Skip to main content

Full text of "Variety (October 1910)"

See other formats 


r 



TEN C ENTS 




VOL. XX., NO. 4. 



OCTOBER I, WO. 



PRICE TEN CENTS. 




VARIETY 



•lUUHU 



.illliilL 



\A 



BUILD YOUR OWN HOUSE 

% LESS THAN A CONTRACTOR CAN BUILD IT 

I have arranged with a large lumber com- ^oo^^Qg 

pany in Michigan to furnish for people of 

the PROFESSION knock-down houses, 

(NOT PORTABLE), complete with 

lumber, hardware, nails, plaster, paint for 

two coats, inside and outside— for about 

one half the cost of the raw material. 

THESE BUILDINGS come cut to fit, marked and with plans, so 
that any one who can drive a nail can put them together, and when 
finished are the same as any first-class carpenter will build. 

They are shipped direct to you from the mill in Michigan and you save 
all middleman's profit, as you buy at catalogue price, and pay no more. 

If you are going to build, let me hear from you. I have built 5 of 
these houses this past summer. Send for catalogue. 



mo 



PERMANENT ADDRESS 



DAN SHERMAN 

SHERMAN PARK, CENTRAL PARK, LONG ISLAND, N. Y. 



I have a few small FARM PLOTS suitable for CHICKEN or STRAWBERRY farming, FOR SALE, situated in the 
healthiest spot on Long bland, on EASY TERMS. Blue Print showing location mailed on request. 



R IN/1 AIM and 



hi 



'THE 



JAY CIRCUS 

TIME ALL FILLED 



ic 



BATTLE OF SAN DAGO" 
with JIM OeFOREST and 



TIME ALL FILLED 



I will be in Chicago Oct. 3 (or five weeks. Any one wishing to communicate with me, address 



DAN SHERMAN, 1122 East 42d Place, Chicago, IU. 



When answering edrertleement* kindly mention VARIETY. 




Vol. XX. No. 4. 



OCTOBER 1, 1910. 



PRICE TEN CENTS. 



IMPORTANT LICENSE HEARING 
NOW BEFORE COMMISSIONER 



Actors' Union and White Rats Protest Against Issuance 

of License to C. Wesley Fraser. Affidavits of White 

Rat Members Submitted in Fraser's Behalf 



An adjourned hearing in the case 
of the application for a vaudeville 
agent's license made by C. Wesley 
Fraser, is being held this (Saturday) 
morning in the chambers of the Com- 
missioner of Licenses, Herman Robin- 
son. 

There was a hearing last Tuesday 
which lasted six hours. Mr. Fraser was 
represented by Maurice Goodman, 
who is also attorney for the United 
Booking Offices. The Actor's Inter- 
national Union, principally responsible 
for the protest against the issuance 
of the Fraser license, was represented 
by its president, Harry De Veaux, 
while the White Rats' objections were 
voiced by Harry Mountford. 

The hearing was in two sessions, 
there being recess taken for luncheon. 
Mr. Mountford failed to reappear in 
the afternoon, b'it asked the Commis- 
sioner by telephone for an adjourn- 
ment of the hearing until this morn- 
ing, so that he might be enabled to 
secure a number of affidavits and place 
them in evidence in rebuttal of affida- 
vits secured by Mr. Goodman and ad- 
mitted Tuesday morning. 

During the hearing there were sev- 
eral slight clashes between those rep- 
resenting the opposite interests. One 
quite amusing occurred early when 
Mr. Goodman referred to Mr. De 
Veaux as a colleague of Mr. Mount- 
ford. To this expression Mr. De 
Veaux objected strenuously. It caused 
a general laugh in the trial room. 

The only "character evidence" upon 
which the White Rats base the pro- 
test against an issuance of a license 
to Fraser of a material nature that 
Mr. Mountford offered Tuesday was 
that Fraser had been charged with a 
trivial offense when a little b"v. six- 
teen years old. 



After this evidence was in, Mr. Fra- 
ser waB placed upon the stand by 
Mr. Goodman to testify in his own 
behalf, which he did in a very cred- 
itable manner. He stated that he was 
the scape-goat for a number of deeds 
that had been performed by another 
while the latter was the representa- 
tive in Npw York City of the National 
Bonking Office of Boston. 

Fraser was cross-examined by As- 
sistant Corporation Counsel Steinhart, 
Mr. DeVeaux and Mr. Mountford. The 
latter two put their questions to the 
witness through the city's attornev. 
Mr. DeVeaux questioned Fraser at 
length regarding the stock and stock- 
holders of the National Booking Of- 
fice, incorporated under the laws of 
the State of New York. There were 
several skirmishes between Mr. 
Mountford and Mr. Goodman during 
this part of the proceedings, in regard 
to affidavits, later placed in evidence. 
Just before the ending of the morning 
session, Mr. Mountford stated that if 
the Commissioner would permit Mr. 
Goodman to read one of the affidavits 
which he was interested in, he would 
appreciate it very much, as it would 
be impossible for him to be present 
at the afternoon hearing. This request 
the Commissioner granted. 

Mr. Mountford after having access 
to the list of the affidavits asked that 
that of Boyd J. Gilmore be read. At 
this Mr. Goodman smiled and said 
that he recalled Gilmore's visit to his 
office particularly as the latter had 
worn a White Rat button. The affi- 
davit was to the effect that Fraser 
had always been very square in all 
his business dealings with Gilmore, 
who had worked in and about Bos- 
ton for some time for the National 
[Continued on Page 11.] 



ANOTHER "DEAL" ON. 

With everything else disposed of 
in the skeins of the vaudeville manip- 
ulations, another "deal" loomed up 
last Saturday when Martin Beck, E. 
F. Albee and William Morris were 
closeted together in the offices of the 
Orpheum Circuit. 

The conference lasted over an hour. 
Monday Mr. Albee left New York for 
the west. It is expected a renewal 
of conferences may occur when he re- 
turns. 

What the talk was about no one 
knows, though the presumption is 
since the United Booking Offices was 
represented by Albee, that the three 
men gathered for the purpose of talk- 
ing the general situation over "and 
seeing what could be done." 

As previously stated in Vahikty, 
there has been no written renewal of 
the existing agreement between the 
Keith and Bock sides. 



WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN. 

Chicago, Sept. 29. 

To rival the appearance of I. aura 
Jean Libbey at the American next 
week, Charles K. Kohl wants very 
much to secure Beatrice Fairfax, an- 
other newspaper sobber, to head the 
already well-filled show billed for the 
Majestic. 

It is reported Mr. K.ohl stands 
ready to pay Miss Fairfax $2,f>00 for 
the week. 

The Pat Casey office early in the 
week made an effort to obtain Miss 
Fliirfax, a special writer for the 
woman's department of the Evening 
Journal. Although all kinds of offers 
were made to her, it was said Miss 
Fairfax was ill and could not con- 
sider a stage offer. 



RUSSIAN ORCHESTRA ON TOUR. 

The Russian Orchestra, a London 
sensation during the past season 
while appearing at the Coliseum, Lon- 
don, will reach New York about the 
middle of November, starting upon a 
concert tour, under the direction of A. 
Dipple. 



CONDITIONS UNSATISFACTORY. 

(Special Cable to Varikty.) 

Paris, Sept. 29. 

Jack De Frece, brother of Walter 
De Frece, returned to London Monday, 
after unsuccessfully negotiating with 
M. Cailars for the purchase of the Ca- 
sino de Paris. M. Cailars made condi- 
tions which were unsatisfactory to Da 
Frece. The French manager says he 
will not dispose of the property after 
Sept. 30. The negotiations are held 
open until then, if De Frece decides 
upon a favorable answer. 

The Marigny, following its usual 
custom, will close Sept. 30. 

Oct. 1 at the Follies Bergere, Geo. 
Ali in an animal sketch, McBanns, the 
club jugglers, and Humpsty-Bumsty (a 
"copy act" of Rice and Prevost) will be 
among the turns on the new program. 



Hedge* Bros, and Jacobson, the 

"Western three act" at Hammerstein's 
for its first New York week, have been 
held over at the house. 



HILLY GOULD'S NEW ACT. 

William (Billy) Gould has arranged 
a new vaudeville turn, having dissolv- 
ed his partnership with Valeska N Sur- 
att. 

Mr. Gould will retain the act he 
and Miss Suratt have been appearing 
in, and will be assisted by Margaret 
Mudge, a handsome girl and a pupil 
of Garibaldi Arrlghi, of the Metro- 
politan Opera House for the past five 
years. Miss Mudge's voice has under- 
gone a thorough vocal cultivation. 

Mr. Gould and Miss Suratt did not 
receive sufficient offers of $2,500 
weekly from the managers to satisfy 
themselves and the dissolution was 
agreed upon. 

44 ASSIST A NCE, PLEASE ! " 

Webster City, la., Sept. 29. 

At Burlington, la., last week, in his 
home town, Gilbert Wells, son of a 
Burlington millionaire, and heir to at 
least two immense fortunes, appeared 
at the Garrick theatre in a singing and 
dancing turn. 

The callow youth announces he will 
remain on the stage, despite the pro- 
tests of his relatives and friends. His 
family is well known all over Iowa. 

Show people hereabouts are annoy- 
ed because the young man adopted a 
stage career along the song and dance 
route. They say that with Wells' 
money a great future was assured him 
had he mixed in with producers, chorus 
girls, wine and lobsters. 



VARIETY 



EVA TANGUAY OUT OF BILL. 

Cincinnati, Sept. 29. 

Tuesday night Eva Tanguay was 
obliged to leave the program at the 
Columbia, owing to illness. Yesterday 
she left for Chicago to receive medical 
attention. 

Miss Tanguay will return to the 
Columbia next Sunday, to remain here 
the following week. She opened last 
Sunday before a capacity audience. 
The Columbia held capacity every show 
until Miss Tanguay left. Foster and 
Foster were added to the program. 

The opening of the Orpheum, 
booked by William Morris, with "The 
Barnyard Romeo" also occurred Sun- 
day. The Orpheum nearly held a 
capacity house at that time. Prices 
of admission were reduced over those 
of last season. 

E. F. Albee, John J. Mufdock and 
Max C. Anderson came to town Tues- 
day. They are looking over and 
studying the three southwestern the- 
atres lately secured by B. F. Keith 
from the Anderson-Ziegler Co. W. M. 
Wilson, of Providence, who has been 
appointed General Auditor for the new 
company, came along at the same 
time, and installed himself. 

Wednesday morning the trio of 
managers left for Louisville, where is 
located the Mary Anderson. They will 
probably drop in at Indianapolis to 
see their other purchase, Grand Opera 
House, before returning east. 

It was reported Wednesday that 
Miss Tanguay was suffering from 
throat trouble, and was on her way 
to New York. It was also said that 
she would very likely rest for a week 
or more before returning to her en- 
gagements. 



MISS JAMS SUCCEEDS "MISS 
GIBBS/* 

Within a fortnight or so "Miss 
Gibbs" will leave the Knickerbocker, 
either for the store-house or go on 
tour, and Elsie Janis will succeed her 
with "The Slim Princess," from the 
Studebaker, Chicago, arriving In 
time to prevent the local theatre be- 
ing closed. 

Miss Janis will remain until ..xaude 
Adams shall take up a tenancy of the 
Knickerbocker, Jan. 2, probably for 
the remainder of the season. 



PICTURES ON WILLIES ROOF. 

With the New York Roof out of the 
moving picture business temporarily, 
through the repulse of Walter Rosen- 
berg by the Klaw & Erlanger forces, 
it is reported that Hammerstein's 
Roof will become the 42nd street cen- 
tre of the pictures-in-the-air game. 

Last spring William Hammerstein 
decided upon a policy for the roof 
this winter. That policy was "pic- 
tures and vaudeville." Mr. Hammer- 
stein has not altogether settled the 
matter, as yet. 

The start is to be made within two 
or three weeks. 



MUSIC PUBLISHER DIVORCED. 

Chicago, Sept. 29. 
Tell Taylor last week secured a di- 
vorce from Buda Taylor on statutory 
grounds. Taylor in his complaint 
mentioned several vaudevillains as 
"affinities." Their names were omit- 
ted from the final record. 



FOUR NEW SHOWS. 

Four new forthcoming musical pro- 
ductions were reported this week. The 
first is "Lower Berth 13." Joseph E. 
Howard has written the music for it, 
with Collin N. Davis attending to the 
lyrics. It is to be presented at the 
Whitney Opera House, Chicago, within 
the next month. B. C. Whitney is 
the producer. 

"The Jingaboo" is another, with 
John Cort as the mainstay. Vincent 
Bryan is attending to the book and 
lyrics for this show. Arthur Pryor is 
the composer. It is the first full mu- 
sical comedy book Mr. Bryan has con- 
structed. 

A forthcoming Shubert show is "In 
Hong Kong." Ed. Madden, Mark Swan 
and Lou Hirsch are the builders. 

For the Princess, Chicago, during 
the next five weeks, Mort H. Singer 
has arranged for "The Genius," a re- 
write of a piece formerly played by 
Edna Goodrich at the time she became 
Mrs. Nat C. Goodwin. Vincent Bryan 
Is also attending to the lyrics for this, 
with the De Mille brothers furnishing 
the new book. Paul Reubens, the com- 
poser from Troy, N. Y., is the music 
writer. 



Chicago, Sept. 29. 

"The Jingaboo Man" is the attrac- 
tion that will undoubtedly replace 
Richard Carle at the Cort theatre. 

"Lower Berth 13," which is to have 
its Chicago premier at the Whitney 
Oct. 15, will be tried on the dog at 
Madison, Wis., Tuesday of that week. 
Gus Sohlke and Frank Tannehill are 
staging the piece. In the cast will be 
found Arthur Deming, Grace Sloan, 
Eddie Hume, Anna and Ruby Fitz- 
hugh, Billy Robinson and William 
Clifton. 



OUT FOR DONLIN AND HITE. 

The Morris circuit is out for Mike 
Donlln and Mabel Hite as a counter 
attraction to the Matthewson-Meyers 
engagement at Hammerstein's. It is 
reported that $1,500 weekly is the 
offer of William Morris for the cou- 
ple who have a few idle weeks before 
restarting on tour in their play of last 
season, "A Certain Party." 

George S. O'Brien is trying to in- 
duce the Donlin and Hite family to ap- 
pear at the American, New York, sim- 
ultaneously with the showing at Ham- 
merstein's of the star battery of the 
Giants. 

Mr. O'Brien is also after the catcher, 
John Kling, of the Chicago Cubs, for 
the same week. Kling appeared for 
Morris for one week in Chicago last 
spring. His salary for the engage- 
ment, $750, was used to pay the fine 
imposed against Kling by the National 
League for insubordination. The check 
is now framed and hangs in the Mor- 
ris office. 

If Mr. Donlin and Miss Hite open 
with the show Oct. 18 as they antici- 
pate, the vaudeville engagement is 
postponed indefinitely. The Hammer- 
stein baseball week commences Oct. 
24. 



LAUDER LATER ON? 

Unless Harry Lauder arrives at ar- 
rangements satisfactory to himself 
with English managers he will not 
appear in New York during this month 
as at first scheduled. The present en- 
gagement was to have been for four 
weeks. It is reported Mr. Lauder does 
not consider the demands made by the 
English managers reasonable for the 
short time he will be away, and pre- 
fers to postpone his American return 
trip until during Christmas time. Then 
a release is more likely from the Glas- 
gow house where Mr. Lauder is en- 
gaged for pantomime. 

If the panto management likewise 
places a prohibitive figure for a post- 
ponement of the Lauder engagement, 
the Scotchman will defer his appear- 
ance on the Morris circuit until next 
March. 

London, Sept. 21. 

Harry Lauder is probably the sor- 
est man in England. This week the 
comedian said to a Variety represent- 
ative: "Well, I suppose you know I'm 
not going to America this season. The 
managers over here are an ungrateful 
lot. They want absolutely too much 
for my release and they have made the 
trip impossible for me." 

A member of the "Syndicate" halls, 
which holds contracts with Lauder, 
stated that in his case, he could only 
say that through the death of the Kin 
the "Syndicate" had fallen behind 
in profits and they looked to the 
Scotchman to raise up the bank ac- 
count once more. 

On the other hand, it is storied that 
if Henri Gros had lived there would 
not have been any trouble over the 
Lauder American visit. With his death 
a new general management brought 
changes. 



DUNN AND GLAZIER DISSOLVE. 

Duluth, Sept. 29. 

Arthur Dunn and Marie Glazier did 
not appear at the Orpheum this week 
as billed. Notice of cancellation was 
received at the last moment. 

It is reported the couple have sev- 
ered their stage partnership. Three 
weeks yet remained for the act to ful- 
fill its Orpheum circuit contracts. 



HENDERSON AND "KIDDIES." 

Atlantic City, Sept. 29. 

Next week at Young's Pier Jack 
Henderson and his "Kiddies" will ap- 
pear as a new turn, in a skit written 
by Louis Weslyn. Mr. Henderson ap- 
peared with Valeska Suratt in "The 
Belle of the Boulevard," also in the 
Suratt show afterward. 

The two girls were with "The Sum- 
mer Widowers" at the Broadway. Alf 
T. Wilton of New York placed the act 
for Young's, through Ben Harris. 



BUYS COX'S INTEREST. 

Cincinnati, Sept. 29. 
Geo. B. Cox has disposed of his in- 
terest in the Walnut Street theatre to 
Anderson & Ziegler. 



PHENOMENA IN YONKERS. 

Yonkers, N. Y., Sept. 29. 

Slip Yonkers a notice; it's a regular 
show town, because Eddie Keller Is 
going to hold over for next week 
Blossom Seeley, at the Warburton. 

Not alone is Miss Seeley about the 
only female "single" who ever scored 
a real hit In Yonkers, but she is the 
first to be held over here. 



PRIZE PLAYLET CLOSED. 

"The Old Flute Player," written by 
Charles T. Dazey, in which Carl Sauer- 
mann was featured, was laid on the 
shelf following the engagement at 
Milwaukee, Sauermann and his sup- 
porting company returned to New 
York. The act failed to make the im- 
pression expected. Mr. Sauermann 
was one of the leading members of 
the German stock company at the Irv- 
ing Place Theatre. The playlet was 
the one decided as the best of sev- 
eral thousand offered for considera- 
tion to a committee of dramatic critics 
of New York daily papers at the 
Actor's Fund Fair, which was held 
last spring. The Orpheum Circuit 
fathered the contest, produced the 
playlet, and started it on the Orpheum 
time in the west. 

At the Orpheum offices this week it 
was stated that "The Flute Player" 
might be recasted and sent on tour 
once more. 



POWERS', CHICAGO, FOR SINGER. 

Chicago, Sept. 29. 

It leaks out that Mort Singer has 
been negotiating with Harry J. Pow- 
ers for a lease of Powers' Theatre 
for musical comedy purposes. Within 
a few weeks the new Blackstone, at 
Wabash avenue and Hubbard Court, 
will open and the attractions which 
have been playing Powers', Chicago's 
most exclusively first-class theatre, 
will presumably be switched to the 
new theatre. 

It is understood that Powers was 
scary of Singer, solely upon the ground 
that there might be a possibility of 
the house being swung to the Shu- 
berts through Singer's good offices. 
Singer now has the Princess and is 
booking it with the "Independents." 

Neither Powers or the Princess can 
be considered as being particularly 
well located for theatre purposes; this 
fact made musical comedies in the 
Princess an up-hill game and presum- 
ably helped Powers in his decision to 
build the Blackstone near the Lake 
Front. 



FISHELL PUTS PRINCESS OVER. 

St. Louis, Sept. 29. 

With only two exceptions, Monday 
and Tuesday night of last week, the 
first fourteen nights at the new Prin- 
cess (Morris vaudeville) were turna- 
ways. Manager Dan S. Fishell esti- 
mates the attendance for the two 
weeks at 30,000. 

Opening week with "The Barn- 
yard Romeo," and the public curious 
to see a new house naturally meant 
record receipts, but when it was fol- 
lowed by capacity five nights the sec- 
ond week, the success of the up-town 
theatre in St. Louis was assured. It is 
now declared merely a question of 
Morris supplying the acts. 

The Columbia business has not fall- 
en off. It held a capacity audience 
Sunday night. Both houses are hav- 
ing good matinees. The legitimate 
theatres are not doing so well, some 
suffering heavily. 

The two burlesque nouses have 
great starts for the season. 



Charles Ahearn and his troupe will 
play next week Mr. Ahearn's home 
town, New Haven, 



VARIETY 



100,000 SUNDAY CONCERT 

PATRONS IN NEW YORK CITY 



Manhattan and Bronx Contribute 100,000 in the 
Greater New York. Other Boroughs 60,000 



Approximately 100,000 people per- 
colated through the doors of the the- 
atres In Manhattan and the Bronx 
Sunday to enjoy the Sunday concerts 
offered by the management. 

Such a conservative estimate proves 
beyond all doubt that the Gothamites 
appreciate entertainment on the Sab- 
bath day and an investigation by a 
Variktv representative last Sunday 
further shows that the Sunday con- 
certs are liberally patronized. 

Last Sunday was the first day for 
"concerts" this season, having a clear 
field in weather conditions, and no 
competition from sea-shore resorts. 
While later on the attendance in 
some of the houses will improve, the 
estimate of 100,000 is about the aver- 
age Sunday attendance on this side 
of the Brooklyn Bridge in Oreater 
New York. Across the East River, 
taking in Brooklyn and other places 
of amusement in the greater city, 
there must have been 60,000 more 
who contented themselves with a clean 
and wholesome entertainment on the 
Sabbath instead of investing any 
money in red liquor at forbid- 
den places. 

Neither at nor near any theatre 
among the many visited by the Varietv 
representative was a disturbance of 
any nature noted. In each the audi- 
ence was a quiet, orderly crowd, who 
came to be entertained. 

Many of the houses did a turnaway 
business; others had out the "S.R.O." 
sign, and some held almost capacity. 
Hammerstein's Victoria was filled to 
overflowing at night. The matinee 
business was big. The regular vau- 
deville bill was given with Gus Ed- 
wards' "Song Revue," White and Stu- 
art, and Ed. F. Reynard as the fea- 
tures. Many were unable to obtain 
seats and stood up during the per- 
formance. At the American Music 
Hall where Harry Von Tilzer and 
Wish Wynne were the principal art- 
ists, the house was sold out long bo- 
fore the curtain went up for the night 
entertainment and standing room was 
at a premium. A large number were 
turned away. The Columbia had fair 
business at the matinee, while at night 
few empty seats were noticeable. 
There was a decided increase in the 
business over the preceding Sunday. 

Feiber & Shea, who have leased the 
Grand Opera House from Cohan & 
Harris for Sunday concerts, were well 
pleased with the increase there over 
the previous Sunday, as well as at the 
Columbia, which the same firm has 
on Sundays. Business jumped at least 
one-third and fully 1,800 people saw 
the night bill, which embraced eight 
acts. H. C. Swift, who represents 
Cohan & Harris at the house, is con- 
fident that as the weather becomes 
colder that capacity business will pre- 
vail. 



Fourteenth street theatres, includ- 
ing the five cent places where only 
moving pictures and illustrated songs 
are offered, did remarkable business 
Sunday. Undoubtedly the largest 
audience in the city gathered at the 
Academy of Music for the night vau- 
deville show. Every nook and cranny 
was filled with humanity, and at least 
3,400 people passed inside. The mati- 
nee audience was also big. "The Fu- 
turity Winner," Dan Burke and Five 
"Wonder Girls" and Gene Green of- 
fered the principal acts. 

The Olympic, which had Ben Welch, 
Frank McCormack & Co., Hawthorne 
and Burt, and the Camille Trio, as its 
feature acts, did excellent matinee 
business, while the house was sold out 
at night and many purchased stand- 
ing room to attend the vaudeville con- 
cert on the stage where burlesque 
holds forth on week days. The Dew- 
ey did capacity business at the night 
performances. The Unique, E. L. 
Weill, manager, did a rushing business 
afternoon and night. "Small Time" 
vaudeville and moving pictures were 
offered at both these places. 

•Keith -Proctor's Bijou Dream, which 
has a seating capacity of 1,100 and 
features light vaudeville and pictures, 
was crowded from the time it opened 
in the afternoon until the last film 
was run at night. John Buck, house 
manager, and his assistant, A. J. 
Schreiber, say that the business 
reaches the high water mark Satur- 
days and Sundays. Crystal Hall and 
the Comedy, in the same block, run- 
ning pictures and illustrated songs, 



were packed at every show. Manager 
A. A. Kauffman, of the Comedy, said 
business is always good as long as the 
weather permits the people to get out- 
doors. The Crystal Hall management 
claims Sunday's attendance was the 
largest recorded in three months. The 
seating capacity is 299, but at least a 
dozen shows are given on Sunday. 
The West Fourteenth street theatre, 
vaudeville and pictures, did standing 
room business at night. The Fair, a 
five cent picture place, seating 288 and 
having four reels of pictures, was fill- 
ed both afternoon and evening. 

The Fifth Avenue did fairly good 
business at the matinee, while specu- 
lators put standing room on sale at 
night. The sidewalk ticket merchants 
had the best seats at their mercy and 
many curbed their desire to enter 
rather than purchase. The speculators 
were bolder at the Fifth Avenue en- 
trance than any other house of enter- 
tainment visited by the Variety rep- 
resentative. At 8:45, when the show 
had gotten a good start, the specu- 
lators still had their seats. In the 
rear of the house the people stood in 
two rows. The break in the audience 
was noticeable. 

The Savoy filled everything but the 
aisles. Vaudeville and pictures com- 
prised the entertainment. Manager 
Gane, of the Manhattan, up to five 
Sunday afternoon, had 1,800 people 
pass through his theatre doors. Fully 
1,200 more came at night. The seat- 
ing capacity was taxed to its limit, the 
bleacher-like balcony seats being fully 
occupied. 

Ted Marks, who has just assumed 
the management of Morris' Plaza, was 
pleased with the attendance at the first 
Sunday concert. The house "ads" fea- 
tured Edna Aug, but as a surprise 
William Morris had "Scrooge," the 
Charles Dickens' sketch, produced un- 
der the title of "A Christmas Carol," 
and it was appreciated by both mati- 
nee and night audiences. While no 
records were broken, the attendance 
was satisfactory for the first "Sunday" 
of the season at the Plaza. 




The matinee business at the Murray 
Hill almost equaled the night receipts, 
both houses being large, but not of 
capacity proportions. The gallery sec- 
tion was the best represented. Seven 
acts, including Sydney Deane and Co., 
and the "Two Pucks," were given with 
the pictures, and a phonographic de- 
scription of "the late unpleasantness" 
at Reno. 

At Columbus Circle and Lincoln 
Square the theatres did a thriving 
business. The Majestic, with a seat- 
ing capacity of 1,590, had standing 
room only for sale. C. E. Sewards, 
who represents the Loew interests, put 
on an extra act, Carolyn Dixon. Vau- 
deville and pictures were on the bill. 

The last Sunday show before "The 
Chocolate Soldier" supplants the vau- 
deville bill at the Circle, brought out 
a large attendance. The house was 
filled at night, six acts and five pic- 
ture reels furnishing diversion. The 
Shuberts are now in control of the 
Circle, which changes its policy Oct. 
3 to legitimate attractions. It is un- 
derstood that Sunday vaudeville con- 
certs will be given at the Circle, start- 
ing Oct. 9. The house will be dark 
to-morrow (Oct. 2). 

The Lincoln Square theatre could 
not accommodate the people who ap- 
plied for admittance. Manager Chas. 
Ferguson wore an expansive smile. 
Six acts and six films were offered. 

The Colonial was sold out from pit 
to dome Sunday night, and the after- 
noon business touched the capacity 
mark. Valeska Suratt and Billy Gould 
were headlined. 

"Miner's in the Bronx" did an excel- 
lent Sunday business. It was the first 
concert of the season and the attend- 
ance, while not of record breaking 
numbers, was good at both shows. 
The seating capacity of this new Bronx 
home of burlesque is 1,806. Nine vau- 
deville acts and pictures were given. 

At the Alhambra, Gotham, Harlem 
Opera House, Hurtlg & Seamon's, West 
End, Keith-Proctor's 58th and 425th 
street, Metropolis, Star, Yorkville, 
Bronx, Nemo, the matinee and night 
returns were very big. 



MAJESTIC THEATRE, WACO, TEX. 

This Is oiip of a chain of manv theatres booked by the HODKINS L.YIUC VAUDEVILLE 
ASSOCIATION', from the principal office of the '-Ircult In the CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE MUILD- 
ING. CHICAGO. 

POX PROS, are properletors and managers of the house, which hns a seating capacity of 
about 1,100. 

Six acta are used, two shows being given every evening, with a Saturday matinee. 



AN EXCITING ELOPEMENT. 

Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 29. 

With an irate father-in-law speed- 
ing toward them fully determined to 
stop the matrimonial alliance at any 
cost, Cortez Mercer Templeton, of Dil- 
la and Templeton, contortionists, and 
Myrna Ethelyn Gease, a Columbus (O.) 
girl, were married between shows in 
the greenroom of the Apollo Theatre, 
where the groom was playing. 

Papa Gease trailed the couple so 
closely they could not carry out their 
first plan of being married in Ohio, 
but continued to Wheeling, where an- 
other license was procured. Mr. (lease 
secured a West Virginia warraul, 
charging Templeton with perjury (his 
daughter's age being misrepresented) 
but the process server was outwitted. 
Templeton and his bride went to To- 
ledo to enjoy their honeymoon with- 
out interruption. 

When Templeton finished his act at 
Wheeling he slipp'-d his street clothes 
over his tights, the house lights were 
momentarily extinguished, when he 
and his wife "beat it" out. through the 
front way unknown to the officer in 
the rear. 



VARIETY 



QUIET AFFILIATION WEEK. 

"All quiet along the Potomac" 
might be fittingly applied to the com- 
mittee meetings at which there was to 
be discussed the matter of the affilia- 
tion of the White Rats with the Am- 
erican Federation of Labor. 

The White Rats' side of the prop- 
osition is in the hands of Harry 
Mountford, Junie McCree and another 
member. The Actor's International 
Union also has a committee of three, 
while the seventh member of the com- 
mittee is delegated from the State 
Federation. 

During the week past there were 
no meetings, but it is believed that 
those concerned will get together re- 
garding the question early next week. 

It was said Wednesday that the 
regular weekly meeting of the White 
Rats in their club room a Tuesday 
night was a rather heated one; that 
the rank and file of the organization 
were up in arms over the request for 
affiliation with the National Federa- 
tion of Labor. 

The members of the order outside 
of the Board of Directors and Its 
secretary are reported to have been 
unaware of the proposed labor affilia- 
tion was on foot until informed by 
the article in Variety last week. 
The feeling was, according to report, 
that a matter of such grave im- 
portance, should have been brought 
up at a general meeting for discus- 
sion. It is now rumored that there 
is much doubt of an affiliation with 
the Rats and labor men under any 
circumstances. 



REHEARSALS POSTPONED. 

"The Lady's Man," in which Victor 
Moore Is to be starred by George Led- 
erer this season, went into rehearsal 
last week. After three days of work 
the company were informed that the 
rehearsals would be postponed inde- 
flnately. 

Mr. Lederer asked the company to 
wait but stated that if they had other 
opportunities offered he would not 
stand in the way of their accepting 
them. 



A REAL ROMANCE. 

A real romance of the stage will 
transpire next week when Mme. 
Emmy will remarry Karl Emmy. It 
is three years ago since Mme. Emmy 
divorced Karl. Lately Mme. retired 
from the stage, living privately in 
New York City. 

Early in the summer her former 
husband reached the Big Alley with 
about the classiest thing in an ani- 
mal act that vaudeville has produced. 
It is called Karl Emmy's Pets. Mr. 
Emmy received so many engagements 
in the East that he was a frequent 
visitor to the big city. 

Before Mme. Emmy left the 
variety stage, she had a dandy little 
animal act of her own, 'so good it 
has been missed. Wherefore when 
she and Karl met, they were on 
mutual conversational ground about 
"acts," and incidental to that the old 
lovemajdng started afresh. 

Everything was forgiven and for- 
gotten. Some day fiext week, the 
parted Emmys are to become one 
once more. 



FRAMING UP A CASE. 

A case to be carried before the Li- 
cense Commissioner is now in pro- 
cess of formation by the Denis F. 
O'Brien, attorney for the White Rats, 
from a general understanding which 
seems to prevail in agency circles. 

The facts as reported about are that 
an agency firm booked a single act Into 
a New York vaudeville theatre for 
$125. It was a week's engagement. 
The agents are said to have obtained 
the written consent of the act to play 
the week for $7 5. 

At the expiration of the engagement, 
the management paid the agents the 
stipulated salary, $125, and the agent 
gave the act $75, as agreed upon. 

The act (from the west) has had 
much switching between agents, since 
landing in New York. He spoke of 
the money matter afterwards. Reach- 
ing the Rats, it was taken up by Mr. 
O'Brien, who is said to have applied 
for a warrant under the new law for 
the arrest of the agency firm. The 
Assistant District Attorney attached 
to the police court, advised proceed- 
ings before the License Commission 
before a warrant should be obtained. 
The District Attorney raised the point 
that the agents had technically re- 
ceived no money from the actor, since 
the latter never had physical posses- 
sion of it, the payment having been 
made direct to the agents by the man- 
agement. 

The agency firm is one which claims 
to be the "representative" or "man- 
ager" of acts, and not engaged in the 
agency business. It is said that the 
agents depend upon a mutual agree- 
ment with signed papers to back up 
their contention of a lawful trans- 
action. 

The prosecution, if the matter 
comes before the Commissioner, will 
contend the agency is evading the new 
law, and conducting its business as 
an agent without a license. 

It is rumored that very shortly the 
Agency Law will be brought into court 
for an interpretation of all Its pro- 
visions, and to test its constitution- 
ality. 



PLANS FOR MUSIC HALL. 

The plans for the Lew Fields' Mu- 
sic Hall, to be the title applied to 
the remodelled American Horse Ex- 
change building at 50th street and 
Broadway when it is opened next De- 
cember, were filed last week. 

The alterations will cost approxi- 
mately $200,000. The renovation will 
include, besides the Music Hall, a cafe 
and restaurant on the Broadway and 
50th street side, with the main en- 
trance being on Broadway. 

The Music Hall will measure 90x 
157, stage 45x75 feet. The lower floor 
will have 1,200 seats, with 400 in the 
balcony, 25 boxes will help make a 
large seating capacity. 



COMMENCING TO TURN OVER. 

Evansville, Sept. 20. 

Because of a stated inability to se- 
cure a sufficient number of dramatic 
attractions to keep the Local Bijou in 
profitable operation. Jake Wells has 
decided to turn the theatre into a 
three-show a day house, booked by 
Simon's Princess Exchange, Louisville. 

Four acts and pictures will be 
given. Four shows Sunday. 



DIES OF YELLOW FEVER. 

Para, Brazil, Sept. 12. 

Mrs. Hattie Trefle died to-day of 
yellow fever. She was removed to 
the hospital Sept. 6. 

The deceased came to Para with 
the Nixon magical troupe, who opened 
Sept. 2, with five other American acts, 
booked for this point through Sidney 
I. Rankin, of New York City. 

The death prevented performances 
being given. The artists stated they 
were in no condition to appear to-day 
being greatly grieved by the sudden 
death. 

The acts booked through Rankin 
and who arrived together are the 
Nixon company, Nillson's Aerial Bal- 
let, Walthour Troupe of cyclists, Nel- 
son and Nelson, Cailonlte, and Blanche 
Sloane. 

There are other cases of yellow 
fever here. The Americans may ter- 
minate their engagement through 
dread of the scourage. At certain sea- 
sons of the year this section of the 
country is dangerous for foreigners to 
venture into, and Americans are warn- 
ed to avoid engagements. 



MORRIS' "FUTURITY WINNER." 

The Morris circuit has engaged 
"The Futurity Winner" for an en- 
gagement of twenty weeks this sea- 
son, to be played within thirty con- 
secutive weeks. 

The act was placed with Harry Leon- 
hardt, who has made an arrangement 
with Jos. Hart to reproduce Hart's for- 
mer successes. Mr. Leonhardt's first 
of this series was "Polly Pickle's Pets" 
which opened upon the American Roof 
in the summer. 

Mr. Lepnhardt is now conducting 
business as Harry Leonhardt, Inc., in 
the former offices of Rogers, Leonhardt 
& Curtis in the Knickerbocker The- 
atre building. It is understood Elmer 
F. Rogers and Fred Curtis have retir- 
ed from the firm. Mr. Curtis still re- 
tains desk room in the offices. How- 
ard Herrick, the press representative, 
is also there. 



FOREIGN "SPLIT" TOO. 

The United Booking Offices esteems 
the "split commission" scheme so 
highly that it is said no more connec- 
tions with foreign agents will be made 
unless the foreign as well as the nat- 
ive agents consent to a "split" of their 
five per cent. fee. 

This was learned last week when 
a foreign agent, in conjunction with 
another, submitted an application to 
E. F. Albee to act for the big agency. 

The new ruling regarding the for- 
eigners does not affect the agents who 
bring acts from abroad, now doing 
business with the United. 



E. E. AT IT AGAIN. 

Edward Evergreen Rice is at it 
again. This time It is to be a produc- 
tion of a Scottish piece called "Annie 
Laurie," and the veteran musical com- 
edy manager and producer has asso- 
ciated with him a William Flattery, 
who 18 at the head of the Cambride 
Amusement Company. 

The new production Is to go into 
rehearsal shortly. In its cast will be 
found Adelaide Cummlngs, who until 
last week was a member of a vaude- 
ville sketch called "The Old Flute 
Player." 



B. A. MYERS IN T. B. O. 

Chicago, Sept. 29. 

Barney Myers has joined issues with 
E. P. Churchill and Walter F. Keefe 
in the Theatrical Booking Corporation 
and will swing the acts which he is 
now booking to the new circuit, which 
will be increased in size and import- 
ance through the acquisition of several 
theatres between here and New York 
which Myers brings with him into the 
organization. 

Mr. Myers arrived in Chicago last 
Saturday and for two days was in con- 
sultation with Churchill and Keefe 
before it was generally known that he 
was in town. To a Variety represent- 
ative Myers said he has decided to 
swing his entire influence to the "T. 
B. C," having acquired a financial in- 
terest in the corporation. He will be- 
come eastern representative of the new 
"opposition" and will change his busi- 
ness methods from that of an artist's 
representative, exclusively, to the con- 
duct of a general booking agency. 

Although a definite statement was 
withheld, on the grounds of business 
policy, Myers stated that eight the- 
atres between here and New York will 
soon be added to the "T. B. C." books, 
and that more will subsequently be 
acquired. There is now a sufficient 
money representation, according to 
Churchill, who is business manager of 
the organization, to admit of acquiring 
theatres either by lease or outright 
purchase in towns where it seems de- 
sirable to have representation. 

Messrs. Myers, Churchill and Keefe 
were all positive in their statement 
that the "T. B. C." would not be af- 
filiated or allied with William Morris 
or any other existing circuit or com- 
bination of managers. The policy of 
the new corporation will be to estab- 
lish itself independent of everybody, 
to acquire the booking or management 
of theatres where their purposes will 
best be served to book acts and, on My- 
ers behalf, to continue representing 
Individual acts. Myers has arranged 
his affairs so that he can continue his 
former business exactly as before. 

Just at present the "T. B. C." is 
booking only the original Walter F. 
Keefe theatres and the Churchill 
houses in Peoria and Grand Rapids. 
Offices have been established In the 
Schiller building in the rooms Keefe 
has occupied all along. Since its for- 
mation Keefe and Churchill have 
been devoting most of their time to 
filling up their shows. 



WEBER AND FIELDS' PIECE. 

"An English Daisy" is an old piece 
that was produced by Weber and 
Fields. Will Philips, who appeared 
in "Havana" and other musical come- 
dies, together with Ollie Mack 
(formerly Murray and Mack) have 
booked by Alf T. Wilton. Each 
will play a familiar role. Flora de 
Kingsley is the female support. 



"SHAPIRO" GOES IN TORONTO. 

At 101 Yonge street. Toronto, Oct. 
10, "Shapiro," the music publishing 
firm, will throw open another of its 
retail stores for the distribution of 
popular music at so much per copy. 



Clarice Vance is expected to open 
on the Morris Circuit Oct. 10. 



VARIETY 



niETY 



Published WMU7 by 
VARIETY PUBLISHING CO. 

Tim« Square, New York City. 

9IHB SILVERMAN 

Proprietor. 

CKGAOO, Iff Domrborm tt 

WALTBR K. mX. 



LONDON. 



SAN FRANCISCO, 



J. 



411 ftroad. 



90S Morkot St 



LIIT1R J. FOUNTAIN. 
PARIS. SS Bl». Rao feint DldUr. 

■DWARD O. KRNDRRW. 
BRRUN. 6SA Ufttor don Undoo. 



ADVRRTIS1MRNTS. 

Rot* eord maj bo fOaod la sdvtrtlalni 
Uob of tbia Uauo. 

AdTortlalas oopr for current lotno mart roach 
Ntw York offio* dj noon Thursday. 

AdTortlsementa by moll matt bo nooomponlod 
by remltUnoo, payable to Variety Publlahlng 
Company. 

SUBSCRIPTION RATB8. 

Annual 94 

Foreign 6 

Single ooplea, 10 eenta. 

Entered aa eecond-elaee matter at New York. 



Vol. XX. 



October 1 



No. 4 



Harry Kelly and "The Deacon and 
The Lady" open at the New York The- 
atre next Tuesday. Mayne Gerhue is 
with the show; also Ed. Wynn. 



Alan Dale admits he could cry, but 
denies that the printed billing around 
the city proclaiming that " 'Mother' 
made Alan Dale cry" is true. 



Elbert Hubbard starts vaudeville 
sometime this month at Milwaukee, 
with other middle western houses af- 
ter, thence to the Orpheum Circuit. 



The Ainoros Sisters are playing at 
Hammerstein's this week, with the two 
sisters only in the turn, the third girl 
lately added having been left out. 

"Blinky's Last Trick," a dramatic 
sketch along the lines of "Alias Jimmy 
Valentine" is to have its vaudeville 
premier within the next three weeks. 



Cliff Berzac may not return to Am- 
erica for some time. Mrs. Berzac is 
with her husband in England, await- 
ing an important happening. 



Jack Allen has purchased the in- 
terest of his brother, Edgar Allen, in 
the agency firm of Weber & Allen. 
Edgar may return to the stage. 



Bawls and Van Kaufman, after a 
ftix weeks' stay in New York City will 
start Nov. 13 over the Sullivan-Con- 
sidine circuit. They spent the sum- 
mer at "Mush Keaton," Mich. 



"The Grape Girl" is another of the 
musical productions that will fly the 
banner of Henry W. Savage this sea- 
son. The piece Is by Gustav Luders 
and J. Clarence Harvey. 



"The Incubator Girls" may be re- 
vived by Wayne and Des Roches if a 
sufficiently large salary agreement is 
secured for the couple from foreign 
managers by Paul Durand. 



Wish Wynne, the English character 
singer, held over at the American this 
week, is the last booking abroad made 
for the Morris Circuit by the late Geo. 
M. Leventritt. 

Walsh, Lynch and Co. have been 
placed for sixteen weeks in the middle 
west by Pat Casey. The players of 
"Huckins' Run" open Oct. 3, at the 
Temple, Ft. Wayne. 



Marvelous Vanls is the title of a 
new wire act, opening this week at the 
Grand, Evansville, made up from the 
Three Nevarros and the addition of a 
girl to the party. 

James and Sadie Leonard and 
Richard Anderson will resume their 
interrupted tour of the United time, 
opening next Monday at the Bronx, 
New York. 



Tom Barry, with three people, will 
appear in Mr. Barry's sequel to his 
"Nick Carter" sketch. The new 
piece is called "A. D. T." It opens 
in Meriden, Conn., next week. 



Helen Robertson, a legitimate 
player, will be presented by the Dan 
Casey Co. in one of C. T. Dazey's 
sketches, called "The Show Girl." 
Three other people will compose the 
cast. 



"In Bad," the "No. 2" of "Back To 
Boston," starts on the Sun Circuit next 
week, placed by the Dan Casey Co., 
which has a second edition of "Base- 
ballitis" in preparation for the "small 
time" also. 

Rose Berry who has been appearing 
on the "small time" for a couple of 
seasons was taken in charge by Alf. 
T. Wilton for a "big house" route, 
after presenting a new act last Sunday 
in New York. 

"The Justice of Gideon" written by 
Eleanor Gates, will play at Proctor's 
Newark, next week If Edwin Holt, the 
principal player of the cast present- 
ing the piece, is recovered from his 
sudden illness by that time. 



Lou Hanvey, Mike Coakley and 
Joe Dunlevy will tour as "The Town 
Hall Minstrels," employing the act in 
use last season by Coakley, McBrlde 
and Subers. The new three-act opens 
October 3 at Keith's, Philadelphia. 



Bert Levy, the cartoonist, is to re- 
turn to this side in December, and will 
be at Hammerstein's Christmas week. 
Before leaving Europe he will play for 
Alfred Butt in the provinces and at 
the Palace in London. 

"Naughty Marietta" is the title that 
the latest efTort from the pen of Victor 
Herbert bears. It is a light opera in 
which Oscar Hammerstein Is to star 
Mme. Trentlnl at the Manhattan Opera 
House some time this season. 



Barrows-Lan caster Co. are dicker- 
ing for "Books," the piece played in 
vaudeville by Harry Tighe. It was 
written by Phil Troup, of the New 
Haven (Conn.) Union. Jim Clancy 
is acting as intermediary. 



Louie Gilson, "The Little Magnet" 
who was removed to Bellevue Hospital 
and entered there as a patient three 
weeks ago was discharged from that 
institution last Saturday, and is at 
present stopping at the Arlington Ho- 
tel on West 38th Street. 



The Six O'Connor Sisters, lately 
with Billie Burke's "Foolish Factory," 
have formed themselves into a sing- 
ing sextet in "one" and will be direc- 
ted by Jack Levy. The six girls are 
truly sisters. There are two more at 
home besides. 



Martin Beck, in an interview with 
an Evansville (Ind.) newspaper, an- 
nounced last week that the Orpheum 
would enter both Oklahoma City and 
Terre Haute through a booking ar- 
rangement, until theatres could be 
erected in those towns. 

Bessie Clifford, recently returned 
from Europe, left New York Thursday 
to Join "The Three Twins." After a 
short tour with that show Miss Clif- 
ford will enter vaudeville under the 
direction of Helen H. Lehmann, of the 
Dan Casey Co. 



"Tales of Hoffman," the vaudeville 
operatic production by Homer Lind 
will first see the light at Lowell, 
Mass., next week. Mr. Lind pre- 
sented at Yonkers this week "The 
Romance of a Song," another of his 
musical pieces. 



Belle Mora, of Meirer and Mora, 
will appear for one "showing" 
around New York City as a "single." 
Then the couple will return to 
Europe to play dates, having jumped 
over only to see folks and have Miss 
Mora present herself alone. 



Spadoni will go to his European 
home and return to America again 
before taking up the latest United 
bookings secured for the heavy- 
weight juggler by M. S. Bentham. 
The time commences December 5 at 
Philadelphia. 

"Love's Germ," a new production 
by Valerie Bergere, is at Albany this 
week, "showing." Another of Miss 
Bergere's works, "Two Women" is 
booked for Proctor's, Newark, next 
week. Al. Sutherland Is placing the 
Bergere productions in vaudeville, 
five in all. 



Charles Kschert leaves New York 
Monday for two weeks in the woods. 
Upon returning Mr. Eschert will 
again make the Al. Sutherland office 
his headquarters. The Atlantic Gar- 
dens closes with variety shows Sun- 
day. "Yiddish" drama opens in the 
old hall Oct. 4. 

Jenie Jacobs was operated upon 
last Monday afternoon for what the 
agentess though was a tumor. The 
surgeons said it was a light malignant 
growth, which Jenie could have carried 
for fifty years longer. She is fully 
recovered and returned to her home 
to-day. 



"Mme. Sherry's" music is the suc- 
cessor to "The Merry Widow" waltz 
in the New York restaurants. At the 
New Amsterdam, where the musical 
comedy is playing, the weekly receipts 
average around $20,000. The house 
is practically sold out for three weeks 
in advance. 



"The Monkey's Paw," an English 
sketch with a thrill in its finale, opens 
at the American Monday. Other 
new turns for New York on the pro- 
gram are Irwin and Herzog, a West- 
ern team of young men who sing and 
play; Jessie Broughton, an English 
girl, and Johnson Clarke, a foreign 
ventriloquist. 



Tom Terrls played "Scrooge" in 
the English sketch of that name at 
the American Tuesday. Charles 
Dodsworth, who takes the role, lost 
his voice in the morning. Mr. Ter- 
rls jumped in on short notice. The 
applause was as voluminous as usual. 
Mr. Terris responded with a speech 
to quiet it. 



The Aviution Meet at Belmont Park, 
New York, to be held the latter part 
of this month will have for fliers 
Ralph Johnstone, Walter Brooklns, 
Charles K. Hamilton, Claude Gra- 
hame-White, James Radley, Alexander 
Olglvle, Thomas S. Baldwin, John B. 
Moissant, Henry Weyman, Tod Schrei- 
ber, Alfred Le Blanc, Count Jacques 
de Lessep, Leon Morane, Hubert 
Latham, Emil Auburn, and others. 



The Orpheum Circuit has sent out a 
general letter of instruction to all of 
their house managers as a result of 
Martin Beck's recent trip over the 
circuit. The letter prohibits the dis- 
play of music covers in the orchestra 
on which the name of the publisher 
appears in large type, the singing of 
parodies or songs that places any 
nationality, creed, religious or racial 
characteristic In a ridiculous light, 
and the attempts at 'song plugging." 



Vardon, Perry and \ViH>ei' returned 
to New York, Sept. 23, from the other 
side. The trio have been abroad for 
two years, having left to fill an en- 
gagement of three weeks only. They 
were retained and booked all over 
Great Britain, also at many Continental 
houses. "Those Three Boys" opened 
on the Sullivan-Considine Circuit 
Sept. 25, and will play westward, visit- 
ing their homes on the Coast, return- 
ing to England in the spring for re- 
turn bookings. 

Kurno'H Comedy Co. Is billed to 
appear next week at the Colonial in 
"The Wows Wows," a new piece. 
The Knglish organization, which last 
appeared over here for William Mor- 
ris (and was on the blacklist when 
Percy G. Williams engaged it for his 
circuit) is again under the manage- 
ment of Alf Reeves, brother of Billie 
("The Drunk"). Billie interested 
himself in the rebooking of his 
brother's company by the United Of- 
fices. Alf having returned to Kng- 
lniid with the show last sprint. An- 
other new turn at the Colonial will 
be "The Courtiers." a B. A. Rolfe 
number, booked in by Bat Casey. 



VARIETY 



OBJECT TO "STRENGTHENER8." 

While whatever friction exists 
among certain Eastern Burlesque 
Wheel managers is being discreetly 
screened from public gaze, there is apt 
to be an off-shoot in the matter of 
Gus Hill and his "Midnight Maidens." 

While the show played Washington 
the week before last and Cleveland 
last week, it carried two extra attrac- 
tions, ordered into the performance, 
it is reported, without the knowledge 
or consent of Manager Hill. 

According to the regulations as un- 
derstood governing extra attractions 
on the Eastern Wheel, one-half the 
cost for one or more is to be borne 
by the house management. The re- 
port is that if this does not occur in 
the Hill matter, Mr. Hill is contemplat- 
ing proceedings to recover the differ- 
ence. r„ 

"The Midnight Maidens" was order- 
ed strengthened by the censor commit- 
tee of the Wheel during its recent trip. 
The opinion of the three men did not 
coincide with that of Hill's regarding 
his show, though Mr. Hill proceeded to 
carry out the instructions, engaging 
Mabelle Morgan, an English artist, to 
lead the company at a weekly salary 
of $160. 



A FRIENDLY PAIR. 

Boston, Sept. 29. 

Jack Johnson, the champion heavy- 
weight, is at the Columbia this week, 
and Sam Langford, who has chal- 
lenged him repeatedly for the title, is 
showing at the Howard Atheneum. 
These two husky duskies are as friend- 
ly as the Shuberts and K. & E. 

They are saying all sorts of sweet 
things about each other. Training to 
keep In condition is unnecessary, as 
the hammer swinging that they have 
been doing all week should keep them 
in shape. 



LIKES A MONEY MAKER. 

Chicago, Sept. 29. 

Millie De Leon, "The Girl In Blue," 
after having been the feature last 
week with "The Beauty Trust" at the 
Alhambra, is to again to assist "The 
Bon Tons" at the same house next 
week. 

Millie and "The Beauty Trust" at- 
tracted nearly $6,000 to the Alham- 
bra box office. The attendance at "The 
Behman Show" there this week will 
fall below that figure. 

Viewing the disparity between the 
statements of the business, Max Weber 
decided to have "The Girl In Blue" 
back. 

"The Bon Tons" belong to Weber & 
Rush. 



SHOWS FOR THE COUNTRY. 

William Jennings and James Con- 
uell are rehearsing a burlesque shew, 
"Manhattan Gaiety Girls," which will 
open during the early part of October 
in Salem, N. J. 

Jennings will handle the principal 
comedy role, Mabel Webb will be the 
prima donna. Captolia Snyder has 
been engaged as soubret. Colentia and 
her "Salome" dance will be featured. 

"The High Flyers" is the title of 
another show which Harry Kostar and 
Charles Cromwell will take out on the 
road next month, opening in Connecti- 
cut about Oct. 10. 



OVERLOOKED NOTHING. 

A certain burlesque manager who 
has never become noted for extrava- 
gance in the shows he has been con- 
nected with, called upon a music pub- 
lisher within the past week to return 
to him twenty-five cents weekly, while 
the show employed one of the pub- 
lisher's songs. 

The expense item was for pepper- 
mint lozengers, thrown to the audience 
during the number. Three trips a 
representative made to the publish- 
ing firm, demanding the first week's 
payment of the quarter. The publisher 
laughed each time, thinking it was a 
Joke of some sort, and not seeing the 
point. After the third trip, the man- 
ager called up on the phone, demand- 
ing to know why the amount had not 
been paid, and saying he would dis- 
continue the use of the song unless 
a settlement was made. 

When the publisher discovered the 
manager was in earnest, he Inquired 
why the show did not purchase the 
lozengers by wholesale, when the bill 
for the entire season would be $4. He 
offered to settle for that amount at 
once, but objected to doling out twen- 
ty-five cents weekly. 

The manager grew wrathful at this 
retort, and said he would yet see the 
publisher in the hands of a receiver. 
"That happens to all of you indepen- 
dent fellows," said the manager. "You 
will go on the bum." 

The matter may be left to arbitra- 
tion, since the manager says the song 
"has made good." The publisher 

claims that if the song is a hit in 
the show, it is worth at least twenty- 
five cents weekly to the manager for 
its retention. 



TAKING "DOPE" HOME. 

Chicago, Sept. 29. 

Herman Lieb in "Dope" will be 
the added attraction with Gus Hill's 
"In Gay New York" at the Star and 
Garter next week. The contracts were 
made in New York through Hyde & 
Behman Tuesday morning. 

A coincidence is that the drug store 
that furnished Jos. M. Patterson, au- 
thor of "Dope," with the theme of 
the traffic in "drug" is located within 
three blocks of the theatre. 



A REVEREND BOOSTER. 

Having been a member of a musical 
comedy company for one month the 
Rev. Dudley C. Fosher, the former 
pastor of the Ryder Memorial Uni- 
versalist Church in Chicago, says: "1 
find the stage very human, moral and 
clean." 

The Rev. Fosher is at present on 
the road with "A Stubborn Cinderel- 
la" company, of which his wife is also 
a member. In an interview the rev- 
erend says that he has never witness- 
ed a single uncouth act or heard a vul- 
gar word while with the company. 

"The Btage does not need my feeble 
defense," he continued," but I am glad 
to know at first hand that the profes- 
sion needs no uplift. There is uplift 
for those who enter it. 



SUIT AND COUNTER-SUITS. 

A suit and counter-suits will shortly 
enmesh Fred Irwin and Coccia and 
Amato in the courts. Coccia and 
Amato have brought suit against the 
manager of "The Majesties" and "Big 
Show" for salary for three days it did 
not play at Detroit last season. That 
marked the closing of a thirty-week 
contract with "The Big Show." 

Mr. Irwin sets up as a defense that 
the act closed at Toledo, disregarding 
his request to complete its contract by 
appearing at Detroit, hereby laying 
themselves liable to damages for non- 
fullfllment 

Of the two counter claims to be in- 
terposed by Irwin, this will be one. 
Another is the amount of transporta- 
tion paid out by Irwin for the four or 
five members of the Coccia-Amato act 
during the thirty weeks, amounting to 
about $700. The contract did not 
provide for the manager to carry the 
little company over the railroads. 
Since the act insists upon pay for three 
days not played, which they were re- 
quested to play, according to Mr. Ir- 
win, his lawyer found the off-set when 
reading over the agreement. 

Last week four chorus girls were 
engaged by Mr. Irwin to join one of 
his companies up the state. He ad- 
vanced transportation to each, with 
other monies requested. Only one re- 
ported. 



CAN'T ADVERTISE SHOW. 

The Sunday vaudeville concerts at 
the Murray Hill for the season have 
been taken in charge by Weber & Al- 
len, the agents. "Sundays" opened 
there last week. 

Under the stipulation made by the 
agents with the United Booking offices, 
under which the Murray Hill may en- 
gage "United acts" for its Sunday 
shows, the house cannot bill the pro- 
gram. 

A similar understanding Is in effect 
with other New York theatres not 
regular vaudeville houses, but which 
offer Sunday concerts, containing acts 
booked through the United. 

There are other "Sunday" theatres 
in town, which book independently, 
and are engaging acts promiscuously. 



BIG COMPANY ON TOUR. 

The New York Hippodrome Com- 
pany, being organized to take the road, 
opening in Philadelphia Oct. 29, is 
holding rehearsals daily under the di- 
rection of R. H. Burnsides. The 
morning work is done at the Hippo- 
drome and the afternoon rehearsal is 
held at armory headquarters. The 
company will be the largest ever on 
tour. 

The spectacle to be presented will 
be "A Trip to Japan," "Pioneer Days" 
and "The Valley of Jewels," which 
were featured at the New York "Hip" 
last year. Among the principals, in 
addition to Marcelline, the clown, an- 
nounced for the newly formed organ- 
ization, are E. A. Clark, Nanette Flack 
and Harry Wardell. 



"Seven Days" ends its run of over 
a year at the Astor October 22. 



FORCING SETTLEMENT. 

The Columbia Amusement Co. drop- 
ped a heavy hand upon the "Rentz- 
Santley" internal squabble this week. 
At a meeting held when M. B. Leavitt 
and Jack Mason were present, it was 
decided between the Columbia com- 
pany and representatives of the show 
that a traveling manager shoul I be 
appointed for the burlesque com- 
pany, to protect everyone concerned 
of the Columbia company demand- 
ing representation to forestall any 
troubles which might interfere 
with the successful operation of 
the show over the Eastern route. 
The "Rentz-Santley" is rated as a good 
piece of property, and a probable mon- 
ey maker of some dimensions for this 
season. 

Abe Leavitt holds the Eastern Wheel 
franchise for the organization. He 
officially notified the Columbia com- 
pany Mr. Mason had the management 
of the production. The partners of 
Mason are not recognized officially by 
the Columbia people, though Messrs. 
Mason, Leavitt, C. M. Pope and Bobby 
Matthews, in person or by counsel, al- 
so agreed late last week to a tempo- 
rary manager until the affairs were 
adjusted. J. Gluck was appointed. He 
will either supersede himself under the 
new arrangement or another manager 
continue with the show. 

It is said that Mr. Pope's interest 
may be purchased, or the four part- 
ners continue, with Messrs. Pope and 
Matthews guaranteed a share of prof- 
its on the quarters of the show pur- 
chased by them from Mason. The 
Leavitts hold their one-half interest 
intact. 



HAD TO "LIFT A PLASTER." 

Chicago, Sept. 29. 

The management of "The Girl of 
My Dreams" was compelled to "lifl 
a plaster" which Trixie Friganzl's at- 
torneys slapped on the show before it 
could leave the Chicago Opera House 
for a trip to Minneapolis and St. Paul 
last Saturday night. 

Trixie alleges breach of contract 
with Joseph M. Gaites, who, with the 
Witmarks, backed and produced the 
Hyams and Mclntyre success. She 
claims damages in the amount of $6">0. 



REJOINS "THE PENNANT WIN- 
NERS." 

Chicago, 111., Sept. 21). 

After having been so ill that he 
was forced to retire from the cast of 
"The Pennant Winners" while they 
were playing in Cincinnati last week, 
Elmer Tenley recovered sufficiently to 
rejoin the company at the Empire Inst 
Sunday. 

The show used its own scenery i\\ 
the Empire here for the first time since 
the second week of the season. At 
that time the scenery was ruined by 
rain in making a haul from St. Louis 
to the Broadway, East St. Louis 



SAR RIVO 

THE NAPOLEON OF THE QUICK CHANGE ART. 
Next Week (Qct. 3), Family, Clinton, Iowa. 



I 



ALL FIVE FOR "SUNDAYS." 

At the Miner Western Burlesque 
Wheel theatres in New York City. 
with the Empire and Casino, Brook- 
lyn, (also Western houses) will piny 
vaudeville on Sundays hereati«r. 
hooked through Shea & Buckner. 



VARIETY 



LONDON 


NOTES 


VARIETY'S LONDON OFFICE 


411 RIAND, 


w. a 


(Mall for Amutmaa aad Drop mm la Barap*. 
b* promptly torwarted. 


If iHlriwI owe VABOnr M *•*?• will 





London, Sept. 21. 
Business at the Hippodrome of late 
has been up to the capacity, showing 
that Cleo de Merode is the expected 
draw. The dancer has been engaged 
for five weeks beyond her original 
contract. 



George Lashwood will open on the 
Morris circuit in America Jan. 2, 
1911. The Australian Wood-cutters 
have also been engaged by Morris, 
to open next March. 



Wilkie Bard, probably the most ap- 
proached English artist for engage- 
ments in America, has again been 
made an offer from a large agency. 
This time it is $2,500 a week for four 
weeks. Wilkie at present does not 
want to consider it, but probably it 
will not be long before the English 
comedian will appear in the States. 
Mr. Bard started his London season 
at the Tivoli Monday. 



Paul Murray, lately joining the 
Marinelli office in London, wishes to 
deny the report of a few weeks ago 
saying he would have charge of the 
Marinelli London branch. Mr. Wol- 
heim, as before, will remain in charge. 



Middle. Charpenter, a Russian 
prima donna, was at the Coliseum last 
week, her first appearance in Eng- 
land. Owing to the Russian craze the 
.singer was an attraction, but will 
hardly go much further than the Coli- 
seum or the Hippodrome. 



Sam Stern has been booked for four 
immediate weeks at the Empire, Lon- 
don. He was at the Coliseum last 
week. Stern is working without the 
Hebrew make-up. The change is 
quite an improvement. 



Radford and Valentine have just re- 
turned from a trip on the Continent 
and will play in England for some 
time. They have been placed with 
the Theatre Royal Pantomine in Shef- 
field for this year. 



The first Sunday evening concert 
at the Vaudeville club will take place 
about the early part of October. Leon 
Zeitlin has been selected as chair- 
man at that entertainment. 



The hill this week at the Coliseum 
with Sarah Bernhardt at the top 
amounts to about $7,250 in salaries, 
according to a rough estimate. Bern- 
hardt receives $4,000, net. 



Scott and Whalley, at present on 
the Continent, have been booked by 
* the Barrasford-DeFrece circuits for 
a return tour. 



The manager of the East Ham 
Palace was arrested and fined this 
week for parading a bunch of sand- 
wich men in naval uniforms to ad- 
vertise a sketch playing at that Hall. 
The authorities said that it wasn't 
right to use naval uniforms in this 
way. 



Ernest Shand Is the latest of the 
comedians to go Into the Empire, Lon- 
don, starting an engagement there 
next week. 



The Three Keltons have arrived In 
London and will probably open on 
the Stoll time in another week x Wil 
Collins is handling the act. 



Teery's Theatre, the smallest and 
one of the oldest theatres in London, 
will be turned Into a moving picture 
house soon. 



Fred Karno has revived his "Foot- 
Ball Match," and the act Is played in 
Edinburgh last week. Will Poluski, 
Jr., is playing the lead. 



The Wieland Agency has booked 
the following acts with Harry Rick- 
ards for Australia, Wilson Hallet, 
Barney Armstrong, Niagara and Falls, 
and Black and White. 

"Ma Goese" according to a cable 
received from South Africa by the 
William Morris office, has been very 
successful at the Empire, Johannes- 
burg. 



George Nagel, from America, 
put on an act at the Tivoli 
last week. That is about as 
far as it will go. The act reminds 
one of a ten year old burlesque after- 
piece. Nagel has two good looking 
women in the act with him. 



Monte Bayley, a sketch actor, in- 
tends to sail for America in about a 
month's time. Mr. Bayley will bring 
two people with him and will in all 
probability show one of his dramatic 
sketches. 



Edward Jose, the man who plays a 
sketch alone (although not a protean 
actor) sailed for the States Sept. 2 4 
to open on the Morris time. Mr. Jose 
will act a piece called "The Strike." 

Hartlet Mllbnrn will shortly produce 
a sketch for the halls called "Jim." 
Conway Dixon and Netta Lynde will 
play the piece, written by Ernest Bu- 
calos8i. 



Mervyn Rentoul, an actor, and son 
of Judge Rentoul of the criminal court 
in London, will open at the Coliseum 
Oct. 17 in Harry Vernon's "Her Lady- 
ship's Guest/' a dramatic sketch. 



PARIS NOTES 

BY EDWARD O. HENDREW 



Paris, Sept. 20. 
The Casino de Paris reopened Sept. 
16, under the continued management 
of Albert Cailor. Mile. Sahary-Djell, 
in her "Salome" pantomine, so well 
advertised by the Belgian authorities 
recently, Is included in the program. 
Among others are Howard Kennedy, 
illusionist; the giantess, Abomah, and 
a short ballet, "Floridylle." by R. 
Berger. 



At the Olympla there are also some 
new numbers, notably "Dick," the dog 
which can write. On the 19th, the 
present show underwent many 
changes. Louis Hardt, Lea Rinoni, 
eccentric comedians; Baggessen and 
Regina de Bergoni, Russian chanteuse, 
went in. Wenzel and Curtis' ballet, 
with Lilian Graham, Yette Rianza and 
Ettore Caorsi remain, also Seeth's 
wonderful monkey, "Prince Charles." 



Caite Rochechouart opened Sept. 16 
with a host of local talent, two 
sketches, and Kitty Lord, "the Ameri- 
can star," as she was announced at 
the Ambassadeurs. 



M. Houcke, who formerly managed 
the old Hippodrome, and later the new 
one, in partnership with Frank Bos- 
tock, assumed control of the unfor- 
tunate Cirque de Paris Sept. 17. He 
will only play Thursdays, Saturdays 
and Sundays; the other days the cir- 
cus will be leased for public meetings, 
etc. Footit and his sons, with the 
"colored-clown" Chocolate, migrate 
from the Nouveau Crique to this es- 
tablishment. 

Nipper Lupino Lane, while practic- 
ing off-stage Monday evening at the 
Coliseum, broke his ankle and had to 
be taken to the hospital. The acci- 
dent happened just before the little 
fellow was to go on for his turn. 

Harry Vernon's play "Mr. Wu," will 
be presented by Arthur Bourchier's 
company at the ending of Mr. Bour- 
chier's present run in "Henry the 
VIII." 

The Two Bobs finish their engage- 
ment at the Tivoli this week. After 
a week in a provincial town the boys 
will start a run at the Oxford in Lon- 
don. 

Jack De Frece, a report says about 
here this week, will open the Casino 
in Paris as a music hall. 



Leeter OollLngwood, a very well 
known theatrical manager of Birm- 
ingham, was killed this week in a mo- 
tor-car accident. Mr. Collingwood at 
the time of his death was managing 
the Alexandra theatre, Birmingham. 
He held the lease of that house. 



The Russian Balalka Court Orches- 
tra, now at the Coliseum, will sail for 
America at the end of their present 
engagement to open at the Metropoli- 
tan Opera House, New York. The or- 
chestra closes here Sept. 30. 



La Scala inaugurated its winter 
season Sept. 16. In addition to the 
punning operette "Circuit du Leste," 
by P. L. Flers and E. Heros (authors 
of the Folies Bergere revue) Henri 
Fursy has engaged a long list of sing- 
ing turns. Among his troupe will be 
Alice de Tender, Mary Perret, Irene 
Bordini, MM. Morton, Sinoel, Robert 
Casa, Rivers and Paul Lack. The sum- 
mer season at the Scala was most 
successful. 



Theatre du Vaudeville revived the 
piece of Paul Reboux, "La Maison de 
Danses," with Polaire leading, Sept. 
21. 

Victor Silvestre, once manager of 
the Folies Dramatique, Renaissance 
and the Alhambra, is credited with 
taking the Theatre des Mathurins, 
which he will convert into a home for 
classical music under the name of 
Theatre de Monsieur. He proposes to 
give only works of the XVIII century. 
It was from Silvestre that the late 
Thomas Barassford took over the Al- 
hambra, after lengthy and difficult 
negotiations. 



The Hippodrome opened Sept. 16 as 
a skating rink. Moving pictures were 
fairly successful over the summer, 
but the few evenings devoted to box- 
ing have proven much more so. — The 
rink in the Rue St. Dldier will start 
again Sept. 30, under new manage- 
ment. 

H. E. Rice, of Chicago, has arrived 
in Paris, and will be in charge for J. 
C. Brown, of the "Magic City," on 
which building operations will com- 
mence at once. It is to be ready for 

Easter, 1911. Ike Rose is highly 

satisfied with the business being done 
by the Prague twins, Rosa-Josefa, at 
the Olympia. 



A small group of artists, having 
formed in opposition to the Union 
Syndicate des Artistes Lyriques, a pro- 
tection society, has just held a meet- 
ing, the report of which reads very 
sincere. They protest at the salaries 
paid to certain singers in France, as 
low as $f> per week, and particularly 
the goings-on in South America, all 
of which is unfortunately too true. 
But this propaganda does not carry 
much weight hero from the fact that 
the said society "Solidarite Ar- 
tiBtique" is not taken seriously by the 
majority of artists themselves, and it 
was the very group which three years 
ago opposed the passage of the law 
forbidding women to collect money in 
the body of the low class music halls 
throughout France. Their conten- 
tion that $ 1 . r» should be the mini- 
mum salary paid an artist, no mat- 
ter where engaged, is approved, but 
they have been a long while realizing 
this, and might have joined in with 
the Union years ago on tins same ques- 
tion. The Union now, in its turn, 
publishes a notice in '))<■ press dis- 
claiming all connection with the new- 
agitators. 



IO 



VARIETY 



THE SHEEDY HEARING. 

At the office of the Commissioner of 
Licenses, Hermnn Robinson, Wednes- 
day morning, there was a hearing in 
the application of M. R. Sheedy for a 
license to conduct a booking office in 
New York City. The hearing was 
scheduled for 11 o'clock. Owing to the 
failure of the protestant, Harry Mount- 
ford, to appear, the matter was delay- 
ed for an hour. 

During the early portion of August 
an application was made for a lieeose 
by M. R. Sheedy, Inc. This was pro- 
tested by the White Rats. Later 
Sheedy withdrew the application. 

The present application was made 
by Mr. Sheedy individually. Mount- 
ford again appeared as the protestant. 
When Mr. Mountford failed to appear 
Wednesday morning, Attorney Cahill 
of the Dennis F. O'Brien office, said, 
after waiting an hour, that he Vas pre- 
pared to go on. The only witness ex- 
amined during the day was Harold S. 
Cox, summoned by Mountford. Mr. 
Cox's testimony was not of the mate- 
rial that would prove that Mr. Sheedy 
was not financially responsible, that 
being the ground of the Mountford 
protest. In summoning Mr. Cox, Mr. 
Mountford placed the former in a 
rather peculiar position. 

Mr. Cahill, for Mr. Mountford, of- 
fered in evidence a transcript of the 
former hearing in the matter of the 
protest to the Sheedy Inc., license. This 
was accepted by the Commissioner 
after a protest by Attorney McMahon, 
for Sheedy. Then Mr. Cox was placed 
on the stand. 

The hearing was adjourned until 
Thursday morning to give Mr. Cahill 
an opportunity of furnishing docu- 
mentary evidence that would refute 
Cox's final statement false. The state- 
ment was that he (Cox) had only been 
a salaried employee of the Atlas Book- 
ing Circuit. 

After adjournment had been grant- 
ed Mr. McMahon endeavored to have 
the Commissioner dismiss the com- 
plaint. Mr. Robinson replied he would 
not give out a decision until Thursday. 
The Commissioner added he thought 
it peculiar that Mountford should 
have made a statement in his pres- 
ence that he (Mountford) would op- 
pose the granting of a license to any 
member of the now defunct I. B. A., 
all of whom were equally guilty (if 
there had been any wrong doing) and 
Mountford had then given to one, J. 
J. Quigley, a certificate of good char- 
acter. 

With a view of dealing equal Jus- 
tice to all, said the Commissioner, he 
was forced to hold up Mr. Quigley 's 
license under the Sheedy case should 
be finished. 

As all licenses are to be issued with- 
in a period of thirty days after the 
application has been filed, and as Quig- 
ley's application has been in the office 
of the Commissioner for twenty-eight 
days, a decision must be rendered this 
week. 

It was the consensus of opinion of 
those present at the hearing on Thurs- 
day that Mr. Sheedy would have 
his application granted. 



QUIGLEY, GOING AND COMING. 

Boston, Sept. 29. 

J. J. Quigley, a Boston "small 
time" agent, formerly connected with 
the Independent Booking Agency of 
New York, was tangled up with the 
law this week. Tuesday Quigley caus- 
ed Jock MoKay (playing at Keith's) 
to be attached upon a claim for $287, 
alleging breach of contract. The body 
writ was served upon Mr. McKay late 
at night. He was compelled to de- 
posit all jewelry and money upon his 
person to avoid spending his sleeping 
time in Jail. 

Just before things went the 
other way for Quigley, who is under- 
stood here to have lately received a 
"whitewash" certificate or recommen- 
dation for good character from an of- 
ficer of the White Rats. 

May McDonald, a prima donna, who 
worked a week booked by Quigley, 
could not secure payment of salary 
from him, and trusteed Qulgley's bank 
account at the Old Colony Trust. 

The booking was for week of July 
25, Miss McDonald having been noti- 
fied to play the engagement July 
23. Upon demand for her money 
through an attorney, Quigley informed 
the lawyer the young woman was en- 
titled to no pay through not having 
forwarded photos in sufficient time. 
Afterwards the claim was made that 
Mi 88 McDonald had been booked by 
the I. B. A. 



ORDERED CHILDREN OUT. 

Providence, R. I., Sept. 29. 

The police of Woonsocket, a town 
near here, paid a visit to Lynch's thea- 
tre and the Nickel, and ordered 150 
children out of the first named and 
twenty-five out of the second. This 
was in the enforcement of the law, 
providing that boys under fourteen, 
and girls under sixteen, can not attend 
theatres unless accompanied by adults. 

The attraction playing Lynch's at 
that time was Mrs. Tom Thumb and 
Co. All the children had been attract- 
ed to the theatre mainly to see this 
act. The police visited other places 
of amusement, but found no violators 
of the law. The minimum fine is $5 
and the maximum is $20 for each vio- 
lation, if the police choose to bring 
the violators into court. 



n 



A MAJESTIC FOR SHUBERTS. 

Evansville, Sept. 29. 
The future of the Majestic, which 
has been much in doubt, was announc- 
ed as definitely settled when Henry 
Myers came on from New York last 
Monday and assumed its management. 
Myers, J. J. Coleman and F. Ray Corn- 
stock have purchased the property 
from the Louisville Fidelity and Trust 
Co., and it will in future be operated 
as a Shubert house. Clara Lipman, 
in "The Marriage of a Star," opens 
there Oct. 3. 



LOEWS BOSTON OFFICE. 

Boston, Sept. 29. 

Fred Mardo will become the Boston 
booking representative for the Loew 
circuit. Loew has acquired a num- 
ber of New England theatres. Mr. 
Mardo will have the booking of these. 
He will also procure such new book- 
ings as he may for the branch office. 

Mr. Mardo recently resigned from 
the charge of the Morris office here, 
immediately opening his own office. 



Press Eldrege opens at the Ameri- 
can, Chicago, Monday, for the week. 



ASKING FOR "SHUT-OUT." 

Columbus, Sept. 29. 

Gus Sun passed the brass ring 
to Carl C. De Mayne and Co., who 
applied for time on his circuit, 
the act stipulating that all contracts 
shall contain this clause: "No other 
black-face act is to give a perform- 
ance in said theatre within two weeks 
previous to this date." 

Sun is an old time circus manager 
and has made many "shut-out" con- 
tracts in that branch, but he declares 
that this is the first time he ever 
heard of a vaudeville act demanding a 
contract of that sort. 



RAWL5°V0N KAUFMAN 



Edith Talbot, who has been playing 
in the west, has arrived in New York 
for her Eastern debut. Miss Talbot 
has a monolog. 




FOX'S NEMO OPEN. 

New York's newest combination 
pop" house, the Nemo, was opened 
last Saturday night. The attendance 
was so great that the returns for the 
two shows given during the evening 
were far in excess of what the man- 
agement had anticipated. The the- 
atre was originally the Lion Palace, 
built several years ago. 

The house has a seating capacity 
of 1,100 on its two floors. There is 
no gallery. Twelve boxes run in 
two tiers of three each. The decora- 
tions are of a brown and crimson 
scheme throughout, and the effect is 
very pretty. 

The lobby is of a comfortable size. 
Saturday night it was crowded with 
floral offerings wishing William Fox, 
the present owner, "good luck." 

As early as eight o'clock the the- 
atre was jammed to the doors and the 
crowd still coming. The audience was 
one of real "class" drawn from the 
immediate neighborhood, crowded 
with gigantic apartment houses of the 
highest grade. Dinner coats were in 
evidence in the auditorium. The man- 
agement evidently felt that they were 
to entertain the better class for the 
ushers were all clad in tuxedos. 

The prog: am for the opening was 
of seven acts and pictures. This num- 
ber of acts is two in excess of the 
regular policy that the house is to 
follow. The show comprised Elinore 
Palmer, "For He/ Husband's Sake," 
Amazon Trio, Burns and Lawrence, 
Barry and Frank, Homer and Brand, 
and Wangdoodle Four. 

After the first performance finished 
and while the audience still remain- 
ed seated, Pat Casey appeared before 
the footlights. In a speech he thank- 
ed the audience on behalf of the man- 
agement for their attendance and hop- 
ed that they were as pleased with the 
entertainment offered as the manage- 
ment was to have them present. He 
further stated that the policy of the 
house would be three shows daily 
(Sundays included), one show in the 
afternoon and two in the evening. 

The opening was a success from 
every viewpoint that could be taken. 
Mr. Fox appears to have acquired a 
very valuable piece of property that 
should prove a veritable "gold mine." 



BALLOONIST SUPPOSED TO HAVE 
DROWNED. 

Chicago, Sept. 29. 
Tim Keeler wires Variety from 
Houghton, Mich., where a county fair 
is in progress, that Homer Hazard 
made a balloon ascension Tuesday 
afternoon. He had not been heard 
from up to Wednesday evening, and 
it is supposed that he has drowned in 
Portage Lake. Searching parties have 
been organized to try and locate 
something definite as to his fate. 



$15,000 FOR FOUR DAYS. 

Boston, Sept. 29. 

Grahame-White, the aviator, will be 
the star attraction at the Brockton 
Fair, at Brockton, Oct. 4, S, 6, 7. Th*- 
management has contracted to pay him 
$1.'»,000 for the four days. 

The admission price has not been 
increased. 

B. F. Keith offered the aviator $5»ft 
for a week at his Boston theatre. 



VARIETY 



ii 



WINDYTOWN MANAGERS ORGAN- 
IZE. 

Chicago, Sept. 29. 

Last Thursday about fifty manag- 
ers of the outlying vaudeville theatres 
met at the Great Northern Hotel and 
organized the Family Theatre Man- 
agers' Association. At subsequent 
meetings the interests of the 10-20 
proposition were discussed and these 
officers elected: Ludwlg Schindler, 
president; Chas. Hatch, vice-presi- 
dent; L. A. Calvin, secretary, and Paul 
Schindler, treasurer. This organiza- 
tion takes the place of an association 
which had previously included the 
small time managers, but not so many 
as have joined the present association. 
The subject of theatre legislation, 
scheduled to come before the City 
Council next week, has drawn the lo- 
cal magnates together regardless of 
opposition or affiliations. The pro- 
posed amendments will have a vital 
bearing upon the future of the small 
theatres. 

Changes in the building laws are 
imminent, among them the elimina- 
tion of frame buildings as places of 
amusement and the restrictions on fu- 
ture construction of theatres, which 
would compel strictly fire proof regu- 
lations and a fulfilment of all re- 
quirements as to location and other 
details to comply with Class V houses. 

The managers now want to have 
the life of frame theatres at present 
in operation extended to June 1 next; 
they also object to a proposed change 
in the scenic equipment of other the- 
atres than Class V. At present small 
houses are allowed to use a parlor, 
garden, olio and street drop. The 
new ordinance would cut the scenery 
to a street and any other one drop 
the manager shall elect. It is con- 
tended that it will be impossible to 
properly present the present styl" and 
class of vaudeville acts with less scen- 
ery than is now allowed. 

Under the proposed new ordinance 
all drops must be of asbestos, and the 
only stationary scenery which will be 
allowed includes three wings on each 
side permanently fastened, and four 
borders. The ordinance is in commit- 
tee, to be reported for passage next 
Monday. 



TWINS KKPT OUT. 

Hartford, Sept. 29. 

There are no Terry Twins on the 
Poli program this week, though they 
were advertised to appear here be- 
fore the show opened Monday. 

Upon reporting the Twins were In- 
formed they did not play. The only 
reason they can think of for the can- 
cellation is that they appeared for 
one week in an "opposition" house. 
Next Monday they are due at Poll's, 
Hridgeport. 

After seeing the Twins around 
town, people here think the reason 
for the cancellation must be that the 
management was afraid it would pay 
the salary twice, the Terry boys look- 
ing so much alike no one knows who 
is who among them. 



ANOTHER PROTEST. 

During the past week two agents 
have made application to the Commis- 
sioner of Licenses, Herman Robinson, 
for licenses. They are William "Josh" 
Daly and Edward F. Kealey. 

The former has his office located in 
the Gaiety Theatre building and is to 
book acts, while the latter has the of- 
fice formerly occupied by Joe Wood 
in West 42 nd street, and is to con- 
tinue as heretofore placing the attrac- 
tions for the William Fox circuit of 
"pop" houses. 

Wednesday morning two protests 
were filed with the Commissioner 
against the application for a license 
made by Kealey. Neither of the pro- 
tests were definite as to the specific 
charges that would be made against 
him. 

The protestants are the White Rats, 
and Harry De Veaux, on behalf of the 
Actors' International Union. 



NEW BRONX OCT. 15. 

The opening date for Marcus 
Loew's new Bronx theatre, National, 
is to be Oct. 15, as the plans now 
stand. 

The other new Harlem house of the 
circuit, Loew's Seventh avenue, is due 
to open this evening (Saturday) if 
everything can be made ready by 
then. 



SMOKING IN "SMALL TIMERS/* 

Smoking in "small time" houses has 
commenced. At the Majestic, New 
York, one of the Loew Consolidated 
circuit of theatres, smoking is allow- 
ed in the balcony and in the boxes 
on the orchestra floor. 

Miany of the vaudeville "big time" 
houses permit smoking, but where 
the permission is not general on the 
"big time," the smokers are confined 
to the first balcony only. 

Since the announcement that smok- 
ing would be permitted in the first 
balcony of Loew's Lincoln Square, 
Manager Ferguson says that business 
had increased In that part of the 
house. He has also made arrange- 
ments for printed programs which will 
be distributed at each performance. 



ONE MOZART STOPS. 

Elmira, N. Y., Sept. 29. 
The Mozart Theatre will discontinue 
vaudeville, opening with stock Oct. 3. 
It is a house of Edward Mozart and 
the White Rats. With this season, 
there opened in opposition to it with 
vaudeville the rebuilt Family, of Shea 
& Buckner's. 



WATCHING RAISE IN PRICE. 

San Francisco, Sept. 29. 

The Chutes raised its admission 
scale last Sunday, making the top price 
fifty cents. The move is being watch- 
ed by local variety managers. 

It is said that Sam Harris of the 
Wigwam will follow suit If the Chutes 
can hold up its business under the 
scale. The present rate at the Wig- 
wam is 10-20-30. 



MarLallen and Carson returned to 
New York this week. The roller skat- 
ers open at the American Oct. 10. 



Mamie Harnish Is on the United 
time, booked by Al. Sutherland. Miss 
Harnish is a western girl. This is her 
first season east. 



"The Code Rook," an Orpheum cir- 
cuit production, is booked to appear at 
Hammersteln's Oct. 31. 



COMPLAINT PENDING. 

L Continued from Page 3.] 

Booking Office, and had never paid 
more than five per cent. Then receBs 
was ordered. 

When the hearing was reopened in 
the afternoon it was discovered that 
Mr. Mountford had evidently taken 
with him by mistake the list that Mr. 
Goodman had of those who had sworn 
to affidavits in Fraser s defense. When 
Mr. Mountford was called up tfcb was 
discovered to be a fait, and it was 
then that Mr. Mountford asked over 
the phone that he might have the final 
hearing adjourned so that he might 
offer affidavits in rebuttal. 

The two hours that the hearing 
lasted during the afternoon were spent 
in the reading of the affidavits offered 
in Fraser's defense, of which there 
were more than fifty, the majority 
from artists. Among those that were 
read the following names appeared: 

Claire Dorva; Vincent DeLeon; 
Florence Redfleld (Hayes and Red- 
field); Jack and James Atkin; Elinore 
Jerome; Thomas C. Queen; Sam Lee; 
Max Fields; Thomas Crowley; Ralph 
Todesca; John Brennan (Jordan and 
Brennan); James C. Moore; Albert 
Parker (Parker Bros.); Prof. H. R. 
Davis; Mrs. Ethel Hughes; Freeman 
Fiske; Herman A. Mayer; Harry Bo- 
wen (Bowen Bros) ; Charles C. Ern- 
est; J. Gaffney Brown; James Margo; 
Gertrude Fitzgerald; Billy Brightman; 
Allle Johnson; Mme. Flower; Morris 
Art; Alex. McDearmaidt; Robert 
Branney; Jos. Kosta; Onera Castellu- 
chi; Eddie Foyer; John W. Farrell; 
William Morris (not the manager); 
Arthur Link; Charles Edward Thurs- 
ton; Bert LaMont; Louis Barber 
(Aerial Barbers); Prince Masculin; 
Dave Long; Jos. J. Pantuso; Frank 
Moore; Elmer Premier; Fred Ullner; 
Fred Peterson Ullner; Paul Bell; 
Henry Satz; Henry Meyers, Henry 
Santos; Ted Love; Beth Hall; Frank 
Cullen; Harry Elzaro; George Press- 
by; George Smith; Al. Sommerby; 
Will G. Rogers; Arthur Cheers; Matt 
Leslie; Elinore Bumstead; Benjamin 
Loring, and Mabel Carew. 

These names were carefully noted 
by Mr. DeVeaux, who after the hear- 
ing stated that he was certain that 
none of the members of the lately 
formed Boston Local of the Union 
which he represents were among those 
read. Some of the affidavits carried 
addresses. Several gave 1553 Broad- 
way, New York, as the address. As 
that address is the headquarters of 
the White Rats of America, Mr. Good- 
man when questioned after the hear- 
ing by the Variety representative ad- 
mitted that no less than ten members 
of the White Rats had signed affida- 
vits in Fraser's behalf. 

Following the reading of the affi- 
davits, all accepted in evidence by the 
Commissioner, Mr. Goodman closed his 
case, asking the Commissioner, in 
view of the preponderance of evidence 
offered as to the square business 
methods and good character of Fraser, 
and that as the latter had severed his 
connection with the United Booking 
Offices, with a view of opening his 
own office and could not do any book- 
ing while the license question was in 
abeyance, that the Commissioner dis- 
miss the protest and grant the license. 



SHEEDY'S NEW BOOKINGS. 

The M. R. Sheedy office in the 
Knickerbocker Theatre building was 
removed this week from the second 
floor to the first, where once reigned 
a corporation known as the Independ- 
ent Booking Agency, of which Sheedy 
was president. 

Associated with Sheedy in the new 
booking quarters will be J. B. Mor- 
ris, who has two or three houses to 
look after; Peck & Hart, with a 
few more, and, it is said, Frank A. 
Keeney. Joe Wood is reported to 
have made application to the Sheedy 
office for a booking connection. 

Mr. Keeney has been an adherent 
of the Feiber & Shea agency, hav- 
ing left the I. B. A. with that firm. 

Watertown, N. Y., Sept. 29. 
Frank A. Keeney, the New York 
manager, has taken the Orpheum, this 
city, and will re-open it with "pop" 
vaudeville Oct. 3. The Orpheum has 
had several managers and policies 
during the past three years. 

Fall River, Sept. 29. 

The Savoy is booked by the Loew 
Circuit. It reopened last Monday 
under the new auspices. Julius Cahn 
retains the management of the house. 

M. R. Sheedy formerly placed the 
vaudeville in the Savoy. Recently 
the Loew people secured the Bijou, 
when a general pool of local theatres 
followed. On top of that, Loew was 
given the Savoy by Cahn, Sheedy los- 
ing out on the proposition. 

The deal as at first shaped up was 
that Sheedy should continue with the 
Savoy, securing his bills through the 
Loew Agency. This plan seemed to 
have struck Sheedy unfavorably, as 
he has a booking office of his own in 
New York. 

It is said Sheedy communicated with 
Jake Shubert and thought ho bad 
everything arranged. Previous to the 
house opening Monday, the Sneedy- 
Shubert understanding came to the 
knowledge of the Loew office, which 
thereupon grabbed off the whole 
works, claiming that a violation of 
managerial ethics had been commit- 
ted. 

The latter stated that it was his 
intention to adjourn the case until 
this morning at 10 o'clock. 

Earlier in the day Mr. Goodman had 
brought out the fact that the reason 
Mr. Fraser had severed his connection 
with the United Booking Offices was 
that he did not care to continue in 
the capacity of a salaried employee, 
and, as he practically controlled all of 
the time in Boston that was not op- 
position to the U. B. O., that office 
was to use his time to "break the 
jumps" for acts that the Unit»-d's Fam- 
ily Department was playing through 
the New England territory, and that 
If Fraser had succeeded In obtaining 
a license for the National Hooking 
Office, he was to receive tin: five per 
cent, commission for the weeks the 
"United Acts" played his houses. 

This contest over Frazer's license is 
looked upon by many in the world 
of vaudeville as the first direct clash 
between the United Hooking Otlices 
and the White Hats of Anwrica nwr 
x the new a^'iiry law. 



12 



VARIETY 



HUGO HERZOG DEAD. 

The death of Hugo Herzog occur- 
red Sept. 25 at the German Hospital, 
New York, following an operation for 
appendicitis. Mr. Herzog had been 
Buffering for five months. He delay- 
ed going upon the operating table un- 
til too late to have the appendix in- 
tact successfully removed. 

The deceased was one of the best 
known and most popular foreign ai - 
tists in the city. He came here some 
years ago, remaining in the country 
continually since. His brother, Man- 
uel, is at present traveling with Her- 
zog's Horses. 

Hugo was an expert horseman. For 
the past couple of years he gave up 
the public exhibition of animals, con- 
ducting a private riding school where 
he trained horses. He was of fine 
appearance, gentle in manner* making 
friends quickly, and had a host of 
acquaintances in and out of the pro- 
fession. 

Alexander Steiner, who has looked 
after the vaudeville bookings of the 
Herzogs for many years, gave close 
attention to his friend during the 
fatal illness, and was with him at the 
end. 



Sydney, Australia, Aug. 29. 

Emll Jandeschewskl, the youngest 
member of the Do Ray Me Trio of 
comedy musicians, met with a fatal ac- 
cident at the Palace Hotel, Melbourne, 
Monday. The deceased was leaving 
for the evening performance at the 
Gaiety when he was caught between 
the elevator and the floor. He died 
shortly afterwards. The lad was but 
nineteen years of age, and very popu- 
lar. The theatre closed for the eve- 
ning performance. 



Sydney, Australia, Aug. 29. 
Frank Howard, at one time secre- 
tary of the Melbourne A. V. A., died 
this week, after a lingering illness. 



Mrs. Howard Truesdell died at 
Peekskill, N. Y., last week. Her hus- 
band and daughter (Mrs. Henry Ein- 
stein) survive her. Mrs. Truesdell was 
a member of her husband's company 
playing comedy sketches in vaudeville 
until two years ago, when she was 
taken ill and forced to retire. 



Klizuheth Lnvern, wife of S. W. 
Laveen of Laveen, Cross an 1 Company 
died in Boston, Sept. 22, of diabetes. 
The Laveens have been married for 
the past six years. The husband alone 
survives her. 



William Kerren, the father of Frank 

.Kerren, was struck by a train and in- 
stantly killed at San Diego, Cal., one 
day last week. 



ANOTHKK ORPHKIM STAND. 

San Diego, Cal., Sept. 2 6. 

The Garrlck started its Orphcum cir- 
cuit vaudeville Monday, to a capacity 
house. J. M. Dodge is manager of the 
theatre, which will break the Jump in 
the Orpheum circuit between Los An- 
geles and Salt Lake City. The ar- 
rangements were made between the 
local house and the circuit last sum- 
mer, Clarence Drown of the Los An- 
geles Orpheum representing that end. 



SIGNS NEW AGREEMENT. 

Chicago, Sept. 29. 

The local of the Actors' Union, 
though its president, John Nemo, serv- 
ed notice this week the existing agree- 
ment between the union and the agen- 
cies would terminate in 90 days, un- 
der a clause permitting this notice to 
be served by either. 

Monday at a conference a new 
agreement was drawn up, embodying 
practically all the provisions of the 
original draft, and allowing for ar- 
bitration for differences between man- 
agers and artists. 

Charles E. Bray, general manager 
of the Western Vaudeville Association, 
signed the new paper. Immediately 
after, when President Nemo with a 
committee called upon James C. Mat- 
thews, representing William Morris, 
he did likewise. The new understand- 
ing takes effect at once. 

The agreement binds the agency 
booking to ask the applicant applying 
for time in Chicago if he has an Ac- 
tor's Union permit. The union has 
made a start unionizing the "small 
timers." 



MORE LAW IN A CANINE CASE. 

Chicago, Sept. 29. 

The Hickey-Morris contest for the 
possession of George's Dogs goes on 
apace and legal formalities multiply. 
After many bouts in court, Mr. and 
Mrs. Leon Morris came into Chicago 
last Thursday, on the strength of a 
warrant Hickey had issued charging 
them with larceny. Judge Newcomer 
heard their side of *the story and dis- 
charged them. 

Leaving the court room they were 
served with notice to show cause why 
they should not be adjudged in con- 
tempt of court, returnable before 
Judge Windes, for taking the dogs 
away from Sittner's theatre, recently, 
by strategy and force. 



HAS A COMPLAINT. 

Charles Mills, the German monol- 
ogist, who came east early last sum- 
mer and filled a number of dates in 
Manhattan and vicinity, has a griev- 
ance against Joe Wood, which Mills 
says will be aired before the commis- 
sioner of licenses. Mills, who claims 
he has contracts and telegrams to cor- 
roborate his statement, says that he 
went to Utica two weeks ago last Mon- 
day where he played one show. Bob 
MacDonald, the Scotch comedian, ar- 
rived with a telegram in his hands, 
telling him to go to Utica from Syra- 
cuse where he had appeared before 
and have Mills go to Syracuse in his 
place. 

Mills told a Variety representative 
he went to Syracuse but was turned 
down by the Savoy theatre manager. 
Then Mills returned to Utica but was 
unable, he says, to obtain any satis- 
faction from Wood or the local man- 
ager. Through financial assistance 
from A. Coccia, manager of Shubert's, 
Utica, and Clark and Bergman, 
a vaudeville team, Mills was enabled 
to return to Broadway. Mills avers 
that Wood sent back his (Mills) tele- 
grams unsigned and unpaid. 



ADELE RITCHIE. 

Adele Ritchie Is to remain in vaude- 
ville for this season at least. "The 
Dresden china comedienne" has been 
very successful in the field since her 
re-entrance some weeks ago. 

At Hammerstein's this week, where 
Miss Ritchie is playing a return en- 
gagement within six weeks, she is 
scoring with a new repertoire of 
songs. 

"Winter," a brand new one written 
especially for her, is a big addition, 
and Miss Ritchie sings as only she can 
put over these jingly numbers. 

Fred Ward is directing Miss 
Ritchie's vaudeville tour. 




HERE'S BILLY GOULD 

By WILLIAM GOULD. 

Al. Fields told me a good one about 
a German animal actor just arrived 
in America and who speaking "broken 
baby English" (two weeks old). The 
German said: "I make fordy weegs wid 
Villim Morris and my gondrag ret. 
He pays all rail roag fares west of 
the Pacific Slop." 



Bill Macart is breaking his wife in 
to tell jokes. Bill says, "Old age is 
galloping up and some people do get 
rheumatism for a present these days." 
Should he be handed the package he 
wants to see his beautiful wife safe 
on her theatrical journey. 



Chris Brown's in town (local news) 



- Dick Gardner (Gardner and Rivers) 
is here and says "When I get to New 
York I don't know how to act." You 
know how to act, Dick; the trouble is 
to find a place to practice. 



Willie Hammerstein wears a broad 
expansive smile these days. S. R. O. 
is the answer. 

Aaron Kessler — ditto. 

Harry Mock — likewise. 

Mike Simon — also. 



Alf Whalen, the Australian mimic, 
did a specialty at the usual concert on 
board the Lusitania. While he was 
delivering his monolog a cat kept 
meowing, disconcerting him. The cat 
jumped upon the dining table in front 
of Alf. He finished by saying: 

"I intended to do a inonolog but will 
have to finish with a catalog. (Don't 
slow down in the fog, captain.) 



Yes, there is a new team in the 
vaudeville field. Billy Gould, assisted 
by Margaret Mudge. (Good luck to 
me.) 



My old pal, Harry Kelly, opens next 
Tuesday as a star at the New York 
Theatre. I hear you have a very good 
and funny show, Hank, and I hope the 
speculators reap a harvest on your 
maiden effort as a star. Ed. Wynn 
has made quite a hit in Kelly's com- 
pany. 



Is this a great season? I should 
say it is. Izzy Ward worked last 
Sunday, twice. 



Those three boys from Frisco, 
Hedges Brothers and Jacobson, are 
doing large things to New Yorkers at 
Hammerstein's this week. Lee Lloyd 
will repeat the same prescription when 
he opens here. Remember this, for 
I'm going to say "What did I tell 
you?" 



MURPHY and FRANCIS 

Can Accept Weeks of Oct. 24-31 at, and Not. 7th 

Before Leaving for EUROPE. 

Address 732 East 223d St., New York City. 



D'AMON'S FIRST CHANCE. 

D'Amon, the mind reader, will ap- 
pear around New York City next week. 
He is to be at the Warburton, Yonk- 
ers, booked with Edw. S. Keller, man- 
ager, through Alf T. Wilton. 

D'Amon has been reported as a very 
clever worker in his line. Much local 
curiosity concerning his act has been 
excited for some time back. 



VARIETY 



13 



CIRCUS ACTS ENGAGED. 

The Barnum and Bailey show and 
the Ringling Brothers circus will close 
their season within three days of each 
other. The season of the former ends 
at Clarksdale, Miss., Nov. 5, while the 
Ringling show gives it last perform- 
ance at West Point, Miss., Nov. X. 
The Barnum outfit will come north and 
winter at Bridgeport, Conn., as in 
previous years. The Rhigling circus 
will go to its usual quarters at Bara- 
boo, Wis. 

Vaudeville will, as usual, take care 
of a number of acts from the big tent 
aggregations. This year the Nellie 
Carroll Trio, Alonzo-Bracco Troupe, 
Patty-Frank Troupe and the Marcou- 
banis are booked over the United book- 
ing offices' time. 

Bradna and Derrick, Joe de Koe 
Troupe, La Belle Victoria and Veder- 
veld's monkey will come to the Hippo- 
drome in New York, while the Charlie 
Slegrist Troupe will be found with the 
Rhoda Royal Winter circus. 



SMALL TOWN EXCITEMENT. 

Georgetown, Del., Sept. 29. 

This town is just recovering from 
a billing war, raging for the past 
three weeks between the advertising 
forces of the Haag show, which play- 
ed here last Monday, and those of the 
Robbins' circus, booked for Oct. 10. 

For the past two weeks a force 
from either side has remained on the 
ground, the rivalry for locations 
reached a fever heat on several oc- 
casions. 

The Haag boys built a four high 
ninety-six foot long board fence near 
the railroad station, while the Rob- 
bins' men caught the center of the 
town with two 28 sheet stands. 



REVENGE— VIA CARBOLIC. 

San Francisco, Sept. 29. 

Laura Lyle Jones, reported formerly 
of the Anna Held Company, was terri- 
bly burned by carbolic acid about the 
face and shoulders, which may result 
in disfiguring her for life. Dr. Walter 
Henesey called last week at the Ho- 
tel Miles, where Miss Jones was stop- 
ping. He was accompanied by Mrs. 
Xetta Bluhm, proprietor of the Hotel 
Cecil, Henesey asked that Miss Jones 
come down to the parlor, which she 
did. 

An invitation to accompany them 
for an auto ride was refused by Miss 
Jones, whereupon Henesey grappled 
with her, pouring the contents of a 
bottle of carbolic acid over her face 
and shoulders. 

Her "screams of agony caused the 
Doctor and his companion to make a 
hurried exit. An attempt by the clerk 
of the hotel to stop them was repulsed 
by the doctor drawing a revolver. 
They were later arrested and held 
several days until Miss Jones was able 
to swear to a complaint against them. 

According to Miss Jones she has 
been persecuted for some time by 
Henesey who has repeatedly requested 
her to marry him. Immediately after 
signing the complaint Miss Jones col- 
lapsed and was conveyed to her apart- 
ments in an unconscious condition. 




HINGLING'S HEALTH RESORT. 

Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 29. 

John Ringling is to spend in the 
neighborhood of $2,000,000 in devel- 
oping and improving White Sulphur 
Springs, Mont. It is the intention of 
the wealthy circus man to establish an 
all-round health and outing resort at 
this point in the Montana hills. 

The construction of a branch line 
of railroad connecting the resort with 
the coast line of the Chicago, Milwau- 
kee and St. Paul R. R. a distance of 
approximately eighteen miles distant 
will cost $1,500,000. This improve- 
ment and the construction of a hotel, 
which is to cost $300,000, are already 
under way. 



THIS IS TOUGH. 

Cairo, 111., Sept. 29. 

Two young Cairo men are sadder, 
but wiser, since the Campbell circus 
came to town. The local "lady kill- 
ers" took in the side show, formed an 
acquaintance with two young women 
performers, bought their photographs 
and made a date for after the show. 

The "heartbreakers" waited in vain. 
They learned after that they had "fall- 
en" for female impersonators. The lo- 
cal bars are doing a thriving business. 



SUED FOR COSTUMES AND SAL- 
ARY. 

Omaha, Sept. 29. 
When the Forepaugh-Sells show 
played here Foster Glasscock filed a 
replevin suit to secure his aerial 
equipment costumes and two weeks' 
wages. He claimed the show refused 
to release him from a two years' con- 
tract. Glasscock and his wife have 
been doing a double trapeze act with 
the show, but Mrs. Glasscock has been 
ill and unable to perform for some 
time. 



Pavlova and Mordkin arrived in 
this country on the Kaiser Wilhelm 
II, last Tuesday morning. 



HIGH DIVER INJURED. 

Trenton, N. J., Sept. 29. 

Arthur C. Holden, participating a 
diving act in conjunction with Kear- 
ney P. Speedy at the State Fair here, 
was knocked unconscious Tuesday 
afternoon after diving from a height 
of 105 feet. Holden remained sense- 
less for nearly an hour. He was re- 
vived by a physician. 

The fair opened Monday and busi- 
ness has been good. One of the 
Wright Brothers is here making two 
flights daily, weather permitting, in 
a biplane. 

The fair, by an offer of a gold medal 
set with diamonds for the man mak- 
ing the highest dive, started a friend- 
ly rivalry between Holden and Speedy. 
The latter started the fight for height 
honors by diving from the 80-foot 
mark. Holden went ten feet further 
in his first dive. Then Speedy, hav- 
ing no further lengths of ladder, with 
the aid of a platform managed to 
reach the century mark. 

It was in attempting to beat this 
mark by five feet that Holden was in- 
jured. He is around to-day with the 
aid of crutches and says that he will 
dive again before the fair is over. 



HIT WITH AN IDEA. 

According to the mind of a Brook- 
lynite who voiced hit* opinion in the 
Evening Post several nights ago, the 
circuB is to blame for the present 
high cost of living. 

He states that it is because of the 
fact of American circuses going 
abroad and of the peasant class in 
Europe seeing the laborers of the 
shows eating meat twice and three 
times a day while they were fortu- 
nate if they managed to get that 
much meat in a week, that the poorer 
class of Europeans have migrated to 
this country, and that, with the in- 
crease of emigration, the cost of liv- 
ing has soared correspondingly. 



CIRCUS MEN HURT. 

Canandaigua, N. Y., Sept. 29. 

Charles Landis, of Lewistown, Pa., 
an elephant man with the Frank Rob- 
bins shows, was severely hurt at Han- 
cock station while the circus was load- 
ing. A train cut off the ends of his 
toes and painfully mashed the foot. 

Peter Cavendar, another of the Rob- 
bins' show employes, was slightly hurt 
in the same accident. 



ON TRIAL FOR MURDER. 

Evansville, Ind., Sept. 29. 

Since last Friday Mrs. Jennie Ma- 
lar, former wardrobe woman of the 
Norris & Rowe show, has been on trial 
for the killing of James Simpson, 
whom she shot through the tent of 
the ladies' dressing room when she 
fired to frighten a "Peeping Tom" on 
the day the show opened here last 
April. 

The early testimony was favorable 
to the defendant. 



MORE OF GERMAN LAW. 

Berlin, Sept. 19. 

The German managers are still 
thinking up schemes to make a little 
money under the new agency law. The 
previous advice to American acts to 
secure solid bookings for Germany be- 
fore entering this country holds good. 
All acts in Germany have been rated 
at a salary, exceptng Otto Reutter. He 
is excluded through the great demand 
for his services. 

The law says that an act receiving 
600 marks a month shall pay an agen- 
cy commission of four per cent.; 800 
marks, six per cent.; 1,000 marks, 
eight per cent., and 1,500 marks or 
over, ten per cent. 

As the law says the manager and act 
must equally share the agency charge, 
acts receiving 600 marks must pay two 
per cent. This the small acts cannot 
afford to do. The large ones do not 
mind. 

The managers are trying to have 
the law revised . They want, for illus- 
tration, an act receiving 4,000 marks 
monthly to take 3,600 marks instead, 
with the manager obligated to pay but 
200 marks for commission. In this 
way, if the amendment goes through, 
the managers will add a profit of 200 
marks, or in proportion, to their book- 
ing department, on each act. 



HUTCHINSON REMINISCENCES. 

The death of James L. Hutchinson 
last week has brought forth many sto- 
ries of the former circus man. Some 
of the papers in printing his obituary 
stated that Mr. Hutchinson first sprung 
into prominence when he brought over 
Howe's London Circus to this side. 
Circus men correct this among them- 
selves, dating their talk back to '79, 
when James A. Bailey imported the 
London show. 

In the early days Mr. Hutchinson 
sold a book called "The Life of P. T. 
Barnum" in the Barnum circus. After- 
wards he became a partner with 
Messrs. Barnum and Bailey, and 
remained with the show when 
Bailey left the trio in '83. In '86, 
Bailey purchased the interest of Hut- 
chinson, Cole and Cooper in "The 
Greatest Show on Earth" and became 
an equal partner with Barnum. 

Mr. Hutchinson retired, and Is said 

to be the only circus proprietor on 

record who enjoyed the money which 

came to him from under the canvas. 

Mr. Hutchinson was rated a million- 
aire, had a country seat, yacht and all 
other pleasures which go with a for- 
tune of that amount. 

The death of Mr. Hutchinson and 
the many reminiscences about him, re- 
called the story of the "baby ele- 
phant," of which Mr. Hutchinson was 
aware and often told it, though the 
story laid between Barnum and Bailey. 
In '80 or '81, a baby elephant was 
born in the Howe London show, which 
was then fighting the Barnum circus. 
P. T. Barnum wired an offer of $100,- 
000 to Bailey for the newly born. 
Bailey reproduced the telegram on the 
billboards of the country, calling at- 
tention to the feature he was carry- 
ing that the great showman had of- 
fered $100,000 for. It is said by the 
old timers that this incident and its 
results had considerable to do with 
the merger of the Barnum and Bailey 
interests soon after. 



William Wallace, one of the cow- 
boys in a "Wild West" show that was 
the added attraction at the California 
State Fair, in Sacramento, was thrown 
from his horse and sustained a frac- 
ture of the right leg and lacerations of 
the knee. Me is a patient at the Coun- 
ty Hospital. 

C. F. Hafley, better known as "Cali- 
fornia Frank," claims that Bee Ho- 
Gray, the lasso thrower and roper, and 
Ada Somerville and her dancing horse, 
are still under his management. 

Frank denies any of his acts have 
been signed by M. W. Taylor of Phila- 
delphia or any one else. "California 
Frank's All-Star Wild West" will play 
Richmond, Va. t next week. 

Edward Shipp, the equestrian direc- 
tor of the Barnum and Bailey show, 
was presented with a beautiful gold 
medal last week by the performers 
with the circus. Shipp expects to take 
a large circus aggregation into Pan- 
ama this winter. 



14 



VARIETY 



NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation. First Appearance 

or Reappearance In or Around 

New York 



"The Monkey's Paw," American. 
Irwin and Herzog, American. 
Jessie Ifroughton, American. 
Johnson Clarke, American. 
Karno Comedy Co. (New Act), 

Colonial. 
"The Courtiers," Colonial. 
Gaston and IVArmond, Fifth Avenue. 
Cole and Johnson (New Act), Fifth 

Avenue. 
James Young, Fifth Avenue. 
Ilermon, Fifth Avenue. 

Hedges Bros, and Jacobson. 

Songs. 

15 Mine.; Full Stage. r 

Hammers tein's. 

Following the host of three-men 
singing and piano acts that have 
shown in New York In the past six 
months, Hedges Bros, and Jacobson 
billed as "Frisco Boys" — came into 
Hammersteln's last week and "cleaned 
up." Without taking any of the credit 
from the boys, in fairness to the other 
acts who have appeared at the house, 
it must be stated that Hedges Bros, 
and Jacobson "are in pretty soft" in 
this week's Hammerstein frame up. 
Closing before the intermission, a 
dandy position in Itself, following a 
good lively first part, with the audi- 
ence in the best of humor, they had 
things to their own liking. The trio 
dress neatly in dinner jackets which 
they carry well, and have it on most 
of the other "rathskeller" acts for 

appearance. They open In full stage, 
although they could work in "two" or 
possibly "one" if necessary. An up- 
right piano is employed. The first 
number is sung with two of the boys 
sitting on the top of the instrument. 
It gives a little different start, sending 
them off well. They take advantage 
of this, going ahead at a rapid gait to 
the finish. The numbers are not fam- 
iliar about here. That may be one of 
the reasons the boys did so well. They 
are not new but still are not the same 
as used by others. There is a 
good piano player in the trio, although 
the backstanders at Hammersteln's 
who placed him on a par with Mike 
Bernard were stretching it a bit. "Out 
in San Francisco Bay" a song used in 
a Broadway musical comedy by Truly 
Shattuck some six or seven years ago 
was put over by the boys in winning 
style and brought them back for their 
encore bit, which is really what pulls 
them out so big a winner. The piano 
player In the encore plays a saxophone 
upon which he is just as much at home 
as with the piano, his "rag" with the 
singing of the other two. mixed with a 
little "raggy" dance won them five or 
six bows and kept the gallery applaud- 
ing after the intermission sign was 
out. Hedges Bros, and Jacobson are 
a good act. They will entertain any 
audience, but they should not be led 
too far away by their showing at Ham- 
merstein's this week where they are 
placed just right for a killing. 

Dash. 



Sam Mann and Co. (7). 

"The New Leader" (Comedy). 

35 Mins.; One; Pull Stage (Bare); 

One. 

Orpheum. 

This is one of the best acts depict- 
ing in a comedy sense the Monday 
morning rehearsal at a vaudeville 
house. The act is practically a laugh 
from start to finish. With all the 
technical talk of theatrics, it carries 
enough of a story and real humor to 
make it a go on any bill. The com- 
pany presenting it is a good one 
throughout, even to the bits played 
by the "sister team." Nearly all of 
the comedy depends upon Sam Mann. 
He works heroically from his en- 
trance, which is from the rear of the 
orchestra. The stage manager (C. 
Howard Acker), the Hick actor (Henry 
B. Kay), "Props" (Joseph Bennett), 
and the headliner (Virginia Ware), 
are all characters true to life. Their 
work is almost above reproach. As 
the act stands at present it is too 
long, but that can be easily remedied. 
The opening is in "one." The stage 
manager orders the street drop lifted, 
disclosing a bare stage. The stage 
manager in this particular house is 
the lord of all he surveys, with the 
power of telling the manager who to 
hire and to fire. His first discovery 
is that the orchestra leader is late 
again for rehearsal. He phones to 
the musical union for a new man. 
There is a few minutes of dialog with 
"props." Then Prof. Flupps, the new 
leader (Mr. Mann) in a German com- 
edy makeup comes down the aisle. 
He is willing to work at the theatre 
for "his beer" and engages himself 
only under those conditions. The 
"hick" enters telling the stage man- 
ager that the manager, with whom he 
has just spoken "out front" has book- 
ed him. This does not please the 
autocratic stage manager, as the 
"hick" is the husband of the "head- 
liner" on whom the stage manager is 
sweet and who is a "holdover" fea- 
ture. The team has been separated 
for nearly a year. The female por- 
tion has achieved slight success; the 
male member has not been so fortu- 
nate. Flupps knew them both when 
they were working together. When 
the stage manager goes out front and 
comes back with the verdict that the 
male single is "canned," the old Ger- 
man, learning that the actor Is broke, 
says that he will see him after re- 
hearsal and buy his lunch. The "hick" 
leaves. His wife comes from her 
dressing room to rehearse. She rec- 
ognizes Flupps. He draws from her 
the story of the cause of the "split" 
of the team. She finishes the re- 
hearsal, when the stage manager tries 
to have her consent to go to dinner 
with him after the show. She gives 
him a tentative promise. Her hus- 
band comes in from the other side, 
and the old German musician brings 
the pair together again. After they 
leave the stage manager abuses the 
leader for meddling. This is in "one." 
A very laughable comedy scene takes 
place here, and ends with Flupps 
breaking his violin over the head of 
the stage manager, and leaving by 
the front of the house. The act was 
a laughing success up to the very last 
minute. It opened the second half of 
the show. Fred. 



Chas. Dodsworth and Co. 

"Scrooge" (Melodramatic). 

38 Mins.; Fall Stage (Special Setting). 

American. 

In a speech given by Chas. Dods- 
worth thanking the audience for great 
applause, he mentioned that this is his 
first vaudeville appearance. Whether 
Mr. Dodsworth meant in America he 
did not make plain. "Scrooge" is from 
Dickens' "Christmas Carol," played 
by an English company under the 
management of Tom Terrls. Seymour 
Hicks played the piece in England. 
There is no other connection 
between the two acts. In "Scrooge," 
Mr. Terris has provided himself 
with a large and excellent cast. By 
this he "made" the piece, for there 
is not a bit of doubt but that 
"Scrooge" scored the most roundly of 
any dramatic playlet in a New York 
vaudeville theatre for over a season 
back. Not an over large house greeted 
the act Monday evening. Mr. Dods- 
worth is "Scrooge," the miserly and 
elderly surviving member of a law 
firm. He is the grand old grouch of 
the universe. But when his former 
partner's ghost returns Christmas Eve 
and through a series (seen through a 
transparency) of living pictures (with 
dialog) indents upon his money-wrap- 
ed mind what he is missing and may 
receive, Scrooge undergoes a change 
of heart. His prodigality at the 
finale gives the piece its great big fin- 
ish, turning the tide of resentment 
among the audience into human joy. 
It is the finish which sends the sketch 
over so heavily. As the burden- 
lifted old skinflint, Mr. Dodsworth be- 
comes more convincing than as the 
grasping miser, which he makes too 
strong in his physical strength. Dods- 
worth is an excellent actor; so is Wal- 
lis Clark, who plays the ghost of Mar- 
ley, remaining upon the stage for over 
fifteen minutes. It is no sinecure to 
enact a ghostly role in the dark for a 
second or two. For one to hold the 
attention of the house, without ridi- 
cule, in such a character is a hardy 
feat. W. T. Terris, Tim Ryley and 
the others play well; It is this playing 
that prevents the piece from being ac- 
cepted lightly until the tide turns. 
In the earlier part are stretches which 
might be shortened and lengthy 
speeches which need trimming. Eight 
minutes off would aid what is already 
an interesting story. Dickens drew 
"A Christmas Carol" with a hair 
brush. It doesn't have to be played 
near as finely. The applause at the 
conclusion was tumultous. It would 
not be too much to say Mr. Dodsworth 
was nearly overcome at the volume of 
it. His speech under the circum- 
stances was as good as anything else 
before. Sime. 



Homer and Brand. 
Singing and Dancing. 
12 Mins.; One. 
Small Time. 

A* good "small time" "sister act." 
The girls look pleasing, can sing, and 
one is a clever hard shoe dancer. They 
work well together. The finish, with 
the one singing and changing time 
while the other is dancing, gives a good 
closing which earns them applause 
enough to pass the offering. Fred. 



Bothwell Browne. 

Impersonator. 

19 Mins.; One; Full Stage (Special 

Set). 
Fifth Ave. 

Bothwell Browne has been trying 
for the past three or four years to 
break into New York vaudeville. He 
has played often through the west, 
finishing up each time with a try for 
a New York showing. After this 
week's showing at the Fifth Avenue 
there should be no further trouble for 
Mr. Browne, for he is putting over 
female impersonations second only to 
Julian Eltinge's. Browne works a 
great deal like Eltlnge, getting entire- 
ly away from the distasteful side and 
making the impersonation a thing of 
wonderment. Opening with a "show 
girl" number, Browne uncovers some- 
thing of a marvel in the dressing line. 
A long clinging gown of soft black 
material trimmed with gold, with a 
long cape hung from the shoulders 
and the whole topped off with a big 
picture hat, makes a stunning cos- 
tume, carried as very few women 
would. The second number is a "Suf- 
fragette," introducing "The Pantaloon 
Girl," a divided skirt arrangement 
with a long cutaway coat in which 
Browne reminds one strongly of Ray 
Cox. It is a good novelty number that 
fits in nicely. The third comes as 
"The Fencing Girl" in a short skirt 
above the knees with a tight fitting 
sweater, in which the impersonator 
appears at his best. It rivals the bath- 
ing costume of Julian Eltinge, and 
Browne wears it capitally. The finale 
is a "Cleopatra" dance, with the 
stage settings and light effects. 
Browne's dress is elaborate and the 
dance nicely executed, making a very 
strong finish. In the matter of dress- 
ing and appearance Browne stands 
within striking distance of the head 
of his class. In this department he 
concedes Eltinge very little advantage. 
Voice is Browne's weakness. The 
lack of a good, strong singing voice 
Is missed. Well down on the bill at 
the Fifth Avenue this week, Bothwell 
Browne was a good substantial hit. 
He can go into any bill and make 
good, and with proper handling should 
become a drawing power. It was talk 
along Broadway during the week that 
the Fifth Avenue, after having releas- 
ed its headline attraction for the 
week (Eva Tanguay) could have 
more safely taken a chance with Mr. 
Browne to top the bill, than to have 
placed Rose Pitonof (in her third 
week) as the advertised feature, as 
long as the management decided to 
slip through short. 

Dash. 



Burns and Lawrence. 
Singing and Piano. 
10 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Small Time. 

Although this act is billed as Burns 
and Lawrence, the former half of the 
team was not present. Some one else 
was at the piano in his place. They 
offer three numbers, "Piano Man," 
"Italian Love," and "The Barber 
Shop Chord," in good style. This is 
a duo of the rathskeller type, and 
should do well enough in the "pop" 
houses. Fred. 



VARIETY 



»S 



*'La Fulto." 
25 Minutes. 
Olympte. 
Paris. 

H. B. Marinelli made an addition 
to his already excellent program Sept. 
9, by presenting a "pochade" entitled 
"La Fuite," by Rozenberg, who plays 
the principal part of a desperate lov- 
er. The "fuite" in this case refers 
to an escape of gas and not an elope- 
raent, though that Is the sequel to the 
story, which in points resembles the 
sketch played in England under the 
title of "The Plumber." A young 
"swell," In love with Arlette, an em- 
bryo actress, impersonates a gasfltter 
in order to remain near the young 
woman, who has previously shunned 
his advances. He taps the wrong 
pipe and causes water to spout on the 
others, disclosing he is not used to 
the job. But he curries favor by pass- 
ing as the chief of the "claque" at the 
theatre where Arlette has a small 
part. Arlette and he finally per- 
suade a South American admirer 
(who has hitherto footed her dress- 
makers' bills) to look for the leakage 
with a lighted candle. He is first 
covered by a white sheet to represent 
a monk's cowl, and then lead on to 
the top of a wardrobe, while the as- 
sumed plumber and Arlette retire to 
the next room. He finally locates the 
leakage, the escape of gas being imi- 
tated by a squib, and in his fright he 
falls into the wardrobe. Curtain. It 
is well played by the author, Jeanne 
Meryem, Harry Baur, etc., but as a 
comedy sketch is worth little. 

Ken. 



Lionel Swift & Co. (2) 
Comedy Sketch. 
22 Mins.; Four (Interior). 
Small Time. 

The characters introduced are 
a tall, bow-legged Englishman, an 
American girl, In search of a title, and 
lier guardian. The types are exagger- 
ated, especially the elongated Lon- 
doner. Too much time is devoted to 
working up the climax. The stagey 
speeches of the guardian border on 
the dime novel theme. There are 
pome funny lines, but they are wide- 
ly separated. In its present construc- 
tion the act is not likely to leave 
"small time." 



"For Her Husband's Sake" (Dra- 
matic). 
18 Mins.; Four. 
Small Time. 

In the company presenting "For 
Her Husband's Sake" there are three 
people; a woman and two men. The 
sketch is built somewhat along the 
lines of Blanche Walsh's "The Other 
Woman" of several seasons ago. The 
woman is a clever enough actress and 
the two men are capable. Their draw- 
back is a decided English accent, 
looked upon in some of the "small 
time" houses as comedy. The piece 
smacks of the melodramatic. The at- 
tempts of the cornered murderer to 
escape after he has been trapped by 
the woman and a detective, are rather 
weak. The same theme has been in 
use so often there is no novelty left. 
The act is one that could manage to 
pass in the better "pop" houses fairly 
well, Fred. 



Will Van AUen. 
Musical Monolog. 
7 Mins.; Four (Parlor). 
Hammers tein's. 

It isn't Mr. Van Allen's fault. He 
is an Englishman, making his first ap- 
pearance in America this week at the 
American. Mr. Van Allen may have 
rightfully judged that whoever booked 
him knew what would pass through 
over here. Van Allen's is a musical 
turn, with some talk. There should 
be no talk for America from Mr. Van 
Allen. Leaving the dialog out, there 
remains the musical portion. There 
are plenty of musical acts in this 
country which are not working just 
now. He secured applause by an at- 
tempted novelty playing of Clarice 
Mayne's "I'm Longing For Some One 
To Love Me." The audience recollec- 
ted the melody. New York always 
liked that. Mr. Van Allen might pass 
through on the "small time" on this 
side, but there is a reasonable doubt 
but that the small time managers 
would object to the "big time" salary 
the Englishman must have been en- 
gaged for. A funny incident occurred 
during Mr. Van Allen's turn Monday 
evening. After playing a violin, he 
started talking — dressed in ragged 
tramp clothes, with red nose and a 
piece of cloth sewn on a trouser leg 
to represent a tear. Someone behind 
the wings evidently did not want Mr. 
Van Allen to talk, and flashed the 
footlights several times. He refused 
to look that way. 

Sime. 



DuFrayne and Thayer. 
Comedy Sketch. 
13 Mins.; Four (Interior). 
Small Time. 

The taming of a domineering wire 
by a docile husband, who finally as- 
serts his right as the "better half" 
through following race track instruc- 
tions as to the curbing of her spirit, is 
the sketch, an old one. But DuFrayne 
and Thayer are putting it to profitable 
use over the "small time." DuFrayne 
as the "Newlywed" would help his ap- 
pearance by having his trousers 
pressed. 



The Hillyers. 

Manikin Models. 

8 Mins.; One (Cabinet Drop). 

Small Time. 

The Hillyers, man and woman, work 
after the manner of Fanny Rice, mak- 
ing up their faces to suit the charac- 
ters, and using the manikin models 
with the cabinet effect. The first are 
Colonial types, followed with Irish 
characters, and closing with the "song 
of the cats." The act is short enough 
to make the audiences clamor for 
more. Smaller circuits will profit by 
keeping this turn busy. 



Barry and Frank. 
Songs and Talk. 
18 Mins.; Four (Interior). 
Small Time. 

The man of the turn is fairly clever, 
managing to deliver a Harry Breen 
stunt in good style and which saves 
the act. There is no reason to be- 
lieve that the man as. a "single" and 
working in "one" would not heroine 
a good turn on thp "small time." 

Fred. 



Berry and Berry. 

Musical. 

21 Mins.; Four (Interior) (12); One 

(0). 
Orpheum, Brooklyn. 

Berry and Berry have long been big 
favorites over the Orpheum time in 
the west. Their initial appearance 
here was voted a genuine success, de- 
spite their "No. 1" position. Berry 
uses eccentric makeup and his wife ap- 
pears in a pretty cream chiffon gown, 
shaded in brown. The act opens in a 
drawing room where the musical in- 
struments are promiscuously placed. A 
duet on ballad horns is followed by a 
solo, "Underneath the Sugar Moon" by 
Mrs. Berry, rendered in sweet voice. 
The refrain is catchy. A snappy se- 
lection is then played by the team on 
banjos, followed by a cornet duet. 
After a pleasing number on reed in- 
struments, imitating bagpipes effect- 
ively, the act changes to "one," Berry 
and Berry closing with a saxophone 
number that was good for several en- 
cores. Berry introduces several com- 
edy bits, all well liked. The "mouse" 
effect is funny. The couple have the 
very latest popular hits. Berry's little 
piece at the finish took well with the 
Orpheum audience. The act will dup- 
plicate its western success in the east. 



James K. Home. 
Singing and Talking. 
15 Mins.; One. 
Small Time. 

Rome uses no facial make-up. He 
wears a red Scotch plaid cap, gaiters 
to match and loosely fitting clothes. 
Opening with a recitative number he 
fellows it with talking, and closes 
with a comic song fit that is a hit. 
Rome has a strong voice, enunciates 
well and gets his "Cloud on His Brow" 
number over in splendid shape. Some 
of the patter bears an ancient label. 
His noisy re-entrance after the first 
selection does not help. Rome could 
profit by making up his fare to har- 
monize with his raiment. 



Amazon Trio. 

Songs. 

12 Mins.; (hie. 

Small Time. 

Two women and a man make a 
stunning appearance, the best that 
may be said for them. The first num- 
ber is a trio, passingly fair. The 
women are clad in dark crimson cos- 
tumes, the man arrayed in a naval 
officer's dress uniform. At the con- 
clusion of the first number, the wom- 
en leave the stage and the man at- 
tempts a solo. His voice is not cap- 
able of standing up alone, and the 
number should bo dropped. 

Fred. 



Frechette and Frrgone. 
Singing and Talking. 
13 Mins.; One. 
Dewey. 

Two juvenile entertainers, who ap- 
parently have no difficulty in pleasing 
the patrons of the smaller houses. The 
boy dors too much posing, but has 
rather j« nice appearance. His best 
work is violin imitations. The girl 
is a "kid" all the way. Her actions 
during the boy's violin playing should 
he tabooed. They are "small time" 
fixtures. 



La Freya. 
Stereo pti con Poses. 
Mins.; Four. 
American. 

The general comment on the im- 
portation of Will Van Allen, another 
English act, might apply to La Freya, 
a French woman, playing the Ameri- 
can also for her first American appear- 
ance. She is the center of a simple 
posing turn, posing in the center of 
stereopticon pictures thrown upon the 
sheet. Standing upon a pedestal 
with tights only for a costume, La 
Freya fits into the white spaces of 
the pictures. Some red fire views at 
the finish helped the act somewhat. 
The exception to the Van Allen gen- 
eral comment is the poor manner in 
which this act is put on. From frame 
to slides, there appears to have been 
no effort made by the act to give it 
appearance or anything else. As far 
as the idea is concerned, it was aban- 
doned by the burlesque circuits over 
here some seasons ago. When used, 
it was placed in the olio for the pur- 
pose of securing a cheap act. Sime. 



Anna Bernard. 

Singing. 

10 Mins.; One. 

Majestic. 

When this winsome, captivating 
young miss walked off the stage after 
her third song, the audience wanted 
more. Several minutes after the pic- 
ture was running, the applause still 
continued. The big time might look 
this talented lass over. She has 
everything in her favor. Of pleasing 
appearance, young, wearing becoming 
clothes and possessing a clear, strong, 
cultured voice, of excellent range and 
quality, she became a prime favorite 
from the start. She opens with a 
light operatic selection, follows with 
"Honeymoon Glide" in spotlight, us- 
ing a hand mirror on some of the men 
in the audience. The bit is unneces- 
sary. Her voice is sufficient. N Miss 
Bernard changes to velvet knicker- 
bockers for this number. Her "Dream- 
ing" song at the close gave the range 
for her voice. A topical waltz song 
might be tried. 



John K. Brennan and Co. (1). 
"Hi Holler" (Raral Comedy). 
10 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set). 
Small Time. 

"Hi Holler" has jumped from "Way 
Down East" to vaudeville, John E. 
Brennan, long identified with the role, 
is again seen as the untutored, good- 
natured, grinning, country kid. The 
same sitting room from the famous 
play is used. "Sallie Slmpkins" 
comes from the city to sing for the 
home folks. "Hi" fails to meet her. 
She reaches the home to find it va- 
cant. "Hi" appears and In his fa- 
miliar dialect tells the audience about 
missing the woman. Brennan in- 
troduces a characteristic bit. singing 
The Barn Dance." He Is a good 
comedian and makes "Hi" a likeable 
character. The woman gives excel- 
lent support. She sings two num- 
bers in soprano voice. The closing 
tableau could bo bettor arranged. The 
act was an emphatic hit with the 
"small time" audiences. 



i6 



VARIETY 



v 



Hoy Harding. 
Piano Playing and Songs. 
15 Miiis.; One. 
American, CIricago. 

This young chap hit the "big time" 
Monday evening and won out cleverly. 
Since his "try-out" at the Bush Tem- 
ple during the past summer he has 
dropped the "slides" which then ex- 
tolled his staying powers as a Mara- 
thon pianist; but he still clings to the 
Ice-cream suit. If he would only 
dress himself like a regular human 
Harding would have an act requiring 
no excuses. The American audience 
took mightily kindly to his playing 
and enthused over the clever rendition 
of a "yawning song," five bows being 
required of him as well as an encore 
stirringly demanded. Harding has a 
most agreeable stage presence, is clean 
cut in his piano methods, ha% an effec- 
tive and showman-like manner of put- 
ting his act across and gets the best 
value for everything. Walt. 



The Fondellers. 
Juggling and Dancing. 
12 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Majestic. 

Two youthful entertainers are The 
Fondellers with a diversified act. They 
open with the girl on a slack wire; 
the boy showing a neat juggling rou- 
tine down stage. The girl disrobes, 
juggling while balanced on one foot. 
She also plays an accordeon in this 
position. She finishes on the wire 
by juggling three fire brands. They 
change to Russian costumes and exe- 
cute a dance that is on a par with 
some of the steps done by other im- 
ported dancers now in this country. 
With their youth, ability and willing- 
ness to work, the Fondellers can im- 
prove their act as time progresses. 
When the dancing novelty has worn 
ofT, they can abandon that feature and 
still have an act that offers bigger 
time possibilities. 



Bennett lirothers. 
Comedy Acrobats. 
10 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Small Time.. 

In makeup and style of work, the 
Bennett Brothers follow Rice and 
Prevost and Martinetti and Sylvester, 
On the smaller circuits they should 
keep busy. If expecting advance- 
ment they should leave the routine so 
well known in the bigger houses. Their 
balancing feats were well received. 
The shorter man in comic make up, 
works up the chair and table pedestal 
trirk to a laughable point. 

Car i til Day. 
Singing and Dancing. 
10 Mins.; One. 
Small Time. 

Wearing a big hat and a dress of 
light material, Carita Day. colored, 
opens with a "Glide," doing a little 
dance on the chorus. She makes a 
quick change, returning in a cham- 
pagne-colored dress, minus the hat, 
and sings "I Can't Take My Eyes Off 
of You," rolling her eyes a la Anna 
Held. After another short dance, 
she makes another change to a pink, 
knee-lengthed, short-necked costume 
ani does a neat clog, her best effort. 
Miss Day can fit in on any bill on the 
"small time." 



George Newburn. 

Mimic. 

14 Mins.; One. 

Colonial. 

Presenting an excellent imitation of 
Harry Lauder George Newburn made 
his American debut at the Colonial 
this week. He does an imitation of 
the Scotch comedian that is so good 
one might close their eyes and easily 
imagine Lauder himself on the stage. 
His other characterizations are of 
George Lashwood singing "My Latch- 
Key," R. G. Knowles in his monolog 
and a song, and as a final bit he im- 
personates all of the characters in 
Tate's sketch "Motoring." The act is 
one that should go well in an early 
position. Fred. 



Guy Hunter. 
Songs. 

30 Mins.; One. 
Small Time. 

Guy Hunter will be a riot in every 

"small timer" he plays. Mr. Hunter 

sings a variety of songs, taking the 

characters only in voice. He is best 

in "straight" and Irish selections. 

Though two of Bert Williams' "coons" 

were given, they did not equal In ap- 
plause to what he received for a 

splendid delivery of Norah Bayes' 
"Water" number. Also Mr. Hunter 
was ever so much better in .the Irish 
songs than either the "coon" or Ital- 
ian. In addition to his gifts as a very 
good singer of popular songs, Mr. 
Hunter accompanies himself upon the 
piano. He is blind, and when the 
audience understands that to be the 
case, which they do following his 
first exit (the singer groping for the 
edge and sides of the instrument to 
guide himself off stage) the enthus- 
iasm is unbounded. While the blind- 
ness secures Mr. Hunter a natural 
sympathy, he depends upon his af- 
fliction in no way, and can stand by 
himself as a "single." Hunter could 
take a position on the good time also. 
He is capable of it, having one of the 
most pleasant singing voices heard in 
some time. If Mr. Hunter is to re- 
main on the stage, he must not be 
quite so willing. Appearing three 
times daily, singing five numbers each 
time, may destroy his present means 
of support. Three songs at the most 
are plenty every show. Hunter should 
listen to no one or the applause for 
any more. He might retire at the con- 
clusion of the second song, and sing 
the third for a final encore; If a sec- 
ond encore is insisted upon by the 
pudience or management, Mr. Hunter 
should make that an Instrumental 
number. This young man who has 
been so unfortunate as to lose 
his sight, should conserve all the 
strength of his voice by every means 
for the long period in which he may 
remain before the public. Even 
the managers should realize this. 
As a turn he will be as big 
a hit with three as five or more songs. 
For the "small time" Guy Hunter 
may be safely billed as headlines The 
more fea tyred the larger attraction 
he will be In the smaller houses. For 
the purposes of helping both himself 
and the management, the billing mat- 
ter should make mention of his blind- 
ness. 8ime. 



Seymour and Burns. 
Singing and Dancing. 
9 Mins.; One. 
Majestic. 

A "sister act" with some pleasing 
changes of new costumes. The wo- 
men have a "Jungle song," with at- 
tire to match, that seemed to have a 
tendency to mar the impression they 
had made up to that change. They 
resemble the Clarence sisters to some 
extent in size, and for them to appear 
In abbreviated costumes rather jars the 
eyes. They open with a marching 
song, a flood light being used. Red and 
green dresses are worn. Changing 
to decollette gowns, with black bod- 
ices, they carry Japanese fans and 
sing "I Want Some One to Flirt With 
Me," their best number. They finish 
with the "jungle" number. Another 
closing number would help. 



OUT OF TOWN 



Burns and Clifton. 
Singing and Dancing. 
10 Mins.; One. 
Small Time. 

More dancing than anything else. 
The young man's voice cannot be 
heard over the footlights. His danc- 
ing saves the act. The woman dis- 
cards a military outer coat and ap- 
pears in soubret costume. There is 
too much dancing. The singing adds 
no strength. If the team could work 
in some "sidewalk patter," the act 
might show better arrangement. 



Musical Macks. 

13 Mins.; Four (Interior). 

Manhattan. 

The Macks offer a diversified pro- 
gram, opening with a number in brass, 
and closing with an old selection on 
the chimes, singing the chorus. Orna- 
mented music stands hold the instru- 
ments, vari-colored lights being at- 
tached at the top of each rack. The 
woman has a strong voice and could 
interpolate a full solo. The act made 
a most favorable impression. The 
Macks could profit by sidetracking 
some of the airs of the stone age, and 
using some up-to-date numbers. 



Will Campbell. 

Juggler. 

7 Mins.; Full Stage. 

Manhattan. 

Campbell saunters on the stage, at- 
tired in checked flannels. After a neat 
routine with tennis racquets, tennis 
balls and Indian clubs, he removes his 
coat and does the letter-writing trick. 
This feat, while not new, is cleverly 
done by Campbell. He follows with 
some plate tossing and closes with 
coin spinning on an open Japanese 
parasol. He regulates the speed of the 
coin, stops it and then sends It rolling 
with great speed again. This is under 
the spotlight. Campbell's tendency to 
work too far up stage put the audience 
at a disadvantage. Barring this, he 
delivered the goods. Campbell was of 
the Tennis Trio at one time. 



Roberts, Hayes and Roberts who ar- 
rived in New York last week from a 
playing trip over the Interstate time, 
are rehearsing a brand new act in 
which five people will take part. The 
new turn will open at Dockstader's, 
Wilmington, Oct. 10. 



"A Night in a Turkish Bath/ 1 

(Comedy) (7). 

26 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set 

and Props). 

Young's Pier, Atlantic City. 

Joseph Hart has come forward with 
another clever novelty in his activ* 
producing field. The scene is the 
cooling room in Fleischman's Turk- 
ish Baths, New York. In one corner 
is an electric light bath cabinet. In 
back, a needle shower which when in 
use gives electric currents instead of 
water. An opening in the back lh 
(presumed to extend to the cold 
plunge. The illusion is carried our 
by the sounds emanating from ther* 
and the occasional splash of water 
Lounging chairs facing the front con- 
tain the bathers — all men. Most art* 
recuperating from the "night be- 
fore." One does not remember it 
He had brought along two museum 
"artists" who for a while make things 
unpleasant. A fat man who had 
been in the light cabinet for a 
half hour emerges and gives a shout 
of joy when he finds that he has re- 
duced a quarter of a pound, only 
weighing four hundred and thirty 
The latter and two others begin bet- 
ting on silly things, he copping the 
change and providing good comed> 
The latter half of the act tells » 
story very well. /. It. Pulaski. 



Era Comedy Four. 
Songs and Talk. 
20 Mins.; One. 
Chutes, San Francisco. 

This quartet of colored entertainer* 
is one of the best acts of its kind de 
veloped around here this season. The 
talk is good and for the most part 
sounds new. Strong on harmony 
they can easily hold their own, and 
have chosen a good line of selections 
The comedian is a find. He keeps up 
continual laughter. The thre* 
"straights" make a neat clean cut ap 
pearance in suits of a light shade 
Playing a return date at this house 
the audience was loath to let them off 
after insistently demanding and secur 
ing their return for several encores 
They will give a good account of them 
selves on any bill and will bear watcb 
ing. Fountain. 



Blossom Seeley. 

Comedienne. 

15 Mins.; One. 

Warburton, Yonkers, N. Y. 

Some class to Blossom Seeley. Ap 
pearlng in a pretty pink messalino 
"hobble," her work was so good that 
a change would not have increased itff 
value. Her "coon" interpretation* 
are excellent, "San Francisco Glide" 
and "That Beautiful Rag" going big- 
especially the last to which Joe Kane, 
formerly of Rogers Brothers, and an* 
other fellow in the audience answer- 
Miss Seeley was ^bilged to take half 
a dozen bows before she was allowed 
to go and even then had to protest 
that she had no more songs. Mis' 
Seeley ought to be a hit anywhere. 



Benny Harris left New York Tues- 
day to go ahead of Weber & Rush> 
"Bon Tons." Joe Mack will replace 
Mr. Harris in B. F. Rush's office. 



VARIETY 



17 



Rameses. 

Magician. 

12 Mine.; Full Stage (Special Set). 

Orpheum, Oakland, Gal. 

During the twelve minutes of Barn- 
eses' act, he accomplishes about as 
much as the average magician in twice 
the time. His routine for the most 
part has been seen before, but still 
mystifies. He has the production of 
fresh flowers from a handkerchief; the 
placing of three hens' eggs in a vessel 
of water, the lighting of a flame be- 
neath and the materialization of three 
live pigeons upon removal of the 
cover; bringing forth a live goose from 
a handkerchief and many other deft 
tricks made familiar to the public uy 
magicians, past and present. Repre- 
senting an old Egyptian temple, the 
act is staged in a magnificent and gor- 
geous manner, with flaming censers 
and turbaned attendants about. The 
rapidity with which Rameses works 
kills applause. In fact he might work 
a bit slower for effect and introduce 
some comedy. The most effective por- 
tion is with a curtained cabinet. From 
the cabinet Rameses makes his initial 
appearance four others following him 
at ^different times. The feature is 
"The Fire Goddess." A young woman 
is placed upon an elevated table and 
a hood dropped about her, surrounded 
by flames. The removal of the hood 
discloses a pile of ashes which are 
placed in the cabinet together with 
Rameses; drawing of the curtains and 
his almost immediate reappearance 
from the rear of the audience, with the 
girl in his place in the cabinet. The 
curtains again drawn, her reappear- 
ance from in back of the audience and 
replacing her in the cabinet as an old 
man. The rapidity with which this 
closing feature is accomplished re- 
flects much credit upon Rameses and 
bewildered the audience, bringing 
forth tardy but flattering applause. 
Rameses is to be complimented upon 
the picturesque and elaborate fram- 
ing of the act, and deserves credit for 
his fast non-stalling manner of work- 
ing, but which will never prove a big 
applause winner for that fact. A com- 
mendable innovation is a silent flash 
of fire from the fingers instead of the 
startling revolver shot, favored by the 
majority of necromancers. An inch or 
two longer fringe around the bottom 
of the cabinet would stop considerable 
discussion among "wise acres" in the 
front rows. Rameses, though not pre- 
senting anything strikingly new, goes 
about it in a different way, making a 
very interesting twelve minute turn. 
He was imported from Europe by the 
Orpheum Circuit, and is now travelling 
over that tour. Fountain. 



May Calder. 

"The Lily Girt" (Songs). 

10 Miiis.; (One and Full Stage). 

Chutes, San Francisco. 

The billing reads, "Beautiful May 
Calder, The Song Queen," going pretty 
strong even "out in the woods" as 
many are pleased to term "The West." 
Miss Calder Is a prepossessing young 
woman dressing quietly, but richly. 
Her voice a soprano evidently of thor- 
ough training, but Sunday evening she 
was evidently laboring under a handi- 
cap. Reports preceding her from 
Sacramento announcing a cancellation 
of the week by her on account of 



laryngitis. The act opens with two 
songs in "one," then going Into "The 
Lily Girl" portion which is a replica 
of the "Aeroplane" and "Balloon 
Girl" acts,, though not as effective. 
The apparatus is projected but one or 
two rows back and handled slowly for 
the short four minutes in evidence. 
The three songs used are all classical, 
a mistake in acts of this nature, re- 
quiring as they do topical numbers. 
Another error Is the throwing of the 
hand spot carried, on her own features 
instead of upon the audience. 

Fountain. 



Maurice Burkhart. 
Character Comedian. 
15 Mlns.; One. 
Chutes, San Francisco. 

Maurice Burkhart was formerly of 
Fisher and Burkhart. His reception 
at the Chutes amply demonstrated that 
he is all right as a "single." Appearing 
in a neat Tuxedo and straight juvenile 
make-up, Burkhart put over *'Schlitz" 
for the opening, following with patter. 
Finishing with "Italian Love," Burk- 
hart brought down the house. His 
voice is his strongest asset which alone 
will carry him to success. The Chutes 
audience liked him and was not stingy 
In appreciation. 

Fountain. 



MacCormack and Irving. 
Songs and Talk. 
14 Mins.; One. 
Wigwam, San Francisco. 

With good appearance and fast 
work, MacCormack and Irving scored 
a substantial hit following four sing- 
ing and talking acts. Opening with 
a flirtation bit and patter, they found 
Immediate favor with the Mlssionites. 
The routine is judiciously arranged 
with a song apiece, opportunely In- 
troduced. Possessing a splendid con- 
tralto voice most pleasant to the ear, 
when singing or talking — Miss Irving 
is all wool and a yard wide putting 
over the goods. For a song MacCor- 
mack has "Foolish Questions" which 
failed to start anything real until 
after the second or third verse, but 
proved good for several encores. This 
selection should be replaced, or at 
least new and original verses secured. 
"Funny Face" by both accompanied 
by neat and simple stepping closed 
their efforts. Both are clever per- 
formers, with a neat, clean-cut, breezy 
appearance. Imbuing their offering 
with fast snappy work throughout, 
they should prove an entertaining fea- 
ture on any bill. Fountain. 



Richard Nadradge. 
Ventriloquist. 
11 Mins.; One. 
Orpheum, New Orleans. 

At the Orpheum Monday evening, 
Rich Nadradge, a foreigner, billed as 
"Germany's Foremost Ventriloquist," 
made his Initial American appear- 
ance. If Nadradge is really the first 
ventriloquist In the land of Emperor 
William, ventrlloquial art there Is in 
an embryonic state. He works in 
"one," with two figures. His routine 
of talk and songs is lacking in qual- 
ity. The offering is oxtremely conven- 
tional, and would even be considered 
so on the "small time." 

0. M. Samuel. 



MacLean and Bryant. 
"17-20 On The Black" (Comedy Dra- 
matic). 
Three (Interior; Special Set). 
Chutes, San Francisco. 

Three people tell the story. A 
"chink" servant bit, of no conse- 
quence, is introduced in the early part. 
A society woman has offered $1,000 
for the return of a lost box of jewels. 
They are found by a professional 
gambler who is broke. He calls to 
return the jewels. The number of the 
owner's residence is 1720, his favorite 
play on roulette. He is discussing 
the coincidence and laying plans for 
staking the thousand on the play when 
she enters, gowned in black which In- 
creases his "hunch" as "17-20 on the 
Black" is the play. His admiration 
for the woman overcomes his desire 
for the thousand, which he refuses. 
Her curiosity aroused, he finally dis- 
closes his vocation and what he in- 
tended doing with the money. Sur- 
prise from her that he being a gambler 
should return a fortune in jewels 
which he could have kept, serves for 
giving Wall Street brokers, etc., a 
panning that found immense favor 
with the house. She insists upon him 
accepting the thousand. He leaves. 
A transparent drop shows a crowd 
around a roulette layout. The gam- 
bler enters, stakes the thousand — and 
wins. He returns and wants to divide 
with her, but she insists upon him tak- 
ing all, starting on the straight and 
narrow. It has been love at first sight. 
There is considerable contextual dia- 
log that should be cut, especially af- 
ter the return from the gambling 
house. The lines are good with a 
touch of pathos, when he speaks of 
his mother, which in less capable 
hands might suffer. The simile be- 
tween the "gambler" and the "stock- 
broker" is effective talk, cleverly 
handled by Mr. MacLean, who inter- 
prets his character as a polished south- 
ern gentleman in a likable manner. 
Excellent support is contributed by 
Miss Bryant, a clever actress, who 
gives a sweet womanly conception of 
her part. The gambler though silently 
showing his great admiration for the 
woman, does not by the touch of the 
hand mar the atmosphere of his silent 
worship and up to the finish the ex- 
pected embrace and "mush stuff" falls 
to occur. "17-2 on the Black" is an 
interesting little playlet, possessing a 
pretty story, a little sermonizing and 
just a touch of the melo-dramatic that 
should find favor with the majority. 

Fountain. 



CHATTANOOGA OUT. 

Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 29. 

The Jake Wells theatre closed with 
vaudeville last Saturday night. It has 
played the policy for about four 
weeks, with supplies from the United 
Booking Offices, New York. Business 
did not bring in enough money, so 
the venture is off. 

This town has been routed by the 
United, along with Nashville and At- 
lanta. As the decision to close was 
sudden, probably several acts at At- 
lanta this week, who were billed for 
Chattanooga next, may lay off if not 
shifted into Nashville. 



A SELF-MADE MANAGER 
TO HIS BOOKING AGENT 

By J. A. MURPHY. 
(Murphy and Willard.) 
East Cranberry, O., Sept 27. 
Dear Mike: 

This week's crew of actors is dif- 
ferent from any you have sent yet. 
Most of them that comes here keep 
tellin each other how good they took 
some place else but this lot is all 
talkin about some other business be- 
sides show actin. 

George Thatcher the minstrel feller 
says he has got a machine that 
hatches out fifty chickens a day and 
he has a big cellar under his house 
with no floor on it so he plows it 
up and raises oats all winter to feed 
the chickens. Young & Brooks have a 
mushroom factory somewhere in York 
State. MorriBey and Rich say they 
are going to make boats next summer 
out of concave cement and all of them 
are mixed up with one thing or an- 
other except Eddie Dunlaney and he 
is over at Drlscolls Saloon most all 
the time. I think maybe he is learnln 
the llcker business. 

Goso, the Mechanical Doll alnt much 
account. 1 thought it would be 
wooden figure with machinery inside 
to make it talk and dance, but it aint 
nothln but a man painted up to look 
like he is stuffed and he walks around 
as if he had rheumatism. Last night 
his keeper lead him around amongst 
the audience and one of the girls from 
the broom handle factory jabbed a 
pin In him. He didn't take no notice 
of it so I guess he had on sheet iron 
pants or something. 

Castile and Windsor is a couple of 
acters that I hired myself by mail. 
They had a new play but no body 
would trust them with a regular city 
Job and they hired out to me so that 
their agent could come here from Cin- 
cinnati. The agent startel Monday 
in his automobile but it broke down 
before he got here. lie came d\it on 
the cars tuesday but went to the Stad- 
ium Theatre by mistake so ho didn't, 
get to see them play at all. 

You said in your directions that 
Happy and Daffy done a very comical 
act and to have them appear last in 
my show. I thought I would have 
them come out first so as to have 
something lively right on the start. 
They wrote in a head of themselves 
that they used a custard pie every 
show so I got twelve pies from the 
Vienna Bakery and got them cheap 
because they was stale. They used 
the pies to smack each other In the 
face with and after the show they 
made an awful fuss because the pies 
was sour. I don't see what differ- 
ence it made as long as the audience 
didn't know it. Don't send me no 
more pie actors, they mess up the 
place too much. 

The Stadium folks is bavin- the 
front of their theatre painted so 1 
guess I will give mine a coat of white 
wash next week. I can get the lime 
for a couple of passes ;uid horry the 
brush So it won't eosi noiliin much. 

\ihnn Smr> rnuy. 

Collins nitd Hurl, in Ceriiiany, have 
a nfraeted for U>ui pk nih.s of 1912, 
ill this roun'ry, am! « \p. ■< t to fill the 
remainder <•!' Ui> ; ■ mi - lor there. 



iS 



VARIETY 



OVER TO **THE TRUST*. 

Chicago. Sept. 29. 

When H. Slater and his wife, Flor- 
ence Lawrence, recently departed for a 
trip to Europe the "Imp" people were 
not aware of the fact that Philadel- 
phia was to be their final destination. 
Salter has been the producer, and Miss 
Lawrence, the much advertised lead- 
ing woman of the "Imp" stock com- 
pany. They recently tried to term- 
inate their engagement with the in- 
dependent firm, but were prevailed 
upon to remain where they were until 
the time should come for the promised 
vacation. 

Negotiations must have been going 
on all this time, for it is known that 
when Mr. and Mrs. Salter return from 
abroad they will go direct to Philly 
to become leading members of Lu- 
bin's stock organization. Joseph 
Smiley is now producing for the 
"Imp" people, and will continue in 
that capacity if the Salters carry 
through their present plans. Joe 
Dailey, the "Imp" comedian, recently 
went to Chicago, where he has joined 
the Essanay Co.'s stock organization. 



MOON SPOILED PICTURES. 

Schenectady, N. Y., Sept. 29. 
An exhibition of the Jeffries-John- 
son fight pictures, which was sched- 
uled to be given here last week in 
the open, was a disappointment be- 
cause of the brightness of the moon. 
The pictures were to be shown each 
evening in the open at an athletic 
field. The moon was so bright the 
pictures were hardly distinguishable. 
After several attempts the machine 
was stopped and the money refunded. 



ONLY NATIVES FOR LICENSES. 

During the past week there has 
been agitation among the moving pic- 
ture operators of the city who are 
not naturalized citizens of the United 
State over a new law lately become 
active, which reads that none but cit- 
izens shall receive licenses as machine 
operators. 

A law of this nature regarding 
other licenses has been in force for 
some years but did not, until lately, 
apply to motion picture operators. 

For the past six months there have 
been established in New York over a 
score of so-called moving picture op- 
erating schools, which have been ad- 
vertising in the daily papers and 
turning out hundreds of operators, 
mostly foreigners. This class is hard- 
est hit by the new edict. 



SECOND HARD BLOW. 

St. Louis, Sept. 29. 

A second hard blow was struck at 
moving picture houses last week when 
the Washington theatre was denied an 
injunction to prevent the city closing 
the house or forcing the removal of the 
vaudeville stage. The theatre man- 
agement appealed as the derision was 
handed down in the circuit court. 

This is in accord with a recent de- 
cision in the Biddle theatre case, a 
similar action. 

The Empress, St. Paul, has its foun- 
dation complete, and if it will be pos- 
sible to get the roof on by cold weather 
S-C will have another house early In 
the new year. 



WORLD STARTS CRUSADE. 

Walter Storey* secretary of the Na- 
tional Board of Censorship of Motion 
Pictures, and the members of that 
committee, whose duty it is to pass 
judgment on all picture films before 
they are exhibited In public, were cen- 
sured by the New York World (morn- 
ing) this week for allowing certain 
pictures to be shown that the World, 
says should have been suppressed. 

Simultaneously with the slap at the 
board, came severe censure for the 
picture houses the World claimed 
were violating the fire law and those 
having lurid, flaming "blood and thun- 
der" posters outside describing the 
films. 

In an interview to the World, Sec- 
retary Corey is credited with saying 
that although the board endeavors to 
weigh every picture in the balance, 
that some O. KL'd are in "bad taste, 
and that it is to be regretted a few 
of these objectionable pictures are still 
in existence." 

The World mentioned "A Flirty Af- 
fliction" (Essanay), "A Lunatic at 
Large" (Vltagraph), and "Rose of 
Salem Town" (Biograph) as films un- 
fit to be exhibited. It also sharply 
criticised a film which is supposed to 
have been in the northern wilds, where 
drunkenness and murder run riot in 
the picture. 

The theatres mentioned by the 
World as having the "thrilling post- 
ers" outside were the Crystal Hall on 
Fourteenth street; Wonder Palace, 
112 Third avenue, and the Comet, 100 
Third avenue. 

The World claimed that one theatre 
on Broadway, near Fortieth street, 
had only one exit from a balcony which 
seats 200 persons, and which is direct- 
ly over the operating machine. An- 
other Broadway theatre was censured 
for crowding the aisles, and one on 
126th street was said to be shy of ex- 
its. 

As a result of the World's crusade 
various moving picture owners were 
served with notices calling them to 
court for violating the fire law. 

A Variett representative on a tour 
of the principal picture houses found 
that extra care was being taken to 
keep the aisles clear. The fire depart- 
ment inspector has been given strict 
orders to see that the law is obeyed to 
the letter. The World says that a big 
holocaust will happen in one of these 
houses in New York some day. 

Washington, Sept. 29. 
Trouble may be brewing for the 
makers and manufacturers of mov- 
ing pictures. What is described as 
"the moving picture abomination" will 
be one of the most important proposi- 
tions discussed at the first American 
International Humane Conference to 
he held here, beginning Oct. 10, under 
the auspices of the American Hu- 
mane Association. 



'HER ADOPTED PARENTS" (Vltagraph). 

This picture might be rightfully dubbed 
"Over tho Hills to the Poorhouse," as the 
loading characters, an aged couple, are shown 
near one of the buildings at the county farm. 
However, there is a moral. The old man and 
woman love o;ioh other Just as dearly as in the 
younger days, and when separated fall to enjoy 
life. A wealthy woman, alone In the world, 
takes them In her home and permits the old 
people to continue their love-making uninter- 
rupted. 



VARIETY'S PICTURE REVIEWS 



"A SIMPLE MISTAKE" (Pathe). 

Another case of mistaken Identity wherein 
the wrong man gets shaken to pieces, kicked 
and thrown out of his own house by a "strong- 
arm" policeman. The arranger takes liberties 
with the characters. While the theme Is a 
llttfc off color. It falls to ring the bell for 
continued merriment. The laughs come at 
long intervals. The role of the "sissy boy" 
Is well taken. 



"ZEB, ZEKE AND THE WIDOW" (Lubln). 

There are few redeeming points. The two 
farmers do not act natural, and It Is doubtful 
If there Is a pretty widow In the land who 
would stand for all their "monkey-shines." 
The picture has several funny situations, but 
does not come across with any riot of laugh- 
ter, as the title and advance billing might In- 
dicate. Some of the acting could have been 
omitted advantageously. 



"THE GREENHORN AND THE GIRL" (Lu- 
bln). 
Notwithstanding several Impossible situa- 
tions, the film will meet with approbation be- 
cause of its diversified features. A tenderfoot 
wins the girl through a great display of hero- 
ism when the cowboys, disguised as Indians, 
attempt to play a hoax on him. There Is 
enough Western flavor to make the picture 
acceptable. There are some phases of cowboy 
nature that are rubbed the wrong way. The 
picture will meet with more favor In the East 
than the West, where they know real ranch 
life. 

"THE TIMES ARE OUT OP JOINT" (Oau- 
mont). 
A clock gets out of whack and the hands 
run at an amazing rate. The people who 
come within sight of the clock move at light- 
ning pace. It is their incredibly cyclonic gait 
that causes much merriment. While the Idea 
Is not new. the way the Illusion of the rapidly 
moving foims work causes unbounded laugh- 
ter. Tbe film Is funny. More films like this 
one would be appreciated. Tbey would drive 
away the blues. 



"THE RESERVED SHOT" (Oaumont). 

It is doubtful If even the arranger can tell 
what this picture Is about. It Is supposed to 
be of French construction ; so, of course, there 
Is honor at stake, the customary duel and the 
choosing of apparent death to uphold the tra- 
dition of the noble family, the man being 
saved by the timely appeal of his little son. 
It would take more than a geographical sur- 
vey and a historical research to straighten 
out the plot. 



"THE LITTLE MOTHER" (Kalem). 

Farm life is depicted with excellent results. 
One goes back to nature when seeing such 
exceptionally good pictures of country life. 
The atmosphere Is so real that the audience 
becomes so wrapped up In It that the gltt of 
the story Is almost lost. However, there Is a 
lovo theme, and though the "little mother" 
places the wrong construction on a gallant 
action of her rural sweetheart, there is a 
happy finale. 

"THE SERGEANT" (Sellg). 

Worth the price of several admissions. If 
one doesn't care a rap about the plot, he can 
find ample entertainment In viewing the pic- 
turesque natural scenery which the camera 
has caught with fine effect. The Sergeant Is 
shown swimming the rapids, and be covers 
some distance before he lands. The scenes 
are supposed to be laid in the Yosemlte Val- 
ley. 



"LOVES OLD SWEET SONG" (Lubln). 

A man's life and a woman's happiness hang 
by a thread. It is the old love song. The 
photography is unusually good, and the farm 
scenes realistically reproduced. The picture 
can't help hut entertain. 

THE OATH AND THE MAN" (Biograph). 

There Is plenty of bluster about the picture, 
which shows what a band of revolutionists 
may do If their leader is of Christian faith. 
The film reminds one of scenes In "The Chris- 
tian." When the film makers fall to find a 
suitable Wild West, suicide or ancient comic 
subject they fall back on the French revo- 
lution. In "The Oath and the Man" there la 
one clear point: be good If you have to stir 
up a revolution to do it. 



' UEEDHAMS ORPHANAGE FESTIVAL 1010" 
(Gaumont). 
Something unusual. The children go through 
all sorts of maneuvers, evolutions and forma- 
tions with all the precision of a finely trained 
army. The boys are shown first In physical 
culture drill, and after they go through many 
military steps the girls give a faultless exhibi- 
tion of training. The groupings and tableaux 
nre cleverly arranged. The photography Is 
good and the picture decidedly interesting. 



THE SUNKEN SUBMARINE" (Gaumont). 

The title is misleading. One thinks he will 
see something that will rival the shipwreck 
scene In "Brcwsters Millions," but there's 
nothing doing. In fact, there is nothing to the 
film but a few scenes showing a woman's grief 
on hearing of her son's death and subsequent 
Joy when he returns alive. The picture Is a 
blank as far as entertainment Is concerned. 



"MAN IS ABSENT-MINDED" (Pathe). 

This film is disappointing as far as creating 
much laughter Is encerned. An absent-minded 
young man gets Into hot water with his swett- 
heart by sending her father a letter which he • 
Intended for a dog fancier. He gets a warm 
reception when arriving home, his prospec- 
tive father-in-law drenching him with a pail 
of water. The comedy is exaggerated. 



•COLOMBO AND ITS ENVIRONS" (Pathe). 

If the Pathe firm would continue to turn 
out more educational and natural scenic films, 
its output would be more appreciated by the 
American audiences. This latest colored pic- 
ture will bt enjoyed anywhere, as It shows tbe 
streets of Ceylon, India, with their motley 
crowds, curious vehicles and ox teams. Men 
and women of that Oriental section appear In 
native garb. The photogrophy is excellent. 



"THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE" (Sellg). 

Brings to mind James Whltcomb Riley's 
"Ole Swlmmln' Hole" poem. While the bath- 
ing place of the boys In this picture Is more 
sandy, beachy and shallower than the one 
Riley wrote about, it answers its purpose, and 
the audience forgets about the trouble be- 
tween the old war veteran and his good-for- 
nothing nephew, who robs him of his pension 
money in watching the boyish antics of the 
swimming band which continually harass an 
outside youth. The leader of the band Is a 
capital little actor. The chase through tho 
cornfield Is well arranged, the photography 
being good. 



"ROSE O* SALEM TOWN" ( Biograph). # 

Torture of a young woman and her mother 
by Puritan fanatics, who let their superstition 
run wild and heed the words of a prejudiced 
member of their religious faith, Is the princi- 
pal theme. There Is the maid of the sea who 
is loved by the young trapper. A hypocritical 
Puritan forces his attentions upon her. She 
repulses him. A great injustice follows, the 
girl and her mother being condemned to b n 
burned at the stake. The mother perishes, 
but the trapper and friendly Indians rescue 
the girl. The saving of the girl Is the best 
scene In the picture. 



"THE QUARREL" (Gaumont). 

A case of theft wherein a deserted woman and 
little son are taken back to the heart of the 
man who caused all the trouble. A good-na- 
tured, bewhlskered plumber renders Invalu-ihle 
aid to the poverty-stricken woman and while 
working in the home of the husband, whom he 
had previously recognized, pries open a locked 
drawer and r.ecures some valuablt papers which 
he turns over to the heart-broken wife. When 
the police hunt down the thief, they learn the 
motlvt. All ends well. Photographically the 
picture is excellent. 



"HANK AND LANK" (Essanay). 

This moving picture reproduction of the 
"Jeff and Mutt" characters Is as dry as a 
camp-meeting sermon. There is not a genuine 
laugh in Its entire construction, and whoever 
is responsible for Its arrangement must have 
had a sore funny-bone. 



'CURING A MASHER" (Essanay). 

The ld«>a of taming the Ixdd, young "masher" 
Is dished out In another form. The laughter 
comes at Intervals. The flirtatious man is 
pressed Into service as a bundle boy and 
manages to get a lot of things up several 
flights of stairs only to be Introduced to the 
girl's husband. 

"THE FOOTLIGHTS OR THE FARM" (Edi- 
son). 

Not much to the story. A country girl goes 
to the city to seek fame on the stage. She 
falls In her errand, but her rural sweetheart 
Is waiting at the stage door to take her back 
to the old farm environment. The dramatic 
agency scenes are partly true to life. Not 
much acting is required from the principals. 
The picture of the little calf being watered In 
the barn door Is a redeeming feature. 



TOO MUCH WATER" (Gaumont). 

There is originality and laughter in this pic- 
ture. The hand of the illusionist work* in 
harmony with natural effects. A man lives in 
fear of being swept away by high water and 
sleeps with ransacked mind, seeing himself 
fighting to escape. The slide In the boat from 
his room to a big water tank Is funny. Tn 
fact, tho whole picture is funny. 



"OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES" (Edison). 

An Interesting picture showing how copper Is 
transported from the mines In the Andes to 
the docks in Peru on the backs of llamas, ani- 
mals that do the work of horses. Photograph- 
ically the exhibit Is immense. The picture will 
make n big hit with school children. 



«"THE HOODOO" (Pathe). 

Subdued merriment finally breaks forth into 
htarty laughter as the story of the young man 
with the little statue of an Indian god, which 
at frst causes him ill luck and later brings hlui 
fortune, and his efforts to get rid of It Is told. 
Of course, Pathe has his usual "chase," but 
this time has arranged It In a funny manner 
The picture will fit In anywhere. 



VARIETY 



19 



AMERICAN. 

(Estimated Cast of Show, $4,550.) 
The bill at the American this week 
doesn't show its cost, nor did it draw 
patronage Monday night commensu- 
rate with the gross price. 

The program has three or four good 

acts out of the nine. The majority 
of these are in the second half. Eur- 
ope is written all over the program. 
If there were not quite so much for- 
eign tint to the performance, it would 
have been a better show. 

Two English act*, one new 
"Scrooge"; (New Acts) and Wish 
Wynne (second week) made the big 
noise in applause. Wilfred Clarke 
and Co. in "What Will Happen Next," 
again demonstrated that for good play- 
ing, rapid action and laughable com- 
edy, Mr. Clarke's well tried farce is a 
leader. Opening after the intermis- 
sion, with that handicapping, the 
sketch secured the laughing hit. Paul- 
ine, closing the show, was the other 
Dig comedy number. 

The first half was shifted about 
from the programing and even then 
went all to pieces. Le Freya (New 
Acts) was sent to "No. 4" from "No. 
2" to save the act if it had any merit. 
Will Van Allen (New Acts) and an- 
other foreigner was placed "No. 2" 
where he slowed up the show. Har- 
per, Smith and Co., colored, with no 
change in their turn, were taken out 
of the position the Clarke sketch oc- 
cupied, and given "No. 3" to start 
things after Van Allen. The colored 
irio had natural difficulty. Follow- 
ing Le Freya next, a quiet, unimpos- 
mg act, Billy Dillon had to go against 
the odds with his singing, employing 
one new song. Bill did well enough 
out would not take an encore, not 
feeling in the best of condition. Clos- 
ing the first half, "Scrooge" made a 
nowling applause hit. 

In the second part, coming after the 
lively farcical sketch, Wish Wynne 
duplicated for another speech-to-ap- 
plause with her recitations and charac- 
ter songs. "The Country Girl" and 
"The London School Girl," Miss Wyn- 
ne's two real character hits, are 
her best. She does not loom up in 
"straight" recitations a la "diseuse" 
though costumed, especially for the 
"Pierrot." Miss Wynne should only 
go in for characters of the types now 
presented. Her "London School Girl" 
is a better piece of work than Harry 
Lauder's "Softest of the Family." 
Lauder has comedy in make-up, mo- 
tion, props and "business' for assist- 
ance. Miss Wynne merely employs ex- 
pression of face and voice with the 
excellent lyrics. 

It must be the Fates which ordain a 
vast surplusage of press matter for a 
Cissie Curlette, but permits an ar- 
tiste of Wish Wynne's stamp to al- 
most pass unnoticed in preliminary 
"booming." Miss Curlette's "flop," 
however, was sufficiently genuine to 
, discourage almost any promoter or 
"picker." 

Pauline is carrying about twenty- 
three boys, going through the same 
routine. It is still as laughable as 
ever, and Pauline re-assorts himself 
as an Al showman. Sims. 



COLONIAL. 
(Estimated Cost of Show, $3,350.) 
There was at least one distinct nov- 
elty at this house this week. That was 
the opportunity to see the headliner 
on the bill open the second part. "On 

the House-Top" was the turn. It was 
billed above Laddie Cliff and Bert 
Coote and Co. The only other new 
feature programed was the Ameri- 
can debut of the English mimic 
George Newburn (New Acts). 

The audience at the upper Broad- 
way vaudeville house Monday night 
was one that was extraordinarily 
"cold." It was not until Howard and 
North came on (second after the in- 
termission) that they really awoke. 

The Three McGradys opened the 
show with a novelty offering, consist- 
ing of juggling, balancing and arch- 
ery. In the early position they man- 
aged passingly well, being followed 
by the Amsterdam Quartet, a straight 
singing four who did two medleys and 
two straight numbers. The first laugh 
of the evening was earned by the 
Charles Ahearn Troupe of comedy cyc- 
lists. - 

George Newburn was "No. 4," and 
next, closing the first part, came Bert 
Coote and Co., who returned from a 
tour abroad. Coote, as Harold Taps- 
ley Framington in "A Lamb in Wall 



LONDON COLISEUM. 

London, Sept. 20. 

Sarah Bernhardt started her month's 

engagement last week at the Coliseum, 

her first venture in vaudeville. To say 

the actress was successful would be too 

mild. Bernhardt appeared about 9:30. 
It was five minutes later before she 
could start acting. The reception was 
tremendous and the actress held the 
house absolutely still throughout her 
entire performance. "L'Aiglon," or 
rather an act from that play, was the 
subject selected. The sketch was beau- 
tifully staged and the piece very in- 
teresting. At the finish Bernhardt 
was kept bowing until the curtains 
had risen and fallen thirteen times, 
amid cheers of the audience. It was 
a great scene, and Bernhardt probab- 
ly holds the record hit at the big hall. 

Montgomery and Moore were in a 
good spot, closing the first part. They 
were a solid hit all the way, receiving 
a reception before and after. The pair 
surely have become Coliseum favor- 
ites. 

Fred Russell, the ventriliquist, on 
rather early, also pulled down a hit. 
His "smoking dummy" was a big sur- 
prise to the "swell" part of the Bern- 
hardt audience. The ventriliquist has 
a nicely framed-up act and fitted into 
the big program admirably. 



Commencing with this issue, estimates of the weekly cost of the 
vaudeville shows in New York City will be made by Variety's review- 
ers. "Small Time" houses may be excepted. 

In no instance is the individual salary of an act to be quoted or 
estimated upon in the review. 



Street," is as assininely funny as ever. 
The little playlet, still cleverly por- 
trayed, did nicely in the best spot. 

"On a Housetop" opened the second 
part. The stage manager has been 
busy during the past week with a 
pruning knife. The result is that seven 
minutes are off the running time of 
this act. One of the numbers has been 
cut out and the action is a little more 
brisk. But still there is something 
lacking that is necessary to make this 
offering the success former Lasky pro- 
ductions have been. 

Howard and North in "Those Were 
the Happy Days," delivered laugh aft- 
er laugh during the twenty minutes 
that they held the stage. Their act is 
as genuinely funny as ever, and they 
were the first on the bill to be unan- 
imously accorded an encore. 

Then came the real hit of the show 
in Laddie Cliff, the little English sing- 
er and dancer, who "cleaned up" in the 
full sense of the phrase, being forced 
to make a speech at the close of his 
turn. 

The Four Readings ended the show. 
Their acrobatic work is as wonderful 
now as it has been heretofore. In 
the closing position they were almost 
as big a hit as Laddie. Fred. 



Ruth Davenport, always a pleasing 
singing turn, was only allowed one 
song, but notwithstanding this the 
singer scored. Miss Davenport has a 
very good appearance and voice. 

Mddle. Charpenter, the Russian 
singer, opened the second part and 
fared well. 

Kitts and Windrum were perhaps 
the only mar to a most delightful pro- 
gram. The part of their act that seem- 
ed to receive laughs was the "pin- 
sticking gag," not very new or novel. 
The act went flat at the finish. Maur- 
ice, a card manipulator, shows some 
good and new tricks, working in front 
of a neat black drop. The conjuror 
somewhat resembles Pilu in his com- 
edy talk. Though on early Maurice 
put over a successful act. He is from 
the Continent. The Balalka orchestra 
still remains and as usual was very 
successful. The orchestra had the hard 
task of following Bernhardt, but held 
down the position. 

My Fancy was down to close the 
show, a pretty bad position to give a 
dancing act. Nipper Lupino Lane, 
through injuries received, did not ap- 
pear. Minnie Mace, a singing and 
dancing girl, opened the show. 



"Alaska or Bust" is a new comedy 
sketch Charles J.. Burkhart has in 
preparation. 



Klccahoniia's Horses open on the 
Pantages' Circuit at Detroit Oct. !♦. 
placed through Louis Pincus, New 
York. 



"In Seville" makes a new act Mar- 
ion Garson is appearing in, supported 
by a company. 



A big "United act" has been figur- 
ing with the Morris people for a 
week back. 



HAMMEKSTEIN'S. 

( Estimated Cost of Show, $3,825.) 
Some dandy good show at Hammer- 
stein's this week. It starts with a 
rush and never stops until eight bully 
numbers have been seen, and just as 
many hits recorded. The bill could 
not have been placed better and no 
one on the program has an objection 
coming, not even the first two num- 
bers, which in this bill are not sim- 
ply there to "fill in." The house Mon- 
day night seemed to know that the 
show was good, for it filled very early. 
Gus Edwards "Song Revue," must 
be handed some of the credit for the 
big attendance, and it was a big at- 
tendance despite the very warm weath- 
er. Gus' new show is one dandy big 
vaudeville number with plenty of life, 
lots of novelty, pretty scenery, a host 
of good looking "kiddies," and many 
bright costumes. One small criticism 
is that Gus should drop the " 'cello" 
imitation. It's good but it doesn't be- 
long. Aside from this there is noth- 
ing to offer but praise. Several of 
the numbers are worthy of Broadway 
productions. "Jimmy Valentine" is 
a hummer, closely followed by "Rosa 
Rigoletto," an Italian number in 
which Gus is backed up by the girls 
in peachy costumes. The finale is al- 
so good and is a befitting finish to a 
winning act. 

The Cycling Burnetts, a two-man 
riJing act, started the bill off at won- 
derful speed. It is not an easy mat- 
ter for a cycling act to get them going 
in these days, but the Burnetts did the 
trick. The comedian is about the best 
performer on one wheel seen. The 
team riding docs the rest. 

The Amoros Sisters have gone back 
to the two-act. This is where they 
belong. The girls do quite enough 
on their own, without a third mem- 
ber. A little of everything makes up 
the specialty. Singing, dancing, acro- 
batic and trapeze work all figure. The 
aerial work of one of the sisters and 
the ground tumbling of the other are 
the features. The ground tumbler has 
a little comedy that she might carry 
a bit further. The Amoros are a good 
live number and will be welcomed 
wherever they show. 

Adele Ritchie opened after the in- 
termission and did not suffer any 
tli rough the spot. The audience were 
all seated when she appeared, receiv- 
ing the Dresden China one with open 
arms. Miss Ritchie has changed her 
repetoire entirely since at the Fifth 
Ave. Although the new songs do not 
make as good a collection, they passed 
her through finely. "Winter" gives 
her a dandy start and also allows an 
opportunity for showing something in 
winter wear. Adele is doing a real 
act for vaudeville. 

Conroy and Le Mai re picked up a 
bunch of laughs. They have worked 
out a great finish in the "pinochle 
argument," for even though one does 
not understand the game, the argu- 
ment amongst the orchestra and the 
"plants" in the box, worked just to 
the proper piteh, cannot help but bring 
laughs. 

Others who helped to make the pro- 
gram one big winner were Ruby Ray- 
mond and Co., and K. Frederick Haw- 
ley and Co., both scoring strongly; 
also Hedges Bros, and Jacobson, New 
Acts. I>o*h. 



VARIETY 



JOLLY GIHLS. 

"The Jolly Girls" is a pocr sample 
of up-to-date burlesque. The sur- 
roundings, dressing, scenery and pro- 
duction generally looked for are en- 
tirely missing. Considering that, the 
company do fairly well. Almost every 
principal in the show is in the olio. 
The principal comedian or at least the 
one who makes himself the principal 
by his work is the comedy end of a 
bicycle act. It is not strange therefore 
that the olio stands out most promi- 
nently after watching the three-hour 
entertainment. 

"The Flying Man from Mexico" and 
"An Irish Pasha" are the two pieces 
with the same characters in each. The 
former derives Its title from the one 
really funny bit in the first half. It 
is the old wire-attached ide^, usei by 
several comedy acrobatic teams, but 
capitally worked, brings the laughs in 
howls. The bit only lasts about three 
minutes. It could probably be strung 
out through the whole piece, which 
would make the opening worth while 
and give a reason for the name. 

Aside from this the comedy doesn't 
get very far in either of the pieces. 
There is much familiar business in- 
dulged in. Some of it which got over 
at the Bronx will never be heard from 
in another house. 

The comedians all take things too 
deliberately, slowing down the action 
of the pieces unnecessarily. An Irish- 
man and tramp in the first part are 
the comedy characters while the Irish- 
man holds good for the second half, 
with the tramp changed to a rube 
sheriff. A boxing bout in the open- 
ing piece could also be made funny if 
a little judgment were shown. The 
thing is carried out too far as it 
stands. It is also hindered by the 
comedian expectorating water all over 
the stage and making a general muss. 
This "spitting" seems to be popular 
on the Western Wheel this season. 
Four out of five shows seen have used 
it. It's silly for anyone to believe it 
funny. 

A bit of business used in the second 
half also received big returns. It is 
the same bit that Bonita and Lew 
Hearn are using in vaudeville. It is 
well enough done, but the "imaginary 
person" is worn threadbare and then 
some. All this doesn't sound so bad 
for the comedy, but it would be im- 
possible to think of all the bits at- 
tempted ihat dkln't get over. 

The numbers, the girls, and the 
dressing will not bear close scrutiny. 
The girls make as poor a chorus as 
has been seen. Working indifferentlj 
when they had anything to do, which 
was seldom, they did the numbers 
more harm than good. They haven't 
l.een handed much in the clothes de- 
partment, but the one or two pretty 
costumes shown never have a chance 
through the way they are worn. Per- 
haps all the blame cannot he placed 
upon the girls, for^they do not seem 
to have had much drilling. 

The finale of the first part is not at 
all bad for a flag arrangement. The 
girls look better in tights than in 
Crosses and they put a little life into 
the drill which gets a curtain or two. 
"Chinatown Rag" also received sev- . 
eral encores, with little reason. It 
was not particularly well done. "Back- 



to the Bleachers for Mine" a base- 
ball number with the girls throwing 
halls into the audience was the real 
number hit, not for anything in it 
but simply the Idea of the girls play- 
ing ball with the bunch. Even this 
was not over well done. After a couple 
of encores there were no more balls, 
so the fun had to stop. As long as the 
number was put on the girls should 
have been given as many as they liked 
for it was the only time during the 
evening that they came up to breathe. 
"Isn't That Enough For You?" a sex- 
tet, caught several encores which were 
coming to It. 

Tony Kennedy is the main string. 
Tony wrote the pieces, staged them 
and never forgot that Tony was to 
play in them, for he is on the stage 
almost continuously. He is a good 
Irishman of the thick voiced type, 
but not strong enough to be on the 
stage all the time. Working with a 
good comedian or two, he would pass 
along alright, but on his own he is 
not a success. Besides appearing in 
the pieces, he is also seen in the olio 
where he works "straight," not doing 
as well as in the Irish character. 

Bill Armstrong, of the Three Arm- 
strongs, a comedy bicycle act, takes 
it all .away from Kennedy in the 
opener. Armstrong as an eccentric 
tramp is really very funny and were 
he handed the material to work with, 
would have no trouble in filling the 
bill. It was Armstrong who did the 
"wire," the big laugh of the show. In 
the second act as a rube sheriff, Arm- 
strong Is all wrong. The part doesn't 
belong, and he is too good to be 
wasted on a minor role. 

The other two Armstrongs figured 
in the pieces also, one as a bellboy, 
end the other playing "straight." The 
"straight" is a bit self conscious at 
times becoming a trifle cissy fled, due 
to this probably. The bellboy brings 
a laugh now and again with out inter- 
fering. Geo. DeBar leads a couple of 
numbers nicely, but he is not a regu- 
lar actor. 

The show is lacking female princi- 
pals. Beatrice Harlowe is the leader. 
Beatrice looms up above everybody in 
the show. She works hard all the 
time, Interjects plenty of life, and 
even gets to soubret work to pull 
things up a trifle. Beatrice looks well 
all the time, although not dressing as 
elaborately as others seen this season. 
Miss Harlowe is really doing more 
than is good for her and not getting 
all that she should. A nice voice is 
misused in a couple of "rag" numbers 
that she leads. 

Luella Temple, a sort of soubret, is 
another principal. Luella begins to 
grow likeable toward the end of the 
show. She is a plump little woman 
with a "kid" voice, and could be real 
cute If she had half a chance but she 
just seems to be growing careless or 
it may be her way. Grace Patton, the 
other principal, had little or nothing 
to do. She appeared in a couple of 
the numbers, although never leading 
alone. 

Nancy Simsson opened the olio with 
Scotch songs, finishing with a "fling." 
Nancy is alright in her present posi- 
tion. 

Tony Kennedy and Co. played a 
comedy sketch called "My Wife Won't 



NEMO. 

At the opening of the Nemo, the 
latest addition to the William Fox 
circuit of "pop" houses in New York, 
there were seven acts on the bill. The 
show, while containing no startling 
"big time" feature such as might be 
expected at a new house, was all that 
could be desired and the audience 
seemed pleased with the offering. 

The headline position seemed to 
have been given to a dramatic playlet 
entitled "For Her Husband's Sake" 
(New Acts), which had to take second 
place in the hearts of the audience, 
who bestowed their favor upon Eli- 
nore Palmer, a singing comedienne. 
She delivered three numbers in an in- 
imitable manner, taking four bows af- 
ter her last and being forced to sing 
an encore. 

The Wangdoodle Four, colored, were 
in the closing position. The comedian 
of the quartet is a hard worker, and 
the one who pulls the act through, 
even on the "small time." 

Barry and Frank, Homer and 
Brand, Burns an 1 Lawrence, Amazon 
Trio (New Acts), made up the bal- 
ance of the program. 



MANHATTAN. 

The first of the week the Manhat- 
tan show gave immense satisfaction. 
The illustrated songs, and the moving 
pictures were liked. Manager Gane 
has the first run product of the Gen- 
eral Film Company, featuring them 
daily. 

Elsa Ford and her "Buster Brown" 
clothes and airs were enjoyed. She 
has typical "kid" mannerisms. While 
her voice will never land her on the 
big time, she may advance with a 
partner or land in musical comedy. 
Elsa looks neat in her "Buster" suit. 
She sang three songs and "kidded" 
the house drummer besides. The girl 
would find breathing exercises bene- 
ficial. Will Campbell (New Acts) 
juggled his way into favor. The Dunn 
Sisters pleased with singing and danc- 
ing. One dresses in boy's clothes and 
recites, "Gee, Ain't It Tough to Be 
Broke, Dead Broke" under the spot- 
light, singing the chorus. She makes 
a quick return an 1 clog dances ef- 
fectively. The other "sister" does 
well with her solo. She makes one 
change from a pink soubret to a pret- 
ty light blue dress. 

Howard Truesdell and Co. (two wo- 
men and a man) kept the audience 
laughing with the a*hiusing situations 
in their act "A Corner in Hair." Trues- 
dell has lost none of his former com- 
edy spirit and is well supported. 

Echo and Dupree got a good start 
with singing and dancing, and closed 
strong, receiving considerable ap- 
plause. The man does good comely, 
work. The Musical Macks (New Acts.) 



MAJESTIC. 

A splendid bill was on view at the 
Majestic the first half of the week, 
the Loew office putting over a well- 
balanced show. 

Seymour and Burns (New Acts) 
had the opening position and did fair- 
ly well. Anna Bernard (New Acts) 
was enthusiastically received. 

Darwin Karr and Co. in the ludic- 
rous sketch "Fake," in which there 
is a furniture deception through slip- 
ping covers over four persons, had 
the house in an uproar at the finish. 
Karr has omitted the role of the 
tailor, shortening the act. The Ma- 
jestic regulars seemed to like .the 
noisy finish, laughed heartily and ap- 
plauded vigorously. The character 
of old man, hard of hearing, was 
well handled. 

Alf Ripon, ventriloquist, scored. 
There has been little change In his 
act from last year, Ripon employing 
the same comedy routine with his 
Scotch-suited single "dummy." The 
telegram bit, with the silent period 
well worked up, proved amusing. 
Ripon appeared in Highlander cos- 
tume. 

The Fondellers (New Acts). 

The illustrated song was "Good Bye, 
Betty Brown," excellently rendered by 
a young woman with a pleasing voice. 
It has a swinging march chorus and 
encores were in demand. There was 
a clean run of motion pictures, and 
none marred the taste of the audience. 



Let Me?" a sketch brought over by 
pn English artist and played around 
here in vaudeville, under the same 
name. It has no value, by whoever 
played. Miss Harlowe sang three or 
four songs and did real well. Singing 
songs that are not the best for her 
voice. 

The Three Armstrongs finished off 
the regular olio with a good comedy 
bicycle act. 

Dash. 



DEWEY. 

The combination of vaudeville and 
newly released pictures keeps the 
Dewey filled. 

The bill proved attractive. The 
biggest laugh-getter was the act by 
L. M. Hunt and Co. The one that got 
the most applause was offered by the 
Gordons, Harry and Bert. 

Belle Hastings is a contortionist, 
bending and twisting. Her act made 
good. Heuston and Ormsted offer a 
light comedy sketch in which a poor 
young artist finally wins the love of a 
wealthy young girl. A little comedy 
went big with the front row occupants. 
The principals do not speak loudly 
enough. The sketch is of "small time" 
calibre. 

Frechelte and Fregone (New Acts) 
pleased. 

L. M. Hunt and Co. in "The Noblest 
Roman of Them," of the same charac- 
ter as the Roman travesty offered by 
the Leonards. It has enough origin- 
ality through the funny lines to make 
it go. It kept the house in an uproar. 

Harry and Bert Gordon as the sing- 
ing schoolboys proved a "clean up." 
The boys sing fairly well, but are in- 
clined to monopolize the stage. The 
act needs shortening. It will have no 
trouble In making good on the smaller 
time. 

Charley Case traveled some last 
week. When he finished his Winni- 
peg date he started for the American. 
Chicago. He was told, upon arrival 
in Winlytown, that he was wante 1 at 
the American, Omaha. Thither he 
chased and when he got there was told 
that there had been no preparation 
for placing him on the bill. Back to 
Chicago went Charles and stayed there 
until Morris opened him last Monday 
at the American, Stockyard sville. 



VARIETY 



21 



CORRESPONDENCE 

Uilest otLerwbe Mted, the foDowng reports are for tbe curat week. 



WALTER K. HILL 

(Wak) 



VARIETY'S 



RmkUee: HoteJ Grant 



CHICAGO au ^SLZS!" 



'Phone 4401 Cental. 



Advertisements and Newt Will Be Accepted at the Chicago Office, for the Current 
Ieeue of VARIETY, Until 10 o'clock Thursday Morning. 



MAJESTIC (Lyman B. Glover, mgr. ; agent, 
Orpheum Circuit).— At this house, where the 
strangest of vaudeville happenings are wont 
to transpire, something near phenomenal is 
occurring this week. The headline attraction 
la not only "making good," but is "cleaning 
up" the show. Bayes and Norworth are 
doing a trick which eight out of ten head- 
liners have failed to accomplish during the 
past six months. They are doing closing the 
show with a dandy act. This week's bill is 
almost as good as last week's, near classic in 
vaudeville bookings. The Elliotts, harp and 
instrumental specialists, open, a poor spot to 
gain reward for their merits. In second place. 
Knight and Draway offer a mighty neat sing- 
ing and talking act, with melody the pre- 
dominating factor in the issue. Burns and 
Fulton have third position for their clothes 
changes and many types of dancing, all well 
executed. The acrobatic dance and contortion 
finish is a fine example of recklessness, bring- 
ing in a hearty encore for the excellent act. 
Dlero Is putting a novel style of concertina 
playing, the instrument being operated by 
keys resembling the ivories of a piano. He is 
a skillful musician and scored a substantial 
hit. "Hensfoot Corners" brings Mr. and Mrs. 
Jimmy Barry into entertaining evidence. 
Jimmy's clever comedy and Josie's fine aid in 
"swell" clothes developed a number much ap- 
preciated. The Victoria Four have the equal 
of the best straight singing quartets heard out 
this way in half a year. They are clean and 
neat in appearance and all have fine voices, 
which blend melodiously. Bird Mlllman's wire 
specialty has seventh place. Miss MUlman, 
not fully recovered from a previous fall, start- 
ed to work Monday afternoon, but had not 
progressed far until she found herself unable 
to continue, and was forced to retire. An 
understudy took up her work, to continue, 
presumably, for the engagement. Carson and 
Willard score heavily with their clever talk- 
ing act. Keep the laughs going, and closed 
strong with parodies and burlesque dancing. 
Following Bayes and Norworth, the excellent 
animal display by Max Oruber ends the pro- 
ceeding. The committee of bookers in the 
East is batting a mighty high average. 

WALT. 



AMERICAN (Wm. Morris, mgr. and agent). 
—Monday was another day of shifts and clos- 
ings. At night the bill was arranged without 
two acts which had appeared in the afternoon. 
"The Girl In the Balloon" did not appear on 
the index board at night, but opened after in- 
termission and got fresh with spectators In the 
first three rows. As an act the "balloon" thing 
doesn't fly very high. Adelaide 'Kelra and 
company missed the matineee through a train 
delay in coming from Omaha. She closed the 
first half in the evening and scored one of the 
three hits In that section. Brenck's Models 
were listed, but did not show on the stage, 
a good part of the audience remaining through 
the pictures in the hope of seeing the posers. 
Charley Case was lined up to close the show 
as the evening bill finally stood, and with his 
irresistible comedy methods put his talk over 
the footlights to sure-fire laughs. Roy Hard- 
ing (new acts) followed the gas-bag girl. The 
record of shifts and changes completed, it's 
time to say that Cadlcux opened the show 
with high-wire displays. Musical Thor was 
second with a small-time banjo and xylophone 
act. He banjoed better than he xylophoned. 
The Dclaur Trio, singing grand opera selec- 
tions in the original tongue, put across a real 
hit, five bows following tbe demonstrations of 
appreciation which the audience united in. 
The young girl of the trio has a voice of phe- 
nomenal range, and tone of rare purity. The 
other women and the man In the act also dis- 
play fine voices. But it was the girl who 
pulled down the hit, a perfect storm of ap- 
plause following her solo. Singing act fol- 
lowed singing act when Frederick V. Bowers, 
his "picks' 'and bulldog responded to the wel- 
coming applause his name received. Bowers 
made it five straight, one verse and chorus to 
a song, cleaning up quick and sure. If any 
male singer of miscellaneous songs thinks he 
is as good as Bowers, let him rack up against 
the American audience and find out. He must 
go some to convince these listeners, who like 
Frederick better than anybody In his line. 
Kltlnge, in his second week, tells the story of 
the show's real clean up. In his speech he 
made mention of his prospective return in a 
play. He can come back with a medicine 
show — just so he comes back. The business 
was badly off in the evening. It may be said 
that the introduction of inferior and experi- 
mental acts before the opening matinee crowds 
hurt the attendance. WALT. 



TREVETT (S. W. Quln, mgr.; agent, W. 
V. A.).— Six of the eight acts, Tuesday eve- 
ning, ran largely to comedy, making it a 
laughing bill, much enjoyed. The Lewln Mar- 
tel Trio, expert xylophone players, opened, 
and the snappy and skillful acrobatics of the 
Heras Family closed the Hhow. Grace Orma, 
in second place, started the laughs In easy 
fashion, with monolog filling between two 
well-rendered songs. Gavin and Piatt's de- 
lightful singing voices were heard to advan- 
tage In a comedy act which brought loads of 



laughs and a strong applause finish. A third 
number in the vocal line closed before Inter- 
mission, with the Bohemian Quintet pulling 
down great applause for harmony and some 
laughs with mild comedy. The singing holds 
the act strong in favor, with little value to 
the humor. Opening after recess, Yackley 
and Bunnell Introduce a musical act through 
new avenues, and made one of the big hits of 
the show. "Breaking It In" Is the title for 
the clever Interlude, and although the bare 
stage has served many purposes. It has never 
been made more logically introduced than In 
this instance. There is a laugh every few 
seconds, thanks to the comedian's good work 
and the bright Ideas for by-play. Another all- 
laughter Inning was pulled by Barnes and 
King with burlesque magic, Barnes providing 
sufficient mystery to hold attention, while 
King kicked up the merriment through the 
most effective sort of comedy method. After 
all the other laugh-getters. Harry Webb hap- 
pened along and easily came Into his own, 
topping off with a ballad of sentiment well 
negotiated. Applauded for bows and a speech. 

WALT. 



STAR (T. J. Carraody, mgr.; agent, W. V. 
A.). — The return to a full week's show seems 
to have benefited business muchly. Wednes- 
day evening there was a fine house and the 
show went with many laughs attendant. Par- 
ticularly in favor with the audience were 
Frank Milton and De Long Sisters, who gave 
"Twenty Minutes Layover at Alfalfa Junc- 
tion" to almost Incessant laughter. It's the 
best "three-act" seen In the dlgglns for some 
time. The lines are witty, the trick business 
is funny and Milton plays the handy man 
around the railroad station with much unction. 
The Girls supply class, with good wardrobe and 
nice appearance. When the act gets east the 
wise ones will have something to talk about. 
Byers and Hermann supplied another big time 
Inning with a contortion act which stands alone 
in its class. The Havelocks with a showy 
Juggling act offered a splendid opener. Art 
Adair started the early laughs with his musical 
monolog and character drawing following, with 
a hit recorded. Illustrated songs with Flo 
Jacobson caroling, was the fifth act In the 
show. Then came Clement De'Llon's mystify- 
ing and marvelous manipulations of billiard 
balls. Austin Bros, burlesqued, rough housed 
and slambanged the proceeding with lots of 
laughter cheering them on and giving way to 
Leo Beer's piano, scored heavily. 

WALT. 



FOLLY (John A. Fennessy, mgr.).— The 
second of Gordon & North's attractions turned 
up here Sunday afternoon. "The Passing 
Show" is In many scenic respects a greater 
novelty outfit than "The World of Pleasure"; 
its principals are for the most part capable In 
interpretations, and the chorus people are In- 
dustrious and frequently occupied, but In the 
matter of vocal fitness the company is sadly 
lacking. As a scenic and sight display the 
present offering is an easy second among the 
burlesque shows which have previously com- 
peted at this house with "The World of Plea- 
sure." Many extra stage hands and light men 
are required to operate the effects and for this 
week the orchestra (already a most capable 
band of harmonists) Includes several additions. 
It Is fortunate that the instrumental up- 
lift Is so competent, for the singing would 
leave the musical element still more greatly 
lacking were it not for the splendid strength 
the orchestra gives to the score. Don Roth 
is credited on the program with the book, Ed 
Hay the lyrics and Leo Edwards the score. 
In capable hands the Edwards contribution 
would set "The Passing Show" at the head of 
the Folly's list. The book In its early pages 
makes halting progress, but the second hair 
makes up for what the opening section lacks 
in comedy and activities. Scenlcally the 
production Is excellent, come of the five dif- 
ferent scenes being as pretty as have been 
shown here this season. There is an over- 
reaching for scenic effect In the change from 
"one" to full stage in the first part, and the 
result Is a dead wait right where the show 
can least support It. The first front scene 
shows a railroad station Interior and tbe draw- 
off discloses a train at night, curving away 
in the distance. The Immediate foreground car 
contains girls In the windows continuing a 
chorus which has built up to the change. While 
the effect Is pretty and an oddity, 1; becomes 
a matter of opinion whether it is good enough 
to make the subsequent wait worth while. 
An especially pretty drop and scene before li 
shows a "board-walk" and a .vista of ocean, 
used as a setting for the last half of the per- 
formance. A third noticeably effective scone 
forms a part of the opening section of the show 
when a banquet room with tables spread In 
horse-shoe form selves as a pretty sight fea- 
ture. It Is not until this scene that much 
action, save in development of the story. Is at 
hand. Considerable good comedy of a noisy 
and rough-and-tumble sort serves here to save 
the early section of the show; but It does 
not come un:ll three-quarters of an hour have 
been spent in mildly diverting scenes and Inci- 
dents. The especially novel and effective 
"sight'' feature of tbe early part Is an Ama- 
zon parade with the girls In body-length cos- 



tumes of some shimmering stuff which deflects 
the varl-colored lights when thrown upon the 
marchers with brilliant and beautiful effects. 
Marlon J. Benson is exposed to view as the 
most conspicuous figure In the march scene, 
covered from neck to feet In an unbroken sur- 
face of white skin-tights, the contrast bring- 
ing her physical charms Into stunning relief. 
Alfred Golden and Dora Andrea make passing 
good In a series of glides and whirls on the 
full stage; Mae Rose and Cecelia Sylvester, 
with tome pretty chorus effects in the num- 
bers, lend activities to bring the Interludes of 
the first-part through to a novel finale. The 
close comes when four see-saw boards are 
shoved onto the stage and down as far front 
as the supports can be rolled ; girls sit astride 
the ends and stand In the middle, the ones 
who careen up and down over the heads of 
tbe orchestra distributing carnations. The 
encore shows the contraptions electrically 
lighted, with pretty effect. 

The second part has good comedy, Sam Sid- 
man and Chas. Drew have a "Dutch and 
Irish" bout, lasting for the best part of an 
hour, with Ben Byron feeding as the 
"straight." Sldraan le in evidence frequently, 
and always with results. The chorus, at all 
times a potent factor in maintaining the Inter- 
est, have the best "number" of the show in 
a Boweryized "Apache" dance which stirred 
the audience to enthusiastic applause. " 'Neath 
the Old Palm Tree," led by Miss Sylvester, Is 
a prettily staged and attractively accomplished 
number In which three of the chorus are 
cataloged for "imitations." Tbe "Joe Welch 
girl" handled her assignment the best of 
the lot and received as reward a hearty recall; 
but the other impersonations were not even 
reminders. An Interlude affording novelty In 
execution provided a disrobing Incident along 
new lines. The chorus of each verse costs 
each of the four girls an article of apparel, 
chorus men assisting In the action, until when 
the verses are all sung the girls stand for a 
brief second in body-length tights. The 
encores bring the girls across the darkened 
stage, marching demurely, as the "foots" are 
flashed to give quick glimpses of frank dis- 
play. The audience made the girls tramp five 
times across. The finale of the show finds 
the chorus engaged in building a "battle-ship" 
for a patriotic finale. A novel piece of "busi- 
ness" turned up in an electrical arrange- 
ment used in a scene between Sldman and Miss 
Benson. At will the young woman flashed 
electricity from her finger tips, and eventually 
for comedy effect the same power was trans- 
ferred to Sidman. Good stuff. In spite of the 
scenic, electrical and "business" features of 
the performance, the beauties of Its costum- 
ing and the many novelties afforded, the value 
of these advantages was, as has been said, 
greatly Impaired because principals and chorus 
fell short in vocal efforts. There was not one 
really good voice distinguishable at any time. 
A chorus man committed barberous assault 
upon the music of what would have been 
a pretty number, with a half-dozen girls doing 
a "boogy" Interlude before a fire-place; the 
discord and off-key shouting making the end 
of the incident a welcome relief from the an- 
noyance. Miss Sylvester has much of the 
number work thrust upon her, but the quality 
of her voice Is minus and In quantity decid- 
edly limited. The one girl who stood out con- 
spicuously superior to the others In the com- 
pany was Mae Rose. She Is, In the first place, 
* mighty pretty girl; her voice Is the best of 
the lot and she Is a pudgey bundle of vi- 
vacity and willingness. Helen Morris was ex- 
cellent in the "straight" role assigned to her. 
The chorus men are a busy lot, the many 
scenes and numbers keeping them on the 
jump either as participants or stage clearers. 

WALT 



STAR AND GARTER (Wm. Becbe. mgr.).~ 
Manchesters "Cracker Jacks" In all particu- 
lars make good the title. To this consumma- 
tion the individuality, talent and accomplish- 
ments of Mollie Williams is thy most potent 
contributing factor. She first appears In the 
olio In "Le Dance L'Entleement," translating 
Its French title to Spanish environment. Dur- 
ing the burlesque she appears in two numbers. 
In each of the three essays she covers herself 
with artistic glory. In her later appearances. 
Miss Williams' versatility Is displayed In re- 
minders of Anna Held which come closer to 
Imitations than does the work of numerous 
specialists In the Impersonation line. She has 
a personality which "gets across," her singing 
voice Is sweet and pleasing If not overly 
strong; her physical charms are a delight to 
the eye. and In the matter of costuming she 
Is to be sincerely complimented. Passing to 
the other women of the company. Ruby Leonl 
and Fanny Vedder share with Miss Williams 
the honors for charm of face and form; but 
when It comes to costumes Miss Leonl makes 
a clean-up all over the place. She wears four 
beautiful gowns (one so stunning that Bhe 
received a round of applause upon her ap- 
pearance In It) and In two suits of costumes 
with tights she presents a picture radiantly 
beautiful. Miss Vedder Is a statuesque double 
for Miss Leonl when she dons tights and in 
several handsome gowns graces the occasion 
as a night feature, entering with vivacity Into 
the action several scenes. Miss Vedder and 
Miss Leoni lend numbers nnd are a great 
factor in the progress of splendid entertain- 
ment. Blanche Rose acquits herself with 
credit In a r.tralght role, devoid of many op- 
portunities. The comedy element Is In the 
hands of John Williams, John Jess, Harvey 
Brooks and Frank Harcourt ; they keep the 
laughs going almost incessantly, Williams an!S 
Jess being particularly effective in provoking 
merriment, without resort to anything hut 
creditable methods. "A Trial Marrl'ig"" is th • 
opener and "nafTydlllB" Is the burlesque an 
olio strong In quality being Insertd between 
the two books. The numbers ar • beautifully 
costumed and Thos. F. Gradv ha^ worked out 
some attractive evolutions; the girls are hard 
worker-, and capable, too. adding no small 
?..?»? to the exce,,e nce of the program . Miss 
Williams starts the vaudeville features with 
her sketch. Williams and Brooks follow with 



a talking act which serve* to extract laughs 
a-plenty from new material. The Plroscoffls 
cleaned up the olio with their single and com- 
pany Juggling an* obje.i piling. Frank 
Harcourt closed tbe vaudeville intrlude with 
a good "Rube" mono.ogue. Walt. 



PRESIDENT (I. A. Levlnson. mgr.; agent, 
William Morris).— For the first half of the 
wtek, the President steps Into the .'100 class 
with a good, wholesome and laughable show. 
Monday evening the audience were hardly al- 
lowed to catch their breath before they were 
thrown into othtr laughing spells. Clotllde 
and Montrose opened with comedy acrobatics, 
which sent them away on a big band. Tom 
Brantford, on "No. '2," stopped the show. His 
comedy and monolog were sure fire. Fully 
two minutes were taken up In acknowledging 
the applause given him. Keogh and Francis 
again started uproars with their comedy 
Bketch, "The Ward Heeler." Still the laugh- 
ing spell did not break, for Chas. Nevlns and 
Ada Gordon broke In with "Little Miss Mani- 
cure," which kept the house going. Miss 
Gordon, as the "scare-crow girl." must be 
given credit. Onetta closed the show with 
classic dances, highly appreciated. H. R. 

LINDEN (Charles Hatch, mgr. ; agent, 
William Morris).— A first class bill at the 
Linden this week, headed by Little All Right 
and wife, who closed the show. They have a 
corking good Juggling act, and everything Is 
worked quickly and easily. Mrs. All Right 
is a dandy looker, and acts as assistant for 
her husband, who handles the bulk of the 
work. They made a good impression In the 
late spot. Young and Brooks opened with a 
musical sketch that won favor. De Vere and 
Roth did nicely with singing. Leavltt and 
Dunsmore, In "That Woman Next Door," easi- 
ly the hit of the bill. Mr. Leavltt makes five 
character changes, all of which were quickly 
handled. Plenty of comedy and good acting 
sent them away to big applause. Forrester 
and Lloyd followed with a first-class singing 
turn, which pleased. Flavlo Bros, were billed, 
but did not appear. H. R. 

The Normal, a new 10-20 at 63d St. and 
Stewart Ave., managed by J. A. Young, 
opened 20, booked through the W. V. Associa- 
tion which also supplies bills for the Arch, 
two blocks away. 



Preston, Ralmond and Co., with "A Suspic- 
ious Wife." a new act Just formed, started a 
chain of W. V. M. A. bookings last Monday, 
splitting this week with the Empire and Co- 
lumbia, Milwaukee. 

The comedy will come to life for a second 
time 10, managed by F. W. Hartman, for a 
corporation comprising several managers as- 
sociated with the W. V. A. Slttner's, Just 
across North Ave., Is preparing for the opposi- 
tion by booking a delegation of headllners to 
top his bills for several weeks to come. 

Houston and Kirby and Manlon and Hall 
had a difficulty In properly celebrating Halls 
birthday during the date the four were In 
Levenworth recently. They had been to- 
gether on the same bills for three weeks pre- 
viously. Manlon gave his partner a watch. 
When the party started out to "wet it" after 
the show, they discovered that a "dry" town 
in Kansas these days means a place with the 
lid on. Before returning from a trip across 
the Missouri State line the next day's matinee 
was ready to start. - 

Tbe Ralmond Bisters have separated for this 
season, owing to Carrie having taken seriously 
111 last week In Cincinnati, where she, is still 
confined In a hospital. As soon as sufficiently 
recovered, Carrie will go home to Philadelphia 
and rest until next season, when the sisters 
will again uppear In vaudeville. Meanwhile 
Dot Kaimond has signed as soubret with Geo. 
lieaeh's Comedy Co. 



One of the lO-L'Os managers hereabouts 
pulled a new one on Barrett und Mathews 
recently. Their prop list for The Battle of 
Too Soon" Is a pretty long one, and when 
Mathews arrived a half hour late for rehearsal 
there were none of the props In sight. Upon 
approaching the manager with an Inquiry as 
to where the stuff wus this reply was forth- 
coming : "When you don't come to rehearsal 
on time I hold the paper In my hand so long 
that I lose it when I want to give It to my 
man." 

Chas. E. Bray is putting Into operation a 
system of publicity helps for the small time 
managers booking through the Association. 
Bert Cortelyou Is the. press agent. M<> nup- 
plles timely write-ups and readers to be used 
either In the newspapers or house programs, 
telling something about the system of booking 
that particular house, where the u< ts come 
from, what they do and In a general way In 
form the public on the vuudeville prop isitlon 
It I* Intended to not alone "boost" th»> lo< al 
house, but. puts In a good word for the As 
soelntlon and its system. 

The Brothers Cooper, adverti • * i \ir an I 
wide to be un all-week feature of the |'r< •sidi-nt 
program this week, were compelled to can. -el 
that dote, at the eleventh hour, and to also 
forego u place as the feature of a Morris 
booked program at Or.h< -n,i Hal! f ,i (Me 
Policemen's Benefit, next week Oscar Hum- 
mersteln drafted Marry for plu-irsals 

have Beohler <;im. up from Kvansville last 
week, where he i« l< mporarily in ■■ n itrini; t > ■ • 
New Grand, to attend the bedside of his 
father, taken Midd<-n'> ill When hi-; parent's 
condition MifhYP'ti'U 'n,;. "••• I I: r> turned t> 
Kvansvillc wh< re le r., r-inain for a few 

w» eks In I'ni-e p-Mim mic i" In- former position 
in the Map :i< il'.i'i. I'.iiiMing. Chi ago. 

(ii'iicvi v. Virmria r'uni:- to vaudeville for 
the flr^f '.me sic e :,. ia^ discharged from a 
local hospital last spring playing tbe Linden. 



22 VARIETY 




STOP! STOP! STOP! 



(OOivie: over and i_ove ivie some more") 

A Novelty By IRVING BERLIN This Song will be the Biggest HIT We've Ever Published 



11 SWEET ITALIAN LOVE " 

By BERLIN and SNYBER The Best Italian Love Song Ever Written 

"DREAMS, JUST DREAMS" 

By BERLIN and SNYDER A Truly Great Ballad. Just the Song You've Been Looking For 





MY COLORED ROMEO 

By BERLIN and SNYDER A Fine Opening or Closing Number. Great Quartet Song 

"IS THERE ANYTHING! ELSE I CAN DO FOR YOU?" 



By BERLIN and SNYDER 
An Artistic Conversational Sontf 



cc 



YIDDISHA EY 





99 



By IRVING BERLIN 
Another One of BERLIN'S GREAT CHARACTER SONGS 



"HIDE BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON" 

A BEAUTIFUL " MOON SONG," with a Great Swinrf to the Chorus 
We Also Publish 

"CALL ME UP SOME RAINY AFTERNOON" " GRIZZLY BEAR" 
"THAT MESMERIZING MENDELSSOHN TUNE " " OGALALLA" 
"DEAR MAME, I LOVE YOU" 

"WHEN THE BLOOM IS ON THE HEATHER" 



TED SNYDER COMPANY, 



USIC PUBLISHERS 
Inc. 1 12 West 38th St., N. Y. 



Chicago Office, Oneonta Building, Chicago, 111. FRANK CLARK, Manager 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



AN ORIGINAL IDEA WITH AN ORIGINAL MELODY 

Little Puff of Smoke, Good Night 

By G. HARRIS "Doc" WHITE 
Now belnrf Featured by such Headllners as STELLA MAYHEW, LOUISE DRESSER, *' ARCADIA," 

HLARE DeVINE, the Lontfworths and hundreds of others 
Great for Single, Dnets, Trio or Quartets. A sontf that has class— and is accepted by Press and Public 

VICTOR KREMER COMPANY m XZX2T' 



Frankle La Marche was compelled to cancel 
her Eastern time because of a telegram re- 
ceived while she was playing the Scenic Tem- 
ple, Providence, to come to Chicago, as her 
mother was not expected to live. 

The Haras, a skating act, have settled their 
differences with the Buttertield Circuit by ac- 
cepting a re-routing of their act. 



Kramer and Ross, at the Trevett last week, 
started a route of twenty-two weeks W. V. A. 
time. 



Irene Russell opened at Sioux City Monday 
for slxten weeks of S-C time booked by Lee 
Krause. 



"The Girl and the Drummer" goes from the 
Grand to the Shubert. Boston, according to the 
latest move on the checker board. 



Petrie and Lewis have dissolved their vaude- 
ville partnership. Bert Lewis will do a single. 
Bill Petrie left town as a member of Rice A 
Cady's "Beauty Trust." 



Ed Arganbright, manager of the Family, In- 
dianapolis, has secured a lease of the old 
Coliseum, New Castle, and the Andre Opera 
House, Colllnsville, towns in Indiana not far 
from Indianapolis, and will play vaudeville 
booked in conjunction with his original house 
through the W. V. 



Bird Millman comes to the Majestic this 
week to resume operations after a lay-off of 
one week caused by injuries Incident to a fall 
from the wire, she lost her Milwaukee week 
thereby. 



The musical show line-up changed a little 
with this week's beginning when "The Girl 
of My Dreams" was succeeded at the Chicago 
Opera House Sunday night with the formal 
production of "Theresa, Be Mine" ; and the 
local total of shows with songs was increased 
on the same evening by the arrival of "The 
Chocolate Soldier," at the Garrick. The 
dramatic showing within "The Loop" was re- 
duced when Nazlmova left the Garrick, but 
swapped the musical show "The Wife Tamers," 
at the Lyric, for the Initial production of 
Chas. Kleins latest play. "The Gamblers." 
The radiant Lillian Is at Powers' "In Search 
of a Sinner," and Clara Llpman stays at the 
Princess with "The Marriage of a Star." 

"The Dollar Princess," at the Illinois, origi- 
nally booked for eight has had Its time ex- 
tended to a full dozen weeks. "The Follies" 
at the Celonlal may have Its first booking of 
six weeks there extended to ten, also. 



Jean Jurende has retired from the "Rah 
Rah Boys'" act and will be replaced by Lorna 
Jackson, who has been doing an "aeroplane" 
as a "single" In the East. 

Rosalie Is back in Chicago from her tour of 
the Bmall towns in pocket-edition musical com- 
edy. The troupe she Is with is now under- 
stood to be playing a part of Gus Sun's time. 



Col. Wm. Thompson, local manager of the 
American Music Hall, has been Invited by a 
Club of newspaper advertisers to address tbem 
at a luncheon they are to give one day this 
week for the special purpose, of listening to 
the stage remarks of that veteran in theatrical 
advertising. 

Sam J. Curtis and Co. are playing supple- 
mental S-C bookings In this vicinity. Isabella 
Crawford, formerly one of "The Blonde Type- 
writers," has Joined the act, replacing Bea- 
trice Derelle. This is to say nothing of a rac- 
coon which Sam Joined out of the Pacific Coast 
an a mascot. 



Catherine Calvert will be the leading actress 
in "The Dc>p Purple" at the Princess next 
Monday evening, when Paul Armstrong and 
Wilson Mlzner's dramatization of "The Badger 
Game" Is made known. 



The Ice Palace at Van Buren and Paulina 
has made a decided hit. The artificial surface 
is crowded to its capacity nightly with a 2.~> 
cent scale of admission. There are spectators 
seats for ;i,000 with nightly turnaways. 



Harry J. Dunbar haB been sued by Louis 
M. Brown, proprietor of the Arch, for $80 
liquidated damages for alleged breach of con- 
tract. Sol Lowenthal will see about it some 
day the current week. 



The Morris fortnight of vaudeville for the 
Policemen's Benefit month started at Orchestra 
Hall last Sunday with Three Kelcey Sisters, 
Bertossi and Archangell, Willie Hale and 
Bros., Ed. Blondell and Co., Whitehead and 
Grlerson, Bunth and Rudd, W. J. McDermott 
and Four Bards. 



Adolph Marks has returned from his Euro- 
pean vacation trip. One of his first cases upon 
returning to local activities Is a suit entered 
by Lee Krouse on behalf of Mile Lollta and 
Edward Campbell. Krause booked them for 
the Broadway, East St. Louis, last week, but 
upon arriving too late for the Monday matinee 
they were notified that they were canceled. 
Under advice they again reported for the night 
show, with the same result. 



Dave and Percle Martin start their tour of 
the Orpheum time at the Mary Anderson, 
Louisville, this week. 



Information comes from Winnipeg that owing 
to a strike on the steel construction work the 
Orpheum will not be completed In time to open 
before March 1. 



Slttner's headllners have caused much dis- 
cussion. The local S-C office, touchy on its 
prerogative as the official Slttner bookers, say 
that through their agency Norman Frieden- 
wald, the 10 per cent, free lance, has placed 
The Operator," for 10; Adelaide Kelme and 
Co., 17 ; and Josephine Sabel, 24. Conway 
and Leland, last week's headliners, were also 
boked by Friedenwald. 

Roy Sebree may return to the hotel where; 
he came from about Jan. 1 next, again as- 
suming the position of manager. Meanwhile 
he Is here In town devoting his attention to 
producing vaudeville act9. His first issue is 
now in rehearsal.— Nace Murray and the Stan- 
ley Sextet, Including five girls. 



Juggling Mathieus are of the opinion that 
reporters on the Davenport (la.) newspapers 
know just the right thing to say about the 

way their act goes with an audience. Hol- 

inan Bros., at Mt. Gllead, O., next week, will 
finish fourteen consecutive weeks of fair time, 
booked by the United Fairs Association. 10 

they start the Morris time. Lane. Goodwin 

and Lane, an act which holds the record for 
playing consecutive months in Chlcsgo, have so 
far broken away from their old haunts as to 
l>e this week In Portsmouth and Norfolk, Va., 

booked by Norman Jefferies. After May 

Nannery and Co. complete their present tour 
of S-C bookings they go to England to show 
their sketch, "The Hand That Rules." 

Dave Jarrett, who has been in Texas since 
la>-t July in the Interest of the "Two Bill's" 
Wild West, returned to his home in Chicago 
last Monday, finished for the season. He was 
employed a special representative of the show 
making local contracts, superintending oppo- 
sition billing and making the railroad deals. 



American; Ethel May was at the Lyda; Anna 
Kva Fay was elsewhere, and Mme. Gertrude 
took the train for the south to escape the 
pnychic circuit. The streets were lTltered with 
bits of paper, the result of the shakey ones 
tearing up their secret correspondence for fear 
of its being read in their pockets by some of 
the seeond-alghters. 

Frank Bush, having escaped the Churchlll- 
Keefe-Morris-Mllwaukee legal complications 
into which he recently plunged. Is this week's 
headliner at the Doutrlck-booked Grand. 
Doutrlck is playing a few other good onon 
across his books thl* ueek: Alber's BearH, 
In new and Ryan, Juggling Mathieus, Prentice 
Troupe, Dave Lubln and Co., Imperial Musical 
Trio "and Blch." 

Flo Adler started a round of northwestern 

bookings at Fargo, N. I)., last week. 

Brown and Mills are In Terre Haute this 
week, playing further booking made through 

Paul Qoudron of the local S-C office. A 

new act in vaudeville Is to comprise Willard 
Terry, formerly Carleton and Terry, and Sam 
Hyams. Paul Qoudron has given the Rath- 
skeller Trio contracts for eight weekB of his 
time in this vicinity. 

One evening this week, at the Ashland, Elsie 
Cressy will try-out as leading woman of "The 
Smoke Queen," an act produced by Van Avery 
and Dunkle which, If successful, will carry her 
over the W. V. A. houses. She has abandoned 
Will Cressy's "Red Parrot" for good and all. 

Telegraphic Information comes from Gladys 
Vance that the Bafe of the Bijou, Jacksonville, 
Fla.. was robbed, the combination being 
wrecked and access thus obtained to $2o<) 
cash booty, early last Tuesday morning. Man- 
ager Cray was busy In the office until after 
midnight when he was invited out by some 
men who arc now suspected of the robbery. 



Last week Chicago and vicinity was alive 
with mind-readers and mystery acts. Mahtma 
tried a new specialty at the Chatterton, Bloom- 
lngton; Count and Countes Chllo were at the 



There are indications that next week's mati- 
nees will be shot to pieces by the goings on 
or goings up at the Aviation Meet which is 
to be held at Hawthorne when many thou- 
sands of dollars in prizes will be competed 
for previous to the start of the $2."»,()(H) flight 
from Chicago to New York. Chlcagoans saw 
their first aeroplane last Tuesday when one 
of the local dallies sent Walter R. Brookins 
iri'o t lie air twice that afternoon. Business 
wiih suspended. 

Robert Pottlnger has solved the problem of 
succeeding with dramatic stock where vaude- 



BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH "ZIT" OF THE N. Y. EVENING JOURNAL 



I HAVE SECURED THE EXCLUSIVE PUBLISHING 
RIGHTS TO THE COMIC SONG CRAZE OF THE CENTURY 



"WHO' 




LOOIM 




YIMONAA? 



jj 



€€ 



Title and MU8IC BY "ZIT" WORDS BY EDGAR 8ELDEN 

WARNING! "ORIGINAL" 80NC WRITERS WILL KINDLY KEEP AWAY FROM THI8 TITLE, OR ANYTHING NEAR IT! 

ff 4IIJSJO NEW YORK CHICAGO 

PUBLISHER Cof. Broadway and 30th 8treet Grand Opera House Building 



SHAPIRO 



RUN NO 



K! 



In playing the greatest mind reading act on the American Stage, an act with the reputation that this act has won. For it will get you the MONNV wh. n y .mi |.>i ,\n> >.i i 
bad. It will build up your business to stay. This act is Beautifully staged. And altogether Ih one of the most elaborate specialties of the kind that vamlcvlll.- has lately . ■ , n 





WORLD'S FAMOUS 
MIND READER 



A Mind Reading Act with unlimited possibilities. 



off. 



Playing to Phenomenal Business everywhere. The results at the box office make the Managers w«-ir a 
Oct. 3, Warburton, Yonkars DIRECTION ALF T. WILTON, 310 Putnam Duilding. NY v. 



: ha' w-iTi't I'uiiif 



Whan answering advertisement* kindly mention VARIETY. 



24 



VARIETY 



WILLARD THEATRE, CHICAGO 

CHICAGO'S NEW MAGNIFICENT UP-TO-DATE VAUDEVILLE HOUSE 

Opens Monday, Oct. 10, 1910 



Booked in conjunction with the WILSON AVE. THEATRE and 
other first class houses in and out of Chicago 

NO ACT TOO BIG OR TOO GOOD FOR THESE HOUSES 



First Class Artists are invited to send open time to 

FRANK Q. DOYL 

Suites 404 to 408 Chicago Opera House, CHICAGO 



vllle failed In his 10-20'a. Last season he built 
the Mabel, and early this month opened a new 
one, the Sheridan, out Irving Park way. The 
Sheridan was a flivver from the Jump and the 
Mabel was never real prosperous. Now b» la 
running two stock organizations, playing a 
split week with the same play, shifting bouses 
Thursday. Last week "The Devil" ran a full 
term at both houses; this week "St. Elmo" 
and "Dora Thorn" are the bills. 

While playing the Orpheum, Lincoln, last 
week, Howard Valantlne, of Valantine and 
Dooley. was married to Ray Belle, a profes* 
atonal, on the same bill. 

"The Member From Ozark" will next week 
succeed "The Girl In Waiting" at the Olym- 
pic. "The Aviator" was first announced, but 
for some reason as late as Tuesday a change 
was made to the New Augustus Thomas' play. 



will be moved to Kansas City, Des Moines and 
on to the small time he books in the vicinity 
of Chicago. Johnny Nash is now in Ohio 
looking up houses to take acts which will 
open at the Apollo, Wheeling. He especially 
wants a house in Dayton to break the Jump 
to these houses which he now books out of 
here : Colonial, Indianapolis, and Lyric, Terre 
Hautte. The Colonial, St. Louis, now booked 
by the local Morris office, Is also claimed by 
Ooudron, to start 10. Up to date James 
Matthews declares he has received no notice 
that the Morris franchise Is to be abandoned, 
under the two weeks' clause in the contract 



Johnny McGrall and Geo. Perry will oper- 
ate a booking agency In the Adams Express 
Building as soon as their arrangements are 
completed. 



Next Monday evening cafe vaudeville will 
be resumed In "The Loop." The Boston Oyster 
House will be the first six acts to be booked 
by Earl J. Cox on a "split." Guy Morvllle, 
formerly in vaudeville with Morrille and Mar- 
riott, will manage the entertainment which 
will start at 11 o'clock and continue for two 
hours. 



Orpheum ttuff : Charley Beehler and Wal- 
ter Tenwlck, were at dinner the other evening. 
Beehler, in glancing over the bill of fare, dis- 
covered chicken disguised under new sur- 
roundings. Looking up at the waitress he 
asked: "How's the chicken to-night?" and 
she straightway answered : "First rate, how 
are you?" 



Another 10-20 will be added to the local 
field when the Wlllard, on the South Side, 
opens 10, booked by Frank Q. Doyle. The 
bills will split with the Wilson Ave. Some of 
the acts which have been contracted for ap- 
pearances at both houses are Velde Trio, Mr. 
and Mrs. Perkins, D. Fisher, Rice and Cohan, 
Henry Lee. Juggling Normans and Trocadero 
Quartet. Doyle is now booking the Lyric, 
Fort Wayne. 



Gertie De Milt and the Kennedy Bros, have 
organized a singing and dancing act, and are 
playing Walter De Oria's W. V. A. bookings. 
Another new formation on De Oria's time is 
Schreck, formerly of Kramer and Schreck, 
who is doing an act with Irene D'Arville. 
Thomas and Ryan have split ; both are "sin- 
gles" now. 



About ten more weeks of vaudeville, booked 
out of Chicago, have been acquired by the 
local S-C offices. Paul Ooudron will book 
five acts and hold them together as a travel- 
ing show for four weeks of Southwestern 
routing, opening at the Empire, Fort Worth, 
Tex., and playing, in order, the Orpheum, 
Dallas: Colonial. Oklahoma City, and Pas- 
time, Wichita. Then such acts as he requires 



PRESIDENT (I. A. Levlnson, mgr.; agent, 
William Morris).— Onetta. Tom Brantford. 
Clotllde and Montrose, Nevlns and Gordon, 
Keogh and Francis, Levitt and Dunsmore, 
Hardie Langdon, Kimball and Donovan, Fin- 
lay and Burke, Pete Mack and Clancy Twins, 
Walman, Hilda and Estelle. 

LINDEN (Chas. Hatch, mgr. ; agent, Wil- 
liam Morris).— De Vere and Roth. Forrester 
and Lloyd, Little Alright and Wife, Levitt 
and Dunsmore, Youngs and Brook, Onetta, 
Al. H. Wild. Keogh and Francis, Prlxley and 
Malastesta, Dumltrescha troupe. 

JULIAN (J. O. Condermann, mgr. ; agent, 
William Morris).— Juggling Mathleus. T. H. 
Dalton. Klrksmlth Sisters. Diamond Comedy 
Four, Rice and Walters. 

LYDA (George Hlnes, mgr. ; agent. W. V. 
M. A.).— Ethel May, Wm. J. O'Hern. Reiff, 
Clayton and Relff, Great Vernon, Williams 
and Gordon. 

FRANKLIN (Earl Cox, agent).— Morris and 
Kramer, White, Zola and Co., Irene Russell, 
Larkins and Burns. 

PEKIN (Robert Motts, mgr. ; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle).— Carolina Comedy Four, De Muths, 
McCune and Grant, The Roys, Ryno and Em- 
erson, Bowman and St. Clair. 

GRAND (George B. Le Vee, mgr. ; agent, 
W. V. M. A.).— Williams, Thompson and Co., 
Fred and Mae Waddell, Olive Briscoe, George 
Hlllman, Tops-Topsy-Tops. 

AMERICUS (Wm. O. Yost, mgr. ; agent, Earl 
J. Cox).— We-Chok-Be, Montgomery Duo, 
Clara Thropp's Passing Review, Four Graces. 

AMERICAN (Earl J. Cox, agent).— Jeanetta, 
Hall and Thaw, Clifton Allen and Co. 

APOLLO (Robt. Levy, mgr. ; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle).— Mr. and Mrs. Perkins Fisher, 
Snyder and Miller, Bushs Happy Youngsters. 
The Great Albertla. 



CRYSTAL (Frank Schaefer, mgr. ; agent, 
Frank Q. Doyle).— Momos Arabian Acrobats, 
Dick Richards and Co., Henry and Alice Tay- 
lor Co., Billy Browning. Shadrick and Tal- 
bott. 

WILSON AVE. (Jones, Llnlck A Schaefer, 
mgrs. ; agent, F. Q. Doyle).— The Wheelers. 
Five Juggling Normans, Irving Jones and 
Bert Grant, Geo. Tacius, Cameron and Toledo. 

LYCEUM (Fred Llnlck, mgr.; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle).— Bunth and Rudd, Joe. Maddern 
and Katherine Nugent, Morris Samuels, the 
Beldens. Lillian Burnell. 

PEKIN (Robert Motts. mgr. ; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle.)— The De Muths, Ryno and Emerson 
Carolina, Comedy Four, McCune and Grant, 
Thte Roys, Bowman and St Clair. 

GARFIELD (Robt. Wassmann, mgr. ; agent, 
Frank Q. Doyle).— Four Lincolns, Ed. La 
Zelle, Crotty Trio, Dancing Dupars. 

VIRGINIA (J. V. Rltchey. mgr.; agent. 
Frank Q. Doyle).— Soncrant Bros., Lulu 
Howard, Arnold and Turners, Nine Happy 
School Kids, Walters and Clermont. 

Jefferson (J. V. Rltchey. mgr.; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle).— Clark and Richardson. Paul Case 
and Co., Smith Bros., Musical Bensons, Fries 
and Mack. 

ARCH (Geo. L. Brown, mgr. ; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle).— Murphy, Horsfall and Whitman. 
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lancaster, Mortimer 
Sisters, Reese and Dayton. 

PREMIER (Chas. Schaefer, mgr. ; agent 
Frank Q. Doyle).— Barth and Barth, Ethel 
Olson, Randale Sisters, Geo. Hassard, Sanders 
and Glade, Gertrude De Mont Lever and 
Palmer, Fred Yonker. 

BIJOU DREAM (Sigmund Faller, mgr.; 
agent, Frank Q. Doyle.— Griffin and Lewis, 
Great Volna, Fan and Fan, Florence Lewis, 
Myrtle Sisters, Walter Williams, Williams 
and Watsoh. 

GEM (Chas. Schaefer, mgr. ; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle).— Johnson Bros., Three Petltts, 
Roselyn Grayce, Allbott and Llnd, The Clarks, 
Maiie Zardell. 

SCHINDLERS (L. Schlndler, mgr.; agent, 
W. V. M. A.).— Queen Mab and Mr. Wels, 
Maxim's Models, Wayne Le Mar, Van Avery, 
Hubert and De Long, Will J. O'Hern and Co., 
Nevlns and Erwood, Williams and Gordon. 

LYDA (George Hlnes. mgr.; agent, W. V. 
M. A.).— Reiff, Clayton and Relff. Williams and 
Gordon, Vernon, Ethel May and Co., William 
J. O'Hern and Co., Cardownle Sisters, Mills 
and Moulton, Veronica and Hurl-Falls, Smith 
and Arado. 

ASHLAND (A. E. Wieder, mgr.; agent. W. 
V. M. A.).— Merrltt and Somer, Nevlns and Er- 
wood, Donex Halsted, Earl and Girls, Riley 
and O'Hern, Carlo's Circus, Schonwork. 

BUSH TEMPLE (Walter Shaver, mgr.; 
agent, W. V. M. A.).— Karl Emmy's Pets, 
Sheck and De Arvllle. Riley and O'Hern, 



Salo and Laird, Anna Belmont Earl and Jug- 
gling Girls, Little Lord Roberts. 

NORMAL (Agent, W. V. M. A.).— Richards 
and De Winters. Venta, Chas O'Toole, Laird 
and Laird. George Hayes. 

VIRGINIA (J. V. Rltchey, mgr.; agent W. 
V. M. A.).— George Hayes, Ethel Young, Mu- 
sical Story, Vento. 

KEDZIE AVE. (Wm. B. Malcolm, mgr.; 
agent, W. V. M. A.).— Somera and Storke, 
Rusticana Trio, Watson, Hutchinson and B. 
Chick Sales, Swaln9 Cockatoos. 

CIRCLE (Balaboon Bros., mgrs.; agent W. 
V. M. A.).— Cardownle Sisters, Mills and 
Moulton, Joe Flynn, Travato. 

GRAND (George B. Le Vee, mgr.; agent, W. 
V. M. A.).— Williams, Thompson and Co., Olive 
Briscoe, Tops. Topsy and Tope, George Hlll- 
man, Fred and Mae Waddell. 

AMERICUS (Wm. G. Yost, mgr.; agent, 
Earl J. Cox).— Roland Rammage, Nellie Lyton, 
Alonzo Moore and Co., Clara Throop'a Review, 
Four Oraces, Lupla Perea and Co., Montgom- 
ery Musical Duo, Cliff ton and Allen Co. 

AMERICAN (Earl J. Cox, agent).— We-Chok- 
Be, Jeanette, Clifton and Allen Co., Larkins 
and Burns, Poers and Paulinia, Grace Harvey. 

COLUMBIA (George B. Le Vee, mgr.; agent, 
Earl J. Cox).— Panky and Cook, Flo White, 
Lorraine and Co., Will Hart, Musical Darlings, 
Alonzo Moore and Co., Wells and Sells, The 
Hoeys, Pearl Lester, We-Chok-Be. 

GRAND (Earl J. Cox, agent).— Clayton 
Jones, Cumby and Wilson, James Sisters, Rose 
Fox and her Picks. 

CENTURY (L. A. Calvin, mgr.; agent. Earl 
J. Cox).— Reese Trio, Morris Jones. Dunbars 
Goats, Flo Jacobson, In Arizona. Musical Dar- 
lings, Nellie Lyton, Rathskeller Trio. Pankey 
and Cook. 

FRANKLIN (Earl J. Cox, agent.)— White 
Zola, Larkins and Burns, Morris and Kramer, 
Hardie Langdon, Gould Sisters, Ross and Kra- 
mer, Llnton'a Juggling Girls. 

COLISEUM (Mr. Harvey, mgr.; agent. Earl 
J. Cox).— Ethel Qilkie and Master Richards, 
Nelson's Dogs, Gould Sisters. Flo White, Will- 
iam Bart, Ed. Schooley and Co. 

REPUBLIC (Chas. Koester, mgr.; agent, 
S-C).— Edythe Stanley, Grant and Gibson, Rad- 
cllffe and Hall, Romaln, Ferguson and Mack. 
Frank Mostyn and Co.. Flo Fay. Ponte and 
Christopher, The Garnellns, Le Page and Marr. 

SITTNER'S (Paul Slttner, mgr.; agent, S-C,. 
— De Hollls and Valora. Zeno and Mandel, 
Anita Primrose, Norris' Baboons, Geo Fredo, 
Sam J. Curtis and Co. 

WHITE PALACE (Kenneth Fitzpatrick, 
mgr.; agent. S-C).— Le Page and Marr, The 
Garnellas, Ponte and Christopher, Flo Fay, 
Frank Mostyn and Co., Edythe Stanley, Grant 
and Gibson, Radcllffe and Hall, Romaln, Fer- 
guson and Mack. 



FIRST NEW YORK APPEARANCE 




W I N AND H 






O 




VAUDEVILLE'S CLASSY SINGING DUO 

American Music Hall, New York, Next Week (Oct. 3) Fulton Theatre/Brooklyn (Oct. 10) 



MAURIC 





URKHART 



CHARACTER ENTERTAINER 
Endorsed as one of the SEASON S BIGGEST HITS on the PANTAOES' CIRCUIT. Don't ask me. Ask MR. ALEX. PANTAGES and his MANAGERS. 
Held ovr for opening of NEW PANTAOES THEATRE, LOS ANGELES, CAL., THIS WEEK (SEPT. 25). Week Oct. 8, Pantages Theatre, Denver. 

When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



*5 



"Commercial Appeal," Memphis. Sept. 20. 

Lily Lena is the feature this week. Before 
commenting upon her appearance It Is neces- 
sary to forget blue Monday, hobble skirts and 
everything disagreeable, even bill collectors. 
To appreciate her, just imagine that you are 
In a rare botanical garden, with birds and 
butterflies, and that she is the fairest flower 
of them all. It Is logical to think this, for 
If she were left alone in a garden the bees 
and butterflies would settle on her pink and 
palpitant shoulders naturally. 

Lily Lena last year made an Impression on 

the susceptible public mind that is lasting. 

It was revived with her appearance yesterday 
afternoon. She is penetrant, persuasive and 

Sermanent. She ripples with Incessant life, 
he has expression, a quality not fixed as the 
earth's foundation, but as changeful as the 
clouds moving over the smooth surface of a 
summer sky. 

But what is the use of trying to describe 
Lily Lena. Adjectives all seem sick and puny 
when It comes to finding one to adequately 
describe her. 



W&VrMtiffXiL't 



•U^ii 



Vu\ 



L«ly is a lovely star 
Indeed there is no sweeter 
Luna she outshines by far 

YOU'LL KNOW HER whea you METEOR 

l"-ts no mere satellite 
Everybody knows it 
n sun or moon is half so bright 
j\nd lily's singing shows it 

Bv RICHARD CROLIUS 



SAN FRANCISCO 

Bry Lester Fountain. 

VARIETY'S Western Office, 
008 Market Street. 



(Dy Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr. ; agent, 
direct). — Waterbury Bros, and Tenny started 
things moving splendidly with their enjoyable 
musical offering. Linton and Lawrence, "In 
the Piano Store," made themselves liked. 
Fred Singer, In "The Violin Maker of Cre- 
mona," a Warfleldlan episode, held rapt at- 
tention. "Dlnkelspiel's Christmas" (held 
over) closed the intermission and left a good 
flavor after the first part. Mr. Carroll would 
help matters if he were to sink the perpetual 
smile which becomes annoying after a time. 
Tom Smith and "Three Peaches" opened 
after the Intermission and managed to pull 
out through some fair dancing at the finish. 
Evers-Wisdom company, in a baseball sketch, 
started like a winner, but the piece fell 
away as it advanced and became so silly at 
the finish it lost all value. Howard and 
Howard topped the program. They were ac- 
corded a big reception and pulled out the 
big hit of the program. Lane and O'Donnell 
closed the show in a most satisfactory man- 
ner, receiving a big volume of applause. 

NATIONAL (Zlck Abrams, mgr. ; agent, 
S. C.).— It Is a pretty poor entertainment at 
the National this week. Madame Jenny's 
Cats and Dogs started things only fairly. 
The act is worked too slowly and the dressing 
in tights might be dropped. Hallen and 
Hayes were saved by their dancing. Crosby 
and Lee, In "Back Home," started poorly 
and never recovered. The Grazers, local fa- 
vorites, hit them as usual. Venetian Sing- 
ers" started big, slowed down toward the 
middle, got their second wind and finished 
big. Saad Dahduh Troupe, closing the show, 
started the first real applause of the evening, 
their whirlwind finish "cleaning up." 

WIQWAM (Sam Harris, mgr. ; agent, S. C). 
—The Wigwam show Is all right. Grey and 
Peters were well received in their riding spe- 
cialty. Bochman and Gross, a "sister" outfit, 
did very well Indeed. The girls have brushed 
up their wardrobe and are working along the 
right direction. Emmett Devoy and company, 
in "The Saintly Mr. Billings," did not get 
very far. The audience showed but mild In- 
terest. Manuel Romaln and company came 
along and grabbed the hit of the evening. 
Williams and Weston, also In line for the 
good things, were liked Immensely. Zerrell 
Bros, gave the show a rattling close. The 
boys are good equilibrists and their finish 
made them a big hit. 




AMERICAN (James Pilling, mgr. ; agent, 
S. C.).— Senzell Bros., very good equilibrists. 
Joe Carroll stayed too long and hurt the 
earlier impression. Rawsou and Clare, in 
"JuBt Kids," won all the way and easily the 
hit of the vaudeville section. American 
Travesty Stars completed the program. 

CHUTES (Ed. Levy, mgr. ; agent, Pantages, 
direct).— Fair Is the best that may be said 
of the program at the Chutes. Jessie Ed- 
wards and her Dogs, well received; Myrtle 
Vlctorine and Two Zolars, rich, classy cos- 
tumes and make a good looking, pleasing spe- 
cialty; Melroy Trio and "Kid Kidders ' did 
not pass muster at all ; act will not do. Bob 
FitzsimmonB and wife scored roundly ; Claude 
Golden, clever card manipulator, with poor 
talk ; Lalolata, Spanish dancer, landed solid ; 
Tom Kelly scored; Buch Bros, enjoyed, though 
comedy is weak. 

Excavating activities nave recommenced 
upon the site of the proposed Premium The- 
atre on Fillmore St., which will occupy the 
old site of the Hague Cafe. 

Reports from Seattle state that Clinton 
Montgomery, known as "the silver-voiced bari- 
tone" among his friends and acquaintances in 
the profession, was married the 21st to Mrs. 
Daniel Carmody, a widow. Montgomery has 
been singing at the Olympus Caie la Seat- 
tle for the past month. 

Roth and Gould left the 22d for the North, 
presumably to open on the Pantages Circuit. 



Smiling Stage Manager Art Hickman, of the 
Chutes, is now a full-fledged care manager. 
Art has invested a portion of his savings for 
a third interest In the Chutes cafe and bar. 
A staff of entertainers will be Installed in the 
cafe, the place being made popular and up 
to date in every respect. 



Sophie Tucker, on her return engagement 
at the Chutes, is proving the "big noise" at 
every performance. 



Bert Levey, "That Independent Agent," is 
growing impatient for other fields to conquer 
and may spring something before long tbat 
will cause considerable surprise. 



Harry Rhelnstrom, 20 years of age, the son 
of a late millionaire distiller of Cincinnati, 
whose marriage a year or more ago with 
Edna Loftus, a chorus girl, estranged him 
from his mother, became a violent maniac 
the 21st, and was arrested upon the etrecis of 
Oakland after a violent struggle. Rhelnstrom 
and his bride have been residing in Oakland 
and Berkeley for the past month and of late 
have been In straightened circumstances. 

If District Attorney Fickort has his way, 
and it looks as though he will with the back- 
ing of the Grand Jury, women entertainers In 
the cufes of the Tenderloin and dancing In 
those same resorts are doomed. The Inti- 
mated intention of Fickert is 10 accomplish 1 tic- 
gradual removal of the resorts and cafes 
bounded by Mason, OFarrell, Taylor and 
Turk streets to the Barbary Coast. Dancing 
has been allowed in the Tenderloin cafes until 
1 o'clock, but has generally been continued 
until later hours. Plain clothes men are now 
appearing at the various resorts to see that 
the order Is enforced. Several months ago 
an attempt was made to stop dancing alto- 
gether, but a petition signed by over .too busi- 
ness men was presented to the Hoard of Po- 
lice Commissioners, who voted to allow danc- 
ing, with the elimination of tht turkey trot" 
and other dances said to be objectionable 
Since that lime otheotcrpslchorean pastime 
have been Introduced calling for a variety of 
movements that cause the "turkey trot" to fade 
into insignificance. The Waiters' Union in 1 In- 
latest to take a hand and have decided to 
call upon the Labor Council to aid In the 
movement to have Tenderloin cafes removed 
to the Barbary Coast. Resolutions were adopt- 
ed favoring the removal of the resorts, on 
the ground that thry are ;i haven for Asiatic* 
and cheap white labor. The union asserts 
thut the <afe proprietors not only employ 
Chinese and Japanese labor In preference to 
white labor, but encourage patrons to patron- 
ize the Asiatics. The outlook for cafe enter- 
tainers around town at present looks rather 
foggy for the future. 

Jane Gordon, who came from New York and 
opened her engagement as leading woman at 
the Alcazar, Aug. 21), holding the position for 



three weeks, announced Sept. 20 that she 
would bring suit against Frederick Belasco. 
According to Miss Gordon she was engaged 
for a season of thirty-five weeks, more or 
less, under her contract and was released 
without any valid reason. Catherine Cal- 
houn, a member of the company, is said to 
have received the same treatment. Miss Cal- 
houn is to join the Ye Liberty Stock Com- 
pany of Oakland this week (2(1). 

The amusement manager of the Midway 
Concert Hall announces that The Three Kuhns 
have been secured on a year's contract to 
open the latter part of October or early In 
November. 



The Buffalo and Pawnee Bill shows open 
here 5, for five days. 



May Yohe opened a four weeks' engagement 
at the Thalia Concert Hall 18, with an option 
for an indefinite stay. 

Jeanette Dupre closed a successful three 
weeks' engagement at the Portola Cafe 17. 
She has been engaged for three weeks by 
Levy's Cafe in Los Angeles, opening 25. Jean- 
ette hasn't lost a week since she came west. 



Mrs. Uriah Seely. mother of Walter Hoff 
Seely, died at her home at Newark, N. J., 15, 
as a result of heart failure. 



Extensive alterations are being made among 
the Concert Halls In the Barbary Coast. The 
old Mldwey has been entirely remodeled and 
enlarged upon an extensive scale, at an esti- 
mated cost of $40,000. 

The Hippodrome Concert Hall on Pacific 
St. opened week 11, playing vaudeville. 



The Era Comedy Four, colored, are another 
act heading east that should make some noise 
when they arrive. 



Idora Park. Oakland, will close Its season 
10 Instead of 2, as announced. This season 
has brought this place of amusement more 
Into popular favor than ever before. 

Commencing 2."» prices at the Chutes were 
Increased to ."»() cents for the first ten rows In 
the orchestra, balance ten and twenty cents, 
and twenty cents for front rows In the gal- 
lery, heretofore been free. 



MacLc;in & Bryant on their third tour over 
the Pantages Circuit have been booked for 
two more consecutive trips, commencing Im- 
mediately upon completion of the present tour. 

Men Sellar has Joined the American Trav- 
esty Co. at the American. 



Mr. and Mrs. Men. Harney leave week 2"» 
for a six weeks' engaeeraent In Honolulu. It 
is to be hoped Hen doesn't kick under In the 
tropics as wa reported he did in Florida 

about two ye ars ago. 



S.-C. are contemplating putting Jim Post 
and a company of at leant 2."> people back in 
the American. If this Is done, but one or two 
pick-up acts will be booked In conjunction 
weekly. 



Harry Garrity is back after ten weeks with 
the Casino Musical Company In Honolulu. 
Harry Is at present handling the "Dutch" 
with the musical company at the American 
and doing full justice to his end. 



Eddie O'Brien has resigned from the Amer- 
ican Travesty Stars and teamed up with his 
wife, little Darragh. for vaudeville. 



Henry Garcia, amusement manager of the 
Portola Cafe, and wife, La Estreletta, are in 
Old Mexico on a six weeks' pleasure trip. 

PORTOLA (Alburn & Leahy, mgrs. ; agent, 
Bert Levey).— Vivian and Alton; Jones and 
Greeman ; Snowle Maxwell; Kelly and Rowe ; 
Alfred Swlnton ; two to fill. 

MARKET ST. (Hallhan & Getz, mgrs; 
agent, Bert Levey).— Homer DeniB ; Willlsch ; 
Maraettl Bros ; one to fill. 

GRAND (Alburn & Leahy, mgrs.; agent, 
Bert Levey).— Roberts and Roberts; Imley ; 
Gerse Duo ; Christy and Lee ; Oene Du Bell. 

HAIGHT ST. (Hallhan & Getz, mgrs.; 
agent, Bert Levey).— Boyd & Allen; Musical 
Spraegellos ; Clause & Radcliff ; Jos. D. Car- 
roll. 

PORTOLA CAFE (Henry Garcia, amuse- 
ment mgr. ).— Beatrice and Willie Crackles; 
Lilly Lillian ; Madge Maltland ; Clementina 
MarcelU ; La Pomma ; Miss E. Leslie ; Senor 
Luis Pamles ; Bernat Jaulus and orchestra. 

COLUMBIA (Gottlob & Marx, mgrs.; direc- 
tion K. & E.).— Francis Starr, in "The Easiest 
Way." 

SAVOY (F. Busey, mgr.; direction, John 
Cort).— Walter Whiteside in "The Melting 
Pot." 

PRINCESS (Sam Loverick. mgr.).— Musical 
comedy. Dark for two weeks. Re-opens Oct. 
with "Cinderella," John Cort attractions. 

ALCAZAR (Belasco ft Mayer, mgr.; stock). 
—"Clothes." 

GARRICK.— Bevanl Grand Opera Company. 

BOSTON 

By J. Gooltz. 

VARIETY'S Boston Representative. 

80 Summer St. 
KEITH'S (Harry E. Gustln, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O.).— Even with the political spellbind- 
ers as an opposition for the opening night, 
the attendance was at topnotch. Bill of ex- 
ceptional quality. Mclntyre and Heath, head- 
line, same old act, same old laughs; Clara 
Belle Jerome, assisted by William Seymour 
and the Eight Dancing Toodlcs, dancing good, 
neat setting; H. T. MacConnell, talking and 
singing, works two others In audience, very 
good ; John W. Sherman's illusions, live model 
groupings (second week), more than pleased; 
Jock McKay, a fund of good Scotch songs an<' 
stories, had them screaming ; Otto Brothers, 
German comedians, local boys, went big ; 
Ballerlni's Dogs, good act, animals well 
trained ; Myers and Rosa opened show, lariat 
throwing, an oddity that pleased. 



May Blayney, of the "Love Among The 
Lions" company, has been selected by Charles 
Frohman to play Hen Pheasant in "Chante- 
cler." Miss Blayney has been In support of 
J. K. Hackett and Mary Mannerlng, and ap- 
peared In London with Charles Hawtrey. She 
made her first appearance In this country as 
a member of a stock company In San Fran- 
cisco six years ago. 



A company traveling from Manchester, N. 
H.. to Newburyport, Mass., by auto, met 
with an accident on the road and Bomo of the 
troupe were slightly Injured. They were un- 
able to go on, and Mr. Kldredge, of the Pre- 
mier Theatre, Newburyport, railed on Fred 
Mardo, who supplied him with the Tremont 
Quartet and Dean and Sibley. 

The Hudson Opera House, Hudson, Mass, 
opened the l."»th, with C. H. (). time War- 
ren Church, of the C. II. ()., Is also booking 
the Idle Hour, Casino and New fl.dford The 
atre, in New Bedford. Mass. 

Sam Messing is manager of the Lawrence 
nt New Ijondon, Conn. 




ADDIE CLIF 



COLONIAL THEATRE, THIS WEEK (SEPT. 26) 

AND WHAT A HIT 




Wfcen answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



26 



VARIETY 



Those 




AMOROS 31 



The most accomplished pair on the stage. 



Ask William Hammerstein. 



PAUL PURAND, Manager, 



THIS WEEK (Sept. 26th) v VICTORIA THEATRE 

Ot 3. Fifth Ave., New York. TONY WILSON, PfOdUCef. 



ORPHEUM (L. M. Hoas, mgr. ; agent, L. B. 
().).- Three Yosearys ; Ruth Belmar ; Dotson 
and Lucas ; Harry and Mildred ; Lew Har- 
vey ; I31Jou Comedy Trio ; Sorragham, Len- 
nox and company ; Tilly Whitney ; Harry 
Bouton and company; Smirl and Kessener ; 
pictures. 

HUB (Joe Mack. mgr. ; agent, Fred Mardo). 

Musical Janitors; Duffey and Edwards; 
Kohsleys ; ; Sandra and Carl ; Oath ; pictures. 

HOWARD ATUKNEUM (Jay Hunt, mgr.; 
agents, Ed Kelley and Phil Hunt).— Briga- 
diers, burlesque ; House vaudeville bill: Sam 
Langford ; Hob Jewett and his Dancing Dolls ; 
Hodges and Launchmere ; Valesca ; McCarthy 
and Reno ; Eddie Hughes and Helen Logan ; 
Bernard and Hill; Addle St. Alva; pictures. 

BOWDOIN SQUARE (Jay Hunt, mgr.; 
agents, Ed Kelley and Phil Hunt).— Floyd 
and Russell ; Fox and Blondln ; Three Del- 
mars ; Annie Germain ; Ed Slocum ; Rehan 
and Hall ; pictures. 



SCENIC TEMPLE— ALLSTON (Wm. Ham- 
mond, mgr.; agent. National).— A. J. Apple- 
by ; pictures. 

COM1QUE (Mr. Harris, mgr. ; agent, Na- 
tional).— Evelyn Franco; pictures. 

CONGRESS HALL— SOUTH BOSTON (Chas. 
Schlesslnger, mgr.; agent, National). — Anna 
Hayes ; Joe Costl ; pictures. 

CASINO (Chas. Waldron, mgr.; agent, di- 
rect).— "Star and Garter." 

GAIETY (G. H. Batcheller, mgr.; agent, 
direct).— "Majesties." 



(John 
"When 



Craig, mgr. ; 
Knights Were 



Farren, mgr. ; agent, 
Johnson ; "The Rol- 



CASTLE SQUARE 
agent, direct).— Stock. 
Bold." 

COLUMBIA (Harry 
direct).— Special, Jack 
llckers," burlesque. 

OLD SOUTH (Frank Brown, mgr.; agent, 
C. B. O. ).— Hayter and Jeanet ; Lewis Sis- 
ters; Chan Toy; Bob McLaughlin; Prof. 
Corey, Mohler & Faytelle ; Jack Hayes ; 
pictures. 

WASHINGTON (Frank Brown mgr.; agent. 
C. B. O.).— Jack Boyce ; Len Galloway; Oreen 
and Noerln ; Horst and Horst ; Ollle Perkins; 
Conroy and McCarthy ; Ethel Nason ; Wesley 
Norris ; pictures. 

IMPERIAL— SOUTH BOSTON (M. Lydon, 
mgr.; agent, Jeff Davis).— Bo Jangles; Ben 
Pierce ; pictures. 

BROADWAY— SOMERVELLE (Milt Wood- 
bury, mgr.; agent, Jeff Davis).— George Les- 
lie; Billy Hall; Mark Cobden ; John F. 
Heaney ; pictures. 

UNIQUE (H. Washburn, mgr.; agent, Jeff 
■^Davls).— Billy Williams; Bovals ; Billy 
Evans ; Carl Whitney ; pictures. 

PALACE (I. M. Mosher, mgr.; agent, Na- 
tional).— Cora Hall; Davis and Cooper; Shel- 
don and Thayer ; Hoyt and McDonald ; Harry 
Gray; Elzaro ; Eddie Shaw; Clayton and 
Lennle; Ellen Richards; John Phllbrick ; 
Harcourt Sisters ; Pauline Fielding company ; 
pictures. 

BEACON (Jacob Lourle, mgr.; agent, Na- 
tional).— Bob and Daisy Cunningham; Leonard 
and Alvin ; Dave Vine; Mullln and Bartell ; 
Charles Sterling; Italian Woman; Eugene 
Sweet ; Wilson and Adams ; pictures. 

SUPREME— JAMAICA PLAIN (John Levey. 
mgr.; agent, National).— Harry Fraley ; Fred 
(travel ; Morris Hart ; Cora Hall ; pictures. 

STAR— SOMERVILLE (Harry Adelson. 
mgr.; agent, National).— Billy Hess; Will 
Sims ; Gertie Zola ; pictures. 

OLYMPIA-SOUTH BOSTON (F. E. Wood- 
ward, mgr.; agent, National).— Morris Hart; 
Jack Clay; Miss Redmond; James Murtha ; 
pictures. 



PHILADELPHIA 

By GEORGE M. YOUNG. 
KEITHS (H. T. Jordan, mgr.; agent, U. B. 
O.).— There was so much music running 
through this week's bill that Rolfe and his 
"Rolfonlans" had a difficult task in the clos- 
ing position. That they did very well under 
the conditions, receiving a liberal share of the 
applause honors, was a big mark of credit. 
This Is one of Rolfes best offerings, the act 
Is prettily staged and the music pleasing and 
well played. Miss Renata Grossman received 
individual honors for her vocal efforts. The 
combination of singing and directing by Bert 
Sheridan is no added strength. He does well 
enough directing. Previous to this musical act 
two teams of song writers had a whack at the 
audience. Harry Armstrong and Billy Clark 
were on first and their little sketch passed in 
good shape, each number being well received, 
but there Is plenty of room for building up the 
sketch. Harry Williams and Jean Schwartz 
were only four positions removed, but the 
clash did not seem to hurt much. Probably 
it was Williams' modesty that made him good. 
Any way he sent his songs along flying, and 
Jean won a lot for himself at the piano, giv- 
ing Williams a chance to show off his latest 
prop bow, which is a sort of a handshake as if 
be was feeling whether his sparkler was still 
on the third finger of his left hand. Then, 
after all this singing, Stuart Barnes, down 
next to closing, went on and cleaned up a nice 
big hit with several songs and a little bit of 
talk mixed In Just right, his closing number 
registering a solid hit. It was a lot of singing 
in a bunch and the house was pretty tired 
when "The Rolfanians" appeared. Al Whites 
"Four Dancing Bugs" had the dancing field to 
themselves and the quartet of steppers 
went through nicely. It is a good, 
lively number and brought liberal re- 
sponse. Valerie Bergere's Players in 
"What Happened in Room 44" proved most 
entertaining. Victor Smalley has constructed 
this sketch aloujr novel lines and the climax 
puts a corking good snapper to the end of a 
laugh-provoking and Interesting story. Clever 
blending stands out prominently in the pro- 
gress of the story and the finish is as unex- 
pected as it is funny. The principals acquitted 
themselves creditably, but the sketch Is the 
winner here. One of the prettiest animal acts 
that vaudeville can boast of Is that offered by 
Rose Royal and the horse "Chesterfield." Its 
novelty Is only surpassed by the remarkable 




Seotember IO-IO 
JESSE L. LASKY, Sr. 

PRESENTED 

JESSE L. LASKY, Jr. 

TO 

MANHATTANITES 

ALSO 

KNUTE ERICKSON 



(13 LETTERS) 
(13 LETTERS) 

(13 LETTERS) 
(13 LETTERS) 



(13 LETTERS) 

"ON THE HOUSETOP" 
EDWARD KB. CLARK 

Music by 

CHARLES BEATON 
PERCY WILLIAMS 
ALHAMBRA STAGE 
ALL 8 DOING WELL 
TREMENDOUS HIT 

WHO'S LOONEY NOW? 



(13 LETTERS) 

( 13 LETTERS) 

(13 LETTERS) 
(13 LETTERS) 
(13 LETTERS) 
(13 LETTERS) 
(13 LETTERS) 

( 13 LETTERS) 



NEXT WEEK (Oct. .V BRONX. NEW-YORK OCTOBER 10. ORPHELM. BROOKLYN 



results secured in animal training and the 
act met with hearty recognition. It Is a beau- 
tiful and interesting number for any bill. The 
Woods and Woods Trio showed a neat wire 
act, several of the single and team tricks 
being very well done. The wheel riding Is a 
strong feature. The girl secures good results. 
Jetter and Rogers opened the show with their 
fancy and comedy roller skating turn. 

VICTORIA (Jay Mastbaum, mgr.; agent, H. 
Bart McHugh).— What looked to be a big show 
on the bills did not reach a very high average 
and it was not until some changes were made 
that an even balance was secured. The Booth 
Trio landed a substantial hit with their clev- 
erly handled bike act. Ethel Clerlse offered a 
very pleasing musical turn which met with 
liberal reward. Miss Clerlse is one of the 
sister team of that name familiar in vaude- 
ville some years ago and now offers violin, 
cornet and harp playing with a bit of singing 
for her single act. The harp and singing will 
carry her through nicely. The International 
Quartet was all wrong from the first and 
never got started. In their place the Variety 
Trio, three men who were members of the 
Clipper Comedy Four, filled In the spot In 
good shape. The bass is missing and the 
other three hold closely to the usual routine 
of singing and comedy offered by comedy sing- 
ing fours. The Morgan Brothers, also, a sub- 
stitute act, pulled down one of the principal 
hits of the bill with their capital comedy acro- 
batics. Bond Morse finished strong with some 
eccentric dancing. About half of the prelim- 
inary talk could be cut out. The man in the 
act of the Piottls worked single for the first 
show on Monday, being without his baggage. 





v ^ixu ... * ; 

ST* "Ralhokdler 'dno?>; 'V*- 
Amy Leslie, in the Chicago New$ says of 
Mitchell, Wells and Lewis: "Recently three of 
the most noted singers of this class • • • 
made a tremendous hit at the American Music 
Hall. They call themselves The Rathskeller 
Trio and are Immensely entertaining. • • • 
At first they do a perfectly serious song, and 
then they craftily lure the audience into a 
laugh, then a hurrah, and then a tumult of 
laughter at rattling good rough comedy and 
good music. Their voices are fine, their com- 
edy special and their songs of that kind most 
regarded witty and salubrious by the fly ones 
who know what they mean ; though they can 
be enjoyed by any sort of Innocent with a 
white conscience when deftly put over the 
lights." 

IN VAUDEVILLE. 
Permanent Address : White Rats of America. 



Miles 



and 



Ireland 



ft 



The Policeman and the Drunk 



■f 



CAUTION-All the SONGS, DIALOGUE and BUSINESS used 

in the above ACT are COPYRIGHTED. 

Charbino Bros. 

Originators of Incline Head Slide 

P. G. Williams' Bronx this week (Oct. 3) Doing Nicely 

Ne»t week (Oct. io, Greenpoint) AL. SUTHERLAND, Director 



THOSE TWO WESTERN BLACKFACE COMEDIANS. 



MILLER 



AND 



LYLES 



Came East and opened at the Warburton Theatre, Yonkers, Monday, September 19th 

made a hitjand were immediately booked solid for the season 

on United time by their managers 



Reed 



Harry 



Frank 



ALBEE, WEBER * EVANS 

ThUwsak (S-jpt. 2kh>.th«7arj p'.riyin* tw> h»ji 9 i. Keith's Thoatre. Providence. R I . and Keith 
Theatre. Pawtucket. R.I. 




Dainty Singing Commedienne 



INO 



UNI 



IIVI 



WJien answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



BEST PLACES TO STOP AT 




GEO. F. ROBERTS, Assistant Manager 

Cor. Madison and Dearborn Sts., CHICAGO 



A REAL PROPRIETOR OF 
A REAL PLACE TO LIVE 




He did almost as well as later, with his part- 
ner, his singing being the merit. Florence 
Bowes did nicely with a singing turn with 
some pretty costume changes. Miss Bowes car- 
ries a guitar for her final number, but an she 
does not play It. It might be left out for it 
hides her neat figure in knickerbockers. Au- 
rlemma Is a female impersontator of the 
kind one dislikes to nee on the stage or any- 
where else. For the second number, Auriemma 
comes right out in tights and takes a whack 
at Eva Tanguay's "I Don't Care" and also 
uses Julian Eltinge's bathing song. For a 
finish the "Salome" thing is pulled and here 
the limit Is reached. Auriemma does some 
twisting around, grabs the wooden image of a 
man's head, kisses it and falls in wild pa- 
roxysms of passion, but gets up to take off a 
wig. This does not prove his sex. Miller, St. 
Lawrence and Stanley offered some talking 
and singing with poor results. Their material 
Is good enough, but It is poorly delivered. 
Pictures. 



PALACE (Jules E. Aronson. mgr. ; agent. H. 
Bart McHugh).— No act stood out particularly 
strong this week. "The Three Of Us." a trio 
of male singers, had the headline position, 
but did not show anything to warrant the 
prominence. The Mantells with a routine of 
familiar hand-balancing tricks, made a good 
impression. A single-arm stand made a showy 
finishing trick. Marion Harrison did nicely 
with her straight singing turn. Miss Harri- 
son makes a strong bid for favor In dressing, 
looks well and should take off the spot light 
for at learit one of the numbers. Joe Herbert 
met with fair success with comedy bicycle rid- 
ing, showing nothing out of the ordinary. A 
ride down a ladder Is his star trick and It 
won him some applause. Herbert needs to 
have care with his dressing. Soiled clothing 
is not needed for comedy. Payne and Lee 
were favorably received In a novel singing 
turn which might be built up into something 
of higher grade. The "Bllllken" finish shows 
the girl off prominently and the man should 
use this as a base to build up the act. Noth- 
ing of strong merit precedes It. Amanda Gil- 
bert, held over second week with ballads. One 
lively number would help Miss Gilbert, es- 
pecially on a holdover engagement. Kelly and 
I^afferty with their neat dancing art made a 
hit. The boy Is still using a song and dance 
as an announced Imitation of I>addle Cliff 
Rice and Kent do some comedy acrobatics of 
light texture. Pictures. 

COLONIAL (F. Wolf. mgr. ; agents. Taylor 
& Kaufman).— Good bill. Six Novelty Dancers 
put over a big applause winner with their va- 
ried dancing act. Frank Bolo registered 
strongly with his juggling, the ball-juggling 
being a big feature. Bolo also uses the "bunc- 
ing hats" for plenty of laughs and has lifted 
the "upside-down" dancing which he mak'-s 
nothing of. nolo could build up a corking 
art on straight Juggling alone and h"lp It con- 
siderably with good dressing. The Harris 
Twins are two children who go through a 
routine of very good contortion work. Phil 
Hennett had the assistance of a harpist In his 
act. billed as "Co." He added nothing to Den- 
nett's act. which Is a pleasing singing turn 
throughout. The Lowells offered a couple of 
songs and an Imitation of Jack Norworth. For 
material which is far from up-to-date, it was 
well received. Pictures. 



Frank Tlnney is making regular trips to 
this city to see his mother, who has been very 
111 here. 



William C.oldcnbcrg. for several seasons 
treasurer of the Casino and recently appointed 
manager of the Palace nt Reading, is very 111 
with nneumonla. .Tav Mastbaum. manager of 
the Victoria, has gone to Reading to take 
charge of the house there until Mr. Goldenberg 
recovers. 



WILLIAM PENS' (Ceo. Melzel. mgr.; booked 
direct).— Mabel McKlnley : lew Welch & Co.: 
Leonard and Qulnn : Jupiter Bros. : Hap 
Handy A Co. : Folwell and Glare. Pictures. 

BIJOU (Joseph Dougherty, mgr.; agent. V. 
B. O.).— Carl Dammann Troupe; Four Masons. 
Duffy and Sawtel'e; Threo Du Ball Brothers: 
Four Saxollans; Victor Shnker. Pictures. 

PARK (F. G. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger. mgr. ; agent. 
Nlxon-Nlrdllnger Vaudeville Agency) —Carver 
and Oliver; Al Haines and Julia Remond Co.: 
Bellows. Temple and Bellows ; John Zlmmer ; 
Belle Carmen : Kell Bros. Pictures. 

PEOPLES (F. G. NIxon-NlrdMnger. mgr.; 
agent Nlxon-Nlrdllnger Vaudeville Agency).— 
The Two Hardts : Bennlck Brothers ; Lucy 
Tongue ; Colorado Charlie : Howard & Co. Pic- 
tures. 

STANDARD (F. G. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger. mgr 
agent. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger Vaudeville Agency.)-- 
May Foster and dog Mike; Burgos nnd Clara: 
Saunders and Cameron ; Beauty and the Beast 
Four Musical Klelses. Pictures 

FOREPAUOH'S (Miller R Kaufman, mgrs 
agents Taylor & Kaufman).— The Ch:\meroys ; 
Lester. Laurie and Qulnn; the Hadleys ; Mu 
slcal Barbers : pictures. 

OTRARD AVENUE (Miller * Kaufman, 
mgrs. ; agents. Taylor A Kaufman) —Vacation 
Days; Enoch; the Burkes: Musical Tan- 
near* : pictures. 

EMPIRE (Stanford & Western, mgrs. ; 
agents, Tayl->r ft Kaufman).— Herzog's Stal 




Hotel Plymouth 

EUROPEAN PLAN 

38th STREET, Bet7th & 8th Aye... NEW YORK CITY 



New Fireproof Building 



A Stone • Throw from Broadway 



"NOTICE THE RATES A room b 7 tDe d »* wltn uae ° f bath, 91.00 

nUllUt IRC HHILO and J1.2S single ; 91.50 and 9175 double 

A room by the day, with private bathroom attached, 91.50 single- 92 00 
double. Rooms with use of bath, from 95.00 to 98.00 per week single 
and from 96.00 to 98.50 double. Rooms with private bath attached from 
98.50 to 910.00 per week single, and from 90.50 to 911.00 double "NO 
HIGHER." 

Every room has hot and cold running water, electric light and long- 
distance telephone. Restaurant a la carte. Club breakfasts. 



Phone, 1520 Murray HU1 



T. SINNOTT, Mgr. 



Acknowledged as the best place to stop at In New York City. In the Heart of the Theatrical 

and Shopping District. 

"THE ST. KILDA" 

The Refined Home for Professionals. Handsomely Furnished Rooms. 

1 0«5 WwST «54lll OirCCt (L'.l seconds from Broadway.) 

Private bath and every convenience. Telephone. 3448 Murray Hill. 

PAULINE COOKE and JENIE JACOBS, Proprietors 



Winchester Hotel 

"THE ACTORS HOME." 

8a n Francisco, Cal. 

Rates— 50c. to 92 a day. 93.50 to 98 per week. 
000 Rooms. Centrally located, near theatres. 
ROLKIN ft SHARP, Props. 
CHAS. BUSBY. Mgr. 

ZEISSE'S HOTEL 

Opposite the Walnut and Casino Theatres. 
Philadelphia. Pa. 



SPEIER'S HOTEL 

Formerly Miller's, 
10th and Race Sts.. Philadelphia. 



THEATRICAL HOTEL 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

MINNIE MILLER. MRS. BIQOS. 

244 N. Franklin St. 726 Vine St. 

Kitchen and laundry at your service. 

Single 92 and 93 per week. 93 and 94 double. 



lions; McClaln and Mack; Stan Stanley and 
Brother : Cricket Thorne. Second half— Shel- 
vev Brothers ; Zuhn and Dreis : pictures. 

MANHEIM (Fuhrman Brothers. mgrs.; 
agents. Taylor ft Kaufman >.— Valley Forge 
Comedy Four; Zuhn and Dreis; Three Fan- 
tons: Veneblo and Hodges. Second half- 
Davis and Davis; Stan Stanley and Bnther : 
Cricket Thorne; pictures. 

GEM (Morris & Ancke. mgrs.; agents. Tay- 
lor & Kaufman).— Shelvey Brothers; Lagger 
Trio : Harrv Chrystal. Second half Profes- 
sor McDowell ; Jack Marshall ; pictures. 

TWENTY-NINTH STREET PALACE ( W. 
Kellner. mgr.; agents. Taylor & Kaufman).— 
Professor McDowell; Davis and Davis; Jack 
Marshall. Second half— Clarice Behrens ; pic- 
tures. 

CHEAT NORTHERN (M. C.'eenwald. mgr.; 
agent. II. Bart McHugh). -Bradley and 
Barnes ; the Spawns ; Irene I>a Tour : Brooks 
and Wilson. Second half-Van Harding : 
Young Brothers and Veronica ; Mizunos .laps ; 
Joe Lanlgan ; pictures. 

PLAZA (Chas. Oelschlager, mgr.: agent. II 
Bart McHugh). -Richard Brothers; Kathleen 
Kay : Houseley and Nicholas ; Dan Malumby : 
Gregolre and Almina ; pictures. 

GLOME (T. R. Howard, mgr. ; agent. II 
Bart McHugh).— Frank Bolo; Farley and 
Hoff ; Hilda I>» Roy ; the Lansings. Second 
half— Warren and Dale; Levolo ; Hamilton 
nnd Massey ; liaison Boys ; pictures. 

AUDITORIUM (W. Hcrkenreldcr. mgr.; 
agent. H. Bart McHugh) .—Warren and Dale; 
Morgan. Myers and Mike; Florence 1^ Vere. 
Second half— Hilda Le Roy; Farley and Hon*: 
Morgan Brothers; pictures. 

GERMANTOWN (Dr. Stumpc-flg. mgr.: ngt.. 
Chas. J. Kraus).— First half— Thermos Arktns. 
Ralph Kitner, Maxlmus, Egamar Sisters. Ed- 
ward Corrla & Go.; second half--Knapp 
Bros., The Aldeans. T'nita. Dancing Johnson. 
Edward f'orsla & Co. 

FIFTY SECOND STREET (Geo Bothwell. 
nigo. : agent. Chas. J. Kraus) . — Knapp f li us.. 
Dancing Johnsons. Princess Bonlta. Musical 
Woods; second half -Thermos Arktos. Ralph 
Kitner, Princess Bonlta. Egamar Slaters 

AURORA (Donnelly & Collins, mgrs.; age). 
Chas. J. Kraus). — Du Mohlln, Emerson & Van 
Horn. Three Wilsons. Unlta : second half—Mu- 
sical Santley. Maxims. Miller * Ramsley : 
Austin & Plumpke. 

BROAD ST. CASINO (J. Long. mgr. 
agent. Chas. J. Kraus).— Musical Santley. th< 



Aldeans Jessie Livingstone ; second half ~ 
Morgcn Bros.. Heavenor & Clark, Bert Lau 
ren/e. 

HIPPODROME PALACE (J. Segal, mgr.; 
agent. Chas. J. Kraus) .— Copplnger A- White, 
Pert Laurence; second half— Mary Rossner, 
Gei han & Spencer. 

MAJESTIC. CAMDEN (Win. Valll, mgr.: 
agents. Stein £■ Leonard. In.-.). -Tvson & 
Slawson ; Miss Marg. (Julim ; Wallace and 
Bei eh ; Cook and W'dgand : Earnle * E irnle ; 
pictures. 

MAJESTIC (Alex. Miller, mar.: agents. 
Stein K- Leonard. Inc.) -R. W. Denney ; Harry 
La And<T & Co.; Howard and Wilson: La 
Temples; Cliff Marion: Hlggins ami Philips; 
Swisher and Evens ; pictures. 

CRYSTAL PALACE ( D. Bayllnson. mgr.; 
agents. Stein K- Leonard. Inc.). Ernie and 
Ernie: Clara Cook Sonora Co.; Barry and 
IVmraii: Inmrs and Inners ; Isahelle and 
Zezaria ; The Elve Gold Dust Twins; pic- 
tures. 

CRYSTAL PALACE. 7th and Morris Sts. (S 
Morris, mgr ; agents. Stein & Leonard).— 
Burt and Irene .lack: Isahelle and Zozarra ; 
the Roselnid Sisters; pictures. 

ALEXANDER (W. Alexander, mgr.: agents. 
Stein A> Leonard. Inc. ). -Torn Siddons . Har- 
vard and Cornell : Lindsay (The Educated 
Horse i : u. Thompson; Taylor and Lee; 
Smith and Eaton; pictures. 

FA1RI1ILL PALACE (C Stangel. mgr.; 
agents. Stein £ Leonard, Inc.).— Earl and 
Earl: Petite Sisters; Farhv and Hoff; Bayer; 
and King ; pictures. 

WOODLAND AVE. PALACE ( M. Benn. 
mgr. ; agents. Stein and Leonard. Inc.).— Lcin 
Welsh: Preston and Preston; Win. Baker; 

pictures. 

MAJESTIC PALACE (J. Berger. mgr.; 
agents. Stein K- Leonard. Inc.). Rlchard« 
Pros ; Sussjc Sutto : Jones. Williams Co. ; 
I. andiron and Morrl« : Bert and Irene Jack: 
Edgmar and Wynne; New York Comedy Four; 
pictures. 

LYR'C PALACE ( .1 . II Cumberland mgr 
ag.nt. Gf.„. E. Scott). Ravmond. Lelghton 
and Mos rr ; Minnie Neal ; the Gahherts. Sec 
nnd haif Doyle. White and De Groot ■ Maida 
Chine; Harvey and Edna Rose- pictures 

MUSEE CAgent. Geo. E. Scott). Donnellv 
and King. Wrenn and Armstrong; pictures' 

PAVONIA (Goo. E. Scott, agent ) -Harv«v 
and Edna Rose; Minnie Miller; Wallace and 
Peach ; pictures. 

GAYETY (John IV Eckhardf mgr. i 
■■Follies of New York and Paris." 

TROCADERO (Sam M. Dawson, mgr > 
Imperials." 



ATLANTIC CITY 

By I. R. PULASKI. 
YOING S PIER (W. E. Shackelford, mgr.: 
agent. Ben Harris, through U. B. O.).— "A 
Night in a Turkish Bath," headlined (new 
acts); Visocchi Broa., accordionists, hit; Dev- 
lin and Elwood, in "The Girl From Yonkers," 
clever comedy; John E. Henshaw (new acts) ; 
Zlska and Saunders, magic and songs, good ; 
Tascott, "coon shouter," good ; Potter and 
Harris, gymnasts, opened. 

SAVOY (Harry Brown, mgr. ; ugent, direct). 
—Laurie Ordway, characterizations, clever ; 
Vincent and Milan, dancers, clever; Jack Lee, 
monolog, good ; Delia Cox. songs ; Joe More- 
land, with "talking" pictures. 

CRITERION (E. N. Downs, mgr. ).— Moving 
pictures ; Illustrated songs. 

STEEL PIER (J. Bothwell, mgr.).— Moving 
pictures. 

STEEPLECHASE PIER (E. L. Perry, mgr.). 
— Pavilion of fun ; moving pictures. 

MILLION-DOLLAR PIER (J. L. Young and 
Kennedy Cropsan, mgrs.).— Moving pictures. 



The first two days of the week at the Apollo 
saw Harry Kelly, In "The Deacon and the 
Lady." The last three days Marie Tempest ap- 
peared in "A Thief in the Night." 



Two fisherman who were out in an auxiliary 
boat about three miles from the shore of the 
lower end of the town had a very exciting time 
last week. They were peacefully yanking In 
seductive weakflsh when they were startled by 
the bark of a sea Hon. Not missing a chance, 
they hastily baited a stout line with an eight- 
Inch fish just caught and made a play for Mr. 
Sea Lion. The latter dived for It and swal- 
lowed both bait and hook, but In doing so one 
of the men was pulled overboard. IB* clam- 
bered back Into the boat, and the two men 
.Anally landed their prize. They quickly made 
for shore, where the animal was skinned. They 
refused an offer of $1200 for the skin. It Is 
presumed that the animal was one of Wln- 
sten's trained seals, which are housed on the 
Million-Dollar Pier, and which escaped, jump- 
ing Into the open sea. 



All of next week at the Apollo will he seen 
Klaw & Erlanger's production of "Ben Ilur." 

Apropos of Arnold Daly's production of last 
week. "The Wedding Journey," which played at 
the Savoy, there are several amusing Incidents. 
The show wa« voted dull, lustreless and uttcrh 
uninteresting hy the audience and all else save 
Mr Daly. He thought and still thinks that 
the show with himself and Burr Mcintosh in 
the east (it calls for Ave people) would prove 
sensational In New York. When he told this 
to Harry Brown, manager of the Savoy, Harry. 
said that the only thing sensational would be 
the roast the critics would hand the show. In 
some manner he hypnotized William A. Brady 
to come down and see the show last week. 
Mr Brady came, saw one act • aqd took' Mr 
Daly out on the Boardwalk and proceeded to 
tell him some things for taking him away 
from New York. Mr. Daly probably stlil 
has hopes for "The Wedding Journey." but 
although he may not know it. it is said that 
Mr. Brady has plans to send him out in a 
repittoire of his previous successes. 



Charles Dorian, who It develops |s hut '_»'_' 
years of age, and who haH a biplane on th" 
Million- Dollar Pier, really designed the alr- 
maehlne himself. It Is closely patterned after 
the Curtlss model. Last week he made a su<- 
erssful short flight on the beach, after which 
he fell and damaged the machine. Flights or 
longer duration are scheduled for this week 

James S Devlin (Devlin and Elwood). who 
with his wife (Mae Elwood) has Just returned 
from a European trip, speaks very Interest- 
ingly of "the men nnd things" on the other 
side of the pond. It was Just by luck that 
they were enabled to obtain passage for home, 
and that was secured through Variktv'h 
London of lice Barnes and Crawford Intended 
returning, but hail been "promised" u good 
spot If thev cared to open over there. They 
dropped Into the Ixnidon office to tell "Jess" 
about It. They had alrendy hooked passage 
Little •Jlmmie Devlin jumped at the ehnii'-o to 
relieve them of the tickets. Mr Devlin spoke 
of the peculiar English customs that were 
so funny to him. 

AUSTRALIAN NOT US. 

By MARTIN C BRENNAN. 

11 Park Si Svdnev 

Svd i. v \ug L"i 
Tl VOL!.-- Crowded Iioum «: tor ■ om«- < on'-'ider 
able time past. The -i-u- turn •' ,.t of th- 

is remo Family iHn t » . . i., i;; !. v ' aei 

ever seen here *Mi I':' ' t>' llMliiln 1 - 

Australian h.ir'n !'(• ' !'■',■ "..mi hiw-ov 
and other 

NATIONAL W ' M Cav ;-i.r 

C. rah a in h.i- • • .il"' '! • ! ''•• II P. >v 

hevond r e. 1 1 r ' ■ : 1 1 ." • i ■ >'.• ' i. . ■;■ ■ • i elian:- 

The a.-f i • :• ! ' ' ' : 'i"!d ov. rs. 



Harrv ' ! 
into ae« ■ i. .- 
I-u iti 1 



•nl V,lU'le\ ill. 
■'.indar^ aiei 



Al f 1 ii' "! i 1 1 * : , r > • » i \» of rjipnli'i' penyd' 

;ifi u-ii . '.' el,' •■■•' ir-f,-' •(■ rrplolt Ol' 'OUntS 



When amwerlng advertliemenU kindly mention VARIETY. 



28 



VARIETY 



'• a MacLE AN -i BRYANT nana 

OPEN In DENVER, COLO., WEEK OCT. 9, for their FOURTH CON8ECUTIVE 
TOUR over the PANTACE8 CIRCUIT, In Mr. MaoLean's POWERFUL PLAYLETTE 





Permanent Address, Bell Opera House, Benton Harbor, Mich. 



THE CMS. K. HARRIS COURIER 
A Brand Hew Sort of "Kid" Song 

"I WANT TO BUY 
A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE" 

Making a Big Hit at the 

14th St. Theatre 

Being Sung By Some Tenar 

WILL BOBBINS 

CHAS. K. HARRIS 



■t* Yerfc 

MtYIR OOHKN. Mgr. 

OHIOAOO 



American acta are to be given every consid- 
eration if they "blow In" here. I had a long 
conversation with Ted Holland, the principal 
man of the new combine and he is sanguine 
as to its success. 



Jim Williams, the American picture man, 
has now firmly established his continuous 
show in Sydney, and Is coining money. With- 
iu a few months he expects to collar the bulk 
of the picture exchange business. A repre- 
sentative left for the States to-day, to nego- 
tiate with new Arms for their output. 



Madame Lydla Yeamans Lotos, at the age 
of 55, has got them talking at Sydney Tivoll, 
with her remarkable child impersonations. 



Hanco, the handcuff manipulator, who pro- 
vided something of a mild sensation as a rival 
to Houdlnl. is now talking of producing a 
new trick that will settle all others. This 
artist will probably try America shortly. 

Ted Holland is to leave the Theatre Royal, 
Brisbane, at no very distant date. A new 
building is now In course of erection for him, 
and he intends opening shortly after Xmas 
with a high splash. The Brennan Circuit will 
occupy the Royal after It has been renovated, 
and If Holland stands the strenuous opposi- 
tion for six months he will have exceeded the 
most sanguine expectations of Sydneyslders. 
Still there are many who expect him to see 
the Brennan house out. 



Walker Kelly, "the Virginia Judge," and 
Daly and O'Brien, "tanglefoot dancers," are 
due here next month. 



The Bros. Verne are now playing Sydney 
Alhambra, a small-time show, until such time 
as Armstrong and Verne tour the country 
with a vaudeville show, as contemplated. If 
the proposition falls to materialize the boys 
will return to the States about November. 



A new vaudeville company will open at 
Broken Hill this week. Lenon, Hyman ft 
Lennon are in a syndicate which also contains 
a well-known variety manager. 

Inquiries are being made for Clarence Lis- 
dale, the American colored tenor, who de- 
parted hurriedly by the last American mall, 
presumably for the States. 



part of Queensland. It will be seen that 
variety Is again coming Into some of Its own. 

Melbourne Opera House and the Oalety 
theatre are both playing to good business, 
whilst the National, is showing capacity nearly 
every night. 

At Brisbane, Ted Holland Is having a new 
theatre built, and it Is his Intention to strike 
out on Improved lines after the new year. He 
will have the National Circuit as opposition 
by that time. 

Brown and Wilmot, America's "paragon 
dancers," laid off this week preparatory to 
embarking for Honolulu on Aug. 28. A tempt- 
ing offer from Ted Holland for Brisbane will 
delay the trip for three weeks. The Brennan 
people will not like the Americans going over 
to Holland, as there is bound to be very stren- 
uous opposition ere long, and the National 
may And the Brisbane manager a harder 
proposition than expected. For the sake of 
vaudeville it is to be hoped that Brisbane can 
maintain the two houses. 



Fred Gray, the male end of Gray and Gra- 
ham, "the musical bell boy," will return to 
America with a hatfull of cheerful remin- 
iscences, not the least being the great amount 
of Ashing yarns and adventures due to ex- 
cessive hospitality. An article written for a 
Sydney paper on American chorus girls has 
raised the ire of "George." Eva Rice, an 
Australian girl, now In America, Is responsi- 
ble for the article. Eva is a nice little girl, 
but just a little, a very little, unsophisti- 
cated. 

American acts (two) who are departing 
Statewards within the next month are framing 
up new offerings for American production. 
Both acts will bill as Australian. 



Through VARIETY, news came of the sad 
death of the Australian baritone. Hamilton 
("Tom") HIM. Some years ago the deceased 
singer was on a high plane of success. Sub- 
sequently he reappeared with a continental 
polish far removed from his natural manner, 
and was not quite as big a hit as anticipated. 
He married. I believe, Beattle Galletly. a 
dancer of repute here. Further particulars 
are awaited. 



The Tivoll Theatre, Sydney, Is now supply- 
ing its own electric lighting plant, and will 
no longer depend upon the city municipal 
mains. By this means a great saving Is ex- 
pected. 



Clara Keutfug, a well known comedienne, 
and Claude Golding, the song-and-dance ar- 
tist are to be married next week and will 
leave for America Sept. 28. Both are clever 
young performers. With them will go the 
Willis Bros, in a pot pourrl act of juggling, 
play comedy with this act which will be known 
as the Three Willis'. 



Quite a bunch of the younger Australian 
artists are embracing marriage during Au- 
gust. Victor Martyn and Maud Florence were 
hitched up last week. A brand-new act will 
be framed up. and the duo will wander Amer- 
Icanwards. Athos. the trick skater, will short- 
ly marry one of the Martin Sisters, and they 
also hie to the land of the Almighty Dollar. 



BALTIMORE. 

SAVOY (Sol J. Saphler, mgr.; agent, Wm. 
Morris).— James J Norton, big roar: Venus on 
Wheels, a winner on form ; MacHugh ft Carew, 
well liked : Richards A Montrose, classy ; 
Bounding Lloyds, good ; Two Roses, reAned 
musical offering ; Breen A Breen. fair ; An- 
nette De Llstere. high class ; Savoyograph. 

VICTORIA (Chas. E. Lewis, mgr.; agent, 
Wm. Josh Daly).— Sam Howard & Co.; Mu- 
sical Lovelands ; Emery and Nadlne ; Slegel 
and Steele. Second half— Ed. Winchester; 
Searl Allen A Co. ; Mabel Hoyt ; "The Opera- 
tor" ; m. p. 

WILSON (M..L. Schalbley, mgr.; agent. Joe 
Wood).— Darmody ; Pelham Four; Musical 
Gray ; Kraft and Myrtle : The Torleys ; m. p. 

GAYETY (Wm. L. Ballauf, mgr.).— Roble's 
"Knlckprbockers." 

MONUMENTAL (Monty Jacobs, mgr.).— 
"Cozy Corner Girls." LARRY. 



BIRMINGHAM, ALA. 

MAJESTIC (Carl Rettlck, mgr.; agent, I. A. 
Co.; rehearsal Monday, 10).— Week 19, Al 
Coleman good ; Sully and Hussy, comedy, hit ; 
Elma EUwood, pleasing ; Pattl Corney. good ; 
Clemenso Bros., musical, took weH. 

ALAMO (Fred Knapp, mgr.; agent, Fred 
Stennard).— Auten Wayman, good; Tutz Mc- 
Gulre, took well ; Chas. Ledegar, hit ; Julian 
Dyer, great 

ALABAMA STATE FAIR.-Navassar Ladles' 
Band ; Rule In Loop the Loop Without a Loop ; 
Howard's Animal Circus ; Curzon Sisters ; 
Morris and Morris ; The Bottomley Troupe ; 
Wakakama Japanese Troupe ; Frank and True 
Rice ; Mile. Louise's Monkeys ; Frank G. Odell. 

NAT W. WILLIAMS. 

BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 

POLI'S (L. D. Oarvey, mgr. ; agent, U. B. O. ; 
Monday rehearsal 10). — Claud Ranf, wire, 
great ; Clipper Quartet, very good ; Murry 
Livingston A Co., In "The Man From Italy." 
very good ; Floyd Mack, acrobatic dancer, good ; 
Clara Belle Jerome, In "Jnyland," big hit ; 
Brlce and King, big applause ; Four Floods, 
acrobatic, good. 

BIJOU (W. E. Smith, mgr; agent. U. B. O. ; 
Monday rehearsal 11).— Cole and Coleman, mu- 
sical, good ; Gardner, West and Sunshine, very 
good ; Jennie Gerald, singing, very good ; Ella 
Richards, wire, Ane. 

EMPIRE (B. Dobbs. mgr.; Monday rehearsal 
10:30).— Hamilton and Howlett, musical, very 
good : Florence Geneva, singing, big hit ; 
Burkhard, Kelly A Co., went big ; Hammond 
and Forrester, good ; Howard. Kelly and Ben- 
der,' very good. 

BUFFALO, N. Y. 

SHEA'S (M. Shea, mgr.; agent, U. B. O.).— 
Mme. Adelaide Norwood, good ; Mary Marble 
and Sam Chip, clever ; Ce Dora, wonderful ; 
George Fells and Barry Girls. Ane ; Klbel. 
Howard and Herbert, hit ; Larella Sisters, 
clever ; Leo Carlllo, good ; Long Acre Quartet, 
pleased. 

ACADEMY (H. Epstein, mgr. ; agent, Mar- 
cus Lowe).— Capt. Klaus Larsen. Hero of the 
Trip Through the Niagara Falls Rapids. Is 
the beadllner; Thme Balloon Girl, Ane; Sea- 
burys. good; Rose Berry, clever; Golden, and 
Hughes, pleased ; Inglis and Reading, well 
received : Mint and Wertz. good ; Jenkins and 
Covert. Ane ; Randolphs, excellent. 

FAMILY (G. Wilbur, mgr.; agent, Lowe).— 
Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Frlel. hit : The Pam- 
plns, good ; Sperry and Ray. pleased ; Plunk- 
ett and Ritter, hit ; Bessie La Counte. well re- 
ceived ; Farrell, clever. W. GEE. 



Fuller, of New Zealand, is commencing to 
close down on vaudeville. The Dominion peo- 
ple want vaudeville, but Fuller doesn't ; he 
Ands that a picture policy pays him best. 



Ranee Smith, the American colored dancer, 
left for the States to-day. 



Jules Garrison and his "Roman Maids" are 
laying off In Wellington, New Zealand. Fu- 
ture intentions are not divulged. 



A rumor which Is persistently gaining 
ground Is that a combination of Australian 
vaudeville managers ar.. attempting to work 
up a circuit In opposition to the National. 



Frank Gerald Is In Melbourne supervising 
"The Chance of a Lifetime," founded upon a 
Nat Gould story. Gerald was one time a 
secretary to the V. A. F.. London. 



BEAUMONT, TEX. 

PEOPLES THEATRE (Cox A McLean, 
mprs. ; ('has. E. Hodkins. agent; Monday 1.30.) 
—Lola Dale, very good ; Chinese Johnny Wil- 
liams and Edith Williams, pleased ; Newhoff ft 
Phelps, good; Lonzo Coz, fair; Twin City 
Quartet, hit ; good appearance, excellent har- 
mony. 

VAUDETTE THEATRE (Theo. Clemmons. 
mgr.: Billy Elwood. agent: Monday. 10.30.).— 
Morion and Keanan. very good : S. F. Wilson, 
pleased. Note— This house will discontinue 
vaudeville after this week. WALKER. 



CINCINNATI, O. 

HARRY HESS. 
VARIETY'S Central Office. 
107 Bell Block. 
KEITH'S COLUMBIA ( H. E. Shockley, 
mgr.; agent. U. B. O. ; Sunday rehearsal 10.). 
— I^eCIalr ft Sampson opened big; "Radiant" 
Radle Furman. excellent : Six Musical Nosses 
In "A Gala Day In Old Seville." hit; Hlbbert 
and Warren, very big ; Brown. Harris ft 
Llndeman. scream ; Scott & Keane, good ; 
Eva Tanguay. biggest hit of season ; Orlgo- 
latl's Aerial Ballet, Ane. 



NEW 



RON 



I 



IS 



General 

THE MAN WHO HAS SOLDIERED ALL HIS LIFE 



99 



Edward La Vine 

Took the Palace, London, by storm 



Lawson 



n 



N&mon 



Arrived from Europe Sept. 24 ; opened at the Alhambra Sept. 26. Thanks to the Big Chief, PAT CASEY. 

European Representative, PAUL MURRAY, Marinelli, Ltd., London 

Wfeen answering advertisement* kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



9Q 



CHARLE8 HORWITZ 

11m acknowledged foremost author of One-aci 
Plays, Sketches, Lyrics, etc. Hie record spaa** 
tor Itself. His hit* are international. Ov*r IK 
"Horwlta Buocmm*" now playing vandovlll*. OR- 
DER TOUR NDW MATERIAL AT ONCE. Oet In 

lino. 

CHARLES HORWITZ, 
Phono 8649 Murray Hill, 

Knickerbocker Theatre Building (Room SIS), 
140* BROADWAY. NEW YORK. 




LEARN TO ACT 

Stage Dancing;, Etc. 

(Up to Date In every detaU) 
Book, Jig, Skirt, Chora* 
Work, Opera, Elocution, 



Singing and Vaudeville 

. Bketehe*. A 
Dramatic Art. Etc. 



Acta. Bketob.es, Acting. 



menta Secured. Softool 
Always Open. 
P. J. RIDGE. MISS ANNIE O- DAY 

and Others. 
127 LaSalle St.. CHICAGO. ILL. 



EVENING GOWNS STREET DRESSES 
SOUBRETTE DRESSES. FURS. 

330 So. State Street CHICAGO 



MENZELI'S SCHOOL OF ARTISTIC 
BALLET AND PANTOMIME 

22 East 16th St., New York 
Toe, Character, Grecian Pantomime Dance* 
Invented. Originator of "Salome," "Spring 
Song," Vampire," "Satanella," "Blue Da- 
nube." "Pere Gent Suite." "Valse Caprice." 
Chopin's Prelude. Hindu Dances, "Classic Danse 
Russe" and Spectacular Ballets arranged. 
Chantecler Dance, and Novelty Vaudeville 
Acts produced. "Coppella," "Glsela," "Glo- 
conda" and Opera Ballets Directed. 
MANAGERS TAKE NOTE 






BORNHAUPT 

INTERNATIONAL AGENT. 
17 Rue de Lac. Brussels (Belgium). 

HL.1.* 12 Paris Panels. 8 x 12 $2.0n 

rnflfiTC BO P»rls Panels. 8 x 12 7.0n 

I IIUlUs) 100 Parls Pane iB. 8 x 12.... 1201. 

PBINBERG'S STUDIO . 228 Bowery. N. Y. C 



FIX YOUR ACT 

Sketches, monologues written to order; act* 
rehearsed, produced, booked; New York try- 
outs Comedy. Farce and Dramatic Sketches 
on hand; cheap Tor cash. Writer and producer 
of New York Successes. 

CHA8. A. TAYLOR 

8AVOY THEATRE, NEW YORK 



Vaudeville Managers Notice 

THE 

Hopkins-Axtell Co. 

In the novelty scenic production, 

"TRAVELLERS TROUBLES" 

in three parts ; with special scenery for 
three novelty sets : 

1st— Custom House Troubles 

2d— Pullman Troubles, 

8d— Trolley Troubles. 
Will submit tho act for your consideration. Sept. 
31, Oct. 1 ssa 2. st BIJOU DREAM, MT. VERNON, N. V. 

Manaitaent. ALBEE, WEBER and EVANS 



WIG 



Real Hair, Crop Wig. black. $10j 

Clown 75 cents, Negro 25 cenU 

Dress Wig $1.50, Imp. Bald $1.50, 

Soubrette $1.50 and $2.00. 

Paper Mache Heads, Helmets, etc. 

KLIPPERT. Mfr., 248 4th Ave., N. Y. 

EMPRESS (Edward Shields, mgr. ; agent, 
S-C ; Sunday rehearsal 10).— Leo A Chapman, 
good ; Harry Antrim, good ; O'Rourke & 
Atkinson, fair ; Kitty Edwards, ordinary ; 
Vardon, Perry ft Wilbur, hit ; Consul, great 
hit. 

PEOPLE'S (James E. Fennessy, mgr.).— 
"Yankee Doodle Girls." 

STANDARD (Prank J. Clemens, house 
agent)— "London Belles." 

AMERICAN (Harry Hart, mgr.; agent, 
direct; Sunday rehearsal 10).— Marvin Broth- 
ers ; Musical Colomnn : W. J. Woods ft Co. ; 
Cornwell ft Day ; McDonald Trio ; Brooklyn 
Comedy Four ; Tom Linton and "Jungle 
Girls." 



CAMDEN, N. J. 

BROADWAY (W. B. McCallum. mgr.; agent. 
U. B. O.).— Mrs. Dohertys poodles; Tommy 
Dugan ; Edith Montrose ; Lvndon and Dorman ; 
De Haven Sextet; Carlln and Clark; Great 
Luta ft Co. Pictures. 




WEAR CELLER'S 8HOE8 and 
YOU WEAR A SMILE 

SHORT VAMP SHOES 

(Eiclusively far Womes.) Far Stage. Street at* 
Ewtaiaa, Wear. Brest Variety. Eictativc attack. 

ANDREW GELLER 

CREATOR OF SHORT VAMP 8HOES 
507 6th Ave., New York, Bet. 30th end 31st Sts. 

Send for Illustrated Catalogue 
One Flight Up. Tel. 1559 Madison Sq. 




ELECTRIC SCENIC EFFECTS 

EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL FOR THE THEATRE 

THE GLOBE ELECTRIC SPEC. CO., 363 W. 42d St., N.Y. City 



WIGS 



f™» THE WIGGERY 

5th Floor, 1 60 State Street 

CH IC AGO 



Large A»»ort most. All Kinds, en hand and made to order. Spatial facilities tor prompt 
delivery. Send for Vaudeville Catalog. Pros for the asking. Wtem In Obietge cell. 
Right around the corner from Majestic Theatre, N. W. corner Stats and Monroe Sts. 



I 



OND D V 



RUNK 



SCENERY 

A Specialty. 
EUGENE COX SCENIC STUDIO, CHICAGO. 




FOR SALE OR RENT 

The YP8ILANTI OPERA HOUSE, Tpsllantl, Mich. 
Modern In every respect Seating capacity 900. Will rent, until sold, at $80.00 per night 
or $125 per week. Address 

DETROIT SOAP COMPANY, Detroit. Mich. 

STAGE APPARATUS £,"'££££ 

IEM0VED TO NEW QUANTEM, OCCUPYING A LAME MO lUCIOUt BUILDING. LOCATED AT 
327-29 'AST 84th 8TREET, NEW YORK CITY 

Have secured the most modern, up-to-date tools and machinery. Am 
ready to fill orders, no matter how small, large or complicated, within 
a short time. Write for Catalogue. 

I. 8TEINBERQ (25 Y.irs' Eiperiescs) 327-19 EA8T 84th 8T 
Tel. Lenox 5232. NEW YORK CITY 

HICKS' THEATRICAL TRANSFER CO. 

GRANT HOTEL, N. W. Corner Madison and Dearborn Sts., CHICAGO. 

Phone, Randolph 3241. 
Trunks and Scenery Stored One Week Free. Special Rates to Performers. 

PHOTOPRAPH BE?T ^"CHEAPEST? 10, 

* »1" 1 WJIWs^I II SE>D FOIt fcA.IIPI.ES AMD PRICCS. 

REPRODUCTIONS c. F. cairinc & CO., » fc&sg ST 

RUBY RAYMOND and COMPANY 

In "STREET URCHIN8 AT THE AMATEUR CONTEST" 

Billy, a bundle hop James M. Hughes 

Mickey, a kick shine James Graham 

Sally, a newsy Ruby Raymond 

Making gocd. THIS WEEK (Sept. 26), HAMMERSTEIN'S. 

CLEVELAND. O. Monday rehearsal, 10).— Dancing Darnell. 

iT,nnnnnAn™ / r» * ™ i i » good; Stuart and Humes (second week),, 

.."IT^R 110 ^ 18 (H ' £ Danlel8 . mgr. : agent 8 ketoh. good; Merry Bros., banjolsts. pleased. 

U. B. O^.-TuHcano Bros., novel: Swor A -PRINCESS (Edw. Browning, mgr.; agent. 

Mack, fair; Kappler A Maple, won favor; The Gu8 Sun . Monday rehearsal, 10).— Smith and 
Hanlons, feature; Tom Nawn & Co.. good Decker, fair; Bert and Bess Draper, good; L«« 
laughs; Gaston & D Armand. please; Julius Roy ma g lc> c ] PV er. LITTLE CHARLEY. 
Steger, big ; Four Melody Monarcbs, favor- 
ably received; Paul Spadoni, uncommon 

GRAND (J. H. Mlchels. mgr.: agent. U. B. DAVENPORT, IA. 

O.).— Bella-Italla Troupe, treat; Jack Rich- AMERICAN (C. E. Berkell. m*r. ; nic-nt. 
ards, good; Goodhue & Burgess, pleasing; Wm. Morris; 12.30 Monday ).— Cora MkhaH 
Eugene Wolffhelm, feature ; Countess Leon- Hoffer, great ; Davy and Pony Moore, well 
tine, caught on; Louis Mortelle & Co., won liked; Van Kaathoven Quartet— Muriel Wood- 
favor; Sam Morris, hit. bury and J. W. Barr furnish the munlral end 

EMPIRE (Ed. McArdle, mgr.).— The Big and the Flying Valentines have Rome aerial 

Banner Show. work of merit. SHARON. 

STAR (Drew & Campbell, mgrs.).— Miss New 

York. Jr. WALTER D. HOLCOMB. DAYTON O 

rchT rmrerra r\ LYRIC (Max Hurtig. mgr.; agent. U. B. O). 

tJJ.JijUivirJun, \J. — LeH Nanas, good ; Wilson A Pearson, good ; 

KEITHS (W. W. Prosser, mgr. ; agent. U. B. Harry Brun. fair; "Awake at the Switch." 

O. ; Monday rehearsal. 10.30).— Harry Fenn *ood ; The American Trumpeters Trio, very 

Dalton. musical, pleasing; Garner and Parker. good; Monroe & Mack, big applause; Mile 

songs, entertaining; Catherine Challoner and Minnie Amato, big hit. R. W. MYERS. 

company. In "Stop. Look and Listen." good : 

Glenn Burt, monolog, hit; Cornalla and iiv/^aTi;!} fit 

Wilbur, good acrobatic routine and comedy. JWAyAiuii, UjLi. 

Regular reason opens Oct. 3. with Julius Stee- BIJOU (A. Slgfrled. mgr.; agent, W. V. A.) 

ger headlined. GRAND (Ira A. Miller, mgr. ; —Opened Labor Day. Entirely remodeled and 

agent. Coney Holmes; Monday and Thursday decorated Seating capacity, 1,500. Al. Har- 

rehearsals. 11.30).— Carrie M. Scott, contor- ington ; Douglass and Musgrove Sisters; lynils 

tlonist. well liked ; Norbert Sanal. violinist. Oranat : Pierce & Roslyn ; Thos. Holer & Co. ; 

fine tone and expression; Haggerty and Le Alvln Urns ; Ix>uls Stone; Boyd & Vcola ; 

Clair, sketch, good; Logan and Burt, good Murray Slmmunds ; Harry Richards £ Co. 

singers; Great Hayes, removing shackles. Rollln V. Mallory. who was with Mr. Slg- 

clever. COLUMBUS (Thompson Bros., fried five years ago, returned this season to 

mgTs. ; agent. Columbus Vaudeville Agency ; handle the press work. A. C. RACE. 

W%on tBtwortnf Mvortlsentnta Maris? flsOBtloa YAJ09TT. 



I. MILLER, Marafactnrtr 




202 
W.23SST 

N.Y 



of Theatrical 
Boots A Shoes. 
CLOG. Ballet, 
and Acrobatic 
8ho< a spec- 
ialty. AH work 
made at short 
notice. 



JAMES MADISON 

VAUDEVILLE AUTHOR 

Writes for Joe Welch, Violet Black, Jack 
Norworth, Billy B. Van. Al Leech. Barney 
Bernard and Lee Harrison, Fred, Dupres. Al 
Carleton, Nat Carr. Pat Rooney, Ed. Wynn, 
Brookes and Carlisle, etc. 

1413 Braaavay. Haw Yark Paaac 4708 Bryant 

GET MADISON BUDGET No. 12. $1. 



SECOND-HAND 


COWN8 


FURS 


AND PONY 


COATS 


ALSO 


BOUBRBTTK 


GOWNS 


BABNETT, . 


823 HTATK 1 


ST.. CHICAGO 



SHORT VAMP SHOfcS 

FOR STAGE AND STREET WEAR 

this season we present all that is 



nr this season we pr 

■**■* 



new, fashion- 
able and excln- 
sive is short 
vamp shoes, 
also fine line of 
hosiery 

SHORT VAMP SHOE SHOP 
Ttl.. 7063 Mat Sq SKIiit* Ave. (Bet 2f1b I SOtktts. 



LE8T YOU FORGET 
WE SAY IT YET 



CROSS 

LETTER HEADS 

Contracts, Tickets, Envelopes, Free Samples, etc. 
8TAGE MONEY, 16c Book of Herald Cuts. ate. 

PDflCC PRINTING COMPANY PUIPACfl 
bltUOO 227 DEARBORN STREET UlllbHOU 

MUSICAL DIRECTOR At Liberty 

WM. H. SCHILLING 

Violin and Arrange. 
1908— "Brigadiers." 
1904— "Utopians." 
1906— "Knickerbockers." 
lOOfl— "Wine. Woman and Song." 
1907-"Rollickers." 
1908— "Strolling Players." 
1909— "Americans. ' 
Address 275 West 38th St.. New York City. 



Telephone | ] j | Bryant 



VARIETY 

TIMB8 SQUARE 
NEW YORK CITY 

Cable AddrMS. "VARIETY. New York." 



ADVERTISING RATE CARD 



SPACE OR TIMS RATES 

1 Lino 10.10 

1 Inch 04 Agat* lines) 1 tlms 1.80 

1 In. I months (II tlmM), In ad ranee. 86.00 
1 In. • (88 tlmM), 88.80 

1 In. 1 year (68 tlmM), .1*0.00 

1 Page (8T8 Agate lines) 186.00 

H Page 86.00 

% Page 88.60 

Front Pag* (portraits of women only). .100.00 

6t6t Llnss 1 f .18 

10000 Li dm [To bo nsod within on* y*arJ .17 

80006 Lines ) I .16 

PREFERRED POSITIONS 
1 In. acroM Pag* 116.00 

t in. •; •• r.6o 

8 In. " " 40.9 

1 Page 160.00 

IN ROUTE SHEET 

1 Line one time 80.80 

% Inch on* month 8.00 

1 Inch " " 16.00 

ARTISTS' RATE CARD 

Under "R*prM*ntatlv* Artists" 
(For Artists Only) 

\4 Inch elngls column 8400 monthly net 

1 Inch " " 7.00 

H Inch double " 8.60 

1 Inch " " i860 

I InchM slngl* 18.60 

8 InchM double 81.60 

H Inch acroM page 16.00 

1 loch acroM page 86.00 

1 InchM acroM page 60.00 

8 Inches acrou page 76.00 

LAROER 8PACE PRO RATA 

Discount 8 months, cash In advance, 6% 

Discount 6 months, caab lu adarnce, 10% 

Discount 12 montba. cash In adVanoo, 16% 

(AdTtrtlMmenta under "RapreMntatlva Art- 

Ista" not accepted for leas than one month.) 

No Preferred Positions Given. 

CUTS 

Single Column (1 time) 816 00 

Double Column (1 time) 26 00 



Advertisement* forwarded by mall must t>* 
accompanied by remittance, made payable to 
Variety Publishing Co. 



j° 



VARIETY 



HEDGES BROS, and JACOBSON 

RE-ENGAGED FOR 2nd WEEK 

at HAMMERSTEIN'S 

anagement, MARTIN SAMPLER Booked by PAT CASEY 



AT THE WARBURTON, YONKERS, NEXT WEEK (Oct 3) 



ELI DAWSON and the GILLETTE SISTERS 



ICU 



Direction of EDW. S. K ELLER, Putnam Bid... New York 



In a concoction of Original Comedy and Son*. Written by Sam Ehrlich 



GETTING IN SOFT-CL0SED*THE SHOW AT BRONX-ON THIRD AT ALHAMBRA— AND ON THIRD WITH ALL STAR BILL AT HAMMERSTEIN'S LAST WEEK (SEPT. 19). 




KONE 






DIABG 

SPRINGING DIABOLOS— largest dlabolos ever made, and ELECTRIC COLONIAL DIABOLOS. 
Watch this paper for European route. ORPHEUM, BROOKLYN, NEXT WEEK (OCT. 3). 



IN HER ORIGINAL HUlA-HULA DANCE 

TOOTS-PAKA 

PAKA'S HAWAIIAN TRIO 

OTHERS, IMITATERS and FAKES 



With 
"ECHO" Co- 
Rep. 
PAT 
CASEY 



Bothwell Browne 









eoftmcu aaowfir 






• 

^^VJmnMmW^A. l 


M 

nmnw> 

^ BROADWAY 


" fi 




y'l/M mmV^mm 


m »how 




■xl 


^L 


>0| 09^ 

W 
m fZ& 




■ 


nn? ' m 




-#! 






mnmnmV? 
mmnK) 



FEATURED NEXT WEEK (OCT. .!) 
Keith's. Syracuse, N. Y. 




Anna Jordan "before the plai m 

Savoy (New York City), This Week Sept. 26. 

Management : BERT S. FRANK 



ELiMIRA, N. Y. 

MOZART (O. W. Mlddleton. mgr. ; agent, 
Edward Mozart; Monday 10) .— Spessardys 
Bears, hit ; Aleca Croft, good ; Fry and Fields, 
ordinary ; Helen Llndler, ordinary ; McVeigh 
and Waltz, good. 

HAPPY HOI R (G. H. Van Demark. mgr. ; 
agent. IT. D. O. ; Monday 11).— Parker. Lar- 
gray and Snee. well received ; Josef Samuels, 
hit ; MacLachlan Bros., fair ; Gus Frederelch. 
excellent. 

FAMILY (Max Sherman mgr.; agent, 
Buekner-Shea ; Monday 10).— Harry Thompson, 
hit ; Gardner and Golder, good ; I^aDell and 
Strauss, good. .1. M. BEERS. 



ERIE, PA. 

COLONIAL (A. P. Weschler. mgr.; C. H. 
Cummings, asst. mgr. ; agent, Gus Sun ; Mon- 
day 10). — Reiff Bros. & Murray, went big; 
Creo. sensational; Arthur Turelly. clever; 
Hennlngs. Lewis & Hennlngs. excellent; Ruton 
& Song Birds, well received ; Five Merry 
McGregors, fine. 

ALPHA ( E. H. Suerken. mgr.: agent. Mar- 
cus Loew : Monday 10). — Faust Bros., clever; 
La Tour Sisters, excellent ; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. 

A. Reane. very good ; Al. Herman. well re- 
ceived ; Alfredo & Pearl, clever. 

HAPPY HOUR (I). II Connelly. mgr.; 
agent. Geo. Verbeck ) .— Ix>ng & I»ng. very 
good: Demi. M. II. MIZENER 

EVANSVILLK. IND. 

NEW GRAND ( David Beehler. mgr. ) .— Elita 
Proctor Otis Company favored by the ladles ; 
Welch. Mealy & Montrose, a scream ; Taylor, 
Krantzinan & White, was good ; "Lightning 
Hopper." clever ; Montgomery and Ilealy Sis- 
ters, novelty singing and dancing ; Savo, 
great : Famous Vanis. excellent. 

OBERDORFER. 

FALL RIVER, MASS. 

SAVOY (Julius Cahn, lessee and mgr.; 
Loews B. (). ; Monday 10). -Opened Mon- 
day with excellent bill ; Basalarl, very good ; 
Sharp and Turek. good ; Dean and Price, 
excellent : Leon Rogee. hit ; Four English 
Rosebuds, very good : Three Richardsons, ex- 
cellent ; Great American Four, very good ; 
Ernesto Sisters, went big. 

lU.JOr (L. M. Boas, mgr.: agent, direct; 
Monday 10>— 20-2K. Three Alvarettes. ex- 
cellent : Plnnard and Mannv. fair : Verdan & 
Dunliip. lilt; 29-1. World's Harmonists; 
Fred and Bess Lucler : Rita Redmond. 

PREMIER (L. M. Boms, mgr.; agent di- 
rect: Monday 10) -20-2H. Polk and Polk; 
.lack Dresdner : Hill and Hackcrman : 20-1. 
Phillips Sisters: Honey Johnson; Sadie Gra- 
h a m . 

PALACE (Win. It Stecker. mgr.; agent. V. 

B. D. : Monday 1IL-20-JS. Capt. Brunswick's 
Cowboys and Indians, fair ; Prim Nadeau : 
29-1. Cubanola Trio: Ethel Nevlno ; The 
Rackin Trio. EDW. F. RAFFERTY. 

HAMILTON, ONT. 

TEMPLE (J. G. Appleton, mgr. ; agent, U. 
B. <) i Monday rehearsal 10). — Very good 
program. Claude M. Roode. clever slack wire ; 
May Archer and Billy Carr, good ; Tom Jack 
Trio, good : Josephine Davla, good comedienne; 



"THE CLASSIEST SINOINO AND DANCING ACT IN VAUDBVILLB." 

YOUNG BROTHERS 



AND 



VERONICA 



|n Repertoire of Sotf s and Donees 



Uoder Personal Directioo of H. BART McHUGH 



LOLO 






better known as 
LOLO COTTON, 
STANDS ALONE in 
her original act, 
MENTAL SUGGES- 
TION and SHARP 
SHOOTING. LOLO is 
not a European act. 
Was born on Pine 
Ridge, Indian Re- 
serve, Dakota. LOLO 
does no memory 
work. Hence a 
successful imitation 
is impossible. 



Two weeks in Montreal. CHIEF CASEY, Manager 



When answering advertisement* kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



3* 



After a week at the COLISEUM, LONDON, booked immediately into the EMPIRE 

LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON 

ABSOLUTELY THE FIRST HEBREW COMEDIAN ENGAGED TO PLAY THIS THEATRE 



SAM 

H. B. MARINELLI 

English Representative 



STERN 



"Give My Regards to Broadway" 
"Perseverance Never Fails" 



. A. MYERS 

American Representative 



Royal Tracy & Co., In rattling good sketch, 
"Nerve" ; Albert Hole, well received ; Stilling 
and Revelle, clever bar act ; Patsy Doyle, 
good. M. 8. D. 

HARRISBURO. PA. 

ORPHEUM (C. F. Hopkins, mgr. ; agent, 
U. B. O.).— Fred W. Morton. applauded; 
Great Richards, entertained ; Cunningham & 
Marlon, went well ; Fltzglbbon-McCoy Trio, 
scored hit; Amy Butler and Her Boys, big; 
Marshall Montgomery, splendid ; Six Flying 
Banvards, hit. 

CASINO (Samuel L. Levi, mgr.; agent, 
Wm. Morris).— Burke and His Dogs, enter- 
taining; Lee Tung Foo, very good; Anna Ar- 
llne, pleased ; Ray Croker and Plcklnlnnles, 
many encores ; Olrard & Gardner, laughing 
hit ; Walter James, very good ; Hall ft Earle, 
scored strongly. 

HIPPODROME (A. L. Roumfort ft Co., 
nigra. ; agent, Rudy Heller).— The Lewis's; De 
Chant's Dogs. J. P. J. 

HARTFORD, CONN. "~ " 

POLLS (Oliver C. Edwards, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O. ; Monday at 10).— "College Life," 
scored heavily ; Brice and King, clever ; Mur- 
ray Livingston A Co., very good ; Floyd Mack, 
hit ; Marcus and Mack, clever ; Four Floods, 
big hit ; Gee Jays, good. 

HARTFORD (Fred P. Dean, mgr.; agent, 
J. J. Clancy^ Monday and Thursday 11).— 
26-28, Royal Italian Troupe, hit; Marcitas, 
went well ; Compton, very good ; Jordan and 
Brennan, funny ; Barlow and Franklin, 
scored; 20-1, Billy Elliot; Bergere Sisters; 
Gramllch and Hall ; Harrlgan and Giles ; 
Umhoults Bros. 

SCENIC (Harry C. Young, mgr.; agent, 
direct; Monday 10).— Miller and Lewis, went 
well ; Guy Lester, clever ; Winifred Carter, 
good ; Adolph and Rudolph, funny ; Marion 
Marshall, good ; Walter Weston, went good. 

R. W. OLMSTED. 



Romano Bros., acrobats, skillful ; Bessie Allen, 
soubret, winsome ; Leeds ft Lamar, sketch, 
good; McKenzle Shannon ft Co., sketch, clever; 
Geo. Devoy A Dayton Sisters, funny. 

LEVY'S (Al. Levy, mgr. ; agent, L, Behymer 
Monday rehearsal 10).— Headliner, Royal Hun- 
garian Grozlen Troupe of dancers, well liked ; 
Dobes-Borel, s-d, pleasing ; Countess Rosl, 
songs, favorite ; Grace Belmont, singer, at- 
tractive. EDWIN F. O'MALLEY. 

MILWAUKEE, WIS. 

MAJESTIC (James A. Hlgler. mgr.; agent, 
Orpheum Circuit; Rehearsal Monday 10:30).— 
Five Cycling Luroras, splendid ; Exposition 
Four, good act ; Mareena, Nevaro ft Mareena, 
top-notch acrobats ; CarBtens ft Broslus, clever 
fencing ; Lottie Williams, in "On Stony 
Ground," very good ; Charles P. Hammond In 
"The Code Book," good dramatic sketch ; Bell 
Baker, clever character songs ; Three Dolce 
Sisters, refined singing; Marvelous Griffith, 
great exhibition. 

CRYSTAL (C. I. Fischer, mgr,; agent. U. 
V. A.).— Francis Owen ft Co. In "The Bene- 
diction," good playlet; Brown ft Nevarro, 
character changes, hit ; West A Vokes. time- 
honored German dialect sketch ; Stanley Sex- 
tet, neat singing; Major O'Laughlln, In- 
teresting gun spinning. 

EMPRESS (Daniel McCoy, mgr.; agent, 
S-C.).— Chevalier Delorls, expert marksman, 
and four other good acts. 

GAYETY (Wm. E. Mick, mgr.).— "Bon 
Tons," splendid company In fine production. 

STAR (Frank Trottman, mgr.).— "Jardln de 
Paris Girls," good burlesque show. 

HERBERT MORTON. 



cool reception ; Three Vagrants, delayed by a 
week, did not appear Monday ; Reed Btob. 
closed. 

AMERICAN (James R. Cowan, mgr.; agent. 
William Morris; Sunday rehearsal, 10).— 
American undergoing repairs preparatory to 
opening high-class vaudeville 10. 

WINTER GARDEN (Israel and Leopold, 
mgrs.).— "A Day In the Klondike," pleasing 
immensely. 

MAJESTIC (L. E. Sawyer, mgr.).— Tyson 
Extravaganza Co., vaudeville and plctureB. 

HAPPY HOUR (Al. Durnlng, mgr.).— Anna 
Miller, soubret ; Paul Morton, vocalist ; Lew 
Lumlnas ; Jones Sisters, dancers. 

The managers of the Winter Garden have 
arranged to continue the burlesque policy for 
some weeks after 1, on which date the lease 
expires. 

Leopold Levy, lessee, and William Tyler, 
sub-lessee of the Victor, are having an al- 
tercation as to who is the rightful occupant 
of the place. Levy has possession. 

Lost and Found Note : Workmen demolish- 
ing the box office at "White City" found sixty- 
five cents, the receipts for one night during a 
presentation of "Mascotte," which had never 
been accounted for. 



COLONIAL (Harry R. Overton, mgr.).— Nell 
McKlnley ; Brlstow and Warner; Mae 
Mitchell; Great Kelter and Scotch Lassie; 
Dunkle Griffin and Company ; Pearl and Pearl, 
and the Tlnkman Troupe. 

STANDARD (Leo Relchenbach, mgr.).— 
"Moulin Rouge Burlesquers," with Violette 
Dusette Imitating Polaire, the show a hit; 
business big. 

GAYETY (Frank V. Hawley, mgr.).— 
"Columbia Burlesquers" In "A PariH Tempta- 
tion," scored twice Sunday. 

GARRICK (Melville Stotz, mgr.).— Dock- 
stader's Minstrels. 

Frank Talbot has reopened the HIJou as a 
vaudeville, curio and picture theatre all for 
a dime. 

Rice and Cohen opened Sunday at the Prin- 
cess when Adelaide and Hughes had to leave 
to appear In "The Barnyard Romeo" In Cin- 
cinnati that afternoon. 

The Davenports are the headllners this, the 
last week at Lemp's Park Carnival. 

A testimonial to Manager Alrdome Mon- 
day night. 

The German Theatre opens Its season Oct. 
2 at the Odeon. 



James R. Cowan, manager of the Ameri- 
can, Is said to have visited the Orpheum 
Monday evening, and applauded every number 
on the program. O. M. SAMUEL. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent 
direct; Monday rehearsal 10 Week Sept. 10.).— 
Al. Jolson, headliner, Instantaneous success ; 
Minnie Dupree ft Co., sketch, capital ; Mile 
Renee, musician, pleasing ; Kaufmanns. bi- 
cyclists, hit; Holdovers "Operatic Festival"; 
J. C. Nugent ft Co., Flanagan A Edwards, 
Harvey-De Vora Trio. 

LOS ANGELES (Geo. A. Bovyer, mgr. ; 
agent, C. O. Brown, Monday rehearsal 11).— 
Headliner, Alblnl, magician, well received ; 



NEWARK, N. J. 

PROCTORS (R. C. Stewart, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O. ; Monday 9).— William Macart and 
Ethlyne Bradford, clever ; Josephine Joy & 
Co., well received ; Tempest & Sunshine, very 
good ; Carl Randall, clever ; Chasslno, good ; 
"Those Three Swells," did well ; Three Fon- 
dellers. good ; Casselll's Dogs, great. 

MINERS EMPIRE (Leon Evans, mgr.).— 
"Lady Buccaneers," good show. 

WALDM ANNS (Lee Ottclengul, mgr.) — 
• Serenaders." fine. JOE O'BRYAN. 

NEW ORLEANS. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck. gen. mur. ; agent, 
direct ; Monday rehearsal Hi).— Pope and 
"Uno" opened ; Mr. and Mrs. Allison, Richard 
Nadreage (New Acts); Lily Lena received 
an ovation ; "Love Waltz," tuneful operetta, 



ST. LOUIS, MO. 

PRINCESS (Dan S. Fishell. mgr.; agent, 
William Morris).— John C. Rice and Sally 
Cohen in "A Bachelor's Wife," scream ; Julian 
Rose, funnier than ever; Alice York, with a 
soft pedal on some of her songs but still 
good ; McMahon's "Watermelon Girls," enter- 
taining ; Conway and Leland, eccentrlques ; 
Lamb's Manikins, fine for the kiddles ; Both 
Densmore, musical ; Kanazawa Japs, numerous 
and clever. 

COLUMBIA (Frank Tate, mgr.; agent. Or 
pheum Circuit).— Juggling Burkes; Max S. 
Witt's "Roses of Kildarc." equipped both 
physically and vocally ; Bradlee Martin and 
Company with Jessie Courtney In "A Unique 
Proposal" ; Pearle and Carrie Meredith, song 
successes ; Julius Tannen, a best bet mono- 
logue ; "A Night In a Monkey Music Hall." 
sonic animal act ; Eddie Leonard and Mabel 
Russell, headliners. and Ellse. Wulff and 
Walduff in "After the Football Game." 



WASHINGTON. I). C. 

CHASES (II. W. De Witt, mgr.; agent. U. 
B. O. ; Monday 11). — Mason, Keeler and Co., 
decided hit ; Lo Ijo Cotton, very clever ; Frank 
Tlnney, very good ; Harry and Folford. went 
big ; Stevens and Marshall, scored ; Dagwell 
Sisters, did nicely ; Adonis and Dog. clever. 

COSMOS (A. J. Brylawskl. mgr.; agent, 
Norman Jeffries; Monday I)).— Woodford's 
Animals, best that has played the house; Wil- 
liams and Hilda, well received ; Harry Rlck- 
rode, clever ; Tydeman and Dooley. ordinary ; 
Most Twins, scored; Corey Bros., did nicely; 
Lillian Murtha, fair; Allen May and Co., 
good. 

CASINO (A. C. Mayer, mgr.; agent, Wm. 
Morris; Monday 10).— Royal Venetian- Band, 
big hit ; Beatrice Vance, very good ; Major 
James Doyle, fair; Tossing Thompsons, Gum- 
ming and Gladding, did nicely ; Dow and Dow, 
scored. 

MAJESTIC (F. B. Weston, mgr.; Monday 
117:.'tO). —J. A. Mack and Co., hit; J. Nlcol. 
clever ; Beaudoin and Co., good ; Horn and 
Horn, did fairly. 

NEW LYCEUM (Engine Kernan. mgr.). 
'Bohemian Burlesquers." 

GAYETY (George Beck. mgr.). -Al. Reeves 
"Beauty Show." EDWARD DO.MBIIART. 



IVIOIM 



ORNINO \Af 



IV 



ROM 



WILLIE HOWARD 



ND HOWARD 



Who are now playing at the ORPHEUM THEATRE. SAN FRANCISCO, the following telegram: 

'Just got through with the afternoon show, and 



I 



"THAT'S YIDDISH* LOVE" 

was one big riot." 
Another from IRVING M. WILSON, our Pacific Coast Representative, reads: "WILLIE HOWARD caused ,1 sensation at the Orpheum today with THAT S VIDDISHA LOVE' 

One continuous scream from start to finish. " 

The above Is another one of those great novelty dialect songa by JAMES BROCKMAN for which ho is so well known and Is also being sung with gr. at su. ■- ;,;« ''V J" ;;i' fl ^ ' ;l , 
on. The Victoria Four. Barnes and Barron, Gladys Sears. Frank Ross. Harry Bloom. Mike IVrtlg, Four De Wolfs. Max Burkhard of .lu-tn Three Billy *«»rinim • '"> ( "'^ 
Isters, Sam A'Dellna, Joe Ward. Mildred Ollmore, Rose Berry. Ned Dandy, Annie (ioldie, Anna c,,,si, D..w and Dow. Lawrence Reeden, .>ora Pelitirr and hundredn of <.th. is 

The above will be sent FREE— All wt ask of those we'do net know is an up-to-date programme. NO CARDS OR AMATEUR PROGRAMME will be accepted. 

. WITMARK & SONS, Witmark Building, 1 44-1 46 W. 37th St., New York 

Or, If you are out West, Bave time by calling at or writing to our Chicago Offices, SCIIILLKR BUILDING. RANDOLPH STRKKT. r'HIf'\(;o. 

San Francisco Offices, IRVING WILSON, Manager. 11!" MONTGOMERY STRLKT. 



TKD S. BARRON. Manager 



WbiD answering advertisement! kindly mention VARIETY. 



32 



VARIETY 



. , j i. 







VARIETY ARTISTS' ROUTES 

FOR WEEK OCT. 3 

WHEN NOT OTHERWISE INDICATED. 

(The routes given are from OCT. 2 to OCT. 9, Inclusive, dependent upon the opening 
and closing dare of engagement In different parts of the country. All addresses are fur- 
nished VARIETY by artists. Addresses care newspapers, managers or agents will not be 
printed.) 

"B. R." after name indicates act is with burlesque show mentioned. Routes may be 
found under "Burlesque Routes." 

"C. R." after name indicates act is with circus mentioned. Route may be found under 
"Circus Routes." 

ROUTB8 FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK MUST REACH THIS OFFICE NOT LATER 
THAN WEDNESDAY MORNINO TO INSURE PUBLICATION. 
TEMPORARY ADDRES8E8 WILL BE CARRIED WHEN ACT IS "LAYING OFF" 
PERMANENT ADDRESSES GIVEN FOR OVER THE SUMMER MUST BE REPLACED 
BY WEEKLY ROUTE FOR THE PRESENT SEASON. 



Adair Art Lyric Danville 111 

Adams Sam D Trocaderos B R 

Adams Edward B Orpheum Budapest 

Adams Billy 80 Milford Boston 

Adams ft Lewis 108 W Baker Atlanta 

Adams Milt Hastings Show B R 

Admont MiUel 8285 Broadway N T 

Adonis Trent Trenton N D 

Ahearn * Malcolm Norwich Conn 

Aitken Bros 234 Bedford Fall River 

Altkens Great 2210 Gravler New Orleans 

Aitken Jas ft Edna 087 Park it N T 

Alberts Lee 14 Frobel 111 Hamburg Ger 

Albanl 1606 Broadway N Y 

Aldines The 2022 Cottage Grove Chicago 

Aldrach Blanche Athens Ga 

Aleta Lynn Mass 

Alexander ft Bertie 41 Acre Lane London 

All Hunter and All Clanude PI Jamaica N Y 

All Sldi 000 Spring Pittsburg 

Allaire ft Jeans 85 John Fall River 

Allen Joe Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Allen Leon ft Bertie 118 Central Oshkosh Wis 

Allen Marie Columbians B R 

Allinel Joseph 422 Bloomfleld Hoboken N J 

Allison Mr Mrs Lyric Mobile 

THE AlllfllHAL 

LITTLE ALLRIGHT and WIFE 

WM. MORRIS TIME. RICHARD PITROT, 

Mgr. 

Alons 65 W 88 N Y 
Alpine Troupe Forepaugh Sells C R 
Alpha Troupe Orpheum Duluth 
Alrona Zoeller Trio 260 Hemlock Bklyn 
Alton Grace Follies of New York B R 
Alton Ethel 1582 Belmont Av Seattle 



Altus Bros 128 Cottage Auburn N Y 
Alvarados Goats 1235 N Main Decatur 111 
Alvarettas Three Academy Buffalo. 
Alvias The 801 B Wash Springfield III 
Alvln Bros Garrick Burlington la 
Alvin ft Zenda Empire Bridgeport 111 
Alvlno ft Rlalto Red Mill Vlncennes 
Alqulst ft Clayton 545 Bergen Bklyn 
American Newsboys 2888 N 81 Phlla 
Ames ft Cobett Keiths Pawtucket R I 
Amsterdam Quartette 181 W 41 N Y 
Anderson Gertrude Miss N Y Jr B R 
Anderson ft Anderson 820 Dearborn At Chicago 
Anderson ft Ellison 3603 Locust Phlla 
Anderson Four National Htl Chicago 
Andrews ft Abbott Co 8082 Morgan St Louis 
Apdales Animals Orpheum Kansas City 
Arakl Troupe Haag Show C R 
Arberg ft Wagner 511 I 78 N Y 
Ardelle ft Leslie 10 Broezel Rochester 
Arlington Billy Golden Crook B R 
Arlington Four Shubert Utlca 
Armond Grace 810 Dearborn Av Chicago 
Armond Ted V Serenaders B R 
Armstrong Ellis H Wildwood N J 
Armstrong ft Clark Bijou Atlanta 
Armstrong and Verne Royal Wellington N Z 
Arnold ft Rickey Owego N Y 
Arthur Mae 15 Unity Pi Boston 
Atkinson Harrv 21 E 20 N Y 
Atwood Warren 111 W 81 N Y 
Aubrey Rene Runaway Girls B R 
Auer S ft O 418 Strand W C London 
Auger Geo W 12 Lawrence Rd So Ealing Bng 
Austin, Jennie Follls of New York B R 
Austin ft Klumker 8110 H Phlla 
Avery W E 9D06 Forestville Chicago 
Ayers Ada Follies of New York B R 

B 
Baker Billy Merry Whirl B R 
Baker Harry 8042 Renow W Philadelphia 



Baker Da Vea Irto Dainty Duehata B R 

Baldwins Gem Meridian Miss 

Balloon Jupiter Barnom ft Bailey It 

Bandy ft Fields 1500 La Salle At Chicago 

Banks Geo S Collinsville Mass 

Bannan Joe Girls from Happyland B R 

Bantas Four Columbians B R 

Baraban Troupe 1804 5th At N T 

Barbae Hill ft Co 1262 Nat At Ban Diego 

Barber ft Palmer American Omaha lndef 

Barkotts Show Dixon 111 

Barlows Breakway Fair Ot Barrlngton Mass 

Barnes ft Crawford Orpheum Brooklyn 

Barnes ft Barnes Dixie Hillsboro Tex 

Barnes ft Barron Orpheum Denver 

Barnes ft Robinson 237 W 187 N Y 

Barnes ft West 418 Strand London 

Barrett Tom Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 




AND 




UNCLE HIRAM AND AUNT ALVIRA. 
From Posey Co.. Indiana." 
Men Week (test. 25). Majestic. Waes, Tims 



Barrlngton M Queea of Jardin da Parle B R 

Barron Geo 2002 6 Av N Y 

Barry Sisters 77 Bay 32 Bklyn 

Barry ft Hack 761 Wlndlake Milwaukee 

Barry ft Halvers Bay 7 Bath Beach L I 

Barry ft Richards Sheas Buffalo 

Bartell ft Garfield 2699 B 58 Cleveland 

Barto ft McCue 819 N 2 Reading Pa 

Barton, Joe Follies of the Day B R 

Bassett Mortimer 279 W 29 N Y 

Bates ft Neville 57 Gregory New Haven 

Baum Will H ft Co 07 Wolcott New Haven 

Baumann ft Ralph 360 Howard Av New Haven 

Baxter Sidney ft Co Orpheum Nashville 

Bayfield Harry Forepaugh-Sells C R 

Baytoa Ida Girls from Happyland B R 

Be Ano Duo 3442 Charlton Chicago 

Beaman Fred J Hudson Heights N J 

Beardsley Sisters Union Htl Chicago 

Beaugarde Marie Merry Whirl B R 

Behler Agnes Dreamlanders B R 

Behrend Musical 52 Springfield At Newark N J 

Beimel Musical 340 B 87 N Y 

Bell Arthur H 488 12 Ac Newark N J 

Bell Boy Trio Sheas Toronto 

Bell Norma Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Bell ft Richards 211 BUNT 

Belle May Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Bellemontee The 112 5 At Chicago 

Belmont Joe 70 Brook London 

Belmont Florence Girls from Happyland B R 

Belmont M Follies of New York B R 

Benn ft Lean 220 W 88 N Y 

Bennett Sam Rose Sydell B R 

Bennett ft Marcello 208 W 67 N Y 

Bennett Bros 889 B 68 N Y 

Bentley Musical 121 Clipper Ban Francisco 



Benton Oranby ft West Saratoga Htl Chicago 
Benton Ruth Big Banner Show B R 
Berger Anna Miss N Y Jr B R 

Vera Berliner 

VIOLINIST. 
Booked Solid uatil January. 



Bernhard Hugh Bohemians B R 

Bertlaa ft Brockway 311 8 At N Y 

Beverly Sisters 5722 Springfield At Phlla 

Beverly ft West 262 Delaware Buffalo 

Bevlns Clam Rolllckers B R 

Beyer Ben ft Bros Orpheum Ogden Utah 

Bicknell ft Glbney Folly Oklahoma City 

Bimbos The 604 Pacific Appleton Wis 

Birch John Sayville L I 

Bison City Four Orpheum Los Angeles 

BIseonnette Newman R F D No 2 Leckport 111 

Blssett ft Shady 248 W 37 N Y 

Black John J Miss N Y Jr B R 

Black ft Leslie 3722 Eberly Av Chicago 

Blacks The 47 E 132 N Y 

Blair Hazel Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Blamphin ft Hehr Library Corry Pa 

Blessings The 86 Koenlgsberger Berlin Ger 

Bloomquest ft Co 3220 Chicago Av Minneapolis 

Blocksom ft Burns Fair Haven N J 

Bohannon Burt Hastings Show B R 

Boises Sensational 675 Jackson At N Y 

Bonner Alf Brigadiers B R 

Bonner ft Meredith Cosmos Washington 

Booth Trio 343 Lincoln Johnstown Pa 

Borella Arthur 524 Stanton Greensburg Pa 

Borrow Sidney Big Banner Show B R 

Bostock Jean Lovemakers B R 

Boutin ft Tlllson 11 Myrtle Springfield Mass 

Boulden ft Quinn 212 W 42 N Y 

Bouton Harry ft Co 132 W 36 N Y 

Bouvler Mayme Merry Whirl B R 

Bowers Walters ft Crooker Boston 

Bouman Fred 14 Webster Medford Mass 

Bowman Bros 22 W 08 N Y 

Bradley ft Ward Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Bradleys The 1814 Rush Birmingham 

Bradue Fred Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Breadon Joe Ellis Nowlln Circus 

Brennan Geo Trocaderos B R 

Brennen Samuel N 2858 Tulip Phlla 

Breton Runkel Co McKeesport Pa 

Brinkleys The 424 W 30 N Y 

Brlstow Lydla Dreamlanders B R 

Britton Nellie 140 Morris Phlla 

Brixton ft Brixton 708 Lexington Brooklyn 

Brookes ft Carlisle 38 Glenwood Buffalo 

Brookland Chas Runaway Girls B R 

Brooks Florrle Big Review B R 

Brooks Thos Girls from Happyland B R 

Brooks Harvey Cracker Jacks B R 

Brooks Walter Baker Denver lndef 

Brooks ft Jennlgs 861 W Bronx N Y 

Brooks ft Kingman 234 W 39 N Y 

Browder ft Browder Richardson Oswego 

Brown Sammle Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Brown ft Brown 69 W 115 N Y 





This week (Sept. 26), Shea's, Buffalo. Next Week ( Oct. 3), Shea's, Toronto, 

Oct. 10-Keith's, Syracuse, N. Y. 

•till drifting around, doing stagey work through the kindnesses of the Manager, and 

That Other Fellow, PAT CASEY 



VARIETY 



33 



Brown ft Wllmot 71 Glen Maiden Mass 

Brown Jb Farlardean King Edward Halifax N S 

Brownies The Jackson Topeka Kan 

Browning ft Lavan 805 Cauldwell st N Y 

Bruce Lena Lovemakers B R 

Bruces The 120 W 27 N Y 

Bruno Max C 160 Baldwin Blmlra N Y 

Brydon * Harmon 229 Montgomery Jersey City 

Buch Bros Pantages Los Angeles 

Buchanan Dancing Four Com'clal Htl Chicago 

Buckley Joe Girls from Happ/land B R 

Buford, Bennet 4b Buford 7«J 8th At N Y 

Bullock Tom Trocaderos B R 

Bunce Jack 2210 8 18th Philadelphia 

Bunchu ft Alger 2319 W Maine Louisville 

Burgess Bobby ft West Sts 1412 Jefferson Bklyn 

Burgess Harvey J 627 Trenton At Pittsburg 

Burke Minnie Trocaderos B R 

Burke A Farlow 4037 Harrison Chicago 

Burns A Emerson 1 PI Boledleu Paris 

Burns Teddy Shore Inn St James L I 

Burrows Lillian 2050 W North At Chicago 

Burrows Travis Co 111 B 26 N Y 

Burt Wm P A Daughter 138 W 45 N Y 

Burton Jack Marathon Girls B R 

Busch Devere Four Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Bushell May Fads A Follies B R 

Butlers Musical 423 S 8 Phlla 

Butterworth Charley 850 Treat San Francisco 

Byers A Hermann 3649 Paxton Cincinnati 

Byrne Golson Players Matinee Girl Co 

Byron Gleta 107 Blue Hill Av Roxbury Mass 



Cahlll Wm Reeves Beauty Show B R 
Calne A Odom 72 Wilson Newark O 
Calest 74 Grove Rd Clapham Pk London 
Callahan Grace Bohemians B R 
Cameron A Gaylord 5940 Highland St Louis 
Campbell Harry Marathon Girls B R 
Campbell Phyllis Merry Whirl B R 
Campbell A Parker Rose Sydell B R 
Canfleld Al Follies of New York and Paris B R 
Cantor A Curtis Saratoga Htl Chicago 
Cantway Fred R 6425 woodlawn Av Chicago 
Capman Bert Follies of New York B R 
Capron Nell Follies of New York B R 
Cardon Chas Vanity Fair B R 
Cardownle Sisters 425 N Liberty Alliance O 
Carey A Stamps 824 42 Bklyn 

MABEL CAREW 

This Week (Sept 26), Colonial, Lawrence. 

Carl Black 217 W 68 N Y 

Carle Irving 4208 No 41 Chicago 

Carmelos Pictures Gaiety Girls B R 

Carmen Frank 465 W 168 N Y 

Carmen Beatrice 72 Cedar Brooklyn 

Cannontelle Hattle Marathon Girls B R 

Carol Sisters 104 W 16 N Y 

Carr Alex La Salle Chloago 

Carr Trio Park Canandalgua N Y 

Carroll Nettle Trio Barnum A Bailey C R 

Carrolton A Van 5428 Monte Vista Los Angeles 

Caron A Farnum 285 ■ 24 N Y 

Carson Bros 623-58 Bklyn 

Carters The Ave Mo 

Casads Three Darlington Wis 

Casmus A La Mar Box 247 Montgomery Ala 

Case Paul 81 S Clark Chicago 

Caul field A Driver Normandle Htl N Y 

Chabanty Marguerite Columbians B R 

Chadwlck Trio Maryland Baltimore 

Challenger A Brent 167 Dearborn Chicago 

Chameroys The 1351 43 Bklyn 

Champion Mamie Washington Society Girls BR 

Chantrell A Schuyler 219 Prospect Av Bklyn 

Chspln Benjamin 566 W 186 N Y 

Chapman Sisters 1629 MUlburn Indianapolis 

Chase Billy Bijou Winnipeg 

Chase Dave 90 Birch Lynn 

Chase Carma 2615 So Hal stead Chicago 

Chatham Sisters 308 Grant Pittsburg 

Chick A Chlcklets Brigadiers B R 

Chip A Marble York Htl N Y 

Christy A Willis 209 E 14th N Y 

Chubb Ray 107 Spruce Scran ton Pa 

Church City Four 1282 Decatur Brooklyn 

Church ft Springer 9664 Plttsfleld Mass 

Claiborne Kay C 224 Security Bldg Los Angeles 

INA CLAIRE 

In "JUMPING JUPITER." 

With Richard Carle, 

CORT THEATRE. CHICAGO. 



Clalrmont Josephine A Co 163 W 131 N Y 

Clarke Wilfred 130 W 44 N Y 

Clark Geo Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Clark Florette 10 Larnhurst Roxbury Mass 

Clark ft Duffy Metropolitan Minstrels Indef 

Clark Billy Muskegon Mich Indef 

Clark ft Ferguson 121 Phelps Englewood 

Claton Carlos 235ft 5 Av Nashville Tenn 

Claus ft Radcllffe 1649 Dayton Av St Paul 

Clayton Drew Players American Chicago 

Clear Chan 100 Mornlngslde Av N Y 

demons Cam'n 462 Columbia Dorchester Mass 

Clermento ft Miner ,19 W DO N Y 

Cleveland Claude & Marlon r»! >7 9 av Astoria L I 

Clever Trio 2129 Arch Phlla 

Cliff ft Cliff 4106 Arteslsn Chicago 

Cllto ft Sylvester 928 Winter Phlla 

Clure Raymond 657 Dennlson Av Columbus O 

Clyo ft Rochelle 1479 Hancock Qulncy Mass 

Codena Mile Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Cody ft Lynn 230 Powell Brooklyn 

Cogswells Cycling Gem Merlin N II 

Cohan Will H Miss N Y Jr B R 

Cohen Tlllle 306 W 121 N Y 

Cohen Taldor ft Co 155 S 2 Bklyn 

Cohen Nathan Hastings Show B R 

Cole Chas C Rolllckers B R 

Cole ft Johnson 5th av N Y 

Collins Eddie 5 Reed Jersey City N J 

Collins Fred Dreamlanders B R 

Coltllde A Montrose Walker Winnipeg 

Col ton Tommy Fads ft Follies B R 

Comrades Four 824 Trinity Av N Y 

Comstock Ray 7321 Cedar Av Cleveland 

Conn Hugh L Fads ft Follies B R 

Connelly Pete ft Myrtle 720 N Clark Chicago 

Connelly Mr A Mrs Erwln Orpheum Los Angles 

Connelly ft Webb Temple Hamilton Can 



Coogan Alan Lovemakera B R 

Cook Geraldlne 675 Jackson Av N Y 

Cooke Trio Ansonia Conn 

Cooke ft Myers 1514 E Vancouver 

Cooke Rothert ft Summers Central Dresdon 

Cooper John W 119 Wyckoff Bklyn 

Corbett Ada Miss N Y Jr B R 

Corbett ft Forrester 71 Emmet Newark N J 

Cordua ft Maud 104 E 14 N Y 

Corlnne Suzanne Fads ft Follies B R 

Cornish Wm A 1108 Bway Seattle 

Cotter ft Boulden 1835 Vineyard Phlla 

Cottrell ft Hamilton Palace Htl Chicago 

Coyle ft Murrell 3327 Vernon Av Chicago 

Coyne Tom Hastings Show B R 

Crane Ceclle Chlcopee Mass 

Crane Mr and Mrs Gardner Chases Washington 

Crawford Catherine Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Crawford Glenn S 1439 Baxter Toledo 

Creo ft Co 1404 Borle Av Phlla 

Cressy A Dayne Orpheum Omaha 

Crollus Dick 224 W 46 N Y 

Crosby Ama 162 E 8 Peru Ind 

Cross ft Josephine Polls Springfield 

Cross ft Maye 1312 Huron Toledo 

Culhanes Comedians N Vernon Ind 

Culllson ft Villa 215 W 42 N Y 

Cullen Thos Runaway Girls B R 

Cullen Bros 2916 Ellsworth Phlla 

Cumlnger ft Colonna 22 Cranworth London 

Cumlngs ft Thornton Majestic Jacksonville 

Cummlngs Josle Rose Sydell B R 

Cunningham B ft D 112 Wash'n Champaign 111 

Cunningham ft Marion Crystal Johnston Pa 

Curtis Blanche Marathon Girls B R 

Curtis Sam J Majestic La Crosse Wis 

Curzon Sisters Fair Birmingham 

Cuttys Musical Orpheum Minneapolis 

Cycling Brunettes Bijou Phlla 



Dagwell Sisters Chases Washington 

Dale A Boyle Orpheum Minneapolis 

Dale ft Harris 1610 Madison Av N Y 

Daley Wm J 108 N 10 Phlla 

Dalton Fenn Prospect Cleveland 

Daly ft O'Brien National 8ydney Indef 

Dalys Country Choir Unique Minneapolis 

Darmody Cosmos Washington 

Davenport Edna Big Banner 8how B R 

Davenports Three Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Davis Edwards Orpheum Des Moines 

Davis Hasel M 3538 La Salle Chicago 

Davis ft Cooper 1920 Dayton Chicago 

Davis Imperial Trio Richmond Htl Chicago 

Davis Hsrry Columbia Hts Minn 

Davis ft Swisher Lyric South Bend Ind 

Davldaon Dott 1305 Michigan Av Niagara Falls 

Dawson ft Gillette 344 E 58 N Y 

De Clalnvllle Sid 1313 Douglas Omaha 

De Frankle Sylvia Saratoga Htl Chicago 

De Grace ft Gordon 922 Liberty Brooklyn 

De Grote Ed ft Leah Victor New Orleans Indef 

De Lion Clement Grand Indianapolis 

De Lo Johp B 718 Jackson Milwaukee 

De Mar Lolo 746 Prospect PI Bklyn 

De Mar Rose 807 W 37 PI Chicago 

De Mario Apollo Berlin 

De Milt Gertrude 818 Sterling PI Bklyn 

De Mont Robt Trio Fair Mitchell S D 

De Oesch Mile M 336 So 10th Saginaw 

De Renzo ft La Due Chases Washington 

De Vassy Thos Bl* Banner Show B R 

De Velde Ermond J ft Co 40 Bway Norwich Ct 

De Vere Geo M Traveling Salesman 

De Vere Tony Watsons Burlesquers B R 

De Verne ft Van 4572 Yates Denver 

DeWItt Burns A Torrace Scala Copenhagen 

De Wolfe Lanier ft Linton Olympic N Y 

De Young Tom 156 E 113 N Y 

De Young Mabel 122 W 115 N Y 

Dean Lew 452 2 Niagara Falls 

Dead Orr Sisters A Galllgher Grand Fargo 

Dean ft Sibley 463 Columbus Av Boston 

Deas Reed ft Deas 253 W 80 N Y 

Deery Frank 204 West End Av N Y 

Delsney Patsy Miss N Y Jr B R 

Delavoye Will Howes London Show C R 

Delmore Adelaide Girls from Happyland B R 

Del ton Bros 261 W 38 N Y 

nemacos The 12 N 9 Phlla 

Demlng ft Alton Americans B R 

Demonlo A Bell Englewood N J 

Denman Louise 189 Rawson Atlanta 

Denton G Francis 451 W 44 N Y 

Densmore Beth Gerard Htl N Y 

BETH DENSMORE 

This Week (Sept. 26). Princess, St. Louis. 

Desmond Vera Lovemakers B R 
Desmond ft Co 24 E 21 N Y 

DEVLIN m ELLWOOD 

"THE GIRL FROM YONKERS." 
Week (Sept. 26). Young's Pier, Atlantic City . 

Desperado Barnum ft Bailey C R 
Destiny 446 16 Detroit Mich 
Dlas Mona Bohemians B R 

Anita Diaz's Monkeys 

Direction AL SUTHERLAND. 
Weeks Oct. 3 and 10, Chicago. 

Dlehl A S Melchers El Campo Tex Indef 

Dlllae Max Forepaugb-Sells C R 

Dlvolas The 142 E 5 Mansfield O 

Dixie Trio Famous 127 W 35 N Y 

Dlxnns Four 756 S Av N Y 

Dodd Family ft Jessie 201 Division Av Bklyn 

Doherty * Harlowe 428 Union Bklyn 

Dolan A Lenharr 2460 7 Av N Y 

Donaghy G Francis 319 55 Brooklyn 

Donald ft Carson 216 W 103 N Y 

Donegan Sisters Bon Tons B R 

Donlta A Co Clarendon Htl Chicago 

Donner Doris 343 Lincoln Johnstown Pa 

Dorothy Gavin 756 8 Av N Y 

Dorsch ft Russell Los Angeles 

Doss Billy 102 High Columbia Tenn 

Douglass Chas Washington Society Girls B R 

Downey Leslie T Elite Sheboygan Wis Indef 

Doyle Phil Merry Whirl B R 

Drew Dorothy 377 8 Av N Y 



Drew Frankle American Omaha 

Drisko ft Earl Van Buren Htl Chicago 

Dube Leo 258 Stowe Av Troy 

Du Bols Great ft Co 80 No Wash Av Bridgeport 

Du Mars ft Gualtlerl 397 W Water Elmlra N Y 

Duffy Tommy Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Dunbar Mazfe Bijou Tulsa Okla Indef 

Duncan A O 042 E Bklyn 

Dunedin Troupe Bon Tons B R 

Dunham Jack Bohemians B R 

Dunlevy Joe Serenaders B R 

Dunsworth ft Valder 234 W 43 N Y 

Dunn Bill Suaves Numero 6 Havana 

Dunn Arthur F 217 B Lacock Pittsburg 

FRED DUPREZ 

Week (Oct. 3), Orpheum, Utah. 
Dupllle Ernest A 98 Charing Croat London 

JEANETTE DUPRE 

"Nearly a Native Daughter." 
Levy's Cafe, Los Angeles, until Oct. 10th. 

Dwyer Lottie Trio Grand Hamilton O 



Eddy ft Tallman 640 Lincoln Blvd Chicago 

Edlnger Sisters Trenton 

Edman ft Gaylor 1008 So I Richmond Ind 

Edna Ruth 419 W Green Olean N Y 

Edwards Gertrude Mlsa N Y Jr B R 

Edwards Fred R Bucklln Htl Elkhart Ind 

Edwards Jessie Pantages Los Angeles 

Edwards Shorty Victoria Wheeling W Va 

Egan Geo Marathon Girls B R 

Elaine Mabel Colonial St Louts 

El Barto 2531 Hollywood Phlla 

Elber Lew Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Elliott Jack Runaway Olrls B R 

Ellsworth Mr ft Mrs 23 Manhattan Av N Y 

Ellsworth ft Linden Orpheum Eau Claire Wis 

Elmore ft Raymond Pantages Sacramento 

Elwood Perry ft Downing 924 Harlem Av Balto 

Emelie Troupe Bijou Battle Creek 

Emerald Connie 41 Holland Rd Brixton London 

Emerson ft La Clear 23 Beach Av Grand Rapids 

Emerson Ida Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Emmett ft Lower 419 Pine Darby Pa 

Englebreth G W 2313 Highland Av Clnclnantl 

Enlgmarelle Airdome Chattanooga 

Ensor Wm Hastings Show B R 

Erxleben B A Shootover Inn Hamilton City Cal 

Erslnger Mabel le E 216 8 Central Av Chicago 

Esmann H T 1284 Putnam Av Bklyn 

LA ESTRELLITA 

Now In 8th month. Featured Attraction. 

Portola Cafe, San Francisco. 

Evans Bessie 8701 Cottage Orove Av Chicago 
Evans ft Lloyd 923 E 12 Bklyn 
Evellen D Ellis Nowlln Circus 
Evelyn Sisters 252 Green Av Bklyn 
Everett Gertrude Fads ft Follies B R 
Everett Sophie Box 68 Jamaica N Y 
Evers Geo 210 Losoya San Antonio 
Ewlng Chas A Nina 455 Telfair Augusta 



Falrchlld Sisters 220 Dlxwell Av New Haven 
Falrchlld Mr ft Mrs 1321 Vernon Harrlsburg 
Fairfax Grace Colonial Warsaw Indef 
Falrburn Jaa Miss N Y Jr B R 
Falls Billy A 588 Lyell Av Rochester 
Fan Us Trio 8 Union 8q N Y 

FARRELL -TAYLOR TRIO 

Funniest Black Face Act In Vaudeville. 
Next Week (Oct. 3), Trent. Trenton. 

Farnum ft Delmar 224 W 46 N Y 

Fawn Loretta Rose Sydell B R 

Fay Trio Coley A Fay Chases Washington 

Fay Sisters Wichita Kan 

Felix A Barry Sheas Toronto 

Felsmsn A Arthur 2144 W 20 Chicago 

Fenner A Fox 639 Central Camden N J 

Fentelle A Vallorle Orpheum Memphis 

DAVE FERGUSON 

Next Week (Oct. 3), Poll's, Bridgeport. 

Ferguson Frank 489 E 43 Chicago 

Ferguson Jos 127 W 67 N Y 

Ferguson Marguerite Hastings Show B R 

Fern Ray 1300 W Ontario Phlla 

Fern A Mack Richmond Htl Chicago 

Fernandez May Duo 207 E 87th N Y 

Ferrard Grace 2716 Warwaw Av Chicago 

Ferry Wm Keiths Providence 

Fiddler A Shelton Shubert I'tlc.i 

Fir Id Bros Keiths Providence 

Fielding A Vann 133 W 4.") N T 

Fields A Coco 104 E 14 N Y 

Fields & La Adella Orpheum Canton 

Fields & Hanson Hudson Inlon Hill N .1 

Fields School Kids Majestic Houston 

Finn A Ford 2«0 Revere Wlnthrop Mass 

Finney Frank Trocaderos II R 

Fisher Marie Gaiety Girls D R 

Fisher Susie Rose Sydell B R 

Flske Gertrude Brigadiers B R 

Fitzgerald A Qulnn Bowery Burlesquers 

Fltzgeralds 8 Juggling Girls Rlngllng C R 

Fltzslmmonn A Cameron 5609 S Green Chicago 

Flatlco Alfred Jay Powell A Cohan Co Indef 

Fletcher 33 Rondell pi San Francisco 

Fletcher Ted 470 Warren Bklyn 

Floredo Nellie Columbians B R 

Follette A Wicks 1824 Gates Av Bklyn 

Foots Dick ft Pearl Altoona Pa 

Forbes & Bowman Orpheum Sioux City 

Force Johnny 800 Edmonson Bsltimore 

Ford Oeo Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Ford ft Co 300 Fenton Flint Mich 



Ford ft Miller 26 Brayton Buffalo ' 

Ford ft Louise 128 S Broad Mankato Minn 

Form by Geo Walthew House Wlgan Eng 

Foster Eleanor Del Prado Htl Chicago 

Foster Geo A Rlngllng Bros C R 

Foster Harry ft Sallle 1836 S 12 Phlla 

Foster Billy 2316 Centre Pittsburg 

Fosto Rlngllng Bros C R 

Fowler Bertie Htl Lincoln N Y 

Fox ft Summers 517 10 Saginaw Mich 

Fox Florence 172 Fllmore Rochester 

Fox Will World of Pleasure B R 

Foy Margaret Academy Suffolk Va Indef 

Foyer Eddie 0020 Plenepont C*.«veluun 

Francis Wlnnlfred Vanity Fair B R 

Francis Willard 87 W 138 N Y 

Franclscos 343 N Clark Chicago 

Frank Sophia A Myrtle Miss N Y Jr B R 

Frederick A Klrkwood Guilford N Y 

Fredericks Musical Houghs Neck Mass 

Freeman Bros Girls from Hsppyland B R 

Frellgh Llszle Btsrery Burlesquers B R 

French Henri GeUard Htl N Y 

French A Williams 821 W Blaine Seattle 

Fricke Wlllman Lovemakers B R 

Frlganzl Trixle La 8alle Chicago 

Frobel ft Ruge 814 W 23 N Y 

Furman Radio 2026 Lexington Av N Y 



Gaffney Sisters 1407 Madison Chicago 

Gaffney Al 393 Vernon Brooklyn N Y 

Gage Chas 179 White Springfield Mass 

Gale Ernie 169 Eastern Av Toronto 

Gallager Ed Big Banner Show B R 

Garden Geo Girls from Happyland B R 

Gardiner Family Polls Bridgeport 

Gardner Andy Bohemians B R 

Gardner Oeorgle ft Co 4646 Kenmore Av Chicago 

Gardner Oscar 776 8 At N Y 

Gardiner ft Vincent Hudson Union Hill N J 

Gardlners Three 1958 No 8 Phlla 

Garrett Bros Moulton la 

Gariity Harry Grand Vancouver B C Indef 

Gath Karl ft Emma 008 Cass Chicago 

Gavin ft Piatt Boi 140 Clifton N J 

Gaylor Chas 768 17 Detroit 

Oenaro ft Theol Majestic Corslcana Tox Indef 

Gennaro's Band 205 W 88 N Y 

George Al D 8am T Jacks B R 

George Chas N Potomac Hagerstown Md 

Georgia Campers Miners 8 av N Y 

Germane Anna T 25 Arnold Revere Mass 

Gettlngs J F Marathon Girls B R 

Geyer ft Geyer Palace Htl Chicago 

Gilbert Ella R Runaway Girls B R 

Gilbert Gladys 104 W 40 N Y 

Ollden Sisters Three 756 8 Av N Y 

Gill Edna Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Gilmore Mildred Gaiety Girls B R 

GUasandro Phil ft Millie 2001 Madison Av N Y 

Glrard Marie 41 Howard Boston 

Gleaaon Violet 489 Lexington Waltham Mass 

Glose Augusta Orpheum Seattle 

Glover Edna May 862 N Emporia Av Wichita 

Ooforth ft Doyle 251 Halsey Bklyn 

Golden Claude Pantages Los Angeles 

Golden Nat Hastings Show B R 

Goldle Annette Big Banner Show B R 

Goldsmith A Hoppe Polls Bridgeport 

Goodman H 700 B 165 N Y 

Goodrich Mitchell Hastings Show B R 

Goolmans Musical Princess Wichita Kan 

Gordon Dan 1777 Atlantic Av Bklyn 

Gordon ft Barber 26 So Locuat Hagerstown Md 

Gordon ft Keyes 227 W 40 N Y 

Gordon A Henry Liberty Savannah 

Gordon ft Marx Keiths Phlla 

Gossans Bobby 400 Bo 6th Columbus O 

Gottlob Amy 600 N Clark Chicago 

Gould C W Marathon Olrls B R 

Gould ft Rice 326 Smith Providence R I 

Ooyt Trio 856 Willow Akron O 

Graham Frank Marathon Girls B R 

Grannon Ila Melrose Park Pa 

Grant Burt ft Bertha 2956 Dearborn Chicago 

Granville ft Mack Cherry Blossoms'' B R 

Granville A Rogers Orpheum Denver 

Grsvee Joy Dreamlanders B R 

Gray ft Gray 1022 Birch Joplln Mo 

Gray ft Graham Sydney Australia Indef 

Green Edna Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Green Ethel Temple Detroit 

Greene Wlnnlfred Runaway Girls B R 

Gregory Family Casino Montreal 

Gremmer ft Melton 1437 S 6 Louisville 

Griffith John P Trocaderos B R 

Griffith Marvelous Elkhart Ind 

Griffs ft Hoot 1328 Cambria Phlla 

Grimes Tom & (Jortle Wllllamstown N D 

Grimm A Satdiell M II Lewlston Me 

Groom Sisters 503 N Hermitage Trenton N J 

Grossman Al 532 North Rochester 

Grover A Richards Orpheum Memphis 

Grovlnl Geanette Washington Society Girls B It 

Gruber A Kew 408 4 Av E Flint Mich 

Gullfoyle A Charlton 303 Harrison Detroit 

Ouyer Victoria Miss N Y Jr B R 

Guyer A Valle 86 Cumberland W Green London 



Halperln Nan Majestic El Paso Indef 
HalKffd Wlllird 1141 Prytanla New Orleans 
Hill Geo F Trent Trenton N J 
Mali * Briscoe 56 Orchard Norwich Conn 
Hall K Clayton Mooslc Pa 

Hall I'richard A Mountain Majestic Ljtt|i» Roek 
Hallmnn A Murphy 013 McKean Pbila 
Halls Dog* 111 Wslnut Revere Mass 
Hnlson Boys 21 E OH N Y 
Hslvers P Rarry Bay Bath Beach L I 
Hamllns The 51 Scovel PI Detroit 
Hamilton Maude Watsons Burl<-Hf|uers B It 
Hamilton Estelle B 2036 N 31st Philadelphia 
Hamilton Jack 8 Plateau Montreal 
Hammond Gracla Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 
Hampton A Bassett 837 Poplar Cincinnati 
Haney Edith Majestic Montgomery 
Haney «r Long Family Indianapolis 
Hannon Billy 1530 No Hamlin Av Chicago 
Hansnne Broadway Everett Mass 
Hanvey A Baylies 552 Lenox Av N Y 
Hsrcourt Frank Cracker Jacks B R 
Harley A Harley Vendome Buffalo 
Harmonlus Four Alamo New Orleans Indef 
Harnlsh Mamie 70 Park Brnlntree Mass 
Harper A Jameson Muskogee Okla 
Harrington Bobby Serenaders B K 
Harris & Randall Hip Charleston W Va 
Harrison West Trio 000 31 Norfolk Va 
Hart Stanley Wards 3445 Pine St Louis 
Hsrt Maurice 156 Lenox Av N Y 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



34 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



FRANK 



SISTERS 



MILTON 



DE LONG 



cc 



BO MIIM 

By J. A. MURPHY (Adam Sowerguy) 



New York Opening Oct. 16th 



JUNCTION" 

Arranged by PAT CA8EY 



Mr. Pantages wired us at St. Joe offering us the circuit again to open at once In Detroit 





CATES 

World's Greatest and 
Best Musical Act 



Probably no other musical act In the world Is 
rated quite so high In vaudeville as that of the 
Four Cates. Nothing but the highest quality of 
music Is given. For the saxophone quartet, selec- 
tions from "Carmen" were rendered, introducing a 
baas solo on a saxle that is at least eight feet tall. 
On the xylophones the Cates gave the overture to 
Offenbach's "Orpheus" In a manner that was a dis- 
tinct surprise. For the evening show, "Morning, 
Noon and Night" was the offering.— "Times-Herald," 
Waco, Texas. 




AND 
"THE PHYSICAL CULTURE GIRLS" 

•-0 Circuit Coming Bast 




T 



• It 



MER HE WINS 



Present the Comedy Playlet, "IT HAPPENED IN LONELYVILLE." 

The Muscatine (la.) "Journal," Sept 13, said: "The comedy playlet, "It Happened In Lone- 
lyvllle." In which Toomer and Hewlns appear, proved a decided hit, the many ludicrous situa- 
tions bringing much laughter. Both artists display real ability and their work throughout was 
high class." 

Address: WHITE RATS, N. Y., or Chicago. Agent, A. E MEYERS (W. U. M. A. TIME). 



DEAS, REED and DEAS 

Some Singing Some Comedy Some Clothes 

The real "Some" act will be In New York soon. 



LAURA 



BILLY 



HOUSTON KIRBY 



Majestic. Rock Island. Week Oct 6: Bijou. Iowa City. Oct. 10. 



A. E. MEYERS. Agent. 



Jackson and Margaret 

Novelty Singing Act "IN OLD KENTUCKY' 9 

Presenting America's Greatest Colored Lady Contralto Singer. Care VARIETY, Chicago. 

DeRENZO »<~LaDUT 

BOOKED SOLID— UNITED TIMB. 
This Week (Sept 26), Auditorium, Lynn. Next Week (Oct. 3), Chases, Washington. 

The Ben Hartleys 

Mr. Harney, "THE ORIGINATOR OF RAO TIME," having written all NEW SONGS and 

MUSIC for the Act SOLICITS engagements starting Nov. 12. 

Management J. WELLINGTON ELSWORTH, care Continental Hotel, San Francisco. 

Have 96.000 To Invest In a Good Proposition. 



C olossal S uccess i RADIE FURMAN 

This Week (Sept. 26), Columbia, Cincinnati Next Week (Oct. 3), Mary AnderSO n, Louisville First AiMricM Essaitiseat is 3 years. Es Rsate, Orpbeom Circuit 

THE GREAT HOWARD 

Will shortly produce a novelty in the ventrlloqulal line. Playing the piano and manipulating 
the dummies which will sing at the same time. This season Orpheum Road Show. 



^ 



SCOTLAND'S PREMIER 
VENTRILOQUIST 

Management, JOE MEYERS 



MOFFETT a nd CLARE 
LAYPO- 



PRESENTING A POLITE SINGING 
AND DANCING OFFERING 



A SUCCESS IN THE WILLIAMS HOUSES. 



"Roses, Roses, Roses Bring Memories of You, Dear." 



BENJAMIN 



WHO'S LOONEY 
NOW? 



Comedy acrobats introducing the Hebrew Character. Hammersteln's last week. Held for Ransom by Hennessy * Bostock. 

When answering advertisements kindly mention VAJUBTT. 



VARIETY 



35 



Hart Bros Hegenbeck-Wallace R 

Hartwell Bffle Big Banner Show B R 

Harvey Harry Hastings Show B R 

Harvey Blsls 140 B 14 N T ._ 

Harveys The 807 Western Moundevllle W Va 

Hartman Oretchen 666 W 144 N T 

Hassan Ben All Luna Villa Htl Coney Island 

Hastings Harry Hastings 8how B R 

Hasty Charlie Majestic Little Rock 

Haswell J H Majestic Bllwood City Pa Indef 

Hatfield Fannie A Co Lyric Dorer N H 

Hatches The 47 B 182 N Y 

Hathaway A Siege! 416 Missouri Ft Worth 

Hawley B Frederic Hathaways New Bedford 

E. F. HAWLEY and CO. 

THE BANDIT. 

Next Week (Oct. 3). New Bedford. 

EDW. 8. KELLER, Rep. 

Hswley * Bscben 1347 N 11 Phlla 

Hayes Margaret Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Hayes Gertrude Follies of the Day B R 

Hayes A Patton Carson City Nev Indef 

Haynes Beatrloe Americans B R 

Haynes A Wynne 418 8trand W C London 

Hayman A Franklin Hip Ipswich Bng 

Hayard A Hayard Orpheum Des Moines 

Haselton Jag Washington Society Girls B R 

Healy Tim Gaiety Girls B R 

Hearn Sam Follies of the Day B R 

Heath Frankle Big Review B R 

Helm Children Bijou Winnipeg 

Held ft Lb Rue 1328 Vine Phlla 

Henderson ft Thomas 227 W 40 N T 

Henells ft Howard 646 N Clark Chicago 

Hennlngs Majestic Star Chicago 

Henry Dick 207 Palmetto Bklyn 

Henry Girls 2326 So 17 Phlla 

Henry Jack 41 Lisle Leicester Sq London 

Henry A Young Psrk Wilmington Del Indef 

Henrys The Lyceum Pittsburg 

Hensbsw ft Vincent 266 B 32 N Y 

Herbert Bron Three 225 B 24th N Y 

Herbert 06 Moreland Boston 

Herberts The 47 Washington Lynn Mass 

Herberts Flying Sells Floto C R 

Herleln Lilian Apollo Vienna 

Herman ft Rice 420 W 80 N Y 

Hers Geo 832 Stone At Scranton 

Hesnle Pantages Seattle 

Heumsn Troupe Hagenbeck-Wallsce C R 

Heverley Great 201 Desmond Sayre Pa 

Hickman Bros Co Gayety 8prlngfleld 111 

Hill Arthur Hastings Show B R 

Hill Edmunds Trio 262 Nelson New Brunswick 

Hill Mstt Palisades N J Indef 

Hlllard May 8am T Jacks B R 

GEORGE HILLMAN 

The German Chauffeur. 
Material by J. Brandon Walsh. 

Hills Harry Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Hlllyers Three 102 Bsy 26 Bensonhurst L I 

Hlllmsn ft Roberts 300 8o 13 8sglnaw Mich 

Hlnes A Remington Box 207 Harrison N Y 

Hoey ft Mosart Plymouth Htl N Y 

Holden J Maurice Dainty Duchess B R 

Holmen Bros Fair Mt Gllead O 

Holme* Ben Box 801 Richmond Va 

Holt Alf Sydney Australia 

Honan ft Helm Maryland Cumberland Md 

Hood Sam 721 Florence Mobile Ala 

Hopp Fred 326 Littleton At Newark N J 

Hoppe Vere Rldgefleld Park N J 

Hotaling Edward 657 S Dlrlslon Grand Rapids 

Howard Chas Follies of New York B R 

Howard Bros 229 W 38 N Y 

Howard Emily 644 N Clark Chicago 

Howard Mote Vanity Fair B R 

Howard Geo F Big Review B R 

Howard Comedy Four 083 3 At Bklyn 

Howard Harry A Mae 222 8 Peoria Chicago 

Howard A Co Bernlce 3000 Calumet At Chicago 

Howard A Harris VaudeTllle Club London 

Howard A Howard Orpheum San Francisco 

Howe Sam Lovemakers B R 

Howe Llzette Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Hoyt A McDonald National Htl Chicago 

Hoyt Ruth Bonhags North Beach L I Indef 

Huegel A Qulnn 686 Rush Chicago 

Hulbert A De Long 4416 Madison Chicago 

Hunt Robt Washington Society Girls B R 

Hunter Ethel 4020 Troost Kansas City 

Hunter & Ross Majestic Portsmouth O 

Huntress National Htl Chicago 

Hurley F J 152 Magnolia av Elisabeth N J 

Hussey A Lorraine 138 W 46 N Y 

Hutchinson Al E 210 E 14th N Y 

Huxley Dorcas B Vanity Fair B R 

Hyatt A Le Nore 1612 w LanTale Baltimore 

Hyde Rob A Bertha Camp Rest Clifton Me 

Hyde A Talbot Torrlngton Conn 

Hylands Three 23 Cherry Dan bury Conn 

Hynde Bessie 518 Psarl Buffalo 



Imhofr Roger Fads A Follies B R 
Ingrams Two 1804 8tory Boone la 
Inness A Ryan Gaiety Galesburg 
Ioleen Sisters Vsn Buren Htl Chicago 

USICAL IRVING 

"MIRTH AND MUSIC" 

Direction FRANK BOHM. 
1647 Broadway. N. Y. City. 

Irish May Watson Burlesquers B R 

Irwin Flo 227 W 46 N Y 

Irving Pearl Indian Lane Canton Mass 



Jackson H'ry ft Kate 206 Buena Vista Yonkers 
Jackson Arthur P Colonial Plttsfleld Mass Indef 
Jackson Alfred 80 B Topper Buffalo 
Jackson Robt M Runaway Girls B R 
Jackson ft Long No Vernon Ind 
Jansen Ben ft Cbas Bowery Burlesquers B R 
Jeffries Tom 150 Henry Bklyn 
Jennlers The 1308 I Washington 
Jennings & Renfrew Temple Detroit 



Jerge Louis 201 Bsser At Buffalo 

Jerome Edwin Merry Whirl B R 

Jess ft Dell 1202 N 8 St Louis 

Jess Johnny Cracker Jacks B R 

Jewel 263 Littleton At Newark N J 

Jewel ft Barlowe 3662 Arlington At St Louis 

Jeoman Blllle Dads Hotel Phlla 

Johnson Honey 30 Tremont Cambridge Mass 

Johnson ft Mercer 612 Joplln Mo 

Johnson Bros ft Johnson 6245 Callowhlll Phlla 

Johnston Elsie Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Johnston ft Buckley Golden Crook B R 

Johnstons Musical 377 8 At N Y 

Johnstone Chester B 333 3 At N Y 

Jones Alexander Grsnd Portsmouth O 

Jones ft Glllam 10 Melrose Boston 

Jones ft Rogers 1351 Park At N Y 

Jones Maude 471 Lenox At N Y 

Jones Johnnie 602 6 At N Y 

Jones ft Whitehead 83 Boyden Newark N J 

Joyce Jack Chatelot Paris 

Julian ft Dyer 67 High Detroit 

Jundta Les Sells Floto C R 

Juno ft Wells 511 B 78 N Y 



Karl Keiths Columbus 

Kane Leonard Majestic Jacksonville 

Kartello Bros Peterson N J 

Kaufman Reba ft Ines Follies BeYgere ParlB 

Kearney ft Godfrey 675 Jackson At N Y 

Keatons Three Muskegon Mich 

Keeley Bros Apollo Nurenburg Ger 

Keeley ft Parks 152 W 100 N Y 

Keene ft Co Mattle Gerard Htl N Y 

Keene ft Adams 418 Strand W C London 



JIM F. 



THEM'S THBM. 



ANNIB M. 



KELLY and KENT 



Kelfe Zena Temple Hamilton Can 

Kelley ft Catlln Sheas Toronto 

Kelly Joe K ft Co Arcade Toledo 

Kelly A Wentworth BIJou Battle Creek 

Kelley A Catlln 3533 Calumet Chicago 

Kelly, Lew Serenaders B R 

Kelsey Joe C 211 E 14 N Y 

Kelsey 8isters 4832 Christiana At Chicago 

Kelso A Lelghton 1540 5th At Troy 

Keltners 133 Colonial Place Dallas 

Kendall Ruth Miss N Y Jr B R 

Kendall Chas A Maldle 123 Alfred Detroit 

Kennedy Joe 1131 N 3 At Knoxville 

Kennedy A Lee Merlden Conn 

Kenney A Hollls Orpheum Boston 

Kent A Wilson 6036 Monroe Av Chicago 

Kenton Dorothy 10 Rue Taltbout Paris 

Kenyot Family Barnum A Bailey C R 

Kessner Rose 438 W 164 N Y 

Keyes Emma 227 W 40 N Y 

Kldders Bert A Dorothy 1274 Clay San Fran 

Klda 333 St Lawrence Montreal 

Klne Josle Bowery Burlesquers B R 

King Margaret H Serenaders B R 

King A Thompson Sisters Commercial Htl Chic 

King Bros 211 4th sv Schenectady 

King Violet Winter Gard'n Blackpool Eng Indef 

Klnnebrew A Klara O H Plymouth 111 Indef 

Klnsners The 718 N Stste Chicago 

Klralfo Bros 1710 3 Av Evansvllle Ind 

Klrschbaum Harry 1023 Main Kansas City 

Klein A Clifton 607 W 124 N Y 

Knight Bros A S 4450 Sheridan Chicago 

Kohers Three 66-13 Wheeling W Va 

Koehler Grayce 5050 Calumet Chicago 

Kolar Hazel Maywood 111 

Koler Harry Queen of Jardin de Paris B R 

Kolb A Miller Dayton Ky 

Koners Bros 117 W Greenup Ashland Ky 

Koppes The 117 W 28 N Y 

Kovarlck 427 12 At N Seattle 

Kramer A Elliott Bijou Great Falls Mont 

Kramer Bruno Trio 104 E 14 N Y 

Kranzman Taylor A White Orpheum Memphis 

Kratons The 418 Strand London 

Kresko A Fox Port Jefferson N Y 

Kurtls Busse M H Omaha 

Kurtls Roosters Idea Fon du Lac Wis 

Kuryllo Edw J Poste Restante Warsaw Ruaala 



Lacouver Lena Vanity Fair B R 

Lafayette* Two 18T> Graham Oshkosh 

Lake Jas J Bon Tons B R 

Lakola A Lorain Palace Htl Chicago 

Lalor Ed Watsons Burlesquers n R 

Lambrottes The Mt Vernon O 

Lampe Bros VUls Rosa Absecon N Y 

Lancaster Mr A Mrs Tom New Castle Del 

Lancaster A Miller 646 Jones Oakland 

Lane Goodwin A Lane 3713 Locust Phlla 

Lane A Ardell 332 Genesee Rochester 

Lane Eddie 305 E 73 N Y 

Lane A O'Donnell Orpheum Oakland 

Lang Agnes cere Geary Almora Moscow Sydney 

Lang Karl 273 Blckford Av Memphis 

Lang A May Empress Cincinnati 

Langdon Lucille 565 W 144 N Y 

Langdons Bijou Bay City Mich 

Lanlgan Joe 102 S 51 Phlla 

Lansear Ward B 232 Schaeffer Bklyn 

La Auto Girl 128 Alfred Detroit 

La Blanche Mr A Mr* Tark 3.11* K Baltimore 

La Centra A LeRue 2461 2 Av N Y 

La Clair A West Box 155 Sea Isle City N J 

La Delles Four 123 2d Decatur Ind 

La Fleur Joe Forepaugh Sells C R 

La Failles Four Barnum A Bailey C R 

La Fere Eleanore Miss N Y Jr B R 

LS Gusts 224 B 42 N Y 

La Mar Dorothy World of Pleasure B R 

La Marr Harry William Tell Htl Boston 

La Moines Musical 832 5 Baraboo Wis 

La Nolle Ed A Helen 1707 N 15 Phlla 

La Mera Paul 27 Monroe Albany 

La Ponte Marguerite 123 W Com San Antonio 

La Raub A Scottle Frenchs Sensation 

La Rose Bros 107 E 31 N Y 

La Rue A Holmes 21 Lillle Newark 

La Tour Irene 24 Atlantic Newark N J 

La Tosca Phil 135 W 32 Los Angeles 

La Toy Bros Columbia St Louis 

La Vera Dorothy Grant Htl Chicago 

Larkln Nicholas Runaway Girls B R 

La rose 226 Bleecker Bklyn 

Larrlvee 32 Bhuter Montreal 

Latlna Mile 4001 Brooklyn Av Kansas City 



Laurie A Allen Pastime Plymouth Mass 

Lavender Will Big Review B R 

Lavine A Inman 3201 E 81 Cleveland 

Lavardes Lillian 1200 Union Hackenssck N J 

Lawrence BUI Bohemian Burlesquers B R 

Lawrence A Edwards 1140 West'm'r Providence 

Lawrence A Wright 55 Copeland Roxbury Mass 

Lawson Chinese 6117 Madison Chlcsgo 

Layton Marie 232 E Indiana St Charles 111 

Le Clair Harry 245 W 134 N Y 

Le Dent Frank Trent Trenton N J 

Le Grange A Gordon 2823 Washington St Louis 

Le Hlrt 760 Clifford Av Rochester 

Le Pages Great Coliseum London Indef 

Le Pearl A Bogert 401 Solome Springfield 111 

Le Roy Great Family Barberton O 

Le Roy Lillian Marathon Girls B R 

Le Roy Vivian Golden Crook B R 

LeRoy Vic 832 Everett Kansas City Kan 

Le Roy Chas 1806 N Gay Baltimore 

Le Roy A Adams 1812 Loesel Av Erie Pa 

Le Roy A Cahlll Bon Tons B R 

Le Van Harry Big Review B R 

Leahy Bros Harrison Pawtucket R I 

Lee Minnie Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Lcestelle Eleanore Merry Whirl B R 

Lefflngwell Nat ft Co 285 W 150 N Y 

Lelck ft Keith Hip Bury Eng 

Leo Jolly 217 Pitney Av Atlantic City 

Lenss The 1818 School Chicago 

Leon A Adeline Bork Htl Chicago 

Leonard A Drake 1000 Park PI Bklyn 

Leonl Ruby Cracker Jacks B R 

Lerner Dave Americans B R 

Les Jundts 523 B Richard Dayton O 

BERT LESLIE 

KINO OF SLANG. 

With "Our Miss Olbbs." Knickerbocker 

Theatre, N. Y. C. 

Leslie Scott Box 585 Knoxville Tenn 

Leslie Genie 361 Tremont Boston 

Leslie Frank 124 W 130 N Y 

Leslie Mabel Big Banner Show B R 

Lester Anna Cosy Houston 

Lester Joe Golden Crook B R 

Lester A Kellet 318 Falrmount Av Jersey City 

Levino D A Susie 14 Prospect W Haven Conn 

Levitt A Falls 412 Cedar Syracuse 

Levy Jules 47 W 120 N Y 

Lewis A Vanity Fair B R 

Lewis Chas 101 W 113 N Y 

Lewis A Lake 2411 Norton Av Kansas City 

Lewis Phil J 116 W 121 N Y 

Lewis A Harr 141 W 16 N Y 

Lewis Walter A Co 677 Wash'n Brookllne Mass 

Lewis A Green Dainty Duchess B R 

Llngermans Austins Boston 

Linton Tom De Jonghe Htl Chicago 

Llscord Ixutle Watson Burlesquers B R 

Llnsman Harry Hastings Show B R 

Llvermore A M Colonial St Louis 

Livingston Murry 8.10 E 1ft3 N Y 

Lloyd Eddie Lyric Connelsvllle Pa 

Lloyd A Castano 104 W 61 N Y 

Lloyd A St Clair Box 06 Round Pond Me 

Lockbart A Weaver 252 W 38 N Y 

Lockwoods Musical 133 Csnnon Poughkeepsle 

Lohse ft Sterling 2016 Houston Houston Tex 

London A Rlker 32 W 08 N Y 

Londons Four 201 N 3 Reading 




A Refined Novelty Singing Act. 
Next Week (Oct. 3). Decatur and Springfield, 
III. 

Long Warren E No Vernon Ind 

Lonnborg Anna 05 Main Lockport N Y 

Loraine Harry Big Review B R 

Lorraine Wonderland Wichita Kan 

Lorraine Colonial St Louis 

Lovello Jackson Mich 

Lovett Kd World of Pleasure B R 

Lower F Edward Hastings Show B R 

Luce & Luce 020 N Broad Phlla 

Luclcr Fred A Bess Onset Bay Mass 

Lukrn Al Marathon Girls B R 

Luttlnger-Lucas Co 536 Valencia San Fran 

Lynch-Hazel 355 Norwood Av Grand Rapids 

Lynch Jack 03 Houston Newark 

Lyneva Flndlay O 

Lynn Roy Box 62 Jefferson City Tenn 

Lynotte Sisters 310 E 10 N Y 

Lyres Three Grand Knoxville Tenn 

M 

Macdonald Sisters 12 Bache San Francisco 

Mack Tom Watsons Burlesi|iiers B R 

Mnck Billy 5047 Chestnut Phlla 

Mack A Co Lee 660 N State Chicago 

Mack Wm FollleB of the Day B R 

Mack K Walker Colonial N Y 

Mac-key J S Runaway Girls B R 

Macy Maud Hall 2518 E 26 Sheepshead nay N Y 

Madison ("has Trocaderos B R 

Mae Florence 43 Jefferson Bradford Pa 

Maher Agnes 575 Wabash Av Chicago 

Maltland Mabel Vanity Fair B R 

Majestic Musical Four Gaiety Olrls B R 

Malcolm Emma A Peter Melrose Minn Indef 

Malloy Dannie 11 Glen Morris Toronto 

Malvern Troupe Arcade Niagara Falls 

Mandys Two Highland N J 

Mangean Troupe 120 E 127 N Y 

Mann Cha* Dreamlanders B R 

Manning Frank .'155 Bedford Av Bklyn 

Manning Trio To Clary Grand Rapids 

Mantells Marionettes 4420 Berkeley Av Chicago 

Marcel] & Lenett Gentry Show C R 

Mardo & Hunter Cozy Corner Girls B R 

Marke Dorothv S Fallslmrg N Y 

Marine (Vmndv Trio 187 Hopkins Bklyn 

Mario Ixnjive Vanity Fair B R 

Marlon * Lillian 22 Manhattan Av N Y 

Marlon Dave Dreamlanders B R 

Marki Dorothy Portland Me 

Mario Al.lo Trio 61 E 8 N Y 

March Joe Rlvervlew Chicago Indef 

Marsh A Mlddleton 10 Dyer At Everett Mass 

Marshall A King Golden Crook B R 



Marshall Louise Golden Crook B R 
Martell Mazie 2083 Sutter San Francisco 
Martha Mile Fair Brockton 



Clark Martinetti ? 



Martin Dave A Percle Anderson Louisville 
Martin Frank A Sam T Jacks B R 
Martlne Carl A Rudolph 405 W 57 N Y 
Martlnette A Sylvester 6726 Leeds Phlla 
Mason Mr A Mrs Sidney 286 W 88 N Y 
Mathleson Walter 848 W Ohio Chicago 
Mathieus Juggling Majestic Bloomlngton 111 

Sensational Novelty Entertainers 

JUGGLING MATHIEUS 

IN VAUDEVILLE 

Matthews A Ashley 308 W 42 N Y 

Maxwell A Dudley Wigwam San Francisco 

Mays Musical Four 164 W Oak Chicago 

Mazette Rose Marathon Girls B R 

McAllister Dick Vanity Fair B R 

McAvoy Harry Bon Tons B R 

McCann Geraldlne A Co 706 Park Johnstown Pa 

McCarthy Henry 817 N Hancock Phlla 

McCarvers O H Newport R I 

McClaln M 3221 Madison Av Pittsburg 

McConnell Sisters 1247 Madison Chicago 

McCormack Frank A Co Polls Hartford 

McCormick A Irving 503 W 178 N Y 

McCormlck A Wallace Orpheum Mansfield O 

McCullough Carl 207 Franklin Buffalo 

McCune A Grant 636 Benton Pittsburg 

McDowell John A Alice 627 6 Detroit 

McGarry A McGarry Pennant Winners B R 

McOarry A Harris 521 Palmer Toledo 

McGregor Sandy Brigadiers B R 

McGulre Tutz 60 High Detroit 

Mclntyre W J Follies of the Day B R 

MacLarens Musical Torresdale P» 

McMahon A Chappelle Box 424 Bordentown N J 

McNamee Majestic Butte 

McNIsh A McNlsh St James L I 

McWaters A Tyson 471 60 Brooklyn 

Melk Anns Brigadiers B R 

Meehan Billy 8am T Jacks B R 

Melrose A Ingram 020 Main Carey O 

Melrose A Kennedy 448 Park Av Bridgeport 

Mendel 18 Adams Strand London 

Mendelsohn Jack 163 W 63 N Y 

Menetekel 104 B 14 N Y 

Meredith Sisters 28 W 65 N Y 

Merrill Sebastian Fair Brockton Mass 

Merrltt Raymond 178 Tremont Pasadena Cal 

Metz A Mets 601 W 144 N Y 

Methren Sisters 12 Culton Springfield Mass 

Mjeyer David Pantages Victoria B C Indef 

Meyers Belle 442 E 138th N Y 

Michael A Michael 320 W 53 N Y 

Mlaco Steve Happy Hooligan Co 

Milam A Du Bols 825 10 Nashville 

Miles Margaret Fads A Follies B R 

Military Four 670 B 24 Peterson 

Millard Bros Rose Sydell B R 

Miller A Queen of Jardin de Paris B R 

Miller Helen Passing Parade B R 

Miller Ford 26 Braxton Buffalo 

Miller A Mack 2641 Federal Phlla 

Miller A Princeton 88 Olney Providence 

Miller Theresa 118 W Grand Av Oklahoma 

Millers The Haag Show C R 

Mlllman Trio Schuman Frankfort 

Mllmars 214 S Wash Kokomo Ind 

Milton A De Long Strs Bijou Decatur 

Milton Joe 241 W 38 N Y 

Mints A Palmer 1305 N 7 Phlla 

Mlroff Princess Orpheum Easton Pa 

Mlakel Hunt A Miller 108 14 Cincinnati 

Mitchell Bennett Miss N Y Jr B R 

Mitchell Wm R Wlldwood N J 

Mitchell & Cain Empire Newport Wales 

Moller Harry 30 Blymer Delaware O 

Monach Four Golden Crook B R 

Montague Mona Box 207 Tuolumne Cal 

Montgomery A Healy Srs Anders >n I«nulsville 

Montgomery Marshall 1858 E 14 Bklyn 

Montgomery Harry 65 E 110 N Y 

Montambo A Bartelll 35 Field Waterbury 

Montrose Helle Majestic Houston 

Mooney A Holbein Kllburn London 

Moore Fred D 776 8th Av N Y 

Moore Helen J Columbians B R 

Moore Geo W 2601 E Allegheny Phlla 

Mooree Mabel Valenteene Highlands N J 

Mordaunt Hal A Co Del Prado Htl Chicago 

Morgan Bros 2525 E Madison Phlla 

Morgan King A Thompson Sis 603 B 41 Chicago 

Morrell Frank Orpheum Spokane 

Morris Joe Dainty Duchess B R 

Morris Ed Reeves Heauty Show B R 

Morris A Wort man 132 N Law Allentown Pa 

MoitIh A Morton 1306 St Johns PI Bklyn 

Morris Mildred A Co 250 W 85 N Y 

Morris Hilly A Sherwood Sis 223 Pontlac Dayton 

Morrison May Watsons Burlesquers II R 

Miss ALICE MORTLOCK 

Presenting "THE OTHER WOMAN." 
Oct. 2. Majestic. Denver. 

Morton Harry K Oolden Crook B R 
Morton A Keenan 574 11 Bklyn 
Morton Paul Rathskeller Jacksonville Indef 
Mohspt Wm Ron Ton* B R 
Mott Earl T 135 W 15 N Y 
Mowatts Peerless Wlntergurten Berlin 
Mull Eva World of Pleasure B R 
Mullen Tom Queen of Jardin d< P;irls M R 
Mullen Jim Lovemakers B R 
Mullen A Corelll Temple Ft Wayne 
Muller Maud 001 W 151 N Y 
Mulvey A Amorns Orpheum New Orleans 
Murphy Frances Dreamland'-rs M It 
Murphy A Wlllard Falrhaven N J 
Murray Elizabeth 537 W Cumberland Phlla 
Murray A Alvln Great Alhlnl r 
Murray ft Stone 2045 E 18th CI, v. land 
My Fancy 12 Adams Strand London 
Myers A MscBryde 162 Av Troy N Y 
Mylle A Orth Muscoda Wis 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



36 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 




BERT TURNER 

JUGGLING PANTOMIME NOVELTY 



"Ten Mlnutei on Main Street' 



Playing W. ▼. M. A. Tim*. 



ORPHEUM COMEDY FOUR 



IN VAUDEVILL 

WM. LTKENS— PAT CASEY. Mgn. 



WILL. R. 



LILLIAN B. 



DOYLE *»» FIELDS 



"TWO HAPPY KIDS." 
In Comedy, Singing and Eccentric Dancing. 
Playing United Time under the personal dlreo- Big Laughing Hit at Keith's, Columbus, 

tlon ALBEE. WEBER A EVANS. Week Sept. 12. 



Hail 



And 




MORRI8 CIRCUIT 



Harry Garrity 

"JUST A COMEDIAN." 

Back after ton weeks' season with Casino Musical Company. Immediately engaged for 

American Travesty Stars, American Theatre, San Francisco. 



I 



! 



PUT THIS NAME ON YOUR BOOKS: 



EDYTHE GIBBONS 

Clever, Classy Comedienne, Restricted Songs and Stories, Good Voice, Good Looks, Good Act. 

.{.".2 West 46th 8t, New York, 'Phone, 2470 Bryant 
AKents please send postal for Illustrated Booklet containing photos. 



LAURA 




UCKLEY 



Presenting a Protean Monologue, "STUDIES FROM LIFE" 



UNITED TIME 



Management, MAX HART 




FLYNN 



DIALECT 
COMEDIENNE 



UNDER PERSONAL MANAGEMENT OP JOS. M. 8CHENCK 





and 




x 



"Two Girls and a Piano" 

This Week (Sept. 26), Shea's, Toronto 



V. 



I 



ADAMS : LEWIS 

The Phenomenal Pianist 
and Dainty Singer in 

Refined Musical Comedy 

Now on Hodkins Circuit 

Tk . w . ) IMPERIAL-LAKE CHARLES. LA. 
im« week J- AIRDOME-ORAMGE, TEXAS 

Per Ad. 106 W. Bakar Straet, Atlanta, Ga. 



JAMBS 



ELEANOR 



McCORMACK and IRVING 



"THE ACME OP REPINED NONSENSE." 
SULLIVAN-CONSIDINB CIRCUIT. 



Cyclying Brunettes - Defying Gravity 



Hammerstein's This Week (Sept 26) 



Henessey & Bostock, Mgrs. 



Ween answering edrertlienMnta kindly mention VARIBTT. 



VARIETY 



37 



N 

Nannary May ft Co Bijou Winnipeg 

Nash Ma j Columbiana B R 

Nawn Tom Lake Gogeblo Mich 

Naaarro Nat ft Oo 8101 Tracy At Kansas City 

Neal Octarla Federajsburg Md 

Nelson H P Follies of New York B R 

Nelson Chester Americans B R 

Nelson Oussle 132 Charing Cross London 

Nelson Bert A 1942 N Humboldt Chicago 

Nelson Georgia 2710 Virginia St Louis 

Nelson Cliff B Our New Minster Co 

Nelson Oswald ft Borger ISO B 128th N T 

Neuelle Mile Del Prado Htl Chicago 

NeYaros Three 894 12 At Milwaukee 

NeTlns ft Brwood 231 Bdgmond At Chester Pa 

Newhoff ft Phelps 32 W 118 N T 

Newton Billy 8 Miss N Y Jr B R 

Nichols Nelson ft Nichols Orpheum Mansfield O 

Nlcolal Ida Bohemians B R 

Noble ft Brooks Columbia Kansas City Kan 

Nonette 617 Flatbush av Bklyn 

Normans Juggling Sella Floto C R 

Norrlses Buckeye Lake O 

Norton Ned Follies of New York ft Paris B R 

Norton C Porter 6342 Ktmbark At Chicago 

Norwalk Eddie SOS Prospect At Bronx N Y 

Noss Bertha 172 W 77 N Y 

Nosses Six Columbia Cincinnati 

Nugent J C Orpheum Ogden Utah 

O 

O'Brien Jack Saratoga Htl Chicago 

Bert. E. and Ada Heist 

THEOBERMANS 

Presenting "Trlx." W. V. A. Time. 

O'Brien Frank Columbians B R 

O'Dell Fay Miss N Y Jr B R 

O'Dell ft Hart Majestic Houston 

Odell ft Oilmore 1148 Monroe Chicago 

Ogden Gertrude H 2835 N Mosart Chicago 

OV2h*^F»mlly29C!hsr1n^CroB^Rdl£»ndoii 

OLIVOTTI TROUBADOURS 

High class Instrumentalists. 
Under management JAMES E. PLUNKETT. 

On law Gus 418 Strand London 

O'Neill Trio Majestic Ft Dodge la 

O'Neill ft Regenery 592 Warren Bridgeport 

Opp Joe Kentucky Belles B R 

O'Rourke ft Atkinson 1848 E 65 Cleveland 

Orpheus Comedy Four Queen Jardln de P B R 

Orr Chas F 131 W 41 N Y 

Orren ft McKentle 606 East Springfield O 

Osborne Lillian ft Co American Cincinnati 

Osbun ft Dola 335 No Willow Av Chicago 

Ott Phil 178 A Tremont Boston 

Owen Dorothy Mae 3047 90 Chicago 

Ozavs The 48 KInsey Av Kenmore N Y 



Palme Esther Mile 121 E 46 Chicago 
Palmer Daisy Golden Crook B R 
Palmer Cathryn Rowe La Salle Chicago 
Paradls Billy C N Htl L'Assumptlon P Q Can 
Pardue Violet Follies of New York B R 
Parker ft Morrell 187 Hopkins Bklyn 
Parvls Geo W 2534 N Franklin Philadelphia 
Pasco Dick Ellis Nowlln Circus 
Pastor ft Merle Hartford Htl Chicago 
Patterson Sam 29 W 133 N Y 
Paul Dottle S Rolllckers B R 
Paull ft Ryholda 359 County New Bedford 
Paullnettl ft Piquo 4324 Wain Frankfort Pa 
Paulette ft Cross Star St Johns Newfoundland 



PAULINE 

THE SCIENTIFIC SENSATION. 

Weeks (Sept. 26-Oct. 3), American Music 
Hall, New York. 



Payton Polly Bohemians B R 

Pearl Kathryn A Violet Sam T Jacks B R 

Pearce Sisters Bijou Appleton Wis 

Pearse ft Mason Van Buren Htl Chicago 

Pearson ft Garfield Plymouth Htl N Y 

Pearson Walter Merry Whirl B R 

Pederson Bros 635 Greenbush Milwaukee 

Pelots The 161 Westminster Av Atlantic City 

Pepper Twins Lyric Oeiweln la 

Pero ft Wilson 317 E Temple Washington U 

Perry Frank L 747 Buchanan Minneapolis 

Petching Bros 16 Packard Av Lymansvllle R I 

Peter the Great 422 Bloomfleld Av Hoboken N J 

Phillips Joe Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Phillips Mondane 4027 Bel lev lew Av Kan City 

Phillips Samuel 316 Classon Av Bklyn 

Phillips Sisters 776 8 Av N Y 

Piccolo Midgets Phoenicia N Y 

Pierson Hal Lovemakers B R 

Pike ft Calame 973 Amsterdam Av N Y 

Piroscoffls Five Lovemakers B R 

Pisano Yen 15 Charles Lynn Mass 

Plsano Fred A 36 W Gloversvllle N Y 

Plunkett & Rltter Franrlas Montreal 

Pollard Genie Gayety Stock Philadelphia 

Pope & Uno Orpheum Mobile 

Potter Wm Big nannor Show B R 

Potter ft Harris 1715 Leland Av Chicago 

PottB Bros ft Co 5th Av N Y 

Powder Saul Follies of New York B R 

Powell Eddie 2314 Chelsea Kansas City 

Powers Elephants 745 Forest Av N Y 

Powers Bros 15 Trask Providence 

Powers Great 134 Warren Glens Falls N Y 

Price Harry M 034 Longwood av N Y 

Price & Dlston 934 Longwood Av N Y 

Prices Jolly 1629 Arch Philadelphia 

Primrose Four Lyric Dayton 

Priors The Tukulla Wash 

Proctor Sisters 1112 Halsey Bklyn 

Prosit Trio Rlngllng Bros C R 

Pucks Two 1*4 N Lena Av Freeport L I 

Q 

Quonn Mat & Wels Family Lafayette Ind 
Quleg ft Nlckerson Follies of 1910 
Quintan Jonle 644 N Clark Chicago 
Qulnn Mattle 536 RUsh Chicago 



Radcllff Pearl Watsons Burlesquers B R 

RAG Trio Hip Cleveland 

Ralmund Jim 87 E Adams Chicago 

Rainbow Slaters 840 14 San Francisco 

Ralande ft Ralande Box 290 Cumberland Md 

Ramsey Ollle Washington Society Girls B R 

Randall Edith Marathon Girls B R 

Ranf Claude Polls Worcester 

Rankin Bobby Olymplo Los Angeles Indef 

Rapier John 473 Cole Av Dallas 

Ratelles The 637 Petonmeux Montreal 

Rawls A Von Kaufman Broadway Camden N J 

Ray Eugene 5602 Prairie Av Chicago 

Raymond Clara 141 Lawrence Brooklyn 

Raymore ft Co 147 W 95th N Y 

Ready G Ellis Nowlln Circus 

Reded ft Hadley Star Show Girls B R 

Redner Thomas ft Co 972 Hudson At Detroit 

Redway Juggling 141 Inspector Montreal 

Redwood ft Gordon 167 Dearborn Chicago 

Reed ft Earl 236 E 62d Los Angeles 

Reed Bros Lyric Mobile 

Reeves Al 145 State Bklyn 

Reffkin Joe 163 Dudley Providence 

Regal Trio 116 W Wash PI N Y 

JOHN P. REED 

ECCENTRIC MONOLOGUI8T. 
This week (Sept. 26), Topeka. Oct. 3, Folly. 
Oklahoma City. 

Reld Jack Runaway Glrla B R 
Reid Sisters 45 Broad Elisabeth N J 
Relff Clayton ft Relff Star Chicago 
Reinflelds Minstrels Elite Water Valley Miss 

CHUCK HENRIETTA 

RIESNER ""CORE 

Playing few choice weeks West 
Framing New Act for the Bast 

Remington Mayme Htl Gerard N Y 

MAYME REMINGTON 

Exclusive W. V. M. A. Route, Booked Solid. 

Renalles The 2064 Sutter San Francisco 

Rese Len 1021 Cherry Phlla 

Reynolds Lew Follies of the Day B R 

Reynolds ft Donegan Wlntergarten Berlin 

Rhoads Marionettes 33 W 8 Chester Pa 

Rlanos Four Freeport L I 

Rice Louise Dreamlanders B R 

Rice Frank ft True 6340 Vernon Av Chicago 

Rice Sully, ft Scott Polls Bridgeport 

Rich ft Howard 214 E 19 N Y 

Rich ft Rich 211 W 43 N Y 

Richards Bros 116 E 3 N Y 

Richards Great Orpheum Reading 

Richwood Stanton ft Co Iona Mich 

R leaner ft Gore 128 Roanoke San Francisco 

Riley ft Ahern 35 Plant Dayton O 

Ring Jas L Hallthorpe Md 

Ring ft Bell Metropolitan Minstrels Indef 

Rio Al C 1492 Amsterdam Av N Y 

Rio Bros 1220-28 Milwaukee 

Rlpon Alf 545 E 87 N Y 

Ritchie Billy Vanity Fair B R 

Rltter A Foster Hansa Hamburg 

Roach A E Vanity Fair B R 

Roatlnl Mile Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Rober Gus Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Roberts C E 1851 Sherman Av Denver 

Roberts Robt Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Roberts ft Downey 86 Lafayette Detroit 

Roberts ft Pesrl 369 Grand Brooklyn 

Robins Billy L Bonhags No Beach L I Indef 

Robinson Chas A Crusoe Girls B R 

Robinson The 901 Hawthorne Av Minneapolis 

Robinson Wm C 3 Granville London 

Roblsch ft Childress 950 No Clark Chicago 

Rocamora Suzanne Orpheum Denver 

Roche Harry Sam T Jacks B R 

Rock ft Rol 1610 Indiana Av Chicago 

Rockway ft Conwav Majestic Dallas 

Roeder ft Lester 314 Broadway Buffalo 

Rogers Bill Bessemer Ala 

Rogers Ed Girls from Happyland B R 

Roland ft Morln 208 Middlesex Lowell 

Rolande Geo S Box 200 Cumberland Md 

Roland ft Francis 31 O H Block Chicago 

Roode Claude M Hip Cleveland 

Roof Jack ft Clara 705 Green Phlla 

Rooney ft Bent Alhambra N Y 

Rose Dave Rose Sydell B R 

Rose Blanche Cracker Jacks B R 

Rose Lane ft Kelgard 125 W 43 N Y 

Rose Clarina 6023 47 Bklyn 

Rosenbaum Al R A ft S Boston 

Rosenthal Bros 151 Chaplain Rochester 

Ross Eddie O Alrdome Chattanooga 

Ross ft Lewis Empire Islington London 

Ross Frank Trocaderos B R 

Ross Sisters 65 Cumerford Providence 

Rossi Alfredo Mr ft Mrs Two Bills Show C R 

Royal Minstrel Four 1417 East Salt Lake 

Royale ft Steams 528 Qulncy Rapid City N D 

Royden Virgie Rose Sydell B R 

Roys Lyceum Chicago 

Russell ft Davis 1316 High Springfield O 

Russell-Noss Bertha 172 W 7 N Y 

Rutans Song Birds Wlldwood N J 

Rutherford Jim H Hagenbeck-Wallace C R 

THOS. J. 

RYAN-RICHFIELD CO. 

Next Week (Oct. 2). Orpheum. Denver. 

Ryno ft Emerson 161 W 74 N Y 

S 

Sabel Josephine Main Peoria 

Salambo & Olivettes Majestic Llttlp Rock 

Salmo Juno Saddlers Wells London 

Sampson & Douglass BIJou Flint Mich 

Sanders ft La Msr 1327 5 Av N Y 

Sanderson's Manikins 989 Salem Maiden Mas* 

Sanford Jere Slttners Chlrago 

Sanford ft Darlington 8960 Pengrove Phlla 



Savage ft De Croteau 1584 Broadway N Y 

Saxe Michael Follies of New York B R 

Saxon Chas Big Review B R 

Scarlet ft Scarlet 913 Longwood Av N Y 

Scheer Billy 49 W 24 N Y 

Schilling Wm 1000 E Lanvale Baltimore 

Sclntella 588 Lyell Av Rochester 

Scott Maude Belmont Mass 

Scott Robt Lovemakers B R 

Scott O M Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Scott ft West 22 Division N Y 

Scott ft Yost 40 Mornlngslde Av N Y 

Scully Will P 8 Webster PI Bklyn 

Sears Oladys Midnight Maidens B R 

Beaton BUlie Serenaders B R 

Selby Hal M 204 Schiller Bldg Chicago 

Semon Chas F 2 Forest Salem Mass 

Sensell Bros 210 Arlington Pittsburg 

Sexton Chas B 2849 Johnston Chicago 

Sevengala Keeneys New Britain Conn 

Seymour Nellie 111 Manhattan N Y 

Seymour Pete Mr ft Mrs Arlington Htl Atlanta 

Sharp ft Montgomery Majejstlc Montgomery 

LILLIAN SHAW 

Management FRAZBE ft LEDERER. 
Cort Theatre, Chicago (Indefinite). 

Shea Thos E 8664 Pine Grove Av Chicago 
Shean Al Big Banner Show B R 
Shedmans Dogs Fair Bellefonte Pa 
Shelvey Bros 265 S Main Waterbury 
Shepard ft Co James C 1604 Madison Av N Y 
Shepperley Sisters 250 Dovercourt Toronto 
Sheppell ft Bennett Dreamlanders B R 
Sherlock ft Val Dalle 514 W 135 N Y 
Sherlock ft Holmes 2506 Ridge Phlla 
Sherman ft De Forest Sherman Cent'l Park L I 
Shermans Two 252 St Emanuel Mobile 
Shermans Musical Co Edmonton Can 
Shields Sydney Grand Evansvllle 

ffe Miss 4fe Md Co. 

Sydney Shields 



Shields The 207 City Hall New Orleans 

Shields ft Galle Cornwall Can 

Sborey Campbell ft Co 50 Rock Av Lynn 

Shrodes ft Chappelle Keansburg N J 

Sldello Tom ft Co 4313 Wentworth Av Chicago 

Slddons ft Earle 2515 So Adler Philadelphia 

Slegel ft Matthews 324 Dearborn Chicago 

Silver Nat Watsons Hurlesquers B R 

Slmms Wlllard 6435 Ellis Av Chicago 

Slmonds Teddy Americans B R 

Simpson Corah Van Buren Htl Chicago 

Simpson Russell Big Review B R 

Slater ft Finch 10 N 3 Vlncennes Ind 

Small Johnnie ft Sisters 620 Lenox Av N Y 

Smlrl & Kessner 438 W 104 N Y 

Smiths Aerial Rlngllng Bros C R 

Smith Allen 1243 Jefferson Av Bklyn 

Smith ft Adams 408 So Halstead Chicago 

Smith ft Brown 1324 St John Toledo 

Snyder ft Buckley Fads ft Follies B R 

Sockrant Bros Three 558 6 Detroit 

Somers ft Storke Circle Chicago 

Sossln Samuel Hastings Show B R 

Spauldlng ft Dupree Box 285 Osslnlng N Y 

Spears The 67 Clinton Everett Mass 

Spears Anna Merry Whirl B R 

Spelvln Geo Sam T Jacks B R 

Spencer ft Austin 3110 E Phlla 

Splllers Musical 29 W 133 N Y 

Splssel Bros ft Co Orpheum Seattle 

Sprague ft McNeece 632 No 10 Phlla 

Sprague A Dixon 506 Mt Hope Cincinnati 

Springer ft Church 98 4 Plttsfleld Mass 

Stadium Trio St Charles Htl Chicago 

Stafford Frank ft Co Orpheum Omaha 

Stagpooles Keeneys New Rrltlan Conn 

Stanley Harry S Los Angeles 

Stanley Stan 905 Bates Indianapolis 

Stanwood David 364 Bremen E Boston 

Starr ft Sachs 343 N Clark Chicago 

Stedman Al ft Fannie 685 6 So Boston 

Stelnert Thomas Trio 531 Lenox Av N Y 

Stelnman Herman Lovemakers B R 

Steppe A H 33 Barclay Newark 

Sterns Al 670 3 Av N Y 

Stevens Will H Serenaders B R 

Stevens E 135 So First Bklyn 

Stevens Paul 323 W 28 N Y 

Stevens Llllle Brigadiers B R 

Stevens ft Moore Columbians B R 

Stewart Harry M World of Pleasure B R 

Stewart ft Earl 125 Euclid Woodbury N J 

Stlckney Loulsp Hippodrome N Y Indef 

Stlpps Musical BIJou Jackson Mich 

Stlrk ft London 28 Hancock Brockton 

St James ft Dacre 163 W 34 N Y 

Story Musical Palace Htl Chicago 

Strehl May Gaiety Girls B R 

Strickland Rube Garrlck Burlington la 

Strohscheln H 2532 Atlantic Bklyn 

Strubblefleld Trio 5808 Maple Av St Louis 

Suglmoto Troupe Fair York Pa 

Sully & Hussey 167 Dearborn Chlrago 

Sully ft Phelps 2310 Bolton Phlla 

Summers Allen 10T>0 W Division Chlrago 

Sutton Sufton 251 W 30 N Y 

Sweeney ft Rooney 1434 Sumner Av Scranton 

Swift .1 Lionel & Co Proctors Elizabeth N J 

Swisher Oladys 1154 N Clark Chlrago 

Swor Bert Columbians B R 

Sydney Oscar Lovemakers B R 

Sylvesters The Plymouth Htl Hoboken N J 

Symonds Alfaretta Majestic Denver 

Sytz ft Sytz 140 Morvls Phlla 



Tambo Duo 40 Capital Hartford 

TAMDO »■■ TAMDO 

Double Tambourine 8plnners 

Tnmbo ft Tambo Hip Woolwich London 
Tnngley Pearl 67 So Clark Chicago 
Tasmanlan Vandanman Hagenbeck-Wallace 
Taylor Carey E Casino Louisville Indef 
Taylor Mae American Omaha 



Taylor, Kranzman ami White 

Musical Foolishness 

Taylors Animals Rlngllng Bros R 

Teal Raymond Lyric Oklahoma City 

Terr 111 Prank ft Fred 857 N Orkney Phlla 

Terry Twins Polls Bridgeport 

Thatcher Fannie Bon Tons B R 

Thomas ft Hamilton 607 Dearborn Av Chicago 

Thompson Mark Bohemians B R 

Thomson Harry 1284 Putnam Av Bklyn 

Thorndyke Lillian 246 W 38 N Y 

Thornton Arthur Golden Crook B R 

Thornton Geo A 805 Broome N Y 

Thorn© Mr ft Mrs Harry 288 St Nicholas AvNY 

Thorns Juggling 58 Rose Buffalo 

Those Three 228 Scott San Francisco 

Thurston Leslie 68 W 108 N T 

Tilton Lucille Temple Grand Rapids 

Tinker O L 776 8 Av N Y 

Tlvoll Quartette High Life Cafe Milwauk Indef 

Tom Jack Trio Temple Detroit 

Tops Topsy ft Tops 8442 W School Chicago 

Touhey Pat ft May E Haddam Conn 

Touhey Trabnel A Ellis Nowlln Circus 

Tracy Julia Raymond Bartholdl Inn N Y 

Travers Belle 210 N Franklin Phlla 

Travers Phil 5 E 115 N Y 

Travers Roland 221 W 42 N Y 

Tremalnes Musical 230 Caldwell Jacksonville 111 

Trevor Edwin ft Dolores Golden Crook B R 

Trent Geo ft Donnle 328 W 48 N Y 

Trolley Car Trio 21 Willow PI Yonkers 

Troxell ft Wlnchell 306 8 N Seattle 

Tsuda Harry Majestic Denver 

Tunis Fay World of Pleasure B R 

Turner Bert BIJou Oshkosh Wis 

Tuscano Bros Keiths Columbus O 

Tuttle ft May 8887 W Huron Chicago 

Tweedley John 242 W 43 N Y 

Tydeman ft Dooley 108 Elm Camden N J 



Ullne Arthur M 1750 W Lake Chicago 
Ullne ft Rose Demlng Htl Chicago 
Umhaults Bros 26 N Jefferson Dayton 
Unique Comedy Trio 1827 Nicholas Phlla 



Vagges Grand Portland 

Valadons Les 407 Thomas Newport R I 

Valdare Troupe Academy Chicago 

Valetta ft Lamson 1329 St Clark Cleveland 

Valmore Lulu ft Mildred Bohemians B R 

Van Epps Jack Majestic Dallas 

Van Dalle Sisters 514 W 135 N Y 

Vance Gladys Liberty Savannah 

Van Hoven Keiths Boston 

Van Oston Eva Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Van Osten Bob Sam T Jacks B R 



V 



IM I 



THE DftNCSR. 
"THE KISSING GIRL" 00. 



Vardaman National Hotel Chicago 
Vardelles Lowell Mich 

Vardon Perry & Wilber Empress Milwaukee 
Variety Comedy Trio 1515 Barth Indianapolis 
Vassar ft Arken 324 Christopher Bklyn 
Vasco 41a Acre Lane London 
Vaas Victor V 25 Hasklns Providence 
Vedder Fannie Bon Tons B R 
Vedder Llllle Cracker Jacks B R 
Vedmar Rene 3285 Bway N Y 
Venetian Scranaders 0<6 Blackhawk Chicago 
Venus on Wheels Casino Harrisburg 
Verde 270 W 30 N Y 

Veronica A Hurl Falls 1336 Ollllqgham Phlla 
Village Comedy Four l'J12 RlnggoM Phlla 
Vincent John B 820 Olive Indianapolis 
Vinton Grace Serenaders B R 
Vlolanl Orpheum Alliance O 
Vloletta Jolly 41 Lelpzlgerstr Berlin Ger 
Vogel ft Wandas Majestic Charleston S C 
Von Serley Sisters Marathon Girls B R 
Vyner lydfla Reeves Beauty Show B R 

W 

Wakefield Frank L Runaway Girls B R 
Walker Musical 1524 Brookslde Indianapolis 
Wallace's Cockatoos c/o Parker Ablllne Kan 
Wallack Nanette ft Co Alhambra Htl Chicago 
Walling Ida Watsons Burlesquers B R 
Walsh Helen ft May Dainty Duchess B R 

WALSH, LYNCH - CO. 

Presenting "HUCKIN'S RUN." 

Direction, PAT CASEY. 
Oct. 3. Temple. Ft. Wayne, Ind. 

Walsh Mealy ft Montrose Orpheum Memphis 
Walsh May Dainty Duchess B R 
Walsh Martin Trocaderos B R 
Walters ft West 3437 Vernon Chicago 
Walters John Lyric Ft Wayne Ind Indef 
Ward Alice Reeves Beauty Show B It 
Ward Billy 100 Myrtle Av Bklyn 
Ward ft Harrington 418 Strand London 
Warde ft Mack 300 W 70 N Y 
Warner Harry E Rolllckers B R 
Washburn Blanche Washington Soc Girls It Ft 
Washer Bros Oakland Ky 
Water Carl P Sam T Jacks B R 
Waters Hester Washington Society Girls n II 
Watson Sammy 333 St Pauls Av Jersey City 
Watson ft Little 505 Van Cort Yonkers N Y 
Watson Hilly W Girls from Happyland 13 It 
Wayne Sisters Dslnty Duchess B R 
Weaver Frank ft Co 1705 N Baltimore 
Webb Funny Ellis Nowlln Circus 
Weber Johnnie Rose Sydell D R 



E-© M O K-E 

SIOUX INDIAN GIRL. 
Direction. Norman Frlocb-nwald. 
Oct. 3, Main Street, Peoria. 111. 



Welch Thos Runaway Girls B R 
Welch Tint Vanltv Fair It R 
Well John 5 Krusatadt Rotterdam 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



38 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 






Under exclusive 

management of 





140 West 42d St., New York 
Phone, 2164 Bryant 
Cable Address, "Jaolev" 



BESSIE WYNN 



IH VAUDEVILLE 



DICK and ALICE McAVOY 



ft 



HERALD SQUARE JIMMY 



ff 



OF 



Willa Holt Wakefield 



IN VAUDCVI 



KATIE EMMETT 



In Vaudeville 



Direction, A. E. MEYERS 



Bueeeedlnf BUlla Maybe* aa "The Oooee" la "A Barnyard Romeo." 



BELLE 



GORDON 




BARBER * 



Presenting an Attractive Athletic and Musical Novelty 

ADDRESS. Care of VARIETY. NEW YORK 

Montgomery Musical Duo 

Elaborate Novelty Instrumental Act 

WITH SOME REFINED COMEDY 
Address VARI1TY, Chicago, III. 

ALBERT PENCH 

CHARACTER BONO DELINEATOR. 
Delectable In Appearance, Material and Ability. 

BOOKED INDEFINITELY IN SAN FRANCISCO. 
Addreu for the Present eare VARIETY, Bame Plaea. 






A 





ENTERTAINER OF NEW YORK'S 400 



An Innovation in Sleight of Hand 

Accompanied by Planlste 
Playing* Classy Selections 

Nothing but GLASS to this Act 



only beasdiRBj cable act in 

the world 

MeetlnK with great BUocess THIS WEKK 
(Sept. 20). Savoy, Baltimore. 

WILLIAM MORRIS CIRCUIT 

H. HARTMAN. 4 Oarrlok 8t.. Covent Garden 
London, W. C. 




SOPHIE TUCK 




R 



CLEANING UP IW THE FAR WEST 

Playing Return Engagement Over Pantagea 
Circuit Headline Feature Opening New Lo< 
Angeles Theatre. 



SOL 



GOLDSMITH 



AND 



HOPPE 



CUY 



Presenting their NEW SUCCESS " THE COMMERCIAL DRUMMERS " 



THIS WEEK (Sept. 26) POM'S, BRIDGEPORT 



Coming East 

Open Time 

after 

Oct. 16 



16 MINUTES IN "ONE" 



ERA COMEDY FOUR 

POOLE ' ROOK8 8PENCER BROWN 

HIGH CUSS COLORED PURVEYORS OF COMEDY AND HARMONY 

Tremendous Hit on Return Engagement over PANTAGE8 OIRCUIT 

Wfcen anewerlng advertleemente kindly mention VARIETY. 



MAX HART ( MaDafl>r 



Next Week (Oct. I) 

Pantages' 

Theatre 

Denver. Colo. 



VARIETY 



39 



Wells Lew BIJou Battle Creek 
Wentworth Vesta 4k Teddy Orpheum Minn 
Weat John Watsons Burlesquers B R 
West Al 606 B Ohio Pittsburg 
West Henry Bowery Burlesquers B R 
West Sisters 1412 Jefferson At Bklyn N T 
West A Denton 185 W Cedar Kalamisoo 
Weston Al Bowery Burlesquers B R 
Weston Dan B 141 W 116 N T 
Western Union Trio 2241 B Clearfield Phils 
Wetherlll 88 W 8 Chester Pa 
Wharton Nat Central Oldtown Me 
Wheeler Sisters 1441 7th Philadelphia 
Wheelock ft Hay Orpheum Portland 
Whirl Four 2426 8 Watts Phlla 
Whitman Bros 1835 Chestnut Phlla 
Whitman Frank 188 Greenwich Reading Pa 
White Harry 1003 Ashland At Baltimore 
White Phil Merry Whirl B R 
Whitehead A Grlerson Orpheum Cincinnati 
Whiteside Bthel Peru Ind 
Whltford Anabelle 863 W 42 N T 
Whitney Tlllle 86 Kane Buffalo 

AL. H. WILD 

THAT FUNNY FAT FELLOW. 

BLEJE A JUNDT, Representatives. 

Wilder Msrshall Atlantic City N J 
Wiley May F Big Review B R 
Wllkens 4b Wilkens 863 Willis At N T 
Wlllard 4k Bond Majestic La Crosse Wis 
WUhelm Fred Sam T Jacks B R 
Williams Clara 2450 Tremont Cleveland 
Williams Cowboy 4715 Upland Phlla 
Williams Frances Park Palisade N J lndef 
Williams Chas 2652 Rutgers St Louis 
Williams John Cracker Jacks B R 
Williams Ed 4 Florence 94 W 103 N Y 
Williams Lew 1534 Bway N Y 
Williams 4b De Croteau 1 Ashton Sq Lynn Mass 
Williams 4b Gilbert 1010 Msrshfleld Av Chicago 
Williams 4b Segal Polls Bridgeport 
Williams 4b Sterling Star Elgin 111 
Williams Frank 4b Delia Palmyra N Y 
Williams Mollie Cracker Jacks B R 
Williamson Frank Runaway Girls B R 
Wlllison Herbert Al Fields Minstrels 
Wills 4b Hassan National Sydney Australia 
Wilson Fred J 14 Forest Monte lair N J 
Wilson Al 4b May Dorp Schenectady lndef 

GRACE WILSON 

IN VAUDEVILLE. 

Wilson Fred Cracker Jacks B R 
Wilson Bros Bilou Flint Mich 
Wilson Frank 1616 W 28 Los Angeles 
Wilson Marie Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 
Wilson Liasle 175 Franklin Buffalo 
Wilson 4b Plnkney 207 W 15 Kansas City 
Wilson 4b Wilson Lyric Mobile 
Wilton Joe 4b Co 1120 Porter Phlla 
Winkler Kress Trio Auditorium York Pa 
Wise 4b Milton Brennan Circuit New Zealand 
Wlthrow 4b Glover 862 N Emporia Wichita Kan 
Wolfe 4b Lee 824 Woodlawn Av Toledo 

WOLF, MOORE and YOUNG 

"Vaudeville's Cheeriest Trio.** 



Woodall Billy 420 First Av Nashville 

Woodmen Hsrry Ellis Nowlln Circus 

Woods ft Woods Trio Maryland Baltimore 

Wood Bros Orpheum Montreal 

Wood Ollle 584 W 150 N Y 

Woods Ralton 4b Co Saratoga Htl Chicago 

Work ft Ower Orpheum San Francisco 

Wright Lillian 163 W 60 N Y 

Wright ft Dietrich Polls Wllkes-Barre 

Wyckoff Fred 60 Water Lyons N Y 

X 

Xazlers Four 2144 W 20 Chlcsgo 

Y 

Yackley ft Bunnell Lyda Chicago 

Yaw Don Din 110 E Madison Chicago 

Yeoman Geo 4566 Gibson Av St Louis 

York Charles Carbondale Pa 

Yost Harry E World of Pleasure B R 

Young Carrie Bohemians B R 

Young Ollle ft April Sheas Buffalo 

Young De Witt & Sister Majestic Seattle 

Young ft Phelps 1013 Baker Evansvllle Ind 



Zanclgs The 356 W 145 N Y 

Zanfrellas 131 Brixton London 

Zasell ft Vernon Seguln Tour 8o America lndef 

Zeda Harry L 1328 Cambria Phlla 

Zelser ft Thome Willards Temple of Music 

Zimmerman Al Dreamlanders B R 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 

"L. O." Indicates show is laying off. 
Weeks Oct. 3 and 10. 



Americans Standard St Louis 10 Empire Ind 

Behman Show Standard Cincinnati 10 Gayety 
Louisville 

Big Banner Show Empire Toledo 10 Star & 
Garter Chicago 

Beauty Trust Gayety Toronto 10 Garden Buf- 
falo 

Big Review Star St Paul 10 St Joe 

Bohemians Monumental Baltimore 10 Penn 
Circuit 

Bon Tons Alhambra Chicago 10 Gayety Detroit 

Bowery Burlesquers Gayety Milwaukee 10 Al- 
hambra Chicago 

Brigadiers Columbia Boston 10-12 Bon Ton 
Jersey City 13-15 Folly Patterson 

Broadway Gaiety Girls Royal Montreal 10 
Howard Boston 



Cherry Blossoms Academy Pittsburg 10 Star 

Cleveland 

College Girls Gayety St Louis 10 Gayety 
Kansas City 

Columbia Girls Gayety Kansas City 10 Gayety 
Omaha 

Cosy Corner Girls Penn Circuit 10 Academy 
Pittsburg 

Cracker Jack's Gayety Detroit 10 Gayety 
Toronto 

Dainty Duchess Gayety Omaha 10 Gayety 
Minneapolis 

Dreamlands Howard Boston 10 Columbia Bos- 
ton 

Ducklings Peoples Cincinnati 10 Empire Chi- 
cago 

Empire Burlesquers Buckingham Louisville 
10 Peoples Cincinnati 

Fads ft Follies 3-5 Mohawk Schenectady 6-8 
Gayety Albany 10 Casino Boston 

Follies of the Day Lafayette Buffalo 10 Star 
Toronto 

Follies of New York Star Brooklyn 10 Wald- 
nian Newark 

Ginger Girls Casino Boston 10 Columbia N Y 

Girls from Dixie Casino Brooklyn 10 Empire 
Brooklyn 

Girls from Happyland Murray Hill N Y 10 
Metropolis N Y 

Golden Crook Garden Buffalo 10 Corinthian 
Rochester 

Hastings Show Metropolis N Y 10 Westminster 
Providence 

Howes Lovemakers Olympic N Y 10 Gayety 
Philadelphia 

Imperials Lyceum Washington 10 Monumental 
Baltimore 

Irwlns Big Show Casino Philadelphia 10 Star 
Brooklyn 

Irwin's Majesties Columbia N Y 10 CaBlno 
Philadelphia 

Jardin de Paris Dewey Minneapolis 10 Star 
St Paul 

Jersey Lillies Gayety Philadelphia 10 Gayety 
Baltimore 

Jolly Girls 8th av N Y 10 Empire Newark 

Kentucky Belles Star Cleveland 10 Folly Chi- 
cago 

Knickerbockers Gayety Washington 10 Gayety 
Pitsburg 

Lady Buccaneers Bowery N Y 10-12 Folly 
Patterson 13-15 Bon Ton Jersey City 

Marathon Girls Gayety Boston 10-12 Empire 
Albany 13-15 Mohawk Schenectady 

Merry Maidens L O 10 Casino Brooklyn 

Merry Whirl Star Toronto 10 Royal Montreal 

Midnight Maidens Star ft Garter Chicago 10 
Standard Cincinnati 

Miss New York Jr Folly Chicago 10 Star Mil- 
waukee 

Moulin Rouge Empire Indianapolis 10 Buck- 
ingham Louisville 

New Century Girls Bronx N Y 10 8th av N Y 

Parisian Widows Westminster Providence 10 
Gayety Boston 

Passing Parada Star Milwaukee 10 Dewey 
Minneapolis 

Pat Whites Gayety Girls Trocadero Philadel- 
phia 10 Lyceum Washington 

Pennant Winners Avenue Detroit 10 Lafayette 
Buffalo 

Queen of Bohemia Corinthian Rochester 10-12 
Mohawk Schemctady 13-15 Empire Albany 

Queen of the Jardin de Paris Waldman New- 
ark 10 Empire Hoboken 

Hector Girls Empire Newark 10 Bowery New 
York 

Reeves Beauty Show Gayety Pittsburg 10 Em- 
pire Cleveland 

Rentz Santley Music Hall N Y 10 Murray Hill 
N Y 

Robinson Crusoe Girls Cayety Brooklyn 10 
Olympic N Y 

Rollickers 3-5 Bon Ton Jersey City C-8 Folly 
Peterson 10-12 Luzerne Wilkes-barre 13-15 
Gayety Scranton 

Rose Sydell Uayety Louisville 10 Gayety St 
Louis 

Runaway Girls Empire Cleveland 10 Empire 
Toledo 

Sam T Jacks 3-5 Folly Peterson 6-8 Bon Ton 
Jersey City 10-12 Gaiety, Scranton 13-15 
Luzerne Wilkesbarre 

Serenaders Empire Hoboken 10 Music Hall 
N Y 

Star ft Garter 3-5 Empire Albany 0-8 Mohawk 
Schenectady 10 Gayety Brooklyn 

Star Show Girls St Joe 10 Century Kansas 
City 

Tiger Lillies Empire Brooklyn 10 Bronx N Y 

Trocaderos Gayety Baltimore 10 Gayety Wash- 
ington 

Vanity Fair Gayety Minneapolis 10 Gayety 
Milwaukee 

Washington Society Girls 3-5 Gaiety Scranton 
0-8 Luzerne Wilkesbarre 10 Trocadero Phila 

Watsons Uurlesquers J115 Hon Ton Jersey City 
H-H Folly Faterson 10 L O 17 Casino Uklyn 

World oi Pleasure Century Kansas City 10 
Standard St Louis 

Yankee Doodle Girls Empire Chicago 10 Ave- 
nue Detroit 



CIRCUS ROUTES 



BARNUM & BAILEY 1 Abilene Tex .5 Dallas 4 
Hlllsboro 5 Waco Temple 7 Austin h San 
Antonio 10 Beaumont 11 Houston Li Bryan 
13 Corclsana 14 Waxahachie 15 Ft Worth 17 
Ardmore Okla 18 Shawnee 11) Enid 20 Tuls;i 
21 Muskogee 22 Ft Smith Ark 24 Texarkana 
25 Shreveport La 20 Monroe 27 Alexandria 
28 New Iberia 20-30 New Orleans 

BARNES AL G 4-8 New Westminster B (' 

BUFFALO HILL & PAWNEE BILL 1 Vallejo 
Cal .'I Oakland 4 Santa Cruz 5 Watsonvlllr 
0-10 San Franolsco 11 San Jose 12 Sio.-kton 
13 Fresno 14 Vlsallla 1". Uakersflcld 

CAMPBELL BROS 1 Sardis Miss 3 Gn-n<da 4 
Greenwood 5 Yazoo City Jackson 7 Kos<-u- 
sko 8 Starkville lo A< kernian 11 Durant 1. 
Water Valley 13 Holly Springs 14 Oxford 15 
Winona 17 Canton 

DOLE FISK 1 Tulla Tex 3 Lubbock 4 Plain- 
view 5 Canyon City Clovls N M 7 Por- 
tftles K Doswell 10 Hagerm.in 11 Artesla 12 
Carlsbad 13 Pecos Tex 



GOLLMAR BROS 1 Clinton Okla 3 Frederick 
15 Brlstow 17 Claremore 18 Weleetka Junc- 
tion 10 Ada 20 Madill 21 Durant 22 Hugo 
24 Hope Ark 

HAGENBECK-WALLACE 1 Columbia S C 3 
Augusta Ga 4 Thompson 5 Milledgevllle 
Macon 7 Cordele 8 Amerlcus 

MILLER BROS. 101 RANCH 1-2 Kansas City 
3 Marshall 4 Roodhouse 111 6 Springfield 
Carlinville 7 Alton 8-0 St Louis 

RINGL1NG BROS. 1 Hopklnsvllle Ky 3 Clarks- 
vllle Tenn 4 Nashville 5 Decatur Ala Bir- 
mingham 7 Gadsden 8 Annlston 10 Atlanta 
Ga 11 Rome 12 Chattanooga Tenn 13 Knox- 
ville 14 Johnson City 10 Bristol 17 Ashe- 
vllle N C 18 Salisbury 10 Winston-Salem 20 
Danville Va 21 Durham N C 22 Raleigh 24 
Greensboro 25 Gastonia 26 Spartanburg 27 
Greenville Va 28 Anderson 20 Gainesville 
31 Atlanta 

ROBINSON JOHN 11 Alkens S C 12 Black- 
vllle 13 Branchville 14 Orangeburg 15 Cam- 
den 17 Sumter 27 Jessup Ga 28 Helena 20 
Cochran 31 Jackson Ky Nov 1 Griffin Ga 2 
Douglasvllle 3 Tallapoosa 4 Columbiana Ala 
5 Blocton 

SELLS FLOTO 1 Corslcana Tex 

YANKEE ROBINSON 11 Campbell Mo 12 
Dexter 13 Rector Ark 14 Paragould 15 Jones- 
bo ro 17 Clarendon 18 England 10 Kison 20 
Althelmer 21 De Witt 22 Stuttgart 24 Brink- 
ley 



LETTERS 



Where C follows name, letter Is In Chi- 
cago. 

Where S F follows, letter Is at San Fran- 
cisco. 

Where L follows, letter is In London of- 
fice. 

Advertising or circular letters of any de- 
scription will not be listed when known. 

Letters will be held for two weeks. 

P following names Indicates postal, ad- 
vertised once only. 



Adams Josephine 

(C) 
Adams R C (C) 
Adams Eugene (C) 
Adams H _©eo (C) 
Adams R D (C) 
Addington Ruth (C) 
Adeal & Parker (C) 
Aette Anette (C) 
Ahern Chas 
Ahlbergs The (C) 
Alexander A Hughes 
Alblsher Fred (C) 
Allaire Fannie 
Allen Frederick (C) 
Almont ft Dumont 

(C) 
Altoun Grace (C) 
Alwarts Musical (C) 
Arlington Gene (C) 
Aug Edna 
Austin Wm H (C) 

Baker Joe (C) 
Baker Myron (C) 
liard Edward (C) 
Barry Frank 
Bartlett Bernlce 
Bartlett Louisa 
Barton John 
Barton ft Fee (C) 
Batre Frank 
Beaumont Arnold 

(C) 
Becker Ned 
Beeson Tom 
Bell Arthur (C) 
Bell ft Henry (L) 
Benler, Mrs 
Bennett Dorothy 
Bennett Lura (C) 
Bergenholtz Edward 

(C) 
Berger Edgar 
Bergere Valerie 
Herman Joe (C) 
Bernard ft Harrison 
Bernard Nat 
Berrett J (L) 
Bert Al (C) 
Uevau Alex (C) 
Blackwell Carlyle 
Blanchard Evelyn 

(C) 
Boos Blanche (C) 
Bowman Chas (C) 
Boynton Jane 
Breen Harry 
Brieder Fred (C) 
lirowder & Browder 
Bronn ft Cooper (C) 
Buckley Laura (C) 
Buckley Jack (C> 
Bullen W H (C) 
Burbank S M 
Burgess Bobby (C) 
Burkhardt Chas J 
Burns & Clark (C) 
Burrell Jlmmlc (C) 
Burt Glen (C) 
Burton Clarence (CI 
Byrnes Jack 

Cadwell A A (C) 



Camerons Musical 

(C) 
Campbell Flo (L) 
Campbell Flo 
Canpy Mrs M (C) 
Carlton Chas 
Carmen Helen (C) 
Carney Don (C) 
Carter Sol (C) 
Casey Harry 
Cass Maurice (C) 
Caasady Eddie (C) 
Casselll Rosina 
Cell Chas (C) 
Chadsey Marjorle(C) 
Chevalier A (L) 
Chip ft Marble 
Christie Will (C) 
Clark ft Verdi (C) 
Clarke Delmar E 
Clawson S H (C) 
Cogswell Sarah L(C) 
Collins Chrissle (P) 
Collins W D (C) 
Conroy T A 
Cooley May (C) 
Cornell Margaret(C) 
Cox Ray 
Coxe Henry (C) 
Crane J W 
Crapeau Harry (C) 
Crawford Lillian 
Cremona A K (C) 
Crockford Jessie (S 

F) 
Cronln Catherine 
Crotton Bros 
Cull J (C) 
Cunningham Jean 

(C) 
Cunningham & Ross 

(L) 
Cupltt P J (C) 

Dahdau Saad (C) 
Dale Reba (C) 
Daley ft O'Brien (C) 
Daly Jas H (C) 
Daly J A (C) 
Daley ft Well (C) 
D'Amon Cherta 
Darrah Chas (C) 
Darrell Trixle (C) 
Darts Daring (C) 
Davis Hal (C) 
Dazle Mile 
Day Carita (C) 
DeBalesttier Animals 

Defrejl Gadran (S 

F) 
DeFord Vera 
Defrey (C) 
Dekum Frank (C) 
Delmore Louise 
Delno Fred (C) 
DeLong W P 
Dennis Ada (C) 
Densiuore Beth (C) 
Dermont Arthur (C) 
D e v o e PasqueNna 

(C) 
Dixon Chas 
Donovan ft Arnold 



Doughertys Musical 
(C) 

Dunbar Tudor (C) 
Dreyer ft Dreyer 

(C) 
Du Ball 
Duff Billy (P) 
Dunedln Troupe 
Dunham Wm 
Dunsworth ft Valder 

(C) 
Dwyer Nellie (C) 

Eagon A Austin (C) 
Early ft Lalght (C) 
East Fred (0) 
Earle Frank (8 F) 
Edmonds Joe 
Edmundo J Coney 
Edward Dandy (L) 
Edwards ft Glenwood 

(C) 
Elaine Mable (C) 
Elalnne Mabel 
Electra (8 F) 
Ellison Evelyn (C) 
Elona (C) 
Emerson ft Summers 

(O 
Esterbrooks Musical 
Ethella Vlvl (C) 
Excels ft Franks 

Farber Irene 
Farnum Wm (C) 
Farrlngton Paula 
Faust Ted (C) 
Fay Mrs H (C) 
Fay ft Klrsnon (C) 
Feeley Mickey (C) 
Ferguson Dave 
Ferguson ft Murray 

(C) 
Fern Ray 
FUdes Adeline 
Flnley Willie (SF) 
Fitzgerald ft O'Dell 

(C) 
Fltzglbbon Ned 
Flaire Billy (C) 
Flynn Earl (C) 
Folson Gertrude (C) 
Fondo Mabelle 
Fox Frank (C) 
Fox Kathryn (C) 
Francellas Great (C) 
Francis Adeline 
Francis Ruth (P) 
Franks Chas ft Lil- 
lian (C) 
Fregoll Mile (C) 
French Ida (C) . 
French Bert 
Frltchle ft Adams 
Fritz Leo (C) 
Froman Mr (C) 
Fuller Bert (C) 
Fuller Bill 

Garrett Sam 
Gent M (L) 
Giener Chas (C) 
Glrard ft Gardner 
Gleason Josephine 

(C) 
Goelet John W (C) 
Golden Happy (C) 
Golden Valeska 
Gonzalez Beatrice 

(C) 
Goell J J (C) 
Gordon Max (Cj 
Gordon ft Henry (C) 
Graham O E 
Granberry ft Lamon 

(C) 
Gray A Peters 
Gray Trio 
Green Jimmy (C) 
Greene John 
Greenwood Barrett 

(C) 
Gregory F L (C) 
Griffin Jas 
Gregory F L (Q) 
Gross Wm (C) 
Groves Hal 
Gypsy Girls Ameri- 
can (C) 
Hagan ft Hutchlns 

(C) 
Hagan Mth. Wm J 
Haines Walter Mrs 
Hall ft Colbern (C) 
Hamlin Frank (C) 
Hanson Louise 
Harlow .I«ss«- H (<"> 
Hathaway Anna (C) 
Hawkins Jack (C) 
Hayes George Har- 
ris (C) 
Hayes Sully (C) 
Haynt>H Sisters (C) 
Healy Dan (C) 
Heath Bobby 
Herbert Cliff (C) 
Herman Harvey (C) 



Hewitt Rush (0) 
Hill H P (C) 
Hill Hamilton 
Hirshorn Emma (C) 
Hoefllng Bella (L) 
Holtman Dick (8 F) 
Horn brooks Bron- 
chos (C) 
Horton Chas (C) 
Hudson Leon (L) 
Hunter Stanley 
Huntington A A (C) 

Inge ft Farrell 
Inglls Gus (C) 

Jackson Harold (C) 
Jackson Harold (S 

F) 
Jackson C H (C) 
James Chester (C) 
Johnson Rose (C) 
Johnson Virginia^ 1 ) 
Johnston Albert 
Jolson Al 
Jones Alfred (C) 
Jones Irving (C) 
Jones & Grclner (C) 
Jordon Bert 
Jordons Flying 
Julance Harry (C) 



Ty 
(C) 

(C) 



Kal Billy 
Karlton Avery 
Kashl Kataa 
Kearns Jack 
Keller Fred ,_, 
Kellerher Maurice 

(C) 

Kelly Art (C) 
Kelso Louis (C) 
Kelton Mrs 8 (C) 
Kenton H L <P) 
Kirk Ethel (C) 
Kllmbeck A J (C) 
Kllppel H T 
Kohler Grace (C) 
Kroma Joe (C) 
Kroneman Evald 

(C) 
Kullervo Bros 
Kurtz Lisle (C) 
Kwell B F 

La Crandall L (C) 
La Belle Rosa 
Ladleux Chas (C) 
Lamb Harriett 
Lambert (L) 
Langdon Lucille 
Langton Lilly 
Lannlgan Joe 
La Salle Edna 
Laredo ft Blake 
Laurent Marie (C) 
Laurie Joe 
Leas Mary Jordan 

(C) 
Lehman L (C) 
Leon Ed (C) 
Leonard Bessie (C) 
Leonard A Ellis (C) 
Leonard Grace 
Leonerts Three (C) 
Leonhart Harry 
Lerso Nellie 
Lester Great 
lister A Moure (C) 
Le Van Bert 
Levlene Edward 
Lewis Jack (C) 
Lewis Trio 
Llghthawk Earl (C) 
Livingston Mr (C) 
Lloyd Heleh> 
Lloyd Helen (C) 
Lloyd Evans 
Lorraine Olga (C) 
Lorraine A Dudley 

(C) 
Lowando Martin 
Lucler Paul 
Lussler Guy 
Lyman Twins (C) 
Lyons Sadie (C) 

Mncfarlane Anna 
Mack Chas (C) 
Mack Floyd 
Mankln (C) 
Manning Sisters 
Marango Chas (C) 
Marcus Henry 
Marcus & Sheldon 
M.irgant & Jackson 

(C) 
Marshall Sellna (C) 
Marshall A King 
Martin Daisy (C) 
Maxwell Jos 
Mayers J (L) 
Maynard Claire 
Maynard Dot (C) 
Ma/.on Pert (C) 
McCann Mr & Mrs 

(C) 



. STRASSMAN 

Attorney. MS Broadway. New York. 
Theatrical Claims. Advice Free 



HAD TOOPEN ANOTHER NEW STORE 

The theatrical trade has outgrown as again and we have to open another new store to 
take care of It It'e right In the heart of things— at the head ef Long Acre Square, almost 
opposite the clubrooms of the White Rats. This store will allow us to give you ■till better 
eorvlco. 

Have you seen the new steel fittings on ths XX Trunks T We have outgrown the annealed 
east iron, which the best of the old-fashioned heavy canvas-covered wood trunk manufac- 
turers use. 



WILLIAM BAL, Inc. 

8KND FOR CATAUMUB V. MILBSM OP 

1578 BROADWAY AM 710 SEVENTH AVENUE. NEW YORK 



BAL 



PROFESSIONAL 



TRUNKS 



When answering advertisement* kindly mention YAKOBTT. 



40 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



CHARLES AHEARN 




"THE RACING MAN" 

PAT ('ASSY. Agent 

CHAS. F. SEMON 

"THE NARROW FELLER" 

THE BROWNIES ci 



a 



Presenting 
A ROARINO FARCE. 

THE WAR 18 OVER" 

TOM BRANTFORD, Manager. 



WHICH OF US IS ME? 




Terry Twins 

The most remarkable human 
duplicates since the time of 
Shakespeare's " Two Dromios 



SI 



"Morning Mercury," New Bedford, Mass. 
Sept. 13: 

"For never were two youths more exactly 
alike." 

"Citizen-Courier," Lowell, Mass., Sept. 20: 

. . . .these two men do not have to bedaub their 
countenances and pad their shoulders In order 
to bring striking resemblance. They open 
up a vein of comedy which Is but rarely 
vouchsafed audiences." 



Wilfred Clarke 



A New Fares. "THB DEAR DEPARTED." In Rehearsal. 
SKETCHES on hand or written to order. 



130W. 44th St., New York 



THE OKU R AS 

MARVELOUS 
JAPANESE 

FOOT 
JUGGLERS 

AND 
BALANCERS 

Elegant Ward- 
rol>e and Stage 
Settings. 

Booking for 
coming season. 

AddresH: 1765 
Clybourn Ave., 
Chicago. 

SAM DODY 

"THE ORIGINAL, WOP." 

UNITED TIME. 
New York. MAX HART. Manager. 

SAM K. OTTO 




"The Yiddisha Brownie 



SI 



A New Departure in Hebrew Comedlanlsm. 
Permanent address, care VARIETY, Chicago. 



SO LONG FOLKS 
We are travelling for G. H. WEBSTER. 



SENATOR 
and MRS. 



MONTROSE 



Singing and Dancing 
Laugh Producers. 



MARY ANN BROWN 

"THE GIRL FROM LONDON TOWN' 9 

Character Singing Comedienne En-route S-C Circuit Direction JO PAIGE SMITH 

IM THIS <CEiBE» A rf"^EB" 



RANK 



JEROME 



JULI 



HUNTER 

Very Different 
Acrobats 

\ CROMWELLS 

ARE COMING 

The most novel juggling act extant 









nTfoa 


L 



r 



(Permanent Address, 
Care VARIETY. New York 



REX 



COMEDY CIRCUS 

DOCS, CATS, PONIE8 and 

THE HOMELIEST, MEANEST AND WISEST OLD MOLE IH THE WORLD 

Booked Solid Until Noretnber. W. V. If. A. Time. 

PAUL DURAND, Agent, Longaere Bids., Times Square, New York. 

BELL -RICHARDS 

Electric Novelties 

I N 

Musical Instruments 

Still Playing Sullivan — Considine Time 

Will be AT LIBERTY Nov. 28. Open to Negotiate 




JEW 
X- 

1?icnAppy 




Address Care WHITE RATS. 

1533 Broadway. New York City 



FRANK 



PAULINE 



BERRY 

Hronx, New York City. Next Week (Oct. \\) 



AND 



BERRY 

Direction. MAX HART 



GUY 



FRANCES 



RAWSON AND CLARE 

"JUST KIDS" 

WEEK (OCT. 3), LOS ANGELES. 



HARRY TATE'S Co. 

PISHING MOTORING 



New York 
England 
Australia 
Africa 




HANNON'S 



ORIOINA 



act 



flLylP l" 8cener y to mount it 
UlfIL \ talent to back it 




Wkon anoworlnf adTortloamonU kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



4i 



Now Booking from 

Coast to Coast 



WILLIAM MORRIS 



INCORPORATED 



NEW YORK 
American Music Hall Building 



CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO BOSTON 

167 Dearborn Street Monadnock Building 413 Washington Street 

ACTS DESIRING TO PLAT THB NEW ENOLAND CIRCUITS COMMUNICATB WITH OUR BOSTON OPPICB. 



NEW ORLEANS 
Maieon Blanche Building 



Hammerstein's 

|T| , # AMERICA'S MOST 

Virrnpiii famous vardj- 

▼ lltlUl ICl TT THEATRE. 

OPBN THB TBAR AROUND. 



Vaudeville Headliners 
»d Good Standard Acts 

If yen have an op«n week jon want ta 111 at 
•hort notloe, writ* to W. L. DOCK8TADBR, 

GARRICK THEATRE, WILMINGTON. DEL. 

Can oloee Saturday night and make any city 

cast of Chicago to opon Monday night 

IA# A IITtnFor Gu« Sun's Own Acts 
V¥Alw I LU 8MALL CIRL8 

Height 5 ft. 3 In. limit. Who sing and dance, 
to work Id singing and dancing spectacles. 

Character Comedians to fill following 
vacancies : 

SILLY KID--DACO--TOUCH--JEW 

MIHtTIEL PEIPLE OF ILL KINDS. 
CM ALSO USE MMMaTIC PMDUCHS 

All must have good voices for chorus and 
solo work, forty weeks guaranteed. 

The Gus Sun Booking Exchange Company 
Is not affiliated with the United Booking 
Offices of America. 

Address all communications to Jules Held 

GUS SUN PRODUCING CO. 

(New Sim Theatre) SPHN6FIELD. OHIO 



BRENNAN'S AUSTRALIAN 
VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT 

JAMBS BRBNNAN, Sole Proprietor. 
WANTBD: FIRST-CLASS SPECIALTY ACTS. 
FARES ADVANCED from Vancouver, Canada. 
SIXTEEN SUCCESSIVE WEEKS. 
FARES and BAOOAOB PAID by the manage- 
ment from time of arrival until departure from 
Australia. ONE PERFORMANCE AT NIOHT ; 
MATINEES. WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS 
AND HOLIDAYS. NO SUNDAY WORK. Five 
per cent commission charged on all contracts. 
Only address, 

JAS. C. BAIN, General Manager. 

National Amphitheatre, Sydney, Australia. 

Cable Addresa. PENDANT. 

HYDE & BEHMAN 

AMUSEMENT COMPANY 

Temple Bar Building, Brooklyn N. Y. 

STAR THEATRE Brooklyn 

GAYETY THEATRE Brooklyn 

GAYETY THEATRE Pittsburg 

STAR AND GARTER Chicago 

ALWAYS OPEN TIME FOR FEATURE ACTS. 

La Cinematografia Italiana 

— IB — 

ITALY'S LEADING PAPER 

FOR THB 

Animated Picture ft Phonograph Business 

PUBLISHED FORTNIGHTLY. 

•S-St large psgsa. • shillings psr annum (H.M). 

Bdltor-Prop'r : Prof. OUALTIBRO I. FABRI, 

la Via Arclrescorado, Torino. Italy. 



BERT 




VEY 



1 



NDEPENDENT CIRCUIT VAUDEVILLE 



Acta desiring time communicate. Address No. S3 La Salle St, Chicago, 111. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES : 144-100 POWELL STREET, Ban Francisco, Calif. 

WRITB OR WIRB QUICK. 



EUROPEAN OFFICE 

BERLIN. GERMANY 

RICHARD PITROT. 

Representative. 

LOUIS PINCUS, 
New York, Repre- 
sentative Gaiety 
Theatre Bldg. 



Pantages Circuit 

VAUDEVILLE THEATRES, Inc. 

ALEXANDER PANTAGES 
President and Manager 



OFFICBS 
NBW YORK 
CHICAGO 
BAN FRANCISCO 
BBATTLB 
DENVER 



FRED MARDO'S 
BOOKING AGENCY 



VAUDEVILLE ACTS WISHING TIME ON THE NEW ENGLAND CIRCUIT, COMMUNICATE 
WITH US. COLONIAL BLDG., BOSTON, MASS (ROOM 522). 

GIVING ENTIRE SATISFACTION TO MANAGERS. 

Consolidated Booking Offices 

ODD FELLOWS' BUILDING. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

CAN PLACE COOP ACTS 

Henry Brown Amusement Exchange 

60 Dearborn Street, Chicago 

BOOKING VAUDEVILLE ACTS. 



THE ENGLISH PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL 

Circulation guaranteed to be larger than that of any English Journal devoted to the Dra- 
matic or Vaudeville Profeealona. Foreign subscription. 17s. 4d. per annum. 

THE STAGE 

NBW YORK AGENTS— Paul Tauslg, 104 Bast 14th Bt, and Samuel French A Bona, tt-M 
West 22nd Street 

Artists visiting Bngland are Invited to send particulars of their act and date of opening. 
THE STAGB Letter Box la open for the reception of their 'mall. 

IS YORK STREET, COVBNT OARDBN. LONDON. W. O. 

CHURCH'S BOOKING OFFICE 

STANDARD COMEDY ACTS. BTO. 
WRITB IN FOR TIMB IN AUGUST AND 8BPTBMBBR. 
Room 1114-5-6, Carney Bldg., Boston. Maaa. ONLY WHITB RAT CONTRACTS. 

WANTED, BIG COMEDY AND NOVELTY FEATURE 

Acta to write or wire open time. Booking Thalia, Chicago; Jollet Bloomlngton, Ottawa. Blgln. 
Aurora, Streator, Mattoon, 111. ; Waterloo, la., and other houses In Illinois, Indiana and Iowa. 

DOUTRICK'S BOOKING EXCHANGE SS^^ffS^SNS^Sm. 



CONFIDENCE 

PAUL TIUIIB. Vsef . StsssuMs Asest 

104 E. 14St.,N.V. TcLZOMStaytesast 



\AAtVI 



of your customers Is required to build up a succeeaful business. 
I have arranged STEAMSHIP accommodations 4 TIMBS far 
Jean Clermont, Arnold De Blere, Jordan and Harvey, Alloa 
Lloyd; 3 TIMES for Bellclalre Bros., Sam Elton, Imro Fox, W. 
C. Fields, Hardeen, Arthur Prince, etc. Let me arrange YOUB 
steamship accommodations; also, railroad tickets. 



a 



ALONE ! ! ! 



JOSH" 

WITHOUT A PARTNER ! ! I 

Big 



Now Booking and Managing Acts 

Rooms 503 and 505. GAIETY THEATRE BUILDING. N. Y. CITY 



CLUBS and Small TIME 
Any 



VI 



I 



IN CIRCUI 



Booking all the principal opera houses and picture theatres throughout Canada. Immediate 
and future time to acts with class. No limit for feature novelties. Write or wire to-day. 
THE ORIFFIN CIRCUIT, Variety Theatre Building. Toronto, Canada. 



HARRY W. SPINGOLD 72527 Chic T H to a Hou,e B,dg 




PRODUCED 
FOR SALE 
REPRESENTED 



CHICAGO 

run Break Jumps For Acts 
Coming or Going, Either 
Coast. 



a 



PHILADELPHIA'S LEADING BOOKING AGENTS" 



STEIN & LEONARD i»c. 



EDW. STEIN, Gen'l M'g'r 

Artists write for Consecutive time. 
This Is a r»'r agency. 



McCracken Tom 
McCullough Carl 

(C) 
McCullough Carl 
McDonald .las (C) 
McGlnnls Frank (C) 
McGloine Kdna (C) 
McGrath Thos 
McGreevey Jas M 
McKee Buck 
McKinney Jas 
McLallen & Carson 

(C) 
McWaters Arthur 
Melville & Devere 
Merrick Tom (C) 
Merrltt Hal (C) 
Mllburn Burt (C) 
Miles Ben 
Mlley & Orth 
Millard Fred 
Mills Johnny 
Mitchell Abble 
Mitchell Ethel (C) 
Montrose Marie (C) 
Moore Juliet 
Moos H A F (C) 
Mordlca Hap (P) 
Morton Bessie (C) 
Mortimer Sisters 

(C) 
Moss Mr (L) 



Muller Eugene (C) 
Murphy J Theo (C) 
Murray John F (C) 
Murray Thos (C) 

Neary Tom (P) 
Nelson Bert (C) 
Newbert Amanda (C) 
Newell ft Nlblo (C) 
Newton Chas L 
Newton Margie 
Nicholas Lew (C) 
Nolon Geo F 

OConnell C P J 
O'Dole Geo ft Altbea 

(C) 
O'Neill Ray B 
Ormsby Wm 
Osborne Teddy 
Osborne Elmer (C) 
Otto Sam K (C) 
Otto & West (C) 

Packard Thad C 

(C) 
Paddock O D (C) 
Page F M 
Palmer Harry 
Parker Bessie (C) 
Parker Walter (C) 
Parry Charlotte 
Paull * Kent (C) 



Pe?ree C D 
Perkins E J (C) 
Petrle ft Lewis (C) 
Petroff (S F) 
Phasma (C) 
Plunkett Chas E (C) 
Plunkett Jas E 
Potter nillv 
Potter Harry (S F) 
Powell W O 
Preston Geo (C) 
Prlncton Jack 

Quealy Jas (C) 
Qulgley Ell (C) 

Radcliffe Marie (C) 
Raff kin J (C) 
Randolph Fred ft 

Gertie 
Rankin McKe» (C) 
Rathbun Geo 
Raymond & Harper 
Raymond Mabel 
Raymond Marion(C) 
Reed O C (C) 
Reed Jack (C) 
Reich Felix 
Reinhard Wm (Ci 
Reno Geo B 
Rich Geb F (C) 
Richards L (C) 



Rlddell Robt J (C) 
Riddrll Robt G (SF) 
Rlddell Robt J 
Rigby Arthur (C) 
Ritchie Adele 
Rlvlns ft Richardson 
Rlvoll Caeser (C) 
Robinson Alice (C) 
Roeberg Kdw (C) 
Roehr Alfred (C) 
Rogers Clara (SF> 
Rogers Will 
Rosalre B 
Rose Art U (C) 
Rose Lillian (C) 
Ross Fred (SF) 
Roth L (C) 
Ruffner Freda (P) 
Russell Mr (C) 
Ruzinskt Malks (C) 
Ryder Mrs C, W 

Samazna M (C) 
Samuels Ray 
Savage & De Crotean 
Savov Lucille 
Srhack Nat 
Schillings Win 
Scott Norman H ( C > 
Sellcy Mayme (C) 
Shannon Bertha CC) 
Shannon Hazel (C) 



Shannons Four (C) 
Sheridan Verne E 
Sherman Charlotte 

(CI 
Shields Great (C) 
Shiltz One (C) 
Siegel Fannie (C) 
Si nuns N ( L) 
Singing C.irls (C> 
Skatells Tlie (C) 
Smith Al (P) 
Smith C A 
Smith .las II (C) 
Smltli ('apt lack I <" i 
Smith & Fowler fCi 
Smith Henderson 

(C) 
Sommers & Horfon 
Springfonl Harold 
Startup Harry (C) 
Stark A/ Ryan ( C ) 
Steele Fist* rs 
Steely W C (O 
S-ewai ' Hdit \ (<' > 
StWle R. He I i: ) 
Straight C T 
Suirtmnfo S ((') 
Sulllv:'n Harry 
Sul!v <v Hussev ((' ) 
Sullv ta k (C) 
Swan Edith B 
Swann Hal 



Wfcen answering advertisements kindly mention 



Sweet Chas 

Swor ft Mack (C) 

Syretae Geo (C) 

Tanaka Kin (C) 
Tannehlll Edward 

(C) 
Tannehlll Edward W 

(S F) 
Taylor Adamlni 
Temple I) (L) 
Templeton R (L) 
Terry & Elmer (C) 
Texlo (C) 
Thomas Kid 
Thompson Violet 

(C) 
Tied' n Grace 
Trent Zlla (C) 
Turner D H 
Tupcano Otis 

Valmore Louis (C) 
Vastor ft Merle <C) 
Vandetle Billy (C) 
Van Hout Jan (C) 
Van GladyB (C) 
Vanity Miss (C) 
Van Mlgllno 
Van Ruth (C) 
Van Wormer <8 F) 
Varden F A (C) 
Vaughan Dorothy 

VARIETY. 



321 MINT ARCADE 

Managers Join our circuit. 

Square dealing to both Managert and Artists. 

A. E. MEYERS 

Majestic Theatre Bldg., CHICAGO 

(Room 1206). 
CAN HANDLE ANYTHING from a Single to 
a Circus. Write or wire open time. 



Vaughn Emll (S F) 
Verden Lew 
Vevy Lena (C) 

Walte Willie 
Wakefield Willa 

Holt (C) 
Walllnsley Frank 

(C) 
Walsh Paula (C) 
Warne Dave (C) 
Warren Chas (C) 
Ward ft Harrington 

(L) 
Warren & Francis 

(C) 
Waters Frank (C) 
Waterson Henry 

(C) 
Watson ft Dwyer 

(C) 



Weaver ft Lambert 
(C) 

Webber Chas D (C) 
Wells Richard (C) 
Wells Maxlne (C) 
Wheeler Lew (C) 
Wheelock Cha.-* 
Whollen Joe 
Wlcke Gus 
Wilbur Chas W 
Wild Al H (C) 
Willis Collins (C) 
Withers Jack (C) 
Wlthro Nancy (C) 
Witt Cochran R (C) 
Wolf & Zadella (C) 
Wood & I^awson (C) 

Young Myrtle (P) 
Zauclgs The 



42 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



TRI 71NTRIL0QUIIT WITH A 
PRODUCTION 



ED. F. 



REYNARD 

P fw ti Seta Dewberry and Jawn Jawaaon In 
"A MORNINO IN HICK8VILLB." 

Direction JACK LEVY 

Mr. and Mrs. 

Gene Hughes 

Permanent address. 001 W. 188th St. New York 
'Phone 6060 Mornlngelde. 



BLLIS 



MONA 



BLAMPHIN and HEHR 

The Champion Singers off Vaudeville 

The Bttt tisoias Qsiatsttt m Yssacvals 

Sam J. Curtis »' Co. 

MELODY AND MIRTH 

In the Original "School Aot." 




itvcvmeil and elaborated inio a screaming 

success. 

All our music arranged by Geo. Botsford. 

Week Oct. 3, Majestic. La Crosse. Wis. 

FOR SALE 

WIGGINS FARM 

Apply to THE CHADWICK TRIO 

Stuart Barnes 

JAMBS E. PLUNKETT, Manager. 



JOCK 
McKAY 



Oct. 'A, Orpheum, Mon- 
treal. 
PINCHED. 
This is no Kid this 
time. Did big in Bos- 
ton, but If you Jump 
cont rants, Oh! help If 
they get you here. 

COM. BENTHAM 




JOIN 
MAY 




LAMB 1 
ANIKIN 

Sept. 26, Princess, 
St. Louis. 

foffeft-a-,/1 noli 




It Isn't the nam* that makes the act- 
It's the aot that makaa the aams. 




THE KINO Or IRELAND 

JAMES B. DONOVAN 

AND 

RENA ARNOLD 

QUEEN OP VAUDEVILLE 

DOINO WELL, THANK TOU. 

Director and Adviser. King Pat Cassy 




Arrlvod 

"THOSE THREE BOYS," 
VARIETY. New York. 
The Grandest sight that met our eyes was 
the "Statue of Liberty." 

VARDOH, PERRY and WILBER 

Lottie Bellman 

Address eare VARIETY, London. 



J. LOUIS JEANNE 

INTZ and PALMER 

"THE OTHER HALF." 

A Classy Binning and Talking Comedietta. 

An Original Playlet In "ONE" by Louis Weslyp 

Marshall P. Wilder 

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. 
Bell 'Phone 100. 




ORACB 



Ritter - Foster 

ACROSS THE POND 
Address care VAUDEVILLE CLUB 

08 Charing Croat Road, London. E ng. 

RAMESES 

THE EGYPTIAN MYSTIC 

In 

"THE EGYPTIAN TEMPLE OF MYSTERY" 

Orpheum Circuit, V. S. A. 

Business Representative, WILL COLLINS, 
London, England. 

or^al WILL LACEY 

CYCLING COMEDIAN 
The Fallow That Waltzes 

and Sine* on On* - Wheel 




Originatorrof the combined novelty' 
Singing and Waltzing on Uni»\\clej! 
in spot light dark stago* Now Play- I 
Bf Sullivan Con tidiae Circuit, with bio 
iSBCCtSt. 



Gartelle Bros- 

Introducing Singing. Danolng and 

SKATORIALISM 

Direction JAMBS B. PLUNKETT. 



HOyER B. 



MARGUERITE 



Mason and Keeler 



Address: Max Hart, Putnam Bldg., New York. 




GAVIN -PLATT 
PEACHES 

Season Booked 
No. 7 Hawthorne Ave.. Clifton, N. J., L Box 140 



Ed Fennel -.Lena Tyson 




A Tip Top Boy. Who? 

LENA TYSON 

Playing Orpheum Time. 
M. S. BENTHAM. Manager. 




THOSE 3 NIFTY GIRLS 




MYRTLE VICTORINE 

AND THB 

TWO ZOLARS 

VAUDEVILLE'S CLASSIEST "GIRL ACT." 
Pantagaa Circuit, Sixth Annual Tour. 



Have Your Card in 
VARIETY 



BILLIE 

REEVES 




THB ORIGINAL DRUNK 

FOLLIB8 Or 1010. 

THIRD SEASON. 

Management MR. F. ZIBOFBLD. JR. DS-tJO-'lO 

Colonial, Chicago, Indef. 

BARRY m WOLFORD 

THE TYPICAL TOPICAL TICKLE 

TICKLERS. 

Putting Over Another New One. 

"AT THE SONO BOOTH." 

JAMES E. PLUNKETT. Smart Mgr. 

carl HERMAN 

Now Playing United Time. 

Agent PAT OASBT 



DICK 



KATHRTN 



FARNIIM ..a DELMAR 

The Boob (Per.Ad.Vaad.Coaam.Cl.) Prima Donna 







.^TJnlted time. Management Alsee. Weber sod Evans 
"OH YOU CORK " 

joe MURRY and STONE Frances 

Negro Delineators. Introducing Miss Stone's 

Planolog. 
Our agent. NORMAN JEFFERIES. 




MELROSE t KENNEDY 

3 Open for Burlesque] 

This Week (Sept. 20). Orpheum, Omaha, Neb. 

4 MUSICAL KLEISES 4 

Featuring the two youngest musicians In vau- 
deville. Address care VARIBTY. 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIBTY. 



VARIETY 



\ 



7 



THE 






ANNIVERSARY 









NUMBER 



mm 



Will Be 
Issued 



December 10th 



Applications for space may be made now. 
Reservations will be made in the order of receipt. 



NO CHANGE 
IN RATES 



. • 



Single column cut, $15 (including cost of 
cut), with reading matter. 

Double column cut, $25 (including cost 
of cut), with reading matter. 



" 






Advertisements May Be Placed Through Any Branch Office 



When answering adrertisementa kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



Chronicle, Aug. 22. 
San Frenci.Bco, Cal« 

MINSTREL MAKES 



Al Jolson Peddles Nonsense 
That Pleases Audience- 
Other Numbers Average. 

By RALPH E. RENAUD. 

WHEN Al Jolson appeared at the 
American a couple of years 
ago he wae Juet as good aa be 
It now. but people dld<t know It. He 
wae at a house which didn't draw a 
discriminating public and with a show 
that "busted." Now he comes to the 
Orpheum, and easily makes hlmeelf the 
feature of the bill. 

He merely peddles nonsense, but tho 
way in which he does It elicits screams 
of pleasure from his audience. His 
chatter Is light as air and quite un- 
quotable: but his slight frame is full 
of life and vim, and he gesticulates 
with a silly forcefulness td ram home 
every word of his stuff. It Is worth 
a visit to the Orpheum Just to hear 
him utter the name "Pittsburg," which 
he does with a kind of plaslceto ex- 
ploslveness. His whistling IS a stunt 
and a good one. but his real asset Is 
his manner. Jolson carries on the best 
traditions of black face and old-fash- 
ioned art somewhat deteriorated In the 
easy conquests of vaudeville. 

Minnie Dupree. a clever and fl**' 



Bulletin. AU&.22 
San Francisco. Cal. 

IGOOD VAUDEVILLE 

AT OTARRELL-ST. 
HOUSE 

Al Jolson, Blackface Comedian, 

Makes Laughing 

Hit. 



Telegram. Aug. 8. 
Portland, Ore. 



The Orpheum show this week Is a 
mefry melange, served hot That may 
be a mixed metaphor, but it shouldn t 
conceal our meaning regarding our 
opinion of the show. It isn t a question 
of being good or bad, for the laughing 
streaks come close together, so nobody 
worries. 

If Al Jolson. formerly of Dock- 
stader's minstrels, doesn't make you 
laugh with a big haw-haw into the ear 
of the lady In front, you had better 
hire out as a professional mourner at 
Chinese funerals. olson is funny and 
supplies the thickest laughing direak 
In the whole show 

"The Mliwsu-r a 



MINSTREL 
STAR AT 



Al Jolson Wins the Honors in 
This Week's "Vud" Pro- 
gramme. 



(BT W. P. 9TRANDBORG.) 

The bill at tbe Orpheum Is a peculiar 
melange. " It has endless variety and 
provokes whole-hearted applause. That 
Is, three or four of the numbers do. 
The majority of the audience that 
packed the house to the doore last 
night seemed to think it was a pretty 
decent sort of mid-Summer diet 

Head and shoulders above all etande 
* brilliant minstrel man Those whose 
heads now are growing bald or gray 
felt that In Al Jolson aear old \billy 
Emerson lives once more. These wae 
sincere reminiscence in the bold com- 
parison, and no greater tribute could 
I this hsrd-wprking smoke" deetre than 
to feel that he was conjuring up mem- 
ories of the elder day. when a minstrel 
was greater than a king." Jolson re- 
vives and purveys the best of the long- 
cherished traditions of legitimate min- 
strelsy ss the public knew it and clam- 
ored for It In it. pristine g ory With 
Jolson there »e no descension to the 
claptrap, to the suggestive or the bois- 
tirSus. He doesn't revamp or ferbtah 
the ancient jokes or songs, lot he has 
th» talent to deliver his new. clean. 

15l*mS «»« i- • £«5™ Eg 

way clearly his own He elngs. dances 
Models whistles, tell, stories and I last 
night got so many recalle he had to 

beg off _ 



San Francisco Examiner 
Aif 22, 1910 

Al Jolson was a scream with his 
salad, which was Just peppery 
enough to tickle. It was only a 
few months ago that a big maga- l 
sine held Jolson up to public 
scorn as a performer whose ques- 
tionable Jests degrade the stage. 
Jolson was not offensive yester- 
day, but he certainly was funny. 
And the hit he made compelled 
him to make a speech before he 
could get away. 



POSITIVELY 
SEASON'S BIGGEST HIT 



ON THE 



ORPHEUM CIRCUIT 

I Don't Have to Prove IT 
(I Admit IT) 

ARTHUR KLEIN, Manager 



^ 



The Or«f onian, Portland, Ore. 
Aof. 9, 1910 

Another good bill, fat all 
through, Is decorating the boards 
at the Orpheum this week, and 
everybody concerned Is conse- 
quently hsppy. 

After Minnie Dupree and her 
company present their very funny 
farce, "The Minister's Wife," the 
audience collectively and individ- 
ually agree that It Is the feature 
act (and so the type says), but 
when Al Jolson, a slender singing 
and dancing chap, has made his 
nth exit, the consensus of opinion 
rapidly turns turtle and popular 
acclaim hoists the gentle minstrel 
to the topmost notch of popularity. 
Yesterday he had to run away 
from encores after making a 
"speech." 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARHJTT. 



TEN CENTS 




VOL. XX., NO. 5. 



OCTOBER 8, WO. 



PRICE TEN CENTS 




VARIETY 



MARRY VON 



Ml 



Word. 
RAY GOETZ 

fifi 



WE LOVE IT. THEY LOVE FT. YOU'LL LOVE TT. WHATI THAT SONG- 



Music 
HARRY VON TILZER 









n 



JUST AS WE PREDICTED. A BIGGER HTT THAN "CUBANOLA GLIDE.'* y^ 1 ^^W^Wm^UT ^A t gUG GESTTVK WORD IN TT. GET IT QUICK. IT WILL BE A BIGGER HIT FOR 



Word. 
A NDR I W B. STER1 ING 

it i iEir\r 



EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT 



Music 
HARRY VON TILZER 



UNDER 
THE 



IT IS BREAKING AIL RECORDS !>■ >v r v\ AI I". PI \C\ 



YUMYUM" IN Y(»UR ACT NOW. BEFORE II Is TOO LATE W! HAVE A GREAT DOUBLE VERSION OF IT. 
SLIDES BY SCO! I A VAN ALTENA. 



JOS. McKEON 



ANOTHER "CARISSIMA" 



ARTHUR BEHIM 



ft 



MA-BELLE 



ROSE," 



FIRST TIME ADVERTISED. JUST WHAT ALL THE SINGERS OF HIGH CLASS SONGS HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR. IT IS A GEM. 



I'LL LEND YOU EVERYTHING I'VE 
GOT EXCEPT MY WIFE" 

BERT WILLIAMS' BIG HIT IN THE "FOLLIES oh 1910." 



THE HONEYMOON GLIDE 



A SURE FIRE SONG. FULL OF GINGER. 



SPECIAL NOTE: When In Chicago oall on BBN BORN8TEIN at his new home In the Grant Hotel. 



HARRY VON TILZER MUSIC PUBLISHING CO., 125 West 43d Street, NEW YORK CITY. 



ADDRESS ALL MAIL TO 
NEW YORK OFFICE 




JU 



KIBEL 



I 



The 



This Week (Oct. 3), Shea's, Toronto 





TrtD 



PAT CASEY, Manager 




When OW l fHnp advertitementM kindly mention VARIETY. 




Vol. XX. No. 5. 



OCTOBER 8, 1910. 



PRICE TEN CENTS. 



STOLL AGAINST THE FIELD; 

ENGLAND'S FUTURE LINE-UP 



Expected that the Battle will Start with the Departure 

of Oswald Stoll. Removes to Coliseum Building 

Dec. 1. Resignation not yet Accepted. 



(Special Cable to Variety.) 

London, Oct. 6. 

Confirming the reports of a long 
time back that the Moss-Stoll combin- 
ation would separate Jan. 1, Oswald 
Stoll gave notice Oct. 1 to employees 
that he had resigned hie chairmanship 
of the co-operative companies. This 
was required under a provision calling 
for the chairman to give three months' 
notice. 

The rumors that Mr. Stoll was an- 
noyed by interference in his direction 
of the Moss-Stoll circuit are upheld 
by the action of the chairman. If his 
resignation is accepted and he steps 
out at the first of the new year, it 
will divide vaudeville over here into 
two strong opposing camps. 

Stoll will head his own circuit, while 
the Moss' Empires will likely be found 
aligned with the Alfred Butt-Walter 
De Frece-Martin Beck combine. The 
situation will actually resolve itself 
into Stoll against the field. 

About the only chance of the Moss- 
Stoll Tour remaining solid is that of 
the Moss directors inducing Stoll to 
withdraw his resignation. To do this, 
Stoll will demand a number of con- 
cessions. The opinion seems to be 
that the resignation will stand. It has 
been reported at different times in 
Variety how Stoll was fortifying him- 
self against the coming separation, by 
building up and strengthening his own 
circuit. 

Should the Stoll resignation stand, 
<*nd the lines in England become 11m- 
..^d Lo two divisions — of which Moss 
and Butt are one — it will probably be 
found that Mr. Stoll will make an 
American booking connection through 
William Morris, being obliged to this 
stand through the presumption that 
the connection of Moss and Butt with 



Martin Beck — and through Beck with 
the United Booking Offices — will stop 
the Stoll circuit from procuring Amer- 
ican "United acts." 

After Dec. 1, the Stoll offices will 
be in the Coliseum building. Though 
all the talk and general impression is 
"fight" between Moss and Stoll after 
the separation, wiser heads say there 
will be a friendly arrangement 
reached between them, though each 
books from a different office. 

Stoll has announced new halls for 
King's Cross and Kilburn. In Kil- 
burn Stoll will oppose a Gibbons hall; 
at King's Cross, it will be "The Syn- 
dicate" that Stoll bucks against. As 
Stoll and "The Syndicate" have had 
a working understanding heretofore, 
the King's Cross invasion is looked 
upon as a certain indication that Mr. 
Stoll believes he will have to battle 
against all the London managers. 

A peculiar phrase of the present 
situation is that Stoll is telling every- 
thing to the newspapers, while the 
Moss side is entirely quiet. Many be- 
lieve that Allan Young, former chief 
of department in the Moss-Stoll of- 
fice will be found with Sir Edward 
after the split arrives. Young, it was 
claimed at the time of his resignation, 
had started the feeling which last 
week resulted in the notice of quittal 
given by Stoll. 

Providing the present surmise of 
the future situation in the halls over 
here comes, the condition will be very 
much akin on this side to the present 
state of vaudeville affairs in America, 
as it relates to the managerial in- 
terests and bookings. 



CONSPIRACY CHARGED. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 

In Superior Court Wednesday after- 
noon Adolph Marks entered suit on 
behalf of Paul Sitner against William 
Morris, J. C. Matthews, J. G. Conder- 
man and the Conderman Amusement 
Company of the Julian Theatre. 

Conspiracy is claimed in keeping 
Adelaide Keim and Co. out of the 
bill at Sittners for the week of Oct. 
17. This is the aftermath of some 
recent bookings the local Morris of- 
fice made for headliners at Sittner's. 

"The Operator" and Josephine Sabel 
were contracted for weeks of Oct. 10- 
24 respectively, but it is asserted by 
the Morris people that contracts were 
never issued for Miss Keim. Sittner 
recently cancelled the other two acts 
and Mr. Matthews believes that such 
caution cleaned the slate. 

Conderman is in the suit because it 
was his house that Miss Keim opened 
the season. She is contracted to play 
a return there for as many open weeks 
as she may have and as often as she 
wants to. 

Sittner's and the Linden are only 
about three miles apart on the North 
Side. 



"CON & OO." THROUGH. 

Henry W. Savage's production of 
"Con & Co." playing at Shuberts' Na- 
zimova, New York, ends its life this 
evening, and goes on the well trod- 
den road to the storehouse. 

The show has had but a short life. 
The storehouse decision is said to 
have been arrived at by Mr. Savage 
while in conversation with the author 
over the long distance 'phone. Oliver 
Herford, who wrote the piece, could 
not see a change suggested by Mr. 
Savage for the first act. It is said that 
Mr. Savage mentioned the storage 
place while the author was still say- 
ing "Hello!" 

Maud Odell (not the poser) of "Con 
& Co." will enter vaudeville in a 
sketch. Monday a newcomer to the 
cast of the show purchased evening 
dress regalia at an expense of $125. 



RIVO 

THE NAPOLEON OP THE QUICK CHANGE ART. 
Next Week (Oct 10), American Music Hall, Chicago. 



I 



BERNHARDT RE-ENGACtED. 

(Special Cable to Varibtt.) 

London, Oct. 6. 

The stupendous success of Sarah 
Bernhardt at the Coliseum has re- 
sulted in a return engagement for the 
tragedienne, for the fall of 1911. She 
will then again play from four to eight 
weeks for Oswald Stoll at her present 
salary of $4,000 weekly (without com- 
mission). 

Mme. Bernhardt's engagement of 
four weeks concludes Oct. 16. Short- 
ly after she will depart for America 
to commence a farewell legitimate 
tour for Klaw & Erlanger. 

The return trip for the halls here 
passed through the London branch of 
the Marinelli agency. 



TWO HITS IN BERLIN. 

(Special Cable to Varibtt.) 

Berlin, Oct 6. 
Two of the American acts on the 
October program at the Wintergarten 
scored at the opening last Saturday 
(Oct. 1). 

W. C. Fields, the juggler, made a 
big hit. The Five Mowatts, club jug- 
glers, did finely. 



TWO COHAN PRODUCTIONS. 

Two of the Geo. M. Cohan output 
are to return to vaudeville, with Ar- 
thur Klein and Jack Wilson as the 
producers. The first will be "The 
Governor's Son," billed to play the 
Hudson, Union Hill, N. J., Oct. 17. In 
the opening company of thirteen will 
be as principals, Rosle Green, Bessie 
Marlow, Fred Santley and Gus 
Thomas. 

"Little Johnny Jones" Is to follow 
later. 



BESSIE CLAYTON IN PARIS REVUE 

Paris, Sept. 28. 
Bessie Clayton, the American toe 
dancer, is rehearsing to open in the 
new revue at the Olympia, Oct. 14. 



FIRST AID FOR RUBES. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 
Jules Von Tilaer has invented a 
noiseless soup-spoon for use In the 
Saratoga Cafe, so the farmers can 
hear the orchestra. 



VARIETY 



GABY MAY LISTEN NOW. 

Gaby Deslys is likely to be In de- 
mand by European variety managers 
now tbat iting Manuel of Portugal baa 
been tumbled off his perch, and she 
is receiving so much newspaper notor- 
ietylety. Oaby Is some dandy look- 
ing blonde and also a very good per- 
former. She played the Alhambra, 
London, last season for six weeks to 
a big succeas in an act on the style of 
Dazie's pantomime. 

When Polalre waa booked over here 
by Hammersteln, William Morris ca- 
bled his London efflce to secure Oaby. 
His intention waa to bill her as "the 
handsomest women in Paris" against 
the "ugly" billing of Polaire. But 
Oaby and the King had to be consid- 
ered. The Morris representative had 
his troubles with the French girl. No 
arrangements could be made. It was 
understood at the time that no con- 
tracts were signed without the ap- 
proval of Manuel. 

A king with a throne and a king 
without a throne are different, and 
Oaby may listen to reason now. Am- 
erican vaudeville may consider the 
Freooh girl well enough advertised to 
draw over here. That will cost Am- 
ericans about $1,500 per. When the 
King held down his Job Oaby wanted 
$1,250, and the newspapers had not 
then said she was the reason for a 
monarchy overturn. 



"DAUGHUE" JOINS LILLIAN. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 
Dorothy Russell visited her mother 
during Miss Russell's engagement at 
Powers', which ended last Saturday 
night, and left here as an acting mem- 
ber of "In Search of a Sinner," en- 
gaged for the rest of the season. 



KATE ELLNORE, AUTHORESS. 

The Shuberts have agreed to pro- 
duce a musical comedy within six 
months, it is said, and star Kate Elin- 
ore In it. Miss Ellnore and her hus- 
band, Sam Williams, wrote the piece. 

Before the production of her play, 
Miss Ellnore will appear in the new 
Hammersteln comic opera, to open at 
the Manhattan next month. The show 
now in rehearsal will be tried out at a 
few up-state cities before returning for 
the metropolitan engagement. 

In the opera, Miss Ellnore and 
Harry Cooper will have the opposite 
comedy roles. 



EMMA FRANCIS* ANKLE BROKEN. 

Boston, Oct. 6. 

While playing in "The Belle of Brit- 
tany" at Portsmouth, N. H., last week, 
Bmma Francis fell during a dance, 
breaking her left ankle. She was 
brought here and will remain In this 
city until recovered. 

Miss Francis had the role of "Toin- 
ette" in the Frank Daniels show. She 
had been a big success in the part. 



A JOSH WHITCOMB RILEY PIECE. 

The Dan Casey Co. has under pro- 
duction a sketch to be presented "By 
permission of James Whltcomb Riley," 
(the Hoosier poet). The piece la 
named "At Orlgsby's Station" and set 
up by Barclay Walker. 

In the cast will be W. H. West, 
Elma Delaro, Eddie Flavelle and 
Louise Wobe. 



MILES-PANTAGES DEAL OFF. 

The booking deal between Alexan- 
der Pantages and C. H. Miles has been 
declared off. For some weeks past 
Miles has been flirting with the Keefe- 
Churchill combination in Chicago. 
Miles has three houses, in Detroit, St. 
Paul and Minneapolis. His agreement 
with Pantages calls for him to give a 
sixty days' notice of cancellation. This 
Miles did a few weeks ago, but later 
withdrew It. Since then Miles renewed 
his flirtatious negotiations with Keefe- 
Churchill, which reached the hearing 
of Pantages. 

The result has been that while 
Keefe, Churchill and Miles endeavored 
to bring the affair about quietly and 
at their pleasure, Pantages brought 
the matter to a sudden close by noti- 
fying Miles all bookings would cease 
from his office for the Miles houses) 
after this week. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 

Saturday C. H. Miles signed papers, 
binding his bookings with, and at the 
same time Miles became a financial 
factor, in the "T. B. C." During the 
next three weeks the Miles bills will 
include some acts booked by Pantages, 
but after Oct. 24 acts for the three 
theatres will be placed from the head- 
quarters of the Churchill-Keefe-Miles 
Myers combine in the Schiller build- 
ing. 

Barney Myers left for New York 
last Tuesday evening intending to 
travel by slow process making steps 
in towns along the line. 



ARBUCKLE HASN'T DECIDED. 

Vaudeville is again reaching its 
long arm into the legitimate field in 
the hope of taking hold of Macklyn 
Arbuckle for one of its headliners. 
During the past week several agents 
have been to the former star of "Wel- 
come To Our City" with propositions 
relating to engagements. Up to the 
present Mr. Arbuckle has not decided 
whether he will accept. 

If he does decide to enter vaude- 
ville, it will be with the permission of 
Klaw & Erlanger. The actor Is still 
under contract to that firm, and it is 
understood they have several plays 
under consideration in which it is their 
intention to star him. 

Mr. Arbuckle's present idea is that 
a condensed version of either "The 
County Chairman" or "The Round- 
Up" might be the proper vehicle for 
his entrance into variety, if the neces- 
sary arrangements could be made. 



TONS OF EXCESS. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 

Until Oct. 1 three of the railroads 
running west from Chicago have re- 
fused to allow animals, trained for 
stage displays, to be checked as ex- 
cess. An agreement which went into 
effect the first of the month makes 
it compulsory for every railroad run- 
ning out of here to check as excess any 
sjilmals offered to the baggage mas- 
ters as a part of an Indoor display. 

One of the first movements of ani- 
mals under the new ruling was ar- 
ranged for by Charles Beehler, of the 
Orpheum office, who checked Max Gru- 
ber's act to Milwaukee for this week, 
and will return them to the Star for 
next week. The elephant alone weigh- 
ed over 6,000 pounds. 



"ACTS" AT WINTER GARDEN. 

The opening of Lew Fields' Winter 
Garden, New York, now planned to 
occur New Year's Eve, will find many 
variety acta on the program. Sensa- 
tional dancing and comedy and acro- 
batic turns will be favored. "Circus 
acta" are not to be utilized for the 
new Flelds-Shubert Broadway place. 

The selection of turns will be made 
by Ned Wayburn, who is devoting his 
time exclusively to the Fields theat- 
rical interests. "Eleven Forty-Five," 
a piece In two acts and ten scenes, to 
be first viewed next spring, is reported 
to have Mr. Wayburn as the author- 
composer. E. Ray Ooetz will write 
the lyrics. Mr. Wayburn will also pro- 
duce it for the Fields management. 

"The Violet Widow" la the first 
Fields show to follow the inaugural of 
the Winter Garden. Mr. Wayburn has 
in preparation at present the new Vic- 
tor Herbert piece, "Sweet Sixteen." 

The Broadway Theatre Building now 
shelters the offices of Mr. Wayburn, 
who removed from the Lyric Theatre 
to be in closer touch with Mr. Fields. 
Besides looking after the new produc- 
tions, and the Fields' shows in local 
playhouses, Wayburn is giving his at- 
tention aa well to the touring com- 
panies of that manager. 

Max Rogers and Chaa. Kolb will 
join "The Summer Widowers" after 
the Philadelphia run of two weeks, the 
show having opened over in Sleepyville 
last Monday. Upon the two German 
comedians going in the piece, Mr. 
Fields will likely retire from it, re- 
turning to New York. 



♦TOMMY" BACK TO "THE HIP." 

When his services with Miller Bros. 
& Arlington's "101 Ranch" are 
ended for the season, William C. 
Thompson will take his former posi- 
tion as press agent of the New York 
Hippodrome. 

Here it was that "Tommy" made a 
great record when the big place was 
under the Thompson & Dundy man- 
agement. His work there attracted 
Edward Arlington's attention and 
Thompson has been allied with the 
Miller Bros. Interests ever since the 
"Wild West" took the road. 



SONG WRITER OF NOBILITY. 

The Baroness Von Groyss is to 
make her debut in the field of the 
two-a-day entertainment via the Mor- 
ris route Oct. 24. 

The Baroness is the widow of the 
late George S. Wllkins, who was at 
one time the American Ambassador 
to Austria. For the past two years 
she has been successful as an enter- 
tainer at charitable affairs. In 
vaudeville the Baroness will sing her 
own compositions. 



VIOLIN NOT TRADE TOOL. 

Boston, Oct. 6. 

Due to the ruling of the Custom 
House authorities that a violin is not 
a trade tool, but a theatrical effect, 
Arthur Tlbaldi was not allowed to 
bring his violin ashore, thereby losing 
a very valuable concert engagement 
here. 

The fiddle is valued at $6,000. 



PROTESTED APPLICATIONS 
GRANTED. 

Commissioner of Licenses Herman 
Robinson issued three licenses late laat 
week authorising the recipients to con- 
duct booking agencies in Greater New 
York. Two of the licenses were issued 
after there had been hearings held on 
protests entered. 

The final hearing in the M. R. 
Sheedy application was held Thursday 
morning. This application was pro- 
tested by the White Rats. The Com- 
missioner granted the license Friday 
of last week, also issuing a paper to 
J. J. Qulgley at the same time. 

Laat Saturday morning the final 
hearing in the Fraser application was 
on. This application waa opposed by 
the Actors' International Union and 
the White Rats of America. The case 
was scheduled for 10 A. M. At that 
hour the applicant, his attorney, Mau- 
rice Goodman, and Harry DeVeaux 
were present, but the Rats' represent- 
ative failed to appear. 

The object of the adjournment had 
been to permit Harry Mountford, for 
the Rats, to secure affidavits in re- 
buttal of those Mr. Goodman filed in 
Mr. Fraser's behalf. As rebuttal affi- 
davits were not offered, the case was 
considered closed. 

Mr. Goodman stated to the Commis- 
sioner he thought it was an imposition 
on the City of New York, the Commis- 
sioner and Mr. Fraser to enter a pro- 
test with so little actual evidence to 
back it up and asked that the protest 
be dismissed. 

Mr. DeVeaux then asked the Com- 
missioner if he might ask Mr. Fraser 
a question and the president of the 
Actors' Union then requested Mr. 
Fraser to state how he felt toward the 
Boston local of the Union, and whether 
or not his office would permit or fur- 
ther any discrimination against mem- 
bers of that local in regard to book- 
ings. 

Mr. Fraser answered that he wished 
to go on record as stating that he 
would not permit any discrimination 
against the members of Boston local 
in bookings, either in Boston or New 
York, and that he would forward a let- 
ter to the Boston local to that effect. 
The objections of Mr. DeVeaux to the 
issuance of the license were thereupon 
withdrawn and the Commissioner ap- 
proved the Fraser application.. 



A TALKING "MONK." 

Now It is to be a talking "monk" 
for vaudeville. Prof. Garner, who 
has been in the wilds of Africa for the 
past seven years studying apes, their 
mannerisms and language is to show 
what he claims is the most wonderful 
chimpanzee in captivity, at the Berke- 
ley Lyceum, Oct. 17. 

Prof. Garner claims his "monk" 
can talk; that he (Garner) under- 
stands the monkey language and is 
prepared to give an actual demon- 
stration of the ape's ability to con- 
verse. 



Hanvey and Baylies were separated 
when Lou Hanvey entered the trio 
playing "The Town Hall Minstrels." 



Carl Williams, the musical director 
at Miner's Bowery, and considered 
one of the best arrangers In the coun- 
try, has established an office in the 
headquarters of James H. Curtin, on 
the seventh floor of the Knickerbocker 
Theatre building. 



VARIETY 



PAULINE HALL'S ENQAOEMENT 
PERHAPS START OF "BIO BILLS" 



The Former Operatic Star Engaged for Loew's 

44 Small Time" Circuit. Was Headliner 

for Years in Large Houses. 



Pauline Hall is to become one of 
the particularly bright luminaries of 
the Loew Circuit, starting her tour at 
the Academy of Music, Buffalo, Oct 
17, according to contracts signed early 
this week. 

Louis Wesley engineered the deal 
for the Loew Circuit. 

It will be Miss Hall's debut on the 
"small time" Loew books. She will 
be required to appear at least three 
times daily. Some years ago when 
Pauline Hall first entered vaudeville, 
she was the theatrical sensation of 
the hour. 

Her agreement to play the smaller 
houses may be the start of the ex- 
pected progress by the "big-small- 
time" circuits of "name" headliners, 
the forerunners of "big bills," with 
an Increased admission scale. 

It is understood Miss Hall receives 
$300 weekly over the Loew time, with 
bookings for several weeks at that 
figure. Last season the prima donna 
was featured in the road tour of 
"Wildfire," the former Lillian Russell 
piece. 



DRAWN BY THE LURE. 

Boston, Oct. 6. 

A search is being made here and in 
this vicinity for Rosana Nolen, a six- 
teen-year-old Manchester (N. H.) girl 
who has been missing from her home 
since last Friday. She is believed to 
have been drawn to this city by the 
lure of the footlights. It has been 
her ambition to go on the stage. 

Mr. Williams, the girl's step-father, 
visited Boston police headquarters 
and asked that a search for the girl 
be made here and in New York. 



PRIZE PLAYLET CAUSES SUIT. 

Adelaide Cummings has started a 
suit against the Central Vaudeville 
Production Company, one of the inner 
corporations of the Orpheum Circuit, 
through her attorney, Jacob Marx, to 
re* over two weeks' salary which she 
states that is due her under her con- 
tract with the Production Co. 

Miss Cummings until several weeks 
ago was a member of the company 
presenting "The Old Flute Player," 
the sketch which was adjudged the 
prize winner at the Actors' Fund 
Fair, on the Orpheum Circuit. The 
sketch was closed Sept. 10 in Mil- 
waukee, without the usual two weeks' 
notice having been given to the mem- 
bers of the company, and which Miss 
Cummings states her contract called 
for. 



VIOLENT DANCER IN CUSTODY. 

Belle Volk, who when arraigned in 
the night court gave her name as 
Belle Ashlyn, an "Apache" dancer, 
who has been on a vaudeville circuit 
with Joe Smith, became violent when 
her sister, Adelaide Volk, of Phila- 



delphia, and a nurse arrived in New 
York Tuesday to take her back with 
them. She threatened to jump from 
a taxi, and it was necessary to place 
her under arrest. The physicians 
say she needs "rest and quiet" to re- 
store her former health. 

The dancer took the place of Louise 
Alexander, the young woman who first 
performed the dance with Smith in 
"The Queen of the Moulin Rouge." 
She will be placed In a "rest cure" 
as soon as she can be removed. 



OUT AFTER COMMISSION. 

With Valeska Suratt to reappear 
in "The Belle of the Boulevards" at 
the Fifth Avenue at a salary reported 
at $2,000 for the engagement, Jack 
Levy, the erstwhile agent of the fea- 
ture vaudeville attraction wants a 
commission of $62.50 he claims was 
lost to him through Miss Suratt can- 
celling her engagement at the Green- 
point, last January. 

Mr. Levy's plaint is the agent per- 
forms, without guarantee and often 
loses, but' says he is going ahead with 
a suit against Miss Suratt to re- 
cover. The $62.50, according to 
agents, represents a "split" of com- 
mission on $2,500 at five per cent. 
The agents are wondering if Mr. Levy 
is suing but for his portion to avoid 
paying the other half of the "split" 
to the United Booking Offices, did he 
ask for the full five and recover judg- 
ment for the full amount. 

Miss Suratt was first announced for 
the Fifth Avenue next week. This 
was later changed to "coming soon." 



PRODUCING MORE SKETCHES. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 

Peyton Boswell and Harry N. Spin- 
gold have entered a partnership for 
the purpose of producing Boswell's 
sketches in vaudeville. This week, at 
the Linden "The Burglar and the Ba- 
ron" and "The Grafters" will be tried 
out and later on "When Dobbs Told 
the Truth" will be produced. "Steel" 
wil be revived la rewritten form. 

Boswell is an editorial writer on 
the Record-Herald and has gone in 
heavy for productions in vaudeville. 




DISMISSED CHORUS OF 77. 

It is doubtful if there are two 
happier boys in New York than Dun- 
ham and Freeman, the young dancers, 
now appearing in vaudeville, who 
signed a two years' contract with 
Cohan and Harris Wednesday and 
will be seen on Broadway in "The 
Little Chauffeur," announced to open 
the new Cohan theatre at Broadway 
and Forty-third street. 

Mr. Cohan first thought of a musical 
comedy, but changed his mind after 
"Get Rich Quick Wallingford" was 
voted a big hit at the Gaiety. The 
proposed chorus was called off and 77 
people engaged were dismissed. "The 
Little Chauffeur" for the most part 
will be straight comedy. 



OPPOSITION WORRYING KERN AN. 

Baltimore, Oct. 6. 

Though the managers of the United 
Booking Offices and other circuits pro- 
fess to pooh pooh "opposition," it 
seems that even the Savoy in this 
city, which does not play the regula- 
tion big bill of William Morris', has 
caused James Kernan considerable un- 
easiness of late. 

The headliner for the Maryland this 
week was changed, when it became 
known that Wish Wynne, the English 
girl, was to headline for the Savoy. 
Bessie Wynn is the present feature of 
the Maryland's bill, against her al- 
most namesake. 

A few weeks ago when Julian Rose 
was suddenly announced for the Sa- 
voy, Julius Tannen was rushed in at 
the Maryland. 



PAPORELLO, THE BALLERINA. 

Boston, Oct. 6. 

Miss Matia Paporello, prima baller- 
ina of the Boston Opera Company, 
who came here recently from Europe, 
has begun the rehearsal of the Boston 
Opera House ballet in new dances, 
identical with those in vogue the past 
season in Paris and London. She will 
also teach the dances witnessed by her 
at the Paris Opera House. 

Paporello will use the method of 
Mile. Adeline Theodore, ballet mistress 
of that theatre, whose pupil she was. 



HAS AN ENGLISH STAR. 

An English actress, with consider- 
able of a reputation at home, is in 
New York, and preparing to enter 
vaudeville. 

Violet Fulton is the young woman. 
She will appear in a sketch written 
by Anna Marble-Pollock. Miss Ful- 
ton played the original "Zaza" in 
Great Britain. She was engaged by 
the Morris Circuit for the leading role 
of the pantomime, "After the Ball," 
but did not appear in it. 

The Dan Casey Co. is in charge of 
Miss Fulton's production. It is to 
have a cast of four people, and in 
readiness for presentation about 
Nov. I. 

Helen Sarr and Co. in "The Sacri- 
fice," and Raymond Bond (son of 
Frederick Bond), who has a playlet 
named "The Scapegoat," are also 
under the Casey direction. 



HAMMERSTEIN'S NKXT WKKK (0« T. 10). 

FRANK ODELL AM) ROSE KINLEY. 

A high class comedy acrobat it- dancing norel- 
ty. In "ONE" with special drop. 



Mabel Cullen is at the Wise Me- 
morial Hosplal, Omaha, where the 
young woman was taken after having 
attempted suicide at Plattsburg, Neb., 
last week. She is expected to recover. 



EXPr^TS CHASE AND FORI). 

It seems as though the post-season 
series of the baseball year are to be 
played on the vaudeville stage of this 
city. Once more the game of 

"slipping them over" on each other 
that was the craze of the managerial 
forces of Hammersteln's and the 
American Music Hall last season is to 
have its renewal soon. 

Several weeks ago Willie Hammer- 
stein announced that Christy Mathew- 
son and "Big Chief" Meyers were to 
be the "battery" at his house on "the 
corner" for the week of Oct 24. 
Early this week the information 
leaked out that the same week Wil- 
liam Morris may present the crack 
first baseman — manager of the 
"Highlands," Hal Chase , and Rus- 
sell Ford, "the Boy Wonder" in a 
baseball sketch at the American Music 
Hall. 

George S. O'Brien, the agent, cap- 
tured the "opposition" stars, on the 
diamond and stage. Mr. O'Brien ex- 
pects to present the ball throwers In 
a sketch, with two other people con- 
cerned. 

The consideration offered for the 
week 1b $1,500. 



NEW SITE FOR ALCAZAR. 

San Francisco, Oct. 6. 

Attended with much secrecy, a new 
site has been selected for the Alcaaar 
theatre in the heart of the down town 
district. The new location is on the 
north side of OFarrell street, between 
Powell and Mason, one block west of 
where it stood before the Are. 

Although understood the final 
papers for the leasing and other fea- 
tures of the transaction have not been 
signed, everything is said to have 
been agreed upon by the interested 
parties on both sides. 



lHHi lilTKS MISS l)E WITT. 

Washington, Oct. «'». 

Winnihed DeWitt, the woman man- 
ager of Chase's vaudeville theatre, 
was bitten by a small dog last Satur- 
day, while the manageress was visit- 
ing at a friend's house. The animal 
was shot. 

Though not in any serious condi- 
tion. Miss DeWitt has repaired to the 
Alleghany Mountains for a rest. P. 
H. Chase has taken up her duties un- 
til she returns. 



STOPPED A HYPNOTIST. 

Cincinnati, Oct. <;. 

The city solicitor decided Tuesday 
that Pelham, the hypnotist, could not 
continue giving performances at the 
Empress, a city ordinance prohibiting 
a hypnotic or mesmerist ic exhibition. 

Monday, Pelham was technically 
placed under arrest for violating the 
ordinance. An Informal hearing was 
held before Police Chief Mllllken. The 
chief passed the matter up to the 
city's attorney. 

Manager Shield of Sullivan-Consi- 
dine's Empress contended at the hear- 
ing that Pelham was giving a scientific 
exhibition of concentration. Alter the 
decision, Mr. Shield placed Sadie Sher- 
man in Pelham's position on the pro- 
gram. 



The Frey Twins open <»n the Or- 
pheum Circuit at St. Louis, Oct. '2 4. 



VARIETY 



"RUSSIAN" SEASON COMMENCING. 

The season of the Russian dancers 
is about to commence. It Is due to 
start today when Pavlova and Mord* 
kin are to be the centre of a special 
matinee performance at the Metropol- 
itan Opera House. The "special" may 
be repeated a couple of times before 
the most famous of all the Russian 
steppers take to a road tour. 

Oct. 24 Kosloff and Baldini are to 
appear at the Colonial, heading a Rus- 
sian dancing troupe. The couple came 
from the Coliseum, London. 

Karsavini, the principal woman 
dancer of the Russians at the Colis- 
eum, would not come to America. Bal- 
dini was secondary to Karsavini over 
there and replaces her as principal for 
the New York showing. Kosloff was 
also principal male dancer during the 
London run. 

During the Colonial weel^ Jean Be- 
dini and Arthur Roy (Bedlnl and Ar- 
thur) will travesty the Russian Danc- 
ers, calling their burlesque "The Siber- 
ian Dancers." Ten people will be in 
the travestied turn. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 

The first of the Russian dancers to 
reach Chicago will be on Oct. 17, when 
the three Russians imported from 
Paris by Charles Frohman, and who 
were in the run of "The Echo" at the 
Globe, New York, will appear at the 
Majestic, this city, having been booked 
in the middle west for a couple of 
weeks only, it is said. 

The dancers are La Pouchowa, Vol- 
inin and La Pouchowa's brother, La 
Pouchow (spelled without the final 
"a" his sister's name carries). Vol- 
inin is the second male in the trio. 
They are reported to have been en- 
gaged by Charles E. Kohl at $1,000 
for the Majestic week. 

The act will probably go to the Co- 
lumbia, Cincinnati, from here, to off- 
set the Russian dancing turn produc- 
ed by William Morris, who has "op- 
position" theatres in both cities. Mor- 
ris' act has been expected out this way 
since it was taken off at the Ameri- 
can, New York. 



NEW PIECE FOR MOORE. 

Victor Moore is not to be seen in 
"The Man From Coney Island" under 
the management of George Lederer. 
This decision was reached last week 
and the manager, who has an agree- 
ment with the former vaudevllllan 
which calls for a starring tour of a 
stated number of weeks, has engaged 
a Von Tilzer for composer, and Junie 
McCree to write the book and lyrics 
of the new piece, named "The Hap- 
piest Night of His Life." 

Meanwhile Mr. Moore may return 
to vaudeville. It was reported this 
week the Morris Circuit had opened 
negotiations with him to that end. 



OFFICE FOR REHEARSAL ROOM. 

The Dan Casey Co. turned room 
No. 416 of the Long Acre Building 
into a rehearsal hall this week. The 
suite occupied by the Casey Co. runs 
along the south side of the fourth 
floor, on 43d street. At the Broad- 
way corner, the large office was un- 
occupied. Mr. Casey with Victor H. 
Smalley conceived the scheme of con- 
verting it for rehearsals of the Casey 
Co. productions. 



GOOD NEWS FOR BEN HARRIS. 

Atlantic City, Oct. 6. 

It was announced a short time ago 
that during the winter months the 
Savoy would hold legitimate plays. A 
list of Shubert and Brady attractions 
were given out as "coming." 
Through the meager prospect of ob- 
taining the proper bookings, Harry 
Brown, the house manager, has de- 
cided to revert to the policy of last 
winter — that of vaudeville. 

It is now given out that starting 
Monday seven acts will be offered 
weekly. Louis Wesley, of the Loew 
booking office, will supply the book- 
irgs. The advertisements for next 
week's show reads "Wesley's All- 
Star Vaudeville." It is probable that 
this policy will continue throughout 
the winter should it prove successful, 
although the first of the year may see 
legitimate shows appearing. 



MORRIS TRAVELING. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 

Wm. Morris has returned from 
Omaha where he spent two days over- 
looking the American. He has changed 
the opening of acts there from Mon- 
day to Sunday, starting Oct. 23. This 
will obviate the missing of Monday 
matinees by act coming from Omaha 
to the local American. 

Morris will probably remain here 
the rest of the week going to St. 
Louis and Cincinnati before return- 
ing to New York. 

Wm. Morris has turned to writing 
acts. His first essay was Tuesday 
evening when he showed Laura Jean 
Libby how to open the second half 
of the American bill. It took Laura 
something under fifty-eight seconds to 
deliver herself of a Morris monolog 
to-wit: "Ladies and Gentlemen. Mr. 
Morris hired me to come here and play 
in a sketch. My leading man de- 
clined to leave New York City. Ra- 
ther than disappoint Mr. Morris and 
his audiences I have made the journey 
alone and here I am. I thank you, 
ladies and gentlemen. 

As the speech began and ended 
with "Ladies and gentlemen," the 
cynics claim that Morris as a sketch 
writer is making a play for kind ap- 
plause. 

Laura will stay in the bill all week. 



HOLDING DOWN THE SHOW. 

Omaha, Oct. 6. 

It is reported the management of 
the American, the lately opened vaude- 
ville house, in opposition to the Or- 
pheum, has instructed the Morris 
booking office, New York, to limit its 
weekly expenditure for a program to 
$2,000. 

If this report is true, it will elim- 
inate from the American's programs 
several of the large acts booked over 
the Morris time, where the salary if 
any is over $2,000 or approaches that 
figure. 

William Morris was in the city 
Monday. 



72-YEAR-OLD "JIGGER." 

Boston^-Qct. 6. 
Harry Ashton, only seventy two 
years old, is doing a song and dance 
act at the Washington theatre this 
week. His "Jig stuff" is better than 
that shown by a lot of the youngsters. 
Harry says that he is good for seven- 
ty-two years more. 



HTTE AND DONLIN CONSENT. 

The consent of Mabel Hite and Mike 
Donlin has been obtained by M. S. 
Bentham, the agent, to a return trip 
in vaudeville for a few weeks, open- 
ing some time this month at the Ma- 
jestic, Chicago. 

Miss Hite and Mr. Donlin were 
agreeable to the Bentham proposition 
when they learned that the New York 
engagement for their play, *,A Certain 
Party" had been fixed for the Comedy 
theatre by the Shuberts. The small- 
ness of this house was the principal 
cause of the couple postponing their 
metropolitan appearance as stars. 
They are under the management of 
the Lieblers, who, it is understood, 
made a condition of the vaudeville 
engagement that none of the time 
should be played east of Buffalo. 

The salary of the act is reported 
at $2,000 weekly. When last in 
vaudeville the couple drew down $1,- 
500. 



FIRST MEMORIAL SERVICE. 

The local Theatrical Mechanics' 
Association lodge, of which James H. 
Curtin is president, will hold its first 
memorial service Nov. 6, at the Ma- 
sonic Temple, Sixth avenue and 23d 
street. 

Arthur Moreland will deliver the 
oration for the departed. Profes- 
sionals and the public are invited to 
attend. The T. M. A. Grand Lodge 
issued a special dispensation for the 
gathering. 



ORPHEUM'S OWN. 

New Orleans, Oct. 6. 

Mobile is to have an Orpheum. The 
Orpheum Circuit Co., through its lo- 
cal representative, Jules F. Bistes, 
announced Tuesday it would erect a 
modern, fireproof theatre in the Ala- 
bama city. The playhouse will seat 
1,800 persons, and will be ready for 
season '11-' 12. 

The Orpheum Circuit is at present 
furnishing a vaudeville theatre in 
Mobile with five acts weekly. 



FISHELL BUYS UP. 

St. Louis, Oct. 6. 
Manager Dan S. Fishell of the New 
Princess Theatre, Monday bought out 
the interest of Frank Carpenter and 
now controls ninety-five per cent, of 
the stock. Mr. Fishell says the style 
of the operating company, now Fishell 
Bros. & Carpenter, will be changed to 
Fishell Brothers. Business is break- 
ing records and is being freely com- 
mented upon by the papers both in 
news and editorial columns. 



AN "IF" TO THE RAYS. 

There is an "if" to the engagement 
this season of John and Emma Ray 
for vaudeville. Mr. and Mrs. Ray ex- 
pect to remain all season at their home 
in St. Augustine, Fla., where they will 
conduct a vaudeville house, of which 
the couple are to be the permanent 
head line. The theatre starts Nov. 14. 

If Mr. Ray finds that St. Augustine 
can worry along without him for a 
few weeks he has signified a willing- 
ness to enter up north vaudeville In 
December or in the spring. 

Weber, Albee & Evans are offering 
the act to the managers. It is report- 
ed the price set for the RayB' appear- 
ance is H.200 weekly. 



GOING TO SUE POLL 

S. Z. Poll is to be sued by the Terry 
Twins, if the papers have not already 
been served by Denis F. O'Brien, at- 
torney for the act. 

The Twins are not playing at 
Poll's, Bridgeport, this week, nor did 
they appear at the Poll house in Hart- 
ford last week, having been notified 
when reporting there that they could 
not go on. 

The Terrys are on the "blacklist" 
at the United Booking Offices. 
Though many managers of that 
agency engage "blacklisted" turns 
under assumed names, the Terry 
Twins through their striking resem- 
blance to one another, would be easily 
recognized. : 

The Terry Twins were engaged 
through Alf. T. Wilton at a salary 
of $200 weekly for United circuits, 
for ten weeks, agreeing to accept 
$150 on the Poll time, a "cut" being 
the usual thing there. The contracts 
for the remaining eight weeks were 
not confirmed, the fact of the Twins 
having been "blacklisted" coming up 
before they opened at Hartford. 



"LITTLE MISS HAM— AND." " 

"A Little Miss Ham-And" is the 
title of the vaudeville production 
Janet Priest is to shortly head. It 
was written by Victor H. Smalley, and 
will be presented under the direction 
of the Dan Casey Co. 

Supporting Miss Priest as principals 
will be A. M. Dryden and Walter 
Hemingway. A couple of others are 
also engaged for the production, 
which should first "show" In a couple 
of weeks. 



MANAGER ARRESTED FOR MUR- 
DER. 

Cincinnati, Oct. 6. 

In Vincennes, Ind., at 3 a. m. Mon- 
day, Menlo Moore shot and killed G. 
Edward Gibson, a millionaire resident 
of that town. Moore was placed un- 
der arrest. 

The trouble Is said to have arisen 
over attentions paid to Moore's wife 
by the dead man, who leaves a widow 
and children. 

The accused Is a vaudeville man- 
ager with several theatres in Indiana. 



BOSTON'S AEROPLANE FACTORY. 

Boston, Oct. 6. 
Plans have been made and an agree- 
ment has been reached to turn the 
handsome Shoe and Leather World's 
Fair building into an aeroplane factory 
and to use the esplanade for display- 
ing the vehicles. The roof may be 
covered and used for summer exhibi- 
tion purposes. 



MAY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 

A movement has been started In the 
middle west which may have a great 
bearing on the many "armory the- 
atres" in the smaller towns here- 
abouts. 

At Fort Dodge, la., the other day 
the city council ordered that all or- 
chestra chairs in the armory when 
used for a theatrical performance must 
be fastened to the floor. Heretofore 
they have been loosely set up. This 
manner, it is claimed, Is dangerous 
in case of fire, 



VARIETY 



KIETY 



Published Weekly by 
VARIETY PUBLISHING CO. 

Times Square, New York City. 



SI ME SILVERMAN 

Proprietor. 



CHICAGO, 167 Dearborn St. 

WALTER K. HILL. 
LONDON, 418 Strand. 

JESSE J. FREEMAN. 

SAN FRANCISCO, 008 Market St. 

LESTER J. FOUNTAIN. 
PARIS, 00 Bis. Rue Saint Didler. 

EDWARD O. KENDREW. 
BERLIN, 08A Unter den Linden. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Rate card may be found In advertising sec- 
tion of this Issue. 

Advertising copy for current issue must reach 
New York office by noon Thursday. 

Advertisements by mail must be accompanied 
by remittance, payable to Variety Publishing 
Company. 

SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 

Annual $4 

Foreign 5 

Single copies, 10 cents. 

Entered as secoud-class matter at New York. 
Vol. XX. October 8 No. 5 

William Josh Daly is now booking 
alone. 



The Fulton, Brooklyn, starts high 
class vaudeville Monday. 



James Francis Sullivan has joined 
•The Rector Girls," placed by Edward 
Shayne. 



Chat*. Murray and Co. have closed 
for the Orpheum tour, engineered by 
A. W. & E. 



Bissett and Scott, the "Hello 
George Boys," are slated to play Ham- 
merstein's, Oct. 24. 



The Alhambra has Ave English acts 
billed for next week, out of the total 
of eight on the program. 



"Our Miss CHbbs" leaves on tour, 
with Pauline Chase in the lead. The 
show's first stop will be Philadelphia. 



The Grccnpoint will have its second 
anniversary next week. A special bill 
has been arranged for the occasion. 



The Genee show, produced by Klaw 
& Erlanger, opened Tuesday at the 
Chesnut Street Opero House, Phila- 
delphia. 



Grace Golson, of Byrne and Golson, 
presented her husband (Charles T. 
Byrne) with a boy, Sept. 23, at Los 
Angeles. 



♦♦The Rain-Dears" will be the next 
production by Harry Leonhardt. It 
is a reproduction of the former Jos. 
Hart act. 



Frances Avery, who has been ap- 
pearing in a single vaudeville act in 
the west, has joined "The Eagle and 
the Girl" act. 



George Randolph Chester, author of 
the "Get Rich Quick Walllngford" 



story, will produce "A Bunco Man" 
for Vaudeville. 



Fred Beerbower has severed his 
connections with the Gus Edwards 
music publishing house, to pilot an 
act in vaudeville. 



Flora Crosbie has been engaged as 
prima donna of "The Billiken Girl," 
in which Ray Comstock and the Shu- 
berts are Interested. 



The Rigoletto Brothers will head- 
line at the Bronx next week, the first 
time they have been placed alone at 
the top since arriving here. 



Adele Oswald has replaced Oriska 
Worden in "Boys and Girls," the pro- 
duction under the direction of Bill 
Lykens, of the Casey office. 



"A Day at the Horse Show," is the 

title of a vaudeville act in which 
Charles Mills, Ben Bernard and Made- 
line Lewis will appear Oct. 10. 



ttr 



♦The Song Review" of Gus Ed- 
wards closes at Hammerstein's this 
week, starting a tour of the Williams 
houses at the Colonial Monday. 



Iau Wills is confined to his apart- 
ments at 146 West 36th street, with 
"contusion on suppuration" (doctor's 
diagnosis) of the left arm and elbow. 



Taylor Granville in his "Star Bout" 
will open on the Morris Circuit Oct. 
24. Mr. 'Granville's other piece, "The 
Hold-Up" takes to the circuit next 
week. 



Samaroff and Sonla, at present on 
the Orpheum Circuit, are booked 
abroad for a year, sailing in Febru- 
ary, after they have finished the tour 
of the west. 



Karno's Comedy Co. will present 
"Jimmy, the Fearless" at its second 
week at Hammerstein's (Nov. 14). It 
will be the first showing of the sketch 
over here. 



Donovan and Arnold are returning 
from England to New York on the 
Adriatic, due to arrive Oct. 13. Pat 
Casey has the act placed to open over 
here Oct. 24. 



Hopkins and Axtell are at Keith's, 
Syracuse, N. Y., this week, booked for 
United time by Albee, Weber & Evans. 
They are playing a new act called 
"Travel Troubles." 



Omer G. Murray, prominent in Indi- 
ana theatrical circles, has secured a 
throe years' lease of the Indiana and 
Grand Theatres in Marion and has 
is in possession. 



Sam Kenny is authority for the 
statement that "Doc" Steiner offered 
Aleck Fischer ten dollars monthly for 
life, if Fischer would never speak to 
him ("Doc") again. 



Mason and Hart play the American. 
New York, next week, their first ap- 
pearance over here since they showed 
as a part of Klaw & Erlanger's "Ad- 
vanced Vaudeville." 



Charles Frohman has announced 
he will organize a comedy musical 
stock company, to be permanently lo- 
cated at the Lyceum theatre, headed 
by G. P. Huntley and Hattie Williams. 



Frank Kcenan, supported by Frank 
Sheridan, presented "The Oath" at the 
Warburton, Yonkers, and has been 
booked through Albee, Weber & Evans 
to play the Fifth Avenue, New York, 
Oct. 17. 



Franklyn Ardell received a shock 
last Saturday while playing in Port- 
land when he was informed that his 
brother Ferdinand D'Ziuba, had been 
killed while on his way to witness the 
Vanderbilt Cup race. 



Tho Fort Worth (Tex.) Record 
prints that Sullivan-Considine will 
open a new vaudeville house In that 
city at Fifth and Throckmorton 
streets, about Oct. 17. It will be 
known as the Empress. 



The Oxford, Brooklyn, near the in- 
tersection of State Street and Flatbush 
Avenue, is nearing completion. The 
house is expected to open with con- 
tinuous vaudeville about Oct. 10. It is 
a P. G. Williams' theatre. 



Moving pictures of the Actors' Fund 
Field Day, recently held at the Polo 
Grounds, will be offered for the first 
time next week. The release is set for 
next Tuesday. All of the principals in 
the festivities will be shown. 



Geo. May has had his Hammerstein 
(Victoria) orchestra increased to thir- 
teen pieces. It happened when the 
Countess De Swirsky appeared there, 
and so far holds good, though perhaps 
Willie has forgotten all about it. 



Roy M. Johnson, owner of the Lyric, 
Lafayette, Ind., and Myrtle Hunting- 
ton, the former illustrated song 
singer at the. Family theatre in the 
same city, were married Sept. 22 by 
the- Rev. Dr. Cook at Shelbyville. 



"The Spring Kir* is the anglicised 
title of "Die Sprudelfoe," a Viennese 
comic opera secured for Christie Mac- 
Donald by her managers, Luescher & 
Werba. It will be adapted for this 
country by Harry B. and Robert Smith. 



William Gurcn, the manager of 
Havlin's, St. Louis, who embezzled 
over $20,000 while running the house, 
has returned $11,000 and confessed 
judgment for the remainder. (Jaren 
is under indictment for (he thefts. 



Cissie Curlette lias returned to Am- 
erica, and reopens on the Morris Cir- 
cuit at Cincinnati next week. Miss 
Curlette is probably fulfilling some of 
her early summer time, which she did 
not play on the Morris time at that 
time. 



Taylor Granville's act, "The Hold 
Up," in which a lonely telegraph op- 
erator is the central figure, opened 
at Grand Kapids, Mich., last Monday, 
the first of a series of dates on the 
Morris Chun hill-Keefc time. 



The Bronx has been alighted upon 
for another vaudeville hou3c. This 



time William H. Weissager is the man 
who will build, he says. At the pres- 
ent rate the Bronx will have one the- 
atre to every 1,000 inhabitants very 
shortly. 



James H. Curtin, of the Western 
Burlesque Wheel, returned to New 
York Monday, having visited at the 
convention of the 33d degree Masons 
at Detroit. Mr. Curtin is one of the 
208 high-ranking Masons in the Unit- 
ed States. 



Tom Transfleld is ill in Bellevue 
Hospital, New York. Upon recover- 
ing he will Join hiB daughters who 
are playing in vaudeville. Mr. Trans- 
field's illness has brought about a dis- 
solution of the circus man's partner- 
ship with W. Dew. 



Harry Stevens, the veteran stage- 
door tender of the Orpheum, Brook- 
lyn, has been connected with the house 
for the past eleven years. Mr. Stev- 
ens has been keeping tab on the stage 
door faces for the last three years, 
and has not missed a day since placed 
there. 



Jim Bailey, who played left field 
for Montreal during the baseball sea- 
son is now on the door at Hammer- 
stein's Victoria. The agreeable Bil- 
ly Hahn, formerly in that position, 
has moved down to "the door" at 
Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera 
House. 



Willard Lee Hall is progressing 
nicely from operations performed at 
the Shenango Valley Hospital, New 
Castle, Pa. His mother Is by his side; 
otherwise he is among strangers and 
cannot be moved within three weeks 
Mr. Hall would like to hear from his 
friends. 



Maude Odelle (No. 2, 3 or x 4), the 
stock actress from Frisco, is going 
to try out another sketch around New 
York. This time it will be "Criss- 
crossed" written by T. H. Davis, head 
of the producing department of the 
Dan Casey Co. Frank La Rue, who 
lately had a sketch of his own, will 
support Miss Odelle. 

Shanley's new restaurant in the 
Long Acre building will have an or- 
chestra of ten pieces, a groupe of sing- 
ers, and French waiters. The latter 
item means the crew at Shanley's 
present place of eating (near 4 2d 
street) will remain there until that 
restaurant closes, which may be Jan. 
1 or later. The new Shanley's is due 
to open the early part of November. 



The Sliuhcrts think they are going 
to give a regular dramatic perform- 
ance Sunday evening, Oct. 2.'i, at 
Daly's, when all of the audience will 
be "members of this club." An "as- 
sociation" is to be organized, with 
none but members permitted to view 
the Sunday plays. Season tickets will 
be sold. William A. Hrady is with 
the Shuberts in the scheme and he 
will produce the pieces. The attempt 
may revive the whol" and tiresome- 
also expensive- "Sunday" agitation. 



8 



VARIETY 



COLUMBIA DIRECTORS' MEETING. 

Yesterday (Friday) the Board of 
Directors of the Columbia Amusement 
Co. held a meeting. The Censor Com- 
mittee of the Eastern Burlesque 
Wheel presented its report to the 
board. It was probably approved. 
There are seven directors, three of 
whom composed the Censorship squad. 

The most important item which was 
to have come up was the project of 
adding two more houses and cities to 
the Eastern Wheel for the season of 
'10-'ll. The towns were mentioned 
by name. It is reported that the 
propositions under consideration will 
be put through. 

It is the aim of the Columbia Com- 
pany to Increase the route of the 
Eastern Wheel to thirty-six theatres 
in as many towns, according to an 
official, who said there were sufficient 
cities in prospect to make the total 
forty, if that many were cTesired. He 
also said it was unlikely the Colum- 
bia Company would care to have their 
list go beyond thirty-eight at the ut- 
most, and thirty-six would suffice 
nicely. 



EX-MANAGERS FISHING. 

It makes a difference to a manager 
whether he is drilling a show "into 
shape." or letting It out at $100 per. 
In the first place he is with the com- 
pany, taking all the worries and per- 
haps little money. The latter case 
permits him to receive $100 weekly 
from some one else who does the 
worrying besides, and then the man- 
ager with an ex-affixed has time to go 
Ashing in season. 

That is why J. Herbert Mack. 
Charles Barton and Harry Bryant, all 
of the Eastern Burlesque Wheel, are 
interviewing black bass and pickerel 
on the St. Lawrence river juBt now. 



IRWIN'S "BIG SHOW" ALL NEW. 

An all new show is to replace the 
present performance given by the 
company presenting Fred Irwin's 
"Big Show." Mr. Irwin is reported 
to have remarked after watching his 
"Big Show" for a week at the 
Columbia theatre that it was not what 
he wanted, nor did he think burlesque 
wanted it very badly. 

In the spirit of advancement, said 
Mr. Irwin, he intended discarding the 
present piece, and rebuilding the en- 
tire performance. 

Last season when Mr. Irwin had 
"The Gibson Girls" as a third show 
in the Eastern Wheel, he decided on 
the same drastic step with that organ- 
ization. This week Mr. Irwin's stan- 
dard burlesque organization, "The 
Majesties" is playing at the Columbia. 
It is reported as one of the best on 
the road. 



GOING IN MUSICAL COMEDY. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 

When "The Runaway Girls" play 
Chicago in two or three weeks, Frank 
Wakefield will leave the organization, 
with which he has been connected for 
the past two years. Mr. Wakefield 
plays a "dope fiend" in the piece, and 
also in the vaudeville sketch of Reld, 
Wakefield and Co. 

Wakefield will Join a musical com- 
edy company. No one has been en- 
gaged yet to succeed him in the P. S. 
Clark show. 



SATISFIED WITH THE WEST. 

The season thus far on the Western 
Burlesque Wheel has proven a satis- 
factory one, said a member of the 
firm of Gordon & North this week, 
when asked by a Variety representa- 
tive how the Western Wheel compared 
for receipts with the firm's experience 
on the Eastern circuit last season. 

One of the burlesque sensations of 
the early summer was when Gordon 
& North, with three shows, trans- 
ferred their allegiance from the 
Eastern to the Western burlesque 
route. 

The partner added that the re- 
ceipts in the Western houses had 
held up to their anticipations, in some 
instances exceeding them. This was 
balanced he said by other houses 
which did not make as heavy a return, 
a condition he remarked found on 
both Wheels. 

While it is not expected that a 
member of either Wheel would un- 
loyally disparage business, it has been 
reported since the season opened that 
Gordon & North had two very good 
shows of the three in all, and that 
their companies have been playing to 
excellent returns. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 

Gordon & North's "Passing Parade" 
broke the house record for the sea- 
son at the Folly last week. 



AFTER THE SECOND HOUSE. 

Philadelphia, Oct. 6. 

The second house on the Western 

Burlesque Wheel to replace the Bijou 

of last season, is expected to arrive 

very shortly. A secret conference 
has been set for to-morrow (Friday) 
over here, when the deal may be 
closed. 

If the unnamed theatre is secured 
for the western people, it will turn 
the "Penn Circuit" of one-night 
stands to cover a lay-off week into 
solid time through the second Pbilly 
stand. 



NO CENSORS OUT. 

It is doubtful from the present out- 
look if the Empire Circuit (Western 
Burlesque Wheel) will have a Censor 
Committee go over its route. 

One of the members of the com- 
mittee (if it had been or would be) 
is Harry Martell, who is censoring 
fish on the line just now in the woods 
somewhere. James Lowrie is another, 
but Mr. Lowrie wouldn't enjoy 
travelling all over the Western Wheel 
in his automobile, so he may remain at 
home to drive it around New York. 

In the absence of a duly constituted 
censoring trio, the headquarters of 
the circuit will depend upon reports 
of shows from house managers. 



~ :, li 

CLAIM SMALL CHANCES. 

James Mullen and Allan Coogan in- 
tend leaving Sam Howe's "Lovemak- 
ers" after to-night's (Saturday) per- 
formance at the Olympic, New York. 
The men may join M. M. Thiese's new 
show. 

Mullen and Coogan during their 
stay with the Howe aggregation, claim 
they were not given proper chance, 
and that their sketch, introduced 
when the show first took to the road, 
was afterwards eliminated. 



GLOBE WATOH IN WASHINGTON. 

Washington, Oct. 6. 

The police are censoring shows at 
the burlesque houses, Gayety and Ly- 
ceum. They are present at the Mon- 
day matinee, looking especially for 
any "wiggling." The Al Reeves show 
at the Gayety and "The Bohemians" 
at the Lyceum almost got immeshed 
last week. It would have meant a 
fine of $100. 

While the Reeves show was here, 
five chorus girls with it were fined for 
displaying themselves in a nude con- 
dition before an open dressing room 
window. Two of the careless girls had 
to pay $30 each; the other three were 
assessed $20 per person. 



SCRIBNER BUYS A HOME. 

Sam Scribner bought an automobile 
first, then came the baby into the 
family, and Mr. Scribner has com- 
pleted the tribune by purchasing a 
house. Though last of all, it is lo- 
cated in Bedford Park. The neigh- 
bors say the landscape mark is in 
New York City. Scribner thought 
when dealing with the furniture mov- 
ing people that Bedford Park must 
be located somewhere near Buffalo. 

It's not a long ride from the Col- 
umbia theatre to the new Scribner 
homestead, and if the machine doesn't 
run wild, the general manager of the 
Eastern Wheel will be on the job each 
day by the time the count up for the 
matinee comes off. 



KENDRICK, SHOW'S MANAGER. 

The settlement of the "Rentz- 
Santley" burlesque show's family 
troubles has resulted in W. J. Kend- 
rick being appointed permanent man- 
ager of the company, with full power 
and authority. Mr. Kendrick is re- 
quired only to report statements and 
details to the Leavitts and Jack 
Mason. Any matter of grave import- 
ance goes before the Columbia Amuse- 
ment Co. for adjustment. 

Frank Bertrand has replaced Harry 
Prince with the show. 

There are three new numbers, in- 
cluding "I'm Crazy to be Crazy Over 
Some One," from "$3,000,000" which 
Mason has permission to use. 



OBJECTS TO BILLBOARD. 

St. Louis, Oct. 6. 

A billboard carrying Gayety theatre 
paper and which overlooks the front 
yard of 1721 Washington Avenue, has 
been objected to by Mrs. Harriet Paul, 
the occupant of the residence. 

She says the board attracts atten- 
tion and comment. Mrs. Paul threat- 
ens to build a fence shutting out the 
view of It. 

Wilkesbarre, Oct. 6. 
One day last week some of the In- 
mates of the Old Ladies' Home cov- 
ered the posters on a dead wall op- 
posite with newspapers aire paste. The 
old ladies held an Indignation meeting 
when the billposters spread bills of 
ballet dancers, with nothing more 
than a smile to be seen. 



ORIGIN OF **GET THE HOOK.** 

The phrase, "Get the Hook!" has 
become so common that it has become 
a common expression, more expressive 
and emphatic than a similar meaning 
embodied in polite English. Though 
"Get the Hook" has become part of 
the American vocabulary of today, few 
are aware of its origination. 

Lieut. H. Clay Miner, of the Miner 
Estate, has placed a copyrighted book- 
let into circulation offering proof that 
the phrase sprung from an amateur 
performance at Miner's Bowery one 
Friday night in October, 1904. 

Regarding its origin, the Miner 
pamphlet says: "A particularly bad 
amateur was inflicting a patient audi- 
ence with an impossible 'near tenor' 
voice. Despite the howls, groans and 
cat-calls, the 'artist' persisted in stay- 
ing on, when Mr. Tom Miner, who was 
conducting the amateur performance, 
chanced to see in a corner a large, old- 
fashioned crook-handled cane, used by 
one of the negro impersonators. Quick- 
ly picking it up, he called Charles 
Guthinger, the property man, and had 
him lash it securely to a long pole. 
With this he stepped to the wings and, 
without getting in sight of the audi- 
ence, deftly slipped 'the hook' around 
the neck of the would-be singer and 
yanked him off the stage before he 
really knew what had happened. The 
next amateur was to give imitations of 
noted actors and after giving the worst 
imaginable, announced his 'next would 
be Richard Mansfield.' At this a small 
boy in the gallery yelled 'Get the 
Hook!' The audience roared its ap- 
proval and the 'actor' fled in dismay." 

The booklet also says that the 
French Senate was in session a short 
time ago and that one member, having 
become bored by the long-winded argu- 
ment of a speaker, shouted: "Le 
Croc! Le Croc! Apportez le Croc!" 
("The Hook! The Hook! Get the 
Hook!") 

The Miner booklet is printed on nice 
paper, well gotten up typographically 
and its pages are adorned with ex- 
cellent likenesses of Tom Miner, "who 
used the first 'hook;'" Charles Guth- 
inger, "who made the first 'hook;'" 
and Edwin D. Miner, "the amateur 
night impressario." Each page is ar- 
tistically embellished on the sides with 
trite caricatures of figures familiar 
to amateur night regulars. 



Kara, the juggler, will open on the 
Morris time at the American Music 
Hall Oct. 17. He has been playing in 
the northwest. 



WHAT A UNION SUIT WILL DO. 

A union suit surrounding the fe- 
male form appears to have the power 
to draw the elusive dollar from the 
managerial stronghold. The evidence 
lies with Jessie Keller, a cyclist, who 
when plain Jessie and plain cyclist, 
raised her market price to the aver- 
age of a "double act" on the "small 
time." 

With a black silk union suit, how- 
ever, the market price of "Venus on 
Wheels" jumped upwards, so far that 
the Western Burlesque Wheel be- 
lieved it was attraction enough to 
receive $250 weekly as an extra fea- 
ture to its shows. 

At that figure Miss Keller, who now 
resumes her proper name in conjunc- 
tion with the "Venus" decoration, 
has been booked for several weeks. 



Arris, a foreign posing act, Is at the 
American next week. 



VARIETY 



FROM MORRIS TO LOBW. 

Harrisburg, Pa. Oct 6. 

The Casino, which opened with 
vaudeville booked through William 
Morris, will switch the coming week, 
taking the bookings from the Loew 
Circuit. 

The change places the Casino in 
the "small time" class. It will have 
the usual five or six turns, with pic- 
tures. While the Morris bills proved 
satisfactory, the total at the bottom 
of the salary list as compared with 
what the Loew people offered, was 
too much for the local manager. And 
then besides on the Loew Circuit acts 
play three times daily, which means 
one show more, and that's something 
though it may amount to nothing in 
the box office. 

It was reported in New York 
Wednesday that the Morris office had 
arranged a program for next week 
for the Casino, Harrisburg, and 
would ship the acts there to report 
Monday. The Morris agency claims a 
contract with the house to furnish it 
bookings, the Casino having secured 
a Morris "franchise" for the town. 



Reading, Pa., Oct. 6. 
The Lyric, a new theatre built by 
the former manager of the Orpheum, 
Frank D. Hill, and several local capi- 
talists, opened Monday evening with 
an excellent bill. The Loew agency 
will book. For the present the popu- 
lar three-a-day policy will obtain. 



ASS'N BRANCH IN ST. LOUIS. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 

Charles E. Bray will open a branch 
office of the W. V. M. A. in St. Louis 
within a month. He spent last Sun- 
day and Monday in the Mound City 
looking over the field and has decided 
that there is business enough to be 
obtained Ln that vicinity to make a 
subsidiary office highly profitable. 

Several branches are proposed in 
this territory for "Association" book- 
ings. 



KEENEY DOING A "SPLIT." 

Besides "splitting" his houses by 
the week, Frank A. Keeney is split- 
ting his bookings for them. The M. 
R. Sheedy Agency in the Knicker- 
bocker Theatre building is booking 
acts for Keeney 's Armory, Bingham- 
ton, and Orpheum, Watertown (N. 
Y.). The Feiber & Shea agency 
continues to place bills in Keeney 'a 
other two theatres. 

Just now the Armory is "splitting" 
the week with J. B. Morris* Family, 
Gloversville, while the Watertown 
house is "splitting" anywhere, but 
favoring a Sheedy booking at Rome, 
N. Y. 

With the Keeney, J. B. Morris, his 
own houses and outside bookings. 
Sheedy starts off his new agency with 
twenty-one weeks, mostly "splits." 
The officers of the former Independent 
Booking Agency have been nicely laid 
out and rearranged. Carl Anderson 
and Ed. Small have their names let- 
tered upon the glass as of the staff. 
Two of the additions to the Sheedy 
line of bookings are located at Kings- 
ton and Newburgh, N. Y., bringing 
the agency against the F. F. Proctor 
theatres there; also the Family De- 
partment of the United Booking Of- 
fices through which Proctor books. 



A SECRET MEETING. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 

Several managers of vaudeville the- 
atres in towns surrounding Chicago 
met in secret session Tuesday at the 
Morrison hotel to organize some sort 
of a mutual protective association. 
This seems to be the annual recur- 
rence of an impression the managers 
have that many of their acts receive 
too much money. 

While nothing definite is known of 
any action which may have been taken 
it is said that the meeting may result 
ia some changes in the bookings of 
some out-of-town theatres and per- 
haps on important time here in Chi- 
cago. 



BOSTON AGENT DIES. 

Boston, Oct. 6. 
John J. Coogan, the vaudeville 
agent, died in this city Tuesday. He 
was well known and very popular. 



LINING UP FOR ERIE. 

Erie, Pa., Oct. 6. 

The Family Department of the 
United Booking Offices seems to be lin- 
ing up this town for battle against the 
Alpha, supplied from the Loew Circuit. 

Jeff Callan, a veteran at all things 
in the show business and a seasoned 
manager of "small time," arrived here 
yesterday to take the management of 
the Park Opera House. The Park will 
open Monday with United's acts. 

Besides the two theatres mentioned 
playing "small time," Gus Sun books 
the Colonial with his bills, while the 
Happy Hour, picture house, displays 
an act or two weekly. 

The Loew people recently removed 
the Alpha from the Tinted sheets. 

The Park has been leased to the 
Keith interests through J. H. Kerr of 
the Reis Circuit. E. F. Albee signed 
the lease on behalf of Keith. 



SUBSCRIBERS FOR MARION. 

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Oct. 6. 

Daniel L. Hart, city treasurer, who 
has undertaken the raising of a fund 
for the defense of George L. Marion, 
the theatrical man imprisoned here un- 
der a conviction of murder, has re- 
ceived the following subscriptions to 
date. 

Mr. Hart has agreed to act as cus- 
todian of all monies received. He may 
be addressed simply at Wilkes-Barre, 
Pa.: 

Daniel L. I^art $25.00 

John Shea :>;>.oo 

Harry Brown 2.">.00 

Poll Stock Co r»(M«i 

Frank Winch 1 .00 

Sydney Wire 1.00 

J. K. Peake 1.00 

"Merry Whirl" Co 16.00 

Rose Sydell 13.25 

Herbert P. Levin l.oo 



C. T. Dazey and Victor H. Smalley 
are collaborating on three playlets for 
vaudeville and "big names." 



CHICAGO'S "GRAND" THKATRES. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 

There seems to be an epidemic of 
"Grand" theatres in Windytown. Four 
are now in operation among the 10-20 
representatives of vaudeville and soon 
there will be completed at Thirty-first 
and State street another Grand. This 
one is being built for Duke Branan 
and Earl J. Cox will book five acts 
for a full week. There will be two 
shows nightly. The ground cost $2.">,- 
000, and the theatre building will 
represent another investment of $50,- 
000. 

In Forty-second street, a few blocks 
away, Geo. Le Vee operates a Grand 
booked by the W. V. A.; another 
Grand, booked by C. H. Doutrick, is 
at Thirty-fifth street and Archer road, 
a short distance west of the latest 
Grand; Frank Q. Doyle books another 
Grand in a different section. Some- 
where else in town the fifth Grand is 
located, with the booker in hiding. 




HODKIN8 EXTENDS CIRCUIT. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 

More time will be added to Chicago 
bookings next Monday when the Cozy, 
Houston, Tex., managed by Maurice 
Wolf, will be dedicated by six acta 
placed by Chas. E. Hodkins, whose 
offices are in the Chicago Opera House 
building. On the same date the Jewell, 
Paris; Lyric, Greenville, and Happy 
Hour, McKinney, all ln Texas, will also 
open for business with Lyric Circuit 
bookings. 

The Cozy, Houston, is the outgrowth 
of a "store show" which Manager 
Wolf started two years ago with a 
seating capacity limited to 250. The 
Cozy is modern in every detail, one 
feature of particular interest being a 
shower bath for both men and women 
under the stage. The house seats 
1,100 and six acts will give three 
shows daily. 

The Royal, San Antonio, another 
new house booked by Hodkins, opened 
last Sunday week, with a capacity of 
1,400, playing six acts three shows a 
day. The opening feature was Torcat 
and Flor D'Aliza with their real 
"Chanticlere" act. Lloyd Spencer, the 
house manager, wired Mr. Hodkins 
that capacity business ruled all 
through the opening week. 



NEW HARLEM "POP" STARTED. 

The new "pop" vaudeville house at 
124 th Street and Seventh Avenue 
opened last Saturday night. It is on 
the site of the former Harlem Casino, 
a restaurant, one of the Harlem land- 
marks for many years. 

The new theatre is called "Loew's 
7th Avenue," and is a part of the 
small time chain of the Loew Circuit. 
The house is finished plainly, and was 
opened hastily, before a big crowd. 
Early in the evening a mob crowded 
the sidewalk outside the theatre, re- 
sulting in much confusion, the only 
policeman in sight stationing himself 
inside the lobby, where his chief duly 
was to shout "Don't push." 

The 7th Avenue has an orchestra, 
balcony and gallery. The lower floor 
is of middling seating capacity appar- 
ently, with a good sized balcony and 
small gallery. An orchestra of seven 
pieces is led by A. Marks. 

The stage is of good size, but a 
glance at the interior of the theatre 
quickly convinces that it was not built 
with "big shows" for the present or 
the future in view. 

The usual Loew prices, 10-15-25, 
are the admission scale. Bills are di- 
vided between pictures and acts, the 
latter appearing three times daily. 
Fields and Lewis headlined the open- 
ing show. Another program opened 
Monday, "splitting" the week. 

The permit Jp open the theatre did 
not arrive until six in the evening, 
causing the managerial group much 
agitation until it appeared. 



CRYSTAL THKATRK, (JALVKSTOX, TEXAS. 

HODKINS' LYRIC VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT has booked attractions In the CRYSTAL. GAL- 
VESTON, ever since the house opened, over a year ago. 

It Is said that within three months after GEO. K. JORGENSEN began doing business, op- 
position was killed off and that In spite of repeated efforts to establish other theatres for vaude- 
ville, the experiments have all failed. 

Five acta are played, three shows a day being the policy. The theatre, located In Tremont 
Street, one of Galveston's best thoroughfares, seats 1,100 and Is enjoying great prosperity. 



Illuir, Mathews un<l lilair are a new 

three-act to be seen in vaudeville 
shortly. 1„. Mathews. ;i I present ap- 
pearing with Carrie I)< Mar, is a mem- 
ber. 

Schiclitl'K Marionettes, the foreign 

turn, has been plated l>y Leo Maase 
of the Marinelli olJice lor its first ap- 
pearance in New York at the Fifth 
Avenue Nov. 2 I. 



10 



VARIETY 



ARTISTS' FORUM 



Confine your latter* to 160 words and write on one side of paper only. 

Anonymous communications will not be printed. Name of writer must be signed 
and will be held In strict confidence. If desired. 

Letters to be published In this column must be written exclusively to VARIETY. 

Duplicated letters will not be printed. The writer who duplicates a letter to the 

Forum, either before or after It appears here, will not be permitted the privilege of 
It again. 



Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 

Aug. 20. 
Editor Variety: 

I see by Variety that Frank Leffel 
who was working with the Norris & 
Rowe show at the same time as myself 
gives you my name as one of those 
present at an alleged performance 
given by him in private, in which he 
used Miss Harriet Koch as the target. 

Looking back on the facts r as I know 
them, this is laughable and a down 
right story. Mr. Leffel must have had 
a bad dream and although he may be- 
lieve what he says, I refuse to bolster 
the dream up. 

Mr. Leffel, at my suggestion, bought 
a 22 calibre rifle about the middle of 
the season, and we used to go out at 
odd times, shooting small game. When 
he left the show about two months 
after, he was Just beginning to shoot 
a little, but as for using a lady for a 
target to practice a new trick, I doubt 
if he could hit a lady at 25 paces, let 
alone a target on her body. Just be- 
fore he left the show I heard him say 
he was going back to New York to 
practice a shooting act. 

I do not know Mr. Loris and I 
have never seen his performance; 
neither is Mr. Leffel a friend or an 
enemy of mine, but to let yourself and 
your readers accept this statement 
that I was present at such a per- 
formance would be to make myself out 
as bad a dreamer as Leffel. 

Alf. Honey. 

(Care United Circus Referee Office, 
Sydney, Australia.) 

(The issue of Variety Mr. Honey 
refers to in the above letter is that of 
May 7, 1910. In that number, a 
page was devoted to a recital of the 
act known as "The Bullet Proof 
Lady." It was then decided in 
Variety that on the evidence presented 
by John De Loris and Frank Leffel, 
that Mr. De Loris was the first pro- 
ducer of the turn in America and that 
Leffel was employing a "copy act." 
Previously Mr. Leffel had had an ad- 
vertisement which advertised himself 
as the originator 61 "The Bullet Proof 
Lady" declined by Variety upon the 
ground that he had no moral right to 
so advertise. He requested that 
Variety investigate his claim of 
priority. This the pa pet did. Among 
the names submitted was Mr. Honey's. 
Other people claimed by Leffel to 
have been present at an alleged exhi- 
bition with Norris & Howe's Circus 
in 1907 were mentioned. Mr. Honey's 
Ic ttor is the first that has been heard 
from anyone of the people given by 
Mr. Iveffel as his witnesses, either 
before or after the publication of the 
story. Leffel rested his right to ad- 
vertise himself as an originator upon 
a certificate issued by the White Hats 
of America l which adjudged him to 
have the first claim. Mr. Leffel stated 
the White Rats had investigated his 



claim, delivering the certificate to him 
upon the completion of the inquiry. — 
Ed.). 



Boston, Oct. 3. 
Editor Variety: 

No doubt a lot of friends of mine 
wonder why Mike Scott of Dublin has 
been around Boston so long. Well, he 
has proven to be a comrade to all 
performers, but to-day he has signed 
his name to be an American citizen 
and no less than 15,000 of the public 
of this country have been asking Mike 
Scott to do this for six years. So after 
three years of waiting it has been 
clone. I am sure the public and also 
performers will be glad to know it. 

It has been a lot of trouble and a 
lot of lost time, but it has been done, 
so everything comes out right in the 
long run, if the long run is in a 
theatre. 

Enough said. Mike Scott. 



Newark, O., Oct. 2. 
Editor Variety: «. 

Your article In this week's Variety 
headed "Suits and Countersuits" pre- 
sents but one side of the controversy 
between Fred Irwin and myself. 1 
engaged with Mr. Irwin for thirty 
weeks, and was given written notice 
when the time expired. I left the 
show that day. Had I played Detroit 
after Toledo, as asked by the manage- 
ment, I would have exceeded my con- 
tract by three days. My claim has 
been placed with Mr. Denis F. O'Brien, 
and my proofs are in his possession. 

Regarding the counter suit for 
transportation Mr. Irwin is planning 
against me, I think he knows there is 
no chance for success in that. Not 
alone that it is the custom of bur- 
lesque companies to pay all transpor- 
tation of people with it, but the per- 
sons in my act also did chorus work 
and played parts in the show. 

Aurelio Coccia. 
(Coccia and Amato.) 



Spokane, Sept. 29. 
Editor Variety: 

Variety of Sept. 2 4 reviewed a "new 
act" by the name of "Splssell, La- 
della and Engle Co. This act is a di- 
rect copy of the original Spissell Bros. 
and Co., now playing the Orpheum 
time. The man, Joseph Spissell, is not 
the original "Dutchman," but was the 
property man in the old act of Spis- 
sell Bros, and Mack, and recently he 
took the part of the Dutchman with 
the act of Spissell Bros, and Co. for 
one year. 

The old act of Spissell Bros, and 
Mack is at present time playing Moss- 
Stoll Tours, England, with a new man 
as the "Waiter." I am the original 
"Waiter," and the act of Spissell 
Bros, and Co., which played in the 
east all last season. 

Frank X Spissell. 
(Mgr. Spissell Bros, and Co.) 



THE WOMAN IN VARIETY 



BY THE SKIRT 



Carrie De Mar in selecting her 
wardrobe for this season has 
shown her usual good taste. A 
hobble number is becomingly dressed 
in grey chiffon with a band of cerise 
at the bottom. Some have an idea 
Miss De Mar is burlesquing this latest 
fad, but it is just as Miss De Mar saw 
the dress worn in Paris. In Pink 
pajamas this charming woman looks 
sweeter that any of the "pa jama 
girls." 



The London "Our Miss Gibbs" was 
much better dressed than the "No. 2" 
company (Knickerbocker). Pauline 
Chase (American) not only followed 
Gertie Millar's (English) style of 
dressing, but her every gesture shows 
keen observation of Miss Millar. In 
ihe last act where Miss Millar wore 
black, Miss Chase chose white, look- 
ing sweetly pretty. The London "show 
girls," famed the world over as "The 
Gaiety Girls," are an aggregation of 
the tallest women ever seen on the 
stage, and they can dress. 



Eva Tanguay has been called every- 
thing but "Immaculate Eva." The 
neatness and cleanliness of her dress- 
ing proves her right to the title. Miss 
Tanguay's costumes always appear as 
though just from the dressmaker. At 
the Fifth Avenue last week the fam- 
ous pearl coat is now being worn over 
new dress of pearls, the most elabo- 
rate ever. The clashing of the stones 
make a pleasing jingle. A tunic made 
entirely of pennies was striking. In 
black and white, Miss Tanquay look- 
ed her best. The coat of velvet stud- 
ded in brilliants with lace ruffles at 
the wrists, was lovely. There were 
so many changes of costume it is diffi- 
cult to recall them, but all worn over 
the pure white tights show Miss Tan- 
quay has given great care and thought 
to her costuming. I understand Miss 
Tanguay's marriage to a vaudeville 
man, well known and popular, will 
soon be heard of. 



If Gus Edwards isn't careful he will 
be called the Beau Brummel of Broad- 
way. Gus sure does look nice in that 
white serge suit he is wearing at 
Hammer8tein's this week. Gus has cer- 
tainly put over a winner. The entire 
act is dressed to a degree of good 
taste that any musical production 
would be very proud of. 



I wonder who's keeping Bert Coo-" 
per in Europe. 



Daisy Lloyd (Wood) has a cute 
daughter, four years old, in her Lon- 
don home. After dinner one night, 
the little one said grace. It was: 
"Thank God for my good dinner and 
please may I leave the table?" Dis- 
covering the dessert was to her lik- 
ing, the little one returned. After a 
good bit of the sweets, she folded her 
tiny hands and began again, "Thank 
God — " then stopped, and looking 
around the table, exclaimed, "What 
was it I bad?" 



Marie Lloyd's costumes can be de- 
pended upon to create a sensation, 
whenever she appears. Marie affects 
the hobble entirely and, vastly becom- 
ing they are. Marie's English home 
is a picture, her boudoir especially a 
work of art. The carpet royal purple ; 
the walls, covered in white satin per- 
cale with purple border; the furniture 
in black walnut heavily carved and 
impressive in its massiveness. Marie's 
sister, Anne Wood, looks after this 
establishment. 



The dressing of Lasky's "On The 
House Top" is below the average 
dressing of "girl acts." The four 
young women comprising the chorus 
wear a poor quality of satin 
dresses, with large hats. They change 
to white over blue with black at the 
bottom. With this pretty black velvet 
hats trimmed with silver fringe are 
worn. Lillian English, a slight, pretty 
woman with auburn hair carefully 
coiffured, wore white chiffon over 
silver. 



The Four Readings are as neatly 
a dressed acrobatic act as there is. 
They wear basketball or running 
("gym") suits, consisting of the regu- 
lation white shirt and trunks. The 
suits are in four different colors. 



I received some scandalous mail 
this week. My friend in Chicago tells 
me there should be a lot of things 
happening pretty soon out there that 
will make talk. Some of the things 
going on now, from what she says. 
Another letter from Australia men- 
tions the arrival of a little baby out 
in the wild rushes. An American act 
over there contains the father and 
mother of the child, relates the letter, 
but neither the father nor the mother 
advertised the birth. 



Helen Russell (Bert Coote and Co.. 
Colonial) wears a white lace dress 
that just misses being pretty. I think 
without the bertha it would be more 
modern. 



HE GAVE SOME ATTENTION. 

It used to be said by those who knew him 
veil that Chollle was something of an Idiot; 
but there are times when It has seemed to 
ethers who also knew him well that he shows 
signs of genius, as, for Instance, In the fol- 
lowing correspondence. The other day ho re- 
ceived the following letter In his morning's 
mall : 

"New York. Aug. 1, 1010. 
"Charles Bobbin, Esq. : 

"Dear Sir— For the fifteenth consecutive 
time we enclose a statement of your account 
with our house. The bill has been running 
now for a trifle over two years, and we feel 
that we have been sufficiently lenient In re- 
spect to It. We, therefore, request that you 
pay some attention to our request for settle- 
ment. Yours very truly, 

"Snip, Cuttem & Co." 

To this Chollle sent, three days later, tin' 
following reply : 

"The Crackcrjack Club. 
"New York. Aug. 4, 1010. 
'Messrs. Snip, Cuttem & Co. : 

"Gentlemen— In accordance with your re- 
quest of Aug. 1, asking me to pay some atten- 
tion to your bill. I beg to say that I have 
taken It to the theatre with me twice, one- 
to Coney Island, and given It a ride arouml 
the Central Park four times in a taxleab. 
The limited time at my disposal has pre- 
vented my paying It any further attention, 
but It Is my Intention during the balance of 
♦ he month to give it a little run up to Sara- 
toga and back, with the possibility of a two 
weeks' outing in the White Mountains before 
the end of the month. Trusting that this will 
prove entirely satisfactory to you. I beg. 
gentlemen, to remain always, yours very 



truly, "Charles Bobbitt.' 



—Harper's Weekly. 



VARIETY 



ii 



London, Sept. 28. 
George Craves after playing a week 
in Manchester made his first London 
vaudeville appearance at the Palace 
last week. Graves is playing a very 
amusing sketch called "Koffo of Bond 
Street." There is much comedy In 
the piece due to Graves' splendid style 
of getting over laughs. He has 
two very good looking girls with 
him. While the act would not 
be understood by anything but a 
"wise" London audience, it will fit in 
the Palace program admirably. 



Four sketches were at the Holborn 
Empire last week. While the arrange- 
ment was not what it should have 
been, the sketches all passed. "Charles 
and His Friend," by Curtice Pounds 
and Co., is full of good laughs and ex- 
cellent singing. Mlddleton and Spell- 
meyer in their western skit never lost 
the audience, and Roland Martyn in 
"The Ghost of Jerry Bundler" created 
much interest. W. T. Ellwanger and 
Co. in "Who Did It?" also shared in 
the comedy honors. 



Harry Webber, the Hebrew com- 
edian, will play the part of Alderman 
Fitzwarren in the pantomime, "Dick 
Whittington," at the Grand, Glasgow, 
this Christmas. 



M. D. Waxman, the Hebrew actor, 
intends visiting America shortly to try 
out some sketches on the vaudeville 
stage. 



Fred Karno's pantomime in Glas- 
gow will contain the following: George 
AH, Maldie S^cott, Lily Morris, George 
French and Fred Emney. 



Sam Stern was at the Paragon last 
week in connection with the Empire, 
Leicester Square. The comedian depu- 
tized for Gilday and Fox, who left the 
bill after a difference with the man- 
agement. 



Dec. 1!) is the date set for the open- 
ing of the Butt hall, Glasgow (Alham- 
bra). 



General Ed. La vino opening last 
week at the Palace put over a substan- 
tial hit. Everyone was talking about 
the back-drop the juggler has. 



George Formby, who has been in the 
Provinces for some time, will return 
to London in December. 



Martin Harvey will be the big at- 
traction for the Palladium, opening in 
December. 



Ella Shields, at present playing In 
London, will shortly take a provincial 
trip until December, when she returns 
to appear on the opening bill at the 
Palladium. After this engagement the 
singer will work in London for three 
years without a break. 

Nat Wills intends to finish at the 
Palace Oct. 15. 



George Conquest has taken over the 
old Britannia, Hoxton, in the east end 
of London. Now there is a lawsuit on 
between George Foster and the Baras- 
ford estate over the lease. 



LONDON 


NOTES 


VARIETY'S LONDON OFFICE 


41t OTBAND. 


w. c. 


(Mall tor Anarlttaa and ■urupwna la Baffop*. 
ba promptly forwarded. 


If addreawd aara VAJUVIT aa abova will 



Napier Kowski, a Russian dancer, at 
present a rage in Paris, has been 
booked by Lew Johns for the Stoll cir- 
cuit. ■ 

Helen Trix is in the Provinces for a 
few weeks, working on the Stoll time. 



Friend and Downing, after a long 
trip in the Provinces, return to Lon- 
don this week to play the Euston Mu- 
sic Hall and the Empire, Shoreditch. 



Hetty King did a full act at the 
Finsbury Park last week, getting away 
big. She is putting over an English 
version of "Follow the Car Tracks" in 
great shape. 



A comedy in billing was on at the 

Tivoll last week. When the bills first 
appeared Harry Lauder and Marie 
Lloyd shared the top. Lauder objected 
to this. The next day the bills had 
Lauder only on top; Marie Lloyd next 
and Wilkie Bard third. Then it seems 
both Bard and Marie objected. The 
next day Lauder's name still remained 
on top but Marie Lloyd's name ran 
down one side of the bill In slanting 
style, while Wilkie Bard's appeared the 
same way on the other side. 



Anna Chandler at the Finsbury 
Park Empire, last week sang five 
songs, getting away great in a late 
position. The singer puts over all her 
songs in a comedy way, but It is the 
excellent delivery of "coon" songs and 
the singing of the "Yiddish" song that 
makes her the big hit. Miss Chandler 
has been booked for two extra weeks 
on the Stoll tour, coming into the 
Coliseum Oct. 17. Shortly after the 
fortnight there the comedienne will 
sail for America. 



Walley Bradley, of the Kaufman 
Troupe, became engaged this week to 
Gertie Clegg, at present In America. 



De Dio, the dancer, has been booked 
for South Africa by Sydney Hyman 
and will sail for there in two weeks. 



The Zigeuner Quartet, Mason and 
Bart and The Cromwells sail on the 
Majestic Sept. 28 for America, all due 
to open on the Morris circuit. 



The Morris office, now in Walter 
House, Strand, will remove to Char- 
ing House 29a Charing Cross road in 
a few days. 



Georges Wague and Christine Kerf 
who present a pantomimic specialty, 
have been booked to come to England 
from France, by Burt Howell. 



Kmerson and Baldwin sail for Now 
York to-day. They expect to return to 
this side in April next. 



Fiiend and Downing are in town 
this week working the Euston and 
the Empire Shoreditch. 



Willy Brothers, the German acro- 
bats, have been booked for South 
Africa by Sydney Hyman. 

Jane Hading, the famous French 
actress, will be the next big attrac- 
tion at the London Hippodrome. 



Hinaldo is working five shows a 
night this week, playing the Oxford, 
Metropolitan, and the Palace, Ham- 
mersmith. 

Nevada Landino, said to be a for- 
mer New York newsboy, is appearing 
in concert work around London. 



Napier Kowski, previously stated as 
having been secured by the Moss-Stoll 
Tour for the Hippodrome, has caused 
some stir between the Palace and the 
"Hip." It seems an agent offered the 
act to the Hippodrome and the Pal- 
ace at the same time. Both accepted 
her and the Palace secured her sig- 
nature. In all probability the Rus- 
sian dancer will be the big attraction 
at the Palace to follow the present 
engagement of George Graves. 



Montgomery and Moore finish a five 
weeks' engagement at the Hippodrome 
Saturday. They go to Liverpool next 
week to play the Hippodrome, on the 
Barrasford-De Frece time, going from 
there to the Glasgow Pavillion. The 
pair may sail for home shortly after 
the Glasgow date, bringing them into 
New York the latter part of October. 



Tetrazzini, the singer, appeared be- 
feroe 16,000 people last Saturday aft- 
ernoon at the Crystal Palace in Lon- 
don. 



Cissie Loft us has cancelled her en- 
gagements between now and next 
March through illness, it is announc- 
ed. Hartley Milburn, Miss Loftus' 
agent, states that the real reason 
will develop in November. 



Last Saturday at Daly's, the first 
anniversary of "The Dollar Princess" 
occurred. Joe Coyne and Lily Elsie, 
the principals, were treated royally. 



Keeley Brothers, now on the Con- 
tinent, will be at the London Pavil- 
lion next February. The act is also 
booked for Australia, sailing in Jan- 
uary . 11)12. 



HIGH PRICES FOR SEATS. 

Boston, Oct. 6. 
A seat for the symphony concerts 
brought $52 at auction. Scores of 
music lovers attended the sale. Mem- 
bers of Boston's social set were in 
prominence at the sale and a large 
number of the seats were sold for $1S. 
One row of seats sold for $2 9 each. 
Ticket agents and speculators were 
conspicuous by their absence. 



A SELF-MADE MANAGER 
TO HIS BOOKING AGENT 

By J. A. MURPHY. 
(Murphy and Willard.) 
East Cranberry, O., Oct. 4. 
Dear Mike: 

There was a couple of fellers 
named Grifter and Gitney that wrote 
to me and s~id if I would put them 
in with my show bookings for this 
week they would perform their coin 
manipulating act for A. K. 

The pictures on their circular 
showed them wadin knee deep in 
two dollar bills and tossln money 
around by the bushel. I hired them 
by mail and when they sent in their 
directions they said they would ar- 
rive late and for me to have twenty 
dollars in pennies and twenty dol- 
lars in nickles ready for them to use. 
They performed at the matinee and 
made the coins disappear in their 
hair and hats and legs, then they 
disappeared themselves and I aint 
seen them or my forty dollars since. 
I see that in your next batch of 
acters you have on the list, Strynger 
the quick change acter. You can can- 
cellate him right off as I dont want 
no more quick change fellers; Grifter 
and Gitney was enough. 

My curtln puller has been away 
for a few davs on account of having 
to explain to the government why he 
left the army without glvin notice 
and the cook from the Silver Moon 
Cafe said he would help out with the 
chores around the stage. He never 
done no theater work before and 
when The 4 Slogdiners said they 
wanted to close in one he told them 
they couldn't put their clothes in No 1 
because that was the women's room 
and they would have to dress in No 2. 
If he had been an old theater man 
like me he would have knowed that 
close in one meant they would do 
some clothes changin in front of the 
street scene curtin. 

Demonio and Bell are right comMcal 
actors. The man kicks the ladV in the 
face without hurting her nose after 
which she plays a tune on a bugle 
while he puts his feet in his vest 
pocket. They stuck labels all over my 
theater which states that they have 
traveled to a whole lot of places that 
no one ever heard of. 

Old man Shiveley's neffew Is back 
in town again and brought his wife 
with him. He says they are goin to 
lay off and reorganize but I think they 
got cancellated some where. The 
Stadium folks is makin a fuss about 
havin Sig Cannet the harp player this 
week. He has two or three stage help- 
ers carry out a harp and a stool and a 
platform in front of a red flannel cur- 
tin. He comes out and plays a tune 
hut the fiddlers keep playln somethin 
else and spoil it. Then they throw 
some moonlight on him and he plays 
another tune so soft that no body ran 
hear it but the audience claps just as 
much as if they knew what it was all 
about. I would sooner hear Jim Dilka 
play his tomato ran wilh a string in 
it. 

You say that next \\»<k you are 
Koin to send some Lrood character 
ncters. I am ^hei o!' that because 
some you send ha\e iniKhiy had char- 
acters. Tell thi-m in s< ml photos at 
once. 

Ail am Nowertjui/. 



12 



VARIETY 



FILMS FOR TARGET PRACTICE. 

13. W. Hates, a South African war 
veteran, has introduced an invention 
for the use of soldiers in target prac- 
tice which has just been tried out 
by the Royal WarwickshlreB, in Eng- 
land, with successful results. Based 
pjou cinematograph principles the 
object of the invention is to provide 
sharp-shooting practice for riflemen 
at objects which move more naturally 
than do those which are governed by 
mechanical or electrical appliances. 

The cinematograph apparatus 
throws a picture of an infantry charge 
upon a screen which consists of two 
rolls of heavy paper placed one in 
front of the other less than half an 
inch apart. Immediately a shot is 
fired a red light appears, indicating 
the spot where the bullet has per- 
forated the paper. The picture is 
fixed instantaneously and it if easy to 
tell whether or not the marksman 
has struck one of the pictured sol- 
diers. It is said that our own Gov- 
ernment is considering the Invention 
for adoption over here. 



FILM EXCHANGE BANKRUPT. 

San Francisco, Oct. 6. 

Creditors of the Theatre Film Ser- 
vice Company of this city have filed a 
petition in involuntary insolvency in 
the United States District Court. 

The following is a list of the 
creditors and the amount due each. 
Biograph, $761; Essanay, $339; 
Kalem, $318; Selig, $323. 



TWO NEW PICTURE HOUSES. 

Plans were filed last week that will 
give New York City two new picture 
houses of the smaller type. Both of 
the new buildings are to be erected 
on the East Side, one on Spring 
street and the other on Third avenue 
(near the corner of 54th street). 

According to plans filed, the build- 
ings are to cost $10,000 each. The 
former will be a three-story structure 
while the latter will be but one story 
in height. 



PICTURE OF THE NUDE. 

Among the Pathe film releases this 
week was one showing the habits and 
customs of the people living in the 
Molucca Islands, Oceania. In one 
scene where women are shown weav- 
ing, several boys stand watching. The 
brown-skinned lad in the center was 
stark naked, and he is seen facing 
the audience. The house gasped, 
then burst out laughing. 

At the Keith-Proctor Union Square 
the weaving was cut out after Assist- 
ant Manager Schreiber had seen it, 
but at the other theatres the picture 
passed without any comment. 

While the censors may claim a 
study in art, it was entirely too true 
to nature to pass with their approval, 
and the evidence indicates the Censor 
Committee never saw it at all. 



OHIO CONVENTION. 

Columbus, O., Oct. C. 

The State picture exhibitors held a 
convention here Monday to complete 
an organization. About 150 were rep- 
resented. The movement first started 
a year ago. 

The organization is open to both 
sides of the picture fight. M. A. Neff 
of Cincinnati is temporary president. 



WORLD DOING GOOD. 

Since the New York World began 
its crusade on "bad films" and criti- 
cised the "blood and thunder" pos- 
ters in front of the city's moving pic- 
ture houses, column after column 
being daily given over to a resume of 
real, existing conditions, there has 
been a noticeable change at all the 
houses which make an outside dis- 
play. 

On Fourteenth street where the 
fronts of the Comedy, Crystal Hall 
and other picture placces were pasted, 
posted and placarded from top to 
bottom with huge, flaring scenes and 
big letters in colors, it looks as 
though a "clean-up" committee had 
been at work. The posters have been 
toned down, the scarlet lettering made 
less attractive but more pleasing In 
effect, and the theatre fronts have a 
more alluring appearance. 

Merchants In the Fourteenth street 
neighborhood felt like compliment- 
ing the theatre managers on the 
improved lobby and entrance condi- 
tions. 



EDISON'S "COP" FILM. 

There was great excitement at the 
intersection of Broadway, Twenty- 
third street and Fifth avenue last 
Monday afternoon and it was all 
caused by the Edison Motion Picture 
Company taking a picture of New 
York policemen keeping the streets 
clear and allowing the people to cross 
at these busy corners. The picture 
will be entitled "The Life of a New 
York Policeman." 

The Edison company arranged for an 
ambulance run. It came flying down 
Fifth avenue at a given signal. 
Mounted police galloped ahead and 
cleared the way. So many people 
were anxious to get in the picture 
that it was almost necessary to ride 
them down. 

Despite the vigilance of the police, 
some of the boys managed to pose 
before the camera. Just as the big 
feature was being pulled off, a street 
car came up Broadway and came 
within an ace of spoiling the picture. 
One of the mounted officers did a Phil 
Sheridan ride and saved the day. 



THE FIRST "RELIANCE." 

Everything is in readiness for the 
first release of "Reliance" films by 
the Carlton Motion Picture Company 
(independent). It will be seen pub- 
licly for the first time Oct. 22. 

The picture is entitled "In the Gray 
of the Dawn." The principal char- 
acters are taken by Marion Leonard, 
Henry Walthall, Gertrude Robinson, 
Phillips Smalley, Arthur Johnson, 
James Kirkwood and Frankie Burns. 



A "DURAND" ACT. 

A "Durand" act in number of Du- 
rands is now on the vaudeville market. 
Paul Durand, the agent, has placed 
his wife, Elsie Durand, the actress, in 
a sumptuous production entitled "El- 
sie Durand and Her Four Empire 
Girls." It is at present "breaking In." 

Attached to the turn is another 
Paul Durand, known as "Paul Du- 
rand, 2d." He is the musical director, 
no relative to the principal or her ag- 
ent-husband, and was formerly of the 
Three Durands. 



VARIETY'S PICTURE REVIEWS 



"A KENTUCKY PIONEER" (Selig). 

The old story of pioneer days. The friendly 
squaw, the treacherous Indian, who steals the 
betrothed or a white settler, the girl's escape 
with the aid of the squaw, the pursuit by the 
tribe, and the running fight on horseback 
make the story of this film. It Is a theme 
displayed many times before and with much 
better effect. FRED. 



EXAMINATION DAY AT SCHOOL" (Bio- 
graph). 

A picture that combines comedy and pathos, 
laughter and tears In almost the breath. It 
tells a plausible story. The various types of 
children, and their pranks cause no end of 
laughter. The venerable and kind hearted 
school master wins his audience from the be- 
ginning and there was more than one eye tear 
dimmed In the audience at his dismissal. The 
photography is good and the film Is one that It 
a sure favorite. FRED. 



"A DIVER'S HONOR" (Qaumont). 

A deep sea tragedy. Father and son are 
divers. The latter agrees to secure certain 
plans from a sunken submarine and sell 
them to a spy. The father Is told of the son's 
dishonor. There are scenes of the water and 
the diver at work. Father dons a suit and 
goes below. He wrestles with his offspring 
and finally cuts the tube which supplies the 
son with air. The jig Is up for that young 
man. Father returns to surface and tells a 
few weather-beaten water-lovers that he did it 
for his country's sake. The theme Is decided- 
ly unpleasant. 



'WHO OWNS THE RUO?" (Pathe). 

A halr-pulllng match between three women 
at the close causes some laughter. The women 
buy the rug from a peddler, who steals it from 
each door-step and resells It The rug used 
Is one that belongs in a parlor and not on a 
door-step, but It Is good enough to raise the 
fuss. This picture has a "chase" which Is of 
the usual Fathe character. 



"A HIGH SPEED BIKER" (Qaumont). 

They don't make them any funnier. A bi- 
cycle rider has a wild ride on one of those 
(julck-dcllvery affairs that Is full of comic 
situations. Each collision Is good for a laugh 
but the trick-house effect is what causes the 
uproar. "A High Speed Biker" Is genuinely 
funny. 

"SOUTHERN TUNIS" (Pathe). 

The Pathe company does the public a good 
turn every time it hands it a film like this 
one. First, date trees In the oasis are shown 
and camels are seen in action, with native 
riders. Cobras, full of life and apparently 
ready to sink their deadly fangs Into the film 
arranger himself, are flashed on the curtain. 
The natural toboggan ride on the slippery 
rocks, the natives having a merry time, Is a 
feature. The picture Is worth seeing. 

"THE BACHELOR'S BABY" (VlUgraph). 

The title of "The Deserters" could have been 
used, as a husband deserts his wife, and she 
In turn deserts her baby. There Is comedy, 
but the film reaches a ghastly stage where 
a death scene Is shown. 

"THE ICONOCLAST" (Biograph). 

The Biograph has not told the best story 
imaginable of the iconoclast, although this 
film must receive credit for the moral It 
eaches.. The curse of drink and despondency 
over his station In life causes the head of a 
poor family to "get in Dutch" with his rich 
employer. He is "fired" and he swears re- 
venge. But, In making an attempt to shoot 
down "the boss" In his own home, the man 
is touched by the great love shown by the 
employer for his crlpped daughter. There 
Is nothing unusual In the story. It simply 
tells the worklngman to let well enough alone. 

"BETTY IS STILL AT HER OLD TRICKS" 
(Pathe). 
Some old comedy tricks bob up again, being 
handled by a girl, who acts well. Some of 
the scenes bring laughter, while others fall 
to cause even a ripple. The boys and girls 
will like Betty because she "raises Cain." 
Pathe uses the chase idea again. The pho- 
tography Is good. 

"MOLUCCA ISLANDS" (Pathe). 

Barring one unpleasant scene In the picture, 
the Pathe firm has turned out another beau- 
tifully tinted film, worth going a mile to see. 
The islands of the Ocean lo country are real- 
istically exhibited on the curtain. The camera 
has done fine work. There is no excuse for 
the nude children being so conspicuously dis- 
played In the picture. " 

"MY FRIEND THE DOCTOR" (Selig). 

If the Selig people had shown a chicken 
flopping around with Its head cut off. the 
laughter would have been more spontaneous. 
A sick man is examined by a doctor, given the 
wrong medicine and goes through a series of 
convulsions that are neither funny nor pleas- 
ant from any angle. A point In favor of this 
picture Is its brevity. 

"A COLD STORAGE ROMANCE" (Selig). 

An enjoyable film with some excellent com- 
ery effects. An overgrown country boy Is 
head over heels in love with a rural miss, who 
worships novel heroes. Some Interesting 
scenes In a hennery are shown. The girl ad- 
dresses an egg that Is shipped away and It 
turns up ten years later, the finder visiting 
the home of the girl, who has since married 
the country bumpkin. His reception Is not 
what It was cracked up to be. Well photo* 



graphed and well arranged, the picture serves 
its purpose admirably, though really a revived 

subject 

"HER FIANCE AND THE DOG" (Qaumont). 
Not much doing In the laughing line. The 
picture is shy many points on entertainment 
The film is clear and well noted. A line in 
the manufacturer's bulletin expresses It well : 
"A great amount of thought la wasted on the 
subject." 

"RANSOMED OR A PRISONER OF WAR" 
(VlUgraph). 
A war story, but without shooting or kill- 
ing. A Confederate captain passes through 
the Union lines to visit his own home and 
help his little son celebrate his fifth birthday. 
Trying to return he is captured and sentenced 
to death as a spy. Little Jack, hearing of hid 
father'a plight goes to the Union general and 
brings about his father's release. There are 
some good scenes, but the army camp details 
lack realism. 



"THE LITTLE ACROBAT" (Qaumont). 

The story of an attempted abduction of a 
young marquis frustrated by the little acro- 
bat whom the former had befriended when the 
smaller lad was being beaten by a street en- 
tertainer. The little acrobat wins a home 
behind marble walls for his timely warning. 
There Is not much to the film. 



"MORE THAN HIS DUTY" (Edison). 

The Canadian northwest furnishes the scenes 
for this picture. A nice looking young man, 
whose sister loves a member of the Royal 
Northwest Mounted Police, Is a bad boy. who 
gambles and then robs a post-office, despite 
all the influences brought to bear by his folks. 
The girl's father, auperintendent of the bar- 
racks, sends the lover after the robber. There 
Is a chase through the woods and the capture 
effected, after the officer has winged the 
brother In the «nn on a distance shot The 
officer tries to shield the robber In his own 
home, but the girl learns the story and the 
subsequent suicide of the brother causes the 
father to guess the truth. The lovers are 
given blessings by the father as they stand 
near the lifeless form of the brother. The 
picture, photographically, Is a gem. 

'-THE DISHONEST STEWARD" ( Urban - 
Eclipse). 
A steward in the employ of a count on 
learning of the letter's death, not only ap- 
propriated the noble's fortune, but takes his 
little son and leaves him In the most dense 
part of a thicket The boy Is returned to 
good hands by an old beggar. The photog- 
raphy Is of high class, but the picture is dis- 
appointing. 

"CITY OF A HUNDRED MOSQUES-BROUS- 
8A. ASIA MINOR" (Urban-Eclipse). 
The George Klelne company shows the Am- 
erican stay-at-homes what a Turkish city looks 
like. Street scenes, with camels In the fore- 
ground, are shown. Other interesting sights 
are reproduced. 

"DIFFERENT TRADES IN BOMBAY" (Pathe) 
When it comes to giTlng the public natural 
scenic views and pictures of Industrial pur- 
suits In the Orient or any of the foreign coun- 
tries, the Pathe company can hit the fancy 
nine times out of ten. As an educational 
factor, this picture Is "Okay." 

"MIRTH AND SORROW" (Pathe). 

Scenes of the festive carnival days and nights 
In Paris are vividly reproduced by the cam- 
era. There Is a tearful ending, but an ordi- 
nary Pathe story would not be complete with- 
out the Qrlm Reaper having a part. 

"ALL ON ACCOUNT OF A LIE" (Essanay). 
A man Is unavoidably detained from going 
home through a mishap to an automobile, 
which happens forty miles from his happy 
fireside. It Is an all-night delay. His wife 
Is miffed on his return the next morning. 
The truth doesn't go for wlfey, so he tells her 
a fib about his "night out" She telegraphs 
for the supposed friend with whom he stayed 
to call without his knowledge. The hubby 
passes off another friend as Mr. Butts. There 
Is a regular "My Friend From India" mix- 
up, good for some hearty laughter. The 
camera failed to do Its duty In several scenes. 

WOULDN'T TELL SECRETS. 

Harry E. Malther, treasurer of the 
Columbia theatre, Brooklyn, is being 
sued by his wife for a separation. 
The case will come up before Judge 
Maddoz, In the Supreme Court, 
Brooklyn. Mrs. Maither, formerly a 
"hello girl," prior to her marriage In 
March, 1906, claims in her affidavit 
that Maither refused to tell her the 
secrets of the Masonic order, that fur- 
ther she was driven out of her home, 
and that her husband disappeared for 
days at a time. 

Judge Maddox allowed Mrs. Maither 
$50 counsel fee, but said that the 
question of alimony can be decided 
when her separation suit is tried. 



VARIETY 



13 



SOME CLOSING DATES. 

Chicago, Oct. 6. 

Buffalo and Pawnee Bill's "Wild 
West" ends its season Nov. 19""at Ar- 
genta, Ark., a suburb of Little Rock, 
where the show plays to avoid a $500 
hold-up on the license. The show 
will ship to Trenton, N. J., for the 
winter. 

George Degnon, who has been ex- 
cursion agent for three seasons, came 
to town last Monday on his way home 
to Newark, N. J. His season closed 
in Little Rock last Saturday, at which 
point Sam Feidler, manager of the 
No. 3 (opposition car) also ended his 
travels. 

The Barnum & Bailey Show closes 
at Clark sd ale, Miss., and ships to 
winter quarters at Bridgeport. The 
show will appear at Madison Square 
Garden in the spring. 

The Sells-Floto will end its season 
at Sherman, Tex., Oct. 22, after the 
most exciting and bitter opposition 
fight in Texas the circus profession 
has ever known. The Hagenbeck- 
Wallace Show closes Oct. 24, at Tren- 
ton, Tenn., somewhat earlier than 
was at first intended. Al W. Martin 
joined the H-W Show in Atlanta. 



RINGLINGS PAY TEXAS. 

Austin, Oct. 6. 

It becomes known that last week 

representatives of the Ringling Bros. 

reached an agreement with the State 
officials and upon payment of $12,- 
000 settled all differences which have 
existed in the matter of back licenses, 
both State and county. 

This is the culmination of a fight 
which representatives of the Sells- 
Floto Show stirred up two seasons ago 
in Tammen's warfare against the 
Baraboo Bros. What with the pres- 
ent payment and expenses incident to 
contesting the claims the man from 
Denver has caused the Ringlings to 
part with a pretty penny to square 
things up. 



CIRCUS LOSES TWO SHOWS. 

Elkton, Md., Oct. 6. 

The Frank A. Robbins circus was 

unable to reach here until 1 p. m. 
last Saturday, a defective car delaying 
the train, and the afternoon perform- 
ance had to be called off. 

The show also lost its night per- 
formance at Chestertown, owing to a 
big fire there on the evening the 
show was to have played. The cir- 
cus men did efficient work at the 
fire. 



CIRCUS WOMAN GUILTY. 

Evansville, Oct. 6. 

Mrs. Jennie Maler. who shot and 
killed James Simpson, whom she 
claimed was peeping into the woman's 
dressing tent on the day the Norris & 
Rowe Show opened its season here 
last April, was found guilty of man- 
slaughter by a Jury in Circuit Court, 
after deliberating six hours. A minor- 
ity favored acquittal, but finally ga\e 
in to the majority. 

A new trial is likely. Punishment 
may be a prison term of from two to 
twenty years, but under the Indiana 
laws a prisoner may be paroled after 
serving two years. 



CIRC US 



FORMER CLOWN DIES. 

Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 6. 

Charles McClaslin, aged 59 years, 
a former circus clown, who cast aside 
the spangles and tinsel and shelved 
his grease paints to become an envoy 
of the Salvation Army, died last week 
at the headquarters of the industrial 
department in Atlanta. 

McClaslin was a clown with Fore- 
paugh and Sells Bros.' circus. Eight 
years ago when the show played here, 
he became a Salvation Army convert. 
A widow and two daughters, who 
live in Nashville, Tenn., survive. The 
remains were interred at Nashville. 



NO TAX ON CHARITY. 

Savannah, Ga., Oct. 6. 

The Robinson circus will not have 

to pay any county tax when it shows 

here Oct. 26 under the auspices of 
the Savannah lodge of Elks. As it 
will be "for sweet charity's sake," 
the tax will be omitted on this oc- 
casion. 

The county commissioners con- 
sidered a petition from the Elks and 
on the ground that it will benefit the 
charity side of the county and city 
ledger, decided to let the circus come 
in free. 



"TWO BILLS" IN FRISCO. 

San Francisco, Oct. 6. 

The "Two Bills' Wild West" open- 
ed yesterday, the start having been 
very favorable. No street parade was 
given. 

The night attendance was about 
nine-tenths of capacity and the show 
was well received throughout. The 
western features scored big. Every- 
thing presented in Class A. Trappings 
and costumes noticeably fresh and 
clean. 

The "Wild West" is here for five 
days. It secured a $5 rate each per- 
formance as a license fee. That has 
evoked a large sized howl, but it came 
too late. The Board of Supervisors 
ha* been requested to consider the 
license subject for future cases. 



Zack Miller (no relation of the Zack 
of Miller Bros.) who is doing cowboy 
tricks with the Mulhall "Wild West" 
show, had a hard fall from his horse 
during the night performance at Knox- 
vllle, Tenn., but escaped serious in- 
jury. In the pony express riding, his 
horse fell and pinned Miller under- 
neath, Miller's back and shoulders 
being bruised. 



Louis E. Cooke, general agent of 
the "Two Bills." is expected to arrive 
in Chicago the last of the current 
work whore he will make headquar- 
ters for the present, going south occa- 
sionally to watch the advance. 

If. E. lltitlcr, for two seasons and 
part of this year a car manager for 
Buffalo and Pawnee Bill, is in Chicago, 
producing and hooking vaudeville acts. 



FOUR KILLED IN MELEE. 

Augusta, Ga., Oct. 6. 

Three negroes employed by the Hag- 
enbeck-Wallace circus were arrested 
here Sunday morning for attempting 
to rob other employees. They had a 
fight on the circus train which resulted 
in the death of four people. 

The circus paid off at Columbia the 
night before. Gambling on the train 
during its run to this point followed. 
About two in the morning the colored 
men started through the train on a 
robbery tour. The first victim resist- 
ed. A riot commenced. Paul A. Wil- 
liams, a billing clerk of the Southern 
Railway, aboard the train at the time, 
was among those killed. The other 
dead men are negroes. J. C. Weekly 
of Columbia, also on the train, was in- 
jured. 

The colored men under arrest are 
named Clark, Wilson and Grcsham. 

Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 6. 
D. C. Brink and Harry Salsberg, 
teamsters with the Sells-Floto circus, 
were injured when the brakes on one 
of the wagons refused to work, as the 
show was transferring from the lot to 
the railroad yards. The wagon ran 
into a telegraph pole. The men were 
taken to the Medical Hospital, where 
it was reported that they should be out 
in a few days. 



DIG FAIR RILL. 

The Brockton (Mass.) fair and 
horse show, booked by the Allen & 
Marryat agency, has for this week the 
following: Wormwood's Monkeys, Lu- 
nette Sisters, Sisters Erneste, Marri- 
ott Twins, La Maze and Tom, Gasch 
Sisters, Klutin's Dogs, Two Adonis, 
Flying Boises, Brown's Dogs, Merrill 
Troupe, White's Mules, Three Donals, 
Schiavoni Troupe, Morrisini's Horses, 
Mile. Martha, Three Ernests. Jack 
Driscoll, Johnny Nestor and Tom 
Breen, vocalists and announcers. 

Graham White and his airship are 
a big feature, White receiving $15,000. 

James E. Hardy, the high wire per- 
former, is quite ill at his home in To- 
ronto, and was forced to cancel his 
engagement at the fair. 



POSSIBLE EARLY CLOSING. 

Word comes from authentic sources 
that the Wallacc-Hagenbeck circus 
will cut its present season short, two 
weeks being lopped off the original 
route by B. E. Wallace. The circus 
Is now touring the South where the 
extremely hot weather has been large- 
ly responsible for the cut in the Wal- 
lace-Hagenbeck itinerary. 

A theatrical man, who has been in 
the business forty-six years, just re- 
turned from below the Mason and 
Dixie line, says that in all his travels 
he has never seen it so hot in that 
section. 

Mr. Wallace's determination to close 
his season earlier means that the last 
si ami will probably be played about 
Oct. 17. 



BILLS NEXT WEEK. 

NEW YORK. 



HAMMERSTEIN'S. 
Belle Blanche. 
Dud Fisher. 
Mason, Keeler ft Co. 



Melville & Higglns. 
Arlington Four. 
(Others to fill.) 



"Carnival of Roses." 


GREENPOINT. 


Haines and Vldocq. 


Fanny Ward ft Co. 


Gene Green. 


"Rolfonians." 


Butler and Bassett. 


Rooney and Bent. 


Odell and Klnley. 


Bedlnl and Arthur. 


Claude Roode. 


Frank Fogarty. 




Great Howard. 


ORPHEUM. 


Avon Comedy Four. 


Mclntyre ft Heath. 


Harry Fox and Mll- 


"On a Housetop." 


lershlp Sisters. 


"Courtiers." 




Hymack. 


FIFTH AVENUE. 


Albert Whelan. 


Murphy. Nichols ft 


Robert Demont Trio 


Co. 


Ruby Raymond A Co. 


Rose Royal and 


Four Primroses. 


"Chesterfield." 


Tom Waters. 


Tom Nawn and Co. 




Qulnlan and Richards 


COLONIAL. 


Harry Breen. 


Gus Edward's "Song 


Edwards, Van and 


Review." 


Tlerney. 


Mrs. Gardner Crane 


Mable McCane. 


and Co. 


Ferry. 


Royal Colibrls. 


"Lady Betty." 


Sebastian Merrill 




Co. 


AMERICAN. 


Macart ft Bradford. 


Robs and Bowen. 


Lll Hawthorne. 


Zlgeunlr Quartet. 


Four Nessems. 


Arvls. 


Hawthorne and Burt 


"The Monkey's 




Paw." 


ALHAMBRA. 


McMahon and Chap- 


Karno Company. 


pelle. 


Bert Coote and Co. 


Mason and Bart. 


George Newburn. 


McLallen ft Carson. 


Laddie Cliff. 


Jessie Broughton. 


Hedges Bros, and Ja- 


(Two to fill). 


cobson. 




Barnes and Craw- 


FULTON. 


ford. 


"Cleopatra." 


Howard and North. 


The Coopers. 


Malla and Bart. 


Wish Wynne. 




Wllfrded Clarke & Co 


BRONX. 


Musical MaeLarens. 


Rlgoletto Bros. 


Irwin and Herzog. 


Jane Courthope ft Co 


La Belle Nello. 


Yorke and Adams. 


Plcarl Troupe. 


Stewart 


Nevlns and Gordon. 


CHICAGO. 


MAJESTIC. 


AMERICAN. 


Sallie Fisher. 


"Scrooge." 


"School Boys and 


Fields and Lewis. 


Girls." 


"Pullman Porter 


Creasy and Dayne. 
"Musical Sufferaget- 


Maids." 


The Sousloffs. 


tes.* 


Sherman, DeForrest 


Martlnettl and Syl- 


and Co. 


vester. 


Maud Hall Macy A 


Clifford and Burke. 


Co. 


Graham's Manikins. 


Rlvoll. 


Howard and Ray. 


Josephine Sabel. 


"Roses of Klldare." 


Willie Hale and Bro 


Donald Graham. 




OMAHA. 


AMERICAN. 


ORPHEUM. 


George Primrose nn( 


Marion Murray and 


Co. 


Co. 


Rice and Cohen. 


Imperial Musicians. 


Alva York. 


James Thornton . 


Maxlnl and Bobby. 


Fanny Rice. 


W. E. Whittle. 


Prinze and Whiting. 


Harper Smith Trio. 


Duffln-Redcay 


Steve Bartel. 


Troupe. > 


(One to nil). 


Palfrey and Barton. 


ST. LOUIS. 


PRINCESS. 


COLUMBIA. 


Julian Eltlngc. 


"Nlghtblrdn." 


Caron and Herbert. 


Bernard and Weston 


Byron and Langdon. 


Great Auroras. 


Eddie Foley. 


Smith & Campbell. 


Bcrtossl and Arch- 


Morrlsscy Slsterij ft 


anfrclli. 


Hoys. 


The Reros. 


Dave and Percle 


Gullnndo. 


Martin. 




Fennell and Tyson. 




Rio. 


NKW OHIiKANS. 


AMERICAN. 


Nellie Nichols. 


"The Barnyard Ro- 


Grlgolattl Ballet. 


niro" ( hfld over). 


Taylor. Kranzman 


Mario Lob PlctureH. 


and White. 


Sydnf-y Grant 


Zcrtho's Dogn. 


Cartmell and Harris. 


Welch, Mealcy and 


Zay Holland. 


Montrose. 




Fenndie and Val- 


ORPHEUM. 


lorlg. 


Ellta Proctor Otis 




and Co. 





Fred Lindsay, the Australian whip, 
saved a man from drowning in Eng- 
land a few weeks ago. Fred admits 
he is a hero. 



Forepaugh-Sells Circus closes Nov 
2?, at some stand in Mississippi. 



A pony boy, aged thirl" -en years. 
traveling with I he Kobbins' shows, was 
severely cut across tin- thighs by a 
desperate negro when tin- circus was 
playing Chestertown. Md. A lynehing 
was threatened by the circus employes, 
but the negr-i wns arrested and sen- 
tenced to th" M:try':ind House of 
Correction !'.«:• two years. 



14 



VARIETY 



NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

Initial PrescnlaUoD, Flrat Appearance 

or Reappearance In or Aronnd 

New York 



M 



Belle Blanche (New Act), Hammer- 
stein's. 

Bud Fisher, Hammerstein's. 

Odell and Klnley, Hammerstein's. 

Royal Oolibris, Colonial. 

Zigeunir Quartet, American. 

Arris, American. 

Irwin and Heraog, Fulton. 

Rose Royal and "Chesterfield," Fifth 
Avenue. 

Qnlnlan and Richards, Fifth avenue. 

Mabel McCane, Fifth Avenue. 

"Lady Betty," Fifth Avenue. 



SMALL TIME. 

Young Brothers and Veronica, Third 
Avenue. r 

Carlisle, Moore and Co., Royal, 
Brooklyn. 

Charles Klngsley, Jones', Brooklyn. 

Wm. Ramsdell and Ramsdell Bisters, 
Grand Street. 

Firenzi Trio, Grand Street. 

Five Auroras. 
Bicyclists and Athletes. 
15 Min.; Full Stage. 
Majestic, Chicago. 

This act, consisting of five men and 
an assistant, opened its fourth week 
in America Monday afternoon, clos- 
ing a fine show. Those who remain- 
ed (and these audiences are wont to 
largely absent themselves for the fin- 
ishing act) witnessed one of the best 
cycling acts. It is said the act is 
Martin Beck's own selection. The 
early routine shows brief displays 
more or less familiar with wheel spe- 
cialists, but before matters have pro- 
gressed far the men develop a fine 
showing of acrobatics and head-and- 
hand balancing, which alone moves 
the act into a class of its own. In a 
three-high, the two top mounters play 
guitars while being wheeled rapidly 
around. 

This act is duplicated as the under- 
stander rides one wheel, hands off, 
around. In a head-to-head three- 
high, the middle man standing on the 
shoulders of the bicyclist, a tune is 
played on bells strapped to legs and 
arms after the manner familiar in 
some acrobatic acts. There are many 
balancing displays, somersaults from 
two and three high, and a general 
melange of difficult work, leading up 
to a novelty finish. Upon a stanch- 
ion rigged in the centre of the stage 
a circular platform, about twice as 
wide as a safety wheel Is long, Is 
rigged to revolve. Under this, their 
necks and bodies resting in a contriv- 
ance much the same as is used in 
"Rlsley" work, four of the bicyclists 
pedal with their wheels in the air, 
the tires causing the platform to turn 
swiftly or slowly as needs be. Atop 
the platform the fifth man does 
"stunts," going through the wheel, 
riding hands free and other things; 
the finale shows the platform spinning 
and the top 'cyclist wheeling after a 
manner recalling the pony and revolv- 
ing table of animal acts. The act Is 
showy, effective and strong in every 
detail. Walt. 



James Young. 

"Shakespeare In Tabloid Form. 
15 Mlns.; One (2); Two (13). 
Fifth Avenue. 

It does not seem to be a question 
of Mr. Young's histronic ability or the 
manner in which he has staged the 
three scenes from as many of 
Shakespeare's plays; the question is 
whether vaudeville wants Shakes- 
peare. Mr. Young offers an excuse 
beforehand for his intrusion into the 
field of the two-a-day endeavor, with 
his present offering, when in his 
opening speech he states that there 
are seven million students of Shakes- 
peare in the various schools, acad- 
emies and colleges in this count r^. 
He also promises that if vaudeville Is 
kind to him, he will return again next 
season with a new repertoire. The 
three excerpts that Mr. Yoimg 
offers are all serious. They are the 
opening scene from "Hamlet" on the 
battlements of Elsinore Castle where 
the "Melancholy Dane" first sees the 
vision of his father's spirit; a scene 
from "The Merchant of Venice," 
where Shylock defends the actions of 
himself and his race before a jeering 
crowd on the Rialto; and the Forum 
scene from Julius Caesar, where Marc 
Anthony delivers the famous oration. 
In the selection of these three scenes, 
all requiring studied effort on the part 
of the delineator, Mr. Young has made 
his first mistake, as far as vaudeville 
is concerned. Had he shown his 
versatility by presenting a scene from 
one of the comedies he would have 
fared much better than he did, but, 
as it was, his characterizations were 
heartily applauded. There is a special 
drop for each scene, all being hung 
in "two," and special wood wings. 
The first character that Mr. Young 
attempts is that of Hamlet. Although 
he is not in appearance the generally 
accepted Dane, his reading is very 
good indeed. At the close of the 
scene where he waves off his friends 
who would follow, he reaches totally 
unexpected dramatic heights. His 
Shylock is not nearly so good and the 
less said the better. As Mark Anthony 
he makes a dramatic appeal in voice 
and mannerism that no "mob" could 
resist. In making the changes for the 
various scenes Mr. Young does not 
cause stage waits of any great length. 
He is an actor of proven worth and 
with a comedy scene interspersed with 
the present offering, there seems no 
reason but that vaudeville will accept 
him and his delineations. 

Fred. 



Barrows and Milo. 

Equilibrists. 

10 Mlns.; Full Stage. 

Small Time. 

Displaying powerful muscular devel- 
opment, two men have a hand balanc- 
ing routine that is not overdone. More 
feats and working much faster would 
enhance the value of the act. Some 
good "lifts," one-arm and other- 
wise, are made. The hand-to-hand 
leap by the lighter of the team over 
four chairs to the upstretched palms 
of the other Is the finish. The act 
looks good enough for the bigger 
houses. 



John Lawson and Go. (4). 

"The Monkey's Paw" (Dramatic). 

37 Mlns.; Full Stage (Special Set). 

American. 

Although the authors of "The Mon- 
key's Paw" may not have written the 
piece for vaudeville, they aimed for 
a big, strong, thrilling finale — one 
which would bring the audience to its 
toes, and send them back into their 
seats with a shudder at the denoue- 
ment. However that may be, as play- 
ed at the American Monday evening, 
for its first American appearance, the 
big scene missed fire somehow. Grant- 
ing that perhaps the players did not 
move with their accustomed smooth- 
ness through the newness of the coun- 
try and stage, it cannot be gotten 
away from that "The Monkey's Paw" 
as presented by John Lawson and his 
very capable company holds a far 
greater thrill at the conclusion of the 
second period than at the finale. And 
after that has all been said and done, 
the piece is not a proper one in a 
vaudeville show. It brings forward a 
phase of life where misery is heaped 
onto misery — perhaps privation, from 
the story. Mr. Lawson is the well 
known melodramatic actor of the Eng- 
lish music hall stage. As the father 
In the sketch he gives a creditable 
performance, neither brilliant nor 
dull, merely an even showing. His 
principal support is Lucille Sidney as 
the wife, and about the same record 
was left by her, though Miss Sidney 
did leave a mark with her one wild 
shriek when she discovered that her 
husband had secured his wish for two 
hundred pounds through the accident- 
al death of her son. The piece runs 
nearly forty minutes. It is in one 
setting, the time being divided into 
three scenes or periods through the 
dropping of the curtain. The pro- 
gram names these periods "Three 
Lights," calling them respectively 
"The Storm" (at night) "Sunshine 
and Shadow" (morning), and "All 
Black" (one week later). The set- 
ting of a combination dining and sit- 
ting room of a country house is per- 
fect, and the best thing in the act. 
The lights for the morning were poor- 
ly worked, and it seemed the waits 
were too long between each period. 
Though the setting was made to the 
footlights, the first wait was unques- 
tionably over long; just as much so 
as the orchestra was mistaken in play- 
ing "Yum Yum Tree" for an overture 
to cover it, knowing what was to fol- 
low. W. W. Jacobs and Louis N. 
Parker, each a writer of note, built 
this piece, placing an overdose of talk 
and time before the real action starts. 
This it does when an old- soldier gives 
the father a dried up monkey's paw, 
inherited from a magician who claim- 
ed it would bear three wishes for 
three different people. Two have used 
up their share. The father as the 
third and last wishes that he shall 
receive the two hundred pounds ow- 
ing on his mortgaged home. An only 
son, employed in the electric lighting 
plant, while telling his fellow men at 
the works the same night about the 
paw and his father's wish, becomes en- 
tangled with the machinery, bringing 
about his death. A messenger the 
next morning Informs the parents, 
stating that he has the two hundred 
pounds as an offering from the firm. 
A week later, while the old folks are 



Billy Gaston and Isabelle D'Armond. 

Singing, Talking and Dancing. 

20 Mlns.; One (5); Four (12); 

One (3). 

Fifth Avenue. 

Offering a merry hodge-podge of 
jingles and nonsense, a clever com- 
edian and dancer and a pretty little 
girl with a "cute" voice, Billy Gaston 
and Isabelle D'Armond managed very 
well in one of the best positions on 
the bill at the Fifth Avenue this 
week. Gaston was in evening clothes. 
Miss D'Armond wore three pretty little 
costumes. The opening is in "one" 
with Gaston doing a little talking. 
Miss D'Armond comes on in a little 
white lingerie dress that makes her 
appear about twelve years of age. 
She has come to have her voice tried. 
In "four" (parlor) the two manage 
to secure quite a bit of comedy from 
the singing of "Call Me Up Some 
Rainy Afternoon," followed by Gaston 
reciting his farewell to his last dol- 
lar, called "Good-Bye Bill." Miss 
D'Armond in the meantime having 
changed to tights sings a verse and 
chorus of "Lazy Rag," the accom- 
paniment of which is played by Gas- 
ton, she in turn sitting at the piano 
and playing while he sings the second 
verse and chorus, both playing and 
singing the final chorus. And then 
come the "Bits From Broadway Pro- 
ductions," Including a song and 
dance from "The Dollar Princess" and 
dance that is more or less a burlesque 
of "The Apache." The close in "one" 
consists of patter and a song and a 
dance. Some laughter is begotten by 
the pair taking turns at wheeling each 
other across the stage on a hand 
truck, Miss D'Armond singing some- 
thing about throwing kisses away and 
presents handfuls of the candy variety 
to the audience. It is a pleasing of- 
fering of its kind, quite similar in 
general frame-up to the act formerly 
presented by Mr. Gaston and Ethei 
Green and it scored one of the genuine 
applause hits of the evening and only 
shared top-honors with the quartet on 
the bill. Fred. 



bemoaning the loss of their boy, the 
wife recalls that two wishes are yet 
unused. She forces the father to 
wish that their son may come to life. 
After a rather lengthy pause, a heavy 
knock is heard at the door. This is 
the anti-climax which misses, possibly 
through the playing. The mother fum- 
bles at the door; it will not open. 
She shouts her son is there, when the 
old man, mumbling it is against the 
will of God, takes the third wish by 
asking that his son be returned to 
his grave. Upon the mother flinging 
the door open, nothing is seen with- 
out. In England they say a ghostly fig- 
ure appeared at the opening. This 
would not have beea of aid here. To 
have gripped the house, a breathed 
"Mother!" from the other side might 
have helped wonderfully, but It Is dif- 
ficult to force the intensity of the 
moment if it does not come natural- 
ly. At any rate Americans are quite 
too skeptical about the uncanny, and 
too practical for the supernatural. 
While "A Monkey's Paw" will cause 
a creep, it is doubtful if it will do 
aught else over here — even to mak- 
ing talk. And it sure does hit a regu- 
lar show below the belt. Sime. 



VAKIBTY 



15 



Fred Kmrno Co (14). 

♦♦The Wow Wows" (Comedy). 

29 Mlns.; Full Sttage; One; Full 

Stage (Special Set and Drops). 

Colonial. 

A Karno Company that talks 
seemed to hit the Colonial audience 
as a bit queer. Having seen the 
"Music Hall," "Slums" and "Dandy 
Thieves," It is but natural that Amer- 
ican audiences should expect only 
pantomime from a Karno group. 
Anyone familiar with London music 
halls at all will not be surprised, for 
most of th^e Karno productions over 
there depend to some extent upon 
dialog. "The Wow Wows" is the 
real English type of Karno act, with 
the red nose comic in the fore, and 
the proceedings built around him. 
Laid in three scenes the act consists 
merely of a burlesque on a secret 
society initiation. To "get even" on 
the "tightwad" of a summer camp, 
the rest of the bunch frame up a 
phony secret society into which they 
initiate M. Neverloosen. Charles 
Chaplin is the "mark," and chief 
comedian. Chaplin is typically Eng- 
lish, the sort of comedian that the 
American audiences seem to like, al- 
though unaccustomed to. His man- 
ner is quiet and easy and he goes 
about his work in a devil-may-care 
manner, in direct contrast to the 
twenty-minutes-from-a-cemetery make- 
up he employs. The make-up and 
manner in themselves are funny. 
That is what will have to carry "The 
Wow Wows" over, If it goes that way. 
Chaplin will do all right for America, 
but it is too bad that he didn't first 
appear in New York with something 
with more in it than this piece. The 
company amounts to little, because 
there is little for them to do. Dialog 
at the opening doesn't amount to any- 
thing and at intervals during the piece 
there are talky places which drags 
the time when Champlin does not 
occupy the center of the stage. In 
the last scene — initiating chamber — 
there are one or two funny bits of 
business. Three women in the act 
are not needed. One has a scene with 
the comedian; the others simply walk 
on and off a couple of times. The 
genuine fun in "The Wow Wows" is 
not quite enough to stand off the half 
hour of running time. The act can 
be fixed up by interjecting more 
speed, and cutting the unnecessary 
talk. The Colonial audience laughed 
at the show Monday night, but not 
enough. An act of this sort, erected 
solely for comedy should register a 
bigger percentage of laughs. 

Dash. 



Budd and Clare. 

Musical Comedians. 

15 Mins.; Full (Interior). 

Manhattan. 

The men do not rely on their music, 
numbers on the accordeon and a one- 
stringed fiddle being a secondary con- 
sideration. It is their comedy that 
hits. One is in eccentric makeup and 
is the "big noise." His hobble skirt 
burlesque was a "riot" at the Man- 
hattan. The lines throughout pro- 
voked much laughter. Budd and 
Clare should keep working overtime. 



B. A. Rolfe's "Courtiers" (12). 

Musical. 

25 Mlns.; Full Stage (Special Set). 

Colonial. 

"The Courtiers" might be con- 
sidered a remade "Colonial Septet." 
The Colonial idea In dressing and 
stage setting is carried out, and most 
of the music is of the brass variety. 
The setting, also of the old Colonial 
period, is very pretty. The dressing 
of the period is very picturesque and 
always pleasing to an audience. The 
trouble with the arrangement for 
proper "atmosphere" is the music. 
With one or two exceptions the 
melodies played were never heard in 
Colonial days. Vaudeville is not a 
stickler, however, on that sort of de- 
tail. Besides the instrumental music, 
a tenor and soprano, aid materially. 
There is too much of the comic opera 
duet thing, and once in a while the 
irate parent (baritone) breaks in. All 
that is then needed is the villagers. 
The singing is pleasing, but the selec- 
tions combined with the instrumental 
numbers, give too much of one va- 
riety. String instruments are used 
in a "Mme. Sherry"-"Tales of Hoff- 
man" combination, the best ren- 
dered. More of the strings and 
less of the brass would improve. 
As a finish the brasses are brought 
out strongly to play the national an- 
thems of several countries, with the 
soloists standing forth leading the 
red Are. "Star Spangled Banner" is 
the finish naturally. Someone with 
misgivings, .perhaps, arranged a series 
of shots and cannon reports off stage 
just to cinch it. It did the work 
"The Courtiers" received no less than 
six curtains Monday night. It is a 
pretty act, nicely put on, with good 
music. It has no novelty, is nothing 
new for vaudeville, and will draw no 
business. Dash. 



Lcs Sousloffs. 

Dancers. 

K Min.; Full Stage. 

American, Chicago. 

Programed as the "dancing, whirl- 
ing Parisian sensation," the man and 
woman in this act made good their 
claims Monday evening by showing an 
extraordinary amount of vivacity, 
grace and suppleness in putting over 
an act chockful of great work. They 
made their American debut at the Am- 
erican, Omaha, last week, it is said. 
Although the running time is brief, 
every second is alive with action; 
class, speed and efficiency, making the 
act a conspicuously brilliant showing. 
Their "whirlwind" dancing is cyclonic, 
their contortions the extreme of su- 
pleness and In pirouettes they whirl 
like lightning. Individually there 
may be those who can outdance either 
the man or the woman, but it is doubt- 
ful if vaudeville can show their equal 
in team work. The musicians had dif- 
ficulty in negotiating the music Mon- 
day night. This seemed to put the 
dancers out of temper. Some one 
must have taken sides with the house 
leader, for the dancers were denied a 
curtain on applause that has been 
known to send the drop up and down 
a half dozen times. They were much 
appreciated by those in front. 

Walt, 



Johnson Clarke. 

"The Squire and the Precocious Yo- 
kel" (Ventrlloqnlal). 
14 mine.; Full Stage (Special Set: 

Woodland). 
American. 

Entering America as an English 
ventriloquist, Johnson Clarke at the 
American this week displays an act 
with a single "dummy" that smacked 
in work, style and enunciation of Ar- 
thur Prince's, Coram's and Tom Ed- 
wards. A semi-recitation at the close 
entitled "Rabbit Jack" gave Mr. John- 
son, who had been much appreciated 
by the audience throughout his turn, 
an excellent applause finish, the house 
recalling him for several bows. As an 
attraction, Mr. Clarke should have 
been further down on the American 
program this week than "No. 3." He 
would have been of more value in a 
later position on the bill. There is 
some dialog about a lion hunt that is 
amusing, Mr. Clarke appearing on the 
wood scene as a hunter. In speech 
the "dummy" resembles Tom Mc- 
Naughton's voice quite remarkably. 
In entering as a hunter, the ventrilo- 
quist finds his figure seated on a fence, 
about midway between the footlights 
and the rear wall. Working this far 
up stage aids Clarke in disguising that 
he has little control over the neces- 
sary muscles in simulating voice 
throwing at all. A very presentable 
young man, he manages to carry out 
the illusion rather well under the cir- 
cumstances, and will do in a way over 
here, having a lot of clever chaps to 
follow in that line, especially Prince 
— as the one and first ventriloquist 
with a single figure who has firmly 
established himself on this side. 

Sime. 



Herbert Kelcey and Effle Shannon. 
"Bearding the Lion" (Dramatic). 
15 Min.; Full Stage (Interior). 
Majestic, Chicago. 

James Clarence Harvey has carried 
out a rather unique idea for a sketch 
in a clever manner. Mr. Kelcey's 
share in the proceedings amounts to 
very little more than "feeding" what 
is really a monolog for Miss Shannon. 
Kelcey is a theatrical manager, about 
to produce a play. Miss Shannon is 
an actress seeking opportuntity to 
prove that she is as great as she be- 
lieves herself to be. To the office of 
the showman comes the actress. There 
by a clever demonstration of emo- 
tional powers she convinces the pro- 
ducer. In the early passages Miss 
Shannon displays versatility in a light 
comedy way, before turning to the 
heavy work. Kelcey and Shannon 
were headlined, presumably on the 
ground of their "big names," but as 
often happens in such rases the other 
acts on the bill contributed the real 
entertainment value; for the sketch at 
best is but an excuse to present the 
individuals. Walt. 



James .1. Morton did not open at 
the American this week, objecting to 
the display of his name on the billing 
matter. Cliff Cordon substituted. 
Irwin and Ilerzog, a new turn from 
the West, also billed at the house, 
cadi col led through illness. They play 
the Fulton, Brooklyn, next week. 



Elizabeth Kennedy & Co. (2). 
"Two Women" (Drama). 
15 Mlns.; Four (Parlor). 
Fifth Avenue (Oct. 2). 

The story of two women is a poorly 
written one, trite and forced in its at- 
tempted character drawing. This by 
itself renders the sketch unfit for any- 
thing but the small time. Even there 
the finale may bring forth guying. The 
finish is palpable and is suggested by 
incidents leading to what should be 
the "big scene," that of one woman 
choking another. But the bit doesn't 
carry, at least it did not as played by 
Elizabeth Kennedy and her company at 
the Fifth avenue last Sunday evening. 
Miss Kennedy attempts a sort of 
"slum" girl-mother, who has lost her 
husband and her child. The latter was 
taken away by "the society." The girl 
blames a society woman, who, in push- 
ing upwards on the social ladder, has 
taken upon herself the uplifting of the 
lowly. The society woman was played 
by an imposing looking actress, who 
did quite well until the big moment, 
when she too flopped. Miss Kennedy 
failed to grasp her role at all. "Two 
Women" is a Valerie Bergere produc- 
tion, the second presented at the Fifth 
Avenue to "try out" the same day. 
"Love Germ" was given at the mat- 
inee, sime. 



KUis-Nowlin Co. (10). 

"Fun in a Fire House" (Acrobatic 

Comedy. 
12 Mins.; Full Stage, One and Full 
Stage (two Special Sets). 
Majestic, Chicago. 

For the purpose of adding comedy 
to the bill the Ellis-Nowlin Co. step- 
ped in Tuesday afternoon, taking 
seventh program position. The new 
act came Into town in excellent work- 
ing order. Its knockabout acrobat- 
ics, tumbling, dancing, falling and 
general "rough house" provoked a 
continual uproar of laughter and ap- 
plause. The first scene represents 
the interior of a fire house with the 
members of the "rube" department 
disporting themselves. There are two 
"prop" horses, the front and hind 
legs joining in the dances. An alarm 
of fire shifts the scene before a drop 
in "one" where a comedy fire run 
holds the stage? until a second set Is 
made. The draw off shows a burn- 
ing house with a trick porch, whereon 
the balance of the fun enters. Bur- 
lesque rescues, tumbles and falls 
dummies Hying through the air, and 
a melange of slam-bang stuff com- 
pletes the act, with the horses and 
everybody in a heap on the stage, 
the porch breaking away. 

Walt. 



Lillian Sisters. 
Musical and Singing. 
15 Mins.; Three. 
Small Time. 

A dainty appearing turn. The 
girls make a mistake by attempting to 
sing. They should confine their efforts 
solely to the violin and piano; if a 
song or two must in- retained, 
they should sing while at tlie piano, 
and under no circumstances work on 
the apron. With the right material 
the turn would be a good opener for 
big time. Fred, 



i6 



VARIETY 



Jessie Broughton and Dennis Creedon. 

Musical. 

11 Mins.; Two. 

American. 

Jessie Broughton and Dennis Cree- 
don, two English people, are another 
instance of misplaced booking which 
seems to be occurring frequently with 
foreign acts appealing over here of 
late on the Mollis Circuit. Miss 
Broughton Is a pretty girl with 
a cultured contralto voice. She plays 
her own accompaniments, also those 
for Dennis Creedon, a fine tenor who 
looks manly, and can also play the 
violin. But the act is not for Ameri- 
can vaudeville. To commence to reach 
success in an at all satisfactory meas- 
ure over here, this couple should have 
had a sketch for an introduction to 
their classy music. With that, how- 
ever, it is doubtful. The rage of 
"rag" is too strong. For thfc concert 
or lyric stage. Miss Broughton and 
Mr. Creedon would be distinct acquisi- 
tions. In vaudeville they will gain 
applause — and pass away. Theirs is 
an act that cannot attain popularity, 
nor does it reflect any credit upon the 
agent who "picked it" for the Morris 
time. He should have known better. 

Bime. 



Jack Lee. 
Singing. 
8 Mins.; One. 
Small Time. 

"A rathskeller single" might aptly 
define this act. Lee has a rather fair 
voice and sings four numbers, "Italian 
Rag," "Whooping Cough," "Thomas- 
shefsky" and "Loving Joe." He is 
just a fair turn for "small time." 

Fred. 



Haskell and Renaud. 
Singing and Dancing. 
10 Mins.; One. 
Small Time. 

Carrying excellent wardrobe; the 
man first wears a Prince Albert coat 
and later appears in evening clothes. 
The woman makes two changes. The 
big hat she wears in the opening num- 
ber contrasts unfavorably with her 
slender build. A smaller hat would 
help. She dances acceptably. The 
man has a fair voice. The woman 
introduces "Take Me With You, 
Cutey, But Forget to Bring Me Back," 
making overtures to different men in 
the audience. The turn should find 
plenty of time in the smaller houses. 
A sort of "Apache-Merry Widow" 
dance, with the girl wearing a mirror 
dress after the fashion of Gladys 
Vance and Mindell Kingston, under 
the spotlight, closes the act, which 
pleased. 



Duke and But. 

Sharpshooting and Lasso Wliirling. 

13 Mins.; Full Stage. 

Small Time. 

Two men, in cowboy regalia, offer 
knife throwing, target shooting and 
lasso whirling. The taller does the 
shooting, but his repertory has nothing 
unusual. The shorter pins his part- 
ner to a board with sharp-pointed 
knives. His lariat routine shows 
mastery of an unusually long lasso at 
the close. The lariat saves the act. 
The men may be depended upon to 
furnish the smaller houses with a 
novelty. 



Belle Baker. 

Songs. 

17 Min.; One. 

Majestic, Cliicago. 

Sophie Tucker with the lid on; 
that's Belle Baker. In face and form 
she is a distinct reminder of the rol- 
licking Sophie, but in style she vastly 
tones down although still recalling 
in many particulars the only person 
in vaudeville with whom she is to be 
compared. Miss Baker has a voice 
noticeable more because of its power 
than anything else. Everything she 
sings is carried in much the same 
pitch of voice and volume of sound. 
She opened with "Yum Yum Tree," 
seconded with an Italian song, came 
back for a "Yiddish" lament, and 
wound up with a "coon" ditty. Each 
offering was accomplished better than 
its predecessor and the applause built 
up as values progressed. Wherever 
Belle came from she will be missed, 
and wherever she goes will be wel- 
come, for she is a live wire. 

Walt. 



Six Kirksmith Sisters. 
Musicians and Singers. 
20 Mins.; Full Stage and "One." 
Small Time, Cliicago. 

When these girls appeared first as 
a vaudeville "company" last week at 
the Julian they created more comment 
among the "wise ones" than any act 
disclosed on the 10-20 circuits has 
done in months. Three of the girls 
played the Orpheum time before re- 
treating to lyceum work, from whence 
they just came. The other three are 
new to variety. The act in its present 
form is suited only to small time, but 
in that class of houses, if they are con- 
tent to stay, they should readily be 
booked. For the better class of thea- 
tres it will be necessary to switch the 
act into "big time" form. All the girls 
need is the advice of a good stage di- 
rector, a change in costuming and a 
general brightening up of many little 
details, now lacking, but essential to 
"style and class" in big vaudeville 
bills. The dressing should be either 
uniform or entirely unlike for each 
girl. Regardless of defects, the act 
will create discussion and please any 
small time audience. They all have 
talent and are sufficiently expert as 
musicians to pass as finished perform- 
ers on the best bills, when their act is 
ready for presentation there. 

Walt. 



Sevillo and PilTo. 
Heavyweight Juggling. 
Mins.; Four. 
Small Time. 

Sevillo and Piffo are presenting an 
act remindful somewhat of Paul Con- 
chas'. In this case the assistant (com- 
edian) is included on the billing. 
While the stage set is similar to Con- 
chas', the routine and the parapher- 
nalia used are different, being of light- 
er material. The opening is light bal- 
ancing; then comes juggling of can- 
non balls. The finish is the placing of 
a small cannon on a spring board, and 
catching it on the back of the neck. 
The comedy consists of burlesquing 
the straight tricks. The act will not 
reach beyond the "small time." 

Fred. 



Burke*i Musical Dogs. 
12 Mins.; Full Stage. 
American. 

The dependence in the animal turn, 
called "Burke's Musical Dogs," is the 
playing of bells, upon strings, by a 
shepherd, as a solo and all the several 
animals for a finale. Cowbells and 
sleigh bells are used. Previously, how- 
ever, Burke has his animals going 
through some of the more difficult 
tricks in dog training. Opening the 
program at the American Monday 
evening, when few were present, the 
act was liked, the finish scoring. Just 
now Mr. Burke has an excellent num- 
ber for the big small time. If the 
trainer wants to develop his turn for 
the larger houses as an attractive act, 
he must acquire the finish in work 
and person which other trainers have 
found necessary to send their acts 
over with. It appears that this is all 
that Burke lacks. 

Sime. 



Rose Marston and Co. (2). 
Comedy Sketch. 
25 Mins.; Four. 
Small Time. 

A comedy sketch that at present is 
too lengthy; with judicious cutting it 
might be a big laugh. The theme is 
not new, the old story of the "double 
life," a reformer who likes to occa- 
sionally "buck the tiger," his wife dis- 
guised in male attire follows him to a 
gambling house, which is raided while 
they are there. The wife aids the hus- 
band to escape, she holding a police- 
man while the husband assaults him, 
all printed in the morning papers of 
the next day. The complications aris- 
ing the morning after are amusing and 
highly laughable. The offering is a 
very good one for small time. 

Fred. 



Picrson and Garfield. 
Singing and Talking. 
15 Mins.; One. 
Small Time. 

This pair have a melange entitled 
"That's What They All Do." It is 
composed of singing, dancing, bur- 
lesque melodrama and talking. Both 
appear in the opening in sack suits, 
changing to evening clothes. The turn 
is a good one for the "pop" houses. 
It draws quite a few laughs. 

Fred. 



l>u Bois and Co. 

Magic. 

13 Mins.; Four (4); Two (6); 

Four (3). 

Small Time. 

While pleasant and entertaining 
of its sort, the finish of Du Bois' 
offering is not strong enough to send 
him off with much applause. The 
opening cabinet trick might work bet- 
ter in the closing position. It is one 
that has not been generally seen on 
the "small time." His work in "two" 
is where he offers comedy, quite legi- 
timate. Du Bois says he will per- 
form a number of parlor tricks and 
then expose them. Instead he fur- 
ther mystifies them by doubling on 
his tricks. This is a good showy act 
for small time. Fred. 



Arims and Go. (2). 
**The Newsboy's Dream.*' (Comedy). 
18 Mins.; Four (Exterior; Special). 
Small Time. 

This act was "tried out" before a 
' "small time" audience with satis- 
factory results, although it is doubtful 
if the offering would receive the same 
reception in the bigger houses. Two 
newsboys, one a Hebrew, are living 
in a huge drygoods box near a big 
wall. They have much foolish talk 
and "stall" around until a beautifully 
dressed woman comes along. She has 
lost her carriage. To the boys she is 
the "Lady Bountiful" of their dreams, 
giving them a "ten-spot" to buy food. 
Handing one of the boys a twenty- 
dollar bill, she leaves her card. Just 
then her carriage shows up and she 
departs, leaving the "kids" pinching 
themselves to make sure they are 
awake. The piece lacks finesse and 
"big time" material. There is too 
much explanation, little action and 
not enough comedy to raise it above 
the "small time" range. The "news- 
ies" are capable, with little to do. 
1 

OUT OF TOWN 

Gene Hughes and Co. (2). 

"Cartright You're Allright" 

(Comedy). 

23 Mins.; Full Stage. 

Young's Pier, Atlantic City. 

Gene Hughes well known in 
vaudeville, appearing with his wife 
in several amusing comedies, opened 
here Monday in another act fully up 
to the standard of his previous suc- 
cesses. William Cartright (Mr. 
Hughes) a clubman and sport is 
sonorously snoring on the couch, 
when his wife (Mattie Choate) 
awakens him and upbraids him be- 
cause of his devotion to his club in 
preference to herself. He makes 
amends by promising to remain at 
home a fortnight. While she is 
changing her dress Bill Hicks, a 
huckster (J. J. Hyland) arrives with 
a note from one of his pals, telling 
of a twenty-round boxing go and in- 
viting him to attend. He bribes 
Hicks, who can snore with a ven- 
geance, to lie in his bed and snore 
whenever his wife comes near. Cart- 
right complains of a headache but 
slips out instead of going to bed. 
She discovers the deception and 
bribes Hicks to stick it out. Cart- 
right soon returns, the fight having 
been a fiasco. His explanations fall 
flat, Hicks proving a checkmate. 
Cartright is forgiven, but has to de- 
liver his latch key while Hicks col- 
lects the "change" two ways and de- 
parts. /. B. Pulaski. 



Kmlle Sobers. 

Monolog. 

11 Mins.; One. 

Young's Pier, Atlantic City. 

Emile Subers formerly did a black- 
face monolog and last year was of 
Subers, Ooakley and McBride, who 
had an act called "The Darktown 
Minstrels." In the present offering 
he has a new line of talk which he 
handles easily and puts over in good 
shape. Two songs are used, "If 
That's Love, Please Hate Me" pleas- 
ing. Mr. Subers has an offering 
which should shape up into a first- 
class single. /. B. Pulaski. 



VARIETY 



17 



THE DEACON AND THE LADY. 

While the title is a misnomer of 
the piece written by George Totten 
Smith, that doesn't stand against the 
show. It was first presented in New 
Y ork at the New York theatre Monday 
evening. Alfred E. Aarons and Louis 
F. Werba presented; Mr. Aarons, the 
program said, produced It. Mr. Aar- 
ons did very well, for through his 
production he helped to cover up the 
shortcomings of the story and the 
dialog. 

"The Deacon and the Lady" has 
good action, brought about mostly by 
the interpolated dancing, comedy and 
talk. When this isn't there to speed 
the playing along, numbers are handy. 
When the players are Involved with 
the dialog from the manuscript the 
show isn't even interesting, for the 
story is light, about a Frenchwoman 
wno attempts to have a farmer sell 
a piece of copper land in Montana 
to her brother. The son of the far- 
mer discovers at the final moment, 
made foolishly melodramatic, that the 
copper is there, so the father doesn't 
sell the land, but consents the boy 
shall marry the girl. 

It seemed a sacrifice that a capable 
singing comedian such as P. O'Malley 
Jennings is, should have been the one 
to suffer mostly by following the book. 
Playing a "silly ass" Englishman, Mr. 
Jennings was buried by words and ac- 
tions invented by authors many years 
ago. Ills one number, "I Want a 
Wife," was conventially put on. In 
his single opportunity of leaving the 
manuscript Jennings took the laughs 
away from Ed. Wynn, with whom he 
worked in the t}it. 

It was going some Monday evening 
for any one to take anything from 
Mr. Wynn. He grabbed off everything 
in the first of the two acts that pre- 
tended to comedy. In doing so he left 
Harry Kelly, the featured star, in the 
rear. Mr. Kelly is playing Deacon 
Flood, in his grotesque rural Irish 
make-up, without dialect or brogue. 

The show seems to have been turn- 
ed over to Mr. Wynn among the men, 
or there was little written for the 
leading part. Often Mr. Kelly was 
absent from the stage for long 
stretches. In the last act, he did not 
appear for nearly thirty minutes after 
the curtain went up. Then he had lit- 
tle to do. His opportunities were so 
few during the evening that apparent- 
ly some one arranged that he and 
Clare Palmer should have an "imagin- 
ary meal" scene all to them- 
selves. It was all Kelly's. It should 
have been old — even for Broadway — 
just as old almost as the bit the waiter 
did when he exploded, a paper bag to 
simulate the popping of a champagne 
cork. 

The first act lies between Wynn's 
comedy and Mayme Gehrue's dancing, 
with the music away In the distance. 
The second act picks up on music and 
numbers, leaving the comedy where 
the music was before. This averages 
up a fair, entertaining show, but whe- 
ther a "$2" one is problematical, at 
$1 or $1.50, preferably the former, 
the offering might be acceptable. 

Miss Gehrue "cleaned up." All the 
soubrets on Broadway cannot display 
one-half the dance steps that Mayme 
did Monday night. The audience forc- 



ed her to so many encores that finally 
she was on the verge of inventing 
new steps to prevent repetition. It 
was her first, after leading "Modest 
Mazie" (added for her) that started 
the noise wave for Mayme, and it 
never stopped for anything she did 
after that. 

Wynn had a good song in "Who's 
Your Hoosier Friend." He did the 
best with his vaudeville specialty, that 
of telling simple jokes funnily. As 
Mr. Wynn was quite particular about 
Eddie Foy using any of this matter In 
"Up and Down Broadway," perhaps 
Wynn will recollect that "How Do You 
Do?" quite often said was brought 
forward by Clayton White, just as 
Johnnie Stanley first led himself off 
the stage by the coat lapel, another 
present bit of Wynn's. Wynn is a 
funny fellow for a little while, but yet 
to prove himself a two-hour comedian. 
His comedy doesn't seem to have wide 
enough range for that. 

Fletcher Norton as the "straight" 
did extraordinarily well for a tenor. 
He is a clean looking fellow, and gave 
lots of life to "The French Flip Flop," 
one of the real good numbers. Miss 
Palmer had several songs. Each was 
applauded over muchly. It sounded 
suspicious, especially with "Tiger 
Love," and appeared as though a num- 
ber of encores had been provided in 
advance for which the applause was 
held up until these had been exhaust- 
ed. Miss Palmer gave a first rate per- 
formance of a French girl, was in good 
voice, but tier part held little besides 
the songs. Eva Fallon is another 
young woman with nothing but songs, 
singing the majority with Mr. Norton, 
their duet, "I Love You Every Hour," 
coming too far down in the last act. 
In the first act Miss Fallon had 
"Naughty Boy" to handle, but it is 
not in her class nor built for her 
voice, which best displayed itself after- 
wards in "Dreams," at the opening of 
the second act, a cafe scene. Made- 
lyn Marshall, as a "Sis Hopkins" pass- 
ed along. 

"What An Awful Scandal" sung by 
four principals fell overboard through 
the lyrics and lack of action, while "I 
Must Find Some One," a double sex- 
tet number, became a riot. It was as 
close to "Tell Me Pretty Maiden" as 
any one could get. A lack of orig- 
inality in the score injured the musi- 
cal side of the show. Miss Palmer 
sang an interpolated song in the first 
act that was worth the encores it 
brought, but the melody had been used 
before. 

Miss Gehrue had a "scarecrow" 
number in which a "loose" dance 
would have fitted nicely, and sac 
"Hottentot Honeymoon" near the 
closing of the late show. She might 
have saved some of her steps for this 
song. 

Mr. Kelly had no singing by him- 
self. He drew laughs while on the 
stage, but they were not boisterous. 
It may have been that his character 
was familiar to Broadwayites. Wynn's 
was not. In the second act Mr. Wynn 
wore evening dress, without his light- 
ning change panama, and then 
he wasn't so funny, so the hat gets 
some credit. 

The production ranks fairly on 
clothes, though no change was made 



"THE SLIM PRINCESS." 

Chicago, Oct. C. 

During the past weeks our very 
best people have been flocking to and 
filling the Studebaker where Chas. 
Dillingham is presenting Elsie Janis as 
the star of an organization interpret- 
ing "The Slim Princess." Last Sat- 
urday night every seat was occupied 
and the manner in which the enter- 
tainment was received indicated that 
our very best people are content in 
paying $2 for a beautiful scenic 
mounting, the sight of some pretty 
clothes and a performance which, at 
its best, is but mildly diverting. 

Polite and affable the audience gave 
deferential approval to most of the 
numbers, laughed discreetly at the 
comedy and finally rose to an outburst 
of real enthusiasm when Miss Janis 
introduced her impersonations. So 
marked was the contrast between the 
applause which followed the imitations 
of Ethel Barrymore, Anna Held, Eddie 
Foy and Harry Lauder, that the earlier 
demonstrations were as ripples in com- 
parison. The "impressions" were In- 
troduced by Miss Janis within three 
minutes of the last curtain, the four 
characters being introduced to sing 
the chorus of "What An Awful Chance 
to Take," a number which the mimic 
had just previously led. It was clear 
that the specialty was advisedly re- 
tained for introduction late in the 
show, for in earlier position there 
would have been nothing left to wait 
for. 

Geo. Ade's story of the same name 
has been drawn upon by Henry Blos- 
som for the book and Leslie Stuart 
has provided the music for Blossom's 
lyrics. In brief the tale is one of 
fat ladies and thin. In that part of 
Turkey where the first act takes place 
"the fatter the prettier" is the mar- 
riage maxim. Miss Janis plays the 
role of a girl who is so thin she looks 
good to no one but a venturesome 
American (Geo. Parsons), who hops 
over the garden wall and into her af- 
fections. 

The second act shows the exterior 
of the Chevy Chase Golf Clubhouse 
near Washington and the third act is 
set in the reception room of the Eng- 
lish embassy. By a simple process, 
the American chap meets the slim 
princess and marries her directly af- 
ter the imitations. 

Mr. Dillingham styles the perform- 
ance "comic opera." It is a musical 
comedy just as pure as it is simple. 
The vocal score carries no part of 
the plot, but songs and girls are in- 
troduced exactly as they are wont to 
be in confessed musical shows. The 
costuming is attractive, particularly in 
the Oriental opportunities the first act 



by the show girls in the second act, 
nor did anyone wear new dresses as 
often as Miss Gehrue. Miss Palmer 
had on a handsome gown and kept it 
on, the only one worn by her in that 
act. The girls behind Jennings in his 
number returned to back up Wynn in 
the same dresses. 

The bulldog which carried a pipe 
in its mouth with .Jennings at his first 
rut ranee secured a laugh all for him- 
self, and should have been with Mr. 
.Tennings all through the performance. 

♦St' we. 



presents. The two last acts admit 
of nothing uncommon in the ward- 
robe line, but the costumes worn are 
of line material, in keeping with the 
atmosphere and locale of the action. 

The eye is most pleased with the 
golf-club setting. This is a beautiful 
example of scene painting. The two 
other sets are ample, but there is no 
requirement for extravagance in de- 
tail. 

The bill of particulars omits the 
musical specifications; hence it can 
only be said that there were several 
Interludes which introduced the nu- 
merous, good looking and well groom- 
ed choristers. As for the music it- 
self Stuart has not equalled himself 
when his other compositions are con- 
sidered. Agreeable enough to be sure, 
are all the selections but there is not 
one which lingers or Is apt to get far 
among the cafes and other places. 

Sam Collins is called upon to shoul- 
der the burden of comedy and gets 
away creditably. He is still some- 
what metalic in method, but puts in 
enough tumbling about to get laughs 
in spite of his lines and opportunities. 
He has an original idea in comedy cos- 
tuming for his golf suit; and also se- 
cures whole lot of laughs all in a 
bunch through some clever business 
with a bunch of golf sticks. He also 
has another sartorial idea wearing an 
evening hat on his head in a drawing 
room. He exacts all the comedy there 
is from his role, and even stretches 
his chances to interject merriment into 
the proceedings. 

Without Collins and Miss Janis 
there would not be much to the show. 
Harry Pilcer carries a juvenile role 
with just a little too much self con- 
sciousness to make it wholly agree- 
able. He seems to be utterly devoid 
of a humorous sense and makes his 
best bid for favor in a dance which 
follows a song he has by himself, and 
again later when in action with Miss 
Janis. 

Julia Frary is to be commended 
for a line performance as the "fat 
princess," although she must not be 
understood as representing an extreme 
of stoutness. Miss Frary has a line 
figure, a graceful bearing and in voice 
and manner is a distinct aid to en- 
tertainment. William Pruett is the 
Turkish Prince of blustering demean. 
His fine voice builds up the musical 
section wonderfully. George Parsons 
makes his American an entirely pos- 
sible type at home and abroad, play- 
ing with spirit and dash. 

Ralph Nairn assists the comedy as 
the British Consul whose wife (Kate 
Wingficld) furnishes an excellent foil 
for his lines a d business. But after 
commending everything and every- 
body as far as merit warrants, the 
fact remains that there is little bet- 
ter than mild entertainment in "The 
Slim Princess." Miss Janis is grace- 
ful and evidently anxious to further 
the good work as much as her chances 
and abilities will permit, but even she 
fails to convince or be anything more 
than graceful and fair to look upon. 
In her imitations, of course, she comes 
into her own and in a twinkling le- 
thargy is changed to interest. The 
performance is saved from being al- 
most spiritless in that one period of 
unriuestioned cleverness. Walt. 



i8 



VARIETY 



COLONIAL. 

(KstiiiiafeMl Cost of Show $3,275). 

Three acts using more than one 
hundred minutes make the show at 
the Colonial pretty much dragged 
out. It happens frequently over here. 
The acts individually score, but plac- 
ing them together returns a poor per- 
formance. Lack of comedy is an- 
other reason this week. 

Mack and Marcus were programed 
to open the performance but were not 
on hand. Charles De Camo and Dog 
deputized. The act was given too 
much time, which resulted in a slow 
start, from which the bill never re- 
covered. De Camo's act is all right, 
well presented, with a good dog that 
goes through his routine nicely, but 
all the tricks have been seen before. 
The act might have had ten minutes; 
it used seventeen. r 

The Three Leightons followed, in 
second position, and did not start 
anything for the first few minutes, 
until they landed in "one" with sing- 
ing and dancing, when the eccentric 
dance of the bellboy and the good 
harmony of the other two pulled them 
through a big winner. The boys have 
need of a change in the opening. A 
general brushing up and refreshening 
would bolster up that first part, bring- 
ing it up to the standard of the finish. 
Hymack reappears on this side. 
The act remains without alteration. 
The rapid changing of gloves, neck- 
ties, handkerchiefs and collars, top- 
ped off by a complete change at the 
finish mystified the audience. 

Wilbur Mack and Nellie Walker 
did only fairly on "No. 4." The act 
affords good light entertainment, but 
the spot in this week's Colonial bill 
demanded something more weighty. 
The bill had been quiet up to then. 
New material is needed by the pair. 
"Fly stuff'' gets about quickly, and 
once over the circuit makes it old. 
Miss Walker was Mr. Mack's best 
audience. She laughs so much, it 
gives the impression of affectedness. 
"The Courtiers" (New Act) closed 
the first half. 

Albert Whelan, shifted from next 
to closing, opened the second part. 
He did very big although what went 
before on the program did not help 
him any. Whelan has picked up sev- 
eral new bits since he last showed 
in New York. One with the orches- 
tra is particularly clever and went 
tremendous. The imitations have 
wisely been laid aside. Whelan 
doesn't need them. The "Slide Trom- 
bone" song and the whistling en- 
trance and exit are all that remain 
of Whelan's former specialty. New 
material and quickly shifting from 
one thing to another have made a 
place in the front rank in American 
vaudeville for Whelan. 

The Rigoletto Twins worked 
thirty-eight minutes, really a short 
time when their routine is figured. 
Opening with a musical specialty the 
brothers go into club juggling, magic, 
illusions, hand-to-hand balancing, 
poses and aerial gymnastics. The 
brothers could take anyone of their 
specialties and with a little working, 
be able to place it on the big time 
as an act in itself. 

Karno's Company in "The Wow 
Wows" (New Acts) closed the show. 

Dash. 



AMERICAN. 

(Estimated Cost of Show, $3,500.) 
The American has a new English 
sketch at the head this week, and it 
is likely looked forward to as a draw- 
ing card. It didn't draw Monday, nor 
did anything else in the bill apparent- 
ly. Though the night performance was 
on the eve of the Hebrew holidays, 
the attendance was light even with 
that considered. 

"The Monkey's Paw" (New Acts) Is 
the playlet, closing the first part som- 
brely, although receiving "curtains" 
on the piece as a sketch, with its play- 
ing. During the intermission the 
orchestra had recourse to national airs 
to revive the house. In the second 
part was contained nearly all the com- 
edy and most of the singing. Open- 
ing the second section, the Five Musi- 
cal MacLarens did exceedingly well. 
While, with the exception of the songs, 
the act has changed but little in two 
or three years, the turn looks better, 
is nicely costumed in Scotch kilts, 
makes fairly pleasing music and has 
the little girl to bring down the ap- 
plause with her trap-drummer solos. 
Appearing at the American for the 
first time Arthur Dunn, his fish-horn, 
messenger boy suit and Marie Glazier 
were much stronger at the finish than 
they were at any time during the 
opening. Dunn's funnisms did it. 

Next to last the Coopers gave their 
Empire City Quartet's turn. By this 
brother number, Harry Cooper is at- 
testing that whatever there was to 
the Empire City, he was it. They 
have a new ballad, sung by Harry 
alone. It is "When the Old Oaken 
Bucket Was New," and rather pretty 
in melody. The Coopers in a hard 
position had the hit of Cliff Gordon 
to beat. They tied it, giving them the 
credit for disadvantage of "spot." 
Gordon really started the show in 
the first part. Though with only a 
smattering of "new stuff" Cliff se- 
cured the evening's hit. He stepped 
in on short notice, filling the space 
left by the withdrawal of James J. 
Morton. Mr. Gordon had some human 
talk about shyster lawyers, and he 
ought to go the limit on it. It might 
not catch the children but It makes 
an awfully big score with business 
people. Gordon is still playing 
Hearst for the "fall guy" of his 
monolog, and rings in "Teddy" for 
kind applause, which doesn't land. 

Ray Crocker with four "picks" has 
the usual Mayme Remington turn of 
this kind. . Miss Crocker goes a little 
farther than most of them. She 
absolutely allows the piccaninies to 
do all the work. 

The first half of the program did 
not show up well. Gordon appeared 
"No. 5." The performance started 
at 8:06 and the first two turns con- 
sumed twenty-three minutes. If the 
American hasn't a guaranteed big 
draw, it requires at least fourteen 
acts. This is the policy that did the 
business there. 

Burke's Musical Dogs, Johnson 
Clarke, and Jessie Broughton (New 
Acts). La Freya, with her stere- 
opticon poses, was held over to beat 
out the pictures by a few minutes. 

Rime. 



FIFTH AVENUE. 
(Estimated Cost of Show, $3,650.) 
The show at the Fifth Avenue this 
week in addition to looking exceed- 
ingly good on paper, plays remarkably 
well, but to achieve the latter result 
the management after the Monday 
performance switched the entire run- 
ning order of the program. Tuesday 
night the bouse was crowded and the 
bill was well received. 

The acts new to New York were 
James Young and Gaston and D'Ar- 
mond (New Acts). 

The show was started with a rush 
by the Camille Trio with a comedy 
routine of horizontal bar acrobatics, 
immediately placing the audience in 
a good humor. 

Vernon, the ventriloquist, was "No. 
2." Having a quiet opening he had 
rather hard work following the knock- 
about acrobats. He opens in "one" 
with a single figure, a "fresh kid." 
In full stage he works with seven 
"dummies." The best liked bit was 
the rapid change of voice that he ac- 
complished while using three figures 
in the singing of a song. His clos- 
ing bit with a "baby" is a little weak. 
With a more stirring finish, Vernon 
would have achieved better success. 
The Amoros Sisters, who graced the 
third position, received quite some ap- 
plause. 

Cole and Johnson were switched 
from next to closing to "No. 4." They 
are doing their act in "two" at this 
house, offering several new numbers. 
The songs are "Sweetness I Love You 
Best of All," "Ring Those Bells," and 
"Jasper Lee," the latter being a sort 
of general advertising number, in 
which everything that one sees on the 
billboards from tooth paste to soda 
crackers is mentioned. They next of- 
fered a medley of the hits of former 
years and for an encore "I Love You" 
was given. 

Fannie Ward in "An Unlucky Star" 
was in the seventh position. This lit- 
tle playlet which shifts in an instant 
from a scene of tense dramatic inter- 
est into a laughable affair of theatrics, 
scored the laughing hit of the even- 
ing. 

The Big City Quartet, with an en- 
tire repertoire of popular songs from 
one publisher, divided the honors of 
the evening with Gaston and D'Ar- 
mond. They are a very good singinp 
organization. 

Bobby Pandur and his brother clos- 
ed the show. This act with its tinsel 
and showiness combined with the feats 
of strength that the men perform held 
the audience until the last. 

Fred. 



John Rogers and Mark Hart have 
a 'two-act" they are showing at 
Merlden, Conn., this week, booked by 
Max Hart. 



The Jewish holidays early in the 
week emptied the theatrical offices 
around the centre of Manhattan. 
Jules Ruby started the movement to 
take a holiday. 



Aurora is a dancer on the small 
time now booked by Jules Larvett. 
Five years ago Aurora played over 
here as "Carmencita," appearing then 
in the best houses. 



IRWIN'S MAJESTIC8. 

Fred Irwin has considered his "Ma- 
jesties" of the past two seasons good 
enough to stand another whirl over 
the Wheel, for this year's show doesn't 
differ materially from the other "Ma- 
jesties" for two seasons back, and it 
is a good show. 

The pieces, really acts, have been 
changed about in one scene only. The 
seminary scene in the second act seems 
to be new, or at least partly so. A 
few numbers are placed in the piece, 
but the best of the old ones remain, 
and they are the big hits. 

The company is also about the 
same. Gus Fay and Joe Hollander 
are the comedians. Their funnisms 
keep the performance moving at a fast 
clip, although at times the show loses 
some of its speed. This is caused prin- 
cipally through too many heavy mu- 
sical numbers being introduced. Four 
ballads are sung. This with a grand 
opera medley makes the going 
pretty heavy. Among the new num- 
bers a "hobble skirt" arrangement in 
the second half is the novel and up- 
to-date selection. There may be some 
argument as to who first wore the 
"hobble skirt" on the stage on this 
side, but there is none as to who first 
produced the first number with the 
chorus in "hobbles." It goes to Fred 
Irwin. 

The singing end has been kept up to 
the standard. The male chorus in 
"one" still goes strong, and getting as 
much now as ever. 

The show strikes most strongly in 
the female department. There are 
twenty-four women, including princi- 
pals. Six might come under the prin- 
cipal head. 

Florence Bennett is the principal 
woman principal, and she makes a 
dandy leader. For clothes no one in 
burlesque has anything on Florence, 
not even Ida Emerson. Every time 
Florence turned around she appeared 
in another costume and all of the very 
best. In several numbers Miss Ben- 
nett figured prominently and put them 
over in capital style. Dollje Sweet 
shone only in the first scene, where 
she did a French song and also an 
imitation of Anna Held. The imita- 
tion was not good, but Dollie is sweet 
and looked the part, In two corking 
costumes of the Frenchy type. Edith 
Hollander has little to do, leading only 
a "kid" number. The number didn't 
receive at the Columbia what it will 
in other houses. Evelyn Fay put over 
three or four numbers quietly, but to 
good effect. Beulah Benton and Aleta 
both make a striking appearance in 
tights. Miss Aleta wears the best 
looking outfit in the tight line that 
has been seen, and she can carry it. 
There were several specialties intro- 
duced, but no olio. The specialties 
came in the show, two in "one" while 
set were made. Hathaway and Siegel 
put over their dancing act and 
fared nicely, as did West and Benton. 
The latter depends more on singing 
however. Aleta had a bit of a "Salo- 
me" that started nothing. 

Fred Irwin is probably right in his 
judgment of sending the show over 
the Wheel the third season without 
change. It will stand comparison with 
any in every way. Da$h. 



VARIETY 



19 



JERSEY LILLIES. 

Philadelphia, Oct. 6. 

In awarding honors at the close of 
the present burlesque season, the di- 
rectors of the Columbia Amusement 
Company will have a difficult task in 
making a selection without giving a 
lot of consideration to "The Jersey 
Lillles," making its annual tour under 
the ownership of James E. Cooper. 

It is Mr. Cooper's first year as an 
owner, and the comedian has register- 
ed a hit that should be a long lasting 
one, for he has put out a burlesque 
show that is worth while. Cooper 
has gone farther than many managers, 
for he is giving something that is 

first class and new. He made a ten- 
strike at the start by securing Leon 
Errol to produce his show. Mr. Er- 
rol has made good in every sense of 
the word. 

Money seems to have been spent 
lavishly, the stage settings being 
elaborate and complete, where there is 
a big company, and costumes have 
been provided for an unusual list of 
numbers. The costuming of the chorus 
is not elaborate or rich in color and 
design or material, but each one has 
been selected with care and sufficient 
effect has been secured to rank "The 
Jersey Lillies" as a well dressed show. 

It is probably one of the biggest 
companies on the road this season. 
The only question is whether the pa- 
trons of good burlesque will support 
the show well enough to warrant the 
expense. It would be a pity for the 
sake of what burlesque needs most, 
that this show should have to be cut 
down. In producing two burlesque 
pieces Mr. Errol has laid out several 
good parts, and Mr. Cooper has sup- 
plied capable persons to play them, a 
mark of merit which is a principal 
point in making the show a most en- 
joyable entertainment. 

It is the satisfactory handling of 
each part that makes the two pieces. 
Mr. Errol has not gone very far away 
from last year's piece for his first 
part this season. There is a well- 
woven story of the "mistaken ident- 
ity" sort, but the burlesque is new 
and something which stamps Errol as 
a producer of real, clean comedy, the 
kind that will do more to uplift bur- 
lesque in the eyes of captious critics 
than anything that can be said or writ- 
ten. "The goods" are there and they 
should find ready buyers. Mr. Errol 
plays his familiar German character 
in both pieces, and Mr. Cooper is also 
seen in familiar roles. His "grouch" 
which he made funny last year is re- 
tained and fits in the new piece just 
as well as it did in the old. 

In support the principal comedians 
have Alf. P. James, an actor of abil- 
ity who plays veteran characters in 
each piece in an Intelligent and pleas- 
ing manner. Robert Algier has the 
"straight," looking the juvenile of 
better grade than usually seen and 
playing it well throughout. Algier 
also has a pleasing voice and his num- 
bers scored strongly. Johnnie Walker 
proved very satisfactory in a Scotch 
character at first, and with another 
one of the men — no name being pro- 
gramed—drew plenty from two novel 
characters in the burlesque. Marty 



Reagon won favor for the way he 
handled two widely different roles. 

No show seen in a long while has 
anything on "The Jersey Lillies" for 
its supply of women principals. In 
the principal roles Lucia Cooper gives 
it a big boost. She never looked as 
well as this season, and seems to have 
lost some weight. Several changes are 
made by her in both pieces. She leads 
one or two of the best liked numbers, 
and twice her shapely figure is dis- 
played in lights, the red costume in 
which she leads "Jungle Land" being 
very striking. Stella Chatelaine is the 
soubret, filling the role in an artistic 
and pleasing way. Miss Chatelaine 
wears some stunning clothes, and with 
Leon Errol puts over two of the big 
hits of the show. The "Kiss Duet," 
which this couple did last year, is re- 
peated, and hangs on well, but they 
put over a real riot in the burlesque 
with "Bear Cat Rag," the number be- 
ing worked up to a great finish by 
Cooper. 

Mr. Errol handles the comedy clev- 
erly throughout, his "souse" bit in the 
burlesque worked up to a screaming 
finish by some comedy falls, was a 
wonder for winning laughs. Hazel 
Crosby seems to be a newcomer, at 
least she is not remembered, but left 
an excellent impression, for she has 
the looks, dresses well and can sing 
in addition to playing her role under- 
standing^. She makes a win- 
some widow in the first part that 
might win anybody's heart. Kate Pri- 
or is also prominent in both pieces and 
agreeable at all times. Miss Prior gives 
the other women a run for the dress- 
ing honors, making a dandy showing 
leading a suffragette number, though 
it must be said the tights are a little 
bit ahead of the present-day brand of 
that sex. 

Many novel and pleasing effects 
have been secured in staging the num- 
bers. In the chorus the Symphony 
Quartet makes itself heard and builds 
up the numbers in great shape. Twice 
the four neatly dressed young men 
scored hits in support of numbers led 
by Algier, carrying off a double en- 
core hit in the second part. The 
Scotch number and "Hello," Motor 
Girl," in which the men make their 
entrance down the theatre isle, was 
very nicely done. 

The olio holds up its share of the 
show. The Miller Musical Four, who 
also work in the chorus, open the olio 
with a real musical act, one that won 
a big mark of favor. "The Strike," a 
sketch used last year by Alf. James 
and Kate Prior, is repeated with Al- 
gier playing a part. Hazel Crosby of- 
fers a straight singing turn, weakened 
only by a rather poor selection of 
songs, while James and Lucia Cooper 
closed well with an act on familiar 
lines, but with new material. 

There are few weak points in "The 
Jersey Lillies." It would be stretch- 
ing a point to pick any out. With 
the exception of a too-frequent use 
of the word "hell," the show is abso- 
lutely clean, a fact that was appreciat- 
ed in a house where the usual audi- 
ence demands a bit of latitude taken. 
Mr. Cooper has made enough success 
in his first venture as an owner to 
win a place among the most desirable 
In the Eastern Wheel. 

George J/. Young. 



PARISIAN WIDOWS. 

There is little to remember after 
seeing "The Parisian Widows." Still 
the time passes quickly and pleasantly. 
The pieces have little or no plot it is 
just burlesque, light, airy, and with a 
free and easy movement. The opening 
piece is in two scenes "The Actors' 
Boarding House," and "The Re- 
hearsal" Weber & Rush's stand-by 
for several seasons. It brings out a 
Hebrew comedian and an Irish com- 
edian, in "straight" make-up. This 
is probably a bit of a departure, but 
questionable whether advisable or no. 
The comedy in the first part is not 
strong, although there are some laughs 
distributed through the scene. Most 
of the fun comes in the second half, 
with the burlesque troupe at re- 
hearsal. The "bare stage" though 
seen often, is always good with in- 
numerable opportunities for fun, not 
lost In this case. The rehearsal bit is 
really a piece in itself, giving the show 
practically three parts. 

The closing burlesque, a department 
store with a soda fountain, is also 
from former season. There is some fun 
in the department store although it 
doesn't seem quite strong enough to 
follow the better comedy of the re- 
hearsal. The best of the whole show 
is that there is no long stretch of 
"business." 

There aren't many numbers, but 
what there are show up nicely. The 
girls show plainly that they have been 
instructed and work with a uniformity 
that is usually found wanting. The 
chorus does not work every number 
the same way, but have been taught a 
number of dance steps, admittedly 
simple. Still it Is a relief to ee a 
chorus that know more than two or 
three steps. The numbers went over 
in rather good style. A "kid" number 
in the closing burlesque received no 
less than five encores, while "I Love 
It" (which could have been lead bet- 
ter had there been a woman out in 
front of the chorus instead of a man) 
pulled about as many. There were sev- 
eral others that gained attention. 

The finale of the burlesque in which 
the girls make a change from an Ital- 
ian costume to tights by removing the 
skirts and using them for capes showed 
up well and got something. There are 
sixteen girls, a likely looking bunch. 
The costumes, some new and some 
old, look very well. The one glaring 
fault in the costuming is pink tights. 
There were no less than four different 
shades of pink. Aside from this tin* 
dressing frames up very well. The set 
at the flnsh of the first act was all that 
amounted to anything in scenery. 
There is no one featured with the 
troupe. Lee Hickman as a "legit" in 
the opening piece did very well, get- 
ting some of his stuff over to big 
laughs. Hickman does not carry the 
thing to extremes and goes through 
nicely. In the closing burlesque Hick- 
man has an eccentric role that is good 
for one or two laughs. Harry Bentley 
is the Hebrew at the opening. His 
makeup is very good but it is too 
"straight" for burlesque. In the clos- 
ing piece as one cf the cash boys who 
run the store, Bentley is better. 

George Niblo is a "Nance" getting 
laughs through what he does, rather 
than through his playing of the role. 
He is not a good "cissy." Joe Spiegel, 



Ike Wall and Harry Artz are all billed 
as having something to do with the 
burlesque, but which is which is un- 
known. One is the property man at 
the rehearsal. Whoever it was de- 
serves some credit. He is mixed up In 
all the business and makes the scene 
the funny incident it is. 

Julia Sinclair takes the bun amongst 
the women. Julia is a peachy looking 
blonde who at first glance would be 
set down as too big for a soubret 
but after she gets started fits in very 
nicely. Several very pretty changes of 
costume are shown by Miss Sinclair. 
Blanche Leighton in sort of a leading 
lady role doesn't have much to do and 
got through well enough. Clara Burg 
is the other female principal also with- 
out much to do. The show could stand 
another principal woman or two. One 
of the chorus girls came to the front 
a couple of times to lead numbers, and 
went through very well indeed. 

Five acts made up the "olio," 
Groves and Clare open with a com- 
edy talking act that received about 
what it deserved. There is an inclin- 
ation to follow one of Smith and 
Campbell's routines. It was curbed af- 
ter the first minute or two. The act 
is hardly strong enough for the olio. 
Niblo and Spencer pulled out the hit 
with neat singing and dancing. 

Musical Gordon Highlanders, two 
men and a woman, working in Scotch 
dress were deserving of more than 
they received. The act is a good high 
class musical number. It is neat, 
clean and good to look at and hear. 
There should be more acts of this sort 
in burlesque. 

Kelso, Leighton and Co. didn't get 
far with a comedy sketch. 

Marie Sparrow pulled out a big hit 
with Irish songs. 

The show pleased and should, 
with just a little fixing here 
and there, be able to go over the Wheel 
successfully. There are a few bits of 
suggestive talk and business in the 
opening piece that might be dropped. 

Dash. 



Herbert Kelcey and Effle Shannon 
will appear at the Colonial Oct. 31 in 
"Bearding the Lion." 



Flo Irwin in a new sketch by E. 
Ray (loetz opens Monday under the 
direction of Max Hart. Two people 
are in the piece. 



William Morris returned Thursday 
from a visit to the western houses 
booked by his oTice. 



The Munhattuii, New York, a Wil- 
liam J. Gane house, is playing a full 
week. The Circle which formerly 
"split" with It, opened Monday with 
the Shubert's production of "The 
Chocolate Soldier." 



Harry llersker is planning a 
"sin-all time" circuit of towns In 
Pennsylvania, starting with Tunk- 
hannock. 



Kva Tanguay may rest to recover 
her voice for another week or so, be- 
fore resuming vaudeville engage- 
ments. — — — 

Hello Blanche returns to Ham- 
merstein's next week with an all 
new act. 



20 



VARIETY 



IRWIN'S BIO SHOW. 

Fred Irwin has a Job before him 
to fix up his "Big Show." This sea- 
son the company is playing "Uncle 
Sam, Jr.," a piece in two acts. But 
it isn't "Uncle Sam, Jr." It's all 
"Uncle Sam." The red fire stuff 
sinks so far in that it makes one 
very tired. 

The first act is slow. The second 
act last week at the Columbia seemed 
to have been helped by the removal 
of one entire scene. Whether this 
was for the occasion, due to the act 
of the Farrell-Taylor Trio (added to 
the olio) isn't known. The show was 
over at eleven, so the scene might re- 
main out. 

All the regular laughs of the per- 
formance arrive in the last act. The 
first spontaneous giggle of the evening 
is when a "Nance" walks across the 
stage, shortly after the curtain for the 
final act has gone up. Afterwards, 
there is some fun derived from a gath- 
ering of naval officers, who talk war 
across a table, with incidental busi- 
ness. That about closes up the com- 
edy department. 

There are enough men and women 
in the company, but they have little 
to do comparatively, excepting to fol- 
low a heavy book. A couple of the 
"straight" men talk as though taught 
by Henry Lee. 

Withal though there are lines in 
the dialog which bring laughter. That 
is all that does in the first act. This 
is offset however by the dragglness 
of the story. Even plenty of num- 
bers could not speed the action. 

The story is so plainly there it can 
not be escaped. A widow loves a 
hero, but hasn't found one. Three sail- 
ors go in the contest for her hand, 
the winner to first prove he is a hero 
in her eyes. One (Larry McCale) es- 
capes the glory several times, having 
someone else grab off the palm of his 
carefully laid plans to convince the 
widow he is the fellow. In the last 
act Mr. McCale succeeded, but he was 
ever so long about it, and a whole 
lot of people present did not wait. 

Margaret Bennett is the widow, 
when she is not wearing tights. When 
Miss Bennett is wearing tights, that's 
different, and Margaret should leave 
the tights to some one else. She is 
about the only woman principal. Louise 
Palmer is one, and tries hard. She's 
a good looking girl. Her willing- 
ness is the best part of her and the 
evening's performance. Marie Revere 
and Vlrgie Bates are in front and men* 
tioned on the program often enough 
for anyone to believe they are prin- 
cipals. Miss Revere did a buck dance 
as further proof, but the fact still 
remains. 

Neither did any of ' the men get 
over. Mr. McCale as the Irishman, 
Joe Brady as a "Dutchman" and Ma- 
jor Laird as the slangy sailor were 
the three principal comedians, suffi- 
cient in most cases. They are not 
enough though or too much in "Uncle 
Sam, Jr." Perhaps the opportunities 
are not there. 

The show needs someone to step in 
and take hold. Where the book Is 
overheavy it should be thrown out. 
The idea of following a manuscript 
is fine for the author, but the author 
isn't the audience. Billie Marr and 



Arthur Delmor are the "straight" men. 
One is a naval lieutenant; the other 
a U. S. Minister to Chili in a naval 
officer's uniform. Some of their 
speeches sound silly. Even McCale 
Is saddled with a couple. He pulled 
one about "Our Teddy" that started 
equal applause and hisses. 

In numbers the show is much bet- 
ter off, and the costuming for all is 
catchy, especially for "Paree" near 
the close. The prettiest melody 
in the show, "Lu Lu," nearing 
the endLng of the first act, suf- 
fered from the general atmosphere 
created in that section. Even Edna 
Roberts, who has never been seen to 
fail before in her "kid" songs with 
the choristers similarly dressed, 
couldn't put either one of two "kid" 
numbers over. 

Miss Bennett staged all the num- 
bers, according to the program. "Un- 
der the Yum Yum Tree" which she 
led among others, was the best of those 
produced. It originally was set for 
the first scene of the second act. With 
that out, it followed a grand march, 
also led by Miss Bennett in tights. 
The march did not bring anything. 
Miss Bennett is pretty much concerned 
in the work of the girls, and oversees 
them sometimes to the extent of for- 
getting her audience. In long dresses, 
Miss Bennett is very likable. She 
has dressy gowns, though the first 
worn gave an impression of be- 
ing overdressed. The next was her 
prettiest, a very attractive combina- 
tion in black and white. For a hand- 
some white gown worn near the finale 
of the show, Miss Bennett had on 
lavender gloves. 

There are twenty-four girls in the 
chorus, who take care of the numbers 
as they have been coac*hed. None 
seem to be allowed any liberties. 
Eleven back up Miss Palmer in a 
special act of a sort, introduced into 
the action. The opening of this is 
good. During the act Miss Palmer 
sings two songs. 

The olio was opened by Marr and 
Evans in a comedy acrobatic turn, of 
medium quality, the comedian taking 
some hard falls. The Six English 
Romas, an English "girl club jug- 
gling act" followed, getting something 
which would have been more had the 
girls proper colored clubs, or appeared 
before a drop which would set their 
work off. 

Brady and Mahoney have some new 
"gags," and a first-class medley In 
their "straight and Hebrew" turn. 
They suffered from the show preced- 
ing, and besides, Mr. Mahoney spoke 
with difficulty. The Farrell-Taylor 
Trio came after, closing the olio, and 
scoring the hit of the evening. 

It seems Fred Irwin has gone out 
of his way this season to give 
a show different from his usual bur- 
lesque performance. The departure 
hasn't helped the "Big Show." There 
isn't the life or snap to the perform- 
ance there should be, and there won't 
be until someone just steps in and 
makes it. During the proceeding Mr. 
Irwin might recollect that he has no 
soubret among his principal women. 
He has furnished everything else ex- 
cepting that, but the whole does not 
work out well. Wm. L. Ballauf wrote 
"Uncle Sam, Jr." Joe Hollander fur- 
nished the music, excepting two or 
three interpolated songs. Bime. 



CENTURY GIRLS. 

Sam Rice Is responsible for both 
pieces being used by the "Century 
Girls." The opening will never bring 
Rice anything as a producer or a 
writer, but the after piece more than 
atones for the first part. The "Cen- 
tury Girls" is adjudged an ordinary 
show up until the burlesque. After 
the final curtain It goes into the 
"good" class, and sets down as well 
above the average. 

The opening is "A Surprise Party," 
built around an old idea used many 
times in vaudeville and burlesque. A 
rich uncle has been sending his neph- 
ew money, thinking him married. 
The uncle comes to make a call. The 
necessary wife and child must be pro- 
duced. It isn't carried. The comedy 
is all of the rougher sort. A dinner 
scene Is the main bid for laughs, and 
all the business has been pretty well 
torn apart: The comedy falling 
rather flat, everything else in the 
opening seems to go the same way 
and the piece is a failure. 

The burlesque comes along pretty 
strong and carries the show through 
a winner. It is called "In Ireland," 
allowing of a pretty country' scene. 
A neat little story of the melodramatic 
type is started, but not carried out. 
This is the mistake, for after it has 
run along about half way, everyone 
seems to forget it. 

The musical comedy melodrama, 
George Cohan's idea, is new to bur- 
lesque and should be worked out. 
The comedy in this part is more in 
keeping with the surroundings, being 
quiet with no bits of business and 
other usual things. A Hebrew turned 
loose in Ireland always seems funny 
to American audiences. Much good 
fun is derived from that. Keeping to 
the pace of the piece the numbers are 
also far and away ahead of the first 
part. 

The organization is strong on prin- 
cipals, but as much of the dialog as 
possible should be cut, for unpleasant 
speaking voices, almost universal in 
the company, make the task very try- 
ing. The shooting in the first part 
and the frequent use of the word 
"Hell" should be eliminated. The 
show, aside from this and a suggestive 
line or two might be dropped, is 
clean. A quantity of inoffensive 
comedy is secured from one of the 
chorus girls, a plump Miss of about 
two hundred pounds, who tickled the 
audience mightily everytime she 
showed in a different colored pair of 
tights. The girl is good-natured 
about it and the laughs are legitimate. 

There are sixteen girls carried, run- 
ning to the heavy type. Besides the 
big girl there are a couple more who 
could make the Billy Watson weight. 
The girls have been handed several 
shocking costumes in the first part. 
Some wear the same pink tights, 
changing only above the waist. The 
opening costumes are horrible, pink 
and green, and snch shades. The 
second half uncovers several dressing 
schemes that make up for the atro- 
cious combinations of before. The 
girls work willingly and helped put 
several of the numbers over to big 



bits. "Jungle Band" a*id "Honeymoon 
Glide" both scored In the first part, 
while the second revealed several 
real hits. "Eily Reilly" in which two 
of the chorus girls figured in the lead- 
ing, is away up as far as burlesque 
numbers go and deserved the success 
it brought home. "Squaw Colleen" 
was also a big winner as was "Irish 
Oriental." Other unfamiliar numbers 
gained recognition. 

Charles Saunder is the principal 
comedian, an Irishman in both pieces. 
Saunders is a good comedian, not 
going all over the place to get laugh? 
but working legitimately and cleanly. 
He does not "hog," and there is not 
too much of him. Irving Gear is 
next in the billing, but more in evi- 
dence In the pieces. As a "Dutch- 
man" in the first part and a Hebrew 
in the second — and a Hebrew also in 
the olio — there is a bit too much 
of Gear. He does well enough in the 
pieces, though not standing out 
strongly, and could be spared from 
the olio. Tom Burnett is the 
"straight," not over passably. When 
singing Burnett is all right, but he 
is not a good feeder nor is he able to 
read lines well. He is valuable enough 
in the singing however to balance. 

Johnny Marion, though a poor 
actor, is a great little dancer with a 
voice above the dancer's average. 
His work in the numbers goes far 
towards making them big hits. He is 
a good-looking kid but is the pos- 
sessor of one of the bad speaking 
voices with which the company is af- 
flicted. 

The company is strong on women 
principals but the girls have not 
enough scope. Grace Lillian and 
May Belmont are both dandy 
soubrets, although with nothing to do 
aside from leading numbers. Grace 
Lillian is a young, good-looking girl 
with a pleasing personality and a 
singing voice that will stand muster, 
also she can dance. Grace Is much 
too good to be hidden away only to 
be dragged out to lead a number now 
and again. She is short only a 
speaking voice. This could be rem- 
edied in a girl her age. Miss Lillian 
should try and overcome it. She will 
go ahead if properly handled. Now 
is the time to look after the defects. 
A proper wardrobe and Grace Lillian 
is strong enough to stand featuring 
with a burlesque show. Una Lillian 
Ellsworth plays a straight role carry- 
ing several beautiful gowns In dig- 
nified style. She plays well but is 
under the spell and her speaking voice 
is shocking. 

The olio is not especially meri- 
torious. Curtin and Stevens have a 
short acrobatic act that doesn't reach 
very far. May Belmont sends over 
two songs nicely. Mr. and Mrs. 
Harry Ellsworth have a light comedy 
sketch that brings some laughs. 
Johnny Marion and Grace Lillian have 
the hit in a singing and dancing act 
that is worth while. The pair are 
young and should be heard from on 
the big vaudeville time at an early 
date. 

The Musical Hussars, probably an 
added attraction ( is the old Esterb- 
rook act. Burnett and Gear in an 
ordinary talking and parody act 
finished out the program. 

Dash. 



VARIETY 



21 



•MANHATTAN. 

There is a change of policy at the 
Manhattan since the Circle went into 
the legitimate ranks. Instead of 
'Splitting" the week, the Manhattan 
now holds the same bill for a fu)l 
week. 

In addition to six acts this week, 
the Manhattan had first run pictures 
and illustrated songs, well rendered 
by a male vocalist. 
; "Lightning" Weston, formerly 
known as "The Great Weston," 
scored a hit of big proportions. His 
cartoons amused, while his "Rock of 
Ages" number was applauded. The 
biggest laugh was recorded when he 
drew two impressions of Jack John- 
son, before and after his proposed 
fight with Al. Kauffman. Weston 
filled in ten minutes to advantage. 

Helen Drew, with her songs and 
character changes, gave satisfaction. 
Her patriotic song and dance at the 
finish stirred up the audience and she 
received several encores. Budd and 
Clare (New Acts). 

Willie and Josie Barrows, a team 
with a clean, juvenile appearance and 
neat wardrobe, had no trouble in en- 
tertaining. Willie wears immaculate 
linen and a Tuxedo, while Josie looks 
well in a soubret dress. The act is 
refined, there is no talking and the 
Barrows rung up a hit. 

A good, wholesome, refreshing 
comedy is splendidly played by Mr. 
and Mrs. Cortis, who scored big. The 
comedy hinges on a husband bringing 
his wife to time on their second wed- 
ding anniversary. The skit by Mr. 
and Mrs. Cortis does not disappoint 
reasonable expectations. The act 
could be better staged in a larger 
house. 



NEMO. 

It was a "singing show" that the 
management of the Nemo theatre, the 
new house at Broadway and 110th 
street, offered the first half of the 
week. Business was good Tuesday 
night. The pictures were an enjoy- 
able feature. 

Despite the superabundance of 
songs, the audieDces showered appro- 
val on the vocalists, Brown and Cooper 
proving the real "clean up" with their 
"Under the Yum Yum Tree," as a 
duet. 

Elliott and Ives, magical, and Car- 
bona and Hodge, singers and dancers, 
were closed Monday. The Dorio Trio 
of operatic singers replaced them. 

Richard Hyde opened the show. He 
sang two numbers and recited one un- 
der the spotlight, the applause being 
of a satisfactory character. 

The Dorio Trio worked under diffi- 
culty as the tenor had such a severe 
cold that he could not carry his part 
In the closing number of "Faust." 
The baritone and soprano held their 
own and were enthusiastically applaud- 
ed. The trio could not do themselves 
justice at the Nemo. 

O'Donnell Brothers, with music, 
comedy and a sentimental finish, es- 
tablished themselves as favorites. 

Georgia Davis and Weston Scott 
pleased. Miss Davis made some pret- 
ty changes of dress that Impressed. 
Weston has his best work at the piano. 
Their singing numbers were fairly well 
received. 

"Misery from Missouri" (New Acts). 



OBITUARY. 

George W. Miett, of Miett's dog act, 
died Sept. 3-0, at the home of his 
brothers in Everett, Mats., a victim 
of cancer. His wife and six brothers 
survive him. Deceased was born in 
1862. His wife, who has been doing 
a snake charming act, has been with 
Gollmar Bros. Circus for the past 
five years. She left the show when 
her husband was taken to a hospital, 
in Chicago during the summer, and 
eventually had him removed to 
Everett. 



Lynn, Mass., Oct. 6. 
John F. (Mose) Hanlon, a member 
of the famous Hanlon Brothers, clog 
dancers, twenty-five years ago, was 
buried here Oct. 3. The services took 
place at his home, 450 Essex street. 
He was president of the Hoffman club, 
a well known sporting organization, 
and during recent years was instru- 
mental in bringing to the fore such 
well known pugilists as Sandy Fer- 
guson and Mike (Twin) Sullivan. 



Joseph Cary died at his home, Dav- 
enport, la., Sept 19. Cora Mlskell 
(Miskel-Hunt-Miller) and Bernlce 
(Bernice and Boy) with two other 
children and their mother survive him. 



Herman W. Emmett, a brother of 
Maude A. Emmett (Emmett and Lo- 
wer) died Oct. 1 at Dargy, Pa. Mr. 
Emmett was well known in vaudeville. 



St. Louis, Oct. 6. 
Ferdinand Welb, for twenty years 
director of the German stock company 
in St. Louis, died Sunday night just 
as the curtain was rising at the Odeon 
on the 1910-11 season. His widow, 
it Is said, will nominally direct the 
company at least this season. 



Mrs. Louis Onash died Oct. 3 at her 
home in Bay Shore, Long Island. The 
deceased was a granddaughter of Har- 
ry J. Seymour, the Shakespearean 
player, who was an office in the Brit- 
ish navy before adopting the plat- 
form, and was one of the charter 
members of the Scottish Rites. Mrs. 
Onash had appeared in stock produc- 
tions, and vaudeville. She was a 
sister of Edith Helena. 



"The Silver Bottle," written by 
Bozeman Bulger, opens on United 
Booking Offices time Oct. 10. The 
cast will be headed by Pauline Berry. 
Walter White, Hughey Flaherty and a 
chorus of six girls will also help. 



"The Last Love of Pierrot" is a 

pantomime, brought over here by two 
Germans on "spec." Ulmer and Eb- 
renwerts are the foreign couple. They 
will have a company of ten. Paul 
Durand has been given the direction 
of the turn. The company gave a 
dress rehearsal during the week. 



The Four Readings and the Four 
Konerz Brothers have been booked 
through Sherek & Braff, English 
agents, to appear in Europe some 
time in the future. 



CORRESPONDENCE 

Unless etberwist noted, the following reports ire for the current week. 



™ T *U HUA CHICAGO 

Hotel GaAl ' / ■ 



WMKTY'S 
CHICAGO OFFICE i 

167 DaufemSo 
Those 4401 C«lrtl. 

AdYartlaamsnta and Nows Will -BaiAccspted at the Chicago Office, far the Currant 
Iafue of VARIETtV^Vntil 10 o'clock Thursday Morning. ' 



Dan Dody Is with the professional 
department of the Haviland Mu- 
sic Publishing Co. 



AMERICAN (William Morris, Inc., mgr. ; 
agent, direct). — The manner In which the 
show was framed up Monday was not con- 
ducive of best results from the material in 
hand. There were two' athletic acts, two' black- 
face acts, two acts with dancing, four with 
singing, and Laura Jean Libbey. Early in 
the evening a girl was paid to walk out on 
Press Eldrldge to help the point of his encore 
song ; when Laura closed the show scores 
walked out on her for nothing, happy in the 
freedom which gave them the chance. At the 
matinee the audience took such liberties with 
the perfectly pink patter of this Lydla Pink- 
ham of vaudeville that the management de- 
cided to save her for the task of driving peo- 
ple home, a work usually assigned to the 
pictures. So well did the scheme work that 
the film (aptly entitled "A Mistake") was 
shown to only a small percentage of the un- 
usually limited attendance. Those the rain 
did not keep away, Laura can have credit for ; 
so much for the prize flivver among the many 
"freak" acts flopping over and In vaudeville. 
The show opened with Kronemann Bros., a 
splendid act for the position. Tim McMahon's 
"Watermelon Girls," in second place, scored 
the hit of the first half. Press Eldrldge was 
third, and Rice and Cohan gave the sketch 
number of the bill, winning out In spite of 
an ordinary offering for them. Alva York 
closed the first half. When she was here be- 
fore her song repertory was much better than 
now, her one "clean up" coming at the close 
of her act in "If the Wind Had Only DIown 
the Other Way." As usual, she displayed a 
couple of gowns stunning In effect, at the 
same time getting away from character make- 
up. After intermission, Delmore and Lee 
opened with their showy breakaway ladder 
manoeuvres. The Marco Twins slambanged 
things for the most laughs of the evening. 
Le Sousloffs (new acts) took the edge away 
from the dancing Bhown by Felix and Caire, 
who followed ; but the youngsters scored heav- 
ily with their Impersonations. WALT. 

MAJESTIC (Lyman B. Glover, mgr.; agent, 
Orpheum Circuit}.— Lopez and Lopez had 
started their ornate and entertaining musical 
turn by 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. The Bel- 
mars, Roman rings, and Donita and Co., sing- 
ing comediennes, were first and second on the 
bill. "Innocence Abroad" Introduced a good 
measure of snappy dialog, some good singing 
and graceful essays at dancing on the part of 
Wheeler Earl and Vera Curtis In fourth place. 
That fine mosaic of varying human interests, 
"On Stony Ground," presented with destlnctly 
artistic results by Lottie Williams and Co. 
brought appreciative attention and applause. 
Belle Baker, Kelcey and Shannon (head liners), 
and Five Cycling Auroras (new acts). Majes- 
tic audiences have seldom been treated to such 
delightful vocal music as that provided by the 
Morati Opera Co., five Individual artists in 
solos and ensembles which brought storms of 
applause. Eddie Leonard and Mabel Russell 
presented an act <n "one" which stopped the 
show and proved that after everybody has 
borrowed what they needed of Leonard's style, 
he still has an abundance left to make mani- 
kins of his Imitators. Miss Russell makes the 
niftiest sort of a "yallow gal" and their com- 
bined and solo offering? proved a real delight. 
While the audience applauded their finish the 
singers "stalled" for a breathing spell until at 
last Leonard was forced to come through with 
"Ida," without music for the orchestra. The 
comedy camping-out with Smith and Campbell 
was saved for next to closing and the conver- 
sationalists made good. WALT. 

TREVETT (8. W. Qulnn. mgr.; agent, W. 
V. A.).— This weeks bill Is noteworthy 
among the shows this house usually pre- 
sents. The cause Is two acts, Trovata and 
Ethel May. Trovata, "Ragged and Syncopated," 
played classic and sentlmentals and generally 
proved himself a wizard of the fiddle and the 
bow, while the audience Interrupted with 
storms of applause. Ethel May's showman- 
ship Is superb. If her lecturer were her equal 
In the art of making them believe It, her place 
would be won. Miss May's wonderous mem- 
ory and her control of the situation Is 
demonstrated as fast as her tongue run rattle. 
The audience like the question answering act 
Immensely. Ergottl and Lilliputians were 
demonstratively applauded for their pretty 
"sight" act and splendid acrobatic work. 
„oe Flynn gave his rupld talk and comedy 
songs to appreciation. The Imperial Quar- 
tet was nn npplause hit with Rood comedy 
and splendid singing. The Jlelmonts proved 
a fine opening act and Carlo's Circus closed 
with good results attending. "Examination 
Day" does not get far away from the average 
"schoolroom" act. but the seven kids and girl 
school teacher kept the Inughs and applause 
going at high tension Tuesday night. The 
loose-Jointed girl with "Sis Hopkins" hair Is 
going to develop Into a fine performer If sho 
Is able to stand success. The audience liked 
every act, some more than others, but all 
combined made a decidedly good entertain- 
ment. WALT. 

STAK AND GARTER (Wm. Bebee, mgr.).— 
"(Jay New York" came In for the customary 
Sunday evening turn-away. The entertainment 
gave splendid satisfaction from start to finish. 
There Is style and class to the frame-up. 



Although there are no new departures, either 
In costuming or production, every Item ap- 
pertaining to the organization Is first class. 
For the first part "A Trip to Honolulu" It 
used, the concluding comedy being a revision 
of "A Night on Broadway" now styled "The 
Girl I Met at Rector's." Harry Emerson is 
the principal comedian, having a modest share 
In the first-part but carrying the previous 
Harry Morris role in the after-piece as the Im- 
portant laughter provoking factor. Emerson 
is a good "Dutch" comedian. Maybelle Mor- 
gan shines resplendent as the feminine star 
of the occasion. Her gowns are revelations 
and when she strips to tights, her figure con- 
stitutes an optical delight. She has a fine 
singing voice, reads her lines with intelligence 
and is altogether an essential and never- 
failing element of Importance. Margaret 
demons la conspicuously clever in two widely 
diverging characters, presenting a physical 
front worth while in the first part when decked 
in tights and lifts what Is practically a char- 
acter role in the afterpiece into a place of Im- 
portance by her artistic methods and sin- 
cerity of effort. A third girl possessed of 
ability which Is made clear throughout the 
show is Gladys Sears, who plays well a juve- 
nile role and adds to the show's laurels in a 
character song interlude which scored heav- 
ily. Grace Celeste-Emerson has two minor 
roles, fills them satisfactorily and helps out 
in the average of good looks. Teddy Evans 
works in a few scenes with Emerson. He 
seemingly has gathered his idea of make-up 
from some of Gus Hill's farce-comedy litho- 
graphs; at all events he succeeds in making 
himself needlessly hideous; a fact which does 
not help in the comedy results he strives for 
with fair results attendant. The Crelghton 
Bros, help mightily In speeding the entertain- 
ment. Both play parts well Indeed, lead num- 
bers with song and dance and in the olio offer 
a specialty quaint and original in conception 
and hilariously effective in provoking laughter 
and producing applause. No finer character 
drawing can be found In vaudeville than the 
"Relics of '67" which these chaps impersonate, 
and when matters settled down to dancing the 
audience stopped the show with its applause 
until the brothers returned to the stage with 
their wigs and characters discarded to encore 
with further stepping. They made the big- 
gest hit at any olio number here this season. 
Miss Morgan's songs add costumes were dual 
factors In a brilliant opening for the vaude- 
ville section, and In second position Barto and 
McCue displayed physical prowess in various 
feats which brought them unstinted approba- 
tion. Herman Lelb's "Dope" was added as a 
special feature for this week. Among the 
dozen or more costumlngs for numbers there 
were many ornate and classy designs, with 
tights predominating. The girls have a high 
average of good looks and are hard workers. 
The Scotch march and gun drill, -toward the 
close of the program, brought out the girls 
for a number all their own and they secured 
rounds of applause for skill displayed. "Hln- 
key Dee," by Emerson, with the girls all on 
the Job, received more applause than any num- 
ber In the show; other well liked were a "col- 
lege girl" arrangement and all the "girl" 
formations In which Mis* Morgan bad the 
leadership. WALT. 

EMPIRE (I. M. Herk, mgr.).— John J. Black 
has undertaken the greater part of the burden 
in providing entertainment under the caption of 
"Miss New York, Jr." As author of "Guess- 
ing at Hotel Guess" and "Slowtown Junction," 
which start and finish the show, he has at- 
tempted nothing new-fangled but sticks relent- 
lessly to tried and tested modes of burlesque 
procedure. In the production he has been no 
more venturesome than as a writer, and the 
net result, in consequence, Ih a series of Inci- 
dents, largely In the original, but at times dis- 
guised In manner or method. The packed 
house which filled the Empire Sunday afternoon 
in a general way spent an enjoyable, if never 
exciting, two hour* and a half. The chief de- 
Htineilon to which the show Is entitled lies In 
the evenness of talent displays; nobody In par- 
ticular outshines among tho principals. Black 
Is most conspicuously In evidence, his share 
embracing one of the comedy leads In first-part 
and burlesque and a third of the honors for 
"The Main Guy," an Interlude of song, talk 
and dance which he shares with James Fair- 
burn and Pearl Black. Will II. Cohan his 
equal chance with Black In the two books and 
heads a parody number, backed by all the 
chorus girls, as the olio opener. Presumably 
there may be those who would deny that 
Cohan's unction would lead to hysteria, but 
nobody can Impeach his method and material 
when estimating his work from a burlesque 
standpoint. He seldom deals In contraband 
goods and Is never offensive. Fnlrburn helps 
In tho comedy at both ends of the show and 
works In two olio numbers. Sophia and Myrtle 
Frank, Fay O'Dell. Pearl Mlack and Ida Cor- 
bet t are the principal women, and with them 
the rule of equal distribution works as notice- 
ably as among the men. All come forward with 
credit In proportion to what they attempt. The 
picture-sheet Is twice lirroduced as a factor In 
the olio; once for an "ill -ong" which ends In 
a "song chart" of cuim-iiy intent, and again 
to reflect the words of choruses while Miss 
Corbetl makes two character changes. The 



VARIETY 




man who sings with the sheet also aids her by 
singing from one of the boxes to cheer the 
audience along as they assist In the wait- 
killing. The Frank Sisters, In black-face, use 
material hitherto largely offered by male teams 
without changing much of It for female use. 
When alterations and repairs come to light 
the resulting laughs arise because of the 
"edge" which the material presents. Bennett 
Mitchell gets the black-type In programing 
an "Apache" number entered Into by the 
chorus girls. The Pantomlng passes faffcly, but 
only so. Most meritorious Is a brief dance by 
Bennett and Lulu Mitchell, later almost du- 
plicated In a scene during the burlesque. Helen 
Deianey also engaged Mitchell In a dance, more 
contortion than pantomimic; and the chorus 
girls by their lonesomes put up a brave two- 
step and glide to their credit In the bur- 
lesque, Billy 8. Newton gets over a hit of 
measurable proportions as a "simp" train - 
announcer, probably the most distinctive piece 
of work In all the show. The costuming fairly 
passes when compared with the wardrobe many 
other principals and choruses have paraded 
this season. Some of the numbers are gaudily 
dressed but none take on especial showing In 
either material or designs. The numbers are 
frequently introduced, and nearly every prin- 
cipal, male and female, has a chance to lead. 
A number by the chorus girls, with one leading, 
takes eight of the participants Into the aisle 
and back; like ether attempts at giving a part 
of the show off the stage. It brings nothing and 
doesn't belong. Down at the very close "Queen 
of the Nile" Introduces the girls In Oriental 
trimmings to break the Ice for an energetic 
and sinuous "coocher" who follows In to fever 
up the atmosphere. Just who she Is doesn't 
matter and the program Is silent; but she's a 
tiny dynamo of sensuousness, that's sure. 

WALT. 



SITTNBR'S (Paul Slttner. mgr. ; agent, 
8.-C.).— Monday evening found Slttner's with 
a capacity attendance, the rain that fell Just 
before theatre hour stopping long enough to 
allow the audience to dodge the drops and 
seek comfort In the cosy little playhouse. The 
house still holds Its record for good shows, 
this, week's being up to the standard. The 
Bramsons opened, with an exceptionally clever 
hoop-rolling act, one which held interest 
throughout the whole routine of well-executed 
tricks. Man and woman compose the turn. 
Ruble Marlowe and her dandy voice make a 
good combination. Monday evening Ruble 
sang "Down by the Old Mill Stream" and 
"Give My Regards to Mabel," the last Is old, 
but Ruble put It over. Le Page and Mahr 
are two girls who leave a pleasing Impression. 
The act contains too much singing. Some 
could be given over to the classy high kicking 
that one of the duo puts' over with ease, and 
a little more of It could be placed In, when 
the girls might call It dancing and become a 
riot. One of the young women makes an at- 
tractive-looking boy, which she Impersonates 
splendidly, using a song and a bit of talk 
which went home. They got away safely and 
finished with a good, wide margin to their 
credit. Eugene Ellsworth and Edna Earle 
Linden started the real laughs of the evening 
with a comedy sketch, "His Day Off." Jere 
San ford's yodelling and whistling met with 
approval. Ethel Whiteside and her "Picks" 
were the headllners. Ethel and her "Picks" 
ran away ahead of the rest, and grabbed off 
top honors easily. Captain Plckards Seals 
proved a good hold-In number. He closed the 
show without losing any of the audience. The 
Northslders have been receiving rare little 
treats lately, for they are seeing shows near- 
ly as good as some of the big houses flash. 

H. R. 



the role created by Wallie Eddlnger In New 
York. 



"The Yankee Doodle Girls" are at the Folly, 
playing under the title of "High School Girls." 
At the Alhambra, "The Bon Tons," with Mil- 
He De Leon as an added attraction, are In 
evidence. Both shows appeared at these houses 
during the preliminaries of the regular 
"wheel" season. 



Bert Felbleman came to the Olympic with 
Augustus Thomas to help start "The Member 
From Osark" on Its way last Sunday, and The 
Friars Club has been left to run Itself. 



Ethel Robinson has booked the Don Phlll- 
plno Band for the National Dairy Show at the 
Coliseum, week 20, and will provide the en- 
tertainment for the Evanston Firemen's Be- 
nevolent Association the first week in De- 
cember. 

The Five Oaffney Girls are playing their 
new act over W. V. A. time. Lew Williams 
and Co. are putting on a new sketch In this 
vicinity. 

Richard Carle will leave the Cort with 
"Jumping Jupiter" In another week, going to 
Pittsburg. On 17, "Bobby Burnlt" rewritten 
by its author, Wlnchell Smith, will be given 
another production, with Thomas W. Rosa In 



Ezra Kendal], Jr.. Is working for Earl J. 
Cox. He plays the Century the last half of 
this week. 



Zoe Barnett. now In "The Sweetest Girl In 
Paris," at the La Salle, will be in the cast of 
'"Jingo Boo" when John Cort produces the 
Leo Dletrlchsteln - Vincent Bryan - Arthur 
Pryor musical piece at the Cort, following 
"Bobby Burnlt." 

Kingston and Thomas are playing Miller's 
bookings for the W. V. A., after making a 
start for "Tlnk" Humphries in Rockford. 

Frank Blgelow, of the Blgelow Twins, who 
were In vaudeville a couple of seasons ago, 

filaylng "A Brace of Partridges," Is confined 
n the Cook County Hospital's surgical ward, 
helpless from the waist up because of In- 
juries received when he wa» held up and 
robbed In Chicago eighteen months ago. He 
was found unconscious, suffering from a blow 
on the back of his neck. Released from the 
hospital as cured, he subsequently waa com- 
pelled to return for treatment. It waa found 
that a spinal Injury waa likely to afflict him 
for life, but the Indications now indicate an 
eventual cure. He will be confined In the 
hospital for some months to come, and would 
appreciate messages or visits from his pro- 
fessional friends. 

Dsn Sherman Is playing this week at the 
Kedile, the first act Manager Malcomb has 
ever tried for a full week. Sherman la doing 
"A Jay Circus," his other act. "The Battle of 
San Dago." being also In this vicinity with 
Jim De Forrest playing Sherman's old role. 
Nov. 20, Dan Joins an 8.-C. show for the cir- 
cuit starting at Cincinnati. There will be 
special paper for each act, and Sherman will 
be manager of the show. Although he Is de- 
cidedly In It as a showman, Sherman still 
keeps his eye on his Long Island town lots; 
and to further protect his Interest, he was 
notified last Sunday of his reappointment as 
a deputy sheriff for Central Park, Nasssu Co., 
N. Y. 



The President Theatre's safe was blown and 
robbed of about $500 last Sunday night by 
yeggmen, who are still at large. The night 
watchman was overpowered and locked In a 
dressing room. 

For the fourth and final week of the Police- 
men's Benefit at Orchestra Hall, William Mor- 
ris Is supplying this bill: Wills Holt Wake- 
field, LeRoy and Clayton, Felix and Calre, 
Tom Brentford. Godlowlskl Troupe, Paul Gor- 
don, Laredo and Blake. 

The Grand formerly the Elgin Opera House, 
has been overhauled at a cost of $8,000. It 
will be booked as a combination house, play- 
ing three days of vaudeville and three days 
of one night attractions. Mgrs. Thleland and 
Prlckett claim they will have the house open- 
ed by Oct. 15. Chas. Doutrick will book 
the acts, William Newman will be Manager. 

"The Gambler" stays at the Lyric until 20 
and on the following Monday opens for an 
Indefinite run at the Maxlne Elliott, New York. 
The new Klein play Is much liked by the local 
critics. 



Coney Holmes has secured the bookings for 
the Majestic, Portsmouth, and the Grand, 
Kenton, O. : he will also book aots in the 
Grands at Connorsvllle and New Castle, Ind. 
The Family, Indianapolis, now booked by 
the W. V. A., Is owned by the same man who 
controls the two other Indiana theatres, snd 
will probably be booked by Holmes after 17. 

Roy Sebree may take charge of the Sa.atoga 
Hotel before Jan. 1. 



Watterson Rothacker. locally concerned In 
theatrical newspaper work, has organized a 
new concern to project an Innovation In ad- 
vertising. Moving pictures will form the basis 
of his scheme, which soon goes Into operation 
here and if the experiment works out other 
cities will be covered. 



Edmund von Hatzfeldt, father of Countess 
Von Hatzfeldt, known to vaudeville, has en- 
tered suit for divorce In Evansvllle, Ind., 
where he Is employed as foreman of a cigar 
factory. Von Hatzfeldt and his wife have lived 
spart for nearly ten years. 

Frank Garagus, an old circus car-manager, 
took the advance of "The Man of the Hour," 
at Bloomlngton, Ind.. last week. 

Richard L. Cressy, known prominently some 
years ago In Chicago theatricals, has arranged 
to open a 10-20 vaudeville house In close 

proximity to the Wilson Ave. 1,000 capacity. 



"Theresa Be Mine," stays but two weeks at 
the Chicago Opera House, its hoped-for long 
run terminating next Saturday night, 9 'Three 
Million Dollars" will be presented with May 
Boley, Grace Grlswold, Dorothy Brenner, John 
Ford, Geo. Lydecker and Louis A. Simon. 

SITTNERS (Paul Sittner, mgr.; agent, S-C) 
—The Bramsons, Le Paige and Marr, Ellsworth 
ind Linden, Jere San-ford, Ethel Whiteside and 
Picks, Plksrds Seals. 

AMERICUS (Earl Cox, agent).— Rees Trio, 
Pauline Dempsey, James and James, D'Almas 
Animals, Thomas and Ryan, Von Kaathaven 
Quartette, Leon and Bertie Allen. 

AMERICAN (Earl Cox, agent).— Qua and 
Marlon Kohl, Claire Woolfe, Von Kaathaven 
Quartette, Morris and Kramer, Anna Palmer, 
Edwards dogs, ponies and monkeys. 

COLUMBIA (Earl Cox, agent).— Kavanaugh, 
Bannister Sisters, Mad Miller, Brown, Busn 
and Co., Hanlon and Walsh, Gus and Marlon 
Kohl, Eddie Erb. Plerson and Joel, Claire 
Woolfe, Knight. Raymond and Co. 

GRAND (Earl Cox, agent). — Clayton Jones. 
Cumby and Thomas, Wilson and Wilson, 
Walker and Taylor. 

FRANKLIN (Earl Cox, agent). — Clark 
Bros., Four Musical Claysons, Doc Holland, 
Dunbar and Turner, Kolar and Kolar. Ban- 
nister Sisters, Hanlon and Walsh, CUffton- 
Allen Co. 

CENTURY (Earl Cox, agent).— Don Bester 
Trio, Jean Cunningham, Gloria Dare, Morris 
and Kramer, Personl and Halladay. Ezra 
Kendall, Dunbar and Turner, Bessie Leonard, 
the Hoeys, D'Almas animals. 

COLISEUM (Earl Cox, agent).— Boble Boyd, 
Pearl Lester, Larkins and Burns, Jean Cun- 
ningham, Dunbar's goats, Doc Holland. 

KEDZIE (W. B. Malcomb, mgr.; agent, 
W. V. A.). — Brown Bros, Geo. Hlllman, Sher- 
mand and De Forrest, the Aldines, Henrietta 
Byron (last half). 

CIRCLE (Balabon Bros., mgrs.; agent, W. 
V. A.).— Barln and Barln, Williams-Thomp- 
son and Co., Bandy and Fields, Diamond Com- 
edy Four (last half). 

GRAND (Geo. B. Le Vee, mgr. ; agent, W. 
V. A.).— Summers and Stork, Grace Ayers, 
Florence Wilson, Relffe and Relffe, "Battle 
of San Dago" (last half). 



REPUBLIC (Chas. Koester, mgr.; agent, 
S-C.).— Norris Baboons, Zeno and Mandel, Bess 
Andrea. George Highland, Rand and Byron. 
Bunth and Rudd, Mann and Franks, Somers 
and Paige, Ethel Pearl Mitchell, Bill Conklln. 

WHITE PALACE (Kenneth Fltspatrlck, 
mgr.; agent, S-C.).— Bill Conklln, Ethel Pearl 
Mitchell, Somers and Paige, Mann and Franks, 
Bunth and Rudd, Rand and Byron, George 
Highland, Bess Andrea, Zeno and Mandel, 
Norris' Baboons. 

JULIAN (J. G. Condermann, mgr.; agent, 
William Morris).— The Lelande, Alice Clark, 
Adelaide Kelm and Co., W. J. McDermott, 
Little Alright and Wife. 

PRESIDENT (I. A. Levlnson, mgr.; agent. 
William Morris).— Four Cook Sisters, The Ray- 
monds, Frank Bush, Animated Doll Lorraine, 
Fred Zobedle, Mittu Dumltreschu Troupe, Lee 
Beegs and Co., Davey and Pony Moore, Musi- 
csl Cralgs. 

LINDEN (Chas. Hatch, mgr.; agent, William 
Morris).— Ethel Darr. John Chlnesee Leach, 
Musical Cralgs. Kramer and Willlard, Lam- 
bert Bros., Lorraine the Animated Doll, Four 
Cook Sisters, Fred Zozedle, Whitehead and 
Glerson, Marcus snd Ardell. 

GRAND (George B. Le Vee, mgr.; agent, 
W. V. M. A.).— Battle of San Dago, Somers 
and Storke, Grace Ayers, Re Iff, Clayton and 
Relff, Florence Wilson. 

SCHINDLER'S (L. Schindler, mgr.; agent, 
W. V. M. A.).— Carter and Waters. . De Hollis 

Snd Valors, Hayes and Wynn, Mart Fuller, 
wain's Cockatoos. 

LYDA (George Hlnes, mgr.: agent, W. V. 
M. A.).— Lewln Martel Trio, Byers and Her- 
man, Harry Richards and Co., Kate Watson, 
Howard and Bernard. 

ASHLAND (Al. H. Wledner, mgr.; agent. 
W. V. M. A.).— Nick and Lyda Russell, Shock 



and De Arville, Frevola, Malone Mack and 
Malone. The Weston Co., Knight and Deyer, 
Tom Linton's Cannibal Maids. 

BUSH TEMPLE (Walter Shaver, mgr.; 
agent, W. V. M. A.).— Archie Faulk, The Mil- 
liards, Knight and Deyer, Tom Linton's Can- 
nibal Maids, Somers and Storke, Louis Stone, 
Denton and Le Bauf. 

ARCH (George L. Brown, mgr. ; agent, W V. 
M. A.).— Musical Storey, Lillian Carson Co., 
Louise Stone, Denton and Le Bauf, Mick and 
Lyda Russell, Sheck and De Arville, Archie 
Faulk, Swain's Cockatoos. 

VICTORIA (W. V. M. A., agents).— Van 
Child, A'Hearn and Reader, De Snones Kids, 
Earl Glrdella. The Elliotts. 

VIRGINIA (J. V. Rltchey, mgr.; agent. W. 
V M. A.).— Frank Dunne, Mae Taylor, Gertie 
De Mont, Donald Graham. 

PASTIME (Agents, W. V. M. A.).— The El- 
liotts, Wentz Bros., Herbert De Veau, Tender- 
hoe, Chatham Sisters. 

SAN FRANCISCO 

By LESTER FOUNTAIN. 

VARIETY'S Office, 

908 Market Street 
ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, mgr.; agent, di- 
rect).— Tom Smith and his Three Peaches 
flopped badly, opening the performance, giv- 
ing the show a poor start. "Baaeballltls" 
finished slowly, not helping the start The 
Neapolitans did well, but not as well aa acts 
of this description usually do. Maurice Free- 
man and Co. aroused the first real Interest 
and applause of the evening. Fred Singer, 
in "The Violin Maker of Cremona," was 
highly approved. Rock and Fulton started 
slowly, but picked up as they went along; 
knocked out a sure-enough hit Howard and 
Howard received a hurrah greeting and 
cleaned up the hit of the program. Work 
and Ower made a capital closing number, 
and went through strong. 

NATIONAL (Zlck Abrams, mgr. ; agent. 
S-C). —Very good bill. Hughes Musical Trio 
started off slowly, closing to liberal applause. 
Cora Stlmpson did very well, although much 
of her talk went up In the air. Leroy and 
Harvey, following the picture, hit their stride 
quickly and proved a scream. Lester and 
Moure were upheld by the male end of the 
team. Woman should Improve her dressing. 
L. Wolf Gilbert started slowly, and never re- 
covered. "Tl\e Aeroplane Girl," nicely han- 
dled, big success. 



CHUTES (Ed. Levy, mgr.; agent, Pantages 
direct).— Christy and Lee can Improve with 
snappier working. Chester and Jones, nicely 
dressed dancing act, went over big. Cameron 
and Flanagan, thoroughly enjoyable, did 
splendidly. Paris Green corraled first honors. 
Four Regals, very good. Maud Rockwell came 
across with a solid success. Six Musical 
Splllers made a good closing number for a 
good all-around bill. 

WIGWAM (Sam Harris, mgr.; agent, S.-C). 
Mile. Olive was well rewarded for Juggling. 
Stuart Kollins and his Banjo Girls appre- 
ciated. Maxwell and Dudley scored. Stokes 
and Ryan passed on dancing. Savoy Band, 
fair. Martini and Maximilian, hit Leonard, 
Louis and Gillette closed to hearty applause. 

AMERICAN (James Pilling, mgr. ; agent. 
S.-C). — Mediocre bill. The Leons. bar acro- 
bats, did well. Al. Lawrence started slow, 
but picked up at the finish. Agnes Mahr, 
handicapped by poor offering, not worthy of 
her. Jim Post and Co., musical comedy, 
proving drawing power. Offering Is too quiet, 
however. Needs rough comedy. 

Myrtle Vlctorlne and the Two Zolars will 
split this week. The Zolars will remain In 
this vicinity, Myrtle finishing the act's present 
tims on the Pantages Circuit, as a "single." 



MANY THANKS 

To my friends 
Who so very kindly remembered me daring my recent Illness. 

JENIE JACOBS 



WKtn answering advtrHtementi kindly mention VAMIWTT. 



VARIETY 



*3 



'■ - 






BEST PLACES TO STOP AT 






A REAL PROPRIETOR OF 
A REAL PLACE TO LIVE 



GEO. F. ROBERTS, Assistant Manager 

Cor. Madison and Dearborn Sts., CHICAGO 





The American Travesty Stars, which close 
at the American Oct. 1, have abandoned their 
intention of going to Salt Lake City and Den- 
ver. Instead the company will go to the Pick- 
wick, San Diego, for an indefinite stay. 

The latest Is that the new GraUman house 
will open Nov. 20. No line at this time as to 
the attractions that will go Into the house. 

The continuous vaudeville and m. p. houses 
playing straight and split week bookings are 
all doing a thriving business. 

Bad weather and a show not up to their 
average standard has made the ultimate result 
of the raising of prices at the Chutes proble- 
matical. 



It is rumored that the management of Tait's 
Cafe Is contemplating installing several vau- 
deville features weekly. At present there is 
no evidence of a stage being erected, although 
several acts are reported as expected to arrive 
here from the east. 



Warren At wood dropped In from New York 
last week opening at Dunn Bros, cafe pounding 
the Ivories. 



Sam Mendelsohn, of the Novelty, Vallejo, Is 
again playing vaudeville a "split week." 

Walter Whiteside Is scoring a triumph In 
"The Melting Pot" which has proven one 
of the most successful productions at the 
Savoy this season. 

Vaudeville at the Jose, San Jose, Is meeting 
with poor success. 

Rameses, the magician, a few mornings ago 
experienced considerable annoyance in being 
waited upon In one of the down town restaur- 
ants. He noticed that a couple arriving after 
him were waited upon first. Still patient, he 
still waited and while doing so thoughtlessly 
tossed a flash Same from his finger. A scream 
and a crash followed and the late arrival's 
breakfast lay upon the floor. Rameses says he 
will confine his fire throwing proclivities to the 
stage hereafter. 



Madame Jenny at the National this week, 
after the Sunday evening performances, sub- 
stituted a costume of a more quiet nature than 
the tights she wore upon the opening day. 
They proved rather startling even for a 
"Frisco" audience. 



Although the press has been most kind to 
"The Easiest Way" the play has failed to 
create any great stir of interest. 

Rawson and Clare are playing all the S.-C. 
time In this vicinity. They are now In their 
eighth week, with four more to fill before de- 
parting from the state. 



Henrietta Gores (Relsner and Cores) re- 
joined "hubby" this week after a pleasant va- 
cation spent upon her mother's ranch in 
Washington. 

The case against Tex Rickard, charging him 
with violating ordinance 701 by exhibiting 
moving pictures of the Johnson- Jeffries fight 
was dismissed 27, by Police Judge Shorthall. 
The judge expressed the opinion that the pic- 
tures did not exhibit sufficient brutality to 
come within the purview of the ordinance. 

Howard and Howard topping the bill at the 
Orpheum are cleaning up a riot at every Bhbw. 

A benefit performance will be given at the 
Columbia 10. by Henry Miller in "Her Hus- 
band's Wife" under the auspices of the 
Women's Auxiliary of the California Prison 
Committee for the purpose of maintaining and 
equipping the Golden Rule Hotel, where re- 
leased prisoners are to be sheltered upon their 
discharge from the penitentiary. 

At the last meeting of the Theatrical Stage 
Employes Union. Local 16. it was decided to 
hereafter devote ten per cent, of the Union's 
receipts to a relief fund for the aged and in- 
firm. A committee was appointed by Pres 
Geo. F. Sauer to take charge of the Fund and 
its disbursements. 



Sophie Tucker Jumps direct from Los Angeles 
to Spokane for her third consecutive trip over 
the Pantages Circuit opening 9. 



COLUMBIA (Gottlob A Marx, mgr. ; direc- 
tion K. A E.).— Henry Miller "Her Husband's 

SAVOY (E. Busey. mgr.; direction, John 
Cort.).— "The Prince of Pilsen." 

ALCAZAR (Belasco A Mayer, mgrs.: stock) 
—"The Barrier." 

PRINCESS (Sam Loverlch, mgr.). -Musical 
comedy dark. 

PORTOLA CAFE (Herman Hennansen, mgr 
Amusement director, H. Garcia).— Miss E. 
Leslie : Mllano Duo ; Madge Maltland ; Beatrice 
A Willie Crackles ; La Pomma : Bob Al- 
bright. 




Hotel Plymouth 

EUROPEAN PLAN 

38th STREET, B*L7th * 8th A««s* NEW YORK CITY 



•■ 



New Fireproof Building A Stone a Throw from Broad wej 

NATIftF TIIF R1TPQ" A room by the day, with use of bath. $1.00 
liUllbC I IIC IM I Ed an d %\& single; fl.00 and $1.75 double. 
A room by the day. with private bathroom attached, $1 JBO alngle ; $2.00 
double. Rooms with nse of bath, from $5.00 te $$-00 per week single, 
and from $6.00 to $&50 double. Rooms with private bath attached from 
£8.50 to $10.00 per week alngle, and from 10.50 to $11.00 double. "NO 
HIGHER." 

Every room has hot and cold running water, electric light and long- 
distance telephone. Restaurant a la carte. Club breakfaata. 



Phone, 1520 Murray Hill 



T. SINNOTT, Mgr 



Acknowledged as the best place to stop at In New York City. In the Heart of the Theatrical 

and Shopping District 

"THE ST. KILDA" 

The Refined Home for Professionals. Handsomely Furnished Rooms. 

163 WeSt 34th Street (23 seconds from Broadway.) 
Private bath and every convenience. Telephone, 8448 Murray Hill. 

PAULINE COOKE and JEN1E JACOBS, Proprietors 



Winchester Hotel 

"THE ACTOR'S HOME." 

8a n Francisco. Cal. 

Rates— 50c. to $2 a day. $8.50 to $$ per week. 
600 Rooms. Centrally located, near theatres. 
ROLKIN L SHARP. Props. 

CHA8. BU8BT. Mgr. 

ZEISSE'S HOTEL 

Opposite the Walnut and Geelno Theatres, 
Philadelphia. Pa, 



THEATRICAL HOTEL 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

MINNIE MILLER. MRS. BIOOS, 

244 N. Franklin St. 726 Vino St. 

Kitchen and laundry at your service. 

Single $2 and $8 per week. |8 and $4 double. 

STEVENS' CAFE 

One square from Dockstader's, where you 
can get 3 squares, and more too. 

8 E. Seventh St. ; 815 King St., 

WILMINGTON. DEL. 

Rooms as well. 



BOSTON 

By J. GOOLTZ. 

VARIETY'S Boston Representative, 

80 Summer St. 

KEITH'S (Harry E. Gustin, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O.).— Not for many moons has the bill 
of this week been surpassed here. Good 
weather and good attendance. Maximo, slack 
wire, very good opener; Alice Hanson and 
Gladys Bijou, pleased: Gordon Eldrld A Co., 
humorous sketch, went well ; Bowman Broth- 
ers, good; John W. Sherman's "Enchantment 
Mirror" Illusion (third week), good; Al White's 
"Jolly Jiggers" (three boys and three girls), 
lots of dancing, fine; Russell and Smith's Min- 
strels, five men blackface, minstrel set, great 
act ; Frank Fogarty, monolog, some enter- 
tainer; Bellclaire Brothers, hand-balancing, 
very fine act, closed show to great applause. 

Warren Church of the C. B. O., has added 
the Orpheum, Newburyport. Mass., to his list. 

Manager Sam Messing, who was loaned to 
the owner of the Lawrence theatre, New Lon- 
don, Conn., as temporary manager, is back on 
the Job at the Church office. 

May McDonald opens at Albany, N. Y.. 10, 
with ten weeks to follow on Qua Sun time. 

A certain Boston act was saved considerable 
trouble with the police authorltcs, when a 
certain Boston agent planked down $107 for a 
diamond ring that was purchased on "small 
time" and then payments cancelled. 

Fred Mardo has the Opera House, Plymouth, 
Mass. W. P. Hart, manager. 

Jeff Davis has connected for the Opera 
House. Taunton, Mass. He will begin his 
booking 10. Frank Le Due, manager. 

One of the distinctive features of the Me- 
chanics Exposition that opened at Mechanics 
building 3, and that will run until 29. is the 
Art Loan exhibit of paintings and statuary, 
valued at $1,000,000. 



the First Unlversalist Church of Brockton, 
have been Informed by Chief J. W. Whitney 
of the State Police that they can not produce 
their little playlet. 

The first complete performance in America 
of the first part of Granville Dantock's set- 
ting of the "Rubalyat of Omar Khayyam," 
took place In Worcester Hall, Worcester, last 
Friday night. This was the third concert 
of the Worcester Festival. Dr. Arthur Mees 
conducted. The solo parts were taken by 
Berrlck Van Norden (The Poet), Margaret 
Keyes (The Beloved), and Arthur Weld (The 
Philosopher). 

Percy French and Dr. Houston ColllsHon 
start their first American tour with an open- 
ing at Jordan Hall, Nov. 2, with unique re- 
citals. "Humor, Art and Music." J. C. Duff 
Is the producer and R. A. Barnet is munager 
of the tour. 



Lotta Crabtree, better known as Lottn. re- 
turned from a two weeks' visit to friends In 
New York. 



Grace E. Putnam, after passing the summer 
In New York city, has returned to the 
Boston Opera Company to resume her former 
position with Theodore Bauer, the press repre- 
sentative. 

After weeks of rehearsing, the children of 



C. Wesley Fraser. of the National office, was 
given a rousing reception by his friends on 
his return to town last Saturday. They also 
tendered him a dinner. The occasion was the 
granting of the New York agency license. 

"Diamond Lew" Walker Is al Brockton Fair 
with a girl show this week, for his twenty- 
fifth consecutive season at Hroekton. He and 
"Gold Button Bill" and "Hilly" Nelson, the 
snake man, are the veterans of "The Midway." 

Fire destroyed the Lyceum. Marblehead. 
Mass.. Sunday last, at 2..M n. m. ; many 
other buildings wero burned to the ground. 
It looked for a time as if the entire town 
might be destroyed. 

ORPHEUM (L. B. Boas, mgr : agent. L. B. 
O.).— Kenney and Hollis. Four Stewart Sisters, 
Lew Harvey, Carleton Sisters, Kelley and 
Asbby, Folsom, L. Sterling, Howard and Lln- 
der; pictures. 

HUH (Joe Mack, mgr.; agent, Fred Mardo).— 
Vlctorlna Troupe, Scbroeder's Three Trouba- 
dors, Ingram and Seeley, Contlno and Law- 
rence; pictures. 

SCENIC— EAST BOSTON (George Morrison, 
mgr.; agent. Fred Mardo).— Reed's Bull Ter- 
riers, Loring and Parquette. La Toy, Holmes 
and Holllston, Mason and Lee, John Laughlln; 
pictures. 



COLUMBIA (Harry Farren, mgr.; agent, di- 
rect).— "The Brigadiers." 

GAIETY (G. H. Batcheller, mgr.; agent, di- 
rect).— "New Marathon Girls" 

CASTLE SQUARE (John Craig, mgr.; agent, 
direct).— Stock, "The Crown Prince." 

CASINO (Charlea Waldron, mgr.; agent, di- 
rect).— "Ginger Girls." 

BOWDOIN SQUARE (Jay Hunt, mgr.; 
agents, Ed. Kelley, Phil Hunt and National). 
—Mrs. Jules Levey and Family, Julia Tracey, 
Ezl Trio, Wink and Davis, Raetus Brown and 
Harrison, DeForest. Dodge and King; pic- 
tures. 

HOWARD ATHENUM (Jay Hunt, mgr.; 
agents, Ed. Kelley and Phil Hunt).— "Dream- 
land Burlesquers." House bill. Marvelous 
Mells, Philips Sisters, Lester and Merrill, Mae 
Clark, Hallman and Murphy, Jennett Broth- 
ers, Mayo and Martin, Dalton and Dalton; 
pictures. 

SCENIC-CHELSEA (G. Grandberg. mgr.; 
agent, Fred Mardo).— Reeds, Pete McNulty, 
La Toy; pictures. 

GORDONS-CHELSEA (Gordon Bros., mgrs.; 
agent, Fred Mardo).— Polk and Polk, Earle and 
Bartlett; pictures. 

OLD SOUTH (Frank Brown, mgr.; agent, 
C. B. O.).— Joe Daniels, Orth and Lillian, 
Ellis and Elite, Smith and Kelley, Lawton, 
Harry Farrell, Bertha Rich, Harry Ashton; 
pictures. 

WASHINGTON (Frank Brown, mgr.; agent, 
C B. O.).— Hayter and Janet, Lewis Sisters, 
Mohler and Faytelle. William Morrlssey, Chan 
Toy, Jack Hayes, Prof. Corey, George Flckette; 
pictures. 

DREAM-REVERE (M. Aecbter, mgr.; agent, 
C. B. O.).— L'Alglon; pictures. 

BROADWAY— SOMERVILLE (Milt Wood- 
bury, mgr.; agent, Jeff Davis).— Ben Pierce, 
Bob McLaughlin, Tom KUleen, Sherman; pic- 
tures. 

IMPERIAL— SOUTH BOSTON (M. Lydon. 
mgr.; agent, Jeff Davis).— Kitty Bingham, Fred 
Plzano; pictures. 

POTTER HALL (0. E. Jones, mgr.; agent. 
Jeff Davis).— Eugene Sweet, Frederick Elmore; 
pictures. 

UNIQUE (H. Washburn, mgr.; agent. Jeff 
Davis).— Dave Nicholson, Bertha Holland, Jo- 
seph Smith, Billy Ashley; pictures. 

PALACE (M. Mosher. mgr.; agent, National). 
—Smith and Sparta, Frank Cullen, Nina Es- 
pey, Jean Ward, Dreano and Goodwin, Mur- 
phy and Lamar, Nat Wharton, Crowley and 
Crowley, Lillian Bender, Dale and Pearson, 
Palmer and Dockman, Varsity Trio; pictures. 

BEACON (Jacob Lourle, mgr.; agent Na- 
tional).— Eddie Foyer, Carr and Lauder, Henry 
Santos, Eddie Shaw. Kenney and Adams, Ber- 
pard and Hill, Gaine and Jones, Jack Clay ; 
pictures. 

PASTIME (M. Murphy, mgr.; agent, Na- 
tional).— John Phllbrlck, Fay Leslie, Floyd and 
Russell. Ed. Bonvltto; pictures. 

CONGRESS HALL— SOUTH BOSTON (Mr. 
SchlesBlnger, mgr.; agent, National). —-Lillian 
Coleson, Bill Hess; pictures. 

SUPREME— JAMAICA PLAIN (Mr. > Levey, 
mgr; agent, National).— Dave Lynn, Blossom 
Harris, Will Herbert, Anne Germani; pictures. 

STAR— SOMERVILLE (Mr. Adeteon, mgr.; 
agent, National).— Miss Sheldon, Miss Thayer, 
Gilmore, Morris Hart; pictures. 

OLYMPIA— SOUTH BOSTON (Mr. Wood- 
ward, mgr.; agent. National).— Will Herbert, 
Mr. Davis, Miss Redmond; pictures. 



PHILADELPHIA 

By UKOnUK M. YOUNU. 

KEITHS (H. T. Jordan, mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O.). — Hilly Van. the Squire of Oeorge's 
Mills, N. II., stopped work on the town reser- 
voir to fill a special engagement this week and 
grabbed off enough honors to keep him smil- 
ing during the remaining four weeks on the 
farm. Hilly and the Beaumont Sisters pre- 
sented "Props," scoring the biggest laughing 
hit at Keith's this season. There was plenty 
of comedy throughout the show. Fred St. 
Onge and Co. started It off nicely with their 
cycling turn, the girl with the shapely figure 
winning some Individual honors. Eddie Mack 
and Dot Williams filled the "No. 2" spot In 
good shape. Mack ha» built up a pleasing act 
around bis former single, and the pair were 
well received. Kenney, Nobody and Piatt 
have good talk, which they work Into laugh- 
ing matter, and their songs carried them 
through big. Karl Emmy's dog act did very 
well. The comedy secured with the little 
dog of the troupe kept the house amused, and 
the routine of nicely handled tricks were lib- 
erally rewarded. It made a very attractive 
number. Cordon and Mark made their first 
appearance. They are a clever pair of 
"Dutch" talk contortionists, and had pretty 
easy sailing from start to finish. A couple of 
parodies fitted in nicely, and the beer-ei- 
changing went as strong as if It were a new 
bit. The single sketch offered was "Nerve," 
presented by Charles Leonard Fletcher and 
Co. The principal merit lies in the fact that 
the playlet Is new in Its theme and construc- 
tion. The wide latitude In stage license In 
the many Impossibilities during the action 
(alls for skillful handling. Wlllette Whltaker 
scored a subsfantial hit, as usual. No singer 
who comes to this city can claim more honors 
than Miss Whltak'-r, and she was as warmly 
greeted as ever. She bad the usual assistance 
from F. Wilbur HIM. Following the hit mad« 



When antwtring advt rtitementi kindly mention VABIKTY. 



24 



VARIETY 



TWO TELEGRAMS FROM 

SOPHIE TUCKER 
" A NGLE- \A/ O 



San Francisco, Cad., Sept. 16, 1910. 
"Ancle* Worm Wiggle" goes In Sunday. Looks like a sensation. Have gone to the 
expense of baying Jewelry so as to ftire the effect of a snake with hand movements. 
Will wire yon at once after the matinee. Best wishes. SOPHIE TUCKEB. 

San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 19, 1910. 
Song a sensation— biggest hit I have had In many months. All papers speaking of 
It. Better as I go along. Don't forget to boost It. Best wishes. SOPH1K TUCKKR. 



\A/ 



By J. MATWOOD SCHWARTZ and H. 8. LORCH 



"NIGHT AND DAY 

BRANEN and LLOYD'S Big Ballad Hit. High, Mid., Low. 



"DON'T FORGET ME, DEARIE 

Big March Hit. J. BRANDON WALSH and AL. W. BROWN. 



w 



"ANY OLD TIME OR ANY OLD PLACE" "JUST A DREAM OF YOU. DEAR" 



J. B. WALSH and AL BROWER. Great Conversation Number. 

"AFTER THE ROUND UP" 



I beg to announce to my old friend** among the 
Profession, that I am no longer connected with the 
Management of the Victor Kremer Co., bnt am now 
In business for MYSELF, offering the following: 



A Great Cowboy Song 



FREE Professional Copies and Orches- 
trations to recognised singers. 

Send late programme and postage. 



VI 



KR 



PERSONAL— 67 Clark St., Chicago, III. 



THE CH*S. K. HARRIS COURIER 

NELLIE RDSSELL 

of the 

Seven Russells 

Scwes Bi| Hit with 

"I WANT TO BUY 
A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE" 

CHAS. K. HARRIS 



Theatre laMaa, lew Tsrk 

MIYIR OOHEN, Mgr. 

Ireai tiff a tout MMtat. OHIOAOO 



by the Van act, the Four Londons put a tip- 
top finish to the show with their first-class 
casting act. They work without much stall- 
ing, and have a routine of showy and cleverly 
executed tricks. 



BIJOU (Joseph Dougherty, mgr. ; agent, 
U. B. 0.).— The vaudeville policy at low 
prices appears to have struck a popular chord 
at this house. Tuesday, a Jewish holiday, the 
afternoon audience was almost capacity, there 
being standees on the first floor and balcony, 
while the gallery was well filled. The prices 
range from 6 to 20 In the evening, and 5 to 
10 for matinees. The management is making 
a strong bid for patronage. This week's bill 
was a corker for the money. Mile. D'Lora 
opened the show with a neatly framed con- 
tortion act. Joe Kelcy pleased with his songs, 
but did not get very far with his talk. One 
verse of his "Brave Man" song should not 
have been used, and If he expects to advance 
he should work along stralghter lines, for 
his comedy Is very much strained. Hanvey, 
Coakley and Dunlevy presented the minstrel 
act formerly used by Coakley, McBrlde and 
Subers, and made a substantial hit with It. 
The men sing well .together, and their solo 
numbers were warmly received. It makes a 
nice set for the small time. The Cycling 
Brunettes put over a rousing ai>plause-wlnner, 
the single wheel riding and comedy falls 
bringing liberal reward. It Is a big card, 
and was much appreciated. The act of the 
Musical Woods filled In nicely, and "BUllkin 
and his Fourteen Dancing Dolls," the feature, 
scored strongly. This Is one of the most pre- 
tentious acts of this kind offered on the Rmall 
time. It will probably not stay there. Shorty 
DeWitt has the principal role, and Is sur- 
rounded by some clever dancers. The "BUll- 
kin" number proved a big hit, and two of the 
girls led numbers pleasingly. The act Is 
badly named, for there Is nothing suggesting 
"Dolls" In the appearance or work of the 
girls. A reel of pictures was sandwiched be- 
tween all the acts, the subjects being varied 
and well chosen. The old Bijou, which has 
been used as a burlesque house for several 
seasons, offers a most Inviting appearance, 
being repainted and refurnished until it looks 
almost as well as It did when it was Keith's 
flrBt-class house. It should draw patronage 
with the bills offered, and under the direction 
of Manager Dougherty. 



PALACE (Jules E. Aronson, mgr. ; agent, 
H. Bart McHugh).— PleaBlng bill this week. 
"The Four Dancing Bugs" drew down a lib- 
eral share of the honors with their varied 
styles of stepping. The Spawns were nlso big 
applause winners with their singing and talk- 
ing act. They have a lot of good stuff, and 



make it score by the way they send It over. 
Russell and Cartomell offered a "sister act" 
along different lines than usual, and did very 
nicely. The finish Is the weak spot, the auto- 
mobile stuff getting nothing, and the girls 
could do much better by changing to the 
musical portion. From what talking they do, 
It might help to build up a snappy dialog. 
Kashima and Edgar are probably a foreign 
net. at least the attempts at comedy by the 
assistant suggests It strongly. The principal 
does juggling of high class, and has some 
showy tricks which he handles well. The act 
is built up after that of Cinquevalll, but the 
assistant's singing • detracts from the merit 
of It. Edith Arden offered a straight singing 
turn, making a very pleasing appearance, but 
she was handicapped by hoarseness and was 
forced to quit after Monday, May Healy tak- 
ing her place. Rice and Ladell and Hamlin, 
Dean and Hamlin both offered comedy acro- 
batic acts, reaching a fair point of success. 
Fields and Coco did nicely with their clean- 
cut hand and head balancing number, and 
McKesslck and Shadley, colored, did some 
singing and dancing. Pictures. 



VICTORIA (Jay Mastbaum, mgr. ; agent. 
H. Bart McHugh).— The Royal Venetian Band 
of sixteen pieces headlined the bill and d!d 
very well with a varied program of selections 
and the much-burlesqued eccentric direction. 
Joe Lanlgon proved himself a corking good 
single for the small-time houses. He Is built 
like Al Carlton, and makes the "skinny guy 
stuff" the foundation for a lot of his talk, but 
It Is his well-written parodies that pulls him 
thorugh to a big hit. Marlon and Cleveland 
went through nicely with a mixture of singing 
and snappy talk. The woman Is an adept at 
feeding, and the two do their share In the 
vocal line. Another pleasing singing act was 
that of Lucy Tonge. She has a' strong voice, 
of good quality, and sings good songs. The 
Lansings, man and woman, have a showy 
"strong act," with a little contortion and 
acrobatics thrown In. It is nicely framed up 
and cleverly handled. Flossie Le Van won 
some favor with her kidding and one or two 
songs. Miss Le Van takes a good bit for 
granted and gets away with it well. The 
McDonald Brothers, comedy acrobats, Van 
Field, comedy juggler, and Fritz's Dogs were 
the other numbers on a well-liked bill. Pic- 
tures. 



The members of the Ninth and Arch Museum 
stock burlesque company put on "The Booking 
Office" as Amateur Night feature last week, 
and It was a riot to about fifty specially In- 
vited guests of the management. Fred Vice, 
as Hart McHugh, and Joe Wilton as Norman 
Jeffries, were the principals. The chorus did 
"try-outs" for the benefit of the agents. Some 
got Jobs, others were treated to a lunch oy 
"McHugh," while Irene McCord waB the only 
one to get anything out of "Jeff," and she 
"stuck him" for a lunch. Most of the others 
were told to "call back between 2 and 4," 
which Is as well known In Phllly as "I'll take 
It up" 1b In New York. 



Larry McCale, principal comedian of Fred 
Irwin's "Big Show," is trying to keep his 
mind in two places at once. One Is on the 
ehow, and the other at home, where Mrs. Mc- 
Cale (Ida Sturgls) Is awaiting the arrival of 
a new member of the family. 



WILLIAM PENN (Geo. Metzel, mgr. ; 
booked direct). — Wilfred Clarke and Co. ; 
Burkhardt, Flynn and Parker ; Braggaar 
Brothers ; Dorothy Manners ; Musical Hll- 
bronners ; Al Leonhard. 

PARK (F. O. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger, mgr.; 
agent, Nlxon-Nlrdllnger Vaudeville Agency). 
—Four Saxonlans ; Ward and Cullen ; Two 
Hardts ; Douglas West Co. ; Wood's animals. 
Plcturen. 

PEOPLE'S (F. O. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger. mgr.; 
agent, Nlxon-Nlrdllnger Vaudeville Agency). 
— Al Haines and Julia Redmond; Sandford 
and Darlington; Doherty's poodles; Beauty 
and The Beast ; Pearl and Roth. Pictures. 



STANDARD (F. O. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger, mgr.; 
agent, Nlxon-Nlrdllnger Vaudeville Agency). 
John Zlmmer; Belle Carmen; The HUlmans; 
The Sharps; Cotter and Bouden. Pictures. 

FOREPAUQH'S (Miller ft Kaufman, mgrs.; 
agents, Taylor ft Kaufman). — Clinton Amos and 
Co.. Van Dora and Co., Zuhn and Drele; James 
Lichter. Pictures. 

OIRARD (Kaufman ft Miller, mgrs.; agents, 
Taylor ft Kaufman).— Clifford Dempsey and Co., 
Mad Daly and Co.; Lester, Laurie and Qulnn; 
Carl Statzer. Pictures. 

COLONIAL (F. Wolf, mgr.; agents, Taylor ft 
Kaufman).— Whirl's Four Harmonists, Enoch, 
Carl Dammann, Preston Sisters. Pictures. 

EMPIRE (Stanford ft Western, mgrs.; agents. 
Taylor ft Kaufman).— Examination Days, War- 
ren and Dale, Halleur and Halleur, Dolly 
Marshall; second half— Lowell and Esther 
Drew, Burgos and Clara, Dick Fox. Pictures. 

MANHEIM (Fuhrman Bros, mgrs.; agents, 
Taylor ft Kaufman).— Fisher Trio, Lowell and 
Esther Drew, Burgos and Clara, Dick Fox; 
second half— Warren and Dale, The Chameroys, 
Burke. Pictures. 

OEM (Anck ft Morris, mgrs.; agents, Taylor 
ft Kaufman).— Wenrlch and Waldron, Cham- 
roys, Hess and Hutt, Burke; second half— 
Leavitt and Falls. Dolly Marshall. Pictures. 

TWENTY-NINTH STREET PALACE (W. 
W. Kellner, mgr.; agents, Taylor ft Kaufman). 
—Pate Brothers, Leavitt and Falls, Edna Far- 
lowe; second half— Wenroch and Waldron, The 
Roberts, Marie Manning. Pictures. 

FRANKLIN (David S. Labell, mgr.; agents, 
Taylor ft Kaufman).— Yamamoto Brothers, 
Marie Manning, The Roberts, Jack Marshall; 
second half— Pate Brothers, Halleur and Hal- 
leur, Edna Farlowe. Pictures. 

PLAZA (Charles Oelschlager, mgr.; agent, 
H. Bart McHugh).— Van Harding, The Plottls, 
Pierce and Mazle, Loro and Payne and Deltor- 
relll and Ollssando. 

GLOBE (T. «. Howard, mgr.; agent, H. Bart 
McHugh).— Deyo, Herman Crystal, Carver and 
Oliver and The Manbirds; last half— Beltrah 
and Beltrah, Wills and Ransley, Brooks and 
Wilson. 

AUDITORIUM.— (W. H. Herkenrelder, mgr.; 
agent, H. Bart McHugh).— Brooks and Wilson. 
Wynema and Whirlwind, and Geehand and 
Carsou; last half— Haney and Son, Herman 
Crystal, and Emmett and Lower. 

GREAT NORTHERN (M. Oreenawald, mgr.; 
agent, H. Bart McHugh).— Gregolre and El- 
mlna, Four Singers, Morgan Brothers, Bond 
Morse; last half— Mantells, Juice Harron, The 
Marshalls and Halson Boys. 

GERMANTOWN (Dr. Stumpeflg, mgr.; 
agent, Chas. J. Kraus).— Palmer and Lewis; 
Mezumo Japs, Oaylor and Wiltse, Du Moullen, 
Harland and Robinson: second half— Muelcal 
Santley, Hay Handy. Burton's dogs, Frledland 
and Clark, Annie Miller. Pictures. 

FIFTY-SECOND STREET (Geo. Bothwell, 
mgr.; agent, Chas. J. Kraus).— Musical Sant- 
ley, Geehan and Spencer, Four Masons. Annie 
Miller; second half— Du Moullen, Gaylor and 
Wiltse, Palmer and Lewis, Mezuma Japs. Pic- 
tures. 

AURORA (Donnelly ft Collins, mgrs.; agent 
Chas. J. Kraus).— Ralph Kltner, Boydell Duo, 
Mr. and Mrs. H. Stockton, Princess Bonita; 
second half— Knapp Brothers, Tom Harris, Ada 
Wagner and Co., Harris Twins. Pictures. 

BROAD STREET CASINO (J. Long, mgr.; 
agent. Chas. J. Kraue).— Knapp Brothers, Har- 
ris Twins. Tom Harris; second half— Ralph 
Kltner, Boydell Duo, Roland and Robinson. 
Pictures. 

HIPPODROME PALACE (J. Segal, mgr • 
agent. Chas. J. Kraus).— Billy McDermottl 
Conroy and Jones. Teddy Osburn; second half- 
Frank York, Francis Robinson, Renzetta Ly- 
man and Webb. Pictures. 

MAJESTIC— CAMDEN (Wra. Valll, mgr • 
agents, Stein A Leonard. Inc.).— Larigdon ft 
Morris, Miss Sussle Sutton, Jones, Williams 
and Co.. Swisher and Evons, Smith and Eaton 
Maud Douglas. 

MAJESTIC (Alex. Miller, mgr.; agents, Stein 
ft Leonard, Inc.).— R. G. Tompson, Inners ft 
Inners Corbett and Foresster, The Stllsons, 
Little Langton. Bernard and Harris 

CRYSTAL PALACE (D. Bayllnson, mgr.; 
agents, Stein ft Leonard, Inc.).— Bernard and 
Harris, Swisher and Evons, The Burkes and 



Mike. Quaker City Minstrels, The Rozarffs, 
Langton and Morris. 

7TH ST. CRYSTAL PALACE (S. Morris, 
mgr.; agents Stein ft Leonard, inc.).— Diamond 
and Cameron, Barry and Penman. 

ALEXANDER (Mr. Alexander, mgr.; agents, 
Stein ft Leonard, Inc.).— Bert and Irene Jack, 
The Gaberts, Quaker City Minstrels, R. W. 
Denney, La Temples, Van Frank. 

FAIRHILL PALACE (C. Stangel, mgr.; 
agents, Stein ft Leonard, Inc.).— Wells and 
Daly, Richard Bros. 

WOODLAND AVE. PALACE (M. Benn, 
mgr.; agents. Stein ft Leonard, Inc.).— Lottie 
Hamilton, Anton and Brenon, S. Baker. 

MAJESTIC PALACE (J. Berger, mgr.; 
agents, Stein ft Leonard, lac.).— Rosebud Sis- 
ters, Harvard and Cornell, Eaton and Smith, 
Rae Bally, Stanley and Barr, Five Gold Dust 
Twins, Lottie Hamilton. 

LYRIC AMUSEMENT PALACE (J. H. Cum- 
berland, mgr.; agent, Geo. E. Scott).— Rhodes 
Marionettes, Fred Whitney, Dennette Sisters, 
Burtlno, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, Variety Trio. 
Pictures. 

MUSEE (Agent, Geo. E. Scott).— The Cas- 
pers, DUks and Dllks. Pictures. 

PAVONIA (Agent, Geo. E. Scott).— Burtlno 
Casters. Pictures. 

CASINO (Ellas and Koenlg, mgrs.).— Fred 
Irwin's "Big Show." 

TROCADERO (Sam M. Dawson, mgr.).— Pat 
White's "Gaiety Girls." 

ST. LOUIS 

By FRANK E. ANFENGER. 

COLUMBIA (Frank Tate, mgr.; agent. Or- 
pheum Circuit).— Sally Fisher, in splendid 
voice and handsomer than ever, beadllner, 
singing a repertoire of her own songs and a 
hit. Ida O'Day and Co. In "Cinders," and 
Mr. and Mrs. Jlmmle Barry In "At Hensfoot 
Corners," both excellent sketches. Others on 
pleasing bill are Mareena, Nevaro and Ma- 
reena, equilibrists ; Diero, piano accordionist ; 
Burns and Fulton ; Warren and Blanchard, 
local boys and favorites, and Tyler and Bur- 
ton, skaters. 

PRINCESS (Dan S. Flshell, mgr.; agent. 
William Morris). -"Paris By Night," scored 
signal success; Charles Case and Ed Blondell 
and Co., race for the laughs. Keough and 
trances, and Raymond and Flail, clever teams 
Cadleux, wire; Harry Mayo, basso; Hall and 
Earl, "Four Singing Girls," quartet of fair 
St. Louisans, being tried for Morris time and 
making very good. 

STANDARD (Leo Relchenbach, mgr.)- 
Mlner's "Americans," Slmonds. 

GAYETY (Frank V. Hawley, mgr.).— "The 
College Girls." 

COLONIAL (Harry R. Overton, mgr.) — 
Kelfer and Klein; Al Gillette; Pearl Stevens- 
Four Dlxons; C. A. Bradley; Flying Valen- 
tines. 

AMERICAN (John Flemmlng, mgr.).— Han- 
Ion's "Superba." 

Suburban Garden Casino opened Saturday 
with Tyrolean Singers and vaudeville will be 
booked all winter. 



The St. Charles theatre Is a new nickelodeon 
about to open at Broadway and St Charles 
It has a balcony. 

It Is rumored the Sbuberts are Becking a 
location at Grand and Olive street, owing to 
the success of the new Princess. 

ATLANTIC CITY 

My I. R. PULASKI. 

YOUNGS PIER (W. E. Shackelford, mgr.; 
agent, Ben Harris through U. B. 0.).-UelIe 
Blanche songs, hit; Gene Hughes ft Co.. In 
•Cartrlght You're Allrlght" (New Acts); Ten 
Brooke ft Henry, songs and comedy, very 
good; Altus Bros club Juggling, clever, went 
big; Emlle Subers, (New Acts); Jlmmle 

? U I«h* ^ Wlr f.', c i ever ; Harr y * Hatt «o Beldon. 
s. and d., liked. 

SAVOY (Harry Brown, mgr.; agent direct). 
— orace D e Mar, character songs, excellent; 



BAZIN 



DEPILATORY POWDER 



REflOVES 
SUPERFLUOUS 

Simple Direction, with Each Bottle. ALL TOILET COUNTERS OR MAILED IN SEALED PACKAGES, 50 CENTS. HALL A WkEL, New"££ City 

When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



*5 



CHARLES HORWITZ 

The acknowledged foremost author of One-act 
Plays, Sketches, Lyrics, etc. His record speaks 
for Itself. His hits are International. Over 150 
"Horwltz Successes" now playing vaudeville. 
ORDER YOUR NEW MATERIAL AT ONCE. 
Get in line. 

CHARLES HORWITZ, 
Phone 2540 Murray Hill. 

Knickerbocker Theatre, Building (Room 315), 
1402 BROADWAY. NEW YORK. 



EYENIN6 GOWNS STREET DRESSES 
SOUBRETTE DRESSES. FURS. 

330 So. State Street CHICAGO 

MENZELI'S SCHOOL. OF ARTISTIC 
BALLET ANI> PANTOMIME 

22 East 16th St., New York 
Toe, Character, Grecian Pantomime Dances 
Invented. Originator of "Salome," "Spring 
Song," "Vampire," "Satanella," "Blue Da- 
nube." "Pere Gent Suite," "Valse Caprice," 
Ofcepla's Prelude, Hindu Dances, "Classic Dense 
Russe" and Spectacular Ballets arranged. 
Chantecler Dance, and Novelty Vaudeville 
Acts produced. "Coppelia," "Olsela," "Oio- 
conda" and Opera Ballets Directed. 
MANAGERS TAKE NOTE 



91P&B 



«W/JWW 



««uiHFSBB 



JW. 



Mme. A. Dickey 

EXCLUSIVE DESIONS IN COSTUMES. 

Costumer for La Petite Adelaide, Daisy Har- 
court, Nellie Lynch, Ford Sisters and others 

Addre w GERARD HOTEL, 44th St., New York. 

BL mAim *2 Parle Panels, 8 x 12 $2.00 

rlintn^ 60 P*ri* Psnels, 8 x 12 7.00 

1 iiuiua 100 Parll> PanelBr s x 12. . . . 12.00 

FEINBERQS STUDIO. 228 Bowery. N. Y. C. 

COSTUMES 

TO ORDER AND FOR RENT 
Souhrette Dresses (best material), $20 and up, 
Stage Oowns (best material), $20 and up; Im- 
ported silk plaited Tights. $2.40 pair. High 
grade qualities at lowest prices. Write for 
Variety Catalog. 

NEW YORK THEATRICAL COSTUME CO 
7Q Dearborn St.. CHICAGO. ILL. 

THEATRICAL COSTUMER 

GEO. LAUTERER 

104 Madison St. CHICAGO, ILL. 

Send for Variety catalogue. 

STARR & SACKS 

The Home of the Soubrette Gown 

THE HOME OF THE SOUBRETTE GOWN 

Slightly used evening, stage and street dresses 

always on hand. Also Gents' Wardrobe. 

Soubrette evening gowns made to order. 

343 North Clark Street. CHICAGO. 

ARTISTS, GIVE US A LOOK. 



Zarrel Brothers, acrobats, excellent ; Elmer 
Jerome, monolog : Maude Hely. songs ; "Talk- 
ing pictures" with Joe Moreland. 
STEEPLECHASE PIER (E. L. Perry, mgr.) 

w p 

MILLION DOLLAR PIER (J. L. Young & 
Kennedy Crossan, mgrs.).— M. P.; Sea Lions 
and Sea Dogs. 

STEEL PIER (J. Rothwcll, mgr.).— M. P. 

CRITERION (John Child, mgr.).— M. P. 

"Ben Hur" Is doing goo** business at the 
Apollo, staying all week. 

John Child who formerly worked In the 
box office of the Criterion and who for the 
past six weeks was associated with Emery 
Downs in the running of that house as a pic- 
ture house, is now going it alone, left Sunday 
last for Buffalo, where ne will manage a new 
"pop vaude" house. 

Harry Brown of the Savoy has a new stunt 
for attracting business. This consists of a 
largo glass cabinet about ten feet high con- 
taining a life sized figure of a cornetlst in 
military attire. The horn of the instrument 
fits into a circle cut in the glass. By means 
of an electrical contrivance the various army 
bugle calls are given every two minutes. A 
graphophone concealed In the back furnishes 
the sound. During the music the gloved finger 
of the figure move the valves of the cornet, 
the chest heaves and the eyes blink. It Is 
located in the lobby. 



Positive Identification of the body of the 
woman found floating in Great Egg Harbor 
Hav. near here, Friday last was made yes- 



WIG 



Real Hair, Crop Wig, black. $1.00 
Clown 75 cents, Negro 25 cents 
Dresa Wig $1.50, Imp. Bald $1.50, 
Soubrette $1.50 and $2.00. 
Paper Mache Heads, Helmets, etc. 
KLIFP1RT, Mff.. B48 4th Ave., N. t. 




WEAR CELLER'8 SHOES and 
YOU WEAR A SMILE 

SHORT VAMP SHOES 

(Exclusively for Women.) For Stage. Street and 
Evenief Wear. Sreit Variety. Excloiivc Moicls. 

ANDREW GELLER 

CREATOR OP SHORT VAMP SHOES 
507 6th Ave., New York* Bet. 30th and 31at Sts. 

Send for Illustrated Catalogue 
One Flight Up. Tel. 1559 Madison Sq. 



1 




WIGS 



E25 THE WIGGERY 

6th Floor, I OO State Street 

CH 1C AGO 



Large Assortment, All Kind*, on hand and made to order. Special facilities for prompt 
delivery. Send for Vaudeville Catalog. Free for the asking. When in Chicago call. 
Right around the corner from Majestic Theatre, N. W. corner State and Monroe Sts. 



D IAMOND D 



RUNK 



A Specialty. 
BUOENB COX SCENIC STUDIO, CHICAGO. 



STAGE and CIRCUS APPARATUS 

Performers do not realize the risk they are taking when work Is manu- 
factured by men who do not know a piece of iron from steel. It has been 
proven that many accidents have happened through this neglect. 

I have been brought up from an infant on this class of work and can 

assure you every Inch turned out through me will be guaranteed in every 

respect 

AS I LIVE 1 GROW: therefore was forced to take larger and spacious quarters, 

and am ready to fill orders, no matter how small, large, or complicated, within a 

short time, having secured the most modern up-to-date tools and machinery. 

I. STEINBERG. (25 yeara' experience). Write for Catalogue. 

327-329 East 84th St., NEW YORK CITY 

(Yorkvllle Auto Caraae Co. Bldg.) 





Telephone Lenox 6232. 



FURNISHED 
FLATS 



The EDMOND'S 

The Only Flats Catering Exclusively to Performers 

754-756'8th Ave., between 40th and 47th Sts. 776, 778, 780 8th Ave., between 47th and 48th Sts. 

HEADQUARTERS, 770 8th Ave 
'Phone 555 and 554 Bryant, RATES— $10.00 UPWARD. 

ONE BLOCK TO TIMES SQUARE. NEW YORK CITY 



terday, the remains being those of Anna M. 
Howe, who was employed In a big millinery 
establishment in this city. She had been a 
guest at a beach front hotel for some months 
and had been missing since Monday of last 
week. Frank Howe manager of the Walnut 
Street and Garrlck theatres of Philadelphia, 
with tears streaming down his face. Identified 
the body as that of his sister whom he had 
not seen since last April. 

BALTIMORE. 

SAVOY (Sol. J. Saphler. mgr.; agent, Wm. 
Morris).— Wish Wynee, delighted with char- 
acter songs Fields and I^ewis. big Boream ; 
Mile. Aurora, good ; Mr. and Mrs Jack Wyatt. 
clever ; Warner and Lakewood, fair ; Lazard 
Trio. Interesting ; La Belle Nello, excellent ; 
Gordon Bros., novel. 

OAYETY (Wm. L. Ballauf, mgr.).— "Troca- 
deros." 

MONUMENTAL (Monty Jacobs, mgr.).— 
"Bohemians." 

WILSON (M. L. Scharbley, mgr. : agent. Joe 
Wood).— Allen, Delmann and Allen; Franz 
Melsel ; Rlckrode ; Morgan and Meyers ; Flor- 
ence Clark. 

VICTORIA (Chas. E. Lewis, mgr. ; agent, 
Wm. Josh Daly).— Sasha Gordlen ; Springer 
and Church; Rich and Rich. Second half- 
Royal Italian Four ; Bell Jeanette ; Totlto & 
Co. ; Bohenberger Bros. LARRY. 

BEAUMONT, TEX. 

PEOPLE'S (Cox & McLean, mgrs. ; agent, 
Chas. E. Hodklns ; rehearsal Monday 1. .'«>). — 
Week 2ft, Hyan and Manning, s & d. excel- 
lent ; Elsie Laredau, comedienne, very good ; 
Hengal and Taylor, pleased ; John Westbrook, 
whistler, good ; Sllveno & Co., shadowgraph, 
headllners and hit. 



CINCINNATI, O. 
By HARRY HESS. 

VARIETY'S Central Office. 

107 Bell Block. 

KEITH'S COLUMBIA (II. K. Shocklcy. mgr.; 
agent, U. If. O. ; Sunday rehearsal 10).— An- 
other great bill. Four Piccolo Midgets, opened, 
neat act; Hanlon Bros., big McDonald, Craw- 
ford and Montrose, very good ; Ward and 
Curran, very funny Grapewin and Chance, 
very big; Alexander and Scott, great, the best 
ever; Charlotte Parry, scored; Blxley and 
Fink, big hit but some of the work "rough"' ; 
Maud and Gladys Finney, very good. 

EMPRESS (Edward Shields, mgr agent. S- 
C. Sunday rehearsal 10).— Stubblefleld Trio, 
excellent ; Lang and May, good ; 3 American 
Trumpeters, hit Stephen, Grattan & Co. 
scored ; Merrltt & Love, big ; Pelham, fea- 
tured. 

AMERICAN (Harry Hart, mgr.; direct. Mon- 
day rehearsal 0.30).— Juggling .lordans ; Royd 
and Moran ; Tom Grimes * Co. ; J. Amedio ; 
Millar Brothers ; Hawaiian Quartet ; Bristol's 
Ponies. 

ROBINSON'S (Sam Rose, mgr. ; agent, 
Coney Holmes; Monday rehearsal 10).— Count- 
ess Leontlne. good ; Two Colrmans. banjolsts. 
excellent; Harold Dixon, comedian, good; 
Ix)gan and Bert, pood ; Delia Rtacey & Co., 
good. 

PEOPLES (J. E. Fcnnessy. mgr.).— The 
Ducklings, good show, but too much "Salomo." 

STANDARD (Frank J. Clements, house 
agent).— "The Behman Show." big hit, but 
not up to last season's extraordinary high 
standard. 



The Vaudette has discontinued vaudeville, 
giving a straight picture show. 

WALKER. 



BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 

POLI'S (L. D. Oarvey. mgr. ; agent. U. B. 
O. ; rehearsal Monday 10).— William Robertus 
and dog. good ; Carbrey Bros., dancers, much 
liked ; Morton and Moore, good ; Elphye Snow- 
den and Earl Bcnham. big hit ; Mona Ryan * 
Co. In "Handcuffed." very good : Goldsmith 
and Hoppe. In "The Commercial Drummer." 
well received : Bounding Gordons, good 

EMPIRE (B. Dobbs. mgr. ; rehearsal Mon- 
day lO.riO).— Haskell & Docuet. Co.. musical, 
good; Mary Davis, comedienne, pleasing; Ital- 
ian Trio, very good; Harry Williams, fair; 
Eccentric Four, good. 

camoe\7 n. J. 

BROADWAY ( W. B. McCallum. mgr.; agt. 
U. B. O.).— Adams Brothers; Allda Morris; 
Rawls and Von Kaufman : Lewis and Casey : 
Elsie Durand and Four Empire Girls; I-ioncy 
Haskell ; Kreurka Bros. Pictures. 



COLUMBUS, O. 

KEITH'S (W. W. Prosser. mgr. : agent. U. 
B. O. ; Monday rehearsal 10.30).— Tusr-ano 
Bros., fine ; Karl, fair ; Van Dyck and Fern, 
pleasing: Scott and Keane. entertaining; Swor 
and Mack, hit : Julius Steger and Co., merit- 
orious ; Columbia Comedy Four, excellent ; 

Zeno, Jordan and Zeno. good. GRAND (Jack 

Levy, mgr. ; agent. Coney Holmes ; Monday 
and Thursday rehearsal 1 1 .'WD .—Virginia 
Elaine, nico dancer; Davis and Callahan, fair; 
Smith and Sumner, pleased ; Paul Paulus, 
liked : Chas. Swain's Trained Rats and Cats, 
good --COMTMBUS (Thompson Bros., mgrs.; 
agent. Columbus Vaud. Agency : Monday re- 
hearsal 10). — Frank Yenger. ordinary; Carre 
Sisters, entertaining: Barbara Oerst. excelelnt ' 
Williams and Lee, big hit. 

"LITTLE CHARLEY." 



ELGIN, iXIj. 

STAR (('. E. Prlckett. mgr.; agent. C. E. 
Doutrb-k ; rehearsals Monday and Thursday 
1 i —Morton Jewel Troupe, scored ; Fred Tlow- 
man. encores Silver Tongue and Red Fern ; 
Al. J. Hart. Marquis and Lynn, did well ; The 
.Tosselyns. disappointment, offering appropriate 
for Lyceum course. 



I. MILLER. Manufacturer 




202 

W.23UST 

N.Y 



of Theatrical 
Boots k Shoe*. 
clou. Ballet, 
and Acrobatic 
shoes a spec- 
ialty. All work 
made at short 
notice. 



JAMES MADISON 

VAUDEVILLE AUTHOR 

Writes for Joe Welch, Violet Black, Jack 
Norworth. Billy B. Van, Al Leech, Barney 
Bernard and Lee Harrison, Fred, Dupres, Al 
Carleton, Nat Carr, Pat Rooney, Ed. Wynn, 
Brookes and Carlisle, etc. 

1483 Brtalwiy. New Ytrk PImm 4701 Brynt 

GET MADISON BUDGET No. 12. $1. 

SECOND-HAND COWNS 

FURS AND PONY COAT8 
ALSO SOt HRKTTK OOWNS 

BARNETT. 3*3 STATU ST., CHICAGO 



/ WINDECKER'8 \ 

f Renowned Juggling Clubs \ 

Also Automatic Changing Color Fire 

Torches for Juggling. 

Spangles, Tights, Trimmings, Jewels, 

Ventriloqulal Figures, Punch and 

Judy Figures. 

185 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. 



WAIT 

Photographs and Copies 

Myer's Studio, Douglas Bldg. 

908 Market St. (opp. 5th). San Francisco. 



SILK, WORSTED sad 
COTTON THEATRICAL 




TIGHTS 



Always on hand. Orden 
filled promptly. 

Cotton tights, very good 
quality ; a pair, 75 cents. 

Worsted tights, medium 
weight; a pair, $2.00. 

Worsted tights, heavy 
weight ; a pair, $2.75. 

Silk-plaited tights (Im- 
ported) ; a pair, $2.50. 

Silk tights, heavy 
weight ; a pair, $6.00. 

Pur. silk tights ; a pair, 
$8.50. 

Variety catalog free on 
application. 

BERNARD MANDL 

199 E. Madison Street, CMctfe 



Telephone j \^ j Bryant 



V\KIETY 

TIMES SQUARE 
NEW YORK CITY 
Cable Address, "VARIBTT. New York." 



ADVERTISING RATE CARD 



SPACE OR TIME RATES 

1 Line $0.10 

1 Inch (U Agate lines) 1 time 1.80 

1 Id. S months (IS times), In advance. Si.00 
1 In. « (is times). " " • M.M 
1 In. 1 year (IS times). " " .110.00 
1 Page (173 Agate lines) .186.00 

yj s ta£0 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• V9* Irv 

H Page SS.BO 

front Pag* (portraits of women only).. 100.00 

eooo Lines 1 f .11 

10000 Lines VTo be used within on* year \ .IT 

10000 Lines ) 1 .11 

PREFERRED POSITIONS 

1 In. arrow Page $11.00 

1 In. " " 17.10 

1 In. M " 40.00 

1 Page 160.00 

IN ROUTE SHEET 

1 Line one time $0.80 

Vfc Inch one month 1.00 

1 luCIl ••••»•••••••••••••• eeeee 10. vU 

ARTISTS' RATE CARD 

Under "Representative Artiste" 
(For Artiste Only) 

% Inch single column $4 .00 monthly net 

1 Inch " " 7.00 

tt Inch double " 1.60 

1 Inch " " 11.60 " " 

S Inches single " 11.60 " " 

1 Incbes double " n.60 

% Inch across page 16.00 

1 Incb across page 16.00 " 

S Inches across pags 60.00 " " 

1 Inches across page 76.00 " 

LAROER SPACE PRO RATA 

Discount I months, cash In advance, 6% 
Discount 6 months, cash In adavnee, 10% 
Discount 12 months, cash In advance, 16% 
(Advertisements under "Representative Art- 
lets" not accepted for leas than one month.) 
No Preferred Position* Olven. 
CUTS 

Single Column (1 time) $16.00 

Double Column (1 time) 86.00 



Advertisements forwarded ty mall must be 
accompanied bv remittance, made payable to 
Variety Publishing Co. 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



26 



VARIETY 



EXCELSIOR TRIO 



♦ 



HARRY MEEHAN -FRANK SMITH 

—HENRY LING 

SOME ACT with HARRY FIELDS 
in "THE SHOEMAKER " CO. 



ELMIRA, N. Y. 

HAPPY HOUR (O. H. Van Demark. mgr.; 
agent, U. D. O. ; Monday rehearsal 11).— Car- 
tel le Bros., well received ; Cole and Hastings, 
good ; John J. Cronln, good ; Byron and Clare, 

interesting ; Deodata, excellent. FAMILY 

(Max Sherman, mgr. ; agents, Buckner & 
Shea; Monday rehearsal 10)— Jack Seymour, 
fine ; Mildred Flora, pleased ; Fox and Clark, 
laughable. J. M. BEERS. 



ERIE, PA. 

ALPHA (E. H. Suerken, mgr.; agent, Loew ; 
rehearsal Monday 10). — Golden and Hughes, 
excellent : Darwin Karr A Co., big laugh ; La 
Voiles, clever ; Lora, Maid of Mystery, won- 
derful memory ; Rose Berry, big hit. 

COLONIAL (A. P. Weschler. mgr.; asst. 
mgr., C. R. Cummins, agent, Ous Sunr. rehear- 
sal Monday 10).— Juggling Barretts, very 
clever: "Noblest Roman of Them All," amus- 
ing ; Gild en Sisters, big ; Millets Models, fine ; 
Dewar's Comedy Circus, big laugh. 

HAPPY HOUR (D. H. Connelly, mgr.; 
agent. Geo. Ver Beck).— Juggling Thorns, 
clever ; Billy Klelmer, good. 

M. H. MIZENER. 



HARTFORD (Fred P. Dean, mgr.; agent, 
James Clancy ; rehearsal, Monday and Thurs- 
day, 11).— 8-5, Eva Williams and Four Picks, 
s 4b d. went big; Pike and Callame. a ft d, 
clever dancers ; W. T. Felton, "Fun In A 
Gymnasium," would go better minus the com- 
edy ; Goodell and Craig, in "Lost and Found, 
went well ; Edward Dillon, describing m. p., 
as usual ; Bigelow and Campbell, melodies, 
fine. 6-8, Mile. Vera ; Mark Wooley ; Messer 
Sisters ; Dotson and Lucas ; Shaw and Ecerts. 

SCENIC (Harry C. Young, mgr. ; agent, di- 
rect ; Monday rehearsal 10).— Reynolds and 
Ashley ; Elenore Horner ; Mysto ; Marion Mar- 
shall ; M. P. 

It is reported unofficially that the Sbu- 
berts are trylnr to fix up a deal with Besse 
for a portion or the old City Hotel property 
which Besse recently purchased, but it Is 
thought that there is small chance of the In- 
dependents breaking in here, much as they 
would like to. Report says there is a big dif- 
ference between price offered and asked. 

R. W. OLMSTED. 



and Monkeys, headllners, hit ; Maurice Burk- 
hart. impersonator, above ordinary ; MacLean 
ft Bryant, sketch, capital: Sophie Tucker, 
comedienne, lively • Lei Hot Brothers, musical, 
very good ; Yalto Duo, dangers, artistic. 

BDWllf F. O'MALLEY. 



MTJNCIE. DID. 

STAR (Ray Andrews, mgr.; agent. Sun; 
rehearsals Monday 10.30).— Stone ft Hays, 
clever; Reed, St. John ft Co., very clever; 
Vernon, pleased ; Royal Japanese Troupe, hit. 

GEO. FIFER. 



FALL RIVER, MASS. 

SAVOY (L M. Boas, mgr.; Loews Agency; 
rehearsal Monday 10).— Henry and Llzel, good; 
Coscla, very good ; Harry Bouton ft Co., good ; 
Eckel and Dupree, excellent; "A Night With 
the Poets," hit; Nat Carr, excellent; Three 

Yoscarys, very good. PREMIER (L M. 

Bbas, mgr. ; agent, direct ; rehearsal Monday 
10).— Oct. 3-5 Holmes and Holllson, excellent; 
Bret to Bros., very good ; Richard Riley, good ; 
6-8. Sachs and Harding, Leonard and Fulton, 

Jos. Foujre. BIJOU (L. M. Boas, mgr.; 

agent, direct ; rehearsal Monday 10) .—3-5. So- 
raghaD -Lenox ft Co., good ; Evans and Goldon. 
very good ; Marie Gerard, good ; 6-8, Harry 
and Mildred : Schwab and Knell ; Evle Hamil- 
ton. PALACE ( Wm. B. Stecker, mgr. ; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 11).— 3-5, Gllmore 
and Castle, very good ; Lorraine and Allen, 
excellent ; Maklro and Co., good ; 6-8 Clayton 
and Jennie ; Raughn. Patterson and Holllday. 



JAMESTOWN, N. Y. 

LYRIC (H. A. Deardourff. mgr.).— Russian 
Babalalka Orchestra, headline feature, excel- 
lent ; Re Iff Bros, and Murray, s ft d good ; 
Wagner and Diggs, comedy sketch, pleasing ; 
Creo, mystery, clever ; Arthur Turrelly, good. 

L. T. BERLINER. 

KALAMAZOO, MICH. 

MAJESTIC (H. W. Crull. mgr.; agent, W. 
V. A.; Monday rehearsal 1).— Very classy 
bill In which Paul Valadon and Carl Mc- 
Cullough share head line honors. Valadon's 
illusion "Venlta". cleverly staged ; McCul- 
lough, more than pleased ; Leo Filer, violin, 
ovation ; Brooks ft Carlisle, comedy sketch, 
good ; Oberlta Sisters, globe dancers, special 
full stage set, very good ; pictures. 

CLEMENT. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 

MARY ANDERSON (J. L. Weed, mgr.; 
agents. U. V. A.)— Saro, good; Misses Milch, 
pleasing; Brown, Harris and Brown, very 
good ; Dave and Percle Martin, fine ; Radle 
Furman, very good ; Marguerite Haney, fine ; 
Taylor, Kranxman and White, received well ; 
Hugh Lloyd, good. 

WALNUT (Ous Sun Circuit).— Mme. Bernlce 
and Liens ; The Four Shannons, Swedish Lady 
Quintet; Elmora Otis and Co. 

BUCKINGHAM (Whallen Bros., mgrs.).— 
"The Wise Guy," good show. 

GAYETY (Al. Boulier, mgr.).— "London 
Belles." 

HOPKINS (Princess Am. Co.. agents; mgr., 
J. Simons).— Five Langards, good; Dayton, 
pleasing ; Edmond and Held, big laugh ; Tan- 
ner and Gilbert ; Herbert and Willing. 

J. M. OPPENHEIMER. 



MALDEN, MASS. 

AUDITORIUH (W. D. Bradstreet, mgr.- 
agent ; Monday rehearsal 10).— James R. 
Waters, hit; Simpson and Smith, good; Madell 
and Corbley, scored ; Venera and Llbby, well 
liked. T. C KENNEY. 



NEWARK, N. J. 

PROCTORS ( R. C. Stewart, mgr. ; U. B. 
O. ; rehearsals Monday 9).— Laskey's "Phlendj 
Minstrels," very good; Gene Greene, great: 
May Ellnore, success ; "The Sextons Dream,'* 
very good ; Claude and Fannie Usher, well re- 
ceived ; Burt Jordan, clever ; Four Floods, 
funny ; Chester B. Johnstone, clever. 

WALDMAN (Lee Ottelengni, mgr. ) .—Queens 
of the Jardin De Paris. 

MINERS EMPIRE (Leon Evans, mgr.).— 
"Rector Girls" ; Joe 0'Brye.n. 

NEW HAVEN, OONN. 

POLIS (F. J. Windisch. mgr.; agent, U. B. 
O. ; Monday rehearsal 10).— "College Life," 
well received ; Chas. Abeam Troupe, exceed- 
ingly good ; Snowden and Benham. were en- 
enjoyed ; The Four DeWolfes, finished work ; 
Edward de Corsia and Co., very funny ; Floyd 
Mack and the Van der Koors, completed. 

E. J. TODD. 



MERIDEN, OONN. 

GEM (D. J. Hennessey, mgr.; Williams-Coo- 
ley, agt. ).— 26-1. Carroll and Eller, impersona- 
tion, very good ; Russell and Davis, comedy 
skit ; Billy Boyd, b.f. ; m. p. H. B. MAY. 



Beginning Oct. 10th, al the Savoy Theatre 
there will be a complete change of bill, Mon- 
days and Thursdays. The usual bill of 8 acts 
will prevail. EDW. F. RAFFERTY. 

FORT WORTH, TEX. 

MAJESTIC (T. W. Mullaly mgr.; agent. 
Interstate; Week 26).— McConnell ft Simpson, 
headllners, followed by Sam Llebert A Co.. in 
excellent sketch. Reglna, splendid violinist : 
La Keillors ; Cain ft Odom ; Rockway ft Con- 
way ; Jack Van Epps, Roberts, Rats. 

IMPERIAL (W. H. Ward, mgr.).— Melrose 
Comedy Co., very good ; Myrtle Delroy. singer ; 
Lola Milton ft Co., The Deloys ; Clarence Able. 

I. K. F. 



HARTFORD, OONN. 

POLIS (Oliver C. Edwards, mgr.; agent. U. 
B. O. ; Monday rehearsal, 10).— "The Horse 
Dealer," sketch, lots of laughs ; demons and 
Dean, s ft d, clever ; Belle Adair, s, well re- 
ceived : Vlttorlo and Georgetto, balancing, 
went fair; Jolly, Wild ft Co^ In "P. T. Bar- 
num. Jr.." scored ; Marlon Garson ft Co., In 
"The Belle of Seville," pleasing; Matthews and 
Ashley, good. 



LINCOLN, NEB. 

OKPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent 
direct; rehearsal Monday 6; Weew 26).— Hay- 
ward ft Hayward, laugh ; Marie ft Billy 
Hart, novel offering ; Morrlsey Sisters A 
Brothers, s. ft d. pleased ; Paul LaCroix's 
comedy drew laugts ; Melrose ft Kennedy, acro- 
batic, excellent ; Palfrey ft Barton, cyclists, 
opened show and brought the house down ; 
Forbes ft Bowman, s ft d. hit. LEE LOGAN. 

LOS ANGELES, GAL. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck. gen. mgr. ; agent 
direct; Monday rehearsal 10) Week 26. 
"Top of the World Dancers." novel ; McKay ft 
Cantwell, gingery ; Erwin Connellys, sketch, 
charming ; Krag's Trio, acrobats, remarkable ; 
Hold-overs, Minnie Dupree ft Co. ; Al. Jolson ; 
Original Kaufmanns ; Mile. Renoe. 

LOS ANGELES (Geo. A. Boyer, mgr.; agent, 
S-C ; Monday; rehearsal 11).— Headllner, Dor- 
othy Deschelle ft Co., sketch, good ; Musical 
Irving, entertaining; Mayvelles. funny; Lozell. 
aeriallBt. daring ; Rose ft Ellis, good ; Lew 
Hoffman, juggler, eccentric. 

LEVY'S (Al. Levy, mgr.; L. Behymer. agent; 
Monday rehearsal 10.).— Hungarian Grozlen 
Dancers, big success ; Dobes-Borel. singers, 
pleasing ; Fern Melrose, singer, very good ; 
Jeanette Dupree. songs, took well. 

PANTAGES' (J. A. Johnson, mgr. -agent, di- 
rect. Monday, rehearsal 11).— Barnold's Dogs 



MILWAUKEE, WIS. 

MAJESTIC (James A. Higher, mgr.; agent, 
Orpheum Circuit; rehearsals Monday 10.30).— 
Edwin Arden ft Co., pleasing; Gruber's Ani- 
mals ; Review beautiful ; Julius Tannen clever ; 
Musical Suffragettes, splendid ; Grahams Man- 
ikins, very good ; "Roses of the Kildarre." 
neat ; Mike Bernard and Willie Weston, very 
good ; Lightning Hopper, clever. 

CRYSTAL (C. I. Fischer, mgr.; rehearsals 
Monday 10).— Paul's Juggling Girls, splendid; 
Bootblack Quartet, pleasing ; Frank Gale A 
Co., good ; McGlnnls Bros., eccentric ; Frank 
Fvcl*s fftii* 

EMPRESS (Daniel McCoy, mgr.; S. ft C.).— 
Kitty Edwards, clever; Vardon-Perry and Wil- 
bur, favorites, very big; Thos. Leo A Co., 
good : Harry Antrim, pleasing. 

OAYETY (Wm. E. Mack, mgr.).— "Bowery 
Burlesquers," clever company headed by Lizzie 
Frellgh. 

STAR (F. Trotman, mgr.).— "The Passing 
Parade," ordinary. 

HERBERT MORTON. 



NEW LONDON, CONN. 

LAWRENCE (Sam Messing, mgr. ; rehearsals 
11. Monday and Thursday).— 3-5 Hall A Pray, 
pleased ; Nick Conway, good ; Ahearns, clever ; 
6-8 McCarvers ; Krlls A King A Knox Bros. 

ORPHEUM (Bullock A Davis, mgrs.; Phil 
Hunt, ngent. rehearsal 11).— 3-5 De Witts 
Living Bronze Models, big hit ; Wood A Law- 
son, good. 

EMPIRE (Empire Amusement Co., mgrs.).— 
3-5 Arthur Lanlse A Co.. clever ; Ward ft 
McNally, good. S. M. P. 



MONTREAL, CAN. 

ORPHEUM (Geo. F. Drlscoll. mgr. ; agent. 
U. B. 0.).-Dan Burke ft Girls, big hit; 
"Sultan's Favorite," great laughs, hit ; Jock 
McKay, went big ; Five Armanis, great sing- 
ing organization ; Woods Brothers, good : 
Jones ft Deeley, several encores ; Laveen & 
Cross, took well ; John Birch, good. 

"BILLY" ARMSTRONG. 




"The Pianistc and the Goon Shorter" 



Baroness 

Von Groyss 

IN VAUDEVILLE 

Management, PERCY ELKELES, Inc. 



JOB 





AND 

Refined German Comedy, Singing and Dancing. 

Maaageseent WILLIAM JOSH DALY 



MINNIE 



READY THIS WEEK 

ROBERT GRAU'S NEW WORK 

"The Business Man in the 
Amusement World" 

Not reminiscent, largely modern and treating 
exhaustively of the Present Theatrical Situation, 
with prophecies as to the immediate future 

3 VAUDEVILLE CHAPTERS 3 

Single Copies, $5.00 
Address ROBERT GRAU, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 



WANTED IMMEDIATELY 

FIRST TENOR with experience, for quartet with "A NIGHT WITH THE POETS," vaude- 
ville act. 

Must Join Immediately. State full particulars, first letter. 

Address CU8 SUN, 8prlngfleld, O. 

Burke's Musical Dogs 

The only troupe of dogi that ever successfully played popular airs on the bells 

This Week (Ocl 3) Amerloan Music Hall New York 

FRANK ELLISTON and CO. 



c< 



in their successful London Costume Comedy, 

MY LADY BETTY 

Arrive per Mauritania Oct. 6 and open Next Week (Oct. 10). at 



»f 



FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



27. 



NEW ORLEANS. 
By O. M. SAMUEL. 

AMERICAN (James R. Cowan, mgr.; agent, 
William Morris; Sunday rehearsal, 10).— 
Amerlcsn'B opening, Monday afternoon, drew 
large crowd. Big adTance sale presaged, B. 
R. O., for Mondsy erenlng. "Barnyard Ro- 
meo," stupendous and epoch-making, splendid- 
ly recelred; Zsy Holland opened, doing Tery 
well ; Csrtmell end Harris, hearty apprecia- 
tion; Sidney Grant and Dorothy Vaughan. 
also ; Marie Lo's posing number closed the 
first half. Orchestra has been augmented. 
New draperies and a liberal use of paint fire 
bright appearance. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr. ; agent, 
direct; Monday rehearsal 10).— "At the Wal- 
dorf," sumptuous, liked. Bo ran I and Neraro 
appeared first; Brown and Cooper found fa- 
vor; Harlan E. Knight and Co. well received; 
Mel not tea and Smith, suave and dainty ; Light- 
ning Hopper ; cartoonist, clever ; Bernardl 
tremendously. 

WINTER GARDEN (Leopold A Israel, 
mgrs.).— Burlesque on "Uncle Tom's Cabin." 
The sale of Uncle Tom for forty-nine cents, 
and Lisa's escape on an Ice wagon, proved 
especially ludicrous and laughter-provoking. 

MAJESTIC (L. E. Sawyer, mgr.).— Tyson 
Extravaganza Co., vaudeville and pictures. 

HAPPY HOUR (Al. Durnlna, mgr.).— Wil- 
son and Nogues, comedians ; Leola Durnlng, 
impersonations; Tilly Norman, soubret ; Paul 
Morton, held over. 

"101 Ranch" is billed for 22-23. 

NORWICH, OONN. 

POLI'S (H. H. Bliss, mgr.; agent, James 
Clancey; rehearsals 9.80. Monday).— 3-5 Clara 
Belle Jerome and Co., good; H. T. McConnell 
and Co., bright; Helen Roynton and Co.. very 
good; DeHaven ft Sydney, very clever; Harry 
Holman, very good; 6-8 Edith Montrose; 
Rogers and Hart; Gee Jays; Goldsmith and 
Hoppe; Fltzglbbon; McCoy Trio. 

AUDITORIUM (J. F. Egan. mgr.; U. B. O., 
agent; rehearsal, Monday. 11).— 3-5 Barbeau 
Band, good ; Elmer and DeWitt, good ; Charles 
Bros.; Fancy Ring Gymnasts, very Bood. 

F. J. FAG AN. 



OAKLAND, CAL. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. -mgr. ; agent 
direct).— "Dinkelspiel's Xmas" ; Linton ft Lau- 
rence ; Waterbury Bros. : Lane ft O'Donnell ; 
Holdovers ; Rameses ; "High Life in Jail" ; 
Covington ft Wilbur ; Four Rlanos. 

BELL (Jules Cohn, mgr.; agent. S. ft C. W. 
P. Reese).— Madame Jenny's Cats; Free Set- 
ters Four ; The Grazers ; Williams ft Weston ; 
Saad Dahduh Troupe. 

ONEONTA, N. Y. 

ONEONTA (Harry E. Dunham, mgr. ; re- 
hearsals, Monday and Thursday 1).— 26-20 
Marie DeOesch, nothing startling ; Gertie Holt, 
ordinary; 20— Oct. 1, Walton and Brandt; Josh 
LaZar ; 3-5 Miller and Russ, amused ; Eraret- 
ta and Parr, pleased. 

OMAHA, NEB. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr. ; agent, 
direct; rehearsal, Sunday 10).— Good bill. 
Cressy and Dayne, good ; "Ballet of Light," 
effective ; "Swat Milllgan," laughing hit ; Tem- 

Sle Quartet, very good ; Johny Small and 
tsters. well liked; Fennell and Tyson, good; 
Melrose and Kennedy, many laughs. 

AMERICAN (William Morris, mgr.; agent, 
direct; rehearsal, Monday 12).— Good show. 
"Consul," entertaining; Geo. S. Varls Min- 
strels, big hit; Mile. Busses Dogs, extraor- 
dinary ; "Balloon Girl," novelty ; Jubilee Sing- 
ing Four, well received ; Wolford and Stevens, 
dancers, good ; Billy Mann, many laughs ; Leo 
Dulmage, unicyolist, clever. Owing to large 
crowd in Omaha for the Ak. Sar. Ben., the- 
atres are packed. 

GAYETY (E. L. Johnson, mgr.).— "Dainty 
Duchess," very good, playing to capacity. 

CAMERAPHONE (M. M. Aronson, mgr.).— 
Uerry and Benson ; Parnell and Cheney ; Han- 
nah. Pictures. 

PARLOR (Otto Hanson, mgr.).— Pope and 
Hall ; Kenmore and Swlnson Sisters. Pictures. 

PITTSBURGH. 

GRAND (Harris Davis, mgr.; agent, U. B. 
().).— The Lesso8, clever; Hilda Hawthorne, 
pleasing ; "Three California Girls," refined ; 
Barry ft Wolford. well received ; Valerie Ber- 
gere Players, "What happened in room 44," 
striking ; Stuart Barnes, caused much laugh- 
ter; Gertrude Hoffman, big hit. 

FAMILY (John P. Harris, mgr. ; agent Mor- 
ganstern).— Lanlgan, Boyd ft Coovert, enter- 
taining ; Fred Smythe, pleased ; Mr. and Mrs. 
J. Murray Smith, humorous ; Burbank ft Dan- 
ford, good ; Farley ft Hoff, passed ; Willis & 
Gilbert, fair; Willie Hacker, pleasing; Frank 
Walsh, good. 

GAYETY (Henry Kurzman, mgr.).— Al 
Reves and his Beauty show, opened to big 
house, well received. 

ACADEMY (Harry Williams. mgr.).-"Cher- 
rv Blossoms" above the old style burlesque ; 
oilo very good. M. S. KAUL. 

PITT8FIELD, MASS. 

EMPIRE (J. H. Tebbetts. mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O. ; rehearsals Monday 10).— Lina Pautzer 
ft Co., wire, good ; Tascott, songs, very good ; 
Overlng Trio ft Co., sketch, good ; W. B. Pat- 
ton ft Co., sketch, very good : Grace Leonard 
and Frank Wilson, clever: Watson's "Farm- 
yard Circus, great; 111. songs and m. p. 

FRANKLIN. 

PORTLAND, MB. 

CONGKESS (E. H. Oerstle, mgr. ; rehearsal. 
Monday 10).— Great Leon ft Co.; Don Carney; 
Dynes ft Dynes ; Essie. 

PORTLAND (J. W. Greely, mgr. ; agrnt, U. 



B. O. ; rehearsal, Monday 10).— Six Oypsy 
Singers, good ; Goforth ft Doyle, clever ; Mc- 
Naughion ft Lantry, meritorious ; Becker- 
Lancaster ft Co., scream ; Nellie Leavitt. good . 

ARENOVSKY. 

PORTLAND, ORE. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. -mgr. ; agent, 
direct).— Fortajada and Flying Martin's 
divided feature, honors, each scoring; Wheel- 
ing ft Hay, excellent ; John P. Wade and Co. ; 
Qulnn ft Mitchell ; Irene Howley. 

GRAND (Frank Cofflnberry, mgr. ; agent, 
8-C.).— Frankly n Ardell ft Co., excellent ; J. 
Sullivan ft Co., good ; Emma Don, pleasing ; 
The Fowlers ; Nagges ; Label le ; Meeker. 

PANT AGES (G. Walker, mgr.; agent, di- 
rect).— Return engagement Arizona Joe, ex- 
cellent headllner ; Walter Hale ; Tom Fletcher ; 
Abrams ft Johns. 

LYRIC (Keating A Flood, mgrs. ) .—Edward 
Armstrong ; The Servants Lady ; Ethel Davis ; 
Fred Lancaster ; Clara Howard ; Ben Dillon ; 
Geo. Rehn ; Will King ft Chorus, excellent 
business. W. R. B. 



PORTSMOUTH, O. 

SUN ( R. R. Russell, mgr. ; agent. Gus Sun ; 
Monday rehearsal 10).— Downward and Down- 
ward, comedy sketch, pleased ; Farmer Jim 
Silver, musical, fair ; Burns Bros., comedians, 
good ; Theodore and La Jess, novelty, very 
pleasing ; pictures. 

MAJESTIC (Maler ft Relneger, mgrs.; agt, 
Coney Holmes; Monday rehearsal, 10).— Cora 
Thomas, s ft d, pleased; Geo. Daum, musical, 
good; Cornell and Stanfleld, fair; Reynolds 
and Miller, s ft d, excellent ; pictures. Open- 
ing bill ; houses packed. 

The Colonial is near completion. It is a 
nice little theatre for vaudeville and pictures. 
Fred N. Tynes will manage the house. 

F. E. GORDON. 

RACINE, WIS. 

BIJOU (F. B. Stafford, mgr.; W. V. A.).— 
Meeh International Trio, strong; Hugh Mc- 
Dowald, whistler, good ; The Lenzs, very 
good ; Dollle LeGray, best sketch seen at 
house. J. E. P. 

READING, PA. 

ORPHEUM (C. C. Egan. mgr.; agent, U. B. 
O. ; Monday, rehearsal 10.30).— Les Navas, 
clever ; Carlln & Clark, plenty laughs ; Cathe- 
rine Dyer and Co., pleased ;Great Richards, 
well received. 

LYRIC (Frank D. Hill, mgr.; agent, Loew ; 
Monday, rehearsal 10).— Vincent ft Miller, 
good ; Clarence Sisters ft Brother, pleasing ; 
Flrenzo Trio, big hit ; Marie Davis, good ; 
Caron ft Farnum. well received. 

PALACE (W. K. Goldenberg, mgr.; agent. 
Bart McHugh ; Monday rehearsal 10.30).— 
Jules Herron ; Boyd Bros. ; The Marshalls ; 
Mantells ; Four Klelss. 

GRAND C. O. Keeney. mgr. ; Monday re- 
hearsal 10.30).— Lyons ft Cullen ; Libby Sis- 
ters ; The Great Santell. G. R. H. 

ROANOKE, VA. 

.JEFFERSON (I. Schwartz, mgr.; agent, 
Norman Jeffries; rehearsal Monday 10).— 
Newell and Gibson, pleased ; Clarine Moore, 
very good ; Sells Mexican Marimba Quartette, 
great. JACK MANSER. 

SALT LAKE, UTAH. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent. 
direct; Sunday rehearsal). — Best bill here for 
some time. "Operatic Festival" received well ; 
Lou Anger, knock out : Ben Beyer & Urother. 
bicycle, Immense; "The Police Inspector." 
good ; Rossow Midgets, fine ; Marie Fenton, 
songs, pleased ; Cavana. wire, good. 

MISSION (John Clerk, mgr.).— Opens with 
Sulllvan-Considlne bookings in about three 
weeks. Alblnl, magician, this week, is pack- 
ing the house. 

MAJESTIC (Harry Revler. mgr.; agent, di- 
rect).— Good business. 

Utah State fair now on. 

Harry Revler Is going to New York in a few 
days on account of his new moving picture 
factory. OWEN. 



HAS ANTONIO, TEX. 

STAR (W. L. Wyler. mgr.; agent, II. Fatar- 
man).— Week 25 ; Collins ft Collins, dancers 
and acrobats, clever ; Sam Gilder, sketch, well 
received ; Elliott A Stralee, singers, good ; Geo. 
Dawson, singer, applause. 

ROYAL (Lloyd Spencer, mgr.-agent. C. E. 
Hodklns).— Kopeland ft Bros., clever: Will 
Beam, comical ; Helen Plngree ft Co., playrttc. 
very good ; John A. West ft Co., musical, en- 
tertaining ; Torcat & Flor D'Allza Parisian 
specialty, excellent. 

The Royal, remodeled^ with capacity l,. r >00 
opened 2ft. 

SAN DIEGO, CAL. 

GARRICK (J. M. Dodge, mgr.-agent. Martin 
Reck; Monday rehearsal 1).— Opening of 
Orpheum shows 28; Flanagan ft Edwards. 
Kood ; Bob. Albright, well received : Brrger & 
Grimm, comedy bar act, fair; Al. Hazzard. 
ventriloquist, ordinary; J. C. Nugent & Co., 
in "The Squarer" very good : Harvey Or Vora 
Trio, clever dancing "Operatic Festival" head- 
lined good opening bill. Pictures. 

QUEEN (W. A. Rates, mgr.-agent. S-C ; 
Monday rehearsal 10).— Alblnl. magician, fea- 
tured : Bessie Allen, good : Romanos Bros , 
pleased : George De Voy and Dayton Sisters, 
funny ; Leeds and Le Mar. good : pictures. 

PRINCESS (Fred Ralllen. mgr.-agent. Bert 
Levey: Monday rehearsal 10).— Vann and 
Hoffman, good: Hickman and Lydston ap- 




kk& a Puncem 




On a ten*acre farm, all your own. In 
the richest tract of farm land In the 
state, situated In Hlllsboro county. Just 
outside of Tampa, a city of 6A.0OO. 

Yon'll find that most Florida farm offers look 
alike on paper. Only investigation will show 
the good one. And this is why wenrge yon here 
and now to investigate oar offer at once, which 
yon can do without a penny of cost. 



5814 Winchester Ave., 

Chicago, Illinois. 

With reference to forty seres of land my- 
self and friends purchased from yon, desire 
to ssy I lost returned from extensive trip 
through Florid*, snd sm convinced thst 
your tract Is the very best that it is possible 
to buy. 

I am more than pleased with the land I 
obtained from you, and will certainly en- 
deavor to get more of my friends to pur- 
chase some. 

While on the property, I investigsted espe- 
cially the farms of Mr. K. M. Besrss. What 
Mr. Besrss is doing was a revelation to me, 
and proves conclusively the immense crops 
of vegetables and fruit which can be rsiged 
on this lsnd when properly developed. The 
soil of the lsnd being worked by Mr. G. 
Hearts seems to be exsctly the same as 
practically all of the other lsnd which you 
sre selling 

I am simply astonished st the possibilities 
of this country, the health and prosperity 
that await homn seekers here. The fact is 
YOU ('AN LIVE LIKE A PRINCE IN 
FLORI DA on the same smount of Isbor that 
would afford only s hsre living elsewhere. 

It is my intention to move my fsmily on 
my lsnd in your North Tsmps tract within 
the next few months, snd immediately 
develop the same. L. 8. MEYER. 



We have many letters like the above from 
iatisfied customers, who have examined the 
land. 



Here Is the way to test |a land proposi- 
tion: 

First— It must be a good place to live- 
healthy, dependable climate with icood 
water, good schools and churches and 
modern conveniences. For though it is 
not neeesssry thst you farm it yourself during 
the first few yesrs, It will eventuslly be your 
Southern home. 

Second— It must be exceedingly fertile snd 
productive In order to yield you all s good liv- 
ing snd s fst bsnk account from 10 seres. It 
must be deep. Inexhaustible, self •fertilis- 
ing soil, capable of highly intensive farming- 
four crops each year sre none too msny For 
your ambition 

Third-It musthsve sn unlimited market 
snd perfect transportation facilities. The 
richest crop in sll America would fail in its 
mission if left st the mercy of distanee, weather 
or competitive markets. 

Fourth-It must yield you handsome 
profits from the start from vegetsblee snd 
small fruits during the first few years while 
vour ore hards sre coming into full besring. 
The crops best suited to it must be the most 
profitable, and such sslyoucsn readily raise snd 
market without expert assistance, not subject 
to occasional frost or blight. 

Fifth- If you sre buying s fsrm larger than 
you can care for slone, there mutt be cheap 
and reliable labor available. This is prac- 
tically impossible If you select land far from 
transportation, but is an easy matter if your 
choice adjoins s railroad snd is within s few 
minutes of s grest city. 

Sixth-There must he little or no clearing 
or draining to be done snd the title muse 
be clear. 

There sre other points to consider in msking 
your choice, but these sre essentials. They sre 
sll met, fully snd to overflowing, in the North 
Tsmps farms, from which you sre now invited 
to choose. No other section of country yet 
opened to the public hss ever driven home snd 
clinched all these vital points. 




bushel of evasive generslities, 



The men behind the North Tampa Land 
Company guarantee this tract to be the 
best grape fruit and vegetable land In 
Hlllsboro, the banner county of all Florida. 
You can buy a IO, 80 or 40 acre farm at 
only $1 .00 a monthper acre or at a total 
expense of from f 800 to $800 for IO 
acres. SEND AT ONCE for our 
FREE FLORIDA ROOK and all the 
particulars, which we send you 
FREE. 



,<sjs> e>^, 



MAIL THE COUPON TODAY 



» 






NORTH TAMPA LAND COMPANY 

Commercial National Bank Bid., Chicago, 111. 






tf>\» 



jiT-* 






o- 



You All Know "DAN"? 



HE 



Dan Dody 

ia in charge of our Professional Department, and will be glad to give you a 
cordial welcome, or to hear from you by wire, phone or letter in his new 

home. 



WITH THE 



F. B. HAVILAND PUB. CO. 

125 W. 37th St., New York 

P. S.-He will be glad to stage any act using our numbers 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



28 



VARIETY 



Opening on 
Orpheum Circuit 

Oct 16, at 
Spokane, Wash* 



MEBEL 



MELVILLE 



BUN YE A 



AND 



GIDEON 



u The American Beauty and the Song Writer.* ' 



Entire New 

Repertoire of 

Songs Written by 

Mr. Gideon 



plauded; RJchl Hashimoto good; pictures. 

GRAND (Walter Fulkerson. mgr. -agent, 
Burns-Howell ; Monday rehearsal 1).— Marie 
Diet*, oornet sollst, good ; Carless. Impersona- 
tor, fair: pictures. 

RAMONAS HOME (T. P. Getz, mgr.).— Elec- 
trical show "Mission Life." 



W. A. Bates, local manager for the' Queen, 
(S. C.) Is confined In the hospital with a 
sprained knee, the result. of a fall. The acci- 
dent happened two days after his arrival. He 
succeeds E. J. Donnellan, transferred to Los 
Angeles. L. I. DALEY. 



SAVANNAH, GA. 

LIBERTY (Frank and Hubert Bandy, mgrs. ; 
agent, Princess Theatrical Exchange, re- 
hearsal, Monday 12).— Gordon and Henry, 
clever dancing; Dlerickx Brothers, hit; Mr. 
and Mrs. Murray Ferguson, excellent ; Gladys 
Vance, big hit; Ben P. Cox. failed. 

ORPHEUM (Joseph A. Wllenstar, mgr.; 
agent, Inter-State Circuit, rehearsal, Monday 
2).— Miller and Tempest, good; Al. Coleman, 
scored ; Lydell and Butterworth, encored ; Elma 
Ellwood, made good ; Clementso Brothers, big. 

R. MAURICE ARTHUR. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 

<By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck. gen. mgr; agent, 
direct; Monday rehearsal 10).— Wlllard Sims 
and Co., hit ; Augusta Close, headllner, nice- 
ly received ; Splssel Bros., pleased ; Thurber 
and Madison, good ; "Flemenco," capable com- 
pany In amusing sketch ; Mr. and Mrs. Colby, 
Art Bowers, good. 

PANTAGES (Alex. Pantages, mgr.; agent, 
direct; Monday rehearsal 11).— "Alfred the 
Great," won favor ; Allen and Lee, favor ; 
Delmar and Delmar. well liked ; Muriel Win- 
dow, several encores ; Edward Keough, novel 
sketch. 

MAJESTIC (W. S. Cooke, mgr. ; agent, S-C ; 
Monday rehearsal 11).— "Lady Betty." Orletta 
Taylor and Co. ; Nelson Downs ; DeWltt Young 
and Sister ; Cox and Farley. 

NED FRANKLIN. 



SPOKANE, WASH. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck. gen. mgr; agent, 
direct).— Henry Labelle, opens; Jeannette 
Adler. failed to get over ; Lionel Barrymore 
and Co. received silent reception ; Williams 
and Warner, pleased ; Frank Morrell, hit of 
bill ; Gus Onlaw Trio, good ; "Old Soldier Fid- 
dlers." hearty reception. 

7ANTAGES (E. Clarke Walker, mgr.; agt.. 
alrect).— Schenck Family, very good ; London 
quartet, pleased ; A. McLeon, scored ; Burke 
and Carter, big; The Kellers, caught on. 

WASHINGTON— Five Columbians, headllners. 
John Hlgglns, went big ; Tom McGulre. fair ; 
Kettler and Nelson, fine ; Besnah and Miller, 
enjoyed ; Seymour and Robinson, very clever. 

R. E. McHUGH. 



SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

GRAND (Joseph F. Pearlsteln, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10.— Ollle Young & 
April, fared well ; Monroe ft Mark, old stuff ; 
went poorly ; Kathleen Clifford, fairly ; Hop- 
from start to finish ; Bothwell Browne, great 
appearance, dance, decided hit ; Andy Rice, won 
on parodies, many encores ; Four McNallys, 
very well. HENRIETTE. 



TORONTO, OBIT 

SHEARS (J. Shea, mgr.; agent. U. B. O.). 
—Adelaide Norwood, success; Chip and Marble, 
dainty and clever ; Ce Dora, sensational ; Geo. 
Felix and Barry 81sters, fair ; Leo Carrlllo, 
clever ; Bell Boy Trio, hit ; Long Acre Quar- 
tet, good ; Pleetz-Larella Sisters, good. 

MAJESTIC (Peter F. Griffin, mgr.).— Rai- 
ma and Falfarron; fine; Great Ernie, great; 
Valento, clever; Rogers and Stnolair. scream; 
Musical Hicks, big; Farrow Family, good. 

YOUNG STREET (H. W. Moran, mgr.).— 
Woodwells. good ; Kelly and Catlln. pleased ; 
Garner and Parker, clever ; Margaret Newton 
ft Co., scored. 

STAR (F. W. Stair, mgr.).-"Merry Whirl." 

OAYETY (T. R. Henry, mgr.).— "Beauty 
Trust." HARTLEY. 



WASHINGTON. D; C. 

CHASES (H. W. DeWltt. mgr.; agent. U. 
B. O. ; rehearsal, Monday 11).— Vljmos Wes- 
tony, decided hit; Mrs. Gardner Cranp and Co., 
very good : Namba Troupe, great ; Mme. Cas- 
sHU's Dogs, very jrood ; Hal. Morrltt. good : 
Fay. 2 Colrys nnd Fay. scored ; Dp Rcnzo and 
La Due, clever. 



COSMOS (A. G. Brylawskl, mgr. ; agent, 
Norman Jeffries; rehearsal, Monday 0).— Tor- 
leys, big ; Bennevlccl Bros., very good ; Dar- 
mody, clever ; Billy Evans, good ; Kraft and 
Myrtle, pleased ; Slg. Bartolomeo, scored ; 
Elizabeth Herold. very clever ; Musical Gray, 
nicely ; "Those Kentucky Girls," fair. 

CASINO (A. C. Mayer, mgr. ; agent. Wm. 
Morris; rehearsal, Monday 10).— Samuel How- 
ard and Co., laughing hit ; Huddleson's Ani- 
mals, very good ; Annette De Lestare, scored ; 
Davis and Davis, good ; Joyce and Kennedy ; 
Murray and Hunt, fair. 

MAJESTIC (F. B. Weston, mgr.; agent, 
rehearsal, Monday 11. .10). —Rhodes. Rhodes and 
Winifred, hit ; Three Madcaps, clever ; Tweedy 
and Roberts, good ; Mattle Walsh, good. 

NEW LYCEUM (Eugene Kernan, mgr.).— 
Williams' "Imperials." 

GAYETY (George Peck, mgr.).— Roble's 
"Knickerbockers." 

EDWARD DOMBHART. 



KEITH'S SYRACUSE PROPOSITION. 

Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 6. 

B. F. Keith has through his architect 
A. E. Westover, of Philadelphia, has 
filed plans calling for a seven story 
theatre and office building in this city. 
Mr. Keith is given in the papers as the 
sole owner and proprietor of the house. 
The estimated cost of the building is 
about $300,000. 

The site on leased ground is the 
best in the newly improved por- 
tion of South Salina street, just 
south of Jefferson, on the west 
side. It has about 70 feet frontage 
on Salina, running almost straight 
back to Clinton, giving a depth of 
around 200 feet. The buildings on the 
site have not yet been demolished. 

Further down Salina Street in the 
same block and on the same side, the 
new Klaw & Erlanger house is going 
up, with foundation at present to the 
street level. 

Mr. Keith has already served notice 
upon the Shuberts that he will vacate 
the Grand Opera House within a sta- 
ted period. This will leave the house 
upon the Shuberts' hands. They are 
now booking the Welting through M. 
Reis and "The Open Door." 

It is not unlikely that the Grand may 
eventually find itself on a Burlesque 
Wheel. Perhaps the Eastern Circuit, 
as Syracuse would make a very nice 
"split week" with Rochester on that 
Wheel. This city hasn't had bur- 
lesque since before the last census 
was taken. 



Chas. A. Taylor 

SAVOY THEATRE. NEW YORK. 

Dramatic Author and Producer of Tweaty 
New York Successes. Now writing and staging 
for Vaudeville. Original Strong Dramatic Acts, 
Sketches, Monologues, always on hand, cheap 
for cash. 

I write to order, rehearse and stage your 
act. Give you week in New York. I fix your 
act. Send you catalogue-budget of a thousand 
laughs. Mall stamp, money order for one dol- 
lar. All mall answered. Interview by ap- 
pointment. Phone, 2718 Mad. Sq. Write to- 
day. I will bring success. 

CHAS. A. TAYLOR, Savoy Theatre, New York. 




Wake up! Mr. Manager, if you want 

HI 



Ask Al Sutherland about that Dainty and Win- 
some Singing Ventriloquist 

HILDA HAWTHORNE 



VARIETY ARTISTS' ROUTES 

FOR WEEK OCT. 10 

WHEN NOT OTHERWISE INDICATED. 

(The routes given are from OCT. 9 to OCT. 16, Inclusive, dependent upon the opening 
and closing days of engagement In different parts of the country. All addresses are fur- 
nished VARIETY by artists. Addresses care newspapers, managers or agents will not be 
printed.) 

"B. R." after name indicates act is with burlesque show mentioned. Routes may be 
found under "Burlesque Routes." 

"C. R." after name Indicates act is with circus mentioned. Route may be found under 
"Circus Routes." 

ROUTES FOR THE POLLOWINO WEEK MUST REACH THIS OFFICE NOT LATER 
THAN WEDNESDAY MORNING TO INSURE PUBLICATION. 
TEMPORARY ADDRESSES WILL BE CARRIED WHEN ACT IS "LAYING OFF." 
PERMANENT ADDRESSES GIVEN FOR OVER THE SUMMER MUST BE REPLACED 
BY WEEKLY ROUTE FOR THE PRESENT SEASON. 



^F" 



Adair Art Majestic Madison Wis 

ART ADAIR 

The Original "HANK 8PONO." 
Next week (Oct. 10) Majestic, Madison, Wis. 

Adams Sam D Trocaderos B R 
Adams Edward B Orpheum Budapest 
Adams Billy St Mllford Bestea 
Adams a Lewis 106 W Baker Atlanta 
Adams Milt Hastings Show B R 
Admont MItsel 82S5 Broadway N T 
Altken Bros 234 Bedford Fall River 
Altkene Great 2319 Oravler New Orleans 
Altken Jas a Edna 967 Park ar N Y 
Aubert Les 14 Frobel 111 Hamburg Ger 
Albanl 1696 Broadway N T 
Aldlnes The 2922 Cottage Grove Chicago 
Alexander a Bertie 41 Acre Lane London 
All Sldl 909 Spring Pittsburg 
Allaire a Jeans S5 John Fall River 
Allen Joe Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 



Allen Leon A Bertie Dome Mlddletown O 
Allen Marie Columbians B R 
Alllnel Joseph 422 Bloomfleld Hoboken N J 
Allison Mr ft Mrs Grand Indianapolis 

TUB MIAHML 

LITTLE ALLRIGNT and WIFE 

Wn^lo^Hs^lm^^^RJCHA^D^PrraOT^M^r. 

Alons 65 W 36 N Y 

Alpine Troupe Forepaugh Sells C R 

Alpha Troupe Orpheum Spokane 

Alton Grace Follies of New York B R 

Alton Ethel 1532 Belmont At Seattle 

Altus Bros 128 Cottage Auburn N Y 

Alvarados Goats 1286 N Mala Decatur 111 

Alvias The 301 ■ Wash Springfield 111 

Alvln & Zenda Box 365 Dresden O 

Alvlno ft Rlalto Majestic Washington Ind 

Alqulst ft Clayton 545 Bergen Bklyn 

Ameres Three Pastime Wichita Kan 

Anderson Gertrude Miss N Y Jr B R 

Anderson ft Anderson 829 Dearborn At Chicago 

Anderson ft Ellison 3603 Locnst Phlla 



6. 0. H , PittsbtKi, tMi week (Oct 3) 



Lyric, DaytMt iwit week (Oct, 10) 

When answering advertisemi 



USE THIS FORM IP YOU HAVE NO ROUTE CARDS 



Name 








Permanent Address 
Temporary 




— 










Week 


Theatre 


City 


State 









































ROUTE CARDS WILL BE MAILED UPON REQUEST 



CAMILLE 



PERS0NI a™ 



JACK 



HALLIDAY 

In their Japanese Comedietta 

"Won by Wireless" 

The Geisha Girl and Officer, not forgetting 
the Chink. 

Note— We are NOT doing "Madame Butterfly." 

The 6REAT 
KAUFMANN TROUPE 

Includiag "FRANK." Orpheum Circuit 

Perm. Add. 424 Ames St., 
Rochester, N. Y. 




FRED DUPREZ 

EDW. 8. KELLER. Rep. 

SAM DODY 

"THE ORIGINAL WOP." 

UNITED TIME. 
New York. MAX HART. Manager. 

SAM K. OTTO 



ic 



The Yiddisha Brownie 



» 



A New Departure In. Hebrew Comedlanlam. 
Permanent address, care VARIETY, Chicago. 



Have Your Card in VARIETY 



>ifa kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



29 



Anderson Four National HU Chlcafo 
Andrews A Abbott Co 8982 Morgan 8t Louis 
Apdalea Animals Orpheum Des Moines 
Arakl Troup* Heag Sbow G R 
Axberg ft Wagner 511 1 78 N T 
Ardelle ft Leslie 19 Broesel Rochester 
Arllnfton Billy Golden Crook B R 
Arlington Four Bronx N Y 
Armond Grace 810 Dearborn At Chicago 
Armond Ted V Serenaders B R 
Armstrong and Verne Royal Wellington N Z 
Arthur Mae 15 Unity PI Boston 
Ashner Tessle Irwlns Big Show B R 
Atkinson Harry 21 B 2U N T 
Atwood Warren 111 W 31 N Y 
Aubrey Rene Runaway Girls B R 
Auer 8 ft O 418 Strand W C London 
Austin Jennie Follies of New York B R 
Austin ft Klumker 8110 B Phlla 
Avery W B 5006 ForestTllle Chicago 
Ayers Ada Follies of New York B R 

B 

Baker Billy Merry Whirl B R 
Baker Harry 3842 Renow W Philadelphia 
Baker De Voe Trio Dainty Duchess B R 
Baldwins Keeners Mobile Ala 
Balloon Jupiter Barnum ft Bailey C R 
Bandy ft Fields 1509 La Salle At Chicago 
Bannan Joe Girls from Happyland B R 
Bantas Four Columbians B R 
Baraban Troupe 1304 5th At N Y 
Barbee Hill ft Co 1262 Nat At San Diego 
Barber ft Palmer American Omaha lndef 
Barlows Breaking Auditorium Waterbury 
Barnes A Crawford Alhambra N Y 
Barnes ft Barron Orpheum Des Moines 
Barnes ft Remlng M H Lewlston Me 
Barnes ft Robinson 287 W 137 N Y 
Barrett Tom Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 




AND 





UNCLE HIRAM AND AUNT ALVIRA, 
From Posey Co., Indiana." 
Week 6tt. (II . Efts Tbestrs, assos. Tsiss 



Barrlngton M Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Barron Geo 2002 5 At N Y 

Barry A Hack 761 Wlndlake Milwaukee 

Barry A Richards Sheas Toronto 

Barry Girls Sheas Toronto 

Bartell ft Garfield 2699 B 53 CI ere land 

Barto ft McCue Midnight Maidens B R 

Barton, Joe Follies of the Day B R 

Bassett Mortimer 279 W 29 N Y 

Bates Vlrgie Irwlns Big Show B R 

Bates ft NeTllle 57 Gregory New Karen 

Baum Will H ft Co 97 Wolcott New Haven 

Baumann ft Ralph 860 Howard At New HaTen 

Baxter Sidney ft Co 1722 48 av Melrose Cal 

Bayfield Harry Forepaugh-Sells C R 

Bayton Ida Girls from Happyland B R 

Be Ano Duo 8442 Charlton Chicago 

Beaman Fred J Hudson Heights N J 

Beardsley Sisters Union Htl Chicago 

Beaugarde Marie Merry Whirl B R 

Behler Agnea Dreamlanders B R 

Behrend Musical 52 Springfield At Newark N J 

Beimel Musical 340 B 87 N Y 

Bell Arthur H 488 12 At Newark N J 

Bell Boy Trio 2296 7 At N Y 

Bell Norma Bowery Burleequers B R 

Belle May Robinson Crusoe Olrls B R 

Bellemontes The 112 5 At Chicago 

Belmont Joe 70 Brook London 

Belmont Florence Girls from Happyland B R 

Belmont M Follies of New York B R 

Benn ft Leon 229 W 38 N Y 

Bennett Archie Irwlns Big Show B R 

Bennett Sam Rose Sydell B R 

Bennett ft Marcello 206 W 67 N Y 

Bennett Bros 889 B 66 N Y 

Benson Marlon J Passing Parade B R 

Bentley Musical 121 Clipper San Francisco 

Benton Granby ft West Saratoga Htl Chicago 

Benton Ruth Big Banner Show B R 

Berger Anna Miss N Y Jr B R 

Vera Berliner 

VIOLINIST, 
Booked Solid until January. 



Bernhard Hugh Bohemians B R 

BeTerly Sisters 5722 Springfield At Phlla 

Beverly ft West 262 Delaware Buffalo 

Bet Ins Clem Rolllckers B R 

Beyer Ben & Bros Orpheum Denver 

Blcknell ft Glbney Princess Wichita Kan 

Bimbos The 694 Pacific Appleton Wis 

Birch John Dominion Ottawa 

Bison City Four Orpheum Los Angeles 

Blssett ft Shady 248 W 37 N Y 

Black John J Miss N Y Jr B R 

Black ft Leslie 3722 Bberly At Chicago 

Blacks The 47 B 132 N Y 

Blair Hazel Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Dlamphln ft Hehr Family Warren Pa 

Bloomquest ft Co 8220 Chicago At Minneapolis 

Bohannon Burt Hastings Show B R 

Bolses Sensational 675 Jackson At N Y 

Bonner Alt Brigadiers B R 

Booth Trio Orpheum Portsmouth O 

Borella Arthur 524 Stanton Greensburg Pa 

Borrow Sidney Big Banner Show B R 

Bos toe k Jean Lovemakers B R 

Boutin ft TUlson 11 Myrtle Springfield Mass 

Boulden ft Qulnn 212 W 42 N Y 

Bouton Harry ft Co 132 W 36 N Y 

BouTler Mayme Merry Whirl B R 

Bowers Walters ft Crooker Grand Boston 

Bouman Fred 14 Webster Medford Mass 

Boyle Bros Grand Bralnerd Minn 

Bradley ft Ward Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Bradleys The 1814 Rush Birmingham 

Bradna Fred Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Brady Joe Irwlns Big Show B R 

Brennan Geo Trocaderos B R 

Brennen Samuel N 2856 Tulip Phlla 

Brlnkloys The 424 W 89 N Y 

Brlstow Lydla Dreamlanders B R 

Brltton Nellie 140 Morris Phlla 

Brixton ft Brixton 709 Lexington Brooklyn 



Brookes ft Carlisle 88 Glen wood Buffalo 

Brookland Chas Runaway Girls B R 

Brooks Florrte Big Review B R 

Brooks Thos Girls from Happyland B K 

Brooks Harvey Cracker Jacks B R 

Brooks Waller Baker Denver lndef 

Brooke ft Jennlgs 861 W Bronx N Y 

Brown Sammie Bowery Burleequers B R 

Brown ft Brown 69 W 115 N Y 

Brown ft Wllmot 71 Glen Maiden Mass 

Browning ft Lavan 895 Cauldwell av N Y 

Bruce Lena Lovemakers B R 

Bruno Max C 160 Baldwin Blmlra N Y 

Bryant May Irwlns Big Show B R 

Brydon ft Harmon 229 Montgomery Jersey City 

Buch Bros Pantages Denver 

Buckley Joe Girls from Happyland B R 

Bullock Tom Trocaderos B R 

Bunce Jack 2219 S 13th Philadelphia 

Burbank ft Danforth Newark O 

Burgess Bobby ft West Sts 1412 Jefferson Bklyn 

Burgess Harvey J 627 Trenton At Pittsburg 

Burke Minnie Trocaderos B R 

Burke ft Farlow 4087 Harrison Chicago 

Burrows Lillian 2050 W North At Chicago 

Burt Wm P ft Daughter 133 W 45 N Y 

Burton Jack Marathon Girls B R 

Busch Devere Four Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Bushell May Fade ft Follies B R 

Butlers Musical 423 S 8 Phlla 

Butterworth Charley 850 Treat San Francisco 

Byron Gleta 107 Blue Hill Av Roxbury Mass 

Byron Ben Passing Parade B R 

O 

Cahlll Wm Reeves Beauty Show B R 
Calne ft Odom 72 Wilson Newark O 
Callahan Grace Bohemians B R 
Cameron Eleanor Vaudeville Carbondale Pa 
Cameron ft Gaylord Pantages Los Angelee 
Campbell Harry Marathon Girls B R 
Campbell Phyllis Merry Whirl B R 
Campbell ft Parker Rose Sydell B R 
Canfleld Al Follies of New York B R 
Cantway Fred R 6425 Wood lawn Av Chicago 
Capman Bert Follies of New York B R 
Capron Nell Follies of New York B R 
Cardon Chas Vanity Fair B R 
Cardownle Sisters 425 N Liberty Alliance O 
Carey ft Stampe 824 42 Bklyn 

MABEL CAREW 

IN VAUDEVILLB. 

Carle Irving 4203 No 41 Chicago 

Carmelos Pictures Gaiety Girls B R 

Carmen Frank 465 W 168 N Y 

Carmen Beatrice 72 Cedar Brooklyn 

Carmontelle Hattle Marathon Girls B R 

Carroll Nettle Trio Barnum ft Bailey R 

Carrolton ft Van 5428 Monte Vista Los Angeles 

Carson Bros 623-58 Bklyn 

Carson ft Wlllard Sheas Buffalo. 

Carters The Ava Mo 

Caamus ft La- Mar Box 247 Montgomery Ala 

Case Paul 81 S Clark Chicago 

Celest 74 Grove Rd Clapham Pk London 

Celeste Grace Midnight Maidens B R 

Chabanty Marguerite Columbians B R 

Chadwlck Trio Polls Hartford 

Chameroys The 1351 48 Bklyn 

Champion Mamie Washington Society Girls BR 

Chantrell ft Schuyler 219 Prospect At Bklyn 

Chapln Benjamin 566 W 186 N Y 

Chapman Slaters 1629 MUlburn Indianapolis 

Chase DaTe 90 Birch Lynn 

Chaae Carma 2616 So Halstead Chicago 

Chatham Sitters 808 Grant Pittsburg 

Chick ft Chlckleta Brigadiers B R 

Chubb Ray 107 Spruce Bcranton Pa 

Church City Four Bijou Lansing Mich 

Church ft Springer 9664 Plttafleld Mass 

INA CLAIRE 

In "JUMPING JUPITER." 

With Richard Carle, 

CORT THBATRB. CHICAGO. 

Clalrmont Josephine ft Co 163 W 181 N Y 

Clarke Wilfred 130 W 44 N Y 

Clark Geo Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Clark Floretta 10 Larnhurst Roxbury Mass 

Clark ft Ferguson 121 Phelps Bnglewood 

Claton Carloa 235Vs 5 At Nashville Tenn 

Claus ft Radcllffe 1649 Dayton Av St Paul 

Clayton Drew Players American Chicago lndef 

Clear Chas 100 Mornlngslde Av N Y 

demons Cam'n 462 Columbia Dorchester Mass 

demons Margaret Midnight Maidens B R 

Clever Trio 2129 Arch Phlla 

Cliff ft Cliff 4106 Artesian Chicago 

Clifford ft Burke MaJ. stlc Milwaukee 

Clipper Quartet Polls Worcester 

Cllto ft Sylvester 928 Winter Phlla 

Clure Raymond 657 Dennlson Av Columbus O 

Clyo ft Rochelle 1479 Hancock Qulncy Mass 

Codena Mile Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Cody A Lynn Broadway Brooklyn 

Cohan Will H Miss N Y Jr B R 

Cohen Nathan Hastings Show B R 

Cole Chas C Rolllckers B R 

Cole ft Johnson Grand Pittsburg 

Collins Eddie 5 Reed Jersey City N J 

Collins Fred Dreamlanders B R 

Colton Tommy Fads ft Follies B R 

Comrades Four 824 Trinity Av N Y 

Conn Hugh L Fads ft Follies B R 

Connelly Pete ft Myrtle 720 N Clark Chicago 

Coogan Alan Lovemakers B R 

Cook Geraldine 675 Jackson Av N Y 

Cooke ft Myers 1514 B Vancouver 

Cooke Rothert ft Summers Central Dresdon 

Corbett Ada Miss N Y Jr B R 

Corbett ft Forrester 71 Emmet Newark N J 

Corlnne Suzanne Fads ft Follies B R 

Cornish Wm A 1108 Bway Seattle 

Cotter ft Boulden 1835 Vineyard Phlla 

Cottrell ft Hamilton Grand New Castle Ind 

Coyle ft Murrell 3327 Vernon Av Chicago 

Coyne Tom Hastings Show B R 

Crane Mrs Gardner Maryland Baltimore 

Crawford Catherine Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Crawford Glenn S 1439 Baiter Toledo 

Crelghton Bros Midnight Maidens B R 

Cressy ft Dayne Majestic Chicago 

Crosby Ama 162 B 8 Peru Ind 

Cross A Josephine Polls Scranton 

Cross ft Mays 1812 Huron Toledo 

Culhanee Comedians N Vernon Ind 



Cullen Thos Runaway Girls B R 
Cullen Bros 2916 Ellsworth Phlla 
Cumlnger A Colonna 22 Cranworth London 
Cumlngs ft Thornton Majemic Montgomery 
Cummlngs Josle Rose Sydell B R 
Cummlngs Mr and Mrs Mellino Hanover Ger 
Cunningham B ft D 112 Wash'n Champaign 111 
Cunningham ft Marlon Grand Pittsburg 
Curtis Blanche Marathon Girls B R 
Curtis Sam J Hamlin Chicago 
Cuttys Musical Orpheum St Paul 
Cycling Brunettes 231 Cross Lowell 



Dagwell Sisters Chases Washington 

Dale Warren B 1308 8 Carlisle Phlla 

Dale ft Boyle Orpbeum Duluth 

Dale ft Harris 1610 Madison Av N Y 

Daley Wm J 108 N 10 Phlla 

Dal ton Fenn Keiths Columbus O 

Daly ft O'Brien National Sydney lndef 

Dalye Country Choir Bijou Duluth 

Davenport Edna Big Banner Show B R 

Davenports Three Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Davis Edwards Orpheum Kansas City 

Davis Haxel M 3538 La Salle Chicago 

Davis ft Cooper 1920 Dsyton Chicago 

Davidson Dott 1305 Michigan Av Niagara Falls 

Dawson ft Gillette 344 E 58 N Y 

De Clainvllle Sid 1318 Douglas Omaha 

DeGrace ft Gordon 922 Liberty Brooklyn 

De Lo John B 718 Jackson Mllwsukee 

De Mar Lolo 746 Prospect PI Bklyn 

De Mar Rose 807 W 87 PI Chicago 

De Mario Apollo Berlin 

De Milt Gertrude 818 Sterling PI Bklyn 

De Oesch Mile M 336 So 10th Saginaw 

De Renzo ft La Due Trent Trenton N D 

De Vassy Thos Big Banner Show B R 

De Velde Ermond J ft Co 40 Bway Norwich Ct 

De Vere Tony Watsons Burlesquers B R 

De Verne ft Van 4572 Yates Denver 

DeWltt Burns A Torrace 8cala Copenhagen 

De Wolfe Lanier ft Linton Casino Phlla 

De Young Tom 156 B 113 N Y 

De Young Mabel 122 W 115 N Y 

Dean Lew 452 2 Niagara Falls 

Dean Orr Sisters ft Gallagher Majestic La 

Crosse 
Dean ft Sibley 463 Columbus At Boston 
Deas Reed ft Deas 253 W 80 N Y 
Deery Frank 204 West End At N Y 
Delaney Patsy Miss N Y Jr B R 
Delavoye Will Howes London Show C R 
Delmor Arthur Irwlns Big Show B R 
Delmore Adelaide Girls from Happyland B R 
Delton Bros 261 W 38 N Y 
Demacos The Auditorium Newark O 
Demlng ft Alton Americans B R 
Denman Louise 189 Rawson Atlanta 
Denton G Francis 451 W 44 N Y 
Desmond Vera Lovemakers B R 
Desperado Barnum ft Bailey G R 
Destiny 446 16 Detroit Mich 
Dlas Mona Bohemians B R 

Anita Diaz's Monkeys 

Direction AL SUTHERLAND. 
Weeks Oct. 3 and 10, Chicago. 

DUlae Max Forepaugh- Sells C R 

Dlvolas The 142 B 5 Mansfield O 

Dodd Family ft Jessie 201 Division Av Bklyn 

Doherty ft Harlowe 428 Union Bklyn 

Dolan ft Lenharr 2460 7 Av N Y 

Donaghy O Francis 319 55 Brooklyn 

Donald ft Carson 216 W 103 N Y 

Donegan Sisters Bon Tons B R 

Donner Doris 343 Lincoln Johnstown Pa 

Dorsch A Russell Queen San Diego 

Doss Billy 102 High Columbia Tenn 

Douglass Chas Washington Society Olrls B R 

Downey Leslie T Elite Sheboygan Wis lndef 

Doyle Phil Merry Whirl B R 

Drew Chas Passing Parade B R 

Drew Dorothy 877^ Av N Y 

Dube Leo 258 Stowe Av Troy 

Du Bois Great ft Co 80 No Wash Av Bridgeport 

Du Mars ft Gualtierl 897 W Water Elmlra N Y 

Duffy Tommy Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Dunbar Macle Bijou Tulsa Okla lndef 

Duncan A O 942 B 9 Bklyn 

Dunedln Troupe Bon Tons B R 

Dunham Jack Bohemians B R 

Dunn Arthur F 217 E Lacock Pittsburg 

Dupllle Ernest A 98 Charing Cross London 

Dupreez A DeYoe Majestic Washington Ind 

Durgln Geo Passing Parade B R 

JEANETTE Dl PRE 

"Nearly a Native Daughter." 
Levy's Cafe, Los Angeles, until Oct. 10th. 

B 

Eddy A Tallman 040 Lincoln Blvd Chicago 
Edlnger Sisters Trent Trenton N J 
Edman A Gaylor 1008 So I Richmond Ind 
Edna Ruth 410 W Green Olean N Y 
Edwards Gertrude Miss N Y Jr B R 

EDWARDS, VAN and TIERNEY 

REFINED ENTERTAINERS. 
This Week (Oct. 3). Alhambra, New York. 
Next Week (Oct. 10). Fifth Ave. 

Edwards Jessie Pantages Denver 

Edwards Shorty American E Liverpool Ohio 

Egan Geo Marathon Girls B It 

El Barto 2531 Hollywood Phlla 

Elber Lew bowery Burlesquers B R 

Elliott Jack Runaway Girls B R 

Ellsworth Mr A Mrs 22 Manhattan Av N Y 

Ellsworth & Linden MaJeRtlc La Crosse 

Elmore & Raymond Pantages San Francisco 

Elwood Perry A Downing 024 Harlem Av Bslto 

Emelle Troupe Bliou Jackson Mich 

Emerald Connie 41 Holland Rd Brixton London 

Emerson A Le Clear 23 Beach Av Grand Rapids 

Emerson Ida Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Emerson Harry Midnight Maidens B R 

Emmett A Lower 419 Pine Darby Pa 

Englebreth O W 2318 Highland Av Clnclnantl 

Ensor Wm Hastings Sbow B R 

Brslnger Mabelle B 216 I Central At Chicago 

Benaann H T 1294 Putnam At Bklyn 



Evans Allen Irwlns Big Sbow B R 

Evans Bessie 8701 Cottage Orove At Obicago 

E^aM^e^dj^ldnlg^Maldene^BJ^^^^^ 

LA ESTRELLJTA 

Now in 8th month. Featured Attraction. 

Portola Cafe, San Francisco. 

Evans A Lloyd 923 B 12 Bklyn 
Evelyn Sisters 202 Green At Bklyn 
Everett Gertrude Fads A Follies B B 
Bvers Geo 210 Loeoya San Antonio 
Ewen A Prince Pantages St Joe Mo 
Ewlng Chas A Nina 460 Telfair Augusta 

F. 

Falrchlld Sisters 220 Dlxwell Av New Haven 
Falrchlld Mr A Mrs 1821 Vernon Harrlsburg 
Fairfax Grace Colonial Warsaw lndef 
Falrbarn Jas Mies N Y Jr B R 
Falls Billy A 088 Lyell At Rochester 
Fantas Trio 8 Union 8q N Y 

FARRELL-TAYLOR TRIO 

Funniest Black Face Act In Vaudeville. 
Next Week (Oct 10), Oayety, Pittsburg 

Fawn Loretta Rose Sydell B R 
Fay Two Coleys A Fay Colonial Norfolk 
Felix Geo A Barry Sisters Sheaa Toronto 
Felsman A Arthur 2144 W 20 Chicago 
Fenner A Fox 639 Central Camden N J 
Fen telle A Vallorle Orpheum New Orleans 

DAVE FERGUSON 

Next Week (Oct. 17), Poll's, New Haven. 

Ferguson Frank 489 B 43 Chicago 
Ferguson Jos 127 W 67 N Y 
Ferguson Marguerite Hastings Show B R 
Fern Ray 1300 W Ontario Phlla 
Fernandes May Duo 207 B 87th N Y 
Ferrard Grace 2716 Warsaw Av Chicago 
Ferry Wm 5 Av N Y 
Field Bros Keiths Pawtucket R I 
Fields A La Adella O H Youngstown O 
Fields A Hanson Broadway Camden N J 
Fields School Kids Princess Hot Springs Ark 
Finn A Ford 280 Revere Wlnthrop Mass 
Finney Frank Trocaderos B R 
Fisher Marie Gaiety Girls B R 
Fisher Susie Rose Sydell B R 
Flske Gertrude Brigadiers B R 
Fltsgerald A Qulnn Bowery Burleequers 
Fltsgeralds 8 Juggling Girls Rlngllng C R 
Fitsslmmons A Cameron 6609 8 Green Chicago 
Fletchers 33 Rondell pi San Francisco 

JEANIE FLETCHER 

SCOTTISH PRIMA DONNA 

America Travesty Stars 

Pickwick, San Diego, Cal. Indefinite. 

Fletcher Ted 470 Warren Bklyn 
Florede Nellie Columbians B R 
Follette A Wicks 1824 Gates At Bklyn 
Forbes A Bowman Orpbeum Omaha Neb 
Force Johnny 800 Edmonson Baltimore 
Ford Geo Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 
Ford A Co 300 Fenton Flint Mich 
Ford Johnny O H Chicago lndef 
Ford A Wesley Proctors Newark N J 
Ford A Miller 26 Bray ton Buffalo 
Ford A Louise 128 8 Broad Mankato Minn 
Formby Geo Walthew House Wlgan Bng 
Foster Geo A Rlngllng Bros C R 
Foster Harry A Sal He 1836 S 12 Phlla 
Foster Billy 2316 Centre Pittsburg 
Fosto Rlngllng Bros C R 
Fox A Summers 617 10 Saginaw Mich 
Fox Florence 172 Fllmore Rochester 
Fox Will World of Pleasure B R 
Foyer Eddie 9020 Piervepont Cleveland 
Francis Winnifred Vanity Fair B R 
Francis Wlllard 87 W 138 N Y 
Franclscos 343 N Clark CBlcago 
Frank Sophia A Myrtle Miss N Y Jr B R 
Freeman Bros Girls from Happyland B R 
Freligh Lizzie Bowery Burlesquers B R 
French Henri Gerard Htl N Y 
French A Williams 821 W Blaine Seattle 
Frey Twins Temple Detroit 
Frlcke Wlllman Lovemakers B R 
Frobel A Ruge 314 W 23 N Y 
Funnan Radio Orpheum Memphis 

O 

Gaffney Sisters 1407 Madison Chicago 
Ojjrney_ J AjjH)3 Vernon Brooklyn N Y 

FIVE GAFFNEY GIRLS 

"Scenes lu a Dressing Room" 
Booked Kolid by W. V. A. 



Gage Chas 179 White Springfield Mass 

Gale Ernie 169 Eastern Av Toronto 

Oallager Ed Big Banner 8 how B R 

Garden Geo Girls from Happyland B R 

Gardner Andy Bohemians B R 

Gardner Georgle A Co 4646 Ken more Av Chicago 

Gardlners Three 1968 No 8 Phlla 

Gath Karl A Bmma 608 Cass Chicago 

Gaylor Chas 768 17 Detroit 

Genaro A Theol Majestic Corslcana Tex lndef 

George Al D Sam T Jacks B R 

Georgia Campers Empire Newark N J 

Germane Anna T Auditorium Qulncy Mass 

Gettlngs J F Marathon Girls B R 

Geyer Bert Palace Htl Chicago 

Gilbert Ella R Runaway Olrls B R 

GUI Edna Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Oilmore Mildred Gaiety Olrls B R 

Glrard Marie 41 Howard Boston 

Gleason Violet 489 Lexington Waltham Mass 

(JIOHe August Orpheum Portland 

Glover Edna May 862 N Emporia Av Wichita 

Goforth A Doyle 251 Halney Bklyn 

Golden Nat Hastings Show B R 

Goldle Annette Big Banner Show B R 

Goldle Boys Orpheum Webster City la 

Goldsmith A Hoppe Polls Scranton 

Goodman H 700 B 168 N Y 



adeer tt semswa Mnd% ewntto* VABJBTT. 



y> 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



RUN 



K! 



In playing the greatest mind reading act on the American Stage, an act with the reputation that this act has won. For It will get you the MONET when your business Is 
bad. It will build up your business to etay. This act la Beautifully staged. And altogether is one of the most elaborate specialties of the kind that vaudeville baa lately aeen.* 





WORLD'S FAMOUS 
MIND READER 



A Mind Reading Act with unlimited possibilities. 



•fl. 



Playing to Phenomenal Bualneaa every where. The results at the box office make the Managers wear a smile that won't come 
Oct. 3, Warburton, Yonkers DIRECTION ALP T. WILTON, 310 Putnam Building, New York. 






CAT 

World's Greatest and 
Best Musical Act 



The four musical Cates are without doubt, as they 
style themselves, the greatest musical act in the 
world. Their playing is a treat to music lovers. 
Each one is a soloist of high ability. Mr. Walter 
H. Cate, the world's greatest saxophone soloist, is 
truly marvelous, not only his tones, but his tech- 
nique also Is magnificent. Mr. Cate, the cornet 
soloist. Is the finest, beyond question, we have 
ever heard, with the exception of Levy, how dead, 
who was the peer of all the world. The others must 
be seen to be appreciated.— Dally News, Hot Springs, 
Ark. 




and FRANKS 

"THE PHYSICAL CULTURE CIRL8" 

■-C Circuit Comlac luL 



T 



• It 



MER HEWINS 



Present the Comedy Playlet, "IT HAPPENED IN LONELYVILLE." 

The Muscatine (la.) "Journal," Sept 13, said: "The comedy playlet. "It Happened In Lone- 
lyville," 1b which Toomer and Hewlns appear, proved a decided hit, the many ludicrous situa- 
tions bringing much laughter. Both artiste display real ability and their work throughout waa 
high class." 

Address: WHITE RATS, New York or Chicago Agent. A. E. MEYERS (W. U. M. A. TIME). 



DEAS, REED and DEAS 

Some Singing Some Comedy Some Clothes 

The real "Some" act will be In New York soon. 



LAURA 



BILLY 



HOUSTON KIRBY 



Next Week (Oct. 10), Bijou, Iowa City. 



A. E. MEYERS, Agent. 



Jackson and Margaret 

Novelty Singing Act "IN OLD KENTUCKY" 

Presenting America's Greatest Colored Lady Contralto Singer. Care VARIE TY, Chicago. 

DeRENZO « LaDUE 

BOOKED SOLID— UNITED TIME. 
This Week (Oct. 3). Chase's, Washington. Next Week (Oct. 10), Trent, Trenton. 

The Ben Hartleys 



Mr. Harney, The Originator of Rag Time)," having written all NEW BONOS and 

MUSIC (or the Act, SOLICITS engagements starting Nov. 12. 

Management J. WELLINGTON ELSWORTH, care Continental Hotel, San Francisco. 

Have $6,000 To Invest In a Good Proposition. 



C olossal S uccess M L, RADIE FURMAN 

This Week (Oct. 3), Mary Anderson, Louisville Next Week (Oct. 10), Orpheum Memphis First Americas Etfaieneit ii 3 years. £■ Itate. QrphMa Circuit 

THE GREAT HOWARD 

Will shortly produce a novelty In the ventrlloquial line. Playing the piano and manipulating 
the dummies which will sing at the same time. This season Orpheum Road Show. 



SCOTLAND'S PREMIER 
VENTRILOQUIST 

Management, JOE MEYER8 



A SUCCESS IN THE WILLIAMS HOU3B3 



MOFFETT and CLARE 
LAYP0- 



PRESENTING A POLITE SINGING 
AND DANCING OFFERING 



'Roses, Roses, Roses Bring Memories of You, Dear." 



BENJAMIN 



Will eall for Europe soon. HENNE9SY AND BOSTOCK, Managers. Wardrobe furnished by Davidson, Red Bank, N. J. 

When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



WHO'S LOONEY 
NOW? 

Introducing the Hebrew character 
In a comedy acrobatic act. The act 
with a sensational finish. United 
Time. 



VARIETY 



3' 



►odrlch Mitchell Hastings Show B R 

olmans Musical Orpheum Leavenworth Kan 

>rdon Dan 1777 Atlantic Ay Bklyn 

irdon 4k Barber 28 Bo Locust Hagerstown Md 

rdon ft Henry Academy Charleston S C 

rdon ft Marx Proctors Newark N J 

ssans Bobby 400 So 0th Columbus O 

ittlob Amy 000 N Clark Chicago 

>uld C W Marathon Olrlt B R 

>uld ft Rice 820 Smith Providence R I 

tyt Trio 886 Willow Akron O 

*aham Prank Marathon Girls B R 

'annon 11a Melrose Park Pa 

ant Burt ft Bertha 2B56 Dearborn Chicago 

ranvllle ft Mack Cherry Blossoms B R 

aves Joy Dreamlanders B R 

-ay ft Gray 1022 Birch Joplln Mo 

ay ft Graham Sydney Australia Indef 

een Edna Bowery Burlesquers B R 

een Ethel Temple Rochester 

eene Wlnnlfred Runaway Girls B R 

emmer ft Melton 1437 S 6 Loulsrille 

iffith John P Trocaderos B R 

•lffs ft Hoot 1328 Cambria . Phlla 

imes Tom ft Gertie WUUamstown N J 

•lmm ft Satchel 1 O H Watenrllle Me 

oom Sisters 603 N Hermitage Trenton N J 

-ossman AI 632 North Rochester 

over ARichards 2731 Bway N Y 

winl Qeaoette Washington Society Girls B R 

■uber ft Kew 408 4 At B Flint Mich 

illfoyle ft Charlton 808 Harrison Detroit 

lyer Victoria Miss N Y Jr B R 

lyer ft Valle 86 Cumberland W Green London 



listed W 11 lard 1141 Prytanla New Orleans 

ill Geo F Polls New Haven 

ill ft Briscoe 60 Orchard Norwich Conn 

ill Prichard ft Mountain Majestic Ft Worth 

illman ft Murphy Comique Buffalo 

ills Dogs 111 Walnut Revere Mass 

ilson Boys 21 E 08 N Y 

imllns The 51 Scovel PI Detroit 

imllton Maude Watsons Burlesquers B R 

imllton Estelle B 2036 N 31st Philadelphia 

imllton Jack 8 Plateau Montreal 

immond Gracia Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

impton ft Bassett 837 Poplar Cincinnati 

iney Edith Majestic Nashville 

iney ft Long Arch Chicago 

innon Billy 1630 No Hamlin At Chicago 

anvey ft Baylies 652 Lenox At N Y 

arcourt Frank Cracker Jacks B R 

armonlus Four Alamo New Orleans Indef 

arrington Bobby Serenaders B R 

arris ft Randall Sun Springfield O 

arrraon West Trio 600 81 Norfolk Va 

irt Billy A Marie Orpheum Des Moines 

art Stanley Wards 3446 Pine St Louis 

a/t Maurice 156 Lenox At N Y 

irt Bros Hagenbeck-Wallace C R 

artwell Effle Big Banner Show B R 

irvey Harry Hastings Show B R 

arveys The 507 Western Moundsrille W Va 

artman Gretchen 665 W 144 N Y 

assan Ben All Luna Villa Htl Coney Island 

astlngs Harry Hastings Show B R 

asty Charlie Majestic Ft Worth 

a swell J H Majestic Ellwood City Pa Indef 

atfleld Fannie ft Co Forestdale R I 

atches The 47' E 132 N Y 

3. F. HAWLEY and CO. 

THE BANDIT. 
This Week (Oct. 3). New Bedford. 
EDW. S. KELLER, Rep. 

swley ft Bachen 1347 N 11 Phlla 

ayes Margaret Watsons Burlesquers B R 

ayes Gertrude Follies of the Day B R 

ayes ft Patton Carson City Nev Indef 

aynes Beatrice Americans B R 

ayes ft Wynne 418 Strand W C London 

ayman ft Franklin Shored itch London 

ayward ft Hayward Orpheum Sioux City 

azelton Jas Washington Society Girls B R 

ealy Tim Gaiety Girls B R 

earn Sam Follies of the Day B R 

eath Frankle Big Review B R 

eld ft La Rue 1328 Vine Phlla 

Bnderson ft Thomas 227 W 40 N Y 

Bnella ft Howard 646 N Clark Chicago 

L'nnlngs Trcvett Chicago 

?nry Bros Vaudeville Lansing Mich 

enry Dick 207 Palmetto Bklyn 

enry Girls 2326 So 17 Phlla 

enry Jsck 41 Lisle Leicester Sq London 

enrys The Lyric Buffalo 

erbert 05 Moreland Boston 

erberts The 47 Washington Lynn Mass 

erberts Flying Sells Floto C R 

erlein Lilian Apollo Vienna 

erman ft Rice 420 W 30 N Y 

erz Geo 832 Stone At Scranton 

euman Troupe Hagenbeck-Wallace C R 

everley Great 201 Desmond Sayre Pa 

lckman Bros ft Co Gaiety Springfield 111 

111 Arthur Hastings Show B R 

111 Edmunds Trio 262 Nelson New Brunswick 

lllard May Sam T Jacks B R 

Hilar ft La Vette Barnuin ft Bailey C R 

3E0RGE HILLMAN 

The German Chauffeur. 
Material by J. Brandon Walsh. 

[Ills Harry Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Illman ft Roberts 309 So 13 Saginaw Mich 

olden J Maurice Dainty Duchess B R 

olmen Bros Linden Chicago 

olmes Ben Box 801 Richmond Va 

olt Alf Sydney Australia 

onan ft Helm O H Carlisle Pa 

ood Sam 721 Florence Mobile Ala 

opp Fred 320 Littleton Av Newark N J 

otallng Edward 557 S Division Grand Rapids 

oward Chas Follies of New York B R 

oward Emily 644 N Clark Chicago 

oward Mote Vanity Fair B R 

oward Geo F Big Review B R 

oward Comedy Four 983 3 Av Bklyn 

oward Harry ft Mae 222 S Peoria Chicago 

oward ft Co Bernlce 3000 Calumet Av Chicago 

sward & Howard Orpheum Oakland 

owe Sam Lovemakers B R 

owe Llzette Watsons Burlesquers B R 



Huegel ft Qulnn 636 Rush Chicago 
Hulbert ft Do Long 4416 Madison Chicago 
Hunt Robt Washington Society Girls B R 
Hunter Ethel 4029 Troost Kansas City 
Huntress National Htl Chicago 
Hurley F J 152 Magnolia av Elisabeth N J 
Huxley Dorcas E Vanity Fair B R 
Hyatt ft Le Nore 1612 W Lanvale Baltimore 
Hylands Three 23 Cherry Danbury Conn 
Hynde Bessie 518 Pearl Buffalo 



Imboff Roger Fads -ft Follies B R 
Ingram ft Seeley Bowdoln Sq Boston 
Ingrams Two 1804 Story Boons la 

MUSICAL IRVING 

"MIRTH AND MUSIC" 
Direction FRANK BOHM. 
1647 Broadway. N. Y. City. 

Irish May Watson Burlesquers B R 
Irwin Flo 227 W 45 N Y 

Irwin Geo Irwlns Big Show B R 



Jackson H'ry ft Kate 206 Buena Vista Yonkers 

Jackson Arthur P Colonial Plttafleld Mass Indef 

Jackson Alfred 80 B Tupper Buffalo 

Jackson Robt M Runaway Girls B R 

Jackson ft Long No Vernon Ind 

Jansen Ben ft Chas Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Jeffries Tom 160 Henry Bklyn 

Jennlers The 1308 I Washington 

Jennings ft Renfrew Temple Rochester 

Jerge Louis 201 Esser At Buffalo 

Jerome Edwin Merry Whirl B R 

Jess ft Dell 1202 N 6 St Louis 

Jess Johnny Cracker Jacks B R 

Jewel 263 Littleton At Newark N J 

Jewel ft Barlowe 3662 Arlington At St Louis 

Jobnson Honey 30 Tremont Cambridge Mass 

Johnson ft Mercer 612 Joplln Mo 

Johnson Bros ft Johnson 6245 CallowhlU Phlla 

Johnston Elsie Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Johnston ft Buckley Golden Crook B R 

Jones Alexander Grand Anderson Ind 

Jones ft Deeley Bennetts Hamilton Can 

Jones A Gil lam 10 Melrose Boston 

Jones ft Rogers 1351 Park At N Y 

Jones Maude 471 Lenox At N Y 

Jones A Whitehead 83 Boyden Newark N J 

Joyce Jack Circus Bush Vienna 

Julian ft Dyer 67 High Detroit 

Jundts Les Sells Floto C R 

Juno ft Wells 511 E 78 N Y 

K 

Karl Forsythe Atlanta 

Kane Leonard Orpheum Savannah 

Kartello Bros Peterson N J 

Kaufman Reba A Inez Follies Bergere Paris 

Kaufmann Troupe Orpheum Salt Lake 

Kearney A Godfrey 675 Jackson At N Y 

Keating Harry Blakes Wild wood N J 

Keatons Three Orpheum Nashville 

Keeley Bros Apollo Nuremberg Ger 

Keene A Adams 418 Strand W C London 



JIM F. 



THEM'S THEM. 



ANNIE M. 



f 



KELLY and KENT 



Kelfe Zena Keiths Pawtucket R I 

Kelley ft Catlln Sheas Buffalo 

Kelly A Wentworth Bijou Jackson Mich 

Kelley A Catlln 3533 Calumet Chicago 

Kelly, Lew Serenaders B R 

Kelsey Slaters 4832 Christiana Av Chicago 

Keltners 133 Colonial Plsce Delias 

Kendall Ruth Miss N Y Jr B R 

Kendall Chas A Maldle 123 Alfred Detroit 

Kennedy Joe 1131 N 3 Av Knoxvllle 

Kenney A Hollis O H No Attleboro Mass 

Kent A Wilson 6036 Monroe At Chicago 

Kenton Dorothy Alhambra Paris 

Kenyot Family Barnum A Bailey C R 

Kessner Rose 438 W 164 N Y 

Kldders Bert A Dorothy 1274 Clay San Fran 

Klda 333 St Lawrence Montreal 

Kins Josle Bowery Burlesquers B R 

King Margaret H Serenaders B R 

King Bros 211 4th st Schenectady 

King Violet Winter Gard'n Blackpool Eng Indef 

Klnnebrew A Klara O H Plymouth 111 Indef 

Klralfo Bros 1710 8 At Evansvllle Ind 

Klrschbaum Harry 1023 Main Kansas City 

Knickerbocker Trio Sun Springfield O 

Kohers Three 66-13 Wheeling W Va 

Koehler Grayce 5050 Calumet Chicago 

Koler Harry Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Konerz Bros Colonial Norfolk 

KoTarlck 427 12 At N Seattle 

Kranzman Taylor ft White Orph Now Orleans 

Kratons The 418 Strand London 

Kurtls Busse American Chicago 

Kurtls Roosters Erie Pa 



Lacey Will National San Francisco 

Lacouver Lena Vanity Fair B R 

Lafayettes Two 185 Graham Oshkosh 

Laird Major Irwlns Big Show B R 

Lake Jas J Bon Tons B R 

Lalor Ed Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Lancaster A Miller 546 Jones Oakland 

Lane Goodwin A Lane 3713 Locust Phlla 

Lane A Ardell .332 Genesee Rochester 

Lane Eddie 305 E 73 N Y 

Lane ft O'Donnell Orpheum Oakland 

Lang Karl 273 Blckford Av Memphis 

Langdon Lucille 565 W 144 N Y 

Langdons Bijou Flint Mich 

Lanlgan Joe 102 S 51 Phlla 

Lansear Ward B 232 Schaeffer Bklyn 

La Auto Girl 123 Alfred Detroit 

r * Blanch* Mr A Mr. TsMr 331* K BalMmora 

La Centra A LeRue 2461 2 Av N Y 

La Pelles Four 123 2d Decatur Tnd 

La Fleur Joe Forepaugb Sells C R 

La Failles Four Barnum ft Bailey C R 

La Fere Eleanore Miss N Y Jr B R 

La Gusta 224 E 42 N Y 

La Mar Dorothy World of Pleasure B R 



La Moines Musicsl 332 5 Baraboo Wis 
La Nolle Ed A Helen 1707 N 15 Phlla 
La Mere Paul 27 Monroe Albany 
La Ponte Marguerite Miles City Mont 
La Rue A Holmes 21 Llllie Newark 
La Tell Bros Strong Burlington Vt 
La Tour Irene 24 Atlantic Newark N J 
La Tosca Phil 135 W 32 Los Angeles 
La Toy Bros Orpheum Memphis 
Larkln Nicholas Runaway Girls B R 
Larose 226 Bleecker Bklyn 
Larrivee 32 Shuter Montreal 
Lawrent Marie Auditorium York Pa 
Laurie A Allen Auditorium Norwich Conn 
Lavender Will Big Review B R 
Lavine A Inman 3201 E 81 Cleveland 
Lavardes Lillian 1200 Union Hackensack N J 
Lawrence Bill Bohemians B R 
Lawrence A Edwards 1140 West'm'r Providence 
Lawrence A Wright 55 Copeland Rozbury Mass 
Layton Marie 252 B Indiana St Charles 111 
Le Clair Harry 245 W 134 N Y 
Le Grange A Gordon 2823 Washington St Louli 
Le Hirt 760 Clifford At Rochester 
Le Pearl A Bogert 401 Solome Springfield 111 
Le Roy Great Highland Salem O 
Le Roy Lillian Marathon Girls B R 
Le Roy Vivian Golden Crook B R 
LeRoy Vic 332 Everett Kansas City Kan 
Le Roy Chas 1806 N Gay Baltimore 
Le Roy A Adams 1812 Loesel Av Erie Pa 
Le Roy A Cahlll Bon Tons B R 
Le Van Harry Big Review B R 
Leahy Bros Harrison Pawtucket R I 
Lee Minnie Bowery Burlesquers B R 
Leestelle Eleanore Merry Whirl B R 
Lefflngwell Nat A Co Grand Portland 
Lelck A Keith Kings Dundee Scot 
Lenzs The 1818 School Chicago 
Leonard A Drake 1000 Park PI Bklyn 
Leon I Ruby Cracker Jacks B R 
Lerner Dave Americans B R 
Les Jundts 523 B Richard Dayton O 

BERT LESLIE 

KINO OF SLANG. 

With "Our Miss Olbbs." Knickerbocker 

Theatre, N. Y. C. 

Leslie Genie 361 Tremont Boston 

Leslie Frsnk 124 W 139 N Y 

Leslie Mabel Big Banner Show B R 

Lester Anna Park San Antonio Tex 

Lester Joe Golden Crook B R 

Lester A Kellet 318 Falrmount Av Jersey City 

Levlno D A Susie 14 Prospect W Haven Conn 

Levitt A Falls 412 Cedar Syracuse 

Levy Jules 47 W 120 N Y 

Lewis A Vanity Fair B R 

Lewis Chas 101 W 113 N Y 

Lewis A Lake 2411 Norton Av Kansas City 

Lewis Phil J 116 W 121 N Y 

Lewis Walter A Co 677 Wash'n Brookllne Masa 

Lewis A Green Dslnty Duchess B R 

Liscord Lottie Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Llssman Harry Hastings Show B R 

LlvrTinore A M Kentucky Paducah Ky 

Livingston Murry 830 E 163 N Y 

Lloyd A Castano 104 W 61 N Y 

Lohse ft Sterling 2016 Houston Houston Tea 

London ft Rlker 32 W 08 N Y 




A Refined Novelty Singing Act. 
Next Week (Oct. KM, Danville ft Champaign. 

Loralne Harry Big Review B R 

Lorraine Kentucky Paducah Ky 

Lovett Ed World of Pleasure B R 

Lower F Edward Hastings Show B R 

Luce & Luce Orpheum Salt Lake 

Luken AI Marathon Girls B K 

Luttlnger Lucas Co 536 Valencia San Fran 

Lynch-Hazel 955 Norwood Av Grand Rapids 

Lynch Jack 03 Houston Newark 

Lynn Roy Box 62 Jefferson City Tenn 

Lyons & Atwood Dunns Cafe San Francisco 

Lyres Three Majestic Little Rock 

M 

Macdonald Sisters 12 Bache San Francisco 

Mack Floyd Polls Scranton 

Mack Tom Watsons Burlesi|iiers B It 

Mack Billy 51)47 Chestnut Phlla 

Mack ft Co Lee 666 N State Chicago 

Mack Wm Follies of the Day B R 

Mackey J S Runaway Girls B R 

Madison ("has Trocaderos B It 

Mae Florence 43 Jefferson Bradford Pa 

Maher Agnes 575 Wabash Av Chicago 

Mahoney Wm I twins Big Show B It 

Maltland Mabel Vanity Fair B R 

Majestic Musical Four" Gaiety Girls B ft 

Malloy Dannie 11 Olen Morris Toronto 

Maltest Lewis ft Co Bway Lorain () 

Malvern Troupe G Irani Phlla 

Mann Cba<* Dreamlanders B R 

Manning Frank 355 Bedford Av Bklyn 

Manning Trio 70 Clacy Grand Rapids 

Mantells Marionettes 4420 Berkeley Av Chicago 

Marcell ft Lenett Gentry Show C R 

Mardo A Hunter Cozy Corner Girls B R 

Marine Comedv Trio 187 Hopkins Bklyn 

Mario Louise Vanity Fair B R 

Marlon ft Lillian 22 Manhattan Av N Y 

Marion Dave Dreamlanders B R 

Marke Dorothy Smith Fallshurg N Y 

Mario Aldo Trio <»l E 8 N Y 

Marsh ft Mlddleton 10 Dyer Av Everett Mass 

Marshall ft Kin* Golden Crook R R 

Marshall Louise Golden Crook B R 

MarteH Mazle 2083 Sutter San Francisco 

Mattlia Mile Ilathaways I^owell 



Clark Martinetti ? 



Martin Dave ft Percle 4801 Calumet Chicago 
Martin Frank A Sam T Jacks B R 



Martlne Carl ft Rudolph 465 W 57 N Y 
Mathleson Walter 843 W Ohio Chicago 
Mathlcus Juggling Family Dixon HI 

Sensational Novelty Entertainers 

JUGGLING MATHIEUS 

IN VAUDEVILLE 

Maxwell ft Dudley Grand Sacramento 
Mays Musical Four 154 W Oak Chicago 
Mazette Rose Marathon Girls B R 
McAllister Dick Vanity Fair B R 
McAvoy Harry Bon Tons B R 
McCale Larry Irwlns Big Show B R 
McCann Geraldlne ft Co 706 Park Johnstown Ps 
McCarthy Henry 817 N Hancock Phlla 
McClaln M 3221 Madison Av Pittsburg 
McConnell Sisters 1247 Madison Chicago 
McCormack Frank ft Co Polls Springfield 
McCormlck ft Irving 503 W 178 N Y 
McCormlck ft Wallace Sun Springfield O 
McCune ft Grar* 636 Benton Pittsburg 
McDowell John % Alios 627 6 Detroit 
McGarry ft McQ»rry Pennant Winners B R 
McGarry ft Harris 521 Palmer Toledo 
McGee oJe B Hathaways New Bedford 
McGregor Sandy Brigadiers B R 
McGuire Tuts 69 High Detroit 
Mclntyre W J Follies of the Day B R 
McMahon ft Chappelle Box 424 Bordentown N J 
McNamee Washington Spokane 
McWaters ft Tyson 471 80 Brooklyn 
Melk Anna Brigadiers B R 
Meehan Billy Sam T Jacks B R 
Mendelsohn Jack 163 W 63 N Y 
Menetekel 104 B 14 N Y 
Meredith Sisters 20 W 65 N Y 
Merrill Sebastian Alhambra N Y 
Merrltt Frank Peoples Henderson Ky 
Merrltt Raymond 178 Tremont Pasadena Cal 
Mots ft Mets 601 W 144 N Y 
Methren Sisters 12 Culton Springfield Mass 
MjByer David Pantages Victoria B C Indef 
Meyers Belle Majestic Montgomery 
. Michael ft Michael 320 W 63 N Y 
Milam ft Du Bols 826 10 Nashville 
Miles Margaret Fads ft Follies B R 
Military Four 670 E 24th Paterson N J 
Millard Bros Rose Sydell B R 
Miller A Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 
Miller Helen Passing Parade B R 
Miller Ford 26 Braxton Buffalo 
Miller ft Mack 2641 Federal Phlla 
Miller ft Princeton 88 Olney Providence 
Miller Theresa 118 W Grand Av Oklahoma 
Millers The Haag Show C R 
MUlman Trio Schuman Frankfort 
Milmars 214 S Wash Kokomo Ind 
Mints ft Palmer 1806 N 7 Phlla 
Miroff Princess Broadway Camden N J 
Mlskel Hunt ft Miller 106 14 Cincinnati 
Mitchell Bennett Miss N Y Jr B R 
Mitchell ft Cain Coliseum London 
Moller Harry 80 Blymer Delaware O 
Monacb Four Golden Crook B R 
Montgomery A Healy Srs Majestic Milwaukee 
Montgomery Harry 65 K 110 N Y 
Montambo ft Bartelll 36 Field Waterbury 
Mooney ft Holbein Woolwich Loudon 
Moore Helen J Columbians B R 
Moore Geo W 2601 E Allegheny Phlla 
Mooree Mabel Valenteene Empress Kansas City 
Morgan Maybelle Midnight Maidens B R 
Morgan Bros 2525 E Madison Phlla 
Morgan King ft Thompson Sis 603 E 41 Chicago 
Morrell Frank Orpheum Seattle 
Morris Felice Orpheum Seattle 
Morris Joe Dainty Duchess B R 
Morris Ed Reeves Beauty Show B R 
Morris Helen Passing Parade B R 
Morris ft Wortman 132 N Law Allentown Pa 
Morris ft Morton 1306 St Johns PI Bklyn 
Morris Mildred ft Co 250 W 86 N Y 
Morris Billy ft Sherwood Sis 223 Pontlao Dayton 
Morrison May Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Miss ALICE MORTLOCK 

Presenting "THE OTHER WOMAN." 
This Week (Oct. 2), Majestic, Denver. 

Morton Harry K Golden Crook B R 
Morton ft Keenan 574 11 Bklyn 
Mnsaev Wm Bon Ton* B R 
Mowatts Peerless Wlntergarten Berlin 
Mull Eva World of Pleasure B R 
Mullen Tom Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 
Mullen Jim Lovemakers B R 
Muller Maud 601 W 151 N Y 
Murphy Frances Dreamlanders B R 
Murray Elizabeth New Amsterdam N Y Indef 
Murray ft Alvln Great Alblnl Co 
Murray ft Stone 2045 E 18th Cleveland 
My Fancy 12 Adams Strand London 
Myers ft MacBryde 162 6 Av Troy N Y 

N 

Nash May Columbians B R 

Nasarro Nat ft Co 8101 Tracy Av Kansas City 

Nelson H P Follies of New York B R 

Nelson Chester Americans B R 

Nelson Bert A 1042 N Humboldt Chicago 

Nelson Georgia 2710 Virginia St Louis 

Nelson Oswald ft Borger 150 E 128th N Y 

Nevaros Three 804 12 Av Milwaukee 

Nevlns ft Erwood 231 Edgmond Av Chester Pa 

Newhoff ft Phelps 32 W 118 N Y 

Newton Billy S Miss N Y Jr II R 

Nichols Nelson ft Nichols Arcade Toledo 

Nlcolal Ida Bohemians B R 

Noble ft Brooks Majestic Rock Island 111 

Nonette 617 Flatbush av nklyn 

Normans Juggling Sells Floto C R 

Norton Ned Follies of New York ft Paris II Ft 

Norton C Porter 0342 Klmbark Av Chicago 

Norwalk Eddie 505 Prospeet Av Bronx N Y 

Nosr Bertha Gerard Hotel N V 

Nowak Major (' chase; \Va>;liiru:ton 

Nugent .1 C Orphf'Uin Salt Lake 

O 
Bert. E. and Ada Heist. 

THEOBERMANS 

Presenting "Trlx." W. V. A. Time. 



When answering advertisement* kindly mention VARIETY. 



32 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



LAU 





UCKLEY 



Mi 



Presenting a Protean Monologue, "STUDIES FROM LIFE 



'ff 



UNITED TIME 



i 



Management. MAX HART 



IN HER ORIGINAL HULA-HULA DANCE 

TOOTS-PAKA 

r 

PAKA'S HAWAIIAN TRIO 

OTHERS, IMITATERS and FAKES 



With 

"ECHO" Co. 

Rep. 

PAT 
CASEY 




Jessie 
Brouhtgon 



Hail 



And 




MORRIS CIRCUIT 



AND 



Dennis 
Creedon 

IN A 

REFINED VOCAL 
AND INSTRUMEN- 
TAL SCENA 

Meetins: with success this 

wMk (Oct. 8d) Assaricaa 

Made Hall. New York 




Have Your Card in VARIETY 



Harry Garrity 



American Travesty Stars 



"JUST A COMEDIAN." 

PICKWICK THEATRE, SAN DIEGO, CAL. 



I 



I 



PUT THIS NAME ON TOUR BOOKS 



EDYTHE GIBBONS 

Clever, Classy Comedienne, Restricted Songs and Stories, Good Voice, Good Looks, Good Act 

352 West 46th St.. New York, 'Phone, 2470 Bryant 
*r*>ntB plsftss send postal for Illustrated Booklet, containing photos. 

ADAMS 



■ | MONROE m LOLA f\ 

HOPKINS-AXTELL bO. 

IN THE SCENIC NOVELTY 

"TRAVEL TROUBLES" 




AND 



LEW I S 

RIOT ON HODKIN'S CIRCUIT 



Per Ad. 106 W. Baker St., Atlanta, Ga. 



7th week, Palestine, Texas 



Miss Bertie Lewis, 



ELBANOR 



PLAYING UNITED TIME 



Mgrs. A 



REED 



LBEE, 



w 



HARRY 



EBER & C.VANS 




FRANK 



McCORMACK and IRVING 



"THB ACMB OF RBPINBD NONSBN8E." 
SULLIVAN-CONSIDINE CIRCUIT. 



YOUNG BROTHERS 
and VERONICA 

KEENEYS THEATRE, New York City, Next Week (Oct. 10). 

Is Repertoire ef Sens »»■ Duces Under Perusal Direction sf H. BART McHUGH 




FLYNN 



DIALECT 
COMEDIENNE 



UNDER PERSONAL MANAGEMENT OP JOS- M. SCHENCK 



Cycling Brunettes 4- Defying Gravity 



Open Nov. 13, Sullivan & Considine Circuit. 



Henessey & Bostock, Mgrs. 



When answering advertisement* kindly mention VAJtIMTT. 



VARIETY 



33 



Brlen Frank Columbians B R 

Doll Fay Has N T Jr B R 

1*11 ft Gllmore 1145 Monroe Chlenfo 

llva Lyric Dayton O 

[den Gertrude H 2885 N Mosart Chicago 

l«boFnnilly^8^Charj^|^ro«iRdI^ndoo^ 

OUVOTTI TROUBADOURS 

High clan Instrumentalists. 
ader management JAMBA B. PLUNKETT 

Nelll Trio Crystal Waterloo la 

Nelll ft Regenery 592 Warren Bridgeport 

pp Joe Kentucky Belles B R 

r Rourke ft Atkinson 1848 B 65 Cleveland 

rpbeus Comedy Four Queen Jardln de P B R 

rr Chas F 131 W 41 N T 

rren ft McKensle 606 Bast Springfield O 

iborne Lillian ft Co Sun Springfield O 

Bbun ft Dola 335 No Willow At Chicago 

tt Phil 178 A Tremont Boston 

wen Dorothy Mse 3047 00 Chicago 

lavs The 48 Klnsey At Kenmore N Y 



ackard Julia Passing Parade B R 

alms Esther Mile 121 B 46 Chicago 

aimer Daisy Golden Crook B R 

aimer Louise Irwlna Big Show B R 

ardue Violet Follies of New Tork B R 

srker ft Morrell 187 Hopkins Bklyn 

srrls Geo W 2534 N Franklin Philadelphia 

aator ft Merle Hartford Htl Chicago 

atterson Sam 20 W 133 N T 

aul Dottle S Rolllckers B R 

sull ft Ryholda 850 County New Bedford 

lullnettl ft Plquo 4324 Wain Frankfort Pa 

auletto ft Cross Star St Johns Newfoundland 



PAULINE 

THE SCIENTIFIC 8EN8ATION. 
MORIS CIRCUIT. 



ayton Polly Bohemians B R 

earl Kathryn ft Violet Sam T Jacks B R 

sarse ft Mason Van Buren Htl Chicago 

sarson Walter Merry Whirl B R 

sderson Bros 635 Greenbush Milwaukee 

slots The 161 Westminster At Atlantic City 

Bpper Twins Princess St Paul 

iro ft Wilson 817 B Temple Washington U 

srry Frank L 747 Buchanan Minneapolis 

Btchlng Bros 16 Packard At LymansTllle R I 

Bter the Great 422 Bloomfleld At Hoboken N J 

hllllps Joe Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

hllllps Mondane 4027 BelleTlew At Kan City 

hllllps Samuel 316 Classon At Bklyn 

hllllps Sisters 776 8 At N Y 

lerson Hal LoTemakers B R 

Ike Lester Irwlns Big Show B R 

Ike ft Calame 073 Amsterdam At N Y 

Iroscoffls FiTe LoTemakers B R 

Isano Yen 15 Charles Lynn Mass 

lunkett A Rltter Foster Fulton N Y 

ope & Uno Majestic Milwaukee 

otter Wm Big Banner Show B R 

otter ft Harris Youngs Atlantic City 

owder Saul Follies of New York B R 

owell Eddie 2814 Chelsea Kansas City 

owers Elephants 745 Forest At N Y 

owers Bros 15 Trask ProTldence 

rice Harry M 034 Longwood av N Y 

rices Jolly 1620 Arch Philadelphia 

rlors The Tukulla Wash 

roctor Sisters 1112 Halsey Bklyn 

roslt Trio Rlngling Bros C R 

Q 

uenn Mat ft Weis Brills Hotel Philadelphia 
ulgff ft Nlckerson Follies of 1010 
ulnlan Josle 644 N Clark Chicago 
uinn Mattle 536 Rush Chicago 

R 

adcllff Pearl Watsons Burlesquera B R 

almund Jim 37 E Adams Chicago 

alnbow Sisters 840 14 San Francisco 

alande ft Ralande Box 200 Cumberland Md 

am Bey OUle Washington 8oclety Girls B R 

andall Edith Marathon Girls B R 

anf Claude Hammersteins N Y 

apler John 473 Cole Av Dallas 

atelles The 637 Petonmeux Montreal 

awls A Von Kaufman Hudson Union Hill X .1 

awson ft Clare Loa^Angeles 

ay Eugene 5602 Pmirle At Chicago 

aymond Clara 141 Lawrence Brooklyn 

aymore ft Co 147 W 05th N Y 

eaves Roe Palace Nantlcoke Pa 

eded ft Hadley Star Show Girls B R 

edford ft Winchester Grand Indianapolis 

edner Thomas ft Co 072 Hudson Av Detroit 

edway Juggling 141 Inspector Montreal 

edwood ft Gordon 167 Dearborn Chicago 

leed ft Earl 236 B 62d Los Angeles 

eed Bros Majestic Birmingham 

eeves Al Reeves Beauty Show B R 

leffkln Joe 163 Dudley Providence 

:egal Trio 118 W Wash PI N Y 

I0HN P. REED 

ECCENTRIC MONOLOGUIST. 

Oct. 3, FOLLY. Oklahoma City. 

Oct. 10. PRINCESS. Wichita. K an. 

eld Jack Runaway Girls B R 

eld Sisters 45 Broad Elizabeth N J 

elff Clayton A Relff 78 Stlllson Rochester 

MYME REMINGTON 

xcluslve W. V. M. A. Route, Booked Solid. 

einflelds Minstrels Marlowe Jackson Tenn 
ensiles The 2064 Sutter San Francisco 
ese Len 1021 Cherry Phlla 
evere Marie Irwlns Big Show B R 
eynolds Lew Follies of the Day B R 



Reynolds ft Donegan Wlntergarten Berlin 

Rhoads Marionettes 83 W 8 Chester Pa 

Rlee Louise Dreamlanders B R 

Rice Frank ft True 6340 Vernon At Chicago 

Rice Sully ft Scott Polls New Haven 

Richards Great Orpheum Altoona Pa 

R leaner ft Gore 128 Roanoke San Francisco 

Riley ft Ahern 85 Plant Dayton O 

Rio Al C 28 W 125th N Y 

Rio Bros 1220-28 Milwaukee 

Rlpon Alf 645 B 87 N Y 

Ritchie Billy Vanity Fair B R 

Rltter ft Foster Hansa Hamburg 

Roach A B Vanity Fair B R 

Roatlnl Mile Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Rober Gus Bowery Burlesquera B R 

Roberts C E 1851 Sherman At DenTer 

Roberts Robt Bowery Burlesquera B R 

Roberts ft Downey 86 Lafayette Detroit 

Roberts ft Pearl 368 Grand Brooklyn 

Robinson Chas A Crusoe Girls B R 

Robinson The 001 Hawthorne At Minneapolis 

Robinson Wm C 3 GranTllle London 

Roblsch ft Childress 050 No Clark Chicago 

Roche Harry Sam T Jacks B R 

Rock ft Rol 1610 Indlsna At Chicago 

Rockway ft Conway Majestic Houston 

Roeder ft Lester 814 Broadway Buffalo 

Rogers Ed Girls from Happy land B R 

Roland ft Morln 208 Middlesex Lowell 

Rolando Oeo 8 Box 200 Cumberland Md 

Roode Claude M 210 Hawthorne Bklyn 

Roof Jack ft Clara 705 Green Phlla 

RooneyA Bent Greenpolnt Bklyn 

Rose Dave Rose Sydell B R 

Rose Blanche Cracker Jacks B R 

Rose Lane ft Kelgard 125 W 43 N Y 

Rose Clarina 6025 47 Bklyn 

Rosenthal Bros 151 Chaplain Rochester 

Ross Eddie G Majestic Charleston S C 

Ross ft Lewis Hip Woolwich London 

Ross Frank Trocaderos B R 

Ross Sisters 65 Cumerford Providence 

Rossi Alfredo Mr ft Mrs Two Bills Show C R 

Royal Minstrel Four 1417 East Salt Lake 

Royale A Stearns Pierre S D 

Royden Vlrgle Rose Sydell B R 

Roys Crystal Chicago 

Russell ft Davis 1316 High Springfield O 

Rutans Song Birds Orpheum Oil City Pa 

Rutherford Jim H Hagenbeck-Wallace C R 

THOS. J. 

RTANRICHHELD CO. 

Next Week (Oct. 0), Orpheum, Denver. 

Ryno ft Emerson 161 W 74 N Y 

8 

Sabel Josephine Majestic Grand Rapids 

Salambo & Olivettes Majestic Ft Worth 

Salmo Juno Palace London 

Sanders ft La Mar 1327 5 Av N Y 

San ford ft Darlington 8060 Pengrore Phlla 

Saxe Michael Follies of New York B R 

Saxon Chas Big Review B R 

Scarlet ft Scarlet 013 Longwood Av N Y 

Schilling Wm 1000 E Lanvale Baltimore 

Sclntella 588 Lyell Av Rochester 

Scott Robt Lovemakers B R 

Scott O M Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Scott ft West 22 Division N Y 

Scott ft Yost 40 Morhlngslde Av N Y 

Scully Will P 8 Webster PI Bklyn 

Sears Glndvs Midnight Maidens B R 

Spaton Blllie Serenaders B R 

Selby Hal M 204 Schiller Bid* Chicago 

Senzell Bros 210 Arlington Pittsburg 

Sexton Cbas B 284ft Johnston Chicago 

Sevengala Keeneys 3d Av N Y 

Seymour Nellie 111 Manhattan N Y 

Sharp & Montgomery Majestic Little Rock 

LILLIAN SHAW 

Management FRAZEE A LEDERER. 
Cort Theatre. Chicago f Indefinite! 

^amamaamaawawwmammmamamawawaawwwamammaamawwmaammammmmaawwammwammwmtm 

Shea Thos E 3664 Pine Grove Av Chicago 
Shean Al Rig Banner Show B R 
Shedmans Dogs Fair Hagerstown Md 
Shelvey Bros 265 S Main Waterhurv 
Shepard A Co James C 1604 Madtaon Av N Y 
Shepperley Sisters 250 Dovercourt Toronto 
Sheppell A Bennett Dreamlanders B R 
Sherlock A Val Dalle 514 W 135 N Y 
Sherlock A Holmes 2506 Ridge Phlla 
Shermans Two 252 St Emanuel Mobile 
Shermans Musical Co Alberta Can 
Shields Sydney Lyric Mobile Ala 



Bprague ft McNeece 632 No 10 Phlla 
Sprague ft Dixon 506 Mt Hope Cincinnati 
Springer ft Church 86 4 Plttsfleld Mass 



and Co 



sf% #% a 

Sydney Shields 



Shields The 207 City Hall New Orleans 

Shields A Gaile Cornwall Can 

Shorey Campbell ft Co Ackers Halifax N S 

Sldello Tom ft Co 4313 Wentworth Av Chicago 

Siddons ft Earle 2515 So Adler Philadelphia 

Sldman Sam Passing Parade B R 

Slegel ft Matthews 324 Dearborn Chicago 

Silver Nat Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Slmms Willard 6435 Ellis Av Chicago 

Slmonds Teddy America*! B R 

Simpson Resell Big Revftw B R 

Slater ft Finch 10 N 3 Vlncennes Ind 

Small Johnnie ft Sisters 620 Lenox Av N Y 

Smlrl A Kessner 438 W 164 N Y 

Smiths Aerial Rlngling Bros C R 

Smith Allen 1243 Jefferson Av Bklyn 

Smith A Adams 408 So Halstead Chicago 

Smith A Brown 1324 St John Toledo 

Snyder A Buckley Fads A Follies B R 

Sockrant Bros Three 558 6 Detroit 

Somers & Storke Orpheum Rockford 

Sossln Samuel Hastings Show B R 

Spauldlng A Dupree Box 285 Oaslnlng N Y 

Spears The 67 Clinton Everett Mass 

Spears Anna Merry Whirl B R 

Spelvln Geo Sam T Jacks B R 

Spencer A Austin 8110 ■ Phlla 

Splssel Bros A Co Orpheum Portland 




Stadium Trio St Charles Htl Chicago 
Stagpooles Four Manheim Philadelphia 
Stanley Harry S Queen San Diego 
Stanley Stan 005 Bates Indianapolis 
Stanwood David 364 Bremen B Boston 
Starr A Sachs 343 N Clark Chicago 
Stedman Al ft Fannie 685 6 So Boston 
Stelnert Thomas Trio 531 Lenox At N Y 
Stelnman Herman LoTemakers B R 
Steppe A H .33 Barclay Newark 
Stevens Will H Serenaders B R 
Stevens E 135 So First Bklyn 
Stevens Paul 328 W 28 N Y 
Stevens Llllle Brigadiers B R 
Stevens ft Moore Columbians B R 
Stewart Harry M World of Pleasure B R 
Stewart ft Earl 125 Euclid Woodbury N J 
Stlckney Louise Hippodrome N Y lndef 
Stlrk ft London 28 Hancock Brockton 
St James ft Dacre 163 W 84 N Y 
Strebl May Gaiety Girls B R 
Strickland Rube Novelty Topeka Kan 
Strohscheln H 2532 Atlantic Bklyn 
Strubblefleld Trio 5808 Maple At St Louis 
Sully Duo Alrdome Chattanooga 
Sully ft Phelps 2310 Bolton Phlla 
Summers Allen 1056 W Division Chicago 
Sutton Sutton 251 W 30 N Y 
Sweeney ft Rooney 1434 Sumner Av Scranton 
Swisher Gladys 1154 N Clark Chicago 
Swor Bert Columbians B R 
Sydney Oscar Lovemakers B R 
Sylvester Cecelia Passing Parade B R 
Sylvesters The Plymouth Htl Hoboken N J 
Syts ft Syts 140 Morris Phlla 



Tambo Duo 40 Capital Hartford 

TAHBO m TAMBO 

Double Tambourine Spinners 

Tambo ft Tambo Hip Richmond London 
Tangley Pearl 67 So Clark Chicago 
Tasmanlan Vandanman Hagenbeck-Wallace 
Taylor M ae American Chicago 

Taylor, Kranzman and White 

Musical Foolishness 

Taylors Animals Rlngling Bros C R 

Terrlll Frank ft Fred 857 N Orkney Phlla 

Terry Twins Polls Springfield 

Thatcher Fannie Bon Tons B R 

Thomas ft Hamilton 667 Dearborn At Chicago 

Thompson Mark Bohemians B R 

Thomson Harry 1284 Putnam At Bklyn 

Thornton Arthur Golden Crook B R 

Thornton Geo A 805 Broome N Y 

Thome Mr ft Mrs Harry 288 St Nicholas AtNT 

Thorns Juggling 68 Rose Buffalo 

Thurston Leslie 68 W 108 N Y 

Tilton Lucille Main Peoria 111 

Tinker O L 776 8 At N Y 

TItoII Quartette High Life Cafe Mllwauk lndef 

Tom Jack Trio Temple Rochester 

Tops Topsy ft Tops 8442 W School Chicago 

Tracy Julia Raymond Bartboldl Inn N Y 

Travers Belle 210 N Franklin Phlla 

Travers Phil 5 B 115 N Y 

Travers Roland 221 W 42 N Y 

Tremalnes Musical 280 Caldwell Jacksonville 111 

Trevor Edwin ft Dolores Golden Crook B R 

Trlllers Hopkins Louisville 

Trolley Car Trio 21 Willow PI Yonkers 

Trozell ft Wlnchell 806 3 N Seattle 

Tsuda Harry Majestic Colorado Springs 

Tunis Fay World of Pleasure B R 

Turner Bert Idea Fon Du Lac Wis 

Tuscano Bros Grand Syracuse 

Tuttle A May 3887 W Huron Chicago 

Tydeman A Dooley 108 Elm Camden N J 

Typewriter Girl Temple Grand Rapids 



Uline Arthur M 1750 W Lake Chicago 
Uline A Rose Demlng Htl Chicago 
Umhaults Bros 26 N Jefferson Dayton 
Unique Comedy Trio 1027 Nicholas Phlla 

T 

Vagges National San Francisco 
Valadons Les 407 Thomss Newport R I 
Valdare Troupe Gaiety Springfield 111 
Valentine A Dooley Orpheum 8ieux City 
Valetta A Lamson 1820 St Clark Cleveland 
Valmore Lulu A Mildred Bohemians B R 
Van Chas A Fannie Temple Detroit 
Van Epps Jack Majestic Houston 
Van Dalle Sisters 514 W 185 N Y 
Vance Gladys Academy Charleston S C 
Van Hoven Keiths Phlla 

Van Oaton Eva Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 
Van Osten Bob Sam T Jacks B R 



V 



IM I 



THM DANCETL 
"THB KISSING GIRL" CO. 



Vardaman Pantages Tacoma 

Vardelles Lowell Mich 

Vardon Perry A Wllber Unique Minneapolis 

Variety Comedy Trio 1515 Berth Indianapolis 

Vassar A Arken 324 Christopher Bklyn 

Vasco 41a Acre Lane London 

Vaes Victor V 25 Heakias Providence 



Vedder Fannie Bon Tons B R 

Veddsr Llllle Cracker Jacks B R 

Vedmsr Rene 8285 Bwar N Y 

Venetian Seranaders 876 Blackhawk Chicago 

Village Comedy Four 1012 Ringgold Phlla 

Vincent John B 820 Olive Indianapolis 

Vinton Grace Serenaders B R 

Vlolanl VaudeTllle Toledo 

Violetta Jdlly 41 Lelpslgerstr Berlin Oer 

Vogel ft Wandas Majestic Jacksonville 

Von Serler Sisters Marathon Girls B R 

Vyner Iydlla Rootos Beauty Show B R 

W 

Wakefield Frank L Runaway Girls B R 
Walker Musical 1524 Brookslde Indianapolis 
Walling Ida Watsons Burlesquers B R 
Walsh Helen ft May Dainty Duchess B R 

WALSH, LYNCH - CO. 

Presenting "HUCKIN'S RUN." 

Direction. PAT CASEY. 
Oct. 10, Family, Lafayette, Ind. 

Walsh Mealy ft Montrose Orph New Orleans 

Walsh May Dainty Duchess B R 

Walsh Martin Trocaderos B R 

Walters ft Weet 8437 Vernon Chicago 

Walters John Lyric Ft Wayne Ind lndef 

Ward Alice Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Ward Billy 100 Myrtle Av Bklyn 

Ward ft Harrington 418 Strand London 

Warde ft Mack 800 W 70 N Y 

Warner Harry E Rolllckers B R 

Washburn Blanche Washington Soc Girls B R 

Washburn Dot Princess St Paul 

Water Carl P Sam T Jacks B R 

Waters Hester Washington Society Girls B R 

Watson Billy W Girls from Happyland B R 

Wayne Sisters Dainty Duchess B R 

Weaver Frank ft Co 1705 N Baltimore 

Webb Harry Orpheum Montreal 

Weber Johnnie Rose Sydell B R 



E-CHOK-E 

SIOUX INDIAN GIRL. 
Direction, Norman Fiiedenwald. 
Oct. 8, Main Street, Peoria, 111. 



Welch Thos Runaway Girls B R 

Welch Tint Vanity Fair B R 

Well John 5 Krusstadt Rotterdam 

Wells Lew BIJou Jackson Mich 

West John Watsons Burlesquers B R 

West Al 608 B Ohio Pittsburg 

Weet Henry Bowery Burlesquers B R 

West Sisters 1412 Jefferson AT Bklyn N Y 

West ft Denton 185 W Cedar KalamSsoo 

Weston Al Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Weston Dan B 141 W 116 N Y 

Western Union Trio 2241 B Clearfield Phlla 

Wetherlll 33 W 8 Chester Pa 

Wharton Nat Portland Me 

Wheeler Sisters 1441 7th Philadelphia 

Wheelock A Hay Orpheum Ogden Utah. 

Whirl Four 2426 S Watts Phlla 

White Harry 1003 Ashland Av Baltimore 

White Phil Merry Whirl B R 

Whitehead A Grlerson Princess St Louis 

Whltford Anabelle 363 W 42 N Y 

Whitman Bros 1335 Chestnut Phlla 

Whitman Frank 183 Greenwich Reading Pa 

Whitney Tillle 36 Kane Buffalo 

AL. H. WILD 

THAT FUNNY FAT FELLOW. 

Murray Blee, Chicago, Representative. 

Wilder Marshall Atlantic City N J N 
Wiley May F Big Review B R 
Wllkens ft Wllkens 863 Willis At N Y 
Wllhelm Fred Sam T Jacks B R 
Williams Clara 2450 Tremont Cleveland 
Williams Cowboy 4715 Upland Phlla 
Williams Chas 2652 Rutgers St Louis 
Williams John Cracker Jacks B R 
Williams Ed ft Florence 04 W 108 N Y 
Williams Lew 1584 Bway N Y 
Williams ftDe Croteau 1 Ashton Sq Lynn Mass 
Will Isms ft Gilbert 1010 Marshfleld At Chicago 
Williams ft Segal Chases Washington 
Williams ft Sterling Box 1 Detroit Mich 
Williams Mollis Cracker Jacks B R 
Williamson Frank Runaway Girls B R 
Willlson Herbert Al Fields Minstrels 
Wills ft Hassan National Sydney Australia 
Wilson Fred J 14 Forest Montclalr N J 
Wilson Al ft May Dorp Schenectady lndef 



GRACE WILSON 



IN VAUDEVILLE. 



Wilson Lottie Princess St Paul 
Wilson Fred Cracker Jacks B R 
Wilson Bros Majestic Kalamazoo 
Wilson Frank 1616 W 28 Los Angelee 
Wilson Marie Queen of Jardln de Paris D R 
Wilson Llnle 175 Franklin Buffalo 
Wilson ft Plnkney 207 W 10 Kansas City 
Wilson ft Wilson Orfheum Memphis 
Wilton Joe ft Co lflsf Porter Phlla 
Winkler Kress Trio Family Lebanon Pa 
Wise ft Milton Brennan Circuit New Zealand 
Wlthrow A Glover Holty Tolty Co 
Wolfe ft Lee 824 Woodlawn At Toledo 

WOLF, MOORE and YOUNG 

"Vaudeville's Ohcrlr'st Trl<»." 



Woodall Filly 420 First Av Nashville 

Woods & Woods Trio Sh»\is HufTalo 

Wood Uros Dominion Ottaw.-i 

Wood Ollle B.14 W 1.10 N Y 

Work A Owrr Orpheum Kan Francisco 

Wright & Mirtrii " <".ior; a | Lawrence 

X 

XsxUr* Four 2144 W 20 Chicago 



Wfte* answering advertitementi kindly mention VARIETY. 



34 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



HEDGES BROS, and JACOBSON 

RE-ENGAGED FOR 2nd WEEK 

at HAMMERSTEIN'S 

anag«ment, MARTIN SAMPTER Booked by PAT CASEY 



<c 



»f 



«c 



?» 



cc 



99 



ELI DAWSON and the GILLETTE SISTERS 



AT THE WARBURTON, YONKERS, THIS WEEK (Oct. 3) 

Direction of EDW. 8. KELLER, Putnam BUg., New York 



BESSIE WYNN 



IN VAUDEVILLE 



DICK and ALICE McAVOY 



ft 



HERALD SQUARE JIMMY" 



"KINO OP THE NEWSBOYS." 



Address care VARIETY. New York. 



Willa Holt Wakefield 



IN VAUDCVI 



KATIE EMMETT 



In Vaudeville 



Direction, A. E. MEYERS 



Succeeding Stella Mayhew as "The Goose" In "A Barnyard Romeo." 



WILL. R. 



LILLIAN B. 



DOYLE and FIELDS 



"TWO HAPPY KIDS." 
In Comedy, Singing and Eccentric Dancing. 

"TWO REAL SCHLAMAZELS " 




Montgomery Musical Dou 

Elaborate Novelty Instrumental Act 

WITH SOME REFINED COMEDY 
Address VARIETY, Chicago, III. 



ALBERT PENCH 

CHARACTER BONO DELINEATOR. 
Delectable In Appearance, Material and Ability. 

BOOKED INDEFINITELY IN SAN FRANCISCO. 
Address for tbe Present care VARIETY. Same Place. 




SOPHI 





TUCK 



The only double bounding cable act in 
the world 

The hit of the Bill this week (Oct. \\) 
Casino, Harrlsburg. 

Write for first vacant date. 
Care Variety, New York. 

H. HAItTMAN. 4 (iarrirrk 8t.. Covent Uar.lon 
IjODdon. W. i). 




R 



CI,KA7*I\«; i;p IN TIIK FAR WEST 

Playing Return Engagement Over Pantagea 
Circuit. Headline Feature Opening New Lo> 
Angeles Theatre. 



SOL 



GOLDSMITH 



AND 



HOPPE 



GUY 



Presenting their NEW SUCCESS " THE COMMERCIAL DRUMMERS '* 



NEXT WEEK (Oct. lO). POLI*S. SCRANTON 



Coming East 

Open Time 

after 

Oct. 16 



16 MINUTES IN " ONE " 



ERA COMEDY FOUR 

POOLE ROOK8 SPENCER BROWN 

HIGH CUSS COLORED PURVEYORS OF COMEDY AND HARMONY 

Tremendous Hit on Return Engagement over PANTAOE8 OIRCUIT 



MAX HART. Manager 



Originators of 

Incline Head 
Slide 



Charbino Bros. 



This Week (Oct. 2) 

Pantages' 

Theatre 

Denver, Colo, 

Doing Nicely 



Al Sutherland 



This Week (Oct. 3), Greenpolnt, Brook yn M ^ w^w i*%~* i^ * ^ Director 

J Tin. i Next Week (Oot. IO>, Orpheum, Easton Pa 

When answering advertisements kindly mention VARI&T7. *a»ion f ra. 



VARIETY 



35 



Taw Don Din 119 B Madison Chicago 
Yeoman (too 4S06 Gibson At 8t Louis 
Tost Harry ■ World of Plsasurs B R 
Toung Carrie Bohemians B R 
Tonng Ollte A April Grand Syracuse 
Toung A Phelps 1018 Baker flvanevllle Ind 

Z 

Zanclgs The 856 W 145 N T 

Sanfrellas 181 Brixton London 

Eaaell * Vernon 8eguln Tour So America Indef 

Zeda Harry L 1828 Cambria Phlla 

Zelser 4b Thome Wtllards Temple of Music 

Zimmerman Al Dreamlanders B R 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 

"L. O." Indicates show is laying off. 
Weeks Oct 10 and 17. 



American Empire Indianapolis 17 Buckingham 
LoulsTille .... „ , .. . 

Beauty Trust Garden Buffalo 17 Corinthian 
Rochester a 

Behman's Show Gayety Louisville 17 Gayety St 

Louis „... „ 

Big Banner Show Star A Garter Chicago 17 

Standard Cincinnati 
Big Review St Joe 17 Century Kansas City 
Bohemians Penn Circuit 17 Academy Pittsburg 
Bon Tons Gayety Detroit 17 Gayety Toronto 
Bowery Burlesquers Alhambra Chicago 17 

Gayety Detroit „, 
Brigadiers 10-12 Bon Ton Jersey City 13-15 
Polly Peterson 17-10 Luzerne Wilkes-Barre. 
20-22 Gayety Scranton 
Broadway Gaiety Girls Howard Boston 17 Col- 
umbia Boston .. „,_. 

Cherry Blossoms Star Cleveland 17 Folly Chi- 
cago 
Columbia Girls Gayety Omaha 17 Gayety 

Minneapolis ^ 

College Girls Gayety Kansas City 17 Gayety 

Omaha «„ „. 

Cosy Corner Girls Academy Pittsburg 17 Star 

Cleveland 
Cracker Jacks Gayety Toronto li Garden 

Buffalo ^„ „ 

Dainty Duchess Gayety Minneapolis 17 Gayety 

Dreamlands Columbia Boston 17-10 Bon Ton 
Jersey City 20-22 Folly Peterson 

Ducklings Empire Chicago 17 Avenue Detroit 

Empire Burlesquers Peoples Cincinnati 17 
Empire Chicago 

Fads A Follies Casino Boston 17 Columbia N T 

Follies Day Star Toronto 17 Royal Montreal 

Follies New York Waldmans Newark 17 Em- 
pire Hoboken 

Ginger Girls Columbia N Y 17 Casino Phlla 

Girls From Dixie Empire Hoboken 17 Bronx 
N Y 

Girls From Happyland Metropolis N Y 17 
Westminister Providence 

Golden Crook Corinthian Rochester 17-10 Mo- 
hawk Schenectady 20-22 Gayety Albany 

Hastings Big Show Westminster Providence 17 
Gayety Boston 

Howes Lovemakerg Gayety Philadelphia 17 
Gayety Baltimore 

Imperials Monumental Baltimore 17 Penn Cir- 
cuit 

Irwins Big Show Star Brooklyn 17 Waldmans 
Newark 

Irwins Majesties Casino Philadelphia 17 Star 
Brooklyn 

Jardln de Paris Star St Paul 17 St Joe 

Jersey Llllles Gayety Baltimore 17 Gayety 
Washington 

Jolly Girls Empire Newark 17 Bowery N Y 

Kentucky Belles Folly Chicago 17 Star Mil- 
waukee 

Knickerbockers Gayety Pittsburg 17 Empire 
Cleveland 

Lady Buccaneers 10-12 Folly Paterson 13-15 
Bon Ton Jersey City 17-19 Gayety Scranton 
20-22 Luzerne Wilkes-Barre 

Marathon Orris 10-12 Gayety Albany 13-15 
Mohawk Schenectady 17 Gayety Brooklyn 

Merry Maidens Casino Brooklyn 17 Empire 
Brooklyn 

Merry Whirl Royal Montreal 17 Howard Bos- 
ton 

Midnight Maidens Standard Cincinnati 17 Gay- 
ety Louisville 

Miss New York Jr Star Milwaukee 17 Dewey 
Minneapolis 

Moulin Rouge Buckingham Louisville 17 
Peoples Cincinnati 

New Century Girls 8th Av N Y 17 Empire 
Newark 

Parisian Widows Gayety Boston 17-19 Gayety 
Albany 29-22 Mohawk Schenectady 

Passing Parade Dewey Minneapolis 17 Star 
St Paul 

Pat Whites Gayety Girls Lyceum Washington 
17 Monumental Baltimore 

Pennant Winners Lafayette Buffalo 17 Star 
Toronto 

Queen Bohemia 10-12 Mohawk Schenectady 
13-15 Gayety Albany 17 Casino Boston 

Queen Jardln de Paris Empire Hoboken 17 
Music Hall N Y 

Rector Girls Bowery N Y 17-19 Folly Paterson 
20-22 Bon Ton Jersey City 

Reeves Beauty Show Empire Cleveland 17 Em- 
pire Toledo 

Rentz-Santley Murray HIM N Y 17 Metropolis 
NY 

Robinson Crusoe Girls Olympic N Y 17 Gayety 
Philadelphia 

Rolllckers 10-12 Luzerne Wilkes-Barre 13-15 
Gayety Scranton 17 L O 24 Casino Brooklyn 

Rose Sydell Gayety St Louis 17 Gayety Kansas 
City 

Runaway Girls Empire Toledo 17 Star & Garter 
Chicago 

Sam T Jacks 10-12 Gayety Scranton 13-15 
Luzerne Wilkes-Barre 17 Trocadero Phlla 

Serenade™ Music Hall N Y 17 Murray Hill 
N Y 

Star A Garter Gayety Brooklyn 17 Olympic 
N Y 

Star Show Girls Century Kansas City 17 Stand- 
ard St Louis 

Tiger Llllles Bronx N Y 17 8th Av N Y 



Trocaderoe Gayety Washington 17 Gayety Pitts- 
burg 

Vanity Fair Gayety Milwaukee 17 Alhambra 
Chicago 

Washington Society Girls Trocadero Philadel- 
phia 17 Lyceum Washington 

Watsons Burlesquers L O 17 Casino Brooklyn 

World Of Pleasure Standard St Louis 17 Em- 
pire Indianapolis 

Yankee Doodle Girls Avenue Detroit 17 Lafay- 
ette Buffalo 



CIRCUS ROUTES 



BARNUM A BAILEY 8 San Antonio Tex 10 
Beaumont 11 Houston 12 Bryan 13 Cor- 
clsana 14 Waxahachle 15 Ft worth 17 Ard- 
more Okla 18 Shawnee 19 Enid 20 Tulsa 

21 Muskogee 22 Ft Smith Ark 24 Texarkana 
25 Shreveport La 26 Monroe 27 Alexandria 
28 New Iberia 29-30 New Orleans 

BUFFALO BILL A PAWNEE BILL 8 San 
Jose Cal 10 Fresno 11 Vlsalia 12 Bakers- 
field 13 Santa Barbara 17-18 Los Angeles 
19 San Diego 20 Santa Anna 21 Riverside 

22 San Bard in e e 24 Phoenix 25 Luscon 20 
Blsbee 27 Douglas N M 28 Demlng 29 El 
Paso Tex 31 Del Rio 

CAMPBELL BROS 8 Starkvllle Miss 10 Ack- 
erman 11 Durant 12 Water Valley 13 Holly 
Springs 14 Oxford 15 Winona 17 Cannon 

DODE FI8K 8 Boswell Tex 10 Hagerman 11 
Artesla 12 Carlsbad 13 Pecos Tex 

GOLLMAR BROS 15 Brlstow Okla 17 Clare- 
more 18 Weleetka Junction 19 Ada 20 Ma- 
dlll 21 Durant 22 Hugo 24 Hope Ark 

HAGENBECK-WALLACB 8 Amerlcus Ga Co- 
rumbus 11 Lumpkin 12 Dawson 13 Albany 
14 Tifton 15 Fitzgerald 17 La Grange 18 
Talladega 19 Vesmar 20 Tuysello Miss 24 
Trenton Tenn 

MILLER BROS. 101 RANCH 8-9 St Louis 

RINGLINO BROS 8 Annlston Ala 10 Atlanta 
Oa 11 Rome 12 Chattanooga Tenn 13 Knox- 
vllle 14 Johnson City 15 Bristol 17 Ashe- 
vllle N C 18 Salisbury 19 Winston-Salem 20 
Danville Va 21 Durham N C 22 Raleigh 24 
Greensboro 25 Gastonla 20 Spartanburg 27 
Greenville Va 28 Anderson 29 Gainesville 
31 Atlanta 

ROBINSON JOHN 11 Alkens S C 12 Black- 
vllle 13 Branchville 14 Orangebury 15 Cam- 
den 17 Sumter 27 Jessup Ga 28 Helena 20 
Cochran 31 Jackson Ky Nov 1 Griffin Ga 2 
Douglasville 3 Tallapoosa 4 Columbiana Ala 
5 Blocton 

YANKEE ROBINSON 11 Campbell Mo 12 
Dexter 13 Rector Ark 14 Paragould 15 
Jonesboro 17 Clarendon 18 England 10 
Rison 20 Althelmer 21 De Witt 22 Stutt- 
gart 24 Brlnkley 



LETTERS 



Where C follows name, letter Is In Chi- 
cago. 

Where S F follows, letter le at San Fran- 
cisco. 

Where L follows, letter Is In London of- 
fice. 

Advertising or circular letters of any de- 
scription will not be listed when known. 

Letters will be held for two weeks. 

P following namee Indicates postal, ad- 
vertised once only. 



Adams Josephine 

(C) 
Adams R C (C) 
Adams Eugene (C) 
Adams H Geo (C) 
Adams R D (C) 
Addlngton Ruth (C* 
Adeal A Parker (C) 
Aette Anette (C) 
Ahern Chan 
Alexander A Hughes 
Alblsher Fred (C) 
Alblne (C) 
Alburtus Sam (C) 
Allaire Fannie 
Allen Frederick (C) 
Almont A Dumont 

(C) 
Altoun Grace (C) 
Alwarts Muilcal (C) 
Ameta (C) 
Ardell Llllle (P) 
Arlington Gene (C) 
Armarda (C) 
Aug Edna 
Austin Wm H (C) 

Baker Harry 
Baker Myron (C) 
Bard Edward (C) 
Banyan Alfred (C) 
Barlow Alice 
Harlow Fredk 
Barry Frank 
Bartlett Bernlce 
Barton Jack (P> 
Barton ft Fee (C) 
Beckpr Ned 
Bedlnl Victor (C) 
Bexar Grace 
Bell Arthur (C) 
Bell A Henry (L) 
Belmont Harry 
Benler Mrs. 
Bennett Dorothy 
Bennett Lura (C) 
Bergere Valerie 
Berraan Joe (C) 
Bernard A Harrison 
Bernard Nat 
Berrett J (Lt 
Berry ft Berry 
Bert Al (C) 
Peran Alex (C) 
Beverly Gladys 
Blanchard Evelyn 

(C) 
Blocksom ft Burns 

(C) 
Bowman Chas (C) 



Bragg Jack 
Graham Michael 
Brandons Musical 

(C) 
Brenon Herbert 
Brleder Fred (C) 
Brockway Harry (P) 
BTown & Cooper (C) 
Hrowder ft Browder 
Buckley Laura (C) 
Buckley Annie (C) 
Buckley Jack (C) 
Mullen W H (C) 
Burns A Clark (C) 
Burrell Jlmmle (C) 
Burt Glen (C) 
Burton Clarence (C) 
Mush Alex (C) 
Byrnes Jack 

Cadwell A A (C) 
Camley M (C) 
Campbell Flo (L) 
Campbell A Parker 

(C) 
Carmen Helen (C) 
Carney Don (C) 
Carter Sol (C) 
Carter Lillian (C) 
Casey Harry 
Cass Maurice (C) 
Cassady Eddie (C) 
Casselll Roslna 
Cell Chas fC) 
Chadser Marlorle(C) 
Chain Dell (C) 
Charters RIsters (C) 
Chevalier A (L) 
Chllders Grace (C) 
Chip A Marble 
Christie Will (C) 
Clark A Verdi (C) 
Clawson S H (C) 
demons Jas 
Clyde Ora (C) 
Cogswell Sarah L(C) 
Collins W D <C) 
Colby F O (C) 
Cooley May (C) 
Cornell Margaret (C) 
Cox Ray 
Cnxe Harrv (C) 
Crane J W 
franc F^and (C) 
Crapeau Harry (C) 
Crawford Lillian 
Cremona A K (C) 
Crockford Jessie (S 

F) 
Crotton Bros 



Cull J (C) 
Cunningham Jean 

(C) 
Cunningham A Ross 

(L) 
Cupltt P J (C) 
Curtis A Le Van (C) 

Dahdau Saad (C) 
Dale Reba (C) 
Daly Jas H (C) 
Daley A Well (C) 
Darmond Isabelle 
Darrah Chas (C) 
Darrell Trixie (C) 
Darts Daring (C) 
Darville Georgia 
Davis Hal (C) 
Dazle Mile 
Day Carlta (C) 
Dbbalesttler Animal 

CO 
DeButz Count 
Defrejl Gordon (SF) 
Defrey (C) 
Dekum Frank (C) 
Delmore Louise 
Delno Fred (C) 
DeLong W P 
Dennis Ada (C) 
Densmore Beth (C) 
Dermont Arthur (C) 
Devlne Eddie 
DeVoe Pasquellna 

(C) 
Dixon Chan 
Donovan A Arnold 
Doherty Mrs E T 
Dougherty Musical 

(C) 
Du Ball (C) 
Dunbar Tudor (C) 
Duncan Carl 
Dunham Wm 
Dunsworth A Valde 

(C) 
Dwyer Nellie (C) 

Eagon A Austin (C) 
Early A Lalght (C) 
East Fred (C) 
Earle Frank (S F) 
Edmonds Joe 
Edmunds J Coney 
Edward Dandy (L) 
Edwards A Glen wood 

(C) 
Blectra (8 F) 
Ellison Evelyn (C) 
Elona (C) 
Emerson Eddie 
Emerson A 8ummers 

(O 
Emmy Mile 
Ethelia Vlvl (C) 
Excela A Franks 

Farber Irene 
Fay Mrs H (C) 
Fay A Klrsnon (C) 
Feeley Mickey (C) 
Ferguson Dave 
Flnley Willie (S F) 
Fltzglbbon Ned 
Flalre Billy (C) 
Flynn Earl (C) 
Folson Gertrude (C) 
Fondo Mabelle 
Fords Four 
Fox Frank (C) 
Fox Kathryn (C) 
Francellas Great (C) 
Francis Adeline 
Franks Chas A Lil- 
lian (C) 
Fregoli Mile (C) 
French Ida (C) 
Fritz Leo (C) 
Froman Mr (C) 
Fuller Bert (C) 
Fuller Bill 

Garrett Sam (C) 
Ont M (L) 
Glbner Bobbv 
Wiener Chas'(C) 
Gilmore ft O'Dell 
Ollson Lottie (C) 
Gleason Josephine 

(C) 
Golden Happy (C) 
Golden Valeska 
Gonzalez Beatrice 

(C) 
Goell J J (C) 
Gordon Max (C) 
Gordon Steve 
Graham G E 
Gray Trio 
Green Jimmy (C) 
Green John 
Greenwood Barrett 

(C) 
Jrlffin Jas 
Gross Wm (C) 
Oruet J B 
(iypsy Girls Am (C) 
Haas Caroline 
Hagan A Hutcblns 

(C) 
Haines Walter Mrs 
Hall A Colbern (C) 
Hallett Joe (C) 
Hamlin Frank (C) 
Hanson Louise 



Harlow Jesse H (C) 
Harrington Mae 
Harrington A A (C) 
Hathaway Anna (C) 
Hawklna Jack (C) 
Hayes George Har- 
ris (C) 
Hayes Sully (C) 
Haynes Sisters (C) 
Healy Dan (C) 
Heath Bobby 
Helbing Ed (C) 
Herbert Cliff (C) 
Herman Harvey (C) 
Hewitt Rush (C) 
Hill H P (C) 
Hill Hamilton 
Hlrshorn Emma (C) 
Hoening Bella (L) 
Holtman Dick (S F) 
Hoppe Guy 
Hornbrooks Bron- 
chos (C) 
Horton Chas (C) 
Hudson Leon (L) 
Hunter Julia 
Huntington Val (C) 
Hunter Stanley 
Huxstables The 

Inglls Ous (C) 
Innes A Zay (C) 

Jackson Harold (C) 
Jackson Harold (S 

F) 
Jackson C H (C) 
James Chester (C) 
Jewett Karl (C) 
Johnson Frank 
Johnson Rose (C) 
Johnson Vlrglnla(C) 
Johnston Albert 
Jolson Al 
Jones Alfred (C) 
Jones ft Greiner (C) 
Jordon Bert 
Jordone Flying 
Julance Harry (C) 

K earns Jack (C) 
Keller Fred (C) 
Kellerher Maurice 

(C) 
Kelly Art (C) 
Kelso Louis (C) 
Kelton Mrs S (C) 
Kemp B 
Kirk Ethel (C) 
Klein W R (C) 
Kllmbeck A J (C) 
Klippel H T 
Kirchmeler Anna 

(C) 
Kohler Grace (C) 
Kroma Joe (C) 
Kroneman Evald 

(C) 
Kurti Lisle (C) 

LaCrandall L (C) 
Ladieux Chas (C) 
Lambert (L) 
Langdon Lucille 
Langton Lily 
Lnnnigan Joe 
Laredo ft Blake 
Laurent Marie (C) 
La Valle Ernie (C) 
Lawrence Fred 
Lawson ft Nanon 
Layton Mnrle (C) 
Leas Mary Jordan 

(C) 
Lehman L (C) 
I^eiKhton B»Tt 
LeMonts The (C) 
Leon Ed (C) 
I^eonard Bobby (P) 
Leonard ft Kllis (C) 
Lesso Nellie 
Lester Great 
Levlene Edward 
Levlno Dolph (C) 
Lewis ft Harr 
Llndholm C A (C) 
Lloyd Helen 
Lloyd Ray (f) 
Lloyd Helen (C) 
Lloyd Evnns 
I^orralne Olpn (C) 
Lorraine ft Dudley 

(C) 
Lowande Martin 
Lucler Paul 
Lusslcr Guy 
Lyman Twins (C) 
Lyons Sndle (C) 

Mack Chas (C) 
Mack Floyd 
Mankln (C) 
Manning Sisters 
Marango Chas (C) 
Marcus Henry 

(C) 
Margaret Jackson 

(C) 
Marshall Selina (C) 
Marshall Ella (C) 
Martin Daisy (C) 
Martlnette A Sylves- 
ter 
Maxwell Jos 
Mayers J (L) 
Mazon Bert (C) 



McCann Mr A Mrs 

(C) 
McCree Junls 
McCullough Carl (C) 
McCullough Carl 
McDonald Jas (C) 
McGlolne Edna (C) 
McGrath Thos 

(C) 
McLallen ft Carson 

(C) 
McWaters Arthur 
Mells Marvelous 
Melville A Devere 
Merrick Tom (C) 
Merrltt Hal (C) 
Mlddleton Karl 
Mllburn Burt (C) 
Miles Ben 
Mlley A Orth 
Millard Fred 
MIIIb Johnny 
Mitchell Abbie 
Mitchell Ethel (C) 
Monroe F H (C) 
Monhaupt M 
Montrell Chas 
Montrose Marie (C) 
Moore Juliet 
Moos H A F (C) 
Morris Jessie 
Morris Jos C (C) 
Mortimer Sisters (C> 
Morton Bessie (C) 
Moss Mr (L) 
Murphy J Theo (C) 
Murray Thoa (C) 
Murray John Fan 

(C) 
Mykof M 

Naughton M J 
Nelson Bert (C) 
Newell A Nlblo (C) 
Newton Chas L 
Nlblo Spencer (P) 
Nicholas Lew (C) 
Nolon Geo F 
Nubert Amanda (C) 

O'Dole Geo A Althea 

(C) 
OHara Flske 
O'Neill Ray B 
Ollfan Al 
Osborne Teddy 
Osborne Elmer (C) 
Otto Sam K (C) 
Otto A West (C) 

Packard Thad C 

(C) 
Paddock O D (C) 
Page F M 
Palmer Harry 
Parker Bessie (C) 
Parker Walter (C) 
Parry Charlotte 
Paul I A Kent (C) 
Pearce C D 
Perkins B J (C) 
Petroff (8 F) 
Phasma (C) 
Plunkett Chas B (C) 
Plunkett Jas B 
Poloff Sisters (P) 
Potter Billy 
Potter Harry (S F) 
Powell W O 
Preston Geo (C) 
Prlncton Jack 

Quealy Jas (C) 
Quigley Eli (C) 

Radcllffe Marie (C) 
Raffkln J (C) 
Raffln Louise (C) 
Randolph Fred A 

Gertie (C) 
Rankin McKee (C) 
Hay Elizabeth (C) 
Raymond Mabel 
Raymond Marlon 

(C) 
Reed O C (C) 
Reed Jack (C) 
Reich Felix 
Relnhard Wm (C) 
Relsner ft Gore (C) 
Rich Oeb F (C) 
Richards L (C) 
Richards Richard 
Rlddell Robt J (C) 
Rlddell Robt (SF) 
Rlddell Robt J 
Rlghy Arthur (C) 
Rlvlns ft Richardson 
Rlvoll Caeser (C) 
Robinson Alice (C) 
Roeberg Edw (C) 
Roehr Alfred (C) 
Rogers Clara (S F) 
Rogers Will 
Romany Opera Co 

Rosa LaBelle 
Rosa R 
Rosalre B 



Rose Art U (C) 
Rose Lillian (C) 
Ross Henry 
Ross Fred (F8) 
Ross ft Green 
Roth L (C) 
Russell A Ray (C) 
Russell Mr (C) 
Ruzlnski Marks (C) 

Samazoa M (C) 
Samuels Ray 
Sartells The (C) 
Savage A DeCroteau 
Schwarz Ada (P) 
Scott Jas W (C) 
Scott John 
Scott Norman R (C) 
Selley Mayne (C) 
Shannon Bertha (C) 
Shannon Irene 
Sheridan Verne E 
Sherman Charlotte 

(C) 
Shields Great (C) 
Shlltz One (C) 
Slegel Margaret 
Siegel Fannie (C) 
Slmms N (L) 
SlnKltiK Girls (C) 
Smiley Robt 
Smith C A 
Smith Jas H. (C) 
Smith ft Fowler (C) 
Smith Cant Jack (C) 
Snowden E 
Sorensen Lulu (C) 
Sprlngford Harold 
Staley ft 131 r beck 
Stark ft Ryan (C) 
Startup Harry (C) 
Steele Sisters 
Stone Belle (G) 
Stuart R (O) 
Suglmoto 8 (C) 
Sullivan Harry 
Sully Jack (C) 
Sully ft Hussey (C) 
Swan Edith B 
Swann Hal 
Sweet Chas 
Syretae Geo (C) 

Tanaka Kin (C) 
Tannehlll Edward 

(C) 
Tannehlll Bdward W 

(S F) 
Taylor Adamlnl 
Taylor Jack 
Temple D (L) 
Templeton R (L) 
Thomas Kid 
Thompson Violet 

(C) 
Tleden Graoe 
Trent Zlla (C) 
Turner W C (C) 
Tuscano Otis' 

Valmore Louie (C) 
Van Jack (C) 
Vastor A Merle <C) 
Vandetle Billy (C) 
Van Gladys (G) 
Van Ruth (C) 
Van Wormer (8 F) 
Varden F A (C) 
Vaugban Dorothy 
Vaughn Bmll (8 F) 
Vevy Lena (C) 
Vincent Henry 

Wakefield Wllla 

Holt (C) 
Walllnsley Frank 

(C) 
Walsh Paula (C) 
Walton Chinese 
Wanzer Arthur (C) 
Warne Dave (C) 
Warren Chan (C) 
Warren Fred 
Ward A Harrington 

(L) 
Warren A Francis 

(C) 
Washington ft .Tone* 

(C) 
Waters Frank (C) 
Waterson Henry 

(C) 
Watson A Dwyer 

Webber Chas D (C) 
Webster Ted 
Wei la Richard (C) 
West Ford (C) 
Wheeler Lew (C) 
Wbeelock Chas 
Willis A Collins (C) 
Wilson Doris 
Wlthro Nancy (C) 
Witt Cochran R (C) 
Wolf A Zadella (C) 
Wolfe Chas (C) 
Wood A Lawson (C) 
Woodward Clyde (C) 

Zanclg* The 



. STRASSMAN 

Attorney. 8f* Broadway, New Tort 
Theatrical Claims. Advice Free 



HAD TO OPEN ANOTHER NEW STORE 

The theatrical trade has outgrown ns again and we have to open another new store to 
take care of lt It'e right In the heart of things— at the head of Long Acre Square, almost 
opposite the clubrooma of the White Rata. This store will allow us to give you still better 
service. 

Have you seen the new steel fittings on the XX Trunks? We have outgrown the annealed 
east Iran, which the beet of the old-fashioned heavy canvas-covered wood trunk manufac- 
turers use. 



WILLIAM BAL, Inc. 



BIND FOR CATALOGUE V. BTJ1LB-RS OF HA I 

1578 BROADWAY AND 710 SEVENTH AVENUE, NEW YORK ■"*■- 



PROFESSIONAL 



TROWS 



When Qniwering advertitementi kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



CHARLES AHEARN 




"THE RACING MAN" 

PAT CA8BY. Agent 

CHAS. F. SEMON 

"THE NARROW FELLER" 

THE BROWNIES tn. 



II 



A ROARING FARCB, 

THE WAR 18 OVER 



ff 



TOM BRANTFORD, Manager. 



Terry Twins 

The most remarkable human duplicates since 
Shakespeare's 



si 



TWO DROMIOS 



fi 





Wilfred Clarke 



A New 



« ^aSV:5£. T y;;&.* ,1, ••™ , 130 W. 44th St.. New York 



Bothwell Browne 



ANK 





1 i a-' 

; 


•^3 


- 


. 


I ■ — — —— — •— — ** ' 





FEATURED NEXT WEEK (OCT. 10). 
Keith's, ProTldence, R. I. 



SO LONG FOLKS 
We are travelling for O. H. WEBSTER. 

SEE MONTROSE 




Mary Ann Brown 



» 



11 



THE GIRL FROM LONDON TOWN 

Character Singing Comedienne En-route S-C Circuit 

Direction JO PAIGE SMITH 

IS SP 



One of the screams upon 
the bill is Mary Ann 
Brown, a character come- 
dienne. Miss Drown hides 
her natural good looks 
under the most grotesque 
disguises and there are few 
young and attractive women 
upon the stage to-day who 
care to do this. Strong on 
wardrobe, looks and voice 
and a consummate actress, 
Miss Brown easily won the 
plaudits of the audience.— 
"Inland Herald," Spokane, 
Wash. 



JEROME 



JULI 



HUNTER 



Very Different 
Acrobats 

Playing return engagements over W. S. 
Cleveland time 



I CROMWELLS 

The most novel juggling act extant 




18 THIS A MAN? 

See the Cromwells' juggling act. 
Then try and solve the mystery. 

OPEN NEXT WEEK (OCT. 10) MORRIS 
CIRCUIT. 

Permanent Address VARIETY. New York. 



REX 



COMEDY CIRCUS 

DOCS, CATS, PONIES and 

THE HOMELIEST. MEANEST AND WISEST OLD MULE IN THE WORLD 

Booked Solid Until November. W. V. If. A. Time. 

PAUL DURAND, Agent, Longaara Bldg., Times Square, New Terk. 

BELL -RICHARDS 

Electric Novelties 

IN 

Musical Instruments 

Still Playing Sullivan — Considine Time 

Will be AT LIBERTY Nov. 28. Open it Retaliate 

Address Care WHITE RATS. 

1553 Broadway. New York City 




FRANK 



PAULINE 



BERRY 

Next Week (Oct. 10). Proctor's, Newark. 



AND 



BERRY 

Direction, MAX HART 



GUY 



FRANCES 



RAWSON AND CLARE 

" JUST KID 



NEXT WEEK (OCT. 10), LOS ANGELES THEATRE. LOS ANOELES. 



HARRY TATE'S C° 

FISHING MOTORING 



New York 
England 
Australia 
Africa 




HANNON'S 



ORIOINA 



act 



llMr }-scenery to mount it 
a- I talent to back it 




When answering advertise mem* kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



37 



Now Booking from 

Coast to Coast 



WILLIAM MORRIS 



INCORPORATED 



NEW YORK 
American Music Hall Building 



CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO BOSTON 

167 Dearborn Street Monadnock Building 413 Washington Street 

ACT! DHIRINO TO PLAT THB NSW BNOLAND CIRCUITS COMMUNICATE WITH OUft BOSTON OFFICII. 



NEW ORLEANS 
Maison Blanche Building 



Hammerstein's 
Victoria 



AMMEICA'S MOST 
FAMOUS TABOi< 
TT THMATKM. 



OPMN VBM YMA* ABOUND. 



Vaudeville Headliners 
•mi Good Standard Acts 

If you have an open week you want to fill at 
short notice, write to W. L. DOCKSTADBR. 

CARRICK THEATRE. WILMINGTON. DEL. 

Can close Saturday night and make any city 
east of Chicago to open Monday night. 

|if A Sal TT a?f\ T° r ° us Bun's Own Acts 
"AW I C.D SMALL OIRLS 

Height B ft. 8 In. limit. Who sing and dance, 
to work Is singing and dancing spectacles. 

Character Comedians to fill following 
vacancies : 

SILLY KID-DAQO-TOUOH-JEW 
Mama ram if all urns. 

CM AIM USE MUMAT1C PMMCEtl 

All must hare good voices for chorus and 
solo work, forty weeks guaranteed. 

The Qus Sun Booking Exchange Company 
Is not affiliated with the United Booking 
Offices of America. 

Address all communications to Jules Held 

GUS SUN PRODUCING CO. 

(New Sua Theatre) SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 

La Cinematografia Italians 

IB ITALY'S LEADING PAPER FOR THE 

Animates* Picture an. Phonograph Bssisess 

PUBLISHED FORTNIGHTLY. 

32-36 large pages, 8 shillings per annum ($160) 

Editor-Propr : Prof. GUALTIERO I. FABRI, 

la Via Arclrescorado, Torino, Italy. 

A. E. MEYERS 

Majestic Theatre Bldg., CHICAGO 

(Room 1206). 
CAN HANDLE ANYTHING from a Single to 
a Circus. Write or wire open time. 



THEATRE MANAGERS AND ACTS. 
We solicit correspondence from the best for 

Birr A VAUDEVILLE 
the Dig ^ CIRCUIT 

WHITE & ALBURGER. Mgrs. 
114 G St. N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. 

(Phone Main 6181). 
We lead In high class vaudeville acts for 
theatres and picture houses. 

NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 



ERNEST EDELSTEN 

VARIETY AND DRAMATIC AGENT, 

17 Green St.. Leicester Square, LONDON 

Sole Representative, 

John Tiller's Companies Walter C. Kelly 

Little Tlch Fragson 

Always Vacancies for Good Acts. 



BRENNAN'S AUSTRALIAN 
VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT 

JAMBS BRENNAN, Sole Proprietor. 

WANTED: FIRST-CLASS SPECIALTY ACTS. 

FARES ADVANCED from Vancouver, Canada. 

SIXTEEN SUCCESSIVE WEEKS. 

FARES and BAOOAOS PAID by the manage 

meat from time of arrival until departure from 

Australia. ONE PERFORMANCE AT NIGHT: 

MATINEE8. WEDNESDAYS, 8ATURDAYS 

AND HOLIDAYS. NO SUNDAY WORK. Five 

per cent commission charged on all contract*. 

Only address, 

JA8. C. BAIN, General Manager. 

National Amphitheatre, Sydney. Australia. 

Cable Address. PENDANT. 



HYDE & BEHMAN 

AMUSEMENT COMPANY 

Temple Bar Building, Brooklyn N. Y. 

STAR THEATRE Brooklyn 

GAYETY THEATRE Brooklyn 

GAYETY THEATRE Pittsburg 

STAR AND GARTER Chicago 

ALWAYS OPEN TIME FOR FEATURE ACTS. 

BORNHAUPT 

INTERNATIONAL AGENT. 
17 Rue de Lac. Brussels (Belgium). 



NOTICE 



WE have moved into 
our new offices. 

WE are better equip- 
ped than ever before, 
to furnish Managers 
with quality acts. 

YOU, the manager, 
get the benefit of our 
long experience in 
selecting first class 
acts, and laying out 
shows. 

The first floor 

The Knickerbocker 
Theatre Bldg. 

1402 Broadway 
New York City 

Phone 1717 Murray Hill 

SHEEDY 

Vaudeville Agency 



BERT 




VEY 



INDEPENDENT CIRCU VAOOIVILLB 



Acta dealrtag time communicate. Address No. 92 La Salle St, Chicago. 111. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES : 144-180 POWELL STREET. Baa Franclsoo. Calif. 

WRITE OR WIRE QUICK. 



EUROPEAN OFFICE 

BERLIN. GERMANY 

RICHARD PITROT, 

Representative. 



LOUI8 PINCUS. 
New York, Repre- 
sentative Oalety 
Theatre Bldg. 



Pantages Circuit 

VAUDEVILLE THEATRES, he 

ALEXANDER PANTAGES 

President and Manager 

SEATTLE 



OFFICES 

NEW YORK 

CMICAOO 

SAN FRANCISCO 

SEATTLE 
DENVER 



THE ENGLISH PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL 

Circulation guaranteed to be larger than that of any English Journal devoted to the Dra- 
matic or Vaudeville Professions. Foreign subscription, 17s. 4d. per annum. 



NEW YORK AGENTS— Paul Tauslg, 104 East 14th St., and Samuel French A Sons, 24-26 
West 22d Street. 

Artists visiting England are Invited to send particulars of their act and date of opening. 
THE STAGE Letter Box Is open for the reception of their mall. 

16 YORK STREET. COVENT GARDEN. LONDON, W. C. 

CHURCH'S BOOKING OFFICE 

STANDARD COMEDY ACTS. ETC. 
WRITE IN FOR TIME IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. 
Room 1114-5-6. Carney Bldg.. Boston. Mass. ONLY WHITE RAT CONTRACTS. 



WANTED, BIG COMEDY AND NOVELTY FEATURE 

Acts to writ* or wire open tlnW Booking Thalia, Chicago ; Joliet, Bloomlngtoa, Ottawa. Elgin. 
Aurora, Streator. Mattoon, 111. ; Waterloo. la., and other houses In Illinois, Indiana aad lows. 

DOUTRICK'S BOOKING EXCHANGE §5,i B Jf «SZ r KS. K .{ ,a SBCU.. 



CONFIDENCE 

PAUL TIUSIC. Vssi. Stessufcif aaeat 

104 E 14tt..N.Y. Tel 2099 Stuyvejini 



of your customers is required to build up a successful -busiaeas. 
I have arranged STEAMSHIP accommodations 4 TIMES for 
Jean Clermont, Arnold De Blere. Jordan and Harvey, Alios 
Lloyd; 3 TIMES for Bellclalre Bros., Sam Elton, Imro Fox, W. 
C. Fields, Hardeen, Arthur Prince, etc. Let me arrange YOUR 
steamship accommodations; also, railroad tickets. 



\AAIVI. "JOSH 



19 



ALONE ! ! ! 



WITHOUT A PARTNER ! ! ! 

Big 



CLUBS and Small TIME 
Any 



FRED MAR DO'S 
BOOKING AGENCY 

VAUDEVILLE ACTS WISHING TIME ON THE NEW ENGLAND CIRCUIT, COMMUNICATE 
WITH US. COLONIAL BLDQ., BOSTON, MASS (ROOM 522). 

PLAYING THE BEST IN VAUDEVILLK 

SULLIVAN and C0NSIDINE CIRCUIT 



GENERAL BUSINESS OFFICE 
SULLIVAN AND CONSIDINE BLDG., THIRD 
AND MADISON STKKETS, 
SEATTLE, WASH. 

FRED. LINCOLN, den. Mgr. 

BRANCH BOOKING 



GENERAL BOOKING OFFICE 
SUITE 5» AND 10. 135* BROADWAY. 
NEW YORK CITY 

CHRIS. O. BROWN, Mgr> 
OFFICE 8 



67 So. (Mark St.. 

Chicago, 111. 
PAILOOCDRON 



i« Green St.. 

I--. ii. lmi. W. C. England. 

B. OHERMAYEH 



1117 and lul Mnrk<t St. 
American Theatre BMk 
San Francisco. Cal. 
W. V. REESE 



Now Booking and Managing Acts 

Rooms 503 and 505, GAIETY THEATRE BUILDING, N. Y. CITY 

HARRY W. SPINGOLD 725 27 c ***KJ!Bg? Hou " Bldfl 




PRODUCED 
FOR SALE 
REPRESENTED 



CHICAGO 

Can Break Jumps For Acts 
Coming or Going, Either 
Coast. 



Henry Brown Amusement Exchange 

69 Dearborn Street, Chicago 



BOOKING VAUDEVILLE ACTS. 



VI 



IN 



I 



Ul 



Booking all the principal opera housos and picture theatres throughout Canada. Immediate 
and future time to acts with class No limit for feature novelties. Write or wire to-day. 
THE GRIFFIN CIRCUIT. Variety Theatre Building, Toronto, Canada. 

FOR SALE OR RENT 

The YPSILANTI OPERA HOUSE, Ypsilantl. Mich. 
Modern In every respect. Seating capacity 900. Will rent, until sold, at $30.00 per night 
or $125 per week. Address 

DETROIT SOAP COMPANY. Detroit. Mich. 

AMERICAN CIRCUIT 

THEATRES and CAFES 

WANTED nt All Times All kinds of High Class Acta. MAVAGKIES TAKE NO- 
TICE Our Booking will Create Business for You. Wo hav.- th" iv.it urea at F ilar- 
les that are Right. 

TONY LUBELSKI, Cen. Mgr. 

When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



S u I r « • ♦ ; T 7 - 1 S . Wn'li.mk I'.l.ljg . San Fr • :i. l<«-o. 



3« 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



THE VENTRILOQUIST WITH A 
PRODUCTION 

ED. F. 

REYNARD 

Presents Seth Dewberry and Jawn Jawnson In 
M A MORNING IN HICKSVILLE." 

Direction JACK LEVY. 

Mr. and Mrs. 

Geie Hughes 

Permanent address, 601 W. 135th St.. New York 
'Phone 6080 Mornlncside. 



ILLII 



MONA 



BLAMPHIN and- HEHR 



The Chimpioi 



of Vaudeville 



Tat lest t*im SsJslatls ia WsetevBs 

Sam J. Curtis ■■» Co. 

MELODY AND MIRTH 
In the Original "School Act." 




Revised and elaborated into a acreamlng 

aaeceaa. 

AH our music arranged by Geo. Botaford. 

Next Week (Oct 10) Hamlin Ave.. Chicago. 

FOR SALE 

WIGGINS FARM 

Apply to THE CHADWICK TBIO 

Stuart Barnes 

JAMES B. PLUNKETT, Manager. 

"JOCK 

McKAY 

Scotch Comic, 2nd to none. 
This Week (Oct. 3), 
Orpheum, Montreal. 
Next Week (Oct. 10). 
Dominion, Ottawa. 
Doing big here, but the 
Boston shock nearly killed 
father. What I want to xrum 
know Is, Is Qulgley an J* 1 " 
Agent or a Stage Outlaw? FrftA? 

COy. BENTHAy 





LAMB'S 
AIMIKIN 



Oct. 3, Majestic. Bloom- 
ington, 111. 
Direction 
NORMAN FRIDENWALD. 



A Q fV 




It Isn't the name that makes the act- 
It's the act that makes the name. 




THE KING OF IRELAND 

JAMES B. DONOVAN 

AND 

RENA ARNOLD 

QUEEN OF VAUDEVILLE 

DOING WELL. THANK TOU. 

Director and Adviser. King Pat Caaey 




"I SHOULD SAY WE DID." 

Did we muss up our ears with some corn on 
the Cob? 

Did we have some of them Pancakes and 
'lasses 7 

Did we make a hit in Milwaukee this week? 

Did we take a good look at the tall buildings? 

Did we have a good time last week in Cin- 
cinnati? 

Did we put over some songs right off the 
"brain"? 
Next week (Oct. 10), Bijou, Minneapolis. 

VARDON, PERRY and WILBER 

Lottie Bellman 

Addreea care VARITT. London. 

J. LOUIB JEANNE 

MINTZ and PALMER 

"Tall OTHER HALF." 

A Claaay Singing and Talking Comedietta. 

An Original Playlet la "ONE" by Lonla Wealyn 



■0 



@m 



*Mkl 



GRACE 



Ritter - Foster 

ACROSS THS POND 
Address care VAUDEVILLE CLUB 

9S Charing Oroea Road, London. Bag. 

RAMESES 

THE EGYPTIAN MYSTIC 

In 

"THE EGYPTIAN TEMPLE OF MYSTERY" 

Orpheum Circuit, U. S. A. 

Business Representative, WILL COLLINS, 
London, England. 

or.^l WILL LACEY 

CYCLING COMEDIAN 
Til* Fallow That Waltzea 

and Sings on On. Wheel 




Originator of the combined novelty 
Hinging and Waltzing on Unievcle 
in spot light dark stage. Now Play 
isfl Sullivan Contirftae Circuit, with big 
success. 



Gartelle Bros* 

Introducing Singing. Dancing and 

SKATORIALISM 

DlreoUon JAMBS B. PLUNKETT. 



HOMER B. 



UAR8UEHTE 



Mason and Keeler 

Address: Max Hart, Putnam Bldg., New York. 




GAVIN -PLATT 
PEACHES 

Season Booked 
No. 7 Hawthorne Ave.. Clifton. N. J., L Box 140 

Ed Fennel: Lena Tyson 




A Tip Top Boy. Who? 

LENA TYSON 

Playing Orpheum Time. 
M. S. BENTHAM. Manager. 



MITCHELL, LEWIS aitf WELLS 




ST* HalMtfllfr irtt >* >'^ 
Amy Leslie, In the Chicago Netoa aaya of 
Mitchell, Wells and Lewis: "Recently three of 
the most noted singers of this claas • • • 
made a tremendous hit at the American Muale 
Hall. They call themselves The Rathskeller 
Trio and are immensely entertaining. • • • 
At first they do a perfectly serious song, and 
then they craftily lure the audience Into a 
laugh, then a hurrah, and then a tumult of 
laughter at rattling good rough comedy and 
good music. Their voices are fine, their com- 
edy special and their songs of that kind moat 
regarded witty and salubrious by the fly ones 
who know what they mean ; though they can 
be enjoyed by any sort of Innocent with a 
white conscience when deftly put over the 
lights." 

IN VAUDEVILLE. 
Permanent Address : White Rats of America. 

Marshall P. Wilder 



Bell 



ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. 

'Phone 196. 



BILLIE 

REEVES 




THE ORIGINAL DRUNK 

FOLLIES OF 1910. 

THIRD SEASON. 

Management MR. F. ZIBGFBLD. JR. "OS-XUVlf 

Colonial, Chicago, Indef. 

BARRY m WOLFORD 

THE TYPICAL TOPICAL TICKLE 

TICKLERS. 

Putting Over Another New One, 

"AT THE SONG BOOTH." 

JAMES E. PLUNKETT. Smart Mgr. 

carl HERMAN 



Now Playing United Tiane. 

Agent. PAT OASBY 



DICK 



KATHRYN 



FARNDM .nd DELMAR 

The Boob (Per. Ad.Vand.Coaa.Cl.) Prima Denaa 





"OH YOU CORK '' 

joe MURRY and STONE fkances 

Negro Delineators. Introducing Miss Stone's 

Planolog. 
Our agent. NORMAN JEFFERIES. 




MELROSE i KENNEDY 

Open for Burlesque 

ORPHEUM CIRCUIT NOW. 

4 MUSICAL KLEISES 4 

Featuring the two youngeat muslclaas In vaa- 
devllle. Address care VARIETY. 



When anexoering advertisement* kindh> mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



THE 

ANNIVERSARY 



. 






NUMBER 









Will Be 
Issued 



\ 

December 10th 



Applications for space may be made now. 
Reservations will be made in the order of receipt 



NO CHANGE 
IN RATES 



Single column cut, $15 (including costlof 
cut), with reading matter. 

Double column cut, $25 (including cost 
of cut), with reading matter. 



Advertisements May Be Placed Through Any Branch Office 



When answering advertUementa kindly mention VARIBTT. 



V\RIETY 





(IN VAUDEVILLE) 



« 




PROVIDENCE "JOURNAL" 

KEITH'S THEATRE 

Rarely doe* vaudeville, even In these days of Its 
extreme alertness, capture quite as brilliant a feature 
for Its field as Mme. Maurlcla Moricbtnl, the gifted 
Hammersteln prima donna who heads the bill at 
Keith's Theatre this week, a feature which is sure 
to make Keith's the Mecca of music lovers. Last eve- 
ning's audienco was a particularly brilliant one, look- 



ing like a big society gathering of some sott. Mme. 
Morichini was one of the most brilliant of the Man- 
hattan opera stars last season and Providence people 
last evening considered themselves very lucky to have 
had an opportunity to hear the beautiful voice of 
which New York opera goers, by the abandonment of 
Hammersteln's season of opera, are to be deprived. 
All that has been said about the creamy quality, the 
wonderful flexibility and the faultless technique of 
Mme. Morichlni's voice were Justified last evening. 
Even cold-blooded Providence forgot itself and ap- 
plauded with* tremendous enthusiasm. First she sang 



a selection from "La Traviata," one of her big operatic 
successes; then "The Garden of Roses," a very pretty 
lyric melody ; and the ever-popular "La Paloma," which 
had new beauties as given by her and brought such 
thunders of applause that she had to add another num- 
ber and could have been adding them until now had the 
audience had its way. Incidentally Mme. Morichini 
was a delight to the eve as well as the ear, being un- 
questionably one of the most beautiful, in face and 
figure, of the prima donnas who graced the New York 
stage last winter, not excepting Mary Oarden or the 
much-discussed Cavalierl. 



IN 



I, Representative 



After a week at the COLISEUM, LONDON, booked immediately into the EMPIRE 

LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON 

ABSOLUTELY THE FIRST HEBREW COMEDIAN ENGAGED TO PLAY THIS THEATRE 





H. B. MARINELLI 

English Representative 



<« 



Give My Regards. to Broadway" 
"Perseverance Never Fails" 



B. A. MYERS 

American Representative 





This week ( Oct. 3), Shea's, Toronto. 
Next week (Oct. 10), Keith's, Syracuse, N. Y. 

Still drifting around, doing stagey work through the kindnesses of the Manager, and 

That Other Fellow, PAT CASEY 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



TEN CENTS 




VOL. X3C, NO. 6. 



OCTOBER 15, WO. 



PRICE TEN CENTS. 




VARIETY 



: 



= 



===== 



HID 



Web 



HARRY 



FRANK 






Present 






AMERICA'S GREATEST CHARACTER ACTOR 



IS 



KEITH 



and His Own Company 

In the Most Gripping Heart Story Ever Told In Play 

"THE OATH" 

By SEUMAS MAC M ANUS] 

Adapted and Arranged for Vaudeville by 

MR. KEENAN 

An Incident of Irish Life in Ireland Today 

& PROCTOR'S FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Next Week (Oct 




W%*» mmMHng ad v m Umw w M M n ily mention VARIETY. 




Vol. XX. No. 6. 



OCTOBER 15, 1910. 



PRICE TEN CENTS. 



MORRIS' WESTERN CIRCUIT 

IN RUMOR FACTORY GRIND 

The Vaudeville Manager Leaves Suddenly for the Coast. 

Reported Hasty Departure May Have Been Brought 

About by Marc Klaw's Presence in the Far West. 



William Morris left hastily for the 
west Thursday. He will not make 
any stops east of Denver, remaining 
in that city for but a few hours, rush- 
ing from there to Salt Lake City, 
where his stay will also be brief, for 
San Francisco is his objective point. 

That Morris should make the trip to 
the coast is evidently the result of a 
sudden decision. Only last week he 
returned from a visit of the houses 
on his circuit as far west as Omaha. 
It may be possible that the deal that 
Marc Klaw of the Syndicate has Just 
completed with Messrs. Gottlob and 
Marx in the Golden Gate city has 
something to do with the hasty depart- 
ure of the president of William Morris, 
Inc., Eastern and Western, for the Pa- 
cific Coast. 

Advices from Frisco early in the 
week told of an announcement that the 
Morris house in that city would be 
ready for occupancy the first of the 
new year. On top of this came the 
story of Klaw arranging for a circuit 
of theatres In all of the prominent 
cities of the north and southwest, with 
the Columbia in San Francisco as the 
first link In the Pacific chain. 

It is well known that K. & E. have 
been left without a foothold in that 
section of the country since John Cort 
and his associates joined the "Open 
Door" movement. It has been K. & 
E.'s desire to seize upon any avail- 
able theatres suitable for their pur- 
poses. The string of houses that the 
William Morris, Inc., Western, pic 1- 
ned, some of which are nearly com- 
pleted while others are In the course 
of construction or contemplated, would 
be admirably suited for the attrac- 
tions of the "Syndicate." 

During the time of the Martin Beck- 
Morris Meyerflcld-Willlam Morris ne- 
gotiation's for a vaudeville compact 



with the "opposition" (Morris) Klaw 
& Erlinger were almost Insistent upon 
Morris delivering his then uncom- 
pleted circuit over to them. The 
Shuberts also wanted the houses, prin- 
cipally to keep them from K. & E. 

With the temporary termination of 
the talk between Morris and Beck, 
which was brought about through the 
difference In opinion over the dispo- 
sition of Morris' western theatres, K. 
& E. may have started on another 
tack (through "Big Tim" Sullivan) 
to secure the western properties. It 
may have been one of Klaw's purposes 
in proceeding westward to look the 
Morris houses and sites over. With 
Mr. Meyerfleld in San Francisco Just 
now, and Morris on the ground, it 
might mean something either way for 
Morris to be where he could talk busi- 
ness to his associates in the William 
Morris Western corporation. 

Though the Frisco house opens in 
Jan., unless some other connection is 
made, the "jump" for the Morris 
booking office to maneuver will be 
from Omaha and return. 



HAMMERSTEIN'S BROADWAY 
BOOKING. 

The new Ilammerstein comic opera 
is due to arrive at the Broadway Thea- 
tre Oct. 31, displacing the Marie Ca- 
hill show now there. "Hans" is to 
continue at the Manhattan Opera 
House. 



JOHNSTONE'S MACHINE WRECKED 

St. Louis, Oct. 13. 
The Wright biplane of Ralph John- 
stone was wrecked Monday after- 
noon, as the flier was taking a short 
turn near the ground. Johnstone was 
slightly hurt. 



FRAZEE-LEDERER SPLIT? 

Chicago, Oct. 1::. 

It is reported on fairly good au- 
thority that Harry H. Frazee and Geo. 
W. Lederer have reached the parting 
of the ways in their theatrical part- 
nership. From understanding it be- 
came a matter whether Frazee or Led- 
erer would jump out first. 

The story is that Lederer takes 
"Mme. Sherry" for his share of the 
dissolution and remains with Klaw & 
Erlanger. Frazee has "Jumping Ju- 
piter" now at the Cort. Through 
working with John Cort, who has 
twenty shares of the Cort theatre 
stock — with Sport Hermann and Fra- 
zee each holding forty — that house is 
thrown into the Shubert column, and 
will house "The Aeroplane Girl," com- 
mencing Sunday night, "Jumping Ju- 
piter" taking to the road. Frazee and 
Lederer between them owned the Rich- 
ard Carle "Jupiter" show. Al. H. 
Woods is a partner with the other two 
In "Mme. Sherry." It is said the 
musical piece now at the New Amster- 
dam theatre, New York, is represented 
by a corporation, and that the three 
men held a one-third interest each. 



FIELDS MAKING ENGAGEMENTS. 

Engagements for the new Lew 
Fields Winter Garden, due to open 
at the New Year, are being entered. 
Charles J. Ross has agreed to play 
in the first production, and it is said 
James J. Morton will be another mem- 
ber of the cast. 



150 IN HICKS PIECE. 

London, Oct. 5. 

Seymour Hicks will be the next big 
attraction at the Coliseum to follow 
immediately after Sarah Bernhardt. 

Mr. Hicks will appear in the battle 
scene from "Richard the Third," with 
1.10 people used c.11 the stage in the 
production. 



GOOD NIGHTS HISINESS. 

New Orleans, Oct. i:j. 

A burglar broke into the picture 
theatre of one Felix, cracked the safe, 
and stole $4.30. one night's receipts. 

He left behind a kit of burglar's 
tools that Felix realized eight dollars 
on. 'Tis said that because of his good 
fortune. Felix is civing his patron* an 
extra film. 



TOLA IRE WRITES A SKETCH. 

(Special cable to Vaiuktv.) 

Paris, Oct. 12. 

Polaire will appear at the Moulin 
Rouge Oct. 18 in a sketch written by 
herself. It is said that later she will 
present it in New York. 

Gaby Deslys has been engaged to 
play Iji the revue at the Follies Ber- 
gere in December. 

The revue announced for the Olym- 
pia Oct. 20 is not ready. The Olym- 
pla will close Oct. 1G for rehearsals. 
It may reopen on the announced date 
with the piece. 



"THE JUDGE" PUTS IT OVER. 

(Special Cable to VxniKTY.) 
Sydney, Australia, Oct. 11. 
Walter C. Kelly, opening at the 
Opera House, Melbourne, yesterday, 
scored one big hit. 

Daly and O'Brien, the American 
dancers, also appearing in Australia 
for the first time, found emphatic suc- 
cess at the Gaiety, in that city. 



STUART WON'T RETURN. 

About Oct. 26, Stuart, "The Male 
I'attl," is booked to sail for Europe, 
"never to return to America," says 
tiie female impersonator. 

Abroad he holds contracts for book- 
ings for three years consecutively. On 
the other side Mr. Stuart says you 
know where you are at beyond a week 
ahead. Over here according to the 
artist it's difficult to even be sure on 
the week alone. The booking system 
has placed Stuart in the frame of 
mind where he does not wish to see 
his mother country while remaining 
on the stage. This week Stuart is at 
the Bronx. 

Mr. Stuart's opinion of the vaude- 
ville system of booking in the States 
will bo coincided with by any num- 
ber of acts, although an exception 
should bo made with the Orpheum, 
Sulllvan-Considine and Pan tapes Cir- 
cuits, besides some "small lime" book- 
ings. In the west the managers can 
give a rout", and \vli<n tlicy do can 
have it played as routod. 

WELL. WHY NOT.' 

Al H. Wood: 1i;is a rmiplo of liftle 
French farr^« l«" "^m! I Hko to poo in 
v,iMd' ,v Ul i '' 



VARIETY 



MANY MORE "SUNDAYS." 

From the outlook New York will be 
a field of "Sunday shows" goon. The 
Loew Circuit opens the Sabbath con- 
certs at the Herald Square this Sun- 
day, playing six acts with pictures to 
an admission scale of 15-50. The 
Circle starts at the same time with 
Loew bookings for Sundays only, at 
the regular Loew scale (10-15-25). 

It is reported about that nearly 
every Shubert house In Greater New 
York will be playing Sunday concerts 
soon, If the two now to be opened are 
found profitable. The next list will 
likely start with the Broadway the- 
atre. 

The West End haa been having its 
Sunday entertainment provided by the 
Loew agency for a couple of seasons. 
During the week the West End gives 
the Shubert shows a change to see the 
worst part of Harlem. 

It is reported that with the excep- 
tion of the Circle (which the Loew Cir- 
cuit and the Shuberts play Sundays on 
a sharing basis), all the other thea- 
tres are rented by Loew for the day, 
the daily rental running between $300 
and $500 for each house. The Broad- 
way is expected to start Sunday, Oct. 
23. 

"Barring" will likely follow the 
opening of the Shubert theatre for 
Sunday concerts. The Loew agency 
may have to go outside its regular 
weekly bookings for bills, Loew's pro- 
grams play a full seven days. 

The United Booking Offices and 
William Morris are likely to offer the 
same objections to acts playing the 
big theatres on Sundays that they 
have previously made, when Sunday 
shows in opposition to their own the- 
atres started. 



NO CHANCE FOR CHASE. 

If there is a baseball week at the 
American commencing Oct. 24, Hal 
Chase will not be a participant. Mr. 
Chase says Frank Farrell, owner of 
"The Yanks," objects to me "mak- 
ing a fool of myself on the stage." 

Should the "Yanks" win the post- 
season series with the "Giants," 
which commences Thursday, Russel 
Ford and his catcher, Sweeney, will 
probably go on as the attraction. 



HOLDS GERTRUDE OVER. 

Cincinnati, Oct. 13. 

Gertrude Hoffman has been held 
over as the feature attraction at the 
Columbia for next week. Miss Hoff- 
mann opened last Sunday to the big- 
gest turnaway the Columbia has ever 
had. 

Eva Tanguay returns to the Colum- 
bia Oct. 24 for a week, resuming her 
bookings which were interrupted at 
the house through illness. 



NO SCHOOL OF MORALS. 

Boston, Oct. 13. 

Director Henry Russell of the Bos- 
ton Opera House told the newspapers 
this week that Cavalier! would ap- 
pear in Boston unless the public pe- 
titioned to keep her out because she 
rould neither sing nor act. 

"I'm not running a school for mor- 
als," said Mr. Russell. "I don't care 
who Cavalierl married. She can sing, 
that's enough." 



EXPECTED DEVELOPMENTS. 

Chicago, Oct. 13. 

Nothing developed from last week's 
meeting of out of town vaudeville 
managers, although it Is the general 
belief that at the session which is to 
be held next Tuesday, Oct. 18, a 
permanent organization will be form- 
ed. 

At last Friday's meeting Louis 
Schlndler was voted president with 
A. A. Freudenwald, of the Barrison, 
Waukegan, secretary. The discussioL 
pointed to the eventual organi- 
zation of a vaudeville managers' as- 
sociation, the expected purpose of 
which Is to be mutual benefit through 
talk 8 on business, policies, rating of 
acts, salaries, and matters generally 
interesting to "small time" managers. 
The call for the meeting was signed 
by H. Trlnz, Milwaukee, A. Siegfried. 
Decatur, J. D. Pilmor, Bay City, Louis 
Schlndler, Chicago, and Ed. Bleder- 
stadt, Madison. It may seem sig- 
nificant that all these managers book 
through the W. V. A. 

While a few independent house 
managers were present at the first 
meeting, the attendance was largely 
made up of managers booking through 
"The Association." 

The developments at next Tues- 
day's meeting are problematical. No 
one can be found who cares to ven- 
ture any prediction. It seems to be 
generally accepted as a fact however, 
that the "Mutual Benefit" thing is a 
cover for some important changes 
which may eventuate in the matter of 
bookings. 



THAT'S GOING BACK SOME. 

Chicago, Oct. 13. 

Four cousins to Sarah Bernhardt 
are working vaudeville houses In this 
vicinity. Two girls known as the 
Burr Sisters, and Baptiste and Fran- 
coni are real brothers and sisters, 
their mother being a first cousin of 
Bernhardt's. 

The Burr girls were disclosed for 
the first time in this vicinity at Le 
Vee's Grand last week. They did 
an act which finishes with the Hindoo 
mystery trick of shoving swords 
through a basket presumably contain- 
ing a human being. 

The family to which these vaude- 
villlans belong can trace representa- 
tion in show business for 276 years. 
All these facts have been established 
by documentary proof. 



CLARA NELSON WITH GOULD. 

This Sunday at the Academy of Mu- 
sic, William Gould will appear with his 
new partner, Clara Nelson, Mr. Gould 
having finally determined upon that 
young woman. She was "The Gibson 
Girl" of "The Gibson Girl" act which 
toured vaudeville. 

About the same turn as presented 
by Mr. Gould and Valeska Suratt will 
be offered by the new formation. 



HARRIET BURT A "SINGLE." 

Yonkers, N. Y., Oct. 13. 

Harriet Burt, from musical comedy 
and comic opera, Is at the Warburton 
this week, appearing alone. Miss Burt 
sang several songs, made a pronunc- 
•d success. She is under the manage- 
ment of Edw. S. KelTer. 



DEFENDS THE WINTERGARTEN. 

Berlin, Oct. 4. 

The current issue of Das Program m, 
the official organ of the International 
Artisten Loge requests New York and 
London papers to copy an article writ- 
ten in defense of the Wintergarten. 
Franz Steiner, its manager has asked 
that Variety carry a story in denial 
as well. 

The Das Program article, published 
with the sanction of President Kono- 
rah of the I. A. L., upholds the Win- 
tergarten management in every way, 
saying in conclusion "cantankerous ar- 
ticles such as that (referring to the 
original story in an American weekly) 
Inspired by hatred but untrue and 
false with regard to present facts, yet 
published in organization papers, may 
do irreparable harm to the organiza- 
tion movement in the eyes of fair 
minded artists and managers." 



OTTO-MERRILL WEDDING. 

Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 13. 
Last Sunday Frank Otto and Lola 
Merrill were married In this city. They 
appear in vaudeville together. 



MRS. PAYTON HAS A SKETCH. 

"Self Protection" is the title of the 
sketch Etta Reed Payton has selected 
for her vaudeville Journey, which com- 
mences Monday at Mt. Vernon for the 
preliminary canter, under the direc- 
tion of William L. Lykens, the Casey 
Agency lookout. 

Mrs. Payton is the wife of Corse 
Payton, our best known stock com- 
pany lmpressario and actor. Mrs. 
Payton is the idol of Brooklyn. She 
has appeared with her husband in all 
the plays at the Lee Avenue Academy 
which rebuilt up that section of Wil- 
liamsburg, culminating when they ran 
the new bridge up to Corse's door so 
the East Slders in New York could get 
over to see him more quickly. 



BOB COLE RESTING. 

The many stories concerning the 
condition of Bob Cole were denied 
Wednesday by Cole's partner, Rosa- 
mond TohJison. Mr. Johnson said that 
Cole had worked too hard — in their 
act of Cole and Johnson and prepar- 
ing "Sambo's Dream," a new colored 
act requiring ten people. The over- 
work brought about a reaction. In his 
quest for a sanitarium, Mr. Cole found 
difficulty In finding a suitable one, ow- 
ing to his color and finally went to Bel- 
levue Hospital. 

Johnson claims that Cole read the 
newspaper stories of himself having 
become demented. His only com- 
ment was that while they were hard 
on him, they were not such poor ad- 
vertisement for the act. 

According to Johnson, the team will 
resume their vaudeville engagements 
at the Colonial Oct. 24, not playing 
Hammerstein's next week. 



H. S. Leavitt, at one time a "small 
time" agent in New York, and before 
that connected with the Sullivan-Con- 
sldine booking department at Seattle, 
is now associated with Archie Levy 
In a San Francisco agency. Mr. Levy 
was also of the S-C booking forces 
before embarking in the agency line 
atone. 



HOTEL ON BECK'S LAND. 

A large hotel Is to be erected upon 
the two pieces of property on West 
47th street owned by Martin Beck. 
Pat Casey and M. E. McNulty are the 
lessees of the building. Plans have 
been filed with the Building Depart- 
ment. 

The property has a depth of 100 
feet, and fronts 50 feet on 47th street, 
a few doors west of Broadway. At 
the time Mr. Beck made the purchase 
it was announced he intended building 
a "try out" theatre. Since then the 
property has remained untouched. 

Mr. Casey is the vaudeville agent, 
and a warm friend of Mr. McNulty, 
New York's best known bonlface to 
professionals. 



KELLY COMING BACK. 

John T. Kelly will return to vaude- 
ville Oct. 24 in "A Game of Con." 
Al Sutherland Is booking. 



BESSIE DE VOIE AND BOYS. 

Bessie De Vole is to attempt vaude- 
ville once more. Miss De Vole has been 
playing in "The Three Twins." She 
will re-enter vaudeville with four 
boys in a specially written act, booked 
by M. S. Bentham. 



NEW ACT FOR DAZIE. 

Pending the rehabilitation of "The 
Pet in Petticoats" by Al. H. Woods, 
Dazie is to reappear in vaudeville. 
The pantomimlst-dancer has a sketch 
brought over to this side by Daniel 
Frohman. It requires four people. 
Dazie expects to open in it Nov. 14 
at Trenton, N. J. 

The dancer's vaudeville engage- 
ments will be cared for by Jenie Ja- 
cobs of the Casey agency. Mr. Woods 
still holds Dazie under contract, con- 
senting to the vaudeville time in the 
expectation that "The Pet" show will 
be presented by him next January. 



STARRING SEASON FOR DILL. 

San Francisco, Oct. 13. 

Max M. Dill, erstwhile partner of C. 
William Kolb, will open a starring 
season on his own account at the Gar- 
rick Oct. 24. A cast of principals from 
New York are here. A season of four- 
teen weeks is promised. 

Frank Paget, late musical director 
for Kolb and Dill, was in New York 
completing arrangements. Among 
those engaged are Beatrice Bronte, 
Laura Lieg, Thomas Whiffen and Rob- 
ert Grey. The shows will be "Nearly 
a Hero," "Old Dutch," "The Girl Be- 
hind the Counter," "The Tourist," 
"The Casino Girl," "The Girl and the 
Wizard" and "The Rollicking Girl." 

Frank Stammers, former director 
for Kolb and Dill, will direct the pro- 
ductions for Dill. 



YOUNG TAUSIG IS MARRIED. 

Yesterday (Friday) Karl Tausig, 
the son of the 14th street steamship 
agent, was married to Louise Sen iff, 
a non-professional, at the home of the 
bride in New York. 

Mr. and Mrs. Tausig are in Lako- 
wood. The husband is a popular young 
man in the profession, besides being 
a song writer. His agency handles 
nearly the entire volume of nrofes- 
sltfnal waterway travel. 



CRAUMAN BEATS PANTAGB8. 

San Francisco, Oct. IS. 

The action brought against the 
Graumans by Alex. Pantages over a 
booking agreement for the new Grau- 
man Theatre was decided In favor of 
the Graum&ns. 

This decision, with the expected ar- 
rival in Frisco of John W. Considine, 
is believed will lead to an announce- 
ment of an agreement between Sul- 
livan-Cousldine and the Graumans for 
the circuit to book the new theatre, 
if not to take it over, as previously 
reported. Sid Grauman states the pol- 
icy of this new theatre will be an- 
nounced Oct. 17. 

In the reported deal whereby S-C 
were to acquire the theatre, the Grau- 
mans were to regain the National by 
purchasing the Zick Abrams interest. 
The National was first operated by 
the Graumans and was the big the- 
atrical money maker of the city after 
the fire. 



VARIETY 

KsmxB^xxsgsxaamBaassssaBXSssssssssssmmm 
CLEANING UP FRISCO. 

San Francisco, Oct. 18. 



"DEACON" SHOW MOVING. 

"The Deacon and the Lady" show 
at the New York theatre is slated to 
leave there this Saturday night, tak- 
ing a trip over two weeks of one- 
nigh ters into Philadelphia, opening 
in Quakertown Oct. 31 at the Walnut 
Street theatre. 

"The Dollar Princess" which is 
leaving Chicago to make room for the 
Genee show there, is to take the stage 
vacated in New York by the Aarons- 
Werba production. 



BILLY ARLINGTON STILL ACTIVE. 

San Diego, Cal., Oct. 13. 

Billy Arlington, the old-time min- 
strel, now 7 4 years of age, is arrang- 
ing for a police and fire benefit per- 
formance in this city. 



RIG MONEY NECESSARY. 

London, Oct. 5. 

Big money from America must be 
forthcoming before Wilkie Bard will 
take an American trip. The latest 
offer made the singing comedian came 
through the Pat Casey Agency, New 
York, this week. The Casey office 
cabled a proposition to Bard of $2,- 
500 for four weeks, with more time 
to follow in the States. It is believed 
Casey made the tender for the Wil- 
liams houses. Bard declined. 

Mr. Bard is reported to have said 
that it will be necessary for him to 
have a very high figure for America, 
as the English managers are asking 
large sums for his release. $1,000 
weekly is the English manager's 
postponement stipend, according to 
report. Bard is the highest priced 
artist over here, receiving $1,500 
weekly, with bookings for years ahead. 
He has "made" himself within the 
past five years. 



Oscar V. Bnbcock, the old time 
cyclist, who lately has been playing 
park and fair dates with a "loop and 
trap" track act, is goLng in for avia- 
tion. During the past three months 
he has been in charge of the Martin 
Beck flyer at the Mineola field. When 
Mr. Beck decided to return the ma- 
chine to vaudeville it left Babcock up 
in the air where he intends staying. 



Last week sounded the death knell 
of the cafe entertainers' reign in Fris- 
co. Capt. John Sey. a.r, the .new 
chief of police — in office but a few 
day 8 — wielded the iron hand over the 
"Tenderloin" and "Barbary Coast." 

Many and startling are innovations 
instituted. Other drastic orders are 
mcmeaitarily expected. Cafe proprie- 
tors, knowing that "wide open" con- 
d lions were but a matter of a few 
days, allowed anything to go. Con- 
sequently to the vertebrae tickling 
music nf the entertainers, "The Grizz- 
ly Hug," "The Walk Back," "The 
Bunny Bug" and other forbidden 
terpsichorean gyrations were in evi- 
dence in the majority of the cafes. 

Mournful is now the look of the 
rounder a«nd his female compatriots, 
e\?r on fie watch for "live ones." 



CASEY PERSONALLY CONDUCTS. 

Carl Hoblitzelle, general manager of 
the Inter State Circuit in the South, 
came on from Chicago the early part 
of the week, looking after some Klaw 
& Erlanger'a attractions. Pat Casey 
personally conducted Mr. Hoblitzelle 
through the New Amsterdam Theatre 
Building, where "the K. & E. stuff" 
is to be obtained. 

The new Inter-State house for 
vaudeville at Ft. Worth, Tex., will 
open in December, said Mr. Hoblit- 
zelle, who stated the condition of the 
vaudeville houses on his time is ex- 
cellent. 

Tuesday eveniny Mr. Casey and Mr. 
Hoblitzel started westward, after se- 
curing some special franchises for the 
south for the Inter-State people from 
K. & E. Mr. Casey is expected to 
ret'irn to New York to-day. 



GOVT. WANTS "TEN." 

Berlin, Oct. 1. 

Sweden wants its finger in the 
vaudeville agent's pie. The Govern- 
ment has decreed that ten per cent, 
of each variety engagement salary 
must go on the municipal way. This 
gives Stockholm a hold on the one 
main hall there, and will drive it from 
business if the order Is not revoked. 
It has now stopped all foreign book- 
ings for the city, meaning that the 
foreign acts will have to stand for 
twenty per cent, reduction from their 
salaries. 

Swedish managers have appealed 
to the German managers' Association 
to take the matter up for their relief. 



R. A. Rolfe's "Rofonlans" with its 
owner in the lead has started west- 
ward and will tour the Orpheum Cir- 
cuit before returning to New York 
next June. 



BOYCOTTS "COPY ACT." 

Sydney, Australia, Aug. 29. 

Fred Graham, "The Musical Bell 
Boy," of an American act (Gray and 
Graham), now playing here with en- 
ormous success, has refused to appear 
on any bill of the National circuit, 
along with Armstrong and Verne. 
Furthermore, Graham says he will not 
where avoidable play any house where 
the "copy act" has previously shown. 
The outcome of this decision is by rea- 
son of the many deliberate thefts of 
American acts' material by Armstrong 
and Verne, included in which is some 
of Graham '8. 

Armstrong and Verne are changing 
their act every week at the Melbourne 
Gaiety, where they have been appear- 
ing for six consecutive weeks. 

In their "repertoire" is material 
from the following acts: McMahon 
and Chappelle, Wise and Milton, Eddie 
Clark and Gallagher and Barrett in 
the "Battle of Too Soon." 




FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, NASHVILLE. 

This Is one of the most important theatres on the HODKINS LYRIC CIRCUIT of southern 
vaudeville houses. 

In the building Is located the southern office of the circuit, with F. T. FURLONG In 
charge. Here time Is arranged for acts playing thru sfrtlnn. although thr bookings are all 
made from the main office In the CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE BLOCK, CHICAGO, where C B. 
HODKINS Is In general charge. 

MR. FURLONO also manages the FIFTH AVENUE, a theatre with 1.000 seating capacity, 
a stage 22 x 00, with a proscenium opening 20 x 30, stocked with a full complement of scenery. 

Five acts and pictures give the entertainment. The shows have been maintained at such 
an excellent standard that business at the FIFTH AVENUE often sets a record for the circuit. 



ALICE LLOYD'S NEW SONGS. 

Philadelphia, Oct. 13. 

Eight new songs may be sung over 
here next week by Alice Lloyd. She 
starts another American tour at 
Keith's Monday. It is two years 
since the English girl played here. 

The titles of the new numbers are: 
"Up Like a Rocket With Georgle." 
"The Wise and Foolish Virgin," "The 
Morning Promenade," "The Lass Who 
Loved a Sailor," "If I Were Master 
Cupid," "The She Policeman," "Whose 
You Telling the Tale To," and "The 
Lady Burglar." 

From here Miss Lloyd goes to De- 
troit, then in consecutive weeks, 
Rochester, Washington, Buffalo and 
Toronto. From the Canadian city 
Miss Lloyd will travel to Spokane, 
commencing her return engagement 
over the Orpheum Circuit there 
Dec. 4. 

The McNaughtons are also billed to 
play Keith's next week; The two 
brothers are an English act. Tom 
McNaughton, the comedian in the act, 
returned to New York last Friday, but 
his brother, Fred, (the "straight"), 
has not been reported as sailing from 
the other side. The couple may not 
fulfill their route (along with Miss 
Lloyd's) this season. Tom may take 
to musical comedy. 

Tom McNaughton may appear as 
a "single act," with patter and com- 
edy songs. 

Miss Lloyd will end her Orpheum 
tour around June 1, next. She will 
not appear this season in any East- 
ern city after starting Westward. 



CHANGES IN CARLES SHOW. 

Chicago, Oct. 13. 

When Richard Carle takes "Jumping 
Jupiter" on the road for the one night 
stands and central Western cities there 
will be some changes In the cast. Lil- 
lian Shaw will be replaced by Cherldah 
Simpson and Agues Kennedy's role will 
be taken by Elizabeth Goodall. Geo. 
Miron will also be replaced. 

There is an interesting sidelight on 
theatrical routing conditions in the 
move from the Cort. Carle was an- 
nounced to go from here to Pittsburg, 
booked by K. & E., but late in the 
week a story came from New York of 
a reported rupture between Frazee & 
Lederer and K. & E. Frazee has 
ownership in the Cort along with 
"Sport" Herrmann and John Cort. 
While "Jumping Jupiter" actually con- 
tinues along a K. & E. route, the at- 
tractions which succeed Carle at the 
Cort will be a Shubert production — 
"The Aeroplane Girl." 



MURDOCH ON A TRIP. 

John J. Murdock left New York 
Monday for a Western trip over the 
circuits of the United Booking Offices. 
His first stop was at Erie, Pa., 
where the United opens the Park the- 
atre Monday with Blllio Burke's 
"Maid of Mystery" as headliner, in 
opposition to the Alpha, booked by 
the Loew Circuit. 

From Erie Mr. Murdock will pro- 
ceed to Indianapolis, Cincinnati, 
Louisville, Chicago, and other points, 
remaining away about t- n days. 



R RIVO 

THE NAPOLEON OF THE QUICK CHANGE ART. 
Next Week (Oct. 17). Princess, St. Louli. 



I 



Butler and HusseU have been book- 
ed to open on the other wide, in Feb- 
ruary. 



VARIETY 



HAKRISBURG DOESN'T CHANGE. 

Harri8burg, Pa., Oct. 13. 

The Casino is continuing with the 
bookings from William Morris, but 
has changed policy to three shows 
daily, and is presenting a cheaper 
show than formerly. 

Samuel L. Levi, the Casino's man- 
ager, had an interview with Morris 
after the former had arranged with 
the Loew Circuit for bills. Morris 
insisted that Levi fulfill bis contract, 
which gave him the Morris "franchise" 
for this city. 

Four acts in the bill this week were 
booked in by the Loew Circuit before 
Levi changed his mind. They remain 
by mutual consent. The cost of the 
programs have been cut from $800 
to $500 weekly. 

The advertisements of the Casino 
this week in the local papers, said 
"Our receipts prove to us that we have 
won your confidence." Then the ad- 
vertisement announces a reduction of 
price to five and ten cents. 



MUSICAL UNION ELECTION. 

Thursday the annual election in the 
Musicians Mutual Protective Union 
occurred. Philip Hauser and Wil- 
liam J. Kerngood were the opponents. 
Mr. Kerngood was up for re-election. 
He is very popular in the organiza- 
tion, which has 5,000 members. 

The contest was expected to be 
close, with the Hebrew holiday throw- 
ing the scales toward Kerngood. Fri- 
day the tellers were still counting up. 



VOLUNTEERS MUST SIGN. 

It was said this week that all volun- 
teers for the big performance at the 
New York theatre, Oct. 2 3, for the 
Vaudeville Comedy Club, have been 
asked to sign a written statement, 
admitting they had volunteered, and 
would appear. Those who disap- 
pointed without good reason after be- 
ing advertised and billed would have 
their notices of acceptances posted up 
in the lobby of the theatre as mute 
proof to the purchasing public that the 
fault for the non-appearance did not 
lie with the promoters of the evening's 
entertainment. 

James J. Morton, chairman of the 
committee with the affair in charge, 
has been industriously working on the 
big program. He says the Comedy 
Club will present the largest and great- 
est show of the season. 



FIELD DAY PICTURES. 

Moving pictures taken of the Actors' 
Fund Field Day at the Polo Grounds 
late in August were released for pub- 
lic view Tuesday of this week. 

The film is carrying most of the 
scenes of that day, including the trans- 
portation of the volunteers to the 
grounds and the parade. The boxing 
match between liillie Reeves and Bert 
Williams is shown; also the Bickel 
and Watson Band; the chase after 
the greased pig; pie eating contest, 
and several other scenes. The re- 
viewers have pronounced the picture 
one of the best for interest and 
laughs. 

Among the prominent figures are 
Annie Oakley, George M. Cohan, Sam 
Harris, Eddie Foy, Lew Fields, Jim 
Corbett, Terry McGovern, Joe Hum- 
phreys, Tim Sullivan, Irene Franklin, 
Victor Moore and a host of others. 



SHUBEKTS WANTED TOO MUCH. 

Behind the edict issued by the Shu- 
berts that no seats for their theatres 
would be found on sale at any of the 
hotel theatre-ticket stands, there is a 
rather interesting story regarding the 
success of one of the attractions .now 
playing in town. 

Two weeks ago the proprietors of 
the hotel stands were summoned into 
the offices of the Shuberts in the Shu- 
bert building and Informed that they 
would have to purchase their regular 
allotment of seats outright for the 
first eight weeks of the engagement 
of Grace La Rue in "Mme. Trouba- 
dour" at the Lyric theatre, at an ad- 
vance of 25 cents on each ticket, and 
that there would not be a return 
privilege on unsold tickets. 

The hotel men having had a simi- 
lar experience with the Marie Tempest 
engagement at the Lyceum theatre 
some time ago, which ended disas- 
trously for them, refused to accept the 
terms the Shuberts offered, and all 
connection between the two en- 
terprises was broken off. 

One of the biggest of the men con- 
nected with a hotel agency stated 
early this week that Lee Shubert had 
made a statement to the effect that 
each and every hotel agency paid a 
tribute of $10 daily to every treas- 
urer in the theatre box-offices of New 
York. 

"If this statement had any truth 
in it," he continued, "Mr. Shubert 
would be working in a box-office him- 
self. If one stops to figure, even most 
conservatively, that there are nine 
separate concerns In New York deal- 
ing in theatre tickets, some having a 
dozen stands, and if they should be 
paying that tribute the income of the 
treasurer would be at the rate of $130 
a day, exclusive of his salary. One 
may readily see the absurdity of the 
statement. 

"There is, however, a humorous 
side to the battle between us. The 
signs in front of the theatres read 
'No Tickets cji Sale at the Hotels.' 
I think that it might be advantageous 
for the management to add a line or 
so stating that the sidewalk men al- 
ways have the choicest seats in the 
house, for that is a known fact." 

There was another instance of this 
sort early in the season, just before 
the opening of a production in New 
York City. At the time the specula- 
tors and hotel men were summoned 
to the office of the managers, where a 
like proposition with a no-return con- 
dition was made to them and accepted. 
The show was a dismal failure. Those 
who did attend were of the class that 
always buys tickets at the box-office, 
often the first ten and eleven rows of 
the theatre were empty, while there 
was only a slim audie-nce in the rear 
of the house. The business manager 
of this theatre would always wait un- 
til about 8:30 in the evening and then 
proceed to buy tickets back from the 
sidewalk venders at the rate of a dol- 
lar each, "dressing" the front portion 
of the orchestra by giving the tickets 
away. 



BEEKBOWEK THREATENS 
TROUBLE. 

As an aftermath to the bankruptcy 
proceedings that Gus Edwards pass- 
ed through early in the year, Fred 
Beerbower, a former employee of the 
song writer, publisher, producer and 
manager threatens to back a wagon to 
the door of the Edwards office in the 
Astor Theatre building and remove all 
the furniture and other accessories 
necessary to successfully conduct a 
publishing business, which Beerbower 
claims are his because of the fact 
that he holds a bill-of-sale for them. 

Beerbower until several weeks ago 
was the right hand man of Gus Ed- 
wards in practically all of his vaude- 
ville productions, having been with 
Edwards when he produced the 
"Schoolboys and Girls" act several 
seasons ago. 

He was considered so much a part 
of Edwards' affairs that, according 
to his statement, when the song writ- 
er got into financial trouble last spring 
he ((Beerbower) purchased the office 
furniture for a consideration and a 
bill of sale was made out to him. 

When Beerbower left Edwards sev- 
eral weeks ago all was sublime, but 
since some difference has arisen be- 
tween the two and Beerbower visited 
the office of an attorney last week with 
his bill-of-sale. The attorney advised 
Beerbower that in the letter of the law 
he had a right to remove the property 
from the Broadway office, unless a le- 
gal instrument of a later date had 
passed between the two. Up to the 
present there haven't been any ag- 
gressive moves on the part of either 
of those most interested but there 
are apt to be developments ere long. 



GRAND OPERA "UNFAIR." 

Chicago, Oct. 13. 

The Federation of Musicians of this 
city has passed a resolution condemn- 
ing, on the ground of unfairness, the 
Chicago Grand Opera Company which 
is to open its season at the Auditorium 
here during the latter part of this 
month. 

The union claims that Director An- 
dreas Dippel promised them that lo- 
cal musicians would be employed in 
the orchestra to as great a number as 
possible. More than one hundred mem- 
bers of the Federation registered ac- 
cordingly. Now the union resolves 
that the opera corporation has re- 
ceived the support of Chicagoans un- 
der false pretenses, as only two mem- 
bers of the Chicago local have been 
given employment. 



PINCUS WANTS TO BE THERE. 

Louis Pincus, the eastern booking 
representative of the Pantages Cir- 
cuit, will leave for Chicago to-day 
and spend the greater part of next 
week in the Windy City. 

Chicago in the past few weeks has 
been the scene of much activity in 
the circles that control the time of 
the middle and northwest and Mr. 
Pincus evidently intends being on the 
ground in the case there is any fur- 
ther reorganization in the next week. 



GENEE IS THE SHOW. 

Philadelphia, Oct. 11. 

Adeline Genee, the Danish danseuse, 
who the English claim as their own 
because of her long reign Ln London, 
is making her farewell American ap- 
pearance with "The Bachelor Belles." 
Mme. Genee has no part in the per- 
formance, other than to interpolate 
her dance in the second act. 

The dances which Genee is offering 
this year, while difficult and of un- 
doubted grace, are not so spectacular 
as those she did before over here. Her 
first dance is "Roses and Butterflies" 
and in it Genee proved herself the 
peerless exponent of her peculiar art 
which has won her so much favor. 
Her costume is beautiful and the pic- 
torial quality of herself and her agile 
coryphees brought much admiration 
from her audience. 

.Later she offered a Hungarian 
dance, less pleasing than the garden 
character dances, and not of striking 
novelty. In both numbers Genee is 
assisted by Sherer Bekefi, a splendid 
dancer, not attractively costumed, but 
picturesquely clever. 

While Genee's wonderful dancing is 
much to be admired it is just possible 
that the appreciation was tempered by 
a tedious wait through the progress of 
the musical comedy which is her sur- 
rounding. "The Bachelor Belles" is 
the work of Raymond Hubbell and 
Harry B. Smith. It is even more un- 
satisfactory than either of the pre- 
vious vehicles used to present Genee 
to American theatregoers. 

Some pretty costumes are worn in 
the course of the performance by 
chorus and principals. There is a plot, 
or part of a plot, which is constantly 
bobbing up, but never approaches an 
interesting story. The attempts at 
comedy fall short of the mark. Some 
of the music is catchy, but nothing out 
of the ordinary. What music there 
was to attract was weakly sung by a 
voiceless chorus and principals, who 
are better dressers than singers. 

Frank Lalor and Josie Sadler car- 
ried off what honors there were to be 
had, but it was earnest labor lost in 
an endeavor to extract comedy from 
the material at hand. Grace Field, 
Amelia Stone, Blanch West, John 
Park, Lawrence Wheat, John Raffeal 
and F. Stanton Heck were the other 
principals. 

The piece is beautifully dressed and 
there are some novel stage settings. 
One or two of the numbers have been 
put on in more than ordinarily at- 
tractive style. The show was of- 
fered here in a rather unfinished state 
and it is probable that some good may 
come out of the revision, but the most 
logical reason for "The Bachelor 
Belles" after the present engagement 
is that Genee is its feature, and Genee 
is always a delight. 



Jack Welch, not Jack Wilson, is as- 
sociated with Arthur Klein in the pro- 
duction of the Geo. M. Cohan sketches 
in vaudeville. 



Arthur Reese, an English singer, 
somewhat on the Geo. Lashwood style, 
is due ln New York, Oct. 30, comLng 
over on "spec." 



The Hebrew holiday Thursday was 
the cause of a couple of acts playing 
in New York not appearing that day. 
It was said Wednesday that a foreign 
single turn might be canceled for the 
rest of his time over here through hav- 
ing declined to break his religious 
faith. The day was generally observed 
Ln the show business. Most of the 
leading managers in every branch are 
of the Jewish race. 



VARIETY 



niETY 



Published Weekly' by 
VARIETY PUBLISHING GO. 

Times Square, New York City. 

SINE SILVERMAN 

Proprietor. 

CHICAGO, 167 Dearborn St. 

WALTER K. HILL. 
LONDON, 418 Strand. 

JESSE J. FREEMAN. 

SAN FRANCISCO. 908 Market St. 

LESTER J. FOUNTAIN. 
PARIS, 66 Bis. Rue Saint Dldier. 

EDWARD O. KENDREW. 
BERLIN. 68A Unter den Linden. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 

Rate card may be found In advertising sec- 
tion of this Issue. 

Advertising copy for current Issue must reach 
New York office by noon Thursday. 

Advertisements by mall must be accompanied 
by remittance, payable to Variety Publishing 
Company. 

SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 

Annual $4 

Foreign 5 

Single copies, 10 cents. 

Entered as second-class matter at New York. 
Vol. XX. October 15 No. 6 

A "Scientific Museum" has opened 
on 42 nd street. 



Grift* returns to open on the Morris 
time Jan. 30, next. 



Billy Atwell has returned to the 
New York offices of the Sullivan-Con- 
sidine Circuit. 



Lottie Gilson is to have a benefit 
tendered to her at Ebling's Casino, 
New York, Dec. 6. 



Girard nnd Gardner have been en- 
gaged through Jack Hayman to open 
on the Moss-Stoll tour, England, next 
July. 



William Klatt is building a new 
"pop" house in Detroit, at a cost of 
$50,000. It will have a seating ca- 
pacity of 1,100. 

"The Penalty," a new play by 
Henry C. Colwell, with Hilda Spong 
in featured role, will open at Phila- 
delphia, Oct. 17. 

Charles Thaeles, a French panto- 
mimist, opens an the Morris time, Nov. 
6. Afterwards he will travel over the 
Pantages Circuit. 



Roste Lloyd was booked this week 
through Pat Casey to open at Poll's 
Scranton, Dec. 2 6. She can remain 
over here but eight weeks. 



Irwin and Herzog are not at the 
Fulton, Brooklyn this week, illness 
having caused a further delay for 
their New York opening on the Mor- 
ris time. 



Ruby Harris, who plays one of the 
principal roles with the "Jardin de 
Paris Girls," and Charles Campbell, 
of the Broadway Comedy Quartet, with 
the same show, were married Oct. 1. 



Jamee Brennan, proprietor of Bren- 
nan's Australian Vaudeville Circuit, 
and the only opposition to Harry Rick- 
ards in that country, is reported either 
in New York City or on his way here 
at present. 



Dick Jose's civil action for $40,000 
damages against the Orpheum Theatre 
Co. (P. G. Williams) was on the cal- 
endar this week. Mr. Jose was in- 
jured by a piece of falling scenery 
at the Orpheum, Brooklyn, in '06. 



Frank KUiston and Co. who play 
the English sketch, "Lady Betty," ar- 
rived in New York on the Mauretania 
last Friday. By request their open- 
ing at the Fifth Avenue was post- 
poned until next Monday. 



George C. Tilyou of Steeplechase 
fame is to reconstruct part of the At- 
lantic City park and pier at a cost 
of $200,000. The building operations, 
according to Maurice Boom, who is 
associated with Mr. Tilyou, are to 
commence not later than Nov. 11. 



Designed to accommodate Broad- 
way productions, the seven-story 
building, with assembly hall and of- 
fice rooms, to be built for John H. 
Springer at. 123d street and Seventh 
avenue will open some time in the 
spring, seating 1,580 when com- 
pleted. 



Harry De Veau states he did not 
withdraw the objections made by the 
Actors' International Union against 
the issuance of a license to Wesley 
Fraser. The license was granted by 
the Commissioner last week over the 
protests lodged, after hearings had 
been held. 



Burnhnm and Greenwood could not 
open at Poli's, Hartford, Monday, 
Miss Burnham having been taken ill 
in New York. She attempted to play 
the engagement, but upon arriving in 
Hartford was removed to the hospital. 
The girls may be able to continue their 
tour next week. 



The American now has the candy 
and cigar stand in the theatre lobby. 
It looks like an exhibition case in a 
millinery shop. A calculation on the 
stock carried figured up eleven dol- 
lars. Nothing below a ten-cent cigar 
can be purchased, so the sales are 
confined to the orchestra only. 



P. S. Goodman, of Noah & Good- 
man, attorneys in New York, prose- 
cuted Harry Mountford for criminal 
libel last week; not Maurice Good- 
man, attorney for the United Book- 
ing Offices. It seemed that an at- 
tempt was made to leave the impres- 
sion the United's attorney ha I been 
the lawyer in the case. 



Managers had several weeks to bid 
for the services of Pilar Morin, and 
finally not being able to secure a the- 
atre in the bright light section of the 
city for a series of special matinees. 
Charles F. Pope, manager of the pan- 
tomimist, has decided to present her 
and her offering at the Carnegie Ly- 
ceum beginning Oct. 17 for nn indefi- 
nite period. 



May Ward, Ln a new "single" act, 
will play the Savoy, Baltimore, next 
week. On the same bill will appear 
Post and Russell and Hagan and Wcst- 
cott. George S. O'Briin placed all 
three turns through the Morris of- 
fice. 



Maury Levi's Hand at Churchill's is 
playing the selection composed by Mr. 
Levi for "The Follies of UUO," a few 
bars introducing each college in the 
United States by its Hag. Ap- 
plause greets most of the colleges, the 
professional people joining ln when a 
college In a city where they made a 
hit is shown. When they didn't do 
so well, they pass it up. Harvard 
leads generally with most applause, 
Yale second, Princeton third. (Syra- 
cuse got a hand one night.) 



Pauline Cooke was saved from 
drowning last Sunday at Harrington 
Park, N. J. Willette Whitaker (Hill 
and Whitaker) pulled "Cookie" out 
of the lake just in time. The non- 
swimmer had called upon Miss Whit- 
aker who lives in the town. As she 
was stepping from a boat, Miss Cooke 
attempted to leap to the bank, but 
forgot she was pushing the boat out 
from under herself. Wilbur Hill 
grabbed a boathook, but "Cookie" said 
she didn't want her dress ruined and 
wouldn't be saved by a man anyway, 
so she hung around the water's top 
until Miss Whitaker mentioned to the 
crowd that supper had waited long 
enough, so she brought "Cookie" to 
shore. Jenie Jacobs had recovered 
sufficiently from her recent illness to 
hand over this one last Monday. Jenie 
insisted that Miss Whitaker actually 
saved Miss Cooke from drowning. 



An animal trainer who has been 
playing around New York recently may 
become involved with "the Society" 
if he is not more discreet in his 
brutal abuse of his animals. Two 
or three times within the past months, 
artists appearing on the same bill have 
suggested a "round robin" protesting 
against the man, who always had a 
reputation for brutality, and formerly 
exhibited it before an audience. He 
seems to have realized his mistake in 
public exhibiting his harsh use of the 
animals, but now "takes it out on 
them" behind the wings. His cruel 
treatment has excited the compassion 
of all the people in the various thea- 
tres he has appeared in. In one house 
the stage hands nearly mobbed the fel- 
low. It's about time Mr. Trainer 
takes warning If he does not want to 
write himself out of American vaude- 
ville. These animal trainers who 
"train" their animals with boot and 
stick should do It at home or In the 
stable, not on the stage. 



Ethel Jacobs of the Joe Wood of- 
fice just simply dotes upon a floor 
manager at Macy's. Ethel sauntered 
into the Macy store the other day 
ani asked the representative of the 
firm behind the corset counter for 
one of the "Polaire's." Not a "Po- 
laire" in the place would fit Ethel. 
The floor manager walked by com- 
menting upon the size of Ethel's 
wvist. Then he said they had an 
old < •orsct around the house which 
Polalre herself had worn. He dug It 



out. and that was too large also! Well, 
girls, just imagine Ethel? There 
she was, pounding a typewriter for 
Joe Wood and all the time with a 
smaller waist than Polaire's. And 
for that waist Poly got Willie Ham- 
merstein to give up $2,800 per, with 
Ethel not receiving quite so much 
from Mr. Wood. The floorwalker 
wanted Miss Jacobs to take a posi- 
tion as corset model. Ethel said, "Is 
the work permanent? You know I 
went to London once and came back." 
The floor person replied he hadn't 
heard about the London trip, and that 
corset models were only required in 
season, from Oct. 1 to June 1. The 
three months over the summer were 
given them as a vacation, he said, to 
train down for the next season. So 
Ethel removed herself and her little 
waist back to Joe Wood's office*. If 
you know Ethel well enough, she will 
tell you all about it, and stand in the 
sunlight so the curves of her has-Po- 
laire-beaten-walst line may be seen. 
Mr. Wood is thinking of giving her a 
"split" week appearing the first three 
days at Cohoes and the last half iu 
Morristown, billing his stenographer 
as the woman who drove Polalre back 
to France. Ethel says she Just as 
leave start in the show business on the 
small time, but her waist really 
couldn't stand the jump. 



Jules ltuhy has an office in the 
Long Acre building. The mention is 
a free ad. for it, of course, but Jules 
won't mind that. In the office Mis- 
ter Ruby has an office boy and an of- 
fice girl. The other day Jules bought 
a desk bell. He called his of- 
fice force Into convention, informing 
them that one ring of the bell meant 
the office girl should present herself 
before him instanter, while two rings 
were for the boy. The office force held 
a conference. They deliberated wheth- 
er Mr. Ruby really thought he was 
the boss or only trying them out to 
get a line on where he stood in the 
sanctum, and decided if it wVre a 
bluff they had better call it. After 
the young people left the office that 
night, Jules rehearsed with the bell 
until he was letter perfect. The of- 
fice force was also rehearsing for the 
ringer. The next morning Mister Ruby 
hustled into the office, scraped the mud 
off his shoes on the door-jam, and 
touched the button one time. There 
was a goodly crowd present. It 
looked right to see Jules signal his 
help on the bell route. No sooner 
had the echo of the jingle died away 
than the shrill notes of a coming prima 
donna called out "Hash the brown!" 
Amazed at the liberty taken by the 
female end of his departmental staff, 
Jules, in anger, rang the bell twice 
for the young man to come forward 
and secure an explanation. The only 
answer -Jules received to the second 
call was a hoarse yell of "One up!" 
The office staff is said to have then 
made a unionized call upon their boss, 
saying If he thought he <<>w]\ turn 
the office into a restaur wit !>y calling 
them through bell ringing, they would 
go the limit with him. am-wririg call 
for call with the i'nll program of a 
beanery. Jules j;ivs the staff is all 
right, they iim'-mi' no sliirht upon their 
superior, hut that he didn't give the 
proper expression to the rings. 



8 



VARIETY 



TWO REPORTED FOR WESTERN. 

There was a meeting held of a num- 
ber of the directors of the Empire Cir- 
cuit (the Western Burlesque Wheel) 
in the offices at the Knickerbocker the- 
atre building late last Wednesday af- 
ternoon, as a result of which it 1b be- 
lieved that two new houses have been 
added to the Wheel. 

The managers of attraction play- 
ing over the Western Wheel who have 
played over the Pann Circuit, a string 
of six one-nighters through Pennsyl- 
vania, have complained so bitterly that 
those at the heacj of the circuit have 
been making a big effort within the 
past week or tw^ to drop the one- 
nighters and place a house in the 
wheel in Philadelphia that would re- 
place the Bijou in that city, turned 
Into a picture house early this season. 

At present it is believed that an- 
other house further west har.been ad- 
ded, and that the Pittsburg spoke will 
be moved down one week to cover the 
lay-off week around New York. 



GORDON HIS OWN CENSOR. 

Cliff Gordon started west Tuesday 
on the "20th Century" accompanied 
by Moe Messing, who is to replace 
Charles Burdick as the traveling man- 
ager with Gordon & North's "The 
Passing Parade," in Minneapolis this 
week. 

Gordon will install Messing at the 
helm of that attraction. After two 
days with the company, Cliff will 
jump to St. Louis where he will re- 
view "The Whirl of Pleasure." 

Next week he will be on the bill 
at the Orpheum, Cincinnati, having 
been booked there by the Morris office 
on Monday. 



PRODUCING COMEDY NUMBERS. 

The vaudeville producing firm of 
Mike Simon and Ren Shields is go- 
ing in quite heavily for big comedy 

numbers for the variety stage. Last 
Monday at the Hudson, Union Hill, 
N. J., Messrs. Simon & Shields pre- 
sented "Cafe de L' Bowery" for a 
"showing." In November "The 
Vaudeville Broker" carrying seven 
people, with special scenery, is to be 
played. 

Ln about two weeks "Yit, Yat and 
Yay" will be shown. It has six people 
and the story comes from Junie 
McCree's pen. 

Other acts, one or two of a serious 
trend, have been designed by the firm 
for vaudeville's further consumption 
this season. For December the firm 
has in preparation "Melodious Mel- 
odies." The latter will require a cast 
of fifteen. 



GOOD BUSINESS WEST. 

Edmund D. Miner was in Indianap- 
olis the first of the week visiting his 
show "The Americans." He returned 

pleased with the business of the com- 
pany at that point. 

Mr. Miner says the western houses 
are showing bigger receipts than the 
eastern theatres. According to the in- 
formation secured by Mr. Miner on his 
recent trip, the west is considerably 
ahead of the east so far on the pres- 
ent burlesque season. 



NOV. MEETING FOR NEW SHOWS. 

At the next meeting of the board 
of directors of the Columbia Amuse- 
ment Co. the new shows or changes 
in present companies from one man- 
agement to another for next season 
will be decided upon. Other import- 
ant business will come up at that 
meeting, to be held the first Friday of 
next month. 



ADDS SEVEN PRINCIPAL. 

For the reorganized "Big Show," 
Fred Irwin added seven principals this 
week. Six were women; the other a 
tenor. The former cast of Mr. Ir- 
win's company remains intact. 

The new pieces were produced at 
the Star, Brooklyn, the end of this 
week. Mr. Irwin staged both. The 
opener is "Down the Line," and the 
burlesque extracts from Irwin's piece, 
"Frenchy" of last season. 

While the first piece did not prove 
satisfactory to Mr. Irwin at the Co- 
lumbia, New York, it pleased greatly 
the next week at Philadelphia. Mr. 
Irwin says he will carry all burlesques 
in his repertoire. If a town doesn't 
like one for the first day or so, it will 
have the other for the remainder of 
the week. 

The additions give "The Big Show" 
nine female principals. 



HELD UP FOR $600. 

Boston, Oct. 13. 

Herzog's Horses were held, paid 
over $600 Sunday and were released 
by the sheriff in time to make its stand 
for this week. The animal act play- 
ed at the Northampton (Mass.) fair. 
On an alleged claim of $1,800, filed 
by Ethel Robinson, of the Western 
Vaudeville Association, Chicago, claim- 
ing damages for three weeks' unful- 
filled contracts, Manuel Herzog was at- 
tached. He paid the $600 in cash to 
settle. 

Mr. Herzog said he understood it 
had been fixed with the state legisla- 
ture last winter so that an act could 
not be attached in Massachusetts for 
an alleged claim. Though Mr. Her- 
zog said he thought it was so, it didn't 
turn out that way for him. 



GABY ALL BOOKED UP. 

London, Oct. 13. 

Before Gaby Deslys can play im- 
mediate vaudeville time in England 
or America, she will have to secure 
Teleases from present engagements. 
The increased value of Gaby is just 
now; later on won't boost her salary 
beyond that received by her in the 
customary order of things. All alone 
by herself Gaby pulls down $1,000 
weekly. She is booked at that figure 
at the Alhambra, London, next Spring, 
the French girl playing an annual 
visit to that house. 

Until Oct. 15, Mile. Deslys will be 
at the Apollo, Vienna. From there 
she goes to Follies Bergere, Paris, to 
originate a role in the revue. The 
H. B. Marinelli office handles her 
bookings. 

Gaby, who is about twenty-five 
years old and a pretty girl, was really 
In love with the deposed King Manuel 
of Portugal, showpeople say, who had 
the opportunity of talking it over with 
Gaby when the affair first came up. 
She had no object in misleading them. 



BOOKING BY BETTING. 

"I have the system," said an agent 
the other day. "It is not a new one, 
and has been used before, but not re- 
cently. The new agency law, with 
the 'split' have driven me to It. 

"My system is by the betting route. 
It's so hard for me to exist on a 'two- 
and-one-half basis that I am now bet- 
ting with my acts whether they work 
or not. It's very simple. I wager 
my acts Monday or Tuesday that they 
will work next week. The wagers 
are for clothes, hats or jewelry. If 
I don't know the acts very well, of 
course I have to bet cash. 

"Sometimes I hold the contracts 
back until Thursday and then bet 
them. They seem more anxious to 
give odds on Thursday than Tuesday. 
Next week isn't so far away then. 

"It's quite a good little idea, and 
you know I don't have to 'split* my 
bets. By my system I can bet any 
amount of cash without putting up a 
dollar. Come in some day and see 
it work. Thursday is the big day." 



TOURING CIRCUS OF FLIERS. 

A circus of fliers is the plan that 
Frederic Thompson has in mind for 
next summer. It is his intention to 
take a dozen or more experienced avi- 
ators and make a tour of the country. 

He has already established at Luna 
Park on the site of the old Philippine 
Village, a complete workshop for the 
construction of a number of mono 
and biplanes. 

The Thompson outfit will go on tour 
early in the spring with a circus 
equipment and prepared to level 
ground for an aviation field to be 
about 200x500 feet In size. 

This venture is one of the first that 
Thompson has attempted in the cir- 
cus line. In It he will meet the op- 
position of practically every open-air 
summer resort of any note and size 
from coast to coast, as park managers 
and fair secretaries throughout the 
country have long since realized the 
value of an aeronautic feature as a 
drawing card. 



SHUT OUT AT HOME. 

Cortland, N. Y., Oct. 13. 

Though Bill Dillon and his brothers 
run the Opera House in this town, 
Bill can't appear professionally in it. 
The Opera House is playing "pop" 
vaudeville, booked through the United 
Offices in New York. Bill is on the 
"blacklist" of that agency, having 
played for William Morris. Every 
Tuesday in New York Mr. Dillon drops 
In the United's Family Department, 
looks over the market for next week's 
program, then walks out. 

It's hard to shut out a good actor in 
his home town, and Cortland isn't 
such a bad little place. Only this 
week a girl came here from New York 
for a rest. The next day a fellow 
came after her and shot the young 
woman, probably fatally. No one here 
knows whether he shot her because 
she came to Cortland or because she 
wouldn't marry him. Anyway, after 
seeing the town while walking through 
the main street to where the girl lived, 
and after shooting her, he shot him- 
self in the hope he wouldn't have to 
make the return trip to the depot 
alive. 



"BLACKLIST" FRAME-UP. 

In the dullness of the vaudeville 
week now ending, some attention has 
been paid to the light booking of 
"blacklisted" acts by the United 
Booking Offices or managers booking 
through it. The latter have seldom 
taken a "blacklisted" turn under its 
own stage name, that having been 
changed in the great majority of 
cases. 

The playing of Karno's Comedians at 
Percy G. Williams' houses is the in- 
stance engaging conversation. Al- 
though the piece is not the same as 
appeared on the "opposition time," 
everything else — excepting an actor or 
two — is. 

One person claimed this week that 
the reason for the engagement of the 
Karno act so openly was to scare 
actors away from the Morris and other 
opposition circuits, leading them to 
believe that in the booking of Kar- 
no's, they might see a future opening 
for themselves. This, it was claimed, 
the United believed would have a 
harmful effect upon "the opposition," 
holding down the supply of acts for it. 

It may have worked out that way, 
from observation, though during the 
past few days there has been a noted 
incline towards the Morris office. 
Several good-sized acts have re- 
engaged with that "opposition," and 
its bills commence to assume a more 
staple look. 

It was also reported during the 
week that the engaging of the Karno 
act by the United has brought about 
protests from several United man- 
agers who either booked the "black- 
listed" numbers "under cover" or 
wanted to take them that way, or 
openly. In every instance where ob- 
jection was made, or the booking 
"leaked," it is said the manager held 
up the Karno contract as the horrible 
example he had to follow. 

One manager even fooled Sam 
Hodgdon, the United's boss booker. 
This manager who stands up in the 
United like an ace on the table 
slipped in a single at a cut of $50 on 
his time. The single was a woman, 
off the Morris Circuit. 

The fact of her appearance in a 
United house reached New York 
somehow and was talked about in the 
United offices. The manager hearing 
of it, had his resident manager frame 
up the weekly report reading "Our 
Miss Blank, local favorite, etc." 
When the rumor reached Hodgdon 
one day, he immediately looked up 
the report, saying "I told you so" as 
the "local favorite" and "Our Miss 
Blank" struck his gaze. 

The story grew so strong, however. 
Hodgdon called in the manager, set- 
ting the case before him. The man- 
ager admitted the booking, claiming 
that as everyone else had taken a 
chance he did not intend protecting 
the Keith - Williams - Hammerstein 
group in his towns, which did not 
harbor "opposition" houses. 

Mr. Hodgdon is said to have 
thrown up his hands at the confes- 
sion, saying his faith in human na- 
ture hart vanished, as the manager 
who admitted the booking was the 
only one in the agency that Hodgdon 
would have staked anything on for 
fidelity. 



VARIETY 



FIRE AT PREMIERE. 

Chicago, Oct. 13. 

The opening of the Willard theatre, 
a new combination house here, was 
marked with scenes of great excite- 
ment. After the second show of the 
evening had started it was discovered 
that a pile of building refuse in the al- 
ley back of the stage was on fire. 
Flames communicated to the building 
proper, but by extreme caution the 
management withheld from the audi- 
ence all knowledge of the blaze. The 
theatre was crowded to suffocation at 
the time. 

Residents of the neighborhood as- 
sembled. They added to the excite- 
ment by making efforts to enter the 
building and reach their children and 
friends, who were in the audience. The 
house management conducted affairs 
admirably. Aided by the police and 
firemen, the show was completed and 
audience dismissed without the slight- 
est disturbance in the theatre. 

The flames were subdued without 
much damage to the building. 



"PARIS" ACT DOES PLAY. 

Chicago, Oct. 13. 

"Paris By Night" will play the 
ChurcMU house at Grand Rapids next 
week, Fettling up the booking differ- 
ences between E. P. Churchill and 
William Morris over the booking of 
the piece. This week at Peoria "The 
Futurity Winner" is appearing, also 
booked from the Morris offl e. it is 
understood. 

Churchill's first date for ^the 
"Paris" act was canceled by the Mor- 
ris office after the Illinois manager 
had posted paper for it. It is salt 1 
that Dan Flshell of the Princes, St. 
Louis, c; Hed on the Morris office lor 
the pantomime, when Churchill lost 
it for that week. 



"POP" CIRCUIT HEAD RETIRING. 

Toronto, Oct. 13. 

It was authoritivoly reported early 
this week that this will be the last 
season that John Griffin, the head of 
the Griffin circuit of "pop" vaudeville 
houses in the United States and Can- 
ada will take an active part in the 
management of his business affairs, 
as he is to retire and turn over the 
business to his only son, Peter F. 
Griffin. 

There has been a general shift of 
the managers of the various houses 
on the Griffin circuit, in Eastern Can- 
ada. 

Peter T. Griffin made the shift so as 
to obtain an estimate of the respective 
value of the men that he has as man- 
agers. He wishes to sort out those who 
are the business bringers. 



STOPS HOOKING TOURS. 

(Special Cable to Vauiktv.) 

London, Oct. 1 :L 
The Moss-Stoll tour has practically 
ceased booking acts for long tours, 
pending split in December. 



Dellaven and Sydney and "The 
Matinee Maids" will make up a new 
"girl act" to be presented in a couple 
of weeks under the management of 
Jack Grogan. 



T. B. C. BOOKING MILES. 

Chicago, Oct. 13. 

Commencing Monday the three 
Miles houses in Detroit, St Paul and 
Minneapolis will secure their bills 
from the Theatrical Booking Corpor- 
ation, of this city. 

The change ends Miles' connection 
with Alexander Pantages. The latter 
circuit will again commence to open 
its acts at Calgary, Canada, instead 
of at Detroit, as it has been doing 
since handling bills for Miles. 

There may be some legal troubles 
between Miles and Pantages over the 
shift. It is reported that Miles, E. 
P. Churchill and Walter Keefe got 
together on the proposition only after 
much persuasion by the Detroit man. 

After next week the acts starting on 
the time controlled by the T. B. C. 
of Chicago will open Monday instead 
of Sunday as heretofore. This change 
has been made so that acts coming 
from the east will be able to make 
the Jump over one day and will not 
be forced to lay off for one week. 

A partial list of turns booked for 
this time disclosed the names of Henry 
Lee, George H. Primrose, McKenzie 
and Shannon, Mabel McKinley, Estelle 
Wordette and Co., and Sam J. Curtis 
and Co. 



WOOD'S TRIP GOOD FOR SIX. 

Joe Wood returned from a little 
trip of two or three days on Monday, 
and brought a few new houses back 
In his bag. They are located at 
Steelton, Bethlehem, Carlisle, Ellen- 
ville (Pa.), Washington and Morris- 
town, N. J. 

To avoid Joe forgetting there are 
other agencies out for business, the 
Family Department of the United 
Booking Offices, relieved him of the 
bookings for the Opera House, Water- 
town, N. Y. The Opera House plays 
acts when not having any traveling at- 
tractions within its walls. Two or 
three turns are used. Sometimes 
they play a week, and sometimes they 
don't, but are paid full salary in either 
event. The Opera House is looking 
for the same patronage that Frank A. 
Keeney's Orpheum in Watertown is 
after. It's a small but lively town. 
Some day Mr. Keeney says he thinks 
he will go up and look it over. 

A couple of local houses have been 
added to the Wood list by Harry 
Whitlock. The Savoy, Brooklyn, 

opened last Siturlay. The Myrtle, 
on Himrod street, is to start Nov. G. 
The Myrtle is a new theatre. 

The Loew offices reported this week 
the annexing of the Music Hall, South 
Xorwalk, Conn., with no losses of 
houses. The Musical Hall is now 
unlcr the management of Felix 
Reich. Almost everybody else in the 
\v.-»rl I with an ambition to be a man- 
ager lias taken a try with it. 



Mabel Dp Young of the Marcus Loew 
office is going to offer a new dancing 
act to managers soon which has three 
girls in it. The act will be Known 
as the Mabel I)e Young Trio. 



THE BRONX CROWD. 

The program for the first three days 
of next week for the new National 
theatre in the Bronx will have Murphy 
and Francis, Elsa Ford, Clarence Sis- 
ters and Brother, Carlyle Moore and 
Co., Searl Allen and Co., Hill and 
Akerman, Murphy and Francis, and 
the usual pictures. 

The National opens Monday. It 
will be a "split" week. Admission 
is 10-15-25. Capacity, 3,100. 

Another new theatre for the Bronx 
is to be at the corner of Westchester 
and Tinton avanues. The cost is plac- 
ed at $75,000. Thomas W. Lamb, 
the theatre architect who has had 
charge of the construction of all the 
houses in which Felix Isman has been 
interested, will furnish the plans for 
a three-story structure covering a plot 
tha't is 71x17 5 feet in dimension. The 
owner of the property is Max Ver- 
schleiser, who resides within a few 
blocks of the theatre site. 

The theatres situated in the Bronx 
are making a strong play for Yonkers 
patronage. The P. G. Williams' house 
and the two burlesque houses. Min- 
er's and the Metropolis, are spending 
quite a little money in billing Yonkers 
and the surrounding suburbs. South 
Broadway leading to the Park Hill 
Inn is lined with a mass of three and 
eight sheets, advertising the current 
attractions in the Bronx houses. 

Frank Gerson's house at 160th 
street and Prospect avenue is due to 
start Nov. 19. It has a capacity of 
1,400, and will play the "pop" brand 
at 10-15-25. 

Dave Genaro and Ray Bailey were 
scheduled to be the headliners at the 
opening of the National. The con- 
sideration offered to Genaro was quite 
enough to make him deeply consider 
taking the trip half way to Albany 
twice daily, but at the last minute 
William Morris stepped In and pre- 
vented the deal going through. As 
a result Genaro and Bailey will be 
on the bill at the American next week. 



Mildred Holland will open her star- 
ring season in "The Provider," at St. 
Joseph, Mo., next Wednesday. 



Blake's Cirrus starts the Loew Cir- 
cuit Oct. 24, 



Komi find Augusta have dissolved. 
The male acrobat of the former team 
is now a special policeman on the 
Subway, watching out for booking 
agents to pass along his way. 




BROOKLYN'S OXFORD GOING. 

Aside from a few hitches, which 
generally mark the opening of a new 
theatre, the Oxford, Brooklyn's new- 
est "pop" house received the stamp 
of approval when thrown open to the 
public for the first time Monday even- 
ing. The house is centrally located, 
in the busy theatrical district across 
the East River. 

The Oxford is the property of Percy 
Williams, but has been leased for a 
term of years by the Hanson Amuse- 
ment Co., of which Cyrus B. Gale is 
president and general manager and 
John J. Maloney, secretary and treas- 
urer. The management and book- 
ings will be looked after personally by 
Mr. Gale. There will be three shows 
daily, with prices, 10-15-25. 

•Work of constructng the Oxford was 
started six months ago by Architect W. 
H. McElfatrick at Flatbush avenue and 
State street. The building cost about 
$95,000. It is of Moorish style of 
architecture and very attractive, the 
boxes being finished in the most ap- 
proved fashion. The gallery and bal- 
cony are just as Inviting as the down- 
stairs portion. The seating capacity 
of the entire house is approximately 
800. The dimensions of the audito- 
rium are 80x80, and the stage is 12 
feet deep and 32 feet wide. 

Manager Gale made a little speech 
from the stage, thanking the people 
for their patronage and outlining the 
policy. Five acts, pictures and illus- 
trated songs will be offered, on a "split 
week." 

Booked through the Family Dept., 
United Booking Offices, the opening 
bill consisted of Erney and Fay, 
Sprague and Dixon, Bob Ferns, and 
Wangdoodle Four (colored). The 
Ross Sisters were unable to appear. 
For Thursday, yesterday and to-day 
the bill offered Crawford and Patter- 
son, Dan Dawson, Krusado and Job, 
Minstrel Boys and Harvey Bergen 
(colored). 



HEARING IN KKALEY CASK. 

There was a hearing in the protest 
of the White Rats against the issu- 
ance of a license to the Edward F. 
Kealey Agency, in the office of the 
Commissioner of Licenses Monday 
morning. The hearing has been ad- 
journed until Oct. 19 at 10 a. in. 

Kealey was represented by (jus. 
Rogers, the attorney, the White Rats 
having Mr. Cahill of the Dennis F. 
O'Brien office to look after their in- 
terests. 

The Rats introduced evidence that 
Kealey had two years ago made an 
improper proposal to a female artist 
who had applied to him for an en- 
gagement. 



WKI.LI.NT.TON LOI9 

CROSS :md JOSKPHINE 

This nmsiiiii comedy couple finish their ex- 
tn tie ly su<Tc;-.--ful season In the east, and 
• ik. up t In ir SKf'ONh OKI'IIKIM TOUK in 
Chlcaxo n«'Xt week (Oct. 17). 



K\T|CI<;s TWO AWAY. 

The Family Department of the 
I'nited Hooking OHie< s, took over two 
of the Ta\lor & Kaufmann houses 
last week. One was the Slater, PottB- 
ville. Pa., and the other, Palace, 
lla/elton. 

For some time past the owners of 
the property have been dictating as 
to who the theatres should book 
ihrough. It was the following of the 
policy that they laid out which caused 
tho switch to be made. 



10 



VARIETY 



ARTISTS' FORUM 



Confine your Utter* to 160 words and write on one elde of paper only. 

Anonymous communications will not be printed. Name of writer must be signed 
and will be held in strict confidence. If desired. 

Letters to be published In this column must be written ezcluslTelj to VAJUBTT. 

Duplicated letters will not be printed. Tbe writer who duplicates a letter to the 

Forum, either before or after it appears here, will not be permitted the piirllege of 
It again. 



Chicago, Oct. 11. 
Editor Variety: 

I read the review on "The Deacon 
and the Lady" in Variety. I saw 
the first act of the show in Baltimore. 
At that time, Mr. Jennings did not 
use a bull dog with a pipe in its 
mouth. I also know that a number 
of that company were over to see my 
act at the Savoy. 

I have used the bull dog with the 
pipe on the stage for the r last four 
years. It seems too bad that these 
two dollar shows have to go to vaude- 
ville and choose the best bits from 
an act, without the act having any re- 
dress. I don't claim to be the origi- 
nator of the dog carrying the pipe in 
his mouth on the street, but I do 
claim the originality of having a bull 
dog follow me on the stage with the 
pipe in his mouth. 

Frederick V. liotDers. 



New York, Oct. 10. 
Editor Variety: 

In reference to the Spissell Bros', 
act, I would state that I am no longer 
connected with Spissell Bros and Co. 
Furthermore, I am the originator of 
the Dutchman's "First Visit," and the 
various mechanical "props." 

Joseph F. Spissell. 
(Spissell, Ladella, Eagel and Co.) 



New York City, Oct. 2. 
Editor Variety: 

I would like to hear a satisfactory 
reply to the following: who is right 
in the stand taken by a manager and 
artist where the manager refuses to 
furnish "props" for a "showing" of an 
act, and the artist declines to appear 
through the "props" not being fur- 
nished. 

Though I suppose the cost of the 
"props" is not concerned in tbe an- 
swer, the amount the> would have 
cost was $3.50. 

It is a New York "small time" argu- 
ment. The act (sketch) was to have 
appeared for one performance only. 
The players are two well-known 
artists. 

Jtimcs Harrold. 

(The point raised by the above has 
several angles. Though Mr. Harrold 
thinks the cost of the "props" should 
have no bearing, in this instance it 
would seem that for the "small time" 
house to have a sketch, though new, 
played by two well-known artists as an 
item on the bill would be worth the 
slight annoyance through possible re- 
arrangement of the program, and 
also $3.50 for "props," by a "small 
time" circuit which plays "splits", 
along with a shift of acts on Sunday 
and "pro rata" payments for one or 
more shows any time. A recognized 
showman in vaudeville upon having 
the question put to him said that 
the management was right in the re- 
fusal to furnish at its own expense any 



"props" required. The showman re- 
marked the house would have had 
no advantage of any previous billing, 
gambled upon the merits of the "show- 
ing" with equal chances, and that it 
was valueless to the house, the oppor- 
tunity to "show" was an accomoda- 
tion, he added, leaving the item of any 
expense solely upon the act. — Ed.) 



Charleston, S. C, Sept. 24. 
Editor Variety: 

There Is an act, Bot and Dot (better 
known as Bot Schaffer) doing our 
act. "The Doctor and the Show Girl," 
word for word. They are playing the 
small time in the south, but we are 
playing the Interstate Circuit, in the 
south also, and I think it time that 
they should stop doing our act, as we 
were the means of securing him work 
out of Chicago this winter for his 
single act. 

I think, Mr. Bot Schaffer, you have 
your nerve with you, to bodily take 
and do our act. Terra and. Elmer. 



New Orleans, Sept. 24. 
Editor Variety: 

After reading the review of Carrie 
De Mar's act I notice in Variety Daisy 
Harcourt's claim to be the first woman 
to wear the "Hobble Skirt" in Am- 
erica. 

Allow me to correct both your re- 
viewer and Miss Harcourt by stating 
the fact that Mildred Grover wore a 
"Hobble Skirt" all last season, com- 
mencing Oct. 25, 1909, at the Or- 
pheum, Allentown, Pa. 

When Dash reviewed our act two 
years ago at the Alhambra, New York, 
he insinuated Miss Grover's burlesque 
on the "Sheath Gown" was rather 
ancient. To our knowledge, she was 
the first one to introduce that in 
vaudeville also, at the Olympic, Chi- 
cago, in June, 1908. Of course by 
the time Dash "caught" us in New 
York, he had seen many others before 
us. Dick Richards. 

(Mildred Grover and Richards.) 



Editor Variety: 

I want to bring before the pro- 
fession the De Young Bros., are us- 
ing the name of the "Two Francis- 
cos," which ew have used since en- 
tering the show business fourteen 
years ago. 

In some towns they go under the 
name of Allen and Young. 

Not being satisfied by taking our 
names, they have also taken and used 
our act. Two Franciscos. 



The Biff City Quartet has been 
booked for the season in the east and 
west by Albee. Weber & Evans. 




Alice Lloyd returned from London 
with costumes more elaborate than 
ever. All follow the "hobble" line 
closely. Three of the gowns are but 
half a yard around the bottom. They 
are not made with a band forming the 
hobble, but cut in straight lines, nar- 
rowing towards the ankle. Some look 
like a trouser leg. The combinations 
cf colors are striking. One is a deep 
coral pink covered Ln navy blue chif- 
fon with brilliant buttons, another a 
peach messaline, over which is a cin- 
namon brown chiffon and a white with 
black chiffon is very handsome. A 
light blue chiffon is gorgeous. It is 
trimmed with bands of embroidery in 
the same shade and finished off with 
two enormous tassels. One pink frock 
is sweetly pretty. The bodice is com- 
posed entirely of tucks, each tuck out- 
lined with a row of diamonds. There 
are blues and pinks, in fact, gowns of 
every hue. Needless to say Alice will 
be a dress sensation in the west. Each 
gowji has a hat in harmony. One hat 
of blue satin covered in willow plumes 
with a touch of coral is lovely. Two of 
the longest willow plumes made adorn 
an enormous black velvet shape. Caps 
of lace and satin add to this extrava- 
gant outfit. 



I must be a terribly poor scribbler 
in long hand. Last week when I 
wrote "I Wonder What's Keeping 
Bert Cooper in Paris?" it came out 
"1 Wonder Who's Keeping Bert 
Cooper in Paris," and seemed to have 
pa^ued by everybody. 



Who said Marie Cahill was stout? 
Miss Cahill ln her new gowns shows a 
most symmetrical figure and looks 
pounds lighter than Truly Shattuck i.n 
"Judy Forgot." Miss Cahill's first 
gown in deep pink was lovely. All 
Miss Cahill's gowns are well made and 
suited her style. But it was the cloaks, 
hats and peculiar muffs which at- 
tracted the most attention. One cloak 
of ermine was very costly, but an ar- 
rangement Ln chiffon and ermine was 
the unique combination. A black vel- 
vet hat smothered in white aigrettes 
was perfect. Truly Shattuck wore a 
hair arrangement like Pauline Chase's, 
with not the same effect. The dresses 
of the entire chorus of the Cahill 
show were as ugly as they could pos- 
sibly be. 



Belle Blanche at Hammerstein's this 
week was becomingly dressed ln one 
number. It was a gray frock with a 
motor bonnet. 



HERE'S BILLY GOULD 

BY WILLIAM GOULD. 

Lou Pincus, booking agent for Pan- 
tages, offered Harry Leonhardt his 
circuit for "The Futurity Winner." 
Harry declined saying "The horses 
won't play 3 a day." 



William II. Fox will arrive in New 
York to-day (Saturday). He opens 
at Keith's. Philadelphia. Monday. 



Angle Norton of Norton and Nichol- 
son has a new Idea, for a sketch. 
She will stage, produce and finance 
same- 



Can a person steal unintentionally? 
If you think it is impossible sing the 
first and third line of "The Beautiful 
Garden of Roses"; then sing first and 
third line of "My Marauch." 

(I admit it is worthy of Pinkerton.) 



An act played at Sherry's the other 
night, receiving the date at a few min- 
utes' notice, one being married, wrote 
a note to her husband. Here is the 
contents of same, verbatim: 
Mr. K. B. Merrill, 

Dear Sir: — Everybody must go 
over to Sherry's to-night in Lu- 
clana Lou costume to go through 
the number, so call for me dear. 

Lovingly, 
Julia. 
P. S. — It is business not pleasure. 
Blame your husband for this being 
in print, Julia. (I hate to see peace 
in any married family.) 



I asked a l^zy coon the other day 
what he did for a living? He re- 
plied: "Oh! I just follow the warm 
weather, that's all." 



Here are two Willie Hammerstein 
pulled. A lady asked him if Countess 
De Swirsky was playing his house that 
week. Willie said: "Yes — she's a 
brave woman." He asked me this one, 
"When is a manager not a manager?" 
As I wanted to play the house again 1 
played straight, saying, "I don't know. 
When is a manager not a manager?" 
Willie answered: "Nine times out of 
ten." 



The greatest laughing show that I 
ever saw Is Geo. M. Cohan's "Get Rich 
Quick Wallingford." See it. 



Here is a contrast between two 
vaudeville actors. One performer, 
quite unknown and just on the edge 
of the big time, said to me: "Before 
I made my big hit." (Rough and 
crude stuff.) A few minutes after- 
wards I met Jim Harrigan, the tramp 
juggler, who Is and has always been 
a "big hit." I said: "Jim, what did 
you do on the coast that made you 
go so big?" Jim said, "Oh, I just 
sang a couple of little songs and told 
a few bum jokes." (Pick the win- 
ner.) 



The Solid Ivory Club held its sec- 
ond annual dinner and bath last Tues- 
day night. The subject for discussion 
was "Suicide." Mr. Bird contended 
that all police stations should have 
three or four suicide rooms. If a 
man came in and said, "I want to 
commit suicide," the policeman would 
say, "What route? Gun, rope or 
gas?" Mr. King argued that the best 
way to commit suicide for the fam- 
ily's sake, would be to buy an aero- 
plane and go up in it and then stop 
the motor. Everybody would remark. 
"He died a hero, for a good cause, de- 
veloping science." "Mush Ear" said, 
"I will have to try all before I will 
be able to tell which is best, although 
the aeroplane suggestion sounds 
good." 



VARIETY 



ii 



LONDON 


NOTES 


VARIETY'S LONDON OFFICE 


411 mAND. 


W. 0. 


Mall for Americana aad Damp— m la ■aropa. 
ba promptly forwarded. 

m 


If addraaMd oaro VARIETY aa aboro will 

I 



London, Oct. 5. 
Oswald Stoll, after seeing Bern- 
hardt's tremendous success, is said 
to have commissioned Marinelli to go 
after Caruso for a vaudeville engage- 
ment at the Coliseum. 



Adeline CJenee has been booked for 
the Coliseum, to opan sometime next 
Spring. 



Cliff Berzac will sail for the States 
on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 
Oct. 12. 



Harry Burns, the provincial agent, 
will have a London office soon. 



The Great Lafayette returned this 
week from a tour on the Continent 
and will immediately go on the Stoll 
time. Lafayette made all his jumps 
on the Continent in his wild motor 
car. 



There has been a wonderful comedy 
drama enacted here in London by two 
Hebrew comedians (not in the same 
act), over a card game of some kLnd. 
Both comedians are from the States. 
The first scene is an artist's club. The 
characters are the Hebrew comedians, 
and a pugilist of some note; also an- 
other card player. At this club no 
money can be displayed. Everything 
is the "pay you after" plan. As the 
game goes on, Hebrew comedian No. 
1 continues win.ning from the other 
comedian. At the conclusion there is 
about $100 comedian No. 1 has coming 
from the other comedian. Comedian 
No. 2 refuses to settle. There is much 
talk and threats. No. 1 with the mon- 
ey coming, has the pugilist on his 
side. He looks a winner. Welcher 
promises to pay the next day, without 
any intention of doing so. But 
threats against his personal beauty 
reach him. He fears the pugilist. 
The next scene is very dramatic. No. 
1 meets the bad man. The bad boy 
calls him aside and laying a revolver 
in the palm of his hand, tells him to 
have a look, all the while using the 
Hebrew dialect. With the other hand 
he dived down in his pocket, produc- 
ing a license to carry the weapon. It 
has been the scream of the ineighbor- 
hood. Up to now no one has been 
shot. People who have seen the gun 
say it is a real one. 



Fred Karno put on a sketch last 
week (at the Canterbury) called "The 
New Slavey." While not up to the 
Karno standard the piece will prob- 
ably pass along, mainly through the 
comedy efforts of Shaun Glcnville. 



George Mozart at the Canterbury 
last week, put over a new idea in 
travesty. He gives an Imitation of 
a moving picture film with his own 
company. Calling it "The Thief." In 
the whirling lights a very funny melo- 



drama is showji by Mozart, and others 
dressed as policemen. 



Ferdinand Frey and Lelette Agoust 

* put on an act at the Alhambra last 
week. Frey is a French singer. He 
tries to be funny and is the main 
part of the act, Miss Agousi assisting. 
The Frenchman does a sort of a pro- 
tean sketch, impersonating different 
servants around a hotel. While Frey 
can sing, his idea of co'medy is strictly 
Continental, of course, and that lets 
him out. 



Bransby Williams made his de- 
but in a West End dramatic 
piece this week when he appeared Ln 
a play by Hall Caine called "The 
Bishop's Son." The critics were di- 
vided as to Mr. Williams, but mostly 
all predicted a short run for the play. 



Harry Vernon's "Horse-Thief," 
with Herbert Sleeth in the lead, will 
play the London Hippodrome, Nov. 12, 
after a few weeks in the Provinces. 



Johnson and Hart, formerly of Har- 
ry Kraton's second "Hoopville" com- 
pany, are playing with Gibbons in 
London, after a tour of the North of 
England. 



George Bastow, a comic singer of 
the old school, is appealing this week 
for the first time in several years 
in London, having been compelled to 
quit the stage through ill health. Mr. 
Bastow is at the Hippodrome, going 
very well, with a couple of new char- 
acters that he gets over admirably. 
Mr. Bastow was of "Galloping Major" 
fame. 



Walllc Fitzgibbon has arrived from 
America and will have a showing at 
the Camberwell Empire next week. 



Ethel Irving, the legitimate actress, 
will play the Hippodrome Jan. 3, in a 
playlet by Henry Arthur Jones. Hart- 
ley Milburn booked the act there. 



Eddie Lang, formerly with the Big 
Four, has formed another quartet 
called the American Comedy Harmon- 
ists. 



Harry Jolson, who sailed this week 
for the States, will return to play dates 
here next April. 



Jack and Evelyn, booked for the 
Holborn this week, did not appear 
owing to the illness of Jack. "The 
Wow Wows," a new Karno act, made 
its first West End appearance at this 
hall and judging from the laughs re- 
ceived it will have no trouble over 
bookings. A sketch called "The Touch 
of a Child," scored at the Holborn. 
It is far above the average general- 
ly seen ln the halls. 



PARIS NOTES 

BY EDWARD G. KENDREW 



Paris, Oct. 4. 
The Casino de Paris is not likely 
to change hands at present. Jack 
DeFrece was near signing a contract 
to take over the twelve years' lease 
of Albert Cailar, but en reflection left 
for London without closing the trans- 
action. It was intended to obtain a 
further lease of 30 years of M. 
Edwards, the landlord, through M. 
Zanroff, and to rebuild the establish- 
ment. On Oct. 1 the Casino program 
underwent a change, like the major- 
ity of the Parisian music halls, by the 
appearance of Catherine Florence, 
American singer, Les Zeds, acrobats, 
and Belsai, Spanish danseuse. The 
giant negress, Abamah (Ella Wil- 
liams) remains the "big" attraction. 
She will later make a tour under 
Rasimi's direction. 



The Folies Bergere has been doing 
excellent business. The improved 
program, October, contains Geo. Ali, 
Three Athletes, McBanns, Humpsty- 
Bumpsty, Kaufmans (Keba and Inez). 
Naturally Clement Bannel has with- 
drawn the indifferent sketch of Paul 
Ardot, in which Anne Dancrey had 
an ungrateful role. Ardo, the author, 
now leturns to his original part at 
the Apollo, in "Hans, the Flute Play- 
er." The Winter revue is being pre- 
pared, and will be seen towards the 
end of Decmber. 



Th Olympia will not make much 
change in its show until the middle 
of October. On the 1st, the BrotWs 
Dalf, parallel bar act, and Zenga 
opened, replacing the poor sketch 
"La Fuite," in which Rosenheim 
proved Umself more motieient as an 
artist than a playwright. This hall 
will close Oct. 11 for rehearsals of 
the new revue, due the 14th. A big 
company is now busily rehearsing, 
including Lala Selbini, Bessie Clay- 
ton, Mme. Delterne (popular Bel- 
gian comedienne), Odette Auber, six- 
teen "Ernie Girls," Max Linder, Girier, 
Resse, Darcet, Miles. Lucienne Malty, 
Dhomas (particularly good in the last 
Moulin Rouge production), Valda, 
Jusset, 7 Bob Pender Troupe, 
Dulga, with a new piano trick. The 
revue will be signed by Arnaud and 
Millet, but many others have had a 
hand in the work. Nothing has yet 
been decided as to the tut ure tenancy 
of the Olympia. Oscar Hannnerstein 
occupied a stage box one evening last 
week. Although he is talking of 
nothing but grand opera for London, 
Oscar was exceedingly interested in 
the monk "Pri.nce Charles," and the 
writing dog, "Dick." 



Marigny closed Sept. ;jo, after a 
good season, with the exception of the 
List month. 



At the Alhambra are I.e Roy, Talma 
and Bosco. Henry Helnie, Sabini 
Troupe, Troba, Kelly and Agnes, Jules 
Moy, Garcia, Miss Mollin and Girls, 
Sehilincky Brothers, Valdetta, Payon, 
Frajicis Gerard. 



The Etoile Palace's new show in- 
cluded the Royal Quintet, Usrima 
Bros., Elvire Obert, Wandrey, Sisters 
Myosotis, Helwegh and Bella, Rene 
Raoult. 



A new hall, to be called Casino 
Montparnasse, is being built. It is 
a small place and will open as a cafe 
chantant. 



The death of Marius Cairanne, com- 
poser, is announced at the age of 51 



Much satisfaction is expressed in 
France at the passage of the 
new law in Argentine Republic 
by which that country adheres to the 
International Convention concerning 
ownership of literary works, thus af- 
fording protection to the plays of for- 
eign authors. The only now remain- 
ing country where a certain protec- 
tion against plagarlsm is not obtain- 
able is Russia. 



The Paris Journal In its interesting 
theatrical notes calls attention to the 
fact that in 1841 the Porte St. Mar- 
tin Theatre mounted a revue entitled 
"To-day and 100 Years Hence," in 
which the authors made fun of the 
improbable ideas of Inventors of wood 
paving, women lawyers, express trains, 
with a direct line from Paris to Pe- 
kin, horseless carriages, and (the most 
chimerical prognostication at that 
time) the friendship between France 
and England. All these improbable 
inventions have been realized in much 
less than 100 years. No reference 
appears to have been made concern- 
ing" aeroplanes, and how the public 
would be fooled at that very same 
theatre in 1910 by a play called 
"Chantecler." 



TRAVELOG CIRCUIT. 

What will be the first of a chain 
of houses in which illustrated trave- 
logs will be featured will be finished 
early next spring for the Damascus 
Theatre Co., by Architect W. H. Mc- 
Elfatrick. It will be personally man- 
aged by Richard G. Knowles, who is 
well known on the lecture and en- 
tertainment platform. 

According to plans in embryo, five 
houses will be built in the east and 
what success the Knowles house will 
have is being awaited with keen in- 
terest by the men behind the new the- 
atre scheme. 

The Knowles house is being con- 
structed on the north side of Long- 
wood street and on the east side of 
Westchester avenue. It will be of 
Syrian architecture and will offer a 
new style in theatre construction. 

The naming of the house will be 
left to a popular voting contest to 
decide. The Damascus Co. expects 
to have the theatre opened early in 
spring. 



Cliurles Kenna, "The Fakir," open- 
ed at the American, \<\v York, Mon- 
day, for the fir: t of eight weeks over 
the Morris Circuit time. 



12 



VARIETY 



HAS BASEBALL CONCESSION. 

Chicago, Oct. 13. 

The Es3anay people have arranged 
with the National Commission to take 
exclusive pictures of the champion- 
ship series between the "Cubs" and 
Athletics, which open next week. 

This is the third season Essanay has 
had the concession. 



HALF GAUMONT'S GOES OVER. 

The Gaumont company has swung 
its American factory, located at Flush- 
ing, L. I., to the independents and 
its first American reel will be released 
Oct. 21 under the newly adopted trade 
mark of "Solax." 

George Magie, well known among 
the motion picture people, Is business 
manager of the §olax company. Ma- 
dame Blache, a relative of Leon Gau- 
mont, will be superintendent of the 
photographic department. 



WANT PUBLIC CENSORS. 

There is likelihood of an ordinance 
being passed by the New York City 
Council establishing a public Board 
of Censors for all moving pictures 
shown in the city. Such a measure 
will be heartily approved by the mov- 
ing picture show proprietors. 

A hearing on the proposed ordi- 
nance is set for Wednesday afternoon, 
Oct. 19, at City Hall. 

Objection to the ordinance is being 
made by the present Board of Cen- 
sors, which is a private body appoint- 
ed some time ago by a committee of 
civic organizations. 



REAL MIDDIES IN PICTURE. 

The first picture taken in America 
in which the United States govern- 
ment actually participates was "film- 
ed" last week at Washington, when 
one of Uncle Sam's battleships, was 
placed at the disposal of the Gau- 
mont company and views of the "mid- 
dies" in action were taken. 

Marines, numbering 580, took part 
in the picture making. The film will 
be one of the early releases with the 
new Solax trade mark. 



TAKE FROM "TRUST." 

Hutchinson & Hite, a Chicago film 
renting firm, have left the ranks of 
the trust and are now allied with the 
independent forces. Hutchinson was 
formerly with Fred Aiken, of the 
Theatre Film Service, recently ab- 
sorbed by the General Film Co. 



P. A. Powers, of the Powers pic- 
ture company, and Frank Talbot, pro- 
prietor of the Gem, Lyric and Bijou 
Dream theatres in St. Louis, figured 
in an automobile wreck in that city 
last Monday afternoon. While Talbot 
was not seriously injured, Powers had 
his back badly hurt and was also inter- 
nally injured. There were seven peo- 
ple in the machine. 



Bert Levey's engagement at the 
Wintergarten, Berlin, has been ex- 
tended throughout October, giving the 
cartoonist ten weeks in all at the Ger- 
man house. 



Herbert Clifton returned to New 
York this week. He opens at Chase's 
Washington, Monday, going through to 
the Coast this season. M. S. Bent- 
ham is the agent. 



VARIETY'S PICTURE REVIEWS 



BILLS NEXT WEEK. 



"THE ARMORER'S DAUGHTER" (Reliance) 
(Independent). 
The picture shows what beautiful results 
may be obtaiued when close attention Is paid 
to details and proper scenic and stage arrange- 
ment. The acting itself stands alone. This 
American production of the pomp and splendor 
of Romau feudal time, wbile typically forelgu 
in idea, brings credit to the Reliance people 
for the magnificent manner in which it has 
been placed before the camera. 



"HANK AND IJVNK" (Essanay). 

These eccentric individuals— tbe long and the 
short of it— are shown in another supposed 
funny series, but like the other films that 
have passed in review are unable to deliver the 
goods. There is a short laugh at the finish, 
that is all. It Is about time Hank and Lank, 
with their unlimited opportunities, did some- 
thing that was really ludicrous. The scenes 
are well photographed. 



"A SUMMER FLIRTATION" (Pathe). 

Two nice looking young men besmear each 
other's face with shoe polish or burnt cork In 
a vain attempt to explode a lot of hilarious 
comedy. The Idea is overdone and it seems 
a shame to have wasted all the nice, clear 
work of the camera. The Idea of American 
fun as exploited by the Pathe firm seems to 
fall shy of the mark. 

"PAPAS FIRST OUTING" (Essanay). 

"Papa's Finish" as a title would have been 
just as appropriate, judging from the mauling 
he gets when he arrives home from the beach 
where he has carried on a flirtation with other 
women. The wife plans a home coming that 
gets a laugh when one of the children nearly 
undresses him In front of the camera. 



"FOILED BY A CIGARETTE, OR THE 
STOLEN PLANS OF THE FORTRESS" 
(Urban-Eclipse). 
The title is almost as good as a dime novel. 
A detective "shows up" an army traitor 
through his special brand of cigarettes and 
foils a deep-laid plot to place the plans of the 
fortress in the hands of the enemy. Another 
officer, under suspicion, is showered with apol- 
ogies and congratulations by bis superior of- 
ficers and the guilty man marched away to 
prison. There is a woman in the case, but 
she has little to do with the thrilling part of 
the story. The photography is good. 

BROTHER MAN" Vltagraph). 

Photographically, one of the best the Vlta- 
graph company has handed the exhibitors In 
many days. There Is class to this picture, and 
the idea is excellently worked up. A man is 
at his club, playing cards, when, receiving 
word that the stork has visited his home, he 
rushes home, but is cautioned by the nurse not 
to wake his offspring. A burglar enters and 
arouses the sleeping man. While taking his 
watch and money, the baby comes into the 
story long enough to soften the burglar's 
heart, and he not only returns his plunder, 
but leaves an extra "ten-spot" for the kid. A 
policeman nabs the fleeing robber, but the 
baby's papa shows him that he Is a brother 
at heart. The scenes of mother, nurse and the 
baby form a pretty feature that appeals. 

"ACTORS' FUND FIELD DAY" (Vltagraph). 
Plenty of novelty and fun in this picture. 
One does not have to know stage folk to enjoy 
it, as the views of* the wild men of Borneo 
doing one of their native dances, Blckel and 
Watson's phony hand, Bert Williams and Billle 
Reeves In an amusing boxing match, the 
greased pig chase, the negro pie eaters, shoe 
scramble and the chorus girls' foot race, are 
worth a dollar of any man s money. The pic- 
ture starts off with the parade of the show 
people at the Polo Grounds, and ends showing 
the way they were transported to the scene 
of festivities. 



"THE SONG THAT REACHED HIS HEART" 
(Edison). 
Another film showing scenes in the Canadian 
Northwest. The story is that of a lumber- 
man's love for his old sweetheart, who, by a 
turn of the wheel of fate, strikes the very 
town In which he is living. An old song, a 
favorite of the young lovers, and an attempt 
to rob hf>r of her money, brings them together 
again. The photography Isn't bad. but there 
are several links that need stronger connec- 
tions. 



WOMAN'S VANITY" (Lubln). 

A corking good comedy subject. There Is 
laugh after laugh in it, the finish belnc par- 
ticularly good. FRED. 

"THE GOLF FIEND" (Lubln). 

A short film with quite a few laughs. A 
golfing enthusiast uses the public highways 
for his links, greatly to the discomfort of 
pedestrians. FRED. 

"FOR HKR COUNTRY'S SAKE" (Sellg). 

A drama of Colonial days with a growsome 
ending. The story is well told and the pho- 
tography Is good, but the film did not strike 
the popular fancy. The finish, where a dead 
girl Is brought on by her father, who Is blood 
stained, Is rather too realistic. FRED. 



"AN INDIANS GRATITUDE" (Pathr). 

The chase "acrrtss wild, virgin land" and 
on water in canoes Is the best feature. The 
Pathe people have made an Interesting "bit" 
out of the capture of a renegade Indian by 
members of his own tribe. The picture Is 
full of excitement, action and realism. 



"THE SAGE, THE CHERUB AND THE 
WIDOW" (Vltagraph). 
A little child causes it all. She looks over 
a wail and becomes acquainted with the doc- 
tor next door. Her mother, a widow, finds her 
one day talking to "the sage. " He wins the 
widow. While the film will never cause any 
big talk, it helps paBB away a few minutes. 

"THE DUNCE CAP" (Gaumont). 

Will please children and adults. A little 
chap incurs the ill-will of his teacher, who 
places the dunce cap on his head. The boy Is 
further punished at home and sent to his 
room. He runs away and travels. It Is a 
nice little Btory and well told. 

"A SKIER TRAINING" (Gaumont). 

Short, but sweet. In fact, this film would 
make a better Impression were more features 
of this foreign winter pastime shown. 

"A GOLD NECKLACE" (Blograph). 

A comedy subject that falls short. The 
characters are miscast, the two girls In the 
picture do not look any more than fifteen 
years of age, and both act In keeping with 
that age. One has a sweetheart who looks 
fully thirty or more. His appearance takes 
from the comedy value. A younger appear- 
ing chap could have gotten more out of the 
role. There seemed to be no excuse for the 
girl entering a boulevard cafe alone. The 
film has but four laughs In it at the most, and 
the finish falls flat. FRED. 



"HOW HUBBY GOT A RAISE" (Blograph). 

Two or three opportunities for legitimate 
comedy overlooked. Wlfey schemes to secure 
hubby a raise in salary. To further this end 
she Invites his employer to dinner. The wife 
borrows from the neighbors enough decora- 
tions to make the apartment look as though 
it was occupied by a family of unlimited 
wealth. When the employer comes to dinner 
he sizes up the general effect and then de- 
cides, that his employee la living far beyond 
his means and discharges him. A brief mo- 
ment at the finish brings laughter. FRED. 

"THE SANITARIUM" (Sellg). 

No excuses are necessary for the making 
of this film. It may have been slammed to- 
gether in the night A man and his valet 
turn a house Into a sanitarium to make a 
little pin money. Some old situations, some 
are worked to the limit There are enough 
people In the picture to make some genuinely 
funny climaxes. The photography will do. 

"THE STIGMA" (Pathe). 

A man emerges from prison on good be- 
havior, but the stain on his name cannot be 
obliterated. He endeavors to secure employ- 
ment without success. He saves a little girl 
from being seriously hurt by an automobile 
and when he again falls into his old habits, 
enters the very house where the child lives. 
You know the rest. Little acting Is required. 
A stronger finish could have been arranged. 

"IN THE GRAY OF THE DAWN" (Reliance) 
(Independent). 
The first release to be made by the Reliance 
people sets a new mark In motography. The 
picture, entitled "In The Gray of the Dawn," 
is adequately staged, handsomely costumed 
and superbly acted by a competent cast The 
photography is of the best. A woman 
with a butterfly career yields to the passions 
of true love, but all her womanly attributes 
are summed up when she finds that there Is a 
blind fiancee awaiting the man's return. Her 
better nature asserts Itself and to Insure 
happiness for the blind girl, ends her earthly 
existence in "the gray of the dawn" as her 
husband has gone for a minister. Marion 
Hardland's acting is clever. The film Is worth 
all the praise and attention the public will 
bestow upon it. 



"THAT CHINK AT GOLDEN GULCH" (Blo- 
graph). 
An Impossible Chinaman does things almost 
beyond mortal ken. He jumps Into America, 
picks up English In the twinkling of an eye, 
prints better than the average school boy, 
and effects the capture of a bold highwayman 
In a manner that is highly absurd. 

"BETTY IS PUNISHED" (Pathe). 

The Pathe Idea of the way Hetty does things 
may be excruciatingly funny across the pond, 
but in the American houses the Betty series 
does not create the furore desired. A modern 
version of "Peck's Rad Boy" would make a 
better Impression. While Betty Is Impossible 
in real life, she Is more than impossible in the 
series that Pathe is Inflicting on tbe Ameri- 
can audiences. Aside from an occasional 
laugh, the picture is a big disappointment. 

Hanunerstein's Roof, with pictures 
and vaudeville, may open about Oc- 
tober 24, If the place upstairs can be 
made wind proof. 



The Prospect theatre, Cleveland, O., 
will change Its policy of five to three 
shows daily, commencing next week. 



Frank Elllston and Co. open at the 
Fifth Avenue next Monday. It is an 
English act, and was wrongly reported 
for opening last Monday. 



NEW YORK. 



HAMMERSTEIN'8 
Lily Lena. 
Neil O'Brien ft Co. 
Howard ft North. 
Stuart Barnes. 
Cole and Johnson. 
Bothwell Browne. 
Nlchol Slaters. 
Cotter ft Boulden. 
Maxlmus. 

FIFTH AVENUE. 
Frank Keenan and 

Co. 
"College Life." 
Bizley and Fink. 
Conlln, Stelle and 

Carr. 
Rose Royal and 

"Chesterfield." 
Lorenzo and La 

Due. 
(Others to fill). 

COLONIAL. 
Russian Dancers. 
Sam Mann & Co. 
Chadwlck Trio. 
Belleclair Ifros. 
Primrose Four. 
Harry Breen. 
Jla Grannon. 
Konerz Bros. 

ALHAMBRA. 
Mclntyre & Heath. 
"The Courtiers." 
Mr. Hymack. 
Albert Whelan. 
Ruby Raymond ft Co 
Mr. ft Mrs. Stuart 

Darrow. 
Kaufman Bros. 
Three Hlckeys. 

BRONX. 
Victor Moore ft Co. 
Valerie Bergere and 

Co. 
Chip and Marble. 
Qeo. Felix and Co. 



Melani Four. 
Rooney and Bent. 
Bedlnl and Arthur. 
Jones and Deeley. 
Claude Roode. 

ORPHEUM. 
Karno Co. 
"Sonar Review." 
Lil Hawthorne. 
Sebastian, Merrill Co 
Macart and Bradford 
Royal Collbrls 
Four Uessems. 
Brown and Ayer. 

GREENPOINT. 
Mason, Keeler ft Co. 
George Newburn. 
Mr. and Mrs. Mark 

Murphy. 
Burnham and Green- 
wood. 
Hoey and Lee. 
Elton-Polo Troupe. 
Berry and Berry. 

AMERICAN. 
Gto. Primrose & Co. 
"The Futurity Win- 
ner." 
"Scrooge." 
Jim Callahan. 
Bryon and Langdon. 
U Macart Sisters. 
Maximo and Bobby. 
Steve Bartel. 
Harper-Smith Trio. 

FULTON. 
"The Monkey's Paw" 
Dunn and Glazier. 
Jessie BYoughton. 
Charles Kenna. 
Mason and Bart. 
Erwin and Herzog. 
McLellan and Carson 
Cummlngs and Glad- 
dings. 
(One to fill.) 



CINCINNATI, 



COLUMBIA. 
Gertrude Hoffmann. 
F. McCormack ft Co. 
Lloyd and Roberts. 
Earl and Curtis. 
Red ford and Win- 
chester. 
Rochez' Monkeys. 
(Others to till.) 



ORPHEUM. 
Amelia Bingham. 
Cliff Gordon. 
Harry Mayo. 
Cook Sisters. 
Paul Case and Co. 
Flnlay and Burke. 
3 Lloyds. 
Morris and Kramer. 



ST. LOUIS. 



COLUMBIA. 
"The Leading Lady." 

Co. 
Charlotte Parry Co. 
Moratl Opera Troupe 
Clifford and Burke. 
Marie Fenton. 
Grahame's Manikins. 
Reed Bros. 
Lighting Hopper. 



PRINCESS. 
Russian Dancers" 
Genaro and Bailey. 
Gardner and Stod- 
dard. 
Rivoll. 

George W. Day. 
Virginia Grant. 
Busse's Dogs. 
(One to fill.) 



CHICAGO. 



MAJESTIC. 
Elbert Hubbard. 
"Night Birds." 
Cressy and Dayne. 
Three Vagrants. 
Marie & Billle Hart. 
Cross and Josephine. 
Hamld Alexander. 
Valentine and Dooley 
O'Brien Havel Co. 
R. J. Hamilton. 



AMERICAN. 
Edouard Jose ft Co. 
Genaro and Bailey. 
Charlie Case. 
Kara. 

Arvls Mystery. 
Zeguener Quartet. 
Nevins and Gordon. 
Potts Bros, and Co. 
Lee Tung Foo. 
La Belle Nello. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



AMERICAN. 
"The Hold Up." 
Clssle Curlette. 
La Freya. 
De Lauer Trio. 
Johnson Clark. 
The Cromwells. 
Paul Gordon. 
Richards & Montrose 



ORPHEUM. 

"Bathing Girls" 

Walter McCullough 

Onalp 

Rndie Furman 

Hibbert ft Warren 

Ernest Scharff 

La Toy Bros. 



Dettmar Troupe is the name of the 
latest Wilshin & Sanders importation 
The act will make its first appearance 
In America next week. 



Mr. and Mrs. Phil Ott are rejoicing 
over the advent of a bouncing baby 
boy into their Long Island home, the 
youngster arrived Oct. 4. 



Jt>lin La Maze and Company is the 

new name that the former act of La- 
Maze, Quail and Tom will be known 
under. The former combination has 
been dissolved. 



Louise K. Davis, formerly the lady 
of the typewriter at the Weber & 
Allen office, is now tickling the keys 
of a machine in the office of James 
Clancey. 



VARIETY 



13 



A SELF-MADE MANAGER 
TO HIS BOOKING AGENT 

By J. A. MURPHY. 
(Murphy and Willard.) 
East Cranberry, O., Oct. 11. 
Dear Mike: 

Well, my customers have been com- 
ing in a little thicker than last week. 
The weather has got some cooler and 
the acters have commenced to make 
a fuss about havin heat Lu the d res- 
sin room. I aint had no fire made yet 
because I did'nt get that load of coke 
for advertising as I expected. 

I had a chanst to get the regular 
Oprey House here for my shows. The 
feller that used to have it has took 
a job as motor man on the trolly 
that runs to West Cranberry. It is 
run at present by a man named Gal- 
away that keeps a plumber shop in 
the basement. He said I could have 
it for five nights a week as he had 
one night a week booked with dra- 
matical plays at terms sixty-thirty. 
I wouldn't want to shut up this place 
for the Stadium folks would get it 
and I wouldn't want to pester with 
two sets of acters every week. I 
thought maybe I could get the same 
acters to perform in both places if 
I haul them to and from in my bag- 
gage wagon. I offered Galaway 
twenty dollars a month for the place 
and he said he would think about it. 
I had a stuffed house last night and 
had to 6et some of my customers 
among the fiddlers. The feller that 
plays the sliding trombone got mad 
because he hadn't room to push his 
horn around. I told him when the 
house was crowded he could play a 
fife or something that didn't take up 
so much room. The drum player al- 
so got sassy because some woman set 
her child on his base drum and knock- 
ed down his note music. 

My show run longer this week 
than it needed to so I cancellated 
Mazie Hepp. I blamed it on you and 
told her you had made a mistake and 
sent me too much show. I said I 
would pay her board bill for one day 
at the hotel and she could get her 
pay for one performance from you. 
Her hotel bill was more than 1 thought 
it would be because she had took a 
bath which was charged extry and 
after I paid it, durned if she didn't 
go get a job at the Stadium for the 
rest of the week. Now her contract 
distinctively states that after playing 
my theatre she shant play any other 
theatre for three or more months so 
what good is a contract any how if 
I dont get no pertection. 

Eddy Martyn took the best of any 
body this week with his dancin speci- 
alty, also he is as good a singer as 
any dogger you have sent yet. Send 
some more doggers next week. 

A lot of my customers has been 
askin why I dont have the diving 
Venice they have read about in the 
papers. They say they pay just as 
much to see my show as it costs for 
a regular show in Cincinnati and I 
dont have no Passion plays or diving 
Venice. You had better look up some- 
thing of the sort and if you cant find 
any try and hire Guppy and Fogg. 
What is a Venice any how? 

You had better have a picture ma- 
chinist ready to send on short notice 
as I expect trouble with this one. He 



MUST HAVE HAD AUTO. 

Chicago, Oct. 13. 
From Texas comes a claim that the 
longest bill-post route ever done off 
a circuB car was accomplished, re- 
cently, by Dick Simpson of the Fore- 
paugh-Sells advance forces, out of 
San Angelo. The route was 192 
miles long and covered three counties 
untouched by a railroad. Simpson, 
it is said, succeeded in posting 998 
sheets of paper, making the round trip 
in 31 hours, which included an eight- 
hour lay-over in Sarena for lodging 
besides two hours for five meals on 
the route. The Forepaugh-Sells Show 
is the first of the big ones to exhibit 
in either Amarillo or San Angelo. 
Both towns are on what is left of the 
stock country frontier. For miles 
around the country is sparcely settled, 
corrals and small out-houses being the 
only place where paper can be hung. 
This fact caused an experienced car- 
manager to assert that the Simpson 
story was hard to believe. The car- 
manager said that in the average 
country district 400 to 500 sheets 
made a big day's work, and that in 
Texas, as the country averaged, a 
sixty mile route would be a big day's 
run with around 300 sheets as a high 
average. He said that Simpson might 
have used an automobile to make his 
record. 



MRS. MALIR SENTENCED. 

Evansvllle, Oct. 13. 

Deciding at the last moment not to 
make an' appeal for a new trial, Mrs. 
Jennie Malir appeared before Judge 
De Bruler last Friday and was sen- 
tenced to serve from two to twenty- 
one years in the womans' prison at 
Indianapolis for the murder, last 
Spring, of James Simpson, a man 
whom she claimed was peeping into 
the women's dressing-tent on the day 
the Norris & Rowe Show opened its 
season here. 

Under the Indiana laws she may be 
paroled, upon proper application, after 
serving two years. 



SHOT A CIRCUS MAN. 

Cincinnati, Oct. 13. 

It is reported by Associated Press 
from Columbus that Ray Golden of 
Zanesville was shot by a law student 
late last week, and is in a serious 
condition at the Grand Hospital. Three 
bullet holes are in his liver. 

Earl Lichtenwalter, the student, 
was walking with Mrs. Golden, when 
the husband, who had been separated 
from his wife, met the couple. The 
shooting followed. Golden is said to 
be a circus man. 



Heber Brothers' Greater Show, 
after a successful trip through Ohio, 
Virginia, Kentucky and Pennsylvania, 
has closed its season and has gone 
into Winter headquarters at Colum- 
bus, O. 



went and had a picture of himself 
made and put it in my lobby and says 
he must have his ..name printed on 
the program. He has such a durned 
long name that I am afraid the printer 
would charge extry for it. 

Adam Sower guy. 



AMERICAN. 

(Estimated Cost of Show, $3,525.) 

The American this week has its best 
bill in a long while. This is so, 
though a couple of the big moments 
are the weakest. 

Following Charles J. Ross and 
Elgie Bowen James J. Mor- 

ton, with his senseless combination of 
travesty and burlesque, walked on to 
"clean up" the hit of the perform- 
ance. A little bit of relishable 
travesty was Jim's "chicken paw," 
which he used to "wish" a "plant" 
back to his seat after the young man 
had started to walk out on him. The 
bill received a big lift at the conclu- 
sion through "The Grecian Temple" 
(New Acts). It turned out a surprise, 
and sent the fair house home talk- 
ing. 

Opening the second part the Zig- 
euner Quartet (New Acts) started that 
section off hugely, giving decided class 
to a show, which in the first half 
held much and rapid playing, with 
considerable comedy. 

Cummings and Gladding (New Acts) 
replaced Jones and Jones (pro- 
gramed) in the opening position. The 
first four turns passed through in 
forty minutes, with Charles Kenna 
consuming sixteen, to be followed by 
the forty-two minutes Mr. Lawson 
thinks is necessary to play his sketch. 
"The Monkey's Paw," (held over). 
Mr. Lawson is wrong by about ten 
minutes. 

•Kenna in his character of the home 
town fakir brought many laughs on 
his first appearance in a Morris the- 
atre. The "fly stuff" never flew above 
the heads, Kenna's songs and talk 
catching a continuous round. 

Returning after three years, Mason 
and Bart, the comedy acrobats on the 
horizontal bar, performed their com- 
edy and straight tricks to a full 
reward. While much of the comedy 
stuff is old, it is well put over and 
their feats now and then are strik- 
ing. It was a good number in the K. 
& E. days and so it remains. 

Scotch kilts are now the neat dress- 
ing scheme for McLallen and Carson 
on rollers. The act did big at the 
expiration of the pedestal dance of 
McLallen's, which should have been 
their exit. Before that the dance on 
the stage might have been omitted to 
throw all the strength into the pedes- 
tal work. Also a dimmer should be 
on during the entire act. It is re- 
quired for the setting. For fancy 
skating a spot could follow the skat- 
ers' feet. And McLallen need 
not announce the barrel jumping for 
the encore. It speaks for itself. If 
McLallen and Carson will watch their 
act more closely they can put it above 
all roller skating turns. 

In three years Laurie Ordway has 
not improved herself or material. She 
was allowed two songs only Monday 
evening. The first was Vesta Victoria's 
"The Next Horse I Ride On"; the sec- 
ond, a "Suffragette" number, had poor 
dialog, though Miss Ordway's costume 
for this was excellent. The Victoria 
selection was a mistake. Miss Ord- 
way can't handle it. If she wants to 
progress, new material of her own 
must do it. Her showing at the 
American this week will send her 
back to the "small time." Sime. 



HAMMERSTEIN'S. 

(Estimated Cost of Show, $3,400.) 

"The Corner" show works out pret- 
ty well this week without having any- 
thing startling In the get-up. It com- 
mences easily, but is In need of more 
comedy. Good shows of the past cou- 
ple of weeks seems to have had the 
effect of drawing the audience into 
the theatre earlier than usual. 

Homer B. Mason and Marguerite 
Keeler had the fortunate before-in- 
termission-spot and the comedy sketch 
went through big. Hammerstein's 
for some reason or other is not the 
best place for a sketch. The "sketch 
atmosphere" is not there. At the 
Colonial "In and Out" was a better 
looking, more dashing little farce 
than it is at Hammerstein's, although 
played and shown in identically the 
same manner. This is not taking any- 
thing away from the piece or players, 
however, as the sketch was a big go 
from start to finish. 

Gene Greene was another big hit In 
the first half of the program. Gene 
sang seven songs Monday night, Just 
one too many. He did not force the 
seventh by any means. The applause 
was big after his sixth number, but 
there the audience should have been 
left wanting. Greene has a dandy 
collection of songs which he can put 
over to just the proper degree. A 
sort of a jungle number used as his 
fifth brought applause which for vol- 
ume has seldom been equaled at Ham- 
merstein's. 

Nat Haines and Will Vidocq woke 
them up a bit in the second half. 
Haines is one funny blackface comed- 
ian. Of his "stuff," some of which 
though heard before can be traced 
back to Haines as the originator, 
there is no one who can throw it away 
like Nat does. The pair in a very 
good spot caught the audience quick- 
ly. 

Butler and Bassett opened the in- 
termission with their ice skating spe- 
cialty. The act is pretty and novel, 
and the dressing and appearance of 
the girl most attractive. She should 
be allowed more scope on the ice, 
though her work be not as compli- 
cated or technically the equal of the 
man's. The audience for the most part 
doesn't know the difference between 
a hard trick and an easy one. It is 
a "sight" act to them. What is grace- 
ful and pretty is what pleases the 
most. The man does some remark- 
able work, considering the space. 

Claude Ranf opened the program 
with a very good slack wire special- 
ty. He dresses neatly in a dark sack 
suit and runs through a difficult rou- 
tine of wire balancing in an easy indif- 
ferent manner that arouses enthus- 
iasm. Several of Ranf's tricks have 
not been seen before and anything 
new in this line deserves commenda- 
tion. His juggling on the wire is far 
ahead of others who have shown this 
work. Ranf Is a juggler who has not 
simply learned to catch three clubs 
while on the thread. 

"The Carnival of Koses" closed 
the show, not an over good place for 
the act i,n this outlay. A rough com- 
edy act would have sent the audience 
away in better spirits. Odell and Kin- 
ley, Bud Fisher, and Belle Blanche 
(New Acts). Dank. 



14 



VARIETY 



NEW ACrS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation, First Appearance 

or Reappearance In or Around 

New York 



"Russian Dancers/' Colonial. 

Frank Kccnan and Co., Fifth Avenue. 

Hose 1 loyal and "Chesterfield," Fifth 

Avenue. 
Kdouard Jose and Co., American. 
Ccorge Felix and Co., Bronx. 
Frank Klliston and Co. Fifth Avenue. 
"College Life," Fifth avanue. 
Three llickcys, Alhambra. 
Cotter and Boulden, Hamraerstein's. 
Irwin and Herzog, Fulton, Brooklyn. 



SMALL TIME. 

Berger Sisters, Majestic. 

The Bayarras, Majestic. 

"His Last Hour," Lincoln S<*)are. 

Helm aud Cozzen, Yorkville. 

Ilraggar Bros., Third Avenue. 

Blount Brothers, Fourteenth Street. 

lrish-Amer.can Trio, Fourteenth 

Street. 
Cliff Bailey Trio, Grand Street. 
Luring and l'arkerette, Grand Street. 
Black Brothers, Grand Street. 
"Helapse of William," Columbia. 

Bud Fisher, Assisted by Tom Mack. 
Cartoonists. 
12 Mins.; Two. 
Hammers tein's. 

It is almost impossible for any one 
to become famous, without being seiz- 
ed for vaudeville, or at least get- 
ting an offer from some enter- 
prising impressario. "Mutt" adid 
"Jeff" have long since been famous 
in the metropolitan district. The 
only wonder is that they have not 
appeared in vaudeville before, having 
appeared almost everywhere else. Bud 
Fisher to whom "Mutt and Jeff" owe 
their fame, has brought the couple 
into Hammerstein'8, and with the as- 
sistance of Tom Mack, draws just ojie 
series of the two with "Mutt" chasing 
"Jeff" in the usual style and "Mutt" 
down and out at the finish, with a 
bucket of paint over his head. A sec- 
ond series brings "Mutt" to the al- 
tar. As a finish Fisher a.nd Mack ap- 
pear to be picking their subjects from 
the audience, drawing grotesque fig- 
ures which brings light laughter. The 
best arrangement used by a cartoonist 
had been installed for Fisher. A long 
sign board is shown upon which are 
seven blank sheets of the same size. 
As each drawing is completed the 
sheet is rolled up like a window cur- 
tain, a vast improvement upon the 
old method of tearing off. Mr. Mack 
is quite as important in the specialty 
as Fisher, assisting in the drawing 
and adding speed to the arrangement. 
The boys, "No. 3," filled the place 
nicely, and made an interesting .num- 
ber. Dash. 



.Imucs J. Duffy. 
Mn;ing and Talking. 
1:5 Mins.; One. 
Small Time. 

Duffy has a rather good brogue 
and should confine himself entirely to 
Irish stories and songs, not attempting 
the "Yiddisher" number at the 
close of his act that is an utter failure. 
With better material Duffy would 
have a better turn. Fred. 



Arvi Mystery. 

"The Grecian Temple" (Illusion). 

10 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set). 

American. 

Rightly handled Arvi'a Mystery 
should become a big act for vaude- 
ville. It was the Only number on 
the American bill which caused peo- 
ple to talk Monday evening, and it 
was closing the show. Could it have 
been conveniently placed at the close 
of the first half, the turn's value 
would have been many folds more. 
Arvi's Mystery is an illusion, last 
seen over here, but not so extended, 
when Hermann and Keller utilized 
the idea for a "Blue Room." 
A silly note on the program says that 
screens, traps or cabinets are not 
used. That's a pleasant way of in- 
forming the audience that since there 
must be a trick, please try to find it. 
It's about as sensible a remark as the 
opening note that Signor Arvi "in- 
vented" "The Grecian Temple." Is 
Signor Arvi presenting an invention 
or an illusion on the stage? If it is 
an illusion, why doesn't he keep per- 
fectly quiet over the remainder so 
the audience can have a little room 
for its own thought, if Signor Arvi 
wants his act to create comment, 
which it surely will, if the program 
and himself do not talk so much. 
Arvi has an announcement at the 
opening. He frames up for a French- 
man in dressing and speech. That's 
well enough, though his efforts at the 
French accent render the short mono- 
log indistinguishable. The turn has 
two strong points; the illusionary por- 
tion, and the opportunity to present 
a "posing act," without limitations. 
The limitations Monday evening were 
too strictly drawn. Three female 
models were overdressed. Many of 
the pictures should have been nearly 
nude for effect. That, with the mys- 
tery, would bring about a drawing 
card of no mean dimensions, if 
boomed and press agented. In a 
sort of miniature small house set 
well up stage, living figures appear 
and disappear from" space into space, 
the posers dissolving. The front of 
the setting resembles a hallway of 
a country cottage, with side exten- 
sions. A shadow which flitted up and 
down at intervals spoiled the illusions 
somewhat, and the working was not 
over-smooth, although each is ex- 
cusable on the first showing. But 
the shadow should be removed some- 
how. It is an imperfection. If it 
cannot be eradicated, the act is per- 
manently injured, though not seri- 
ously. There are too many poses, 
many too long held. Signor Arvi 
wants to get right on the Job. He 
has a big act, if he doesn't know it. 
By arranging the poses for the public 
to talk about at the same time they 
are discussing how the thing is done, 
Arvi can hand himself the bun as the 
owner of the best illusion in point of 
worth for the box office now in 
America. Sime. 



Zigeuner Quartet. 

Musical. 

15 Mins.; Two. 

American. 

There is bo much class to the 
Zigeuner Quartet they had the 
American audience stunned Monday 
evening. A couple of the pieces 
played have never been heard in New 
York outside the Carnegie Concert 
Hall. The second number especially, 
a composition which permitted each 
of the three musicians to become a 
soloist, was a dream in the musical 
line for vaudeville, and the audience 
knew that though they did not under- 
stand what it was all about. The 
program says the Zigeuner Quartet 
(calling it Quintet wrongly) are 
"celebrated European musicians" and 
then to prove it, hides the face of 
the female solo singer under a mask. 
This masking thing comes too late 
at the American. William Morris 
apologizes by relating the act should 
have been featured on the Roof last 
summer, but missed the boat. Re- 
calling last summer on the Roof, 
that may have been unfortunate for 
Mr. Morris. Why the girl wears a 
mask is another question. It doesn't 
hide her voice, and she sings off stage 
at the opening, probably wearing the 
mask there as well. The woman's 
voice matches the men's playing. 
Altogether the four constitute vaude- 
ville's classiest musical turn. But 
back to the mask and Morris. He 
says the girl is a society young wo- 
man or was when in America. She 
went to Europe, fell for one of the 
musicians and so the folks at home 
won't know her while still sticking 
to her husband, slips the black cloth 
over her features twice daily. Not 
so bad for William Morris, who pays 
a press agent to think up that stuff. 
There's another reason advanced by 
people who saw the act abroad, when 
the mask was laying off while the 
young woman did her work. It tells 
another tale, but Morris denies the 
truth of it. Anyway he has a fine 
act to place on any bill, in vaude- 
ville, at the Waldorf or in Carnegie. 
Monday evening the three men and 
one woman bowed and bowed until 
Mr. Morris stepped on the stage and 
mentioned playing an encore. The 
boss of the quartet said he never 
heard of it, took another bow, and 
slid over to the dressing room. Then 
Morris looked up the contract (prob- 
ably about three-fifty). The instru- 
ments are piano, violin and 'cello. 
The girl's voice is soprano. Perhaps 
Paul Murray picked this one; per- 
haps Paul also selected "The Grecian 
Temple," In the American show this 
week. As Walt would say; if Paul 
did this, he sent his batting average 
as a picker up four hundred per 
cent this week. Sime. 



The Four Floods replaced the Rob- 
rrt DeMont Trio on the bill at the 
Orphoum, Brooklyn, this week. 



Julian Eltingc, u.nder the manage- 
ment of Al. H. Woods, will open in nis 
new play, "Fascinating Widow" at At- 
lantic City, Nov. 14. 



Kchels and Dupree. 
Kinging and Dancing. 
15 Mins.; One. 
Small Time. 

The dancing receives most attention. 
The man appears in eccentric German 
makeup. The woman affects soubret 
mannerisms, but dances well. They 
open with a parody, followed with 
some jokes and close with a sung 
and dance. Some of the patter should 
be scissored. 



Belle Blanche. 
Songs and Imitations. 
20 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Hammers tein's. 

The new routine which has been 
put together for Belle Blanche has 
been done so with the sole idea of re- 
moving the girl away from her former 
line, imitations. A piano player in 
the person of likeable Tom Kelly is 
carried. Opening with what was 
probably intended for an "audience 
song," Miss Blanche does not cheapen 
it by making any attempts to put it 
over at the expense or with the help 
of her audience. From this she goes 
into a character number as a telephone 
girl for which some one has writ- 
ten some dandy lyrics and also a 
good bit of incidental talk. A grand 
opera number with Miss Blanche in 
Quakeress costume is the third selec- 
tion and gives the singer ample op- 
portuntiy for showing her splendid 
singing voice. The fourth number 
is another of the character order, 
with Miss Blanche in Jiurse girl ar- 
ray. The number is a peculiar mix- 
ture of ballad and comic song, with a 
deal of brightness in the lyrics. Miss 
Blanche has been very fortunate in 
securing two songs with lyrics of so 
good a calibre. The finishing number 
brings forth the former mimic as her- 
self. She goes back Ui song to the 
old days and sings a few of the then 
favorites, as they were sung by the 
good old singers. It is a good idea 
and one from which the singer gets a 
great deal. Monday night Miss Blanche 
was a big success, forced to return and 
thank her audience. She laid stress 
upon being grateful that she had 
been accepted in her new line of en- 
deavor. Dash. 



Sig and Edith Franz. 

Bicycle. 

19 Mins.; Full Stage. 

"The Ginger Girls." 

The finish of the act where the man 
rides a unicycle down a half "loop- 
the-loop" gives the turn a big applause 
ending. Just previously he rode a 
tall unicycle down a ladder, suspended 
diagonally from the stage towards the 
flies. Both are corking tricks, but 
technically, though more dangerous, 
not as good as his work on the uni- 
cycle upon the stage. It stands about 
six feet high. On it Franz whirls 
around as though on the single wheel 
of a safety. From the act as pre- 
sented, Franz would be better off to 
drop his tramp character, and the 
trick wheels, going in for just straight 
work. He could do much better. The 
opening of the act drags. It neces- 
sarily will, for the man Is not a come- 
dian, and the tramp make up doesn't 
help. All his freak and small wheels 
have been used before and often. The 
woman is a fair rider, looking good. 
If the couple frame up their act 
straight, they could cut it down sev- 
eral minutes, which should be done. 
They would then stand a better 
chance. As regards comedy in wheel 
acts, there are those now before the 
public which go in for comedy alone, 
and are productions. The straight 
riders might bear this in mind and 
not attempt to compete. In bicycle 
riding either be a comedian or a 
rider. Get some one else to be the 
other. Sime. 



VARIETY 



Oariln and Clark. 
Parodies and Talk. 
16 Mia*.; One. 
Colonial. 

This is Carlin and Clark's first real 
New York showing since the boys join- 
ed hands again last season. The pair 
worked together some time ago but 
not of late years. During that time 
Carlin worked with Frank Otto un- 
der the team name of Carlin and Otto. 
The present couple follow the general 
outline of the Carlin and Otto act. 
At present the frame-up of the spe- 
cialty is not Just what it should be. 
Opening with talk the boys go into 
parodies, then to a dance, which seem- 
ingly is the finish. It is not, however. 
They return for more talk, going into 
"Germany," a song too old to be the 
closing number for any act just break- 
ing into New York, or for that matter, 
breaking out of it The talk is bright 
and funny In places. There is a quan- 
tity of aeroplane patter in the second 
section that is new and up-to-date, 
and also some of the opening dialog 
has a flavor of newness, but some is 
not new. Only the work of the com- 
edians pass it. The parodies are also 
weak. "Cubanola Glide" and several 
others are not new enough for up-to- 
date parody singers. The good one 
was on "Barber Shop Chord," a later 
hit, and got them the most. Carlin 
and Clark are both good German com- 
edians with good voices and they can 
dance. The act should be entirely re- 
arranged. It should be connected in 
a better manner and the running time 
might be reduced two or three min- 
utes. They opened at the Colonial 
Monday on an emergency, accepting 
the "No. 2" spot, gambling on the 
size of the house there this week at 
that time. In the gamble they have 
lost out, for the Colonial is now a 
late house. It may be also that in the 
quick acceptance the couple did not 
present the songs and parodies they 
would have had on tap had due and 
proper notice of a forthcoming New 
York engagement been given them. 

Dash. 



*5 



Olive Baton and Co. (2). 
"Misery From Missouri'* (Comedy). 
14 Mlns.; Poll Stage (Interior) 
Small Time. 

Loosely connected and incongruous, 
"Misery From Missouri" lacks the en- 
tertaining qualities to make it a sub- 
stantial hit. Olive Eaton and com- 
pany (two men) work hard enough to 
make it go, but it seemed to be the 
silent opinion of the audience 
that there was something wrong 
with the sketch. A "stage 
burglar" Is in a hotel room, un- 
able to leave until his only pair 
of trousers are returned from the 
tailor. A woman, who claims to be 
"Misery From Missouri, " a detective, 
takes the adjoining room. A 
ubiquitous bell-hop gives her the 
wrong clue and the woman effects a 
ruse to capture the man In the other 
room. The idea becomes tangled and 
Jumbled at this juncture. The sketch 
ends with the woman packing the 
man's clothes in his suitcase and 
throwing it out the window, leaving 
him only his pajamas. The ending is 
lamentably weak. Una Clayton wrote 
it. 



Mabel McCane. 
Singing Comedienne. 
10 Mlns.; One. 
Fifth Avenue. 

A dainty personality, a number of 
pretty gowns (worn in a "cute" man- 
ner), a pleasing voice, and four num- 
bers — all well done — sums up the 
act of this young woman, the total 
being that she will do. Miss Aic- 
Cane works in "one" before a velvet 
curtain of red. Her first number is 
rather weak. Although she tries 
hard it does not get over with the 
effect that it should. With this 
remedied and one other little fault 
corrected, that of working only to 
one side of the house, her offering will 
be as dainty a one as she could pre- 
sent. A burlesque of the ingredi- 
ents of a musical comedy, with the 
air of "Lauderbach" and the moon 
as the basis, is rather funny. In it 
Miss McCane becomes the soubret, 
prima donna and the "coon" song 
artist. Her third is a recitation, two 
verses and chorus, she singing an 
extra chorus at the finish. For her 
closing number she employs "I 
Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls" and 
"Annie Laurie," as love songs of the 
olden days and used them in com- 
parison of the current popular bal- 
lads, Illustrating the manner In 
which they would be sung If they 
struck the popular fancy of this 
period. It Is a good closer and 
earned several encores for the singer. 
Miss McCane's sartorial display is 
mostly of the "hobble" variety, she 
showing' three pretty ankle length 
creations of this model, and for her 
closing, wears a pretty gray costume 
with poke bonnet. With one or two 
minor corrections made the act Is 
one that will please most anywhere. 

Fred. 



Cummings and Gladding. 

Songs and Dances. 

Mlns.; Two (Special Drop). 

American. 

Cummings and Gladding were 
added to the bill at the American this 
week, opening the performance. A 
young boy and girl make up a danc- 
ing and singing turn which should 
start with its present finish. If the 
pair could build up from that ending, 
they might develop. Before that, 
each had danced a little and sung 
about the same, the girl first appear- 
ing in a "hobble skirt" and trying 
to dance inside that. Her next change 
was a cloak thrown over, while in the 
finale, the girl became a young man 
In evening dress. Under the dim 
light, she and her partner, also in 
evening dress, appeared rather well. 
They did a nice dance and 
didn't sing, which may be the ans- 
wer. The young man might as well 
know that to tell the audience you 
can become as drunk on water as you 
can on land Is no longer a joke, even 
on the "small time." It was re- 
leased long before Cummings and 
Gladding came into the business. 
Since they picked such a bloomer on 
their first try and for the only laugh 
In the act, they might leave Joke- 
making to the Jokesmiths, sticking to 
their knitting, which should bo 
dancing. Bime. 



Sallie Fisher. 

Songs. 

14 Mlns.; One. 

Majestic, Chicago. 

For once a "big name" comes into 
vaudeville experimentally, headlines, 
and "makes good." Miss Fisher pre- 
sents an act suited to any position 
on any of the best vaudeville bills. 
"Next to closing" at the Majestic, 
Monday afternoon, she scored a per- 
sonal and vocal hit. Miss Fisher 
was gowned beautifully and becom- 
ingly, that in Itself being a departure 
for the women who have "happened 
in" to fill a week or so while musical 
comedy or something else Is getting 
ready for them. She Is a handsome 
woman, lithe and graceful, possessed 
of one of the purest, sweetest and 
most resonant voices heard from this 
stage In half a year. The blue plush 
backed her and a pianist upon the 
stage assisted. Opening with a neat 
little ballad, "If I Knew" and re- 
mained on view as she turned to an- 
other pretty love song, "In Love." For 
a third song Miss Fisher had "Blush- 
ing Moon," a selection aptly suited 
to display the wide range of her voice. 
She retired to be brought back by the 
enthusiastic applause for an encore. 
"Candy Man" was her return song. 
From a basket carried, Sallie threw 
carnations Into the front rows and 
boxes. Three bows at the finale tes- 
tified to her success. In all the time 
upon the stage for her first three 
songs she did not lose a person from 
the orchestra floor. Miss Fisher is 
one of the mighty few acts which have 
demonstrated their abilities to hold 
the crowds. Walt. 



Bob Ferns. 
Coon Shooter. 
6 Mins.; One. 
Oxford, Brooklyn. 

Ferns made his debut before a 
Brooklyn audience that showed appre- 
ciation of the "coon songs" which he 
rendered in good voice. From the 
applause bestowed, Ferns was one of 
the real hits of the Oxford's bill. 
Arrayed in conventional evening 
dress, "Bobby" sang "I Love It" and 
"My Piano Man." The boys In the 
gallery could hardly resist the Im- 
pulse to join in the chorus of the 
former. Ferns has a neat personality, 
his voice is strong and his expression 
good. He Is bound to Improve with 
more experience, now having enuncia- 
tion in his favor. Ferns could use 
another number to advantage. Bar- 
ring slight nervousness and the ten- 
dency to leave the stage too soon, 
Ferns can be rated as a splendid en- 
tertainer. 



Entey and Fay. 
Hand Balancers. 
9 Minn.; One. 
Oxford, Brooklyn. 

Two well-developed athletes, who 
do not tear the stage to pieces In 
"getting over" their routine. They 
work as though the lifting feats were 
child's play and what they do Is well 
done. Their act should find solid 
booking In the smaller houses. They 
wore a hit at the Oxford. The big- 
ger of the men shows decided acro- 
batic ability for one of his weight. 
New wardrobe would aid them. 



Ezra Kendall, Jr. 

Monolog. 

15 Mlns.; One. 

Small Time, Chicago. 

Young Kendall has taken his 
father's monolog, selecting from his 
various routines enough to make fif- 
teen minutes of song and story. He 
looks to be under twenty, Is tall and 
thin like his father was and dresses 
In the tall hat and frock coat which 
always went with Ezra's stories. His 
manner of addressing the audience, his 
pose and all, have been copied as 
closely as the youth can assimilate. 
There is even something in the tone 
of Junior's voice which recalls the 
Senior's, but there the natural char- 
acteristics of the father are cut short. 
The boy has none of the subtle ways 
of his father; his stories fall from his 
lips much as they might come from 
a phonograph, without reference to 
adornment as to intonation or manner 
of delivery. Perhaps as the years 
come bringing experience and poise to 
Junior, he may live as a reminder of 
the prince of jesters, whose name he 
bears. Just now it would seem that It 
would be better if he would break 
away entirely from his father's ma- 
terial. His name is sufficient to give 
him an audience, and with new mater- 
ial he might make better headway. 
Now that Kendall Is dead, everybody 
everywhere is pouncing upon whatever 
they had not lifted while the origin- 
ator lived, and although his son has 
unquestionably the first right to its 
use, the material is becoming more 
threadbare every day. The routine 
of Ezra, Jr., seems very old and he 
falls utterly in getting a fraction of 
the laughs. Walt. 



Rutledge and Pickering. 
"My Boy Jim" (Rural Comedy). 
18 Mins.; Full Stage (Special). 
Third Avenue. 

The old country squire is visited by 
a New York newspaper woman, who 
attempts to blackmail him on the 
strength of saving his son. a%clty poli- 
tician, from disgrace and imprison- 
ment. Part of the comedy is good. 
Another is .not. Mr. Rutledge does ex- 
cellent work as the rural justice. Sev- 
eral of his "bits" are true to nature. 
The setting needs attention and a re- 
arrangement of the finale would help 
considerably. Miss Pickering as the 
paper representative, speaks her lines 
intelligently, but has little dramatic 
work to do. The act pleased the Third 
Avenue audience. 



Mole and O'Neal. 

Bicyclists. 

12 Mlns.; Full Stage. 

Third Avenue. 

From the way the man and the lit- 
tle "bicycle broiler" work, it looks 
as though they had done much rou- 
tine riding with some of the big 
troupes. The man appears In eccent- 
ric make-up, but .none of his attempted 
comedy borders' on a laughing finale, 
and he could work Just as well 
"straight." The woman, while small, 
is a graceful little artlal, and she 
rides well with nor partner. Their 
team work is the strongest bit. For 
the "small time" thin wheel act ranks 
high and will compare with teams 
playing the "big houses." 



i6 



Graham's Manikin*. 
"The Human Marionette.** 
IS Mln.; Three (Special Set). 
Majestic, Chicago. 

The second week in America for this 
act began Monday in second position 
at the Majestic. The title is taken 
from the programing. The "mani- 
kin" feature comprises an orchestra 
of puppets. Above them the drop Is 
arranged to represent a "stage" 
whereon Graham presents an act re- 
calling Fanny Rice's Idea. His head 
surmounts miniature bodies, draped 
to represent the costumes worn by 
various music hall singers, while Gra- 
ham offers their best known songs. He 
makes no attempt to duplicate the 
voices of the artists; at least If he 
does the work falls to get across with 
any special effect. The "orchestra" 
operates during the songs and the 
leader turns around to tak^e a bow, 
when Graham comes to view to ac- 
knowledge the applause. The man 
Is a good singer. The comedy in the 
act depends upon the exaggerated an- 
tics of the limbs, feet and hands of 
the marionettes used in conjunction 
with Graham's head. The Majestic 
audience took quickly to the turn, 
giving applause for three bows as early 
as 2.15 In the afternoon. 

Walt. 

Robert Keane and Co. (2). 
Comedy Dramatic Sketch. 
19 Mlns.; Four (Parlor). 
Small Time. 

The old story of the rich man's 
son who falls In love with an actress, 
although the father has already se- 
lected his future daughter-in-law. 
The son marries the actress secretly, 
They are honeymooning in a cottage 
at the seaside. The father motors 
down to see the boy, he believing that 
his son is staying with a college chum 
and his wife. On arrival he discovers 
the actual state of affairs, threatens to 
disinherit the son, and then offers to 
settle a sum on the wife. The son 
preaches a sermon of the Inheritance 
that the rich curse their offspring 
with, that of the art of spending money 
without the power to earn It A 
stormy scene ensues and the father 
makes a last request that the boy 
return to the city with him. After 
an absolute refusal the father relents 
and takes them both to his heart. 
The east is fair. There is opportun- 
ity for improvement in the playing 
of the role of the father, but as It 
stands the act Is a good one for the 
better class of "rfmall time" houses. 

Fred. 

"The Military Dancers**. (7) 
11 Mlns.; Four. (Palace). 
Small Time. 

"The Military Dancers" have an act 
fashioned somewhat after "The Cham- 
pagne Dance" that was In "The Sil- 
ver Slipper." Three men are clad In 
"Tommy Atkins" uniforms while the 
girls, with the exception of the little 
toe-dancer, are dressed the same, 
wearing knee length skirts. They 
work In a snappy way but hold their 
stage picture too long, waiting for 
applause. The girls appear as though 
they had at one time worked In one 
of the many English "Pony Ballets," 
and they do a lot of the routine from 
the general run of "Ponies." The act 
is one that will do for "small time." 

Frtd. 



VARIETY 



Odell and Klnley. 
Acrobatics and Dancing. 
Mlns.; One (Special Drop.) 
Hammers tein's. 

Odell and Klnley have been working 
together for some time, but this ia 
probably their first real New York 
showing. "No. 2" at Hammersteln's 
doesn't sound good for a New York 
opening. The pair, however, have lit- 
tle to complain of, for the better part 
of the house was seated and their 
work was well thought of. The team 
have a very neat routine of acrobatic 
dancing, lacking only at the finish. 
The act starts off with s rush and car- 
ries through in good shape up until 
the last minute or two, when the pace 
Blackens and the finish comes a bit 
too quiet for what has gone before. 
Frank Odell mixes his ground tum- 
bling, of a good grade, in with his 
dancing, which always makes the acro- 
batics more attractive. Rose Klnley 
fits in nicely, wearing two very pretty 
costumes and looking snappy and 
bright, adding class to the specialty. 
Odell uses a clean clown get up, very 
good and away from the Jimmy Rice 
style of clown altogether. The pair 
fared very well at Hammersteln's and 
will do so anywhere else, where the 
position on the bill Is not too strong 
for them. Dash. 



Sprague and Dixon. 
Singing and Talking. 
14 Mlns.; One. 
Oxford, Brooklyn. 

Opening with "Good Bye, Betty 
Brown," the man immediately starts 
"kidding" the woman. After sing- 
ing "There's a Reason," the man reels 
off a monolog that scored notwith- 
standing some of the material has 
long been resting. The man should 
discard his school-boy cap and loud 
socks. They do not give him the ap- 
pearance of a university student 
which the audience thinks he is try- 
ing to assume. The woman makes 
one change, appearing at the close 
In a full-length black dress. After 
another round of "joshing" each 
other, they close with a marathon 
parody In which jokes of antediluvian 
origin are embodied. Sprague and 
Dixon should do well over the ."small 
time" circuits. 



"Zulu and Lulu.** 

Trained Monks. 

14 Mlns.; Fall Stage, (Exterior; 4); 

One (2); Fall (Interior; 8). 

Nemo. 

Those who did not see "Consul," 
or "Peter" or any of the "monks" 
when the craze was at its height, 
will get their money's worth when 
they see this new chimpanzee act. In- 
stead of one "monk" almost human, 
there are two. The results are more 
pleasing. There is something familiar 
about "Zulu's" work but as his trainer 
used to have Consul, the new per- 
former may have fallen into the 
other's style. The monk in female 
attire shows excellent training, al- 
though "Zulu" Is the star worker. The 
novelty of the two working like man 
and woman will be appreciated on any 
time. The opening Is new, the monks 
sitting on a bench under a parasol, 
"spooning." 



Qnlnlan and Richards. 

♦♦The Traveling Dentist.** 

28 Mlns.; One (Special Drop). 

Fifth Avenue. 

In "The Traveling Dentist" Quinlan 
and Richards have a comedy talking 
act that will endure for at least three 
or four seasons. It la simply a suc- 
cession of laughs from start to finish. 
One of the most ludicrous bits Is the 
travesty of a woman making a toilet 
that Is done by the black face member 
of the team. The "straight," who ia 
the traveling dentist, tries to hire the 
colored man to experiment upon. 
There are any number of laughs got- 
ten by the attempts of the negro to 
hold his courage to let the dentist 
pull one of his teeth and earn a dol- 
lar. The act is one that will draw 
laughs from an audience of deaf 
mutes. Quinlan and Mack formerly 
played it Frtd. 



Mahoney Bros. 
Dancers. 
Mine.; One. 
Small Time. 

In the Western houses, the Ma- 
honeys were a sure-fire hit. Since 
their debut on the New York "small 
time" they have delivered the goods 
in a manner that should mean plenty 
of eastern dates. The brothers are 
good dancers, but it is the eccentric 
work of the smaller that sends the 
act over with big returns. In addi- 
tion to the routine of clog steps, the 
older introduces a trained dog that 
does some clever work. In individual 
dancing, the younger has a style that 
is original. The Mahoneys could fit 
in an early position in the bigger 
houses. What comedy they employ 
seemed to find favor. 



Court and Don. 

Singing Scots. 

15 Mlns.; Full Stage. 

Nemo. 

These Scotchmen wear their native 
costumes and sing several numbers 
entertainly, but there is no necessity 
for the full stage. Each has a solo. 
The shorter in a blue uniform, a po- 
liceman's helmet, top boots and 
swinging a club, introduced several 
puns with his song that pleased. Their 
best effort is the duet, "You Can't 
Take It With You When You Die." 
It must be said to their advantage 
that they do not attempt to ape Harry 
Lauder in any way. But, it seems 
certain that there are more Scotch 
songs to select better numbers from. 



Frank and Von Moltke. 

Comedy Sketch. 

15 Mlns.; Full Stage (Interior). 

Nemo. 

A rapid-fire dialog between the man 
and woman when the latter attempts 
to bring him to time for saying that 
he only married to oblige her. The 
ending is bound to prove a hit on the 
"small time." When the man asks 
if there is any one who will vouch 
for him, an usher from the rear of 
the audience yells out, "I will." Then 
the woman says no ball is needed as 
she will stand by him but that the 
finish was arranged to work up the 
interest of the audience. There isn't 
much else to the sketch. It is some- 
thing new for the "small timers." 
The names are not good selections. 



OUT OF TOWN 

Burr Mcintosh and Co. (5). 
♦♦Oat Yonder" (Comedy-Drama). 
24 Mlns.; Fall Stage (Exterior; 
Special Set and Drops). 
Keith's, Boston. 

Burr Mcintosh, in a western com- 
edy-drama, with loads of local color, 
introduced a new act to the Boston 
public, that should be a crackerjack 
by the time it reaches New York. It 
has plenty of good material, but Is yet 
in the raw stage. With five in the 
cast, not Including Indians and cow- 
boys, there is plenty of action through- 
out the entire piece. The act centers 
around James Rathbone Henry (Burr 
Mcintosh) a former New York' society 
man, who after losing his fortune, 
goes to Arizona, chan ->s his name to 
Jim Rathbone, and eight years later 
is discovered as the stage driver at 
the "Arcadian Springs Hotel." There 
is a love plot with Rathbone as one- 
half and Helen Blackstone (Mary 
Moran), a New York society girl as 
the other. Following a strenuous 
courtship of six weeks she capitulates, 
agreeing to the stage driver's plea to 
marry him and remain in Arizona. 
James Vincent and Mary Townsend 
furnish the secondary love scene. Au- 
gustus Huse as Prof. Icabud Snooks 
of New England furnished plenty of 
"high brow" comedy. The act will 
undoubtedly receive some changes and 
more rehearsing. It is good ma- 
terial. Oooltz. 



Le Roy and Harvey. 
"Rained In** (Comedy). 

17 Mlns.; Four (Special Set Interior). 

Bell, Oakland, Calif. 

Old reliable "mistaken identity" is 
the plot. A young woman at a sum- 
mer hotel is caught in a sudden show- 
er, seeking shelter in a cowpuncher's 
cabin. The owner arriving home mis- 
takes her for the expected new cook. 
The comedy is supplied by her lu- 
dicrous attempts at cooking. Both 
principals cleverly uphold the action 
throughout, and for a sure-fire com- 
edy it should hit the spot anywhere. 

Fountain. 

Metropolitan Minstrels 

18 mlns. Two. 

Keith's, Philadelphia. 

This act should rank as one of the 
best of the Juvenile minstrel class. It 
is not at its best just now, but with a 
little attention and the experience to 
be had there Is no reason why it should 
not find ready recognition on the big 
time. There are four girls and two 
boys, the latter acting as end men. 
The girls have good voices, much bet- 
ter than the usual run in turns of this 
kind and put their songs over in telling 
fashion. The end-man "gags" are 
handled satisfactorily, but the intro- 
duction of the "slapstick" for comedy 
purposes might be eliminated, espe- 
cially when used upon one of the girls. 
Ray Dooley, who is given credit on the 
program as directing the act, is the 
only one who stands out as a princi- 
pal. On early in a list of good acts, 
the Minstrels made good and should 
do the same right along. Norman Jef- 
fries is presenting it. 

Oeorge M. Young. 



VARIETY 



17 



THB GINGER GIRIA. 

The Columbia could stand a show 
like "The Ginger Girls" for more than 
a week. Not so much because of the 
production, but through the comedy 
made by Ed. Lee Wrothe. He is a 
far better comedian than a good many 
others in mind who have tried for 
laughter in Broadway legitimate 
houses. 

WrothVs methods are clean cut, he 
begets his humor naturally, and Is 
spotless in dialog and action. Mr. 
Wrothe's only defect seems to be an 
inclination towards a mechanical per- 
formance through familiarity with the 
part. 

Though Mr. Wrothe is a very big 
portion of the very good show that 
Joe Hurtlg presents under the cap- 
tion of "The Ginger Girls," Mr. 
Wrothe is not all of the evening's 
entertainment. As to entertaining, 
it may be said that barring the olio, 
there may be better shows in a pro- 
duction way presented in burlesque, 
but none will be more amusing than 
this one. 

The first part is "Janitor Higgins" 
with Wrothe as the janitor. Wilbur 
Dobbs is a "Dutchman" without be- 
ing conspicuous. Besides Wrothe's 
role, no one illumines the first hour. 
Jean LeBeau has a leading female role 
and is valuable through a pleasant 
voice. Jeanette Sherwood, the prin- 
cipal woman, has small chance to act, 
though Miss Sherwood handles dialog 
extremely well. Wrothe makes the 
comedy with his character. "Janitor 
Higgins" is a farce, the title telling 
nearly the story. The janitor becomes 
a husband for a few moments to gain 
$25,000 for the wife of an absent naval 
officer. Wrothe certainly puts his 
comedy over, and can extract fun from 
talk or situations. 

The first part was a huge laugh 
through his efforts. On account of 
that as much as anything else, per- 
haps, the burlesque seemed to start 
slowly, but it rapidly gained speed 
until the fun brought out effaced 
the memory of the early portion of 
the show. Wrothe and Junie Mc- 
Cree wrote the farcical opening. It 
contains some witty remarks. The 
burlesque Is "Fair Day at Pocatello." 
The program says that Wrothe wrote 
the book. Probably the truth is that 
Wrothe built it up. It may be ob- 
served as the action progresses that 
bits of business and dialog have been 
suggested by the setting, that of a 
hotel exterior. It's a most creditable 
point of the entire performance that 
the audience does not have to watch 
the stereotyped bits of business that 
burlesque comedians often fall back 
upon. The comedy seems ever fresh, 
whether through the comedians, or the 
"book." 

In the burlesque other comedians 
happen. Mr. Dobbs who continues in 
the "Dutch" character develops in this 
part that he is playing with splendid 
repression, putting his role over for 
good laughs, without obtruding it to 
interfere with any one else. It's the 
team work of the show that counts for 
a great deal. Everyone works well 
together, and nobody tries to kill off 
a laugh. Musical comedy produc- 
tions, burlesque in particular, are 
much like a baseball nine in this re- 
spect. Where Individual glory is gone 



after, there will be a rent In the per- 
formance somewhere. With the com- 
pany working; together in aid of each 
other and for the general good, if any 
sort of material Is at hand, results 
will show. 

In the burlesque also George Stone 
secures his inning. He is the tramp 
in the afterpiece. His large shoes 
help the effect of his dancing. Mr. 
Stone can dance. He could when of 
Gaston and Stone, and he hasn't for- 
gotten anything. Some of the new 
steps he Is doing this week will prob- 
ably be seen In other Broadway houses 
next week. Along In the burlesque, 
with but little dancing Indulged In 
up to then, Mr. Stone steps in to assist 
Primrose Semon in her "Jungleland" 
number. It was the towering hit of 
the evening. He danced his head off 
for the audience, and then had to do 
it over again in an Indian song, which 
he led. This Indian number cos- 
tuming was a blot upon the pretty 
dressing of the show. Coming late 
as well, it left a poor Impression. 
Stone did some good work as the 
tramp, he, Dobbs and Wrothe secur- 
ing big laughs, which were frequent. 

Miss Le Beau did better in the bur- 
lesque as a French girl, though she 
does make up her mouth and draws 
it in in repose to give a look of small- 
ness. There is the French style of 
facial make up among the choristers 
also. They don't do it well. One 
young girl seemed to have her mouth 
running into her chin. The chorus 
contains some pretty women, eight 
"ponies," 'who are lively, working well 
throughout the show, and twelve reg- 
ular chorus women for the back- 
ground. Six or seven men in the cast 
are available as singers. 

Mis 8 Sherwood has somewhat of a 
busy part in the afterpiece. She is 
comely, with everything to commend 
herself, excepting a singing voice. In- 
stead of singing songs, Miss Sherwood 
might be given semi-recitative ones. 
Her speaking voice is different. In 
the grand finale of the show, where all 
the women are attired in football togs, 
Miss Sherwood made them all seem 
like. also rans in her tights. 

The numbers are well put on and 
were liked for the majority. In the 
first part, a couple flopped, Dobbs has 
one where six of the boys are sup- 
posed to be "soused." It didn't get 
over through the support. Miss Sher- 
wood could not send "It Belongs to 
You," over either. James Wilson in- 
terpolated "When the Old Oaken 
Bucket Was New" to replace a song al- 
loted to Miss DeBeau. He did very 
well with it. Wilson's "Back to My 
Old Home Town" was well backed up 
in the Cohanesque manner, and won 
out. Many changes are made by the 
choristers, but few by principals. Miss 
Sherwood's brown and white gown 
in the burlesque, is very pretty, but 
worn through the act. Miss DeBeau 
has nice clothes too, but not enough 
of them. She looked her best in all 
white. Miss Semon wore a pretty 
soubret costume in the first act. She 
has minor roles in both pieces. 

The olio is badly off, and as badly 
laid out. A singing act opens, fol- 
lowed by another, with a long bicycle 
turn to close. The Semon Duo start 
the vaudeville. They are not strong 
enough as an act to come immediately 



after a good first part, nor do they 
seem strong enough for the olio, 
though receiving fair applause. Pearl- 
son, Goldie and Lee did well enough. 
It is a three-act with a Hebrew come- 
dian, as against all the straight com- 
binations of this kind. The comedian 
might better play at straight. 

Jack Goldie seems the strength of 
the trio. A neat looking young fel- 
low plays the piano. The act should 
become a straight turn of its kind, 
and cut the ballads, holding to popu- 
lar numbers, the closer to "rag" tunes 
the better. Sig and Edith Franz 
(New Acts). Bime. 



FIFTH AVENUE. 
(Estimated Cost of Show, $3,060.) 

Comedy acts are in the majority 
at the Fifth Avenue this week. Of 
the nine acts, six provoke laughter. 
The arrangement was such that one 
started laughing at "No. 2," and con- 
tinued until the aext-to-closing turn 
came on. 

The show was started by William 
Ferry, the contortionist in his novelty 
"In the Lagoon." The scenic setting 
is very pretty, and Ferry is wise 
enough not to confine his endeavors 
solely to twisting his form, but to try 
for comedy effects. In this direction 
he succeeded very well. Harry Breen 
following was the one who started 
the laughs. He seems to have retain- 
ed the cold contracted with his en- 
gagement at the Brighton several 
weeks ago, but in spite of this captur- 
ed the audience with his melange of 
nonsense from the start. Quinlan 
and Richards (New Acts) were switch- 
ed from sixth position to third place 
on the program for the night perform- 
ance Monday. 

Tom Nawn and Co. are presenting 
the big act, "When Pat Was King" 
this season. Nawn himself is as inim- 
itably funny as ever in the role of the 
hen-pecked Irishman who dreams he 
is King of Ireland. The sketch did 
well, following as it did a number 
that was nothing but a laugh from 
start to finish. 

Mabel McCane (New Acts), a sing- 
ing comedienne, was "No. 5." After 
her came Wilbur Mack and Nella 
Walker in one of the prettiest little 
patter turns that has been seen. The 
quiet finish with the little dance sent 
the pair away with a fair share of 
the honors of the evening. Murphy, 
Nichols and Co. ki "The School of 
Acting" carried off the honors. The 
"prop" army at the finish caused the 
audience to howl. 

Edwards, Van and Tierney were 
next to closing. They are doing two 
duets, two solos, a piano playing ex- 
hibition and closing with a trio. The 
last cumber, in "one," is "I'm On My 
Way to Reno," and while the song 
is a little old, two new verses at 
the finish make it a good closing num- 
ber in the manner handled by this 
trio. 

The Namba Troupe, Japanese acro- 
bats, close the show. Their act just 
bristles with novelty and while not 
taking up much time, the routine pre- 
sented is very well done. 

A special film, called "From Tyran- 
ny to Liberty," with Mile. Pila Morin 
as the feature, was the picture offer- 
ing. Fred. 



COLONIAL. 

(Estimated Cost of Show $8,426.) 

The bill at the Colonial this week 
doesn't seem to get going for some 
reason or other. The acts appear to 
be all right, but it Is like a runner who 
has speed but stumbles at the start 
and Is never able to catch his stride 
again. The audience, a fairly good 
one, Wednesday night, considering the 
Jewish holiday, didn't get into the 
spirit of things at all. Light ap- 
plause and laughter greeted the first 
three or four numbers. 

Mrs. Gardner Crane and Co. clos- 
ing the first half made the first big 
stir although one or two acts preced- 
ing went through very nicely. 

Mrs. Crane has a corking comedy 
sketch In "The Little Sunbeam." Be- 
sides the comedy there Is unusual 
holding Interest In the farcical story. 
The set Is novel and the eye Is caught 
from the start. The Interest carries 
things along after this and the com- 
edy helps to sustain It. Mrs. Crane 
doing the high dive Into the upper 
bunk is one of those big hurrah three- 
minute-laughs that are so rare. 

Lll Hawthorne, the English-Amer- 
ican girl, fared very nicely "No. 4." 
She sang four songs. Each one was 
liked. Miss Hawthorne may feel sat- 
isfied that she passed a critical audi- 
ence on the right side of the fence. 
Her songs are those catchy English 
melodies, and Julius Lenzberg may 
be given credit for playing them just 
as well as any of the English or- 
chestras, which Is saying a great deal, 
for those English orchestras can play. 
The "Monte Carlo" number has a 
dandy orchestration. When It Is stated 
that the Colonial orchestra brought 
as much out from It as did the London 
Pavilion big collection of musicians, 
Julius can afford to smile. 

The Uessems opened after the in- 
termission. What a dandy acrobatic 
and equilibristic show it Is! These boys 
start where all others seem to finish. 
Walking up and down a flight of stairs 
with a man doing a single btfnd-stand 
on the head is not a bad little trick, 
but cavorting around on a balancing 
ladder going up and down and all. In 
the same position is some more little 
trick. This was not the only new 
one the Uessems uncovered; there 
were five or six just as good and just 
as far ahead of anything in the line 
that has been soon. The upside down 
Juggling Is not so bad either. Three 
midgets are used In the act lhcldently. 
The resRcms fall down a bit in sell- 
ing the poods. They do not get all 
that their corking work should bring. 
Perhaps a little faking would help 
or a slipht unbending in manner of 
the two principals. 

Sebastian Merrill and Co. put over 
a laughable bicycle act In the earlier 
portion. The two comedians make 
up as "Jeff" and "Mutt* and are 
quickly recognized. The comedy sags 
a trifle In the middle. The riding 
and tricks pass nicely. A somersault 
from an Incline with two men on the 
bicycle makes a first rlass finish. The 
act with a little quickening In the 
center will be in good shape. 

Cub Kdwards* "Sonp Itovlew" is the 
top liner, closing the. show. Macart 
and Bradford are on Just before. The 
Royal Collbrls open. Carlin and Clark 
(New Acts). l)a*h. 



i8 



VARIETY 



TROCADEROS. 

Philadelphia, Oct. 13. 

The growing tendency to forsake 
the old etyle of burlesque appears to 
be following all along the line on the 
Eastern wheel. Frank Finney has join- 
ed the contingent willing to take their 
chance with a clean comedy show with 
plenty of music and singers, and real 
voices to put the music over. Finney 
has made a long step forward with the 
"Trocaderos" this season, but has not 
quite hit the mark. Nothing can be 
said so far as clean comedy methods 
and classy music are concerned, for 
the "Trocaderos" almost live up to the 
title of "classy." 

The principal fault in the making of 
the two-act piece which is used as a 
vehicle this season is, that in aim- 
ing to attain a certain height, there 
have been weak points left in the 
foundation. r 

"Finney at the North Pole" is new 
at both ends and old in the middle. 
It starts off as if something really 
novel were going to be seen, but early 
switches off to something old. The 
thread of newness Is taken up again, 
however, and carried through the last 
act. 

There is not a high point of high 
speed gained until near the finish and 
it is too long coming to expect an au- 
diance to wait for it. The story tells 
of explorers who go north to search 
for the pole. During their stay there 
the queen of an island is rescued from 
the ice. She rewards her rescuer by 
making him king of her island, but 
loves another whom she promises to 
wed if he will find a cave of jewels. 
The opening scene in the north, with a 
ship fast in the ice is prettily staged 
and opens with a song well rendered 
by John P. Griffith. There is consid- 
erable of a contrast in dressing here, 
for while the men appear robed in 
heavy furs the chorus and queen min- 
gle through the ice in tights and scanty 
coverings. There is a dark change to 
the island where the piece drops back 
to familiar atmosphere in an arrange- 
ment of "King for a Day," or along 
lines which belong to the old school. 

Upon their deciding to quite the Isl- 
and an airship is found handy and a 
quick trip to Paris is taken. This is also 
a dark scene change. It may not have 
worked properly for the opening show 
Monday, but there was no effect there 
and what might have been worked up 
to a pretty change was entirely lost. 
In Paris there is little left of the early 
story, except the reference made to 
it in a bit of the dialog, and the at- 
tempt to pose as successful explorers 
by the two shipmen. 

Frank Finney is credited with mak- 
ing and producing the piece and he 
has placed himself in the foreground 
at all times. Finney plays his familiar 
Irish character and plays it well, work- 
ing Industriously throughout and scor- 
ing strongly with his comedy, which 
is clean and quiet. Frank Ross, He- 
brew character, is first aid to Finney, 
and gets as far as he is able to go, 
for at no time does he figure alone ex- 
cept when singing parodies in the sec- 
ond act. Sam J. Adams, a horse train- 
er, and George Brennan, a jockey, are 
the only others of the men who stand 
out prominently in lines and business. 
Both acquit themselves creditably. 

The show is strong musically. In 



fact it ranks with the best singing 
shows heard in burlesque. Finney has 
surrounded himself with principals 
who have voices, but the musical num- 
bers have not all been selected to the 
best advantage. There is too much of 
the operatic stuff and not enough of 
the lively, stepping, catchy style of 
song which pleases and adds to the 
speed of a show. With a bunch of 
clngers like this show has it should be 
the snappiest singing show on the 
road. 

Jeanette Toung and Daisy Thome 
Lundy have the principal female roles, 
and show off their voices to good ef- 
fect several times, while John P. Grif- 
fith and Tom Bullock figure well up 
In the vocal line. A sextet of the 
principals, with the "Lucia" number 
made one of the best hits. Another 
was "Chantecler Rag," led by Minnie 
Burke, who has all her snappy, gin- 
gery style with her again this season, 
and makes herself useful whenever 
called upon. Miss Burke makes sev- 
eral changes of costume, but has a 
poor choice for the finish, a brown 
effect which is about as unbecoming to 
her as the "hobble skirt" worn by Cor- 
rinne Ford (who has a part in both 
acts) is funny. There is a bit of 
"money changing" in the second act 
well worked out, and Finney gets a 
noisy finish by smashing dishes during 
the recital of a horse race on which 
he has bet his last fifty. 

There are some pretty numbers in 
both acts, and the costumes are varied 
and attractive. The chorus needs drill- 
ing in the dances, their work being no- 
ticeably ragged and careless. Finney 
pulled the big hit, a "Hinkey Dee" 
number with extemporaneous verses, 
which landed strong and a march by 
the girls was nicely done. 

To whip the necessary speed into the 
"Trocaderos" would not be a difficult 
job, for the singers are there to han- 
dle the music and the principals ap- 
pear capable of handling anything 
given them to work with. 

The cafe scene, the prettiest of the 
lot, might be used to open the second 
act to set the pace and one or two 
bits of business in the Island scene 
might be chopped out in favor of a 
couple of snappy numbers. 

Mr. Finney deserves credit for the 
show he has built up to represent 
Charles H. Waldron on the Eastern 
Wheel. Finney might just as well go 
the necessary distance to put the show 
on a plane with the very best on the 
circuit. George M. Young. 



Harry Mock's clubroom in Hammer- 
stein's, where the members of the "I 
Will" organization meet often, is the 
centre of a new institution, lately per- 
petrated by Mr. Mock. A bright ma- 
hogany topped table has been secur- 
ed. All members in good standing are 
requested to en scroll their names on 
the mahogany, with a specially pre- 
pared cutter Harry dug up somewhere. 
When that task is finished the engrav- 
er must read the names of all the 
baseball players, inscribed upon the 
horsehlde, covering eight or ten base- 
balls hung on a line above the buf- 
fet. The "I Will Club" now has a 
steward, a nice young fellow, and an 
auditor, who Is just as nice, but no 
one believes it, for the auditor looks 
everybody over as they pass out. 



FOLLIES OF NEW YORK. 

"Follies of New York and Paris," 
played over the Eastern wheel last 
season under the name of "Follies of 
the Moulin Rouge." Charley Howard 
is still the backbone of the show. He 
is not all there is to the show, how- 
ever. 

Hurtig & Seamon put the show on. 
There have been very few changes that 
amount to anything. In general equip- 
ment it will stand comparison with 
any on either wheel. The show itself 
is the same as last season In two acts, 
the first act being in two scenes. 

The plot is a bit thicker than the 
general run of burlesque shows, but 
still will not hold water. It is enough 
to keep the story together and give a 
fairly plausible reason for some of 
the comedy. 

There is no olio, although Powder 
and Chapman do a singing and dancing 
specialty between the acts. It would 
do well to say a word or two about 
these boys right here. They have 
worked out a routine of dancing stuff 
and songs that carry them ahead of 
any of the teams that have been seen 
about New York in some time. Ryan 
and White and a few more of the 
dancing teams can learn something 
from this Powder and Chapman com- 
bination. For style, variety and gen- 
eral framing up, they have them all 
beat. 

The show is strong in comedy main- 
ly because Charley Howard is a com- 
edian who is funny. There is a quan- 
tity of old material, but it is all nicely 
handled with a fresh twist here and 
there. Howard is also helped along 
through having three good men 
around him who work up the comedy 
in capital style. Ned Norton is a 
"straight" man who gets all there is 
out of the role. In dressing, Norton 
looms up as the best dressed "straight" 
burlesque has produced. In the first 
act the "Beau Brummel" changes his 
clothes no less than six times, and in 
the second comes over with four or 
five more changes. All the clothes 
have been made by a tailor, and look 
as though they had never been worn 
before. In leading a number or two 
Norton also shines. He could stand 
even more in the number line. 

Working with Norton and also as a 
foil for Howard, Al Canfleld gains dis- 
tinction. He plays a politician a lit- 
tle above the usual burlesque type, al- 
though he might go in a bit more 
deeply for slang to gain laughs. A 
bully singing voice placed two of the 
numbers in which he figured almost at 
the head of the musical hits. Henry 
P. Nelson, is the fourth of the quar- 
tet of men who figure prominently. 
His "Dutchman," although always 
subordinated to Howard's Hebrew, 
stands out. He is away from the us- 
ual "Dutchman," is more human and 
just as much more funny. 

The program bills about twenty 
numbers, but there do not seem to be 
as many. In fact there are not enough 
in the show. It is where the show 
needs newness. The numbers should 
be brought up to date. One or two 
good lively "rag" bits would help a 
whole lot. 

"I'll Build a Fence Around You," 
and "Mandy," both sung by Nor- 
ton and Jennie Austin, scored strong- 
ly. "Mandy" was sung with Miss Aus- 



tin in the audience. "Emalina Lee," 
sung by Nell Capron and Canfleld, also 
hit the high water mark. There were 
several others that were good, but not 
any that started a real commotion. 
This was too bad, for vocally the 
troupe is in very good shape and 
should take advantage of an asset, so 
few burlesque organizations have. 

The "Scarecrow" bit is still used, 
although not overmuch is gained 
through It. Dorothy Hayden who fol- 
lowed little Miss McMahon, the origi- 
nator of the role, is still doing it very 
well. 

In the matter of chorus the troupe 
is also very well off. Twenty girls 
are carried and they make a very 
likeable lot. Eight figure In an Eng- 
lish madcap act which works in a 
specialty during the action. The chorus 
have been well drilled. The girls 
carry the many pretty costumes In 
commendable fashion. 

Miss Austin in a soubret role is 
principal amongst the women. Jen- 
nie is a real sweet little girl who wears 
several very Frenchy looking soubret 
costumes in which she is a picture, 
but right in the middle of all the good 
things that could be said about Jen- 
nie there Is a "but." It Is going to 
be a serious one if Jennie doesn't 
watch herself. From the front it ap- 
pears that Miss Austin is fully aware 
she looks good and can't help thinking 
about it. It seems to go so far at 
times that Jennie almost forgets she 
is working in a show. Jennie also pays 
too much attention to her audience, 
spending most of her time gazing 
about the house. Jennie is too nice 
a soubret to allow herself to be car- 
ried away. She should spend her spare 
moments trying to learn to dance. 
At the head of a couple of numbers 
Jennie did very well, and if she had 
been able to put some life into her 
work through dancing she would have 
carried away the honors of the show. 

Nell Capron was very good all the 
time. Possessing a nice singing voice 
she got over a couple of numbers in 
capital style, and read her lines most 
intelligently. Nell is a good looking 
girl in the "swell evening togs." Ada 
Ayers was another principal. A good 
looking blonde, she wore several dres- 
sy gowns, but did little else to dis- 
tinguish herself. Her role did not 
call for much. Ada did not do any 
more than it called for. Chapman 
and Powder had small roles in both 
acts. Chapman, in a short "sissy" bit 
was funny, although there are many 
who see nothing humorous in the 
character. Several other minor roles 
called for no special attention. 

Martin Ferrari and Mabel Perclval 
contributed a couple of specialties dur- 
ing the action of the show. In the 
first act the couple uncovered about 
ten minutes of whirlwind dancing that 
gained attention. The "Apache" in 
the second act also received applause, 
although the "Apache" is now passe. 

Hurtig & Seamon have a very good 
burlesque show In the "Follies." It 
will be better than seventy-five per 
cent, of the shows that will be seen 
this season. Dash. 



The Fulton, Brooklyn, Is now man- 
aged by Charles King, William Trim- 
born having resigned. 



VARIETY 



*9 



JUDY FORGOT. 

The new Marie Cahill show at the 
Broadway Theatre has that sure in- 
dicator of success attached; one 
doesn't notice the time passing. 

Although a "one-star show/' the 
parts have been so distributed to 
leave the impression all of the prin- 
cipals are concerned. So they are, 
as assistants to Miss Cahill, who is 
Judy Evans, a newly married spouse 
upon her honeymoon, and afflicted 
with an uncontrollable wink. Her 
loose eyelid brings many "mash notes" 
and flowers. A prolog is prefixed to 
this operatic musical comedy. Fred- 
die Evans (Arthur Stanford), is the 
husband. The scene is a hotel suite. 
The husband can not overlook his 
wife's innocent mode of flirtation. The 
flowers and the notes arrive too fre- 
quently. Everyone in the dining room 
imagined Judy's unconscious droop- 
ing of the sight covering was a hint 
to him to look her up. Judy calls 
the honeymoon off until Freddie can 
accustom himself to her large un- 
known list of admirers. Judy takes 
a train which is wrecked. The shock 
brings about a loss of memory, and 
she alights in the gardens at Marien- 
bad the same day, which constitutes 
the first act proper. 

As the woman without a memory 
Judy becomes Trixie Qale (who in the 
play is Trixie Stole, and off the 
stage Truly Shattuck), Trixie was 
married to Dickie Stole, the same 
morning. Dickie is Joseph Santley. 

His uncle, John Mugg (Bert Ba- 
ker), offers $600 reward for Trixie 's 
arrest for kidnapping his nephew. So 
Trlxle-Stole-Oale didn't object when 
the inhabitants of Marienbad fell upon 
Judy as the stage queen, Trixie Qale. 
And Judy was in that delightful 
frame of mind where nothing mat- 
tered. To be a Gale meant no more 
to her than to be a bride, so she ac- 
quiesced, until in the second act, 
which occurred the same stage even- 
ing, an automobile accident returned 
her memory and her husband. 

It's a neat little, farcical story for 
musical purposes. If one of Charles 
Frohman's staff of problem pickers 
had caught hold of this plot, married 
Judy while in her somnolent state to 
some one else, leaving it to the audi- 
ence to decide whether she was mor- 
ally guilty of bigamy or whether her 
first husband should take her back, 
Frohman might have had a bit of a 
show on his hands that would ease 
up his ambition to reproduce poor 
copies of English musical shows. 

Speaking of producers, Daniel 
V. Arthur has put on a success at a 
comparatively little cost in the salary 
list weekly. When other big produc- 
tions are spoken of as costing $6,000 
or $5,000 a week through expensive 
casts, Mr. Arthur can flash his salary 
list with a grin. 

In all there are about nine princi- 
pals programed, but actually only 
seven. Of these three are women, 
and of the women, one Is Miss Cahill. 
There are four leading men in the 
performance. While it is all Miss 
Cahill, of course, there are scenes 
where one or more of the other prin- 
cipals think they have a chance. 

James B. Carson plays a German 
doctor, without securing a laugh dur- 
ing the evening. He plays this role 



as he did a similar one in another 
show recently. Joseph Santley sb the 
young boy who ran away to be mar- 
ried, is too youthfully a "kid," al- 
together too much so, when the statu- 
esque Miss Shattuck is his wife. 
That's all Mr. Santley has to do when 
not singing. Miss Shattuck has even 
less, though she did interpolate her 
"Toreador" song from vaudeville. 
Mr. Baker had a crabby old man's 
role. He doesn't do a great deal 
with it, partly because the best of 
dialog and thought for lines have 
been given to Miss Can ill's role. 
Stanford is a nice enough tenor, but 
it's hard for a tenor to be an actor 
and make both occupations blend. 
Ethel Johnson has what would have 
been a soubret role were Miss John- 
son a soubret. A dancing and singing 
soubret with more than a listless man- 
ner would have the opportunity of 
;her .life in the role Miss Johnson 
makes nothing of. 

Miss Cahill is "the" star. Whether 
accidental or with purpose afore- 
thought makes no difference. If it 
were otherwise Miss Cahill would gain 
the point just the same. She has what 
a very few and even less leading 
women in musical comedy have, a 
repose in methods which earn her 
laughter and applause without the 
questionable horseplay or appeal to 
the gallery for assistance in songs. 
In delivering dialog or songs. Miss 
Cahill sends over every point as clear 
as a crystal. 

Avery Hopwood wrote the book and 
lyrics. But once or twice does Mr. 
Hap wood harp on a "bad boy" sen- 
tence. They are quickly forgotten in 
the rush u In his lyrics, the author 
has done just as well. Some of the 
jingles which bear upon the theme, 
making it a comic opera one, bring 
laughs by themselves. His "whoop- 
La" song (Miss CahiU's big hit), re- 
ceived a solid round of applause on 
the first verse. Miss Cahill needs 
many encore verses for it. 

Silvio Hein composed the music, 
with two or three catchy pieces, and 
a couple of others just the reverse. 
Were it not for the production of 
two or three, particularly "Dream 
Man," each would have taken a de- 
cided flop, for the songs are not 
there. 

In staging the numbers, Lewis Mor- 
ton more than did his share. They 
are of the best. The finale of the 
first act, in its prettiness and quiet- 
ness, is a dandy. 

There are about thirty-two girls in 
the chorus. All are not girls, and but 
few are comely. The clothes provided 
look well enough, but there are few 
choristers present to set them off. 

In clothes, however, don't over- 
look Mr. Sanford. He wore three 
sack suits in the first half. 

Mr. Morton brought applause by 
his opening number of the second 
half. Two other novelty numbers, 
"The Star Factory" in the first scene, 
and "The Society Circus" in the last, 
were quite novel. "The Star Factory" 
involving travestied things of the 
stage is worked differently from all 
the rest and scored, as well it should. 

Besides "Whoop-La," Miss Cahill 
sang "Good Morning, Judge," with Its 
theme taken from a vaudeville Joke. 
She also was the principal in "Thinky, 



OXFOKD. 

Minus an act, and with all the flur- 
ries characterizing the opening of a 
new house, but to a capacity audience, 
the Oxford, Brooklyn, presented a fair- 
ly good bill during the first half of the 
week. 

The Ross Sisters failed to show. 
They reported for rehearsal, but their 
costumes had been badly damaged by 
water and they were unable to go on. 

The licensed films and two illus- 
trated songs were offered between the 
acts. 

The Wangdoodle Four pleased with 
their quartet numbers, but the "stall- 
ing" didn't make a hit with anybody. 
The sooner these colored chaps cut out 
a lot of their tiresome horse-play the 
better impression they will leave. They 
should sing more, and not all attempt 
to be funny. The one in eccentric 
makeup and with the Billy Kersands 
mouth can do the comedy without com- 
petition. 

Erney and Fay (New Acts) received 
a big hand for their hand balancing. 

Specialties were also offered by Bob 
Ferns and Sprague and Dixon, both 
under New Acts. 



THIRD AVENUE. 

Business was big at Keeney's Third 
Avenue the first half of the week. 
The audiences had no complaint to 
register on the bill offered by the 
management. 

The show opened with an interest- 
ing film of real ranch life scenes. 
Mole and O'Neal, bicyclists (New 
Acts), following. Young Bros, and 
Veronica (New Acts) came after, and 
the comedy sketch, "My Boy Jim" 
(New Acts), presented by Rutledge 
and Pickering was next. Two illus- 
trated songs were rendered with the 
usual "plugging" on the choruses. 

Ross and Moore with their comedy 
skit, "The Moving Picture Show" re- 
ceived enough laughter and applause 
to satisfy a "big time" act. The 
solo, "You Are the Ideal of My 
Dreams" by the "straight" was a fea- 
ture. 

The La Belle troupe, with their 
tight wire feats and acrobatics, were 
enjoyed, the applause being of big 
proportions. The troupe offers prac- 
tically the same act as last season. A 
comic film closed the show. 



Thanky, Thunk," a corking number 
of its kind, but a trifle overdone. Her 
"Turkish Love Song" near the finale 
failed to return much of anything. 
Either Miss Cahill is singing one sung 
too many, or there's nothing to the 
Turkish thing. 

In "Women's Eyes" (sung by Mr. 
Santley), there is a blonde girl on the 
end, dressed in all pink chiffon, who 
is a regular dancer. This same girl 
does a nice bit as well in "The Society 
Circus," imitating a high school step- 
per. She is the best dancer in the 
show. As Mr. Arthur was fortunate 
in securing a farce easily adaptable 
to Miss Cahill and musical comedy, he 
might have tasted the play somewhat 
stronger. 

"Judy Forgot" is an entertaining 
show and passes an evening quickly, 
if it does not enjoy a long and pros- 
perous run on Broadway, Mr. Arthur 
may blame himself or whoever se- 
lected Miss CahiU's support. Sime. 



NEMO. 

With a better balanced bill than 
offered during the previous week and 
the acts as a whole giving greater 
satisiaction, the Nemo did big busi- 
ness the iirst half. 

An excellent run of licensed films 
pleased. One picture, "A High 

Speed Biker," had the house in an 
uproar with its comedy. The "pop" 
policy at the Nemo has touched a re- 
sponsive chord. The people, of the 
neighborhood are giving the house 
excellent support. 

Dow and Dow, Hebrew comedians, 
rung up the most applause with paro- 
dies and talk. Two encores were 
generally given. 

The feature act was offered by 
"Zulu and Lulu" (New Acts); and 
the work of the chimpanzees was en- 
joyed. 

Kelley and Judge pulled down a lot 
of laughs with comedy acrobatics. The 
smaller, in eccentric makeup, slouch- 
es around the stage in a carleess man- 
ner and does some neat twists and 
turns. His Arabic flops show prac- 
tice. The "straight" does nothing 
startling, yet goes through his single 
routine with credit. 

Court and Don (New Acts) are 
Scotch comedians, who went fairly 
well. Frank and Von Moltke (New 
Acts) in a comedy sketch were able 
to make an Impression through the 
novel ending. 

Robert Milo sang, imitated birds. 
While he does not make much of a 
hit with his voice, he more than evens 
up with whistling. 



MAJESTIC. 

The show at the Majestic the first 
half of the week, while not contain- 
ing any new or startling features was 
made up of tried turns, and pleased. 

Brown and Williams, two clever 
boys, opened the program. They have 
a pleasing routine of roller skating 
and dancing. Following them was 
Blanche Baird, who sings arid plays 
the piano in an inimitable fashion. 
She is doing Billy Dillon's "I Wish I 
Had a Girlie," and three other num- 
bers which went over mightily. 

Jenkins and Covert have managed, 
to improve their little farcical skit 
"We're Married Now," greatly, and it 
provoked quite a bit of laughter. 

Gertie LeClaire and Her "Picks" 
were the real hit of the evening's en- 
tertainment. The audience insisted 
upon encore after encore until the four 
little one's were exhausted. Closing 
the show were the Three Yoscarys. 
This trio Is one that has made good 
on the "big time." There never was 
a moment of doubt throughout their 
entire performance that they would 
fail to get over in the company. 

Fred 



Gertrude Kverett, with "Fads and 
Follies" at the Columbia next week, 
is in her first season of burlesque. Her 
husband, Krnest London (Four Lon- 
dons) is manager of Miss Kverett. 



Mile. Geraldine Nnrosa, In a tabloid 
operetta entitled "The Call of Love," 
in which there will bo six people, 
is an offering that Fred Curtis will 
offer to vaudeville managers shortly. 



20 



VARIETY 



CORRESPONDENCE 

Unless otherwise noted, tne following reports are for tne enrrent week. 

S^nV pBjp^g^pB^B^^KB^^^^pB^pBBB^pBBBj^pj Hnnv^S^BnVnnn^B^Hn^Hnin^nnn^^H nnVBB3^H n^Bnnl ES 

WALTER It. HILL i# ~^ ww w irf ~ . ^ ^^ „_. VAniBTY'S 

,*££*. CHICAGO "'SrSLL'S"' 

Rstkisacs : HowJ Grant 'Phoae 4401 Cental. 

AdTvtlMmuKa and News Will Be Aeeepted at the Chicago Otioe, for the Current 
Issue of VARIETY, Until 10 o'clock Thursday Morning. 



MAJESTIC (Lyman B. Olover, mg r. ; agent, 
Orpbeuni Circuit; Monday rehearsal, 11). — 
This is musical week. From "D" to "K" 
there were either vocal or Instrumental sec- 
tions to every act, save one. At 2 o'clock 
Graham's Manikins (New Acts) were enter- 
taining. Previously the Two Leonards bad 
opened and Donald Graham had seconded 
the show. Witts "Roses of Kildare" inter- 
mixed Hongs of Ireland with popular stuff 
agreeably. The contralto soloist has an ex- 
ceptionally beautiful voice, and the soprano 
who led an operatic selection also gave evi- 
dence of considerable vocal class. The au- 
dieuce liked the act Immensely. Ous Edwards' 
"Schoolboys and Girls" made an early clean- 
up. The gingery little one who has the knack 
of whistling through her teeth advances It too 
often ; at first It Is funny, but finally becomes 
monotonous. The encore In "one" pulled out 
the real hit for the act. There is a lot of 
animation In the bunch, with the soubret 
leading In the festivities. The throwing of 
rubber balls into the audience doesn't seem 
to be "big time stuff." As invariably follows 
when objects are thrown promiscuously some 
are held out and returned when least ex- 
pected. Desidet the scheme breeds familiarity, 
which Is a poor part of entertainment. Bert 
Howard works so fittingly into the former Ray 
and Nice act that Nice Isn't missed. Howard's 
piano playing scored heavily and his dancing 
matches closely with the work of John Ray. 
"The Ganby Twins" encore cleaned up for 
Howard and Ray, as well as It ever did for 
Hay and Nice. The five ex-Fadettes, who 
tour under the title of "The Musical Suffra- 
gettes," furnish food for figuring out Just 
what constitutes a "big time" act Bstelle 
Churchill, at the piano, with song, and during 
a trap-drumming specialty, seems to be the 
principal of the organization. With violin, 
'cello, cornet and trombone the other women 
work out their share of what amounts to 
nothing more than a good offering by a female 
orchestra. The "Suffragette" thing has been 
lost in the shuffle, for the women dress and 
act like ordinary lady musicians. The finale 
served to give Miss Churchill opportunity to 
abandon the piano for "traps" and her work 



lifted the number to three curtains, the last 
one being saved for Bstelle. Clifford and 
Burke put their originalities in black-face Into 
the big hit class, the song. "You Ain't Talking 
To Me," alone scoring four recalls and de- 
mands for more. Vaudeville can show few 
teams so ably suited to each other In working 
up the laughs and putting over the straight 
and comedy sections of an inning. They 
"cleaned up." To close the show Martlnetti 
and Sylvester's slow beginning worked to a 
disadvantage. It takes an act which starts 
slam bang to attract the deserters and hold 
the house In line. After working into the 
comedy, the boys took desperate chances with 
reckless acrobatics and provided an act which 
deserved the attention of the entire audience. 
They followed Sallle Fisher (New Acts). 

WALT. 

AMERICAN (William Morris, mgr. ; agent, 
direct). — In addition to an unusually strong 
array of vaudeville acts of the kind these audi- 
ences are generally accustomed to, Charles B. 
Dodsworth gave "Scrooge" its first local hear- 
ing Monday, lifting the performance, as a 
whole, to a plane which has not been equalled 
In Chicago for six months. The adaptation of 
Dickens' "Christmas Carol" has been made 
with fine dramatic effect. From the printed 
programing, the night bill was largely changed. 
The opening fell to Willie Hale and Brother, 
and a show never had a better start. The 
orchestra had Les Souseloffs' music at their 
finger-ends, and the act showed to twice the 
advantage as when seen a week ago. The girl 
ie little short of a marvel, and the man holds 
his own splendidly. In third position. Fields 
and Lewis made s delivery, In "one," of that 

Eart of their act which generally precedes the 
ansom cab. Their hit was sure. To Maud 
Hall-Macy and Co. fell substantial success. 
Miss Hall-Macy's character work provoking 
loads of laughs, while the fine character draw- 
ing by her supporters helped vastly in leading 
"The Magpie and the Jay ' to four strong cur- 
tains. To close the first part, Dan Sherman 
and Co. must have selected Opalaka, Ala., to 
pitch the tents of "A Jay Circus." There 
were only four or five people in "the blues," 



but the show went with a riot of applause 
and closed with shouts of mirth provoked by 
the trapese recklessness of Sherman and Wm. 
Andrews. When Intermission arrived, the 
house had received big value on their Invest- 
ment, good measure running over and con- 
tinuing from the time Caesar Rlvoll started 
to open the last half until McMahon's "Pull- 
man Porter Maids" closed the show. For 
Rlvoll's artistic examples of quick character 
changes, there were five strong curtains to 
end his time upon the stage, and when he 
went Into the orchestra pit to Impersonate the 
famous music masters the applause ran al- 
most uninterrupted and built up to his final 
role. His was really the great applause hit 
of the evening up to that time. Then 
"Scrooge" came to break the applause rec- 
ord of many months' standing. Jose- 
phine Sable followed, and she made good. The 
McMahon act came on to close very late at 
11. IS. The dimmed lights and mild beginning, 
with the late hour, didn't prevent Ned Norton 
from putting across a corking hit with "Be- 
lieve Me" : he and the act would have been 
a riot further up. WALT. 

TREVBTT (S. W. Qulnn. mgr:; agent. W. 
V. A.).— Although the presence of Bands Roma 
lessened the bill by one number, the quality 
of entertainment was bang up to the standard 
this house has conslstenly maintained since It 
entered the field. No bigger laughing hit 
could be desired than that scored by Ward 
and Curran who "cleaned up" the show down 
next to the Italians. Preceding them Russell 
and Church displayed one of the cleverest and 
most entertaining "sister acts" seen in these 

Sarts in many moons. Miss Church Is a 
ancer of rare versatility, sending across In 
five minutes a "Dance of Nations" which 
must have embraced a dosen different styles. 
She's a pretty little tottie, too. graceful and 
blessed with a fetching stage presence. Miss 
Russell stands to the comedy most effectually, 
changing costumes for characters and running 
the combination average well up. They gave 
the second half a bully start. By 8:80 Field- 
ing and Carlos had opened the show with a 
roller-skate specialty, programed for comedy 
dancea in three styles, and Billy Brown was 
well Into a series of imitations which the au- 
dience liked Immensely. Murray and Lane 
were in third place with pretense at comedy 
which vouchsafed but one good laugh and 
served to Idle away time which in all fairness 
they should have devoted to displaying their 
surpassing pleasing vocal gifts. The fact that 
this easy-laughing audience was patient be- 
tween songs demonstrated that singing from 
this couple Is what the public desire. To prove 
It the applause of the act piled up whenever 
they did sing. Voices like theirs are rare In 
vaudeville and it's a pity to hide them. To 
close the first half Beyers and Hermann sailed 
through billows of applause for their ability 
as acrobats and entertainers, and the contor- 
tions turned the hubbub Into salvos of ap- 
preciation. The Band closed the show with 
storms of red fire applause. WALT. 



WILLARD (Jones. Llnlck 4 Schaefer. mgrs. 
agent, Frank Q. Doyle).— 10-12. With th< 
opening of the new Wlllard at 81st 8treei 
and Calumet, Jones, Llnlck A Schaefer un 
covered one of the prettiest of the so-callec 
small-time vaudeville houses In Chicago. Twc 
shows a day will be offered, with matlneei 
Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. The houai 
Is modeled after the style of the Wilson Ave- 
nue, and is said to seat 1,600. For the firs! 
three days of the opening week, Julian Root 
held down top honors. Rose "cleaned up,' 
although the orchestra killed his finish, caused 
by nervousness. The Velde Trio opened the 
show with a neat acrobatic routine and a few 
good tricks by the dogs. In second position, 
the Trocadero Quartet took second honors 
Wilson, Franklyn and Co., with a new cast, 
since at the American, found things pretty 
easy, and scored a safe hit. Closing the show, 
Momo's Whirlwind Acrobats, although con- 
flicting a trifle with the opening number, won 
the house over by their rapid style of work. 
The best is in the pyramid building, where 
the understander exhibits some wonderful 
strength. This act should find plenty to do. 

WYNN. 

STAR (T. J. Carmody, mgr.; agent. W. V. 
A. ) .—Tuesday's matinee audience made noise 
out of proportion to numbers, for several acti 
on a bill which, although obviously represent- 
ing snug Investment for this class of house, 
did not return entertainment In proportion 
Gruber's Animals, heavily featured, closed the 
show. Mullen and Corelll, next to closing, pui 
over their clever and unusual acrobatic feats 
with an accompaniment of comedy which woi 
laughs. "Examination Day" seemed to be ai 
act quite to the liking of the house and wai 
more liberally applauded than any other. Thes< 
three acts all in a row must have boosted th< 
salary list considerably. One of the most In- 
teresting Inning was offered by Nellie Burt 
who but half carries a clever idea to market 
She is a pretty girl, plump In form and slngi 
and dances well for a half doxen changes oi 
character, with costume shifts to match 
Working In "three" she shows a box-llk< 
arrangement back against the drop, fllllgreet! 
up to represent some sort of a vine covered 
place wherein to make her changes. Into thli 
she disappears after each song, entering at 
the side and appearing through the front. Ai 
Miss Burt changes she sings, while her fac< 
alone shows at a circular opening. The wort 
of costume changes Is carried on by an as 
slstant as Nellie keeps the Interest by sing 
lng the verse of her songs. The chorus bring) 
her into view, costumed and ready to conclude 
the song. This process is repeated until hei 
last number, when she closes In "one." Th« 
wardrobe screen Is an unsightly thing. 8h< 
should substitute a drop, behind which Nelll< 
could hide her body, letting her face shov 
through as now. There might be doors wltl 
drapes for her to exit through and thus com 
plete a good Idea. She has the proper spirt 
In getting away from the ordinary slngl< 
singer with costume changes, but her presen 



SINO 

MR. AND MR8. WILMINGTON DELIGHTED 

Can you beat this combination ? 

Junle McCree, the writer, and Lydia Barry, the singer 

To those who know, nuff sed, but to those who do not know we will say that in 



There is a treat in store for you. The song:, "Twenty Year 8 AgO." was a real knockout, and the song "Barry" is being 
whistled on the street. Without doubt the greatest Irish song written in years. Where do you go from here ? 



Represented by M. S. BENTHAM 



IO HI 



UIN/I 



Wfcew oneioeriny advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



*i 



New Sensational 



Sond Successes 



THE OVER-NIGHT BALLAD HIT OF THE SEASON 



By J. J. CRAWFORD and H. BLANKE-BELCHER 

This it the tame song w« advertised last week, and our statements are true as steel— we have at last another great song 
on the order of our famous " Garden of Roses/' the song the whole world talked about. " LOVE DREAMS " is it — " LOVE 
DREAMS" is the ballad; "LOVE DREAMS " in Slides and "LOVE DREAMS " for Orchestras; "LOVE DREAMS" for Bands. 
The great Cornet Solo of the day, and just te think, over-night " LOVE DREAMS " became a household word. 



By AL. BRYAN and AL. GUMBLE 

The song that created the furore at Hammerstein's, when sung by MISS ADELE RITCHIE. It's the FIRST WINTER SONG 
—yes, JHE REAL WINTER SONG— ever written. A slick dance two step arrangement. A great set of words— up to the minute. 
A lively "JINGLE" chorus written by one ALBERT GUMBLE, who wrote "I Won't Be Back Till August," "Are You Sincere?" 
"I'm Afraid of You, Curly Head," etc., all great song hits and all great melodies. The word GREAT hardly fit* the WINTER song. 
It's there to use the classic, "forty ways from the jack." "Get us?" 

AND 

A. 8EYMOUR BROWN and NAT D. AYER'8 NEW AND NOVEL COON SONG 

PLEASE COME BACK TO HE 

Everybody crying for a Coon Song — Everybody crying for a Crying Coon Song— Everybody crying for a Crying Coon Song 
that will make everybody laugh— "Laugh and the World Laughs with You." Old stuff, but it fits this song to a T. It's ready 
with Prof. Copies, Orchestrations and everything that will go to make this Coon Song the first real Novelty in a long time. All 
singers of Coon Songs have been scouting the town for something like this, and there's only Jerome H. Remick Co. that can 
furnish them with a LAUGHING and CRYING Coon Song. Get it now while it's new and be among the very first to sing it 

ALL HAIL AND 8ING THE POPULAR VERDICT 



JEROME 

131 WEST 41st STREET 



REMICK CO. 



NEW YORK 



FOR ANY KIND OF SONG 

Majestic Theatre Bldg. 

Chicago, ill. MOSE GUMBLE, Mgr. Prof. Dept. 

Whm — Mi Mr fcif md **rt 4»0m*nt» hlndl" mention VARIETY. 



68 Farrar St. 
DETROIT, MICH. 



22 



VARIETY 



arrangement 1b not right Mad Miller does his 
straight-Jacket escape, and Spauldlng and Du- 
pree open the show with singing, talking and 
acrobatic comedy. The sightly act which 
Boyd and Veola present Is a most attractive 
feature of ihe bill. Man and woman dress 
well, sing pleasingly and afford a flashy and 
much appreciated Inning, the fine appearance 
of the woman boosting the average. WALT. 

FOLLY (John A. Fennessy, mgr.).— "The 
Kentucky HelleB" opened Sunday afternoon to 
large attendance. Recalling "The Brigadiers," 
seen and commended when at another house 
earlier in the season, one Is Impressed with the 
conviction that Whallen ft Martell are doing 
a Jekyll and Hyde of some class this year; 
"The Brigadiers" still rank among the best 
and "The Kentucky Belles" among the poorest 
shows of the season. In the present offering 
but three principals deport themselves In a 
manner beyond criticism— Drownle Carroll, 
Win. D. Colton and Jean Darrow have much In 
their achievements to be proud of and noth- 
ing to be ashamed of. Miss Darrow possesses 
the one real good singing voice In the show. 
She plays essential roles In first part and 
burlesque with a fine understanding of 
what she Is about, wears four particularly 
handsome gowns and with Colton, In the olio, 
collaborates in an excellent talk and song in- 
terlude. Colton runs through burlesque and 
first-part In clean-cut manner, leaving to the 
principal comedians the task of formulating 
and presenting the Whallen ft Martell Idea 
of "giving them what they want." By far 
the prettiest girl In the show Is Brownie Car- 
roll who makes up In physical r eharm the 
deficit nature has exacted In denying her a 
speaking and singing voice. In some fine 
gowns she adds a pleasing "sight" fea- 
ture to her surroundings and when lead- 
ing the last number of the first part and 
the opening march for the tmrlesque 
she presents a classy picture In black tights 
and white, respectively. The opener is 
"Friends" a reminiscent tale of married In- 
felicity with musical numbers sandwiched be- 
tween the comedy scenes. The chorus here 
and In the burlesque, "Chinatown by Night," 
rate heavy on hard work, a half dozen cos- 
tume changes In "Friends having a Spanlsn 
number, led by Jean Darrow, and some pink 
knee-lengths for La Belle Helene's "audi- 
ence" number as most effective dressing for 
the girls. The "villagers" look good In tights, 
also, when paraded for the finish. In the lot 
are some good workers, but the combined ef- 
forts of the united sixteen also produce an im- 
pression which helps the total tally of com- 
mendable sections of the entertainment. Lack- 
ing In really good features the first-part Is, at 
that, less to be criticized than the burlesque 
for the lines of "Friends" hold the comedians 
In some sort of line as to acts and deeds ; 
handicaps which they, In abundance, make up 
for later on. Joe Opp and Al Patterson have 
been entrusted with the "comedy". Opp- Is the 
real leader, for Patterson Is practically a 
"follower up" and abettor of Opp in scenes 
which they have together. Opp runs wild 
amidst the "muck" and If he didn't there's 
no telling where his laughs would come from. 
He and Patterson have but one scene (and that 
the veteran "ghost" among comedy bits) 
wherein laughs are obtained along really 
clever avenues. In several of the numbers 
Opp takes promiscuous part and not always 
with the comedy effect Intended. Early In 
the show he dons skirts and long pantalettes to 
burlesque La Belle Helene's number, taking 
liberties with men in the boxes. Poor stuff. 
One of his bits duplicates an Incident which 
Harry Bmmerson uses with "Oay New York" 
the basket to hide In, the preliminaries of 
"shooting dice" with a pair of pantaloons and 
the finishing touch with a kitten — but Em- 
merson makes the thing funny. The olio has 
an especially effective number In the Martell 
Family's bicycling. The three men are experts 
and the girl adds some pretty features along 
with good looks. Some mighty good one- wheel 
and hands-off tricks makes the act destlnctlve 
among Its kind. Colton and Darrow's Inter- 
lude was good all through with Miss Darrow's 
manner of putting across a sentimental song 
especially to be commended. Mildred Partridge 
gave half a dozen "bronze" poses with good 
effect, a plush drop, as a mark of enterprise, 
Adding tone to the inning. Stella Hastings 
served as an "HI" songster and further down 
In the show led a number ; a second chorus 
girl, by the way, turning up as a number 
leader in the burlesque, Identified as Grace 
Harmon. Orace la good looking and clever 
enough to be made a principal. In closing 
the olio La Belle Helene proved herself the 
most spineless and sensuous wlggler the crim- 
son "cooch" has developed this year. Preced- 
ing these atrocities she was seen to pleasing 
advantage In two other diversions which were 
really danced (and with the feet). In her 
"cooch" she was bare footed and legged, cer- 
tainly to the knees and she was bare-faced, be- 
yond question, through It all. Whallen ft Mar- 
tell may "get the money" with their "Kentucky 
Belles" but tbey deserve what credit may come 
to them, not because of this show but for the 
reason that they have another organization 
they need never be ashamed of. WALT. 

STAR AND OARTER (Wm. Beebe, mgr.).— 
Westslders warned by a splendid billing dis- 
play that "The Bowery Burlesquers" would 
arrive turned out in reported capacity num- 
bers Sunday afternoon, and at night there 
was a heavy turnaway. The merits of the per- 
formance should serve as extras advertising 
and pile up a record week— for "The Bowerys 
is by far the best show the Columbia people 
have sent to this house this season. In every 
point of comparison— talent employed, scenic 
equipment, costuming, comedy, numbers, 
specialties, chorus and general excellence — the 
show sets a new standard for this year at the 
Star and Garter. Cleanliness in all details 
Is the predominating characteristic. The 
laughs are provoked because of artistic merit 
or through ludicrous situations and clever 
"business." Ben Jansen Is the leader among 
the fun-makers, Eddie Fitzgerald Is a mighty 
close second, and Jack Qulnn lands under the 
wire only a short length away. If the come- 



dians who are content with suggestlveneas and 
vulgarity as their means to a comedy end 
could realise how many more laughs Jansen 
secures because of ability and through cleanli- 
ness, burlesque as a commercial proposition 
would benefit. Never a minute passed when 
Jansen was in sight but what laughs, ranging 
from hearty ones to shouts, were forthcom- 
ing. Comedy "bits" so numerous the count 
was lost kept the fun-pot boiling when Jan- 
sen helped and with Fitzgerald playing one 
of the funniest Irishmen the burlesque stage 
knows, mirth was multiplied by laughs and 
the total was the best fun Imaginable. Quiun 
plays a slick "straight." feeding the laughs 
fine and getting long rows of them all his own. 
During the specialty which Introduced all three 
of these clever men, the audience enjoyed 
one of the pleasantest quarter-hours of the 
evening. Sam Brown Is another man conspicu- 
ous for cleverness, and Charles Jansen works 
through the proceedings with excellent comedy 
results. He plays a twin character to Ben's 
and much of the fun develops from the mis- 
taken identities resulting. In the feminine 
department the show Is particularly rich In 
beauty and cleverness, Josle Klne taking a 
conspicuous place. She la a comedienne of 
rare ability and gets many laughs. Edna 
Oreen Is a host In herself looking dandy In fine 
clothes, leading numbers with a vim and when 
stripped to tights fills the eye agreeably. An- 
other girl deserving special merit-marks Is 
Minnie Lee, who runs through the show most 
agreeably and with attendant benefit to the en- 
tertainment. Lizzie Frellgh's share In hold- 
ing up the black type In which she Is pro- 
gramed consists largely In wearing diamonds 
and fine clothes while adorning a minor role. 
She clearly suffered some voice affliction, and 
the number she rendered would better have 
been cut out; for her contribution was more 
talk than song, and that at an effort. To 
Norma Bell fell the work of making something 
out of not much of a role and therein she 
succeeded well. She puts across her only num- 
ber In fine voice and scored with Individual 
credit for whatever else she essayed. "Too 
Much Isaacs," the burlesque, is divided Into 
two scenes, Intermission falling after the first 
act. Subsequent to specialties by Brown, Lee 
and Oreen and the Alpine Quartet, the trav- 
esty "Madam X-cuse-me" closes the show. 
The scenery for the opener Is attractive, an 
especially pretty country scene being used 
for the last half. There Is plenty of plot to 
carry Interest In the burlesque and with 
twenty girls In the chorus, and a numerous 
company of principals the stage presents at 
all times a scene of animation. The costum- 
ing for the chorus represents a heavy In- 
vestment, changes galore bringing Into view 
some color schemes and combinations bril- 
liant to behold. One of the prettiest num- 
bers comes right early with Eddie Fitzgerald 
and Edna Oreen the leaders. With a backing 
of mild colors eight of the girls show to ad- 
vantage In Irish greens and with the leaders 
put across a dashing dance. Another Inning 
of great beauty Introduced the girls In 



Spanish yellows, Bam Brown leading the vocal 
section In splendidly. This costuming la re- 
tained to be again Introduced In the finale 
of the first scene. Ben Jansen has a bally 
number with the chorus girls which kept the 
house In roars of laughter for half an hour. 
Every girl of the sixteen on view displayed 
comedy Instincts which helped the mirth, 
and Jansen was right there to develop the 
results to the utmost Conspicuously funny 
was Jansen In the "soda fountain" business, 
an effort every bit as funny as the same sort 
of an episode Lew Fields developed In "The 
Girl Behind the Counter." Burlesque audi- 
ences have seldom laughed harder at business 
which carries not the slightest lota of of- 
fense ; good fun. Particular mention Is due 
the two blonde little totties who worked with 
Edna Green In her number during the last 
half. They put across a dandy dance of their 
own and with Miss Green boosted the en- 
cores higher than any other number in the 
show. In the specialty section Miss Green, 
Minnie Lee and Sam Brown cleaned up with 
a "three act" good enough for a showing In 
any vaudeville house. The two girls made a 
side hit with "The Beautiful Rag and Brown 
made good in the trio formation and by him- 
self. It's a dandy act. After the company 
had scored an unequivocal success as a bur- 
lesque organisation they turned, at 10 
o'clock to the "Madam X" travesty and there 
came right back with a bigger hit than ever. 
Jansen, as the Judge; Eddie Fitzgerald, as the 
policeman, and Sam Brown, aa counsel for the 
defense. Each scored individual hits, Fitz- 
gerald, because his share was the least, being 
entitled to the greatest credit for provoking 
merriment along strictly legitimate and cer- 
tainly artistic lines. Josle Klne, as the 
prisoner, scored the artistic success of the 
evening in a character drawing maintained 
without an Instant's let-up and achieved with 
the greatest possible benefit to the comedy 
contrasts It engendered. The great value of 
the work as entertainment comes through the 
fact that no matter whether one has wit- 
nessed the original drama or not; the fun 
Is keen enough, the satire broad enough and 
the material clever enough to make the 

J oiliest sort of burlesque of Its own. For an 
iour the audience laughed Itself to the limit, 
and no better satisfied houseful ever left a 
theatre. WALT. 



Sam Kahl, who has theatres In Champaign, 
Danville and South Bend, opens a new house 
this week at Gary, right near Chicago In 
Indiana, playing three acts, booked W. V. A. 
It Is called the Orpheum. 



Bailey and Austin will be featured In "The 
Aeroplane ■ Girl," another Shubert effort to 
make the "Motor Girl" survive, which fol- 
lows Richard Carle, In "Jumping Jupiter" at 
the Cort next Sunday night Elsa Ryan will 
have the "girl" role ; others prominent In the 
cast being Zelma Rawlston, Corlnne, D. L. 
Don. Vivian Prescott and Laura Jeffery. 



THE 



ANNIVERSARY 



NUMBER 

OF 



mm? 



WILL BE ISSUED 



DECEMBER 10th 

Applications for space may be made now 
Reservations will be made in the order of receipt 

NO CHANGE IN RATES 

Single Column Cut, $15 (including cost of cut), with reading matter 
Double " " $25 (including cost of cut), with reading matter 

Advertisements May Be Placed Through Any Branch Office 



Members of a No. 8 "Chocolate 1011107" 

Co. are in Chicago for rehearsal. 

In a place where Abe Jacobs, stage man- 
ager of the Majestic, spends his rest-hour 
after the show, George Blckell, of "The 
Follies" was given a musical send-off last 
Saturday night. The full orchestra from the 
Majestic and Orchestra Hall, and representa- 
tives of the music department at the Hay- 
market, Academy, Olympic and other theatres 
were In attendance. So much harmony was 
produced In the limited space of an ordinary 
"back room" that the revelers couldn't hear 
"the man" when he said It was 1 o'clock. 

The departing "Follies" made way at the 
Colonial for Cecil Lean and Florence Hoi brook 
to open Sunday night In "Bright Byes." 



Rather abruptly "The Dollar Princ 
will leave the Illinois Saturday night to open 
the way for Adeline Oenee to appear next 
Monday In "The Bachelor Belles/' 

"Three Million Dollars" opened a hoped-for 
run at the Chicago Opera House Saturday 
night with Johnny Ford, May Boley and Lewis 
Simon prominent. 

Marie Tempest will charge $2.00 for her re- 
vival of "Caste" beginning at Powers' next 
Monday, disregarding the fate of Wm. A. 
Brady's revival of another stock company 
play, "Jim the Penman." at the Grand a 
few weeks ago. when William In very pep- 
pery English chlded Chlcagoans for not com- 
ing through In crowds with two bucks for 
what they had been surfeited with at ten 
cents the copy. "A Pair of Spectacles" and 
"A Scrap of Paper" are submitted as a couple 
of more candidates for the "making them be- 
lieve it" revival thing. 

Next Saturday night, at the Whitney, Ar- 
thur Demlng, the Fltxhugh Sisters, and others 
will present "Lower Berth 13," a musical 
comedy which they take to Madison, Wis,, 
for two try-out performances this week. 

Le Roy and Clayton open on the Churchill 
time this week at the Temple, Grand Rapids, 
to stay three weeks each In Grand Rapids and 
Peoria, changing their sketches every Mon- 
day. 

"The Aviator" which was to be the Olympic's 
attraction now, will be seen next Sunday* 
following the present brief stay of "The Mem- 
ber from Osark." 



The Ibsens are In Chicago with a musical 
act new to these parts, and a splendid ro- 
mance. Ibsen and his three sisters left Aus- 



tralia this spring to have a try at American 
vaudeville. They stopped at Honolulu to give 
a few performances and while there Dr. fiet- 



necke, a government employee, fell in love 
with Elsie. As the act was soon to sail for 
the mainland the Doctor and Elsie concluded 
they would marry in spite of the brother's 
protest that the vaudeville turn would be 
disrupted. On Independence Day they eloped 
and were married ; Elsie subsequently con- 
senting to come to America, play a few weeks 
with the act and then return to her husband 
In Honolulu directly a fourth sister earns 
from Australia to take her place in the spe- 
cialty. 

Herr Albers, trainer and owner of Albera' 
Bears, Is In harness again, after nine weeks' 
hospital confinement with what promised to 
be a serious case of typhoid fever. His two 
animal acts are being worked In vaudeville by 
trainers while Albers pays attention to a third 
act he Is preparing composed entirely of tigers. 

During the last week of "Alma Woh Wohnst 
DuT" at the Whitney, ending last Saturday 
night, Theresa Jacobs was suddenly called 
upon to play one of the leading roles, with 
only one rehearsal. She left here with the 
company, and may not return to vaudeville 
again this season. 

Harry Tsude passed through Chicago, Sun- 
day, en route to Nashville, where he starts a 

route of United bookings. Bernard and Orth 

open on the Inter-State Circuit at Knoxvllle 

next Monday, playing the full route. Kramer 

and Ross have turned from W. V. M. A. book- 
ings to the Morris time, opening this week In 
St. Louis. 

Barnes and Barnes are on the Hodkins time, 
getting their rural sketch in shape for the 
bigger houses. They were a Bush-Temple try- 
out act a lew months ago, seen there and 
booked by Mr. Hodkins. New scenery and a 
revision of the act will mark its translUon 
while In the South. 

Archie H. Ellis, of Hyde ft Behman's, was In 
town last week taking his first look at the 
Star and Garter. He came from ML Clemens, 
Mich., where he had been for a month. 

Belle Baker, who cleaned up a hit as a 
stranger to Majestic audiences, goes to Indian- 
apolis and Louisville. Then she returns here 
with her husband, Lew Leslie, laying off while 
he plays a week at the Majestic. Both are 
new to vaudeville. Miss Baker having been a 
"Yiddish" stock actress in New York previous 
to her "discovery" at an Academy of Music 
Sunday concert last summer. 



Ethel Robinson leaves her desk at the W. V. 
M. A., Friday of this week, and goes upon a 
vacation. She starts for Galveston, but will 
probably make a number of other cities In the 
South before returning, after a month of 
pleasure, to begin activities in the Associa- 
tion's club department. 

"The Rosary" continues at the Globe for 
another fortnight, a run which began Labor 
Day. Oct. 24 it will be transferred to New 
York, to stay as long as It makes money. 



VAfclETY 



n 



JEAN 



ROY 



Bedini ; Arthur 



Next week (Oct. 1 7) 



Hammerstein's at 3 and 9 

Our latest up-to-the-minute travesty 



Bronx at 4.45 and 10.45 



it 



Manuel and Gaby" or "Driven from Home 



99 



Charles E. Hodkins has taken over the 
booking at the Colonial, Oklahoma City, a 
house which at one time was booked by the 
local Morris office and recently by Paul Goud- 
ron, of 8.-C. This week's bill starts the Lyrle 
Circuit bookings : Be Ano Duo, Murphy. Horse- 
fall and Whitman, Two Mascagnls, and Austin 
Walsh. Other houses just added to the Hod- 
kins time are the Gem, ML Vernon, 111. ; Em- 
pire, Springfield, 111. ; and the Alrdome The- 
atre, Vlncennes, Ind. 

An effort Is being made to line up a chain 
of theatres In the Central West and South, 
where only colored acta are to be played. 
Pankey. of Pankey and Cook, has been work- 
ing the scheme and has secured theatres In 
Indianapolis, Lexington, Cincinnati and Marys- 
rllle (Ky.). 

James F. Green, who has been, with his wife, 
playing "The Chorus Girl" In vaudeville, has 
gone to Cedar Rapids, la., where he joined 
Mahara's "Hello BUI" Co. to take the leading 
role. 

Baseball week will find a local celebrity. 
Jlmmle Callahan, at the top of the American 
bill. Callahan has been closely associated with 
W. V. M. A. Interests In theatrical schemes, and 
was offering himself for the Majestic that 
week, but the Morris people grabbed him off. 

P. T. Furlong, manager of Hodkln's Southern 
booking office, and of the Fifth Avenue, Nash- 
Tills. Is expected In Chicago late this week. 
Owing to the Increasing business of the Lyric 
Circuit In that vicinity, It is likely that a 
man will be sent to Nashville to relieve Mr. 
Furlong of the heavy work In the booking 
exchange. 

Julian Rose has been alternating with Fred 
Bowers as top-liners on Doyle's split-week 
time In Chicago the past fortnight, playing a 
full week at the Apollo, Wilson, and this week 
at the new Willard. Rose plays Winnipeg 
for the Morris people next week, and then 
leaves for Australia, where he is booked with 
Harry Rlckards for some months. Fields and 
Lewis will also hit up the local 10-20's for a 
few weeks. 

Valentine and Dooley, who are In the Majes- 
tic bill this week, were discovered by Dolph 
Meyers at a Bush-Temple "try-out' three 
months ago. They were routed by the W. V. 



M. A. for a season's work and get their first 
"big time" this week. 

Douglas Gordon, who Is a player in the 
"Member from Ozark" Co.. is arranging for 
a vaudeville sketch, which he will place In the 
local field, the "Osark" Co. ending Its career 
at the Olympic, Saturday. 

Innes and Ryan's time on the Inter-State 
Circuit, at one time cancelled, has been re- 
stored, and they opened last Monday at the 
Majestic. East St Louis, to play the full tour. 

CIRCLE (Balabon Bros., mgrs. ; agent. W. 
V. M. A.).— McNlsh and McNlsh. Harry Fet- 
terer. the Havelocks, the Hennlngs. 

GRAND (George B. Le Vee. mgr. ; agent 
W. V. M. A.).— John Post, Wilson and Doyle, 
Shock and D'Arvllle, Harry Fetterer, Helen 
Hardy. 

SCHINDLER'S (Louis Schlndler, mgr. ; agent, 
W. V. M. A.).— Le Claire and Sampson, John 
and Winnie Hennlngs, Guise, the Croation 
Orchestra. 

LYDA (George Hines, mgr. ; agent, W. V. 
M. A.). — Four American Gypsy Girls, Samp- 
son and Douglas, Paul Florus, the Havelocks, 
Adair and Hennlngs. 

ASHLAND (A. L. Wldeman, mgr.; agent, 
W. V. M. A.).— Howard and Bernard, Hayes 
and Wynn, Haston and Lucus, Joe Flynn, Lo- 
pes and Lopes, the Belmontes, El Supreme 
Quartet, Bert La Mont 

ARCH (agent, W. V. M. A.).— Haney and 
Long, Three American Comlques, the Westerns, 
Josie Mclntyre, Knight and Dyer, Lillian Hert, 
the Belmars, Lynton's Cannibal Maids. 

BUSH TEMPLE (Walter Shaver, mgr.; 
agent, W. V. M. A.).— Carbon I and Williams, 
Josle Mclntyre, the Belmars, Wanser and Pal- 
mer, Howard and Bernard, Alice Van, Orren, 
Kindt Bros. 

ACADEMY (Abe Jacobs, mgr.; agent, W. V. 
M. A.). — Schuster and Cole, Musical Ibson, 
Tony Hart, Jeff's Pony, De Schemes Comedy 
Kids, Archie Falk. 

KEDZ1B (William B. Malcomb, mgr. ; agent, 
W. V. M. A.).— Vera Berllnger, Sampson and 
Douglas, McGrath and Youman, Ellis-Nowlin 
Troupe, Bell and Carr. 

REPUBLIC (Charles Koester, mgr. ; agent. 
S.-C). Ward and Stone, Hutchs-Lusby, By- 
law and Bartlette, Jere San ford, Watson and 
Little, Schaller Bros., Allene and Wilson, 
Browning and Keller, Paul Bauens, Edeney 
Bros, and Co. 



WHITE PALACE (Kenneth Fltspatrick, 
mgr.; agent, S.-C.).— Schaller Bros., Allene 
and Wilson, Browning and Keller. Paul Ba- 
wens, Edeney Bros, and Co., Watson and 
Little, Jere Sanford, Sylow and Bartlette, 
Hutchs-Lusby, Ward and Stone. 

SITTNERS (Paul Slttner, mgr. ; agent 
S.-C.).— Arthur Trout, Rathskeller Trio. The 
Battle of San Dago, Dorothy Lamb and Co., 
Four Dancing Belles, Bunth and Rudd. 

LINDEN (Charles Hatch, mgr.; agent, Wil- 
liam Morris).— Kawasawa Japs, Genevla Vic- 
toria, Lee Beggs and Co., Frank Bush, Ths 
Sidonians, Al Gillette and Dogs, Handle Lang- 
den, The Raymonds, Holman Bros. 

JULIAN (L. A. Condermann, mgr. ; agent, 
William Morris).— Allene Summers, Devere and 
Roth, Adelaide Kelm and Co., Harry S. Mack 
and Co., Fred Zobedie. 

PRESIDENT (I. A. Levlnson, mgr. ; agent. 
William Morris).— Reed Sisters, Tweed and 
Lazelle, Felix and Cairo, Thomas H. Dal ton, 
Holman Bros., Raymond and Hall, The Sidon- 
ians, Tyler and Burton, Harry Walman. 

APOLLO (Robert Levy, mgr. ; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle).— Anna Blanche and Co.; McMahon's 
Watermelon Girls ; Cameron and Toledo ; Joe 
Murphy and Kentucky Belles ; Bates and An- 
derson. 

CRYSTAL (Frank Schaefer, mgr.; agent, 
Frank Q. Doyle).— The WheelerB ; Clifton 
Allen and Co. ; Ed. La Zelle ; Three Bellmont 
Sisters ; Marie Burton. 

WILSON AVE. (Jones, Llnick A Schaefer, 
mgrs.; agent, Frank Q. Doyle).— Frederick V. 
Bowers and Co. ; Joe Maddern and Katherlne 
Nugent ; Kerner and Brown ; Bush's 8 Happy 
Youngsters ; Carroll and Brevort 

LYCEUM (Fred Llnick, mgr.; agent. Frank 
Q. Doyle).— H. V. Fitzgerald; Risley and 
Remo: Hillman and Roberts; Crotty Trio. 

PEKIN (Robert Motts, mgr.; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle).— Irving Jones and Bert Grant; 
Mexican Trio ; C. R. Talbott ; Brown and 
Delke; Pekin Stock Co. 

GARFIELD ( Robert Wassmann, mgr.; agent, 
Frank Q. Doyle).— Musical Bensona ; Ned Nel- 
son ; Roberts Duo ; Jessie Adams. 

VIRGINIA (J. V. Ritchey, mgr.; agent. 
Frank Q. Doyle).— Smith BYos. ; Oelhman 
Trio ; Five Juggling Normans ; Carolina Com- 
edy Four ; La Vere and Palmer. 

WILLARD (Jack Burch. mgr.; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle).— Julian Rose; Trocadero Quartette; 
Wilson, Franklyn and Co. ; Velde Trio ; Momos 
Arabian Acrobats. 



PREMIER (Ctaas. Schaefer, mgr.; agent 
Frank Q. Doyle).— Bennett and Richard ; Jack 
Byron ; Green and Oreen ; Phyllis Van Gor- 
don ; Qarvey Bros. ; Henry Schwan ; Lorch 
and Mann ; Jean Farrar. 

BIJOU DREAM (Slgmund Falter, mgr.; 
agent Frank Q. Doyle).— Ous and Marian 
Kole ; Morris Jones ; Frothlngham and Den- 
ham ; Abbott and Llnd ; Chester R. Soott ; Al 
Mastiff and Co. 

GEM (Chas. Schaefer, mgr. ; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle).— Brooks and Burton; Dorsey and 
Dunn; Jim Dalton ; Benton and McKensle; 
Clayborn Jones ; Estrldge and Gordon. 

FOREST PARK (C.B. Barnard, mgr.; agent 
Frank Q. Doyle).— The Vardelles ; Ryno and 
Emerson ; Morris Samuels ; Snyder and Miller. 

ESSEX (Bilhars A Lewis, mgrs.: agent 
Frank Q. Doyle).— Pearce and Edwards; 
Franklin Gheer and Co. ; Lillian Burnell. 

SAN FRANCISCO 

By LESTER FOUNTAIN. 

VARIETY'S Office, 

90S Market Street 

(By Wire.) 
ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, mgr.; agent di- 
rect).— The first half of the show augered well 
for a good show this week, but the second part 
slumped and left things badly. "The Neopoll- 
tans' 7 went through nicely. Maurice Freeman 
and Co., thoroughly enjoyed. Work and Ower 

Julled out a big applause winner with their 
ast acrobatic work. Hal Stephens scored. 
Faust was the weakest of the scenes presented, 
and should not be placed to follow the Rip 
Van Winkle scene, which Is the real finish for 
the act Rock and Fulton moved to open after 
Intermission from next to closing opened poor- 
ly, but picked up as thsy went along and 
landed a winner. Joseph Adelman Family 
scored in the last three minutes of their time. 
Red -Are numbers started the first applause. 
Meyers, Warren and Lyon, shifted from "No. 
5" to "7," were a disappointment Miss Mey- 
ers was responsible for all the act got. Six 
Abdallahs made an excellent closing number, 
holding the house in for the pictures. ' 

NATIONAL (Zick Abrams, mgr. ; agent 
S.-C.).— The first real bill that the National 
has uncovered in a long time. Will Lacey 
started nicely on the single wheel. Walter 
Waw and Co. have an act above the average 
In "At the Threshold." The set received a 





This week (Oct. 10), Keith's, Syracuse, N. Y. 

Still drifting around, doing stagey work through the kindnesses of the Manager, and 

4 

That Other Fellow, PAT CASEY 



LILLIAN SHAW 



•A 



f> 



THE REAL HIT of "Jumping Jupiter 

Closes with the company at Cort Theatre, Chicago, to-night (Saturday), ending 
two years of consecutive bookings. After two weeks in New York, sails for 
Europe to rest two months at Carlsbad. 

EDW. 8. KELLER, Personal Representative and Manager 



Whtn an*t*ring odvertiMswuts kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



WHEN YOU HAVE SEEN AND HEARD 



Sensation 
in the 

WEST 





Sensation 
in the 

EAST 



THEN YOU HAVE 

MAIN/I IN/1 E 



AND HEARD THE GREATEST 




IN' 



Next Week (Oct. I 7) 



round of applause on lta own. Tho act was a 
big success. The use of "damn" intent be cut 
In seYeral Instances. Roland Carter scored 
strongly with his company In "Vacation Time." 
The expectoration and gargling are not funny, 
and should be omitted. It Is not needed. Tom 
Olllen started with a rush, and his stuff all 
went well. Olllen Is hurting a big finish by 
doing overmuch. Haydn, Borden and Hayden 
closed the show, and were handicapped through 
the picture not ending the performance. The 
boys would have cleaned up in any other posi- 
tion. 

WIGWAM (Sam Harris, mgr. ; agent B-C). 
—The Wlgmam show does not reach above the 
ordinary. Agnes llahr did not reach at all. 
"Venetian Singers" did not go much better. 
Crosby and Lee, in "Back Home," are suffer- 
ing through lack of a proper vehicle. The 
man Is a first-rate performer. The Orasers 
passed through nicely. Their dancing came 
as a pleasant surprise, lime. Jenny's Cats 
and Monkeys passed. Hallen and Hayes scored 
with dancing. The talk should be freshened 
up considerably. Saad Dahduh Troupe of 
whirlwind acrobats easily the hit. 

CHUTES (Ed. Levy, mgr. ; agent, Pantages 
direct).— The program frames up very well. 
Plquo, acrobatic clown, well received. Mlntz 
and Palmer found favor, with excellent singing. 
MacQuarrle and Co. got the comedy sketch, 
"Alias Trlxle Kix." over In capital style. Tim 
McMahon's "Southern Review'' found Instant 
favor and was a big success. Besthette Trio 
also came in for a share of the good things. 
Lafaso's Band did but fairly. The leader's an- 
tics hold the offering back. The prices at 
Chutes have been shifted back to the old scale 
of 10-20-30. 



Tom Kelly has decided he doesn't want to 
be an actor and will leave the James Post 
Company 21, opening the following day for 
a return date at the Chutes. 



The raise in prices at ths Chutes has not 
hurt business to any great extent. Prom the 
attendance the box office receipts should be 
more than balancing up for the slight falling 
off. 



Sophie Tucker was held over in Los Angeles 
for a half-week following the opening of the 
new Pantages' theatre there. 

Several complaints have already been regis- 
tered against the Utah Booking offices which 
began activities here a couple of weeks ago. 
Wires have been received from Salt Lake 
City from acts booked claiming they were un- 
able to secure any time as promised. In ons 
Instance they said salaries had not been re- 
ceived for the Salt Lake date. Reno, the 
first date to break the jump to Salt Lake, 
proved to be a "split" Instead of a full 
week. Several visits to ths offices here have 
found them empty. An appointment was made 
and not kept by the manager in charge of the 
office here. No effort has been made to dis- 
provs ths rumors that are afloat. 

A "Presentation Supper and Jinks" was 
given at the Chutes Cafe at midnight B by 
the Moving Picture and Projecting Machine 
Operators of San Francisco Local 162, I. A, 
T. B. E., In honor of ths two handsome cops 
awarded the Union for their showing of the 
largest percentage of members and for thslr 
float in the Labor Day Parade. The banquet 
board was bountifully laden and Vice-Presi- 
dent William Osterfedt should be highly 
complimented upon the splendid results of his 
supervision In that direction. President W. 
Woods acted as toastmaster and scored a 
tiger every time he put anything over. A 
spirit of good cheer and enthusiasm reigned 
throughout the affair. Chairman Kelly of the 
Board of Supervisors, Rep. Rosenthal of the 
Labor Council and other prominent per- 
sonages were present and added to the suc- 
cess of the evening with appropriate remarks 
vociferously received. After the supper the 
gathering adjourned to the Chutes theatre 
where they were entertained with a series of 
Interesting moving picture subjects and a 
lively four-round boxing contest which 
brought the Jinks to a reluctant olose. Local 
162 was organised June 28, 1904 as Auxiliary 
No. 1 to Local 16, I. A. T. 8. B. and 
chartered March 25, 1009. 

Joseph Redman, playing the part of Steve 
Becker In "Baseballltls" at the Orpheum, Is 
back in his home town after an absence of 



fifteen years. Mr. Redman is the son of the 
late Judge Redman of Oakland. It has been 
a continual round of festivity for Josspb. 

The structual work on ths American Muslo 
Hall is rapidly approaching completion. 
Judging from the pres en t indications It is 
going to be one of the most cosy houses in 
town. The latest announcement for the open- 
ing is Jan. 20 next. 

Mabel Bunyea and Melville Gideon open in 
Spokane 16, on the Orpheum Circuit. 

The James Poet Co. is bolstering up busi- 
ness at the American. The company includes 
sixteen chorus girls and eight principals. 
Among them are Helen Byron, Lily Suther- 
land, Winnie Balwln, Gertrude Eullie, Tom 
Kelly, Jack Curtis, Millar Bacon and A. 
Roberts. 



Manager Zlck Abrams, of the National, has 
returned after five weeks in the east. Twelve 
minutes were passed In New York, getting 
his tickets validated. 



Impresario Puerl Wllkerson Is now asso- 
ciated with the Bert Levy Circuit as travel- 
ing representative and has been on the road 
for the past week signing up nsw links to 
Bert's rapidly Increasing ehaln of houses. 

Oround for the Richmond theatre has been 
broken. 



The new Premium theatre, now In course 
of construction on the site of the old Hague 
Cafe, Fillmore street, will not be conducted 
as a vaudeville houss as at first Intended. 
Pictures only will be presented. 

PORTOLA (Leahy A Alburn, nigra. ; agent, 
Bert Levey ) .—Rogers A Marvin; Crawford ft 
Meeker ; Bots ; Carrollton A Van ; Radollffe A 
Belmont; Albert Leonard; O'Brien A Darrow. 

GRAND (Leahy A Alburn, mgrs.- agent, 
Bert Levey).— Hungarian Quintet; Robinson 
ft Warner; Billy Vest 

MARKET ST. ( Ha 11 h an ft Gets, mgrs. ; 
agent, Bert Levey).— G lor Ine ft Co. ; Prince ft 
Prince ; Olive Hare ; George Trump. 

HAIGHT ST. (Hallen ft Gets, mgrs.; agent. 



Bert Levey). — O'Connor A Saunders; Royal 
Hawaiian Quintet; Will Tracy. 

BROADWAY (Hallen A Gets, mgrs. ; agent, 
Bert Levey). — Jones A Greveman; two to 
fill. 

COLUMBIA (Oottlob A Marx, mgr.; di- 
rection K. A B.)— Henry Miller In "Her 
Husband's Wife." 

SAVOY ( F. Busey, mgr. ; direction John 
Cort).— John Mason In "The Witching Hour." 

ALCAZAR (Belasco A Mayers, mgrs.; stock). 
—"My Wife " 

PORTOLA CAFE (Henry Garcia, amuse- 
ment mgr). — Sener Lule Pamles; Inns de 
La Pomme; Mllano Duo; Bob Albright; 
Madge Maltland ; Mile. Beatrice and Willie 
Crackles ; Clementina Marcelll. 



BOSTON 

By J. GOOI/TZ. 

VARIETY'S Boston Representative, 

80 Summer St. 
KEITH'S (Harry E. Gustln, mgr. ; agent, 
U. B. O.).— The bill this week ia a hit from 
beginning to end. An audience that filled the 
theatre to Its capacity applauded everything 
on the bill, from the overture to the pictures. 
Tal Merritt, with caricatures and monolog, 
furnished some good pictures and talk. "The 
Sultan's Favorite," a farce by Valerie Bergere, 
with five characters, a unique, laughable af- 
fair Irene Dillon, comedienne, gets her songs 
over In fine style. Carl and Victor Pederson, 
comedy aerial act, duplicated their Victoria 
Roof hit. Elphye Snowden and Earl Benham, 
fine costumes, good songs and dances. Burr 
Mcintosh ft Co. (New Acts). Jack Wilson Trio 
had 'em doubled up with laughter. Cedora, 
globe cycle act, real sensation. 

C. M. Thayer Is manager of the Orpheum, 
Newburyport, now on the C. B. O. list 

H. A. Chenoweth, a well-known New Eng- 
land manager, is now at the New Lawrence 
Theatre, New London, Conn., a C. B. O. 
house. 



The local agency of the Leow booking offices 
has added the Colonial, Lowell, with J. L. 



BIG NEW ACT 



COMING EA8T SOON. By H. 0. COTTRELL 

"A GIRL OF THE WEST" 



LUTTRINCER LUCAS 



AND 



CO. 



Coming East 

Open Tim* 

after 

Oct. 16 



ERA COMEDY FOUR 

POOLE ROOK8 8PENCER BROWN 

HIGH CLASS COLORED PURVEYORS OF COMEDY AHD HARMONY 

Tremendous Nit on Upturn Engagement over PANTAGES OlftOUIT 



Direct , ALF, TJ fflLTON s ^ 

Next Week (Oct. 17) 

Chutes 

Theatre 

San Francisco 



A Blonde, A Brunette, A Piano and Some Songs 





HAMMERSTEIN'S THIS WEEK (OCT. 10) 



Management, IVI 



WMs wwrfcii advertise****** Musty mtn t im T 



VARIETY 



»5 





<c 



WRIGHT-CANTWELL-MURPHY-GIBNER 

1000 POUNDS OF HARMONY 



11 



THE SO DIFFERENT QUARTET 

THIS WEEK (Oct. 1 0), ORPHEUM, BROOKLYN. NEXT WEI K (Oct. I 7), COLONIAL, NEW YORK 

Oot. 24, Alhambra, New York. Oot. 31 , Hammersteln's, N«w York. Nov. 7, Keith's, Provldenc* 

Booked Solid. United Time. :: Management JO PAICE 8MITH 



Burton as manager. The house opened 12, 
with two doubles and singles on "split" time. 



W. P. Hart le In charge of the Plymouth 
Opera House at Plymouth, and opened 10. 
Fred Mardo is looking after the booking. 

Joseph Sanches, Jr., employed In a Tremont 
Street moving picture house, was arrested by 
United States Deputy Marshall James Waters, 
Monday, on complaint of Post-Office Inspector 
C. B. Ciarahan, who charged him with sending 
a scurrilous post-card through the mall to 
an Bast Boston man. The defendant was ar- 
raigned before United States Commissioner 
Hayes for a hearing later. Ball In the sum 
of 4300 wsb furnished by Jacob Laurie, man- 
ager of a local picture house. 

HUB (Joe Mack, mgr. ; agent, Fred Mardo). 
— Moulin Rouge Orchestra, with Frederick 
Oulllaume ; Fourcher ; Jack Barrett £ Co. ; 
Barry * Mildred; The Three Russells ; pic- 
tures. 

OLD SOUTH (Frank Browne, mgr.; agent, 
C. B. O.).— Lewis A Burns, Hall A Pray. Knox 
Bros., Frank Leslie, May Clarke, Ray Adams, 
George Flchette, George Bartlette ; pictures. 

WASHINGTON (Frank Browne, mgr.; agent, 
C. B. O.).— Orth & Lillian. Bills A Bills, Smith 
A Kelley, Lawton , Frank Farrell, Bertha 
Rich, Frank Coleman, Charles Martin ; pic- 
tures. 

DRBAM REVERB (W. W. Aechtler, mgr. ; 
agent, C. B. O.).— May Clarke, Bertha Rich; 
pictures. 

PALACB (I. M. Mosher, mgr.; agent. Na- 
tional).— Neary ft Milter, David Schooler, 
Charles O'Boyle, Tennessee Hall, International 
Grand Opera Four, Cycling Cogswells, Pace ft 
Johnson, Jesse Burden, Lester ft Merrill ; pic- 
tures. 

BBACON (Jacob Lourle, mgr. ; agent. Na- 
tional). — Rogers A Bumstead ; Charles Clay- 
ton, Bothwell Sisters, Harry Gray, Murphy ft 
Mamarr, Blossom Harris, Iva Donnette ; pic- 
tures. 



PABTIMB (M. Murphy, mgr. ; agent. Na- 
tional).— Lillian Coleman, D. Prescott, Bertha 
Holland, Martini ft Trols; pictures. 

SUPREME-JAMAICA PLAIN (M. Lerey, 
mgr.; agent, National).— Fay Leslie, Billy 
Hess, Don Nelly, Julia Tracey ; pictures. 

HOWARD ATHBNIUM (Jay Hunt, mgr. J 
agent, Bd. Kelley and Phil Hunt).— Burlesque, 
"Broadway Gaiety Girls." House vaudeville 
bill : Gash Sisters, Yarlck ft Lalonda, Wood ft 
Lawson, Hantell A Richards. Ash ft Carr, Dan 
Barrett ft Eva Swinburne, Henrietta Wheeler, 
The Woods, Paul Jappa, Miles ft Swan ; pic- 
tures. 

BOWDOIN SQUARE (Jay Hunt, mgr. ; agent, 
Ed. Kelley).— La Dell ft Ward, Ingram ft See- 
ley, Yaladons, Dave Lynn, Bingham, Lando ft 
Marmo ; pictures. 

COLUMBIA (Harry Fan-en. mgr. ; agent, 
direct).— Burlesque, "Dreamland Burlesquers." 
Wrestling match, Perrelll vs. Burghatte, 
Wednesday evening. Amateurs, Friday eve- 
ning. 

CASTLE SQUARE (John Craig, mgr.).— 
Stock. "Girls." 

CASINO (Charles Waldron, mgr.).— "Paris- 
ian Widows." 

GAIETY (G. H. Batcheller, mgr.).— "Fads 
and FoUles." 

CONGRESS HALL (Mr. Schlesslnger, mgr.; 
agent, National).— Mel Eastman, Myral Sar- 
ner ; pictures. 

OLYMPIA-SOUTH BOSTON (Mr. Woodward, 
mgr.; agent. National).— Sam Walker, George 
Earles ; pictures. 

IMPERIAL— SOUTH BOSTON (M. Lydon, 

mgr. ; agent, Jeff Davis).— Julia Raymond, 
Lewis Tracey, Len Gallway ; pictures. 

BROADWAY— BOMBRVILLB (Milt Wood- 
bury, mgr.; agent, Jeff Davis).— Henderson, 
George Brown, Ben Pierce, Claire Sydney ; pic- 
tures. 

POTTER HALL (B. B. Jones, mgr.; agent, 
Jeff Davis).— Frank Hurley; pictures. 

UNIQUE (H. Washburn, mgr.; agent. Jeff 
Davis).— Harry Frawley, Krlss, Castelucci 
Trio. Carl Francis ; pictures. 



PHILADELPHIA 

By George M. Young. 

KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr. ; agent. U. B. 
O.). — Only three of the nine acts this week 
were new here, but the show reached a good 
average by reason of the strength of the fa- 
miliar numbers. Sam Chip and Mary Marble 
were the big winners with their musical 
sketch. Clifford Walker was one of > the new- 
comers. The vaudeville stage Is not the place 
for this Englishman. He belongs to the lyceum 
bureau class of entertainers. Porter J. White 
and Co. did nicely with "The Visitor," seen 
here previously. The Basque Quartet were not 
in good harmony. "Troubles of BUI Blithers," 
presented by Robert Henry Hodge and Co., 
filled in the third position on the bill nicely. 
It is a funny bit of playing, but not of the 
kind that will bear repeating. Whether suf- 
fering from hoarseness was the cause, Hodge 
missed many good points by falling to make 
himself heard, even to those close to the 
stage. Barry and Wolford in "At The Song 
Booth" put In a very pleasant period next to 
closing and drew down a liberal amount of 
the honors of the show. They have brightened 
up their act with a lot of new material and 
were right up to date on a lot of It. The at- 
tractive appearance of the woman member of 
the team, as usual, made Itself prominent. 
Billed as Erna and Jenny Gasch, this clever 
team of girl acrobats put a finish to the bill 
that is worth recording. The first glimpse of 
the girls in their pretty dressing catches the 
eye and after one trick, there Is a desire to 
see more, so that the house remained seated 



until the finish and then rewarded the girls 
handsomely. The Juggling Burkes opened the 
show with their club Juggling, adding a bit 
of novelty In dancing while handling the clubs 
and were followed by the Metropolitan Mins- 
trels (New Acts). 

VICTORIA (Jay Mastbaum. mgr.; agent, H. 
Bart McHugh).— The Four Jordans, the big 
feature, and drew down liberal favor. It Is a 
pretentious act for the small time. Ward and 
Cullen did nicely with a singing number and 
should build their act up to something real 
strong. The man knows how to put songs 
over and a good-looking girl handles the piano 
very well. The act would shape up better in 
"one" and the girl might remove her hat after 
the first number. Miller and Russell also 
have the making of an excellent number, but 
they get away from the meat at the start. The 
escape from the asylum ought to be played up 
and carried out right up to the team dance. 
Both are good workers and were warmly re- 
ceived. The Juggling Jacksons use clubs and 
have a showy routine, the rapid passing being 
cleverly done. Full stage Is needed to show 
this act off to Its best advantage and the boys 
could Improve their appearanoe by wearing 
their coats when they come on, removing them 
for the work. Joe Kelcy toned down his act 
and did better here than at the Bijou last 
week. He also omitted the objectionable verse 
of one song. He scored strongly. Leona 
Lamar did some great leg-bending and contor- 
tion tricks. Miss Lamar makes too muoh of 
a strain of her dislocation trick and It is 
liable to work against her with an audience 
made up mostly of women. She started her 
act off nicely with some dancing, but the con- 



CANFIELD BOOKING EXCHANGE 

Affiliated with ALL LARGE INDEPENDENT CIRCUITS 

HIGH OLA88 VAUDEVILLE 

Suite 315, Mercantile Library Building, 414 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, O. 

ATTENTION MANAGERS.— Those who are not satisfied with their present bookings, give 
us a trial. Our shows will make you money; catering especially to Family Theatre managers. 
Write for particulars. Managers In Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and 
Southern States, will be pleased to hear from you. 

ARTISTS.— If coming east or west write us; we can break your Jump; send ppen tlfne. 



H 



THEATRICAL 
VAUDEVILLE 

AGENTS 
ASSOCIATION 

AMERICA 



of 



HARRY SHELDON. Pres. 
HENRY BROWN. Sec. 



WM. K. BUCHANNAN. Vice Pres. 
FRANK Q. DOYLE, Trees. 



THE INDEPENDENT VAUDEVILLE THEATRES 

Booked From Chicago 

Outnumber three to one those controlled by 
all other Chicago organizations combined 

AiiV^w?* 1 ' "*, 1 in « c "P«. THE THEATRICAL AND VAUDEVILLE AOKNTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ha* perfected only its 
aSLmwJP or B» n » z *t.i<»n and hereby announces Its UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEE lo ALL ASTISTS. MANAGERS AND OTHER 
AbJCNlfe of any DuaineBH dealings with the following members in good standing: 



HARRY J. ARMSTRONG, 
204 Schiller Bldg.. Chi- 
cago. 

HENRY DROWN, 
59 Dearborn St., Cblcago. 

WM. K. BUCHANNAN, 
411 Cblcago Opera House 
Block, Cblcago. 

TOM BRANTFORD. 
745 Milwaukee Ave.. Chi- 
cago. 

HARRY M. BITTNER, 
287 Fifth Ave. Pittsburg. 



MURRAY BLEW. 
120 Randolph St.. Chicago 

CHAS. DOUTRICK, 
!>2 La Sail.; St.. Chicago. 

FRANK Q. DOYLE, 

1<>."» Chicago Opera House 
Hlock, Chicago. 

W. C. DOYLE, 
405 Chicago Opera House 
Hlock, Chicago. 

NORMAN FRIEDENWALD 
167 Dearborn St.. Chicago 



R. FRIKDLANDER. 
09 Dearborn 8t, Chicago. 

CHAS. O. HARDING, 
84 La Salle St.. Chicago. 

J. B. IRVING, 
00 La Salle St., Chicago. 

WALTER F. KEEFE, 
Schiller Bldg., Chicago. 

EDWIN R. LANG. 
84 Adams St.. Chicago. 



C II. I^VIONE, 
151 Washington St., Cbl- 
cago. 

HARRY SHELDON, 
87 So. Clark St.. Chicago. 

EDWARD WYERSON. 
Bl Dearborn St., Chicago. 

DEN V. WHEELER. 
84 Adams St., Chicago. 

WM. ZIMMERMAN. 
Chicago Opera House 
Mock. Chicago. 



Artist* Are Reminded That the Theatres Booked by this Association Represent the Choice Vauderille Houses Throughout the Country 

THE ABOVE AGENTS BOOK AND CONTROL OVER TWO HUNDRED INDEPENDENT WEEKS 

Flltf Weeks Pla T Feature Acts Up to $100 Per Week. All Member. U.e Equitable Contract*. All members Work In Harmony and Hook In Conjunction 



WAs* ensissrin? odvertU*m**t$ kindly mention VARIETY. 



j6 



VARIETY 



sseseft 






Enormous success this week (Oct. 10), Colonial, New York 



Next Week (Oct. 17), Orpheum, Brooklyn 



All songs, own property, copyrighted 



tortlons are the best. Reese and Mitchell were 
well liked in some cross-fire talk and (ft couple 
of songs after a slow start. White and Barton, 
banjoists, and Dunlap and Linden were the 
•then. Picture*. 

PALACE (Jules B. Aronson, mgr. ; agent. H. 
Bart McHugh).— The Four Musical Barbers 
held down the principal position In good shape 
this week, their act being liberally applauded. 
Hamilton and Massey won liberal favor with 
their familiar talking and singing act. Blake 
and Harvard met with mild success along the 
same lines. Doherty's poodles made a nice- 
looking number and the little dogs went 
through a routine of tricks in good shape. Mar- 
shall offered slelght-of-hand tricks and some 
Juggling. The latter never gets far enough 
to amount to anything and Marshall might 
do better by sticking to the trick stuff, for he 
has some novel material and works It well. 
Jean Ryan did nicely with her straight singing 
turn. Zarrell Brothers had some showy hand- 
to-hand work which they showed well, a long 
dive to a handstand making a good finishing 
trick. Sandford and Darlington went through 
In good shape with their talks and songs, the 
man mixing In the comedy In pleasing style. 
Dick Merrlman sang two or three songs and 
added some talk. The songs were his best. 
His remarks to and about people In the house 
were Ill-timed and out of place. His make-up 
was the best comedy In his act There were 
some good pictures and one Pathe called 
"Hunting The Panther" which must have been 
taken where cruelty to animal laws are very 
lax. 

PORKPAUOH'S (Miller A Kaufman, mgrs. ; 
agents, Taylor A Kaufman).— This house con- 
tinues to draw a big share of patronage despite 




the great opposition in the many houses de- 
voted to pictures and vaudeville. Tuesday 
evening's audience was almost capacity with 
many standees on the first floor. The four 
acts offered made up a good show for the 
prices. Carl Statxer did nicely with his mono- 
log and songs, flnoch, "The Man Pish," put 
over a very likeable number and won liberal 
reward for his water feats. The usual routine 
was followed by a two-minute and thirty- 
second nap under water which brought plenty 
of applause. The act is a novelty and a 
strong card for the small time. The sketch, 
"The Spy," offered by Clifford Dempsey, was 
well received and kept the house amused. It 
is one of those stories of a girl with stage am- 
bition and no talent, but the sketch la not well 
written and only fairly well played. The 
comedy situations, however, were enough to 
bring laughs. It Is too long to fit In well. 
Burgos and Clara offered a novelty act In the 
way of wire-walking and lasso- throwing which 
registered a solid hit The two-shows-nightly 
policy Is followed at this house and liberally 
patronised. Reels of pictures are shown be- 
tween the acts, the subjects being of the fa- 
miliar type. 

Margaret Bennett (Mrs. Fred Irwin) was the 
recipient of a handsome gift from the members 
of Lu Lu Temple while she waa here with the 
Irwin "Big Show." The gift was a gold watch 
studded with rubles and diamonds, engraved 
with the Shrine mark and was made by a mem- 
ber of the Shrine. The watch was presented at 
the Casino theatre Saturday night after the 
performance and It Is the first time any pro- 
fessional woman has been thus honored by the 
Lu Lu Shrine. The gift waa an acknowledg- 
ment of the many favors received by the Shrin- 
ers In being entertained at the Temple by the 
Irwin shows through the kindness of Mrs. 
Irwin. 

Sam Howe, of the "Lovemakers," claims that 
the principal reason for releasing Coogan and 
Mullln from the show was that Frank Wels- 
berg, another Eastern wheel show manager, 
and Bonlta had lodged claims and threatened 
to enter suit against the show because Mullln 
and Coogan were using restricted material. 

Julius Black, formerly of the Western Union 
Trio, has formed a partnership with Norman 
Barry and will enter vaudeville. 

BIJOU (Joseph Dougherty, mgr.: agent U. 
B. O.).— Qui Edwards' "Ten Rollicking Rubes," 
headline ; Orloff Troupe ; Gertrude Dudley and 
Co. ; Brown and Co. ; Brown and Farlardeau ; 
Frledland and Clark; Ralph Kltner. Pictures. 

WILLIAM PENN (Geo. Metzel. mgr. ; booked 
direct).— Dupree and Pope's "The Undertow"; 
Myers and Mordaunt ; Francis and May ; Hall 
and Cooper ; Lulgl Rosetta ; Loro and Payne ; 
Fox and Foxle. Pictures. 

PARK ( F. G. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger. mgr. ; agent 
Nlxon-Nlrdlinger).— Four Klelses ; Pearl and 
Roth ; Billy Evans ; Delmain, Harold and Del- 
main ; Tetlto. Pictures. 

PEOPLES (F. O. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger, mgr.; 
agent, Nlxon-Nlrdllnger).— Melvin and Bond; 
Keeney's School Boys and Girls ; Beltrah and 
Beltrah ; Stewart and Stewart ; Kelly and Ma- 
son. Pictures. 

STANDARD (F. G. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger, mgr.; 
agent, Nlxon-Nlrdllnger).— Annie Abbott; Mc- 
Donald Brothers • Hoyt Leggls and Co. ; Annie 
Leslie and Co. Pictures. 

GERMANTOWN (Dr. W. Stumpeflg, mgr.; 
agent. Chas. J. Kraus).— Life's Ocean Wavee; 
Cycling Brunettes ; T. N. Goodwin and Co. ; 



Billy McDermott; Most Twins. Second half— 
Boydell Duo ; West and Henry ; Francis Robin- 
son ; Potter and Harris. Pictures. 

52ND STREET (Geo. Bothwell, mgT. ; agent 
Chas. J. Kraus).— Boydell Duo; West and 
Henry ; Frances Robinson ; Potter and Harris. 
Second half— T. Goodwin and Co. ; The Al- 
deans; Most Twins; Ed and May Shaw. Pic- 
tures. 

AURORA (Donnelly A Collins, mgrs. ; agent 
Chas. J. Kraus).— Sarah Myers; Mesuma Japs; 
Howard and Wilson; DUkes and DUkes. Sec- 
ond half— Burton and Primrose; Clara Senora 
Trio ; Annie Miller ; Burton's Dogs. Pictures. 

BROAD STREET CASINO (J. Long, mgr.; 

Kent, Chas. J. Kraus).— Annie Miller; Ed and 
iv Shaw ; Raymond ; Layton and Moes. Sec- 
ond half— Edna Farlowe ; Earl and Earl ; Cy- 
cling Brunette. Pictures. 

HIPPODROME PALACE (Chas. Segal, mgr. ; 
agt Chas. J. Kraus).— Farley and Hoff; Clara 
Senora Trio; Flossie Le Van. Second half— 
DUkes and Dllkes; Florence Le Vere. Pic- 
tures. 

RIVER VIEW PARK.— The Gabberts ; The 
Caspers; Minnie Miller. 

LTRIC AMUSEMENT PALACE.— The Lan- 
sings ; Deyo ; Raleigh and Raleigh: Prince 
Masculln and Co. ; The Drews ; White and 
White. 

MU8EE.— Lewis and O'Connell ; Preston and 
Preston. 

CASINO (Ellas A Koenlg, mgr. ) .—Several 
changes have been made In Sam Howe's "Love- 
makers." Jamee C. Dixon has replaced O. Mul- 
lln. and Linton De Wolfe Is playing the part 
vacated by Allan Coogan. The show, particu- 
larly the first part lacked speed, probably due 
to the presence of new people. Dixon made a 
good Impression with his yodllng number In 
the first part and one or two lively numbers 
added would help. 

OATETT (John P. Eckhardt mgr.).— Fred 
Irwin's "Majesties." 

TROCADERO (Sam M. Dawson, mgr.).— 
"Washington Society Girls." 

OIRARD (Kaufman A Miller, mgrs. ; agents. 
Taylor A Kaufman).— Del to relll and Gllssando ; 
Malvert Troupe ; Dorothy Manners ; Jack 
Marshall ; pictures. 

COLONIAL (F. Wolf, mgr.; agents. Taylor 
A Kaufman).— Palmer and Lewis; Alice De 
Garmo ; Klker and Toma ; Woods Trio ; James 
H. Lichter; pictures. 

FRANKLIN (D. W. Labelle, mgr.; agents, 
Taylor A Kaufman).— Stan Stanley and Bro. ; 
Warren and Dale ; Careless Briscoe ; William 



H. Burke. Second half— Three Llvlles; Harry 
Crystal ; Cricket Thome ; pictures. 

EMPIRE (Stanford A Western, mgrs. ; 
agents, Taylor A Kaufman).— Whirl's Four 
Harmonists • Mad Daly and Co. ; Han Handy 
and Co. ; Edna Farlow. Second half— the 
Burkes and Wise Mike ; Jones, Williams . and 
Co. ; Van Harding ; pictures. 

MANHEIM ( Funrman Bros., mgrs. ; agents, 
Taylor A Kauf man >.— Four Stagpoles ; Burkes 
and Wise Mike; Van Harding. Second half- 
Mad Daly and Co. ; Edna Farlow ; pictures. 

GEM ( Morris A Ancke mgrs. ; agents, Taylor 
A Kauf man ) .—Jones. Williams and Co., Three 
Llvlles; Cricket Thorne. Second half— The 
Jacks ; Hap Handy and Co. ; Careless Briscoe ; 
pictures. 

TWENTY-NINTH STREET PALACE (Mr. 
Kellner, mgr.; agents, Taylor A Kaufman).— 
Tom Howard and Co. ; Most Twins ; Lew Har- 
ris. Second half— Warren and Dale; Tweedy 
and Roberts ; W. H. Bure ; pictures. 

PLAZA ( Chas. Oelschlager, mgr. ; agent H. 
Bart McHugh).— Beauty and The Beast; Lucy 
Tonge ; the Marshalls ; Royal Venetian Band ; 
Joe Lanlgon ; pictures. 

AUDITORIUM (W. C. Herkenrelder, mgr.; 
agent H. Bart McHugh) .— Halleur and Hel- 
leur ; Emmet and Lower ; Clarlse Behrens. 
Second half— Dayo ; Maglln and Bush; Walley 
and Blanche Clark ; pictures. 

GREAT NORTHERN (M. Greenwald, mgr. ; 
agent H. Bart McHugh).— Musical Gracey ; 
Wesley and Francis ; Hanlon, Dean and Han- 
Ion ; Russell and Carmotell. Second half- 
Fields and Coco ; Plottis ; Fritz's Dogs ; Mc- 
Devltt and Kelly ; pictures. 

GLOBE (T. R. Howard, mgr.; agent H. 
Bart McHugh).— Lowell and Esther Drew; 
Miss Roberts ; Variety Trio. Second half- 
Blanche Bailey ; John Devlin ; Gaylor and 
Wlltse ; Two Hardts ; pictures. 

MAJESTIC— CAMDEN (Wm. Valll, mgr.; 
agents, Stein A Leonard, Inc.).— Roma Duo; 
J. C. Moore ; Zuhn A Drels ; The Gabberts ; 
Lilly Langton ; Emerson A Van Horn. 

MAJESTIC (Alex. Miller, mgr.; agents. 
Stein A Leonard, Inc.).— The Rozarffs ; Jimmy 
Graham ; The Two Leonards ; Norlne Carman 
and Her Minstrel Boys ; J. C. Moore ; Burtino. 

CRYSTAL PALACE (D. Baylinson, mgr.; 
agents. Stein A Leonard, Inc.).— Warwoods 
Bears ; McKlssIck and Shadney ; Glenroy and 
Le Blanc ; Paul Hlllls A Co. ; Dancing Buds. 



KURAS 

Marvelous Japanese Foot-Jagg lers and Balancers 

Permanent Address 1765 Clyburn Ave., Chicago 

ALF. T. WILTON, Director and Manager 





VARIETY 



«7 



BEST PLACES TO STOP AT 



Acknowledged M the) 
best place to stop at 
la New York City. 

In the heart of the 
Theatrical and Shop* 
ping* District. 



ft 



THE ST. HILDA 



99 



The Refined Home for 

Professionals. 

Handsomely Furnish- 
ed Rooms. 

Private bath and every 
convenience. 



163 West 34th Street "tt&MSyi 



l&ill 



PAULINE COOKE and JENIE JACOBS, Proprietors 



SEVENTH STREET CRYSTAL PALACE (8. 
Morris, mgr. ; agents. Stein ft Leonard, Inc.). 
— Laweon ft Lorner ; Pate Bros; ; Jewish 
Opera Co. 

ALEXANDER (Geo. Alexander, mgr. ; 

Stents. Stein ft Leonard, Inc.).— La Temples: 
Irner ft Kirner ; Sanford Trio; Rice and 
Hall ; Chief Deerfoot ft Co. ; Mr. Cunningham. 

PAIRHILL PALACE (C. Stengel, mgr.; 
agents, Stein ft Leonard, Inc.).— Lane and 
Hamilton ; Lawson and Lorner ; Clarice Beh- 
rens. 

MAJESTIC PALACE (J. Berger. mgr.; 
agents. Stein ft Leonard, Inc.).— Burtina ; 
Earnie and Earnle ; Bernard and Harris ; 
Haney and Haney ; Anton and Brenan ; Barry 
and Penman ; Metropolitan Three. 



ST. LOUIS 

By PRANK E. ANPENQER. 

PRINCESS ( Dan S. Plshell. mgr. ; agent, 
William Morris).— Julian Eltlnge made his 
first appearance In St. Louis In vaudeville 
Monday afternoon. There was a hig advance 
Bale and every indication of a record week 
even for the Princess, which has been turning 
them away nightly, almost, of the four weeks 
it has been open. Others, Caron and Her- 
bert, Bertossl and Archangelll, Eddie Poley, 
Bryon and Longdon ; Reros and Gallando. 

COLUMBIA (Prank Tate, mgr. ; agent, Or- 
pheum Circuit).— Rio, Swor and Mack; Dave 
and Pierce Martin ; Morrisey Sisters and 
Brothers ; Bernard and Weston ; "Night Birds" 
with Nellie Brewster ; Smith and Campbell ; 
Five Cycling Auroras. 

STANDARD (Leo Relchenbach, mgr.).— 
"World of Pleasure." 

Although but little of the plastering Is com- 
plete, the Sam 8. Shubert Memorial Theatre, 
Twelfth and Locust Streets, Is being advertised 
to open 31 with "Midnight Sons." Records will 
have to be broken to complete the house. 

The Colonial, which gives two shows a night, 
has quit Morris booking ' and gets Sulllvan- 
Consldlne vaudeville now. 

Frank Tate says the W. V. A. branch to be 
started in St. Louis will have offices adjoining 
his In the Columbia theatre building. New 
acts will be booked and small time filled, he 
says. 

GAYETY (Frank V. Hawley, mgr.)— "Lon- 
don Belles." 

COLONIAL (Harry R. Overton, mgr.)— First 
week of Sulllvan-Consldine includes Miss Itala. 
James and James, Will Dockray. Abbott and 
Allba. Dena Caryl, pianolog; Stanley Sextet. 

OLYMPIC (Pat Short, mgr. ) .—"Follies of 
1910" probably will have a $20,000 week ; Bert 
Williams declared the star by critics. 



BALTIMORE, MD. 

SAVOY (Sol. J. Saphier, mgr. ; agent, Wm. 
Morris).— Potts Bros. 4 Co., big laugh; John- 
son Clark, out of the ordinary; Olendower and 
Marlon excellent Broughton ft Creedon, fair; 
Haskell and Doucete, novelty ; Rita Redmond, 
good ; Clark a Verdi, went well ; Sedney 
Lawrence, average. 

GAYETY (Wm. L. Ballauf, mgr) .—"Jersey 
Lillies " 

MONUMENTAL (Monty Jacobs, mgr.).— Wil- 
liams' "Imperials." 

VICTORIA (Chas. E. Lewis, mgr.; agent, 
Wm. Josh Daly).— 10-12; Haynee a Redmond; 
Wood's Animals; Lillian Levarde; Tossing 
Thomsons ; 18-15 ; Darwin Karr A Co. ; Steven- 
son a Nugent ; Caroline Dixon ; Rhodes, Rhodes 
and Winifred ; M. P. 

WILSON (M. L Schalbley, mgr. ; agent, Joe 
Wood ) .— Eckert a Francis; Bond Morse; Ber- 
nevlccl Bros. ; Elizabeth Herald ; McNslly ft 
Steward. LARRY. 

BUFFALO. N. T. 

SHEA'S (M. Shea, mgr. ; agent. U. B. O. ; 
rehearsal 10.30) .—Victor Moore and Co., fine; 
Annabelle Whltford, good- Ed. F. Reynard, 
hit ; Florenc* Reld, good ; Carson and Willard, 
pleased ; Woods and Woods Trio, good ; Ollle 
Young and April, excellent. 

ACADEMY (M. Epstein, mgr.; agent, Loew). 
—Howard Truesdale and Co., excellent ; Great 
Rlngllng and Co., hit; Major Smith, good; 
Hoey and Mozar. fine; Walker and 111. hit; 
Walter Daniels, fine; Nelly and Catlln and 
Anna De Lestare closed the bill. 

FAMILY (M. Epstein, mgr.; agent, Loew). 
—Columbia Musical Four, excellent ; Palean, 
hit ; Boston City Four, good ; Jeans and Al- 
laire, good ; Sarah Brandon and Co., extra at- 
traction. 

LAFAYETTE (M. Bagg, agent).— "Pennant 
Winners." 

GARDEN (P. White, mgr. ) .—"Beauty Trust." 

TEMPLE (F. Hale, mgr.; agent. Mllburn). 
—Warner and Co.. good ; Gil s Borth, good : 
Chas. E. Dennay. pleased ; May Marshall, hit ; 
Manvro, good ; Trfx, Mix and Nix, excellent. 

CAMDEN, N. J. 

BROADWAY (W. B. McCallum, mgr. ; agent. 
U. B. O.).— Sartello; Fields and Hanson; 
Princess Miroff ; Dave Ferguson ; 8elbert and 
Llndley Co. ; Five SaJvaggU ; Nichols Slaters. 
Pictures. 




Hotel Plymouth 

EUROPEAN PLAN 

38th STREET, BrtJtt ft 8& Ant, NEW YORK CITY 

New Fireproof Buflettng A Scene's Threw from Broadway 

"HfiTlftF TUT Q1TFS" A room by the day. with use of bath. $1.00 
NUIIbC IK IMICd ana |L» elagle; $1.80 aad $1.76 double. 
A room by the day. with private bathroom attached. 81 JO single ; $2.00 
double. Rooms with use ef bath, frem $1.00 te $t .00 pw week eingls. 
and from $6.00 to 1&.M double. Rooms with private bath attached from 

gi.60 to $10.00 per week single, and from $9.60 to $11.00 double. "NO 
IOHER." 

Every room hae hot aad ©old raining water, eleetrlo light and long- 
distance telephone. Restaurant a la carte. Olah breakfasts. 



Phone, 1520 Murray Hill 



T. SINNOTT. Mar 



Winchester Hotel 

"THE ACTOR'S HOME." 

8a n Francisco, Cal. 

Rates— 60c. to $2 a day. $8.60 to $8 per week. 
600 Rooms. Centrally located, near theatres. 
ROLKIN ft SHARP. Props. 

CHAS. BUSBY, Mgr. 

ZEISSE'S HOTEL 

Opposite the Walant aad Casino Theatres, 
Philadelphia. Pa. 



THEATRICAL HOTEL 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

MINNIE MILLER. MRS. BIGGS, 

244 N. Franklin St. 726 Vine St. 

Kitchen and laundry at your service. 

Single $2 and $2 per week. $8 and $4 double. 

STEVENS' CAFE 

One square from Dockstader's, where you 
can get 8 squaree, and more too. 

8 B. Seventh St ; 616 King St.. 

WILMINGTON, DEL. 

Rooms as well. 



A Real Proprietor of a 
Real Place to Live 



LEONARD HICKS 

GEO. F. ROBERTS. Aast. Manager ww^\r¥l nw d^i "STa, A mTfsTl 

C, Eatas an- De.*.™ «,„•„. HOTEL GRANT 



FURNISHED 
FLATS 



The EDMONDS 

The Only Flats Catering* Exclusively to Performers 

764-768 8th Ave., between 46th and 47th 8ts. 776, 778, 780 8th Ave., between 47th and 48th Sts. 

HEADQUARTERS, 776 8th Ave 
Thone 686 and 564 Bryant, RATE8-$10.00 UPWARD. 

ONE BLOCK TO TIMES SQUARE. Nf W YORK CITY 



CINCINNATI, O. 
By Harry Hess. 

COLUMBIA (H. K. Shockley, mgr.; agent, 
Orpheum Circuit; Sunday rehearsal 10).— 
Ellse. Wulff ft Waldoff, opened, some new 
acrobatic feats : Three Vagrants, applauded ; 
Horton ft Latrtska. very good ; Bonlta, Lew 
Hearn ft Co., scored : "The Code Book," ex- 
cellent; Gtrtrude Hoffman, biggest production 
ever offered here, scoring greatest hit in 
history of house. 

EMPRESS ( Edward Shields, mgr. ; agent, 8- 
C. ; 8unday rehearsal 10).— De Hallls ft Va- 
lora. excellent ; Lorlne McNeil, very good ; 
Phil W. ft Nettle Peters, hit; McDonald ft 
Huntington, fine; Carroll ft Cooke, scream; 
Rosa Naynon, featured. 

AMERICAN ( Harry Hart, mgr. ; agent, di- 
rect ; Monday rehearsal 10).— Mysterla, Wood- 
ford's Circus ; Lucldous ; Ren f row ft Jensen ; 
"Childhood Days," Herman ft Abrams ; Will 
Fields and Laondler ; Wheeler 8lsters. 

PEOPLE'S (James E. Fennessy. mgr.).— 
Edward Hayes, in the "Wise Guy In Society." 

STANDARD (Frank J. Clemens, mgr.).— 
"Midnight Maidens." 

ROBINSON'S (8am Rose, mgr.; agent. Ca- 
sino Co.: Monday rehearsal 10.30).— Miss Ber- 
nice and Her Eight Polar Bears ; Smith and 
Sumner ; Cora Thomas ; Billy Burns. 

Edward Shields, manager of the Empress, 
celebrated the 46th anniversary of his birth 0. 

E. W. Dustln, recently appointed manager 
of Walnut Street Theatre, tendered his resig- 
nation to the Anderson-Zlegler Co. Willis 
Jackson appointed in his place. 

CLEVELAND. 

HIPPODROME (H. A. Daniels, mgr. U. B.). 
—Marseilles ; Columbia Comedy Four, pleased ; 
Morton A Moore, entertaining ; Merrill ft Otto, 
good ; Dsn Burke ft Girls, favorite ; "The Lit- 
tle Stranger," featured ; Marshall P. Wilder, 
captured the audience ; Seven Bel fords, hlgb 
class. 

PROSPECT.— Donohue a Stewsrt, please ; 
Gould Bisters, won favor ; Frederick Wright 
ft Co., headline ; Cole ft Haetlngs, feature ; 
three shows day now. 



GRAND (J. H. Mlchels, mgr. U. B.).— Geo. 
Austin, familiar here; La Tour Sisters, won 
favor; Faust Bros., favorably received; Rose 
Berry, hit; Geo. A. Beane ft Co., headline; 
Al Herman, pleases; The Alverettes, acrobatic 
act of ability. 

STAR (Drew ft Campbell, mgrs.).— "Cherry 
Blossoms," good bill. 

EMPIRE (Ed. McArdle, mgr.).— Reeves' 
show. WALTER D. HOLCOMB. 



COLUMBUS, O. 

KEITH'S (W. W. Prosser. mgr. ; agent. U. 
B. O. ; Monday rehearsal 10.30).— Ploetz- 
Larello Trio, clever; Wilson and Pearson, fair; 
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry, fine entertainment ; 
Amy Butler and her four comedians, well 
liked : Master Gabriel and Co., hit ; Raymond 
and Caverly, hit; McPhee and Hill, excellent. 

GRAND (Jack Levy, mgr.; agent, Coney 
Holmes ; Monday and Thursday rehearsal 
11.30).— Irwin and Swayne, fair; Lizzie Hart, 
pleasing; Murray's Dogs, clever; The Mil- 
mars, excellent; Stowe and King, well liked. 

PRINCESS (Edw. Browning, mgr.; agent. 
Gue Sun; Monday rehearsal 10).— Foley and 
Foley, good ; Ruth Mildred, fine ; Hauley and 
Murray, ordinary. 

Al. Green for years In the director's chair 
of the orchestra at the Temple. Detroit, Is now 
at Keith's. "LITTLE CHARLEY." 



ELMIRA, N. Y. 

HAPPY HOUR (O. H. Ven Demark. mgr.; 
agent, U. B. O. ; Monday rehearsal 11).— 10-12 
Diamond Comedy Four, big hit ; Netta Knlce, 
favorite; John Cronln, well received. 13-16 
Two Arkansas. W. H. Van Horn and Co. ; John 

Cronln. FAMILY (Max Sherman, mgr.; 

agent, Buckner-Shea ; Monday rehearsal 10).— 
Mr and Mrs. Harry Thorne, hit; Althea Mor- 
rison, excellent; pictures. J. M. BEERS. 

ERIE, PA. 

COLONIAL (A. P. Weschler, mgr.; agent. 
Gun Sun ; rehearsal Monday 10).— Fred Hamlll 
and Musical Kids, hit ; 8. W. La Veen A Co., 
very good ; Chas. Harris, went big ; Steele, 
Brinkman ft Steele, excellent ; Burroughs ft 
Co., amusing ; Four Ohohvinls, clever. 



ALPHA (E. H. Suerken, mgr.; agent, Loew; 
rehearsal Monday 10).— Marzelo ft Wolfe, 
clever; Dora Pelletler. good; Byron, Bidwell 
ft Co., well received ; Frozene, splendid harp- 
ist; Weston ft Young, went big; 8peary'e 
Bears, clever. 

HAPPY HOUR (D. H. Connelly, mgr. ; agO 
Geo. Ver Beck).— Frank Carey, good; Franks 
and Shuman. clever. M. H. MIZENER. 

EVAN8VILLE, IND. 

GRAND (David Beehler, mgr.; agent, Or- 
pheum Circuit).— "The Leading Lady." very 
clever: Onaip, Illusion, well received' Pic- 
colo Midgets, much laughter; Brown. Harris 
ft Brown, good act; Alexander ft Scott, well 
liked. Siegel ft Matthews, novelty musicians; 
Pope a Uno, much applause. Picturee. 

FALL RIVER, MASS. 

8AV0Y (Julius Cahn, mgr. ; agent, Loew ; 
rehearsal Monday 10).— 10-12 Edgar Berger, 
very good; Lambert ft Williams, good; Beach 
and Mays, good ; Homes ft Reilly, good ; Harry 
Gilbert, very good ; Roland West, hit ; Conely 
and White, excellent: Inza and Lorella. good. 
13-15 Baker and Cornelia ; Joule Flynn ; Car- 
lyle Moore and Co. ; Musical Monarchs ; Great 

Westln; Roland West; Chas. O'Reilly. 

BIJOU (L. M. Boas, mgr.; agent, direct; re- 
hearsal Monday 10).— 10-12 Mssser Sisters, 
very good ; Gertrude Lee Folsom and Co., ex- 
cellent; The Bramlnos, good. 13-15 Vsrlton 
Sisters- Jack Barrett; Barney First. PREM- 
IER (L. M. Boas, mgr.; agent, direct; re- 
hearsal Monday 10).— 10-12 Three Russells, 
very good ; Reed* Bull Terriers, good ; Lavlne 
and denier, very good. 13-15, The Sensational 
Trio; Landls ana Knowles ; Carl Hatchfleld. 

PALACE ( Wm. B. Stecker, mgr. ; agent. 

U. B. O. • rehearsal Monday 11).— 10-12, Ma- 
lone and Malone, hit ; Webb and Norton, good ; 
Mile. Paula, good. 13-15, Elmer and DeWItt ; 
Dreano and Goodwin. E. F. RAFFERTY. 

FT! WORTH, TEX. 

MAJESTIC (T. W. Mullaly, mgr.; agent, 
Interstate).— Week 3, Lottie Mayer, diver, 
featured, did well ; Arthur Huston and Co.. 
very good ; "Three Singing Girls," good ; Car- 
ver and Murray ; West and Denton ; Sully and 
Hussy and Zlnka Panna. 

IMPERIAL (W. H. Ward, mgr.).— Kawas- 
slan Russian Troupe ; Dam rock Bros. ; Marlon 
Blake ; Musical Wilsons and Clarence Able. 

The Princess opened 10, booking by Hodklns. 

Sullivan ft Consldlne's new Empress opens 
17, giving four vaudeville houses here.. 

The scarcity of legitimate attractions at 
Greenwall's— "Open Door" house— is helping 
vaudeville business wonderfully. I. K. F. 

HAMILTON, ONT. 

TEMPLE (J. G. Appleton. mgr. ; agent, U. 
B. O. ; Monday rehearsal 10).— Amend Bros., 
clowns, good; Callan and Smith, fair; Dun- 
bar and Fisher, good ; Shrlner and Wills, very 
good ; Julius Steger a Co., headline, excellent : 
Jones ft Deely, riot ; The Kratons, good. 

M. 8. D. 

HARRISBURG, PA. 

ORPHEUM (C. F. Hopkins, mgr. ; agent. U. 
B. O.).— The Navas, very good; Fiddler and 
Shelton (colored), scored; Ernest Carr ft 
Co., well received ; Corinne Francis, pleased ; 
Three Lelghtons. fair; Ben Welch, kept them 
going: Four Hastings, scored. 

CASINO (S. L. Levy, mgr.; agent, Wm. Mor- 
rin).— Mary Davis, applauded; Katherlne Dyer 
and Co., many laughts ; The Stanley, enter- 
tained ; Gilmore ft La Tour, fair; Caron ft 
Farnum. plcnned ; Gordon Bros., hit. 

HIPPODROME (A. L Roumfort ft Co., 
mgrs. ; agent. Rudy Heller).— C. A. Sponsler, 
[/leased ; Magneto, drawing card. 

HARTFORD, CONN. 

POLI'S (Oliver C. Edwards, mgr. ; agent, U. 
B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10).— "Tom Walker 
On Mars." went well ; Chadwlck Trio, im- 
menRe hit ; T. H. MacConneM and his two 
"Plants," scored ; Four De Wolfs, character 
singers, good ; Warren Keane, magic, clever ; 
Satsuda Japs, acrobats, strong In closing; 
The Boldens. good. M. P. 

HARTFORD (Fred P. Dean, mgr.; agent, 
James Clancy ; Monday and Thursdav rehear- 
sal 11). -10-12 "Wise Mike." dog, hit; Alvo 
Duo, clever; Anna Arllne, character singer, 
scored ; Nolan and Wilson, funny. 13-15. Mr. 
and Mrs. Sidney Reynolds; Ollle La Monde; 
Dancing Butlers ; Jlmmle Howland ; Valolse 
Brothers. 

SCENIC (Harry C. Young, mgr.; direct; 
Monday rehearsal 10).— Musical Rtewart. went 
well ; Lilly Mason, good ; Frank Cullen, com- 
edy, good ; Marlon Marshall. III. s., as usual. 
M. P. 



Dotson and Luras were Mlled at the Hart- 
ford the last half of lam week, but when as- 
signed to "basement" dressing rooms they 
balked and would not nppear. The Stanton* 
finished the week In their place. 

The Mr*ser SMt? *rnred a hit with Bobby 
Ashley Matthew-.. «f Matthews and Ashley, 
while appearing nt the Hartford the last half 
of last week. Matthews heard the girls sing 



When answering advertUemenU kindly mention VARIETY. 



38 



VARIETY 



WHO IS SHE? YOU CAN FIND OUT AT THE COLUMBIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NEXT WEEK (OCT. 17th) 



Z 

s 

H 

3 

Z 

s 

s 



s 

z 
R 

H 

5 

D 
O 

z 



iil 



AND WHAT A HIT, WITH "FADS and FOLLIES" CO. 

§? GERTRUDE EVEREn g? 



FADS 



I 



NOLISH 



URE£ 



NOLISH 



FOLLIES 



YOU SHOULD SEE WHAT SHE DOES. AND HOW SHE DOES IT! 



THE CHAS. K HARRIS COURIER 

The two Sonus that are making a 
Singer 

and Ike Singer , 

HORNER BARNETTE 

who is Making the lw§ Songs 

"WAS I A FOOL?" 

"STAR OF MY DREAMS, 
SHINE ON" 



»b 



CHAS. K. HARRIS 

MMW Thtatrt ■•Msiu. ■•» Vtrfc 

MEYER COHEN, Manager 

Ins* fMf a ■•■*! laMH. OHIOAOO 



and Immediately took them under his man- 
agement He will put them out on big time. 

While Matthews was playing at Poll's last 
week his former partner, Mark Wooley was 
doing a single at the Hartford. 

R. W. OLMSTBD. 

LOS ANGELES, OAL. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, Gen. Mgr. ; agent, 
direct; Monday rehearsal 10).— Good program 
week 8. Geo. Auger and Co., headllners. took 
veil ; Bison City Pour, singers, popular ; Kal- 
mer and Brown, dancers, ciever ; Artois Duo, 
bar act, adroit. Holdovers: "Top 'O The 
World," McKay and Cantwell ; Mr. and Mrs. 
Connelly ; Kraggs Trio. 

LOS ANGELES (Geo. A. Bovyer, mgr. ; 
agent. 8-C ; Monday rehearsal 11).— Good bill. 
Emmett Devoy and Co., headllners, sketch, 
snappy; Dor3Ch and Russell, musicians, novel; 
Violet Allen and Co., sketch, clever Ann 
Brown, imitations, pleasing; Milton and Del- 
mar, sketch, fair; Black and Cone, acrobats, 
ordinary. 

LEVY'S ( Al. Levy. mgr. ; agent. L. Behy- 
mer; Monday rehearsal 10).— Fine bill. Lilly 
Lillian, prima donna, headllner, charming ; 
Royal Hungarian Orozien, dancers, took well ; 
Jeannette Dupree, big favorite ; Fern Melrose, 
Ringer, excellent. 



PANTAGES (J. A. Johnson, mgr. ; agent, 
direct; Monday rehearsal 11).— Excellent bill. 
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons, headllners, 
sketch, instantaneous hit ; Jessie Edwards' 
Dogs, entertaining ; Jack Hawkins and Co., 
sketch, fair; Buch Bros., acrobats, adroit; 
Myrtle Victorine. soubret. pleasing; Claude 
Golden, card manipulator, very good. 

EDWIN F. O'MALLET. 

LOUISVILLE. 

MARY ANDERSON (J. L. Weed, mgr.; 
agent, W. V. A.).— "A Night in a Monkey 
Music Hall," amusing; Maud and Gladys Fin- 
ney, pleasing ; Mr. and Mrs. Allison, good ; 
Artie Hall, good ; Charlotte Parry and Co., 
fine ; De Lion, good ; Montgomery ft Healy 
Sisters, pleased ; m. y. 

WALNUT (Agents. Gus 81m).— "The Nymph 
of the Sea" ; The Lombards ; Lewis, Jones and 
Cameron ; Thos. Grimes and Girls ; Lydla 
Nachtwey, Long and Cotton ; m. p. 

HOPKINS (Johnny Simons, mgr.; agents, 
Princess Amusement Co.). — Prosser and Reed; 
Wartenburg Bros.; Malone, Mack and Malone; 
The Trlllers; Grace Sheridan; pictures. 

BUCKINGHAM (Horace McCrocklln. mgr.). 
—"The Moulin Rouge," good show, good house. 

GAYETY (Al Bouller, mgr.).— "Behman 
Show," good show, s. r. o. 

J. M. OPPBNHEIMER. 

lowellTmass. 

HATHAWAY (John T. Shannon, mgr.).— 
Hawley, Hlght and Co., big hit; Geo. H. 
Wood, comedians, good ; Laypo and Benjamin, 
very good ; Musical Hodges, good ; Lorraln 
Dudley and Co., Kelley and Lafferty. went 
well. JOHN J. DAWSON. 

MERIDEN, CONN. 

POLIS' (Tom Klrby, mgr. ; agent, James 
Clancy; Monday rehearsal 11).— 10-12, Bis- 
sett ft Scott, s. and d., very good; Clipper 
Quartet, good; Hayes ft Alpolnt, good; Flo 
Irwin, assisted by James Wilson. "At the 
Ball," fair; Edmund Stanley ft Co.. In "A 
Royal Romance," hit. 18-15, Joe Maxwell ft 
Co., Casting Dunbars, 4 Musical Misses, Nlblo 
ft Reilly, Carlisle ft Bennett. W. F. 8. 

MUNCIE, IND. 

STAR ( Ray Andrews, mgr. ; agent. Sun ; re- 
hearsal, Monday 10.30. ) .— Hoyte and Stern, 
pleased ; Aubrey E, Rich, clever : Burns Bros., 
laughing hit ; Peter The Great hit. 

GEO. FIFER. 

NEW HAVEN, CONN. 

POLI'S (S. Z. Poll. prop. ; F. J. Windisch. 
res. mgr. ; agent. U. B. O. ; Monday rehearsal 
10).— "Photo Shop." hit; Rice. Sully ft Scott, 
second choice for popularity ; Jolly ft Wild Co.. 



were enjoyed ; Josephine Davis, hit ; Geo. F. 
Hall, entertaining; "Election Nights." and 
Carbrey Brothers, concluded an acceptable 
and well balanced bUL E. J. TODD. 

NEW LONDON, OONN. 

LAWRENCE (H. A. Chenoweth. mgr.: re- 
hearsals 11.)— 10-12, Ader Trio, fair; Great 
Dupre, pleased; Frederick ft Kirkwood, very 
good; Holmes ft Holllster, big hit; Frank 
Austin, HI. songs. 

NEW ORPHEUM (Bullock ft Davis, mgrs. ; 
agent, Phil Hunt; rehearsal 11).— Charles 
Stevens and Primrose Sisters, very clever; 
Rice and La Dell, amused. 

EMPIRE (Empire Amusement Co., mgrs.).— 
Nellie Eltlnge ft Co. ; Gilmore ft Castle. 

Lyceum (Walter T. Murphy, mgr.).— Joe 
Maxwell ft Co. ; Casting Dunbars ; Gertie Car- 
lisle ; Nlblo & Reilly; Four Musical Misses; 
The Clipper Quartette. 

Sam Messing has returned to the Church 
office In Boston and H. A. Chenoweth Is now 
manager of The Lawrence. 8. M. P. 

NEW ORLEANS. 

By O. M. Samuel. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent, 
direct; Monday rehearsal 10).— Fentelle and 
Vallorle. neat opener; Welch, Mealy and Mon- 
trose, did splendidly; Ellta Proctor Otis and 
Co., "Mrs. Bunner's Bun," weak; Nellie Nich- 
ols, energetic; Zertbo's Doge, novel opening, 
several new tricks, thoroughly entertaining; 
Taylor. Kranzman and White, easily the hit; 
Grigolottl Ballet, closed. 

AMERICAN (James R. Cowan, mgr.; agent, 
William Morris; Sunday rehearsal 10)— Ca- 
pacity business prevails, bidding fair to break 
all records. Last week's show has been held 
over. It contains "Barnyard Romeo." Sid- 
ney Grant, Cartmell and Harris, Dorothy 
Vaughan, Marie Lo's Posing Beauties, Keno 
and Connors and Zay Holland. 

WINTER GARDEN (Leopold and Israel, 
mgrs.).— "Brown's Widow" provoked laughter. 
The Winter Garden resumes Its former policy 
of "pop" vaudeville and pictures Sunday. The 
Jackson Brewing Co., which holds a ten-years' 
lease on the place — five of which have ex- 
pired — will operate it In future. 

MAJESTIC (L. E. Sawyer, mgr.).— Tyson 
Extravaganza Co., vaudeville and pictures. 

HAPPY HOUR (Al. Durnlng, mgr.).— Eddie 
Hogan, juggler; Josie Norman, quick change 
artiste; Myra Jones, dancer; Harry Bourne, 
baritone. 

THE TEMPLE.— An all-white theatre, with 
an all-colored patronage, opened Sunday with 
the Down in Dixie Minstrels. 



Davlee and Lehman hold a lease on the thea- 
tre; the Shuberts, a sub-lease, and Blaney, a 
"Sub-sub-lease." The playhouse Is closed at 
present 

PITTSBURG, PA. 

GRAND (Barry Davis, mgr.; agent. U. B. 
O. ; rehearsal Monday 10).— Jack Kelley, stock 
whip manipulator, remarkably clever; Mere- 
dith Sisters, pleasing ; Cunningham ft Marlon, 
made good ; Crouch ft Welch, big ; Eva Taylor 
ft Co., passed ; Linden Beckwlth, well received ; 
Blxley ft Fink, much applause; Gerson's Lilli- 
putians, good. 

FAMILY (John P. Harris, mgr. ; agent Mor- 
ganstern ) .— Boyd Coleman ft Co., very good; 
Powers A Freed, novel ; John R. Noon, pleased ; 
Crawford, Senorlta ft Thomas, fair ; May Bu- 
tonne ft Co., won applause ; Marlon Harris, 
passed ; The Ralsons, good. 

LIBERTY (Abe Cohen, mgr.; agent, Ous 
Sun).— Wang Tin ft Soo, very clever; Fred 
Werner, pleasing ; Thomas Meegan A Co., en- 
tertaining ; Eldora, best ever ; good pictures. 

GAYETY (Henry Kurtzman. mgr.).— 
"Knickerbockers," good show, handsome cos- 
tumes, fine scenery. 

ACADEMY (Harry Williams, mgr.).— "Cosy 
large company, good comedians, 



well-balanced chorus. 



[. 8. KAUL. 



PITTSFIELD, MASS. 

EMPIRE (J. H. Tebbetts, mgr.; agent U. B. 
O. ; rehearsal Monday 10).— Barrett ft Scallen, 
acrobats, good ; Clark ft Bergman, s. ft d., 
good ; Gerald Griff en ft Co., Tn sketch, well 
received ; The Vivians, sharpshooters, clever ; 
City Comedy Four, singing, very good ; Gard- 
ner ft Vincent, in sketch, very good. 

FRANKLIN. 

PORTSMOUTH, O. 

SUN ( R. R. Russell, mgr. ; agent, Gus Sun ; 
Monday rehearsal 10).— Mr. Howard, pleased; 
Davis ft Bogart. good ; Miss Hansen, Imita- 
tions, fair; Ed. Glllett's Dogs and Monkeys, 
excellent ; pictures. 

MAJESTIC ( Maler ft Relnegere, mgrs. ; 
agent. Coney Holmes ; rehearsal Monday 
10).— Frankle Slegel. good; Musical Brobsts, 
very pleasing ; Hunter A Ross, took well ; 
Crowell ft Gardner, fair ; pictures. 

Charles Fergeson. formerly with Shuberts, 
Is now stage manager at the Sun. 

The Arcana, recently destroyed by Ore. Is 
being remodeled and will open In a few weeks. 

F. E. GORDON. 



Leopold and Israel are dickering with Davles 
and Lehman, the Shuberts and Charles E. 
Blaney, with a view to leasing the Lyric. 



READING, PA. 

ORPHEUM (C. C. Egan, mgr. ; agent. U. B. 
O. ; Monday rehearsal. 10.30).— Pete Lawrence 



CLARK and VERDI 



"THE ITALIAN 

COMEDIANS" 



THE FIRST AND ONLY ACT OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY 



Phone, 995 Bryant) 



Phillips Sl Steinhart 



Counselors at Law 



1493 Broadway (Long Acre Building), New York City 
We will attend to all your legal matters carefully, efficiently and honestly. Open evenings until nine o'clock 

Theatrical Business Our Specialty 

Immediate attention given communications, whether advice is requested or on general matters of law 
(General Counsel to the PAT CASEY AGENCY, to whom we respectfully refer.) 



When anewering advertUementi kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



CHARLE8 HORWITZ 

The acknowledged foremost author of One-act 
Plays. Sketches. Lyrics, etc. His record speaks 
for Itself. His hits are International. Over 180 
"Horwlta Successes" now playing vaudsTllle. 
ORDHR TOUR NOW MATERIAL AT ONCE. 
Oet in line. 

CHARLES HORWITZ, 
Phone 2549 Murray Hill, 
Knickerbocker Theatre, Building (Room 815), 
1402 BROADWAY. NEW YORK. 



EVENING GOWNS STREET DRESSES 
SOUBRETTE DRESSES. FURS. 

330 So. Stite Street CH.CA60 

MENZELI'8 SCHOOL OF AKTIHTTC 
BALLBT AJO> PANTOMIME 

22 East 16th St, New York 

Toe. Character, Grecian Pantomime Dances 
Invented. Originator of "8alome," "Spring 
Song," "Vampire." "Satanella" "Blue Da- 
nube." "Pare Oeat Suite." "Valse Caprice." 
Chepin's Prelude, Hindu Dances, "Ciaasie Dun 
Ituaee" and Speotaoalar Ballets arranged. 
Chantecler Danoe, and Norelty Vaudeville 
Acts produced. "Coppella." "Olaela." "Glo- 
conda" and Opera Ballets Directed. 
HAKAOIBl TAKE NOTE 



Mme. A. Dickey 

EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS IN COSTUMES. 

Costumer for La Petite Adelaide, Daisy Har- 
court, Nellie Lynch, Ford Sisters and others 

Address OERARD HOTEL. 44th St.. New York. 

Dl«_4«.,. ia P « J " 1 » Panels, f x 12 fie* 

rnQfOS BO Paris Panels, 8 x 12.... 7.80 
I MUlUeS 100 Pftrts paa.1,, g x 12. ... 12.80 

PBINBERO 9 STUDIO. 228 Bowery. N. Y. 0. 

THEATRICAL COSTUMER 

GEO. LAUTERER 

104 Madison St. CHICAGO, ILL. 

Send for Variety catalogue. 

STARR & SACKS 

The Home of the Soubrette Gown 

Slightly used evening, stage and street dresses 
always on hand. Also Gents' Wardrobe. 
Soubrette and evening gowns made to order. 

343 North Clark Street. CHICAGO. 

Artists* Give Us a Look 
WAITED: A MONOLOC 

With one or two comic songs for vaudeville 
comedian. Address MONOLOG. care VARIETY. 
New York. 



MILDRED OOMINC M< 

Please write. You are welcome, 
thing will be agreeable. 



Bvery- 



# IUIUS Will UW BglCCBUIC, 

Gymnasts, notice!! 

WANTED, CATCHER for Catt- 
ing Act of reputation 

State age, past experience, lowest terms, 
send photo, steady position for good man. 
Address "GYMNAST," care VARIETY, New 
York. 

Wanted Quick 

SHOW GIRL 

Real Soprano Singer for big singing act 
on the road. Good salary. State every 
particular in first letter. 
Chicago applicants give telephone number. 



Address Show Girl, Variety's 

Chicsis Office. 187 Oearbari St. 



; 



SCREAMING COMEDY SKETCHES 

►Two and three people— On hand and to order 
Address Paul Marlon, care Variety. 

! WANTED AN A NO. 1 RIN6 ARTIST 

for Partner. No other need apply. Ad- 
dress P. C. Kemp. Gen Del.. Hartford. Conn. 



Real Hair, Crep Wig, blaek. 81.00 
Clewn T5 cent*, Negro SB oeate 
Dreaa Wig 81.00, Imp. Bald 8100, 

Soubratte $1.00 and 88.00. 
Paper Mache Heed., Helmets, eta. 

klipfbbt, *ur , tu s*Am, w. i\ 



WIG 




WIAR CILLER'S SHOES and 
YOU WIAR A SMILE 

SHORT VAMP SHOES 

(Eiclusiwely for Worn e a.) Far Slap. ttlWt art. 
hgjSl Wggf. Srtit f tatty. Cutotiwg oBwStls. 

ANDREW GELLER 

CREATOR OF SHORT VAMP SHOES 

507 6ta Ayo„ New Yark, Bat. 30th and 31 at Sta. 

Send for Illustrated Catalogue 

Tel. 1 




One Flight Up. 



1550 Madison Sq. 



I 



WIGS 



fi-IHE WIGGERY 

5th Floor, lOOStsito Street 

CH IO AGO 



Large Assortment, All Kiata. an hand and m|| be eraer. SfW to l 8*88*8 88 tmr prompt 
dellTery. Send tor Vaudeville Ontolog. Free tor the aaklng When ta Ohlcago call. 
Right around the corner from Majeetlo Theatre. N. W. oornar State and Monroe Sta. 



I 



ON D D Y 



RUNK 



A Specialty. 
BUOBNB COX SCENIC 8TUDIO. CHICAGO. 





STAGE and CIRCUS APPARATUS 

Performers do not realise the risk they are taking when work Is manu- 
factured by men who do not know a piece of Iron from steel. It has been 
proven that many accidents have happened through this neglect. 

I bnve been brought up from an infant on this class of work and can 

assure you every Inch turned out through me will be guaranteed In every 

respect. 

AS I LIVE I GROW; therefore was forced to take larger and spacious quarters, 

and am ready to fill orders, no matter how small, large, or complicated, within a 

short time, having secured the most modern up-to-date tools and machinery. 

|. STEINBERG. (25 yaore' experience). Write for Catalogue. 

327-320 East 84th St., NEW YORK CITY 

Telephone Lenox 5232. (Yorkvllla Auto Oarage Co. Bldg.) 

MAHLER BROS. 

•IXTH AVE. and 3 lot St., N*W YORK 

Half Block from New Penn. Railroad Terminal 

PROFESSIONAL UNDERWEAR HOUSE of America 

» ewwieie ••••rtant .< hi n-e. t UNDERWEAR. TIGHTS. HOSIERT and MAKE-UPS 
Originators and Improvers of Our Famous Short Vamp Shoes 

Discount to Professionals Allowed Send for New Catalogue, No. 5 



$1. 
$1. 



CHEAPEST COSTUME HOUSE IN CHICAGO $1 

Costumes made to order. COITUMES (or rent f 1. WIGS $0.85 



PHOTOGRAPH 
REPRODUCTIONS 



FB»Ora YOIB OWN PHOTO. 

II KMT A*D (UtlPNSr. 

SEND toe IAMFI.IS AND PRICES. 



C. F. GAIRING & CO., 



79 S. CLARK ST. 
CHICAGO 



HICKS' THEATRICAL TRANSFER CO 

GRANT HOTEL, N. W. Corner Madison and Dearborn Sta., CHICAGO. 

Phone, Randolph 3241. 
Trunka and Scenery Stored One Week Free. Special Rates to Performers. 



FOR SALE OR LEASE 

The original ROMAN TRAVESTY sketch played by WOOD and RAY. 
Addreaa JULIET WOOD. 204 West 23d St, New York City. 



Trio, plenty laughB ; Al. Carlton, liked; Tom 
Barry ft Co., very good ; Six Bohemians, meri- 
torious. _ w 

LYRIC (Frank D. Hill. mgr. ; agent, Loew ; 
Monday rehearsal 10).— Wonderful Weston, 
well received; Mae ft LUUe Burns, pleased; 
Chas. Lee Calder A Co., laughing hit; Great 
DeMar, excellent; Lulgl Bros., very good. 

PALACE (W. K. Goldenberg, mgr.: agent, 
Bart McHugh ; Monday rehearsal 10.30).— 
Fields A Coco, The Plottls ; Jolly Clarke ; Mc- 
Cord A DeWendt; Fritzs Dogs. 

GRAND (C. O. Keeney. mgr.; Monday re- 
hearsal 11).— Horn ft Horn; Musical Bells; 
Rosalie Sisters. G. R. H. 

RICHMOND, VA. 

COLONIAL (Ed. Lyons, mgr. ; agent. Nor- 
man Jeffrlea; rehearsal Monday 11).— Norbert 
Hamilton, very good ; LeFevre A St. John, 
went well ; Tydeman A Dooley, good ; Williams 
ft Hilda, scored big. 

LUBIN (C T. Boyle, mgr. ; agent. Norman 
Jeffries; rehearaal Monday 11).— McCIalr A 
Mack, very good; Ed. A Rolla White, well 
liked ; Newell ft Glbaon, laughing hit. 

THEATO (C. B. Tont. mgr. ; agent, E. ft 
W. ; rehearaal Monday 11).— Marie Danle 
good ; McDowell Sisters, very good ; Raldo A 

Bertman, great; Freeman, scored. 

' MILTON CAPLON. 



troup cyclists, best here for some time ; Cal 
Stewart, story teller, well liked; Campbell 
and Brady, good ; Sol Berns. funny ; pictures. 

MAROARET GOODMAN. 



SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, mgr.; agent di- 
rect).— Minnie Dupree and Co., great; Harvey 
DeVora Trio, riot; Flanagan and KM wards, 
scored ; Six Kaufmanns, great : Fred Duprez, 
great ; Luce and Luce, good ; Grace Belmont, 
pleased. 

MAJESTIC (Harry Revler. mgr.; direct).— 
Collins and Thompson; The Dunfars; M. P. 

CASINO— Wm. Courtrlght; Aerial Wilsons; 
Trexede and Robinson ; M. P. 

MISSION.-Plctures. OWEN. 



SAN ANTONIO, TEX. 

ROYAL (Lloyd Spencer, mgr.; agent, C. E. 
Hodklns).— Week 2. Torcat and D'AUza. great 
act ; Karley and Late, laughs ; Espe and Co., 
clever; Boston, Von A Co., sketch, well re- 
ceived ; Laura Roth, songs, applause. 

STAR (C. W. Wyler, mgr.; agent. B. Fahr- 
man).— Jnck Rlpp. comical; Gregory's whist- 
lers, good ; Devereaux A Co., pleased. 

BEN MILAM. 



SAGINAW, MICH. 

BIJOU (W A. Ruaco. rea. mgr.).— "Shorty." 
by Dick Crollne, good; La Petite Emelle 



SAN DIEGO, CAL. 

GARRICK (J. M. Dodge, mgr.; agent. Or- 
pheum Circuit; Monday rehearsal 2).— Week 
3-.1, Kaufmanns, good ; Minnie Dupree and 
Co., "The Minister's Wife." warmly received ; 
Vivian and Alton, pleased ; Orace Belmont, 



I. MILLER, Marafattiirtr 




W.231ST 

N.Y 



Of Theatrical 
Boots A Shoe*. 
CLOG. Ballet. 
and Acrobatic 
Bhoea a apeo 
laity. Ail work 
made at short 
notice. 



JAMES MADISON 

VAUDEVILLE AUTMO* 
Writes for Joe Welch, Violet Hack, Jack 
Norworth, Billy B. Van, Al Leech. Baraey 
Bernard and Loo Harrison. Fred. Duprea. Al 
Carleton, Nat Carr, Pat Iteoney, Bd. Wyaa. 
Brookes and Carlisle, etc. 

1493 Broadway. Hew Ytrfc Plsss 4708 Bryant 

GET MADISON BUDGET No. 12. $1. 

SECOND-HAND GOWNS 

oowii 

ST., CHICAGO 



ALSO BOVB 
BAaUOoTT. 3*8 STA 



7 



WINDECKER'B 

Best Juggling Clubs Maido 
Automatic Juggling Torches 

Papier Mache Work of All Kinds. 
Ventrlloqulal Figures, Spangles, Tights, 

Write Us. 
185 Wahash Ave. CHICAGO. ILL. 




LEARN TO ACT 

Stage Dancing, Etc. 

(Dp to Date In even detail) 
Book. Jig, 8klrt. Chora* 
Work, Opera, Elocution. 
Singing end Veadevllle 
Act-. Sketches, Acting. 
Drametlo ArtTBto. 
_ igemente Secured. School 

'. J . RIDG E^Ml 88 ft?NIE O' DAT 
end Others. 
127 LeHelle St.. CHICAGO. ILL 



SHORT VAMP SNOS8 

HOSIERY end SHOES for Stage and Street Wear 

la ttsck: BUCK KIO BALlfT SUPPERS. SI .5$ 
SATIN IN ALL SNIDES. S2.S0 




JatA 



Shop 



Tsl.. MaS. Sq 7063 489 Sixth Irs. (lot. tttfi • SBB Sta.) 



Telephone 



WRIETY 

TDABS SOU ABB 
NSW YORK OTTT 
Cable Address, "VARIBTT. New Tor*." 



ADVERTISING RATE CARD 

SPACB OR TIMS RATBS 

l Lino St. St 

1 Inch a« Agate lines) 1 tlaae... S.St 

l in. 1 months CM tl«ea), ta advance, as. 00 
1 la. f (St tlsaea), • SS.St 
1 in. 1 year (11 Umoo). •• •• .ISMS 
1 Page (CTS Agate llnee) 111.00 

\JL g*fcf# teeeeee«eseeeeeeee« ^••"oW 

Treat IVge (portrait's of women ouiy). .100.00 

1000 Llnoe 1 f •!• 

ioooo Uses J To be need within one rear! .17 

10006 Llnee ) I IS 

PREFBRRBD POSITIONS 
1 In. acroae Page SIS. OS 

} IB. eoaeeeeeeeeeeeeoeeeeeeoeee dTf • OT 

I fl _ • . • • • e e • e • • • • • a • e t • e e e e e e « ^NJ.a^B 

1 Page lStOO 

IN ROUTB SHBBT 

1 bine one time SS.St 

U Inch one month a.Ot 

1 IMS " " 1S.00 

ARTISTS' RATS CARD 

Dnder "Rapreaentatlve Artiste" 
(Por Artists Only) 

H Inch single column KM monthly net 

1 Inch * " f.tt 

H Ineh double a to 

1 ineh " list 

S taehee alngle 1S.M 

S Ineneo denVle " Skat 

Hlaea aereas page II ta 

lines aeroas page SS.tt 

S Inefeee aoreao page St.tt 

8 Inches acroae page Tt.00 

LAROBR SPACB PRO BATA 

Discount I months, ossh In adTanoe, S% 

Discount « months, ossh In sdsrmoe, 10% 

Discount II months, cash In sAvaaoe. Lfr% 

(Advsrtlsemsnta under "Rep r eas n ta t lTe Art- 

uta" not aoespted for leee than one month.) 

No Preferred Positions Olvem. 

CUTS 

Single Column (1 time) • ttt.00 

Double Column (I time).., SS.O0 

AdTertlsemente forwarded by mall meet be 
accompanied by remittance, made payable to 
Variety Publishing Oo. 



When anruxrtng advertisement* kindly montioa VARIETY. 



VARIET Y 



Bi| Hit M 

Anniversary Bill 



Greenpoint, this week (Oct. 10) 



Hickey Triplets 






Colonial, Norfolk, next week (Oct. 17) 



B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE. 

Gordon Eldrid and Company in a Bit 
of Capital Comedy. 



Gordon Eldrid. In the bill at B. F. 
Keith's theatre, proTldea one ot the 

cleverest blta of comedy seen In vande- 

vllle In Boaton tn a long while. The 

■ketch the company presents Is a two- 
act bit of nonsense, with a l a ugh In a l- 
most every line. The lovemaktng of the 

hero Is "not an affair of the heart, but 
of the lungs," and Impassioned utter- 
ances ahouted Into a tin ear trumpet 
brought tears of mirth to the eyes of 

the audience. 



The bill Is balanced well, though there 
Is Just a bit too much blackface. The 
Bowman brothers and Russell and Smith's 
minstrels are both good In themselves 
but the two acts are nearly on the same 
line and at times threaten to become 
monotonous. 

Al White's Jolly Jiggers, a sextet of 
eccentric dancers, are able in technique, 
but lack the personal magnetism that 
would prevent the humor of their opening 
dance from appearing to be forced. 

Alice Hanson and Gladys Bijou bring 
a singing and dancing act that takes with 
the house. Maximo opens the bill with 
a slack wire act that receives merited 
applause, and the Belleclalre brothers, 
who are old favorites with Boston audi- 
ences, close the bill with an acrobatic 
turn that Is as good as their old offer- 
ings. The Sherman "Enchantment" pic- 
tures are still on the bill. — (Boston 
"Herald," Oct. 4, '10.) 



CAMUXB 



PERSONI*™ 



JACK 



HALLIDAY 

In their Japanese Comedietta 

"Won by Wireless" 

The Oelsha Girl and Officer, not forgetting 
the Chink. 

Note— We are NOT doing "Madame Butterfly." 




1126 PIERCE BLD'G, ST. LOUIS. 



JLEST YOU FOIK.I I 
WE SAY IT YET 



CROSS 

LETTER HEADS 

Contracts, Tickets, Envelopes, Free Samples, etc. 
STAGE MONET. 15c. Book of Herald Cuts. 26c. 

CROSS 



PRINTING COMPANY PUIPiCfl 
227 DEARBORN STREET UtllUHaU 



songs, good : Renee, Instrumentalist, clever ; 
Dobea and Borrelle, fair: Al Jolson, bf. hit 
of show; pictures. 0-7, nose Stahl In "The 
Chorus Lady." 

QUEEN ( W. A. Bates, mgr. ; agent, 8-C ; 
Monday rehearsal 10).— Lew Hoffman, juggler, 
adroit ; Musical Irving, good ; The Mayvilles, 
novel ; Dorothy De SchelTe A Co., neat ; Rose 
and Ellis, barrel jumpers, best seen here ; 
pictures. 

PRINCESS (Pred Balllen, mgr.; agent. Bert 
Leveyl ; Monday rehearsal 10) . — Shayne and 
King, good ; Ethel Barr and Co., "The Third 
Generation," well received ; Princess Susanna, 
wire act, good ; pictures. 

GRAND (Walter Pulkerson, mgr. ; agent, 
Burns-Howell ; Monday rehearsal 1).— Joe 
Valle and Slgnora Andrena ; Jones A O'Brien, 
colored, both good ; pictures. 

EMPIRE (Roy GUI. mgr. ) .—Pictures and 
songs. 

JEWELL (Ray Bauer, mgr.).— Pictures. 

UNION (P. W. Ruhlow. mgr. ) .—Pictures. 

PICKWICK (E. M. Drukker. mgr.).— Pic- 
tures. 

H. L. Hughes opened the Banner, a new pic- 
ture house, 10. 

Manager Sauer (Jewell) changed policy of 
his house 8. running two acts. 

L. T. DALEY. 



SAVANNAH. GA. 

LIBERTY (Prank and Hubert Bandy, nigra. - 
agts. ; rehearsal Monday 12).— Maxims Models, 
tremendous hit ; Miss Theo. Llghtner, excep- 
tionally clever ; Wilson and Rich, went big ; 
Blanche Kruger, versatile ; Texlco and Com- 
pany scored well. 

ORPHEUM (Joseph A. Wllenskv. mgr.-agt.. 
W. V. A. ; rehearsal Monday 2).— Klnso, great; 
Leonard Kane, meritorious ; Earle and Hender- 
son, entertaining; Dick and Penny Mason, 
clever; 8 tan ley Edwards and Company, scored 
strong. R. MAURICE ARTHUR. 



SEATTLE. 

(By Wire) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent, 
direct).— Harry Labelle, usual; Gus Onlaw Trio, 
clever; Jeannette Adler Co., entertaining; 
Prank Morrell, scored; Old Soldier Fiddlers, 
novel; Williams and Warren, good; Barrymore, 
Rankin Co., headlined, pleased; pictures. 

PANTAQE9— Burke and Carter, liked; Lon- 
don Quartet, pleased; The Kellers, good; 
Sophie Tucker, big; Andy McLeod, good; 
Schenk Family, headlined; pictures. 

MAJESTIC— Five Columbians, Seymour and 
•Robinson, John Higglns. Ketter and Nelson, 
Tom McGuire, and Bernas and Miller. 

FRANKLIN. 



SIOUX CITY, IA. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. -mgr. ; direct; 
Sunday rehearsal 10).— "Pour Forty, good; 
Harry Atkinson, fine; Paul Laorolx, clever, 
Ernest Pantrer and Co., well received ; Val- 
entine and Dooley, good; Hayward and Hay- 
ward, satisfactory. C. 8. CAREY. 

SPIUNGTOELD, MASS. 

A representative of a New York theatrical 
syndicate was In Springfield, Mass., for a few 
days last week and It Is reported that he ob- 
tained a site for the erection of a first-class 
theatre to cost $200,000. His plans Include 
the erection of the building on the northwest 
corner of Harrison avenue and Dwlght street, 
which Is In the centre of the city. 

The most Interesting feature of the Brocton 
Fair, just closed, was the record-breaking at- 
tendance and the enormous gate receipts. Over 
$100,000 were taken In at the gate. 

SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

GRAND (Mgr., Joseph P. Pearlsteln • agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10).— Tuscano 
Brothers, clever; Gertrude Van Dyck and Ray 
Pern, pleased ; James and Sadie Leonard, hit ; 
Leo Carrlllo, good; Chassino, went well; Sam 
Mann and Co., headllner, clever act though too 
long drown out; Blosson Seely, riot of the bill; 
Fred St Onge and Co., well received. 

CRESCENT (Mgr., John J. Bresler ; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10 :80) .— Gartelle 
Brothers, well received ; Willis A Gilbert, de- 
cided hit ; Grace Lawrence ft Co.. riot ; Miss 
Lawrence Is some clever kid; Domourt A 
Whalen, a'.uo a hit; The Woolwards. pleased. 

HENRIETT. 

YONKERS, N. Y. 

WARBURTON (Jos. E. Schanberger. mgr. ; 
agent, Ed. S. Keller; Monday rehearsal 
10.30).— Excellent Bill. Fred Glnnett A Co- 
in "The Horse Dealer," good ; Harriet Burt, 
comedienne, very good ; Ward, Klare and 
Ward, farce, went big; Lewis A Chapln, 
scored ; Richard Barry A Co., protean comedy, 
good ; Marten. Carle A Rudolph, comedy acro- 
bats, good ; Bunchu ft Alger, comediennes, 
classy ; pictures. 

ORPHEUM (Sol. Schwartz, mgr. ; agent, U. 
B. O. ; Monday and Thursday rehearsal 12).— 
6-8, "Zulu A Lulu," chimpanzees, slow; Pat- 
terson A Crawford, comediennes, nice ; Jack 
Henderson A his kiddles, s A d, well liked ; 
10-12, Fanton A Bros., aerial, excellent ; Jer- 
mon A Conrad, comediennes, well received ; 
Ross Snow A Co.. comedy sketch, good ; Pict- 
ures. 

GETTY SQUARE ( Ed. Rowlands, mgr. ; 
agent, direct ) .—Vaudeville and pictures. 

CRTS. 



Billy Watson s Beef Trust 

40- Healthy Young Girls-40 

Oct 17— CASINO THEATRE. Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Oct 24— EMPIRE THEATRE. Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Oct 81— MINERS- IN-THE-BRONX , New York City. 

Nov. 7— MINERS EIGHTH AVENUE THEATRE, New York City. 

Nov. 14— MINERS EMPIRE, Newark, N. J. 

Nov. 21— MINER'S BOWERY, New York City. 

Don't be misled by a Billy W. (Fake) Watson, trying to mislead the public. The ORIG- 
INAL Is running ahead everywhere with his own show. 

BILLY WATSON. 



The Uessems Four 
The Royal Colibris 

Success this week (Oct. io), Colonial, New York. 

Manager, W. UE88EM 




"The headline feature in the hands of 
the Great Richards could not have been 
in better hands. This is one of the 
most wonderful acts on the vaudeville 
stage. Richards had the audience won 
from the start and at the close of the 
act there was applause the like of which 
has not been heard in the Orpheum for 
a long- time, and there has been some 
loud applauding lately. With a most 
lavish display of the most beautiful 
costumes and a stage setting that has 
few equals the people sat in mystified 
wonderment at the picture before them. 
Richards aside from having an excellent 
singing voice is a superb toe dancer, 
while the electrical effects specially pro- 
duced for this act caused the number 
to be rewarded with continual applause." 

UNITED TIME 



Victor Kremer 



■■ 



MAINOFHCE 

•TWUARIW 
CHICAGO 



"Night and Day" 

Pnbllshsd in 3 keys. 

"Don't Forget Me. Dearie 

Greet march soag. 

"Just a Dream of Ton, 
Dear" 

B>ll«d. 

"After the Round-Up" 

Cowboy song. 

"Angle Worm Wiggle" 

Great glide song, by Harry S. 
Loreh and I. Maynard Sehwarts. 

"Any Old Time or Any Ok' 
Place" 

Conversation song. 

VICTOR KREMER (Ninself 

07 Clirt Slml. COKtOO 











Under EXCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT 



I 



MfedRy *•«*(**» TAMIMTT. 



VARIETY 



I A GENUINE MIT 

NMN1H 



F^i^T 



ii iiSl i 




WORDS BY JVNIE MtCREE, Vm MUSIC BY LBERT TILZER 



Can be used as a solo, duet, trio* ensemble, and as a Quartette number It has never been equalled. A sensational bit for you. Write at once. Copies and orchestration* 

now readj. Send late programme. No cards. 



CHICACO OFFICE : 
67 CLARK ST. 

JULE8 VON TILZER 
Manager 



YORK MUSI 

TIL-Z 

I ^07 B3 9 m ^ ^^9 JB^ L^ ^^w ^^ ir y I^i b ^Af it V.^ fr^C i^L 

P. 8. -We also publish "DINAH (From Carolina)/' "I WANT SOMEONE TO FLIRT WITH ME" 




rvi 



«« 



The German Americans" 



CARLIN I CLARK 

At the Colonial This Week (Oct. 10) 

Direction, EDW. 8. KELLER 

TO RENT, LARGE BEAUTIFUL OFFICE 

FOR VAUDEVILLE AGENT 

Inquire CHAS. E. BLANEY, Long Acre Building (Room 311) 



IM O 



I C 



Karno's Comedians 



(15 PEOPLE) 



HEADLINE this week (Oct. 10), ALHAMBRA, NEW YORK 

"THE WOW WOWS" 



Charles Chaplin as "Archibald'' 

Another act to talk about and get the money back for 
proprietors. See "The Mystic Chamber" with its uproarious 
Initiation Ceremony. 

Percy G. Williams' Circuit Now. 

In repertoire and can be played any time, our latest 
"JIMMY THE FEARLESS." 

(A London boy's idea of the Far West.) 

"Skating," "The Bailiff," "Dandy Thieves," and the es- 
tablished favorites: "A Night in The Slums of London" and 
"A Night in an English Music Hall." 

All copyrighted and protected at Washington. 

For Time direct to Alf Reeves, manager for Fred Karno, 



or United Booking Offices. 



7 



VARIETY ARTISTS' ROUTES 

FOR WEEK OCT. 17 

WHEN NOT OTHERWISE INDICATED. 

(The routes given are from OCT. 16 to OCT. 23, Inclusive, dependent upon the opening 
and closing days of engagement in different parts of the country. All addresses are 
furnished VARIETY by artiEts. Addresses care newspapers, managers or agents will not 
be printed). 

"B. R." after name Indicates act Is with burlesque show mentioned. Routes may be 
found under "Burlesque Routes." 

"C. R." after name Indicates act Is with circus mentioned. Route may be found under 
"Circus Routes." 

ROUTES FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK MUST REACH THIS OFFICE NOT LATER 
THAN WEDNESDAY MORNING TO INSURE PUBLICATION. 

TEMPORARY ADDRESSES WILL BE CARRIED WHEN ACT IS "LAYING OFF." 

PERMANENT ADDRESSES GIVEN FOR OVER THE SUMMER MUST BE REPLACED 
BY WEEKLY ROUTE FOR THE PRESENT SEASON. 



ART ADAIR 

The Original "HANK SPONO." 
This Week (Oct. 17), Empire, Milwaukee. 

Adams Sam D Trocaderos B R 
Adams Edward B Orpheum Budapest 
Adams Billy W Mllford Boston 
Adams & Lewis 106 W Baker Atlanta 
Adams Milt Hastings Show B R 
Admont Mltzel .TJK.". Broadway N Y 
Aberns Park Philadelphia 
Altken Bros 2.U Bedford Fall Rivrr 
Aitkens Great 2210 Gravlor New Orleans 
Altken .las * Edna DG7 Park av N Y 
Albani 1605 Broadway N V 



Aldines The 2022 Cottage Grove Chicago 
Alexander & Bertie 41 Acre Lane London 
All Sldl 000 Spring Pittsburg 
Allaire & Jeans 0I> John Fall River 
Allen Joe Robinson Crusor Girls B R 
Allen Leon & Bertie BIJou Plqua O 
Allen Marie Columbians M R 
Alllnel Joseph 4L'2 Bloomfleld Hoboken N J 
Allmon £ Nevlns Royal San Antonio 



LITTLE ALLRIGHT - WIFE 

THE ORTOINAL 
W^J«o^ns^me^_JlICjL\RJ^ 

Aionz <;.-, w ::<; n y 

Alpine Troupe Fon pnugh St lis C It 
Alpha Troupe Orpheum Seattle 



USE THIS FORM IF YOU HAVE NO ROUTE CAttoS 



N 



ame 



Permanent Address 



Temporary 



Week 



Theatre 



City 



StaN 



ROUTE CARDS WILL BE MAILED UPON REQUEST 



KEEP YOUR EYE ON THIS ACT 

NEW NAMES! NEW FACES! N W VEHICLE! 



M EUR ELL 



HELYN 



In a one act musical comedy 



It 



HIS FRIEND'S FLAT 

By CHARLES HORWITZ 

HI ITI 



BAXTER 

Full of laughs and cat' by music. 



»» 



Whin anawering advertitementi kindly mention VARIETY. 



32 



VARIETY 




AND 



NOVE 
Ah ! But What Gymnasts ! 




OY IN/IN 

This Week (Oct. 10), American, New York 



DROP IN AND WITNESS THE RIOT 




FLYNN 



DIALECT 
COMEDIENNE 



UNDER PERSONAL MANAGEMENT OP JOS. M. 8CHENCK 



Cycling Brunettes 4 Defying Gravity 



Open Nov. 13, Sullivan & 



Circuit. 



Henestey & Bostock, Mgn. 




BOTHWCLL BROWNE 
»• SCttrCNT or THC NILE 







BROWNE 

Featured at HAMMERSTEIN'S NEXT WEEK (Oct. 17) 

FRANK ELUSTON and CO. 

(From the Palace Theatre, London) 
In their successful London Costume Comedy of the eighteenth century, 

"MY LADY BETTY" 






Announcement 

To stop, once for all time, the silly rumors to 
the effect that Miss Florence Lawrence is working 
for some other film manufacturer, the "Imp" 
Company publishes the fact that its contract with 
Miss Lawrence does not expire until a year from 
next March. Even if we wished to let her go, or 
if she wished to leave the "Imp" Company, it 
could not be done, as the contract provides that 
neither party can break it or violate any of its con- 
ditions. This ought to settle the doubts of all 
who may have become confused by the rumors 
they have heard. 



NEXT WEEK (Oct. 17) at 



FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE 



INDEPENDENT MOVING PICTURES CO., 
102 W. 101st St., New York City. 



SPISSELL, LADELLA, ENGLE 

Presenting the new original pantomime comedy, "THE DUTCHMAN'S FIRST VISIT" 

Sunday, Oct. 16, Olympic, New York. Next Week (Oct. 17) Empire, Pittsfield, (Mass.) Week Oct. 24, Union Hill. All communications, M. S. BENTHAM 



and 
CO. 



Presenting a 

Novelty Singing 

and 

Dancing Act 



ROY 



HELEN 



CUMMINGS ■ GLADDINGS 



THIS WEEK 
(Oct. 1 0) 
AMERICAN, 
NEW YORK 

REIT WEEK (Oct. 17) 

FULTON. IR00KIYN 



When antwering adv9fH»em»nU fctatfJy mention YAR1MTT. 



VARIETY 



33 



Alton Grace Follies of New York B R 
Alton Ethel 1532 Belmont av Seattle 
Altus Bros 128 Cottage Auburn N Y 
Alvarados Goats 1236 N Main Decatur 111 
Alvarettas Three Empress Cincinnati 
Alvlas The 301 E Wash Springfield 111 
Alvln ft Zenda Box 303 Dresden O 
Alvlno & Rial to Alrdome Lawrencevllle 111 
Ahiulst ft Clayton 545 Bergen Brooklyn 
A me res Three Empress Kansas City 
American Newsboys Bijou Appleton Wis 
Anderson Gertrude Miss N Y Jr B R 
Anderson ft Anderson 829 Dearborn Av Chicago 
Anderson ft Ellison 36U3 Locust Phlla" 
Anderson Four National Hotel Chicago 
Andrews & Abbott Co 31)62 Morgan St Louis 
Apdales Animals Orpheum Omaha 
Arakl Troupe Haag Show C R 
Arberg ft Wagner 511 E 78 N Y 
Ardelle ft Leslie 10 Broezel Rochester 
Arlington Billy Golden Crook B R 
Arlington Four Greenpoint Brooklyn 
Armond Grace 810 Dearborn Av Chicago 
Armond Ted V Serenaders B R 
Armstrong Clark Chases Washington 
Armstrong and Verne Royal Wellington. N Z 
Arthur Mne 15 Unity PI Boston 
Ashner Tessle Irwins Big Show B R 
Atkinson Harry 21 E 20 N Y 
Atwdod Warren 111 W 31 N Y 
Aubrey Rene Runaway Girls B R 
Auer S ft G 418 Strand W C Ijondon 
Austin Jennie Follies of New York B R 
Austin & Klumker 3110 E Phila 
Avery W E 5000 Forestvllle Chicago 
Ayers Ada Follies of New York B R 

B 
Baker Billy Merry Whirl B R 
Baker Harry 304U Renow W Philadelphia 
Baker De Voe Trio Dainty Duchess B R 
Baldwins Plctorlum Blloxl Miss 
Balloon Jupiter Barnum ft Bailey C It 
Bandy ft Fields 1500 La Salle Av Chicago 
Bannan Joe Girls from Happyland B R 
Bantas Four Columbians B R 
Baraban Troupe 1304 Fifth Ave N Y 
liarbee Hill ft Co 1202 Nat Av San Diego 
Barber ft Palmer American Omaha lndef 
Barnes ft Crawford Polls Scranton 



EUGENE C. 



PAUL P. 



Barnes and Barron 

Orpheum, Omaha. 
Orpheum time booked by A. B. Meyers. 

BTrrTesTTemTng^&To^ortlanalae^^^^^^^^ 
Barnes ft Robinson 237 W 137 N Y 
Barrett Tom Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 





AND 




"UNCLE HIRAM AND AUNT ALVIRA, 

From Posey Co., Indiana." 

■tit Wttk (Ott. 18) Rival, lis Asttwe. Ttiat 



Barrlngton M Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 
Barron Geo 2002 5 Av N Y 
Barry ft Hack. 701 Windlake Milwaukee 
Bartell ft Garfield 2000 E 53 Cleveland 
Barto ft McCue Midnight Maidens B R 
Barton Joe Follies of the Day B R 
Bassett Mortimer 279 W 2!) New York 
Bates Vlrgle Irwins Big Show B R 
Bates & Neville 57 Gregory New Haven 
Bauin Will H ft Co 07 Woleott New Haven 
Bauniann & Ralph 300 Howard Av New Haven 
Baxter Sidney & Co 1722 48 Av Melrose Cal 
Bayfield Harry Forepaugh-Sells C R 
Bayton Ida Girls from Happyland B R 
Be Ano Duo 3442 Charlton Chicago 
Beaman Fred J Hudson Heights N J 
Beardsley Sisters Union Hotel Chicago 
Beaugarde Marie Merry Whirl B R 
Behler Agnes Dreamlanders B R 
Behren Musical 52 Springfield Av Newark N J 
Beimel Musical 341 E 87 New York 
Bell Arthur H 488 12 Av Newark N J 
Bell Boy Trio 2200 7 Av New York 
Bell Norma Bowery Burlesquers B R 
Belle May Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 
Bellcmontes The 112 5 Av Chicago 
Belmont May Century Girls B R 
Belmont Joe 70 Brook I»ndon 
Belmont Florence Girls from Happyland B R 
Belmont M Follies of New York B R 
Benn & Leon Ackers Bangor Me 
Bennett Archie Irwins Big Show B R 
v Bennett Florence Irwins Majesties B R 
Bennett Sam Rose Sydell B R 
Bennett ft Marcello 200 W 07 New York 
Bennett Bros 330 E 00 New York 
Benson Marion J Passing Parade B R 
Bentlcy Musical 121 Clipper San Francisco 
Benton Granby ft West Saratoga Htl Chicago 
Benton Beulah Irwins Majesties B It 
Benton Ruth Big Banner Show B R 
Berger Anna Miss N Y JR B R 

Vera Berliner 

VIOLINIST, 
Booked Solid until January. 

Bernhard Hugh Bohemians B R 

Beverly Sisters 5722 Springfield Av Phlla 

Beverly & West 202 Delaware Buffalo 

Bevins Clem Rollickers B R 

Blcknell ft Glhney Orpheum Leavenworth Kan 

Bimbos The 004 Pacific Appleton Wis 

Birch John Temple Hamilton Can 

Bissett ft Shady 24S W 37 N Y 

Black John J Miss N Y Jr B R 

Black ft Leslie 3722 Kberly Av Chicago 

Blacks The 47 E 132 N Y 

Blair Hazel Reeves Beauty Show B R 

BloomqueM ft Co 3220 Chicago Av Minneapolis 

Bohannon Burt Hastings Show B R 

Bolses Sensation 075 Jackson Av N Y 

Bonner Alf Brigadiers B R 

Booth Trio Olympic Newport News Va 

Borella Arthur 524 Stanton Groensburg Pa 



Borrow Sidney Big Banner Show B R 

Bostock Jean Lovemakers B R 

Boutin ft TUlaon 11 Myrtle Springfield Mass 

Boulden ft Quiun 212 W 42 N Y 

Bouton Harry ft Co 132 W 38 N Y 

Bouvler Mayme Merry Whirl B R 

Bowers Walters ft Crooker Grand Boston 

Bouman Fred 14 Webster Medford Mass 

Boyle Bros Grand Fargo N D 

Bradley ft Ward Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Bradleys The 1814 Rush Birmingham 

Bradna Fred Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Bray Jo e Irwins Big Show B R 

Brennan Geo Trocaderos B R 

Brennen Samuel N 2856 Tulip Phlla 

Brettonne May ft Co Family Detroit 

Brlnkleys The 424 W 30 New York. 

Brlstow Lydla Dreamlanders B R 

Brltton Nellie 140 Morris Philadelphia 

Brixton ft Brixton 706 Lexington Brooklyn 

Brookes ft Carlisle 38 Glenwood Buffalo 

Brookland Chas Runaway Girls B R 

Brooks Florrle Big Review B R 

Brooks The Girls from Happyland B R 

Brooks Harvey Cracker Jacks B R 

Brooks Walter Baker Denver lndef 

Brooks ft Jennings 801 W Bronx N Y 

Brown Sammle Bowery BurlcBquers B R 

Brown ft Brown 00 W 115 N Y 

Brown ft Wilmot 71 Glen Maiden Mass 

Browning ft Lavan 805 Cauldwell Av N Y 

Bruce Lena Lovemakers B R 

Bruno Max C 100 Baldwin Elmlra N Y 

Bryant May Irwins Big Show B R 

Brydon ft Harmon 229 Montgomery Jersey City 

Buckley Joe Girls from Happyland B R 

Bullock Tom Trocaderos B R 

Bunce Jack 2219" 13th Philadelphia 

Burgess Bobby ft West Sts Orpheum Savannah 

Burgess Harvey J 027 Trenton Av Pittsburg 

Burke Minnie Trocaderos B R 

Burke ft Farlow 4037 Harrison Chicago 

Burkhart Maurice Pantages Pueblo 

Burnett Tom Century Girls B R 

Burrows Lillian 2050 North Av Chicago 

Burt Wm P ft Daughter 133 W 45 N Y 

Burton Jack Marathon Girls B R 

Busch Devere Four Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Bushnell May Fads ft Follies B R 

Butlers Musical 423 S 8 Phlla 

Butterworth Charley 850 Treat San Francisco 

Byron Gleta 107 Blue Hill Av Roxbury Mass 

Byron Ben Passing Parade B R 



Cahlll Wm Reeves Beauty Show B R 
Calne ft Odom 72 Wilson Newark O 
Callahan Grace Bohemians B R 
Cameron Eleanor Vaudeville Pittston Pa 
Campbell Harry Marathon Girls B R 
Campbell Phyllis Merry Whirl B R 
Campbell ft Parker Rose Sydell B R 
Canfleld Al Follies of New York B R 
Canneld ft Carleton 2218 80 Bensonhurst L I 
Cantway Fred R 6425 Woodlawn Av Chicago 
Capman Bert Follies of New York B R 
Capron Neil Follies of New York B R 
Cardon Chas Vanity Fair B R 
Cardownle Sisters 425 N Liberty Alliance O 
Carey ft Stampe 824 42 Bklyn 

MABEL CAREW 

IN VAUDEVILLE. 

Carle Irving 4203 No 41 Chicago 

Carmelos Pictures Oalety Girls B R 

Carmen Frank 465 W 103 N Y 

Carmen Beatrice 72 Cedar Brooklyn 

Carmontelle Hattie Marathon Girls B R 

Carroll Nettle Trio Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Carrolton ft Van 5428 Monte Vista Los Angeles 

Carson Bros 023 58 Brooklyn 

Carson ft Willard Sheas Toronto 

Carters The Ava Mo 

Casad ft DeVerne 1047 Walnut Cleveland 

Casmus ft La Mar Box 247 Montgomery Ala 

Case Paul 81 S Clark Chicago 

Caulfield ft Driver Normandie Htl New York 

Celest 74 Grove Rd Clapham Pk London 

Celeste Grace Midnight Maidens B R 

Chabanty Marguerite Columbians B R 

Chadwlck Trio Colonial N Y 

Champion Mamie Washington Society Girls BR 

Chantrell ft Schuyler 219 Prospect Av Bklyn 

Chapln Benjamin 566 W 180 N Y 

Chapman Sisters 1020 Mllburn Indianapolis 

Chase Dave 90 Birch Lynn 

Chase Carma 2015 So Halstead Chicago 

Chatham Sisters 308 Grant Plttsburi 



Chester and Jones 

"ARTISTIC DANCERS," 
En route Pantages' Circuit. Address, care 
^^^^^^^VARIETJ^Chjcago^^^^^^ 

nHcT^^hTTneT8™B7TgadTersTrR^^™ , ™^^~ 

Chubb Ray 107 Spruce Scranton Pa 

Church City Four Miles Detroit 

Church ft Springer 9604 Plttsfleld Mass 

INA CLAIRE 

In "JUMPING JUPITER." 
With Richard Carle, 

CInlrmont Josephine & Co 161 W 131 N Y 

Clarke Wilfred 130 W 44 N Y 

Clark Ceo Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Clark Floretta 10 Larnhurst Roxbury Mass 

Clark & Duncan Lyric Hot Springs 

Clark ft Ferguson 121 Phelps Englewood 

Clark ft Turner Elks Austin Tex 

Claton Carlos 235% 5 Av Nashville Tenn 

Claus ft Radcliffe 1049 Dayton Ave St Paul 

Clayton Drew Players Amerl< an Chicago lndef 

Clear Chas 100 Mornlngslde Av N Y 

('lemons Cam'n 402 Columbia Dorchester N Y 

('lemons Margaret Midnight Maidens B R 

Clever Trio 2120 Arch Phlla 

Cliff ft Cliff 4106 Artesian Chicago 

Clifford & Burke Majestic Chicago 

Clipper Quartet Polls Hartford 

Clito & Sylvester 028 Winter Phlla 

dure Raymond 057 Dennlson Av Columbus O 

Clyo Rochelle 1470 Hancock Qulney Mass 

Coattas Musical BIJou Bay City Mich 

Codena Mile Barnum ft Bailey C R 



Coha Will H Miss N Y Jr B R 

Cohen Nathan Hastings Show B R 

Cole Chas C Rollickers B R 

Collins Eddie 5 Reed Jersey City N » 

Cole & Johnson Hammersteins N Y. 

Collins Fred Dreamlanders B R 

(Joltou Tommy Faus & Foil lea B R 

comrades Four 824 Trinity Av N Y 

Couu Hugh L Fads ft Follies B R 

Conn Ricnard Orpheum Kansas City 

Connelly Pete tt Myrtle 720 N Clark Chicago 

Connelly ft Webb rolls New Haven 

Connelly Mr ft Mrs Orpheum Salt &Eke 

Coogan Alan Lovemakers B R 

Cook Geraldlne 075 Jackson Av N Y 

Cooke ft Meyers 1514 E Vancouver 

Cooke Rothert ft Summers Central Dresden 

Corbett Ada Miss N Y Jr B R 

Corbett ft Forrester 71 Emmet Newark N J 

Corlnne Suzanne Fads ft Follies B R 

Cornish Wm A 1108 Bway Seattle 

Cotter ft Boulden 1836 Vineyard Phila 

Cottrell ft Hamilton MaJeBtic La Salle 111 

Coyle ft Murrell 3327 Vernon Av Chicago 

Coyne Tom Hastings Show B R 

Crane Mrs. Gardner Keiths Providence 

Crawford Catherine Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Crawford Glenn S 14J0 Baxter Toledo 

Creighton Bros Midnight Maidens B R 

Cressy At Dayne Majestic Chicago 

Crosby Ana 102 E 8 Peru Ind 

Cross ft Josephine Columbia St Louis 

Cross ft Maye 1312 Huron Toledo 

Culhanes Comedians N Vernon Ind 

Culien Thos Runaway Girls B R 

Culleu Bros 2010 Ellsworth Phila 

Cuminger ft Colonna Aquarium Scarboro Eng 

Cumings ft Thornton Majestic Birmingham 

Cummings Josie Rose Sydell B R 

Cummlngs Mr. and Mrs Central Madgeburg Ger 

Cunningham B ft D 112 Wash n Champaign 111 

Curtln Patsie Century Girls B R 

Curtis Blanche Marathon Girls B R 

Curtis Sam J Linden Chicago 

Cycling Brunettes Polls New Haven 



Dagwell Sisters Chases Washington 

Dahduh Troupe Grand Sacramento 

Dale Warren E 1308 S Carlisle Phlla 

Dale ft Boyle Orpheum Lincoln Neb 

Dale ft Harris 1610 Madison Av N Y 

Daley Wm J 108 N 10 Phila 

Daly ft O'Brien National Sydney lndef 

Darmody Peoples Phila 

Davenport Edna Big Banner Show B R 

Davenports Three Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Davis Edwards Orpheum Sioux City 

Davis Hazel M 3538 La Salle Chicago 

Davis ft Cooper 1920 Dayton Chicago 

Davis Imperial Three Grand Tacoma 

Davidson Dott 1305 Michigan Av Niagara Falls 

Dawson ft Gillette 344 E 68 N Y 

De Clainvllle Sid 1313 Douglas Omaha 

LeGrace ft Gordon 022 Liberty Brooklyn 

De Lo John B 718 Jackson Milwaukee 

De Mar Lolo 746 Prospect PI Bklyn 

De Mar Rose 807 W 37 PI Chicago 

De Mario Apollo Berlin 

De Milt Gertrude 818 Sterling PI Bklyn 

De Oesch Mile M 336 So 10th Saginaw 

De Renzo ft La Due 6 Av N Y 

De Vassy Thos Big Banner Show B R 

De Velde Ermond J ft Co 40 Bway Norwich Ct 

De Vere Tony Watsons Burlesquers B R 

De Verne ft Van 4572 Yates Denver 

DeWltt Burns ft Torrace Scala Copenhagen 

De Wolfe Lanier ft Linton Qayety Baltimore 

De Young Tom 156 B 113 N Y 

De Young Mabel 122 W 115 N Y 

Dean Lew 452 2 Niagara Falls 

Dean ft Sibley 463 Columbus Av Boston 

Deas Reed ft Deas 253 W 30 N Y 

Deery Frank 204 WeBt End Av N Y 

Delaney Patsy Miss N Y Jr I) II 

Delavoye Will Howes London Show C R 

Delmor Arthur Irwins Big Show B R 

Delmore Adelaide Girls from Happyland B It 

Del ton Bros 261 W 38 N Y 

Demacos The Prospect Cleveland 

Deming ft Alton Americans B R 

Denman Louise 180 Rawson Atlanta 

Denton G Francis 451 W 44 N Y 

Desmond Vera Lovemakers B R 

Desperado Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Destiny 466 10 Detroit Mich 

Deveau Hubert Lyric Oklahoma City 

Dlas Mona Bohemians B R 

Anita Diaz's Monkeys 

Direction AL SUTHERLAND. 
Next Week (Oct. 17). Keiths, Columbus. 

Dlllae Max Forepaugh-Sells C R 

Dlolas The 142 E 5 Mansfield O 

Dixon Belle College Girls B R 

Dodd Family ft Jessie 201 Division Av Ilklyn 

Doherty ft Harlowe 428 Union Brooklyn 

Dolan ft Lenharr 2400 7 Av N Y 

Donaghy G Francis 310 55 Brooklyn 

Donald ft Carson 210 W 103 N Y 

Donegan Sisters Bon Tons B R 

Donner Doris 343 Lincoln Johnstown Pa 

Dobs Billy 102 High Columbia Tenn 

Douglass Chas Washington Society Clrls B R 

Downey Leslie T Elite Sheboygan Wis lndef 

Doyle Phil Merry Whirl II R 

Drew Chas Passing Parade B R 

Drew Dorothy 377 8 Av N Y 

Dube I^o 258 Stowe Av Troy 

I)u Hols Great ft Co 80 No Wash Av Bridgeport 

De Mars ft Gualtleri 307 W Water Elmlra N Y 

Duffy Tommy Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Dunbar Ma/lo IHJou Tulsa Okla lndef 

Duncan A () 012 E Bklyn 

Dune.lin Troupe Hon Tons B R 

Dunham Jack Bohemians B R 

Dunn Arthur F 217 E I^acock Pittsburg 

Duplllo Ernest A 08 Charing Cross London 

Dupreez ft DeYoe Lyric Mattoon 111 

Duprez Fred Orpheum Denver 

Durgin Goo Passing Parade B R 

JEANETTE DUPRE 

"Nearly a Native Daughter." 
Playing In the West. 



B 

Eddy ft Tallman 610 Lincoln Blvd Chicago 
Edman ft Gaylor Box 30 Richmond Ind 
Edna Ruth 419 W Green Olean N Y 
Edwards Gertrude Miss N Y Jr B R 

EDWARDS, VAN and TIERNEY 

REFINED ENTERTAINERS. 

This Week (Oct 10), Fifth Ave. 

Next Week (Oct. 17), Keith's. Providence. 



Edwards Jessie Pantages Denver 

Edwards Shorty Norka Akron O 

Egan Geo Marathon Girls B R 

El Barto 2531 Hollywood Phlla 

Elber Lew Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Elliott Jack Runaway Girls B R 

Ellsworth Harry ft Lillian Century Girls B R 

Elmore ft Raymond Pantages Los Angeles 

El wood Perry ft Downing 024 Harlem Av Ealto 

Emelie Troupe Jeffers Saginaw 

Emerald Connie 41 Holland Rd Brixton London 

Emerson ft Le Clear 23 Beach Av Orand Rapids 

Emerson Ida Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Emerson Harry Midnight Maidens B R 

Emmett ft Lower 410 Pine Darby Pa 

Englebreth G W 2313 Highland Av Cincinnati 

Ensor Wm Hastings Show B R 

Ersinger Mabelle E 216 8 Central Av Chicago 

Esmann H T 1284 Putnam Av Brooklyn 

LA ESTRELLiTA" 

Now in 8th month. Featured Attraction. 
Portola Cafe, San Francisco. 

Evans Allen Irwins Big Show B R 
Evans Bessie 3701 Cottage Grove Av Chicago 
Evans Teddy Midnight Maidens B R 
Evans ft Lloyd 023 E 12 Bklyn 
Evelyn Sisters 252 Green Av Bklyn 
Everett Gertrude Fads ft Follies B R 
Evers Geo 210 Losoya San Antonllo 
Ewlng Chas ft Nina 455 Telfair Augusta 



Falrchlld Sisters 220 Dlxwell Av New Haven 
Falrchlld Mr ft Mrs 1321 Vernon Harrisburg 
Fairfax Grace Colonial Warsaw lndef 
Fairburn Jas Miss N Y Jr B R 
Falls Billy A 588 Lyell Av Rochester 
Fantas Two 8 Union Sq New York 

FARRELL-TAYLOR TRIO 

Funniest Black Face Act In Vaudeville. 
Next Week (Oct. 17), Lyric. Dayton. O. 

Fawn Loretta Rose Sydell B R 

Fay Two Coleys ft Fay Maryland Baltimore 

Fay Gus Irwins Majestic B R 

Felix Geo ft Barry Sisters Bronx N Y 

Felsman ft Arthur 2144 W 20 Chicago 

Fenner ft Fox 630 Central Camden N J 

DAVE FERGUSON 

Next Week (Oct. 17). Poll's, New Haven. 

Ferguson Frank 480 E 43 Chicago 
Ferguson Jos 127 W 67 N Y 
Ferguson Marguerite Hastings Show B R 
Fern Ray 1300 W Ontario Phlla 
Fernandez May Duo 207 B 87 N Y 
Ferrard Grace 2716 Warsaw Av Chicago 

HARRY FETTERER 

VENTRILOQUIST. 
Booked Solid. W. V. A. Until February. 

Field Bros Keiths Boston 
Fields ft Hanson Crystal Braddock Pa 
Fields & La Adclla Lyric E Liverpool O 
Finn ft Ford 280 Revere Winthrop Mass 
Finney Frank Trocaderos B R 
Fisher Marie Oalety Olrls B R 
Fisher Susie Rose Sydell B R 
Flske Gertrude Brigadiers B R 
Fitzgerald & Qulnn Bowery Burlesquers 
Flt/geralds 8 Juggling Girls Rlngllng C R 
Pltzsimmnns & Cumeron 5600 S Green Chicago 
Fletchers 33 Rondell PI San Francisco 

JEANIE FLETCHER 

SCOTTISH PRIMA DONNA 

America Travesty Stars 

Pickwick. San Diego, Cal. Indefinite. 

Fletcher Ted 470 Warren Bklyn 

Florede Nellie Columbians B R 

Folletto ft Wicks 1824 Gates Av Bklyn 

Forbes ft Bowman Orpheum Kansas City 

Force Johnny 800 Edmonson Baltimore 

Ford Geo Queen of Jardln de Paris B It 

Ford ft Co 3<M> Fenton Flint Mich 

Ford Johnny O II Chicago lndef 

Ford ft Miller 20 Drayton Buffalo 

Ford ft LoulBe 128 S Broad Mankato Minn 

Fords Four Orpheum Omaha 

Formby Geo Walthew House Wlgan Eng 

Foster Geo A Rlngllng Bros C R 

Foster Harry ft Sallle 1830 K 12 Phlla 

Foster Billy 2310 Centre Pittsburg 

Fosto Rlngllng Bros C R 

Fox & Summers 517 10 Saginaw Mich 

Fox Florence 172 Fllmorc Rochester 

Fox Will World of Pleasure B It 

Foyer Eddie W20 Plerpont Cleveland 

Francis Wlnnlfrcd Vanity Fair B It 

Francis Willard 07 W 138 N Y 

Franclscos 343 N Clark Chiengo 

Frank Sophia ft Myrtle Miss n y Jr R R 

Freeman Bros Girls from Happyland B R 

Frellgh Lizzie Rowery Burlesque™ H It 

Frcneh Henri Gerard Htl N Y 

French ft Williams 821 W Blaine Sent tie 

Frey Twins Temple Rochester 

Frleke Wlllniiin Lovemakers B R 

Frobcl ft Ruge 311 W L'3 N Y 



When atisurrmy advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



34 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



YOU RUN NO RISK! 

In playing the greatest mind reading aet on the American Stage, an act with the reputation that this act has won. For It will get 70a the MONBT when your business Is 
bad. It will build up your business to stay. This act Is Beautifully staged. And altogether is one of the most elaborate specialties of the kind that vaudeville has lately seen. 




WORLD'S FAMOUS 
MIND READER 



off. 



A Mind Reading Act with unlimited possibilities. Playing to Phenomenal Business everywhere. The results at the box office make the Managers wear a smile that won't 

DIRECTION ALP T. WILTON, 319 Putnam Building. New York. 






CAT 

World's Greatest and 
Best Musical Act 



FIFTH AVENUE. 

With the Four Musical Cates as the headline 
act. the Fifth Avenue Theatre is offering an ex- 
cellent vaudeville bill this tfoek. In the feature 
act the largest saxophone In the world is used to 
an advantage by Fred O. Cate, who handles the 
Beven-foot instrument with perfect ease, producing 
very harmonious music. W. H. and Frank B. Cate 
also rendered solos on various kinds of musical 
devices.— "The Nashville American," Nashville, 
Tenn. 



DEAS, REED and DEAS 



Some Singing Some Comedy 

The real "Rome" srt will be in New York soon 



Some Clothes 



LAURA 



BILLY 



HOUSTON KIRBY 



This Week (Oct. 10). Bijou. Iowa City. 



A. B. MEYERS. Agent 



JOE 




MINNIE 



AND 

Refined German Comedy. Singing and Dancing. 

M»»as— >«nt WILLIAM JOSH DALY 



TOOMER HEVYINS 

Present the Comedy Playlet, "IT HAPPENED IN LONELYVILLE." 
AN ORIGINAL, UNIQUE, CONSISTENT STORY. 

Week Oct. 2. DENVER. COLO.. PANTAGES THEATRE. 
Week Oct. 9. PUEBLO. COLO., PANTAGES THEATRE. 
Week OcL 16, ST. JOSEPH. MO., PANTAGES THEATRE. 

Address: Care WHITE RATS, New York or Chicago. 



Jackson and Margaret 

Novelty Singing Act "IN OLD KENTUCKY" 

Presenting America's Oreateat Colored Lad* Contralto Sln*rr. Care VARIETY. Chicago. 

DeRENZO « LaDUE 

BOOKED SOLID— UNITED TIME 
This Week (Oct. 10)/ Trent. Trenton. Next Week (Oct. 17). Fifth Ave.. New York. 



The Ben Hartleys 

Mr. Harney. "Tie Originator of Rag Time," having written all NEW BONOS and 

MUSIC for the Act, BOLIC1TS engagements starting Nov. 12. 

Management J. WELLINGTON EL8WORTH. care Continental Hotel, San Francisco. 

Have $6,000 To Invest In a Oood Proposition. 



C olossal S uccess J. RADIE FURMAN 



This Week (Oct. 10), Orpheum, Memphis 



Next Week (Oct. 17), Orpheum, Now Orleans First Aaericii Ea§i|cneat ii 3 vein. Ei bait. Orphna Brenit 



MOFFETT and CLARE 



PRESENTING A POLITE SINGING 
AND DANCING OFFERING 



A SUCCESS IN THE WILLIAMS HOUSES. 



LAYPO 



"Roses. Roses. Roaes Bring Memories of You, Dear." 



and 



BENJAMIN 



Originators of the 

Hebrew Character in 

an Acrobatic Act 



Regards to Billy James. HENNESSY AND BOSTOCK, Managers. Wardrobe furnished by Davidson's Quality Shop, Red Bank, N. J. 



Opening on 
Orpheum Circuit 

Oct. 16, at 
. Spokane, Wash. 



MEBEL 



MELVILLE 



BUNYEA 



AND 



GIDEON 



u 



The American Beauty and the Song Writer. 

Whsn answering advertisement* kindly mention VARIETY. 



If 



Entire New 

Repertoire of 

Songs Written by 

Mr. Gideon 



VARIETY 



35 



Gaffney Sisters 1407 Madison Chicago 
Gaffney Al 303 Vernon Brooklyn N Y 
O i a^eJghasJ79 - Wh^e - 8DrlnjfleldMass^^^^ 

FIVE GAFFNEY GIRLS 

"8oenes tu a Dressing Room" 
Booked Solid by W. V. A. 

Oale Ernie 100 Eastern At Toronto 

Gallagher Ed Big Banner Show B R 

Garden Geo Girls from Happyland B R 

Gardner Andy Bohemians B R 

Gardner Georgle A Co 4046 Kenmore av Chic 

Gardluers Three 1058 No 8 Phila 

Oath Karl A Emma 608 Cass Chicago 

Oaylor Chas 768 17 Detroit 

Gear Irving Century Girls B R 

Genaro A Thoel Majestic Corslcana Tex indef 

George Abraham T Jacks B R 

Germane Anna T 25 Arnold Revere Mass 

Gettings J F Marathon Girls B R 

Geyer Bert Palace Htl Chicago 

Gilbert Ella R Runaway Girls B R 

Gill Edna Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Gilmore Mildred Gaiety Oir's B R 

Gilmore Le Moyne A Perry Empress Kan City 

Girard Marie 41 Howard Boston 

Gleason Violet 480 Lexington Waltham Mass 

Glover Edna May 862 Emporia Av Wichita 

Goforth A Doyle 251 Halsey Bklyn 

Golden Sam Wash Society Girls B R 

Golden Nat Hastings Show B R 

Golden Claude Pantages Denver 

Goldie Annette Big Banner Show B R 

Goldle Boys Slttners Chicago 

Goodman H 700 E 165 N Y 

Goodrich Mitchell Hastings Show B R 

Goolmans Musical Columbia Kansas City 

Gordon Dan 1777 Atlantic Av Bklyn 

Gordon W C Orpheum Nashville 

Gordon A Barber 26 So Locust Hagerstown Md 

Gordon A Henry BIJou Augusta Ga 

Gordon ft Marx Colonial Norfolk 

Gossans Bobby 400 So 6th Columbus O 

Gottlob Amy 600 No Clark Chicago 

Gould Sisters Auditorium Newark O 

Gould C W Marathon Girls B R 

Gould A Rice .'{26 Smith Providence R I 

Goyt Trio 356 Willow Akron O 

Graham Donald Bijou Appleton Wis 

Grahnm Frank Marathon Girls B R 

Grannon Ha Melrose Park Pa 

Grant Burt A Bertha 2056 Dearborn Chicago 

Granville & Mack Cherry Blossoms B R 

Granville A Rogers Orpheum Kansas City 

Graves Joy Dreamlanders B R 

Gray A Gray 1022 Birch Joplln Mo 

Gray A Graham Sydney Australia Indef 

Green Edna Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Green Ethel Keiths Columbus O 

Greene ft Wlnnlfred Runaway Girls B R 

Gremmer A Melton 14.37 S Louisville 

Griffith John P Trocaderos B R 

Griffith Marvelous Orpheum Duluth 

Griffs ft Hoot 1328 Cambria Phi la 

Grimes Tom ft Gertie Wllllamstown N J 

Grimm A Satchell Central Old Town M e 

Groom Sisters 503 N Hermitage Trenton N J 

Grossman Al 532 North Rochester 

Grover A Richards 2731 Bway N Y 

Grovlni Geanette Washington Society Girls BR 

Oruber A Kew 408 4 Av E Flint Mich 

Gullfoyle ft Charlton 303 Harrison Detroit 

Guyer Victoria Miss N Y Jr B R 

Guyer ft Vallle 86 Cumberland W Green London 

II 

Hall Geo F Polls Bridgeport 

Hall ft Pray Washington Boston 

Hall & Briscoe 50 Orchard Norwich Conn 

Hall Prlchard ft Mountain Majestic Pallas 

Hallman A Murphy King George Toronto 

Halls Dors 111 Walnut Revere Mass 

Ha! son BY»ys 21 E OS N Y 

Halsted Wlllard 1141 Prytanla New Orleans 

Hamlins The 51 Scovel PI Detroit 

Hamilton Maude Watsons Burlesouers B R 

Hamilton Estelle B Bijou Appleton Wis 

Hamilton Jack 8 Plateau Montreal 

Hammond Gracla Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Hampton A Bassett 837 Poplar Cincinnati 

Hancy Edith Majestic Little Rock 

Haney A Long Orpheum Freeport HI 

Hannon Blllv 15.10 No Hamlin Av Chicago 

Hansone & Co Merrlmac Lowell Mass 

Hanvey ft Baylies 512 Lenox Av-'N Y 

Harcourt Frank Crarker Jacks B H 

Harmonlus Four Alamo New Orleans Indef 

Harrington Bobbv Serenaders B R 

Harrison West Trio 000 IU Norfolk Va 

Hart Billy ft Marie Majestic Chicago 

Hart Stanley Wards 3445 Pine St Louis 

Hart Maurice 156 Lenox Av N Y 

Hart Bros Hagenbeek-Wallace C R 

Hnrtwell Rffle Big Banner Show B R 

Harvey Harry Hastings Show B R 

Harveys The 507 Western Moundsvllle W Va 

Hartman Gretchen 565 W 144 N Y 

Hassan Ben All Luna Villa Htl Coney Island 

Hastings Harry Hastings Show B R 

Hasty Charlie Malestlc Dallas 

Haswell J H Majestic Ellwood City Pa Indef 

Hatches The 47 E 132 N Y 

Hathaway John Irwlns Majesties 

Hathaway ft Slegel Irwlns Majesties B R 

E. F. HAWLEY and CO. 

THE BANDIT 

Next Week (Oct. 17). Keith's. Boston. 

EDW. S. KELLER. Rep. 

Hawkins Harry College Girls B R 
Hawley ft Bachen 1347 N 11 Phlla 
Hawthorne Hilda 3313 Jamaica Richmond Hill 
Hayes Margaret Watsons Burlesquers B R 
Hayes Gertrude Follls of the Day B R 
Hayes ft Patton Carson City Nev Indef 
Haynes Beatrice American B R 
Hayes & Wynne 418 Strand W C London 
Hayman * Franklin Palace Burnley Eng 
Hayward A Hayward Orpheum Om^ha 
Harelton Jns Washington 8oclety Girls B R 
Healy Tim Gaiety Girls B R 
Heara Sim Follies of the Day B R 
Heath Frankle Big Review B R 
Heather Josle Orpheum Omaha 



Held A La Rue 1328 Vine Phlla 

Henderson A Thomas 227 W 40 N Y 

Hendrlx Klarl College Girls B R 

Henella A Howard 646 N Clark Chicago 

Hennessey A Son Polls Scranton 

Henry Dick 207 Palmetto Bklyn 

Henry Girls 2326 So 17 Philadelphia 

Henry Jack 41 Lisle Leicester Sq London 

Henrys The Lyceum Detroit 

Herbert 05 Moreland Boston 

Herberts The 47 Washington Lynn Mass 

Herberts Flying Sells Floto C R 

Herleln Lilian Apollo Vienna 

Herman A Rice 420 W 30 N Y 

Here Geo 83U Stone Av Scranton 

Heuman Troupe Hagenbeek-Wallace C R 

Heverley Great 201 Desmond Say re Pa 

Hickman Bros A Co Family Lafayette Ind 

Hill Arthur Hastings Show B R 

Hill Edmunds Trio 262 Nelson New Brunswick 

Hlllard May Sam T Jacks B R 

Hllllar A La Vette Barnum & Bailey C R 

GEORGE HILLMAN 

The German Chauffeur. 
Material by J. Brandon Walsh. 

Hills Harry Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Hl.lyerg Novelty Bklyn 

Hlllman ft Roberts 300 So 13 Saginaw Mich 

Holdrn J Maurice Dainty Duchess B R 

Hollander Joe Irwlns Majestic B R 

Holman Harry Lyric Newark N J 

Holmes Ben Box 801 Richmond Va 

Holt Alf Sydney Australia 

Honan & Helm Victoria Baltimore 

Hood Sam 721 Florence Mobile Ala 

Hoover Lillian 432 W 34 New York 

Hopp Fred 326 Littleton Av Newark N J 

Hotallng Edward 557 S Division Grand Rapids 

Howard Chas Follies of New York B R 

Howard Emily 644 N Clark Chicago 

Howard Mote Vanity Fair B R 

Howard Geo F Big Review B R 

Howard Comedy Four 0P3 3 Av Bklyn 

Howard Harry ft Mae 222 S Peoria Chicago 

Howard* ft Co Bernlce 3000 Calumet Av Chicago 

Howard & Howard Orpheum Oakland 

Howe Sam Lovemakers B R 

Howe Llzette Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Hurgel & Qulnn 536 Rush Chicago 

Hulbert ft De Long Barrlson Waukegan 111 

Hunt Robt Washington Society Girls B R 

Hunter Fthel 4020 Troost Kansas City 

Hunter & Ross 820 S Senate Indianapolis 

Huntress National Htl Chicago 

Hurley F J 152 Maenolla Av Elizabeth N J 

Hutchinson Al 210 E 14 New York 

Huxley Dorcas E Vanity Fair B R 

Hyatt A Le Nore 1612 W Lanvale Baltimore 

Hylands Three 23 Cherry Danbury Conn 

Hynde Bessie 518 Pearl Buffalo 



Imhoff Roger Fads ft Follies B R 
Ingram ft Seeley Beacon Boston 
Ingrams Two 1804 Story Boone la 
Inness ft Ryan Majestic Little Rock 

USICAL IRVING 

"MIRTH AND MUSIC" 

Direction FRANK BOHM, 
1547 Broadway, N. Y. City. 

Irish May Watson Burlesquers B R 

Irwin Flo 227 W 45 N Y 

Irwin Geo Irwlns Big Show B R 



Jackson H'ry & Kate 200 Buena Vista Yonkers 

Jackson A P Colonial Plttsfleld Mass Indef 

Jackson Alfred 80 E Tupper Buffalo 

Jackson Robt M Runaway Girls B R 

Jackson ft Long No Vernon Ind 

Jansen Ben ft Chas Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Jeffries Tom 150 Henry Brooklyn 

Jennlers The 130S I Washington 

Jennings * Renfrew Shubert Utlca 

Jerge Louis 201 Esser Av Buffalo 

Jerome Edwin Merry Whirl B R 

Jess ft Dell 1202 N St Louis 

Jess Johnny Crarker Jacks B R 

Jewel 263 Littleton Av Newark N J 

Jewel ft Barlowe 3002 Arlington Av St Louis 

Johnson Honey 30 Trrmont Cambridge Mass 

Johnson ft Mercer 012 Joplln Mo 

Johnson Bros ft Johnson 0245 Callowhlll Phlla 

Johnston Elsie Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Johnston A Buckley Golden Crook B R 

Jones A Dcelcy Greenjvolnt. Bklyn 

Jones A Cilllam O H Marlboro Mass 

Jones & Rogers 1351 Park Av N Y 

Jones Maude 471 Lenox Av N Y 

Jones A Whitehead S3 Boydm Newark N J 

Jordans Four Plaza Philadelphia 

Joyce Jack Circus Bush Vienna 

Julian ft Dyer 07 High Detroit 

.lundts Lcs Sclls-Floto C R 

Juno A Wells 511 E 78 New York 

K 

Karl Lyric Dayton 

Kane Leonard Grand Knoxvllle 

Karfrlln Bros Pntrrson N' J 

Kaufman Reha A In^z Follies Borgere Paris 

Kaufman Troupe Orpheum Denver 

Kenrnry ft Godfrey 075 Jackson Av \ T Y 

Keating ft Murray Blakes Wildwood N J Indef 

Koclcy Bros Union Sfroudsburg Orr 

Kcene ft Adams 418 Strand W C London 



TTM F. 



THEM'S THEM. 



AWTH! V 



KELLY and KENT 



Kelfe Zena Keiths Pawtucket R I 
Kelley ft Catlln Famllv St Marys Pa 
Kelly ft Wentworth Jeffers Saginaw 
Kelley ft Catlln 3533 Ca'umet Chicago 
Kelly. Lew Serenaders B R 
Kelsey Sisters 4K32 Christiana Av Chicago 
Keltners 133 Colonial Pi Dallas 
Kendall Ruth Miss N Y Jr B R 



Kendall Chas ft Maldle 128 Alfred Detroit 

Kennedy Joe 1131 N 3 Av Knoxvllle 

Kenney ft Hollls 65 Holmes Av Allston Mass 

Kenney Nobody ft Piatt Proctors Newark 

Kent ft W lson 6036 Monroe Av Chicago 

Kenton Dorothy Alhambra Paris 

Kenyot Family Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Ressner Rose 438 W 164 N Y 

Kldders Bert ft Dorothy 1274 Clay San Fran 

Klda 333 St Lawrence Montreal 

Klne Josle Bowery Burlesquers B R 

King Margaret H Serenaders B R 

King Bros 211 4 Av Schenectady 

King Violet Winter Gard'n Blackpool Eng Indef 

Klnnebrew A Klara O H Plymouth 111 Indef 

Klralfo Bros 1710 3 Av Evansvllle Ind 

Klrksmlth Sisters Grand Kawanee 111 

Kirschbaum Harry 1023 Main Kansas City 

Knowles R M College Girl B R 

Kohers Three 60-13 Wheeling W Va 

Koehler Grayce 5050 Calumet Chicago 

Koler Harry Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Kovarick 427 12 Av N Seattle 

Kratons The 418 Strand London 

Kurtls Roosters Slttners Chicago 



Lacouver Lena Vanity Fair B R 

Lafayettes Two 1R5 Graham Oshkosh 

Laird Major Irwlns Big Show B R 

Lake Jas J Bon Tons B R 

Lalor Ed Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Lancaster ft Miller 546 Jones Oakland 

Lane Goodwin A Lane 3713 Locust Phlla 

Lane ft Ardell 332 Genesee Rochester 

Lane Eddie 305 E 73 N Y 

Lane ft O'Donnell Orpheum Los Angeles 

Lang Karl 273 Blckford Av Memphis 

Langdon Lucille 565 W 144 N Y 

Langdons Bijou Lansing Mich 

Lanlgan Joe 102 S 51 Phlla 

Lansear Ward E 232 Schaefer Bklyn 

La Auto Girl 123 Alfred Detroit 

La Blanche Mr ft Mrs Jack 3315 E Baltimore 

La Centra ft LeRue 2461 2 Av N Y 

La Delles Four 123 2 Decatur Ind 

Le Fleur Joe Forepaugh Sells C R 

La Failles Four Barnum ft Bailey C R 

La Fere Eleanore Miss N Y Jr B R 

La Gusta 224 E 42 N Y 

La Mar Dorothy World of Pleasure B R 

La Maze Bennett ft La Maze 2508 Pitkin Bklyn 

La Moines Musical 332 5 Baraboo Wis 

La Nolle Ed ft Helen 1707 N 15 Phlla 

La Mera Paul 27 Monroe Albany 

La Rue ft Holmes 21 Llllle Newark 

La Tell Bros Casino Montreal 

La Tour Irene 24 Atlantic Newark N J 

La Tosca Phil 135 W 32 Los Angeles 

La Toy Bros Orpheum New Orleans 

La Vettes 1708 W 31 Kansas City 

Larkin Nicholas Runaway Girls B R 

Larose 226 Bleecker Bklyn 

I^arrlvee 32 Shuter Montreal 

Lawrent Marie Grand Washington 

Laurie ft Allen Lyceum Stamford 

Laveen Cross & Co Temple Dptrolt 

Lavender Will Big Review B R 

Lavlne ft Inman 3201 E 81 Cleveland 

Lavardes Lillian 1200 Union Hackensack N J 

Lawrence Bill Bohemians R R 

Lawrence ft Edwards 1140 West'm'r Providence 

Lawrence A Wright 55 Copeland Roxbury Mass 

Laypo A Benjamin Auditorium Lynn 

Layton Marie 252 E Indiana St Charles 111 

Le Clair Harrv 245 W 134 N Y 

Le Orange A Gordon 2823 Washington St Louis 

Le Hlrt 760 Clifford Av Rochester 

Le Pearl ft Bogert 401 Solome Springfield 111 

T,e Roy Lillian Marathon Olrls B R 

Le Rov Vivian Golden Crook B R 

Le Roy Vic 332 Everett Kansas Cltv Kan 

1* Roy Chas 1S00 N Gay Bnltlmorr 

Le Rov A Adams 1812 Loescl Av Erie Pa 

Le Van Harry Big Review B R 

Loahv Bros Harrison Pawtucket R I 

I^ee Mlnnlp Bowery Burlesuqcrs B R 

Leestele Eleanor Merry Whirl B R 

Lefflngwell Nat A Co Natl San Francisco 

Lelck A KMth Palace Aberdeen Scot 

Lenzs The 1818 School Chicago 

I^onnrd & Drake 1000 Park PI Bklvn 

BESSIE LEONARD 

The Girl with the Wonderful Hair. 
Next Week (Oct. 16), American. Omaha. 

Leonarf^ftPnlBlpt^'arnllycTiatai^ 
Leonl Ruby Cracker .larks B R 
Lerner Dave Americans B R 
Les Jundts 523 E Richard Dayton O 



BERT LESLIE 

KINO OF 8LANO. 

With "Our Miss Olbbs," En Tour. 



Leslie Genie 301 Tremont Boston 

LesMe Frank 121 W 130th N Y 

Leslie Mabel Big Banner Show B R 

Lester Anna Alrdome Waco T«x 

Lester Joe Golden Crook B R 

Lester A Relict 318 Falrmount \v Jersey Cltv 

Levlno D A Susie 14 Prospect W 1 1 a v • n Conn 

Levitt A Falls 412 Cedar Syracuse 

Lew Famllv Malestlc Fasthaniplon Mass 

Lewis A Vahltv Fair B R 

I^wls Chns 101 W 113 N Y 

Lewis A Lake 2111 Norton Av Kansas Cltv 

Lewis Phil J 110 W 121 V Y 

Lewis Walter A Co 077 Wa«h*n Rrookllne Mass 

Lewis ft Oreen Palntv !Mi'-he«s B R 

Lillian Orare Century Girls B R 

Lingermans 7"5 N* 5 Phila 

Uncord Little Watsons Burlesque B R 

Llssmnn Harrv Hastlnes Show B R 

Llvermore A M O H Cairo III 

Livingston Murry R30 E 103 N Y 

Lloyd A Casta no 10$ W 01 N* Y 

I/irso R- St<rlintr Hathawavs Brockton 

London A Rlker 32 W 08 N Y 

Loralnn Harrv Pie Review B R 

lyirralno O H Cairo I'l 

Lovett Ed World of Pleasure B R 

lyiwer F Edward Hastings Show B R 

Luce A Luce Orpheum Denver 

Luken Al Marathon Girls B R 

Luttlnger Lucas Co 536 Valencia San Fran 




A Refined Novelty Singing Act. 
Next Week (Oct. 17). Rock ford. 

Lynch-Hazel 355 Norwood Av Grand Rapids 
Lynch Jack 03 Houston Newark 
Lynn Roy Box 62 Jefferson City Tenn 
Lyon A Atwood Dunns Cafe San Francisco 
Lyres Three Majestic Ft Worth 

M 

Macdonald Sisters 12 Bache San Francisco 

Mack Tom Watsons Burlesquers B It 

Mack Billy 5!M7 Chestnut Phlla 

Mack A Co Lee 666 N State Chicago 

Mack Wm Follies of the Day B R 

Mackey J S Runaway Girls B R 

Madison Chas Trocaderos B It 

Mae Rose Passing Parade B R 

Mae Florence 43 Jefferson Bradford Pa 

Maher Agnes 575 Wabash Av Chicago 

Mahoney Wm Irwlns Big Show B R 

Main Ida Dunns Cafe San Francisco 

Maitland Mable Vanity Fair B R 

Majestic Musical Four Gaiety Girls B R 

Malloy Dannie 11 Glen Morris Toronto 

Maltese Lewis A Co Prlscilla Cleveland 

Mann Chas Dreamlanders B R 

Manning Frank 355 Bedford Av Bklyn 

Manning Trio 70 Clacy Grand Rapids 

Mantells Marionettes 4420 Berkeley Av Chic 

Marcoll A I*enctt Gentry Show C R 

Mnrdo A Hunter Cozv Corner Glrlg B R 

Marimba Band Mellinl Hanover Ger 

Marine Comedy Trio 187 Hopkins Bklyn 

Mario Louise Vanity Fair B R 

Marion Johnny Century Girls B R 

Marlon A Lillian 22 Manhattan Av N Y 

Marlon Dave Dreamlanders B R 

Mario Aldo Trio Orpheum Lincoln Neb 

Marr Blllie Irwlns Big Show B R 

Marsh A Mlddleton 10 Dyer Av Everett Mass 

Marshall A King Golden Crook B R 

Marshall Louise Golden Crook B R 

Martell Mazle 2083 Sutter San Francisco 

Martha Mile Hathaways Lowell 

Clark Martinetti ? 



Martin Dave A Percle 4801 Calumet Chicago 
Martin Frank A T Jacks B R 
Martine Carl A Rudolph 461 W 57 N Y 
Mason Harry L College Girls B R 
Mathleson Walter 813 W Ohio Chicago 
Mathleus Juggling Juneau Milwaukee 

Sensational Novelty Entertainers 

JUGGLING MATHIEUS 

IN VAUDEVILLE 

Mnxlms Models Forsythe Atlanta Oa 

Mays Musical Four 154 W Oak Chicago 

Mazctte Ros«» Marathon Girls B R 

McAllister Dick Vanity Fair IJ It 

McAvoy Harry Bon Tons B R 

MK'ale Larry Irwlns Big Show B R 

McCimn (Jernldlne & Co 706 Park Johnstown Pa 

McCarthy Henry S17 N Hancock Phlla 

McCliiln M 3221 Madison Av Pittsburg 

McConncll Sisters 1247 Madison Chicago 

McCominck Frank A Co Polls Worcester 

McCormlck A Irving 5<»3 W 17H N Y • 

Medme & (irant (lid Benton Pittsburg 

McDowell John nnd Alice 627 6 Iretrolt 

MeC.arry A McGarry Pennant Winners B R 

McClarry & Harris 521 Palmer Toledo 

Mcdee Jop B Nathawnys Lowell 

MHiriRor Sandy Brigadiers B R 

MfCulrc Tutz W High Detroit 

Mdntvre W .1 Follies of the Day B It 

McMahnn Al- Chnppellc Box 424 Bordentown N J 

McNiiini e M.i Jest le Seattle 

McW.it. rs & Tvson 471 150 irklyn 

Melk Anna Brigadiers It It 

M reh :m Hilly Sam T .lacks B R 

M' mh Isohn .lick 16": W VM S Y 

Mcnetekel |04 E 11 New York 

Meredith Sisters 2!» W 6". N Y 

Merrill Sebastian Orpin urn Bklyn 

Merrlft Frank Pe'p'cs !*oulsville 

Merritt Raymond 17S Tremont Pasadena Cal 

Met/ & MHz <;»I1 w 111 N Y 

Metlien Sifters 1 "J Culton Springfield Mass 

Meyer David Pantages Victoria B C Indef 

Meyers Be||r» Crand Knoxvllle 

Michael k Michael 315*1 W 53 N Y 

Milun A De Bols X25 1!» Nashville 

MIlis Margaret Fads A Fdllfs B R 

Military Four 67H E 24 Paterson N J 

MI'lard Bros Rose Sydell B R 

Miller Larry Princess St Paul Indef 

Miller A Queen of Jard'n de Paris B R 

Miller Helen Passing Parade B R 

Miller Ford 26 Braxton Buffalo 

Miller A Mack 2611 Federal Phlla 

Miller A Princeton Rs Olnev Pr-ivldcnc 

Miller Theresa 11H W Grand Av Ok'nlmina 

Millers The Hmg Show r R 

Mlllman Trio Central Ntircmherg Cer 

Mllmnrs Colonial Covington Ky 

Mint-/ to Palnn r l."'.«i5 \ 7 Phila 

Mlroff Prineis- niph'um 1 larri- ■luiri' 

Mlskel Hunt <♦- Mi'l'T l«»s M i'\n< I tni.it i 

Mit' h* II P.i nii'M Mi \ Y lr It It 

Mitehi It K Ca>n Mni]i'r.- ll.nkri'V |-'n^ 
MolWr Harrv .'!«• P.lviner I »•■! i .•• » r . <> 
Monarch Four OoMen Crook P. R 
Moneta Five Lvrle Danville HI 
Montgomery Harrv <;.-, k I U» \ Y 
M'.ntamho 'k P.i.:.!'i *:." !'■ ' t W-ifrburv 
Mooney K Hollieln Nlinctori London 
Moore Hi I. n I Cn'umh ;n ■ .: n i; 
Moore Ceo W :'.16» Cedar Philadelphia 
Morgan MnylndL Ml-lni-hf Maidens B R 
Morgan Hhs 2525 K Madison Phlln 
Morgan King * Th»ini> on SI 6f« R 11 Chicago 
Morgan Myers A Mike Colonial Richmond 
Morrell Frank Orphuini Port'and 
Morris Felice Orpheum Portland 



When antwerinp advertisements ktrndSfy mention VARIETY. 



36 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



LAURA 




UCKLEY 



■it 



Presenting a Protean Monologue, "STUDIES PROM LIFE 1 

UNITED TIME Management. MAX HART 



IN HER ORICINAL HULA-HULA DANCE wiU| 

"ECHO" Co. 

Rep. 

PAT 
CASEY 



TOO S-PAKA 



PAKA'S HAWAIIAN TRIQ 

OTHERS, IMITATERS and FAKES 




Jessie 
Broughton 



AND 



Dennis 
Creedon 

IN A 

REFINED VOCAL 
AND INSTRUMEN- 
TAL SCENA 

Masting with success this 

week (Oct. lO) SAVOY. 

Baltimore 




Hail 



And 




MORRI8 CIRCUIT 



Harry Garrity 



America* Trayesty Stare 



"JUST A COMEDIAN." 

PICKWICK THEATRE. SAN DIEGO. CAL. 



I 



I 



PUT THIS NAME ON TOUR BOOKS 



EDYTHE GIBBONS 

Clerer, Classy Comedienne, Restricted Songs and Stories, Good Voice, Oood Looks, Oood Act 

.<•">:» West 46th 8t., New York. 'Phone, 2470 Bryant. 
Agents please send postal for Illustrated Booklet containing photos. 

Mr. JOHNSON CLARK 



TRILOQUI 

MORRIS CIRCUIT 





MISS 



SYDNEY SHIELDS 



Successful on the Orpheum Circuit 



Orpheum, Memphis. Next Week (Oct. 17) 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



37 



Morris Joe Dainty Duchess B R 
Morris Ed Reeves Beauty Show B R 
Morris Helen Passing Parade B R 
Morris ft Wortman 132 N Law Allen town Pa 
Morris ft Morton 1306 8t Johns PI Bklyn 
Morris Mildred * Co 200 W 85 New York 
Morris Billy ft Sherwood Sis 223 Pontlac Dayton 
Morrison May Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Miss ALICE M0RTL0CK 

Presenting "THE OTHER WOMAN." 
Sulllvan-Consldlne Circuit 

Morton Harry K Golden Crook B R 

Morton A Keenan 574 11 Bklyn 

Moosey Win Bon Tons B R 

Mowatts Peerless Wlntergarten Berlin 

Mull Eva World of Pleasure B R 

Mullen Tom Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Mullen Jim Lovemakers B R 

Muller Maud 001 W 151 N Y 

Mulvey A Amoros Orpheum Kansas City 

Murphy Prances Dreamlanders B R 

Murray Elizabeth New Amsterdam N Y Indef 

Murray A Alvin Great Alblnl Co 

Murray A Stone 2045 E 18 Cleveland 

My Fancy 12 Adams Strand London 

Myers A MacBryde 162 6 Av Troy N Y 

N 

Nannary May A Co Majestic Butte 

Nash May Columbians B R 

Nazarro Nat A Co 3101 Tracy Av Kansas City 

Neff ft Starr Keiths Cleveland 

Nelson H P Follies of New York B R 

Nelson Chester American B R 

Nelson Bert A. 1042 N Humboldt Chicago 

Nelson Georgia 2710 Virginia St Louis 

Nelson Oswald & Bdrger 150 E 128 N Y 

Nevaros Three 894 12 Av Milwaukee 

Nevlns ft Erwood 231 Edgemond Av Chester Pa 

Newhoff A Phelps 32 W 118 N Y 

Newton Billy S Miss N Y Jr B R 

Nicholas Nelson A Nichols Orpheum OH City Pa 

Nlcoll Ida Bohemians B R 

Noble A Brooks Garrlck Burlington la 

Nonette 617 Flatbush Av Bklyn 

Normans Juggling Sells Floto C R 

Norton Ned Follies of New York A Paris B R 

Norton C Porter 6342 Klmbark Av Chicago 

Norwalk Eddie 595 Prospect Av Bronx N Y 

Noss Bertha Gerard Hotel N Y 

Nowak Major C Hammerstelns N Y 

Nugent J C Orpheum Denver 



Bert. E. and Ada Heist. 

THEOBERMAIMS 

Presenting "Trtx." W. V. A. Time. 

O^rTenTTaTk^^oTImbTansT^R^"™™^^^^^ 

O'Connor Trio 708 W Allegheny Av Phlla 

O'Dell Fay Miss N Y Jr B R 

Odell & Gllmore 1145 Monroe Chicago 

Odlva Keiths Cleveland 

Ogden Gertrude H 2835 N Mozart Chicago 

OJiwb^^snillr^O^Charln^Cros^RdT^omVMi 



OLIVOTTI TROUBADOURS 

High class Instrumentalists. 
Under management JAMBS B. PLUNKETT. 

oTTeTTT^rToTnne^UcTa^rosse^^^™"^^™ 

O'Neill ft Regenery 502 Warren Bridgeport 

Opp Joe Kentucky Belles B R 

O'Rourke & Atkinson 1848 E 65 Cleveland 

Orpheus Comedy Four Queen Jardin de P B R 

Orr Chas F 131 W 41 N Y 

Orren & McKenzle OOfl East Springfield O 

Osbun & Dola 335 No Willow Av Chicago 

Ott Phil 178 A Tremont Boston 

Owen Dorothy Mae 3047 00 -Chicago 

Ozavs The 48 Kinsey Av Kenmore N Y 

P 
Packard Julia Passing Parade B R 
Palme Esther Mile 121 E 40 Chicago 
Palmer Daisy Golden Crook B R 
Palmer Louise Irwlns Big Show B R 
Pardue Violet Follies of New York D R 
Parfray Edith College Girls B R 
Parker & Morrell 187 Hopkins Bklyn 
Parvls Geo W 2534 N Franklin Philadelphia 
Pastor A Merle Hartford Htl Chicago 
Patterson Sam 29 W 133 N Y 
Paul Dottle S Rolllckers B R 
Paull & Ryholda 350 County New Bedford 
Paulinettl A Plquo 4324 Wain Frankfort Pa 
Paulette A Cross Star St Johns Newfoundland 



PAULINE 

THE SCIENTIFIC SENSATION. 
MORRIS CIRCUIT. 



Payton Polly Bohemians B R 

Pearl Kathryn A Violet Sam T Jacks B R 

Pearse & Mason Van Buren Htl Chicago 

Pearson Walter Merry Whirl B R 

PederRon Bros 035 Greenbush Milwaukee 

Pelots The 101 Westminster Av Atlantic City 

Pepper Twins Lindsay Can 

Pero A Wilson 317 E Temple Washington O 

Perry Frank L 747 Buchanan Minneapolis 

Petchlng Bros 16 Packard Av Lymansvllle R I 

Peter the Great 422 nioomfleld Av Hoboken N J 

Phillips Joe Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Phillips Mondane 4027 Belleview Av Kan City 

Phillips Samuel 316 Classon Av Bklyn 

Phillips Sisters 776 8 Av N Y 

Plerson Hal Lovemakers B R 

Pike Lester Irwlns Big Show B R 

Pike A Calame 073 Amsterdam Av N V 

Plroscoffls Five Lovemakers B R 

Plsano Yen 15 Charles Lynn Mass 

Plunkett A Rltter Princess Niagara Falls 

Pope A Uno Grand Indianapolis 



Potter Wm Big Banner 8how B R 
Potter & Harris Hudson Union Hill N J 
Potts Bros A Co American New York 
Powder Saul Follies of New York B R 
Powell Eddie 2314 Chelsea Kansas City 
Powers Elephants 745 Forest Av N Y 
Powers Bros 15 Trask Providence 
Price Harry M 034 Longwood Av N Y 
Prices Jolly 1629 Arch Philadelphia 
Priors The TukuIIa Wash 
Proctor Sisters 1112 Halsey Bklyn 
Prosit Trio Rlngllng Bros C R 



Queen Mab A Wels Gayety Springfield 111 
Qulgg A Nickerson Follies of 1010 
Quintan Josle 644 N Clark Chicago 
Quinn Mattle 536 Rush Chicago 



Radcllff Pearl Watsons Burlesquers B R 
Ralmund Jim 37 E Adams Chicago 
Rainbow Sisters 840 14 San Francisco 
Ralande & Ralande Box 200 Cumberland Md 
Ramsey Allie Washington Society Girls B R 
Randall Edith Marathon Girls B R 
Ranf Claude Polls Hartford 
Rapier John 473 Cole Av Dallas 
Ratelles The 637 Petorimeux Montreal 
Rawson & Clare Queen San Diego 
Hay Eugene 5602 Prairie Av Chicago 
Raymond Clara 141 Lawrence Brooklyn 
Raymond Ruby & Co Hathaways New Bedford 
Raymore & Co 147 W 95 N Y 
Reded & Hadley Star Show Girls B R 
Redford & Winchester Columbia Cincinnati 
Redner Thomas A Co 972 Hudson Av Detroit 
Redway Juggling 141 Inspector Montreal 
Redwood & Gordon 107 Dearborn Chicago 
Reed ft Earl 236 E 62 Los Angeles 
Reed Bros Columbia St Louis 
Reeves AI Reeves Beauty Show B R 
Reffkln Joe 163 Dudley Providence 
Regal Trio 116 W Wash Pi N Y 
Reld Jack Runaway Girls B R 
Reld Sisters 45 Broad Elizabeth N J 
Relff Clayton A Relff Majestic Cedar Rapids la 

MAYME REMINGTON 

Exclusive W. V. M. A. Route, Booked Solid . 

Relnflelds Minstrels Lyric Dyersburg Tenn 

Renalles The 2064 Sutter San Francisco 

Rese Len 1021 Cherry Phlla 

Revere Marie Irwlns Big Show B R 

Reynolds Lew Follies of the Day B R 

Reynolds A Donegan Wlntergarten Berlin 

Rhodes Marionettes 33 W 8 Chester Pa 

Rice Louise Dreamlanders B R 

Rice Frank A True 6340 Vernon Av Chicago 

Rice Sully & Scott Orpheum Yonkers 

Richards Great Bway Camden X J 

Rlesner A Gore 128 Roanoke San Francisco 

Riley ft Ahern 35 Plant Dayton O 

Riley Al C 28 W 125 N Y 

Rio Bros 1220-28 Milwaukee 

Rlpon Alf 545 E 87 N Y 

Ritchie Billy Vanity Fair B R 

Rltter & Foster Hansa Hamburg 

Roach A E Vanity Fair B R 

Roatlnl Mile Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Rober Gus Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Roberts C E 1851 Sherman Av Denver 

Roberts Robt Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Roberts & Downey 86 Lafayette Detroit 

Roberts & Pearl 301) Grand Brooklyn 

Robinson Chas A Crusoe Girls H R 

Robinson The !>0| Hawthorne Av Minneapolis 

Robinson Wm C 3 GranvBle London 

Roblsch & Childress 0.~»0 No Clark Chicago 

Rocamora Suzanne Orpheum Minneapolis 

Roche Harry Sam T .Tacks B R 

Rock & Rol 1010 Indiana Av Chicago 

Rockway A Conway Majestic Hot Springs 

Roeder & Lester 3M Broadway Buffalo 

Rogers Ed Girls from Happyland B R 

Roland A Morln 208 Middlesex Lowell 

Rolande Geo S Box 200 Cumberland Md 

Roode Claude M 210 Hawthorne Bklyn 

Roof Jack A Clara 705 Green Phlla 

Rooney & Bent Bronx N Y 

Rose Dave Rose Sydell B R 

Roee Blanche Cracker Jacks B R 

Rose Lane A Kelgard 125 W 43 N Y 

Rose Clarina 6025 57 Bklyn 

Rosenthal Bros 151 Chaplin Rochester 

Ross Eddie G Orpheum Savannah 

Ross & Lewis Hip Putney Dondon 

Ross Frank Trocaderos B R 

Ross Sisters 65 Cumerford Providence 

Rossi Alfredo Mr & Mrs Two Bills Show C R 

Royal Minstrel Four 1417 East Salt Lake 

Royden Vlrgie Rose Sydell B R 

Roys Virginia Chicago 

Russell & Davis 1310 High Sprlngfeld O 

Rutans Song Birds Liberty Pittsburg 

Rutherford Jim H Hagenbeck-Wallacc C R 

THOS. J. 

RYAN-RICHFIELD CO. 

Next Week (Oct. 16), Orpheum . Lincoln. Neb. 

Ryno & Emerson 161 W 74 N Y 

8 

Salambo & Olivettes Majestic Dallas 

Salmo Juno Edmunton I>ondon 

Sanders & La Mar 1327 5 Av N Y 

Sanford A Darlington 3060 Pengrove Phila 

Saunders Chas Century Girls B R 

Saxe Michael Follies of New York B R 

Saxolians Four Maryland Cumberland Md 

Saxon Chas Big Review B R 

Scanlon Geo B College Girls B R 

Scarlet & Scarlet 013 Loniswond Av \ V 

Schilling Wm 10OO E Lanvale Baltimore 

Schooley Edgar Bloomlnston III 

Scintella 58S Lyell Av Rochester 

Scott Robt Lovemakers B R 

Scott. O M Queen of Jardin de Paris B R 

Scott & West 22 Division X V 

Scott & Yost 40 Mornlneslde Av NT Y 

Scully Will P S Webster PI Brooklyn 



Sears Gladys Midnight Maidens B R 

Seaton Blllle Serenaders B R 

Selby Hal M 204 Schiller Bldg Chicago 

Senzell Bros 210 Arlington Pittsburg 

Sexton Chan B 2840 Johnston Chicago 

Sevengala Keeneys 3 Av N Y 

Seymour Nellie 111 Manhattan N Y 

Sharp A Montgomery Majestic Ft Worth 

LILLIAN SHAW 

Management FRAZEE A LEDERER. 
Cort Theatre, Chicago (Indefinite). 

Shaw Edith Irwlns Majesties B R 
Shaws Aerial Palace Lelpilg Ger 
Shea Thos E 3664 Pine Grove Av Chicago 
Shean Al Big Banner Show B R 
Sheck A Darvllle Novelty Topeka 
Shelvey Bros 265 S Main Waterbury 
Shepard & Co James C 1604 Madison Av N Y 
Shepperley Sisters 250 Dovercourt Toronto 
Sheppell A Bennett Dreamlanders B R 
Sherlock & Val Dalle 514 W 135 N Y 
Sherlock A Holmes 2506 Ridge Philadelphia 
Shermans Two 252 St Emanuel Mobile 
Shermans Musical Co Alberta Can 
Shields Sydney Orpheum Memphis 



^^ lllaa 4fe and Co. 

Sydney Shields 



Shields The 207 City Hall New Orleans 
Shorey Campbell A Co Ackers Halifax N S 
Sldello Tom A Co 4313 Wentworth Av Chicago 
Slddons A Earle 2515 So Adler Philadelphia 
Sldman Sam Passing Parade B R 
Slegel Emma Irwlns Majestic B R 
Slegel & Matthews 324 Dearborn Chicago 
Silver Nat Watsons Burlesquers B R 
Simms Willard 6435 Ellis Av Chicago 
Slmonds Teddy Americans B R 
Simpson Russell Big Review B R 
Slater & Finch 10 N 3 Vlncennes Ind 
Small Johnnie A Sisters 020 Lenox Av N Y 
Smlrl & Kessner 438 W 104 N Y 
Smiths Aerial Rlngllng Bros C R 
Smith Allen 1243 Jefferson Av Bklyn 
Smith A Adams 408 So Halstead Chicago 
Smith A Brown 1324 St John Toledo 
Snyder A Buckley Fads A Follies B R 
Sockront Bros Three 558 Detroit 
Somers & Storke Family Lafayette Ind 
Sossln Samuel Hastings Show B R 
Spauldlng A Dupree Box 285 Osslnlng N Y 
Spears The 07 Clinton Everett Mass 
Spears Anna Merry Whirl B R 
Spelvln Geo Snm T Jacks B R 
Spencer & Austin 3110 E Phlla 
Sprague A McNeece ft32 No 10 Phlla 
Sprague & Dixon 506 Mt Hope Cincinnati 
Springer A Church 06 4 Plttsfleld Mass 
Stadium Trio St Charles Htl Chicago 




Stagpooles Four Colonial Phlla 
Stanley Stan 00.~» Bates Indianapolis 
Stanwood David 304 Bremen E Boston 
Starr & Sachs 343 N Clark Chicago 
Sttdman Al & Fannie 0*Ci (\ So Boston 
Steinert Thomas Trio 531 Lenox Av N Y 
Steinman Herman Ijovcmakt rs B R 
Steppe A H 33 Barclay Newark 
Stevens Pearl Majestic Madison Wis 
Stevens Harrv Century Girls B It 
Stevens Will H Serenaders B R 
Stevens E 135 So First Bklyn 
Stevens Paul 323 W 2H X Y 
Stevens Llllle Brigadiers B R 
Stevens & Moore Columbians B R 
Stewart Harry M World of Pleasure B R 
Stewart & Earl 125 Euclid Woodbury N J 
Stlekney Louise Hippodrome N Y Indef 
Stlrk & London 28 Hancock Brockton 
St James & Daere 103 W 3» N Y 
Strehl May Oaletv Olrls IT R 
Strickland Rube Follcv Oklahoma City 
Strohschein II 2532 Atlantic Bklyn 
Strubblcfleld Trio 58<'8 Maple Av St lyniis 
Suelmoto Troupe Colonial Indianapolis 
Sully Duo Majestic Charleston S C 
Sully * I'll, lps 2310 Bolton Phlla 
Summers Allen 1050 W 30 N Y 
Sweeney & Rooney 1434 Sumner Av 
Sweet Dollle Irwlns Majesties B R 
Swisher Gladys 1154 N Clark Chicago 
Swor Bert Columbians B R 
Sydney Oscar Lovemaki rs B R 
Svlvester Cecelia Passion Parad.. B It 
Sylvesters The Plymouth Htl Hoboken \ .1 



S( i a ntoii 



Alfarretta Symonds 

With Ryan and Adams 

Sytz & Sytz 140 Morris Phlla 

T 
T.imbo Duo 40 Capital Hartford 

TAMBO m TAMBO 

Double Tambourine Spinners 

Tambo ft Tambo Empire Islington London 
Tangley Pearl 67 So Clark Chicago 
Tasmanlan Vandanman Hagenbeck-Wallacc 



Taylor, Kranzman and White 

Musical Foolishness 

Taylors Animals Rlngllng Bros C R 

Temple & O'Brien Orpheum Hibblng Minn 

Terrlll Frank & Fred H57 N Orkney Phlla 

Thatcher Fannie Bon Tons B R 

Thomas ft Hamilton 607 Dearborn Av Chicago 

Thompson Mark Bohemians B R 

Thomson Harry 1284 Putnam Av Brooklyn 

Thor Musical Walker Winnipeg 

Thornton Arthur Golden Crook B R 

Thornton Geo A 395 Broome N Y 

Thome Mr & Mrs Harry 288 St Nicholas AvNY 

Thorns Juggling 58 Rose Buffalo 

Thurston Leslie 68 W 108 N Y 

Tllton Luclle Crystal Milwaukee 

Tinker O L 776 8 Av N Y 

Tlvoli Quartette High Lite Cafe Mllwalk' Indef 

Tom Jack Trio Hip Cleveland 

Tombea Andrew College Girls B R 

Tops Topsy ft Tops 3442 W School Chicago 

Tracy Julia Raymond Bartholin Inn N Y 

Travers Belle 210 N Franklin Philadelphia 

Travers Phil 5 E 115 N Y 

Travers Roland 221 W 42 N Y 

Tremalnes Mutdeal 230 Caldwell Jacksonville II 

Trevor Edwin & Dolores Golden Crook B R 

Trolley Car Trio 21 Willow PI Yonkers 

Troxell & Wlnchell 30fl 3 N Seattle 

Tsuda Harry Bijou Chattanooga 

HARRY TSUDA 

UNITED TIMB. 
Booked Solid. James B. Plunkett, Mgr. 

Tunis Fay World of Pleasure B R 
Tuttle & May 38S7 W Huron Chicago 
Ty Bell Sisters Forepaugh Sells C R 
Tydeman & Dooley 108 Elm Camden N J 
Typewriter Girl Main Peoria 

U 

Uline Arthur M 1750 W I^akc Chicago 
Ullne & Rose Demlng Htl Chicago 
I'mhaults Bros 26 N Jefferson Dayton 
Unique Comedy Trio 1027 Nicholas Phlla 



Vagges National San Francisco 

Valadons 34 Brewer Newport R I 

Valdare Troupe Novelty Topeka Kan 

Valentine & Dooley Majestic Milwaukee 

Valetta & Lamson 1320 St Clark Cleveland 

Valmore Lulu & Mildred Bohemians B R 

Van Chas & Fannie Shubert Utlca 

Van Epps Jack Princess Hot Springs 

Van Dalle Sisters 514 W 1.35 X Y 

Vance Gladys Bijou Augusta 

Van Hoven Hammerstelns N Y 

Van Oston Eva Queen of Jardln de Paris If R 

Van Osten Bob Sam T Jacks B It 

Vardaman Pantages Portland 

Vardelles Lowell Mich 

Vardon Perry & Wllber Bijou Duluth 

Variety Comedy Trio 1515 Barth Indianapolis 

Vassar & Arkcn 324 Christopher Bklyn 

Vasco 41a Acre Lane London 

Vass Victor V 25 Hasklns Providence 

Vedder Fannie Bon Tons B R 

Vedder Llllie Cracker JackH B It 

Vedmar Rene 32«5 Bway N Y 

Venetian Serenaders 670 Blackhawk Chicago 

Venus on Wheels Walker Winnipeg 

Village Comedy Four 1012 Ringgold Phlla 

Vincent .lohn B R20 Olive Indianapolis 

Vinton Grace Serenaders B It 

Vlolani Vaudeville Akron O 

Vloletta Jolly 41 Lelpzlgerstr Berlin Cn-r 

Vogel & Wandas Majestic Montgomery 

Von Serley Sisters Marathon Girls K It 

Vyner lydlla Reeves Beauty Show B R 

W 



Wakefield] Frank L Run lway Girls B It 
Walker Musical 1524 Brookslde Indlanapo 
Walling Ida Watsons Burlesque™ B R 
Walsh Helen ft May Dainty Duchess B R 



lis 



WALSH, LYNCH - CO. 

Presenting "HUCKIN'8 RUN." 

Direction, PAT CASEY. 
Next Week (Oct. 17). Majestic. Madison. Wis. 

Walsh Martin Trocaderos B R 
Walters & West 3437 Vernon Chicago 
Wallers John Lyric Ft Wayne Ind Indef 
Ward Alice Reeves Beauty Show B It 
Ward Billv 100 Myrtle Av BTtlyn 
Ward & Harrington 41H Strand I#nndon 
Warde & Mack 3(H) W 70 New York 
Warner Harry E Rolllckers R R 
Washburn Blanche Washington Soe Girls B It 
Water Carl P Sam T Jacks B It 
Waters H»ster Washington Soe Girls B R 
Watson Billy W Girls from llappvland U R 
Wayne Jack W College Girls It It 
Wayne Sisters Dainty Pii'hess B It 
Weaver Frank * Co 17<>0 X Baltimore 
Weber Johnnie Rose Sydell B It 

XA/E-G M OK. BE 

SIOUX INDIAN GIRL. 

Direction, Norman Frledenwald. 

This Week (Oct. 10). Temple, Grand Rapids. 

Mich. 



Welch .las A 211 E 11 New York 

Welch Thos Runaway Girls M II 

\Ve|- h Tint Vanity Pair B R 

Well John ." Krii-<ta«ll K<>t"l.iiii 

Wells Lew 'Jl". Shawmiif <;■ r, \ l(.i|'i<l- 

West Claude Plaza Phila-L Iplna 

West & Henry Casino Philadelphia 

West .lohn Watson- l!m!' <|ii«ts B R 

West Al i»i tC, K Ohio Piushnrn 

West Win lrwln« Mi ,. -tl -s It R 

We^t SK-ters 1112 f-IT'T.-ion Av Bklvn X V 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



3» 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



HEDGES BROS, and JACOBSON 

THE SAME KIND OF A HIT 

at the ALHAMBRA, NEW YORK 

anagement, MARTIN SAMPTER Booked by PAT CASEY 



THIS WEEK 
(OCT. 10) 



ELI DAWSON and GILLETTE SISTERS 

In a bright concoction of comedy and song written by Sam Ehrlich 

NEXT WEEK Oct. 17, ORPHEUM, EASTON, PA. 
Direction off ED*. 8. K ELLER, PntnaaaBkhj.. Now York 



BESSIE WYNN 



IN VAUDEVILLE 



DICK and ALICE McAVOY 



Succeeding 8tella Mayhew as "The Goone" In "A Barnyard Romeo." 



WILL. R. 



ll 



HERALD SQUARE JIMMY" 

"KINO OF THE NEWSBOYS." Address care VARIETY. New York. 



Willa Holt Wakefield 



IN VAUDEVI 



LILLIAN B. 



DOYLE a» FIELDS 



"TWO HAPPY KIDS." 
la Comedy. Singing and Eccentric Dancing. 

"TWO REAL SCHLAMAZELS " 




Montgomery Musical Duo 

Elaborate Novelty Instrumental Act 

WITH SOME REFINED COMEDY 
Address VA l«TY Chicago, III. 





The only double bounding cable act in 
the world 

PLAYING FOR WILLIAM MORRIS 

Write for first vacant date. 
Care Variety, New York. 

H. HARTMAN. 4 Oarrick St.. Covent Garden 
London, W. C. 



SOPHIE TUCK 




R 



CLEANING UP IN THE FAR WEST 

Playing Return Engagement Over Pantagea 
Circuit. Headline Feature Opening New Lo? 
Angeles Theatre. 



SOL 



GOLDSMITH 



AND 



HOPPE 



GUY 



Presenting* their NEW SUCCESS " THE COMMERCIAL DRUMMERS " 



THIS WEEK (Oct. 10). POLI'S. SCRANTON 



16 MINUTES IN " ONE " 



MAX HART, Manager. 



After a week at the COLISEUM, LONDON, booked immediately into the EMPIRE 

LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON 

ABSOLUTELY THE FIRST HEBREW COMEDIAN ENGAGED TO PLAY THIS THEATRE 



SAM 

H. B. MARINELLI 

English Representative 



STERN 



'Give My Regards to Broadway" 
"Perseverance Never Fails" 



B. A. MYERS 

American Representative 



WKm a**wrtng adverti»ement$ kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



59 



West A Denton 135 W Cedar Kalamazoo 

Weston Bros Savoy New Bedford 

Weston Al Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Weston Dan E 141 W 118 N Y 

Western Union Trio 2241 B Clearfield Phlla 

Wetherlll XI W 8 Chester Pa 

Wheeler Sisters 1441 7 Phlla 

Wheelock & Hay Orpheum Ogden Utah 

Whirl Four 24L'6 S Watts Phlla 

White Harry 1U03 Ashland Av Baltimore 

White Phil Merry Whirl U R 

Whltford Anabelle 303 W 42 N Y 

Whitman Bros 1335 Chestnut Phlla 

Whitman Prank Orpheum Montreal 

Whitney Tlllle 36 Kane Buffalo 



AL. H. WILD 

THAT FUNNY FAT FELLOW. 
Next Week (Oct. 17), Orpheum, Gary, Ind. 

Wilder Marshall Atlantic City N J 
Wiley May F Big Review B R 
Wilkens & Wllkeng 363 Willis Av N Y 
Wilhelm Fred Sam T Jacks B R 
Williams Clara 2450 Tremont Cleveland 
Williams Cowbov 4715 Upland Phlla 
Williams Cbas 2652 Rutgers St Louis 
Williams John Cracker Jacks B R 
Williams Ed & Florence 94 W 103 N Y 
Williams & De Croteau 1 Ashton Sq Lynn Mass 
Williams ft Gilbert 1010 Marshfleld Av Chicago 
Williams ft Segal Majestic Johnstown Pa 
Williams ft Sterling Box 1 Detroit Mich 
Williams Mollie Cracker Jacks B R 
Williamson Frank Runaway Girls B R 
Wllllson Herbert Al Fields Minstrels 
Wills & Hassan National Sydney Australia 
Wilson Fred J 14 Forest Montclalr N J 
Wilson Al & May Dorp Schenectady lndef 

GRACE WILSON 

IN VAUDEVILLE. 



Wilson Fred Crocker Jacks B R 
Wilson Bros Bijou Battle Creek 
Wilson Frank 1616 W 23 Los Angeles 
Wilson Marie Queen of Jardin de Paris B R 
Wilson Lizzie 175 Franklin Buffalo 
Wilson ft Plnkney 207 W 15 Kansas City 
Wilton Joe ft Co 1129 Porter Phlla 
Winchester Ed Temple Rochester 
Winkler Kress Trio Bijou Phlla 
Wise ft Milton Brennan Circuit New Zealand 
Wlthrow & Glover Holtv Tolty Co 
Wolfe A Lee 324 Woodlawn Av Toledo 



WOLF, MOORE and YOUNG 

"Vaudeville's Cheeriest Trio." 



Woodall Billy 420 First Av Nashville 
Woods & Woods Trio Sheas Toronto 
Wood Bros Temple Hamilton Can 
Wood Ollie 534 W 159 N Y 
Work ft Ower Orpheum Oakland 
Worrell Chas Century Girls B R 
Wright & Dietrich Polls Springfield 
Wright Lillian 163 W 60 N Y 



Xaxlers Four 2144 W 20 Chicago 

Y 

Yaw Don Din 119 E Madison Chicago 

Yoeman Geo 4566 Gibson Av St Louis 

Yost Harry E World of Pleasure B R 

Young Carrie Bohemians B R 

Young Ollie ft April Sheas Toronto 

Young ft Phelps 1013 Bnker Evansvllle Ind 

Young De Witt A Sisters Orpheum Vancouver 



Zanclgs The 356 W 145 N Y 

Zanfrellas 131 Brixton London 

Zazell ft Varnon Seguln Tour So American Ind 

Zeda Harry L 1328 Cambria Phila 

Zelser A Thorne Wlllards Temple of Music 

Zenda Vandevllle Columbus O 

Zimmerman Al Dreamlanders B R 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 

"L. O." Indicates show Is laying off. 
Weeks Oct. 17 und 21. 



Americans Buckingham Louisville 24 Peoples 
Cincinnati 

Beautv Trust Corinthian Rochester 24-26 Mo- 
hawk Schenectady 27-20 Guyety Albany 

Behmans Show Gayety St. Louis 24 Gayety 
Kansas Cltv 

Big Banner Show Standard Cincinnati 24 Gay- 
ety Louisville 

Big Review Century Kansas City 24 Standard 
St. Louts 

Bohemians Academy Pittsburg 24 Star Cleve- 
land 

Bon Tons Gayety Toronto 24 Garden Buffalo 

Bowery Burlesquers Gnycty Detroit 24 Gayety 
Toronto 

Brigadiers 17-10 Luzerne Wllkesbarre 20-22 
Gayety Scranton 24 L O 31 Casino Brooklyn 

Broadway Gaiety Girls Columbia Boston 24-20 
Bon Ton Jersey City 27-20 Folly Paterson 

Cherry Blossoms Folly Chicago 24 Star Mil- 
waukee 

Columbia Girls Gayety Minneapolis 24 Oayety 
Milwaukee 

College Girls Gayety Omaha 24 Oayety Min- 
neapolis 

Cosy Corner •Iris Star Olevalaad 24 Felly 
Chicago 



Cracker Jacks Garden Buffalo 24 Corinthian 

Rochester 

Dainty Duchess Gayety Milwaukee 24 Alham- 

bra Chicago ^ 

Dreamlands 17-19 Bon Ton Jersey City 20-22 

Folly Paterson 24-20 Lucerne Wilkesbarre 

27-29 Gayety Scranton 

Ducklings Avenue Detroit 24 Lafayette Buffalo 

Empire Burlesquers Empire Chicago 24 Avenue 

Detroit 
Fads A Follies Columbia N Y 24 Casino Phila- 
delphia 
Follies Day Royal Montreal' 24 Howard'Hnston 
Follies New York Empire Hoboken 24 Music 

Hall NY 
Ginger Girls Casino Philadelphia 24 Star 

Brooklyn 
Girls From Dixie Bronx N Y 24 8th Ave N Y 
Girls From Happyland Westminster Provi- 
dence 24 Gayety Boston 
Golden Crook 17-19 Mohawk Schenectady 20-22 

Gayety Albany 24 Casino Boston 
Hastings Big Show Gayety Boston 24-26 Gay- 
ety Albany 20-22 Mohawk Schenectady 
Howes Lovemakers Oayety Baltimore 24 Gay- 
ety Washington 
Imperials Penn Circuit 24 Academy Pittsburg 
Irwlns Big Show Waldmans Newark 24 Em- 
pire Hoboken 
Irwlns Majesties Star Brooklyn 24 Waldmans 

Newark 
Jardin De Paris St Joe 24 Century Kansas 

City 
Jersey Llllles Gayety Washington 24 Gayety 

Pittsburg 
Jolly Girls Bowery N Y 24-26 Folly Paterson 

27-29 Bon Ton Jersey City 
Kentucky Belles Star Milwaukee 24 Dewey 

Minneapolis 
Knickerbockers Empire Cleveland 24 Empire 

Toledo 
Lady Bucaneers 17-19 Gayety Scranton 20-22 
Luzerne Wllkesbarre 24 Trocadero Phila- 
delphia 
Marathon Girls Gayety Brooklyn 24 Olympic 

N Y 
Merry Maidens Empire Brooklyn 24 Bronx 

N Y 
Merry Whirl Howard Boston 24 Columbia 

Boston 
Midnight Maidens Gayety Louisville 24 Gay- 
ety St. Louis 
Miss New York Jr Dewey Minneapolis 24 Star 

St Paul 
Moulin Rouge Peoples Cincinnati 24 Empire 

Chicago 
New Century Girls Empire Newark 24 Bowery 

New York 
Parisian Widows 17-19 Gayety Albany 20-22 

Mohawk Schenectady 24 Gayety Brooklyn 
Passing Parade Star St Paul 24 St Joe 
Pat Whites Gaiety Girls Monumental Balti- 
more 24 Penn Circuit 
Pennant Winners Star Toronto 24 Royal Mon- 
treal 
Queens of Bohemia Casino Boston 24 Columbia 

N Y 
Queens Jardin De Paris Music Hall N Y 24 

Murray Hill NY 
Rector Girls 17-19 Follv Paterson 20-22 Bon 
Ton Jersey City 24-20 Gayety Scranton 27-20 
Luzerne wllkesbarre 
Reeves Beautv Show Empire Toledo 24 Star 

A Garter Chicago 
Renz-Santley Metropolis N Y 24 Westminster 

Providence 
Robinson Crusoe Girls Gayety Philadelphia 24 

Gayety Baltimore 
Rolllckers L O 24 Casino Brooklyn 
Rose Sydell Gayety Kansas City 24 Gayety 

Omaha 
Runaway Girls Star ft Garter Chicago 21 

Standard Cincinnati 
Sam T Jacks Trocadero Philadelphia 24 Ly- 
ceum Washington 
Serenaders Murray Hill N Y 24 Metropolis 

N Y 
Star ft Garter Olympic N Y 21 Gayety Phila- 
delphia 
Star A Show Girls Standard St Louis 24 Em- 
pire Indianapolis 
Tiger Llllles 8th Ave N Y 24 Empire Newark 
Trocaderos Gayety Pittsburg 24 Empire Cleve- 
land 
Vanity Fair Alhambra Chicago 24 Gayety De- 
troit 
Washington Society Girls Lyceum Washington 

24 Monumental Baltimore 
Watsons Burlesquers Casino Brooklyn 24 Em- 
pire Brooklyn 
World Of Pleasure Empire Indianapolis 21 

Buckingham Louisville 
Yankee Doodle Girls Lafayette Buffalo 21 Star 
Toronto 



CIRCUS ROUTES 



BARNES AL O 17 Puyullup Wash 18 Aber- 
deen 10 Monticello 21 Kelso 22 South Bend 

24 Vancouver 

BARNUM A BAILEY 15 Ft Worth Tex 17 
Ardmore Okla 18 Shawnee 10 Enid 20 Tulsa 
21 Muskogee 22 Ft Smith Ark 21 Texarkana 

25 Shreveport La 20 Monroe 27 Alexandria 
28 New Iberia 20-30 New Orl.ans 31 Me- 
Comb Miss Nov 1 Jackson 2 Yazoo City 3 
Greenwood 4 Greenville . r » Clarksdale 

BUFFALO BILL & PAWNEE BILL 17 18 Los 
Angeles 10 San DIcro 20 Santa Anna 21 
Riverside 22 Snn Bardinee 21 Phoenix 2.". 
Luscon 20 Ulsbee 27 Douglas N M 2S I), til- 
ing 20 El Paso Tex 31 Del Rio Nov 1 San 
Antonio 2 Victoria 3 Galveston ♦ Houston .". 
Brenbam 6 Austin 7 Temple S Waco «> Cor- 
elsana 10 Dallas 11 Ft Worth 14 Sherman 1", 
Paris 16 Texarkana 17 Camden Ark 18 Pine 
Bluff 19 Little Rock 

CAMPBELL BROS. 15 Winona MIrs 17 Cannon 

GOLLMAR BROS 15 Brlatow Okla 17 C'laro- 
more 18 Weleetka Junction 10 Ada 20 Mk- 
dlll 21 Durant 22 Hugo 21 Hope Ark 

HAGENDECK -WALLACE 15 Fitzgerald Oa 
17 La Grange 18 Talladrga 1U Vesniar 20 
Tuysello Mist 21 Trenton Trnn 

MILLER BROS. 101 RANCH Clarksdale Miss 
17 Greenville 18 Vhksburg 1W Port Gibson 
20 Oloster 21 Baton Rouge La 22-23 New 
Orleans 24 Brookhavcn Miss 25 Jackson 20 



Kosciusko 27 Aberdeen 28 Birmingham Ala 

20 Cedartown (Ja 

RINGLINO BROS. 15 Bristol Tenn 17 Asbe- 
ville N C 18 Salisbury 10 Winston-Salem 20 
Danville Va 21 Durham N C 22 Raleigh 24 
Greensboro 25 (lastonia 20 Spartanburg 27 
Greenville Va 28 Anderson 29 Gainesville 
31 Atlanta 

ROBINSON JOHN 15 Camden S C 17 Sumter 
27 Jessup Ga 28 Helena 20 Cochran 31 Jack- 
son Ky Nov 1 Griffin Ga 2 Douglasville 3 
Tallapoosa 4 Columbiana Ala 5 Blocton. 

YANKEE ROBINSON 15 Jonesboro Ark 17 
Clarendon 18 England 10 Rlson 20 Althelmer 

21 De Witt 22 Stuttgart 24 Brinkley 



LETTERS 



Where C follows name, letter Is in Chi- 
cago. 

Where S F follows, letter Is at San Fran- 
cisco. 

Where L follows, letter Is in London of- 
fice. 

Advertising or circular letters of any de- 
scription will not be listed when known. 

Letters will be held for two weeks. 

P following names Indicates postal, ad- 
vertised once only. 






Abbott & Alba (C) 
Adalnt J (C) 
Adair Auther 
Adams Josephine 



(C) 
Adams 
Adams 
Adams 
Adams 
Adams 



R C (C) 
Eugene (C) 
H Geo (C) 
R D (C) 
.„_-„ Miss Jos (C) 
Addington Ruth (C) 
Adeal & Parker (C) 
Adgie Lions (C) 
Aette Anette (C) 
Alexander & Hughes 
Alblshcr Fred (C) 
Alblni (C) 
Alburtus Sam (C) 
Allaire Fannie 
Allen Frederick (C) 
Almont & Dumon 

C) 
Altoun Grace (C) 
Alwarts Musical (C) 
American Comedy 

Four 
Ameta (C) 
Antrim Harry (C) 
Archangel Alessan- 

dro (C) 
Arlington Gene (C) 
Armarda (C) 
Armstrong Ellis B 

(P) 
Atwater M D (P) 
Aug Edna 
Austin Wm II (C) 
Avery & Ferris (C) 

Badertscher Glen 
Bailey Blllle 
Baker Joe (C) 
Baker Harry 
Baker Myron (C) 
Ball Hlnes (C) 
Banyan Alfred (C) 
Barlow Alice 
Barlow Fredk 
Barry Frank 
Bartlett Bernice 
Barton John 
Barton & Fee (C) 
Beamont Arnold (C) 
Bedinl Victor (C) 
Begar Grace 
Bell Arthur (C) 
Bell & Henry (L) 
Belmont Harry 
Benlcr Mrs 
Bennett Dorothy 
Bennett Lura (C) 
Bennett & Sterling 
Bergere Valerie 
Herman John (C) 
Bernard Nat 
Berrctt J (L) 
Berro Lionel (C) 
Berry & Berry 
Bevan Alex (C) 
Beverly Gladys 
Bideite Hazel 
Blancbard Evelyn 

(C) 
Blake Marlon (C) 
Br< non Herbert 
Drhdcr Fred (C) 
Browder & Browder 
Brown &. Cooper 
Buckley Annie (C) 
Buckley .lack (CI 
Buhness Clara ( C ) 
Bullen W M (C> 
Burrell Jimmic ((') 
Burt Glen (C) 
Burton Al II 
Burton Clarenee (C) 
Bush Alex iV) 
Byrnes Jack 

Cadwell A A (C) 
Campbell Flo ( L) 



Camley (M) (C) 
Campbell A Parker 

(C) 
Carney Don (C) 
Carter Lillian (C) 
Casey Harry 
Cass Maurice (C) 
Cassady Eddie (C) 
Casselll Roslna 
Caston Dave (C) 
Cate B J 
Cell Chas (C) 
Chadsey Marjorle 

(C) 
Chain Dell (C) 
Chartres Sisters (C) 
Chatham Jag H 
Chevalier A (L) 
Childers Grace (C) 
Christie Will (C) 
Clark Mrs C A 
Clark Helen 
Clawson S H (C) 
Clyde Ora (C) 
Cogswell Sarah L 

(C) 
Colby F O (C) 
Cole & Coleman 
Coleman & Garfield 

(SF) 
Collins W D (C) 
Coma Frank 
Combel Mamie (C) 
Conway Chas (C) 
Cooley May (C) 
Corbett Al (C) 
Cormack Chas E (C) 
Cornell Marguerite 

(C) 
Costa Duo (C) 
Cox Ray 
Coxe Harry (C) 
Crane Roland (C) 
Crapeau Harry (C) 
Crawford Lillian 
Cremona A K (C) 
Crock ford Jessie 

(SF) 
Crotton Bros 
Cull J (C) 
Cunningham Jean 

(C) 
Cunningham & Rons 

(L) 
Cupltt P J (C) 
Curtin £ LeVan (C) 

Dally Charlotte 
Dale Marc 
Dale Reba (C) 
Daley & Well (C) 
Daly Jas H (C) 
Daly Andrew 
Daly J A (C) 
Daniels Frank (C) 
Danlelson Llllian(C) 
Darcy Joe 
Darmon Isabelle 
Darrlah Chas (C) 
Darren Trixie (C) 
Davis Mark 
DavlH Hal (C) 
Day Crlta (C) 
Dayton Lewis (C) 
Dazle Mile 
Debalcsttler Animals 

(C) 
DcButz Count 
DeFoy Jack (C) 
Defrejl Cordon (SF) 
Defrev (C) 
DcKuiu Frank (C) 
DHniore Louise 
I><liio Fred (C) 
lU'l.onn W P 
I>« ruing Arthur (C) 
I)cOes< h Mamie 
Dermont Arthur (C) 
Divine Eddie 
heVoe I'as(|uellna(C) 
Doherty Mrs E T 



Dixon Chas 

Don & Thompson 

(C) 
Donovan & Arnold 

Dorlons The 

Doughertys Musical 

(C) 

Drako Howard 

Draper Bert & Bess 

Dreyer & Dreyer(C) 

I) rum m Rupert 

Dubai I 

Dunbar Tudor (C) 

Duncan Carl 

Dunham Wm 

Dwyer Nellie (C) 

Eagon & Austin (C) 
Early & Lalgbt (C) 
East Fred (C) 
Earle Frank (SF) 
Edlnger Gertrude 
Edmonds Joe 
Edmunds J Coney 
Edward Dandy (L) 
Edwards & Glenwood 

(C) 
Edwards 
Ehrman 
Electra 
Ellison 
Elona 



(C) 



Letty 

Lewln 
(S F) 
Evelyn (C) 
(C) 



Emerson & Summers 

(C) 
Emmy Mile 
Ethelia Vlvl (C) 
Evans C H (C) 

Fagg Budd (P) 
Falrman Mrs Wm 

(C) 
Fay Mrs H (C) 
Fay 4 Klrsuon (C) 
Fay ant Lucy (P) 
Ferguson Dave 
Flnley Willie (S F) 
Fisher Florence (C) 
Fltzglbbon Ned 
Flaire Billy (C) 
Flower Cora (8 F) 
Flvnn Earl (C) 
Folson Gertrude (C) 
Forrester & Lloyd 

(C) 
Fowler Levert (C) 
Fox Frank (C) 
Fox Kathryn (C) 
Francellas Great (C) 
Francis Adeline 
Franks Chas * Lil- 
lian (C) 
Fregoll Mile (C) 
French Ida (C) 
Fritz Leo (C) 
Froman Mr (C) 
Fuller Bert (C) 
Fuller Bill 

Galper Wm 
Garrett Sam (C) 
Garrellos The 
Geneva Florence 
Gent M (L) 
Glener Chas (C) 
Gibson Del (C) 
Gllmore & O'Dell 
Gllsou Lottie (C) 
Gleason Josephine 

(C) 
Golden Happy 
Golden Valeska 
Gonzales Beatrice 

(C) 
Goell J J (C) 
Gordon Max (C) 
Graham G E 
Granberry & La Mon 

(C) 
Gray Julia 
Gray Trio 
Green Jimmy (C) 
Greenwood Barrett 

(C) 
Griffin Jas 
Grimm Harry 
Gross Wm (C) 
Gypsy Girls Am (C) 

Haas Caroline 
Hagan & Hutcbinn 

(O 
Haines Walter Mrs 
Hall & Colbern (C) 
Ilulli tt Joe (C) 
Hamlin Frank (C) 
Hanson Louise 
Harlow Jess«> H (C) 
Harrington Ma ( > 
Harrington A A (C) 
Hathaway Anna (C) 
Hawkins Jack (C) 
Hayes George Harris 

(C) 
Hay»B Sully (C) 
llnym-s Sisters (C) 
Healy Dan (C) 



Heath Bobby 
Helblng Ed (C) 
Held Jules 
Herbert Cliff (C) 
Herman Harvey (C) 
Herold Rose 
Hewitt Rush (C) 
Hill H P (C) 
Hill Hamilton 
Hlrshorn Emma (C) 
HoeOing Bella (L) 
Hoey Johnnie 
Holtman Dick (S F) 
Hoppe Guy 
Hornbrocks Bronchos 

(C) 
Horton Chas (C) 
Hudson Leon (L) 
Hunter Julia 
Huntington Val (C) 
Hunter Stanley 
Hussey Jimmlo (C) 

Inglls Ous(C) 
Innes ft Zay (C) 
Irwin Mamie 
Jackson Harold (C) 
Jackson C H (C) 
James Chester (C) 
Jerome Frank 
Jewett Karl (C) 
Johnson Frank 
Johnson Rose (C) 
Johnson Virginia (C) 
Johnston Albert 
Jolson Al 
Jones Alfred (C) 
Jones & Grelner (C) 
Jordons Flying 
Juhasz Stephen (C) 
Julance Harry (C) 

Kauffman ft Graff 
Rearm* Jack (C) 
Keaton Jack 
Keller Fred (C) 
Kellerher Maurice 

(C) 
Kelly Art (C) 
Belao Louis (C) 
Belton Mrs S (C) 
Bemp B 

Kirk Ethel (C) 
Kirk Janella 
Kislelowakl Mrs 
Klein W R (C) 
Kllmbeck A J (C) 
Klppel H T 
Klrcbmeler Anna (C) 
Kohlcr Grace (C) 
Kurtz Lizzie (C) 

LaCrandall L (C) 
Ladleux Cbas (C) 
Lamalre Rene (C) 
I^ambert (L) 
La Mont Jas (C) 
Lannlgan Joe 
Laurent Marie (C) 
La Valle Ernie (C) 
Lawrence Fred 
Lawaon ft Nanon 
Lay ton Marie (C) 
Leas Mary Jordan 

(C) 
Lehman L (C) 
Lelghton Bert 
LeMontaThe (C) 
Leon Ed (C) 
Leonard ft Ellis (C) 
Lessos The 
Lester Great 
Levlene Edward 
Levi no Dolph (C) 
Lewis ft Harr 
Llghtbank Earle (C) 
Lindholm C A. (C) 
Llndgren Gertrude 

(C) > 
Lloyd Ray (C) 
Lloyd Helen (C) 
Lloyd Evans 
Lorraine ft Dudley 

(C) 
Lussler Guy 
Lyman Twins (C) 
Lyons Sadie (C) 

Mack Chas (C) 
Ma Dell Geo 
Mankln (C) 
Manning Lcn 
Manning Sisters 
Marango Chas (C) 
Margaret Jackson 

(C) 
Marks Lon (C) 
Marshall Sellna (C) 
Marshall Ella (C) 
Martin Daisy (C) 
Martlnette & Sylves- 
ter 
Martync ft Hardy 

(P) 
Maxwell Jos 
Mayers J (L) 
Mazon Bert (C) 



. STRASSMA 

Attorney. 818 Broadway, New York. 
Theatric*! Claims. Advice 



When answering advertisements kxndly mention VARIETY. 



HADTOOPEN ANOTHER NEW STORE 

The theatrical trade has outgrown *■ again and we nave to open another new store to 

Uke ? ar V , . t v !t • rigbt l n £? ■•■£* of tntnie-at the head of Lone Acre Square, almost 
opposite the clubrooma of the White Rate. Tale etore will allow us to give yon ■till bettor 
service. 

Have you seen the new steel fittings on the XX Trunka? We have outgrown the annealed 
cast iron, which the best of the old-fashioned heavy canvas-covered wood trunk manufac- 
turers use. 

WILLIAM BAL, Inc. 

SEND FOR CATAL0OU1 T. ■UILDIItS OP 

1578 BROADWAY AND 710 SEVENTH AVENUE, NEW TORN 



BAL 



PROFESSIONAL 
TRUNKS 



40 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



CHARLES AHEARN 




"THE RACING MAN" 

PAT CAftEY. Agent 

CHAS. F. SEMON 



• « 



THE NARROW FEELER" 



THE BROWNIES S 



a 



Fr— n tlag 
A ROARINO FARCE, 

THE WAR 18 OVER 



ff 



TOM BRANTFORD, Manager. 



Terry Twins 

The most remarkable human duplicates since 
Shakespeare's 



is 



TWO DROMIOS 



si 






Wilfred Clarke 

"surrcMMSoB hand or written to order. * Mnal 130 W. 44th St., HCW York 




The Dainty and Captivating Ventriloquist 

HILDA HAWTHORNE 

Was another big hit this week (Oct. io) on her return 

to the Lyric,- Dayton, O. How could it 

be otherwise. Ask the man, 

Al. Sutherland. 

Next Week (Oct. 17), Keith's. Columbus. 

YOUNG BROTHERS 
and VERONICA 

KEENEY8 THEATRE, New York City, Next Week (Oct. 10). 

Is Repcrttire af Soags ssd Dances Uaaer Persssal Oircctioi if H. BART McHUGH 

BELL- RICHARDS 

Electric Novelties 

IN 

Musical Instruments 

Still Playing Sullivan — Considine Time 




X- 

l?icriARpy 




Will be AT LIBERTY Nov. 28. Open to Nefttiate 

Address Care WHITE RATS. 

I0S3 Broadway. New York City 



FRANK 



PAULINE 



BERRY 

Next Week (Oct. 17), Greenpolnt. Brooklyn 



AND 



BERRY 

Direction, MAX HART 



RANK 



JEROME 



JULI 



HUNTER 



Very Different 
Acrobats 

Playing return engagements over W. S. 
Cleveland time 



B. MYKOF 

WHIRLWIND DANCER 

With "Queen Jardtn de Paris." 

M. MYKOF 

WHIRLWIND DANCER 

IN VAUDEVILLE. 
Address, care VARIETY. 



80 LONG FOLKS 
We are travelling for O. U. WEBSTER. 

""" MONTROSE 



and MRS. 



I CROMWELLS 

The most novel juggling act extant 




18 THIS A MAN? 

See the Cromwells' Juggling act. 
Then try and solve the mystery. 

NEXT WEEK (OCT. 17), AMERICAN. 
NEW ORLEANS. 

Permanent Address VARIETY. New York. 

FRED DUPREZ 

EDW. 8. KELLER. Rep. 



SAM DODY 



•THE ORIGINAL WOP." 
UNITED TIME. 



New York. 



MAX HART. Manager. 



Have Your Card in VARIETY 



W. H. 



DAISY 



MAXWELL - DUDLEY 

17th Week on Sulllvan-Consldlne Circuit. 
Indefinite Time to Follow. Address, care VARIETY, New York. 



GUY FRANCES 

RAWSON AND CLARE 

"JUST KIDS" 

NEXT WEEK (OCT. 17), QUEENS, SAN DIEQO. CAL. 






HARRY TATE'S Co. 

PISHING MOTORING. 


New York 
England 
Australia 
Africa 








HANNON'S 



ORIOINA 



fliy|p ^sconory to mount it 



talont to back It 




Wk*n an* wring advtrtitementt kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



4» 



Now Booking from 

Coast to Coast 



WILLIAM MORRIS 



INCORPORATED 



NEW YORK 
American Music Hall Building 



CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO BOSTON 

167 Dearborn Street Monadnock Building 413 Washington Street 

ACTS DB8IRINO TO PLAT THB NEW ENGLAND CIRCUITS COMMUNICATE WITH OUR BOSTON OFFICE. 



NEW ORLEAN8 
Maieon Blanche Building 



Hammerstein's 

V7« j • AMERICA'S MOST 

V IP lO PI 51 FAMOUS VARIB- 

¥ ll^lA/l 111 TT THEATRE. 

OPEN THB TEAR AROUND. 



Vaudeville Headliners 
ma Good Standard Acts 

If you have an open week you want to All at 
short notice, write to W. L. DOCK8TADER. 

GARRICK THEATRE. WILMINGTON. DEL. 

Can close Saturday night and make any city 
east of Chicago to open Monday night. 

MM A Bal T B? i\ For Que Sun's Own Acta 
ffAH I CU SMALL QIRL8 

Height 5 ft. 3 In. limit. Who ting and dance, 
to work Id singing and dancing spectacles. 

Character Comedians to fill following 
vacancies : 

SILLY KID-DACO-TOUOH-JEW 

yillTIEL PEOPLE OF ALL UNDO. 
CAN ALSO UIE OIAMATIC PtODUCEIS 

All must have good voices for chorus and 
solo work, forty weeks guaranteed. 

The Ous Sun Booking Exchange Company 
Is not affiliated with the United Booking 
Offices of America. 

Address all communications to Jules Held 

6US SUN PRODUCING CO. 

(»tw to Tteitw) IfWrilUI. MM 

La Cinematografia Italiana 

18 ITALY'S LEADING PAPER FOB THE 

Animated Picture and Phonoiraph Business 

PUBLISHED FORTNIGHTLY. 

32-36 large pages, 8 shillings per annum ($160) 

Edltor-Propr : Prof. QUALTIERO I. PABRI. 

la Via Arclresrorado, Torino, Italy. 



BRENNAN'S AUSTRALIAN 
VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT 

JAMBS BRENNAN, Sole Proprietor. __ 
WANTED: FIRST-CLASS SPECIALTY ACTS. 
PAREC ADVANCED from Vancouver, Canada, 
SIXTEEN SUCCESSIVE WEEKS. 
PARES and BAOOAOB PAID by the manage- 
ment from time of arrival until departure from 
Australia. ONE PERFORMANCE AT NIGHT : 
MATINEES, WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS 
AND HOLIDAYS. NO SUNDAY WORK. Five 
per cent oommlaaloa eharged on all contracts. 
Only addreas, 

JA8. C. BAIN, General Manager, 

National Amphitheatre, Sydney, Australia. 

Cable Addreae. PENDANT. 

HYDE & BEHMAN 

AMUSEMENT COMPANY 

Temple Bar Building, Brooklyn N. Y. 

STAR THEATRE Brooklyn 

OAYETY THEATRE Brooklyn 

OAYETY THEATRE Pittsburg 

STAR AND GARTER Chicago 

ALWAYS OPEN TIME FOR FEATURE ACTS. 

BORNHAUPT 

INTERNATIONAL AGENT. 
17 Rue de Lac, Brussels (Belgium). 

ERNEST EDELSTEN 

VARIETY AND DRAMATIC AGENT, 

17 Green St.. Leicester Square, LONDON 

Sole Representative, 

John Tiller's Companies Walter C. Kelly 

Little Tich Fragson 

Always Vacancies for Cood Acts. 

A. E. MEYERS 

Majestic Theatre Bid?., CHICAGO 

(Room 1206). 
CAN HANDLE ANYTHING from a Single to 
a Circus. Write or wire open time. 



McCann Mr and Mrs 

(C) 
McCarthy Thoa (C) 
McCree Julie 
McCullough Carl (C) 
McCullough Carl 
McDonald Jas (C) 
McGlolne Edna (C) 
MoGrath Thoa 
McWatera Arthur 
Mella Marvelous 
Melville & Devere 
Meredith Carrie (C) 
Merrick Tom (C) 
Merrlt Hal (C) 
Merryweather Gor- 
don 
Mlddloton Karl 
Mllburn Burt (C) 
Miles Ren 

Mlley Katherlne (C) 
Mlley & Orth 
Mills Wm J 
Mondereau Harry 

(C) 
Monroe F H (C) 
Monhaupt M 
Montgomery Musi- 
cal Duo (C) 
Montrell Chas 
Montrose Mrs F (C) 
Montrose Marie (C) 
Montrose Senator(C) 
Moore Fred 
Moore Juliet 
Moos H A F (C) 
Morette Lillian (C) 
Morris Jessie 
Morris Jos C (C) 
Morrow Wm K (C) 
Mortimer Sisters (C) 
Morton Desslo (C) 
Moss Mr (L) 
Mitchell Abble 
Mitchell Ethel (C) 
Murphy Frnnrla (C) 
Murphy J Theo (C) 
Murray Thoa (C) 
Mykof M 

Naughton M J 
Nelson Bert (C) 
Newell A Nlblo (C) 
Newton Chas L 
Nicholas L«w (C) 
Nolon Geo F 
Nubert Amanda (C) 

O'Dole Geo & Althea 

(C) 
O'Hnra Flnke 
Ollfnn Al 
ONell Fred 
Onetta (C) 
Osborne Teddy 
Osborne Elmer (C) 
Ott AdetaMa 



Otto & West (C) 



Thad C 

O D (C) 

M 

Harry 
Bessie (C) 
Walter (C) 



Packard 

(C) 
Paddock 
Page F 
Palmer 
Parker 
Parker 

Parry Charlotte 
Paull & Kent (C) 
Pearce C D 
Perkins E J (C) 
Phasma (C) 
Plunkett Chaa E (C) 
Plunkctt Jas E 
Potter Billy 
Potter Harry (S F) 
Powell W O 

Quealey Jas (C) 
Qulgley Ell (C) 

Baffin Louise (C) 
Randolph Fred & 

Gertie 
Rankin McKee (C) 
Ray Elizabeth (C) 
Raymond Mabel 
Raymond Marlon 

(C) 
Reed O C (C) 
Reed Jack (C) 
Rernee Slgmund (C) 
Reich Felix 
Relnhard Wm (C) 
Relsner & Gore (C) 
IK «ier Capt Nat 

(C) 
Rice Nancy 
Rich Geb F (C) 
L (C) 
Richard 
Lawrence 



Rlcharua 
Richards 
Richards 

(C) 
Rlddell 
Rlddell 
Rlddell 
Rlddell 
Rlgby 



Robt J (S F) 
Robt J (C) 

• Robt (S F) 
Robt J 

Arthur (C) 



Ritrhle Billy 
Riving A Richardson 
Robluaon Alice (C) 
Bociie J C (C) 
Roeberg Edw (C) 
Roehr Alfred (C) 
Rogers Clara (S F) 
Rogers Will 
Rola Zola 
Romany Opera Co 

(C) 
Rosa LaRelle 
Rosa R 
Robaire B 
Rose Art U (C) 
Rose Lillian (C) 
Rosa Henry 
RoeeFretl (F 8) 



Roth L (C) 
Russell ft Ray (C) 
Kuzlnskl Marks (C) 

Samuels Ray 
Sartells Tho (C) 
Scott John 
Savage & DeCroteau 
Scott Jas W (C) 
Scott Norman R (C) 
Se! !el Twitter (C» 
Selley Mayne (C) 
Severence Mrs (C) 
Shannon Harry 
Sharrocks The (C) 
Sheares & Newkirk 

(C) 
Sel Jos Slater (C) 
Sheridan Nerne E 
Sherman Charlotte 

(C) 
Sherman Jack 
Shields Great (C) 
Shlltz One (C) 
Slegel Margaret 
Siegel Fannie (C) 
Slmms N (L) 
Singing Girls (C) 
Smlletta Trio 
Smiley Robt 
Smith Jas H (C) 
Smith C A 
Smith Henderson 

(C) 
Smith & Fowler (C) 
Smith Capt Jack (O 
Snyder Francis (C) 
Somers ft Storke (P) 
Spelr Abo (C) 
Springford Harold 
Stagpole Mrs Aleck 

(SF) 
Staley & Blrberk 
Stanley Stan (C) 
Stark A Ryan (C) 
Startup Harry (C) 
Sterling Lillian 
Stevens Pearl (C) 
Stevens Michael (C) 
Strength Bros (C) 
Stuart Rica (C) 
Suglmoto 8 (C) 
Sully H B (C) 
Sunetaro Sot I 
Sweet Chas 
Syratae Geo (C) 

Tanaka Kin (C) 
Tannehlll Edward 
(O) 

Tannehlll Edward W 
(S F) 

Taylor Adamlnl 
Taylor Orletta 
Temple D (L) 
Templeton (L) 



Terry Twins (C) 
Thatcher Alpha 
Thomas Kid 
Thompson Violet (C) 
Tieden Grace 
Toys Musical 
Trent Zlla (C) 
Truesdell Howard 
Turner W G (C) 
Tuscano Otis 
Tyson Burt 

Valmore Louis (C) 
Van Ruth (C) 
Van Jack (C) 
Vandetle Billy (C) 
Vastor ft Merle (C) 
Vaughn Dorothy 
Venetian Street Mu- 
sicians (S F) 
Veolette 

Vevy Lena (C) 
Victorine Myrtle (C) 
Vincent Henry 

Wakefield Willa Holt 

(C) 
Walter Doll 
Walllnaky Frank (C) 
Walah Paula (C) 
Walton Chinese 
Wanzer Arthur (C) 
Ward Alice L 
Ward & Harrington 

(D 
Warne Dave (C) 
Warren Chas 
Warren Fred 
Warren & Francis 

(C) 
Washington & Jones 

(C) 
Waters Frank (C) 
Waterson Henry (C) 
Webber Chas D (C) 
Webster Ted 
Weholm Georgle (C) 
Wells Richard (C) 
West ft Mack 
Wharton Nat 
Wheeler Lew (C) 
Wheeloek Chas 
Willis & Collins (O 
Wilson Doris 
Wilson F B 
Wilson Dorothy M 
Wlthro Nancy (C) 
XVlrhro Nancy (S F) 
Witt Cochran R ( Cj 
Wolf Chas (C) 
Wolf ft Zadella (C) 
W"ooda Ralton & Co 
Woodward Clyfle (C) 
Worthmann Oerhnnl 
Wynn Bessie 

Zanclgs The 



BERT LEVEY 

INDEPENDENT CIRCUIT VAUDEVILLE 

Acta desiring time communicate, Addreae No. OS La Salle St, Chicago. 111. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES : 144-160 POWELL STREET, San Francisco, Calif. 

WRITE OR WIRE QUICK. 



EUROPEAN OFFICE 

BERLIN. Q TO MANY 

RICHARD PITROT, 

Representative. 

LOUIS PINCUS, 
New York, Repre- 
sentative Gaiety 
Theatre Bldg. 



Pantage? Circuit 

VAUDEVILLE THEATRES, he. 

ALEXANDER PANTAGES 
President and Manager 



OFFICES 
NEW YORK 
CHICAGO 
SAN FRANCISCO 
SEATTLE 
DENVER 



THE ENGLISH PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL 

Circulation guaranteed to be larger than that of any English Journal devoted to the Dra- 
matic or Vaudeville Professions. Foreign subscription. 17s. 4d. per annum. 



NEW YORK AGENTS— Paul Tauslg, 104 East 14th St., and Samuel French ft Sons, 24-26 
West 22d Street. 

Artists visiting England are invited to send particulars of their act and date of opening. 
THE STAGE Letter Box Is open for the reception of their mall. 

16 YORK STREET. COVENT GARDEN. LONDON, W. C. 



NOV 



HUR 



SINOL 

WRITE IN IMMEDIATELY 

'S BOOKING 

43 TREMONT ST.. BOSTON. MASS. 



I 



WANTED. BIG COMEDY AND NOVELTY FEATURE 

Aots to write or wire open time. Booking Thalia. Chicago ; Jollet, Blooming ton, Ottawa, Elgin. 
Aurora, Streator, Mattoon, 111. ; Waterloo, la., and other housee In Illinois. Indiana and Iowa. 

DOUTRICK'S BOOKING EXCHANGE Sgfj-gjggffiSK^ 

of your cuatomere Is required to build op a successful hnslaeae. 
I have arranged STEAMSHIP accommodations 4 TIMES far 
Jean Clermont, Arnold De Blere. Jordan and Harvey, Allan 
Lloyd; 3 TIMES for Bellclalre Broe., Sam Elton, Imro Fox, W. 
C. Fields, Hardeen, Arthur Prince, etc. Let me arrange YOUR 
steamship accommodations; also, railroad tickets. 



CONFIDENCE 

PAUL TftUSIB. Vise. ItssasMp lisst 

114 E. Mtt.l.T. Tet-MMtteytsssat 



\A/tVI 



cc 



JOSH 



yy 



Can place acts of merit. Big 

«. n i • j w a . CLUBS and Small TIME 

Now Booking and Managing Acta » 

Room* 503 and 505, GAIETY THEATRE BUILDING, N.Y.CITY 



VI 



I 



IN CI 



Ul 



Booking all the principal opera houses and picture theatres throughout Canada. Immediate 
and future time to acts with claws. No limit for feature novelties. Write or wire to-day. 
THE ORIFFIN CIRCUIT. Variety Theatre Building, Toronto, Canada. 

FOR SALE OR RENT 

The YP8ILANTI OPERA HOU8B, Ypsllantl, Mich. 
Modern In every respect Seating capacity 800. Will rent, until sold, at $80.00 per night 
or $125 per week. Address 

DETROIT SOAP COMPANY, Detroit. Mich. 



AMERICAN CIRCUIT 

THEATRES and CAFES 

WANTED at All TIiths All kinds of High Clans Acts. MANAOERS TAKE NO- 
TICE. Our Booklnp will Create Business for You. We have tho Features at Salar- 
ies that are Right. 
TONY LUBEL8KI, Gen. Mgr. Suite 617-18. Westbank Iildtc.. San Kr.inrlsco. 



PLAYING THE BEST IN VAUDEVILLE 



SULLIVAN and CONSIDINE CIRCUIT 



GENERAL BUSINESS OFFICE 

SVLUVAN AND CONSIDTNE BLDG.. THIRD 

AND MAMSON STREETS. 

SEATTLE, WASH. 

FKED. I.ISCOLN, (ton. Mgr. 



GENERAL BOOKING OFFICE 

SUITE AND 10 \:\S* BROADWAY 
NEW YOHK CITY 

CHRIS. O. BROWS'. Mgr. 



BRANCH BOOKING OFFICES 



Kl fto. Clmk *t.. 

Chirmrn. 111. 
PAULCOUDKON* 



10 Orttn St.. 

Loadon. W. c, KaglaaH. 

B. OBERMAYER 



1,(7 rrn tts wzttzi m . 

A nr. "fin Tri^str* Ml'lg., 

•;. :• Kl^nr i**r, t'i\l. 

W P HT1 SK 



Whin anticeHfif o4*trHfmmt» Mnaly mention YAMiWTY. 



42 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



THE VENTRILOQUIST WITH A 
PRODUCTION 



ED. F. 



REYNARD 

Presents Seth Dewberry and Jawn Jawnson In 
"A MORNINO IN HICKSVILLE." 

Direction JACK LEVY. 

Mr. and Mrs. 

Gene Hughes 

Permanent address. 601 W. 13T»th St.. New York 
'Phone 5080 Mornlngslde. 



ELLIS 



MONA 



BLAMPHIN and HEHR 

The Champion Singers of Vaudeville 

Ike Best Siafiea Qaiatstt* is VasdtfMs 

Sam J. Curtis -* Co. 

MELODY AND MIRTH 
In the Original " Sohool Aot." 




Mavised and elaborated Into a screaming 

success. 

All our music arranged by Geo. Botsford. 

Next Week (Oct. 17). Linden, Chicago. 

FOR SALE 

WIGGINS FARM 

Apply to THE CHADWICK TRIO 

Stuart Barnes 

JAMES E. PLUNKETT. Manager. 



JOCK 

McKAY 



Scotch Comic, 2nd to none. 

This Week (Oct. 10), 
Dominion, Ottawa. 

Next Week (Oct. 17), 
Temple, Hamilton. 
Doing big here, but the 
Boston shock nearly killed 
father. What I want to .ai* 
know Is, Is Qulgley an -M" 
Agent or a Stage Outlaw? M'KAY 

COM. BENTHAM 






LAMB'S 
AIMIKIN 



Direction 
NORMAN FRIDENWALD. 



fijfofofcA^L./) n n 




It Isn't the nam* that makes the act- 
It's the act that makes the name. 




THE KINO Or IRELAND 

JAMES B. DONOVA 

AND 

RENA ARNOLD 

QUEEN OP VAUDEVILLE 

DOINO WELL, THANK YOU. 

Director and Adviser. King Pat Casey 




Now recuperating after a very strenuous 
week In Milwaukee and after the quiet life 
of the English Provinces we sure did "let 
'er go"' and "whoop 'em up, Jake.' 

Well there's no use talking Ho-o-n-o-o-me 
for us. And as soon as we get used to these 
"nioomln" Hamcrican stop-out-all-nlght ways" 
we'll be Jolly well done in. (As Kitty Ed- 
wards says.) 

By the way. Kitty Isn't "arf doln' It acrost 
'em on this tour. 

Next week (Oct. 17), Bijou, Duluth, Minn. 
Very Mlnneapollsly yours, 

VARDON, PERRY and WILBER 



Have Your Card in VARIETY 



J. LOUTS 



JEANNE 



INTZ and PALMER 

"THB OTHER HALF." 

A Classy Singing and Talking Comsdletta. 

An Original Playlet In "ONE" by Louis Weslyn 



ggff KoJ 



ORACB 



Ritter <* Foster 

ACROSS THB POND 
Address car* VAUDEVILLE CLUB 

98 Charing Cross Road. London. Eng. 

RAMESES 

THE EGYPTIAN MYSTIC 

In 

"THE EGYPTIAN TEMPLE OF MYSTERY" 

Orpheum Circuit, U. S. A. 

Business Representative, WILL COLLINS, 
London, England. 



WILL LACEY 



THE 
ORIGINAL 



CYCLING COMEDIAN 
Tha Fallow That Waltzea 

and Sings on On* Wheal 




<SoNG<»'0A* r ;v 

» OH| O^E WHEN. 




Originator of the combined novelty 
pinging and Waltzing on I nu\H« 
in spot light dark ctag«v N aw Play- 
iss Salliviff-Csntlslae- Circuit, with bis 




Gartelle Bros. 

Introducing Singing. Dancing and 

SKATORIALISM 

Direction JAMBS B. PLUNKETT. 



HOMER B. 



MARGUERITE 



Mason and Keeler 



Address: Max Hart, Putnam Bldg., Nsw York. 




GAVIN ■ PLATT 
PEACHES 

Season Booked 
No. 7 Hawthorne Ave.. Clifton. N. J., L Box 140 

Ed Fennel: Lena Tyson 




A Tip Top Boy. Who? 

LENA TYSON 

Playing Orpheum Time. 
M. S. BENTHAM. Manager. 




MITCHELL, LEWI! and WELLS 




£f* KuMMKf I fee fcnov • r'--^ 
Amy Leslie, In the Chicago Newa says of 
Mitchell, Wells and Lewis: "Recently three or 
the most noted singers of this class • • • 
made a tremendous hit at the American Music 
Hall. They call themselves The Rathskeller 
Trio and are Immensely entertaining. • • • 
At first they do a perfectly serious song, and 
then they craftily lure the audience Into a 
laugh, then a hurrah, and then a tumult of 
laughter at rattling good rough comedy and 
good music. Their voices are fine, their com- 
edy special and their songs of that kind most 
regarded witty and salubrious by the fly ones 
who know what they mean ; though they can 
be enjoyed by any sort of Innocent with a 
white conscience when deftly put over the 
lights." 

IN VAUDEVILLE. 
Permanent Address : White Rats of Amerloa. 

Marshall P. Wilder 

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. 
Bell 'Phone 196. 



BILLIE 

REEVES 




THB ORIGINAL DRUNK 

FOLLIES OP 1010. 

THIRD SEASON. 

Management MR F. ZIBGFBLD. JR. 'OS-'OO-'IS 

Colonial, Chicago, Indef. 

BARRY m WOLFORD 

THE TYPICAL TOPICAL TICKLE 

TICKLERS. 

Putting Over Another New One, 

"AT THE SONG BOOTH." 

JAMES E. PLUNKETT. Smart Mgr. 

carl HERMAN 

Now Playing United Time. 

Agent. PAT CASBT 



DICK 



KATHRTN 



FARNUM and DELMAR 

The Boob ( Per. Ad. Vend. Com. CI. ) Prima Donna 





MELROSE I KENNEDY 

Open lor Burlesque 

ORPHEUM CIRCUIT NOW. 

4 MUSICAL KLEISES 4 

Featuring the two youngest musicians In vau- 
devtlla Address csre VARIETY. 

SAM K. OTTO 



"The Yiddisha Brownie 



ii 



A New Departure In Hebrew Comedlanlsm. 
Permanent address, care VARIETY, Chicago. 



Wktn nn*\oering advirtiiemsnti MndW/ mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



To All Whom it May Concern 



The following songs (lyrics and music) are the sole property of 



i 



I 



L 



■ ■ 



and are duly registered and copyrighted in all countries, and will not be published this season. Any infringe 
ment of these numbers listed below will be vigorously prosecuted according to law. 



" As I Promenade the Boulevard 
" The Wise and Foolish Virgin " 

The She Policeman " 

The Lady Burglar " 



31 



SI 



fit 



" The Lass Who Loved a Sailor " 
" Up Like a Rocket Went Georgie " 
"Who're You Telling the Tale to?" 



99 



A distinctive novelty number equal to Miss Lloyd's mirror song, "'Love-Light." 

We shall protect the novelty in "Master Cupid" at all hazards. Miss Lloyd declines permission for its use 
or employment in any manner, way or style. 

(Messrs. HOUSE, GROSSMAN & VORHAUS, 115 Broadway, New York 
ATTORN8 l Messrs. ALBERT STRONG & CO., 70 Gracechurch Street, London 



NEXT WEEK (Oct. 17), KEITH'S, Philadelphia 



American Tour 



under direction of 



PAT CASEY 



When at%»werino advertUementt kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



■■ 



■i 





NOT 



Sullivan & Considine's BIG DRAWING CARD Sullivan & Considine's BIG HEADLINE FEATURE 

Engaged by the above firm for 50 Weeks — (Now Playing) 

The 



ORIGINAL 





The FAMOUS Minstrel Comedian STAR 

The biggest individual moneygetter for theatres who travels west of Chicago. 
BIG RECORD BUSINESS in each house (up to date) 
Reference— J. W. Considine, Fred Lincoln, Gen'l Mgr. ; M. Oppenheimer, President, and the big Eastern Booking 
Manager, Chris. O. Brown. Maurice Burns, Western Booking Manager. 

FLASH LIGHT PICTURE TAKEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 28th, 1910, AT SEATTLE, WASH. 
( Billed and Advertised like a Circus. S— C Knows What Commercial Value Is. ) 




. S.— Boys and Girls; they treat you like a prince.) 



THIS WEEK (Oct. 10), GRAND, TACOMA, WASH. NEXT WEEK (Oct. 17), GRAND, PORTLAND, ORE. Oct. 30, NATIONAL, SAN FRANCISCO 



L 



WH*n antwering adverti*ement$ kindly meviion VARIETY. 



: 



TEN CENTS 




VOL. X3C, NO. 7. 



OCTOBER 22, WO. 



PRICE TEN CENTS 







VARIETY 




U'Airn nnmi < i itiy (iihi rt i.s' mints kinilly men! o M V .( // / /■. 7 Y 




Vol. XX. No. 7. 



OCTOBER 22, 1910. 



PRICE TEN CENTS. 



$30,000 IN COMMISSIONS 

HELD UP BY THE "SPLIT" 



United Booking Offices and Manager Poli Reported 
Having Failed to Agree upon the Divi- 
sion of a Double " Split" 



When S. Z. Poli, the New England 
surveyor of vaudeville theatres bear- 
ing his name, hove Into town Tuesday 
a report spread that the United Book- 
ing Office officials had called the man 
of many houses into town to have him 
"walk the carpet." 

No one knows whether Mr. Poli dlcl 
any walking. What he was to walk 
for, though, came out from the visit. 
It seems the Poli Circuit has not been 
turning over commission withheld 
from acts playing the theatres to the 
United Agency, which wanted it. The 
amount involved to date Is reported 
at around $30,000, extending back 
beyond this season to all of last sea- 
son. 

The Poli reason for holding up the 
money is a simple one, if the story is 
correct. It says that when Poli Joined 
the United, the big agency agreed to 
split all the five per cent, commissions 
received by it from acts working on 
the Poli time. This would have 
amounted to two and one-half per 
cent, per act for Poli. Thereafter and 
as has become well known, the United 
decided with itself to "split" with the 
agents, thereby receiving seven and 
one-half per cent, of the salaries of 
all acts playing the Poli Circuit. 
Mathematically says report Mr. Poli 
claimed that his agreement of a 
"split" then covered the seven and 
one-half per cent, instead of the orig- 
inal five. The United disputed the 
mathematical calculation. Though 
Mr. Poli is a foreigner, he can pur- 
chase over here as good a lead pencil 
as anyone, so he placed his figures 
against the United's. They couldn't 
agree. 

With the old legal theory that pos- 
session is nine points, Poll has hung 
onto all commsslons since the argu- 



ment arose, waiting for the United to 
come around and see him. 

The United might grow teBty over 
the affair, but if they did they might 
lose Poli and his circuit, so they 
haven't grown aggravated yet, but 
$30,000 is $30,000, in New York or 
New England. 

It is said that "managers" and "rep- 
resentatives" who have placed acts on 
the Poli Circuit for this season, receiv- 
ing a "split" weekly, statement from 
the United with their share of the Poll 
commissions upon it, have been re- 
quested to return the amounts so cred- 
ited, until Mr. Poli shall have ad- 
justed his account. 



BASEBALL QUARTET FORMED. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 

A baseball quartet has been formed 
and will play the middle west short- 
ly, booked through the Orpheum Cir- 
cuit offices here and in New York. 

Doc White, Artie Hofman and Jim- 
my Schekard of the "Cubs," with Ad- 
die Josh, of the Cleveland ni.ne, will 
be the members. The quartet will 
commence a vaudeville tour when the 
World Championship series between 
the Athletics and Cubs is ended. 



KOHL ILL AT HOME. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 

Charles E. Kohl has been at his 
summer home for three weeks under 
the care of physicians, a sufferer from 
liver complaint. While his condition 
is not believed to be in any degree 
serious, it has been necessary for him 
to abandon business activities for a 
time. Important affairs are trans- 
acted over long-distance telephone. 

Pat. Casey paid him a visit Tues 
day, returning with the information 
that Mr. Kohl might be away from 
business for another fortnight. 



HOMEWARD BOUND. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 

The Twentieth Century yesterday 
carried Pat Casey and William Morris 
to New York. Levy Mayer, the Chi- 
cago theatrical attorney, was on the 
same train. 

Mr. Morris intended going farther 
West, but met Casey by appointment, 
and the two left for the East together, 
with Mr. Mayer, who represents in a 
legal way the Klaw & Erlanger and 
Orpheum Circuit interests. 



San Francisco, Oct. 20. 

William Morris was expected here 
Oct. 27, to meet M. H. Depenbrock, 
who is building a $100,000 theatre 
at Sacramento for the Morris Western 
company, which has signed a lease for 
fifteen years upon the Depenbrock 
structure. Mr. Morris has not arrived 
here. Walter Hoff Seeley, the general 
manager of the Western circuit, was 
in Denver at the time. 

It Is rumored that <Klaw & Erlan- 
ger, the Shuberts and others are ne- 
gotiating for the now building Amer- 
ican, this city, as well as others of the 
Morris theatres in the West. 



MAY YOHE WORKING AGAIN. 

Seattle, Oct. 20. 
May Yohe has returned to work, 
opening at the Breakers' Cafe Mon- 
day. 



ORPHEUM AND K. & E. 

Ogden, Oct. 20. 
The Orpheum will play K. & E. at- 
tractions, the first being "The Three 
Twins," which showed Oct. 15. When 
the "legit" hold the stage, the regu- 
lar vaudeville bill will be switched 
to Logan. 



ROOF ENGAGEMENT ALREADY. 

Berlin, Oct. 10. 

The Germans, Antionct and Crock, 
a comedy musical lurn, have been en- 
gaged for America and will open on 
Hammerstein'a Roof, New York, July 
31. next. 

The nrr is now playing an engage- 
ment of seven months at the Circus 
Schumann. 



MAYOR'S WIFE IN HOME TOWN. 

Seattle, Oct. 20. 
May Wardcll, wife of the acting- 
mayor, is at Pantages' this week in 
a sinking turn. 



STOLL OFFERING LONG CON- 
TRACT. 

(Special cable to Variety. ) 

London, Oct. 20. 

Oswald Stoll, in statement, an- 
nounces that he will be able to give 
acts two years' solid booking on new 
circuit now forming, of which he is 
the head. 

Contracts now beijig Issued for the 
new Middlesex calls for two weeks' 
engagement. 



POLAIRF/S SKETCH STOPPED. 

( Special cable to Variety.) 

Paris, Oct. 20. 

The sketch which was announced to 
have been of Polaire's own authorship 
and billed to appear at the Moulin 
Rouge, has been withdrawn. A claim 
of priority of the same subject was 
entered by a comedienne. The man- 
agement sent out a statement that Po- 
laire was indisposed, though a revival 
of "Ma Cosse" is announced at the 
Moulin Rouge tomorrow. Polaire will 
take part in it. 

The revue at the Olympia has been 
set over until to-morrow also. 

Dorothy Kenton opened very suc- 
cessfully at the Alhambra. She is the 
American banjo girl. 



DALY IN A WILDE PIECE. 

Atlantic City, N. J.. Oct. 20. 

The next piece Arnold Daly will play 
vaudeville in will bo an Oscar Wilde 
story, probably adapted. Mr. Daly is 
to open at Hen Harris' Young's Pier 
Theatre. Oct. 31. 



MAJESTIC RACK IN LINE. 

Though .nothing definite has been 
decided it Is likely that the Majestic, 
New York, a Shubert house, will 
swing back from the- "small time" 
column of the Loew Circuit into the 
legitimate line again. 

The date for the swing has not been 
settled upon, but "The lllue Dird" 
from the New Theatre is mentioned 
as the first legitimate attraction the 
Majestic will hold when the opera- 
tion of cutting out vaudeville takes 
place. The theatre has been played 
u.nder an agreement between tb»« Shu- 
berts and Loew and has been booked 
by the latter during its picture and 
vaudeville career. 



VARIETY 



MANAGERS FORM LEAGUE. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 

The Central States Vaudeville Man- 
agers' League was organized at |a 
meeting held Tuesday afternoon at 
the Hotel Union. In attendance were 
Managers Trinz, Milwaukee; Fleckles, 
Waukegan; Hopp, Rock Island; Hugo, 
Cedar Rapids; Siegfried, Decatur; 
McConnell, Quincy; Root, Ottumwa 
and Burlington; Schimpf, Rockford; 
Jones, Oshkosh and Fond Du Lac; 
Beiderstadt, Madison; Schindler, Chi- 
cago; Allert, South Bend; Butterfleld, 
Michigan;. Churchill, Grand-Rapids 
and Peoria. 

With the exception of Messrs. 
Churchill and Jones, all the managers 
in attendance book through the West- 
ern Vaudeville Association. Walter 
S. Butterfleld was chairman of the 
meeting. After framing up tempo- 
rary arrangements, adjournment was 
taken until Nov. 2, when a permanent 
organization will be formed. . 

The proposed by-laws and consti- 
tution were threshed out at Tuesday's 
meeting, and the general purpose of 
the association discussed. 

The anticipated excitement did not 
materialize, although there is said to 
be still some unrest among a few of 
the managers as to their future policy 
in booking acts. 

The presence of Churchill, of the 
Theatrical Booking Corporation, gave 
color to the report that some of the 
houses now booking with the associa- 
tion are being sought after. 



GABY A MODEST ASKER. 

Gaby Deslys will not be seen In New 
York in the near future or for some- 
time to come, that is unless she comes 
to earth in the matter of money. The 
Marinelli Office offered Gaby engage- 
ments here but the French girl who 
put a Kingdom on the blink, kept 
up her reputation as a non-piker when 
it came to salary. Gaby thought her 
services were worth $600 a day with 
only two matinees a week. 

Besides this, round trip tickets for 
Ave were demanded. She would not 
leave Paris until $10,000 had been de- 
posited as security for her salary. 



MINNIE PALMER TO TRY AGAIN. 

Another effort to come back to vau- 
deville will be made by Minnie Palmer 
"My Sweetheart." Victor H. Smalley 
has written "Cured." He says it will 
return Miss Palmer to the heights she 
once attained and held upon the stage. 

The Dan Casey Co. will place the 
sketch in rehearsal within a few days. 



"OPERATIC ACROBAT" DEAGON. 

Through being obliged to undergo 
an operation for appendicits, Arthur 
Deagon had also to forego a season's 
engagement with the Genee show. 

Now that ho lias recovered, Mr. Dea- 
gon is calculating upon spending the 
remainder of the theatrical weeks in 
vaudeville as a "single." If he reaches 
the variety stage alone, it will be to 
appear as "Diamond Jim" Brady, a 
character he made known in "The Fol- 
lies." 

Gus Edwards has written Mr. Dea- 
gon a medley, during which he will 
perform acrobatics. The tune is called 
"The Operatic Acrobat," and Deagon 
may so bill himself. 



JOB FOR WERLMAN. 

A Job In vaudeville for Walter Well- 
mas was all tied up, ready to be de- 
livered when the air line explorer 
reached New York Wednesday after- 
noon. 

The Morris office had sent a wire- 
less to the flier, Immediately the news 
reached that Wellman had been pick- 
ed off his "America" by a coast 
"tramp" steamer. An appointment 
made for Friday seemed too far away 
for Edward L. Bloom, of the Morris 
Circuit. Mr. Bloom walks past Ham- 
mersteln several times daily. He has 
noticed a sign reading that Christy 
Mathewson will be there next week in 
"Curves." Bloom was at the dock when 
the boat was warped in. He had with 
him an offer of $3,000 for a week at 
the American theatre, if the flier would 
tell about the balloon flight upon the 
stage. 

Up to Thursday the Morris office was 
still hoping that the newspapers hav- 
ing Wellman under contract would not 
interrupt their plan of placing the 
scientist before the foots. 

Pending the final decision on the 
main fellow of the expedition, the 
Morris general manager showed Jack 
Irwin, the wireless operator, and A. L. 
Loud, the engineer, where to place 
their signatures on a contract, which 
they did, and will appear Monday to 
tell the American clientele all about 
it. If Mr. Wellman capitulates, he 
will replace his staff on the stage 
there, with the other two proceeding 
to outlying Morris houses. 



J 

MONEY ONLY IN TITLE. 

Chicago, Oct 20. 

"$3,000,000" will disband at the 
Chicago Opera House, Saturday night. 
Without the formalities of two weeks' 
notice, the company has been in- 
formed that there will be nothing do- 
ing after that date. There was a move- 
ment under way yesterday to throw 
the affairs of the shows Into the hands 
of a receiver for the purpose of pay- 
ing salaries. The chorus girls flocked 
to the agencies Wednesday in hopes 
of being placed. 

The principal members, John Ford, 
May Boley and Louis Simons have the 
always open choice of returning to 
vaudeville. Walter Keefe is negoti- 
aating with Miss Boley. 



BOWERS IN YOUNG'S ROLE. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 

Frederick V. Bowers has been en- 
gaged to replace John E. Young in 
"The Sweetest Girl In Paris," at the 
La Salle when the second edition goes 
on Nov. 6. 

At the same time, Alice York may 
be replaced, possibly, by Gertrude 
Vanderbilt. 



SEELEY AND KANE SIGN. 

Blossom Seeley, the comedienne, 
now a "single act," and Joe 
Kane, her manager, have sign- 
ed a three years' contract with Lew 
Fields, through Max Hart, and will be 
seen In the new Fields' Winter Gar- 
den. Their contract bars them from 
appearing in any New York vaudeville 
house prior to the Winter Garden en- 
gagement. 

Harrison Brockbank, the English 
baritone, has also been engaged for 
the same show. 



GERMAN ARTISTS* COMPACT. 

Berlin, Oct. 10. 

The move of the German variety 
managers to cut salaries of the home 
talent has been met by a retaliative 
step from the ten leading acts over 
here. These ten hold contracts call- 
ing for their services one year longer 
at the usual salary. They have agreed 
that at the expiration of that time, 
if the managers are still obdurate on 
the money end, to organize themselves 
into a traveling troupe, and appear in 
the smaller theatres against the man- 
agers. 

The artists have ai* excellent chance 
of winning out on the struggle. The 
stars draw the business here, and 
without one or more of them, the 
halls can not secure big attendance. 



ACT WITH 100. 

There is a colored act with 100 peo- 
ple around New York, awaiting the 
call of vaudeville. Bill Lykens piloted 
a party up to the Manhattan Casino 
Thursday night to look the dusky mob 
over. 

It is called "The Sengamblan Car- 
nival," led by Henry Troy. The prob- 
able price of the number for vaude- 
ville would be between $2,000 and 
$2,500 weekly. 

It's Bill's dream to put over an act 
like this again. He did once, years 
ago, at Hammerstein's. If Bill can re- 
peat the trick any auto can hit him. 



MISS MURRAY TO STAR. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 

It is understood that Elizabeth M. 
Murray has been placed under contract 
to appear at the Cort theatre, Chi- 
cago, as the star of a production, 
following the termination of her en- 
gagement with "Mme. Sherry" at the 
Amsterdam, New York. 



OMAHA MANAGER CHANGES. 

Omaha, Oct. 20. 

Jos. A. Pile has been promoted from 
treasurer to manager of the Ameri- 
can. W. M. Leslie, the first manager 
of the house, goes to Boston for the 
Morris Circuit. 

Prices at the American have been 
reduced to the scale in effect at the 
Orpheum. 



"AERO GIRL" COMES IN. 

Henry Dixey opens at the Cort, Chi- 
cago, to-night, in "The Naked Truth." 
"The Aero Girl," a Shubert produc- 
tion, aimed for there, returned to New 
York after showing at Pougekeepsle, 
Thursday evening, of last week. 

The cast was not satisfactory. Bailey 
and Austin, featured in the piece, 
recruited a new company this week. 
Offers were made Elsie Ryan, Belle 
Gold, Allan Coogan and Dennis Mul- 
len. 

Geo. S. O'Brien acted for Bailey 
and Austin and the Shuberts in se- 
curing new principals. The show 
may again start on the road around 
Nov. 5. 



WEEK'S BIG NEWS. 

Doc Stelner went on the wagon 
Tuesday. 



92,900 FOR RUSSIANS. 

$2,900 weekly for eight weeks is the 
stipulated price between Percy G. Wil- 
liams and the Russian dancers, who 
opened at Mr. Williams' Colonial Mon- 
day. Four of the principals in the 
troupe are paid $500 apiece each 
week from that amount according to 
report. 

David Robinson, manager of the 
Colonial, has been appointed di- 
rector of the Russians while on the 
Williams circuit. They were started 
on the Colonial engagement last 
Saturday night, with a rehear- 
sal after the regular performance. 
The rehearsal concluded at two 
o'clock Sunday morning. Mr. Wil- 
liams, Mr. Robinson, Nellie Revell, 
Tom McNaughton, Harold Williams, 

A. Wullstelner and Leo Maase com- 
posed the critical audience. Com- 
ment, humorous and otherwise, was 
frequent. 

The centre of attraction was the 
Colonial orchestra led by Julius Lenz- 
berg. Without the three additional 
pieces which went in the orchestra 
Monday, they had to wrestle with an 
orchestration calling for thirty-five 
men. Thirteen were there to play it. 
The score for the act had been cut. 
During the first rehearsal as the 
musicians would hit the swing, a 
"cut" of four or five pages would oc- 
cur, when they had to pause before 
getting together again. 

During the "Salambo" dance Mr. 
Williams chewed up a cigar. From 
a rehearsal point of view Kosloff and 
Baldlna made it pretty strong. . 

It is understood that when the pres- 
ent troupe of dancers were negotiated 
for an offer was made Mile. Schollar 
who appeared with the London Hip- 
podrome troupe last season. Schollar 
was very anxious to come to America, 
in fact her signature was attached to 
a Morris contract, but the American 
manager was skeptical about the Rus- 
sians, so the engagement was declared 
off. In the present case It was a mat- 
ter of money. 

There Is now some talk that this 
dancer will be cabled for to strengthen 
the troupe immediately. Schollar was 
the second dancer with the Hippo- 
drome band, but took all the laurels 
from Probajenskl, the leader. Schollar 
was considered by many to be second 
only to Pavlowa. 

If Schollar does not come over for 
Williams, there Is a chance she will 
be on the opening program of the new 
Harris-Lasky "Folles Bergere," due to 
open around the first of the year. Kar- 
savina would not consider a music 
hall engagement. 

Last Saturday Pavlowa and Mordkin 
gave a special matinee at the Metro- 
politan Opera House, appearing In 
Brooklyn In the evening. The dan- 
cers then started off on a road tour. 
The advance sale at the Metropolitan 
for the matinee, before the doors open- 
ed was $7,200. 

The Russian Balalaika Orchestra 
from the Coliseum, London, was an- 
nounced by Klaw & Erlanger this 
week to have been secured by them 
and will open a tour over here Nov. 
28. 



VARIETY 



MAY WAIVE COMMISSION 

CHARGE FOR ALL BOOKINGS 



Martin Beck Makes a Statement. Says Either That Or 

Will Enter All Orpheum Circuit Bookings At Chicago, 

Unless New Law Can Be Properly Complied With 



The workings of the new agency 
law in New York state brought a state- 
ment from Martin Beck this week. 
Mr. Beck, who is the general manager 
of the Orpheum Circuit which sup- 
plies no theatre in the state with acts* 
though having its headquarters in New 
York City, said Wednesday that pro- 
viding the Commissioner of Licenses 
and himself could not agree upon a 
few mooted points in the measure, 
tha Orpheum Circuit would either 
waive all commissions on acts booked 
or remove its agency to Chicago. Mr. 
Beck had an appointment with the 
Commissioner yesterday. 

"I do not want to be misunder- 
stood," said Mr. Beck. "We want to 
obey the law in all its provisions, but 
if we find that some of those are im- 
practicable to be followed because of 
interference in our business, there will 
be no other course left open to us." 

The Central Promotion Co. is the 
licensed agent for the Orpheum Cir- 
cuit bookings. Its offices are in the 
suite occupied by the Circuit in the 
Long Acre Building. 

It was reported Monday that the 
visits made by the license inspectors 
the early part of the week to all agen- 
cies had some part in Mr. Beck's stand. 

The Orpheum Circuit has entered 
but few bookings for next season and 
placed but very few engagements on 
its books during the past two weeks. 
It is unusual for the Circuit to stand 
still in bookings. 

Bookings in general during the week 
were very quiet, especially in the 
United Booking Offices. The only rea- 
son offered by the agents who place 
the acts with the agency was that the 
workings of the new law, with the 
"split" commission scheme of the 
United, have led to the condition. 



SAYS KENT $85,000 LOW. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 

When William A. Brady filed a suit 
in New York against Abraham L. Er- 
langer last Monday, he revived echoes 
of "Advanced Vaudeville" which held 
forth at the Auditorium three years 
ago. Brady asks that the Auditorium 
be forced into receivership; also ask- 
ing that the partnership which he en- 
tered into with Erlanger in 1907 be 
dissolved. 

Brady maintains that he has not e- 
ceived his rightful share of the pro- 
ceeds from the contract with the Chi- 
cago Opera Co., which soon opens a 
grand opera season at the big theatre. 
Brady claims that when Erlanger en- 
tered into the agreement with the 
United Booking Offices to abandon 
vaudeville in the Auditorium, among 
other places, Brady was not consulted, 
which violated the partnership agree- 
ment. 

Brady is contending that because 
of this agreement the leasing value 



of the Auditorium is greatly de- 
creased, as he maintains that vaude- 
ville would be a nice thing to estab- 
lish in the house, and that it could be 
leased for such purposes but for said 
agreement with the United. Brady 
asserts that $200,000 would be the 
right price for what the grand opera 
company now receives for $116,000. 



ALL TIME CANCELED. 

The Jewish holidays last week made 
one act for the Morris Circuit. It 
was Geo. Newburn, an Englishman, 
who had come over here to play for 
Percy G. Williams. Mr. Newburn is 
an imitator and a Hebrew. 

When the holiday arrived Newburn 
notified Mr. Williams he could not 
appear. The manager replied in a 
tart letter, saying all time would be 
canceled if he remained away for the 
purpose of observance. The letter re- 
marked that if all the Hebrews on 
the stage did the same thing, the the- 
atres would have to close. 

Sunday Newburn appeared at the 
Sunday concert at the Plaza, a Morris 
house. 

The Englishman will open on the 
Morris Circuit next Monday. There 
was some attempt to make a racial 
issue of Newburn's cancellation, but 
it never progressed far. 




^- 8-0 BUYS IN. 

San Francisco, Oct 20. 

Sullivan-Considine secured a one- 
half interest in the new Qrauman the- 
atre Tuesday morning. Fred T. Lin- 
coln represented the firm. The deal 
was reported some time ago. Legal 
proceedings between Alex. Pantages 
and Orauman held it up. Pantages 
claimed a booking contract for the 
house when completed. The courts 
decided against him. 

Another angle to the connection of 
Grauman with S-C is the purchase by 
the former of Zick Abrams' one-half 
ownership of the National. The Grau- 
mans assumed possession of Abrams' 
half Tuesday night, returning then to 
the theatre they left some time ago. 

The new Grauman house is near- 
ing completion. It will play vaude- 
ville, and the contract with S-C calls 
for first play Frisco bills. 

The securing of the Grauman by 
S-C seems to shut out Pantages from 
this city. He has the booking for 
the Chutes now, only. There has been 
some talk that if the William Morris 
circuit could not make a convenient 
booking connection for its new Ameri- 
can when that opened, Pantages might 
have an arrangement to temporarily 
play his shows there until the Morris 
people were ready. The connection 
however of "Big Tim" Sullivan with 
his own circuit and that of the Morris 
companies will block this move for 
Pantages likely, if it were contem- 
plated. 

It is said that Abrams received $15,- 
000 for his one-half share of the Na- 
tional. Upon the announcement of 
Grauman's return to that house be- 
ing flashed on a slide, it was greeted 
with big applause there. 



The new theatre will be .named the 
Empress, and open the first week in 
December. Grauman is reported to 
have received from S.-C. $50,000 for 
the share sold to them. 



C. L. Cole, representing Pantages, 
is rumored negotiating for the Pick- 
wick, San Diego. 



THE GREAT RICHARDS. 

THE GREAT RICHARDS, who will appear, 
commencing MONDAY NEXT (Oct. L4), at tho 
HUDSON THEATRE, UNION HILL, N. J. 



PANTAGES WANT TO BREAK IN. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 

The local office of the Pantages Cir- 
cuit has taken on an air of unwonted 
activity. For three weeks, P. G. 
McLean has been here as an extra 
scout, looking over acts and serving 
Pantages in a special capacity. Louis 
Pincus arrived from New York Monday 
and will be here all week. His mis- 
sion, it is said, relates in part to se- 
curing, if possible, a theatre for Pant- 
ages. The guess has been made that 
the house under consideration is Beid- 
ernian's, a theatre, now being con- 
structed at West Madison street and 
Western avenue. This will be a house 
of the best class, of ample seating 
capacity to admit of almost any scale 
of prices. It is reported Sullivan- 
Considine let an option they held upon 
the property expire, and it is further 
rumored that the Shuberts have the 
house under consideration. 

William MorriB, who was here, look- 
ed the structure over with a view of 
annexing it. Pantages acts now have 
an occasional representation at the 
Thirty-first street, a house booked by 
Ed. Lang, the Chicago representative 
of the circuit. 



. STAR SALE FALLS THROUGH. . 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 

The Star got into the rumor mar- 
ket with a rush last Saturday. Alfred 
Hamburg, who owns the EH is and 
Monroe, negotiated with Weiss Bros., 
who own half the lease with Chas. E. 
Kohl, and was so sure that he was 
in possession that he commissioned 
Earl J. Cox to book this week's show. 

By noon Saturday Cox had filled 
his commission. Two acts appeared 
at the Star for rehearsal Monday, with 
telegrams from Cox to go to work. 
Meanwhile, the deal with the Weiss 
Bros, fell through, as Chas. E. Kohl, 
from his summer home in Oconomo- 
woc, telephoned that he had deter- 
mined not to sell, and without his 
sanction the deal could not go 
through. 

Cox notified as many of his acts 
as he could reach that everything was 
off. The show regularly booked by the 
Association is at the Star this week, 
but as late as Wednesday afternoon 
it was said that Hamburg had come 
into control of the Weiss Bros.' in- 
terest. 

When Chas. E. Kohl, Jr., was asked 
about the report by a Variety repre- 
sentative, he said that his father had 
definitely decided not to dispose of 
his interest. 



JAY HUNT CONTRIBUTES. 

Boston, Oct. 20. 

Jay Hunt, the well known theatrical 
man and manager of the Howard, thlB 
city, will contribute to vaudeville 
when his daughter and wife appear in 
a sketch at Keith's' Boston, Oct. 31. 

Charlotte Hunt, who is Boston's 
youngest dramatic star, will be the 
feature in the sketch "Love Under 
Difficulties." Florence Hale (Mrs. 
Hunt) and James Home compose the 
supporting cast. 

The second piece Mrs. Hunfc holds 
in reserve for vaudeville is entitled 
"A Woman's Folly," written by her- 
self. The playlet is claimed to be 
founded upon an idea never before in- 
troduced on the variety stage. 



A HOLT Till'] KRAZYEST ACT IN VAUDE- 
VILLE. 




MR. AND MRS. 
MURRAY FERGUSON. 
In 

"THE ELOCUTION FIEND." 

A roaring cyclone of eccentric comedy that 
Is a sure fire hit with any audience. 



VARIETY 



UNIONIZING AGAIN. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 

The Actors' Union, which has ap- 
parently been lying low for several 
weeks, promises to again stir things 
up in Chicago and vicinity, if reports 
current can be taken as authentic 
President Nemo, of Chicago Local No. 
4, went to Rock Island yesterday to 
confer with leaders in the various 
branches of organized labor in the 
Central West. It is said that he car- 
ries a proposition to those in charge 
of affairs to make towns outside of 
Chicago a "closed shop" as to vaude- 
ville theatres, and he will mention 
Gary, Ind., in his arguments. In the 
steel town everything is union. No- 
body can perform upon a Gary vaude- 
ville stage unless he carries a mem- 
bership card or permit from the Act- 
ors' Union. 

It is intimated that a certain fac- 
tion in the organized booking business 
is backing Nemo in his efforts to 
unionize certain towns wherein that 
certain element is not represented by 
theatres which book their acts. 

Earl Cox, who was the second agent 
in Chicago to sign a permit agreement 
with the Union, has had the arrange- 
ment annulled on the claimed grounds 
of unfairness. The Western Vaude- 
ville Association, William Morris and 
Frank Q. Doyle agencies are the prom- 
inent booking establishments which 
have the unions' endorsement. 



ANOTHER •'DIDN'T KNOW," ETC. 

San Francisco, Oct. 20. 

Harry Koogan, manager of "The 
Social Whirl" concession at Idora 
Park, Oakland, was accidentally shot 
and killed by James B. Lawson, pro- 
prietor of the Park Shooting Gallery, 
who thought the gun unloaded. 

The deceased was well known among 
attaches of various amusement parks 
on the coast. 



"WHITE HEN 1 ' DILL'S FIRST. 

San Francisco, Oct. 20. 

Max Dill opens his musicaT comedy 
season at the Garrick (old Orpheum) 
Oct. 24 in "The White Hen." Dill's 
single venture is arousing considerable 
speculation. 



MOSE'S LIFE SAVED. 

Mose Gumble is an out-and-out 
dyed-in-the-wool baseball fan and 
doesn't give two whoops who knows 
it. His enthusiasm reached the bub- 
bling over point last week when the 
Giants and Yanks hooked up for the 
championship of New York. He ap- 
parently forgot all about business and 
everything else in his anxiety to be 
on hand to see the sport. 

Monday morning he Journeyed to 
Philadelphia to see the Cubs and Ath- 
letics play. The telephones in his 
offices were ringing, messenger boys 
waited, and the J. H. Kemick & Co. 
force rushed hither and thither tell- 
ing all who wanted to see Mose he 
had gone to Philadelphia on a matter 
of life and death. That is, it would 
have killed Mose if he couldn't have 
gone to the world's championship 
opening game. But, Mose is not the 
only New York man who rushed over 
for the big game. 



ENGLISH AGENTS GO WEST. 

W. Scott Adacker, representing The 
Royal Ashton Agency of London, re- 
turned this week from a fortnight's 
trip in which he visited Chicago, Pitts- 
burg, Philadelphia and Washington. 

Mr. Adacker was greatly impressed 
by the situation in Chicago and mar- 
veled at the class of shows given in 
some of the cheaper houses there. Sev- 
eral acts seen in the Windy City struck 
the fancy of the London agent. Mr. 
Adacker will sail for home next Wed- 
nesday. 

From a story heard this week, the 
Royal Ashton Agency, through Mr. 
Adacker may make an important 
American connection before Adacker 
leaves. 

John Hayman, the Moss-Stoll repre- 
sentative who has been in New York 
for several weeks, will leave to-day 
for the west, probably not further 
than Chicago. Mr. Hayman has en- 
gaged several acts to open at the Coli- 
seum, London, but is reticent about 
giving out names. 

Leo Masse, of the Marlnelli Agency, 
will go west with Hayman, who will 
leave for London, Nov. 7. 



NO SUNDAY FEATURES. 

At the Loew agency this week it 
was stated that no "big" features 
would be used for the Sunday bills 
to be given by the agency at the Shu- 
bert theatres in New York. Tomor- 
row the Broadway theatre (New 
York) starts its "Sundays" with six 
acts and pictures at prices up to 50 
cents. 

Last Sunday according to report the 
attendance at the Herald Square was 
lair, while the Circle held to better 
results. Both houses had Loew bills, 
and gave their first Sunuay enter- 
tainment of the season. 

It has been remarked during the 
week that there is a possibility that 
the wholesale opening of their houses 
for Sunday concerts by the Shuberts 
may revive agitation by the reform- 
ers. 



AMATEUR NIGHT AT FRIARS. 

Tonight's the night at the Friary. 
There will be pure amateurs on hand, 
all members of this club. The Friars 
will give their Saturday night show 
with a list of aspiring actors who 
have never yet appeared upon any 
platform in the capacity of entertain- 
ers. 

Jean Havez has written a sketch in 
which Mike Simon and Jerry Siegel 
will appear. They will be supported by 
Arthur Klein and Eddie Wlel. 

Aaron Kessler is to offer a spe- 
cialty, assisted by two unknowns, and 
there will be loads of other doings. 

The show will start at 11 o'clock. 
Tickets will be placed at 10-20-30, 
and an effort will be made to prevent 
the speculators who will stand out- 
side the door from disposing of any 
of their wares. 

During the winter many unique 
events to while away an evening at 
the Friary have been announced. 



A PROFITABLE "BLAOKIST." 

Added profit may reach Homer B. 
Mason through the "blacklist" he has 
erected. On It are names of theatres 
where Mr. Mason and his wife, Mar- 
guerite Keeler (Mason-Keeler Co.) 
have appeared without being thor- 
oughly happy during the engagement 
through treatment received from 
stage crews. 

Last season Mr. Keeler 's personal 
"blacklist" was inaugurated. There 
are now about three vaudeville houses 
on the sheet. To offset the stigma 
the word "blacklist" is associated 
with, and to prevent the tender feel- 
ings of managers suffering through 
the knowledge they are under the ban 
of an actor, Mr. Keeler has kept the 
information regarding the names of 
his "blacklisted" theatres to himself. 

Neither does he propose to decline 
bookings for any of the branded 
houses, but instead will accept a re- 
engagement at an advance of $250 
for the week over the regular salary 
asked by him of other managers who 
employ stage crews not annoying him 
or injuring the playing of his sketch. 

Mr. Keeler says that this mode of 
procedure will be the shortest way to 
bring managers to a realization that 
the "back of the house" is in need of 
attention as well as "the front." Event- 
ually, he remarks, if all the vaude- 
ville theatres are paying him $250 
more every week than he would have 
ordinarily asked, there may be a con- 
certed movement from the managerial 
end to regulate the working forces. 



"THE SHIRKERS" FOR NILLSON. 

Atlantic City, Oct. 20. 
Carlotta Nillson in "The Shirkers" 
will first appear in vaudeville at 
Young's Pier Oct. 31. C. S. McLellan 
wrote the piece. The act is booked 
by Alf. T. Wilton. 



ACT WILL SEPARATE. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 
Bert Howard and John T. Ray will 
dissolve their vaudeville partnership 
after completing their routings in the 
middle west, which end Nov. 5 at St. 
Louis. 



CONTRACTS AWAITING OWNER. 

Contracts for thirty-three weeks in 
the east on the United Booking Offices 
circuits are awaiting the rightful own- 
er. Two acts, each bearing the title 
of "Cadets de Gascoyne," claim the 
agreements. One Is under the di- 
rection of Paul Durand; the other rep- 
resented by Pat Casey. 

Both owners of the similarly named 
turns were of the original act. Sep- 
arating, two of the men held to the 
same title, which has brought about 
the confusion. The agents and the 
booking office are working out the 
tangle. 



Mildred Goldberg, attached to the 
staff of the Jules Ruby office la en- 
gaged to be married. Ruby always 
mentions this engagement when any- 
one asks him how bookings are. 



ORPHEUM'S STOCK COMPANY. 

Geo. Lask has been selected to stage 
the stock productions which will be 
offered at the Auditorium, Kansas 
City, from Nov. 14 onwards. 

Martin Lehman, manager of the Or- 
pheum in the same city, returned home 
Tuesday, after making selections for 
the east in conjunction with Martin 
Beck. The Auditorium is owned by 
the Orpheum people. 



GOLEMAN EXPLAINS. 

In last week's Variety appeared a 

note relating to a certain animal 

trainer appearing in New York. Jos. 

Goleman, of Coleman's Dogs and Cats, 

says he believed the article referred 

to him, since he has been on the "big 

time" in New York for the past 
month. 

While not certain the paragraph, 
which mentioned no names, was in- 
tended for him, Mr. Goleman says 
that very often in the handling of 
animal acts, those who may be around 
receive a wrong Impression. 

"In a few houses on this side," re- 
marked the animal trainer, who is a 
foreigner, "places are provided for 
animals in the cellar. In New York 
1 had to keep my animals In the dress- 
ing rooms. Once in a while a cou- 
ple of the dogs might commence to 
fight. One of my men to separate 
them would have to slap one of the 
dogs, when it commences to cry or 
howl, either because it was slapped 
or because it couldn't keep on fight- 
ing. When that happens anyone 
around might think the dog had been 
beaten. 

"Also if a dog is attached to a 
string and the string becomes twist- 
ed or the dog is entangled in it, there 
is a snarl and trouble. No harm is 
done anyone, but the stage people be- 
lieve from the noise that something 
has happened. 

"My men are instructed to handle 
my animals most carefully. I'll dis- 
charge the first man I find who does 
not. You can't train dogs with brute 
force, and if the people understood 
this, they would realize that a trainer 
must take good care of his animals. 

"I have a large act. It's not like 
one with two or three animals in it. 
While I don't know if the remarks 
in Variety were meant for me, I would 
rather have this explanation made 
than to have anyone rest under the 
delusion that I or any of my men 
abuse the animals." 



ABOUT A SONG-AND-DANOB MAN. 

There were so many bright 
ideas in "The Upstart," recently 
seen at Maxine Elliot's Theatre, 
that it was to be presumed a typi- 
cal New York first-night audience 
would not care for the play. It 
did not, and, as a result of its 
either careless, ignorant or ecze- 
matous vilification, the play was 
practically stillborn. The second 
night audience, composed of fewer 
wine agents, actors out of jobs, 
cafe operators and gaudy females 
than were present the evening be- 
fore, seemed to enjoy the per- 
formance vastly. Unlike most of 
the typical first nlghters, they 
probably understood it. "The 
Upstart" was from the pen of a 
song-and-dance man named Tom 
Barry, and proved that vaude- 
ville is not entirely made up, as 
we supposed, of trick dogs and 
other animals. Probably some 
day in the future, when typical 
first nlghters learn to use their 
heads for purposes other than top 
hats and Jeweled aigrettes, a play 
like Barry's will stand a chance. 

(GEOKUti J KAN NATHAN in the November 
"Smart Set.") 



• • • 



VARIETY 



niETY 



Published Weekly by 
VARIETY PUBLISHING CO. 

Times Square, New York City. 

SINE SILVERMAN 

Proprietor. 

CHICAGO, 107 Dearborn St 

WALTER K. HILL. 
LONDON, 418 Strand. 

JESSE J. FREEMAN. 

SAN FRANCISCO. 908 Market St. 

LESTER J. FOUNTAIN. 
PARIS, 60 Bis. Rue Saint Dldler. 

EDWARD O. KBNDREW. 
BERLIN, 68A Unter den Linden. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Rate card may be found In adrertlslng sec- 
tion of this Issue. 

Advertising; oopy for current issue must reach 
New York office by noon Thursday. 

Advertisements by mall must be accompanied 
by remittance, payable to Variety Publishing 
Company. 

SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 

Annual $■* 

Foreign 5 

Single copies. 10 cents. 

Entered as second-class matter at New York. 



Vol. XX. 



October 22 



No. 7 



A "single act** now playing In the 
west, who In times past was a Heb- 
rew comedian, has said he received a 
notice while appearing at the Nat- 
ional, San Francisco, (Week Oct. 1) 

which read " started slowly 

and never recovered." That Is true, 
and the notice referred to appeared 
In Varibtt. This fellow has also said 
he received that notice because he 
would not advertise in Variety. That 
is not true. Variety does not want 
his advertisement, nor the advertise- 
ment of any of those people who in 
the days (1906) when this paper first 
started did .not pay their indebtness 
to It in the belief that Variety would 
not live, or for some other reason, and 
their advertising would be free. Some 
have settled their bills since; some 
have not. This fellow is one of those 
who have not. If he received a poor 
notice from San Francisco or any 
other place in Variety, we would not 
be surprised, for we have yet to find 
that Variety has reported ajiy dead 
beat as a creditable stage performer. 



Cliff Berzac returned to New York 
Tuesday. 



Eunice Burnham is recovering from 
a recent attack of tonsilitls. 



Bonnie Farley will join Langdon 
and Brice as third member of a "three- 
act." 



Edward Abeles "showed" his latest 
sketch "He Tried to be Nice" last 
week. 



Hilda Morris is appearing as a 
"single act," under the direction of 
Max Hart. 



Harry Fern, the boxer, is under the 
management of Joe Adams, who was 
an actor before he became a hotel 
man. 



Helen H. Lehman, of the Dan Casey 
Co. has "dug up" a "three act" from 
New York City. The boys are named 
Weston, Fields and Carroll. 



Jere Grady and Frankie Carpenter 

are soon to offer "The Butterfly," a 
one-act playlet by Augustus McCue 
and Richard Warner in Vaudeville. 



Capt. Kelly, once of Keller's Zou- 
aves, presented a scenic production in 
vaudeville this week. It is called 
"Storm at Sea," employing fourteen 
people. 



Monroe and Mack in blackface are 
appearing in a new act this week at 
Yonkers. Louise Richond is also 
there, both acts placed by Alf T. Wil- 
ton. 



The Boganny Troupe of English 
comedy acrobats dlssappointed at the 
Wintergarten, Berlin, this month, and 
Bert Levy was held over to replace 
them. 



Henry Clive plays Hammerstein's 
next week. It is Clive's first appear- 
ance there, although he has appeared 
at the Fifth Avenue five times in two 
seasons. 



Al. Sutherland had a sick spell dur- 
ing the week. He couldn't make up 
his mind whether to go to the ball 
game or go home. (He remained in 
the office.) 



Miss Tokn, a Jap toe dancer and 
contralto singer, commenced a career 
as a "single" at Yonkers, Thursday. 
Bill Lykens has the foreigner under 
his direction. 



Ethel Green has been placed In the 
east for the season by Edw. S. Keller. 
This week Miss Green is at Keith's, 
Columbus, last week she headlined at 
the Temple, Rochester. 



Collins and Hart have contracts for 
a year solid across the water, where 
they now are. Their route calls for 
engagements In Italy, France, Switzer- 
land, Austria and Germany. 



The Five Salvaggis (four girls and 
a man) are playing a new act at the 
Hudson, Union Hill, N. J. This is 
the act that G. Molasso first came to 
America in, some six years ago. 



Charles Schweitzer found a note at 
his home one day last week inform- 
ing him his wife had gone. It was 
written by her. Mr. Schweitzer is 
treasurer of Keith's Columbia, Cincin- 
nati. 



The McNaughtons have likely sep- 
arated permanently. Nothing has been 
heard from Fred McNaughton, who is 
on the other side. Engagements for 
the act a few weeks ahead have been 
canceled. 



"The Gems," six singing and danc- 
ing English girls, who have not ap- 
peared over here in three or four 
years, open next Monday at the Green- 
point, brought to this side again by 
Paul Durand. 



Marc Klaw is expected home around 
now. He has been scouring the west 
for sites and theatres. Upon return- 
ing to New York, either he or Jos. 
W. Brooks will go south on another 
house hunting expedition. 



After Nov. 7 the Grand Theatre at 
Bradford, Pa. will be booked through 
the Family Department of the United 
Booking Office. Arthur Blondell will 
have the booking of the acts for this 
theatre under his supervision. 



West and Van Siclen were playing 
in Victoria, B. C., when they heard 
that their prize bull dog, "Nellie," 
had been poisoned in New York. Mr. 
and Mrs. West have offered a reward 
for proof as to who did the deed. 



Leonard and Ward Join "The Mara- 
thon Girls" at the Olympic, New York, 
next week. At the same time Wood 
Brothers go into Gus Hill's "Vanity 
Fair" at Detroit. Both bookings were 
entered through Weber & Allen. 



"Rouge at Noir" is the title of the 
piece Dazie will play when reappear- 
ing in vaudeville, commencing Nov. 
14 at Trenton, booked by Jenie Jacobs 
of the Casey Agency. "Ann Evans" 
(non de plume) wrote the piece. 



May Robson will return to New 
York, Monday, commencing a tour over 
here Oct. 28 at Bridgeport, Conn. Miss 
Robson returns from a three months' 
run at Terry's Theatre, London, where 
she appeared in "The Rejuvenation of 
Aunt Mary." 



Varikty disclaims responsibility or 
knowledge concerning a printed card 
distributed this week, quoting one 
Gene Van Fleet in a complimentary 
remark about this paper to the detri- 
ment of another. We do not know 
Mr. Van Fleet. 



Jet Hahlo who has been represent- 
ing Elizabeth Marbury in Paris and 
Berlin for the past six months will 
return from Europe Oct. 26 on the 
Oceanic. Jet will take up her posi- 
tion in the Marbury New York office 
immediately upon arrival. 

Irving Cooper, of the Cooper Broth- 
ers and before that of the Empire 
City Quartet, has become a manager 
of acts, with offices in the Shubert 
Building. Harry Cooper, the other half 
of the former team, is a member of 
the Hammerstein comic opera forces. 



Mrs. Leslie Carter-l'ayne and her 

company started rehearsals last Mon- 
day of Rupert Hughes' play "Two 
Women." The company will go en- 
tour under the management of John 
Cort Nov. 7, opening the season Ln 
Cleveland, coming into New York two 
weeks later. 



Lydia Barry is as happy as a big 
sunflower and it is all on account of 
reducing her weight. The comedienne 
now tips the beam at 133 pounds. 
This is going some when it will be 
recalled that her former avoirdupois 
was 1C5. She refused to divulge the 
secret of how it was done. 



La Pia is playing in the east, having 
appeared at Easton last week. This 
week she is at Scranton. The Rigolet- 
to Brothers, another foreign turn, 
especially imported for Martin Beck's 
Orpheum Road Show, have been book- 
ed for next spring in the eastern 
houses by the Marinelll agency. 



While Lorenzo and La Due were 
playing at the Fifth Avenue Tuesday 
matinee with their flying ring act, 
one of the boys fell twenty feet to 
the stage, striking upon his face. 
Though badly injured, no bones were 
broken. Schaar-Wheeler Trio filled 
the vacancy for the balance of the 
week. 



Annabelle Whitford has concluded 
her long western vaudeville trip, 
which started last February, and will 
return to New York to-morrow, clos- 
ing her engagement at Shea's, Toronto, 
to-night. Miss Whitford may appear 
in the eastern vaudeville houses, 
though considering several production 
offers. 



A rumor Monday said Corse Payton 
had secured a lease on Keith and 
Proctor's Union Square theatre on 
Fourteenth street. Manager Buck was 
not at the theatre when a Variety 
representative called, but Assistant 
Manager Schreiber said that he had 
heard of the rumor, but claimed there 
was no truth in it. 



Josie Brown of the B. A. Myers 
office has decided to take a rest and 
has gone to Lakewood, N. J. for sev- 
eral weeks. During her absence the 
other members of the office staff have 
elected her aji honorary member of a 
lodge, upon returning, she will have 
to pass through the initiation, which 
may make her feel like taking 
another vacation. 



John Lawson, who sails soon for 
England on the "Oceanic," will be ten- 
dered a farewell dinner at the Astor 
Hotel on Nov. 2, by Messrs. Hertz, 
Kurtley, Irman and other friends. He 
will return to America on Jan. 16 to 
produce "Humanity" and other pieces 
in the States. Next week Mr. Lawson 
will present a comedy sketch at the 
American, New York, in place of "The 
Monkey's Paw." 



"Skigie" would be a marvel were 
he .nearly as bright as his mother 
thinks he is. Still, between watch- 
ing moving picture shows and reading 
about sports ln the daily papers, 
"Skigie" has an idea he can wrestle 
with any proposition. So the other 
day when his teacher gave the class 
words to fit in sentences, "Skigie's" 
composition was to be around "sym- 
metry" (meaning harmony). Had the 
teacher asked the boy to write some- 
thing about an in-curve or a Pathe 
release, the kid would have been there. 
But "symmetry" Is never found on 
the sporting page. Naturally "Skigie" 
imagLned the teacher was mistaken. 
He took a chance 9 ml flopped so hard 
he doesn't even try to excuse himself. 
This is what the boy wrote: "A father 
passed the 'symmetry' where his son 
was buried." 



VARIETY 



PHILADELPHIA DENIALS. 

Philadelphia, Oct. 20. 

All reports concerning turning over 
of the Park, People's and Girard the- 
atres to the Western Wheel have been 
emphatically denied. The reports have 
been circulating for a long time, but 
nothing has been done officially. 

P. G. Nixon-Nirdlinger holds a five- 
year lease on the Park and one of 
seven on the People's. Yesterday he 
said he had no intention of turning 
the houses over to the burlesque peo- 
ple. Is. Kaufman, associated with 
W. W. Miller in the lease of the Gi- 
rard and Forepaugh's also declared 
yesterday he had not seen the Empire 
Circuit people for several weeks, and 
that under no conditions would he give 
up his house at present. Nixon-Nird- 
linger, who recently opened the Stand- 
ard, stated the house has been increas- 
ing in business each week anfl was now 
returning a small profit to him. 

All the houses named offer pictures 
and vaudeville, and each has been men- 
tioned as the second house in this city 
for the Empire Circuit. 

The emphatic denials of the lessees 
show that if any deals are on, they 
are being held back in secret or have 
been abandoned. 

At present there does not seem to 
be a house in this city available for 
burlesque except the Walnut, leased 
by Ellas & Koenig, who have the 
Casino, an Eastern Wheel house. 

The positive statement was made by 
a Western Wheel man this week to a 
Variety representative that the Wheel 
expected the addition of two houses in 
Philadelpha to close up the open weeks 
on the present route. 

The two theatres would be from the 
Park, Girard or People's, Philadelphia, 
he said, and added that the same day 
(Tuesday) a committee of Western 
Wheel managers were in Philadelphia, 
regarding the deal. 



MARGIE HILTON LEAVES SHOW. 

There have been several changes in 
the "Star Show Girls." Manager John 
T. Baker having recently signed 
Frank P. Murphy and Rosalie. Mur- 
phy works in the burlesque and pre- 
sents his sketch in the olio. 

Rosalie has replaced Margie Hilton. 



BURLESQUE HOUSE PROPOSED. 

Seattle, Oct. 20. 
It is rumored that eastern capi- 
talists propose to build a $100,000 
burlesque theatre in this city. The 
story is believed to have some connec- 
tion with the one recently sent out 
from New Orleans about a western 
burlesque circuit of forty weeks. 



GRACE HAZARD. 

Monday next Grace Hazard com- 
mences her vaudeville season at the 
American, New York, for the Morris 
Circuit. Her pictures on the front 
page this week include some of her 
character costumes in the new num- 
ber Miss Hazard has prepared. It 
is along the lines in the idea of her 
"Five Feet of Comic Opera," which 
will be the act Miss Hazard will pre- 
sent next week, the Morris manage- 
ment having requested that the for- 
mer turn be first shown before pro- 
ducing the new act. The latter con- 
tains many novelties. 



STOCK COMPANY BLOWS. 

Albany, N. Y., Oct. 20. 

The John Grieves musical comedy 
stock company at the -Gaiety blew up 
last Saturday night. Some got their 
money; some got some of their 
money, and Mrs. Agnes Barry who 
manages the theatre promised others 
that salaries would be made good. 

Mr. Grieves installed the company, 
playing the past six weeks. He is 
reported to have lost $3,000 on the 
venture. Mr. Grieves may produce 
vaudeville sketches. 



MISS WALSH SHIFTS WHEELS. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 
Next Sunday May Walsh joins "The 
Kentucky Belles" as principal soubret. 
She leaves "The Dainty Duchess" Sat- 
urday night, having secured a release, 
being dissatisfied with her part. 



9200 AMATEUR PRIZE. 

Buffalo, Oct. 20. 

There will be big amateur doings 
Nov. 30 when Irrepressible talent will 
compete for a $200 prize In Conven- 
tion Hall. L. J. Hirsch is in charge. 

"The Masquerade Girl" will start 
rehearsals Nov. 6, in Buffalo. The 
company will be under Mr. Hirsch. 

"The Girl" is announced to appear 
in the European houses, after its 
American dates. 

What connection there is between 
the amateur contest and the show 
hasn't been divulged. 



IDEA FOR CENSORS. 

It was storied this week that sev- 
eral of the traveling managers of bur- 
lesque organizations have been talking 
among themselves over petitioning the 
powers of the Wheels to draft a cen- 
sor committee hereafter on different 
lines than have been followed in the 
past. 

Censor committees of the Wheels 
heretofore have been composed of 
members of the executive boards of 
the companies operating the burlesque 
chains. The traveling managers con- 
tend that a committee so constituted 
can not judge their shows as they 
would like to have them judged, for 
several reasons. 

The story says the men who are 
talking the matter over have arrived 
at the point where they consider the 
censors should be a theatrical man- 
ager not in burlesque; a theatrical 
newspaper man, and someone thor- 
oughly familiar with burlesque with- 
out having a financial interest in it. 



La Maja, a Spanish dancer, who has 

a scenic production, is at Perth Am- 

boy this week, placed by Bill Lykens. 



NO BURLESQUE ORDERED. 

Evansville, Ind., Oct. 20. 

Burlesque shows have been hit by 
the Board of Public Safety and until 
there is a change in the city council, 
none will be permitted in Evansville. 

Ministers and laymen petitioned the 
board to stop the Rose Hill "English 
Folly" company from showing here 
Sunday night, but the board, after 
a strenuous meeting, decided to per- 
mit the presentation, providing that 
certain features were omitted. Police 
were stationed in the house, but had 
no complaint to make. Standing room 
was sold at both shows Sunday. 




RHWLS3 Von Xm^ian! 

WHO IS 



BAP ■ «<** J'- 

WHY-ed 






RftwLft 5s- von K*vFr«\ftN. 

7"///? TJ WHO 



inp f> Lome, * 

/ 0* *•"♦ (*nt 




REORGANIZING "JACK" SHOW. 

Philadelphia, Oct. 20. 

The new burlesque firm of Robin- 
son, Pawling & Smith, owners of the 
"Sam T. Jack" company on the West- 
ern Wheel, was rent into factions here 
through John R. -Robinson, the former 
newspaper man, and the financial 
member of the firm, refusing to stand 
by the decisions made by his partners, 
Arthur S. Pawling and George Totten 
Smith, in regard to the personnel of 
the company. 

Robinson accused Pawling and 
Smith of being in a combination to 
freeze him out, and ended his talk by 
taking the bull by the horns, demand- 
ing changes to suit himself. He de- 
clared Smith had not put on a show 
that would be a money maker, and 
that Pawling had failed to keep the 
members of the company in a proper 
state of discipline. 

Tom Miner was called into the 
breech. The partners engaged him 
to revamp the show, offering to give 
him a portion of the stock. Miner 
agreed to this, it is said, and will as- 
sume charge immediately. Then Rob- 
inson demanded that his partners sur- 
render a portion of their stock to Mr. 
Miner, thus putting the entire cost 
of revamping the show on the shoul- 
ders of Pawling and Smith. He stood 
firmly on this point, and finally car- 
ried it, his New York attorney draw- 
ing papers to this effect. 

In the reorganization of the show, 
Sam Golden will join next week, tak- 
ing the place of Bob Van Osten as 
principal comedian and doing a "sin- 
gle" in the olio. 



"CHINESE CAKEWALK" TOO 
MUCH. 

When Royal Tracy introduced a 
"Chinese Cakewalk" into "Nerve," a 
sketch written by Victor H. Smalley, 
the actor smote the heart hard of the 
author. 

Mr. Smalley will not explain what 
a "Chinese Cakewalk" is, but says fur- 
ther that there were other changes 
made in the manuscript that aggrieved 
the fond parent of the child of his 
brain, so much so that Tom H. Davis 
now has the lead in the playlet. Mr. 
Davis is connected with the Dan Casey 
Co.; so is Smalley. 

Another of the vagaries of ill for- 
tune or whatever it may be called 
(though Smalley calls it neither) came 
to the author's knowledge this week 
when he learned that the song "Good 
Morning. Judge," the song hit of 
"Judy Forgot," as sung by Marie Ca- 
hill in that Broadway theatre show, is 
exactly alike in title to a number 
placed with J. H. Remick & Co. by 
him four years ago. What makes the 
proposition more difficult is that the 
lyrics are not so far away either, ac- 
cording to Smalley, who has told Re- 
mick to go as far as he wants to in any 
question of suppression. 

To further complicate the nice little 
intricacies of this delicate matter be- 
tween authors, composers and pro- 
ducers, Smalley says he left the orig- 
nlal script of the song with Silvio Hein 
for inspection, and that Hein held it 
for months. Mr. Hein, peculiarly as 
it may seem, is one of the authors of 
the selection Miss Cahlll is making the 
hit with. 



VARIETY 



1 LONDON 


NOTES 


VARIETY'S LONDON OFFICE 

411 ■fVAim v n 


• 


If iJajWiia «*r* VABJWTT m aba?* will 



London, Oct. 12. 
Taylor, Kranzman and White are 

being negotiated for by Will Collins 
for time on this side. With the enor- 
mous success of the Two Bobs in Lon- 
don, the agents over here think acts 
of this character should get along. 

Barton and Ashley are fixing up a 
tour of Australia through the Wie- 
land agency. 

Lester left the bill at the London 
Hippodrome last week on account of 
an objection to one of his stories. As 
the ventriloquist could not do his rou- 
tine without the story he will wait un- 
til the story is rewritten before re- 
turning. 

The Hippodrome, Blackpool, will 
become a big one next year, and 
strong opposition to the Palace, which 
now offers the large attractions in 
Blackpool, one of the largest summer 
resorts in England. 



**The Balloon Girl" (Denarber) who 
was to have opened last week at the 
Palace, while making a flight this 
Sunday, arranged by the publicity de- 
partment of the theatre, met with 
almost a serious accident when some- 
thing went wrong with the mechanism 
of the balloon. A fall was the result. 
Two mei: were in the balloon with the 
girl when it happened. They were 
slightly injured. It is said Denarber 
will be able to appear Oct. 17. 



The Balalaika Orchestra was sent 
to the Hippodrome, Manchester, last 
week as an experiment for the Prov- 
inces. The report states that the first 
night's business was fair, but after 
the orchestra proved an enormous 
draw. The Russians will probably re- 
main in the country for some little 
time yet. The band is held over in 
Manchester this week. 



"Spirit Painting/* an illusion, will 
in all probability be seen on the Or- 
pheum Tour next season. 

The Marinelli office is in receipt of 
110 letters from Provincial managers 
outside the Stoll tour with offers for 
the appearance in their respective the- 
atres of Sarah Bernhardt. The man- 
agers are aware of the huge salary. 



Nat Wills has received an offer from 
Oscar Hammerstein to appear in comic 
opera Ln the States next season. 



"General" Ed. La vine, the juggler, 
(at the Palace) has pulled rather a 
funny one in the way of booking 
himself. The General has played 
but one week in the east in America. 
Now, after appearing at the Palace, 
the juggler has received offers from 
both factions for his services in New 
York. 



A. J. Lambert, well known to the 
vaudeville profession and formerly 
connected with the London office of 
the New York American, is in the pub- 
licity department of Earl's Court, the 
exhibition park. 



Joe Coyne, the musical comedy fel- 
low, will leave "The Dollar Princess" 
this week to open in George Edwards 
"Quaker Girl," a new musical piece. 
Coyne says that after the run of the 
new piece he would be through with 
all contracts and as he has been of- 
fered dates from Mr. Stoll for vaude- 
ville, might then accept, providing a 
proper vehicle can be written for him. 



Middleton and Spellmeyer, who 
have played in London twenty-two 
weeks during this season and last, 
started their first tour of the Prov- 
inces this week, on the Barrasford-De 
Frece time. 



George Graves, now at the Palace, 
London, has received an offer to play 
in the States in a Klaw & Erlanger 
piece called "Satyr." The comedian 
refuses owing to engagements over 
here. The offer was for next Febru- 
ary. 



King Manuel, the dethroned mon- 
arch of Portugal, had not received an 
offer from any vaudeville agent in 
London up to Saturday. But Paul 
Murray is in town jiow after a few 
days In the Provinces. He has been 
seen talking German to several mys- 
terious looking people. Did you ever 
hear Paul speak German? 



Martin Harvey when opening at the 
Palladium around Christmas time will 
have a production called "Lovely Lu- 
cerne," which will employ about 200 
people. 



Sydney Hyman announces the fol- 
lowing as sailing for South Africa Oct. 
8 to play the Empire, Johannesburg: 
La Pia, Gertrude Gebest, Keen and 
Waller. 



Julia Rooney, of the Rooney Sis- 
ters, left on the Lusitania. Before 
going she announced her engagement 
to one Count Ferdinand Ossich. The 
Count is not of the show business. 



NEW THINGS AT OXFORD. 

The new Oxford, Brooklyn, does not 
carry insurance, and there's a rea- 
son. Two tanks, one a gravity with 
a capacity of 50,000 gallons of water, 
and the other, a sprinkler with the 
same capacity, are always ready for 
use. 

A peculiar thing about the Oxford 
is that the moving pictures are thrown 
on the rear wall, avoiding all waving 
of a curtain. The front curtain is rung 
down to set the stage for the next 
act. The stage is twelve feet deep. 



PARIS NOTES 

BY EDWARD G. KENDREW 



Paris, Oct. 11. 
The Folies Bergere program for 
October is infinitely better than the 
preceding one. With the exception 
of the ballet "Les Ailes," in which the 
same people remain Ln their respec- 
tive roles, the entire show is new. 
The bill-topper is George AH, who 
appears in "Bob and His Dog," assist- 
ed by little Yvonne Willem, a talented 
child. It is "Buster Brown" with 
"Tige," but affords an opportunity for 
All to prove he is at present the best 
dog imitator on the stage. I like him 
better than poor Charles Laurie in 
this role. The MacBanns give excel- 
lent club juggling, with quite a novel- 
ty to close. The stage is darkened 
and an immense illuminated glass hen 
enters laying large electric globes, with 
which the two brothers juggle instead 
of clubs. The effect is excellent. The 
Three Athletas have an artistic "Olym- 
pique" number. The girls are pretty, 
strong and taking, and leave a good 
Impression. Humpsti Bumsti take 
well, but are too much of a copy of 
Rice and Prevost to suit me. But for 
this reason they are no doubt much 
cheaper. The Four Perez, equilibrists 
on ladders, have some new tricks 
which please. Paulton and Dolley 
earn applause as trick cyclists. The 
Balsamos Trio are amusing on the 
horizontal bars. Manager Bannel has 
a fine show. 



At the Alhambra also an excellent 
show — Indeed it is too crowded, with 
the result that Troba, strong juggling, 
and Francis Gerard, athletic games, 
having somewhat similar business, are 
playing on alternate nights. Servius 
Le Roy (who has opened a store in 
London), Talma and Bosco cause 
much wonderment by their transmi- 
grations. Payen, the electric doll, has 
some clever balancing feats. Henry 
Helme, ill, was replaced by another 
French singer, Jean Flor, also appear- 
ing at the Ba-Ta-Clan. Silbon's Cats, 
Selbini Troupe, cyclists, Kelly and Ag- 
nes, and Garcia, shadowgraphy, take 
well. Valdetta in luminous dances 
(last year at the Casino de Paris), 
Schillinsky Bros., acrobats, Les Rous- 
sianoff Troupe, Russian dancers (na- 
tional style), Jules Moy, local chan- 
sonnier in some very old numbers, and 
the Chinese troupe, Chung-Hi. 



Lisbon possesses one of the finest 
circus buildings in Europe, where 
large vaudeville acts are engaged. It 
is generally known as the Coliseum, 
though the correct name is Colyseu 
dos Recreios, of which Antonio Santos 
is manager. He was in Paris a fort- 
night ago booking acts. 



In all the French theatres we have 
an accessory called "Ouvreuses." 
These are the women, invariably of 
a certain age, who show you the seat 
the man at the desk has deigned to in- 
dicate on a scrap of waste paper, and 
who in the middle of a tragic scene 
come round for an unearned gratuity. 
They are, as a matter of fact, encour- 



aged to thus beg from the audience, 
for they pay the manager of the the- 
atres from 1 fr. to 3 frs. per perform- 
ance for this right, At the Chatelet, 
the Casino de Paris, Yarictes, Bouffes 
Parisiens and almost all theatres in 
Paris, they are particularly aggres- 
sive. At the Marigny are male at- 
tendants, but just as bad. These 
"ouvreuses" (so called no doubt be- 
cause they open the door to your 
stall) wish to be like the rest of 
trades and have their own syndicate. 
This they intend to form shortly, and 
at a preliminary meeting held this 
week the regulations were drawn up. 
They demand a wage, and the sup- 
pression of the begging system. There 
are strikes which I am glad to see. 
One is the French match, and now 
I favor a long strike of the "ouvreus- 
es." May it be more constant than 
that of the match. 



Jane Hading, at the London Hippo- 
drome, will appear in the second act 
of "La Femme X," in which she made 
a great success at the Porte St. Mar- 
tin theatre here last year. She will 
then return to Paris to create "Le 
Feu du Voisin," after which (in Feb- 
ruary) she goes to New York for an 
extended vaudeville tour, with the 
same scene as given in London, but 
translated into English. 



The controversy over the manage- 
ment of the Moulin Rouge will short- 
ly be settled, I hear, without taking 
the squabble into court. Paul Ruoz 
is to receive a sum of money from 
Maxime Zucco, the president of the 
company, as an indemnity for his dis- 
missal as manager. M. Huet and Jean 
Fabert, both formerly connected with 
Ruez at the Parisiana, remain as ad- 
ministrator and manager respectively. 



Everybody is allowed to change his 
mind, and this Napoleon recognized 
when he drafted on the battle field 
at Moscow the regulations for the 
Theatre de la Comcdie Francaise. 
The actor, Le Bargy, gave in his res- 
ignation in April last as societaire of 
the house of Moliere. To be effective 
such resignations must be renewed at 
the end of six months. The time has 
now elapsed without Le Bargy con- 
firming his previous intention. He. 
therefore, remains as a member of 
the troupe. This is intentional, it 
appears, in order that he may create 
two important plays this winter, after 
which he will again tender his pre- 
liminary notice of resignation. Na- 
poleon was a great general, and events 
have since shown that he was an ad- 
mirable theatrical administrator, 
knowing theatrical people better than 
many managers. As a matter of fact, 
he was an intimate friend of Thal- 
ma, and in his younger days as a 
poor lieutenant, he often visited the 
theatre with free tickets given him 
by that famous actor. History rec- 
ords that i.n later life he had a pro- 
pensity for actresses 



IO 



VARIETY 



OHIO FOR NEW YORKERS. 

Youngstown, Oct. 20. 

Felber & Shea, the New York the- 
atrical managers, have taken a lease 
on the Park, securing it from "The 
Ohio Circuit," through Cohan & Har- 
ris of New York. 

Commencing Nov. 8 Felber & Shea 
will place their own vaudeville pro- 
grams at the Park. There will be six 
acts at 10-20-30. At present the 
vaudeville there is under the direction 
of the Nixon-Nirdlinger concern of 
Philadelphia, and the admission scale 
runs to seventy-five cents. 

The same date the same firm comes 
into possession of the Colonial, Akron, 
secured likewise. A similar policy 
will be installed there. Excepting a 
small picture house in each city, there 
is no opposition in either town. 

It Is understood here that Felber & 
Shea are negotiating for *tour more 
theatres in as many cities in this sec- 
tion. 

At the offices of Felber & Shea, the 
above report was confirmed this week. 
M. A. Shea stated the houses expected 
could not be given out at this time, 
but that they would make a connect- 
ing link for routing between the pres- 
ent Feiber & Shea Circuit in the east 
and the new territory. 



A SMALL TIME BOUT. 

Those who are interested in prize 
fighting in and about New York miss- 
ed a very interesting bout that lasted 
only one round and which was pull- 
ed off on the third floor of the Knick- 
erbocker Theatre building last Sun- 
day, both of the contestants were 
"members of this club," to wit: Eddie 
Small of the Sheedy agency, and Joe 
Meyers, the booking agent. 

Those who were on the scene say 
that after the conclusion of the bout 
it was discovered that Small, who is 
the smaller of the two, had given 
a very good account of himself, for 
Meyers bore the scars of conflict in 
the form of a decoration over his right 
lamp where the smaller Small had 
landed a big right swing. The latter 
did not by any means leave the bat- 
tlefield unscathed, for according to re- 
ports, he also carried a decorated op- 
tic for several days. 

The trouble originated through 
Meyers withdrawing acts he had book- 
ed with the Sheedy office. It was in 
attempting to learn the reasons for 
the wholesale cancellations that Small 
became involved in the hostilities. 



CKNSOR COMMITTEE ASKED FOR. 

Alderman Becker at a meeting of 
the Board of Aldermen, Tuesday, in- 
troduced a resolution calling for the 
appointment by the Mayor of a com- 
mittee of twenty-five to consor "all 
places of public amusement, dramas, 
plays, exhibitions, shows ajid enter- 
tainments." 

The committee, according to the 
resolution, is to remain In office four 
years and to have the power to pro- 
hibit any performance considered Im- 
moral or improper. The resolution 
also provides that any manager offer- 
ing such a performance is liable to a 
fine of $100. The resolution was re- 
ferred to the Committee on Laws and 
Legislation. 



THE SCRAP AT ERIE. 

Erie, Pa., Oct. 20. 

The opening of the Park with a 
United Booking Office show booked 
by the Family Department of that 
agency has affected the attendance at 
both the Alpha and Colonial. The lat- 
ter is booked by Gus Sun. The Loew 
Circuit looks after the Alpha. 

Two reels of pictures which formerly 
filled in the program at the Alpha have 
been taken out. The vacancy has been 
filled by one act. The Alpha bill this 
week costs about $800. The Colonial 
program holds to the same as before. 

The Park opening, with a special 
attraction of drawing power, the other 
houses expected to be slightly harmed 
at the outset of the scrap. 

The "small time" battle in Erie, 
Pa., between the Loew Circuit and 
the Family Department of the United 
Booking Offices is being watched by 
the New York vaudeville people in 
the belief that at Erie the United is 
making a stand to weaken the Loew 
booking department, through besting 
the Alpha there on bills. 

Of late the Loew agency has gone 
out after general booking business, 
thereby competing with the United. 

It is said that the Loew office be- 
lieves that the Erie scrap is one 
against it rather than the theatre 
booked by it in the town, and for 
that reason may take part in the 
strengthening of the Alpha shows to 
oppose the rather large "small time" 
bills the Park (United) starts off 
with. 



NEW PORT CHESTER HOUSE. 

Thursday the New Port Chester 
theatre opened with a "pop" vaude- 
ville show, booked by Phil Hunt. Pic- 
tures are also part of the entertain- 
ment, with prices at 10-20-30. There 
are three shows daily. The house is 
newly built, seating 1,200, with H. A. 
Smith, manager. Six acts are used. 



FOUR ACTS ON ROOF. 

Hammersteln's Roof with "pop" 
vaudeville opens tonight (Saturday.) 
Four acts and moving pictures will 
be the show. The usual "pop" prices 
prevail. 

The entrance to the Roof has been 
placed at the nearest doer of the down- 
stairs lobby, towards 43 rd street. 
This will cut off the main entrance to 
the Victoria theatre. 

Aaron Kessler will have general 
charge of the upstairs show. The acts 
will be delivered twice weekly by the 
Family Department of the United 
Booking offices. 

The opening program, besides con- 
taining ten reels of "Trust" pictures 
and illustrated songs, will have Ander- 
son and Reynolds, Barrett and t)unn, 
Nellie and Willie Hynds, and The Mex- 
ican Singers. Prices for a ride in the 
elevator are 10-15-25. About three 
first run films may be shown daily. 



EVIDENCE IN KEALEY OASE. 

The second hearing in the case of 
the application for a booking agent's 
license by Edward F. Kealey was 
heard in the office of the Commissioner 
of Licenses, Herman A. Robinson, 
Wednesday morning. But two wit- 
nesses testified, when the hearing was 
further postponed until Oct. 25, at 10 
o'clock. 

The witnesses were Joe Wood for 
Kealey, and Marietta Poole, a singer 
and toe-dancer, who was brought to 
the hearing by Harry Deveaux, of the 
Actors' Union. A dozen or more fe- 
male witnesses were in the room for 
Mr. Kealey. The hearing was ad- 
journed before any went on the stand. 

Miss Poole stated she had visited 
Kealey in the office of the Sullivan- 
Considine Circuit last February, and 
that he was at that time connected 
with the Sulllvan-Considlne office, and 
that the office at that time was in the 
Holland Building, Broadway and 
Fortieth street. At the time the wit- 
ness said she was looking for employ- 
ment, and that Mr. Kealey made an 
improper proposial to her. The details 
of the proposal which Miss Poole gave 
before the Commissioner were revolt- 
ing. 

On cross examination Attorney Qus 
Rogers, who was acting in the inter- 
ests of Mr. Kealey, confused the young 
woman. The result was that Miss 
Poole was not quite confident of the 
dates, but of the identification she 
was certain. 

The testimony of Joe Wood was not 
very material. The only interesting 
point that was brought out in his tes- 
timony was that he was the "errand 
boy" in the New York Booking Office. 

After Wood left the stand Mr. De- 
veaux produced a copy of the record 
of Kealey while he was a member of 
the Police Department of the City of 
New York, which was certified by Com- 
missioner Baker. The record showed 
that Kealey had been tried various 
times on different charges, that he had 
one time distinguished himself by sav- 
ing a man's life at a fire, and that he 
was finally dismissed from the force 
after a trial in 1902. 

Mr. Driscoll, of the Dennis F. 
O'Brien Office, was present represent- 
ing the White Rats. He did not have 
any witnesses on hand, but presented 
a letter to the Commissioner from a 
female performer in vaudeville who 
stated that she had read of the Kealey 
hearing in Variety and that she 
wished to Inform Mr. O'Brien of her 
experiences with Kealey. Mr. Driscoll 
obtained a summons for the artist 
from the Commissioner, and she will 
be one of the witnesses at the next 
hearing. 



NOW INSPECTING AGENCIES. 

This week the License Bureau com- 
menced regular bi-monthly inspection 
of all theatrical agencies licensed by 
the office. Books, forms and station- 
ery are the objects of the inspectors' 
visits. The officials may go beyond 
that to render a thorough report. 



OPENING IN OTTAWA. 

Ottawa, Can., Oct. 20. 

The new Family here opens next 
Monday in opposition to the Bennett 
theatre. The house is one of the 
Marx-Brock chain and will be booked 
through the Loew office in New York. 
The prices of admission will be 10 to 
25 cents. 

Joseph Kalaski, a former henchman 
of the Bennett house, will be the man- 
ager. 



PICTURE HOUSE STRIKE. 

There is a theatre strike on the 
East Side, in which over 200 Hebrew 
vaudeville performers and motion pic- 
ture operators are involved at present, 
with the result that seventeen small 
"pop" houses are practically closed. 

The strike district extends over the 
area bounded by Fourteenth street on 
the north, Grand street on the south, 
and Third avenue to the East River. 
For several days past the strikers 
have been canvassing the district, 
making speeches on street corners and 
from the tail end of wagons informing 
the public of the reason of the lock- 
out. 

The trouble originated through an 
expelled member of the Actor's In- 
ternational Union going to Washing- 
ton, where he obtained a charter from 
the Knights of Labor, to organize a 
union in this city. During the past 
week he has been canvassing the man- 
agers of the smaller houses on the 
East Side, Informing them he would 
be able to furnish attractions at a much 
cheaper rate than they were now pay- 
ing and that he would give them two 
weeks' trial of his acts without pay- 
ment. 

Those members of Local No. 5, of 
the Actors' Union, who were playing 
the houses in question where Knights 
of Labor acts were to work on the bill 
this week went to Harry Deveaux, who 
is the President of the Actors' Inter- 
national Union. Deveaux informed 
them they were to tell the managers 
they might obtain acts from the 
Knights of Labor local, but that the 
Actors' Union turns would not work 
on the same bill with them. Several 
actors who refused to work were ar- 
rested on a charge of conspiracy. The 
hearing in their cases is on for to-day. 

In the meantime the Central Fed- 
eration of Labor, which held a meet- 
ing Monday night, gave the strikers 
the sanction of its organization. As 
a result of this the Motion Picture 
Operators' Union called their men 
out of the theatres Wednesday. The 
musicians also went out Thursday. 



BIG HOUSE OPENING NOV. 21. 

Philadelphia, Oct. 20. 
The $200,000 "small time" theatre 
now being constructed by F. Nixon- 
Nirdlinger at Market and 5 2d street 
will open Nov. 21, playing acts and 
pictures at 10-20-30. 



REACHING CHICAGO TOGETHER. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 

This old burg has been mighty 
proud of itself during the past week, 
for so many big guns of the vaudeville 
fortress have assembled here from day 
to day that it made the place look like 
a near-center of interest. 

William Morris came In Friday. Gus 
Sun, John McCarthy and O. G. Mur- 
ray, all of the Gus Sun Circuit, were 
here a few days. Jules Hurtig came 
on from New York to lend color to a 
report that musical comedy may be the 
policy at the north side house (on 
which they hold the lease) when al- 
terations shall have been completed. 

With all these dignitaries there was 
just room to squeeze in Pat Casey 
and M. E. McNulty who dropped in 
Saturday. 



VARIETY 



XI 



MAGNIFICENT "POP" HOUSE 
HAS A FLYING START IN BRONX 



Compares With Any Theatre in the World. Seats 

2,800 People and will Play "Pop" Vaudeville 

at 10-15-25 Cents Admission 



The new National theatre at 149th 
street and Bergen Avenue in the Bronx 
was opened in a blaze of glory Mon- 
day night. Long before time for the 
curtain to rise on the opening act, 
fully 600 people were turned away 
unable to gain ad m lesion into the 
beautiful theatre, claimed to have cost 
an immense sum. 

The National is typically metropoli- 
tan in every respect. A fortune has 
been judiciously expended on it. The 
house, which will be devoted to the 
Loew policy of popular-priced vaude- 
ville, will rank with the big theatres 
of the world. 

To show that his heart was in the 
right place, Mr. Loew not only had 
splendid opening bill, but had a big 
single entertainer, James J. Morton 
appear. Incidentally, the vast audi- 
ence tendered Mr. Loew an ovation 
when he came on the stage as the or- 
chestra struck up the familiar strains 
of "We Won't Go Home until Morn- 
ing." 

Mr. Loew said he deplored the fact 
that he wasn't an orator, but if he 
were he said he would not be able to 
show his appreciation of the reception 
accorded him on the opening. His 
reference to the Bronx populace as 
the coming people brought down the 
house. Mr. Loew briefly outlined the 
policy of the house. Cries for a speech 
from William T. Keogh, the owner of 
the site, were futile. 

It was a big night in the Bronx. At 
least 3,000 people were on hand to 
feast on the beauty of the house. 
Nothing has been overlooked. The 
house inside and out is complete in 
every detail. One point worth while 
is that the dressing rooms have pri- 
vate baths and other up-to-date con- 
veniences. 

The National covers 132 feet of 
ground facing Bergen Avenue. It is 
149 feet in depth. The architect was 
H. Craig Severance with Neville & 
Bagge, the associate architects. The 
whole front of the building is of Ital- 
ian Renaissance, and is decidedly at- 
tractive and alluring in design and 
finish. 

The decoration scheme is in gold 
and ivory and catches the eye the 
moment the auditorium is entered. 
The gold leaf used in the decorations 
cost $7,000, not counting the labor 
to put it on. More than 10,000 incan- 
descents illuminate the house. There 
are at least 200 globes in a huge sun- 
burst suspended from the celling, 
hanging from the centre of an oval 
panel with a cloud effect as a back- 
ground. 

The plaster work on the ceiling cost 
$32,000, $4,000 worth of gold leaf 
being used to decorate it. The orna- 
mental plastering was done artistically 
by H. W. Miller. 



The house seats 2,800, the first 
floor seating 1,200, with twenty-two 
boxes available. The reception foyer 
on the second balcony is bound to be- 
come popular. It is large and roomy, 
handsomely appointed and has dress- 
ing and retiring rooms for the women 
on either side. 

There are two balconies, the rail- 
ings around each being of stone. The 
orchestra and much of the stage are 
of concrete. The stage equipment is 
new and adequate and there is not a 
bit of old scenery in the house. The 
outside lobby is neat, the ceiling being 
of stone. 

Vaudeville and motion pictures will 
be offered by the management and 
the show will be continuous, running 
from 1 to 11:30 p. m. All matinee 
seats are 10 cents, while the evening 
prices will be 10-15-25. The bill will 
be changed on Mondays and Thurs- 
days. 

The boys and girls of the Bronx 
were on hand early and a cordon of 
police worked like Trojans in keeping 
the crowd in line during the rush for 
admission. Some were trampled upon 
but no one was seriously hurt. The 
crush was terrific. Bergen Avenue 
for several hours was simply a howl- 
ing, good-natured mass, humanity be- 
ing packed in front of the National 
like sardines in a box. 

The opening bill, in addition to 
Morton and Carr, offered Elsa Ford, 
Searl Allen and Co., Carlyle Moore 
& Co., Clarence Sisters and Bro., Hill 
and Ackerman, Dotsen and Lucas and 
motion pictures. 



LEVEY TAKES FIRM STEP. 

San Francisco, Oct. 20. 

Puerl Wilkerson, traveling repre- 
sentative of the Bert Levey Circuit, 
has returned from the road. As a re- 
sult of his trip over the circuit the 
routing of acts hereafter will be 
changed, cutting off all bookings in 
Los Angeles. Wilkerson announces 
that hereafter managers booking 
through the Bert Levey Circuit will 
be required to sign a bonded booking 
agreement to play a certain number of 
acts weekly at a minimum figure, on 
play or pay contract with a non-closing 
clause. Formerly acts played the time 
in this vicinity and finished in Los 
Angeles. Managers there have boeu 
refusing to pay circuit salaries for 
acts, as they wanted to secure them 
at about half the figure asked by 
Levey. 

Under the new booking arrangement 
acts will jump from San Francisco to 
Bakersfield, then Taft, Maricopa, Vis- 
alia, Coalingo, Fresno, Modesto, then 
Oakland and surrounding bay cities. 
Acts wanting to go eastward through 
Texas and Arizona will first play San 
Francisco and vicinity, then Bakers- 
field, San Diego, San Bernardino, Nee- 
dles, Kingman, Prescott, Jerome, 
Phoenix, Tuscon, Globe and El Paso. 
This arrangement will be held to until 
managers in Los Angeles consent to 
sign the bonded agreement. 

The policy adopted by Levey of 
booking acts straight through will no 
doubt increase the shortage of acts in 
this vicinity, which has been felt for 
some time past, and gives him a firm- 
er hold upon the independent vaude- 
ville in this territory, if not control 
of the situaticji. 



PUTS ON 17 MORE. 

Toronto, Oct. 20. 
The Griffin Circuit has bought out 
the International Booking Office of 
Montreal. By the purchase the Griffin 
tour adds seventeen more "pop" hous- 
es in the Lower Provinces to its cir- 
cuit. 



William J. Kcrngood was re-elected 
president of the Musical Union. 




SH! ULONDELL TAKES A CHANCE. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 

Adelaide Keim is playing the Bush 
Temple, where she for several seasons 
gained North Side popularity as lead- 
ing woman with the Bush Temple 

stock. The house is regularly booked 
by the Western Vaudeville Associa- 
tion, but Miss Kelm's engagement for 
this week was made on a William Mor- 
ris contract. 

For next week she is booked on the 
same kind of a contract at Sittner's, in 
spite of the protests of Manager Sitt- 
ner that the Morris office could not 
furnish any acts for his house. This 
resolve and Sittner* avowal centered 
around Miss Keim originally. In 
brief, the Morris Office booked her 
at the Julian, a 10-20, two or three 
miles north of Sittner's. She proved 
so strong an attraction that Sittner 
wanted her to top his bill. When ne- 
gotiating for her he also took on a 
few more feature acts which the Mor- 
ris Office controlled. 

Conderman, the Julian's manager, 
who books all of his acts through 
Morris, objected to Miss Keim play- 
ing on the North Side, so near to him, 
and in the shuffle a suit for conspiracy 
was started by Sittner against Morris, 
Conderman et al. This suit was patch- 
ed up by Miss Keim being booked for 
the next week at Sittner's. 

Her engagement at the Bush Temple 
this week brings Edward Blondell 
back to theatrical management. He 
and Norman Friedenwald are gamb- 
ling on the week, paying Miss Kelm's 
salary and taking sharing terms with 
Walter Shaver, manager of the house. 
The venture was decided upon very 
abruptly without any advance adver- 
tising. 

Business started off moderately Mon- 
day night, but picked up considerably 
Tuesday evening. Shaver provides the 
regular vaudeville show to surround 
Miss Keim, booked as usual through 
the association. 



GOOD SHOWS. NO OPPOSITION. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 

When it became known that man- 
agers interested in the Western Vaude- 
ville Association had formed a pool 
and leased the house on North avenue, 
originally opened as the Comedy, it 
was mooted that an opposition fight 
with Sittner's would result. The new 
house opened Monday night with a 
good bill, but not. so far in advance 
of the average 10-20 programs that it 
might be considered a fighting frame- 
up. Sittner presented his usual good 
show. 

The Comedy people think there Is 
room for two well conducted theatres 
in that section. They say evenly 
good shows will be offered without any 
especial purpose of giving Sittner bat- 
tle. 

Ilaiumcrstcin's orchestra is back to 
the original eleven, Willie having le f . 
the two French horns out when he 
discovered they were still there. 



LYRIC THEATRE, JOPLIN, MO. 

Since Feb 7. 1008 this theatre lias been a representative house In the fast-growing LYRIC 
VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT. It was opened on that date and was one of tho units In the first group 
of theatres In the circuit which subsequently extended through all sections of the south and 
Routhweat and which CHAS. E. HODK1NS Ib still further enlarging In that section. 

The JOPLIN LYRIC seats 1.WH), plays five acts and gives two shows nightly, with a Sunday 
matinee A ten-piece orchestra Is n feature of the entertainment. 
CHARLES A. NAYLOR Is manager, having been connected with tho theatre since the opening. 



.Maiirieiu >lori< Mni replaced Adele 
Ritchie a.s the h< .wlli.ner on the Mary- 
land, Baltimore, bill last week, Miss 
Ritchie' retiring through illness. 



12 



VARIETY 



THE WOMAN IN VARIETY 



BY THE SKIRT 



Laura Nelson Hall wore three ra- 
vishing gowns during the performance 
of "New York" at the Bijou theatre. 
The first, a blue velvet street costume, 
made in long empire lines was stun- 
ning. With this a large picture hat 
covered in shaded willow plumes was 
worn. A blue draped in brown ninon 
heavily banded was chosen for the 
second act. Her most elaborate dress 
was seen in the final act. In black 
embroidered in a. rose design banded 
in gold, with a clinging sort of a 
cloak of jetted net it made a perfect 
costume. 



Julian Eltinge picked up a* big piece 
of press-work for himself in St. Louis 
last week. Mr. Eltinge walked into a 
woman's fashion place, and tried on 
several $500 gowns. It created no end 
of talk, concluding with a half-page 
advertisement in one of the St. Louis 
dailies, with Mr. Eltinge's pictures as 
he appeared in several of the dresses. 



Ila Grannon (Colonial) sings her 
three songs in the one frock. It is 
very dainty. The foundation is white 
covered in black chiffon, with a net 
robe embroidered in crystal and gold, 
covering all a knee sash of coral gives 
just enough color. 



The first real legitimate burst of 
applause at the Colonial this season 
was drawn forth by little Ida Chad- 
wick, Monday. Mrs. Chadwick looked 
sedately lovely in a black and jet 
gown. 



Bothwell Browne (Hammersteln's) 
looks the typical English "show girl" 
in his opening number. A very tight 
black dress trimmed profusely In steel 
over which is worn a smoke-colored 
cloak lined in coral. A hat of black 
trimmed in smoke and color added to 
this stunning costume. A fencing cos- 
tume, consisting of a very short black 
velvet skirt with red bloomers and a 
white sweater showed a figure any 
girl might envy. The "Cleopatra" 
number is admirably dressed. It con- 
sists of a pastel shade for the skirt, 
over which is draped a scarf of Egyp- 
tian silver. 



The other day during an act with 
several chorus girls in It, the chor- 
isters appeared in a couple of num- 
bers one short, after all had been in 
the opening ensemble. When an In- 
quiry was made as to what had be- 
come of the other girl, the report 
came back from the stage manager 
she was taking care of her baby in 
the wings. 



THK PKIZK "KOWK1KJUY." 

Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 20. 

A "small time" incident happening 
here last week that takes the lead of 
all the Adam Sowerguy tales which 
are told about the smaller houses. 

During the performance at the New 
York Picture and Vaudeville Theatre, 
two foreigners in the audience be- 
came Involved in a hot debate whether 
the acts on the stage were alive or 
part of the movLng pictures. A wager 



of $10 was entered. The discussion 
had aroused those in the vicinity. To 
permit the performance to continue 
and quell the noise the house man- 
ager had to lead the foreigners be- 
hind the scenes, where they pinched 
the performers to assure themselves 
of the winner of the bet. Then the 
show proceeded. 



CLAIMS THE "MYSTERY." 

Trouble almost hovers over the 
Arvi Mystery, now in its second week 
at the American, New York. The 
United Booking Offices has laid claim 
that the illusion is the property of one 
of its acts, "The Enchantment of 
Rose 8," which had a run of a couple 
of weeks at Keith's, Boston. 

The Morris people set up that an 
illusion which was utilized as far back 
as 1840 in "Pepper's Ghost" could 
hardly be claimed as of the present 
date, setting forth further that Keller 
presented a similar Idea in "The Blue 
Room." It is also alleged that there 
is no principle or mechanism involv- 
ed which is patentable. 

The United also notified the Morris 
office that "Scrooge" was an Infringe- 
ment of a copyrighted version of 
Dickens' "Christmas Carol." That 
caused the Morris office to attempt 
to learn who held the copyright on 
Mr. Dickens' works. They are still 
looking. 



A WISH FORLORN. 

Lily Lena is headlining the bill at 
Hammersteln's this week with a wish 
forlorn. Martin Beck was in the wish. 
It happened Sunday. 

A new car Miss Lena lately pur- 
chased was being tried out on a coun- 
try road near New York. Going along 
slowly, Miss Lena's chaffeur was 
nearing a turn when whiz* Beck and 
his automobile flew by. 

The occupants of Miss Lena's car 
were talking it over when one espied 
a man lying in the road. He looked 
like an automobile accident. It was 
the road that Beck had just travelled. 

While everybody was solicitous 
about "the poor man," the thoughts 
ran to having a "little something on 
Beck" and another return engagement 
over the Orpheum Circuit at a salary 
that would put Oakland out of busi- 
ness perhaps taking Des Moines and 
Sioux City along. 

The chaffeur ran the car back slow- 
ly in order that Beck might be so far 
away he couldn't c >me back. Reach- 
ing the man in the road, one of the 
men jumped out and examined him 
to find if he were dead. 

"Git out of here, you robber," 
yelled "the poor man" as he leaped 
to his feet "Can't you let a feller 
sleep?" and Beck had escaped again. 

Moran and Qulgley, dancers, have 
been placed by the New York Mari- 
nelli office to open at the Alhambra, 
Paris, Nov. 1 for the month. 



Ward and Regina Sisters compose 
an act at Proctor's, Newark, this week, 
for the first time out. The girls were 
In "The Summer Widowers." 



IHERE'S BILLY GOULD 

By William Gould. 

Met a lot of vaudeville actors lately 
who used to be on the stage. 

If I wanted a real funny make up 
for the stage I would borrow some 
of Tony Pearl's street clothes. 



Oscar Lorraine will write a mono- 
log for Fred Ward. Fred has a lot 
of good laughs — they are in his trunk. 

Where are all the headliners hid- 
ing these days? 



We haven't had a masked actor or 
actorine in over a month. 



Chris Brown wore a brown hat last 
Tuesday. (Advance stuff.) 



It's fine to be honest but its painful. 
(I hope I get away with that one.) 



Vaudeville was never in such a 
healthy state. Being that I say so 
makes it unanimous. 



One good thing about a picture 
show is: If you don't li£e the show 
you can look at the pictures. 



My old friend Nat C. Goodwin is 
mining his own business these days. 
(Another jab, Doc.) 



If you want to see some good acts 
that have not reached New York yet 
wait for "The Code Book," sketch. 



Al. H. Woods has submitted a three- 
act farce to Miss Suratt called "A Joy 
Ride." To start rehearsing Oct. 25. 



Mary K. Hill is no relation to Marie 
Cahill. 



Haven't seen John Patterson West, 
Roger Dolan or Patsy Doyle on Wall 
street lately. 



Barring Mike Scott I am the lead- 
ing humorist of this sheet. (I hear 
a low rumble in Boston.) 



Played the Academy of Music last 
Sunday night. Packed house, great 
audience, good bill and the worst 
dressing room I have dressed in in 
twelve years. A barrel full of dirt 
in the corner, three chairs and one 
make-up place for five men to dress in. 
I hope Mr. Fox will fit it up decently 
for the acts that may play there in the 
future. 



MORE MONEY FOR FUND. 

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Oct. 20. 
Daniel L. Hart, city treasurer and 
custodian of the fund being raised 
for the defense of George L. Marion, 
the theatrical man, reports the follow- 
ing additional subscriptions: 

John J. Fritz $1.00 Walter Perclval.. 1.00 

Cash, Patcrson, Will ArcEer 1.00 

N. J 1.00 Eugene O'Rourke 1.00 

"Passing Parade" ThomaH O'Neill.. 1.00 

Company 17.00 Edward O' Boyle. 1.00 

Alice Dovey 1.00 Corney Bros 2.00 

Ada Lewis 1.00 Clifton Steelsmlth 

William Sweet- and wife 2.00 

nam 1.00 



Julian Eltinge will begin rehearsals 
In his new show, "Fascinating Widow" 
next Tuesday. The piece is by the au- 
thors of "Madame Sherry." 



A SELF-MADE MANAGER 
TO HIS BOOKING AGENT 

By J. A. MURPHY. 
(Murphy and Willard.) 
East Cranberry, O., Oct. 18. 
Dear Mike: 

There has been big changes here in 
the theater busines since last time I 
wrote. You know that me and the 
feller in West Cranberry has been 
dickerin for some time about buyin a 
half interest of each other but we 
couldnt agree on the price because I 
thought that my place was worth twict 
as much as his. Well last week he 
came over here and said we could 
make out a paper which would state 
that he had bought half of my theater 
for a consideration of two dollars to 
me in hand paid and another paper 
showin that I had bought half of his 
for one dollar. I would be gettin . 
twict as much for my place as he did 
and it wouldn't cost neither of us 
any money. 

I thought it was a pretty good bar- 
gain so we fixed up the papers last 
Wednesday, but on Friday I'll be 
durned if he did'nt sell his half of 
both places to Shep Wrenchy that is 
head feller of the Stadium. 1 aint 
been so mad in thirty years as I was 
when I heard about it. I got an ax 
handle at the hardware store and 
went lookin for that West Cranberry 
feller but he had gone to Bucyrus. 

When I got back I met Shep Wren- 
chy and he told me how pleased he 
was to be a theater pardner with me 
and he had hired a sign painter to 
give my place a coat of yeller paint 
and put "Wrenchy and Sowerguy" 
over the door. I would'nt be part- 
ners with Wrenchy if I never had no 
theater so that same afternoon I sold 
my half of both places to Nuenemann 
the butcher. Nuenemann dont like 
Wrenchy and he bought it for spite. 
I am kind of glad to get rid of the 
place after all for this town dont ap- 
preciate a first class theater man like 
me. I want you to look out for a 
place in New York for me that will 
do for a theater. I think a place on 
Broadway Street near that big news- 
paper office would do. 

I would go as high as twenty dollars 
a month for a good place if it had 
rooms up stairs we could use for house 
keepin or I might buy a buildin right 
out for a couple of thousand dollars 
if it was in good shape. Dont for* 
get to cancellate all the acters you 
have got hired ahead and if any of 
them makes a fuss about it tell them 
I am goln to have another theater and 
"they wont lose nothin by it." 

Adam Sowerguy. 



A STRING OF FOUlt. 

The Music Hall, Tarrytown, N. Y., 
is now booked by Shea & Shay. With 
the new Monticello, Jersey City, which . 
opened last Monday, it will make four 
houses in the Shea & Shay string. 

The new house is to play five acts, 
splitting with the Fourteenth Street. 
It has a seating capacity of 1,200. 
There will be three shows a day at 
"pop" prices. 



"The Writing Dog," now in Paris, 
has had an offer of $400 weekly for 
five weeks cabled to it. New York 
managers want the act. 



VARIETY 



13 



THE CRIPPEN CASE 



With the trial of Dr. Hawley Crip- 
pen for the murder of his wife now at 
hand in London, the world wide fa- 
mous case is returned to New York 
by the presence here of John Nash. 

Mr. 'Nash is primarily responsible 
for the unearthing of the crime and 
the solution of the disappearance of 
Belle Ellmore (Mrs. Dr. Crippen). She 
was a music hall artist, playing off 
and on Ln England last appear- 
ing In 1907. Though an American, 
Miss Ellmore never appeared at home 
as far as known. She married Crip- 
pen fifteen years ago. 

Lil Hawthorne (Mrs. Nash) and 
Miss Ellmore were very friendly. The 
murdered woman was secretary to the 
Ladies' Music Hall Guild in England, 
of which Miss Hawthorne is a mem- 




BELLE ELLMORE. 

(MRS. DR. CRIPPEN) 
The only photo of the murdered woman in 
existence. From a snapshot taken at the 
home of Paul Martlnettl, near London. 

ber. The two families, with Paul 
Martinetti and his wife, made a sex- 
tet of intimates who often visited one 
another. 

Mr. Nash is in New York, with his 
wife. Miss Hawthorne is playing an 
American engagement on the suffer- 
ance of the London authorities. It 
is understood between Mr. Nash and 
Scotland Yard that if the testimony 
of the Nashes is required, they will 
depart by the next boat for England. 
Through the invaluable services ren- 
dered the English detective bureau 
and through which the arrest of Crip- 
pen was caused, the police will try to 
convict the dentist without interfering 
with Miss Hawthorne's theatrical en- 
gagements. 

During the week Mr. Nash gave 
some hitherto unpublished facts which 
led to the discovery of the remains of 
the dentist's wife. The information laid 
by Mr. Nash with Scotland Yard was 
worked upon by the sleuths for three 
weeks before they were convinced Dr. 
Crippen had made away with his wife. 
This conclusion was reached when 
Crippen fled the country, taking with 



him his paramour, Ethel Le Neave, 
attired in boy's clothes. The re- 
mainder is newspaper history. 

The first suspicion that something 
was wrong ln the reported death of 
Belle Ellmore struck Mr. Nash when 
Dr. Crippen sent a telegram to the 
Martinettis informing them of her 
death. Afterwards Crippen said she 
had died in Los Angeles. The Nashes, 
knowing Miss Ellmore so well, con- 
sidered it most strange she should 
have left England without saying or 
writing anything to her friends. 

It was last February when Crippen 
gave out the notice of his wife's 
death. In June Miss Hawthorne, 
accompanied by her husband, came to 
New York on a visit. While here 
Mr. Nash communicated with the po- 
lice of Los Angeles. He was informed 
no death of a woman either as Bene 
Ellmore or Mrs. Crippen was recorded 
in that city. 

On the return voyage, Mr. and Mrs. 
Nash discussed the many peculiar 
phases of the affair, and decided that 
upon arrival in London they, would 
call upon the Doctor. This they did. 
While ostensibly sympathizing with 
him, they sought some definite in- 
formation. During a conversation 
of thirty minutes or more, Dr. Crip- 
pen was evasive whenever the death 
of his wife was touched upon. He 
could not locate the name of the town 
in California where the death occur- 
red; was not certain whether he had 
the death certificate, and although he 
said his wife had been cremated 
and that he had the ashes in 
his safe upstairs — could not re- 
call the name of the crematory. 
When asked by Mr. Nash where his 
wife had sailed from for America, the 
Doctor first gave Cherbourg, and on 
a French liner. This Mr. Nash pointed 
out to him was improbable as the 
French liners did not make that port. 
Mr. Nash mentioning the lines which 
did. Pressed for the name of the 
steamer, Crippen could not remember. 
He then set the place of departure as 
Havre. 

Upon leaving Dr. Crippen's house — 
where incidentally he had been admit- 
ted by the Le Neave woman, who pre- 
viously to the wife's disappearance, 
had been a stenographer for Crippen 
in his dental shop — Mr. Nash called 
at Scotland Yard. The Inspector he 
wanted to see through knowing him 
personally was not in. Two days 
later he called again by appointment, 
met him and went thoroughly over 
the case up to that date. The Scot- 
land Yard men were interested imme- 
diately. 

For three weeks the detectives 
worked upon it, but could obtain no 
evidence which would warrant the ar- 
rest of Crippen. Mr. Nash kept after 
them constantly to take action. They 
replied it was impossible without 
something tangible to base the move 
upon. At last Mr. Nash insisted that 
if anything were to be learned, it must 
be found at the home of Crippen's 
further stating to the inspector he be- 
lieved the remains of the murdered 
woman were on the premises. 

The Inspector and a Sergeant called 



at the Crippen house, interviewed him 
acd the Le Neave woman, concluding 
by asking Crippen to show them over 
the premises. Upon arriving in the 
cellar, the Inspector caught a glint of 
steel from a revolver in Crippen's 
hand. At that moment the Inspector 
was sounding the bricks in the floor. 

Upon sight of the revolver, he called 
his assistant, and left the cellar, 
laughingly remarking there was no 
chance of anything wrong in the Crip- 
pen home. Upstairs again, he asked 
the dentist in order that the police 
need no longer bother themselves with 
the affair, to show him the dead wo- 
man's ashes. At this Crippen con- 
fessed his story so far had been a 
tissue of lies, but that his wife had in 
reality run away from him after a 
furious row. 

The Inspector told Crippen not to 
leave town for three weeks and all 
would be well. Two days afterward 
the dentist and the woman ran away. 
The Wednesday following, the Inspec- 
tor found the remains buried in the 
cellar. Quick lime had destroyed 
nearly all semblance to a body. The 
identification was made through Mrs. 
Martinetti, who recalled a scar upon 
Miss Ellmore's body left from an oper- 
ation. 

Mr. Nash says he believes Crippen 
will be convicted, as the evidence is 
conclusive. The Le Neave woman, 
first held with him for complicity in 
the murder, is now held as an ac- 
cessory after the crime, due to her 
condition. She will be a mother 
shortly. The liasion between Crip- 
pen and the woman had been going on 
for three years, without any of Crip- 
pen's associates having been aware of 
it. Meantime he had been living with 
his wife, of whom his paramour was 
jealous, having expressed jealousy to 
her landlady. The landlady follow- 
ing the discovery'of the wife's death 
delivered up a great many dresses 
and other things belonging to Mrs. 
Crippen, which had been given her by 
the Le Neave woman. 

Miss Ellmore was killed by poison. 
At the preliminary hearing Paul Mar- 
tinetti, after hearing a physician de- 
scribe the action of the poison found 
in the body, said he recollected a night 
when he had had a drink at the 
Crippens' home, and suffered similar 
symptoms, though in a lighter form. 
The pain caused him to leave the 
party at once. The next morning 
Crippen called at their home to find 
out Paul's condition. Some of the 
proof to be offered against Crippen 
will be the purchase by him of five 
grains of this poison. 



KOLLKIt SKATKI) 1,150 MILKS. 

San Francisco, Oct. 20. 

Abe Llvine and Max Body, two 
youngsters sixteen years old, who left 
New York May 9, have arrived here 
with a message to Mayor McCarthy 
from Mayor McBride, of Paterson, 
X. J. 

The boys made the journey across 
the continent, a distance of 4,150 
miles, in 107 days on two wheel rub- 
ber roller skates, winning a wager of 
$2,000 a piece, which they will have 
to return to New York to claim. 

The skaters are on their own re- 
sources here and endeavoring to break 
into vaudeville. 



PAYING BIG SALARIES "NET." 

Tales wafted to New York from 
London, say that Oswald Stoll, the 
English manager, is paying net sal- 
aries to some of his high priced stars. 
A "net" salary is one covering the 
entire amount agreed upon, with no 
commission from tho act to the agent 
in the transactions. These "net" en- 
gagements are those generally when 
it is suggested to the agent to "go 
after" some celebrity, or the agent 
corrals the big feature, mentioning 
"commission" only to the manager 
taking the act. 

The "net" arrangement was enter- 
ed into by Stoll of late months with 
Kejane, and Bernhardt, both appear- 
ing in London. Rejane played in the 
Hippodrome at a weekly income of 
$3,500. Bernhardt was at the Coli- 
seum, London, and received $4,000. 

H. B. Marinelli is the agency 
through which both contracts passed. 
In each case the Stoll office paid Mar- 
inelli the commission of ten per cent. 
Bernhardt's cost to the Moss-Stoll cir- 
cuit is therefore the net salary plus 
the commission, or $4,400 weekly. 

This high figure for vaudeville 
has never been exceeded. It will be, 
however, if Harry Lauder appears over 
hear this season. Last season the 
Scotchman cost Morris $4,300 each 
week. Some of this amount went to 
the English managers to release the 
comedian for the American tour. 

The English managers are grow- 
ing more avaricious each season on 
the bonus demanded for a release of 
their English contracts to acts wish- 
ing to appear in America. Within tne 
past month an English act with an 
offer of American time, was asked 
$400 by an English manager for each 
week released, though the act was 
under contract to the Englishman for 
a salary of forty pounds, or $200 per 
week. 

Some seasons ago the amount de- 
manded for postponing engagements 
on the other side was almost nominal 
in comparison to the increased pay the 
English acts received here. Alice 
Lloyd, for instance, was only "held 
up" for $50 weekly while in America, 
and has been paying that "fine" to 
English circuits for every week spent 
over here since arriving. She receives 
$1,500 a week In America, many 
times tho amount her English con- 
tracts call for. At the present mar- 
ket prices for English postponements, 
Miss Lloyd would be mulcted of a 
much larger sums. 

The English people successful In 
the States are rapidly filling their old 
country contracts whenever opportun- 
ity offers. Often it is a sore spot 
where a big act in America must re- 
turn to England to play a week for 
$40 or $50. It has happened to them 
all, Miss Lloyd, Lauder, Vesta Vic- 
toria and Arthur Prince. With Lauder 
it is said that when one of the "eight 
pound weeks" comes around, In- sends 
the manager a doctor's certificate of 
his illness, laying off for that time. 

The condition has been made 
through the custom in Kngland of 
signing contracts for y<ars ahead. 

Jules Kiiby \\>t<: a passionate neck- 
tie in the Long A<ro Building Tues- 
day. Jul' h aid ho had selected it 
in tho dark. 



M 



VARIETY 



FILM CENSOR IN JAPAN. 

Paris, Oct. 10. 

When films are imported into Japan 
the censor inspects them before the 
importer is even allowed to pay the 
customs duty. 

While this course is very fair, the 
officials often are extremely strict in 
the choice of subjects to be shown in 
public. Any picture in which kissing 
is seen is immediately suppressed. 
Any suspicion of ridicule on the pow- 
ers that be is also banned. 

Recently a consignment of films was 
refused entry because they contained 
a story in which a burglar got the 
better of the police. 

In Ireland the contrary would be 
the case. Only during the past few 
days the audience in the Limerick Pic- 
ture Palace hissed a film showing the 
boy scouts led by the Duke of Con- 
naught, and caused such a r rumpus 
that the picture had to be withdrawn. 
While another film representing dif- 
ferent incidents in the life of the 
king, George V., was being Bhowoi, the 
people threw all kinds of missiles, 
tearing the screen to pieces. 

This kind of manifestation in pic- 
ture theatres against royalty occurs 
often in South America. Norman 
French relates that while in Buenos 
Aires, when the film of the funeral 
of King Edward VII. was being shown 
on the screen, the audience became 
so threatening the manager did not 
repeat it the following eventaig. On 
the other hand, the pictures of the 
Jeffries-Johnson encounter have been 
a tremendous success in Ireland. 



SHOOED PICTURE MAN OFF. 

When a motion picture man and 
his machine Invaded the diamond 
where the Cubs and Athletics were to 
play the first world's championship 
game at Shlbe Park, Philadelphia, 
Monday, Manager Frank Chance of the 
Chlcagos, ordered him off the field. 
American League officials endeavored 
to restrain Chance, but after a con- 
ference the picture man had to vacate. 

On American League grounds, pho- 
tographers are as welcome as flowers 
in May, but the National League has 
an ironclad ruling which bars the pic- 
ture takers. The Essanay company 
will feature pictures of the big games 
Just the same, having the right to pre- 
pare them for the exhibitors' market. 



NO DIRECT CONNECTION. 

Notwithstanding the reports going 
round that the newly-formed Solax 
moving picture company is backed and 
controlled by the Gaumont company, 
such is emphatically denied by the of- 
ficers of the new company. 

But it is admitted that Gaumont 
knowledge is responsible for the new 
company, but otherwise the association 
ends. The presiding spirit of the So- 
lax organization is H. Blache. George 
A. Magie is business manager. 

The Solax company is an independ- 
ent organization out-and-out, being a 
member of the Motion Picture Sales 
Company. Its trade mark is a sun 
face, bearing the word "Solax." 

The first release will be Oct. 21, en- 
titled "A Child's Sacrifice." The sec- 
ond will be "The Sergeant's Daugh- 
ter," Oct. 28. 



VARIETY'S PICTURE REVIEWS 



BILLS NEXT WEEK. 



"THE CHUNCHO INDIANS" (Edison). 

This Is a film of the educational series, and 
It is rather a pity that It Is not of greater 
length. It shows the present mode of living 
of the Chuucho Tribe of Indians whose habitat 
is along thai portion of the Amazon Kiver that 
passes through Peru, it Is an Interesting sub- 
ject. FRED. 



"THE STOLEN FATHER" (Edison). 

This film tells— or rather half tells— a little 
dramatic story, the finish leaving the audience 
guessing. A young girl out of employment aud 
moneyless finds an old man stricken with par- 
alysis in the park. She takes him to her 
home and ministers to him. The money he 
has on his person goes toward paying the 
bills. She sees an "ad" in a paper for a miss- 
ing man. Her patient answers the descrip- 
tion. The son of the patient comes and claims 
the father. The leglmate ending would be to 
have the son fall in love with the girl and a 
happy ending, but this Is not done. The end 
comes when an accounting Is given by the girl 
of the monies spent. FRED. 

"WERTHER" (Pathe). 

A dramatic story that holds the Interest. The 
story is taken from that of the same title 
written by Goethe. The staging Is more than 
adequate and the interpreters give a good per- 
formance. FRED. 



"ON HER DOORSTEPS" (Vltagraph). 

Described as a society drama it Is more of 
a comedy subject. A young woman and her 
fiance have a quarrel. She turns the young 
man out He camps on her doorstep In a rain 
storm from 10 P. M. until 3 A. M., until she 
relents. There are quite a number of good 
laughs. FRED. 

"THE LEGACY" (Vltagraph). 

City life and the subsequent luxuries in a 
richly furnished home, bequeathed to two old 
country people on condition that they live In it, 
prove too much for the ruralltes who make a 
bee line for their old home after one night's 
possession of the legacy. One sees some famil- 
iar ferry and city street life, the scenes being 
well photographed. The story Is possible, but 
lacks pathos and humor. MARK. 

"THE ROMANCE OF A NECKLACE" (Gau- 
mont). 

Well acted among picturesque points In 
France with the photography in Its favor. 
Uenvenuto Cellini, the goldsmith, Is making a 
model for the Pope, but In the anterlm his love 
for Count Giacomo's daughter Olympla arouses 
the jealousy of the Pope's Jeweler, who plans 
his death. Cellini's threat to destroy the 
"Persee" model if they touch him, saves the 
day. The story is well told. MARK. 



"THE AVIATION CRAZE" (Pathe). 

An old Inventor jots down some figures and 
makes some crude outlines on a blackboard, 
lie sleeps and the board becomes magnified. 
His chalk marks assume the proportions of 
all kinds of flying machines. One of the 
"Jumping Jack" figures is transported through 
the clouds, under water and every other way 
by various means neatly arranged by the il- 
lusionist. The picture Is entertaining. 

MARK. 



THE BROKEN DOLL" (Blograph). 

A little girl's acting stands out prominently, 
but the ending Is unpleasant. An Indian Is 
murdered in a drunken street brawl and there 
Is an uprising, the red men going on the war- 
path. They kill and burn, but a little Indian 
miss, thankful for a doll given her by friend- 
ly whites, sounds the alarm. The Indians are 
driven back, but a stray bullet strikes the 
girl, who "tipped" the whites off about the 
attack. She manages to get back where her 
broken doll Is placed and dies a true little 
martyr. MARK. 



"ONE ON MAX" (Pathe). 

A familiar Pathe figure endeavors to create 
laughter with some attempted comedy on roller 
skate*. MARK. 

"JINKS WANTS TO BE AN ACROBAT" 
(Pathe). 
The audience felt sorry for "Jinks." The 
Pathe people gave him a chance to do some 
funny falls, but he failed to do anything out 
of the usual Pathe routine. The usual "chase" 
causes no merriment. There was an occasional 
laugh. MARK. 

"THE FOREMAN" (Sellg). 

The foreman has an awful time. He starts 
out with the money for the ranch hands and 
loses It on the way. Two cowboys find it and 
"stall" the foreman about not having seen it. 
The foreman Is Jailed, but attacks his keeper 
and escapes. There is a long chase through 
the woods and swamps, but the foreman finally 
finds the money and effects the capture of the 
thieves. A ruse, In which the girl In the pic- 
ture figures, is a plausible feature. The pho- 
tography is good. MARK. 

"THE PONY EXPRESS RIDER" (Essanay). 
A film with a wild west flavor. The camera 
effects are good. There Is a love story and all 
that, but the highway robbery of the express 
rider is tame in Its execution. The subject 
might have been "doped out" from a dime 
novel. MARK. 



itude is the main theme. The clothes may not 
be typical of Scotland, but what is worn gives 
the desired Impression. MARK. 

"FORTY-FIVE MINUTES FROM BROAD- 
WAY" (Kalem). 
A commuter has a day of trials and tribu- 
lations. The film Bhows the truth of the 
old adage that "haste makes waste," and 
brings mild latighter. There is nothing Cohan- 
esque about the film as the title Implies. 

MARK. 

"THE THREE FRIENDS" (Gaumont). 

An old cab driver, his horse and faithful 
dog are the principals in this film which tells 
a story of cruelty to animals and the friend- 
ship the dumb animals have for their aged 
master. The picture offers little entertain- 
ment, but gives the Humane Society for the 
prevention of Cruelty to Animals an Inspira- 
tion. MARK. 

"GRANDMOTHER'S PLOT" (Gaumont). 

This picture might have been also titled 
"The course of true love does not run smooth." 
The girl's grandfather frowns upon her match 
with the husky young Scotch farmer, but 
motherly old "grandma" manages to help the 
bashful swain out She hatches out an ordi- 
nary scheme, which works to a T. Photograph- 
ically the quality la excellent MARK. 

"PHANTOM RIDE FROM AIX-LES-BAINS" 
(Gaumont). 
A short film which takes one through a 
picturesque part of France, the camera secur- 
ing some winter scenes that are true to nature 
and pleasing to the eye. This picture will 
strike the tourists with delight MARK. 

"OUT FOR MISCHIEF" (Meltes). 

Too long for comfort or entertainment The 
boy and girl, creators of mischief, do too 
much "stalling." What capers they do per- 
form are not uproariously funny. There are 
a few laughs when a man, who poses as an 
old maid matron, discards an artificial make- 
up. MARK. 

"HANK AND LANK— UNINVITED GUESTS" 
(Essanay). 
An exciting fire department run and the sub- 
sequent drenching of the two Essanay eccen- 
trics as they are eating a meal prepared by 
the "Mutt" of the two In a house that has 
been vacated for the summer gives this Hank 
and Lank film the preference over the others 
of the series for laughing results. MARK. 

"HIRING A GEM" (Essanay). 

An old idea Is worked up to a laughable 
finish in which an office clerk, in female at- 
tire, is chased into the ocean by two police- 
men, who also enter the water. MARK. 

"OUTWITTED" (Pathe). 

Bicycles play an important part In this film 
which has a melodramatic theme. The girl, 
her lover and a rejected suitor are wheel 
riders, but the woman is forced to give the 
best exhibition of her bicycle ability when 
she carries a fat money belt to safety. There 
Is a hand-to-hand encounter at the finish be- 
tween the hero and the villain In which the 
former is returned the victor. While well 
photographed, there are several weak points. 

MARK. 

"AROUND PEKIN" (Pathe). 

A 213-foot film showing realistic scenes 
near China's historic city. The picture could 
be twice as long and be more enjoyed. 

MARK. 

PICTURES AT LAND SHOW. 

Pittsburg, Oct. 20. 
Moving pictures are playing a prom- 
inent part in the Big Land Show now 
being held at Pittsburg, and a num- 
ber of excellent films are being used 
to describe the talks by the govern- 
ment lecturers on the various subjects 
pertaining to land development. 



Edgar Strakosch, of Sacramento, 
Cal., received the award of $100 of- 
fered by the Essanay Film Manufac- 
turing Company for a new name for 
motion picture entertainment, "Photo- 
play" beiJig accepted by the Judges. 
Mr. Strakosch owns two moving pic- 
ture houses in Sacramento. He con- 
ceived the name going home on a 
street car. 



"AULD RODIN GRAY" (Vltagraph). 

Excellently arranged, splendidly acted and 
finely photographed. The adaptation from the 
Scotch poem Is well carried out. A girl's grat- 



Leo Carrillo while playing in Syra- 
cuse last week, was walking down the 
main street after the football game 
between Syracuse University and Car- 
lisle Indians, when a village rah rah 
slapped him on the back saying "We 
beat you old man." (Leo had been 
mistaken for an Indian.) 



NEW YORK. 



HAMMERSTEIN'S. 
Matthewson and 

Meyers. 
Eddie Leonard and 

Mabel Russell. 
Matthews and 

Ashley. 
Henry Cllv<\ 
Oscar Lorraine. 
Dolly Connolly. 
Blssett and Scott. 
Eldrldge. 

COLONIAL. 
Russian Dancers. 
Burr Mcintosh and 

Co. 
Stuart Barnes. 
Merrill and Otto. 
Bedinl and Arthur. 
Zerthos' Dogs. 
(Others to fill). 

ALHAMBRA. 
"Song Review." 
White ft Stuart. 
Lil Hawthorne. 
Sebastian Merrill Co 
The Uessems. 
Royal Collbrls. 
Primrose Four. 
Cook and Stevens. 

ORPHEUM. 
Moore and Llttlefleld 
Chip and Marble. 
Three Lelghtons. 
Belleclalr Brer. 
Hedges Bros, and 

Jacobson. 
Elida Morrto. 
Harry Breen. 



BRONX. 
Karno's Comedians. 
"The Governor's 

Son." 
Belle Baker. 
Hayes and Johnson. 
Fiddler and Shelton. 
Hawthorne and Burt 
Bobby Pandur and 

Bro. 
Tally and Johnson. 

GREENPOINT. 
Valerie Bergere ft 

Co. 
Brlce and King. 
Hymack. 
"The Gems." 
Jones and Deely. 
Charles Ahearn 

Troupe. 

(Others to fill). 

AMERICAN. 
Julian Eltlnge. 
Grace Hazard. 
Geo. Newburn. 
John Lawson and 

Co. 
Jack Ark. 

Kennedy and Rooney 
Irwin and Herzog. 
Conway and Leland. 
Le Belle Nello. 
(Two to fill). 

FULTON. 
"The Barnyard 

Romeo." 
Marie Lo's Pictures. 



ST. LOUIS. 



PRINCESS. 
Pauline. 
Cromwells. 
Roy Harding. 
Delaur Trio. 
W. E. Whittle. 
La Freye. 
Maxlme and Bobby. 



COLUMBIA. 
Elbert Hubbard. 
Nellie Nichols. 



Frederick Allen and 

Co. 
McDonald, Crawford 

and Montrose. 
Sid Baxter and Co. 
Cross and Johespb- 

lne. 
Delmore and Darrell 
Joe Jackson. 



OMAHA. 



ORPHEUM. 
Edwards Davis. 
Taylor, Kranzman A 

White. 
Sonarnoff and Sonia. 
Harry Atkinson. 
Four Cllftons. 
Forbes and Bowman. 



AMERICAN. 
"Pullman Porter 

Maids." 
Diamond Comedy 

Four. 
Joe Bannister. 
Raymond and Hall. 
Will Van Allen. 

(Two to fill.) 



CINCINNATI, 



COLUMBIA. 



Eva Tanguay. 
Lottie Williams and 

Co. 
Flying Banvards. 
Frey Twins. 
Schoolboys and Girls 
Clement De Leon. 
Boynton and Burke. 
Bowman Bros. 



ORPHEUM. 
"Scroogs." 
Ross and Bowen. 
Clarice Vance. 
"Watermelon Girls." 
(Local "Tank" Act). 
Olivette. 
Murphy and Francis 



CHICAGO. 



MAJESTIC. 
Russian Ballet. 
Lee Lloyd. 
Cressy and Dayne. 
Cbas. B. Lawler and 

Daughters. 
Melville and Hlgglns 
Mr. and Mrs. Jack 

McGreevy. 
Ernest Pantzer and 

Co. 
Marie Fenton. 
Reed Bros. 
Provol. 



AMERICAN. 
Russian Dancers 
"Futurity Winner." 
Wilfred Clarke and 

Co. 
Klrksmlth Sisters. 
Cissy Curlette. 
Rafayette's Dogs. 
Johnson Clarke. 
Nelll McKlnley. 
Paul Gordon. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



AMERICAN. 
Geo. Primrose and 

Co. 
Wish Wynne. 
Chilos. 
Reros. 

Calne and Odom. 
Eddie Foley. 



ORPHEUM. 
Cycling Auroras 
Brown, Harris and 

Brown 
Sydney Shields & 

Co. 
Hanlon Bros. 
Hugh Lloyd 
Fred Watson 
Bert and Lottie 

Walton. 



MONTAGU BACK WITH PATHE. 

The effort of a Variety representa- 
tive to secure an interview with J. A. 
Berst, general manager of the Pathe 
office here, regarding his proposed res- 
ignation, brought to light the fact that 
E. H. Montagu, of the Quick Service 
offices, formerly with the Pathe com- 
pany, is again in its employ, having 
charge of the publicity department. 

Mr. Montagu was formerly mana- 
ger of the Chicago office, but severed 
his connnections with the Windy City 
office and came to New York ostensibly 
to open his advertising office on Twen- 
ty-third street. Among his clients is 
the Pathe company. 



VARIETY 



IS 



REPORT UNCONFIRMED. 

Denver, Oct. 20. 

A report has been current during 
the past week that H. H. Tammen, 
one of the principal stockholders In 
the Sells-Floto show, had met the 
Ringlings recently in Texas, and that 
he had made an arrangement whereby 
he would buy from them the Fore- 
paugh-Sells show, and that that or- 
ganization would travel under his col- 
ors next season. 

Mr. Tammen states that while it 
was true he was with all three Ring- 
lings (John, Otto and Al) in Austin 
and Decatur, Texas, he would not ad- 
mit the truth of the rumor, saying 
he was not at liberty to divulge a«ny 
of the conversations that took place. 

Mr. Tammen says Sells-Floto will 
send out a 50-car show next season. 



$400 FOR GUILTY PLEA. 

Russellville, Ala., Oct. 20. 
Kicdeman Bros.' Great American 
Shows were fined $400 when they 
showed here for running a gambling 
apparatus, the manager, a man named 
Sells and another member of the com- 
pany being arrested and lodged in jail. 
The men later appeared before Mayor 
W. S. Douglas and pleaded guilty to 
the charge. They also paid $25 for 
the license fee. 



ARRESTED BY LASSO. 

San Francisco, Oct. 20. 

Louis iKudis, giving his occupation 
as a waiter, was arrested in a spec- 
tacular manner near the entrance of 
the "Two Bills" show last week, the 
arresting party being "Texas Jack," a 
cowboy with the show. 

Kudis was accused of almost caus- 
ing a stampede among the horses by 
throwing an acidic liquid upon the 
animals, which for a time endangered 
the spectators. A panic was only 
averted by strenuous efforts on the 
part of the showman. Kudis was ob- 
served to leave the grounds and was 
followed whereupon he started to run, 
being brought down by the lasso of 
"Texas Jack," who turned him over 
to the authorities. He was later re- 
leased upon ball. 

A damage suit for $2,500 was filed 
Oct. 6 in Redding, Cal., by Mrs. Au- 
gusta Dor.n against the Buffalo Bill 
show. She claims to have sustained 
painful and serious injuries Sept. 26 
by being tossed on the horns of one 
of the show's buffaloes. 

Mrs. Dorn was running a street-side 
lunch counter when the herd stamped- 
ed as it passed her place. The only 
weapon she possessed was a cup of 
coffee, which she threw at the animal's 
head. 



CIRCUS DRIVER LOSES ARM. 

Nashville, Oct. 20. 
John Calain, aged 40 years, a 
wagon driver with the Ringling Bros.' 
circus, who had his left arm badly 
crushed under the wheels of one of 
the ten-horse wagons Oct. 4, had to 
have the member amputated to save 
his life. He is recovering slowly at 
the Tennessee hospital. Calain work- 
ed all day after the accident with his 
arm in a sling. 




SOUTH STORM-SWEPT. 

Circus business in the South has 
not been good for sometime, but the 
condition has become more severe 
through the terrific storm and hurri- 
cane of the past week, which swept 
the east and west coasts in the South. 

The circus that may have felt the 
effects of the gale more than a.ny of 
the other tested enterprise now play- 
ing that section of the country was 
the John Robinson Shows, which ex- 
hibited at Camden, S. C, Oct. 17, and 
was due at Cheraw the 19th. Accord- 
ing to Associated Press dispatches, 
South Carolina was in the path of the 
storm, a»nd the damage reports were 
heavy. 

Anxiety was felt in New York for 
the other circuses traveling the cotton 
belt, as all of the coast States were 
storm-swept. 

At the time of the hurricane, the 
Hagenbeck-Wallace show was in Ala- 
bama, Miller Bros. "101 Ranch" in 
Mississippi with the Gentry Bros., 
Sells-Floto and Forepaugh-Sells shows 
in Texan territory. Barnum-Bailey 
was outside the range, Ln Oklahoma. 



CIRCUS FOR HONOLULU. 

From a report in New York it is 
the intention of Toby Siegrist and Ed- 
die Silbon (Silbon-Siegrist Troupe) to 
organize a circus from the performers 
at present with the Barnum-Bailey 
show. 

At the conclusion of the Big Show's 
tented season, (he aggregation will 
leave San Francisco for Honolulu, re- 
maining there while the go i Jig is good. 



ONE LICENSE FEE ONLY. 

Corsicana, Tex., Oct. 20. 
A decision handed down here by 
the courts regarding the two-shows-a- 
day license question, which has been 
fought by the Ringlings, was in favor 
of the circus men. The bench decided 
that the payment of ojie license only 
was necessary when a continuous per- 
formance is given, although an Inter- 
mission takes place between four- 
thirty and seven P. M., without return 
checks. 



VETERAN CLOWN DYING. 

Cincinnati, Oct. 20. 
John Lowlow, aged 67 years, a 

4 

clown with the John Robinson circus 
for many years, is critically ill at his 
home here with an abscess on his knee. 
There is little hope for his recovery. 



Fred C. Isell, who has been down 
town ticket agent for the Forepaugh- 
Sells Show, is now assistant treasurer, 
having succeeded Mark Patterson, who 
has quit the road. 



FLED IN WIFE'S AUTO. 

Kansas City, Oct. 20. 

Local papers are playing up stories 
about the alleged separation of the 
divorced wife of Peter Sells, the cir- 
cus man, and George Edwards, a Kan- 
sas City bartender, whom she married 
in 1905, the same year she was grant- 
ed her divorce from Mr. Sells. The 
stories are to the effect that Edwards 
became enamored of another woman. 
When his wife learned of his feelings 
toward her, she told him to 
pack up and leave. It is claimed that 
Edwards left, but went whizzing away 
in his wife's $3,000 automobile. 

When the Sells divorce case was 
settled the wife was granted $ 75.000 
alimony. 



Sam Felder, car manager with the 
Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill shows, 
arrived in New York last week, having 
finished his season. 




ELEPHANT KILLS TRAINER. 

Robert S. Shields, an animal trainer, 
was killed by "Queen," a huge African 
elephant, in Jersey City, Wednesday. 
The animal has been with the Frank 
L. Robbins show for four years. 

Shields went to feed the elephant 
during the absence of the regular 
trainer. On his approach, she wrap- 
ped her trunk around him and broke 
every bone in the man's body. The 
accident happened at the Robbins' win- 
ter quarters. 



COXEY HANDLING BIG JOB. 

A big job of superintending all of 
the press work of the William A. 
Brady's theatrical attractions and in- 
terests has been given to Willard D. 
Coxey. Mr. Coxey is now the Brady 
general press representative. 



DEGNON MAY TRANSFER. 

Geo. Degnon, the advance man, may 
transfer his allegiance next season, go- 
ing with Eddie Arlington and the "101 
Ranch" as general agent. 

It is said Mr. Arlington will remain 
behind with the show more next sum- 
mer than he has done in previous sea- 
sons. 



SELLS-FLOTO SUED. 

Austin, Tex., Oct. 20. 

Claiming that the Sells-Floto circus 
people contracted to use a certain 
portion of his land for exhibition pur- 
poses and that an order given him on 
the treasurer of the show for $100 and 
twenty-flve admission tickets was not 
honored when presented at the ticket 
wagon because the land was not used, 
L. W. Costley, of this city, has brought 
action for $115 and levied on certain 
of the circus property. 

The circus people promptly replev- 
ened the property, giving a bond to 
cover any judgment that might be 
awarded the plaintiff when the case 
was tried. The circus management 
claims the order was void if the land 
was not used. 



SKIGIE'S LATEST PHOTOGRAPH. 

Now Approacblug HIb Twelfth Y«\ir. 



BOSTON OFFICE FOR SHEEDY. 

The early part of the week the 
Sheedy agency had the opening of the 
Boston branch office and the placl.ng 
of the attractions for two new houses, 
Majestic, Schenectady, N. Y., and Pas- 
time, Ansonia, Conn., on its hands. 

The Boston office, which is oil 
Washington street, will be in charge 
of Charles Cook, formerly manager 
of the Sheedy house in Fall River, he 
b^ing replaced there by Walter Big- 
low, who took charge last Monday. 

The Majestic, Schenectady, played 
Western Wheel Burlesque last sea- 
son. In September it reopened under 
the management of Coiuiihan & Shan- 
non with Stair & Havlin legitimate 
bookings. Monday a change of policy 
to vaudeville and pictures occurred. 

Albert ("Daisy") Hodginl lifts been 
released from .Mercy Hospital, Mar- 
shalltown, la., where lie was taken 
when the Kingling shew played the 
town, suffering from an attack of ty- 
phoid fever. His wife h;»s been with 
him during his Mine: s 

Martin Lehman, manager of the 
Orpheum, Kansas City, after a stay of 
a few days in the city left New YorK 
for home 'I'm sdav 



i6 



VARIETY 



NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation, First Appaaraaca 

or Reappearance In or Around 

New York 



Matthewson and Meyers, Hammer- 
stein's. 

Ilurr Mcintosh and Co., Colonial. 

Zerthos' Dogs, Colonial. 

"The Governor's Son," Bronx. 

John Lawson and Co. (New Act), 
American. 

Jack Arc, American. 

Ilelle Baker, Bronx. 

Tally and Johnson, Bronx. 

Elida Moris, Orpheum. 

"The Gems," Greenpoint. 

Frank Ellison and Co. (2). 
"My Lady Betty" (Komantic). 
16 Mins.; Four (Parlor). 
Fifth Avenue. r 

"My Lady Betty" is a pretty enough 
little playlet of the swash-buckling pe- 
riod of the 18th Century but, one 
that will not do Just now for vaude- 
ville. The day has passed when the 
public would accept this form of en- 
tertainment, and with it has also gone 
Henrietta Crossman, the foremost de- 
lineator of the style of role which is 
attempted in this sketch by Nellie 
Stevens. She is pretty enough as 
Lady Betty, but when essaying silken 
knickerbockers and sword of Captain 
Montague, Miss Stevens does not All 
the bill. The sketch is a little weak 
in comedy, highly essential in this 
case. If Miss Stevens could qualify 
In this particular, the act would be 
helped out materially. As Sir Geof- 
frey Warrender, Frank Ellison gave 
as finished a performance as could be 
desired. William Midgley, the third 
member of the cast, was a little stagey 
at times, but otherwise carried his 
role well. With the dual role of 
Lady Betty and Capt. Montague used 
to work up comedy, the act will pass 
much better. Firth — 



Granville and Mack. 

Character Singing Sketch. 
13 Mins.; Two (Exterior). 
Empire, Chicago. 

Minnie Granville and Eddie Mack, 
principals with "the Cherry Blossoms" 
have developed an excellent act, pre- 
sented as a number in the show's 
olio. The Italian character draw- 
ing by Mack is one of surpassing ex- 
cellence. He has not exaggerated in 
either costume or dialect; makes his 
"wop" a man of humor and intelli- 
gence, in contrast to the general run 
of this sort of character now being 
shown. Miss Granville makes up ex- 
cellently, looks the part of a cleanly 
Italian girl, but constantly neglects 
her dialect. She could easily remedy 
this defect by paying closer attention. 
The act introduces a hurdy-gurdy, the 
singers drawing it onto the stage when 
they enter and taking it with them 
when they depart. For one of their 
songs Mack plays the barrel-organ to 
accompany Miss Granville, both using 
the orchestra for a second number 
which takes them off. There is an 
excellent line of comedy talk between 
songs, Miss Granville "feeding" for 
Mack's good results. The act would 
make a fine vaudeville interlude. 

Walt. 



Frank Keenan and Co. (4). 
♦'The Oath" (Dramatic) 
32 Mins.; Four (Special Set). 
Fifth Avenue. 

Seldom, if ever before, has there 
been a dramatic playlet produced in 
vaudeville to take the public by storm 
so completely as did "The Oath," pre- 
sented at the Fifth Avenue Monday 
by Frank Keenan and his company of 
players. Albee, Weber & Evans, are 
the sponsors for the piece and the 
production. It is a dramatic story of 
life in Ireland of to-day, written by 
Seumas MacManus and adopted by Mr. 
Keenan. From a scenic standpont 
it is quite Belascoesque. Mr. Keenan 
is supported by John Carmody, Chas. 
Mailes, Chas. Gerard and John 
O'Brien, all finished actors. The work 
of Messrs. Mailes and Carmody stands 
out particularly. The plot tells of a 
father's love for a«n only son, the only 
survivors of the family. Forty-two 
years before the boy's grandfather was 
killed in a riot which was the result 
of the celebration of Orangeman's 
Day, the 12th of July. By a coinci- 
dence, this is also the birthday of the 
youth. After the day's toil is ended 
he makes known to his father his in- 
tention o( going into the town to 
watch the aftermath of the day's fes- 
tivities. The father begs the boy .not 
to go and recites the story of the 
tragic ending of his father's life on 
the same date over two score of years 
ago. The boy calms the elder's fears 
and goes forth. The old man falls 
asleep and dreams of the tragedy that 
Is being enacted in the town several 
miles away. He awakes and when he 
realizes that it has only been a dream 
his joy is almost pathetic. As he fin- 
ishes lighting the candles a stranger 
comes crashing through the door, beg- 
ging the old man to protect him as the 
police are on his trail. He is hidden 
in a secret chamber under the main 
living room. The police arrive and 
accuse the old man of harboring the 
fugitive, who is a murderer. The 
old man asks the constable who the 
murdered one was, and is Informed it 
was his own son. He collapses for 
a moment and then recovering takes 
an oath that he will never look upon 
the picture of his dead wife again 
until the boy's death has been repaid 
in blood. The officers leave. The 
murderer is summoned from the cel- 
lar. He thanks the old man and of- 
fers to do anything to repay the serv- 
ice done him. The father, gun Ln hand, 
tells of the debt that there is, the 
power of taking has been in the hands 
of the stranger, but to return is in the 
hands of the Almighty only. The stran- 
ger falls on his knees and offers his 
life to repay the crime. At this the 
father holds his fire and says that 
those Higher have taken vengeance 
from him. The close of the act finds 
the stricken father alone with his 
grief, bowed over a table with the 
Rosary. Mr. Keenan's portrayal of 
the role will be long remembered aft- 
er the sketch has passed away, which 
will be many a long day off. The play- 
let grips from the very opening, and 
the dramatic interest is so intense 
throughout it holds to the last mo- 
ment. Monday evening the act receiv- 
ed thirteen curtain calls and the star 
was forced to make a speech. 

Pred 



Maria Baldina, Theodor Kosloff. 
and Co. 

Russian Dances. 

47 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set). 

Colonial. 

Lacking in numbers and in person- 
nel, M. Kosloff is trying to put over 
at the Colonial the same act which 
he produced during the spring at the 
Coliseum, London. The result here 
is not highly satisfactory. The same 
mistake which was made in the Lon- 
don hall is repeated at the Colonial. 
The ballet, generally conceded to be 
pretty and artistic and quite as gen- 
erally voted slow and tiresome for a 
vaudeville audience, is still in view. 
With this much learned in London 
some one who had the showing of the 
act on this side in hand, should have 
known that an American audience 
would be even less patient than a Lon- 
don one. The ballet itself is not as 
well produced, as it was in London, 
and it is not as well done, for it lacks 
the dancing of Karsavina, the star of 
the London troupe, to whom Baldina 
played a good second over there in 
both the ballet and the dances. Baldina 
is not strong enough to head a troupe 
of dancers, at least that is the im- 
pression after one has seen Pavlowa, 
Karsavina, Probajenski, Schollah and 
one or two others. The ballet at the 
Colonial runs seventeen minutes. There 
is very little dancing, most of the time 
being consumed with vague pantomim- 
ing and heavy music. Kosloff does 
much of the pantomiming, playing the 
single male role, which he played also 
in the London production. Following 
the ballet a series of dances have been 
arranged. It was this portion which 
saved the act at the Coliseum. This 
group has not the numbers to put 
the stuff over. In the London com- 
pany there were six or eight men car- 
ried besides the principals, and the 
corpyhees who did what might be call- 
ed eccentric dances put a life into 
them that fairly sent a thrill through 
the house. This most important fea- 
ture has been entirely overlooked in 
bringing the act to America and it 
is Just exactly what the act needs. 
Life and ginger the act lacks entirely. 
The one live bit that called forth ap- 
plause was a grotesque peasant dance 
performed by M. Pirnikoff. It was 
well done, but the London company 
did the same thing with six men be- 
hind the two principals, which makes 
Pirnikoff's efforts look very tame. Mile. 
Mendez and Alexis Kosloff also gained 
recognition with a lively number, away 
from toe dancing. "L'Auromn Bac- 
chanalia" the dance with which Pav- 
lowa and Mordkin made a sensation at 
the Palace, London, also fared very 
well, done rather indifferently by Mile. 
Kavatnova and Alexis Kosloff. Mile. 
Kavatnova is a sweet looking girl 
whose pretty girlishness was probably 
accountable for some of the applause. 
A scene from the ballet "Salambo" 
with Kosloff and Baldina as the prin- 
cipals closes the Colonial act. It is 
a trifle "strong," and the Russians 
spare nothing in the unraveling. While 
daring it is barely saved by the 
artistic work of the dancers. 
The act came in for much discussion 
by the vaudeville contingent which it 
seemed turned out en masse to see 
the opening of what had been the Lon- 
don craze for the past two seasons. 



Hanid Alexander. 
Pianolog. 

15 Mins.; One. 
Majestic, Chicago. 

Unqualified success attended the 
American debut of this dainty and 
talented girl Monday afternoon. She 
was in fourth position. Further down, 
had the frame-up of the bill permitted 
it, Hanid would have scored a still 
greater hit; she is competent to take 
any place, and will come through with 
colors flying. Her largest applause 
'came from piano playing, her turn 
logically dividing into two sections. 
After having scored an artistic suc- 
cess with songs, rendered to her own 
accompaniment, she had for an encore 
a session at the piano, and proved 
herself an unquestioned adept. Hanid 
is youthful, hardly out of her teens, 
pretty of face and sensitive in those 
features which bring out, when ar- 
tistically employed, the full value of 
a song, be it comic, topical or senti- 
mental. All three examples were in- 
cluded in her repertoire. She opened 
with a ditty which told of an English- 
man's luck in flirting with a Corsican 
girl. Her next was a song which 
recited the inwardness of an English 
chorus girl's thoughts, the verses be- 
ing rendered most cleverly in different 
dialects. Her third selection was a 
descriptive tale of two street urchins, 
looking through a lighted window at 
a party of aristocratic Londoners din- 
ing. Rich in personality, an element 
in her composition which brings her 
audiences into sympathetic touch with 
her, she may feel happy in the man- 
ner she was received; for the house 
bestowed applause in evidence of great 
appreciation. Walt. 



Opinions were divided. All agreed 
that it was an artistic performance 
but doubts as to its fitness for vaude- 
ville were freely expressed. The cry- 
ing question was: Will it draw busi- 
ness? The crowd seemed to think not, 
stating that it was too high class for 
American vaudeville. This troupe 
may not do business although it 
should. There is nothing positive in 
vaudeville but had Percy Williams 
been able to bring over the Russian 
troupe intact which appeared at the 
Coliseum, the dancers would have been 
the same sensation here they were 
there, and had be been able to produce 
Pavlowa and Mordkin with the act 
that they showed at the Palace, Lon- 
don, Mr. Williams would have been 
able to have held them easily for four 
weeks at each of his houses. Don't 
think you know all about Russian 
dancing acts when you have seen the 
troupe at the Colonial. It is a long way 
below any of the many that were 
shown in London, and still it is not 
so bad at that. On the "draw" propo- 
sition, this act should draw over regu- 
lar vaudeville crowds for the same rea- 
son it goes over their heads; it should 
bring to the Williams' houses the Met- 
ropolitan opera house contingent, and 
all others who like to see nice dancing 
nicely staged with stories. Until New 
York knows differently Mr. Williams' 
Russian dancers should do this, but 
then the trouble starts, for Pavlowa 
and Mordkin have been seen by the 
New Yorkers who favor this style of 
entertainment. Dash. 



VARIETY 



17 



"College Life.** 

Musical Playlet. 

89 Minn.; Fall (Special Set). 

Fifth Avenue. 

Charles Lovenberg, the producer of 
"College Life" should make it a point 
to see that George Ade receives a full 
share of the royalties accruing from 
the earnings of this piece, for if there 
ever was a case of "lifting," this is 
one. Those who stand sponsors for 
this piece both in the matter of book 
and production have taken their char- 
acters bodily from Ade's "The College 
Widow." The setting is almost iden- 
tical with that of the first act of that 
piece. The musical sketch is just 
a hodge-podge of musical numbers 
without any head or tall to it, In fact 
the program states anyone finding the 
plot of the piece will kindly leave it 
at the box office, but the author and 
producer, having gone as far as they 
have in copying the Ade piece, might 
just as well have gone a step further 
and taken part of the story and made 
a presentable act. Before the rise of 
the curtain the orchestra plays a med- 
ley of college airs including the "Boo- 
la-Boola" of Yale, "Old Nassau" of 
Princeton, and "Fair Harvard." The 
chorus sing them at the raise, then 
going into "Modern Education," led by 
Prof. Butts (Harry Irwin). Then 
comes the Adesque part of the act with 
the characters of the fresh "soph," a 
duplicate of "Stubs Talmage," the 
boarding house keeper's daughter, 
Martha Higgins in this case but pat- 
terned after Gertrude Quinlan's "Flora 
Wiggins." These two are the life sav- 
ers, played as they are at present by 
Henry Gardner and Minerva Court- 
ney. The other Ade characters are 
the freshrrian, the half-back, the col- 
lege widow, the grind and the senior. 
The prima donna of the piece in the 
role of the college widow (M^irjorie 
Dudley) has a pleasing voice and does 
very well in the duet number, her 
solo not getting over as well as it 
should. The only number that shows 
any originality is "Athletics" led by 
Mr. Gardner. Miss Courtney in a 
dance imitation toward the latter end 
got over well. At the close college 
songs and a patriotic finish are re- 
sorted to and they save the day. Al- 
bert Lloyd as the leader of the college 
glee club presented some very good 
eccentric dancing steps here and help- 
ed this end of the performance ma- 
terially. The ensemble numbers for 
the size of the company are not what 
they should be. A top tenor or two 
could be used to advantage. The act 
needs to be whipped into much bet- 
ter shape than it is at present be- 
fore it will do. It is pretentious 
enough, but the weight is lacking. 

Fml. 



Ronella and DeReno. 
Musical and Singing. 
17 Mins.; Four (Parlor). 
Fam. Dept. U. B. O. 

The man is an accomplished mu- 
sician. He gives a worthy perform- 
ance on either the harp or the violin. 
His fault Is in not knowing when the 
audience has had enough. Seven min- 
utes on the harp at the opening are 
too much. The woman who assists 
has a pleasing voice. The act is fair 
for small time, Fred. 



Edouard Joee and Go. 
'"The Strike** (Dramatic). 
17 Mins.; Four (Special Set). 
American. 

Although there are almost a score 
of people employed in "The Strike," 
the title of the sketch the French 
actor has chosen in which to make his 
American debut, the piece is virtually 
a monolog for Mr. Jose. He is an actor 
of sterling quality, and after once 
taking the stage his histrionic ability 
is such he holds the entire attention 
until concluding. "The Strike" re- 
lates the story of an old blacksmith 
who, with his fellow workmen, has 
been "on the strike." He is on trial 
for his life, having murdered one of 
his fellow laborers. The action opens 
with the presiding magistrate announc- 
ing the evidence of the State has all 
been placed before the jury. It now 
but remains for the accused to tell his 
version of the crime. Jose, as the 
old blacksmith, is brought on, taking 
the witness stand. He relates how he 
was the spokesman of strikers at the 
opening of the fight for higher wages; 
how he visited the bosses and pleaded 
in their behalf; how the strike was 
ordered and how he and his wife 
struggled through months of misery 
trying to support their two grand- 
children, the offspring of a departed 
daughter. Jose leads to the final 
scene, telling the Jury that with star- 
vation threatening his loved ones, he 
went to his associates and told them 
of his dire necessity and requested 
them to permit him to return to work. 
The general feeling was for the old 
man until one of the men stepped 
forward and called him "a skunk." 
A fight with sledges followed. The 
old man killed his opponent. His 
final request is not for his life to live 
for himself, but that he may secure 
the necessities of life for his wife and 
two grandchildren. The jury with- 
out leaving the box returns a verdict 
of "Not Guilty." The general plot 
of the piece is of the sordid trend, 
usual in importations from the Conti- 
nent, but in this case the happy end- 
ing may do much to recommend the 
sketch to vaudeville. Fred, 



Veroin and Dunlap. 
Kinging and Talking Sketch. 
15 Mins.; One (Special Drop). 
Loew Circuit. 

The sketch idea is different from 
what these artists offered last season. 
Miss Dunlap announces she is a 
"Salome" dancer, whom the manager 
says cannot offer her famous specialty. 
The dressing room is shown. Miss 
Dunlap makes two changes of cos- 
tumes in full view of the audience. 
Her partner "shows" for nothing more 
than a "feeder." Miss Dunlap is the 
act. She has funny facial expres- 
sion, dishes out her comedy in a 
"slangy" style that pleases and her 
songs are renders' in sweet voice. 
Miss Dunlap seems too clever for the 
"small time," and capable of making 
herself known in the bigger houses. 
With a versatile partner, she could 
make even a bigger hit than she does 
on the "smaller circuits." Her clos- 
ing dress is a yellow silk "hobble" 
with black spots. Her present act 
is an improvement over that of last 
season's. Mark. 



Cotter and Boulden. 
Songs and Dances. 
17 Mlns.; Two. 
Hammers tein*s. 

Cotter and Boulden are putting over 
a little -something different than the 
general run of dancing and singing 
acts. Through this the couple are 
doing better at "The Corner" than the 
usual run. On "No. 2" the handicap 
had to be figured. The couple open 
in "one" with a verse and chorus of 
a song, both dressed in riding habits. 
The man returns in 'two," doing what 
is practically a single, using a piano 
for a song and executing a very good 
dance. Placing clogs on his hands, 
he does a dance on all fours that will 
probably be copied as soon as a few 
of the dancing acts laying off around 
town have had a look in at Hammer- 
stein's. Following the man's single, 
the woman comes to the fore, also with 
a single, singing several songs accom- 
panying herself on the banjo. The 
"kid" bit is the best, and won her ap- 
proval. The banjo playing and sing- 
ing are carried too long here, and also 
at the finish when the couple return 
together, with the man at the piano. 
Only one song is sung. There are 
too many verses for a song with a 
pretty melody but rather weak lyrics. 
An old fashioned "coon Cakewalk" af- 
fair marks the finish. The act should 
be shortened about three minutes, 
which would probably give the speed 
now lacking. It will take some work- 
ing for the act to make a bid for any- 
thing better than an early position 
on the big bills. Dash. 



Clifton and Carson. 
Drawing and Singing. 
17 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Fiener & Shea Circuit. 

The man first appears in eccen- 
tric makeup and later does a 
"straight." He draws with chalk and 
crayon while the woman sings and 
makes several changes. The man 
should confine all his attention to the 
drawing end, not attempting comedy 
or singing. His "Jeff and Mutt" re- 
productions were the best of his char- 
acter types. A water scene in colors 
received big applause at the close. 
The woman lacks vocal culture, but 
does real well with "Under the Yum 
Yum Tree," "Where the River Shan- 
non Flows" and "Silvery Moon" (sung 
while the moonlight drawing is be- 
ing made). The act might be rear- 
ranged with better results. 

Mark. 



Hill and Ackerman. 
Comedy Acrobatics. 
10 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Locw Circuit. 

Hill and Ackerman do .not venture 
far from the routine of acrobatics 
familiar in vaudeville, but they make 
good with what is different from the 
other fellows. The men assume part of 
the garb of the Scottish Highlanders. 
One does the "rough work," at one 
time jumping out into the audience. 
This is not new, but well received on 
the "small time." His chair balancing 
on another chair -on top of two tables 
is a feature. They also use the spring 
board feats with effect. Both men 
have some quick "twisters," turns and 
full flops that will carry the act 
through with favor. Mark. 



Schaar-Wheeler Trio. 

Bicyclists. 

14 Mins.; Full Stage. 

Fifth Avenue. 

An accident at the Fifth Avenue 
Tuesday afternoon enabled the Schaar- 
Wheeler Trio to take the opening po- 
sition and "make good." Mr. and 
Mrs. W. A. Schaar and Mack Wheeler 
comprise the trio. They have been 
playing the Orpheum Circuit for the 
past two years. This is the first time 
in New York. Schaar, in eccentric 
makeup, attends to the comedy. The 
act goes through its routine rapidly. 
There are no waits. The woman is 
of pleasing appearance, well formed 
and a graceful rider. Wheeler puts 
over some difficult single tricks. His 
"double boomerang" is a feature. 
There are feats by all on single wheels, 
unicycles and tandems, Wheeler work- 
ing on top of the "triplet" bars alone. 
A strong recommendation is the lack 
of "stalling," posing or a sameness in 
tricks. Notwithstanding the 'No. 1" 
position the riders secured consider- 
able applause. The arrival of the late- 
comers did not seem to disconcert 
them. The Schaar-Wheeler Trio may 
not have the showiest of wheel acts, 
but its class is of the best. Mark. 



Young Bros, and Veronica. 
Dancing Trio. 
11 Mins.; One. 
Feiber & Shea Circuit. 

The Young Brothers have several 
faults to overcome before they will re- 
ceive greater recognition than the 
"small time" may bestow. They work 
hard and dance well, but persist in 
watching their feet continually, take 
their efforts too seriously and appear 
with too much powder on their faces. 
Veronica wears her new wardrobe be- 
comingly and dances effectively. She 
has a solo in the spotlight, render- 
ing, "Honey, I Long for You," and 
dancing the chorus. Her yellow silk, 
knee-length dress, trimmed in black, 
witli stockings to match and high top- 
ped dancing boots, gives her, a pleas- 
ing appearance at the close when she 
sings and dances with the brothers. 
The trio opens with a scaig and dance, 
followed by the brothers, going 
through a routine of straight dancing, 
and then a "loose" arrangement. Each 
dances alone with Veronica's single 
dancing number sandwiched in. The 
boys should change to suit their ec- 
centric offering. The youthful appear- 
ance of the trio is in their favor. 



Brown and Newman. 
Talk and Songs. 
13 Mins.; One. 
Fleber & Shea Circuit. 

Brown and Newman start off well 
with their "Barbers' Ball" song but 
have a noisy and unnecessary finish. 
The man is a good singer and wins 
considerable applause for his Cohan- 
esque "bit." The woman makes sev- 
eral changes. Their voices blended 
well on the chorus of her "Mandy" 
song. The act closes with a "plant" 
rushing from the audience to the 
stage and threatening physical vio- 
lence to the man for 'kidding" the 
woman. The woman, in turn, chases 
the apparent intruder off the stage. 
The act would !><• improved with a dif- 
ferent ending. Mark. 
( ('out iim-d on page 111.) 



i8 



VARIETY 



TIGER LILIK8. 

"The Tiger Lilies" Bhow would hard- 
ly be one to point out as a criterion 
of improved modern burlesque. It be- 
gins to look as though this "improved 
modern burlesque" is a bit of a bunk 
anyway. 

I.d no department does "The Tiger 
Lilies" look like a regular show. The 
equipment is about as cheap as could 
be carried and still have the outfit 
called a production. The two scenes 
amount to little else than bare stages. 
The first is an exterior of a school 
house. It might be anything else. 
The second is an interior. It is an in- 
terior, because there are four walls 
surrounding. 

The show goes jio further In cos- 
tumes than in scenery. In the first 
part the girls change their costumes 
four times, and once or twice in the 
afterpiece. None of the costumes is 
elaborate, none new looking or becom- 
ing. The violent pink tights are on 
view in almost every change made. 
Sixteen girls are carried, who pay lit- 
tle attention to their work. This is 
not altogether the fault of the girls. 
There are but a few numbers in the 
show. 

There is really only one woman prin- 
cipal. In the sec end part another one 
shows, with one number. A couple 
of the chorus girls have a chance out 
in front and one or two of the num- 
bers have no leader at all. 

The show may have been put to- 
gether with the idea the comedy would 
carry it through. Comedy is a great 
little thing in a burlesque show, but 
it is not possible to get two and one- 
half hours of comedy over without 
havkig things slow up. It is enough 
to get the comedy in right in dribs 
and drabs between numbers. Just 
what it is leading to in this show may 
be drawn from one bit of business. 

Two of the comedians stand In the 
middle of the stage and expectorate 
milk all over each other. This is not 
done just once, but becomes a scene, 
lasting two or three minutes. Of 
course, shoving a banana into a man's 
eye is mild along side of this, while 
the throwing of cake and other eatbles 
into each other's faces seems almost 
refined. All these things are In this 
show and they were laughed at. 
The comedians resort to suggest- 
lveness times innumerable. There isn't 
anything funny in it, simply filth and 
things that will keep women out of a 
burlesque house. There were a great 
number of women in the audience at 
the Bronx. The bad stuff didn't get 
very far. 

Zallah, a "coocher," is carried. The 
exhibition comes just before the close 
of the show. It is unsightly, nothing 
else. The cheapness of the show is 
carried into the olio where two of the 
chorus girls do a "sister act." An- 
other is featured in an "Apache" pan- 
tomime. All the olio figure in the 
pieces. 

Matt Kennedy is the chief amongst 
the principals all the time. There is 
not more than three minutes during 
the entire running that Kennedy is 
not on the stage. He may be a good 
comedian ajid there are indications 
that he is, but Kennedy or any other 
comedian cannot be funny continu- 
ously. He figures in the milk-spitting 



episode, the cake throwing and ban- 
&na hurling and is also there with the 
suggestive stuff. Withal, he has sev- 
eral bits that are clean, and funny, as 
he does them. Working without a 
"straight" man and receiving practi- 
cally no assistance from his surround- 
ings also handicaps him greatly. John 
B. Bragg gives Kennedy some support 
in the afterpiece. Bragg does a Ger- 
man fairly well, bringing some laughs 
out of the role, but is always second- 
ary to Kennedy and has little oppor- 
tunity. In the opening Bragg does 
a "rube kid" which doesn't amount to 
anything, although he manages to get 
a few laughs out of a catch line that 
is not above reproach. Charles Bar- 
rett has important parts in both pieces 
out of which he gets practically noth- 
ing. As the rube school teacher in 
the opening, he has little more than 
his makeup to recommend him. He 
never manages to clear a dull role in 
the afterpiece. Wallace Jenkins and 
AlvLn and Kenny have small parts in 
the pieces which would play them- 
selves. 

Mona Raymond is the sole female 
principal. Playing a soubret role in 
the opening, Mona starts out as though 
she were going to do a lot towards 
holding up the show, but sinks back 
into the mass shortly after, and never 
comes* strongly to the front agaLn. 
Mona is a dandy looking girl, the equal 
in appearance of any one who has 
shown in burlesque this season. She 
plays well also, but should be careful 
of her enunciation which is very in- 
distinct. In dressing she is a long 
way from being up to the standard. 
She wears only three or four costumes 
during the show, and only two of these 
can count. Miss Raymond would loom 
up much better in faster company, 
where she would have a chance to do 
things. Unless careful, this present 
indifference in manner and surround- 
ings will work to her permanent dis- 
advantage. Margaret Flavin appears 
only for an instant in the first part, 
but is quite prominent in the closing 
piece, playing a man in becoming pur- 
ple tights which she carries well. Miss 
Flavin has a good appearance and 
voice and should be used a great deal 
more than at present. 

Leffler and Clayton do a "sister 
act" in the olio and lead a couple of 
numbers during the show. They 
squeeze through. Rita Lorraine, an- 
other from the ranks is the star of the 
"Apache" pantomime in which she is 
assisted by Miss Raymond and Bragg. 
Miss Raymond is the only one to at- 
tract any notice. 

Jenkins and Flavin scored one for 
clean entertainment with a neat sing- 
ing specialty in which Miss Flavin 
beamed in two very pretty gowns. 

Alvln and Kenney also went through 
nicely with a comedy gymnastic act. 
The straight is a good performer on 
the rings, while the comedian has 
thought out a couple of new things in 
the "fall line." Dash. 



II. 8. Ewen has been obliged to can- 
cel all bookings for "The Taming of 
Eleanor," in which he and his wife 
(Christine Prince) have been appear- 
ing, the physicians having ordered Mr. 
Ewen to the hospital to undergo an- 
other operation for stomach trouble. 



MERRY MAIDENS. 

"The Merry Maidens" are present- 
ing two pieces this season. The first 
is a musical farce, "Furnished Rooms" 
and the after piece a burlesque bear- 
ing the title of "All Aboard" both 
written by Sam Rice, the principal 
comedian with the company. The 
musical numbers, twenty-six In all, 
were staged by Dan Dody. 

In the staging Dody has dene him- 
self proud, for a harder working, pret- 
tier looking or more cheerful appear- 
ing chorus would be hard to find. The 
plot of the farce "Furnished Rooms" 
carries a story that is plausible but not 
very long. The book of the second 
part does not disclose any reason for 
the setting. It is simply an excuse 
for some comedy crossfire talk and a 
dozen musical numbers. 

The action of the first part, about 
a girls' seminary, ends rather abrupt- 
ly. Into the last fifteen minutes five 
musical numbers are crowded, without 
a line of any sort. Were these num- 
bers handled as an entire ensemble 
affair, the finale might be well work- 
ed up. As it is there are five sep- 
arate and distinct songs lead by prin- 
cipals, both male and female. The 
result is not quite as satisfactory as it 
might be. 

Of the male principals there are 
seven, four doubling either two or 
three times during the action of the 
farce. This causes rather a mix-up. 
The female principals are three in 
number, the prima donna honors fall- 
ing on the shoulders of Ruth Everett, 
while those of the soubret role are 
divided between Lilla Brennan and 
Gertrude Thompson. Miss Everett 
makes but one change during the 
farce. Her first appearance was in 
a spangled ankle length dress from 
which she changes to tights for a 
brief moment. Two better looking 
or more willing soubrets there are not 
than the Misses Brennan and Thomp- 
son. The prima donna has but one 
number which is "La Belle Jeanette," 
while the soubret faction play a prom- 
inent part in the singing of four of 
the songs. Neither make a change of 
costume until "Ogallah" at the open- 
ing of the finale. 

Mr. Rice is very much in evidence. 
Last week he was suffering from a se- 
vere cold, but, nevertheless proved 
himself a favorite with those in front. 

The chorus is the real hit of the 
performance. They make four changes. 
Opening in ankle length costume of 
blue over which they wear orange 
colored capes and mortar boards of 
college students, throwing off the 
headpieces and capes for the second 
number, which is led by Rice, then 
appearing in tights for the prima 
donna's song. A yellow plerrot cos- 
tume is worn for a monkey song and 
there are very pretty western costumes 
for the Indian number "Ogallah," car- 
ried right through to the finale. 

The olio is made up of two acts. A 
talking and singing offering is by two 
of the principals, Worth a,nd Wolfe. 
They have much to do during the first 
part. This detracts from their value 
in the olio, but they manage very well. 
"Venus on Wheels" was the extrfi at- 
traction at the Casino, and one of the 
features. 

The scenic setting for "All Aboard," 
the burlesque, stands out. With noth- 



ing exceedingly gorgeous about it, 
there Is a certain air of splendor that 
grips one, and it received applause 
at the raise of the curtain. It rep- 
resents the deck of an ocean going 
yacht. There is no reason given for 
the ocean trip, but the performance 
proceeds as an entertainment for eight 
of the show girls who are supposed to 
be the guests of the owner of the 
boat. Miss Everett poses as the cap- 
tain of the craft. She appears at 
the opening of the piece, in tights. 
That is the last seen of her until her 
"doll" Imitation toward the end. 

Rice is Jules Levy, a Hebrew, on 
a pleasure trip, but does not hold to 
the dialect, which takes much from 
the part, such as it is. It is in this 
portion of the performance that Henry 
Keeler as Dink Dotts, the first mate, 
looms up as an excellent straight. He 
has ability to act, a voice of no mean 
calibre and can read lines. The best 
of all is he is natural, not permitting 
stagines8 to conquer him in any part 
of the performance. 

It is also here that Louis Worth pre- 
sents a very acceptable Irishman as 
Pat Casey. Chris Wetzel's character- 
ization of the Chinese cook showed the 
effect of much work and thought of 
the role. 

The opening number is a medley 
by the chorus, the show girls dressed 
in tourist attire, while the smaller 
girls appeared in natty yachting cos- 
tumes. There are nine numbers in 
this part of the show. Lilla Brennan 
is given the first opportunity by lead- 
ing "Cutie, Who Tied Your Tie," the 
others following in rapid succession, 
with a bit of dialog here and there 
to give the girls a period to change 
costumes. Bits from Broadway are 
shown by George Morgan and Ger- 
trude Thompson, who give an im- 
personation of Rock and Fulton as 
the "Boy Who Stuttered and the Girl 
Who Lisped." The imitation is very 
well done. 

Following this Keeler leads a base- 
ball number with the "Ponies" in 
baseball suits, with which the girls 
should wear silk stockings as it would 
add to the general effect. The num- 
ber is one that Is switched to fit local 
conditions and therefore is a riot. A 
Bert Williams number also done by 
Morgan is next with the little girls 
affecting the grotesque sartorial make- 
up of the colored comedian. It was 
repeatedly encored. 

The biggest hit of the burlesque was 
"Grizzly Bear." The chorus were 
given opportunity to show some indi- 
vidual dancing during this song and 
they make the most of it, with the 
honors going to one of the "ponies" 
who was second from the end in the 
front line. This little lady was so 
far ahead of the others that the house 
gave her a hand every time the spot 
struck her a.nd her partner. 

J. H. Wolfe is the tenor. He has 
considerable work in both pieces. The 
large share of the vocal effects fell 
to him, and he acquainted himself 
nobly. 

"The Merry Maidens" are offering 
a performance that should please any- 
one who goes to the theatre. The 
chorus of this attraction alone is well 
worth the price of admission. 

Frrd. 
(Continued on page 20.) 



VARIETY 



19 



Rhoda Bernard. 

Songs. 

15 Mln§.; One. 

Fieber & Shea Circuit. 

Displaying several new patterns of 
the "hobble skirt" variety and clos- 
ing in a combination of black and 
white lace material, Rhoda Bernard 
introduced three songs with success. 
Her opening number was "I Spent My 
Honeymoon on a Train." Miss Ber- 
nard wears her costumes well and has 
a strong voice with which to put her 
numbers over without the "gallery 
gods" craning their necks in a futile 
attempt to hear. Her second song 
"I Thought He Was a Business Man" 
scored, although the words were 
rather peppery. Her last song also 
has a taint of spice, which caught the 
fancy. Miss Bernard can do better 
with a better selection of songs. When 
it comes to dressing, she is bound to 
land. A recitative number of hu- 
morous construction might be an asset. 

Mark. 



Stevens and The Primrose Sisters. 
Singing and Dancing. 
19 Mins.; One. 
Small Time. 

A good boy and girl turn for "small 
time." The girls dress nicely in sou- 
bret costumes and look well. Stevens 
does nothing to speak of, the girls 
holding up the act. They open with 
a fair semi-march number. One of 
the girls sings "Where The River 
Shanjion Flows," with the spot cut 
down so that it just lights her face, 
a poor idea since the light obliged the 
singer to close her eyes. The best 
number is the duet "Pet Names" from 
"The American Idea, best used ef- 
fectively as a trio. If the present 
"gags" were eliminated and new ma- 
terial inserted the act would be good 
enough for "No. 1" or "No. 2" on 
the better bills. Fred. 



Seargent and Reeves. 
Comedy Sketch. 
10 Mins.; Four (Parlor). 
Fain. Dept. U. 1$. O. 

The offering is not a bad one for 
small time. It secures laughter and 
the team give a creditable perform- 
ance. It is the old story of a quarrel 
between husband and wife, with the 
climaxes well worked up. With a lit- 
tle judicious cutting the act could 
be made one that would bring laughter 
from start to finish. They should not 
lack for booking o.n the small time. 

Fred. 



White's Comedy Mules. 
Animal Act. 

10 Mins.; Four (Wood). 
Fam. Dept. U. B. O. 

Two mules, the trainer, a comedian 
and a .negro, complete the 'cast of this 
act. There is some dialog that might 
as well be eliminated as it does not 
help any. If the act was of the "sight" 
variety it might pass better. One of 
the animals is put through a routine 
of tricks at the opening, which is good 
while not extraordinary. The come- 
dian works with the other of the ani- 
mals, which the Jiegro tries to ride. 
The comedy finish is the best part of 
the act, and makes it sufficient for 
small time. 

Fred. 



Capt. Nat Ressler and Go. (2) 
Sharp Shooting. 

10 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Drop). 
Union Square. 

Two men aad a woman offer a neat 
and well arranged shooting act that 
would no doubt be well received in 
an early position in the bigger 
houses. Only revolvers are employed. 
Some pretty shots are made. A mili- 
tary camp is shown. The two men 
release a tent flap with their shots, 
the woman stepping forth, firing at 
the tent and a flag is unfurled. Some 
difficult position shots are made by 
each in turn, Captain Ressler showing 
unerring aim with two pistols leveled 
on separate targets. The men play a 
tune eji musical pipes with small pis- 
tols. The act is well dressed. 

Mark. 



Moore and Elliott. 
Comedy Sketch. 
12 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Union Square. 

A piano salesman is mistaken for 
another man by a young woman, who 
is about to be married. The dialog 
had the Union Square regulars laugh- 
ing heartily. There are certain por- 
tions of the sketch which could be al- 
tered making the act a bigger hit, 
especially on the smaller time where 
it will enjoy prosperity. Both roles 
are well handled. The woman is of 
prepossessing appearance. The end- 
ing is rather "cute" and good for a 
laugh. Mark. 




Zeub. 

Slack 

10 Mins.;\Full Stage. 

Union Squi 

Zeno makes his appearance in spot- 
light. He is supposed to be asleep on 
the wire, and dressed as a tramp. He 
disrobes and does his routine in red 
knickerbockers and stockings to 
match. A youthful appearaaice is 
pleasing. Zeno has nothing new in 
his repertory of feats but shows 
enough cleverness to work up a better 
line of tricks. Zeno should have no 
trouble in getting time in the smaller 
houses. ]f (U k 



Caiiener and LaFose. 

Acrobats. 

10 Mins.; Full Stage (Interior). 

Ijoew Circuit. 

Two men, one in eccentric makeup, 
go through an acrobatic routine that 
pleased. The greater part of the talk- 
ing could be tabooei. The men have 
enough ability to frame up a stronger 
finish, using the jumping rope "bit" 
earlier. The "eccentric" receives the 
most applause for his work with the 
hoop. Mark. 



Rose Reading. 
Singing and Dancing. 
8 Mins.; One. 
lioew Circuit. 

Opening with an Irish song and 
dance, Rose Reading appears for her 
second number in a cowgirl costume, 
wearing a blue waist and brown skirt. 
Brown leather leggings would add. 
The third change is to a spangled 
soubret costume, singing a "Honey- 
moon" number and doing a waltz clog 
on the chorus. She closes with a 
straight clog. Mark. 



That Duo. 

Singing. 

10 Mins.; One. 

Fain. Dept. U. R. O. 

These young women have the right 
idea if they would secure the proper 
songs. That would make the act 
In dem&nd on the small time. The 
contralto has a rather pleasing 
voice, but the so pra.no tries to reach 
heights that her voice is incapable 
of. Additional numbers of the "rag" 
style should pass them. Other cos- 
tumes and a little more energy on the 
part of the blonde would do no harm. 

Fred. 



Hosley and Nichols. 
Comedy Musicians. 
10 Mins.; One. 
Fieber & Shea Circuit. 

A musical act that will fit in well 
on any "small time" bill. These col- 
ored men close with "Barber Shop 
Chord" on the trombone and cornet. 
The team has poor comedy. With 
the talk omitted that does not receive 
favor, they would shorten the act to 
advantage. The saxophone duet is 
well rendered, but the violin and cor- 
net combination is their best. There 
is plenty of "brass" at the finish. 

Mark. 



OBITUARY. 

Jos. Brit ton, of the colored act 
known as The Brittons, died suddenly 
in New York last week. His wife, 
Sadie Britton, survives him. It was 
one of the oldest and best known col- 
cred turns on the vaudeville stage, 
having played in America and Europe 
with a great deal of success. 



L. Houcke, of the Houcke Brothers, 
a riding act jiow at the New York 
Hippodrome, died in New York re- 
cently, following an operation for 
appendicitis. A new man was placed 
in the riding turn when the deceased 
was obliged to leave. The Houcke 
Brothers are foreigners. 

Mrs. Hugh F. Tinney, mother of 
Frank Tinney, the black-face come- 
dian, died in Philadelphia, Sunday, 
an operation having been previously 
performed in the hope of saving her 
life. Mrs. Tinner's condition has 

been of an alarming nature for some- 
time. When her son, Frank, was play- 
ing in Baltimore, Washington and 
Newark, he hurried home to her bed- 
side after each night show. On ac- 
count of his mother's demise, Tinney 
cancelled New Haven this week and 
Bridgeport next week. Mrs. Tinney is 
survived by her husband and two sons, 
Frank and Joseph. 

Josephine llurtlctt died in the Bap- 
tist Hospital, Ch'cago, last Friday, 
Oct. 14, as a result of injuries re- 
ceived in New York more than a year 
ago when she was struck by an auto- 
mobile. For the last two weeks of 
her life She was unconscious. Miss 
Bartleit (a sister of the late Jessie 
Bartli it-Davis) has appeared in opera 
from the time Will J. Davis and John 
K. Wade formed the old Ideal Opera 
Co. in Chicago, subsequently going, 
with her sister, into "The Bostonians." 
Her last engagement was with "Mile. 
Modiste." 



OUT OF TOWN 

A. \V. Porter. 

"The Scottish Millionaire" (Monolog.) 

14 Mins.; One. 

Young's Pier, Atlantic City. 

A. W. Porter, well known locally, 
opened Monday in a novel turn con- 
ceived by himself. Having been born 
in Scotland, though long a citizen of 
the United States, he knows how to 
wear "kilties," and has an excellent 
dialect. On his entrance Mr. Porter 
Is in kilts. He is made up to represent 
Andrew Carnegie — a good likeness. 
His scJig, "The Scottish Millionaire," 
interspersed with golf link patter 
(supposedly between Andrew and 
John D.) pleased. Porter then ap- 
peared in full Scottish regalia, showing 
how the different nationalities look in 
kilts. He made up in view of the au- 
dience and assumed French, German, 
English, Irish and Yankee characters, 
using dialect for each. For an encore 
he quickly changed to a chaffeur and 
sang about a family with a funny 
name. All of his material is original, 
ajid was well received. 

J. B. Pulaski. 



John W. Ransone. 

Monolog. 

13 Mins.; One. 

Young's Pier, Atlantic City. 

In his latest vaudeville offering 
John W. Ransone assumes the char- 
acter of President Taft. A good part 
of his monolog concerns affairs of 
, political moment. A rather good 
likeness of the President is given. In 
the character he defends his adminis- 
tration in a humorous way. Pointed 
remarks on T. R. provoked merriment. 
Ransojie tells a few stories out of the 
character. He found favor upon in- 
jecting local color into his political 
talks. With a little building up in the 
way of more political talk Mr. Ran- 
sone should prove more entertaining. 

/. It. Pulaski. 



Walters, A 1 ward and Hempel. 
"The Man Outside*' (Dramatic) 
15 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Grand, Columbus. 

A pretty story is told in the sketch, 
which is void of comedy and the play- 
ers not strong enough to fasten a grip 
on their audience through the dram- 
atics. The act should do fairly well 
on the small time. 

Little Charley. 



Four Charles. 

Juggling. 

f> Mins.; Full Stage. 

Hinpress, Cincinnati. 

Three men and one woman com- 
pose the act. All appear as cooks and 
pass various dishes. A head-stand on 
a special pedestal was executed in a 
very neat manner. More Juggling of 
dishes was afterwards resorted to, but 
nothing new is offered. A quick 
transformation scene from a kitchen 
to a parlor with a chajige to yellow 
satin bloomers helped considerably. 
Although possessing an English name, 
tho act Is a recent German importa- 
tion. Harry lies*. 



Clarice Vance starts her vaudeville 
tour on the Morris Circuit at the Or- 
pheurn, Cincinnati, Oct. 24, placed by 
Geo. S. O'Hrlcn. 



20 



VARIETY 



STAR AND GARTER SHOW. 

"The Star and Garter Show" has 
been much changed about since the 
season opened. Principals have been 
substituted, and voluminous dialog 
which pertained to a "book" has been 
dropped. It has all tended towards 
a more enjoyable performance, be- 
cause in the process of elimination, 
laughs have replaced the useless ma- 
terial. 

In the five or six weeks since the 
time when "The Star and Garter 
Show" would have been termed medi- 
ocre, the comedians have changed it 
into a good comedy entertainment. The 
fun is the strongest part of the pieces, 
excepting Felix Adler, in his singing 
"single" carried with the company as 
an extra attraction. Mr. Adler takes 
no part in the playing of the pieces. 
Towards the end of the burlesque, 
he steps In for his "single'*- and de- 
livers the hit of the evening. 

The two-act piece the troupe plays 
is called "The Flirting Widow." The 
story isn't held to so very closely, 
but enough to carry the story. When 
the company started tne season, it was 
all story, dragging the piece. 

There are several numbers, with a 
good working chorus, not often enough 
worked. In the front rank are two or 
three very good dancers. The line 
also contains some pretty girls. In a 
couple of numbers only do the girls 
come forward as alive. In a couple 
of others, they are useless through not 
being properly employed. 

At times the dressing of the chorus 
excites no comment, though parts of it 
looks well enough to those in front 
who might not care to criticise the 
material. In a couple of costume 
schemes, the coloring is off in har- 
mony, throwing the general effect out 
of gear. 

During the "Summer Time" song, 
led by George Betts (a first class 
"straight man"), a few of the girls 
have peculiarly cut costumes, bring- 
ing a laugh by the oddity of the de- 
sign. In the opening ensemble of both 
acts, the dressing is very pretty. The 
opening of the second act is a vocal 
effort. Margaret Cushing, who will re- 
place Alta Phippe as principal woman 
next week, is taking the lead in this 
song "Star of My Dreams" and making 
a corking opening of it. Miss Cushing 
has a splendid singing voice for a lead- 
er in burlesque, with a slight lisp that 
adds piquancy to it. 

Miss Phippe is a tall brunet, of "The 
Gibson Girl" type, with a pleasant 
voice, but a rather cold stage pres- 
ence. Of good figure, and looking 
extremely well when dressed in black, 
Miss Phippe left a nice impression, 
although not giving any dash to the 
playing of the role of "The Widow." 

Among the women the show Is short 
a soubret, or a female principal cap- 
able of putting over a dance. In 
dancing this company is somewhat out 
of the general run in not possessing 
a solo dancer of either sex, the chor- 
isters contributing what little stepping 
is offered. 

Miss Cushing sang a couple of solos 
that were listed upon the program in 
a place where formerly Neva Don Car- 
los gave imitations. Miss Carlos' fa- 
vorite subject is Marie Dressier. She 
does resemble Miss Dressier in looks 
and build. Depending upon that alone, 
without anything further for assist- 



ance, it was not wrong to suspect when 
the show was previously seen that 
Miss Carlos would be weaned away 
from her imitation habit. She is still 
in the show, with little to do, and no 
numbers to lead. 

Nonie Keynolds as a maid with not 
us much even to handle is occupying 
a place that some dancing soubret 
could walk away with. It goes to the 
credit of the men all the more that 
with three women principals, and not 
one of the trio any assistance to them 
for funmaklng or otherwise that they 
should be enabled to raise the per- 
formance up as far as they have. 

The settings of the two acts are 
commonplace exteriors. The second 
act is laid in three scenes, the first 
and third being the same, with the 
second wrought when a drop in "one" 
is lowered. Considerable fun is se- 
cured before this drop, representing 
a hotel corridor. It is an old comedy 
scheme very well worked. 

All the comedy is well worked. 
Therein lies the strength of it. In 
the first act the court room scene from 
"Miss New York, Jr," is repeated as 
it was played when Abe Reynolds and 
Dave Ferguson were members of that 
show. Reynolds secures all there is 
in this bit out of it, but Will H. Ward 
and Jack Conway, who work with him, 
could make it go stronger. Later in 
the first act there are many laughs 
brought by three men slapsticking it 
with gavels, Reynolds and Betts mak- 
ing speeches, emphasized by hitting 
Conway's head with the mallets. 

The finale of the first act is looked 
to for some novelty in a "rain effect" 
which worked one-sided at the Olym- 
pic Tuesday evening. The finale is 
slow to the drop of the curtain, which, 
when raised, reveals the chorus with 
umbrellas in a rain storm. Another 
"novelty" is a "swing" number while 
"Room for One or Two" is being sung. 
The low gridiron at the theatre in- 
terfered with the proper working of 
the swings, though at best this style 
of producing a number has been gone 
through often enough before, on and 
off Broadway. 

"Jungle Band" sung by Reynolds, 
and "Mandy," each in an act, brought 
the most applause for the work of the 
chorus. Miss Cushing in her inter- 
polated two songs was liked, she be- 
ing assisted in one through a girl 
planted In the balcony. Will Ward se- 
cured the song hits with "Mary and 
John" (based upon a story not told 
in polite society) and "Wise Old Owl" 
of the "Hinky Dee" series. 

Mr. Reynolds as the Hebrew is the 
star. He never missed a laugh and 
added many unexpectedly. Mr. Ward 
in the German character played fair- 
ly, without much dialect, but worked 
well opposite Reynolds. Conway in 
the Irish part did well as an opposite, 
though he is not a forcible Irish come- 
dian. 

During 'Who Would Like to Be My 
Husband?" the girls wear "mirrored" 
dresses, reflecting rays into, the audi- 
ence. That has become quite com- 
mon of late. Frank W. Wiesberg who 
manages the "Star and Garter Show" 
made no especial effort to bring out 
the effect this mirror business may 
produce. 

In the first act Miss Phippe wore 
one dress. In the second act she 
wore four. It would have been better 



FADS AND FOLLIES. 

It is a bully good comedy show that 
Roger Imhof is offering up under the 
"Fads and Follies" name. The com- 
edy is so good that it outshines every- 
thing else in the outlay. The num- 
bers, of which there are very few, do 
not loom up over strong, although 
they have been well put up and partic- 
ularly well dressed. The sixteen girls 
carried have not a great deal to do, 
but what has been allotted them is 
well done, and on appearance they do 
not have to take their hats off to any 
seen either this or for seasons back. 

This may be because they haven't 
a great deal to do and are allowed 
plenty of time for changes, so that 
when they do appear each looks as 
though she had spent considerable 
time in getting her costume on. 

Only six changes of costume were 
shown by the girls, but it is by far 
better to see six or even two good- 
looking costumes than a bunch of 
junk. There is nothing but silk in 
evidence in "The Fads and Follies," 
the tights ajid hose all matching and 
giving a generally rich look and classy 
appearance to the girls. 

A "rag" number in the first act and 
an Irish one in the second gained the 
most. The finale of the first act was 
also very good. The girls looked great 
in red tights, with military coats, and 
all played either brasses or drums. It 
made a dandy finish, and had to be 
repeated several times. 

Amongst the principals, Imhof was 
always to the fore. He is one great 
Irishman, with a keen sense of hu- 
mor. It is not only lines that make 
him funny. His facial expressions are 
studies. The audience followed his 
every move intently. Quiet and clean, 
he is one of the best examples of what 
clean comedy means. All the dirt 
ever thought of couldn't make an 
audience laugh the way the Columbia 
crowd fowled at Imhof. 

Snyder and Buckley figured In 
principal roles, Buckley playing his 
"Dutchman" with good effect, while 
Snyder was invaluable as a "straight." 
The team loomed up strong in the 
olio. They are finishing with a "Two- 
Man Band" arrangement, which is 
very good, although it necessitates 
Buckley dropping much of his comedy. 

Tommy Colton played a bad boy 
without getting much out of an un- 
important role. Hugh L. Conn also 
figured In a small way, not making 
himself any more prominent than the 

had she balanced her gowns more 
evenly. A couple are very dressy. 
She is the only principal with pre- 
tensions to clothes. 

Mr. Wiesberg has built his show up 
nicely in the comedy end. That will 
pass it through. While the company 
is traveling along the route, Mr. Wies- 
berg can give his attention to the rest. 
By a little expenditure he should have 
a first class production within a few 
weeks. The engagement of a sou- 
bret will do a lot. 

In one or two places in the pieces 
borrowed bits are being used. Early 
in the show a joke that always brings 
a good laugh passed away without a 
hand. The audience at the Olympic 
wasn't tnV most Intelligent ever as- 
sembled in a burlesque theatre. They 
Rot nothing unless It was diagramed. 

Sime. 



roles required. Archie Vincent turned 
off a little fast ground tumbling, work- 
ing as a demon in the first act. 

The show has four female princi- 
pals. All are about equally noticeable 
in the pieces. May Bushell led the 
"Rag" number in the first part, and 
put it over nicely, while she showed 
up finely in front of the chorus in 
tights a couple of times during the 
evening. May is a good, handy girl 
around a show. 

Gertrude Everett did exceedingly 
well, standing out through a nice ap- 
pearance and a bully collection of 
gowns. Miss Everett wore three of 
her gowns in the olio, where she 
scored a solid hit with a "single," pat- 
terned after the English type. Miss 
Everett can sing this style of songs, 
and she should come along in the 
right direction. A couple of the num- 
bers were there with snappers on, and 
the audience liked them. Reading 
lines and playing a part fit Gertie 
•nicely. 

Suzanne Corinne figured in the 
farce, but did not lead the chorus, ex- 
cepting on one occasion. Margaret 
Miles, of the leading type, also did 
very well. She has a big voice that 
gets away from her now and again, 
but it is above the average. Her good 
looks fund nice appearance do the rest. 

The olio, besides Snyder and Buck- 
ley and Miss Everett, contained two 
other acts, Roger Imhof, Hugh Conn 
and Corinne contributing "Doctor 
Louder," which Imhof made very fun- 
ny, and Colton and Miles opened the 
vaudeville part satisfactorily. 

If there is to be any criticism on 
the showing of the troupe, it will be 
that there is a lack of musical num- 
bers. A couple more wouldn't harm. 
The show, however, is in such good 
shape, and the entertainment offered 
cf such a good grade, that it would 
perhaps be safe to let well enough 
alone. C. B. Arnold has a good show 
the way it stands, one that can go 
through and get some money. 

Daxh. 



UNION SQUARE. 

If the vaudeville show at the Union 
Square is not worth the price of ad- 
mission, the management endeavors 
to make up for any shortcomings with 
that part of the entertainment by of- 
fering first run pictures each day. 

Zeno (New Acts) filled in accept- 
ably with his wire act. The shooting 
of Capt. Nat Ressler and Co. (New 
Acts) was rewarded with curtain calls. 
Moore and Elliott (New Acts) caused 
much laughter and Dr. Burr, with 
IiJe excellent stereopticon views of Old 
Japan, lectured entertainingly. Lewis, 
Harr and Co., with their Suwanee 
river setting, banjo and guitar duets 
and old southern melodies, pleased. 
Much of the dialog is useless. 

The house offers moving pictures 
between each act and occasionally 
an Illustrated song is rendered. A 
word of praise is due Assistant Man- 
ager Schreiber and his assistants for 
the splendid order maintained at each 
show. Mark. 



Mrs. Gardner Crane's mother, dying 
Friday of last week, Devlin and Ell- 
wood in "The Girl from Yonkers," 
were impressed into the Colonial pro- 
gram, which Mrs. Crane and her com- 
pany left. 



VARIETY 



21 



LOWER BERTH 18. 

Chicago, Oct. 20. 

The Sisters Fltzhugh, Anna and 
Ruby, accomplished what has doubt- 
less been a long cherished ambition 
last Saturday night when they ap- 
peared as featured members of a the- 
atrical company In a regular city. 
Anna's picture was on the front page 
of the Whitney Opera House program 
on the occasion of "Lower Berth 13" 
fetching up for a local Initiative after 
a "try-out" at Madison, Wis., earlier 
in the week. 

It was not until the start of the 
third act that the real line was drawn 
upon the Fitzhughs when they bloom- 
ed forth as members of the Juno La- 
dies' Quartet. Just where the wife 
of Jupiter got Into the music game 
Bulflnch fails to disclose, but it was 
made clear that the Fltzhugh girls 
reached their present prominence in 
musical comedy via the church choir. 
The line had earlier been given one 
of the girls to declare that she was a 
correspondence school actress. 

The sisters both looked good, one 
more so than the other; but looks 
were about as far as they got. 
Neither possesses especial gifts as 
actresses; neither is vocally equip- 
ped to venture far in musical fields, 
but both sailed in for wardrobe and 
dressed expensively at every opportu- 
nity. Albert Campbell who has been 
locally prominent among advertising 
agents for theatres discovered the 
young women and "presents" them in 
what he calls a farce with music. 

The whole proposition would have 
been a farce had not Gus Sohlke's ex- 
pertness as a number producer been 
called into play. The piece is found- 
ed upon a book of the same title by 
Howard Whitney Swope. The curious 
will find it poor reading if the book 
and lyrics which Collin Davis and 
Arthur Gillespie contribute carry the 
tale closely enough to be considered 
a criterion. Music by Joseph E. How- 
ard, says the program; the dramatic 
portion directed by Frank Tannehill, 
Jr.; orchestrations by Hilding Ander- 
son. Amid all that array of contri- 
buting talent Sohlke is the only ele- 
ment to shine forth. 

Howard's best effort came well to- 
ward the close in a "Bungalow" num- 
ber led by Miss Ruby. His next 
best achievement was "Just Keep a 
Dreaming," in which Miss Anna held 
forth. But it was Sohlke's "busi- 
ness" which accentuated both selec- 
tions and it was Sohlke again who put 
together a lively chorus ensemble to 
back Grace Sloan in leading "The 
Nancy Brown Kissed Hiram Green 
Good-bye." Likewise did Sohlke's 
knowledge of stage-craft make for the 
success of "Zig Zag Rag," music which 
Anderson, the orchestrator, lays claim 
to on the program. 

With "My Scarecrow Maidie" Sohlke 
introduced a novelty in costuming. 
The stage seemed at first to be filled 
with sheaves of wheat; later they 
proved to be the hiding place of the 
ehoirsters, as the straw piles danced 
around. Encores developed that the 
upper portion of the sheaves were re- 
versable, and when turned down form- 
ed a skirt of red-satin; a novel and 
pretty efTect, the niftiest of the outfit. 
Positively astounding under the cir- 
cumstances were some offenses com- 



mitted in lines and the actions of a 
few principals. There was a "meas- 
uring" scene, funny enough when 
worked on the men, but even in the 
intimation of practicing it on a Fltz- 
hugh, was objectionable. In some 
patter during his only song oppor- 
tunity Arthur Demlng offered an of- 
fense, by insinuation, which should 
be cut out. Doming, however, shar- 
ed with William Clifton the real hon- 
ors of the night. The black-face come- 
dian had little opportunity, but made 
the most of every chance he had; 
demonstrating, in his limitations, that 
wider scope for his unctious person- 
ality would vastly benefit the enter- 
tainment. 

Miss Sloan carried to the limit of 
comedy possibilities a character role 
which amounted to little more than 
a medium sized "bit," and Gus Cohan 
tallied a personal success in the role 
of a "drummer," brash and Hebrew. 
Eddie Hume set forth the most con- 
sistent and clean-cut character draw- 
ing seen locally in musical comedy for 
some time. 

The offering was made In prolog 
and three acts; waits between scenes 
sent the performance slowly along un- 
til 11.30. Of the audience which 
filled nearly every seat in the the- 
atre, half acted as though they were 
stowaways working their passage. The 
applause was so indiscriminate, mis- 
cellaneous and demonstrative that it 
is safe to presume that a real good 
show would have sent most of the 
crowd home with their arms lame to 
the shoulder. But "L^wer Berth 13" 
Is a long, long, way from being a real 
good show. Walt. 



NATIONAL. 

Aside from the prestige such a head- 
liner as Jim Morton gave the opening 
bill of Loew's new National theatre in 
the Bronx, the program merited the at- 
tention and applause bestowed upon it 
by the enormous audience which filled 
the huge theatre from pit to dome. 

The show opened with motion pic- 
tures. Dotson and Lucas (colored) 
were the first act. The applause 
was uproarious. The team should 
have been further down on the pro- 
gram. The dancing of the man un- 
corked the most applause. Elsa Ford 
made a pleasing impression with her 
"Buster Brown" makeup and "kid 
ways." The Clarence Sisters and 
Brother, with their special stage set- 
tings and dark changes, came in for 
their share. 

There was big applause for Jim 
Morton when he walked on, and he 
kept them laughing for ten minutes. 
Carlyle Moore and Co. put over a 
laughing hit with their sketch, 'Disil- 
lusioned." Moore did good work and 
was ably supported. Curtain calls 
were In order. 

Searl Allen and Co., with their 
breezy cross-fire and the closing "walk- 
ing" song, were showered with ap- 
plause. 

Nat Carr was then introduced and 
the audience would not let him go 
after he had sung and talked in a 
humorous vein for eleven minutes. Hill 
and Ackerman closed the show with 
acrobatics, which scored heavily. Be- 
fore the final run of pictures, a flash- 
light picture was taken of the audi- 
ence. Mark. 



NEW YORK. 

"New York" is a strong drama, 
with the germ of the plot much bet- 
ter thought out than written or play- 
ed. It is at the Bijou theatre, New 
York, opening Monday evening to a 
capacity house which greeted several 
of the situations quite warmly, par- 
ticularly the finale of the second act. 
Had the piece ended at that point, it 
would have left a better impression. 
The third — and last — act was weak 
and wobbly. Something "big" had 
been awaited during the evening. The 
nearest approach to the moment was 
when Nora Nelson (Laura Nelson 
Hall) had one of her many emotional 
scenes. But neither her emotional- 
ism nor the splendid playing of Orrin 
Johnson at this juncture produced 
"the" scene everyone was looking for. 

William J. Hurlburt is the author. 
He has written a "father" play as 
against the many 'mother" appealing 
pieces of the past two seasons. In 
working out his manuscript, the au- 
thor supplied a father and a father's 
love for a weak-minded son, but he 
made the boy an illegitimate off- 
spring, who was in Ignorance of his 
parentage. That robbed some of the 
truth from the great love the father 
professed. The author also produced 
the mother, who the father claimed 
was a harple at twenty when the boy 
was born; she herself admitted that 
at present, twenty years after, she had 
her previous record beaten to a pulp. 

The father is a wealthy lawyer. The 
love story running through the play 
finds him in love with Nora Nelson 
(Laura Nelson Hall). The wan- 
tom mother after blackmailing her 
former lover for $2,000 announces 
she will do the town before leaving 
for Europe. Mentioning a couple of 
restaurants that will receive midnight 
visits from her, the father afterwards 
attempts to prevail upon his son to 
remain at home for the evening. He 
preaches to the boy. 

The son, with much liquor aboard, 
starts a tirade, denounces his father 
(unknown to him) as a dictator tak- 
ing advantage of liberality in the past 
in the care and education of him to 
now hold him up to scorn as a baby. 
He refuses to stay at home. Nora 
vaults into the breach. She makes 
an appointment to meet the youth at 
his apartments that evening. The 
young man has his vanity tickled by 
the appointment, Nora, unaware of 
the relationship of the two men, tak- 
ing it upon herself to aid her fiance 
in his plan to have the young man 
away from the restaurants for the 
night, to prevent the mother meeting 
him. 

The second scene is the morning af- 
ter. The newspapers are full of the 
suicide of the youth. Frank Craven 
in the role of a lawyer and who gave 
one of the best performances seen 
in New York in a long day, calls upon 
Nora. He was a close friend of the 
dead boy, and was at the apartment 
the afternoon previous when the ap- 
pointment was made. It suddenly oc- 
curs to him. He accuses Nora. The 
father appears, when the lawyer re- 
members he saw him sulking away 
from the dead man's house after mid- 
night. The father is accused. After 
the lawyer who threatens to tell the 
district attorney Is quieted down and 



told to wait below, Nora confesses to 
the father that she killed the boy as 
her only course upon his attempt to 
ravish her. The father is appalled. 
Nora pleads justification, and repleads 
it when the father tells her she has 
murdered his son. This is the big mo- 
ment that only half rises. It is fol- 
lowed by the climax of Nora order- 
ing the father from her house. 

In the third act Nora calls on the 
father to learn if he has reconsidered. 
He has not. While there, the mother 
returns for some more change. When 
told the boy is dead and she has no 
longer a claim, the mother attempts 
to borrow money from the father by 
presenting to him her business propo- 
sition, and one that drew her east, 
that of shipping girls from New York 
to the Yukon, known during last elec- 
tion as "The White Slave Traffic." 

The suggestion of the mother for- 
cibly brings to the father that the son 
may have Inherited certain traits from 
his female parent that would have 
brought him to a worse end. The 
mother is led out of the house by the 
butler, while Nora Is recalled from the 
inner room to be told that all is well 
and the marriage will come off. 

While the improbability of the story 
does it no good, there is sufficient dra- 
matic strength in the tale to hold- 
even through the third act which lets 
down awfully. Had it developed that 
Nora admitted the crime to save the 
father, and the mother in the third 
act was found to have murdered her 
own son because he had repudiated 
her, there might have been reason 
for the final chapter. 

The size and oblong construction of 
the Bijou did not help the perform- 
ance. It should have had a larger 
stage. The actors with an exception 
or two never seemed to get away from 
their professional selves, while the Im- 
possible story kept the mind riveted 
upon the play part leaving only the 
desire to observe the kind of acting 
that would be put forth. 

Mr. Johnson as the father was 
strong at times. In the big scene 
he led Miss Hall, though a man weep- 
ing gains but little on the platform. 
Mary Shaw was the fallen mother, 
with a comedy role that brought many 
laughs — from action and dialog. Miss 
Shaw made the role quite coarse, per- 
haps no more so than the part de- 
manded — but still ultra coarBe for the 
stage. She was applauded on each 
exit and undoubtedly scored largely 
with the audience. 

Mr. Craven was the star performer 
however. In the role of a country 
boy who had been in New York but a 
short time studying law, Mr. Craven 
looked the part and played it. He 
was never the actor. 

Mortimer Weldon as the son was a 
trifle wild in his work, but rendered 
a good account In the first and only 
— act he appeared in. Frances White- 
house did quite well as a maid. There 
are a couple of other principals. 

"New York" with the title open to 
dispute as the heat one, forms a show- 
that should become a permanent draw. 
It does not overreach In setting forth 
the underside of things, and contains 
the queries which provoke talk. 

When Mr. Woods has done with it 
legitimately, he ran turn it loose as 
a great thlrty-inimite sketch for vaude- 
v,,,e - Xime. 



22 



VARIETY 



COLONIAL. 

( Estimated cost of show $5,250.) 

Those who are drawn to the Co- 
lonial this week to see the Russian 
Dancers (New Acts) are going to be 
fully repaid for their trouble, even 
if they are not forcibly struck by the 
dancers. It is a good comedy pro- 
gram that gets agoing early and keeps 
up the fast pace throughout. 

Ida May Chad wick was the hit 
of the show without any question. 
Ida has grown some since last 
seen, and her added height simply 
makes her "rube kid" all the more 
funny. Aside from appearance she 
has a real sense of humor and her 
good natured laughing and "kidding" 
gets her over the footlights with no 
effort at all. She has the audience 
before she hits the dancing mat. When 
on it, that is all there is to tell. The 
finish in "one" with "Pop" r Chadwlck 
and Ida doing the various dances was 
also a big laugh and brought Ida back 
for a speech In which she managed 
to squeeze a couple more good 
laughs. Ida May will bear watching. 
There seems to be no stopping her. 
She will prove a find for some pro- 
duction. 

Sam Mann and Co. In "The New 
Leader" were down next to closing 
and proved a laughing winner. The 
act could be Improved In several 
places. It is running too long. Five 
to ten minutes out would help. Mann 
is a funny "Dutchman" of the type 
that vaudeville is not familiar with, 
and he sends his points over to big 
laughs. Howard Ecker, Henry B. 
Kay and Virginia Ware also gain lau- 
rels. The "sister act" rehearsal might 
be rearranged to advantage. It is too 
grotesque at present to be funny. "The 
New Leader" is a good strong comedy 
number for any bill. 

Four Konerz Bros, opened the show. 
This takes nothing from the act, for 
the boys are putting up a dandy nov- 
elty juggling and diabolo specialty that 
is full of life. There isn't a slow 
moment in the running time. The 
boys work clean and with a sureness 
and confidence that is most refreshing. 
For a good fast specialty of its kind 
the Four Konerz Bros, rank well up 
with any. 

Harry Breen made them laugh. 
Harry was working under difficulties 
being so hoarse that he could hardly 
speak, but managed to put over 
his bunch of nonsense with telling 
effect. 

Ila Grannon, "No. 2," passed 
through nicely with three songs, de- 
livered in her quiet easy manner. Ila 
received a big bunch of posies and was 
called back to repeat the chorus of 
her third song before she could leave 
for her dressing room to read the card 
on the flowers. 

The Primrose Four, "a thousand 
pounds of harmony," opened after in- 
termission and held the spot safe all 
the time. The boys are all big fel- 
lows within striking distance of two 
hundred pounds each with a couple 
well on towards three. The singing in- 
dividually and collectively is first rate. 
There is no reason why these boys 
shouldn't take the high place in vaude- 
ville among straight singing acts. 

The Belleclair Bros, closed the show, 
and scored, holding the house in their 
seats. Dash. 



FIFTH AVENUE. 

(Estimated Cost of Show, $4,000.) 

There is a corking show at the 
Fifth Avenue this week. It bristles 
with novelty from one end to the 
other. Even with the placing of two 
dramatic sketches on the bill the pro- 
gram doesn't seem to lag, for the show 
starts with a rush and the pace is 
kept up until the last moment with 
just a possible suggestion of dullness 
in about the center of the program 
where a big musical sketch is placed. 
The public at large must have been 
aware from the billing that the show 
was one of exceptional value, for the 
house was crowded from pit to dome 
while the overture was played. 

Dorenzo and La Due started the 
ball with their nifty acrobatic offer- 
ing. The work of these two aerial 
artists, while cjily taking five minutes 
of the time of the performance, is so 
finished that it kept the audience in 
constant suspense and their reward 
was a plentitude of applause at the 
ending. Conlln, Steele and Carr were 
on "No. 2" with their fetching me- 
lange of patter and music, using "Bar- 
ber's Ball" for a closing number. The 
act got a half a dozen bows for itself. 

Frank Elliston and Co. in "Lady 
Betty" (New Acts) were on next, fol- 
lowed by Henry Clive, who is assisted 
by Mai Sturgis Walker. His offering 
is just a hodge-podge of nonsensical- 
ly. Delivered in his inimitable man- 
ner it was received with both laugh- 
ter and applause. "College Life" 
(New Acts) a musical sketch, held the 
fifth position. Lola Merrill and Frank 
Otto in "After The Shower" a lively 
little singing, talking and dancing skit 
livened things up a bit after the cum- 
bersome number preceding them. 
Their material is clean cut and al- 
though the one number that Otto sings 
is of the "blue' variety, they managed 
to secure a full share of applause and 
took several encores. Frank Keenan 
and Co. in "The Oath" (New Acts) 
next, became the hit of the bill. Bix- 
ley and Fink were down next to the 
closing position, a hard position fol- 
lowing the Keenan sketch. They man- 
aged bravely to overcome this obsta- 
cle and finished strong. 

The Three Ernests in a comedy ac- 
robatic offering on the horizontal bars 
sent the house away laughing. For 
a comedy closing act this is as good 
a one as could be secured. Their 
work is clean cut and they managed 
their falls in great shape. 

Fred. 



MANHATTAN. 

Barney First was a laugh-getter 
with his songs and jokes. Josephine 
Ainsley went well with three songs. 
Brown and Williams danced into fa- 
vor. Barry and Mildred in an Irish 
sketch, elicited considerable laughter 
with Barry's antics and replies. 

Griener and LaFose (New Acts) 
talked too much, but scored with acro- 
batics. Rose Reading (New Acts) 
was announced as a "special." She 
passed fairly well, considering that 
she followed the dancing act of Brown 
and Williams. The pictures pleased. 

Mark. 



Katherlne Osterman will reopen a 
vaudeville engagement next week at 
Atlantic City, appearing in a sketch. 



HAMMERSTEIN'S. 

(Estimated Cost of Show $8,460.) 

It was a cold critical bunch that 

greeted the artists at Hammerstein's 

Tuesday night. As act after act un- 
derwent the third degree the wiseacres 
stood and looked at each other and 
wondered. The bill never did get 
agoing. It looked all right on the 
boards, but didn't play well at all. 

Black face acts predominate. There 
are three on the bill, if Bedlni and 
Arthur may be so classed. The Nichols 
Sisters were forced to follow Nell 
O'Brien, although the intermission sep- 
arated them. The house was well 
filled, though not capacity. 

Bothwell Browne was up against it 
rather strong. The female imperson- 
ator was in the closing position, a 
hard spot in almost any house let alone 
Hammerstein's. The audience be- 
haved very well for Browne, and re- 
mained seated for the most part. They 
were amply repaid, for Browne is put- 
ting up a first rate specialty, and fast 
gaining the recogntion his work de- 
serves. 

Neil O'Brien and Co. closed the first 
part. Neil is a funny "coon" and 
the "Fighting the Flames" skit a 
laughable farce. The act woke the 
audience up some, but it couldn't 
reach in and pick out one of those 
big laughing successes for some rea- 
son or other. 

Lily Lena appeared before the 
O'Brien incident, a very good spot 
for her, and the English woman got 
through five songs. That is saying 
a great deal, as no one went es- 
pecially big. Miss Lena fared as well 
as anybody. 

Stuart Barnes with his several songs 
and monolog, second before closing, 
gathered in plenty of giggles and went 
through long routine in the easy like- 
able fashion which is his. He must 
be accredited as even with the hit of 
the show if not the hit, although 
Barnes also will probably admit he 
has done better at the house. A 
couple of new songs do things for him. 
"The Patsy Club" is exceedingly well 
done, with the talk accompanying very 
funny. 

Bedini and Arthur were on too 
early. This was necessary in order that 
the couple could make connections at 
the Bronx house where they are also 
playing. As a burlesque the pair have 
selected King Manuel and Gaby Deslys. 
The opening is really very funny, but 
the finish is weak. With a good finish 
they should be able to use it for a few 
weeks hereabouts. An early position 
for an act of this sort that usually re- 
sorts to burlesquing what has gone 
before is a great handicap. 

The Nichol Sisters opened after the 
intermission with very little new pat- 
ter, but an entire new selection of 
songs. "Beautiful Rag" and "Stop, 
Stop, Come On and Do It Some More" 
scored. The songs were liked much 
better than the dialog. 

Howard and North, next to closing, 
also suffered some, although "Back to 
Wellington" averaged up a good big 
percentage of laughs. The act seems 
to be possessed of perpetual life, for 
each time around it brings the big 
screams. The "bug catcher" "gag" 
was omitted. It is always funny. 

Maximus with his strong act opened 
the program. A muscle display and 



AMERICAN. 

(Estimated Coat of Show, $8,500.) 

The show at the American this week 
is one of the best that has been pre- 
sented there in the last two months, 
but strange to say the old favorites 
who have been at the house before 
walk away with the honors. The per- 
formance the early part of the week 
was as smooth a running one as has 
been at the Forty-second Street Music 
Hall in a long time. While it did not 
really start until the third number, 
from that point on it was all that 
could be expected in vaudeville. 
Thrills, novelty and class were evident 
at all times. 

Lee Tong Foo, the Chinese bari- 
tone, opened the show. For a "chink" 
he speaks very good English and af- 
ter rendering his French version of* 
"Irish Rosie," there is no question but 
that he would be well able to qualify 
as a linguist. But the spot he had 
was too hard. La Belle Nello came 
next with acrobatics, fairly well re- 
ceived. Her best trick, a one-hand 
cart wheel, was reserved for the clos- 
ing and it passed by. 

Chas. Nevins and Ada Gordon in the 
third position did only fairly well with 
the first part of their offering, but the 
"Scare Crow" finish caught the house. 
They finished amid roars of laughter. 
Potts Brothers and Co. in "Double 
Troubles" were laughingly received. 
Their offering is a good one of the 
comedy sketch order, the theme be- 
ing mistaken identity. 

Charlie Case was on next to clos- 
ing the first part. His quaint witti- 
cisms kept the audience in good 
nature. Closing the first part was 
Edouard Jose and Co. (New Acts) in 
"The Strike." 

Opening the second half is the Zige- 
ner Quartette, held over in a reper- 
toire of classical music and one of the 
hits of the bill. Then came the old 
favorites, McMahon and Chapelle first, 
in "Why Hubby MiBsed the Train." 
The same routine, presented in the 
same manner; the same hit was scor- 
ed, the team sharing the top honors 
of the evening with Genaro and Bailey, 
who appeared later. 

Kara, the foreign juggler, came 
next, changed from an early position. 
He was evidently nervous and made 
many misses, but nevertheless was 
warmly received and finished amid a 
wave of applause. Genaro and Bailey 
had the position next to closing, and 
scored the hit of the evening. 

"The Grecian Temple," held over, 
first billed as the Arvi Mystery, was 
the last act. The management has 
gotten the Signor to remove the Gre- 
cian robes from several of the posers, 
and the act could now be billed as the 
"Undraped Beauties." There were 
gasps of astonishment from all parts 
of the house when the first picture 
of this variety was shown. The Signor 
used good judgment in not startling 
the audience with too unconventional 
a pose at first, but led them on by 
slow stages. The act, if it can re- 
main as it is at present, is sure to be 
the talk of the town before long. 

Fred. 



the lifting about of a heavy dumb 
bell make up the routine, with a 
spring board fling as the finish. Maxi- 
mus is a good showman. Cotter and 
Boulder (New Acts). Dash. 



VARIETY 



*3 



CORRESPONDENCE 

Uiletf otherwise toted, tke fottowkf reports are f or tke current week. 



WALTER K. HILL 

(Wak) 



CHICAGO 



VARIETY'S 
CHICAGO OFFICE i 

167 DmiUmSt. 
'Rmm 4401 Cartral. 



RflrtJcoca: Hold Gnat —————— — — 

Advertisement* and News Will Be Aeoepted at the Chicago Office, for the Currant 
Iuut of VARIETY. Until 10 o'clock Thursday Morning. 



J 



AMERICAN (William Morris, mgr. ; agent, 
direct).— Taken Individually, the majority of 
the numbers at the Morris house this week 
show merit, but one could not recommend 
the show as a whole for an entertaining pro- 
gram. Perhaps the bill might be laid out to 
better advantage. Monday night but few of 
the eight acts received more than a half- 
hearted response. A noticeable defect was 
the lack of comedy. "Scrooge," in its second 
week, was easily the hit of the bill, closing 
the first part. Owing to the illness of Charles 
Dodsworth, Tom Terrls held down the title 
role. It is doubtful if the part could be better 
handled by anyone. Dry on and Langdon, in 
fourth position, would have been more valu- 
able to the program in a lower spot, for with 
the exception of Jimmy Callahan, a local 
baseball player, they closed the comedy de- 
partment. Callahan delivered a monolog, and 
made good without mentioning the stars In 
his chosen profession ; but at his best, Jimmy 
is still In Mike Donllns class. Maxlnl and 
Bobby, in an early spot, were another hit, 
aided by one of the best trained fox terriers 
yet seen in Chicago. The comedy has been 
well arranged, and for an acrobatic offering 
this may be safely classed as excellent. George 
Primrose and Co. easily found favor, Mr. 
Primrose scoring big with his footwork. Har- 
per, Smith and Co., colored, have something 
away from the general run of colored acts. 
The opening song was never meant for a re- 
fined audience. The Macarte Sisters opened 
the second part with their tight-wire specialty, 
and were well applauded. Steve Bartel gave 
the bill a good start with his concertina so- 
los, while 'The Futurity Winner" closed. 

WYNN. 



MAJESTIC (Lyman B. Glover, mgr.; agent, 
Orpheum Circuit; Monday rehearsal, 9). — Vau- 
deville gets back to its very own this week and 
for adornment has Elbert Hubbard as topllner. 
Independent of the advantages derived from 
the presence of this brainy and gentle disciple 
of advancement the bill affords the very best 
example of excellence In booking a real va- 
riety show this stage has displayed In many 
months. Diversity and excellence are com- 
bined in the specialty list and the task of re- 



viewing the show resolves Itself into para- 
graphs of praise. At 2:15 Monday afternoon 
the O'Brien-Havel interlude was just begin- 
ning. Previously Denton and Le Beuf had 
opened the show with comedy bar displays, 
and R. J. Hamilton had demonstrated what he 
could do with a banjo. Hanld Alexander (New 
Acts). La Belle Marie; acting, singing, wire- 
walking, dancing, cornet playing; all artisti- 
cally achieved by a pretty girl of well rounded 
figure and ambitious to an astonishing degree — 
a remarkable display of versatility in which 
Billy Hart aided and abetted with good effect. 
This Jill of all trades captured the house. The 
best light comedy pair seen on this stage in 
eight montha turned up In the person of Well- 
ington Cross and Lois Josephine. Cross is a 
clever comedian and the girl displays unction 
rare Indeed among women. Their burlesquing 
is right up to the second, and the material 
bright a shining silver. The dash and vivacity 
of their performance sent them through to 
storms of applause. Their burlesque acting, 
as an encore, regardless of its ancient source 
was so modernized and timely that they for 
a second time cleaned up, their dual hit being 
the biggest applause and laughter record of the 
show. Valantlne and Dooley's bicycle act 
was a good number when "tried out" at the 
Bush-Temple during the summer, and It re- 
turns now better than ever. Another girl 
has been added, and the difficult tricks set 
the act almost In a class of Its own. Bring- 
ing on the cemedlan from the audience gets 
nothing, but once on the stage his sober-faced 
methods contribute the best element of laugh- 
ter this style of performance has shown in 
these parts. The Three Vagrants scored heav- 
ily In the matter of appreciative applause for 
their artistic vocal and Instrumental musical 
inning. Gus Edward's "Night Birds" closed 
the show, with Fra Elbertus In the dreaded 
"next to closing" place. The Sage of East 
Aurora "came back" with a swirl of Intel- 
lectual joys to the stage where he first ap- 
peared In vaudeville, starting now upon a 
regular tour as a vaudeville "single." He 
easily stands alone all unto himself. Creasy 
and Dayne, in their second week, offered 
"Wyoming Whoop." WALT. 

STAR (T. J. Carmody, mgr.; agent, W. V. 



A.).— The remarkable individuality of this 
week's bill lies In the fact that the humor 
department ranges so wide that almost every 
Joke since "why does a chicken," is repre- 
sented it its department of humor. The range 
of laugh producers is noteworthy, not alone 
because the list presents an Interesting studj 
but because the denizens of Milwaukee avenue 
met them every one half way and laughed 
as though they recognized them when they saw 
the quips coming. Madam Tenderhoa was 
exempt for the reason that her specialty was 
contortions and teeth hanging as the opener 
of the Joe Miller Carnival. She limbered her- 
self through hoops and had other proofs of sup- 
pleness which Indicated absolute splnelessness 
and was applauded. Cliff Dean and Co. gave 
the tabloid melodrama, "A Chance for Three" 
faithful consideration after having told the 
story of the sketch In "one." From the time 
the draw off exposed the full stage there was 
never a doubt as to the outcome, but Dean him- 
self, Marjorie Dean and Raymond Wells acted 
with such fervor that the audience applauded 
when the time came just as any audience ought 
to have done or be judged forever low browed. 
Murray and Lane followed, lending their de- 
lightful voices occasionally during the quarter 
hour or more they promised to fulfill. 
"Helntz Is Pickled Again" proved a conces- 
sion to "popular stuff" which struck home 
around Wicker Park, and Murray lent his tal- 
ents willingly to a cinch which hundreds of 
vaudeville singers find a necessity. Vaudeville 
will never come into Its own so far as these 
talented singers are concerned until Murray 
removes the comedy bug out from his system; 
and then people who think they are singers 
will know it. The girls who contributed four 
"numbers" to the "Jungle Girls" specialty 
which Tom Linton presents redeemed the In- 
ning from the fate which might have resulted 
through Charles R. Edrlngton's comedy. It 
was just a bit remarkable that he represented 
a missionary while In the same bill— the black- 
faced member of Hufford and Chains act bur- 
lesqued a darky parson while wearing the 
collar and cloth of a clergyman. Early in the 
bill two seconds of legmania won for Morris 
Golden a riot of applause after a full specialty 
of fiddling had died on his hands. Coin's Dogs 
closed. WALT. 

TREVETT (S. W. Qulnn, mgr.; agent, W. 
V. A.).— With summer weather prevailing the 
attendance Tuesday afternoon fell below aver- 
age and the small audience went a long ways 
toward making the show run slow. After the 
Two Ahlbergs who opened with an acrobatic 
specialty, came Cal Stewart, forced to work 
without scenery because of a local fire ordi- 
nance. Stewart was severely handicapped but 
succeeded In scoring a big hit nevertheless. 
Nevins and Erwood In blackface were well re- 
warded, the dancing being sufficiently strong 
to warrant success. Paul Florus offered three 
numbers on his xylophone and passed safely 
although more ragtime would have been wel- 
comed. James R. Walte and Co. presented "At 
Light House Point" a dramatic playlet adapted 
from the story "Life on the Maine Coast." 
After eighteen minutes of laughlesa talk noth- 



ing happened. Mr. Waite's acting is worthy of 
mention but the vehicle he has chosen contains 
no value for vaudeville. Vera Berliner wa* 
like a breath of fresh air. Miss Berliner has 
appearance, ability and a corking good rou- 
tine In her possession and will bear watching. 
She registered a well deserved hit. The Rlnal- 
dos pleased with their hoop offering and Will- 
lams and Thompson and Co. closed with a 
blackface sketch that required the use of the 
slap sticks, a revolver and a cannon. 

WYNN. 
EMPIRE (I. M. llerk, mgr.)— The chorus 
girls with the "Cherry Blossoms" deserve first 
consideration. They are a good looking lot, 
sing splendidly, dance well and do credit to 
their class In three numbers which they have 
all by their lonesome— with Slella Miller, Ger- 
trude Brown and Dot Richards, chorus girls 
themselves, to lead them. "Jungle Moon" 
l.-t one of the pretty numbers of the show and 
in the "San Francisco Glide" the girls per- 
formed so much to the liking of the packed 
house that five recalls were necessary to sat- 
isfy the demand. During numbers led by 
Joe Carr, Eddie Mack, Lillian Perry, Cherry 
Bonner and Joe Burton, and in the finales, 
the choristers worked hard and often, don- 
ning some attractive costumes and frequently 
changing. They entered into a well worked 
"shadowgraph" scene which the house liked 
for a half dozen encores; sat In electric lighted 
swings to bring the first part to a pretty close, 
participated with zest in the "football" Inci- 
dent and generally disported themselves vastly 
to the benefit of the whole proceedings. Three 
splendid women were made known as princi- 
pals in Lillian Perry, Cherry Bonner and Min- 
nie Granville. Miss Perry was so plumply 
persuasive in method that the audience seemed 
to want her In action all the time. For her 
first song she received three encores, real 
ones; and In everything she did proved her 
ability and demonstrated popularity. Miss 
Granville as a "straight" would be hard to 
match. She is a woman of fine appearance, 
reads her lines intelligently and lends earn- 
estness and force to her work which sets off 
her share as clearly as a cameo. Miss Bon- 
ner was in equal favor with the other ladles, 
whether In leading numbers or helping in the 
comedy uplift. She's a fine looking girl, wears 
her clothes well and makes a natty "boy" 
when It comes time for tights. John H. Perry 
wrote and produced the first part, "Any Little 
Girl," and may have performed the same ser- 
vice In the afterpiece, "Unnelghborly Neigh- 
bors," although the program does not say so. 
In naming his characters for the first part 
he has shown needless bad taste In selecting 
a name for Joe Carr's role which Is Identical 
with that of a departed but well remembered 
and respected burlesque woman. Any other 
name would do. Any other title would answer 
for the book, also, but that makes little differ- 
ence as the fun Is all hodge-podge and laugh- 
ter bits which, in the hands of such excellent 
players as Eddie Mack, Joe Carr and the au- 
thor, eventuate in a period of hilarity seldom 
surpassed In these houses. Mack is especially 
skilful as a mirth provoker, doing a character 



Season record broken this week at Keith's, Philadelphia 



New Repertoire a revelation 




Return Next Week (Oct. 24), Temple Theatre, Detroit 



When answering advertitementi kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



Six Feet rt Soft 
Shoe Dancino 

In Repertoire, 

Songs and 

Dances 



Young Brothers ; Veronica 



Under Personal 
Direction 

of 

H. BART 
MoHUGH 



BOTHWELL BROWNE 







BOTHWELL BROWNE 






* rCNCiNi MMO OP 1910 






Bi 


4 || 








J] 


iW ^H 




I J 


If 


\ 4 


/ 


/ 






* ■ 



Ststatieeal sacctts. this wtth (Bet. 17) 
NsenserstsJa s, lev York 



role in the opener and coming through with 
good effect as a German dialectician In the 
closing farce. His versatility is further shown 
In the olio, where he appears to brilliant ad- 
vantage as an Italian. Joe Burton gets into 
the vaudeville section with Chaa. P. Edwards 
and some of the chorus girls for an inning 
which carries a lot of contraband material 
in verse and chorus of the "Janitor" song, 
what laughs produced coming because of the 
"blue" stuff. The opening for this number 
has been borrowed from another team of bur- 
lesque rs, the man seated in the audience and 
talking to the "straight" on the stage, being 
this time an Irishman instead of a Swede. It 
doesn't get much, anyhow. The olio openers 
are Joe Carr, Lillian Perry and Cherry Bon- 
ner in a "three" act which has Carr's prize- 
fight recitation as its best feature, aside from 
the attractive dressing the girls develop. 
Granville and Mack and the Alrona-Zoeller 
Trio are referred to under New Acts. These 
last-mentioned teams contributed the redeem- 
ing features of the olio, considered strictly as 
a vaudeville section. The company dressing 
Is fine. Particularly stunning effects are pro- 
duced by the costumes of the chorus at the 
opening of the afterpiece. They represent a 
heavy investment in black velvet capes under 
which full tights of pink are shown against 
brilliant inside linings when the flash is given. 
There is also an especially pretty outfit of 
pony-pants for the girls, and among the dosen 
changes made there are many other displays 
which show enterprise and business sagacity. 
The comedy methods might be questioned by 
other audiences than the Empire's; but here 
no settlement workers or moral uplifters con- 
gregate. Those present on most occasions like 
their amusement viands highly spiced; the 
"Cherry Blossoms" not only satisfied but 
highly delighted. WALT. 

STAR AND GARTER (Wm. Beebe, mgr.)-- 
The quality of the acting abilities of the "Run- 
away Girl" membership is a conspicuous fea- 
ture of the resulting excellent performance. 
Where most managers seem content to carry 
one or two principals who can make pretense 
at all in that line, Peter S. Clark has wisely 
selected several players who rate above the 
average. With Jack Reld principal comedian, 
naturally goes Ella Reed Gilbert as leading 
woman; one who In personal charm, classy 
style and an ability to get every ounce of 
value out of a part has few peers in bur- 
lesque. Reld Is likewise a leader in his class, 
a fact proved by the laughing results his ef- 
forts attained last Sunday night when he kept 
a capacity audience outburstlng with glee most 
of the time he was In sight. And when he 
was not In the picture his pen-work, "The 
Aviator," which opened the show, furnished 
food for laughs; the book, his work as pro- 
ducer and director all reflecting credit upon 
him. Although the programing does not say 
so he probably wrote or put together the 
farcical afterpiece, "A Mixed Affair," which 
kept the merriment bubbling and sent thf 
crowds home highly pleased with their even- 
ing's entertainment. To this consummation 
an excellently trained chorus contributed no 
mean part, their share consisting of frequent 
changes to often stunning clothes, dancing and 
stepping off the numbers and singing better 
than most "ladles of the village" are wont to 



do. Some novelties in costuming drew twice 
upon the poultry runs for inspiration, Ella 
Reed Gilbert leading a "goose" number with 
the girls bearing "heads" of papier-mache in 
the opener; and in the afterpiece, "Chante- 
clere Rag" provided one of the prettiest cos- 
tumes of the evening, with the choir laters all 
in red costume, with "chicken" headpieces, 
behind the sprightly Winifred Green. An 
effective idea was used In "Thb Man of Abil- 
ity," a song led by Jack Reld and J. Sherriff 
Mackey, the head and features of prominent 
men being recalled in papier-mache upon the 
shoulders of chorus men, who entered as the 
different characters were referred to in the 
song. "A Soldier I" served to introduce Pert 
Croix and Alice Wilson, in tfghts, as marshals 
of the march, providing a fetching picture. 
Winifred Greene led "My Squaw Colleen," with 
the girls all keeping pace with her faat de- 
livery of lively dance. Miss Gilbert came to 
the fore attractively as leader of a "minstrel'' 
number which rendered the finish 6f the first 
part lively and enjoyable. The chorus girls 
showed their "two-step and circle" abilities 
in the "Hallelujah Dance," with Jack Elliott 
and Alice Wilson setting the going, and there- 
by sent along their average as contributing 
elements to the entertainment. An oddity to 
cap the climax of the first part showed pic- 
tures of most of the Presidents, backed by 
electric lights, in an arrangement let down 
from the files, which brought the portraits 
Into bold relief against the darkened back- 
ground. The comedy, carried chiefly by Jack 
Reld and J. Sherriff Mackay, was developed 
along strictly artistic lines, without resort to 
one iota of offenslveness or suggestion. A 
particularly good "bit" was entered into by 
Miss Gilbert, who served an imaginary meal, 
in courses, to the comedians, the pantomim- 
ing being most excellently achieved. There 
was some funny "business" with props, for 
Reid, and a beer-drinking incident which 
brought wholesome laughs, along with any 
number of clever "bits" to boost the frivolity 
score. Frank (Bud) Williamson carried a 
well -conceived "Wild West" type without ex- 
aggeration in the first part, and played excel- 
lently an essential role in the afterpiece. His 
Westerner was particularly well done, being 
free from boisterous burlesquing usually con- 
sidered proper, and still drawn sharply enough 
to make the role stand out. Jack Elliott proved 
a capital "straight," and the Misses Wilson, 
Croix and Rene Aubrey passed acceptably In 
unimportant roles. Frank Wakefield's share 
In the larger proceedings didn't amount to 
much, but In the olio, presenting, with Jack 
Reid, Jack Elliott and Robert M. Jackson, 
"The Tie That Binds." his "dope" study was 
so artistically conceived and executed that he 
more than compensated. His personal hit 
therein was extraordinary. Winifred Green, 
beside lending life and activities to her share 
in the burlesque and afterpiece, put across a 
singing and dancing interlude in the vaude- 
ville section which completed her utter cap- 
ture of the audience. She made the niftiest 
sort of a knee-panted boy and danced, true 
to her billing, "Just like a man." Frozinl 
was added to the specialty list especially for 
this week, his accordeon playing cleaning up 
the middle section of the entertainment. In 
the matter of wardrobe, the company outfitting 
showed many pretty effects and designs, and 
among the principals, Ella Gilbert comes in 
for particular praise. She wore several hand- 
some gowns, when good clothes were in de- 
mand, and in a simple and appropriate white 
dress for the afterpiece proved that she could 
look handsome and classy without the extra 
adornment of evening clothes. Special com- 
mendation is due Robert M. Jackson for his 
artistic types of a Frenchman and a China- 
man— both cleverly made up and expertly 
Played. WALT. 

CENTURY (L. A. Oalvln, mgr. ; agent. Earl 
J. Cox).— The bill shown the latter half of 
last week waa not up to the standard. Comedy 
was lacking. It Is the first time In several 
months that the Century's show was only 
fair. Friday evening a capacity house was In 
attendance. The Murdes opened and did nice- 
ly. The three dogs used In the act are well 
trained and go through their various tricks 
without a break. The scenery used could 
stand a good deal retouching. Jerome and 
Lewis were well received. Fauvette and Ver- 
non work nicely together In the comedy 
sketch, "She Wants Me to Follow Her." This 
title could be changed to something more ap- 
propriate. Miss Fauvette Is a clever dancer, 
and Miss Vernon handles the Irish brogue 
with ease, causing most of the laughs through- 
put the playlet. The act needs a few changes 
in places, and after the rough edges are worn 
off will have easy sailing. Frank Reed tried 
his hand at being a Hebrew comedian. He 
should break away from this and work 
straight, for he has the right material which 
is sure-fire for him, and he would make a 
single that could go. The Van Kaathovens a 
quartet of parlor entertainers, were in closing 
position. The playing on the cello and piano 
by the male members was nicely handled Both 
are good musicians. After a few selections 
on the Instruments the four sing, but the har- 
mony feu way short. They hold their own In 
the late spit. jj j» 

PLAZA (Fred. W Hartmann, mgr. "agent, 
W. V. M. A.).— This house, formerly known 
as the Comedy, reopened Monday night with 
a turnaway business for the first sW and 
a fair house for the second. Although prac- 
h« £i ,3 L a new thea i re . »«veral thousand dollars 
have been expended In alterations, the changed 



interior now presenting a most attractive ap- 
pearance. It carries the air of a real theatre, 
and Is by far the prettiest 10-20 in Chicago. 
The inverted light system has been Introduced 
throughout the auditorium. The result is 
mellowing and pleasant in effect. The ca- 
pacity runs about 1.000, divided between or- 
chestra floor and one balcony. Concrete and 
hreproof construction makes the place safe, 
and the house is In position to make a strong 
bid for patronage In opposition to Slttner's, 
a popular 10-20, only a short distance west 
on North Avenue. While the opening bill 
carried no "big names," the entertainment 
afforded by Steeley and Edwards, Williams aud 
Gordon, "Examination Day," Sampson and 
Douglas, and Ellis-Nowlin Co. proved enter- 
taining and satisfactory. The one act on the 
bill which took prominence over the rest, be- 
cause of merit and manner of presentation, 
was provided by Lacy, Sampson and Mabell 
Douglas, a brace of players who seem to be 
strangers around these parts. The girl is 
little short of a wonder in the line of eccen- 
tric comedy. She has a personality which 
fairly bubbles over with vivacity and mag- 
netism, is so good-looking that even eccentric 
make-up cannot disguise It, and displays a 
genuine sense of humor with an abundant 
ability to demonstrate it. She is a revelation 
among players generally offered In this class 
of theatre. Sampson is a good "feeder" for 
her comedy, has a good singing voice, and 
when It comes to dancing Joins his partner In 
some lively and clever stepping. 

WALT 
SITTNERS (Paul Sittner. mgr.; agent, 
S.-C). — At the second show, Monday evening, 
a big change could be seen in the size of the 
audience. Something evidently caused the 
usual crowd to remain away, and that "some- 
thing" doubtless lays in the new opposition 
(Plaza) opening that night. Hardly a hun- 
dred people witnessed the second performance. 
Those present saw a show evenly balanced 
and of the pleasing sort. Curtis' Roosters 
made a dandy opener. Ruble Marlowe has 
become popular with Northslders, and her 
!i n 8 ! ng « voice has improved wonderfully. 
Myrtle Byrne and Co. Introduced a shooting 
act full of interesting moments. Klein and 
Clifton sent over "The Dummy's Holiday" to 
much laughter. The clever working of Mr. 
Klein as the 'Dummy," and the fine support 
given him by Miss Clifton sent the duo home 
a winner. Lee Beegs and Co., In "Old Folks 
at Home, with an entirely new cast, may 
work the act into a go in time. Miss Law- 
rence, who plays an old woman, represents 
the character splendidly, but neglected to 
change her voice. New scenery is needed. 
The drop used looks badly. Bert Earl won 

r^rJl ay Q v lth . fast P 1 ^^* on the banjo. 
George S. Van s Imperial Minstrels cut so as 
to nt in for a closing act, and put one over 
for a minstrel brigade. The work of the 
^« er ^. nt , members »n their solo numbers 
proved pleasing. Billy Mann Is a bright light 
with the troupe. H R 

„ "T h £T e J M,llion Dollars" will be replaced 

Un #K M °oJ ay at J [ he eud ot J t a ^cond week 
on the Chicago Opera House stage by "Tho 

hv n i a | V « an antl - dlvor ce play, fo be acted 
by Hilda Spong and others. 

ho R *y . Thom P«on will take "Joe Bailey," his 
^'i; h °"e. over the Pantages time, at the 

end of Buffalo and Pawnee Bills season. 

L.e Clair and Sampson are Just in from the 
Orpheum time, to play some W. V. A. booking 
previous to starting an Interstate tour. 

Merle Du Mont retired from Gallagher & 
Jh n i1, Big P an _ ner " Show at the Alhambra 
and will remain home with her mother in the 
flat for this winter. Merle was a La Salle 
favorite in the palmy days of real manage- 
ment for that house. 

«r H M Dry . ^S was taken euddenly ill at the 
Wellington Saturday and was unable to start 
• £ B .~ engagements at Churchill's Tem- 
ple, Grand Rapids, last Monday. It Is thought 
that it may be necessary to remove him to a 
.sanitarium. 

J. Chester D e Monde and Co. are here to 

play Doutrlck's time. Bobbie and Hazelle 

Roblson came In from the Coast Monday to 
begin a series of local vaudeville dates play- 
ing here for the first time. 

The Bismarck, where many professionals 
dwell, had Its first fire scare Monday night. 
Joe Binder, night clerk since the first guest 
registered, shared honors with Fred Bowers' 
dog in arousing the slumbering and unsuspect- 
ing guests. A defective flue caught Are and 
kicked up more smoke than was nice. When 
Frederick opened his door, roused by his dog 
to see what the smudge was all about, the 
canine took his pipe out of his mouth and 
started through the halls rattling door knobs 
and barking vigorously to awaken the sleep- 
ers. By the time Binder had quieted the 
guests and revived himself from fatigue In a 
flagon of "Imported" the dog had completed 
the rounds and was back at Bowers' door. 

Some of the local 10-20's have added 80- 
cent seats to their complement of accommoda- 
tions, although they are not advertised very 
widely In the different neighborhoods. The 
scheme Is used successfully to "edge" an extra 
dime from patrons who come too late for 
seats when improvident enough not to order 
In advance. 



V ctor Kremer. who started in the music 
business for himself, two months ago, in 
rooms which he presumed then would hold him 
for a considerable length of time, has ex- 
panded and is now trying to grab off as much 
room as he can bargain for on his floor of 
the Oneonta Building. Kremer "himself" is 
putting up some scrap in the local brushes 
between music publishers. 

Harry Woodruff began his season at Ham- 
mond, near here, Saturday night, in "Tho 
uenius, a play made over Into musical com- 
edy form which eventually lands for an ex- 
pected run at the Princess. 

Joseph Medlll Paterson, who wrote Herman 
Leibs Dope" and other vaudeville sketches 
has arranged for an early production of his 
drama, "Rebellion," at the Grand Opera 
House.. K 

Harry Bartlett, a vaudeville performer, Is 
confined at the German American Hospital. 
*or his relief Mullen and Corelll last week 
collected a goodly fund among professionals in 
these parts, providing funds to Insure his 
comfort and good treatment while he con- 
valesces. 

It is understood that the Potter-Hartwell 
Trio soon leave the "Big Banner" Show to re- 
turn to vaudeville. l 

Gill Brown and LIU Mills, who proved the 
value of their new act In the houses Paul 
Ooudron books In this vicinity, have been given 
sixteen weeks of the regular S-C time, opening 
next Monday at Butte. B 



Kramer and Ross have been booked by Jo 
Paige Smith to start a string of eastern vau- 
deville houses, starting Nov. 28. 

hnS*,*/* Sha y u e ls getting busy In his new 
oSS^ ng » ag , ency i, 0n . e day last week he landed 
° n n H trac if for Frank Bush, the Marco Twins 
and Watson and Little through the W V A 
and booked Fred V. Bowers and Co. for eight 
weeks with the T. B. C. 

James Callahan, a local baseball hero, who 
Is featured on the American's bill for this 
week, will also play Cubs-Athletic reporter 
for a local paper He expects to run from 
the ball park to the theatre afternoon in an 

H U ^ m »°5 lle ' Y£} ch hIs pre8s agent says will 
be fitted up like a dressing room. As Calla- 
han will only make a "talk" as a specialty It 
Is not Just clear what be Is to "dress" for 
en route The American Is making all It can 
out of "baseball week." 

Frank Q. Doyle Is booking a series of big 

« a . mt ' 8, « m . on * them 8ome 8° od acts . f or the 
Wilson-Wlllard split on the Jones, Lennl. k 
& Miaeffcr Circuit here In town. Frederick 
V. Bowers and Co., Rice and Cohen. Fields 
and Lewis. Julian Rose and Dan Sherman and 
Co. are among the past, present and futures as 
top-liners at those 10-20's. 

Some Chicago agents met Saturday afternoon 
at Murray's Iflee's office. Edward Wyerson 
Tom Brantford, Johnny McGrall. Geo Perry' 
Lee Krause. Harry Kraus and Blee answered 
the roll call. Norman Frledenwald and Eddie 
Shayne absent. An agreement was entered 
Into to obviate the prevalent habit of one act 
offering to several "ten per centers" to be 
booked. 



When anstptring advertisement* kindly mention VARIETY. 



Charles Michael Conner, who has been pllot- 
the Sells-Floto "No. 1" car during the season 
reached town last Saturday and departed 
Monday for Toledo to take the advance of 

The Rosary." which plays the cities and 
larger one-nlghters. 

Adolph Marks has secured for Flo and Amy 
Chatham a Judgment against the Jefferson 
Amusement Co operating the Hamilton, an 
Englewood 10-20, for the amount of a week's 
salary. The young women were closed after 
their first performance. 

Chas. E. Hodklns has added the Cabanee 
St. Louis, to the Lyric Vaudeville Circuit and 
starts placing acts next Monday. The theatre 
is in an exclusive section of the Mound City 
and newly opened. 

Chauncey Olcott pays his annual visit to 
McVlcker's next week, following Robert Mil- 
liard's "A Fool There Was." 

The revival or "survival" thing will be fur- 
ther clinched at the Lyric by Frltzl Scheff 
when she next, week follows "The Gambler" 
with "The Mikado." Dlgby Hell will be Ko 
Ko. Others In her support Include some prin- 
cipals who were members of the opera season 
at McVlcker's last summer. 

Something went wrong down East with 
Bailey & Austin's "Aero Girl" show, booked 
for this week at the Cort. and In place of that 
company Henry E. Dlxey will open Sundav 
evening In "The Naked Truth," presented by 
Wm. A. Brady, a manager who maintains that 
Chicago Is the poorest show town on the map 
The attraction to follow Richard Carle's run 
In "Jumping Jupiter" has been switched In 
the announcements, several times. First K A 
E. promised a show, next John Cort announced 
his own musical production and finally after 



VARIETY 



*5 



. i 



have taken 

Park Theatre, YOUNCSTOWN, O. Colonial Theatre, Akron, O. 

OPENING NOV. 8 ACTS TRAVELLINC EAST OR WIST 

(3 shows daily) Wire or write at once to the CHARLES J. FITZPATRICK AGENCY, Knickerbocker Theatre Building, New York City 



two whacks at It the Shuherta placed Dlxey. 
With this house the Independents have access 
to the Grand Opera House, Garrlck, Lyric and 
Princess In Chicago. 

Richard Jose brings "Silver Threads" to 
follow "The Rosary," which has been playing 
since Labor Day, at the Qlobe. 

Genie in "The Bachelor Belles," at the Illi- 
nois, opened Monday with Amelia Stone, Eva 
Fallon, Frank La lor and Josie Sadler among 
her supporters. 



The Russian dancers, Plavlowa and Mordktn. 
appear at the Auditorium next Saturday night 
and Sunday afternoon, with ten other Russian 
sollsts and a ballet. Terms : $3.00 to 50 cents. 

These musical shows held over for this 
week: "The Chocolate Soldier." at the Gar- 
rlck; Elsie Janls, in "The Slim Princess," 
Studebaker ; "The Sweetest Girl in Paris," 
La Salle ; "Bright Eyes," Colonial, and "Three 
Million Dollars," Chicago Opera House. 

LINDEN (Charles Hatch, mgr. ; agent, Wil- 
liam Morris.— Newbarr and Margraff, Allld 
Leslie Hassan, Lillian Mortimer and Co., Wal- 
man, Flavie Bros., Ferguson and Mack, Allen 
Summers, Harry S. Mack and Co.. Ingram 
and Llnd. 

JULIAN (J. A. Condermann, mgr. ; agent, 
William Morris).— Williams and Culver, Teed 
and Lazelle. Mabel McKlnley, Frank Bush, 
Blondell and Starr. 

PRESIDENT (I. A. Levlnson, mgr.; agent, 
William Morris).— Allen Summers, Ingram and 
Llnd, Sam Curtis and Co., Josephine Sabel, 
Musical Geralds, I^evlna and Neulesco, Clara 
Stevens, Lew Williams and Co., Flavlo Bros. 

LYDA (George Hines, mgr.; agent, W. V. M. 
A.).— Carlisle Polnes, Three American Coml- 
ques, Helen Harding and Co., Held and Sloan, 
the Aldeans. Delmore and Darrell, Leonl and 
Dale. Leo Fllller, Jack Miller, Kesselly's Ma- 
rionettes. 

SCHINDLER'S (Louis Schlndler. mgr.; 
cgent W. V. M. A.).— Mad Miller. Lew Wil- 
liams and Co., Leonl and Dale. Jack Miller, 
"The Eagle and the Girl." Yackley and Bun- 
nell, Held and Sloan, Cadieux. 

CIRCLE ( Balabon Hros.. mgrs. ; agent. W. 
V. M. A.).— Yackley and Bunnell, Orrln, Tim 
McMahon's Watermelon Girls. 

GRAND (Agent. W. V. M. A.-Olde Home 
Choir, Archie Faulk. Sylvester and Vance, 
Schuster and Cole. Varln and Varln. Farmer 
Jones. Lewln Martel Trio. Eleanore Otis and 
Co. Coffman and Carroll. 

SITTNER'S (Paul Slttner, mgr.; agent. S- 
C).— Curtis' Roosters, Burt Earl, Lee Beggs 
and Co.. Klein and Kllfton, Van's Minstrels 
and Myrtle Byrne and Co. 

REPUBLIC (Chas. Koester, mgr.; agent. S- 
C.).— Armin Bros., Pearl Allen. Slcall and 
Garrett, Bobby and Hazel Robinson and Mr. 
and Mrs. W. W. O'Brien, Jacobs and Sardell, 
Annette Warren. Gladys Aronld and Co., Les- 
ter Bernard, Four Dancing Belles. 

WHITE PALACE (Kenneth Fitzpatrlck. 
mgr.; agent, S-C.).— Four Dancing Belles, 
Lester Bernard. Gladys Arnold, Annetta War- 
ren, Jacobs and Sardell. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. 
O'Brien, Bobby and Hazel Robinson, Slcall 
and Garrett. Pearl Allen and Armln Bros. 

APOLLO (Robert Levy, mgr. ; agenL Frank 
Q. Doyle). — Le Roy and Clayton, McMahons 
Pullman Porter Maids, Al Mastiff and Co., 
La Vlgne and Jaffey, Dancing Dupars. 

CRYSTAL (Frank Schaefer, mgr.; agent. 
Frank Q. Doyle).— Consul, "The Benediction," 
Bates and Anderson, Harold A. Yates, Great 
Delzaros. 

WILSON AVENUE (Jones, Llnlck & Schaef- 
er, mgrs.; agent, Frank Q. Doyle).— "The 
Operator," Sherman and De Forest, Rlsley 
and Reno, Billy Morris and Sherwood Sisters, 
Hlllman and Roberts. 

LYCEUM (Fred. Llnlck, mgr. : agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle). — Rocadero Quartette, Rose John- 
son. Grace Huntington and Co., Ned Nelson. 

PEKIN (Robert Motts. mgr. ; agent. Frank 
Q. Doyle).— The Wheelers, Velde Trio. Tom 
Brown, Mills and Perrin, Pekln Musical Com- 
edy Co. 

GARFIELD (Robert Wassmann, mgr. : 
agent, Frank Q. Doyle). — Bunth and Rudd. 
Hall and Thaw, Blossom Robinson, Clark 
Bros. 

VIRGINIA (J. V. Rltchey. mgr.; agent, 
Frank Q. Doyle).- Clifton Allen and Co.. H. 
V. Fitzgerald. Leora Vennet, Terry and Bent- 
ley. Sicilian Trio. 

WILLARD (Jones Llnlck ft Schaefer, mgrs. ; 
agent, Frank Q. Doyle).— Al Fields and Dave 
Lewis, Cora Hlckle Hoffer and Co., Billy 
Link, Laurent Trio, Mexican Marimba Trio. 

PREMIER (Charles Schaefer, mgr. : agent, 
Frank Q. Doyle).— Rooney and Russell, Jack 
Bell, Sweeney and Rooney, Pauline Berkley, 
Murphy and Meiers, Paul Bauwens, Pierce 
and Alyard. 



BIJOU DREAM (Slgmund Faller, mgr. ; 
agent, Frank Q. Doyle).— The Clarks, Alonzo 
Moore, Ryno and Emmerson, Frank Hazel- 
tine, Snyder and Miller, Margaret Stewart. 

GEM (Charles Schaefer, mgr. ; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle).— Burfleld Sisters, Lorenzo and Co., 
Joe Price, Frothlngham and Denham, James 
Sisters. 

FOREST PARK (C. E. Barnard, mgr. ; 
agent, Frank Q. Doyle).— Smith Bros., Edna 
Julian, Beason ft Harris, Brixton and Brix- 
ton. 

ESSEX (Bllharz & Lewis, mgrs.; agent, 
Frank Q. Doyle).— Wills and Barron, Chester 
R. Scott, Three Bellmont Sisters. 

SAN FRANCISCO 

By LESTER FOUNTAIN. 

VARIETY'S Office, 

808 Market Street 
(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, mgr. ; agent di- 
rent).— Six Abdallahs scored heavily, giving 
the Bhow a flying start. Hal Stephens, as- 
sisted by Isabel Allen and William Scanlan. 
held the Interest with his "Famous Scenes 
from Famous Plays." "Rip Van Winkle" still 
continues the most popular of his repertoire. 
Joseph Adelmann Family did well with the 
kind applause selections. La Tortajada scored 
with the top of the house. The lower section 
was Bkeptical. Dancing disappointment. Act 
running too long. Miss Meyers of Meyers, War- 
ren and Lyon, scored an immense Individual 
hit. Her. entrance was the sign for a hearty 
reception. John F. Wade has a delightfully 
refreshing sketch in "Marse Shelby's Chicken 
Dinner." It proved an artistic hit. Qulnn 
and Mitchell landed a big winner. Flying 
Martins closed the show holding the audience 
spellbound. 

NATIONAL (Zlzk Abrams, mgr. ; agent S-C.) 
—The Vagges started the show slowly. The 
man Is losing the value of his cleverness 
through a poor routine. Emma Don (New 
Acts) ; Daniel J. Sullivan In "Capt. Harry," 
left pleasing Impression. La Belle Meeker, 
"Physical Culture Maid," started slowly but 
finished strong. Kate Fowler at the piano won 
out through "rag" selections. Pritzkow and 
Blanchard won hearty applause with their 
yodllng and comedy. Franklyn Ardelland Co. 
"cleaned up" with a bright, snappy comedy 
sketch. 

WIGWAM (Sam Harris, mgr.; agent. S-C.) 
—Cora Simpson In "Interviews," open the bill 
and started things satisfactory. Hughes 
Musical Trio pleased. Lester and Moure had 
rough going. Started a wrinkle at the finish 
when the man scored. Leroy and Harvey in 
"Rained In." started slowly but picked up as 
they progressed and finish a laughing hit. Do- 
ric Trio singers were big applause winners. 
"Aeroplane Girl" found things to her liking. 

CHUTES ( Ed. Levey, mgr. ; agent, Pantages 
direct). — It looks like record business at 
Chutes this week. Musical De Fays gave the 
show bouncing opening. Florence Trio spoil 
an otherwise good act through lack of atten- 
tion to dressing. Wilbur, Mason and Jordon 
freely applauded. Elmore and Raymond, or- 
dinary singing and dancing act. Jack Golden 
and Co. scored substantially. Tom Kelly, riot- 
ous hit. John L. and Jake Kllraln, given big 
reception. 

AMERICAN (James Pilling, mgr. ; agent 
S-C).— Business started very good. Zerell 
Bros, did nicely, opening the program. Bally 
and Bally, colored, well received. Mile. Mer- 
cereau and James Post and Co, completed. 

Laurence Johnston, the ventriloquist, finished 
his time on Pantages Circuit, and is spending 
three weeks duck hunting with relatives on 
the Loup River, Hazard. Neb., prior to open- 
ing on the United time, Nov. 7, placed by Max 
Hart. 

Beatrice Blake, character comedienne, a re- 
cent arrival from Australia, opens on Pon- 
tage's time In Los Angeles 17 going East- 
ward. 



at the Garrick 24 Beatrice Mlchelena, a 
daughter of the well known tenor now located 
in this city, and sister of Vera Mlchelena, a 
musical comedy star, Is the latest acquisition 
to the company. 



Charlie nutterworth Is still In town "coon 
shouting" at Blot's Caf»\ Jeanette Dupre Is 
filling in a week of Orplirum time at tho 
Garrlck, San Diego, week 17, before returning 
to San Francisco. 



The Three White Kuhns appear at the Or- 
pbeum week Nov. 7 and 14. 

Relsner A Gores left this week for the east 
after playing all the available time in this 
vicinity. They Intend playing time on the 
way eastward. 

Max Dill has his company In active rehear- 
sal for his musical comedy seajon which opens 



Tim Sullivan, one of the oldest actors In the 
business, now appearing with John Ma&on in 
"The Witching Hour" is an uncTe of Manager 
Ed. Levy of the Chutes. 

Albert Pench opens on the Pantage's Cir- 
cuit in Los Angeles 17 with the Colorado time 
to follow. 

The North Beach Carnlcal Produce Fair to 
be held 24-25-26 will be handled by Edward 
M. Foley and Tony Gorman who intend to con- 
duct It as an old-fashioned county fair un<V 
canvas. The tops will be pitched upon one 
of the Public Squares of North Beach in the 
heart of the Latin Quarter of the city. 



"A Stubborn Cinderella," the first of the 
season's Cort attractions booked into the Prin- 
cess, has made a favorable Impression. 



"The Whirlwind," a new play by Henri 
Bernstein, author of "The Thief," which was 
chosen by Margaret llllngton to replace "Un- 
til Eternity" Is in active rehearsal in Los An- 
geles, where It will probably be given Its pre- 
miere before opening In Tacoma, Wash., 10. 

La Estrelllta returns to the Portola Cafe 
week 2.3, after a trip to Old Mexico. 

Idora Park, Oakland, closed for the winter 
season 16. 

PORTOLA CAFE (Herman Hermansen, mgr.; 
Amusement Director. Henry Garcia). — Irma de 
Le Pomme ; Milano Duo ; Bob Albright ; Madge 
Maltland ; Great Mexican Marimba players ; 
Senor Luis Pamies. 

PRINCESS (Sam Loverlch, mgr.; Direc- 
tion N. W. T. A.).— "Going Some." 

SAVOY (F. W. Busey, Direction John Cort). 
—Viola Allen in "The White Sister." 

ALCAZAR (Belasco ft Mayer, mgr.; stock). 
—"The Patriot" 

COLUMBIA (Gottlob ft Marx, mgrs.; Direc- 
tion K. ft E.).— "Three Twins." 

GARICK THEATRE.— Bo vanl Opera Co. 




The real song hit of the season. 
It's there; Forty ways from the Jack. 



Send for the Professional 
Copies, just off the pre s, at 



Jerome H. Remick 



131 West 41st Street, NEW YORK 



Majestic Theatre Bldg. 
CHICAGO 



68 Farrar Street 
DETROIT 



MOSE GUMBLE, Mgr. Prof. Dept 



When answering advertisement* kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



GILBEBT 



JACK 



OHAB. J. 



PEALSON 




HI 



GOLDIE ■ HILL 







At Casino Theatre, Philadelphia, with "Ginger Girls," 

This Week (Oct. 17) 



"TIGER 
HUES" 

COMPANY 



DIRECTION OF 



Campbell -Drew 
Amusement Go. 



MATT KENNEDY 



tt 



Sore Finger" 



Mona Raymond 
JOHN BRAGG 



Jenkins*- Flavin 



RITA LORRAINE 



Alvin - Kenney 
Charles Banett 



Leffler -Clayton 

Added Attraction 

ZALLAH 



BOSTON 

Bj J. Gooete. 



80 Summer St. 
KEITHS (Harry E. Gustin, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O.).— What was voted the best bill of 
the year Is at this house for the week. Comedy 
predominated. The headline act was presented 
by Murphy, Nichols and Co.; Jane Courthopo 
ft Co., very good; Amoros Slaters, two acro- 
batic Eva Tanguays; McDonald and Carson, 
after three years' absence, presented good 
singing and dancing comedy with Scotch 
flavor; Gene Greene sang "coon" Bongs in a 
pleasing manner, he dresses his act neatly ; 
Nelson and Otto, local girls. In songs and 
piano, showed cleverness; Goleman's cats, 
dogs and pigeons presented a clever animal 
act; Field Brothers, very good dancers. 



ORPHEUM (L. M. Boas, mgr.; agent, L. 
B. O.).— Poole ft Lane; Kimball ft Lewis; 
Emerald ft Dupree ; McGarvey ; Taylor Twins ; 
May Duryea ft Co.; Three Alex; George C. 
Davis; Flrenzl Trio; Tora Family; Those 
Three Singers, Gertie Le Claire ft Picks; 
BUlie K. Wells; pictures. 

The Orpheum, at Newbury port, was ruined 
by fire at 3 a. m., Oct. 17. The lessee and 
manager, Lawrence C. Thayer, of Boston, had 
a narrow escape from death. He was badly 
burned about the face and hands and Is now 
in a state of collapse from heart trouble. The 
firemen succeeded In confining the blaze to the 
theatre building. Mr. Thayer was sleeping in 
his office and was assisted out An estimate 
of the loss was set at $12,000, on which there 
was Insurance. The building was owned by 
the Newburyport Amusement Co. The people 
playing there the past week had removed 
their effects but a few hours before the fire 
started. 



Announcements for the ninety-sixth season 
of the Handel and Haydn Society have been 
made. Emll Mellenhauser, conductor. 

The Church Booking Office had placed Prof. 
Corey. That Kind, The Chagnons and Vinton 
Sisters at the Orpheum, Newburyport, and 
when news of the fire came, C. B. O. placed 
them In town. 



Henry Hammond Galllson, the first Ameri- 
can painter to achieve the honor of having 
one of his works placed in the National Mu- 
seum of Italy, was burled at Mt. Auburn 
cemetery. 15. He died of apoplexy at his 
home, 04 Brattle Street, Cambridge. He was 
born in Boston, May 2, 1850. 



George F. Hayes, with an office at 18 Boyls- 
ton street, who passed himself off as a manager 
with a traveling show and advertised for a 
treasurer to travel with the production, was 
sentenced to two months in the House of Cor- 
rection by Judge Bolster. He was arraigned 
on the charge of stealing $125 from George 
W. Cunningham, of Providence, R. I. Cun- 
ningham went to him through the advertise- 
ment and gave up the money. Hayes appealed 
and was held In ball for the Superior Court. 

There will be no soloist at the Boston Sym- 
phony concert this week, due to the death of 
Charles GUIbert. the French baritone. Conduc- 
tor Fiedler was compelled to make a change 
In his plans. A number of new classics have 
been arranged for production by the orchestra. 
A rendition of them will be made at the 
coming concerts. 

HUB (Joe Mack, mgr.; agent, Fred Mardo). 
—Ten Merry Youngsters; Hammond ft Forres- 
ter; Weston Bros.; McCarvers; Rltta Murrl; 
pictures. 

GORDON'S— CHELSEA (Gordon Bros., mgrs. ; 
agent, Fred Mardo).— Great Weston; Verdon ft 
Dunlap; Maud Scott & Co; Carleton Sisters; 
Hanson ft Drew; Hammond ft Forrester; Belle 
Hathaway's Monkeys: pictures. 

SCENIC— EAST BOSTON (George Morrison, 
mgr.; agent, Fred Mardo).— Don Ramsay's 
Harmonists; Edgar Burger; Lillian Colson; 
Burton ft Dunlap; Thf Murrays; Musical Wiz- 
ards; pictures 

SALEM THEATRE— SALEM.— Dan Landry; 
Victorlna Troup; Budd & Claire Billy Adams; 
Marvelous Hiltons; Melvin ft Duxbury; Harry 
Tighe ft Co. pictures. 

COMIQUE— LYNN (M. Mark, mgr.; agent, 
Fred Mardo).— Tremont Quartet; Frank J. 
Hurley Landis ft Knowles; P. J. Riley; pic- 
tures. 

OLD SOUTH (Frank Browne, mgr.; agent, 
C. B. O.).— Coleman. Mel Eastman: Zaro; Du- 
pree Will Hebert: Jeanette Trio; Carr ft Lan- 
der: Elmer ft De Witt: pictures. 

WASHINGTON (Frank nrowne, mgr.; agent, 
C. B. O.).— Inez Clough Frank Leslie; Lewis 
ft Burns; Knox Bros.. Hall ft Pray; Mae 
Clark: Fred Dugas: Billv Hef»s: pictures. 

DREAM— REVERE (M. Aechtler. mgr.; 
agent, C. B. O.).— Hall ft Pray; pictures. 

PALACE (Mr. Mosher. mgr.; agent. Na- 
tional).— Caryl Taylor; Fouoher; The Mylands; 
Williams ft Stevens; Count La Custa; Nellie 
Eltinge ft Co.: Watklns ft Williams: Mile. 
Paula; Mabel Courtney; Harry Rose; Nibbe ft 
Bordeaux: pictures. 

BEACON (Jacob Laurie, mgr. ; agent. Na- 
tional).— Pace ft Johnson: Ingram ft Seeley; 
Anton Zlnka: Dolly Jordan: The Hermans; 
Fay Leslie Ladell ft Ward; Ray Carr; Bo- 
vares: pictures. 

PASTIME (Mr. Murphy, mgr.: agent. Na- 
tional).— Eddie Shaw; Lou Paulette ; Harry 
Stone Wilson & Adams ; William Cameron ; 
Clayton & Lennie ; pictures. 

OLYMPTA-SOUTII BOSTON (Wm. O. 
Woodward, mgr.: agent. National).— Otto Rlch- 
ter; Ralfe O'Reilly; Eddie Shaw; Mile. Car- 
rie • pictures. 

CONGRESS HALL— SOUTH BOSTON (Chas. 
Srhlrssinger, mgr.; agent, National).— Una 
Bonnette; Bowman; Kilty Keatonne ; pic- 
tures. 

SUPREME— JAMAICA PLAIN (John Level. 
mgr.; agent. National).— Sam Walker; Billy 
Sully ; Dan Mlllv : Julia Tracey ; pictures. 

nnOADWAY- SOMERVILLE (Milt Wood- 
bury, mgr.; agent. Jeff Davis).— Lawton ; Jack 
Clav : Harry Ashton ; Billy Slack; pictures. 

UNIQUE (H. Washburn, mgr. ; agent. Jeff 
Davis).— Dave Lynn: Ermine Stewart; Prof. 
Dp Costa ; Harry Wilson ; pictures. 




a 
n 



Willard 



IN A NEW ACT 

Hudson Theatre, Union Hill Next Week (Oct. 24) 

EVERYBODY HAVE A LOOK 



* IMPERIAL— SOUTH BOSTON (M. Lydon, 
mgr.; agent, Jeff Davis).— George Fichette; 
Harry Stone: pictures. 

POTTER HALL (B. E. Jones, mgr. agent, 
Jeff Davis).— Ben Pierce; Goldlng; pictures. 

BOWDOIN SQUARE (Jay Hunt, mgr.; 
agent, Ed. Kelley).— All Pasha; Dudley Pres- 
cott ; Gyslna ; Harcourt Sisters ; The Rossleys ; 
Clark ft Temple ; The Dandy Dixies ; Mendo ft 
Chesley ; pictures. 

HOWARD ATHENEUM (Jay Hunt, mgr.; 
agents. Ed. Kelley ft Phil Hunt).— "Merry 
Whirl." House bill— Kelley ft Adams; Mr. ft 
Mrs. John T. Powers ; Klllian ft Moore ; Rice 
ft Ladell ; Shaw ft Everts ; La Vine ft Gren- 
ier ; Kelley ft Boyd ; The Chrlstys ; pictures. 

GAIETY (O. H. Batcheller, mgr.; agent, di- 
rect).— "Big Show." 

COLUMBIA (Harry Farren, mgr.; agent, 
direct).— "Broadway Gaiety Girls." 

CASINO (Chas. Waldron, mgr.; agent, di- 
rect).— "The Queen of Bohemia." 

CASTLE SQUARE (John Craig, mgr. ; agent, 
direct).— Stock, "The Talk of New York." 



PHILADELPHIA 

By George M. Young. 

KEITH'S (H. T. Jordan, mgr. ; agent, U. B. 
O.).— When a vaudeville bill can offer Alice 
Lloyd as Its headllner, there isn't much use 
to bother about the remainder of the show, 
but this week's bill had several good acts in 
support of the English comedienne and 
reached a high average of entertaining qual- 
ity. Miss Lloyd must not only accept the 
thanks of the American public for bringing 
her own dainty self back to our vaudeville 
stage, but for one or two new songs which 
are sure to catch on wherever heard. It is 
doubtful if any of the five will score as heav- 
ily as "Splash Me," or "What Are You Get- 
ting At?" two of Miss Lloyd's biggest hits, 
but there are a couple of gems in the new 
lot. Those best liked here were "The Morn- 
ing Promenade," In which the little singer 
captivated her audience ; "The Wise and Fool- 
ish Virgin," and "If I Were Master Cupid." 
"Up Like a Rocket With Georgle" was used 
for the first number. It Is catchy, but light 
and meaningless in lyrics. "The Lass Who 
Loved a Sailor" was nicely received, neither 
being as strong as the first three named. Of 
course, Miss Lloyd had to sing two of her old 
numbers and they brought liberal reward. 
For each song she wore a different costume. 
Each seemed prettier than the one before. 
There were gasps for the "Hobble Skirt," and 
she looked sweet In a pink and black net 
dress for the first song. But it was in a 
magnificent white costume that the daintiness 
and charm of the singer made Itself most 
prominent. Miss Lloyd has been with Ameri- 
cans In vaudeville for several seasons now. 
Since or before her coming to this country 
we have not had any one who stands on an 
equal plane with her. Her charming per- 
sonality always demands attention. She has 
proved that she can take a song with a point 
to it which would seem "blue" in the mouths 
of others, and make it bring a smile to the 
face of her listeners. This has made Alice 
Lloyd a big favorite In America, and she so 
remains. Next in importance on the bill was 
Vllmos Westony, Hungarian pianist, who Is 
making a return American tour in vaudeville 
(first time In the east). Westony Is a master 
of the piano. Wherever his art is appreciated, 
the Hungarian is sure of success. He can 
handle any kind of music equally well, ana 
for the benefit of his act, should make it a 
point to study his audience, giving only what 
It wants. This city boasts of many music 
lovers and Westony can be credited with scor- 
ing strongly. His classy numbers were exe- 
cuted with a verve and flourish which stamped 
him as a master of the Instrument. A Hun- 
garian rhapsody original was brilliantly play- 
ed Westony has been coached in adding 
comedy to his act through delivering a short 
talk descriptive of what he intends to offer 
as comedy. The talk was funnier than what 
followed. Whoever is directing Westony 
should tell him that "Dlxey" does not belong 
In the medley, and has been used by every 
applause begging act in the business. Music 
lovers will like Westony for he can play the 



piano and with the right sort of material 
should please along the line. The remainder 
of the show held up close. Swan and Barn- 
bard opened well with their familiar acro- 
batic funnlments. Corrlne Frances, an attrac- 
tive girl with a soft, pretty voice, sang a 
couple of pleasing songs. The Four Huntings 
put over a very amusing skit, "The Fool 
House," adding some dancing and acrobatics 
which won liberal applause. The "girl act," 
"Joyland," with Clara Belle Jerome and Will- 
lam Seymour, proved pleasing, the group of 
girls winning special favor for their work in 
the numbers. J. Francis Dooley and Corlnne 
Sayles put over the laughing hit of the show. 
It is just twenty minutes of nonsensical patter 
and song for this pair, but it proved to be 
what the audience wanted and they laughed 
and then brought them back for two or three 
extra bits. Rosina Cassell's midget dog act 
made a pretty closing number and won plenty 
of favor. This was baseball week In this 
city, the world's series opening Monday. As 
a special feature at the evening shows only, 
Jim Naslum, the cartoonist and sporting 
writer of the "Inquirer," drew cartoons on 
the day's games and showed possibilities of 
what he might do along the way of breaking 
Into vaudeville with a real act. His pictures 
proved a big hit J. Francis Dooley acted as 
announcer and kept the house Informed of 
what was going on at Shlbe Park. It was 
a corking Idea arranged by Manager Harry 
T. Jordan, and it was a big hit in a bill of 
big acts. 

Charles J. Kraus has added the Jumbo The- 
atre, Front and Girard Avenue to his list of 
bookings. The house has been recently opened 
and Is managed by B. Haegner. The seating 
capacity is 1,000 and five acts are played for 
an admission of 10-20. 



Manager John R. Robinson of the "Sam T. 
Jack" Company, announced this week that Sam 
Golden would Join the Jack show in two weeks, 
replacing Bob Van Osten as principal come- 
dian and doing a "single" in the olio. Golden 
was with "Wine, Women and Song" last year. 



GIRARD (Miller ft Kaufman, mgrs,; agents, 
Taylor ft Kaufman).— Hap Handy and Co., Or- 
loff Troupe ; Palmer and Lewis ; James H. 
Lichter. Pictures. 

FOREPAUGHS (Kaufman ft Miller, mgrs.; 
agents Taylor ft Kaufman).— Mexico ; Hassen 
Ben All Troupe ; Warren and Dale ; Rich Trio. 
Pictures. 

COLONIAL (F. Wolf, mgr.; agents, Taylor 
ft Kaufman).— Malvern Troupe; Dulallon ; 
Four Dancing Bugs. Pictures. 

FRANKLIN (David S. Label], mgr.; agents, 
Taylor ft Kaufman).— Jones Williams and Co.; 
Levitt and Falls ; Harry Crystal ; De Garmo. 
Second half— Whirl's Four Harmonists ; Prim- 
rose and Leigh ; Anna Bond. Pictures. 

MANHEIM (Fuhrman Bros., mgrs.; agents, 
Taylor ft Kaufman).— De Homan Trio; Tweedy 
and Roberts; Musical Deyo ; Three Llvlles. 
Pictures. Second half— Jones Williams and 
Co. : Levitt and Falls ; Haney and Son. Pic- 
tures. 

EMPIRE (Stanford ft Western, mgrs.; 
agents, Taylor ft Kaufman).— Four Stagpools ; 
Haney and Son ; Clifford Dempsey and Co. : 
The Boydells. Second half— Tom Howard and 
Co. ; Tweedy and Roberts ; Harry Crystal. Pic- 
tures. 

TWENTY-NINTH ST. PALACE (C. Kellner. 
mgr.; agents. Taylor ft Kaufman).— Dunlap 
and Linder ; Careless Briscoe. Second half— 
The Jacks ; The Boydells ; Musical Deyo. Pic- 
tures. 

GEM (Morris ft Anck, mgrs,; agents, Tay- 
lor ft Kaufman).— Whirl's Four Harmonists: 
Primrose and Leigh ; Annie Bond. Second half 
—Dunlap and Linder ; Knecht and Morse ; 
Francis Girard. Pictures. 

PLAZA (Charles Oelschlager, mgr. ; agent. 
H. Bart McHugh).— Magnanl Family; Four 
Jordans ; Fritz's Dogs ; Russell and Carmon- 
tel ; Billy Evans. Pictures. 

GLOBE (T. R. Howard, mgr. ; agent. II. 
Bart McHugh).— The Torleys ; The Marshalls : 
I^oona Lamar ; Darmody. Last half— The Plot- 
tls ; The Mantells ; Carroll ; Boyd Brothers. 
Pictures. 



When answering advertisement 8 kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



*7 



BEST PLACES TO STOP AT 



Acknowledged as the 
best place to stop at 
In New York City. 

In the heart of the 
Theatrical and Shop- 
ping District. 



tf 



THE ST. HILDA 



99 



163 West 34th Street "{SM&RB5TL 



The Refined Home for 
Professionals. 

Handsomely Furnish- 
ed Rooms. 

Private bath and every 
convenience. 



PAULINE COOKE and JENIE JACOBS, Proprietors 



THE AUDITORIUM (W. H. Herschenrelder, 
mgr. ; agent. H. Bart McHugh).— Mantells ; 
Carroll and Moran ; Benjamin and Henry- Last 
half— Tyaon and Slawson ; Darmody ; Seymour 
Sisters. Pictures. 

THE GREAT NORTHERN (M. Greenwald, 
mgr; agent, H. Bart McHugh).— Saunders and 
Cumeron ; White and Barton ; Blake and How- 
ard ; Ranzetta and Lyman. Last half— Zarrell 
Brothers ; Jean Ryan ; Ethel Van Orden and 
Co. : Juggling Jacksons. Pictures. 

GERMANTOWN (Dr. Stumpeflg, Mgr.; Agt., 
Chas. J. Kraus).— Winters, Harris and Troy; 
Gertrude Dudley and Co. ; Alfred and Pearl ; 
Lester, Laurie and Quinn ; Richard Karsey. 
Second half— Walter Boydell and Co., Two 
Mandys ; Dan Mulumby ; Harrison and Mllles. 
Pictures. 

FIFTY-SHCOND STREET (Geo. Bothwell, 
mgr.; agent, Chas. J. Kraus).— Walter Boydell 
ft Co., Sampson Trio ; Princess Elizabeth ; Dan 
Mulumby. Second half— Gertrude Dudley and 
Co., Mae Healey ; Winters, Harris and Troy; 
Rose Kessner. Pictures. 

HIPPODROME PALACE (J. Segal, mgr.; 
agent. Chas. J. Kraus).— Burton and Primrose; 
Burton's dogs ; Shields and Gull ; Firth Sisters. 
Pictures. 

AURORA (Donnelly and Collins, mgrs. ; 
agent. Chas. J. Kraus).— West and Henry; Bil- 
ly McDermott ; Christine. Second half— Inter- 
national Trio ; Most Twins ; Cole and Coleman ; 
Collins and Wlble. Pictures. 

BROAD STREET CASINO (John Long, mgr. ; 
agent, Chas. J. Kraus).— Rose Kessner; Most 
Twins; Two Mandys. Second half— West and 
Henry ; Princess Elizabeth ; Ladone. Pictures. 

MAJESTIC THEATRE (Alex. Miller, mgr. ; 
agents, Stein. ft Leonard. Inc.).— Metropolitan 
Four ; Jack ft Gllda ; Cannon ; Princess Rayah ; 
Mizuma Troupe ; Roma Duo. 

MAJESTIC THEATRE. Camden (Wm. Valll. 
mgr.; agents. Stein ft Leonard. Inc.).— DeNette 
Sisters ; Burtlno ; Wells ft Dally ; R. O. Thomp- 
son ; The Smiths ; Jack and Gllda Cannon. 

COLONIAL THEATRE (B. H. Krelltz, mgr.; 
agents. Stein ft Leonard, Inc.).— The New 
York Comedy Four. 

CRYSTAL PALACE ( D. Bayllnson, mgr.; 
agents, Stein ft Leonard, Inc.).— Nolrne Car- 
man and Her Minstrel Boys ; The Landslngs ; 
Tyson ft Slawson ; Mizuma Troupe ; The 
Blacks ; LeRoy and Lee. 

CRYSTAL PALACE, 7th St. (S. Morris, 
mgr.; agents. Stein & Leonard, Inc.).— Lussler 
Sisters ; LeRay ft Lee. 

ALEXANDER THEATRE (Geo. Alexander, 
mgr.; agents, Stein A Leonard, Inc.).— Tom 
Slddons ; Held ft LaRue ; Burtlno ; Levis A 
O'Connor ; Chas. Brock. 

FAIRHILL PALACE (C. Stangel, mgr.; 
agents. Stein ft Leonard, Inc.).— Anton ft Bre- 
nan ; Smith ft Eaton. 

MAJESTIC PALACE (J. Berger, mgr.; 
agents. Stein ft Leonard, Inc.).— R. O. Thomp- 
son ; The Gabberts ; Roma Duo ; McKessIck ft 
Shadney ; Lilly Langton ; Noirne Carmen and 
Her Minstrel Boys ; DeNette Sisters ; Frank I 
Larklns. 

LYRIC PALACE (O. E. Scott, agent).— Mor- 
ton-West ; Morton Trio ; DeHoma Bros.. Jim 
Grahm ; Shannon and Trent ; Delmore and Ral- 
ston ; Mile. Mables Dogs. 

RIVER VIEW PAVILION (Geo. E. Scott, 
agent).— Mysterious Nells and Co., Miss Har- 
per ; Lane and Hamilton. 

MUSEE (O. E. Scott, agent).— Bendon and 
Abendona ; McClucken and Scott 

CASINO (Ellas and Koenlg, mgrs.) — The 
Ginger Girls. 

TROCADERO (Sam M. Dawson, mgr.)— Sam 
T. Jack Co. 

GAYETY (John P. Eckhardt, mgr.)— Charles 
Robinson's Crusoe Girls. 

WILLIAM PENN (Geo. Metzel, mgr.; 
booked direct).— Delmar-Staley Co.. Six Bal- 
tons ; Edwin Latell ; Nan Aker and Co. ; Mil- 
ler and Russell ; Alice White ; George Kane 
and Brother. Pictures. 

ni.IOU (Joseph Dougherty, mgr. ; agent, U. 
B. O.).— The great Ariadne and Co.. Wlnkler- 
Kress Trio ; Rowley and Gay ; Mile. Dorva and 
Prof. Deleon ; Will Morrlsey ; Pauline Fletcher 
and Co. Pictures. 

VICTORIA (Jay Mastbaum. mgr.; agent, H. 
nart McHugh).— Lowell and Esther Drew; 
Rice Brothers ; Boyd Brothers ; Oaylor and 
Wlltse ; Melodious Bates ; Two Hardts ; Rich 
and Rich ; Yorke-Herbert Trio ; George Offer- 
man. Pictures. ¥T 

PALACE (Jules E. Aronson, mgr.; agent, II. 
Bart McHugh).— Belle Gordon and Al Barber; 
Dora Roma ; Franklo Wallace : Pattle Broth- 
ers ; Drago ; Martha Razer ; Zarelll and De 
Amon ; Williams and Blssett ; That Clever 
Trio. Pictures. 

PARK (F. O. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger mgr.; agent, 
direct).— Cantelly Pippins; Melvln and Bond; 
Brltrah and Beltrah ; Lloyd Bridge and Co., 
Variety Trio. Pictures. 

PEOPLES (F. O. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger. mgr.: 
agent direct).— Six Bohemians; Springer and 
Church • Totlto and Co., Allen Delmalne and 
Harold ;' Musical Klelses. Pictures. 

STANDARD ( F. O. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger. mgr.; 
agent direct).— Military Four; Spike Howard; 
Van Leer and Lester; Sanford and Darlington. 
Pictures. 




Hotel Plymouth 

EUROPEAN PLAN 

38th STREET, BeL7tIi ft 8tt Am, NEW YORK CITY 

New Fireproof Building A Stone's Throw from Broadway 

"NIITinF THF DATFQ" A room by U« 4*7. with «• of hath. $1.00 
NUIIOE, IIIC IIIIILO ma $L2oslmiI«; $1.10 and $1.75 doubU. 
A room by th« day. with prlvaU bathroom attached, $1,50 single ; $2.00 
double. Rooms with »• of bath, from $6.00 to $8.00 per week single, 
and from $0.00 to $8.60 doable. Rooms with private bath attached from 
$8.60 to $10.00 per week single, and from $0.60 to $11.00 double. "NO 
HIGHER." 

Every room has hot and cold running water, electric light and long- 
distance telephone. Restaurant a la carte. Club breakfasts. 



Phone, 1520 Murray Hill 



T. SINNOTT, Mgr 



LEONARD HICKS 

GEO. F. ROBERTS. Asst. Manager 



A Real Proprietor of a 
Real Place to Live 



utu. r. HUDEiHia, assi. manager If A FT1 IT /^vv a mrffi 

c.r -„..< ■£ id,,*.,. *.» HOTEL GRANT 



FURNI8HED 
FLATS 



CHICAGO 

The EDMOND'S 

The Only Flats Catering Exclusively to Performers 

764-766 8th Are., between 46th and 47th 8ts. 776, 778. 780 8th Ave., between 47th and' 48th 8ts. 

HEADQUARTERS, 776 8th Are 
'Phone 666 and 564 Bryant RATES— 110.00 UPWARD. 

ONE BLOCK TO TIMES SQUARE. NEW YORK CITY 

STEVENS' CAFE 

One square from Dockstader's, where you 
can get 8 squares, and more too. 

8 E. Seventh St; 615 King St. 

WILMINGTON, DEL. 

Rooms as well. 

bill coming down that had been hooked to play 
all week. The Collier management made 
arrangements with Mr. Wesley for the open- 
ing of the show at the Savoy. 



Winchester Hotel 

"THE ACTOR'S HOME." 

8an Francisco, Cal. 

Rates— 66c. to $2 a day, $8.50 to $8 per week. 
600 Rooms. Centrally located, near theatres. 
ROLKIN ft SHARP. Props. 

CHAS. BUSBT. Mgr. 

ZEISSE'S HOTEL 

Opposite the Walnut and Casino Theatre*, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

ATLANTIC CITY 

By I. B. Pulaski. 

YOUNGS PIER (W. E. Shackelford, mgr.; 
agent. Ben Harris, through U. B. O.).— "The 
Phelnd Minstrels," carnival of "ragtime," real 
headline attraction ; Donovan and Arnold, hit ; 
John W. Ransone (New Acts) ; Gardiner and 
Vincent. In "Winning a Queen." amusing; 
Canfleld and Carlton. In "The Hoodoo," very 
funny ; N. M. Nelson, comedy Jugglers, Im- 
mense ; A. W. Porter, (New Acts). 

SAVOY (Harry Brown, mgr.; agent, Louis 
Wesley).— Alf. Ripon, Scotch ventrlloqulBt. very 
clever; Nlblo and Rellly, good; The Seaburys, 
jugglers and skaters, clever ; Chas. Lee Calder 
nnd Co.. In "Three Million Dollars"; Mary 
Davis, songs ; John Lavere, trapeze, very 
clever. "Talking" pictures. 

MILLION DOLLAR PIER (J. L. Young and 
Kennedy Crossan. mgrs.).— M. P. 

STEEPLETHASE PIER (R. Morgan and 
W. H. Fennan. mgrs.).— M. P. 

CRITERION (John Child, mgr.).— M. P. 

At the Apollo Monday "The Soul Kiss" ap- 
peared. Tuesday and Wednesday "The Time, 
Plare and The Girl," had the call. For the 
last half of the week Henry B. Harris an- 
nounces Elsie Ferguson In n new four art by 
Byron Ongley entitled "Ambition." The story 
Is that of a young girl who chooses a "career" 
in preference to the marital state. 

Frank Mills. Wm. Harrington. Edward See. 
Lawrence Eddlngcr. Helen Macbeth. Beatrice 
Prentiss, support her In the new show. 

Next Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday Will- 
iam Collier under the management of Lew 
Fields will open In a new show at the Savoy 
entitled "I'll Be Hanged If I Do." It Is de- 
scribed as a farelal melodrama and wan writ- 
ten by Edgar Selwyn and William Collier 

As announced previously the Savoy will run 
vaudeville throughout the winter months 
bnoked In by Ix>uls Wesley. Although William 
Collier plays the house the first half of next 
week In his new show, the latter half of the 
week will be devoted to -vaudeville the same 



E. L. Perry, manager of Steeplechase Pier 
for the past two years, left, recently, to take 
charge of the Isman chain of theatres In 
Pennsylvania. R. Morgan Is now the business 
manager, and W. II. Fennan the amusement 
manager of the Pier. Both were assistants 
under Mr. Perry. 



Again Oreste Vessella, the raven-locked 
bandmaster, Is vaccilatlng In the- limelight. 
This time it Is a civil suit against the Adams 
Express Co. Through the evidence produced 
at the preliminary hearing, It leaked out that 
Oreste was the composer of a grand opera. 
He had entrusted the express company with 
the shipment of the manuscript to Europe, 
and It had gone astray. Therefore he Is seek- 
ing $10,000 for the loss. 



ST. LOUIS 

COLl'MBIA (Frank Tate, mgr.; agent, Or- 
pheum Circuit ).— Graham's Manikins. not 
greatly different from others; Lightning Hop- 
per, good cartoonist; Moratl Opera Company, 
a good lyric act; Marie Fenton. gifted; Char- 
lotte Parry in "The Comstock Mystery," a lit- 
tle old but still wonderful for its changes; 
Mrs. Bessie Down Rlcker makes debut in 
Child Verse Recitals, very clever; "The 
Leading Lady." competent, cast; Clifford nnd 
Burke, and Reed Brothers. 

PRINCESS (Dan S. Flshell, mgr.; agent. 
William Morris).— "Danses Classlque," prom- 
ises to make as great a sensation here as did 
Eltlnge and "The Barnyard Romeo." It Is 
big clever act. Rlvoll scored. with quick 
changes and Impersonations; Felix and Claire, 
dec id« d hit. Others Busse's dogs ; Onlte. Wal- 
ter .lames Gardner Stoddard, and Virginia 
Grant. 

STANDARD (Leo Relchenbaeh, mgr.)— "Star 
Show Girls." pood show. 

GAYETY (Frank V. Hawley. mgr.)— "Beh- 
man Show." right up to standard. 

COLONIAL (Harry R. Overton, Mgr.).— 
Countess Marie Antoinette Leontlne ; LeClalr 
and Sampson ; Hutch Lusby. Archie Onrol. 
Wolf and lee; Yule and Simpson. 

Burton Holmes Is packing 'em In at the 
Odeon- "Lulu's Husbands" with Mahel Bar 

rlson and Harry Conor Is at the Garrick. 

Eltlnge had record week at the Princess. He 



pulled a big preBs stunt by going to a woman's 
fashion store here and putting on several 
$300 gowns which fitted him perfectly. El- 
tlnge was photographed In them and the pic- 
tures were used In a big advertisement. 

CINCINNATI 

By Harry Hess. 

COLUMBIA (II. K. Shockiey, mgr. ; agent, 
Orpheum Circuit. Sunday rehearsal, 10).— 
Redford ft Winchester, clever ; Earl and Cur- 
tis, good; Henry Horton and Co., excellent; 
Lloyd and Roberts, good ; "A Night in a 
Monkey Music Hall," scored ; Gertrude Holl. 
man retained, bigger than first weea. 

EMPRESS (Edward Shields, mg'.; agent, 
S.-C. Sunday rehearsal, 10).— Three Alva- 
rettes, good ; Stirling ft Chapman, hit ; Tom 
and Edith Almond, good ; L. T. Rldgely and 
Co., clever ; Robbie Zeno and Eva Mandel, 
hit; Four Charles (New Acts). 

AMERICAN (Harry Hart, mgr. ; agent, 
direct. Monday rehearsal, 10). — The Lom- 
bards, good ; Viollnl, excellent ; Swedish Sing- 
ing Girls, hit; Paris Bros., good; Miskel, 
Hunt, and Miller, fine; Ella Le Page, very 
good ; Smith ft Harris, very funny. 



PEOPLES (James E. Fennesay, mgr.— 
"Moulin Rouge Burlesquers.' 

STANDARD (Frank J. Clemens, houso 
agent).— "The Banner Show." 



BALTIMORE 

By Larry. 

SAVOY (Sol. J. Saphler, mgr.; agent, Will- 
iam Morris).— May Ward, pronounced hit; the 
Five MacLarens, above ordinary ; William F. 
Harvey and Co., clever; Conway and Lcland, 
novelty ; Evans and Jones, fair ; Healy and 
Adams, good ; Charles Hughes and his danc- 
ing girls, applause ; Dnnbar and Semon, good. 

WILSON (M. L. Scharbley, mgr.; agent, 
Joe Wood). — Whysall and Edwards, scream; 
Eddie Barte, very good ; Nokomls, monk, 
clever act; Harry Leander and Co., fair; 
Mexican Marimba Quartette, liked. 

VICTORIA (Charles E. Lewis, mgr. ; agent. 
William Josh Daly ).— Caroline Franklin and 
Co., laughing hit; Huddleton's animals, good; 
Zarelll and Dc Amon, usual ; Homan and 
Hum, fair. 

GAYETY (William L. Ballauf, mgr.)— Sam 
Howe's "Ix)vemakers." 

MONUMENTAL (Marty Jacobs, mgr.)— Pat 
White and his Gaiety Girls. 



ANN ARBOR, MICH. 

MAJESTIC (Arhur Laur, mgr.; agent W. 
V. M. A.).- Monday rehearsal, week 10. Red- 
wood and Gordon, well received ; Davis and 
Walker, good : Harry and Kathrine Mitchell, 
pleased; "In Cattle Land," sketch, well acted; 
Billy Clark, scored big; Lew Wells, laughing 
hit ; Rex Comedy Circuit, very> good ; "A 
Night With the Poets," repeat former suc- 
cess. MELTON. 

MAJESTIC (Arthur Laur, mgr. ; agent, W. 
V. M. A.).— Monday rehearsal, 2. Steel and 
McMasters, good ; Obereta Sisters, well re- 
ceived ; Mabel Elaine, good ; Geo. Crotty, 
pleased; Anna Blanche and Co., fair; Fred 
and Opel Elliot, went well; Story, fair; Im- 
perial Quartet, headllner. MELTON. 



BEAUMONT, TEX. 

PEOPLES (I'lttman ft Clemmons, mgrs.; 
agent, Charles E Hodklns ; rehearsal, Mon- 
day. 1 .;{<». Week 10. Del Godfrey Trio, 
very good ; Ida Howell, comedienne, good ; 
the Hidalgos, singers and dancers, well re- 
ceived ; Edwin Warren, pleased ; Boston Von 
& Co.. In sketch, well received. WALKER. 



BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 

Bl.IOU (W. E. Smith, mgr.; agent. II. B. 
O. Mondny rehearsal, 11).— Gllmore and Cas- 
tle, hlg ; Butler and Earle, entertaining; 
Harry Rose, good ; Lambert Trio, well re- 
ceived . - EMPIRE (S. L. Oswald, mgr. Mon- 
day rehearsal 10.:t0).— Hornmnn. clever; Ollie 
Young, very good ; HasRctts, went well ; New 
York Comedy Four, liked ; "School Days." 

big hit. POLLS (L. D. Oarvey. mgr ; agent. 

V. B. O. Monday rehearsal. 10) —The Mai- 
dens, clever; George F. Hall, good; Tom 
Barry and Co., did nlcelv ; Mcintvre and 
Franklin. very good- JOLF.Y .- Wild and 
Co, big; Edmund Stanley and Co, good; 
Charles Ahenrn Troupe. Mg. 

NOTE. Steven L. Oswald has l>r< n ;i|. point- 
ed mnnngcr of Keeney's Empire Tli<atr<- The 
Academy of Music at SeranNm. whkh Mr. 
Oswald has Just leTt. has )»■< n i r • n fernd to 
S. Z. Poll, who has another d'.itre In that 
city. 



CLEVELAND. 



HIPPODROME 
agent, C. M. t 



(II. A 

'nl!l 1'i'k 



1 »ii 11 1 «■ Ik. 
Tito, did 



tMLT. 

nic i I v 



Three I>o]. c Si »er 
Co . ple.i :M |- ; C 1 

Stan . ( I'V r : \ 

ers. « mi fa \ <>r : « 
«n'< rf :i ; n i 'ii r : • 'I. i 
Odiva. he;idli:i- :■ 



d.i in' v ; Mojia If van and 
I' i v, I' i at ii re ; \elT and 

:■!' 'it .-Mid h< »• I'oiir Sing. 

i'i'" and I'.inny I'sher, 
I'". S- m>>n. favorite : 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



28 



VARIETY 



Well Here it ia 



Can an aot that Is an absolute riot got Booking? 



Gome and See it 



BELDON. CHAPPLE and CO. 



9 



SHOWING NONA/ 14th St. Theatre 

Scream from Curtain to Curtain 



Hurricane Hit 



THE CHAS. K. HARRIS COURIER 



OBINGTON FOUR, '£ 



LEWIS 



Tenor 2d Tenor Baritone Basso 

MEM HUMS tUDMAI ■ALLUi 

Making Some Hit 

Singing ' 

"STAR OF MY DREAMS, 



SHINE ON 



ii 



Lyric by 
ARTHUR J. LAMB 



Music by 
JOHNT. HALL 



CHA8. K. HARRIS 

Saw Vert 



MEYER COHEN, ■■"•g" M 



PROSPECT (H. A. Daniels, mgr.; »««"!}• 
U P B ) -DeMaios. great l™*™*^*^ 
wnn favor : Pankey and Cook, noveiiy , !*■ 
PhnuSffi'; JoMphlne Clalrmont and Co 
feature; Kovarlck, good; 8a Hera. Jg* llB ^- 

rn Avn 13 H. Mlchels, mgr. ; agent, v. 
B.?-Kffi.N. J tV clever ; Richard, and Tbatebjr 
won ' avo|, J &lllmans, good; Palean - .5**?! 
F?oxene. hit; Golden and Hughe., pleaae . 
"Balloon Girl." heads the bill. 

STAR (Drew & Campbell, mgra.) — The uosy 

C EMPIRE l8 (Ed. McArdle. mgr. ) .-Roble's 
Knickerbockers. WALTBR D H OLCOMB. 

COLUMBUS, O. 

KEITHS (W. W Proser, mar. ; agent, U. 
n O • Monday rehearsal lO.dO) — Frea bi. 
Snge and Co..flne; Hilda Hawthorne very 
Kood- Schrode and Mulvery, well liked. 
AnUm' Dlais Monkeys, pleased ; Ethel Green. 
hit; "The Little Stranger." ^I^JgF.; 

nlre Comedy Four, laugh hit- ORANU 

(Tack Levy. mgr. ; .Meet. Coney Holmcj; Mgj 
dav and Thursday rehearsal J 1 - 30 ^"^ 
W%te a Zola, simple ? LeRoy Beach en ter *in- 
lna- Walters, Alward and Hampel (New 
AeU) Nettle Fields nice dancer ; Cod, ; and 

Merrltt Sisters, excellent. PRINCEBH (Baw. 

Browning mgr. ; agent, Gus Sun : Monday re- 
KJrsal 10). -Lillian Kelter; funetaros and 
Co. ; Edna Harland ; Two Trents.— -COLUM- 
BUS (Thompson Bros., mgrs. ; agent, Colum- 
bus Valdevllle Agency ; Monday rehearsal 10). 
-Kern and Lors ; Barbara Oerst ; Smith and 
Ashcroft; Bennett «*J^ CH ARLBY.» 



DAVENPORT, IA. 



AMERICAN (C. E. Berkell, mgr. ; William 
Morris, agent. Rehearsal, Monday, l^ ..w . 
week 10).— Klrksmlth Sisters, musical, created 
a furore ; Rutledge. Balnbrldge and Bradshaw, 
well liked ; Kelfer and Kline, dance well ; Mrs. 
Peter Maher and her Llllautlan favorites ; 
the Great Kelter, wire novelty, but the Scotch 
lassie who appeared with him did not meet 
with the management's approval, and her part 
of the act was closed. 

A benefit Is to be given for Joe Brown, for 
years connected with the theatres here 

SHARON. 



DAYTON. O. 

LYRIC (Max Hurtlg. mgr.; agent, U. B. O.). 
—Great Ergottl and Lilliputians, good ; Mrs. 
Fay headline ; Farrell-Taylor Trio, very good ; 
Rlcard and Llnergan. big hit; Ward and Cur- 
ran, big applause ; Four McNallys, very good. 
' 6 V R. W. MEYERS. 



DECATUR, ILL. 

BIJOU (A. Siegfried, mgr.; agent, M. V. 
W A.).— 10-12. Bessie Valdalr Troupe, cy- 
clists, pleased ; Hickman Bros, and Co.. went 
well ; Eddie Gray, very funny ; Swift and 
Rhodes, good ; Frevoll. shadographlst, well 
liked 13-15.— Carroll Gillette Troupe. Kate 
Watson. Williams and Gordon, Skates Ray, 
Yackley and Bunnell. Business fine. 

A. C. RACE. 



DES MOINES. 

(By Wire.) 
ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent, 
direct).— Honeymoon dHQfflO 3 (roB D.C.yet 
direct). —"Imperial Musicians," good; "The 
Prima Donna's Honeymoon," scored ; Fannie 
Rice, liked ; Stafford and Stone, fair ; Harry 
Atkinson ; liked ; Stewart and Marshall, good ; 



Sarnaroff and Sonla, pleasing ; Majestic ; Ar- 
noldo's Animals, scored ; Mabel More, unusual ; 
Oriole Trio, excellent ; Geo. Alexander, fair. 

JOE. 



ELMIRA, N. T. 

HAPPY HOUR (O. H. Ven Demark, mgr. ; 
agent, U. B. O. ; Monday rehearsal 11).— 17- 
18. T. C. Goodwin, excellent ; Davis and Cooper 

good ; Josef Samuels, hit. FAMILY (Max 

Sherman, mgr. ; agents, Buckner-Shea ; Mon- 
day rehearsal 10). — 17-10; Beleiel, wall re- 
ceived ; Kathaleen Kay, good ; Harry Booker, 
good ; M. P. J. M. BEERS. 



ERIE, PA. 

ALPHA (E. H. Suerken, mgr.; agent, Loew ; 
Monday rehearsal 10). — May and Lily Burns, 
well received ; Spiegel and Dunne, big ; Oll- 
mour and La Tour, good ; Howard Truesdell 
and Co., amusing; Laurie Ordway, clever; 
Rlngllng and Co., excellent. 

PARK (Jeff Callan, mgr.; agent, U. B. O. ; 
Monday rehearsal 10) .— Vedmars, clever ; Havl- 
land and Thornton, big ; Augustus Neville and 
Co., clever; Gordon and Keyes, well received; 
Helen Sblpman. excellent ; The Shipman. ex- 
cellent ; The Maid of Mystery, feature. 

COLONIAL (A. P. Weschler. mgr. ; asst. 
mgr., C. R. Cummins; agent, Gus Sun, Mon- 
day rehearsal 10). — Hawaiian Quartette, very 
good ; Bern Ice Howard and Co., clever ; 
Howard Bros., hit ; Lizzie Wilson, excellent ; 
Namba Japanese Troupe, fine ; Zoubolakls, 
clever. 

HAPPY HOUR (D. H. Connelly, mgr.; 
agent, Geo. VerBeek).— Harley ft Harley, 
clever ; Cliff Marlon, good. 

M. MIZENER. 

FORT WAYNE, IND. 

TEMPLE (F. E. Stouder, mgr. ; agent, W. 
V. A.).— Watson Hutchlngs , Edwards and Co., 
scored ; American Gypsy Girls, well received : 
Guerro and Carmen, refined musical : Tony and 
Flo Vernon, good ; Elliott and West, dancers. 
very good ; Garden City Trio, excellent ; Mar- 
tlnettie and Sylvester, acrobatic, hit. 

LYRIC (Sprague Green, mgr. : agent. F. Q. 
Doyle).— Vaudeville, M. P. and 111. songs. 

H. J. R. 

FT. WORTH, TEX. 

MAJESTIC (Interstate agent.; T. W. Mul- 
laly, mgr.). — Week 0; Arturo Bernard!, fea- 
tured ; Salambos ; Betsey Bacon ; Eary Flynn 
and wife; Silverado Edith Haney ; Charlie 

Hasty. IMPERIAL (W. H. Ward, mgr.).— 

Three Dales ; Nebur and Cacum ; Smith and 
Brown ; DeRossl Trio ; Bell Boy ; Duo and 
Clarence Able. 



HAMILTON, ONT. 

TEMPLE J. G. Appleton. mgr. : agent. U. 
B. O. ; Monday rehearsal 10).— Wood Bros., 
heary reception : John Birch, fair ; Nelll and 
Chapman, headllners, good : Miller and Corelll, 
clever; Five Annains. decided hit; Jack Mc- 
Kay, good ; Three Nevaris. clever. M. S. D. 



HARRIBBURG. PA. 

ORPHEUM (C. F. Hopkins, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O. ). — Three Luclfers. very good; Lewis 
and Chapin, pleased ; Eckart and Berg, pleas- 
ing voices ; Gus Edwards' "Kountry Kids." 
scored : Gene Hughes and Co., well received ; 
Big City Four, many encores ; La Pla. draw- 
ing crowds. J. P. J. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 

POLT'S (Oliver C. Edwards, mgr. ; agent, 
IT. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10).— "The Photo 
Shop." went big ; Claude Ranf. clever ; 
Josephine Davis, big hit ; Kelly and Kent, 
went well ; "Election Night." appreciated ; 
Clipper Quartette, hit; Cooper and Robinson, 
scored. 

HARTFORD (Fred P. Dean. mgr. ; agent, 
James Clancy ; rehearsals Monday and Thurs- 
day 11).— 17-10; Edna Ellis, fair; Bailey and 
Teare. good ; Ross and Green, good ; Brown 
and Newman, clever; Three Nichols, hit; Dil- 
lon, lecturer, scored ; 20-22. 

SCENIC (Harry C. Young, mgr. ; agent, 
direct; Monday rehearsal 10).— Malcom. went 
well ; Marlon Marshall, usual : Rose Felmar, 
clever. 



The Hartford showed 20 views of the Colum- 
bus Day parade first half of the week taken 
by Manager Dean. The local feature drew 
well. 



The T. M. A. Is making plans for Its annual 
ball to be held soon after New Year's. 

H. Fa*erskov has leased the Parkvllle and 
will open It on Fridays and Saturdays only 
Saturday will be "competition" night. 

R. W. OLMSTEAD. 



JAMESTOWN, N. Y. 

LYRIC (H. A. Dearourff, mgr.).— McDonald, 
Connelly and Darvo, excellent ; Charles Har- 
ris, comedy, good ; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dow- 
ling, sketch, pleased ; Sperry and Ray, good ; 
The Grohvims, clever. L. T. BERLINER. 



KALAMAZOO, MICH. 

MAJESTIC (H. W. Crull, mgr.; agent, W. 
V. A. ; rehearsal Monday 1).— Mile. Omega, 
"Venus on the Wire," good ; World's Comedy 
Four, good ; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. P. Burt and 
Daughter, In breezy Western comedy playlet, 
fair ; Rex Comedy Circus, good. Pictures. 

CLEMENT. 



KANSAS CITY. 

(By Wire.) 
ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; 
agent, direct).— Annette Kellerman, Second 
Week ; Granville and Rogers, hit ; James 
Thornton, decided hit ; Mlldren Grover, good ; 
Montamb and Bartelll, fair; "Swat Mllligan," 

good ; "In a Grecian Garden," well done. 

OAYETY.— "London Belles" lively show; Ex- 
press and Alblnl. headllner ; Three Ameres, 
good ; Anita Primrose, fair ; Gllmore Lemayne, 
Perry and Co., ordinary ; Frank and Kate 

Carlton, fair. CENTURY.— "Big Review," 

excellent company. PHIL. McMAHON. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 

MARY ANDERSON (J. L. Weed, mgr.; 
agents, U. B. O.).— Elsie, Wulff and Waldoff, 
good opener; C. McDonald and Co., good; 
Duncan, fine ; Piccolo Midgets, heartily re- 
ceived ; Meredith Sisters, very good ; "The 
Code Book." interesting ; Belle Baker, hit; Joe 
Jackson, fine closing. BUCKINGHAM (Hor- 
ace McCrockllss).— Americans', very good. 

OAYETY (Al. Bouller, mgr.).— "Midnight 
Maidens," good. J. M. OPPENHEIMER. 

MALDEN, MASS. 

AUDITORIUM (J. W. Bradstreet, mgr. ; 
agent; Monday rehearsal 11). — Blakes Animal 
Circus, feature ; Greder and Faulkner, gener- 
ously applauded ; Carmen, made good ; Walker 
and Wood, fair. T. C. KENNEY. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent, 
direct; Monday rehearsal, 10). — Week 10, 
Sloan, Mack ft Co, sketch, headllners, capital ; 
Covington ft Wilbur, sketch, clever ; Rameses, 
magician, mystifying; Four Rlanos, comedians, 
well received. Holdovers : Artols Duo ; Geo. 
Auger ; Kalmer ft Brown ; Bison City Four. 

LOS ANGELES (Geo. A. Bovyer, mgr. ; 

agent, C. O. Brown; Monday rehearsal 11). — 
Al. Lawrence, headllner, hit; Williams ft 
Western, fair ; Rawson and Clare, good ; Gray 
and Peters, novel ; Stokes and Ryan, fair ; 

Fassio Trio, ordinary. LEVY'S (Al. Levy, 

mgr. ; agent, L. Behymer ; Monday rehearsal 
10).— Virginia Ware; Jeanette Dupree; Fern 
Melrose ; Lillian Lillian and Bruce Bailey, all 

do pleasing singing turns. PANTAGES* (A. 

Johnson, mgr. ; agent, direct ; Monday re- 
hearsal 10). — Musical Spillers, entertaining; 
Chester and Jones, artistic ; Betty Blake, pass- 
able ; Cameron and Gaylord, original ; Paris 
Green, took well ; Four Regals, fair. 

EDWIN F. OMALLEY. 



MERIDEN, CONN. 

POLIS (Tom Kirby, mgr. ; agent, James 
Clancy; Monday rehearsal 11). — Frank Mc- 
Crea, good ; Belle Adair, good ; Sagar ft Mldge- 
ly, very good ; Clark and Bergman, good ; 
"Southern Serenaders," hit; Rice, Sully ft 
Scott, good (20-22) "Boys in Blue" ; Paul 
Stevens, Nolan and Wilson; Weston Sisters; 
Floyd Mack ; Rlchardsons. 

CRYSTAL (Pindar ft Rudloff, mgrs.).— M. 
P. and songs by Mr. HUlard. 

STAR (R. T. Halllwell, mgr.).— M. P. and 
songs by Maybelle Burke. W. F. S. 



MILWAUKEE. 

MAJESTIC (James A. Hlgler, mgr. ; agent, 
Orpheum Circuit; rehearsal Monday 10.30).— 
Kelsey and Shannon, In attractive sketch ; 
Chas. Law lor and Daughter, pleasing ; Alex- 
ander and Scott, good ; Smith and Campbell, 
good ; Ernest Pantzer and Co.. clever ; Mile. 
Latrlska, clever novelty ; Lena Tyson, good 
boy impersonations ; Rio, remarkable gym- 
nast. 

CRYSTAL (Edward Raymond, mgr. ; agent 
Orpheum Circuit).— Marlus Quintet, beauti- 
ful musical act ; Two Mascots, neat acrobatics ; 
Glendover and Mannlon, good ; Alsace and 
Lorraine, pleasing; Hnlllgan and Ward. good. 

GAYETY (Wm. E. Mick. mgr.). -"Dainty 
Duchess," entertaining burlesque with big 
company. 

STAR (F Trottman, mgr.). -"Kentucky 
Belles," good production. 

ORPHEUM— Princess. Lyric and Delight (T 
Saxe, mgr.).— Pictures and songs. 

HERBERT MORTON. 




ADAMS 



and 



LEWIS 

In Refined Musical Comedy 

Riot on Hodkins' Circuit 




MILLMAN TRIO 

MARVELOUS DANCING UPON THE AERIAL WIRE 

MISS DOLLY MILLMAN MISS JOEY MILLMAN 
MISS RAY MILLMAN J. D. MILLMAN 

THE WORLD'S GREATEST WIRE ARTISTS. 

September— Central Theatre, Dresden (Germany) 

October— Schuman's Theatre, Frankfurt (Germany) 

November— Palais De Ete, Brusaels (Belgium) 

• Time all filled 1012— Australia. 

Duplicating our former great success in Europe. 
Back to America In 1013. 



Wktn miwrtm g adwrtUemtnts kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



*) 



CHARLE8 HORWITZ 

Author of the best sketches playing the best 
vaudeville time in America and Europe. His 
record proves it. Over 200 successes to his 
credit. Including those big hits for Mr. and 
Mrs. Mark Murphy, Oracle Emmett and Co., 
Harry First and Co., Chadwlck Trio. 

Room 315. 1402 Broadway, New York City. 
'Phone 2549 Murray Hill. 

P. S— Will coach and stage act If in New 
York. 



EVENING GOWNS STREET DRESSES 
SOUBRETTE DRESSES. FURS. 

330 St. State Street CHICAGO 

MKNZKM'N SCHOOL OF ARTISTIC 
BALLET AND PANTOMIME 

22 East 16th St. New York 

Toe, Character, Grecian Pantomime Danoss 
Invented. Originator of "Salome," "Spring 
Song," "Vampire," "Satanella," "Blue Da- 
nube," "Pare Oent Suite," "Valse Caprice," 
Chopin's Prelude, Hlndn Dances, "Classic Danes 
Russe" and Spectacular Ballets arranged. 
Chantecler Dance, and Novelty Vaudeville 
Acts produced. °Copnalia. M "Olsela," "Oio- 
conda" and Opera Ballets Directed. 
MANAGERS TAKE NOTE 



DOOM 



^^s^sTMW 



Mme. A. Dickey 

EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS IN COSTUMES. 

Costumer for La Petite Adelaide, Daisy Har- 
court, Nellie Lynch, Ford Sisters and others 

Address GERARD HOTEL. 44th St., New York. 

Have Your Card in VARIETY 

nL»i. 1^ P*rli Panels. 8 x 12 $2 00 

rnflfnS 50 Paris Panels. 8 x 12.... 7.00 
I llUtUeJ 100 Pari , p ane i B , 8 x 12. . . . 1200 

WEINBERG'S STUDIO. 228 Bowery. N. Y. C. 

THEATRICAL COSTUMER 

GEO. LAUTERER 

164 Madison St CHICAGO, ILL. 

Send for Variety catalogue. 

STARR & SACKS 

The Home of the Soubrette Gown 

Slightly used evening, stage and street dresses 
always on hand. Also Gents' Wardrobe. 
Soubrette and evening gowns made to order. 

843 North Clark Street. CHICAGO. 

Artists. Give Us a Look 



wie 



Real Hair, Crap Wig, black. $1.00 
Clown 76 ©ante, Negro SB Mats 
Dress Wig $1.00. lap. Bald $1.80, 
•oubrette $1.60 and $2.00. 
Paper Maeae Heads. Helmets, eta. 
KLJPPWtT, MSr.. t4$ 4tt Ave.. N. V. 

TWO YOUNG MEN 

Desire Small Parts In 
Vaudeville Act 

Will work together or singly. A reasonable 
salary Is all we ask. Make us an offer. 
Address Box 7, VARIETY. New York. 

COSTUMES 

TO ORDER AND FOR RENT 
Soubrette Dresses (best material), $20 and up; 
Stage Gowns (best material), $29 and up; Im- 
ported silk plaited Tights. $2.40 pair. High 
grade qualities at lowest prices. Write for 
variety Catalog. 

NEW YORK THEATRICAL COSTUME CO 
70 Dearborn St.. CHICAGO. ILL. 

THEATRE 



Seating capacity. 1,000, City of Penn, with a 
drawing capacity of 65,000. Brand new and 
absolutely fireproof, fully equipped from front 
to back, including everything. L. B., Box 89, 
1570 Broadway, New York City. 

ORANGE MFG. CO. 

105 West 30th Street. NEW YORK. 

THEATRICAL COSTUMER8. 
Furnishers to the leading Broadway houses. 
Soubrette, ankle dresses and evening drosses. 
Military uniforms. 

Army of the World. 
Representing ANY Navy of the World. 

Period. 
Bend lor Illustrated Catalogue 10. In original 
colors. 




WEAR CILLER'S SHOES and 
YOU WEAR A SMILE 

SHORT VAMP SHOES 

(Eiclsiively for Womcs ) For Stage. Street sao 
Ewwin Weor. Brut Variety. Eidaoivt MoOtls. 

ANDREW GELLER 

CREATOR OP SHORT VAMP 8HOES 

507 6th Ave., New York, Bat. 30th and 31st Sts. 

Send for Illustrated Catalogue 
One Flight Up. Tel. 1550 Madison Sq. 




WIGS 



fas THE WIGGERY 

Oth Floor, I SO State Street 

CH ICAGO 

Largo Assortment, All Kinds, on hand and maoo to order. Spatial faallttlea for aroaapt 
delivery- Bond for Vaudeville Catalog. Free for the eating. Wees la Chleage call. 
Right around the corner from Majestic Theatre. N. W. corner State and Monroe Sta. 

MAHLER BROS. 

SIXTH AVE. and 31st St., NEW YORK 

Half Block from New Penn. Railroad Terminal 

PROFESSIONAL UNDERWEAR HOUSE of America 

a a,,,)*. nM rt.<.t .t .11 u... f UNDERWEAR. TIGHTS. HOSIERY and MAKE-UPS 
Originators and Improvers of Our Famous Snort Vamp Shoes 

Discount to Professionals Allowed Send for New Catalogue, No. S 



CHEAPEST COSTUME HOUSE IN CHICAGO 



$1. 

$i.OO CTPLEY, 



Costumes made to order. 



COSTUMES for rent $1. W18l.tO.85 

271 aass&.lrr" ' 






HICKS' THEATRICAL TRANSFER CO 

GRANT HOTEL, N. W Corner Madison and Dearborn Sts., CHICAGO. 

Phone, Randolph 3241. 
Trunks and Scenery Stored One Week Free. Special Rates to Performers. 

SINGERS AND SINGING ACTS 

Available for MOVING PICTURE THEATRES AND CAFES, write 
WESTERN VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS' ASSOCIATION, Majestic Theatre Bldg.. CHICAGO. 



Thoroughly Experienced 
Vaudeville Manager 

for tfiea\re near New York. Liberal salary 
to right mK State experience. Address Vau- 
deville Manager, care VARIETY. New York. 

TWO ATTRACTIVE MODERN 
MOVING PICTURE THEATRES FOR SALE 

In Seattle, Washington. Good leases, best lo- 
cation In city, and the very finest equipment. 
Will sell both to one party or each one sepa- 
rate. Price on one theatre $12,000, requires 
$5,000 cash; balance on time. The other thea- 
tre $8,000, requires $4,000 cash; balance on 
time. 

Reason for sale is, owner has other interests 
and wishes to leave the city. Address P. O. 
Box 347. Seattle, Wash. 

MONTREAL, CAN. 

ORPHEUM (Gpo. F. Drlscoll, mgr. ; agent, 
U. B. O.).— York and Adams, went big; Mar- 
cels Art Studies, held over; Al. White's Jolly 
Jiggers, goes fair; Emlle Hoch and Co., sketch, 
good, went big ; Lynch and Zeller, very clever ; 
The Vivians, pleaded ; Van Hoven. big ; Clara 
Ballerlnl. clever. "BILLY" ARMSTRONG. 



MUNCIE, IND. 

STAR (Ray Andrews, mgr.; agent. Sun; re- 
hearsal Monday lO.'tO).— Earl Girdeller and 
Dogs, good; Lottie Dwver Trio, took well; 
June Robert's nnd Co , hit ; Will Bradley and 
Co., hit. GEO. FIFER 



NEW HAVEN, CONN. 

POLIS (F. J. Hlndlschl. mgr.; U. B O.; 
Monday rehearsal 10).— De Hancn Sextette, 
bright nnd catchy; Brlce and King, received at- 
tention: Connelly and Heble. very funny; 
Four Floods, hit; Conroy Le Malre and Co., 
good ; Minnie St. Claire, good ; Cycling Brun- 
nettes. Rreat. E. J. TODD. 



AT LIBERTY 

For Vaudeville Act Props— Bits— Business. 

S. H. ABRAMS. 

128 W. 45th St, N. Y. City. 

HYDE & BEHMAN] 

AMUSEMENT COMPANY 

Temple Bar Building, Brooklyn N. Y. 

STAR THEATRE Brooklyn 

GAYE1 Y THEATRE Brooklyn 

OA YETY THEATRE Pittsburg 

STAR AND GARTER Chicago 

ALWAYS OPEN TIME FOR FEATURE ACTS. 



NORFOLK, VA. 

COLONIAL (S. W. Donalds, mgr. ; U. If. O. ; 
rehearsal Monday 10). — Three I^elghtons. fair; 
Agnes Scott and Harry Keane, clever; 
Two MackB, big hit; Deane and Price, 
well received; Musical Johnstons, novelty hit; 
Gordon and Marx, comedians, exceptionally, 
good ; Hlckey Triplets, excellent. 

MAJESTIC (Otto Wells, mgr. ; agent. Nor- 
man Jeffries). Woodford's Animals, draw, 
with Consul II as feature; Thomas Kerr, ex- 
ceptional ; Perry and Elliott, fine. 

ORPHUUM (S. B. Butler, mgr.; Norman 
Jeffries, agent). -17-10 ; Keller and Grogan, 
fine; Van Haddlng, good; Booth Trio, excel- 
lent. 

W. T. Crall opened his new The'atre In New- 
port News, October 17, which seats, 000 
people, playing ten cent vaudeville, booked by 
Norman Jeffries. Mr. Crall now controls a 
"circuit" In Norfolk and vicinity of about 
eight theatres. HELLER. 



NEW LONDON, CONN. 

I^AWRENCE (H. A. Chcenowoth. mgr.; 
agent, Church; rehearsal 11). --17-10; Wesson- 
Walters-Wesson. pleased ; Baker and Murray, 
fair; Great Estes, good; Susie Sutton, very 
good. 

ORPHEl'M (Bullock and Davis, mgrs. ; Phil 
Hunt, agent; rehearsal 11).— 17-10; Hallett 
and Stack, well received ; Burkhardt, Kelley 
and Co.. big; Ray T. Morton, 111. songs. 

EMPIRE (Empire Amusement Co.. mgrs.). 
— 17-10; Four Brahm Girls, classy; Floyd and 
Russell, very good. 8. M. P. 



OAKLAND, CAL. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck. gen. mgr.; agent. 
direct).— Rock and Fulton; Maurice Freeman 
and Co. ; Work and Ower ; "The Neapolitans." 
Holdovers : Howard and Howard ; Evers-Wls- 
don Co. , Fred Singer ; Tom Smith and 
"Peaches " 

BELL (Jules Cohn, mgr.; agent, S.-C.).— 
Will Larry ; Walter ft Co.; Tom Gilliam; 
Crosby and Lee ; Haydn, Borden and Haydn : 
Hallen and Hayes. 

OGDEN, UTAH. 

ORPHEl'M (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent, 
direct; Sunday rehearsal).— Al. Jolson. big 
wfi J : c „ Nu sent and Co.. took well; Rosow 
Midgets, fine; Renee, Van Brothers; Dobes 
and Borel, balanced a pleasing bill 

LYCEUM (Chas. Llpplncott, mgr).— Will 
open about three weeks, in their new house, 
will use Pantages' Bookings, Fisher Agent. 

H. R. BLUTH. 



I. MILLER. MiMfactortr 



202 

W.23MST 




of Theatrical 
Boots A Shoes. 
CLOG. Ballet, 
and Acrobatic 
Shoes a spec 
laity. All work 
made at short 
notloo. 



JAMES MADISON 

VAUDEVILLE AUTHOR 

Writes far Jaa Waleh, Violet Blaek. Jack 
Norworth, Billy B. Van. Al Leech. Btraey 
Bernard and Lee Harrison, Fred, Dupmi. Al 
Carleton, Nat Carr, Pat Rooney, Bd. Wynn, 
Brookes and Carlisle, etc. 

1493 Broad way. New Ysrk HwM 47M BrtOtt 

GET MADISON BUDGET No. 12. $1. 



/ WINDECKER'8 \ 

' Best Juggling Clubs Made \ 
Automatic Juggling Torches 

Papier Mache Work of All Kinds. 
Ventriloquial Figures, Spangles, Tights, 

Write Us. 
185 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. 



SILK. WORSIED and 
COTTON THEATRICAL 




TIGHTS 

Always on hand. Orders 
filled promptly. 

Cotton tights, very good 
quality ; a pair, 75 cents. 

Worsted tights, medium 
weight; a pair. $2.00. 

Worsted tights, heavy 
weight; a pair, $2 75. 

Silk-plaited tights (Im- 
ported) ; a pair, $2.50. 

811k tights, heavy 
weight; a pair, $0.00. 

Pure silk tights ; a pair, 
$8.50. 

Variety catalog free on 
application. 

BERNARD MANDL 
189 E. Matisse Street. Csicsas 



8HORT VAMP 8HOI8 

HOSIERY and SHOES for Stage and Street Wear 

,ls Stick: BLACK KID BALLET SUPPOIS.S1.S0 
SATIN IN ALL SHADES. 12 .00 





Shoe JOtMA Shop 

Tal.Med. S«. 7053 408 Slain Ave. (Bat. 20th i SOU, g (t .) 



Telephc 



'variety 

TTMB8 BQUARB 
NSW TORS CITY N 
Cable Address, "VARISTT. New York." 



ADVERTISING RATE CARD 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



8PACB OR TIMS RA1 

1 Una 10.10 

1 laeh 04 Agate lloea) 1 time t.M 

l In. I months 01 tlmea), la advance. tl.00 
1 In. I CM tlmea). . 00.10 

1 In. 1 year (61 times). .100.00 

1 Page (Oil Agate linen) ISf.OO 

H Page 00.00 

i± Pace 00.00 

Front Page (portrait! of women only). .100.00 

0000 Lines 1 f .10 
10000 Unas Tobt ased within one rear I .17 
OtOOO Lines J [ .10 

PRBTBRRBD POSITIONS 

1 In. aorosa Pago 111.00 

B ID- so s e e e e * e e » s e s e * e e a ae eaa e * Mi •■V 

I In. " '* 40.00 

1 Pago 100.00 

IN ROUTS SHSST 

1 Lino one time 10 10 

tt Inch one month 1.00 

1 ISSOB MIIMMIIMMMMMlllt IB. 00 

ARTISTS' RATS CARD 

Under "Representative Art I sta" 
(Tor Artists Only) 

H Inch single column 14.00 monthly not 

1 Inch •• •• 7.00 

H Inch doahlo *• 0.00 

1 Inch " M 11.14 •• •* 

I Inohea single 1114 

1 inches doable 00.10 

H Lnoh aorosa page 10.00 

1 Inch aoroaa page 01.00 

1 Inehea aoroaa page M 00 

Inehea across page 71.04 

LAROBR SPACR PRO RATA 

Discount saontha, oash In adTanoe, 
Discount months, oash In adamce. 
Discount 11 months, cash In advance, 

(AdTartlaemanta under ' 'Rep r esentative Art- 
Lsta" not accepted for lose thaa one month.) 
No Preferred Positions Given. 
CUTS 

Single Column (1 time) 110.00 

Doable Column fl time) 10.00 



Advertisements forwarded by mall meat be 
accompanied by remittance, made payable to 
Variety Publishing On, 



VARIETY 



Victor Kremer 



.■• 



MAIN OrHCE 
k'l'.'M'S'' 
CHICAGO 



"Night and toy' 

Published In 3 keys. 

"Don't Forget Me, Dearie" 

Great march song. 

"Just a Dream ef Tou. 
Dear" 

Ballad. 

"After the Round-Up" 

Cowboy song. 

"Angle Worm Wiggle" 

Great glide song, by Harry 8. 
Loreh and I. Maynard Schwarti. 

"Any Old Time or Any Oil 
Place" 

Conversation son 

VICTOR KREMERtfimseW) 

17 Clirk Streit. MICAM 



OMAHA. 

AMERICAN (William Morris, mgT. ; agent, 
direct).— Rice and Cohen, laughing bit; Rafay- 
ette's Dogs, good ; Beemer and Girl Jugglers, 
clever; Ed Blondell ft Co., well received; Bessie 
Leonard, repeatedly encored ; Neil McKinley, 
good ; Craigs, pleased full houses. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr. ; agent, 
direct).— Ballots, clever: Barnes and Barron, 
laughs ; Harlan Knight, pleased ; Josie Hea- 
ther, encored, 'Love Waltz," hit; Julius Tan- 
nen. uproar, Apdale's Circus, good; standing 
room. BURCHAM. 



ONEONTA, N. Y. 

.ONEONTA (Harry M. Dunham, mgr.; re- 
hearsals, Monday and Thursday 1 p. m.).— 
17-10; Sadie Ethelton. comedienne, ordinary; 
James A. Welch and Co., sketch, well ap- 
plauded. Note.— Mr. Ferge of Rochester Is 

the new piano player at the Oneonta. 

DeLONO. 



PITTSBURG, PA. 

GRAND (Harry Davis, mgr. ; agent, U. B. 
O. ; rehearsal Monday 10).— 'Kremka Bros., 
much applause ; Van. Dyck and Fern, made 
good ; Phil Staats, well received ; Stuart, 
liked ; Musical Suffragettes, entertaining ; Ray- 
mond and Caverly, good ; Bayes and Nor- 
worth, big hit ; Seven American Belfords, 
clever. 

LIBERTY (Abe Cohen, mgr. ; agent, Gus 
Sun; rehearsal Monday 0).— Millets Models, 
hit; Johnny Hughes, clever; Marie McNeil, 
good ; Coulter and Darcy, very good. 

GAYETY (Henry Kurtsman, mgr.).— Troca- 
dero Burlesquers. 

ACADEMY (Harry WllllamB, mgr.).- Bo- 
hemian Burlesquers. 

FAMILY (John P. Harris, mgr. ; agent, 
Morganstern ; rehearsal Monday JO.— Two 
Foils, sensational ; Tom Gibbens, good ; Bur- 
tin and Shea, passed ; Lew Fairchllds. clever ; 
Vivian and Bur-Dell, entertaining ; Mr. and 
Mrs. Jack Henley, very good; Ward Bros, 
good ; Harris and Wilson, passed. 

M. S. KAUL. 



PITTSFIELD, MASS. 

EMPIRE (J. H. Tlbbetts. mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10).— Van Dlrkoors, 
Illusionists, fair ; Kelley and Saflerty, good ; 
Wm. S Rayrore and Jockey Tommy Mead and 
Co., good; Vernon, ventriloquist, clever; Four 
Gascoynes, singing, very good ; Splssell, Sedel- 
la, Engcl and Co., pantomime, good; ill. songs 
and M. P. FRANKLIN. 



PORTSMOUTH, O. 

SUN (R. R. Russell, mgr.; Sun B. A. ; Mon- 
day rehearsal 10).- -Jack Woolf, pleased; 
Brandeau and Paine, musical ; Gladls Dlx, 
singing, fair; Swedish Ladles Quintette, very 

pleasing. Pictures. MAJESTIC .Maier and 

Relneger, mgrs ; agent. Coney Holmes; Mon- 
day rehearsal 10). ---Coleman and Mexls, shoot- 
ing, great ; Musical Lowe, good ; Logan and 
Bert, took well; Fay and Foster, fair; pic- 
tures. 



RACINE, WIS. 

IU.JOU (F. B. Stafford, mgr.; W. V. A.).— 
Richards and DeWinter. good ; Jess Hale and 
Co.. holds attention ; Joe Honner, excellent ; 
Sutton and Sutten, were a big hit. J. E. P. 



READING, PA. 

OKPIIEUM (C. C. Egan. mgr.; agent, T. 
H. <>.: Monday rehearsal 10:.T0).— Clinton and 
Nolan, good ; Jerge and Hamilton, pleased ; 
Marshall and Bell, neat; Four Venetian Seren- 
ades, excellent. 



LYRIC (Frank D. Hill, mgr.; agent, Loew ; 
Monday rehearsal 10).— Ernie and Ernie, 
good ; Marie Girard, laughs ; Dorane Sisters, 
pleased; Al Herman, hit; All, Hunter and All, 
fair. 

PALACE (W. K. Goldenberg, mgr.; agent, 
Bart McHugh; Monday rehearsal 10:30) — 
Ethel Nan Orden and Co., good; Juggling 
Jacksons, good; Jean Ryan, pleased; Zarrel I 
Bros., clever; Lady Carmen, showy. 

GRAND (C. O. Keeney, mgr. ; Monday re- 
hearsal ID— Marie Manning, good; The Pres- 
cotts, good ; Hazel Lynch, pleased ; Gertrude 
Griffith and Co., laughs; Enoch, headline, 

well received. Note. — Vaudeville will be 

discontinued at the Grand after this week. 
Beginning next Monday, the Grand Stock 
Company, headed by Irene Myers, will be the 
attraction. O. R. H. 



RENOVO, PA. 

FAMILY (Albright and McCarthy, mgrs. ; 
agent, Nlxon-Nlrdllnger). - 17-10 ; Hanges 
Sisters, good ; Russell, piano, very good ; John- 
son, contortionist, clever; 20-22 Two Gallagher 
Kavono. 



RICHMOND, VA. 

COLONIAL (Ed. Lyons, mgr. ; agent, Nor- 
man Jeffries; rehearsal Monday 11).— Bellows 
and Temple, very good; Bemevlccl Bros., 
great ; Margon. Meyers and Mike, scored. 

LUBIN (C. T. Boyle, mgr. ; agent, Norman 
Jeffries; rehearsal, Monday 12).— Wynena and 
Whlrwlnd, great ; Kelley & Kneeland, scream ; 
Kennedy and Kennedy, big. 

THEATO (C. L. Tony, mgr.; agent. E. and 
W. ; rehearsal, Monday 11).— Silent Talt and 
Amee, very good ; La Pearl Sisters, scream ; 
The Musical Reeves, scored. 

MILTON CAPLON. 

ROANOKE, VA. 

JEFFERSON (I. Schwartz, mgr.; Norman 
Jeffries, agent; rehearsal 10). — Woodard and 
Dewltt, pleased ; Herbert Williams and Co., 
good; Morgan, Chester, and Co.. fair; pictures. 

JACK MANSER. 



ROCK ISLAND, ILL. 

MAJESTIC (J. P. Qulnn, mgr. : agent, 
W. V. A.; rehearsal Monday 12 :30).— Babtiste 
and Franconl. comical; May R. Casy. pleasing; 
Boyd and Veola. clever ; Arthur Rlgby, big 
hit ; Barrett and Mathews, good. 

LOUIS F. WENDT. 



SAGINAW, MICH. 

JEFFERS (W. A. Rusco, res. mgr.).— Lam- 
bert Brothers, good; Davis and Walker (col- 
ored), clever dancing; Jack Warburton and 
Co.. In "Popping the Question," good ; Lew 
Wells, hit ; "A Night With the Poets," beau- 
tiful and pleased. Pictures. 

MARGARET GOODMAN. 



ST. PAUL, MINN. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr. ; agent, 
direct). — William Farnum Company, pleased; 
Lew Sully, pleased ; The Cllftons, good ; 
Schcda, fine; Thomas and Hall, good; Paul 
LaCroix. good ; The Hamllns, good ; Kino- 
drome. MAJESTIC. — Thiessens Pets, 

pleased ; Henderson and Thomas, pleased ; 
Hawley Olcott and Co., good; Kiltie Duo, 
good ; Morton Jewell Troupe, fine ; Albert In- 
graham, pleased. STAR.— "Parade Bur- 
lesquers," excellent. BEN. 



SALT LAKE CITY. 

C7y Wire.) 
ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, mgr.; agent, di- 
rect). — Key's "Drinkless Dream," headline, 
Frisco Bears, hit ; Kayljam, clever ; Augusto 
Glose, fine ; J. C. Nugent and Co., riot ; Al. 
Jolson, scream. OWENS. 



SAN ANTONIO, TEX. 

ROYAL (Lloyd Spencer, mgr.; agent, C. E. 
Hodklns).— Week 0, Trinity City Quartet, good ; 
Donna Myra and Co.. fine ; Lolo Milton and 
Co., laughs ; Newhoff and Phelps, well re- 
ceived ; Wills and Collins, good. STAR (C. 

L. Wyler. mgr. ; agent, B. Fahrman). — Morton 
and Keenan, good ; Kent and Wilson, pleased ; 
The Grafeaux, entertaining. 

BEN MILAM. 



SAN DIEGO, CAL. 

GARRICK (J. M. Dodge. m«r. ; agent. Or- 
pheum Circuit; Monday rehearsal 2).— Week 
10. Krags Trio, gymnasts, adroit ; "Top O'The 
World Dancers," spectacular; McKay and 
Cantwell, good ; Lottie Bnulserrette, violinist, 
accomplished; Mr. and Mrs. Erwln Connelly 
In "Sweethearts" clever ; Countess Olga Rossi, 
soprano, recei ved well ; Royal Russian-Crosier 

Dancers, applauded ; pictures. QUEEN (W. 

A. Bates, mgr. ; agent, S-C ; Monday rehearsal 
10).— Dorch and Russell, headline; Violet Allen 
and Co, very clever; Carl Wallner, whistler, 
good; Christine Hill and Co., fair; Black and 
McCone, comedy acrobats laughable ; pictures. 

PRINCESS (Fred Balllen, mgr.; agt., Bert 

Levey; Monday rehearsal 10). — Gordon and 
BMmont, acrobats, good ; Sidney Jerome and 
Co., liberally applauded ; Bert Burnnlng, raon- 

ollglst, good; pictures. EMPIRE (Roy 0111, 

mgr. ). -Pictures. JEWELL (Ray Sauer, 

mgr. ).— Pictures. UNION (F. W. Ruhlow, 

mgr.).— Pictures. PICKWELL (E. M. Druk- 

ler, mgr.).— Pictures. 



Shuberts opened the Isls 16-17 with the 
"Melting Pot 5 " followed by "The Prince of 
Pllson." A favorable lease had been secured 
from the owners (Theosophlcal Society) for 
six days and nights, Sunday being reserved. 
William B. Gross (King Edward) long a part- 
ner of the late Jan. A. Heme, will be local 
manager, assisted by R. Beers Loos, formerly 
a newspaper and theatrical man of San Fran- 
cisco. 

Orpheum bookings playing third successful 
week at the Garrlck. Capacity houses rule 

It Is announced that the Savoy (now build- 
ing) will be devoted to first class stock. It 
will be managed by Scott Palmer. 

L. T. DALEY. 



SAVANNAH, GA. 

LIBERTY (Frank and Hubert Bandy, mgrs.; 
agent, Princess Theatrical Exchange; re- 
hearsal, Monday 12).— Dr. and Miss 
Clarke, "Globe of Death," a daring and 
sensational ; Eddie Badger, very clever ; 
Doc Rice, scored big ; Great Subert, versatile ; 
HeMer Sisters, exceptionally good. 

ORPHEUM (Joseph A. Wllensky, mgr. ; 
agent, W. V. M. A. ; rehearsal Monday 2).— 
Sprlngfoed Twins, clever ; Burgess and West 
Sisters, excellent ; Eddie Ross, success ; Fran- 
ces Avery, scored. 

R. MAURICE ARTHUR. 

SEATTLE. 

(By Wire.) 
PANTAGES'.— Buford, Bennett and Buford, 
pleased ; Hamilton Bros., amused ; Guldo Olal- 
dinl, pleased; Frederic Biglow's Youngsters, 
good ; Finn and Ford, hit ; Lavelle Trio, 
clever ; pictures. E. 8. FRANKLIN. 

SPOKANE. 

(By Wire.) 
ORPHEUUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr. ; 
agent, direct). — George Beban and Co., ex- 
cellent ; Jewell's, pleased ; Asahl and Co., 
mystified ; Grant and Hoag, good ; Gordon and 
Buryea, good; Ooff Phillips, fair; Savo, 
opened. PANTAGES'— Hardeen, heads ; De- 
vine and Williams, score ; Romanelll, landed ; 
Dotterk Symlnette & Moore, amusing ; £erado 

Bros., scored ; Maude Rockwell, fair. 

WASHINGTON.— Lind. remarkable; Hallen 
and Fuller, big ; Camm and Thevia, clever. 

R. E. McHUGH. 



SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

GRAND (Joseph F. Pealsteln, mgr. ; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10). — Maximo, 
opened well ; Kelley and Wilder, generously 
received ; Great Howard, fair ; Dan Burke and 
Girls, passable ; Lew Hawkins, pleased parts 
of the house ; Charles L. GUI and Players, 
pleasing sketch, was featured ; Columbia Com- 
edy Four, rough act, gets laughs ; Kratons, 

closed, were a decided hit. CRESCENT 

(John J. Breslin, mgr. ; agent, U. B. O. ; re- 
hearsal ..Monday 10.30). — Gordon and Gordon, 
hit ; Gardner and Parker, poor ; Buckly, Mar- 
tin and Co., pleasing; McAvoy and Powers, 

well received ; Cornelia and Wilbur, hit 

SAVOY (B. E. Cornell, mgr.).— 17-19; Ger- 
ardy Trio, good voices ; Lynch and Blals, 

pleasing ; E. Tello, clever. Note.— The 

Ladles Auxiliary of the Society of Concord, 
have rented The Grand Opera house for 
Thursday night, Oct. 20, 1010. The profit re- 
ceipts will go toward the building fund of a 
new temple. HENRIETTA. 



TOLEDO, OHIO. 

ARCADE (Harry Hurtig, mgr.; agent, Gus 
Sun).— Juggling Jordans, head; Mylle and 
Orth ; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Feildlng and Co. ; 
The McNutts ; Conwell and O'Day ; Henry 

Bobker and Chas. Nellson. VALENTINE 

(Harry Smith, mgr. ; Coney Holmes, agent).— 
Four Musical Cates. Jimmy Green ; Great La- 
vails ; Three English Girls. EMPIRE (Harry 

Winter, mgr.).— Reeves' "Beauty Show," good 

business. ORPHEUM (Chas. Nassr. mgr.). 

-V. and M. P. J. B. GARDNER. 



TORONTO, ONT. 

SHEAS (J. Shea, mgr.; agent. U. B. O.).— 
Annabeile Whltford, success; Gordon Eldrld 
and Co , scream ; Exposition Four, clever ; Car- 
son and Wlllard. funny ; Florence Reld, 
pleased ; Ollle Young and April, novel ; Ed. 
Reynard, scored strongly ; Woods Trio, sensa- 
ational ; M. P. 

MAJESTIC (Peter F. Griffin, mgr.).— The 
Hendersons, excellent; The Hermos. fine; 
Margaret Severance, good ; E. S. Sheridan and 
Co., a hit. 

YOUNG STREET (George W. L. Moran, 
mgr. ).— Prof. W. H. Von Dorn and Co., 
pleased ; Parker, Largay and Shee, good ; 
Harry Fenn Dalton, favorite; Billy Sheer, 
fair. 

STAR (F. W. Stair, mgr.) .—Pennant Win- 
ners, pleased. 

GAYETY (T. R. Henry, mgr.).— Bon Tons, 
above the average. HARTLEY. 

YONKERS, N. Y. 

WARBURTON (Jas. E. Schanberger, mgr.; 
agent, Edw. S. Keller ; Monday rehearsal 
10.30).— Valleclta's Leopards, headlined, fine; 
Carlln and Clark, comedians, hit; Chick Tale, 
entertaining; Helen Grantley and Co., "Kit- 
tens," good ; Walker ft Sturm, comedy Jug- 
glers, pretty work ; demons and Dean, good ; 
Eddie Berg and Co., musical comedy, fair; 
pictures. 



DOM T MISS THIS 

THE GREAT 











NEXT WEEK 

(Oct. 24) 
at 



HUDSON 
THEATRE 

UNION HILL, N.J. 



ORPHEUM (Sol. Schwartz, mgr. ; agent, U. 
B. O. ; Monday and Thursday rehearsal 12).— 
13-1.~>; Louise Brunelle, comedienne, very 
nice; Clara Knott and Co., comedy sketch, 
fair; W. L. Romalne and Co., good; 17-10; 
America Comedy Trio, comedians, went big ; 
Turpln and Behrens, comedy sketch, pleased ; 
Jennings, Jewells and Barlowe, comedy sketch, 
good ; pictures. 



A new picture house, capacity 300. is beln« 
built on Main Street by Michael Dee, local 
merchant. CRIS. 

YOUNGSTOWN, O. 

PARK (John Elliott, mgr. ). Roedrr and 
Lester, pleasing; Frank LeBent, skilful ; Don 
ahue and Stewart, nicely ; Murray. Livingston 
and Co.. Interesting; Morgan Bros., clever; 
Robert Henry Hodge and Co.. funny ; Steele 

and Conley, fair ; The Rosalres, neat. Note. 

—Princess Theatre will open with popular 
priced vaudeville in few weeks. 

C. A. LEDDY. 



X. BAZIN'S far famed DEPILATORY POWDER 



Simple Directions with Each Bottle. 



ALL TOILET COUNTERS OR MAILED IN SEALED PACKAGES, 50 CENTS. 

When anatoering advertUementg kindly mention VARIETY. 



REnOVES 

SUPERFLUOUS 

HAIR 

HALL ft RUCKEL, New York City 



VARIETY 



J» 



ONE GREAT BIG HIT at the ALHAMBRA LAST WEEK 



WHO? 





BOOKED S 



I 



ONE) 

Management, IVIAX 



VARIETY ARTISTS' ROUTES 

FOR WEEK OCT. 24 

WHEN NOT OTHERWISE INDICATED. 

(The routes given are from OCT. 23 to OCT. 30. inclusive, dependent upon the opening 
and closlug days of engagement In different parts of the country- All addresses are 
furnished VARIETY by artists. Addresses care newspapers, managers or agents will not 
be printed). 

"B. R." after name Indicates act is with burlesque show mentioned. Routes may be 
found under "Burlesque Routes." 

"C. R." after name indicates act Is with circus mentioned. Route may be found under 
"Circus Routes." 

ROUTES FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK MUST REACH THIS OFFICE NOT LATER 
THAN WEDNESDAY MORNING TO INSURE PUBLICATION. 

TEMPORARY ADDRESSES WILL BE CARRIED WHEN ACT IS "LAYING OFF." 

PERMANENT ADDRESSES GIVEN FOR OVER THE SUMMER MUST BE REPLACED 
BY WEEKLY ROUTE FOR THE PRESENT SEASON. 



ART ADAIR 

The Original "HANK SPONGE." 
Next Week (Oct. 24), Temple, Ft. Wayne. 

Adams Sam D Trocaderos B R 

Adams Edward B Orpheum Budapest 

Adams Billy 39 Mllford Boston 

Adams ft Lewis 106 W Baker Atlanta 

Adams Milt Hastings Show u R 

Admont Mltzel 3285 Broadway N Y 

Adonis & Dog Polls Springfield 

Ahearn Chas Greenpolnt Bklyn 

Ataerns Park Phila 

Aldlnes The 2922 Cottage Grove Chicago 

Alexander ft Bertie 41 Acre Lane London 

All Sldi 909 Spring Pittsburg 

Allaire A Jeans 95 John Fall River 

Allen Joe Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Allen Leon A Bertie Grand Masslllon O 

Allen Marie Columbians B R 

Allinel Joseph 422 Bloomfleld Hoboken N J 

LITTLE ALLRIGHT ». WIFE 

THE ORIGINAL 
Wm. Morris Time. RICHARD PITROTVJggr, 

Alpine Quartette Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Alpha Troupe Orpheum Portland 

Altken Bros 234 Bedford Fall River 

Altkens Great 2219 Gravler New Orleans 

Altken Jas A Edna 967 Park av N Y 

Albanl 1695 Broadway N Y 

Alton Grace Follies of New York B R 

Alton Ethel 1532 Belmont av Seattle 

Altus Bros 128 Cottage Auburn N Y 

Alvarados Goats 1235 N Main Decatur 111 

Alvarettas Three Empress Milwaukee 

Alvln Bros Trevett Chicago 

Alvln A Zenda Box 365 Dresden O 

Alvino A Rialto Lyric Matoon 111 

Alqulst A Clayton 545 Bergen Brooklyn 

Ameres Three Majestic Des Moines 

American Newsboys Bijou Green Bay Wis 

Amsterdam Quartette Colonial Norfolk 

Anderson Gertrude Miss N Y Jr B R 

Anderson ft Anderson 829 Dearborn Av Chicago 

Anderson A Ellison 3603 Locust Phila 

Anderson Four National Hotel Chicago 

Andrews A Abbott Co 3962 Morgan St Louis 

Apdales Animals Orpheum Sioux City 

Arakl Troupe Haag Show C R 

Arberg A Wagner 511 E 78 N Y 

Ardelle A Leslie 19 Broezel Rochester 

Arlington Billy Golden Crook B R 

Armond Grace 810 Dearborn Av Chicago 

Armond Ted V Serenaders B R 

Armstrong and Verne Royal Wellington. N Z 

Arthur Mae 15 Unity Pi Boston 

Ashner Tessle Irwlns Big Show B R 

Atkinson Harry 21 E 20 N Y 

Atwood Warren 111 W 31 NY 

Aubrey Rene Runaway Girls B R 

Auer SAG 418 Strand W C London 

Austin Jennie Follies of New York B R 

Austin A Klumker 3110 E Phila 

Avery W E 5006 Forestvllle Chicago 

Aycrs Ada Follies of New York B R 



B 

Baker Billy Merry Whirl B R 
Baker Harry 8942 Renow W Philadelphia 
Bakef De Voe Trio Dainty Duchess B R 
Balloon Jupiter Barnum A Bailey C R 
Bandy A Fields 621 Centre Chicago 
Bannan Joe Girls from Happyland B R 
Bantas Four Columbians B R 
Baraban Troupe 1304 Fifth Ave N Y 
Barbee Hill A Co 1262 Nat Av San Diego 
Barber A Palmer American Omaha Indef 
Barnes ft Crawford Polls Scranton 
Barnes ft Barron Orpheum Minneapolis 



EUGENE C. 



PAUL P. 



Barnes and Barron 

Orpheum time booked by A. E. Meyers. 

Barnes ft Robinson 237 W 137 N Y 
Barrett Tom Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 




AND 




"UNCLE HIRAM AND AUNT ALVIRA, 
From Posey Co., Indiana." 
Tkis Wttk (Ott. 11) Isysl. fas Aatssis, Ttias 



Barrlngton M Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Barron Geo 2002 5 Av N Y 

Barry ft Hack, 761 Wlndlake Milwaukee 

Bartell ft Garfield 2699 E 53 Cleveland 

Barto ft McCue Midnight Maidens B R 

Barton Joe Follies of the Day B R 

Bates Vlrgie Irwlns Big Show B R 

Bates A Neville 57 Gregory New Haven 

Baum Will H A Co 97 Wolcott New Haven 

Baumann A Ralph 360 Howard Av New Haven 

Baxter Sidney A Co 1722 48 Av Melrose Cal 

Bayfield Harry Forepaugh-Sells C R 

Bayton Ida Girls from Happyland B R 

Be Ano Duo 3442 Charlton Chicago 

Beaman Fred J Hudson Heights N J 

Beardsley Sisters Union Hotel Chloago 

Beaugarde Marie Merry Whirl B R 

Beckwlth Linden Temple Rochester 

Behler Agnes Dreamlanders B R 

Behren Musical 52 Springfield Av Newark N J 

Beimel Musical 341 E 87 New York 

Bell Arthur H 488 12 Av Newark N J 

Bell Boy Trio 2296 7 Av New York 

Bell Norma Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Belle May Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Belmont May Century Girls B R 

Belmont Joe 70 Brook London 

Belmont Florence Girls from Happyland B R 

Belmont M Follies of New York B R 

Benn A Leon Scenic Maiden Mass 

Bennett Archie Irwlns Big Show B R 

Bennett Florence Irwlns Majesties B R 

Bennett Sam Rose Sydell B R 

Bennett A Marcello 206 W 67 New York 

Bennett Bros 339 E 66 New York 

Benson Marion J Passing Parade B R 

Bentlcy Musical 121 Clipper San Francisco 

Benton Gran by A West Saratoga Htl Chicago 

Benton Beulah Irwlns Majesties B R 

Benton Ruth Big Banner Show B R 

Berger Anna Miss N Y JR B R 



Vera Berliner 

VIOLIN18T, 
Booked Solid natll January. 

Bernhard Hugh Bohemians B R 

Beverly Sisters 5722 Springfield Av Phila 

Bevins Clem Rolllckers B R 

Beyer Ben A Bro Majestic Milwaukee 

Blcknell & Glbney Columbia Kansas City 

Bimbos The 694 Pacific Appleton Wis 

Birch John Proctors Newark 

Bison City Four Orpheum Salt Lake 

Bissett A Shady 248 W 37 N Y 

Black John J Miss N Y Jr B R 

Black A Leslie 3722 Eberly Av Chicago 

Blair Hazel Reeves Beauty Show B R 



USE THIS FORM IP YOU HAVE NO ROUTE CARDS 



Name 








— 


P^rman^nt Arl/ir*«« 


1 CllllAllWlIl 

T emnofsrv 


«i 












Week 


Theatre 


City 


State 








— _ 




















1 








1 



ROUTE CARDS WILL BE MAILED UPON REQUEST 



Blamphln ft Hehr Arcade Carnegie Pa 
Bloomquest ft Co 3220 Chicago Av Minneapolis 
Bohannon Burt Hastings Show B R 
Bolses Sensation 675 Jackson Av N Y 
Bonner Alf Brigadiers B R 
Bonner ft Meredith Lyric Newark N J 
Borella Arthur 524 Stanton Greensburg Pa 

EDDIE BORDEN 

HAYDN, BORDEN. HAYDN. 

"Bits of Vaudeville." 

Next Week (Oct 24), Wigwam, San Francisco 

Borrow Sidney Big Banner Show B R 

Bostock Jean Lovemakers B R 

Boutin A Tillson 11 Myrtle Springfield Mass 

Boulden ft Qulnn 212 W 42 N Y 

Bouton Harry ft Co 132 W 36 N Y 

Bouvler Mayme Merry Whirl B R 

Bowers Walter ft Crooker Worcester Mass 

Bouman Fred 14 Webster Med ford Mass 

Boyle Bros Orpheum Eau Claire Wis 

Bradley A Ward Barnum A Bailey C R 

Bradleys The 1814 Rush Birmingham 

Bradna Fred Barnum A Bailey C R 

Bray Joe Irwlns Big Show B R 

Brennan Geo Trocaderos B R 

Brennen Samuel N 2856 Tulip Phila 

Brettone May A Co Theatrolum Lansing Mich 

Brlstow Lydla Dreamlanders B R 

Brltton Nellie 140 Morris Philadelphia 

Brixton A Brixton 708 Lexington Brooklyn 

Broe ft Maxim Colonial Atchison Kan 

Brookes ft Carlisle 38 Glenwood Buffalo 

Brookland Chas Runaway Girls B R 

Brooks Florrle Big Review B R 

Brooks The Girls from Happyland B R 

Brooks Harvey Cracker Jacks B R 

Brooks Walter Baker Denver indef 

Brooks ft Jennings 801 W Bronx N Y 

Brown Sammle Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Brown A Brown 69 W 115 N Y 

Brown A Farlardean Broadway Camden N J 

Brown A Wllmot 71 Glen Maiden Mass 

Browning A Lavan 896 Cauldwell Av N Y 

Bruce Lena Lovemakers B R 

Bruno Max C 160 Baldwin Elmlra N Y 

Bryant May Irwlns Big Show B R 

Brydon A Harmon 229 Montgomery Jersey City 

Buch Bros Pantageu Pueblo Col 

Buckley Anna Bijou Green Bay Wis 

Duckley Joe Girls from Happyland B R 

Buckley Louise Seattle 

Bullock Tom Trocaderos B R 

Bunce Jack 2219 13th Philadelphia " 

Burgess Bobby A West Sts Majestic Jasks'vllle 

Burgess Harvey J 627 Trenton Av Pittsburg 

Burke Minnie Trocaderos B R 

Burke A Farlow 4037 Harrison Chicago 

Uurkhart Maurice Pantages St Joe Mo 

Burnett Tom Century Girls B R 

Burns May A Lily Grand Cleveland 

Burrows Lillian 2050 North Av Chicago 

Burt Wm P A Daughter 133 W 45 N Y 

Burton Jack Marathon Girls B R 

Dusch Devere Four Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Bushnell May Fads A Follies B R 

Butlers Musical 421 S 8 Phila 

Butterworth Charley 850 Treat San Francisco 

Ifyron Gleta 107 Blue Hill Av Roxbury Mass 

Byron Ben Passing Parade B R 



Cablll Wm Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Calne A Odom 72 Wilson Newark O 

Callahan Grace Bohemians B R 

Cameron Eleanor Vaudeville St Marys Pa 

Cameron A Gaylord Pantages Denver 

Campbell Harry Marathon Girls B R 

Campbell Phyllis Merry Whirl B R 

Campbell A Parker Rose Sydell B R 

Canfleld Al Follies of New York B R 

Canfleld ft Carleton 2218 80 Bensonhurst L I 

Cannibal Maids Family Clinton la 

Cantway Fred R 6425 Woodlawn Av Chicago 

Capman Bert Follies of New York I) R 

Capron Nell Follies of New York B R 

Cardon Chas Vanity Fair B R 

Cardownle Sisters 425 N Liberty Alliance O 

Carey A Stampe 824 42 Bklyn 

Carle Irving 4203 No 41 Chicago 

Carmelos Pictures Broadway Gaiety (Jlrla B It 

Carmen Frank 465 W 163 N Y 

Carmen Beatrice 72 Cedar Brooklyn 

Carmen Belle Victoria Hultlmorc 

Carmontelle Hattle Marathon Girls B R 



SCHAAR-WHE 




TRIO 



II 



THAT DIFFERENT BICYCLE ACT 



tr 



Fifth Avenue, Now York, This Week (Oct. 17) Pl« e d by ALBEE, WEBER A EVANS 

When emioering advertieemente kindly mention YARIKTY. 



32 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 





VARIETY 8AYS ; Afl the father in the sketch he rItcs a creditable 
performance, neither brilliant nor dull, merely an even showing. 



(MIIN/I 



) 



"Monkey's Paw" 
"Humanity" 
"Only a Jew" 

Engaged with 

WILLIAM MORRIS 

THIS WEEK (Oct. 17) 

FULTON, BROOKLYN 




FLYNN 



DIALECT 
COMEDIENNE 



UNDER PERSONAL MANAGEMENT OP JOS. M. SCHENCK 



Cycling Brunettes ? Defying Gravity 



Open Nov. 13, Sullivan & Considine Circuit. 



Henessey & Bostock, Mgrs. 




NOVE 
Ah ! But What Gymnasts ! 



AND 



G YIN/1 INI 




Morris Circuit 



DROP IN AND WITNESS THE RIOT 



CLARK and VERDI 



"THE ITALIAN 

COMEDIANS" 



THE FIRST AND ONLY ACT OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY 



FRANK ELLISTON - CO. 



M 



(From the Palace Theatre, London) 
In their successful London Costume Comedy of the eighteenth century, 

MY LADY BETTY 



19 



THIS WEEK (Oct 17) at 



FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE 



J. LOUIS 



JEANNE 



MINTZ 



AND 



PALMER 



Present an Original, Refreshing Comedietta In "One" by Louis Weslyn. 

"THE OTHER HALF" 

Featuring Exceptional Voices In Tuneful Melodies. 

En Route Pantages' Circuit. Next Week (Oct. 23), Travel. Oct. 30, Denver, Colo.; 

Nov. 6, Pueblo, Colo. ; Nov. 13, St. Joseph, Mo. 



Mb 



— 



CLAUDE M. ROODE 

AMERICA'S PREMIER SLACK WIRE ARTIST 

THIS WEEK (Oct. 17), BRONX, New York Next Week (Oct 24), Poli's, Scranton 

Direction MAX HART 



GEORGE D. Mac QUARRIE 

PERMANENT ADDRESS, GREEN ROOM CLUB, NEW YORK CITY 



Assisted by company of four 
presents Gordon Davis' Breezy 

Vaudeville Farce 



"ALIAS TRIXIE KIX 



II 



SPISSELL, LADELLA, ENGLE 

Presenting the new original pantomime comedy, "THE DUTCHMAN'S FIRST VISIT" 

This Week (Oct. 17) Empire, Pittsfield, (Mass.) Next Week (Oct. 24), Union Hill. All communications, M. S. BENTH AM 



and 
CO. 



Presenting a 

Novelty Singing 

and 

Dancing Act 



HELEN 



CUMMINGS : GLADDYNGS 



When answering advertisement* kindly mention VARIETY. 



THIS WEEK 
(Oct. 17) 
FULTON, 
BROOKLYN 



VARIETY 



33 



Carroll Nettle Trio Barnum A Bailey C R 

Carrolton * Van 6428 Monte Vista Los Angeles 

Carson Bros Orpheum Duluth Minn 

Carters The Ava Mo 

Casad A DeVerne 1047 Walnut Cleveland 

Casmus A La Mar Box 247 Montgomery Ala 

Case Paul 81 8 Clark Chicago 

Caulfleld A Driver Normandle Htl New York 

Celest 74 Grove Rd Clapham Pk London 

Celeste Grace Midnight Maidens B R 

Chabanty Marguerite Columbians B R 

Champion Mamie Washington Society Girls BR 

Chantrell ft Schuyler 219 Prospect Av Bklyn 

Chapin Benjamin 566 W 186 N Y 

Chapman SlBters 1620 MUburn Indianapolis 

Chase Billy Washington Spokane 

Chase Dave 00 Birch Lynn 

Chase Carma 2615 So Halstead Chicago 

Chatham Slaters 308 Grant Pittsburg 

Chester and Jones 

"ARTISTIC DANCERS," 
En route Pantagea' Circuit Address, care 
VARIETY. Chicago. 

Chick A Chickleta Brigadiers B R 
Chubb Ray 107 Spruce Scranton Pa 
Church City Four Miles Minneapolis 

INA CLAIRE 

In "JUMPING JUPITER." 
Management Frazee ft Lederer. 

Clalrmont Josephine ft Co 163 W 131 N Y 

Clarke Wilfred 130 W 44 N Y 

Clark Geo Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Clark Floretta 10 Larnhurst Roxbury Mass 

Clark A Duncan Lyric Texarkana Tex 

Clark ft Ferguson 121 Phelps Englewood 

Claton Carlos 235% 6 Av Nashville Tenn 

Claus ft Radcllffe 1640 Dayton Ave St Paul 

Clayton Drew Players American Chicago Indef 

Clear Chas 100 Mornlngslde Av N Y 

demons Cam'n 462 Columbia Dorchester N Y 

demons Margaret Midnight Maidens B R 

Clever Trio 2120 Arch Phlla 

Cliff A Cliff 4100 Artesian Chicago 

Clito A Sylvester 028 Winter Phlla 

Clure Raymond 657 Dennlson Av Columbus O 

Clyo Rochelle 1470 Hancock Qulncy MasB 

Coattas Musical Majestic Kalamazoo 

Codena Mile Barnum A Bailey C R 

Coha Will H Miss N Y Jr B R 

Cohen Nathan Hastings Show B R 

Cole Chas C Rollickers B R 

Coleman Al Grand Knoxvllle 

Collins Eddie 5 Reed Jersey City N J 

Collins Fred Dreamlanders B R 

Col ton Tommy Fads ft Follies B R 

Colton ft Darrow Kentucky Belles B R 

Comrades Four 824 Trinity Av N Y 

Conn Hugh L Fads ft Follies B R 

Conn Richard Orpheum Sioux City 

Connelly Pete A Myrtle 720 N Clark Chicago 

Connelly ft Webb Polls Hartford 

Connelly Mr A Mrs Orpheum Ogden Utah 

Coogan Alan Lovemakers B R 

Cook Gerald Ine 675 Jackson Av N Y 

Cooke ft Meyers 1514 E Vancouver 

Cooke Rothert ft Summers Central Dresden 

Corbett Ada Miss N Y Jr B R 

Corbett ft Forrester 71 Emmet Newark N J 

Corinne Suzanne Fads ft Follies B R 

Cornish Wm A 1108 Bway Seattle 

Cotter A Boulden 1836 Vineyard Phlla 

Cottrell A Hamilton Orpheum Freeport 111 

Coyle A Murrell 3327 Vernon Av Chicago 

Coyne Tom Hastings Show B R 

Crane Mrs Gardner Keiths Boston 

Crawford Catherine Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Crawford Glenn S 1430 Baxter Toledo 

Crelghton Bros Midnight Maidens B R 

Cressy A Dayne Majestic Chicago 

Crosby Ana 162 E 8 Peru Ind 

Cross A Josephine Majestic Chicago 

Cross A Maye 1312 Huron Toledo 

Culhanes Comedians N Vernon Ind 

Cullen Thos Runaway Girls B R 

Cullen Bros 2016 Ellsworth Phlla 

Cumlnger A Colonna Palace Glasgow 

Cummings A Thornton Elks Pine Bluff Ark 

Cummlngs Josle Rose Sydell B R 

Cummings Mr. and Mrs Central Madgeburg Ger 

Cunningham B A D 112 Wash'n Champaign 111 

Cunningham ft Marlon Keiths Cleveland 

Curtln Patsle Century Girls B R 

Curtis Blanche Marathon Girls B R 

Curtis Sam J Empress Kansas City 

Curtis A Stevens Miners Bowery New York 

Cuttys Musical Orpheum Spokane 

Cycling Brunettes Trent Trenton N J 



Dahdub Troupe Los Angeles 

Dale Warren E 1308 S Carlisle Phlla 

Dales A Boyle Orpheum Des Moines 

Dale ft Harris 1610 Madison Av N Y 

Daley Wm J 108 N 10 Phlla 

Daly ft O'Brien National Sydney indef 

Dare Bros Pantages Spokane 

Darmody Globe Phlla 

Davenport Edna Big Banner Show B R 

Davenports Three Barnum A Bailey C R 

Davis Hazel M 3538 La Salle Chicago 

Davis ft Bogard Alrdome Mlddletown O 

Davis ft Cooper 1020 Dayton Chicago 

Davis Imperlan Three Grand Portland 

Davidson Dott 1305 Michigan Av Niagara Falls 

Dawson ft Gillette 344 E 58 N Y 

D e Clalnville Sid 1313 Douglas Omaha 

DeGrace A Gordon 022 Liberty Brooklyn 

De Hollls A Valora Majestic La Crosse Wis 

De Lo John B 718 Jackson Milwaukee 

De Mar Rose 807 W 37 PI Chicago 

De Mario Apollo Berlin 

De Milt Gertrude 818 Sterling Pi Bklyn 

De Oeach Mile M 336 So 10th Saginaw 

De Renzo A La Due Keiths Providence 

De Vassy Thos Big Banner Show B R 

De Velde Ermond J A Co 40 Bway Norwich Ct 

De Vere Tony Watsons Burlesquers B R 

De Verne A Van 4572 Yates Denver 

DeWltt Burns A Torrace Scala Copenhagen 

De Wolfe Lanier A Linton Gayety Washington 

De Young Tom 156 E 113 N Y 

De Young Mabel 122 W 115 N Y 

Dean Lew 452 2 Niagara Falls 

Dean ft 8lbley 463 Columbus Av Boston 

Deas Reed ft Deas 253 W 80 N Y 



Deery Frank 204 West End Av N Y 
Delaney Patsy Miss N Y Jr B R 
Delavoye Will Howes London Show C R 
Delmar A Delmar Pantagea Portland 
Delmor Arthur Irwlns Big Show B R 
Delmore Adelaide Girls from Happyland B R 
Delton Bros 261 W 38 N Y 
Demacos The Sheas Toronto 
Doming A Alton Americans B R 
Denman Louise 180 Rawson Atlanta 
Denton O Francis 451 W 44 N Y 
Desmond Vera Lovemakers B R 
Desperado Barnum ft Bailey C R 
Destiny 466 16 Detroit Mich 
Deveau Hubert Phillips Ft Worth 
Dlas Mona Bohemians B R 

Anita Diaz's Monkeys 

Direction AL SUTHERLAND. 
Next Week (Oct. 24), Lyric, Dayton. 

Dlllae Max Forepaugh-Sells C R 

Dlolas The 142 E 6 Mansfield O 

Dixon Belle College Girls B R 

Dobbs Wilbur Ginger Girls B R 

Dodd Family ft Jessie 201 Division Av Bklyn 

Doherty ft Harlowe 428 Union Brooklyn 

Dolan A Lenharr 2460 7 Av N Y 

Donaghy G Francis 310 55 Brooklyn 

Donald ft Carson 216 W 103 N Y 

Donegan Sisters Bon Tons B R 

Donner Dor^s 343 Lincoln Johnstown Pa 

Dorsch ft Russell Majestic Denver 

Doss Billy 102 High Columbia Tenn 

Douglass Chas Washington Society Girls B R 

Downey Leslie T Elite Sheboygan Wis Indef 

Doyle Phil Merry Whirl B R 

Drew Chas Passing Parade B R 

Drew Dorofhy 377 8 Av N Y 

Dube Leo 258 Stowe Av Troy 

Du Bois Great ft Co 80 No Wash Av Bridgeport 

De Mars A Gualtlerl 307 W Water Elmira N Y 

Duffy Tommy Queen of Jardin de Paris B R 

Dunbar Mazle Bijou Tulsa Okla Indef 

Duncan A O 042 E Bklyn 

Dunedln Troupe Bon Tons B R 

Dunham Jack Bohemians B R 

Dunn Arthur F 217 E Lacock Pittsburg 

Dupllle Ernest A 08 Charing Cross London 

Dupreez & DeYoe 3733 N Capitol Indianapolis 

Durgln Geo Passing Parade B R 

Dwyer Lottie Trio American Cincinnati 

JEANETTE DUPRE 

Address American Theatre, San Francisco. 

B 

Eddy A Tallman 610 Lincoln Blvd Chicago 
Edlnger Sisters Auditorium Winchester Ky 
Edman A Gaylor Box 30 Richmond Ind 
Edna Ruth. 410 W Green Olean N Y 
Edwards Gertrude Miss N Y Jr B R 



Fern Ray 1300 W Ontario Phlla 
Fernandez May Duo 207 fl 87 N Y 
Ferrard Grace 2716 Warsaw Av Chicago 
Ferry Wm Maryland Baltimore 

HARRY FETf ERER 

VENTRILOQUIST. 
Booked Solid. W. V. A. Until February. 

Fiddler A Shelton Bronx N Y 

Fields School Kids Majestic E St Louie 111 

Finn A Ford 2bO Revere Winthrop Mass 

Finney Frank Trocaderoa B R 

Fisher Marie Gaiety Girls B R 

Fisher Susie Rose Sydell B R 

Fiske Gertrude Brigadiers B R 

Fitzgerald A Quinn Bowery Burlesquers 

Fltzgeralds 8 Juggling Girls Kingling C R 

Fltssimmons & Cameron 56U0 S Green Chicago 

Fletchers 33 Rondell PI San Francisco 

JEAN1E FLETCHER 

SCOTTISH PRIMA DONNA 

America Travesty Stars 

Pickwick* San Diego, Cal. Indefinite. 

Fletcher Ted 470 Warren Bklyn 

Florede Nellie Coluniblaus B R 

Follette & Wicks 1824 Gates Av Bklyn 

Forbes At Bowman Majestic Milwaukee 

Force Johnny ttou Edmonson Baltimore 

Ford Geo Queen of Jardin de Paris B R 

Ford & Co 3UO Fenton Flint Mich 

Ford Johnny O H Chicago Indef 

Ford A Louise 128 S Broad Mankato Minn 

Forus Four Orpheum Sioux City 

Form by Geo Walthew House Wigan Eng 

Foster Geo A Kingling Bros C K 

Foster Harry & Sallie 1836 E 12 Phlla 

Foster Billy 2316 Centre Pittsburg 

Fosto Ringling Bros C R 

Fox ft Summers 517 10 Saginaw Mich 

Fox Florence 172 Fllmore Rochester 

Fox Will World of Pleasure B R 

Foyer Eddie 0020 Plerpont Cleveland 

Francis Winnlfred Vanity Fair B R 

Francis Willard 67 W 138 N Y 

Franciscos 343 N Clark Chicago 

Frank Sophia A Myrtle Miss N Y Jr B R 

Franz Sig Ginger Girls B R 

Freeman Frank E Queen of Bohemia B R 

Freeman Bros Girls from Happyland B R 

Freligh Lizzie Bowery Burlesquers B R 

French Henri Gerard Htl N Y 

French A Williams 821 W Blaine Seattle 

Frey Twins Columbia Cincinnati 

Frlcke Willman Lovemakers B R 

Frobel A Ruge 814 W 23 N Y 



Gaffney Sisters 1407 Madison Chicago 
Gaffney Al 303 Vernon Brooklyn N Y 
Gage Chas 170 White Springfield Mass 



EDWARDS, VAN and TIERNEY FIVE GAFFNEY GIRLS 



REFINED ENTERTAINERS. 
Next Week (Oct. 24), Bronx, New York. 

Edwards Jessie Pantages Pueblo Col 

Edwards Shorty Arcade Toledo 

Edytbe Corinne 225 S Robey Chicago 

Egan Geo Marathon Girls B R 

El Barto 2531 Hollywood Phlla 

Elber Lew Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Elliott Jack Runaway Girls B R 

Ellsworth Harry A Lillian Century Girls B R 

Elwood Perry A Downing 024 Harlem Av Balto 

Emelle Troupe Bijou Bay City 

Emerald Connie 41 Holland Rd Brixton London 

Emerson A Le Clear 23 Beach Av Grand Rapids 

Emerson Ida Robinson Crusoe Glrla B R 

Emerson Harry Midnight Maidens B R 

Emmett A Lower 410 Pine Darby Pa 

Englebreth G W 2313 Highland Av Cincinnati 

Ensor Wm Hastings Show B R 

Erslnger Mabelle E 216 S Central Av Chicago 

Bsmann H T 1284 Putnam Av Brooklyn 



LA ESTRELLITA 

Now In 8th month. Featured Attraction. 

Portola Cafe, San Francisco. 



Evans Allen Irwlns Big Show B R 
Evans Bessie 3701 Cottage Grove Av Chicago 
Evans Teddy Midnight Maidens B R 
Evans A Lloyd 023 E 12 Bklyn 
Evelyn Sisters 252 Green Av Bklyn 
Everett Gertrude Fads A Follies B R 
Evers Geo 210 Losoya San Antonio 
Ewlng Chas A Nina 455 Telfair Augusta 



Fairchild Sisters 220 Dlxwell Av New Haven 
Falrchlld Mr A Mrs 1321 Vernon Harrlsburg 
Fairfax Grace Colonial Warsaw Indef 
Falrbum .las Miss N Y Jr B R 
Falls Billy A 588 Lyell Av Rochester 
Fanta Trio 8 Union Sq N Y 

FARRELL -TAYLOR TRIO 

Funniest Black Face Act In Vaudeville. 
Next Week (Oct. 24), Star A Garter, Chicago. 

Fawn Loretta Rose Sydell B R 

Kay Two Coleys & Fay Majestic Johnstown Pa 

Fay Gus Irwlns Majestic B R 

Felsman A Arthur 2144 W 20 Chicago 

Fenner A Fox 630 Central Camden N J 

Fentellc & Vallorle Grand Evansvllle Ind 

DAVE FERGUSON 

Next Week (Oct. 24), Poll's. Springfield. 

Ferguson Frank 480 E 43 Chicago 

Ferguson Jos 127 W 67 N Y 

Ferguson Marguerite Hastings Show B R 



'Scenes in a Dressing Room" 
Booked Solid by W. V. A. 



Gale Ernie 160 Eastern Av Toronto 

Gallagher Ed Big Banner Show B R 

Garden Geo Girls from Happyland B R 

Gardner Andy Bohemians B R 

Gardner Georgle A Co 4646 Kenmore av Chic 

Gardiner Family Polls Warcester 

Gardiners Three 1058 No 8 Phlla 

Gath Karl A Emma 508 Cass Chicago 

Gaylor Chas 768 17 Detroit 

Gear Irving Century Girls B R 

Genaro A Thoel Majestic Corsicana Tex Indef 

George Abraham T Jacks B R 

Germane Anna T 25 Arnold Revere Maas 

Gettings J F Marathon Girls B R 

Geyer Bert Palace Htl Chicago 

Gilbert Ella R Runaway Girls B R 

Gill Edna Queen of Jardin de Paris B R 

Gllmore Mildred Bway Gaiety Girls B R 

Glrard Marie 41 Howard Boston 

Gleason Violet 480 Lexington Waltham Mass 

Glose Augusta Orpheum San Franclnco 

Glover Edna May 862 Emporia Av Wichita 

Godfrey Henderson 2200 E 14 Kansas City 

Goforth A Doyle 251 Halsev Bklyn 

Golden Sam Wash Society Girls B R 

Golden Nat Hastings Show B R 

Golden Claude Pantages l'ueblo Col 

Goldle Annette Big Banner Show B R 

Goldle Jack Ginger Girls B R 

Goldsmith A iloppe Trent Trenton N J 

Goodrich Mitchell Hastings Show B R 

Gordon Dan 1777 Atlantic Av Bklyn 

Gordon A Barber 26 So Locust Hagerstown Md 

Gordon A Marx Orpheum Harrlsburg 

Gossans Bobby 400 So 6th Columbus O 

Gottlob Amy 0<>0 No Clark Chicago 

Gould Sisters Happy Hour Klinlra 

Gould C W Marathon Girls B R 

Gould A Rice 326 Smith Providence R I 

Goyt Trio 350 Willow Akron O 

Grace Frank College Girls B R 

Graham Donald Bijou Green Bay Wis 

Graham Frank Marathon Girls B R 

Grannon 1 la Melrose Park Pa 

Grant Burt A Bertha 2056 Dearborn Chicago 

Granville A Mack Cherry Blossoms B R 

Granville & Rogers Orpheum Omaha 

Graves Joy Dreamlanders B R 

Gray A Gray 1022 Birch Joplln Mo 

Gray A Graham Sydney Australia Indef 

Green Edna Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Green Ethel Keiths Cleveland 

Greene A Winnlfred Runaway Girls B R 

Gremmcr A Melton 1437 S 6 Louisville 

Griffith John P Trocaderos B R 

Griffith Marvelous Orpheum St Paul 

Griffs & Hoot 1328 Cambria Phlla 

Grimes Tom A Gertie Wllliamstown N J 

Grimm & Satchell O H Gardiner Me 

Groom Sisters 503 N Hermitage Trenton N J 

Grossman Al 532 North Rochester 

Grover A Richards 2731 Bway N Y 

Grovlni Geanette Washington Society Girls BR 

Gruber A Kew 408 4 Av E Flint Mich 

Gullfoyle A Charlton 303 Harrison Detroit 

Guyer Victoria Miss N Y Jr B R 

Guyer A Vaille 86 Cumberland W Green London 



H 

Hall E Clayton Elmhurst Pa 

Hall Geo F Polls Hartford 

Hall Ed Passing Parade B R 

Hall A Pray Washington Boston 

Hall A Briscoe 56 Orchard Norwich Conn 

Hall Prlchard A Mountain Majestic Houston 

Hallman A Murphy Peerless Bradford Pa 

Halls Dogs 111 Walnut Revere Mass 

Halson Bbys 21 E 08 N Y 

Halsted Willard 1141 Prytanla New Orleans 

Hamllns The 51 Scovel PI Detroit 

Hamilton Maude Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Hamilton Estelle B Bijou Green Bay Wis 

Hamilton Jack 8 Plateau Montreal 

Hammond Gracla Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Hampton A Bassett 837 Poplar Cincinnati 

Haney Edith Majestic Hot Springs Ark 

Haney A Long Court Creston la 

Hannon Billy 1530 No Hamlin Av Chicago 

Hansone A Co 1037 Tremont Boston 

Hanvey A Baylies 552 Lenox Av N Y 

Harcourt Frank Cracker Jacks B R 

Harmon ius Four Alamo New Orleans Indef 

Harrington Bobby Serenaders B R 

Harrison West Trio 600 31 Norfolk Va 

Hart Stanley Wards 3445 Pine St Louis 

Hart Maurice 156 Lenox Av N Y 

Hart Bros Hagenbeck-Wallace C R 

Hartwell Effle Big Banner Show B R 

Harvey Harry Haatlnga Show B R . 

Harveys The 507 Western Moundsvllle W Va 

Hartman Gretchen 565 W 144 N Y 

Hassan Ben All Luna Villa. Htl Coney Island 

Hastings Harry Hastings Show B R 

Hasty Charlie Majestic Houston 

Haswell J H Majestic Ell wood City Pa Indef 

Hatches The 47 E 132 N Y 

Hathaway A Slegel Irwlns Majesties B R 

E. F. HAWLEY and CO. 

THE BANDIT. 

Next Week (Oct. 24), Auditorium, Lynn. 

EDW. 8. KELLER. Rep. 

Hawkins Harry College Girls B R 

Hawley A Bachen 1347 N 11 Phlla 

Hawthorne Hilda 3318 Jamaica Richmond Hill 

Hayes Margaret Watspns Burlesquers B R 

Hayes Gertrude Follls of the Day B R 

Hayes A Patton Carson City Nev Indef 

Hayes A Wynne 418 Strand W C London 

Hayman A Franklin Hip Wlgan ^England 

Haynes Beatrice American B R 

Hayward A Hayward Orpheum Kansas City 

Hazelton Jas Washington Society Girls B R 

Healy Tim Gaiety Girls B R 

Heam Sam Follies of the Day B R 

Heath Frankle Big Review B R 

Heather Josle Orpheum Sioux City 

Held A La Rue 1328 Vine Phlla 

Helene La Belle Kentucky Belles B R 

Henderson A Thomas 227 W 40 N Y 

Hendrlx Klarl College Girls B R 

Henella A Howard 646 N Clark Chicago 

Hennings Orpheum Champaign 111 

Henry Dick 207 Palmetto Bklyn 

Henry Girls 2326 So 17 Philadelphia 

Henry Jack 41 Lisle Leicester Sq London 

Henrys The Crown Chicago 

Herberts The 47 Washington Lynn Mass 

Herberts Flying Sells Floto C R 

Herleln Lilian Apollo Vienna 

Herman A Rice 420 W 80 N Y 

Hers Geo 832 Stone Av Scranton 

Heuman Troupe Hagenbeck-Wallace C R 

Heverley Great 201 Desmond Sayre Pa 

Hickman Bros A Co Varieties Terre Haute Ind 

Hill Arthur Hastings Show B R 

Hill Edmunds Trio 262 Nelson New Brunswick 

Hill Chas J Ginger Girls B R 

HUlard May Sam T Jacks B R 

miliar A La Vette Barnum A Bailey C R 

GEORGE HILLMAN 

The German Chauffeur. 
Material by J. Brandon Walsh. 

Hills Harry Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Hlllman A Roberts 516 S 11 Saginaw Mich 

Hlllyers Comedy Brooklyn 

Holden J Maurice Dainty Duchess B R 

Hollander Joe Irwlns Majestic B R 

Holman Harry Union Sq New York 

Holmen Bros 614 Lake Cadillac Mich 

Holmes Ben Box 801 Richmond Va 

Holt Alf Sydney Australia 

Honan A Helm 128 Lock wood Buffalo 

Hood Sam 721 Florence Mobile Ala 

Hoover Lillian 432 W 34 New York 

Hopp Fred 320 Littleton Av Newark N J 

Hotallng Edward 557 S Division Grand Rapids 

Howard Chas Follies of New York B R 

Howard Emily 644 N Clark Chicago 

Howard Mote Vanity Fair B R 

Howard Geo F Big Review B R 

Howard Comedy Four 083 3 Av Bklyn 

Howard Harry A Mae 222 8 Peoria Chicago 

Howard A Co Bernlce 3000 Calumet Av Chicago 

Howard A Howard Orpheum Los Angeles 

Howe Sam Lovemakers B R 

Howe Lizette Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Huegel A Quinn 536 Rush Chicago 

Hulbert A DeLong 4416 Madison Chicago 

Hunt Robt Washington Society Girls B R 

Hunter Ethel 4020 Troost Kansas City 

Hunter A Ross Bijou Appleton Wis 

Huntress National Htl Chlcngo 

Hurley F J 152 Magnolia Av Elizabeth N J 

Hutchinson Al 210 E 14 New York 

Huxley Dorcas E Vanity Fair B It 

Hyatt A Le Nore 1612 W Lnnvalc Baltimore 

Hylands Three 23 Cherry Danbury Conn 

Hynde Bessie 518 Pearl Buffalo 

I 

Imhoff Roger Fads A Follies I) R 

MUSICAL IRVING 

"MIRTH AND afWHC" 

Direction FRANK BOIIM. 

1547 Broadway. N. Y. City. 

Ingram K- >'■ ■ I y 2MS Crane Detroit 
Ingrains Two 1S<>4 Story Boone la 



When antwering adverti$etnenf kindly mention VARIETY. 



34 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 





c& 



WRIGHT CANTWELL MURPHY CIBNER 

1000 POUNDS OF HARMONY 

THE SO DIFFERENT QUARTET 



99 



THI8 WEEK (Oct. 1 7), COLONIAL, New York. 

Oct. 31, Hammersteln's, New York. 

Booked Solid. United Time. :: :: 



■ ■ 



EXT WEEK (Oct. 24), ALHAMBRA, New York 

Nov. 7, Keith's, Providence 

anagement JO PAIGE SMITH 






CAT 

World's Greatest and 
Best Musical Act 



$1,000.00 IN CASH TO PROVB OUR CLAIM 
TO THI8 TITLE. 

A bill of exceptional merit Is on this week at the 
Kentucky Theatre ; for a headllner nothing could 
excel the Pour Musical Cates and their wonderful 
musical instruments. Most of the music is of the 
classic order and is well executed, especially when 
Mr. Cates plays the largest saxophone in the 
world, the tone being so deep that it seems to 
come from another world. They play some catchy 
popular airs as well, which prore pleasing.— "The 
News- Democrat," Paducah, Kentucky. 



JOB 




AND DU 



MINNIE 



Refined Qerman Comedy, Singing and Dancing. 

MaaaceiBMt WILLIAM JOSH DALY 



T 



• It 



MER HE WINS 



Present the Comedy Playlet. "IT HAPPENED IN LONELYYILLE." 
AN ORIGINAL, UNIQUE. CONSISTENT 8TORY. 

This Week (Oct. 16). PANTAGES. ST. JOSEPH, MO. 
"Dally Chieftain," Pueblo, Colo., Oct. 11, said: "Toorner and Hewlns presented a comedy 
playlet which was a scream from start to finish. They use a real live baby and the story is a 
true to life Incident handled by capable artists." 

Address: WHITE RATS OF AMERICA, New York or Chicago. 



LAURENCE JOHNSTON 

The King of Ventriloquists. 



GUY 



FRANCES 



RAWSON AND CLARE 



ii 



JUST KIDS" 

WEEK OCT. 31. MAJESTIC. DENVER. 



DEAS, REED and DEAS 

Some Singing Some Comedy Some Clothes 

The real "Some" sot will be is New York soon. 



Jackson and Margaret 

Nevelty Singing Act "IN OLD KENTUCKY" 

Presenting America's greatest Colored Lady Contralto Singer. Care VARIETY, Chicago. 

The Ben Hartleys 



Mr. Harney, The Originator Of Rag Time," having written all NEW 8ONO8 and 

MUSIC tor the Act, SOLICITS engagements starting Not. 12. 

Management J. WELLINGTON EL8WORTH. care Continental Hotel, Ban Francisco. 

Have 96,000 To Invest In a Oood Proposition. 




Opening Young's Pier, Atlantic City, This Week (Oct. 17). 



C olossal Success jl, RADIE FURMAN 



This Week (Oct. 17), Orpheum, NtW Orleans Neat WookTraTol Week Oct 31, Orpheum, Spokane First America* Esfaiaattl ii 3 pari. Eg butt, Orpatun Ckcait 



Opening on 
Orpheum Circuit 

Oct. 16, at 
Spokane, Wash. 



MABEL 



MELVILLE J. 



BUNYEA ano GIDEON 



it 



The American Beauty and the Song Writer. 

When answering advertisement* kindly mention VARIETY. 



!J 



Entire New 

Repertoire of 

Songs Written by 

Mr. Gideon 



VARIETY 



35 



Innesa £ Ryan Majestic Ft Worth 
Irish May Watson Burlesquers B R 
Inrln Flo 227 W 40 N T 
Irwin Geo Irwlns Big Show B R 



Jackson H'ry A Kate 206 Buena Vista Yonkers 

Jackson Alfred 80 B Tupper Buffalo 

Jackson Robt M Runaway Olrls B R 

Jackson A Long No Vernon Ind 

Jansen Ben ft Chas Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Jeffries Tom 160 Henry Brooklyn 

Jennlers The 1808 I Washington 

Jennings ft Renfrew Orpheum Easton Pa 

Jerge Louis 201 Baser At Buffalo 

Jerge ft Hamilton Orpheum Harrlsburg 

Jerome Edwin Merry Whirl B R 

Jess ft Dell 1202 N 6 St Louis 

Jess Johnny Cracker Jacks B R 

Jewel 263 Littleton Ay Newark N J 

Jewel ft Barlowe 8662 Arlington At St Louis 

Johnson Honey 89 Tremont Cambridge Mass 

Johnson Bros ft Johnson 6246 Callowhlll Phlla 

Johnston Elsie Reeres Beauty Show B R 

Johnston ft Buckley Golden Crook B R 

Jones A Deeley Bronx N Y 

Jones A Olllam O H Marlboro Mass 

Jones A Rogers 1351 Park At N Y 

Jones Maude 471 Lenox At N Y 

Jones A Whitehead 83 Borden Newark N J 

Jordan Anna ft Co BUou Phlla 

Joyce Jack Circus Bush Vienna 

Julian A Dyer 67 High Detroit 

Jundts Les Sells-Floto C R 

Jungle Olrls Lyda Chicago 

Juno A Wells 511 B 78 New York 



Karl Grand Syracuse 

Kane Leonard Majestic Columbus Ga 

Kartello Bros Peterson N J 

Kaufman Reba A Inez Follies Bergere Paris 

Kaufmanns 240 E 35 Chicago 

Keating A Murray Blakers Wlldwood N J Indef 

Keaton A Barry Austins Boston 

Keeley Bros Union Stroudsburg Oer 

Keene A Adams 418 Strand W C London 



jim r. 



ram's ram. 



ANNIS M. 



KELLY and KENT 



K el ley A <Catlln Cortland N Y 

Kelly A Went worth Bijou Lansing 

Kelley ft Catlln 3533 Calumet Chicago 

Kelly, Lew Serenaders B R 

Kelsey Sisters 4832 Christiana At Chicago 

Keltners 133 Colonial PI Dallas 

Kendall Ruth Minn N T Ir B R 

Kendall Chas ft Maldle 128 Alfred Detroit 

Kennedy Joe 1131 N 3 At Knoxvllle 

Kennedy ft Lee Palace Boston 

Kenney ft Hollts 65 Holmes At Allston Mass 

Kenney Nobody A Piatt Maryland Baltimore 

Kent A Wilson 6036 Monroe At Chicago 

Kenton Dorothy Alhambra Paris 

Kenyot Family Barnum A Bailey C R 

Ressner Rose 438 W 164 N Y 

Kldders Bert A Dorothy 1274 Clay San Fran 

Klda 333 St Lawrence Montreal 

Kine Josle Bowery Burlesquers B R 

King Margaret H Serenaders B R 

King Bros 211 4 At Schenectady 

King Violet Winter Gard'n Blackpool Bng Indef 

Klnnebrew A Klara O H Plymouth 111 Indef 

Klralfo Bros 1710 3 At Evansvllle Ind 

Klrksmlth Sisters Gaiety Galesburg 111 

Kirschbaum Harry 1023 Main Kansas City 

Klein A Clifton Temple Grand Rapids Mich 

Knowles R M College Girl B R 

Koehler Grayce 5050 Calumet Chicago 

Kohers Three 66-13 Wheeling W Va 

Koler Harry Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Konerz Bros Colonial N Y 

Kovarlck 427 12 Av N Seattle 

Kranzman Taylor & White Orpheum Kan City 

Kratons The 418 Strand London 



Lacey Will Wigwam San Francisco 

Lacouver Lena Vanity Fair B R 

Lafayettes Two 185 Graham Oshkosh 

Laird Major Irwlns Big Show B R 

Lake Jas J Eton Tons B R 

Lalor Ed Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Lamont Harry Johnstown N Y 

Lancaster A Miller 546 Jones Oakland 

Lane Goodwin A Lane 3713 Locust Phlla 

Lane ft Ardell 332 Genesee Rochester 

Lane Eddie 305 E 73 N Y 

Lang Kar] 273 Blckford At Memphis 

Lanlgan Joe 102 S 51 Phlla 

Lansear Ward E 232 Schaefer Bklyn 

La Auto Girl 123 Alfred Detroit. 

La Blanche Mr A Mrs Jack 8315 B Baltimore 

La Centra A LeRue 2461 2 At N Y 

La Delles Four 123 2 Decatur Ind 

Le Fleur Joe Forepaugh Sells C R 

La Failles Four Barnum A Bailey C R 

La Fere Eleanore Miss N Y Jr B R 

La Gusta 224 E 42 N Y 

La Mar Dorothy World of Pleasure B R 

La Maze Bennett ft La Mate 2508 Pitkin Bklyn 

La Mera Paul 27 Monroe Albany 

La Moines Musical 832 5 Baraboo Wis 

La NoIIp Ed A Helen 1707 N 15 Phils 

La Ponte Marguerite Family Grand Forks ND 

La Rue A Holmes 21 LUlie Newark 

La Tell Bros Star Ogdensburg N Y 

La Tour Irene 24 Atlantic Newark N J 

Ta Tosca Phil 135 W 82 Los Angeles 

La Toy Bros Lyric Mobile 

La Vettes 1708 W 31 Kansas City 

Larkln Nicholas Runaway Girls B R 

Larose 226 Bleeeker Bklyn 

Larrlvee 32 Shuter Montreal 

Lawrent Marie Rllou Philadelphia 

Laveen Cross A Co Temple Rochester 

Lavender Will BIk Review B R 

La vine A Inman 3201 E 81 Cleveland 

Lavardes Lillian 1200 Union Hackensack N J 

Lawrence Bill Bohemians R R 

Lawrence A Edwards 1140 Wesfm'r Providence 

T^awrence A Wright 7»5 Copeland Roxbury Mass 

Laypo A Benjamin Colonial Lawrence 

Layton Marie 252 B Indiana St Charles III 

Le Beau Jean Ginger Girls B R 



Le Clair Harry 246 W 184 N Y 

Le Grange A Gordon 2823 Washington St Louis 

Le Hlrt 760 Clifford At Rochester 

Le Pearl A Bogert 401 Solome Springfield 111 

Le Roy Lillian Marathon Girls B R 

Le Roy Vivian Golden Crook B R 

Le Roy Vic 332 Everett Kansas City Kan 

L« Roy Chas 1806 N Gay Baltimore 

Le Roy A Adams 1812 Loesel Av Erie Pa 

Le Van Harry Big Review B R 

Leahv Bros Harrison Pawtucket R I 

Lee Minnie Bowery Burlesuqers B R 

Leestele Eleanor Merry Whirl B R 

Lelck A Keith Hip Derby England 

Lenis The 1818 School Chicago 

Leonard ft Drake 1090 Park PI Bklyn 

BESSIE LEONARD 

The Girl with the Wonderful Hair. 
This Week (Oct. 16), American, Omaha. 

Leonl Ruby Cracker Jacks B R 

Lerner Dave Americans B R 

Les Jundts 523 E Richard Dayton O 

BERT LESLIE 

KINO OF fLANO. 

With "Our Miss Olbbs," En Tour. 



Leslie Genie 861 Tremont Boston 

Leslie Frank 124 W 189th N Y 

Leslie Mabel Big Banner Show B R 

Lester Anna Majestic Shreveport La 

Lester Joe Golden Crook B R 

Lester A Kellet 318 Falrmount Av Jersey City 

Levlno D ft Susie 14 Prospect W Haven Conn 

Levitt ft Falls 412 Cedar Syracuse 

Levy Family Gordon Chelsea Mass 

Lewis A Vanity Fair B R 

Lewis Chas 101 W 118 N Y 

Lewis ft Chapln Polls Worcester 

Lewis ft Lake 2411 Norton Av Kansas City 

Lewis Walter ft Co 677 Wash'n Brookllne Mass 

Lewis ft Green Dainty Duchess B R 

Lillian Grace Century Girls B R 

Lingermans 706 N 5 Phlla 

Llntons Comedy Co Monroe Chicago 

Llntons Players Orpheum Alliance O 

Llsoord Lottie Watsons Burlesque B R 

Llssman Harry Hastings Show B R 

Livingston Murry 830 ft 163 N Y 

Lloyd A Castano 104 W 61 N Y 

London A Rlker 82 W 08 N Y 




A Refined Novelty Singing Act 
Next Week (Oct. 24), Topeka. Kansas. 



Loralne Harry Big Review B R 

LoTett Ed World of Pleasure B R 

Lower F Edward Hastings Show B R 

Luce A Luce Orpheum Lincoln Neb 

Luken Al Marathon Girls B R 

Luttlngor Luca« Co 686 Valencls San Fran 

Lynch-Hazel 355 Norwood At Grand Rapids 

Lynch Jack 03 Houston Newark 

Lynn Roy Box 62 Jefferson City Tenn 

Lyon A Atwood Dunns Cafe San Fran Indef 

Lyres Three Majestic Hot Springs Ark 

M 

Macdonald Sisters 12 Bache San Francisco 

Mack Tom Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Mack Billy 6947 Chestnut Phlla 

Mack A Co Lee 666 N State Chicago 

Mack Wm Follies of the Day B R 

Mackey J 8 Runaway Girls B R 

Madison Chas Trocaderos B R 

Mae Rose Passing Parade B R 

Mae Florence 43 Jefferson Bradford Pa 

Maher Agnes 575 Wabash At Chicago 

Mahoney Wm Irwlns Big Show B R 

Main Ida Dunns Cafe San Francisco Indef 

Maltland Mable Vanity Fair B R 

Majestic Musical Four Bway Gaiety Girls B R 

Malloy Dannie 11 Glen Morris Toronto 

Maltese Lewis A Co Orpheum Mansfield 

Malvern Troupe Forepaugh s Phlla 

Mann Chas Dreamlanders B R 

Manning Frank 355 Bedford Av Bklyn 

Manning Trio 70 Clacy Grand Rapids 

Mantells Marionettes 4420 Berkeley Av Chic 

Marcell A Lenett Gentry Show C R 

Mardo A Hunter Cozy Comer Olrls B R 

Marimba Band Melllnl Hanover Oer 

Marine Comedy Trio 187 Hopkins Bklyn 

Mario Louise Vanity Fair B R 

Marlon Johnny Century Girls B R 

Marion A Lillian 22 Manhattan Av N Y 

Marlon Dave Dreamlanders B R 

Marke Dorothy Germantown Phlla 

Mario Aldo Trio Orphoum Kansas City 

Marr BUlle Irwlns Big Show B R 

Marsh A Mlddletnn 19 Dyer Av Everett Mass 

Martell Family Kentucky Belle* n R 

Martha Mile Maryland Baltimore 



Clark Martinetti ? 



Martin Dave A Percle 4801 Calumet Chicago 
Martin Frank A T Jacks B R 
Martlne Carl A Rudolph 465 W 57 N Y 
Marvin Bros Family Indianapolis 
Mason Harry L College Girls B R 
Mathleson Walter 848 W Ohio Chicago 

Sensational Novelty Entertainers 

JUGGLING MATHIEUS 

IN VAUDEVILLE 

Maxims Models East'n American B Liverpool O 



Maxims Models Western Orpheum Birmingham 
Mays Musical Four Congress Portland Me 
Masette Rose Marathon Girls B R 
McAllister Dick Vanity Fair B R 
McAvoy Harry Bon Tons B R 
McCale Larry Irwlns Big Show B R 
McCann Geraldlne A Go 708 Park Johnstown Pa 
McCarthy Henry 817 N Hancock Phlla 
McClaln M 8221 Madison Av Pittsburg 
McConnell Sisters 1247 Madison Chicago 
McCormack Frank A Co Polls New Haven 
McCormlck A Irving 503 W 178 N Y 
McCune A Grant 636 Benton Pittsburg 
McDowell John and Alice 627 6 Detroit 
McGarry A McGarry Pennant Winners B R 
McGarry A Harris 521 Palmer Toledo 
McOee Joe B Colonial Lawrence Mass 
McGregor Sandy Brigadiers B R 
McOuIre Tuts 60 High Detroit 
Mclntyre W J Follies of the Day B R 
McKay A Cantwell Orpheum Salt Lake 
McMahon A Chappelle Box 424 Bordentown N J 
McWaters A Tyson 471 60 Bklyn 
Melk Anna Brigadiers B R 
Meehan Billy Sam T Jacks B R 
Mendelsohn Jack 163 W 63 N Y 
Menetekel 104 B 14 New York 
Meredith Sisters 20 W 65 N Y 
Merrill Sebastian Colonial N Y 
Merrltt Raymond 178 Tremont Pasadena Cal 
Methen Sisters 12 Culton Springfield Mass 
Meyer David Pantages Victoria B C Indef 
Meyers Belle Walnut Louisville 
Michael A Michael 820 W 58 N Y 
Milam A De Bols 825 10 Nashville 
Mflss Margaret Fads A Follies B R 
MITTtary Four 670 B 24 Peterson N J 
Millard Bros Rose Sydell B R 
Miller Larry Princess St Paul Indef 
Miller A Queen of Jardln de Parle B R 
Miller Helen Passing Parade B R 
Miller A Mack 2641 Federal Phlla 
Miller A Princeton 88 Olney Providence 
Miller Theresa 118 W Grand Av Oklahoma 
Millers The Haag Show C R 
Mlllman Trio Scnumnns Frankfort Gor 
Mllmars Robinsons Cincinnati 
Mlntz A Palmer 1305 N 7 Phlla 
Mlroff Princess Hudson Union Hill N .1 
Mlskel Hunt A Miller 108 14 Cincinnati 
Mitchell Bennett Miss N Y Jr B R 
Mitchell A Cain Empire Holloway Eng 
Moller Harry 30 Blymer Delaware O 
Monarch Four Golden Crook B R 
Moneta Five Majestic E St Louis 111 
Monie Al O H Butte Mont 
Montgomery Harry 65 B 110 N Y 
Montambo A Bartelll 35 Field Waterbury 
Mooney A Holbein Mlddlesburgh England 
Moore Helen J Columbians B R 
Moore Geo W 3164 Cedar Philadelphia 
Mooree Mabel Valenteene Grand Fargo N D 
Morgan Maybelle Midnight Maidens B R 
Morgan Bros 2525 B Madison Phlla 
Morgan King A Thompson 81s 608 B 41 Chicago 
Morgan Myers A Mike Olympic Newport News 
Morris Felice Orpheum San Francisco 
Morris Joe Dainty Duchess B R 
Morris Ed Reeves Beauty Show B R 
Morris Helen Passing Parade B R 
Morris A W ftman 132 N Law Allentown Pa 
Morris A Morton 1308 8t Johns PI Bklyn 
Morris Mildred A Co 250 W 86 New York 
Morris Billy A Sherwood 81s 223 Pontlac Dayton 
Morrison May Watsons Burlesquers B R 



Miss ALICE MORTLOCK 

Presenting "THE OTHER WOMAN." 
Sulllvan-Consldlne Circuit 



Morton Harry K Golden Crook B R 

Morton A Keenan 574 11 Bklyn 

Moosey Wm Bon Tons B R 

Mowatts Peerless Wlntergarten Berlin 

Mull Eva World of Pleasure B R 

Mullen Tom Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Mullen Jim Lovemakers B R 

Muller Maud 601 W 151 N Y 

Mulvey A Amoros Orpheum Kansas City 

Murphy Frances Dreamlanders B R 

Murray Elizabeth New Amsterdam N Y Indef 

Murray A Alvln Great Albinl Co 

Murray A Stone 2046 E 18 Cleveland 

My Fancy 12 Adams Strand London 

Myers A MacBryde 162 6 Av Troy N Y 

N 

Nannary May A Co Pantages Spokane 

Nash May Columbians B R 

Nazarro Nat A Co 3101 Tracy Av Kansas City 

NefT A Starr Forsyth Atlanta Ga 

Nelson H P Follies of New York n R 

Nelson Chester Americans B R 

Nelson Bert A. 1042 N Humboldt Chicago 

Nelson Georgia 2710 Virginia St Louis 

Nelson Oswald A Borger 150 E 128 N Y 

Nevaros Three R04 12 Av Milwaukee 

Nevlns A Erwood Majestic Cedar Rapids la 

Newhoff A Phelps 32 W 118 N Y 

Newton Billy S Miss N Y Jr B R 

Nichols Nelson A Nichols Colonial Erie Pa 

Nlcoll Ida Bohemians B R 

Noble A Brooks Majestic Cedarf Uaplds 

Nonette 617 Flatbush Av Bklyn 

Normans Juggling Sells Floto C R 

Norton Ned Follies of New York B R 

Norton C Porter 0342 Klmbark Av Chicago 

Norwalk Eddie 50.1 Prospect Av Bronx N Y 

Noss Bertha Gerard Hotel N Y 



Bert. E. and Ada Heist. 

THE OBERMANS 

Presenting "Trlx." W. V. A. Time. 



O'Brien Frank Columbians B R 

O'Connor Trio 706 W Allegheny Av Phlla 

O'Dell Fay Miss N Y Jr B R 

Odell A Gilmore 114.% Monroe Chicago 

Odlva Keiths Columbus O 

Ogd*>n Gertrude H 2835 N Mozart Chicago 

Okabe Family 20 Charing Cross Rd London 

Olio Trio Empress Cincinnati 

O'Neill Trio Majestic Eau Claire Wis 



O'Neill A Regenery 602 Warren Bridgeport 

Opp Joe Kentucky Belles B R 

O'Rourke A Atkinson 1848 E 66 Cleveland 

Orpheus Comedy Four Queen Jardln de P B R 

Orr Chas F 131 W 41 N Y 

Orren A McKenzle 606 East Springfield O 

Osbun A Dola 335 No Willow Av Chicago 

Ott Phil 178 A Tremont Boston 

Owen Dorothy Mae 3047 00 Chicago 

Ozavs The 48 Klnsey Av Kenmore N Y 



Packard Julia Passing Parade B R 
Palme Esther Mile 121 E 46 Chicago 
Palmer Daisy Oolden Crook B R 
Palmer Louise Irwlns Big Show B R 
Pardue Violet Follies of New York B R 
Parfray Edith College Girls R R 
Parker A Morrell 187 Hopkins Bklyn 
Parvls Geo W 2534 N Franklin Philadelphia 
Pastor A Merle Hartford Htl Chicago 
Patrldge Mildred Kentucky Belles B R 
Patterson Al Kentucky Belles B R 
Patterson Sam 20 W 133 N Y 
Paul Dottle S Rolllckers B R 
Paull A Ryholda 350 County New Bedford 
Paullnettl A Plquo 4324 Wain Frankfort Pa 
Paulette A Cross Star St Johns Newfoundland 



PAULINE 

Playing MORRIS TIME. 
Next Week (Oct. 24), Princess, 
8L Louts 



Payton Polly Bohemians B R 

Pearl Kathryn A Violet Sam T Jacks B R 

Pearless Gilbert Ginger Girls B R 

Pearse A Mason Bijou Qulncv 111 

Pearson Walter Merry Whirl B R 

Pederson Bros 635 Greenbush Milwaukee 

Pelots The 161 Westminster Av Atlantic City 

Pepper Twins Lindsay Can 

Pero A Wilson Orpheum Nashville 

Perry Frank L 747 Buchanan Minneapolis 

Petchlng Bros 16 Packard Av Lymansvllle R I 

Peter the Great 422 Bloomfleld Av Hoboken N J 

Phillips Joe Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Phillips Mondane 4027 Bellevlew Av Kan City 

Phillips Samuel 316 Classon Av Bklyn 

Phillips Sisters 776 8 Av N Y 

Plerson Hal Lovemakers B R 

Pike Lester Irwlns Big Show B R 

Pike A Calame 078 Amsterdam Av N Y 

Plroscoffls Five Lovemakers B R 

Plsano Yen 15 Charles Lynn Mass 

Plstel A Cushlng Orpheum Portland 

Plunkett & Rltter Howard Boston 

Pollard Gene Casino Girls B R 

Pope A Uno Anderson Louisville 

Potter Wm Big Banner Show B R 

Potter A Harris Bway Camden N J 

Potts Bros A Co Fulton Brooklyn 

Powder Saul Follies of New York B R 

Powell Eddie 2314 Chelsea Kansas City 

Powers Elephants 745 Forest Av N Y 

Powers Bros 15 Trask Providence 

Price Harry M 034 Longwood Av N Y 

Prices Jolly 1620 Arch Philadelphia 

Priors The Tukulla Wash 

Proctor Sisters 1112 Halsey Bklyn 

Prosit Trio Rlngllng Bros C R 



Queen Mab A Wels Orpheum Springfield 
Qulgg A Nlckerson Follies of 1010 
Qulnlan Josle 644 N Clark Chicago 
Qulnn Mattle 536 Rush Chicago 



Radcllff Pearl Watsons Burlesquers B R 
Ralmund Jim 37 E Adams Chicago 
Rainbow Sisters 840 14 San Francisco 
Ralande A Ralande Box 200 Cumberland Md 
Ramsey Allle Washington Society Girls B R 
Randall Edith Marathon Girls B R 
Rapier John 473 Cole Av Dallas 
Ratelles The 637 Petortmeux Montreal 
Ray Ethel Arcade Niagara Pa 
Ray Eugene 5602 Prairie Av Chicago 
Raymond Clara 141 Lawrence Brooklyn 
Raymond Ruby A Co Keiths Boston 
Raymore ft Co 147 W 05 N Y 
Reded A Hadley Star Show Olrls B R 
Bedford A Winchester Grand EvanKvlllc Ind 
Redner Thomas A Co 072 Hudson Av Detroit 
Rrdwny Juggling 141 Inspector Montreal 
Redwood A Gordon 107 Dearborn Chicago 
Reod A Earl 236 E 62 Los Angeles 
Reed Bros Columbia St Louis 
Reeves Al Reeves Beauty Show B R 
Reffkln .Too 163 Dudley Providence 
Regal Trio 116 W Wash Pi N Y 
Reld Jack Runaway Olrls B R 
Reld Sisters 45 Broad Elizabeth N J 
Relff Clayton A Relff Fatnlly Clinton la 

MAYME REMINGTON 

Exclusive W. V. M. A. Route. Booked Solid. 

Relnflelds Minstrels Gem Cairo 111 

Relyea Chas Kentucky Belles B R 

RenaUes The 2064 Sutter San Francisco 

Rese Len 1021 Cherry Phlla 

Revere Marie Irwlns Big Show B R 

Reynolds I>»w Follies of the Dav II R 

Reynolds A Donegan Wlnforgarlcn Berlin 

Rhodes Marionettes 33 W X Chester Pa 

Rice Louise Dreamlanders B It 

Rice Frank A True 8340 Wrnori Av Chicago 

Rice Sullv A Scott Polls SprlnKfield 

Rich A Howard 214 E 1ft N Y 

Richards Great Hudson I'nlon HIM N .1 



CHICK 



HENRIETTA 



RIESNER «■ GORE 

Playln* few choice weeks West. 
Framing New Act for the East. 



When answering advertisement* kindly mention VARIETY. 



36 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



After a week at the COLISEUM, LONDON, booked immediately into the EMPIRE 

LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON 

ABSOLUTELY THE FIRST HEBREW COMEDIAN ENGAGED TO PLAY THIS THEATRE 



SAM 

H. B. MARINELLI 



STERN 



t < 



English Representative 



Give My Regards to Broadway" 
"Perseventfbe Never Fails" 



. A. MYERS 

American Representative 



IN HER ORIGINAL HULA-HULA DANCE 

TOOTS-PAKA 



With 

"ECHO" Co. 

Rep. 

PAT 



And 



PAKA'S HAWAIIAN TRIO |»»ec¥ 

OTHERS, IMITATERS and FAKES Wtttl 




Jessie 
Broughton 



AND 



Dennis 
Creedon 

IN A 

REFINED VOCAL 
AND INSTRUMEN- 
TAL SCENA 

Meeting with success 
on MORRIS CIRCUIT 





Hail 



Harry Qarrity 



MORRIS CIRCUIT 



American Traresty Stars 



"JUST A COMEDIAN." 

PICKWICK THEATRE, SAN DIEGO, CAL. 



ENT3, N 

PUT THIS NAME ON YOUR BOOKS: 



I 



! 



EDYTHE GIBBONS 

Clerer, Classy Comedienne, Restricted Songs and Stories. Good Voice, Good Looks, Good Act. 

;vj west 46th St., New York, 'Phone, 2470 Bryant. 
* rents please send postal for Illustrated Booklet containing photos. 



Mr. JOHNSON CLARK 



VENTRILOQUI 

MORRIS CIRCUIT 



MISS 



SYDNEY SHIELDS 



Successful on the Orpheum Circuit 



Orpheum, New Orleans, Next Week (Oct. 24) 



LILLIAN SHAW 



- 



THE REAL HIT of "Jumping Jupiter" 

(CHICAGO ENGAGEMENT) 

Resting in New York for two weeks. Sails for two months' rest at Carlsbad, 
next week. Address all communications to 

EDW. 8. KELLER, Personal Representative and Manager 



Hit on 
Anniversary Bill 



United Time 



Hickey Triplets 




IN/1 




Colonial, Norfolk, this week (Oct. 17) 



COMING EAST SOON. By H. 0. COTTRELL 



BIG NEW ACT "A girl OF THE WEST" 

LUTTRINGER LUCAS ano CO. »~«« - alf. t. wilton izz';> 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



Scenery 



VARIETY 



37 



Riley ft Ahem SB Plant Dayton 

Riley A C Temple Rochester 

Rio Bros 1220-28 Milwaukee 

Rlpon Alf 545 B 87 N Y 

Ritchie Billy Vanity Pair B R 

Rltter 4 Poster Hansa Hamburg 

Roach A B Vanity Pair B R 

Roatlnl Mile Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Rober Ous Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Roberts C B 1851 Sherman Ay Dearer 

Roberts Robt Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Roberts A Downey 86 Lafayette Detroit 

Roberts A Pearl 369 Grand Brooklyn 

Robinson Chas A Crusoe Girls B R 

Robinson The 901 Hawthorne Av Minneapolis 

Robinson Wm C 3 GranvMle London 

Robisch ft Childress 050 No Clark Chicago 

Rocamora Suzanne Orpheum St Paul 

Roche Harry Sam T Jacks B R 

Rock & Roi 1610 Indiana Av Chicago 

Rockway & Conway Majestic Bloemlngton 111 

Roeder A Lester 314 Broadway Buffalo 

Rogers Ed Girls from Happyland B R 

Roland A Morln 208 Middlesex Lowell 

Rolande Geo S Box 200 Cumberland Md 

Roode Claude M Polls Scranton 

Roof Jack A Clara 705 Green Phlla 

Rooney A Bent Proctors Newark 

Rose Dave Rose Sydell B R 

Rose Blanche Cracker Jacks B R 

Rose Lane A Kelgard 125 W 43 N Y 

Rose Clarlna 6025 57 Bklyn 

Rosenthal Bros 151 Chaplin Rochester 

Ross Eddie O Majestic Jacksonville 

Ross A Lewis Hip Balham London 

Ross Prank Trocaderos B R 

Ross Sisters 65 Cumerford Providence 

Rossi Alfredo Mr A Mrs Two Bills Show C R 

Royal Minstrel Pour 1417 East Salt Lake 

Royden Vlrgie Rose Sydell B R 

Russell A Davis 1316 High Sprlngfeld O 

Rutans Song Birds Keaggy Greensburg Pa 

Rutherford Jim H Hagenbeck-Wallace C R 

THOS J 

RYAN-RICHFIELD CO. 

Next Week (Oct. 23). Orpheum, Des Moines, 

Iowa. 

Ryno A Emerson 161 W 74 N Y 

8 
Salambo A Olivettes Majestic Houston 
Salmo Juno Empire Camberwell London 
Samaroff A Sonfa Orpheum Omaha 

LACEY SAMPSON 

AND 

MABEL DOUGLAS 

Sampson A Douglas Orpheum Rockford 111 

Sanders A La Mar 1327 5 Av N Y 

Sanford A Darlington 3960 Pengrove Phlla 

Saunders Chas Century Girls B R 

Saxe Michael Follies of New York B R 

Saxollans Four O H Carlisle Pa 

Saxon Chas Big Review B R 

Scanlon Geo B College Girls B R 

Scanlon W J Orpheum Oakland 

Scarlet A Scarlet 913 Longwood Av N Y 

Schilling Wm 1000 E Lanvale Baltimore 

Schooley Edgar Bloomlngton 111 

Sclntella 588 Lyell Av Rochester 

Scott Robt Lovcmakers B R 

Scott O M Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Scott A West 22 Division N Y 

Scott A Yost 40 Mornlngslde Av N Y 

Scully Will P 8 Webster PI Brooklyn 

Sears Gladys Midnight Maidens B R 

Seaton Blllle Serenaders B R 

Selby Hal M 204 Schiller Bldg Chicago 

Semon Primrose Ginger Girls B R 

Senzell Bros 210 Arlington Pittsburg 

Sexton Chas B 2849 Johnston Chicago 

Sevengala Orpheum Utlca 

Seymour Nellie 111 Manhattan N Y 

Sharp A Montgomery Majestic DallaB 

Shaw Edith Irwlns Majesties B R 

Shews Aerial Palace Lelpiig Ger 

Shea Thos E 3664 Pine Grove At Chicago 

Shean Al Big Banner Show B R 

Sheck A Darvllle 2028 N Clark Chicago 

Shelvey Bros 265 S Main Waterbury 

Shepard A Co James C 1604 Madison Av N Y 

Shepperley Sisters 250 Dovercourt Toronto 

Sheppell A Bennett Dreamlanders B R 

Sherlock A Val Dalle 514 W 185 N Y 

Sherlock A Holmes 2508 Ridge Philadelphia 

Sherman A De Forest Slttners Chicago 

Shermans Two 252 St Emanuel Mobile 

Shermans Musical Co Alberta Can 

Sherwood Jeanette Ginger Girls B R 

Shields Sydney Orpheum New Orleans 

ffe Mies ffe sad Co. 

Sydney Shields 

Nox^WeekCOct^^^Orpheum^Iew^rle^ns^ 

Shields The 207 City Hall New Orleans 
Shorey Campbell A Co 50 Rock Av Lynn Mass 
Sldello Tom A Co 4313 Wentworth Av Chicago 
Slddons A Earle 2515 So Adler Philadelphia 
Sldman Sam Passing Parade B R 
Slegel Emma Irwlns Majesties B R 
Slegel A Matthews 324 Dearborn Chicago 
Silver Nat Watsons Burlesquers B R 
Slmms Wlllard 6435 Ellis Av Chicago 
Simonds Teddy Americans B R 
Simpson Russell Big Review B R 
Slater & Finch 10 N 3 Vlncennes Ind 
Small Johnnie A Sisters 820 Lenox Av N Y 
Smlrl A Ressner 438 W 164 N Y 
Smiths Aerial Rlngllng Bros C R 
Smith Allen 1243 Jefferson Av Bklyn 
Smith A Adams 408 So Halstead Chicago 
Smith A Brown 1324 St John Toledo 
Snyder A Buckley Fads A Follies B R 
Sockront Bros Three 558 6 Detroit 
Somers & Storke Schlndlers Chicago 
Sossln Samuel Hastings Show B R 
Spauldlng A DupTee Box 285 Osslnlng N Y 
Spears The 67 Clinton Everett Mass 
Spears Anna Merry Whirl B R 



Spelvln Qeo Sam T Jacks B R 
Spencer A Austin 3110 E Phlla 
Splssell Bros ft Co Orpheum San Francisco 
Sprague A McNeece 032 No 10 Phlla 
Sprague A Dixon 506 Mt Hope Cincinnati 
Springer A Church 96 4 Plttsfleld Mass 
Stadium Trio St Charles Htl Chicago 




Stagpooles Four Empire Philadelphia 
Stanley Stan 905 Bates Indianapolis 
Stanley Harry S Majestic Denver 
Stanwood David 304 Bremen E Boston 
Starr A Sachs 343 N Clark Chicago 
Stedman Al A Fannie 685 So Boston 
Steinert Thomas Trio 531 Lenox Av N Y 
Steinman Herman Lovemakers B R 
Steppe A H 33 Barclay Newark 
Stevens Pearl Kedzle Chicago 
Stevens Harry Century Girls B R 
Stevens Will H Serenaders B R 
Stevens E 135 So First Bklyn 
Stevens Paul 323 W 28 N Y 
Stevens Llllle Brigadiers B R 
Stevens A Moore Columbians B R 
Stewart Harry M World of Pleasure B R 
Stewart A Earl 125 Euclid Woodbury N J 
Stlckney Louise Hippodrome N Y Indef 
Stirk A London 28 Hancock Brockton 
Stone Geo Ginger Girls B R 
St James A Dacre 163 W 34 N Y 
Strehl May Gaiety Girls B R 
Strickland Rube Princess Wichita Kansas 
Strohscheln H 2532 Atlantic Bklyn 
Strubblefleld Trio 5808 Maple Av St Louis 
Suglmato Troupe Lyric Terre Haute 
Sully Duo Majestic Savannah 
Sully A Phelps 2310 Bolton Phlla 
Summers Allen 1956 W 30 N Y 
Sweeney A Rooney 1434 Sumner Av Scranton 
Sweet Dollle Irwlns Majesties B R 
Swisher Gladys 1154 N Clark Chicago 
Swor Bert Columbians B R 
^Sydney Oscar Lovemakers B R 
Sylvester Cecelia Passing Parade B R 
Sylvesters The Plymouth Htl Hoboken N J 
Symonds Jack Congress Portland Me 

Alfarretta Symonds 

With Ryan and Adams 



Sytz A Sytz 14b Morris Phlla 



TAMBO «■ TAMBO 

Double Tambourine Spinners 

Tambo & Tambo Hip llford London 
Tangley Pearl 67 So Clark Chicago 
Tssmanlnn Vandanman Hftgenheck-WnHnep 

Taylor, Kranzman and White 

Musical Foolishness 

Taylors Animals Rlngllng Bros C R 

Temple & O'Brien Bijou Superior Wis 

Terrlll Frank & Fred 857 N Orkney Phlla 

Thatcher Fannie Ron Tons B R 

Thomas A Hamilton 667 Dearborn Av Chicago 

Thompson Mark Bohemians B R 

Thomson Harry 1284 Putnam Av Brooklyn 

Thor Musical American Omaha 

Thornton Arthur Golden Crook B R 

Thornton Geo A 895 Broome N Y 

Thome Mr A Mrs Harry 288 St Nicholas AvNY 

Thorns Juggling 58 Rose Buffalo 

Thurston Leslie 68 W 108 N Y 

Tllton Lucile Bijou Racine 

Tinker O L 776 8 Av N Y 

Tivoli Quartette High Life Cafe Mllwalk' Indef 

Tom Jack Trio Keiths Columbus 

Tombes Andrew College Girls B R 

Tops Topsy A Tops 3442 W School Chicago 

Torcat A Flor D'Aliza Varieties Terre Haute 

Tracy Julia Raymond Bartholdl Inn N Y 

Travers Belle 210 N Franklin Philadelphia 

Travers Phil 5 E 115 N Y 

Travers Roland 221 W 42 N Y 

Tremalnes Musical 230 Caldwell Jacksonville Tl 

Trevor Edwin A Dolores Golden Crook B R 

Trolley Car Trio 21 Willow PI Yonkcrs 

Troxell A Wlnchell 306 3 N Seattle 

Tsuda Harry Forsyth Atlanta 

HARRY TSUDA 

UNITED TIME. 
Booked Solid. James E. Plunkett, Mgr. 

Tunis Fay World of Pleasure B R 
Tuttle & May 3887 W Huron Chicago 
Ty Bell Sisters Forepaugh Sells C R 
Tydeman A Dooley 108 Elm Camden N J 

U 

Ullne Arthur M 1759 W Lake Chicago 
Ullne A Rose Doming Htl Chicago 
ITmhauIts Bros 'JO N Jefferson Dayton 
Unique Comedy Trio 1927 Nicholas Phila 
Usher Claude A Fannie Sheas Buffalo 



Vagges Bell Oakland 

Valadons 34 Brewer Newport R I 

Valentine A Dooley Majestic Chicago 

Valetta A Lamson 1329 St Clark Cleveland 



Valmore Lulu A Mildred Bohemians B R 

Van Chas A Fannie Polls Springfield 

Van Dalle Sisters S14 W 135 N Y 

Van Horn Bobby Orpheum Dallas 

Van Hoven Keiths Cleveland 

Van Oston Eva Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Van Oaten Bob Sam T Jacks B R 

Vardelles Lowell Mich 

Vardon Perry A Wilbur Bijou Winnipeg 

Variety Comedy Trio 1515 Berth Indianapolis 

Vassar A Arken 324 Christopher Bklyn 

Vasco 41a Acre Lane London 

Vass Victor V 25 Hasklns Providence 

Vedder Fannie Bon Tons B R 

Vedder Llllle Cracker Jacks B R 

Vedmar Rene 3285 Bway N Y 

Venetian Serenaders 67(f Blackhawk Chicago 

Venus on Wheels Merry Maidens B R 

Vernon Alrdome Mt Carrael 111 

Village Comedy Four 1912 Ringgold Phlla 

Vincent John B 820 Olive Indianapolis 

Vinton Grace Serenaders B R 

Violanl Vaudeville Canton O 

Vloletta Jolly 41 Lelpzlgerstr Berlin Ger 

Vogel A Wandas Majestic Little Rock 

Von Serley Sisters Marathon Girls B R 

Vyner Iydlla Reeves Beauty Show B R 

W 

Wakefield Frank L Runaway Girls B R 
Walker Musical 1524 Brookslde Indianapolis 
Walling Ida Watsons Burlesquers B R 
Walsh Helen A May Dainty Duchess B R 

WALSH, LYNCH -CO. 

Presenting "HTJCKIN'S RUN." 

Direction. PAT CASEY. 
Next Week (Oct. 24), Milwaukee. 

Walsh Martin Trocaderos B R 

Walters A West 3437 Vernon Chicago 

Walters John Lyric Ft Wayne Ind Indef 

Ward Alice Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Ward Billy 199 Myrtle Av Bklvn 

Ward Marty S Gaiety Girls B R 

Ward A Harrington 418 Strand London 

Warde A Mack 300 W 70 New York 

Warner Harry E Rolllckers B R 

Washburn Blanche Washington Soc Girls B R 

Water Carl P Sam T Jacks R R 

Waters Hester Washington Soc Girls B R 

Watson Billy W Girls from Happyland B R 

Wayne Jack W College Girls B R 

Wayne Sisters Dainty Duchess B R 

Weaver Frank A Co 1706 N 9 Baltimore 

Webb Harry Temple Detroit 

Weber Johnnie Rose Sydell B R 

we.chok.be 

SIOUX INDIAN GIRL. 
Direction. Norman Prledenwald. 
Oct. 17, Family, Dixon. 111.; 24, Juneau. 
Milwaukee. 

Welch Jas A 211 E 14 New York 

Welch Thos Runaway Girls B R 

Welch Tint Vanity Fair B R 

Well John 5 Krusstadt Rotterdam 

Wells Lew 213 Shawmut Grand Rapids 

West John Watsons Burlesquers B R 

West Al 606 E Ohio Pittsburg 

West Wm Irwlns Majesties B R 

West A Henry Auditorium Newark O 

West Sisters 1412 Jefferson Av Bklyn N Y 

West A Denton 135 W Cedar Kalamazoo 

Weston Bros Coralque Lynn Mass 

Weston Bros Savov New Bedford 

Weston Al Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Weston Dan E 141 W 116 N Y 

Western Union Trio 2241 E Clearfield Phlla 

Wetherlll 33 W 8 Chester Pa 

Wheeler Sisters 1441 7 Phlla 

Wheelock A Hav Orpheum Denver 

Whirl Four 2426 S Watts Phlla 

White Harry 1003 Ashland Av Baltimore 

ETHEL WHITESIDE 

And those "Pickannies." 
"FOLLIES OF COONTOWN." 

White Phil Merry Whirl B R 
Whltford Anabelle 363 W 42 N Y 
Whitman Bros 1335 Chestnut Phlla 
Whitman Frank Dominion Ottawa 
Whitney Tlllle 36 Kane Buffalo 



AL. H. WILD 

THAT FUNNY FAT FELLOW. 

This Week (Oct. 17). Orpheum, Gary, Ind. 

Wilder Marshall Atlantic City N J 
Wiley May F Big Review B R 
Wllkens A Wllkena 361 Willis Av N Y 
Wllhelm Fred Sam T Jacks B R 
Williams Clara 2450 Tremont Cleveland 
Williams Cowboy 4715 Upland Phlla 
Williams Chas 2652 Rutgers St Louis 
Williams John Cracker Jacks B R 
Williams Ed A Florence 04 W 103 N Y 
Williams A De Croteau 1 Ashtnn 8q Lynn Mass 
Williams A Gilbert 1010 Marshfield Av Chicago 
Williams & Segal Keiths Providence 
Williams A Sterling Box 1 Detroit Mich 
Williams Mollle Cracker Jacks B R 
Williamson Frank Runaway Girls B R 
Wllllson Herbert Al Fields Minstrels 
Wills & Hassan National Svdney Australia 
Wilson Fred J 14 Forest Montclalr N J 
Wilson Al A May Dorp Schenectady Indef 

GRACE WILSON 

IN VAUDEVILLE. 

Wilson Fred Cracker Jacks B R 
Wilson Bros Bijou Jackson Mlcb 
Wilson Frank 1616 W 23 Los Angeles 



Wilson Merle Queen of Jardln de Perls B R 

Wilson Llzile 175 Franklin Buffalo 

Wilson Jas Ginger Girls B R 

Wilson A Wilson Orpheum Kansas City 

Wilson A Plnkney 207 W 15 Kansas City 

Wilton Joe A Co 1129 Porter Phlla 

Winchester Ed Family Buffalo 

Wlnfleld Frank Hastings Show B R 

Wise A Milton Brennan Circuit New Zealand 

Wlthrow A Glover Holty Tolty Co 

Wolfe A Lee 324 Wood fawn Av Toledo 

WOLF, MOORE *""» YOUNG 

"Vaudeville's Cheeriest Trio." 



Woodall Billy 420 First Av Nashville 

Wood Bros Keiths Cleveland 

Wood Ollle 534 W 150 N Y 

Woods Animals Academy Frederick Md 

Work A Ower Orpheum Oakland 

World A Kingston Temple Hamilton Can 

Worrell Chas Century Girls B R 

Wright A Dietrich Hathaways New Bedford 

Wright Lillian 163 W 60 N Y 

X 
Xaxlers Four 2144 W 20 Chicago 

Y 
Yackley A Bunnell Orpheum Champaign III 
Yaw Don Din 110 E Madison Chicago 
Yoeman Geo 4566 Gibson Av St Louis 
Yost Harry E World of Pleasure B It 
Young Carrie Bohemians B R 
Young Ollle ft April Temple Rochester 
Young A Phelps 1013 Baker Evansville Ind 
Young De Witt A Sisters Grand Tacoma 

Z 

Zanclgs The 356 W 145 N Y 

Zanfrellas 131 Brixton Ixmdon 

Zazell & Varnon Seguln Tour So American Ind 

Zeda Harry L 1328 Cambria Phlla 

Zelser A Thorne Wlllards Temple of Music 

Zell A Rodgers Majestic La Crosse Wis. 

Zenda Vaudeville Jackson O 

Zlmmer John Victoria Baltimore 

Zimmerman Al Dreamlanders B R 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 

"L O." Indicates show Is laying off. 
Weeks Oct. 24 and 31. 



Americans Peoples Cincinnati 31 Empire Chi- 
cago 

Beauty Trust 24-26 Mohawk Schenectady 27-20 
Gayety Albany 31-2 Casino Boston 

Behmans Show Gayety Kansas City 31 Gayety 
Omaha 

Big Banner Show Gayety Lmisvllle 31 Gayety 
St Louis 

Big Review Standard St. Iannis 31 Empire In 
dlanapDl Is 

Bohemians Star Cleveland .".I Folly Chicago 

Bon Tons Garden Buffalo 31 Corinthian Koch- 
ester 

Bowery Burlesquers Gayety Toronto ."11 Garden 
Buffalo 

Brigadiers L () 31 Casino Hrooklyn 

Broadway Gayety Girls 21-20 Bon Ton Jersey 
City 27-20 Folly Paters-. n 31-2 Luzerne 
WIlkes-Burro 3-5 Gayety Scranton 

Cherry Blossoms Star Milwaukee 31 Dewey 
Minneapolis 

Columbia Girls Gayety Milwaukee 31 Alhambra 
Chicago 

College Girls Gayety Minneapolis 31 Gayety 
Milwaukee 

Cosey Corner Girls Folly Chicago .".1 S^tar Mil- 
waukee 

Cracker .lacks Corinthian Rochester 31-2 Mo- 
hawk Schenectady 3-."i Gayety Albany 

Dainty Du<h<ss Alhambra Chicago, 31 Gayety 
Detroit 

Dreamlands 24-20 Luzerne Wllkes-Barre 27-20 
Gayety Scranton 31 L O 7 Casino Brooklyn 

Ducklings I>afayette Buffalo 31 Star Toronto 

Empire Burlesque Avenue Detroit 31 Lafayette 
Detroit 

Fads & Follies Casino Philadelphia 31 Star 
Brooklyn 

Follies New York Music Hall 31 Murray Hill 
N Y 

Ginger Girls Star Brooklyn 31 Waldman New- 
ark 

Girls From Dixie 8th Ave N Y 31 Km pi re New- 
ark 

Girls from Happyland Gayetrj Boston 31-2 Gay- 
ety Albany 3-o Mohawk Schenectady 

Golden Crook Casino Boston 31 Columbia N Y 

Hastings Big Show 24-20 Gayety Albany 27-20 
Mohawk Schenectady 31 Gayety Brooklyn 

Howes lawmakers Gayety Washington 31 Gay 
ety Pittsburg 

Imperials Academy Pittsburg .".1 Star Cleve 
land 

Irwlns Big Show Empire Hoboken 31 MuhIc 
Hall N Y 

Irwlns Majesties Waldman Newark 31 Empire 
Hoboken 

Jardln De Paris Century Kansas City 31 Stand- 
ard St IjOuIh 

Jersey Llllles Gayety Pittsburg '.',] Empire 
Cleveland 

Jolly Girls 24-20 Folly Pat< rs m 27-20 Mori Tor 
Jersey City 31-2 Gayety Set anion 3-o Lu/.crn. 
Wllkes-Barre 

Kentucky Belles Dewey Minneapolis 31 Star 
St Paul 

Knickerbocker Empire Tol< do .''.I Star K Garter 
Chicago 

Lady Buccaneers Trocadero Philadelphia 31 Ly- 
ceum Washington 

Marathon Girls Olympie N V .".I Gayety Phil 
adelphla 

Merry Maidens Bronx N Y .".I Mb \ve \ V 

Merry Whirl Columbia I'" ' mi 31 2 P"m 'Dm 
Jersey City 3 . ■ Follv Pa'- r -on 

Midnight Maidens Ga\ y St Louis ::i Gav.-ty 
Kansas City 

Miss New York |r S»ar St Paul 31 St .Foe 

Moulin Rouge Empire Chi. ago 31 Aw Detroit 

New Century Girl- Bowery \ Y 31-2 Folly 
Patersou 3-." Hon Ton Jerse\ City 



When answering advert itement a kindly mention VARIETY. 



* 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 






Enormous success this week (Oct. 17), Orpheum, Brooklyn 



Next Week (Oct. 24), Alhambra, New York 



All songs, own property, copyrighted 



HEDGES BROS. » JACOBSON 



Next Week (Oct. 24), Orpheum, Brooklyn 

Management, MARTIN SAMPTER 



Week Oot. 31, Colonial, New York 

Booked by PAT CASEY 



ELI DAWSON and GILLETTE SISTERS 

In a bright concoction of comedy and song written by Sam Ehrlich 

THIS WEEK Oct. 17, ORPHEUM, EASTON, PA. 
Dtr*ctio.W IDW. 8. KELLER, P«* Ma »BU«..N«w York 




DICK and ALICE McAVOY 

"HERALD SQUARE JIMMY" 

"KINO OF THR NBWSBOYB." Address care VARIETY. New York. 

Willa Holt Wakefield 



IN 




Montgomery Musical Duo 

Elaborate Novelty Instrumental Act 

WITH SOME REFINED COMEDY 
Address VARItTY, Chloago, III. 



Succeeding Stella Majhew at "The Ooose" In "A Barnyard Romeo." 



WILL. R, 



LILLIAN B. 



DOYLE *» FIELDS 



"TWO HAPPY KIDS." 
In Comedy, Singing and Becentrlo Dancing. 

"TWO REAL SCHLAMAZELS " 



O'KURAS 

Marvelous Japanese Foot-Jugglers and Balancers 

Permanent Addreoo 1765 Clyburn Ave., Chicago 

ALF. T. WILTON 



Director and Manager 




Coming East 
To Have 

a 
Co 



ERA COMEDY FOUR 

POOLE ROOK8 SPENCER BROWN 

HIGH CUSS COLORED PURVEYORS OF COMEDY AND HARMONY 

Tremendous Hit on Return Engagement over PANTAOE8 OIRCUIT 



This Week (Oct. 17) 

Chutes 

Theatre 

San Francisco 



When anewering advertisement* kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIBTY 



39 



Parisian Widows Qayety Brooklyn 31 Olympic 
N Y 

Passing Parade 8t Joe 81 Century Kansas City 

Pat Whites Qayety Girls Penn Circuit 31 Acad- 
emy Pittsburg 

Pennant Winners Royal Montreal 81 Howard 
Bbston 

Queens of Bohemia Columbia N Y 31 Casino 
Philadelphia 

Queens Jardln De Paris Murray Hill N Y 31 
Metropolis N Y 

Rector Girls 24-26 Qayety Scranton 27-20 Lu- 
serne Wllkee-Barre 31 Trocadero Philadelphia 

Reeves Beauty Show Star A Garter Chicago 31 
Standard Cincinnati 

Rents-Santley Westminster Providence 31 Qay- 
ety Boston 

Robinson Cruso Girls Qayety Baltimore 31 
Qayety Washington 

Rollickers Casino Brooklyn 81 Empire Brook- 
lyn 

Rose Sydell Qayety Omaha 31 Qayety Minne- 
apolis 

Runaway Girls Standard Cincinnati 31 Gayety 
Louisville 

Sam T Jacks Lyceum Washington 31 Monu- 
mental Baltimore . 

Serenaders Metropolis N Y 31 Westminster 
Providence 

Star & Garter Gayety Philadelphia 31 Gayety 
Baltimore 

Tiger Ullles Empire Newark 81 Bowery N Y 

Star Show Girls Empire Indianapolis 31 Buck- 
ingham Louisville 

Trocaderos Empire Cleveland 31 Empire Toledo, 

Vanity Fair Qayety Detroit 31 Qayety Toronto 

Washington Society Girls Monumental Balti- 
more 81 Penn Circuit 

Watsons Burlesquers Empire Brooklyn 31 

Bronx NY ....... 

World of Pleasure Buckingham Louisville 31 

Peoples Cincinnati 
Yankee Doodle Girls Star Toronto 31 Royal 

Montreal 

CIRCUS ROUTES 

BARNES AL G 22 South Bend Wash 24 Van- 
couver A _ 

BARNUM ft BAILEY 22 Ft Smith Ark 24 Tex- 
arkana 25 Shreveport La 26 Monroe 27 Alex- 
andria 28 New Iberia 29-30 New Orleans 31 
McComb Miss Nov 1 Jackson 2 Yazoo City 3 
Greenwood 4 Greenville 5 Clarksdale 

BUFFALO BILL ft PAWNEE BILL 22 San 
Bardlnee Cal 24 Phoenix 25 Luscon 20 
Blabee 27 Douglas N M 28 Demlng 
29 El Paso Tex 31 Del Rio Nov 1 San 
antonla 2 Victoria 3 Galveston 4 Houston 5 
Brenham 6 Austin 7 Temple 8 Waco 9 Corsl- 
cana 10 Dallas 11 Fort Worth 14 Sherman 15 
Paris 16 Texarkana 17 Camden Ark 18 Pine 
Bluff 19 Little Rock 

GOLLMAR BROS 22 Hugo Okla 24 Hope Ark 

HAGENBECK-WALLACE 24 Trenton Tenn 

MILLER BROS. 101 RANCH 22-23 New Or- 
leans 24 Brookhaven Miss 25 Jackson 26 
Kosciusko 27 Aberdeen 28 Birmingham Ala 
29 Cedartowb Ga 

RINGLING BROS. 22 Raleigh N C 24 Greens- 
boro 25 Gaston la 26 Spartanburg 27 Green- 
ville 28 Anderson 29 Gainesville Ga 31 At- 
lanta 

ROD1NSON JOHN 27 JesRup Ga 28 Helena 
29 Cochran 31 Jackson Ky Nov 1 Griffin Ga 
2 Douglasvllle 3 Tallapoosa 4 Columbiana 
Ala 5 Blocton . . «.„ 

YANKEE ROBINSON 22 Stuttgart Ark 24 
Brlnkley 



LETTERS 



Where C follows name, letter Is In Chi- 
cago. 

Where 8 F follows, letter Is at Ban Fran- 
cisco. . 

Where L follows, letter Is in London of- 
fice. 

Advertising or circular letters of any de- 
scription will not be listed when known. 

Letters will be held for two weeks. 

P following names indicates postal, ad- 
vertised once only. 



Abbott ft Alba (C) 
Abbott Charlotte (C) 
Adams R C (C) 
Adams Eugene (C) 
Adams H Geo (C) 
Adams R D (C) 
Adding ton Ruth (C) 
Adeal ft Parker (C) 
Adgle Lions (C) 
Aette Anette (C) 
Alexander ft Hughes 
Albisber Fred (C) 
Alblnl (C) 
Allaire Fannie 
Allen Frederick (C) 
Altoun Grace (C) 
Alwarts Musical (C) 
American Comedy 

Four 
Ameta (C) 
Antrim Harry (C) 
Archangel AleBBan- 

dro (C) 
Arlington Gene (C) 
Armada (C) 
Artls Renos (C) 
Ascber Billy (C) 
Atkins Jack 
Aug Edna 
Austin Wm H (C) 
Avery A Ferris (C) 
Badertscher Glen 
Baker Harry 
Baker Myron (C) 
Baker Joe (C) 
Bandy E L (C) 
Banyan Alfred (C) 
Barlow Alice 
Barlow Fredk. 
Barnes H D (C) 
Bartlett Bernlce 
Barton ft Fee (C) 



Bassett Newton (C) 
Bedlnl Victor (C) 
Beers Leo (C) 
Begar Grace 
Bell Arthur (C) 
Bell ft Henry (L) 
Belmont Harry 
Denier Mrs 
Dennett Dorothy 
Bennett Lura (C) 
Berger Mae (C) 
Berman John (C) 
Berrett J (L) 
Berro Samuel (C) 
Bevan Alex (C) 
Beverly Gladys 
Bldette Hazel 
Blake Marlon (C) 
Bock Frieda 
Bowman Chas (C) 
Brandenberg Thelma 
Brenon Herbert 
Brieder Fred (C) 
Broun A Cooper 
Buckley Laura 
Buhness Clara (C) 
Bullen W H (C) 
Bunnin Rose 
Bunth A Rudd (C) 

Burke Fannie 

Burrell Jlmmle (C) 

Burt Glen (C) 

Burton Al H 

Burton Clarence (C) 

Bush Alex (C) 

Butln Roy 

Cadwell A A (C) 

Campbell Flo (L) 

Carney Don (C) 

Campbell ft Parker 
(C) 

Casad Campbell B 



Casey Harry ,„ v 
Cans Maurice (C) 
Casssdy Eddie (C) 
Casselll Roalna 
Caston Dave (C) 
Cates Musical (C) 
Cell Chas (C) 
Chadsey Marjorle 

(C) 
Chartres Sisters (C) 
Chevalier A (L) 
Childers Grace (C) 
Christie Will (C) 
Clark Chas K (P) 
Clark Mrs C A 
Clark Helen 
Clark ft Verdi 
Clawson 8 H, (C) 
Coffman ft Carroll 
Cogswell Sarah L 

(C) 
Colby F O (C) 
Cole Fred 
Cole ft Colemaii 
Coleman ft Garfield 

(SF) 
Collins W D (C) 
Coma Frank 
Combel Mamie (C) 
Connolla Jack 
Conway Chas (C) 
Cooley May (C) 
Corbett Al (C) 
Cormack Rennle (C) 
Cornell Marguerite 

(C) 
Costa Duo Del (C) 
Cox Ray 
Coxe Harry (C) 
Crane Roland (C) 
Crawford Winnie 

Cremona A K (C) 
Crockford Jessie 

(SF) 
Cull J (C) 
Cummings ft Gladys 

Culll (O 
Cunningham Jean 

Cunningham ft Ross 

(L) 
Cupltt P J (C) 
Curtln ft LeVan (C) 
Dally Charlotte 
Dale Marc (C) 
Dale Marc 
Daley ft Weil (C) 
Daly Jas H (C) 
Daly J A (C) 
Danlck Frank (C) 
Damelson Lillian 

(C) 
Darcy Joe 
Darmond I sa belle 
Darrab Chas* (C) 
Darrell Trlxie (C) 
Davis Hal (C) 
Day Carlta (C) 
Dayton Lewis (C) 
Dazle Mile 
Dean Daisy 
Debalesttler Animals 

(C) 
DeButz Count 
Defrejl Gordon (SF) 
Defrles Alfred (C) 
Defrey (C) 
Dekum Frank (C) 
DeLant Thelma 
Delno Fred (C) 
DeMaye Lotta 
Denerls Ada (C) 
Dermont Arthur (C) 
DeVoe ft Mack 
DeVoe Pasquellna 

(C) 
DUla ft Templeton 

(C) 
Dixon A Mack (P) 
Doherty Mrs E T 
Don ft Thompson 

(C) 
Donovan ft Arnold 
Dorlons The 
Doughertys Musical 

(O 
Drako Howard 
Draper Bert ft Bess 
Dreyer ft Dreyer 

(C) 
Drumm Rupert 
DuBall Bros 
Dumont Merle (C) 
Dunbar Tudor (C) 
Dunedln Maudle 
Dunham Wm 
Dunlap A Linden 

(P) 
Dwyer Nellie (C) 
Eagon A Austin (C) 
Early A Laight (C) 
East Fred (C) 
Earle Frank (SF) 
Edinger Gertrude 
Edlnger Lovella 
Edwards Bert (C) 
Edward Dandy (L) 
Ehrman Lewln (C) 
Electra (SF) 
Elliott A West (C) 
Elliott Blair A Elli- 
ott (C) 
Ellison Evelyn (C) 
Elona (C) 
Emerson Mildred 
Emerson A Summers 

(C) 
Emery A Nodine 
Emmy Mile 
Eske Will 
Ethella Vlvi (C) 
Evans C H (C) 
Evers Heron (C) 
Farnum Mrs Wm 

(C) 
Fay Mrs H (C) 
Fay A Klrsman (C) 
Ferguson Dave 
Flnley Willie (SF) 
Flschesser Gustave 



Fisher Florence (0) 
Flalro Billy (0) 
Flower Cora (SF) 
Flynn Earl (C) 
Folson Gertrude (C) 
Forrester A Lloyd 

(C) 
Fox Frank (C) 
Fox Kathryn (C) 
Francellas Great (C) 
Franklin Beth (C) 
Franks Chas A Lil- 
lian (O 
Fregoll Mile (C) 
French Ida (C) 
Frits Leo (0) 
Froman Mr (C) 
Fuller Bert (C) 
Galper Wm 
Garnelles The 
Garrett Sam (C) 
Gaston Billy 
Geneva Florence 
Gent M (L) 
Gibson Del (C) 
Glener Chaa (C) 
Gllson Lottie (C) 
Oilman Robt (C) 
Gird H A 
Gleason Josephine 

(C) 
Glissando Millie (0) 
Gordon Max (C) 
Goulet Esther 
Granger Oran 
Gray Julia 
Green Jimmy (C) 
Greenhalgh Ada 
Greenwood Barrett 

(C) 
Gross Wm (C) 
Guise Mr 

Gypsy Girls Am (C) 
Hagan A Hutchlns 

(C) 
Hall A Colbern (C) 
Hallett Joe (C) 
Hamilton F P 
Hamlin FranJL^C) 
Harrington Mae> 
Haskell A Doucet 
Hathaway Anna (C) 
Hawk Mrs A 
Hayes Sully (C) 
Haynea Sisters (C) 
Healy Dan (C) 
Herbert Cliff (C) 
Herbert Chick (C) 
Herman Harvey (C) 
Hewitt Rush (C) 
Hill H P (C) 
Hoefllng Bella (L) 
Hoey Johnnie 
Hoffman Albert (C) 
Holt Edwin 
Holtman Dick (SF) 
Hornbrocks Bronchos 

(C) 
Horton Chas (C) 
Howard Mollle (C) 
Hudson Leon (L) 
Hudson Maud (P) 
Huntington Val (C) 
HuHsey Jlmmle (C) 
Hussey Mr A Mrs 

Geo (C) 
Inglis Gus (C) 
Inuess Ryan (C) 
Innes A Zay (C) 
lrwln Mamie 
Jackson C H (C) 
Jackson A Margaret 

(C) 
James Chester (C) 
Jewett Karl (C) 
Jinks Mrs Geo 
Johnson Frank 
Johnson Billy 
Johnson Rose (C) 
Johnson Virginia 

(C) 
Johnston Albert 
J olson Al 
Jones Alfred (C) 
Jones A Urelner (C) 
Jordan Jack 
Jordan Claude 
Jordan Bert 
Jordans Flying 
Joseffy Carl 
Julance Harry (C) 
Junius Theo 
v Kalcratus Alicia 

(C) 
Keaton Jack 
Keife Zena (C) 
Keller Fred (C) 
Kellerher Maurice 

(C) 
Kelly Art (C) 
Kimball Bros 
Kirk Ethel (C) 
Kirk Janella 
Kislelowski Mrs 
Klein H R (C) 
Klein A Clifton (C) 
K limbeck A J (C) 
Klrchmeler Anna 

(C) 
Kohler Grace (C) 
Kramer Fred 
Kurtz Lizzie (C) 
LaCrandall L (C) 
Ladleux Chas (C) 
Lambert (L) 
Lamoise Rene 
La Mont Jas (C) 
Lane A Fay 
Laurent Murle (C) 
La Valle Ernie (C) 
Leas Mary Jordan 

(C) 
Lee Irene 
Lee Duke (P) 
Leffel Mr 
Lelmran L (C) 
Lelghton Bert 
LeMonts The 
Lenox Cecil 
Leon Ed (C) 
Leonard tk Ellis (C) 
Le Van Bert 



Levelne Edward 
Lewis Dave 
Lewis ft Harr 
Lighthawk Earle 

(C) 
Llndgren Gertrude 

(C) 
Lloyd Helen (C) 
Lloyd Helen 
Lloyd Evans 
London Max (P) 
Lorraine A Dudley 

(C) 
Lyman Twins (C) 
Lyons Sadie (C) 
Mack Chas 
Mack ft Burgess (C) 
Macomber Geo (C) 
MaDell Geo * 
Mankin (C) 
Manning Lew 
Manning Sisters 
Marango Chas (C) 
Margreat A Jackson 

(C) 
Marshall Ella (C) 
Martin Daisy (C) 
Martin Bradley (C) 
Martlnette ft Sylves- 
ter 
Mayers J (L) 
Maynard Adele (C) 
Mazon Bert (C) 
McCann Mr ft Mrs 

(C) 
McCarthy Thos (C) 
McCullough Carl 

(C) 
McDonald Jas (C) 
McDowell Alexander 
McGloine Edna (C) 
McGrath Thos 
MacNlchols Joe 
McNutts The 
Mells Marvellous 
Melvin ft Bond 
Meredith Carrie (C) 
Merrick Tom (C) 
Merrill S P 
Merrill Norman 
Merrlman Dick 
Merrltt Hal (C) 
vMlddleton Karl 
Mllburn Burt (C) 
Mlley A Orth 
Mlley Katherine 

(C) 
Mitchell Ethel (C) 
Mitchell Abble 
Mondereau Hurry 

(C) 
Monroe F H (C) 
Montrose Mrs F (C) 
Montrose Senator 

(C) 
Montrose Marie (C) 
Moore Mr & Mrs (C) 
Moos H A F (C) 
Morris Joe C (C) 
Morris Johnny 
Morrow Wm K (C) 
Mortimer Sisters 

(C) 
Morton Bessie (C) 
Moss Mr (L) 
Nelson Bert (C) 
Nelson Arthur 
Nelson Chester 
Newell A Niblo (C) 
Nicholas Lew (C) 
Nubert Amanda (C) 
O'Dole Geo & Althea 

(C) 
Ollfan Al 
ONeil Fred 
Osborne Elmer (C) 
Ott Adelaide 
Otto Sam K (C) 
Otto A West (C) 
Page F M 

Palmer A Moore (I*) 
Parker Bessie (C) 
Parker Walter (C) 
Paull A Kent (C) 
Parsons Vernle (-C) 
Paulus A Long (C) 
Pearl Lew (C) 
Pollltier Dora 
Ferclval Dixie (C) 
Phasma (C) 
Plunkett Chas E (C) 
Plunkett Jas E 
Poettlnger H 
Potter Billy 
Potter Harry (SF) 
Prlchard Irwin (C) 
Quealey Jas (C) 
Qulgley Ell (C) 
Baffin Louise (C) 
Raffln J (C) 
Rankin Mc-Kee (C) 
Raymond Mabel 
Raymond Marion 

(C) 
Reed O C (C) 
Reed Jack (C) 
Reenee Si^mund (C) 
Redman Jos 
Relnhard Wm (C) 
Relsner A Gore (6) 
Renno G B (C) 
Keymoml Cecilia 
Rice Nancy 



Rich Geb F (C) 
Richards L (C) 
Richards Richard 
Richards Lawrence 

(C) 
Richards Wm 
Rlddell Robt J (SF) 
Riddell Robt J (C) 
Riddell Robt J 
Rigby Arthur (C) 
Rile Mr (C) 
Rlpp Jack (C) 
Ritchie Billy 
Ritter Geo H 
Rivers David 
Robinson Alice (C) 
Robisch Mr A Mrs 
Roche J C (C) 
Roeberg Edw (C) 
Roehr Alfred (C) 
Rogers Clara (SF) 
Rogers Will 
Romany Opera Co 

(C) 
Rosa LaBelle 
Ross R 
Rosa ire B 
Ross Henry 
Ross Fred (FS) 
Russell A Ray (C) 
Ruzinskl Marks (C) 
Sartells The (C) 
Schetnitz Herman 

(C) 
Scott Jas W (C) 
Scott Leonard 
Scott Norman R (C) 
Scranton Hazel (C) 
Searles Arthur 
Searcy A Bishop 
Seldel Twitter (C) 
Sel Jos Slater (C) 
Selley Mayme (C) 
Severence Mrs (C) 
Shannon Bertha (C) 
Shannon Harry (C) 
Sharrocks The (C) 
Shearcs & Newkirk 

(C) 
Sherman Charlotte 

(C) 
Shields Great (C) 
Shlltz One (C) 
Siegel Margaret 
Signed A J 
Slninis N (L) 
Singing Girls (C) 
Sralletta Darnum 
Smiley Robt 
Smith Jas H (C) 
Smith Wm II 
Smith Henderson 

(C) 
Smith Capt Jack 

(C) 
Smith A Fowler (C) 
Snow Uiiy (C) 
Snyder Francis (C) 
Spear Powell Eva 
Spelr Abe (C) 
Sperry & Ray 
Stafford Ed W (P) 
Stagpolc Mrs Aleck 
(SF) 

Stanley Stan (C) 
Stanley & Blrbeck 
Stark A Ryan (C) 
Startup Harry (C) 
Steele Agnes (C) 
Sterling Lillian 
Sterling Nellie 
Stevens Pearl (C) 
Stevens Michael (C) 
Stewart Wlnnlfred 
Stone Ben (C) 
Strength Bros (C) 
Stuart Rica (C) 
Sugimoto S (C) 
Sully H B (C) 
Sylbert Maurice 
Syratae Geo (C) 
Tanaka Kin (C) 
Tannehlll Edward 

(C) 
Tannehlll Edward W 

(SF) 
Taylor Orietta 
Temple I) (L) 
Templeton (L) 
Texlo (C) 
Thatcher Alpha 
Thompson Violet (C) 
Thuman Marie (C) 
Tooker Frank 
Toys Musical 
Trent Zlla ((') 
Trescott Virginia 

Drew 
Truesdell Howard 
Tully May 
Turner VV C (C) 
Tuttle Mine 
Tyson Hurt 
Valmoiv Louis (('> 
Valoisc ("has 
Van Hovi'ii Frank 
Van Ruth <C) 
Vandcflc Billy (C) 
Variety Four 
Vardcninas Dolly 
Vastor A Merle (C) 
Vaughn Dorothy 
Veolette 



Venetian Street Mu- 
sicians (SF) 
Vevy Lena (C) 
Wadham Lulah 
Wakefield Willa Holt 

(C) 
Walker & Strum (C) 
Walker Doll 
Walllnsky Frank 

(C) 
Walsh Paula (C) 
Wanzer Arthur (C) 
Ward Alice L 
Ward A Harrington 

(L) 
Warno Dare 
Warner Dave 
Warren Fred 
Warren A Francis 

(C) 
Warwick Alma 
Washington A Jones 

(C) 
Waters Frank (C) 
Watson Kitty 
Waterson Henry 

(C) 



We Chok Be (C) 
Weholm Georgie 

(C) 
Weingarten Evelyn 

(C) 
Wells Richard (C) 
West A Mack 
Whalen Geo 
Wharton Nat 
Wheeler Lew (CV 
Whitney Alice 
Wilde Harry 
Willis A qoBlns (C) 
Wilson Doris 
Wilson E B 
Wlson Dorothy M 
Wlthro Nancy (C) 
Withrow Nancy (SF) 
Witt Cochran R (C) 
Wolf Chas (C) 
Wolfe A Lee (P) 
Woods Ralton ft Co 
Woodward Clyde 
Worthmann Gerhard 
Wright E O (8F) 
Zanclgs The 
Zobedle (C) 



THEATRE MANAGERS AND ACTS. 
We solicit correspondence from the best for 

,k RifT A VAUDEVILLE 
the 0|g 4 age,* 

WHITE A ALBURQER, Mgrs. 
1114 O St., N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. 

(Phone Main 6181). 
We lead in high class vaudeville acts for 
theatres and picture houses. 

NEW VOM PNIUICLPNIs MLTIMOIf 



A. E. MEYERS 

Majestic Theatre Bldf., CHICAGO 

(Room 1306). 
CAN HANDLE ANYTHING from a Single to 
a Circus. Write or wire open time. 



SHEEDY 

Wo have opened an 
KaMtern office at 

564 Washington Street 

Phone »»:*-! Oxford 

BOSTON 



MA.JK8TIC THEATRE. 
Hchncctady, N. Y., added 
to our list this week. 



General Offices 

The Knickerbocker 
Theatre Bldg. 

1402 Broadway 
New York City 

'Phone 1717 Murray Hill 

SHEEDY 

Vaudeville Agency 

M. II. 8HKEDY, Prop. . 



. STRASSMA 

Attorney, lit Broadway. New Tork. 
Theatrtoal Claim*. Adrtoo 



HADTOOPEN ANOTHER NEW STORE 

The theatrloal trad* has oatgrowa ms again tad we hare to open another new store to 
take oare of it It's right la tae heart of thing*— at the head ef Long Acre Square, alsaoet 
opposite the elahreome of the White Rata. Tale store will allow ue to giro you still better 



Hare yon aeon the aew steel fittings oa the XX Trunks T We hare outgrown the aaaealed 
Iran, whloh the beat ef the ald-faahieaed heary canTas-corered wood trunk maaufae- 



WILLIAM BAL, Inc. 

BIND WOm. OATAL0SXFB T. BTJILDBM OP 

1578 BROADWAY AND 710 SEVENTH AVENUE. NEW YORK 



BAL 



PWfEUWMl 
IWUMtf 



When answering advertitementi kindly mention VARIETY. 



40 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



CHARLES AHEARN 




"THE BACING MAN" 

PAT CA8BY. Agent 



CHAS. F. SEMON 

THE NARROW FELIER" 



•t 



SAM DODY 

"TH ORIOINAL WOP." 

UNITED TIME. 
New York. MAX HART. Manager. 



Terry Twins 

The most remarkable human duplicates since 
Shakespeare's 



ic 



TWO DROMIOS 



is 






Wilfred Clarke 

A s ' w A£8te3P!L ^JSitSZWrA™*™ 1 130 W. 44th St., New York 



Who was the BIG HIT of the bill this week at 
Keith's Theatre, Columbus, O.? They do say it 
was that dainty, inimitable ventriloquist 

HILDA HAWTHORNE 

and JOHNNIE 

Ask the Pilot, AL. SUTHERLAND 




FRANK 



PAULINE 



BERRY 

This Week (Oct. 17). Greenpoint. Brook lFn 



AND 



BERRY 

Direction. MAX HART 



B. MYKOF 

WHIRLWIND DANCER 

With "Queen Jardin da Paris." 

M. MYKOF 

WHIRLWIND DANCER 

IN VAUDEVILLE. 
Address, care VARIETY. 

FRED DUPREZ 

EDW. 8. KELLER. Rep. 



ANO 



THE BROWNIES co 

Presenting; 
A ROAR1NQ PARCB 

"THE WAR IS OVER" 






The GREAT 
KAUFMANN TROUPE 

hKlgligf "FUNK." BrphMH Cimit 

Perm. Add. 424 Ames St., 
Rochester, N. Y. 



MAY BUSHELL 

LEADING BOY 

"FADS AND FOLLIES" 



i CROMWELLS 

The most novtl juggling act extant 




18 THIS A MAN? 

Bee the Cromwella' Juggling act 
Then try and solre the mystery. 

NEXT WEEK (OCT. 24), PRINCESS, 
ST. LOUIS. 

Permanent Address VARIETY. New York. 



GILL BROWN 

AND 

DLL MILLS 



Some Class to Gill and Lill and their Baby 
BiU in " One." 



Have Your Card in VARIETY 



W. H, 



DAISY 



MAXWELL - DUDLEY 

17th Week on Sulllvan-Consldlne Circuit 
Indefinite Time to Follow. Address, care VARIETY, New York. 



HARRY TATE'S Co 

FISHING MOTORING 



New York 
England 
Australia 
Africa 



SOPHI 




TUCK 




R 



CLEANING UP INT THE FAR WEST 

Playing Return Engagement Orer Pantages 
Circuit Headline Feature Opening New Lob 
Angeles Theatre. 




When answering advertisement* kindly ntention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



¥» 



Now Booking from 

Coast to Coast 



WILLIAM MORRIS 



INCORPORATED 



NEW YORK 
American Music Hall Building 



CHICAGO 
167 Dearborn Street 



SAN FRANCISCO 
Monadnock Building 



BOSTON 
413 Washington Street 



s^s^MHB AGENCY 

NEW ORLEAN8 
Maison Blanche Building 



Hammerstein's 

|T| , « AMBRIOA'l MOST 

Virrnpifi famous yards* 

¥ i^slvrl. £Ci. TT THBATRB. 
OPBN THB YEAR AROUND. 



Vaudeville Headliners 
tod Good Standard Acts 

If you have an open week you want to fill at 
short notice, write to W. L. DOCK8TADER, 

GARRICK THEATRE. WILMINGTON. DEL. 

Can elose Saturday night and make any city 
eaat of Chicago to open Monday night. 

U# A ilTPn^oi' Oua Bun's Own Acta 
WAN I EL LI 8MALL GIRLS 

Height 6 ft. 8 In. limit. Who sing and dance, 
to work In singing and dancing spectacles. 

Character Comedians to fill following 
Tacancles : 

SILLY KID-DAGO-TOUGH-JEW 

MWfTKL PfgFtl IF ILL KMM. 

CAM ilM USE 0Uy«TlC PltMCEIS 

▲11 must hare good Tolces for chorus and 
solo work, forty weeks guaranteed. 

The Ous Sun Booking Exchange Company 
Is not affiliated with the United Booking 
Offices of America. 

Address all communications to Jules Meld 

6US SUN PRODUCING CO. 

(««» U* Tteitrt) tPMWFlilP, OHIO 

La Cinematografia Italiana 

18 ITALY'S LEADING PAPER FOR THE 

Aiimated Pictare aiiPbtMf rub Bnsiaess 

PUBLISHED FORTNIOHTLT. 

82-36 large pages, 8 shillings per annum ($1.60) 

Editor-Prop*!- : Prof. OUALTIBRO I. PABRI, 

la Via Arclrescorado, Torino, Italy. 

ERNEST EDELSTEN 

VARIETY AND DRAMATIC AGENT, 

17 Green St., Leicester Square, LONDON 

Sole Representatire, 

John Tiller's Companies Walter C. Kelly 

Little Tlch Pragson 

Alwiyi Vacancies for Good Acts. 

BORNHAUPT 

INTERNATIONAL AGENT. 
17 Rue de Lao. Brussels (Belgium). 



BRENNAN'S AUSTRALIAN 
VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT 

JAMBS BRBNNAN, Bole Proprietor. 
WANTED: FIRST-CLASS SPECIALTY ACTS. 
PARES ADVANCED from Vancouver, Canada. 
8IXTBBN SUCCESSIVE WEEKS. 
PARES and BAOOASB PAID by the manage- 
ment froai time of arrlTal until departure from 
Australia. ONE PERFORMANCE AT NIGHT; 
MATINEES. WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS 
AND HOLIDAYS. NO SUNDAY WORK. Fire 
per cent commission oharged on all contracts. 
Only address, 

JA8. C. BAIN, General Manager. 

National Amphitheatre, Sydney, Australia. 

Cable Address. PENDANT. 



Booked by 
DOUTRICK'S BOOKING EXCHANGE 

(ROOM 20) 02 LA SALLE STREET, 
CHICAGO. 

THIS WEEK (OCT. 17). 

Thielen's Star, Aurora, III. 

FRED V. BOWERS AND CO. 
SMITH AND ARADO. 
LILLIAN OSBORN AND CO. 
PALEY COMAR. 

Thielen's Grand, Jollet, 111. 

JAS. SMITH AND CO. 
BARNEY CASTLE AND CO. 
CARL McCULLOUGH. 
SHADY AND SCHAD. 

Thielen's Grand, Elgin, 111. 

/FOTTR BARDS. ROBERTS DUO. 

™^JAS. BROCKMAN. RAY AND RAY. 

Thielen's Lyric, Ottawa, 111. 

KRONEMAN BROS. UERT LENNON. 
JOE E. BERNARD AND CO. 

Thielen's Grand, Kewanee, 111. 

JERE SANFORD. GREAT HOLMAN. 
6 KfRKSMITH SISTERS. 

Thielen's Gaiety, Galesburg, 111 

ADGIE'S LIONS. LUCILLE TILTON 
ROGERS AND EVANS. ITALA. 

Goldberg's Majestic, Blooming- 
ton, 111. 

5 BROWN BROS. 

EDGAR SCHOOLEY AND CO. 

IOLENE SISTERS. 

DIGGS AND BURNS. 

MART FULLER. 

Goldberg's Majestic, Hoc k ford, 

III. 

ETHEL WHITESIDE AND "PICKS." 
HERR JANSEN AND CO. 
KEEFER AND KLEINE. 
BILL CONKLIN. 
AERIAL BUDDS. 

The above is only a partial list 
of houses booked by Doutrick. 



CANFIELD BOOKING EXCHANGE 

Affiliated with ALL LARGE INDEPENDENT CIRCUITS 

HIQH OLA88 VAUDEVILLE 

Suite 515, Mercantile Library Building, 414 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, O. 

ATTENTION MANAGERS.— Those who are not satisfied with their present bookings, give 
us a trial. Our shows will make you money; catering especially to Family Theatre managers. 
Write for particulars. Managers In Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky. Tennessee, and 
Southern States, will be pleased to hear from you. 

ARTISTS.— If coming east or west write us; we can break your Jump; send open time. 



THE NEW FIRM 



JOHN F. McSMIL 



SEfME M. PEMT 



McGRAIL & PERRY 

THEATRICAL AGENTS 

tsits 768-7-B 115 DEARBORN STREET Mamt Eiprsis I 
Lscsl istf Lssi Dtitsscs Pteoss Rsseetsk 1012 



A FEW REA8ON8 

WHY WE SHOULD BE YOUR AGENTS 

BECAUSE: We know our business. 

BECAUSE: We deal conscientiously with 
our clients. 

BECAUSE : We give prompt attention to 
all businesses. 

BECAUSE: We have the facilities for 
handling your business In a most sat- 
isfactory manner. 
15 Yssrs sf VssssviRs Entries :e at Yinr Service 



BERT LEVEY 



1 



NDEPENDENT CIRCUIT VAUDEVILLE 



Plenty of Time for Recognized Acts who Respect Contracts. Acts desiring time communicate 
Direct to EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 144-l.V) POWELL STREET. San Francisco, Calif. 

N. B.— WE ADVANCE FARES TO REAL ACTS. 



EUROPEAN OFFICE 

BERLIN. OBRMANT 

RICHARD PITROT, 

RepresentatlTe. 

LOUI8 PINCUS, 
New York, Repre- 
sentative Gaiety 
Theatre Bldg. 



Panfoges Circuit 

VAUDEVILLE THEATRES, he. 

ALEXANDER PANTAGES 

President and Manager 



OFFICII 
NMW YORK 
0M1OAOO 
BAN FHANOIBCn 
SEATTLE 
DENVER 



THE ENGLISH PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL 

Circulation guaranteed to be larger than that of any English Journal devoted to the Dra- 
matic or Vaudeville Professions. Foreign subscription. 17s. 4d. per annum. 



NEW YORK AGENTS— Paul Tauslg, 104 East 14th St.. and Samuel French & Sons, 24-26 
West 22d Street. 

Artists visiting England are Invited to send particulars of their act and date of opening. 
THE STAGE Letter Box Is open for the reception of their mall. 

16 YORK STREET. COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W. C. 



I 



SINOL 

WRITE IN IMMEDIATELY 

S BOOKING 

41 TREMONT ST., BOSTON. MASS. 



WANTED, BIG COMEDY AND NOVELTY FEATURE 

Acts to write or wire open time. Booking Thalia. Chicago ; Jollet, Bloomlngton. Ottawa, II gin 
Aurora, Streator, Mattoon, 111. ; Waterloo, la,, and other houses In Illinois. Indiana and Iowa. 



DOUTRICK'S BOOKING EXCHANGE 



CHA8. M. DOUTRICK, Manager. 
Room 90. 92 La Balls It. CkUago 



CONFIDENCE 

PAUL TIUSI6. Vssd. Stssaubts Asest 

1ME. 14ft..N.Y. Tsl.2mStsvvtssst 



of your customers Is required to build up a successful business 
I have arranged STEAMSHIP accommodations 4 TIM1I for 
Jean Clermont. Arnold De Blere, Jordan and Harvey, Allot 
Lloyd; 8 TIMES for Bellclaire Bros., Sam Elton, Imro Fox, W 
C. Fields, Hardeen, Arthur Prince, etc. Let me arrange YOUR 
steamship accommodations; also, railroad tickets. 



UDEVI 



I 



IN CIRCUI 



Booking all the principal opera houses and picture theatres throughout Canada. Immediate 
and future time to acts with clsss. No limit for feature novelties. Write or wire to-day. 
THB GRIFFIN CIRCUIT, Variety Theatre Building, Toronto, Canada. 

AMERICAN CIRCUIT 

THEATRES and CAFES 

WANTED at All Times All kinds of High Class Acts. MANAGERS TAKE NO- 
TICE. Our Booking will Create Business for You. We have the Features at Salar- 
lss that are Right, 

TONY LUBELSKI, Ceil. Mgr. Suite 017-18. We»tbank Bid*.. Ran Francisco 



PLAYING THE BEST IN VAUDEVILLE 

SULLIVAN andrCONSIDINE CIRCUIT 



GENERAL BUSINESS OFFICE 

SULLIVAN AND CONSIDINE BLDU.. THIRD 

AND MADISON STREETS, 

SEATTLE, WASH. 

FRED. LINCOLN, Or a. Mgr. 

B RANCH HOOKING 



GENERAL BOOKING OFFICE 

SUITE i) AND 10. lafWBROADWAY 
NEW YORK CITY 

CHRIS. O. BROWN, Mgr. 

orriCKi 



h7 So. (.Mark fct., 

Clilcaifo, 111. 
I'AUL (lOri)RON 



1« Or««p St., 

Ivondon. W. 0., England, 

B. OllERMAYER 



HIT nnd IlM Markat 8t., 
American Th«»tr« BMp. 
SsiiFrancltro. <.'h1. 
W. P. RF.FKK 



I 





NA/AIMT 



WRITE OR WIRE OPEN TIME AND SALARY. 




I 





EDWARD SHAYNE 



167 Dearborn Street 

CHICAGO 



NOTE— One day's bookings last week out of my office gave Routes to the following artists : 
Marco Twins, Frank Bush, Fredk. V. Dowers. Delmore and \a>q. Caron and Herbert, Hlo« ksnin 
and Burns, Watson and Little, Ross and Oaks, Nelson and Mlllege. 



Can Give Big; Acts from IO to 20 Weeks in 

Chicago and Vicinity 



When answering advertisement $ kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



THE VENTRILOQUIST WITH A 
PRODUCTION 



ED. F. 



REYNARD 

Presents Seth Dewberry and Jawn Jawnnon In 
"A MORNINO IN HICKSVILLE." 

Direction JACK LEVY. 

Mr. and Mrs. 

Gene Hughes 

Permanent address, 601 W. 135th St.. New York 
'Phone 5080 Morningslde. 



BLLIS 



MONA 



BLAMPHIN and HEHR 

The Champion Singers off Vaudeville 



Ths test 



Qaiatette m Vaeiaviss 



Sam J. Curtis » d Co. 

MELODY AND MIRTH 



It Isn't the n«m« that mutes ths set— 
It's the sot that makes ths nunc 




THE KINO Or IRELAND 

JAMES B. DONOVAN 

AND 

RENA ARNOLD 

QUEEN OP VAUDEVILLE 

DOINO WELL, THANK YOU. 

Director and Adylssr. King Pat Casey 



In the Original School Act." 




I 




4tevi»ed and elaborated into a screaming 

success. 

All our music arranged by Geo. Botsford. 

Next Week (Oct. 23). Empress, Kansas City, 

Mo. 

FOR 8ALE 

WIGGINS FARM 

Apply to THE CHADWICK TRIO 

Stuart Barnes 

JAMBS E. PLUNKBTT, Manager. 



JOCK 

McKAY 



Scotch Comic. 2nd to nnnf. 
This Week (Oct. 17), 
Next Week (Oct. 24), 
Hennett'B, London, Out. 
Dr. Perin'B Extract, .'{0 
cents a bottle. Rub in well 
E Baw em first 
Qulgley saw me last. 

It Isn't everybody that 
knows beans. 
Hut! Oh you Hammerstein. 
COM. KHTHaM 




WELL I GUESS WE SHOULD WORRY 

Oh!! You Vantrlloqulst, "Shea" a "Pippin." 

Wonder how long we can keep this gait up, 
its 'Hullo Hoys, glad to see you back," 
"Come an' av one," "How did you like It 
•over there'?" "Did you see So and So?" 
and "How are they doing?" "Is that so, well 
I'm glad to hear it." 

"When you going back?" "You are?" "I'm 
thinking 'bout going over next year." "How 
do you think we would do over there?" "Our 
usual answer: "Damflno, you'll have to go 
over and try it." 

Minneapolis was nearly as fast as Milwaukee 
where we never even got acquainted with the 
night clerk and when we did arrive one night 
late In the week he says; Yes they have some 
rooms here on "Shad Row" but I don' know 
'em. Duluthly Yours, 

Next Week (Oct. 24), Bijou, Winnipeg. 

VARDON. PERRY and WILBER 



J. LOUIS 



JBANNB 



INTZ and PALMER 

"TUB OTHBR HALF." 

A Classy 8lng1ng and Talking Comedietta. 

An Original Playlet la "ONE" by Louis Weslyo 



# 



WA 



M& 



•Mfel 



ORAOB 



Ritter - Foster 

ACROSS THB FOND 
Address cars VAUDEVILLE CLUB 

M Charing Cross Road, London. Bng. 



JOCK 

M'ttAt 




R AMESES 

THB EGYPTIAN MYSTIC 

In 

"THE EGYPTIAN TEMPLE OF MYSTERY" 

Orpheum Circuit, U. S. A. 

Business Representative, WILL COLLINS, 

London, England. 

orESal will lacey 



i«&£ ■' . 



LAMB' 
ANIKIN 

This week (Oct. 17), F 
Theatre, Aurora. 

Direction NOMMM FRIOENWALO 

Chicago. 



n a 




novelty 

nicjcU 
w Play- 
wits ki| 



Gartclle Bros. 

Introducing Singing. Daaatng and 

SKATORIALISN 

Direction JAMBS B. PLUNKBTT. 



HOMER I. 



MAR8UEMTE 



Mason m Keeler 

Address: Max Hart, Putnam Bldg., New York. 




GAVIN -PLATT 
PEACHES 

8«MOD BOOk«d 

No. T Hswthorna At*.. Clifton. N. J.. L Box MO 

ORPHEUM CIRCUIT NOW 

F 
E 



E 
L 




T 
Y 

S 

o 



A Tip-Top Boy. Who? 

Lena Tyson 

M. S. BENTHAM, Manager 



0a& 



MITCHELL, WELLS »d LEWIS 




ST* Hoinokcller Qw&t *v 
Amy Leslie, In the Chicago News says of 
Mitchell, Wells and Lewis: 'Wsosntly three of 
the most noted singers of this class • • • 
msds a tremendous hit at ths American Music 
Hall. They call themselves Ths Rathskeller 
Trio and are Immensely entertaining. • • • 
At first they do a perfectly serious song, and 
then they craftily lure ths audience Into s 
laugh, then a hurrah, and then a tumult of 
laughter at rattling good rough comedy and 
good music. Thslr voices are fine, their com- 
edy special and their songs of that kind most 
regarded witty and aalubrious hy ths fly onss 
who know what they mean ; though they can 
be enjoyed by any sort of Innocent with a 
white consclsncs whsn deftly put over the 
lights." 

Next Week (Oct. 24). Colonial, St. Louie. 
Permanent Ad dress : White Rats of Amorloa. 

Marshall P. Wilder 

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. 
Ball Phone lSf. 



BILLIE 

REEVES 




THB ORIGINAL DRUNK 

"FOLLIES OF 1010." 

THIRD SEASON 
Management MR. F. KIBOFBLD. JR. DS-tsVlf 

BARRY m WOLFORD 

THE TYPICAL TOPICAL TICKLE 

TICKLERS. 

Putting Over Another New One, 

"AT THE BONO BOOTH." 

JAMBS B. PLUNKBTT. Smart Mgr. 



HERMAN 



Now Playing United Time, 

Agent. PAT OASBT 



CARL 



DICK 



KATHRYN 



FARNUM .nd DELMAR 

The Booh (Per. Ad. Vaud. Com. CI. ) Prima Donna 





CAMILLB 



PERSONI *» 



JACK 



HALLIDAY 

In their Japanese Comedietta 

"Won by Wireless" 

The Oelsha Oirl and Officer, not forgetting 
the Chink. 

Note— We are NOT doing "Madame Butterfly." 



£SM 






'Jr/~ //WTER> 
^* '[STATE] 

O \' ^|n/ ^ Mwcif 6 ^ pawciw*. 



*w 



&op s*$> 



1126 PIERCE BLtfG, ST. LOUIS. 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 




Will Be 
Issued 



December 



This special issue of ffiRIETY each year is looked forward to, and retained as a 
souvenir of the theatrical yean An advertisement in it is a wise investment. It will 
give publicity for the future as well as the present. 

fiqRIlJY is the recognized leading theatrical paper. It is conceded to be the most 
desirable advertising medium, circulating all over the world. 

An advertisement in t^RIEFY carries your name everywhere on the face of the globe. 
Your announcement in the Anniversary Number becomes part of a theatrical directory 
that is constantly consulted by the leading artists, managers and agents the world over. 

fETY has a larger circulation than any theatrical paper in America or Europe ; 
it has more readers per copy than any weekly published. 

Rates remain the same: One Page, $125; Half Page, $65; Quarter Page, 
$32.50; One Inch (14 lines, single column), $2.80. 

Cuts to be placed among the news pages are $15 each for Single Column size; 
$25 Double Column. Reading matter allowed. Large* cuts (for the news p^ges) 
than two columns wide will be accepted, charged for at the two column rate pro rata. 

Applications made immediately will have the advantage of preferred position, which 
the early receipt of copy guarantees. 



•Swt ttemento kindly m0 nt ion TARIWTY. 



VARIETY 



ANNOUNCEMENT!!! 



IVIF9 






(Formerly Associated with the Empire City Quartet) 



Desires to Announce to the Profession that he is now in a position to 

ACCEPT THE MANAGEMENT and DIRECTION of 

and Productions 

My long experience in the Show Business and my handling of Several Acts during 
those years, including the Quartet, will guarantee that service you demand 

IRVING COOPER 

Address me at 1416 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY 




Howard and Howard, re- 
fitted and refurnished, both 
sartorlally and with new 
material, returned to the 
O r p h e u m yesterday and 
made the hit of their lives. 
The audience screamed as 
loud and as long as It 
could, and then lay down 
In a body to take the count 
This pair are the liveliest 
and most up-to-date the 
Orpheum has had In a 
twelvemonth.— RALPH RE- 
N AUD. Ban Francisco 
"Chronicle." 



VJOEvIM 



NAZI 



Howard 



Howard 



"The Hebrew Porter and the Salesman" 

>*. 

Heading all Bills on the Orpheum Circuit 

Positively the Season's Bitfest Hit 

Scored a Sensational Triumph in Frisco, Cal. 

Personal Representative, E. S. KELLER 



Eugene and Willie How- 
ard, the one immaculate 
and tenor, the other In 
misfit flaming red, returned 
to the Orpheum yesterday 
and got a reception that 
rattled the roof of the big 
theatre. "The Porter and 
the Salesman" Is perfection 
in burlesque and a little of 
everything that vaudeville 
goers cry for.— AL C. JOT. 
San Francisco "Examiner." 



When answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY 



r 



TEN 




• 




VOL. XX-, NO. S. 



OCTOBER 29, 1910. 



PRICE TEN CENTS. 




VARIETY 



ALWAYS 



BULL'S EYE 






Return Engagement 

Orpheum Circuity 

Commencing Dec. 4 



This Week (Oct. 24) 
Temple, Detroit 

Next Week (Oct 31) 
Temple, Rochester 




Dash in VARIETY 

Ida May Chadwlck waa the hit of the ahow. 
Id* has grown soma since laat mob, and her 
added height simply makes her "rube kid" all 
the more funny. Aelde from appearance she 
ha* a real aenee of humor and her good 
natured laughing and "kidding" geta her orer 
the footlights with no effort at all. She haa 
the audience before hitting the dancing mat 
When on It, that la all there la to tell. The 
finish In "one" with "Pop" Chadwlck and Ida 
doing the rarloua dances waa also a big laugh 
and brought Ida back for a speech In which 
aha managed to aqueeae a couple more good 
laughs. Ida May will bear watching. There 
seems to be no stopping her. She will proTO a 
find for some production. 



Successful Under the Management of 

PAT OASEY 



PREMIERE 

ATTRACTION 

(On the Stage and in 
the Box Office) 



Season Fully Routed 



Direction 

PAT OASEY 



CHADWICK TRIO 



FEATURING 



Ida May Chad wick 

f«Tur usfs* U4ui Aim »tx 



("THE HEE HAW GIRL") 



FOR SALE, WIGGINS FARM" 



Last Week (Oct. 17), Colonial, New York 



What The Skirt said in VARIETY : 

"The first real burst of applause at the Colonial Theatre this season 
was drawn forth by Little Ida May Chad wick." 



AND 



H> « 



MEETING WITH SUCCESS PRESENTING^ 



"A BIT OF MUSICAL COMEDY IN A VAUDEVILLE WAY 



99 



THIS WEEK (Oct 24), P. G. Williams' GREENP01NT, Brooklyn Next Week (Oct. 31), Maryland, Baltimore 

NOV. 7, HAMMERSTEIN'S, New York 

NOTE: All Songs Our Own Property and Copyrighted Management, EDW. S. KELLER 



Wh*n answering adverti$ement$ kindly mention VARIETY, 




Vol. XX. No. 8. 



OCTOBER 29, 19 10. 



PRICE TEN CENTS. 



70 SHUBERT THEATRES TO LET; 
35 TAKEN BY LOEW CIRCUIT 



Shuberts' Failure to Provide Attractions for 44 0ne- 
Nighters" the Cause. Theatres Between New 

York and St. Louis to Increase 
Loew's " Pop " Circuit 



Chicago, Oct. 27. 

The Shuberts have placed about 
seventy one-night stand theatres be- 
tween New York and St. Louis on the 
market. It is understood that a couple 
ol parties- hare been looking the list 
over. One is Marcus Loew of New 
York, who will secure forty of the 
houses for "pop" vaudeville, opening 
them gradually, at the rate of about 
four weekly. 

The Loew proposition is to play the 
theatres on a percentage basis, the 
houses propelled into the variety field 
to retain the present management and 
staffs. 

The states covered by the one-night- 
ers are New York, Pa., W. Va., 111., 
Ohio, Minn., and Iowa, besides others. 
Nearly all the theatres to be turned 
over are in small towns, excepting a 
few like the Nesbitt, Wilkes-Barre; 
Lyric, Minneapolis; Chatterton Opera 
House, Springfield, 111., and Auditor- 
ium, Des Moines. 

The inability of the Shuberts to 
furnish attractions for these houses 
has left no alternative. Theatrical 
people claim that in many of the towns 
"let out" the local management has 
entered into agreement with the vau- 
deville people in the same place, re- 
stricting the policy in each house to 
avoid competition, and that this will 
cause a conflict ion in several in- 
stances. 



Marcus Loew was asked by a 
Variety representative this week if 
he expected an increase to his present 
circuit. Mr. Loew replied that he did, 
and would have many more houses 
shortly. Mr. Loew may start west 
shortly to look the houses over. 

It was reported early In the week 



that some forty or more Shubert 
houses in the wilds were being offered 
for lease. Showmen say the many 
failures of new productions by the 
Shuberts so far this season, which 
constitute a very big majority of those 
presented, have shortened their sup- 
ply of attractions until the country 
theatres allied with "The Open Door" 
interests are starving for plays. 

Reports from all over the country 
have tended to verify the local rum- 
ors. In many towns the reports have 
come in that all vaudeville theatres 
were playing to big business. 

Wednesday the World printed a 
story that John Cort has thrown his 
"Open Door" further open, wide 
enough to admit "The Syndicate." 
For many days past there have been 
rumors that Mr. Cort wanted to do a 
little business with Klaw & Erlanger 
on the old plan. This desire to re- 
annex himself to K & E is said to have 
followed Mare Klaw's visit to Denver 
on his return from the Coast. 

The World story was that Cort was 
holding on to the both horns of the 
theatrical dilemma, while making ar- 
rangements to relieve the arid condi- 
tion of his theatres. In doing this, 
according to the World, the Shuberts 
would not suffer from a $L ) r»0,GU0 bond 
they had liled to furnish the Cort 
housr.s wiih sullicient attractions. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 
A. L. Erlanger and Pat Casey ar- 
rived in Chicago this morning. It is 
rumored that Erlanger is in the mid- 
die west to attempt to break up the 
Shubert reign here, through the spread 
of the story of the Shuberts throwing 
so many houses on the market. 



ANOTHER AFFILIATION MEETING. 

That there will be another meeting 
between the committees of the White 
Rats, Actors' International Union, 
Central Federation of Labor and 
Samuel Gompers, at which the appli- 
cation of the White Rats to become 
affiliated witu the American Federa- 
tion of Labor will be discussed, is al- 
*most an assured fact. 

During the time that has elapsed 
since the last conference, at the Hotel 
Victoria some weeks ago, there has 
been no move on the part of either 
parties interested. At that meeting 
it was decided to appoint a committee 
of seven to discuss the situation, but 
it is understood this body has not 
been in session. 

According to the present plans it 
is believed the next meeting will be 
held a week from Monday, and also 
at the Victoria. Mr. Gompers will 
come over from Washington to at- 
tend it. 



ENGAGES ANNABELLE WH1TFORI). 

The engagement of Annabelle Whit- 
ford as leading woman with the 
Lederer & Frazee production of "The 
Hapipest Night of Ills Life" was en- 
tered Wednesday afternoon, within 
two hours after Miss Whltford 
reached New York. She returned here 
after a long successful trip as a fea- 
ture attraction over the western cir- 
cuits, Miss Whitford's first venture 
in vaudeville. 

The show which the producers 
have placed around Victor Moore as 
the star will open Nov. 14 at the 
Columbia, Washington. Miss Whit- 
ford will assume the role of a 
Chicago widow. The music for the 
piece has been composed by Albert 
Von Tilzer. 



WELLMAN ON TOl R. 

A lecture tour by Walter Wellman 
will start next week, probably at the 
X. Y. Hippodrome next Sunday night. 
It will be directed by the William 
Morris olllce. 

The itinerary will follow somewhat 
closely the route taken by Harry Lau- 
der in previous seasons when travel- 
ing over the map. 

The present crew of Wellman's bal- 
loon, "America," now at the Ameri- 
can, will appear at the American, Chi- 
eago, Nov. f». 



BESSIE CLAYTON'S BIG HIT. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

Paris, Oct. 26. 
The success of Bessie Clayton, the 
American dancer, in the new revue at 
the Olympia, which opened last Sat- 
urday, has been terrifllc. The revue 
was successfully produced. 



OPTION ON PARIS CASINO. 

(Special Cable to Variety.) 

Paris, Oct. 27. 

The negotiations by Jack DeFrece, 
brother of the London manager, for 
the Casino have resulted in DeFrece 
securing an option until DecaMbSt om 
the house through the depMll of a 
money forfeit. 

It is very probable tm4i Ike teal 
will go through if plana ■ubfiifead for 
changes prove acceptable to the au- 
thorities. 



LEAN-HOLBROOK TROUBLES. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 

The private affairs of Cecil Lean 
and Florence Holbrook reached the 
newspaper stage Tuesday when several 
local dailies carried stories which re- 
flected a state of infelicity between 
the stars of "Bright Eyes." 

It is intimated that the breach may 
lead eventually to the courts. 



RITCHIE GOES FOR $1,000. 

Adele Ritchie has gone over to Wil- 
liam Morris for $1,000 a week. She 
is playing this week at Shea's, To- 
ronto, a United Hooking Offices house. 
While on the United Time this sea- 
son the prima donna has been receiv- 
ing $7. r ,0 weekly. 

Miss Ritchie starts the Morris Cir- 
cuit Nov. G at Cincinnati. Her con- 
tract calls for ten weeks. 



ARM BROKEN WHILE llANCINtt. 

Worcester, Mass., Oct. li 7. 
John Moffett, who, in company with 
Elsie Clare, opened the bill al. Poll's 
Monday night, mot with ;i peculiar ac- 
cident. As he was finishing a waltz 
the hone of the left arm broke just 
above thu elbow with a snap. lie was 
whirling his partner in the air at the 
moment. Moffett finished the act 
without tho audience becoming aware 
of the injury. Ho was later attended 
by Dr. L. A. Tuttle. 



VARIETY 



U1CGK-MORHIS' SMALL BET. 

Ada Reeves has signed a contract 
to play the Orpheum Circuit. In pre- 
senting the proof of that statement to 
William Morris and Marcus Loew, 
Martin Iteck won his wager of six 
cents, entered between the managers 
Monday evening at the American, with 
Mr. Loew the stake holder. 

The wager was decided Wednesday 
afternoon. With due formality Messrs. 
Morris and Loew (the latter attended 
by his press department) journeyed 
to the Orpheum Circuit offices in the 
Long Acre Building. There the six 
cents changed ownership. That was 
the sole reason for the meeting, the 
managers stated to a Variktv repre- 
sentative who stumbled upon the 
group. 

Nevertheless, while there were too 
many at one time in Beck's private 
office to have held any Confidential 
conversation, there is not much doubt 
but that Messrs. Morris and Beck have 
resumed their confabs as to "how 
shall It be done" and "if It does hap- 
pen." Loew seems to have gotten 
into the latest negotiations somehow. 
His connection can not be traced in 
view of the denial of all concerned 
that Loew is financially interested in 
the Morris Circuit. But Loew is stick- 
ing around pretty closely for a cold 
outsider. 

The repetition of the innumerable 
meetings in the past between Beck 
and Morris commenced over a week 
ago. It is again just "talk," but ex- 
cited comment as to whether Beck 
really has encased himself in a sheep's 
skin, or will assert himself as the 
vaudeville lion. 

When the Variety representative 
asked Mr. Beck if he intended sailing 
for England Saturday, Mr. Beck re- 
plied he was not then certain, but an 
important wire expected momentarily 
would decide him. Mr. Loew seemed 
quite certain Mr. Beck would not sail 
Saturday. 

In the line of "dope" that sounded 
quite suspicious. 

New York is a fine city for vaude- 
ville, believes Mr. Beck, and every- 
body believes that that is Mr. Beck's 
belief. Not bo very long ago Mr. Beck 
is said to have asked Percy O. Will- 
iams how much the Williams Circuit 
would cost an Orpheum Circuit gen- 
eral manager. Six million dollars, Mr. 
Williams is reported to have answered. 
Before Williams stopped talking Mr. 
Beck was informed that most of this 
hunk of consideration would have to 
be in cash, and the remainder in good 
collateral. Then Beck and Williams 
parted for that day and Mr. Beck 
with an effort drew his thoughts to 
a New York music hall on the conti- 
nental plan. 



DIVORCED IN COLUMBUS. 

Chicago, Oct. 27, 

Billy Morris of Billy Morris and the 
Sherwood Sisters was granted a di- 
vorce from Louise Allen at Columbus, 
O., Monday. 



"SECRET" SUNDAY BILLS. 

The programs at the New York 
theatres of the Shuberts on Sundays 
are called "Secret Shows." It appears 
that the Loew Circuit is prohibited 
from advertising the Sunday concerts 
at the Herald Square and Broadway 
theatres. The stars in those houses 
on the regular week days object to 
seeing "Sunday Concerts" billed. 

The Broadway opened for the first 
time this season last Sunday with a 
Loew show. No speculators were out- 
side, nor were police required to regu- 
late the crowds. The only busy per- 
son around the front of the house 
was the ticket taker, who often step- 
ped to the sidewalk to watch where all 
the people were going. 

It's said that Loew may not handle 
any more of the Shubert houses for 
Sunday performances, unless the Shu- 
berts agree on a percentage division of 
the gross receipts. 



HOFFMANN FOR FOUR WEEKS. 

Philadelphia, Oct. 27. 

Opening Oct. 31 at Keith's, Harry 
T. Jordan, the manager, has booked 
Gertrude Hoffmann for a stay of four 
weeks at the theatre. With one ex- 
ception of a few years back, when 
vaudeville was different, it will be the 
longest stay of any act at the local 
Keith house. Miss Hoffmann will be 
followed by Gus Edwards' "Song Re- 
vue" for two weeks. 

This week Rose Pitnoff, the Boston 
young girl swimmer, is the feature. 
Mr. Jordan had a tank especially built 
to be placed upon the stage. Miss 
Pitnoff is a swimmer rather than a 
diver. The manager thought this 
the better way of adding value to the 
turn. The big tank full of water 
keeps Stage Manager Fleischman's 
nerves on edge lest a leak should 
develop. 

With the big success of the an- 
nouncement of the results of the base- 
ball championship series, Manager 
Jordan has a ticker now permanently 
installed in Mr. Fleischman's office in 
the back of the house. It is pos- 
sible that within the near future, all 
Important happenings of the world as 
coming in over the ticker will be 
flashed upon the picture sheet, giv- 
ing the Keith patrons a daily news- 
paper besides an afternoon or even- 
ing of entertainment. 



MAYER SETTLES FOR $5.83. 

The action brought by Al Mayer 
against the United Booking Offices 
for an accounting, which led to Mayer 
securing a court order for the United 
to produce its books in court, has 
been settled. 

The agency sent the books as di- 
rected into the court room, where it 
was figured out that there remained a 
balance due Mayer of $5.83. He ac- 
cepted that amount in settlement.. 



WELCH BACK IN VOO. 

Joe Welch is the headliner at the 
Fulton, Brooklyn, next week. Mr. 
Welch's play of Italian life closes this 
Saturday night, after a few weeks on 
the road. 



HOLDS OVER HEADLINER. 

Baltimore, Oct. 27. 
"Lolo" the "mind reading parrot" 
has been held over at the Maryland as 
the headliner for next week. The 
"girl-bird" who tells what you are 
thinking of, while seated on a perch, 
has scored a big success this week in 
the chief position. It's a Pat Casey 
act. 



SELLING STOCK TO ACTORS. 

Several actors have recently pur- 
chased stock in William Morris, Inc. 
When William Morris was asked 
whether the company's stock was 
being offered for sale, he replied that 
of the recent issue of $250,000 pre- 
ferred stock of the company, $50,000 
had been voted by the directors to be 
placed aside for purchase by pro- 
fessionals. In this lot of preferred 
stock several actors had invested 
upon hearing of it, he added. 

Mr. Morris said he thought there 
were many artists who would like to 
hold an interest in the circuit through 
becoming stockholders, and it was in 
recognition of this that he had ad- 
vised a block of stock be held for that 
purpose. 

Early in the week it was reported 
that John Lawson, the English actor, 
who has been presenting "The Mon- 
key's Paw" in the houses of the Mor- 
ris Circuit and who this week is at 
the American presenting "The Open 
Door" had purchased $25,000 worth 
of the Morris stock. 



EVERYTHING PEACEFUL. 

The story of several weeks a • to 
the effect that Frazee & Lederer had 
divided their business interests is de- 
nied by the members of the firm. 

They have issued a statement that 

there is no truth in the rumor and 
that they are now preparing two ad- 
ditional productions of "Madam 
Sherry" for the road, and also that 
"The Happiest Night of His Life," 
intended to serve Victor Moore for his 
starring tour is soon to be placed in 
rehearsal. The opening date is set 
for Nov. 14, at Washington. After 
playing Baltimore, the show will pro- 
ceed to either New York or Chicago 
for a run. 

The Frazee & Ledejer firm is con- 
templating a big revue for an early 
date. It will be produced by George 
W. Lederer of the firm, and follow 
the fashion of the several successes 
in the same line Lederer presented at 
the Casino in years past. The house 
where the production will show in 
New York has not yet been settled 
upon. 

John T. Kelly is to desert vaude- 
ville and will appear as a member 
of the Victor Moore company which 
is to present "The Happiest Night of 
His Life." Phil Ryley Is also to be 
a member of the cast. 



BILLIE REEVES RE-ENGAGED. 

Indianapolis, Oct. 27. 

F. Ziegfeld, Jr., re-engaged Blllie 

Reeves, the original "drunk" Monday 

for "The Follies of 1911" for next 

season. 

It will be Mr. Reeves' fourth year 
with the same show. The engagement 
dates from next June, when the new 
"Follies" will open on the New York 
Roof. 



WOODS FINISHED SEASON. 

Al H. Woods says he is finished 
with productions for this season, hav- 
ing all in hand that he expects to 
present. Monday the producer placed 

"The Girl in the Taxi" at the Astor, 
and "The Rosary" opened his Garden 
theatre. 

The next Woods show will be Julian 
Eltinge in "The Fascinating Widow." 
Eltinge will start off at Atlantic City 
Nov. 14. The piece is booked for a 
Chicago run commencing Dec. 5, 
probably at the Chicago Opera House. 

With several other shows playing, 
besides ten melodramas, Mr. Woods 
says he will just hang around the 
New Amsterdam for the remainder of 
the season and watch the "count-up" 
on "Madame Sherry" each night. Last 
week the sensational hit of the sea- 
son in the metropolis, of which 
Woods, Frazee and Lederer each own 
one-third, brought $18,600 into the 
box-office. 

"New York" which is in its second 
week at the Bijou will retire after 
this or next Saturday night. Mr. 
Woods says he has a good show there, 
but selected the wrong house, and 
the play was "panned" too hard by 
the local dailies. "New York" was 
first booked for the Lyceum, but was 
switched to the Bijou. 

Last week the show played to 
$2,300. As "Welcome To Our City" 
only picked up $300 during its initial 
and only period of six days here, 
Woods awaited a further indication 
of lapse of interest before retiring it. 
His one regret seems to be that when 
giving out about twenty passes for 
"New York," he forgot to write the 
theatre on the slips, and all the 
"paper" turned up at the New Am- 
sterdam. 



COULDN'T WEAR TIGHTS, 

Boston, Oct. 27. 

The girls in Jesse Lasky's "Photo 
Shop" at Keith's this week, had a sur- 
prise from the management. 

Anna Morton, "The Merry Widow," 
wears tights in the finale* Six girls 
are bedecked the same. Before the 
Tuesday's matinee the girls were in- 
formed they must not appear in that 
fashion again. 

Now the "high-brow" Keith audience 
In Boston will be shocked no longer, 
even If there is a "classical" dancing 
act on the same bill. 



MEMORIAL THEATRE OPENING. 

St. Louis, Oct. 27. 
Monday night next the new Sam S. 
Shubert Memorial Theatre opens in 
this city, with "The Midnight Sons" 
for the first attraction. Lee and Jake 
Shubert are expected here for the 
event. 



FIELDS AND LEWIS PLACED. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 

Fields and Lewis join "Lower 
Berth 13" at the Whitney next Mon- 
day. 



SHOWS CHANGE HOUSES. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 

When "The Girl in the Train" suc- 
ceeds Sarah Bernhardt at the Sturie- 
baker Nov. 14, Frank Daniels will be 
featured and Sallie Fisher will be the 
prima donna. Genee's "Bachelor 
Belles," now at the Illinois, will fol- 
low "The Girl in the Train" at the 
Globe, New York. 



VARIETY 



ENGLISH SITUATION MAY 

DEVELOP FUNNY ANGLES 



Report Abroad that Sir Edward Moss May Pass Control. 

Stoll Advised of All Moves 



(Special Cable to Varietv. ) 

London, Oct. 27. 

The coining separation of Oswald 
Stoll and Sir Edward Moss, which will 
split the now powerful Moss-Stoll Tour 
is expected to develop some funny- 
angles, it is rumored that Moss 
may retire, if he can pass his control 
and Interests over to a friendly pur- 
chaser. With the many corporations 
which the Moss circuit of halls is oper- 
ated by, that will be a perplexed 
question to smooth out, Mr. Moss not 
having absolute control of the dif- 
ferent companies in their physical ex- 
istence. 

It is also said that Oswald Stoll is 
advised of all moves made by the 
other side. The other side is popu- 
largely supposed to be composed of 
Moss, Walter De Frece and Alfred 
Butt, with an American connection 
through Martin Beck. Beyond a little 
money Beck has invested over here, 
he is not strongly interested. 

There was some dissension express- 
ed late last week with a new form of 
contract issued by the Stoll office. It 
seemed serious at the time. Since 
then it has been reported that Stoll 
will change the form. 

There is still an opinion expressed 
in some quarters that the fan flare 
between the Stoll and Moss sides will 
blow over, but to effect an amicable 
understanding, it is admitted one or 
the other of the associated tours must 
bend the knee. Those who favor the 
belief that the Moss-Stoll Tour will 
hold together after all say that Stell 
will have to have his way, and claim 
that this may be given him before the 
circuits will start ruinous warfare 
upon one another. 

A Moss-Butt-Beck deal seems quite 
unlikely. With Moss and Stoll in dif- 
ferent offices there is every likelihood 
that the two factions may have a 
friendly booking agreement. Stoll's 
fight is in London, the Moss halls are 
mostly in. the provinces. 



O'BRIEN DISBANDS COMPANY. 

Nell O'Brien has announced that 
after playing "Fighting the Flames" 
at Keith's, Providence, next week, he 
will disband his company and leave 
vaudeville. 

Mr. O'Brien is a minstrel man, se- 
cured for vaudeville through William 
L. Lykens. It is O'Brien's first ven- 
ture in the modern twice-daily pasture. 
A complete tour of the Orpheum Cir- 
cuit had been secured for him, but 
like many other acts this season, he 
found the routings in the large east- 
ern houses uncertain. 

Last Sunday Mr. O'Brien had to 
retire from the Hammerstein program 
suffering much pain from an attack of 
rheumatism. He went through his 
performances the day before In dis- 
tress. 



GABY'S IMITATOR. 

Wednesday night at the Union 
Square, Herr Truffurt, the foreign 
agent, offered for the managers an 
imitator of Gaby Deslys, the French 
young woman who tucked away a king 
in her train. 

After seeing the pictures of the 
young woman Monday, "Bill" Lykens 
of the Casey Agency, thought Mile. 
De Carme, who does the imitation, 
good enough to claim as his act, but 
Truffurt wouldn't surrender. 



HALL PLAYER ILL. SINGER. 

Boston, Oct. 27. 

Frank Beck, who has become well 
known through his position as outfield- 
er with the Boston National League 
baseball team, has returned to Ha- 
vana, 111., where he is singing the il- 
lustrated songs at the 'Varsity picture 
house, owned by the Volunteer Fire 
Department of that city. 

Beck, who has a sweet tenor voice, 
has been featured at the house for the 
past three years. 



DROWNED IN AUSTRALiA. 

Sydney, Sept. 26. 

Arthur Edwards, an English come- 
dian, with "The Arcadians" was 
drowned in Sydney harbor last week. 
As an eccentric dancer he had few 
equals. Deceased was twenty-three 
years of age. 



SPIXGOLD LEAVING MORRIS. 

The music publishing business is to 
gain a new general manager next 
week, when Nate Spingold will as- 
sume charge of the Gus Edwards com- 
pany. 

Arthur McHugh goes in the Morris 
ofTlce Monday to handle the press 
work for the Wellman tour. 

Mr. Spingold has been in charge of 
the press department of the William 
Morris Circuit, since Eddie Pidgeon 
resigned that post. Spingold came on 
here from Chicago. Al Davis, the 
personal representative of General 
Manager Edward L. Bloom of the Mor- 
ris Circuit, may take charge of the 
press end of the circuit until Sping- 
old's successor has been selected. 



STOCK IN SCRANTON. 

Scranton, Pa., Oct. 27. 

Nov. 21. S. Z. Poll will place a stock 
company in the Academy of Music. 
He secured possession of the house last 
week. In the early part of the month, 
Feiber & Shea, of New York, who 
had been operating the theatre with 
"pop" vaudeville, returned. 

H. H. Bliss will manage the Acad- 
emy, having been transferred from 
Poll's, Norwich, Conn. 



"FREAK ACTS** GET OVER. 

The miracle of vaudeville happened 
Monday when a "freak act" made good 
on Its merits. As though to take 
the edge off the wonder of the vaude- 
ville age, a second "freak act" did the 
same thing the same day. 

The "freak acts" this week are tlu> 
baseball crowd at Hammerstein's in 
Bozeman Bulger's playlet "Curves," 
and the Wellman Airship Crew at the 
American. 

Matthewson and Meyers, of "The 
Giants" who appeared in the sketch 
had had no public performances be- 
fore showing Monday afternoon. 
Neither had the members of the Well- 
man crew at the American. While 
the baseball players became actors off 
the reel, the air fliers were converted 
into orators. 

By Wednesday night neither of the 
"freak acts" had developed extraor- 
dinary drawing powers. Both the 
American and Hammerstein's were 
well filled on the lower floors that 
evening, but failed to contain a capa- 
city audience. 



TAKES ALICE YORKE'S ROLE. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 
Dorothy Breener will replace Alice 
Yorke in "Tho Sweetest Girl in Paris'* 
at the La Salle, Nov. 5. 



NEW YORK FOR "MARIETTA." 

Oscar Hammerstein's "Naughty Ma- 
rietta" which opened at Syracuse 
Monday night will be presented Nov. 
7 at the New Yorfr theatre. 

The flrst routing was for a Shubert 
house (the Broadway) but the pe- 
culiar theatrical tide brings the pro- 
duction into a Klaw & Erlanger the- 
atre. 



THIRD WEEK FOR DANCERS. 

The Colonial retains the Russian 
Dancers as the feature attraction for 
next week, the third the foreigners 
will have played at that house. 

It is announced that new dances are 
to be presented. "Fire Bird," "Beauty 
and Beast" and a Cossack dance by 
one of the Kosloffs are the insertions. 

While the Russian Dancers have 
drawn no great assemblages to the 
Colonial, Percy G. Williams said this 
week they were attracting a very nice 
and exclusive patronage. That the 
drawing powers of the act will in- 
crease with age Is the opinion of many 
vaudeville managers. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 
The Russian Dancers (Pavlova and 
Mudkins, at the Auditorium, played 
to $13,000 last Saturday and Sunday, 
and will again appear there for four 
performances the coming Saturday 
and Sunday. 

ENGAGED FOR GAITEB. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 

With the closing of "$3,000,000" 
last Saturday, Louis Simon, of the cast 
of the passed-away show, was engaged 
through Tat Casey of New York for 
the new musical comedy adaptation of 
"My Friend From India," to be made 
by Jos. M. Galtes of New York. 

May Yokes, from the defunct or- 
ganization also, has signed for the 
Gaites production. 



AFTER THE CHAMP PLAYERS. 

Philadelphia, Oct. 27. 

There is a possible chance that one 
or* more members of the Athletics, 
winners of the world's championship 
series, will follow Mathewson and 
Meyers and other baseball stars on 
the stage. Several have had offers 
since returning from Chicago, where 
they put it over on the Cubs. 

Louis Kobie was first on the job 
with an offer, wiring here for Jack 
Coombs and offering six weeks' en- 
gam en t in the west to do a monolog 
with the "Knickerbockers." Coombs 
has been so busy attending theatre 
parties and banquets this week that 
he has not decided what he will do, 
but may take a whirl at it. 



A FURTHER REDUCTION. 

Omaha, Oct. 27. 

According to the bill as laid out 
for the American next week a further 
reduction of the gross salary list foi 
the week has been ordered of the 
Morris office, which books the show. 

The eight turns comprising next 
week's program will not cost the 
house over $1,500. The admission 
prices are now running from 10-60. 
Another reduction and the Orpheum 
will havo lost anything that looks like 
opposition through the American. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 
Walter Hoff Seeley Is in town to 
book next week's show at the Amer- 
ican, Omaha. This would indicate 
that he is taking an active interest 
in the affairs of William Morris 
Western. 



RACK TO TEN AND TWENTY. 

Des Moines, Oct. 27. 

The opposition to the Orpheum, 
which has been carried on by the 
Majestic booked by Sulllvan-Consi- 
dine, will be discontinued starting 
Monday. 

The Majestic will go back to five 
acts and reduce prices to 10-20. 



COLLI ER'S BRIGHT SHOW. 

Atlantic City, Oct. 27. 

Monday night at the Savoy, Lew 
Fields presented Willie Collier in "I'll 
Be Hanged If I Do," a piece replete 
with bright and humorous dialog. 

It was written by Collier and Edgar 
Selwyn. The supporting company is 
a capable one, including Paula Marr, 
Helena Garrick, ThoB. Findlay, Ste- 
phen Maley, Thos. Beauregard and 
Stanley Murphy, the latter playing an 
excellent "Chink." 



G(X)D PROSPECTS FROM OPENING. 

San Francisco, Oct. 27. 

Max Dill's stock musical comedy 
stock company opened at Oarrlck 
Monday night in "The White Hen." 

The house was packed and the au- 
dience liked the performance greatly. 
The indications are that Dill's venture 
will be very successful. 



SEPARATION FOR KELLY AND 
KENT? 

Springfield, Mass., Oct. 27. 

At Poll's this week Kelly and Kent 
ar»' not on stage, as programed. 

It is said that differences have aris- 
en in the team, and that the couple 
will separate after next week. 



VARIETY 



SURRENDERING LICENSES. 

In pursuance to an investigation of 
the offices of several of the large vau- 
deville circuits as to the manner in 
which the new Agency Law was being 
observed, which was conducted by In- 
spector Thus. J. Whalenr of the office 
of the Commissioner of Licenses, 
under the direction of Herman Robin- 
son, Martin Beck, William Morris, 
Inc., Marcus Loew, James Plunkett 
and Charles Johnstone, as well as Mrs. 
Packard, Bijou Fernandez Abington 
and Betts & Fowler, the latter dra- 
matic agents, were summoned to ap- 
pear before the Commissioner Wednes- 
day morning. 

All were charged with technical vio- 
lations of the new agency law, in as 
much as they did not keep proper 
registers of entry, statements^of finan- 
cial condition, and failed to give all 
acts an approved contract. A copy 
of the summons received by Martin 
Beck, addressed to the Central Vau- 
deville Promotion Co., was as follows: 

"You failed to keep proper and pre- 
scribed registers of entry; that you 
failed to keep on file vertlfied state- 
ments of the financial condition of 
employers to whom performers arc- 
sent; that you failed to give each per- 
former an approved contract; that you 
failed to give performers or employers 
receipts for commissions received and 
that all your circulars, advertisements 
and stationery do not bear the word 
agency after the name." 

Mr. Beck appeared at the Commis- 
sioner's office personally for the Or- 
pheum Circuit (Central Vaudeville 
Promotion Co.). He made a statement 
that he did not intend to continue as 
an agent. Mr. Beck declared the law 
was silly and had operated against 
the actor instead of for him, and at 
one time took the license, issued to 
the Central, from his pocket and re- 
turned it to the Commissioner. Mr. 
Beck said in the future he would book 
acts net. Later he took his license 
back, saying the company would hold 
a meeting. 

The Commissioner reprimanded all 
the offenders, and said that in the fu- 
ture it was his intention to deal with 
all violations in a summary manner. 

Later in the day Mr. Beck declared 
that the license held by the Central 
Company would be returned, and that 
the Central Co. would hereafter either 
book acts "net" (without commis- 
sion). As a matter of fact, said Mr. 
Beck, the Orpheum Circuit theatres re- 
tained all commission deducted from 
salaries of acts nlaylng the houses, 
and that no commission was received 
by tho New York office. 

On behalf of William Morris it was 
said that the agency license for that 
circuit would probably be returned, 
an1 acts booked net hereafter. 

The plan of booking "net" would 
probably have been adopted by the 
United Booking Offices, had not that 
agency been desirous of protecting and 
securing the "split" of two and one- 
half per cent, beyond the customary 
five, from the agents. Had the "net" 
scheme been followed, there would 
have been no necessity for the United 
agents to turn in their licenses, for in 
that case the agents would have made 
the only commission charge. 



PANTAGES DEAL ON. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 

Louis Pincus has returned to New 
York. He is expected back here in 
a week or so, when his principal, 
Alexander Pantages, is due to arrive 
in Chicago. 

While here Mr. Pincus located noth- 
ing for the Pantages Circuit. A propo- 
sition for the circuit to take the Hay- 
market was not entertained. 

It is said there is a deal on where- 
by the Pantages time will have an ad- 
dition of several houses hereabouts if 
it goes through. That is why Pan- 
tages and Pincus are to meet shortly 
in Chicago. 

The first day after his return to New 
York, Louis Pincus spent a very busy 
morning booking acts to open early 
next month and several others to start 
on the Pantages Circuit during Decem- 
ber and January. 

Six of the turns were booked 
through the B. A. Myers office. They 
were the Great American Four, open- 
ing Nov. 10; Charley Case, Nov. 17; 
Theodore Babcock and George Har- 
court in "The Littlest Girl," and Ely 
and Florence who are presenting Rice 
and Cohen's "The Kleptomaniacs," all 
to start Dec. 15; "Venus On Wheels," 
Jan. 12; and Nevins and Gordon, Jan. 
19. 



ATTACHES TO RECOVER. 

New Orleans, Oct. 27. 

In the Civil District Court Monday 
Charles Frohman and Klaw & Erlang- 
er brought suit with a prayer for at- 
tachment against Leffler & Bratton, 
proprietors of "The Newlyweds." The 
show played the Crescent, a K. & E. 
house, last week. 

The petitioners ask $825.95 on an 
alleged claim of breach of contract 
through the Leffler & Bratton show 
playing the Grand, a Shubert theatre 
at Atlanta, instead of the Orpheum 
there. The plaintiffs state the re- 
ceipts of that engagement were $2,- 
357, and they are entitled to 35%. . 

Judge Skinner ordered the writ of 
attachment to issue. A bond was giv- 
en by the show to release it. 








T. B. C. SIGNS MORTONS. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 

The Theatrical Booking Corpora- 
tion, which places turns on the 
Churchill time, has engaged the Four 
Mortons for eight weeks at a large 
salary. The Mortons were sought by 
the Morris Circuit where they have 
previously played, thereby becoming 
a "blacklisted" act. United Booking 
Offices managers wanted the Mortons 
very badly early In the season, but 
an attempt to "cut" salary through 
the suggestion of having the "black- 
list" could not move Sam Morton from 
the price he set upon his family's act. 

With only Grand Rapids and Peoria 
known as the towns on the T. B. C. 
time which could play a large act like 
the Mortons, many guesses are being 
made where Walter Keefe and Mr. 
Churchill will place the turn. • 



MATTHEWS AND ASHLEY APART. 

Herbert Ashley and Bobby Mat- 
thews, partners in vaudeville for the 
past eleven years, have separated. The 
route laid out for the "Hebrew and 
straight" act in the United booking 
offices has been canceled. 

Mr. Ashley has formed a new com- 
bination, taking in Al Lee for a 
"straight." Mr. Lee was formerly 
with Ed. Wynn. 



FIGURING ON STOCK. 

With the employment of the Ham- 
merstein Roof the year round, Wil- 
liam Morris is laying plans to cap- 
ture some coin in the cold weather 
through his American Theatre (New 
York) Aerial Garden. Last season 
Mr. Morris brought the upstairs place 
into use Saturdays and Sundays dur- 
ing the Lauder engagement. A 
clause in the present Morris contract 
calls for "three shows daily when re- 
quired." While there has been an 
overflow often on Sunday nights so 
far this season at the house, the Roof 
has not been thrown open. 

It is said that the Morris people 
will not play "pop" vaudeville up- 
stairs, but have decided to try out a 
stock company for the theatre's sec- 
ond attraction, having the weekly 
play give two shows daily under the 
artificial sky. 



HIP ENGAGEMENTS. 

Bagonghi, a dwarf, in a comedy rid- 
ing act, has been engaged through the 
Marinelli office to appear at the New 
York Hippodrome when the next in- 
stallment of circus acts go into the big 
playhouse, sometime in November. Ba- 
gonghi was a terrific success on the 
continent this past season. 

La Belle Victoria, claimed to be as 
great a slack wire performer as Rob- 
ledillo. and Tho Naightons, rings ar- 
tists, have also been booked to ap- 
pear at the same time. 



JULES AARON KAUFMAN 

Age seven months. 
Jack Kaufman's son. 

(KAUFMAN BROS.) 
En route Orpheum Circuit. 



CLARICE MAYNE RETURNING. 

Clarice Mayne, the English singer 
and imitator will return to New York, 
reopening at the Colonial, Nov. 28, 
having been engaged by Percy G. 
Williams at a reported salary of $1,- 
200 weekly. 

Accompanying Miss Mayne will be 
her comedy piano assistant, J. W. 
Tate, 



BRAY ELUCIDATES THE "TEN 
PER CENT." 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 

There was a flurry of excitement 
among the clans when it was rumored 
that all the ten per cent agents would 
be permitted to submit acts to the 
Western Vaudeville Association. 

The report specifically dealt witli 
one agent who had long been barred. 
This week was set as the time foi 
him to start. 

Manager C. E. Bray stated Wednes- 
day that agents who were able to 
submit new acts for which they had 
exclusive control, could book with the 
Association, but he would not accept 
acts included in the general run of 
standard attractions, from the ten 
per centers. The Association could 
book these, if it wanted to without in- 
flicting the extra commission either 
upon the manager or the actor, said 
Mr. Bray. 



GERMAN BARGAIN VAUDEVILLE. 

Berlin, Oct. 17. 

The following did not happen in a 
smaller city of the United States. It 
is German, and came off at Charlot- 
tenbourg. 

An operatic troupe was announced 
to play one night in this town. Busi- 
ness was not expected to be good. 
Some additional inducement was 
necessary to attract an audience. 

The manager had been a dentist in 
earlier life. In his posters was an- 
nounced that purchasers of tickets of 
front seats would be given a check 
entitling them to a free consultation 
next day, while occupants of boxes 
could have teeth extracted gratuit- 
ously. 

To inspire confidence he further an- 
nounced at the bottom of his bill: 
"The manager is a qualified dentist." 

The house was full, each person 
claiming the check for the free dental 
extraction the following morning. 



A PLEASANT START. 

Boston, Oct. 27. 

Judges in the Boston divorce court 
are hearing a number of Bad stories 
from members of the profession. 

Here is one story: Rita Brummell, 
an actress, asked Judge Pierce for a 
divorce from her husband, William 
A. Brummell, charging that he kicked 
her out of their berth in the sleeping 
car on the first night of their honey- 
moon. She told the court that her 
husband was intoxicated at the time. 



MISS TAXGl AY'S "JONAH TOWN." 

Cincinnati, Oct. 27. 

Eva Tanguay returned to the Col- 
umbia to complete the unfinished pre- 
vious engagement which was inter- 
rupted by illness shortly after she first 
opened here this season. 

Though drawing an immense house 
Sunday afternoon, Miss Tanguay in a 
speech to (he audience called Cincin- 
nati a "jonah town" because she and 
the orchestra had failed to agree upon 
a new song the singer wanted to send 
over for the first time. 



AI. II. Tyrell, a Western blackface 
comedian, is being sought by agents 
for a New York opening. Tyrell Is 
a native of Jackson, Mich., where his 
father holds a public office. 



VARIETY 




niETY 



Published WMkij by 
VARIETY PUBLISHING CO. 

Timet Square, New York City. 

SINE SILVERMAN 

Proprietor. 

CHIOAOO. 167 Dearborn St. 

WALTER K. HILL. 
LONDON, 418 Strand 

JESSE J. FREEMAN. 

SAN PRANCI8CO. 008 Market St. 

LESTER J. FOUNTAIN. 
PARIS, 66 Bis. Rue Saint Dldler. 

EDWARD O. KENDRBW. 
BERLIN. 68A Unter den Linden. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 

Rate card may be found In advertising sec- 
tion of this Issue. 

AdYerttslng copy for current lasue must reach 
New York office oy noon Thursday. 



Advertisements by mall must be accompanied 

f remltti 

ompany. 



by remittance, payable to Variety Publishing 
Co 



SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 

Annual $4 

Foreign 5 

Single copies. 10 cents. 

Entered as second-class matter at New York. 



Vol. XX. 



October 29 



No. 8 



Chicago Is a funny place with funny 
people and a puny weekly. The 
weekly is one of those near-papers, 
with a hook always out for another 
backer. So far the last one has stuck. 
He had to, for others had been ex- 
hausted before this one fell. Last 
week the puny weekly printed a list 
of stories which have appeared in 
Variety, guessing which were right or 
wrong. The guessing proved the in- 
competence of the person who did it. 
That same incompetence was the cause 
of his leaving Variety's Chicago of- 
fice early in the year. But the idea 
was not a bad one in itself, for a 
regular newspaper which might want 
to pan us. With Variety setting 
forth each week what is going on, 
without any guarantee as to what will 
come of It, there's a big field for a 
real paper to go after us, provided 
that paper has established a reputa- 
tion of Its own for securing news. 

In the case of the Chicago weekly, 
the addition of the journalistic mar- 
vel who had to leave our Chicago of- 
fice has merely led to the paper he 
fastened himself upon reducing its 
price to five cents and confining its 
listless energy to Chicago alone. Even 
with all that, it finds no encourage- 
ment, no more so than did the person 
who sought to pose as a newspaper 
man by giving away broadcast his 
weekly output, without any of the 
trade papers using it, excepting the 
puny weekly. That grabbed at "the 
stuff," as It prevented increasing the 
"touches" upon its latest financial 
sponsor, who is understood to have 
recently issued an ultimatum that if 
something did not show pretty soon 
around the office of his little Chicago 
sheet, there would be either a new 
staff or no paper. 

The scheme of pointing out where 
others might have fallen down did not 
originate with the person who pads 
out the puny weekly. He is using old 
matter, Just as when he left Variety 



by request, he took with him such 
ideas as he thought necessary for his 
future support. Some years ago a 
writer on Variety left the paper, 
starting one of his own. Instead of 
news he devoted much time and space 
every week to a column headed "Cor- 
recting Our Contemporaries." it was 
a brilliant piece of newspaper work, 
proving conclusively — not that his 
contemporaries needed correction — but 
that he was reading them thoroughly. 
So after his friends had lost not a few 
thousands of dollars in the venture, 
the corrector became a press agent, 
which he is now. That's no discredit. 
of course, but shows what time wasted 
might have saved. 



When backers of newspapers under- 
stand that news is what sells, not the 
personal vaporings of people who want 
their names in display type or a press 
sheet of their own (supported by 
others) they will realize that a new 
staff or no paper is the thing. 



Meanwhile those who wish to divert 
attention from their own shortcom- 
ings to roast Variety may go as far 
as they like. If the space though 
were devoted to the news they do not 
know when meeting it, it would not 
become necessary to limit the weekly 
edition in order to avoid a return slip 
of eighty per cent, of the papers dis- 
tributed. This does not necessnrily 
apply to the puny Chicago weekly, 
which never printed enough papers to 
have eighty per cent, returned. 



Charles Blgelow left the cast of 
"Alma" at Weber's this week. 



"The Marathon Girls" will have sev- 
eral changes made in principals 
shortly. 



Rosie Lloyd has set her American 
return engagement over to start 
Jan. 16. 



Harry Pilcer may Join "The Follies 
of 1910" in a few days. He is now 
with the Elsie Janis show. 

Melville Morris, pianist at Jerome 
H. Remlck & Co., will be married to- 
morrow to Debbie Kressler. 



"The Geisha Girls" will close their 
American tour at Norfolk and sail for 
Germany immediately after. 



M. 8. Bentham is away this week 
on a vacation. During it he will visit 
some western spring resorts. 



The Three Renards canceled twenty 
weeks on the United time rather than 
Jump from Pittsburg to Atlanta. 



Renee Graham, an English male im- 
personator, starts her first American 
tour Nov. 7 at the American, Now 
York. 



Conroy-Lenmlre are on the bill at 
the Orpheum, Brooklyn, next week. 
The pair have gone back to "Kinc: 
for a Day." 



The United Booking OmYes' action 
against Felix Isman for $250,000 
damages will come up in the courts 
next month. 



Merrill and Otto have contracted to 
play twenty weeks in England next 
summer. They sail for London on 
May 15 next. 



Pan-off and Terry arrived in this 
country on the President Grant last 
week. They open on the Pantages 
Circuit Oct. 31. 



Mile. Deodinn, a French "posing 
beauty" makes her first appearance 
in England at the Empire, Leicester 
Square, this week. 



Trunk Klliston and Co. have laid 
aside 'My Lady Betty" and will try 
again in a comedy sketch. They are 
an English company. 



Gruet and Cruet are sleeping in 
Philadelphia, doing four weeks on the 
Taylor & Kaufman time. Booked 
by Walter Plimmer. 



Moriohini sailed last Saturday for 
Paris to sing in grand opera for a 
few months. She will return to the 
States about February. 



Ted Marks says the neighborhood 
of the Plaza, though a few minutes 
from Broadway, reminds him of 
Philadelphia on a Sunday. 



Irving Cooper has forwarded con- 
tracts for the Morris time to Franco 
Piper. If Mr. Piper accepts, he will 
open over here Jan. 30. 



Munroe and Mack opened their sea- 
son on the Morris time at the Amer- 
ican Music Hall, Chicago, last Mon- 
day, booked by B. A. Myers. 



Dollie Toye, the double voiced sing- 
er, is, according to the reports from 
Hamburg, one of the sensational hits 
at the Hansa theatre there. 



J. M. Klinefelter, known on the mid- 
west circuits, is in the state insane 
asylum at Cherokee, la. Klinefelter 
became violent in Fort Dodge. 



The Charles Ahearn Troupe re- 
ceived contracts this week through 
the Casey office to open on the Or- 
pheum Circuit March 19, next. 



"The Wolf," "No. 2," opens Nov. 7 
at Morristown, N. J. It is the second 
Company of that title Harry Loon- 
hardt has put out this season. 



Pat Casey has given the contracts 
for United and western time to his 
'Cadets de Oaseoyne." The act opens 
Oft. .".1 at Proctor's. Newark. 



"The Surprise Four" is a new 

mixed quartet under the management 
of Eddie S. Keller. The act has 
started over the Try Out Circuit. 



"The Girl in the Train" will he re- 
sisted before leaving for the road. 
The Cenee show ("Bachelor Belles") 
will replace it at the Globe, New York. 



Frank Sheridan and Co. in "The 
Drrcli't" open their tour at the Morris 
house in Cincinnati next Monday, 
hooked through George S. O'Brien. 



Harry Tate*s "Motoring" company 
arrived in New York Tuesday. They 
open the season at the Fifth Avenue 
next week, with Hammerstein's to 
follow. 



HaiiK Robert will make his debut 
as a member of the cast of "Alma, 
Where Do You Live" at Weber's next 
Monday night, replacing George W. 
Leslie. 



The Orpheum Circuit has two or 

three big acts routed to jump direct 
from the middle west to San Fran- 
cisco, playing but few of the towns on 
the circuit. 

Kara is on the Loew time this 
week. Monday he restarts over the 
Morris Circuit, and will return to 
Loew upon the expiration of his Mor- 
ris contract. 



(■rigolctti'N Aerial Ballet opens Dec. 
1 at the Wintergarten, Berlin. The 
same day Winston's Seals will appear 
there, both turns being placed by the 
Marinelli New York branch. 



MeConncll and Simpson will be at 
the Greenpoint next week, the first 
time the team have played in New 
York for some time. They have been 
kept busy in western territory. 



Robert Warwick has been engaged 
by John Cort to replace Frank Worth- 
ing as the leading man for Mrs. Les- 
lie Carter in Rupert Hughes' "Two 
Women," now in rehearsal. 



Wright Huntington and company of 
three people, presenting a new version 
of "The Vision of the Knight," which 
Huntington used six years ago, will 
play Lowell, Mass., next week. 



Freeman Bernstein has returned to 
the agency business. His "Curve" 
Music Hall at Fort George cfoses Nov. 
1. Then Freeman will do naught 
else but hustle for headliners, he 
says. * 



Kitty Slianley's piano raffle was 
won by Harry Leonhardt. Miss Shan- 
ley is in the Casey agency. This 
week she started a raffle for a rela- 
tive. (Up to Wednesday no one had 
taken a chance). 



The Zegeuner (Juurtct young wo- 
man, who appeared two weeks at the 
American, New York, wearing a 
mask, discarded the fare covering last 
Sunday night. She is a good looking 
young woman. 

Jas. l>ougheity, manager of Keiih* 
Lijou, Philadelphia, became tin father 
of a son, his second child, last w< el. 
Over in Philly they say Jimmy has put 
the Bijou over a mile, sine*' "pop" 
vaudeville opened there. 

Kthel Lenete, held as an accessory 
to the crime Dr. Crippen W1 * c<nvict 
ed of last week in Lwiden. was found 
no! guilty at her f'ial Tuesday. Pr 
Crippen was sentenced to be hanged 
Nov. S for tin- niurd« r of Hello Ell- 
more. 



VARIETY 



BBS 



HYDE A BBHMAN GUT %. 

According to report Hyde ft Beh- 
man have followed the lead of the 
Columbia theatre, New York, Id giving 
the traveling shows playing their bur- 
lesque house 45 per cent, of the gross, 
retaining fifty-five per cent, for the 
theatre. The former division was 50- 
50. Hyde ft Behman have three houses, 
Star, Gaiety, Brooklyn, and Star and 
Garter, Chicago. 

The Columbia was the first Eastern 
Wheel house to take the 45-55 di- 
vision step. The claim was made that 
the Columbia's expenses were much 
higher through its prominent location 
in the theatrical district of New York. 
The Columbia splits even on the gross 
over $5,000. 

The move by the Frooklyn firm is 
said to have caused much discussion 
among Eastern Wheel managers, who 
are figuring that the lowering of the 
percentage in the four Eastern thea- 
tres means a net loss to them on the 
season of between $2,000 and $2,400, 
per show. 

On the Eastern Wheel are fourteen 
"leased" shows (managers renting 
from original franchise holders). 
These fourteen are reported to be on 
the verge of organizing among them- 
selves. It Is said that of the twenty 
original franchises holding shows now 
on the Wheel, some of the original 
franchise managers are encouraging 
the "leased" men to get together. 

The original franchise holders are 
also reported to have met and confer- 
red on the "Voting Trust" in the Co- 
lumbia Amusement Co., by virtue of 
which the Eastern Wheel is directed. 
The "Trust" has two years to run. 
It was created by stockholders placing 
together a majority of the holdings in 
the corporation, and giving the right 
to certain members of the Board to 
constitute the "Voting Trust." The 
dissenters in the Eastern Wheel are 
piqued over this obstacle to any domi- 
nation by others than those composing 
the voting committee. It Is said they 
have asked for legal advice looking to- 
wards a movement to break the power. 

Another complaint made this week 
was that the "paper" in use on the 
Eastern Wheel route this season car- 
ries no cuts, but is known as "cheap 
paper," with type text only. The 
burlesque managers say this has meant 
a loss of business upstairs in the va- 
rious theatres, the foreign element and 
the illiterate which patronize bur- 
lesque not having been able to read, 
the bills, whereas pictures would have 
attracted them. The theory is that 
this has aided the opposition houses 
(Western Burlesque Wheel). 



SINGER'S THIRD SHOW. 

Jack Singer, satisfied with the suc- 
cess of his new show, "The Serena- 
de™," with George Armstrong and 
Billie Seaton, and the big business his 
"Behman show" is doing In the East- 
ern Wheel houses, has announced he 
will have a third company on the road 
next year. Mr. Singer is planning a 
strong combination and already has 
several people under contract. He said 
this week the burlesque business in 
the west so far has been far ahead of 
the eastern houses. He also says the 
season for his Behman attraction bids 
fair to surpass last year's receipts 



TALKING ABOUT METROPOLIS. 

Rumors flew about this week on the 
future policy of the Hurtlg ft Seamon 
burlesque house (Metropolis) in the 
Bronx. One had the house closing; 
another that the present lessees would 
sublease it; a third that a popular- 
priced stock company would be in- 
stalled by the firm; a fourth that the 
Miner Estate would take over the 
lease in order to have full possession 
of the burlesque field In that section, 
and still another that Hurtlg ft 
Seamon were determined to get rid 
of the theatre at any price, as the 
house had proven too expensive. 

A Hurtlg admitted several men had 
talked about acquiring the lease, but 
declined to give their names. Aside 
from that, he denied all reports and 
said the house would continue to play 
Eastern wheel burlesque for the re- 
mainder of the season. 

H. C. Miner, of the Miner Estate, 
said that no proposition of any kind 
had been made to Hurtlg ft Seamon. 
Anent the stock company matter, he 
stated, the Miners were interested In 
burlesque and in burlesque would 
stay. He further said that the Miner's 
in the Bronx would continue to feat- 
ure burlesque regardless of any 
changes announced for any of the the- 
atres In that territory. 

"While business is not as good as 
it might be, we are satisfied with our 
share of patronage in the Bronx. 
There has been a healthy increase of 
late, especially at the matinees. While 
I believe that a stock house with popu- 
lar prices, properly conducted, would 
pay in the Bronx, the Miners do not 
intend to pay any attention to that 
part of the show business." 

In the sum up, it appears the Hur- 
tlg ft Seamon people may dispose of 
the house, if the right party comes 
along with the right proposition, 
otherwise the Metropolis will keep in 
burlesque. 



Chicago, Oct. 26. 

Sid Euson's old theatre on Clark 
street, now nearlng the end of its re- 
construction process, will reopen 
Thanksgiving week, according to Jules 
Hurtlg, who is here from New York, 
looking after the house. The nature 
of entertainment will be determined 
later. 

Mr. Hurtlg and Walter F. Keefe 
held a long conference, the latter evi- 
dently urging Hurtlg to put in 
vaudeville at the former burlesue 
house. Hurtig will give the matter 
consideration. 



OFFERING TEN CENT MATINEES. 

The Casino, Brooklyn, a Western 
Wheel Burlesque theatre, is advertis- 
ing in its program that women will 
be admitted to the matinee perform- 
ances for ten cents apiece. 

A like policy is also being followed 
at the Miner house in the Bronx, only 
in this case there are small cardboards 
scattered broadcast which entitle any 
woman presenting the same with ten 
cents to the best orchestra seat at any 
matinee. 



BACK TO ALBANY. 

Albany, N. Y., Oct. 27. 

The old Gaiety will start next week 
to play some of the attractions on the 
Western Wheel. Monday nights, the 
lessees will offer boxing bouts, but be- 
ginning with Tuesday matinee, shows 
will appear. Dave Marion and his 
"Dreamland Burlesquers" will be the 
first booking, followed a week later 
by Jas. H. Curtin's "Broadway Gaiety 
Girls." The attractions will play on 
a guarantee and percentage basis. 

The house will not be placed in 
the Wheel regularly. The date there 
will be optional with traveling man- 
agers. In most cases it will be used 
to fill In the string of Pennsylvania 
"one-nighters" known as the Penn 
(Mrcuit. 



RUSH LOSES MANNIST. 

From manager to the advance man 
of "The Bon Tons," Milton Mannist 
is now no longer employed by Edward 
F. Rush. Mannist for several years 
was the office man for Weber ft Rush. 
When the partners separated, he elect- 
ed to take the Rush end of the firm 
for his, and has remained there until 
a couple of weeks ago when Ben Har- 
ris left New York to succeed Mannist 
as the advance agent of the show. 



CAN'T BILL OVER. 

It was only last week that "The 
Queen of Bohemia" paper could be 
pasted with the Columbia as the house 
for the week of Oct. 24. Previously 
for four or five weeks the boards 
around New York have held "Coming 
Soon" paper of the show at the Colum- 
bia now. 

J. Herbert Mack, manager of the Co- 
lumbia, would not consent to a paster 
on the paper bearing the date and 
name of house. He said it was against 
the rules of the Columbia Amusement 
Co. to bill over the current attraction 
longer than a week ahead. 

A somewhat similar arrangement is 
in effect among certain tent shows. 



JOINS "DUCHESS" SHOW. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 

"The Dainty Duchess" added Mar- 
gie Hilton to the roster this week, 
Miss Hilton taking the part vacated 
by May Walsh. 

Sunday at the Star and Garter an 
understudy filled in, Miss Hilton going 
on after that day. 



LIEBLER'S SHOWS IN CORT. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 

Liebler and Co. will provide the at- 
tractions for the rest of the season 
at the Cort, following the present en- 
gagement of Henry Dixey in "The 
Naked Truth." The first play in the 
Liebler series will be "The Seventh 
Daughter." 

This move indicates that Klaw & 
Erlanger have been eliminated from 
the destinies of the house where at 
ono time they seemed to be immovably 
Intrenched. 



A New York firm advertising for a 
house manager last week, received 
over 100 replies within forty-eight 
hours 



TROVOLLO SLIPS OVER. 

The Morris Circuit will have an- 
other 'United Act" Nov. 6, when Tro- 
vollo, the ventriloquist, opens on the 
independent time. Mr. Trovollo will 
first appear at the Fulton, Brooklyn. 



IRWIN'S SHOW FOR LEASE. 

With the proper offers presenting 
themselves, it is reported that Fred 
Irwin will lease his present two shows 
on the Eastern Burlesque Wheel next 
season. They are "The Majesties' 
and "Big Show." 

The usual rule of a franchise lease 
is $100 weekly per show for a season 
of forty weeks. This would net Mr. 
Irwin $8,000 for his two franchises. 
With an additional salary as manager 
of $100 weekly, it is said that Irwin 
figures a return of $12,000 yearly, 
without Investment, worry, or risk. 

Late in the week when Mr. Irwin 
was seen by a Variety representa- 
tive, he said that a gold mining prop- 
osition in the "Porcupine Country" 
(Northwestern Canada) would engage 
all his time after the present theatrical 
season. 

Himself and two other men, said 
Mr. Irwin, had obtained a mining tract 
of 800 acres, and they would proceed 
to the ground next spring to handle 
the proposition in person. 

"It's either going one way or the 
other," remarked Mr. Irwin, " and I 
am convinced we have a great piece 
of property. If it goes my way, I'll 
come back with a million." 



LEGIT HAS MOLL1E. 

Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 27. 

It is stated that Mollie Williams, 
playing here this week with "The 
Crackerjacks," has been engaged by 
Al H. Woods to take the title role in 
"The Girl From Rector's" next sea- 
son. 

It will be Miss Williams's first ven- 
ture on the legitimate stage. The re- 
port says she has signed with Woods 
at $125 weekly. 



ABE REYNOLDS MARRIES. 

Last week Abe Reynolds, principal 
comedian with "The Star and Garter 
Show" married Alta Phippe, the lead- 
ing woman with the same organiza- 
tion. 

Miss Phippe, who left "The Star and 
Garter Show" last Saturday, has been 
engaged by L. Lawrence Weber fo~ 
"The Dainty Duchess." 



IDA CRISPI WITH IRWIN. 

Monday at the Empire, Hoboken. 
Ida Crispi Joined the Fred Irwin "Big 
Show." She closed with Jacobs & 
Jermon's "Queens of Jardin de Paris" 
last week. 



"A CHICKEN PATTI" SINGER. 

The title came like a flash to Dan 
Casey. He was in his office when a 
young woman called, claiming she had 
a voice equal to Patti's. Mr. Casey 
looked her over. She wasn't as old 
as most "Pattis" he had seen. 

"It's all right, Miss," said he, 
"Leave you name and address. From 
now on you will be billed as 'The 
Chicken Patti,' " and then Mr. Casey 
took the rest of the day off to explain 
the title to his friends. 

The young woman's name is Jean- 
ette Childs, from the west. Victor 
Smalley will compose a couple of grand 
operatic airs for her to-morrow even- 
ing after a light lunch. 



Milt Wood hns returned to New 
York 



^/bLLEN TERRY'S OPINION. 

Ellen Terry arrived in New York 
on the Oceanic last Wednesday and 
made a statement In regard to the 
offers made her for vaudeville. 

"No, I'm not dreaming of appearing 
at any music hall. No actors in their 
senses should, in my opinion, at least 
not while the regulations and privi- 
leges are so different for the different 
places. 1 don't think actors show to 
advantage in a music hall. They can- 
not entertain the visitors as some to 
the manner born (of music halls) can 

do. 

"To be sandwiched in between past 
masters of the art of vaudeville en- 
tertainment, such as Paul Cinquevalli 
and Alice Lloyd, really shows off an 
actor to ill advantage. Music hall 
artists are out of place in a theatre — 
actors are out of place in a music hall 
— at least that is my opinion." 

Miss Terry is to open her season in 
America with a special matinee at the 
Hudson theatre, Nov. 3. She will de- 
liver discourses on Shakespeare in cob- 
tume. 



VARIETY 



COMEDY CLUB'S BENEFIT. 

The Comedy Club benefit was suc- 
cessfully held Sunday night at the 
New York Theatre. It was engi- 
neered by Jim Morton assisted by Bob 
Dailey and Johnnie Johnson. A neat 
sum was realized. The house was 
well filled on all floors. 

Someone tried to make it a per- 
sonal benefit by placing "phony" 
tickets on sale, but the fake was dis- 
covered before any harm was done. 

The bill offered was a good one and 
the audience pleased. The theatre 
was donated by Klaw & Erlanger. 
George M. Cohan purchased the auto- 
graphed program for $250, which Jim 
Morton auctioned off. The advertis- 
ing carried in the program paid all 
expenses. All that came into the 
box-offlce was velvet. The boxes 
held many notables of the profession 
and the interest of the house was 
evenly divided between the stage and 
boxes. 

Those who appeared besides Loney 
Haskell and Lee Harrison, the an- 
nouncers, were Merrill and Otto, 
Frank Combs, McMahon and Chap- 
pelle, Stuart Barnes, Scamp Mont- 
gomery and Band, Ralph Herz, Eddie 
Clarke, Sylvester and Raymond, Von 
Klein and Gibson, Oscar Lorraine, 
Bob Dailey, Grace Hazard, Lily Lena, 
James J. Morton, Hedges Brothers 
and Jacobson. 

Mike Simon ran the stage. 



CHRIS BROWN ON VACATION. 

Relative to a report that Paul 
Goulron, in charge of the Sullivan- 
Considlne office in Chicago, was com- 
ing here soon on an important business 
trip, Chris O. Brown, of the New 
York office, said he knew nothing of 
Mr. Goudron's coming, but that The 
report probably started because he 
(Brown) was to take a vacation iu 
November. 

Mr. Brown expects to go to Hot 
Springs, Ark., to spend five weeks. 
The New York office may be looked 
after by Fred Lincoln, the Circuit's 
general manager, during Mr. Brown's 
absence. 



UNDERSTANDING REACHED. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 

The latest developments in the 
union labor situation as relating to 
vaudeville in this vicinity indicates 
that the Actors' Union and White 
Rats have come to some amicable ar- 
rangement, whereby a membership 
card in either organization serves as 
a permit to work in strictly union 
houses. 

There was until recently a move- 
ment under way to start Injunction 
proceedings against the Actors' Union, 
but this seems to have been called 
off for the present at least. 

It is said that the Union has de- 
cided to declare several booking 
agents hereabouts "unfair," intending 
to take their presentment to the 
Federation of Labor for endorsement. 



JOE SCHENCK'S PRODUCTION. 

Joe Schenck, the general booking 
manager of the Loew Circuit, will 
place a production of his own on the 
"big time" Nov. 14, when Roland 
Xtfest in "The Underworld" will ap- 
pear at the Bronx. 

Mr. West has been in charge of 
the producing department of the 
Loew agency. Several pieces have 
been prepared by him to tour the 
smaller time. While the dullness of 
the production season in the littler 
houses is on, West will take seven 
people and play the piece Mr. 
Schenck has the management of. 



STALEY COMES AND GOES. 

Dick Staley came on to New York 
from his mining camp in Colorado last 
week. He personally interviewed sev- 
eral stockholders in his Humming 
Bird Mining Co. 

Mr. Staley's mission was to secure 
a further sum of money from share- 
holders for the purchase of new ma- 
chinery. He spoke to several groups, 
each listening to his very serious ar- 
guments for a couple of hours. Nearly 
all who listened subscribed for a fur- 
ther allotment of stock. 

Mr. Staley left for the west late this 
week. 



WOULD STOP AUTHOR'S OWN. 

According to Walter Ellis, who ap- 
peared in "The Sleep Walker," at 
Yonkers for the first time over 
here this week, if Beatrice Moreland 
should succeed in obtaining the in- 
junction she threatens, he will be 
estopped from playing the piece writ- 
ten by him, and never disposed of. 

Mr. Ellis is a very well known Eng- 
lish playwright. He draws royalty 
from Charles Frohman, Sir Charles 
Wyndham and Arthur Bouchler among 
other managers. Ellis wrote "The 
Sleep Walker" some time ago. Decid- 
ing on an American visit, he brought 
the piece over with him. Consulting 
Jenie Jacobs of the Casey Agency, 
Mr. Ellis was placed by Miss Jacobs to 
present the piece at Yonkers for the 
formal showing. 

When Miss Moreland hoard about 
it, she notified Mr. Ellis that the 
sketch had been purchased by her in 
Germany, and played by her last sum- 
mer in New York. After that she 
had it copyrighted in America. 

Ellis claims he never sold the play- 
let, and is mystified as to how Miss 
Moreland could have obtained it. 



WILL POLI PAY? 

New Haven, Oct. 27. 

No confirmation could be secured 
of a report this week that S. Z. Poll 
had settled the commission claim of 
the United Booking Offices. It was 
said that late last week E. F. Albee, 
of the United, demanded the amount 
due while in conversation with Poll 
over the long distance phone. Mr. 
Poll "stalled," according to the story. 

The impression here is that Poll 
has not settled, nor is he likely to in 
the near future. 

The story printed in Varikti of the 
commissions withheld by S. Z. Poli 
from the United Booking Offices 
brought the talk back this week to 
the time when the Poli Circuit left 
the Morris office to join the Keith 
agency. It was around the same 
date when Percy G. Williams and Wil- 
liam Hammerstein went over to the 
same office. 

Behind the business reasons Poli 
advances for the retention of the 
money, it is said pique is concealed 
in the New England manager's system. 

During the preliminary negotiations 
which led to the "Morris managers" 
(as Messrs. Williams, Hammerstein 
and Poli were then known) Joining the 
United, the first play to wean away 
circuits from William Morris was made 
with Poli. He had several consul- 
tations with E. F. Albee. After each 
one, it was related at the time, Mr. 
Poli thought when the then proposed 
United Booking Offices would be form- 
ed that he would loom up as one of 
the big magnates of vaudeville through 
his official connection with the direc- 
tory of the booking corporation. 

Poli went into the Keith agency. 
So did Williams and Hammerstein. 
and a number of other minor "Morris 
managers." Somehow following the 
shaking of the bag, nothing fell to 
Poli. Williams and Hammerstein (par- 
ticularly Williams) had everything 
their own way, but Poli received noth- 
ing beyond the privilege to book and 
"split" the commission. He was not 
even named as an incorporator. 

The story now is that Poli has 
never forgotten nor forgiven the 
"deal" he received. Finding himself 
later in a position to handle his own 
bookings, and through making almost 
any connection become a power unto 
himself, it is said Poli is indifferent 
as to any steps the United may take. 



A REGULAR CLUB HOUSE. 

Kansas City, Oct. 27. 

The new club rooms of the local 
T. M. A.'s is the center of attraction 
for most professionals who visit here. 
The stage boys recently leased a 
twelve-room house from Martin Leh- 
man, manager of the Orpheum, and 
converted it into a most commodious 
and attractive place. There are sleep- 
ing rooms, restaurant, cafe, bar and 
everything else which go to make life 
pleasant in this town where the liquor 
laws are stringently enforced as to 
"pubs." 

It is not an unusual sight to find 
seventy-five professionals from all the 
local houses assembled here after the 
■hows. 



ENGLISH AGENTS LEAVE. 

On the Campania, Wednesday, W. 
Scott Adacker and John Hayman, the 
English agents, visiting over here, left 
for London. Mr. Adacker, who has 
been in America for six weeks ex- 
pressed himself as well satisfied with 
the trip, and said he would make it 
an annual one from now on. He has 
engaged about twelve or fifteen acts 
for the Royal Ashton Agency of Lon- 
don, which he represents. 

Mr. Hayman, the Moss-Stoll emis- 
sary, said before leaving he had 
closed no contracts with American 
turns while over here, with the excep- 
tion of Gus Edwards. Two of the 
acts which will appear at the Stoll 
houses in London next summer are 
Eva Tanguay and Marie Dressier. 
Both are under contract to Stoll by an 
old engagement. In Miss Tanguay's 
case a rearrangement of terms were 
made. Though reported as having 
signed several turns over here, Mr. 
Hayman said that of the others, num- 
bering about ten or twelve, nothing 
would be known until he reached 
London. 

It was rumored during the week 
among the foreign agents that Mr. 
Hayman was hurrying .back to Lon- 
dontown before his appointed time 
(Nov. 9), through the dissolution of 
the Moss and Stoll tour. The agents 
also said that perhaps Hayman might 
conclude to become an Independent 
agent after finding out more about 
the new conditions upon his return. 
Mr. Adacker had what he thought 
was a peculiar experience in connec- 
tion with his selection of an act for 
foreign shores. While in Philadel- 
phia "Bill" saw a turn he set down 
on his books as most desirable for 
England. Returning to New York, 
Mr. Adacker asked an agent the sal- 
ary of the act, when he was Informed 
it was a first grade turn of the United 
Booking Offices, playing the Phila- 
delphia "opposition" house under an 
assumed name. "Bill" saltf anyway 
it proved he could pick 'em. 

Gus Edwards was signed by Mr. 
Hayman to appear In London next 
summer. The melody writer will be 
a "single," but may take Brother Leo 
and a couple of his youngsters over 
with him. In the event of Edwards 
becoming popular on the other side, 
he will probably produce a couple of 
his acts there. 

Willa Holt Wakefield gave a show 
at the American Tuesday evening for 
the benefit of Jack Hayman, the Mesa- 
Stoll representative, who wants the 
planologiste to appear at the Colise- 
um, London. Miss Wakefield has had 
negotiations with Alfred Butt of the 
London Palace. They were reported 
sometime ago to have been, closed for 
her appearance there next spring. 



MAJESTIC TURNS NOV. 7. 

Pop" vaudeville at the Majestic 
suspends next week. On Nov. 7 the 
Shuberts resume daily possession of 
the theatre, opening with "The Blue 
Bird." The Loew Circuit lias been play- 
ing its brand of vaudeville at the Ma 
Jestic for a couple of seasons. 

A couple of weeks ago the Shuberts 
replaced "pop" vaudeville at the Cir- 
cle, next, blo.-k to the Majestic, with 
legitimate :it t rn<t ions. 



10 



VARIETY 



LONDON 


NOTES 


VARIETY'S LONDON OFFICE 


ill STRAND, 


W. 0. 


Mall for Amulouia tad ■orop— ai 1b Barop*, 


If addrawifl oar* VABUBTT M ttoow will 


be promptly fonr«id*d. 





London, Oct. 19. 
Doieen O'Coiuier', according to a 
Nottingham daily, stirred things up at 
the aviation meeting at liurton-on- 
Treut this week by making a flight 
with one of the aviators. MIsb O'Cou- 
ner is known to the music hall world 
over here as being connected with the 
press department ot the Palace, Lon- 
don. The paper said Miss OConner 
promised the press men who attended 
the meeting a story, and made good 
by the flight, the talk of the" country 
around Burtou-on-Treut. 



"The Balloon Girl" is not at the 
Palace this week, her injuries having 
been more serious than at first ex- 
pected. "The Silhoutte Dancer," 
Mile. Hippolyta d'Hellas, has been se- 
cured as an added attraction on a 
bill which will be headed by Ben Da- 
vies, the society tenor. 



James Welch, who has just finished 
a run of three years in "When 
Knights Were Bold" has been en- 
gaged to appear in a piece called "The 
Man in the Street" at the London Coli- 
seum, Tec. 12. Mr. Welch of late 
years has been playing comedy parts, 
but to evidence he is still a serious 
actor, James is taking this opportu- 
nity. The actor was engaged to play 
with Stoll last December, but the en- 
gagement had to be postponed. 



Syd Culien, the impressario, arrived 
in England last week after a tour of 
the Far East. 



The McNaughtons have dissolved. 
Fred McNaughton will very likely 
form a new firm with (Jus Leclerg. 
They will travel as "The McNaugh- 
tons." Tom McNaughton, now in 
America, has consented that Fred con- 
tinue with the name and the act. Rich- 
ard Warner will book the new act. 
The McNaughton brothers (Fred 
and Tom) have been partners 
in the show business for twenty-three 
years. They are the second oldest 
•talking" team, the Poluski Brothers 
(also brothers in fact) occupying the 
first place for longevity by a few years. 
Gus Leclerg is a brother-in-law of Will 
Poluski, who is the husband of Kosie 
Lloyd, while Fred's brother (Tom) 
married Alice Lloyd. So while the 
act of The McXaughtons has split up, 
i he new formation seems to still keep 
it in the family in a way. 



The I loyal Standard, Pimlico, last 
week, finished its career in the present 
building. A strong bill was put on 
and business was tremendous. Work 
on the Victoria Palace, to occupy the 
site, will start at once. 



Harry Lauder played the Empress, 
Brixton, last week. It was one of 
the dates that did the most to prevent 
the comedian going to the States. 



Leipzig, the card manipulator, will 
leave for a tour in Australia in two 
weeks. 



George Formhy and Vesta Victoria 
shared the top of the bill at the Em- 
pire, Stratford, last week. 



Tambo and Tambo start the Gib- 
bons circuit this week in connection 
with the Empire, Leicester Square, 
where they are engaged indefinitely. 



Laurie UeFrece, a musical comedy 
comedian — and brother to Walter De 
Frece — has a go at vaudeville this 
week at the Kilburn Empire. 



Victoria Monks is back at the Hol- 
born Empire, after being in the sub- 
urbs for awhile. 



"Agoe" billed as "The Danish Gull- 
bert" will open at the London Hip- 
podrome, Oct. 31. 



Sybil Arundale, lately appearing at 
the Empire, London, as a "single," 
will sail for Australia in a few weeks 
for a pantomime engagement with J. 
C. Williamson. 

Jerry Morton and Albert Buliner, 

both lately deposed by Oswald Stoll 
as district managers, are reported as 
returning with the Moss end after 
the coming split. In what capacity 
is not known, for it is not likely that 
Moss will carry on the district man- 
ager idea. It was strictly a Stoll in- 
stitution, opposed by the Moss con- 
tingent. 



Ellaline Terris was at the King's, 
Southsea, last week, in a piece called 
"A Lady at Large." 



Nat Wills, who just finished his en- 
gagement at the Palace, will sail for 
home Oct. 22. He has thirty weeks 
of United time. 



Joe l'eterman's "Chanticler ' pro- 
duction may be injuncted this week, 
when the act is supposed to play the 
Canterbury and the Metropolitan. 
George Foster has applied for the in- 
junction. 



Terry and Lambert, who were rest- 
ing last week after an engagement 
at the Alhambra, went to the Empire, 
Leicester, to deputize for Hetty King, 
obliged to retire from the bill on ac- 
count of illness. 



Biansby Williams will play at the 
Palace, London, about the middle of 
November. Mr. Williams has finished 
his legitimate run at the Garrick, 
London, where he played Hall 
('nine's "Bishop's Son." Wr. Wil- 
liams has previosly played for Stoll 
in London. 




PARIS NOTES 

BY EDWARD O. KENDftEW 



Paris, Oct. IT. 
The strike of the railroad people 
in Paris, and which extended to many 
parts of France, cutting off all reg- 
ular connections with England, Hol- 
land, Belgium, and parts of Germany 
served by the Nord Railway Co., Is 
causing much turmoil in theatrical 
circles as in all other walks of life. 
Many of the touring troupes have been 
held up, and several artists cannot 
fulfill engagements, being unable to 
reach their point of destination. The 
mails are disturbed, and to be sure 
of letters leaving for America it is 
necessary to post a day earlier than 
usual, or to send them by motor car 
service to Havre. There are several 
Instances within the past two days 
where people have paid from $50 to 
$70 to ride to Calais, Boulogne, 
Havre or Cherbourg to catch boats to 
England and America. 



Strikes are the order of the day 
in all trades. I have often had to 
report the cessation of work by scene- 
shifters and stage . hands in several 
Parisian theatres. Rejane was a vic- 
time of labor troubles last week, but 
the difficulty was surmounted by 
friends in the audience offering their 
service to set the scenes. 



The strikes have had an effect on 
the receipts at certain establishments, 
but there has been no case of any 
theatre closing on this account. New 
programs are promised as usual at 
the concert and music halls for the 
end of the month, with many changes 
Nov. 16. 



The title of the new revue due at 
La Cigale at the beginning of Novem- 
ber is "Mais z'Oui." This is a topi- 
cal catch word signifying "Why, yes!" 
but the title of a revue in Paris cuts 
no ice. Miss Compton, Marthe Len- 
clud, Vilbert (of the Odeon, if you 
please) and Henri Dorville, are among 
the people engaged by R. Flateau for 
this production. La Cigale has long 
been reputed for its spectacular re- 
vues — and little else. 



Max Maury is reopening the Grand 
Guignol, this week, but there is a 
persistent rumor that he will dispose 
of it to Henry Cain, who recently 
managed the Comedie Royale, and H. 
de Lorde, a popular author who al- 
ways writes in collaboration with 
someone. In this event Max Maury 
may take the Theatre Antolne, if it is 
vacated by Gemier. 



On Dec. 22, 1909, a performer at 
the Folies Dramatique fell from an 
aeroplane, used in a piece called 
"L'ilomme de Glace" at that theatre. 
The artist, Mme. Perouse (as reported 
at the time), had her nose seriously 
damaged and was on the sick list for 
three weeks. The foreman stage- 
hand, who constructed the prop, and 



surveyed Its manipulation, has Just 
been condemned to pay a fine, amount- 
ing to $19 for neglect, It being shown 
that the accident was caused by a wire 
breaking which projected the artistes 
to the stage. Mr. Lor in, alias Lhery, 
manager of the theatre, is held civilly 
responsible for the payment of the 
fine and costs of the trial. 



BERLIN NOTES. 

By AMERICUS. 

Berlin, Oct. 15. 

At a meeting of the Artlstians Loge 

held last Monday, a proposition was 

placed before the members to form a 
booking office in the loge. The matter 

was carefully discussed, and as it was 
decidedly out of the ordinary, turned 
down by a vote. The members agreed 
that the lodge must at all costs be 
kept free from any opportunity for in- 
dividual gain or scandal of any sort. 
"Keep an open market for all of our 
members" was the motto against the 
proposition. 



Nick Kaufman, of Rochester, N. Y., 
is considered by far one of the most 
conservative men in the vaudeville 
world in Berlin since he made his 
permanent abode here sometime ago. 
He is called upon to give his decision 
on all matters of importance pertain- 
ing to local vaudeville conditions. Al- 
though an American (as if that would 
count against him or anyone) he has 
established a reputation of being 
among the first in holding out for fair- 
ness and equality. Nick can now make 
a speech in German. 



Paul Kichards, for years the car- 
toonist on the Clipper, has settled 
down in Berlin. He is considered 
one of the wealthiest of those that 
have earned their living with the pen- 
cil in this manner, and it is his great 
delight to meet artists from America. 



William Pasnpart, who looks after 
the interests of the Orpheum Circuit 
on this side has written that he is 
shortly to visit Berlin to glance at 
the novelties that are offered. 



II. Obermeyer, who opened an of- 
fice in London for the Sullivan-Con- 
sidine Circuit a short time ago, is 
to make a flying trip over the Conti- 
nent this month, with an eye out for 
new features for that circuit. 



There lias been a rumor current 
here that the U. B. O. is to open an 
office in London before long and that 
they will be prepared to offer a year's 
contract to all foreign acts, these con- 
tracts to be placed in the hands of 
the artist before he leaves London. 



Collins and Hart are doing big at 
the Central Theatre, Madgeburg, and 
are to be seen at the Mallini Theatre, 
Hamburg, later. 



VARIETY 



ii 



KEALEY CASE CLOSED 



The hearing in the application of 
Edward F. Kealey for a license to 
conduct a booking agency, which was 
protested by both the Actors' Inter- 
national Union and the White Rats, 
came to a close last Tuesday evening, 
the third day that had been devoted 
to the case. It remains for the Com- 
missioner of Licenses, Harman Rob- 
inson, to wade through a mass of 
testimony. He may render a decision 
in the case the early part of next 
week. 

The last hearing lasted from 10 a. 
m. until 6 p. m. with an hour's re- 
cess for lunch. The testimony was 
quite as revolting and filthy as that 
that had gone before. There were two 
new witnesses introduced, both fe- 
male, by the protestants who testified 
that Kealey had made improper pro- 
posals to them. One stated he, with 
another agent, Sam Meyers, had in 
the latter's office tried to assault her 
by exerting physical force. There 
were also two affidavits placed in evi- 
dence from female artists which were 
in the same tenor. 

The defendant also had a number 
of witnesses present, mostly women, 
to testify that they had been booked 
through his office, and that Kealey had 
at no time insulted them or made im- 
proper proposals of any sort. His 
office staff was also placed upon the 
witness stand. Two of the young 
women testified that they were at all 
times in the office with their employer 
when artists called in reference to 
engagements, and that they never 
witnessed anything unseemly or over- 
heard any conversation that was other 
than necessary. 

At the opening of the hearing Mr. 
Kealey was represented by Saul 
Rogers, of Rogers Brothers, attor- 
neys. The White Rats had Arthur F. 
Driscoll, of the Dennis F. O'Brien of- 
fice, to look after their interests, 
while the Actors' International Union 
was represented by its president, 
Harry Deveaux. 

The proceedings were started by 
Mr. Driscoll placing the two affidavits 
of the Princess Chinquilla and Beat- 
rice O'Briene before the Commis- 
sioner. Then the first of the wit- 
nesses was placed on the stand. 
Eunice Wilson testified that Kealey 
had made an improper proposal to 
her. 

Dorothy Earle told a rather dra- 
matic story. 

With the testimony of Miss Earle 
the protestants closed their case. 

Witnesses for the applicant testi- 
fied during the hearing before a re- 
cess for luncheon was ordered, that 
they had had business dealings with 
Kealey at his office and that he had 
never made an improper overture of 
any sort to them. The strongest por- 
tion of the defense was reserved until 
the afternoon session. 

With the re-opening of the hearing 
Gladys Marie Weber, who was accom- 
panied to the Commissioner's office by 
her mother, testified. A striking 
looking girl, she stated that she had 
been working for Mr. Kealey, playing 
the Fox houses for two months and 
that she had known Mr. Kealey for a 



year and at no time during that 
period had he approached her in any 
way. She was cross-examined but 
her testimony was not shaken. Other 
women testified to the same effect. 

James F. Taylor, at present employ- 
ed at the Academy of Music, was the 
next witness for Kealey. Then followed 
Sam Meyers, who had been hastily 
summoned by the defense after his 
name had been brought out in the 
evidence that was presented earlier. 

He denied absolutely the evidence 
that had been given by Dorothy 
Earle, stating that Kealey, whom he 
has known for five years, had never 
visited his office. He admitted that 
Miss Earle had called at his office on 
several occasions in regard to en- 
gagements, but he absolutely denied 
the occurrence of the alleged assault. 

The next witness for Kealey was 
Manager Joseph M. Carr of the 
Dewey, who stated that a Helen 
Scott who was one of the witnesses 
against Kealey had threatened to 
"get even" with Kealey for not having 
given her work. 

Then Kealey took the stand. At 
this juncture Gus Rogers, who had 
arrived, replaced his brother in the 
case. Kealey made a positive de- 
nial of all the charges that were 
made against him with the exception 
that he was dismissed from the Police 
Department. 

He stated with great conviction 
that at no time was he connected 
with the Sullivan-Considine office or 
that he had ever visited that office 
since it had removed to the Holland 
building. It was in this office that 
one of the witnesses asserted that 
Kealey had attempted to assault her 
and had made an indecent overture to 
her. He also denied ever having been 
in Sam Meyers' office. 

He was severely cross-examined by 
Attorney Driscoll, who questioned him 
at length as to his business connec- 
tions since his dismissal from the 
Police Department after Kealey's at- 
ttorney had objected strenuously. 

When the time for summing up 
came there was any amount of 
wrangling among the attorneys in the 
case, which was finally quieted by the 
Commissioner. 

After Driscoll had finished sum- 
ming up, Rogers recalled Kealey to 
the witness stand to deny the con- 
tents of the two affidavits that had 
been produced by the White Rat at- 
torney. He made another speech 
which closed the case. 

The Commissioner stated that in 
this particular case it was impossible 
for him to observe the law which 
stated that he was to issue or deny 
a license within thirty days after the 
application had been made, but that 
he would render his decision in the 
matter at the earliest date possible. 

Two female witnesses not before 
introduced against Kealey testified. 
In Kealey's defense several persons, 
male and female, were summoned. 
Testimony brought out that the evi- 
dence last week to the effect of Kea- 
ley's connection with the Sullivan- 
Considine office at 1440 Broadway was 
wrong, both as to time and place. 



HAMMERSTEIN'8 CORNER OPENS. 

Pictures on Hammerstein's Roof 
started business last Saturday after- 
noon in a rain-storm. Abie Ham- 
merstein had remained in front of 
the street box-office since eleven in 
the morning to purchase the first 
ticket. Abie bought a ten center. 

The entrance to the "pop" depart- 
ment of Hammerstein's is newly and 
whitely painted. It threw the re- 
mainder of the building into dull re- 
lief. Willie Hammerstein's main 
worry the opening day was whether 
he would have the rest of the front 
painted to match the picture entrance. 
Downstairs the "pop" attendants 
were uniformed, recalling the old 
Union Square staff, when regular 
vaudeville was given at the Keith 
house. Upstairs were women ushers, 
reminders of the Shuberts. 

The Roof upstairs has been par- 
titioned off just before the ventilators 
for the downstairs theatre. This cut 
off the former "dollar seat" space, 
leaving the rear of the orchestra end- 
ing with the orchestra chairs. 

A few people assembled Saturday 
afternoon to see the show. Saturday 
evening a few more were there, per- 
haps with some who remained from 
the afternoon to keep out of the wet. 
Mr. Hammer8tein received many can- 
gratulatory telegrams, all "kidding" 
him. 

It was said in the evening that Mar- 
cus Loew after looking the proposi- 
tion over wanted to buy an interest 
in the Roof show. Speculation was 
going on during the week as to what 
would happen when Willie or Aaron 
Kessler saw a good act on the Roof. 
No one doubted but that it would play 
downstairs the next performance. 

Some vaudeville people are claim- 
ing that the Roof show will be worth 
from $35,000 to $50,000 profit on the 
season to Hammerstein. Others say 
wait and see. 

Sunday night the Roof seemed to 
secure the overflow from the Sunday 
shows (Hammerstein's and American) 
in the neighborhood. A rather large 
crowd was upstairs. It bespoke 
"class." Several silk hats rode on 
the elevators after 8:30. About that 
time Aaron Kessler, who has the 
management of the "pop" department 
in connection with his other duties in 
the vaudeville house, marked all 
tickets at twenty-five cents. It went 
over so easily Aaron will likely tilt 
the figure to fifty next Sunday. 

The vaudeville bill on the roof is 
costing about $250 now, but may go 
to $500 or $600 before long. Figur- 
ing without rent, the weekly ex- 
penses at present run around $600, 
with a possible capacity in money of 
$2,500. 



FEATl HE AND FILL WEEK. 

Fall River. Mass., Oct. 27. 

Next Monday the Savoy, one of the 
links in the Loew chain, will play 
shows a full week, with a feature act 
as the headliner. 

This is the result of some difficulty 
encountered In booking acts at that 
house for the first three days and 
splitting with the American, Boston. 
The jump between the two towns is 
but an hour and a half. The cost 
of the trip is $1.10. 



ERIE'S ALPHA LAYS DOWN. 

Erie, Pa., Oct. 27. 

It needed about two days after the 
United Booking Offices opened the 
Park for the Alpha to quit. But the 
theatre stuck the week out, closing 
with "pop" vaudeville Saturday 
night. E. H. Suerken, the manager, 
is said to have contracted cold feet 
when the Park opened with a rush, 
having a couple of feature attractions, 
and naturally through that diverting 
the small time business of the town 
for the first few days. 

The Alpha had been booked by the 
Loew Agency, New York. The Erie 
situation last week was accepted as 
the commencement of battle between 
the Family Department of the United 
Booking Offices and the Loew Cir- 
cuit, the Alpha having the best of the 
scrap in location. But Suerken 
wouldn't last long enough to give the 
fighters a chance. 

No one knows what will be done 
with the Alpha, and in fact, no one 
is inquiring. 

Jeff Cailan, who came here in charge 
of the Park, Just turned the town over 
in the show business. Within three 
days Mr. Cailan had the city belong- 
ing to him. His work with "The 
Maid of Mystery," the first headliner, 
is said to have put the Alpha manage- 
ment to flight. 

Cincinnati, Oct. 27. 

The Columbia next week will have 
as headliner "The Maid of Mystery/' 
a "freak act" reported to have been 
brought here at a salary of $1,500. 

Manager Suerken will make no an- 
nouncement of what will be done with 
the Alpha. Bills are up in the town 
saying it will reopen Oct. 31 under 
new management, but they are silent 
regarding policy. 

The Park and Colonial have been 
doing big business since Monday, with 
the Park having a shade the best of 
it. 



CHARTER FOIl T. B. C. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 

The Theatrical Booking Corporation 
yesterday received its charter from the 
Secretary of State. Within a month 
the offices will be removed from the 
Schiller building to the entire second 
floor of the building on Clark street, 
adjoining the alley, next to the Grand 
Opera Mouse, which workmen are 
now preparing for occupancy. 

Officials decided upon are C. H. 
Miles, president; Walter F. Keefe, 
vice-president; E. P. Churchill, treas- 
urer and general manager; E. C. 
Burroughs, secretary; W. E. Jones 
and Thomas Saxe, directors. 

The report that Pantages might 
eventually add his theatres to the 
local independents Is denied by all 
parties who might be concerned. 

The T. B. C. maintains, however, 
that within a short time some addi- 
tions to its circuit will be made ex- 
tending both east and west from 
Chicago. 



SI1EEDV BOOKING PROVIDENCE. 

The M. it. Sheedy agency this week 
added houses at Pi o\ idence ( R. I.), 
Cohoes (N. Y.), and Lawrence (Mass.) 
to its booking sheets. 



\2 



VARIETY 



FORUM 



Confine your UtUra to ISO words aad write on ono side of paper oaly. 
Anonymous communications will not be printed. Name of writer must be signed 



and will be beld la strict ooaadeaos. If desired. 

Letters to be published In this column must be written exclusively to VARIETY. 
Duplicated letters will not be printed. The writer who duplicates a letter to the 
Forum, either before or after It appears here, will not be permitted the privilege of 
it again. 



Editor Variety: 

The strike in the moving picture 
houses was settled to the entire satis- 
faction of the Actors' International 
Union. 

The managers of the seventeen thea- 
ters have agreed to employ only mem- 
bers of the Actors' International 
Union and to pay the standard of sal- 
aries in existence before the walk-out 
on last Monday. 

The victory was a substantial one 
and places this entire field, legitimate, 
variety and pictures, thoroughly or- 
ganized in all of the thirty New York 
City theaters, each playing exclusively 
members of the A. I. U. 

While it may not be generally 
known, we have in all these theaters 
real equitable contracts that mean play 
or pay, and closing after first shows 
is an unknown proposition. The actor 
gets all of his salary, as no commis- 
sions are paid for the engagements. 

It is within the possibilities for the 
American actor to accomplish all of 
these results If they will only wake up 
t© their opportunities. 

Chicago Local Union No. 4 has sol- 
ved some of these questions. It is to 
be hoped that in the near future the 
artist will make it possible for the 
Actors' International Union to accom- 
plish for the American actor some of 
the real benefits that have resulted in 
affiliation with the American Federa- 
tion of Labor, through membership in 
the Actors' International Union. 

Harry DeVeaux, 
(President, Actors' Union). 



Oct. 24, 1910. 
Editor Vartoty: 

He who steals my cash steals trash, 
but he who steals our name steals all 
we hav.e. 

An act billed "Tossing Thompsons, 
Victoria, Baltimore," we see use our 
title or trade mark. 

Boys, get something original. We 
have had this title "Tossing" for fif- 
teen years. Ask and you will find 
out. We intend to protect it. 

Tossing Austins. 



On board S. S. Zealansha: 
Suva, Fiji Islands, Sept. 26. 
Editor Variety: 

Have just arrived here after fine 
voyage from Honolulu. \> eather has 
been perfect all the way. 

We left the regular track of travel 
to deliver provisions at a cable sta- 
tion on Fanning Island, about 1,050 
miles from Honolulu. It is inhabi- 
tated by twenty whites and sixty na- 
tives. The costumes of the natives 
would make a "Salome" dancer look 
like an arctic explorer. The island 
is of coral formation, and abounds 
in cocoanuts. For a residence the 
place is as cheerful as Waterbury, 
Com. 

We crossed the equator at noon 
Sept. 21, and enjoyed the ceremony 



of welcoming Father Neptune. Last 
night we crossed the 180th meridian, 
which caused us to lose one whole 
day. We went to bed Saturday night 
and woke up Monday morning. A 
paradise for Sunday concert pro- 
motors. 

Regards to all friends back home 

Walter C. Kelly. 



Providence, R. I., Oct. 24. 
Editor Variety: 

Please note that Ladue, of DeRenzo 
and Ladue, who was Injured last 
Tuesday at the Fifth Avenue, New 
York, recovered sufficiently to open 
to-day at Keith's here, going through 
the full act. 

Permit us to thank the management 
and stage crew of the Fifth Avenue 
for their very kind attention and 
treatment at the time of the accident. 

DeRenzo nnd Ladue. 



Boston, Oct. 22. 
Editor Variety: 

I see in the Boston report in this 
week's Variety that we are billed at 
the Palace, this city. We were not 
booked for that house nor have we 
appeared there this week (Oct. 17). 

Nibbe and ttordmux. 

(The name of the act appeared un- 
der the Boston head as one of the 
bookings for the week. The bill was 
not reviewed by our Boston represen- 
tative — Ed.) 



OBITUARY 

San Francisco, Oct. 27. 
Matt Trayers died in this city at r> 
a. m., Oct. 25. 



J. Sherrlff Mackey, a principal with 
"The Runaway Girls," died Monday 
evening, Oct. 24, at Grace Hospital, 
Chicago, a victim of double pneu- 
monia. When the company was ap- 
pearing at the Star and Garter, Chi- 
cago, last week, Mackey was taken to 
the hospital suffering from a cold. 
This was on Thursday afternoon. Sat- 
urday double pneumonia developed. 



John William Hardy, aged 23 years, 
youngest son of Mrs. Lucy Hardy, and 
a brother of James E. Hardy, the high 
wire artist, died in the General Hos- 
pital, Toronto, Oct. 8. Although a 
non-professional, the deceased had 
* acted as an assistant to his brother. 



•lolui Low low, the veteran circus 
clown, died at his home in Cincinnati, 
Oct. 18. At the time of his death he 
was 69 years of age, and was one 
of the oldest circus clowns. He 

made his debut in the profession as 
a member of the John Robinson 
Show many years ago, having retired 
but recently. 



PASSING OF AMEN CORNER. 

With the Inauguration of a season 
of pictures and vaudeville of the 
"pop" variety on the roof of Ham- 
mersteln's Victoria and the recon- 
struction of the lobby of the theatre 
so that one could not mistake the 
roof entrance for that of the theatre, 
a meeting place of managers, agents 
and headliners has passed into ob- 
livion. 

It was that corner of the lobby of 
Hammersteln's that is now used as 
the approach to the elevated temple 
of pictures and that the powers in 
the field of a two-a-day entertain- 
ment met on common ground and it 
was here that many a deal found its 
consumation. 

For years it has been the custom 
of those who are looking for any one 
connected with vaudeville in almost 
any capacity to make direct for the 
"Amen Corner." In many ways that 
popular and public institution ranked 
with the famous old "Cork Room, ' 
world famed in the -days of Koster 
and Bial's on Twenty-third street. 

During the cold wintry nights one 
would always find "The son of his 
father," William Hammerstein, with 
the inevitable long black stogie 
stuck between his jaws seated in the 
furthest north corner of the Victoria 
lobby and surrounded by a host of 
actors, managers and booking agents, 
both foreign and domestic. 

If the address of an act was needeJ 
there was sure to be some present in 
the Amen Corner's motley gathering 
that could furnish the needed in- 
formation. And it was also here 
that one came to learn the happen- 
ings of the day in the world of 
vaudeville. News and scandal were 
always discussed freely and one was 
always sure to hear something of 
interest. And now that it has passed 
the way of many preceding land- 
marks there will be weeks and 
months that a host of Broadway's par- 
ticularly bright luminaries will be as 
the cat without a home. 

Those that will miss this favorite 
haunt most are what is known as 
"Willie Hammersteln's Emergency 
Staff," of which Fred Ward and Loney 
Hascall are the charter members. 

No more will the comical clowns of 
the theatre lobby cut capers for the 
amusement of their fellows in th" 
north pole end of the Victoria lobby, 
for to reach that point since the open- 
ing of the roof last Saturday one has 
to purchase a paste board from the 
box-office on the street at the cost of 
a dime, which goes toward the fur- 
thering of the silver lining of Aaron 
Kessler's purse. 



TWISTED THE STORIES. 

In a small time agency this week 
an urgent request was received over 
the phone from a small time "single" 
(male) asking for an engagement as 
he was to be married the following 
week, and must work first. 

One of the office staff asked the 
name of the applicant. Upon hearing 
it, he exclaimed, "Why, I only gave 
that fellow work two weeks ago be- 
cause hiSxWife was dying. Tell him 
to try anobher office." 



HERE'S BILLY GOULD 

Bj William Gould. 

Lee Harrison informs me that he 
hasn't picked up a bet in an age. Yes, 
Lee, those Athletic boys did surprise 
most of us — me, too. 



May Tully presents Matthewson and 
Meyers. Now if Lillian Russell would 
only present — well what's the use. 



It is an even break. Some actors 
think they are ball players and some 
ball players think they are actors. 
The ball player gets paid for acting, 
too. (Sarcastic number.) 



I can get Wellman a week in vaude- 
ville. I could have gotten two weeks 
for him if he had made the trip suc- 
cessfully. 



Did'st see Stuart Barnes' offering, 
this season. Very classy, that boy. 



Glad to hear that the old king Harry 
Bulger is doing so -well. He will be 
able to kick a "no trumps" all sum- 
mer. (For bridge players only.) 



The loud noise Polly Moran is in 
town. I didn't see her; I heard her. 



1 was taken for Charlie Ross the 
other day. The man wanted to bor- 
row. I would have loaned him the 
money but I was afraid he would re- 
pay Ross. 



What's wrong? The Lambs Club 
didn't place a sketch in vaudeville 
last week. 



Some people know all about the 
stage — until they get on one. 

I shall be very much disappointed 
if I don't see a saxophone challenge 
in this paper before the end of the 
year. 



I wish Mike Scott would write a 
letter. 



Pat Casey is going into the hotel 
business. With his barber shop, hotel 
and theatrical enterprises, it looks as 
if Pat doesn't care If school opens or 
shuts. 



Chris Brown buys his own neckties 
some times. 



One of the manicurists at the Hotel 
Knickerbocker registered an awful 
kick the other day. She was complain- 
ing of the long hours. She finished 
by saying: "If this keeps on I'll throw 
up this job and go into vaudeville, 
Aaron Kessler is my friend." (Quick 
curtain.) 



I, for one, will miss Murphy's 
Sowerguy stories. They were im- 
mense. 



If you hear a loud long noise like 
n boiler explosion its Bill Macart ex- 
plaining the Hammerstein audience to 
his friends. Never mind, Bill, you are 
funny and have a fine act. 



I notice all the theatrical sheets 
have a column like this lately. 



VARIETY 



13 



"Nedenneldt," a monkey jockey, 
which played the Hippodrome last 
season will return to the house for 
twelve weeks, beginning Nov. 28. 
Vaudeville will fill up the rest of the 
time until the monk joins a circus 
next spring. 

Charles Bornhaupt, the inter- 
national agent, has permanently lo- 
cated at 15 Galerie du Rol, Brussels 
(Belgium). Two days before leaving 
New York, Mr. Bornhaupt married 
Florence Striker, who was of the 
Florence Sisters. 



diaries Klein has entered into a 
contract to collaborate with Mon- 
tague Glass, author of the "Potash 
and Pearlmutter" stories, which are 
to be dramatized. The play will be 
produced by the Authors' Producing 
Company early next year. 



The White Rats of America, the 
V. A. F., of England, the Soclete des 
Artistes Lyriques of France, and the 
International Artisten Loge of Ger- 
many, may send delegates to a con- 
ference, that will most likely be held 
in Paris in March or April. 



The German managers and agents 
have agreed that the managers and 
artists 0b all equally pay the agents 
the ten per cent agency commission 
*n that country. The manager makes 
his contract net, remitting to the 
agent, to whom the performer also 
sends the five per cent. 



Sadie Sherman appeared Monday at 
Norwich, Conn., for the first eastern 
showing. The young woman Is under 
the direction of James Clancy, who 
immediately booked her over the Poll 
time. Mr. Clancy bills Sadie as "The 
Live Wire From the West." ' 

Frederick Rial and Miss Marhun, 
who have been in this country but a 
short time, traveling over the Sulli- 
van-Consldine Circuit under the team 
name of The Rials, were wedded on 
the stage of the Majestic, Butte, 
Oct. 19. 



Geo. S. O'Brien has been appointed 
by Tim McMahon as his representative 
to look after the four McMahon acts, 
including McMahon and Chappelle. 
Tim Is interested in some patented 
device and wants more time to give his 
attention to it. 



Andrew Mack headlines at Pitts- 
burg next week, placed by Jack Levy. 
Levy was laughing the other day on 
the sunny side of Broadway. He said 
he almost won an overcoat. At five 
o'clock the sun had gone down, and 
Mr. Levy offered to trade a diamond 
bracelet for a raincoat. 

Lydla Barry, who appeared at the 
Academy of Music last Sunday, was 
caught by a couple of English agents 
who were in town and immediately 
offered time in London. Miss Barry 
would not listen to anything before 
next summer, when she will probably 
make the trip to play for Stoll. 




Next week is the first anniversary 
of the P. G. Williams' Bronx Theatre. 
A big bill, costing over $5,000, has 
been arranged for the week. The 
fact that Marcus Loew's National late- 
ly opened in the same district may 
also be a reason for the Williams 
house playing big bills in the up-town 
region. 

Ralph Johnstone secured the Amer- 
ican record for altitude in his Wright 
machine at Belmont Park Tuesday. 
The Aviation Meet is on at the Park 
for this week. Johnstone went up 
7,303 feet, making the fourth world's 
record for height a flier has gone. He 
holds three other American flying 
marks. 



E. C. Dustin, formerly manager of 
the Hopkins, Louisville, Ky., and the 
Walnut, Cincinnati, has accepted the 
offer of Harry Hart to take charge of 
the American, Cincinnati. The new 
manager laid out a new policy of 
vaudeville for the house, arranging to 
take two acts weekly from the W. 
V. A., Chicago, and other acts from 
the Gus Sun office. 



Vilmos Westony, who has com- 
menced a tour of the eastern vaude- 
ville theatres, plays "Harrlgan" on 
the piano in an original conception of 
the number. The phonograph people 
have induced the Hungarian pianist 
to play it for the music-propelling in- 
strument. 




THEATRICAL PHRASES 

BY HENRY CLIVE 

"A GLASS CRASH." 



Willie Drew road manager and part 

owner of the "Tiger Lilies'' company, 

playing Newark this week, left for 

Mount Clemens, Mich., this week to 
take treatment for rheumatism. B. R. 
Williams will look after his mana- 
gerial duties with the burlesque or- 
ganization. 



Kennedy and Hooncy will play 
three more weeks for William Morris 
before starting a twenty weeks' en- 
gagement over the Sulllvan-Consldlne 
time. This week is the first the 
couple have played in New York in 
eleven months, Clayton Kennedy 
having been under the doctor's care 
most of this time. George S. 
O'Brien is handling the act. 



Wllkle Bard, through his agent, 

says he will play this country if 

$3,000 weekly, and sixteen or eighteen 

weeks at that figure are offered. 
Wilkie ought to come over here first 
for an idea of bookings. Eighteen 
weeks consecutive in eastern vaude- 
ville at that figure would be like 
jumping from London Saturday night 
to open Monday at Melbourne. 



Coulter and Higgins, a couple of 
youngsters, who would like to remain 
in the show business were given their 
names and a chance in the opening 
position at the American, from Tues- 
day on of this week, filling up one of 
the two vacancies created Monday. 
Hugo Morris dubbed the pair "Coulter 
and Higgins." Hugo doesn't know 
why: says he Just had a hunch. 



Jbuward Abeles sails for Liverpool 
to-day Mr. Abeles produced a new 
piece at Union Hill a few weeks ago 
and was unable to secure bookings on 
this side. Mr. Abeles is going to 
Europe on "spec." Negotiations 
with both the Moss-Stoll and Palace 
people had been carried on for the 
legitimate star, but nothing had been 
settled before Mr. Abeles sailed. 



An old story perhaps, but still 
sounding good. A couple of small 
time agents were playing pinochle. 
An argument arpse. One cleaned up 
the floor with the other, Anally throw- 
ing him, a battered mass in a corner 
of the room. Arising the beaten 
agent, after carefully brushing off his 
clothes and limping to the table, said: 
"Well, are you going to keep on play- 
ing or fooling?" 



Carter DeHaven, besides having his 
name in red letters in front of the 
Astor where he is appearing in "The 
Qirl in the Taxi," has still another 
reason for holding his head high and 
throwing out his chest. According to 
advance information that has been re- 
ceived, Carter, to change the wording 
of the song, 'Is Going To Get Some- 
thing That He Expects." Al Woods 
says that he has ordered a boy. 



The Mayor has ordered all places 
where liquor is sold to be closed tight- 
ly at one a. m. election night. Mayor 
Gaynor has succeeded so far in hav- 
ing Broadway resemble after midnight 
the entrance to a cemetery. The first 
parodist who comes along and pans the 
present local administration In song 
should bring out a big hit. The clos- 
ing order to the all-night places has 
set the big city in the category of a 
provincial village. This is a fine old 
town now. Even Brooklyn has a little 
something on it after dark. 



Tom McNaughton is in New York 
deliberating upon his future theatrical 
course. A couple of production offers 
made to him were rejected by the 
comedian of the former McNaughton 
Brothers' act. Tuesday night at Chur- 
chill's he was the only one to applaud 
when Maury Levi's band played the 
air for "Michigan." Asked the cause 
of his enthusiasm for a state few Eng- 
lishmen have ever heard of, Tom said 
his wife (Alice Lloyd) Is playing there 
this week. Then he ruined a table- 
cloth by sketching out a new design 
to spell his wife's name. 



Freeman Bernstein delivered a bon 
mot the other day. In company with 
Edward L. Bloom, general manager 
of the Morris Circuit, Freeman called 
on several "high brows" with a diplo- 
matic motive in hand. Mr. Bloom 
did the talking, setting before the 
learned people the hopes and objects 
he wished for. They related to a 
convention of notables. One of the 
listeners seemed to be the leader, but 
said nothing. When Mr. Bloom bad 
exhausted himself of all the nicely 
rounded phrases, thought out, then- 
was a lull in the conversation. Then 
Mr. Bernstein burst into the con- 
versation. Said h'v "I'M, just slip 
that guy a little < h;ing«\ and we'll 
put it over" 



14 



VARIETY 



FIGHT PICTURE MEN. 

Spokane, Oct. 27. 

The stage employes of this 
city are at outs with the picture 
operators. The dispute has been re- 
ferred to the Central Labor Council, 
which has appointed a committee to 
investigate and take the matter up 
with the international union. 

Members of the Moving Picture 
Operators' Union claim that the arbi- 
trary action of the Stage Employes' 
Union has resulted in their being 
ousted from the Orpheum, Washing- 
ton, and Pantages theatres in this 

city. 

Trouble has been brewing for some 
time. A walkout was threatened un- 
less the theatre managers supplanted 
the moving picture operators with 
stage employes. The managers acqui- 
esced with the demand. 



GONE WEST FOR SITE. 

E. C. Bowman, of Lloyd & Bowman, 
representing the New York Indepen- 
dent Motion Picture Company, is in 
Los Angeles, Cal., seeking a site for 
the plant in Edendale, and contracts 
for immediate construction will be 
made. 

According to the plans of Mr. Bow- 
man, the new site will hold the larg- 
est moving picture studio and theatre 
in the world. 

Edendale has long been a colony 
for pantomime actors and moving pic- 
ture studios. 



CUTTING OUT VAUDEVILLE. 

Toronto, Oct. 27. 
The Board of Police Commissioners 
are going to recommend that unless 
the regular theatre tax of $100 is paid, 
no vaudeville acts can appear in the 
picture houses. The recommendation 
will be made about Jan. 1. 



RACE PICTURES FARCE. 

In classifying the moving pictures 
of the Jack Johnson-Barney Oldfleld 
automobile race, which proved such a 
farce at Sheepshead Bay race track 
Tuesday afternoon, it will be difficult 
to choose between comic or tragic. 

Anyway, with the race a Joke, Old- 
fleld slowing down to give the camera 
men a chance to make something like 
a race and in one heat, Johnson, smok- 
ing a cigar and finishing far in the 
rear, the picture regulars may be fur- 
nished a laugh. 



"DOC" DOUGHERTY MARRIES. 

L. E. ("Doc") Dougherty, who has 
charge of the advertising department 
of the American Biograph moving pic- 
ture company, sprung a surprise on 
his associates Wednesday by marry- 
ing Mayme Butt, one of the cashieis 
at the Keith & Proctor "pop" house 
on Fourteenth Street. 



HALL FILM RELEASED. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 
The Hssanay people began shipping 
reels of the championship games be- 
tween the Athletics and Cubs yester- 
day. They will be released at all 
points east of the Rockies Oct. 28 as 
a regular licensed film. 



VARIETY'S PICTURE REVIEWS 



"OH, TOU SKELETON" (Sellf). 

This picture does not meet reasonable expec- 
tations. The Idea Is good, but poorly worked 
up. The really funny scene occurs In the 
street car where the skeleton is found by the 
side of the woman. This same woman, to 
escape sight of the "cold remnant of a past 
mortal," does a funny fall from a steep roof 
Into a bathing tank below. These cause the 
most laughter. The comedy bit where the 
police fall over each other Is too far fetched. 

MARK. 



"GHOST OP THE OVEN" (Sella). 

A young man crawls Into the oven of a 
bakeshop to hide from the bakery girl's em- 

ftloyer. When no one is looking, he creeps 
orth and secretes himself In the flour bin. 
Meanwhile a fire Is built under the cold 
furnace and the boy helper thinks the man 
has been roasted alive, the boss helping on 
the Joke by placing meat bones in the oven. 
There Is a chase at the end. No yolcano of 
laughter Is released by this film. However, 
Is a fair "filler." MARK. 

"JEAN GOES FORAGING" (Vltagraph). 

This picture of the finely trained dog, 
"Jean," surpasses its predecessor in point of 
entertainment. A young married couple set 
forth on a long "hike" across the country. 
They meet with mishaps and injury, but are 
saved from starvation and thirst by the dog, 
who goes "foraging." The picture Is well 
photographed and well acted, with the dog 
doing his part of the picture making with ex- 
cellent results. MARK. 



"HIS BREACH OF DISCIPLINE" (Edison). 

Another of the Ray Norton aeries In which 
the three detective French captains figure In 
a chase across the ocean. A French army offi- 
cer Is enamored of an actress and fights a 
duel with a superior officer, who Insults her. 
The latter Is left lying on the ground apparent- 
ly fatally wounded. The other man flees to 
America, where the actress follows and a 
hasty marriage occurs. Both return to France 
where the officer Is exonerated. Scenlcally 
and dramatically, the picture is worth while. 

MARK. 

"THE FIRST GRAY HAIR" (Gaumont). 

A blue ribbon winner. It Is the prettiest 
picture that has been placed in the hands of 
the exhibitors for many days. Photographic- 
ally the film Is far ahead of the average out- 
put of the photoplay concerns. Everything Is 
as natural as can be. The story Is told in 
the most picturesque and scenic place imagin- 
able. Only three characters are shown, a man 
and two women and they are not overdone. 
It Is a picture one can see twice and enjoy. 

MARK. 



"THE AMAZON" (Gaumont). 

The Gaumont people have put over another 
funny one and It will rival "The Speed Biker" 
In causing hearty laughter. A woman of more 
than usual avorldupols shows amazing 
strength. Her feats of muscular prowess make 
Sampson's stunts look like child s play. The 
Illusions, use of dummies and real funny 
climaxes, are excellently worked up. The 
way she wrecks buildings, topples over furni- 
ture and toys with police guards Is s caution. 

MARK. 



"TWO BOYS IN BLUE" (Selig). 

Daring horsemanship by two rough riders, 
with a patriotic finale, gives this film a typical 
American flavor that Is appreciated. A "wild 
west" show hits the rocks and two of the 
bronche busters Join the army. They go to 
fight Indians. The camera catches them In 
risky feats on horseback. And these boys 
certainly ride some. The picture thrills and 
entertains in the same breath. MARK. 



"THE CHEAT" (Gaumont). 

Two scenes at a gaming table where well 
dressed men and women are apparently playing 
for big stakes form the principal features. 
The climaxes are well arranged and well pho- 
tographed. MARK. 



"THE MYSTERY OF LONELY GULCH" 

(Pathe). 

The best frontier picture Pathe has turned 
out In months. The Idea Is a rattling good one 
and the arranger has hewed pretty close to the 
lines. There 1» an air of real mystery about 
the picture and the deception fools the 
audience. MARK. 



"CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN" (Vltagraph). 
The subject Is a good one and 1b not only 
well acted by the principals, but Is well 
worked up by the camera. There are no ex- 
aggerated situations. Good looking princi- 
pals add strength to the picture. MARK. 

"RATS" (Independent). 

"Rals" Is of rats, disgusting little rodents, 
magnified on the sheet and more repellent 
there than they might be before one. It's an 
Independent film seen at the American theatre 
this week. The pictures were probably taken 
of a trained animal act. The manufacturer 
dlspinyri an good Judgment In his selection 
;>s the rental agency did In sending to a regu- 
lar theatre a subject like this. SIME. 



"TI1K MESSAGE OF THE VIOLIN" 

( llingr.iph). 

Part of this picture does not please anybody 
and spoils the picture. It Rhows a drunken 
old man. who berates his good wife and doting 
son, gulping down beer In his squalid sur- 
roundings and later pictured In a dying 
struggle with delirium tremens. The son is 



a violinist, who brings back his old sweet- 
heart by playing a piece dear to her. 

MARK. 



"ANOTHER GHOST" (Pathe). 

Ghosts seem to be all the rage in "photo- 
play" nowadays. The Pathe firm hands the 
exhibitor another that savors of the superna- 
tural, immortal and spiritual, but the audience 
heaves a sigh of relief when the Innkeeper 
and his wife, who have poisoned a rich, old 
showman, are cleverly trapped by a circus per- 
former disguised as the dead man. The char- 
acters are well acted. MARK. 



"HAGENBECK'S MENAGERIE" (Pathe). 

Wild animals, In captivity, are ehown in 
quarters neatly contrived to look like their 
native haunts and the film Is corking good. 
The picture is not only educational but hugely 
entertaining, with photography excellent. 

MARK. 



"THE BOUQUET" (Essanay). 

A boquet of roses brings a husband and 
wife to a keen realization that they still love 
each other, though they have been slowly 
drifting apart. There Is an affectionate re- 
union at the close. The film has been well 
photographed. MARK. 

"HANK AND LANK TAKE A REST" 

(Essanay). 

Lank and a policeman are tied at each end 
of a long rope by boyish Imps of mischief. 
As one runs with the other In pursuit, a series 
of falls are shown. None is very funny. The 
finale where Hank and Lank put the "cop- 
per" hors de combat Is neatly arranged. 

MARK. 



"THE SIGNET RING" (Urban-Eclipse). 

This concerns a prince, two women and a 
scheming officer of the court. The prince 
would wed the Princess Bertha and sends an 
engagement ring by envoy. The chief advisor 
of Bertha's father cunningly contrives to lose 
the princess In a forest and substitutes his 
daughter as the proposed bride. An em- 
broidered shawl made by Bertha, while being 
cared for by aged woodcutters, brings about 
a trip to where Bertha Is living and the signet 
ring does the rest. The film arrangers have 
taken liberties with court etiquette and a few 
other things. MARK. 

"IN THE SPREEWALD" (Urban-Eclipse). 

Village scenes in Prussia are shown to good 
advantage. One sees pretty streams, scenic 
woodlands and villagers In native costumes. 
The picture is short, but Interesting. 

MARK. 



THE BANKER'S DAUGHTER. (Biograph). 

A story of a trio of clever thieves who break 
into the home of a wealthy man and try to 
rob the premises, but are frustrated by one of 
the daughters. The story while well told Is 
rather far fetched. The film Is not one that 
will attract any unusual notice. FRED. 

HAWKIN'S HAT. (Lubln). 

A rather good comedy subject. Hubby 
comes home and hides money In the band of 
his "topper." The next morning wlfey gives 
the hat to a tramp. Several good laughs are 
secured. FRED. 



ARCHIES ARCHERY. (Lubln). 

Archie, an elderly chap, causes no end of 
trouble with his bow and arrows. All sorts of 
people are wounded by his deadly shafts. 
This Aim contains a score of good comedy hits. 

FRED. 



MOVING PICTURE NEWS. 

The Lyric, Northampton, Mass., 
which has been turned into a picture 
house, is now owned by James O'Nell 
and William O'Leary. 



Thomas C. German, of Springfield, 
111., who owns a picture theatre at 
Athens, 111., was married in St. Louis 
recently to Bessie Hough of Spring- 
field. 



Ralph Plnkham, of the General Film 
Co., and Dorothy McMany, of Orient 
Heights, Boston, were recently mar- 
ried. 



P. A. Powers, the picture magnate, 
who was painfully injured in an auto- 
mobile accident In St. Louis, has re- 
covered sufficiently to leave the hos- 
pital. 



Blanchard Brothers have announced 
that they will open a new picture house 
about Nov. 15 In Southbridge, Mass. 



VICTORIA ROOF. 

Atop the Victoria, the Hammerstein 
management has inaugurated popular- 
priced vaudeville and pictures. While 
the attendance since the opening last 
Saturday may have been satisfactory, 
the show this week was not. 

In comparison with the bills of the 
"pop" houses, the Victoria program 
suffers. The house will have to put 
over a better show if it expects to do 
real business on the Corner housetop. 

The management says that every- 
thing will be running smoothly ere 
many moons and that the bills will be 
worthy of any man's respect and 
money. 

Some things were noticeable, Mon- 
day night. Two fellows in the chairs 
on the north side of the house slept 
soundly through the entire show. One 
man read an evening newspaper in the 
very front row, while still others as- 
sumed indifferent, languid and spirit- 
less poses. None of the acts turned 
loose any riot of applause nor injected 
any dynamic force into the listless 
audience. 

The least bit of noise on the stage 
on the roof resounds through the new 
"pop" house like an echo in a deep 
well. The Gotham Trio, colored, 
worked hard enough to arouse an 
Egyptian mummy to action, but the 
"first nlghters" failed to bestow much 
applause. 

Hall's Dogs (New Acts) pleased. The 
illustrated song "Love Dreams," was 
well rendered by a young woman, who 
gave the audience a chance to join in 
the chorus. 

E. Zervellis and Co. (New Acts), 
would probably have met with recog- 
nition on the stage below. On the 
roof they gave one who didn't care 
anything about the music of the old 
masters a chance for a snooze. 

McAvoy and Brooks (New Acts), did 
fairly well. 

Pictures from the licensed film fac- 
tories were shown between the vaude- 
ville turns. 

"Pop" house frequenters are as fa- 
miliar with "small time" goods (acts 
and pictures), as the Victoria regulars 
are with the high-salaried top notch- 
ers. Mark, 



EVEN ON NEW HOUSES. 

According to reports the Loew Cir- 
cuit has had an even break with its 
new theatres recently opened in New 
York. 

Loew's National in the Bronx is 
said to have been doing less than fair 
business since Its premiere. The house 
has a very large capacity, and a crowd 
could be lost there. To offset this 
Loew's 7th Avenue In Harlem has 
been drawing big attendance. Since 
the 7th Avenue started, the Harlem 
Opera House nearby, which was a pic- 
ture house prior to that event, has 
placed several vaudeville acts in the 
entertainment. P. G. Williams' Al- 
hambra, also near the new "pop" the- 
atre, has suffered no dent in its busi- 
ness. 

Commencing with last Monday "pa- 
per" was discontinued at the National. 
During the first week, following a 
Loew custom, the neighborhood above 
the Harlem River was flooded with 
free tickets. 



VARIETY 



15 



WHITE HAT MAKES TROUBLE. 

Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 27. 
At Tifton, Ga., a sporty looking col- 
ored couple reported that they had 
been held up on the circus lot of the 
Hagenbeck-Wallace Show. At the 
request of the local and circus officials 

they pointed out the man whom they 
charged with the crime. The man 
so charged was John Walker, the as- 
sistant boss hostler with the show. It 
happened that Mr. Walker is an in- 
offensive man of exemplary habits, and 
would be the last one in the world to 
commit any such an act as was im- 
puted to him. 

However southern justice (a Joke 
as far as show people are concerned) 
upon the say so of the negro per- 
sisted in placing Mr. Walker in Jail 
and keeping him there under an un- 
reasonable bond. 

In the meantime the circus people 
watched a man in the employ of the 
show whom circumstances indicated 
was the guilty party and had him 
arrested and turned over to the offi- 
cials. 

A white hat had been the one ar- 
ticle of dress that made the colored 
man sure of his first identification. 
Although the man the show suspected 
as guilty wore a white hat, the negro 
and officials still persisted that Walker 
was the man. Finally the bond for 
the latter was reduced to $200 cash 
and the friends of Walker around the 
show speedily raised the amount and 
secured his release. 

Walker has discarded his white hat. 
It is simply impossible for circus peo- 
ple to be treated with respect or any 
fairness in most of the south and es- 
pecially in and around Tifton, Ga., 
where the officials seemed eager to 
lock up an innocent man in spite of an 
abundance of testimony proving that 
he was guiltless. 



$192 GROSS AT "BIG DOOR." 

Atlanta, Oct. 27. 

The policy which a few of the cir- 
cuses tried out, playing benefits for 
lodges in the south, did not as a rule 
prove satisfactory to either the lodges 
or the shows. 

The Sparks show played for the Elks 
at Talladega, Ala., and the lodge tost 
$90. At Atlanta the Elks had been 
counting upon big profits. They barely 
escaped, without incurring a loss be- 
cause of their two-day contract with 
the Robinson show. That a big show 
could play a matinee in Atlanta to 
the "big door" receipts of $192, was 
past belief. Yet according to the 
report made to the Elk Lodge that 
very thing happened upon the second 
afternoon of the Robinson at Atlanta 
under the auspices of the Elks. 

Wilmington, N. C, Oct. 27. 

The Dode FIsk circus played here 
under the auspices of the local lodge 
of Elks. The fraternal order is out 
just $175 as a result of the arrange- 
ment. 

The circus deducted $1,400 from the 
receipts of the two days' performance. 
The Elks received for their half of 
the balance, $233. Out of this, an ad- 
vertising bill of $25 and a city license 
of $350 must be paid. 



CIRCUS 



BILLS NEXT WEEK. 



FRANKLINS PLACE VACANT. 

Denver, Oct. 27. 
H. H. Tammen, proprietor of the 
Sells-Floto circus, is notifying friends 
that W. E. Franklin will not be with 
his show next season. He has not yet 
announced who will take Mr. Frank- 
lin's place. 



SHORT RUN; LONG DELAY. 

Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 27. 

The Hagenbeck-Wallace Shows had 
a run of thirteen miles last week from 
Bessemer to Birmingham, and yet it 
arrived in the latter place three hours 
late, causing the parade to be very 
late and injuring the afternoon busi- 
ness seriously. The delay was due 
to a wreck, caused by an engine of 
the A. G. S. road running into the cir- 
cus train and upsetting a horse car, 
turning the latter completely upside 
down. 

The car was loaded with hippo- 
drome stock and as the horses were 
all haltered and tied to the top of the 
car, they were in an unusual predica- 
ment when the car was upset, inas- 
much as their heads were fastened to 
the ceiling which had become the floor, 
and they were compelled to lay on 
their backs, with all fours up In the 
air. 

The A. B. S. road promptly took up 
the matter of adjustment for the dam- 
ages to the horses and have already 
begun the rebuilding of the big stock 
car. In the meantime they gave the 
circus two stock cars to use for the 
balance of the season in the place of 
the damaged car. 



POOR SEASON SOUTH. 

Atlanta, Oct. 27. 

Reports which come In from cir- 
cuses in this section of the south con- 
tinue to indicate that the present sea- 
son will be the most unsatisfactory 
one the white toppers have experienc- 
ed in years. Opposition is extremely 
heavy, the Hagenbeck-Wallace Show, 
Rlngling Bros., "101 Ranch Wild 
West" and John Robinson, contest 
against each other in almost every 
stand. Not one of the shows have a 
free field, with "101 Ranch" bearing 
the brunt of opposition. 

The unseasonably warm weather, 
late cotton crops and the presence of 
so many shows in the limited terri- 
tory Is hurting everybody's business. 
At West Point, Miss., both the Ring- 
ling and "101" shows close the sea- 
son; the Baraboo Bros. Nov. 9 and 
the "Wild West" Nov. 19. 

Several small shows mixed in with 
the big ones are having disastrous ex- 
periences. Campboll Bros, have been 
up against It In Mississippi. Wm. 
Wcideman's Wild West also came in 
for sMeral experiences with local au- 
thorities out for the money. 



Bert Colo, of the Hagenbeck-Wal- 
lace Shows lost $!>20 cash recently, 
and was busy for a couple of days 
receiving messages of condolence. A 
few hours later the money and purse 
were returned to him intact. 



NEWS FOR BUFFALO BILL. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 

Colonel William Cody will have a 
special interest in the report that 
Major C. F. Rhodes, concerned in the 
management of the "Young Buffalo 
Wild West" the past summer, intends 
to place upon the road next season 
"Young Buffalo Bill's Wild West and 
Congress of the World." It will be 
an eighteen car show, and A. W. Mar- 
tin will have charge of the privileges. 

When a Variety representative 
talked with Rhodes, the manager 
said Buffalo Bill was a nom de plume 
and that Colonel Cody could no more 
than copyright that particular title. 
Rhodes Bald that his own show title 
had been copyrighted and that he 
would not feel responsible if the pub- 
lic should gain the impression that 
Colonel Cody was concerned in the 
Young Buffalo Bill show. Rhodes 
seems to feel that he is perfectly inno- 
cent in advance of any intent to de- 
ceive anybody or to trade upon the 
reputation of Buffalo Bill Cody. 



WIN OUT ON "CONTINUOUS." 

Austin, Oct. 27. 

The Barnum & Bailey Show has in 
one instance anyhow beaten the State 
authorities on the point of giving a 
"continuous" performance on one 
license. At Corsicana they were haled 
before Judge Blanding for exhibiting 
under only a $250 state, and $125 
county license. 

On the testimony of a. special deputy 
sheriff the Court held that they gave 
only one show. The witness declared 
he was in the exhibition tent from 
1:30 P. M. until the show closed at 
night and that during the Intervening 
time some sort of performance was 
going on with the people permitted to 
remain throughout the entire perform- 
ance. — 

Austin, Oct. 24. 

State Revenue Agent McDonald, 
who has been putting up the fight for 
full license collections for circuses, 
was "touched" for his diamond stud 
and cash at Wichita Falls recently. 
Now he is insisting on the full license, 
and has refused to compromise with 
circus people on any other grounds. 



LAYING OUT NEXT SEASON. 

Chicago, Oct. 27. 

The Hagenbeck-Wallace Show closed 
Monday, Oct. 24, at Trenton, Tenn., 
after a very satisfactory and profit- 
able season. 

The only blemish on the season's 
tour was a few weeks in the south 
which were not as profitable as was 
desired but which could not be classed 
as losing weeks. 

Mr. Wallace and Mr. Cory have pro- 
ceeded with the organization for next 
season. R. M. Harvey will again 
handle the advance of the show. J. 
P. Fagan will again be the traffic man- 
ager, Arthur Hoffman will handle the 
side show, In fact most of tho Import- 
ant positions will be filled by the 
same staff as during the past season. 

Regarding the performance the 
change will be more sweeping. 



NEW YORD. 



COLONIAL. 
Russian Dancers. 
"The Governor's 

Son." 
James and Sadie 

Leonard. 
Chip and Marble. 
Ellda Morris. 
Hedges Bros, and 

Jacobson. 
Tom Waters. 
Malla and Bart. 

ALHAMBRA. 
Kelcey and Shannon. 
Sam Mann and Co. 
Gene Greene. 
Belleclaire Bros. 
Harry Breen. 
Ben, and Berry. 
Treat's Seals. 
(One to Fill) 

BRONX. 

Gus Edwards' "Song 
Revue." 

White and Stuart 

"The Courtiers." 

Murphy and Nichols. 

Frank Fogerty. 

Lily Lena. 

Hymack. 

Burnham and Green- 
wood. 

Mr. aod Mrs. Stuart 
Darrow. 

ORPHEUM. 
Frank Keenan and 

Co. 
Mason, 

Co. 

Vilmos Westony. 
Barry and Wolford. 
Clown Zertho. 
Conroy-Le Malre Co. 
Dagwell Sisters. 
Three Hlckeys. 



Keeler and 



GREENPOINT. 

Karno's Comedians. 

McConnel and Simp- 
son. 

Barnes and Crawford 

Arlington Four. 

La Vine - Clmaron 
Trio. 

Blxley and Fink. 

Clark and Bergman. 

HAMMERSTTIN'S. 
Matthewson and 

Meyers. 
"The Code Book," 

Hammersteln's. 
Mack and Walker. 
Primrose Four. 
5 Salvaggls. 
Van Hoven. 
Black Bros. 
Sprague and Mc- 
Neece. 

AMERICAN. 
"Barnyard Romeo." 
Marie Lo's Pictures. 
Dorothy Vaughan. 
Keno and Conner. 
Cartmell and Har- 
ris. 
Sydney Grant. 
Zay Holland. 

FULTON. 
Joe Welch. 
McMahon and Chap- 

pelle. 
"Watermelon Girls" 
Edouard Jose and 

Co. 
Kennedy ft Rooney. 
Manhattan Four. 
Potts Bros, and Co. 
Clark and Verdi. 
Jack Ark. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



ORPHEUM. 



"Leading Lady." 
The Flnneys. 
Marlon Murray and 

Co. 
Alexander and Scott. 
Victoria Four. 
Dlero. 
Kennedy, DeMilt and 

Kennedy. 



AMERICAN. 
"The Star Bout" 
Cliff Gordon. 
Mason and Bart. 
Gardner and Stod- 
dard. 
Jessie Broughton. 
Steve Bartel. 
Virginia Grant. 
Radcliffe and Hall. 



CHICAGO. 



MAJESTIC. 



Hlte and Donlln. 

La Pia. 

Creasy and Dayne. 

Clifford Walker. 

Horton and La Trls- 
ka. 

Qulnlan and Rich- 
ards. 

Forbes and Bowman. 

Ben Beyer and Bro. 

(Three to fill.) 



AMERICAN. 
Pauline. 
Clarice Vance. 
Dunn and Glazier. 
Wish Wynn. 
Four Bards. 
La Freya. 
W. E. Whittle. 
Calne and Odom. 
Murphy and Francis. 



OMAHA. 



ORPHEUM. 
Annette Kellermann. 
Flanagan and Ed- 
wards. 
Lou Anger. 
Henri French. 
Devore Trio. 
Doralo and Boraln. 
Hart and Hart. 



Hart'B "Bathing 

Girls." 
Lewis McCord and 

Co. 
Hanid Alexander. 
Howard and Ray. 
Mignonette Kokln. 
Galettl's Monkeys. 



ST. LOUIS. 



PRINCESS. 
"Scrooge." 
Cllvette. 

Rafayette's Dogs. 
ClH»Ie Curlette. 
Count and Countess 

Chilo. 
Finley and Burke. 
George Primrose. 

COLUMBIA. 
RlKolctto Brothers. 



and 



AMERICAN. 
Sam J. Curtis 

Co. 
Hall and Earl. 
Bertossl and Arch- 

anegelli. 
C. E. Colby. 
Georgle Gardner and 

Co. 
Musical Thor. 
Ingram and Llnd. 
Wheeler Trio. 



WON ROUGH RIDING PRIZES. 

Del Blancett and Art Acord, two of 
the best known wild west riders, re- 
cently won several notable prizes In 
"rough riding" at the contest held 
at Sacramento. 

Dlancett secured two championships 
against the entire field, taking the 
world's record by four seconds from 
"Buffalo" Vernon, at "bulldogglng" a 
steer away. Blancett rode down his 
steer, pulled him down and threw 
him barehanded In sixteen seconds. He 
also took first award In dipping for 
bats. 

Acord "copped" $100 for riding 
"Old Steamboat," considered the 
craziest horse In the world. Mrs. 
Bertha Blancbett also did .some trick 
riding. 

Tho Blancetts and Acord do all the 
riding and roping for the Rison Mov- 
ing Picture Co, 



i6 



VARIETY 



NEW ACTS NEXT WEEK 

Initial Presentation. First Appearance 
or Reappearance In or Around 
New York 
"The Code Book/* Hammersteln's. 
Dorothy Vanghan, American. 
Keno and Conner, American. 
Treat's Seal§, Alhambra. 
Kelcy and Shannon (New Act), Al- 
hambra. 
Elida Morris, Colonial. 
Clark and Verdi, Fulton. 

Small Time. 
Anna Arlecne, Lincoln Square. 
Harry Gilbert, Lincoln Square. 
Lester Marrosco t Lincoln Square. 
Michael Cosclra, Yorkville. 

George Bloomquest Players. 

"Nerve." 

10 Mlns.; Foil Stage. 

Fifth Avenue. r 

The title is a little misleading. 
Not because it is not appropriate but 
because Charles Leonard Fletcher 
played a sketch over the New York 
time lately under a similar title. The 
pieces are not alike in the slightest. 
A young engineer had a father who 
left him nothing in the world except- 
ing an office with the rent paid a year 
in advance. The engineer loves a 
girl, but will not think of marrying 
until he has made a pile for himself. 
The young woman calls upon him 
early in the morning to show him an 
article in the paper, which states that 
a prominent railroad president has 
decided to give a young engineer a try 
out for a $10,000 a year position. 
He decides to get the job. He calls 
up the president and tells him he 
would like to speak for a young friend 
of his. The president, whose offices 
are in the same building, makes an 
appointment to call. The engineer, in 
order to make an impression, induces 
his fiancee to act as stenographer, in- 
structs the janitor to keep rushing in 
with telegramB when the president 
gets there and rigs up a telephone on 
his desk which he can ring at will. 
The president calls and is struck by 
the importance of the young man, 
makes him the offer with further in- 
ducements. It is accepted. The fun 
Is supposed to come from the im- 
provised activity. There are some 
laughs in it but for the most part it 
is overdone to such an extent that 
it becomes mere travesty and is not 
funny in the least. Ruby Thorpe, the 
fiancee, overplays the stenographer 
while the telephone and message 
"gags" are also too obvious to be 
laughable. The sketch opens with too 
much talk and doesn't start until ten 
minutes or more have been consumed. 
The finish is not strong enough to 
offstand those first slow moments. 
The engineer plays very well and with 
the proper vehicle could put It over 
but this one is not strong enough. 
Thomas Broom is the janitor, accord- 
ing to the program. He had a 
strangely familiar face. If he isn't 
a part of the house staff, he was. 
Oeorge Warrington has a small part 
as the president and doesn't do much 
with it. He should look to his 
make-up. Ruby Thorpe plays easily 
when natural, but is all wrong when 
doing the stenographer. "Nerve" will 
do nicely on the small big time. 

Dash, 



Christy Mathewson and Chief Meyers, 

with May Tolly. 

•♦Corves." 

84 Mlns.; Foil Stage. 

Hammerstein's. 

Mathewson's entry to vaudeville 
could not have been better arranged 
had Willie Hammerstein been allowed 
to fix the games and conditions him- 
self. Adding to an already great 
popularity, the Giant's champion 
pitcher comes forth immediately, fol- 
lowing his beating of the "Yankees" 
four out of the five games of the post 
series. As Meyers backed Matty up 
in all these games, he stood next to 
the pitcher in the public's eye. It 
seems a bit foolish to speak of the act 
when purely a drawing card of this 
sort is sprung, but in this case the act 
is worthy of mention. Bozeman Bul- 
ger, the baseball authority, is the 
author of it. This is not Mr. Bulger's 
first attempt at vaudeville writing. 
In the present arrangement he has 
shown a knowledge of the game and 
a keen sense of what vaudeville re- 
quires. May Tully probably staged 
the act, and Miss Tully did her work 
well. Besides producing the piece, she 
plays an important part in it. Her 
presence on the stage gives the players 
an air of confidence and an easy stage 
presence that was a big surprise. The 
action is outside the clubhouse, just 
off right field. Miss Tully becomes 
excited at the game and rushes to the 
clubhouse to tell Matty to "warm up," 
as Hooks Wiltsie is in a tight hole. 
Miss Tully overlooks McGraw alto- 
gether. She just decides to put Matty 
in herself. * The players enter from the 
club house wearing the at home uni- 
forms. The uniform was the first dis- 
play of good judgment, for not only 
would it bring more applause, but it 
gives the players a better chance of 
feeling at ease. With Matty carrying 
a new ball and the Chief there with 
his big mit, the star battery probably 
felt as they looked, right at home. 
Good judgment, the second; Miss 
Tully shows an inquisitlveness that 
gives the pitcher a chance to explain 
how the various curves are delivered. 
He also tells what there is to pitching 
besides simply throwing the ball. 
Meyers is called upon to explain the 
workings of the catching department. 
It was all interesting, and made 
amusing through the baseball sayings 
and witty dialog. Good judgment, 
third; the players are brought back in 
street attire. During the time for the 
change Miss Tully fills in with imita- 
tions, making them funny through 
confining the talk to baseball. Mrs. 
Leslie Carter sobbing her heart away 
because Doyle struck out with the 
bases full, and Ethel Barrymore 
breathing "that's all there is; there 
isn't any more" — after the third strike 
has been called, can readily be 
imagined laughable. Miss Tully 
scored solidly on her own. The sketch 
ends by the engagement of the two 
ball players to appear in vaudeville. 
They object at first. She explains she 
can teach them to act in five minutes 
— and mentions the salary. That does 
it. Teaching them to act brings out 
a travesty drama with Meyers as the 
"bad Indian," Mathewson is the cow- 
boy, who comes to the rescue of the 
forlorn maiden and over comes the 



Burr Mcintosh and Co. (4) 
"Out Yonder" (Comedy Drama). 
21 Mlns.; Foil (Special Set). 
Colonial. 

"Out Yonder," written by Burr Mc- 
intosh, deals of Arizona life in a com- 
edy way, with two love affairs running 
through it. The story is simple 
enough, and one that has been pre- 
sented on the other side of the foot- 
lights times innumerable. There Is 

nothing particularly new about the 
manner it is dished up by Mr. Mcin- 
tosh and his associate players. The 
act was originally scheduled for the 
position closing the first part, but 
after Monday It was moved up to "No. 
3." The story relates that two run- 
down society butterflies, one from New 
York, the other from Philadelphia, 
are in Arizona recuperating after a 
long social campaign. The Philadel- 
phia maid has been followed by one 
of her admirers who finally plucks up 
courage enough, while several thou- 
sand miles from home, to propose and 
Is accepted. The bud from Gotham 
starts a flirtation with one Jim Rath- 
bone (Burr Mcintosh), the driver of 
the stage coach. To cap the climax she 
disguises herself as an Indian squaw, 
when finding the affair is becoming 
serious, and tries to advise Jim that 
the beauty from the east is not for 
him. He discovers the fraud and tells 
her "that he is not just a simple na- 
tive of southwestern deserts, but one 
who has also tasted of the social 
sweets of the effete east, and was hail- 
ed as the season's catch by mothers 
with eligible daughters, while his mil- 
lions lasted; that he had deserted the 
sham and hypocrisy of it all for a 
part of the world where it mattered 
not what you had in your pocket, but 
where the actual man counted, and 
was judged by his deeds rather than 
by hjs pocketbook. He finally shows 
her her photo he has clipped from an 
illustrated magazine of five years pre- 
vious and tells how he has worshipped 
that simple piece of paper bearing her 
image. She then confesses her love 
for him. He pleads with her to stay 
in Arizona for the State's sake and 
help swell the census. Mr. Mcintosh 
gave an interesting interpretation of 
the principal role, but the opportuni- 
ties were not such to give him a 
full cause to display his ability. 
Mary Moran, who had the role of 
Helen Blackstone of New York, was 
pleasing enough in appearance, but 
did not raise to the heights that the 
role required toward the end. Vera 
Townsend, as the Philadelphia beauty, 
and James Vincent, as her admirer, 
did passing well. The principal com- 
edy element was furnished by Augus- 
tus Huse as a New England professor. 
He extracted all that there was in his 
role, at the best was but a weak one. 
"Out Yonder" will need a lot of bol- 
stering before it can qualify for an- 
nexation to vaudeville's limelight. At 
present, it seems hopeless. Fred. 

"bad Indian" by hitting him in the 
head with a baseball. The act is a 
most satisfactory vehicle for showing 
the diamond heroes. Due credit goes 
to all, Matty, Chief, May Tully and 
Bozeman Bulger. A little cutting is 
all the piece needs. Dash, 



John Lawson and Co. (8). 
"The Open Door** (Melodramatic). 
30 Mlns.; Five (Parlor). 
American. 

John Lawson, the English musical 

hall actor, produced a new sketch for 

this side at the American Monday eve- 
ning. The program called it a prob- 
lem play, written by Mrs. Richard 
Pole. The piece is also melodramatic. 
It has unpleasant features, including 
one very nasty line of dialog. Lawson's 
declamatory defense of the Jew and 
the choking of a woman until she is 
apparently lifeless, were others. Be- 
sides the theme is on a hardened sub- 
ject, not any too finely written nor 
worked out, and not any too well 
played by the four principals. Of the 
cast, F. Q. Bell, as an English noble, 
won all honors. Neither of the other 
principals was convincing at any time. 
P. Sheldon even needed a new crop 
of whiskers. Mr. Lawson may accept 
the silent reception of the American 
audience Monday evening as con- 
clusively indicative that in America 
the Jew does not care to be upheld or 
any defense of him attempted on the 
stage. If the Jew is a kind applause 
subject in England, more the pity for 
the ignorant Jews who applaud over 
there. In "The Open Door" there is 
a "Mother" appeal, which brought no 
sympathy, either. The story is of a 
Hebrew race track bookmaker, 
arrested on a charge of forgery. Con- 
fined in default of bail and awaiting 
trial, the scene is In his home, a 
nicely set parlor. His Gentile and 
money-loving wife repeatedly tells the 
audience her husband is going to re- 
ceive a sentence of five years. While 
audibly thinking it over, the phone 
rings. A profligate lord recalls to her 
that he Is about; if the husband goes 
away for five years, he'll look after 
her and the flat. She says he may 
call and talk the future over, they 
both having been fond of one another 
in the past. The husband unexpected- 
ly returns, discovers that his wife has 
received a note from the lord; also 
that his wife was about to send a 
letter to the warden of the prison, 
forwarding the forged plate and 
clinching his conviction. He doesn't 
seem to care much about the plate, 
but her fervor for the lord angers 
him to the extent that the husband 
chokes his wife to death. When the 
lord calls he kills him as well in a 
"duel," through the selection of one 
loaded pistol out of two on the table, 
the other having been left bulletless. 
The husband shot the lord dead the 
first try on a darkened stage so he 
should have been with a "Wild West" 
show. No one cared whether the wife 
died or not, but it didn't seem the 
essence of stage refinement to strangle 
her before the footlights. Parts of 
the house liked the sketch. The 
melodramatics In it would perhaps 
reach a portion of every audience. 
Mr. Lawson appeared to better ad- 
vantage in character work as the old 
man in "The Monkey's Paw." "The 
Open Door" may be Mr. Lawson's 
sketch, "Only a Jew," renamed. It 
plays as though written to order. "Th<> 
Open Door" may slip along over here 
with a few corrections, merely as a 
"sketch." It can't do any more, and 
may have difficulty doing that. Simr. 



VARIETY 



17 



Eddie Leonard, assisted by Mabel 

Russell. 
Songs and Dances. 
28 Mlns.; One. 
Hammersteln**. 

Eddie Leonard has never been seen 
to better advantage that at Hammer- 
stein's this week. The minstrel man 
has framed up a new offering for 
vaudeville, assisted by his wife, Mabel 
Russell. It is away from anything he 
has attempted before. The work of 
course remains along the same lines, 
but Eddie has struck out to bring 
Eddie Leonard more to the front. He 
is succeeding extremely well. Leav- 
ing the two-boy arrangement alone 
altogether, Mr. Leonard is demon- 
strating conclusively that "boys," as 
far as he was concerned, were entirely 
unnecessary. Eddie is showing more 
of his dancing than he did in any of 
the other acts. This is a strong point 
in favor of the new offering. Leonard 
is in a class by himself with his style 
of dancing. Miss Russell opens the 
act dressed in a gingham frock, using 
a brown makeup. She sings about 
her "Wha, Wha Coon," which brings 
Eddie on for the finish. Returning in 
a regulation Leonard get-up, Eddie 
puts over a good number with a neat 
dance for a finish. Miss Russell in a 
pretty frock sings a chorus girl song 
that scored strongly. The number is 
not new but very well done and makes 
a needed break in the "coon stuff." 
Leonard's last is done in dandy look- 
ing black and white evening dress. 
The best dance occurs here. It is a 
sand arrangement, and a novelty for 
present vaudeville. Miss Russell comes 
in for the finish, a sort of a rag two- 
step that carries the couple off splen- 
didly. At Hammerstein'8 Monday the 
act was not allowed to finish there, al- 
though that is the logical ending, 
it having run seventeen minutes up to 
then. The audience kept clamoring. 
Eddie and Mabel came back and 
"kidded" away another six minutes. 
They "pulled" a few "locals" and a 
couple of brand new jokes with some 
sense to them. In his present offering 
assisted by Mabel Russell, Eddie 
Leonard has the best frame-up he 
has had and he will put it over 
wherever he shows. Dash. 



Jack Ark. 

Diablolst. 

12 Mlns.; Foil Stage. 

American. 

Jack Ark is a foreigner, with just 
enough English to make himself be- 
lieve he may speak to the audiences. 
His announcements are not funny, and 
are unnecessary. In diablo work, 
Ark has some good tricks, accom- 
plished to a poor selection of music. 
In straight spinning, better have been 
seen before on this side. A large 
"loop" and a small seven time "loop" 
seemed to arouse the house the most. 
Ark did please. The juggling of the 
little spools is interesting. Closing the 
bill at the American was too heavy a 
spot for him in a show of magnitude 
the American bill is this week. An 
earlier spot in New York would help 
him a lot more. As a small act Ark 
was worth bringing over. Sime. 



**The Governor's Son** (Musical 

Farce). 

85 Mlns.; Foot (Special Set). 

Bronx. 

This is the first vaudeville produc- 
tion of Messrs. Jack Welch and Ar- 
thur Klein, and it is well presented. 
At the Bronx Monday it was the hit 
of the good show there presented. 
"The Governor's Son" was at one time 
the vehicle that served the Four 
Cohans in vaudeville and later was 
elaborated into a musical comedy pro- 
duction, holding forth for a summer 
season on the Aerial Gardens atop 
the New Amsterdam theatre with the 

Cohan family in their original roles. 
Rosie Green and Fred Santley are the 
featured players, with William F. 
Ryan, Gus P. Thomas, Bessie Mar- 
lowe and John Klendon, besides a 
chorus of six lively "broilers" who, 
while they cannot sing, are well 
versed in the art terpsichore. There 
are five musical numbers in the piece 
exclusive of the finale. Fred Sant- 
ley in his interpretation of the title 
role gave a very good performance. 
One feature of his characterization of 
the Governor's son that is highly com- 
mendable, is that he does not try to 
ape George M., perhaps because he 
cannot dance, but with his acting and 
a fair singing voice leaves only dancing 
to be desired. Miss Green is a dancer 
of accepted cleverness. Her singing 
is nothing to boast of and at times her 
reading of lines is slightly faulty, but 
she overcomes this with a pleasing 
personality and clever foot work in 
the role of Mrs. Dickey Dickson. 
There is room for improvement in the 
role of Governor as now played by 
Mr. Thomas. The roles of Mr. and 
Mrs. Benjamin Curtis are very well 
done by Mr. Ryan and Miss Marlowe, 
the latter giving a particularly good 
show. Fred. 



Niblo's Birds have left for the 
States for a trip around the Keith 
time. 



Belle Baker. 
Singing Comedienne. 
13 Mlns.; One. 
Bronx. 

Belle Baker appeared next to the 
closing position at the Bronx Tuseday 
evening, and passed fairly, even 
though her songs were not of the lat- 
est vintage. Miss Baker attempts a 
style in presenting her vocal offerings 
that was first created and found vogue 
when brought to the notice of the 
general public at the time Sophie 
Tucker broke into vaudeville. In the 
class of female "coon shouters," Miss 
Baker will never outrank her predec- 
essor as long as she holds to her pres- 
ent method of delivery. Vaudeville 
will accept just so much suggestion 
and no more. Miss Baker slightly 
oversteps the line. She has four num- 
bers. While it must be conceded she 
appeared at almost the tall end of a 
very lengthy bill, and where a good 
judgment would have suggested her 
leaving the stage after the third num- 
ber, she did not score as well as she 
might have. The audience was divided 
in appreciation. This newcomer has 
the ability to deliver a "coon," "wop" 
or "Yiddish" song, but she will have 
to be coached as to where to begin and 
when to stop; also how far to go. 

Fred. 



Clown Zertho'g Canine Comedians. 
22 Mlns.; Full (Special Drop). 
Colonial. 

After the Monday performances this 
act was changed from the third po- 
sition on the bill to that of closing 
the first part. This should be recom- 
mendation sufficient in Itself for it 
happened at the Colonial. Zertho is 
presenting as clever a troupe of trained 
dogs as has been shown in New York 
for some time. There are over a 
score of animal actors, ranging from 
a small sized terrier to a full grown 
French poodle. All are well trained. 
Zertho works in clown make-up. He 
has evidently spent unlimited time 
and patience in teaching his pets, with 
the result that there is no need of 
coaxing even to have the dogs per- 
form their tricks. A particular beauty 
of the act is that the dogs seem to 
know just what trick is to be per- 
formed next. They line up in antici- 
pation of it. The opening of the 
act brings four distinct laughs with 
it. The first is gained by an elec- 
tric alarm clock, which rings inces- 
santly, waking up the clown who is 
asleep in bed. One of the dogs comes 
on later and pulls the bed clothes off 
showing a dozen of the dogs in bed 
with the master. The tricks while 
simple are prettily done. The finish 
with the dogs forming in line, pre- 
faced by a number of squabbles in 
taking their proper places when they 
are all tagged with numbers, is a very 
good closing trick. The act is one 
that is worthy of a place on any bill. 



Hawthorne and Burt. 

"The New Recruit." 

21 Mlns.; One (Special Drop). 

Bronx. 

A decidedly funny and laughable of- 
fering that holds the house and pro- 
vokes laughter from the moment the 
team arrive on the stage. In "The 
New Recruit," Hawthorne and Burt 
have an act that will long endure in 
vaudeville. When two artists can go 
on the stage and deliver an entertain- 
ment that lasts a third of an hour and 
which will keep habitual vaudeville 
visitors at laughing continually, they 
have naught to fear, as to the recep- 
tion that they may receive from the 
coldest of audiences (with apologies 
to patrons of "The Corner"). For the 
week at the Bronx, these teammates 
have taken one of vaudeville's con- 
stant laugh producers (to those in the 
profession) into the act. The new 
recruit is none other than the famous 
or infamous "Ban" Schaeffer. He 
acts in the capacity of a "supe." If 
this gentleman will restrain his desire 
to smile through the performance of 
the two principal artists in the skit, 
there is no doubt but that he might 
qualify as a headliner of all the 
"dumb" actors in the business. There 
seems no good reason for the comed- 
ian interpolating his dance. There is 
no question as to his ability to present 
a dance of the eccentric variety to 
better advantage than most who at- 
tempt this form of footwork, but it is 
simply to say that the offering of the 
team is strong enough in comedy not 
to warrant the added bit. It is an act 
that will provide comedy for any pro- 
gram. Hawthorne and Burt have 
played the new act on and around re- 
cently. Fred. 



The Wellman Airship Crew. 
31 Mine.; One, Two and One. 
American. 

For a "freak act," the turn pre- 
sented at the American this week 
under the title of "The Crew of the 
Wrecked Wellman Airship" is one of 
the best. Pictures of Wellman's 
"America" thrown upon the sheet, 
and described by a couple of the crew 
make an interesting finish. Previously 
Frank Sheridan neatly announced the 
number, dwelling upon the start and 
finish of the aerial boat, likening 
Wellman to Christopher Columbus. 
Mr. Wellman dropped in the theatre 
Monday evening. He was enthusiasti- 
cally applauded and stood up in the 
box to acknowledge the noise. The 
spot light missed him by three feet. 
Each of the crew appearing was given 
an ovation. Jack Irwin, the "C. Q. 
D." wireless operator, got a couple of 
ovations. Mr. Irwin and First En- 
gineer Louis I>oud explained the 
Blides, both speaking extremely well. 
Fred Aubert, the assistant engineer, 
was present. Louis Ginsberg, the wire- 
less operator on the Trent, was at re- 
hearsal, but failed to appear at the 
regular performance. There isn't too 
much red fire thrown around, and the 
orchestra doesn't bother the speakers. 
While the "America," Wellman and 
the attempt to reach Europe through 
the atmosphere can be kept before the 
public, this act will be interestingly 
accepted anywhere. In some towns it 
may draw business. If it does at the 
American, it will have been after Mon- 
day. Sime. 



Bedinl and Arthur. 
Burlesque on Russian Ballet. 
Colonial. 

These comedians, who are always 
certain to develop a humorous trav- 
esty of any new headliner of sufficient 
importance on the bill with them, pre- 
sented a burlesque of the Russian danc- 
ers, a feature of the program at the 
Colonial this week which was the life 
of the evening. For completeness in 
detail, two additional members were 
added to their turn. They portrayed, 
in burlesque, the efforts of the minor 
masters of the terpsichorean art, the 
two principals travestying the princi- 
pal dancers. The bit selected for fun- 
making was the dance entitled "Sa- 
lambo," which is not alone essayed by 
the principal dancers of the Russian 
aggregation at the Colonial, but is a 
feature of the performance presented 
by Pavlowa and Mordkin. Instead of 
the regulation couch and shawl, Bedlni 
and Arthur have chosen a bath-tub 
and a bath towel. The result was an 
uncontrollable spasm of laughter from 
all parts of the house. 1 The burlesue, 
lasting but five minutes and given in 
addition to the Bedlni and Arthur's 
regular act, was a feature that wont 
far toward making them the distinct 
hit of the bill. Frvd. 



La Deotlima. 
Ktereoptican Poses. 
10 Mins.; Full Stage. 
Kmplr«\ London. 

La Deodima is no different from the 
rest in showing herself fift»-d into pic- 
tures thrown on a s'-r. en. The views 
are rather pretty r id lead up to the 
usual red-fire finish. The act went 
well enough . 



i8 



VARIETY 



Cora Mickle Holler and Co. (8). 
"The Way of the Transgressor." 
. . (Comedy Sketch) . 
20 Mins.; Full Stage (Interior). 
Crystal Chicago. 

Miss Hotter, Wllma Frances Vin- 
cent, Frank Minor and a child are 
concerned in the sketch. Super- 
numeraries in numbers to suit the 
size of the stage are employed in the 
restaurant scene where the action 
takes place; the greater the crowd 
of diners the more animation, 
naturally, and interest will follow. 
The sketch in theme and action is a 
novelty. A man and wife are dis- 
covered down front, dining, the 
"supers" being ranged at tables up 
stage. At one side there is a vacant 
table, soon appropriated by Miss 
Holler who thereafter is in command 
of the proceedings. The husband 
(Mr. Minor), at the opposite table, 
begins forthwith a violent flirtation 
with the newcomer. The wife (Miss 
Vincent) comprehends the situation 
and during a moment when the hus- 
band is absent from the restaurant 
pleads with the flirtatious woman to 
teach her husband a lesson. This is 
to be done by means of the woman 
assuming a demeanor which the wife 
explains will be sure to disgust him. 
The wife is sent home to return with 
their child, under instructions to wait 
in an adjoining room until the woman 
is ready to call them in. The scene 
which ensues between the husband and 
the flirt carries along the comedy, 
which has been started during the 
original flirtation. By assuming an 
ill-bred manner and conversing in 
slang the flirt soon has the husband 
disgusted. To cap the climax and 
end the act, mother and child sur- 
prise the transgressing spouse. For 
the purpose of making clear the 
comedy vein the work of the flirting 
husband and the woman is exceed- 
ingly "rough," making it easy for 
wife to comprehend. The audience at 
the CryBtal laughed almost immeasur- 
ably at the fun they found in the 
sketch and applauded for three cur- 
tains. Miss Hoffer wore a perfectly 
gorgeous gown, about the prettiest 
thing this class of audience has ever 
looked upon. Miss Vincent also wore 
handsome clothes, making a change to 
return with the youngster. Minor is a 
good comedian and all three players 
extracted full value from the sketch. 

Walt. 

Hippolita D'Hellag. 

"The Silhouette Dance." 

17 Mlns.; Full Stage (Special Set). 

Palace, London. 

Had "The Silhouette Dance' struck 
London a couple of years ago, when 
classical dancing started, it would 
have caused talk. At this late date it 
might do so, but from the silent way 
the audience accepted the act Monday 
(Oct. 17) at the Palace, one would say 
it will cause no stir. The dancing is 
done behind a screen, with the shadow 
only visible. The effect is a.'Ve to 
that with undressing scenes in a few 
burlesque shows years ago. D'Hellas 
is a graceful person with a very good 
figure. The effect seems novel, but 
the quietness of the audience did not 
help it along. The management 
gambled this time. Even now it has a 
good chance of winning out if the 
proper booming is forthcoming. 



Lee Lloyd. 

Songs. 

20 Min.; One. 

Majestic, Chicago. 

This stranger made the Majestic 
audience sit up Monday afternoon, but 
he lost them in the middle of his act 
when Jay Roberts, who presides at 
the piano to accompany the singer, 
was given opportunity to "boost" one 
of his own compositions. Roberts is a 
good piano player, but he displayed 
no command of the ivories sufficient to 
stop a specialty which was going along 
better than he could develop it as a 
soloist. There have been better pian- 
ists than Roberts at this house; only 
last week an English girl made his 
work sound like flve-flnger exercises. 
These conditions make the piano in- 
terlude an ill-advised proceeding, par- 
ticularly when Lloyd is the feature. 
The Pacific Coast stands sponsor for 
the singer and may feel proud of its 
product. He has an abundance of 
personality, an asset which sometime 
borders closely upon self assurance. 
During the act Lloyd uses the top of 
Roberts' grand piano as a dressing 
table, all of his songs being either 
wigged, dressed or bonneted in broad 
burlesque. His opener tells of the evo- 
lution of a chorus girl from a country 
maid to an expert. Herein different 
hats are used, Lloyd burlesquing in 
action and facial contortions. This 
method is employed to a greater or 
less degree in a "rube" song and an 
Italian effort. About six numbers com- 
prised his repertoire, a new rendition 
of "Casey Jones" and a Scotch comic 
ending the act after the piano inter- 
ruption. Twenty minutes is full long 
for a singing turn; the average bill 
has singing enough without one act 
taking up so much time. With the 
piano playing eliminated and his of- 
fering penciled down to the real meat, 
Lloyd would have an improved spe- 
cialty which should be welcomed in 
any theatre and would be valuable in 
any bill anywhere it might be placed. 
The Majestic audience, well accustom- 
ed to "piano singers," took to Lloyd 
eagerly and encored him with a vigor 
which clearly spelled success. 

Walt. 



McAvoy and Brooks. 
Singing and Talking. 
18 Mins.; One. 
Victoria Roof. 

In their little comedy sketch, Mc- 
Avoy and Brooks introduced several 
songs that were applauded, but the 
talking failed to create much merri- 
ment. The lines lack funmaking 
quality, and the quantity is too much. 
The man does a "hick" character. 
The girl, who looks as cute as a 
"broiler" in a chorus, appears as a 
soubret. Their talk hinges on their 
act having been canceled somewhere 
along the line, the team toting their 
luggage on the stage. The girl casts 
aside a long outer wrap, appearing in 
a blue short-skirted dress with pink 
stockings. She sings a "kid" song. 
The man's vocal efforts were confined 
to "Gee, Ain't It Tough To Be Poor?" 
and received applause which was not 
started by the male employes on the 
roof. Ere proportional advance is 
made, the team will have to secure 
better material. Mark. 



Nell McKlnley. 
Character Songs. 
20 Mlns.; One. 
American, Chicago. 

While Neil McKlnley is not new to 
vaudeville, this week marks his initial 
appearance before a metropolitan au- 
dience. In a choice spot on a good 
bill he took down top honors with 
ease. McKlnley works in evening 
dress, depending entirely on his voice 
and style of delivery. While his rep- 
ertoire affords him plenty chance, 
there is not a suggestive line heard. 
McKinley's specialty is "coon" songs. 
To obtain an idea of his ability, one 
has but to hear him sing "The Men- 
delsohn Springtime Tune," "Tettra- 
zine," "Lovey Joe" and "The Piano 
Man." Each is handled equally well. 
In the closing number "Some of These 
Days," McKlnley uncovered a natural 
tenor voice that will eventually land 
him among the very best of singing 
singles. After one top note the audience 
forced him to repeat it four times. In 
appearance McKlnley looks the ideal 
matinee idol. Opening the second 
half of the American program, he 
was easily the big .hit Monday even- 
ing, and there is no doubt he would 
"clean up" in New York. The Big 
Town likes the McKlnley brand. 

Wynn. 



Marie George and Co. 
"The Cow Boy Girl (Comedy Dram- 
atic). 
30 Mlns.; Full Stage (Interior). 
Coliseum, London. 

Sidney Blow and Douglas Hoare, two 
English authors of some note, have 
attempted to write a playlet portray- 
ing western American life. They fail 
in many details for about the same 
reason an American would in writing 
a story of a cricket match. The two 
writers evidently believe that flashes 
of guns and gruff voices were only 
necessary. Along these lines they 
wrote and called their result "The 
Cow Boy Girl." Of course, Marie 
George was the central attraction. Be- 
yond looking very pretty in her west- 
ern dress, Marie secured little out of 
the part. The singer put over two 
songs in a careless manner that did 
not reach the audience. The plot is 
slow, with four different periods, 
where the playlet could end. After 
missing three of these, the authors 
close the piece with the girl holding 
a mining camp at bay with a pair of 
revolvers. The piece created no great 
enthusiasm at the big hall, nor should 
it, as the Coliseum demands classier 
entertainment. 



Plaza Trio. 
Comedy Singing. 
15 Mins.; One. 
Fam. Dept. U. B. O. 

A comedy singing trio made up of 
a bell-boy, bootblack and "cissy." 
The bell-boy is in black-face. The 
bootblack is in the character of an 
Italian. The trio have a good selec- 
tion of songs, but there is only one 
voice that stands out, that of the 
boot-black's. The other two do little 
excepting join on the choruses. The 
talk should be dropped and new ma- 
terial substituted. This will help the 
comedy greatly. The act will do on 
small time. Fred. 



out or TOWN 

George D. MacQnarrle and Co. 
"Alias Trixie Kix" (Comedy). 
19 Mlns.; Four. 
Chutes, San Francisco. 

Jack Randolph (Mr. MacQuarrle) 
and Dick Morris (Gordon Davis) are 
reom-mates at college. Jack is angry 
because his aunt is going to call upon 
him. Dick is excited as he is to play 
Trixie Kix, the leading female role 
in the college play. Aunty, Jack's 
sister and Dick's sweetheart arrive 
ahead of time while Dick is trying on 
his costume which necessitates his 
hiding behind a screen. The comedy 
is supplied by Jack's endeavors to 
conceal his presence and ultimate 
failure. There is plenty of good 
situations which develop principally 
upon Dick, who spoils their effect with 
his overdrawn efforts. Aside from 
Aunt Jane (Jennie Lee), who is good 
for a laug i with every line on liberal 
avoirdupois alone, Mr. MacQuarrle is 
worthy of better support. With at- 
tention to detail, less shouting and 
the curbing of Dick's amateurish ef- 
forts, the act will much improve. It 
proved a good laugh winner at the 
Chutes. Fountain. 



Emma Don. 

Male Impersonator. 

10 Mins.; Two (Special Drop) (Can 

. .Work In One). 

National, San Francisco. 

Another live act headed east that 
will bear watching. To go into a 
lengthy discussion of Miss Don, con- 
sidering the time she was in evidence 
and her position, "No. 2," with the 
house coming in, would not be quite 
fair to the young woman. Putting 
over but two numbers served only to 
create a desire for more, finishing her 
efforts where it was expected she was 
just beginning, killed the \alue of the 
act which should have been placed 
further down. Reviewing Miss Don 
from a masculine point of view, it 
can only be said that her actions were 
as gracefully manly as the most exac* 
ing could expect. Miss Don has a 
neat way of running in light effective 
chatter while tripping about, giving 
evidence of clever clogging ability. 
Given a position further down and 
six to ten minutes more time Miss 
Don should easily find favor. 



Stewart and Murray. 
"Broadway Love." 
10 Mlns.; Full Stage. 
Young's Pier, Atlantic City. 

It is unusual for two girls to play 
a sketch. Rowena Stewart and 
Gladys Murray, both new to vaude- 
ville^ are doing so successfully with 
"Broadway Love," containing many 
bright lines. They handle the ma- 
terial with real ability and cleverness. 
The scene of the story, well told, is 
in the apartment of two "show girls." 
One is older in experience. When 
Rowena divulges she is in love, 
Gladys Is pessimistic. She tells Row- 
ena of how when she had to force a 
"Broadway" man to marry her, he 
promptly deserted her. The climax 
is reached as the girls are about to 
dine. The phone rings. Rowena 
talks with her fiance. During the 
conversation Gladys discovers that he 
is the man who had deserted her. 



VARIETY 



19 



HAMMERSTEIN'S. 

(Estimated Cost of Show, $8,250). 

"Baseball week" at "The Corner." 
Christy Mathewson and Chief Meyers 
are the bright particulars. From in- 
dications Monday the battery will 
draw some business during the week. 
Aside from the names, the sketch it- 
self with May Tully doing a lot of it, 
will draw people, through having 
names of this sort that really do 
something worth while. 

The Hammerstein audience doesn't 
seem to have come out of its trance 
as yet, for the coolness that settled 
over the house the past two weeks 
was not dispelled Monday night. 
Only one or two of the acts received 
anything like real applause. Eddie 
Leonard and Mabel Russell (New 
Acts) were one, and the feature (New 
Acts) was of course received with wild 
enthusiasm. The rest of the bill had 
to be contented with little; in some 
cases, very little. 

Lieut. Eldridge opened the show. 
He always does at Hammerstein's 
when there is a big feature playing 
the house. He made a sinking ship 
of sand, also a snowbound cottage and 
finished up by burning San Francisco 
again. 

Hello George Scott, with the latest 
Bissett, were "No. 2." Although the 
house was pretty light, Qeorge 
wouldn't stand for not being a hit. 
He Just stuck around and danced to 
them, until he got an audience, who 
declared him there. "Scotty" has told 
a lot of people he had some act, but 
he couldn't make them believe it. 
After seeing him perform with his 
new partner, he will not have to argue 
further. George has worked out a 
two-man dancing team away from all 
the rest, and like Al Reeves, give 
Scotty credit, boys. He has a mighty 
good dancing turn. 

Dolly Connolly with a trunk full of 
handsome costumes and a collection 
of songs that need a little changing 
about ran through very well. Percy 
Wenrlch presides at the piano to help 
things along. Dolly is in need of one 
good comedy number to break up the 
straightness of the offering. She is a 
comely girl with a good voice for the 
kind of work attempted, and handles 
herself in a likeable manner on the 
stage. 

Henry Clive is having his first 
chance at Hammerstein's this week. 
Henry made them laugh, which is say- 
ing a great deal, for that Hammer- 
stein bunch have lately acted as 
though the laughs were on strike. 
Clive is a clean, clever performer, who 
sends his bunch of Junk over in capi- 
tal style. His appearance in dress 
clothes and the natty appearance of 
Mai Sturgis gives the act a classy 
look. 

William Macart and Ethelynne 
Bradford closed the first half. Al- 
though receiving laughs through the 
running they did not get their usual 
applause at the finish. Miss Bradford 
Is a striking foil l6r Macart's "souse." 
Her bully appearance makes the 
"souse" the more laughable. 

Oscar Loraine opened after inter- 
mission and passed very nicely in the 
not over easy position. "The great 
Russell, Eddie Leonard; May Tully, 
Matty and Chief, and Percy Wenrich, 
Dolly Connolly. Dash. 



AMERICAN. 

(Estimated Cost of Show $4,400.) 

The program at the American Mon- 
day night had undergone a revolu- 
tion in arrangement from the after- 
noon's performance. Two acts billed 
did not appear. Irwin and Herzog 
were reported as having declined to 
open the program in the evening. Con- 
way and Leland, down to close the 
bill, did not appear and Jack Ark (New 
Acts) had that position. With the 
two turns out, the performance was a 
late one. 

During the evening four big hits de- 
veloped in this order of appearance, 
Grace Hazard, Wellman Airship Crew, 
Kennedy and Rooney and Julian Elt- 
inge. For pure meritorious applause 
and through presenting the same 
specialty the American is so familiar 
with ("Five Feet of Comic Opera") 
Miss Hazard is entitled to unlimited 
credit, for her success was equal to 
any, though of course the plaudits 
were not as noisily given as for the 
Wellman Crew, the "freak feature," 
closing the first half (New Acts). Miss 
Hazard wore all new garments and 
made her act as prettily dainty as she 
always has. 

Opening the second half Kennedy 
and Rooney had the house continually 
in laughter. Though the regulars 
would say the act is too long, that 
could not have been the verdict of 
the regular audience. For laughter no 
one touched this act on the bill. It 
nearly had a clean field for comedy. 

Mr. Eltinge with a severe hoarse- 
ness troubling him gave his four un- 
impeachable numbers, opening with 
"The Bride" and closing with "Span- 
ish Rag." In the latter Eltinge wore 
a handsome new dress. This is his 
last week in vaudeville prior to star- 
ring. 

An English girl who contorts opens 
the show. She is rather good looking, 
and her contortions are gracefully ac- 
complished, though La Belle Nello is 
a light number for a big bill. She 
passes more on appearance than work, 
wearing an extremely pretty bathing 
costume, and smiling throughout her 
act. 

As regards George Newburn, the 
Yum Kippur actor, who Jumped from 
the Williams to the Morris circuit 
through being superstitious about 
working on the Hebrew holiday, Wil- 
liam Morris can secure another United 
act from this imitator, if he is handled 
right. Newburn has taken the best 
bit from Harry Lauder and George 
Lashwood for "imitations." Newburn 
secures voices very well. In taking 
Lauder Newburn does not wear kilts, 
so that flops, though the crook cane 
helps some. 

The scheme with him for Morris 
should be to set the stage for Harry 
Tate's "Motoring" and have Newburn 
give that alone. He does most of it 
now seated on a chair. Of course 
if Mr. Tate is willing, Mr. Newburn is 
lucky. Sime. 

masters" have been cut down to three, 
to make way for the now more popu- 
lar "ragtime." Loraine is getting 
many laughs out of it besides the ap- 
plause which always follows. 

Baseball Note — This is the week of 
"assists" at Hammerstein's: Mai 
Sturgis assists Henry Clive; Mabel 



COLONIAL. 

(Estimated Cost of Show $5,400.) 

The bill at the Colonial this week 
has no particularly distinctive feature 
standing out. To be sure the Russian 
Dancers are there (held over), but 
they are not the tremendous hit ex- 
pected. 

Tuesday evening business was only 
fair. The house however was skill- 
fully dressed. The first part of the 
show was entirely switched about af- 
ter the Monday performances, the star 
position on the bill going to a trained 
dog act. 

The first two acts on the program 
ran in the order given with Mr. and 
Mrs. Stuart Darrow opening the show. 
They presented sand and shadow pic- 
tures. Their act is entertaining but 
in the early position with an audience 
that did not seem to warm up at all 
they only managed to pass fairly. 
Brown and Ayer, a two-man singing 
and piano act that, while still on the 
order of the usual run of rathskeller 
turns, is a little different, pleased 
quite well through the medium of the 
closing number, "King Chanticler," a 
rattling good song for them. 

Burr Mcintosh and Co. (New Acts) 
were switched from closing the first 
part to "No. 3." 

Lola Merrill and Frank Otto pre- 
sented "After the Shower." It is 
a sparkling little skit and received 
as much applause as any of those on 
the program. Otto has a new num- 
ber, called "Glory Hallelujah" which 
he put over nicely. Following them, 
closing the first part came Clown Zer- 
tho's Canine Comedians (New Acts). 

The Russian Dancers were placed 
opening the second part, a rather pe- 
culiar position for an act of its cost 
and magnitude. Beside the opening 
ballet "Gisella," there are four dances 
programed. To this two others were 
added. "Salambo" closed the act last 
week. Now that dance has been moved 
next to closing, and a lively peasant 
number is given for the finish. The 
act was far from being a "riot." 

Stuart Barnes, next to closing, af- 
ter the Russians, fared better than 
any appearing before him and was a 
decided hit. 

Bedini and Arthur in addition to 
their usual routine of Juggling and 
comedy presented a burlesque on the 
Russian ballet (New Acts). They 
closed the show and were even con- 
tenders for the applause hit of the 
evening. Fred. 




UNION SQUARK. 

When it comes to popularity, the 
Union Square seems to have no trouble 
in holding a place in the front ranks 
of New York's many "pop" houses. 

For several months Dr. Aaron Burr 
has been lecturing on " Old Japan, 
changing his line of talk twice a week. 
His pictures of the Japanese "brown- 
ies" are clear, finely colored and fresh 
from the stereoptlcon workshop. The 
doctor's talk the first half of this week 
on the silk culture of Japan. 

The vaudeville bill the first half 
gave fair satisfaction, novelty being 
offered by Aletheia and Aleko, mind 
readers (New Acts). The big act was 
furnished by the Reckless Reclaws, 
(New Acts). Other turns were pre- 
sented by Farley and Prescott (New 
Arts), and the "A-Ba-Be's Post Card 
Album," well liked. Mark. 



THE BRONX. 

(Estimated Cost of Show, $3,550.) 

An evenly balanced show, although 
a little long, was the verdict at the 
Bronx, Monday night, the show run- 
ning until after 11.30. Four acts on 
the bill went over the twenty-five 
ute mark, but still it was an enjoyable 
entertainment. 

The first half was well started by 
Lawson and Namon in their combi- 
nation comedy cycling and ball punch- 
ing turn, followed by Fiddler and Shel- 
ton in songs and chatter. This col- 
ored team has several new numbers 
of the popular variety. "Dreaming," 
was particularly well worked up. The 
house was comfortably seated after 
the first half of their act and their 
efforts were well received. 

In third position were those heavy- 
weight aspirants, Catharine Hayes and 
Sabel Johnson, who seem to glory in 
the amount of avoirdupois that they 
carry. Their "Dream of Baby Pays" 
was a laughing hit from start to fin- 
ish. They were followed by Haw- 
thorne and Burt (New Acts). 

Closing the first part was "The Gov- 
ernor's Son" (New Acts), which was 
the vaudeville vehicle at one time of 
the Four Cohans. 

Edwards, Van and Tierney made 
their first appearance at the Bronx 
house. They shared the honors of 
the headline hit even though they were 
on opening the second half, a position 
which at the best is a bad one. 

Another act that made its first ap- 
pearance over the Harlem River side 
was Karno's "Wow-Wows" replete 
with laughter provoking situations. 
Charles Chaplin, the star of the ag- 
gregation, received a wave of applause 
almost continually after he got started. 
Belle Baker (New Acts) "was down 
next to the closing position. * The 
Pandurs, Bobby and his brother, clos- 
ed the show. Even at this late hour 
they managed to keep the audience 
well settled, and that is performing 
quite a feat in the section of the town 
where the streets are usually deserted 
at that time. Fred. 



LINCOLN SQUARE. 

Some class to the bill at the Lincoln 
Square the first half of the week. The 
show was one of the most enjoyable 
there in weeks. The regulars got 
more than their money's worth. 

The Robinson Trio, colored, started 
with singing and dancing, the change 
to the Jungle costume by the comedian 
causing laughter. 

Young Brothers and Veronica, with 
their neat dancing turn, show im- 
provement. Any kind of an eccentric 
costume would help the boys' "loose 
dance" routine. The trio made a 
pleasing impression. Guy Bartlett and 
Co. with song patter, comedy and 
"walking giant," chalked up a hit. 
Bartlett's parodies rung up several 
encores. The act is presented in black- 
face. 

Blake's Circus topped off nlcHy. It 
remained for "Maud," the trick mule, 
to keep the house in an uproar. The 
mule came within an ace of Koini; into 
the orchestra pit several times and 
had the musicians on th< Jump. The 
illustrated st>n^ ?"<.l picfur s were also 
enjoyed. The r«nir Musical Misses 
and Zanora and Libbey (New Acts). 

Mark. 



20 



VARIETY 



QUEEN OF BOHEMIA. 

What liveliness there is Id "The 
Queen of Bohemia" arrives during the 
last half hour of the performance. It 
isn't every audience which would wait 
that long. Some might not even lin- 
ger through the first act of the two- 
section play written around the title. 

When bed time approaches, things 
pick up. Charles A. Mason starts 
the more rapid pace with a "Sanger- 
bund" number, adding to it for en- 
cores "Nobody" and "Kelly," in Ger- 
man. The Columbia Tuesday even- 
ing must have held many Germans. 
They laughed at and applauded this 
loudly. Earlier in the evening they 
had also laughed right out when one 
of the comedians said the busiest man 
in the world was a one-arm paper 
hanger with the hives. So you couldn't 
really tell whether the laugherltes had 
ever attended a variety show before. 

Even though Wilbur Crane r did drag 
in a couple of recitations by the heels, 
following a "Moonlight" song, for 
which no legitimate reason was offer- 
ed, the finish of the second act came 
up strongly. Geo. F. Hayes as a 
"rube" constable provoked much mer- 
riment. He had the best and about 
the only bright line of all the mass of 
dialog; also a song called "So Was 
Mine" with spicy lyrics, and played 
his character to secure the most from 
it, not previously having been import- 
ant, nor in the farmer role. 

Near the finale Jean Salisbury lead 
a bathing number, "I WiBh I Could 
Swim," dressed in a pretty knee length 
bathing suit. When a curtain was 
parted, a "surf scene" was disclosed, 
the girls popping their heads through 
an ordinary white sheet, moving it 
for the waves while the picture ma- 
chine supplied the rest of the effect 
which Frank D. Thomas patented. Had 
not a botch occurred first in lower- 
ing th«) sheet, this number would 
have been quite the most effective of 
any. It didn't have to be very good 
to carry off the palm, for there are 
not any really well staged numbers in 
the show, nor did any earn an honest 
encore, though encores were easily 
taken. 

The present is the first season for 
Miss Salisbury in burlesque. She is 
the principal woman, wearing about 
four expensive gowns. Each time 
there was a picture hat which matched 
the costume. With a soprano voice of 
ordinary quality, perhaps injured 
Tuesday evening by a reported cold, 
Miss Salisbury goes down in burlesque 
history as a good looker and dresser. 

The first act knocks the action helter 
skelter. No one knows whether the 
intention of the author (if there were 
one or more) was to make a burlesque 
production, drama or to follow the 
Geo. Cohan scheme of a comedy 
drama. Whatever the author at- 
tempted, it is a failure. For the first 
seventy-five minutes, the show drags 
horribly, so much so that only the 
superb (for burlesque) setting and 
prettily costumed chorus women saved 
the day. Without the "production" 
end of the performance "The Queen 
of Bohemia" would have to be entirely 
revised. In that case the revision 
would extend to the principals. 

Eighteen chorus women are in the 
ranks. Of these a pretense of eight 
or ten for the "pony" division is made. 



It is merely a pretense. There are 
not over three "ponies" in the com- 
pany. 

Sally Brown is listed as a principal, % 
with nothing to do. She had a song 
programed toward the ending of the 
show, but did not sing it. Sally is a 
lively little girl, dresses in pink, and 
might be given a chance, for when- 
ever she was in evidence, Miss Brown 
displayed a latent desire to dance. If 
anyone else in the troupe can dance, 
they did not come forward. 

Perhaps that is why the numbers 
lack action. Something is the rea- 
son. Either the girls can not dance, 
or have not been taught what to do. 
In the one number of the perform- 
ance which should have been a great 
big hit, "Songs of Other Days" (idea 
taken from "The Summer Widowers") 
with "watermelon girls" to back up 
"Eosie Posey" and others, the num- 
ber flopped. It was the hit of the 
Broadway theatre production the past 
summer. 

On the program Jack Mason is given 
the credit for staging the songs. His 
record with "Girlies" and his own 
show ("Rentz-Santley") is belied by 
the work performed in this piece. 
Perhaps Mr. Mason had not the ma- 
terial to bring out. That 4s a most 
likely, cause. Some of the choristers 
are heavily laden in avoirdupois in 
the nether limbs. 

Another part of the first act which 
received little was a specialty by "The 
Echo Four" in a "rathskeller" num- 
ber. The young men wear college 
caps, each having a brown shaded sack 
suit on, and all wearing the same 
style of tie. The dressing was mon- 
otonous, and the singing little better. 
A couple of the boys essayed a two- 
act in dancing, and fared no better. 
They pulled_ an encore out at the 
finish. 

Of the character playing Mr. Mason 
passed fairly well as a "Dutchman" 
deriving quite some amusement from 
his vast beer drinking episode at the 
opening of the second act while de- 
livering an election speech, a la Frank 
Finney. Jack McCabe is the Irish- 
man, who was a poor second to Ma- 
son. Crane Wilbur posed as a "dope 
fiend," leaving the impression that at 
straight acting in a legitimate way 
Mr. Wilbur might become well known. 
His conception of a "dope fiend" will 
never attract comment. The program 
also says that he wrote the book and 
lyrics of the piece. If he did not, 
Mr. Wilbur for his own sake should 
have his name removed from the 
"book" end. That contains some of 
the oldest talk, "gags" and puns in 
the show business. They are what 
made the first act so tiresome, with 
all talk and no action. "Imaginary" 
things formed the most of Wilbur's 
own "business." 

Roscoe Fox sang a couple of songs, 
playing the light juvenile without hav- 
ing had especial attention given to the 
role. Frank Corbett also had a se- 
lection at the opening, which he han- 
dled well as he did the encore, but 
that does not excuse the condition of 
his shoes or the trousers, worn by him 
as a waiter. Also did all or nearly 
all the men wear their hats while 
speaking to the women in the cufe 
scene. 

AllH 'ueraoM. ivdpniJd jaqjo eq; jq 



THE ROIiUCKERS. 

"The Rollickers" it the show Jack 
Johnson has been with most of the 
present season as strengthened After 
watching what the troupe is handing 
out, one wonders not that Johnson 
was carried. 

The Monday night audience at the 
Casino, Brooklyn, must be the jury 
for the week, for Tuesday evening 
there weren't enough people on the 
ground floor to make two baseball 
teams. During the entire perform- 
ance, aside from a couple of good 
moments in the olio, there is nothing 
that affords even ordinary entertain- 
ment. 

The pieces are two of the old school 
without a funny situation, a laughable 
bit of business or a good number. 

The fault does not lie with the prin- 
cipals, for there are enough carried 
with the show to give a good enter- 
tainment, although a lively soubret 
would be needed if a proper vehicle 
were supplied. 

The opening piece is In a tank sta- 
tion where a one night opera troupe is 
to play. The set, exterior, shows 
something supposed to be the Opry 
house on one side. Otherwise it is a 
wood set and not an over elaborate 
one either. 

The burlesque is laid in an interior, 
a four-wall affair. The whole outfit 
including the wardrobe of the chorus 
girls wouldn't make a good sized load 
for an ordinary express wagon. ihe 
costumes of the chorus girls must be 
the left overs from eight or ten bur- 
lesque troupes that the management 
has had laying about for some years 
back. 

Of the fifteen girls, two wore silk 
stockings. These might better have 
been cotton for they only accentuated 
the cottonness of the others. During 
the seven or eight numbers only one 
out of the crowd placed any life in 
her work. The staging has been duiy 
overlooked. One step is all the girls 
attempted and they fell down on that. 
The girls may be excused a little, for 
there is no Incentive for them to work. 
They must know how they look in the 
costumes and are probably anxious to 
have them off. In a cowboy number 
the girls wear the regulation short 
brown skirts and blue waists with 
which pink shoes and stockings are 
supplied. It's awful. 

"Italian Love," "Under the Yum 
Yum Tree," and "I'm Going Home" 

Ross came to notice the more through 
two numbers at the opening. Miss 
Ross sang them in a deep contralto, 
which she seemed to force until the 
enunciation was smothered. 

Paul Rubens (from Troy, N. Y.) 
composed the music. There are plenty 
of songs but not one that lingers. The 
show has not a catchy melody, ex- 
cepting an interpolation, "That Beau- 
tiful Rag." 

A few more musical interpolations, 
rearranged staging for the surround- 
ing of them, and more real "ponies" 
who can dance instead of "show girls" 
who can't, and Max Splegl will have a 
better show. Mr. Splegl seems to 
have bent all his energies upon the 
"production." If he had given an equal 
quantity of time to the remainder, the 
performance would have been more 
evenly balanced. Sime. 



each received encores as did one song 
sung by the soubret. 

Jessie Bell is In the show with a 
good soprano voice equal to any heard 
in burlesque. She is Just walking 
through a part without a number to 
lead. Miss Bell on her voice alone 
could send a good song over and the 
management wouldn't have to buy any 
new costumes either. Cole and War- 
ner also displayed good singing voices 
not used after the opening of the first 
part. A dancer is needed with the 
troupe. There is no dancing, not 
even any from the chorus. 

Clem Bevins is the star of the pro- 
duction, Alice Maude Poole getting 
the same size type on the program. 
Bevins Is the only comedian. In the 
first part he plays entirely alone. Al- 
though a good "rube," playing the 
character through both pieces (and 
also in a sketch in the olio) there is 
too much of him. In the pieces 
Bevins plays a young farmer, and In 
the olio a "rube" constable. As the 
constable he is much the better. Be- 
vins is a good comedian but like many 
other burlesque stars not strong 
enough to carry an entire show. 

Miss Poole is a sort of a prima 
donna, wearing tights through both 
pieces. She looks bully in tightlets, 
but should not wear them all the time. 
In the burlesque she plays a woman 
looking for a husband, wearing tights 
while on the quest. It isn't even 
travesty. A nice personality and an 
easy stage presence with a voice that 
answers the purpose makes Alice 
Maude well liked. She should be 
careful of her makeup and also of her 
voice. 

Jas. E. Nichols is the manager of 
the troupe in the first part gett'-ig 
nothing out of the character. In the 
burlesque he also has a character role 
that brings nothing. Nichols is at his 
best in Bevins' sketch, where he plays 
a "straight" and does it nicely. 

Chas. Cole and Harry Warner work 
in black face in the opener and should 
be allowed more to do. They show 
possibilities. In the afterpiece Cole 
plays with Bevins, as a "Dutchman" 
doing very nicely with the scant ma- 
terial at hand. Warner plays a po- 
liceman with no opportunities. In 
the olio the pair offer a "Dutch" song 
and parody specialty that is not good. 
The talk is pointless and the parodies 
old. One is Nat Wills'. 

Leo Nadel is general handy man. 
He manages to squeeze to the front 
leading a couple of numbers which his 
good singing voice carries over. Nadel 
has appearance and should make a 
good "straight." Bevins needs one to 
work with in the pieces. 

Miss Belle also suffers through lack 
of opportunity. Miss Bell looks well 
and. wears a couple of pretty gowns. 
In the olio with Nadel she does a very 
neat singing turn that won hearty ap- 
plause. Miss Bell scored solidly with 
a pretty solo. 

Daisy D'Cuesta is the soubret. Daisy 
leads three or four numbers without 
effect. She looks cute but doesn't 
land anywhere. The olio besides the 
acts mentioned held Will Rogers as 
an extra feature. 

"The Rollickers" needs much fixing. 
The company need not be changed but 
for an added soubret. Doth, 



VARIETY 



41 



CORRESPONDENCE 



IMttt t th gw iw vo ted, the f oflowif reportt are fo r the cvrcit week. 

CHICAGO 



WALTER ■• HILL 

(Wik) 



Gnst 



VAftlETY'S 
CHICAGO OFFICE i 

167 Daufaon St. 
'Phone 4401 Oatral. 



Advertisements and News Will Be Accepted at the Chicago Office, for the Current 
Issue of VARIETY, Until 10 o'clock Thursday Morning. 



MAJESTIC (Lyman B. Glover, mgr. ; agent, 
Orptaeum Circuit Rehearsal. Monday, 9).— 
The advancing season is marking the delivery 
of a series of real vaudeville bills to these 
audiences, the departure from fancy "fea- 
tures" (who don't "make good") hsving been 
most marked of late. This week's show might 
give the dissectionlsts grounds to pick out 
certain confllctione, but, regardless of the 
nature of the acts, the show worked out Ideal- 
ly Monday afternoon. The presence of three 
Russian dancers (Valinene, Lapokawa and 
Lydla Lapokawa) was timely, for this week 
Chicago Is having a Russian dancing contest 
of quite some proportions. Although the au- 
dience gave enthusiastic approval of the Froh- 
man- Dillingham Troupe, fair judgment re- 
called the beautiful act Mile. Blanca pre- 
Bnted on the same stage during the summer, 
le comparison gave the Russian danseuse 
nothing on points of poise, grace, ezpertness 
or appearance ; only the fan- fare of present 
conditions holds the act anywhere in class 
with Bianca. The hit of the bill easily fell 
to Mr. end Mrs. Jack McOreevy, who ap- 

Eared next to closing and cleaned up. 
irller there had been "rube stuff" in Creu- 
sy's and Dayne's sketch and in Lee Lloyd's 
turn (new acts). But that didn't bother the 
Mc's a little bit. It looks as though the Mel- 
ville and Higgins act will eventually be shot 
to pieces; witbln a twelvemonth Miss Melville 
has lost probably ten ounces, and Higgins 
seems fatter by a quarter of a pound. For 
Monday, afternoon, at least, their physical 
comedy perfections tipped the laughing scales 
Just light ; the audience lingered on every 
quip and laughed in billows and breakers. 
The quaint couple were one long, laughing 
hit. Provol had finished his specialty by 
2.15. His Imitations, projected under the dif- 
ficulties of smoking a cigar and stuffing a 
handkerchief into his mouth, were cleverly 
achieved. The Jenuets, acrobats, opened, pre- 
ceding Provol. Third on the bill, the Reed 
Bros., playing an early repeat, scored their 
customary hit with these audiences, display- 
ing clever comedy athletics to appreciation. 
Marie Fention made mighty good, despite her 
song selection. The girl has personality, 
that's sure. She goes in for good clothes, too, 
snd earned hearty approval with three songs 
so "popular" they were largely far from new. 
Charles B. Lawlor won his way personally, 
and his daughters, Mabel and Alice, scored a 
popular impression of their own. The act is 
nicely framed up, but In some of the songs 
not enough care Is taken of enunciation. 
Ernest Pantser and Co. closed the show. The 
set lost the early getaway crowd through a 
rather slow beginning, but proved a decidedly 
effective offering for those who remained. The 
midget's comedy reaped laughter. There 
were many showy and skillful feats of acro- 
batics snd balancing to build up the act. 

WALT. 

XMERICAN (William Morris, mgr. ; agent, 
direct).— This week's show at the American 
a marked Improvement over last week's. 
While not whst might be called a real Morris 
show. It Is well worth the admission. Of the 
four singles on the bill, three were handed 
surprises Monday night. Clssie Curlette Is 
paying her second visit to Chicago, and de- 
cided to try some new songs. Miss Curlette 
tried and failed. The return to Chicago will 

Erobably be represented by blsnk pages In 
er diary- Johnson Clark, a ventriloquist 
with an English accent snd a corking good 
line of talk, made his first bow to a Chicago 
crowd and took down second honors of the 
bill. Coming after the headline act, Clsrk 
had everything against him at first, but once 
started, the laughs were plenty. The big 
Morris production, "Dances Classlques Rus- 
ses," did not make much of an Impression 
until after the fourth number. Then the 
Baraban Troupe happened, and the house 
came to life. The finish by Oalemberti and 
Molasso was practically responsible for the 
applause received. Monroe and Clarke, two 
black-face comedians, were second on the bill. 
They were outclassed on the American bill. 
Wilfred Clarke and Co. presented "What 
Occurred on the Beach." The new sketch 
contains an abundance of good material and 
a plot somewhat different from the majority. 
It can be easily distinguished as Wilfred 
Clarke's work. Grace Melnken Is the only one 
remaining from the old cast. She seems to 
Improve with every performance. "What Oc- 
curred on the Beach" easily found favor. 
Oallando opened the show with clay modeling. 
Oallando will make a good opener on any bill. 
Rafayette's Dogs held down the closing posi- 
tion satisfactorily. Neil McKinley (New 
Acts). WYNN. 



TREVITT (S. W. Quinn, mgr.; agent, W. 
V. A.).— With the Chapman Alexander Evan- 
gelist meetings holding forth at "White City," 
only a few blocks distant, business is natur- 
ally at low tide at the Trevltt this week, 
where an exceptionally entertaining bill Is on 
the boards. Despite that only three of the 
fair sex adorn the program, there Is plenty 
variety In sight, and strange as It may seem, 
Henrietta Byron, who holds a conspicuous 
position in the second part, carried off the 
evening's honors with a singing specialty that 
will come pretty close to the best In vaude- 
ville. Her second song, in which she de- 



scribes a horse race, contains a great set of 
lyrics, and Is delivered just right. Miss By- 
ron, fitted in perfectly, and could hardly have 
found a better opportunity to display her 
ability. The Advance Musical Four play In- 
struments and sing, and they also made a 
clean-up. The past season has ushered a 
great many musical trios and quartets into 
vaudeville, but only a few of this class. These 
boys should find plenty work. Frevoli has a 
novelty in the shadowgraphing line. He works 
in front of the sheet, with big results from his 
finger work. Frevoli brings out expressions 
In his fingers which puts him in a class by 
himself. The Alvln Brothers opened Ithe 
show with a comedy ring act that easily 
passed muster, giving the performance a 
dandy start. Watson, Hutchlns and Edwards 
have a first-class comedy sketch. The come- 
dian has a "Dutch" character of his own that 
pleases as much, because it is different from 
the old-time language murderer. Mankin, the 
Frog Man, and Sam Hood both scored strong- 
ly, the latter with a routine both good and 
original. His parodies could be improved, 
however, and, if possible, he should pick a 
few with catch lines of the style used in his 
talk, which would double the value of his act. 
Howard's Ponies closed one of the best bills 
at the Trevltt in a long time. WYNN. 

STAR (T. J. Carmody, mgr. ; agent, W. V. 
A.). — It's a good many moons since West- 
slders hsve witnessed such a poor bill as the 
Star carries this week. The few loyal patrons 
who attended Tuesday's matinee might well 
call the show monotonous. Opening with the 
Belmonts, an exceptionally strong ring offer- 
ing, the show slowed up pitifully until the 
finish, when Ward and Curran injected what 
little comedy the program boasted of. And 
by the time this team appeared the small 
audience had lost Its taste for comedy and 
wanted the fresh air. A reel of pictures fol- 
lowed the opener, and was cut short to make 
way for James R. Waite and Co., who pre- 
sented an elghteen-minute sketch, reviewed 
last week. Coogan and Parks replaced Inman 
and Wakefield, who failed to appear, owing 
to illness. Had' the boys been given a better 
spot they might have accomplished better re- 
sults. At that they proved to be one of the 
few entertaining numbers, and left a good 
impression. Boutin and Tillson have a mus- 
ical novelty that belongs on a regular bill. 
Originality is always a valuable asset, and 
this team has plenty of it Malcolm, Boyd 
and Co. presented a sketch called "Privileged 
Characters." Turkey Boyd In black-face is the 
one bright character In the piece. While his 
work was excellent, he Is handicapped by the 
vehicle, unworthy of his efforts. Paul Florus 
scored safely with his xylophone, while Wsrd 
and Curran closed the show. WYNN. 

KEDZIE (William Malcolm, mgr. ; agent, 
W. V. M. A.).— The bill for the last half of 
last week was not quite up to the standard 
the Kedzie has been able to boast since its 
opening last season. Marsello and Wolfe 
opened with a bar offering, finishing with a 
burlesque wrestling bit, very similar to the 
one brought to Chicago last season by the 
Miller Bros. Marzello and Wolfe have a first- 
class act, and unless the finish is original 
with them they should chsnge It Oulse. a female 
impersonator, held down second position and 
scored a big hit. He makes a splendid ap- 

Eearance in skirts, and could he control his 
igh falsetto, at present too pronounced, he 
should jump to the front In large strides. 
Guise has what might be called a Tanguay 
repertoire. "Nothing Bothers Me" and "Per- 
sonality" sound like Tanguay songs, most of 
the lines remaining unchanged. Upon dis- 
closing his sex, Guise was repeatedly called 
out, proving half the audience were deceived. 
Jack Hawkins and Co. followed with a comedy 
sketch that has greatly improved since last 
reviewed. Real laughing material has re- 
placed the dead lines, snd the playlet kept the 
house in good humor from beginning to end. 
Joe Whitehead and Flo Grlerson were easily 
the legitimate hit of the bill. Whitehead had 
them going from the start with his original 
style, and kept them laughing throughout. 
Howard's Ponies closed the show. WYNN. 

SITTNER'S (Paul SIttner, mgr.; agent, S-C). 
—Remarkable business has marked Adelaide 
Kelm week thus for; capacity business reported 
Monday. On the first show Tuesday evening 
a heavy turn away at second performance and 
a nearly capacity attendance witnessed splendid 
entertainment. Sherman and DeForrest closed 
the show with riots of laughter; Toney and 
Norman preceded them with splendid comedy 
song and talk, finishing with the best legman ia 
dancing ever witnessed in these precincts; The 
Kelm sketch was a laughing hit Col. Ned 
Seymour mastered the clarionet; LeCall and 
Garrett opened; Stanley Sextet (new acts). 

WALT. 

CENTURY (L. A. Calvin, mgr. ; agent, Earl 
J. Cox).— For the latter half of last week 
Manager Calvin selected the best show in 
many moons, considering the bills of past 
weeks. Last Thursday evening proceedings 
started off at 7.45 with Claire Wolfre's bari- 
tone singing. Her opening song spoiled her 
start, and she was unsble to gather herself 
for the finish. Some lively song for a starter 



would help her considerably. Laredo and 
Blake did some wonderful work In the contor- 
tion line, and they were the early hit of the 
bill. James A. Dunn scored with songs snd 
imitations, although he was suffering from a 
bad cold. Beth Dunsmore put over some dif- 
ficult combinations with different instruments 
that won considerable applause. Josephine 
Gassman and her "picks" cleaned up the 
show. Miss Gassman had her audience fooled 
by her make-up, and her white skin netted her 
a big hand when she displayed It. She Is a 
dandy looker, and made herself right at home 
with the crowd. H. R. 



FOLLY (John Fennesey, mgr.) — Regardless 
of the excitement attendant upon the ball game 
Sunday afternoon the "Cozy Corner" Co. at- 
tracted a fine house for the matinee. Those 
who attended will not rate the show among 
the season's best, but by comparison with one 
or two which have thus far been seen It will 
not take rank as the poorest The principal 
shortcoming seems to be lack of material for 
the comedians to work with. "Room No. 6" Is 
the opener and "The Broken Brokers at At- 
lantic City" Is the title of the burlesque. Bil- 
ly Watson shares with Richy W. Craig, the 
authorship of the first half, while Craig alone 
has credit on the program for having written 
the closer. Neither man seems to have more 
than half tried ; surely each could do better if 
they had been so disposed. The ceaseless effort 
and energy which Craig, Billy Spencer and 
Dan Manning contribute takes the book far- 
ther along In entertainment value than it 
would seem to be worth. All three men are 
at It all the time, dodging In and out, bumping, 
jumping and fighting for laughs Incessantly. 
The effort Is more conspicuous In the first part 
than after piece, for the opener is longer 
drawn out. The production shows prudence and 
extreme carefulness In spending money, only 
one outfit for the chorus matching up to the 
standard earlier visitors to the Folly stage 
have established. The specific flash of color 
and beauty doesn't come until right at the 
close, when Olga Orloff and the cholrsters are 
seen In the wheels and treads of a march, 
handsomely costumed. The shifts of elothlng 
for the rest of the performance are not con- 
spicuously attractive, although there are a 
couple of changes which show color and some 
little attempt at class. Anna Yale, Miss Or- 
loff, Margaret Newell, Miss Sheridan and 
Belle Hunter are employed as principal women, 
Miss Yale and Miss Orloff going Into tights 
during the proceedings. Miss Hunter deserves 
credit for being the most enterprising woman 
in the outfit, considering the matter of ward- 
robe. She goes In for frequent and attractive 
changes, Miss Yale and Miss Orloff contenting 
themselves with showing only a couple of 
gowns, each calling, however, for particular 
mention. Miss Newell takes matters easy as 
the soubret, the work of the comedlsns In 
her numbers returning whst encores fell to 
her lot. Crsig snd Spencer carried their Dutch 
and Irish character through to the artistic 
point of excellence, they always working val- 
iantly for every point scored and earning 
every laugh through commendable methods. In 
staging the numbers Vic Hyde has developed 
no remarkable results, whether the fault be 
the girls or his own. The show Is conspicu- 
ously short In dsnclng, save for a few simple 
steps tbe chorus develops in one or two num- 
bers. The vocal department Is also weak, 
neither chorus nor women principals displaying 
any voice above the average. In the olio Mc- 
Rea and Levering offer a bicycle specialty, by 
far the best Individual feature of the show. 
The wheel work Is excellent and some of their 
comedy novelties are out of the ordinary. A 
flying machine encore for the comedian was 
especially applauded. Anna Yale and Olga 
Orloff, arrayed in stunning gowns, lead the 
specialty Inning with three songs, which 
score well, despite that each number has been 
frequently used for a good long time. Richy 
Craig gave his usual "Dutch" talk with 
gramaphone finish, winning laughs aplenty for 
some of his newer material. The comedy 
sketch presented by Jesse Mardo and Belle 
Hunter kicked up the comedy hit of the show 
the "impediment In Mardo's speech being a 
source of much merriment. While the per- 
formance entire gave satisfaction it cannot be 
recorded that In any particular It equalled the 
standard of excellence many of Its predecessors 
have shown at this house this season. 

WALT. 



STAR AND GARTER (Wm. Morris, mgr.).— 
Since "The Dainty Duchess" was seen and re- 
viewed at another house when the season was 
starting, some changes have been made by 
adding a little more life to the comedy In spots 
and also In people. May Walsh has been re- 
placed by Helen Walsh, a girl who In no 
manner equals her predecessor either in abil- 
ity, appearance or class. She Is particularly 
at a disadvantage in singing voice and stage 
presence. Sam Morris has workpd Into a bet- 
ter method of handling the comedy lead during 
the eight weeks which have alapsed since he 
was In town before, but J. Maurice Holden Is 
still short In humor or comedy conception in 
the female impersonation which carries him 
through first part and burlesque. The Watson 
Sisters are easily the class of the outfit, their 
dressing equalling the finest here this season, 
and surpassing In elegance and style a major- 
ity of the gowns which have been seen pre- 
viously. For the Star and Garter engagement 
the Fnrrcll-Taylor Trio have been especially 
engaged. They 'cleaned up" the show Sun- 
day night, scoring the biggest sort of a hit In 
their fast Inning of music and song with whirl- 
wind comedy to boost the laughs. WALT. 



Walter S nutterfleld, the "Man from Michi- 
gan," made his entry as a Chicago showman 
last Monday night with the opening of the 
Plaza. Of course, he Is not the whole thing 
at that, house, as there are enough others con- 
cerned In the project to cut the winnings or 
losses to about $7.30 per capita, whatever way 
the decision flops. But Rutterfleld has been 
and will be the active director, chosen as such 
by the spendthrifts around the "Eleventh 
Floor," who have clubbed In to bank-roll the 
new house. Thus It happened that when the 
beautifully engraved invitations for the open- 



ing performance were sent out there was a 
notation at the lower left-hand corner which 
carried a whole lot of mystery for some, but 
read perfectly clear to others. "R. S. V. P." 
said the Invitation. Its mesnlng to those un- 
familiar with the Butterfleldlan way of doing 
things was to this effect: "Write and tell us 
if we shall hold seats for you, snd how many." 
The few who were "In the know," however, 
interpreted the hyeroglyphlcs quite differently ; 
for had they not disdained the usual big Sun- 
day dinner, the usual breakfast of bacon and 
eggs, and complacently walked past the free- 
lunch spread at the Majestic bar all day Mon- 
day? E'en so, for they had been told to save 
their appetites for a "Dutch Lunch," which 
would be spread In the boiler room of the 
theatre after the show. And the boiler room 
Is an "added attraction" under the new man- 
agement; for when the house opened ss the 
Comedy the sbsence of any sort of a besting 
plsnt was one of the innovations which helped 
mske it a flivver. There was a fine gathering 
of appetites for the opening of the new Plasa. 
Pat Casey, always a light eater, had fasted 
until there were three vertical wrinkles in his 
canvas walscoat McNulty, who came along 
with Pat for a square meal away from Casey's 
"bread line," showed evidence of bodily shrink- 
age, and a certain 225-pound newspsper man 
was so run down he couldn't climb Into s 
street csr, snd was compelled to take the 
three-mile jaunt in a split-second taxi. "Tlnk" 
Humphries, Hsrry Robinson and other welter- 
weights from "The Eleventh" were sll lined 
up with sunken cheeks and gnawing appe- 
tites, and Just to make matters airtight, half 
the association stenographers occupied the two 
front rows, sitting out both shows in anticipa- 
tion of the grand rush for the holler room. 
When the picture reel was run over and ovsr 
sgain, suspicions began to stir the breasts 
of the hungry, snd when scouts were sent out 
to find "Author" Butterfleld. it was discov- 
ered that he had made good his getaway, tak- 
ing with him "Tlnk" Humphries, and leaving 
the expectant banqueters actually and abso- 
lutely fist. Inspection of the "holler room" 
disclosed the fsct that "a hot-air" system had 
to be employed In driving the chill from 
Northslders this winter, Just as it had been 
operated In the "Dutch Lunch" fiasco. As sn 
sctusl fact, the nearest anybody around tbe 
Plaza came to the "Dutch Lunch" thing was 
when Fred Hartmann sent out for a ham 
sandwich between shows, remarking, at the 
time, that he hadn't eaten a thing since he 
was told, some weeks ago, that be had been 
selected (owing to his ability to talk every 
language In vogue on North Avenue) as the 
one who should bring the house Into a money- 
making condition. 

O'Nell and O'Nell, and Irwin and Conley 
have dissolved partnerships. Blsnche O'Nell 
has Joined her husband, Townsend Irwin, the 
formation of this partnership being the rea- 
son for the double break. Emma O'Nell and 
Horace Conley will do single turns. 

New attractions this week within "The 
Loop" are: Chauncey Olcott, at McVlcker's. 
In "Barry of Bally more" ; Hilda Spong, at 
Chicago Opera House, la "The Penalty" : 
Henry B. Dixey, at the Cort, In "The Naked 
Truth"; Richard J. Jose, at tbe Globe, In 
"Silver Threads." 

Next Thursday the Chicago Opera Co. will 
Inaugurate Its sesson at the Auditorium. 

Bernhardt starts a two-weeks' engagement 
at the Studebaker, Monday, Elsie Janls con- 
cluding with "The Slim Princess,' a success- 
ful run, 29. 

You can't catch Fra Elbertus Hubbard with 
anything but "the naked truth." Last Sat- 
urday, when he entered for his "turn," he 
was asked to announce the result of the Cubs' 
only victory ; he got twisted, and said It was 
3 to 3. Stage Manager Abe Jacobs shouted the 
correction from the switchboard bridge, and 
tbe Fra said: "Well, 3 to 3 was the score 
when I came on." 



One of the local evening papers, which has 
been making a specialty of securing advertis- 
ing from the 10-20 vaudeville theatres here- 
abouts, turned up short of the *ads. for Jones, 
Lenlck ft Schaefer's houses, booked by Frank 
Q. Doyle, last Saturday. It Is understood that 
when J.. L. & S. played a headllner which 
had previously appeared at the local Morris 
house (and there have been several of the 
kind lately) they wanted to Insert in their 
advertising "Direct from the American Music 
Hall." The story goes that the Morris rep- 
resentatives here objected to It, and were 
potent enough to make the objection stick; 
and J., L. A S. would not advertise unless 
they could have It their own way, so long as 
they were paying for the space. 

Checkers Von Hampton has given vaudeville 
the slip to Join Ted Snyder's local league of 
song boosters. 



The Hamlin Avenue, a newly built 10-20. 
located on West Madison, half way between 
the Lyda and Kedzie, both booked by the 
Association, will be dedicated by a I'aul Oou- 
dron booked bill next Monday. Frank Howard 
will manage the house, the Honk In son Amuse- 
ment Co. being the promoters and builders 
About 1,000 capacity, two shows nightly. 



Fred Mace starts out as leader of the road 
company organized here to play "The Choco- 
late Soldier" Mace last week filed a hank 
ruptcy petition, netting liabilities at $_\WMi 
and assets nothing. 



Mae Taylor Iiuh started a round of the Hut 
terfleld houses in Michigan. 

Workmen laHt Saturday night f'^an altera- 
tions in the Majestl<- lobby which will entail 
an expenditure of $20,<H»0 before the work Is 
completed. Already a beautiful entrance, 
Charles E. Kohl vown that he will make It 
the most beautiful gateway to a vaudeville 
theatre In the world. 



odeerfto— isn f s MnJIy msnMo* YAM1MTY. 



VARIETY 






., 



N. 



B ■' 



IN 



IK 



IUIVI 



READ 
THIS: 



N. Y. M PRESS" (Oct. 18) French actor in American Music Hall wine instant approval. 
Edouard Jose was called six times before the curtain. The tribute was spontaneous 
and deserved; it is seldom the vaudeville stage is the scene of as fine character acting. 
The supporting company in the sketch are only the background for Jose's wonderful 
Acting. 

VARIETY (Oct 22) Jose is an actor of sterling quality and after once taking the stage his histrionic 
ability is such he holds the entire attention until concluding. 

"MORNING TELEGRAPH" (Oct. 18) Edouard Jose, the celebrated French Character Actor, made his 
vaudeville debut at the American Music Hall in a splendidly acted version of " The Strike." He acted 
the role exceptionally well and was given a number of curtain calls by an enthusiastic audience. 

N. Y. "AMERICAN" (Oct. 20) Jose is making his American debut, and his reception at each perfor- 
mance indicates that the patrons of the house like his offering. ~ 

"EVENING MAIL" (Oct 19) Edouard Jose, a talented French actor . . . intense dramatic force, holding 
the closest attention for nearly twenty minutes. 

NUMEROUS OTHER SPLENDID NOTICES 



Next Week (Oct. 31), Fulton Theatre, Brooklyn 



All communications care VARIETY, New York 



Dorothy Granville came to town last week 
In the matter of a song, "At a Musical Show," 
which Attrldge and Peters wrote and sold to 
her. Miss Granville has been out of the pro- 
fesslon since her marriage. It Is presumed 
the authors disposed of the number, under 
the Impression that she might not want to 
use It Thus It was that a singer Innocently 
enough put on the song In New York recently, 
Miss Granville's attention being attracted to 
the fact by VARIETY'S review. Granville 
and Rogers will separate In a few weeks. Miss 
Granville and her husband will do an act 

Jointly, opening on the United time In At- 
anta. Then she will want her song. 

The Bush Temple Is this week an arena 
of Association and opposition acts. The house 
has been booked right along by the W. V. M. 
A. Last week, Norman Frledenwald and Ed 
Blondell experimented as lmpressarlos with 
Adelaide Keim. They didn't break even, but 
are coming right back this week with "Paris 
by Night" as their gamble. Valentine and 
Dooley were contracted by the Association for 
this week, and are playing In a bill Including 
Cora Mlckle Hotter and Co., Senator Francis 
Murphy and Stone and Hayes, booked by 
Frledenwald. House Manager Walter Shaver 
Is playing the combination on percentage, and 
they got away to a fair start Monday night. 
The Dill "splits" (save the panto-dance) 
Thursday. 



Slttner's Theatre, on the third floor of a 
frame structure, has been Investigated by a 
special committee of Aldermen appointed at 
the request of Building Commissioner Camp- 
bell, Willi a view to satisfying the official 
that the house, although fully complying. Is 
safe. Sittner's Is not the only up-stalrs place 
In Chicago. There Is the La Salle, Schlnd- 
ler's, Whitney, Thalia, and Zlegfeld, which 
might as properly be Investigated. 



Torcat and Flor D'Allza have finished a 
round of the Hodklns houses, and opened last 
week at Terre Hautte, for the Association, 
booked in this vicinity for several months. 



Lincoln Park's zoo has an addition In the 
shape of a pair of mandrills, donated by Gal- 
lettl, the monkey act man. They are said to 
be very rare specimens. 

This Is Russian dancing week hereabouts. 
The thing started at the Auditorium last Sat- 
urday and Sunday, when Pavlova and Mord- 
kln's troupe appeared to big crowds. The 
American and Majestic both have Russian 
dancing as headline features now. 

Emma Hill, formerly of Seymour and Hill, 
and Lyda Carlisle, are perfecting a comedy 
acrobatic act which they will Initiate here- 
abouts next week. 

Millie De Leon last week presented herself 
as a dancer and manager at the Humboldt, 
out Milwaukee Avenue way. Ruth Burkett, 



the Hoppers and Radcllff and Hall, booked by 
Ed Lang, were additional factors In an en- 
tertainment which did not prove profitable. 
The house Is located In the Italian district, 
where "The Girl In Blue" and her dancing 
evidently were not understood. 

Mrs. Fred. Walton, who lives here, received 
word last week that Robert Barton, a relative 
of hers, was drowned while bathing at Wil- 
mington. N. C. He was leading man with 
"Sins of the Father" Co. Hal Merrltt, Anna 
Blanche and Franklin Jones are other rela- 
tives of the dead man. 

The Rees Trio open on the Hodklns tour for 
fifteen weeks, next Monday. The Mere- 
dith Sisters, having finished the mid- West 
Orpheums, started from here last Tuesday to 
play the Pacific coast houses, opening, Mon- 
day, at Spokane. 

Frank O'Donnell came home from his sum- 
mer Job aa press agent for the Hagenbeck- 
Wallace Show, Saturday. He has been re- 
engaged in the same capacity. 

Lee Krause has booked the Rathskeller Trio 
for a tour of the Interstate time, opening, 
Jan. 1, at East St Louis. 



turn to the Julian again. After two weeks 
away from town she returns to headline the 
President's bill, Nov. 7. Both the Julian 
and President are booked by the local Morris 
office. 



Word comes from Oklahoma City that Mrs. 
Polly, of the Polly Trio, Is In St. Anthony's 
Hospital there, recovering from a surgical op- 
eration recently performed. 

It Is reported here that last year's New 
York Hippodrome show, when It takes the 
road, will be advertised by a car of billpost- 
ers. In charge of Al Clarkson, with W. C. 
Thompson, special press agent, accompanying 
the outfit. Both Clarkson and Thompson are 
graduates from Miller Bros. "101 Ranch" 
Show. 

Hampton and Bassett, who present "The 
Drummer and the Maid" In vaudeville, have 
settled down on the North Side to make Chi- 
cago their home. They will soon present the 
act locally. N 

Charles E. Hodklns has added the Grand 
Opera House. Central la, to the Lyric Circuit, 
which he Is booking from headquarters In the 
Chicago Opera House Building. 

Mabel McKlnley was the headliner at the 
Julian last week. In arranging her tour, an 
error was made In contracting for her to close 
at Manager Conderman's house, Sunday night, 
when she was also signed to open Sunday 
afternoon at the Empress, Cincinnati. Com- 
ing down toward the end of the week. Miss 
McKlnley tried to arrange with Conderman 
to let her off after Saturday night's show, 
but that he would not do. She went to the 
theatre before the Saturday matinee, and when 
told that she would be expected to fulfill all 
of her contract she drove away In her taxi, 
leaving her ^runk and salary, and did not re- 



Ethel Robinson has returned to her desk at 
the W. V. M. A., from a fortnight's vacation 
in the South, mostly spent In Dallas at the 
Texas State Fair, where she booked the at- 
tractions. 

Harry Burton, manager of the Association's 
branch office In Des Moines, came Into town, 
Tuesday, called here by the serious illness of 
his wife, who may be compelled to undergo 
an operation. 

Billy Inman, Frank Wakefield and Co. did 
not open at the Star in their new act, Mon- 
day. Because of the death of J. Sherrlff 
Mackay, it was necessary for Wakefield to 
continue with Clark's "Runaway Girls" until 
another man could be rehearsed, as it was 
the intention that Mackay should play Wake- 
field's role with the show. Wakefield Intended 
to close last week. 

The Lyric, Belleville, la., has been added 
to the Association houses. 



The Clark, 1.200 capacity, 10-20, will be 
opened at Clark and Wilton avenues, in oppo- 
sition to the Wilson, Nov. 3. It has been 
built and will be managed by Joe Grlnes, one 
of the chief stockholders In Forest Park. The 
Archer, at 35th and Archer streets, will be 
another 10-20, opening next week. 

ACADEMY (agent, W. V. M. A.).— Buckley. 
Burns and Fern ; Barr and Evans ; Darktown 
Trio ; Jeannette D'Arvllle ; Frank Dunn ; 
Derrick and Coy ; Weadick and La Duw ; and 
Grace Warrington Co. 

COLUMBIA (J. H. Kahn, mgr. ; agent, W. 
V. M. A.).— Larada and Blake; Griffith and 
Griffith; Tyler and St. Clair; Orrln, Nick 
and Lyda Russell ; Lewis Stone and Bandanna 
Four. 

ARCH (George L Brown, mgr. ; agent, W. 
V. M. A.). — Watson, Bandy and NeaT; Grace 
Faust ; Tossing Lavalles ; Virginia Lawrence 
and Co. ; Stone and Hayes ; Valentine Dooley 
and Co. ; and Fields and La Adella. 

TREV1TT (S. W. Qulnn, mgr. ; agent, W. 
V. M. A.).— Henrietta Byron; Frevoll ; Ad- 
vance Musical Four ; Alvln Bros. ; Mankln ; 
Watson, Hutchlns and Edwards ; Howard's 
Ponies and Sam Hodd. 

GRAND (George B. Le Vee, mgr. ; agent, 
W. V. M. A.).— Whitehead and Grlerson ; 
Americus Comiques ; Lord and Meek ; and 
Pirrl and Co. 

CIRCLE (Balabon Bros., mgrs. ; agent, W. 
V. M. A.).— Hufford and Chain; Leo Beers; 
Mr. and Mrs. Perkins Fisher; and Paul 
Klelst and Co. 

APOLLO (Robert Levy, mgr. ; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle). — Person! and Holiday, Gladys Ar- 



nold and Co., Geo. Taclus, Great Delsaros, Per- 
rln and Browns Colored Comedy Co. 

CRYSTAL (Frank Schaefer. mgr., agent, 
Frank Q. Doyle).— "The Operator/' Carolina 
Comedy Four, HUlman and Roberts, Musical 
A 1 wards. La Boheme Quartette. 

WILSON AVE. (Jones. Llnlck A Schaefer, 
mgrs. ; agent, F. Q. Doyle).— Fields and Lewis, 
Nichols and Croix, Arthur Hahn, Lorettas Art 
Models, Oehlman Trio. 

LYCEUM (Fred. Llnlck, mgr. ; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle).— Clifton Allen and Co., Velds Trio, 
La Vere and Palmer, The Barrlngtons. 

PEKIN (Robert Motts, mgr. ; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle).— Bunth and Rudd, Consul, Smith 
Bros, Morris Jones, Corker ft Smith. 

GARFIELD (Robert Wassman, mgr. ; agent, 
Frank Q. Doyle).— Grace Huntington and Co., 
H. V. Fitzgerald, Palmer and Leever, Rose 
Johnson. 

VIRGINIA (J. V. Rltchey, mgr. ; agent. F. Q 
Doyle).— Denton and LeBoeuf, Arthur Trout, 
Wills and Barron, Geo. Daum. 

WILLARD (Jones Llnlck ft Schaefer, mgrs. ; 
agent. Frank Q. Doyle).— Rice and Cohn. 
Phasma, Shadrick and Talbot t, Abble Mitchell, 
Terry and Bentley. 

PREMIER (Chas. Schaefer, mgr. ; agent F. 
Q. Doyle).— Cills and Caldwell, Ray Samuels, 
Ottowa and Green, Clyde Elliott, Gagnler, Ma 
ble Herbert. 

BIJOU DREAM (Slgmund Faller, mgr. ; 
agent, Frank Q. Doyle).— Carlton and Rega- 
mey, Nell Brodie. Tobln and Murray, Mexican 
Trio, Brixton and Brixton, Lula Blalsdell. 

GEM (Chas. Schaefer, mgr. ; agent, Frank 
Q. Doyle). — Bennett and Rose, Ravlo Troy, 
Charles and Grace Von Smith, Morton and 
Kahn, Marjorle White, Moore and Mack. 

FOREST PARK (C. E. Barnard, mgr. ; 
agent, Frank Q. Doyle).— Dick Richards and 
Co., Frank Walsh, La Vlgne and Jaffey, Lot- 
tie O'Malley. 

ESSEX (BUhars ft Lewis, mgrs.; agent, F. 
Q. Doyle).— McCormlck and Wallace, Great 
Albertla, Barrlngton and Barrlngton. 

JULIAN (J. A. Condermann, mgr. ; agent, 
William Morris).— Lamb's Manikens, Will 
Hart, Allie Leslie Hansan, Lillian Mortimer 
and Co.. Onetta. 

LINDEN (Chas. Hatch, mgr. ; agent, Will- 
iam Morris).— 1 Dolores, Morris and Kramer, 
Blondell and Carr, Bobby Gaylor, Tasma 
Troupe, Dills and Templeton, Bessie Leonard. 
Lynn and Bonnie Haszard, Bobby Gaylor, 
Velde Trio. 

PRESIDENT (I. A. Levlnson, mgr.; agent. 
William Morris).— Dllla and Templeton, Kra- 
mer and Wllliard. Vlollnsky, Bessie Leonard, 
Byron and Langdon, Morris and Kramer, 
Blondell and Carr, Oenevlve Victoria, Byron 
and Langdon. 

FRANKLIN (Earl J. Cox, agent).— Dacey 
and Chase, Blake and Gray, Clayton, Jenkins 
and Jasper, Sherwood and Denson, La Sal to 
Duo, Tom Linton's "Quiet Day at Home." 

THIRTY-FIRST (Ed. R. Lang, agent).— The 
"Balloon Girl," Richard Burton, Sweeney and 



When answering advertisement* kindly mention VARIETY. 



» *\ 



VARIETY 



*3 



BEST PLACES TO STOP AT 



Acknowledged as the 
best place to stop at 
In New York City. 

In the heart of the 
Theotrlcal and Shop- 
ping District. 



66 



THE ST. HILDA 



99 



163 West 34th Street "SSM&fiSSrti 



The Refined Home for 
Professionals. 

Handsomely Furnish- 
ed Rooms. 

Private bath and every 
convenience. 



PAULINE COOKE and JENIE JACOBS, Proprietors 



Rooney, Terry and Schultz, Four Londons, 
Four Dancing Dells, Tyler and St. Clair, Ne- 
son and Mlllege. 



SAN FRANCISCO 

By LESTER FOUNTAIN. 

VARIETY'S Office, 

006 Market Street 
(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr. ; agent, 
direct).— Good program at. the Orpheum this 
week. The bill starts a trifle slowly but picks 
speed as It travels and finishes strong. The 
Flying Martins opened the program, scoring 
as strongly as the position would allow. Qulnn 
and Mitchell, holdover, did fairly. John P. 
Wade A Co., stirred things up and scored 
handsomely. Wlllard Simms A Co., the 
laughing hit. LaTortaJada was well received 
and her dancing held the interest. Thurber 
and Madison started poorly but the finish In 
"one" placed them amongst the hits. Augusta 
Qlose, handicapped by a wait Just before her 
turn, pulled out nicely. Splssell Bros and Co. 
closed the show, giving the program a good 
laughing finish. 

NATIONAL (Zlck Abrams, mgr. ; agent, 
S-C). — The National offers a satisfying bill 
aiming more for quantity than quqallty how- 
ever. Lancaster, Hayward and Lancaster In 
a poor sketch made a very weak opener. 
Alex Brisson European contortionist fared 
very well. West and Van Fossen gave the 
bill its first real start. Bohemian Trio, local 
vocalists, went through nicely. Powers and 
Wilson found favor, receiving much applause 
at the finish. Action could be quickened to 
good effect. Nat Leffingwell and Co. a big 
laugh. Gallarlnl Trio, local Instrumentalists, 
carried oft firBt honors. Harry Van Fosen 
made a clean up. Rice and Prevost, corking 
closer 

WIGWAM (Sam. Harris, agent, S-C.) — 
Very good show. Trovatore Trio, ordinary. 
Roland, Carter and Co. and Will Lacy (New 
Acts). Hetty Urma, male Impersonator using 
as billing .matter "England's Pet Boy" the 
same line with "London" instead of "England" 
belonging to Claire Romaine, being another 
English impersonator, is dainty and winsome 
and easily won favor. Walter Law's sketch 
"At The Threshold" might have been thought 
too classy for the house but it went over big. 
Tom Olllen made a sure enough clean up. 
Hadyn, Borden and Hadyn caught applause 
all along and finished splendidly. 

CHUTES (Ed. Levey, mgr.; agent, Pan- 
tages). — Excellent bill. Walter Hale, good 
opening number. Abrams and Johns caught 
on although some material is old. Tom Kelly 
put over a big hit. Tom Fletcher Duo had 
a tough spot but beat It and scored a big 
success. Arizona Joe and Co., return engage- 
ment, were a riot, closing the show. 

AMERICAN (James Pilling, mgr. ; agent, 
S-C). — Leonard, Louie and Gillette were well 
rewarded for their athletic efforts. Gilmore 
Sisters did not connect. Musical Bentleys 
cleaned up the vaudeville portion. James 
Post and Co. completed a rather weak pro- 
gram. 

Active work has commenced for a stupendous 
benefit to be given here next month by San 
Francisco Lodge No. 21, T. M. A., in aid of 
the sick and charity fund. The arrangements 
are in charge of Ben Williams, chairman ; 
Ike Marks, Wm. Shoefleld, Ike Tucker, Max 
Fogel, Frank Ducklnk 



The Bevan Opera Co. closed at the Garrlck, 
22, after an engagement of seven weeks, dur- 
ing which it created a most popular impres- 
sion. The company was organized this past 
season from the Romany Opera Company, a 
vaudeville act, and first opened at Idora Park, 
Oakland. 



Advices from Salt Lake City state that Al- 
blni the Groat played an engagement of three 
nights at the Mission, while en route to Den- 
ver, to capacity houses, giving the entire show 
himself. 



Hot weather has struck Frisco. As a result, 
out-door amusements are doing a thriving 
business. 



W. P. Reese, the local S.-C. representative, 
has been confined to his home for the past two 
weeks with a serious attack of intermittent 
fever. He Is reported to be recovering slowly. 
General Manager Lincoln is in town and In 
charge of the office. 



The Doric Trio are back In town, after fin- 
ishing a tour of the Pantages Circuit. Ella 
Herbert Weston Is handling the act In this 
territory. 

Amusement Manager Garcia (of the Portola 
Cafe) and wife (La Estrelllta) returned last 
week from a trip to Mexico. Mr. Garcia an- 
nounces he made arrangements for securing 
several high-class features for the coming sea- 
son at the Portola Cafe, the first of which will 
be the Mexican Mlrnmba Players, to be fol- 
lowed by the Three Laras, Spanish dancers, 
opening Nov. 7. 

Virginia Harned Southern secured a divorce 
decree from E. H. Southern in Reno, Nev., 15. 




Hotel Plymouth 

EUROPEAN PLAN 

38th STREET, Bet7tl» ft 8tk Awt, NEW YORK CITY 



New Fireproof Building 

"NOTICE THE RATES" 



A Stone s T >row from Broadway 

A room by the day. with use of bath, $1.00 
and $1.25 single ; $1.50 and $1.75 double. 
A room by the day, with private bathroom attached, $1.50 single ; $2.00 
double. Rooms with use of bath, from $5.00 to $8.00 per week single, 
and from $6.00 to $8.50 double. Rooms with private bath attached from 
$8.50 to $10.00 per week single, and from $0.50 to $11.00 double. "NO 
HIGHER." 

Every room has hot and cold running water, electric light and long- 
distance telephone. Restaurant a la carte. Club breakfasts. 



Phone, 1520 Murray Hill 



T. SINNOTT, Mgr 



LEONARD HICKS 



A Real Proprietor of a 
Real Place to Live 



GEO. F. ROBERTS. Asst. Manager 

Cor. Madison anp Dearborn Streets* 

CHICAGO 



HOTEL GRANT 



FURNISHED 
FLATS 



The EDMOND'S 

The Only Flats Catering Exclusively to Performers 

754-756 8th Ave., between 46th and 47th Sta. 776, 778. 780 8th Ave., between 47th and 48th Sts. 

HEADQUARTERS. 776 8th Ave 
'Phone 556 and 554 Bryant, RATES— $10.00 UPWARD. 

ONE BLOCK TO TIMES SQUARE. NEW YORK CITY 

NOR MAN DIE HOTEL 



CIIICAfiO Most Popular THEATRICAL HOTEL down- 

*#n ■%#•*%«** tQwn 10 theatrea w ithin three blocks, 100 

handsomely furnished rooms, 80 private 
.,,,,..«. * bathe, single or en suite. Electric lighting. 
Special Weekly Rates to -phones. Brass Beds. Bell Boy and Ele- 
vator Service. Cafe In connection. 



$1.00 per. day and up. 



Professional People. 



CHICAGO 

202-204 Wabash Ave., 
Between Van Buren and 

Congress St. 
E. L. McHENRY, Mgr. 



Winchester Hotel 

"THE ACTOR'S HOME." 

8an Francisco, Cal. 

Ratee— 50c to $2 a day. $3-00 to $8 per week. 
600 Rooms. Centrally located, near theatrea. 
ROLKIN A SHARP. Propa. 

CHAS. BU8BT. Mgr. 

ZEISSE'S HOTEL 

Opposite the Walnut and Casino Theatres, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

Zlck Abrams Is out of the National, and says 
he is going to strike for his ranch near Slsson, 
Cal., and develop the ice industry. Zick has 
three lakes on his property wblch yield a big 
harvest of frozen water. 



STEVENS' CAFE 

One square from Dockstader's, where you 
can get 3 squares, and more too. 

8 E. Seventh St; 615 King St. 

WILMINGTON, DEL. 

Rooms as well. 



Madge Maltland, after a return engagement 
of several weeks at the Portola Cafe, plays a 
return engagement at the Chutes this week. 



The scramble among local agents for acts, 
which has been going on quietly for some time 
past, has developed into open competition. Not 
alone are agents grabbing every new face that 
appears, but managers themselves are keen to 
book anything looking good. The Wigwam 
is placing on an average of an act a week, In 
addition to the regular S.-C. bill ; the American 
two, and the Chutes on an average of two. 
With the placing of S.-C. attractions in the 
new Qrauman house, there will probably be 
independent bookings going Into the Nationals, 
as It will then have but third call on S.-C. 
acts. No statement has been given out by the 
Graumans as to the policy they will adopt 
with the National when the new house opens, 
but It is very probable that as many new fea- 
tures as possible, Independent bookings or 
otherwise, will be secured. Musical comedy 
afterpleceB may possibly be a feature. 

Mrs. Netta Bluhm, who was charged Jointly 
with Dr. Walter J. Hennessy with having 
thrown carbolic acid In the face of Laura Lylo 
Jones, a former actress, has b"en dismissed 
by Police Judge Shortall on motion of the 
district attorney. Mrs. Uluhm is expected to 
testify in the Superior Court 

The quick decision of the Chutes manage- 
ment in going back to the old scale of 10-20-30 
was opportune, attendance this week proving a 
record-breaker. 



The Victory, on Sutter Street, reopened sev- 
eral weeks ago, playing vaudeville and M. P., 
and Is doing quite well, working In conjunction 
with the Lyceum Theatre, on Kearney Street, 
charging five cents admission. 

A postal received by Sid Ooldtree, dated 
Guaymas, Mexico, from Clarence E. Ellis, re- 
ports good health. 

ArtiHts returning from Los Angles arc send- 
ing out an awful wall against the Southern 
managers, and warning fellow artists to stay 
away from the city. The reports coincide with 
an article in VARIETY pertaining to the 
action taken by Llert Levey In cutting off Los 
Angeles from his bookings. No protection Is 
given acts, and when accepting a date at a 
certain figure they are Invariably closed after 
the first performance, with the alternative of 
finishing the week at a cut. Acts accustomed 
to receiving $."►<( and $1K) can get no better than 
$.'{0 ond $«><). Many acts are reported to be in 
the Southern city working for salaries that 
Insure a bare living, with poor prospects of 
being able to leave town. 



I»U'-rl Wilkcrson, representing Bert Levey, 
leaves for Chicago to arrange for bringing acts 
out here. 



GRAND (Leahy & Alburn, mgrs. ; agent, 
Bert Levey).- 0"Dell and Whitney; Wllllsch ; 
Tom W.ttson ; Jones and Greene. 

PORTOLA THEATRE (Leahy & Alburn. 
mgrs.; agent, Bert Levey) —Martinez and Jef- 
ferson; Hull Foster; Earle's Singing Four; 
Mabelde and Elvira; Carbony and Williams; 
Bert Page. (One to fill.) 

MARKET STREET (Hallahan A Getz, mgrs. ; 
agent, Bert Levey).— Irene Zolar. Three to 



HAIGHT STREET (Hallahan A Getz, mgrs.; 
agent, Bert Levey).— Vivian and Alton; Jlm- 
mle Polk ; Lucille Marrow. 

BROADWAY (Hallahan A Getz, mgrs.; 
agent, Bert Levey)— O'Dell and Hart; Dolllver 
and Rogers ; Martlnetti Bros. 

PORTOLA CAFE (Amusement Director. 
Henry Garcia).— La Estrelllta ; Irma de Le 
Pomme ; Mllano Duo; Bob Albright; Marimba 
PI a vers 

COLUMBIA (Gottlob A Marx, mgrs. ; direc- 
tion, K. A E.).— "Three Twins." 

ALCAZAR (Belasco A Mayer, mgrs. Stock). 
"vja Wireless " 

SAVOY (F. W. Busey, mgr. ; direction, John 
Cort)— "The City." 

PRINCESS (Sam Loverlch, mgr.; direction, 
John Cort).— 'Our New Minister." 



BOSTON 

By J. Gooets. 

80 Summer St. 
KEITH'S (Harry E. Gustln, mgr. ; agent. 
U. B. O.).— In the bill for the current week. 
comedy predominates. "Photo Shop" head- 
lined, good ; Blxley and Fink, very good ; 
"What Happened In Room 44," unique sketch, 
comedy surprised ; Albert Hole, boy soprano, 
well liked ; Florence Fleming Noyes and Wal- 
ter Norrls Stiles (New Acta) ; Ruby Raymond 
and Co., clever dancing ; Three Hickey Bros., 
best acrobatic dancing act seen here In agea ; 
Charles and Rosie Coventry, excellent mus- 
ical act; La Gusta, wire walking (New Acta). 
Pictures. 

William P. Connery, Br., father of William 
Connery, of the Cohan A Harris forces, la the 
candidate for Mayor of Lynn, Mass. 






The Fadettes Orchestra, of Boston, with 
Caroline B. Nichols, opened at the Me- 
chanics' Exposition, 23, their first appearance 
In Boston for the season. 



The stage Is keeping the newspaper men 
busy. George Vaughn Brooks, a Boston news- 
paper man, has gone Into vaudeville in a 
skr h entitled "The Heart of the Law." He 
was recently with the Castle Square Stock. 

Theatrical Stage Employees' Union admit- 
ted six new members at the last meeting, 
which Is a most unusual happening. Inter- 
national President John J. Barry has Just 
returned from a tour about the country, and 
reported conditions very good. 



Warren Church is spending the greater 
part of his time on the road. He came back 
from Philadelphia on Monday, and left the 
same night for a trip through New York State 
and New England. 

OLD SOUTH (Frank E. Browne, mgr.; 
agent, C. B. O.).— Argyle Four; Wilfred Mar- 
lon ; Brooks Bros. ; Leonard A Fulton ; Sar- 
onsky ; Virginia King; Charles Stone; Jack 
Donelson ; pictures. N 

WASHINGTON (Frank E. Browne, mgr.; 
agent, C. B. O.).— Harry Ashton ; Mel East- 
man ; Zaro ; Eddie Paul ; Will Hebert ; Jean- 
ette Trio; Carr & Lauder; Elmer A DeWitt ; 
pictures. 

DREAM-REVERE (M. Aechtler. mgr.; 
agent, C. B. O.).— Leonard A Fulton; Brooks 
Bros. ; pictures. 

HUB (Joe Mack, mgr. ; agent, Fred Mardo). 
-The Aviator Girl ; Allen A Arnold ; Harry 
Thriller; Hanson & Drew; Reeds Bull Ter- 
riers ; pictures. 

SCENIC-EAST BOSTON (Oeo. Morrison. 
mgr.; agent, Fred Mardo).— La Foy A Toohey ; 
That Kid ; Lander A Knowles ; The McCar- 
vens; Howard A Llnder ; Charles Frank; pic- 
tures. 

GORDONS-CHELSEA (Gordon Bros., mgrs.; 
agent, Fred Mardo).— Harry Tlghe A Co.; Ben 
Pierce ; The Marvellous Mills ; The Taylor 
Twins ; pictures. 

SCENIC-CHELSEA (L. Grandburg mgr • 
agent, Fred Mardo).— Three Dancing Mitchells; 
Mildred Elsa ; Charles Ward; Moulin Rouge 
Orchestra ; Frunk Phlpps ; Cora Hall ; pic- 
tures. 

COM1QUB-LYNN (M. Mark, mgr.; agent. 
Fred Mardo). - Contlno & Lawrence; Carlton 
Sisters; Mme. Flower; Weston Bros; pictures. 

SALEM TIIEATRE-SALEM (Dave Landry 
mgr.; agent, Fred Mardo).— Three Royal' 
Troubadours ; Tay rfr Twins ; Edgar Berger ; 
Hurley Sisters; Captain Dohra ; Hallen & 
Arnold ; pictures. 

BROADWAY-SOMERVILLE (Milt Wood- 
bury, mgr.; agent, Jeff Davis).- Eddie Shaw ■ 
Julia Raymond Tracy ; pictures 

HOWARD ATHENEIM (Jay Hunt, mgr.; 
agent, Ed. Kelly). --"FollleH Of The Day " 
House Bill : Coates, Grundy & Co. ; Wesson, 
Walters & Wesson ; Haskell & Renault ; Emer- 
son & Adams; Plunkett & Hitter; Lnrkln A 
Daly; Estelle Hart; pictures. 

BOWSOIN SQUARE (Jay Hunt. mgr • 
agent, National).— All Pasha; Guy Lester : 
Barbara Goudlas & Co.; Iva hrmnette; Guv 
& Rex; Bolduc & Roy; H.nnett Bros'; nlc- 
tureB. 

GAIETY (George H;i t.li. ||<< r mitr ) — 

"Golden Crook." 

COLUMBIA (Harry Farrcn. m*r ) — "Th« 
Merry Whirl." 

CASINO (Chas Wallron, mgr. ; agent di- 
rect). "Glr! I'rom H.ippyland." 

CASTLE SQUARE (John Craig, mgr.; agent 
direct).— Sua k. ' 



When answering adverti$ement$ kindly mention VARIETY. 



M 



VARIETY 



Just Received from Europe - The Much Heralded Irish 8ong Sensation 

By the Writer of " I've Cot Ring* On My Fingers, Belle On My Toe*"- Mr. R. P. We*ton 

"I'm On Agen With Monaghan" 

Positively the Quickest, Catchiest, Foot-Stamping, Hand-Clapping Lilt that Ever Came Across 

BILIKVK tfg, * OYS AND / "°'*- "MOMACMAM" >• T M I IHgllBT 
Prof. Coploo and Orchootrotlono Now Rood,. SLIDK8 Supplied by L1VI CO. 

«6UiDIDA" MUSIC NEW YORK I CHICAGO 

OHArlltV PUBL ISHER Cor. BROADWAY and 30th 8TR1ET I CRAMP OPERA^OUSE^UKDINO 

BE CAREFUL MARY 



THE CHAS. K. HARRIS COURIER 

FRANKLYN WALLACE 

■akinf • MHititMl kit 
tbrMih the Still 

tiifliH 

"Don't Give Me Diamonds 
All I Want Is You" 



CHAS. K. HARRI8 



CetoaMa Theatre SsMst. Sew Vsrh 

MEYER COHEN, Manager 
iriss Mfi Issts IsMst. CHICAGO 



IMPERIAL-SOUTH BOSTON (M. Lydon, 
mgr.; agent, Jeff Davis).— Goldlng ; Favorita ; 
pictures. 

UNIQUE (H. Wa»hburn, mgr.; agent, Jeff 
Davis).— Elsa nalrd ; James Crawford; Dan 
Haley; Miles O'Connor; pictures. 

POTTER HALL (D. E. Jones, mgr.; agent, 
Jeff Davis).— Grace Whitney; John Phllbrlck; 
pictures. 

PALACE (I. M. Mosher, mgr. ; agent. Na- 
tional).- Kennedy ft Lee; Edgar Foreman; 
The Hermans ; Malsom ; Tom Ripley ; Ward 
ft McNally ; Evans ft Harrington ; John & 
Jessie Powers ; Ray White ; pictures. 

BEACON (Jacob Lourle, mgr. ; agent, Na- 
tional).— Daryl Taylor; Balfe O'Rellley ; Rus- 
sell ft O'Nell ; Rene Vedmar ; Clark ft Tem- 
ple ; Joe ft Edna Roberts ; Castellucl Trio ; 
Nat Wharton ; pictures. 

PASTIME (M. Murphy, mgr. ; agent, Na- 
tional).— Crowley & Crowley; Kitty Keatoune ; 
Harry Windsor ; Charles Kenney ; pictures. 

OLYMPIA-SOUTH BOSTON (Woodward, 
mgr.; agent, National).— Bertha Holland; Pres- 
cott ; pictures. 

CONGRESS HALL-SOUTH BOSTON (Chas 
Schlessinger, mgr. ; agent, National).— Nellie 
Parker ; pictures. 

SUPREME-JAMAICA PLAIN (J. Levy, 
mgr.; agent, National). — Bertha Holland; 
Presrott ; pictures. 

CHELSEA (Gordon Bros, mgrs. ; agent. Na- 
tional).— Bernard & Hill; Glen & Glen; 
Gideon's Dandy Dixie Co. ; pictures. 



PHILADELPHIA 

By George M. Young. 

KEITHS (H. T. Jordan, mgr.; agent, U. 
B O. ). — Manager Harry Jordan put over the 
big headllner this week when he arranged a 
'Baseball Night" for Monday and had the 
Athletics, winners of the world's champion- 
ship, Mayor Reyburn and several of ths city 
officials in the boxes. The Athletics arrived 
from Chicago at 5.10 and were welcomed by 
50.000 excited fans. They were dined by the 
club owners and then went to Keith's. It was 
very quick work and scored another big point 
to the credit to Mr. Jordan. The house was 
jamed, people sltitng on the steps of the aisles 
and the show, a snappy entertainment from 
start to finish, went through with a rush. The 
feature number was Rose Piton of the girl 
swimmer who did some diving and swimming 
In a tank. The girl swam across the Schuyl- 
kill River here on Sunday, securing good pub- 
licity out of It. The swimmer created some 
attention as a novelty act and won liberal 
reward for her water feats, but she will never 
rival Annette Kellermann as a vaudeville at- 
traction because her exhibition Is nothing more 
than one of a record-breaker and the stage 
hero thing goes only a short distance. The 
Jack WllBon Trio put over a big laughing hit. 
The bill was not very well constructed for 
Wilson's method of making comedy out of the 
acts preceding him, but wherever there was a 
chance, Wilson landed solidly. The "baseball 
stuff" was "soft" for him. He sang a doien 
parodies, each a roar. Ada Lane contributed 
some stunning gowns and Franklyn Battle 
scored with his big songs. A newcomer to win 
a place among the best seen In the single 
singer class was Ethel Green. Although un- 
known to vaudeville here Miss Green will not 
be forgotten very soon for she registered one 
of the hits of the bill. She Is dainty, has 
plenty of that majestic mannerism which does 
so much for a song, and knows just how to 
make each number reach over the footlights. 
Only a few single singers reach the topmost 
round of the vaudeville ladder, a hard one to 
climb, and Ethel Green reached It here. The 
Btage could not have been set to better ad- 
vantage for Jarrow, the sleight of hand 
worker. He won his audience over quickly 
with breezy talk and clever palming and then 
worked his famous "lemon" and coin-shifting 
tricks on the ball players. In the players' box 
was a young man looking for notoriety and he 
got It when Jarrow used him for the coin 
trick. When the shift was made the "butt- 
In" was so angry he threw the coin in Jar- 
row's face while the house gave him the 
laugh. The Vivians won a liberal share of the 
honors with sharp-shooting. Miss Vivian se- 
cured a large amount of favor for her long 
distance shooting and the revolver shots of 
both were warmly greeted as was the playing 
on the musical targets at the finish. A. 
Rayno's bulldogs filled In fifteen minutes of 
lively work, the tricks and the comedy by the 
dogs bringing plenty of laughs and applause. 



James and Sadie Leonard and Richard Ander- 
son held the house convulsed with their nicely 
handled travesty act Duff and Walsh did 
unusually well in an early spot with their 
clean cut dancing. These boys make one or 
the neatest looking dancing teams among a 
class of acta which are too numerous to win 
much on Individuality. Duff and Walsh have 
gotten away from the others In offering a 
varied style and their work was warmly ap- 
preciated. The Deonso Brothers and Friday 
showed some clever trick-Jumping on bottles 
with some trick and high kicking at the finish. 
It is a novel act and was well liked. Friday, 
working In blackface for comedy, was Injured 
near the close of Monday afternoon's show 
and was unable to work In the evening. Spe- 
cial for "Baseball Night" there were parodies 
and verses and "gags" pulled by everyone 
who could find a place to send one over. Man- 
ager Jordan stopped the vaudeville long 
enough to show pictures of all the players, 
owners and offclsls of the club. It was a big 
night at Keith's. 

WILLIAM PENN (Geo. Metsel. mgr. ; agent. 
Fitzgerald Agency).— The William Penn has 
made a profitable vaudeville field out of West 
Philadelphia. Tuesday night the big house 
held a large crowd for the first show and as a 
proof of the willingness of the patrons to 
pay for good entertainment, the highest nrtce 
seats filled first, the lower floor and boxes 
being capacity. The bill reached a good 
average. Maude Hall Macy and Co., drew 
down a big end of the honors with their capi- 
tal sketch "The Magpie and the Jay." This 
sketch has not been seen hereabouts since the 
K. ft B. "Advanced Vaudeville" regime, but 
it is good enough to play anywhere and for the 
best prices. The clever work of Miss Macy 
still stands out for principal mention. A 
rather pretentious act was that of May Vlra 
and her "Palace Girls." Considerable uttentlon 
has been paid to dressing the act to make It a 
very pretty number, but the musical portion Is 
weak. The principal has a voice of masculine 
range, but the songs she sings does not show 
it off to Its best advantage. The girls form a 
likable background and the producer showed 
ability as a picker of different styles, the 
girls ranging from a decided blonde with a 
broad smile to a brunet with a pretty voice of 
high range and Including one shapely miss 
with a voice almost as low as that of the 
principal. The best of the girls' offering was 
a quartet for boys and girls, nicely done. The 
music will hold this act back for it is not 
catchy enough for vaudeville. The Norrlsses 
gave the show a good start with their musi- 
cal act, the trap-drummer outfit worked at the 
finish putting the pair through in good shape. 
The comedy needs bolstering. Jack Atkins 
made himself well liked in a monolog which Is 
away from the usual run and well put over. 

The Terry Twins, working throughout in 
"one" won liberal favor with their talk and 
wound the act up in a riot of applause with 
burlesque boxing. The Twins have trimmed 
down the act to just where- It belongs since 



SI 



"TRY IT" 

Absolutely the best vaudeville song ever 
written. Professional copies and orchestration 
ready. 

HARRY KELLY MUSIC CO. 

15 West 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. 



CHARLEY TAYLOR'S 

New Act, A CREAT BIC HIT, 




Three more for sale, ready for rehearsal- 
Get them while they are Hot. 
Cheap for Cash. 

SAVOY THEATRE. TO-DAY, between 2 
and 3. Home address, 120 East 34th. Phone 
2718 Md. Sq. Charley Taylor writes Acts 
that Go. To Order. Original; like his Plays, 
all Story and Action. His fame Is interna- 
tional. Write him or see him. Now— to-day. 
It means SUCCESS. Send Stamp for Circular 
and Catalogue. 

CHAS. A. TAYLOR, Savoy Theatre, New 
York City. 



last seen and It makes a lively, laughing and 
valuable number. Blenham, Lane and Collins 
pleased with a minstrel first-part number 
which included the conventional "gags" and 
song numbers. The Cycling Demons put a 
strong finish to the show with whirlwind rid- 
ing act. The pictures pleased. 

VICTORIA (Jay Mastbaum, mgr. ; agent, H. 
Bart McHugh). — Show fell below the usual 
average without a really strong feature act 
to hold it up. Allen, Delmaln and Harrold 
won a liberal share of the honors with their 
sketch. Swisher and Evans did nicely with 
some talk and songs and a bit of lively step- 
ping. Totlto and Co., the latter a small woman 
who makes a feeble attempt at comedy for 
the opening and later strips to tights for some 
perch tricks, passed through with fair results. 
The man does well enough with balancing 
heavy objects. Sartella offered an ordinary 
routine of magic and some crayon sketching. 
George Offerman was in his second week and 
is still one of Market Street's choicest favorites 
in the vocal line. George brought back all 
his breezy style from the seaside and is doing 
well. Tom Kennedy plugged one song from 
the audience. The Marshalls put over a lively 
singing and talking act, well received, the 
man's double-voice singing landing sound 
laughs. Delmore and LeMond look like a new 
"sister team," the former being well re- 
membered from burlesque. The girls should 
frame up a fairly good turn, but have not the 
best arrangement yet. Miss LeMond could do 




When aneioervMf atfvertteen»an4*- kindly mention VARIETY. 



WRIBTY 



25 



CHARLES HORWITZ 

Author of the beat sketches playing the bast 
vaudeville time In America and Europe. Hia 
record proves It. Over 200 successes to his 
credit, Including those big hits for Mr. and 
Mrs. Mark Murphy, Oracle Bmmett and Co., 
Harry First and Co., Chadwlck Trio. 

Room 315. 1402 Broadway. New Tork City. 
Phone: 2549 Murray Hill. 

P. 8— Will coach and stage act If In New 
York. 



EVENING GOWNS STREET DRESSES 
SOUBRETTE DRESSES. FURS. 



330 So. State Street 



CHICAGO 



MENZKLI'g SCHOOL OF ARTISTIC 
BALLOT AND PANTOMIME 

22 East 16th St. New York 

Toe, Character, Grecian Pantomime Dances 
Invented. Originator of "Salome," "Spring 
Song," "Vampire," "Satanella," "Blue Da- 
nube," "Pere Oent Suite," "Valae Caprice." 

Chopin's Prelude, Hindu Dances, "Classic Da nee 
Russe" and Spectacular Ballets arranged. 
Chantecler Dance, and Novelty Vaudeville 

Acta produced. "Coppella," "Olsela." "Olo- 

conda" and Opera Ballets Directed. 

MANAGERS TAKE NOTE 

Mme. A. Dickey 

EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS IN COSTUMES. 

Coatumer for La Petite Adelaide, Daisy Har- 
court, Nellie Lynch, Ford Sisters and others 

Address GERARD HOTEL. 44th St., New York. 

nL^l-- 12 Paris Panela. 8 x 13 $2.00 

I H S ^ p * rl * P»nels. 8 x 12 7.00 

PEINBERG'S STUDIO. 228 Bowery. N. T. C. 

THEATRICAL COSTUMER 

GEO. LAUTERER 

104 Madison St. CHICAGO, ILL. 

Send for Variety catalogue. 

STARR & SACKS 

The Home of the Soubrette Gown 

311ghtly used evening, stage and street dresses 
always on hand. Also Gents' Wardrobe. 
Soubrette and evening gowns made to order. 

343 North Clark Street. CHICAGO. 

Artists, Give Us a Look 

ORANGE MFG. CO. 

106 West 39th Street. NEW YORK. 

THEATRICAL COSTUMERS. 
Furnishers to the leading Broadway houses. 
Soubrette, ankle dresses and evening dresses. 
Military uniforms. 

Army of the World, 
Representing ANY Navy of the World. 

Period. 
8end for Illustrated Catalogue 10, In original 
colors. 



IM 

COMEDY MAN 
TO DO BUMPS 

Acrobat Preferred 
Address Acrobat, care VARIETY, 
New York e 



VIOLINSKY 



I 



I 



I 
N 



THE| GENIUS ON THE 

VIOLIN 

A WIZARD AT THE 

PIANO 

ORIGINATOR OF PLAYING 

THE VIOLIN AND PIANO 

SIMULTANEOUSLY 

THIS WEEK (Oct. 24) 
PRESIDENT, CHICAGO 

VIOLINSKY 



I 

N 



K 



Real Hair, Crop Wig, black. $1. 00 

Clown 75 cents, Negro 26 cent* 

Dress Wig $1.60, Imp. Bald $1.60, 

Soubrette $1.60 and $2.00. 

Paper lfache Heads, Helmets, etc. 

KLIPPBRT, Mfr., 348 4th Are., N. T. 



WIG 




WEAR CELLER'8 8HOE8 and 
YOU WEAR A SMILE 

SHORT VAMP SHOES 



(EielMively far Wiwea.) Far State. Street ass 
fetWJM Wear, treat Variety. EicMtivt Mattel*. 

ANDREW GELLER 

CREATOR OF SHORT VAMP SHOES 

507 6th Ave, New York, Bet. 30th end 31 at Sta. 

Send for Illustrated Catalogue 
One Flight Up. Tel. 1569 Madison Sq. 




WIGS 



f»B THE WIGGERY 

5th Floor, 1 60 State Street 
CHICAGO 

Large Assortment All Kinds, on bend end made to order. Special fecllltlee for prompt 
deliyery. Bend for Vaudeville Catalog. Free for the asking. When In Chicago call. 
Right around the corner from Majeetlo Thsatre, N. W. corner State and Monroe Sta. 

MAHLER BROS. 

8IXTH AVE. and 31st St., New YORK 

Half Block from Mew Pens. Railroad Terminal 

PROFESSIONAL UNDERWEAR HOUSE of America 

« «.*.. .,.«*..* .t .11 «... 1 UNDERWEAR, TIGHTS. HOSIERT and MAKEUPS 

Originators and Improvers of Our Famous Short Vamp Shoes 
Discount to ProfcisioMls Allowed Seod for New Citilnoue. No. 5 

HICKS' THEATRICAL TRANSFER CO. 

GRANT HOTEL, N. W. Corner Madison and Dearborn Sta., CHICAGO. 

Phone, Randolph 3241. 

Trunks and Scenery 8torod One Week Free. Special Rate* to Performers. 

PHOTOGRAPH 
REPRODUCTIONS 



FHOltl YOUR OWN PHOTO. 
BEST AND CHEAPEST. 

SEXD FOB SAMPLES AND PRICES. 



C. F. G AIRING & CO., 



79 S. CLARK ST. 
CHICAGO 



WRITE FOR THE MOST COMPLETE 






EVER ISSUED 

80 PAGES JUST OUT 600 ILLUSTRATIONS 

Costumes, Soubrette Dresses, Tights, Wigs, Gold and Silver Trimmings, Make-up and Grease 
Paints, Spangles and Ornaments, Properties of all Kinds. 

FRITZ 8CHOULTZ A CO., 75-77 take ST., CHICAGO 



Established 25 years. 



Free if request is accompanied by this ad. 



\A/ A IM 




ICK 



Kindly Send Photos, if Possible 
Address Chts. Ahearn, Care of VARIETY, New York 



better without the piano. Caldwell and Pel- 
ton, a newly formed straight singing act, 
and Norman, a frog-man, who showed nothing 
new were the others. Pictures. 

PALACE (Jules E. Aronson, mgr. ; agent, 
H. Bart McHugh). — The Mlrimba Quartet 
pulled down a big hit here. The act Includes 
four men who get a lot of likable music, well 
selected out of the Instrument and they won 
several encores, unusual In the picture houses. 
Billy Reid met with fair success with a 
straight singing turn. Bernard and Harris, 
a neatly dressed pair went through nicely 
They work rather stiffly and will do better 
with their songs if they work more freely. The 
man was on the Job quick with a world's base- 
ball series parody, pulling it the first show 
Monday The Three De Homans offered a 
routine of familiar hand-to-hand tricks, nicely 
executed. They follow closely others in this 
line and should try to work out some new 
stuff. Seville and Pifo have a Juggling act, 
the man handling heavy objects of military 
type while his assistant stalls through some 
light comedy efforts. The assistant might work 
in correct clothes. The Straub Sisters offer 
songs and dances, one of the two doing some 
toe-dancing. The girls have the idea of an 
act which should bring them favor, but they 
start it too slowly and never reach a high 
point. The act is nicely dressed and won a 
fair amount of applause, Ktlsto and Cooper 
have a singing turn of the near-classy variety. 
Both have pleasing voices and sing well to- 
gether. Madge Hughes is a blonde girl with a 
breezy style of offering her songs, taking the 
audience for a target on one number. She 
got through with a fair amount of success 
The Aerial Wilsons put over a well liked 
number on the swinging ladder, the woman 
working nicely with the man in the familiar 
routine of balancing. Pictures. 



C. Snyder came to Philadelphia from Provi- 
dence this week In search of his two daughters 
who are doing a "sister act" In vaudeville un- 
der the name of the Stanley Sisters. The 
father of the girls brought news of the serious 
Illness of their mother, but a search of the 
various agenclea bare failed to locate them. 



Word was received by Manager John P. Eek- 
hardt of the Gayety this week that James 
"Sheriff" Mackey well known performer had 
died suddenly of pneumonia at Cincinnati. 
Mackey and his wife, Pearl Croix were with 
Clark's "Runaway Girls." They reside in this 

c,ty - ..A 

Joseph Dougherty, manager of the nijou iri 
this city, is celebrating the arrival of a daugh- 
ter in his family a few days ago. 



BIJOU (Joseph Dougherty, mgr. ; agent, U. 
B. O.).— "The Sexton's Dream"; Klein, Ott 
and Nicholson ; The Vedmars ; Marie Laurent ; 
Rogers and Dorman ; Anna Jordan and Co. 
Pictures. 

PARK (F. O. Nlxon-Nlrdllnger. mgr.; agent, 
Nixon-Nlrdllnger, Agency ).— Sanford and Dar- 
lington; Springer and Church; Sllker; Burgois 
and Clara ; Ethel Van Orden and Co. Pictures. 

PEOPLE'S (F. G. Nixon-Nlrdllnger, mgr.; 
agent, N'lxon-Nlrdlinger Agency).— Homan ft 
Helm ; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Mr-Cann and Co. ; 
Lole Bridge and Co.; Gaylor and Wlltse ; 
I3illy Evans. Pictures. 

STANDARD (F. O. Nixon-Nlrdllnger, mgr.; 
agent, Nixon-Nlrdllnger Agency) .— Beltra & 
fieltrah ; Nokomls ; Crazy Russell ; Variety 
Trio Pictures. 

FOREPACGHS (Miller & Kaufman, mgrs. ; 
agents. Taylor L Kaufman).— Malvern Troupe: 
Rlrh Trio ; The Bleknells ; Du Callon ; Edna 
Farlowe ; Knox and Alvln. Pictures. 

GIRARD (Kaufman & Miller, mgrs ; agents 
Taylor ft Kaufman).— Four Stagpoles ; Jones, 
Williams and Co. : Boyd Brothers ; Harry 
Jackson. Second-Fred and Bess Lucler ; Dun- 
lap and Linden ; Poloff Sisters. Pictures 

COLONIAL (F. Wolf. mgr. ; agents, Taylor 
fc Kaufman). —Sandy McGregor; Tom Hamlin 
and Rube Minstrels ; Gracey ; Powers Brothers ; 
Mexico. Pictures. 

EMPIRE (Stanford & Western, mgrs • 

age . nt . h V T . R . y,or * Kaufman).-Charteras Sisters 
and Holllday; Kiku and Toma ; Dunlap and 
Linden ; James H. Llchter. Second half—Boyd 
Brothers; Levlne and Levlne ; Harry Jackson. 
Pictures. 



I. MILLER. Manufacturer 




202 

W.233ST 

M.Y 



of Theatrical 
Boots & Shoes. 
OLOG, Ballet, 
and Acrobatic 
Shoos a spec- 
ialty. All work 
made at short 
notice. 



JAMES MADISON 

VAUDEVILLE AUTHOR 

Writes for Jos Welch, Violet Black, Jack 
Norworth. Billy B. Van, Al Leech. Barney 
Bernard and Lee Harrison, Fred, Duprea, Al 
Carleton, Nat Carr, Pat Rooney, Ed. Wynn, 
Brookes and Carlisle, etc. 

1493 Braaiwiy. New Tart PbtM 4701 Bryiai 

GET MADISON BUDGET No. 12. $1. 



7 



WINDECKER'S 

Best Juggling Clubs Mads 
Automatic Juqgllng Torches 



Papier Mache Work of All Klnda. 

Ventrlloqulal Figures, Spangles, Tights, 

Write Us. 
185 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO. ILL. 



IIM VIM FORGET 
WE SAY IT YET 



CROSS 

LETTER HEADS 

Contracts, Tickets. Envelopes, Free Sam plea. ate. 
STAGE MONEY, 15c. Book of Herald Cuts, 26c. 

PRINTING COMPANY PUIPlCfl 
327 DEAKROKN STREET ulHUHOU 



Have Your Card in 
VARIETY 

SHORT VAMP 8HOE8 

HOSIERY «nd SHOES lor Stage .nd Sm.1 Ww 

> la Slack BUCK MB MULCT SlIPPCDt.SI SO 
MTW M *U SMMS. J2.00 




Jae&. 



Shop 



Ttl . Mas t«. 7053 485 tilth Ave. (1st. Wk I Uta Its. 



Telephone j jjjj i Bryant 



finiETY 

TIMES SQUARE 
NEW TORK CITY 
Cable Address. "VARIETY. New Tork." 



ADVERTISING RATE CARD 



SPACE OR TIME RA1 

1 Una fO.M 

1 Inch 04 Agate lines) 1 time IM 

1 In. t months n« times). In advenes, tt.oo 
1 In. • (M times). . MM 

1 In. 1 year (II times). '• " 110.00 

1 Pace (471 Agate lines) IBM 

tt Pace M.M 

tt P*«a U.M 

front Pace (portraits of women only). lOO.OO 

sooo Unas 1 f .If 

1MM Lines [to be used within ens year] .IT 

Mooo Lines ) I .if 

PREFERRED POBITIONB 
1 In. across Pace til M 

ef ID* • eeeeeee»ee*eeeeeeee#»et*e» off .Off 

• ID* eeeeeeeeeeee a e eeeeeeeeeaee 40. 09 

1 Paca 1M.M 

IN ROUTS SHEET 

1 Line one time M.M 

tt Inch one month g.M 

1 I«oh '• " no*) 

ARTISTS' RATI CARD 

Under " Represent at Ire Artists" 

(For Artists Only) 

H Inch single column M.M monthly net 

1 Inch " " T.M " " 

tt Inch double •• l.M " " 

1 Inch " " u to " " 

I Inehes slncle UK) 

1 Inches double M.M 

H Inch across pec* II. M 

1 Inch across pace M.M 

I Inches serosa pec* M 00 

I Inches across page TIM 

LAROER SPACE PRO RATA 

Discount I months, cash In advance. 1% 
Discount 6 months, cash In adarnce, 10% 
Discount 11 months, cash In ad ranee, U% 
(Advsrtlsemeuta under "Representatlrs Art- 
ists" not accepted for !<•«» than one month.) 
No Preferred Positions Olven. 
CUTS 

Slnsle Column (1 Mm..) 111.00 

Double Column (1 time) „, M.M 



Advertisements forwarded by mall must be 
accompanied by remittance, made payable to 
Variety Publishing Co. 



When ontvtring odvertiiementi kindly mention VARIETY. 



26 



VARIITY 



MARGARET BENNETT, ****** * *°y applecate 



IN THE 8PARKLING COMEDY "CUPID 

NEXT WEEK (Oct. 3i.t), FIFTH AVENUE THEATR 



I 





LAMB'S 
AIMIKIN 



This week (Oct. 24) 
.Julian, Cblcago. 

OirtctiM HODMAN FRIOENWALB 
Chicago. 



J± fl Q Q q 




ktfrM 




"Different From All Othere." 

THE MANTELLS 

Sensational Gymnasts. 
Our Agent, H. Bart McHugh. 

KNOX and ALVIN 

A comedy offering In "one," entitled "Just 
for Jest," by Sam Ehrllch. 

ATLANTIC CITY 

By I. B. Pulaski. 

YOUNG'S PIER (W. E. Shackelford, mgr.; 
agent, Ben Harris through U. B. O.).— "The 
Courtiers," elaborate and finished; Kathryn 
Osterman (New Acts); Arthur Whltelaw, mon- 
olog, very well liked; Pauline Moran (New 
Acts); Stewart St Murray (New Acta); Clem- 
one St Dean, dances and songs, Tory clever; 
William Perry. "Frogman," wonder. 

STEEPLECHASE PIER (R. Morgan St W. 
H. Fennan, mgrs.).— M. P. 

MILLION DOLLAR PIER (J. L. Young St 
Kennedy Crossan, mgrs.).— M. P. 

CRITERION (John Child, mgr.).— M. P. 

William Collier opened at the Savoy on Mon- 
day In a new comedy, "I'll Be Hanged If I 
Do," written by himself and Edgar Selwyn. 
The show played three nights. Friday and 
Saturday at the same house the Shuberts will 
produce Lulu Olaser In "The Girl and the 
Kaiser." 



Winifred DeWltt, who manages Chase's, 
Washington, was here for the week end. 

The first half of the week at the Apollo 
Lauretta Taylor appeared In the clever farce, 
"The Girl In Waiting." The last half of the 
week Maurice Campbell presents Henrietta 
Crosman In "Anti-Matrimony." 




On Thursday of last week dainty Alice Lloyd 
celebrated her birthday. She was playing 
Keith's Phlla., but came over late on the in- 
vitation of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Shackelford, 
who gave a lobster supper In her honor. With 
her came clever Tom MacNaugbton (husband). 
Broiled lobsters were served In abundance, but 
in the centre of the table there was a very 
unusual dressing. This was a freahly broiled 
lobster of mamoth size. The big fellow was 
caught the day previous in the nets on Young's 
Pier and weighed nearly eleven pound*. It 
has been ten years since a lobster of such else 
has been caught. One claw measured eighteen 
Inches. 

The Hotel Hyglea, well known as a pro- 
fessional house, is to have an addition of 
twenty-two rooms, the latter to be finished In 
a month. This hotel is owned and conducted 
by Al. M. Hochstader, a former newspaper man 
and very popular among the profession. 

The Savoy will resume vaudeville booked in 
by Louis Wesley Monday next. "Theo," the 
"balloon girl," will top the bill there next 
week. 



"The Girl in Waiting" closes temporarily in 
Red Bank Saturday. The reason given is that 
several of the parts are to be rewritten. It is 
said that the show will reopen In about two 
weeks. 

ST. LOUIS 

By Frank E. Anfenger. 

PRINCESS (Dan 8. Flshell, mgr. ; agent, 
William Morris). — Pauline, tremendous suc- 
cess. Although popular he will have to draw 
big to meet Eltinge's receipts. W. B. Whittle, 
ventriloquist ; La Freya ; Cromwells ; Delauer 
Trio ; Maxlne and Bobby ; and Roy Harding, 
are the others. 

COLUMBIA (Frank Tate, mgr.; agent, Or- 
pheum Circuit).— Elbert Hubbard made his 
St. Louis debut In vaudeville In "Heart to 
Heart Talks." He Is surrounded by Sidney 
Baxter assisted by Beatrice Southwick; Cross 
and Josephine ; Delmore and Darrell ; Chas. 
McDonald and the Misses Crawford and Mon- 
trose ; Nellie Nichols ; Frederick Allen and 
Co. *Joe Jackson. 

STANDARD (Leo Relfhenbacb, mgr.) — 
"Big Review" with Sam Langford. 

OAYETY (Frank V. Haley, mgr.).— "Mid- 
night Maidens." 

COLONIAL (John R. Overton, mgr. ; agent, 
9-C ).— The Rathskeller Trio; Hasel Selkirk; 
Morrison and Panettl ; Schoewerk ; Irene Rus- 
sell ; Leslie and Bernard. 



The only one of four grand operas so far 
chosen for the coming Metropolitan Opera 
season is "Salome." 



Building Commissioner Smith has refused to 
grant a permit to stage the Hippodrome show 
from New York In the Coliseum but It is .be- 
lieved the committee of St. Loulsans will ap- 
peal to Mayor as was successfully done with 
the grand opera last winter and the permit will 
be granted over the head of Smith. 



A special dispatch to The Times from 
Little Rock Ark., says that a few minutes be- 
fore a matinee last week an Injunction was 
granted to the Capital Amusement Co. against 
Al. P. Wilson Musical company and the 
lessee of the Kempnor theatre forbidding the 
play at the Kempnor, as the Capital people 
claimed a contract. Wilson alleged the origi- 
nal contract wsb broken. 



An amended film censor bill has been Intro- 
duced In the Municipal Assembly. 



BALTIMORE 

By Larry. 

GAYETY (Wm. L. Ballauf, mgr.).— Charles 
Robinson and his "Crusoe Girls." 

MONUMENTAL (Monty Jacobs, mgr.).— 
Washington Society Girls. 

WILSON (M. L. Scharbley, mgr. ; agent, Joe 
Wood).— Cutting and Fennell, average; Tom 
Mack, good; Freeman and Flske, fair; Wil- 
liams and Hilda, clever; Four Jordans, usual. 

SAVOY (Sol Saphler, mgr.; agent. Wm. Mor- 
ris).— Genaro and Bailey, held up show; Adam- 
Inl and Taylor, went big; Honey Johnson, bit; 
Ross and Green, good; Polk and Polk, fair; 
Edward Todd, novel; Atchison and Mabelle, 
average; Jumping Jack Hawkins, clever; 
Savoyograph. LARRY. 

ALTOONA, PA. 

ORPHEUM (Wllmer St Vincent, mgrs.; U. B. 
O., agent; rehearsal Monday 10.30).— Lucy 
Tong. good; Al Leonbart, eccentric; Clinton 
and Nolan, big laugh; Ous Edwards, "Kountry 
Kids," hit of bill; McEldowney, 111. songs. 

O. L. WONDERS. 

ANN ARBOR, MICH. 

MAJESTIC (Arthur Lane, mgr.; agent, W. 
V. M. A.; rehearsal Monday 2).— Harry Bache- 
lor, fair; June James, pleased; Cook Sister*, 
well received: Cullen Bros., good; Mann and 
Franks, big hit; "Jlmmle's Dream Girl." 
fine; Paul Bowers, scored; >Robt. De Moul 
Trio, very good; BUIs-Nowlan Troupe, great. 

MELTON. 



BRIDGEPORT, OONN. 

BIJOU (Mgr., W. B. Smith; agent, U. B. O.; 
rehearsal Monday 11).— Turpln and Behrens, 
singing, very good; Floyd and Russell, big; 
Mona Trebrech, musical, winner; Alphonse, 

comedian, much liked. EMPIRE (Mgr. 8. L. 

Oswald; rehearsal Monday 10.30).— Adams and 
Mack, clever: Lillian LeVarde. singing, splen- 
did; Sam Willams and Co., skit, big applause; 
Greene and Parker, comedians, did nicely; Del- 
torelll and Gllaaando, musical, food. 

BUFFALO, N. Y. 

SHEA'S (M. Shea, mgr.; agent, U. B. O.; 
rehearsal, 10.30).— Robert Dempster, fine; 
Harry Willams and Jean Swarts, hit; Bound- 
ing Gordons, good; Max Grubar, excellent; 
Claud and Fanny Usher, excellent; The Rol- 
fonlans, fine; Three Dolce Sisters, pleased; 
Charblno Brothers, completed great bill. 

LAFAYETTE (Bag and Buckley, mgrs.).— 

Empire Show to large houses. GARDEN 

(P. White, mgr.).— Bon Ton Burleequere. 

CLEVELAND. 

HIPPODROME (H. A. Daniels, mgr.; U. 
B. O.).— Jester and Rogers, clever; Felber and 
Small, good; Rkard and Lonergan, won favor; 
Cunningham and Marlon, beyond ordinary; 
Musical Suffragettes, good music; Fannie Ward 
and Co., hit ; Kathleen Clifford, feature ; Four 
Londons, great. 

GRAND (J. H. Mlchels, mgr.; U. B. O.).— 
Edwin George, novel; Lambert aqd Williams, 
please; Burns Sisters, appreciated; Ward and 
Barton, won favor; Walker and 111, good; 
Pauline Hal, headlines; Herery and Lleel, 
delightful. 

PRISCILLA (P. E. Seas, mgr.; Gus Sun, 
agent).— Glllett's Dogs and Monkeys, feature; 
W. J. Wooda and Co., won favor; Juggling 
Barretts, skillful; Henry Bobker, pleased; 
Chas. Murry hit; Jno. Zouboulakla, favorably 
received; others, Throe Grays, Royer and 
French, and Tllie Lock. 

STAR (Drew St Campbell, mgrs.)— Bohemian 
Burleaquers. 

EMPIRE (Ed. McArdel. mgr.).— Trocadero 
Burlesquers. WALTER D. HOLCOMB. 

DAVENPORT, IA. 

AMERICAN (C. B. Berkell, mgr..; agent, 
William Morris; rehearsal Monday 12:30).— 
Week 17, The banner week of weeks with 
"Paris By Night," a snappy, fast act Lillian 
and Billy Raymond, with an act advertised as 
being taken by permission from "The Mid- 
night Sons," hit. Ruth Garnold a.— Allrlght 
and his wife, Jugglers, good; Chub Schofleld, 
b. f., finishes strong. SHARON. 

DAYTON. O. 

LYRIC (Max Hurtig, mgr.; U. B. O., agent). 
—Anthony St Andrew Vlsocchi, very good; 
Tom Mahoney, pleaalng; Maater Gabriel and 
Co., big applause; Ollle Young and April, 
good; Charles Moratl, "The Mardl Gras in 
Paris," headllner; Anita Dies' Monkeys, big 
bit. R. W. MYERS. 



DES MOINES. 

(By Wire.) 
ORPHEUM (Martin Beck. Gen. Mgr.; agent, 
direct).— Annetta Kellerman, big; "Mag Hag- 
gerty's Father," laughable ; Cavana, good ; Lil- 
lian Ashley, pleasing; Brown and Navaro, 
clever; Granville and Rodgers, good; Dale and 

Boyle, pleased. MAJESTIC— Five Normans, 

liked ; 'Pug, the Mop Lady," good ; The Cale- 
tons, pleased; Anita Primrose, fair; George 
Fredo, good; Three Ameres, liked. JOB. 

ELMIRA, N. Y. 

HAPPY HOUR (O. H. Ven Demark, mgr.; 
agent, U. B. O. ; Monday rehearsal 11).— 
Frederick Wright and Co.; excellent; Gould 
Sisters, well received; Donohue and Stewart, 

good; Walter H. Bedell and Co., good. 

FAMILY (Max Sherman, mgr.; agent, Buck- 
ner-Shea; Monday rehearsal 10).— Overton 
Four, hit; Healy and Barry, pleased; Gertie 
Holt, good. J. M. BEERS. 



ERIE, PA. 

PARK (Jeff Callan, mgr.; agent, U. B. O. ; 
rehearsal Monday 10).— Gartelle Bros., went 
well; Pauline Welch, very good; Pankey and 
Cooke, excellent ; West and Henry, very clever ; 
MacEvoy and Powers, big laugh; Models Jar- 
din of Paris, big hit; COLONIAL (A. P. 

Weschler, mgr.; C. R. Cummins, aest. mgr.; 
agent, Gus Sun; rehearsal Monday 10).— Con- 
well and O'Day, big; Raffln's Monks, well; 
Nichols, Nelson and Nichols, very clever; 
Wm. McDonald & Co., well received; Mr. and 
Mrs. J. J. Dowllng, clever; Winkler's Military 

Dancers, very good. HAPPY HOUR (D. H. 

Connelly, mgr.; agent, Geo. VerBeck).— Am- 
goza, clever; Fox and Carr, good. 

M. H. MIZENER. 
FALL RIVER, MASS. 

SAVOY (L. M. Boas, mgr.; agent, Loews 
Vaudeville; rehearsal Monday 10).— Hawana 
UroB.. good ; Edna Remralng, very good ; Ward 
■ nd Cullen, good; Southern Four, good; Louis 
Chevalier and Co., big hit; Marlon and Helnes, 

very good; Caron and Herbert, very good. 

PALACE (Wm. B. Stecker, mgr.; agent, U. B. 
O. ; rehearsal Monday, 11).— M. p. and 26-28, 
Williams and Stevens, good ; Seymore and Du- 
pree, big hit; J. E. Heywood, songs. 

BDW. F. RAFFERTY. 



. D. 



jj 



' Victor Kremer 



MAIN OFHCE 
feT73 5CIARK5T 

CHICAGO 



"Night and Day" 

Published in 3 keys. 

"Don't Forget Me. Dearie" 

Great march song. 

"Just a Dream of You, 
Dear" 

B.l)»d. 

"After the Round-Dp" 

Cowboy song. 

"Angle Worm Wiggle" 

Great glide song, by Harry S. 
Lorch and I. Maynard Schwartz. 

"Any Old Time or Any Oil' 
Place" 

Conversation son 

VICTOR KREMER (Himself) 

17 Clark Strttt. CHICAGO 



When anewerlng advertitementt kindly mention VARIETY. 



GOLDSBORO, N. C. 

MESSENGER OPERA HOUSE (Schloss Cir- 
cuit; Joe M. Nathan, mgr.).— Pictures; poor 

shows; no business. Colburns Minstrel 27. 

ACME (H. R. Mason, mgr.).— Pictures; very 
good shows; business increasing. W. S. R. 

HAMILTON, ONT. 

TEMPLE (J. O. Appleton, mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O.; Monday rehearsal 10).— Marseilles, 
clever; Miller and Lyle, fair; Van Hovan, 
good; World and Kingston, big; "The Little 
Stranger," decided hit; Marshall Montgomery, 
good; Butler and Bassett, good. M. S. D. 

HARTFORD, CONN. 

POLI'S (Oliver C. Edwards, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O. ; Monday rehearsal 10).— DeHaven 
Sextette, went big; Connelly and Webb, 
comedy hit; Edward DeCorsla and Co., scored; 
George F. Hall, hit ; Blossom Seeley, fine ; Van 
der Koors, clever; Croton Bros., strong. 

HARTFORD (Fred P. Dean, mgr.; agent, 
James Clancy; rehearsals Monday and Thurs- 
day 11).— 24-26, Venetian Trio, big hit; Ted 
Faust, clever; Marguery Karn and Co., enter- 
taining; Nice and Lovey, went well; Fox and 
Evans, good. R. W. OLMSTED. 

HOBO KEN, N. J. 

EMPIRE (A. M. Bruggemann, mgr.)— Fred 

Irwin's Big Show. LYRIC (Grant Rlggs, 

mgr.; agent, Marcus Loew).— Blanche Balrd, 
pleased; Geo. C. Davis, very clever; Francesca 
Redding and Co., hit of bill. JOHN KAY. 

LOUISVILLE, KY. 

MARY ANDERSON (J. L. Weed, mgr.; 
agents, U. B. O.)— Ellta Proctor Otis, fine; 
Bird Mlllman and Co., very good; Howard 
and Roy, captivated; Galletls Monkeys, 
pleased ; Mr. snd Mrs. Jimmy Barry, very 
good; Roses of Klldare. good; Mlgnonettl Rok- 
In, fine. 

WALNUT ST. (Mr. Ward, mgr.; agent, Gus 
Sun).— Three Singing Girls, pleasing; Musical 
Goolmans, pleased; Belle Meyers, very good; 
Don and May Gordon, fair; Madllng and Ster- 
ling, good; Smith and Harris, good. 

HOPKINS (Johnny Simons, mgr.; agents, 
Princess Ann Co.)— Three Roesers, hit; Mc- 
Cune and Grant, good; Geo. Cody and Merrltt 
Slaters, pleasing; Ed and Hazel Lucas, very 
good; George Baron, good. 

OAYETY (Al Bouller, mgr.)— "Big Banner 
Show." 

BUCKINGHAM (Horace McCrocklln, mgr.) 
-"World of Pleasure." 

J. M. OPPENHEIMER. 

LOWELL, MASS. 

HATHAWAY (John I. Shannon, mgr.)— Flo 
Irwin, assist od by Harry Melllch. went big; 
Gardner Family, good; Davis and Macauley, 
very good; Tokl Kishl, good; Lewis and Casey, 
good; Zara Cannen Trio, fine; Jules Harron. 
funny. JOHN J. DAWSON. 

MALDEN, MASS. 

AUDITORIUM (W. D. Bradstreet, mgr.; 
agent, — ; Monday rehearsal 11).— Banner bill 
Ray Snow, fine; Grace Hawthorne, well re- 
ceived; Bruce Morgan, favorites; Ward and 
Raymond, funny; Ten Merry Youngsters, took 
wo »- THOS. C. KENNEY. 

MERIDEN, CONN. 

POLI'S (Tom Klrby, mgr.; agent, James 
Clancy; Monday rehearsal 11).— 20-22. Paul 
Stevens, good; Nolan and Wilson, fair; Weston 
Sisters, clever; 8 Rlchardsons, very good- 



VARIETY 



Opening With the S-C Road Show, Cincinnati, Nov. 20th, for Season— Then to Europe 

ED RAYMOND » VERA HALL 



Omaha, Oct. 23 



tt 




31 



Management, B. A. MYERS 



"Boys In Blue," hit. 24-28. Claude Ranf. 

Jood; Woole, Moore and Toung, very good; 
.lice Braham and Co.. fair; Mildred Flora, 
good, Mr. and Mrs. Msrk Murphy, fair; Ter- 
rell Bros., cyclists" good. W. P. 8. 

MONTREAL. 

ORPHBUM (Geo. F. Drlscoll. mgr.; agent. 
U. B. O.)— Jesse L. La sky's "On a House 
Top" Co., with Mr. Knute Erlckson, went big; 
Herzog's Stallions, very big; Avon Comedy 
Four,, hit; Tempest and Sunshine, riot; Una 
Clayton and Co., passable; Patsy Doyle, big; 
Shrlner and Wills, appreciated; Frank Whit- 
man, fair. FRANCAIS (J. Houle, mgr.)— 

Lora. poor; George Austin and Co., dull act; 
Austin, good on wire; Golden and Hughs, 
fair; Dora Peletler, very big; Faust Brothers, 
fair. "BILLY" ARMSTRONG. 

MUNCIE, IND. 

STAR (Ray Andrews, mgr.; agent, Gue Sun; 
rehearsal Monday 10).— Reouble Sims, pleasing; 
Roscoe and Sims, laughing hit; Steele Brink- 
man and Steele, neat and clever; Prof. W. 
Bristol's Equine Wonders, hit. 

GEO. FIFER. 



NASHVILLE. TENN. 

ORPHEUM (Geo. H. Hickman, mgr.; agent 
U. B. O.; Monday rehearsal 10.30).— Melnotte 
Twins & Clay Smith, danced Into favor; Neff & 
Star, very good; Clifford Walker, clever mon- 
olog. Terry & Elmer, hit; Harris & Robinson, 
above par; Pero & Wilson, good; Reese Proseer 

ft Helen Reed, clever headline. GRAND 

(Geo. H. Hickman, mgr.; agent Princess Ex- 
change; Monday rehearsal 10).— Smith ft Ro- 
land, headline* well received; Wells ft Sells, 
very good; Delaphone, well liked; Reynolds ft 

Miller, won applause. FIFTH AVENUE (F 

P. Furlong, mgr.; agent, Hodklns; Monday re- 
hearsal 10.30).— Knight ft Dyer, good head- 
line; Douglass Flint Co., close second; J. 
Smith, splendid; Rheno ft Asaro, fair; Garvey 
ft Davis, delighted. 

F. P. Furlong, southern manager for the 
Hodklns Circuit and manager for the Fifth 
Avenue, has returned from Chicago, where 
o rthe past week he was booking acts. 

Jake Wells, manager of the Bijou Circuit and 
numerous other theatres in the south, is in 
the city. 

■ William Wassman, Mgr. Crystal, has opened 
an Independent film booking exchange with 
headquarters In this city. BILLY BELL. 

NEWARK, N. J. 

PROCTOR'S (R. C. Steward, mgr.; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 0).— Homer B. 
Mason, Margaret Keeler and Co., laughing 
hit; "College Life," fair; Pat Rooney and 
Marlon Bent, repeated former hit; "Three 
Shorties," clever; Ben Smith, good; Sprague 
and McNeece, fine; John Birch, very good; 

R. L. Goldberg, "Cartoonist," very good. 

EMPIRE (Leon Evans, mgr.)— "Tiger Lilies." 

WALDMANN (Lee Ottelengnl, mgr.).— 

"Majesties." ARCADE (Leon Munford. 

mgr.; rehearsal Monday 0.)— McCusick and 
St. Leon, good; Janson and Whitaker, very 
good; Harry Taylor, clever. 

JOE O'BRYAN. 



NEW HAVEN. CONN. 

POLI'S (F. J. Windsch, mgr. ; agent, U. B. 
O. ; Monday, rehearsal 10).— "Tom Walker on 
Mars," novel conception, well presented; Tom 
Waters, received with acclaim; Tom Barry and 
Co., very funnp; Novette, applauded; J. Alten 
Keene, acceptably; Camllle Trio, and The Bol- 
dens, concluded the bill. E. J. TODD. 

NEW LONDON, CONN. 

LYCEUM (Walter T. Murphy, mgr.) —Mr. 
and Mrs. Mark Murphy, very funny; Claude 
Rane, good ; Wolf, Moore and Young, excellent ; 
Mildred Flora, pleased; Ferrell Bros., amused; 
Alice Brahm and Co., hit of blll.^-EMPIRE 
(Empire Amusement Co., mgrs.)— Trainor and 
Wixon, very good; Lambert! Trio, ordinary; 

The Aldeans, amusing. LAWRENCE (H. 

A. Chenoweth, mgr.; rehearsals 11, opening 
day).— Nichols Trio, fair; Mae Clark, good; 
Houston and Olmstead, pleased; Blllle Bever- 
ly, very good. ORPHEUM (Bullock ft Davis. 

mgrs.; Phil Hunt, agent; rehearsals II. open- 
ing day).— 24-26, Marvelous Castellalnes, 
clever; Ray T. Morton, 111. songs; Marclta, 
clever. S. M. P. 



NEW ORLEANS. 

By O. M. Samuel. 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.; agent, 
direct). — Cycling Auroras, fine, with great 
finish; Sydney Shields (local girl) received 
ovation; Bert and Lottie Walton, conven- 
tional comedy acrobatic, Fred Watson, pleased; 
Hanlon Bros., go big; Hugh Lloyd, wire, 
clever; Brown, Harris and Brown, hit of show. 

AMERICAN (James R. Cowan, mgr.;agent, 
William Morris; Sunday rehearsal 10).— Wish 
Wynne, tumultuous reception ; Eddie Foley, 



epened nicely; Count and Countess Cheillo, 
"Thought Transmission," Cain and Odom, and 
Richards and Montrose scored hugely; Geo. 
Primrose and Boys danced Into favor; The 
Reros, capital closing number. 
WINTER GARDEN (Frank B. Chase, mgr.)— 
"Pop" vaudeville. 

MAJESTIC (L. E. Sawyer, mgr.)— Tyson Ex- 
tra vagansa Co., vaudeville and pictures. 

CRESCENT (T. C. Campbell, mgr.)— AI. O. 
Field's Minstrels. 

HAPPY HOUR (AI. Durnlng, mgr.)— Prlt- 
chard Sisters, Harris and Turner, Paul Mor- 
ton, William Wright. 

Leopold Levy, manager of the Victor, has 
leased the building next door, and doubled the 
theatre's seating capacity. 

NORFOLK, VA. 

COLONIAL (S. W. Donalds, mgr.; agent, U. 
B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10).— Seldom's Venus, 
artistic triumph; Dooley and Sayles, scream, 
Amsterdam Quartette, good; Ernest Carr and 
Co., fine; Wlllette Whitaker. received well; 
Harry Tsuda, great; Rice, Sully and Scott, 

fair. MAJESTIC (Otto Wells, mgr.; Norman 

Jeffries, agent).— American Male and Female 
Minstrels, big hit. with the Four National 

Dancers. ORPHBUM (M. B. Butler, mgr.; 

Norman Jeffries, agent).— "Examination Day," 
great; Belle Carmen, very good; John Zlm- 
mer, very good. HELLER. 

NORWICH, CONN. 

POLI'S (H. H. Bliss, mgr. ; agent, U. B. O. ; 
rehearsal Monday 0.30).— 24-26, Four Floods, 
very good; Planophlend Minstrels, good; Sadie 
Sherman, very good; Tom Dempsey, clever; 

Wise Mike, amusing. AUDITORIUM (J. F. 

Egau, mgr.; rehearsal Monday 11; U. B. O., 
agent).— Kuma Family, great; Cycling Cogs- 
wells, good; Philip Jean Barnard, clever; Page 
and Morency, very good. F. J. FAGAN. 

OMAHA. 

(By Wire.) 
AMERICAN (William Morris, mgr. ; agent, 
direct).— Will Van Allen, pleased; Cannares, 
clever; Joe Bannister, well received; Eleanor 
Sharp, good ; "Pullman Porter Maids," decided 
hit; Raymond and Hall, pleased; Hale Bros., 
amusing; Dal to Fries Trio, novelty; good 

house. ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr. ; 

agent, direct).— Samaroff and Sonla, good; 
Forbes and Bowman, liked; "At the Waldorf," 
extraordinary; Harry Atkinson, clever; Ed- 
wards Davis, excellent; Taylor, Kranzman 
and White, uproar; 4 Cllftons, pleased; packed 

houses. GAIETY.— London Belles, excellent 

show. PARLOR.— Maxim Bros., good; Billy 

Baxter, clever; "Mascot." wonderful; full 
house ; Cameraphone-La Vettes, liked ; Barons, 
good. BURCHAM. 



PITTSBURG, PA. 

GRAND (Harry Davis, mgr.; U. B. O., 
agent; rehearsal Monday 0).— Tom Jack Trio, 
good; Field Brothers, clever; Shrode and Mul- 
vey, good; Kelly and Wilder, entertaining; 
Great Howard, much applause; 4 Konerz 
Brothers, very good; "The Code Book," fair; 
Frank Fogerty, hit; Fred St. Onge Company, 
good. 

FAMILY (John P. Harris, mgr.; agent, 
Morganstern; rehearsal Monday 0).— Mr. 
and Mrs. Snow, won favor; Carson and Dever- 
aux, took well. Tower Brothers, fair; 
Whaley and Whaley, entertaining; Artie Mar- 
tella, good; Jack and Clara Roof, excellent; 
Kitty LeRoy, graceful-*- Foy Brothers, funny. 

LIBERTY (Abe Cohen, mgr.; agent, Gus 
Sun; rehearsal Monday 10).— Dan Weston, big 
hit; Fields and Hanson, good; The Eisners, 
very good; Hennlngs, Lewis and Hennings, 
excellent. 

GAYETY (Henry Kurtzman. mgr.)— "Jersey 
Llllles," presenting a show, merit. 

ACADEMY (Harry Wlllams, mgr.)— Wil- 
llams "Imperials," well received. 

M. S. KAUL 



PITTSFIELI), MASS. 

EMPIRE (J. H. Tebbetts. mgr.; agent. U. 
B. O.; rehearsal Manday 10).— Musical Bran- 
dons, good: Bell Boy Trio, very good; Lor- 
raine. Dudley ft Co.. good; Clara Ballarlni. 
fine; Ray Cop, hit; Frank Mayne ft Co. In 
"The Third Degree." good; Sketch, well acted; 
ill. songs and mov. pictures. FRANKLIN. 



PORTSMOUTH, O. 

SUN (R. R. Russel, mgr.; agent, direct; re- 
hearsal Monday 10).— Woodfords Animal Girls, 
pleasing; Mae Fisher Co.. fair; Elsie Mane, 

pleased; 4 Shannons, very clever. MAJESTIC 

(Maler and Relneger, mgrs.; Coney Holmes, 
agents; rehearsal Monday 10).— Billy I3urns, 
good: Holmes and Holmes, pleased; James 
Reynolds, very good; Zenda and Co.. fair. 

GORDON. 

RACINE, WIS. 

niJOU (F B. Stafford, mgr.: agent. W. V. 
A.)— The Austins, good; Eddie Gray, applause; 
Willis Hall and Co.. excellent: Dollle LeGray, 
good ; Mad Miller, rounds of applause 

J. E. P 



READING, PA. 

ORPHEUM (C. C. Egan. mgr.; agent. U. B. 
O. ; rehearsal Monday 10.30).— Florence Boces, 
pleased; Rutledge and Pickering, good; Chick 
Sales, hit; Flying Halleys, hearty reception.. 

LYRIC (Frank D. Hill, mgr.; agent, Loew; 
rehearsal Monday 10).— Barry and Mildred, 
laughs; Elsa Ford, pleased; Lemon I er and 
Smith, good; Young and Wardell, clever; 
PIron, scored. 

PALACE (W. K. Goldenberg, mgr.; agent, 
Bart McHugh; rehearsal Monday 10.30).— Rob- 
inson and Blssetta, good; Joe Kelsey, pleased; 
Miller and Russell, liked; Musical Buskirks, 
good; Warren and Dale, laughs. 

G. R. H. 



RENOVO, PA. 

FAMILY (Albrlghtft McCarthy, mgrs.; Nix- 
on-Nlrllnger, agents; rehearsal Monday and 
Thursday, 3.30).— 24-26, Colorado Charley and 
his sister, shooting and knife throwing, good; 
Eleanor Cameron, singer, well liked; 27-20, 
"Vacation Days." WM. E. ALBRIGHT. 

ROANOKE, VA. 

JEFFERSON (I. Schwartz, mgr. ; agent, 
Norman Jeffries; rehearsal Monday 10). — 
Bellows, Temple and Bellows, excellent; Billy 
Barron, well liked ; Lane, Goodman and Lane, 
scored. J. R. .MANSER. 



ROCK ISLAND, ILL. 

MAJESTIC (W. V. A., agent. J. P. Qulnn, 
mgr. ; rehearsal Monday 12.30).— Willlard's 
Temple of Music, scored ; Farmer Jones and 
Pigs, amusing ; Relff, Clayton and Relff, clever ; 
Karrell. pleased. LOUIS F. WENDT. 

SALT LAKE CITY. 

(By Wire.) 

ORPHEUM (Martin Beck, gen. mgr.: agent, 

direct). — Krags Trio, good; Irene Howley, 

fine ; Mr. and Mrs. Erwln Connelly, classy ; 

Arthur Bowen, hit; McKay and Cantwell, 

great; "Jack the Giant Killer," headllner. 

CASINO (C. W. Mldgely, mgr. ; agent. Ed. 
Fisher). — Davis and Franklin, fine; Marion- 
ette Trio, good ; The Casino Girls, good ; 

M. P. MAJESTIC (Harry Revler, mgr.).— 

Doherty and Levy ; Gladys Wheeler ; Rlesner 
and Gores ; M. P. OWEN. 



SAVANNAH. GA. 

ORPHEUM (Joseph A. WUensky, mgr. ; 
agent, W. V. M. A.; rehearsal Monday 2).— 
Sully Duo, scored; Allen Wlghtman, big hit; 
May Swartwood and Williams, substantial 
hit, Eugene Emmett, fair; Minnie Bernhards 
Marionettes, hit. 

LIBERTY (Frank and Hubert Bandy, mgrs. ; 
agent, Princess Theatrical Ex. ; rehearsal, 
Monday 12).— Arnold B. Wurnelle excellent, 
Great Barrlngton, hit ; Mme. Esther Palme, 
charming; Herbert and Willing, big hit; 011- 
roy, Haines and Montgomery, tremendous. 

SIOUX CITY. IA. 

(By Wire.) 
ORPHEUM (Martin neck, gen mgr ; agent, 
direct; rehearsal Sunday 10).— Henry French. 
Impersonator, good ; Josle Heather, songs, well 
liked; Harlan E. Knight and Co.. well pre- 
sented, sketch; Frank Stafford ft Co., clever; 
Mildred Graver, pleased ; Tony and Erna 
Ilallott, enjoyable. C. S. CAREY. 



SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 

POLI'S (S. J. Breen, mgr.; rehearsal 10 Mon- 
day; agent, U. B. O.).— Adonis and dog, opened 
well; Minnie St. Clair, very good; Beatrice In- 
gram, In "The Duchess," clever; H. T. Mac- 

Connell, excellent. Charles and Fanny Van 

ft Co., new act, as good as old; Joe Maxwell 



ft Co., excellent. BIJOU (Ed. L. Knight, 

mgr.).— Gypsy Singers, good. NELSON (H. 

I. DUlenbach, mgr.).— Roach and Hart; Rose 

Reading; The Stantons. The Ollmore will 

most likely start a policy of burlesque again 
next month, after experimenting with second- 
class attractions. 

SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

GRAND (Joseph Pearlsteln, mgr. ; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10).— Strength 
Bros., fared well; Rita Redfleld, fair; Robert 
Henry Hodge and Co., poor sketch, nerve- 
racking ; Karl, got over well ; Goston and 
D'Armond, scream ; Isabella D'Armond, full 
of life; Frank Keenan, will long be remem- 
bered, Keenan makes the act a decided hit ; 
Raymond and Caverly, pleased ; Josef Cole- 
man's Dogs, Cats and Ponies closed, hit. 

CRESCENT (John J. Breslln. mgr. ; agent, 
U. B. O. ; rehearsal Monday 10.30). — Musical 
Santley, pleased ; Davis and Cooper, fared 
well ; The Four Masons, riot ; Lawrence and 
Edwards, fair ; The Lovollos, very clever. 

HBNRIBTT. 

TOLEDO, OHIO. 

ARCADE (Harry Hurtlg, mgr.; agent, Gus 
Sun).— Opened to big houses Sunday. Two acts 
failed to put In appearance Sunday. Thej 
came later. Rlsmor, Hawaiian Quartet, Golden 
Troupe, Chas. Heclow, Shorty Edwards, Harris 
ft Randall, Paul Gordon. Shorty Edwards, the 
little comedian also failed to show up Sunday 
and one of the members of the Quartet was 
missing. The msnagement sure had their 
troubles, but bill is rounded out now and ought 

to draw the crowds. VALENTINE (Harry 

Smith, mgr.; agent, Coney Holmes).— Vaude- 
ville taken out this week for "Jumping Jupi- 
ter," Wednesday "The Dollar Princess." 

EMPIRE (Harry Winter, mgr.).— "Knicker- 
bockers" getting business. ORPHEUM (Chas. 

Nassr, mgr.).— V. ft M. P. 



The building of the new Keith theatre Is 
rapidly progressing. From the looks It won't 
be long before Toledo theatre goers will have 
an opportunity to see the higher class vaude- 
ville. Although Keith has been in the city 
before and could not make It go, It Is the opin- 
ion of most every one that the better vaudeville 
will come to stay this time. J. B. GARDNER. 

WORCESTER, MASS. 

POLIS (J. C. Crlddle, mgr. ; agent, U. B. 
O. ; rehearsal Monday 10. )— Valerie Bergere 
and Co., went big; Chadwlck Trio, received 
great applause ; Moffat and Clare, very clever ; 
Lewis and Chapln, pleased ; Josephine Davis, 
big hand ; Conlln. Steele and Carr, pleased ; 
The Four Readings, clever. A. T. CHASE 



YONKERS, N. Y. 

WARBURTON (Jos. E. SchanbVrger, mgr. ; 
Edw. 8. Keller, agent, ; Monday rehearsal 
10.30).— Excellent BUI; Ellis' Hawallans, 
went big; "The Silver Bottle," musical sketch, 
fine; Katherlne Emmett and Co., in "Inter- 
viewed," absorbing; Harry Lester, favorite; 
Walter Lawrence and Co.j. in comedy sketch, 
good ; Louis Weslyn and Louise Richmond. 
nice; Two Georges, comedy acrobats, ordin- 
ary ; pictures. 

ORPHEUM (S. Schwartz, mgr. ; agt . U. B. O. ; 
rehearsal Monday and Thursday 12).— 20-22; 
George Thatcher, comedian, liked ; Miss Toku. 
Jap, good; Rose Marsdon and Co., comedy 
sketch, hit. 24-20, Walter Ellis and Co., com- 
edy sketch, laugh ; Qulgley Bros., comedians, 
liked; Three Judges, acrobats, very good; 
Pictures. 

GETTY SQUARE (Ed. Rowlands, mgr.; 
agent, direct). Nat Farnum and Co., here 
for last two weeks again holding over, meet- 
ing with big success In brief comedy farces; 
pictures. CRIS. 



Yet —An Act that Is an absolute riot can get Booking 

BELDON-CH APPLE ««« CO. 

This Week (Oct 24), Poll's, Scranton. Scranton "Truth," Oct. 25: 

Mllo Beldon and Co. In the HURRICANE LAUGHING SKETCH. "What's the Matter with 
Father," EARNED THE LAUGHS. It is a VERY GOOD COMEDY NUMBER. 

TED TIME. Direction EDW. S. KELLER. 

LIEUT. ELDRIDGE 

"THE SAND MAN" 
At Hammersteln'a Victoria, This Week Cm. _'i) 

SEE SAN FRANCISCO ON FIRE With Red Flames Made of Colored Sand 

IO NOV 





When answering advrrtitemmti kindly mention YARIETY. 



28 



VAKIBTT 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 






Enormous success this week (Oct. 24), Alhambra, New York 



Week Oct. 31, Bronx, New York 



All songs, own property, copyrighted 




FLYNN 



DIALECT 
COMEDIENNE 



UNDER PERSONAL MANAGEMENT OP JQS- M. SCHENCK 



Assisted by company of four 
presents Gordon Davis^f Breezy 

Vaudeville Farce 



GEORGE D. Mac QUARRIE 

PERMANENT ADDRESS. GREEN ROOM CLUB, NEW YORK CITY 

SPISSELL, LADELLA, ENQLE 



"ALIAS TRIXIE KIX 



II 



and 
CO. 



Presenting the new original pantomime comedy, "THE DUTCHMAN'S FIRST VISIT 

This Week (Oct. 24), Union Hill. All communications, M. S. BENTHAM 



Presenting a 

Novelty Singing 

and 

Dancing Act 



CUMMINGS 



GLADYINGS 



THIS WEEK 

(Oct. 24) 

HATHAWAY'S 

Brockton 



TOMMY 



MAMIE 



KELLY 



AND 




"THE TWO 
PEE WEES" 



A Dancing Act that U Different from the Reot. 



Always Working. 



This Week (Oct. 24), Trent Theater, Trenton, N. J. 



COUNT 

L A G U ST A 

Swinging Wire Act 

WATCH THE NEW NOVELTIES 
THIS WEEK (OCT. 24) cusnw the bill »t keith'S motor 

AmniH through C. WESLEY FRA8ER, BOSTON 




CLAUDE M. ROODE 

AMERICA'S PREMIER SLACK WIRE ARTIST 

Playing POU CIRCUIT 
Direction MAX HART 

Sam Chip «■" Mary Marble 



in Vaudeville 



Direction JOHN W. DUNNE 





BANJOISTS «. DANCERS 

Next Week (Oct. 3i), Hammersteii't Victoria, New York 
JO PAIGE SMITH did it. 



COLONIAL, NEW YORK, 
THIS WEEK (Oct. 24) 



Zertho's Novelty 



ORPHEUM, BROOKLYN, 
NEXT WEEK (Oct. 31) 



bio a. 

When anatatHftf advertiaemenU kindly mention VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



20 



VARIETY ARTISTS' ROUTES 

FOR WEEK OCT. 31 

WHEN NOT OTHERWISE INDICATED. 

(The routes given are from OOT. 80 to NOV. 8. inclusive, dependent upon the opening 
and closing days of engagement In different parts of the country. AH addresses are 
furnished VARIETY by artists. Addresses care newspapers, managers or agents will not 
be printed). 

"B. R." after name Indicates aot Is with burlesque show mentioned. Routes may be 
found under "Burlesque Routes." 

"C. R." after name Indicates act is with circus mentioned. Route may be found under 
"Circus Routes." 

ROUTES FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK MUST REACH THIS OFFICE NOT LATER 
THAN WEDNESDAY MORNING TO INSURE PUBLICATION. 

TEMPORARY ADDRE88ES WILL BE CARRIED WHEN ACT IS "LAYING OFF." 

PERMANENT ADDRESSES GIVEN FOR OVER THE SUMMER MUST BE REPLACED 
BY WEEKLY ROUTE FOR THE PRESENT SEASON. 



ART ADAIR 

The Original "HANK SPONGE." 
Next Week (Oct 31). Bijou. Decatur, 111. 

Adams Sam D Trocaderos B R 

Adams Edward B Orpheum Budapest 

Adams Billy 39 MUford Boston 

Adams ft Lewis 106 W Baker Atlanta 

Adams Milt Hastings Show u R 

Admont MlUel 3285 Broadway N Y 

Adonis & Dog Polls Bridgeport 

Ahearn Chas Keiths Providence 

Aherns Victoria Baltimore 

Altken Bros 234 Bedford Fall River 

Altkens Great 2210 Gravler New Orleans 

Altken Jas ft Edna 067 Park av N Y 

Aldlnes The 2022 Cottage Grove Chicago 

Alexander ft Bertie 41 Acre Lane London 

All Sldl 000 Sprina Pittsburgh 

Allaire ft Jeans 05 John Fall River 

Allen Joe Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Allen Leon & Bertie Orpheum Lorain O 

Allen Marie Columbians B R 

Alllnel Joseph 422 Bloomfleld Hoboken N J 

Allison Mr ft Mrs Majestic Ft Worth 

LITTLE ALLRIGHT «•• WIFE 

THE ORIGINAL 

WmM^rrls^Time^^ RJCHARJ^ITROTJIir 

Alpine Quartette Bowery Burlesquers B R 
Albanl 1605 Broadway N Y 
Alton Grace Follies of New York B R 
Alton Ethel 1532 Belment av Seattle 
Altus Bros 128 Cottage Auburn N Y 
Alvarados Goats 1235 N Main Decatur 111 
Alvarettas Three Unique Minneapolis 
Alvln Bros Lyric Terre Haute Ind 
Alvln ft Zenda Box 365 Dresden O 
Alvlno & RlaltO'MaJe8tlc Pans 111 
Alquist ft Clayton 545 Bergen Brooklyn 
Ameres Three Family Fargo N D 
American Newsboys Barrison Waukegan 111 
Amsterdam Quartette Colonial Norfolk 
Anderson Gertrude Miss N Y Jr B R 
Anderson ft Anderson 820 Dearborn Av Chicago 
Anderson ft Ellison 3603 Locust Phlla 
Andrews A Abbott Co 3082 Morgan St Louis 
Apdales Animals Orpheum Minneapolis 
Arakl Troupe Haag Show C R 
Arberg ft Wagner 511 E 78 N Y 
Ardelle ft Leslie 10 Broezel Rochester 
Arlington Billy Golden Crook B R 
Arlington Four Oreenpolnt Brooklyn 
Armond Grace 810 Dearborn Av Chicago 
Armond Ted V Serenaders B R 
Armstrong and Verne Royal Wellington. N Z 
Arthur Mae 15 Unity PI Boston 
Ashner Tessle Irwlns Big Show B R 
Atkinson Harry 21 E 20 N Y 
Atwood Warren 111 W 81 N Y 
Aubrey Rene Runaway Girls B R 
Auer S ft O 418 Strand W C London 
Austin Jennie Follies of New York B R 
Austin ft Klumker 3110 E Phlla 
Avery W E 5006 Forestvllle Chicago 
Ayers Ada Follies of New York B R 

B 

liucben Sam H 1347 X 11 Philadelphia 
Baker Billy Merry Whirl B R 
Baker Harry 8042 Renow W Philadelphia 
Baker De Voe Trio Dainty Duchess B R 
Balloon Jupiter Barnum ft Bailey R 
Bannan Joe Girls from Happyland B R 
Bantas Four Columbians B R 
Baraban Troupe 1304 Fifth Ave N Y 
Barbee Hill ft Co 1262 Nat Av San Diego 
Barber ft Palmer American Omaha Indef 
Karnes ft Crawford Oreenpolnt Brooklyn 
Barnes ft Barron Orpheum St Paul 
Barnes A Robinson 237 W 137 N Y 
Barrett Tom Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 



EUGENE C. 



PAUL P. 



Barnes and Barron 

Orpheum time booked by A. B. Meyers. 

Bariington M Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 
Barron Geo 2002 5 Av N Y 
Barry ft Hack. 761 Wind lake Milwaukee 
Bartell ft Oarfleld 2690 E 53 Cleveland 
Bartlett Harmon ft Ernglf 353 W 56th N Y 
Barto A McCue Midnight Maidens B R 
Barton Joe Follies of the Day B R 
Bates Vlrgle Irwlns Big Show B R 
Bates A Neville 57 Gregory New Haven 
Baum Will H A Co 07 Wolcott New Haven 
Baumann A Ralph 360 Howard Av New Haven 
Baxter Sidney A Co 1722 48 Av Melrose Cal 
Bayfield- Harry Forepausb-Sell* C R 
Bayton Ida Olrls from Happyland B R 
Be Ano Duo 3442 Charlton Chicago 
Beaman Fred J Hudson Height* N J 
Beardsley Sisters Union Hotel Chloago 
Beaugarde Marie Merry Whirl B R 



Behler Agnes Dresmlanders B R 

Behren Musical 52 8pr1ngfleld Av Newark N J 

Beimel Musical 841 B 87 New York 

Bell Arthur H 488 13 Av Newsrk N J 

Bell Boy Trio Auditorium Lynn Mass 

Bell Norma Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Belle May Robinson Crusoe Olrls B R 

Belmont May Century Olrls B R 

Belmont Joe 70 Brook London 

Belmont Florence Olrls from Happyland B R 

Belmont M Follies of New York B R 

Benn A Leon Scenic Waltham Mass 

Bennett Archie Irwlns Big 8how B R 

Bennett Florence Irwlns Majesties B R 

Bennett Sam Rose 8ydell B R 

Bennett ft Marcello 206 W 67 New York 

Bennett Bros 380 B 66 New York 

Benson Marlon J Passing Parade B R 

Bentley Musical 121 Clipper 8an Francisco 

Benton Granby ft West Saratoga Htl Chicago 

Benton Beulah Irwlns Majesties B R 

Benton Ruth Big Banner 8how B R 

Berger Anns Miss N Y JR B R 

Bergere Valerie Players Trent Trenton N J 

Vera Berliner 

VIOLINIST. 
s*w»h«d 8»11d aattl January. 

Bemhard Hugh Bohemians B R 

Beverly 8lsters 5722 8prlngfleld Av Phlla. 

Bevlns Clem Rolllckere B ft - 

Beyer Ben A Bro Majestic Chicago 

Bicknell ft Glbney 248 8 East Av Oak Park 111 

Bimbos The 604 Pacific Apoleton Wis 

Bison City Four Orpheum Ogden Utah 

Blssett ft Shady 248 W 87 N Y 

Black John J Mlas N Y Jr B R 

Black ft Leslie 8722 Bberly Av Chicago 

Blair Hazel Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Bloomquest ft Co 8220 Chicago Av Minneapolis 

Bohannon Burt Hastings Show B R 

Bonner Air Brigadiers B R 

Bonner ft Meredith 23d New York 

Borella Arthur 024 8tanton Oreensburg Pa 

EDDIE BORDEN 

HAYDN. BORDEN. HAYDN. 
"Bits of Vaudeville." 
This Week (Oct. 24), Wigwam. San Francisco. 

Borrow Sidney Big Banner Show B R 

Bostock Jean Lovemakers B R 

Boutin & TUlson 11 Myrtle Springfield Mass 

Boulden A Qulnn 212 W 42 N Y 

Bouton Harry A Co 1305 K .V> CIjIcuko 

Rouvler Mayme Merry Whirl B K 

Bowers Walter A Crooker Broadway Brooklyn 

Rouman Fred 14 Webster Medford Mans 

Boyd A Allen 2700 Howard Kannas City 

Boyle Bros Malestlc La Crosse Wis 

Bradley A Ward Barnum A Bailey C R 

Brad leys The 1814 Rush Birmingham 

Bradna Fred Barnum A Bailey C R 

Bray Joe Irwlns Big Show B R 

Brennan Geo Trocaderos B R 

Brennen Ssmuel N 2856. Tulip Phlla 

Brlnkleys The 424 W 30th New York 

Brlstow Lydla Dresmlanders B R 

Britton Nellie 140 Morris Philadelphia 

Brixton A Brixton 706 Lexington Brooklyn 

Broe A Maxim Orpheum Omaha 

Brookes ft Carlisle 88 01 tn wood Buffalo 

Brookland Chas Runaway Olrls B R 

Brooks Florrle Big Review B R 

Brooks The Olrls from Happyland B R 

Brooks Harvey Cracker Jacks B R 

Brooks Walter Baker Denver Indef 

Brooks A Kingman 2 Svnde Boston 

Brooks A Jennings «fll W Bronx N Y 

Brown Sammle Bowerv Burlesquers B K 

Brown A Brown 69 W 115 N Y 

Brown A Farlardeau Hudson I'nion Hill >\ .) 

Brown A Wllmot 71 Olen Maiden Mas* 

Browning A Lav an 80S Cauldwel' Av X Y 

Bruce Lena Lovemakers B R 

Bruno Max C 160 Baldwin Elmira N V 

Bryant May Irwlns Big; Show B R 

Brydon A Harmon 220 Montgomery Jersey Cltv 

Buch Bros Pantages St Joe Mo 

Buckley Anna Bijou Racine Wis 

Buckley Joe Girls from Hanpyland B R 

Buckley I^oulse Olympla Wash 

Bullock Tom Trocaderos B R 

Bunce Jack 2210 13th Philadelphia 

Burgess Robby A West Sts Mnjrs Columbus (1:\ 

Burgess Hsrvey J 827 Trenton Av Pittsburg 

Burke Minnie Trocaderos B R 

Burke ft Farlow 4087 Harrison Chicago 

Burnett Tom Century Olrls B R 

Burns M av A Lily Family Buffalo 

Burrows Lillian 2050 North Av Chicago 

Burt Wm P A Daughter 133 W 45 N Y 

Burton Jack Marathon Olrls B R 

Buscb Devere Four Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Bushnell Msv Fsds A Follies B R 

Butlers Musical 423 S A Phlla 

Butterworth Charley 850 Treat San Francisco 

Byron 01 eta 107 Blue Hill Av Roxbury Mass 

Byron Ben Passing Parade B R 



Cahlll Wm Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Calne A Odom 72 Wilson Newark O 

Callahan Grace Bohemians B R 

Cameron Bleanor Vaudeville Kane Pa 

Campbell Harry Marathon Olrls B R 

Campbell Phyllis Merry Whirl B R 

Campbell A Parker Rose Sydell B R 

Canfleld Al Follies of New York B R 

Canfleld ft Carleton 2218 80 Bensonhurst L I 

Cantway Fred R 6426 Woodlawn Av Chicago 

Capman Bert Follies of New York B R 

Capron Nell Follies of New York B R 

Cardon Chas Vanity Fair B R 

Cardownle Sisters 425 N Liberty Alliance O 

Carey A Stampe 824 42 Bklyn 

Carle Irving 4203 No 41 Chicago 

Carmelos Pictures Broadway Gaiety Girls B R 

Carmen Frank 465 W 168 N Y 

Carmen Beatrice 72 Cedar Brooklyn 

Carmontelle Hattle Marathon Girls B R 

Carroll Nettle Trio Barnum A Bailey C R 

Casrolton A Van 5428 Monte Vista Los Angeles 

Carson Bros Orpheum St Paul 

Carters The Ava Mo 

Cased A DeVerne 1047 Walnut Cleveland 

Caamus ft La Mar Box 247 Montgomery Ala 

Case Paul 81 S Clark Chicago 

Caulfleld A Driver Normandle Htl New York 

Celest 74 Grove Rd Clapham Pk London 

Celeste Grace Midnight Maidens B R 

Chabanty Marguerite Columbians B R 

Chadwlck Trio Polls Bridgeport 

Champion Mamie Washington Society Girls BR 

Chantrell A Schuyler 210 Prospect Av Bklyn 

Chapln Benjamin 566 W 186 N Y 

Chapman Bisters 1620 Mllburn Indianapolis 

Chase Billy Majestic Seattle 

Chase Dave 80 Birch Lynn 

Chase Carina 2615 So Halstead Chicago 

Chasslno Keiths Cleveland 

Chatham Sisters 808 Grant Pittsburg 

Chester and Jones 

-ARTISTIC DANCERS," 
En route Pentagon' Circuit Address, care 



VARIETY 



k 



Chicago. 



Chick A Chlcklets Brigadiers B R 
Chubb Rsy 107 Spruce Scranton Pa 
Church City Four Miles St Paul 

INA CLAIRE 

In "JUMPINO JUPITBR." 
Management Frasee ft Lederer. 

Clalrmont Josephine ft Co 163 W 131 N Y 

Clsrke Wilfred 180 W 44 N Y 

Clark Geo Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Clark ft Ferguson 121 Phelps Englewood 

Claton Carloe 286% • Av Nashville Tenn 

Claus ft Radcllffo 1640 Dayton Ave St Paul 

Clayton Drew Players American Chicago Indef 

Clear Chas 100 Mornlngslde Av N Y 

demons Cam'n 462 Columbia Dorchester N Y 

demons Margaret Midnight Maidens B R 

Clermonto A Miner 30 W 00 N Y 

Clever Trio 2120 Arch Phlla 

Cliff A Cliff 4106 Artesian Chicago 

Cllto A Sylvester 028 Winter Phlla 

Clure Raymond 667 Dennlson Av Cohimbus O 

Clyo Rochelle 1470 Hancock Qulncy Mass 

Coattas Musical Bijou Battle Creek 

Codena Mile Barnum A Bailey C R 

Coba Will H Miss N Y Jr B R 

Cohen Nathan Hastings Show B R 

Cole Chas C Rolllckere B R 

Coleman Al Majestic Montgomery 

Collins Eddie 5 Reed Jersey City N » 

Collins Fred Dresmlanders B R 

Colton Tommy Fads A Follies B R 

Colton ft Darrow Kentucky Belles B R 

Comrades Four 824 Trinity Av N Y 

Conn Hugh L Fads A Follies B R 

Connelly Pete A Myrtle 720 N Clark Chicago 

Connelly & Webb Polls Bridgeport 

Connelly Mr A Mrs Orpheum Denver 

Coogan Alan Lovemakers B R 

Cook Gerald Ine 675 Jackson Av N Y 

Cooke A Meyers 1514 E Vancouver 

Cooke Rotbert A Summers Central Dresden 

Corbett Ada Miss N Y Jr B R 

Corbett A Forrester 71 Emmet Newark N J 

Corlnne Suzanne Fads A Follies B R 

Cornish Wm A 1108 Bway Seattle 

Cotter A Boulden 1836 Vineyard Phlla 

Cottrell A Hamilton Star Des Moines 

Coyle A Murrell 3327 Vernon Av Chicago 

Coyne Tom Hastings Show B R 

Crawford Catherine Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Crawford Glenn 8 1430 Baxter Toledo 

Crelghton Bros Midnight Maidens B R 

Cressy ft Dayne Majestic Chicago 

Crlspf Ida Irwlns Big Show B R 

Crosby Ana 162 E 8 Peru Ind 

Cross & Josephine Orpheum Duluth 

Cross A Maye 1312 Huron Toledo 

Culbanes Comedians N Vernon Ind 

Cullen Thos Runaway Girls B R 

Cullen Bros 2016 Ellsworth Phlla 

Cuminger & Colonna Palace Bradford Ens 

Cummlngs ft Thornton Majestic Hot Springs 

Cummlngs Josle Rose Sydell B R 

CummlnKs Mr. and Mrs Central Madgeburg Ger 

Cunningham B A D 112 Wash'n Champaign 111 

Cunningham A Marlon Sheas Buffalo 

Curtln Patsle Century Olrls B R 

Curtis Blanche Marathon Olrls B R 

Curtis Sam J Majestic Des Moines 

Curtis A Stevens Miners Bowery New York 

Cuttys Musical Orpheum Seattle 

Cycling Brunettes Keiths Boston 



DagwHI Sisters Orpheum Brooklyn 
Dale Warren E 1308 8 Carlisle Phlla 
Dale A Harris 1610 Madison Av N Y 
Daley Wm J 108 N 10 Phlla 
Daly A O'Brien National Sydney Indef 
Dalya County Choir Majestic Butte 
Dare Bros Pantages Seattle 
Davenport Edna Big Banner Show B R 
Davenports Three Barnum A Bailey C It 
Davis Haiel M 8538 La 8alle Chicago 
Davis A Bogard Bijou Plqua O 
Davis A Cooper 1020 Dayton Chicago 
Davis Imperial Three Orand Portland 



Davidson Dott 1806 Mlohlgan Av Niagara Falls 

Dawson ft Gillette 844 E 58 N Y 

De Bute Count Majestic Houston 

De Clalnvllle Sid 1813 Douglas Omaha 

DeOraee ft Gordon 022 Liberty Brooklyn 

De Hollls ft Valora Republic Chicago 

De Lo John B 718 Jackson Milwaukee 

De Mar Rose 807 W 37 PI Chicago 

De Mario Apollo Berlin 

De Milt Gertrude 818 Sterling Pi Bklyn 

De Oesch Mile M 886 80 10th Saginaw 

De Renxo A La Due Colonial Lawrence Mass 

De Vassy Thos Big Banner Show B R 

De Velde Ermond J A Co 40 Bway Norwich Ct 

De Vere Tony Watsons Burlesquers B R 

De Vere A Roth Imperial Chicago 

De Verne A Van 4572 Yates Denver 

DeWItt Burns A Torrace Scale Copenhagen 

De Young Tom 156 B 113 N Y 

De Young Mabel 122 W 115 N Y 

Dean Lew 452 2 Niagara Falls 

Dean ft Sibley 463 Columbus Av Boston 

Dees Reed ft Dsas 253 W 80 N Y 

Deery Frank 204 West End Av N Y 

Delaney Patsy Miss N Y Jr B R 

Delavoye Will Howee London Show C R 

Delmor Arthur Irwlns Big Show B R 

Delmore Adelaide Girls from Happyland B R 

Delton Broe 261 W 88 N Y 

Demacos The Alpha Brie Pa 

Doming ft Alton Americans B R 

Denman Louise 180 Rawson Atlanta 

Denton O Francis 4S1 W 44 N Y 

Desmond Vera Lovemakers B R 

Despersdo Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Destiny 466 16 Detroit Mich 

Dlas Mona Bohemians B R 

— — ■ — ^^— __«^_ 

Anita Diaz's Monkeys 

Direction AL SUTHERLAND. 

Dlllae Max Forepaugh-Sells O R 

Dlolas The 142 B 5 Mansfield O 

Dixon Belle College Olrls B R 

Dobbs Wilbur Ginger Girls B R 

Dodd Family ft Jessie 201 Division Av Bklyn 

Doherty ft Harlowe 428 Union Brooklyn 

Dolan ft Lenharr 2400 7 Av N Y 

Donaghy O Francis 310 65 Brooklyn 

Donald ft Carson 216 W 106 N Y 

Donegan Sisters Bon Tons B R 

Donner Doris 843 Lincoln Johnstown Ps 

Doss Billy 102 High Columbia Tenn 

Douglass Chas Washington Society Girls B R 

Downey Leslie T Elite Sheboygan Wis Indef 

Doyle Phil Merry Whirl B R 

Drew Chas Passing Psrade B R 

Drew Dorothy 377 8 Av N Y 

Dube Leo 256 8 to we Av Troy 

Du Bols Greet ft Co 80 No Wash Av Bridgeport 

De Mars ft Gualtlerl 807 W Water Elmira N Y 

Duffy Tommy Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Dunbar Mazle Bijou Tulsa Okla Indef 

Duncan A O Grand Evansvllle Ind 

Dunedln Troupe Bon Tons B R 

Dunham Jack Bohemians B R 

Dunn Arthur F 217 B Lacock Pittsburg 

Dupllle Ernest A 08 Charing Cross London 

Duprees A DeYoe 3733 N Cspltol Indianapolis 

Dupres Fred Orpheum Sioux City 

Durgln Geo Passing Psrade B R 

Dwyer Lottie Trio Hip Huntington W Va 

JEANETTE DUPRE 

Address American Theatre, San Francisco. 



Eddy A Tallman 640 Lincoln Blvd Chicago 
Edlnger Sisters Colonial Vlncennes Ind 
Edman A Oaylor Box 30 Richmond Ind 
Edna Ruth 410 W Green Olean N Y> 
Edwards Gertrude Miss N Y Jr B R 

EDWARDS, VAN and TIERNEY 

REFINED ENTERTAINERS. 
Managemen t Ed. 8. Keller. 

Edwards Jessie Pantases St Joe Mo 
Edwards Shorty Orpheum Lima O 
Edythe Corlnne 225 8 Robey Chicago 
Egan Oeo Marathon Girls B R 
El Barto 2531 Hollywood Phlla 
Elber Lew Bowery Burlesquers B R 
Elliott Jack Runswsy Olrls B R 
Ellsworth Harry A Lillian Century Olrls B R 
El wood Perry ft Downing 024 Harlem Av Bslin 
Emelle Troupe 604 B Taylor Bloomington III 
Emerald Connie 41 Holland Rd Brixton London 
Emerson ft Le Clear 23 Beach Av Orand Rapids 
Emerson Ida Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 
Emerson Harry Midnight Maidens B R 
Emmett ft Lower 410 Pine Darby Pa 
Englebreth O W 2313 Highland Av ClnHnrwm 
Ensor Wm Hastings Show R R 
Brslnger Mabelle E 216 8 Central Av Chl« -»«•• 
Esmann H T 1284 Putnam Av Brooklyn 

Evans Allen Irwlns Big Show B R 
Evans Bessie 3701 Cottage Grove Av ri. !<•«*<. 
Evsns Teddy Midnight Maidens B R 
Evans ft Lloyd 023 E 12 Bklyn 
Bvelyn Sisters 252 Green Av Bklyn 
Everett Gertrude Fads ft Follies B l< 
Even Geo 210 Losoya San Antonio 
Ewlns; Chss ft Nina 455 Telfair Augusta 
Excels ft Franks Crystal Marysvlllc Mo 



Falrchild Bisters 220 Dlxwell Av New ll.iv.n 
Falrchlld Mr ft Mrs 1321 Vernon HarMaburK 
Fairfax Grace Colonial Warsaw I rider 
Falrburn Jas Miss N Y Jr II R 
Falls Agnes Bijou PhllndHphia 
Falls Billy A 588 Lyell Av PorlieHi.-r 
Fanta Trio 8 Union Sq N Y 

FARRELL TAYLOR TRIO 

Funniest Black Kuoe Ad In Vaudeville. 
Next Week (0<t .Tl). Cnyrty. Brooklyn 

Fawn LorettH Rose Sydell B R 



Whm anmrorlnQ advertisement* kingly mention YARTWTT. 



3© 

i 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



WRICHTCANTWELL MURPHY CIBNER 



1000 POUNDS 



HARMONY 



THE SO DIFFERENT QUARTET 

Return to H AMMERSTEIN'S Next Week (Oct. 3D THI8 WEEK (Oct. 24), ALHAMBRA, New York 

Mr. Jack Hayman's offer of the Moss-Stoll Tour In Nov. 7, Keith's, Providence 

England had to be refused beoauae of future __ . '.». «»««-»._. au ,ati 

bookings in the u.e. a. Management JO PAIGE SMITH 





GATES 

World's Greatest and 
Best Musical Act 



$1,000.00 IN CASH TO PROVB OUR CbAIM 
TO THIS TITLE. 



The Four Musical Cates win high praise by 
their finished playing upon a variety of instru- 
ments, among which is a saxophone, said to be 
the largest in the world.— Valentine, Toledo, 
Ohio, "Dally Blade." 



JOB 




AND DU 



MINNIE 



Refined Oerman Comedy, Singing and Danetng. 

le-Mat WILLIAM JOSH DALY 



T 



• It 



MER HEWINS 



Present the Comedy Playlet, "IT HAPPENED IN LONELYVILLB." 
AN ORIGINAL. UNIQUE, CONSISTENT BTORT. 



"Daily Chieftain," Pueblo, Colo., Oct 11, said: "Toomer and Hewins presented a comedy 
playlet which waa a scream from start to finish. They use. a real live baby and the story Is a 
true to life Incident bandied by capable artists." 

Address: WHITE RATS OF AMERICA. New York or Chicago. 



LAURENCE JOHNSTON 

The King of Ventriloquist*. 



OUT 



FRANCES 



RAWSON AND CLARE 



€* 



JU 



KIDS" IN "YE8TI 

WEEK OCT. 81. MAJESTIC. DENVER. 



■■ 



DEAS, REED and DEAS 

Some Singing Some Comedy Some Clothes 

The real "Seme" set will be la New Terk eoon. 




ADAMS 



and 



wv«<*« 



*»• ■ ••» 



LEWIS 

la Refined Maaieal Comedy 

A RIOT IN THE 80UTH. 
Ask Chas. Hodklns. 
Permanent address, 106 W. Baker 
St, Atlanta, Oa. 





Openiug young s Fier, Atlantic City, THih Week (Oct. 17). 



Colossal Success j. RADIE FURMAN 



Neat Week (Oct 3i>, Orpheum, Spokane 



First Aaerieat Esfftutnl ia I yttrs. Ei Issta, Prph w Circuit 



Scoring on 
Orphean. Circuit 

Next Week (Oct. 31) 

Portland 



MABEL 



MELVILLE J. 



BUN YE A 



AND 



GIDEON 



"The American Beauty and the Song Writer." 

This Week (Oct lfl), PANT AGES, BT. JOSEPH, MO. 



Entire New 

Repertoire of 

Songs Written by 

Mr. Gideon 



VARIETY 



3i 



Fay Two Coleys ft Fay Lyric Dayton O 
Fay Qua Irwin* Majeetlc B R 
Fenner ft Foi 889 Central Camden N J 
Fento lle ft Vallorte Grand Indianapolia 

DAVE FERGUSON 

Neat Week (Oct. 31), Poll's, Worcester. 

Ferguson Frank 480 B 48 Chicago 
Ferguaon Joe 127 W 67 N Y 
Ferguson Marguerite Hasting* Show B R 
Fern Ray 1800 W Ontario Phlla 
Fernandas May Ouo 207 B 87 N Y 
Ferrard Grace 2710 Warsaw At Chicago 

HARRY FEXfERER 

VBNTRiLOQUiBT. 

Booked Solid. W. V. A. Until February. 

Fields School Kids Majestic B St Louis 111 
Finn ft Ford 280 Revere Wlnthrop Mass 
Finney Frank Trocaderoa B R 
Fisher Marls Gaiety Olrle B R 
Fisher Susie Rose Sydell B R 
Flske Gertrude Brigadiers B R 
Fltsgerald ft Qulnn Bowery Burlesquers 
FlUgeralds 8 Juggling Girls Rlngllng C R 
Fltaslmmons ft Cameron 5600 8 Green Chicago 
Fletchers 83 Rondel 1 PI San Francisco 

JEAN1E FLETCHER 

SCOTTISH PRIMA DONNA 

America Traveety Stars 

Pickwick. San Diego. Cal. indefinite. 

Fletcher Ted 470 Warren Bklyn 

Florede Nellie Columbians B R 

Follette ft Wicks 1824 Gates At Bklyn 

Forbes ft Bowman 201 W 112th New York 

Force Johnny 800 Bdmonson Baltimore 

Ford Geo Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Ford ft Co 800 Fenton Flint Mich 

Ford ft Louise 128 S Broad Mankato Minn 

Fords Four Orpheum St Paul 

Formby Geo Wei the w House Wlgan Bng 

Foster Oeo A Rlngllng Bros C R 

Foster Harry ft Sal lie 1836 B 12 Phlla 

Foster Billy 2816 Centre Pittsburg 

Foster ft Vlllarreai Family Pittsburg 

Fosto Rlngllng Bros C R 

Fox ft Summers 817 10 Ssginaw Mich 

Fox Florence 172 FUmore Rochester 

Fox Will World of Pleaeure B R 

Foyer Eddie 9020 Plerpont Cleveland 

Francis Wlnnlfred Vanity Fair B R 

Francis Wlllard 67 W 188 N Y 

Franclsoos 843 N Clark Chicago 

Frank Sophia ft Myrtle Miss N Y Jr B R 

Frans Big Ginger Girls B R 

Freeman Frank B Queen of Bohemia B R 

Freeman Bros Girls from Happyland B R 

Frellgh Lissle Bowery Burlesquers B R 

French Henri Gerard Htl N Y 

French ft Williams 821 W Blaine Sesttle 

Frey Twins Grand Indianapolis 

Frlcke WUlman LoTemakers B R 

Frobel ft Ruge 814 W 23 N Y 



Gaffney Sisters 1407 Madison Chicago 
Gaffney Al 393 Vernon Brooklyn N Y 
Oage Chas 179 White Springfield Mass 

FIVE GAFFNEY GIRLS 

"Scenes In a Dressing Room" 
Booked Solid by W. Y. A. 

Gale Ernie 160 Eastern At Toronto 

Gallagher Ed Big Banner Show B R 

Garden Oeo Girls from Happyland B R 

Gardner Andy Bohemians B R 

Gardner Georgle ft Co 4646 Kenmore ay Cbtc 

Gardiner Family 1958 N 8th Philadelphia 

Oath Karl ft Emma 608 Cass Chicago 

Gaylor Chas 768 17 Detroit 

Gear Irving Century Girls B R 

Genaro ft Thoel Majeetlc Corslcana Tex lndef 

George Abraham T Jacks B R 

Germane Anna T 25 Arnold Revere Mass 

Gettlngs J F Marathon Girls B R 

Geyer Bert Palace Htl Chicago 

Gilbert Ella R Runaway Girls B R 

GUI Edna Queen of Jardln de Parle B R 

Gllmore Mildred Bway Gaiety Girls B R 

Gllmore Le Moyne ft Perry Majestic La Crosse 

Glrard Marie 41 Howard Boston 

Oleaeon Violet 489 Lexington Waltham Mass 

Glose Augusta Orpheum Oakland 

Glover Edna May 862 Emporia At Wichita 

Godfrey Henderson Forsythe Atlanta 

Goforth ft Doyle 251 Halsey Bklyn 

Golden Claude Pantages St Joe Mo 

Golden Bam Wash Society Girls B R 

Golden Nat Hastings Show B R 

Goldle Annette Big Banner Show B R 

Goldie Jack Ginger Girls B R 

Goldle Boys Pastime Dallas 

Goldsmith ft Hoppe Polls Springfield Mass 

Goodrich Mitchell Hastings Show B R 

Gordon Dan 1777 Atlantic At Bklyn 

Gordon ft Barber 26 So Locust Hagerstown Md 

Gordon A Marx Maryland Baltimore 

Gossans Bobby 400 80 6th Columbus O 

Gottlob Amy 600 No Clark Chicago 

Gould C W Marathon Girls B R 

Gould ft Rice 326 Smith Providence R I 

Ooyt Trio 856 Willow Akron O 

Grace Frank College Girls B R 

Graham Donald Bijou Racine Wis 

Graham Frank Marathon Girls B R 

Grannon Ila Melrose Park Pa 

Grant Burt ft Bertha 2956 Dearborn Chicago 

Granville ft Mack Cherry Blossoms B R 

Granville ft Rogers Orpheum Des Moines 

Graves Joy Dreamlanders B R 

Gray ft Gray 1922 Birch Joplln Mo 

Gray ft Graham Sydney Australia lndef 

Green Edna Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Green Ethel Polls Bridgeport 

Greene Wlnnlfred Runaway Girls B R 

Gremmer ft Melton 1437 8 6 Louisville 



Griffith John P Trocaderoa B R 

Griffs ft Hoot 1328 Cambria Phlla 

Grimes Tom ft Gertie Wllllamstown N J 

Grimm ft Satchell Cheney Rumford Falls Me 

Groom Sisters 503 N Hermitage Trenton N J 

Grossman Al 532 North Rochester 

Graver ft Richards 2781 Bway N Y 

Grovlnl Geanette Washington Society Girls BR 

Gruber ft Kew 408 4 Av B Flint Mich 

Gullfoyle ft Charlton 803 Harrison Detroit 

Guyer Victoria Miss N Y Jr B R 

Guyer ft Vallle 86 Cumberland W Green London 



Hall B Clayton Elmhurst Pa 

Hall Ed Passing Parade B R 

Hall ft Pray Washington Boston 

Hall ft Briscoe 56 Orchard Norwich Conn 

Hall Prlchard ft Mountain Majeetlc Hot Spgs 

Halperln Nan 1021 B 17th av Denver 

Halls Dogs 111 Walnut Revere Mass 

Halaon Boys 21 B 98 N Y 

Halsted Wlllard 1141 Prytanla New Orleans 

Hamllns The 61 Scovel PI Detroit 

Hamilton Maude Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Hamilton Estelle B Barrison Waugen 111 

Hamilton Jack 8 Plateau Montreal 

Hammond u^ Forrester 

Sulllvan-Consldlne Circuit 

Hammond Oracle Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Hampton ft Bassett 4U06 Wlnthrop av Chicago 

Haney Edith Majestic Ft Worth 

Haney ft Long Lyric Des Moines 

Hannon Billy 1539 No Hamlin Av Chicago 

Hanson Harry L National Steubenvllle 

Hansons ft Co Hip Utlca 

Hanvey ft Baylies 552 Lenox Av N Y 

Harcourt Frank Cracker Jacks B R 

Harmonlus Four Alamo New Orleans lndef 

Harrington Bobby Serenaders B R 

Harris ft Randall Victoria Wheeling W Va 

Harrison West Trio 609 31 Norfolk Va 

Hart Stanley Wards 8445 Pine St Louis 

Hart Maurice 156 Lenox At N Y 

Hart Bros Hagenbeck- Wallace C R 

Hart Marie ft Billy Orpheum Omaha 

Hartwell Effle Big Banner Show B R 

Harrey Harry Hastings Show B R 

Harreye The 507 Western Moundsrllle W Va 

Hartman Gretchen 506 W 144 N Y 

Hassan Ben All Luna Villa Htl Coney Island 

Hastings Harry Hastings Show B R 

Hasty Charles Princess Hot Springs 

Haswell J H Majestic Bllwood City Pa lndef 

Hatches The 47 E 132 N Y 

Hathaway ft Slegel Irwlns Majesties B R 

E. F. HAWLEY and CO. 

THE BANDIT. 
Next Week (Oct 81). Fifth Ave., New York. 
EDW. 8. KELLER. Rep. 

Hawkins Harry College Girls B R 

Hawley ft Bachen 1847 N 11 Phlla 

Hawthorne Hilda 3813 Jamaica Richmond Hill 

Hayes Margaret Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Hayes Gertrude Follle of the Day B R 

Hayes ft Patton Carson City Nev lndef 

Hayee ft Wynne 418 Strand W C London 

Hayman ft Franklin Lyric Liverpool Eng 

Haynee Beatrice American B R 

Hayward ft Hayward Orpheum 8t Paul 

Hazelton Jae Washington Society Girls B R 

Healy Tim Gaiety Girls B R 

Hearn Sam Follies of the Day B R 

Heath Frankle Big Review B R 

Heather Josle Orpheum St Paul 

Held ft La Rue 1328 Vine Phlla 

Helena La Belle Kentucky Belles B R 

Henderson ft Thomas 227 W 40 N Y 

Hendrlx Klaii College Girls B R 

Henella ft Howard 646 N Clark Chicago 

Hennings Bijou Decatur 111 

Henry Dick 207 Palmetto Bklyn ; 

Henry Girls 2328 So 17 Philadelphia 

Henry Jack 41 Lisle Leicester Sq London 

Herberts The 47 Washington Lynn Mass 

Herberts Flying Sells Floto C R 

Herleln Lilian Apollo Vienna 

Herman ft Rice 429 W 30 N Y 

Hers Geo 832 8tone Av Scranton 

Heuman Troupe Hagenbeck-Wallace C R 

Heverley Great 201 Desmond Sayre Pa 

Hickman Bros ft Co Temple Ft Wayne Ind 

Hill Arthur Hastings Show B R 

Hill Edmunds Trio 262 Nelson New Brunswick 

Hill Chas J Ginger Girls B R 

Hillard May Sam T Jacks B R 

Hllllar ft La Vette Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Hills Harry Robinson Crusoe Girls B R 

Hlllman ft Roberts 516 S 11 Saginaw Mich 

GEORGE HILLMAN 

The German Chauffeur. 
Material by J. Brandon Walsh. 

Holden J Maurice Dainty Duchess B R 
Hollander Joe Irwlns Majestic B R 
Holman Harry 23 New York 
Holmen Bros 614 Lake Cadillac Mich 
Holmes Ben Box 801 Richmond Va 
Holt Alf Sydney Australia 
Honan ft Helm 128 Lockwood Buffalo 
Hood Sam 721 Florence Mobile Ala 
Hoover Lillian 432 W 34 New York 
Hopp Fred 326 Littleton Av Newark N J 
Hotallng Edward 557 8 Division Grand Rapids 
Howard Chas Follies of New York B R 
Howard Emily 644 N Clark Chicago 
Howard Mote Vanity Fair B R 
Howard Geo F Big Review B R 
Howard Comedy Four 988 3 Av Bklyn 
Howard Harry ft Mae 222 8 Peoria Chicago 
Howard A Co Bernlce 3009 Calun.et Av Chicago 
Howard ft Howard Orpheum Los Angeles 
Howe Sam Lovemakers B R 
Howe Llzette Watsons Burlesquers B R 
Huegel ft Qulnn 536 Rush Chicago 
Hulbert ft DeLong Bijou Green Bay Wis 
Hunt Robt Washington Society Girls B R 
Hunter Ethel 4029 Troost Kansas Cltv 
Hunter ft Ross Grand New Castle Ind 
Hurley F J 152 Magnolia Av Elizabeth N J 
HutchlnBon Al 210 E 14 New York 



Huxley Dorcas B Vanity Fair B R 
Hyatt ft Le Nora 1612 W Lanvale Baltimore 
Hylanda Three 28 Cherry Dan bury Conn 
Hynde Beesle 518 Pearl Buffalo 



I mho ft Roger Fads ft Follies B R 
Ingram ft Seeley M H Portsmouth N H 
Ingrams Two 1804 Story Boone la 

MUSICAL IRVING 

"MIRTH AND MUSIC" 

Direction FRANK BOHM. 
1647 Broadway. N. Y. City. 

Inness ft Ryan Majestic Dallas 
Irish May Watson Burlesquers B R 
Irving Pearl Howard Boston 
Irwin Flo 227 W 45 N Y 
Irwin Geo Irwlns Big Show B R 



Jackson H'ry ft Kate 206 Buena Vista Yonkers 

Jackson Alfred 80 E Tupper Buffalo 

Jackson Robt M Runaway Girls B R 

Jackson ft Long No Vernon Ind 

Jensen Ben ft Chas Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Jeffries Tom 150 Henry Brooklyn 

Jennlers The 1808 I Washington 

Jennings Jewell ft Barlowe 3362 Arling'n St L 

Jennings ft Renfrew Orpheum Harrlsburg 

Jerge Louis 201 Esser At Buffalo 

Jerge ft Hamilton Shubert Utlca 

Jerome Edwin Merry Whirl B R 

Jess ft Dell 1202 N 8 St Louis 

Jess Johnny Cracker Jacks B R 

Jewel 263 Littleton At Newark N J 

Johnson Honey 39 Tremont Cambridge Mass 

Johnson Kid Sequin Tour South America 

Johnson Bros ft Johnson 6245 Callowhlll Phlla 

Johnston Elsie Reeree Beauty Show B R 

Johnston ft Buckley Golden Crook B R 

Jones ft Glllam O H North Attleboro Mass 

Jones ft Rogers 1351 Perk At N Y 

Jones Maude 471 Lenox At N Y 

Jones ft Whitehead 83 Boyden Newark N J 

Jordan Anna ft Co Germantown Philadelphia 

Joyce Jack Circus Bush Vlsnna 

Julian ft Dyer 67 High Detroit 

Jundts Les Sells-Floto C R 

Juno ft Wells 511 B 78 New York 

K 

Karl Majestic Johnstown Pa 
<Kane Leonard Majeetlc Birmingham 
Kartello Bros Exposition Los Angeles 
Kaufman Reba ft Inez Follies Bergere Paris 
Kaufman Bros Orpheum Spokane 
Kaufmann Troupe Orpheum Omaha 
Kaufmanns 240 E 35 Chicago 
Keating ft Murray Blakers Wild wood N J lndef 
Keaton ft Barry 74 Boylston Boston 
Keeley Bros Union Stroudsburg Oer 
Keene ft Adams 418 Strand W C London 



THBM'S THBM. 
JIM F. ANNIB M. 

KELLY and KENT 

Kelfe Zena Keiths Providence 

Kellcy ft Catlln Family Lebanon Pa 

Kelly ft Wentworth Bijou Bay City 

Kelley ft Catlln Family Lebanon Pa 

Kelly. Lew Serenaders B R 

Kelsey Bisters 4H32 Christiana At Chicago 

Keltnere 133 Colonial PI Dallas 

Kendall Ruth Miss N Y Jr B R 

Kendall Chas ft Maldle 128 Alfred Detroit 

Kenna Chas Orpheum Cincinnati 

Kennedy Joe 1131 N 3 Av Knoxvllle 

Kenney ft Hollls 65 Holmes Av Allston Mass 

Kenney Nobody ft Piatt Grand Pittsburg 

Kent ft Wilson 6036 Monroe Av Chicago 

Kenton Dorothy Alhambra Perls 

Kenyot Family Barnum ft Bailey C R 

Ressner Rose 438 W 164 N Y 

Kldders Bert ft Dorothy 1274 Clay San Fran 

Klda 333 St Lawrence Montreal 

Klne Josle Bowery Burlesquers B R 

King Margaret H Serenaders B R 

King Bros 211 4 Av Schenectady 

King Violet Winter Gard'n Blackpool Eng lndef 

Kinnebrew A Klara O H Plymouth 111 lndef 

Klralfo Bros 1710 3 Av Evansvllle Ind 

Klrksmlth Sisters President Chicago 

Klrscbbaum Harry 1023 Main Kansas City 

Knowles R M College Girls B R 

Koehler Grayce 5050 Calumet Chicago 

Kohers Three 06-13 Wheeling W Va 

Koler Harry Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 

Konerz Bros Polls Bridgeport 

KoTarlck 427 12 Av N Seattle 

Kranzman Taylor ft White Orph'm Des Moines 



Lacouver Lena Vanity Fair B R 

Lafayettes Two 185 Graham Osbkosh 

Laird Major Irwlns Big Show B R 

Lake J as J Bon Tons B R 

Lalor Ed Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Lamont Harry Johnstown N Y 

Lancaster ft Miller 546 Jones Oakland 

Lane Goodwin ft Lane 3713 Locust Phlla 

Lane ft Ardell 332 Genesee Rochester 

Lane Eddie 305 E 73 N Y 

Lang Karl 273 Blckford Av Memphis 

Lanlgan Joe 102 S 51 Phlla 

Lansear Ward E 232 Schaefer Bklyn 

La Auto Girl 123 Alfred Detroit 

La Blanche Mr ft Mrs Jack 3315 B Baltimore 

La Centra ft LeRue 2461 2 Av N Y 

La Delles Four 123 2 Decatur Ind 

Le Fleur Joe Forepaugh Bells C R 

La Failles Four Barnum ft Bailey C R 

La Fere Eleanore Miss N Y Jr B R 

Le Ousts 224 E 42 N Y 

La Mar Dorothy World of Pleasure B R 

La Maae Bennett ft La Mass 2598 Pitkin Bklyn 

La Mere Paul 27 Monroe Albany 

La Moines Musical 332 5 Baraboo Wis 

La Nolle Ed ft Helen 1707 N 15 Phlla 

LaPonte Marg 123 W Commerce San Antonio 

La Rocca Roxy P Queen San Diego 

La Rue ft Holmes 21 Llllle Newark 

La Tell Bros Lyric Watertown N Y 

La Tour Irene 24 Atlantic Newsrk N J 

La Tosca Phil 135 W 82 Los Angeles 

La Toy Bros Alrdome Chattanooga 

La Vettes 1708 W 31 Kansas City 



Larkln Nicholas Runaway Girls B R 

Laroee 226 Bleecker Bklyn 

Larrlvee 82 Bhuter Montreal 

Laurent Marie 79 B 116th New York 

Lavender Will Big Review B R 

LaTlne ft Inman 8201 B 81 Cleveland 

Lavardee Lillian 1209 Union Hackensack N J 

Lawrence BUI Bohemlens B R 

Lawrence ft Edwards 1140 Weet'm'r Providence 

Lawrence ft Wright 65 Copeland Roxbury Mass 

Laypo ft Benjamin Empire Plttefleld Maes 

Layton Marie 262 B Indiana St Charles III 

Le Beau Jean Ginger Olrle B R 

Le Clelr Harry 245 W 184 N Y 

Le Grange A Gordon 2823 Washington St Louis 

Le Hlrt 760 Clifford Av Rochester 

Le Pearl ft Bogert 401 Solome Springfield III 

Le Roy Lillian Marathon Girls B R 

Le Roy Vivian Golden Crook B R 

Le Roy Vic 332 Everett Kansas City Kan 

Le Roy Chas 1806 N Gay Baltimore 

Le Roy ft Adams 1812 Loesel Av Brie Pa 

Le Ven Harry Big Review B R 

Leahy Bros 9 Harrison Pawtucket R I 

Lee Minnie Bowery Burleeuqere B R 

Lee Rose 1040 Broadway Brooklyn 

Leestele Eleanor Merry Whirl B R 

Lelck ft Keith Hip Norwich Eng 

Lense The 1818 School Chicago 

Leonard ft Drake 1099 Park PI Bklyn 

Leonard ft Phillips Hong Kong Toledo lndef 

BESSIE LEONARD 

The Girl with the Wonderful Hair. 
Morris Circuit. 

Leonhardt A Orpheum Allentown 

Leonl Ruby Cracker Jacke B R 

Lerner Dave Amerlcane B R 

Les Jundts 523 E Richard Dayton O 

BERT LESLIE 

KINO OF 8LANO. 
With "Our Miss Olbbe," Bn Tour. 



Leslie Genie 861 Tremont Boeton 

Leslie Prank 124 W 189th N Y 

Leslie Mabel Big Banner Show B R 

Lester Joe Golden Crook B R 

Lester ft Kellet 818 Palrmount Av Jersey City 

Levlno D ft Susie 14 Prospect W Haven Conn 

Levitt ft Palls 412 Cedar Syracuse 

Levolo Pat ft Julia Sheas Toronto 

Levy Family 47 W 129th New York 

Lewis A Vsnlty Felr B R 

Lewis ft Lake 2411 Norton Av Kansas City 

Lewis Phil J 116 W 121 New York 

Lewis Walter ft Co 677 Waah'n Brookllne Mass 

Lewie ft Green Dainty Ducheee B R 

Lillian Graoe Century Olrle B R 

Llngermans 705 N 5 Phlla 

Llscord Lottie Watsons Burlesque B R 

Llssmen Harry Hastings Show B R 

Little Stranger Orpheum Montreal 

Livingston Murry 830 E 163 N Y 

Lloyd ft Castano 104 W 61 N Y 

London ft Rlker 82 W 98 N Y 




A Refined Novelty Singing Act 
Next Week (Oct 81), Oklahoma City. 

Lorelne Harry Big Review B R 

Lovett Ed World of Pleaeure B R 

Lowe Musical Pastime Wichita Kan 

Lower F Edward Hastings Show B >R 

Luce ft Luce Orand Indianapolis 

Luken Al Marathon Girls B R 

Luttlnger Lucas Co 688 Valencia San Fran 

Lynch-Hazel 355 Norwood Av Grand Rapids 

Lynch Jack 93 Houston Newark 

Lynn Roy Alamo Charlotte N C 

Lyon ft Atwood Dunns Cafe San Fran lndef 

Lyres Three Majestic Dallas 



Macdonald Sisters 12 Bache Sen Francisco 

Mack Tom Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Mack Billy 5947 Chestnut Phlla 

Mack A Co Lee 068 N State Chicago 

Mack Wm Follies of the Day B R 

Mack A Walker Hammerstelns New York 

Mackey J S Runaway Girls B R 

Madison Chas Trocaderos B R 

Mae Rose Passing Parade B R 

Mae Florence 43 Jefferson Bradford Pa 

Mahonev Wm Irwlns Big Show B R 

Main Ida Dunns Cafe San Francisco lndef 

Maltland Mable Vanity Fair B R 

Majestic Musical Four Bway Gaiety Girls B R 

Makarenko Duo Majestic Dallas 

Malloy Dannie 11 Olen Morris Toronto 

Mann Chas Dreamlanders B R 

Manning Frank 855 Bedford Av Bklyn 

Manning Trio 70 Clacy Orand Rapids 

Mantells Marionettes 4420 Berkeley Av Chic 

Marcell ft Lenett Oentry Show C R 

Mardo ft Hunter Cozy Corner Girls R R 

Marimba Band Melllni Hanover Oer 

Marine Comedy Trio 187 Hopkins Bklyn 

Mario Louise Vanity Fair B R 

Marlon Johnny Century Glrln n R 

Marlon ft Lillian 22 Manhattan Av N Y 

Marlon Dave Dreamlanders B R 

Marke Dorothy Star Ithaca N Y 

Mario Aldo Trio 204 W 42d New York 

Marr Blllle Irwlns Big Show B R 

Marsh ft Middleton 10 Dyer Av Kvorctt Max* 

Marston Smith ft Em I Hon Orpheum Oil City I'a 

Martell Family Kentucky MHl, -, it It 

Martin Dave ft Percle 4H01 Calumet Chicago 

Martin Frank A T Jacks Ii R 

Martlne Carl ft Rudolph 4(V» W 57 N Y 

Marvin Bros Grand Coniiersvillc Ind 



Sensational Novelty Entertainers 

JUGGLING MATHIEUS 

IN VAUDEVILLE 



When answering advertitementt kindly mention VARIETY. 



.!-• 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



"Well, If You Insist, I Will Say— We Have Been a Hit on the Orpheum Circuit" 

s.cNED) Miss SYDNEY SHIELDS and CO. 



P. 8.-MY "HOME TOWN" THIS WEEK-GOOD OLD NEW ORLEANS 



LILLIAN SHAW 



THE REAL HIT of "Jumping Jupiter" 

(CHICAGO ENGAGEMENT) 

Resting in New York for two weeks. Sails for two months' rest at Carlsbad, 
next week. Address all communications to 

EDW. 8. KELLER, Personal Representative and Manager 



Big Hit on 
Anniversary Bill 



United Time 



Hickey Triplets 





Next week (Oct. 31) Orpheum, Brooklyn 



BIG NEW ACT 



COMING EA8T 800N. By H. D. COTTRELL 

it 



A GIRL OF THE WEST" 

LU TTRINCER LUCAS *■ » CO. «~«- « ait. t. wiltoh txss, 

IN HER ORIGINAL HULA-HULA DANCE 

TOOTS-PAKA 

PAKA'8 HAWAIIAN TRIO 

OTHIRS, IMITATKRR and FAKIS 



With 

"ECHO" Co. 

Rep. 

PAT 

CASEY 




Jessie 

Broughton 



AND 



Dennis 
Creedon 

IN A 

REFINED VOCAL 
AND INSTRUMEN- 
TAL SCENA 

Meetfag With SUOCeSS 
en MORRIS CIRCUIT 




Mr. JOHNSON CLARK 



VENTRILOQUI 

MORRIS CIRCUIT 



FRANK ELLISTON and CO 

(From the Palace Theatre, London) 
In their successful London Costums Comedy of the eighteenth century. 

MY LADY BETTY 



66 



99 



ADDRESS CARE VARI 



J. L0UI8 



JEANNE 



MINTZ an- PALMER 

Present en Original, Refreshing Comedietta In "One" by Louis Weslyn. 

"THE OTHER HALF" 

Featuring Exceptional Volcee In Tuneful Melodies. 
En Route Pantagea' Circuit. Next Week (Oct 30), Denver, Colo.; Not. 6, Pueblo, 

Colo. ; Not. 18, St. Joseph, Mo. 




AND 



NOV 

Ah I But What Gymnasts ! 



rvi 




Morris Circuit 



DROP IN AND WITNESS THE RIOT 



CLARK and VERDI 



"THE ITALIAN 

COMEDIANS" 



THE FIRST AND ONLY ACT OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY 



VARIETY 

HBOBOBa 



33 



>n Harry L College Olrla B R 
Isthleeon Walter 843 W Ohio Chicago 

Modal* Eastern Sun Springfield 
[axlme Models Weetern Lyric Chattanooga 

rne EllBabeth H 144 E 48th New York 
tiys Musical Four 104 W Oak Chicago 
lasette Rose Marathon Olrls B R 
loAlllster Dick Vanity Fair B R 
[eAvoy Harry Bon Tom B R 
IcCale Larry Irwlns Big 8how B R 
[eCann Oeraldlne A Co 706 Park Johnstown Ps 
[oClain M 8221 Madison Av PltUhurg 
IcOonnell Bisters 1247 Madison Chicago 
[eOormack Frank A Co Keiths Philadelphia 
[eOormlck ft Irving 503 W 178 N T 
loCune ft Grant 638 Benton Pittsburg 
IcDowell John and Alice 627 6 Detroit 
[cOarry ft McGarry Pennant Winners B R 
IcOarry A Harris 621 Palmer Toledo 
loOregor Sandy Brigadiers B R 
IcOuIre Tuts 69 High Detroit 
[clntyre W J Follies of the Day B R 
bgKay ft Cantwell Orpheum Denver 
feMahon A Chappelle Box 424 Bordentown N J 

McNallye Four Grand PltUburg 

McNamee Orpheum Vancouver 

■e Waters A Tyson 471 60 Bklyn 

Melk Anna Brigadiers B R 

Meehan Billy Sam T Jacks B R 

Sendeleohn Jack 163 W 63 N Y 
enetekel 104 E 14 New York 
Meredith Sisters 29 W 65 N Y 
Merrltt Raymond 178 Tremont Pasadena Cal 
Methen Sisters 12 Culton Springfield Mass 
Meyer David Lewis A Lake Musical Co 
Meyers Belle Hip Lexington Ky 
Mlehael A Michael 320 W 53 N Y 
Milam ft De Bols 825 19 Nashville 
Miles Margaret Fads ft Follies B R 
Military Four 679 B 24 Peterson N J 
Millard Bros Rose Sydell B R 
Miller Larry Princess St Paul lndef 
Miller A Queen of Jardin de Paris B R 
'Miller Helen Passing Parade B R 
tMlller ft Mack 2641 Federal Phlla 
Miller ft Princeton 88 Olney Providence 
•filler Theresa 118 W Grand Av Oklahoma 
(Millers The Haag Show C R 
{Mtllman Trio Scbumana Frankfort Gcr 
Mints ft Palmer 1305 N 7 Phlla 
Mlroff Princess Auditorium Lynn Mass 
Mlskel Hunt A Miller 108 14 Cincinnati 
Mitchell Bennett Miss N Y Jr B R 

^ItchoU A Cain Empire Holloway Eng 
Dller Harry 30 Blymer Delaware O 
Monarch Four Golden Crook B R 
Moneta Five Majestic Little Rock 
Montgomery Harry 48 E 124 New York 
Meutambo A Bartelll 35 Field Waterbury 
Mfoney A Holbein Darlington Eng 
M+ore Helen J Columbians B R 
Moore Geo W Family Lebanon Pa 
Mooree Mabel Valenteene Orph'm Ea Clire Wis 
Morette Sisters Plaza Chicago 
Mergan Maybelle Midnight Maidens B R 
Morgan Bros 2525 E Madison Phlla 
Mergan King A Thompson 81s 603 B 41 Chicago 
Morgan Myers A Mike Majestic Norfolk 
Morris Felice Orpheum San Francisco 
Morris Joe Dainty Duchess B R 
Morris Ed Reeves Beauty 8how B R 
Morris Helen Passing Parade B R 
Morris A Wirt man 132 N Law Allentown Pa 
Morris A Morton 1306 8t Johns PI Bklyn 
Morris Mildred A Co 250 W 88 New York 
Morris Billy A Sherwood 81s 223 Pontlac Dayton 
Morrison May Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Miss ALICE MORTLOCK 

Presenting "THE OTHBR WOMAN." 
8ulllvan-Consldlne Circuit 

Morton Harry K Oolden Crook B R 
MOTton A Reenan 574 11 Eklyn 
Moosey Wm Bon Tons B R 
Mowatts Peerless Wlntergarten Berlin 
Meaarts Fred A Eva Bijou Qulncy III 
mil Eva World of Pleasure B R 
Hlllen A Corelll Orpheum Montreal 
■fallen Tom Queen of Jardin de Parts B R 
■•lien Jim Lovemakera B R 
Miller Maud 601 W 151 NY 
Mulvey A Amoros Orpheum Omaha 
> Murphy Frances Dreamlanders B R 
' Murray Elisabeth New Amsterdam N Y lndef 

Srray ft Alvln Great Alblnl Co 
Fancy 12 Adams Strand London 
.era A MacBryde 162 6 Av Troy N Y 

4 N 

Tannery May ft Co Majestic Seattle 

[ash May Columbians B R 

tasarro Nat A Co 3101 Tracy Av Kansas City 

[eff A Starr Orpheum Nashville 

ffelson H P Follies of New York n R 

[el son Chester Americans B R 

[elson Bert A. 1942 N Humboldt Chicago 

relson Georgia 2710 Virginia St Louis 

lelson Oswald A Borger 150 E 128 N Y 

fevaroa Three 804 12 Av Milwaukee 

levins ft Erwood Majestic Burlington la 

lewhoff ft Phelps 32 W 118 N Y 

fewton Billy S Miss N Y Jr B R 

llchols Nelson ft Nichols Lyric Jamestown N Y 

llcoll Ida Bohemians B R 

loble ft Brooks Star Chicago 

lonette 617 Flatbush Av Bklyn 

formans Juggling Sells Floto C R 

lorton Ned Follies of New York B R 

lorton C Porter 6342 Klmbark Av Chicago 

lorwalk Eddie 505 Prospect Av Bronx N Y 

.loss Bertha Gerard Hotel N Y 

Nugent J C Orpheum Omaha 



O'Brien Frank Columbians BR 

O'Connor Trio 706 W Allegheny Av Phlla 

O'Dell Fay Miss N Y Jr B R 

Odell ft Ollmore 1145 Monroe Chicago 

Odlva Grand Syracuse 

Ogden Gertrude H 2838 N Mozart Chicago 

Okabe Family 38 Charing Cross Rd London 

win Trio Empress Milwaukee 

O'Neill Trio Majestic St Paul 

O'Neill ft Regenery 592 Warren Bridgeport 

Opp Joe Kentucky Belles B R 

O'Rourke ft Atkinson 1848 E 65 Cleveland 

Orphans Comedy Four Queen Jardin dePBR 

Orr Chaa F 131 W 41 N Y 

Ornn ft McKenile 606 Bast Springfield n 

Oahun A Dole 335 No Willow At Chicago 



Ott Phil 178 A Tremont Boston 
Owen Dorothy Mae 8047 90 Chicago 
Osavs Ths 48 Klnsey Av Kenmore N Y 



Packard Julia Passing Parade B R 
Palme Esther Mile 121 B 46 Chicago 
Palmer Daisy Golden Crook B R 
Palmer Louise Irwlns Big 8how B R 
Palmer ft Lewis Bijou Mason City la 
Perdue Violet Follies of New York B R 
Parfray Edith College Girls B R 
Parker ft Morrell 187 Hopkins Bklyn 
Parvls Geo W 2834 N Franklin Philadelphia 
Patrldge Mildred Kentucky Belles B R 
Patterson Al Kentucky Belles B R 
Patterson Sam 29 W 188 N Y 
Paul Dottle 8 Rolllckers B R 
Paull ft Ryholda 859 County New Bedford 
Paullnettl ft Plqao 4824 Wain Frankfort Pa 
Pauletts ft Croee Star 8t Johns Newfoundland 



PAULINE 



Playing MORRIS TIME. 



Peyton Polly Bohemians B R 

Pearl Kathryn ft Violet Sam T Jacks B R 

Pearl ess Gilbert Ginger Girls B R 

Pearse ft Mason Bijou Decatur 111 

Pearson Walter Merry Whirl B R 

Pederson Broe 635 Greenbush Milwaukee 

Pelots The 161 Westminster Av Atlantic City 

Pepper Twine Ltndeey Can 

Pero ft Wilson Orpheum Birmingham 

Perry Frank L 747 Buchanan Minneapolis 

Peter the Great 422 Bloomflold Av Hoboken N J 

Phillips Joe Queen of Jardin de Parle B R 

Phillips Mondene 4027 Bellevlew Av Kan City 

Phillips Samuel 316 Classon Av Bklyn 

Phillips Sisters 776 8 Av N Y 

Plerson Hsl Lovemakere B R 

Pike Lester Irwlns Big 8how B R 

Pike ft Calame 973 Amsterdam Av N Y 

Plroscoffls Five Lovemakere B R 

Plaano Yen 15 Charlee Lynn Maae 

Plstel ft Cushlng Chutes San Francisco 

Plunkett A Rltter Bowdoln Sq Boston 

Pollard Gene Casino Girls B R 

Pope A Uno Grand Evansvllle Ind 

Potter Wm Big Rsnner Show B R 

Potter A Harris 6330 Wayne Av Chicago 

Potts Bros A Co Fulton Brooklyn 

Powder Saul Follies of New York B R 

Powell Eddie 2314 Chelsea Kansas City 

Powers Elephants 745 Forest Av N Y 

Powers Bros 15 Trask Providence 

Price Harry M 934 Longwood Av N Y 

Prices Jolly 1629 Arch Philadelphia 

Priors The Tukulla Wash 

Proctor Sisters 1112 Halsey Bklyn 

Prosit Trio Rlngllng Bros C R 



Quigg ft Nickeraon Follies of 1010 
Qulnlan Josle 644 N Clark Chicago 



Radcllff Pearl Watsons Burlesquers B R 

Ralmund Jim 37 E Adams Chicago 

Rainbow Sisters 840 14 San Francisco 

Ralande A Ralande Box 290 Cumberland Md 

Ramsey Allle Washington Society Girls B R 

Randall Edith Marathon Girls B R 

Ranf Claude Polls Springfield 

Rapier John 47S Cole A v. Dallas 

Rawson ft Clare Majestic Denver 

Ray Ethel Arcade Niagara Pa 

Ray Eugene 5602 Prairie Av Chicago 

Raymond Clara 141 Lawrence Brooklyn 

Raymond Ruby ft Co Trent Trenton N J 

Raymore A Co 147 W 95 N Y 

Reded ft Hadley Star Show Girls B R 

Redford & Winchester Orpheum Memphis 

Redner Thomas ft Co 972 Hudson Av Detroit 

Redway Juggling 141 Inspector Montreal 

Redwood A Gordon 167 Dearborn Chicago 

Reed A Earl 236 E 62 Lob Angeles 

Reed BYos Columbia 8t Louis 

Reeves Al Reevee Beeuty Show B R 

Reffkln Joe 161 Dudley Providence 

Regal Trio 118 W Waeh PI N Y 

Reld Jack Runaway Olrle B R 

Reld Sisters 45 Broad Elizabeth N J 

RHff Clavt^n ft Relff Majestic Dubuque la 

MAYME REMINGTON 

Exclusive W. V. M. A. Route. Booked Solid . 

Relyea Chaa Kentucky Bailee B R 

Renal lea The 2064 8utter 8an Francisco 

Rese Len 1021 Cherry Phlla 

Revere Marie Irwlna Big 8how B R 

Reynolds Lew Follies of the Day B R 

Reynolds A Donegan Wlntergarten Berlin 

Rhodes Marionettes 33 W 8 Chester Pa 

Rice Louise Dreamlandera B R 

Rice Frank A True 8340 Vernon Av Chicago 

Rice Sully A Scott Pol la Worceeter 

Rich A Howard 214 B 19 N Y 



CHT'CK 



HENRIETTA 



RIE8NER «■ GORE 

Playing few choice weeks Weit. 
Framing New Art for the Best. 

Rlesner A Gore Majestic Salt Lake 

Riley A Ahem 38 Plant Davton O 

Riley A C 28 W 125th New York 

Rio Bros 1220-28 Milwaukee 

Rlpon Alf 545 B 87 N Y 

Ritchie Billy Vanity Fair B R 

Rltter A Foster Henaa Hamburg 

Roach A B Vanity Fair B R 

Roatlnl Mile Queen of Jardin de Paris P R 

Rober Gus Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Roberts C E 1851 Sherman Av Denver 

Roberts Robt Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Roberts A Downey 86 Lafayette Detroit 

Roberts A Pearl 369 Grand Brooklyn 



Robinson Chaa A Crusoe Olrla B R 

Robinsons The 901 Hawthorne Av Minneapolis 

Robinson Wm C 8 GranvUls London 

Rohlsch A Childress 950 No Clark Chicago 

Rocamora Susanna Orpheum Omaha 

Roche Harry Sam T Jacks B R 

Rock A Roi 1610 Indiana Av Chicago 

Rockway A Conway Majestic E St Louis III 

Roeder A Lester 314 Broadway Buffalo 

Rogers Ed Girls from Happyland B R 

Roland A Morln 208 Middlesex Lowell 

Rolando Geo S Box 290 Cumberland Md 

Roof Jack A Clara 705 Green Phlla 

Rooney A Bent Keiths Boston 

Rosalre A Doreto Hnn'nn« Superba 

Rosalree Empress Cincinnati 

Rose Dave Rose Sydell B R 

Rose Blanche Cracker Jacks B R 

Rose Lane A Kelgard 125 W 43 N Y 

Rose Clarlna 6025 67 Bklyn 

Rosenthal Broe 151 Chaplin Rochester 

Rosa Eddie G Majestic Columbus Ga 

Ross A Lewis Hip Rotherlte London 

Rosa Frank Trocaderoe B R 

Ross Sisters 65 Cumerford Providence 

Rossi Alfredo Mr A Mrs Two Bills Show C R 

Royal Minstrel Four 1417 Bast Salt Lake 

Royden Vlrgle Rose Svdell B R 

Russell A Davis 1316 High Springfeld O 

Rutans Song Birds American E Liverpool O 

Rutherford Jim H Hagenbeck-Wallace C R 

THOS J 

RYAN-RICHFIELD CO. 

Next Week (Oct. 80), Orpheum. Sioux City. 

Ryno A Emerson 161 W 74 N Y 

8 
Salambo A Olivettee Majestic Hot Springs 
Samaroff A 8onla Orpheum Sioux City 

LACEY SAMPSON 

AND 

MABEL DOUGLAS 

Sampaon A Douglas Majestic Madison Wla 

Bandore A La Mar 1327 8 Av N Y 

San ford Jere Majestic Des Moines 

San ford A Darlington 8060 Pengrove Phile 

Saundere Chaa Century Olrle B R 

Saxe Mlcheel Folllea of New York B R 

Saxollana Four Victoria Baltimore 

Saxon Chaa Big Review B R 

Scanlon Geo B College Olrla B R 

Scanlon W J Orpheum Oakland 

Scarlet A Scarlet 913 Longwood Av N Y 

Schilling Wm 1000 E Lanvale Baltimore 

Schooley Edgar Bloomlngton 111 

Schrler Isadora 808 W 12th Chicago 

Scintella 588 Lyell Av Rochester 

Scott Robt Lovemakere B R 

Scott O M Queen of Jardin de Paris B R 

Scott A West 22 Division N Y 

Scott A Yost 40 Mornlngslde Av N Y 

Scully Will P 8 Webster PI Brooklyn 

Scare Gladya Midnight Maidens B R 

Seaton Billle Serenadera B R 

Selby Hal M 204 Schiller Bldg Chicago 

Semon Primrose Ginger Olrls B R 

Senzell Bros 210 Arlington Pittsburg 

Sexton Chas B 2840 Johnaton Chicago 

Sevengala Family Elmira N Y 

Seymour Nellie 111 Manhattan N Y 

Sharp A Montgomery Majestic Houston 

Shaw Edith Irwlna Majesties B R 

Shawa Aerial Palace Lelpilg Oer 

Shea Thos E 8664 Pine Grove Av Chicago 

Sheen Al Big Banner Show B R 

Sheck A Darvllle Orpheum Wichita Kan 

Shelvey Bros 265 S Main Waterbury 

Shepard A Co James C 1604 Madison Av N Y 

Shepperlev Sisters 250 Doveroourt Toronto 

Sheppell A Dennett Dreamlanders R R 

Sherlock Frank ."14 W 135 New York 

Sherlock A Holmes 250ft Ridge Philadelphia 

Sherman & De Forest Wllllard Chicago 

Shermans Two 252 St Emanuel Mobile 

Shermans Musical Co Alberts Can 

Sherwood Jeanette Ginger Olrls B R 

ftt Miss ffe smd Co. 

Sydney Shields 

This Week (Oct. 24), Orpheum, New Orleans,. 

Shields The 207 City Hall New Orleana 
Shorey Campbell A Co 50 Rock Av Lynn Maaa 
Sldello Tom A Co 4313 Wentworth Av Chicago 
Slddons A Earle 2515 So Adler Philadelphia 
Sldman Sam Passing Parade R R 
Slegel Emma Irwlns Majesties 13 R 
Slegel A Matthews 324 Dearborn Chicago 
Silver Nat Watsons Burlesquers R R 
Slmms Wlllard 6435 Ellis Av Chicago 
Slmonds Teddy Americans B R 
Simpson Russell Big Review B R 
Slater A Finch 10 N 3 Vincennea Ind 
Small Johnnie A Sisters 620 Lenox Av N V 
Smlrl A Ressner 438 W 164 N Y 
Smiths Aerial Rlngllng Broe C R 
Smith Allen 1243 Jefferson Av Bklyn 
Smith A Adams 408 So Halstead Chicago 
Smith A Brown 1324 St John Toledo 
8nyder A Buckley Fads A Follies n R 
Synder Trio Alama Charlotte X (' 
Sockront Bros Three 558 ft Detroit 
Somers & Storke Ashland Chicago 
Sossln Samuel Hastings Show B R 
Spauldlng A Dupree Box 285 Oasining N Y 




Speare The 67 Clinton Everett Mass 

8pears Anna Merry Whirl B R 

8pelvln Geo Sam T Jacks B R 

Spencer A Auatln 8U0 B Phlla 

8pleeell Broe A Co Orpheum San Francisco 

Sprague A McNeece 632 No 10 Phlla 

Sprague A Dixon Auditorium York Pa 

Springer A Church 06 4 Plttsfleld Mas* 

Stadium Trio St Charles Htl Chicago 

Stafford Frank & Co Orpheum Minneapolis 

Stagpooles Four Glrard Philadelphia 

Stanley Stan 905 Batea Indianapolis 

Stanley Harry S 203 N Bway Baltimore 

8 tan wood David 364 Bremen E Boston 

Starr A Sachs 343 N Clark Chicago 

Stedman Al A Fannie 688 6 So Boston 

Stelnert Thomaa Trio 681 Lenox Av N Y 

Stelnman Herman Lovemakere B R 

Steppe A H 83 Barclay Newark 

Stevena Pearl Victoria Hotel Chicago 

Stevene Harry Century Olrla B R 

Stevene Will H Serenadera B R 

Stevene B 135 So Pi ret Bklyn 

Stevene Paul 328 W 28 N Y 

Stevene Llllle Brigadiers B R 

Stevens A Moors Columbiana B R 

Stewart Harry M World of Pleaanre B R 

Stewart A Earl 125 Euclid Woodbury N J 

Stickney Louise Hippodrome N Y lndef 

Stlrk A London 28 Hancock Brockton 

Stone Geo Ginger Girls B R 

St James A Dacre 163 W 34 N Y 

Strehl May Gaiety Olrla B R 

Strickland Rube Orpheum Leavenworth Kan 

Strohscheln H 2532 Atlantic Bklyn 

8trubble6eld Trio 5808 Maple Av St Louis 

Stuart Helen Lyceum St Joe Mo 

Sully Duo Majestic Jacksonville 

Sully A Phelps 2310 Bolton Phlla 

Sutton Susie Washington Boston 

Sweeney A Rooney 1434 Sumner Av Scranton 

Sweet Dollle Irwlns Majesties B R 

Swisher Gladya 1154 N Clark Chicago 

Swor Bert Columbiana B R 

Sydney Oscar Lovemakere B R 

Sylvester Cecelia Passing Parade B R 

Svlvestera The Plymouth Htl Hoboken N J 

Symonda Jack 8130 Princeton Av Chicago 

Alfarretta Symonds 

With Ryan and Adams 

Syts A Syts 140 Morrla Phlla 

T 

TAMBO •» TAMBO 

Double Tambourine Splnaere 

Tambo A Tambo Empire KUburn Bag 
Tambo Duo Bijou Plqua O 
Tangley Pearl 67 So Clark Chicago 
Tsprosnlar^Vandenmenllejenbeck-WeUac^ 

Taylor, Kranzman «ni White 

Musical Foolishness 

Tayiore Anlmala Rlngllng Broe C R 

Terrill Frank A Fred 857 N Orkney Phlla 

Thatcher Fannie Bon Tons B R 

Thomas A Hamilton 887 Dearborn Av Chicago 

Thompson Mark Bohemlana B R 

Thomson Harry 1284 Putnam Av Brooklyn 

Thornton Arthur Oolden Crook B R 

Thornton Oeu A 896 Broome N T 

Thorne Mr A Mrs Harry 288 St Nicholas AvNY 

Thorns Juggling 68 Ross Buffalo 

Thurston Leslie 68 W 108 N Y 

Tinker O L 778 8 Av N Y . 

Tlvoli Quartette High Life Cafe Mllwalk' lndef 

Tom Jack Trio Grand Pittsburg 

Tombes Andrew College Girls B R 

Tops Topsy A Tops 3442 W School Chicago 

Torcat & Flor D'Allza Gayety Springfield 111 

Tracy Julia Raymond Bartholdl Inn N Y 

Travers Belle 210 N Franklin Philadelphia 

Travers Phil 5 B 115 N Y 

Travera Roland 221 W 42 N Y 

Tremalnea Musical 230 Caldwell Jacksonville ll 

Trevor Edwin A Dolores Oolden Crook D R 

Trlllers Bijou Atlanta 

Trolley Car Trio 21 Willow Pi Yonkers 

Trozell A Wlnchell 806 3 N 8eattle 

Tauda Harry Colonial Norfolk 

"HARRY TSUDA 

UNITED TIME. 
Booked Solid. James B. Plunkett, Mgr. 

Tunla Fay World of Pleasure B R 
Tuscano Bros Majestic Johnatown Pa 
Tuttle A May 8887 W Huron Chicago 
Ty Bell Sisters Forepaugh Belle C R 

Tydeman A Dooley 108 Elm Camden N .1 

U 

Uline Arthur M 1750 W Lake Chicago 
Ullne A Rose Demlng Htl Chicago 
Unique Comedy Trio 1027 Nicholas Phlla 
Usher Claude A Pannle Sheas Toronto 



Vagge.s Wigman San Francisin 

Valadons 34 Brewer Newport R I 

Valdare B easlePrluccss Wichita Kan 

Valentine A Dooley Grand Indianapolis 

Valentine A Ray Masonic K Decatur Aln 

Valetta A Lamson 132M St Clark Olevelanl 

Valmore Lulu A Mildred Bohemians R R 

Van Chas A Fannie Polls Hartford 

Van Dalle Slaters 514 W 185 N Y 

Van Horn Bobby Colonial Oklahoma City 

Van Osten Eva Queen of Jarrlln de Pnrls R It 

Van Osten Rob 8am T Jacks B It 

Vardellee Lowell Mich 

Variety Comedy Trio 1515 Earth Indianapolis 

Vassar A Arki : n ?.'24 rbrisfopher Bklyn 

Vasco 41a Acre Lane London 

Vass Victor V 2fl IhnlfiiiS Providence 

Vedder Fannl*» Hon Ton* I! R 

Vedder LI ill?- '"rarkiT Ja«-k* B R 

Vedmar Rene- ;i285 Bway N Y 

Venetian S» rpnrwW* rtTn TUafVhawk Chicago 



When <m*u>erin(f n4verti*r»irntH kimlly mention VAltJETY. 



34 



VARIETY 



m 



wmimmm*mmmm* 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 




Sii Feet if Sift 
Shoe Oancioi 

In Repertoire, 

Songs and 

Dances 



Young Brothers; Veronica 



Under Personal 
Direction 

of 

FRANK 
BOHM 



This Week (Oct. 24), Lincoln Square, New York. 



DICK and ALICE McAVOY 

"HERALD SQUARE JIMMY" 

"KINO OF TH» NBW1BOTI." Addreee eare VARI1TT. New York. 

Willa Holt Wakefield 



IN 




Montgomery Musical Duo 

Elaborate Novelty Instrumental Act 

WITH SOME REFINED COMEDY 
Address VARIMTY, Chicago, III. 



mm 



BESSIE WYNN 



IN VAUDEVILLE 



O'KURAS 

Marvelous Japanese Foot-Jugglers and Balancers 

Permanent Address 1765 Clybura Are,, Chicago 

ALF. T. WILTON 



Director and Manaf er 




SCHAAR-WHEELER TRIO 

" that nieeeDENT movoi e aatii 



THAT DIFFERENT BICYCLE ACT 



Management ALBEE, WEBER & EVANS 




FRANKLYN ARDELL and CO. 



Present the Up-to-the-minnte 
Political Comedy 



ii 



THE SUFFRAGETTE 



W 



Season's Biggest Laughing Hit now on 

T , _ _, 8ullivan-Considine Circuit 

Look Out. I'm Coming East. Eastern Rep., FRANK BOHM, Gaiety Theatre Bldg., New York City 



When amewering advertitementB kindly mention "VARIETY. 



VARIETY 



35 



Venus on Wheels Merry Maidens B R 
Village Comedy Four 1012 Ringgold Phlla 
Vincent John B 820 Olive Indianapolis 
Vinton Grace Serenaders B R 
Vlolanl Vaudeville Lima O . 
Violetta Jolly 41 Leipzlgerstr Berlin Oer 
Vogel ft Wandas Majestic Ft Worth 
Von Serley Sisters Marathon Girls B R 
Vyner Iydlla Reeves Beauty Show 1 R 



Wakefield Frank L Runaway Girls B R 
Walker Musical 1524 Brookslde Indianapolis 
Walker St Sturm Orpheum Montreal 
Walling Ida Watsons Burlesquers B R 
Walsh Helen * May Dainty Duchess B R 

WALSH, LYNCH -CO. 

Presenting "HUCKINS RUN." 

Direction PAT CASEY 
Next Week (Oct. 31). Milwaukee. 

Walsh Martin Trocaderos B R 

Walters St West 3437 Vernon Chicago 

Walters John Lyric Ft Wayne Ind Indef 

Ward Alice Reeves Beauty Show B R 

Ward Billy 100 Myrtle Av Bklyn 

Ward Marty S Gaiety Girls B R 

Ward ft Harrington 418 Strand London 

Warde ft Mack 300 W 70 New York 

Warner Harry B Rolllckers B R 

Washburn Blanche Washington Soc Girls B R 

Washburn Dot 1030 Mohawk Chicago 

Water Carl P Sam T Jacks B R 

Waters Hester Washington Soc Girls B R 

Watson Billy W Girls from Happyland B R 

Wayne Jack W College Girls B R 

Wayne Sisters Dainty Duchess B R 

Weaver Frank ft Co 1706 N Baltimore 

Webb Harry Temple Rochester 

Weber Johnnie Rose Sydell B R 

W E-GMOK-BE 

SIOUX INDIAN GIRL. 

Direction, Norman Frledenwald, Chicago. 
Oct. 24, Juneau Theatre, Milwaukee. 

Welch Jas A 211 B 14 New York 

Welch Thos Runaway Girls B R 

Welch Tint Vanity Fair B R 

Well John 5 Krusstadt Rotterdam 

Wells Lew 213 Shawmut Grand Rapids 

Went worth Vesta ft Teddy Grand Evansv'e Ind 

West John Watsons Burlesquers B R 

West Al 606 B Ohio Pittsburg 

West Wm Irwlns Majesties B R 

West & Henry Prospect Cleveland 

West Sisters 1412 Jefferson Av Bklyn N Y 

West ft Denton 135 W Cedar Kalamazoo 

Weston Bros Lyric North Attleboro Mass 

Weston Al Bowery Burlesquers B R 

Weston Dan B 141 W 116 N Y 

Western Union Trio 2241 B Clearfield Phlla 

Wetherlll 33 W 8 Chester Pa 

Wheeler Sisters 1441 7 Phlla 

Wheelers Australian Orpheum Seattle 

Wheelock ft Hay Orpheum Des Moines 

Whirl Four 2426 8 Watts Phila 

White Harry 1003 Ashland Av Baltimore 

ETHEL WHITESIDE 

And those "Plckannles." 
"FOLLIES OF COONTOWN." 



White Phil Merry Whirl B R 
Whitford Anabelle 363 W 42 N Y 
Whitman Bros 1335 Chestnut Phlla 
Whitney Tillle 86 Kane Buffalo 



AL. H. WILD 

THAT FUNNY FAT FELLOW. 

Wilder Marshall Atlantlo City N J 
Wiley May F Big Review B R 
Wilkens ft Wilkens 863 Willis Av N Y 
Wilhelm Fred 8am T Jacks B R 
Wlllard ft Bond Majestic B St Louis 111 
Williams Clara 2450 Tremont Cleveland 
Williams Cowboy 4715 Upland Phlla 
Williams Chas 2652 Rutgers St Louis 
Williams John Cracker Jacks B R 
Williams Ed A Florence 04 W 103 N Y 
Williams ft De Croteau 1 Ashton Sq Lynn Mass 
Williams ft Gilbert 1010 Marshfleld Av Chicago 
Williams ft Segal Polls Worcester 
Williams ft Sterling Box 1 Detroit Mich 
Williams Mollle Cracker Jacks B R 
Williamson Frank Runaway Girls B R 
Wllllson Herbert Al Fields Minstrels 
Wills ft Hassan National Sydney Australia 
Wilson Lottie 2208 Clifton av Chicago 

GRACE WILSON 

IN VAUDBVILLB. . 

Wilson Fred J 14 Forest Montclair N J 
Wilson Al & May Dorp Schenectady lndef 
Wilson Fred Cracker Jacks B R 
Wilson Bros .letters Saginaw 
Wilson Frank 1616 W 23 Los Angeles 
Wilson Marie Queen of Jardln de Paris B R 
Wilson Lizzie 175 Franklin Buffalo 
Wilson Jas Ginger Girls B R 
Wilson & Wilson Orpheum Sioux City 
Wilson ft Pinkney 207 W 15 Kansas City 
Wilton Joe M ft Arch Philadelphia 
Winfleld Frank Hastings Show BR 
Winkler Kress Trio O H Watertown N Y 
Wise & Milton Brennan Circuit New Zealand 
Withrow ft Glover Hoity Tolty Co 
Wolfe 4 Lee 324 Woodfawn Av Toledo 

WOLF, MOORE and YOUNG 

"Vaudeville's Cheeriest Trio." 



rrrn r . ,: ' 2^z 



Woodall Billy 420 First Av Nashville 
Wood Bros Sheas Buffalo 
Wood Ollie 534 W 150 N Y 
Work ft Ower Orpheum Los Angeles 
World & Kingston Temple Detroit 
Worrell Chas Century Girls B R 
Wright ft Dietrich Hathaways Lowell 
Wright Lillian 163 W 60 N Y 
Wurnelle ft Nelson Bijou Jacksonville 

X 
Xaxlers Four 2144 W 20 Chicago 

Y 
Yoeman Geo 4566 Gibson Av St Louis 
Yost Harry E World of Pleasure B R 
Young Carrie Bohemians B R 
Young Ollie ft April Keiths Utlca 
Young ft Phelps 1013 Baker Evansvllle Ind 
Young De Witt ft Sisters Grand Portland 

Z 

Zancigs The 356 W 145 N Y 
Zanfrellas 131 Brixton London 
Zazell ft Vernon Seguln Tour So American 
Zeda Harry L 1328 Cambria Phlla 
Zeiser ft Thome Willards Temple of Music 
Zell & Rodgers Orpheum Eau Claire Wis 



Bobbie 



Bra 



ZENO and MANDEL 

Next Week (Oct. 30), Unique, Minneapolis. 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 

"L. O." Indicates show Is laying off. 
Weeks Oct. 31 and 7. 



Americans Empire Chicago 7 Avenue Detroit 
Beauty Trust Casino Boston 7 Columbia N Y 
Behmans Show Gayety Omaha T Gayety Min- 
neapolis 
Big Banner Show Gayety St Louis 7 Gayety 

Kansas City 
Big Review Empire Indianapolis 7 Bucking- 
ham Louisville 
Bohemians Folly Chicago 7 Star Milwaukee 
Bon Tons Corinthian Rochester 7-0 Mohawk 



Schenectady 10-12 Gayety Albany 
owery Burlesquen 
lnthlan Rochester 



Bowery Burlesquers Garden Buffalo 



Cor- 



Brigadlers Casino Brooklyn 7 Empire Brooklyn 

Broadway Gayety Girls 31-2 Luzerne Wllkes- 
Barre 3-5 Gayety Scranton 7 L O 14 Casino 
Brooklyn 

Cherry Blossoms Dewey Minneapolis 7 Star St 
Paul 

Columbia Girls Alhambra Chicago 7 Gayety 
Detroit 

College Girls Gayety Milwaukee 7 Alhambra 
Chicago 

Cosy Corner Girls Star Milwaukee 7 Dewey 
Minneapolis 

Cracker Jacks 31-2 Mohawk Schenectady 3-5 
Gayety Albany 7 Casino Boston 

Dainty Duchess Gayety Detroit 7 Gayety To- 
ronto 

Dreamlands L O 7 Casino Brooklyn 

Ducklings Star Toronto 7 Royal Montreal 

Empire Burlesquers Lafayette Buffalo 7 Star 
Toronto 

Fads and Follies Star Brooklyn 7 Waldmans 
Newark 

Follies Day Columbia Boston 7-0 Bon Ton Jer- 
sey City 10-12 Folly Paterson 

Follies New York Murray Hill N Y 7 Metro- 
polls N Y 

Ginger Girls Waldmans Newark 7 Empire Ho- 
boken 

Girls from Dixie Empire Newark 7 Bowery 
N Y 

Girls From Happyland 31-2 Gayety Albany 
8-5 Mohawk Schenectady 7 Gayety Brooklyn 

Golden Crook Columbia N Y 7 Casino Phila- 
delphia 

Hastings Big Show Gayety Brooklyn 7 Olym- 
pic N Y 

Howes Lovemakers Gayety Pittsburg 7 Empire 
Cleveland 

Imperials Star Cleveland 7 Folly Chicago 

Irwlns Big Show Music Hall X Y 7 Murray 
Hill N Y 

Irwlns Majesties Empire Hoboken 7 Music- 
Hall N Y 

Jardln de Paris Standard St Louis 7 Empire 
Indianapolis 

Jersey Lilies Empire Cleveland 7 Empire To- 
ledo 

Jolly Girls 31-2 Gayety Scranton '•'>■'> Luzerne 
Wilkes-Barre 7 Trocadero Philadelphia 

Kentucky Belles Star St Paul 7 St Joe 

Knickerbockers Star k (tarter Chicago 7 Stan- 
dard Cincinnati 

Lady Buccaneers Lyceum Washington 7 Mon- 
umental Baltimore 

Marathon Girls Gayety Philadelphia 7 Gayety 
Baltimore 

Merry Maidens Nth Av X V 7 Empire Hoboken 

Merry Whirl 31-2 Hon 'Ions .lers. y City :!-.*. 

Folly Paterson 7-'.» Luzerne Wikis-Marre 1<> 
12 Gayety Scruiion 

Midnight Maidens (iayety Kansas City 7 Gay- 
ety Omaha 

Miss New York lr St Joe 7 Century Kansas 
City 

Moulin Rouge Avuiue Detroit 7 Lafayette 
Buffalo 

Xew Century Girls .",1-2 Folly . Taterson :;-.*• 
Bon Ton Jersey City 7-!> Gayety Scranton 
10-12 Luzerne Wilkes-Barre 

Parisian Widows Olympic X Y 7 Gayety Phila- 
delphia 

Passing Parade Century Kansas city 7 Stan 
dard St Louis 

Pat Whites Gayety Girls Academy Pittsburg 
7 Star Cleveland 

Pennant Winners Howard Ponton 7 Columbia 
Boston 

Queen of Bohemia Casino Philadelphia 7 Star 
Brooklyn 

Queens Jardln de Paris Metropolis X Y 7 
Westminster Providence 

Rector Girls Trocadero Philadelphia 7 Lyceum 
Washington 

Reeves Beauty Show Standnrd Cincinnati 7 
Gayety Louisville 



Rents-Santley Gayety Boston 7-0 Gayety Al- 
bany 10-12 Mohawk Schenectady 

Robinson Crusoe Girls Gayety Washington 7 
Gayety Pittsburg 

Rolllckers Empire Brooklyn 7 Bronx N Y 

Rose Sydell Gayety Minneapolis 7 Gayety Mil- 
waukee 

Runaway Girls Oayety Louisville 7 Gayety St 
Loula 

Sam T Jacks Monumental Baltimore 7 Penn 
Circuit 

Serenaders Westminster Providence 7 Gayety 
Boston 

Star St Garter Gayety Baltimore 7 Gayety 
Washington 

Tiger Li files Bowery N Y 7-0 Folly Paterson 
10-12 Bon Ton Jersey City 

Star Show Girls Buckingham Louisville 7 
Peoples Cincinnati 

Trocaderos Empire Toledo 7 Star ft Garter 
Chicago 

Vanity Fair Gayety Toronto 7 Garden Buffalo 

Washington Society Girls Penn Circuit 7 Acad- 
emy Pittsburg 

Watsons Burlesquers Bronx X Y 7 8th Ave 
N Y 

World of Pleasure Peoples Cincinnati 7 Em- 
pire Chicago 

Yankee Doodle Girls Royal Montreal 7 Howard 
Boston 



CIRCUS ROUTES 



BARNES AL G 20 Grants Pass Cal 31 Ash- 
land Ore Nov 1 Weed 2 Kennett 3 Red Bluff 
4 Marysvllle 5 Woodland 7 Sacramento 

BARNUM St BAILEY 20-30 New Orleans 31 Mc 
Comb Miss Nov 1 Jackson 2 Yazoo City 3 
Greenwood 4 Greenville 5 Clarksdale 

BUFFALO BILL & PAWNEE BILL 20 El 
Paso Tex 31 Del Rio Nov 1 San Antonio 2 
Victoria 3 Galveston 4 Houston 5 Brenham 
Austin 7 Temple 8 Waco Corslcana 10 Dal- 
las 11 Fort Worth 14 Sherman 15 Paris 10 
Texarkana 17 Camden Ark 18 Pine Bluff 10 
Little Rock 

MILLER BROS 101 RANCH 31-1 Atlanta Ga 
2-5 Macon 7 Savannah 8 Cordele Amerlcus 
10 Columbus 11 Union Spgs Ala 12 Montgom- 
ery 14 Pensacola Fla 15 Mobile Ala 15 
Waynesboro Miss 17 Merlden 18 Mason 10 
West Point 

RINGLINO BROS 20 Gainesville Ga 31 Opelika 
Ala Nov 1 Selma 2 Montgomery 3 Pensacola 
Fla 4 Mobile Ala 5 Meridian Miss 7 Tusca- 
loosa Ala 8 Tupelo West Point 

ROBINSON JOHN 20 Cochran Ga 31 Jackson 
Ky Nov 1 Griffin Ga 2 Douglasvllle 3 Talla- 
poosa 4 Columbiana Ala 5 Blocton 

SUN BROS 29 Tchulu Miss 31 Charleston 1 
Sumner 2 Moorehead 3 Belzona 4 Rulevllle 5 
Friars Point 7 Robinsvllle 8 Hernando Co- 
mo 10 Coffevllle 11 Valden 12 Pickens 14 
Jackson 



LETTERS 



Where C follows name, letter is in Chi- 
cago. 

Where S F follows, letter is at San Fran- 
cisco. 

Where L follows, letter is In London of- 
fice. 

Advertising or circular letters of any de- 
scription will not be listed when known. 

Letters will be held for two weeks. 

P following names Indicates postal, ad- 
vertised once only. 



Adams R C (C) 
Adams H Geo (C) 
Addlngton Ruth (C) 
Adeal & Parker (C) 
Adgle Lions (C) 
Aette Anette (C) 
Alblsher Fred (C) 
Alblnl (C) 
Allle Alex 
Alton Ethel (C) 
Altoun Grace (C) 
Alwards Musical (C) 
American Comedy 

Four 
Ameta (C) 
Anderson Sisters 
Antrim Harry (C) 
Archangel Alessan- 

dro (C) 
Arlington Gene (C) 
Armada (C) 
Armond Grace 
Armstrong Margaret 
Art is Renos (C) 
Ascher Billy (C) 
Atkins .lack 
Auger Geo 
Austin & Klumker 
Austins Tossing ( V i 
Badertseher (Hen 
Baker Harry 
Baker Joe (C) 
Baker Myron (C) 
Baldwin Raymond 
Bull Hines (C) 
Bandy E L (C) 
Iiunyan Alfred (Ci 
Barlow Fredk 



Barnes H D Mrs (C) 
Barnes Hattle D (C) 
Barry Edwlna 
Barry & Nelson (C) 
Bartelmas The 
Bartlett Bernlce 
Barton St Fee (C) 
Bassett Newton (C) 
Beeman Mrs G (C) 
Beers Leo (C) 
Begar Grace 
Bell Arthur (C) 
Bennett Dorothy 
Bennett Lura (C) 
Bennington Chas 
Berger Mae (C) 
Bevan Alex (C) 
Beverly Gladys 
Beverly Will 
Bidctte Hazel 
Blgelow Bob 
Blxley Edgar 
Blake Marion (C> 
Mock Frieda 
Bowman Chas (C) 
Bradenberg Thelma 
Brenon Herbert 
Brleder Fred t('» 
Brown & Cooper (C) 
Brown & Mills ((") 
Browning Arthur 
Buhner «'lara M' ) 
Mullen W II (<•) 
Bunnin Rose 
Murrell .liinmle (C) 
Burt Al (C) 
Burt Glen (C) 
Burton Clarence (C) 



Bush Alex (C) 
Cadwell A A (C) 
Cameron C T (C) 
Campbell Flo (L) 
Campbell Buster (P) 
Campbell St Parker 

(C) 
Carney Don (C) 
Casad Campbell B 
Casper Jerome 
Cass Maurice (C) 
Cassady Eddie (C) 
Caston Dave (C) 
Cate B J 

Chadney Marjorle (C) 
Chartres Sisters (C) 
Chevalier A (L) 
Clark Mrs C A 
Clark Helen 
Cllto & Sylvester 
Coffmau & Carroll 
Cogswell Sarah L 

(C) 
Colby FO (C) 
Coleman St Garfield 

(SF) 
Coma Frank 
Connolla Jack 
Connor Tim 
Cooley May (C) 
Corbett Al (C) 
Costa Duo Del (C) 
Coughlin John Z 
Crane Roland (C) 
Crockford Jessie (SF) 
Cronln Katherlne 
Crouch Rose (P) 
Cullen Jim (P) 
Cunningham Jean (C) 
Cunningham & Ross 

(L) 
Daley & Weil (C) 
Daly Virginia (C) 
D'Amon Chester 
Dane J B 
Darcy Joe 
Davis Hal (C) 
Day Carlta (C) 
Dean Daisy 
De Balestiers Animals 

(C) 
Defrejl Gordon (SF) 
DeLant Thelma 
Delma Esther (C) 
Delton Chas (C) 
DeMaye Lotta 
De Milt Gertrude (C) 
Dennis Ada (C) 
DeVoe Pasquellna (C) 
Dilla & Templeton 

(C) 
Donovan & Arnold 
Dorie Alfred (C) 
Dorlons The 
Drako Howard 
Dronn & Gilbert (C) 
Drumm Rupert 
DuBall Bros 
Dunedin Maudie 
DuRoss Spike 
Dyre Frances 
Earle Frank (SF) 
Edinger Gertrude 
Edinger Lovella 
Edwards Bert <C) 
Edward Dandy (L) 
Electra (SF) 
Ellnore May (C) 
Elliott & West (C) 
Elliott Blair & Elli- 
ott (C) 
Ellis Mrs 
Ellis W W 
Ellison Evelyn (C) 
Elona (C) 
El Ray Sisters (C) 
Emerson Mildred 
Emery & Nodine 
Emmy Mile 
Eske Will 
Ethella Vivi (C) 
Eugene Trio (P) 
Evers Heron (C) 
Farnum Mrs William 

(C) 
Felix & Calre (C) 
Ferguson Dave 
Ferguson Frank 
Fieldman Harry (C) 
Flnley Willie (SF) 
Fischesser Gustavo 
Fitzgerald D (C) 
Flairo Billy (C) 
Flower Cora (SF) 
Flynn Earl (C) 
Forrester * Lloyd (C) 
Fowler Levert (C) 
Fox Frank (C) 
Fregoli Mile (C) 
Fritz Leo (C) 
Frnman Mr (C) 
Fuller Bert (C) 
Fuller Gloria 
Gaetno Caprlno 
Garnelles The 
Caston Billy 



Gent M (L) 

Gibson J B (C) 

GUlmor Troupe (P) 

lleason Josephine (C) 

Gllssando Millie (C) 

Glover Elisabeth (C) 

Godfrey Sisters 

Goulet Esther 

Granger Oran 

Gray Julia 

Greenwood Bessie (C) 

Gremmer T B 

Griffith H 8 

Guise Mr 

Hague Gus 

Hamilton F P 

Hanlon Jack (C> 

Harrington Mae 

Harris Frank C ( P ) 

Harris Uandall Flor- 
ence 

Harris Thos 

Hant Hattle (C) 

Hawk Mrs A 

Held Jules 

Herman Wm (C) 

Hoefling Bella (L) 

Hilbert Ben (P) 

Hoffman Albert (C) 

Hodgdens Dr 1 W (C) 

Holt Edwin 

Holtman Dick (8F) 

Hoppe H 

Hornbroeks Bronchos 
(C) 

Houston Lillian 

Hoyt Hal 

Hudson Leon (L) 

Hussey Jlmmle (C) 

Inhess & Ryan (C) 

Irwin Mamie 

Jackson Harold 

Jackson ft Margaret 
(C) 

J arrow • 

Jinks Mrs Geo 

Johnson Frank 

Johnson Billy 

Johnston Albert 

Jolson Al 

Jones Bobbie 

Jones ft Grelner (C) 

Jordan Jack 

Jordan Bert 

Joseffy Carl 

Kalcratus Alicia (C) 

Keaton Jack 

Keife Zena (C) 

Kelton Mrs 8 

Keller Mrs p 

Kimball Bros 

King Harry (C) 

King Marie (C) 

Klein H R (C) 

Klein ft Clifton (C) 

Knappal 

Koehler A L 

Kullervo Bros 

LaClalr Lou 

LaCount Bessie 

La Crandall L (C) 

Ladieux Chas (C) 

Lambert (L) 

Lambert Otis 

LaMoine Mrs 

Lane ft Fay 

Lamoise Rene 

Lee Irene 

Laffel Mr 

Leighton Bert 

LemonU The 

Leo Joe 

Lessos The 

Leveine Edward 

Lewis Dave 

Lewis Marie 

Lewis Chas % 

Lewis ft Harr* 

Llghthawk Earl (C) 

Lindholm C A (C) 

Lloyd Helen (C) 

Lloyd Helen 

Lloyd Kay (C) 

Lloyd Lee 

Lloyd Eddie 

Lloyd Bros 

Lorainne ft Dudley 
(C) 

Lynch Hazel 

Mackin ft Wilson 

Macomber Geo (C) 

Mansflelds The 

Manning Len 

Marango Chas (C) 

Marcel Jean 

Mario Louise 

Martin Bradley (O 

Martin Daisy (C) 

Martyne & Hardy 

Mayers J (L) 

Maynard Adelc ii'i 

Mae Donald Ma/.le (SF) 

McDowell Alexander 
McDowell Melbourne 

Met; ruth Thos 

MacNIehols Joe 



(C) 



. STRASSMAN 

Attorney. Hi Broadway, Now Tork. 
Theatrical Claims. Advice Free 



HADTOOPEN ANOTHER NEW STORE 

The theatrical trade baa outgrown as again and wa have to open another new ntore to 
take care of It Its right In the heart of things— at the head of Long Acre Square, almost 
opposite the clubrooma of the White Rata. This store will allow us to give you mill bettor 



Have you seen the new steel fittings on the XX Trunks? We heve outgrown thn annealed 
east Iron, which the bast of the old- faahlonad heavy canTan-cov.T<<i wood trunk manufac 
turers asa. 



WILLIAM BAL, Inc. 

8MND FOR CATALOGUE v. BUILDERS Of 

1S78 BROADWAY AM 710 SEVENTH AVENUE. NEW TORK 



BAL 



PROFESSIONAL 



TRUNKS 



When amwering advertitemenU kindty mention VARIETY. 



36 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



CHARLES AHEARN 




"THE RACING MAN" 

PAT CAfBY. Agent 

CH AS. F. SEMON 

"THE NARROW FELLER" 

SAM DODY 

"THl ORIOINAL WOP." 

ONITIO TIME. 
New Terk. If AX HART. »faaa<er. 



Terry Twins 



The most remarkable human duplicates 
Shakespeare's 



slaee 



"TWO DROMIOS 



is 






Wilfred Clarke 



A New 



RKBTC 



S ttJZEZttA?*""*' 130 W. 44* St.. New York 



DAINTY-WINSOME 

HILDA HAWTHORNE 

Female Exponent of the Art of 
Ventriloquism 

BIG HIT EVERYWHERE 

Direction, AL. SUTHERLAND 




B. MYKOF 

WHIRLWIND DANCER 

With "Que— Jsrdla de Parte/* 

M. MYKOF 

WHIRLWIND DANCER 

IN VAUDBVILLM. 
Address, care VARIBTT. 

MAY BU8HELL 

LEADING BOY 

"PADS AND FOLLIE8" 

GILL BROWN 

AND 

LILL MILLS 

Some) Class to Gill and Lill and their Baby 
Bill in " One." 



BOTHWELL BROWNE 




Next Week (Oct. 81), featured at Alhambra, 
New York. 



Have Your Card in VARIETY 



W. H. 



DAISY 



MAXWELL - DUDLEY 

17th Week on Sulllvan-ConsldlDe Circuit 
Indefinite Time to Follow. Address, cars VARIETY. New York. 



HARRY TATE'S Co. 

FISHING MOTORING 



New York 
England 
Australia 
Africa 



FRANK 



PAULINE 



BERRY 

Next Week (Oct. 81), Alhambra, New York. 



AND 



BERRY 

Direction. MAX HART 



Succeeding Stella Maybew as "The Ooose" In "A Barnyard Romeo." 





ALL SHANNONS 



HAZEL 



HARRY JR. 




VARIETY 



37 



Now Booking from 

Coast to Coast 



WILLIAM MORRIS 



D INCORPORATED 



AGENCY 



Vaudeville Acta Desiring Either American or English Engagements Please 

Communicate with Any Office Mentioned Below. 
NEW YORK, American Music Hall Bldi. CHICAGO, 167 Dearborn St. 



VAUDEVI 

SAN FRANCISCO, Monadnock Bldq 



N 

LONDON, 29a Charing Cross Road 



Hammerstein's 

vt 9 . « AMERICA'S MOST 

V IP 101*1 $1 FAMOUS YARDD-* 

▼ ItlUl 111 ty THKATRB. 

OPEN THE TEAR AROUND. 

Vaudeville Headliners 
»d Good Standard Acts 

If you have an open week you want to fill at 
short notice, write to W. L. DOCKSTADER. 

GARRICK THEATRE, WILMINGTON. DEL. 

Can close Saturday night and make any city 
east of Chicago to open Monday night. 



HYDE & BEHMAN 

AMUSEMENT COMPANY 

Temple Bar Building, Brooklyn N. Y. 

STAR THEATRE Brooklyn 

OAYE1Y THEATRE Brooklyn 

OAYBTY THEATRE PltUburg 

STAR AND GARTER Chicago 

ALWAYS OPEN TIME FOR FEATURE ACTS. 



A. E. MEYERS 

Majestic Theatre BIdg., CHICAGO 

(Room 1206). 
CAN HANDLE ANYTHING from a Single to 
a Circus. Write or wire open time. 



BRENNAN'S AUSTRALIAN 
VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT 

JAMB8 BRENNAN, Sole Proprietor. 
WANTED: FIRST-CLASS SPECIALTY ACTS. 
FARES ADVANCED from Vancouver, Canada. 
SIXTEEN SUCCESSIVE WEEKS. 
FARES and BAOOAOE PAID by the manage- 
ment from time of arrival until departure from 
Australia. ONE PERFORMANCE AT NIGHT; 
MATINEES, WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS 
AND HOLIDAYS. NO SUNDAY WORK. Five 
per cent, commission charged on all contracts. 
Only address, 

JA8. C. BAIN, General Manager, 

National Amphitheatre, Sydney, Australia. 

Cable A«1dr»iw. PENDANT. 

La Cinematografia Italiana 

IS ITALY'S LEADING PAPER FOR THE 

Animated Picture aodPboooiraph Business 

PUBLISHED FORTNIGHTLY. 

32-36 large pages, 8 shillings per annum ($1.60) 

Edltor-Prop'r : Prof. GUALTIERO I. FABRI. 

la Via Arclrescorado, Torino, Italy. 

ERNEST EDELSTEN 

VARIETY AND DRAMATIC AGENT. 

17 Green St., Leicester Square, LONDON 

Sole Representative, 

John Tiller's Companies Walter C. Kelly 

Little Tlch Fragson 

Always Vacancies for Good Acts. 

BORNHAUPT 

INTERNATIONAL AGENT. 
17 Rue de Lac, Brussels (Belgium). 



BORNHAUPT 

INTERNATIONAL AGENT 

15 GALERIE DU ROI, BRUSSELS 

Cable Address "Consult Brussels" 

CANFIELD BOOKING EXCHANGE 

Affiliated with ALL LARGE INDEPENDENT CIRCUITS 

HIGH CLA88 VAUDEVILLE 

Suite 515, Mercantile Library Building, 414 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, O. 

ATTENTION MANAGERS.— Those who are not satisfied with their present bookings, give 
us a trial. Our shows will make you money; catering especially to Family Theatre managers. 
Write for particulars. Managers In Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and 
Southern States, will be pleased to hear from you. 

ARTISTS.— If coming east or west write us; we can break your Jump; send open time. 



The 

Dancing 
& Higglns 



McNutts 

Melrose 

Melville 

(P) 

Melville & De Vere 
Meredith Sisters (C) 
Merrick Tom (C) 
Merrill Norman 
Merrill Richard (P) 
Merrlman Dick 
Merrltt Hal (C) 
Mlddleton Karl 
Mllburn Bert (C) 
Mildred Ruth 

iley Katherlne (C) 
Mitchell Abbie 
Monroe F H (C) 
Montrose Senator (C) 
Montrose Marie (C) 
Montrose Mrs F (C) 
Moore Mr & Mrs (C) 
Moore & Jackson (C) 
Morris Joe (V) 
Morris Ike (C) 
Morris Johnny 
Morrow Win K (C) 
Moss Mr (L) 
Murphy Frank 
Murphy Wm F 
Murphy J Thro (C) 
Nelson Arthur 
Nelson Chrster 
Newell & Niblo (C) 
Newton Margaret 
Noss Margaret L 
Ollfan Al 
Olsen J L 
Otto Sam K (C) 
Otto A West (C) 
Overholt T C 
Ozavs Th<> 
Page F M 
Parker Walter (C) 
Parsons Vernlc (C) 
Paulus & Long (C) 



Pellitier Dora 
Picaro Lingi (P) 
Poettlnner H 
Potter Hilly 
Potter Harry (SF) 
Prichard Irwin (C) 
Quigley Ell (C) 
Itafayette L (C) 
Raffln Louise (C) 
Rankin McKce (C) 
Raymond Sisters 
Raymond Mabel 
Raymond Marlon (C) 
Raymond Frank & 

Eddy 
Raymonds The (C) 
Reed Cecilia (C) 
Reenee Slgmund (C) 
Redman Jos 
RufTner Frieda 
Relsner & Core (C) 
Ren no C. D (C) 
Reynard Cecilia 
Rice Nancy 
Richards Richard 
Richards Wm 
Hlddcll Robt J (SF) 
Riddel! Robt J (C) 
RlKby Arthur (C) 
Rile Mr (C) 
Ring Williams 
Rio Ilud (SF) 
Rlpp Jack (C) 
Ritchie Hilly 
Ritter Geo H 
Rivers David 
Robinson Alice (C) 
Roche J C (C) 
Rockwell Frank 
Rorhr Alfred (C) 
Rogers Will 
Rome Sam 
Rosa LaHelle 
Ross Henry 
Ross Fred (SF) 



Schetnltz Herman (C) 
Schrader Jack 
Scott Leonard 
Scott Norman R (C) 
Seranton Hazel (C) 
Seamon Hilly 
Searcy & Rlshop 
Sheares & Newklrk 

(C) 
Sherman Terry (C) 
Shields Great (C) 
Shield & Root (P) 
Slegel Margaret 
Signell A J 
Slmms N (L) 
Singleton J E (C) 
Singing Girls (C) 
Smlletta Ham urn 
Smiley Robt 
Smith & Fowler fC) 
Snow Ray (C) 
Snyder Francis (C) 
Spear Powell Eva 
Spelr Abe (C) 
Sperry & Ray 
Stagpole Aleck (SF) 
Staley Richard 
Staley & Hlrbeck 
Stanley & Scanlon 
Stark & Ryan (C) 
Startup Harry (C) 
Steele Agnes (C) 
Steger Jules (P) 
Stevens Pearl (C) 
Stevens Michael (C) 
Stewart Wlnnifred 
Stewart Jack (C) 
Sully II H (C) 
Swayne Marlon 
Sylbort Maurice 
Tannchill Edward W 

(SF) 
Taylor May 
Temple I) (L) 
Templeton (L) 



Terry & Schultze 
Texio (C) 
Thompson Florence 

(P) 
Tilton Lucille (C) 
Tooker Frank 
Trescott Virginia 

Drew 
Tully May 
Tuttle Mine 
Tyson Hurt 
Van Hoven Frank 
Varsity Four 
Vardenlnas Dolly 
Vaughn Knid (SF) 
Wadham Lulah 
Walsh Paula (C) 
Walsh Wm 
Waltman Lillian 
Ward Alice L 
Ward A: Harrlnton 

(L) 
Warner Dave 
Warwick Alma 
Watson Kitty 
Weber Chas (C) 
West & Mack 
West & Denton (C) 
Whalen Geo 
Wharton Geo 
Wieland Clara 
Whitney Alice 
Wild Al (C) 
Wilile Harry 
Wilson Dons 
Wilson i: It 
WMmhi Dorothy M 
Wilson Grace 
Withrow Nancy (SF) 
Woods Ralton A Co 
Worthman Oebhard 
Wright K G (SF) 
Wvim HcBsie 
Zell Raymond (C) 
Ziske Ai Saunders (C) 



BERT LEVEY 



l 



NDEPENDENT C RCUI VAUDEVILLE 



Plenty of Time for Recognized Acts who Respect Contracts. Acta desiring time communicate 
Direct to EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 144-1T>0 POWELL STREET, San Francisco, Calif. 

N. B— WE \DVANCE FARES TO REAL ACTS. 



EUROPEAN OFFICE 

BERLIN. GERMANY 

RICHARD PITROT. 

Representative. 

LOUIS PINCUS, 
New York, Repre- 
sentative Oalety 
Theatre Bldg. 



Pantages Circuit 

O OF 

VAUDEVILLE THEATRES, Inc. 

ALEXANDER PANTAGES 
President and Manager 



0FFICB8 

MVW YORK 

CHICAGO 

BAN FRANCISCO 



DRNVBft 



THE ENGLISH PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL 

Circulation guaranteed to be larger than that of any English journal devoted to the Dra- 
matic or Vaudeville Professions. Foreign subscription, 17s. id. per annum. 



NEW YORK AGENTS— Paul Tausig, 104 East 14th St., and Samuel French A Sons, 24-26 
West 22d Street. 

Artists visiting England are Invited to send particulars of their act and date of opening. 
THE STAGE Letter Box is open for the reception of tfctlr mftlL 

16 YORK STREET. COVENT GARDEN. LONDON, W. C. 

WRITE IN IMMEDIATELY 

CHURCH'S BOOKING OFFICE 

4i TREMONT 8T.. BOSTON. MASS. 

WANTED, BIG COMEDY AND NOVELTY FEATURE 

Acta to write or wire open time. Booking Thalia, Chicago ; Joliet, Bloomlngton, Ottawa, Elgin. 
Aurora, Streator, Mattoon, 111. ; Waterloo, la., and other houses In Illinois, Indiana and Iowa. 

DOUTRICK'S BOOKING EXCHANGE ^£ffg?22&-J£VS&>. 



CONFIDENCE 

PAUL TIUSIG, Vaui\ Steasiship Agent 
104 E. MSI .NY Tel.2099 Sluy vrsant 



of your customers Is required to build up a successful business. 
I have arranged STEAMSHIP accommodations 4 TIMES for 
Jean Clermont, Arnold De Dlere. Jordan ami Harvey, - Alloa 
Lloyd; 3 TIMES for Bellclalre Bros., Sam Elton, Imro Fox, W. 
C. Fields, Hardeeu, Arthur Prince, etc. Let me arrange YOUR 
steamship accommodations; also, railroad tickets. 



VI 



I 



IIM CIRCUI 



Booking all the principal opera hounes and picture theatres throughout Canada. ^Immediate 
and future time to acts with class. No limit for feature novelties. Write or wire to-day. 
THE GRIFFIN CIRCUIT. Variety Theatre Building, Toronto, Canada. 

AMERICAN CIRCUIT 

THEATRES and CAFES 

WANTED at All Times All kinds of High Class Acts. MANAGERS TAKE NO- 
TICE. Our Booking will Create Business for You. We have the Features at Salar- 
ies that are Right. 

TONY LUBELSKI, Ceil. Mgr. Suite 017-18, Wcstbank Bid*., San Francisco. 



PLAYING THE BEST IN VAUDEVILLE 

SULLIVAN and CONSIDINE CIRCUIT 



GENERAL BUSINESS OFFICE 
SULLIVAN AND CON8WINK BLDG., THIRD 
AND MADISON RTKKETS, 
SEATTLE, WASH. 

FRED. LINCOLN, den. Mgr. 



GENERAL BOOKING OFFICE 
SUITE 9 AND 10. i:«H BROADWAY 
NEW YORK CITY 

CHRIS. O. BROWN, Mgr. 



II K A N C II HOOKING OKFICKN 



tu So. ('lurk St., 

Chicago. 111. 
PAUL GOUDRON 



lfi Green St., 

Loudon. \V. (!.. KiiiMmnl, 

li. (HtKKMAVKK 



1 1 17 Him ii'A Berne* at., 
American Theatre I'.Mj;. 
Sun KrniH'iHco. ("al. 
W. P. KI'KSK 



WANTED IMMEDIA1 


rei-v 


BARITONE for quartet who plays piano. Also TENOR with quart- t • 


xj'i r " ' ■ 1 1 » <•. 


AidnsH GU8 SUN, Springfield, O. 





JOSEPH M. SCHENCK, General Manage 



FRED MARDO, Manager 



EW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS 

The Marcus Loew Booking Agency 

GOOD ACTS DESIRING TIME COMMUNICATE WITH US 

NO ACT TOO BIG Colonial Building, BOSTON ALL ACTS CONSIDERED 



Whtn answering advtrtUemtntt kindly mention VARIETY. 



38 



VARIETY 



REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS 



THB VENTRILOQUIST WITH A 
PRODUCTION 

ED. F. 

REYNARD 

Presents Seth Dewberry and Jawn Jawnson In 
"A MORNING IN HICKSVILLB." 

Direction JACK LBVT. 

Mr. and Mrs. 

Gene Hughes 

Permanent address, 001 W. 135th St.. New York 
'Phone 6060 Morningslde. 



ELLIS 



MONA 



BLAMPHIN and REM) 

The Champioo Sinters of Vaudeville 



Teslsit 



Qasrtstts ia Vss*evM| 



Sam J. Curtis -* Co, 

MILODY AND MIRTH 

In the Original " School Aot." 




IVtaed and elaborated Into a screaming 
success. 
All our music arranged by Geo. Botsford. 
Nttt Wtak (Oct. 80), Majestic, Dea Moines, la. 

FOR SALE 

WIGGIN'S FARM 

Apply to THB OHADWICK TRIO 

Stuart Barnes 

JAMBS B. PLUNKBTT, Manager. ' 

THE ORIGINAL 

WILt LACEY 

Cycling Comedian 

The Fellow That Waltzes 

and Sings on One Wheel 




n\n:s 




AV& 




LKCiy 



()ri^iiiator of the combined imveltv 
Singing and Waltzing on Unicycle in spilt 
light dark Htage. 

Now Playing Sulllvan-Considine- 
Circuit with Big Success. 



It isn't the name that makes the act- 
It's the act that makes the name. 




THE KINO OP IRELAND 

JAMES B. DONOVAN 

AND 

RENA ARNOLD 

QUEEN OF VAUDEVILLE 

DOING WELL, THANK YOU. 

Director and Adviser, King Casey. 




Time, 3 A. M. 

Female Voice : My, Is that engineer drunk? 

Male Voice: 'Smatter with that bonehead? 

Female Voice (English accent) : Chris 
Brown never told me anything about this 
when I left New York, I give you my word. 
I'm starved with the cold. 'Ell hear about 
that twelve shillings for overweight luggage. 
I cawn't sleep In these boxes. 

Several Voices: "Good night." 

Two engines on this train, and the engineers 
simply could not agree ; one says, "wait a 
minute," and the other says, "No, I'm goln' 
on." 

Up spoke Eddie Dolln : "For I'm a jolly 
sailor, and I am a terrible knockout"— 

Whiting and Prlngle came in as we went 
out. (Whiting has a bankroll that would 
choke an Ant.) 

Very Duluthlessly Yours (you must lisp to 
say this properly). 

Next Week (Oct. 31), Majestic, Butte. Mont. 

VARDON, PERRY and WILBER 

J. LOU18 JBANNB 

INTZ and PALMER 

"THB OTHER HALT." 

A Classy Singing and Talking Comedietta. 

An Original Playlet In "ONE" by Loots Wealyn 




ORACB 



Ritter - Foster 

ACROSS THB POND 
Address care VAUDEVILLE CLUB 
98 Charing Crosg Ro ad. London. Eng. 

R AMESES 

THE EGYPTIAN MYSTIC 

In 

"THE "EGYPTIAN TEMPLE OF MYSTERY" 

Orpheum Circuit, U. 8. A. 

Business Representative, WILL COLLINS, 
London. England. 

JOCK 
McKAY 

Scotch Comic, 2nd to none. 

Thla Week (Oct. 24), 

Sieing the challenge of 
John Ulrch who wishes to 
dance Mike Scott, I beg to 
offer my services as the 
I'lper, nnd If Mike Scott 
can dance aa quick as I can 
play the Pipes he's going 
some. 

COM. BENTHAM 




Gartelle Bros. 

Introducing 81nglng. Daneing and 

SKATORIALISM 

Direction JAMBS B. PLUNKBTT. 



HMIER B. 



MARSUERfTE 



Mason and Keeler 

Address: Max Hart, Putnam Bldg., New York. 




GAVIN PLATT 
PEACHES 

Season Booked 
No. 7 Hawthorne Aee.. Olifton. N. J.. L Box 140 



ORPHEUM CIRCUIT NOW 



E 
L 




T 
Y 

S 

o 



A Tip-Top Boy. Who? 

Lena Tyson 

M. S. BENTHAM, Manager 




MITCHELL, WELLS ant. LEWIS 



'> 



e1 



*? 



^ 










£f* 'KnllMkillfr brut 7:" ''•'" 
Amy Leslie, in the Chicago Newt says of 
Mitchell, Wells and Lewis: "Recently three of 
the most noted singers of this class • • • 
made a tremendous hit st the American Music 
Hall. They call themselves The Rathskeller 
Trio and are Immensely entertaining. • • • 
At first they do a perfectly serious song, and 
then they craftily lure the audience Into a 
laugh, then a hurrah, and then a tumult of 
laughter at rattling good rough comedy and 
good music. Their voices are fine, their com- 
edy special nnd their songs of that kind most 
regarded witty and salubrious by the fly ones 
who know what they mean ; though they can 
be enjoyed by any sort of Innocent with a 
white conscience when deftly put over the 
lights." 

Week Nov. 7, Majestic, La Crosse, Wis. 
Permanent Address : White Rats of America. 



When compering o 4wHwn »tt 



Marshall P. Wilder 

ATLANTICflClTY. IN. J.a. w 

Bell 'Phone 196. 

Wadly mention VARIETY. 



BILLIE 

REEVES 




THB ORIGINAL DRUNK 

"FOLLIES OF 1010" 

THIRD 8BA80N. 
Management MR. F. ZIBOFBLD. JR. DS-Wlt- 

BARRY «> WOLFORD 

THB TYPICAL TOPICAL TICKLB 

TICKLERS. 

Putting Over Another New One, 

"AT THB BONO BOOTH." 

JAMBS B. PLUNKBTT. Smart Mgr. 



HERMAN 



CARL 



Now Playing United Tlaa. 

Agent. PAT OAiBT 

FRED DUPREZ 

EJDW. S. KELLER. Rep. 



AND 



THE BROWNIES S 

Presenting 
A ROARING FARCE 

"THE WAR IS OVER" 




CAMILLE 



PERS0NI ™ 



JACK 



HALLIDAY 

In their Japanese Comedietta 

"Won by Wireless" 

The Oelsha Girl and Officer, not forgetting 
the Chink. 

Note— We are NOT doing "Madame Butterfly." 




1126 PIERCE BLD'G, ST. LOUIS. 



VARIETY 



5th ANNIVERSARY NUMBER 



Will Be 
Issued 



10th 



This special issue of 1$RIEfl each year is looked forward to, and retained as a 
souvenir of the theatrical year. An advertisement in it is a wise investment. It will 
give publicity for the future as well as the present. 

r&RlETY is the recognized leading theatrical paper. It is conceded to be the most 
desirable advertising medium, circulating all over the world. 

An advertisement in t^RlEH carries your name everywhere on the face of the globe. 
Your announcement in the Anniversary Number becomes part of a theatrical directory 
that is constantly consulted by the leading artists, managers and agents the world over. 

IETY has a larger circulation than any theatrical paper in America or Europe ; 
it has more readers per copy than any weekly published. 

Rates remain the same: One Page, $125; Half Page, $65; Quarter Page, 
$32.50; One Inch (14 lines, single column), $2.80. t. 3H 

Cuts to be placed among the news pages are $15 each for Single Column size; 
$25 Double Column. Reading matter allowed. Larger cuts (for the news pages) 
than two columns wide will be accepted, charged for at the two column rate pro rata. 

Applications made immediately will have the advantage of preferred position, which 
the early receipt of copy guarantees. 



When CHMiMrfwf oAvertiaement* HwHy 



y 



VARIETY 



FIRST WEEK (Oct. 3) WASHINGTON -HEADLINE!? 
SECOND WEEK (Oct. 17) PHILADELPHIA -SENSATIONAL TRIUMPH AT KEITH'S 



• 



t 






The Musical Furore of Two Continents 






Topped the bill with great enthusiasm over the entire Orpheum Circuit 
last year and has returned from Europe with added laurels. 

Mr. Westony is now playing for the first time in the East as the 

GREATEST TRIUMPH OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. 



THIRD WEEK (Oct. 24), KEITH'S, PROVIDENCE -TOPPING THE BILL 

HEXT WEEK (Oct. 31), ORPHEUM, BROOKLYH 



Whtn answering advertisements kindly mention VARIETY 



Scanned from microfilm from the collections of 
The Library of Congress 
National Audio Visual Conservation Center 
www.loc.gov/avconservation 



Coordinated by the 
Media History Digital Library 
www.mediahistoryproject.org 



Sponsored by 



.v.: Department of 

>*'-s" ** - _.- 






Communication Arts 



••*• : University of Wisconsin-Madison 

http://commarts.wisc.edu/ 



A search of the records of the United States Copyright Office has 
determined that this work is in the public domain.