, 26 N. Jefferson, Dayton. 



Talcots, The. Orpheum, Zanesvllle, 0. 

Tanean, 10 Central, Brooklyn. 

Tanean, Felix A Claxton, White City, Worcester, 

Mass. 
Tanks, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Taylor. Tell, I.s Salle. Chlcsgo, lndef. 
Tegge A Daniel. 2148 No. Robey. Chicago. 
Tempest Trio, 124 Bonesu, Jersey City. 
Thayer, Joe, Ashmont House, Lynn. 
The Quartette, 1553 Brosdwsy, N. Y. 
Thomas, David, care of Mover, Atlanta. 
Thompson, Harry, 112 Covert, Brooklyn. 
Thompson Sisters. Elite. Rock Island. 111., lndef. 
TbOfM, Mr. & Mrs.. Hotel Brnddock. N. Y. 
Thornton. Geo. A.. 1133 Broadway, N. Y. 
Thropp. Clara. Wigwam, San Francisco. 
TIddlewlnks A Dngan, 503 Hudson, N. Y. 



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Tlerney, Belle, 74 N. Main, Woonsocket, R, I. 
Tierney A Odell. Coliseum. Seattle. 
Tlnney. Frauk H., 612 Moore, Philadelphia. 
Toledo, Sydney. Bayslde, L. I. 
To.\s. Musical. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Isle 
Tmlner A Dale. 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Travers. Roland. Bijou. Racine, Wis. 
Trlllers, The, 846 B. 20, N. Y. 
Troubadours. Three. 226 Psrk, Newark. 
Truesdi-ll. Mr. A Mrs., 560 W. 150, N. Y. 
Trucadero Quartet, Dixieland, Jacksonville, Fla. 
Turner. Bert. O. H., No. Platte, Neb. 
Tumour, Jules, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Turpln, Ben, 810 E. Superior, Chlcsgo. 
Tyce. Lillian. 733 Mt. Prospect. Newark. 
Tyroleans, Ralner's, The Oaks, Portlsnd, Ore. 



Ullrich. Frits, 206 W. 44, N. Y. 
Urine Sisters. Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 
Usher, Claude A Fannie, Shea's, Toronto. 



Vsgges, The 4. Green, Auburn, N. Y. 
Valdare A Varno, 175 S. Lake, Aurora, 111. 
Valsdons, Three, 65 Summer, Central Fslls, R. I. 
Valdsre. Bessie, 76 W. 85, N. Y. 
Valolse Bros., 500 Fairfield, Bridgeport. 
Velveno A Le More. 20, Tscoms, Boston. 
Van Dleman Troupe. Hagenbeck-Wallaee, C. B. 
Van Bppes, Jsck, 15 W. 64, N. Y. 
Van Cleve, Denton A Pete, 236 E. 14, N. Y. 
Ven Dorn A McGIU. 241 Henward, Brooklyn. 
Van. Miss M., Ringllng Bros., 0. B. 
Vardaman. Olympic Pk., Chattanooga. 
Vasco, June 1, Empire, London, Eng. 
Veda A Qulntarow, Globe Hotel, Belalre, O. 
Vedmers, Tbe, 740 Amsterdsm, N. Y. 
Verdi Musical Four, 46 W. 28, N. Y. 
Vermette-Carpottle Trio, 401 Breboeuf, Montreal. 
Verna Belle, 835 Beaum, Somervllle, Maes. 
Viola A Bro., 123 Mont auk. Brooklyn. 
Viola A Engel, Family, Lancaster. Pa. 
Von Dell, Herry, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 
Vynos, The, 366 W. 81, N. Y. 



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Wsgner A Gray. 26 Farragut. Chlcsgo. 
Wahlund. Tekels Trio, 205 W. 22, N. Y. 
Walte. Willie. 2214 Adams, St. Louis. 
Wsldorf A Mendet, 110 Green, Albsny. 
Waller A Msglll, 102 7th Ave., New York. 



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MIDGET WONDERS 

A HIOHLY TRAINED TROUPE OF THE RARE AND CUTE 

CHIHUAHUA DOGS OF MEXICO 

The Smallest Race of Dogs in the World 

Presenting an act that is absolutely original from start to finish. Four years continuous engagements 
in Great Britain. 3a WEEKS AT THE ALHAMBRA, LONDON, attracting to that theatre every member of 
the British Royal Family and many members of Royalty from Continental Europe. 

The most popular and talked of Dog Act which has ever appeared in the British Isles, or elsewhere. 

Will shortly terminate a 35 weeks' engagement with the Orpheum Road Show. 

Pronounced at every point the most original, clever and entertaining Dog Act ever seen on the 
' v _ vaudeville stage. 

fcJ.T ' Wert of May IB-Colonial Theatre, New York 

Address PAT CASET AGENCY, St. James Bldg., New TorK City 

NOTICE 

Z desire to make publio the fact that my act is the result of idea* that originated with, were thought oat 
and put into practical order entirely by my associate and myself. It is not a copy of any other act, or a 
collection of stolen ideas. I have not adopted any special feature belong-in* to any other animal act. To 
produce something 1 unique and original was my aim. Particular attention is directed to one of the features 
that enters largely into the makeup of my performance, namely, the AUTOMOBILE, a feature which seems to 
be especially tempting- to the proprietors of a number of other animal shows. The IDEA of the AUTOMOBILE 
as a practical stage prop, and its application to an animal act is mine, and originated by mo in a strictly 
legitimate way in the spring of 1901. The oar was built and made practical by my associate, and introduced 
by mo at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool, England, Aug. 8d, 1908, my debut in my present act. There was not 

at that time any similar stag* dovioo In existence, and any other person claiming to be the originator U an impostor, and the efforts of others to introduce an automobile into their acts is simply a glaring 

exhibition of daylight thieving-. 

The else, shape, motive power, method of guiding and controlling the oar are mere details, and have nothing to do with the idea. The Idea must oomo first. The Idea of making aa automobile 

practical as a stage prop, and applying it to an animal act is mine, and all the work and effects I am sotting out of it are in all justice my own property. 

I beg to call the attention of the entire profession to the efforts of those seeking to deprive mo of the benefits of ideas which, in working out successfully, I have been to great expense In money, 

time and labor. ROSINA CASSELLI. 



Walker, Nells, Orpheum, Denver. 

Walton, Fred, St. James, L. I., Indef. 

Walton, Miss E., Unique, Minneapolis. 

Ward, Billy, Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn. 

Wards, The, Ring ling Bros., C. R. 

Warner. Stanley M., 126 W. 112. N. Y. 

Wateon & Little. 301-57. 118. N. Y. 

Ward Trio, 640 82, Milwaukee. 

Warner & Lake wood, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Washer Bros., Osklsnd, Ky. 

Waterbary Bros. A Tenny, Portland, Portland. 

Watson, Sammy, O. II., Pittsburg. 

Web, Harry L., Beatrice, Neb. 

Webster A Carlton, Sheedy's, Brockton, Mass. 

Weed, Roy, 484 Lincoln, Chlcsgo. 

Welch A Earl. Unique, Eau Claire, Wis. 

Welch, Jas.. A Co., 248 Pulton, Buffalo. 

Wenrlck A Waldron, 542 Lehigh, Allentown. 

Wentwortb, Rose, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 

Went worth. Vesta A Teddy, 200 Prstt. N. Y. 

Werden A Taylor. K. A P., Jersey City. 

West, John A., 161 W. 66, Chicago. 

West A Benton, Oak Park, Sacramento, lndef. 

West Sisters, O. H., Lock port. N. Y. 

Wesley A White, Smith Ave., Corona, L. I. 

Weaton, Sam, 16 E. 111. N. Y. 

Wheeler Children, 2514 No. 25, Philadelphia. 

Whalley A Whalley, Box 202, Pltchburg. Mass. 

Wheeler, Little Children. 2514 No. 25, Phlla. 

Wheelers, The, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Wheeler, Bert, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 

Wheeler A Rosey, 15 So. Clark, Chicago. 

Whelsn A 8earles, 1520 Olenwood. Phlla. 

White Hswk, 750 Westchester, N. Y. 

White A Stuart, Majestic, Chicago. 

Whitman, Frank, .138 Greenwich, Reading. 

White, Ed. B., A Rolla. 25, AlrLome. Phoenix. 
Aft* 

Whittle, W. B., 143 Hornblower, Belleville, N. J. 

Whitehead, Joe, 408 W. 88, N. Y. 

Wilbur, Caryl, Hippodrome, WlUesden, London, 
Eng. 

Wilder, Marshall P., 25 No. New Hampshire. At- 
lantic City. 

Williams, Annie Leslie. 4224 Wabash, Chicago. 

Williams, Cow Boy, Litchfield. Conn. 

Williams A Force, Marlon, Marlon, O. 

Williams, C. W.. Richmond Hill. L. I. 

Williams A Msyer, 300 W. 55, N. Y. 

Williams A Weston. 208 Stste. Chicago. 

Wills A Hassan. Keith's, Portland, Me. 

Wilson A Doyle. Majestic. Madison, Wis. 

Wilson. Tony, Heloise A Armoros Sisters, 1 Prims 
rd., Brixton, London, S. B., Eng. 

Wilson, Alf. A Mnhe. 256 W. 37. N. Y. 

Wilson Brothers, Majestic, Milwaukee. 

Wilson, Raleigh, Campbell Bros.. C. R. 

Wlncberman. V. F.. 201 E. 14. N. Y. 

Winkler A Kress. 254 W. 38. N. Y. 

Wlnslow, W. D., Barnum A Bailey. C. R. 

Winston's 8esls, 2416 W. Conry, Richmond. 

Wise, Jsck, 30th St., Pittsburg. 

WItoo A Eston. Strolling Plsyers <** 

Wood Bros.. 207 B. 14, N. Y. 

Wood A Woods, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 



Wood, Rslpb, Lyric. Ft. Smith, Ark., Indef. 
Wolfe A Vsughan. 610 Third, E. Cedar Rapids, la. 
Wolford A Stevens, Alamo, Birmingham. 
Wormser Tots, 502 W. 3, Davenport, la. 
Wormwood, Prof., Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
World A Kingston, Chase's, Washington. 
Worthley, Mlnthorne, 125 Lexington, N. Y. 
Wotan, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Woulff, Edward, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Wulff, Mme. B., Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Wurnell, Arnold B., 617 McDonougta, Sandusky, 0. 
Wynn A Lewis, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 



Yackley A Bunnel, R. F. D. No. 6, Lancaster. 
Yalto Duo. 220 W. 38, New York. 
Yaniamato Bros.. Emerald. Adams Co., O. 
Yarick A Lalonda, Hippodrome, Rochester. 
Yellerotue* Slaters, Pour, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Young America Quintette, 154 Clifton PI., B'klyn, 
Young A De Vole, 8 Lower 5, Bvansvllle. 
Youngs A Brooks. Suffern, N. Y. 
Young A Manning, Electric Pk., San Antonio. 
Young, Ollle, A Bros., 58 Chittenden, Columhus. 
Youtuckey, Prince, Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 



Zada. All, Crystal. Elkhart, Ind. 
Zamloch A Co., Majestic, St. Psul. 
Zansigs, The, Alharabra, London, Bng. 
Zaraa. 4. 104 W. 40. New York. 
Zasell A Vernon Co.. 141 B. 15. N. Y. 
Zech A Zech, Wheelers, C. R. 
Zeds. H. L., 211 B. 14. N. Y. 
Zemo, Zemo Troupe, 671 Smith, St. Psul. 
Zeno. Boh, 600 N. Wood, Chicago. 
Zlegler. N. C, Columbia. Knoxville, lndef. 
Zlmmer, John, Pantages', Seattle. 
Zobedl. Fred, 1431 Broadway, N. Y. 
Zouboulakls, Jno., Phillips, Richmond, Ind. 



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Addison A Livingston, Palace, Shreveport, La. 
Allen, Searl A Violet, Majestic, Milwaukee. 
Armstrong A Verne. Dominion, Winnipeg. 
Auger, Oco., Capt., A Co., Keith's. Boston. 
Bates, L. Allen, Star, Homestead, Pa. 
Bntewells, The. Pastor's, N. Y. 
Big City Quartette, Celeron Pk., Jamestown, N. Y. 
Bowen & Florence, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
Burns, Harry, Princess, Cleveland, O. 
Clifford. George A., Comedy, Brooklyn, Indef. 
Davis, Josephine, Rock Spring Pk., E. Liverpool, 

O. 
Del more A Oneida, 335 E. 43, New York. 
Ellsworth, Charley. 64 E. 11. St. Paul. 
Cordon A Hayes, 201 Wabash. Chicago. 
Harnlsh. Mamie, Bijou, Kalamasoo. 
Hayes A Johnson, West Indies, Panama. 



Howard Bros., Osk Summit Psrk, Bvansvllle, Ind. 
Hudson Sisters, Bijou, Bay City, Mich. 
Hutchinsons, Three, Alrdome, Carthage, Mo. 
La Belle Helen, San Soucl Pk., Chicago, lndef. 
La Belle Faustlne, 242 W. 43, N. Y. 
La P-.it Leool, Pastor's, N. Y. 
Lucas, -Jixrnlc, Gr'toclan, Chicago. 
Mack, Wilbur A Co., Orpheum, Denver. 
Malvern Troupe, Cliff Lake Pk., Dallas. 
Mantell's Marionette, Luna Park, Seattle, Indef. 
Martinez, The, Empire, Joneaboro, Ark. 
Mlezckoff Troupe, Bennett's, Montreal. 
Morris, Leon, San Soucl Pk., Chicago. 
Morris A Hemmingusy, Sun, Springfield, 0. 
Murphy A Dunn, Pastor's, N. Y. 
O Lora Trio, Family, Muscatine, la. 
Payton A Baso, Vaudeville, Gett^a, N. Y. 
Perry, Frank L., Tumbling Run. Pottsville, Pa. 
Personl, Camllle, Junel, White City, Dayton, O. 
Raymond A Hall, Olympic, Chicago. 
Reed, John P., South Mil ford, Ind., lndef. 
Reynolds A Donegon, Harman, Albany. 
Rich A Howard, Pastor's, N. Y. 
Rogers A Macintosh, Orpheum, Canton, O. 
Ronaldos, The, Dominion, Winnipeg. 
Sears, Gladys, Hasel Park, Haxleton, Pa. 
Shaw, Mr. A Mrs. Larry, Pastor's, N. Y. 
Shes, Percy James, 5400 3d, Brooklyn. 
Siegrists, The, Sells-Floto, C. R. 
Sinners A Storke. Dominion, Winnipeg. 
Tanna, Keith's, Boston. 

Thorne, Mr. A Mrs. Hsrry, Luns Psrk, Buffalo. 
Vardon, Perry, A Wilber, Idora Pk., Youngstown, 

O. 
Wade A Reynolds, Masonic, Louisville, Ky., lndef. 
Warren A Faust. 242 W. 43. N. Y. 
Winchester, Edwin, White City, Chicago. 
Wordette, Estelle, A Co., G. O. H., Syracuse. 
Wygand and Wygand, Pastor's N. Y. 
Young, Dewltt C, A Sister, Unique, Minneapolis. 



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Barnum A Bailey, May 23, Albany, N. Y.; 25-30, 
Boston; June 1, Lynn, Mass.; 2, Salem: 8, 
Lowell; 4, Manchester, N. H.; 5, Worcester, 
Mass; 6, Woonsocket, R. I. 

Buffalo Bill, 24, Watertown, N. Y.; 25, Johns- 
town, Pa.; 26, Butler; 27, Oil City; 28, Youngs- 
town, O. ; 28, Canton; 30, Akron. 

Colo Bros., Msy 23, Pontlsc, Ind.; 25, Toledo; 

June 1. Buffalo. 
Hagenbeck-Wallace, Meadvllle, Pa., 25. 
Norrii A Rows, May 28. Portland, Ore. 
Singling Bros., May 23. Plalnfleld. N. J.; 25, 

Wilkes Barre, Pa.; 26, Scranton; 27, Blngham- 

ton. N. T.j 28, Elmlra; 29, Cansndslgus; 30, 

Buffalo; June 13, Erie, Pa. 
Sells-Floto, Msy 23, Twin Falls. Idaho. 
101 Ranoh, May 17-24. St. Louis. 



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Butler, Ida. 
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Barry, Margaret 
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Bowers, Wslters A 

Crooks. 
Bowmsn, Ivy. 
Brengk, Brnst. 
Brown, Viola (2). 
Blonden, Henry. 
Blacklldge, Ruby. 
Brown, Harry. 
Blnns, John (2). 
Blnton, Lew. 
Bock, Otto. 
Borland, Frank. 
Burns, Jack. 
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Burkhardt, Charles. 
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Bergere, Valerie. 
Barnes, Florence. 
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Doty, Chaa. W. 
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Dean, Professor. 
Davies, Edwards. 

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Healy, Martin. 
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Murray, W. 
Moore, Marty. 
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Nugent. Wm. 
Nile, Grace. 
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Rene, Beatrice. 
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Rogee. Leon. 
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Rosa A Vack. 
Rudd, Arthur. 
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GHIGAGO 

By FRANK WIESBERO. 

VARIETY'S Chicago Office, 
Chicago Opera House Block, 
(Phone Main 4330). 

The annual or semi-annual production of the 
La Salle Stock Company is Invariably enhanced 
with a complacent and most predominating inter- 
est, which seems to captivate the staunch sup- 
porters of this playhouse, where "musical comedy" 
or '•musical plays" — whichever the librettists 
are wont to define their product. It doesn't matter 
to the patrons what the program surnames the 
production so long as It furnishes abundant good 
entertainment. "Honeymoon Trail" Is the latest 
acquisition to trail the series of musical shows 
at the La Salle. It Is a "comedy," book and 
lyrics by Hough and Adams, music by Joseph E. 
Howard. The trio provided the material for the 
previous pieces played by the stock company for 
the past five years. "Honeymoon Trail" follows 
in sequence "The Girl Question" and "The Time, 
the Place and the Girl," and in many instances 
particles from both are submitted, ostensibly for 
the purpose of maintaining their general atmos- 
phere, which the new "comedy" has gently borrow- 
ed. The locale is somewhere in Southern Califor- 
nia, and the action is "Sleepy Hollow Rest Cure," 
and "Liberty Hall Hotel." One setting Is used 
for the two sets, snd It Is very picturesque end 
substantial. The story is slim but tangible, 
although the "plot," in the course of the proceed- 
ings, is unsteady and permitted to become dis- 
connected. It concerns the adventnrea of "Per- 
kins" (Cecil Lean), who is advertising agent 
for a Boston beanery. He finds the "Rest" resort 
a restful place for his sagacious Ideas and love 
making. His conviviality and cheerful audacity 
arouse the inhabitants, and they are kept on 
the alert, either to evade or absorb his strenu- 
ous inclinations. There are jokes and absurd 
ejaculations galore. They might fit admirably In 
a vaudeville conversational sketch, with several 
properly rejuvenated and brought up to date. It 
Is evident that no painstaking effort in the 
"lK)ok" had been made. It is "Joky" and re- 
plete with humorous philosophy and "puns," 
but the audience accepted the pot-pourri with ?» 
degree of satisfaction. The score Is not up to 
the Howard standard in jingling melody, and 
neither does it Impress as itispirlngly as the pre- 
vious compositions. There are, however, a few 
songs which are ilestlned to create a demand. 
The success of the piece— and it Is a veritable 
success — can be attributed to the excellence of 
the production Itself. It Is well costumed, splen- 
didly staged, with Judicious conception in the ar- 
rangement of the numbers. "You Can't Be a 
Friend to Everybody," was liked, also "One Little 
Hoy Had Money," by Frances Demorest, who gave 
a finished performance as the haughty society 
leader with a tendency to "speak about herself." 
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the picturesque ensemble by the "Broilers," each 
representing s different male character In cari- 
cature. The "Broilers" are a distinct and in* 
dispensable fixture at the La Salle. They would 
create a furore In any musical show. Mr. Lean 
and Miss Holbrook won a dozen encores with 
"I Don't Want a Million Dollars" (a "patter" 
song), which has peculiar and most delightful 
conversational "rag" lyrics set to suitable music. 
There Is novelty and much to admire In the per- 
formance, due In a great measure to the lavlsh- 
ness in embellishment. Mr. Lean is the robust 
comedian with a happy faculty and countenance, 
always striving to make things merry. He la * 
good comedian, dresses consistently, and evidently 
understands his audience as well as they under- 
stand blm. A fact worthy of special mention la 
his naturalness and sincerity even in the moat 
trivial moments. Lee Koblmar, with bis natural 
German accent, portrayed his own personality 
and interpreted the youthful baron In refined and 
artistic msnner, not overlooking his Jovial laughter, 
which one would not be likely to forget. Arthur 
Sanders, as the erratic head of the "bean" con- 
cern, is quaint and remindful of s type that 
might be observed anywhere. At times, when bis 
Jaws draw together, he resembles the late Joseph 
Jefferson. Mr. Sanders is an experienced actor. 
He bss never sppeared to better advantage In 
the La Salle shows. Miss Holbrook waa coquet- 
tish and played opposite to Mr. Lean, usually 
singing together when not backed up by the 
chorus. The decollete dress, although within 
bounds of propriety, could be slightly altered. 
As an ingenue the "evening" dress was unoc- 
casioned. Clara Weldon follows Georgle Drew 
Mendum In voice and enunciation. Hamilton 
Coleman, as the proprietor of the Sanitarium, did 
very well, and William Robinson had an easy 
time as a "nervous old man." Mr. Robinson 
is capable of playing more Important roles. He 
Is a good character actor. Phrynette Ogden and 
Lucille Allen appeared occasionally us did Charles 
Hart and Gertrude LeSnoa. There are a number 
of comely "show girls," but the feminine attrac- 
tion is the contingent of "Broilers." The produc- 
tion itself is the best and most sumptuous so 
far given by Manager Singer, and that alone Is 
worthy spending the price of admission and three 
hours. 

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STAR (Tom Carmoudy, ingr.). — JImmie Lucas; 
Potts Brothers and Company; Frank Milton and 
De Long Sisters; Carletta; Big Four Quartet; 
Gladys Carey; Pete Griffin. 

NORTH AVENUE.— Weber Family; "Silent" 
Tait and Company; Four Dancing Raymonds; 
Nlbbe and Bordouex; Stanton and Sandberg; Ed 
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SCHINDLER'S.— The Grest La Verren and Com- 
pany; Leoul and Peres; The McCarvers; Bennett 
Sisters; Mitchell and Browning; Blanche A. 
Lewis. 

PREMIER.— John and Mabel Moore; The Whet- 
tens; Mabel Starr; Searles and George; Pearl 
Barton; La Pearl Sisters. 

GEM. — Savoy and Savoy; Joe Harris; Theresa 
Miller; F. E. Earushaw; Blondell and Miller; Belle 
Baker. 

STANDARD.— Everette and Gllmore: George 
and Puuliue Kldd; Jas. Thompson; Behau and 
Dakin; Marvel lo and Derrill; Manny Mack. 

LYRIC (Chicago Heights, 111.).— The Delzaros; 
Franz Caesar and Company; Barclay and Barclay; 
Leon's Dogs; Diamond aud Evans. 

CRYSTAL.— Fries Sisters; Mr. snd Mrs. JImmie 
Malier; Frank Rogers. 

NATIONAL.— Harrington aud Lester; Berths 
Phillips; Harold M. Shaw aud Company; The Two 
Kids; Dora Harris. 

IOLA (Geo. E. Powell, mgr.). — Irene Russell; 
Robinson and Baker; Clipper Four; Madisou 
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NEW GEM. — La Petrle, Adams snd Company; 
Margie White; C. W. Beebe. 

MAJESTIC (Lyman B. Glover, mgr. Monday re- 
hearsal 0).— The array Is better snd more satis- 
factory than the bills provided in the past few 
weeks. Jesn Marcel's Art Studies aroused more 
interest than on previous visits, for the reason 
that the series is highly artistic and accurately 
reproduced. Searl and Violet Allen Company re- 
peated "The Traveling Man" with the same suc- 
cess. It is s well written act. Wilson Brothers 
have changed little since last season. Many 
Jokes have been discarded by others. One of the 
brothers scored with his singing. Vocally the 
act is a most pleasing one. Mary Norman's im- 
personation* proved one of the solid hits. Miss 
Norman is a keen observer and portrays the char- 
acteristics of her sex with skill. "Redpath's 
Napauees" (New Acts). Esmeralda is su expert 
manipulator of the xylophone, having improved 
vastly since last seeu. A rather mysterious per- 
formance is given by Alice Norton, ssslsted by 
sn individusl who has the appearance of a 
chemist. Miss Norton is programmed as a student 
of Professor Plctet, of Zurich, Switserlsnd, and 
claims to bsve conquered the science of manu- 
facturing rubies and other genuine gems by mesns 
of sn apparatus consisting of large vessels filled 
with colored fluid. Several spectacular exhibi- 
tions with Are snd other flammable experiments 
make the set rather mystifying snd dubious. 
It is showy, however, and interested the audi- 
ence. The particles of "manufactured" rubies 
distributed in the audience are smelted stone 
mixed with purple crystsl. Keno, Welch snd 
Melrose gave their comedy acrobatics. Hawley 
and Leslie opened with a song and dance. The 
man showed a number of well executed steps 
in dancing. The "Simple Country Maid" song. 
Interpreted by the woman In a "kid" make-up. 
is too matured for the subject; besides, the song 
has outlived its worth, and no audience will ac- 
cept the contrast. The childish patter also 
lss to long. The impersonation without the 
"make-up" would be more satisfactory. Lester 
is a good ventriloquist, having complete control 
of his voice. He needs a new and a better 
"dummy." Les Freres Riego, three men and one 
boy. introduced astounding equlllbrlstlc and acro- 
batic feats. One of the exceptionally daring feats 
was the ascending and descending of a flight of 
steps "four high." Several tricks are entirely 
new. 

FOLLY (John A. Feunessey, mgr.). — "Cherry 

EMPIRE (I. H. Herk, mgr.).— "The High 
Jinks." 

NOTES.— The new Bijou. Houghton. Michigan, 
opened last week. — Sam Rice, Lulu Beeson, Pattl 
Carney, Lewis and Thompson, The Musical Trio 
and Austin and Sweet have been engaged by Joe 
Oppenhelmer for bis stock compsny which opens 
at the Star, Cleveland, on Monday, next. — Jack 
Gardner has received an offer to furnish the 
material and appear as principal comedian with 
an Empire Circuit burlesque organisation for 
next season. — Rayls and Von Kaufman have a 
new act which will be shown for the first time 
this summer. — Great Carroll and Glole Eller have 
been engaged for the summer stock at the Folly. 
Mr. Carroll will stage the pieces snd Miss Eller 
will have charge of tbe musical numbers. — Ger- 
trude Golden, the soprano, has been booked for 
parks in the Middle West by William Morris' 
Chicago office. — Tom Glllen opened at Minnea- 
polis this week with the Sulllvan-Obnsldtpe cir- 
cuit, to follow In the Northwest and Coast. — 
McDonnell and Moore of Washington, Ind., are 
building a circuit of alrdomes in Southern Ind- 
iana, and will give vaudeville. Sam du Vrles of 
Chicago does the booking. — The White Amusement 
Company, Green Bay, Wis., has discontinued 
stock at their theatres in Green Bay, Escanaha 
and other towns, and formed a circuit of 12 
weeks which will be given to vaudeville during 
the summer. 

— The cancelling of contracts by artists In 
order to avoid being "barred" from future 
booking by the opposition houses Is one of the 
evils which should be abolished as well as the an- 
nulment of agreements as practiced more or less 
by managers, which come under the ssme cancel- 



lation evil. The Coliseum, Danville, 111., is 
booked through the William Morris Chicago of- 
fice. The Lyric, now closed for the summer, is 
sn opposition house. Several acts engaged for the 
Coliseum were notified by the opposition uot to 
play there as future time would be arrauged. Tbe 
acts are Harding and Ah Sid; Musical Goolmans; 
Yuma; American Newsboys Qusrtet; sud Five 
Cliftons. Tbe latter were advised by the Marlnelli 
office not to play the Morris time, but declined to 
repudiate their contracts. It is said all the acts 
mentioned with the exception of Mr. and Mrs. 
Perkius Fisher, who were booked for Danville this 
week, refused to cancel. Mr. Fisher told Arthur 
Fablsh of the William Morris office that be could 
not play the week ou account of tbe opposition 
and the matter was referred to a committee of 
Whlte^Itats, composed of Frank Burt, Bobby Gay- 
lor, Arthur Beauvols aud Mr. Byrne of Myrtle, 
Byrne and Company. The committee called on 
Mr. Fisher at the Olympic to remonstrate, but 
the lstter left the premises unobserved, sfter 
having been Informed of tbe nature of tbe in- 
tended interview. 



SAN PR^INGISGO H 

By W. ALFRED WILSON. 

VABIBTY'g San Francisco Office. 
1110 Van Ness Ave. (Boom 112). 

ORPHEUM (Msrtin Beck, gen. mgr.).— Week 
10: English "Rocker Girls." headline. Judged 
from any standpoint, this English "girl" act fell 
sadly below the standard of the home-made ar- 
ticle we have bad during tbe season. Finish In 
rockers only feature worth tbe while. Hoey 
and Lee, Hebrew comedians, liked by the upper 
section of the bouse. Act built along familiar 
lines. Fred Sosman, auother newcomer, rather 
clever mimic and pleasing singer. Julius Steger, 
second week', still remained the one best of the 
bill. Other hold-overs were May Boley, The 
Bedouin Arabs, Shields and Rogers, and the Car- 
brey Brothers. 

NATIONAL (Sid Grauman, mgr.).— A good 
selection of comedy and novelty acts with a 
dramatic offering sandwiched in, made up a pro- 
gram of real variety. The Wooley and Piers Trio 
of horizontal bar workers made an excellent open- 
ing number. Conners and Aldert did very well in 
"one." Tbe straight man is a dancer above tbe 
average and sings right well. The comedian had a 
quaint line of humor that proved taklug. Wesson, 
Walters and Wesson had a rather noisy affair in 
their "Hotel Repose." Tbe house found much to 
laugh at, and some pleasing incidental specialties 
won a hearty response. Hal leu and Fuller, In 
"Election Bets," one of the successes of the 
week.. Tbe Two Roses, in s refined musical 
offering consisting of stringed instruments, were 
well thought of. Leo Cooper, with Elsa Van 
Brshsm supporting, offered "Tbe Price of Power," 
which had been seen before at this bouse. Naomi 
Etbardo, equlllbrlstlc fests, some out of tbe or- 
dinary, closed tbe show. 

WIGWAM (Sam Harris, mgr.).— Tbe Florens 
Troupe, acrobats, were originally listed as the 
headline attraction but were obliged to cancel 
tbe engagement due to illness. Tbe balance was 
made up of S.-C. acts. "The Trolley Car Trio," 
with a comedy acrobatic act in which the time- 
honored trick mouse and monkey figured, took 
well. Walter Perkins and Co., offered tbe rather 
disappointing "Man From Macy's" sketch. Kath- 
erine Nugent with her songs and Imitations, the 
latter her strongest card, established herself as 
a strong favorite. The Dots, two young and 
clever balancers of tbe gentler sex, furnished tbe 
novelty offering of the occasion. Golden and 
Hughes, apparently a pair of veterans from the 
minstrel field, held their own. Maud Sutton and 
Co., in "'Cinderel" completed the program. 

EMPIRE (W. Z. Tiffany, mgr.).— Bob Fltx- 
slmmons and Julia Glfford Fltzsimmons, in a one- 
act playlet "A Man's a Man," were the bead- 
liners. As a drawing card "Fighting Bob" 
answered the purpose well. Phil Godfrey, novelty 
balancer, had a pleasing routine. Frank Clarke, 
in a minstrel specialty, showed to good advan- 
tage. The Jas. Post Co., bad a lively bit >f 
farcical nonsense labeled "Hot Nights in Sacra- 
mento." 



BOSTON 

By ERNEST L. WAITT. 

VARIETY Office. 
Colonial Theatre Building. 

Business Is shrinking at all houses. 

KEITH'S— Edward Connelly and Company In 
"Marat Covington" head, Mr. Connelly giving s 
remarkable piece of character work, and his com- 
pany Is strong. Boston likes this sketch im- 
mensely. Rock and Fulton hold over sud have 
caught the town. Howard aud North have de- 
veloped a habit of not speaking clearly, and half 
they ssy doesn't get over. Oeiger and Walters 
are a novelty in "Streets of Italy" and please. 
The PIcquays, fine acrobatics; Almont and Du- 
mont have good musical turn, and Howard Trues- 
drll's sketch goes well. Others are Shewbrook 
and Berry, travestylsts; Ben Morse, trampologlst; 
Reldy and Currier, singers; the Raven Trio, aud 
Morgan and Chester. 

A ball gome between the "front of the house" 
snd the "In back" employees of Keith's theatre 
was held Saturday at the Locust Street grounds, 
and tbe front won In ten Innings. Mr. Flanagan 
(Cameron and Flanagan) umpired. 

HOWARD.— "Vestibule vaudeville" is the latest 
thing here. Charmlon heads the bill, with Mr. 
aud Mrs. John T. Bowers, Dora Pelletler, Hayes 
and Wynn, Buch Brothers, At wood and Henry, 
Henells, Martin and Doyle. 

PALACE. — Waldron's own summer stock show 



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opened this week, Tbe cant Is John J. Black, 
Milton Schuster, Billy Hart, Frank Ernest and 
George Bates. In the olio are Hodges and 
Launch sag] e, Hedder snd Sereno, Csuillle Fariar- 
daux. 

COLUMBIA— "Yankee Doodle Girls" and a 
Ave act olio drew fair business. An extra feature 
every night. 

AUSTIN & STONE'S — Manager White put on 
an suto stunt with "The Manhattan Girls" thst 
drew big crowds. It was novel ami funny. Dor- 
othy Norton does a ruin' character, best of ber 
career. Jim Duffy, Smith and Fulton, Flynn and 
Lyston, Smith and La Rose, sud Meadows Comedy 
Co. give good show. 

NOTES.— Adolph Adams. Jack Bonan. Kd. Pool- 
ter, (Mock and Hanson and Lawrence and Graham 
are In vaudeville bill at Pastime, picture house. 



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ORPHEUM (Martin Beck. gen. mgr.).— Week 
111 Master Gabriel and Co.. proving big draw- 
ing card with excellent production of "Auntie's 
Visit." Devlin and Ell wood have excellent 
vehicle In "The Girl From Yonkers," and re- 
ceived a flattering recepttatl The MacCarte 
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Keough and Francis, dramatic sketch, Tory good. 
Ids O'Day, bsnjolst -and vocalbu. exceptionally 
clever. Dixon Brothers, something new in the 
comedy musical line, scored strongly. Wells 
and StllB, comedy acrobats, very good. 

CRYSTAL (Wm. A. Weston, gen. mgr.).-- 
Bllyck'a Seals head strong bill. The act lacks 
snap and ginger, but scored big. Blanche Sloan 
on flying rings, working over the beads of the 
audience, sensation. Jack Symonds, "The Man 
of Base," excellent material and cleverly written 
parodies, laughing hit. Vlrden and Dunlap, In 
"The Newsgirl," very good. McGloln and Shelly 
(return engagement), one of the neatest singing 
and dancing acts shown here. 

NOTES.— May Rerdelle and her "Village Cut- 
Cps," disband after playing the Crystal, St. 
Joseph, week 18. Miss Rerdelle will reorganise 
the act, employing ten people.— Jack Symonds hss 
been re-engaged for an additional ten weeka on 
the Western States time.— McGloln and Shelley 
are preparing ■ new act for next season. — O'Dell 
and Hart will branch out next season with s new 
act employing four people, and will be known as 
"The Keystone Four in Africa." They will carry 
special scenery and will make the act a spectacu- 
lar production. — Virginia Drew Trescott, who has 
been appearing with Melbourne MacDowell on the 
Western States Circuit, was taken seriously 111 
while playing the Earl Theatre, Pueblo, and has 
been unable to appear. Upon her recovery they 
will leave for the East, where they open in 
Cleveland 25. 



PHILADELPHIA 

By GEOBGE M. YOUNG. 

KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr.).— The bill 

reached a high standard with Alice Lloyd leading. 

Although suffering from a severere hoarseness. 

Miss Lloyd went with a rush on the first show, 
Monday, repeating the success met with on her 

appearance In an opposition h »■ durlug the 

vaudeville war. There is a dainty charm about 
this little English woman that places her In the 
lead of all tho others sent over here. The "Love- 
light" song with the mirror effect, a novelty here, 
was one of ber strongest assets, but two of her 
old songs, Including "What Are You Getting At, 
lli?" won her the warmest applause. Following 
<luse In earning deserved recognition were "The 
McNaughtons, their first appearance In this bouse. 
The unique style of humor worked up to the t>est 
Advantage caught on at once. The act. holds a 
place alone for its class. Tom McNaughtou has 
a few new expressions, and his quaint mannerisms 
had the house going from start to finish. Houdlnl 
remained over. He opened the week with the 
"erasy crib" escape trick, varying It at each per- 
formance. Emma Francis and her Arabs met 
with a generous reception. Ed. F. Reyuard, the 
ventriloquist, returned with very little change in 
his set. It is still the same winner, securing its 
share of the houors. Brown, Harris and Brown 
was another familiar act which pleased. Charles 
and Fnnny Van contributed one of the bright spots 
with "A Case of Emergency." There is a lot of 
quiet humor in this act and Van works bis way 
Into ll skillfully. Byers and Herman met wltn 
more than ordinary favor In an early position. 
Gilbert and Katon pleased with a character spe- 
cialty. Zanes In a flying ring act; Deodato, 
Italian magician; J. C. Pope and dog; O'Malley 
and Golden and the Boldlns were the others. 

BIJOU (J. Schnnbergcr, mgr.). -This Is the 
second week of the summer stock burlesque sea- 
son, with John Grieves putting on the Shows. The 
opening consists of a "minstrel first part" with 
a chorus of sixteen girls, two end men und a 
quartet. Each of the latter has a solo number; 
there is another by George Marcband, who wears 
a serious look and renders what appears to be at) 
Italian love song In the same maimer. Llna 
Marcband sang a selection from the "Merry 
Widow" in a light voice of fair quality. Blva 
I ay ne and May Morrison had a "sister" act num- 
ber and Dot Davenport scored the principal hit 
with "My Affinity/' The quartet holds up the 
singing In pretty gbod shape, this being the re- 
deeming feature of the first part. There Is real 
cause for lament every time there Is a lull In the 
music. The first part shows evidence of being 
hastily thrown together. The Sisters Seymour 
open the olio with a "sister" act, about the fair 
class. Ileury Francis and Hattle Cross have an 
old time sketch. The woman's acting is the 
comedy bit. Edward Devoe got through fairly 
well with some comedy acrobatics and Leonard T. 
Chick was well liked for his singing with pictures. 
"A Patsy Bolivar," school sketch, with John 
Grieves as the schoolmaster and Dot Davenport 
ss "Tatters," furnished the burlesque. 



GAYETY (Ed. Shayne, mgr.).— This is tho 
final week of the "Wheel" season, "The Night 
Owls," being the attraction. The summer stock 
company is rehearsing and will open on Monday. 
Jack Gilbert is principal comedian. 

CASINO (Ellas A Koenlg, mgrs.).— "The Casino 
Girls" tills week with Leo Donnelly (New Acts) 
as special feature. "The Behman Show" is the 
first of the extra attractions, and Sam Dessaur 
has already started the town talking with some 
novel advertising schemes. 

TROCADERO (Fred Wlllson, mgr.).— "Nightin- 
gales" closing the regular season. "The Rolllck- 
ers" have been booked for an extra return next 
week, after which the summer stoc kwitb Lew 
Watson In chsrge will open. 

NOTES.— Emms Francis and her Arab boys will 
sail from New York for Paris next Thursday, 
opening at the Folies Marigay for sn eight weeks 
stay. — Hose Deely will make a try for long dis- 
tance Jumping next week. From Philadelphia to 
Swltserland la the trip. Miss Deely goes to Join 
Moran and Weiser, who are abroad, and s new 
three-act will be the result. — The members of the 
"Casino Girls" company presented manager Jess 
Burns with a handsome diamond letter charm as 
a mark of their esteem and in recognition for bis 
kindness during the season Just closed. 



ASHLAND, KY. 

MAJESTIC (S. L. Martin, mgr.).— Jessie Lee 

Bulger, recitations, good; Reed's Dogs, good. 

EDISON I A (E. W. Handley, mgr.).— M. p. and 
songs. RUCKER. 

— — — - 

AUSTIN, TEX. 

HYDE PARK (Sam Miller, mgr.).— Week 11: 
Geo. Austin Moore, headliner, pleased; Guise?, 
female impersonator, fine; Ray Samuels, nomo- 
logist, bit; Genesee Musical Trio, excellent; 
Billie Price, blackface, good; The Kennedys, 
blackface, good; Leo Beers, pianologue, excellent; 
same bill held over. 



AUBURN, N. T. 

BUltTIS OPERA HOUSE (Burt is and Hennessy, 
mgrs.). — Lorette, dancing Juggler, fair; Leonard 
and Drake, impersonators ami imitators, fair; 
Chas. H. Burke, Pat. Toubey and Co., good; The 
Five Musical McLarens, beaded; Bill Bennett, 
singing comedian, bit; The Four Comrades, acro- 
batic comedy, very strong act. 

BILLY JOICE. 



BALTIMORE, MD. 

MARYLAND (F. O. Schonberger, mgr.).— 
"Keith's 1'lcturc Vaudeville," is the title of the 
show this week, which includes Kemp's Tales of 
the Wild; Lieut. Eldridge, sand pictures; Roberta 
Keen; Madrigal Boys. A cut in prices prevails 

for this week. GAYETY (G. W. L. Balluf, 

mgr.). — The Trocadero Burlesquers, presenting 
"College Hoys" and "On the Panama"; the olio 

das five numbers, including "The Wind-Up. " 

NEW MONUMENTAL (Sam M. Dawson, mgr.).— 
20tb Century Maids hold forth this week with 
"The Union Men" and "The Hotel Du Well"; 
five numbers In the olio. FRANK F. MEYERS. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 

SHEA'S (M. Shea, mgr.).— Ida Fuller, a big 
hit In her fire dances; Mr. and Mrs. Mark Murphy, 
in "The Coal Strike," an old timer but a good 
one, went well; Fanny Rice and ber dancing dolls 
were greatly appreciated; Juggling Normans put 
up a good specialty In Jugliug, pleased; McMahon's 
Minstrel Maids and Watermelon Girls, have a 
capital musical act, making '» hit; Sam Williams, 
pianologue, clever; Claud and Fanny Usher, 
"Fagan's Decision," good; Clement De Lion, splen- 
did Juggler; Fred Nlblo, excellent monologlst.— — 
GARDEN (Charles E. White, mgr.).— Weber and 
Rush's Parisian Widows return visit gave a good 
return for the box oce equivalent. "Stolen Sweets" 

and an excellent olio pleased. LAFAYETTE 

(Charles M. Baggs, mgr.).— The Rolllckers was 
the attraction, pleasing. Billy Papke and Hugo 

Kelly, extra features. HIPPODROME.— James 

Flnneran, in song and dance, pleased; G. W. 

Florence, dancer, good. GRAND. — M. p. and 111. 

songs. THEATRE COMIQUE.— Good attendance. 

Mr. and Mrs Geo. Bach and others, HI. songs 

and in. p. NEW.— M. p. and vaudeville. 

BIJOU DREAM.— M. p. and songs. LA GRANT. 

Ill songs and m. p. NOTES.— Crystal Beach 

opens HO.— Luus Park, with Farrlra's Wild Animal 
Show as a feature, opena 27.— Fort Erie Beach 
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Lee Angeles; 28 weeks, People's, Los Aagelos. Vow la bis twenty-third 
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CINCINNATI, O. 

By HARRY HESS. 

VARIETY'S Central Office, 

107 Bell Block. 

CHBSTBR PARK (I. M. Martin, ingr. 8unday 
rebearoal 10). — Two overflowing audlencee Sun- 
day. Powers' elephants held over. Harding and 
An Sid, first time in aereral years, had the audi- 
ence screaming. Mile. Olive, Juggler, very clever. 
Fern Melrose, vocalist, waa liked. 

QRAND OPERA HOUSB (Daniel W. Bauer, 
mgr. Sunday rehearsal 10). — An entire change of 
policy has been adopted, which worka greatly to 
tbe benefit of the bouse. The experience of the 
poor acts furnished lsst week woke up the man- 
agement. Swan's Alligators, big novelty, very 
enjoyable Barry and Johnson, sketch team, aver- 
age. Estell O'Kane, very nice, and Miss Lane, 
111. songs, pleased. Kendall and "La Auto Girl" 
(New Acta). The pictures were all new here. 
The shows will now be run continuously from 1:80 
to 10:90. 

COLUMBIA (H. M. Zlegler, mgr.).— Three pic- 
tures with ill. songs and a company of men and 
women behind the atage to give the pictures a 
talking and singing effect filled the theatre Sun- 
day. 

ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN (Walter H. Draper, sec- 
retary). — Gargullo Band, second week, and shows 
a decided Improvement from the first week's work. 



CLEVELAND, 0. 

KEITH'S (H. A. Daniels, mgr.).— Myers and 
Rosa, lariat throwers, fair; Watson and Little, 
"A Matrimonial Bargain." pleased: Sam Wat- 
son's circus, hit; Fiddler and Shelf n, colored, 
won favor; Snyder and Buckley, musical, in "The 
Street Musician," very entertaining; Rice and 
Cohen, In the laughable "A Bachelor's Wife"; 
Rosle Lloyd, singing comedienne, fair; The Joeet- 

tls, wonderful acrobats. BMPIRB (Geo. Chenet, 

mgr.). — "Rose Bydell end Her London Belles." 

STAR (Drew A Campbell, mgrs.).— "Dreamlands." 

WALTER D. HOLCOMB. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 

ELECTRIC PARK (Ssm Benjamin, mgr.).— Not- 
withstanding the inclement weather Kansas City's 
"Coney Island" opened with a crowd that predict- 
ed success for the park's second season. Bauda 

Rosea waa the chief attraction. FOREST PARK 

(Jim P. Anderson, mgr.). — Casino Stock Company 

continues to drsw. CARNIVAL PARK (Will 

Winch, mgr.). — Banda Blanca la playing to ex- 
cellent crowda and the vaudeville in tbe Wigwam 
Is good, including Demora and Graceta, novelty 
acrobats; Allen Wlghtman, clay modeler; Clark 
and Duncan, character comedians ; Clarence Slegel, 

bun joist; Warren and Faust, eccentric dancers. 

PAIRMOUNT PARK (W. P. Smith, mgr.).— Boat- 
ing, bathing, dancing, roller skating, etc., are the 

attractions at this, Kansss City's largest park. 

CENTURY (Jos. R. Donegan, mgr.). — M. p. 

FAIRPLAY. 



KNOXVILLE, TENN. 

COLUMBIA (Zlegler ft Arthur, mgrs.).— 111. 
songs, Wm. Young Arthur, clever; Angell Sisters, 
singing end dancing, scored heavily; Sefton and 

Deagle, comedy sketch, excellent. CRYSTAL 

(Scott Leslie, mgr.). — Miss Hueklaeon In ill. songs; 
Marshall Sisters, good; Geo. W. Russell, novelty 

Juggler, pleased. MARVEL (Arthur G. Hull, 

mgr.). — Lawrence P. Wall, baritone soloist, good; 
Bunnln Sisters, singing and dancing, very clever. 

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ELMTJLA, N. Y. 

FAMILY (G. W. Middleton, mgr.).— Manuel 
Romalue and Company, good; Frank Bush, well 
received; Herr Jensen end Company, good; 
Williams and Melburn, clever; Robyn, excellent. 

RIALTO (F. W. McConnell, mgr.).— Smith 

and Moore, Ardelle and Leslie, Nellie Zsmsn, 
Sue Dale and Trlxle Bennett; strong bill. 

J. M. BEERS. 



NEWARK, V. J. 

PROCTOR'S (R. 0. Stewart, mgr. Monday 
rehearsal 0). — Sbean and Warren In "The Life- 
Boat Crew," good; Julian El tinge repeats former 
success, "The PlacenrlUe Stage," good; Ryan and 
Richfield please old end new friends; Frsnk 
Dopres, monologlat, works easy; The Smiths, gym- 
nasts, sensation; Farrell-Taylor Trio made laughs, 

and Kelly and Rose ssug sweetly. WALD- 

MANN'S (Lee Ottelengul, mgr.).— "Bon-Tons," 

EMPIRE (Harry Hysms, mgr.).— "Strolling 

Plsyers." ARCADE (L. O. Mumford, mgr.).— 

Mario's Manikins, m. p. and ill. songs. 

JOB O'BRYAN. . 



ERIE, PA. 

NOTES. — Tbe Alphs completed its season this 
week. Sluce this house was opened last Decem- 
ber It has been very successful aa a vaudeville 
house. Manager Surken says be will reopen In 
August. — Waldameer Park opens Msy 24. Tbe 
vaudeville house in 'this park will not open until 
two weeks later. During these two weeks band 
concerts will be given In tbe theatre. Thomas 
Malony Is again manager of tbe park for the sea- 
son. — Four Mile Creek Park will not open until 
Decoration Day. Tbe vaudeville house in this 
park will open the some day.. — The parks here all 
expect to be busy on May 20, 20 and 27, on ac- 
count of the Knight Templars' Convention, which 
is here. Twenty thousand strangers are ex- 
pected in Erie these three days. 

BRUCE GRONNETT. 



PITTSBURGH, FA. 

GBAND OPERA HOUSE (Harry Davis, prop.).— 
For a thriller Car lot t a "loops- the- loop" on a 
bicycle; Eugene Jepson and Company present 
s sketch thst is a great laugh producer; Barnold's 
dogs and monkeys show a degree of training that 
la wonderful; Wyune and Lewis are clever; Mell- 
vilie and Hlggina have a quaint comedy act that 
goes Immensely; The Krstons, hoop rollers, very 
good; Anderson snd Golnes, colored, plesse; The 
Goyt Trio well received; Stanford and Darling, 
Tbe Coultons, Berthe Rich and Yorke and Adams 
fill out a good bill. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 

PANT ACES' (John A. Johnson, mgr.).— Week 
11: Ray and Brosche, comedians; Morrow and 
Schellburg and Co.,; Valveno Bros., acrobats; 
Sisters Bcardsley, duettlsts;; Zimmer, Juggler; 
Boston Comedy Four, singers and dancers; Jesn 

Wilson, ill. songs; excellent bill. GRAND 

(Jss. H. Errickson, mgr.). — Tbe Doric Four, head; 
Harris, Grove, Milton and Clayton Slaters; Mrs. 
Peter Maber, vocalist; Lisle Leigh snd Co.; 
Eugene Trio, triple bar; Fred G. Bauer, ill songs. 



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Barney Williams, Ethel Davis, Ruby Mclntyre, 
Ella Evers, La Petite Rutb, Bertha Miller, Madge 
Sceuler, Elsie Moore, Hattie Williams, May 
Wright, Bva Gates; good bill. FRITZ'S (Fred 



Frits, prop.). — Starr and Verdler, Blanch Trojan, 
Ernest Wilson, Lotta Goldman, Virginia Hayden, 
Wm. Pearson, Vivian Leotta, Jim Rowe, Trlxeda, 
Dan Hart, Birdie DUlard, Claire Stanley, The 

Kellys, and stock, "Tbe Yellow Peril." THE 

OAKS (Jas. Freeman, mgr.). — Tyrolean Singers, 
auto, "Leap the-gap." BIJOU (Wall A Han- 



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ill. songs. EDISONIA (Job. Bt. Peter, mgr.).— 

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DROME (DUlwyn Daniels, mgr.).— 111. songs and 
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READING. PA. 

NEW BIJOU (S. Lnbln, mgr.).— M. p.; vaude 
vllle; Barcelona's Animal. The Daly's, and Ttaos. 

A. Mackey. ill. songs. VICTOR, MECCA. 

STAR, PARLOR and PEOPLE'S.— M. p. and ill. 
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BAXT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.).— Week 
11: Salerno, juggler, headllner, more than demon- 
started bis ability to be billed as such; Daisy 
Harcourt, with her English ways, was apprecia- 
ted; Lew Wells, delivers a monologue and plays 
a saxaphone well; Chas. E. Evans and Co., caused 
much laughter; Mabel Maltland told some negro 
stories in good style, and Mankln, "The Frog 
Man," contortionist of first water; the kinodrome 
presented "All Baba." one of the best of the sea- 
son. NOTE. — Moving picture shows suffered 

from the rains, but many did big business. 

JAY E. JOHNSON 



SAN ANTONIO, TEX. 

LYRIC (II. P. Street, mgr.).— Week 11: Flora 
Browning, headllner; Charles and Maurie Heck- 
law, excellent; Keeler Bros., well received. 

ELECTRIC PARK (Dave A. Wei*, mgr.).— Irvine 
and Irline, very clever; Doc Rice, blackface, 
scream; C. A. Swanson, song, good; Miss Mel- 
bourne, character, good; Prop. Stanley, trained 
goats, bit of bill. 



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SAGINAW, MICH. 

BIJOU (W. A. Rusco, mgr.).— "Chesterfield," 
a magnificent white horse; Van Hoff, mimic, fun 
gulore; Stanton and Sanberg. good and amuse 
greatly; fine club swinging by Fred and Mae 
Waddell; Prince Leon, "strong" man. very good. 

NOTE. — Bickel and Watson are home on a 

vacation. MARGARET C. GOODMAN. 



SPOKANE, WASH. 

WASHINGTON (Geo. E. Blakeslee, mgr.).— 
Week 18: Dill and Ward, singers and dancers, 
very good; Edward McWade and Margaret May, 
"An Emergency Act," fair; Effle Plerson, comed- 
ienne, pleased; Webb-Romolo Troupe, equilibrists 

and acrobats, good; Marzellas Birds, fine. 

PANTAGES* (E. Clarke Walker, mgr.).— Ellmer. 
juggler, good; Shorty and Lllllnn De Witt, sing- 
ing and dancing, excellent; Znrrow Trio, very 
good; Lang's Gotham Four, well received; Nells- 
sons "Aerial Ballet." pleased.-— COLUMBIA 
(Geo. M. Dreher, mgr.). — Monnlian and Slieehan, 
musleians. gooil ; Crace Darnlcy. contortionist. 
very good; The Great I^iwrence. trumpeter, novel: 
Harry Holman. comedian, liberally applauded: 
Toney Johnson and Dog, well liked; Pekin Zouaves, 
good. J. J. H. 



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"CURIOUS MR. CURIO 

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MR. CURIO GETS CURIOUS— Professor Knowledge la disturbed from his morning meditation by 
the arrival of hia old and dear friend, Mr. Curie — Mr. Curio at once becomes curious regardiug the 
various collection of strange and odd Implements of war and peace which adorn the walla of the room — 
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is — A boy hands him a note which seems to greatly agitate and surprise him — The professor picks up 
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FROM CURIOUS TO FURIOUS— Mr. Curio takes the matter pleasantly for a while, but aa time 
passes and the professor does not return, he becomes furious — Knocks over things and calls for the 
maid— Struggles to get his hands loose — In ill-humor, he leaves the house In search of a locksmith — 
Hurrying down the street, Mr. Curio meets two lady acquaintances who extend their hands In greeting — 
Both surprised and shocked that Mr. Curio does not respond — Meets a friend and shows him his hands 
locked behind his back — His friend thinks it a huge joke and, relieving Mr. Curio of his cigars, leaves 
him — He accidentally bumps into a man at the corner — The latter kicks him for his awkwardness and 
poor Curio is helpless to defend himself A crook passing by sees the opportunity and at once rifles 
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WORSE AND MORE OF IT — At last, he sees a blacksmith's shop and induces the blacksmith to file 

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— Mr. Curio breaks away — The smith wakes up a sleepy policeman and they both start In pnrsult of 

Mr. Curio — The latter meets an old raid in the park — He explains his predicament to her — His condition 

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Angellne, songs, good; Sam and Nellie King wont, 
big: Cllvette, shadowgraphist. none better; Cll- 
vette and Mrs. Kate Olivette, ''mind reader**, " 
best ever seen here: Ray V. Murray's hours, ftne. 

STAR (Tony Exposlto, mgr. ).-<>. C. Mark 

(height 7 ft. 2 Ins.). fair cartoonist; Weslle 
Norrls, colored, good: Ixmnle Follette, character 
changes, good; The Harringtons, aerobatics, scored 

heavily. FAMILY (Herrlck Jk Bloom, mgrs. ).— 

M. p. and vaudeville. VAUDEVILLE (Anthony 

Geronimo, mgr.). — M. p. and Renlah Lurton'l 
songs, very good. HARRY KIRK. 



high class alnging, very good. AIR- 



O' Brian, 

HOME (Sam Young, mgr.).— Opened" 17 with Ha- 
lutrra's Minstrels.— HARRINGTON'S AIRDOME 
<E. Harrington, mgr.).— Opens 24 with LeRoy 
Slock Company. NICKELDOM and DREAM- 



LAND. — Good business. 



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SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

GRAND OPERA HOUSE (Grand Amusement 
Co., mgrs. Monday rehearsal 10:SO). -Mr. and 
Mrs. Volker, good; Mr. and Mrs. <Jene Hughes 
pleased; Knight Brothers and Sawtelle, bis; ros- 
ier and Foster, good; Gallagher and Barrett, good: 
I llllan Tyee. good; The Four Floods, good. 

SAM FREEMAN. 



TERRE HAUTE, IND. 

•LYRIC (Jack Hoeffler. gen. mgr.).- Barnes and 

Crawford, musical comedy skit, very good; Ma 

Dell nnd Corbley, musical- skit, very good; Peder- 

son Brothers, comedy acrobats, good; Appleton 

and Ferry, .very good. VARIETIES (Jack 

Hm-fllcr, gen. mgr.). — Dellnllis and Valora, ec- 
centric Jugglers, good; Jacobs' Dogs, great; 
Frank Tlnney, trick pianist, good; Mr. and Mrs. 



VANCOUVER, B. C. 
ORPHEUM (E. J. Donnellan, mgr.).— Week 11: 
Wilson, trick cyclist, excellent; Franklin Gale 
and Co., "The Seamstress," very good sketch, 
but needs a better finish; George Wilson, minstrel, 
riot; John and Bertha Gleeson, and Fred Houli- 
han, great; American Newsboys Four, fine; Oliver 

Reece. III. song. good. PANTAGES' (Geo. A. 

Calvert, mgr.). — Gehan and Spencer, big; Mile. 
Camllle's Dogs, great; The I. a vails, bar acr.v 
bats, excellent; Tom Mahoney, monologlst, fine; 
The Stagpoole Trio, bit; B. B. Vincent, ill. 

song, good ELITE (Edwards A Gurney. 

props.). NOVELTY (Biers and Tripp, props.). 

-CRYSTAL (Biers and Tripp. props.). 

BIJOU (Biers & Tripp, props.). MAPLE LEAF 

(J. W. Mulr. prop.). ROSK (J. W. Mulr, 

prop.). — M. p. and songs. 



WATERTOWN, N. Y. 

BIJOU (J. W. Ludlow, mgr.) Maurice Has 
well, female I m p erso n ator, excellent; Mush-al De 
Loris, good; Marie Albert. Spanish dancer, fair; 
songs a-ul pictures WONMKKI \\l> (.1. H. 



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gagements for Weotorm 8tatee Vauderille Asso- 
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"YOU'LL HEAR MORE FROM ME LATER." 

STUART BARNES 

DirectioB GEO. HOMAMS. 



WILDER 



Marshall 
P. 



M Ho. Mow Hampshire Ave., 
19 A ATLANTIC CTTT, V. J. 



"ft 5 Mijors" 

Week May 15th, Proctor's, Newark, V. *. 
fail for England June 4th, S. B. "Celtic." 




Ritter and Foster 



ACROSS TBI FOND. 

80MER A WARNER. 



ALT. T. WILTON, 



Aft 



It Isn't the name that makee the act— 
It'e tbe a«t tbot makes the eim< 




JOHN c. 



BALLY 




THE KINO OF IRELAND, 

JAMES B. DONOVAN 

AMD 

RENA ARNOLD 

QUEEN OF VAUDEVILLE. 
DOING WELL, THANK TOM. 

ALP T. WILTON, Agent 







KELLY ui KENT 

ttimw sate show. . 

SEND IN YOUR 

SUMMER SUBSCRIPTION 

$1 FOR 3 MONTHS 



<# • r 



in "One." 
" Debating Duo." By John Qilro 3 

NAHIEY 
Mi STIRUM 

Kid Hiokey wants 
$10,000 win, lose 
or draw. Retards 
to Timmy Burns. 



SILVENO 

Musician, Magician and Shadowgraphlst. 

Playing Western States Vaud. Ass'n Time. 

Manager* or Agents desiring a real ADVANCED 
VAUDEVILLE Norelty Act, write me care of 

CRYSTAL THEATRE, DENVER, COLO. 

Bob Van Osten 



I„ mlrtifol MtoUtlo. Witt "WORID BEATZU.' 



JACK 



REID and GILBERT 

Prodnoers 
FIRST FARTS AMD BURLESQUES. 

Ba route Robie's "Knickerbockers." 

Have Your Card in VARIETY 




NELLO 

JUOGLER, 
Assisted by MME. NELLO 

M ii i (0. 

Vow playing F. O. Williams' houses. 
BOOKED SOLID 1903-09. 



Presenting "A Baohelor Wife." 
MAY 15, GRAND OPERA HOUSE, PITTSBURG. 



MR. 

and 

MR8. 



POWERS 

VAUDEVILLE "TIT-BITS." 

Agent, ALP. T. WILTON. 



MARION 



VICTORIA 



■ SIM 

Direotioa AL SUTHERLAND. 

Netta Vesta 



BINOINO COMEDIAN 
Keith Oirouit 



"THE MAN WITH THE FUNNY SLIDE." 
CHA8. 7. 

BURKHARDT 

Address L. H. Franh, Sherman House, Chicago. 

TheSeyons 

With T. W. DrVKTMB. BEASOH '0€ '00. 

George am Georgie 

BOUNDING TABLE ACROBATS. 



••©\ LOOK HERE'S WHO." 

THOSE FUNNY FELLOIA/S 

WILLIAMS t WESTON 



Boohed Solid by Western Vaadorillo Association. 



A. E. MEYERS. Exolnsive Agent. 



GEORGE LANE 

(I B V O B) 

WILL EMTESTAIW ANT PROPOSITION. »• lo»«ar with the Arllngtoa Foar. 

Address care VARIETY. 
FORMERLY OF THE ARLINGTON POUR. 

CANTOR and CURTIS 



•THE NIFTY DANCING KIDS." 



S.-C. CIRCUIT. 





At Home in Santa Monica* California, 

for the Summer. 

DIRECTION OF PAT CASEY 



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WITH ROUTE BOOKED. CAN ARRANGE CONVENIENT JUMPS. 

ACTS DESIRING TIME ABROAD, FORWARD PARTICULARS 

AND PHOTOS IMMEDIATELY 

PARK MANAGERS, WILLIAM MORRIS, Can furnish you with all the best acts you want 



1440 BROADWAY. NEW YORK 



167 DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO 



"I remember your courtesy to me when sailing two yean ago, mad am advising* all my friend* 
to Wok their passage through you." (Signed) CHARLES LEONARD FLETCHER. 

If JOB are going to Europe write or 'phone and lot mo arrange everything for you. 

PAUL- TAUSIG. VAUDEVILLE STEAMSHIP AGENT 

104 Eaet 14th Street. Hew York. German Seringa Bank Building. Telephone— 8099 Btuyvesant. 
""THE LEADING ENGLISH THEATRICAL AND VAUDEVILLE NEWSPAPER. 



Established 1880. 



THE STAGE 



Foreign Subscription, 
8/ lOd. per Quarter. 



May bo obtained at Samuel French's, tS 24 Wast 82nd Street, Vow York. 
ARTISTS VISITING ENGLAND ere oordially invited to regieter at "The 8tage" office. Imme- 
diately upon their arrival. The Editor of "The Stage" will always bo pleased to welcome them, 
Advance notions of sailings and opening dates should bo posted to the Editor. When an artist has 
r egi ste red at "The Stage" office, which may bo regarded as bis permanent London address, all cor- 
respondence will bo immediately forwarded. 

London Offloee: 18 York St., Coven t Garden, London, W. 0. 



IRC. 



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CONCESSIONS, SHOWS, CARNIVALS AND ALL KINDS OF ACTS AND ATTRACTIONS FOR PARKS. 

THEATRES REPRESENTED AND BOOKED. 
1408 BROADWAY, Knickerbocker Theatre Building, Vow York (Rooms SOS, SOS). Tel. 6570-1 88th. 

CHICAGO BOOKING AGENCY 



% OKAS. H. DOUTRICK, Manager. Room S8, 08 La Salle St., CHICAGO. 

Booking for Vaudeville Theatres, Parka, Airdomes and Pairs. Managers wanting good acts, write. 
Good acts coming from East or West having one or two open weeks can bo booked on short notioe. 

CHICAGO VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS EXCHANGE 

Sth FLOOR, 88 LA BALLS ST., Chicago. FRANK Q. DOYLE, Manager. 

Booking for Theatres, Parks, and Airdomes. 



FOLLY 

State Street near Congress 
CHICAGO 

EMPIRE CTRuuiT 00., LESSEE. 
John A. Fennessy, Manager. 

The moot popular burlesque theatre la Chicago, 

Slaying the attractions of the Empire Circuit, 
ro thing but the boot. Two shows every day. 
Amateurs Friday. 

MEW j gpjjji 

UMlBwa Sirs*. Near HaUted 
CHICAGO 

I. K. HERK, Manager. 

Handsomest burelesquo house in America, play- 
ing Empire Circuit attractions exclusively. 
Shows obaagod every Sunday. .Matinees dally. 

NEW STAR 



PRANK R. TROTTMAN, Manager. 
Handsomest and safest bnrlesqno theatre in 
America. Plsytng Empire Circuit Shows. Mstlnoe 
Every Day. 

Visit the now Rathskeller Downstsire. 
The boot la the West. 

Chorus Girls Wanted 

^ Call or write. 

VERONICA PETERS, 
(618) 167 Dearborn St., CHICAGO. 



NOTICE 
TO ARTISTS 



Bennett's Theatre 

in 

Montreal, Canada 

will remain open throughout 
the coming summer. It is the 
ONLY place of Amusement in 
Montreal booked by the United 
Booking Offices. 

For time apply to 

CLARK BROWN, 

St. James Building, New York 



Sid J. Em's 

V. Clark and Kinrle Sts., CHICAGO 

40 Seconds from Clerk St. Bridge. 
BID J. ET/SOV, Lessee and Manager. 

Playing in burelesquo attractions of the Colum- 
bia Amusement Company. Matinee every day. 
Amateur night Friday. 



Hbaff, mgr.).— Eugene Emmett, German comedian, 
good; Leonard and Bastedo, sketch, refined and 
clever; songs and pictures. LYRIC (J. Roth- 
stein, mgr.).— The Both wells present a mixture of 
comedy; Nat Baker, Hebrew monologue, fair; 
Clifford and Raldln, fourteen minutes of talk; the 

feature la the singing by Cbas. Hlldebrandt. 

STAR (W. P. Lnndes, mgr.).— The Harrises, 
<*omedy sketch, Isugblng success; Lessie McAvoy, 
Houbretlc, old time fsvorlte; songs snd pictures; 
house has recently been enlarged to accommodate 
Increased business. ODELL. 



Smith and Emerson, scored; Swift and Buckley, 
musical, big; Florence Gregson and Co., musical 
fantasy, very good; Wilson and Demondvllle, 
comedy, pleased; Trans- Atlantic Comedy Four, 
singers, encored; Four Williams, acrobats, hit. 

NOTE.— Kilpatrlck, a former Willlamsporter, 

was given a tremendous ovation. STARK. 



T7ILLIAM8P0RT, PA. 
FAMILY (Fred M. Lamade, mgr.).— Kilpatrlck, 



WORCESTER. MASS. 

The Franklin Square theatre, which opened 
stock In March, closed last week and opena next 

week with moving pictures. PLEASANT ST. 

(Fred Dean, mgr.). — M. p. and songs. NEW 

PARK (Samuel Grant, mgr.).— M. p. and songs. 

W. M. SHUMAN. 



PASTOR'S 

16th St., 8d At. Continuous, 20 dt 80 Ota. 

NEXT WEEK, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1008. 

MB. AND MRS. ALLISON. 

THE RINALD08, 

LAREDO AND BLAKE. 

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Shaw. 
Nagel and Adams. 

MURPHY AND DUNN. 

Rich snd Howard. Buckley and LaMar. 

The Bothwells. Leoni Laport. 

Wygand and Wygand. Vltagraph. 

HAMMERSTEINS 
VICTORIA —* "" 



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VAUDEVILLE HEADLIRERS 
"»G00D STANDARD ACTS 

If you have an open week you want to 811 at 
short notice, write to W. L. DOCKSTADBR, 

Garrlck Theatre. Wilmington. BoL 

Can close Saturday night and make any city east 
of Chicago to open Monday night. 






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CIRCUIT 



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ORPHEUM 

ALHAMBRA 

ORPHEUM 

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Nov York 

Brooklyn 

Harlem 

Boston 

Williamsburg 



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Addre«i all PERSONAL letters to 
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WAY, NEW YORK CITY 



BEST PLACES TO STOP AT. 



JVational fiotel 

CHICAGO 

Cor. Tan Buren St and Wabash Ave. 
Half block from Auditorium Theatre. In vicinity 
of all theatres. Weekly rates made. 

D. A. DOOLEY, Prop, 

i!L' HOLCOMBE HOUSE 

258 WEST 34th ST., NEW YORK 

The late Herbert Holoombe's Wardrobe 
for Bale. 
1 White Linen Military Suit. 
1 White Flannel Outing Suit. 
1 Pale Blue and 1 Purple Velvet Tyrolean Suit. 

Hats to match all suits. 
1 Khaki Suit. 

■EST PLACE TO STOP AT 

NEW YORK CITY 

"83 Seconds from Broadway." 

THE ST. KILDA 

163 WEST 34th STREET 

Furnished Rooms only. Bathe — Telephone— 

Electric Light 

('Phone 8448— SSth St 

CONDUCTED BY PROFESSIONALS 

Terms Reasonable. 

242 West 43rd St. 

NEW YORK 

"Near" Times Square. 
Newly furnished apartments. 

MRS. FAUST 



CENTURY 
HOTEL 

KANSAS CITY, MO. 

THE BOMB OP THE PROFESSION, 
And thou soma. 

"Buff said." 

WBBB FLAYTNO WILMINGTON STOP AT 

MUNCEY HOUSE 

THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL MOUSE 

First-olaas Boom and Board. Terms Reasonable. 
818 Bing St, • Blocks from 

POCKSTAPER'S jjgggg 

Florenz House 

(Mrs. P. Florens, Prop.) 
The Homo of the Profession, 
170 West 47th Street, 
Near Broadway New York 

First-class Rooms snd Bosrd. Reasonable 
Terms. Convenient to all Principal Theatres. 
•Phone, SOU Brysut. 



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22 1 WEST 42d STREET, NEW YORK 

FEW DOORS BELOW HAMMERSTEIN'S. 
Largo and small, well furnished rooms, with 
Board. Private Baths. First-class French and 
German Cooking. Moderate terms. 

r. MOUREY. 



TORONTO, ONT. 

SHEA'S (J. Shea, mgr. Monday rehearsal 10). 
— Hal Davis and Company, good; George Whiting 
and the Melnotte Twins. g«»d; Vernon, fair; Felix 
and Claire, clever; The Sandwlnas, novel; Petcblng 

Bros., good; Martlnnettie and Sylvester, fair. 

STAR (F. W. Stair, mgr.).— "Jolly Girls" with 

"The Wise Guy" as the fun getter. GAYETY 

(Thos. R. Henry, mgr.). — "Bowery Burlesquers." 

NOTE.— Scsrboro Beach and Hanlan's Point 

opened for the season 23. HARTLEY. 



Y0UNO8T0WN, O. 
LYRIC (Frank Baker. Mr.). John and Mamie 
Sloans, lively comedy singing set; John McVay, 
entertaining moootogiat; Dixie Trio, clever alng 
ing; John Murray, ill. songs. Last hair of week: 
Wcnrlch snd Weldron, singers an. I dancers; 
Percy Brown, musical; Rowe and Clinton. 

travesty; John Murray. II! songs. EMPIRK 

(Pitner A Hartnell, mgrs.). -Stool burlesque. 

NOTE. — Mora Park Casino theatre will have a 
full orcheHtrs this season. C. A. LEEDY. 



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BOOKED SOLID. 






England's Premier High-Class Comedy Duettiste. 
The Champion Singer* of Vauderilla. 







Week May IS, Keith's, CleToland. 




DOROTHY ARVIllE 



1 he Irresistible 
Comedienne. 

Permanent address, 875 Central Park West, 
New York. 

ffiflklp Bitie 

With JACK WIL80N and Company. 
Vow playing P O. Williams', houses. 
BOOKED SOLID 1908 09. 



Sisters jCovenberg 

(Of 6 jfmer/ean 7)ancers) 



Booked till Sept., /ooo 



PRINCESS CHINQUILLA 

and NEWELL 

IN VAUDEVILLE. 



CHS*** f ' ^l*!, 

the itAEsow nuns 

Tha Italian and Bis Sweetheart 

T HE PIOTTIS 

CHAEAOTKB SONGSTERS, 
If Mlns. la One. 



WORK i OWER 

HIGH CLASS EOCENTBIO ACROBATS. 

Bepresentatire, ALBEBT SUTHERLAND. 
St. James Building. 






AND 




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SIX AMEBICAN 

DANCER8 

BOOKED SOLID 

TILL SEPT., 

1909. 



Mayme Remington 

Anal "BLACK BUBTEBS." 
Bioked Solid. 

Under Her Own Personal Direction. 
Address Hotel Gerard, New York. 

f . My Burgess 

Going it alone onoe more and always snaking 
feed. What do you think of that I 



THE 



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WHIBLWIND DANCERS. 
Per. address, 28 Contra! Ato., Albany, V. T. 

Qoorgo Connors 

"BTBAIGHT MAN." 
With "ATOnne Girls"— "The Hallway Tanor." 

Clifton Crawford 

Direction of JOE VAST. 

GEO. and LIBBY DUPREE 

GERMAN COMEDY. 
Week May 28th, Novelty, Brooklyn. 

Have Your Card In VARIETY 



Gartelle Bros. 

Introducing Blnging, Dancing and 

•KATOR1ALI0M 



MARGUERITE 



Mason i Keeler 




GAVIN, PLATT 
and PEACHES 

Presenting "THE STOLEN KID." 
Address 4417 8rd Ato. (Bronx), Vew York. 



"Village (loiT 



REAL ACTORS 50 




AMAHASIKAS 

EERULSJ 

CRrORMIKfi 

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For particulars address per rente. 



Headquarters, 1987 E. DAUPHIN ST., 

PHILADELPHIA, PA 



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COMPANY 



in the one-aet rollicking oemedy. entitled 

"TIN A. M." 

By L. E. WALTER. 

A BIO NOVELTY. ALL LAUGHS. WOBX 

IV "ONE" OB FULL STAGE. 20 Minutes. 

Address care VABIETY. 








"The Boy With the Dialects." 





AT LIBERTY for next season. 
Address Saratoga Hotel, CHICAGO. 

JANE GILBERT 

With MAY TULLY IN "Stop, Look and Listen" 
UNITED BOOKING OFFICB' CIRCUIT. 



BILLIE REEVES 

ORIGINAL DRUNK, 
Fred Karno Co.. "A Night in English Mnsio Hell." 

TIME ALL FILLED. 




Jane 8th, Atlantic City. Juno 15, Vew York 
Theatre Roof Garden for the summer. 

Floreni Ziegfeld's Revue, Follies of 1908. 
Now Playing United Bo oking Offices' Time. 

Barry- Wolf ord 

The Typical Topical Tiokle Stagers. 

Tickling at K. P. 125th St. Theatre this week. 

WEEK MAY 26, KEITH'S, PHILADELPHIA. 

REICH ft PLUNKETT, Smart Agents, 




O'KURA 

MARVELOUS 
JAPANESE 

FOOT BALANCING 

AND JUGGLER 

Open for Parks and 

Fairs. 

Address VABIETY, 

Chioago Office 

JERKY 

Emerson - Baldwin 

CHILD ARTISTS 

Permanent address Hotel Churchill, V. Y. City. 

JAY BOGART 

"THE MAV IN BLACK." 

Jnst Finishing a 20 Weeks' 
Return Engagement over the 
B.C. Circuit. 

"WATCH MY DUST." 

Address W. V. A., Majestio 
Theatre. Chioago. 



EDDIE 





With JACK WIL80N and Company. 
Now playing P. G. Williams' home*. 

BOOKED SOLID 1908-09. 



WIGGINS FARM 

Apply to THE CHADWICK TRIO. 

FRANCIS I ROGERS 

UNITED BOOKING OFFICES' CIBCUITS. 



The 



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Until September Week. /V\oy 25ih, Hammerssteln'i 

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KEITH'S, PHILADELPHIA, second week. Re-engaged to return to Buffalo, June s*nl Had to prolong my stay four weeks owing to 0TURH bookings. 
Cannot sail now till Jaly 14. Return to New York September for my Musical Comedy Production, Hew York Theatre. 

My friends are awfully pleased; aren't you? , They are so sorry that I hare been such a failure this time. 



The 








A HEW, NOVEL AND ORIGINAL ACT, ASSISTED BT 

AUBREY CARR, "The Cowboy Tenor," and His Trained Broncho "HIGHBALL" 

THE OBIOLVAL EQUESTRIAN VOCALIST. 

»2S£B£MS 5S^. JSS SSZyt&StisST' -&&&&£.& ] _^ offers invited for next season . 

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The illustrious Bomaa po*t Terence aaid: "I know the nat 
of women. When you request, they refuse; when yon forbid, I 
they are sure to do it." Never were lines more truly applied" 
than these to the nature of the beautiful Princess- Mary, sister 
to the indolent King Henry VIII., and heroine of this Biograph 
film story, for while we take our characters from the pages 
of English history of the 16th century, we, for the sake of 
romantic emphasis, weave our own tale. Henry VIII,, of in- 
domitable will, ruled with absolute despotism not only his 
subjects, but his court and family as well* So it was that 
he took upon himself the right to select for his fair sister a 
husband to his own fancy — the Duke of Buckingham (this, of 
course, we admit is a slight deviation from historical facts)— 
on the other hand, Mary had given her heart to Charles Bran- 
don, a gallant Knight of the Realm. This subject as a whole 
Is on* of the most beautifully staged and costumed produc- 
tions ever made. In photographic quality it is excellent. 

Length, 905 Feet 



WRITE FOR OUR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULARS 
RET OR OUR MAIL] LIST ARO KEEP POSTED 




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Soon to be released. 

"A NIGHT OF TERROR." 

An intensely- thrilling story of life in the moun- 
tains. The theme is novel and startling. 

Released May 26th. 



"THOMPSON'S NIGHT OUT." 

Well, the title alone will suggest what is in store for 

the audience. < 



"HIS DAY OF REST." 

A Roaring Farce Comedy. 



AT THE SEAPORT INN. 



ALL PICTURES ARE MADE WITH OUR CELEBRATED BIO- 
GRAPH CAMERAS. OUR FILMS RUN ON ANY MACHINE. 



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HUGO MORRIS, Representative 









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ONCE AGAIN 

The attention of vaudeville artists is directed to the present 

vaudeville conditions 

ARTISTS ARE WARNED 

against placing faith in glowing promises and reminded the BEST 

BUSINESS POLICY to pursue is to 

Book where you can for the best price 

Don't believe all you hear, or all that you are told 

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WHITE RATS PUT NEXT YEAR'S 

OFFI CERS IN N OMINATION 

Three Prominent Artists Are Candidates for Post of 
Big Chief. Other Offices To be Filled. 



The nominations for the elective offices 
to be tilled for the ensuing term from June 
16th next, have been announced by the 
Nominating Committee of the White Rats 
of America. 

They are as follows: 

Big Chief (President) 

Geo. Evans Fred Niblo 

Edward Esmonde 

Board of Directors. 

Joe Birnes Harry Keane 

•Joseph Callahan *Edwin Keogh 

Wm. Courtleigh *Harry Knowles 

Wm. J. Cooke *Chas. B. Lawlor 

Frank Cook * Walter LeRoy 

Edward Clark Dick Lynch 

Edwards Davis *Bert Leslie 

Robt. L. Dailey *Jos. Maddern 

*Jas. F. Dolan *Mark Murphy 

T. J. Dempsey W. H. Murphy 

*Major Doyle Sam Morton 

*Geo. Felix Tim McMahon 

Frank Fogerty Frank North 

Ben J. Greene J. H. Phillips 

Gerald Griffin Wm. Robyns 

•Jack Gardner *Rcn Shields 

•Billy Gould Harry Stanley 

•Jas. Harrigan Chas. J. Stein 

J. Butler Haviland John W. World 

•Frank Herbert Rube Welch 

Little Chief (Vice-President) 
Junie McCree Sam Sidman 

Secretary— Walter W. Walters. 

Treasurer— Harry Hayes. 

Chaplain — Edwards Davis, Jas. F. 
Dolan, Harry Keane. 

Rap Rat— Jack Warren, Sam Shannon. 

Guard Rat— M. J. Kelly, Fred Sa-Hara, 
Major Burk. 

Prop Rat— Jas. Connors, Rube Welch. 

Nectar Rat— Ohas. B. Lawlor, Ed. Cas- 
tano, Chas. Holland. 

Jest Rat— Frank North, Tom Lewis, 
Brindamour, Bert Leslie, Robt. L. Dailey, 
Big Scream Welch. 



Note Rat — Fred Hylands, Harry Tighe, 
Jack Price, Wells DeVeaux, Guy Hoppe. 

Trustees — Corse Payton, Geo. Delmore, 
William Carroll, Colie Lorella, John P. 
Hill, Stanley Murphy. 

The star before the names of the nomi- 
nee for the Board of Directors indicate 
each is now a member of the present tem- 
porary board. Twenty-five members com- 
pose the board; there are 40 nominees. 

With the exception of the trustees 
(three to be elected) the remainder of the 
offices will have a single occupant. 



GOING HOME WITH $70,000. 

On Wednesday, Vesta Victoria set sail 

for England, carrying with her thousands 

upon thousands of American gold, obtained 
from vaudeville managers on this side dur- 
ing the thirty -three weeks Miss Victoria 
played over here under a Klaw & Erlanger 
vaudeville contract at a weekly salary of 
$2,500. 

In all the Englishwoman earned $83,500 
for her work, and is reported to have re- 
turned with at least $70,000 of that 
amount. 

No arrangements were entered into by 
Miss Victoria for an engagement here next 
season. It is said,, however, that time 
has been offered to her. Harry Leon- 
hardt will l>e Miss Victoria's American 
representative. 



"SUNDAYS" END AT CIRCLE. 

There will be no more "Nights in Bo- 
hemia" at the Circle Theatre on Sundays. 

The order was given out after the warm 
weather last Sunday to discontinue the 
concerts which had been given at the Cir- 
cle since its operation by the Felix Isman 
interests as the Gus Edwards Music Hall. 
Mr. Edwards named the Sunday enter- 
tainment. 



RETURNING TO THE STAGE. 

Mrs. Maurice Howlett, wife of the 
noted pilot of four-in-hands, will return 
to the stage, via. vaudeville, at Proctor's, 
Newark, week of June 8 in a sketch 
named "A Savage Encounter." 

The previous experience of Mrs. Howlett 
before the footlights was gained by her 
in London as a member of Sir Henry 
Irving's company. She was also in the 
support of the younger Hare abroad. Her 
husband tools "The Magnet" up to Arrow- 
head Inn daily. 



TO ENFORCE PUNCTUALITY. 

New Orleans, May 27. 

A bill has been introduced in the State 
Legislature making it a misdemeanor for 
a theatrical manager to seat a patron after 
the rise of the curtain. 

While the bill is possessed of a good 
motive, it is probable that the various 
forms of entertainment provided by the 
different theatres will make the passing 
of the bill an impossibility. 



AMERICAN ACTS IN LONDON. 
(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, May 27. 

Three acts from America opened here 
on Monday last. Jos. Hart's "Futurity 
Winner'' at Shepard's Bush (suburb) 
made a big hit. The Cur/on Sisters, who 
have been here before, did extremely well 
at the Hippodrome. At the Hippodrome 
also the Gregory Troupe of hoop-rollers 
opened. 

They have just cone oil* the Continent, 
where they have been playing for some 
time. Hoop-rolling is no novelty in Lon- 
don; it has been overdone, in fact, but 
the Gregory Troupe is a fair act of its 
sort, and was accepted with approval. 



DEATHS ABROAD. 

(Speelsl Cable t<> Variety.) 

London, May 27. 
Death this week has removed Mrs. Joe 
O'Gorman, wife of one of the foremost 
members of tin- Variety Artists' Federa- 
tion, and a prominent artist. Jean 
Osrani is dead also, and Charles Rerte, 
the author and variety editor of the Lon- 
don "Stage." is no more. 



SUN CIRCUIT'S FUTURE. 

Springfield, 0., May 27. 

Last week Gus Sun, of the Sun-Murray 
Circuit of vaudeville theatres, with head* 
quarters in this city, met here two of the 
leading men of the Western Vaudeville 
Association, Chicago. The Chicago men 
were reported as John J. Murdock and 
E. C. Kohl. 

The Sun-Murray Circuit has a theatre 
in a great many of the towns and cities 
of the middle-west. It is rumored that 
the object of the conference was to ar- 
range for the booking of these houses 
through the Western Vaudeville Associa- 
tion under certain conditions which are to 
develop. 

The theatres are now giving the cheaper 
grade of vaudeville, playing three shows 
daily. Reports of profits, in some cities 
running as high as $30,000 in a season, are 
said to have attracted the attention of the 
Chicago men, who believe towns capable 
of making that return can stand a better 
grade of acts, and play on the two-a-day 
system. 

Some combination may be the outcome- 
of the meeting, and it is believed if that 
happens the better towns on the Sun- 
Murray Circuit will become first-class 
houses, and book with those now obtain- 
ing acts from the W. V. A. 



$500 OPENING ACT. 

Chicago, May 27. 

There is a $500 opening act at the Ma- 
jestic th»s week, even beating the pic- 
tures to the first place on the bill. It is 
Alice Norton, from London, in her second 
week here. Miss Norton reached Chi- 
cago by way of the Orpheum Circuit. 

She makes rubies and sapphires in 
"full view of the audience," but owing to 
her program position there has been no 
audience present this week when Miss 
Norton appeared. 



"HIS HONOR" CLOSES. 

Chicago. May 27. 
The engagement of I lis Honor, the 
Mayor," with Harry Kelly, Madeline Mar- 
shall and Trixie Frigai./.a, h&3 been cur 
taileu at the Auditorium, and will be with- 
drawn this Saturdav. 



VARIBTY 



CHICAGO MUSIC HALL. 

Chicago, May 27. 

Brokes' Casino, on Wabash Avenue, will 
be transformed into a music hall similar 
to the old Wdber & Fields house in New 
York, or Koster & Bial'a. 

The promoters are Thomas J. Noonan 
(Illinois Theatre), Frank Upman, Chas. H. 
Hermann and Richard Ostenrieder. Musi- 
cal productions and novelties will hold 
forth. 

The building, which has been used for 
concerts, wrestling matches and skating 
rinks, will be reconstructed at an expense 
of $60,000 and seats for 1,400 provided. 

The attractions will be booked or pro- 
duced independently. August 15 is the 
date set for the opening. Mr. Noonan 
will be the manager. 



ROAD SHOW GETTING TOGETHER. 

Some acts have been settled upon for 
next season's Orpheum Road Show, but 
the entire bill will not be placed together 
until Martin Beck's return from Europe. 
Mr. Beck is looked to for the landing of 
some large foreign act other than De Dio, 
the dancer, who has already been selected 
for Mr, Beck's travelling organization. 

"The Eight Hoboes" are under consid- 
eration, and Work and Ower have been re- 
engaged. Lalla S'elbini will be a part of 
the outfit, with six young women sur- 
rounding her in a "bathing girl" number, 
while a well known dramatic star will 
likely be selected to uphold the "sketch" 
end. 

The report that all foreign acts will 
compose the bill is erroneous. 



SISTERS CARDOWNIE. 

Sisters Cardownie, pictures of whom ap- 
pear on the front page, are two young 
girls of the late Cardownie Troupe, the 
first and original international dancers. 
. The father of the Sisters Cardownie was 
the champion all-round dancer of England. 
Since his death the girls have held up the 
reputation of the family as international 
dancers. 

Louise Cardownie is the champion fe- 
male sword dancer ,jof the world, barring 
none. The Sisters are appearing at Ham- 
orst bill's this week, and will play in parks 
for the United Booking Offices this sum- 
mer. 



CREATORS MARRIES. 

Atlantic City, May 27. 
On Tuesday the announcement was 
made by Pastor Charles D. Sinkinson of 
Christ M. P. Church that he had married 
Joseph Creatore, the bandmaster, to 
Joanna Barili, the operatic singer, it is be- 
lieved. 




WANT FOY IN CHICAGO. 

Chicago, May 27. 



Chicago wants\ to see Eddie Foy in 
vaudeville, and it is understood an offer 
has been made to the comedian to ap- 
pear here for one week at the Majestic, 

Whether Mr. Foy's acceptance has been 
received is not known. 



Jones, SchaefTer & Linick own and op- 
erate the Orpheum, the largest 10-cent 
theatre in Chicago. The firm is said to 
be immensely wealthy. The Orpheum 
alone commands a rental estimated to be 
in the neighborhood of $60,000 a year. Jn 
addition to that establishment they con- 
trol or own 20 other moving picture show 
places in Chicago. 



ATTACHES FOR $280. 

Boston, May 27. 

William Rock and Maude Fulton played 
an engagement of two weeks at Keith's, 
closing last Saturday night. The day be- 
fore Mr. Rock learned that Lykens & 
Levy, the New York agents, had placed a 
claim of $280 against them with a Bos- 
ton lawyer, and that an attachment had 
been issued. 

Searching out the constable who held 
the papers, Rock furnished a bond for the 
amount, and the case will be tried next 
October. Had the information not been 
obtained, the constable would have at- 
tached the act just before leaving the city 
at a too late an hour probably for bonds 
to have been procured. 

The amount claimed by the agents is 
commission alleged to be due them by 
Rock and Fulton for services on all salary 
received by the act since its entrance into 
vaudeville, figured up to May 23. An ex- 
clusive booking agreement is also claimed 
by the firm from Mr. Rock. 

Rock denies the existence of any such 
paper, and states his defense will be that 
Levy & Lykens obtained for him only 
one week's time at Newark, N. J., but 
informed him they had four, causing him 
to "lay off" for two weeks, thereby losing 
an engagement with the Shuberts. A 
counterclaim for the amount of two 
weeks' salary will be interposed. 



A WEEK TO COUNT WIVES. 

This week Aodul Kaber may count up his 
"wives" to see that none is missing. Mr. 
Kaber and his "Three Wives" should have 
been at Gloversville playing for J. B. Mor- 
ris, according to his story, but he was 
cancelled after playing Mr. Morris' other 
house at North Adams, Mass. 

The objection made by Abdul is that 
he agreed to work the two weeks consecu- 
tively for Mr. Morris at a "cut" of $100, 
and it was a blow when the cancellation 
came after the first week. 

There is a new lawsuit on the files at 
Jacob Marks', the attorney, offices, and 
Kaber is complainant against Morris for 
the money he should have received this 
week. 



ISMAN'S BIG CORPORATION. 

Philadelphia, May 27. 
Felix Isman is going to incorporate for 
$1,500,000, but whether the corporation 
will include his real estate or theatrical 
interests or both has not become known. 



AMUSEMENT INCORPORATIONS. 

The following corporations received cer- 
tificates this week: 

Louis Mann Company, New York (amuse- 
ments); capital. $3,000. Directors— Frederick W. 
Bert. 000 West 130th street, New York; Charles 
I). McCaull, Sbeepshead Bay; Cornelius P. Forbes, 
1207 Pitmas avenue, Brooklyn. 

Grace Georjre Company, New York (amuse- 
incuts »; capital, $3,000. Directors — Frederick 
W. Bert. 600 West 13flth street. Now York; 
Charles D. McCaull. Sbeepshead Bay: Cornelius 
P. Forbes, 1207 Dltmas aveuue, Brooklyn. 

Robert B. Mantell Company, New York 
(amusements) ; capital, $3,000. Directors — Fred 
erlck W. Bert, 000 West 13«th street, New 
York; Charles D. McCaull, Sbeepshead Bay; Cor- 
nelius P. Forbes, 1207 Dltmas avenue, Brooklyn. 

Felber & Shea Amusement Company, New 
York; capital. $2,000. Directors— David 8teln- 
hardt. Harry W. Guyler, and Maurice M. Cohn, 
1133 Broadway, New York. 

St. John Amusement Company, New York: 
capital, $1,200. Directors— David Stelnhardt, 
Hurry W. Guyler, and Maurice M. Cohn, 1133 
Broadway, New York. 

The Hal Bold Company, Anantlc Highlands, 
N. J.; capital. $25,000. Incorporators — Meloln 
A. Bice, John E. Forster, and James A. Rey- 
nolds. The company la to conduct amusement 
enterprises. 



THE BIJOU'S PICTURE SHOW. 
Last Monday a "picture show' 1 took pos- 
session of the Bijou on Broadway near 
30th Street, a few blocks from the other 
Broadway theatre, Manhattan, which has 
been giving film subjects for amusement 
for some time. 

The shows at the Bijou run one hour, 
and a vaudeville act, illustrated songs with 
four moving pictures occupy the time. The 
performance commences at one o'clock, 
closing at eleven. 

The first day's receipts were given out 
as $187.50. The feature of the pictures is 
the "Gotch-Hackenschraidt Wrestling 
Match," shown for the first time in New 
York City. 

"Talking" moving pictures are given, 
the films and speakers being supplied in a 
bunch by one firm which makes a specialty 
of this. The dialogue is improvised by 
the three people (two men, one woman) 
behind the screen after the picture has 
been once shown. No set fixed formula of 
remarks is followed. 

The Bijou has been rented by Meyer 
Cohen, of H. B. Sire, for two weeks with 
an option. The lease was closed last Fri- 
day afternoon. Pictures stepped in on 
Monday. Joshua Lowe is the manager of 
the theatre during the picture regime, and 
Jules Ruby the amusement director. 

''Pictures" at the Bijou occasioned much 
surprise about town, as it was generally 
known that William A. Brady holds a 
booking agreement to produce a new play 
there on August 20 next. 

A report during the week that the lease 
of the Bijou for next season was held by 
Felix Isman, and that vaudeville might be 
the attraction then was not given credence 
at the Morris office, where all knowledge 
of any such condition was denied. 



TWO BOOKED FOR EUROPE. 

This week the Morris office closed the 
negotiations for the appearance of Bell- 
man and Moore and O'Brien and Havel in 
England. 

The former act leaves Aug. 3, opening 
at the Hippodrome, Birkenhead, and will 
play eight weeks now secured. 

O'Brien and Havel have nine English 
weeks, commencing June 7, '09. 



MARINELLI TAKES 0LYMPIA. 

The. New York office of the H. B. Mar- 
inelli vaudeville agency received word from 
Ihe Paris headquarters this week that the 
agency, which was recently turned into a 
corporation, had taken over the lease of 
the Olympia Theatre in the French capital. 
This house was formerly operated by 
Isola Freres. 



LEONHARDT-MINDIL COMPANY. 

Harry Leonhardt, the manager who re- 
tired recently from his connection with 
the United Booking Offices, and Philip 
Mindil, the press agent, have formed a 
partnership. 

The new firm will engage in furthering 
the publicity interests of vaudeville 
artists. For the present their place of 
business will be the new clubhouse of The 
Friars. 107 West 45th street. 

Mr. Mindil was formerly general pub- 
licity man for the F. F. Proctor houses, 
and has been personal press representative 
for some of the most important vaude- 
ville stars. 



HEAVY STAIR & HAVLIN BOOKINGS. 

As an evidence that Stair & Havlin 
have no intention of deviating from their 
established policy in amusement catering 
it is stated that there are more shows 
booked and routed for next season than 
there were at a corresponding date last 
year. 

About the same proportion of melo- 
dramas prevails, although it is declared 
the big firm has insisted upon a better 
quality of production than was the rule 
during the season lately closed. 

A showman recently returned from a 
Western trip said a few days ago that 
he found a general impression prevailing 
in that territory that not a few of the 
Stair & Havlin houses would give vaude- 
ville next season under the booking of 
William Morris, Inc. 

There is no evidence to be had in New 
York, however, that either William Mor- 
ris, Inc., or Stair & Havlin have entered 
into new arrangements since the report 
that certain S. & H. houses would play 
vaudeville was denied authoritatively. 



WALTER JONES REPLACES DAILEY. 

Chicago, May 27. 
Walter Jones is playing the part in the 
Weber show left vacant by the demise 
of the universally lamented Peter F. 
Dailey. 



OLYMPIC "TWO-A-DAY." 

The Olympic, a Kohl & Castle house, 
has inaugurated a new policy, that of giv- 
ing two shows daily instead of running 
continuously as heretofore. Eight acts 
besides the Kinodrome pictures will com- 
prise the bill hereafter. The Olympic is 
the oldest vaudeville theatre in Chicago. 

Prices have been reduced to 10-20-25-35. 
It is likely that with the opening of the 
regular season the continuous policy and 
former scale will be in vogue. 



BILL BROKEN UP. 

If Frank Jones, the Percy Q. Williams 
representative, had a friend in the world 
on Tuesday evening, no one at the Co- 
lonial would have believed it, judging by 
Mr. Jones' expression. 

While Mr. Williams is abroad, Mr. Jones 
supervises the bills presented at the Will- 
iams houses. 

For this week at the Colonial, Mr. Jones 
provided a program which he looked upon 
with pride, and one that caused general 
comment as to its excellence when the 
billboards proclaimed it. 

On Mondav John C. Rice and Sallie 
Cohen retired after the matinee, owing to 
the sudden death of Miss Cohen's father. 
Tuesday, Irene Franklin, of Franklin and 
(ireen, was taken ill, and while Mr. Jones 
was waiting for number three to turn up 
in the list of casualties of his prize show, 
the look of disgust assumed dishearten- 
ing proportions. 

Madden and Fitzgerald substituted for 
Rice and Cohen. Miss Franklin was 
looked to reappear on Wednesday, but Mr. 
Jones said that no one would replace the 
act if she did not recover. 



MANAGERS ROUTING. 

Routing again commenced at the United 
on Tuesday, and the managers have been 
at it ever since, placing acts for next 
season. 

The meeting was a continued one from 
last week, and will be kept up during the 
summer. 



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Vol. X. 



MAY 30. 



No. 12. 



Thos. E. Shea will open in vaudeville on 
Sept. 1. 



It's summer; Hammerstein's Roof opens 
Monday. 



Trainer and Dale play at Proctor's, 
Newark, next week. 

Conn and Conrad have returned after 
their long absence abroad. 

Laura Witt, a singing comedienne, 
hopes to play at Henderson's this sum- 
mer. 



Fay Walton has been granted a divorce 
from John E. Hathaway by a decree dated 
April 28. 



De Biere opens at the Orpheura, Kan- 
sas CStv. October 1ft for his tour of the 
Orpheum Circuit. 



Eddie Clark sailed for London Thurs- 
day. He opens with his "Widows" at 
the Tivoli June 18. 



F. F. Proctor, Sr. and Jr., sat through 
the moving picture show at the Bijou on 
Tuesday afternoon. 



The Two Francescos who have played 
extensively in the West are in New York 
looking for a metropolitan opening. 

Whalen and West have returned from 
their year's stay on the other side, and 
open at Pastor's Monday. 



Millard Brothers, cyclists, who were re- 
cently with Bob Manchester's Cracker 
Jacks, have opened upon the United time. 



Ed. E. Pigeon, the general representa- 
tive for the Felix Isman enterprises, re- 
moved his offices to 1440 Broadway this 
week. 



Tom Nawn may play his newest sketch 
next week at the Fifth Avenue. It is yet 
unnamed. Mr. Nawn leaves for Europe 
July 11. 

May Howard is in the city and will 
probably arrange to head a show on the 
Eastern Wheel for next season before 
leaving. 



Minnie Dupree opens at the Majestic, 
Milwaukee, on June 8 in a new sketch for 
a short summer run. Pat Casey secured 
the dates. 



Atwood and Terry open at Spokane on 
June 1, booked for the Western States 
time through Louis Pincus, of The Pat 
Casey Agency. 



Fred St. Onge has his new cycle act 
ready. There are three men in it. Mr. 
St. Onge is "breaking it in" at Danville, 
111., this week. 



The regular vaudeville season of the 
Orpheum, Denver, ends June 8. Stock 
with Katherine Gray is expected to suc- 
ceed for the summer. 



The Marinelli office in New York re- 
reived a cable of the very successful open- 
ing of the Curzon Sisters at the Hippo- 
drome, London, Monday. 



A report this week said that the lease 
of Bijou, New York, for next season was 
held by Felix Isman. The Morris office 
denied all knowledge of it. 



Julia Kingsley and Company are play- 
ing "A Supper for Two" at Pittsfield, 
Mass., this week. This is the piece for- 
merly played in over here by Bert Coote. 



Callahan and St. George have been en- 
gaged by Llewlyn Johns, the Moss-Stoll 
representative in New York for a tour of 
twenty weeks over that circuit in Eng- 
land. 



Shea's, Toronto, closes Jump %. Mr. Tuny Lubelski. the Sun Francisco 

Shea's Buffalo theatre remains open over vaudeville manager, will reach New York 
the summer. next week. He will organize a couple of 



stock companies for his Western houses 
whilp here, 



Charles F. Semon closes his season at 
Hammerstein's this week. For the re- 
mainder of the heated spoil". Mr. Semon 
may l»e addressed care of his yacht, 
Salem, Mass. 






Jordan and Harvey are back after a 
Western trip. Unless engagements abroad 
for two years' future time can be set 
back, the act will leave for the other 
side on Aug. 3. 



"Talking"-moving pictures, the latest 
innovation in the film field, are closing 
the vaudeville show at the Orpheum, 
Brooklyn, this week. Three persons speak 
for the characters on the sheet. 



Katie Barry is in readiness to depart 
for a trip over the Western States Vaude- 
ville Association time upon receipt of a 
confirmatory wire. J. C. Matthews is fix- 
ing up the time with Louis Pincus. 



Vaudeville and pictures are presented 
at Hutzler's Theatre, Richmond, Va. An- 
other new moving picture place has been 
started at 221 East Broad Street by the 
Gaiety Theatre Company of Richmond. 



Nellie Seymour and Nestor expect to 
leave for Europe in August to play the 
English halls. A. E. Johnson, of the 
Casey Agency, is placing the engage- 
ments. 



The Colonial, Richmond, Va., was dark 
last week, but opened Monday with mov- 
ing pictures. Wihner & Vincent will con- 
tinue this policy as long as it proves prof- 
itable. 



Mme. Salvaggis, of Les Salvaggis, left 
for Paris Thursday to secure two French 
dancing girls and some costumes for the 
act, which re-opens on t4ie Orpheum Cir- 
cuit in August. 



The Luzerne, Wilkes-Barre, a Western 
Burlesque Wheel theatre, commenced with 
moving pictures for the summer last Mon- 
day, having closed the regular season the 
Saturday previous. 



T. F. Galwey. of New York, lias secured 
the New Imperial Music Hall. Far Rock* 
away, L. 1., a playhouse seating 1,4(M>, 
and will operate it the coming summer as 
a vaudeville theatre. 



Terry and Lambert left for England 
last Saturday, where they will fill exist- 
ing contracts, returning here in the fall 
to commence upon a tour of forty weeks, 
secured by The Casey Agency. 



I)e Haven and Sydney, the dancing act, 
will play all summer following a full sea- 
son over the United time. The youngsters 
were shifted from 125th street to Hender- 
son's, Coney Island, for next week. 

Kelly and Kent will leave for Europe 
soon, bookings on the other side having 
been arranged by IT. B. Marinelli. The act 
expects to return in the fall for return 
engagements in the Western cities. 



John Mini Mac Burke have received eon 

tracts for fourteen additional weeks over 
the Orpheum Circuit. The new time in 



dudes the northwestern houses lately 
made z part of the Orphcurn chfttft. 



"The Six Rockets," a European dancing, 
singing and musical sextet of girls which 
has never played over here, has been 
booked through Walter Plimmer with 
"The Golden Crook" (Eastern Burlesque 
Wheel) for next season. 



The Chadwick Trio and Elsie Fay, with 
her dancing boys, have been contracted for 
over the Moss-Stoll Tour, England, 
through L. Johns, the circuit's representa- 
tive in New York. A. E. Johnson, of the 
Casey Agency, arranged for both. 



The water boys carry free lemonade 
through the audience at the 125th Street 
Theatre now. Next thing you know an 
inspired house manager will improve upon 
this scheme by slipping a bit of orange 
peel and a finger of gin into each glass. 



Ryan and Richfield left the Hammer- 
stein bill on Wednesday owing to the ex- 
treme heat. This is the final week of 
their season, and they have gone to 
Say vi lie, L. I., for the summer. The Avon 
Comedy Four replaced them on the 
program. 



Gladdys Carlyle was to have started for 
her home in Pueblo, Colo., on Thursday, 
and may have done so. Miss Carlyle is the 
'principal boy" who left the "Bon Tons" 
two weeks ago rather than accept the 
"cut" in salary proposed by the manager 
of the company. 



Gertie nayes and her "Four Bricktops" 
will be offered for vaudeville engagements 
this summer. If the act catches on Miss 
Hayes will continue in vaudeville, a du- 
plicate act being made up for Barney 
Gerard's burlesque show, with which she 
had arranged to toui. 



Felix and Barry close their season Aug. 
1. Next year they will have a new offer- 
ing in which Clara Barry, sister to Lydia 
and Emily, will take part. The new ar- 
rangement gives opportunity for several 
big "numbers" and increases the person- 
nel of the act to four. 

Karle Reynolds and Nellie Donegan 
opened at Chase's, Washington, on Tues- 
day in their new skatorial offering. Miss 
Donegan on rollers impersonates Genec in 
the hitter's dances. Mr. Reynolds and 
Miss Donegan were with the Anna Held 
show which closed for the season last Sat- 
urday. 



Felix and ('aire, the youthful vaudeville 
artists, have been engaged for the sum 
tner revue, which is to occupy the Casino 
during the warm weather, under the joint 
patronage of the Shuberts and Lew Fields, 
Previous to their ap|>earance with the 
revue the youngsters will play a return 
date at llanmierstein's. beginning Mon- 
day. 

Daisy l.eon, formerly leader of "School 
V»o\s and Girls." and more lately of 
"Polly Pickle's Pets," wil step off into 
vaudeville with an act of her own called 
"Daisy Leon and Laura Green, the Ginger 
SSinips." There will ).■■ ringing and darn- 
ing with eostunir i.iuges. The girls 
open at At hint 'n < \t\ in a week or so for 
the tr\ out.*' Weslev «x Pincus will di- 
rcct the a«t . 



VARIETY 



DISCUSS VOTING TRUST. 

Reports have been in wide circulation 
recently that the Eastern Burlesque 
Wheel managers were in the throes of a 
violent factional fight. An investigation 
into this report by Variety representa- 
tives brings forth the following set of 
facts, which indicate nothing more serious 
than a disagreement in the opinions of 
the several directors of the company as 
to the expediency of certain proposed sys- 
tems of governmental control : 

During a monthly meeting of the stock- 
holders last July a motion in the form 
of a resolution was offered and passed 
creating a voting trust in the hands of 
five managers, including Hurtig & Sea- 
mon, Sam A. Scribner, Rudolph Hynicka, 
Al Reeves and Weber & Rush. Enough 
of the stockholders agreed to deliver 
proxies to these managers to give them 
virtual control of the Columbia Amuse- 
ment Company for a stated term. 

A few days later opposition to such a 
system of carrying on business developed. 
It was designed in the first place to make 
it possible for the directors holding the 
proxies to transact business at any time 
and with a minimum of delay in gather- 
ing together the scattered holders of stock 
who might be in widely separated points 
in the country or abroad. 

A second meeting was called two days 
later and the action of the first meeting 
was nullified. The promotors of the 
scheme, however, have been busy since 
then in making converts to their ideas, 
and although no expression is available 
upon which to hazard a forecast, it is 
likely to be again brought up when the 
stockholders meet for their annual meet- 
ing conference in the second week in July 
next. 



WINDOW HANGERS ABOLISHED. 

After a meeting of the directors of the 
Columbia Amusement Company (Eastern 
Burlesque Wheel), held on Tuesday last, 
it was reported that a motion had been 
made and carried to abolish all window 
lithographs or hangers during the coming 
season in the cities where the Eastern 
shows play. 

This move has been anticipated for 
some time. The use of this billing device 
is considered obsolete and useless by the 
Eastern men, and is an economical step 
in addition, doing away with thousands of 
free passes issued for the privilege to 
storekeepers and others. 



KILLS HIMSELF FOR GRIEF. 

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., May 27. 

While "The Toreadors" were playing at 
the Luzerne last week a message from St. 
Joe, Mo., arrived informing Ruth Fletcher, 
a member of the company, that her 
father, a Methodist minister in that city, 
had committed suicide. 

Miss Fletcher is but seventeen years 
of age. Both she and a brother ran away 
from home against their father's consent 
to embark in a theatrical career. The 
telegram stated Miss Fletcher's father's 
act was caused by grief. 

The girl said she had no idea her leav- 
ing had affected her father so deeply. 
She left here to attend the funeral, and 
will then return to the show business. 



EASTERN GETS PEOPLE'S, PHILA- 
DELPHIA. 

The Columbia Amusement Company has 
taken over Nixon & Zimmerman's lease 
of the People's Theatre, Philadelphia, and, 
beginning next season, will operate the 
house as a burlesque stand. This gives 
the Easterners three theatres in Quaker- 
town. The others are the Gayety and 
Casino. 

The People's draws, however, from an 
entirely different population. It bears 
about the same relation to Philadelphia 
as the Metropolis in the Bronx is to New 
York. 

It has a seating capacity for about 
2,400. Owing to this fact the prices, at 
least at the beginning, will be placed low, 
as was done at the inception of the 
Grand Street as a burlesque house in 
New York. 

The Columbia Amusement Company, 
which takes over the lease of the house, 
secured it from the United States Amuse- 
ment Company through Nixon & Zimmer- 
man, of Philadelphia. 



ATTEMPTED SUICIDE FAILS. 

Philadelphia, May 27. 

Edna Fitzpatrick, aged 20, who has been 
appearing in vaudeville in a singing and 
dancing turn, attempted suicide in the of- 
fice of Charles J. Roney, a young lawyer 
of this city last Thursday. Miss Fitz- 
patrick, who also resides in this city, and 
Roney are reported to have been sweet- 
hearts for a long time and contemplated 
marriage, but objection by the parents of 
both kept them apart. 

Miss Fitzpatrick called at Roney's office 
and showed him an offer to join Conlin, of 
Conlin and Steele, in a singing and dancing 
act, during the illness of Miss Steele. 
Words followed and Miss Fitzpatrick 
drank creosote. She was hurried to the 
hospital and prompt work by the physi- 
cians saved her life. 

Miss Fitzpatrick formerly appeared in a 
sister act, "Fitzpatrick and Tapper," and 
only recently "broke in" a "single act" at 
Keith's Theatre here. 



EMPIRE DIRECTORS IN SESSION. 

The Executive Committee of the Em- 
pire Circuit Company (Western Bur- 
lesque Wheel) has been in session in the 
company's headquarters in the Knicker- 
bocker Theatre Building during the latter 
part of this week. The Empire directors 
assembled in New York on Tuesday, when 
their first conference was scheduled to 
have taken place. The meeting was post- 
poned until the following day. Daily 
meetings have been held since then. 

Most of the members of the Committee 
will remain over part of next week. No 
details of the sessions have lieen per- 
mitted to leak out, although it is prom- 
ised that important announcements will 
be made within a few davs. President 
James J. Butler presided. 



The Denver Orpheum closes its vaude- 
ville season week June 8. Katherine Gray 
will head stock there for a summer run. 



FRED WILLSON FOR NEWARK. 

The Henry C. Miner Estate has signed 
Fred Willson, the present manager of 
the Trocadero, Philadelphia, to act as the 
resident manager of the Empire Theatre, 
which is to play Western Wheel burlesque 
shows under the Miners' management next 
season. 

Mr. Willson's successor in Philadelphia 
has not yet been selected. 



KEEPS GRAND THEATRE. 

The lease which will place the Grand 
(Street) Theatre in the possession of the 
Columbia Amusement Company (Eastern 
Burlesque Wheel) is being drawn, and will 
be executed within a few days. 

The Grant} .will become a regular spoke 
on the Eastern route for next season, giv- 
ing to it three city houses— Murray Hill, 
125th Street Music Hall and Grand, New 
York, while in Brooklyn there will be the 
Star and Gaiety, with the Olympic prob- 
lematical. 

The Western Wheel has two houses in 
prospect for Brooklyn, both now building, 
while in New York there are Miner's Bow- 
ery and Eighth Avenue, London, Dewey 
and Gotham, if no further changes occur, 
giving the Western seven weeks of 
Greater New York time, as against six 
held by its opposition, the. Eastern. 

The Columbia people say the short sea- 
son of burlesque gone through at the 
Grand has convinced them that that house 
will prove a paying investment. It has 
a large capacity, and prices may be raised 
somewhat, the scale having been extended 
from five to thirty cents with fifty-cent 
box seats during the experiment. 



MARRIAGE RUMOR. 

Detroit, Mav 27. 

Clara Berg, soubrette with the Avenue 
Theatre Stock Company, Detroit, has an- 
nounced her intention to retire from that 
organization at the end of the current 
week. 

Miss Berg does not add to her announce- 
ment any other details, but it is whis- 
pered about Detroit that very shortly she 
will become the bride of a wealthy Detroit 
man. 

According to the theatrical gossips, the 
ceremony will be performed in New York. 
Miss Berg starts for the Metropolis Mon- 
day. 

CONCERNING AL REEVES' BIRTH- 
PLACE. 

The Grand (Street) Theatre closed 
Saturday night for the summer. Al 
Reeves, whose burlesque company was the 
attraction there last week, came forward 
and made a feeling speech in which he 
greeted his old friends of the neighbor- 
hood. There were many in the audience, 
he declared feelingly, who had been school 
fellows of his when he spent his boyhood 
days in the classic purlins of Chrystie 
Street, where he was born. 

A few weeks ago Reeves made the 
identical speech in Toronto, and, after 
greeting his fellow townsmen, invited the 
audience to join in singing "Our national 
anthem, *God Save the King,'" and dur- 
ing the whole burlesque season Reeves' 
birthplace has shifted all the way from 
New Orleans to Kansas City. 

Baltimore claims Reeves as a native 
son. 



LEMONADE FOR GIRLS. 

Philadelphia, May 27. 

Lemonade is passed around on the stage 
the Gayety during each performance for 
the members of the stock company playing 
there. 

Edward Shayne, the manager, has the 
refreshing fluid gotten up under his per- 
sonal direction, and it's the real article. 



RIVAL "TIME SHEETS." 

Philadelphia, May 27. 

An advertising war is being waged here 
between Sam Dessauer of the "Bchman 
Show" and Al Aarons of "The Hotel 
Clerk." 

Dessauer started trouble by plastering 
everything in sight with "Behman Show" 
paper. The big three-sheet announcing the 
"Passing Review" aroused Aaron's ire, he 
contending that Dessauer had no right to 
publish the names of the "stars." Des- 
sauer won the argument Aid in retaliation 
Aarons rushed a new three-sheet for the 
"Hotel Clerk" to rival that of the "Behman 
Show." The bills are: 

"Hotel Clerk" 
Registered 

8:20— Sam Scribner 

8:25 — Maurice Jacobs 

8:30 — Maurey Kraus 

8:35 — Sam Dessauer 

8:40— Ed. Rush 

8:45— L. Weber. 

8:50— Tom Dinkins 

9:00— Jim Curtin 

9:20— Tom Miner 

9:30— Lou Robie . 

"Behman Show" 
Appearing 

8:20— Oscar Hammerstein 

8:25— Joe Welch 

8:30— Chas. Bigelow 

8:35 — Maude Adams 

8:40— Anna Held 

8:45 — Mclntyre and Heath. 

8:50— Fritzi Scheff 

8:52 — Montgomery and Stone. 

8:59 — Mrs. Leslie Carter 

9:00— Eddie Foy 

Aarons said he expected a damage suit 
for having put Sam Scribner on to open 
the show. 



SOME BURLESQUE PROFITS. 

Checking up profits for the burlesque 
season just closed, it is said several of 
the younger enterprises have given a good 
account of themselves. The new Colum- 
bia Amusement Company theatre (Gay- 
ety) in Toronto has returned a net profit 
of $25,000, while the Murray Hill in New 
York (now in its second season as a bur- 
lesque stand) made $15,000 or more for its 
promoters.. The new Gayety, Washing- 
ton, D. C, which opened last September, 
has declared a 20 per cent, dividend and 
in addition the corporation which finances 
it has put 10 per cent, more of profits in 
reserve. 



CHORUS GIRLS SCARCE. 

There is a large deficit in the chorus 
girl supply according to all reports. Pro- 
ducers are on the lookout for chorus girls 
from the one who requires two dozen or 
more to the promoter of a "girl act." 

With the organization of the burlesque 
shows started, the deficiency is expected 
to be materially increased. 



STERN AD HERE NEXT WEEK. 

Jake Sternad, of the Western Vaudeville 
Association, Chicago, and who is in charge 
of the major bookings to be made by the 
Western Burlesque Wheel this season, will 
arrive in New York Monday. 

As previously reported, Mr. Sternad will 
commence an active campaign of engage 
ments while in New York. He will make 
his headquarters in the St. James building, 
it is said, probably in the Casey Agency 
there. 



VARIETY 



"OPPOSITION" COSTS THREE WEEKS. 

Three weeks which the Le Brun Grand 
Opera Trio had been booked for next 
month to play Pittsburg, Buffalo and De- 
troit, were canceled this week at the 
United Booking Offices for the alleged rea- 
son that Antoinette Le Brun appeared at 
the Circle last Sunday night, booked there 
through the Morris office. 

Miss Le Brun did not appear in the act, 
but as a soloist, and at the time of en- 
tering into the agreement with the Mor- 
ris office to appear she had not received 
the contracts from the United. Upon re- 
turning home from the Morris office the 
United contracts were awaiting her signa- 
ture, which she appended, but they were 
not returned to her, and never held the 
signatures of the managers. 

On Tuesday Miss Lc Brun was advised 
by her agent the three weeks had been 
canceled. It is understood E. F. Rogers, 
general manager of William Morris, Inc., 
has offered the act a contract for twenty - 
five weeks next season. 



GET READY FOR OPENING. 

Chicago, May 27. 

The new venture of Henry Lee has been 
perfected. It will be called "The Pass- 
ing Show." The performance consists of 
a combination of music, drama and mov- 
ing pictures. Mr. Lee will appear in im- 
personations made familiar by him in 
vaudeville in a kaledioscopic device he has 
named the "Cyclomomo." 

The first performance will be given at 
the Auditorium May 31. It is under the 
management of Geo. W. Lederer, who 
also has a financial interest. 




LEONARD HICKS. 

Leonard Hicks, son of one of the proprietors 
of tlie Saratoga Hotel, Chicago, and one of the 
clerks of that hostelry, is at last becoming known 
to fame. He Is known personally to every actor 
and actress who goes to Chicago, and his ac- 
quaintance with them Is so Intimate that most all 
address him by bis first name. 

Mr. Hicks also resembles that well known 
portrayor of Indiana characters, Will T. Hodge, 
wbo has been playing the leading part In "The 
Man From Home." Recently a prominent actor 
walked up to the desk of the Saratoga to regis- 
ter. The affable Leonard smilingly banded him 
a pen. The actor, who knew Mr. Hodge, looked 
at the clerk In astonishment. 

"Why, itli t Hodge," he almost shouted, "When 
In the world did you commence clerking In a 
hotel? I thought you were making a big hit out 
here. And you clerking in a hotel! Rut I'm 
glad to see you anyway, Bill, even if the people 
wouldn't stand for your noting." 

While associating daily with the leading lights 
of the profession, few know that Mr. Hicks Is 
an expert manipulator of locks and handcuffs. 
While not yet having appeared on the profes- 
sional stage, he has given numerous private ex- 
hibitions lu Chicago, and many persons have de- 
clared him to be in the front rank of "Handcuff 
Kings." 

Mr. Hicks has a complete gymnasium of his 
own at the hotel, and when be is not attending 
to his duties as clerk, may generally be found 
bard at work in It. 



PROGRAM FOR AMATEURS. 

Philadelphia, May 27. 

The Casino now issues a program for 
its "Amateur Nights," and the program 
is a feature of the show. 

This is the one for last week: 

TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT 

AT THE 

CASINO THEATRE 



Everybody has seen an Amateur Contest. Well, 
there is one going to be pulled off to-night that's 
got everything skiuned iu the line of a laugh 
show. Say, would you think that there Is so many 
stage struck people lu the world as that? Why 
we put two ads. in the morning papers and I will 
bet that 200 young ladies and meu applied and 
begged to go on. So we Just copped out the best, 
and here they are: 

WM. MENDELL, 
Chain Breaker, Handcuff Expert and Jig Dancer. 



MISS EDWARD, assisted by her Rrother, 
Acrobats and Piano Players. 



EVA BRITTAIN, of Norrlstown. 
Illustrated Songs and Club Swinger. 



MR. AND MRS. PHONEY, 
Aud their Troupe of Amateur Dogs. 



LOTTIE MERRIL AND MOTHER, 
In a Skipping Rope Dance and Roller Skating. 



Here is one that has got us thinking. A Family 
and they say they do an act like the 4 Cohans. 
RUFUS ANGER. Father. 
MARTHA ANGER, Mother. 
EDWARD MAYS, Son-in-law. 
RUTH MAYS, bis Wife. 
Iu a Sketch Written by the Father. 



Here are two girls and both are strangers In 
Philadelphia, and they thiuk they can make good 
as singers and dancers: 

SOPHIE GREEN. 

EMILY WASSON. 



Here is a fellow that says he will let an auto- 
mobile run over him and he will furnish the ma- 
chine: 

MORRIS RAFFERTY. 



We will have ten more big lnughs and don't 
miss it. This is the laugh night. Briug your 
own hooks. 



HENNESSY WILL APPEAL. 

After being out until long after mid- 
night, a jury in a District of Columbia 
court returned a verdict in favor of P. B. 
Chase in a suit for an accounting 
brought against that manager by D. F. 
Hennessy of the United Booking Offices. 

Mr. Hennessy will carry the case to a 
higher court. The suit grows out of Mr. 
Hennessy's former business relations with 
the Washington vaudeville manager. 



ARTIST TURNS TABLE. 

Berlin, May 18. 
In Cologne an artist has taken advan- 
tage of the three-day clause being double 
action, closing out on the manager after 
ein-zwei-drei days to accept a higher 
priced job at an opposition house. The 
manager kicked to the I. A. L., who in- 
fonr.ed him that an artiste had fully as 
much right to take advantage of the 
clause as a manager. 



VICTORIA-CORBETT BAD "AMA- 
TEURS." 

Omaha, May 27. 

Tefore Vesta Victoria and James J. Cor- 
bett left the city they "made up" for the 
annual "amateur night" which occurs once 
yearly, just before the season's close, at 
the OTpheum. 

Miss Victoria and Mr. Corbett essayed 
a sketch. The gallery stood for Jim un- 
til he said: "Why, here she comes now," 
and when Vesta arrived the call for "the 
hook" became too boisterous to warrant 
either remaining longer. 

The only ones having any fun out of 
the attempt to fool the audience were the 
newspapers. 



CAUSE OF GERMAN TROUBLE. 

Berlin, May 14. 
A few directors met at Dusseldorf May 
12 and formed a union which is supposed 
to be aimed at the Loge (I. A. F.) 

The Loge got wind of some cheap bur- 
lesques, etc., playing in vaudeville houses 
without having the proper license. 

The I. A. L. wrote a circular letter to 
the various managers notifying them of 
the matter and asking them to make such 
companies produce the proper concessions 
as the Loge intends to compel all these in- 
truders to live up to the requirements of 
the law. 

This is not the first union started by 
managers over here, and if it is like the 
previous unions of managers and agents, 
it won't last long. However, the Loge 
is prepared and, with President Konorah 
at the head, the Loge intends to put 
vaudeville matters into shape and check 
the foul play that has been practiced by 
several would-be managers. 

The Loge is getting stronger every day 
and artists have found that it pays to 
belong to a society to protect their in- 
terests. 



As was . pointed out in Variety last 
week, the wrath of the German man- 
agers seems to be directed against the 
activity of President Konorah. It would 
appear that they seized upon the inci- 
dent recited above as an excuse rather 
than because they felt the necessity of 
organizing against any such reasonable 
demand as that made by the I. A. L. 



WAITING LIST OF ADVERTISERS... 

Philadelphia, May 27. 

So far as known, the Keith's Theatre 
program in this city~"is the only one in 
the country with a waiting list of adver- 
tisers. 

The program, with a prettily colored 
cover, carries thirty-four pages, and is 
gotten out by Harry T. Jordan, the man- 
ager, and C. S. Barnes, the press repre- 
sentative for the house. 

There is at present a waiting list of 
eight advertisers looking for space. 



THOMPSON JUMPS TO OAKLAND. 

On June 28, at Oakland, Calif., William 
II. Thompson, the veteran actor, will open 
his engagements on the Orpheum Circuit, 
presenting his former piece. "For Love's 
Sweet Sake." 

Mr. Thompson will "lep" from London 
to Oakland, having gone to the former city 
to look after the new production of Irv- 
ing's "Waterloo" he will make next season. 



King Louis, of Ziskn and King, sars 
they will not work this summer, but won't 
say why. 



RYAN SUIT DELAYED. 

The suit of W. S. Cleveland against 
John J. Ryan on a commission claim aris- 
ing out of Ryan's vaudeville ventures in 
Cleveland, has been side-tracked for at 
least a year. 

It was placed on the "short cause cal- 
endar" of the Supreme Court, and when 
it came up for hearing this week Leon 
I.:iski, counsel for Ryan, proved to the 
satisfaction of the court that it would 
take at least two days to try. 

Justice Truax thereupon ordered the 
«»W back to CUc foot of the (enteral cal- 
endar. 

Ryan was in town to attend the trial. 



MY BEGINNING. 

JAS. H. CULLEN. 

(The second of a series of short sketches con- 
cerning the early experiences, struggles and first 
engagements of artists wbo have succeeded la 
vaudeville.) 

Complied by Mark A. Lueaoher. 

Jas. II. Cullen, known in vaudeville as 
"The Man From The West," earned that 
title by a long career in Chicago and in 
territory between there and the Pacific 
Coast. Following Horace Greeley's coun- 
sel to young men — "Go West" — Mr. Cullen 
journeyed to Colorado early in the 80's, and 
made his first appearance on the stage of a 
miners' music hall in Leadville. 

He soon returned to Chicago, and be- 
came in a way a protege* of George Castle's, 
who, at that time, was manager of the 
Kohl & Middleton houses, consisting of the 
Olympic, the West Side Museum and the 
South Side Museum. Through Mr. Castle's 
assistance Cullen became a permanent and 
exceedingly popular feature in these 
houses until he joined Hopkins' Trans- 
Atlantics, with which he toured the middle 
West for three years. 

In this organization anv. during his early 
days at the Olympic Mr. Cullen had many 
distinguished associates including Eddie 
Foy, who was one-half of the team of Foy 
and Thompson, Mclntyre and Heath, 
Evans and Hoey and others who later be- 
came New York favorites. 

As Mr. Cullen says, "In those days we 
had to do everything from black-face to 
an Indian, and after our specialty was 
over we had to prepare for the afterpiece." 
Several people were helped to success by 
"Big-hearted Jim," as he was known in 
and about Chicago, and "Little Abe" 
Jacobs, the present manager of the Olym- 
pic, is one of the men who- received his 
first encouragement from Cullen. 

Upon his advice Tony Pastor brought 
J. W. Kelly to New York for a single 
week's trial, and it is now a matter of 
stage history that he remained at Pastor's 
for two vears and a half. 

Mr. Cullen's New York debut was made 
in 1887, with Austin's Australian Novelty 
Company at Miner's Bowery, in which 
Weber and Fields also made their first 
metropolitan bow, doing the famous "Ger- 
man Senator" specialty and appearing in 
the afterpiece. 

Cullen's greatest successes had always 
been in the West and he returned there to 
play the fast increasing vaudeville circuits, 
of which he has now become a familiar 
and popular feature, as is shown by the 
fact that this season will witness his 
eleventh annual engagement over the Or- 
pheum Circuit, and his twenty-third con- 
secutive season in the Kohl Sl Castle 
houses. 

Jas. H. Cullen has every right to bill 
himself "The Man From The West," as 
years of service out there have made him 
an idol. 



FOUGERE HAS GONE. 

Eugenie Fougere has dusted out, Eugenie 
having given notification to that effect 
from the writing room of the "St. Louis" 
just before the boat put the pilot over- 
board. 

With a big company of her own, she is 
coming back, says FoMgere, II- r first stop 
is London. 

"Doc" St tier • k- u Broadway the 
other afternoon, fixing up the theatrical 
situation. 



Ml 



VARIETY 



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London, May 16. 
William Morris has been an interesting 
visitor, his "devouring eye" taking in 
about everything to be seen, while his 
active mind has been formulating new 
schemes to worry the opposition. He is 
quite proud of his engagement of Harry 
Lauder, and says he Considers him the 
greatest artist in this or any country. 
He considers Hugo Morris, who will re- 
main here in the Morris interests, as 
naturally a better judge of what will do 
for the States than any London agent, 
but his mission here will also require 
Hugo to keep close watch of anything 
new in the way of theatrical construc- 
tion or stage conveniences, as William 
means that the William Morris circuit 
shall play second fiddle to none. 



R. G. Knowles will shortly visit Man- 
chester with his own "Advanced Vaude- 
ville Company," and will give his travel 
lectures for one week at the Midland 
Hotel Theatre. Last Sunday he lectured 
at Grimsby. 



Tambo and Tambo, the American double 
tamborine spinners, are doing a return 
in Berlin, where they have played both 
Apollo and Wintergarten, while they have 
also been pleasingly successful at the best 
establishments on the Continent. They 
come to the London Hippodrome June 15, 
and follow at the Coliseum. 



Charles Kanna, after a successful week 
at the Argyle, Birkenhead, is giving his 
study of the American fakir on the Bar- 
rasford Tour, but returns to America in 
September to fill booked dates there. 



"The College Widow" is closing out, 
after giving staid Londoners quite a 
chance to study the slang of America 
as it is. On advertising for "supers" it 
had 300 applications from distressed the- 
atrical people, out of which it employed 
eighty. 



On her first appearance at Birmingham 
Grace Hazard scored an immediate suc- 
cess, her singing, rapid changes, vivacity 
and dainty personality winning much ap- 
proval. She comes to the Coliseum Mon- 
day, where the audience will be quite right 
for her style of work. 



Julian Rose continues at the Pavilion 
as the "bright particular star," the man- 
agement promptly exercising its re- 
engagement option. 

The Birkenhead Argyle, after structur- 
al improvements, will go on the Stoll 
tour. La Milo is getting American offers 
for three times her English salary, but 
is tied up with contracts. Barrasford's 
Paris Alhambra is closing for the sum- 
mer, reopening Sept. 1. 



Charles T. Aldrich is a comedy hit of 
the first order everywhere over here, and 
is now on the Stoll Tour, turning up at 
Hackney this week.— Walter Kelly opens 
June 8 for two months at the Palace, and 
has signed returns for three years follow- 
ing.— Alfred Lester, noted for his comedy 



restaurant episode, has made a big hit 
in the new Gaiety piece "Havana," which 
takes him temporarily from the halls. — A 
great strike against the shipmasters is 
gravely affecting things in certain parts 
of the Midlands, Stockton Hippodrome 
and Oxford Palace being compelled to 
close down pending the settlement of the 
dispute. 



The large number of returning English 
artists and heavy bookings of American 
acts on the Stoll Tour point to a rather 
overcrowded market, which is already 
showing a tendency to lower prices. My 
advice to vaudevillians in America who 
contemplate coming here this summer "on 
spec" is — Don't! 



"MAKE GOOD." 

By Herbert Kaufman.' 
(From "Everybody' 9 Magazine" for June.) 
Make good. 

Cut out "if," "could" and "should," 
And start in to saw wood. 

* 

You can still have the best 

Things in life, like the rest 

Of the men who've achieved 

Just because they've believed 

In themselves. You're deceived 

If you think fortune comes 

With a rattle of drums 

And a fanfare of state 

To hand yours on a plate. 

That isn't the way 

That she visits to-day. 

You must get out and rustle and bustle 

and hustle; 
You need all your muscle, for you've got 

to tussle, 
Plunge -into the fight, 
Hit to left and to right, 
And keep crashing and smashing. 
Don't let up with your striking 
Till things meet your liking. 
For God's sake, stop bawling — 
Instead, do some mauling. 
It makes the world bitter 
To look at a quitter; 
Fate scowls when she sees 
A Grown-up on his knees.' 
A man with his health 
Is a mine jammed with wealth 
Full of unexplored lodes. 
Why, the freckled-back toads 
Have the sense to keep jumping — 
And here you are frumping! 
Come now, strike your gait — 
It isn't too late, 
There's no such thing as fate! 
Drop that fool-talk of "luck," 
Get a grip on your pluck, 
And buck. 
Begin 
To grin 
And win. 



Melville McDowell plays over Williams' 
circuit, opening at Colonial. 



Leo Carrillo, Variety's cartoonist, cut 
up some didoes in his home town, Los 
Angvles, Cal., while playing at the Or- 
pheum Theatre. The city "went bug" 
over him, and he even had a special writer 
from the "Woman's Paste" on one of the 
dailies interview him. Leo is now in San 
Francisco playing an engagement. 





PARIS NOTES 

By EDWARD G. KENDREW. 


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Paris, May 15. 
Richard Warner & Co. are acting as 
impresarios for Mile. Emma Sandrini, the 
prima ballerina of the Paris opera, who 
with thirty other dancers is making a 
tour of southern Europe with ancient 
dances introduced into ballets. It is quite 
an artistic turn. 



The pupils of Mme. Nicole Ratte gave a 
creditable public audition at the office of 
"Le Journal" on May 14. A success of 
the evening was a new song, "Dans un 
Jardin Tout Fleuri" by A. Rubi, accom- 
panied by the composer, F. Darcieux. 



The Alcazar d'Ete in the Champs Ely- 
sees opened in rather showery weather 
for an al fresco resort to-day. This did 
not damp the ardor of the first-nighters, 
however, who warmly applauded Dranem, 
the French nonchalant comic; Corradini's 
Elephants, La Berat in luminous dances, 
etc The weather in Paris is not yet 
quite propitious for the open-air cafe" 
chantant, and the audiences are not large. 



At the Apollo two debuts on 14th: 
"Irish-Indian Maids" and the "Globe of 
Love," a sort of living picture spectacle. 



I referred in a recent letter to the Eng- 
lish boxing matches in this capital which 
bid fair to take a big place on the bills 
of our variety theatres. Henri Turot, a 
member of the Paris municipal council, 
has now written to the Prefect of Police 
(Commissioner) demanding the immediate 
suppression of such vaudeville turns! His 
open letter, briefly translated, is in the 
following scathing terms: 

"These exhibitions are thoroughly 
demoralizing, and it is disgraceful that 
such barbarous, repugnant sport 
should be allowed to acclimatize in 
Paris. The sight of two men bruis- 
ing each other's bodies and faces can 
only please neurotic men and women 
ever craving after some new and un- 
healthy sensation." 



In the meanwhile "Tiger" Smith and 
"Steve" Smith met on the 10th at the 
Folies Bergere; Coeuille and Bentjem, 
French heavyweights, at the Ferris Big 
Wheel (Grand Roue), and Jack Meekins 
and Chabrier at a sporting club (Cercle 
Hoche). There may be some truth in M. 
Turot's remarks, but how does this com- 
pare with the latest French affair of 
honor, translated from the dailies of the 
15th: "A duel was fought early yester- 
day morning at the Great Wheel over a 
quarrel which took place a long while 
ago. M. de Villette at that time had 
fought fourteen duels, but M. Ravenez 
was not yet 21, so it was decided to 
wait until he had attained his majority. 
Many people arrived early on the ground, 
and the crowd was so great that they 
were turned away and took refuge in the 
carriages of the Ferris Wheel, from which 
they had a good view of the encounter. 
The duelists fought with great determina- 
tion, and in the second round Ravenez's 
sword penetrated some eight inches under 
M. de Villette's armpit, piercing the lung. 
It was the veteran who was removed to a 
private hospital in a serious condition." 



In order to return the compliment to 
Fiance, in these days of the entente cor - 
diale, Ravenez should now be offered at a 
big salary to appear in London. 



An enterprising manager only last week 
had a strong sample of public opinion at 
his engaging Mile. Welch to appear at his 
hall, where she was billed as "The Beauti- 
ful Lison." This is the woman who was 
associated with the naval officer, UUmo, 
recently condemned to perpetual imprison- 
ment for treason. He told French plans, 
it was stated in his defence, to a foreign 
power in order to obtain money to satisfy 
the whims of his mistress. When the 
"artiste" in question was to come on the 
stage about one hundred and fifty young 
men, mostly students, began shouting their 
disapproval. The police were called in and 
a dozen arrested; but this did not stave 
off the disorder, as the entire audience 
then joined in the protest and the "star" 
attraction could not get a hearing. It may 
be agreeable to many to know that 
the police did not detain in custody a 
single person arrested in connection with 
the incident. Moreover, "The Beautiful 
lison" engagement is off. 



THE SEASON'S END. 

Don't let them kid you. beau, . 

And say the season's been fine; 
Or tell you tbey got tbe dough; 

That doesn't go for mine. 

It looked all right at the start, 
And we were doing pretty well; 

But we and contracta soon did part: 
Since then it has been hell. 

Now and again we got a job, 

I wouldn't tell you where; 
It made me feel like a slob: 

We couldn't afford to care. 

But when I'm talking to soma shine, 
Of the dates which made me hot; 

lie says, "Lost one In nine": 
And I says, "That's a lot." 

Pretty nervy, don't you think, 

When we've been eating cracker dust? 
But the qneen, she's a pink: ' 

Would stand for murder. Just. 

Next season, perhaps, who can tell 
We may be working steady yet? 

If not, then back to the hay; 
There's money there I can get 

Maybe it's great to be an actor 
And brag of playing vaudeville; 

But I could have been a rector: 
That keeps your stomach filled, 

I'm not kicking; neither Is honey, 
Tho' it's tough to be around loose; 

But we've got to get some money. 
And our act'a tbe only excuse. 

Don't you think we've a good one? 

On the level, tell me true; 
Of course we have; hear that, hon? 

We're much obliged to you. 

A manager now we must see. 

And tell Mm we are right; 
He can't turn us, Holy Gee: 

But supposing that he might. 

If he does, and we are out, 

I'll keep you, kid, from harm; 
You know I'm no lazy lout: 

I can still work on the farm. 



"Pat Rooney's Urchins" will be another 
act Mr. Rooney and B. A. Rolfe will place 
on the market for next season under the 
management of Mr. Rolfe. 



rtooney and Bent have played "The 
Busy Bell Boy" all season, and through 
familiarity Marion Bent forgot five lines 
at the Monday matinee which were left 
unsaid. Mr. and Mrs. Rooney close their 
tour this week. After looking over the 
Broadway shows, they will retire to 
Southhold, L. I., for the summer. 









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Oakland, Cal., May 16. 
Editor Variety: 

In your issue May 9, I note in the re- 
view of Libby Blondell's act, "she can 
probably lay claim to being the first to 
carry an entire quartet planted in a box." 

Kindly allow me to correct that. We 
used a quartet in a box at the Haymar- 
ket, Chicago, week April 29, 1907, and 
also one Sunday night at Terrace Gar- 
den, New York, in May, 1907. 

We would have continued with the 
quartet but for lack of immediate time. 

Johnnie Le Fcvre. 
(Le Fevre and St. John.) 



Trinidad, Colo., May 20. 
Editor Variety: 

Notice to artists playing Denver, Colo., 
week May 4, playing the Majestic in Den- 
ver. We stopped at the Kane Hotel and, 
as everybody know*, it's customary on 
the last day for the expressman to get 
your hotel trunk at night. 

Well, on Sunday night the expressman 
went to the hotel to get my trunk and 
the landlord positively refused to give it. 

His reason was that no baggage goes out 
of his hotel at night, and I had to leave 
without it. I got that trunk two days 
after. 

Adolphe Poirer. 
(Manager The Three Poiriers.) 



best bet. The verdict must have surprised 
the vaudeville magnates, who, for a long 
time had been grossly overpaying what 
they supposed were their real drawing 
cards. The result demonstrates one thing: 
although level-headed business men, the 
managers do not always strike it right 
when they attempt to diagnose the public 
fancy. 

Therefore, it is entirely likely that 
more surprises would develop if entire 
programs were subjected to the same test. 
The serio-comic is an important factor in 
vaudeville, but she does not constitute 
the entire bill. I haven't a doubt but 
that many artists in other lines now 
struggling for recognition would derive a 
similar benefit if given the boon of a 
popular vote. The Irene Franklin epi- 
sode is stimulating. Would it not be a 
good idea from the standpoint of man- 
agers, artists and audience to let the pub- 
lic decide for itself in other cases? 

O. T. Fiake. 
(Fiske and McDonough.) 



Chicago, 111., May 20. 
Editor Variety: 

If anyone knows the whereabouts of 

Lottie Cunningham or her husband, Ed. 

Lawrence, they would oblige me greatly 



MURDOCK SIGNS HEN6LER SISTERS. 

A contract for five years has been en- 
tered into between John J. Murdock, the 
Chicago vaudeville manager, and the 
Hengler Sisters. 

Under the terms, Mr. Murdock will 
provide a piece for the girls to play in 
for the first two years, and during the 
third season of the engagement they will 
star under his management in "The Twin 
Detectives." 

Foreign bookings made by the sisters 
will be disposed of to give a clear path 
for the fulfillment of the Murdock con- 
tract. They lately played in vaudeville 



pear locally 
shortly. 



on the Williams circuit 



by letting me know, as they left their 

child, when seven month old, in my care. *£*£ J? * >pnng trip, and will ap 
He is now six and one-half years old and 
in the best of health. 
I have lost track of them. 

(Mr9.) Margaret De$ Laurier, 
111 So. Centre Ave., Chicago. 



New York, May 23. 
Editor Variety: 

I notice in Variety of this date the 
statement that Elsie De Leon is the only 
female rider who has ever accomplished 
the feat of throwing a somersault un- 
assisted while riding bareback. I should 
like to point out that this is a misappre- 
hension. Other female riders in the 
United States have accomplished the feat 
mentioned. 

Among the number are Annie Morrison 
(riding under the name of Annie Cook) ; 
Little Edna, of the Lemon Brothers' 
Show; Robinson Big Ten and Norris & 
Rowe and Dolly Julian, last season with 
the Barnum show. William F. La Rue. 



DARRAS BROTHERS LOSE SUIT. 

The suit brought by the Darras Broth- 
ers, foreigners, against B. F. Keith to 
recover the amount of two weeks' salary 
was decided against the act this week in 
the Municipal Court. 

Darras Brothers came over here on a 
"Keith" blanket contract, calling for 
twenty-five weeks. They were engaged 
by H. H. Feiber. During the course of 
the engagement they were asked to "lay 
off" two weeks on the agreement that 
that time should be added to the contract. 
This proposition was accepted, but after- 
ward declined upon the advice of their 
attorney, M. Strassman, it is said. 

The action was commenced when a de- 
mand for two weeks' salary was ignored. 
No written opinion was handed down. 



235 West 108th Street, 
New York, May 23. 
Editor Variety: 

In the case of Miss Irene Franklin, 
Manager Percy G. Williams made a wise 
move. He let the public pick its own fa- 
vorite, and the Court of Last Resort 
speedily decided that Irene was the one 



HOGAN RETURNS TO TOWN. 

Ernest llogan returned to the city on 
Wednesday. His mother came on from 
Louisville to meet him. 

It was reported the colored comedian 

looked very well. He has been confined in 
a Massachusetts sanitarium the greater 
part of the season. 

llogan and his mother left for a New 
Jersey summer resort. 



PRESENTATION TO IRENE FRANKLIN. 

The event of the evening on Monday 
last at the Colonial was the presentation 
to Irene Franklin (Franklin and Green) 
on behalf of Percy G. Williams of a dia- 
mond studded gold charm in the form of 

a book to commemorate Miss Franklin's 
title as the most popular artiste who has 
ever played the Williams houses. This 
was decided in the recent ''Popularity Con- 
test" held by Mr. Williams. 

Stuart Barnes presented Miss Franklin 
with the token, and the popular young 
woman responded with some embarrass- 
ment. 

The winning of the contest by Miss 
Franklin, which came as a great surprise 
to managers, herself and her admirers, has 
already ensured booking for Franklin and 
Gieen for next season at nearly treble the 
amount of salary they are now receiving 
under this season's contract. 



ENTERPRISE. 

• The spectacle of a motor car speeding 
up Broadway with thirty or more occu- 
pants seated about a baby grand piano 

elicited no little amount of interest on 
Saturday afternoon. The machine was 
conveying four quartets and a dozen more 
vocalists out to American League Baseball 
grounds at the expense of the Jerome H. 
Remick exchequer. They went there to 
sing and thus make the name of Remick 
prominent. 

The quartets were the Big City Quartet, 
the Yorke Comedy Four, 'The" Quartet 
and the Long Acre Quartet. Lou Hirsch, 
Walter White, Sam Collins, Charles Orr, 
Walter McPherson, C. H. Tomes and Ed 
Ford added their voices to this array. 

George Botsford, the composer, acted as 
musical conductor. 



ACROBAT STRANDED. 

Boston, May 27. 

The Picquays, acrobats, and John Mc- 
Carron, stage manager at Keith's here, got 
busy last week when George Jackson, an 
Austrian acrobat, was found to be 
stranded here, unable to reach his native 
land. 

Johnson could speak little English. It 
was learned that he had been given a sum 
of money by the White Rats in New York, 
sufficient to take him there, but a steam- 
ship agent had euchred him out of it, and 
arranged that he should go on a cattle 
ship, feeding fifty head of cattle to pay 
ior his passage. 

The boys raised $22 for him by taking 
up a collection among the artists. 



READING LEE'S LAST PIECE. 

The last sketch written by the late 
Kenneth Lee, who was the author of 
"Billy's Tombstones," is now being read 
by Edgar Allen. Mr. Allen has been the 
booking representative for Weber & Rush 
in the United Booking Offices the past 
season, with the exception of a few weeks 
he played in vaudeville. 

The Lee piece is named "The Angry 
Lady from Boston," and if it is acecpted 
by Mr. Allen, he will again take to the 
vaudeville stage with it. 

Ed S. Keller will make the production 
and book Mr. Allen. 



OBITUARY. 



The whole theatrical profession ham 
been in mourning this week for Peter T. 
Dailey, the comedian, who died of pneu- 
monia and grippe in Chicago last Satur- 
day. 

Dailey was playing with the Joe Weber 
Company in Chicago. One of his first pro- 
fessional engagements was in the variety 
show at Fox's American Theatre, Chest- 
nut Street, Philadelphia. On this occa- 
sion he and Jim Hoey (a brother of "Bill* 
Hoey and not "Old Hoss," as has been 
stated) took the place on the bill left 
vacant by the retirement of McNish and 
Clark. Jim Hoey is still alive, and at 
last account was running a small wagon 
show on Long Island. The act at that time 
was a song and dance specialty. Previously 
Dailey worked as a member of Dailey 
and Morris, who appeared in the Globe 
Theatre, Broadway and Waverly Place 
(under the management of Bob Butler). 
But Dailey 's prominent connection was 
with the Big American Four — Joe Pettin- 
gill (now manager of Gus Hill's "McFad- 
den's Flats"), Peter Gale (now dead), 
Dailey and Hoey. When Dailey retired 
from the Four, Nat Haines replaced him, 
and when the act broke up Haines and 
Petti n gill worked as a team. 

One of Dailey's early intimates wai 
Tom Ward, at present in New England 
with a comedy act. Both Ward and 
Dailey were about the same size, and were 
nearly always seen together. 



George Balno, of Balno and Shaw, died 
Monday morning in a New York hospital 
from injuries received ten days ago in his 
dressing room at the Hippodrome. He 
was examining a patent cap used for 
slap-stick explosions when the charge 
ignited and a piece of flying metal cut 
him in the neck. Blood poison developed, 
and after ten days of suffering he died. 
The team was playing in the Hippodrome 
circus when the accident happened. They 
had a travesty animal act. 

Balno was identified with the act for 
several years. He came to this country 
from the other side with a comedy acro- 
batic troupe. 



Chicago, May 27. 

David Henderson, known as "the 
father of extravaganza" in this country, 
died here early Wednesday morning. Mr. 
Henderson built the Chicago Opera House, 
and in his zenith as a theatrical manager 
was famous all over the world. 

Elias Witt, father of Max S. Witt, died 
Monday evening in his New York home, 
239 West 134th Street, after a short ill- 
ness. 



MISS BELFORT'S GOLD MINES. 

Before leaving for Europe May Bel fort, 
the English singer, will visit her gold 
mines in California. 

There are a number of mines belonging 
to Miss Belfoil located about 100 miles 
from Los Angeles. They are known as 
"The Nevada Group." 



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CHICAGO FILM NOTES. 
By Frank Wiesberg. 



VARIETY'8 Chicago Office, 
Chicago Opera House Block, 
Chicago, May 27. 

The Theatorium, Galveston, Tex., is ex- 
hibiting a series of moving pictures, show- 
ing the Presidential possibilities, taken 
from life. 



W. 0. Meyers, of Indianapolis, has 
bought the Electric Theatre at Frankfort, 
Ind., from Mrs. K. Kilpatrick and W. 0. 
Boggs. 



The Broadway, Nevada City, has opened 
with moving pictures. 



Campbell and Patchell will give moving 
picture shows under canvas in northern 
Michigan during the summer. 



The Olympic, Topeka, Kans., opened 
with pictures under the joint manage- 
ment of Mrs. Ronne of Madison, Ind., and 
Mrs. Shaw of Chicago. 



Robert Luck will operate a moving pic- 
ture show in a tent at Ft. Atkinson, Wis., 
this summer. 



A new moving picture place will soon 
be opened at Norfolk, Va. 



A penny moving picture theatre opened 
on Fifth Street, Cincinnati, last week. 
Nolan & Dolle are the promoters. The 
place is located in the center of the busi- 
ness district. 



The Avenue Theatre, Louisville, is now 
running moving picture shows, and if the 
test is successful the house will be open 
all summer. 



"Wonderland" Park, Milwaukee, opens 
May 30, enlarged and beautiful. Herman 
Fehr is the principal stockholder. J. A. 
Higler and Frank Trottman are concerned 
in the management. 



The Royal Theatre Company, Norfolk, 
Va., has incorporated, capital $6,000, to 
operate moving picture shows. 



Rock Falls, 111., has a moving picture 
theatre. It is in the Tofte building. 



R. Steinmeyer is building a picture the- 
atre at St. Louis, occupying the prem- 
ises at 3507-9 South Broadway. 



The Kahn Amusement Company, Rich- 
mond, Va., has incorporated. Capital 
$1,000. 



The Theatre Film Service Company, 
with headquarters in Chicago, opened a 
branch at Little Rock, Ark. J. E. Willis is 
in charge. The senior member of the con- 
cern is Fred Aiken, vice-president of the 
Film Service Association. 



Moving pictures will be the entertain- 
ment in the new theatre to be estab- 
lished at "White City," Louisville, this 
Summer. 



The Auditorium, Wheeling, W. Va., 
fs open with vaudeville and pictures, un- 
der the management of Fred Duke. 



R. E. Carson has opened a new moving 
picture establishment at Greenwich, S. C. 
It is known aa the "Lyric." 



A new moving picture and vaudeville 
theatre will be operated in the Tyler 
Building, Louisville, Ky., by Richard Bak- 
row, S. P. Jones and J. M. Sharp. 



A new moving picture theatre and ar- 
cade opened at Gary, Ind., is operated 
by the Lyric Amusement Company. 



Moving pictures are given at the Duval, 
Jacksonville, Fla. 



A new Nickelodeon opened at Wyan- 
dotte, Mich. It is called the Star. 



Lyman Howe is exhibiting motion pic- 
tures in the Masonic Theatre, Louisville. 



FIRST IN; BIG PROFITS. 

By a shrewd stroke of business George 
Aiken, railroad contractor for the John 
Robinson Shows, has turned many desir- 
able dollars into "the Governor's" coffers 
this season. The Robinson show is play- 
ing a string of stands along the Louis- 
ville & Nashville Railroad, which have not 
seen a circus in fire years. 

The L. & N. refused for that length of 
time to haul circus trains, and no con- 
tracts were signed for the territory. A 
change of policy last fall was taken ad- 
vantage of by Contractor Aiken and his 
contract was "No. 1." This contract 
keeps the other shows off the road for a 
stated period. 

In Knoxville, Tenn., the show gave 
three performances in one day to accom- 
modate the demand for admittance, and is 
said to have taken out $12,000. Two 
afternoon shows were also given in Lon- 
don, Ky. The outfit has experienced half 
a dozen turn arrays 

The Southern Railroad has also barred 
circus traffic until this year, and the Rob- 
inson show will be the first to travel over 
its lines in seven years. 



NEW TENT SHOW. 

Buffalo, May 27. 

"The Fall of Pompeii" (National 
Amusement Company directors; F. F. 
Hartzell, manager) starts from this city 
and opens at Toronto June 15; Montreal 
and Buffalo to follow, then Pennsyl- 
vania and the West. 

A four-car show; sixty people; ballet of 
30; steam caliope and military band of 20 
pieces, with Pain fireworks. The seating 
capacity will be 10,000. All new tents. 



PARADE OR NO LICENSE. 

Watertown, N. Y., May 27. 

The City Clerk has informed the Bar- 
num-Bailey circus that unless a parade is 
guaranteed when the circus shows here 
the license will be run up to an unheard- 
of figure. With parade the city will 
charge the circus management $110 for 
the license. 

The merchants of the town insisted 
upon this course being taken, claiming 
that the parade would attract thousands 
who would not otherwise come into the 
city. No answer has yet been received 
from the circus people. 



GIRGUS NEWS. 



GUESSING ABOUT HIPPODROME. 

With the season's close at the Hippo- 
drome come guesses as to its future next 
season and thereafter. 

The guessers have revived the old rumor 
about Ringling Brothers coming into the 
possession of it through the friendship ex- 
isting between John Ringling and Max 
Anderson, the latter an owner in the Shu- 
bert-Anderson Company, the corporation 
formed to manage the big place, and 
which leased it from the Hippodrome 
Company. 

There are three interested parties to 
this lease, it is said, the Shuberts, Mr. 
Anderson and the Hippodrome Company, 
each having contributed $50,000 towards 
the capital stock of $150,000. 

The rumor factory has been working 
.ught and day on the Hippodrome all sea- 
son, And there are a thousand reports, 
more or less, about its past and future. 



NO INTERMEDIATE PRICE. 

The Buffalo Bill show played to big 
business in Washington last week. They 
had a turnaway Monday night. 

The price schedule prevailing with the 
Wild West exhibition has been slightly 
changed. The 75-cent tariff has been 
eliminated, there being only 50 cents and 
$1 seats. 



RAIN BOTHERING RINGLINGS. 

It was daylight before the Ringling 
show got in motion out of Easton, Pa., 
Saturday morning. Heavy weather had 
softened the lot up a good deal, and 
there was delay in handling a wet canvas. 

In Plainfleld, N. J., a few days before, 
the afternoon show was not given until 
3 o'clock. Business was indifferent in 
Plainfleld. 



MAY CHANGE WINTER QUARTERS. 

Reports have been current for several 
weeks that the Ringling Brothers contem- 
plated a change of winter quarters for 
their circus properties. One story had it 
that hereafter the Barnum & Bailey out- 
fit would winter in Baraboo, while the 
Ringling Brothers' own show would be 
sent to Bridgeport between seasons. 

Now comes the seemingly true tale 
that the Wisconsin circus magnates have 
secured a large plot of ground in the out- 
lying section of Philadelphia, and will use 
it to store their circuses. 

There are remaining a large number of 
leases on the Bridgeport quarters which 
were assumed by the Ringlings when 
they took possession of the Barnum cor- 
poration. These leases will keep one or 
the other of the shows in Bridgeport for 
one winter to come at least. 



CIRCUS aCT& AT BRIGHTON. 

The Flying Banvards, Hardy, the high 
wire walker, and a big troupe of Arabs 
will form a croup of circus attractions in 
Pain's exhibition of fireworks at Brighton 
Beach the coming summer. The show 
opens June 15. Attractions booked by J. 
Harry Allen. 



"FLYING HORSE" DIDN'T. 

Some circus has just missed a "flying 
horse." The latter part of last week at 
the Hippodrome a dress rehearsal was 
called to witness the newest aerial sen- 
sation, "The Flying Horse." 

The act is reported to have been under 
the guidance of Prank Melville, the eques- 
trian director. 

When all were assembled, the property 
men and attendants, about forty in all, of 
the Hip were sent to man the ropes or 
wires. The idea was after the wire 
"strong" acts, and may have been sug- 
gester by the "Balloon Horse," "Onaip" or 
even a "flying ballet." 

A beautiful white horse was placed in 
position; the men pulled on the ropes; 
the orchestra played "The Merry Widow" 
waltz, but the horse, expected to ascend 
for graceful gyrations in the air, did not 
move, breaking up the performance. 



CONEY'S CIRCUS OPENING. 

A big six-pole top has been raised on 
the site to be given over this summer to 
the Coney Island Hippodrome in that re- 
sort and the show will open to-morrow 
(Saturday). A big show is promised, in- 
cluding a band of Indians for "Wild West" 
features, Josie Ashton, principal rider, and 
the Casting Dunbars. The Nelson family 
of acrobats is the circus feature. They 
have never shown in the metropolitan dis- 
trict. 

William Ducrow, last season equestrian 
director for the Barnum Bailey show, has 
the same position with the Coney Island 
venture. Bode Brothers, of Cincinnati, and 
Moerlein, the brewer, are promoting the 
venture. Johnnie Robinson, son of the 
Cincinnati showman, is helping get the 
"Hip" in running order. He will stay here 
a couple of weeks at least. 



QUEEN AND CRESCENT ENLARGING. 

The Queen & Crescent Shows, playing in 
the East under the management of France 
Reed, will be enlarged by the addition of 
several new acts shortly. An offer has 
been made to Dolly Julian and Fred Legett, 
who closed last Saturday at the Hippo- 
drome. 

The Queen & Crescent carries a good deal 
of the equipment which last season be- 
longed to the Hargreaves outfit. Frank 
Longbotham, formerly agent for the Pubil- 
lones Show in Mexico, is with it. 



WARNS AGAINST "CROOKS." 

Johnstown, Pa., May 27. 

Buffalo Bill's arrived on the afternoon 
of May 24 from Lancaster in good shape. 
Business Monday was immense, and tne 
show pleased every one. Weather perfect. 

The management issued a warning to the 
public to be on the lookout for "crooks," 
as there were a number in their wake and 
had played havoc in Lancaster. Three 
were arrested by the local police Monday 
night in the railroad yards. 



The Carroll Troupe, premier "Risley" 
act, closed with the Ringling show last 
week. They opened with the show in 
Chicago. 



Circuses are requested not to extend courtesy to any of VARIETY'S corre- 
spondents for more than two seats. 



VARIETY 



11 



"THE LIMIT" IN MAMMOTH 

MOVING PICTURE PLACE 



George Kleine, George Lederer and Henry Lee Have 
Secured the Auditorium, Chicago, and Will Pro- 
duce Big Spectacular Effects. 



Everything is in readiness for the com- 
mencement in Chicago Sunday of a unique 
experiment. George Kleine, the big Ameri- 
can importer of foreign independent films, 
George Lederer and Henry Lee, the im- 
personator, have entered into a partner- 
ship to give a novel moving picture show 
in the Auditorium, Chicago, the big show 
house which played "Advanced Vaude- 
ville' 1 for a time last season. 

When the subjects thrown upon the 
white screen by the projecting machine 
call for it, a big company of actors and 
supernumeraries will be stationed behind 
to work effects. For example, when a 
mob scene is shown a carefully rehearsed 
crowd of 'supers will be present to make 
the appropriate noises. When singers are 
required they will be provided and a 
choir will be on hand to discourse inci- 
dental music when the film gives oppor- 
tunity for such an effect. 

The idea involved in the "talking pic- 
tures" which have so recently established 
themselves widely in the important pic- 
ture houses, here reaches an elaboration 
which is described as "the limit." 

Mr. Lee will have charge of the prac- 
tical end of the stage management to- 
gether with George Lederer, while Mr. 
Kleine will direct the film supply depart- 
ment. 

Chicago is even more generously sup- 
plied with picture shows than is New 
York, but the promoters of this newest 
enterprise have calculated that with the 
immense seating capacity of the Audi- 
torium (4,000) they can do an enormous 
gross weekly business, large enough to war- 
rant the expenditure of large sums on the 
entertainment. 

In addition to the pictures the shows 
will offer vaudeville and musical features. 



PICTURES IN FRENCH COURTS. 

Paris, May 18. 

The heirs of Gounod, co-n poser, and 
Barbier and Carre, librettist*, are seek- 
ing to recover damages in the courts from 
M. Kaiser, manager of a moving picture 
show where a cinematograph »e version of 
"Faust" was given recently. The pictures 
showed scenes from the opera while a 
choir rendered parts of the score. The 
courts will be called upon to decide 
whether this constitutes a "theatrical 
performance" in a legal sense nrM whether 
such a performance was a violation of 
the rights of the owners of the opera. 

The claim is based upon a French law 
passed in 1791, almost a cenviry before 
moving pictures came into me, bin: the 
complainants declare that the statut? can 
be interpreted to cover moving picture 
exhibitions. 



verted to the moving picture policy for 
the summer, giving up for the time its 
mammoth productions. Some of the spec- 
tacular plays given at the Chatelet had 
two hundred "supers" on the stage at one 
time. Two shows will be given daily. 

It has been found that moving pictures 
make the only profitable entertainment 
in the huge Paris hippodrome. 



VANDERBILT A FILM SUBJECT. 

London, May 20. 

London is much interested just now in 
a revival of coaching glories. Alfred G. 
Vanderbilt, the American whip, is driv- 
ing the "Venture" daily from London to 
Brighton. 

The first run of the coach was made 



the subject of a moving picture reel, 
shown at the Brighton Alhambra. Mr. 
Vanderbilt gave a box party at this 
house. The artists on the bill wore fa- 
vors of red and white, the Vanderbilt 
coaching colors. 



A MODEST ADVERTISER. 

In "Everybody's Magazine" for June, 
Carl Laemmle, the Chicago film renter, 
carries an advertisement in which he of- 
fers to sell a moving picture outfit for $155 
upward, and says it is one of the best 
money-making opportunities of the age. 

Mr. Laemmle states he made $15,000 in 
one year at his moving picture hall ou 
Milwaukee avenue, Chicago, "and that was 
only a side, issue of my business,''' he adds; 
also modestly saying in the "ad." "I am 
recognized nationally as leader in my 
line." 



JUDGE DISMISSES PICTURE CASE. 

On the same day last week (Thursday) 
the summons against the Union Square 
theatre for having given a moving picture 
exhibition the previous SundHy was dis- 
missed. Judge Walsh in the First District 
Police Court discharged William Rosenthal 
on a complaint based upon similar 
grounds, preferred by Policeman Andrew 
W. McDonald. 

Judge Walsh said that the prectdfttlt ^*ct 
in these actions by the Supreme Court >n 
the cases cited left him no discretion but 
to dismiss. 



MAMMOTH THEATRE CHANGES. 

Paris. May 18. 
The Chatelet Theatre, one of the larg- 
est amusement places in Pans, has re- 



BIG HOUSE FOR REED ALBEE. 

During the early part of next season 
there will be a la rye elaborate moving pic- 
ture theatre built somewhere in New Eng- 
land or New York State, and Peed A: nee. 
son of K. F. Alhee. general manager of 
the 1'nited Hooking Offices, will be in 
charge. 

This house is considered bv tho*e who 
claim to be in the now as the commetlf*- 
ment of a large circuit of picture places 
of which young Mr. Alhee wit* be the 
h*»nd. He manage the UuJof Square 
until it was converted ff*tu a pcltey of 
vaudeville lo one of pictures. 



EDISON LICENSEES ALL SUED. 

Papers were served upon George K. 
Spoor, of the Essanay Manufacturing 
Company and upon the Selig Polyscope 
Company in Chicago early this week in 
suits instituted by the American Muto- 
scope and Biograph Company of New 
York, alleging infringements of the 
"Latham Loop" patents owned by the lat- 
ter concern. 

These actions are identical with those 
brought in the New York courts last week 
against the Kalem and Vitagraph com- 
panies. The complaints recite that the 
defendant companies are making use of 
the "loop" device in connection with the 
cameras by which they manufacture their 
negatives. 

Five Edison licensees are now involved 
in similar suits, Edison Manufacturing 
Company, Kalem Company, Vitagraph 
Company, Essanay Company and Selig 
Polyscope. The Edison suit was brought 
some months ago and will be argued in 
the United States Circuit Court in New 
Jersey shortly. 

At the same time 'the actions were 
brought against the Chicago manufactur- 
ers, suit was also entered against Jones, 
Schaeffer & Linick, one of the largest firms 
of exhibitors in Chicago. This suit, which 
corresponds to the action started in New 
York against the William Fox Company, 
exhibitors, is brought under "loop and 
shutter" patents held by the Biograph 
Company, and covering a "shutter" de- 
vice, which it is claimed is used without 
authority upon thousands of projecting 
machines in this country. It is expected 
that a large number of these suits will 
be brought. 

The suit recently reported against Wm. 
Fox, a New York exhibitor, is being 
brought by the Jenkins -Armat Company, 
of Washington, on their shuttle patent, 
which has been sustained by U. S. Judge 
Hazen. The latUr concern is now closely 
allied with the Biograph Company. 

Late Wednesday S. Lubin, of Philadel- 
phia, was served with papers in a suit un- 
der the Biograph's "Latham loop" pat- 
ents. All the Edison licensees, with the 
e notion of Pathe Freres and George 
Meliea, both foreigners, are now defend 
ants in Biograph patent suits, as well as 
the Edison Manufacturing Company itself. 



REVIEWS 



EASTMAN SERVES NOTICE. 

\ Several of the minor unattached . mak- 
lets of moving picture films such an 
Schneider and the Came: phone have re- 
ceived notWv frori ^iT^F^atHYur Company 
that they will l. ana-hie *o ffvt' raw ma* 
teiial ("blank stock") in the future. This 
luling, of cou r se, does rot affect the Wo- 
graph Company. 

Tat r»-sult of such a mo** wiH prob- 
ably he to drive the maker* denied ser- 
vice bv East man under the '>;!jner bfvte* 
Biograph Company. » . 



MOPE VAUDFVH.LE IN PICTURE 
HOUSES. 

The JHsroll firothers, operating half 
a i'/rp moving pWure theatre* in and 
..f>oi.' Ww Vork, 'uiM' entered into an 
nnenflt mer.t rith th« Inore* Union, hy 
which the 'Vea York loeal of tu.'l organi- 
gallon a/ill furnish abo it a eeor* if 
eaudeeilte turns weekly, 



Gotch-Hackenschmidt Wrestling Match. 
15 Mins.; Bijou. 

The first exhibition of the Frank Gotch- 
George Uackenschmidt catch-as-catch-can 
wrestling match for the championship of 
the world, which occurred at Chicago re- 
cently, was shown in this city on Mon- 
day at the Bijou Theatre. The series be- 
longs to W. W. Wittig from the title 
plate. The pictures run about 1,100 feet, 
and there is another reel of the match 
made by Wittig also of 2,300 feet. The 
shorter run seen this week follows the 
movements of the men clearly, and while, 
as in all wrestling matches, the picture 
suffers for lack of action at times, to men 
and boys the interest is at all time 
buoyed up in expectation. The views are 
distinct, the slightest movement of either 
contestant being easily caught Sime. 



"Peck's Bad Boy." 
18 Mins. 
Chicago. 

Nearly all the principal characters found 
in the Jbook or play are reviewed in the 
humorous incidents, which are keenly de- 
picted and effectively arranged. The "bad 
boy," the "Dutch" grocer, in fact, all the 
personages who figured in the mischievous 
pranks are shown, and all sorts of ridicu- 
lous situations pile up in quick succession, 
extracting laughter. One of the funniest 
incidents is the half-sawed staircase, and 
the sudden departure of the guests down 
the slippery stairs. The Essanay Co. is 
responsible for the film. The comedy is 
good with plenty of action. 

Frank Wietberg. 



MORE ELECTP0GRAPH SHOWS. 
The Electrograph Company has taken 
over Miner's Empire Theatre, Newark, 
N. J*, and Poll's, Meriden, Conn., for pic- 
tures and vaudeville. J. Bernstein, of 
that concern, has established booking 
headquarters in the offices of the New 
York Vaudeville Contracting Company, 
and is supervising the engagement of acts 
for the Electrograph string which now 
numbets twelve. Four acts go to a bill 
changed twice weekly. 



BRIGHTON'S "TALKING" PICTURES. 

In the enclosure where Col. Ferari's 
Animals exhibited at Bri ght en Beach will 
be "talkin^'-moving pictures this season. 
Hart & Farrell have the concession. 

COMPLAiN OV KAD SEKV1CE. 

Out-of-town i»irt.u;e show managers vis- 
iting New York almost Without excep- 
tion eoniplaia of the lax method prevail* 
in K in the delivery "of reals to them by 
rental exchange*. 

In one cane nil grrengernents were made 
1.0 start a picture thos in a house "in 
PefUfl vivaria previously given over to 
phvy?»ig rombinat'.ons. When openlrg time 
eami on Monday Vpre vere no pictures 
on band. The Now Yetk exchange win 
called lip on \ h. telephone end the ex- 
nue f\o n."'lr fai'tin ' nuikf delivery 
wrt* merelv fi.-t - , ' •• ,t* wc?rs not vet 
VTadv"' 

Thewvfa lif»< <v' .» !".r h complaint on 
1 hi score <.-.>' I > • ! 1 imaged Alms. 



12 



VARIETY 



Ninaweb Park, Louisville, opened last 
week. 



The Airdome, Lebanon, Ind., opened last 
week. 



Lakewood Park, Durham, N. C, opened 
Kay 25. 



Elliott Park, Gadsden, Ala., is now in 
full swing. 



Germania Park, Indianapolis, opened on 
Sunday last. 



"Fairyland" Park, Memphis, has been 
destroyed by fire. 



Electric Park, Montgomery, Ala., opened 
on Saturday last. 



New Riverside Park, Aurora, 111., opens 
on Decoration Day. 



Reeves Park, Findlay, 0., will not open 
until the early part of June. 



Forest Park, the only outdoor resort in 
Pine Bluff, Ark., opened last week. 



Tuscora Park, Canal Dover, 0., started 
its season on a large scale this month. 



A large crowd attended the opening of 
Casino Park, Huntsville, Ala., last week. 



Highland Park, Freeport, HI., opened 
May 28. L. W. Matthews is the manager. 



Ramona Park, Grand Rapids, is now 
open. The principal feature it vaudeville. 



E. F. WSnnett is manager of the new 
amusement park, the "Westside," at Mun- 
cie, Ind. 



The Airdome, Hot Springs, Ark., is now 
playing attractions furnished by North 
Brothers. 



A new Airdome at Boise, Idaho, opened 
week before last under the management 
of Mrs. Evans. 



Beech wood Park, Ashland, ' Ky., has 
been renamed "White City" and consider- 
ably improved. 



Logansport, Ind., will have a "White 
City," according to Cuts. Krauss and 
Harry Haskell. 



Waverly Park, Laming, Mich., will be 
formally opened on Decoration Day. John 
8. Wilson is the manager. 



Chas. R. Matthews and T . R. Smith 
opened an Airdome at Hampton Park, 
Charleston, S. C, this >«ek. 

I. H. Butterfleld was chosen president 
of the Michigan Association of Fairs at a 
recent meeting held in Detroit. 



. The sixth annual Kentucky State Fair 
will be ',ield in IoufeviJIe Sept. 14-19. 
J. W. Now wan is the secretary. 



1' he Council at Glenwood, Minn., has 
given ptrmft to K. R. Bailey to operate 
an amusement park in that town. 



PARKS AND PAIRS 



Vaudeville and pictures are given in the 
"Airdome" at St. Joseph, Mo., in connec- 
tion with North Bros.' stock shows. 



The Riverview Park Company, incor- 
porated in Michigan, owns Riverview 
Park, Detroit, which opened last week. 



A stock company has been organized at 
Anderson, Ind., for the purpose of erect- 
ing amusement devices at Mounds Park. 



The White City Amusement Company, 
Indianapolis, has incorporated for $300,- 
000. The company operates "White 
City." 



The Montrose (Colo.) lire Department 
will hold a street fair from July 4 to 11, 
inclusive, and attractions are being 
sought. 



The Airdome Theatre, Oelwein, Iowa, 
opened last week with vaudeville, under 
the management of A. Pleming and T. J. 
Denson. 



Work of construction on the new Air- 
dome, which Or in Stair and A. J. Gillig- 
ham are building at Grand Rapids, is 
under way, and will be ready some time 
in June. 



Wonderland Theatrical Company, Blue- 
field, W. Va., hat incorporated. Capital 
$5,000. Incorporators: J. Bogden, C. D. 
Hatcher, N. O. Hawkins, G. C. Goodwin, 
O. A. Ogdun. 



The opening of Electric Park, Musca- 
tine, la., occurred May 17. The Citizens' 
Railway and Light Company of that city 
owns the park. 



Ridge Point, considered a picturesque 
amusement resort on the line of the 
Green Bay (Wis.) Traction Company, 
opened a week ago Wednesday. 



The Bayside Amusement Company re- 
cently incorporated at San Diego, Cal. 
Incorporators: J. Feichtner, N. Modden, 
V. Wilkinson and George S'anier. 



All the Denver Parks open on Decora- 
tion Day. There is quite some warfare 
on in Colorado's capital city for billing 
space by the respective managements. 



The Maple Grove Park Company, Deca- 
tur, Ind., has incorporated for $10,000 to 
operate an amusement park. F. W. Shel- 
ton and C. McConnell are the incorpor- 
ators. 

Dare Devil Schreycr has been booked as 
*%ue of thr bijj nt tractions in a $8,000 show 
for tho Brockrm Fair, week of September 
28. The contacts bear the figures $1,000 
as the weekly salary. 



Celoron Park, just outside of James- 
town. N. Y., opened May 24. The vau*» 
ville theatre, under the m*i 
Jarnes J. Water* 
Oprr* 



til 



of 

of the Samuels 

amestown, will play five 



Margaret C. Goodman is to be press rep- 
resentative for the Bijou Theatre and 
Riverside Park and Casino, Saginaw, 
Mich. The Casino will open June 7, under 
new management, with many improve- 
ments. 



Ed Mueller's Paragon Orchestra of New- 
ark, N. J., opens its sixth season at Elec- 
tric Park June 1. Mr. Mueller goes back 
to Waldman's in September for his elev- 
enth season at that house. He also has 
charge of the band in Hillside Park, near 
Newark. 



"Luna" Park, Pittsburg, opened under 
its new management on Thursday. The 
Four Bards, Four Londons, Ella Richards, 
Griff Brothers and Origrino's Band were 
the free attractions booked for the sum- 
mer place by Arthur Hopkins. There is 
no other vaudeville on the grounds. 



.. ■ 



Chicago, May 27. 
'Jim" O'Leary, known as "King of 
Gamblers," has purchased Luna Park irom 
its stockholders and will conduct it this 
summer as a ".peculation. O'Leary was 
legally involved in the stock of the park 
last season, but declined to divulge his in- 
tention ot buying all the shares of the 
stockholders. 



"Luna" Park, Johnstown, Pa., opens 
May 30. Ed. R. Hutchinson, of Elmira, N. 
Y., will on that day make two balloon 
ascensions. In the theatre, the Chester 
Bishop Stock Co. will open for the sum- 
mer in "Knobs o' Tennessee." The bill 
will change twice weekly. The stage has 
been enlarged to over twice its former 
size, and new scenery is being built. 



A complaint has been lodged with the 
Police Commissioner of N »w York against 
the issuance of a permit for a sum- 
mer garden on 110th Street between 
Fifth and Lenox Avenues. The promoters 
of the enterprise presented a petition to 
the Commissioner signed by over 100 near- 
by residents requesting that the license 
be issued. The opposition arises from the 
Harlem Property Owners' Association and 
several other societies. 



Knabenshue and two assistants had a 
narrow escape last week while attempt- 
ing a flight in Knabenshue's air-ship at 
Toledo. While at a height of 1,000 feet 
something went wrong, and the ship rap- 
idly descended, alighting upon a fence sur- 
rounding a ball field, where a game was 
being played. The spectators and the 
players saved the men from injury, but 
the framework was broken by striking 
the fence. Knabenshue expects shortly to 
try for the 102-mile sail from Toledo to 
Cleveland. 



West End Park, New Orleans, may 

undergo another change in its policy of 

management before long. With tbr_ 

mencement of this sea*c ■»_, 

^(•W former 
looking arr-xr" ^^^^^\. , 

. . J: ^^^0/0H^ex\*Ur\% between 

^he Western Vaudeville As- 
fiation, Chicago, was discontinued by a 
new president who thought to economize 
both in this arrangement and in the open 
air ft. ts formerly given as the free attrac- 
tion. With the opening of the resort, 



however, the New Orleans paper* com- 
menced to say things, and this disturbed 
the eqnanamity of the governing board, 
which is reported to again be making 
overtures to W. V. A. for relief. 



London, May 16. 
The Franco-British Exhibition opened 
in a deluge of rain on Thursday. None 
of the exhibits were complete and few of 
the shows in working order. The show 
covers about the same ground space as the 
last Paris Exhibition, less than Chicago 
in '93. There are few side shows, and 
the onjy one ready on Thursday, an im- 
proved scenic railway, did $2,000 on the 
day. One hundred and twenty-three thou- 
sand people passed the gates, including 
the Prince and Princess of Wales, who 
declared the show open. The big attrac- 
tion will be the Olympian Gam •* in the 
finest field I have ever seen for the pur- 
pose, surrounded by a stadium capable of 
seating 60,000 people. Butl the mud on 
Thursday— O, Lor'! 



More attractive than ever Electric Park, 
Newark, N. J., opened its fifth season last 
Saturday afternoon. During the past 
three months many features have been 
added to this popular resort overlooking 
Newark. The dancing pavilion, now the 
largest in the State, has been transformed 
by Japanese artists and decorators into a 
scene from Tokio. Thousands of incan- 
descent lamps illuminate the numerous 
imported articles of decoration forming a 
great dome above the spacious dancing 
floor. Along "The Great White Way" 
the "House of Lemons" is the newest fun 
provoker and 'The Ice Cave" are added 
attractions as are the "Old Mill," Ferris 
Wheel, Toboggan Eight, Air Ship and ten 
other amusement devices. At the Rustic 
Theatre a first-class vaudeville show is 
given twice daily with a free open-air cir- 
cus. Powerful machinery has been in- 
stalled and new inventions by Manager 
Dunlap will produce an illusion nightly at 
the electric fountain. Several young 
women have been actively rehearsed for 
living pictures behind the colored sprays 
of water. 



Billy (Single) Clifford returned to town 
Tuesday after spending two weeks in ele- 
gant idleness at Atlantic City. Billy 
thinks so well of the resort he will re- 
turn for another week during July, when 
it will be work and not play. Mr. Clif- 
ford, Al Fields and Jules Von Tilzer 
laughed at a joke on the Boardwalk last 
Sunday. Pat Reilly came up from South 
Atlantic in his automobile to find out 
what caused the deafening noise. 



The elder Camille of the Oamille Trio, 
while at West Lynn, Mass., last week 
purchased a motor boa f , for $1 .600. As an 
engine was being placed in position in V>- 
boat, it fell on Camille, causing 

requiring ^ttl III 'l I 

p I a y s Ha n ' ^^^M00^^ „ 

>T ^^a^Pmns Hoof next week, and 

nllc will be on deck. At the time 
of the accident a German acquaintance of 
Camille's, residing in New York, was with 
ifim. ThJU German liked Lynn and every- 
thing in it, so uron returning to this 
city he informed his wife of the serious- 
ness of Cainille's accident, running up the 
stitches from four to eleven, whereupon his 
wife gave permission for him to return 
to Lynn to care for Camille, which he did. 



VARIETY 



13 



NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation, First Appearance or 
Reappearance in New York City. 

Alexin, Hammerstein's. 

Williams and Walker, Colonial. 

George S. Melvin, Colonial. 

Emma Janvier, Fifth Avenue. 

R. C. Hers, Fifth Avenue. 

Beatrice Morgan and Company, 126th 
Street. 

4 Flood Brothers, 125th Street. 

John P. Wade and Company (New Act), 
Pastor's. 

Smith and Walton, Pastor's. 

The Cleodora Trio, Pastor'?. 



Meyer Harris and Company. 

44 A Touch of East Side Life." 

15 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Interior 

Set). 
Pastor's. 

The title describes the offering accu- 
rately. The characters are more than 
photographically exact. They get into the 
spirit of the types they represent rather 
than showing the mere external marks. 
The essence of skillful character acting 
is in the work of Harris and his support, 
although he shows symptoms of Alex Can* 
mimicry. If the aim is to reproduce the 
atmosphere of an East Side New York 
tenement, the little cast and the author, 
Stanley Murphy, have succeeded admir- 
ably. But to deliver the fine points of 
their achievement they need a wholly 
sympathetic audience. Whether vaude- 
ville is able to, give them this remains a 
question. One of the things that won for 
.vlex Carr his tremendous vogue was the 
fits of stage trickery that occurred in 
the sketch. That's what the final scene 
in "The End of the World" amounted to. 
There is no trickery about "A Touch of 
East Side Life." It's a living incident in 
the worVaday life of the Ghetto, present- 
ed without stage effects or fakery. It's 
a powerful picture, worked out with care 
and detail. Abraham Hymovitz is such a 
father as ca.i be seen by the hundreds in 
the Chetto. His two sons have run away 
to bocoine artors. A telegram brings 
news that Siggy, the younger son, is 
stranded in New ILiven. Rebecca Hymo- 
vitz, the mother, in spite of the father's 
half hearted remonstrances, raises the 
money to bring him home. He enters the 
home in fear and tremblii ?, a pathetic 
picture of returning prodigal Abraham 
is upbraiding the youngster for his evi- 
dences of worthlessness, with a curious 
mingling of austerity and suppressed ten- 
derness, when a telegram from the other 
son, who has assumed the name of Mlk*» 
O'Brien, announces that he ha* 1 ^ 
great hit and fame and 

An order brr *j2 

. ^^^S^BW^^arcompanies the cheer- 

iTatid Abraham's estimate of the 
stage a» a business proposition being 
tbu« reversed, little Siggy is invited 
to demonstrate his ability. This gives 
opportunity for a song which formL the 
finish. Margaret Rosa, as the patient, 
tender mother toiling cheerfully in the 
sweatshop, might have been picked up 
from a r«ml Grand Street tenement. She 
looked the part to the life and played 
with startling realism. Rush. 



f!ue a 
urie are his. 



Ryan and White have been contracted 
for through the United during the sum- 
mer and all of next season. 



INEW AGTS OP THE WEEK ) 






Onaip. 

Illusion. 

xa Mins.; Full Stage. 

Fifth Avenue. 

This is the first week in vaudeville for 
Onaip, although the act played at the 
.iippodrome. Onaip secures a big credit 
mark right off the reel. It is purely an 
illusion and is extremely well presented 
without a word of explanation. There are 
eight men employed. Six are merely 
supers who look anything but the Hindoos 
they are supposed to represent. A full 
stage is employed with a special back drop. 
An ordinary upright piano is drawn in on 
a long, low cart. The piano is placed in the 
centre of the stage about four feet from 
the back drop. Between the drop and the 
piano is a platform about five feet high 
and not quite the width of the piano. The 
piano player is seated at the piano blind- 
folded. He plays while the hypno- 
tist from the platform makes pass- 
es as the piano slowly rises, the player 
going with it, the stool remaining on the 
stage. The piano rises about a foot clear 
of the platform and the platform and 
stairs are removed, the piano and player 
then make several horizontal revolutions. 
The platf - rm and stairs are replaced after 
a large loop has been passed over the 
whole and the piano and player are slowly 
lowered to the ground. The act closed the 
show at the Fifth Avenue Tuesday night 
and not a person left until the act had 
finished, which would seem easily to indi- 
cate that the illusion holds more than 
sufficient interest to pass the vaudeville 
muster. Dash. 



Jack Mason's "3-4-1" (4). 
Singing and Da nun g. 
17 Mins.; One. 
Alhambra. 

The arrangement upon which Mr. Mason 
hangs three songs and an incidental dance 
or two could scarcely be called a "situa- 
tion." It is rather a circumstance. What- 
ever you call it, however, doesn't make 
any difference. It serves its purpose which 
is to introduce certain talk, the songs and 
a dance or two by a decidedly spruce and 
natty quartet. 'Jack Mason's '3-4-1' with 
Grace Gardner" is the way the program 
describes the number. Mis3 Gardner is an 
important factor. She makes a very 
pretty, animated soubrette and si ngs ^ 
sweet, high vmcc Ne d *l£ 

Sullivan art th:„ 

ler two. They wear 

Clothes and sing and talk from 
ftme to time. Norton plays a stupid Eng- 
lishman fairly well, although at times for- 
getting hie English accent. Mr. Mason has 
a polite comedy part as the 'wise one" 
who wins the heiress milliner from the 
other two. Also he sings and dances. The 
turn pleased the Alhambra audience, and 
will do nicely in a light way. Rush. 



E<i F. Reynard, the ventriloquist, closed 
his season at Keith's, Philadelphia, last 
Saturday. On Thursday of this week, Mr. 
Reynard started for Buffalo in his auto- 
mobile. Mrs. Reynard has full} recovered 
from her recent illness, having gained 
twenty-five pounds while taking the rest 
cure. Her physician advised against tak- 
ing the trip, and Mr. Reynard was accom- 
panied by a couple of friends. 



OUT or TOWN. 



Howard and North. 

18 Mins.; Two. 

"The Wellington Post Office." 

Keith's, Boston. 

It's dangerous to follow an established 
success with an act that is its sequel, but 
Howard and North have chosen wisely. It 
shows the "rube" who has returned to 
Wellington after the scene at the theatre. 
He has married and the wife and baby are 
seen. The big fellow, turned bookmaker, 
returns, expecting to marry his sweetheart 
to find that it is she who has married the 
"rube." The act is full of comedy and 
well written. Ernett L. Waitt. 



Jules Ruby is still an agent. 



The National Theatre at Havana, Cuba, 
is playing vaudeville. 



Eddie Darling had his hair combed by 
a barber on Monday. 



Al Mayer keeps the electric light in his 
"office" burning all day. 



Willie Hammerstein watched two acts 
at his house last Monday matinee. 



A man in Chicago named "Surefire" has 
declined an offer to appear in vaudeville. 



The space left for the agents at the 
United Offices isn't wide enough for "Bill" 

Lykens. 



E. F. Albee was detected with a smile 
this week. Upon discovery, Mr. Albee 
swallowed it. 



Ten small boys walked in "Luna" Park, 
Coney Island, last Sunday without the gate- 
man seeing them. Now Pat Casey uses 
a private entrance. 



Bob Manchester left New York this 
week for Painsviile, 0., for his «^ 
summer vacation in his ho*v 
will return in Jv*z* 



Pwn. He 



Clark, Bergman and Mahoney have sep- 
arated. Miss Clark and Mr. Bergman will 
continue, *hile Mr. Mahoney will make 
up a new act with his wife. 



Gus Edwards' "School Boys and Girls" 
have finished a seven months' tour on the 
Orpheum Circuit and open Monday at 
William's Orpheum, Brooklyn. 



Charles K. Harris attended the opening 
of "Stubborn Cinderella" at Minneapolis 
last Monday. It is a musical comedy, and 
Minnesota metropolis. Harris publishes 
the music. 



The following acts have been signed by 
Gus Hill for next season: Piroscoffis Fam- 
ily, Welch and Maitland, Harry Emerson, 
CRouke and La Belle Marie, Susie 
Fischer, 8 English Roses, Billy Hart, Tom 
Potter Dunn, Speck Brothers, Lottie West 
Symonds, Joe Pettingill. 



WELL FILLED TOWN. 

Watertown, N. Y., May 28. 

The Antique, a new moving picture 
place, will open here May 30. It will make 
the fifth picture show in the city. 

Besides the five picture places, Water* 
town is supporting (perhaps) a stock com* 
pany, and the opera house is running an 
well. The total population is 30,000. 



There are agents who are at their place* 
of business earlier than formerly of late. 
That may be a trifle involved, but the name 
of the agent is mixed in somewhere. 



Rene Aubrey is at the Hotel Wendell, 
Pittsfield, Mass., of which Luke J. Mina- 
han is the proprietor. Miss Audrey has 
been in the Berkshire Hills for the past 
two months, suffering from nervous pros* 
t ration. She was last connected with the 
Schuraan-Heink and "Dolly aVrden" com- 
panies. 






A sister act went to the new office of 
the Columbia Amusement Co.. in the 
Gayety Theatre, this week for a job. After 
jumping the hurdles and leaping the gaps 
that bar Sam Scribner'a sanctum from the 
outer world, they claimed they qualified 
as death defying acrobats and demanded 
booking for an aerial turn. 



A manager said to Richard Pitrot, the 
foreign agent, one day last week: "Pitrot, 
I wonder if I will get appendicitis neit 
season?" "What does he do?" asked 
Pitrot. "A strong act," replied the man- 
ager. "I will go look for h'm," answered 
Pitrot. "Don't mention it ; I can get 
him," and Pitrot, who is a German, went 
forth. 



Harry T. Jordan, manager of Keith's, 

Philadelphia, conceded not to be excelled 

in its appearance, conduct and staff by 

any theatre in the country, cans — J 

moving picture sheet to tft^ 

in the audience <^^|00^^ lile women 
g eRr ,j,^^^^^s1^^einoving their head- 

the performance. The an- 

mcement is greeted with applause at 

each show. 



"There's nothing like an automobile," 
says Willie Hammerstein referring to hie 
"Thomas" car. "It's the finest bank 
account reducer I have ever discovered." 
Walter Rosenberg, who was standing near 
by, remarked: "That machine will be all 
right, Willie, when you have spent $1,000 
more in repairs ; then Lee Harrison is going 
to give you a whip for it." 



Bowers, Walters and Crooker have thirty 
weeks on the Western time, opening on 
the Orpheum Circuit August 24. This will 
be followed for the remainder of the sea- 
son by United time, all booked through 
Al Sutherland. 



Eltinge will play in a burlesque writ- 
ten by Geo. M. Cohan, for Cohan & Har- 
ris' "Honey Boy Minstrela," for which he 
has been engaged. Mr. KUinge will be 
"Juliet" in eork, playtag opposite to Geo. 
Evans as "Komeo. ' 









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HAMMERSTEIN'S. 

This is the final week of the regular 
season at Hammerstein's, *:m1 Eve. Tan- 
guay is leading an aii-comedy bill on the 
program. The comedy of Miss Tanguay'e 
act is the manner in which an audience 
presumably composed of a majority pe»- 
sessing intelligence will listen without re- 
monstrance at the tiresome er'.^jdea of her 
own stage career, together with the lyrics 
of the songs, evidently written for a pic- 
ture show ove« on First Avenue. 

The ever shifting Eva is singing two 
new ones this week, 'Kicking Wouldn't Do 
Me Any Good," an exquisite title, and an- 
other, "That Wouldn't Make a Hit With 
Me," containing the following delicately 
phrased lines: 

"When you marry some old guy 
Who hasn't the decency to die, 
Or you marry some old pill 
Who you can neither cure nor kill, 
That wouldn't make a hit with me." 

With charming naivete Miss Tanguay 
tells in song that even though a voting 
contest is lost now and then it doesn't af- 
fect her salary, although neglecting to 
state if she is booked for next reason, and 
at what price, or whe< her she was engaged 
for the Williams Circuit before or after 
the "Popularity Contest." As all her sing- 
ing numbers seem aimed for the "wise," 
these omissions become fretfully apparent. 

Two new costumes are on view. One 
worn while singing the "Kicking" number 
would be a dream for a "turkey" burlesque 
chorus while the other is so much "cos- 
tume" it is not a gown, but Miss Tanguay 
"made a hit." Vocally she informs the 
audience in nearly every "song" she can 
do that, and she does. 

The rest of the show is va ud*; 
up of standard &ct*j^0j^G> made 
stein wxt Y2^^00^Gmt. Hammer- 
0. p-jj^^^^P^^rovided himself with, as 
ion against any kind of weather. 
The Sisters Cardownie are opening the 
program. It is a character change dancing 
act, prettily and newly dressed, with a 
sword and "horn pipe" dance standing to 
the fore. The girls did really well so early, 
and they left a decidedly pleasant impres- 
sion on their first appearance in the house. 
As "Number 2," Barry and Hughes 
brought themselves into a good sized hit, 
taking several legitimate bows upon clos- 
ing with a "Merry Widow" "tough" dance, 
although the "Widow" melody is growing 
close to bedtime, and in this act a good 
song about it had been sung earlier by 
Madge Hughes. 

There is a special drop and something 
of a sketch in "one," called "The Soul and 
the Heel." It is a slangy affair with some 
extremely good material in it, all new, 
having a couple of "mushy" spots, but 
both players are overworking their voices. 
Charles F. Semon was on hand with his 
usual three-ply success, and Rooney and 
' Bent came along with Marion Bent wear- 
ing a couple of new, sweetly pretty summer 
gowns, including a picture hat. For an en- 
• core Pat did a "Yiddish Mazourka," funny 
enough, while Ryan and Richfield in "Mag 
Haggerty's Reception," closed the first half 
to a gale with Mr. Ryan's dance right 
after Mr. Rooney's nimble stepping. 

The audience was not intensely en- 
thusiastic at any moment on Monday even- 
ing. The whole bill felt this to a greater 
or less extent, but Julius Tannen, opening 
after the intermission, was the most poor- 
ly nituated. They laughed enough at Mr. 
I'annen's stories, and liked his impersona- 
tion of Hopper, but during the opening, the 



rear of the theatre sounded like a regiment 
of soldiers going over a bridge. 

"The Lost Boy,* as played by Ed. Blon- 
uel, after *ill the fun-makeri had gone be- 
fore him. secured plenty of laughs during 
the action, but the applause was not 
brought out by the rather quiet finale, 
although a substantial curtain call was 
taken. Even without the applause there re- 
mained no doubt Mr. Blondel in his "kid" 
character was liked, and this was true of 
others as wen. 

Closing the show were the Kratons in 
hoop-rolling, who held on once they were 
seen, but a good many had to turn around 
to get a look. Sime. 



centric dance of the comedian went down 
with the rest. 

The George Abels Company, without Mr. 
Abels, put o^er "Three of a Kind" *o one 
continuous laugh. 

"The Village Choir" and The Les An- 
ders (the program read La Maze Brothers) 
completed the program. Dash. 



125TH STREET. 

The heat seems to take effect only in 
the lower portion of the up town house. 
There were many vacant chairs in the or- 
chestra, but the two upper floors were 
more than comfortably filled 

Jesse L. Lasky holds the star position 
on the program this week. His two acts, 
"The Love Waltz" and "Eight Hoboes on 
the Road," share equally the headline 
honors. The one, and perhaps the only, 
drawback of the former is that it runs too 
long. The act in its present shape re- 
quires thirty-five minutes. Alfred Kap- 
peler is inclined to be a bit posey as the 
Prince, but he can carry military clothes. 
As long as he is a Prince and not allowed 
to choose the girl he wants for a wife, we 
ought not to object if he does a "Lil 
now and then. The remai udj 
is adequate. Thc»j^^P^^ he caste 
know just "^^^^I^Wree didn't seem to 
tV^^I^PBnatto make of the offering, al- 
they "got" the prolonged kiss, and 
wanted it repeated. 

The audience placed the stamp of ap- 
proval on "The Eight Hoboes." There is 
any amount of first rate comedy possi- 
bilities embodied in the idea. Some have 
been followed out, while others have been 
overlooked entirely. There are also sev- 
eral familiar bits that might easily be re- 
placed. A few of these have been bor- 
rowed. Most noticeably is Bert Williams' 
poker game. Gus Pixley scored strongly 
with his old "whistling coon" number. It 
was the finale, however, that brought home 
the bacon. This is an Ltalian number, sung 
exceedingly well by Sam Dody. It is a 
new song and far ahead of all the other 
Italian numbers, at least it is the v»ay 
Dody sing* it. 

La Petite Mignon gives imitations. La 
Petite 'ins been giving imitations ever 
since she, was La Petite, but really imita- 
tions and imitators are becoming so num- 
erous it is hard to forgive her even though 
she was one of the best. La's one best bet is 
Marie Dressier, and in this she does very 
well indeed, getting away from all the 
others who have essayed the frolicsome 
Marie. Some one should tell the little girl 
that it is really considered bad form to 
give an imitation of George Cohan. Either 
that or they should take her to see young 
Felix, of Felix and Caire, do it and then 
she would give it up of her own accord. 

George Primrose and his "Minstrel 
Boys" came in for a go<xi share of ap- 
plause. The Minstrel Man received a 
hearty welcome and his neat and pretty 
dancing easily did the rest. 

Clifford and Burke had a very poor time, 
following "Three of a Kind," and they 
never got their heads above water. That 
"imaginary person" thing has been ham- 
mered to death. The really first rate ec- 



ALHAMBRA. 



A straight vaudeville show without a 
sensational feature makes decidedly ac- 
ceptable entertainment in Harlem this 
week. The bill ran smoothly except for a 
pause between the two full stage numbers 
of Imro Fox and Maud Hall, Carleton 
Macy and Company, when a stage hand 
with a broom was called upon to '-stall" 
in "one" during the time necessary to re- 
set the stage. Ordinarily this broom in- 
cident is a crude sort of expedient — tech- 
nically known as "doing a Williamsburg" 
— but the Alhambra "spot-light" manipu- 
lator worked a new trick, keeping the au- 
dience amused by chasing the sweeper 
back every few seconds to get a scrap of 
paper he had forgotten. With the excep- 
tion of this one halt the bill ran very 
smoothly. 

Carleton Macy is back in "The Mi 
and the Jay," after a year's ab*ej 
makes a fine, homely ilgus|^fl00Kc7 Ho 
countryman in juJj^^P^^s the simple 
flashy Lj^^^^Hnirable contrast to the 
Pom the Bowery, a contrast that 
res his work doubly difficult. He man- 
ages to give the role an occasional touch 
of comedy without robbing it of the dig- 
nity which is essential to its sympathetic 
appeal. Miss Hall gives her wonted skill- 
ful performance and the third member, 
Jessie Dodd, fills the picture out most sat- 
isfactorily. 

The Elinore Sisters had it pretty much 
their own way. Although they were on 
next to closing, the comedy which had 
gone before was mostly of the quiet va- 
riety and Kate Elinore's clown f unniments 
found a receptive audience. 

The opening numbers were all new to 
the Alhambra clientele. Smirl and Kess- 
ner, opening the show, did extremely well. 
Rose Kessner has toned down her non- 
sense somewhat for the occasion and the 
acrobatic dancing of the pair aroused un- 
limited enthusiasm, an enthusiasm all 
too rare at the early stages of vaudeville 
shows. The trained poodle which figures 
in the finish of the turn was an interesting 
feature. 

Jack Mason's "3-4-1" with Grace Gard- 
ner (New Acts) had second place and fol- 
lowing came Bowser, Hinkle and Company 
with "Superstition,'' a recent production in 
New York. The sketch tells an interesting 
story, and, what is more important, keeps 
to a theme which has dramatic values 
without being sombre. This is an impor- 
tant point. Most ot the dramatic sketches 
which occur in vaudeville are uncompro- 
misingly gloomy. Dramatic values do not 
necesssrly involve bloodshed, cruelty, 
treachery and harrowed emotions. There 
is as tense an interest in the main situa- 
tion of "Superstition" as there would be 
if gloomier subjects were involved. The 
reporter who practices eavesdropping to 
expose a political grafter, the grafter who 
turns out to be a rather likable sort of 
scoundrel and the trance medium fakir 
(Edith Hinkle) (an uncommonly beautiful 
young person), have topical, understand- 
able interest and, besides, they tell a high- 
ly diverting tale. They tell it well, too, 



with little side lights of huirw and with 
engaging simplicity of acting. 

Jack Hazard scored unmistakably with 
his excellent collection of ih iect stories, 
and Cole and Johnson and Company closed 
the intermission, pleasing mightily with 
their singing. Imro Fox follower the in- 
termission, a rather trying place for his 
illusion act owing to the large amount of 
comedy talk that goes witb the magicvl 
tricks. Fox handles his patter extremely 
well. There is just enough of it and it 
has just the right comedy twist. The 
sleight of hand is skilfully done and the 
finish (trunk illusion) turns the act off 
neatly. 

The Bonesetti Troupe of acrobats closed 
the show with one of the swiftest routines 
of two-high feats and ground tumbling 
that has been seen around here in a long 
time. Ku»h. 



FIFTH AVENUE. 

Taking the acts individually there is no 
cause for complaint at the Fifth A'^21 
show this week, but when it, 
necessary to shift Onain^flp^^as fount! 
fourth to closing^jjp^^New Acts) from 
unsettled^tM HWhe whole program was 
Pnd called for two long waits, 
'unsatisfactorily filled by the orches- 
tra. 

There were three selections named under 
"L" for the orchestra and, of course, the 
two played made the heat seem much 
worse. "Happy Days" was the third, but 
it was too hot for anything as good as 
that. Considering the weather, an uncom- 
monly large audience was on hand. While 
there was a show going on, the house was 
very enthusiastic. 

Charles Grapewin and Anna Chance, in 
the "Awakening of Mr. Pipp," caught 
laughs all along the line. There is a 
quantity of new dialogue in the offering, 
which otherwise for the most part remains 
unchanged. The new material is of the 
proper sort and adds a new life to the old. 
It sure must have been hot under those 
blankets, and everybody in the house want- 
ed to hear the janitor rattle the coal again. 

Edward J. Connelly and Company., in 
"Marts Covington," do capital character 
work in which Mr. Connelly shines bright- 
ly. Gerald Griffin, as Uncle Dan, is prin- 
cipal support and he is all that could be 
desired as the faithful old darky. 

Gallagher and Barrett, in "The Battle of 
Two Soon," l^e a fine piece of travesty. 
Both men play extremely well, never over- 
stepping and keeping up the mock-serious 
attitude with telling effect. Good travesty 
players are few and far between. Gallager 
and Barrett have in their present offering 
a vehicle which could be easilv utilized for 
several seasons still. 

The Arlington Four were shoved from 
third !>lace down to next to closing and 
the boys more than made good. Here is 
a quartet of youngsters that will make 
the older quartetters look to their laurels. 
The solo work and the harmony are very 
good, while the dancing and comedy is 
away ahead of the usual brand. The com- 
edian scored strongly at each turn, and 
the boys play to him at every opportunity. 

Bessie Wynn is there with one or two 
new songs and she still remains the same 
winsome little miss. It wouldn't make 
much difference what she sang. Miss 
Wynn has an excellent singing voice and 
knows how to use it She was a big hit. 

Spissel Bros, and Mack were down to 
close the bill but were moved up to third' 






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and it seemed to suit them quite as well. 
The boys are improving in their panto- 
mime wonderfully. The first rate acro- 
batics and reckless falls need no mention. 
Lamberti had rather a difficult spot for 
an act of his calibre. He opened the show 
and besides this was forced to close in 
"one" which rather takes from the dignity 
of his offering. A violin »olo at the finish, 
however, made him a substantial success. 

Doth. 



PASTOR'S. 



Pastor's is law unto itself in the fram- 
ing up of shows. Where else in thc^ 
known world would it be possible 
three dancing and singing ajfr^ pfl^put 
one after the otherT^^^SIwllowing 
conscious of atus^japrand yet one is not 
such arrjl^f H^^violent indignation at 
Igement. The similar numbers 
mnched up toward the opening of 
the bill, and the program gave their 
names as Buckley and La Mar, Rich and 
Howard and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Shaw. 
Between the latter two came Mildred 
Babcock, singer of the conventional illus- 
trated songs, but one could scarcely call 
that a variation, although little Miss 
Babcock possesses a rather sweet voice. 

In its frameup the show is mostly in- 
cluded in the latter half. There was lit- 
tle out of the ordinary in the first sec- 
tion, there being a solid array of Pastor 
regulars in that division. Meyer Harris 
and Company in "A Touch of East Side 
Life" (New Acts) started the strong part 
of the show. Following came the Two Peer- 
less Macks, an exceedingly clever pair of 
youngsters. * They make a good impres- 
sion at their first appearance, and, there- 
after a constant movement of well varied 
specialties keeps them going to the finish. 
They make a fresh, wholesome pair of 
miniature entertainers, and the audience 
found the offering entirely acceptable. 
Little Mae Mack is now doing two im- 
personations of Eddie Foy and Harry 
Lauder, both happily chosen bits. 

Mr. and Mrs. Alison, in the following 
spot scored an unmistakable comedy hit, 
and Blake and Laredo, closing the show, 
rounded off a quartet of substantial suc- 
cesses. 

Here's a concrete illustration of a prin- 
ciple that has been time and again com- 
mented upon in these columns. Of the 
three dancing and singing turns, Mr. and 
Mrs. Larry Shaw wore the only ones that 
did not occupy a certain part of their 
routine with "gagging" talk. The force 
of this becomes apparent when it is no- 
ticed that they followed the others and 
belonged to the two-a-day division, while 
the others were in the less important part 
of the show. The Shaws dress nicely, but 
in this particular they had only a slight 
advantage over the others, and their danc- 
ing, as far as lay judgment could tell, 
did not conspicuously over top. The point 
that established their superiority was 
that they developed a single specialty 
consistently and did not pad out their 
dancing with a dead period of stale talk. 

Rich and Howard have the material 
for a good, clean turn, but before they 
reach their proper level they will have to 
get rid of the dialogue they are now 
using. The time given over to this ex- 
ploitation of "released" matter could well 
be taken up with Will Rich's excellent 
coon shouting. Flo Howard has the right 
idea of costuming, showing three changes. 

Buckley and La Mar come forward like- 



wise with a well-dressed offering, Leona 
La Mar having three complete costume 
changes in the short dancing and singing 
turn. Wygand and Wy-und were handi- 
capped with instruments which were 
pitched a bit below the piano, but they 
ran off their musical routine smoothly 
and interrupted the numbers with only 
an occasional and inconsequential bit of 
talk. 

The Pothwells, in a rather 
esty act, opened t°^gM JjJWTe^trav- 
make one gluruk^^S^now. The pair 
nearly allsdCj s^swrj^mistake in rrurking 
sho^nl pl^ne time far up stage. They 
get down in "one" for their clown- 
ing. Also they might get rid of the 
paper club. 

Murphy and Dunn, old Pastor favorites, 
appear this week as the "special feature," 
having an important position. The act is 
a bit old style, but the Pastorites liked it 
tremendously. 

The others were Nagel and Adams, an 
excellently diversified act, and the Rinal- 
dos, in a prettily dressed and well-handled 
hoop-rolling arrangement, a feature of 
which is the "schoolhouse" trick from the 
act of The Kratons. Rush. 



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Fred McNaughton, of The McNaughtons, 
will leave New York on June 17 for his 
London home, returning in the fall for the 
new Alice Lloyd production. The Mc- 
Naughtons conclude their season at the 
Majestic, Chicago, week June 8. Tom Mc- 
Naughton will remain over to manage his 
wife (Miss Lloyd) during her few remain- 
ing «veeks in American vaudeville. 



Arthur Goldsmith, secretary and chief 
clerk to M. S. Bentham, the agent, will 
spend . the summer at Rockaway Park, 
(not Rockaway Beach; this is important), 
coming into the city each day in his Gold- 
smith's automobile. While at Rockaway 
Arthur's private yacht will be moored to 
the front gate. Mr. Bentham will walk 
in from New Rochelle dai ? .y. 



An Investigation Committee on last Wed- 
nesday, after due deliberation, decided that 
there is no mustache on the face of Maurice 
Goodman, the United's Attorney. Mr. 
Goodman argued hotly against the de- 
cision, even pulling two hairs out of his 
countenance in proof, but the committee 
was obdurate. Each claims to know a 
mustache when he meets one. Mr. Good- 
man will appeal. 



Edwin Stevens completes his engage- 
ment as the stock star of the Princess, 
San Francisco, this week. With his de- 
parture from the house other changes will 
be made in the personnel of the organi- 
zation. The new people will be signed in 
New York and sent to the far Western 
city by the Orpheum Circuit offices, which 
are directing the destinies of the Princess. 
The reorganized company opens June 15. 



M. Orpheo, who is the assistant to 
Alexia, the foreign dancer appearing at 
Hammerstein's Roof next week, is making 
his third visit to this country. About 
nine years ago M. Orpheo appeared at 
the Casino, booked by E. Gerson, with the 
Four Edwardos; then returned to Europe, 
where he played with the Salvaggis, and 
again came over with the Edwardos five 
years later, showing on the New York 
Roof. 



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Barrow, Musical. L215 Jefferson, Brooklyn. 
Barnes A Crawford, Spring Brook Casino, So* 

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Barnold, Chas. B„ Keith's, Boston. 
Bsrry. Katie, 541 W. 158, N. Y. 
Barry A Hughes, Chase's, Washington. 
Barry A Wolford, Shea's, Toronto. i 

Bates, L. Allen, Star, Homestead, Pa., indef. 
Batls, Carl We, 6637 Normal, Chicago. 
Batro A McCue, 819 No. Second, Reading. 
Bartlett, Mr. A Mrs. Guy, 868 W. 66, N. Y. 
Bartlett, Ai.. Hunt's Hotel, Chicago. f 

Batemann, Tom, 112 Bordon. Fall River. 
Hates A Ernst, 201 So. University. Peoria, III 
Bates, George, Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 
Bates A Neville, 46 Gregory, New Hsven. 



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Alpine Troupe, Cole Bros., C. R. 
Alrona, Zoeller Trio., 260 Hemlock, Brooklyn. 
Alvord, Ned. Rlngling Bros., C. R. 
Alvaros Troupe, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 
American Banjo Four, 1431 Broadway, N. Y. 
American Dancers, Six, 8, Keith's, Phila. 
American News Boy* Trio. 80 Morton, Newark 
American Newsboys Trio, Bijou. T oraln. O. 
American Trio. 56 Penn Ave, Ni wark. 
Anderson's Four, Hippo., I<exing. a, Ky. 
Angell Sisters, 405 W. New York, Indianapolis. 
Apollo Bros., RiC W. 4, N. Y. 
Apollo, Orch., Benton Hotel, Benton Harbor, Mich. 
Ardo, Rlngling Bros., C. R. 
Ardo A Eddo, 7, Luna Pk., Coney Island. 
Arberg A Wagner, 1412 Tremont, N. Pittsburg. 
Ariconss, The, 148 W. 68, N. Y. 
Armond, Grace, Sipes, Kokomo, Ind. 
Armlnta A Burke, 868 Comstock. New Brunswick. 
Armstrong A Le Verne, Majestic, Chicago. 
Arnot A Gunn. 215 6th Ave.. N. Y. 
Arthur, W. J., Columbia, Knoxvllle, indef. 
Atlantic Comedy Four, 129 Stockholm, Brooklyn. 
Auberts, Les, 14 Frobel 8tr. III., .Hamburg, Ger. 
Auburns, Three, 335 Beacon. Somervllle, Mass. 
Auers, The, 39 Hcygate, South End dn Sea. Eng. 
Auger, Capt. Geo.. K. A P. 125th St.. N. Y. 
Austin, Claude, 86 No. Clark, Chicago. 



Baxter, Std A Co., Star. McKeesport, n. 

Bawn. Harry, 01 Bedford Court Mansions, London. 

Bsy City Quartette, 159? Gates, Brooklyn. 

Be Anos, The, 8442 Charlton, Chicago. 

Beane, George A., Orpheum, Oakland. 

Beard, billy, Geo. Primrose's Minstrels. 

Beattie, Bob, Barnum A Bailey, C. it. 

Beattles, Juggling, 187 Park, Peterson. 

Besuvais, Arthur A Co., Victor House, Chicago. 

Bedell Bros., 211 E. 14. N. Y. 

Bedinl. Donst, A Dogs. 229 W. 88, N. Y. 

Beecher A Msye, 28 Atlantic. Bridgton. N. J. 

Belford, Al G., Frank A. Bobbins C. B. 

Belford Bros., Rlngling Bros., C. R. 

Bell A Rlchsrds, 211 E. 14, N. Y. 

Bellclalr Bros., Proctor's, Newark. 

Bell, Frank, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. • 

Bell Boys Trio, 142 W. 181, N. Y. 

Bell, Chas., Rlngling Bros., C. R. | 

Bell, Hasel, Ferns, New Castle, Ind. 

Bells, The, Bsrnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Bennett, Laura. 14 Linden, Jersey City. 

Bensons, Musical, Gen. Del., Chicago. 

Benton, Lew, 229 W. 88, N. Y. 

Hentley, Harry, Imperials, B. K. ( 

Bentley, Musical, 111 Clipper, Sen Francisco. 

Benton, Maggie, 136 Taylor, Springfield. O. 

Berkes. The, 409 W. 80, N. Y. 



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Barrta, E. Howard. Adeibert Hotel, Kmm City. 
Bernler 4k Stella. 22 Haywood. Providence. 
Bernstein, Mac A Roth, Steeplechase Pk., Atlantic 

City. 
Berry ft Berry, Great Valley, N. Y. 
Beverley, Frank ft Louise, 288 Merrick, Detroit. 
Bis City Quartette, O. 0. H„ Pittsburg. 
BIJoe Comedy Trio. Watson's Burle»quera, B. V. 
Bingham, Kittle. 885 Beacon, Bomerville, Mast. 
Bingham, Scenic, Providence. 
Blnney, * Chapman. Gem, Columbia. Teea., Indef. 
Birch. John. 188 W. 45. N.' Y. 
Blase tt ft Scott, Empire, London, lndef. 
BUmphln ft Hehr. Hippo. Harrlsburg, Pa. 
Bine Cadet a, 51 Hanover. Boston. 
Bluab. T. B., 8241 Haywood, Denver. 
Boo rum. Mattle. 154 Clifton PI., Brooklyn. 
Bohker, Henry, 68 Forsyth. N. Y. 
Bolsso, live. 44 Curtis. Grand Rapids 
Borella, Arthur, Barnum ft Bailey, C. B. 
Bottmley Troupe, N. A. C. 13 Cedar. Brooklyn. 
Booldon ft Qulnn, White City, Trenton. 
Burns ft Bemeraon, 1 Place Boleldleu, Paris. 




Bowery Comedy Quartet, 821 Charles, W. Hobofcea. 

Bowers ft Smith, Oliver. Bverett. Mass. 

Botnhl ft Nevaro, 180 B. 18. N. Y. 

Bowen ft Vetter. 818 N. Wash.. Baltimore. 

Bowman Bros.. 828 W. 48. N. Y. 

"Boys In Bine,'* 240 B. 21. N. Y. 

Boyce, Jack. 1688 Broadway, N. Y. 

Boyd ft Veola, lit B. 14. N. Y. 

Bradford., The. 280 W. 41. N. Y. 

Bradna ft Derrick, Barnum ft Bailey. C R. 

Brady s, The. 208 W. 43. N. Y. 

Brenoo ft Downing, Majestic. Montgomery. 

Brlgham, Anna B., 28 Exchange, Blngbamton. 

Brlnn, L. I... 23 Haymarket, London. Rng. 

Brentford, Tom. Park Hotel, Port Cheater. N. Y. 

Brays. The, Campbell Bros., 0. B. 

Brlndamour. 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Brlason, Alex., Barnum ft Bailey. C. R. 

Brltton, Sadie, Coliseum, Burlington. Is., lndef. 

Broad. Billy. 1568 Broadway. N. Y. 

S roadway Quartette. Fcnr Huntings Co. 
robst Trio, PottsvUle, Ps. 
Brooks ft Jeanne tte. 1662 Madison. N. Y. 
Brooks ft Vedder. 125 W. 43. N. Y. 
Brown Bros., ft Doc Kesley, 1246 Wabash, Chicago. 
Brown, George, Barnum ft Ballsy, C. B. 
Brown, Jessie, Hsnlon's Snpsrha Co* 
Brown ft Nevarro. 4 W. 185, N. Y. 
Brooks ft Clark. 2464 Pston. Philadelphia. 
Brown ft Wllmot, 71 Glen, Maiden, Mass. 
Brown ft Wright. 844 W. 45, N. Y. 
Browning, Flora. 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 
Browning. Mr. ft Mrs.. Hotel Everett. N. T. 
Browning ft Le Vsn. 886 Csuldwell. N. Y. 
Brnees, The. 1525 State, Chlcsgo. 
Brunettes. Cycling, Steeplechase, Atlantic City. 
Bryant ft Seville. 2328 N. Bouvler. Phlla. 
Bnrke. John ft Mae, Orpheum, Denver. 
Burke ft Finn. 44 7th Ave., N. Y. 
Burton ft Brooks. Pair Haven. N. J. 
Buekieye. hfuslcsl, 287 Avenue B.. N. Y. 
Buckeye Trio. 646 B. Center. Marlon. O. 



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Burdette. Madeline. 212 W. 44. N. Y. 
Burke. John P. Flood's Park. Baltimore. 
Buckley's Dogs, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 
Buckeye Stste Four, 2364 E. 57, Cleveland. 
Buffalo, Young ft Vers, 8 Majestic, Denver. 
Burcos ft Clsrs, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
Burgess, Harvey J., 687 Trenton, Pittsburg. 
Burke, Wm. H., 84 Barstow, Providence. 
Burke-Touhoy ft Co., 1888 Brlstow, N. Y. 
Burks ft Urllne, 118 E. 14. N. Y. 
Burns, Morris ft Co., 54 Hermen, Jersey City. 
Burns ft Rooblns, Bijou. Newark, lndef. 
BurneU. Lillian, 511 W. North. Chicago. 
Burton, Hughes ft Burton, Avenue, Duquesne, Pa. 
Burton, Malt, 1185 Valencia, San Francisco. 
Burton ft Shea. Ill 7th Ave.. N. Y. 
Burton ft Vase, 26 Hsakln, Providence. 
Burrowi Trevors Co.. 116 B. 25, N. Y. 
Bush ft Elliott. 1848 45. Brooklyn. 
Busier, Walter 11., Orphla. Madison. Wis., lndef. 
Bulger, Jesse Lee, Northslde, Pittsburg. 
Burtlnos. The, Rlngllng Bros.. O. B. 
Bunch, Johnny, Jr., ft Co., 7, Farm, Toledo. 
Bntlay ft Lamer, 2318 8. Bouvler. Philadelphia. 
Buxton. Cues. C. Crystal. Mensshe. Wis., indef. 
Byers ft Hermann. M, Keith's. Boeton. 
Byrd ft Vance. Ply month Hotel. City. 
Byrne Golson, Players, Barrlson. Wankegan, Til. 
-Byron ft Langdon, K. ft P. 125th St.. N. Y. 
Byrons' Musics! Five, 5188 Indians. Chicago. 



Caessr ft Co., Frsntx. St. Charles Hotel, Chicago. 
Calu Sisters, Empire. Youngstown, O., lndef. 
Callahan ft St. George, Keith's. Phlla. 
Campbell ft Cully, 1688 Bourbon, New Orleans. 
Cslders. A. K.. 125 Washington, Hoboken. 
Cslef ft Wsldron, 251 W. 82, N. Y. 
Cslvin. James, 445 W. 64, Chicago. 
Campbell, W. 8.. BOSS Sydell, B. R. 




Carrlllo. Leo., c. o. VARIETY, N. Y. 

"Carletta," Park. St. Louis. 

Carlln ft Otto, 818 Prospect, Buffalo. 

Carlisle ft Baker, 127 W. 58, N. Y. 

Carrie. Mile.. 504 Ashland Bk., Chicago. 

Carol Sisters, 816 W. 140. N. Y. 

Carmen Sisters, Pant ages', Seattle, lndef. 

Carroll ft Cooke. Hotel York, N. Y. 

Carroll ft Judge Trio. Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 

Carroll, Nettle, Barnum ft Bailey. C. B. 

Carson ft Wlllsrd. 2216 No. Lambert, PhUn. 

Carson ft Devereaux. 305 Sycamore, EvansviUe 

Carson Bros., 623 58th, Brooklyn. 

Caron ft Fsrnum. 235 E. 24. N. Y. 

Carter. Chas. J.. "Milton." Queens, Sydney, Ana. 

Carters. The. 821 8. La 8alle. 111. 

Carter, Taylor ft Co., Keith's, Columbus, O. 





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Burlerjae Preferable. Address to Jnne IB, Morris Hotel, Brockton, Mass., then care VARIETY. 
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Carter ft Waters, 158 Greenfield, Buffalo. 

Cartmell ft Harris. 180 Kevins. Brooklyn. 

Carver ft Murray. 220 W. £8. N. Y. 

Cased ft De Verne, Orpheum, Newark, 0. 

Casettas, The, 4018 So. Artesian, Chicago. 

Casey ft Crsney, 15% So. 6, Elisabeth. 

Caswell, Msude, Gibbons Tour. 

Castano, Edward, 104 W. 61. N- Y. 

Celest. 74 Grove road Clsphatn Park. London. 

Chsdwlck Trio. 220 W. 88. N. Y. 

Chsmeroys, The, 1351 43. Boro Pk., N. Y. 

Chantrcll ft Schuyler, 218 Prospect, Brooklyn. 

Chspln, Benjamin. Lotos Clnb. N. Y. 

Chester ft Jones. 211 B. 14, N. Y. 

Chlnquilla. Princess, Shorevlew Pk.. Jamaica, L. I. 

Christy. Wayne G., 776 8th Ave., N. Y. 

Claire, Ins., Farm, Toledo. 

Clare. 8ydn<V, 64 B. 110. N. Y. 

Clalrmont. 2051 Ryder Ave.. N. Y. 

Clark. Edward. 1558 Broadway. N. Y. 

Clark, Geo. G., 2464 Patton. Phlla. 

Clark, John P.. 425 Forest. Arlington. N. J. 

dark ft Duncan. Majestic, Chlcsgo. 

Clarke. Harry Corson. 130 W. 44. N. Y. 

Clark ft Sebastian. Barnum ft Bailey. C. R. 

Clarke. Wilfred. 180 W. 44. X. Y. 

Clerks, Three, Rlngllng Bros.. C R. 

Claudius ft Scarlet, 8*3 Amsterdam, N. Y. 

Claus, Martha. 15 Old Broadway, N. Y. 

Clayton &, Drew, Majestic, Hot Springs. 

Clcrinento. Frsnk ft Etta. 128 W. 27. New York. 

Clifford, George A., Comedy, Brooklyn, lndef. 

Clifford ft Nolan. Cohen's Hotel, Lee Ave., B'klya. 

Clifford ft Baldln, 1875 Bergen, Brooklyn. 

Cllto ft Sylvester. Brookslde Pk., Athol, Mass. 

Clinton, Chris., 48 W. 28, New York. 

Clipper Sisters. 466 Blewett, Seattle. 

CUvette, 274 Indiana. Chicago. 

Clyo ft Rochells. 87 Park. Attleboro, Mass. 

Cox, Loneo, 5511 Lake, Chicago. 

Costs, Charlotte ft Margrete. 1658 B'way. N. Y. 

Coby ft Garron, 988 Putnam, Brooklyn. 

Cohen, Iaadore. 754 Westchester, Bronx, N. Y. 

Cole ft Clemens, Dsvis Hotel. Philadelphia. 

Colleens, Singing, Keith's, Boston. 

Collins, Eddie. Oshkosh, Wis., lndef. 

Collins, Nina. 205 W. 102. N. Y. 

Collins ft Brown, 148 Kosciusko. Brooklyn. 

Conklln. BUly W.. 441 W. 10, Erie. Pa. 

Contlno ft Lawrence. 248 So. May. Chicago. 

Conn, Downey ft Wlllard, Spring Grove, Pk., 

Springfield, O. 
Connelly. Mr. ft Mrs. E., 6140 Indiana, Chicago. 
Comrades, Four. 884 Trinity. N. Y. 
Coo ion ft Carter, Unique, Winnipeg, lndef. 
Connelly, Edward, Lake Sunapee, N. H., lndef. 
Cook, Frank. Austin ft Stone's. Boston, Indef. 
Cooke, Maurice B., Alrdome, Alton, 111. 
Cooke ft Rothert. 8154 Prairie. Chlcsgo. 
Cooper, Jss. ft Lucia, 2111 Amsterdam, N. Y. 
Cooper ft Robinson, 822 Mott, Bronx, N. Y. 
Cornsllae, Eight, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 
Oornners. Grimes, Newfleld. N. J. 
Oossar, Mr. ft Mrs., 802 W. 121, N. Y. 
Coubsy. William F.. 464 W. 84. N. Y. 
Couthoul, Jessie, 6532 Harvard, Chicago. 
Courtlelgh. Wm., Lsmbs Club, N. Y. 
Coyne ft Tlnlin. 7086 Washington. Chicago. 
Cowey, Ferry. Wlntergsrten. Berlin. 
Cowper, Jlmmle, 86 Csrroll, Blngbamton. 
Crawford ft Manning. 258 W. 48. N. Y. 
Cressy ft Dsyne, Orpheum, Oakland. 
Creo ft Co., Bijou, Plqus, O. 
Criterion Male Quartette, 156 5th Ave., N. Y. 
Cronln, Morris, 21 Alfred Piece, London, England. 
Cross. BUly, 2830 Ssrsh, Pittsburg. 
Cross, Will H., ft Co., 358 Dearborn. Chicago. 
Crucible. Mysterious, 241 Heyward, Brooklyn. 
Cummlngs ft Merley. Unique, Los Angeles, lndef. 
Connlnghsm, Al., 200 W. 44, N. Y. 
Cunningham ft Smith. 188 B. 84, N. Y. 
Curtln ft Blossom, 91 Newell, Green point, B'klya. 
Curtis. Palmer ft Co., 2098 Noctrand, Brooklyn. 
runcon Sisters, Hippodrome, London, lndef. 
Cuttys, Musical. Empire, London, Eng., lndef. 



D'Alvlnl, Rocky Point, R. I., Indef. 

Dahl, Katberlne, 809 Columbus, N. Y. 

Dshl. Dorothy. 309 Columbus. N. Y. 

DaUlvette ft Co., 402 Fairmont. Mesdvllle, Pa. 

Dale, Wm., Crystal, Elkhart. Ind., lndef. 

Daly ft Devere, 115 B. 15, N. Y. 

Dale, Dotty. Dainty, 252 W. 86, N. Y. 

Dale, Sydney, Guy Bros'. Minstrels. 

Dale, Will. Buoklen Hotel, Elkhart. 

Dslley Bros., 1379 No. Msln, Fall River, Mass. 

Dsrmondy Crescent Gardens, Boston. 

Darwin. Singling Bros., C. R. 

Davenport, John, Yankee Robinson, 0. R. 

Davenport, Stick ft Norms. John Robinson's, O. R. 

Davenport, Victoria ft Orrln, Barnum ft Bailey. 

Davey, Dancing, Circle Diamond Ranch, Thatches. 

Davis ft La Roy, Pittsburg, Pa., lndef. 

Davis, Edwards. 1558 Broadway. N. Y. 

Davis, Floyd, Temple. Boulder. Col., lndef. 

Davis, Hal. ft Co., Grayling, Mich. 

Davis, H., Air-Dome. Murphysboro, 111., lndef. 

Davis, Josephine, Junction Pk., New Brighton. Pa. 

Dawn, Zelle, ft Co.. 857 B. Market. Akron, 0. 

Dawson ft Whitfield. 346 B. 58. N. Y. 

Day, Callta, 586 7th Ave., N. Y. 

De Velde ft Zelda, 115 E. 14. N. Y. 

Deery ft Francis, 328 W. 80. N. Y. 

Del more ft Oneida. 835 E. 48, N. Y. 

Delmo. 88 Rose, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Delmore, Misses, Keith's Cleveland. 

Delsvoye ft Frits, 2667 Madison, Chicago. 

Dell ft Miller. Hippodrome. Buffalo, lndef. 

De Camo. Chas.. ft Dogs, 8 Union Square, N. Y. 

De Chautal Twins, 268 Ogden. Jersey City. 

Demscos. The, 114 N. 8. Phlla. 

De Mora ft Graceta, 'Highland. Qulncy, 111. 



Demonlo ft Belle. Englewood, N. J., lndef. 

Denman, George, Barnum ft Bailey, G. R. 

De Fue ft Eetes, Arcade, Mlnot, N. D. 

De Hsven, Rose, Sextet, 2682 Broadway, N. Y. 

De Trlckey, Coy, Hunt's Hotel. Chlcsgo. 

DeLlsle, Mse, Colonial Belles. B. B. 

Delmore ft Dsrrell, 1515 9. Osklsnd. 

Delapbone. 54 Wllloughby, Brooklyn. 

De Mario, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 

De Mont, Robert, Trio, Wigwam, San Francisco. 

De Vesu, Hubert, Orpheum, Lima, O. 

De Muths, The, 26 Central. Albany. 

Devlne. Doc. Ashland Hotel, Phlla. 

De Voy ft Miller, 208 B. 14, N. Y. 

De Vere, Madeline, 54 W. 125. N. Y. 

De Witt, Burns ft Torrence, Orpheum, Frisco. 

De Young, Tom, 156 E. 118, N. Y. 

Dervln, Jss. T.. 516 So. Flower, Loo Angelee. 

Devlin. Prof.. 2611 Cumberland, Philadelphia. 

Devlino ft Elwood, 7, Orpheum, Sen Francisco. 

Diamond ft May, Fischer's, Los Angelee, lndef. 

Dickinson, W. S., 2910 Vine, Lincoln, Neb. 

Dlerlckss Bros.. 1285 Golden Gate, San Francisco. 

Dlllae, Max, Rlngllng Bros.. C. R. 

Dixon. Bowers ft Dixon, 5626 Carpenter, Chicago. 

Dixon, Nona, 5626 Carpenter. Chicago. 

Dollar Troupe, Barnum ft Bailey, 0. B. 

Dona, 411 Keystone Bank Bldg., Pittsburg. 

Donnelly ft Rotali. 8 Copeland, Boston. 

Donnette, Ira, 188 W. 45. N. Y. 

Doherty, Lillian. Wlntergsrten. Berlin. Ger. 

Dobn, Robert. Barnum ft Bailey. O. R. 

Doric Quartette. 100 Welle. Toronto. 

Doteon, Howard, 435 Blngamen, Reading. 

Dove ft Lee, 422 W. 48. rf. Y. 

Doyle. Maj. Jaa. D.. 1058 Broadway, N. Y. 

Downey, Leslie T., Dreamland. Basine, Win, 

Dreano, Josh., Revere House. Chicago. 

Drew, Dorothy, Albambra. Paris. 

Du Bols, Great Co., 7, Electric Pk., San Antonio. 

Dudley, O. E., Crystsl. Ind.. lndef. 

Duff ft Welsh, 2503 Falrmount, Philadelphia. 

Dunedln Troupe, Olympic, Chicago. 

Dunne. Thee. P.. 128 E. 18. N. Y. 

Duncan. A. O., 352 W. 46, N. Y. 

Dunoon, Tom, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 

Dunn, Jsmes, 464 W. 61, N. Y. 

Dunn ft Miller, Richmond Hotel. Chicago. 

Dupres, Fred, Martin Luther Srr. 9, Berlin. 

Dupree. George ft Llbby. 228 W. 26, N. Y. 

Dupree. Jeanette, 164 Fulton. Brooklyn. 

Dutons, Three, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 



Eckel ft Du Pree, 129 Stockholm, Brooklyn. 
Eckhoff ft Gordon. Esst Haddam, Conn. 
Edlnger Slaters, R. F. D. No. 1, Trenton. 
Edmonds ft Haley, 808 E. 60, Chicago. 
Edmonds ft Monle. 808 B. 60, Chicago. 
Edwards, M. ft C. B., Hippodrome, Buffalo, lndef. 
Edwards. Robert M., ft Family. 114 W. 108. N. Y. 
Edwards ft Vsughan. 2039 Lawrence, Phils. 
Ehrendall Bros., 1844 Lefflngwell, St. Louis. 
Elastic Trio. Majestic. Pittsburg, lndef. 
Eltinge. Julian, K. ft P. 5th Ave., N. Y. 
Elliott, Be Lair ft Elliott, Lake Side Pk.. Jop- 

lin. Mo. 
Elliott ft West, 2902 Ellsworth, Phils. 
Ellsworth, Cbsrley, 64 E. 11. St. Psul. 
Elmore ft Rsy, Dreamland, Travera City, Mlcb. 
Emerald, Monle, 14 Leicester St., London, Eng. 
Emerald Trio, 448 Central Ave., Brooklyn. 
Emerson ft Baldwin, Hotel Churchill, N. Y. 
Emerson ft Wright, Kansas City. Mo., lndef. 
Emperors of Music. Four v 431 W. 24, N. Y. 
Empire Comedy Four, Empire, Hull, England. 
Epps ft Loretta, 210 W. 27, N. Y. 
Erb ft Stanley, Mollne, 111. 

Ergott ft King, Circus Clnlselll. Wsrsaw, Rossis. 
Eemerslds, 8 Union Squsre. N. Y. 
Espe, Dutton ft Bspe, 8, Chase's, Washington. 
Eugene Trio. 896 E. Orange Grove, Passadena, Cnl. 
Eugene ft Mar, Majestic, Wichita, Kaa. 
E vans A Lloyd, 928 B. 12, Brooklyn. 
Everett, Gaynell, Majestic, Wlculta, Kas. 
Everett, Sophie ft Co., South and Henry, Jamaica. 

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Fagan ft Merlam, Shirley, Mass.. lndef. 

Falrcbllda, Mr. ft Mrs., 141 Wells, Wllkes-Barre, 

Fslrchlld, Violet, Unique, Winnipeg. 

Farlardaux, Camllle, Pslsce, Boston. 

Fanton Trio, 266 B. Erie, Chicago. 

Farb, Dave, 515 W. 6, Cincinnati. 

Fsrrell ft Le Roy. 1721 First. N. W.. Waah.. D. a 

Fsrrell, Charlie. 882 Main, W. Everett, Maes. 

Farrell, Billy, Moss ft Stoll. London. 

Fasscos, Four, Barnum ft Bslley, C. R. 

Faust Brothers. 242 W. 48, N. Y. 

Fa vara. Marguerite, Saratoga Hotel, Chicago. 

Fay, Ray F., Alamo. Cedar Rapids, In., lndef. 

Fsy. Coley ft Fay, 1558 Broadway. N. Y. 

Fa.ve, Elsie, Proctor's, Newark. 

Fell, Pearl Cleone, Palace Hotel. Chicago. 

Felix ft Barry. Orpheum, San Francisco. 

Flemen ft Miller, 359 Graham. Brooklyn. , 

Fonds. Dell ft Foods, 132 B. 17, N. Y. 

Frey Trio, Bijou, Battle Creek. 

Fentelle ft Carr, Shea's, Buffalo, Indef. 

Ferguson A Du Pree, Kentucky, Psducsh, Ky. 

Field Boys, 138 E. 14, N. Y. 

Fields ft Hanson. Terrace. Belleville. N. J. 

Fields, Harry. W. Alrdome, Csdsr Rsplds, Is. 

Fields, W. C.. Hippodrome, London, Eng., lndef. 

Fields. Will II., Lyric, Unlontown, Pa. 

Fillmore. Nellie. 541 W. Garfield. Chicago. 

Fllson ft Brrol, 122 So. Austin, Chlcsgo. 

Fink, Henry, 150 Pofomac, Chlcsgo. 

Fisher Troupe, Barnum ft Bailey, 0. R. 



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fisher, Mr. A Mrs. Perkins, 681 Wash., Brookllne. 
Mass. 

Flske * McDonough. 758 Jennings, N. T. 

Fitzgerald A Wilson, Grand, Tacoms. 

Flstow A Dunn. 128 W. 86, N. T. 

Fletcher, Charles Leonard, 14 Leicester, London. 

Flynn, Jss. A., 1218 Penn Are.. Washington. 

Florede, Nellie. 241 W. 43, N. T. 

Florences, Six, Barnum A Bailey, 0. B. 

Foley, Jack, Blngllng Bros., C. B. 

Forber The Marvel, 158 W. 9, So. Boston. 

"Fords. Famous." Grand, Cape May, N. J. 

Foreman, Edgar A' Co., 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 

Foster, George, 7, Lake Cone, Ft. Worth. 

Fox, Will H., 14 Leicester St., London, Eng. 

Fox A Hughes, Empire, Boise. Idaho, ludef. 

Foster, Geo. I., 2930 York, Phi la. 

Fowler. Aselle Msye, Grass Lake, Mich., lndef. 

Foy Bros., Grand, Clrco Bell, Mexico, lndef. 

Franklin. Blllle. 708 7. S. W. Washington, D. a 

Frsns, Cogswell A Frsns, 248 W. 21, N. T. 

Friend A Downing, 1864 7th. N. T. 

Frederick Bros. A Burns, Majestic, Chicago. 

Fredlans, Great, Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 

Fredo, George, 207 E. 14, N. Y. 

Frederick, Snyder A Poole, 200 N. Gay, Baltimore. 

Freeman Bros., Jolly Girls, B. B. 

Fravoll, Frederick. 148 Mulberry. Cincinnati. 

Frosto, Chris., 917 W. 6. Faribault, Minn. 

Fulton. May, 120 W. 116, N. Y. 

Fuller, Ida, 138 Alexander Are., N. Y. 



Gabber t A Rue 11. Lyric, Grand Island, Neb. 
Gaffney Girls, Five, 494 Madison, Chicago. 
Galsndo, 82 Sumner, Brooklyn. 
Gallagher A Barrett, 8, Proctor's, Newark. 



ED. OALLAGER 

"THE CHAUFFEUR" 

BT HIMSELF. 
Season 1908-9. 



Gallettl's Monkeys, Orpheum, San Francisco. 

Galloway, Albert E., Davis. Braddock, Pa. 

Galloway, Bert, Davis, Braddock, Pa. 

Gardiner Children, Majestic, Dallas. 

Gardiner. Jack. Orpheum, Oakland. 

Gardner A Lawson, Star, Atlanta. 

Gath, Carl A Emms, Bijou, Virginia, Minn. 

Gsrdner, Eddie, 27 High, Newark. 

Gsrdner Arllne, 1958 N. 8. Pblls. 

Gardner A Maddern, TJtahna, Ogden, Utah. 

Gsrdlners, Three, 1458 No. 8. Phlla. 

Gartelle Bros.. 416 8. Msln, GloveravlUe. N. T. 

Gavin. Piatt A Peaches, 4417 8d Ave., N. Y. 

Gsylor A Graff, 244 W. 16, N. Y. 

Gsylor, Bobby, 5602 5th Ave., Chicago. 

Gay lor, Chas., 768 17, Detroit. 

Gehsn A Spencer, Crystal, Denver. 

Gen rue. May me. A Co.. 200 B. 33. N. Y. 

Gensro A Band, 205 W. 88, N. Y. 

Gelmore A Csstle, Alrdome, Oklshoms City, Okla. 

Center A GUmore, Myers Lake Pk., Canton, 0. 



Georgetty's, Greet, Wonderland, Pk., Indianapolis. 

G«*romes, The, Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 

Gibson, Fay, Standard, Davenport, la., lndef. 

Gilbert, Jane. 257 W. 15, N. Y. 

GUlette Sisters, 60 Manhattan, N. Y. 

Gilmalne. 50 W. Eagle, B. Boston. 

Gllroy, Hayes, Unique, Minneapolis. 

Olrard A Gardner, Amityvllle. L. I. 

Gladstone, Ida, 885 W. 50, N. Y. 

G locker, Chas. A Anna. Rents-Santley, B. B. 

Godfrey A Erxlebin. 416 Elm, Cincinnati, O. 

Goets, Nat., 1818 Tree, Donora, Pa. 

Golden Gate Quintet, 846 W. 69. N. Y. 

Golden A Hughes, Chutes, San Francisco. 

Gold in Busslan Troupe. Sells- Floto, C. R. 

Goelems, Six, Singling Bros., C. B. 

Goforth A Doyle, 1929 Broadway, Brooklyn. 

Golden, Marta. Gerard Hotel, N. Y. 

Goolmans. Musical, Continental Hotel, Chicago. 

Goldsmuth A Hoppe. K. A P. 5th Are., N. Y. 

Gordon, Cliff, 8 E. 106. N. Y. 

Gordon A Hayes, 291 Wabash, Chicago. 

Gordon A Le Boy, 1777 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn. 

Gordon A Shackborn, 225 W. 27, N. Y. 

Gordon A Marx, Bijou, Saglraw, Mich. 

Gorman A West, 52 E. 88. N. Y. 

Gossans, Bobby, 400 So. 6th, Columbus, O. 

Graces, The, 228 W. 25, N. Y. 

Grant, Sydney, 10 W. 65, N. Y. 

Graham, Geo. W., Scenic, Providence, lndef. 

Gray A Graham. 84 Rulltt, Roanoke, Ya. 

Grannon, Ila, Box 2, Melrose Park. Pa. 

Greet Eastern Quartette, Keith's, Cleveland. 

Grave A Green, 409 Nicollet, Minneapolis. 

Greene, George, Blngllng Bros., C B. 

Gregory, Geo. L., A Co., 948 Lorlmer, Brooklyn. 

Gregory's, Five, 25. Hippodrome, London, Eng. 

Grove, Chas. L., 847 Wash., Chamberaburg, Pa. 



Haines A Russell, 948 Muskego, Mlwaukee. 

Hall, Harry Singling Bros., C. R. 

Hall. Geo. F., 180 Center. Boston. 

Hallman A Collins, Orpheum, Bucyrus, O.' 

Hsle A Harty. 819ft Indiana, Indianapolis. 

Hale, Lillian A Co., Grand, Tacoma. 

Haley, Harry B., 286 Ogden. Chicago. 

Hslperlne, Nan. 569 6th Ave.. N. Minneapolis. 

Hammond A Forrester. 101 W. 88. N. Y. 

Hanlon A Lewis. 121 W. 116. N. Y. 

Hsnnon, Billy, 729 No. Western. Chicago. 

Haney. Edith A Lee, Jr., 4118 Winona. Denver. 

Hanson A Drew, Lyric, Hot Springs, Ark. 

Hanson A Nelson, 592 10th, Brooklyn. 

Hanvey A Clark, Alrdome, Muskogee, Okla. 

Hsrrls A Randall, Palace Hotel, Chicago. 

Harcourt, Daisy, Dominion, Winnipeg. 

Hsrcourt, Frank, 44 Pleasant, Worcester. 

Hsrdlg Bros., Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 

Harnlsh, Mamie, Bijou, Battle Creek. 

Hart, Fred. 393 8th Ave., N. Y. 

Hart. Sadie. 1163 Jackson, N. Y. 

Hsrt. Willie A Edith, 1918 S. 11. Phlla. 

Hartsell, George, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 

Hsrlsnd A Rolllnson, 16 Bepton, Msncbester, Eng. 

Hsrrlty A Herr, 146 Luna. 1. Liberty, Pa. 

Harris, Hsttie, 209 Sedgwick, Chicago. 

Harvey, Elsie, 138 B. 14. N. Y. 

Harvey, Harry. 3110 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago. 

Hassan Ben All's Arabs, Hopkins. Memphis. 

Hawkens, John, Majestic, Charleston, W. Va. 

Hayes A Haley, 147 W. 127, N. Y. 

Hsyes A Wynn, 15 Audubon, Ave., N. Y. 

Hayes A Johnson. West Indies, Panama, lndef. 

Hayman A Franklin. 278 W. 118. N. Y. 

Hays, Ed. C, Orpheum, Zanesvllle, O. 

Hay, Unlcycle, A Bro., Family, Pittsburg. 

Hesly A Vance. 215 W. 106, N. Y. 

Heath, Tbos. Gainer, Keith's, Cleveland. 

Hecbl A Ardo, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 

Heath A Emerson, 200 Berrlman, Brooklyn. 

Hedge, John, A Ponies, San Soucl Pk.. E. Chicago. 

Helm Children, 149 Wash. Ave., Altoona. 

Helston. Wslly A Lottie. 1908 Columbia. Phlla. 

Henly A Elliott, 4925 Cypress, Pittsburg. 

Henry A Francis, 243 W. 46, N. Y. 

Henry, Harry F., 54 India, Brooklyn. 

Henry, Reethlng, St. Charles Hotel. Chicago. 

Herbert The Frog Man. 95 Moreland, Wlnterhlll 

St a., Boston. 
Herbert, Mabel, 404 Main, Woborn, Mo. 
Herron, Bertie, 15, Orpheum. Los Angeles. 
Herman A Netser. 308 Rlvington, N. Y. 
Herrmann, Adelside, Gllsey House. N. Y. 
Hewlettes. The, Standard, Ft. Worth, lndef. 
Hewlettes, The, 8j06 Ave. G, Council Bluffs, la. 
Herbert Bros., Three, 6, Family, Butte. 
Hess Sisters, 258 W. 55. N. Y. 
Heumsn Trio, Elgin, 111. ' 
Hlstt Family, Fern, New Castle, Ind. 
Hlckmsn, George. Pearl River, N. Y. 
Hlestsnd, Chas. F., 2639 Iowa Ave., St. Louis. 
Hill, Edmonds Trio. 262 Nellson, New Brunswick. 
Hill. Cherry A Hill, 197 Bay 20, Bath Beach. 
Hlld. Irene, 148 Morgsn, Buffalo. 
Hilda, 68 Meeker. Brooklyn. 
Hillisrd. Robert, June 8, Palace, London, Eng., 

lndef. 



Hlllmsn A Floyd, 218 W. 62, N. Y. 

lllliyers. Three. 792 Bay 25, Bensonhurat. 

nines A Remington. Harrison, N. Y. 

Hlrsh, Estelle, 4812 Indlsna, Chicago. 

Ilohaon A Macnlcbol. 76 3d Ave., N. Y. 

Hobson, Mr. A Mrs.. Rlngllng Bros., 0. B. 

Hoch, Emil, A Co., Shea's, Buffalo. 

Hodgin, Alberta, Blngllng Bros., C. B. 

Holdman Bros., 207 E. 14, N. Y. 

Holman, Harry, 208 American Bk. Bldg., Seattle. 

Holmes A Holllson, 218 Elm, W. SomerviUe, Mass. 

Holland, Zay. 10 W. 65. N. Y. 

Holt, Alf, 41 Lisle, London, W. E., Eng. 

Hope, Marjorle, 7818 Woodlawn, Chicago, 

Hoover, Lilian, 211 E. 14, N. Y. 

Horton A La Trlska. 300 9th, Long Island City. 

Horton A Llnder, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 

Houston, Frits, 292 King, London, Ont., Can. 

Howard's Pony A Dogs, Bloomlngton, Ind. 

Howsrd A Cameron, 479 No. Clinton, Rochester. 

Howard A Esher. 881 N. Artisan. Chicago. 

Howsrd Bros., 229 W. 38. N. Y. 

Howsrd A St. Clair, Charing Cross Rd., London. 

Howsrd. Jos. B., Aleda, 111., lndef. 

Howard, Geo. F., 8456 Scrsnton, Rd., Cleveland. 

Howell A Webster, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 

Hoyle, William. 16 5. Attelboro, Mass. 

Hoyt. Frances A Co., Sherman House, Chicago. 

Hoyt A McDonald. National Hotel, Chicago. 

Hudson Bros., 1337 Maple, Canton, O. 

Huehn. Musical, 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Hughes, Mr. A Mrs. Kick. Jamaica. L. I. 

Hutchisons, Three, People's, Excelsior Springs, 

Mo. 
Huettermsn, Miss, Barnum A Bailey, 0. B. 
Huegel Bros., Majestic, Dallas. 
Hughes Musical Trio, 73 E. Main, Webster, Mass. 
Hurleys, The, 185 ft So. Orange, Newark. 
Huston, Arthur 39 Marlon, Toronto. 
Hyde, Mr. A Mrs., White City, Trenton. 
Hyde, Wslt. M., A Co., 8506 5. Pittsburg. 
Hylands, Three, 23 Cherry, Dsnbury, Conn. 



Imperial Musical Trio, Cascade Pk., New Csstle, 

Pa. 
Imperial Viennese Troupe, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Inmsn, The Grest, 812 W. 24, N. Y. 
Italia, 856 Mass., Boston. 



Jsck Lew A Bro., 9249 So. Chicago, So. Chicago. 
Jackson FsmUy, Blngllng Bros., O. B. 
Jacobs A Sardel. Cole Bros., 0. B. 
Jsmes. Byron, Bijou, Flint, Mich., lndef. 
Jenkins A Clark, Box 295, Appleton, Wis. 
Jennings, Arthur. 492 Manhattan, N. Y. 
Jennings A Benfrew. 338 Spruce, Chelsea, Mass. 
Jerome, Nst. S., 1287 Washington Are.. N. Y. 
Jewette, Hayes A Llnd, Empire, New Glasgow, 
Jsckson, Hsrry A Kste, 206 Buenns Vesta Ave., 

Youkers, N. Y. 
Johnstone A Cooke, Majestic, Madison, Wis. 
Jones A SJtton, Palace, Boston. 
Johnson, Chester, 338 8d Ave., N. Y. 
Johnson, George, Blngllng Bros., C. B. 
Johnson, Jess P., 622 So. 4, Csmden, N. J. 
Johnson, Msrk, White City Pk.. Worcester. 
Johnson, Musical, Albambra, Brussels. 
Jolson, Al., Bordentown, N. J. 
Jones A Walton, Box 78, Bade* Ps. 
Jorden Troupe. Rlngllng Bros., O. R. 
Joyces, The. West Windham. N. II., lndef. 
Jules A Margon, Barlow, Minstrels. 



Kalmo, Chas. £. Ada. Maywood, N. J. 

Karland, Great. 806 W. Highland. Norfolk. 

Ksufman, Reba A Ines, 14 Leicester, London, Bag. 

Kesley, Doc, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 

Kestons, Three. 229 W. 88, N. Y. 
jk Keegan A Mack, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 
w Keely Bros., K. A P. 5th Are., N. Y. 

Kelfe, Zena. 508 W. 185. N. Y. 

Keene, Juggling, 1360 Boston Rd., N. Y. 

Keene A Adsms, 8, Pavilion, Portsmouth, Eng. 

Keene, Mattle A Co., 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Kelly, John T, Elmhurst, L. I. 

Kelso A Lelghton, Keith's. Boston. 

Kelly A Rose, Young's, Atlantic City. 

Kelly. MJ J.. 46 Johnson. Brooklyn. 

Keller. Msjor. Poll's, Wsterbury, lndef. 

Kennedy Bros. A Mac. 82 Second. Dover, N. H. 

Kennedy A Wilklns, 1553 Broadway. N. Y. 

Keno, Welsh A Melrose, 8, Hopkins, Louisville. 

Kerslske, LU. Blngllng Bros., C. B. 

K herns, Arthur H., Kevera House, Chicago. 

Klein, Ott Bros. A Nicholson, 253 W. 84. N. Y. 

Klchl A Hegh!, Blngllng Bros.. C. B. 

Kimball A Donovan, 113 Northampton, Boston. 

Klngsburys, The, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 

King A Mason, Hippodrome, Buffalo. 

King A Douglas, Hasbrouck Heights, N. J. 

King. Ssm A Nellie. 2874 Pitkin, Brooklyn. 

KIns-Ners. 848 N. Clark. Chicago. 

Klnsons, The, 21 E. 20. N. Y. 

Klrslfo, Gus, 1710 Third, Evsnsvllle. 



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KATE HELSTON WILLS 

OF THE 

JOHN B. WILLS COMEDY CO. writes: 

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"I can't describe the enormous suoeess, 

'TAKE YOUR GIRL 

TO 
THE BALL GAME' 

by Geo. M. Cohan — Wm. Jerome— Jean 
Schwarts has created in Lynchburg, Virginia. 

The entire city is singing it. Eight and ten 
encores nightly. ' ' 

COHAN & HARRIS 
PUB. CO. 

1 16 Wast 42d St* Mew York City 






Klrschhorns, 207 So. 18, Omaha. 

Knight, Francis, 225 W. 45. N. Y. 

Knight A Sawtelle. 1710 Cornelia, Chicago. 

Knowles, Harry, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 

Kokln. Prince, Shea's, Buffalo. 

Kolfage, Duke, Crystal. Elwood, Ind., lndef. 

Kolllns A Carmen Sisters. Psntages', Seattle. 

Kokln. Mignonette, 804 Maplewood, Chicago. 

Kramer, Joe, 228 Springfield, Newark. 

Kraft, Gus, Barnum A Bailey. C. B. 

Kretore. 118 Washington. Altoona. 

Kurt is Husse, Blverslde Pk., Flndlay, O. 



La Belle, Helen, San Soucl Pk., Chicago, lndef. 

La BeUe, Fsustlne. 242 W. 43, N. Y. 

1 .a kola A Lorain, Klndedrome, Tampa, Fla. 

La Tour, Irene, 78 Burnet, Newark. 

La Blanc, Bertrane, Grand, Sacramento, lndef. 

La Centra A La Bne. 582 B. IS. N. Y. 

La Bord A Ryerson, Vogus, Des Moines. 

La Clair A West. Fslrylsnd. Bristol. Tenn. 

La Nole Bros.. 115 E. 14. N. Y. 

Lafleur A Dogs, Coney Islsnd Hippo., N. Y. 

La 11 1 vet te A Co., 408 Fairmont, Meadvllle. Pa. 

Lambert A Williams, 140 E. 22. N. Y. 

Lamb A King. 358 State, Chicago. 

Lambs. Manikins. Alrdome, Oklahoma City, Okie. 

Lampe Bros., Villa Baso, Abseeoa. N. J. 

Larex, Joseph, Barnum A Bailey, 0. B. 

Latons, Frank, Empire, Coventry, Scot. 

Lawler A Daughters, 100 W. 105. N. Y. 

La Blsncbe. Grest. Hotel Light. Chattanooga. 

La Gnsts, 1011 Myrtle, Glendale. L. I. 

La Raab A Scottle, 838 Locust. Johnstown, Pa. 

Larke A Adams, St. Louis Am. Co.. lndef. 

La Marcbe, Frankle, 488 B. 26, Chicago. 

La Bague Sisters. Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 

La Toska. Phil.. 135 W. 22. Los Angeles. 

Lstoy Bros., Fsrm. Toledo, O. 

Lsne Trio, Vogel's Minstrels. 

La Vsa A La Valette, Majestic. Pittsburg, lndef. 

La Bex, Wonderful. Clara Turner Stock Co. 

La Van Trio, Barnum A Bailey, C. B. 

La Velle A Grant. 226 E. 14. N. Y. 

Lavette, A Doyle. 840 N. 2, Hamilton, O. 

Lakola, Hsrry H.. Box 76, Ssn Fernando. Cal. 

Lsngdons, The. 704 5th Ave., Milwaukee. 

La Gray, Dollle. Bijou. Racine. Win., lndef. 

Lawrence. Bert, 8 Laurel. Roxbnry, Maas. 

Lawson A Msson, Albambra, Brussels. 

Le Anders, 885 Madison. N. Y. 

Lee, Jsmes P., Empire, Ssn Francisco, lndef. 

Lee Tung Foo, 1228 2d. E. Oakland. 

Leahy. Frank W., Manhattan. Norfolk, Va.. lndef. 

I>e Hlrt, Mons, 826 Clifford. Rochester. 

Leamy Ladles, Barnum A Bailey. C. B. > 

Leightons, Three, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 

Leonl A Leonl, 203 E. Indiana, Chicago. 

Leonard. Grace. St. Paul Hotel. N. Y. 

Leonard A Phillips, Lyric, Cleburne, Tex. 

Leonard, Gus, Acme, Sscremento, lndef. 

Leontina, Merle. 17 E. 87. N. Y. 

Leonora A at. Clair. 4048 Easton. St. Louis. 

Leonard A Drake. 1800 Park PL. Brooklyn. 

LeBoy A Woodford. 2417 WyUe Ave., Pittsburg. 



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Lee Bastiens, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 
Lee Carrays. 19 Perry, Pittsburg. 
Lea Jaroles. Barnum A Bailey. C. R. 
Leslie, Bert, Shea's, Buffalo. 
Levy, Bert. Chaae'a, Washington. 
Lealle. Eddie. 004 Ashland Bk\, Chicago. 
Leslie a Pattee. 714 Mellon, K. Plttabarg. 
Lester. Will, 281 John R.. Detroit. 
Levy, lire. Jules, and Family. 162 W. 98. N. T. 
Leyden, Margaret. 3647 Yemen. Chicago. 
Levan. Miss H.. Barnum a Bailey. C. R. 
LeTiile ft Sinclair, 69 Oiborne. Newark. 
Lewis ft Harr. 181 W. 16, N. T. 
Lewie, Phil, 121 W. 116. N. Y. 
Le Fevre-St. John, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 
Lewis. Bert. Pastime, Boston. 
Lewis ft Chapin, Banlson. Sioux Falls. So. D. 
Lewis. Mr. ft Mrs. Ralph. Victoria, Vancouver, 
Litchfield. Mr. ft Mrs. Neil. Celeron Pk., James- 
town, N. Y. 
Llbbey ft Trayer. 802 W. 47, N. Y. 
Light. Mark. 1785 Madison. N. Y. 
Lincolns, Four, 579 W. Huron, Chicago. 
Lincoln, Bill, Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 
Linn, Benn, Half Dime. Jersey City, N. J., indef. 
Livingstone, Three, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 
Linger man. Samuel ft Lacy, 705 N. 5, Phil a. 
Lloyd, Alice, Temple, Detroit. 
Lloyd, Herbert, 28 Wellington, Strand, London. 
Loder, Chaa. A., Rose Lawn, Areola, Pa. 
Lola. 100 W. 86. N. Y. 

Lomlaon. Wllliard, 228 Montgomery, Jersey City. 
Long, John. Family. Erie, Pa.. Indef. 
Long. Frank L., 422 No. Anderson, Elwood, Ind. 
Loralne, Oscar, Coliseum, Seattle. 
LoTitts, The, 814 Beverly Rd.. Brooklyn. 
Lowward, A. G., Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
Lowe, Musical, Acme, Sacramento. 
Lowry, Mr. ft Mrs. Ed., 44 B. Cross, Baltimore. 



Lucas, Jlmmle, Majestic, Chicago. 

Lackie ft Yoast, 889 Sumpter. Brooklyn. 

Luce ft Lace, Lake Nipmic, Axbridge, Mass. 

Lacier. Marguerite, Quincy Adama Sawyer Co. 

Luclera. Four, Onset, Mass. 

Lacy ft Lucler, 1659 Marlon, Denver. 

Luigl Plcaro Trio, 460 Adolph, Brooklyn. 

"Lais Kink,'* 14 Marlborough Rd., London. Eng. 

Lata Bros., 18 Grant, Corona, N. Y. 

Lukens, 4, Reading, Pa. 

Lynton, Chris., Empire, Los Angeles, Indef. 

Lyons ft Cullum, 217 W. 10, N. Y. 



Macarte Sisters, Olympic, Chicago. 
Mack. Billy. 208 Third. N. Y. 
Mack, Wilbur, Orpheum, Salt Lake. 
Mack ft Doagal, 1558 Broadway, N. Y. 
Mac Fadyea and Mac Fadyen. 313 So. 5th, B'klyn. 
MacLarens, Musical, Five, Park, E. Liverpool, O. 
Madden, Fltxpatrlck ft Co., 1568 Broadway, N. Y. 
Maddern, Joseph. 189 W. 47. N. Y. 
Madcaps, Winkler's. 104 E. 14, N. Y. 
Mac Donaugh. Ethel, 68 W. 107, N. Y. 
Ma Dell ft Corbley. 116 Howard, Buffalo. 
'•Madie." 408 W. 51. N. Y. 
Makarenkos Duo. 806 E. 5, N. Y. 
Malchow, Geo., Bijou, Osbkosh, Wis.. Indef. 
Manning ft Wise. 855 Bedford, Brooklyn. 
Manley ft Norrla, 517 Walnut. Hamilton, 0. 
Manhattan Banjo Trio, 305 W. 127, N. Y. 
Mantell's Marionettes. Luna Pk., Seattle. 
Marabinl, Lulgi. Lyric, Lincoln, Neb. 
Mardo Trio, Rlngllng Bros.. C. R. 
Marguerite ft Hanley. Rlngllng Bros., 0. R. 
Marion ft Pearl, Clifton Hotel, Clifton, N. J. 
"Martha," 215 E. 86. N. Y. 



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Marlowe, Plunkett A Co.. 27 Oajrlord, Dorcheeter. 
Marnello, Mornltx Troupe, Rlngllng Eroa., C. R. 
Ma rah, Joe, 8122 Lucas, St. Lou I a. 
Marshall. Bert, 238 Splcer. Akron, O. 
Martin, AL, Comlque, Buffalo. 
Martin A Crouch, Atlas, Cheyenne, Okla. 
Martin, Daee 4 Percle, 8830 Indiana. Chicago. 
Martynne, C. B., Orpheum, Leavenworth, Indef. 
Mart/, Joe. 1623 Hancock, Brooklyn, N. T. 
Maryines, The, Ruby, Memphis. 
Marrder, Lena, Barnum a Bailey, C. R. 
Mary a Petroff, Barnum A Bailey. C. R. 
Ma>on a Bart, Victor House, Chicago. 
Mason & Doran, Sheedy'i, Fall River. 
Mason & Heeler, K. & P. 125th St., N. Y. 
Mason a Shannon, 1061 Lexington, N. Y. 
Mason, Wm. A., Minerva Hotel Phlla. 
Mas«iuerla Sisters, Three, 9-28. Chicago. 
Mathieeen. Walter, 802 W. Ohio, Chicago. 
Mathleson a Jacard, 82 W. Ohio, Chicago. 
Maxwell and Dudley, 106 W. 80, N. Y. 
May. Arthur O., P. O. Box 623. Horman, Okla. 
MiAvoy a Hartley, 8 E. 108. N. Y. 
McCahe a Peters. Richmond Hotel. Chicago. 
M.Cmihi, Geraldlne, a Co., 700 Park, Johnstown. 
McCarthy, My lea, Green Rouot Club, N. Y. 
Mi-Carvers, The, 2833 Dearborn, Chicago. 
Md'onnell a Simpson, 2706 E. 8, Kanaaa City. 
McCoy, Nellie. 507 W. 124, N. Y. 
McGarry a Doyle, 901 Missouri, Toledo. 
McCree Davenport Troupe, Hagenheck- Wallace. 
McCullough, Walter, Alexander Hotel, Chicago. 
McCune a Grant, 3 Banton, Pittsburg. Pa. 
McFarland, Frank, 811 W. 142. N. Y. 
McCauley, Joe, Wonderland, Minneapolis. Indef. 
McGtnnla Bros., 76 Bradford, Springfield, Mass. 
McGrath a Paige, S8 Wash.. Mlddletown, Conn. 
McGregor, Lulu, Grand, Altoona. Pa., Indef. 
McLaughlin, L. Clair. 8herldanvllle, Pa. 
McNally Bros., Rlngllng Bros., C. R. 
McNaughtons. The, Temple, Detroit. 
McPhee a HU1, 238 W. 26. N. Y. 
McWIUiams, G. R., Keith's, Cleveland. 
Meaney, Lottie, a Co., 7 Elm, Charleston, Mass. 
Mears, Chas. E., 2926 N. 13, Kansas City. 
Melville a Hlgglns, 272 So. 2d, Brooklyn. 
Melroae, William, Barnum a Bailey, 0. R. 
Melroy Trio, 87 Park, Chicago. 
Menstlans, The, Barnum a Bailey, 0. R. 
Monstler, Clown Le. Rlngllng Bros., 0. R. 
Mercer, John, Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 
Merrltt, Raymond, Gem, Chicago. 
Merriman Sisters, 912 Bellefontalne, Indianapolis. 
Meera Sisters. Barnum a Bailey, O. R. 
Mener, Coleman a Co., Olympic, Chicago. 
Metaettles, Ten, Barnum a Bailey, C. R. 
Mezano Troupe, Campbell Bros . O. R. 
Mtezckoff a Sanders Troupe, Shea's, Toronto. 
Miaco, Al., Rlngllng Bros., C R. 
Mlgnon, Helene, Empire. St. Paul. Indef. 
Milvo Bros.. Rlngllng Bros.. C. R. 
Mlllman Trio. Follea Marlgny. Paris. 
Miller, Jack, 1372 No. Humboldt, Chicago. 
Miller, John, Rlngllng Bros.. C. R. 
Miller, Elizabeth. 1726 W. 81 PL. Cleveland. 
Miller, Grace, Phillip's. Richmond. Ind., indef. 
Mills a Lewis. 114 B. 11, N. Y. 
Mills a Morris. Clarendon Hotel, N. Y. 
Milletta. The, Rlngllng Bros., a R. 
Milton a De Long Sisters, 2464 Irving. Denver. 
Milton Grove a Sisters Clayton, 3620 York Rd., 

Phlla. 
Milmars, The. Orpheum, Cambridge, O. 
Mimic Four, Fountain Ferry Pk., Louisville. 
Miner a Coleman. 201 W. 180. N. Y. 
Mitchell a Cain. 611 Sterling PL, Brooklyn. 
Mitchell a Calre, touring Eng. and Provinces. 
Mitchell Sisters. Monarch, Lawton, Okla., indef. 
Mitchell a Quinn, 20 Bay 26, Beneonhurat, L. I. 
Monroe, George. 1B68 Broadway, N. Y. 
Monahana, The, Fair View, Sturbrldge, Mass. 
Montrose, Louise, 460 So. First, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 
Montague's Cockatoos, 64 W. 26, N. Y. 
Montgomery. Geo. P., Lyric, Hot Springs, indef. 
Montgomery a Moore 1009 Button wood, Phlla. 
Montrsy, 814 Western Ave., Allegheny, Pa. 
Mooney, Harry J., Barnum a Bailey, C. R. 
Mooney a Holbein, Hippo., Stockton on Tees, 

Eng. 
Morris, Leon, San Souci Pk., Chicago, indef. 
Morris a Hemminguay, Grand, Hamilton, O. 
Morton, Fred W., Grand, Butte. 
Mora, Silent, 112 Charles, Allegheny, Pa. 
Moore a McGarry, 48 Wyckoff. Brooklyn. 
Moore, Marjorle, Grand, Family, Fargo, N. D. 
Moore, Tom. Auditorium, Chicago, indef. 
Moorebrad, Harry (Dreamland), Norfolk, Ya. 
Morpan a Chester, 1653 Broadway. N. Y. 
Morse. Bon. 1663 Broadway, N. Y. 
Morelle, Marie. 18071* Main. Parsons. Kas. 
Morrison, Geo. N.. E. 98th and Ave. B., Brooklyn. 
Morse. Billy, Anheoaer'a. Aberdeen, Waab., in«»ef. 
Morton, James J., 147 W. 48, N. Y. 
Morton a Elliott. Moan a Stoli Tour, indef. 
Mozarts, The, Bijou, Winnipeg. 



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Mullen a Corelll. Spring Brook Pk., So. Bend. 

lud. 
Muller, Cbum a Muller, Fountain Ferry Pk., 

Louisville. 
Munger, Mort. If., Frankfort, Ind. 
Murphy a Andrews. 116 Washington PL, N. Y. 
Murphy a Palmer, 309 3d Ave., N. Y. 
Murphy a Wlllard, 605 No. 7th. Philadelphia. 
Murray. Wm. W_^ 223 E. 14. N. Y. 
Murray, Eddie, Fischer's. Loa Angelea, indef. 
Murtha. Lillian. 211 D. 10, N. Y. 



Narelle. Marie, Christ Church, New Zealand. 

Nawn, Tom, a Co., 420 W. 52, Phlla. 

Needham a Wood, 143 W. 86, N. Y. 

Neilla, Neill a Chapman. 1052 B. Main, Rochester. 

Nelaou-Farnum Troupe, 3141 Beverly rd., Br'klyn. 

Nelson, Katberlne, 10 Ilowlaud, Roxbury, Mass. 

Nelson a Egbert, 488 Atlantic, Pittsburg. 

Nelson, Tony, Free, Germany. 

Netzer, Herman, 308 Rivington, N. Y. 

Nevada a Eden, 235 W. 43, N. Y. 

Nevaroe, Four, Barnum a Bailey, C. R. 

Newell a Niblo, Hippo., Leeds. Eng. 

Newaomea, Four, Barnum a Bailey, C. R. 

Niblo a Spencer, Porter's Corner, Saratoga, N. Y. 

Nichols a Hogan, 1544 Broadway, Brooklyn. 

Nickel, Earl, Orpheum, Milwaukee. 

Night With the Poets, Keith's, Cleveland. 

Nolan, Irvan. 415 N. Madison, Peoria. 111. 

Norman's Juggling Six, 5804 Marshfleld, Chicago. 

Nortb. Bobby, 45 W. 110, N. Y. 

Notes. Musical, Irwin, Goaben. Ind., indef. 

Nugent, J. C. Bijou, Dulutb. 

Nugent a Miller, Keith's, Newark. 

Nugent, Wm. F., 11 W. 118, N. Y. 



O'Brien-Havel, 616 52, Brooklyn. 
Odell a Hart, 2003 Strand, Green Lake, Waab. 
Odell a Klnley, 3405 Colllngwood, Toledo. 
Ogden, Helen, 270 Clybourne, Chicago. 
Okabe Family, Empire, London, Indef. 
O Lara Trio, Family, Davenport, Ind. 
Olivers. Three, 213 Lincoln, Chicago. 
Olivette, 225 Pacific. Brooklyn. 
"Onetta," Park Ilolel, Port Chester, N. Y. 
Ontbank a Blancbetto, P. O., Boaton, Maaa. 
Onlaw, Gus, Alhambra, Brussels, Bel. 
O'Neill a Mack, 623 w. Pratt, Indianapolis. 
O'Neill, W. A., Orpheum, Oakland, indef. 
OHfana, Three, 711 Orchard, Chicago. 
O' Regan, Box 306. Ottawa, Can. 
Orbasany, Irma. Schlndlers, Chicago. 
Otto Bros.. 10 Howland, Roxbury, Maaa. 
Owens. Blllle A May, 1421 Adama, N. 8.. Pitta- 
burg. 



Payton a Baso, Ithaca. N. Y. 

Pacheco Family, Barnum a Bailey, C. R. 

Pamahasika, Prof., Manilla Pk., Tamaqua, Pa. 

Palfrey a Hoffler, 51 Broadway, Providence. 

Palmer Sisters, 646 Hart, Brooklyn. 

Palmer. T. P., 925 8o. 12, Springfield, 111. 

Parisian Grand Opera Co., 636 Lexington, N. Y. 

Parks, Dick, 1268 E. 25. Loa Angelea. 

Patty Bros., Rlngllng Bros., C. B. 

Paull a Healey. 10 So. 20, Phlla. 

Paulinettl a Plquo, 242 Franklin. Phlla. 

Pendletons. The, 135 Pittsburg, New Castle. 

Pero a Wilson, 885 Temple, Washington. O. 

Pederaon Bros., Main, Peoria, 111. 

Pelota, The, 161 Weatmlnater, Atlantic City. 

Pepper Twins, Lindsay, Ont., Can. 

I'erkins, David F., 222 Eastern. Portland, Me. 

Perkins, Walter E.. 208 American Bldg.. Seattle. 

Perry, Frank L., Majestic, Lexington, Ky. 

Peters, Phil a Nettle. 107 B. 81, N. Y. 

Pereonl, CamUle, White City, Dayton, 0. 

Phelps, Three. Wonderland Pk., Wichita, Kas. 

Pbllbrooks A Reynolds. 220 E. 78, N. Y. 

Phillips a Farlardeau, 816 Classen. Brooklyn. 

Phillips, J. H.. 1553 Broadway, N. Y. 

Plercy A Fulda, 1926 Pateraon, Baltimore. 

Pllcer, Harry, Grand, Tacoma. 

Polrer's Three, 985 Berrl, Montreal. 

Poaner, Allan H., 436 Central Park W., N. Y. 

Potter a Harris. June 1, Bijou. Winnipeg. 

Powers Bros., 13 Trask, Providence. 

Power. Coletta a Co.. 1 M, Rockvllle pi., Brooklyn. 

Powers. Mr. a Mrs.. 357 W. 80, N. Y. 

Prampln Trio. 847 W. 40, N. Y. 

Price, John R., A Co., 211 B. 14, N. Y. 

Prices, The Jolly. Empire, New Glasgow, N. 8. 

Primrose, Fred., 376 Wall-bout, Brooklyn. 

Prosit Trio, Rlngllng Bros., 0. B. 

Pryora, Tbe, 30 No. Main, Providence. 

Psycho, Mile., Gen. Del., Kansas City. 



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MADE THE 

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IN 

AMERICA? 









WHY 






Nearly Everybody's Favorite 

WEEK JUNE i— TEMPLE, DETROIT. 
KEITH'S, PHILADELPHIA, second week. Re-engaged to return to Buffalo, June aand. Had to prolong my stay four weeks owing to RETURN bookings. 
Cannot sail now till July 14. Return to New York September for my Musical Comedy Production, New York Theatre. 

My friends are awfully pleased; aren't you? They are so sorry that I have been such a failure this time. 



Gus 

Edwards 

Says: 

That he has rone fishing — FOR IDEAS— in 
Vermont. 'Will D. Cobb it with him. Wait 
until they oome back. Have YOU seen "BUN- 
BONNET SUE"? 

P. 8. — That big aot the "Schoolboys and 
Girls' ' with HERMAN TIMBERO will make 
them ait up and take notice when they open 
at the Orpheum. Brooklyn, next Monday. They 
have just oompleted a seven months' tour of 
the Orpheum Circuit, laid off one week and 
open up on the Peroy Williams Circuit. Z 
guess THAT'S going some. 

MORE P. 8. — Ous sails for Europe in two 
weeks to get atmosphere for his new three* 
aot produotion, "School Days," starring Her- 
man Timberg. 

STILL MORE.— Ous just got off the line. 
He oaught a fish. 



Pucks. Two, 8, Highland Pk., St. Loots. 
Pudgle A Emint'tt, 464 Hlewett. Seattle. 
Pullen, Louella, 194 Jefferson, Trenton. 



Quaker City Quartet, 403 Macon, Brooklyn. 
Qulgg A Mack, US E. 14, N. Y. 



Rainbow Sister*. Orpheum, ZanesTllle, O. 
Radford A Valentine, Oxford, London, Eng. 
Raleigh A Harrington, 233 Winter, Hagerstown. 
Ralston A Son, Box 641, Patcbogue, L. I., N. Y. 
Rastus A Banks, Palace, Halifax, Eng. 
Rawls A Von Kaufman. Lakeside Pk., Joplln, Mo. 
Rawaon A June, Phoenicia, N. Y. 
Raymond, Ruby, K. A P. 120th St., N. Y. 
Raymond A Hall, 6239 Loomls, Chicago. 
Raymond A Harper. 6406 Lexington, Cleveland. 
Raymond A Hess, 1503 Broadway, N. Y. 
Rayno's, Al., Bull Doge, Shsrptown, Ind. 
Rasarfs. The, 4003 No. 20, Pblla. 
Raymond, Fredericks. 16 B. 88, N. Y. 
Reed A St. John, Electric Pk., Detroit. 
Redpath's Napanees, People's, Cedar Rapids. 
Regal Trio, 116 W. Waablngton PI., N. Y. 
Reid Sisters, 03 Broad, Elisabeth. 
Reld, Lilian, A Co., 272 B. 30, Chicago. 
Reed A Earl. People's. Bluff ton, Ind. 
Reed, John P., South Milford, Ind., indef. 
Reed, Harry L., Washington, Buffalo, indef. 
Remington, Mayme, Orpheum, Boston. 
Renee Family, Spring Brook Casino. So. Bend. 
Reno A Blgar, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Renshaw, Bert, Majestic, La Salle, 111., Indef. 
Reynard, A. P.. Alf. T. Wheeler's. C. R. 
Rhodes A Bngel, 223a Cbauncey, Brooklyn. 
Rice, Al., 262 Springfield, Newark. 
Rice A Cohen, Keith's, Phila. 
Rice, Fanny, 340 Lafayette, Brooklyn. 
Rice. True, 1223 State, Milwaukee. 



Rice A Elmer, 843 E. 142, N. Y. 

Rich Duo, Majestic, Wausau. Wis. 

Richards, Chris., 10, K. A P. 120th St., N. Y. 

Richardson, Lavender A Co., Farm, No. Carver, 

Mass. 
Rlccobon's Horses, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Richards A Qrover, 2013 7th Ave., N. Y. 
Rinaldoe, The, 184% So. High, Columbus, 0. 
Ring A Williams, 102 Liberty, Baltimore. 
Rio, Adolpb, 222 B. 14, N. Y. 
Hitter A Foster, 7, Royal, Standard, London, Eng. 
Rivards, Three, 338 Scrlbner, Grand Rapids. • 
Roattino A Stevens, 114 E. 11, N. Y. 
Roberts, Slgna, Alvin, Cadillac, Mich. 
Roblsch A Childress, Lakeside Pk., Dayton, O. 
Robiuson A Grant, 206 8th Ave., N. Y. 
Roberts, C. E., Sun, Springfield, O. 
Robinson, Alice, 407 Orchard, Chicago. 
Roby, Dan, 1003 Broadway, N. Y. 
Roche, La Belle, Mile., Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Rock A Fulton, Orpheum, Brooklyn. 
Rockaway A Conway, Orpheum, San Francisco. 
Roethlg, Henry, St. Charles Hotel, Chicago. 
Rogers A Evans, New Sun, Springfield, O. 
Rogers, Mr. A Mrs. Robt., Orpheum, Zanesvllle, 

O. 
Ronaldos, The, 63 No. State, Chicago. 
Roltare, 28 W. 33, N. Y. 

Romany, Rye, String Quartette, 78 Pekln, Pro*. 
Rome. Mayo A Jolllet, 229 W. 38, N. Y. 
Romola, Bob, Bijou, Davenport, la., indef. 
Rooney A Bent, Orpheum, Boston. 
Rooney, Katie, 807 N. Patterson Pk., Baltimore. 
Romanboffs, The, 133 17th, Wheeling, W. Va. 
Rooney Sisters, 807 N. Patterson Pk., Baltimore. 
Ross Sisters, 63 Cumerford, Providence. 
Ross A Lewis, Wintergarten, Berlin. 
Ross A Vack, 11 W. 114, N. Y. 
Rousek, Jack, Air-Dome, Leavenworth, Indef. 
Rowland, 127 W. 27, New York. 
Royal Musical Five, 849 So. 9, Brooklyn. 
Royce Bros., 874 N. Randolph, Phila. 
Ryno A Emerson, Continental Hotel, Chicago. 
Russell, Fred., Bowery Burlesquers, B. R. 
Russell A Davis, Idle Hour. Atlanta. Indef. 
Ryan A Richfield, Vaud Villa. Sayville, L. I. 
Ryan, Nan, A Co., 1808 Broadway, N. Y. 
Ryan A White, 004 B. 163, N. Y. 
Ryan, Zorella A Jenkins, Barnum A Bailey, O. S. 



Samuels, M.. Orpheum, Columbus, Ind. 

Sabine A Mile. Vera, 737 De Kalb. Brooklyn. 

Sada Carmen Sisters, Barnum A Bailey, O. R. 

SalamonskI, E. M.. Prof.. Barnum A Bailey. O. R. 

8anford A Darlington, 2422 So. Adler, Pblla. 

Sampson A Douglas, Crystal, Denver, indef. 

Samson. Doc, Coburn Greater Minstrels. 

Santoro A Marlow, 230 Catherine, Detroit. 

Saxton A Somers, Capitol Hotel, N. Y. 

Schade. P., Ringllng Bros.. O. R. 

Schmodt. George, Alcazar. New Castle, Ind., Indef. 

Shae, Percy James, 0409 3d, Brooklyn. 

Schuster, Milton, Palace, Boston, Indef. 

Scott, Edouard, Grand, Reno. Nev., Indef. 

Scott. Mike, 228 Third. N. Y. 

Seabury A Wllkle, 187 Madison. Patersoo. 

Sears, Gladys. Happyland, Staten Island. 

Sears, Wintergarten. Berlin. 

Hegiiln. Wood, Eugenia. 2314 Holywood. Toledo. 

Semon, Chas. F., K. A P. 120th 8t., N. Y. 

Semon Trio, Revere House, Chicago. 

Seymour Sisters, 1940 Nicholas. Phila. 

Seymour A Nester, 801 8t. Nicholas, N. Y. 

Shadle, Frank, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Shannons, Four, Saratoga Hotel. Chicago. 

Sharpe, Dollle, Family, Pottsville, Pa., Indef, 

Sbarocks, The, 240 Gain. Montreal. 

Shaw A Sbaw, Empire, New Glasgow, N. 8. 

fThaws. Aerial, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 

Shayne A King, 119 E. 14, N. Y. 

Sherman A Fuller. 803 N. 8, Reading, Pa. 

8heer. Bessie, 212 Woodward, Detroit. 

Sblpp, Julia. A Edward. Barnum A Bailey, O. R. 

Shlrbart, Anson, Cryatal, Detroit. Indef. 



Shoer, Willie, 226 B. 89, N. Y. 
Short, Edwards, Empire, Grand Forks, N. D. 
Sle Hasan Ben All, Luna Villa, Coney Island. 
Sluinis, The Mystic, Box »U9 Dobb» Ferry, N. Y. 
Steinert A Thomas, 120 \V. 130, N. 1. 
Siegrists, The, Sells-Floto C. R. 
Slduiun, 8am, 6111 Qulucy. Cleveland. 
Sldonue, A Kellle. 424 E.' Chicago Ave., Chicago. 
Sliver Stars, 01 Hanover, Boston. 
Simpsons, Musical, 204 K. 02, N. Y. 
Slneay's Dogs A Cats, 101 W. 40, N. Y. 
Smirl A Ressner, Colonial, N. Y. 
Smiths, Aerial. Ringllng Bros.. C. R. 
Smith Bros., 66 Hawthorne, Hartford. 
Smedley A Arthur Co.. 231 W. 38, N. Y. 
Smedley A Arthur Co., 108 Arnold, . Providence. 
Snyder A Buckley, K. A P., Boston. 
Soper, Bert. Star, Altoona, Pa., indef. 
Somers A Storke, 7 Alrdome, Cedar Rapids. 
Souderi Pearl, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Spauldlng A Dupree. Box 280, Osslnlng, N. Y. 
Spears, Bert, Keith's, South Bridge, Mass. 
Spears, Bert, Melrose, Highlands, Mass. 
Spencer, Lloyd. Lyric, Houston, Indef. 
Splssel Bros. A Mack. Hammerstein's. N. Y. 
Sprague A Dixon, 006 Mt. Hope Rd., Cincinnati. 
Stafford A Stone, 624 W. 139. N. Y. 
Stanford, Billy, Alrdome, Paducab, Ky. 
Stanley, B., Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Stanley A Scalon, Orpheum, Alberta, Canada, indef. 
Stanton A Sandberg, 711 Orchard. Chicago. 
Steinert, Thomas, Trio, Central Pk., Allentown. 
Sterling, Kitty. A Nelson. 1300 No. 12, Phila. 
Sterns, Al., Beacbwood Park, I'blla. 
Stevens, E. J., 133 So. First, Brooklyn. 
Stevens A Boebm, 820 E. 14, N. Y. 
Stewart A Desmond 147 W. 142, N. Y. 
Stephens, Harry. 242 W. 43. N. Y. 
Stlckner, Emma, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Stickney, Miss R., Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Stlckney's Pony and Dogs, Hempstead, L. I. 
Stickney, Robert, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Stlrk A Dan. 28 Hancock. Brockton. Mass. 
Stoddards. The, Avenue, Duquesne, Pa. 
Stone. Wizard. Hippodrome, London. 
St. Elmo. Leo, 1003 Broadway, N. Y. 
St. Onge Bros., 22 Portland, Worcester. 
Strickland, E. C, E. Greenwich, R. I. 
8tuart A Keeley, 822 College, Indianapolis. 
Stuart, J. Francis. 214 No. 8, Philadelphia. 
Sullivan, W. J., Bijou. Jamestown, N. 1>.. indef. 
Sullivan Bros., 6 So. High, Milford, Mass. 
Sully A Phelps. O. II.. Sault Ste. Marie. Can. 
Summers A Winters, 2329 Prairie, Chicago. 
Sunny South. Hippodrome. London. 
Sutcliff Troupe, Palace, Lincoln, Eng. 
Sweet, Eugene, 20 Cherry, Providence. 
Sweeney, John 8.. 402 Turner, Allentown, Pa. 
Swor Bros., 713 W. 62, Chicago. 
Sylow, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 
Symonds, Jack. Crystal, St. Joseph. Mo. 
Sympbonia Musical Trio, 26 N. Jefferson, Dayton. 



Tanean, 10 Central, Brooklyn. 
Tanean, Felix A Claxton. 331 E. 93, N. Y. 
Tanka, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Taylor, Tell, La Salle. Chicago, Indef. 
Tegge A Daniel, 2148 No. Robey. Chicago. 
Tempest Trio, 124 Bonesu, Jersey City. 
Thayer, Joe, Asbmont House, Lynn. 
The Quartette, 1003 Broadway, N. Y. 
Thomas, David, care of Moyer, Atlanta. 
Thompson, Harry. 112 Covert, Brooklyn. 
Thompson Sisters, Elite, Rock Island. III., indef. 
Tborne, Mr. A Mrs., Luna Pak., Buffalo. 
Thornton, Geo. A., 1133 Broadway, N. Y. 
Thropp, Clara. S.-C, Oakland. 
Tiddlewlnks A Dugan, 003 Hudson. N. Y. 
Tlerney, Belle. 74 N. Main, Woonaocket, R. 1. 
Tlerney A Odell. 208 American Bk. Bid jr.. Seattle. 
Tlnney, Prank H., 812 Moore, Philadelphia. 
Toledo, Sydney, Bayslde, L. I. 
Toys. Musical, Bradford, Pa. 
Trainer A Dale, 1003 Broadway, N. Y. 



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Travers. Roland, Majestic, Madison, Wis. 
Trlllers. The, Roek Spring Pk., Liverpool, O. 
Troubadours. Three. 226 Park, Newark. 
Trueitdcll, Mr. A Mrs., 060 W. 130. N. Y. 
Troeadero Quartet, 6. Parm, Toledo. 
Turner, Bert, Le Roy, Minn. 
Tumour, Jules, Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Turpln. Ben, 810 B. Superior. Chicago. 
Tyee. Lillian. 733 Mt. Prospect, Newark. 
Tyroleans, Ralner's, The Oaks, Portland, Ore. 



Ullrich. Frits, 206 W. 44, N. Y. 

Urma Sisters, Barnum A Bailey, C. R. 

Usher, Claude A Fannie, 88 Henry, Jersey City. 



Vardon, Perry A Wilbur, Idora Pk., Youngstown, 

.0. 
Vagjres, The 4. Green, Auburn, N. Y. 
Valdare A Varno, 170 8. Lake, Aurora, 111. 
Valadons, Three, 60 Summer, Central Falls, R. I. 
Valdare. Bessie, 70 W. 80. N. Y. 
Valoise Bros., 000 Fairfield. Bridgeport. 
Valveno A La More, 20. Tacoma. Boston. 
Van Dleman Troupe, Hagenhcek -Wallace, C. B. 
Van Eppes, Jack. 10 W. 64. N. Y. 
Van Cleve. Denton A Pete, 230 E. 14, N. Y. 
Van Dorn A MrQIIl. 241 Henward, Brooklyn. 
Vsn. MIrs |f„ Ringllng Bros., C. R. 
Vaseo, June 1, Empire, I.*mdon, Eng. 
Veda A Qulntarow. Globe Hotel. Belalre, O. 
Vedmars, The, 749 Amsterdam, N. Y. 
Verdi Musical Four, 4«1 W. 28, N. Y. 
Vermette-Oarpottl*' Trio 43] Breboeuf, Montreal. 
Verna Belle, S8S Beaum, Somerrllle, Mass. 
Viola A Bro.. 123 Uontauk, Brooklyn. 
Viola A Kngel, 228 Chauncey, Brooklyn. 



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Mgr. ALF. REEVES. 

Headlined continuously and successfully since October, 1905. WEEK JUNE 
as, COLONIAL, NEW YORK CITY. 

Return to England Wednesday, June 6, S. S. Campania, for vacation and re- 
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HABBY JACKSON. 
Address United Boo BBSS Omoe er 



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XV VAUDEVILLE. TTMB ALL 
Director for JULES MUBB Y. 
•w Yerk Theatre Building, V. Y. Olty. 



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and 



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THE MUSICAL LAUGH HABEAS. 
Addr«M BUT HADDAH, C0NB. 



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"THE BUBE ABD THE LIVIBO PUUPKTB. 



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TH EAMERICAN PADFREW8HJ. 
Assisted by 





(The Little Sunbeam) 
In Vaudeville. Direction MR. J. A. 8TERNAD. 




A BEW, HOVEL ABD OBIOIBAL ACT, ASSISTED BY 



AUBREY CARR, "The Cowboy Tenor," and His Trained Broncho "HIGHBALL" 

THE OBIOIBAL EQUE8TRIAN VOCALIST. 



"MiM Blond el le makes a charming appearance in every number in which ibe appears and bar grace and 
clearness of ber voice do a treat deal toward carry in* her to success"; and "Their excellent rendering of 
the cowboy sons brought them the heartiest kind of applause, and Mr. Can's singing while on horseback was 
certainly a novel feature." — Bow Tork OUpper. 



OFFERS INVITED FOR NEXT SEASON 
Addressi 136 West Slxty-Mrst, INob»w 

OFF TO LOS ANGELES FOB THE SUMMER IN ORPHEUM STOCK CO. 



Von Dell, Harry, 1503 Broadway, N. Y. 
Vynoo, The, 366 W. 31, N. Y. 



Wsde & Reynolds, Masonic, Louisville, indef. 

Welters, Harry, East End, Memphis. 

Warren A Faust. 242 W. 43, N. Y. 

Wagner A Gray. 26 Farragut, Chicago. 

Wablond, Tekela Trio. 206 W. 22, N. Y. 

Walte. Willie. 2214 Adams, St. Loots. 

Waldorf A Mendes, 110 Green, Albany. 

Waller A Maglll. 102 7th Ave.. New York. 

Walker, Nella, 8, Orpheum, Los Angeles. 

Walton. Fred, St. James, L. I., indef. 

Ward, Billy, Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn. 

Wards. The, Ring ling Bros., C. R. 

Warner. Stanley M.. 126 W. 112, N. Y. 

Watson ft Little, 801 W. 118, N. Y. 

Ward Trio, 640 82, Milwaukee. 

Warner ft Lakewood, 1653 Broadway, N. Y. 

Washer Bros., Oakland, Ky. 

Waterbury Bros, ft Tenny, Orpheum. Boston. 

Watson, Sammy, 8, Chase's, Washington. 

Web, Hsrry L., Bes trice. Neb. 

Webb, Horsce, Norris ft Rowe, C. R. 

Weed. Roy, 434 Lincoln, Cblcsgo. 

Welch. Jan.. ft Co., 248 Fulton, Buffalo. 

Wenrlck ft Waldron, 842 Lehigh, jAUentown. 



Wentworth, Rose, Singling Bros., 0. B. 

Wentworth, Vesta ft Teddy, 200 Pratt, N. Y. 

Werden ft Tsylor, K. ft P., Newark. 

Went, John A., Gennetle, Richmond, Ind. 

West ft Benton, Oak Park, Sacramento, Indef. 

Wesley ft White, Smith Ave., Corona, L. I. 

Weston, 8am, 16 B. 111. N. Y. 

Wheeler Children, 2514 No. 20, Philadelphia. 

Wballey ft Whalley, Box 202, fitchburg. Mass. 

Wheeler, Little Children, 2014 No. 20, Phils. 

Wheelers, The, 1003 Broadway, N. Y. 

Wheeler ft Boeey, 10 Bo. Clark, Chicago. 

Whelan ft Searlee, 1020 Glen wood. Phi la. 

White Hawk, TOO Westchester, N. Y. 

White ft Stuart, 8. G. O. H.. Pittsburg. 

Whitman, Frank, 188 Greenwich, Beading. 

White. Ed. B., ft Rolla. Elyslsn Grove, Tucson, 
Arts. 

Whittle, W. ■., 143 Hornblower, Belleville. N. J. 

Whitehead. Joe, 408 W. 88, N. Y. 

Wilder, Marehall P., 20 No. New Hampshire. At- 
lantic City. 

Williams, Annie Leslie, 4224 Wsbash, Chicago. 

Williams. Cow Boy, Litchfield, Conn. 

Williams ft Force, Orpheum, Zanesvllle, O. 

Williams, C. W., Richmond Hill. L. I. 

Williams ft Mayer, 808 W. 00, N. Y. 

Williams ft Weston, 208 State, Chicago. 

Wills ft Hssssn, Keith's, Boston. 

\\'iu<>n ft Doyle, Star, Cblcsgo. 



Wilson. Tony, Helolse ft Armoros Sisters, 1 Prims 

rd.. Brixton. London, 8. B., Bng. 

Wilson. Alf. ft Mabe. 256 W. 87. N. Y. 
Wilson Brothers, 1306 So. 6. Msywood, 111. 
Wilson. Raleigh, Campbell Bros., C. R. 
Wlnchermsn. V. F.. 201 B. 14, N. Y. 
Winkler ft Kress. 204 V. 38. N. Y. 
Wlnslow, W. D., Barnum ft Bailey, C. B. 
Winston's Seals, 2416 W. Conry, Richmond. 
Wise. Jack. 88th 8t., Pittsburg. 
Wlxon ft Eaton, Strolling PIsyers Co. 
Wood Bros.. 207 B. 14. N. Y. 
Wood ft Woods, Rlngllng Bros., 0. B. 
Wood, Ralpb, Lyric, Ft. Smith. Ark., Indef. 
Woodford ft Marlborough, Welland, Morganstown, 

W. Va. 
Wordette, Bstelle ft Co., Lakeside Pk., Akron, O. 
Work ft Ower, Keith's. Cleveland. 
Wolfe ft Vaughan, 610 Third. B. Cedar Rapids, Is. 
Wolford ft Stevens, Ctystsl, Nashville. 
Wormser Tots, 002 W. 8, Davenport, la. 
Wormwood, Prof., Barnum ft Bailey, O. R. 
World ft Kingston. Keith's. PbUa. 
Worthley, Mlnthorne. 120 Lexington, N. Y. 
Wotsn, Barnum ft Bailey, C. R. 
Woulff, Bdward, Barnum ft Bailey, C. B. 
Wul ft". Mme. B., Barnum ft Bailey. C. B. 
Wurnell Arnold B.. 617 McDonongh, Sandusky, O. 
Wyno A Lewis, 1008 Brosdwsy, N. Y. 



Yackley ft BnnneJ, R. F. D. No. 6, Lancaster. 
Yalto Dno, 228 W. 88, New York. 
Yamamato Bros., Emerald, Adams Co., O. 
Yellerotuee Sisters, Four, Barnum ft Bailey, 0. B. 
Young America Quintette, 104 Clifton PL, B'klyn. 
Young ft De Vole, 8 Lower 0, BvansvUle. 
Youngs ft Brooks, Suffern, N. Y. 
Young, Dewltt C. ft Sister, Grand. Fargo, N. D. 
Young ft Manning, Kyle, Beaumont, Tex. 
Young, OIlie, ft Bros., 58 Ohlttenden, Columbus. 
Youtuckey, Prince, Bsrnnm ft Bailey, C. B. 



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Zada, All, Irwin, Goshen, Ind. 

Za in loch ft Co., Unique, Ban Claire, Wis. 

Zanilgs, The, Alhsmbra, London, Bng. 

Zaraa, 4, 104 W. 40, New York. 

Zasell ft Vernon Co., 141 B. 15, N. Y. 

Zecb ft Zech, Wheelers, C. B. 

Zeds, H. L., 211 B. 14, N. Y. 

Zemo, Zemo Troupe, 671 Smith, St. Psul. 

Zeno, Bob, 608 N. Wood, Chicago. 

Zlegler, N. C, Columbia, Knoxville, Indef. 

Zimmer, JoLu, Pantages', Seattle. 

Zobedl, Fred, 1481 Broadway, N. Y. 



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Hammerstein's Week, June 1st. 




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The World's Greatest Waltz Song, 

"I'm Starving For 
One Sight of You" 

Magnlfloent oolored slides new ready far seat 
Illustrators at $6.00 per Mt. With er without 
slidee the immd'i imtMt ballad. Aaothet 
"Attn the Ball" without a doubt. Prefeaeieaal 
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Barnnm ft Bailey, June 1, Lynn, Mass.; 2, Salem; 
3, Lowell; 4, Manchester, N. H.; S, Worcester, 
Mass.; 0, Woonaocket, R. I.; 10, Fall River. 

Buffalo Bill, 80, Akron, O.; July 4, Hampden 
Pk., Springfield, Mass. 

Cola Bros., June 1, Buffalo.. 

Hafeabeok- Wallace, June 1, Waukegan, 111.; 2, 

Racine, Wis.; 3-4, Milwaukee; 0, Fon du Lac, 

Wis.; 6, Appleton. 

Ring-line Bros., May 30, Buffalo; June 1, Detroit; 
2, Fort Huron, Mich.; 3, Saginaw; 4, Flint; 5, 
Bay City; 6, Alma; 8, Grand Rapids; 9, Kala- 
maaoo; 10, Battle Creek; 11, Lansing; 12, 
Jackson; 13, Adrian; 15, Toledo, O. ; 16, Goshen, 
Ind.; 17, South Bend; 18, Jollet. 111.; 19, Bock- 
ford; 20, Dubuque, la. 

Bella-Floto, May 30, Pendleton, Ore.; June 1, 
Walla- Walla. Wash.; 2, Colfax. 

Ml Ranch, May 30, Springfield, Mo. 



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Chioage Offloa. 


Advertising or elroular Utters af aasj 

description will not be listed whaa known. 

Lattara will be bald fat two months only. 



Angiin. 

Anderson, Dan (C. O.) 

Andrews, Pearl (C. O.). 

Aldert, Joe. 

Alpine Troupe (C. O.) 

Alvln ft Kenny. 

Alaxsndro. F. 

Avola, Miss. 

Armstrong, Fred M. 



Balse, Nick. 
Betts, Wm. 
Brockman, Slater (0. 

O.) 
Badd, Bert. 
Baldwin, Carl. 
Buol, Edith. 
Butler, Ida. 
Brown, Henrietta. 
Brown, L. K. 
Barnhart, Chas. (O. O.). 
Belmont, Belle. 
Barry, Margaret. 
Burke Brothers. 
Bowman, Ivy. 
Brengk, Bmat. 
Brown, Viola (2). 
Blonden, Henry. 
Blacklldge, Buby. 
Brown, Harry. 
Blnns, John (2). 
Bloton, Lew. 
Boch, Otto. 
Borland, Frank. 
Burns, Jack. 
Brown, Tom. 
Bowers, Mr. 
Blanche, Belle. 
Bergere, Valerie. 
Bevan, Alexander. 
Barrington, Sidney. 



Belmont, Freda. 
Bowen, Florence. 
Bllyik, Prof. 
Boston, H. W. 



Carroll, J. 

Castellanl ft Bros. 

Crawford, Harry (C. 
O.). 

CI ax ton, Wm. (0. O.) 

Clifford ft Burke. 

Conner, M. B. 

Clark, Harriet L. (0. 
O.). 

Cbeevee, Joe. 

Cllne. J. B. 

Oeballoe, H. "*• 

Christ, Frank (O. O.). 

Coffman, las, 

Corson, Corn Young- 
blood. 

Chlnko. 

Creasy, Will M. 

Callahan ft St. George. 

Ciipps, W. M. 

Church, Alice. 

Crooks, Mr. 

Calvert, Albert O. (0. 
O.) 

Crooker, Alfred. 

Crawford ft Gardener. 

Cushlng, Merrill ft 
Darts. 

Conaway, T. L. 

Cullen, Wm. 



Dacoma Family. 
Dooley, J. Francis (O. 

O.). 
D'Arvllle. Janet. 
Davis. Hal. 



Dean, Louise (0. O.). Leon, Nellie. 

Doming, Lawrence (O. La Grecla. 

O.). Lyon, May. 

Dalle?, Bob and Nellie. Leims, Louis. 



Doty, Chas. W. 
I>re*«'er. Marie. 
Deam, Professor. 

> ft I J . U. 4. 

Do Lacy, l.#'lgh. 
DlBella and Volpe. 
Duncan ft Godfrey (0. 

O.) 
Dunn. Billy (C. O.) 
Duggan. Archie. 
Dsvey. Warren 
Delong, Wheeler. 



Electric Quartet (2). 
Erneat, Harry. 



(0. 



Lore, Frankle. 
Lusby, Huchlaon 

o.» 
Lenly, Miss B. (2). 
LePelletles Family. 
Loral ne, Olga. 
Luckens, The 4. 



Marx, Julius W. 
Marks, Chas. (0. O.) 
Mel not t Armand. 
Manola, Jeaaa A. 
Mldgley ft Carlials. 
Malcolm. Annette. 
Murray, Elisabeth. 



Brans, George (0. O.). Mack, Chss. 



Everhart. 
Elaine. Mabel. 
Electric Crickets. 
Emmy 'a Pets (2). 
Ely. J. Frsnk. 
Elkmatte, Warren. 
Em met t, Grade. 
Evans, George. 
Earle, Virginia. 
Evans Trio. 
Earl, Verna. 



Ferrell, L. W. 
Faustin, Mile. 
Flynn, Al. 
Frltscher, Otto. 
Fells. O. 

Forbes,' Frank ft Grace. HSSJPi-i!?* 

Ferlen. Francos J. ESVl? ,, .i™\. 



Murphy, Jim. 
Malllalrd. Virginia. 
McNIsh, Frank. 
McClala, Chas. 
Murray, W. 
Moore, Marty. 
MacFadden. Mr. 

Mrs. 
McKensle, Miss. 
Martin, Frank W. 
Mills. Phil. 
McBrlda, Harry (S). 
Mnnre. James A. 
Miller, Clyde, a 
Miller. Louis. 
McDermott Billy 

O.). 
McCree Devenport 

Troupe. 



(a 



Ferguson, Dave. 
Freeman, Wallace. 
Pagan, barney. 
Frencelll A Lewis. 
Friend A Downing. 



Miller, Edgar M. 
McDonald, Mike. 
Mainvllle, B. 0. 
Matthes, Hugo. 
Msltlsod, Mabel. 
Moore, Tom. 
Moore, Annie (C. 



Goldstein, Abraham (O. *""£•»• J** y (2) * 

f\ \ Myers * ateer. 

(Ci Miller. M. D. 

lv * Melville, VI. 



O.) 



Thomas 



Gibbons. 

O.). 
Green snd Werner (0. 

O.). 
Green ft Werner (2). 
Gilbert, L. Wolfe. 
Garvey, Margaret. 
Garrlck, Richard. 
Graham. James (0. O.). 
Gnlas. Florence. 
Gerome, Viola. 
Griff (2). 
Gouldlng, Chas. 
Green, Albert (2). 
Green, Irene F. 
Gordon, Ruth. 

■ 
Hilton. Helen. 
Hugoaton, Hugo (S) 
Hughes, Mania (C. O.) 
Harris, Mr. 

Hsrrls, Geo. H. (0. O.) 
Harvard ft Cornell (0. 

O.) 
Hutchinson. WUlard H. 

(2). 
Holland, Edwin. 
Hulker. Edith. 
Heck, W. 
Harding, Hasel. 
Harris. Ida C. 
Holmes, Carta. 
Hasard, Lynn ft Bonnie 

(C. XL). 
Hsll ft Coburn (O. O.) 
Howard ft North. 
Hawthorne. Mary. 
Harden, Thomas (2). 
Hughea, Mrs. Gene. 
Healy, Martin. 
Holmes, Francis. 
Ranigan, Jerome. 
Hawkins, L. 
Huntresa. 

Heath, Thos. B. (2) 
Harlngton, Dou. 



Jenkins, Jsmes (C. O.) 
Julian, Harry (0. O.) 
Johns, Johnny. 
Jones, Welter. 
Jones, Gwyn. 
Jones, W. H. (0. O.) 
Janls, Tuxle. 



Kolllns. King. 
Knight. Harlan B. (2). 
King. Will. 
Kennedy. Frank. 
Kelly and Ashby. 
King. Winifred. 
Kltamura, M. 
King, Hatch. 

ft 
Loretta. Otto. 
Land res. Patsy. 
Lewis, Jack. 
Leslie. Genie (C. O.) 
Lavlne, Arthur. 



Merrill, Chas. 

af 

Nelson, Arthur. 
Nlemeyer, Joe H. 
Nevaro. Joe. 
Nugent. Wm. 
Nile, Grace. 
Nichols. C. B. 
NIblo. Fred (2). 



O'Neill, Sak. 
Othello, Miss. 



Pantser, Willy. 
Personl, Camilla (C. O.) 
Price, Beatrice. 
Paullul, Mrs. 
Purdy, Francis. 
Purcell, Peter (C. O.) 
t 

Queen A Ross, 
yuigley, Helen. 



Rye, George. 
Russell, Marlon. 
Reynolds, John B, 
Ross, Bessie. 
Ryau ft Rltchfleld. 
Rene, Beatrice. 
Roaber, Gus. 
Robinson, Ads B. 
Rauisey, Allan. 
Redding, Franceses (0. 

0.» 
Uennlngs ft Brown. 
Russell, Leah. 
Rankin, J. McKee. 
Rogea, Leon. 
Rome, Bert (2). 
Renard, Lola. 
Rochester, Nina. 
Remington, Mayme (8) 
Rado, Phil. 
Raymond, Ruby. 



Semon Children (C. O.) 
Rllrerton, Will (0. O.) 
Smith ft Chanplon. 
Smith, Harry H. 
Stephens, H. 
Sattell Broa. 
Stephena, Paul. 
Sberwln, Walter. 
Spong, Hilda. 
St. George, Jennie. 
Smith, Charlea F. 
Stevens, Mike J.- 
Sidney, Clara. 
Schulse, B. 
Sommera. J. T. 
Scott. Frank. 
Scanlon ft Stevens (C. 
O.) 



An Important Branch 
of "THE HAM TREE," 

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As "Sherlock Baffles, the Detective." 

45 Weeks of Decided Success With Klaw & Erlanger's. 

Big Laughing Hit. Ask Mclntyre and Heath 

CLOSE JUNE 13th Address. 325 E. 2 In St., N. Y. City 



Sullivan, O. 
Sanford, Mildred. 
Stanley, Mr. & Mrs. L. 
Stsnley, Vera (2). 
St. Onge, Fred. 
Sin Clair Sisters. 
Springfield, Hsrry. 



Tally, Guy. 
Travis, Almle. 
Teegarden. H. 
Taylor, Mae (C. O.) 
Taylor, Phillip M. 
Trovollo, Mr. 
Torcat, Louis (2). 



Ulpss ft Hella. 



Vincent, Lucretia (C. 

O.) 
Valley. Camilla. 
Voelker, Frederick. 
Van Horn. Marguerite. 
Volts, Nellie. 
Vincent, Lucretia (4) 
Valassi, Mr. (2) 



Wayne, Charlea. 
Wilton. Thomaa. 
Welch. Panllne. 
Wlliwtn. George. 
Wbelan, Albert. 
Wynwood, Beatrice (2) 
Wynnwood. Helen. 
Wolfe. Grade (2). 
Wolfing, I. S. 
Wilson, Grace. 
wii^nn Bros. 
Williams. Leon. 
Wethers 1L Harry. 
Wovcke. Victor. 
Wilson. Frsnk. 
Waterbury Broa. A 

Tenny. 
Ward Bros. 



Xiques A Golden. 

T 



York ft Adams. 



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Cycling 



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CORRESPONDENCE 



Unless otherwise noted, the following re- 
ports are for the current week: 

GHIGrAGO 

By FRANK WIEBBERG. 

VARIETY'S Chicago Office. 
Chicago Opera House Block, 
(Phone Main 4330). 

MAJESTIC (Lyman B. Glover, mgr.).— The 
show this week does not average above fair. 
Dell Fox heads, and Is well received. It is her 
first appearance here In three years. "Colonial 
Septet," returns and la the same instrumental 
number, well staged and costumed. Clayton 
White and Marie Stuart, in "Cherrle." have !ho 
best sketch ever presented by thorn, and were 
the laughing hit of the bill. Raymond and 
Cavelry return with new and old Jokes, given in 
their "Dutch" dialect. The burlesque open* 
scored as usual. Pn-lle's Dogs are a well trained 
lot and proved very Interesting. James V. 
Macdonald, in songs and monologue, pleased im- 
mensely. He has an effective delivery and plenty 
of new material, making an Impression Imme- 
diately upon his appearance. La Sylphe, the Euro- 
peaa toe dancer, Imported for tho Orpheum Cir- 
cuit, and making her first appearance here, has 
pretty costumes and stage setting of a Moorish 
effect. She did very well. Harry Webb, in black- 
face, with well-written patter, passed over a 
moat satisfactory monologue much the same as 
when last heard. Kaschetta Brothers did nothing 
new in acrobatics. Clark and Duncan followed 
the pictures while Alice Norton, the high priced 
sup p os ed in br n arrltj set from Europe, who makes 
Jewels on the stage, preceded the Kinodrome at 
a time when hardly a person was in the house. 
This is her second week at the Majestic. Three 
Sisters Macarte gave a graceful act on the win-. 
holding the audience until the finish of the act 
and show. 



NOTES 






Sam Sidman, Alf. G. Herrington, Tom 
Miner and Barney Gerard became Scottish 
Riters (32nd degree Masons) all together 
last week. 



The Williamsburg Trust Company, in 
which several of the theatrical concerns, 
including the Williams' Circuit and Em- 
pire Circuit Company, have funds tied up, 
will resume business June 1. 



Helena Frederick, the soprano singer, 
who has played the vaudeville circuits for 
two years, has signed for next season with 
"Fluffy Ruffles," in which Hattie Williams 
opens in September at the Criterion. 

NORTH Hum THEATRE 
CHICAGO 

WANTS 

BIG ACTS at all times. 
Address FRANK Q. DOYLE, 92 La Salle 
Street, CHICAGO (5th floor). 



MAO 



AND 



RUTH 



BERNSTEIN 

Those Classy Singers and Dancers. 
STEEPLECHASE PIER. ATLANTIC CITY, 
week of June 1st. Don't overlook us. Open for 
Vaudeville, Burlesque or Musical Comedy. 

For Sale or To Lot. 

Two sure-lire monologists; one comedy talking 
act; one original two-act farce comedy, for bur* 
lesque or comedy. Address 

PAUL QUINN 

(Quinn and Mitchell), 
20 Bay 26th Street. Bentonhurst, L. L 

MADAM WIXSRY 

COSTUMES. 
216 E. 14th St.. New York. 
MANAGERS. TAKE NOTICE. 



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Under the Direction of MISS JINII JACOBS, 1402 Broadway, Wow TorK 



JAMES E - LUCIA COOPER ... 

in "THI LIFE SAVER '» 

By mil McCREE and JOHN GILROY. 

Something New for VaudeUlle. Special Scenery and Electrical Effects. 

WESLEY St PINCU8, Agents. Gee, Blutch it Getting- Serious. 



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FISHING MOTORING 



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ARE 



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'Phone 6489— T»th St. 



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Chinese Magicians. 



only white artists la the world portraying the Ch in ese character with 

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STARRING NEXT SEASON IN AN ELABORATE PRODUCTION 
Vaudeville engagement by M. S. BENTHAM Management A. I*. WILBUR 



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CARDS OF ARTISTS 

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ia "THE SHERIFF'S MARRIAGE" 
Sole Manegatneat LYKENS Cs> LLVY, 140 W. 4M Street, Hew York City. 

Daly & O'Brien 

"THAT TANGLEFOOT DANCING ACT M 






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WORLD'S CHAMPION TRICK CYCLIST. 

Refined Cycle Triok Riding Enterprises 

The Grent KAUFMANN troupe of world-renowned 
cyclsta made their first Australian appearance here on 
Saturday, Feb. 20,' and gave a specimen of their won- 
derful trick riding that proved a revelation to the 
crowded audience. 

Permanent Address WlntorfHiU>*tr. 8, Berlin. Wire, 
"Bicycle, Berlin." 




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and h.s REDPATH'S "NAPANEES" 



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GEORGE K. FLINT, Scenery and Props of Every Description 

r ftrm , r i. .* Scenery to Rant for Private Theatrical! 

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American Theatre. Theatre* * Halls Fitted from Curtain Lino to Elfffflnt Loft 

STUDIO, MURRAY HILL THEATRE. 42ND ST. AND LEXINGTON AVC. 



SCENERY 
PROPS. 



TOM CREAMER, 
Formerly with 
A. H. Woods. 



Mot only the moit convenient, but the moot desirable plaoe M 
a scenic studio in How York City. Wo have aecond hand sooner* 
and drops wo will altar to suit yon. Lot ns figure on anything 
yon want. 

TEL. 294S-88. 



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New York Offloe (til), 1402 Broadway. 



!• MILLER* Manufacturer 




202 

W.233SX 

N.Y. 



of Theatrical 
Boots 4V ■boss. 
CLOG, 
Ballot and 
Acrobat Shoe* 
a speciality. All 
work made at 
short notion. 



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(COSTUMER) 

103 WEST 43d STREET 

NEW YORK CITY 

Tolophooo: 3205 Bryant. 

Chorus Girls Wanted 

Call or write, 

VERONICA PETERS, 

(611) 167 Dearborn St., CHICAGO. 

MATT WOODWARD, 

Busy on BEHMAN, RENTZ-SANTLEY and 
NIGHT OWLS Shows for next season, still sells 
EXCLUSIVE- PERMIT PARODIES: "Ev'ry little 
CURL added to what you've got," etc. (Satire on 
Women's Hair), $1.00. Write for Parody list. 
694 Eighth Ave., V. Y. City. 

NEW YORK VAUDEVILLE 
CONTRACTING CO. 

ACTS IA/ANTED 

Sketch Teams, Single Aots and Acrobats for 
Family Theatres playing two shows (Boom 110), 
1461 BROADWAY, MEW YORK. 

KELLER 

2107 Michigan Av«nvt« 



ROBES 

EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS. 

Theatrical Gowns a specialty. 
Oostumer for the leading stage celebrities and 
the Profession. 

WANTED. 

Competent, experienced and thoroughly reliable 
man on salary to have charge of Chicago office 
snd book exclusively for amusement company con- 
trolling circuit of three-a-day Vaudeville Theatres. 
State all first letter. Address F. M. HENKEL, 
Room 1112, 315 Dearborn St.. Chicaflo. 

The Popular Writer for Vaudeville. 
MATTHEW GOLDMAN 

Up-to-date Sketches and Monologues. 

Author: THE MARRIAGE FEE, Little Bits 
from Life, Wanted: An Experienced Husband, 
Stage 8truck, Behind the Footlights, The Call of 
the Blood, etc., etc. 

Boom 2SS. Knickerbocker Theatre Annex Bldg., 
89th St. & Broadway, New York City. 

Telephone 396138th. 

Books on the Drama; Autographs: Letters of 
Actors and Actresses: Portraits; Photographs; 
View* of Theat/es; and old Play-Bills. Bought 
and Sold. Catalogue free. JOHN HEI8E, 4101 
Onondaga Bank Bldg., Syracuse, N. Y. 

Have VARIETY Sent You 
During the Summer 

Forwards I FOR 3 MOUTHS 

with address 






ROWLEY 



'Phone No. 
2520 Chelsea. 



COSTUMES 



1 SB WIST 2 3d ST. 
MEW YOBS. 



OLYMPIO (Abe Jacobs, ragr. Monday re- 
hearsal 0)). — Two shows daily during the sum- 
mer months. The bill Is headed by Eva Taylor 
and Company, in "Chums." O there are Keno, 
Welch and Montrose, Raymond and Corevly, Car- 
letta, Roale Uoyd, Two Pucks, Harry McAllister, 
McFarland and Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bartlett 
and Kinodrome. 

STAR (Tom Carmody, mgr.).— Edna Luby, 
Olympe Des Vals Horses, Harry First and Com- 
pany, Chyo Kasnya, Uilmore and Castle, Four 
Fantastic La Delles. 

CRITERION (John W. Hogan, mgr.).— Vaude- 
ville will be given at this melodramatic house 
during the summer. This week Marvin Brothers, 
Jimmle Lucas, Frank Milton and De Long SlStera, 
Potts Brothers and Company, Bonny Gaylord, and 
Richards and Qrover. 

NORTH AVENUE.— Fitsslmmons, Cameron Kent 
and Company, Irma Orbaaany's Cockatoos, Porto 
Rkan MLltary Quartette, Francis Owen and Minnie 
Hoffman Company, Jacobs and West, Lillian 
Burnell. Leoni and Peres. 

SCHINDLER'S.— Melville B. Raymond's Four 
Tubulllon Dancers, Silent Tait and Amee, Ed and 
May Woodward, George Arlington and Company, 
Chas. L. Danfortb, Bertha PhiUlpe. 

PREMIER (C. W. Scbaefer, mgr.).— Burkhart 
and Nlelson, Williams and Stevens, Jim Hart, 
Hayden and Hayes, Grace Coyne, Mr. and Mrs. 
George Hart. 

GEM (C. W. Scbaefer, mgr.).— Roy Lee Weels, 
Gladys Churchill, Mr. and Mrs. Jlmmie Maber, 
Margie White, Billy Tann Sweeney and Rooney. 

LYRIC (John Leonard, mgr. Chicago Heights, 
111.).— The Velde Trio, Four Musical Gates, Bean 
and Hamilton, Edith Shaw, Cremona Brothers. 

NATIONAL.— George and Pauline Kldd, F. B. 
Earnshaw, The Musical Leotos, Ralph Connors, 
Vivian D. DeDarlon. 

IOLA (Geo. E. Powell, mgr.).— Mitchell and 
Browning, Juggling Jalvans, Allen and Cromler, 
Mr. and Mrs. Savoy, Krafft and Myrtle. 

CRYSTAL.— Barclay snd Barclsy, Bobble 
Kuecber, The Whettens. 

NEW GEM (Henry snd Belden, mgrs.).— La 
Petrie and Adams Company, Chas. Wilson, Nellie 
LeVere. 

FOLLY (John A. Fennessy, mgr.). — "Fay 
Foster," return engagement. 

EMPIRE (I. H. Herk, mgr.).— "The Cherry 
Blossoms." 

NOTES.— The Northwest Theatre Company has 
Incorporated with capital of $2,600 by M. Linker 
and E. Conn.— W. L. Churchill and Dan Pllmore, 
who are interested in a circuit of vautfeVille 
theatres in Michigan, will have a $30,000 theatre 
at Bay City, Mich., by August 1. — Vardon, Perry 
and Wilber, having closed with the "Cracker 
Jacks," will play parks during the summer, hav- 
ing been booked until fall. The boys recently 
purchased new Instruments costing several hun- 
dred dollars, and tbelr act is improved consider- 
ably. — Jolly and Wild have returned from their 
short trip abroad and are now playing in the 
middle states. They are booked solid for next sea- 
son. — Chas. Harnois will build a theatre at Mis- 
soula, Mont., for vaudeville snd moving pictures. 
— David Beehler, manager of the Orpbeum, Sioux 
City. la., is in the city and will remain in the 
Majestic headquarters of the Orpbeum circuit un- 
til the fall. Mr. Beehler says the past first sea- 
son was a very profitable one for the Orpheum 
in Sioux City. — The new vaudeville theatre, which 
is now being erected -at Plymouth, Ind., for D. 
W. DeWltt, will be kuown as the Majestic. The 
building will be owned by J. D. Williams. It 
will be furnished with nil modern appointments. — 
J. A. Sternad. associated with the Western Vaude- 
ville Association as general booking representative 
for the Empire Circuit (Western Burlesque) and 
dealer in many acts for vaudeville theatres 
throughout the country, will shortly produce two 
or three new novelty acts under bis own direc- 
tion. Mr. Sternad is manager of "Rodpatb's 
Nnpsnees," and its success encouraged bim to • 
enter the producing field more extensively. — Laura 
Davis has Wen booked for ten weeks by William 
Morris' Chicago office, Immediately after her en- 
gagement at Danville, III., and will play Coast 
time In the fall.^-C. T. Rettlck, of Memphis, 
who owns and operates a number of theatres in 
the South, known as 'the Rettick Circuit, has 
turned the booking over to Sam Du Vries. Here- 
tofore the house received the acts direct through 
Ret tick's office. Opposition conditions in that 
territory caused the change In booking ".rrange- 
ment. — The Velde Trio are playing consecutive 
time In and around Chicago, and have park en- 
gagements through the Middle West. — Herbert 
Brenon and Helen Downing are in stock at the 
Majestic, Montgomery, Ala., for the summer. The 
Majestic Is a vaudeville theatre, operated b> the 
Inter State Circuit, and the season of dramatic 
stock has Wen arranged through E. F. Carruthers, 
its general manager. — "Silent" Talt has taken a 
partner In bis act, which was given for the first 
time at the North Avenue Theatre last week. 

NOTES.— Winona Winter, Flossie Hope and 
Edward Clarke are the principal members of the 
cast in "The Lady From Lanes." the new 
musical comedy produced at the Bush Temple 
by Will J. Block. — Musical shows by the stock 
company will be n fixture nt the former dra- 
matic house. — At the meeting held by the "White 
Rats" in their rooms at the Saratoga Hotel on 



Friday last, resolutions were passed approving 
the methods adopted by I. A. L., the German or- 
ganisation og vaudeville artists. Chas. Colby, 
of Colby and May, a member of the I. A. L., 
acter as chairman after Bobby Gaylor called the 
meeting to order. Harry Walters suggested that 
a report of the session be sent to the White 
Rats besdquaters in New York, with tbe infor- 
mation that a resolution has been passed to send 
a representative to Chicago to investigate tbe 
vaudeville situation, with a view of compromising 
on a "play or pay" contract as isaued st tbe 
United Offices in the East.— Granville and Mack 
have re-engaged with tbe "Cherry Blossoms" 
for next season. — HlramSallan, treasurer of the 
Grand Opera House, Sioux City, Iowa, was in tbe 
city during the week. 



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By ERNEST L. WAITT. 
VARIETY Office. Colonial Theatre Bldg. 

Fred Niblo, headlined at Keith's, tells new 
stories thst sre laugh pullers; "Night on s House- 
boat," Is festured; Capt. Auger and Co.. in "Jack 
the Giant Killer," big killing; Mason and Keeler, 
Wormwood's Animals, Netta Vesta, Werden and 
Taylor, Joe and Sadie Brltton, the Keeley 
Brothers, the Muslcsl Crsigs, and Tsnns, Juggler, 
complete tbe bill, except for tbe Meeh Interna- 
tional Trio, brought back to renew their challenge 
to the world for dumb-bell lifting, about which 
there was recently s esse in court. 

HOWARD.— John L. Sullivan. Jake Kilrain and 
Kid Cutler are headlined, with a good vaude- 
ville show. In which Horton and La Trlska have 
a novel doll set, snd Tony Williams and Ethel 
Rose give a clever playlet. 

PALACE. — The stock company put on "The 
Birthday Party," and "The Day at tbe Beach," 
with vaudeville by Knox Brothers, Honan and 
Kearney, Campbell and Grady. 

AUSTIN A STONE'S.— Pearl La Rose, John 
Smith, tbe Aeolian Quartet, are in tbe theatre 
bill. 

WONDERLAND.— Annette Kellerman Is tbe 
main open air feature here, aside from Pawnee 
Bill's Wild West. Business opened fair. 

NOTE. — Norumbega Park, Lexington Park, and 
Gorman's Summer Park st Medford open next 
week. 



DENVER 



By HABBY X. BEAUMONT. 

Office Crystal Tbestre Building. 

ORPHEUM (Msrtln Beck, gen. mgr.).— Chas. 
E. Evans and Co., head and well liked. DeWitt, 
Burns and Torrance, In "The Awakening of tbe 
Toys," very artistic and hearty reception. Mr. 
and Mrs. Geo. Beane in "A Woman's Way," old 
"drunk" story, cleverly bandied. Lew Wells, 
comedian and musician, went ' well with some 
new material. Mankln, "Tbe Frog Man," splen- 
did scenic effects, clever contortionist, individual 
hit. Willy Pantser and Co., cleverest acrobatic 
act this season. Davis and Walker, colored, well 
encored. 

CRYSTAL (Wm. A. Weston, gen. mgr.).— 
Adgle and her Lions, head. Biggest drawing card 
ever in house. Ida Elliott and Co., In "The 
New Minister," laughing hit. The sketch has a 
visible plot and is capably handled. Waldron 
Bros., German comedians, went good. Need some 
new material. Winifred Stewart, female baritone, 
sang popular songs to repeated encores. 

NOTES. — The Four Brown Bros, and Doc. Kealy 
are beading the bill at tbe Majestic and are the 
hit of It. Jack Golden and Company have been 
engaged for an Indefinite run at tbe Majestic to 
put on stock comedy. At the conclusion of her 
present engagement with the Western States As- 
sociation, Adgle and her Lions will play pinks 
In the Middle West.— Nlelson's "Aerial Ballet" 
opens at the Crystal May 25. — Dlerlckz Bros, and 
Arthur and Huston and Company have completed 
the W.-S. time and are en route to New York. — 
Edw. F.mery and Company are negotiating for a 
New York opening. Pat Casey will do the busi- 
ness. — Winnifred Stewart has had her time ex- 
tended several weeks on the Western States Cir- 
cuit and will be In New York in July. 



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PHILADELPHIA 

By GEORGE M. YOUNG. 

KEITH'S (R. T. Jordan, mgr.).— Tbe bill 
rounded out a better show than expected. It was 
light In calibre and nearly all the acts were 
familiar, but there were four or five big feature 
numbers which brought the average up. Alice 
Lloyd was In much better voice than last week 
and sang through five songs with the bouse clam- 
oring for more on Monday; Two of her old num- 
bers continue as the biggest applause winners. 
Miss Lloyd as well as tbe McNaughtons are bold- 
overs. The McNaughtons again won their shsre 
of the honors. Barnhold's Dog*»wJLth the original 
Inebriated one held down a spot near, the close 
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plauee received and it was very generous. The 
•lancing of the Four Fords found reedy recog- 
nition. The loose dancing number does not seem 
to reach the desired effect and something more 
showy might be substituted. The boys also in- 
jure the appearance of the finish by wearing those 
minstrel first part silk suits. The girls look very 
well and the substitution of something more con- 
ventional for the boys would make further im- 
provement. Ben Welch has made little or no 
change in his monologue since last heard, but hsa 
m couple of first cluse parodies and one or two 
songs which carry him through. He waa well 
liked. Snyder and Buckley had an im- 
portant position. Ha Grsnnon proved a 
strong number for an opener. Miss Gran- 
non sings her songs well and bad no trouble 
giving the show a good start. Barry and 
Wolford had some bright talk, but their songs 
won the most favor. The "popular song" duet 
scored deservedly and the two left a very firm 
impression after being called back several times. 
Louis Guertin gave an interesting exhibition of 
Jumping. It is a novelty seldom seen in vaude- 
ville now. A comedy assistant might furnish the 
life the act needs. Mayme Remington and her 
"picks" met with fair success. The only time 
the "picks" worked hard was near the finish. 
The Four Bianos put a strong finish to the reg- 
ular bill with their comedy acrobatics. Lew 
Simmons and Charles Rents In a minstrel act; 
The La Belles, Jugglers; Werner and Lake wood 
and the moving pictures completed the bill. 

GAYIOTY (Rd. Shayne, mgr.).— The summer 
stock burlesque season waa inaugurated this week, 
securing a dying start. At first glance it looked 
like a return date of Robie's "Knickerbockers," 
considerable of the material used in the first part 
and burlesque having becu with the "Knicker- 
bockers" during the- past sesson, while seversl 
of the principals of the Roble show are members 
of the company. "Big Bugs" is the title of the 
opener and Jack Reld hss remodeled It to excel- 
lent advantage, it moving smoother and faster 
than when seen before. Reld, in the character of 
Nervy Nat, la principal comedian supported by 
Ward Caulfleld in a like character, handling much 
of the comedy, which was a blackface part, and 
it ia an improvement. There is quite a lot of 
action in it, boiled down to about thirty minutes 
with a liberal sprinkling of muslcsl numbers. 
KUs Gilbert fills her familiar role acceptably and 
leads oue of the best numbers of the show. Frsn- 



cesca Warde, who seems new In burlesque, at 
least she is not known here, figures principally 
in the vocal strength of the company. Miss 
Warde possesses an unusually good voice for bur- 
lesque, but makes the mistake of using it too 
much. In the numbers she appeared to be trying 
to overcome the volume of the entire company to 
the natural result in persoual loss. The difference 
was plainly evident in the burlesque, where Miss 
Warde was seen to much better advantage iu 
every way, and her singiug was one of the best 
bits Introduced. Another newcomer was Anna 
Driver, her first appearauce iu burlesque. Miss 
Driver makes an attractive soubrette, resding her 
lines Intelligently and leading a couple of numbers 
with good results. Frauk Wakefield, Billy K. 
Wells and Frank Fox were satisfactory in minor 
roles. "Murphy's Mishaps," the burlesque, 
brought Reld and Caulfleld into prominence with 
their capital specialty, "Murphy's Reception." 
There is an abundance of good humor in this, 
and it was really the bright spot of the bill. Ella 
Gilbert secured her share of the honors, first lead- 
ing a military number and later gave the comedy 
end of the show a boost. Julia Sinclair, "The 
liooney Girl,'* who made good in a number in the 
first psrt, bad a principal boy role in the bur- 
lesque, which she handled in a manner that should 
win recognition from some manager who is after 
a good looking "boy" for next season. Frank 
Wakefield makes the' best of a "dope-fiend" aud 
Billy Wells appears at intervals as a Hebrew. 
There are sixteen girls in the chorus and Mike 
Fenton has done good work drilling them In the 
numbers. They sing above the average and went 
through their work cleverly for a first night's 
showing. All the numbers are snappy with 
plenty of stepping, a gingery little blonde on the 
end of the line setting a good example for the 
others. The only spice lu the show was held for 
the finish, when a "cooch" number, with Julia 
Sinclair and a number of the chorus girls leading, 
proved quite the most daring thing attempted 
this season with the exception of the Woodhull 
show. Frank Fox opened the olio with illustrated 
songs and made a firm impression. The Alvln 
Brothers showed a fairly good ring act, the 
comedy being short. Billy K. Wells offered a 
monologue, not new nor well handled, but did 
nicely with songs and parodies. Anna Driver also 
ssng songs. She is using one now being sung by 
Alice Lloyd, and she sings all of them well. Miss 
Driver looked nice and neat in a red outfit snd 



filled her spot in the olio very well. Christy, the 
comedy Juggler, closed the olio, and Louise Willis 
appeared later in her toe dancing specialty, both 
meeting with approval. There have been a 
number of shows appearing here during the 
"Wheel" season, which did not average up to the 
Gayety stock company. If Jack Reed can keep 
up the pace started, Ma:iuger Eddie Shayne 
should do enough business to give him a flue start 
on the regular season. 

BIJOU (J. C. Schsnberger, mgr.). — The summer 
stock season ended abruptly Monday night after 
the second show by John Grieves' "California 
Ulrla" stock company. Beginning Tuesday a 
series of talking-pictures, moving pictures, illus- 
trated songs and two vaudeville acta made up 
the bill. 

CASINO (Ellas & Koenig, mgrs.).— The warm 
weather had no effect ou the opening of the 
"Bebman Show," the house being crowded and 
the show going with a rush. 

TROCADERO (Fred Wilson, mgr.).— "Rollick 
ers," return date this week. 



ASHLAUD, XY. 

MAJESTIC (A. L. Martin, mgr.).— Sum Harris, 

good; ivy and ivy, musical, good. EDISON I V 

(C. W. Handley, mgr.). — M. p.; business good. 
EMERSON FLOATING PALACE. -Showed to 
large audleuce 19, performance good. 

RUCKER. 



BALTIMORE, XD. 

MARYLAND (F. C. Schanberger, mgr.).— Keith 
picture vaudeville prevails again this week with 
three vaudeville offerings, including Dr. Bowker, 
ill. travelogue; Roberta Keene aud her "Madri- 
gal Boys," hold over; National Four, singing; 
the Klnetograph, with ten subjects concludes. 

GAYETY (W, L. Balluf, Jr., mgr.).— Return 

of "Bon Tons," fair business. NOTES.— Mon- 
umental closed 25 with benefit for manager. Col. 
Sam M. Dawson. — Holllday Street theatre will 
continue with pictures as long as patronage 
holds up. FRANK F. MEYERS. 



BRISTOL, TENN. 

FAIRYLAND (Melvin A. Hayes, mgr.).— 
Marshall Sisters, good; LaClair and West, very 
good; 111. songs by Miss Walk, pleased. ELITE 



(Harry Knox, mgr.). — Maude Bell,. Price and Co., 
character songs, good; Neeley and Robinson, 
acrobats, excellent; Caufman and Caufman, comedy 
sketch, good; ill. songs by Mercedes Alvln, 
pleased.— NOTES.— The new Electric Park and 
Zoo opened on 18 with large crowds and good 
free attractions. — Mrg. Hsyes of Fairyland theatre 
has lessed snd will manage the Auditorium at 
Greenville, Tenn., opening June 1, running vaude- 
ville through the summer and playing Klaw & 
Erlanger shows during the winter. — Jimmie Kil- 
gore la spending the summer here. it. 



BUFFALO, V. T. 

SHEA'S (M. Shea, mgr. Monday rehearsal 
10).— A good headline hill with Lily Lena, an 
English singer of dainty songs making hit; 
James Thornton, warm welcome in great mono- 
logue; Cameron and Flanagan, original and 
pleased; IU din's Monkeys, excellent; Knight 
Brothers and Marlon Bawtelle, great dancing skit; 
Burke. Touhey and Co., funny; special feature, 

"The Crickets," pleased. GARDEN (Charles E. 

White, mgr.).— "Rose Sydell's London Belles," 
huslness big. Motion pictures and vaudeville 
will be put on for summer season to follow. 

LAFAYETTE (Charles M. Baggs. mgr.).r~ 

The Jolly Girls," large business; Spike Hen- 
nessey was well taken by Dennis Mullen.-- ■- 
LUNA PARK (R. H. MacBrown mgr.).— Opened 
27, Ferarla's Congress of Wild Animals, big 
feature; "The Tickler," and a host of concessions; 
Moll Trio, out-door aerial act; Mr. and Mrs. 
Harry Thome, Adolpb Ringllng, Lamont's Cock- 
atoos, Mile. Cblra aud Charley Brown appear at 
Luna theatre. Band concerts by Simon's Luna 

Park Concert Band every day. NEW (W. O. 

Munyer, mgr.). — Business good; Lester Howard, 
German comedian, and Mabel Burrows, ill. songs, 

pleased; good Hue of motion pictures Is given. 

GOLDEN PALACE (A. G. McCullun, mgr. ). - 
May Williams, "coon" shunter; John Chambers, 
took well; business excellent with 111. songs 
and animated pictures filling out the bill. — - 
NIAGARA (F. F. Hartselle. mgr. ).— Uortense 

Owens, good soprano, pleased; songs and m. p. 

HIPPODROME.— Good vaudeville, songs snd m. 

p. to excellent business. GRAND.— III. songs 

and animated pictures, good returns. THEATRE 

COM1QUE. — This new place is having good bus! 
nesg with vaudeville, songs and pictures. — — LA 
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cellent business. ARENA. — Ringllng Brothers 

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By HARRY HESS. 

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CHESTER PARK (I. M. Martin, mgr. Sun- 
day rehearsal 10. — This week's bill best the 
Park ever had. Contino and Lawrence, very 
clever. Mysticus, novelty change artist, warmly 
received. Lillian Berry Reid, finished singer. 
Rice and Provost, comedy acrobats, a "riot." 

GRAND OPERA HOUSE (Daniel W. Bauer, 
mgr. Sunday rehearsal 11). — Fltzglbbons and 
Lewis, musical, fair; Bregers and Kingman, acro- 
bats, good; Annie Goldie, vocalist, fair; Swan's 
Alligators, retained. 

CONEY ILSAND (George W. Engelberth, amuse- 
ment mgr.). — Evans and Evans, dancers, fair; 
Twin City Comedy Four, average; Ardell Brothers, 
Roman rings, pleasing; Esther Moresallea, solo- 
ist, amateurish; Lafayette-La Mont Troupe, fair; 
Smith and Daum, musical, fair. 

ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN (Walter H. Draper, 
secretary). — Weber's Band of America, opened 
three weeks' engagement. There are not over 
ten men who were with the band last year, 
most all being new faces. Their playing shows 
lack of rehearsals. Mr. Weber, the conductor, 
worked bard, with but little success. 



CLEVELAND, 0. 

KEITH'S (H. A. Daniels, mgr.).— La Vlne- 
Cimaron Trio, acrobatic, clever; Callahan and St. 
George, pleased; Melville and Hlggins, well 
liked; "Six Little Girls and One Teddy Bear," 
scored; Bowers- Walters-Crocker, acrobatics, bit; 
Melbourne MacDowell and Virginia Drew Tres- 
cott, dramatic sketch, "The Oath," good Impres- 
sion; Stella Mabew, songs, won favor; Carlotta, 

"Looping the Loop," sensation. EMPIRE (Geo. 

Chenet, mgr.). — "City Sports," closing Empire 

this week for season. STAR (Drew ft Campbell. 

mgrs.).— Sam Rice "The Heir to the Hoopla," 

which pleases for a stock show. LUNA PARK 

(Elwood Salsbury, mgr.). — Street car strike keeps 
attendance down. Numberless new attractions 
have opened. WALTER D. HOLCOMB. 






DANVILLE. ILL. 
LYRIC (Fred W. W. nartmann, mgr.)— The 
Rosar-Mason Stock Co, The Great Rosar Family, 
musical; Van V. Miller, comedian; Cora Mitchell, 

ballads; Guy Beach, blackface; good business. 

AIRDOMB (Lawrence Taylor, mgr.). — Verne and 
Verne, blackface, good; Hickey and Nelson, 
comedy acrobats, clever; Miss Tulsa, pleased; Mr. 
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PAINTING THE SIGH. — Two painters at work on fence sign — The assistant goes for refreshments 
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ists, good. " F. E. W. 

DAYTON, OHIO. 

FAIRVIEW PARK (People's Railway Co.; 
managed by J. Elmer Redelle). — Opened 24; 
Improved much since last sesson; two main at- 
tractions are band concerts and the Falrvlew the- 
atre. "White City" opens 30— — FAIRVIKW 
(J. Elmer Redelle. mgr.). — Headllners, Mldglcv 
and Carlisle, big hit; Goyt Trio's acrobatic dogs, 
wonderful things; Irma Clulre, Impersonations, 
well received; "The Singing Four," very One and 
please; Latoy Brothers, comedy gymnasts, roar. 

JACK BRAMIN. 



ELMIRA, H. Y. 
RIALTO (F. W. McConnell. nigr.).~-Mr. and 
Mrs. Nick Hughes, Sam J. Rncoe. Nellie Zamati, 
Sue Dale, Emille Walte and Rlaltoscope; g<»od 

1,111. FAMILY (G. W. Middleton, mgr.).— M. 

p. and Trans-Atlantic Comedy Four. This house 
will offer pictures arid one act during summer. 

J. M. BERKS. 



company could not take care of the crowds. Al- 
though the weather wss not very fsvorable this 
park beautiful enjoyed a very large business for 
the opening week, and this week promises to be 
a record breaker with the following good bill: 
The Famous Howard Brothers, flying banjolsts, 
very good and pleasing; Lillian Ashley, mimic and 
coon shouter, Is "It"; Dick snd Alice McAvoy 
liked very much; Adams Brothers, roller skates, 
recalled a number of times; Win. Esks. maglclsn, 

kept the house In mystery. MAJESTIC (Frank 

R. Hooper, mgr.).- Still drawing large crowds al- 
though the competition Is growing stronger. The 
Four Lincoln*, singing, very good; Morris Cook, 
acrobatic comedian, kept house In a rosr; Kelly 
and Massy, comedy act, were good; Cleone I'aul 
Fell, singing and danelng, pleased. HARRING- 
TON'S AIRDOMB.- Ferris Comedians In reper- 
toire. S. O. 



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OAK SUMMIT PARK (Swcctoii & Danbaum, 
mgrs.). — Creatore and his band. The street car 



FALL RIYER, MASS. 

PREMIER (L. If. Boas, mgr.).— M. p., and 
Morrles and Lincoln, knockabouts, good; Dutehle 
Collins, comedian, fair; Mrs. Jules I,evey and 
Family, musical, hit; I. aura Houston, "coon" 
shouter. good; Thomas Mulllns, 111. songs good. 

PLEASANT STREET (James Mason, mgr.).— 

M. p., and Dan Mnllev. good; Ella Fondeller. 
dancer, good; Crawford nml Cnriiudcr, singing, 
good; Mason and iJornn. eccentric comedy, verv 
good. PURITAN (Hill 8c Hooper, mgrs.). M 



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HARRISBURG, PA 

Hungry for something In the way of amuse- 
ment, something that might to at least a small 
degree Interest and help pass the time away, 
your correspondent made the rounds yesterday and 
last night, dropping in at a half dozen combina- 
tion vaudeville and picture places, and. with but 

one or two exceptions, found all wanting. 

SAVOY (Beaty and Lesser, mgrs.). — Opened to 
a fair house; again the Inevitable will happen — 
"Bavoy available." . Harrlsburg is not a bad show 
town, but the people want Just a wee little new 

occasionally for their money. HIPPODROME 

(A. L. Roumfort, mgr.). — Has on the best of the 
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other houses are raising a goldea opportunity. 

C. C. CORBIN. 



KANSAS CITT, HO. 
FOREST PARK (Jim P. Anderson, mgr.).— 
Luken'a Bears, pleased; Hults Troubadoora, and 
Florida Blossoms; roller skating the fad; good 

crowds. CARNIVAL PARK (Will R. Winch, 

mgr.). — Banda Blanca Dl Mllano, biggest success 
ever; Vaudeville in The Wigwam, Roberta, Hayes 
and Roberta, clever; George Armstrong, good; 
Pero and Wilson; West and Mack, black face; 
O'Bertl, aerial; all concessions; pleasing and 

well patronised. ELECTRIC (Sam Benjamin, 

mgr.). — Banda Rossa, great favorite; attendance 

good. FAIRMOUNT PARK (W. F. Smith, 

mgr.). — Boating, bathing, roller skating, and danc- 
ing, well patronized; "The Hill" concessions do- 
ing well. FAIEPLAY. 

LAWR EN CE, MASS. 

COLONIAL (J. Fred Lees, mgr.).— Juggling 

De Lisle, pleased; Carroll and Baker, Hebrew 

comedians, went big; Ben Keaveney, local, singer, 

scored; Blanch Gerard, eomedy, fine; Webster 

and Carleton, very funny. NOTE. — Lawrence 

Opera House has closed. JOHN J. JOYCE. 



JACKSON. HICK. 

BIJOU (Will Marshall, mgr.).— Gordon and 
Marx, German comedians, laughable; "Three Danc- 
ing Sunbeams," very good; Gaudschmldt Bros., 
scrobsts; Al II. Tyrell, biggest bit of the season. 

BRADLEY. 



LINCOLN, VEB. 
LYRIC (H. M. Miller, mgr.).— Week 18: Bill 
of highest order; good bouses. Chss. Marvelle 
scored; Joteoo, blackface, hit of bill; The Zoy- 
airaa. equilibrists, sensational; The Brines (2), 
eccentric singers and dancers, and buck and wing 
on roller skates, first class; J. J. Wilde, HI. 
song. M. p. bouses report good week. 



NEWARK. V. J. 

PROCTOR'S (R. C. Stewart, mgr. Monday 
rehearsal 9). — Five Majors, English entertainers. 
Improved since here before. Ralph Hers, clever 
character monologue; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Trues- 
dell; Brown, Harris and Brown, singing sud danc- 
ing skit; Leon a Thurber, "Picks," good; The 
Voelkers, pleasing musical offering; The Four 
Floods, acrobats, and The Piquays, band bal- 
ancers, look after the streuuous part. — WALD- 
MANN'S (Lee Ottelengln, mgr.). —Irwin's "Big 

Show." EMPIRE (Harry Hyams, mgr.).— The 

Western Wheel closed their season here last 
Saturday. The new Italian Grand Opera Com- 
pany will play for a abort run, headed by Edith 

Helena and Mario Tortorico, tenor. OLYMPIC 

PARK (Wm. P. Miller, mgr.).— Opened last 
Saturday to big business. The ballroom skating 
rink has been remodeled. Balloon ascensions are 
given twice dally. Aborn Opera Company will 
_ppen for a summer run on June 14th. ELEC- 
TRIC PARK (Cbas. Dunlap, mgr.).— Ballroom, 
electric fountain, with living pictures, etc., doing 
very well. At the Rustic Thestre arc Mr. and 
Mrs. George Hardon; The Frans Duo, cycle act; 
Frances Gerard, vocal; Rose and Ellis, barrel 
Jumpers; John Welsh, comedian and Arthur Yule 
and Compauy. Business good on opening dsy. 
HILLSIDE PARK (Wm. Thaller, mgr.).— Has 
had a thorough overhauling and the lake has been 
enlsrged for motor booting. The monsgerle bss 
bad some added snimals since last season. In 
the hippodrome la Nodine's "Wild West" with 
Milton Brown, steer thrower. Mr. -Mrs. Charles 
Aldridge, Mr. -Mrs. Chss. Tompkins, snd others In 
"The Attsck of the Prsirle Schooner," "Tho 
Burning of the Settler's Cabin," and Indian War 
Dance by the entire company. The park Is a 
success. JOE O'BRYAN. 



PITTSBURG, PA. 

GRAND OPERA HOUSE (Harry Davis, prop.). 
— Goldln, illusionist, essily hesdilaar; Mrs. Hugh 
Ward (nee Grace Miller), a former Pittsburg girl. 
sang and was accorded a cordial greeting; Claude 
GUllngwater has clever sketch celled "A Strenu- 
ous Proposal"; George Whiting end Melnotte 
Slaters have a good singing and dancing act, well 
received; Mosher Trio, slways welcome; Elesnor 
Falke, favorite here; Sammy Watson and his 
farmyard cirdna. pleased, as usual; Herbert 
Cyril, back with new songs; The Quaker City 
Quartet, always good; Flemen and Miller, very 
Good; The Twillera, good; Malley and Golder, 
pleased. P. 8. C. 

READING. PA. 

NEW BIJOU (S. Lubln).— M. p., and The Great 
Crowley. The Dalys, James Reynolds, snd Thomas 

A. Mackey. GRAND OPERA HOUSE.— M. p. 

and Needbam and Wood, Grace LaRue, Mclntyre 
and Heath, and William H. Smith. Bote A Ap- 
pall, under whose management this house wss 
known ss the Family, have leased for the summer 

months to the Mecca Amusement Company. 

VICTOR. STAR. PARLOR, and PEOPLE'S.— M. 

p. and ill. songs. NOTE. — Pendors and Car- 

soola Parks announce their formal openings the 
letter part of this month. G. R. H. 



JOHNSTOWN. PA. 

GLOBE (J. G. Foley, mgr.).— Van Cello, 
equilibrist, good; Marie Vogel, songs, pleasing; 
Darria and West, German comedy, good. 

JE8TICAM. 



MILFORD. MASS. 
LAKE NIPMUC PARK (D. J. Sprague, mgr.). 
— Wesley Norrls, clever; Donovan and Arnold, big 
hit; Theo -and Her "Dandles," pleased; The 
Rasarfs, clever. CHAS. E. LACKEY. 



NEW HAVEN, CONN. 

POLI'S (F. J. Wlndlsch, mgr. Monday re- 
hearsal 10).— The Ytnllans, headliners, scrobstic. 
hss attracted wide attention; Rome, Mayo and 
Jolllet, burlesque minstrels, very funny; Attwood 
and Terry, original way of entertaining; "Ten 
Kountry Kids." nest conception and took big; 
Dora Roneo, violinist, Insistent encorea; The 
Hennman Trio, bicycle, very good; Will 8. Marlon 
and Vera Rial, In "The Witch's Power." close 
the bill. a J. TODD. 



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ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.).— Week 
18: Agalu stormy weather kept attendance down. 
Chaa. H. , Brsdshsw and Company la "Fix In a 
Fix," tiresome; Lillian Spel, planologoe, popular 
as ever; Felix snd Barry In "The Boy Next 
Door," well merited appleause received; Murray 
Sisters sang snd looked well; Irving Jones, "coon" 
songs, fair; Dnnedln Troupe pleased. The follow- 
ing m. p. nouses still In the ring: Empire (Chas. 
P. Minor, mgr.); Crystal (J. H. Young, mgr.); 
Crescent (H. 8. Mills, mgr.); late (Trent A Wil- 
son, mgrs.); Elite (Max Florence, mgr.) 

JAY B. JOHNSON. 



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LYRIC AIRDOME (H. P. Street, mgr.).— Week 
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Booking for Vaudeville Theatrea, Parka, Airdomes and rain. Managers wanting good acts, write. 
Good acts coming from Eaat or West having one or two open weeks can be booked on abort notice. 

CHICAGO VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS EXCHANGE 

5th FLOOR, 88 LA BALLS ST., Chicago. FRANK Q. DOYLE. ManageT. 

Booking for Theatrea, Parka, and Airdomes. 




CONEY ISLAND 

The only place there 
booked through 

United Booking Offices 
NEW ACTS 

desiring time, apply 

JULE DELMAR 

Representative. 

(U. B. Office) ST. JAMES BLDG., 

NEW YORK. 



NOTICE 
TO ARTIS TS 

Bennett's Theatre 

in 

Montreal, Canada 

will remain open throughout 
the coming summer. It is the 
ONLY place of Amusement in 
Montreal booked by the United 

Booking Offices. 
For time apply to 

CLARK BROWN, 

St. James Building, New York 



and liny, blackface, musical, very good; Musical 

Pierces, headliner. ELECTRIC PARK (Dave 

A. Weis, ingr.).— Capt. McCormick, ventriloquist, 
very good; Wallace Sisters, clever song and 
dance; Dave Scott, Hebrew comedian, scream; 
Roy Pool, "human frog," good; Vontella and 

Nina, physical culture, pleased. NOTE. — Since 

the gate admission to the Electric Park has been 
taken off the attendance has greatly increased aud 
all concessions are in full sway. 



STAMFORD, CONN. 

LYCEUM (Anthony Geronimo, mgr.). — Bueluh 
I. niton, "soprano," excellent range; Minnie Stokes 
and miniature theatre, featured; Clara Walters, 
piano, very good; Mr. and Mrs. Meegan, in "Her 
Dummy Husband," cyclonic hit; Ray Murray, 

songs, scored heavily. STAR (Tony Exposito, 

mgr.). — Ren Riggs, comedian, fair: Ayer and 
Jones, sketch, bright spot; Madeline DeVere, 

aoubrctte. fair. FAMILY (Herrick A Bloom. 

mgrs.).— M. p. VAUDEVILLE (A. Qeronlmo, 

mgr.). — M. p., and Gertrude Lynch's songs. 

HARRY KIRK. 



song*. §064. OHTIIEUM (E. J. Donnellan, 

mgr.). — Hutchinson and Balubrldge, headliuers, 
scored; Potter and Hart well, comedy acrobats, bit 
of bill; Marzello and Wolfe, comedy bar, good; 
Leon and Adeline, clever; Varsity Four, flue; 

Oliver Reece, ill. songs, good. GRAND (D. A. 

Buller, mgr.). — Crlmmlns and Gore Comedy Com- 
pany, in "The Golden Palace," and the D'Orcl 
Sislcrs, singers and dancers, good. Next week 

"The Forest Forge." MAPLE LEAF (J. W. 

Mulr. prop.).— If. p. place. ROSE (J. W. Mulr, 

prop.).-— If. p. place. NOVELTY (Biers A 

Tripp, props.).— If. p. place. CRYSTAL (Biers 

& Tripp, props.).— BIJOU (Biers A Tripp, props.). 

— M. p. place. ELITE (Edwards A Guruey, 

props. ).M. p. place. 



VANCOUVER, B. C. 
PANTAOES* (Geo. A. Calvert, mgr.).— Week 
18: Dooley and Sales, good; Valvlno Brothers, ac- 
robats, great; Goldeu Gate Quintet went big; 
May Evans, whistler, excellent; Kilty Trio. High- 
land dancers, scored strongly; B. B. Vincent, ill. 



WATERTOWN, N. Y. 
OPERA HOUSE (R. M. Gates, mgr.).— Vaude- 
ville, with Pickert Stock; The Four Plckerts; 
Val. C. Cleary and Wra. Nunn.~ — BIJOU (J. W. 
Ludlow, mgr.).— The Roes Sisters, clever dancers 
and singers; L. H. Abbott, vocalist, one of the 

best; m. p. WONDERLAND (J. B. Shaff, 

mgr. ).— Dollivette and company, Illusionists, or- 
dinary; Hattie C. Ramsey, vocalist, favorite; 

ra. p. LYRIC (J. Rotbsteln, mgr.).— Four 

Huftles, dramatic sketch, fair; liaison and Starr, 
big dancing number: Myra Huftle, coming sou- 
brette; Fern Huftle, In songs, fair; Chas. Hllde- 

brandt, vocalist, good. STAR (W. P. Landes, 

ingr.). — Morgana, comedy juggler, needs practice; 
Ruth Irwin, child contortionist, one of the best; 



PASTOR'S 

14th St., 84 AT. Continuous, 20 A 80 Cte. 

NBXT WEEK, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1908. 
JOHN P. WADS AND 00. 

MULL1NI SISTERS. 
SMITH AMD WALTON. 
DEAM AMD WA8HBURN. 
Weston Sisters. 
Keegan and Mack: 
Reded and Hadley. 
WHALEN AMD WEST. 
Harvey and De Vora. Long and Talford. 

Cleodora Trio. Mtagraph. 

Sinclair and Covert. 

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CHICAGO 

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Half block from Auditorium Theatre. In vioinity 
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D. A. DOOLEY, Prop. 

2! HOLGOMBE HOUSE 

258 WEST 34»h ST., NEW YORK 

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NEW YORK 

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E. F. Brown, vocalist, pleased; pucked houses. 

ODELL. 

WILLIAMSPOBT, PA. 

FAMILY (Fred M. La made, mgr.).— Dubec's 
Animals, pleaeed; Dick and Barney Ferguson, 
comedians and dowers, I.lu hit; Fred and Bets 
Lucler, rural comedy, good; Jas. R. Walte Co., 
comedy drama. ''At Light House Point," scored; 
1 1 Hir.-i ri and Westcott, dancing comedians, fair; 
Ilerr Jan*en and Co., Illusionists, ordinary. 

BTARK. 



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170 West 47th Street, 
Near Broadway New York 

First-class Rooms and Board. Reasonable 
Terms. Convenient to all Principal Theatres. 
'Phone, 80 11 Bryant. 

" THE CENTRAL " 

221 WEST 42d STREET, NEW YORK 

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DOROTHY ARVILLE Tta «iS=£Kl 

Permanent addrees, 876 Central Park Waat, 
Maw York. 

Franklyn Batie 

With JACK WILSON and Company. 
Now playing P O. Williams' houses. 
BOOKED SOIID 1908 00. 



Sisters jCovenberg 

(Of 6 ytmerican 'Dancers) 



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PRINCESS CHINQUILLA 

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Mayme Remington 

And "BLACK BUSTERS." 

Booked Solid. 

Under Hoy Own Personal Direction. 
Address Hotel Gerard, New York. 

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WHIRLWIND DANCERS. 
Par. address, 26 Central Ave., Albany, N. Y. 

Qoorgo Connors 

"STRAIGHT MAN." 
With "ATonno Girls"— "The Hallway Tenor." 

GEO. and LIBBY DUPBEE 

OERMAM COMEDY. 
Week May 25th. Novelty. Brooklyn. 

WIGdrN'S^PARM 

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Summer Vaudeville Booking by William Morris' 

Chicago Office. 

Address Saratoga Hotel, CHIC AGO. 

VARDON 
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"Those Throe Boys." 

Week May 81, Idora 
Park, Youngstown, 0. 






JANE GILBERT 

With MAY TULLY Of "Stop, Look and Listen" 
UNITED BOOKING OFFICE* CIRCUIT. 



SILLIE REEVRS 

ORIGINAL DRUNK. 
Fred Kama Co., "A Night la English Mario HaH." 

TIME ALL FILLED. 

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Jane 8th. Atlantic City. June 16, Mow York 
Theatre Roof Garden for the summer. 

Florens Ziegfeld's Revue. Follies of 1908. 
Mow Playing United Booking Omooa' Tiss o. 

Barry Wo If ord 

The Typical Topical Tickle Singer*. 

Tickling at Keith's, Philadelphia, this week. 

WEEK JUNE 1, SHEA'S, TOBONTO. 

REICH A PLUNKETT. Smart Agents. 




O'KURA 

MARVELOUS 
JAPANESE 

FOOT BALANCING 

AMD JUGGLER. 

Open for Parka and 
Fain. 

Address VARIETY. 

Chicago Office. 




With JACK WILSON and Company. 
Mow playing P. G. Williams' houses. 

BOOKED SOLID 1908-09. 




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A NIGHT OF 




RELEASED MAY 26 k 

Never in the history of the motion picture business has there boon a film story that made the wide-spread impression 
of "The Moonshiners," produced by the Biograph Company. It was the hit of both hemispheres, and is still used as a 
speoial feature from time to time by motion picture exhibitors. Folly appreciating the standard sot by that subject, the 
Biograph Company aimed to emulate it in their latest production, and suooeeded in turning; out the most thrilling-ly sensa- 
tions 1 pictures over mads, with photographic quality never excelled. 

The story is that of the terrible experience of the ten- year-old daughter of an old trapper with a robber, who has 
boon smug-gled into the oabin in a potato sack, intent upon securing;, a sum of mosey which bad boon paid tho old man in 
exchange for. a tract of ore lands. Tho money was hidden under tho hearthstone and tho aid man leaves for a night's 
hunting, when the robber makes an effort to obtain it. The return of tho trapper occasions a most terrific fight, terminating; 
in tho death of tho thief. The film is beautifully tinted for moonlight effect. 



LENGTH 932 FEET 



A NIGHT OF TERROR. 



"HIS DAY OF REST 

RELEASED MAY 20 

Poor Jonos plodded along? in his wearying- straggle to earn tho pittance with which to maintain tho homo, and though 
often plunged into doleful, dismal doldrums, being of an imperturbable nature, patiently toiled on. Hence it was that bo 
bailed with keen delight tho opportunity of taking a day off. Mo other arrangement was made than to spend the day as 
ono of absolute rest at homo. Mow well bo suoceeded is most lucidly shown in this Biograph film. It is during May, and 
wo know what transpires in all well-regulated households during; this month, and with cruel coincidence, his holiday and general 
house-oleaning; were sot for tho same day. Jones starts in all right. Ho takes a fine oigar, the morning paper, selects tho 
easiest chair in the parlor, and assumes, for tho nonce, the air of a gentleman of leisure. But, alas! his beatifio dream 
was rudely disturbed by wifey. lint, it is tho stove pipe to put up, then a picture to bams;; the water pipe is bunted; 
gas is leaking- and— Ok, but what's tho use I — John was given a day of rest by tho boss, and be RE8TB with a vengeance. 

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HIS DAT Or BEIT. 




THOMPSON'S NIGHT OUT 

RELEASED JUNE 2 

To him there "was no plaoo liko homo, but bo was afraid to come homo in tho dark." William Thompson and John 
Smith occupied offices in tho same Now York skyscraper, and both being seised with an irrepressible desire to out loose and' 
paint things crimson, arranged it as follows in this Biograph picture. Thompson sent s message to his wife that bin friend 
Smith was ill and it was his duty to perform that Spiritual Work of Mercy, "comfort tho afflicted," honoo he would not; 
have her wait up for him as ho might be lato. Smith did likewise, using* Thompson as tho object of his humane considera- 
tion. This done, thoy start off to make a night of it. They visit a Tomplo of Baoohus; attend a show where "Amateur 
Night" is on, and many other episodes which thoy may never remember, but an most faithfully recorded in this film. Home- 
ward bound in the gray of dawn, Smith is met by Madam Smith, who lovingly taps him on tho head with a rolling- pin. 
Thompson after many mishaps rseohes bin bedroom by way of tho window, to which ho asoende on a ladder, followed by a 
copper, wbo takes him for a burglar. The cop is set upon by tho Thompsons— well, blossod be the peacemaker, for ho shall 
get tho wont of it. 

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THOMPSON'S NIGHT OUT. 



THE ROMANCE OF AN EGG 

RELEASED JUNE 3 

You have no doubt nad in tho daily papers of a famous French chef who claimed to know of mon than ono hundred 
ways of serving eggs, but although ho might boast of one hundred and fifty-seven varieties, then still nmained one 
stylo ho know naught of, and that was tho way Si Green had them served to him ono bright summer's day in Juno. Mr. 
Green was a prosperous young farmer who folt tho need of a wife, and being of a romantic turn of mind, was not content 
to woo and win ono of tho country lasses of his neighborhood, but adopted the fanoiful method of advertising for a wife by 
writing on an egg. This egg was purchased by ono of a party of college girls who discover tho inscription while pre- 
paring a little ohafing dish feast in their dormitory. Ono of them answers it and arranges a meeting. Tho girls bind the 
poor fellow with a rope and fasten him to tho barn. Hen they indulge in a little target practioe, using eggs as ammuni- 
tion and him as tho target. Oh, what a sorry sight ho is when their supply is exhausted. Ho looks like a Spanish omelet. 

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ROMANCE OF AN EGO. 



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